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May 25, 1915
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PAGEANT COMMITTEES
General Chairman Miss Nell Jasper
Author and Director Miss Ethel Theodora Rockwell
President Ex-Officio President J. L. Garvin
Secretary ]\Iiss Sarah P^riend
Treasurer W. E. Jameson
Publicity Fred D. Williams
Grounds and Seating D. P. Bartlev
Properties S. T. Moore
Stage Setting J. R. Tueker
Police Paris A. Watson
Alumnae Miss ]\Iaude Williams
Books of Words J. H. Atkinson
Dancing Miss i\Iary Shelton
Music Miss Janet Ramsay
Instrumental Music Miss Martha Pilcher
Chorus Miss Charlotte Miller
Poster Miss N. R. Swart
Tiring Room Committee . .Mrs. Ada Sheley, Mrs. A. M. Jameson
Costume Committee — Mrs. W. Ed. Jameson, Chairman ; Mrs. J.
H. Atkinson, Mrs. D. P. Bartley, Mrs. S. T. Moore, Mrs. J.
L. Gan-in, Mrs. F. C. Stokes, Miss Nora Hnghes, Miss Doll
Jameson.
Producti^^ Committee.
Cast Chairman Miss Fanny Willis Booth
Rehearsal Chairman Miss Bertha E. Pettengill
Prologues Mrs. Liila Elliott
Episode I Miss Lucy Mapes, Chairman
Scene 1 Miss Mary Burnham
Scene 2 Miss Sadie Harmon
Scene 3 Miss Josephine Smith
Interlude I ^liss Lucille Hatch
Episode II Miss Edna Williams, Chairman
Scene 1 Mi^s Ottilie Theobald
Scene 2 Miss Ruth Homrighaus
Scene 3 Miss Clara Chassell
Scene 4 W. E. Jameson
Interlude II Miss Etta Abbott
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Epiftnde ITT. Miss TTniTiotte Jones, Chairman
Scene J Mif^y^ Snsan Kerr
Scene 2 Mi*^*- -T. L. Garvin
Scene 3 Miss June Findlay
Scene '4 Miss Pansy Barger
Interlude III ^liss Mabel Hatch
Processional Bouhvare TI. Jameson
Advisory Committee — President J. L. Garvin, Chairman; Miss
Fanny Booth, Mrs. Lnla Elliott, W. Ed. Jameson, Rev. Mnr-
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Miss Martha Pilcher, Director.
Violins Cornets
Augustas Steinbeck AVilliani Langtrv
F. L Rwlenbeck jjarl Allen
Urath McCall rp ^ i
Tvj -r> 1 ,, , irombone
Mary Robnett r> • t> +i
T7>u "^1 A I X- 44. raris Hartley
Ethel Mc^utt -^
AVilliam Huggett ^^ ^^ello
Clinton Walthall H. S. Huggett
Bass Drums
Newton Hockensniith J. Tony Berry
Miss Rosalie Bloch, Accompanist.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Episode I, Scene 1.
Spirit of Brotherhood Rev. Murvill C. Hutchinson
C. O. Atkinson CO. Atkinson
Sisera Threlkeld Sisera Threlkeld
D R. Bailev Roy Daw.son
P. S. Adams L. D. Farmer
W. T. Snell Geo. P. Johnston
Gen. M. F. Bell Gen. M. F. Bell
D. M. Tucker J. R. Tucker
Uncle Skills, a negro
Scene 2.
Pres. F. W. Allen Rev. F. W. Allen
Mi&s Fannie Willis Booth Miss Fannie Willis Booth
Miss Lutie C. Palmer Miss Lutie C. Palmer
Miss Mary W^isdom ^Irs. E. E. Evans
Miss Nellie Wheeler Miss Lucile Cooper
Miss Anna Heuermann Mrs. Austin Crenshaw
Miss Mildred Walker ' :Mrs. John Kester
Miss Irene Dicus Miss Ruth Homrighaus
Scene 3.
Mary Austin Frances Hudson
Ella' Holmes Catherine Adams
Callie Pemberton Gladys Greenway
imogene Shock Mabel Bush
Doll Jameson Virginia Rogei-s
Effie Neal INIaude ^Nlacgregor
Emma Gordon Helen Macgregor
Blanche Baggerley Ruth Cleaver
Nellie Adams . . .' Esther Chapman
Ella Cohen Sarah Morris
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ISiisie Curtis Catherine Wilson
iNlaude Davis Marjorie Ilenidou
liitcrUide 1.
►Spirit of Physical DeveloiJUieiit . . . . iMrs. liertie Boatnian Milchell
spirits of Beauty, Grace, Health, Joy and huUistry
Lucile Hatch' Mildred Meelius
Eugenia Anthony Hazle Miller
.Martha Anderson (.^..,^.^3 xMeaniber
Helen Barr t) r m i j
T i> 1 1 an hue Newland
Irene Bowles
Caroline Biswell Helen I age
Georgina Bray Bess Pinet
Marie Bush Kathryn Moore
Mary Beshears Lelia Burks
Lena Beshears Marjorio (^linn
Rose Cari)enter Florence Redferu
Margaret Chilton Nannie Ritchie
Sophia Conover Edith Roberts
Martha Crane Grace Rannnelsburg
Annabel ('rabtree Mary Sheley
Edith Craighead Irene Shock
Marian Decker Hildegarde Specht
Hazel Ferry Cora Steinbeck
Mildred Frye . Lyle Sutliff
Betty Gex Florence Swarthout
Loretta Gex Louise Schutte
Miriam Gentles Ruby Tavlor
Cozette (Jraham Flo Todd
Lillian Griffiths Helen Turner
Estclle Kern Angie Ury
Eleanor Jameson Clara Ward
Ruth Carter Mary Belle Briglit
E|)isode H, Scene 1. The Sailor (Virls.
Sallie Arbuckle Ottilie Theobald
Nelle Blakey Cliarlene Woods
(iertie I'rown Zilpha Bowling
Myrtle liaker Challes (h-illiths
J*earl Cason Mary Jane l>ritton
Ula Downing Elna Rivers
Lenna Evans Clayton Smith
Sue Ehnore Erville Delevan
Ennna (Jlascock Flossie TLiyes
JNell Jasper Jessie Gooldy
Bessie Jones . Daisy Johnston
Helen Mathews Opal Buster
Ada McDaniell Tmogene Hulctt
Etha Pemberton Mildred Miller
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Ik'ttie Sims Doris Arnold
Mayiiie Surber Gwendolyniie Steele
Letha Trigg Martha Yeager
Scene 2.
Tres. J. n. Jones S. H. Woods
U. 1. (^uglev Rev. C. K Gillnm
Dr. W. S. Woods Dr. W. S. Woods
D. O. Smart Fred D. Williams
W. H. Dnlanv J. W. .Johnston
Mrs. W. H. Dnlanv Mrs. J. W. .Tohnston
Jndge Jas. M. Sandnskv 0. J. Miller
J. T. Mitchell \ J. T. Mitchell
Col. .1. H. Estill J. A. Dickinson
Mrs. K. .). Keid Mrs. Kate Moore
Presiding Minister Rev. A. W. KokendofFer
Several Ministers, and Ladies of Audience.
Scene 3.
1). xM. Tucker J. R. Tucker
\\'. T. Snell Geo. P. .Johnston
C. O. Atkinson CO. Atkinson
Pres. J. B.Jones S. H. Woods
Scene 4.
D. P. Partlev ^- P- Bartley
Mrs. W S. Woods Mrs. W. S. Woods
Col. D. "M. Dulany W. R. Taylor
P. L. Locke Samuel Locke
Alexander Preckenridge -LA. Martin
Mrs. Alexander Preckenridge Mrs. J. A. Martin
K. L. Edwards J. Tony Berry
Mrs. E. L. Edwards Mrs. James Lamar
Mrs. Sisera Threlkeld jMrs. Sisera Threlkeld
Judge Harvey Newsom W. D. Wood
Mrs. Harvev Newsom Mrs. W. D. Wood
Oscar White P. E. Ratekin
P. E. Lowrv Prown Hamilton
Col. J. R. Estill J. A. Dickinson
Mrs. J. R. Estill Mrs. J. A. Dickinson
Other Penefactors.
Interlude TI.
Spirit of Intellectual Development Isal)el Pryan
Spirit of Imagination, Wisdom, Culture. Poise and Ability
Maude Williams Martha ]\Iorrison
Edna Williams Myrtle Paytor
Vaughan Walthall Mary Lee Moore
Alma Simcoe Warrene Tuttle
Harriet Palmer Jessemine Maughs
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Mary Mnnson Dixir- Niekol!
liutl'i Farinor ' Pauline Nickcll
Sadie Farmer Gladys Lindsey (xin^irich
Lillian Martin Frances Lail
Dixie Powell Baker INIa^uie Patekiu
Bertie Moore Jackson Mabel Katekin
Elizabeth Bryan Koontz Letha Carr
]>eulali Wise Alexander Nelle Boyd
Mary Smith Lois Mclntire
Mamye Ratekin ^<>ra Ilulett
Sarah Smith Emma. Thurston
Siddie ILiden Watson Oleta JIatekin
Nannie Thomas Dot Sitlon P>eruhauser
Linnie McClure Mary Petri
Tressie McCUu'e Mary Ratckin
Mary McCarroll Humphreys
Episode III, Scene 1.
