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Alma Mater Oh dear Black stone, Alma Mater, We thy daughters come to thee. Seeking friends that make us nobler, Seeking truth that makes us free, Seeking courage, faith and wisdom And the strength to triumph wrong, Hear, oh, hear us, loving mother, As we lift to thee our song. Chorus Guide, oh guide us, mother clear, May we ever feel thee near, May thy daughters live and love And grow forever, mother dear, Oh—Oh Black stone, here’s to thee Here’s to truth that makes us free, Here’s to fame and praise and honor, And a student’s love for thee. II Hail—Oh Blackstone, Alma Mater, We with grate fid hearts do sing, For we called and. thou didst answer, Bid thy treasures to us taring, Bid unfold to us the mysteries, Both of hooks and. friendships true, Now thy daughters answer gladly, Here’s our love, Blackstone, to you. III. Oh—Oh Blackstone, Alma Mater, As we sing our parting lay, Life’s work calls, we dare not linger, Though with thee we fain would stay. Parting comes, hut we’ll remember These our happy college days, And he true to thee, dear mother, Guide us with thy love, we pray. —Words by Jean F. Crak {Tune of “Alma Mater of McTyeire School, China.) [ 22 ]
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Bernard S. Via DIRECTOR OF ENDOWMENT HE editors of the 11)30 copy of the Acorn 1 are happy to have the privilege of intro¬ ducing to our readers the most forward-looking movement Blackstone College for Girls has ever undertaken. Following suggestions contained in resolutions from the 1929 Farmville Dis¬ trict Conference, the Board of Trustees in their Annual meeting in June requested the Executive Committee to draft plans for initiating a movement to raise $500,000.00 for the College. The executive committee immediately began its work with the result that in September the Trustees accepted the plans presented and through a committee appointed for the purpose selected Bernard S. Via as director of the movement. With the approval of the Virginia Annual Conference, Mr. Via was appointed to this task and the Campaign was given full endorsement by the Conference. On the first of November offices were opened in the Administration Building, withj three of our own girls, Misses Rosa Cummings, Lillian Wingo, and Louemma Gresham, as assistants. Work was immediately begun in revising the Alumnae directory and in working out organizational plans. The editors feel that this movement marks the beginning of a new day for Blackstone College for Girls. That the Goal will be reached, we feel assured for there is widespread, growing interest on the part of the Alumnae and the public in general throughout Virginia and the surrounding States. We feel that the trustees have acted wisely in taking such a forward step at this time. The liquidation of the debt, the spending of a modest amount for additional equipment and new buildings and the providing of additional endowment, as proposed in this effort, will insure not only the permanency of our Alma Mater, but will enable the college to take her rightful place of leadership among similar educational institu¬ tions in the South. Mr. Via. is a wide-awake director and is giving unsparingly of his time and effort in the interest of the further progress of our school. We call on all students, Alumnae and friends to give of time, service, and money, commensurate with their love, hopes and ideals for dear old Blackstone. [ 21 ]
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