University of Nashville - Garnet and Blue Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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SYL L Sylvia would no! le! me love ker- Slranlgre slze was, and sky,- H I songkl lo gain ker favor, Ske would inrn and fly. ll H I rose and followed afler, Fasler would ske fleef And wken I al las! kad eangkl ker, Ske would j5'own on me. Ill Nlllligfkljf Sylvia, alwcgfs leasing, Fnll of ekildfsk pranks. I-fain al las! was angry, lkad lillle lkanks. JV Ske would laugh Ike more and mimic All my rneful looks,- Ana' wken fkad lnrned lo slndy, Ske would sleal my books. VY Till al lasl, in desfaeralion, l was forced lo say: Leave nze, leave nze, Sylvza, leave me, Please do go away. ff? 4 D ls if fa - 1 X ICA VL Tken ske inrnea' and slow relrealed W1'lk a slalebl lreadg All in 60lL7llC'7'fe.'l'l eonlrilion, - 1I'I,tl7I'Ql'l1',Qf down ker kead. VIL Wkz'zz al lasl I kad forgollen All fke pique I-fell, Lo! ske slooa' onee more beside me, And ske hllillbbf kzzell. VIII Slroked my kair, caressed 7llj'ji7Z'Q'L'l'.S', Ufkile wz'lkz'n ker eyes I eonld mark Ike lender sorrow .flnd lke leaf drops rise. IX. Tkal is Sylvia. All ker slrangeness YfVonld an angel lry. No one knows ker, no one loves ker Half so well as I -fOl-IN COFER SHllCl,liK

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HOW THE WOMAN IN THEM CROPPED our When first a man a woman sees It makes him tremble at the knees, And sadly is he smit. But soon her femininity Peeps out, and thenethough tenderly- He has to laugh a bit. And if that is poor verse, it is better hoss-sense. HERE were two girls came to the University of Nashville a year ago. They were from the same State. They were congenial to a degree, and played school-life in one beautiful duet. If college days develop strong friendships, theirs was a model type. The differences in their dispositions fairly clung to each other, and adverse opinions on every subject under the sun welded them closely into a per- fect sisterhood. They were inseparable, and their affection, one for the other, drove many an envious male to the verge of distraction. Believe all that implicitly, and then note the femininity that made the degenerate man laugh a bit-tenderly. They went home during the vacation months, each wondering why the other did not sug- gest rooming together at the next term. Both wanted it more than anything else, and both had thought of it. Before commencement one would say, Somebody was asking me if we were going to room together next year, and speak an eloquent invitation with her eyes. The other would look misty at her and wait for a direct proposition. See the femininity? Each thought the other would ask it if she wanted it. Or perhaps the other would ask, H Who are you going to room with next year? And the one would murmer that she didn't know. Then would come a pause, followed by a gen- eral discussion of men and things. They went home, and each wrote long letters to the other. They discussed boarding houses innumerable, and boiled inwardly over being slighted by each other. Finally, so long they waited, in indecision, that only one place to stay was left on the entire list. Only one room was left at that place. Then both wrote to both and both said, Perhaps we had bet- ter take it and room together, and both wondered if both wanted to do it. They are now back at college and are entirely happy, in spite of the femininity that Wooed disappointment so strongly. Probably their guardian angels are masculine, and probably they laughed-tenderly-at the comical crisis achieved. And probably the tenderness in their laughter won a crinky little smile from Fate -a little bit of sunshine to drive the shadows from their fortune. Quite likely! But certainly there was the femininity.

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