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TO

Our Beloved President,
REV. F. H. GAINES, D. D.,

IN TESTIMONY OF

OUR APPRECIATION OF HIS

VITAL INTEREST IN

STUDENT LIFE,

THIS RECORD OF EVENTS AT AGNES

SCOTT FOR THE SESSION OF

'97-98 IS DEDICATED

BY

The Editors.

B^ wa^ of lpreface

LTHOCGH the '97 Aurora was published under serious difficulties and with many obstacles, how difficult and
how serious only the editors themselves can bear witness, yet it was far more successful than even its most
optimistic projectors dared hoped for. In a financial way especially was there unlooked-for success, for the business
managers found, when their books were audited, a generous sum left in their hands. Encouraged by this, the
'98 staff was very enthusiastic, and eager to begin work on Volume II. Then interest flagged, and even as late
as the return from the Christmas holidays, the proposition was advanced that the Annual should be dropped, and if two of the staff had
not firmly repudiated such an idea, there is a probability that no Aurora would have been issued this year.

Issued it has been, though, and we now lay the result before a generous public, certain that we will receive kind treatment and
impartial judgment even from those who were most skeptical as to the ability of the A. S. I. students to succeed in even-thing they undertake.
But this skepticism was almost wholly removed by the appearance of the '97 Aurora, and as to what degree of success has been attained this
year let others decide. The book lies open before you.

In the preface to last year's Annual, the statement was made that no Southern school for girls had ever before attempted to send
out an annual. This, I believe, was correct then, but about the time the Aurora appeared, Y's and Other Y's, of Converse College, came
out. I wish to say that the whole editorial staff of the Aurora gladly welcomed this volume from our sister college, and now hopes that
they, too, will continue the good work. Thus, for this year there will be three annuals published by girls in Southern schools, for it is
reported that Hollin's Institute intends to join our ranks.

In behalf of the editors, I wish to return thanks to Mrs. Gaines and Miss Nellie Womack for the contribution of several poems, to
Miss Anna Parks Hutchinson and Mr. John Schenck for some pen sketches, to the "old girls" who have given assistance whenever asked,
and to students who have given their hearty co-operation. Especial thanks, however, are due Miss McKinney, and to Miss Buck and the
members of the Crow Quill Club who have earnestly worked to improve the character of the pen sketches.
Thanks are also due the C. P. Byrd Printing Company for their uniform courtesy and assistance.

Sincerely yours,

M. Eugenia Mandevh,i,e.
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Boavo of Eoitors

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M. EUGENIA MANDEVILLE, Georgia.

Hssociate B2&itors

,,,,,,. rumra , NORTH CAROLINA.. MARTHA SIMPSON, GEORGIA.

NELLIE MANDEVILLE, Georgia. LOHIE CALDWELL, NORTH laroluna.

Business Managers

ROSA BELLE KNOX, Georgia. ESTELLE PATTILLO, Georgia.

AURORA STAFF

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Boaro of trustees

1897*'98

George W. Scott, . . ... Decatur

REV. F. H. Gaines, D. D Decatur

Rev. E. H. Barnett, D. D., . Atlanta

Charees Murphy Candler, Decatur

Rev. James G. Patton ... Decatur

Rev. Theron H. Rice, ... Atlanta

George B. Scott, . '. Decatur

MlETON A. C.ANDEER Decatur

Coe. Geo. W. Scott,
Rev. James G. Patton,
Rev. F. H. Gaines,

i*Qani3ation of :J8oarD

President

Vice-President

Secretary

tfacutt^ anb fficevs

REV. F. H. GAINES, D. D., President,

Bible Course.
MISS NANNETTE HOPKINS, Principal.

Miss L. A. Field,
Latin.

Miss M. Louise McKinney,
English.

Miss N. R. Massie,

French and History.

Miss Lucy Magee,

Natural Sciences and Elocution.

Miss Mary D. Sheppard,

Pedagogy, Philosophy and

Miss Patty B. Watkins,
Higher Mathematics.

Miss Liebie A. Alby,
Mathematics.

Miss Mattie E. Cook,

Preparatory Department.

Miss Marianne Melson,

Preparatory Department and Physical Culture.

Miss Clair Bidwell,
Primary Department.

Scbool of Hrt

Emma G. Buck, Painting and Drawing

Scbool of flDusic

Joseph Maclean, Director, Piano, Organ and Th.
Miss Helen Clark, Piano.

Miss Rosa L. Cooper, Intendant of Infirmary.
Miss Rebecca Smith, Domestic Department.

Miss Margaret KlEbs, Voice Culture and Sight Reading
Miss Anna E. Hunt, Piano and Violin.

W. S. Kendrick, M. D., Physician to Institute.
Miss Orra Hopkins, Bookkeeper and Secretary.

^Lecturers

1897=98

JOHN B. HENNEMAN, Ph. D.,

Professor of English, University of Tennessee,

Engush Literature.

W. H. BOCOCK, A. M.,

Professor Greek, University of Georgia,

Grkrk Literature.

WM. H. PAYNE, Ph. D., L. L. D.,

Chancellor University of Nashville,

Normai, Course.

J. P. CAMPBELL, Ph. D.,
Professor Natural Science, University of Georgia,
Music.

HENRY LOUIS SMITH, Ph. D..

Professor of Natural Philosophy, Davidson College,

Science.

W. D. HOOPER, A. M.,
Professor Latin, University of Georgia,
Roman Literature.

WARREN A. CANDLER, D. D..
President Emory College,
Normai, Course.

Rev. PETER ROBERTSON,

Cincinnati, Ohio,

Art.

to io Registration.
Nov. 1 2 Mnemosynean Reception
Nov. 30 Thanksgiving Day.

1808

Jan. 19 End of Fall Term:
Jan. 20 Beginning of Spring Term.
Feb. 22 Washington's Birthday.
March lS Open Session of P. L. S.

and M. L. S.
April 26 Memorial Day.
May 18 to 27 Final Examinations.
May 23 to 26 Afternoon Mnsieales.

May 27-June 1 -Commencement Week,
May 27 Mnemosynean and Propy

lsean Reception.
May 29 Commencement Sunday.
May 30 Polymnia.
May 31, 10 A. M. Alumnae Meeting
May 31 Alumnse Address.
June 1 Commencement Da}'.

H Brief Sketch of H)ecatur

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WRITER of this article, knowing that no
history of Decatur existed except in the
memory of old citizens soon to pass away,
and in town and county records, meagre at
their best, and always out of the reach of the
great majority, sought to obtain information
enough to w r rite a short sketch of the town
such as might possibly be interesting to the
students at Agnes Scott, and to the town's people as well. But
to her surprise her task was no easy one, being almost as difficult
as the traditional search for the needle in the haystack. Not
that there is not a large number of gentlemen in Decatur who could
have given the information, but that it was almost impossible to see
them personally, and they could not be persuaded to put their knowl-
edge on paper. This last fact, though, is perhaps not to be deplored
altogether, for we have since learned that if one gentleman, a lawyer,
appealed to had consented to write it would have been necessary to
seek the aid of the remaining lawy-ers ill Decatur and Atlanta in order
to learn what he intended to say. However, some few facts have been
obtained which may be of some slight interest.

The Legislative Records of the year 1S23 show that at that time two
hundred and two (202) acres were laid off and incorporated as Decatur,
county seat of DeKalb, then Henry county. At the same time lots were
deeded to the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches under the

stipulation that places of worship should be erected. The Baptists did
not take advantage of the offer, and did not build until after the War of
Secession, but the Methodists and Presbyterians accepted, immediately
organized, and prepared for church erection, the Methodists on their
present site, the Presbyterians on site now occupied by cemetery ; but
later thev constructed the building now known as Donald Fraser High
School. The Presbyterian minister, Dr. John S. Wilson, was largely
instrumental in the building of that church, whose pulpit he so long
and ably filled. In 1S30 the M. E. church was incorporated, Jephtha
V. George, Jesse P. Jones and Larkin Carlton being appointed stewards.
The site set apart for the school building was' also soon occupied by the
present picturesque academy ; but for a whole year before Alexander
Kirkpatrick, an Irishman from the Palmetto State, who afterwards
assumed charge of the academy, had taught in a double log-cabin, an
architectural type then quite common in Georgia, and not yet entirely
obsolete.

The year following the incorporation of Decatur, Mr. Daniel
Johnson, whose brother, a minister, now lives in honored retirement
in the town, cleared off the public square, and between '24 and '28
was built that typical Southern courthouse, but now doomed to destruc-
tion to make way for a larger and more commodious structure. In its
early days this courthouse was only one-story high, but after a fire by
which the interior was burned out, a second story was added. Within
those old Avails many eloquent voices have been heard, and before the

door slaves have been put on the auction block. The first Supreme
Court in this state met here, the bench at that time consisting of
Joseph H. Tompkins, chief justice ; Eugenius A. Nesbit and Hiram
Warner. The presentments of those early grand juries were peculiar,
but the}' were expressed in very forcible language. The following is a
specimen: " The bridge across Corn Creek is in a bad fix, and we
recommend that a new bridge be built no matter how much the people
paw around." It is said that old Father Knight, of the Camp Creek
settlement, was the first one to use the courthouse. He was rather
eccentric, and becoming displeased at the criticisms of some one in the
congregation, the first meeting was closed with a fight.

At the time of the removal of the Cherokee Indians from the state
there was much fear of trouble. All west Georgia was in arms, and
Decatur sent troops to Rome and other points to assist, if necessary, ill
quelling the expected uprising. DeKalb herself had been free of
Indians for years. However, there was no disturbance of any kind,
and the troops soon returned.

The year 1842 has a strange story to tell of the great common-
wealth of Georgia building a state railroad, and ending it right in the
middle of swamps and Southern canebrakes. This story should be told,
for it is very intimately connected with Decatur history. When the
bill authorizing the construction of the road was before the legislature,
various points, through their representatives, fought for the privilege
of being the terminus of the line. Decatur, too, was in the race, and
far from refusing to permit the road to come to her because, as has
been said, she feared the train smoke would injure her white mansions,
strove fiercely for it. The law-makers could come to no agreement, so
it was finally decided that the line should be permitted to come only
eight miles east of the Chattahoochee, and there stopped. Decatur

willingly accepted this compromise, reasoning that she would yet
obtain her end, as the proposed terminus was in the midst of a swamp.
But she found herself grievously disappointed, for, so far from bringing
the read to Decatur, Mahomet went to the mountain, and a town was
built at the terminus. Thus, on boggy ground, Atlanta came into
existence. Decatur lost her chance of being one day the capital of the
state, and was left completely in the cold until the Georgia road
was carried through the town. Even then the city fathers were
not satisfied, for the engineers, instead of bringing the line right
by the courthouse as was desired, kept to the ridge on which they
were, and so remained on the edge of town. Time, however, has
proven this to be the better course.

Now we come to the period of want and grief and war, the time of
civil strife. During this period Decatur loyally sent all her able-bodied
men to defend with their lives, if necessary, the cause. Only the
women and children and a few old men were left, and even this remnant
were soon refugeeing, compelled by Federalistic orders to abandon
their homes. The town being so near Atlanta, and being so often
chosen as a camping-ground, saw a great deal of the Union soldiers ;
and as Sherman was in personal command here, it is unnecessary to
say that she suffered still more. When the war was ended and refugees
and wounded soldiers returned, they indeed found their homes
uuburned, but that was all. Everywhere was desolation and ruin.
Every fence rail was burned, and every unoccupied house torn down,
while everywhere over vacant fields stretched bunks raised one or two
feet from the ground, erected by Northern soldiers who could not sleep
on the ground for fear of the great ( ! ) number of snakes. Throughout
the whole country the condition of things beggared description. There
was no corn no wheat, no grain of any kind, no cattle, no farming

implements, no vehicles, either wagons or carriages. How the people
subsisted that first terrible year is an unsolved mystery. When the writer
asked information on that point from one who had lived through it all
he replied that neither he nor anyone else could answer the question.
They lived, it cannot be said how-, but the)' neither begged nor stole.

After the close of the reconstruction period Decatur became more
prosperous, but her proximity to Atlanta prevents her from being
much more than a place of residence. A place of business she is not
likely to become very soon. The Georgia R. R. and the two electric car
lines, the Consolidated and the Traction, give her quick communication
with Atlanta; in fact, making the two places almost one in many inter-
ests. She has also had a long-distance telephone for some time.

But Decatur's schools and churches form the most important feature
of the town now. There are four white churches, Episcopal , Methodist,
Presbyterian and Baptist. The Episcopal chapel is new, the Baptist
church has been remodeled recently, and the Methodists are now at
work building a handsome edifice of Stone Mountain granite. It was

only 1S91 that the Presbyterians moved into their fine brick building.
In educational advantages Decatur offers many inducements for a town
of its size. There is the Donald Fraser High School for boys, with a
boarding department ; a public school in the old academy, and the
Agnes Scott Institute.

The Institute is of very recent organization, but as early as 1844
and 1845 the idea of a Presbyterian school for girls was discussed in
the Synod of Georgia, and Decatur and the present site of the Institute
were proposed as the best place for such a school. For some reason
Decatur was not selected , but the old proposition was not forgotten ,
but lay dormant until 1SS9, when Dr. Gaines, with Col. G. W. Scott,
Milton A. Candler, J. W. Kirkpatrick, Hiram Williams, and others,
met and took steps for the organization and incorporation of the
Decatur Female Seminary. The following year Col. Scott gave to the
trustees of the Seminary a large lot of land and a handsome new
brick building to be from thenceforth used as a school for girls, which
he called Agnes Scott Institute.

H

ER face was clothed with blushes ;

She had a note from Jim,
And the contents were so foolish

Could it be from him?
' ' Dearest Nell I love you

With all my main and might,
And if you feel the same toward me,

Wear the roses I send to-night ;
I am going to Mrs, Johnson's,

So I will meet you there,
And if you have the flowers on,

We'll come home early, dear.".

"Jim, boy," her answer ran,

"How could you make such a mess?
If you'd only come and asked me,

I 'd certainty have said ' yes. '
But I just can't wear your roses.

For they are red, you know,
And my dress oh dear! it's lilac

Isn't it awful that it should be so."

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Ue Senior Class

HILE it is more than true that the '98 Senior Class of Agnes Scott is not without

energy, power and ability, and so on through the whole category of talents Senior

classes always and naturally possess, yet there are circumstances which make this

present chronicler more modest and unassuming than is the wont of college historians

vhen writing concerning the deeds and fame of their own classes. ( N. B. This statement

is made thus early to enlighten those who, seeing how seldom our remarks apply to ' ' ourselves, ' ' would

wonder what has come over ' ' the spirit of our dreams. ' ' ) But to the reasons for our modesty

Firstly, our principal inducement to refrain from blowing our own horn in the present instance is

the fact that the worth and value of this class is too well known and appreciated to need exploitation

and secondly, another inducement to silence rests in this, that the number which swelled the ranks of

this class four years ago has slowly but surely diminished until the numerical strength has been

reduced to l) that mystic number which stands at the beginning of all things. Now, while the

present writer believes heart and soul in the trite saying, "Man is never less alone than when he is

alone," she begs to state that solitary glory for a period of nine months is not altogether to her

taste. St. Simeon Stylites on his pillar, Diogenes in his tub, the early Acetics in the desert, may

have enjoyed their loneliness, but this ' ' Senior ' ' would have preferred a companion now and then

During the past year some trials have come to the Senior Class, the chief one being that it was prevented bv- the powers that are from

working out its own sweet will on the Aurora. From that blow there has been no recovery, nor can there be, and the remainder of a blighted

life will be spent murmuring over the unfinished dream of ' ' well-known faces at Agues Scott. ' ' The class has also been accused by

the Juniors of too great a fondness for cemeteries, post-mortem eulogies
and grave-stones, a liking to them utterly inexplicable. What of that ?
Suppose it is true ? Do not great minds seek unbroken quiet for their
high and holy meditations ? And what better place for that than the
calm peace of the City of the Dead? Naturally the Juniors can
not be expected to appreciate this when Juniors and meditation have
about as much affinity as oil and water. It has been hoped, though,
that the shining example set before them this year will work a needed
reform.

But the Senior Class, although open as the day, has proven to be
a mystery in other ways also. It has a talent both for working and
for loafing, or rather while it conspicuously excels in the latter, has,
at the same time, a genius for seeming to excel in the former. Once,
indeed, the class overheard a furious debate on, " Is the Senior Class
always loafing or always working ? " The question was left undecided.

