Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 182 of the 1903 volume:

C d ' WAKE FOREST COLLEGE LIBRARY A N CALL NO. ACCESSION NO. ■ iVft GIFT OF Cy OSU l . THE HOWLER FIRST VOLUME M C iVT I I I Published Annually by the Philomathesian and Euzelian Literary Societies of Wake Forest College Drftiration. iln abr i olulrr. tl)p ttmr-I)DttorpJi tiublirattint nf tl r atuifttt-bfl y, rftitri anft ;lriutr bii tlir iitufiruta fnr tlir stuftrutB, tn tbta passing m b uusubstautial r ' rnr nf rnllryr lifr to briiratP tl|ts, tlir first bnlumr nf ahr l nlnlrr, looping tijat lur babr uta l a substantial rmirii nf tlir rnllrgiatr yrar nf 1902-03. 572 W5-J-7 i.3 FOR years the only record of college life, outside of the Student, has been the old HowLEK of the tree bulletin-board. About once a month throughout the collegiate year, the students gather around the tree and read The Howler. And though everything is represented in a jocular way, yet a fairly good record of the happenings in and about College is pictured here! It is true that sometimes the jokes became a little shady, but, as a rule, the paper was clean, and if any one was offended, it was because the truth, represented in verse or picture, went home to him. We admit that some things about the old Howler were not commendable; but college life had to be pictured in some way, and here it found an outlet. To supply the need which the old Howler was supposed to fill, we have gotten out the new Howler. To the jocular say- ings and verses we have tried to add more dignity and strength, and have made it more worthy of support. Yet the new Howler is really an oiTspring of its older namesake, the old Howler. Bound and printed, it has its origin in the paper which used to be placed on the tree, published on the dark of the moon by the Sophomore Class, and devoted to the interests of the Fresh, Faculty, and Fools. 74318 ITn IRcmoriam PROFESSOR G.C. CRITTENDEN DIED April 23d 19 3 GREETING. WITH a howl of timidity, we first appear before the public. As we make our first howl, we are blinded by the glare of public criticism, as the new-born infant is blinded by the light of the sun. With fear and trembling do we present to the public this volume. Even before we go to press do we hear the ominous roars of popular opinion. But was there anything, no matter how perfect, that was not criticised? So, although we do not claim perfection, yet we ask our friends to skip lightly over our failings, and dwell on whatever seems good in their eves. Many things have been omitted. We should like to start back in August, with the greetings and yells and society leggings ; to come on through the fall, noting every detail ; then on to Thanksgiving, when Richmond wrested the cup from us on the oratorical arena, and so on to Christmas and the merry holidays, noting the trials and tribulations of examination time. In the spring, gladly would we make like records. Mth the quiet month of January lead up to the merrymaking of anniversary; and then speak of baseball, which over- tops everything else in the minds of the students during the spring months; with a closing account of commencement and the sad leave-takings. But space does not allow all these things. Many things we could tell, many things could be un- folded to the world, for the year of 1902-03 has been full of eventful happenings, and to record them would take volumes as massive as those required to hold the formulas for compounds of carbon (for number, see either Dr. Brewer or Dr. Lynch). Even a brief account of the elections of the session, with the hosts of leggers, would fill volumes, for every office has been hotly contested, and there is hardly a man in College who has not been legged time and time again. And no doubt a few stolen leaves from the record book of the faculty would be interesting to many. All this we can not record ; but by taking a note here and a view there, we have endeavored to represent this past session; and though we have fallen far below our aim, yet we have heard that by aiming at the heights, it is possible to fall far below the mark and yet hit high. We have aimed at the heights, but how high we have hit we leave to the decision of our friends. COLLEGE CALENDAR. J 903- 1 04. August 2t Beginning of Session. September iii Applications for Degrees Sul)niitted. October 5 Subjects of Senior and Junior Tlieses Submitted. Thanksgiving Day .... Holiday. December 4 Senior Speaking, December 14-11) .... Fall Term l ' ' ,xaniinations. December 20-31 C liristnias Holidays. January 1 lieginning of Spring Term. February 12 Anniversary Celebration of Literary Societies. March u Senior Speaking, Easter Monday Holiday. April 15 Field-day. May 2 . Senior and Junior Tlieses Submitted. May I v-o Spring Term K.xaminations, May 22-25 Commencement, Sunday, S: ,o 1 ' , -M. — Baccalaureate Sermon. Monday, 10 , . M. — Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees. .S: ,o I ' . M, — Address before the School of Law, Tuesday, 11 A. M, — Address before the Literary Societies, 8: ,0 1 ' . .M, — Address before the Alumni, Wednesday, 11 . , . l. — .Addresses of Graduating Class and Closing IC.xer- cises of the ,Session, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. T. E. Skinnkk, Raleigh, N. C. President. K. F. Aydi.ktt, Elizabetli City, X. C, Mec-Presidejit. T. H. Bkiggs, Raleigh, N. C, treasurer. Carey J. Hunter, Raleigh, N. C, Seerefarv. N. B. Broughton, Raleigh, N. C, Audi or. W. N. Jones Raleigh, N. C, Attorney. L. R. Mills, Wake Forest, N. C, Bursar. E F. Aydlett V. J. Ferrell J. W. Bailey A. R. FOUSHEE xN Biggs D. L. Gore J. B. Boone W. k. Gwaltney J. B. Brewer F. P. HOBGOOD N B. Broughton J. N. Holding H A. Brown J. D. HUFHAM J- C. Caddell T. M. HUKHAM C. M. Cooke Carey J. Hunter W E. Daniel L. Johnson H. C. Dockery W. J. McLendon W C. Do WD R. H. Marsh E. Y. Webb C. W. Mitchell J. Mitchell G. A. Norwood, Jr. E. K. Proctor, Jr. J. B. Richardson R. E. Royall J. C. Scarborough T. E. Skinner J. F. Spainhour E. W. TiMBERLAKE J. H. Tucker R. T Vann EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Carey J. Hunter, Raleigh, N. C, Chairman J. C. Caddell , r. e. Royall C. M. Cooke j. w. Bailey H. C. Dockery r. t. Vann INVESTING COMMITTEE. Carey J. Hunter, Raleigh, N. C, Chairman N. B. Broughton E. K. Proctor, Jr. J. N. Holding L. Johnson F. P. HoBGOOD VISITING COMMITTEE. W. C. Tyrke J. W. Bailey FACULTY, CHARLES E. TAYLOR, B. Lit., D. D., President, Professor of Moral Philosophy. WILLIAM B. ROYALL, M. A., D. D., Professor of Greek Laiiiruage and Literature. LUTHER R. MILLS, M. A., Professor of Pure Mathematics. WILLIAM L. POTEAT, M. A., Professor of Biology. BENJAMIN SLEDD, M. A., Professor of English Language and Literature. CHARLES E. BREWER, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry. JOHN F. LANNEAU, M. A., Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy. JOHN B. CARLYLE, M. A.. Professor of Lati?i Language and Literature. NEEDHAM Y. GULLEY, M. A., B. L., Professor of Law. J. HENDREN GORRELL, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Modern Languages. WILLIS R. CULLOM, M. A., Th. M., Professor of the Bible. WALTER SIKES, M. A., Ph. D.. Professor of History and Political Science. II JAMKS L. LAKE, M. A., Professor of Physics. C. C. CRITTKNDEN, A. M., Prof essor of Pedagogy. GEORGE W. PASCHAL, B. A., Ph. D., Associalc Professor of Laiiii and Greek. S. F. MORDEXAI, Assista)il Professor of La ' iV. FREDERICK K. COOKE, M. D., Professor of Medicine. EARL B. FOWLER, Assistant in English. SUMMER A. IVES, I aboratory Assistant in Biology. SAMUEL H. YOKELV and TALCOTT W. BREWER, Laboratory Assistants in Chemistry. H E. CRAVEN and G. W. COGGIN, Librarians. PAUL CRUMPLER and ABNER C. GENTRY, Superintendents of Reading- Room. W. R. SHERRILL, Loii ' Librarian. •Died April 23, IQ03. - SENIOR CLASS. OFFICERS. David Anderson Covington PRESIDENT. Earl Broadus Fowler VICE-PRESIDENT. William Heck Pace SECRETARY. Evander Maloy britt TREASURER. Henry eddins craven 14 i ' ' @ ;i r 4i--H. J SENIOR CLASS ROLL, NAME. SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. Thomas Addison Allen Durham, North CaroHna First Debater, Anniversary ; Commencement .Speaker. John Edward Ayscue Henderson, North Carolina Senior Speaker; Commencement Speaker. William Scott Boyce T Hobbsville, North Carolina Talcott Waitt Brewer T Raleigh, North Carolina EvANDER Maloy Britt Luniberton, North Carolina Senior Speaker ; Treasurer Senior Class. Benjamin Howard Browning T Littleton, North Carolina David Anderson Covington T Monroe, North Carolina President Senior Class ; Senior Speaker ; Commencement Speaker. Henry Eddins Craven Concord, North Carolina Editor Student J Senior Speaker ; Commencement Speaker, William Burton Creasman . . . . . T Asheville, North Carolina Theodore Bunyan Davis . . T Conrads, North Carolina Bayard Thurman Falls T Bellwood, North Carolina Senior Speaker. Earl Broadus Fowler Rolesville, North Carolina Vice-President Senior Class ; Anniversary Orator ; Commencement Speaker. Greene Monroe Garrison T Pleasant Valley, South Carolina Senior Speaker. Abner Clopton Gentry . . . T Bethel Hill, North Carolina Associate Editor Student. Ernest Leland Greene t . . . Raleigh, North Carolina Eugene Spencer Greene, Jr Louisburg, North Carolina Business Manager Student. Ernest Malone Harris T Norwood, North Carolina First Debater, Anniversary ; Commencement Speaker. Henry Russell Harris T Seaboard, North Carolina Baseball Team. i6 17 NAME. , SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. Stephen Gordon H. stv T Faulk, North Carolina John Milton Henley . Summerfield, North Carolina Isaac Archer Horne Y Pendleton, North Carolina Joseph Bascomh Huff . . Y Mar.s Hill, North Caroli na Senior Speaker. Summer Albert Ives . . ' Pine Blutf, North Carolina Henry Cox Lanneau T Wake Forest, North Carolina Hugh Johnson T Scotland Neck, North Carolina Spearman Atwood Newell Y Mapleville, North Carolina John William Nowell T ...... . . . Amboy, North Carolina Willia.m Heck Pai e T. Raleigh, North Carolina President G. A. A.; Associate Fditor The Howler: Senior Speaker; Secretary Senior Class ; Baseball Team. Charles Clay Pierce Finch, North Carolina Senior Speaker. Raymond Lee Pittman Ashpole, North Carolina William Scott Prixott Y . . Rocky Ho:k, North Carolina Anniversary Orator ; Commencement Speaker James Rovall T Wake Forest, North Carolina Richmond Debater: Senior Speaker : Commencement Speaker. Frederick Clay Sams Y F lag Pond, Tennessee Baseball Team. H. Paul Scarborough Y Murfreesboro, North Carolina Associate Editor The Howler. Wavland Arthur SEA(iRAVES Holly Springs, North Carolina Secretary Anniversary. Arthur Columbus Sherwood Y ' illas. North Carolina Edwin Ja.mes Sherwood Little Rock, Soiitli Carolina Richmond Debater; Senior Speaker; Business Manager Tin-: Howi.iii: Associate ¥A X.or Student : Secretary and Treasurer G. A. A. John IvEY Sixgletary Bladenboro, Nortli Carolina Senior Speaker. William Harry Stephenson Pendleton, North Carolina President, Anniversary. j8 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY. T HE history of the Senior Class is very difficult to write, for several reasons. In the first place, neitlier men nor events admit of any sort of orderly classification, because both are heterog eneous. In the second place, the record of the class being siii ,qr;;cr .s-, the historian has no other history by which to be guided in his writin r. The third difficulty is the fact that the present history must be only a crof, ■ section. Xot so much as the dim twilight of the history of the individual men bers of the class can be known, and there- fore we are obliged to write in a lese ])articular way than we desire. Four years ago, more or les . the present Senior Class came to this renowned institution for the purpose, or rather in the hope, of filling our empty heads with some of that intangible stufif called knowledge, which floats around the College and which, in the course of four long years, occasionally lodges in the upper story. We were uncouth, gawky, simple, and ignorant lads then ; now behold ! we are a noble array of most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. From the humble position of polished Freshmen, whose ignorance was self- assertive, we have risen to a place of honor in this community the like of which few beside ourselves can ever hope to attain. Our progress may be indicated by mentioning the names that we have successively borne as we marched along. At one time we were known as the rankest Newish : the second year we were called the bully Sophomores ; the third year you gave us the name ' dandy Juniors, and now we hear on every side the dignified title, lordly Seniors. We used to be afraid of everything and everybody at Wake Forest, but at the present time we do not even deign to look at lower classmen, all of whom show a remarkable evidence of homage and fear whenever passing us. And we are on most intimate terms cum facultate. My comrades, the eye of a historian can scarcely survey the long distance over which we have traveled in reaching our present place of vantage, and the pen of a Thucydides is necessary to record adequately the many battles, sieges, fortunes, we have passed. We started out about eighty strong, but our ranks have dwindled down to half that number. Many were the foes that decimated our noble company. Some there were who died in a head-end collision with Miss Any ; quite a 19 number were mortally wounded in an encounter with a host of malignant little Lilliputians called sines, cosines, and tangents; others, fatigued with much travel- ing and worn out by the long and difficult marching, fell exhausted and died by the wayside; one or two rebellious spirits were court-martialed by the faculty for depredations made on the anatomy of a Freshman; some were lost in an inextricable jungle inhabited by such fierce carnivorous animals as Homer, Livy, Lycias, and Terence ; and still others came near losing their lives, along toward thf shank of the evening, by falling into a lake filled with amoebas, umlauts, retorts, and concepts. Doubtless, many more would have died of overwork and fatigue had it not been for the little ponies which accompanied us on our journey and on which a few members of our class rode over the roughest and steepest part of the road. We are sorry to say, too, that some of our most stalwart men at one time, think- ing that a pony was a luxury which every one who was able should enjoy, instead of an animal for emergencies only, rode so continuously on their patient little beasts that they came near wearing them all to a worthless, unintelligible frazzle. It took many months of painstaking attention to restore our herd to its pristine vigor and beauty. As a historian, therefore, and a philosopher, we would like to leave this bit of advice with the coming classes : Do not in any case allow too much riding by any one. Use your animals for emergencies only, and never suffer them to be overburdened by heavy weights. A man who always rides forgets how to walk when compelled to dismount and enter a country where his beast is under the ban. There is no one word that may be used to characterize our class as a whole. We have to a large extent been run through the same mould, and yet are very different in features and caliber still, and I doubt if the word lordly, which all of us now bear, will accompany us through the rest of our lives. The shock of difference will gradually become so painful in going from one member of the class to another that we may expect our titles to change ; and a different environ- ment will probably also change our occupations more and more. With the prophetic eye of a historian, it seems to me I can see one member of our class clothed in the humble attire of a backwoodsman and walking down the dusty furrow of life behind a faithful bull ; I catch a glimpse of several others who began political careers while in College, completing those careers by occupy- ing the high positions of notary public, constable, and coroner in the remote burgs of their native State ; many more do I see serving the god Somnus as faithfully in life as in their college days; and a few choice spirits I know will attain the humble positions of Governor, Congressman, Senator, Professor, and Editor, leaving behind no monument more lasting than bronze, unless that be the potent influence of a life well spent. Perhaps the most interesting and exciting single event that has happened in the history of the present Senior Class was the annu al fight on the Euzelian diamond over the adoption of caps and gowns to be worn at commencement. The line-up was as follows : no-gowners. Creasman . . . Davis BOYCE aOWNERS. . Center Pace Right Guard Keener Left Guard Mull Greene, L Right Tackle Sherwood, E. Ives Left Tackle Seagraves Harris, M Right End Huff Sherwood, A Left End Privott Craven Quarter-back Scarborough SiNGLETARY Right Half-back Larkins Allen Left Half-back Britt Ayscue Full-back Fowler Referee, CoAiNtiTON Timekeeper, Falls Substitutes, Johnson, H., and Lanneau The game was spirited throughout. Snappy ball was played on both sides. There w-as some kicking by the two guards for the No-Gowners, Davis and Boyce, on the decision of the referee. The kickers protested against the playing of right and left guards and half-back for the Gowners, Keener, Mull, and Larkins, claiming that these men had been known to play professional ball. The point was decided against them, however. The rushes of Ayscue and Davis were terrific ; but the superior head-work of Pace, backed up as he was by such heavyweights as Mull, Sherwood, E., and Keener, won the game for the Gowners by a score of 22 to 10. JUNIOR CLASS, OFFICERS. GASTON SIMMONS FOOTE PRESIDENT. ROBERT Marsh Dowd VICE-PRESIDENT. CHARLES PRESTON WEAVER SECRETARY AND TREASURER. John Steger Hardaway, Jr. IMifflHiJI _ -.y .... JUNIOR CLASS ROLL, NAME. SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. J. Abner Barker ' f ' Lumberton, North Carolina William Wright Barnes T Elm City, North Carolina President Y. M. C. A. Walter Lee Beach . T Lenoir, North Carolina William Clyde Bivens T Goodman, North Carolina Thomas Malcolm Bizzell Goldsboro, North Carolina David Henry Bland Burgaw, North Carolina Vice-President Y. M. C. A. James Henry Booth Cary, North Carolina Robert George Camp T Franklin, Virginia Editor-in-Chief The Howler ; Vice-President G. A. A. John Howard Campen Hertford, North Carolina Marshal, Anniversary. George Wiley Coggin T Palmerville, North Carolina Burrows Allen Critcher 4 Williamston, North Carolina Paul Crumpler Clinton, North Carolina Joseph Robert Cullom , . . . T Weldon, North Carolina Otto Frederic Dingelhoef 34 Grammercy Park, New York Robert Marsh Dowd Lodo, North Carolina Vice-President Junior Class; Baseball Team. Robert R. Fleming Pactolus, North Carolina Gaston Simmons Foote T Warrenton, North Carolina President Junior Class. John Steger Hardawav, Jr Oxford, North Carolina Historian, Junior Class. Martin Luther Harris . . . Dial, North Carolina James Edward Hobgood Oxford, North Carolina Baseball Team. 24 ' ' - SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. Samuel Clemens Howard Oxford, North Carolina Charles Henry Jenkins Y ... Menola, North Carolina James Monroe Justice Hendersonville, North Carolina George Emiler Korne(;ay, Jr Kinston, North Carolina Roger Gregory Lewis T Littleton, North Carolina Isaac Newton Loftin Jacksonville, Florida Second Debater, Anniversary. Robert Edward Little t Claude D. Meadows r Dunn, North Carolina Herbert Hawthorne Mitchell ... T . Aulander, North Carolina Patterson Lorenzo Newton T Casar, North Carolina Alfred Henderson Olive Randleman, North Carolina Benjamin Wingate Parham Oxford, North Carolina Chief Marshal, Anniversary. Leland