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"A scene from the Present Homes and Occupations of the 1904class of Western Maryland CoHege.-1914." I paused and then it an came back to me, those dear days at W. M. C.; I thought of the girls and boys, and be- fore I dared read farther I thought of Margaret Bennett, who was the dearest girl in the class. I wondered if her present life was happy, but surely it must be, because nothing but happiness could crown a life which had been so joyous and fun of loving acts. I will not dream of the past, but read what the strange paper recorded of her future. "You will see her, whom you loved, happy. After having graduated from Western Maryland College she went to Vassar, where she applied herself very closely and made a splendid record. Her specialties were elocution and athletics, soon her class-mates recognized her abilities in both of these branches, and chose her "Leader of Athletics" in her Senior year. She was the goddess of an the girls and formed many fast and dear friendships which will continue true through her whole life. After this, Margaret's life was uneventful-just a simple, pleasant home life. The young men always used their most polished means to gain her attention; but no, she, just as at school, cared nothing for them; and lived only for her younger brother. One summer she met a handsome, brave young man; soon they had a happy home of their own. This very hour she is giving a dance, the whole hoose is illuminated, and we see Margaret receiving her guests, dressed in a simple white gown with a red rose in her hair. Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! The same dear girl that ap- peared on the stage in Smith Hall ten years ago to recite a scene from «The Lady of Lyons," only a little older, yet we can not perceive any material difference. My memory recalls nothing but the most pleasant things concerning Mary Clark. She was one of the few stu- dents of our class, and always came out first. Many times have I recalled how Mary would smile at the boys and she never missed a "Parlor Night," but such things never kept her from studying. The roll reads as below: "Mary Emily Clark took a special course in History at Cornell] she had laid such a splendid foundation for it while at W. M. C. that the work was comparatively easy. Although her studies did not occupy all her time, she was never idle; her time was equally divided. and she spent several hours every day in her own private den. The girls wondered what she was doing, but never did she ten on her secret. The next year society raved over a new novel, whose heroine was of such an original type, that she made the book so interesting that immediately it was deemed "The Novel of the Day." The author? Mary E. Clark. Then all of her school friends knew what Mary had been doing when she spent those quiet hours in her room. 72