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r J AT AGNES SCOTT j I ' * (Proper Gander.) The following extracts taken from letters of Mary Hemphill Greene, '20, will give some idea of college life at Agnes Scott College\where three of last years' graduates are students: Friday Morning. Dear Bill:? Since I wrote to you last, I have received your letter and one from Daddy, and also one from Mart.a. The funny papers, the New York Times pictures and "Life" came yesterday, sn I iust had to stop studying long enough to read them. You all j must write to me often as it keeps me from getting homesick. I have; received several copies of the Press and Banner, which I have enjoyed very much. I read Daddy's piece about Uncle Jim and the boll weevils, which was very amusing. You should see me now. Sophomore week is on! I have my hair! slicked back and fixed in two plaitsj "which are tied at the ends with green "baby ribbon. A little bell is also tied to the ends of the pig-tails. I have my shoes laced with green ribbon and a.large white placard with Mary. Hemphill Greene written in large green letters on it is tied around my neck/ and hangs down my back. Don't you know that I look like a Georgia peach? Last night the Sophmores made their annual raid. About one o'clock they cahie bursting into our rpom and made us get up and go out in the hall. Then Vic had to roll a pencil along the floor with her nose and to say very loudly everytimfe she stopped, "Sophomores are lambs." I| ?j i had to get down on my nanas- anu knees and walk up the floor like a goat and say Baa-a-a-a every few minutes. Then I had to wash a girl's hands and finally to get under my bed backwards and stay there .until tha raid was over. I got off without much trouble as compared with some of the ethers. They had one girl on top of a trunk unwinding a big roll of toiletj jl andWA] li at I I 1E 1 We find Hi method to i m I STOV I paper and singing, "Oh, Johnny, Oh!"j P Then another girl had to get on top ni of her trunk and sing a jazzy song.: P She selected "The Star Spangled a Banner." They made Vic tell a joke'te and when she had finished made her'oi go look for the point of it. She got'th under the bed and gave them my d: garter for the point of the joke. Theyjei put one girl under her matfress and cl beat her with a broom. However, the' di mattress kept the broom from hurt-!c( ing her. Then this same girl had to al take the mattresses off the two beds'ir :n Vi?.r rnnm and iumD back and forth'M - ? t from bed to bed. As she did this shejtl had to wrestle with Temptation. Some! w had to sing the laundry list a'nd some (1 the stations between here and At- th lanta to the tune of "Home, Sweet ci Home." Yesterday the Sophs took a,U crowd of freshmen to Decatur. Theyjle made them walk in time and say;very g loudly, "I left, I left, I left my wife gi and forty-five children." Everybody ci they passed had a regular circus over ir them. I never will get through studying here. The lessons are the hardest that I have ever seen. Almost everybody ' here fails on exams. If I get through I p surely will pat myself on the back. tl I don't know when they expect you b to study. Every night there is some h kind of a party. Last night the Mnem- s; osyneans, a literary society, had a r( backwards party. Everybody went Cl with dresses on bcakwards and some f, of them danced backwards. We sure- Sj ly did have a good time. They served x delicious punch and ice cream. We n think that anything to eat is some- ^ thing wonderful and marvelous to 0 behold. I never had such an appetite v in all my life. I eat so much that I'll v be as big as a house by Christmas. j( We have hot rolls every night for t supper. I ate four last night besides t a lot of salad and pickle. Tell mama v that anything to eat that she does not -] noo/i will hp anDroDriate as a gift. | n * * * lt j I told you that I would write to you j t about the parties that the debating g societies gave to the new girls. The 11 