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(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|
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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'| 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.
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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
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visitor in Anderson last Saturday.
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* 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
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of his paents, Mr. and Mrs. Wililam
Dake at Shoals Junction, last Sunn
-day.
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Mrs. Harvey Drake is in Anderson
with her husband, who is in the
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| City Hospital thete. Harvey's-many
. friends will be glad to learn that he
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^'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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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