But if this question is undecided, so is also another, namely, "What
is the Senior Class going to do after leaving Agnes Scott?" The
rumors on that point are many and diverse. The class may go to

Cornell, may study medicine in New York, may spend a vear in Europe,
may run its town for a year or two, or, the height of impertinence,
may be so rash as to embrace matrimony. Sad to relate the number (s)
of this renowned bod}- have not yet determined which faction to please.
All is indecision except on one point mentioned, viz : the last. There
is no division, and the opinion on that is so emphatic that it is a wonder
the class has survived it.

The time for decision is drawing nigh, for soon the session will be
ended and the Class of 'aS will have heard its last lecture, will have
recited its last lesson within the dear walls of Agnes Scott. To one
student, at least, the thought brings with it much sadness. The con-
nection soon to be almost severed has been long and intimate, and
often the desire rises that the pain of parting might be delayed, but
the sorrowful realization comes that this cannot be. All has not been joy
these last few years, but we must confess that the joy has preponderated
over the sorrows and trials. That this may be the experience of all
subsequent classes is the wish of

The Historian.

Class of '99

flDOttO

To the Victors Belong the Spoils.

Colors

Red and White.

Nannie Winn,
Bernice Chivers,
Midge McAden,

Clyde White, .

Rosa Belle Knox,

fffcers

President
Vice-President

Secretary
Treasurer
Historian

3uniors

Lucile Alexander

Lottie Caldwell

Ruth Candler

Bernice Chivers
Annie Gash

Bessie Jonas

Rosa Belle Knox

Mabel LawTon

Midge McAden

Nellie Mandeville

Helen Ramspeck

Nellie Rankin

Martha Simpson

Emma Wesley

Clyde White

Ibtston? of tbe Junior Class

^ * FTER the last year's "finals" had heartlessly and ruth-
Z__m lesslv rejected some of our leading spirits, and

/ % wounded a good many more, we, the all-important

/ % Class of '99, with broken, bleeding, yet determined

ranks, entered our Junior year and, presto ! what
a change ! Can these dignified, studious girls be the gay Sophs,
of only a short year before ? Yes ; great as the miracle seems, it is
true. And behold us to-day feared by the Senior Class, which, by
the way, might be more important if it were more numerous,
honored and respected by all, and humbly adored by the lower classes.
And what has effected this great reform ? Well, with the dignity and
reputation of the school resting upon our shoulders, and the high
expectations of all, luade it impossible for us to continue our wild
career and show ourselves unworthy of such a position ; so we live up
to it royally. And woe to the unhappy Freshman who dares call us
"gay " now. Knowledge of all kinds has come pouring in upon us,
and in connection with this intellectual culture we have learned many
points of practical wisdom, a few of which I will give you here, as
they may prove useful : (i) Men are fickle. (2) " Math " deception.
(3) That Mental Science should be pronounced " Mintal Science,"
and (4) That chocolate candy, made with plenty of butter, will prove
a panacea for every woe.

Then we have developed into a class of Poets (spelled with a
capital P). The reason for this is generally admitted to be unrequited

affections or disappointment in love. The poor Juniors have had
considerable trouble in that line, but only "Sallie" will admit this.
She frankly declares

" He once loved me truly ;
I gave him my heart ;
But now he loves Kitty,
And so we must part."

We would stop and drop a sympathetic tear for her sorrows, but
it is the unromantic fact that a "V. G. Return" on the above
quoted poem so comforted her that she has returned to her old lover,
the moon, and is getting fat again. But if the tear would help anyone
else, we "shed" it, before we go on to the other members of the
class who have not developed any poetic genius. Emma is losing
flesh and color in trying to keep up with the " Mistakes of Teachers. ' '
Martha, in spite of frequent failures in both lines, is trying to write
poetry and tell jokes. Nell is dreaming of how she will manage the
Annual next year, and training Syble in the way she should go. Lot
has decided that society is not her realm, and devotes all her time to
making chocolate candy and recounting past conquests ; while the
humble scribe is trying to decide whether to succumb to the entreaties
of her nose and go up higher, or stay and graduate.

Our most decided feature is our "Glee Club," and we sing
"Three Blind Mice" and "I went to the Animal Fair" with such

strength and pathos that Miss Watkins, who is easily overcome by to pass." we will be the largest class that ever graduated from Agnes

sorrow, had to ask us to stop. Then we possess all the school celebri- Scott, and as we look back on our well-spent Junior year and wide

ties, from M. L. S. President down to chief candy-maker and Fool. experience, we cannot but have high hopes for the future. So here's

In other words, we are "hot stuff" (I wish to state here that we don't to you, incomparable Juniors ! May you all return to gladden the eyes

use slang), and though I know everyone will be greatly grieved to hear of the Faculty next year, and may you all get first honors,
it, I must close this statement, and just one more : If we all " happen

Class of '00

/IDOttO

"Tout bien on rien."

Colors

Red and Black.

fficere

Ethel Alexander President

Margie Booth Vice-President

Cooie Hackett, Secretary

Mary Lou Duncan Treasurer

Mary Payne Historian

Sophomore Class

Ethel Alexander
Addie Arnold
May Barker

Leola Birdsong
Margie Booth

Louise Calloway
Lucie Cole

Jeannette Crag

Mary Lou Duncan
Cora Hachett

Blanch Harper
Mattie Harris
Ethel Lawton
Mary Payne

Li la Rabun

Evelyn Ramspeck
Nellie Rawls

Hilda Schaefer

Susie May Wallace
Rushk Wesley
Bessie Young

1bi8tor\> of the Sophomore Class

ISTORIES are usually stupid things to write,
but like all other duties, it is much easier to
write when one has a good thing to talk about.
Surely anyone who is at all familiar with the
Sophomore Class of Agnes Scott will agree with
me in my statement that I have a very worthy
subject for discussion, both collectively and in-
dividually. It is always hard to lav aside the
fun and jolly visits of vacation, vet we, on the first of September, '96,
left, of our own accord (or some one else's) the trivial amusements
of the summer, and presented ourselves with fear and trembling before
the instructors with whom we were to work during the vear. To say
that we started out with fear is indeed true, for who within miles of us
has not heard of the ' ' awful ' ' schedules at Agnes Scott ? But glad
are we to say that, with high ambition and a determination for success
coupled strongly with it, in spite of adverse circumstances, we very
soon impressed the teachers and people in general that we were Fresh
only in name. As it was our first year of regular college work, we very
naturally had a pretty good opinion of ourselves. Unfortunatelv,
however, this opinion was not shared by everyone, especially by those
who were only a year ahead of us. And perhaps 3-ou know how
humiliating it might be to have a good opinion of yourself which was
not shared by everyone. One fortunate thing for us was that there
were so manv of us in the class, that we were able the more easily to

cast aside in scorn all the slighting remarks made upon us which we
knew and felt to be untrue ; for we remember that then the facultv did
not appreciate what fine material they had on hand for the coming
years, until the brilliant record of final examinations passed proved to
them our superiority. Thus, after a whole year of training in this
admirable Institution, we were able to enter this our second and
Sophomore year, when we began to assert ourselves in a more decided
way. It is indeed a delightful sensation to feel that we now have an
important place to fill in this school, while it is sometimes rather
embarrassing and hard to get out of scrapes without the old plea that
we are Freshmen and know no better. We have had a whole year's
experience to profit by, and the decided improvement of our girls is a
sure proof that they have received much benefit from it. For various
reasons, some of health and others of disinclination to study, and a few
from the mistaken idea that it was much harder to work originals in
Geometry than to be a young lady, we were sorry to note that soon after
the beginning of the year our class was somewhat diminished by the
departure of several of our members. But the unusual brilliancy of
the remainder makes the intellectual loss almost imperceptible, though
we miss their bright faces among us. "We as honored Sophomores
now scorn the present generation of Freshmen. It has been a matter
of discussion whether the mothers of Decatur threaten their naughty
children with a course of Gaines 1 Bible Notes. We are sure, should
such a threat be given, that order would be again immediately restored,

for everyone notes the look of care and anxiety which usually beclouds
the brows of those studying those funereal volumes ( twice every week ) .
But thankful are we that report has exaggerated the real state of
affairs, and we have bravely recovered from the first shock, finding it
not nearly as dreadful as pictured.

But now, laying all prejudice and undue pride aside, let me, in
behalf of the class, take the fine reputation that has justly fallen to
us, and as the cap fits exactly, let me place it on the brows of the
Sophomore Class and justly exclaim

' ' Honor them to whom honor is due ! "

Historian.

tftesbman Class of '01

/IDOttO

Yirtute ac labore.

Beixe Jones,
Mamie Tuggle,
Eulalie Lawton, .

LlLIJAN McGlLEE,

Thyrza Askew,

fficers

President
Vice-President

. Secretary
Treasurer
Historian

jfresbman Class

Sadie Adams

Winifred Adderton
donschka alford
Thyrza Askew

Rosalie Benjamin

Ella Rae Boylan
Mary Bucher

Daisy Caldwell

Margaret Cotton

Willie Crockett
Carrie Denmark

Virginia Ebbert

Elfreda Everhart

Leomie Goldsmith
Marian Hall

Grace Hannah

Annie Hervey
Ida Hervey

Mattie Cobb Howard
Belle Jones

Nettie Jones

Maud Johnson
Sadie King

EulAlie Lawton
Ruth Lewis

Loula McClain

Lillian McGill

Kate Murphey
Lena Orr

Jean Ramspeck

Alma Stanley

Annie May Stephens
Evelyn Tate

Edith Thomson

Katherine Tolleson
Myra Trawick

Mamie Tuggle

Clara Smith

Estelle Webb

1bt8tov\> of tbe jfresbman Class

HERE we are, forty -eight strong, bravely taking up " arms
against a sea of troubles," and finding that all the trials
and troublous problems take instant flight at the sight
of our weapons, a desire and eagerness to learn. The
ranks of our class have been somewhat broken into
during the year ; but others have come in to take the
vacant places, so we stand to-dav almost as strong as in the begin-
ning. There is no ' ' almost, ' ' however, about our brain growth ; that
has been fully equal to the hopes of both ourselves and others. Many
are the intricate problems we have solved, and numberless are the
knotty questions over which we have puzzled and pondered.

Scientists tell us the brain is constantly changing, and that every
thought leaves its impress in the form of a new convolution. If this
is so, no doubt our brains are as wrinkled and ridged as a dried up
Egyptian mummy.

To a new-comer we must appear to be a very learned class, espe-
cially - in languages, and, without doubt, we are. On entering a Fresh-

man's room, one would hear on this side a soft " Comment vous
portez-vous ? " mingled with a deep " Wie geht es Thinen heute?"
from the other, and only an occasional familiar ' ' How do you do ? "
to prevent the illusion that it is an assembly of foreigners.

But all our attention has not been given to languages. Our studies
have been many, and our progress in each one has been, we hope
and believe, all that could be wished.

In Moral Geography we have found out that the highest moun-
tain is Success, and that its summit can be reached only by the aid
of the Spirit of the Mountain. It is hard to make friends with this
sprite, but, if once you win her to your side, she will help you always.
She belongs to the family of Opportunities, and her own name is
Earnest Effort. With her assistance we have climbed up the Moun-
tain from the Freshman Station, and can now rest upon our laurels
for a short time before we begin the Sophomore Journey.

Historian.

Some 2>a\>

NOME day some day when the sun is low,
*"""^ And the lengthening shadows gather slow,
And the bird doth sing
And the breeze doth sigh,
And the perfume of flowers floateth nigh.
Ah, me ! Ah, me ! But low I'll lay
'Neath the green, green grass and the cold, dark clav.
Will the day e'er seem less bright, less fair,
To the loved ones left in waiting there?

Some day some day when the earth is drear,
And the muttering thunder's sound is near,

And the lightnings flash,

And the rain doth pour
Upon this earth I'll see no more.
Ah, me ! Ah, me ! From the warmth and light
Will their thoughts e'er turn out to the night?
Will a tear be shed for the still, cold form,
Out alone with the night and the storm?

NEIAE Womack.

'College girls never know how to cook." "A college graduate's bread is like lead.

fficers

Susie Mae Wallace chief Cook

Gertrude Ausi.ey,
Kate Wootten, ....
Sibyl Bethel,

Eugenia Mandeville,

Taster

Dish Washer

Mixer

Members

Susie Mae Wallace Ruth Lewis

Sibyl Bethel Eugenia Mandeville Gertrude Ausley

Ezra Robins Leola Birdsong

Kate Murphev Estelle Anderson

Margie Booth Ra e Boylan

36

K. MURPHEY

G. AUSLEY M. BOOTH R. BOYLAN S. M. WALLACE R. LEWIS E. ANDERSON

E. MANDEVILLE L. BIRDSONG

S. BETHEL E. ROBINS

COOKING CLUB

]mbroiber\> Class

-MRS. BUCHER, Instructor.

Members

Miss Hunt Nettie Jones

Mary Cook M. Ezra Robins

Kate Wootten Katherine Murphy

Miss Smith Eugenia Mandeviu.e

Ibemstttcbino Club

By the way,

The works of women are symbolical.

We sew, sew ; prick our fingers ; dull our sight -

Producing what?

Amanda Caldwell

Charlotte Caldwell

Rosa Belle Knox

Patsy Harris

Midge McAden

M. McADEN P. HARRIS R. B. KNOX C. CALDWELL A. CALDWELL

HEMSTITCHING CLUB

Spooners Club

"Had we never loved sae kindlv,
Had we never loved sae blindly,
Never met or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted."

MARY PAYNE, Royal Arch Spooner.

JHret Degree
Wiiaie Crockett

SeconO Degree

Susie Mae Wallace
Miss Cooper

Hilda Schaefer

JlbfrO Degree

Rae Boylan

Ethel Lawton

LlLLIE McGlLL

Hntf^Smallpoi Club

Queries: How is your arm? Did it take?

principal Sufferer

Rae Boylan

Most ascastful Sufferer

Lottie Caidweu.

Complaining flfcembere

Newe Manl-eville Reba Smith Midge McAden

Nannie Smith Rowena Smith

Earl^ IRisevs

' No time is for me too early

Rosa Kingsbery

Louise Calloway

Cooie Hackett

Emma Wesley

ezra robins

Hilda Schaefer

Belle Jones

Loula McClain

Nettie Jones

Alice Hager

Worshipers of flfoorpbeus

' ' Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil nor night of waking."

" Blessings light on him who first invented sleep.
And I pray you let none of your people stir me :
I have an exposition of sleep upon me."

Morsbtpers

Midge McAden, Drowsiest Worshiper

Nellie Mandeville, Rejoicer of Tardy Marks

Rosa Belle Knox, Non-Hearer of Rising Bells

NELWE Rawls, Lover of Nightfall

Patsy Harris, Ten O'clock Riser

Eugenia Mandeville Chief Worshiper

Nellie Rankin , . . . . Rival Non-Waker

Miss Melson, I .

I Rising-Bell Haters

Miss Orra Hopkins, J

Charlotte Caldwell, Chief Snorer

SDevotees of IRest

' ' This rest is pleasing to mine limbs. ' '

A lazy, lolling sort,

Unseen at church, at senate, or at court ;

Of ever listless loit'rers, that attend

No cause, no trust, no duty, and no friend.

Reba Smith
Nannie Smith
Rowena Smith
Sibyl Bethel

Annie Mel Cramer
Eugenia Mandeville

Susie Lamar
Hilda Schaefer
Ruth Lewis
Rae Boylan

IRo^al Ercb vber of Conceit

I'm not in the roll of common women

Charlotte Caldwell,
Nellie Mandeville,
Rosa Belle Knox,

Sadee King,

Nellie Rankin

Eugenia Mandeville,
Mabel Lawton,

Grand Master

Councilor
Vice-Councilor
Recording Secretarv

Warden

Conductor
Past Grand Master

Ifcobak Club

/iDembers

R. B. Kxox
Eulalie Lawtox

Willie Crockett
M. E. Mandeville

PICTURES BY THE KODAK CLUB

65883

<5eometr\> riginal Club

R. B. Knox,
E. Lawton,

E. Ramspeck,

President

Vice-President
Secretary

Motto

" If at first you don't succeed,
Try, try again."

