The age-herald., 1901-07-07

,ra,I for if was a great financial under l taking.
 rho clever illustrations were done by tba members of the art class of last ses- sion and they prove that all the talent IS not bv any means employed by the great magazines in the country, but on the other hand, that the colleges for young women are turning out artists prepared to do as artistic Illustrating as Is found in many of the leading publications.
 Editorially the Sphinx says
 "In presenting this, the first edition of the Annual, we wish to call particular at- tentlon to it's appellation. The readex must not infer that 1t is published on the banks of the Nile. Nor must it be inferred that like its namesake, the graven image, 1t will look wise and say nothing. We intend to say lots and to the point. We do not desire our readers to quote that preface of our grandfathers, written on the fly leaf of all trigonometries,
 ' If there should be another flood,
 TIither for refuge fly;
 For though the world should be sub
 merged
 This book would still be dry
 I've do want you to find refuge here In your idle moments, or when that fit of blues overtakes you, but for heavens sake don't mistake our work for a storm or cyclone cellar
 "Our efforts are purely for your pleas ure, and with this injunction we leave our first number to your tender mercies' The Sphinx includes the history of the different societies and clubs organized by seminary girls, the names of the mem bers. several clever little poems, odes and toasts, all original; and among the bright est sketches is the senior class prophecy by Georgia Perkins. who in tour around the world In 1925 with her former class mate. Fannie Fell, by a strange coinci- dence sees every one of the classmates of 1901.
 The poems are ceverly illustrated with the work of Miss Marjorie Catchings, Miss Ollie Halsey, Miss Eva Downey and Miss Mary Palmer.
 The president of the senior class is Miss Edith Lathrop, and the executive staff includes Miss Meade Emerson, vice-pres- ident; Miss Fannie Fell, secretary, and Miss Margaret Robinson treasurer. Miss Aileen Moore is editor -in-chief of the Sphinx, and the associate editors include: Miss Fannie Fell, musician; Miss Marjo- rie Catchings, artist; Miss Eva Baton, historian; Miss Georgia Perkins, prophet; Miss Lurline Didlake, poet; Miss Helen Shelby, class orator
 Other artists-Misses Eva Downey, Ol- lie Halsey, Mary Palmer.
 The publication is dedicated to the prin- cipals, Miss Louie Compton and Miss Hattie Morton.
 Besides the beautiful drawings there are half tones of the Sphinx staff and the class of 1901.
 Among the toasts is the following to Miss Lathrop, the class president: Here's to the president of the s. c. C., With her mincing smile and manners
 free.
 l. Drink, girls, to the health of the one we
 love.
 Long may she live and happy be; And when she dons the matrimonial gown May health and prosperity abound One of the cleverest little poems runs like this:
 Gaily rings the telephone;
 A maiden lightly trips.
 "Recei '' to the pearly ear,
 Mouth piece to the lips.
 Hello. That you, Jack?
 No; 'tis with sorrow
 Can't see you this evening
 You'd best come tomorrow
 What, box of Huyler's
 'Pon my soul, I vow
 Cant wait till tomorrow,
 Rather you'd come now.
 The Sphinx, now that she has broken her long silence, it is hoped will never more be content unless she Is permitted to tell all she knows. al least annually, and her first venture into the great un- known fulfls all the great expectations to which centuries have added interest. With such charming interpreters as the seminary girls 1t Is no longer a surprise that the Sphinx has become illuminated.