Blackstone College - Acorn Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 174 of the 1921 volume:

| � iv jp a a lilts are very easy to find when One is in a critical attitude. We wish our Readers to accept The Acorn with a sympathy for our Efforts and an understanding of our trials. We, the staff, submit it to you, not for its Own merit, but rather as a true and faithful Record of our work and our play, our hopes and our Dreams. I Foreword ...—. 2 Dedication .. 5 Staff -. 7 Dedication to Old Building__ 8 Faculty .„. 16 College Song . 20 Senior College Class . 23 Senior College Class Will . 33 Senior Poem . 36 Senior College Class Chart. 37. Senior College Yells . 38 Junior College Class _ 40 Senior Academic Class . 46 Senior Academic Prophecy . 65 Junior Academic Class . 72 Sophomore Academic Class . 76 Freshman Academic Class . 78 Town Girls’ Club _ 79 A Sabbath Morning . 81 Spring .:... 82 In Memoriam . 83 Student Government Association . 86 Y. W. C. A. . 88 Student Volunteers . 92 Life Service Band . 93 Blackstonian Staff . 94 Anglia Literary Society . 96 Latin Club . 97 Le Cercle Francais . 98 Glee Club _ 100 Expression Class . 101 Music Club . 102 Visit of the Spookety-Spooks_ 104 Christmas Carol . r ... 105 The Dreamers’ Club . 107 Concert Program . 108 Eta Bita Pie . 110 Utopian . Ill U. T. _ 112 B. K. 113 X. M. _ 114 K. T. 0. 115 Do Little _ 116 Esthion .. 117 Bobbed Flair Club _ 118 Tidewater Club .. 119 North Carolina Club . 120 West Virginia Club _ 121 Maryland Club .. 122 Mongrel Club .. 123 Tennessee Club . 124 Athletic Association . 126 Academic Teams . 128 College Teams . 130 College Tennis Clubs . 132 Academic Tennis Clubs . 134 Statistics . 136 Calendar . 144 Jollifications . 146 The End . 154 Ads . 156 3 I Dr. W. Asbury Christian Dedicated to £Dur president, professor, and JFriend, , - • t , $$$ ' .’fc QBHUltam Slaburp Christian, 9. Jfl., 3B. B. The Acorn Staff Acorn Staff HATTIE JOHNSON . PLEAS RICHARDSON . MARY ESKRIDGE . INEZ JOHNSON ... HILDA WILROY . FLYNN VISE . ELSIE SKINNER . SUE TRADER . ELIZABETH JOLLS . NANCY LIGHT. LILIAN POWER . HONOR HAMILTON .. RUTH JONES ..:. JESSIE MILLER . MARTHA LEE ADAMS . GERTRUDE BEAUCHAMP CORNELIA SIKKELEE . . Editor-in-Chief . Assistant Editor . Arrangement Editor . Literary Editor . Art Editor . Assistant Art Editor . Assistant Art Editor ..... Assistant Art Editor . .....Joke Editor . . Assistant Joke Editor . Organisation Editor Assistant Organisation Editor . Social Statistics Editor . Business Manager . Business Manager . Business Manager . Business Manager 7 % om Dedicated to the Old Building Old Building, we love her with girlish delight, She knows all our heartaches and pleasures so bright; To the top she was speeding, none kept up with her pace: She fell to the earth as she won in the race. Old Building, dear Old Building! She fell to the earth as she won in the race. She’ll rouse from her slumber, we’ll soon see the day, Her head lifted proudly to race again, they say. Oh ! may she ne’er stumble as she the goal doth win, She’ll rise too high above us, her flesh, her blood, her kin. Old Building, dear Old Building! She’ll rise too high above us, her flesh, her blood, her kin. Then let’s be up and doing, for when she does awake She’ll want to see her children the highest honors take; And let our Alma Mater find this her dream come true, We keep up to the standard in everything we do. Old Building, dear Old Building! We keep up to the standard in everything we do. Mrs. W. A. Christian. 8 Ruins of the Old Building Main Building •4 Auditorium President’s Home Seen on the Campus . ' ’’A. . “• w.. ' ' ■ -V 3 4; ' 1 , _ f . ' V- 5i % ' J ikLv Faculty REV. W. ASBURY CHRISTIAN, D. D. B. A. and M. A., Randolph-Macon College BIBLE AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY MISS CHARLOTTE L. STOAKLEY, Dean Blackstone Female Institute University of Virginia Summer School Teachers’ College, Columbia University I PEDAGOGY 16 ■£ MISS LE CLAIRE BATTEN University of Virginia Summer School CRITIC TEACHER MISS SUSIE WOODRUFF BRYAN, A. B. A. B., Wesleyan Female College University of Georgia Summer School LATIN MISS JULIA A. DANIEL, A. B. A. B., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College HISTORY AND ENGLISH MISS LOUISE HARRY Blackstone College University of Virginia Summer School CRITIC TEACHER MISS WINIFRED E. NEVILLE, A. B. A. B., University of Kentucky Graduate Student, University of Chicago Graduate School of Library Science, Uni¬ versity of Michigan ENGLISH AND FRENCH MISS NANNIE L. ROBERTS, B. S., M. S, B. S. and M. S., Columbia College SCIENCE MISS CAROLYN RUTH ROGERS, A. B. A. B., Coker College MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH MISS M. ROSA ROUSE Oak Park Institute Fredericksburg Summer School University of Virginia Summer School CRITIC TEACHER 17 MISS GLADYS KYLE SANDERS, A. B. A. B., Carolina College mathematics and science MISS ESTELLE SMITH Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and School of Music EXPRESSION MISS DAISY BAILEY WAITT, A. B„ A. M. Graduate, St. Mary’s School Graduate, Greensboro State Normal A. B., Cornell University A. M., Columbia University LATIN AND ENGLISH MISS MARY LEE BENNETT Norfolk College Randolph-Macon Woman’s College New England Conservatory PIANO MISS EDYTH CHRISTIAN Virgil Piano School of Music Pupil of L. Leslie Loth PIANO MISS GLADYS M. DELP Graduate Virginia Intermont College Cincinnati Conservatory of Music: Frederic Martin VOCAL MUSIC AND CHORUS DIRECTOR MISS REBEKAH E. STEPHENSON Randolph-Macon Peabody Conservatory of Music: Emmanuel Wad PIANO MISS EMILY P. WRIGHT Graduate Koener School of Music Peabody Conservatory of Music: Emmanuel Wad PIANO 18 MRS. L. E. WALLACE Loer’s Art School Miss Gault’s Art School Academy of New York: George Bellews ART FACULTY OFFICERS MR. GEORGE P. ADAMS Secretary and Treasurer MR. E. S. BENNETT Assistant to Secretary and Treasurer MISS AGNES KENNEDY Secretary to the President HOME DEPARTMENT MRS. EMMA OVERMEYER MRS. SUE L. HITE MISS LUCY NASH 19 15 Iack 0 tone College ong Fair summer wreathed and smiling Brings our vacation days, With her charms our hearts beguiling, We can but sing her praise; But a felt subduing strain Undertones each glad refrain, Sad, yet sweet, chords vibrate, Telling of the tender parting days. Chorus : College fair, beloved, good-bye, Brilliant star in a studded sky; I ay thy rays still bless and brighten As the passing years go by! Dear Saviour, send a blessing With this, our parting hour; May we each go forth, possessing Thy precious care and power. Oh! bless those who blessed us here, With their toil and guiding care, Be Thou their reward and guardian Until they Thy glory share. Beloved School, we leave thee; In groups diverged we go Home to mountains, plain and margin Of ocean’s ebb and flow. But our homes from hill to sea. As entwining links shall be In the golden chain that binds us Heart to heart, and all to thee. J. R. Sturgis. 20 Senior Class Colors : Blue and Gold. Flower : Forget-me-not. Here’s to our mascots, Burro and boy: ’Twenty-one wishes them All luck and joy. 22 JESSIE LEE MILLER NEWPORT NEWS, VA. President of Senior Class; Treasurer of Student Council, 1920; Acorn Staff, Business Manager; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21; English Club, 1921; Tennis Club, 1920; LTtopia Supper Club, 1920-21. How Jessie ever got the reputation of being digni¬ fied we Seniors have never been able to tell. She may look a trifle awe-inspiring and being on the Stu¬ dent Council does make her a trifle more formidable, but there is no “dignified Senior” more fun-loving and a greater cut-up than “Jeshie.” We have found that she always does her work conscientiously and well. She has made a most capable Class President and has handled the Acorn funds in a masterly man¬ ner. We hardly know what to prophesy for her but we know that she will always carry out whatever she undertakes. MARGARET MOORE WILSON, N. C. Vice-President of Senior Class; Y. W. C. A., 1920- 21; French Club, 1921; Tennis Club, 1921; N. C. Club, 1920-21; Eta Bita Pie Supper Club, 1920-21. Who’s that we hear giggling? Surely no one but Margaret Moore. From morn till night Margaret grins, giggles and chuckles her way through life. Whenever any one has a severe attack of blues Mar¬ garet comes along and cheers while she comforts the downcast one. Still she can be serious if the occa¬ sion demands it. She insists, however, that it’s better to laugh than to cry and this seems to be her motto. It’s hard to tell where Margaret will be next year, but where she is the best wishes of the Senior Class will follow her. 23 HONOR HAMILTON LOCUST DALE, VA. Secretary of Senior Class, 1921; Eta Bita Pie, 1919-20-21; Acorn Staff, Organization Manager, 1921; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, 1921; Anglia Literary Society, 1921; French Club, 1921. Honor entered the Class of ’21 this session al¬ though she has been coming to Blackstone the last five years. She possesses a lovable disposition and when there’s work to be done, she can always be de¬ pended on. She has a host of friends who will miss her cheery smile and lively conversation when she leaves. LILIAN HERMOINE LONG CUMBERLAND, MD. Treasurer of Senior Class; Blackstonian Staff, Circulation Manager, 1921; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21; Anglia Literary Society, 1921 ; Expression Club, 1921; Tennis Club, 1921; Maryland Club, 1920-21. One of the Seniors called Lilian the “surprise girl” and that suits her perfectly, for she is always show¬ ing some new phase of her character. We have just discovered that she plays the piano well enough to “solo” at concert. Nearly every morning she can be seen playing tennis or taking a brisk walk. When we were needing typists the “surprise girl” came forth and typed page after page. Perhaps the great¬ est surprise of all, though, was when she prayed in prayer meeting. Who would have thought it? Lilian can always be counted on for good things and counted out when it comes to things that are apt to end before the Student Government Council. We wonder if she will teach in Hawaii next year as she plans. 24 EVADNYRJOYCE ARTHUR GLADYS, VA. Member of Y. W. C. A., 1919-20-21 ; French Club, 1921. In Joyce we find all of the qualities that go to make up a good Senior. She works hard and can always be depended on to do her share in any mis¬ chief. Her sole ambition seems to be to get A on English and to this end she strives earnestly. She has all the good wishes of the Senior Class for a bright and happy future. WILLIE GERTRUDE BEAUCHAMP RAINSWOOD, VA. Acorn Staff, Business Manager, 1921 ; Member of Y. W. C. A., 1920-21; Varsity Basket-Ball Team, 1921. This member of the Senior Class is indeed highly honored, for Miss NeVille has declared, “Mademoi¬ selle Beauchamp is never seen without a smile.” We all, without exception, heartily agree with Miss Ne¬ Ville. Gertrude is also noted for her speed in bas¬ ket-ball. If you don’t believe it just ask some of the “bloomin’ Acs” who saw her play on Thanksgiving day. Her greatest bugbear seems to be “Milton’s Cosmology.” None of us can blame her for that. In future years we are expecting to hear great things from Gertrude, for is she not a member of the Class of ’21? 25 EVELYN E. COVINGTON BURGESS STORE, VA. President of Athletic Association, 1921; Manager of Volley Ball, 1920; Varsity Basket-Ball Team, 1920-21 ; Tennis Club, 1920-21 ; President Tidewater Club, 1921; Utopia Supper Club, 1920-21. For two years Evelyn has brought fame to her class by her splendid work in athletics. We must confess that her forte is not books. Not that she “flunks”—Oh, no. Lately we have noticed a decided change in our classmate. Studies have become her hobby and she is working hard on Pedagogy, French and English. Besides all of this she is making elab¬ orate plans for Field Day. Here’s luck to you, Eve¬ lyn, and may next year bring Blackstone another such athlete. MARY ELIZABETH ESKRIDGE MARLINTON, W. VA. President of Student Council, 1921; Acorn Staff, Literary Editor, 1920, Arrangement Editor, 1921 ; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, 1921; Anglia Literary Society, 1920-21; French Club, 1921; Student Volunteer Del¬ egate to Des Moines, 1920; President of West Vir¬ ginia Club, 1920, Eta Bita Pie, 1920-21; Expression Class, 1920; Basket-Ball, 1920. Mary is undoubtedly one of the most prominent members of the Class. Besides being the President of the Student Council, she holds many offices of importance. Strange to say, she isn’t prissy. She is always ready for a good time and really isn’t very dignified except when she has to be. She possesses the greatest executive ability of any one in the Class and whenever we want anything to go through we put it in Mary’s capable hands. Moreover, every one is confident of her good judgment and common sense; and if she disapproves we may know there is something wrong. 26 DOROTHY LOUISE FLETCHER CHERITON, VA. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. 