Aunt Mattie
Uncle Billy
Aunt Marv
Jim ■ \
Aunt Hannah
Lena
Jack
Ollie
Aunt Sylvia
Clarence
Scene 2.
l*res. .). L. Garvin Pres. J. L. Garvin
Miss Fannie W. Booth Miss Fannie W. Booth
Mrs. Lula (;. Elliott Mrs. Lula G. Elliott
W. E. Jameson W. E. Jameson
.L H. Atkinson J. PL Atkinson
D. I'. tJartlev r>- P- Bartley
S. T. Moore ' S. T. Moore
!<'. C. Stokes F. C. Stokes
Dean F. C. Jones Martin TTamilton
Dr. Schlundt Hubert Hills
Piof. 'I'l-enholm \ustin Crenshaw
Scene 3, Processional.
Master of Ceremonies Boulware H. Jameson
Heralds Fred Bell Montgomery IToward McCue
IVn LTerndon Geor<>,e Matron
Muriel Biven Murry Palmer
Waldo Biven Ah)rt CuiininiLibam
Milo Tliatcher Max Hutcliiuson
Hubert Hill< O. P. Thomas
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William Foy Clareiico Mackov
Taul Caldwell JMorri.soii McCall
Herbert Lyiies Roy Dunavant
Pierian Society
Eugenia Burks Eleanor Jameson
Mary French KidwcU Miriam Gentles
Mildred Frye
Margaret Chilton UWnxu Grithths
Lyle Sutliff Helen Page
Music Department.
►Spirit of Music ;^hlbel Bush
{Savage AVilliam Watson
Grace Wenger Nell Waters
Hazel Tutt Segius Thompson
Ermine Van Home
Physical Culture Department.
Edna Meelius Winifred Williams
Dona Howell Fern Hobbs
Alma Ruth Mary Mackey
Mary Parrish Pearl Thompson
Department of Ancient Languages.
Greek. Achilles C. P. LeMire
Homer AV. G. Russell
Roman. Caesar D. P. Bartley
Cicero O. L. Mclntire
Andromache Mrs. A. M. Miller
Camilla Mrs. A. W. Lynes
Dido Harriet Jones
Delphian Society.
Flossie Hayes Imogene Hulett
Jessie Gooldy Mildred Miller
Clayton Smith Catherine Adams
Erville Delevan Zoe Todd
Daisy Johnston Challes Gritfiths
Department of Modern Languages.
French. Aucassin Donald Bartley
Nicollette Janie Collins
German. Faust Dr. E. E. Evans
Mephistophles Moss Alexander
Brunhilde Miss Sarah Friend
Department of Mathematics.
Irene East Lucile Turner
Rosa Breid Marian Clatterbuck
Department of Science.
Dixie Nickell Tina B. Martin
Eunice Boyd Edith Ferryman
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Mildred Clatterbiick Madelyii Settle
Ruth Britts Bernice Divers
Messenger of Thought Dan Pratt Tucker
Department of Art.
Spirit of Art Lucello Armstrong
Gladys ^^'rigllt Rose Carj)enter
Myrtle Payton Elizabeth Collier
Maude Clav t^ i tt i
Mvrtle Traio Dawson ^^'^^^ ^^"^^^'"'^
Maude Macgregor Gwendolynnc Steele
Helen Macgregor Ethel Sims
Y. W. C. A.
Clara Chassell Zil])ha l>o\viing
Arm a Crawford
English Department.
Lady Guinevere Ruth Caldwell
King Arthur A^ictor Watson
Sir Galahad John Moore
Grail Maiden Maurine Carter jNh-Kee
Court Jester . . . Robert Andrae
Launeelot Dr. Greene D. McCall
Sancho Panza Richard Wright
Ivobin Hood J. Roy Jackson
Hunters
Hickman Payne Campbell Collier Emerson Munson
Canterburv Pilgrims
All)ert Williams l^'red Caldwell
Kali)h Magorian Arthur Williams
Page Dickinson Henry Hamilton
ihiiiilet Roy Taylor
Portia Pucy Ma])es
Evangeline Lake Caldwell
John Alden E. E. Gingrich
Priscilla Bertha E. Pettengill
Kij) Van Winkle T. H. McCall
I'ncle Renms Percy W. Tucker
1 liawatha Cozetta Perryman
Mother Goose Characters.
Mother Goose Erances Jameson
Red Ividing Hood Erances E. Mauuhs
Little Hoy Hlue Sidney Maughs
Peter Pabbit Jack Atkinson
Puss in Boots Jim Tucker
Little Bo-Pee]) Ruth Garvin
King and (^leen of Hearts . . . .Dan Hoffman and Doris (^iar\in
Dally Down Dilly \licr Garvin
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Jack and Jill (xooroo McPliersoii and l']li/.al)ctli Ci'onsliaw
Ilunipty Duniply Ernest Hamilton
Little Jack Horner James Humi)lireys
Mistress Mary, (Jnite Contrary Mary E. Jameson
Little Miss Mnttet '. ^Nhiry Eant Herndon
.\La'ket Woman Lillian Hill Hamilton
Mother Hubbard Harriett Mitchell
Domestic Science Department.
Lois Thompson Louisa Shaw
]\Iarie Thurmond Minnie Bolch
Pauline Wasel
History Department.
Hanninirabi 8. T. Moore
Lycur^us Jas. McW. Lemon
Closes C. C. Alexander
Charleman.oe E. W. Herndon
Kicliard Coeur de Lion Kyle Dickinson
Savon rarola Edward Newsom
Columbus Eugene Burks
Frances Willard Mrs. J. W. Sinnuons
Queen Elizabeth Ottilie Theobald
Cromwell Ernest M. Tipton
Napoleon Roy Y. Dunham
Thomas Jefferson Jnd^e D. AV. LTerrino,
George Washington Thomas ^^an Sant
Florence Nightingale Mrs. Thomas Potts
Mary. Queen of England Mrs. W. E. Jameson
Ferdinand Carl Harrison
Isabella ]Miss Doll Jameson
Marie Antoinette Mrs. S. T. :Moore
Catherine of Kussia ^Nlrs. J. H. Atkinson
Department of Expression.
Tragedy Frances Hudson
Comedy Josephine Harned
Department of Philosojdiy and Education.
0])helia Chinn Nellie Boyd
Josephine Coons Lovetta Woodward
Helen Pennington Letha Can
]Mildred Shroeder Bertie Herring
Albina Woods Society
Elna Rivers r>^i'i^ Arnold
Cdadvs Grcenway AL^rtha Yeager
Esther Chapman Sarah :\h>rris
Ihith Cleaver Onal Buster
Katherine Gaw Virginia Rogers
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Scene 4.
Spirit of lOfhication Panzy Barp;cr
Teachers, ^s'ell Jasper Nell Jasper
Elizabeth Nickell Pauline Nickcll
Gertie Brown Gertie Brown
holl Jameson Doll Jameson
Mother Mrs. Jesse Man.ulis
Her Dan.uhter Jane
Business. Jessie Farrell Jessie Farrell
Music. Mildred R. Jones Mildred John Robertson
Mrs. Lucy Gentry Stuart Lula Gooldy
Mrs. Joel Gentry Fuller Mrs. Howard Payne
lone Dabney Mrs. Jo Carter TTerrino;
Art. Mvrtle Payton Mvrtle Pavton
Ruth Early Mrs. Dixie Powell Baker
^lissionaries. Muriel Molland Marguerite Jones
Doris Ware Nannie Thonias
Rose Johnson Mrs. AV. R. Taylor
Dr. Jennie Fleming Mrs. Willard Watson
Mrs. Sara McPherson Burner Cora Thomas
Mrs. Mabel Yokely Reavis Bessie Crump
Chinese Men Charles Dunkel])erg, Fred Uppinghouse
Japanase Man B. B. Gilman
Interlude III.
The Spirit of Spiritual Development Gladys Woods Rubey
Spirits of Faith, Hope and Love
Ruth Herndon Anna Sheley
Frieda Wischmann
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PROLOGUE
Spirit of lirotkerhnod.
1 am Religion's deeper, brighter, name —
J am tlie Sonl, the Dream, of Brotherhood.
Age — long heart-hnnger cried for me when lo,
A Christ a])j)earod and P>rotherhood was l)orn
To lift the sonl-destroying weight and run
A gleaming thread of gold around the world
To lead all men into the light of day.
Here on the Present's threshold .stand my feet
And far into the Future strays my gaze,
]>ut with my hands I draw the curtain Time
Aside and show to you what lies behind :
Whence came this school and whither does it tend?
Roll back, ye sealing years, and let us see
The vision and the dreams that builded this
Fair college home for eager womanhood.
List! first there comes the sound of marching feet:
The war is o'er, the flags are fore'er furled.
And homewarcl scattered, shattered ranks are turned
Where wait the loved ones dear to welcome then^
And where old tasks ma}^ be once more resumed.
Yet from the state there comes a wailing sound
From orphaned homes where sires have not returned,
And all too soon the children find earth's cares
And sorrows thrust upon their youthful hearts.
Sad tears are flowing in life's best playtime
^\nd mothers can not stop the anguished cry
For 'tis an echo of their own heart's wail.
But see ! the Christian Brotherhood has heard
Their weeping and with open hand it seeks
To bring to them the more abundant life ;
And thus the dream into this college grew
Where orphan sad and maiden destitute
Might freely come to glean from Wisdom's stores
And fit themselves for lives of usefulness.
With l)rotherly love I clasp their hands and guide
Them towards my star that flames in highest heaven.
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EPISODE I.
The Beginnings of the College.
Scene 1. — Tlio T'ransforencc of tlio Croniuls niul the Location of
the College.
