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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS BOOK ONE To establish justice . . . . James Madison, The Great Little Man BOOK TWO To provide for the common defense . . . . Faculty; Training School; Administrative Staff To form a more perfect union . . . . The Four Classes BOOK THREE To secure the blessings of liberty . . . . Major Organizations; Clubs and Societies; Athletics BOOK FOUR To insure domestic tranquillity . . . . The People ' s Choice; Pictorial History; The Census BOOK FIVE To promote the general welfare . . . . Advertisements

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FOREWORD STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE The first yearbook to represent a full session in the life of Madi- son College, the 1939 Schoolma ' am, has tried to present, against a background of sunshine and snow, of bare trees and full foliage, the variegated activities of Madison students. MADISON COLLEGE Without tracing the steady growth of the college from its begin- ning in 1908 as the State Normal School at Harrisonburg, through its development as a State Teachers College after 1922, we let the present here speak for itself. Since the Commonwealth of Virginia has desig- nated no one college as its sole state college for women, it has fallen to Madison to accept its share in the general undergraduate education of Virginia women. Because we wish to recall the part James Madison played as bather of the Constitution, we have drawn from its Preamble such phrases as aptly describe, we hope, the contents of this book. 1908 NORMAL

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JAMES MADISON The Great Little Man U MADISON AS A CHILD Born at Port Conway, his mother ' s home in King George County, Virginia, James Madison grew up with his parents, his brothers and sisters, at Montpelier in Orange. In Donald Robertson ' s school he studied Greek, Latin, French, geography, English literature, and mathe- matics. Later he was under Reverend Thomas Martin, who lived with the family and headed him toward Princeton. X A STUDENT AT PRINCETON At Princeton he wore ruffled shirts and did two years ' work in one, damaging somewhat his uncer- tain health. Remaining at Princeton almost a year after taking his degree, he was one of the first graduate students in America. Among his fellows were Aaron Burr, Henry Lee, and Philip Freneau. The president of the college was Reverend John Witherspoon, a teacher and writer of great ability. The Princeton atmosphere was vibrant with philoso- phy, theology, and politics.