Jerome Powell Clinton, North Carolina Pryor Watson Purefov T Asheville, North Carolina Chief Marshal, Commencement. Burton Justice Ray r . . Raleigh, North Carolina Art Editor The Howler. Charles Alexander Sigmon T Lenoir, North Carolina John Oates Sprinkle Charlotte, North Carolina Hugh Latimer Story T Eure, North Carolina Secretary Y. M. C. A. Houston Wingate Vernon T Wake Forest, North Carolina Edmund Farris Ward Lumberton, North Carolina Charles Preston Weaver Greensboro, North Carolina Associate Editor The Howler ; Secretary and Treasurer Junior Class. John William Whisnant T Hickory, North Carolina Chief Marshal, Anniversary. William Henry Whitehead, Jr T Timmonsville, South Carolina Second Debater, Anniversary. Judson Willis Lumberton, North Carolina Joseph Byron Wyche Red Bug, North Carolina Samuel Hill Yokeley T pinnj , North Carolina 25 THE PRESENT JUNIOR CLASS, THAT was a homesick crowd of Newish who entered the little chapel to attend prayers on the opening day of the session of igoo-oi. Every- thing was so strange and new ; so many students, so many teachers, so many different walks in the campus — so much that tended to confuse and mystify. The Sophs were everywhere, and their presence struck terror to our hearts. We had heard how they tortured the poor insignificant new man until life was hardly worth living. After prayers came the most trying ordeal of all, that of arranging our schedule for the year ' s work. Those of us who happened to have an older brother or father with us were lucky indeed. Every member of the Faculty approached on the subject had a different idea as to just what one should take the first year. Junior Math, was the only study on which they all agreed. Our word counted for little. What mattered it if we had been reading ' irgil for the last five years? That was no sign that we we re proficient on it. For the first few weeks we simply existed ; then when we began to become more and more acquainted with one another, that characteristic of every Newish — freshness — took possession of us. The Freshman year has always been an imitative period, and our class was no exception. When the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes met and elected officers, we at once felt it our duty to do likewise. From time immemorial there has been an unwritten law at ' ake Forest that the Freshmen shall not meet. Although we used the greatest possible secrecy in notifying our men, in some way the old men got wind of it, and when we assembled before the entrance to the Eu Hall, just after dinner on the appointed day, a host of Juniors and Sophs, with a stray Senior or so here and there, met our little band. The struggle that took place has become a bit of College history. By a sudden rush, seventeen terrified Newish managed to get within the hall. Then came the tug of war. Again and again those on the outside attempted to gain the stairs leading up to the meeting-place, encouraged by the cheers and prayers of those who had been so lucky as to break through the barricade of old men. Prominent among these unlucky ones were Bob Dowd and Jack Sprinkle. They fought like demons, but to no avail. Seeing that they were not likely to increase their numljcr by waiting, the seventeen successful Freshmen chose a president pro tern, and called the meeting to order. The object of the meeting was stated, and nominations for president were declared in order. There was where the rub came. Each individual present had a candidate for the place. All order was done away with. The man with the loudest voice was the most effective. A perfect hubbub ensued; thmgs began to look squally, fists were clenched and cutting remarks indulged in. For the time being, confusion reigned supreme. Finally, the trouble blew 26 over, and a ballot was taken, Jack Sprinkle receiving the highest vote. This ballot was then made unanimous. The election of the other officers was less difficult. Sam Williams was chosen vice-president, and Bob Dowd secretary and treasurer, after which the class adjourned, and the first Freshman meeting ever held at Wake Forest was over. The mills of the gods grind slowly, But they grind exceeding small. How slow time does pass! Just two years have elapsed since that historic meeting took place, and verily it has seemed an age. We have risen by patience and perseverance from the depths of semi-civilized Newishdom, passing with safety the contagious stage of Sophomoric wisdom, to that high and lofty sphere occupied only by the dignified Junior. This enviable position has not been gained by a single bound, but has been reached through never-ceasing toil, and by burning night after night the midnight oil ; one foe dispatched, another has ever been ready to take its place. For a while our labors seemed to have gained us nothing. It has looked as if ours was an endless task, as futile as the search for the fountain of youth. We have held on with the tenacity of a bull- dog, hoping always for the best, and trusting to kind providence to provide that which has not been accomplished by work. The goal, however, at last has appeared to be nearer than in the beginning. United, we stand ; divided, we fall ! has everywhere been our motto, whether in the classroom, on examinations, or on the athletic field. We have furnished leaders in every branch of college life. The matchless words of our orators and debaters have echoed again and again within the recesses of the society halls. It would be a waste of space to begin to enumerate the many honors that have fallen to us. It was one of our class who won the fiction medal last year. Three have been chosen to edit The Howler. Well, well ! the world must turn upon its axis, And all men turn with it, heads or tails. Only one more year remains before us — a year abounding in difficulties far more complex than any we have encountered before. So far, we have met the Faculty and they are ours; but judging from the record of the present Senior Class, we have much to fear. The very mention of Logic strikes terror to our hearts. The gift of prophecy has not been bestowed upon me, and even if it were, it would take volume after volume to plot the futures of our sixty men. Our aims and aspirations in life are many and various. Some have decided to become propounders of the law and thus win fame ; some have laid their all upon the altar of literature ; others have felt called to preach the gospel, and some have made up their minds to teach. Time can be the only sure test. Great men are born, not made. If the present be a safe guide for the future, much mav be expected of our sturdy band. Historian. 27 SOPHOMORE CLASS. OFFICERS. RICHARD DePew Covington, PRESIDENT. John Randolph Teague, VICE-PRESIDENT. Samuel Wait Bagley, SECRETARY. John Askew Shaw, TREASURER. ARTHUR Llo d Fletcher, 28 ' LLP ' -aitv - + p w ■ -ifci SOPHOMORE CLASS ROLL. NAME. SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. Edgar Clifton Andrews Durham, North Carolina Matthew Darden Austin T Rockingham, North Carolina Samuel Wait Baglev ■! Scotland Neck, North Carolina Secretary Sophomore Class. Stanley Walter Bennett T Wake Forest, North Carolina Benjamin Franklin Bray Y Woodville, North Carolina Treasurer Y. M. C. A. John William Cole . . . T Bringles, North Carolina Edwin Ekwin Connor T Mars Hill, North Carolina Edwin Walter Cooke T . ' Louisburg, North Carolina James William Copi ' EDGe T Cedar Rock, North Carolina Ru hard DeFew Covington T Florence, South Carolina President Sophomore Class. EciiiERT Lawrence Davis T Conrads, North Carolina Second Marshal, Commencement. Benjamin Everett Dunn Y Littleton, North Carolina Arthur Lloyd Fletcher Y Jefferson, North Carolina Historian Sophomore Class. Mortimer Elliott Forrest Y Raleigh, North Carolina William Josiah Francis Y Waynesville, North Carolina Earle Gore Wilmington, North Carolina David Brooks Harwell Wake Forest, North Carolina Andrew Cleveland Hambv Stony Fork, North Carolina Julius Adolphus Heilig Y Yost, North Carolina Ray Henry Y Lilesville, North Carolina Benjamin Thomas Holding Youngsville, North Carolina Claudius Cooper Howard t Salemburg, North Carolina James Dallas Howell Y Tillery, North Carolina JuDsoN DuNiiAR Ives Pine Bluff, North Carolina WiNGATK Memory Johnson Cary, North Carolina TiHRM.w Delmar Kitchin Y Scotland Neck, North Carolina Tliird Marshal, Commencement. 30 NAME. SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. Van Armstrong Lincle T Dwight, North Carolina Edward Long T Love ' s Level, North Carolina WiNGFiELD Hancock Lvon, Jr T Raleigh, North Carolina Pearl Damon Mangum Durham, North Carolina Graham Dickson Moore T Peachland, North Carolina Third Marshal, Anniversary. Joe Norfleet T Franklin, Virginia Reuben Dwight Marsh r Marshville, North Carolina Herbert Ernest Peele Una, South Carolina Jesse Parker f Levifiston, North Carolina John Owen Pope T Weldon, North Carolina Hubert McNeil Poteat Wake Forest, North Carolina William Howard Price T Scotland Neck, North Carolina Second Marshal, Anniversary. James Dick Proctor Lumberton, North Carolina First Marshal, Commencement. Charles Wilky Pavsecr T Harden, North Carohna James Robinson Saunders Y Wingate, North Carolina John Askew Shaw Tf Winton, North Carolina Treasurer Sophomore Class. William Paul Speas . . T Huntsville, North Carolina William Walter Stafford T Elizabeth City, North Carolina John Randolph Teague ■ Siler City, North Carolina Second Marshal, Commencement ; ' ice-President Sophomore Class. Leonidas Lake Triplett T Markham, Virginia Eugene A. Turner •l ' Wake Forest, North Carolina Jacob Allen Underwood Clinton, North Carolina John Henry Vernon, Jr • Roxboro, North Carolina Thomas Lewellyn Vernon • T Madison, North Carolina William Marion Whitesides T Chimney Rock, North Carolina George Griffton Wood T Byarsville, North Carolina William Luther Wyatt T Raleigh, North Carolina 31 SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY, All flesh is grass and all our glory fades Like the fair flower disheveled by the wind. RIGHT bitterly was this fact brought home to us — the Class of 1905. In August of 1901 we left our homes with sadness in our liearts and with mother ' s and sister ' s kisses warm on our lips. How lonely tiiey would be without us ! How our good old neighbors would miss us ! But with visions of greatness in the near future, and with unbounded faith in our intellectual abilities, we resolutely turned away. We reached Wake Forest. Then — a long farewell to our greatness ! We found ourselves the most insignificant of all the throng. Indignity after indignity was heaped upon us. After ages of toil, Com- mencement came, and with it a rising of spirits. Once free from the dampening domination of Sophomoredom, and with the divine afflatus that only an old- ish can feel filling our bosoms, we began to expand to our former dimensions. As the home-bound train sped on, visions of friends and neighbors waiting for us flashed through our self-satisfied minds. In the lowest depths of Newishdom we had dreamed of that day when we. as college men, should bestride our narrow world like a Colossus. Oh, that a dream so sweet, so long enjoyed. Should be so sadly, cruelly destroyed ! Only the hired man and the old bay mule and the old rickety wagon were awaiting us at the station. (r)ur home-coming created no sensation. We had not been missed. August 28th, 1902, found us again at Wake Forest — chastened, but strengthened. Our nine months of serfdom were over and our eyes were no longer blinded by Freshman delusions. We found upon our hands the most variegated assortment of Newish ever exhibited under one roof. They ranged all the way from rural celebrities, wearing their not-to-know-me-argues-your- self-unknown expression, down to the Christmas-tree angel ' ' variety. As Sophs, it was our duty to teach these verdant youths from the high grass, broom- sedge fields, and backwoods of Carolina, their places. And didn ' t we do it ! The campus rang at nightfall with the war-whoop of the Sporting Club exhibiting their ' ' trotting-stock. The Night-hawks were busy with polish and brush working on Newish complexions. We lavished upon them a thousand other little attentions — all to teach them Humility, that low sweet root From which all heavenly virtues shoot. To all this the Faculty strenuously objected. We have been having a hard time with the Faculty this year. It has been unusually unruly, and we ' 11 not be 32 sorry when the time comes to turn it over to the Class of ' 06. We ' 11 all feel relieved when we get rid of it. Without doubt, the Faculty has been the hardest proposition we have had to buck up a,iL;ainst in the legitimate discharge of our Sophomorical duties. It declared all Xewish free and independent. The fiat went forth that there shoulil l)e not even the mildest form of hazing; that the Newish should not even be whistled: that the i)ice (if the megaphone should be stilled in the land. Nevertheless, we have tried to do nuv duly towards the Newish, in spite of the Faculty. For the So])h Class of next ear we have already some good material in sight. This, togetiier with tlmsi. ' nf us who either have too much love for the Sophomore Class to leave it, or who kntnv a goofl thing when they see it well enough to stay with it, will make a tirst-class guardian for the Faculty and will afford the Newish ample protection, ' e bequeath to them the task of hold- ing the ruthless l- aculty in check and the sacred duty of bringing u]) next year ' s crop of Newish in the way they shciidd go. Of our class celebrities oiu Christmas-gift Newish, Siggie, is the most conspicuous. ] Iangum, of Fxcelsior fame, stands a close second. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. Dunn, whose little body lodges a mighty mind, nnist not be overlooked. Feck, the ' irginian whose eloquent lips spout Shakes- peare by the hour on the slightest provocation, is our pride. When it comes to speaking, our class yields to none. We point with just pride to X ' ernon and Turner, When they speak, the air, a chartered libertine, is still, And a mute wonder lurketh in men ' s ears To steal their sweet and honeyed sentences. As for preachers, we proudly point you to Brethren Haymorc and Brinson, whose magnificent sermons, fraught with words of learned length and thunder- ous sound, amaze the gazing rustics of the Harricane. These are oidy a few of the stars in our oratorical firmament. But we pass on to our Sports. Calm and serene above us all stands Big Joe, the glass of fashion, the mold of form. Little Edwin, a gentle, dainty little fell ow and a tremendous favorite with the ladies, stands second. It is like breaking home ties for him to say good- bye to his mirror. Proc, the auburn-haired, is not to hunt. There are others, all sports of the first water. We know what we are, but know not what we may be. Unlimited possi- bilities open up before us. To vastly excel the present upper classes will be no herculean task. We have passed with honors through the intricate mazes of Junior Latin and Junior Greek. We have passed unscathed through the fiery furnace of Trig, and Analytics. What we can ' t do remains to be seen. As Juniors we propose to be more dignified and decorous than the present class. When, after due process of evolution, we attain Seniorial dignity, we do not propose to be learned, without sense, venerably dull. On the other hand, we shall be what the Senior Class ought to be, but seldom is — a model for the lower classes and a crown of glory to the College. Historian. 33 A Freshman may try to disguise His youth with a hat twice his suize ; Wear his grandfather ' s clothes, With his specs on his nothes — Quite useless, as you will surmuise. But with the old Senior, not so — To the other extreme he will go. He will pose as a wonder, A genius ! By thunder ! Just fifteen last month, don ' t you know! ' 34 im THE FRESHMAN CLASS. OFFICERS. Heber Jones Vann, PRESIDENT. George Turner goodw n, VICE-PRESIDENT. GARY Ray Smith. SECRETARY. BRUCE LEONIDAS POWERS, TREASURER. GEORGE Jones Spence, 36 FRESHMAN CLASS ROLL, NAME. SOCIETY. HOME ADDRESS. Theodore Merton Alexander T Charlotte, North Carolina Walter Scott Anderson V Denton, North Carolina Willis Walters Baker Wakefield, North Carolina Joe Pittman Bivens T Goodman, North Carolina Hardy Fannell Brinson Currie, North Carolina James Thomas Broughton T Raleigh, North Carolina David Thomas Bunn Justice, North Carolina Adolphus McKinnie Burleson T Barnardsville, North Carolina Mike Francis Caldwell Lumberton, North Carolina Freeman Flovd Castellow T Windsor, North Carolina Elijah Cox ■! ' Catha Lake, North Carolina Third Marshal Commencement. William Walter Cox Goldsboro, North Carolina Bavard Scales Cummings T Monroeton, North Carolina Kader Randolph Curtis Ohoskey, North Carolina Elliott Brantley Earnshaw T Raleigh, North Carolina Gordon Raby Edwards . T Wake Forest, North Carolina Slocomb Rupert Edwards Staley, North Carolina Baseball Team. George Ransom Faircloth Thomas, North Carolina Howard Frank Freeman Y Taylor, North Carolina BvRD Pleasant Gentry Y Bethel Hill, North Carolina Charles Gentry Gilrkath t ....■■ ■ Moravian Falls, North Carolina Nathan N. Greene Henderson, North Carolina George Turner Goodwvn Laurinburg, North Carolina Vice-President Freshman Class; Baseball Team. James Ira Griffin Y Woodland, North Carolina Donald Gulley Wake Forest, North Carolina Thomas Gulley Wake Forest, North Carolina Grover Cleveland Hamrick Y Shelby, North Carolina Spurgeon Ord Hajirick Y Shelby, North Carolina Luthi;r Duke Harper 1 . . Kim City, North Carolina Daniel Garfield Hart Fruitland, North Carolina Dodson Frederick Harwkli Wake Forest, North Carolina John Henry Harwood .. Robbinsville, North Carolina 38 Will Isham Holding Wake Forest, North Carolina Lloyd Martin Holloway T Sparta, North Carolina John William Hope l Pocomoke City, Maryland Fred Lafayette Huffman T Morganton, North Carolina Joseph Carey Jones T Adair, North Carolina Edwin Bruce Josey r Scotland Neck, North Carolina Vallie Joyner T Woodland, North Carolina George Washington Justice ■i ' Hendersonville, North Carolina Michael Hoke Justici ' , Jr Y Rutherfordton, North Carolina Richard Leon Kendrick . Rock Hill, South Carolina Oscar Wentworth King . Wilmington, North Carolina Baseball Team. Charles Alexander Leonard T Statesville, North Carolina Arthur Forrester Lide Darlington, South Carolina Carl Raby Livermon T Roxobel, North Carolina Fletcher Harris Lyon Austin, North Carolina John Ernest Marion Elkin, North Carolina Will Slater Markham Durham, North Carolina Van Buren Martin T Margarettsville, North Carolina Martin Luther Matthews T Timmonsville, South Carolina Jesse McCarter Stinnett, Tennessee Beattie DeKalb McDaniel T King ' s Mountain, North Carolina Rov Herbert Mitchell Robesville, North Carolina Steven Jones Morgan Morgan Hill, North Carolina Elpena Council Parker Y Menola, North Carolina Leslie Cleveland Parker Salemsburg, North Carolina Lloyd Archie Parker Y Menola, North Carolina Joseph Collis Patton Y High Point, North Carolina Ernest Monroe Perry Mapleville, North Carolina Charles Wilson Pickering ■ Copen, South Carolina Willie Dowd Poe Pittsboro, North Carolina Charles Taylor Poston Y Swansea, South Carolina Bruce Leonidas Powers Wake Forest, North Carolina Treasurer Freshman Class. John Jenkins Price Thomasville, North Carolina Vallie Conway Ray Y Bangor, North Carolina Daniel Parker Robbins Y Funston, North Carolina Frank Sumner Ross Wilson ' s Store, North Carolina Edwin Ferebee Shaw Y Henderson, North Carolina Oscar Jennings Sikes Y Monroe, North Carolina Claudius Arthur Smith Y Concord, North Carolina Cary Ray Smith Y Timmonsville, South Carolina Secretary Freshman Class. James Abner Snow Dobson, North Carolina Benjamin Sorgee Y New Brooklyn, South Carolina James Henry Spalding Y Eure, North Carolina George Jones Spence Y Elizabeth City, North Carolina Historian Freshman Class. 