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VOLUME II
TEXAS WOMAN'S COLLEGE, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, MARCH 20 1918
NUMBER 10
Fourth Graduating Glass is First Real Senior Glass of Texas Woman's College
First Senior Class of Texas
Woman's College Holds
Class Day Exercises
___—o
March 1 1, 11)18, was a red letter
day in the history ot' Texas Woman's
College. It was the occasion of the
1918 Senior Class day. Under the
supervision of Seniors, the Sophs had
decorated the chapel and stage very
They never left a tiling unturned (ex.-
cept the feather bed).
Now Annie Lee was cjiosen head of
the Seniors in their .ylpss,
And followed out the pastor's will by
looking in the glass.
And Martha's mind was always bright,
Uer thoughts were always whole;
Hut shiny places on her face she cov-
ered with a mole.
In -ancient times to this same school
(one^ Helen Mines did come;
' And Ma rjbrie Goodman, too,
. i i rnu : iij«ijui vvwiiiKiiif wu, appear-
attr actively in purple and got® 1 lie . .
4i(,t <-i. ii | ^ar.bobg showing some.
color scheme was carried out with vio- When Helen could not play she'd sing,
lets and jonquils, the class flowers
At ten o'clock the students and
friends of the Institution began to
arrive hut for some unknown reason
the Juniors were detained for a while,
and hence were deprived of the pleas-
ure of witnessing the first part of
the program, as a class day program
cannot be put off—no, not even for
noble Juniors.
The first number was a little skit
entitled "A 1918 T. W. C. Memory
Book reread in 1926," composed by
two of the seniors, Misses Goodman
and Hines. The scene was laid in "
convalescent's ward, where Miss
Frances Marchman, having received
injuries in an aeroplane accident, was
attended by a Red Cross nurse, Miss
Eva Adams. To while away the time
these former classmates of Texas Wo-
man's College got out a memory book
of their school life, and as they look-
ed, talked and dreamed again of these
happy days, the audience was enabled
to see with them these memories re-
presented in pantomime by various
members of the Senior Class, who cos-
tumed appropriately, and wearing
large placards bearing the name of
the characteristics represented, pass
ed across the stage as they were men-
tioned. As characteristics of the
Freshmen year Miss Bursey represent-
ed greenness; Miss Hines, grind; Miss
Cothran, Innocence; Miss Ishell, Poly
Patronage; Miss Tandy, Freshman
Pep. and Miss Duncan, Fr: volity. A
year in T. W. C. wrought wonderful
changes in these freshmen, for as
sophomores they presented new qual-
ities—superiority, frivolity, gym. cuts,
theater craze, suspension of rules, and
fads, portrayed by Misses McNeely.
Duncan, • Mayhew, Tancred, Sandel,
and Goodman, Sophs. did not
prove so susceptible to change
as had the younger class, for
as Juniors they retained two of
their characteristics, superiority and
frivolity, along with these new ones:
prestige, shopping fever, and con-
ceit. Frivolity, and superiority were
destined to become lasting qualities
for they were discernable in the Sen-
ior year, when military enthusiasm,
Miss Morrow, rivaled them as chief
in importance because of the impetus
given her in 1918 by the four camps
near Fort Worth.
Immediately after this pantomime
the grave seniors entered, arrayed in
all the dignity of their capsj and
guvvns, As they entered the Soph-
omores joined them in singing, "Hail!
Hail! the Seniors Are Here,"
When the class was seated Miss Tan-
cred made a short speech introduc-
ing the speaker of the day, Dean
Jennings, whowith his accustomed
wit and pleasantry, read an original
poem, describing, for the benefit of
the audience, each separate number
of the Senior Class.
or in her books she'd dig;
Or if that didn't suit the crowd, she'd
dunce a little jig.
At open house, her word was law, no
girl should keep one beau,
(Her soldier from the camp, of course,
would never let HER go).
Miss Majorie held her bow (beaut
quite well at her complete arm's
length,
(For playing on the violin, it gave
the hand more strength.)
There were two girls, two pretty girls,
that played about our door,
They often wore their neighbor's
cloak all buttoned up before.
Now Frances was the name of one,
with dignity galore;
And as she walked the halls of fame,
she'll talk a little more,
But Robbie was a Ititle miss with face
so broad and mild,
That every time she grinned at you,
you smiled and smiled and smiled.
