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  • THE CULLOWHEE YODEL A PICNIC—IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN It was a beautiful morning in the month of February, one of those mornings that reminds us of spring. Nothing was lacking but the note of the birds. Even the hearts of the romantic group of girls in dormitory of the Moore Building were turning toward love which comes with the thought of spring. Mrs. Posey was trying to keep "tab" on us, so to speak. She must have seen that our minds were turning to romanticism because of the glory of this beautiful morning. She had already made her raid through the three halls of the dormitory, and being able to find only four girls in their rooms, she became greatly alarmed. "No one has asked permission to leave this campus. I shall have to report all of the girls in this building except four, Hettie and Mary Greene, and the two Fulton girls. The girls have gone away and have not even cleaned their rooms or swept these halls!" exclaimed Mrs. Posey in her excitement. She rushed to the home of President Hunter to tell him that only four girls could be found in the building. Mr. Allen had just arrived there and reported that not a boy was in the Davies Home. "I wonder what all this means. It will never do. Wait until I get my car and we will find the student body of the Cullowhee Normal," said President Hunter. On reaching the Cullowhee Bridge he asked the first person he met if he had seen a group of young people that morning. "Oh, yes! about three hours ago I saw a group of people, not all of them young though, on their way up the road," replied the man. "May-be they have gone to East Laporte," suggested Mrs. Posey. "Some of them have a fancy for that place anyway." After fifteen minutes' drive Mrs. Posey, President Hunter, and Mr. Allen reached East Laporte. We had all assembled on a little island and had made ready for our lunch. Mr. Plemmons was just offering thanks when we were disturbed by that well known voice of Mrs. Posey. "Girls, what do you mean?" "Oh, we're just having a little picnic. Aren't you going to have something to eat ? Isn't it a lovely day for a picnic in the woods?" exclaimed Nellie Bain. "I am humiliated. Miss Bert Wells, I wouldn't have thought that you, a girl so dignified and refined, would have approved of such Bert was astonished by this remark from Mrs. Posey. "This is perfectly all right, Mrs. Posey, 'cause Mr. Bird speaks about the romantic movement of the nineteenth century, just what a blessing that movement meant to the world. He said it meant a return to nature, to the rivers, the lakes, the woods, and all that appeals to the heart. So we thought since this was Monday and such a beautiful, sunny day that it was the time for such a stroll. And, too, we're having student government now, Mrs. Posey. As president of the student government, I took it on myself to suggest this picnic to Betty de Berry and Carr Hooper. They were delighted with the idea. In fact every girl in the dormitory is so glad that she voted for student government. Of course it didn't take Carr and Betty any time to think how the situation was to be managed—each one was to slip out at the back door at intervals; lunch was to be bought down at Bryson's Store, and all were to meet just above the store—all this thought of in less than fifteen minutes." After hearing this Mrs. Posey said so calmly, "I can hardly conceive of you girls doing such a trick without consulting me." "But it's just like this," exclaimed Enola Ar- rington, "we didn't have time to ask your permission, Mrs. Posey." Then came Mrs. Posey's command, "All of you girls assemble on this side of the river." Without any further comment we assembled. No one had courage enough to speak save Lou- cine Wells who asked if we might not eat our lunch. Only that one sentence from Mrs. Posey, "No, we are going home." On our way back no one spoke except merely to answer some questions; everybody was solemn and quiet. No doubt everyone was thinking what would be our punishment. Our picnic was not mentioned until Tuesday morning in chapel when Dean Bird announced that all the boarding girls and boys with the exception of four girls would be cam- pused for one month. Just then Joe Hayes raised up and said, "What for?" There was a mute silence in the hall but not that silence that comes with attention, for I dare say hardly one in the room heard the reading of the Scripture , or the prayer offered by Professor Madison. Yes, everybody was campused. And the distressing thing was that we could not send by anyone to get a single article at the store. Paper and pencils were to be bought at the Supply Room from Mr. Brown, and that was all we needed, so said Mrs. Posey. Such a neat group of girls at Cullowhee for a month! The faces so red and shiny, due to the cold wind, and not a "dab" of powder to rub on. There was a continual borrowing of soap until not a cake could be found in the Moore Building. Perfume was a thing of the past. Shoe polish—did the girls know there was such a thing? The red clay on the shoes said no. Yes, and for the first time this year everybody came for his meals. The campusing had done away with the feasts held in their rooms, and everybody was forced to live on dormitory fare. And Mabel Burnside no longer received her box of stick candy every week from Clyde Wright. Even Nettie Franklin said she wished it were possible for her to go down to the store to get a cheese sandwich for Mr. Allen in order that he might intercede for us. One month from the day that we went on the picnic one could have seen a happy student body at Cullowhee. It was the morning that President Hunter announced we were no longer campused. After considering the situation we decided that even if that romantic movement which characterized the nineteenth century was a wonderful thing it would not work in the twentieth century, and that student government without the faculty's consent was worthless. We pledged our honor never to do such a thing again without permission, but we do ask the question, "Can the *****************************************•:•*******•>**** i MEDFORD FURNITURE CO.I Is the place to get real Furniture. That's our business, and we are pleased to serve you, and, speaking of service, that's where we "shine." Let us show you our line of Columbia Grafonolas, and quote you prices and terms. | MEDFORD FURNITURE COMPANY | SYLVA NORTH CAROLINA ♦ t. . . |vv H. C. BRYSON & COMPANY * Handle a complete line of General Merchandise. The home * of the Red Goose School Shoe. School Supplies a specialty. % Make our Store your headquarters when in Cullowhee. ! H. C. BRYSON & COMPANY 1 ON THE CAMPUS CULLOWHEE, N. C. CANNON BROTHERS We carry a full line of Ladies' Ready-To-Wear, Millinery, Geo. D. Witt Shoes, Curlee Clothing-, and John B. Stetson Hats. When you are in Dillsboro, drop in to see us. DILLSBORO NORTH CAROLINA $ ****************************************************, *************************** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***.*.******. ♦ I P. C. HENSON & COMPANY * GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND FEEDSTUFF * A. A. Cutter Shoes kept in stock. A complete line of Gro- * ceries, Candies, and Tobaccos. Make our Store your head- * quarters when in town. CULLOWHEE NORTH CAROLINA ± ****************************************************** ****************************************************** I t R. P. ROGERS 1 * I PRESSING CLUB, EXPERT CLEANERS AND DYERS | t LADIES' WORK A SPECIALTY ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ | P. 0. BOX 24 CULLOWHEE, N. C. % ♦ * ************************************♦*♦*************.♦.* faculty not understand the romantic Joe (in geometry class): "I insist impulses of students?" Surely Mr. that a circle is a square." Allen, the psychology teacher, can ex- Prof. Johnson (absent-mindedly): plain this. —A Student. "Yes, dear."
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