The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-24
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.


 tCopyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles-l
 People who don't know smile at the gravity with which girls take hold Of what may be called the machinery Of school life. People who know, feel about the apparent trivialities just as you do. Dorothy. The class flower has message for every girl In the class, and a meaning, and many time 1t helps a girl to be true and generous, loyal and faithful.
 It does more than this, for, if she carry it through life as her special flower, it will often give her lit over a hard place, and often aid her to be gracious and sweet and full or unobtrusive tact as flower In the right spot always Is. l.
 know a mother who chose flower for every child who came to her, and so gave to one the thought of the lily, brave and chaste and pure; to another that of the rose. lavish and rich and beautiful; to another, that of the yio- let, modest and unselfish and service able, and to another that Of the palm, strenuous and versatile and sturdy. The lily had been her class flower in her girlish days, and her children while fn her home were to her what her class had been in closeness and fellow ship of love.
 You must choose a flower, Dorothy. on which everybody can agree. Also, in a similar way, select an emblem. This may be jewel-tint, as ruby, jas per, emerald, or diamond. You need not have the stone, but you may have the splendid color, and think what 1t signifies.
 Once you have, as a class, selected your class color and your class hower, and your class motto. you are, so to fl rnF.NrI IF When you have meeting or function, you will decorate with the scheme that is inclusive of your flower and your color
 Very subtIy. in a, way hard to de- scribe and impossible to explain and define, your bit of ribbon, your httle inexpensive brooch or pin, your lovely daisy, pink, daffodil or pansy' VIII m apire you to what we call esprit de corps. will give you sense Of com radeship, and will make you careful or class honor.
 ,A high ideal of honor is one of the most excellent and most indispensable things in your outfit, both in your own character and in your class lire. some girls have low ideas 0t honor. anu rnugtantly violate it's ethical code. IL is possible for girl to be candid anu frank. to plume herself on telling the exact and literal truth, to be so accu- rate about little details that she fright ems her friends into silence when they trv to tell stories in her presence, ana vet, it is equally possible for the same rirfsto do dishonorable acts, and speak dishonorable words.
 May I illustrate? If eyer you go away on a visit, and are admitted as a guest into the home, for instance, or a srhoolmate. high idea of honor would prevent you from even hinting at any little root of bitterness. or cause Of discussion in that friends home. All that passed under that roof would have for you a certain sacredness. Equal iv in your class life, you will, If your ideal of honor Is high. feel disposed al ways to smooth difEiculties out of the patb of the girl less fortunate than voprselves. A chain is as strong as its weakest link. If your class chain has anywhere a loosened link, farewell fo Tthe class spirit in perfection.
 If your class flower is symbol Of nurity. and your class emblem or con stancv. your class honor will prevent sour making work hard and disagree shie for a teacher whom you do not like. This always goes without say ing, does it notY
 What did you ask me, Dorothy? Oh,