39 XAME. SOCIETY, HOME ADDRESS. Thomas Eaton Swaxn T Cool Springs, North Carolina Urens Edgar Swann T • ■ • Cool Springs, North Carolina John Boyce Talbirt T Concord, North Carolina Wn.Lis Perkins Taylor T Aurelian Springs, North Carolina Cornelius Tate Tew Clinton, North Carolina Shadrach Franklin Thompson Ladonia, North Carolina BiRUER TowNSEXD Lumberton, North Carolina James Lassiter Tunstall T Cokes, North Carolina Robert Lendon Upchurch i Clinton, North Carolina Heber Jones Vann Y Como, North Carolina President Freshman Class; Baseball Team. Joseph Newsome Vann r Union, North Carolina James Macon V ' aughan T Flint, North Carolina Jesse Benton Weatherspoon . Durham, North Carolina 40 new histre bi spense wheeler • DONT no whether eny boddy nose it or knot but we are hear and tlieir aint J eny more hear like us nor their aint eny more home like us either we got hear sum time in august i think i aint quite shure i no it becaws i dont no nothin i thought i knowed somethin befour i left home but i found that was a mistake we have got sum middlin good prefessers up hear and they have treated us newishes tolably fare if they dont get eny worst we mite dcside later to keep them enother year their are sum things done up hear which we dont think is rite one thing certain we dont like this here way the faculty has got of holding their meetings in secret they aught to hold there meetings in the big chapel and let every boddy come up that wants to we have got the well fair of this college at heart and we think we aught to be allowed to no how things are going on sum of these senyors and junyors up hear are just horred and they certainly aint got much respect for a newish one of them senyors actually cussed at ickabob the other day and ickabob he cussed back at him and then well i feal reel sorry for icky now the pore boy aint got but one i we have desided that the man what invented latin aught to be hung for life but the man what dis- covered ponys is a hero and aught to be elected president of england hinds and noble are doing a great and glorious work for the uplifting of the human race if they ever bust our class has agreed to grant them a pension all the ballance of there lives our class is very multitudinous being composed of sum boddy or other from every country in the state except africa there is a feller hear named josey dont env of us no where he from but we think he hails from sibera dont let it get out but this years harvest of newishes is absolutely the best crop ever raised around hear i just want to tell you confidentially that we are the guardian angels of this institution heber van persides over our meetings and forrest is our sporting man little smith keeps a record of our doings in our meetings and brutus powers is our treasurer and keeps our funds we have 44 cents in the treasury now which we will invest in peanuts at commencement santa claws brings us sum viry purty toys Christmas he brung us one little jack-in-the-box and on the outside was painted in bright red letters— sigmon he brung us several other little toys which we aint learned the name of yet hufman one of them playthings what santa claws put in our sock is trying to get the faculty to dis- 41 miss that blacking committea what blacked him as they used indelible ink instead of shoe polish patton is our poet hear is a finished product of his fertile brain — senyors have their time to fall junyors to wither at examinations — bluish ; the sophs to pony up — but all — thou hast all seasons to be blacked — oh newish. mike justiss has bought a 40c. sweater and is trying to make pigtail on the scrub base ball team his chances for this position of trust and responsibility are very favorable as he has the support of the whole class ransom farecloth and willie cox have formed a monopoly on boreing but i suppose ransom is excu- sable as he is a candidate for 3rd marshall dr torn is the most knowingest man in the faculty he is our friend in a time of need and a shelter in the time of storm we have been treated reel cruel by them sofmoores which blacked us with shoe pollish sut and axle grcecc but there is a bright day a coming by and by and then when we had our picture took they heaved mud at us and cussed at us and called us newishes but we will forgive them because they dont no any better the most popular feller in the senyor class is si cology one senyor though said that si weren ' t much on examinations p. s. big broughton has combed his hair and is running for 3rd marshall i hope he will get it if eny boddy else in the newish class wants eny thing else they can get it becavvs we are running things this year i should also wish to state that this histre is not very authentical being writ by a feller who handles the truth rather careless sum times yours truly historian I 42 I CONTENTMENT. De ' possums what was in de swampy marsh Has all bin cotched an ' eat, An ' de Christmas times dey ' s er drawin ' nigh, Wid not er single scrap uv meat. But what ' s de use er rilin ' , Ef yer lot ain ' t zackly fine, While de earf keep on er smilin ' , An ' oe sun don ' t fail ter shine ? Dar ain ' t no cracklings in de co ' n cake, Dar ain ' t no flour in de sack, An ' de milk cow ' s down wid de holler horn. An ' de gray mule s broke his back. Dar ain ' t no ' simmons on de ' simmon tree. An ' de taters am scase in de patch. An ' de bulldog sleeps by de chicken roost. An ' de blue hen ' s aigs won ' t hatch. Blackberry time am done an ' gone, An ' de frost done kill all de fruit. An ' de pensions, dey ' s all fer de white folks. So de nigger gotter starve er root. But what ' s de use er rilin ' , Ef yer lot ain ' t zackly fine. While de earf keep on er smilin ' . An ' de sun don ' t fail ter shine? J. O. Patton. 43 THE LAW CLASS. OFFICERS. WILLIAM ALBION DUNN, JR.. PRESIDENT. ODES McCoy Mull, VICE-PRESIDENT. JAMES LESLIE COLLIER. SECRETARY. RAYMOND Cromwell Dunn, HISTORIAN. 44 IB i t f f LAW CLASS ROLL. NAME. HUME AllDRESS. Ri(MAKi) Clyde Ai.i.f.n Kelly, North Carolina Thomas Ai.i.en Dillon, South Carolina Lk.mii.li-: Hendren Allred Yoimgsville, North Carolina HuiiH Lawson Beckerdite Winston-Salem, North Carolina Claudius Willie Bell Dunn, North Carolina Everett Johnson Britt Charm, North Carolina J. G. Carter Forsyth County, North Carolina D. J. Cashwell Hope Mills, North Carolina James Leslie Collier Little River Academy, North Carolina Secretary Law Class. Pritchard Sylvester Carlton Warsaw, North Carolina Otto Frederic Dinglehoef 34 Grammercy Park, New York City William Albion Dunn, Jr Scotland Neck, North Carolina President Law Class. Raymond Cromwell Dunn Scotland Neck, North Carolina Historian Law Class; Editor Student: Baseball Team, Robert Hardy Dye Fayetteville, North Carolina Chaklics Gentry Gilreath .• Moravian Falls, North Carolina Charles Ui ' Church Harris Raleigh, North Carolina FiT .iiuGH Burgardus Hamrkk Metal, North Carolina Walter Jones Fairfield, North Carolina Walti;r Nev Keener Lincolnton, North Carolina ChaklI ' :s Duffy Koonce Jacksonville, North Carolina E. LoFTiN Larkins Burgow, North Carolina Josi;i ' H AiiN ' ER Leigh Columbia, North Carolina Fl1 ' .t HICK Harris Lyon Austin, North Carolina WiNFiELD HANcfiCK LvoN, Jr Raleigh, North Carolina David Leonard McDuffie Fayetteville, North Carolina Erni ' .st ' ance Moore Liledown, North Carolina LicoNiDAs John Moore, Jr New Berne, North Carolina Charles M. Morse Carthage, North Carolina Tola David Maness Wingate, North Carolina 46 Van Buken Martin Margarettsville, North Carolina Odes McCoy Mull Knob Creek, North Carolina Vice-President Law Class ; Baseball Team. Wayland Leroy Newton Arlington, New Jersey Henry Reynolds Pilot Mountain, North Carolina George Dana Boardman Reynolds Eagle Springs, North Carolina Willie Wendol Rogers ' Winton, North Carolina Grayson Columbus Robertson Barnardsville, North Carolina John Cuthbertson Sikes, Jr Monroe, North Carolina Manager Baseball Team. William Robert Sherrill Webster, North Carolina Ernest Frederic Upchurch Gary, North Carolina Leon T. Vaughan Scotland Neck, North Carolina Leonidas Blackman Williams Rockingham, North Carolina John Martin Wagoner City, North Carolina 47 HISTORY OF THE LAW CLASS. ON the morning of the 28th of August, twenty-five of the best-looking (?) young men in Wake Forest College assembled in Williams Hall to begin the study of law. P.egin? Ye gods, no! for some of them had been learned in the law from time whereof the meuKiry of man runneth not to tin- contrary, which, lieing interpreted, means three years. However, on this morn- ing the pa]ia Solons and the little Johnnie Solons began their work together, each of us dcternu ' ned in learn the law, the whole law, and nothing but the law, so help us Gulley. It was not a particularly handsome class, but long ago Reddy Allen had declared tliat ' you can ' t learn law and be pretty at the same tiiue. ami who knew better than ' Reddy ? .So in the ijcginning, each one carefully laid away his personal pulchritude for future use, realizing that law was a most jealous mistress and would brook no rivals. But what of the jiersonnel of the class? h ' irst there was Allen, the onlv black-haired member of his father ' s family, who knew more law than any man in the class, and whose faith in his learning was well shown bv his I ' 11 bet you ten cents I ' m right on every occasion. hn could better be mentioned here than I ' ritch Carlton, Allen ' s ri al an l legal enemy? ' ■ I ' ritch had already spent a summer here, pretending to take Junior Law ( )ne, but in reality taking Junior (jrirls too, and he, with Keener and W. Dimn, most vigorously opposed the personal pulchritude projMsition mentioned aljove. We do not mean to say that these three were conceited: nut at all. nor do we tr}- to prove it, for quod constat dare noil debet vcrificari is a well-known legal maxim, Sport Duiui, the woman- hater, comes next. He was a great lover of Equity, and had for himself a revised maxim, Equity considers her Dunn who ought to be Dunn, wdiieh he never failed to quote whenever the opportunity offered. Then Keener, the lover; .Sikes, the joker; Collier, the advocate; Mull, the quizzer; Maness, the orator; Rogers, the standby — each comes in for his share of glory in this legal dispensation ; not to mention Pierce, who never asked a question, nor Martin, who never answered one. After Christmas our number was increased to such an extent as to preclude further mention of our members. Yet we would not have you think that there were no serious moments for us, that all our time was spent in the vain pleasures of the world. I call upon the immortal Blackstone to sav thee nay ! I refute it in the name of Greenleaf, that mighty Evidence of a mighty man ! I deny it in the name of Stephen, whose Pleadings should not be in vain ! I call upon The Administrators and Ex- ecutors of Croswell to refute this odious calumny ! I impeach the truth of such an assertion in the name of Clark, Bispham, and Adams, and that long line of illustrious legal lights whose acquaintance we have made ! It is the vilest slander of innocent men, done with a malicious intent to injure us in our reputation and profession. Yes, our class has been studious, carefully observant of law and lawyers, and each member possessing in a remarkable degree Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign powers. Yet we have not been wholly free from strife among ourselves. The Moot Court had to be organized, and every father ' s son of us wanted a position on the bench. Legging became the order of the day and peanuts and pop-corn candy proved mighty factors in the campaign. At length, the all-important day came, and William W. Rogers, Esq., walked ofT with the palm. The other officers were elected without opposition, and this honorable court was now ready for business. Richard Roe and John Doe proved the most frequent wron g- doers, and accordingly found themselves arraigned at every term. However, at one time Romulus Richards and his twin brother Remus were before His Honor for burglary, and at another Jane Doe had to answer for the crime of making a three-bagger on the head of John Fen. These courts were a great factor in developing the powers of the young attorneys in the art of cross- examination, in the putting of their cases to the jury, and in practise and pleading. Already Daniel Webster has been eclipsed and Thomas B. Reed forced to take a back seat in the profession. Marshall and Taney sink into insignificance by the side of Rogers. A Daniel come to judgment I yea, a Daniel ! O wise yomig judge, how I do honor thee ! As to the popularity of these courts of justice, the fa ct that oftentimes the sherifif was officer and juror at the same time, bespeaks a large attendance upon them. O fortunate Six ! We sing of you who stemmed the tide of questions in February and with unbroken phalanx reached that shore to which so many of your struggling brethren look with longing eyes. Would that we had been with you ! We see our error now. But thejtender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me, is the fear of us all. 1 6 However, August will prove all things. 49 1 We were pleasantly surprised one morning on entering the law room to see in the bold handwriting of our class poet that Professor GuUey last night over the other lawyers rode, And was elected Chairman of the Commission on the Code. The poet was right. True worth had met its reward and our Professor, the best expounder of the law, had been chosen to fill a most honorable and responsible position. The embryonic lawyers will not in future dread the Code, for under his direction it will lie so arranged that a wayfaring man, though a fnnl, need not err therein. We congratulate the State on having such a man to help revise its Code and, you. Professor, on being accorded so deserved an honor. ' ■ It doth aiijiear you are a worthy judge. You know the law, your exposition Hath been most sound. Now mv task is almost done, f realize the truth of the common law ma.xim, that hiciii est iiiliil iliccrr cl iiisiitficiciitcr ill(-rri ' . lUit what can 1 di)? ' It is impossible to tell all you ' -e said anil done, tci relate all the victories you have achieved, tn rec iinit all of ymir tri als, to mention all of your troubles. This is impossible, and .-I riiiil ossiblc inic ii ' rst tciiii. f n . ugtist you will obtain that coveted license: ou will then be in reality, what you have been so long in your dreams — lawyers — men that hire out their words anil anger; that are more or less passionate according as they are paid for it, and allow their client a quantity of wrath proportionate to the fee which they receive from him. And now, in parting, a woril to each of you, my classinates: I charge you by the Law, Whereof you are a well-deservin,g pillar. Proceed to success. Acting the law we live by without fear: And, because right is right, to follow ri,ght until you have proven yourself an honor to your profession, and largeh- through your instrumentality The kindly earth shall slumber lapt in universal law, 50 THE MOOT COURT. N. Y. Gui,i.KY Judge of the Appellate Court. W. W. Rogers Judge of Ifie Common Court. W. A. Dunn, Jr. Solicitor. P. S. Carlton Clerk. W. N. Keener Stieriff. 51 MEDICAL CLASS. OFFICERS. John Archibald McMillan, PRESIDENT. JOHN LAMBE PRITCHARD, VICE-PRESIDENT. ISAAC ARCHER HORNE, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. John Brewer Powers, Jr., HISTORIAN. MEMBERS. N. ME. S(H 11 l . IKiME -MHiKESS. Paul Ci.ENTdX Brittle T Menola, North Carolina Paul Cru.mim.kk Clinton, North Carolina Thomas Joseph Dean T Cedar Rock, North Carolina George Norfleet Harrell T Potecasi, North Carolina William Alden Hoggard Y Windsor, North Carolina Isaac Archicr Horne T Pendleton, North Carolina R. R. Lucas Plymouth, North Carolina George A. McLemore Parkersburg, North Carolina John Archibald McMillan 1 Riverton, North Carolina Paul Havne Mitcheli T Ahoskie, North Carolina Hodge Albert Newell T Mapleville, North Carolina John Brewer Powers, Jr Wake Forest, North Carolina John Lambe Pritchard T Burden, North Carolina Houston Wingate Vernon T Wake Forest, North Carolina 52 MEDICAL CLASS. MEDICAL CLASS HISTORY. THE class of cniliryoiiic .Esculapians of ' 03 is Ijy no means entireh- tlevoid of histor}-, altlioUL;li the miserly manner in which thev conceal it wouhl make it appear so. ' T is true, the historian remembers one night when a portion of the class, gathered together for a quiz, succeeded it by an experience meeting. Had the present writer known, therefore, that he would afterwards be appointed historian, he would have taken mites and thus saved some very interest- ing facts. However, he has not completely forgotten that night, and will set down what he remembers. This is all good enough on one hand, but, on the other, the very gentlemen whom the historian has reason to believe to have the most history, or rather experience, connected with their names, were not present. Nevertheless, some facts concerning them have leaked out. Xow, t(i begin with llie experience meeting. The first gentleman to give his e.xperience had just retiu ' ned from a visit. He still had reminiscences of driving to church and of the fatted sheep killed for him, on his brain, though the cerebral committee declare that the most prominent feature of this gentle- man ' s brain is the floor of his fourth ventricle, liecause of a recent feat of this same gentleman, the liistori:in feels obliged to add that his spinal cord, or rather vertebral column, is prett - good also. The next gentleman to testify reached down and pulled out his watch. Opening it and showing a girl ' s ]iicture on tlu ' inner side of the case, he remarked: I ' .oys, if 1 e -er .-iniounl to anything in this world it will be Ijecause of this girl, for she has etc. ! ! ! This proved to be a very fortunate remark, for immediately afterwards we were treated to a stor}- worthy to be written up for some magazine, by the poet of the class famous for his lines on The Lily White Hands. He began his story something like this: Boys, down yonder in S County, where I came fmm, there is a school-teacher. I fell in love with her and asked her to marry me. .She laughed at me because I was only a |)oor, uneducated farm boy. Instead of being discouraged, I staited to school, and while at school concluded that perhaps she might like a doctor. Gentlemen, you know now why I am here, and if working will get her, she is mine. The writer can assert that this gentleman has done faithful work. Who knows but that some da_ he will be a famous surgeon? 