Fredericksburg College - Quips and Quibbles Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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P A G E 20 QUIPS AND QUIBBLES Virginia Virginia, mother dear, I love thee well, Thy sacred southern soil and blushing hill. Thy verdant fronted woodland, green and still, Thy gory fields, far famed for shot and shell — My home. Virginia, mother dear, Tlove thy name. All writ in golden words of history ; Td loathe to be a son of aught but thee, Or flash a glinted sword for others blame — My home. Virginia, mother dear, love thy fame , Prolific parent of an endless train Of noble seers, of men without a stain , I ' d lav my life upon thy shrine, thy claim — My home. -G. C. M. 02 .

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QUIPS AND QUIBBLES Alexander Pierce Saunders the Southern Presbyterian church, where these wards of the church should be trained and educated for future usefulness. He first brought his plan before the Synod of Virginia in October, 1892, but as it developed, he decided to transfer it to the General Assembly. This body at its session in April, 1893, at Macon, Ga., adopted the institution as planned by Dr. Saunders, appointed a Board of Trustees and decided that the school be opened in the following autumn. Dr. Saunders acting under these directions, organized and opened the “Fredericks¬ burg Collegiate Institute, ” from which at a later day grew “Fredericksburg College.” During the six years that he was associated with this institution it would be impossible to estimate his influence upon its future destiny, and upon the character of the students gathered within its walls. As one of the students of the College wrote of him at the time of his death: “ He had won us all by his love for us, and in each of those battlefields there is a monu¬ ment—a monument that will live as long as we do, which Page 19 will always remind us that there was one person who gave his life to make our lives worth living. Thus enshrined in our hearts is the memory of the purest, kindest, noblest man we ever knew, to whom we owe the debt of a world of love.” It was but too true that in imitation of his Master he gave his life for others. The pressure of heavy responsibilities and financial anxieties proved too much for a body always frail. He was com¬ pelled to give up active work and seek a change of climate, and after nearly two years of lingering suffering, borne with unfaltering courage, and unfailing sweetness, he entered into rest at Wytheville, March 21, 1900. By his own request he sleeps in the historic cemetery of Fred¬ ericksburg. The students of Fredericksburg College should ever hold in loving remembrance the noble-hearted founder of their Alma Mater. And surely we may prophesy a long and prosperous career for the institution whose foundations were laid in faith and whose cornerstone was love.

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QUIPS AND QUIBBLES Page 21 Senior Class M OTTO “ Forsan e t haec olim meminisse juvabit. COLORS Gold and Green. YELL Ra-her, ra-her, rah, rah, rah ! Ca-her, ca-her, cah, cah, cah ! Gold and green belong to—who ? The class of ninteen hundred and two. President .SUE TURNER LIGHTFOOT Vice-President ..GASTON BOYLE Secretary . ....NORA CHURCHILL WILLIS Treasurer .ALFRED E. MILLER Historian ..GEORGE CARRINGTON MOSELEY Class PIditor .CLYDE BRUCE “HEAVY HAND” “SUI GENERIS” M EMBERS “DEATH” “JIM CARRIE” “LILY MAID” “BUCE” Patrons. DR. J. W. ROSEBRO and MISS MARIANNA P. HIGGINS