Chtiractors — First I)oard of Directors — C. O. Atkinson, Sisera
Tlnvlkeld, D. P. l^ailev, P. S. Adams, ^\. T. Snoll, and den.
M. P. J^ell, architect, D. M. Tucker, ITncle Skilts, a negro.
Time — Early in the year, ISiX).
(The scene is snp])osed to take place in sight of the present
location of the College. The characters ride in on h(irsc]»ack and
a])pear to he looking ahout and talking earnestly.)
Col. ISnelL Since it is our good fortune to have the Christian
Ori)han Sciiool located in Fulton, it behooves our citizens to make
good their i)roniises by giving the school a good start.
*S'. ThrclkelcL It's going to cost us a i)retty penny though
since Camden Point refuses to give up the insurance and endow-
ments.
G. 0. Atl:iusoiL. I hear they are going to rebuild the school
there.
S. Thre/kcJd. Yes, but it witTonl^lbp) a local institution for
the Christian Church will support tlTescTTool here. Fulton is in
the heart of the state while Camden Point is entirely too far to one
Col. Snell. The school is bound to ])rosper here. Think
what it will mean to the poor girls of our state. This Christian
school will save many earnest, aspiring young women from a life
of ignorance and ])overty and will enable them to enter the world
i\< mighty factors in influencing and guiding its destinies.
C. (). AfkhiHon. I think Fulton is very fortunate in securing
the school. Now it rests with us to secure a projicr location.
D. M. Tucker. Well, gentlemen, I am ready to do my ])art.
I gave land n)r Synodical College and for two of our clnu'chcs and
I will keep on doing it for as many more as will come. 'I'hc high-
est life of a town is centered in its schools and chui'chcs and Fll do
all I can to encourage them.
M. F. Bell. And I'll give my services as architect for I'm as
anxious as Mr. Tucker to see our town ])ros])er in the higher things.
1). M. Tucker. I will donate six acres of land either on that
noith-west elevation or over there to the south-east. You may
take your choice.
C. 0. Afkinfiov. T thiidc that south-east site the best for it lies
nearer town.
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S. TltrelhrhJ. So do I. Then, too, there is more cliiuiec for
eiilaro'iiig the campus there.
(Jol. Snell. I favor that location and I think we arc all
agreed that that is the best choice.
(Mr. Tucker takes some papers from his pocket and begin.< to
write. As he does so Uncle Skilts, a very tall negro, appears.)
D. M. 'Tucker. Yevy well, then. I'll make out tlie i)a])ers.
By the way, you see that negro-cabin over there. It will l)e direct-
ly in front of the college buildings I don't own the quarter acre
,of ground that surrounds it. You'll probably have to l)uy it.
Here comes Uncle Skilts now. Here are the i)a})ers. Col. Snell.
May their signing throw open the door of opportunity to hundreds
of earnest girls.
Col. Snell. (Shouting to Skilts) Come over here, Skilts.
Skilts. Yas, sail.
Col. Snell. Uncle Skilts, we want to buy that place of yours.
What will you take for it?
Skilts. What for you want to buy it?
D. M. Tucker. I have given the land around it for a college.
Skill::. What you say, Marse Tucker?
D. M. Tucker. There is going to be a college built over there.
Skilts. What is that— a college?
M. F. Bell. A school, Skilts. We are going to make a large
building over there. You'll have to sell your place.
Skilts. JNo, I reckon not, sah. I'se gwine stav right where
i be.
♦S'. Threlkeld. Wasn't that the hill where you caught the
wild turkey when you were little, Skilts?
Skilts. Yas, sah! It war. I can feel myself a-flyin' through
the air yet a-hangin' onto that big turkey and his wings a-flappin'
■ — Oh, Lor', but T was scairt. But I done hung on and at last I
just clone beat that turkey out and kerflop we both of us come to
the ground.
S. Threlkeld. Well, Skilts, you'll sell the land?
Skilts. No, I reckon not, sah, I done tole you I speckt to
stay right dar always.
D. M. Tucker. But, Skilts, j^ou don't understand. There
is going to be a girls' school over there. Y''ou don't want 200 girls
running around vour cabin all of the time, do you?
Skilts. Oh,^Lor', is that the way it's goin' to be? Well, then
I reckon I'll sell.
Col. Snell. All right, Skilts, come down town this afternoon
and we'll fix it \\\).
S.Threlkeld. General Bell, when will you have your plans
made for the first building?
31. F. Bell. I'll submit them to you by the end of the week.
\^ery soon, friends, you'll see a beautiful brick building crowning
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yonder hill. From that building our Colleoo will some day j2;ro\v
to be the greatest school for girls in the middle West. T feel it,
gentlemen. After twenty-five years of faithful work this school,
we are about to create will be an iuHuence that will touch the re-
motest parts of the world and many will there be to rise u|) and call
it blessed.
C. . Atkin.'ion. Ood grant it may come true and that many
noble young women will go out from this Christian Orphan School
better and hapi)ier women for having been here. Let us go.
(As the last speech is uttered they all remove their hats and
sit u|)on their mounts silently with bowed heads as if they were
consecrating the land. Hien they turn and ride away.)
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The First Faculty
Characters.— President I^ W. Allen, Miss Fannie Willis Booth,
Miss Liitie C. Palmer, Miss Mary Wisdom, Miss Nellie
Wheeler, Miss Anna ITenermaini, ^liss Mildred Walker, Miss
Irene Dicns, Mr. Daniel Tncker, Pres. of Board of Directors.
Scene 2. — (Mr. Tncker enters from one direction as the other
characters come from the other. He dismonnts from his
horse, leaving it in charge of a servant, while he advances to
meet the faculty. He shakes hands cordially with each of
them as President Allen introduces him to the strangers.)
Mr. Tucker. How do you do, Mr. Allen, we are glad
to have you in our midst again. The church here has missed you
since you went to Hannil)aL As President of the Local Board of
Directors, I have been authorized to greet all of you and welcome
you as the new faculty of the Christian Orphan School of the State
of Missouri. With your aid we are about to lay the foundation
of an institution of learning which w^e believe is destined to exert
a great and salutary influence on the moral, intellectual, and social
character of many girls of this state and nation. Over this insti-
tution we have called you to preside in the earnest hope, and with
the fervent prayer that great success may attend all your efforts for
the prosperity of the school.
Pres. Allen. In behalf of myself and the other members of
the faculty of this institution I thank you for your cordial wel-
come. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to l^e once more
in Fulton, where my heart has always been since I was the shep-
herd of the Christian Church here. I will endeavor to lay broad
and sure foundations for this school so that as the years roll bv it
may become a great institution of learning and may touch
the lives of many throughout the world. I deem the charge
conferred upon me and my olleagues one of the greatest
honor and of the greatest responsibility for the training of the
nation's young women is of more importance than any work in
education, for in their hands rests the fate of the whole world. If
we can but train strong hopeful, Christian young women to be-
come earnest co-workers with God in carrying out His great plans,
then this school shall indeed accomplish a glorious destiny.
3Iiss Palmer. As the school building is not yet finished it
will be necessary for us to get rooms elsewhere before our students
begin to arrive.
Miss Booth. Provisions have been made for us to have the
use of the Lehman hotel during our first term and Misses Anne
and Ellen Bryan have agreed to board us.
3Iiss Palmer. That will be satisfactory. The girls are be-
giiniing to arrive. How eager I am to begin teaching at once.
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The P^irst Class — The Sux-honxet Girls
Scene o — (As the Faculty stands conversing the station bus eonies
upon tlie <2,i'ounds. From it alight a])out a dozen girls, rep-
resenting those (»f the first chiss: — Mary Austin, l*]lla Hohnes,
Callie Penil)erton. Iniogene Shock, Doll Jameson, P^ifie Neal,
Fnnna Gordon, lUanche l>aggerly, Nellie Adams, Ella Cohen,
Susie Curtis, .Maude Davis. They all chatter excitedly as they
alight Init as they approach the teachers they become more
subdued . Teachers and students greet each other. i\s they
talk the teachers distribute green bonnets lined with rose and
having rose ties. These bonnets with white or black dresses
were the regulation uniforms of the school for about four
years. )
Fivfit girl. Fve come here because Miss Wisdom is going to
leach English. 1 know I can l)econic a great writer some day if I
have her to train me.
Second (jirl. I'm going to s])ecialize in voice. I adore Miss
Wheeler.
Third girl. They say ISIiss Walker, the art teacher, has
studied abroad. I can draw a little. I shall study with her.
Fourth girl. Hush girls, they will hear you.
il7/.s'6' HoofJi. Girls, we are glad to welcome you and we
sincerely hope that we may be of nnitual benefit to eacli other.
You have the honor of becoming charter members of this school
which we hope will sone day grow to be a great institution of
learning. By coming here you show that you long for tliese larger
opportunities which an education alone can give you. Emerson
says "Whatsoever thou wouldst have, oh, discontented man, ])ay
the price and take it." There is nothing you cannot accoiuplisli
if you but have suflFicient ambition and determination.
Mis)^ Palmer. Girls, we have provided these uniform bon-
nets, which are the same as were used when T was at Camden Point.-
Will you ])ut them on now, and then you may do wliat you wisli
until this afternoon.
FiffJi girl. Motlier said we would have to wear something-
alike.
Si.rfJi girl. Yes, but isn't it fun, girls. Doll, how dc-w you
look in yours.
Seventh girl. Oh, let's all dance, girls. Fiu so liapi)y to l)e
here.
(As the girls form for an English "Nhirse dance the b:nid
begins to play and the faculty withdraw. When the d:nic'> ends
the girls all nin off the grounds.)
