Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 126 of the 1898 volume:

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S ut tvAen it comes to maJhiny u ords 2 ou use Tnore than one tetter CJA s AooA: Ao ds many u ords, i fear, 2fou feet thai you coutd detter. y sma t friends sa d you ' d tauy t at m, Y£fAen u rote you this tetter y SQut euen f you tJitnA: so, tease don ' t say you coutd eto detter. -: 0 ) li :-n J -0 lv.7 ' -- -r ■ BOARD OF EDIT0R5 MARY GARNETT JACKSON, June, ' 98, Editor-in-Chief ANNIE HAWES CUNNINGHAIVl, June ' 98 Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS NELLIE CUNNINGHAM PRESTON, February, ' 99 MISSIE MEASE June, ' 98 KATHLEEN MAUDE RILEY, June, ' 98, A ' J MARY WATKINS ROBERTS, . June, ' 98 LUCY ELIZABETH WRIGHT, LELIA AGNES SCOTT, .... February, ' 99 JULIA WHIDBEE VAUGHAN, February, ' 99, A ' J GENEVIEVE BACON VENABLE, . February, ' 98 LUCY THORNTON February, ' 99 February, ' 99 BOARD OF EDITORS. WILLIAM HENRY RUFFNER, LL. D. Milliam Ibetir IRuffncr, %%, 2). WILLIAM HENRY RUFFNER, LL. D., was born in Lexington, Virginia, in the year 1824. His father was Dr. Henry Ruffner, the founder of the Presbyterian church at Charleston, West Virginia, and for many years the president of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University. He was a distinguished scholar, thinker, and writer, and was one of the most influential of the advocates of the gradual abolition of slavery in Virginia. The subject of this sketch graduated at Wash- ington College in 1842, and afterward studied theol- ogy at Union Theological Seminary, Hampden- Sidney, Virginia, and Princeton, New Jersey. The theological training, with its prominent psy- chological feature, seems, in the light of subsequent events, to have been an enduring force in his life. At Washington College he excelled in physical sciences, and at Princeton his best essay writing was on Genesis and Geology. From 1849 to 185 1 he w as chaplain of the University of Virginia, and from 1 85 1 to 1853 pastor of the Seventh Presby- terian Church, Philadelphia. While at the latter place he delivered a course of Wednesday evening lectures on the Relations of Science and Scripture. Broken down in health, he was compelled to resign his charge in Philadelphia, and returning to Virginia, he resided on a farm, but gave a con- stantly increasing amount of attention to field geology. In i860, in conjunction with Professor Campbell of Washington College he began a neological reconnaissance of Virginia, which was continued, as other pressing work allowed, for several years. Large opportunities for this work, in connection with official duties, were opened up. when, in 1870. Virginia called upon him to guide and control her public education. The constitutional provision for public schools in the State, originating as it did amid the satur- nalia of reconstruction was unpopular ; yet the Legislature of 1870 gave it better effect than they knew by electing Dr. RufTner the first Superinten- dent of Public Instruction. The difficulties to be encountered would have paralyzed a less able or less resolute man. Two unhomogeneous races were to be provided for and public sentiment was against free schools. In their defence Dr. Ruffner wrote some of the ablest articles that have appeared in this country, seeking in this and every other available way to bring conviction to the minds of the people. Within thirty days after his election he had submitted to the Legislature an outline school system, which in a few weeks, he elaborated into a complete school law, which was passed sub- stantially as he wrote it and has never been mate- rially changed. L pon its passage he organized the schools so promptly and efficiently that at the end of the year 1870-71 one hundred and fifty thousand children were reported in attendance on them, and up to this time the growth of the school S3 ' stem has been great. He retired from office in 1882. Hon. j. L. M. Curry has thus described his official work: For whatever of success has crowned the system. Dr. Ruffner is entitled to the credit. His eleven reports are lucid discussions of all leading subjects pertaining to the organization and man- agement of schools and school systems. They are hardly surpassed in our educational literature, have often been quoted as authoritative, and were hon- ored with a diploma from the Republic of Chili. RufTner will hereafter be ranked alongside of Mann, Sears, Wickersham, and other such educa- tors. During his administration he apportioned nearly $5,000,000, and administered $12,000,000 without bond or security, and yet no item in his accounts were ever objected to, not a cent was lost, and his bitterest opponent never intimated that there was anything mysterious or dishonest in his administration. Every page of the public school liistory of Virginia is luminous with his triumphs. Industriously improving the opportunities in- cidentally arising from the official duties of this period, the Superintendent of Public Instruction continued the geological examination of Virginia. It was then that Dr. RufTner formed his fine col- lection of N ' irginia minerals, and while traveling over the State he frequently delivered popular lectures on the commercial mineralogy and geo- logical structure of the locality in which he hap- pened to be, as well as that of the State at large. When he left public ofilice, he passed at once into the service of the Georgia Pacific Railway, and in connection with Professor Campbell, en- tered upon a physical survey of the country from Atlanta, Georgia, west to the Mississippi river. The report of this survey was and is much sought after. Again we find him employed in making geological examinations and reports, chiefly in the Birmingham regions of Alabama, until again called to educational work in Virginia. From the beginning of his administration he had pleaded for the professional training of teachers, making the State and county institutes very effec- tive, and always, when possible, giving them dig- nity and force by his presence and teaching, he yet labored indefatigably, both before and after his retirement from office, for the establishment of a Normal .School in Virginia. In 1884 his views were partly