And as we hide approaching years to
look like what we ain't.
She put between the eyes and ears
a little bit of paint.
Another girl with constant smile, her
face I chance to frame,
(As January's rustling leaves spoke
Janie Russell's name.)
Was never cold or hard (ft heart. Her
thoughts were always tine;
And when she found hei' cake was
dough, she'd ne'er do more than
whine.
An ancient name crept in the list, as
names will sometimes do,
And so we had one Rachel here with
surname Tandy, too.
Her bright eyes danced with whole-
some fun, ami books she would
devour,
(For often in the heated room, she
found her LUNCH to sour).
There was a girl named Mayhew here,
a senior girl was she;
And Lucile Tanced, too, you know,
had never gone to sea.
One's face was round and nose was
short, the other's slim and long,
And when it came to talking fast,
their fame was told in song.
Miss Mayhew's grade soared up to A's
her whims she brought to Heel,
(So surely did she digest things, she
never missed a meal)
Lucille was loved by all her friends, j
and others not her foes-—
She ne'er replied to foolishness, she i
left that for her heaus.
Freshmen and Juniors
Make Great Drive
Book Store Raided
I
The Juniors had planned a great
stunt for chapel one day last week,
in which they were to wear the
Seniors' caps and gowns, So by
some means, it is not exactly known
how (?) they gained entrance to
the hook store,' where the college
had the goods stored, captured the
treasure and fled to the home of a
neighbor anil friend of the class.
Here the caps arid gowns were
carefully guarded until missed by
the Dean and other members of
the faculty. An immediate investi-
gation was made and after much
tnd personal conference with i
Dr. and Mrs. Bm
Give Seniors a Treat
Ex=(iov. Hodges of
Kansas Addresses I.
W. C. Student Body
Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan
at fexas Woman's College
'ii
: mr.n
• "i >ig
College
day morning,
address from
women of Texas Wo-
weie honored on Fri-
March 15, with an
Ex-Governor Hodges
of K' ...
c fl'ort
i ach member of the
the caps and gowns
tnd the classes Were
their great mistake,
'1 ruly the climax of a perfect day i
was reached when at. eight o'clock j
on Senior CIiiks Day, Dr. and Mrs. ;
II. A. Boa/. held open house for th(.
members of the aTigust class of 1918.
I he beautiful home was transformed
into a veritable fairyland perfumed
by purple hyacinths and jonquils,
carrying out the colors of the Sen-
ior class.
Shortly after the arrival of the
guests rumblings were heard over-; ' '
head as of distant thunder, which >v :°f ,lis experience. He
increased in volume, and then werei'®11' representative from
followed by intense quiet. Expect-1;^ huh &.as l°ng recognized
uncy and anxiety were pictured on1 a'"' efficiency of women,
every Senior's countenance. Sudden 1 tured 'he change in Kansas
ly the stillness was broken bv the
as. His speech was of par
[t'cular interest to the student body
1 m: cause ot the subject under dis-
] CTS^icu
' advocate
of
M r.
of
Hodges is an ardent
woman suffrage. He
im-
position with the
Junior class
were located
informed of
namely: that
since the caps and gowns had not
1 een presented to the Seniors, they
had stolen them from the college
and not the class. To make a long
story short, when the darkness of
the night had hovered Over the Jun-
iors, they quietly and sorrowfully
returned the stolen goods to the
Dean's office, then made a strate-
gic retreat.
The Seniors knowing that the
Juniors' stunt had fallen through
came to their rescue iftid planned,
with the Sophomore's assistance, a
little stunt for chapel, as they knew
that the student body and members
of the faculty would be greatly dis-
appointed if nothing at all took
place. They also knew that the
Juniors would likely not be able to
attend chapel after such a great
defeat, and in order to keep up
their splendid record in chapel at-
tendance took their pillows and made
news of
substitute
cap.
aoms Juniors to fill the
the absent class. Each
Junior wore a long dunce
Deals of Lohengrin's Wedding march,
and the members of the illustrious
class of 1918, of Tight Wad Col-
leg.' namely, Verna Little (Mrs. J.
D. Young) Ora Dick Long (Mrs.
Jennings) Jerushy Jenkins (Mrs.
Boas'.) and Baroness La Vamoose
(Mr. Venth) together with Monsieur
Beaucaire (Miss Cassell) and (Jen.