1921 ; Secretary Junior Col¬ lege Class, 1920; Anglia Literary Society; Dreamers’ Club, 1920; Glee Club, 1920-21; Eastern Shore Club, 1920. Lately we Seniors have felt that we really know very little about Dorothy. Her outward character¬ istics are known: her sweet expression, her musical ability, and that charm which attracts so many. But we feel that “Annie Ruth” can tell you much more than we can. We can vouch that she can bluff, espe¬ cially in French, and we can also guarantee that she works conscientiously on English. She can usually be seen reading a letter from Hampden-Sidney, and she always says at the close, “Oh, girls, he blew me up.” We wish Dorothy all good luck in the future years and we feel sure that she will always reflect credit on Blackstone and the Class of ’21. HATTIE VIRGINIA JOHNSON ASHLAND, VA. Acorn Staff, Business Manager, 1920, Editor-in- Chief, 1921; Student Council, 1921; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, 1920-21; Anglia Literary Society, 1920-21; Latin Club, 1921; Expression Class, 1920-21; Dele¬ gate to Des Moines, 1920; Basket-Ball, 1921. Hattie is one of those rare individu als who com¬ bine work and pleasure in exactly the right propor¬ tions. She never “flunks” as the rest of us poor mor¬ tals do, nor does she get hauled up before the Stu¬ dent Council for not taking exercise; How does she do it? We don’t know, but we think it must be be¬ cause she is “just naturally smart.” With all her class work she finds time to play basket-ball, get out an Annual, serve on the Y. W. Cabinet, take a prom¬ inent part in plays and be a member of the Student Council. She is what we call a typical representa¬ tive of Blackstone. 27 LULULEE INEZ JOHNSON ASHLAND, VA. Acorn Staff, Literary Editor, 1921; Blackstonian Staff, Exchange Editor, 1921; Anglia Literary So¬ ciety, 1920-21; Latin Club, 1921; Y. W. C. A., 1920- 21; Basket-Ball, 1921. “Miss Inez” is another one of “those smart John¬ son girls.” Whenever we want any information on English, Latin or History, up to Room I we trot. In spite of her knowledge of matters “compendious,” her fun-loving nature shows itself quite frequently. Scanning Latin poetry seems to be her delight, and when she is in a “scanning” mood, her roommates seek refuge elsewhere. She has worked faithfully on both staffs for she secured a number of ex¬ changes for The Blackstonian and she collected all the literary material for the Acorn. When she dreamed on a piece of wedding cake “Red” came out last, so we all know her future. SARAH ELIZABETH JOLLS WYOMING, DEL. Acorn Staff, Joke Editor, 1921, Athletic Editor, 1920; Blackstonian Staff, Athletic Editor, 1921; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21; Anglia Literary Society, 1921 ; Latin Club, 1921; French Club, 1921; Glee Club, 1921; Basket-Ball, 1920-21; Tennis Club, 1920-21 ; Mongrel Club, 1921. Enthusiastic! Lively! Full of pep! Always willing to serve on the Y. W. Social Committee; Black¬ stonian Athletic Editor, and Joke Editor of the Acorn : That’s Elizabeth! From all the masculine hearts she’s broken, and the fat letters she receives from “Dick,” it is evident that she is attractive and entertaining. If Elizabeth ever gets stuck, leave it to her to bluff her way out of it. She can’t be downed. Success to you, Senior of ’21 ! 28 RUTH JONES LYNCH STATION, VA. Acorn Staff, Statistics Editor, 1921; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21 ; Anglia Literary Society, 1921; Expression Class, 1920-21; Tennis Club, 1921. What a number of different qualities we find in “Rufus”! One thing is certain, one will never stag¬ nate when Ruth is within a radius of five miles. If she can’t create excitement in any other way she has a pretty hysterical spell. We all feel that if Ruth didn’t tell us all the latest school news, we would be hopelessly lost. She makes such a handsome man that some of the callow Freshmen and Junior Acs have exclaimed: “Oh, wasn’t Ruth Jones the best¬ looking man ! I could fall in love with her as easy as anything.” Ruth has stage ambitions and if she keeps on we shall not be at all surprised in the near future to hear her compared with “Sarah,” or some such celebrity. MARGARET H. LEMMOND MATHEWS, N. C. Blackstonian Staff, Editor-in-Chief, 1921; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, 1921 ; Anglia Literary Society, 1921; French Club, 1921; Basket-Ball Manager, 1921; Ten¬ nis Club, 1920; N. C. Club, 1920-21; Eta Bita Pie, 1920-21. The most peppy, attractive, best all-’round girl in school, that’s “Lemmond” ! She wished to make The Blackstonian a success. She did so. She desired to make Basket-Ball more interesting than ever before. She did so. There is no end to the things she has done in the past and those she will do in the future. Her latest crazes are bicycling and being “dignified.” As the chairman of the Program Committee of the Anglia Literary Society she has worked faithfully and well. We have only one fault to find with her— she will persist in working herself to death instead of making the others do their share. Go to it, Lem¬ mond, here’s luck to you. 29 LOUISE LITTLE CATAWBA, N. C. Blackstonian Staff, Assistant Editor, 1921; Tennis Club, 1921; Y. W. C. A., 1921 ; Secretary of Anglia Literary Society, 1921; French Club, 1921; Basket- Ball, 1921; Vice-President Bobbed Hair Club, 1921 ; N. C. Club, 1921; Leap Year Supper Club, 1921. Behold our infant prodigy! The baby of the Class ! Although she’s been with us but one year we’ve found out her vices and virtues. She started off by being elected an officer of the Literary Society. She kept going when once started, worked hard, and filled all of her offices admirably. She seems to be very fond of “Dixie,” but all Southerners are that way. Her greatest trouble is keeping quiet in French Class. If one day should pass without “Madamoi- selle Little” blurting out, we would feel quite sure she was sick. But for all her blurting out, and her incessant talking, she is a good scout and we are glad to have her in the Class of ’21. EMILY AMORETTE RASH KENBRIDGE, VA. Vice-President of Student Council, 1920; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21 ; Anglia Literary Society, 1921; French Club, 1921; Student Volunteer; Varsity Basket-Ball, 1921 ; Tennis Club, 1921. Behold and gaze upon the smiling countenance of Amorette. She is a serious disappointment for she rarely does anything “Rash” except to fall in love. Every time she goes to a Student Volunteer confer¬ ence she falls in love all over again and comes back with two or more “preachers” on her string. We wonder which one she will choose to go to Asia, Africa, or the Fiji Islands with her, for to some such place Amorette is going as a medical mission¬ ary. She’ll be successful whether in the foreign fields or at home for she is truly in earnest and she always does her best in anything she undertakes. GRACE HOPE SWIFT BUCKNER, VA. Y. W. C. A., 1920-21; French Club, 1921; Secre¬ tary of Bobbed Hair Club, 1921. Strange as it may seem, this “mere infant” is get¬ ting her diploma this year. She burst on our sight last year quite grown up, with ear puffs and all. Not long, though. Soon Miss Grace pranced down to the barber, off came the puffs, and back she came looking like Miss Buster Brown. We are glad that “Swift Grace” decided to cast her lot with us again this year, to stumble on through English and finally grasp a sheepskin on the thirty-first day of May. Next year our “infant” expects to be turned loose at William and Mary. We have grave fears for her. We fear she will forget much of her Blackstone training and become a real downright “vamp.” May¬ be her youth will keep her from falling into such ways of error. ETHEL MAE TURNAGE fountain, n. c. Basket-Ball, 1920-21; Tennis Club, 1920-21; Man¬ ager of Senior College Tennis; N. C. Club, 1920-21; Leap Year Supper Club, 1920-21. After much thought and consideration we have concluded that this classmate of ours is in love. We fear that she is hopelessly so. For a time she de¬ ceived us for she did not sit and gaze out of the window with unseeing eyes as all |ove-sick maids in novels do. Quite the contrary. At the first call for basket-ball practice Ethel was on the job. When it came to tennis she played hard and got other girls to play. Still those en ' ormous, thick letters came, one, two or three times a day. As they were ad¬ dressed in the same handwriting our suspicions were aroused and we finally arrived at the conclusion al¬ ready stated. We’re mighty glad she put “Earl” off a year because we need girls such as she is to make the College wide awake and full of pep. 31 IDA FLYNN VISE DECATURVILLE, TENN. Acorn Staff, Assistant Art Editor, 1921; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21; Tennis Club, 1920-21; Blackstonian Staff, 1920; Art Club, 1920-21. This is our Tennessee artist. At drawing horses, dogs, cats, and pigs, she’s a wonder. Incidentally, her work on the Annual can not be beat. Her daily letters from “brother” are quite a curiosity to us. None of us have “brothers” of that kind. Flynn is the delight of the whole Pedagogy Class when she starts arguing. She can argue from sunrise to sun¬ set on any matter in the world, on both sides if need be. When she gets started nothing less than a loco¬ motive or an electric bell can make her stop. The only class where her “argufying” ability is not ap¬ preciated is English. In the future we expect to see Flynn in Congress talking all day long and arguing to her heart’s content. HILDA CHRISTINE WILROY BEAMON, VA. President of Junior Class, 1920; Acorn Staff, Art Editor, 1920-21; Student Council, 1920; Y. W. C. A., 1920-21, Cabinet, 1921; Anglia Literary Society, 1921; President Music Club, 1921 ; Art Club, 1920-21; Eta Bita Pie, 1919-20-21. Here’s our artist, pianist and songbird. Incident¬ ally she is our best night prowler. Her favorite oc¬ cupation after light bell seems to be hopping around from trunk to trunk in a vain effort to get around the room. At the next World’s Exhibition we ex¬ pect to see her with her masterpiece, “Hagar and Ishmael,” tucked under her arm. Every morning when the last breakfast bell is ringing we see Hilda rushing down stairs fastening up her dress as she goes. Luckily she doesn’t wear high shoes, for if she did she would never get to breakfast on time. Everybody is “crazy about Kitty Kat,” and we all look forward to the day when she will be proclaimed the world’s greatest artist. 32 Class Will We, the Senior College Class of 1921, same being the class of the Female College, located at the town of Blackstone, County of Nottaway, State of Virginia, U. S. A., at a distance of fifteen hundred and twenty-three steps from the faithfully attended M. E. Church of above-mentioned town, east two blocks, south one block, east one block, south one block—rejoicing- in the triumph of being in sound mind at the present time, tho’ but recently recovered from the mental affliction of pedagogical presentation, psychological perception, and the complicated direful English-notebook-with-footnote-habit —remembering that we are but mortal here, and that soon we must depart from our friends and be numbered no more among the blessed of B. C. G., do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by us at any time made, and herein we be¬ queath and devise our general property and scholarly possessions to our friends that we leave behind us, as tokens of our affections and remembrance. We bequeath all loose change in our possession on the morning of May 30, 1921, as a fund from which to purchase for his Sunday night supper as long as he shall live, one stick of candy for “Mutt.” Upon the demise of “Mutt,” the remainder of this fund shall be used to establish a chair of canine-ology at Blackstone College. To the Junior Class that shall attempt to fill our shoes we take a melan¬ choly pleasure in devising and bequeathing our by-no-means worn-by-use theme subject: “Milton, a Master of the Twofold Logos, Speech and Reason.” As this has been to us a piece de resistance for two long quarters, we hope that they may find it as serviceable, and will never hunger for a literary thesis. To the College we will a Student Government Council and set of moni¬ tors that shall keep it wrapt in silent mediation during study hours and who, above all, will not let the second floor hall be used as a pasture “where colts gallop gaily.” 33 We hereby give, to have and to hold, to our kind and patient Faculty cn masse the undivided attention of their every class. (Note—This gift, we feel, is one of our most precious legacies, inasmuch as it should create a school paradise.) To our President, Dr. Christian, we do will and bequeath an airship to take him to his appointments for addresses on Christian education. To our Dean, who has labored faithfully and well to teach us how to live completely, we leave our love and a future free from the troubles and problems of a first year’s student government rule. Miss Batten, as our legatee, shall be given a cozy room on the first floor of the new Blackstone building in reward for the many years she has patiently climbed to the top of the old “New Building.” To Miss Bennett we will a player-piano and dozens of dance pieces in order that F. Worden may never again be without suitable dancing music. We will to Miss Bryan a large and always prompt 8 :40 Livy Class, to¬ gether with a classroom in which to meet it. To Miss Christian we will and bequeath a practice-period schedule, auto¬ matic and self-adjusting to the needs of any emergency. We, the College Senior Class, will to Miss Daniel a new and exhaustless supply of pep and gentle sarcasm. We will to Miss Delp a sight-singing class that has had some training before and will not have to be told the same thing more than a dozen times. To Miss Harry we bequeath a private secretary in order that she will not have to depend on the erratic aid of the Sophomore and Freshman classes for clerical work. We hereby bequeath and devise to Miss NeVille a Victrola for teaching French phonetics—one that shall drown out “these non-intelligent blurtings.” To Miss Roberts we will a modern, well-equipped, and spacious chemis¬ try laboratory. To Miss Rogers we will and bequeath all the algebra keys that the classes of ’20-’21 no longer need. To Miss Rouse we bequeath and devise a roommate who will make the fire at least once a week. We hereby will to Miss Sanders a car to take her from the main building to Cobb’s Cottage—especially when her roommate has this good fortune. 