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PROLO(^.UE TO TNTERLUPK T.
Spirit of Brotherhood.
Out of the formless void God shaped the earth
And all that in it is, bcginnino; with
The lower forms and seek-in^', thinking e'er
Of a more i)erfec*t creature as he, who
The first nule instrument for nuisic wrought,
Seeing that it was good, yet dreamed it still
More perfect might become until today
The tortoise shell into a thousand forms
Plas grown to throb and swell with infinite
Sweet voices all the heart-warm hopes of man ;
So, under the Creator's hand the earth
More beautiful and still more beautiful
J^ecame, yet useles;-^ all ai)i)eared to Him
Unless its fairness serve some higher type
And help to lift it to the stars o'erhead.
'Tn mine own image a new creature will
I mould and call it man. O'er all the things
Of earth dominion will I give to him
And he shall walk upright before my sight."
Thus saying, God made man and saw his work
Was good and ceased his labors well-content.
Long ages since have rolled away and man
Oft-times has fallen far and grieved his God,
And as he falls to beast's estate descends.
We see him now down trodden, lashed or bowed
O'er a wheel, — God's image turned to a machine!
Oh, 'tis a travesty to say that these
With tlieir cramped bodies and blank looks, —
Wan faces that have lost the angel light, —
Keflect the heavenly image of our God !
It is the demons, Inhumanity
And Greed that make men brothers of the ox.
It was the physical man that God first made
To stand erect, straightlimbed, and unafraid
With eyes alighi and head among the stars
Ere seeking there to build his higher selves:
The man of wisdom and the man of soul.
Oh schools, can ye not catch the vision fair?
'Tis yours to aid mankind to understand
And live the truth in Bod}^, Spirit, Mind.
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INTERLUDE I.
Representing the plivsical attributes in the development of Woman
(A.s the Spirit of Brotherhood withdraws the Spirit of Physical
Develoi)ment advances and as she sings her attributes, the Spirits
of Beauty, Grace, Health, Joy and Industry, represented by a largo
nuinlior of girls, come lightly and gracefully u])on the i>ageant
ground and stand swaying gently to soft music initil the Spirit of
Physical Development has ceased singing when the nnisic becomes
louder and faster and the whole group begins an interpretative
dance.)
Spirit of Phj/sical Development
1 I am the latest thot of God,
A part of ]\lotlier Nature;
As all else I sprang from the sod,
Kin of every creature: —
2 The perfume rare of flower and tree,
Quick lilting song of bird
Whose shimmering flash darts o'er the lea —
Everywhere my voice is heard:
8 In sparkling, bubbling waterfalls,
In song of whispering wind,
In all the wild life calls, —
In each are all things intertwined;
4 In the hush of evening's curtain drawn,
In the Mush of glad morning's.
Caught from the rosy blush of dawn
As it gleams Avith all earth's yearnings.
5 The whole of earth is Beauty's sum
And from it all we discern
That ])erfect must our bodies come
Before their holy pattern
T) The joy of life abides in me,
With me all men are ha]i|)y,
A blessing I will ever be
And give my best most freely.
7 ^J'o me I call my attributes
And Beauty, Ilealth, Joy, Grace,
And Industry, with gay salutes,
Receive my glad embrace.
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THE EVOLI^TIOX OF THE COLLEGE
EPISODE II.
The Sailor Girls.
Time — The Daily Recreation Hour.
fcScENE 1. — A group of girls representing the class of 1897 comes
running joyously onto the pageant grounds. They are Sallie
Arbuckle, Xelle Blakey, Gertie Brown, Myrtle Baker, Pearl
Cason, Ula Downing, Lenna Evans, Sue Elmore, Ennna
Glascock, Nell Jasper, Bessie Jones, Helen Matthews, Ada
McDaniel, Etha Pemberton, Bettie Sims, Mayme Surber, and
Letha Trigg. They wear a regulation uniform and the sailor
hat that was adopted after the bonnet had gone out of favor.
A couple of the girls carrying books seat themselves on the
ground and appear to Ije absorbed in study. The others are
all chattering merrily and incoherently while some sing or
hum snatches of various tunes.)
Sue. Oh, aren't you glad, girls, that we are going to have
something exciting to do tonight? I'm so glad the Westminster
boys invited us over there again. I know I shall have a glorious
tinie for Bob promised me when he Avas here to our reception that
he'd show me how the Westminsters entertain. Oh, I'm so excited.
(Jumps up and down excitedly and laughs happily.)
Letha. Now, Sue, ca'lm youi-self. I reckon you're not the
only one who has met a Westminster student. When they were
all here Frank said
Helen. (Sticking her fingers in her ears) Heaven forbid
that I have to hear again what Frank said. Stop her quick, some-
body.
Lefha. Oh, don't worry, I won't say it if it makes you so
jealous as all that.
Helen. Jealous? Oh!
Bessie. What are you going to wear tonight, Helen?
Helen. Do you need to ask? Uniform of course.
Etha. (to Ula who is studying) Ula, Avh}' don't you take
notice, aren't you going tonight?
Ula. Not unless I get this quotation learned. I've got to
say it tonight before 1 can go. You hear me.
"To be or not to be. That is the question :
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of an outrageous fortune,
Or to die and oppose them — "
No, that isn't it, "or to take death and sea of trouble." Oh, I
shall never get it in time. Give me that book. (Studies again.)
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Lcniia. Oh, 1 learnod that last year. T adore Shakespeare,
and know a lot about him. 1 love Hamlet, es|>eoially when ho
courts Portia. One doesu't t2,ct mixed up iu En<2;lish like one does
ill Ahithematios.
Maij)HC. Oh, doesn't one'? Well you'd better read Shake-
speare .'^onie more.
Kiiinid. Which one of the Westminsters did you like Ix^st
wiion tliey were here. Nell?
.V^7/. Oh, I'll not tell yon. I'm not ^oin^^ tonight.
Several. \\ hy not?
Nell. You all know well ononuh. Yoii heard Miss l^)oolh
read off' tiie demerits :
Tardiness at elia])el. 1-2 demerit
Going for a walk without rubbers, 1-2 demerit
Exchanging dresses with you, Nellc lilakey, 1 demerit
Spending more than 25 cents at the Bakery, 1 demerit
and there you are. Oh, 1 could cry l)ut it's no use.
I shall have to stay at home.
Gertie. It's a shame. That's the way things go. I'm not
coming here again next year. I don't like to be called an or])han
when I'm not. I don't see why they call this an Orphan School
anyway when the majority of the girls are not or|)hans.
Sallie. I hate the name Orphan School. Everybody thinks
because I'm here I'm dependent when f guess my money has
helped out the school.
Pearl. Yes, that's the way I feel about it. Do you know,
Sallie, when my Uncle was here yesterday he saw you and said^
"Poor child, how dreadful foi' one so young and good-looking to
be left an orphan."
Sallie. Well 1 like that. I just won't come here another
year. Orphan! De])endent!
Beffie. Well if something isn't done ])retty soon to ])ay off
the debt, there won't be any school to come to.
Ada. If only they'd cliange the naiue of the school at lot
more girls would come here and everything would be s])lendid.
Mjirtlf. Well, let's forget it girls and get a little exercise
before dinner.
Nelle. Oh, yes, let's play London Bridge.
Several. Get your partners for the grand promenade.
Gertie. Let the tallest ones he the bridge.
(Tliey all form for the old folk game and play it
through once, after which they all leave the grounds.)
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The Work of President Jones.
Scene in Kansas City.
Scene 2 — (P^ntering upon the gronnds are seen President J. T>.
Jones and Mr. U. 1. (^uigley. ]3otli a|)|)ear very much down-
cast as they greet each other. )
Pres. JoneH. What hick, J^ro.. (^uiglej'? Do things look
any brighter?
l\ I. QuigU'ij. No! There seems to l)e no use. We will never
be al)le to save the school. Haven't I been up and down and for-
ward and across this state practically every since the Christian
()ri)han School was founded and with what disheartening results?
Haven't you, yourself, devoted much of your time and energy
during the last three years to get rid of this heavy load and how
nuich has been gained by our combined efforts? Many people
from all over the state think that it would be Ijest if you would let
the matter drop and leave the school to its fate and I am getting
so discouraged that I don't know but what it would be the Ijetter
thing to do.
Pres. Jones. I cannot bear to do that. We will meet with
the Christian Brotherhood today and perhaps something can be
done.
V . I. Qiugley. They have often been met with before and you
know the result. The trouble is none of them are rich enough to
do anything themselves and the various churches already have so
many burdens to carry that their interest in maintaining the
school is not keen.
Pi-es. Jones. Yes, all that you say is true. Oh, I have realiz-
ed it for a long time and every day the burden grows heavier until
I am lilce Bunyan's Christian with his heavy burden trying to get
nnst the lion's gate. But that figure gives me a thought: did not
Christian get ]:)ast the blood-thirsty monsters and did not the bur-
dens finally roll from his shoulders? Some way I feel that things
are going to change today. The great purpose of God encom]iasses
us all. If we can but link ourselves to his great ongoing chariot
we cannot fail forever. The love of our Father will lift us out of
every Slough of Despond and plant our trembling feet upon his
own great truth, "all things work together for good to those who
love God." The Brotherhood is arriving let us go and greet them.
(From the other side of the pageant grounds are seen enter
ing a number of men and a few women bearing a few camp chairs^
a small table, etc. Thev represent the General Convention of the
Christian Brotherhood at Kansas City, October 10, 1900. Among
the most prominent are Dr. W. S. Woods, D. O. Smart, W. H.
