Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Administrative Guidance Unity in Student Support During a year of spasmodic study and week- end treks M.W.C. ' ers made an effort to keep abreast of the world beyond the college gates. The ' went downtown to see movies heard about during acations. In the midst of Moby Dick they stopped outside the C Shoppe to browse through book-of-the-month club selec- tions on sale. An extra nickel encouraged them to punch a juke box and learn the words to the ten top tunes of the week. In the throes of Chaucer and Darwin, students tried to keep in mind that there were also a T. S. Eliot and Einstein. Edfiar E. Woodward, Treasurer Mrs Ruth Seawright Wade, Dean of Freshmen Louis C. Guenthcr. Rcci- ' trar Reynold H. Brooks Director of Public Rclalion. Dr. Warren G. Keith Director of Admissions i H.

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FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR Miss Mary Ellln Stf.pi ucnson Dean of W omen oj Mary W ' ashin ilon College of the L niiersilv ol irginia hi lurs each dav at home i. ' the tuJcnts The office of the Dean ol W omen saw much acti it - in I ' - il-SZ. Many phone calls, many isitors, and man ' problems found their way to the first floor of Virginia. Miss Stephenson met each new situation with eyes that looked beneath the surface and hands that were quick to act or to comfort. Straightforward and sincere, she had a capacity for efficient action that did not exclude understanding. Long conferences, endless committee meetings, and countless other duties made each student real- ize the enormity of her job and appreciate her competence. She knew the students, and they were glad to know her. lO

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LX )R 11 lORY HOSIESSES. Mrs. 11. Z. Jacobus, Mrs. F. Robins, Mrs. M. McClelland, Miss L. M. Biscoe, Mrs. H. T. Shacklcl..rd Because 1952 was election year, the classi- fications Democrat and Republican were added to the stand-bys Yankee and Rebel. Quantico dates added the phrases boon- docks and two-day-war to our vocabulary. They cultivated, because of college and in spite of college, an acute awareness of the vital and trivial elements that, united, con- stitute life in America. Although they were mindful of the importance of the individual, they could, nevertheless, see how each person and each pattern must fit into a sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant, unity. This unity was evident in small-scale in Mary Washington College. Separate entities, students, professors and administrators, found added strength in organization. Efficiency and proper functioning was obtained through the coordination of the group as a whole. We had our own organized, unified body. Yet we were not isolated. Education no longer meant a survey of the past but meant an at- tempt to grasp present and future trends on the basis of past development. DORMITORY HOSTESSES. Seated: Mrs. R. S Wade, Dr. M. A. Greene, Miss M. L. Carder. Standing: Miss E. L. Brignuli, Miss J. G. Bell, Miss G. . . Beclcr, Miss M. H. Newell. INFIRM.ARY STAFF. Miss E. Trible, Dr. R. Low, Mrs. E. K. Keckler. 17 1