Mnemosyneans had their party?first, s They didn't do anything except dance j t and have ice cream and punch. The^g flKKRfflfiKRKRRRffl R SAL n i; rar ? j"?j Mmr" it we have too 1< educe our stock. *et one hundred ( 'ES ??RANGE nrninnnnwrinnn^n rlJIJkJ IJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJUIJL. ropyleans had their party Tuesriaj ght. It was a barn dance. Th< ropylean family were giving it a: coming-out party for their daugh r, Ima Propylean. The first thinf i%the program was a fight betweei ie M. and P. cocks. Two girls wer< ressed in brown dresses with feath s on them. They had red combs lik< lickens' on their heads and feathei jsters for tails. Of course the Prop >ck won. Then Pa Prop introducec 1 his family. His son, Bea Prop., wa: i love with Ura Freshman, and Be< nems. was also in love with her. S< ley decided that whoever found . onderful cup which had been los :he society debating cup) should wii ie girl. So Bea Prop, looked for thi jp, found it and won the girl. Thei ra Freshman became Ura Propy .an. Then after a girl dressed in i ingham apron and a sunbonnet ha< iven a solo dance, they served ici :eam. The souvenirs were little farii nplements, rakes, hoes and mallets. * * * Last night was the first "big" nigh lat we have had yet. It was th ight when the Sophomores an reshmen had their stunts. Each ha little play which represented some ling in School life. Ours was writte: y Dell Burnhardt, one of the girl ere. It was a garden scene. On on ide were the flowers, which wer ~ni.ocorilD/) Viir onrlc dressed in flowe :i/tMS,uvvu a ? ostumes. The costumes were beauti ul and the girjs surely looked prett tanding in the arbors of green vine; 'he flowers represented the Sophc lores, who were supposed to loo own on the poor vegetables oh th ther side of the garden wall. Th egetables were the freshmen. Th rorm of conceit, a girl dressed in )ng sack with big eyes sewed at th op, entered the garden and flattere he vegetables and flowers, but th egetables would not listen to hin .'he flowers let him enter their pai if the garden. The next morning a he flowers were found lying dead c 1 J 4-Ua rm'e+rocc nf fl ne gxuunu,- wwii v??p iu>??vw v. T. garden came to look at them. The lad many bright lines and pretl longs, which made it a very attra ive play. The Sophomore play wj food in every respect too. The pri: LniniJHJiLfZfHJHJBfgfgfitfi! :i . ond< ^ />rn a it If 1"""X / 5 51A1V1K I ralue ?S irge a stock ol Briner us vour * :ents on the do! ?!. ? irx~& C^sS: &?s&ir*i' '| for the best stunt was a black cat. i The presidents of the sophomore and 3 freshman classes went up on the -j stage and one of the judges handed j the cat to them. The Soph, president 1 was so sure that they had won that ?( she held the cat and let the president -j of our class read the decision. She al; j most fell off the stage when our r president read out that we had won .! the decision. Vic was mistress of the 1J garden in our stunt and did her part s| just fine. ij ? . l,\ > t V DONALDS V 1 V V 2 iVWVVV AU^VVVS l A little daugther has come to brighten the home of Mr. atid Mrs. ^ Jodie Uldrick of the Santuc Section. Mr. Ernest Black was a business e visitor in Anderson last Saturday. i . * Miss Elma Dunn of the Anderson College spent the week-end' with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J; tj Dunn. ? Mr. and Mrs. Walter Drake and ^ children were visitors in the home J of his paents, Mr. and Mrs. Wililam Dake at Shoals Junction, last Sunn -day. s Mrs. Harvey Drake is in Anderson with her husband, who is in the e | City Hospital thete. Harvey's-many . friends will be glad to learn that he i-1. . . . . ^'13 improving picely. 