■'?
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Diilaiiy, .Iiidfte Jns. M. Sandusky. .1. T. Mitchell, tlio sons of
Robert Kstill, Mrs, K. J. IJcid and others. A nuinl)er of other
people grou]) themselves in the rear. The presiding minister an-
nonnees a hynni, "Light Shining Out of Darkness." which every-
one joins in singing.)
1 "God moves in a mysterions way
ITis wonders to ])erforni,
He plants Tlis fo<)tstei)s in tlie sea
And rides upon the storm.
2 Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures u]» Tlis hright designs
And works His sovereign will.
H Ye fearful saints, fresli courage take:
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall })reak
In blessings on your head.
4 .Judge not the Lord by feeble sen.se,
But trust Him for His grace:
I'eliind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
') His ])nrpose will ripen fa.st,
rnfolding everv hour.
The bud may have a bitter ta.ste,
Rut sweet will be the flower."
William Cowper, 177^?.
(As the song ends the Presiding Minister prays as the mem-
ber.s of the Convention stand.)
I'rei^idinfi Minhter,
1 Almighty, Everlasting Cfod,
From the recesses of a lowly spirit
Our hum])]e praver ascends;
O Father, hear it!
2 Give us eyes to behold the Trutb,
A seeing sense that knows the ('tci'nnl I'ight :
I'iulighten our open minds,
We beseecli of Thee.
o That as thine only Son hath j)romiscd
We may by faith be led into all truth,
In lowly ])aths of service
Let us walk with Thee.
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4 O Tlinn, who dost endue Thy servants
With sinonlar and diver.s gifts and talents,
Give lis grace to use them
All to Thy glory.
5 Grant us health both of mind and body
And may Thy kingdom's peace come over us
That we may learn the riches
Of Thy heav'nly Grace.
Fill Thou our hearts with charity
That we may faithfully serve Thee, Our Father
Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord,
Amen ! Amen !
(When the Convention again becomes seated, the Presiding
Minister introduces the business of the meeting.)
Fresidmg Minister. Today's session is to be given over to the
discussion of plans for the various benevolent institutions under
our control in the state. The meeting is now open.
Pres. Jones. Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I am
not unknown to you nor are you unacquainted with my mission.
Several times before have I appeared before this sympathetic
company and plead for the rescue of an institution to which this
Brotherhood gave birth. The motives for the founding of the
Christian Orphan School were the highest and the need for it was
great. During the ten years of its existence many an orphan girl
has found a home and received an education that has enabled her
to go out into the world fitted to successfully make an independent
and self-respecting living. In spite of all the good that it has ac-
complished and of the many generous benevolences that have
been bestowed upon it, the Christian Orphan School at Fulton,
Missouri, is on the brink of ruin and dissolution. Nothing can
save it from falling within a very few months unless something is
done here and now. I have been advised by many to abandon my
position and leave the school to its fate. Perhaps you as repre-
sentatives of the Christian Church have been advised to do the
same. But this is no time for either you or me to desert a great
cause, and, from a purely business point of view, this would be
unwise if not unrighteous. Friends, are you going to let this ugly
monster, debt, defeat a great educational purpose and dissipate at
least $80, 000? I have worked for three years to save this school
and always in my darkest hours of discouragement, when it seem-
ed so hard to work upon this dread problem and not sometimes
lose heart, yet I have felt that sometime, somewhere, somehow, God
would lift this load from my shoulders and rescue His school. I
believe today the time has come. God leaves the rest in your
hands.
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Son of Robert I'XUL In l.flialf of the heirs of Robert Estill,
1 uive porniissioii to use the ondowincnt hequeathcd lo the school
l)\' iiiv father for the ])urpose of helpiiiti; to wipe out the present
debt. '
J . T. Mlfrhrll. As a iiieiiil)ei' of the State Board of Directors
for the school I wish tn ainiouiice that the chief creditor, the Cal-
laway (/'ounty Rank, has ])roniised to make a most generous
discount.
Mrs. Rrhl. I will subscribe $2500.
(r. //. Diihiiiij. I also wish to add as much as has been
been contril)uted.
Dr. ir. S. Wixxh. ''{"'hrou.^h the ))atient unceasino; elforts and
(be alfidinsj, faitli of the President of the Christian ()rph:ni School
1 have become most deeply interested in its welfare and I now
'solenndy ))romise to make \\\) whatever the deficit may be after the
contributions here have been collected. Not only that but always
hereaftei- i will hold the interests of the school very near my heart.
I feel that (Jod presides over the destiny of this institution which
stands for the hiuhest helj^fnlness to the youno- women of our state
and of many othcn- states and even from the remotest ])arts of the
earth.
P/r.s. Jones, (ireat is the tunndt of rejoicinti; in my heart as
it pro])hesies tiiat the day at last is coming'; the clouds roll up in
amber foam and the mornino; brealx's; out of darkness, deep and
desi)airinf2,', ho])eless and foi'lorn, has sj)runo; forth a joy and [»eace
that Ave pray may forever stay. Who can tell what the education-
al ])lant will be when it is a full realization of the dreams and
visions that have swept over the trou1)led breast of the ])ast. Out of
weakness will come its highest strength . Though this new day
may not l)e utterly cloudless, nor devoid of storm yet it will surely
be sunny for the most part and clear and warm. I can but trust
that good shall fall at last to all.
PresidiiH/ Officer. We will give over the rest of the day to
rejoicing. Let us «tand for dismissal.
(Raising his hand and leading.)
/I // Tof/efher. "May the Lord watch l)etween me and Thee
while we are absent one from the other."
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Tjie Change op Name.
Time— June 1900.
Scene 8— (Enter D. M. Tucker, I). P. Bartley, W. T. Snell, C. O.
Atkinson and President J. P. Jones.)
D. M. Tucker. The board of directors has left this matter
solely in our hands, and 1 say that we should change the name of
the school at once to William Woods College.
D. P. Bartley. Yes, that would be much more appropriate
than Daughter's College, which name has no significance here
whatsoever.
Pres. Jones. It is most fitting and proper that we name this
school after its greatest friend and benefactor. Dr. William Woods,
for by his large gifts and generous ^support the institution lives to-
day. He has saved it from destruction, therefore no name could
be fraught with more meaning.
C. 0. Atkinson. Henceforth the name shall be William
Woods College. But there shall be no changes in the purpose of
the school. As heretofore the dependent and orphan girl can
knock for adndttance and entrance shall not be denied her.
Col. Snell. Then let us sign the papers. From this date
shall begin a new era in the development and growth of the school.
(As the men sign the papers, a march is played and unto the
grounds comes a group of girls in Oxford caps and gowns accom-
panied by Miss Fanny Willis Booth and other members of the
faculty. Miss Booth carries a bundle of diplomas which she de-
livers to President Jones who distributes the diplomas and then
recites the following poem, wdiich was w^ritten by him:)
Pres. Jones.
"Go be thine own diploma, the voice of wisdom cries,
And yield to God, thy Maker, the best of sacrifice.
l>ring forth thy stores of knowledge and sow the golden grain
Where'er the Lord of harvest shall make thy pathway plain.
Bid mountains fall before thee and valleys clisappefu".
The world awaits thy coming, no evil must thou fear.
Though foes within attack and foes without assail
Thy mission is to battle and never think to fail.
No character is possible where evil is unknown.
The trials that beset thee are roses yet unblown.
Trust not thy past attainments Init seek the unattained,
Or else the victories won will soon fore'er have waned.
Fquip thyself with truth and link thyself with right
And then the God of hosts will be with thee to fight.
Seek peace and e'er pursue it, but not at any cost
OQ
For (loath is far iiioi'o inveious than honor vilely lost.
What tiioii.ii,h thy jewels dazzle and all thy raiment shine
Jf falsehood's on the throne and trnth without a shrine?
'Live what you know,' lot this thy motto he,
Till thou at last shall know eternity."
(As the men sign the papers, a march is played and onto the
to indicate the transition of Time and the passing away of Presi-
dent Jones.)
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Scene 4
Benefactors ok ^^'ILI.1AM Woods College.
«S'p//'/V of BrotherJiood.
"All hail, ye sons of light, we seek the path that ye have trod,
We pray that self may (hsai>i»ear in deeds of love for (Jod.
Oil, friends, most true, thy gifts have filled our hearts with cheer,
What tongue or pen can e'er disclose the good that ye have done
When these thy gifts their growing work have hardly yet l)egun?
(jo where you will within our state or e'en outside,
^\nd there behold the ever-swelling blissful tide
Of happy joyous life which from this fountain rose,
A stream that widens evermore and blesses as it goeis.
How strong and deep, O friends, ye laid this corner stone
Where education true instructs, unfolds, and trains.
To thee we lift our hearts, our lives, in jn'aise.
All hail, ye men of faith, who conquered greed
And made benevolence your vital creed
W ho saw the yet invisible and gave
Whate'er your frugal, toilsome hands could save
'J'hat heli)less and dependent girls might rise
Above the want and woe that round them lies;
Vou gave a.s God had kindly given to you,
With open hand you did life's pathway bestow
\Mth l)lessings better far than regal crown
Or gaudy jewels wr ought in silken gow m
And that great king who builds within his thrmj^)
Bright specimens of that divine, ennobling grace.
^\'our names shall glow when withered sun shall hide his face
In that sweet day shall then approve and crown his own."
Written hy President Jones.