34 We hereby will Miss Stephenson an assistant accompanist to the chorus director in order that she may sometimes join in the Faculty social hour over the morning mail. As for Miss Smith, we hereby request the Military Academy across the way to provide a new corps of professors, which may include a captain with lasting qualities. To Miss Waitt we will an abundant amount of philosophy—Epicurean, Stoic, and all grades of Academic—that Latin IT has not been able to absorb. To Miss Wright we bequeath an escort to see her safely across the road to Robertson’s Cottage when she is left at the main building at night—some¬ where near the library. To Miss Kennedy we give and devise a full set of ear-puffs and fan- formers. We hereby will to Mrs. Overmeyer a carboy of iodine, which, like the widow’s cruse of oil, shall never fail. We do hereby nominate and appoint Mr. Adams and Mrs. Hite and Miss Nash, all of Blackstone College, executor and executrices of this, our last will and testament, with full power and authority to execute the same accord¬ ing to its true and intended meaning, and, having perfect confidence in their judgment and integrity, we direct that the said executors shall not give security. In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe our name and affix our seal to this, our will and testament, which is written without any interlineation or erasure this twenty-ninth day of May, 1921. Senior College Class of 1921. [Seal.] Senior poem Two years are past and gone since as a class, We first our places took with smiles or tears, Two years wherein are writ as come to pass The hist’ries of ourselves, our hopes, our fears. We each have made the record that we bear, We all have woven in the loom each day Our triumphs rich in colors clear and rare, While somber threads the ravages display. The time now comes when each must take her place To weave upon a broader loom her share. Let each endeavor so to fill her space That only worth and brightness will be there. Our Class of Twenty-one now nears its close— Old Blackstone halls will soon see us no more; May we in future years be classed with those Who wisely knocked and entered at her door. The place we leave by others will be filled. On other shoulders rest the Blue and Gold; Our Alma Mater through these years instilled A love for her that we will always hold. To you, the Juniors, now with faith—not fear— ’ We give our mantle, clear and bright as new, Preserve and keep it through the coming year— ’Tis with this hope we pass it on to you. Jolls. 36 Senior Chart W •J hJ M M O 05 Ph P w w c 5 hJ P c 5 P 05 o G bo O G £ u 2 3 £ G .2 3 G 05 O G c 5.2 g C 5 G «H-t 2 u G C 3 L_ • — ' c _ H— E S S U 05 bo G o i-H 03 cj c bo .£ 3 £ ’ u cj . m bo .£ £ w £ o o 3 15 G O 1 E o cn l-H O Mh be s 32 o o e! c E o L e o EE 4- E rt E o v £ O C 5 bo .£ c 5 G D H CJ 05 U 3 G u. O JG CJ bo O 15 Ih 15 U 03 15 CJ u O Q 15 U 4- CJ 03 G gc 1) ' -C ' £ bo C 3 G a s tj 23:3 b rt E 5 g g p 3 � -4- 15 CJ o u O - -� CJ O o G G G O cn I-h G Oh 03 E 05 3 C 5 05 o o Vh 4— 1 C 1 05 bo G G s Vh 1) 4— o3 £ bo .£ .£ c Q 4-. £.2 13 Q bo G o3 D u Q 2 E gc o ' 4 “ L_j 15 ’“1 “ O bo E E E ■-5 0 2 £ E E E C« S ' - ' «. 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College team, let’s go! Tin can ! Who CaN ? We can ! Whippoorwill! Who will? We will! Will what? Win this game! The Senior team is high -minded, I believe to my soul they’re double-jinted ; They play ball and don’t mind it All day long! Who’s going to win, win? Who’s gQing to win, win? Who’s going to win, win, now ? We’re going to win, win. We’re going to win, win. We’re going to win, win.—How? Easy! 1,2,3,4,3,2,1,41 Who for? What foR? Who do we yell for? SENIORS! SENIORS! SENIORS! 38 OLLEGE Junior College Class Motto : “The more we learn, we the more our ignorance know” Colors : Crimson and Gray Flower : Peony LOLITA BROWN Phillippi, W. Va. PRESIDENT “She may be serious, She may be gay, But she’s a rare good pal In a rare good way.” MARTHA LEE ADAMS Blackstone, Va. VICE-PRESIDENT “ Sweetness „ truth and every grace One reads distinctly in her face.” BELLE DUDLEY Union Hall, Va. SECRETARY Through every peril she shall pass By Virtue’s shield protected.” BERTHA CROWDER Woodsdale, N. C. Treasurer “A mind at peace zvith all below A heart whose love is innocent.” 40 THELMA BEAUCHAMP Rainswood, Va. “As a tennis player she’s won a name; In basket-ball she’s just the same.” ALICE DUNTON “Smith Island” Magotha, Va. “Alice’s such a jolly girl, She keeps ‘the Bunch’ in a laughing whirl. Whatever she docs, she’s quite ‘some girl’ ”■ LILLIAN HAZELWOOD Kenbridge, Va. “When 1 have anything to do I go and do it.” LINA JOYNER Farmville, N. C. “As true of heart, as sweet of face, With gay and girlish grace.” CORA LANDON Cobbs Creek, Va. “A rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. Who relishes a joke and rejoices in a run.” 41 MARIAN LEA Blackstone, Va. “She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on.” NANCY LIGHT Marlinton, W. Va. “Entreat me not to toe the mark, Be ever prim and true, But rather let me do the things That I ought not to do!” CARRIE LEWIS Arkinson, N. C. “Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony.” JEWEL ROBERTSON Moneta, Va. “On their own merits Modest men are dumb.” ELLA MAE SMITH Welch, W. Va. “Will find a way, or make one.” GOENTNER STANDIFER Gadsden, Ala. “Heart on her lips, and soul within her eyes, Soft as her clime and sunny as her skies.” MARY STUART Blackstone, Va. “An able woman shows her spirit By gentle words and resolute actions.” MARION TUNE Houston, Va. “Perseverance gains its end And patience wins the goal.” ALLIE MAY BELLE VISE Decaturville, Tenn. “She conquers who endures.” LOUISE YOUNG Chase City, Va. “She is gentle, she is shy, But there’s mischief in her eye.” 43 . .. s. ■ ■ | ■ 4 • ' • ■ v .Y. - : Yf Senior Academic Class Motto: “She is faithful in the least of things.” Colors : Orange and Black. Flower : Black-eyed Susan. Officers LILIAN POWER MAMIE ALLMAN GRACE GARRETT VIVIAN PROUT . . President Vice-President . Secretary . Treasurer 46 LILIAN POWER PHOEBUS, VA. Motto: “True worth is being not seeming” Calm and still waters run deep, people say, So Lilian will surely be famous some day. MAMIE ALLMAN glade hill, VA. Motto : “Life is what you make it.” “A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command.’’ GRACE GARRETT CENTER CROSS, VA. Motto : “The path of duty is the way to glory.” Grace’s disposition no one can excel; How much we love her no tongue can tell. 47 VIVIAN IOLA PROUT OWINGS, MD. Motto : “Cheer up; the sun has not gone out of business.” Full of laughter, full of pep, Never quiet: that’s her rep. NELLIE ANDERSON PINEY FLATS, TENN. Motto: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try ’til you do.” Nellie is alimys so neat and attractive, In work and play she is equally active. VASHTI BARNEY WARDENSVILLE, W. VA. Motto: “Say what you mean, and mean what you say.” In all she does, she seems to excel, And she’s won a place in our hearts as well. 48 EMILY BARNETTE WOODSDALE, N. C. Motto : “Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.” She found earth not gray but rosy, Heaven not grim but fair of hue. NANNIE BARNES VICTORIA, VA. Motto: “Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.” She thinks much but says little; A silent tongue maketh a wise person. SARAH BETTS ASHEVILLE, N. C. Motto: “I live to serve.” She is monarch of all she surveys, Her right there is none to dispute. 49 JEWEL BISHOP NATHALIE, VA. Motto: “Work while you work! and the time for pleasure will surely come.” Speaking of students, here is one; We never knew her to shun a duty. BLAND BROOKE CENTER CROSS, VA. Motto : “Laugh and the world laughs with you; kick and you kick alone.” Bland’s voice is sweet, her wit is ready, She’s level-headed and can be relied on in every emergency. CUMI BURNAH BROWN FULTON, MISS. Motto : “Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.” She works, she plays, she’s square, she’s true, Yes, Cumi’s all—and human, too. 50 MARY BUCHANAN LOGAN, VA. Motto: “Be just and fear not.” “Full many a flower is born to blush un¬ seen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.” AMYE BURTON beach, VA. Motto : “Make the business of being a friend the supreme business of life.” By her quiet ways and ready hand We know she takes an A-i stand. NAOMI EDNA BURTON WHITMELL, VA. Motto: “Be yourself and let others be themselves.” She is original and clever, And always ready to do her part. 51 LUCILLE CAMDEN BIG ISLAND, VA. Motto : “Know something about every¬ thing, and everything about some¬ thing.” Lucille works well all day, And when playtime conies, she can be de¬ pended on, too. ELSIE CARTER PAMPLIN, VA. Motto : “Give to the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.” “ Skinny” is always so bright and so cheer¬ ful, Of things worth while she can tell us all an earfull. BESSIE CHANNELL SMITHFIELD, VA. Motto : “Right will always come out on top.” Her modest ways and graceful air Show her as wise as she is fair. 52 CLARA COFFMAN CLIFTON FORGE, VA. Motto: “Perseverance overcometh all things.” A good student, and full of fun, When there’s work to be done, she’s not the one to shirk. ALICE DUNTON “Smith’s Island” MAGOTHA, VA. Motto: “Never worry; all is for the best.” She tells wonderful tales of her home, Smith’s Island. She likes to work and is alzvays smilin’. HATTIE FERGUSON GARY, VA. Motto : “Step by step to the highest sum¬ mit.” Here is a girl who ' mill obtain great results; Her perseverance has proved it to us. 53 ■ • ■ ■ PAULINE FORD PINEY FLATS, E. TENN. Motto: “The glory is not in falling, but in rising every time you fall.” Studious, jolly and ready? We know it! This Ford was never known to quit. FLORENCE FOSTER MONROE, VA. Motto: “Paddle your own canoe.” Tho Flo rence is studious, she’s full of fun. She’ll never leave her work undone. RACHEL GILL ETTRICK, VA. Motto: “Thru life let your object be a dis¬ charge of duty.” We used to think Rachel was dignified. She is, but she’s jolly—and zvorks hard. 54 CAROLINE GILLS BEDFORD, VA. Motto: “Perseverance conquers all.” Caroline works with all her might; She stands for everything that’s right. ELLIE GLASCOCK SOUTH BOSTON, VA. Motto : “Perseverance gains its end and patience wins the race.” The friend of all who work or play, Busy somehow all the day. KATE HINES CLARKTON, VA. Motto : “Striving daily to reach the height of the ladder.” Since Kate’s efforts are great indeed, In all she does she will succeed. 55 NORA MAE HOLMES UNION LEVEL, VA. Motto : “Be sure you are right, then go ahead.” A friend who is an everlasting treasure, For helping others is her pleasure. MAGGIE HOPKINS AMELIA, VA. Motto : “Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.” Her purpose is as true as steel, And diligence works out her plans. GLADYS HORNE SMITHFIELD, VA. ’ Motto : “When in doubt, don’t.” Since in laboring and resting life is divided best, Gladys will do the laboring, others will do the rest. 56 ANNA MAE HUDGINS MATHEWS, VA. Motto: “These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. Hudgins a poet some day will be, She’s proved it, too; just wait and see. ROSALIE KEENE GOLDEN HILL, MD. Motto: “Get all the joy out of life—you never live but once.” Rosalie Keene, yes, that’s her name; She works and plays, ever the same. HELEN KENT Kent’s store, va. Motto : “Keep sticking and success is sure to come.” Helen is sivect and calm as she looks; A faithful friend and good in her books. 57 REBECCA KINDLEY CHURCH ROAD, VA. Motto: “Always ready.” Becky is always sure to do right; Call on her, she works with a might. NAN LAW ROCKY MOUNT, VA. Motto : “The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” If, like Nan, we saw in study beauty, IVe might come nearer doing our duty. EVELYN LEITH GROTTOES, VA. Motto : “The elevator to success is not running; take the stairs.” She’s loyal, she’s bright and she’s true, And always finds something to do. 58 VIRGINIA LOVELLE LEITH GROTTOES, VA. Motto : “Do what you are afraid to do. This is moral courage.” In music you will some day win a name, And all the world will sing your fame. MILDRED McIVOR MONROE, VA. Motto : “Slow and steady wins the race.” Sometimes we hardly know Mildred is near, But when she speaks to us, we want to hear. ANNA MAE MITCHELL SOUTH HILL, VA. Motto: “The greatest joy of life is love.” “Age can not wither her nor custom stale Her infinite variety.” 