Calyx . g the apple. William Edwin NeblettLunenburg, Virginia Hello, there, General, whats the news fromthe A. E. ^ Thats Eds countersign when he advancesto meet us. For Ed was with the 80th Divi-sion in France and played a mans part towardsending the melee. He likes to talk about hisarmy days, how he won the Red Cross at thebattle of Cognac, his diverting experiences withfrolicsome cooties, the wistful-eyed maiden inthe battered \illage who said she would wait forhim to come back to her, and so on. It mightbe observed, en passant, that the nistful-eyedmaiden is still waiting wistfully for
Calyx . g the apple. William Edwin NeblettLunenburg, Virginia Hello, there, General, whats the news fromthe A. E. ^ Thats Eds countersign when he advancesto meet us. For Ed was with the 80th Divi-sion in France and played a mans part towardsending the melee. He likes to talk about hisarmy days, how he won the Red Cross at thebattle of Cognac, his diverting experiences withfrolicsome cooties, the wistful-eyed maiden inthe battered \illage who said she would wait forhim to come back to her, and so on. It mightbe observed, en passant, that the nistful-eyedmaiden is still waiting wistfully for the return ofher hero. This is no reflection upon Edsability as a raconteur. We let him say his speechthrough to the end, because it pays to be a goodlistener. During his sojourn in our midst. Ed hasattended to his business with a seriousness andearnestness that bespeak success in his chosencareer. He has let nothing swerve liim from theattainment of his goal, but has kept to the markall the way William OldCentralia, Virginia KS; * A * We want a friend like Bill Old. If we saidnothing else wc would have delivered an our entire career we have not met a more loyaland devoted comrade than is this sunny lad fromCentralia. He sort of grows on a fellow. Hiscompanionship with Henry Connelly during thepast two years has inspired us more than allthe sermons ever preached could have , Bill is the kind of friend we mean to hangon to—a purely selfish motive, to be sure, be-cause we feel the need of more men like him. Bill has a fondness for Farmville. We thinkthis must be due to the fact that before he cameto Lexington he stopped for a while at Hampden-Sidney. He has not forgotten that he is an ex-Tiger, too. But S. X. S. also has its , Boy! you ought to see her—all tears andsighs an<l raving moonshine. Lucky Bill! Wedont blame him for running down there Thanks-giving and Christmas and Washingtons Birth-day and all the other holidays. No, s
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