As the Spirit of Brotherhood speaks in slow and solemn ])ro-
cession come the chief ])enefactors of William Woods College each
one bearing long, lighted torches in their hands. .Vfter they reach
their po.sitions upon the grounds they turn and face the Spirit of
J^rotherhood until he has finished. Among those in the proces-
sion are represented: Dr. William 8. W^oods, Mrs. William S.
Woods, Col. Snell, Daniel Tucker, Col. D. M. Dulany, B. L. Locke,
Alexander Breckenridge, Mrs. Alexander Breckenridge. E. L. Ed-
wards, Mrs. E. L. Edwards, Sisera Thrclkeld, ]Mrs. Sisera Threl-
keld, Judge Harvey Newsom, Mrs. Harvey Newsom, Oscar White.
Jl E. Lowry, U. 1. Quigley, W. H. Dulany, James Robert Estill,
and Mrs. James Robert Estill. Several others may be in this pro-
cession representing the many other benefactors of the school.
When the Spirit of Brotherhood ceases to speak the benefactors
face toward the audience and each other and begin to talk.
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Jii(J(/r Xrirsnni. Frii'iids. 1 lovp Callawny romity iiioi'o than
any otiicr place upon earlli. 1 want it to bo the greatest county
in the worhl for the thin<i,s worth while, therefore I will p;ive
all that 1 can to promote the welfare of the educational institutions
founded here.
Col. *s'//(7/. r fi>el that the girls of William Woods College are
my own, may God hless them and keep them everyone.
/?. L. Locke. Whoever has met the girls and teachers of this
College is anxious to do all that lies within his ])ower to make their
college home beautiful and a noljle momnnent to the young
womanhood of our state and nation.
ir. //. Duhni]/. Yes, there is no ho]»e for the world exce])l
through the good women in it. I have never known any good
cause to succeed that was not suggested and started by a woman.
Alex. P> ire kc II ridge. My own child is dead hut God has given
me the jn-ivilege thus far of educating eight girls and nine boys.
I sliall leave all my property for the education of girls that my
life and tiiat of my wife shall not have been in vain.
I'J. L. Eihiuinh. There are four things that lie nearest my
heart: my town, my friends, my church and the schools of my
connnunity.
il//'.s-. E. L. E(hrardi<. T will erect a dornutory that shall be a
lasting memorial of my husl)and's iiderest in William Woods Col-
lege.
Sisera ThreJlrld. Long have T felt the joy of sharing wliat the
Lord lias given me with my l)rothermen, and the more T give to
llis children the more he sends to me of Ids bounty and blessings.
Dr. H'orx/.s. (iod, in His great goodness, has permitted )ne to
become an instniment for doing good by hel])ing my fellowmen
and by cheering and aiding them in some ennobling cause: Into
my soul tlie Spirit of I)i'otherhood has eidered and inspired me to
build u]) a school whose aim shall l)e the development of (^hrii-tian
womaidiood. \^'ith thankful heart I look up and i)raise TTim thai
.1 have not li\'ed iii\- life in vain: for all thai we send into the
lives of otliers will return into our own.
J//'.s. li'oo'/.s. It would delight my heart to call the school
Wiliam Woods C^ollege. I suggested this to l*resident Jones when
he first pro])Osed to rename it. lUit Dr. Woods, with his usual
modesty said, "No." I wrote to President Jones to call it William
Woods (^ollege and it would be a second child to us winch we will
ever love and cherish in oui' hearts as we love and cherish tlu' mem-
ory of the one who gave the best years of his life for it and died
working to make his dreams for its future come true. After l*i'es.
.bines had succeeded in ch^aring the school of debt, he began to
|)lan b)r its enlargement and from one building the college grew
to three large buildings. He wrought as few men could have
done and to him William \\'oods Colleg(> owes nmeh of its great-
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nes'^. Ever lookiiiii, to the redemption of the world and the reign
of Brotherhood, wherever lie went or whatever he did, he did it all
for tile glory of God. "The memory of hi.s life will foreve^ be en-
shrined in the hearts of all who knew him and love the right
and just and true.''
(^Vs Mrs. Woods ceases speaking down from a hid<len choius
float sweet strains from many voices — the voices of all the girls
who have come and gone and who will come and go. The V^ene-
factors stand throughout the song with rapt faces and when the
music dies away, the}' silently and solemnly withdraw as the or-
chestra softly plays the refrain of the song.)
Always Remembered by What You Have Done
1 Hail, in your praises we sing without ending
Crowning your brow with the halos you've won.
Touched with the rays from our hearts' deep emotions.
Always remembered by what you have done.
Always remembered, always remembered,
Always remembered by what you have done.
2 Light from vour deeds e'er will dawn on the darkness
Cheering and guiding our w^ay toward the sun.
Bringing to us the bright hope of the morrow
You'll 1)0 remembered by what you have done.
You'll be remembered, you'll be remembered.
You'll be remembered by what you have done.
?>
Honored and bless'd by the girls you so nobly have aided,-
List, to the chorus of joy that's begun
Which shall pass on through the ages, making your lives
Always remembered by what you have done.
Always remembered, always remembered,
Alwavs remembered bv what vou have done.
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Tkologue to Intei;hi)E II.
Spirit of Brnfhcrlwoil.
Oh bark, the voice of wisdom cries:
She cricth from the top of the lii.ii.h places,
She crieth at the gates,
She crieth at the entry of the city,
Behold her at the doors.
O hear, ye peoi)Ie, unto yon she calls.
And glad is he that findeth her,
na|)i)y is he that getteth understanding,
For the gain thereof is better than fine gold
And far more ])recious than choice rubies.
None of the things thou canst d(»sire
Can be compared with her.
In her right hand is length of days;
In her left hand are riches and honour.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are paths of peace.
She is a tree of life to them that doth embrace her
And happy wilt thou be if thovi retain her,
For she shall lead thee into every good ])ath
Of righteousness and judgment and equity.
She shall enter into thine heart
And be pleasant unto thy soul.
Discretion shall watch over thee
And Understanding shall keep thee.
Upon thine head wilt be placed a cha])let of grace
And a crown of beauty shall be given thee.
Lo, Wisdom shall glory in the midst of her ])eo])le,
And in the congregation of the Most High
She shall open her mouth
And glory in the presence of His power.
(Paraphrased from the first eight cha|)tcrs of Proverbs.)
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Interlude II.
Kepreseiiting tlie Iiitellectual Attributes in the Development of
Woman
As the Spirit of Brotherhood recites his last lines the Spirit of
Intellectual Development appears and as she speaks there appear
her attril)utes, the Sj)irits of Imaoination, Wisdom, Culture, Poise
and Ability. They are represented by a large number of girls in
golden costumes who begin to dance the Supplication Dance when
the Spirit of Intellectual Development ceases to speak.
Spirit of Intellectual Development
I come from the mouth of the Most High
And cover the earth as a mist.
I dwell in the high places
And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud
iVlone I compass the circuit of heaven,
And walk in the depth of the abyss.
In the weaves of the sea,
And in all the earth,
In every people, ;
And in every nation,
I hold possession
1 was created from the beginning
And to the end I shall not fail.
Come unto me, O ye, that are desirous of me
And be ye filled with my produce :
Imagination reaching out to the stars,
Give I unto you,
And Wisdom shall forever be your inheritance,
Culture shall shine from your face as the morning dawn,
And PoLse shall rest upon your shoulders ;
Oh, all that work in me shall gain in Ability
And they that obey me shall not be ashamed.
For feasting at my table they shall yet be hungry
And drinking deep of me shall yet be thirsty.
As the terebinth, I stretch out my branches
And my branches are branches of grace and glory •
As the viney.
I put forth grace,
And my flowers are the fruit of glory and riches.
(Para])hrase of Ecclesiastes Bk. IT Ch. 24.)
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EPISODE III
William Woods College Today
Scene 1. — Faithful servants. (Unto lliu i)agi'aiit iirouiids wear-
ing cliaraeteristic dress come Aunt Mattie, Uncle Billy, Aunt
Mary, Jim, Aunt Hannah, Lena, Jack, Clarence, OUic and
Aunt Silvia. Aunt Mattie, Uncle l>illy, Aunt Mary, Jim, and
Aunt liannah Avear the medals that were presented to then»
for faithful service.)
Lena. Uncle Billy is there any steam on? The teachers all
say they's cold again.
Uvcle Billy. No, not 'zactly steam, I'se jest gettin' up a little
circulation.
Lena. Well, you'll see about it, right away?
Uncle BUlij. Jest as soon'.-- T get aroniul to it.
Aunt Silvia. My, w^hat you doin' with gold medals on? I
wish I'd a' been here when you all got 'em.
Jin). President Jones gave 'em to us because we did faith-
fully what it was our business to do.
Uncle Billy. Ye 'n' he said doin' of our duty was as import-
ant for us as it was for him. I've been here a long time now and
President (larvin he says I'm almost engineer e-meritus o' this
school.
Aunt Mattie. You ain't been here any longer 'n' I have, Mr.
(Talbreath. I've been here ever since this college was started an'
so's Miss J^'anny. She and I've got to be a regular imposition in
this school and we're goin' to give it the best we can as long as we
live. I'll always stand by Miss Famiy cause she 's my frien' an'
we luiderstand each other. I 'dare there ain't nobody ever worked
together for this school harder than me and Miss Fanny an' T
reckon we'll alius keep on doin' it cause it just seems like a chile
to us an' laws, how we looks for'ard ever fall to all the old girls an'
the lots o' new ones with their sweet faces an' ])retty smilin' ways,
bless 'em.