5 Mrs. Fanrtie Agnew and daughter, h Miss Lucy, of Greenwood spent Suh^ day with Mrs. John Hodges and e duaghter, Mrs. E. M. Agnew. e Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McDill and e children, of Due West, were guests a in the. home of her parents, Capt, Le and Mrs. W. R. Dunn, last Sunday. d -Mr. and Mrs. u. xi. oeawngm ie and little Miriam, visited theii ,i. daughter, Miss Julia, in Andersor rt last Sunday. .11 Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKenzi* ?n and baby of Abbeville spent severa 1$ days last week with her parents iy Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry. ty Rev. J. M. Dallas was a busines c- visitor in Greenwood last Monday, is Mrs. Booker arid daugmter, Mrs se R. L. Barmore, were shopping ii imrarajgfiifiifiiiiijniiirafrj. I J k ] 5 1 i Commern October 15th \ issue ) and Wa 1 values in excl furniture or an f furniture and h Liberty Bonds lar for them. Y< / iidiu IOME OUTF mrinrtrinnrinnriririr JIJUIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJIJ17 Honea Path Monday* M. June Martin, one of our aged veterans is very low at present, and little hope is held out for his recovery. Miss Lilla Black is spending the 1 week with her sister, Mrs. Jodie Ul; drick. Mrs. J. M. Dallas was a visitor in ; Ware Shoals Thursday. Misses Collins, Medlock and i Thompson, of our teaching staff, ! spent the week-end at their respective homes. Mr. George Black visited his new grand daughter, Martha Henrietta Uldrick, one day last week. Mr. Ben H. Smith was a business visitor in Greenwood on Friday. Mr. T. R. Blackwell left Monday | morning for Houstou, Texas, to at tend the Uonfederate veterans reunion. Preparations have been made for ten thousand of the brave old boys. They- will be royally entertained while in that city, and will be welcomed and addressed by many prominent men. Mr. Blackwell is one of our veterans and is still very active. All honor to our heroes, may they have a glorious time together. Mrs. Ida McDill went to Greenwood Thursday to attend the funeral of her friend, the late Mrs. Timmerman. GASOLINE TO GO DOWN ' The Standard Oil Company (Nev; ?,Jersey) has announced that an Oc tober 11th, in the State of Soutl" ' Carolina only, a decrease of 1 cen1 per gallon in the price of gasoline I will be effective. ! This step is made possible by the recent adoption of U. S. government specifications for motor gaso . lina f/\ onrwirooHo +T10 cr?o(?i-fipnt.inn< ;?ffheri !\3jj I'M1 KHB)gHnR^A|^^ ring Today and J ve will take Libei ir Savings Stamp: lange for an eqi ything in our line r l louse-turnishings and War Saving Durs for furniture 'w Co, ITTERS iffitfJfiKfiyiHfiyilfiifilfiSfE previously enforced by the State of South Carolina. B. F. Harris, Commissioner of Agriculture, adopted, the government specifications upon the recommendation of Dr. A. C. Summery State Chemist. The new specifications for motor fuel are those now used by the War and Navy departments and approved by the Bureau of Mines and the Bureau of Standards and are recognized as standard by all government departments. Dr. Summers was a pioneer in the fi-aming of motor fuel specifications i , i for use in the various states. His recommendation to Commissioner - ^ Harris followed years spent in studying the gasoline question in this state. The new specifications, in addition to making possible an immediate reduction in" the price through ' simplification of refining processes, will also insure a high grade of gasoline for motor use and en courage steps toward further conservation of motor fuel by othec states. MAKING HIM USEFUL A lady who kept a little curly poo. die lost her pet, and called on the police to find it. The ne^t day one of the force camie around with the dog, very wet and dirty. The lady was overjoyed, anq asueu a aumuci p of silly questions?among others: "Where did you find my sweet, ( dear little darling?""Why ma'am,", said' the officer, , "a fellow had him tied to a pole and was washing windows with him!" Internal revenue collections in . Chicago run $100,000 more * than a i year ago. ??" " -A _____ f n-Colal? . / > j I === I Running Thru | tty Bonds (any 9 s at their face s ual amount of pj i carried by us |j and take this ? :s Stamps and |j ?t I npinnnnnnpinrifinnr n-i UUUMIJI Ji MMMIJUMUI