59 FLOREINE MORSE BASKERVILLE, VA. Motto : “Knowledge is power.” Floreine is quiet, but she plays the part Of one who works truly with all her heart. FRANCES MURRILL GOODVIEW, VA. Motto: “To thine own self be true—thou canst not then be false to any man.” “Grace was in all her steps; Heaven in her eyes ; In every gesture dignity and love.” SALLIE BE LLE NEWMAN union level, va. Motto: “Live for something: be not idle.” She has, no matter what she tries to do, The force of will to put it through. 60 VIRGINIA PAGE batesville, va. Motto : “Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.” Where there’s love she has to show it, If it’s you, you have to know it. BESSIE PAYNE CHATHAM, VA. Motto: “Why trouble trouble till trouble troubles you ?” “Charms strike the sight, But merit wins the soul.” LUCIE PERROW RUSTBURG, VA. Motto: “Not on the heights, but climbing.” In the nick of time did her efforts begin To work. So zue are sure that Lucy will win. 61 GRACE RAMSAY SYDNORSVILLE, VA. Motto: “Wealth is nothing; fame is noth¬ ing; womanhood with character is everything.” As an. all-’round student we knew her; So perhaps she’ll be “goode” in the future. ELSIE SKINNER KENBRIDGE, VA. Motto: “Never he satisfied until you have done your very best.” An artist brave, an artist bold, A canvas wide, and brush to hold. MARY SMOTHERS REIDSV1LLE, N. C. Motto : “Be fair and square.” She studies, she plays, is a faithful friend; She’s fair, she’s square, she’s true to the end. 62 BETTIE STANTON ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. . Motto : “Always true.” Others are blue when things go wrong, Bettie just sings her merry song. VIRGINIA STORY NORFOLK, VA. Motto: “Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.” Witty, musical Virginia Story, At piano playing she’s in her glory. BLANCHE TAYLOR Coleman’s falls, va. Motto : “Come what come may, time and hour run through the roughest day.” To sin-darkened China, Blanche will go To lift the drear nation from death and woe. 63 EVELYN TUCKER BLACK STONE, VA. Motto: “Be good; if you can’t be good, be careful.’’ With Evelyn’s will to execute, Her lofty “aims” we’ll not dispute. MYRTLE WALTON Motto : “Let there be something of benevo¬ lence in everything I say.” Tho’ always quiet she is steady, Call on her and she is ready. 64 Class Prophecy The magazine that I had been reading had lost its interest and I arose and stood before the window. The sun had disappeared under a bank of soft gray snow-clouds, and the picture presented outside was such a scene of beauty and peace that I longed to be out-of-doors. Hastily slipping into my wraps, I set out by a little footpath that wound in and out thru the meadow, across a tiny ice-covered brook, and into the wood beyond. I was none too energetic, for the comfort offered by a large moss-covered rock that stood under a sheltering pine-tree proved too great a temptation, and I seated myself contentedly. I can not tell how long I had been there thinking of bygone school days, when the snowflakes began to fall gently, and I was startled from my reverie by the appearance of a tiny individual who seemed to come from nowhere, for her gauzy white wings and silver wand were such as I had seen only in storybooks. Raising her wand, she touched a particularly large snowflake as it was zig-zagging down. Immediately it began to expand, and in less than a second it changed into a crystal mirror, in the depths of which I saw moving figures. I leaned forward to get a better view of the dearest little brick bungalow, set back from the highway in a maple grove, and reflected in the snowflake mirror. Hawthorne flowers were in bloom everywhere. I had some diffi¬ culty in making out a figure bending over a flower bed on account of a broad-brimmed garden hat, but it was removed and I recognized Nora Mae as she ran to meet her chosen “flower” who was evidently coming home from a trip. Just at this moment a handsome limousine rolled along the high¬ way and I had a fleeting glimpse of Gladys, who had evidently married a millionaire and was taking her usual morning drive. From a country bungalow to China is a long way, but the mirror made everything possible, and, like a motherly hen, Blanche next appeared out walking with her brood of castaway, blind, and maimed Chinese children. The happy faces testified to the success that was attending Blanche as a foreign missionary. As these pictures slowly faded, in their place there came a shop, whose sign read, “Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear Apparel,” and standing in the middle 65 of the floor was our artistic Nellie, the head of the establishment, trying to convince a stout woman that a dress would fall in just as graceful lines upon the would-be purchaser as it did on her own person. The reflection in the mirror suddenly changed, and behold Emily, en¬ veloped in a large cook-apron and cap. She had obtained for her portion in life her ideal “Kitchen,” and seemed quite satisfied with her lot. Tust then I heard a silvery laugh at my side; I had forgotten the little fairy in my greater surprise at the revelations in the mirror. In answer to my questioning gaze, she replied, “To you has been given the great honor of seeing the present state and occupation of the Senior Class of 1921. Turning to the mirror again in eagerness, I saw an immense crowd surging toward a platform, upon which sat the familiar figure of a woman who slowly arose and, with an important air, began to deliver a speech on the “Ability of Woman to Govern the United States in the Presidential Chair.” It was a campaign speech, and Edna Somebody, whom the crowd called “Fitz,” was advocating “Old Betts” for president. The scene in the mirror now shifted to a log schoolhouse set back in the woods. Jew el was standing in the doorway, displaying her usual amount of energy ringing a bell. Children of all sizes flocked to the door, fell hastily in line, and began to march very stiffly into the room at Jewel ' s “left— right—left—right,” punctuated by the stamping of one foot on the floor. The door closed. Evidently another day of teaching children “how to live completely” was in progress. I could scarcely recognize the next reflection, for in a huge gymnasium “Skinny” Carter was working at dumb-bells and boxing gloves with sylph¬ like grace. As of old, Amy was by her side, for separation had been too keen a pain for them to endure. Idle gymnasium faded and the reflection that followed was a large ward in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Nurses in white uniforms were hurrying to and fro, some stopping here and there to adjust a pillow, straighten the beds, or take the temperatures and administer the medicines. Here I saw more than one of my former classmates: Frances Murrill, Grace Ramsey, and Vir¬ ginia Page. I noticed a number of young doctors near who seemed to be unemployed, and wondered how much longer my friends would nurse. Here the head nurse entered. It proved to be no other than Grace Garrett, whom the adoring patients called another Florence Nightingale. 66 The busy street of a leading city was next reflected in the mirror. I expected to see some of my classmates here, but I saw instead half a dozen newsboys running in and out thru the jostling crowd crying, “Horrible mur¬ der mystery solved by Hines, the greatest women detective. Want a paper?” etc. I could not quite grasp the meaning until I again read in the mirror the startling headlines. Figures in the mirror began to shift rapidly now. I could barely see what was going on for the mass of human beings, but at last caught sight of an immense poster in front of a popular opera house. Pictures of Bland and Vivian, who were to give their last concert before making a tour of the European countries, with Virginia Story and “Peachie Leith as accom¬ panists on the piano and violin, appeared on the billboard. The contrast between these brilliant careers and that of a nun in a convent seemed great, but the mirror now showed Bettie, who, finding that more men were false than true, had taken the veil as a warning to other girls against the fate that she had so narrowly escaped; withal, she seemed quiet, peaceful, happy, and content. From the sign on the door of a house next to the convent I learned that Rachael was practicing medicine jointly with a distinguished “branch” of the medical profession. Elsie Skinner was next reflected in a Paris studio where she was work¬ ing assiduously over what she hoped would be her masterpiece. From the fleeting glance that I had of the canvas it would have done credit to Raphael. In a flash I saw a little American railroad station. A bride and groom were hastily boarding a northbound train in a shower of rice, old shoes, con¬ gratulations, and parting admonitions from their friends. From the platform the couple turned to wave a happy farewell and I recognized the bride as Elbe Glascock. Suddenly the mirror seemed to flash and shimmer, and no wonder, for a figure gowned in the sheerest and richest of materials, with a sparkling diamond tiara, necklace, and rings that dazzled the eves, appeared. Im¬ mediately she was surrounded by half a dozen admirers in evening dress, each begging for a dance and trying to “out-do” the others. I had to look three or four times before I could determine where I had seen her before, but it flashed suddenly into my mind that this was no other than Evelyn Tucker. She seemed to be breaking more than one heart with her large, gentle eyes and winning smile. Immediately, to my bewilderment, an immense Western ranch flashed before me, and a cowgirl on horseback dashed by at breakneck speed. If I hadn’t recognized the voice that called to some one ahead of her and the laugh at the reply made, I ' m afraid Pauline’s fortune could not be told here. A little post-office on the side of the road then appeared. It was very rustic in appearance. I took a peep thru the window where Caroline was sorting the mail. From the eager way in which she looked thru the mail bags I judged that she was still searching for that love letter from “Tom,” the sailor boy. As suddenly as the reflection came it was gone again, but not before I saw Vashti at Peabody Conservatory of Music seated at a piano practicing for the last time the number that she was to play at the concert that night. Not a fault could be found, for her training and technique were of the best,, and she was a true musician who could sway the hearts of her audience at will. The crystal mirror now reflected the interior of a large courtroom where a case was being tried. Anna Mae Hudgins as the judge, with a stern and business-like expression, was presiding. By this time I was shock proof, and was not surprised to hear Cumi, the prosecuting attorney, addressing a jury of men and women, among whom I recognized Clara’s soft brown eyes. In the crowd of busy reporters in the courtroom I saw Helen, who was taking down the address in shorthand. Then the courtroom vanished and the ample form of Sallie Belle ap¬ peared framed in the kitchen doorway of a farmhouse. She was animatedly discussing with her husband a suitable method of punishment for Johnny, their nine-year-old son. A switching was evidently needed, but the sug¬ gestion of such a thing had evidently been immediately silenced by the stern and horrified glance of Sallie Belle, who, as of yore, was decidedly against corporal punishment. While Johnny’s peace of mind and body swayed in the balance, the scene in the mirror changed, and, as before, a surprise awaited me. At a great university commencement Lucie appeared in a senior’s robe, receiving her degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy, and in a succeeding group of seniors Mamie was receiving her degree as Master of Architecture. The principle on which the mirror was constructed was evidently one of contrast, for Alice Dunton in the uniform of a deaconess, busy in a .com¬ munity house in New Orleans, next caught my attention. 68 Surely I was mistaken in the succeeding reflection! Evelyn Leith en¬ thusiastically teaching French at the State Normal School at Harrisonburg. Lucile leading a missionary meeting in the rectory of a prominent Episcopal Church astonished me. hut I remembered that she had tried nursing and was succeeding admirably at it when one of her patients, an Episcopal minister, decided that he was too ill to get well without her life-long assistance. Nor was I surprised to see Rosalie Keene sitting idly, but gracefully, on the sand at Palm Beach flirting with and “vamping” all the handsome men at the resort. As Rosalie ' s form passed from view, Rebecca was revealed in a thoroughly modern and well-equipped dentist’s office, where she was per¬ fecting a set of false teeth for a wealthy patient. In the bride’s chamber at the Jefferson Hotel a military wedding was being solemnized, and I held my breath in expectation as I awaited for the minister to conclude the ceremony. When the bride and groom turned from the altar I gasped as I recognized Bessie leaning upon the arm of an officer in full-dress uniform of gray with a conspicuous red sash. The next moment I laughed aloud, for I saw gentle Floreine composedly using a peach switch on a little squirming, screaming mountain boy, who was evidently suffering for the sins of his forefathers, this being a case of pun¬ ishment to the third and fourth generation. When the painful ordeal was over the boy ran home still screaming, and vowing that he was “going to tell ma on that blamed old teacher.” I wondered where Floreine’s old chum, Anna Mae, was, and just then 1 saw her around the corner, but not daring to come too near for laughing. Evidently they were co-workers in a mountain school, and were “meeting the situations” bravely. This reflection gave place to that of the polls on election day. Myrtle was running for the office of county sheriff. From the rapid strides that she was making, as the votes were counted, I judge that she was elected. Again there was a radical change in the scene presented: Mildred Mclvor, seated at a typewriter, was busily engaged in fulfilling her duties as private secretary to the president of the First National Bank in Richmond. A little further down the street in the same city Florence was actually work¬ ing as assistant typist for a weekly magazine. 