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College as a Freshman. During these early days of college life she had the reputation of being extremely quiet; but, strange to say, as dignity increased, i. e. as she approached her Senior year, more and more was this characteristic of quietness wanting. She is not, however, noisy. On the contrary, she can be, when she wants to, the most exasperatingly cool persoll in conversation we ever saw. You don't know whether she is making fun of you or not. She even carries this to the extent of making sport of the teachers, as every examina- tion she makes out a pony, and when the professor giving the examination is ncar her, lets it fall in full sight of him, thus causing more embarrassment to him than to her. Why she should do this, unless it is to make fun of the pro- fessor, no one can tell. Miss Dodd's talents, though she does well in everything, are decidedly literary. Amon'g the students she is considered the best writer in college. Dur- ing the first two years of her college career she paid very close attention to her studies, and it was not until the Junior Banquet ('96 to '95, be it remembered) that she evinced any liking for boys, and then it was for one of the most diminu- tive specimens of the genus. Also a native of the Eastern Shore, coming from Wicomico County, Alice Mabel Eldcrdice became a Freshman at Western Maryland in '92. Her first year, like that of all Freshmen, was passed in comparative obscurity, but the Class of '96, perceiving her sound sense and power of penetration, in the Sopho- more year elected her as Prophetess of the class, which position, ill our opinion, could not have been better filled. She has always been extremely popular, attracting all by her sunny disposition and ever-ready sympathy. The girls, both in her class and others, knowing that here they would find sympathy, have made her their confidant, and all who have done so may rest assured that their trust will never be betrayed. For a long time she pretended that she never cared for hoys-c-the "silly things," as she termed them-e-but time works wonders, and the Senior year found Mabel Elderdice's opinion concerning them entirely changed; due no doubt to a certain gentleman well known in college as the athlete from New Mary Elizabeth Englar is from Carroll County, her home being not so very far from Westminster. She hegan her education at a Quaker institution in Philadelphia, where she had inculcated in her all the characteristic virtues of this denomination, quietness included. She entered Western Maryland Col- lege as a Sophomore, and became a great favorite with the girls, especially on Mondays, for this reason: As above mentioned, she does not live so far from "