Blackstone College - Acorn Yearbook (Blackstone, VA)

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THE ACORN Virginia Preston Office Secretary Graduate, Blackstone College Rosa Cummings Bookkeeper Lillian Wingo Secretary to Bernard S. Via Graduate, Blackstone College Mrs. H. A. Taylor Ma Iron Mrs. H. L. Freeman, R, X. Nurse Peace Institute, Raleigh, N. C. Graduate, Watts Hospital. Durham, N. C. W. W. Bennett, M. U. Physician Randolph-Macon College M. D., Medical College of Virginia [ 23 ]

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O R N a ST.. Kathryn G. House, B. S. Voice and, Pipe Organ B. S., Bowling Green State College special Or gan and Voice in Bowling Green State College Richmond Seay I iotin and History of Music Peabody Conservatory of Music Harmony and Composition under Otto Ort- mann Cincinnati Conservatory Mrs. E. L. Houck, B. S. Physical Education and Home Economics B. S., Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College Mrs. L. E. Wallace Art Lebanon Normal School, Ohio Pupil of Professor Bellows, New York City Mary Lee Bennett Librarian Norfolk and Farmville College Randolph-Maeon Woman’s College New England Conservatory of Music, Boston French Student in Paris Alice Early Student Assistant in Physical Education [ 22 ]

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3n jWemortam DR. WILLIAM VIRGIL ATKINS Our family physician, if lie is true to the old Virginia type, makes for himself a very dear place in the hearts of the family. In the time of illness we listen with eagerness and anxiety for his footstep which brings comfort and reassur¬ ance. The kind of man of whom we are thinking is unselfish; he spares not himself; he is kind and generous. In dealing with his sick folk through years of earnest work, he has added to his native skill and thorough training a wealth of experience that cannot be taught in books or lectures. Such a man was Doctor W. V. Atkins, our Blackstone College family physician for over thirty years, lie contributed richly through this long period to the health and happiness of the thousands of students who passed under his care. The Ac ok x wishes to pay this simple tribute of love and esteem to his cherished memorv.