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14 THE ATHENAEUM however, to become idle and she set about to raise money to establish a chain of missions, and to purchase a steamer so that her school might he reached readily by Steam! from! Liberia. Thus we find her on duty when the summons of death came, October 7, 1922. We may say well that her life was filled With activity and usefulness, which extended beyond the immediate results brought by them. She im parted her own life to those who came under the reach of her influence. Upon them she stamped the indelible impression of her own self. She is still living in those who knew her and whose lives have been so largely moulded by hers. She was in truth an untiring niission worker, and, as she says in words of the poet: “Her suffering ended with the day; Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose. But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through glory’s morning gate And walked in Paradise.” MISS MAYME L. STRONG By Miss L. R. Purdy, ’25. Miss Mayme L. Strong, a graduate of the Teacher’s Professional Course of Spelman and of the College Department of Morehouse, is now attending Harvard University in pursuance of studies for her Master’s Degree. For several terms Miss Strong held the chair of English at Morehouse College. She also figured prominently in the work of staging for the Athenaeum the Shakespearean productions, Twelfth Night and Othello, in both of which she served very creditably as director. We wish her much success in the courses for her degree. ATTENTION! Please Trade With Our Advertisers.