Aunt Liannah. Well, I'll have to be goin" along or these
clothes '11 never get laundered.
Uncle Bill]/. An I've got to be fixen' that piiie.
Auvt Mattie. I reckon Ave all better ste]) lively if we reserve
to wear these here medals.
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Scene 2.
William Woods Becomes a Junior College
Characters. President J. L. Garvin, Miss Fanny Willis
Booth, and Mrs. L. (I. Elliott of the College; Mr. W. E. Jameson,
Mr. .1. Jl. Atkinson, Mr. I). P. Bartley, Mr. S. T. Moore, and Mr.
i'\ C. 8tokes of the Present Board of Directors; and Dean F. C.
Jones, Dr. Schlnndt, and Prof. Trenhohn of the Faculty of the
University of Missouri.
President (rcirvin. We are certainly olad to welcome you to
our college and hope the day has been one of interest and prolit to
you as well as to ourselves. We shall be happy to receive your
oi)inion of our school as to whether you deem it worthy to become
a Junior College.
Dean Jones. AVe are truly very highly pleased with your
splendidly equii)i)ed and well-regulated school. You are to be con-
gratulated upon its high state of efficiency. No where have we
found a more earnest and sincere cor]^s of teachers than those
which compose the Faculty of William Woods which shall hence-
forth be a College in fact as well as in name.
Prof. Trenholm . I ])articularly want to express my ap]^recia-
tion of the Library. Much credit is due you, ]\Irs. Elliott, for the
true insight you have shown in selecting l)Ooks which meet the
needs of a school such as yours.
Mrs. Ellioff. Thank you. It has been my constant study
to place before our girls the best in literature, history, music, art,
and the sciences, that they may receive that broader outlook upon
life which all colleges should give them. It shall ever be my pride
to maintain the standard we have thus far upheld.
Dr. Scklundt. You have a verv good start toward a well-
equipped department of science Avhich I hope to see grow.
W. L'. Jameson. It is our desire to erect a new science build-
ing at once. We hope to equip it with the most modern apparatus
and to make our courses in science the best to be found anywhere
for a school of this size.
Dean Jones. Our state is very much interested in ])romoting
the founding of Junior Colleges. The bulk of college students is
always found in the Freshman and Sophomore years. There is a
feeling among all thoughtful educators that the small college is
the best i)lace for the young student who is for the first time leav-
ing the home influences that have always guided him hitherto.
Then, too, the first two years of College life are the years when
the Christian religion should be emphasized. Therefore the Chris-
tian School has a great and honorable mission to fulfill. Let the
church college be what it claims to be and offer AA^hat it should
offer and stand uncompromisingly for the Christian ideals.
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Miss Bootli. When i look hack over llie la.-^t quarter-eeiilury
and see the lonii, road over whieh this College has come I am deep-
ly moved with the thonght that God is working through u.s to erect
a monument to Christian young womanhood that shall endure
forever. Alter my years of sci'viee to William Woods College 1
at last feel that it has not been in vaiu and that I have been an in-
strument in God's hands to mold and work out his great plan
for the future of this school.
Prcs. (I'drrin. I am sincerely grateful to you. gentlemen, for
your encouraging attitude toward William Woods College. \\'hen
I came to this institution it became my (h'eam to make William
Woods a Junior College. Now that it is ivalized, T shall endeavor
to make it a school of which the state shall not be ashamed. We
will strive to train the girls that go out from here in such a maiuie:i
that when they enter your university they will show that they have
been given a lirm foundation (hu'ing their fii-st two years of college
work. Today 1 see overreaching the present a rainl)ow of promise
tliat has within its embrace the destinies of thousands of voung
women.
ir. E. Jameson. I have long put my heart into the interests
of William Woods College and am most gratified today with the
culmination of one of my plans. The hour has now come to move
forward. Progress requires that we should enlarge the aims and
purpose of the school. It shall ever be our earnest desire to keep
it a Christian and accredited Junior College for young women.
With this aim in view the Board of Directors shall endeavor to
guide the school upward and outward and it asks tlu^ help of good
people everywhere.
(Dean Jones, Dr. Schlundt and Prof. Trenholm shake hands
with the others in farewell and leave the grounds in the o{)posite
direction from that taken l)y the others.)
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iScENE o — Prnccssioiuil showing the different departments and
activities of the school.
Thronghont this scene there shall l)c slow soft nnisic which
shall change into the air of the various songs that are to l)e sung.
Upon the pageant grounds appears a Master of Ceremonies, dressed
as the old court Masters and hearing an official wand. He makes a
low, jn'ofound how to the audience when in the di-tance a trumpet
sounds and upon the pageant grounds march small boys dressed as
heralds. Each of the fifteen departments shall be introduced by
small heralds which shall be costumed in harmony with the scene
which they precede. In their hands they shall jjear long gT>lden
trumpets suspended from which shall be green and white bainiers
bearing symbolic devicas of the department being introduced. As
each separate department appears the trumpet call sounds. First
will come the Pierian Society dressed as the Nine Muses from
which the Society takes its name. When in the center of the
grounds they sing their Society song after which they pass on into
the back-ground.
Pierian Soxg.
Melody: Die Wacht am Rhein.
"Oh, here's a song. Society!
Pierian ! To us so dear !
We'll love and serve thee ever here
And all our lives give praise to thee.
Pierian ! Pierian !
We're true to thee, Society !
Faithful and loj^al we,
Pierian !
Faithful and loyal we,
Pierian 1"
Bv Doris Arnold.
The Music Department shows something of the progress and
development of music. An early savage scantily dre.'^sed in a skin
sitfi upon the ground with a large tortoise shell which he appears
to string. The Spirit of Music, a small child, appears and is
shown the wonderful instrument. With joy she turns and as each
new character appears touches them whereupon a new instrument
appears as the lyre, the harp, the violin, etc., which are carried by
girls dressed in white garments.
The Department of Physical Culture and Athletics is rep-
resented by girls in their regulation suits carrying dumb-bells,
Indian clubs, mallets, tennis rackets, etc., all held in position.
The Department of Ancient Languages is represented by a
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mronj) of <>irls in (Jreciaii costuiiie for tlie (Irook ami a gnnip in
Konian costume for the Ijatin. Each girl in l)oth groups represents
the best known characters in Greek and Latin Literature.
After the Ancient Languages the Deli)hian literary Society
appears and sings its Society Song to the tune of the Tannhauser
March.
"Delphian, wc bring to thee
Our heart-felt loyalty
And deojicst love in token.
That while we live,
We'll ever faithful give
To thee sup])ort unl)roken.
As thou hast l)een alway
To us a guide, a stay
In noble aspiration
Loyal to thee we'll be,
Oh! Our Society!"
The Department of Modern Languages is represented by fam-
iliar characters from the Rcmiance and German Literature as
Sanclio Panza, Aucassin and Nicolette, Faust and Me])histoi)hles.
Science, Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy are rcjU'e-
sented together by several girls passing in single file, some of them
wearing upon their heads the stars and bearing small telescopes;
some cubes, sidieres, cylinders, cones and bearing compasses, tri-
angles, scales, etc. ; others shall bear microscopes, beakers, various
modern inventions, etc. At the end shall l)e the personification of
all these Sciences , holding aloft a large golden key. At the head
is a small figure carrying a small telegraph ])one. He i)asses swift-
ly from the beginning of the line to the end and represents the
swift mes.senger of thought.
Art, like Music, represents the history of its development. An
Indian comes forward l)earing a large, earthen bowl marked with
rude designs. She shows this to the Spirit of Art who quickly and
joyously runs to meet the other figures as they advance. She
touches them each in turn and a work of art appears representing
l)eautiful va.ses, statuary, tapestry, etc., until at the end a famous
])ainting is represented in tableau, "The Battle of Flowers," by
Ivobert Aiuu'iig Bell.
The l)ible Department is re])resented by one of the heralds
l)eariiig high a large golden star. He is followed by the tlu'Cfr
magicians and after them comes another child bearing a cross with
a golden crown resting on its bar. The girls representing the Y.
W. C. A. next ap])ear dressed in soft white dresses.
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'J'ho English I)(>]);iTtinoiit is represonted by a procession of
character.s from English and American Literatnre: Deor, the
Anglo Saxon hard, Arthur and Giunevere, Sir Galahad and a Cirail
Maiden, Hohin Hood and .some of his merry men with falcons on
tlioir wrists, Cantorhury Pilgrims, TTamlet. I'ortia, Evangeline,
.John Aldcn and Priscilla, Kip van \Viid<le, Uncle Remus and
Hiawatha and others.
The Domestic Science r)e]>artment is shown by a gron]» of
girls each carrynig something symbolical and domestic art, i)art of
them representing the art of cooking and the others representing
the art of sewing and other industrial arts taught by the depart-
ment.
To represent history a long procession of famous historical
characters i)ass in review re])resentiiig: Hammurabi. INIoses, Ly-
curgus, Pericles, the founders of the Twelve Tables, Augustus,
Charlemagne, Pichard Coeur de Lion, Savonarola, Columlnis,
Queen Elizabeth, Cromwell, Napoleon, Benjamin Franklin.
Thomas .Tefferson. Georoe Washington. Florence Nightingale, and
Frances E. Williard and others.
Expres-sion is shoAvn by characters wearing masques repre-
sentino' comedv and tracedv.
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For Philosophy and Education scholars in long gowns and
skull ca])s ap]iear carrying long scrolls from which they appear to
study, following them are figures dre.ssed in shining white and
bearing wax tapers while with the free hand they point l)efore
them.
