The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-23
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there are other pupils settin',
And | know they'll think of me.
For the woods all over inkspots,
And there's scratches on the glaze,
And my gum is where l left it.
| In my last old college days.
Oh, those dear old college days,
And their cut-up pranks and
plays!
can never quite forget them, as |
tread life's busy ways;
And the eyes of memory gaze
AS my spirit backward stays
And my heart leaps high with long
ing for those dear old college
days.
At the regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Club held on Wednesday af-
ternoon, March Fl, very original and
entertaining program was given, the
afternoon being spent in listenig to
various "reminiscences Of college DAYS.
The intention of the program COM
mittee was to have three periods of
college experiences given but for va
rious reasons the grandmother's stor-
les were lacking.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Mrs S. G. Pryor, Sr.,
who asked those present to stand for
word of prayer, after which the
secretary called the roll. Only a
small number responded, the weather
being very unpleasant. Business mat
tiers were expeditiously disposed of,
one new member being added, Mrs.
w. r. Tucker The president told of
very pleasant trip to Ocilia in re-
Spouse to an invitation from the
Ocilla Club. A nominating committee
was appointed for the election of Of
ficers the oath of April This commit
tee is composed of Mesdames J. B.
Wall, F. A. Russell, L. s. Osborne
and Harold Beall. The president then
vacated the chair and turned the
meeting over to the chairman of the
program committee, Mrs. c. c. Per-
sons. A quartette of college girls
composed of Misses Rhea Wise, Nellie
Averitte, Nellie Frazer and Helen
Matthews. representing respectively,
Shorter Bessie Tiff and Wesleyan,
sang a catchy college song and an
other musical selection which was en-
joyed for its beauty and novelty was
"The Rosary" played by Miss Mat
thews on the guitar as an interpreta-
ton of Hawaiian music. The first
college story was given by Miss nellie
Frazer Bessie Tiff and was What
was the worst thing | did while in
college" Miss Frazer gave humor-
Gus account of an early, very early
morning parade in which she and her
classmates INDUCED after a night Of
forced confinement as an initiation in
to the Senior class. The sketch by
Miss nellie Averitte Bessie Tiff was
much enjoyed. She gave witty &C
count of college life at the present
time; her jokes on the college girls
present. being much appreciated.
Mrs. J. L. Frazer gave a selection
from her college wesleyan An
nual, the first being the Library at
the first hour at night" the next a
Case between Wesleyan Girl and a
Mercer boy" and another Restrict
ion" Mrs. c. c. Persons (Andrews
Female College, read from her COL
lege Annual, Evolution of Love
Stories"
Mrs. E. J. Dorminy then told about
her college, remarking that had she
a pennant to display that it would oc-
cupy some space having borne the
name Middle Georgia Military Ag-
ricultural College" 1t was Coed
educational institute at that time and
Mrs. Dorminy spoke rather favorably
of this feature. The club members
present enjoyed the paper "The Adj
vantage of Ignorance" which Mrs.
Dorminy said she had written when a
college girl.
Mrs. Gelders gave a splendid talk
of her college life in the University
of Nebraska, at Lincoln. She also
spoke favorably of the co-educational
feature, and spoke beautifully of the
dreams and ambitions of early girl
hood and said that though these
dreams were not realized that mature
womanhood often found as much
pleasure in the sterner duties OF life.
The room was beautifully decorated
with college pennants and pictures of
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