The Grenada sentinel., 1906-01-06
BY MARGARET f. sANGsrEp

A0oPiO "uo uoH KNOW smile at tn
: gravity with which girls take holt
! OF what may be called the machiner,
: oil SCHOOL life. People who know, fee
about the apparent trivalties Just a,
> you Go, Dorothy The class flower
has message for every girl In tn,
class, and meaning, and many tim;
II helps girl to be true and generous
loyal and faithful.
1t does more than this, for, If she
) carry 1t through life as her specia
hover, 1T will often give her a lift
over hard place, and often aid her tc
be gracious and sweet and full OF
unobtrusive tact as flower in the
right spot always is.
know a mother who chose a flower
for every child who came to her, and
so gave to one the thought of the
lily, brave and chaste and pure; tn
another that of the rose, lavish and
rich and beautiful; to another, that
oil the violet, modest and unselfish AMI
serviceable, 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 in her home were t.
her what her class had been in close
hess and fellowship of love.
| You must choose a flower, Dorothy,
on which everybody can agree Also
In similar way select an emblem.
This may be jewel-tint, as ruby,
| jasper, emerald, or diamond. You need
not have the stone, but you may
have the splendid color, and think
what it signifies.
Once you have, as a class, selected
your class color, and your class flower,
and your class motto, you are, so to
speak. socially on a working basis.
When you have meeting or a func-
ton, you will decorate with the scheme
that is inclusive of your flower and
your color.
Very subtly, in way hard to de-
scribe and impossible to explain and
define, your bit of ribbon, your little
inexpensive brooch or pin, your lovely
daisy, pink, daffodil or pansy, will in
Splre you to what we call esprit de
corps, will give you a sense of COM
radeship, and will make you careful OF
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 life. Some |
girls have low ideas of honor. and |
constantly violate it's ethical code. It |
is possible for a girl to be candid and
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
try to tell stories in her presence, and
yet, it is equally possible for the same
girl to do dishonorable acts, and speak
words
May l illustrate? If ever you go
away on a visit, and are admitted AS
a guest into the home, for instance, of
a schOolmate, a high idea of honor
would prevent you from even limiting
at any little root of bitterness, or
,ause of discussion in that friends
oome. All that passed under that
'oof would have for you a certain {
'acredness. Equally in your class
lie, you will, if your ideal of
lonor is high, feel disposed always to
iefend the absent, always to take the
'art OF the weaker, and always to s
moOtb difficulties out of the path of
he girl less fortunate than yourselves
Grain is as strong as its weakest
ink. If your class chain has any
7here a loosened link, farewell to the I
lass spirit in perfection. S
IT your class flower is a symbol of /
urlty, and your class emblem of con- I
fancy, your class honor will preven. e
our making work hard and disagree L
BILE for teacher whom you do not I
Ike. This always goes without say |
lg, does it not?
What did you ask me, Dorothy? Oh =
give you some specimens of a good r
ass motto.
well, l fancy few clever girls can
'njure up mottos Of their own. but
will make a suggestion. A motto ci
ust be brief, covering a sentiment a
orth remembering, a sort of infinite K
ches in little room affair. te
1t may be in Latin or French. if the tr
ass prefer, but on the whole, Eng m
III is good enough medium for most to
lrposes. But If the French be as fs- st
iliar as English, or the Latin. a in
rase that hardly needs translation ur
ere is no valid objection to the for dc
sn tongue. "Semper fidelis." or m
Joblesse oblige" may be understood ia
every girl who has gone through tic
e grammar school. q
Each for ALL" or "all for each" ,s CO
good class motto. si,