University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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History of the Senior Class w E can hardly realize that the history of the class of 191 3 has been made and settled forever. Nine months ago we started on onr career as Seniors. There was not a heart but swelled and thrilled with the realization of its new elevation and importance. Even Mr. Seale (com- monly known as Billie ) has not lacked in dignity, for, although he is not quite so tall as the average, he has felt every inch of the height willed him by the class of last year. We have two members in our class, both young men of great worth, who, though they would hardly confess to have ever been less than a Senior, have risen by slow strides from the first grade of the Model School to their present seat of dignity ; and years hence, when their hair begins to turn gray from the toils of life, their dearest memories will hover around the same little Model School. : 1 We are especially honored in having as a member of our class a young lady who has made herself famous as a detective. We all remember how successfully Miss Wayne Morris won this name by capturing the only Outlaw in school in her Ereshman year. School had rocked on until near the middle of the session when the Seniors ' feeling of dignity was changed to one of special privileges. Once during the morning exercises a buzz was heard in the rear of the chapel which sounded very much like the hum of a gear wheel in a sawmill and that was what Dr. Powers called it. Every eye in chapel was turned toward us. For three whole days every way we turned, Buzz-saw Seniors was thrown in our faces. But Dr. Game came to our rescue a few days later. He again held us up as the model for the school, and now even Dr. Powers will say that we have gained our former station. Dr. Game has decided that he had better be careful how he advises young people who do not enjoy teaching to go marry, as his doing so has caused us to lose a member of our class. We are very proud of the fact that we have broken the record of the previous classes and have successfully gotten out an Annual. We hope the future classes will follow our example and improve upon it. Mary Lipscomb. THE END.

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' ISaby Wayne WAYNE MORRIS FLORENCE, ALA. Tall, gentle, and fair of form, The sweetest that e ' er was born. Wayne seems to have chosen for her motto, All smiles and no frowns. She is well liked, and is always ready to help anyone. She has a special knack in reaching children, and we predict that in a few years she will be one of the greatest of primary teachers. DIXIE WILLIAM SEALE WOODVILLE, TEX. ' Runt, Ilillie And still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. Iiillie must return for a postgraduate course, for what will the girls do without him? He is seldom seen, because the girls are so thick around him. He has made a good record in col- lege, has earned a reputation as a cartoonist, a Sherlock Holmes, a singer, and a starter for something doing when times is dull. LAFAYETTE Jo JOSEPHINE RANSON FLORENCE, ALA. ' Her frowns are fairer far Than the smiles of other maidens are. ' We are glad that jo has stayed with us throughout the year, for we feared the sudden appearance of a large diamond would cause us the loss of a valuable member. She has caused many a gallant knight to lose his heart, and is a faithful member t ' f the buzzers. BROWNING AMIS MADRY FLORENCE, ALA. Madry Spring fever entered in his bones and lingered all the year. ' This is Mr. Nisbet ' s special pet of the senior class. Never known to study except when lumber was out or the Manual Training room was closed! Never mind, Madry, you ' ll learn some day to be a model little boy.

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Senior Class Oration BY L. L. JAMES. ANOTHER race has been run; we who have labored ihe iast few years within the walls of our Alma Mater will in a few days be standing upon the threshold of a new career. The trials and the hardships of our school days have all been forgotten, and there remains but the recollections of the pleasures and the happiness. My dear classmates, we, who should be the truest men and women under the sun-kissed skies of Alabama, should go forth clad in the livery of our Alma Mater and armed with the knowledge she has been able to give us. We must receive the challenge of the world in a new day. The struggles that have been ours in the school-room have, in a small measure, tested our skill and our armor for meeting and combating the obstacles and trials which shall confront us in future life. But without a steady heart and sinews of iron and a fixed and determined purpose, can we ever expect to return the proud victor from the combat with the world of today ? The challenge is not borne to us by ringing peals from warlike bugles, nor by stirring blasts from brazen trumpets, yet the gods themselves with all the powers of the universe at their command could not challenge us in a language more forcible than the challenge of the world to train men and women. We, in our brightest day dreams, have built magnificent castles, accomplished great things, and been crowned by fame with the richest laurels of success. But now the day is almost upon us when we must cross over into the lands of tomorrow, and begin the fight in reality for those things of which we have dreamed. Upon the border of school days and after life the questions must come to each of us, What am I going to do with my life, and of what use am I going to be to my fellow man? Not all of us can hope to be kings and queens, nor the favorites of fame and fortune; but all of us can be far greater than all of these, if we but serve well the state, the country, and the God to whom we owe so much. Success is not measured by the glittering heraldry of pomp and display, nor in the idle praises of our fellow-being. But it is rather . measured in the good we may be able to do in whatever line of work fate may see fit to place us. The greatest success will be the life of the man who climbs the rugged ladder of fame with his hands and his brow crimson with the stains of his own life-blood, shed in the service of his fellow man, his country and his God. The foundation of success is character, and by the service we render time and humanity we make our reputation. Let us, if we wish to prosper, serve well