1 The Trig, girls
But our work

flDaiim

york from sun to sun,
neyer done."

Nannie Wvnn

Complacent Scholar

Hilda Schaefer

Talkatiye Student

Jf.annette Craig

Discussiye Student

/IDembers

Blanch Harper

Instructive Student

R. B. Knox

Reprehensible Student

E. Lawton

Discouraged Student

Rusha Wesley
Demoralizing

Mary Barker

Unprepared Student

Miss Watkins

Member by Virtue of Office

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%c Cerde ffrancais

mlle. massik
Mi.i.e. Clark

Amanda Caldweu
Charlotte Caldwell
jeannkttk craig

fliMles.

Rosa Kingsberrv
Margaret Booth
Estelle Patti 1,1.0

Catherine Tolleson
Susie Mae Wallace
Martha Simpson

MISS CLARK S. M. WALLACE E. PATTILLO

M. SIMPSON MISS MASSIE C. CALDWEL

M. BOOTH L. CALLOWAY A. CALDWELL

LE CERCLE FRANCAIS

_ ' W^g%fs>

Qon# ot tbc flIMst flDai&en

B /[fcemorv of IRoan /mountain

INI wild and free in my frolicsome glee,
Where the billowy mountains roll,
And the rhythmic beat of my unseen feet
Keeps time with my joyous soul.

In the quiet glens and the darkling fens

I sleep on the winding stream,
And all night long its wooing song

Steals softly into my dream.

WTien the storm king roars through mountain doors,

I follow the craggy stair ;
As the thunder leaps from the rocky steeps,

I laugh in mv tangled hair.

Where the sun bends low in his sapphire bow,

And the tempests calmly pause,
I pour with the rills thro' the clefted hills

Like a veil of golden gauze.

When the viewless winds thro' the balsam pines
Drink deep of their fragrance there,

With a kiss more light, in my softer flight
I gather the richness rare.

Come dwell with me, o'er the heights so free,

Ye men of a younger time,
Great Silence fills these solemn hills

With majesty sublime.

And wrinkled Care, with her frowning air,

Comes never brooding here,
But thought serene, with quiet mien,

Fills all the upper sphere,

Through forest aisles and stately piles

Of prehistoric stone,
They clarion call, thro' nature's hall,

These voices of the Roan.

5. H. IE. Sorority

SUSIE MAE WAU.ACE

F.STEI.I.E 1'ATTir.I.ii

Katie Wootten

Mary Payne

Saidek Kinc

Estei.le Anderson

Louise Caiioway
Rae Boylan

Eliza Hull

Winifred Adderton

Amanda Cai,d\vei.i.

Edith Thompson
Addie Boyd

K. WOOTTEN L. CALLOWAY E. HULL R. BOYLAN S

E. THOMPSON M. PAYNE S. M. WALLACE E. PATTILLO

A. BOYD W. ADDERTON A. CALDWELL E. ANDERSON

S. A. E. SORORITY

TT A K

w

HEN love first dawned within my heart,
I knew not half its meaning deep :
Of life 'twas but a joyous part

But oh, that part was wondrous sweet !

Since love has dawned within my heart,
And I have felt its powers unfold,

It forms no more a joyous part,

But 'tis of life and joy the whole.

When first my heart was tuned to love.
One earthly friend its centre was ;

But knowing him has led me on
Has made me seek a friend above.

ILambba micron Hlpba

Colors

Green and White

jflower

White Carnation

Sorores in Golleglo

Charlotte Lowrie Caldwell, Charlotte, North Carolina

Martha Elizabeth Harris, Sparta, Georgia

MIDGE McAden, Charlotte, North Carolina

Sorores Hlutnnaj

Lillian McKinley Brown, Winston, North Carolina

Margaret Louise Cannon, Concord, North Carolina
Corinne Cluis Davis, Mobile, Alabama

Sei.ene Steele Hutchison, Charlotte, North Carolina

Mae McCorkle Murphy, Morganton, North Carolina

Annie Shannon Wiley, Salisbury, North Carolina
Elizabeth Lanier, West Point, Georgia
Lily Wade Little, Macon, Georgia

Ada Byrd Hooper, Selma, Alabama

Emma Julia Wright, Thomasville, Georgia

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- - . - - - -

Basket Ball XLcmn

ffresbman ano Sopbomorc

SAIDEE KING, Captain.

Ezra Robins, . . . . . . . South Goal Keeper

S. M. Wallace, North Goal Keeper

Mary Payne, . . . . Center Rush

Kate Murphy', South Court

Amanda Caujweia, North Court

Margie Booth, West Alley

Kate Wootten, West Alley

Gertrude Ausley, . . East Alley

Rae Boy'lan, , , East Alley

K. MURPHY R. BOYLAN

M. BOOTH E. ROBINS N

G. AUSLEY S. KING

S. M. WALLACE
NE K. WOOTTEN

A. CALDWELL

FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE BASKET BALL TEAM

Gbat Curl

THERE was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Alway,
Alway ;
And her big brown eyes
Through it looked in sweet surprise, -
All day,
All day.
And she tossed her pretty head
Till her beaux were almost dead,
" I'll choose me one," she said,
" In May,
In May."

And still the curl it hung,
To the zephyrs soft it swung,

All day.

All day ;
And the years have come and gone.
Still the maiden's all forlorn,

In May,

In May.
Oh ! that naughty little curl !
'Twas the worse thing in the world.
For she's now 7 a cross-eyed girl !

Alwav !

Alway

Neiae Womack.

Basket Ball XTeam

Junior ano Senior

Midge McAden,
Nannie Winn,
Nellie Rankin,
Nellie Mandeville,
Eugenia Mandeville,
Martha Simpson,
R. B. Knox,
Clyde White,
Charlotte Caldwell.
Patsy Harris,
Mabel Lawton,

Captain

South Goal Keeper
North Goal Keeper
Center Rush
South Court
North Court

West Alley

West Alley
East Alley
East Alley

?

C. WHITE E. MANDEVILLE

N. MANDEVILLE M. SIMPSON M. LAWTON

R. B. KNOX C. CALDWELL M. HARRIS M. McAD

JUNIOR AND SENIOR BASKET BALL TEAM

-ibi- - - ->. > .l.- ij r ^'Hi .* '

Iborati Carmen, 7 ; Xiber 4

"tEempus ffugft"

I T ROM on the ground the snow has gone ;
Tit, The herbage which, all winter long,
A Could not for its white sheet be seen,

Now fills the earth with brightest green.
Upon the bank, where late was seen
The foaming torrent of the stream,
The Nymphs and Graces come to sing
The joys and pleasures of the spring.

We cannot hope to live alway ;

The fleeting year, the passing day,

Remind us that we must prepare

A life of woe or bliss to share.

The winter comes with cold and rain,

And ere it comes 'tis gone again ;

So all the seasons come and go,

With flowers and fruits and ice and snow.

Who knows what time the hour may come

When we shall all be summoned home.

To tell the Judge of all the earth

The deeds we've done since our birth ?

And when we've met him face to face

And been appointed to our place,

No power of earth can change our state

And make us favorites of fate.

>iC</c le-^

fftcers

Miss Clark,
Louise Scott,
Dora Anderson,
Saidee King, )
Missey Hull, J

Miss Bidwell
Miss Clark
Miss Orra Hopkins
Eulalie Lawton
Ethel Lawton
Mabel Lawton

Members

Edith West
Saidee King
Laura Caldwell
Missey Hull
Louise Scott
May Barry

President

Vice-President

Scorcher

Committee on Runs

Annie Gash
Annie May Stephens
Dora Anderson
Lila Rabun
Grace Hannah

E. LAWTON A. G. HANNAH M. LAWTON M. BARRY E. HULL S. KING

L. RABUN MISS CLARK C. CROCKETT B. CHIVERS E. WEST

BICYCLE CLUB

'5

flDarguerite

WAS years ago

On a foreign shore
Could ever heart love more ?
My dainty, witching Marguerite,
Pure and fragile, pale and sweet
And, oh ! I loved her so !

When a thousand stars
Lit up the bars,
And gleamed across the bay ;
When she drew the bow across the string,
And the violin sang like a living thing.
She played my heart away !

But then, my friend,
You'll guess the end
She left this darkened land,
t'p where the stars together sing
Praises to our Lord and King,

She dwells with an angel band.

My Marguerite
So fair, so sweet
Some day our souls shall meet ;
For the Angel of Death to me shall say,
"Come, weary mortal, come this way,"

And I'll see you, my own ! my sweet !

And then how sweet,
My weary feet
Shall rest on that sacred sod ;
And a touch of the string from that golden bow
Will set my heart aflame, aglow
And play my soul to God !

Neiae Womack.

tennis Club

Members

Eugenia Mandeyille

Rosa Belize Knox

Loula McClain

Susie May Wallace

Nellie Mandeville

Gertrude Ausley

Midge McAden Willie Crockett

Patsy Harris Leola Birdsong

Saidee King Nellie Rawls

Kate Wootten Sybil Bethel

Mary Payne Rae Boyi.an

7S

R. B3YLAN N. RAWLS E. MANDEVILLE S. BETHEL

S. KING R. B. KNOX M. PAYNE K. WOOTTEN S. M. WALLACE

HARRIS M. McADEN L. BRUMBY N. MANDEVILLE L. McCLAIt

TENNIS CLUB

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1 I

Xa Bonne Ibeure

Susie Mae Wallace,
Estelle Anderson,
Eulalie Lawton,
Nettie Jones,

Officers

program Committee.

Loula McClain
R. L. Cooper

Ella Smith
E. G. Buck

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

fl&embers

Belle Jones
Ruth Lewis

Helen Ramspeck
Nellie Rawls

Lucy Thompson

Edith Thompson
Edith West

Cora Williams

E. G. Buck

R. L. Cooper

EstellE Anderson
Nettie Jones

Eulalie Lawton

Susie Mae Wallace

Loula McClain

Ella Smith

MISS COOPER
MISS BUCK

N. JONES H. RAMSPECK

E. LAWTON

N. RAWLS R. LEWIS

E. SMITH B. JONES S. M. WALLACE E. THOMPSON L. THOMPSON

E. WEST E. ANDERSON

LA BONNE HEURE CLUB

Eim Smith,
E. G. Buck, .

Secretary-

Annie Grace Hannah
Leoia Biedsong

Eui.ai.ie Lawxon

Mattie Harris

Members

Loula McClain

Helen Ramspeck

Midge McAden

Ruth Lewis

Martha Simpson

Neuie Ra\vi.s

Edith West

Crow (SUull Club 1foistov$

^>n

r^

HE organization designated by the above name was origi-
nally a part of the Art Society (Bonne Heure), its inten-
tion being to contribute pen sketches to the Aurora,
and, so far as possible, to raise the standard in that line.
However, in time the membership and purpose of the two bands
became farther and farther separated, and the workers for the Aurora
formed themselves into a new society called the Crow Quill Club. This
took place on the third week in November. The present name was
soon chosen, and a secretary elected to write the annals of the Club.
For two months afterwards work for the Annual went vigorously on.

and, as a result, over thirty-five good illustrations were prepared
for contribution. To appreciate fully what this meant, it must be
understood that not more than one or two of the Club had ever done
anv sketching before, were, in fact, perfectly new to the work. How-
ever, there was great interest, and this helped matters wonderfully.
Indeed, such was the interest that after completing the illustra-
tions for the '98 Aurora, the Club continued to exist and to work
in order that it might be able to contribute even better sketches in
the year '99.

E. Smith, Secretary.

MIDGE McADEN E. V

MARTHA SIMPSON E. LAWTON

CROW QUILL CLUB

ItoirtKi & ^ ? ^" p " <

A

Unrest

FEELING of sadness and longing,

A sense of vague unrest,
As myriad moods come thronging

And trouble the quiet breast.

A longing for something sweeter
Than our hearts have ever known ;

But ere we frame the sentence
The sweet, pure thought is flown,

Leaving our hearts so restless,
Altho' they cannot be sad,

For the beauty and love around us
Compels us to be glad.

Who knows but that this longing,

So vague and indistinct,
Draws us nearer unto heaven

Than we would dare to think ?
That the nature of God within us,

Finding naught to meet its need,
Seeks a life more pure and holy,

From human failings freed ?

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Docal Class

Edith Williams
Sybil Bethel
Ella Rae Boylan

Ethel Lawton
Mabel Lawton
Belle Crane
Emma Kirkpatrick

Annie Hervey
Ida Hervey
Martha Simpson-
Marian McClellan

Nellie Rawls
Mary Payne
Saidee King

M. PAYNE N. RAWLS E

R. BOYLAN
S. BETHEL I. HERVEY

LAWTON N. COI

M. LAWTON

M. SIMPSON

VOCAL CLASS

Officers

Mr. Maclean,
Miss Clark,
Nellie Mandeville,

President

Vice-President

Secretary and Treasurer

flDembers

Winifred Adderton Lila Rabun

Gertrude Ausley Ruth Lewis

Mrs. R. E. Barry Mary Payne

Leola Birdsong Ethel Mason

Margie Booth Midge McAden

Sybil Bethei, Loula McClain

Belle Crane Florence Mead

Nellie Conk Estklle Pattillo

Rae Boylan Marian McClellan

Mae Barry Nellie Mandkville

Sue Lamar Miss Montgomery

Ida Hervey Edith Williams

Alice Hager Hilda Schaefer

Miss Gilmore Mamie Tillson

Saidee King Kate Wooten

Annie Hervey Clara Smith

Grace Hannah Ezra Robins

Jeannettk Craig Clyde White

Carrie Denmark Edith West

Mary Lu Duncan Eva Tate

1bi8tor\> of the flftusical Department

IET ai

v stranger put foot on the fourth floor of the Institute
and he will instantly be impressed with the fact that
Agnes Scott has a Musical Department, and a very active
one. From eight in the morning till ten at night the
sound of vocal and piano music is heard throughout the
fourth floor, sometimes reaching to the third and second,
and, but for the law that during practice hours doors and transoms of
the music rooms must be closed, would reach even lower, and be faintly
heard on the first. One day it did happen that some careless students,
going to the fourth floor, accidentallv left the door of their practice
room open. Then what pandemonium reigned ! Thumpity, thump ;
rattlety, rattlety, bang ! Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn,
all were merged in one perfect bedlam of discords. But still the
promoters of these unharmonious sounds played calmly on, utterly

oblivious of the tempest they were raising. Suddenly open flew the
door of the musical director's room, out burst the musical director,
down the long hall he hurried, closing doors, pulling down transoms,
reproving, advising, correcting, till he reached the extreme west, and,
when he stood still, his contracted brow smoothed itself and the ghost
of a smile flitted over his face as he realized that he had brought order
out of chaos. Each of the score of pianos was still in use, but their
sound was so muffled that it soothed the ruffled temper of the director,
and a wave of peace stole over his troubled spirits. Such events are,
however, fortunately rare. Usually a most desirable order exists on
the practice floor, and, as a natural consequence, the face of the
presiding genius is generally wreathed in smiles.

One very interesting feature of the Musical Department is the
weeklv popular concerts given every Monday afternoon by the music

students. These concerts, better known as "Monday pops," are
enjoyable and furnish an admirable opportunity for the performers
to overcome their stage fright. Ever}' Monday afternoon at three
o'clock a group of perhaps half a dozen girls may be seen coming
down the steps to the chapel, clutching each other wildly and endeav-
oring to rid themselves of their fright ere they take their places before
the audience. On Friday afternoons the Sight-Reading and Chorus
Class meets. The members of this class take an important part in the
entertainments given by the Musical Department, and in the pro-
grammes prepared by the Polymnia Club.

The Polymnia Club was organized in the fall of '95, and has had
a flourishing existence ever since. Its membership is large, and much
interest is taken in it. A musical library has been established by the
Club, a scholarship is given every year, and the regular monthly
meetings are a source of profitable pleasure to all who attend them.
The last Friday night of each month is devoted to the Polvmnia
recitals, and on those nights, when the friends and patrons of the
Institute are gathered in the halls and chapel, true music lovers may
find real pleasure in listening to the carefully prepared programme.
At commencement, the Monday night before the close of school is
given to Polymnia, and usually some rare musical treats are prepared for
that time. In speaking of the Polymnia Club, one who is acquainted
with it could hardly help thinking of Miss Bessie Service, a former

member of our faculty, and one to whom the Polvmnia owes its
organization and very existence. She was the life of the Club in its
first days, the prime mover in all that was undertaken in connection
with it, and by her words of encouragement and ambition the other
members were inspired to set their aims higher and hope for higher
things in musical culture than they had hoped for before. In her
death the Polymnia lost one of its dearest friends and most helpful
advisers, one whose place can never be filled.