(.treble (Mrs. Venth) and one of
the most famous orators of today,
Hois. Elzy D. Jennings, filed in to
give their graduating exercises be-
fore the facultv (Seniors of T. \V.
c. r.
Dr. "Boa/, took the responsibility
of master of ceremonies and first
fluen-
cornes as
a state
the rights
He pic-
politics,
j in its state institutions for defect-
| ives and degenerates, since women
! have been admitted as the heads
| of these institutions. "The intelli-
| fence ot the women there is suffi-
i e ent," savs Mr. Hodges, "to prove
: to the United States that women
• re capable of as much and more
'than men,"
! Governor Hodges related the in-
( .dent which caused him to change
11 um opposition to advocacy of wo-
: man's sUffr|ge. When ho was chair-
\ man of the committee for the se-
j led ion of text books for the state,
! the committee unanimously voted
| in favor of a text book irv civil gov-
i ernment which was submitted by
Friday
audience
gathered
distinguished platform
Ham Jennings Bryan
was, "Two Pictures."
surpassed ease of de
and range of- .voice, and with logic,
wit. and humor he held the audience
for an hour and a half. He present-
d as his first picture the country
reed from the curse of rum.
address by the
no man knows when
evening, March 8th, an
that packed the auditorium
to hear the lecture of this
orator, Wil-
li is subject.
With his un-
ease of delivery, compass
announced the salutatory address ;a V°ung woman, thus giving prefer-
by Ora Dick Long. Miss Long look- j *' to her book over several suit-
ed adorably plump in a simple white I 'f itted by men. Knowing that t>5
gown, the girlishness of which en- j ''''' cent, of the teachers in the U nit -
hanced her youthful charms bevond jC!!' States ar0
description. ' Her essay on "The jfat't that his son was learning j entire
Value of Pie" was greatly appre-1 how to cast, his ballot from a text:
dated by all members of the facul-
ty, particularly Miss Bursey and
Miss Sandel.
a?
! when
! He prefaced his
| statement that
the war will end, but that peace,
| and permanent peace, will come by
the united efforts of all loyal Amer-
| icans to press the war to a success-
ful issue along the line oof the
present, aims of the United States.
His second picture was, '"Woman
Suffrage," and he presented an ar-
my* of tacts and logic in behalf of
adopting it that was overwhelming-
ly convincing, lie was heartily ap-
plauded by the audience which man-
ifested its sympathy with the speak-
er from the utterance of his first
word to the last period.
President Boa/, presented Judge
Oei.e. Speer who in a short but hap-
py and appropriate speech welcomed
Mr. Bryan on behalf of the college
and the large audience assembled
to hear the distinguished visitor.
he recognized At the conclusion of the lecture the
audience
The
•,> ..
bco'i written by a Woman and taught
by a woman, neither of whom was
to vote.
chapel hour
a Junior was
the Seniors rt
pews, and
song with gii
sympathy;
Time in the
Tonight.)
Freshmen, sto
and gown
in a wagon and
on to town
the faculty caught and
cated all,
here was a hot time on the
that day
Poor Freshie.
When the
sure enough,
be seen. So
ed the Junior
the following
ing and deep
(Tune: Hot
Once the
cap
them
Put
But
arrived
lerush
feel- I
I own
college
started
con fis
next number was a beautiful
vio' v^'vlo rendered by the charm-
ing Baroness La Vamoose irom the j
far East. She was accompanied j
by General Greble at the piano. The.
Baroness was clothed in an exqui-
site net and iridescent gown of dark ;
black which accentuated the marble-■,
like neck and shoulders. A picture.
nit of pink and a string of hand-
some pearls finished the artistic 1
touches of the graceful costume.
After the inspiring music. Little I
nermitted
Governor
a tor. He
tc :•••!• j
Hodges is a forceful or-
was enthusiastically re-
Awarding of diplomas
in order, and, after each
ing little speech made by
rus
ha
campus
We couldn't find the Juniors any-
where around
Their chapel seats'were empty, nor
were they on the ground.
But paper caps and pillows looked
like Juniors up and down
Jenkins delivered a most
notable essay * on her favorite seas-
on. "Spring." Miss Jenkins is to
:-e complimented on her ability as
Kith poet and essayist.. The facul-
ty feels assured that she will go
out into life armed with a wonder-
ful asset-—brains! Jerusha looked
her sweetest in white with
... ! beautiful
him
her
For
are
•MEMORIES OF AN AGED DEAN
OF TEXAS WOMAN'S COL-
LEGE.
the Juniors
too.
