November, 1949
THE DIALETTB
Page 3
Physical Brings
Great Happiness
When Postponed
So you were awake at the crack
of dawn this morning? There are
two possible explanations - going
home, or going to the infirmary
for your physical. Three guesses
as to which is correct. You’re
r’ght; it’s the day for your trek
to the infirmary examination
board.
As you lie there staring into
space, you can’t realize that only
yesterday you raced madly around
shouting, “I’m happy and well,”
as you vigorously pounded your
good old healthy body! But that
was before the little white invita
tions came. You had a feeling that
there was danger lurking behind
that innocent face, but you smiled
and looked around cautiously,
waiting for someone else to open
hers. You were right.
Infirmary - tomorrow - 9:00 -
physical - majors. All of a sud
den your good old healthy body
let you down. At that very mom
ent you developed every symptom
of consumption, leprosy, and a
few more diseases not listed in the
book.
You dragged your weary body
from bed and tried to think of
some pleasure the day would
bring - try as you might, not one
could you bring to mind. Perhaps
breakfast would offer some es
cape; maybe you would fall in
the lake, maybe you would be
stricken with some contagious di
sease; but you couldn’t help ad
ding, “Maybe I won’t.”
Quite casually you ask one of
the girls, “How are those phys
icals; simple, aren’t they?”
“Simple?” she shrieks and then
'ets you have it. She hunches her
shoulders and sticks her face -
wicked grin and all - in front of
yours. The line of thought seems
to be that you may FEEL well
but you aren’t; you’re half dead,
b^ot for one moment do you doubt
that fact.
By 8:30 you are desperate. Af
ter assuring yourself for the
twentieth time that is is happen
ing to you, you put the now-soiled,
now-worn piece of paper down and
trudge off up the hill. By some
quirk of fate the sun chooses this
moment to go under a cloud. Even
the elements are against you, you
think bitterly.
You wish fervently that the in
firmary were equipped with an
elevator; maybe with a little help
from you it could get stuck be
tween floors. There are the steps,
you start up and all too soon you
reach the top.
There you are greeted by a
cheery face - there ought to be a
'aw against anyone’s looking so
cheerful, especially on death’s
threshold. There are several other
victims ahead of you. Each one
sits staring at the magazine, some
held up side down, some sideways.
Some are actually turning pages
as if to convince themselves and
others that they are calm and col
lected. You wedge yourself be
tween a table and a wall, wipe
your perspiring palms on your
skirt, and wait.
A group of girls outside see
you; they wave and laugh gayly.
Flow dare they laugh when your
life is in danger! You sit there
as silent and montionless as “the
great stone face.”
A girl is released and a honey-
and-sugar voice summons in an
other victim. When you find that
it isn’t you, you crawl out from
under the tab'e and resume your
vigil. You become aware that the
boney-and-sugar voice is again
speaking, “We won’t have time for
one of you today. Who wants to
come back tomorrow?”
Your good old healthy body
gives a mighty heave and you’re
off! It’s a fine world; and even
if it is November, you are posi
tive you can hear birds singing
in the trees.
As you race off down the hill,
you yell at the old friends and
think, “Why there is nothing to
it, nothing at all.” You are glad
you didn’t let it get you down.
Why, some of the girls actually
worried!
They’ll get you yet. But you’ll
have time to worry in tomorrow’s
sleepless dawn.
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North Carolina
Alumnae News..
Wondering what’s happened to
some of the “old girls?” Well,
here’s news of some of them which
may help you to get your records
straight.
Quite a few ex-Montreaters
have recently gotten married. On
October 29, LIB MILLER, a grad
uate of last year and former Ed
itor of the Staff of Student Pub
lications, was married in Raph-
ine, Virginia, to Mr. Wallace A.
Strickler. GLADYS GOODMAN,
a ’48 graduate who since her
graduation, has been doing D.R.E.
work at the Third Presbyterian
Church in Greenville, South Car
olina, was married on October 16,
to Mr. Thomas McCorkle. Two
other Montreat girls who gradu
ated that same year - MABLE
liEE WELLS and JOAN RODR-
lAN - were Goodie’s attendants.
Mable Lee is D.R.E. at the Pres
byterian Church in Seneca, South
Carolina; Joan is doing home miss
ion work in the Bluefield Pres
bytery of West Virginia.
Charleston, South Carolina was
the scene of the wedding of MARY
PENNEY, who was married to
Mr. Sam B. Lewis on October 1.
Still another wedding, that of
LULU MOSHOURE to John C.
Belmon of Long Island, took place
on October 9.
The spirit of Montreat stJl
seems to lure some of the “old
girls” back. Recently Mrs. Edwin
Marshal (MADELINE HONEY-
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this idea arose her many compo
sitions.
In 1913, we were fortunate to
secure Mr. and Mrs. Adams as
permanent residents in Montreat,
where they have taken an active
interest in the music of our col
lege. Here every Christmas they
hold their “Doll’s Music Festival.”
To this are invited the many close
friends of the Adamses’ who
bring with them their favorite
dolls. With each doll there is
another one, a “Going-Away Doll,”
which is sent to some child who
otherwise would do without. In all
this Mrs. Adams is warmly guid
ed and encouraged by her hus
band.
One of Mr. Adams’ favorite
quotations gives their secret of
eternal charm: “Youth is not a
time of life; it is a state of mind.
You are as young as your faith,
as old as your doubt; as young
as your self-confidence; as old as
your fear; as young as your hope,
as old as your despair. Nobody
grows old merely by living a num
ber of years; people grow old by
deserting their ideals.”
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