69 Mary Smothers appeared in the mirror of prophecy as a movie star. She had changed her name, as I saw from the billboards, but was easily recognized in the pictures by her sarcastic smile. One of the most astonishing sights of all was Nannie, who was conduct¬ ing a matrimonial bureau, and was working very hard and thoughtfully to maintain her guarantee of perfect happiness to all patrons. My heart beat a loud tattoo when the familiar walls of the “Little Store” were reflected in the glass. By some trick of magic, I saw the interior and exterior at the same time. A group of B. C. G. girls and B. M. A. boys were pretending to make purchases, and, as of old, making eyes. I looked around, expecting to see Mrs. Dalton, but saw instead Maggie, who had evi¬ dently bought Mrs. Dalton “out.” A whirring sound brought the girls and boys to the door, and they looked up just in time to catch a glimpse of the smile and wave of the hand that belonged to no other than Alice Dalton, who was pilot of the airplane that dropped the daily mail. The climax was reached when the mirror reflected the college chapel, where morning exercises were just beginning, and standing in her usual place calling the roll was—No! not Miss Stoakley. I rubbed my eyes. Just here the fairy that I had again forgotten looked at me and said in apparent aston¬ ishment, “Why! haven ' t you heard about Miss Stoakley’s brilliant wedding? She was married several years ago, and Lilian, hearing of her resignation, applied at once for the position as dean and was accepted.” L T ndoubtedly this was the way of it, for Lilian was certainly standing there, and in the same matter-of-fact voice that Miss Stoakley formerly used on such occasions, called the roll and proceeded to deliver a lecture to a group of nine hundred girls on the “new” subject of failing to observe the rights of others. Here, also, I saw the remainder of the illustrious Class of ' 21. Mary Buchanan as dietitian; Nan Law, instructor in Latin; and Bessie Payne, in¬ structor in biology. They were seated on the rostrum with the rest of the Faculty, which was new to me, but all wore a “know-it-all” expression on their faces. Here the mirror seemed to shrink, as if the next picture was too much for it. I rushed forward to behold myself as others would see me, but alas! I went too far, and the crystal mirror shattered in icy splinters at my feet. I turned to implore the fairy to replace it, but she had vanished also. I then became conscious that the twilight was deepening over the newly-fallen snow, and I hastened homeward, keenly disappointed in my own “shattered fortune,” but thinking of the value of Blackstone training, and rejoicing in the success awaiting my classmates. Hattie Ferguson. Juniors Juniors Junior Academic Class “Dot” Anderson “Gene” Anderson “Rip” Brown “Kitty” Barbour “Parson” Chesson “Clay” Clay “Cop” Copley “Little Louise” Clements “Carol” Currie “Nancy Hanks” Crowder “Ark” Crenshaw “Dixie” Dixon “Peter” Drummond “Boaze” Ezelle “Tennis” Eggleston “Jan” Eggleston “Frankie” Flemings “Con” Finch “Red Top” Foster “Billy” Fuller “Bobbie” Forbes “Betsy” Fookes “Witty” Faris “Sleepy” Ford “Squeezer” Gay “Calamity” Goss “Weenie” Goss “Totsie” Hicks “Poindexter” Hardy “Nell” Hall “Ducksy” Hazlewood “Bill” Hardy “Tin Liz” Henry “Jinks” Jennings “Bobbie” Jenkins “Mat” Johnson “Baby” Kirkwood “Kildee” Ivittrell “U” Kirby “Lovely” Love “Loggy” Logwood “Lacy” Lacy “Toodles” Mollart “Boots” Morgan “Dan” Marshall “Jim” Moore “Lillie” Newman “Happy” Nettles “Doc” Newbold “Floogens” Nethers “Flipper” Nash “Oat” Newcomb “Kido” Newsome “Beth” Palmer “Proutie” Prout “Jimmie” Phillips “Tedd” Royster “Aunt Susie” Royster “Rashie” Rash “Jackie” Reynolds “Bill” Richardson “Baby” Shafer “Dick” Sayer “Dinale” Smith “Set” Trader “Happy” Tingley “Gin” Turner “Puddin” Williamson “Jada” Wynn “Snooks” Woodlief “Spunk” Worden “Peggy” Witt “Cap” Watts “Puddin” Windsor “Eat” Wiles “Winnie” Wade “Bunch” Wade “Nitney” Wood “Happy” Aha “Rhita” Stevenson 74 r i Sophomore Class F Freshman Class Town Girls’ Club Motto: “Better Late than Never.” MARTHA LEE ADAMS Alice Bagwell Lucille Bailey Virgin ia Cobb Julia Coleman Margaret Coleman Alice Dalton Beula Eddins Hazel Elliott Melia Johnson Caroline Maddox . President Myrtle Mallory Lillie Pritchard Margaret Redmond Mabel Robertson Cornelia Sikkelee Elizabeth Spindler Ethel Smith Mary Stuart Evelyn Tucker Mary Tucker 79 Ckris t Lcnrv Fresb irerlarw CmJRCmiS Jictkodist A Sabbath Morning HE sound of the ringing of many bells aroused me from sleep. Each bell was ringing with a different note, and yet together they made a pleasing harmony. Realizing that it was Sunday morning, I turned over and even before the hells stopped ringing I was dozing again. Off in the dis¬ tance the Blackstone church hells were sounding, each in its separate way, warningly, peacefully, commanding , and in my sleep I heard and understood as I had never done before. The determined note of the Baptist bell was the first to attract my at¬ tention. Its message was the perfect representation of the church to which it was calling. Warningly did it ring, calling saints to worship and sin¬ ners to repentance. The whole spirit of the ringing was different from the other bells—as different as Baptists all over the world are different from the people of the other denominations. Scarcely had the ringing of the Baptist bell died away when the quiet, peaceful, and serene notes of the Presbyterian messenger filled the air. Harmony pervades the Presbyterian Church, and the Presbyterian church bell breathes harmony to a divided world. The impatient tones of the Methodist bell could scarcely wait for the Presbyterian’s last “Amen.” The peaceful echoes were swallowed up by the hurried, tho’ systematic, resounding of their sister church’s bell. Al¬ ways moving, always planting, digging up and replanting, always planning and working, the Methodist bell summons its followers. Now the sound of a dignified, formal, yet sincere, ringing of still another bell filled the air. There could be no mistake—this bell called the Episco¬ palians to worship. All was quiet now. Along the street people of all sizes and stations in life were threading their way, some in one direction and some in another. All were well wrapped, for the air was cold and the ground under foot and the trees overhead were covered with snow. The sky was beginning to clear and the sun, mischievously peeping from behind a cloud, promised to do his best to make walking unpleasant. 81 The scene changed. All of the churches seemed merged into one, and the respective congregations carrying on their services each in their own way, yet side by side. While “Rescue the Perishing,” “Peace, Perfect Peace, “Work for the Night is Coming,” and “Lead, Kindly Light,” were all being- sung at the same time all seemed to combine into the strains of “Blest be the Tie That Binds.” Another hell rang, and the congregation made haste to depart. As I was unused to church, I remained seated until I heard a Baptist friend call¬ ing me hv name and loudly urging me to get up. At the same time a Presby¬ terian sister caught me by the hand and a Methodist lady slapped me on the back. The shock was too great. I awoke—to hear my roommate saying, “The first breakfast bell rang long ago! Nancy Light. Spring Come, my love, a-Maying go, The day is bright and clear; The buds are bursting forth anew, For now the spring is here. The violet in yon woodland dell Springs up in beauty rare; The perfume of the newborn flowers With sweetness weighs the air. Come, my love, a-Maying go, To woodlands let us hie. Where birds and beasts and flow’rs do join To praise their God on high. Margaret Moore. 82 3n JHnno riant Benjamin Irby Trustee Blackstone College 1892-1921 Died March 24, 1921 C. E. Wilson Trustee Blackstone College 1915-1921 Died April 5, 1921 Rev. J. R. Sturgis A Faithful Friend of Blackstone College Died April 19, 1921 Snapshots 1 H V. Student Council Student Council SDfffcets MARY ESKRIDGE . President GOENTNER STANDIFER . Vice-President BERNICE DIXON . Secretary LILIAN POWER . Treasurer Class Eepresentattes Pleas Richardson Hattie Johnson Lolita Brown Martha Lee Adams Frances Murrill Mamie Allman Ringgold Prout Margaret Christian Bessie Marks The great disaster, last May, temporarily shattered the hope of starting many new and uplifting measures at Blackstone. Among these was student government. The constitution of this organization had been drawn up, and the adoption of the student government would probably have been placed upon the records of the school the following week. The College Department had proved this organization for two previous years, for it was begun in 1918-19 and successfully carried through that year hy Carrie Lee Clark as President. The next year Georgia Moore served as President of the College Association. Knowing the intended adoption of student government last year, the girls were especially anxious in the fall concerning it. It was an eventful night, and long to be remembered by the students of nineteen twenty-one, when, on October 9th, they were called to the audi¬ torium. They knew what it meant—student government was about to be organized. It was something new to the Academic girls, and they were all enthusiastic about its beginning. This association of students banded together to promote self-control, self-reliance and strong character can but be a decided step in the progress of the school. Since one of the principal aims of education is to teach self-control and education can not be complete unless the student develop that characteristic during this, the formative period of her life, the great influence which student government exerts upon the individual may be readily understood. Student government has already made a good beginning at Blackstone, and we believe that it will be an effective means for the higher development of the ideals for which this school stands. 87 Y.W. C.h Cabinet. “A Jot by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.” Officers ANNA SIKKELEE .. President PLEAS RICHARDSON ...... Vice-President MARGARET LEMMOND . ..Secretary RINGGOLD PROUT . Treasurer Committee Cfmtrmen MARY ESKRIDGE . BERNICE DIXON . HATTIE JOHNSON . LOLITA BROWN .. HONOR HAMILTON .... HILDA WILROY . DOROTHY FLETCHER World Fellowship . Social .... . Devotional . Finance . Decoration . ...Poster .-. Music PIE YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION at Blackstone College is the outgrowth of the “Circles of the King’s Daughters,” which were organized early in the his¬ tory of the school. The several “Circles of the King’s Daugh¬ ters” in the days of Blackstone Female Institute were led by members of the Faculty. Each teacher and her circle met together once a week for Bible study and prayer. The Y. W. C. A. has for its purpose not only the spiritual development of the student, but the mental and physical development as well. As a col¬ lege association it strives to uphold the threefold life and aims always for a normal, vital Christian atmosphere, and for the most effective Christian living. The Cabinet members are responsible for the carrying on of the work of the Association, and they, as individuals, seek to keep always before the minds of the students the place that the Young Women’s Christian Asso¬ ciation holds in the school. 