Poor stupids
feather brained j
lit/ E. 1). Jennings.
When' I was Dean, long years ago, a
Senior Class had we; ,,
For spike and punch and strength
and weight tiu better do you see.
Their faces now I chance to see, as I
am growing,,old;
For memory will not. pass them up,
they were very bold!
Thirteen wore gowns of faster black,
the others white did don
(Whenever the Juniors meekly bowed
and left their clothes alone)
I here shall write for future years the
records of that class,
Viewed just as by the Ancient Dean
and teachers of the past.
To this good school for years ttiere
catty!, que ^aftfui Ljimuan fair,
And Annie Sandel, too, Was here, with
wavy locks of hair.
Both girls worked hard at what they
liked, and liked with wisdom'#
Now Edith was a little girl, but great
she Was in art;
And Lois, too, the HANDOUT girl,
did always play her part.
Their faces both were very slim, their
eyes looked quite alike;
And though it ne'er occurred to them,
together they would hike.
When Edith wore her big black cloak,
as girls have done before
The HANPGU'l girl wore what she
pleased; for why should she do more?
With brush and pen, two girls like
tbfcse would make the school re- j
nown, _ i
(For unbrushed hats and unpinned;
coats young wives . have always j
found.)
The College had two other girls, and
they were seniors, too,
Their names were Young and Bursey,
fair; they wore a tiny shoe.
The one thought Young, by weight of
years, had crow feet 'round her
eyes; ,
She wore a Smile that ne'er wore off
and ironed her own white ties.
The other one, a nurse was sjhe, with
patience, lifte Juhj
When'er she paid her street car fare,
she always stayed and rode.
This Bursey girl, and Young one too,
i; (so far as teacher's care)
Had never missed a class at school,
(unless they were not there.)
and no
to fall
found
and fell before
When night began
one could be
The Juniors iam;
the de\p
And tearfully gave
goods to him
There was a sweet time in the of-
fice that day.
Poor Junior-.
tij) their stolen
In
And
And
Mr. Jennings' office lie the stolen
caps and gowns
Life for a Junior has many ups and
downs.
the stunt they didn't do was
tailed all over town
the Seniors will laugh at them ;
"ii. :
Poor Juniors.
I name the last two senior girls, who
often made things hum;
Isbel and Ryder were their names, and
they sure did go some
Now Alice was the larger girl, for
Vivian's chills were shaking;
She stood as one BEFORE the dose,
and Alice as AFTERTAK1NQ.
Now Alice was ft shilling light, but
V'jvian was some darker.
No fire insurance could Alice hold;
they feared her wavy sparkler.
But Vivian, brunette girl she was, as
everybody knows, . „
Had raven hair and sparkling eyes
and a little turned up nose.
(Continued on page Three.)
was next
heartrend-
Dr. Boaz,
the graduates received their sheep-
skins. It: was cause for much re-
gret that Monsieur Beaucaire and
General Greble proved "Humpty
Dur.iptys" and busted, thereby not
receiving /a JBiplunU.' They have
hopes, however, of finishing ,the
course in the .summer. The faculty
has only one criticism to make and
that is the tendency on the part of
Monsieur Beaucaire to flirt. It was
perhaps hi* unnecessary attention
paid to Verna Little which lost
his diploma. It: might also lie
for Verna to be more dignified, and
curls hanging. 1 eliminate part of the giggling, and
Much persuasion was needed to for Baroness to stifle her yawns
induce Monsieur Beaucaire to render and not nod on Verna's shoulder,
in his artistic manner a soulful , With the exception of these small
pic.no selection, "The Good Old Sum- j oints, however, the faculty highly
mer Time" was the theme .and it approves of the conduct of the Sen-
was weft plaved. Monsieur Beau- J i< r (.lass of tight Wad College.