In such ways is the Musical Department at Agnes Scott repre-
sented. Those who have studied music here will not soon forget how
the}- were continually inspired and aided to do their best in regard to
the training of the musical part of their natures, how everv means
was taken to place before them only what is best and highest in
music, and how both the technical and aesthetic parts of music were
equally placed before them. The members of the Harmony Class can
testify to the fact that their ideas of music, its relation and what it is,
have been wonderfully developed by the training they have received.
The concerts in town, which the music students are at libertv to
attend, afford a charming opportunity for developing to a wider extent
the taste and knowledge which all should be desirous to cultivate.
So it may be seen that life in the Musical Department is a busy one,
the very spirit of music hovers in the air, and many beneficial influ-
ences are continually felt.

Commc a ['rbinaiue

KNEW it all the time, dear one.

That it could not, could not last.
I knew the summer would soon be done.

That the joy would soon be'pasl ;
But I did not dream, oh ! dearest one,

That the fault would all he mine.
I thought you imagined 'twas only "fun,'

That rather the fault would lie thine.

It seems that I was too hasty, dear,

In throwing your love away ;
If I'd only kept 1113- brain more clear

And waited even a day.
But "such is life." say those who know,

Many explanations come "too late."

The bad things come, the good things go ;

We've no time to rail at fate.
So on the grave of the love starved out

I'll drop the woman's tear,
And trust that you will never know

The parting cost me so dear.

IDioltn, flftanbolin anb (Suitav Clubs

Members

Dfolin

Winifred Adderton
Ida Hervev Mamie Tillson

Amanda Caldwell

flbanDoltn

Annie Hervev

Ezra Robins Miss Cooper

Sue Lamar

uitac

Willie Crockett
Laura Caldwell

MISS COOPER

A. HERVEY

VIOLIN AND MANDOLIN CLUBS

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" Virtus in Arduis. '

FIRST QUARTER

President Mabel Lawton

Vice-President . Carrie Denmark

Secretary Nannie Winn

Vice-Secretarv ... Lila Rabun

Treasurer Edith West

Censor Ethel Lawton

Colors

Light green and white.

fficers for '97=98

SECOND QUARTER

Nellie Rankin
Martha Simpson
Margie Booth
Lillian McGill
Carrie Denmark
Mabel Lawton

third quarter
Nannie Winn
Kate Tolleson
Martha Simpson-
Annie Hervev
Ethel Lawton
Loula McClain

FOURTH QUARTER

Lila Rabun
Ida Hervev
Nellie Rankin
Blanch Harper
Kate Tolleson
Nannie Winn

Members of p. %. Q.

Margie Booth

Louise Callaway

Annie Mel Cramer
Ida Hervey

Eulalie Lawton
Lillian McGill

Lila May Rabun
Hilda Schaefer

Katherine Tolleson
Nannie Winn

Blanch Harper

Mary Cook

Carrie Denmark
Annie Hervey
Ethel Lawton
Mabel Lawton
Loula McCi.ain
Nellie Rankin
Mamie Tillson
Edith West

Martha Simpson
Bessie Young

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T WAS March, 1897, and the conduct of the
girls seemed uniformly good ; yet one day
to my astonishment one of the teachers
requested me to meet her and Miss Hopkins
in one of the class rooms immediately after
dinner. I grew pale and stretched out my
hands in mute appeal to the teacher, but she had passed on to another
girl, and I knew by the expression of her face that someone shared
my discomfort. That was a relief anyway, but not enough to keep
me from being nervous and shaky. I longed for dinner to end, and
yet I dreaded it. At last it did end, and I went rather reluctantly to
the appointed class room, and there, much to my relief, I found at
least a dozen other girls. We eyed each other suspiciously, and
racked our brains for some possible reason for this cruelty.

At last Miss Hopkins and the teacher, Miss McKinney, came in and
solemnly closed the door. Our faces were pictures of despair, as Miss
Hopkins said gravely, " Girls, you might as well confess ; we know it
all." But some of the girls who had had more experience in private
interviews than I had, knew that this was not seriously meant, and, led
by them, we all began to laugh.

The spell was broken, and we asked what this all meant, what was
wanted of us. Then we were told that they simply wished to suggest
that there was plenty of good material in the room for the organization
of a new literary society, and they would like to know what we thought

of it. As soon as the reality of the idea dawned upon us, someone
made a motion that we start a new society. The motion was carried,
temporary officers elected, a few committees appointed, and, lo ! anew
society was formed.

A few days after, an excellent constitution was drawn up by Miss
Sheppard, and Mrs. Gaines suggested the very appropriate name of
Propylsean for the new literary society. The name Propylsan was
given to the gates of the Temple of Wisdom, one of the most beautiful
structures known in Athens at the time when she had reached the
height of her glory.

The 011I3- meetings held that year were business meetings, and the
close of the term found us firmly on our feet with Mabel Lawton,
President ; Grace Hollis, Vice-President ; Edith West, Treasurer ;
Nannie Winn, Secretary ; Willie Allbritton, Vice-Secretary ; Ethel
Lawton, Censor. The Mnemosynean Society invited the Propylaean
to join with them in the publication of the college paper, "The
Mnemosvnean," and the staff for '97 and '9S was selected from the
two societies.

The beginning of the 3'ear '97 and '9S was probablj- the most
critical time in the history of the society. It had to contend with the
difficulties that meet every new society, and we wondered whether it
would succeed or not. But these difficulties were soon overcome, and
we had as good a membership as we could wish, and what was better,
it was made up of girls who would be likely to make excellent mem-

bers of a literary society. The place that the society now holds is
recognized and its influence felt hi the whole school.

The meetings are held every Saturday night after tea, and the
programs are carefully prepared and enthusiastically carried out. The
Jluemosyneaii and Propylteau societies received together at open

nd a perfectly friendly relation always exists between them.
Evervone acknowledges the advantage of having two literary societies
in the school, and I am sure that the faculty, Mnemosyueans, Propy-
lteans, and all the friends of the Agnes Scott, will join in good wishes
for the future success of the PropyUean Literary Society, with the

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Officers

FIS3T TERM SECOND TERM

President CHARLOTTE Caldwell MlDGE McAdex

Vice-President Beue Jones JeanxeTTE Craig

Secretary Mary Payne Susie Mae Wallace

Vice-Secretary NETTIE JONES NELLIE Rawls

Treasurer Kate Murphy Mattie Harris

Librarian Amanda Caldwell Eliza Hull

Censor Eugenia Mandeville Kate Wooten

Leola Birdsong
Nettie Jones
Charlotte Caldwell
Kate Wooten
Clyde White
Winifred Adderton
Rosa Belle Knox

flDembers for 1897*98

Rae Boylan
Sybil Bethel
Leola Birdsong
Estelle Anderson-
Winifred Adderton
Charlotte Caldwell
Amanda Caldwell
JeannetTE Craig

Kate Wooten

Mattie Harris

Annie Council

Nettie Jones

Belle Jones

Eliza Hull

Saidee King

Kate Murphy

Midge McAden

Rosa Kingsberry

Rosa Belle Knox

Nellie Mandeville

Eugenia Mandeville
Sarah Eillie Wolfe
Susie Mae Wallace
Nellie Rawls
Amy Walden
Clyde Whit?;
Mary Payne
Ezra Robins

fllMss flfccBr^be, tfounber fll>. X. S-

HE existence of the Mnemosynean Literary
Society is well known to all the friends of the
Institute, but all do not know, as do the
members of the Society, that its very origin
is largeh- due to the efforts of one person, Miss
McBryde, the vocal teacher in the early days
of the school. She, knowing that it was a custom of several of " the
old girls," meaning by that those who had been at A. S. I. a year
before, to assemble in the room of one of their number every evening
just before tea to read and discuss some standard work, proposed that
they should all unite to form a literary society by which all the boarding
students might be benefited. Thus, through her influence and
example the Mnemosynean came into being, and, it is needless to say,
Miss McBryde herself was one of the most active of the active members,
laboring always for the onward growth and extension of the work she
had begun. It was true that she had no connection at all with the
literary department, but she had the welfare of the school and girls so
much at heart that she willingly gave up her leisure time to inspire
and help them in their new venture.

Every Saturday night, instead of the customary feasts, these girls
filled their minds with the lives and works of masters in literature,
music and art. Miss McBryde was always present at these meetings
and the girls who took part in them put forth their best efforts, not
willing that she, whom they loved so much, should by a look show that
she knew they had not done their best. In everything that the Society

did, Miss McBryde's advice was asked and always taken, so much
confidence had they in her. But not only in society affairs did the
girls seek her advice, but in all their trials did they consult her, and
she was always ready with her good counsel. Each girl's future was
near to her heart, and her work among them was not only to encourage
them in their school life, but to fit them to be useful, noble women.
And so long as these girls live they will have a tender spot in their
hearts for the little woman who took so much interest in them at school,
and who aroused in them noble aspirations, love of truth and honor.
To one of the girls she writes : "I did not know my name and memory
had any place at the Agnes Scott these days. But if there was
anything I ever did for the girls, it was because each and every one
was very dear to me, and I know they were the sweetest set of girls
I ever expect to be associated with." Each and every one of these
girls can sav of her : ' ' We knew her but to love her, we name
her but to praise her."

Since leaving the A. S. I., Miss McBryde has made her home
mostly in Boston, but she expects soon to return to North Carolina, her
former home. So long as the Mnemosynean Society exists, it will
look on Miss McBryde as its founder, and her name will be loved. Her
picture should be in the Society Hall, so that those who do not know
her personally should become familiar with the features of the mater
of the M. L. S.

A Charter Member of the M. L. S.

SNAP SHOTS.". AT M. I,.:.S. RECEPTIONS

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HE title of this article will attract many readers, among
those who have been members of the Mnemosynean
Literary Society, at any rate, and the author hopes
that those who read will not be too much disappointed
in the work of her pen. No history of the Society is attempted, for
that is well known to all members. To outsider friends, we would
sav that the M. L. S. had its origin in yen- much the same way that
all literary societies have, and has had an eventful life of seven years.
The story of the M. L. S. during the }-ear '97-9S, the last of these
seven years of life, is told in this article, and to begin at the begin-
ning, we start with September of '97. The graduating class of '97
took from the Mnemosynean two of its most faithful workers, Julia
Whitfield and Lily Little, whose absence has been sadly regretted
ever since, and besides these, many who were not studying for gradua-
tion failed to return, so that at the first regular meeting held at the
beginning of the fall term of this school year only sixteen members
responded to the roll call. As the Secretary went down the long roll
and only here and there was heard a ' ' Present, ' ' the hearts of the
members who had returned grew sad, like soldiers whose comrades
had fallen in battle. Not fallen in battle were our comrades, however,
only gone out into the world into higher spheres of usefulness, and
we, who still remain, remember with sincerest pleasure the "old
girls" with whom we worked side by side for the M. L. S. and the
literary life of Agnes Scott. Though the girls scatter to the four

corners of the earth after they leave Agnes Scott, they never forget
the M. L. S-, and occasionally we receive a letter from some long,
long ago member, recalling the happy hours she had spent in the
Mnemosynean Hall.

But I have wandered sadly from my subject, and, though I have
written many words, am still at the beginning of my story. You
M. L. S. girls, at least, will pardon the digression, for you can never
find fault with me for attempting to give our long absent members a
sign of our remembrance. Well, as I said in the beginning, the
Society began this year with but sixteen members, but it is hardly
necessary to say that the number did not long remain so small. All
during the year the membership has increased, and at the time of this
writing is so large that the hail is filled at every meeting. The regular
meetings are held on Saturday nights at seven o'clock, and are fre-
quently so interesting as to form the chief topic of conversation the
next morning at the breakfast table. Impromptu debates plav a
most important part in the weekly programmes, and their animated
discussion furnishes a need of sharpening wits and brightening rusty
bits of knowledge. Once a month this year one entire evening has
been devoted to a debate, whose subject and debaters are chosen a
month beforehand, and so even- opportunity given the contestants for
preparing for their supreme effort before the members of the Society
and the visitors. The winning side of the debate is decided upon by
judges selected by the president, and as the year draws near its close

it is found that the judges have an increasingly harder task in making
their decision, so it would seem that this method of mind training has
proved exceedingly beneficial. Once this year the programme com-
mittee decided to vary the usual order of affairs and disturb the
dignity of the Society by having a geography match, recall memories
of childhood. With no warning the announcement was suddenly
made, and immediately the usually orderly body of young ladies was
turned into a crowd of laughing school-girls, for neighbor turned to
neighbor, each expressing doubts as to her ability to remember facts
which she had learned when she was well, younger. One rap of
the hammer quickly restored order, however ; sides were chosen, the
questions delivered, and here and there a contestant would drop out.
The Senior Class stood its ground manfully, and also certain members
of the Freshman, while the next day the Juniors and Sophomores
suffered bitter reproaches on account of their early retirement from
the race. Can I, being a Junior, divulge a secret? I will. For
exactly one month after their experiment the Juniors, living in daily
expectation of a repetition of the dose, with locked doors and drawn
shades, poured over geographies borrowed from primary students.
The extent to which their knowledge was refreshed no one knows, as
they have never been put to test again.

The Mnemosynean Society is enteqjrising in a financial as well as
in a literary way, as every- one who is acquainted with it knows, to
her sorrow 7 , perhaps. Every year before the three regular receptions
the M. L. S. girls, to prevent their treasury from being too deeply
drained by the expenses to be undergone, present to the boarders in
the Institute an entertainment of their own getting-up, charging
a small admittance fee. Sometimes these entertainments consist
of amateur theatricals, sometimes tableaux, sometimes musicales ;

but this year talent and inclination have seemed to lie in other
directions. The first entertainment of this kind was given in October,
and was unusually surprising in its nature. The performers prepared
for the occasion with the utmost secrecy, and when the spectators had
assembled the curtain was drawn back, disclosing to view unrecognized
countenances, unrecognized with good reason, for they were all as
black as night, and only by an unintentional turn of the neck, or an
arm suddenly revealed above the wrist, could the casual observer
detect the fact that these strange visitors were members of the Cau-
casian race. A liberal application of burnt cork had wrought the
miracle, however, and the finest, whitest skin became the color of soot.
The spectators applauded the scene loudly, and before they had
finished the minstrel show was in full progress. The flashes of wit
were truly remarkable. The Institute and the entire Faculty were
regarded as fair game for sport, and really the Faculty enjoyed it as
much as anyone. Not a performer lost his (?) head, but displayed
the greatest readiness and quickness of reply, and the whole affair
was conducted without a break, and so successfully that the actors
were advised to make such entertainments their life work. Not
any the less enjoyable was the cake-walk, carried out by the same
performers, and equally as successfully, though, perhaps, with more
animation, as the cake was put out in full view of all. Strange to say,
immediately after the close of the programme this same cake was
suddenly spirited away, and no one but those who took part ever saw
it again. Besides bringing in a general supply of money, these per-
formances cause an unlimited amount of fun, both for those who take
part and those who do not ; and who knows but that undreamed-of
talent ma)' be developed here. Such are some of the informal, very
informal, affairs gotten up by the M. L. S. girls during this year, but

thev also busied themselves with functions of a much more formal
nature.

In November occurred the first annual reception of this year.
This was given by the Mnemosynean Society alone, and proved to be
as generally enjoyable as the receptions of by-gone days have been.
On March 25th the two societies of Agnes Scott united for the first
time in an open session, and this year Open Session proved even more
delightful than ever before. Our old girls need only remember what
Open Session was, and they will know what it is and how we enjoved
ourselves. On the last Friday night of this school year the third
regular reception will be given, and it is hoped that we shall be able
to have with us at that time a certain distinguished speaker with
whose name and fame we are all familiar. So will close the life of
M. L. S. during '97 and '98, and with its close will pass from these
walls man}- who will never enter them again. Out of our school life
they will go, out of the circle of those with whom we have daily

intercourse, out of our sight, for, perhaps, forever ; yet never can they
go out of our remembrance, out of our hearts, out of the Mnemosynean,
and that last tie will bind us all together and to Agnes Scott. And
perhaps in the near, or even the distant future, some one of our girls
to whom by chance or design a copy of the '98 Aurora has come,
will, in looking over these words, recall the more vividly her own
stay at Agnes Scott and work in the M. L. S., and, if she does the
author the honor to read this entire article, will surely be gratified to
know that during this year the Mnemosynean made progress more
marked than in several years before. Others things may happen, too ;
the reader may be made to feel sure of cordial welcome and so be
inspired to write a few pages to the Society in general, telling what
she is doing and has done, and sending hearty greetings to all who
have become members since her own time. If such events do come
about, this article will not have been written in vain.