89 The aim of the Association is carried out through the work of the various committees. All of the committees have done sp lendid work this year. The Membership Committee has endeavored to enroll every student as a member of the Association. Besides this, a number of second-hand books were sold and the proceeds used to replace the depleted Association library. The Music Committee has also done especially good work. It has fur¬ nished music on all occasions when the Y. W. C. A. conducted services, including the weekly prayer meetings. Besides this there has been a meet¬ ing of the Music Committee and the student body each Sunday morning to practic new hymns. In this way there has been developed a greater appre¬ ciation and love for the worth-while hymns. The Social Committee has been very much alive and full of pep. There have been numerous parties and “Stunt Nights” to further the democratic spirit among the students. The Publicity Committee is the advertising agency of the Association, and has brought to the notice of the students all matters of school and cur¬ rent public interest by means of posters and notices on the Bulletin Board. The purpose of the Finance Committee is to raise money to meet part of the general expenses of the Association and to send delegates to the Y. W. C. A. summer conferences. This year the committee has sold ice-cream and salted almonds to the students at various times, besides holding a Christmas bazaar. The Decoration Committee has endeavored to keep the school looking- cheerful and homelike by supplying those little touches here and there that are apt to be forgotten in a large school. When flowers could be secured there were always some in the dining-room, library, and parlor. When a holiday came the Decoration Committee reminded us by decorating in the colors most fitting to that day. The aim of the Devotional Committee is to deepen the spiritual life of the student, and this has been carried out by means of regular weekly prayer- meetings conducted by outside speakers, members of the Faculty or students. In these meetings an attempt has been made to present to the students the needs and means of service in daily life. The World Fellowship Committee endeavors to widen and deepen the students’ interest in genuine World 90 Fellowship. This is done by lectures from noted Association leaders, re¬ turned missionaries, and foreign students. The committee occasionally pro¬ cured stereopticon slides of foreign and home mission subjects. One of the greatest factors in the work of this committee is the organized Mission Study Classes. This year there were organized nine such classes in school. The College Seniors studied a review of the world’s problems as presented in “A Better World,” while national problems were studied by the College Juniors in “Christian Americanization.” The Academic Seniors were divided into three classes, one studying “Medical Missions,” one “Women Workers of the Orient,” and one “A Crusade of Compassion for the Healing of the Nations.” The Academic Junior Classes read “Ann of Ava,” “The Ultimate Quest,” and “Ancient People at Modern Tasks” ; and the Freshman and Sophomore Class studied “Days of June.” Through the study in these classes the girls were brought to a greater knowledge of the call of the world’s present need and to the realization that God is sounding out His call to a mighty advance on all fronts throughout the mission world. 91 Student Volunteers Watchword: World Evangelization in this Generation. ANNA SIKKELEE, Leader Lolita Brown Gertrude Phillips Doris Smith Blanche Taylor Mabel Kyle Amorette Rash Cornelia Sikkelee Mary Eskridge Life Service Band l orne 0@ission ©itl 0 GRACE GARRETT, Leader Hattie Fergus ' son Jewel Bishop Elsie Skinner Sallie Belle Newman Bernice Dixon Elise Moore Belle Dudley Irene Clay Hannah Via Lucy Lacy Home missions mean America’s mission—the Christianization of the World. The need of the home field is the Americanization of foreigners, the educational awakening of the mountain districts, the improvement of the slum districts and other uplifting work, and to this the members of this Band have dedicated their lives. This Band is a part of the Virginia State Student Volunteer Union, which is a part of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, New York. This movement does not send out any missionaries but acts as a recruiting agency for the Mission Boards. These bands meet regularly to conserve and develop the interest of the volunteers for Life Service and for mutual helpfulness, comradeship, instruction and prayer. 93 The ‘BlackstoniaK 7hat Our Daughters May Be As Corner¬ stones. Polished After the Similitude of A Palace Psalms I44 -.I2 ' Volume II Autumn Number Number 1 Blackstonian Staff Blackstonian Staff MARGARET LEMMOND, Editor-in-Chief LOUISE LITTLE, Assistant Editor Goentner Standifer Inez Johnson . Frances Murrill .... Anna Sikkelee .. Nancy Light . Elizabeth Jolls . Ringgold Prout | Emma Nettles Lilian Long j Mary Stewart | Cumi Brown i Gladys Horne j .. Literary Editor . Exchange Editor . Alumncc Editor V. IV. C. A. Editor . Social Editor . Athletic Editor .Business Managers Circulation Managers The session of 1919-20 will be remembered in the history of Blackstone College for sev¬ eral reasons. Among the memorable events of the session was the birth of The Blackstonian, a students’ magazine. Since the founding of the College in 1892 there had never been any students’ publication in the school except the Annual. In the session 1919-20, through the hearty cooperation and support of the Faculty and students, the publication of The Blackstonian was made possible. From the first the Magazine filled a long-felt need in the school life of the students, who gave to it their hearty support. The idea of the founders of The Blackstonian, and that which has been carried out since by the staff, was to make the Magazine a true reflector of the school life and activities and to provide an opportunity to the students for literary expression. The Blackstonian is issued to its readers quarterly. But because of the disastrous fire in the last month of the session the fourth issue of Volume 1 of the Magazine was not pub¬ lished. The first three issues of Volume I, namely, the Christmas, the Valentine, and the Alumnae, were published and were enthusiastically received by the students and alumnae. The Blackstonian began the session of 1920-21 with a new staff and chairman of publica¬ tions. Among the issues for the year have been the Autumn and the Neighborhood numbers. Before this number of The Acorn shall have come from the press the other two issues of The Blackstonian for the session will have been received by its readers. It is hoped by the many friends of the Magazine that it will continue to progress until it will rank with the best publications of other junior colleges. And they predict that the day is not far distant. o 95 The Anglia Literary Society Motto : Thoughts are forces. Colors : Purple and Gold Flower : Purple Iris MISS WINIFRED E. NEVILLE, Organiser and Director ANNA SIKKELEE . BERTHA CROWDER . LOUISE LITTLE ... MARGARET LEMMOND INEZ JOHNSON . NANCY LIGHT .. Officers . President . Vice-President . Secretary and Treasurer . Chairman Program Committee . Chairman Constitutional Committee . Critic Members Lolita Brown Bernice Dixon Mary Eskridge Dorothy Fletcher Honor Hamilton Elizabeth Joils Ruth Jones Hattie Johnson Lillian Long Jessie Miller Grace Ramsey Amorette Rash Goentner Standifer Hilda Wilroy 96 The Latin Club Motto: Aut perfice aut non tentaris. LOUISE HARRY NANCY LIGHT . BELLE DUDLEY Officers . President . Vice-President ... Secretary and Treasurer embers Sarah Betts Lolita Brown Clara Coffman Rachael Gill Ellie Glascock Lilian Hazlewood Nora Mae Holmes Hattie Johnson Inez Johnson Elizabeth Joils Nan Law Anna Mae Mitchell Floreine Morse Vivian Prout Elsie Skinner Goentner Standifer Virginia Story Allie Maybelle Vise Organisers anO fDoriorarp Members Miss Susie Woodruff Bryan Miss Daisy Bailey Waitt 97 Le Cercle Francais MLLE. WINNIFRED E. NEVILLE, L’Organisatrice La devise: Vouloir c’est pouvoir. Les Couleurs de France. La fleur : La fleur de lis. Officers MLLE. NANCY LIGHT . President MLLE. GOENTNER STANDIFER .:. ..Vice-President MLLE. CUMI BROWN . Secretary MLLE. PEARL LOVE .. Tresurer MLLE. MATTY ESKRIDGE ...-. Critique Joyce Arthur embers Nora Mae Holmes Ringgold Prout Thelma Beauchamp Elizabeth Joils Vivian Prout Alice Bagwell Evelyn Leith Mae Rash Bertha Crowder Nan Law Amorette Rash Evelyn Covington Margaret Lemmond Patty Royster Clara Coffman Louise Little Grace Reynolds Belle Dudley Cora Landon Pleas Richardson Bernice Dixon Elsie Mollart Grace Swift Mary Ezelle Margaret Moore Anna Sikkelee Rachel Gill Floreine Morse Cornelia Sikkelee Gladys Horne Annie May Mitchell Elsie Skinner Honor Hamilton Lilian Power Goentner Standifer Bessie Payne 98 Scenes du, Vent d’0u.es tr ocene neave “Jevie m’crw Consoleral die ' met vie Ebob l” OKI C-i-eorgl read Eln+ree do Polly. aiene pretuieve ' Pjxx revoir, Polly, ma ckere. Scenes from the French Play Expression Class Fife Stephens on, S porvs or. J Campus Scenes The Visit of The Spookety-Spooks HE campus of the Blackstone College for Girls was a scene of unusual activity on the night of October 13, 1920, when, on their annual trip to the earth, the ghosts of the great- great-great-great-grandfathers and grandmothers of the Faculty made a visit to the student body of the school. In preparation for the arrival of their guests, their descendants had decorated the halls and auditorium with colors and lights most becom¬ ing to ghostly countenances. The visitors, having been unaccustomed for some time to associating with mankind, shyly lingered in the darkest and most unfrequented corners of the grounds. Since, as the colored people say, “There’s just some folks what’s got eyes to see ha’nts,” High-Spookety-Spooks Smith, Bennett, Christian, and Nash, having that sense of vision, conducted the student body along the Line of Fate and introduced them to each ancestral representative. The trembling line of march started from the Reception Hall at 8 o ' clock, the Senior College Red Devils and Junior College Chocolate Boys following the Smith ancestral spook, which was dressed in its original tramp costume in which it had traveled the world; the Senior Academic Pierrots following the Bennett ghost still in its costume of the other world; the Junior Academic Ghosts and the Sophomore Witches in the wake of the Christian gypsy phantom, and the Freshman and Training School Topsies with quaking forms following the brave and substantial Nash ghost. The Line of Fate led the body first to jump the broomstick which had been brought back by the Wright and Mitchell haunts. After successfully passing this test they moved on to shake the icy hand of the Kennedy ghost, but received from it no word of the other world, since it was the ancestor of a line which should keep all official secrets. Passing to the entrance of the rostrum, their nervous hands were thrust into a bowl of their great-great-grandfathers’ eyeballs,, which had been brought back by the Hite representative to remind the living that the eyes of their ancestors are still roving over the earth. Moving down the stage their 104 frightened glances caught a glimpse of the skeleton-in-the-closet, which, after all the years had once more arisen and, pushing the closet door open, had appeared to the gaze of the world. On closer inspection each girl was relieved to find that it was not her own family skeleton, but only that of the Rogers’ ancestor. When, with serious faces, the line passed to the outer door of the audi¬ torium the Johnson Hand of Fate, with a silence characteristic of some of the living members of that family, handed to each student an apparently blank piece of paper which would at some time reveal her future. Following the Line of Fate, they arrived at the Witches ' Den, where they found the great-great-great-great-grandfathers’ ghosts of the Bryan and Waitt families from whom have descended those who can make dead words live, therefore they had no trouble in having their seemingly blank papers made to glow in living words of prophecy. While roaming around through the fields and marshes, visiting the haunts of the murdered and lost, the students were enchanted by the weird strains of music of the Delph, Stephenson, and NeVille phantoms, flitting here and there in the gypsy costumes which they had once before worn on earth. The body was led by the High-Spookety-Spooks to the grave-digging haunts of the Harry and Daniel forefathers, whose ghosts stand at the head of a line of descendants characteristic for burying troubles and forgetting them. In sepulchral tones these offered to bury for each student the thing she most desired to lose, and many were the College hats, plates of hash, mathematics, and French courses yielded to their care. Their spirits being relieved of these burdens, the travelers passed to the temple of the Sanders and Rouse or acles, there to have answered for each of them the question dearest to her heart. When most of them had learned whether they were to be married, or when, or to whom, they passed with satisfaction to the dining-room, where, in anticipation of the desires of the ancestral visitors, their descendants had loaded the tables with refreshments such as the ancestors once enjoyed when in the body. After listening to many stories of the spirits and offering many toasts to them, the student body bade them farewell, extending to them a cordial invitation to return on the Hallowe ' en of 1921. M. R. R. 105 Christmas Carol On December 18, 1920, the Expression Department of Blackstone Col¬ lege gave Kate Douglas Wiggins’ dramatized version of The Bird ' s Christmas Carol. The season lent itself admirably to the story, and the student body seemed to catch the spirit of Christmas from the rendition. The audience declared the play a decided success from beginning to end. Each player acted her part as if the author had her in mind when writing the story. The pathetical and comical parts were especially pleasing in contrast. The pre¬ sentation was proof enough that the Expression Department has talent and ability among its members. The following was the dramatis personae: Carol Bird . Mrs. Bird .... Mr. Donald Bird ... Uncle Jack . Elfrida Clifford ... The Butler . The Angel ...-.._. Mrs. Ruggles ... Sarah Maude _________ Peter ....... Peoria ........ Kitty ....... Clement . Cornelius . Larry ...... .Hattie Johnson ...Cutni Brown .Lolita Brown .Ruth Jones .Margaret Redman .Mary Chesson .Lilian Long .Caroline Hardy .Elizabeth Fookes Mattie Mae Parsons .Carolyn Maddox ......Virginia Taylor .Irene Clay ..May Frances Tuttle .Raymond Tuttle “Sweet Bird, thy bower is ever green, The sky is ever clear; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year.” 106 The Dreamers’ Club Time: First meeting in September. 2:00 a. m. Moonshine. Place : Front fire escape—second floor. Nightmare ( dignified ) : Ah, my dear girls, we are meeting again, under very distressing circumstances. I hardly know what we are going to do this session. I really feel that there is no use in anything for we have no room or facilities. ( Suddenly she sits down, rather undignified, throwing up her hands.) All of our golden dreams have gone up in smoke! Jovial Dreamer: Gone up in smoke, how’s that? Don’t we still have all of the clubs and the Magazine? They certainly were our dreams. Ludicrous: Well—everything that goes up, comes down. Studious : The fire must bring all of our dreams to pass the more quickly. The new building means new opportunities. Original: Yes—in the new building we shall see our dreams. As Jovial suggested, we still have the Literary Society, French, Latin and Music clubs, and The Blackstonian, all of which are signs of better times. Now the Dreamers can dream of other things, such as— memorials ! All: Memorials? Day Dreamer: Memorials? Yes, why not memorials in the form of “labs”? You know we’ve needed a biology lab for years—and a music hall and- Hasty: But all of these things require money for equipment, and we (just like the rest of Blackstone College) haven’t got that. Idle: I don’t see how that can be done. Successful : Where there’s a will there’s a way, you know. Ideal : Why not let the former Senior Classes contribute towards the equipment of these rooms? I’m sure all of them would like to be remembered in some way. All : Splendid! Splendid, Ideal ; tell us some more. Ideal: Well, there’s the Education Class room and Special Library, then the Domestic Science rooms, a model infirmary, Y. W. C. A. rooms, besides the many labs and parlors- All : Parlors ! More than one parlor- Ludicrous: You’ll have to import chaperones then. Sentimental: Ah! I have a wonderful idea. All : Out with it then, quick. Sentimental: You all remember Jacquline Lov’me? Well, she married that rich Air. Sweet, and you know how peeved she used to get when he came to see her and all the girls peeped at them, or the parlor was full. How do you think the Jacquline Sweet parlor would sound ? All: Wonderful! Wonderful! Practical: You were quite a close friend of hers. Will you write her about our plans? Sentimental: Well, I should say I will, and I’ll write to our teacher friend, too—Miss Sarah Robinson. She married her friend, too, and I know she’ll give a parlor for the Faculty. All (laughing) : You’re all right, Sentimental! Practical: But what shall the Dreamers’ memorial be? Annual Concert Programme March 25, 1921 To Sylvia . Schubert Under the Greenwood Tree.... Arne-Slielly Glee Club Ballata e Bizzaria . Pignon Celli I Piano —Sarah Betts, Katherine Barbour, Annie Mae Drummond II Piano —Valerie Forbes, Rebecca Kindley, Edith Wiles Polonaise . MacDowell Lilian Long Santa Lucia . Neapolitan Chorus Impromptu a la Hongroise . Lacome I. Piano —Hilda Wilroy, Margaret Stephenson II. Piano —Julia Coleman, Lucy Hazlewood Night Hymn at Sea. Goring Thomas Pleas Richardson, Annie Mae Mitchell The Way of June . Willeb v Marche Militaire .. Elizabeth Henry . Schubert Piano Piano The Lass With the I.—Louise Little, Rachel Gill 11.—Lucy Lacy, Pearl Love Delicate Air .. A Lover’s Song ... Glee Club . Speaks Bland Broocke Merry Wives of Windsor—Overture . . Nicolai Piano I. —Mary Ezelle, Dorothy Eletcher Piano II.-— Lilian Power, Annie Mae Mitchell Gondolier’s Song . Graben-Hoffman Spinning Song—(Flying Dutchman) . Wagner Chorus 108 Utopian Motto : “Quality not quantity.” Q emljer0 Jessie Miller Evelyn Covington Bessie Channell Eloise Gay , 111 U. T. Supper Club Motto : Eat, drink, never stop to think, For the infirmary is always handy. Colors: Yellow and Gold Flower: Buttercup Members Orchestra... Cabaret Singer .... Director of. Orchestra... Table Setter ..... Director of Manners. Dye-eat-tition ... Biggest Eater . Smallest Eater . Chief Cook. Bottle Washer . Dish-rag Wringer . Crumb Gatherer .. Virginia Leith J Clara Coffman .Elizabeth Henry ..Mary Chesson .Nora Mae Holmes .Ringgold Prout .Vivian Prout .Sarah Betts ..Dorothy Perrow .Lucy Perrow .Evelyn Leith .Mamie Allman Marguerite Stephenson 112 P 1 1 1L A A Y ‘ 3 . - WJgfr ' -Mi JftyV wrftjrwBA 1 B. K. Supper Club Motto : Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow you may be in the infirmary Colors : Yale Blue and White Flower : Ragged Robin a em tiers Nellis Anderson Vashti Barney Elizabeth Fookes Pauline Ford Lucille Hicks Annie Ruth Morgan Minnie Mac Newbold Helen Newbold Mary Royster Pattie Royster Katherine Welch 113 X. M. Supper Club OJrmlirts Carrie Joyner Louise Little Mildred Woodhouse Evelyn Williamson Bernice Dixon Mildred Kirkwood Elizabeth Richardson Ethel Turnage Lina Joyner 114 K. T. O. Supper Club Flower: Tulip Motto: Forget-me-not Members Sara Lou Jenkins Margaret Witt Mary Smothers Florence Worden Edna Burton Nell Tingley Edna Wynn 115 Do-Little Club Motto r “Merrily we roll along.” embers Margaret Christian Alice Dunton Cora Landon Goentner Standifer Esthion Club Motto : “Eat, drink, and be merry.” Flower : Forget-me-not Password : Ain’t no fair to tell Members Chief Cook and Bottle-washer Bridgets. Chief Boss . Money Bag . Chief Eaters . ..Rachael Gill j Lucy Lacy I Anna Mae Mitchell ..Hattie Lacy .Floreine Morse Jean Sykes Sara Crocker 117 Bobbed Hair Club We had an ailment, to be sure, One the doctor couldn’t master; Medicine wouldn’t effect a cure, Nor yet a porous plaster. The trouble seemed all in our polls— Our hair behaved unruly, It stood in tangled knots and rolls; It was a sight most truly. Many’s the time that we were late— Or had to get up early, Merely because it was our fate To have long hair and curly. At last our patience all gave out, We couldn’t longer bear it; We had to have that hair cut off: We did, and short now wear it. We do not weep, we do not wail For long locks that were curly, One style for us will e’er prevail, We need not rise so early. So now our patience may endure, Hair troubles us no longer; If you would try the “bob it” cure, Your patience would be stronger. Dixon et al. 118 Tidewater Club EVELYN COVINGTON ... President embers Jessie Miller Hilda Wilroy Valerie Forbes Blanche Halls Grace Powers Berta Lee Brewer Alice Dunton Cora Landon Thelma Beauchamp Gertrude Beauchamp Marguerite Stephenson Anna May Hudgins Elsie Mollart Frances Fleming Gladys Horne Eloise Gay Frances Jennings Bessie Marks Daisy Shafer Evelyn Williamson Doris Smith Bessie Channell Bernice Dixon Margaret Christian Mabel Kyle Lilian Power 119 North Carolina Club Motto: “Old North State Forever.” Colors: Blue and White Song : “Carolina Sunshine” Flower : Pine Cone Officer . President Vice-President . Treasurer MARGARET LEMMOND HELEN NEWBOLD .. MARGARET MOORE . embers Annie Ruth Morgan Bettie Stanton Minnie Mac Newbold Mary Chesson Mary Royster Kate Newsome Carrie Lewis Sara Betts Pattie Royster Bertha Crowder Mary Smothers Sara Lou Jenkins Ethel Turnage Lina Joyner Louise Little Elise Moore Marian Woodlief Roella Hines Florence Foster Lula Fuller Emily Barnett Josie Lee Cartwright Pauline Menzel Julia Bridges Elizabeth Richardson Nellie Foster Mary Kittrell Miss Daisy Bailey Waitt Miss Gladys Sanders Miss Estelle Smith 120 v ; -. -W,- West Virginia Club Motto: “Montani Semper Liberi.” Members .Marlinton ..Marlinton .Marlinton .Philippi ..Welch Wardensville .Gates .Gates .Lewisburg Jenkin Jones Jenkin Jones Mary Eskridge ..... Pleas Richardson Nancy Light .. Lolita Brown . Ella Mae Smith .. Vashti Barney . Beulah Shumate Virginia Shumate Vivienne Sayers .. Ila Marshall . Wilma Atkinson . Maryland Club S©eni6ers Elizabeth Fookes Rosalie Keene Lilian Long Vivian Prout Ringgold Prout Katherine Welch Louise Williams Rosalie Windsor 122 Mongrel Club Mascot: Yellow Pup Flower: Yellow Dandelion embers Jersey Clam-Catchers .. Alabama Coon . A Lone Star . Mississippi Tadpoles . A Little Knickerbocker Arkansas Toothpicks ... Delaware Blue Hen .. jAnna Sikkelee | Cornelia Sikkelee ..Goentner Standifer .Margaret Jones j Cumi Brown ) Ripple Brown .Alice Bagwell Machree Causey Cora Crenshaw .Elizabeth Joils $tm§. “Tennessee I Hear You, Calling |Ae!’ President Ida Flynn Vise Vice - President W n .i.i —• 1 omwiij Har aret Thomas Secretary v yietlie J nder ion. Ireas itrer - e M k. Uie JlaybelleVise t anager FunaW Fault ne Ford. 124 Evelyn Covington President: i:: ■ rj- ' - - :%W r ' ; m joy y-m Gr«kcc Ctarref? Vice.� Preside n ' t .Margaret Lemwiorui. •Manager of Basket bail. Vtarvces •denni s Haring « of Tennis Emma. Nettles Secretary xn l TVeaS ■JiaUfie. -JoWnson (Justness J-V v� a.g e tKlet ic ] ) ssociation. Oj icers Athletics EVER in the history of Blackstone College has there been a finer school spirit than this year. There is more genuine “pep” and enthusiasm, and the girls have entered more into the spirit of athletics than ever before. They have learned to take victory graciously and defeat gracefully. Too much praise cannot be given to the coaches who have been tireless in their efforts to get girls in trim for tennis tournaments and basket-ball games and field day. With all of this they have found time for hikes. The first formal hike was in October. No one who went will ever forget the long walk nor the breakfast of “hot dogs, scrambled eggs, and rolls, cooked over the open fire. It is quite a work of art to keep a “hot dog stuck on a stick and keep it from getting burned, hut the more ex¬ perienced hikers have mastered it. After breakfast the hikers lounged around until there came a command to begin moving. All came back declaring “I had a perfectly gorgeous time; but, oh, I’m so tired. I’m going the next time though.” For several weeks before Thanksgiving basket-ball was the topic of the day. Different squads were called out for practice every day the weather permitted. Those interested in tennis practiced regularly as long as the courts and weather permitted. The Academics had a series of tournaments in order to select their players for the Thanksgiving game. Thanksgiving Day was the culmination of athletics for the fall. That morning the College girls with their streamers of red and white, and the Academics with their green and white ribbons, at the first tap of the rising bell, sped like arrows from the bow for the cottages and gates. In a moment’s time the College colors proudly floated from the front gate, the President’s home, and the Wallace Cottage; while the Academics claimed the Cobh Cot¬ tage, the White House, and the Robertson Cottage for the green and white. The first thing on the Thanksgiving Day program was a very inter¬ esting tennis tournament held between the Academic and College depart- ments. Perrow and Wynn played for the green and white, while Dudley and T. Beauchamp were the red and white representatives. Altho’ there was much good playing on both sides, the green and white won two sets out of three. The other set was a tie. The feature of the day was the annual Thanksgiving Day basket-ball game which was played between the Academic and College varsity teams. The girls were a pretty sight in their black bloomers, white middies, and red or green ties. As the College team marched out on the field, all the rooters for the red and white began singing “When the Academics go play basket-ball to the tune of “Washington and Lee Swing, while the Academics came back with “Beat ’em, beat ’em, beat ’em up with green and white, tune of Ja-da. When the whistle blew for the game to begin there was a breathless hush and all leaned forward to watch. During the game, Shafer, the Academic cheer-leader, with a hundred and sixty lusty followers, cheered the Academic team on to better play. Lem- mond, Eskridge, and Jolls, College cheer-leaders, with sixty girls possessed of good lung power and a desire for their team to be victorious, urged the College on to beat the Academics. The line-up was: Academics College GARRETT (Capt.) ..R. F...... COVINGTON MORGAN .....L. F. G. BEAUCHAMP BROOCKE .J. C. TUNE JENNINGS .S. C.. T. BEAUCHAMP WOODHOUSE .R. G...... SMITH (Capt.) GILLS . L. G. RASH Field goals: Garrett 8; Morgan 4; Covington 6; Beauchamp 4. Foul goals: Garrett 3; Morgan; Covington 1; Beauchamp 3. Fouls: Academic 9; College 8. Referee: Daniel. Time of halves: 15 minutes. Final score: Academics 27; College 24. After the game was over, the fine spirit of both teams was shown in the way they took defeat and victory. When dinner time arrived, the victorious team and the defeated one marched into the dining-room together. Throughout the entire meal toasts were given. The conquerors toasted the conquered and were toasted in 129 return.