caire was very handsome in a black I Soon after the graduating .pxer-
broadcloth suit and mustache. ■ dses and congratulations by the
The last (but not least) member j f .(-ulty, all the guests were 'ushered
of the class on the program was jnto the spacious dining room where
V'ema Little, who delivered the tln-y were served with delicious re-
valedictory. It was a source of ; f (..,hments consisting of: in the first
wonder to the faculty where on„e | cwrsw, chicben salad, tea, sand-
with such petite charms Could store • wiches, salted almonds, mints; and
awav enough grev matter to win , m the sc ond course, brick cream
the first honor. Miss Little, how the Senior colors, purple
ever proved her genuine ability in j eold and cake in the same colors,
her magnificent address. She. too. j when all had been served the
wore a simple white dress which j |;nroness fgairt delight*! the au-
hrought out the graceful lines of j dienee with a violin number, and j
her slender form. written puzzles were matched. About
As the last number Dr. Boa* ||i- j e!evon o'clock the guests
nounced the world-famed orator; departure, after having
whose duty was to deliver the. ^;n,j host
"Bacchanalian" address. His meth- Senior claso
oil of handling so
gigantic a subject
formed in line ami
marching by the stage warmly
grasped the hand of Mr. Bryan and
assured him of the highest esteem.
The proceeds of the lectuiv
amounted to $80 for the Texas Wo
man's College Red Crosr- Work.
SENIORS ENDOW WORLD WITH
TRANSLATION.
deliver
IlislHB
expressive and
as "Humpty i
Dumpty" showed beyond all doubt j
his marvelous genius. .Etch word;
in the old and tender verse which |
he chose to speak "from" was clear-'
ly and vividly explained. His force-
ful expostulations of the word "on 'j
■Hid "caught" will.' it is hoped by
the faculty, leave an impression On
the class. Said he, "then, take the
next line, 'Humpty, Dumpty caught
a great fall"-—not "caught as >ou
would catch a ball, not "caught u?-.
you would catch a cold, but stmply
"caught"!! Humpty, Dumpty
.ir *
:*nt.
took their
assured the
hostesses that the
T. W. C. had tjev'er
evening.
and
of
more enjoyable
SENIORS GO TO MAJESTIC
Two members of the Senior <. 1 a •
have hi ready entered the litem:
world with the hope of raising t'
standard of poetic translation. Ti • ,
chose M. Sully Prudhomme to hono
with their first efforts. Miss Lucil-
Tancrtjd substituted for the liquid
l,lrench syllables of "Seul" the nasat
English tones "alone." Miss Martha
Duncan offered for "Le Meilleur
Moment Des Amours'' the title "The
Happiest Moments of Love," with
great depth of feeling.
The young authoresses have ac-
Well ! corded to the Handout the privilege
of first publication of their illustrou .
work
ALbNE.
Happiness carelessly onward goes
Just as the calm stream gently flows,
Likewise the happy lover alone
Wishes to one to address his tone.
Love to express its burning desire
Needs no lute and needs no lyre
Because in a single sigh or kiss.
It can express its greatest bliss.
But the one who does not love bestow
Thinks only of glory here below;
Compensation he therefore asks.
And recompense in worldly tasks.
THE HAPPIEST MOMENT OF
r.OVE.
The happiest moments to lovers come
not when their love they say,
It, is in the lingering silence, half
broken every day.
After comparing the relative merit
of the I'ersbiiig. the Lyjic and the
Majestic theaters, it was decided
by the Senior class that the latter
should have the honor of entertain-
ing them on the afternoon .if their
Class Day. However, it seems that
they furnished such a lovely, intel-
ligent and appealing picture in the
rather conspicuous boxes that they
gave a great deal of diversion to the
! actors. The men especially
'Tis in the loving thoughts
Coming sweet and fresh from
heart.
In the happy, joyous thrill
Which love alone can impart.
It is in the clasp of the arm.
A hand pressed tenderly.
In the page together scanned.
When all the world may not see.
" the wall, not under a wall, mind j jjn>at difficulty in keeping
voti, not beside a wall, not above.; eyes off the boxes.
the wall, but "on" a wall." His en-j After having enjoyed the matinee
tire speech was along this line, and very much they journeyed over to
Was one long to be remembered I>y Burnett's where they were retresh-
,all present.. . I (Continued on page Three.)
V
siJiiiiSlltli
SmBm,
0 :
fflSS
budding rose
the perfume of he
had
their
Sweet hour when lips are silent.
Powerless the thought to disclose,
When the heart gives forth its sweet-
ness '
Like the breath of
When against
'Sjf1!,'"® haiiy
His head in homage hows
I Oh, hour of exquisite tenderness,
I When caresses are sacred vows.
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