Historian.

Hlumiue Hssoctatton

Officers

MARY BARNETT, President, Atlanta, Georgia

Anna Young, First Vice-President, Kirkwood, Georgia

Mary Strickler, Second Vice-President, Hampden-Sidney, Virginia

Aixie WaTlingTon, Third Vice-President, Dayton, Alabama

Martha Cardozo, Fourth Vice-President, Lunenburg, Virginia
Mary Neat,, Secretary

Ethel Davis, Treasurer, Decatur, Georgia

financial Committee

Miss Shkppard Miss Magee

Louwe Hanseh Minnie McIntire

IReaofng Circle

BESSIE Scott, Secretary, Decatur, Georgia
Orra Hopkins, Treasurer, Warm Springs, Virginia

triple H S. IT.

HOUGH well out of its swaddling bands, this society has by no means reached the point of
independent maturity, and is yet calling for support. It began life with a cry for the shining
metal, and is still eager for new gifts. Let no one suppose, however, that it has abandoned
itself to the mad rush after wealth. Its aim has never been money for money's sake. There has
never been a miserly hoarding of funds in its treasury. Its dollars and its cents are immediately
cast into the mysterious alembic whence character issues ; where they are transmuted into
pure thought, noble action, true life. Appeal is made not only to even- member of the
circle, but to every present and past member of the school, to hold this work in honor, to add to its
effectiveness by interest, to strengthen its influence by cheer, to enrich its capabilities by prayer
and sympathy.

From matter previously printed, it is known that the object of the Society is to pay the
tuition each year of as many pupils as its funds will permit ; that in the reading work planned by
it, it hopes to give direction to the literary effort of any who will avail themselves of its aid ; that
it desires to maintain itself as a nucleus of union and energy for all interested in the school of
which it is a part. No organization can exist and thrive without activity and earnestness among
its members, or without confidence and appreciation from those who maintain it. Therefore,
appeal is made to all who have enrolled their names on its list of membership, to all in any way
connected with the school, to all Presbyterians, to all interested in the cause of education, to aid
in making a live, influential, prosperous organization of the Alumna; Association of the Agnes
Scott Institute.

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Eottors of flfcnemos^nean from Ifts Unception

1891='2

Editor=tn=ablef

Kate Logan

Business Managers

Glen Ely-ea Mary Barnett

1892='3

Edftor=in=abief

Eloise Martin

Business Manager

Leona Wright

1S93='4

Editor=(n=abief
Mary Barnett

associate Editor
Bessie Scott

Business Manager
Orra Hopkins

1894='5

Editor=in=abiet
Esther Boyle

associate Editor 1894='5
Edith Hooper

local Editor
Lily - Little

Eicbange Editor
Edith Birkhimer

Business Manager

Mary M. Wells

1895='6

Eoftor=in=(Jbfef

Caroline Haygood

associate Editor
Edith Hooper

local Editor

Ellerbee Holt,
succeeds Marie Wilkins

Eicbange Editor

Annie Emery'

Business Managers

Minnie McIntire
Gussie Edge

1896=*7

Editors=in=Cblef

Cora Strong
M. Eugenia Mandeville

Eicbange department

Lily' Wade Little

local department

Charlotte Caldwell

Business Managers

Ada Hooper
Caroline Haygood

1S97='S

Editors=in=dbief

Lucile Alexander
Nellie Mandeville

Eicbange department

Rosa Belle Knox

local Editor
Martha Simpson

Business Managers
Nannie Winn Lila Rabun

MNEMOSYNEAN STAFF

Hgnes Scott publications

flCmemosvnean

Published -Monthly by the Student Body

Hurora

Published Annually by the Junior and Senior Classes

Grammar Scbool DtetotB of tbe TUniteJ) States

By Miss h- A. Fiexd

Bible utlines ano IRotes

VOL. I, II, HI
By Rev. P. H. Gaines, D. D.

W3:

Class of '95

v'ESDAY morning, May 29th, the Class of '95
stepped forth from the threshold of those "halls of
\^. \V learning" which for four years, in the case of all
but one of the number, had sheltered them and took
their places in the ranks of the busy, outside world. Could we have
read the minds of those six girls on that eventful morning, we doubt-
less would have discovered that the first emotion was one of joy at
the thought of being free from the restrictions and duties of school
life, and yet mingled with that thought we would have discovered

many a high and noble aspiration to accomplish something of good in
the world. Now, after three years, let us look back and see what
have been the lives of the six.

The majority of girls have found it impossible to tear themselves
away from school and study, and so have at one time or another,
having themselves been taught, endeavored to teach others. Orra
Hopkins, always the methodical and business-like member, has made
for herself a career different from that of an}- of the others. During
'95-'96 she pursued a business course at Stanton, in her beloved Vir-

ginia, and also learned to ride the wheel. For two years now she has
been back at the A. S. I., in the capacity of Secretary and Book-
keeper, and the sight of Orra scurrying through the streets of Decatur
on her wheel, or hurrying along the streets of Atlanta to the bank and
Lester's, is a very familiar one.

Margaret Laing has spent most of the three years in teaching, and
the rest of the time as a student in the Normal School at Athens, Ga.
May vou be very successful, Margaret, in your chosen profession.

Florence McCormick spent the first year at home in much needed
rest, rest after the worry (?) and hard work in Mathematics, especially
Senior Review in Solid Geometry. Last year she taught in an Ala-
bama college, and she is at present teaching in the public schools of
her own town, Bessemer.

Winnifred Ouarterman, our own dignified Winnie, has also turned
professor, and we hear is very successful in her work. For the past
two vears she has been teaching in McRae, Georgia.

Allie Watlington, our Texas-Alabama girl, is the only one of the
six who has confined herself strictly to the home. Whether she will
ever teach we know not. Atlanta has never lost its attractions for

Allie, as is evidenced^}}- the fact that she has made two visits to that
city since '95, evidently in search of health. Atlanta always has been
noted for its salubrious climate, and it is especially beneficial to the
slender, delicate member of our class. She is now in Clearwater,
Florida, visiting Bessie Scott.

Anna Irwin Young, the last of the six, has been for the greater
part of the time a home-body, though her profession, if profession she
has, might be termed Supernumerary at A. S. I., as she has several
times filled vacancies which have occurred through absence of teachers.

The "six" are firmly convinced that no class ever has or ever
will study as hard as did that of '95. Oh, those early morning hours
under the lamp on the third floor hall ; shall we ever forget them ?
Never mind. Those are things of the past, and not one regrets what
was done, but only what was left undone.

The past shows nothing wonderful accomplished. What the
future has in store we know not. If it brings to each one the happv
and contented mind that comes from a conviction of duty well done,
the historian at least will be satisfied.

Ibtetors of the Class of >96

HISTORY is a narrative of past events.
A historian, therefore, is one who
narrates said events, care being taken
that the statements be true. Other-
wise, from the honored part he is to
play, a part so honored by the ancient
Greeks that it was presided over by
one of the muses, he will descend to
that of a writer of ' ' romance, ' ' a modern term for that which results
when truth has been trifled with.

This and other reasons render our task a dangerous one, for
sometimes truth hurts, while its opposite pleases.

To be strictly truthful, the class of '96 was not a nine days' wonder
when they stood before that vast (?) audience, on May the 27th, and
heard the honored President pronounce them graduates. The class
was neither wonderful for quantity nor quality, only five being left to
tell the tale of their former greatness.

First, was the peace-loving member, "Olive," who now enjovs a
respite from her labors. We conclude that she still enjoys peace, since
she is yet Mademoiselle, fearing, doubtless, that "two hearts may
not always beat as one."

Does Martha still fail (?) on every examination she stands? What
in the world does she do now that she can't ask " Aunt Patty " ?

From the stander to the giver of examinations she has changed.

Is a school ma'am, presiding over a school preparatory to her Alma
Mater ; for doubtless, in after years, when the weaker overpower the
stronger and the gentlemen will be petitioning the Georgia legislature
for admission to the walls of Agnes Scott, there will come some of her
former pupils to receive instruction in Mental and Moral Philosophv,
those branches oftenest mentioned by her who first aroused their
ambition. Rumor says that a certain clergyman is endeavoring to
persuade her to change her name and colors, insinuating very broadly
that the blue of Presbvterianism is less becoming to her than his colors
will be. Ma)- she still journey in the way in which she has been
brought up, and " in no wise depart from it."

There was an " Edge " to the class, and, true to the nature of
things, a bright, sharp one, too. "What's in a name?" A great
deal, this maiden thinks ; for she has assumed another, fearing lest
the world ma}' stand in awe of her ; for never is contact with an edge
pleasant, be it the ragged one of life, or any other. We will say in
passing that, whatever her name, contact with her was by no means
unpleasant.

Ethel never was known to be prepared (?) when a class was called.
Livy and Tacitus, Hopkins, Emery, Wentworth, Myers, Gage all,
according to her statement, were persons with whom she had no
acquaintance. If this be true, she must have been very fond of horse-
back riding, and most often, while the remainder of the class were with
greatest difficult)- climbing the Alps with Monsieur Hannibal, has

been enjoying a pleasant gallop over the plains with her benefactors,
" Heines and White." She, too, teaches, and if her pupils follow the
path she trod, and recite her lessons as well as she did those of which
she knew, there will be hope for the future.

Many slanderous tales have been circulated detrimental to the
name of the writer. These will not be denied, for time and man
proveth all things.

Now, the task is completed. The reader has heard something of
the class of '96, their past and present occupation, "fis not within
our power to. foretell the future ; but our wish is that, where'er they
be, whate'er they do, may they ever reflect credit upon Agnes Scott,
their ' ' fester mother, ' ' remembering that by her children will she be
known, and that in striving toward the high aim she has set, they will
best render honor unto her to whom honor is due.

jfahe Sketches of tbe Class of '97

'HEN I was informed that the Herculean task of ren-
dering an account of the deeds of the Class of '97
devolved upon me, I was perfectly astounded. The
consummate impertinence of your editor in suggesting
that a recapitulation of the great achievements of the Immortal Four
could be chronicled within a few columns is an insult to the erudition
of that body of college-bred women. So 'many and so varied have
been the experiences of the Class of '97 that even I, one of the num-
ber, cannot presume to undertake making them known to the public.
A resume of our achievements would fill volumes, and I must confine
my narrative to a few columns. In my vain endeavor to compress the
past year's history of the Four it chanced that I found the following
clipping, which tells better than I could the fate of our Lily :

[From the Macon Telegraph.]

RUNAWAY MATCH.

The Bride a Popular Macon Belle, the
Groom a Venerable Elder.

The society circles of the Central City for-
got pink teas and poster parties for a moment
in the surprise occasioned by the unexpected
elopement of one of Macon's fairest society
belles with a Mormon Elder. It is reliably
stated that this particular elder is a many-

timed widower, having buried eight wives,
each of whom left children, aggregately
amounting to the number of thirty-two or-
phans, the eldest of whom is under sixteen.
Elder Muchlove, in company with a number
of Mormon brethren, has been, for the past
few months, traveling through the South
holding meetings in the larger cities. On
arriving in Macon he found difficulty in pro-
curing a hall. Miss Lily Little, who is noted
for her liberality of thought, interceded with
the authorities and, by her irresistible smiles
and convincing arguments, secured for him
the Academy of Music. Having championed
his cause she concluded to hear what he had
to say. She was not particularly interested
in the exposition of his faith, but when he
spoke pathetically of the thirty -two orphans
her madonna face assumed a tenderer sweet-
ness, and her mother heart yearned to com-
fort the little ones. Although Miss Little is
modesty personified, when conscience speaks
to her, to think is to act. Immediately after
the services she sought an interview with
Elder Muchlove, and offered to be the guide
and guardian of his thirty-two orphans. The
light rarely ever seen on land or sea came
into his face, and the offer was accepted.
This action of Miss Little will not seem so

strange when it is known that when at the
Agnes Scott Institute she often expressed a
desire for a ready-made family, that she
might pursue, to advantage, Paidology, or
child study.

Miss Little preferred that the cerernony be
performed by Dr. Gaines, president of her
Alma Mater, but, as some of the young men
of Macon suggested it would be better for the
Elder's health to go further South, they were
married immediately by Mayor Price in the
waiting room of the depot. The newly mar-
ried couple left on the south-bound train for
Dn- Tortugas.

Since I had heard nothing for many months of Cora Strong, I had
begun to wonder if her vast learning had been hidden under a bushel.
My veil of ignorance was lifted by the following extract from the
Literary Digest :

" Three of the most successful of the recent books is a beautifully
bound volume of poems published by Brain, Culture & Co. The work
is a scholarly resume of the abstruse philosophies of Mother Goose and
her school of writers. The author seems to have realized that the
language used by this class of writers was so severely simple as to be
scarcely intelligible to the cultivated classes, and appears to have been
ambitious to preserve the many gems of thought therein contained,
which might otherwise have been lost to the most appreciative set of
readers. Some of the poems have become so popular that they have
been translated into Sanskrit and Hebrew. The college president and
his students, lawyers and physicians, club women and Christian Sci-
entists ; in fact, all making any pretenses to culture, pore over its

pages with keenest delight." How well Miss Strong succeeded in her
noble endeavor can be best illustrated by a few selections from some
of her finest poems. Note her exquisite rendering of the opening
lines of Motlier Hubbard :

" The antiquated matriarch, Hubbard yclept,
Went to the place where cold victuals are kept,

To get for her dog a souvenir bovine.
For eatables her search was strictly CM fait,
But the larder was empty, sic the buffet,

And nit was the menu for the potted canine."

The author reveals her sex as well as her wonderful knowledge of
human nature by bodily plagiarizing the following tender couplet from
Baker's Language of Love:

" 'Oo's 'ittle white lammy is 'oo?" breathed he.

" 'Oor's. " "'Oo's lovey-dovey is 'oo?"
" 'Oor's ! 'Oor's ! Would 'oo ky if dovey should die? "

" No'p ! 'tause 'ittle lammy die, too. "

"Philosophical Excerpts." C. Strong, Fellowess of Royal
Society and Graduate of Agnes Scott; autographic copies, $10 only ;
for sale by Miss Orra Hopkins, at the Institute Depositor}-.

Though Julia Whitfield entered into a compact with "ye chron-
icler" to embark as soon as possible upon the sea of matrimony, in
order to save our Alma Mater from being eternally branded with the
name of graduating only uumarriageable girls, the following clipping
from the New York Herald will show that she has achieved even
greater things ;

Special Correspondence, Jacksonville, Fla. : "There goes the most
remarkable woman in Florida," said one of the prominent citizens of
Jacksonville to me as we were standing on the steps of the St. James
Hotel. This was spoken of a tall, handsome young woman who passed
us into the hotel. In answer to my inquiries, I was told the following
remarkable story :

"Less than a year ago a j'oung woman, evidently just out of
school, with an air of refinement and culture, yet with a decided
business manner, stepped up to the register of the St. James and signed
in a firm, bold hand, 'J. P. Whitfield, Georgia.' After a light
breakfast she went down to the First National Bank and opened an
account, depositing certified checks on New York to the amount of
$ mo,ooo. By noon she was comfortabh' settled in a cozy office over
the bank with the simple inscription, 'J. P. Whitfield, Capitalist,'
on the door. She immediately commanded the respect of the moneyed
men of the town by the size of her bank account, while curiosity
brought many callers to her office daily. It was amusing to watch
speculators trying to press upon her their exploded booms, and wit-
ness their crestfallen air when they found she wouldn't bite.

