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EDITH KATHERINE GREENLEE Greensboro, Md. Philomathean Literary Society. Edith Katherine Greenlee came from the quaint old town of Greensboro. She is another one of our most studious girls, and has always been a hard student, ever since she first entered the ha!!s of Wes- ern Maryland. Not only is she a girl of great ambition and desires, but she is persistent in carrying out her ideas. When giving Edith your view of affairs, you may think that you are winning her to think as you do, by the little shake of her head, but you'!! fina!!y observe that her own carefully considered, logical and firm views appeal to her as the best. Because Edith takes such an interest in her books and because she does not room on "Celestial Hall," we see very little of her and do not know her so well as we should wish. The charm about her is that hard as she is to become acquainted with, the longer you do really know her, the better you like her. Greenlee is really the best natured girl in the class She is very sympathetic and kind toward all her classmates. Because her name stands near the head of the alphabet, she has a desirable place at the table, but she is not at all selfish, for she often wi!!ingly changes places with some of the other unfortunate mortals. In J. G. c., Edith made quite a charming appearance as a gypsy. She seems to be a great friend to the Preparatory girls. Surely all of the girls wi!! join to- gether in saying of Edith, "we never miss the jewels til! they're gone." WILLIAM LEE HOFFMAN Buckeystown, Md. Webster Literary Society. When in our freshman year, the class-books were "run up," among the items under "Stock on Hand" was one article which, for want of better knowledge of its nature, was marked "W. L. H." Since that time chemists, historians, mathematicians, astronomers, and physicists have been busy day and night endeavoring to discover the identity of this strange find. The original "BiI! of Sale" might have been useful, but this, it seems had been lost, owing to the fact that the thing had been so long on hand. Alas, every effort was vain. After several unavailing efforts to solve the mystery, the class decided to accept the situation and make the best of it. There was one consolation: the thing could talk although "In starts distractedly." After three years we decided that, in accordance with our custom of putting curios in conspicious places, this one ought to be elected vice-president and elected he was forthwith. (Perhaps this wi!! ex- plain what toisome has seejned a mystery). Owing to his fondness for soft soap, we named this specmien "Alkali Ike." "Alky" seems to have one characteristic which we can, perhaps, explain. He is very fond of the girls. Doubtless they understand him. Pray Heaven they dol The only other things with which he seems .~o"beon familiar terms, are "tiny leaves" and "little blades of grass." His devotion to the former is shown by the fact that often in the middle of some dark, frosty, night, "Alky" gets up and opens his window to let in some little leaf which he hears tapping at his window and begging for admittance. Toward the latter, he manifests a fatherly care and goes each spring day to watch their growth and give advice. Some- how he maintains a high popularity with the Christian boys: as evidence-his election to the vice-presidency of the Y. M. C. A. If "Alky" ever did anything but read novels "every day in the week and Sunday for a rarity," no one seems to have heard of it. 40