Virginia Commonwealth University - Cobblestone Wigwam Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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AS SEEN THROUGH THE C R Y S T A L BALL D Ql ' lET! Concentrate deeper, deeper. The class of ' 35 will soon appear. Assuredly, eminent teachers, scientists, artists, and executive secretaries will abound in multitudes in this i rou]) with a tjenerous pro])()rtion of Ph.D. ' s. The mist is clearing. The eil is lifting. Who are these corpulent women, wearing arch-jireserver shoes, who are conu ' ng into focus? The class of ' 35 in later years. How wonderful it is that the future is unknown ! That tall green and yellow modernistic building in the background, is that the lMui)ire State lUiilding? The College! l ut where is the expansive canii)us? Ah! yes. I see it. that green border ])ainted at the base. If 1 could onlv see those individualistic components of that most intelligent, emotionally mature, imposing class of nineteen hundred and thirty-five about their everyday purstu ' ts. The ball has become hazy. A scene is being uncovered. . crowded street corner. . frantic woman is standing in a soap box shouting Art insurance, buy now! .Special rates for Indians! A free portrait with every policy! The scene draws nearer. Alas! It is .Sue I ' ettv Rex. the dignified president of the class of ' 35. The scene begins to ([uiver. With a burst another takes its place. The aromas of NH. pervades the atnuisjjhere. A man and woman are talking earnestly. The conversation — atoms versus molecules. The lecturers. Mr. and Mrs. Medicio (Mary Brooks). The students — gently snoring. The placid countryside conu ' s iiUo view. Who iiUerrupts that trained agriculturist at his work? A woman dressed in blue with a huge brass star and Oscar Truant by the hand is she and known as ( )tTicer Edith Gilmau. Faint nmsic strikes my ear. That divine extra aganza. The Prison Song, played by Madame Cecilia ' I ' atarsky and her experienced delin- i|uent svmi)honic orchestra, is carried by the evening breeze. • 20 •

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AXX WEST RICHMOND, VA. n.S. ill Social Science Secretary. Senior Class. ' 35. riiwnlev Literary Society. ' 35 Cotillion Club. ' 32- ' 3. ' 35- ' .?5. BETTIE LEXORA WHITE NEW VllRK. N. Y. o B.F.A. in Art ' J ' ransfer, Southern College, Petersburg, Va. Art Students ' League. Cotillion Club. ' 33- ' 34- ' o5. m t Pi i m i ' ' ■ 19 . jiCsani»Vf ' «» rai- ' • r4l 4d:i ' V .f. ,.A iStii: i£i! ia

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.■:v4 i« i(i, -Mitmr sv a i(»a The symphony in ] Mat merges into oriental music. Louise Lang-- horne is seen expressing her artistic temperament by pasting lal)els on Chinese pop-crackers. JiiHa Dent .Salter is seen at her summer home writing the great American play of a yes man with an Alabama setting. Shakespeare is drivel compared with this. A normal home is revealed. Johnnie is having a temper tantrtim. His mother? Dr. Arsenth Clark is away giving her famous lecture on How to Raise Perfect Children. Plaintive blue notes eminate from a near-l)y night club. Here Cath- erine Myster sings the popular ballads Vitamin D and Infant Care. 1 see now a long dark road. . car flashes by. The driver is Susan Euliank. who rides continually between Washington and Wilmington. Who is this? A woman is hel])ing a man unload a ton of coal. It is Alice Loving in her usual helpful mood. A student appears. With wrinkled brow Flora Miller is reading fervently, (ientlemen Prefer Blondes. Classicism becomes socialism. Leah Jacob.son sits amid the multi- tude o admiring swains. .She knows that silence is woman ' s greatest virtue. Pate Hutcherson is making a valiant effort to civilize the moun- taineers, but she strikes them dead with a glance. The scientist. Flavia Pierotti. has i)erfected a reducing diet with s])ecial rates for the class of ' 35. We will probably need both. . famous . merican is seen in the glol)e. the first American woman bobsled star. Jeannette (iarber. Janet Wade is revealed giving one of her radio talks on Advice to the Lovelorn. Included in her talk are how to knit, cook potatoes, and meet an Ivirl. With Irish vim. Mary Flaherty is conducting a research in mental measurements. From the top of a circus tent, Priscilla Ciarriock, well-known athlete, relates that .she is looking at social work for an interesting angle. A modern Florence Nightingale, X ' irginia I ' berley, is disclosed bending () er her ])atient. Horrors! The medicine is arsenic. The crystal ball presents Marie Mears, who is attempting to break ] ) ' an Winkle ' s record. Her success is attributed to strenuous prac- tice in college. The venerable social worker, inlet llernath, tells freshmen that a pink smock keeps one in a good humor. • 21 • ' ;.3 «4iii lJiifea Ssj ' ii ' W ' W