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SERENA GIBSON DRYDEN "Serena" Chemistry CRISFIELD, MARYLAND Crisfield High School Browning Literary Society, Secretary, '25, Preliminary Contestant, '23, '24, '25; Contestant Alternate, '25; Preliminary Debate, '25; Phi Alpha Mu Club: J. G. c.; Hiking Group, Leader, '26; Y. \V. C. A., Secretary, '26, Chairman Hall Committee, '24; Chairman Social Service Committee, '25, Delegate to Eagle's Mere, '25; Sunday School; Biology Club, Vice-President, '26; Honorable Mention, '23, '24, '25; Norment Contestant, '23, '24. in honor clear. IS£ men say that history repeats itself. Hence, "Serena" must be the reincarnation of that noble soul of whom the poet wrote these lines. Methinks Milton, too, had in mind a model of Serena's early self when he penned his" Nods and becks and wreathed smiles," that character- ize her most of the time; but suddenly this child of moods surprises you: he chooses to be sober, steadfast and demure. We who know Serena love her when either of the spirits controls her nature. 'Tis told that a great man said of her when she was a bashful girl of sixteen, "She should have been called Serene." When one couldn't find Serena in cell 17, McDaniel, the torture chamber of French, she might be seen in laboratory. She divided her time fairly equally between the Romances and Sciences. (Forgive us, Serena, we are not attempt- ing to pun. V'le really mean to speak elegantly of your II favorite" language). Chemistry offered an attractive array of material for Serena's alert brain and nimble fingers. She came away from the smelly old lab enthusing about chicks, iodoform and the joys of being a country doctor. Serena has done noble things, not merely dreamed them, since she came to Western Maryland College. Whether she held office or not, she carried on with the same earnestness. Western Maryland should broadcast pete tions to all of the High Schools of the land to send a candidate who might try to fill the vacancy left by Serena.