- Individual toasts were given to the members of the team, to Mr. Adams, Dr. Christian, Miss Stoakley, the Faculty, the cooks, and the coaches! When dinner was half over, the members of the College team, subs, and cheer-leaders were presented with great red chrysanthemums from the Col¬ lege classes. Roller skating has been a favorite pastime all winter. Even some of the members of the Student Council were not above taking a tumble. Fire drills have been found to be a constant source of exercise. For several months the fire whistle blew at unexpected times. Out the girls rushed and quietly but hurriedly left the building. Even fire drills at night found them well prepared. With the coming of spring a new interest in basket-ball and tennis sprang into being. The courts were rolled and got in shape for Field Day. Squads were called out for basket-ball practice every clear day, and the girls who entered in the different events began to get into trim. In all of the athletics the girls have joined with rare good will. Whether it was basket-ball, tennis, skating, or fire drill they have been constantly on the alert. Tune: “Ja-da.” Beat ’em, beat ’em, beat ’em up with Green and White; Beat ’em, beat ’em, beat ’em up with all your might. The Acs are the ones, as you all know— The Acs are the ones that will make the show. Beat ’em, beat ’em, beat ’em up with Green and White. Watch us, watch us, watch us knock ’em off their feet. Watch ’em, watch ’em, watch ’em—the College Team—get beat. They play basket-ball, But they can’t beat the Acs at all, at all—■ Watch ’em, watch ’em, watch ’em—the College Team—get beat. Sis-s-s-s ! Boom ! Bah ! College! College! Rah ! Rah! Rah! That’s not bluff; We’re not rough; We play basket-ball Sure e-nough ! Team! Team! Team! 131 Tennis Clubs We will surely win this game, Win this game, win this game, We will surely win this game, Win this game, win ! Win this game, win this game, Win this game, win this game. We will surely win this game, Win this game, win ! Cheer for the College Team, College Team, College Team, Cheer for the College Team, College Team, cheer! College Team, Beauchamp, Tune, Beauchamp, Rash, College Team, Cheer for the College Team, Covington, Smith ! Hobble, Gobble, Razzle, Dazzle, Not a thread but wool! All together, all together— That’s the way we pull. 133 JCLADE-MIC SENIORS Fennis Clubs academic -Juniors FICURHTIQN5 Statistics Most Popular . HILDA WILROY Always smiling, always happy, Hilda makes things awful snappy; So after this she’s hound to be The favorite girl of B. C. G. Best All-’Round ...MARGARET LEMMOND Anything you want at all — Monitor to basket-ball, Y. W. work, Blackstonian, too — Lemmond’s there to put it through. Most Influential .ANNA SIKKELEE She always comes a-smilin through, Always knows just what to do, Spreads her sunshine all around; Anna’s influence can’t be bound. 136 V Best Student .....HATTIE JOHNSON How we crave her boundless knowledge, As we study here at College, Technical! Logical! All the rest; Without a doubt, Hattie’s best. Best Speaker .MARY ESKRIDGE Make ’em laugh, make ’em sob; Just get Mary on the job; Any goal you want to reach, Just ask Mary for a speech. Most Musical .VIRGINIA LEITH “Music the fiercest grief can charm, An d fate’s severest rage disarm; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please.” —Pope. 137 Most Artistic. NELLIE ANDERSON Of color and harmony Nellie’s a master. In this field of art no one has surpassed her. Most Original .MARY CHESSON Here’s our famous stunt night star: How her name has spread afar; We all know without guessin — Surely she is Mary Chesson! .NANCY LIGHT Makes no difference how high the fence, To climb it Nancy has the sense. Her wit and humor always pass. She is the life of all the Class. Wittiest Most Athletic. GRACE GARRETT Basket-Ball won Grace her fame, In the last Thanksgiving game; When the teams ivent into action, She was the center of attraction. Most Vivacious .VIVIAN PROUT Skipping, humming, tripping, running, Always in some brand new stunt; Some are cunning, some arc stunning — For her equal long you’ll hunt. Most Dignified .:...RACHAEL GILL ’Tis Rachael that’s most dignified, With fame that reaches far and wide; She always has such perfect poise, And never, never makes a noise. BETTY STANTON Most Happy-Go-Lucky Happy-go-lucky, carefree, jolly, Shirking work is Betty’s folly; Never a worry clouds her brow: Betty think? She doesn’t know how! Most Optimistic .,.MARY ROYSTER Happy, smiling, cheerful, gay, That is Mary every day; And tho’ things may go all wrong, She just hums her “merry song.” Most Talkative .....VIVIAN PROUT Vivian talks! Oh! how she talks! Her tongue is wagging night and day, In classrooms, church and on the walks, We wonder what she finds to say. Most Independent .ELIZABETH RICHARDSON Indeed we know she doesn’t care, She has that independent air; ' ‘Bill” walks along, her head up high, And plainly says, “Let the world go by.” Most Sarcastic ...VIRGINIA TAYLOR Since it takes a clever mind To make the tongue sarcastic, It is mot difficult to find Why Virginia’s words arc drastic. Biggest Giggler .CORA LANDON If giggling made a person fat, How fat would Cora be? Giggling at this, giggling at that — Champion giggler at B. C. G. 141 Biggest Bluff .ELIZABETH JOLLS Just why Elizabeth should bluff It ' s really hard to tell, For surely she works hard enough. And sometimes very well. “It” ... ....DOROTHY FLETCHER Why, of course, she has to show it, So we couldn’t help but know it; Thinks she’s “It,” with capital “I”; She’ll learn better, by and by. Most Sentimental .IRENE CLAY A little love makes lots of bliss, Awful nice is one small kiss; So Irene loves the whole day through, She loves many and she loz’es few. 142 Biggest Grind .NAN LAW Nan is surely persevering, And we never find her erring; She knows how to do the work. And was never known to shirk. Biggest Nuisance .HILDA REW All the time, everywhere, We can see her yellow hair; Early morning, late at night, Hilda’s never out of sight. Biggest Loafer. .FRANCES JENNINGS Never has a thing to do, And she always docs that, too; Jinx” was never known to study, Still she makes a good old buddy. 143 September 16—School opens. 18—Informal stunt night. 25—Y. W. C. A. Reception—Baptist Recep¬ tion. October 9—First meeting of Student Government. 27—Anglia Literary Society Reception. 30—Hallowe’en. November 7—Visit of Mrs. Smith and Joy. 11—College girls and Academic Seniors go to B. M. A. to hear a lecture by Hon. Harry St. George Tucker. 25—Thanksgiving Day. 27—Party given by Y. W. C. A. December 11— Y. W. C. A. Bazaar. 18— Play : Bird’s Christmas Carol. 22—Christmas holidays begin. January 4—Christmas holidays end. 19— Movies: Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. 22—College Senior-Junior Reception. February 7—Reception given to the Episcopal girls. 12— Y. W. C. A. Reception to second-term girls. March 5—Senior Acs received B. C. G. Faculty and B. M. A. Seniors. 12—Party given by cadets of B. M. A. 15—Annual goes to press. 25— Annual Concert. 26- 28—Easter holidays. 28—Picnic to Nottoway Pond. April I- 4—Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Conference in Lynchburg. 9—Planting of Senior Academic Tree. II- 15—Series of religious services. 18— Cadets entertain special friends on a picnic. 19— Recital—Richmond Quartette. 21—Visit of Mrs. Reeves, Missionary from Africa. 23—Junior-Senior College Reception. May 7—Academic Junior Banquet. 9—Field Day. 21—Planting of ivy by College Seniors. 5 :00 p. m. Miss Stoakley entertains Senior Col¬ lege Class. 26— Fete by Training School Department. 27— Concert. 28— Class exercises—Address by Dr. S. C. Mitchell. Senior College Play: Quest of Happi¬ ness. 29— Baccalaureate Sermon. President’s Farewell Address. 30— School closes. 144 Via Jokes Miss Harry (to girls in rear of room) : Girls, what is the subject of conversation ? G. Powers: “Nothing much. We were just talking about you. I. Clay: Evelyn, do you have any white oxfords? E. Covington: What, high-topped ones? Miss Johnson: Roella, use the word “collapse” in a sentence. R. Hines: He took a collapse, and died. C. Brown: Why are you so late getting home from church? R. Brown: We had sacrifice (sacrament). Miss NeVille: Do any of you delight so in footnotes that you use them unconsciously ? E. Turnage: Yes ' m; I used one in a letter the other day. R. Jones: I am as sick as a mule. L. Long: I did not know that mules got sick. R. Jones: Well, I am. L Champion: Have you heard the song “Leather Your Nest”? G. Horne: No, I’ll bet it’s a bird. Miss Daniel: What was the Irrigation Act? E. Covington: President Roosevelt dammed all the rivers in the United States. Alice Dunton (in Presbyterian Church looking thru the Sunday-School Quarterly) : Lolita, show me where the jokes are. E. Nettles: I have so much color to-day. What do you do when you have too much color ? M. Christian: I generally wash some of it off. H. Hamilton: Why do you call Elsie Carter “Skinny”? Miss Daniel: Because she has so much skin. 146 Mististics Most Athletic .....Elsie Carter Most Sentimental .,.Hattie Johnson Most Talkative .............Mae Rash Most Pessimistic .....Dorothy Anderson Most Dashing ........Gertrude Phillips Most Musical .............Blanche Taylor Most Mischievous ...Celeste Old Most Sedate ..1.Bland Broocke Most Unbusinesslike .......Mary Eskridge Vainest ..Virginia Story Quietest .....Minnie Mac Newbold Laziest . Anna Sikkelee Crossest .,.....Grace Garrett Biggest Grind . ..Betty Stanton Biggest Bluff .Jewell Robertson Biggest Giggler . ...Myrtle Walton Biggest Caser ....Elsie Skinner Best Skater ............Bernice Dixon .Suttee to 0itl$ “Grin and hear it.” ....J. Arthur “Don’t worry” .......G. Beauchamp “Don’t get nervous in Pedagogy” .E. Covington “Cheer up, roses will bloom again” ...M. Eskridge “Spread joy” ...D. Fletcher There’s safety in numbers” ...H. Ham ilton “Mix work with play” ...H. Johnson “Don’t tell all you think” .I. Johnson “Silence is golden” ......E. Jolls “Seek self-control” .R. Jones “Work won ' t kill” .M. Lemmond. “Speech is silver” ._.L. Little “Stick up for your rights” .L. Long “Bother a bit” .....M. Moore “Memorize Paradise Lost” ...J. Miller “Haste makes waste” .A. Rash “Etudiez votre legon” ...G. Swift “Write at least four letters a day”.E. Turnage “Speak up and express yourself” .F. Vise “Go slow and easy” .H. Wilroy 148 Tnee«.U Wv tu. An Episode On the thirteenth of December, So I have been told, A damsel named Miss Covington Was most extremely bold. She had a plan to cut her hair, But she was frightened, too, At what her Pa and Ma would say, For well those folks she knew. Upon her head a knot we screwed And let the ends hang down, With the rough, uneven, straggling locks. She looked just like a clown. She wept and raved and fought, poor thing; In fact, she saw quite red— But then she found it was a joke, And Mary wept instead. The halls were filled with questioners : “Who did it? When? And where? The blame upon a Lemmond fell For cutting Evelyn’s hair. And so at last, at supper time, Necks craned here and there, The curious ones’ high spirits fell— For lo! there was the hair. M. H. L. If in the style you want to be, Just listen for a while to me. The styles and gowns that you will find Will be of every freakish kind. The necks of gowns are ’way down low. The skirts are short, extremely so ! In high-heeled shoes their feet they squeeze, Have stockings rolled below their knees. Off very short they cut their hair; To frizz the sparse remains they dare. All this and more must each one dp, If she would follow fashion true. J. L. M. 150 Forbidden Baths in Study Hour V M. Eskridge (reading Senior Ac write-ups) : Oh, Hilda, you should read some of these! H. Wilroy: Oh, I’ve been wanting to see the jokes. Hand them over. E. Nettles (in Sunday school): Are the stewards in the Methodist Church the same as the deacons in the Baptist Church ? E. Gay: Did you say they have demons in the Baptist Church ? Miss Daniel: Pauline, who emancipated the slaves ? P. Ford: President Wilson. R. Jones: The reason I weigh so much is because there’s so much bone. L. Long: Why, your bones aren’t big! R. Jones: No, but I’ve got so many of them. Miss Roberts: Isabelle, compare burst. I. Champion: Burst, bust, pop! Dr. Christian: Nora May, you were absent last time. N. M. Holmes: No, sir; I wasn’t here. G. Standifer: Isn’t there another name for frogs? M. Christian: Yes, tadpoles. Miss Waitt: Virginia, which did you take as the subject for your first semester theme, the Iliad or the Odessey? V. Story: I didn’t take either one. I took the fall of Troy. Miss Roberts: What is the result when HC1 is added to AgNCb? O L L. Camden: A precipice (precipitate) of AgCl is obtained. 152 An Acorn on a big tree grew, As little acorns always do; A goodly sight to me and you It grew. This little Acorn grew by night, It hadn’t time when the sun was bright, It got its growth by ’lectric light, That’s right. We wanted it to be so good. The midnight work we gladly stood. We’d have beat it if we could, We would. We think the best we’ve ever done Is in this Acorn of twenty-one. For B. C. G. has just begun Her run. This little Acorn grew, you see, On the topmost branch at C. G., Where we’re busy as can be. Dear me ! Now we suppose, Oh Twenty-two, You’ll demonstrate what you can do, So take our places now, we’re through— Adieu. Anonymous. End 154 3ust around ihe corner for cuenjihin iwrth while. BLACKSTONE COLLEGE for Girls W. ASBURY CHRISTIAN, A.M.,D.D., President Christian Training School for Girls Accredited by the State Board of Education THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA $260.00 per year in the Academic Department $300.00 per year in the College Department Next session begins September 15, 1921 For Catalog, address — Mr. George P. Adams, Sec.-Treas. 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