Erskiniana [Yearbook] . rises which, tho seemingly trivial at the time oftheir occurrence, determine future history. Such acrisis in the history of Erskine College and in the livesof its students vs^as the founding of Philomathea. All honor to those men who gave birth to thisSociety! All honor to her illustrious Alumni! All honor to those friends who ever, both by word and deed, give her then-loyal support! To her Alumni she needs no praise; to her friends who are not familiarwith her works she only points to an untarnished record of seventy years. To the world Philomathea proclaims that she s
Erskiniana [Yearbook] . rises which, tho seemingly trivial at the time oftheir occurrence, determine future history. Such acrisis in the history of Erskine College and in the livesof its students vs^as the founding of Philomathea. All honor to those men who gave birth to thisSociety! All honor to her illustrious Alumni! All honor to those friends who ever, both by word and deed, give her then-loyal support! To her Alumni she needs no praise; to her friends who are not familiarwith her works she only points to an untarnished record of seventy years. To the world Philomathea proclaims that she stands and has ever stoodfor the highest development of her members and of the Erskine student-body. Remaining true to the noble conception of her founders, speaking ever forthe uplift of her members, spreading her bettering influence over the entireSouthland, Philomathea, by her glorious record and ideals, keeps calling usnearer to the true goal of all of us, to perfection, to beauty, to truth. W. CAMPBELL McLAIN. 97 wm. Calliopean Literary Society President, Miss Lois , Miss Ilda Jean , Miss Mayme , Miss Hamilton Henry. Beatrice ArnoldMaud BighamDale BoyceLois BrysonMayme BurleyFrances DarbyLeila DunlapBettie HenryHamilton HenryHelen Matthews MEMBERS Belle NickelsIlda Jean NixonSusie Mae NortonRose SandiferMattie SloanLois SnellJennie StewartLeona SquiresEugenia WalkerCathleen Wilson COLORS: ROYAL PURPLE AND WHITE 99 Y. M. C. A. Department B. L. PARKINSON, Editor OFFICERS. W. W. Boyce, Jr., President. R. T. Kerr, Vice-President. J. P. Kennedy, Secretary. R. E. Gettys, Treasurer. In 1869 fifteen or twenty students organized a Y. M. C. A. in ErskineCollege. Until 1892 the association held its meetings in a third-story room ofthe college building. When the new college was constructed, in 1892, aroom, with a seating capacity of 350, especially designed for a Y. M. C. , was made on the first floor of the building. Sinc
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