"It soon leaked out that she was a woman of enormous wealth, with
an almost inexhaustible New York bank account. Miss Whitfield
was constantly absent for two or three days at a time. She was sup-
posed to be prospecting, and in fact bought several valuable orange
groves in South Florida. She seems to be very much interested in
modern machinery and improved tools. Large boxes marked ' Farm-
ing Implements ' are constantly passing through Jacksonville, en
route to her large grove at Key West, to which place she makes fre-
quent visits. Sometimes she is gone as long as a week or ten days,
and ution one occasion her office was closed for a month.

' ' Soon after the above conversation I was ordered to Havana. Amid
the exciting scenes there I forgot the existence of this remarkable
woman, until an unexpected adventure brought her to mind again.
There had been much stir among the Spanish, caused by another suc-
cessful filibustering expedition. I say successful, for the entire cargo
was landed at night and safelv delivered into the hands of General
Gomez's lieutenants ; but just as the last four of the filibustering
party were leaving shore in a row boat for the brig, anchored a mile
out, a bomb was fired by the Spanish, which upset the boat. Three
of the party escaped ; one, however, was captured.

"As I stood on the steps listening to a recital of the above incident
a Spanish orderly, with his accompanying guard, passed, escorting a
prisoner an American rather slight but well built, with a boyish
face. I followed, hoping to get an interview with the prisoner, who,
seeing I was an American, looked toward me, and I immediately rec-
ognized, despite the sailor dress and crop of short curls. Miss Whit-
field. I hurried at once to the Consulate, and obtaining a speedy
iuterview with Gen. Lee, told him that a young American had just
been brought in captive, and would probably be shot before morning
unless he interceded in his behalf. Gen. Lee instantly communicated
with the Palace, and then secured the promise of Gen. Blanco that
nothing would be done in that particular case until the Consul had
an opportunity for investigation.

" It was now evident that the farming implements were nothing
less than guns and ammunition for the Cuban patriots, and that her
prospecting tours extended beyond the borders of Florida.

' ' The civil trial secured by Gen. Lee took place immediately. Miss
Whitfield had the good sense to do what would have been impossible
to other women she kept silent,, Consequently the Spanish could

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prove nothing, and she left to-day on the Olivette, bound for Port
Tampa."

It is well known at the Institute that the remaining member of
the Class of '97 had two hobbies and one practice, the hobbies being
journalism and surgery, and the practice the art of engaging and dis-
engaging. She soon found that publishers are unreasonable enough
to demand grey matter mixed with romance and sentiment, and that
surgery requires too much hand holding to suit her orthodox

views. As to the fidelity with which she continues her practice, the
postmaster at Kirkwood could tell a tale of daily letters for the nonce,
invariably followed by a large package and cessation. The following
extract from a letter from her young brother at college is suggestive
of the old adage, "Boys and drunk men tell the truth." "Sister,
whom are you engaged to now? How many imitation diamonds have
you won recently for working out newspaper puzzles? J said he
saw you with a handsome new solitaire ! "

C. H., Historian, '97.

BETRAYED BY THE MOON

T

Betra^eb b tbe flDoon

E 10:30 A. M. Place A Rural Lane

HE Moon was aglow,

And her soft sheeny flow 7
Through the ether so cloudless and fair,

Touched softly the face

Of a lady of grace,
She was happy, her lover was there.

On a seat in the rear

Sat these lovers so dear,
Of a coach with seats numbering two ;

And thus hid from sight

Save the moon on their right,
Who could see what these lovers would do?

The moon shone askance,

And by sidewise glance,
The couple in front soon found

The movements of the two

Were plainly in view
By the shadows of both on the ground !

'Twas really amusing

And rather confusing,
I cannot tell how it was done ;

Suffice it that shadow

Seemed merged into shadow,
And the two silhouettes were one !

Bones Scott Stanbarb 2)icttonar\>

Teacher A person who persecutes innocent girls with hard les-
sons. Usually found where there is any misconduct ; habits stealthy,
cross or not cross, according to circumstances.

" SiT On " A very active verb, always takes an object (privately
if possible). The verb in common use.

Recitations Conspicuous chiefly by their absence. Something
made by a girl in order to prove to a teacher that she has some knowl-
edge of an assigned lesson. Rarely known in some girls, but in others
very remarkable.

Rules Something pasted on wardrobe doors to amuse us in
lonely hours. Frequently suggested, referred to, repeated and em-
phasized by teachers.

"Disorderly Mark " An invention to ease the conscience of
a guilty girl.

" Prompt and Perfect " Obsolete terms which once referred
to angels.

" Please Don't Knock ; Busy Studying " A sign which usu-
al!)' appears on a girl's door after she has received a box from home.

Saturday A day of strict recreation devoted to sweeping, dust-
ing, studying, writing essays, etc.

MEN Fearful animals rarely seen, but said to be horrible in
every respect.

Beef The most durable substance known, except chewing-gum.

Examinations Trying ordeals occurring twice a year; object,
to find out how much the girls don't know.

Meditation Hour An hour devoted every Sabbath afternoon
to the serious and earnest contemplation of the street cars.

Infirmary, properly Infernalry A quiet place where girls
are administered the most delightful beverages, and where they always
" feel better."

Feasts The only meals served at twelve o'clock at night. The
menu often consists of sardines and crackers, canned salmon and pea-
nut candy.

The Agnes Scott Yell

Rah ! rah ! rah ! Rip ! rip ! rip !
Vive-la ! vive-la ! A S I !

Questions

Cbe 2>cgree of 1W. <3. will be conferreo upon all wbo answer tbe following questions:

1. (a) What is the ratio between the size of the Senior Class in
reality and in its own estimation ? (b ) When Eugenia fell off the
radiator in Society Hall, which suffered the most, her body or the
dignity of the Senior Class ? ( c ) Why is Eugenia called ' 'Tombstone" ?
Explain fully, (d) If Eugenia plus the other members of the Senior
Class equals one, how many members in the Senior Class? (e) Solve
the following proposition : Eugenia visits : Miss Hopkins' office : :
X : number of times. Rosa Belle wishes to go to town on Aurora
business.

2. (a) What feature in Rosa Belle's face best expresses a marked
trait in her character ? (b) If Lot and Rosa Belle wear each other's
clothes indiscriminately, what per cent, of the other's belongings will
each take off at the end of the year ? (c) Why is it best for Rosa
Belle and Nellie M. not to associate with each other ?

3. (a) State the exact proportion between the time Eliza spends
making candy and that which she devotes to her studies? (b) State
the weight of Saidee's voice. (c) How are Manifred and Awinda
like the Siamese twins ?

4. (a) If X equals Lot, y equals Dick, and z equals Dr. Gaines,
how long will it take z to unite to x and y ? ( b ) When Lot puts
" Don't Knock " on her door, how long, in all probability, will it be
before she takes the sign down ? ( c ) What proportion of her time

does "The Lord High Chancellor" spend talking about herself?
(d) Does room 93 belong to Lot or to Rosa Bell?

5. (a) How did Nellie M. feel when, after waiting a most
unreasonable time for an answer to a letter she had written a certain
gentleman, she telegraphed requiring an immediate answer, and
received in reply the telegram, "Have written letter"? (b) What
famous general does Nellie most admire? (c) In what fact do Nellie
and Rosa Belle take most satisfaction, that thev will receive their
diplomas next year, or that they will be allowed to have lamps and
go walking in Decatur alone ?

6. What kind of a day will it be when Louise and Mable will be
able to exist without being together ?

7. (a) Are Midge and Nellie called "Pretty" and "Beautiful"
out of sarcasm or from a true appreciation of their merits ? ( b ) Will
Midge and Mattie ever be able to get downstairs in time for the eight-
thirty Saturday morning breakfast ? ( c ) If ' 'Sail}-" writes poetry and
"Patsy" reads it, how long will they be able to room together?

S. If Nell Rawls follows her nose, will she ever reach the earth
again ?

9. (a) What rank would Dr. Gaines' sketches for illustrations in
his Bible classes take at an art exhibition ? (b) Would Dr. Gaines be
benefitted most by a course in penmanship or in free hand drawing ?

io. Whj' does Belle Jones have so many photographs taken ?
Give full explanation.

ii. Why is the Junior Class the most important at Agnes Scott?

[Hint : Nellie and Rosa Belle are in it.]

12. "Why is the '98 Aurora the best that will ever be published ?
[Hint : The entire Senior Class is editor-in-chief.]

13. If Sybil continues at her present rate of speed, how long will

it be before she has read all the standard works of literature in the
English language ?

14. When Ezra talks to Eugenia, does her voice go round the
corner or through the cracks in the door ?

15. (a) What is Martha's most well-known poem ? (b) Deduce
a conclusion from the following premises : The Cottage is the Old
Main Retreat. Martha lives in the Cottage. What is Martha ?

\>er tbe ^Telephone

Dramatis persona:

Miss Hopkins
Unknown

'Phone rings loudly four times in quick succession
Miss H. (meekly) "Hello!"

(Louder) "Hello! ! "

(Very loud) " Heilo ! ! ! "

" Yes, this is Agnes Scott Inst ! "

(Loud) "I say this is Agnes Scott Inst!"

" Br yes ye s Decatur, Georgia ! "

' ' And who is that ? ' '

' ' What name, please ? ' '

A Very Defective 'Phone
Girls in Library

' ' Speak a little louder ! ' '

" I said, just speak a little louder, please ! Oh ! Mr. M. did
you say ! "

( Hesitatingly ) ' ' Y-e-s y-e-s. ' '

" You wish to speak with one of the young ladies."

" Sir, this is Miss H ! "

(Dignifiedly) "This is Miss H ! ! "

(Fairly screaming) "Miss N. H., Principal ! ! ! ! "

"Well, you see the young ladies are not allowed to speak with
young men, but if you will give me the message I can deliver it."

(Same repeated much louder.)

"Tell Miss Jenkins"

"Miss Johnson, did you say?"

"Speak more distinctly, please. Miss Who?"

"Once more, please Miss Jatson ? "

"Will you kindly spell it?"

" J-a-c-k-s-o-n ! Is that right?"

" We have no young lady here by that name."

we have no pupil here by that name ! ' '

"Indeed, but I beg your pardon ! ! "

(Very loud) "But I am certain. There is no Miss Jacks
here "

"Since you are so sure that Miss Jackson is here, will you
give me the message ! "

What !

(Overcome) " Can t/ou take her to an Ice Cream Supper ! ! ! "

"Is it possible that I understand vou ! ! "

" Indeed, sir. Our 3-oung ladies are not allowed to attend enter-
tainments with young men! and besides (angrily) there is no Miss
Jackson here ! ! If there was she could not go with you. ' '

" Rut there is a Miss J., and you are sure she will go with you
(sarcastically). Then suppose you tell me her first name Really,
sir, 3'our conduct is "

( Sternly ) ' ' What do you
vhat I am talking about."

sir. I am Miss H. I know

" What ! W-h-a-t ! ! W h a t ! ! ! "

( Meekly ) ' ' Cornelia, did you say er er the maid oh er

(Giggles from the library. )

And it's useless to add that Cornelia went to the Ice Cream
Supper.

flD^ flDotber

w

*)j ILL her face grow old and wrinkled,
Her dark hair thin and gray ;
Will her dear eves lose their brightness,
Her roses fade away?

Will my mother e'er be feeble,

Her step less quiet and firm,
Her voice less filled with gladness,

Her joy to sorrow turn?

These questions ever from a child
Did fill my heart with pain,

Amidst the thoughts that thronged my mind
In busy, endless train.

But as daily I have watched her,

And have known her loving care,

My eyes, oft turned upon her face,
Have seen no changes there.

liters palpable Ibits

The Hervey Twins As like as one pea is to another.

Saidee Her wit values itself so highly that to her all matter else
seems weak.

Lor and Rosa Beue What's mine is yours and what is yours
is mine.

Amanda Young in limbs, in judgment old.

Martha I would the gods had made thee poetical.

Gertrude Ausley She hath eaten me out of house and. home.

NELLIE Rankin As cold as any stone.

The German Cuts Dogs, ye have had your day,

Lula McClain Sigh'd and look'd unutterable things.

Winifred She's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed.

L. O. A.'s We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

Jeanette C. Enough, with over-measure.

LOT I am resolved to grow fat and look young until forty.

Nell Rawls The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

Rosa Beu "I don't see it." The joke in question.

NELLIE Mandevii.ee That is as well as if I had said it myself.

Clyde The woman that deliberates is lost.

Dora A. Who says in verse what others say in prose.

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All nature -wears a universal grin, and so does Edith WEST.

But, children, you should never let

Such angry passions rise ;
Your little hands were never made

To tear each other's eves.
Birds in their little nests agree;

And 'tis a shameful sight
When children of one family

Fall out, and chide and fight. The "Kids" in "72."

Mary P. Sweet as English air could make her.
Ezra enjoys to the fullest extent the windless satisfaction of the
tongue.

Missev In youth and beaut}- wisdom is but rare.
Miss Sheppard The glory of a firm, capacious mind.
Annie Gash Wise to resolve and patient to perform.
Sybil I'll write to Nina and tell her all my woes.
Uu R. And still the wonder grows

How one small head can cany- all that nose.

Aunt Patty And what she greatly thought she nobly dared.
Winifred The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,
Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

Midge I have immortal longings.

Hilda's Wail Every Morning "I have not slept one wink."
To Lot Naught so sweet as melancholy.

Blanch Harper I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.
Ruth Lewis Going as if she trod upon eggs.
Miss Cooper The lion is not so fierce as painted.
" The Senior Class " At whose sight all the stars hide their
diminished heads.

ETHEL L. and LlLLiE M. Imparadis'd in one another's arms.

Amanda The gadding vine.

Amanda and Missey' There's a skirmish of wit between them.
Eugenia Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Belle Jones Those about her,

From her shall read the perfect ways of honor.

PATSY Shut up in measureless content.
SAIDEE on S. A. E. Still harping on my daughter.
NELLIE MandevillE Age cannot wither nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.

Dora She wears the roses of youth upon her.
Estelle Anderson As chaste as unsunn'd snow.
LUCILE A. She's pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with,
and pleasant, too, to think on.

Sue L. Here will be an old abusing of the King's English.

Susie Mae. Fickle as the -winds.

Alice H. " Possible ! "

Patsy She that was ever fair and never proud.

Mabel L. "You're not the only pebble."

Midge I have no other than a woman's reason.

Leola B. Her yesterdays look backward with a smile.

Nannie W. Ah, why should life all labor be?

Miss Cooper Sharp's the word with her.

Miss McKinney Her angel's face,

As the great eye of heaven, shined bright,
And made a sunshine in the shady place.

RaE One kiss and then another and another.
Dr. Gaines I do disdain me of this fresh air.
Miss Hopkins To those who know thee not, no words can paint !
And those who know thee well, know all words are faint.

be fiDeetin'

TELL you what, you orter been around the other day
To our club an' heard jes' what we women had ter say,
Fer we hav' 'bout decided that fer eighteen hundred years
The men has been a-bossin' things in this here "vale o' tears!"
An' now the time has cum ter stop we've started on the wing
An' von jes' give us half a chance, an' won't we make things

sing!
Fer we've organized a club, an' it's political at that,
An' we talk o' things more saner than the latest style o' hat.

The widow Simpkins, she was there, an' in her best silk gown ;
I'll tell you (though in confidence) she's too smart fer this

town!
An' little Mrs. Pritchett, an' Dr. Grayson's wife.
The Skinner girls (they've seen at least some forty years o' life).
But, oh! we had a rousin' time and voted all we'us able,
And if the motions didn't suit, we laid 'em on the table,
And there some of 'em's a-lyin 'yet, and as to why and how,
Well we all talked out in meetin' an' we broke up in a row !

Oh, well! you couldn't jes' expect a woman not to talk,
It seems ter cum so nat'ral like, an' then fer us ter walk
Ter that 'ere meetin' onct a week, an' not ter hav' our say!
Why, we'd ruther keep it organized an' break up every da}-!
Fer if the men keep bossin' an' a-making uv the laws,
Why, all we can do is ter talk an' plead the woman's cause,
Though maybe 'twould be best ter stop, but then, you must

allow,
That it's jes' lots o' solid fun ter break up in a row!

Nellie Womack.

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Ibow the Culinary department of Hgnes Scott Us Conbucteb

a flMa\> in Gwo acts

Dramatis persona:

MlSSEV

Amanda Lot

Rosa Belle

ACT I.
Scene I.

In the Hall. Time, 2:10 P. M.