54 The class has lately learned tliat there is another Claude Bernard in their midst. The discovery came about in this way: Two members of the cere- bral committee were discussing the possibility of procuring for one animal a peculiar trait of another by extirpation of the center for this trait and grafting it on tlie corresponding center in the brain of the other. One of the spinal cord men overheard this conversation and determined to try the experiment of remov- ing the olfactory lobe of a dog and grafting it on to the brain of a cat, so that a cat could be made to hunt birds and chase rabbits as well as a dog. He tried the experiment time and again, but every time failed. Finally, one day he asked a third member of the cerebral committee why his experiment wouldn ' t work. This member explained to him something about a waller-i-an degeneration. He concluded he did, and in the mud at that. Before closing, I should mention the great consternation created the other day, when it became known that the whole class, including the instructor, was summoned before the faculty. The whole class was first censured for monopo- lizing the gymnasium. Then each one had a separate charge preferred against him — Grumpier, Dean, and Harrell for taking two years ' work in one; Newell for using profane language; JMcLemore for getting drunk; Mitchell and Hoggard for dragging; Lucas and Ikey for doing more than their share of dissecting; Hoose for paying too much attention to his looks ; Mc VIillan for studying too hard and for not visiting enough ; Powers for neglecting his studies for baseball ; Pritchard for neglecting everything, even unto his personal appearance, for Histology; and lastly. Dr. Cooke for not traveling enough in the interest of his department. On promising not to return again next year, they were all allowed to continue till Commencement. Then, what may we not expect from such a wonderful class — some Ijeing inspired b}- Lily White Hands, while others have the idea of experimenting so deeply implanted in them? When they shall have gone forth to the battle-field of life, marbles used in the place of eyes will be a thing of the pas;, as the lower animals will have to supply them for the higher. Alaybe our experimenter will succeed in his transfer of the olfactory lobe, even in man. . t least the science of JNIedicine will receive a great upheaval. 55 a Degrees Conferred in 1902, MASTER OF ARTS. C. M. Beach J. P. McSwAiN BACHELOR OF ARTS. P. R. Alderman P ' . Q. Barbee A. J. Be;thea B. H. Browning W. A. Dunn, Jr. F. G. Hamrick J. K. Henderson W. Keener J. A. McMillan O. M. Mull L. T. ROYALL . H. V. Scarborough D. W. Sorrell G. T. Stephenson L. T. Vaughan R. P. Walker J. M. Arnette C. M. Beach T. E. Browne J. T. Buff A. P. Garrett E. R. Harris A W. Honeycutt C. E. McBrayer J. P. McSwAiN H. H. Powell M. B. S.AWYER J. C. SiKES, Jr. B. F. Stafford W. H. Tyler W. L. ' aughan W. E. Woodruff BACHELOR OF LAW. E. J. BriTT F. D. Hamrick O. P. Dickinson F. E. Thomas 56 THE LUCKY THIRTEEN. Mike is a boy of great popularity, Caused, no doubt, by his catching hilarity. He stays with his friends and not with his books ; To loatinsi he pays more attention than looks. Biggy is a man of huge dimensions, But these can not equal his enormous pretensions. Of temper he has an unusual share. But when it conies to fight, well — Biggy ' s not there. Ichabod causes a cackling noise Whenever he appears among the boys. A perpetual grin rests on his face. And he carries himself with proverbial grace. Lord Creacy has a knowing look; He ' s never seen without a book. His look is always quite demure — This dignified, this knowing puer. Barnyard is a poet of great renown. He writes of the chicken, the pig, and the liound; He even has chickens in love in the yard; He ' ll outlive his fame, the Barnyard Bard. Goo-goo Alec writes news each day, And then peruses what he has to say. A silver-tongued Demosthenes, But his listeners appear to be ill at ease. And now Excelsior with his bag of collars. His laundry receipts grow into dollars. He comes thro ' the snow, he comes thro ' the rain; Long live the Parson of Excelsior fame ! Sir Roger builds pyramids of grub, And packs them away in his cavernous tub. And knowledge he stores away in his brain. But his supply of wit remains the same. Buggy ' s face is a question mark: Paid your laundry bill or not ? Politics is Puggy ' s sphere. He ' ll wear the toga some time last year. Preach beats all for telling a lie ; This no human dares to deny. He overflows with original (?) wit. And with a case of bores his hearers are smit. Curly spouts with oratory, Of heroes bold, of battles gory; But then he comes from Calhoun ' s State, Where everybody expects to be great. Knotty possesses beautiful hair, Which curls over his cranium here and there. A baseball player — a little wild. But he handles himself with professional style. Pretty Hobby twirls the sphere, And gives the batter a clutch of fear. The maidens ' hearts are easy prey, Bui Trinity proceeded to bat him away. Here ' s to the thirteen men of fame ! Some day you will hear their other name. For long ago ' t was decreed by Fate That these thirteen should all be great. 57 ' KiwAare. )ia.mor.!,arL MlC CAMPUS SCENE. (irganizattouB WAKE FOREST COLLEGE BAND, Samuel W. Bagley Leader Talcott W. Brewer Manager Samuel W. Bagley Solo Cornet Oscar W. King Solo Cornet George W. Coggin First Cornet Thomas M. Bizzell First Alto David H. Bland Second Alto George E. Kornegay First Tenor JUDSON D. Ives Second Tenor Hubert M. Poteat Baritone Talcott W. Brewer Tuba Bruce L. Powers Snare Drum Carl R. Smith Base Drum 60 GLEE CLUB. Samuel W. Baglky, Violin and Cornet Talcott W. Brewer, Violin Gaston S. Footp:, Guitar James E. Hobgood, Gnitar Oscar W. Kixg, Gnitar and Cornet William H. Pace, Banjo Hubert M. Poteat, Violin and Trombone Burton J. Ray, Violin and Guitar FIRST tenors. Eugene S. Greene Henry E. Craven SECOND TENORS. jAMiis E. Hobgood Gaston S. Foote FIRST BASSES. Burton J. Ray Bruce E. Powers second basses. William H. Pace John B. Powers 62 KING PACE GLEE CLUB. FOOTE POWERS, J. HOBGOOD GREENE POWERS, B. RAY BREWER POTEAT BAGLEY Y. M. C. A. William W. Baknes President David H. Bland Vice-President Hugh L Story Recording Secretary JosEPH B. W vcHE Corresponding Secretary Benjamin F. Bray, Jr Treasurer CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. Religious. Nominating. James M. Justice Charles A. Sigmon Finance. Benjamin F. Bray, Jr. Bible Study. Mission Study. Julius A. Heilig Robert R. Fleming, Jr. Handbook. Charles P. Weaver 64 WAKE FOREST SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. W. L. PoTEAT President J. F. Lanneau Vice-President C. E. Brewer Secretary Papers Read in 1902-03. Dr. F. K. Cooke — The Surface Anatomy of the Brain. Prof. J. L. Lake The Predecessors of Roentgen and Becquerel. Dr. F. K. Cooke — Bacillary Dysentery. Mr. S. a. Ives — Attempts to Solve the Problem of Heredity. Prof. W. L. Poteat — Fresh L,ight on the Problem of Heredity. President C. E. Taylor— The CuU of the Occult. Mr. T. W. Brewer — Nitrification. Dr. C. E. Brewer — Processes for Rendering Wood Incombustible. Prof. W. L,. Poteat — Additional North Carolina Desmids. Mr. W. W. Ashe — The Economic Value of Trees. i6 ' 65 VIRGINIA CLUB. Joe Norfleet President R. G. Camp Vice-President L. L. Tkiplett Secretary and Treasurer FAVORITE DRINK : FAVORITE DISH : Historic James River Water. Lynnliaven Oysters. FAVORITE OCCUPATION: MOTTO: Bragging of the Old Dominion. Once a Virginian, Always a Virginian. MEMBERS. R. G. Camp T. L. Dunn Joe Norflebt G. A. Peek L. L. Triplett FRATRES IN FACULTATE. Dr. C. E. Taylor Dr. J. H. Gokrell Prof. L. R. Miles Prof. B. F. Sledd Prof. J. L. Lake Prof. C. C. Crittenden 66 RALEIGH CLUB. MOTTO: (Pi-ye, flu Kac Euffiahou. FLOWER: COLORS: Jimson-Weed. Peacock Blue and Turtle Green. OFFICERS. Talcott W. Brewer President William H. Pace Vice-President Burton J. Ray Secretary and Treasurer Mortimer E. Forrest Keeper of the Cupboard William L. Wyatt .... Inspector of the Capitol Square Loafing Grounds Elliott B. Earnshaw Custodian of the Senatorial Cuspidors MEMBERS. J. T. Broughton T. W. Brewer E. B. Earnshaw M. E. Forrest W. H. Lyon W. H. Pace B. J. Ray W. L. Wyatt 67 EH WAKE COUNTY CLUB. MOTTO: When )-ou can ' t do otherwise — Don ' t. LATIN MOTTO; Nota bene omnia. FLOWER: COLORS: Castor Oil Bean. Tobacco Juice Yellow and vSkinimed Milk Blue. VELL: Wake ' em up ! Wake ' em up ! Wake! Wake I Wake! Shake ' em up! Shake ' em up I Shake! Shake! Shake! Wide Awake ! Wide Awake ! Wake ! Wake ! Wake ! OFHCERS. James Royall President John Powers Secretary SeagravES Vice-President Henry Lanneau Grand Snark of the Universe Spencer Wheeler Wool Gatherer and Rao:-bagninn Extraordinary John Fort Prime Minister of the Harricane Donald Gulley . . Special Weather Bureau Commissioner to Report Upper Atmospheric Conditions. Britce Powers The Medicine Man William Royall My Lady ' s Page and Gentleman Usher Eugene Turner . . General Assent from Chicago, Representing the Big Feet Combine. Big Hot s. X ' ernon . . Sole Laboratory Fossil Specimen Extant, Proving Irre- sistibly the Evolution Theory. Hubert Poteat Famous Discoverer of the Lost Chord E.ARL Fowler .... Special Wild Animal Trainer of the Literary Department E. L. Green Champion Bull-Fighter Imported from Spain Booth Lord High Chaplain of the Peanut Grabbers Thom. s Gulley General Telephone Inspector of Wake Brooks Harwell The Man with His Papa ' s Pipe Fred Harwell Ex-President of Ki ndergartens WiNGATE Johnson vSnpervisor of Reformatory for Hoboes The following Stanch Democrats were elected Honorary Life Members : Mr. Dooley, the Greatest Man .Alive. Right Honorable Oliver Bracy, LL,. D., Dangerous Rival of the Old Blue Back Speller. Carrie Nation, Matron. 68 HERTFORD COUNTY CLUB. OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION: Fame and Office. MOTTO ; ' F.xaffzoiy nan okif) o ix ' l i ' jcfi[irj Kan-irj luuioaxszai — Takeoff your dougli-face. FAVORITE DRINK: COLORS: Juniper Water. Meherrin River Yellow. FAVORITE OCCUPATION : Goober-grabbling and walking bow-legged. HALLELUJAH CHORUS: Eastern Carolina and the Institute Girls. COAT OF ARMS : A shad rampant on acorn-pone pas.sant surmounted by a mule brayant. YELL: Yackety yack, co-ra, co-ri ! Three times three for C B. F. I. Fill her up in Como, in Union, Drink her down, Harrellsville ! Winton ! Murfrees-lown ! OFFICERS. Charles Henry Jenkins President Heber Jones Vann Vice-President Paul ClEnton Brittle Secretary ( No agreement could be reached as to Treasurer. ) MEMBERS. P. C. Brittle V. Joyner E. C. Parker K. R. Curtis P- H. Mitchell L. A. Parker C. H. Jenkins Herbert Jenkins W. W. Rogers J. A. Shaw H. J. Vann J. N. Vann Hartwell V. Scarborough Patron Saint Mr. Dooley, alias Bill Bailey Mascot 69 I 4 HALIFAX COUNTY CLUB. COLORS : Calico-red and Rabbit-box Black. VOCATION : MOTTO : Sporting the Women. White Supremacy Forever. FAVORITE NOVEL: Faculty Record Book. FAVORITE SONG: FAVORIT i DISH: Ramble. Peanuts — Raw or Roasted. OFFICERS. Benjamin H. Browning President W. Albion Dunn ' ice-President Raymond C. Dunn Secretary and Treasurer Hugh Johnson Beauty Spot MEMBERS. S. W. Bagley W. a. Dunn . B. H. Browning Hugh Johnson J. R. Cullom E. B. Josey B. E. Dunn T. D. Kitchin R. C. Dunn R. G. Lewis J. O. Pope W. P. Taylor 70 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY CLUB. MOTTO. SONG: Nunc est tenipus bibendi. Just a Little Bit Off the Top. PASSWORD: LOAFING PLACE : Gnal-gnoop. The Devil ' s Pocosou. PATRON SAINT: COLOR: Ichabod. Turkey-red Yellow. VELL: Gumberry, Rah ! Pinnadab, Yah ! Pinnadab-Gumberry, Northampton, Bah! MASCOT: Oliver Bracey. OFFICERS. Henry Russell Harris President Isaac Archer Horne Vice-President William Harry Strphenson Secretary Van Buren Martin . . Lamp-post Holder George Norfleet Harrell . . Bone Getter James Ira Griffin Goober Grabbler MEMBERS. J. I. Griffin I. A. Horne G. N. Harrell V. B. Martin H. R. Harris W. H. Stephenson 71 ROBESON COUNTY CLUB, COLORS: YELL: Croatan Red and Yellow. Ho ! Mon, Ho! FAVORITE DRINK: Wake Forest, Ditch Water. Robeson Co , Lowrie ! SONG: Any old place lean hang my hat is home, sweet home, to me. MOTTO : Nil mortalibus ardui est. TRANSLATION ; Hold Robeson, and save the vState. OFFICERS. Edmund Farris Ward President J. Abner Barker Vice-President James Dick Proctor Secretary and Treasurer Berber Townsend Distilling Manager and Brewing Superintendent Raymond Lee Pittman Missionary to Scuffletown EvANDER Maloy ' Britt Attorney and Spiritual Adviser Mike Francis Caldwell Stable Boy for Ponies and Jacks CONSTABULARY. Henry Berry Lowrie Patron Saint Doc. Humphreys and Bro. Cobb Ancestors of whom we are proud FRATER IN FACULTATE. John Bethune Carlyle ACTIVE MEMBERS. J. Abner Barker James Dick Proctor Evander Maloy Britt Berber Townsend Mike Francis Caldwell Ebmund Farris Ward Raymond Lee Pittman Judson Willis 72 CLEVELAND COUNTY CLUB. OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION: To please the profane and to grieve the godly. MOTTO: MORNING TONIC: yu(o6t ffswjTou. fir)6sv dysiu — nothing doing. COLORS: FLOWER: Mountain Blue and Pale. Rosemary. YELL: Night-hawks ! On the walks ! From C. C. Are We ' SONG : Every Race Has a Flag ' cept de Coon. OFFICERS. Bayard Thurman Falls President Patterson Lorenzo Newton Vice-Pre.sident George Grifton Wood Secretary Spurgeon Ord Hamrick Chaplain Grover Cleveland Hamrick Ma.ster of Hinds and Noble ' s Ponies Beattie DeKalb McDaniel Chief Bucker Odes McCoy Mull High Attorney and Plenipotentiary 73 FRANKLIN COUNTY CLUB, SONG ; 44- ' DRINK: Persimmon Beer. MASCOT: Calvin Pritchard. YELL: Boom-a-lacka ! Boom-a-lacka ! Cotton-gin ! Hoopla, jolly boys From F-R-A-N-K-L-I-N. OFFICERS. Spearman Atwood Newell President Eugene Spencer Greene, Jr Vice-President John Edward Ayscue Secretary James William Coppedge Milk-shake Mixer Edwin Walter Cooke .... Great Mogul of the Mirror Hodge Albert Neweli Qnack Doctor Thomas Joseph Dean Delegate to the Faculty Benjamin Thomas Holding Genteel Sport FRATER IN UNIVERSITATE. Dr. F. K. Cooke. 74 UNION COUNTY CLUB, THE HY-BALL SAINTS. MOTTO: In union there is strength. FAVORITE SONG : ' Medium-Metered Doxology. FAVORITE SPELLER: Blue-Back Speller. FAVORITE DRINK: Lightning Hot Drops. FAVORITE SMOKE: FAVORITE DISH: Red Raven Splits. Mulligan Flaps. FAVORITE GAME: FAVORITE OCCUPATION: Cock-fight. Ploughing. OFFICERS. D. A. Covington President S. G. Hasty Vice-President J. R. Sanders Secretary and Treasurer O. J. Sikhs Ladies ' Man T. D. Maness First Grand Manipulator S. W. Bennett Keeper of Flocks Smith Medlin MEMBERS. Ed. Long R. D. Marsh J. C. SiKES, Jr. SAMPSON COUNTY CLUB. FA T)RITE SONG: Bill Bailey. MOTTO: Sub hoc signo inces. COLOR: Huckleberry Blue. FAVORITE DRINK: Hot box h-e and tar. VEl.I. : Rah! Rah! Rah I Kill ' em dead, Sampson Countj ' ' way ahead. Razzle dazzle, hozzle gobble, rowdy fun, What ' s the matter with old Samp-son? OFFICERS. Paul Crumpler President C. C. Howard Vice-Pre.sident Leland J. Powell Secretary and Treasurer Leslie C. P. rke;r Missionary to Hamburg and Smokesville G. R. F.VIRCLOTH . Representative and Grand Mi)gul of ihe Moonshine District J. A. Underwood . . . Sportsman, Millionaire, and Handsome Woman-Killer J. A. McLemorE Physician, Poet, and Patient Huckleberry-Picker P.-vuL Crumpler Claude Bell J. A. McLemore MEMBERS. C. T. Tew Ranso-ai Faircloth Leland J. Powers Leslie C. Parker C. C. Howard J. A. Underwood 76 BERTIE COUNTY CLUB, OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION: To untie the bags of olus PATRON SAINT; St. Simeon Stvlites, FAVORITE DRINK: Sea Water. LOAFING PLACE: Harricane Hall. YELL : Hel-Ii-ti-hi Hel-li-ti-he B-E-R-T-I-E-Te Bertie ! Bertie ! Hi ! Ho-Hi-He ! Bertie ! OFFICERS. Herbert Hawthorne Mitchell President William Alden Hoggard Vice-President Carl Raby Livermon Secretary John Lambe Pritchard Doorkeeper Thomas Gideon Wood Toastmasier Freeman Floyd Castellaw Corkscrew Jesse Parker Frog Catcher 77 ALBEMARLE CLUB. OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION: MOTTO: To get our names in print. Do others, or they ' ll do you. HOUR OF MEETING: Any old time. PLACE: Knott ' s Island among the mosquitoes. FAVORITE FLOWER: FAVORITE COLOR: Cotton boll. Watermelon Red and Bull-frog Green. FOOD: Sand-fiddlers and bullfrogs. PATRON SAINT: Forepaugh. OFFICERS. John William Nowell President William Scott Privott Vice-President Warren Scott Boyce Secretary John Howard Campen Spiritual Adviser Benjamin Franklin Bray Paralyzer of the Feminine Heart William Walter Stafford Supreme Loafer George Jones Spencer Bait Digger CHARACTERISTIC EXPRESSIONS. The Spiritual Adviser : Step aside, and let ' s have prayer. The Paralyzer: Come to my arms, you long-lost pot of glue. The Supreme Loafer : I ' ll go see if I can ' t borrow some. The Bait Digger : Oh ! let me do it; you don ' t know how. 78 GRANVILLE COUNTY CLUB. MOTTO: GOLDEN RULE: Primum in omnibus. Do others before they do you COLORS : Tobacco Yellow and Dirt-Dauber Red. FLOWER: F.WORITE .SON ' (; : May Pop. Show Me the Way to Go Home, Babe ! YELL: Pour her out ! Drink her down ! Here we are, Granville, Granville. Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! We ' re hot stuff ! W e hit ' em hard ! We ' ve been living on good meat and lard. OFFICERS. James Edward Hobgood President Thomas Addison Allen Vice-President John Henry Vernon, Jr Secretary and Treasurer Samuel Clemens Howard Chief Cook and Bottle-washer Benjamin Wingate Parham Attorney John Steger Hardaway Jr. . . . Ambassador to Shakerag and Black-jack HONORARY MEMBER. C. Glover FRATER IN FACULTATE. Dr. Tom Jeffreys MEMBERS. Thomas Addison Allen Samuel Clemens Howard John Steger Hardaway, Jr. Benjamin Wingate Pelham James Edward Hobgood John Henry Vernon, Jr. 79 SOUTH CAROLINA CLUB, MOTTO: Carpe Die. COLORS: Bald-head White and Pea Green. FAVORITE BEVERAGE: Fuss X. FLOWER : Cactus. SONG: ' ' There ' s a hot time in the old town to-night. ' ' Edwin J. Sherwood President Richard D. Covington Vice-President William H. Whitehead Secretary and Treasurer Greene M. Garrison Lyncher Herbert E. Peele Giant Arthur F. Lidr Dispenser Charles T. Poston Tillmanite William H. Whitehead Corpse Inspector MEMBERS. Richard D. Covington Greene M. Garrison Richard 1,. Kendrick Arthur F. Lide Van a. Lingle .Martin L, Matthews Hoyt H. McMillan Herbert E. Peele Charles W. Pickering Charles T. Poston Edwin J. Sherwood Benjamin Sorgee Carl R. Smith William H. Whitehead FRATRES IN FACULTATE. Dr. William B. Royall Prof. John F. Lanneau 80 GOOSE-QUILL CLUB. Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink, So may he cease to write, and learn to think. MEMBERS. Robert G. Camp Henry E. Craven Raymond C. Dunn Abner C. Gentry John ' A. McMillan William H Pace Burton J. Kay H. Paul Scarborough Edwin J. Sherwood Charles P. Weaver 8i ' 02 CLUB, THE ONLIEST WHAT IS. COLORS: MOTTO: Picnic. vSumma cum laiide. SONfi : Look for nie till your eNes ruu water ; I ' 11 be home some day or other. FAVORITE NOVEL: FAVORITE DKINK: Moral Philosophy. Nervine. FA f)RITE DISH: Rabbit Box Rare-bits. YELL: Raleigh to drink, Durham to sport, Wake to study, Women to court ! I-AVOKITE RESIlRT: I-A dK IT !