James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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January 25- January 31 February 3- February 4- February 5 — February 6 February 7 February 11 February 12 February February 18 19 February 25- March March 1 3- March 6- March 8- March Woe unto thee! Opera practice begins. In the Assembly Room Mr. Tripp entertains the students. Rapture! Two classes excused. Listen! Three young ladies severely burned while drinking hot chocolate for the benefit of the Annual. Lo! how they sing! Glee Club members open their moufs and hollers! Some of Harrisonburg ' s celebrities help the good cause along. Is she a Stratford? She is a Stratford. Did she win the box of candy? She did! Who gave the prize? The Lee Literary Society. Who is she? Pauline Ashmead. Has she any candy left? ? ? ? ? ? A very interesting talk given by Miss Helen Becker, Secre- tary of Y. W. C. A., from Randolph-Macon Woman ' s College. Merrily sing, ye all. Mr. Smithey has returned from Charlottesville. Starke bunch are entertained. Kindergarten Club gives a delightful Valentine party. Hearts and cupids; contests and games. The Stratford Lit- erary Society entertains the Lees and Laniers. At the basket ball game Juniors win from the Freshmen, 12-5. Kept in memory books of the Stratfords and Lees the attrac- tive invitations of the Laniers. The costumes are very effective and the evening enjoyed immensely. Ecstatic dancing! It was wonderful! I ' ve just danced and danced! Oh, is it 12 o ' clock? This time half an hour ago I was at that wonderful Senior hop. Spring, and Mr. Robertson for dinner. t»eals of distant thunder heard. The officers for Student Government elected. E very disease, both simple and severe, talked about by Doc- tor Boothe. Round the floor of the Reception Room — found many ink- spots. Who spilt the ink? Bro. Noah, Bro. Noah. Who spilt the ink? Bro. Noah spilt dat ink. Elected the Y. W. C. A. officers.

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September 22- September 23- September 24- October 1- October 6- October 15- November 6- November 15- November 25- Decemb r 7- December 22- January 4- January 7- January 8- January 20- January 22- January 24- W hence comest thou? Students register. -In best array they come. Faculty receives. -Little girls are homesick. -Long-expected Y. W. C. A. Reception. In line we go to hear Rigolctto. At the Kindergarten Rooms the practice teach- ers are entertained. ■Much ado about entertaining the critic teach- ers at a tea. -S plendid singing by the New York Artists Concert Company. Hjlidays are here! Some fortunates go home. -And we had the grandest time! — Entertained at Hillcrest. -Kisses and trunks; trunks and kisses; kisses and suitcases; more kisses — and the Nor- mal girls leave for home. -Endless jitneys bring girls on top of girls back to H. N. S. S ix inches of snow. Pleasure of pleasures — Miss Shaeffer enter- tains the Glee Club. Elections here, elections there; editors for the Schoolma ' am everywhere. Right in style. Stratfords give the Shades oj Shakespeare. Shylock, Macbeth. Hamlet, Romeo, are before us. Evil day! Chicken-pox seizes Mary Jasper

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March 11 — We have half an hour with Bobby Burns and the Stratfords. All aboard for Scotland! March 13 — Is it true? Yes, it is. Hurrah for the State Legislature! $50,000 means a new dormitory. March 14 — Listen! Comedy of Errors. — Biscuit for supper. March IS — Listen again! More pie, quoth I. Nay , nay, quoth she. Mince pie, quoth I. Nay, nay, quoth she. March 17 — It may now be said, Thus endeth the Exams. March 18 — All went to the gym on Saint Patrick ' s night, for it was there that the Lees entertained the Stratfords and Laniers. March 19 — Miss Gregg and chocolate sauce for dinner. March 20 — Students find their classes. March 21 — Here come biscuit and jelly and pie. March 25 — Ah, friend and teacher pal, I say, Did you attend the cabaret? — Assembly hall, from nine to eleven, Finest frolic ever given! Given by the Juniors and served in style! Hurrah for the Juniors and H. H. Heyl! March 27— Kin you guess? Two young ladies caught shooting crap on Main street. They are wanted by the police. Whis- per the fact that both were class presidents. March 30 — Every one — yes, ' tis true — did weep and wail and gnash her teeth. Why? Reports received at dinner. March 31 — Sir Joseph Porter arrives in his yacht Pinafore at the As- sembly Hall, with his sisters and his cousins and his aunts. Mrs. Gaston and her niece visit us. April 1 — Partook of their breakfast in a standing position? Yes, that ' s what the students did on April 1. April 7 — Every girl took him by storm. Who was he? Jules Falk. April 13 — Right here; look pretty, please. Pictures taken for the An- nual. April 14 — Each one did her best in the Senior-Freshman basket ball game. The Seniors had to work hard, for Dat ball shure would rise again.