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

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Leap - Year cfqdvice Qgmw INCE for eight long years you maids of Peabody College have had no chance of G V,,.,jJ' relieving your state of single blessedness-I mean, of course of exercising your free gig will in choosing a life partner-it is especially important that you make a double 613142. effort in this year of 1904. And in order that you may meet with deserved success, I present herewith a few words of advice which, if followed, will, without doubt, bring you the reward for which you have long waited. It is impossible that you should have remained long at this College without falling in love, for, with fascinating Adonises met in every hallway, even the hardest heart must succumb to one. I would not peer into your secret to find out the one, but I will try to give you a hint about how to charm the principal characters among the young men here, so that, perchance accidentally, I might speak of that one. If E. L. VVhite is your choice, then in your conversations beware of speaking of any- thing but himself. It would be well for you to speak very little even on that subject, as he is fully capable and willing to expound upon it for his own entertainment and your edifica- tion: but if you would commit a fatal mistake, express an idea of your own. If W. C. Moore is your choice, be willing and anxious to listen to accounts of the glories of Sigma Tau, the infallibility of Girls' Chapter, and the superiority of the Episcopal Church until you know no alphabet but H. T. S. O. P. T., until your complexion is green and white, and your tongue refuses to say anything but Lord, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. If, in addition to this, you make your proposal in the German language and intersperse it with a few chemical symbols, you are sure of an acceptance. If Mr. Scanlon is your choice, put on a red dress and a Peabody pin, and you have him. If Mr. E. C. Hall is your choice, discourse on religion and express doubts, but get Dr. Vance to make your proposal for you. If Mr. Butler is your choice, stand on chair so that he can hear you when you make your proposal. If P. C. VVilliams is your choice, learn to play his accompaniments and to sing with him. If Mr. Cowles is your choice, be practical, and by all means know how to cook. If Mr. NValler is your choice, be dignified, otherwise you will be badly matched with a courtly gentleman. If Little Elgin is your choice, learn to make your own living, for you will have to sup- port him, too. If McLaurin is your choice, learn to speak French, for he Wants a wife for the sole pur- pose of talking to him in French. If V. H. Williams is your choice, never oppose him on any subject, and by cheerful acquiescence in all things you will make him and yourself supremely happy. If Irby is your choice, you must know how to dance even as well as they do in South Carolina. '

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If Mr. Connor is your choice, you must be unseliish, for you will have to be content to let his ambition come before even you in his life. If Mr. S. D. Williams is your choice, the best advice I have for you is that you go blind. If Mr. Cutright is your choice, you must be blind already. If Mr. Holder is your choice, I'1n sorry for youg for, though he is handsome, he is also married. If Shaver is your choice, get a lamp shade for your eyes. If you aspire to the faculty, and Mr. Bourland is your choice, be sentimental, or, if Dr. Manning is your choice, there is no help for it-you must be industrious. If Mr. Cullom is your choice, you will have to have an unusual intellect or none at all, for nothing of medium quality could be matched with his deep mind. If Batson is your choice, you have an easy conquest, for he loves anything dressed up in petticoats. - If Stovall is your choice, disguise your proposal i11 a story for the Rvcm'1z'. If Mr. Mosley is your choice, know how to tell jokes so that you can get the full benefit of his laugh, but be careful not to tell them on the street, as this laugh might startle the town. If Mr. C. A. Brooks is your choice, get you an ear trumpet so you can hear the reply to vour proposal. If Matics is your choice, you will be safe in letting him make his own proposal, for he can do it in beautiful poetry. If Bingham is your choice, you might as well despair, for he is engaged-possibly twice. If Burnett is your choice, you will have many rivals. If Oscar Smith is your choice, be warned that he aspires to be a sport, so you must act accordingly. If Mr. Lassiter is your choice, remember that he is rather spoilt already, and do not make it worse. If Mr. Robert Porter is your choice, you must be mercenary, for his father's thousands are probably more attractive than he. If Big Elgin is your choice, discourse eloquently on the subject of athletics and pay your bill at the Book Room. Any of the rest of the boys may be won by feeding them on ice cream and taffy. 8 1 - -I C X' x 6. '