■: I.AME: Faculty Meetings. Tag. lAN ' ORrri . I ' ASTIME: Lying. OFFICERS. J. A. McMiLi.. N High-cockalorum B. H. Browning Mogul J. C. SiKES, Jr Circuit Rider W. A. Dunn Dr. Vann ' s Jonah W. N. Keener Delegate to Harricane O. M. Mull Night Watchman 82 CALICO CLUB. MOTTO : Hearts Bruised at all Hours. SiiN ' C: COLORS; ■ ' Sweetest Story Ever Told. Black and White. F-WdKIlK OCCUPATION: FA ' ORITE DISH: Making Love. Diamond-back Terrapin. OFFICERS. Sport Dunn President Walter Keener Vice-President Ben Parham Secretary and Treasurer Bk;gv NoRFi.KET Heart-breaker Hugh Johnson Ladies ' Pet FRATER IN FACULTATE. Dr. Cooke FRATRES IN URBE. Bill Dunn John Brewer ORDINARY CALICOISTS. Rip Dunn Bob Dowd Dr. Dinglehoee Bok Camp Bill Pace Curly Sherwood John Sikes Tups Browning Doc Purei ' Ov Ed Hobgood Gaston Foote 83 NIGHT-HAWK CLUB. SONG: Who sprung the lock ? Well, I don ' t know ; Who sprung the lock On the Freshman ' s door? COLOR: Whittemore ' s Elite Black ? MOTTO: Now, Newish, You Stay in Your Own Back-yard. FRATER IN FACULTATE. Dk. Young OFFICERS. P L Newton President B T Falls Vice-President A. L. Fletcher Secretary and Treasurer P W. PuKEEOY .... Keeper of Key-Ring, Screw-Driver, and Powder-Horn W. H. Pace, J. A. Shaw, B. J. Rav Advisory Committee 84 WAKE FOREST ORATORICAL SOCIETY. OBJECT: To bore as often and as long as possible. W. Scott Privott President Ernest M. Harris Vice-President W. H. Whitehead Orator MEMBERS. T. N. LoFTiN R. C. Dunn T. M. Alexander B. W. Parham G. M. Garrison W. H. Pace W. B. Creasman J. Patton V. B. Martin O. J. Sikes D. A. Covington C. T. Poston J. B. Huff J. E. Ayscue T. A. Allen HONORARY MEMBERS. Prof. John B. Carlyle Rev. J. W. IvYnch, D. D. 85 THE LAZY CLUB. Fattv MrrcHi-.i.i. Rhinp: Mari ha: i Bob Camp FRATER IN FACULTATE. Ur. Sikes 86 THE BOWED CLUB, MOITCI; As the Knee is Inclined, so the Leg is Bent. James W. Coppedge ... President Hebek J. Vanx Vice-President Gideon T. Wood Pig Catcher W. H. Pack B. L. Powers R. M. Down J. B. Powers E. B. JOSEV K. E. C(JiNN(JK J. B. Huff W. S. Anderson FRATRES IN FACULTATE. Prof. N. Y. Gui.i.ev Prof. B. F. Sledd Prof. L. R. Mills Prof. W. L. Poteat Prof. J. L. Lake 87 BRAGGERS CLUB. MOTTO: Blow 3 ' our own horn. John S. Hardaway. Jk President James D. Proctor Vice-President H. Frank Freeman Newish Bragger F. L. Huffman S. W. Bagley G. E. KoRNEGAY, Jr. J. B. Powers W. B. Creasman T. M. Alexander John C. Sikes, Jr. 88 FAIRMOUNT CLUB. MOTTO: COLORS: Go East, Young Man. Yaller Corn and White Lightning. SONG: Big Ball in Town — with variations. TIME OF MEETING: PL.VCE OF MEETING: Saturday Night. On the Campus. OFFICERS. O. F. DiNGi.EHOEF President J. E. HOBGOOD Vice-President E. J. vSherwood Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS. NORFLEET TkIPLETT Hardaway Dean SiKES, J. C. Faircloth McMillan Lucas, R. Browning Proctor Freeman Sams Johnson, H. Shaw Harrell Keener PuREFOY Harris, H. R. I THE NEWISH FRAT. Somethinj ' s crooked at Wake Forest, Not a bit of doubt of that ; Miracles are not quite over, For the Newish ' s got a F ' rat. Once old Greeley went exploring But ten Newish, bold and dauntless. For to find the hidden pole. Pawed the earth and flung it high. But his search it got quite boring, And swore tliey ' d liave a barbecue, And the ice ' most froze his soul. And they ' d have it on the sly. Ml. .S|)L-n -c he went bareheaded Fur to make tlie lioys a light. And when l duards got to curving, Why the King he set ' urn right. Though the jiath was dark and murky, The anns they swore they raise a riot. And crooked as Josey ' s back, And eat tliat turke then or die: el the vision of tliat turkey Hut this most kille l sweet Willie Wyatt, just ]jut brimstone in the jiack. .And lie just began to cry. but they took him to tlie Forrest, Then the sjiread tile dainties out ; .And the fragments were twelve baskets full, .And tlie penalty the gout. It ' s peculiar how the Newish And you never hear the Sophomores speak Put to rout their lordly jjeers ; .About their rout that night. The last are first and the first are last For the way the Newish fooled ' em, .Now in these latter years. It was a blooming sight. Why, the Sophs had donned their habits- Wore their evening suits in full; But the Newish all undamited. boldlyj-olled the old black bull. ' I ' here ' s no use to keep discussing There ' s to be another dinner, This young Frat, so strangely[strange, In the Harricane, we suppose, Though these heroes bold and spotless And the Faculty are invited. Have introduced a startling change, But the menu no one knows. If there ' s any lonesome brother Wandering ' friendless in the cold, Let him see Smith, .Shaw, or Kitchen, Then come join this feasting fold. 90 I ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, OFFICERS. William H. Pace President Robert G. Camp Vice-President Edwin J. Sherwood . Secretary and Treasurer John A. McMillan Reporter ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Raymond C. Ditnn Odes M. Mull Dr. E. Walter Sikes John C. Sikes William H. Pace G. A. A. OFFICERS. DUNN SIKES DR. SIKES SHERWOOD GENERAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. FOR the past five or six years we have been strugghng against imspeak- able odds, antl indeed it seemed at times as if intercollegiate contests in any form would have to be abolished. This falling so far below our usually good record is due no doubt to many causes, but foremost among them may be placed the lack of college spirit and the absolute absence of enthusiasm which, we regret to say, is so conspicuous among a large majority of the stu- dents. It is needless to say that no college can expect to put forth winning teams under such conditions, for the greatest incentive to players comes from the cheers and support of their fellow-students. Realizing that every institution is subject to similar attacks, after which they possess greater spirit and renewed energy in athletics, we still have hopes of reaching and even passing our old record in the near future. To this lack of spirit alone, however, can not be laid all the blame, as the loose organization and abolition of football are causes which can not be over- looked. But both of these are causes of the first, and both can not be correctly placed upon the shoulders of the student. Under the old organization the dif- ferent managers were held responsible as well as backed by no one. Accordingly as they won or lost, it was to their good or injury. Thrown almost entirely upon their own resources, they were slow to advance money for trainers and the incidentals which are necessary for success. On the other hand, the students were slow to render pecuniary aid, as an account or report was never rendered showing the expenses, etc., and they were in partial ignorance as to what became of the athletic funds. L ' nder the association established this year, these diffi- culties are, we hope, forever abolished and business is carried on in a different manner. The managers are required to render annual accounts and are guarded against loss by the funds of the association. On the other hand, the association derives the benefit of all .noney gained, which is placed in the treasury to aid in defraying the expenses for the following year. There is another feature under this new association which is a great addi- tion to the interest in contests and one which, though in the majority of the 92 colleges, has never before found its way among the customs of our institution. A sweater is presented to the players of the baseball team and the first substitute, making a total of ten. Being of a design the like of which no one is allowed to wear except those winning them on the team, the baseball manager, and the president of the athletic association, they are indeed handsome rewards for one ' s efforts. A heavy black sweater with a large old gold W has been chosen, and we look to its presentation as a further inducement to candidates for the team. Of the third cause, namely, football, we are not in a position to speak ; but in passing let us say that we sincerely hope that intercollegiate football will be again allowed in the near future at Wake Forest College. 93 BASEBALL TEAM, John C. Sikks Manager James D. Pkoctok Assistant Manager Raymond C. Dunn Captain HOBGOOD Pitch King Catch Paci- First-base r o VD Second-base . AMS Short-stop Dr.NX (Captain) Third-base Goodwin Left-field MuLi Center-field Harris Right-field SUBSTITUTES. Edwards Vaxn SCORES OF GAMES. Wake Forest 15, Wake Forest ,5 Wake Forest 3 Wake Forest 13 Wake Forest 9 Wake Forest 9 Wake Forest . 10 Wake Forest i Wake Forest 5 Wake F orest i Wake Forest ■ ■ ., 3 Wake F orest . o Wake Forest t) Wake Forest Wake Forest 2 Wake Forest 1 Wake Forest i Hinghani 1 Oxford Professionals . o O.xford Professionals 4 Sharp In stitute 6 Oak RidKe :; Oak Kidse 1 ( luilford 6 A. and M. College 5 A. and M. College 7 Wofford 2 Clemson iS University of Cieoigia q Georgia School of Technologv 5 Mercer University 6 Mercer University S A. and M. College 9 A. and M. College 23 94 BASEBALL TEAM. VANN PROCTOR SIKES GOODWYN MULL HARRIS SAMS FREEMAN DOWD EDWARDS HOBGOOD COLLEGE GYMNASIUM. it GA ' i il ) (Q) 3n GYMNASIUM TEAM. Prof. C. C. Crittendex W. H. Price Instructor Assistant Instiuctor ■n S. W. Bagi.ev W. S. Bovcic R. D. Covington Paul Cru: ipiji:r E. B Eaknshaw E. B. Fowi.EK A. C. Hambv S. C. Howard E. B. JOSEY H. M. POTEAT J. B. Powers P. W. PUREFOV B. J. Ray W. A. Seagkaves J. B. Talbirt E. A. Turner J. M. Vaughan E. F. Ward PRIZE-WINNERS IN DRILL. prize-winners in fancy gymnastics. H. M. Poteat, First J. C. Jones, Second S. W. Bagley, First R. D. Covington, Second y8 GYMNASIUM TEAM. TENNIS CLUB. James E. Hobgood President Benjamin V. Parham Vice-President William H. Pace Secretary and Treasurer Talcott W. Brewer Robert G. Camp Richard D. Covincton Elliott B. Eaknshaw John S. Hardawav, Jr. Brooks Harwell James E. Hobgood Michael H. JrsTicic Jr. WiLLiAiM H. Pace Benjamin W. Par ham Hubert M. Poteat Bruck L. Powers John B. Powers Prvor W. Purefoy Burton J. Ray Edwin F. Shaw Edwin J. Sherwood Carl R. Smith Hebkr J. Vann TENNIS CLUB. TRACK TEAM. T. W. Brewer . . ,, Manager W. A. vSeagraves . Laptam Pkof. C. C. Critte.den j„3, „ S. W. Bagley j b_ po ygj g W. S. BoYCE w. H. Price Paul Crumpler p. Purefoy E. B. Fowler r. j r,, - C- H ' ' ' W. A. Skagraves J. E. HoBGooD J. j Talbirt S. C. Howard a. Turner M. H. Justice, Jr. e. F. Ward I TRACK TEAM BR ' ER RABBIT MEDITaTIN ' Hr ' er Kahbit lit- sat er holdin ' he head, Woiid ' rin ' how long ' fo ' he gwinter be dead, W ' en he hear Miss Meadows go singin ' by ' lioLit de pearly gates way up in de skv. Now, Br ' er Kal)bit wuz er powerful sinner, Fer he done gone en stole lir ' er Fox ' s dinner ; An ' he mumble sorter low all ter hese ' f — I ' se l)Oun ' ter git married oi be let ' on de she ' f. St) de very nex ' day he maker er call, Kn takes Miss Meadows ter de cowslip ball ; Fer he argue, an ' argue, tell she say all right I ' — I ' f yer want er make love, take er jjitch-dark night. (;i;i KGi-; E. KiiKxr;(,AV, Ji 104 I YOUR FUTURE LIFE REVEALED ZELINDA THE RENOWNED HINDOO PALMIST CROSS HER PALM WITH SILVER AND KNOW YOUR FATE IN THE halnn nioiitli of May, when all Seniiirs are vainly endeavoring to deserv fame swooping down upon them from out the mystic future ; when the Junior wants to know the temperature of his inamorata ' s passion; when the Sophomore is wondering if he hasn ' t learned it all, and might as well shoulder his escutcheon — Minerva ' s owl rampant upon a State sanitarium: and when the Newish is vainly grasping in his limited horizon for some portent, be it ever- so slight, of a happier future life, Zelinda came among us, and many dark and wild prophecies she spun, concerning the glorious careers of some of our most prominent students. Their st(ir runneth thus: WILLIAM BURTON CREASMAN. While most of the lines of your hand are well-formed, the fact that you arc from Asheville, together with an excessive indulgence of self-love from your earliest youth, has transfnrmed your line of self-esteem into an interoceanic ditch. Your career in college has heen rather unfortunate, the hard knocks of a stu- dent ' s life being unusually severe on you, perhaps because you were accustomed to spending your hours of repose under a crazy-quilt before you reached the age of responsibility. Although the general outline of your jaw bears a singular resemblance to the weapon of the strong man of Israel, some of your classmates had hopes from the physiological make-up of your mug, that you might become a pugilist, but your little encounter with Dr. Dean, of faculty fame, has sorely disappointed them. Others, more spiritually inclined, for a time believed that you would content yourself by issuing cut-rate tickets to the celestial sphere, but your recent modest decision to righteously eschew the public eye by decorously substituting the cap and bells for your graduating costume, in place 1 06 of the cap and gown, has crushed their fondest hopes. Zehnda acknowledges 30U a puzzle of the six-ring sort and turns you over to the tender mercies of the world. WILLIAM SCOTT PRIVOTT. The most prominent line in your hand reveals an amount of amativeness that in quantity even outrivals the vacuum beneath your. raven locks. I venture the assertion that the damsels that have succumbed to your charms are legion, but just here the line is crossed by a veritable canal of trouble, and on micro- scopic examination I find that many a time and oft has the mitten been given in broken doses straight from the cold shoulder. Your line of life, while showing unmistakably that you are already many years beyond the spring chicken stage, gives promise of great length. In the legal profession you will be a second edition of the Welsbach light, and your grey hairs will be honored by the mayorship of Terrapin Hill. You are somewhat of a skeptic, and are wont to hoot at all theories of Darwin and Huxley, but by the time facial paralysis — the inevitable result of your youthful excesses — comes on. accompanied by the growth of a second set of false teeth, a glance in your mirror will convince you of the absurdity of your doubts concerning natural selection and establish an unbroken pedigree from direct simian ancestry. FATTY MITCHELL. Your hand l)ears the unicjue distinction of being free from lines of any sort, with the exception of a well-defined mark extending across the entire palm, which I will call aversion to the strenuous life or, in the language of the profane, inborn laziness. As you are sprung from industrious ancestors, I am at a total loss as to a solution of the puzzle — but hold ! I will place you under the Roentgen ray. Ah ! the mystery is rapidly unfolding to my astonished gaze ! In prehistoric ages you were a Hottentot squaw in the wilds of darkest Africa, and you evidently spent your time in barbarous case under the bamboo-tree. You aspire to the Chesterfield in your dress, and it is a laudable ambition in your mind (?), as the rays show that in your former pristine glory as the beloved consort of a Congo chief, your sole wardrobe consisted of a few palm branches, a hectic flush, and a harness ring in your nose. To this last adornment I attribute the distortion of your olfactory member. RAYMOND C. DUNN. I can see from the general form of your hand that you have been a great politician. And though you have retired from the active political arena, you will X07 again come forth into prominence as a candidate for tax collector of Scotland Neck, or some other cquall)- high and eminent office. Your line of gab shows extraordinary development and }our nickname of Lip is well deserved. But what do I see here? Alas! poor women! You are destined to break the hearts of many women, and to spend }inn- life as a confirmed bachelor. But you will live to see one of your grand-nephews wear his W and be captain of the ball team of 19 — . JOHNNIE STEGER HARDAWAY. Young gentleman, I am sorry to say that your line of prevarication is abnormally developed. However, I see many marks of good looks. You will always be a favorite among the ladies. Thank you ! A whole five cents ! Your future life is to be crowned with success as editor of the Oxford Times. Let me dip deep into the future. Yes, I see you sitting in your cottage, surrounded by your third wife and a host of children. Thank vou ; thank )Ou. Next. BENJAMIN W. PARHAM. JMy, my! a ladies ' man! A heart-ljreaker : a man whose eves are things that ilraw the girls. Young man, I think it my duty to tell you that the ladies can not resist you and you should refrain from the wholesale cabbaging of innocent hearts. But your sporting lines are so prominent that the mark .of common sense is hardly seen. I see you as you will be in after years — the dutiful husband of a rich widow. EDWIN COOKE j ly little gentleman, you look so much like a girl! Yes, and if I did not ee that rudimentary beartl, I would say you were a girl. ( )h, but vour line of conceit is very plain. Yes, you have a good opinion of yourself, and when -ou get the public to thinking as y(iu do. you will rise in politics. I even predict Con- gress for you. You shmilil know linw it pains me to make these statements, but I can only read what is plainly written in your palm. So you wish to ] now about your future wafe? That is dipping into the future farther than human eye can reach. Good-bye. Next ! 108 THE FOOTBALL PLAYER. Fifty pounds of muscle, fifty pounds of stien.i;th ; P ' ifty pounds of sinews, and six long feet of length : Fifty pounds of fearlessness of anything on earth ; A rubber nose, a naughty eye, and three-feet-six of girth; Of spiked shoes a couple, of shin-guards, too, a pair; A big, broad head that ' s never combed, and a mow of tangled hair Two hundred pounds of manhood in sweater and padded pants — A Goth in the twentieth century, a knight without a lance. C. P. W. BUSTED. What can make your heart grow sicker. And your fist go double quicker. Than to have some awful sticker Send his dun ? It ' s five times what you bought, And ten times what you thought; But the fellow ' s got you caught Out of mun. 109 WHITEHEAD ANNIVERbARY sPtAKtKb ALLEN FOWLER PRIVOTT HARRIS SEAGRAVES, Secretary STEPHENSON, President E. J. SHERWOOD, JAMES ROYALL, STUDENT EDITORS. EUZELIAN RAYMOND C. DUNN, Chief ASSOCIATES. ABNER C. GENTRY EDWIN J. SHERWOOD BUSINESS MANAGERS. EUGENE S. GREENE WILLIAM C. BIVENS PHILOMATHESIAN HENRY E. CRAVEN, Chief EDWIN J. SHERWOOD. Bus JOHN A. McMillan HOWLER EDITORS ss Manager ROBERT G. CAMP, Edltor-ln-Chiof ASSOCIATES PACE CHARLES P. WEAVER H. PAUL SCARBOROUGH BURTON J, RAY, Art Editor il IN LIGHTER VEIN. We sat at the foot of an ancient tree, In a rustic seat — my love and me ; Not a word we spoke, not a motion made. But her soft hand light on my own hand she laid, And I felt her breath warm on my face. As she leaned against me her agile grace ; Then I seized her hand in ecstasy. And the face of my bird-dog looked at me. He stood ' neath her room at midnight. As the clock was striking the hour ; And his voice trilled the scale, preparing ' A serenade up to her bower, And the maid looked out at the window, While his heart went pit-a-pat. But lo ! an old shoe on his plug hat tlew. As she gently murmured, Scat ! He drew his heavy armor on. And on his trusty steed he sprang, And loud against the deadly foe His goodly steel he rang ; And when the long, hard fight was o ' er, Dead the monster lay in his gore ; But the gallant knight, ah ! woe betide. Lay lifeless his fallen foe beside ; And the knight was a Newish in all his pride. And his foe was — a club-house steak. Ch. s. p. Weaver. Il6 EDITORIAL. THE board of editors place this, the first issue of The Howler, before the students and before the friends of Wake Forest College in general, with no apology whatever. It is true that we have been hampered by inexperience and lack of material. Nevertheless, we have done our best, and surely more than this can be expected of no man. We have endeavored to put before our subscribers the best we are capable of. For years the need of a College Annual has been felt at Wake Forest. So far the Student has been the only means by which to reach the students, and nobly has it done its work. Rut it can not, and is not supposed, to take the place of an Annual. Briefly stated, our ol ject ha.s been to collect everything of interest in and around College and to place it in a convenient form, both for present use and for future reference. What man is there who twenty years from to-day will not be glad of a record of his collegiate life? Who will not be glad to glance over the pictures of his old schoolmates? If there is any such, he is not worthy of a place among the students or alumni of Wake Forest. But it is needless to reiterate the needs of an Annual. They are apparent to every one. When the subject was brought up for discussion no one denied the need, but many questioned the feasibility of an Annual. It was determined at last to attempt it for this year as an experiment, and if this experiment was satis- factory, to rnake The Howler one of the regular College functions, as are the literary societies and the magazine. We hope that in our first attempt we have accomplished this much, an d we trust to the loyal students and alumni to make it a financial success, by their cooperation with us in buying the books. We thank each and every one in advance for this sujiport, and hope that you will not consider it money thrown away. And in addition to the friends who have in this way supported us, we wish to extend our thanks to the firms who have advertised with us in our maiden attempt. And v ' e call upon the students to patronize these firms. They have responded to our call of distress and it is only right in return that they should have the proper support of the students. The lack of this support by the stu- dents has been apparent for many years, and we now call upon all students and friends of our College to stand by the firms that have helped us. We are not 117 making ' a lousiness matter of this editorial, but we do think that we have the privilege, and furthermore, that it is our ihity, to bring before the student-body the necessity of the ,sup])(jrt of the advertisers in our College magazines, and while it is far from cTur ]nir])Ose to blackball any one, yet we insist that the preference should always be given to the firm who advertises with us. But, to speak of our book again : Perhaps the most glaring of its many faults is its failure to represent the whole student-body. We do not wish to shirk the responsibility of this fault, yet we can truthfully say that the blame does not lie wholly with us. Outside of the board of editors, we have received contributidus from only three members of the student-body, and it could hardly be expected that a mere handful of men could represent the whole student-body. To make it a book, devoted to the tt ' zo i ' student-body, we must have contribu- tions from the students. With line other remark, we close. It is needless to say that the jokes con- tained in this bo jk are not personal thrusts. No one should become angry over any joke gotten off on him, but should calm his riled spirits by laughing at others, when the laugh is on him. We have endeavored to leave out all rough- ness, and we sincerely hope that no student or any of his family will be ofifended in any way. We can only say that no ofifense whatever was intended and hope none will be taken. We would like to return thanks to the members of the student-body who have aided us by contributions, the historians of the classes, and Mr. Patton, Mr. Fletcher, and Air. Kornegay. Also we wish to return thanks to Mr. F. Graham Cootes, to whom we are indebted for most of our art work, and last of all, to the faculty committee, who have piloted us safely through our journey. ii8 AB AIIXER la - on the bank, his little tanned face resting in his palms and his bare feet waving gently in the air. The water, rushing over the pebbles, made a i leasant tinkling sound and he loved to watch the bubbles to see how far they would go without bursting. A brown-coated wood-thrush flew down to bathe his dusky plumage. A pheasant stole out of the bushes farther up and began to feed among the green weeds by the brook. Up in the maple tree a dove perched and looked down at him. Everything was quiet in the great woods. Sudden!