The Albina Woods Society in white dresses appears carrying
College pennants They sing the Song of the Albina Woods So-
ciety in which all of the other characters in the proces.sion join.
To Albina Woods
Mehxhj: Jiisf a Song at TiriJighf.
"Oh friend so dear, we love thee,
And to thee, uoav, we bring-
That service and devotion
Which from our hearts we sing
As thou art to us ever,
Our ins])iration, friend.
Our gi'atitude we iirofTer;
In loyalty, we bend;
In loyalty, we bend.
(Here all bend the knee and bov,-.)
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Society, we toast thee
Albiua Woods thy name
May our hope^, ideals, (nir lives be
A lustre to thy fame.
To her we love and honor
We offer self and thee
Our effort and achievement
In loval fealtv,
Jn loyal fealty."
jMiss Lucy Mapes.
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Scene 4
William Woods Worth While
(Dedicated to the Alumnae.)
"Bij fhc'ir f raits ye shall knoir fhem."
Unto the pageant gronnds conm-; a procession representing the
work and activities of tlie ahnnnae of AVilUani Woods College.
The first gron}) represents those who have gone out to teach others,
in this group are Miss Nell Jasper, teacher of Mathematics in
William Woods College; Mi&s Elizabeth Nickell, teacher of Ora-
tory ; Miss Edna Styles, teacher of Expression ; and Miss (Tcrtie
l>rown and Miss Doll .Tam&son, teachers of the Deaf. In one hand
they bear an oi^en book and in the other a lighted, low, oil lamp
which they hold out far in front of them as if they were point-
uig and leading the way. Upon their heads are wreaths of bay
leaves. Following them are groups of children. In front of them
walks the Spirit of Education bearing aloft a banner with the
device "Numen, Lumen."
By far the largest group of alumnae has become homem>ikers
who are doing the work of the world in rearing tiieir children and
training them for strong, true, useful Christian citizenship. The
next tableau in the ])rocession represents the Motlier. A womon,
bearing in her arms a small child and accompanied by two or
three older children, forms a group thus making a modern Madon-
na picture.
The third grouj) re]")resents those who have made a success in
the business world as Miss Isabel Bryan and Miss -lessie Ferrell.
After them comes three figures bearing musical instruments.
Miss Mildred Jones, Mrs. Lucy Gentry Stuart, Mrs. Jael Gentry
Fuller, Miss lone Dabney, and others who have become nuisicians
are represented.
The artist, carrying cnnvas and palette, represents ]\Iiss Ruth
Early and others.
The last tableau represents those noble women who have gone
out from William Woods College as missionaries. These women
are in the costumes of the country in which they are laboring.
In a sedan chair carried by some Chinese n.en are ^liss Muriel
Molland and xMiss Doris Ware. After them in a jinrikisha drawn
by a .Japanese coolie is Mia-* Rose .lohnson. In an ox-cart is Dr.
Jennie Fleming of India. Mounted on small donkeys are Miss
Sarah MacPherson of Central America and Mrs. Mabel Yokley
Reavis of Brazil.
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FROLOGl'E TO INTERLUDE TTI.
Spirif of Brotherhood.
In the begiiiniiig of all things was God:
The Father, Source of life and holy love;
The Son, Incarnate Word, that for the world's
Redemption came to dwell and die on earth;
And the Holy Ghost that bringeth love and peace.
Again in the creation of the world
We see God's threefold plan made manifest
The earth, the water, and the air, around.
And o'er, are three in one and one in three.
So in His noblest work, behold the same
Great trinit}' : the physical man of clay,
The man of intellect, the man of soul.
Into the still fair shape He breathed
His Holy Spirit and the quick'ning breath
Through all the fibres ran, lighting the brow
With fires celestial and lifting the soul
From earth to heaven — from human to divine.
As sweeping, drifting air no confines knows.
The Si)irit hath no fixed dwelling place ;
Its light, like none e'er seen on sea or land.
Shines everywhere. Far, far, it stretches till
The very throne of God, the Fount of Light,
Is reached, mid touching there the spark divine
With light'ning quickness flashes back to earth ;
The yearning heart bows down before that throne
And o'er the lifted face a halo shines.
Ah God, Thou Source of all that's life and love.
Oh, some have lost that heav'niy vision fair
And now low-grov'ling o'er the barren waste
;\nd through the mighty wilderness they creeji'
I^'ar from thy sacred ])ath, sin-sick, soul-cursed.
Tiie Si)irit Thou didst breathe into their hearts.
Is crami)ed and crushed until its feeble wings,
We;ik-flutt(>ring, can no longer reach the stars;
From light fore'er shut out it dies at last
And the body that Thou gavest it lies low
Alone in the dust and ne'er will rise atiain.
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oil God, not Tliine, but onrs the blame, the sin, —
Throu,i>,h all the ages thou hast taught the way
And e'en didst give Thy Son that we might learn
'J'he power of brotherly love that reaches lands
In charity to all its fellow-men.
Thy clear eternal \^)ice bids us that if
We would have our own spirits soar to heights
Sublime, then others must be helped to fly.
As Time's broad wings go sweeping o'er the earth
All men must learn to choose the right from wrong
I'ntil their striving, lio])ing, praying souls
Have found the way to life's eternity.
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Interli'de TTT.
Kci)resentiii,u tlie Spiritual Attributes in the Development of
Woman.
(AMien the Spirit <>1' Urotlu'i'liood ceases sjjcakinii. uut<» llic
]>a,geant <!;r<)un(ls come (he groiijjs tiiat represent tlie Physical and
JMental Attributes in the Development of Woman. When they are
in i)osition a beautiful figure in white and silver, representing the
Sjtiritual Development, stands revealed in the foregi'onnd while
groujied beside her are three beautiful little ligures, also in white
and silver, which represent the spirits of Faith, Hope and l.oxt.
Throughout low soft nmsic is heard. When the grou])s are all in.
])osition together they give an interpretative aesthetic dance which
is lead by the Spiritual Figure in the foreground. When the dance
ends this figure s])eaks.)
The S'pirit <>f Spiritual Development.
1 Didst hear my call,
Eager watchers of the skies,
O, brothers, sisters, all
\\ ith dream-lilled, yearning eyes,
Didst hear my call?
2 Thy jH'ayers rise up
From longing cloud-gold spun ;
As incense from censer-cup
All tinged by setting sun,
Thy j)rayers rise up.
.3 O come with me!
Star-ward I'll carry thee,
Everywhere to be
From worldliness set free,
() come with me!
4 On dream wings fly
In .joyous morning's ray;
Or, when shadows lie
At twilight's close of day,
On dream wings lly.
5 lUit Kaith must lead
Where eternal shu's arise;
Clear-eyed and unafraid
Are souls that reach the skies
For Faith must lead.
(J And there is IIoi)e
^\'hose lii'st auroral gleams
Alight the sky-dome"s slo))e
And brighten all youi- (beams,
For that i> hope. y
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7 With Faith and Hope
Yoii must have Love yoii know,
For Love has greatest scope
Upon the earth to grow-
By Faith and Hope.
8 For Love is kind
And seeketh not her own
But striveth truth to find
That it may he world-known,
For Love is kind.
\) O, liear our call,
Eager watchers of the skies,
0, brothers, sisters, all
With dream-filled, yearning eyes,
O, hear our call !
(\Mien the Spirit of Spiritual Development ceases to speak
the music gradually changes into a louder strain and the orchestra
moves into the foreground. The Spirit of Brotherhood advances
and the pageanters hegin to form in line singing the College
Song.)
1 "Oh, Alma Mater, tried and true.
When faith recalls the long ago
Our eyes with tears our cheeks bedew, —
May gratitude our hearts o'erflow.
2 "Come one and all with glad acclaim,
And sound afar our Mother's name
Let hill and vales and ocean wide
Unite to swell the grateful tide.
3 "For thee, O William Woods, we stand,
To thee we pledge our faith and love,
We'll sound thy praise from land to land,
Thy life is fixed in God above.
4 "On this our annual festal day
We hail the new-born children fair.
And bid them share the bliss of May,
In music sweet and rhythm gay.
5 "0, Alma Mater, great and strong.
Thy power grow from year to year, —
The God of truth thy life prolong
And love supplant the reign of fear."
Fres. J. B. Jones
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SONG
Written for William Woods Colleine
BY Gladys-Woods Iviiuoy
Air: "I love i/ini (,'alifurnia."
8alvc, Aliiia Mater!
KStaiuliiig watch o'er the golden years.
Salve, Ahna Mater!
Fii'st among your peers.
Salve, Ahna Mater!
Great and strong and trne — -
Onr words, oiu' deeds, our dreams, ourselves-
We all belonu, to von.
Chorum
Those who built yon with loving labor,
Those who know yon and hold you dear;
They who laughed and were glad,
They who feared and were sad,
We are here, we are here — all liere
To praise you and love you and l)less you,
Who taught us your ancient lore
You were then and are now and so ever-more-
Our own, \\'illiani Woods.
"2 We brmg you, Aliiia Mater,
All the laurels we have won.
We ])raise yon. Alma Mater,
With the deeds that we have done.
Our dreams, then, dearest Mother,
Ahd<e bnt one single claim.
That as torches lighted at your shrine,
They may sj>read your mystic llame.
Chorus —
o Then bear ns Alma Mater,
Hear our praise and heed our prayer;
And grant it, Ahna ^hltcr,
For the great love that we bear
Ever rule us, O Soul Mother,
In yon gracious sovereignty
'I'hat we may live a jtart of you
Tbrougli all the years to be.
Cborus —
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