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The pn:sent year, nO\\' so near ih close, has been one of unpret·edented ~uceess . Our pre~ident tk~~n·t·s
nnu:h credit, and should be congratulated upon the m•tnner in \\ hich the sodt:t~ has taken up the work this yeat
It should be a matter of the utmost importance to each and t:\'er} member of .m organization to promok its be~t
interests in e\·ery line of its peculiar work. lh stu:ce~s depends upon iudi\·idual effort alone. \Yen~ each membn
to work energetically, and with the enthusiasm of a leader, no organization in the South would achie\·e more
brilliant results than our own Clntonian.
The recent reception given by thi ~ociety to the ladies of the Faculty was charat'leristic of their entertain
ments, in the delightful manuer in which the rooms were arranged ami det·omted, .ual the daiutily sen·ed refn·~h
mt:uls. Every one enjoyed the occasion to the fullest extent.
The Washington Party, on the 22d of February, brought back with reali~tic pleasnre the good old times of
Auld Lang Syne The powdered wigs, rit·h embroideries in gold and sih·er, togt:lher with exqubtte laces, .h
worn by gay bdles and beaux of ye oldt:n time, truly made us well ac<tnainted with hbtorical character-.. 'I'he
miuuet was a trifle too sedate and stately for the present generation to copy f.tithfull~· . so ga\·e place to fin· minute
con\'ersations. which were scored on tablets, after the manner of the most ceren.onious ball-room eti<)Ut:lle.
~!uch more might be written about our society, which, through long association and bard work, has
become endeared to us, and whose future possibilities may mean so much to many others, hut t•nough has bt·('n
said to reawaken the interest of the old Clutoniam;, and to enlighten those who in the future may ht:eome its
members. May our belo\·ed Alma l\!atcr flourish in the IIWI future, ,;o that its friends who han~ labored so z<.'al
ously for it may see their reward in it~ increasing numbers, its growth and its prosperil\·, and may our hall. with
its works of art and beauty, its priceless gems of literature, while it offers a home of elegant rdinement. ht"<.'Ome
one of the most popular resorts for the earnest and cotPicientious student.
The literary and debating society has been and al\\ays will he '·the stepping stone to future greatness, "
and we hope that in the building up of our College there will be ample preparation tor the literary societies to do
their share in the education of its students. both men aud women.
So let us hope and believe that the " Clutonian Hall ' will some day re:tp an abundant han·est in the up·
building of character, and the education of both heart and brain of the hundred" of women that may yt:t grat'l'
this hall of learning, and thn• the reputation, thus gained by making tht:se lin~s hoth nohk aml goo1l , ma1· he its
crowning glory.

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