Winthrop University - Tatler Yearbook (Rock Hill, SC)

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History of Special Class N the gloaming of a quiet evening during Indian Summer, a time so conducive to reflec- tion, I was lying alone in my hammock on an airy veranda. Under the gentle influences of the sur- roundings, I fell into that blissful condition that pre- cedes sleep, in which the senses become unreceptive to outward influences: my spirit seemed to lose its usual relations to things corporeal, and to become a thing apart, an inhabitant of the Unknown and Invisible. Cf all my experiences in this other world a shadowy outline only remains. Ilefore this faint remembrance vanishes entirely, let me try to give it form. I seemed to be floating in illimitable space, peopled by ethereal forms of exquisite beauty, amidst scenes of unsurpassed grandeur. These airy beings were either Hitting here and there, or gathered in separate groups, engaged in light con- versation or in earnest discussion. Prompted by curi- osity to hear what topic employed the time of such benignant-looking beings, I approached one of the most attractive of these small assemblages. Their serious converse was enlivened by occasional sallies of mirth. thus rendering their talk amusing as well as instructive. To my surprise, l heard remarks which plainly showed that the XYelfare of Xlvonian was being consid- ered, and that they were the guardian deities nf mun- dane sisters. Each in her turn was advocating some Special means to be employed in perfecting our womanhood. XYliat, said the first speaker, is so essential to mortals as health? From it all good things come: the beauty of bodily proportion and symmetry, the 'salzu 111c11.v in XUIIO i'01'p0re,' mental power and equilibrium, the capacity for application which is genius, the i.N'I.lIC qzzn non' of perfect motherhood. Therefore, l urge, said she, the measures that promote health: fresh air. exercise, athletics, and the observance of hygienic laws. She closed with the following appropriate quotation: Ah ! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, XVhen drooping health and spirits go amiss? How tasteless then whatever can be given! Health is the vital principle of bliss, ,Xnd exercise of health. I agree with you entirely, said the second speaker: but in order to attain perfect health they must nrst

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have perfect cooks. You know one of their poets has said 2 'XYe may live without poetry, music, and art, We may live without conscience and live without heart: XYe may live without friends, we may live without books 1 lint civilized man cannot live without cooks' So I shall insist on an education in 'Cooking' That is all right, said the next, but equally im- portant in a woman's life, and claiming a large part of her time, is the art of personal adornment. Even their greatest ioet has thought the matter deserving his 25 ' l ' 15 bv attention, and thus .prescribesz 'Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, lint not expressed in fancy 3 rich not gaudy, For the apparel oft proclaims the manf And, I will add, altuuys the woman. Let us then give her special instruction in 'Dress-making and Mil- lineryf Now one arose and in much stronger tones spoke for woman's independence. She argued that womans mental capacity was equal to man's3 that the business professions of the world should be open to her, and to fix her for these, business methods, such as Book- keeping and Stenographyf' should be taught her. Allow her to make money, she said, and be inde- pendent of man. As you all seem disposed to fortify your arguments with poetry, listen to this: 'As l sat at the cafe, l said to myself. They may talk as they please about what they call pelfg They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking, But help it l cannot, l cannot help thinking. How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho: How pleasant it is to have money ! ' Space seemed to be filled with melody as another speaker began: You are all too material, too gross. My province deals with the emotions. There we ac- knowledge kinship with our sisters below. Let us teach them music: 'Among the gifts that God has sent, Une of the most magnificent l' Music! soft charm of heaV'n and earth. Vvhence didst thou borrow thy auspicious birth. 4 br art thou of eternal date F' D Music that gentler on the spirit lies Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes. The last to speak was the most beautiful of all. I, too, said she, make my appeal for the emotions, not for the ear, as she who has just spoken, but for the eye. I urge the claims or 'artf of painting and sculpture, the means of making beautiful the abodes of man. Seraphs share with thee Knowledge: llut Art, O Man, is thine alone! Let us, therefore, give to our needy sisters all the help we can in this, man's own peculiar sphere. 'For art is Nature made by Man To Man the interpreter of God' She who presided now arose and addressed the