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MARIANNA STERLING Crisfield, Md. Philomathean Literary Society. After graduating from the high school in Crisfield Marianna Sterling decided to "go away to school," and so we find her at Western Maryland in September, !900. A fat little girl with light hair and who could cry whenever she wished. She soon showed a talent for elocution, and was a contestant in both the Freshman and Sophomore elocution contests; carrying off the medal in her Freshman year. Marianna has a remarkable talent for mimicing anything and any person, and on many occasions, made us all scream and laugh as she executed the "bear dance," which was our favorite. She has never had a strike, that is for more than three or four days; once she did go so far as to exchange society pins with a certain young man. Her conscience hurt her when she remembered her "friend" at home, and so she sent back the pin. The girls have always been interested in Marianna's love affair: she "breaks off" on an averag of nine times a month, vows she will never speak to him again, but in a day or two she announces that they have made up and she loves him better than ever. The latest report is that, after she graduates she has not decided whether to get married or go to Boston to study Elocution. ERMA BARNES STEWART Oxford, Md. Philomathean Literary Society. Erma entered the class in the fall of !902. As our class prophetess left school about the middle of the second term, Stewart was elected to fill her place. She is the best-natured girl in the Senior Class-it being almost impossible to ruffle her serene and sunny disposition. She is very much attached to her sister. Indeed the two are inseparable 'Tis a most familiar sight to see them curled up on the cosy corner, with their arms twined around each other's neck. She is President of the "Senior Spotted Club." She has had a wide experience in "strikes" during her college course. Even up until the first part of her senior year, she could not decide whether she cared most for upper or lower classmen. She has finally decided in favor of the lower classmen. She is most easily embarrassed. Picks up an expression and wears it thread-bare. Once when she called on the English professor and his wife she used the ex- pression "It makes no difference, Professor Wills," eleven times in three minutes. She thinks she is much abused, for due to her exalted position in the class, she is almost always sure to be one of any committee which is sent to "Doc," and Stewart declares they meanly make her do all of the talking. Her favorite occupation in her leisure moments is to run across next door, and with a class-mate hold a warm discussion over the relative merits of some pictures taken at Pen Mar. Both of the said youthful maidens have an object in view. She vows after she leaves school she is going to keep house for Mother. It's really enchanting to listen to her enumeration of the many things she can do in the culinary depart- ment; surely she's a treasure. Young men look sharpl 46