Rosa BELLE " Girls, be sure to bring up from dinner all the but-
ter and sugar you can possibly hook, I know you're all simply wild
for some chocolate candy."

Winifred " Have we any alcohol ? "

Rosa Belle " Sure, Mike ; plenty. All I ask of you is to bring
up the ingredients. Lot and the alcohol will do the cooking and
we'll do the rest."

Girls ''There goes the dinner-bell now. Oh, no, we won't
forget. ' '

Scene II.

Midge (kicking Lot under the table, making faces and con-
versing with her eyes) "Give me a whole heap of butter, and I'll
attract Miss Cooper's attention while you empty the sugar bowl in
your lap."

LOT " All right. Have you observed Patsy's attempts to relieve

Midge
Saidee

Patsy
Winifred

the dish at her table ? And motion to Saidee and Missey or they'll
forget. I would, but I can't see them."

All this in a whisper, while Miss Cooper is interviewing Sylvester
on the subject of the veal.

ACT II.
Scene I.

In Xo. 93. Time, 3 P. M. All eight girls safely up-stairs with a
pound or two of butter and as much sugar as is needed.

Everybody Talking at Once " Have you put a 'Please, don't
knock on the door'?" "Oh, dear, the plates will have to be
washed!" "Patsy, vou wash 'em this time and I'll do it next."
" All there is about it, someone's got to go to Eugenia's room and get
me some matches." " Missey, you butter the plates."

Amanda " Good gracious. Lot, there's not a thing here to open
the condensed milk with."

Lot (with a groan) "Take my silver letter-opener." "Rosa
Belle, fill up the stove quick. I've got everything read}- for the
cooking to begin."

Rosa Belle brings forth the alcohol from its hiding-place and
begins to pour ; Saidee knocks her arm and of course the former
spills the alcohol all over the oil-cloth.

Rosa Beiae (giving Saidee a diabolical leer) "Oh, the mis-
chief and Tom Walker ! ' '

Mid " Why, that'll be all right. It won't hurt anything. Just
make the flame better. Winifred, you put the match to it."

Thereupon, it seems to the girls, the whole side of the room
blazes up. Missey, in her frantic attempts to blow out the flame,
spreads it and makes things worse than ever. Patsy at last smothers
it out with Bright's Anglo-Saxon Grammar, and in a few moments
all is well and the candy is boiling merrily.
Scene II.

Same place. Ten minutes later.

Rosa BELLE "You're stirring it too much it'll all turn back
to sugar."

LOT " None of your suggestions, please. I'd like to know who's
making this candy ! "

ROSA BELLE " Oh, I beg the Lord High Chancellor's pardon.
I won't fuss back at you this time, however, since you've asked me to
go to Chapel Hill with you."

Winifred "Do give me just one taste; it looks perfectly
elegant. It's most done, isn't it? let's take it off."

Patsy "No, don't, either; you'll have to beat it a thousand years
if you do."

Mid "And you're not ' She,' are you. Lot? You might get tired
in that length of time."

Lot " Now just listen to ' Sallie ! ' "

Mid " Oh-h-h ! L-o-t-t-i-e ! You're SO mean ! "

Amanda " Girls, this is the best we've ever made."

MlSSEY (nearly killing herself laughing) "Amanda, you say
that every time we make candy."

Amanda (shaking that head and assuming her usual belligerent
attitude) "Well, I don't care if I do. I reckon I know this is the
best. ' '

Lot " Just listen to the kid snappers."

Winifred (aside) " Thej''ll be fighting in two seconds. Do
give 'em something to eat to keep 'em quiet. ' '

Patsy "Oh, I just can't wait any longer. Donnez, moi une
taste."

Saidee " Gimme some, too."

Tasters (in chorus) " It's done. Take it off. We'll all take
time about beating it."

Missey " Mercy sakes! There's not near plates enough. Some-
body wash out the soap-dish quick ! ' '

Winifred " Why don't you do it yourself ? "

Amanda ' ' Can I eat with the shoe-horn ? ' '

Rosa BELLE " You always do. What you getting so polite for
this late in the day, asking permission ? "

Mid "Do let me scrape the pot. You promised me."

Saidee " Oh, dear! I can't find a thing to eat with."

Lot "Try your mouth. I've heard they were good for such
things. However, there are some half dozen nail-files, scissors, etc. ,
on the bureau."

All " Gee whiz! Ain't it good? "

Midge (with her mouth full) "Girls, j'ou are so impatient.
Why don't you wait until it gets cool? "

Amanda " We are all following your example, Midgelet."

Rosa BELLE "There's just one plate more, and we had seven
plates, the soap-dish, Missey's cake box-top and the pin-tray, full."

Silence for about two seconds. Rapid disappearance of candy.

Downcast faces.

" It's all gone."

Winifred "Yes, it takes us one hour to make it, and just one
minute to eat it all up."

Girls "Let's skip prayers and make some more after study-
hall ! "

Middie (hesitatingly) " W-e-11, it's not exactly right, but I
guess the majority will have to rule again."

Exit all to their respective rooms.

LOT (to Rosa Belle, with innumerable sighs) "Just look what a
mess we've got to clean up. I'll vow they shan't make candv in here
another time !"

Rosa BELLE -" You mean till tomorrow afternoon."

Lot- " R. B., you're a bright child. Where'd you get that long
head ? ' '

Statistics

Chief aim in l,ii

Chief Chakacteri!

Winifred Adderton

Dora Anderson ...
Estelle Anderson ,
Gertrude Ausley . .
Lucile Alexander. .

Sybil Bethel

Leola Birdsong. . . .

Margie Booth

Rae Boylan

Amanda Caldwell .

Lot Caldwell

Louise Calloway . .
Nellie Cone

Mary Cook

Jeannette Craig . . .

Carrie Denmark .

Annie Gash

] Sweet sixteen

Infancy

Her own

Forage

Of literary ideas

Dark

We won't say

Of Acrogeus

Archsean
f

I 150

Of man

Under fifty
Engaged

Tonnage

Fat, fair and forty

. Of invertebrates

-. Johnsonian

First Violin

Quo Vadis(?)

Westlake's Speller

Dixie Cook Book

Emery's Notes

Description

of Key W.est

Life of Haydn

L'ami Fritz

The '97 Zodiac

Side Talks with Girls^

History of North
Carolina

Lincoln's Horace

He Fell in Love

with His Wife

Pilgrim's Progress
Century Dictionary

DeFoe's History of
the Great Plague

Going to the cottage

Writing poetry

Looking pretty

Making candy

Studying

Obeying Nellie

Studying harmony

Reading French

Practising

Admonishing

the young

" Blowing up "

other people

Reading Latin

Playing with

her bracelet

Minding

"Aunt Mattie "

Lecturing on

indigestion

Sweeping her room
Working " Trig."

To be a minister's
wife

To graduate

Unknown

To be a good cook

To be literary

General opposition

Toelevatethe M.L.S.

To go to Mt. Holyoke

To appear young

To wear long dresses

To be a Gibson girl

To room with Mabel

To get married

To be in bed by

nine o'clock

To graduate in '00

Never to get a

"neatness" mark

To get the math-
ematics medal

Unknown

Love of Languages

Sweetness

Eating

General perfection

Fondness for her
brown shirt waist

Industry

Good nature

Crying " Heyo! "

Propriety,

Decisiveness

Quietness

Looking dignified

Love of her

room-mates

Good opinion

of herself

"Wi

Nero," " Dodie '
'"Stelle"
"Central"
Hasn't any

"Sybilla"

" 'Ola"

' ' Arehaeopteryx '

' ' Manif red ' '
' Ruth Ashmore '

"Lord High

Chancellor "
Fat lady from
the country

" Lize "

'Mary Ellen "
"Judge"
" Car line"
" Cosine "

Statistics

I'AYOKITK BOOK

Chief Characteristic

Nickname

Alice Hager

Grace Hannah. -

Patsy Harris j

Blanche Harper. . , ]

Eliza Hull

Belle Jones ....
Nettie Jones . . .

She won't tell

Enquire at the
Aurora office

X = Unknown
quantity

Saidee King

Rosa Belle Knox.
Sue Lamar

Ruth Lewi

E. Mandeville

N. Mandeville

Too young to
know

Will write and
ask her mother

The Luck of

Roaring Camp

The Secret of Beauty

Stepping

Heavenward

Sunday-school

Quarterly

Mother Goose

Of amphibians

She won't let
us tell

Undiscovered

Seigniorage

End of the

century

Almost a Nun

Innocents' Abroad

Record of Sigma

Alpha Epsilon

Selections from
Burke

Ivanhoe (why?)

Little Leafy

Alexander's Eviden-
ces of Christianity
Dabney's Practical
Philosophy

Life of Stonewall

Jackson
The '97-98

Mnemosynean

Talking Dakota

Reading Latin with
the Senior Class

Doing nothing

Teaching R. B.
Geometrv

Writing to Cora

Talking about
' ' the Sororit}' ' '

Working originals

Taking earl}'

morning walks

Dancing

Walking in

the graveyard
Working on

the Aurora

Avoiding the

' ' oracle ' ' carrying

twenty-four hours

a week

J 53

To have the

Delsarte walk

Trying to get her
hair straight

To fight another
battle with rose buds

To be a society girl

To run away

and get married

To visit after the

lights are out

To have an

A E pi"

To be a Senior

To be like "Ola."

To go to town
oftener

To beat the '97

Aurora

To increase her

weight

To be at A. S. I.

without Eugenia
To be like Stonewall
Jackson

Her carriage

Curly hair

Her rubber neck

Smiling

Curling upper lip

Affection for the
English teacher

Turned up nose

Graduating

backward

Her golden hair

Breaking lamp chim

neys and bragging

about it

Being contemporary
and "cherubiphic"

' Scapegrace "

' Lady Clara
Vere de Vere '

1 Xett '

Your sister in

A E

She won't let
us tell

"Sweet"

1 The fair one with
golden locks"

' ' Senior Class ' '

' ' Tombstone ' '

'Our onlv Senior"

' ' Stonewall ' '
" Beautiful "

Statistics

Favoritk Rook

Usual Occupation Chief Aim in Ltfe Chief Characteristic

Midge McAden . . .
Loula McClain ....
Jennie B. McPhaul

Letty McMillan . . .

Kate Murphy

Estelle Patillo

Mary Payne

Helen Ramspeck. .

Lila Rabun

Nellie Rankin

Nell Rawls

Clara Smith

Mamie Tilson

Kate Tolleson .
Eva Tate

' Only a few know

! " She's a young
I thing"

We can't guess

-] Same as Belle's

Practical
j Seventeen ?

J Antediluvian

( Between 15

I and 50

Marriageable

< daughter of
I the Regiment

I Older than she
L says she is

I Ask Carrie

1 and Nettie

Molly Bawn
Browning's Poems

Propylsean
Minute Book

Alice in Wonderland

Recorder of the

Decatur Presbvterian

Church"

The Art Amateur

Phi Alpha

Her Photo Album

Gaines' Bible Notes

Advs. in the
Mnemosynean

Spanhoff's German
Grammar

The Honorable
Peter Stirling
Her own dian-

Flute and Violin

All standard works
She cannot decide

Reading the To prove that she is

Charlotte Observer not in love

Putting on airs
Moving

Moving

Embroidering

Soliciting "ads"

Kissing

Attending Agnes
Scott

Avoiding the
chocolate borrower!

Pen sketching for
Aurora

Hugging even'body
she meets in the halls

Writing Propyhean
debates

Working arithmetic

To be well read

To make her home
the capital of state

To be a poet

To be six feet tall

To run the AURORA

Not to marry a
drunkard

To graduate in '99

To be like O

To get out of her
normal examination

To teach A. S. I. girls
how to dance her way

To learn to dance

To be a great
violinist

To be literary

To keep house for
her brothers

Losing her looks
Looking at the moon

Love for the P. L. S.

Fondness for her
native town

Friday aft. disagree-
ment with Ezra

Her stilted English

Sweetness

Her devotion during
Chapel exercises

Her good opinion of
herself

Walking over other
people's signs

Her boxes
Wriggling

Color of her hair
Don't know

'Sally," "Pretty'
and " Goody ' '

' ' Mac ' '
"Jinnie Bill"

"Litty"

' ' Kathie ' '

"Pat"

We can't say

Hasn't any

" The fair Lila"

" Nelsie "

?
" John "

Statistics

Jennie Vereen

Jessie Vereen .

Kate Wooten .
Edith West . .

Estelle Webb

Susie May Wallace
Nannie Winn

< Five, plus

| Younger or older
than her sister

| Younger than
J she wants to be

Up in the

millions

Clyde White. . . ,
Bernice Chivers .

Annie Hervey . .
Ida Hervey

Ruth Candler.

I Mistake in the
\ date

Receptive

I Ask the oldest
I inhabitant

[ Politic

Even the oldest
| inhabitant does
| not remember

Same as Ida's

Same as Annie's

One she is writing

Jennie's

The last one she's
read

Love Affairs of an
Old Maid

Anything her S. S.
recommends

Vicar of Wakefield

Guizot's History of
Civilization

How to Read Music

Anything on
Hypnotism

Home letters

The life of her music
teacher

Sartor Resartus

Calling on her best
friends

Same as above

Making bureau
covers"

Making things tidy-
Keeping out of sight

Writing minutes
Reading in the dark

Working out
harmonv

Registering at
Agnes Scott

Persuading her room

mates to keep the

room straight

Pleasing everyone,
for she is a dear girl

Spending afternoons
at the Institute

To be an author

To finish her reading

course by the end of

the year

To be the A. S. I.

champion tennis

player

To have everything
in its place

To efface herself

To get out of work

To be principal of
Agnes Scott

To be a good music
teacher

To come to Agnes
Scott as long as it
(and she) exists

Not to return to A.
S. I. next vear

To return to A. S. I.
next year

Reading a line

behind everybody

else in Chapel

Sisterlv solicitude

Her purple dress

Correctness in
everything

Modesty

Fickleness

Inscrutability

Propriety

Inviting people to
spend the day with
her, and then forget-
ting about it

Making peace
between the room-
mates

Quarrelling with
Sybil and trying to
win a pound of candy
from Nellie

To get married Her coquettish ways

Wish we knew

Same as her sister's

' ' Wootsie ' '

Never heard she
had any

"S. M."

' ' Nancy Hanks "

Does not approve
of them

Hasn't any

' ' Boody

Statistics

Martha Simpson
Willie Crockett , .

Myra Trawick

Boring
Fascinating

Her future poems
Don't know

Savage Familiar Quotations

"Spinser" on
Education

,.,... To be president of

Collecting locals the p F ropyla!an

Writing love notes : To be like "Sister"

Tracing her | To lease BeUe
genealogy through lTo bu / her clothes in
Dr. Games to Wil- J \ tlanta

ham the Conquerer ,

Explaining to Miss I

'Shippard" why she! To be Miss "Ship-
does not know her pard's" assistant
"Mintal" Science

' Characti kistil

Her decided
freshness

Spooning

Telling yarns on

Her pronunciation
and grammar

Not permitted
to say

"Billy"

"The Belle"

' Rabbi Ben Ezra '

Mbat Zhcv Hre Doing at Hgnes Scott

Eugenia Upholding the dignity of the Senior Class.

Lot Enjoying life.

Midge and Margie Trying to get their picture in the Aurora.

Patsy Trying to be a shirt waist girl.

SAIDEE Living for the S. A. E.

NELLIE MandevillE Admiring her own wit.

Ezra Telling yarns.

Leola Running the M. L. S.

Martha Engaged in the making and telling of yarns.
MISS Orra Successfully keeping Agness Scott finances straight.
Miss McKenny Acting as censor (willingly or unwillingly we
do not know. )

Hilda Discussing rheumatism.
Nellie Rankin Talking.
Dodie Writing poetry.

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(Sranb fllMnstrel Show anb Cake TOalk

" Sa-a-ay, Mistah Johnsing ! "

" Well, coon, what 3-011 tryin 1 to sa}- ? "

" Mistah Johnsing, I wants to ax you why de Agnes Scott Insti-
tute reminds you of a favorite slang expression ? "

" Dat's easy. Kase it's hot stuff."

' ' Nope. Yer wrong. ' '

" Den 'case it's so * contemporary.' "

" Nope."