}-, a harsh voice broke the stillness. The thrush and the dove flitted away noiselessly. The pheasant paused a moment in terror, then flew ofif with a loud whirr into the heart of the forest. Abner looked up. I tell _ e, the rough voice was saying, he ain ' t no more uv a school teacher than 1 be. He ain ' t been a-traipsin ' ' rouu ' these here mountains all summer fer nolliin ' , nutlier. He ' s jes a spy fer the Revenoos — jes as I ' se allers said. Me an ' Jake Rainer — we ' uz skittish uv him frum the fust. Abner recognized the voice as his father ' s. It came from a dugout in the side of the mountain near-by, carefully hidden by a clump of laurel. In this dug- out was his father ' s blockade still. Now, thar ain ' t but one chanst to git him. He ' s a goin ' back to C to-morrow, an ' in less ' n a week we-uns ' 11 be in jail. He ' s a-fishin ' up thar in the Paddy on the Laurel an ' a campin ' out. We got ter kill that spyin ' rascal this night, or — Little Abner had bounded in at the door. He seized his father ' s rough hands in his own. He looked up into his eyes, his face pale and frightened. Pap, ye don ' t mean ter kill Mister Thomas, does ye? Pap, what ye wanter kill Mister Thomas fer? What our teacher done ter you-uns? He hurled these questions at his father breathlessly. Every fiber in the boy ' s being was stirred. Mr. Thomas had been the teacher in the little log schoolhouse during the long, hot summer months. He had come to the moun- tains from the dust-laden, murky atmosphere of a large manufacturing town fnr health and strength. He had found what he sought. His school was out, and he 119 was now taking his last outing befort- returning to the city. His sununer had been a pleasant one. He had made friends of most of the simple mountain- folk around him. There were some, however, among whom was Abner ' s father, who regarded the young man with distrust and suspicion. Any stranger might turn out a revenue officer — the most hated and hateful of all beings. The young schoolmaster had tried to win this class and failed ; yet he went on about his work, winning the love of their children and the good-will of the women. His kindness to little Abner had been especially marked. W ' y, Ab, who said anything ' bout hurtin ' uv yer teacher? growled the father, after he had recovered from his surprise at the boy ' s sudden appearance. ■ ' We-uns wuzn ' t a-talkin ' ' bout him. W ' c-uns ' uz talkin ' ' bout that thar teacher over to the crossroads — ' t wuzn ' t yore teacher. Now light out uv here an ' git home ter ye ' mammy ! Little Abner was only partly relieved. He walked (jut into the sunlight. The air was hot and sultry. A black cloud had sprung up in the West. Some- how much of the joy had gone out of the babble of the brook and there was something lacking in the sunshine. He knew that his father and Jake Rainer and those other men back there by the still did not like the teacher. He did not know what they might do. But would his father kill a man? He could not bear the thought. He ran home, saying over and over again to himself : Pap, he ' s bad, but he won ' t do that ! He ain ' t that bad ! The first big drops of the threatened thunder-storm were beginning to fall just as he reached the barn. He crept up into the haymow and lay down. The rain pattered sleepily on the roof. The smell of the new hay was sweet and, boylike, he fell asleep. He was awakened In- voices hejuw iiini. It was quite dark. Jake, be shore an ' get here .-ifore midnight. one was saving. It ' s six mighty long miles up thar an ' a rough road. I hates this has gotter be done, but we-uns air boun ' ter pertect ourselves. These here revenoo orficers like voung Thomas — a-traipsin ' rmm ' an ' spyin ' — air gotter !)t ' hunt a lesson. Aimer sat bolt upright, lie hear l the barn-yard gate slam, lie slid iltiwn and ran to the house, llis brain was in a whirl, h-ver u])perniost in his nnnd was the thought, I ' ni a-goin ' ter save ' im ! When supper was over he climbed the rickety ladder to his cot in the garret. When everything was quiet below, he softly raiseil the window and stepped out on the slippery roof of the shed. In a moment he was on the ground. How dark everything was ! The rain was still falling and the sky was hidden by black clouds. Abner began to realize what he had undertaken. Froiu a far-away mountainside came the wailing cry of the wildcat. The lonely hoot of the owl echoed through the dark woods. Granny Mullis, the yarb-doctor, had told him gruesome tales of the ghosts and hants that infested these moun- tains. He believed them all, yet he resolutely clenched his fists and started on the long, lonesome way. Fortunately, he was a perfect little woodsman and knew every foot of the road — a narrow bridle-path along Laurel Creek. Some- where on this road was the tent of his teacher and he would find it. Tiie dense woods loomed dark and terrible on every side. He could hardlv see the path before him. He kept on, and on. Briers tore his naked legs. His feet were cut and bruised. The rain ceased and the mounlight came straggling out, revealing new terrors on every side, — spectral shadows behind the tree-trunks. Rverv horrible, ghastly story that he had ever heard flashed through his e. cited l)rain. Would he never get there? The way seemed without end and the path was getting rougher and rougher every moment! How his limbs ached! But with the unyielding mountain grit that had made his father the most formidable foe of the revenue service in all the mountains of Western Carolina, he pushed on through the night — mile after mile. .Suddenly turning a sharp bend in the road, he almost ran into the little tent. . fire was smoldering before it. Mister Thomas — .Mister Thomas! he gasped. W aki- up quick! Now ! Thomas started up in amazement. Why, Ab — little Ab — what on earth — he began. .• .bner told his story as best he could. Thomas caught the bov in his arms. Abner ])ushed him away almost roughly. - better be goin ' . sir, he said. If pap catches ye here ve ' re tliess the same ez dead ! Thomas knew that the b i sjioke the truth. Soon he was tramping awav for life through the tangled forest. IJttlc tired .Vljuer breathed a sigh of relief and sank down by the dying coals of the camp-tire. He knew that his friend was safe for the night and with a few hours ' start could not be caught. Two hours later three stealthy figures crei)t out of the sliadciws. Abner ste])])ed boldly mil to meet them. His voice hail a ring of triuniiili in it. Tap, I thess si)rter ' speck e air too late, he said. Arthur L. Fletcher. ' What ill wind hath blown tlicni hilhcr? — X.mas Gi1 ' ts ' Where guttest thou that goose look? — Hulluwav. ' The emptiest vessel makes the greatest sound. — i ' KocT ji ' Greater men than 1 may have lived, but 1 do not believe it ' A snapper-up of unconsidered tntles. — Allen, T. ' Aiind hmi who can ; the ladies call him sw eet. — Cooi-;ii, E. ' I pray ye, lilllc ones, where are thy nurses? ' He hath eaten me out ui house and home. — licjUGuuu. ' Too fresh to keep, too green to eat — throw it away. — Uroughtun ' A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. — Ayscue. ■ A shallow brain behind a serious mask. — Dean. ' Accuse not Nature; she hath done her part. — ' ekxci , 11. ' A lazy, lolling sort not seen at church. — AIakku.v l ' 1 will leave big footprints on the sands of time. — I ' ow j-;ks. J. ' A child is among you taking notes. — Alexander. ■ Your skill is to make sound men sick. — l ' RiTCiL Ki). ' The rival of Tom Thumb. — Mitchell, K. ' A fat, sleek-headed man. — ruuFESSOK Culi.o.m. ■ There ' s another star l;( me out. — C ' oijk, L ' . C ' Nature made him and then broke the mould. — Cri:. smax, ' A moon-struck, silly lad, who lost his way. — Dr. Lucas. ' Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven. — Tinuv. ' His brain was like the deep when tempest-tossed. — tHritt. ' The laureate of the long-eared kind. — Kornegav. ' Thou hast the sweetest face 1 ever looked on. — Greene, E ' Ye distant spires, ve anti(|ne towers. — Norflekt, Avscl ' e, ' Oh, most lame and impotent conclusion. — Sigm(.)N, R. ' There is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ. — ' Faith ! 1 must leave thee, love. — Cr.wi ' .x. ' What should a man do but be merry? — Sikes. ' It is a damned ghost that we have seen. — Huffm.vn, ' And lo ! the sun is coming, red as rust. — O. Mv Mi ' ll. ' Sicklied o ' er with the pale cast of thought. ' — Wii iji:iii:at). ' The stone that is rolling can gather no moss. — Dr. I ' hoki;. ' Why so pale and wan, fond lover? — Drxx, ' . A. Moral: The Devil can cite scripture to his inirpose. DuxN, R. C. L. Gore. Tew. Why Rabbits Lay Easter Eggs, UNCLE Al ' .RAHAAf. ir ITncle Aljc, as he was nioro commonly called,, was a (larky of the old school. At the close of the war. when the slaves were emancipated, Uncle Abe remained on the plantation. W ' lu-n asked why he wished to remain when he was free and could make more money elsewhere, he soliloquized thus: What ole man Abe wanter be free fer? Got one foot in de grabe now, an you come talkin ' ' bout freedom ter me! G ' ' way, man. I ' d ruther be er slave in he ' ven dan ter be one ub dese yer pore, lazy, no-count, meazh- free niggers what ' ud steal de bery money off ' n yer eyes when ye wuz dead. Xo, Lord, old Abe don ' t want nc] more freedom dan he gut right here wid Alarse Randolph. . be ' s first master and mistress were both dead, and now his master ' s son, Air. Randolph, and his wife, lived in the big white house which overlooked the large North Carolina plantation. One of the pleasures of old . be ' s life was to play with Charles and Paul, the twin sons of Air. Randolph. Their resemblance was very marked and it grew as they grew imtil when they were ten -ears old it was, as the old man said : Ye can ' t tell which frum t ' other. I jest call one ' sonny ' and de other ' sonny, ' and dat ' s de oidy way 1 kin tell em erpart. Easter Monday was drawing to a close as Charles and Paul, hand-indiand, entered the old man ' s cabin. In their disengaged hands they carried the colored Easter eggs which they had found hidden about in the yard. Heigho ! Uncle Abe, they shouted in concert. Howdy, howdy 1 You-uns must think ole man Abe done got deef. What ' s dem? he said, pointing to the Easter eggs. They are rabbit eggs, replied the twins. Shore, dem ain ' t no rabbit aigs, said Uncle Abe. laughing until the water stood in his eyes. ■ ' Oh, yes they are, insisted the boys : mamma told us so. ' Course, ole br ' er rabbit brung em here, but dey ain ' t no rabbit aigs, said the old man, shaking his head. Tell us about it. Uncle Abe, said the children, thinking at once that there was a story behind it. 123 Oh. chillun, yer all de time er beg in ' ole man Abe fer stories. G ' ' long an ' hunt some more rabbit aigs, an ' let ole br ' er rabbit erlone. Please tell it. please tell it. pleaded the twins, bringing their chairs up nearer. Seeing that the - would not be satisfied without it. the old man began : Waal, once upon a time der wuz er wider ' oman, an ' dis wider ' oman raise all kind uv guarden truck, sech as cabbige. peas, an ' de lack uv dat. An ' dis wider ' oman had er leetle gal what hope her wid her guarden truck. Now. lir ' er rabbit wuz monstous fond uv peas, an ' every night mos ' he gallop (iver ter de wider ' oman ' s and des .gorge he ' self on der wider ' oman ' s jieas. Atter while de wider ' oman ' spicionate br ' er rabbit uv eatin ' her peas, an ' so she sot traps fer him. I ' .ut ' t wan ' t do no good. ( )ld In- ' er rabbit eat de wider ' oman ' s peas jes ' de same. ■ ' Bineby, it ' pear lack ole br ' er rabbit git keerless. an ' one night when he wuz a croping erbout ' mongst de pea-vines in de wider ' oman ' s garden, all at once he felt sumthin ' grab he paw, an ' it hurt ' ini so bad he des squal out same as ole br ' er fox done got ' im. lint ' t ain ' t do no good ter holler, fer he wuz colch in er steel trap. But ' t wan ' t long ' fore niornin ' . .Soon ez it got light here come tie leetle gal and take ole br ' er rabbit outen de trap an ' carry ' im ter de house. Ole br ' er rabbit keep monstous still, an ' atter de leetle gal bin ' he foot up he feel all right. ■■ Den de wider ' oman ' low she gwine ter kill ole br ' er rabbit. Dis make cold chills run up br ' er rabbit ' s back. De wider ' oman tell de leetle gal ter take ole br ' er rabbit ter de wood])ile and chop off he head. De leetle gal min ' her maw an ' take br ' er rabbit ter de wood]iile. When de git dar ole br ' er rabbit beg pitiful ter de leetle gal ter let ' im go. but de leetle gal ' main firm. Den ole lir ' er rabbit ' low : ■ Leetle gal, I ' 11 .give ye sunUliin ' |iurt -. ef ye ' II let nie go. ' Leetle gal ' ply back: ' What yer gi -e me. Ijr ' er rabbit? ' ( )le br ' er rabbit ' low : ' I ' 11 gi ' i ' er some piU ' tN culered aigs fer Ivister. ' r was most luister den. De leetle gal say she let ole br ' er rabbit go. ef he be sluire to bring de aigs, ( )le br ' er rabbit say he hope de Ijre ' f leave ' im. ef he don ' t bring dem aigs. And did he bring them? asked the boys, eagerly. Yes, ole br ' er rabbit wuz ez good ez his word. He go to ole sis hen ' s house and buy er dozen aigs and ole sis rabbit dye ' em fer him an ' ole br ' er rabbit take em ter de leetle gal. . n ' every year ole br ' er rabbit carry Easter aigs to de good leetle childun in reconnnembrance uv his ' liverance frnm death. C. 1 ' . Wli.W ' EU. 124 CONCERNIN ' BR ' ER ROOSEVELT. Listen, you niggers, has you hearn de news? White fo ' ks dyin ' wid de Washington blues; Br ' er Roosevelt say he ' s er nigger, too, An ' he sho look like it through and through. Ain ' t it so? Boston niggers am er knockin ' at de do ' ; Why deys er knockin ' ? Doan you know ? Br ' er Roosevelt ' vite ' em fer ter stay er week — Er eatin ' er turkey ' twell dey hardly kin speak. Dat ' s me, sho. Norf Ca ' lina ' s fo ' ks am er mighty mad ; Wat we keer fer dat, Jes so we all ' s glad ? Niggers good ez white fo ' ks eny day, Least, dat ' s wat I hear Br ' er Teddy say. ' Case dey is. GEORGE E KORNEGAY, Jr 125 The College Calendar. AUGUST is the montli ( f handsliakiii.i;-, intr( Kluctitnis and. incML-ntallv, of -% society ' lcj, ,f;int;-. It brinos ;i harvest nf new faces, fresh from the farm and the Cit , witli hopes and aspirations Ijeaniint; ' from spjarkHnc; ' eyes. Every train brin.Ljs an avalanche of trnnks and i;rips of every descrip- tion. The new man. if lie is not ah-e:idy in tow of some obHgin.o- Oldish, is at once seized upon by the ravenmis avidity of a famished legger, and stowed away for safe-keeping. He is left tu believe that evervbody has been expecting him and wondering why he did not come sooner. If he shows a vacillating temperament as to society, he is S])e-dil taken to tlu ' si ida-fnuntain by some obliging Oldish, where cold drinks are pmnped into him to help him make up his mind. It is indeed the Xewish ' s parailise, but, like all earthl - sweets, it is of short duration. September is the month of trial, l- ' or the ( )ldish it means buckling down to hard work in a sweltering room, in shirt sleeves, with palm-leaf in one hand ' and text-book in- the other, while his mind meanders back over the incidents of a certain parting, lie will never forget that |iarting: nay. he will even raise his hat to the gate-post, in the future, at which it took place. It was moonlight — the harvest moon, they called it — and he agreed with them, for he had reaped an abundant harvest that night, only his harvest was far sweeter than the .golden- headed .grain, for it consisteil of kisses. lie looks out of the window and beholds the same stars twinkling in the heavens, the same nio im beaming down upon a tired earth : and, taking care that no one is watching him, he throws a kiss at the moon ln ' cause it saw and did not tell. Then, recalling himself, he studies assidu(jusl until he su(|ilenl decides he is sleepw and turns in. The new man ' s ex])erii.nce is far otherwise. The paradise into which he has been dropned has faded like an oriental iheam. a.iid he begins to awaken to the sterner realities of colk- e life. Jle has by this tinu- jnined society, and the circle of his friends, for si ' iiic reason, has dwindled to a remarkably small nund)er; he fears to -entnre forth at night lest he will be sinned ; the lessons are longer and harder than he had expected tlie - would be: a new and |)eculiar feeling begins to steal o er him, espii-ial ' .N when the letters from home become less and less freijueut. lie is lialfw;i persuaded he is sick, .and writes his mother to that effect, hoping she w ill tell him to come home for a w eek ; but instead he gets a 126 letter, telling him to see a physician at oner, and lie real careful so he will not be confined to his bed, and get behind with his work. He then decides it is the