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MARIANNA STERLING Crisfield, Md. "Once more; speak clearly if you speak at all; Carve every word before you let it fall."-Holmes. Marianna! Considered to be one of the pretty members of the class, especially beautiful on the stage. She loves her home, to which she makes many flying trips every year. She dresses with a great deal of taste. She is endowed with a mind which declares itself forcibly by means of that woman's weapon, the tongue. She has formed some very close ties of friend- ship during her college course, it may be said of her, some she dislikes, many she likes, and few she loves. She expresses every shade of thought by means of her countenance. She ardently loves the elocution teacher and her elocution. During her Senior year she spent three-fourths of her time in Philo. Society Hall holding forth, in magical tones, to the chairs and walls. She has made frequent trips to the photographer's for the purpose of having her pictures taken. And once she sat thirteen times in the same week. She can be very sarcastic when she likes, but she only" likes" on special occasions. She is very sensitive. She is gen- erally homesick three or more weeks after returning to college and more so than any other girl on the hill. She is kindly disposed toward those whom she likes and will certainly do all in her power for her friends. ERMA BARNES STEWART Oxford, Md. "I prithee, pretty youth, let me be better acquainted with the."-As you Like It. Erma can be seen on any public occasion with her arms twined lovingly around her "sister," not "Sal's" sister, let me hasten to add, whom she loves because of the fraternal ties existing between them. Her neck is rather small, due to frequent twistings and turn- ings to see. Though "Ish" has the baby tones, Erma has the infantile expression and soft skin of a child. We are all fond of our sweet little prophetess, who has so faithfully labored among us. She is a conscientious student, a favorite with the teachers, and succeeds in her studies. Like Nell, she is of a sunny disposition, generously giving out her smiles to all who will receive? No, that's the pity of it, a chosen few, she prefers foot ball players. Erma is undemonstrative, but better that than too much the other way. But having been with her three years, we know that she has deep feelings in the depths of her heart. Generosity is a synonym for her name. Always ready to lend, always ready to share whatever she has with her friends. When you are hard up for a subject for your essay, just go to her, she has one, always the same, "The Beauties of Nature"-and so we often have nature essays delivered in chapel. Erma does not bear malice, for slight offenses that is, but for greater ones she is not apt to feel just the same toward you as she once did. 69