" Den I knows. ItVcase it's dat great Scott school. Uh, huh !
huh ! huh ! ' '

" But say, Mistah Johnsing, does yer know dey ain't got no chairs
at dat same school ? "

" Why, Sam, you don't say ! Is dat so ? "

" Well, I reckon hit's so, fer dey say de teachers sit on the girls."

" Hit sholy must be so, den. But, Sam, does you know what was
de most remarkable ting dat happened at Agnes Scott dis year? "
-" Yep. Lot passed on Anglo-Saxon."
- " Dat's a good guess, but it's wrong, you see."

" Well, it wuz Doctor Gaines talkin' one whole day 'thout sayin'
' eminently'."

157

' ' Nope ! Nope ! ' '

" Den it wuz Sallie McAdden reformin' de entire third flo'."

"Nope ! Try ergin."

" Well, lemme see. Wuz it de way de Juniors cultivated their
dignity ? ' '

" Try once 1110'."

" I'se got it sho'. It wuz Tombstone keepin' De Aurora out o'
de hands of de Faculty."

" Kin you tell me how many stars dere is in de sky ? "

" I can cattlelate um exactly. Dey is jest as many dere as dere is
times de ' Morpheus Club ' wuz late to breakfast. ' '

" Dat's good, dat is. An' now kin any one tell me why de teach-
ers wouldn't let de ' Faculty Meetin' ' go in de Annual ? "

" Huh ! dey didn't want to see demselves as odders see dem."

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Mbat Me Moult) Xifce to See

Patsy get troubled.

The Smith's be all well at one time.

Lot blow her own horn a little less frequently.

Gertrude and Saidee care less about feasts.

NEW.IE Mand. come to breakfast on time.

Mr. McClain remain silent for space of ten minutes.

Miss McKinney be still the same length of time.

Miss Magee at variance with the Standard Dictionary.

The Anti-Smallpox Club stop discussing vaccination.

A new Chapel, Library, and Gj'tnnasium on the campus.

A reception at Agnes Scott and fair weather at the same time.

Dr. Gaines find some fault with Dr. Dabney's Practical
Philosophy.

Jennie Beixe McPhaul discover that Poland (Georgia) is not
jet the equal of New York or Chicago.

<^\

2.30 B. fll>. at Hones Scott

HE Decatur clock slowly tolled the mysterious hour of
twelve the answering buzz of alarm clocks in various
i JL parts of the great silent building sounded in more subdued
but in distinct accents and then all was quiet again apparently.
Three minutes later, and from what had been a few moments previous
closed doors, appear white ghostly figures that glide, some with much
uncertainty, some with never wavering footsteps, in a certain direction
towards which they seemed drawn by a mysterious unseen power.
The spectator, if a stranger, might well have been frightened. Were
these creatures the spirits of old girls, upon some such revel as thev
had long ago enjoyed in the flesh? Alas, no. Alas, for the poor
misguided faculty when they thought all such midnight frolics had
been forever put down ; for had the watchful eye of Uncle Moses been on
the alert, he could have told at a glance that these were no spirits
but real flesh and blood, girls and girls who should have been sound
asleep in their downy ( ? ) beds. But fortunately, or unfortunately,
as you may think, no watchful guardian of the night saw the gliding
figures, and after a short time we see them again all in one room a
ghostly but happy crowd, ready for their mischievous orgies. Here if
we had ever thought them to be anything but girls and boarding
school girls at that the illusion would have been at once dispelled,
for no spirits could have given voice to those hushed giggles and
agonized whispers.

"O my goodness, I am scared to death!" "I saw a light in

Aunt Patty's room, and I just know she'll get us ! " " Suppose she
does ! " " It will be your fault, Bess, if you don't shut up ! " " Are
we all here? " etc., etc., strikes the listening ear with abject confusion.
Truly, it is a scene worthy of a painter the solitary candle almost
gone, shedding its flickering rays over the piles of dainties, and the
half-frightened, half-delighted faces. The fair hostess alone is calm
and collected. " Nan," she says abruptly to her badly scared room-
mate, who has been telling thrilling tales all the afternoon about what
dreadful things the}- did last year at Miss B 's, but wdiose teeth are
now chattering with cold, she says though it's a w'arm night in
October, and who retires to bed precipitately ever}' time she hears
herself breathe, " I think you are the biggest goose I ever saw ; shut
up yourself, we are not making any fuss at all. Amy has not come
yet. Go wake her and tell her to hurry up. We are all here." Nan
departs to do her bidding and moaning, " They will all be caught "
she knows it. It is Mademoiselle Amy's first attempt at anything of
this kind, and though for the past w 7 eek she has been informing all
her friends she is going to be a perfect little Satan yet, to-night finds
her shivering with cold (?), as w r as Nan, and in response to the latter's
feeble attempts to rouse her, says she's too sleep}- and doesn't want
anything to eat. But the hoots and taunts of the other girls at last
force her out, and in her blind attempts to secure a wrapper from the
washstand has a collision with the water pitcher, in which the latter
comes out victorious that is to say on top, as both roll to the floor.

Such a crash ! Nan wrings her hands and vows Miss H. is coming.
Nell stamps her foot angrily, and only the very old girls see anything
funny about the whole performance. At last the unfortunate Amy is
dragged from the pitcher's embrace, and as no one comes they proceed
to the next room, where a sumptuous repast is spread out.

Yes, there are a few drawbacks, it being so dark that you can't
tell olives from oranges, or crackers from the ink bottle, and the beds
being used for the table is somewhat inconvenient, owing to Nan's
violent and frequent headings thereinto, but on the whole it was a
I almost said howling success but guess a most enjoyable morning
will be most suitable. And yet, how it makes me sigh to think of
that eventful night. "Sad?" you sa}'. "Yes, very sad." The
abundant goodies so loosened the five spirits' tongues, that .oh, woe,

they forgot themselves, their precarious situation, and worst of all, the
time ! Even Nan's courage had increased, and just at the moment
when ever}- one is talking, a gentle tap on the door and in comes
another spirit, but one, who like the bad fairv, is unbidden a lamp in
her hand. Over the terror-stricken faces it sheds a cheerful but recog-
nizing glow. " Why, girls ! I am shocked, grieved, etc., etc.," issues
from this evil spirit's lips, and we mercifully draw a veil on the rest.

As the rising-bell rings loudly later in the morning, and sleepv
eyes and tired brains remind their owners that an interview with Miss
H. is the order of the day, Nell turns over and savs wearily to Nan,
" I wouldn't mind it so much only she got the chicken."

And Amy has decided she won't be a " perfect little Satan any

ur Senior

Ibis of>e ie affectionately Dedicated to tbe Senior Class, collectively and inoivlouallv :

o

UR charming Senior Class

(That is, if it happens to pass)
Is one of which we are proud.
For it knows no contentious cloud ;
'Tis Eugenia, Eugenia,

On

lily Sen

First honor she'll doubtless get.
For she's the Senior pet.
And goes to her recitations
Without any hesitation

This Eugenia,

Our oulv Senior,

To the graveyard she often walks,
And to the lonely tombstone talks ;
That there is some secret in it,
"We don't doubt a minute.

O ! Eugenia,

Our only Senior.

We expect great things of this class,
The student body en masse,
And greater things should she graduate
In eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

Oh ! Eugenia, Eugenia,

Our only Senior.

Bbftortal Sketches

TO PUT hi the few lines allotted to her biography, the life of our
great and only Senior is more than this humble scribe feels like
undertaking. It is true that she the ' ' Senior Class ' ' is not
so great in her own estimation since Miss Hopkins "sat on" her
so because she wanted to put some " Well Known Faces at A. S. I." in
the Annual, or in that of others since some of Ezra's arguments in the
famous debate, ' ' Resolved, That the Seniors should hold themselves
aloof from the lower class men, ' ' were given to the world ; nevertheless
she is still an awe-inspiring personage, and we wonder not that the
poor " freshies " should cast down their eyes and hold their breath as
' ' the unexpressive she ' ' passes by.

M. Eugenia Mandeville was born (for her sake we won't give the
exact date ) some time during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
In due time she entered the Agnes Scott, and will be graduated from
that institution in 189S if she passes her final exams, a point upon
which no one but the author of a few celebrated lines beginning,
" Our charming Senior Class, " seems to have any fears. During the
time that the aforesaid Senior Class has been with us, she has held
many positions of honor, chief among them, Associate Editor of
Mnemosynean, '96-97 ; Associate Editor Aurora, '97 ; Editor-in-Chief
of Aurora, '98 ; Censor of Mnemosynean Literary Society, '97, and
President of Christian Band, '95 ! At this point the scribe will leave
her, it is a GOOD point (ahem !) but not without wishing to her the
'same measure of success in after life as that which has followed her
during her school life. Here's to vou

May you live long and prosper !

And now for our poet. As is sometimes the case, the fame of a
man or woman as it may be rests on the merits of one piece. It is
true in this instance. In November, '97, the Mnemosynean came out.
That is not very wonderful, you sa3'. No, but turn its pages and
within it you will find there came a little poem and Martha Simpson
walked down to the supper table one Saturday night, noticed the
unusual noise in the dining-room, inquired the reason and found
herself famous ! The metre may not be so correct, the rhvme mav
not be so accurate, but it is the sentiment of the poem that makes it so
beautiful. The soul of the author speaks through it it is, indeed,
superb. It is reproduced on the opposite page or I would give it
to my readers in full. Its name I will not mention, for there is no
need you will know it as soon as you read two lines (anyway, I think
it has her name signed I . After expatiating upon IT, it seems a shame
to descend to other things, but I must call your attention to the fact
that Miss Simpson has been a useful and active member of the Propy-
laean Society, Local Editor of the Mnemosvnean, '97-9S. and Associate
Editor of the Aurora, '9S, and I wish her the good things of life.

Charlotte Lowrie Caldwell, ' ' Battle-scarred Lot, ' ' entered the
Agnes Scott in the fall of 1S95, and in some mysterious way has man-
aged to stay there until the summer of 1S9S. During these three
eventful years she has been President of Mnemosynean Literary
Society, '98 ; Editor-in-Chief of '97 Aurora, Local Editor of the
Mnemosynean, 'g6-'97 ; Associate Editor '98 Aurora, Secretary of
M. L. S., '98, and " High Muck-a-Muck " of Lambda Omicron Alpha
twice. Besides these, Miss Charlotte is quite a poet, a german leader,
a champion chocolate candv cook, and decidedlv "bossv." She
might have been worth something "if she'd just study'' but.

163

unfortunately, she just hasn't. Tolerably good at a number of things,
she is not really good at anything, in fact, just about as generally
as good-for-nothing as it is often our Lot to find mortal.

Four years ago a timid child gathered with many others around
the Agnes Scott fireside (by the way, we have steam heat). Little
thought her confederates that that child would ever become what
Nellie Mandeville, alias " Stonewall, " is to-day. But time has passed
since then, and time for her well-spent. Truly one can say of her
that her "yesterdays look backward with a smile." No pupil who
has ever been here has done so prodigious an amount of work, and
done it so well. She has taken more studies than any other, but
because she has had much she has neglected nothing ; besides that,
she has done more outside work than any other student. If extra
work is needed, " Go to Nellie Mandeville,'' is the cry ; " she can do
anything." We verily believe she can, and, sad to say, so does Nellie.
But how on earth could she help it if she didn't? She has been
President of Christian Board, '96 ; Editor-in-Chief of Mnemosynean,
'97-98 ; President of M. L. S., '97 ; Business Manager of Aurora, '97 ;
Associate Editor of Aurora, '9S, and will be the first President of
M. L. S. the fall of '98. Looking back over her college career, and
reasoning from what has been to what will be, we predict that there
will be no more honored name to be handed down to those who come
after us than that of Nellie Mandeville.

" She, with her hat tipped down to her nose,
And her nose tipped vice-versa."
Reader, I see you smile. You know who's coming next, and
you're right. It's Rosa Belle Knox, who, if she'd always follow her
nose, would not be with us now. Yes, it's Rosa Belle, our champion

dancer, who can certainty shake her pedal extremities to any time,
and what is more, shake them to the edification of her partner, the
lookers-on and herself which combination implies a large-sized com-
pliment. The chronicler is too polite to come right out and say what
she means ; anyway, she's alwavs been taught that the secret of good
writing is to say just enough to guide the imagination of the reader
( so, reader, consider this a good time to cultivate the above mentioned
product of the intellect). But to return to Miss Knox. It is my
pleasant duty to enumerate for the public benefit the number of that
lady's achievements during her abode at A. S. I. She has been censor
of the M. L. S., '98, and during the '97-98 school session made almost
as great a success of the exchange department of the Mnemosynean
as she has made of the business work of the '98 Aurora. The best
thing we can possibly wish for that publication is that it will be able
to retain Rosa Belle Knox on its staff next year.

Marie Estelle Patillo, the " brag " French scholar of the school,
a M. L. S. girl and a member of the A E Sorority, has done such
good work as the business manager of the '9S Aurora and no won-
der, with her charming face and charming manners. Usually the
editorial and business departments of both the magazine and the
Annual have been conducted by the boarding pupils, but after the
efficient work Miss Patillo has done for us this year, we are certain
that her services will hereafter be considered indispensable.

It is rather a joke that the Aurora staff has never been elected
by the student body as is supposed to be done. The girls who were
willing volunteered their aid to the Aurora, and they have done their
best to deserve the name some one has bestowed upon them "the
snrls who can."

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{Table of Contents

Title Page y . .

Dedication

Preface

Board of Editors

Illustration

Board of Trustees

Faculty and Officers .

Lecturers . . A

Calendar

A Brief Sketch of Decatur 15-

Poeni

The Classes

Senior Class ( pen sketch)

t- History 21-

Organization of Junior Class

Members

History 25-

Organization.of Sophomore Class

Members

History 29-

Organization of Freshman Class

Roll

History

Some Day ( poem }

Clubs and Other Organizations

Cooking Club

Illustration

Embroidery Class -.

Hemstitching Club

Illustration

Spooners Club

Anti-Smallpox Club

Early Risers

Worshipers of Morpheus

Devotees of Rest

Royal Arch Order of Conceit
Kodak Club ( illustration ) . .
Geometry Original Club
I,e Cercle Francaise

Illustration

S. A. E. (Plate)

Song of the Mist Maiden

$ A E Sorority

Illustration .

TT A K

Poem

A A

Illustration

2S Athletics

Basket Ball Team (Freshman and Sophomore!

Illustration .

That Curl ( poem )

Junior and Senior Basket Ball Team

Illustration

Horati Carmen I poem )

Bicycle Club

Illustration

Marguerite (poem )

Tennis Club

Illustration

87

go

La Bonne Heure ( pen sketch) Si

La Bonne Heure ( officers and members ) S2

Illustration S3

Crow Quill Club Organization S5

History S6

Illustration

Musical

(Pen Sketch)

Unrest ( poem } . . . . 91

Vocal Class 92

Illustration 93

Polymnia Club Organization 95

Members 96

History of Musical Department 97-9S

Comma a l'Ordinaire (poem } 99

Violin, Mandolin and Guitar Clubs joo

Illustration 101

Literary Societies

Propylsean Society (poem ) 104

Organization 105

Members 106

History 107-10S

Mnemosynean ( officers ) 109

Members no

Miss McBryde, Founder M. L. S Ill

Snap-Shots at M. L. S. Receptions 113-116

History 1 17-1 19

Alumna? Association (officers) 120

Page

Triple A S. I 121

In Memoriam 122

Illustration 1 23

Miscellaneous

Editors of Mnemosynean from Its Inception 126

Mnemosynean Staff (illustration) 127

Agnes Scott Publications 129

Class of '95 130-131

History of the Class of '96 132-133

Fake Sketches of the Class of '97 I 34 _I 37

Betrayed by the Moon (pen sketch) 138

Betrayed by the Moon (poem ) 139

Agnes Scott Standard Dictionary 140

Questions. 141-142

Over the Telephone 143-144

My Mother ( poem ) 145

Very Palpable Hits 146-147

The Meetin' (poem) 148

How the Culinary Department of Agnes Scott

is Conducted 149-151

Statistics 152-156

What They Are Doing at Agnes Scott 156

Grand Minstrel Show and Cake Walk 157-158

What We Would Like to See. .' 159

2:30 A. M. at Agnes Scott 160-161

Our Senior (poem ) 162

Editorial Sketches 163-164

Advertisements

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