excessive warm weather after all. ami ])ays frequent visits to the cold-drink stands. His symjitonis, however, become more and iiKire alarming, and calling his best friend to his side he confides to him that he fears he has tyiphoid fever, or even smallpox, and knows he is going to die. His friend is a good Oldish and tells the lad it is nothing but homesickness, seasoned with the blues, and that it will all C(_)me out in the wash, and cheers him up with a few nice yarns about his Newish days when he was only prevented from .g iing lu lue bv a tele- gram from his father. The new man admits that he is right, cries a bit, and immediately feels better. Then he gets down to work and is trouliled no mor, ' by that inexplicable longing. Golden October succeeds the long, hot days of September. ( )1 1 Nature has used her paint-brush on every leaf in the forest, and given them added beauty. The roses alone bloom in the campus — the last vestige of summer. Class patriot- ism is worked up to the Ixiiling point for the championship football game. Big burly fellows who never saw the oval pigskin before are rushed out on the grid- iron and told thev can p-lay. The Junior and Senior classes combine against the Sophomore and h ' reshmHn. and practise goes on steadily until the fateful day arrives when the I ' Veshmen are compelled to admit that they never played before. and the Snphomores excuse themselves l)y saying they never played much. ( )ctober is the gridiron and tennis month, and of late basket-ball has been inaugurated fur those wh(j dislike the bumps and l)ruises which the foot- ball player is invariably heir to. . side fri mi these hardy sports, which give a riKldy color to the cheeks, studying is the order of the day. I ' lvcrybody is glad to see November. l ' ' en the sound of its name causes a savory odor to pervade the air, and visions of a brown turkey to dance before the eye. It means also a Thanks.giving debate in Raleigh, at which a thousand dancing eves, representing half as maii ' fair damsels, are the observed of all observers. It is said there is only one deh.ate. Init in realit - there are a great many, and the intercollegiate ati ' air onlv serves as the huh around which the other debates revolve. The other deliates are masculo-feniinine. strictly private, with impromptu speaking, and no judges. It is surprising sometimes how eloquent some bashful, blushing lad will become under the stimulus of a beaming pair of eyes. Sometimes it is victory, and somethnes it is defeat, but whichever it may be, it is always a joy. December is marred ) - a dee[i shadow which we coimnonly call exams. It is then one discovers th;;t he has a conscience, and it is continuall} ' reminding him that he has imt been studying and ])oints a finger of warning to a black pit which vawns in the distance, over which is written in flaming letters that awfui 127 word. Failure. The schedule is posted, and to .some it reads like a death- warrant. The storekeepers immediately have a rush on oil, and sedate lamps never known to burn later than 10:30, give forth their uncanny lights in the wee small hours. At last the day ni judgment arrives — the Philippi of the I ' mpire of Knowledge. The midnight oil has had its efifect, Tlie nightmare is over, and one awakes to the joyful realities of Christmas holidays at h(_inie. January comes all too soon, and with it a reluctant end to holiday sports. Each trunk contains, in addition to the usual paraphernalia, a box of Christmas sweets which make midnight feasts until the month is well advanced. Everv- body has made some New Year resoluti(JHs. ( )ne has determined to studv hard and make a few cxs on his midterm, but after weighing and finding he has lost half a pound of avoirdu])ois, he becomes apprehensive, and determines he will fail before he will kill himself ' studying. The cold weather, seasoned with an occasional snow, keeps him chjse in his room until the ground-hog ' s proph- ecy tells him that the backbone of winter is broken. February is anniversary month, at which lime an ( )ldish measures his popularit - by the munber of times he refuses engagements because he is full up. The new man looks on longingly and hides his disappointment with the words, anity. vanity! all is vanity. The day comes at last and with it a deluge of visitors, the majority of whom belong to the fair sex. Every one attends, but nobody knows the query for debate, nor the excellencies of the speeches, save a few sedate listeners in front. . t night come the orations, and then the reception in the societ - halls, where every swain becomes an eloquent orator to the small audience of one. Everybody is happy, save the taciturn man who is stuck tight as an oyster-shell in tjie corner, and who has remarked a half- dozen times within the last ten minutes that it is remarkably warm, despite the fact that the wind howls around the window at his back. At last the lights go out, the banqueters troop across the campus to their homes, and Miss Anna ' ersary takes her departure. March is the least eventful month of the whole year. Old -Eolus kindly cages his howling winds and allows some fine days for baseball. The men show up stifif at first, but gradually they begin to ginger up, and play well. The good-natured, but warm rivalry which goes on for any vacant place on the team has shown some one man superior to his fellow competitors and he is awarded the place. Old Ironsides takes the field and proceeds to make the first team look well to their laurels. Towards the last of the month comes the Marshal s set-up, consisting of the annual laugh, a bag of peanuts and candy, and other dainties. Everybody laughs, everybody smokes, and everybody has a gocSd time. 128 April sees the baseball season in full swing, and the ti-am readv to bosjin its season ' s games. The manager has had his work completed since early Tn the fall, and all that needs to be don-,- is to get the team in the pink of trim. ' Every evening until the team leaves, large crowds of rooters gather along the bleachers to encourage the team. Then after the team has departed the hotel is the Mecca of news, to find out tlie result of the games, and college feeling is raised or depressed according as we win or lose, while the respective merits or defects of the various players become the table-talk of all the boarding-houses. The spring ennui, commonly called that tired feeling, is coming to make itself felt, and with it the spring poet, finding books boring, and common conven- tionalities annoying, betakes himself to Nature ' s solitudes, far from the mad- ding crowd, and there makes verses to turn loose on the unsuspecting public. The campus is a flower garden in May. Every flower is bursting into bloom and the air is redolent with perfume ; the trees are verdant with tender, under- grown leaves, and every branch has its symphony of summer songsters. Stu- dents bend over their books in gaudy negligees, gayly kicking their feet in the air. Final examinations are passed with credit and then comes commencement. The distinguished-looking trustees hold their meetings and visitors flock in on every train — sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and sweethearts — all come to see Willie graduate. It is tlie gaiety season of the year. There is, however, a tinge of sorrow along with the jo)-. for the Senior, because it means the severing of fond ties and a long farewell t(3 Alma Mater, and an entering upon the life for which he has so long been preparing. The last day arrives ; the diplomas with loiidc or no laiidc presented ; the guests depart ; and with their departure the college year becomes a bit of pleasant history in the annals of the institution. ' Gerhardt. 129 A NEWISH ' S SOLILOQUY. To run or not to run : that is the question ; Whether ' t is nobler in the mind to suffer The thoughts of a disgraceful blacking, Or to take flight from that mob of Sophs, And by running evade them ? To escape : to brag ; No more ; and by a swear to say I end The heartaches and thousand anxious pangs Newish are heir to ; ' t is a feeling I fain would know. To escape, to brag ; To brag : perchance too much ; aye, there ' s the rub ; For by that brag of luck, what Sophs may come When I have spread abroad this tale of joy, And black me yet ; there ' s the dilemma That makes suspense of such a length ; Fur who could stand the drags and pulls of friends. The Sophomore ' s wrongs, the roommate ' s laugh, The stings of a wounded pride, the faculty ' s delay. The insolence of years and indignities That Newish from his oppressors takes When he him.self might his honor save By some good sprinting ? Who would a blacking bear, To groan and sweat under a blacker ' s grasp, But that fear of blacking after brags. That Newi.sh state from whose realm No son unblacked returns, rattles my brain, And makes me rather bear a long suspense Than take a blacking without defense? Thus blacking does make cowards of us all, And thus the bravest resolution Is scattered to the four winds of the earth. And intentions backed by all that ' s in me With this regard then always come to naught And never become action. Soft you, now ! The hoary Senior ! Greybeard, in thy orisons. Be all my woes remember ' d. 130 A Victim of Cupid MORTIMER REII) was a hero with the boys, if not with the faculty. I ' rcTm the time he hail entered college as a Freshman from the moun- tains he had |)laye(l pranks even more assiduously than the Freshman studies durint; ' the first three weeks of collcije : and the result was that in his Senior year he was prettv well aci|uainte(l with the order of Ijusiness and mode of transaction of the facult - trihimal. But with all his jiranks he had won distinction in athletics, and in his Senior year he was captain nf the arsit - eleven, and ca|)tain of the baseliall team as well, with the corresponding popularity which such distinctions carry. This was the state of affairs until the Christmas liolidays. Then there was a change. The holidays had been unusually pleasant and he was returning to college a week late. He lived in a little out-of-way place in the mountains-, where trains jog along at a take- -our-time pace, and where snows are deep and blizzards frequent. For an hour he had lieen the onlv iiccu])ant of the dingy little car, and he was looking discontentedl ' out of the window, wishing for something to happen. And his wish was unex])ectedlv gratified. The train slowed up at an insignificant station and the car door opened and a young lacly boarded the train. She carried a mysterous-looking bundle, the contents of which lie was not left long in dou1 t about, for the train had hardly gotten luider way when a series of shrieks issued from the depths of the wraps, and a volley of baby oaths gave vent to the indignant spirit it enclosed. The snow which had been falling since early morning continued to increase as night closeil in, banking itself in deep drifts along the track. The train dragged along at a snail ' s pace, and finallv stopped. Snow-bound, annotuiced the I ' .orter, coming through the car, swinging liis lantern. Got ter wait fer another engine ter ]m us out. He shut the dour with a bang. The young lady heaved a sigh, and the oungster as if comprehending all at once the situation and the dela - it entailed, l)egan to register his protest in a most vociferous manner, 132 Mortimer Reid uttered a low oath. Here he was, ditched in the snow in a railroad cut, miles from anywhere, with a strange young lady and a boisterous brat for companions, with the prospect of spending the night in that unpleasant and embarrassing situation. The kid began anew. For the first time Reid noticed the young lady ' s face. She was remarkably pretty, tall, with black hair, and a pair of dreamy eyes. If I just had some milk to give him, she murmured half to herself. Do you think we will have to wait here long? she asked, addressing her companion. •• Indeed, it seems so now, replied Reid. Then growing sympathetic, he said : Let me see if I can ' t get some milk for the baby. I saw a farm-house just a little way back. He buttoned his storm-coat securely, rolled up his trousers, and left the car. The baby was crying louder than ever. For a quarter of an hour he floundered about in the drifts, when a light loomed up before him. He approached and found it to be an unpretentious but comfortable-looking farm-house. A woman came in answer to his knock and invited him in. He stated his plight. To be sure, ye can get some milk fer the kid, and some supper too. Come in and warm yerself. After warming himself he set out on his return, laden with a pail of milk and a basket of lunch. When he entered the car the baby had cried himself to sleep. And so you succeeded in finding the house, did you? Come to the fire and warm yourself. I know you must be almost frozen to death. He set down the milk and slowly drew himself from his great overcoat. Yes, the gods were kind, and I not only got some milk, but a lunch also. . h ! Mr. ■■ Reid, supplied Mortimer. I forgot we have never met, and that it is very unconventional and im- proper for me to talk with you without Ijeing introduced. Allow me to thank you for the baby ' s mother for the milk, and for myself, Miss Gladys Twitty, for the lunch. Now, that we know each other, let us serve supper. A cushion became an impromptu table, and save for the scarcity of table linen the supper was a success. After the repast was over, they began to become reconciled to their fate, and the baby, satisfied that he had not been neglected, slept soundly. The snow gradually ceased falling. Towards one o ' clock a relief engine arrived and pulled them out of the drift and within the next hour they had reached the junction where their ways separated. 133 II. Mortimer Reid was engaged in giving his shoes an unusual luster. He pulled off his sweater and replaced it by an immaculate white shirt. Then he slipped on a white vest and black coat. His roommate watched the procedure from his seat in the window-place. Anybody dead? he inquired, astonished at this unusual performance. No, replied Reid, without looking up. He finished his toilet and went out, walking leisurely down the long shady boulevard toward the President ' s house. His roommate continued to watch his tall athletic figure until it was lost in the distance. Then he turned to several companions who had just come in. Poor boy, he said, I knew it all along. He has flunked on Logic and has gone to see Pres. about it. Pity if he can ' t graduate after he ' s done so much for varsity athletics. But Mortimer Reid was far from despondent as he strolled up the walk to the President ' s house. Such a thought as failing on Logic had not entered his mind since the examination ; and if it had, he was not the kind of man to cry over spilled milk. At the end of two hours he returned, whistling, his face wreathed in smiles. Well, how goes it? Did Pres. tell you that you hit the ceiling on Log., or did he tell you he had made use of the hydraulic press and put you through? asked Payne, looking up from his work. Reid winced. Logic had been a veritable tlidin in the flesh with him. Didn ' t see him. And pray, why so hapjiy? That rich aunt died and made you her heir? Perhaps found a diamond mine somewhere? Oh, confound it, if you must know, the President ' s wife ' s sister is visiting her, and I have been up to call. Met her in a snowstorm last Christmas. Just knew there was a woman in it somewhere, when you shucked that sweater. Cioing to be civilized and go courting, eh? Pres. thinking about adopt- ing you in the family? Well, good luck to you, my dear frau, and he shut the door and was gone. HI. As spring advanced Mortimer Reid increased the frequency of his visits to the President ' s house. Specializing on Logic, explained Payne to a group of observers. I don ' t blame him, though ; if I had such a fair pedagog, I could recite syllogisms on my death-bed. Reid no longer wore the customary varsity sweater. He felt it a disgrace to be seen in it, except on the diamond. 134 The baseball season opened and Reid threw himself into training his team with new-born ardor. He determined to redeem the poor record made by the varsity last year. A portion of his zeal was instilled into his fellows, and when the team came to start on its season ' s tour there was no one but felt confident of victory. At the end of the season the team returned crowned with laurels. There had not been a single defeat, and the varsity rang loud with praise for Reid. But the fame he had won meant little to him. Between him and his degree yawned the abysm of another examination on Logic. A feeling of final defeat took hold of him. The examination was to be held at the President ' s house. He felt if he had been anywhere else he could have flunked with dignity. He went over the questions in sort of a vague dream, and after he handed in the paper he sat in dejected silence while the President corrected it. The still- ness seemed unbearable. At last the President broke the silence. Mr. Reid, you have done well. Allow me to congratulate you. You have done the university an inestimable service this year, and I thank you. Reid emerged flushed from the study. In the hall he met Gladys. She read victory in his face. Accept my hearty congratulations, for I see you have won this time. And now, he said, taking both her hands, since I have won one prize, I want another. I could not ask you before, but now I want you, dearest, for my own. She gazed for one short moment into his sparkling eyes, and he felt her hand grow lax in his grasp. Then she turned from him and gazed into the distance, and two large tears escaped and fled down her flushed cheek as she said : I guess you have won again, Mortimer. Charles Preston Weaver. 135 POEM. Said a pretty maid to a basfiful lad, Que pensez vous, ami? With a crimson flush the lad replied, Je pense que vous aime, ami. Je pense, said the maid, and paused, Que pensez vous, ami? And the maiden ' s face was flushed when she said, Je pense que vous aime, aussi. ' 36 HOWLER CONTEST. .4r ' - - o ■?■ f s - ■ - •? I? ■ ; -W fi - ,.!? ' ■  - s? . Most popular student, Hugli Johnson. Most prominent student, William H. Pace. Handsomest student, J. Edward Hobgood. Most studious student. Bayard T. Falls. Ugliest student, Lloyd M. HoUoway. Most conceited student, Raymond C. Dunn. Neatest dressed student, Benjamin H. Browning. Freshest Newish student, James T. Broughton. Best athlete, J. Edward Hobgood. Most College-spirited student, H. Paul Scarborough. Most popular professor. Dr. E. Walter Sikes. Tallest student, Joe Norfleet; height, 6 feet, 4 inches. Heaviest student, Joe Norfleet; weight, 217 pounds. Lightest student, P. Mitchell; weight, 109 pounds. Lowest student, P. Mitchell; height, 5 feet, 4 ' A inches. Oldest student, Charles A. Sigmon; age 32. Number of students that smoke, 47. Average height, 5 feet, S inches. Average weight, 14S pounds. Average age, 19. Slaps. The thunder nf my cannon shall be lieanl. — W ' iuteiiead. A good blunt fellow. — Newton. And if my legs were two such riding rods. — A ' anx. Would I might never stir from ofT this place. — Camp. How far this little candle throws its beams. — Green, E. S. There goes the parson ; oh. illustrious sport ! — Davis, T. God ' s love seemed lost mi him. — Sii. w. E. A crafty lawyer and a pickpocket. — Keener. Ye gods, what a name! — Dingleiioef. I do marvel where thou spendest thy time. — Mike. Forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peep. — Harrell. You are as a candle, the better part .burnt out. — McMillan. Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure Ijrow. — Browning. ■ ' And still the} ' gazed, ami still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew. — Triplet. How is ' t with you, That you do beiul your eyes on vacancy? — Ward. There ' s something in his soul O ' er which his melanchoh sits on brood. — W ' ic.wer. Though I am not splenetive and rash, Yet I have something in me dangerous. — Norfleet. A strutting player, whose conceit Lies in his hamstring. — King. One leg as if suspicious of his brother. Desirous seems to run away from t ' other. — Coi ' PEDGE. A ' hat cracker is this that deafs our ears With this alnmdance of superfluous breath? — IJ.vglv. My spirits grow dull, and fain I would bv ' guile The tedious da) ' with sleep. — Now ici.l. It is good to see one ' s name in print, Although there s nothing in ' t. — Lewis. Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of .Ucraiidcr, till he find it stopping a bung-hole? 137 v— ' j. . A Tragedy in Two Acts ACT I. Scene i. Collcsc student ' s room. Period, three days before Anniversary. Jack Tracy, seated at table, studying assiduously. Enter roonnuate, Sidney Lee, slamming door iioisdy. Lee : Mail for you. Tracy: Let ' s see. {Opens number oiu and reads, smiling; opens number two; smile changes to froiini.) Lee (observing change) : What ' s the matter? Tracy : Oh, bother the luck ; here I ' ve invited two girls I ' m engaged to, and they are both coming. Now, ain ' t I in a fix? Lee : Oh, I can get you out. Write one of them you are dangerously sick with pneumonia, and she ' 11 stay away. Tracy {breaking into smiles) : You ' re a trump, old lady. I want Carrie to come, so I ' 11 just drop Bessie a line and tell her I am critically ill, and that will settle ' the whole matter. {Seats himself and begins zuriting. Reads, seals, and carries to post-office.) Scene IL Bessie ' s home. Bessie seated in rocking-chair by fire, deeply interested in magazine. Postman rings. Rushes to door and picks up letter. •• Ah, a letter from Jack (tears open letter). Had no idea he would answer by return mail. (Reads.) Awful sorry to disappoint you Taken suddenly ill Doctor says may have a tough time = ' ' Can t possibly be out for couple of weeks at least. [Dictated.] (Reads again.) •• The poor boy 1 Sick, and so far from home. I will just pack my clothes, take the next train, and give him a little surprise. I know he will be glad to see me, and I shall nurse the dear lad back to life. ' ' • I ' 11 just send him this little wire to let him know I am coming. Here, William {ringing for servant), have this message sent right away, and tell James to have the carriage ready for me to take the early morning train. Scene HL Carrie ' s home. Enter Carrie. Approaches hall-table, on zvhich is an unopened letter addressed to her. Sei;:es it. ' • Oh ! this is from Jack. 139 (Reads aloud). ' } It is so kind of you to accept my invitation to attend Anni ersar_ -. I have taken all your en£; ' aj,a ments myself and made all arrange- ments. I shall endeavor ti make your visit as jjleasant as possible. Until then, I am Your devoted lover, Jack. What a dear fellow he is ! I am sure I will enjoy it if I only see yon, Jack. ACT II. Time : Xext day. ScENi ' : T. Same room at college. J. ck Tk. cy. gating out z . ' iudoiv ' . roommate sealed, reading. .1 kiioek at the dooi-. J.ACK : C(ime in. {linter messenger hoy with telegram. J. ck signs, opens, and reads, ' funis sntldenlv pale, and drops in ehair. Roommate springs to his side. Resuscitates him.) Had news, old chap? (J. CK thrusts telegram in his hands. Reads alond:) Coming to see you. Will arrive 10.30. (Signed) Bessik. Lee; Well, well! Looks kind of s(|ually, doesn ' t it? Wait, I have it. You shall go to bed, feign serious illness, and when Bessie comes 1 will refuse to allow her to see you. 1 will go and borrow an ;ipothecary s outfit to help carry out the scheme. {ILvil roommate, hastily.) Scene 11. Sanw. with J. ( k ; ' (■ . heml tied np. feigning sleep. (A knock at door: no an.n ' cr. .1 louder k-noclc.) Come in ! {feehly from the depths of the hed-elothes). (Enter Bessie, tiiished. i ' ith trai ' eliiig-hag.) ( )h. Jack, I am sii sorrv von are ill. (J. t k attempts to speak.) Xo, don ' t say a word. 1 have come to take charge, and I shall not leave you until you are entirely out of danger. (Seats herself heside the bed, and opens her trai ' cling-hag.) {A gentle km ek at the door. Bessie opens it. (.)ii the threshold stands C.vrrik. Pcrceiirs ]. CK in bed.) C. rrie: ( )h. Jack, are you sick? Why didn ' t you let me know? {Adz ' aiices to hedsiile.) (A groan issues from the connterpane.) Carriic : Who is that woman here. Jack? I Another deep groan.) Bessie: ' ■ Madame, 1 am Jack ' s sweetheart. I have charge here, and I would have you kn(]w your presence here is undesiral le, and I would advise you to leave immediately. 140 Cakrie : You are an impostor! 1 tell you, I am enoaocd to Jaek, myself, ami if he is siek it is and not you who shall nurse him. (.In oiiiliioiis iiroon from the patient.) Bessie: Woman! you arc making Jack worse, and I advise you to leave at once. You are the impostor. I am Jack ' s finance ; here is my engagement ring. (Jack can stand the strain no Ioniser. Raises liis head from the ' ow.) Jack: Ladies, it is all a horrible mistake. This is not Jack Tracy, and moreover, if you value your lives at a penny you will quit this apartment at once, for I have the sma llpox. Bessie : No, Jack ; I know it is you. You have deceived me, and I despise you. [Flini s ring to tioor and leairs the room.) Carrie: And now. Air. Jack, I demand an explanation. Who is that woman who has just left the r.unn. and what do you mean by writing me to come to Anniversary when ou were sick.- ' (Silence from the bed.) Carrie: Ah, there is no explanation. Well, hereafter we are only friends; remember, please. {Drofs rin; . and e.rif. leeefiug.) (Enter roommate, laden 7edl, bottles of erery de. eriMien. Taiu.eau. Curtain.) 141 The History of Wake Forest College. JUST sixty-nine years ago, in the spring of 1834, a correspondent on a flying trip through North Carohna, wrote to a rehgious journal at the North a most gloomy letter about the physical as well as the moral aspects of the State. (Jne thing, at least, he found that was hopeful : They have kindled, says he, a light in the Wake Forest Institute that I trust will soon shed its beams over the whole State. Even had he taken time for accurate observation, he would have found the Baptists of the State neither so numerous as now nor so well organized for efTective work. Among them, however, was a number of able preachers who would in nowise be abashed in the presence of their brethren of this later day. Of these might be mentioned William Hooper. Thomas Meredith, John Kerr, Q. H. Trotman, James McDanicl, Patrick W. Dowd, Samuel Wait, Josiah Crudu]). John Armstrong, and others. Like most of the older institutions of learning in this country. Wake Forest College had its origin in the piety and wise forethought which aimed primarily to secure the education of the ministry. Before the year 1829 the Benevolent Society had been organized by prominent Baptists for the more efifectual dis- semination of the gospel throughout the State. At its regular meeting held in Greenville, Pitt County, March 26-29, 1830, a resolution was passed dissolving the society and transferring its funds to the Baptist State Convention, which was thereupon immediately organized. One of the primary objects of this conven- tion, as stated in article second of its constitution, was the education of young men called of God to the ministry. To this work the convention thus com- mitted itself, but no active measures were taken respecting it until the next meet- ing, held at Cross Roads Church, Wake County, April 15-18, 1831. At that time the convention accepted the ofifer of Rev. John Armstrong, of New Berne, to educate young preachers, and the board of managers were directed to send to him or to some school such young ministers as they should approve, and to defray the expense so far as the funds of the convention would allow. Such was the original plan, and so far as appears, no one at that time thought of a college. Indeed, after the Institute had been determined upon and its plans published, nay, for several years after its opening, there was no little mur- muring in some quarters that the constitution did not contemplate and gave no warrant for the establishment of a school to which any but ministers should be admitted. 142 But in order that these might be educated, a well-organized school was seen to be indispensable. Besides, systematic manual labor in garden or farm in connection with mental application was then held in high esteem. A number of institutions were organized on this plan, such as the Virginia Baptist Seminary, Mercer Seminary, Georgia; Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Oneida Institute, New York; Cumberland College, and Pennsylvania Manual Labor Institute. It was, accordingly, deemed wise on account of both health and economy to provide those receiving instruction with means of manual labor. The expense involved in this plan could not be met by the probable amount of theological patronage, especially since ministerial students were to be educated almost free of charge. It was decided, therefore, to open a general school to which would be admitted any young gentleman of good character, and the income of which was expected to pay nearly all the expenses, including those of ministerial students. At the meeting of the convention held at Reeves ' s Meeting-House, Chatham County, August yy. 1832, this was definitely recommended by the committee on educa- tion, William Hooper, chairman, and the convention unanimously resolved, August 4th, 1832, to ' ■ purchase a suitable farm and to adopt other preliminary measures for the establishment of a Baptist literary institution in this State upon the mutual labor principle. Before the close of the month a committee appointed to carry the resolution into effect purchased for $2,000 Dr. Calvin Jones ' s farm of six hundred and fifteen acres, about sixteen miles North of Raleigh, the mem- bers of the committee themselves advancing the deficit of the subscriptions already secured. For many years before this important event the conmiunity in which the farm lay had been known as Wake Forest, probably so named because its original growth of timber was so fine as to win by preeminence the designation of the Forest of Wake (County) or Wake Forest. Accordingly, the board of managers at their meeting in Raleigh. September 25th, 1832, resolved that the institution should be called The Wake Forest Institute. At that time it was hoped it might be opened in February following, but on December 15th the board at a meeting in Raleigh decided to postpone the beginning of operations to February, 1834. For the year 1833 the farm was committed to the care of reliable men in the neighborhood. On May loth of that year Rev. Samuel Wait, A. M., a native of New York, and then general agent of the convention, was appointed principal of the Institute. He had come to North Carolina on an agency for Columbian College, Washington, several years before and by peculiar providential circumstances had been led to make New Berne his home. The next year. May 3d, by the board of trustees he was elected president and Professor of Moral Philosophy and General Literature. He resigned November 26th, 1844. 143 The importance of his ()rl for the institution is signahzecl by the inscrip- tion on marble in the front if the IJlirary Ihiihhns : ■ ' Rev. Samuel ait, D. D., Founfler and First President eif Wake I ' orest College. A meager charter fur the Institute was obtained from the Legislature of 1833-34, and that only Ijy the liberal views and manliness of an alunmus of the University of Xorth Carolina, Mr. William I). Alosely, Speaker of the Senate, who gave the casting vote in its favor. 1 1 ere was a crisis in its history, for no one can measure the depression which faihu ' c would ha ' e prnduced in the friends and supporters of the infant enterprise. ( )n the first Abinday uf h ' ebruarv, 1834, the exercises were opened with about twenty-five students in attendance, which number was increased to sevent - in . ugust following. What did these first stu- dents fin l on reaching Wake I ' (.)rest? ( )n the spot where now stands the imposing ( )ld lUrlding, they fotuid a small but comfortable frame dwelling. To the right, about where the I,ibrar - stands, was the garden, both its site and embellishment still marked by the everlasting jon(|uils just nnw venturing into the chill spring air as the_ - did in those olden da s. l ' r(jm a window of the magnificent public hall in the Wingate Memorial Building one may look directly down upon what was then the horse-lot. Near-by was the carriage house, sixteen feet by twenty- four, in which Air. Wait gathered his heterogeneous charge for lectures or morning prayers. T ' or dormitories several good log cabins were principally relied on. The hoc and plow were not out of sight of the blackboard and desk, for it will be remembered manual labor on the farm was to begin the same day with mental labor among the books. The regulations of the manual labor department at first required of the stu- dents every day, except Saturdays, three hours labor in the fields ; the time, however, was decreased to one hour afterwards, and after about four years the system was abandoned altogether. In May after the opening in Feliruary, the trustees held a meeting at the Institute, and took action looking to the better accommodation of the students already entered and provision for more who desired to enter. In December the plan of what is now known as the Old Building was submitted to the trustees by Mr. Ligon, and was ackjjjted. Captain John lierry contracted to build it for $14,000 and have it ready for use Ijy January, 1837. It was not completed, how- ever, until 1838. Its dimensions are one lumdred and thirty-two by sixty-five, four stories high, having comfortalile dormitories for about one hundred stu- dents. It was a bold, but as time showed, a fortunate undertaking. The im- mediate erection of the building was made possible by the devotion of the build- ing committee and others who ])iedged their personal estates to the cause. In spite of the prevailing indifference on the subject of education, in spite of active opposition, open and covert, starting with nothing but zeal and deep faith in the M4 undertaking on the part of its promoters, its success was at once marvelous. In two and a half years tliere were one hundred and twenty students, and the $14,000 building was nearly completed. The charter was amended by the Legislature, December 26th. 1838, Wake Forest Institute becoming Wake Forest College, with power to confer the usual college degrees. Its property was also relieved from taxation, the time of the charter was extended and the amount of property to be held was increased to $250,000. By the year 1848 the liabilities of the College were $20,000, the largest items of which were $10,000 borrowed from the Literary Fund of the State, and the balance due on the building. Some thought of giving up and offering the whole thing for sale. Dr. Hooper, president of the College, resigned ; so did the presi- dent of the board of trustees. At their annual meeting during Commencement the board adjourned with no plan or suggestion to meet its obligations, although Rev. James S. Purefoy had proposed to be one of twenty or of ten to assume the debt. He had always been a faithful and most liberal supporter of the College. At this time he saved it. The day after that gloomy Commencement Mr. Pure- foy, then residing at Forestville, one mile from Wake Forest, sent for Dr. Wait to confer with him about the trouble. The next day Mr. Purefoy subscribed $1,000 and Dr. ' ' ait $500. Fired by these noble examples, the friends of the Col- lege living near in tlie next day or two carried up the amount to $5,000. With this beginning and the active work of an agent during the year, the trustees in June, 1849, were able to make arrangements for the complete liquidation of the debt on the College. The most notable administration in the history of the College was that of Dr. W. M. Wingate. not simply on account of its length, but because, as many think, he conducted it through its supreme crisis, the suspension on account of the Civil War. He was a native of Darlington, S. C. Graduating from Wake Forest College in 1849, ' i was appointed its general agent in 1854. He was elected its president in June, 1856. which position he held with unusual success and honor till his death, February 27th, 1879. I o year of his administration did he see the income of the College meet its expenses. True, on November 7th, 1856, a substantial movement for endowment was made at the meeting of the State Convention in Raleigh, when $25,000 were subscribed in one hour and the actual invested endowment reached the sum of $46,000 liy 1861 ; but just when that was becoming available, the great wreck came, out of which the emaciated College emerged with about $14,000. Dr. Wingate lived long enough, however, to see the prophetic streaks of the near dawn. He had seen the Library Build- ing erected by the munificence of two prominent Baptists of Raleigh, Colonel J. M. Heck and the late Air. John G. Williams, costing in all about $11,000, and plans for what afterwards became the Wingate Memorial had been set on foot. .0 ' ° , 145 M MH The latter building, one hundred and two feet by sixty, with a central projection in front of ten feet, containing on the first floor a small chapel and four superior recitation-rooms, and on the second the largest and best public hall in the State, was ready for use at the Commencement of 1880. Again in 1874 and 1875, Rev. Mr. Purefoy, by a successful agency in some of the Northern cities, rescued the embarrassed and all but sinking institution. The $10,000 raised then made possible and gave the impetus towards its present endowment. Professor Charles E. Taylor, of the Chair of Latin, in November, 1882, undertook the raising of the $54,000 endowment to $100,000. His colleagues taught his classes while he was engaged in this great work. By his singular wisdom, candor, and straightforward business course, when eleven o ' clock on the night of December 31st, 1883, came, the treasurer of the College had in hand, actually secured, an endowment of $100,000. Since that time the endowment has reached the sum of $209,459.10. The real estate, equipment, and buildings of the College are estimated to be worth at least $100,000. A movement will soon be inaugurated to add largely to both endowment and equipment. The first class was graduated in 1839. There have been in all 845 full grad- uates. These have been distributed among almost all professions and callings. More than fifty have been editors of influential papers. A still larger number have been presidents of or professors in colleges. They have filled important pastor- ates in thirty States. A constantly increasing number have achieved success in law and politics. In New York and Philadelphia, as well as in North Carolina, a number have made enviable reputations as surgeons and physicians. Several score have had and are having prosperous careers as bankers and merchants. The Class of 1903 comprises six applicants for the degree of Master of Arts, thirty-seven for Bachelor of Arts, and five for Bachelor of Law. 146 COLLEGE SCENE. uu r r D ilhr trumpet blrlu mi tlir tminiruriaii, AnJ iittrr Ibr r■irrt aau ii. iCikr a riirlmir slurpt tlir htarriiiru ltnl . B!itb tlirir sprars rmtrllr in tbrir lianfts. A shiift. trur tlinist. an a hiarrinr frll With Ins lirart pirrrr tliru a tliru ' ; Mut tbr mtr Ittbu frll luaii 3). slnrrtbrart, Au tbr ntlirr — tbr utbrr hiaa luni. (Eharlra i. 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