met by a legislative enactment, pro- viding for what is now known as the State Female Normal School at Farmville. At the first meet- ing of the Board of Trustees Dr. Ruffner was elec- ted by acclamation the first principal of this school. and its organization was left entirel) ' in his hands. Sacrificing his inclinations and large personal interests, he left his beloved geologic work and reluctantly accepted the unsought responsibility. Under his wise, upright and efificient management the success of the school was phenomenal. The prestige of his name gave it the respect which, as an innovation, it could not otherwise have com- manded ; his sound educational philosophy shaped and gave tone to its professional instruction, and with quiet but steadfast courage he guarded it from dangers which might otherwise have overwhelmed it. In addition to psychology and didactics, he taught here, as far as the limited time allowed, botany, geology, and mineralogy, attracting to the weekly geology lectures large numbers of the citi- zens of the town. In 1887 failing health required change of occu- pation, and he turned his attention once more to the geologic field, working in Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In the autumn of 1887 he visited Washington Territory and reported on the projected route of a railroad three hundred miles long. It is probable that the country at large will know him best as a scientist, and in this respect, too, his own State has much reason to be grateful ; but it is as an educator that ' irginia and the South must hold him most in honor and reverence. The next generation will hold him fully worth} ' of the appellation already frequently applied to him — ' The Horace Mann of the South. In 1891 Dr. Ruffner made a second visit to the State of Washington on a geologic er- rand, and since that time has made similar but shorter excursions. He has also engaged in literary work, especially in writing the history of Washington and Lee University. He is now at the age of seventy-four, resting at his home near I.exing-ton. DR. JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, A. M,, LL. D. Shetcb of 2)r. John H. Cunningbam, H. m ,, %%, H). IN undertaking to sketch the Hfe of a valued friend, it is difificult to avoid one of two evils — to allow our affections to carry us into seeming extravagance, or, for the sake of apparent partiality to fail to bring out fully all the virtues of one who, it may be is worthy of heartfelt admiration, and often of imitation. It is our sincere desire to set forth this man as he was ; to show to those who knew him not, how noble and generous and sym- pathetic a nature he possessed, how full of earnest purpose, of unselfish impulse, to bring back to those who knew him and have lost him the real presence of the man with all his stimulating words, his ever helpful influence. John A. Cunningham was born in Richmond, June 24, 1846. His father Dr. John A. Cunning- ham, who graduated at Harvard and completed his education in Europe, was for many years a prominent physician in Richmond, but retired from active life in 1870, and spent his last years with his brother, Mr. Richard A. Cunningham, at Elkwood, Culpeper county. His mother, Miss Mary John- ston, was a first cousin of General Joseph E. John- ston, and was also a person of talent. The affection and intimacy existing between her and her youngest son was vmusual in kind and degree, and her memory was fondly cherished till the day of his death. To her he seems to have owed the emotional side of his nature, his buoyant and hope- ful spirit, his tender and ready sympathy, as well as his faculty for government and clear insight into character. From his father he inherited his posi- tive and open expressions of like and dislike, his high spirit, his keen sense of honor and his chival- rous abhorrence of injustice and oppression. As a child he vas delicate and spent much time in reading to his mother, who was almost blind. Being a woman of rare intellect, the little boy was introduced to books far beyond most children of his age, from which he gained knowledge never lost, and which was afterwards made use of in his teach- ing. For the same reason, not being able to go to school very early, he accompanied his father on his professional rounds, gaining from him much knowl- edge of life both in its lower and higher sense, learn- ing how the intellect and soul are dwarfed b) ' physical weakness, having his attention directed to the importance of the smallest things in nature, and thus laying the foundation for the distinctly scientific bias of his mind. Between the ages of twelve and fifteen, young Cunningham ' s education was continued in private schools in the country. Part of the time under tutors in the family of his uncle, Mr. Edward Cun- ningham, at ; Iacon, Powhatan county, about twelve miles from Richmond, and part in a large private school for boys, conducted by his cousin, Mr. Jaqueline Ambler, in Fauquier county. In 1861, he entered New London Academy, Bedford county, which was then in charge of Mr. John H. Winston. Here he was a general favorite with both teachers and students, and was excelled in scholarship by none. In 1863, at the age of seventeen, Mr. Cunning- ham enlisted in the Confederate armv, where he served as a private in the battery commanded by Captain Willie K. Dance of Powhatan. Though a mere boy, he was a brave soldier. He loved to tell of his war experiences, and said some of the most useful lessons of his life were learned through the hardships he then endured and the close rela- tions into which he was thrown with all sorts and conditions of men. When the war closed he went to the Univer- sity of Virginia to complete his education. His work was of high rank from the first, especially in mathematics and kindred subjects, and when he took his degree he was fully recognized as one of the master minds among his fellow students. Leaving the University in 1868, Mr, Cunning- ham was associated with General E. Kirb} ' Smith, first in the Western Military Academy in New Cas- tle, Kentucky, in which he taught Latin and Greek, and afterward in the University of Nashville, where he occupied the chair of Latin. In 1872 this Uni- versity conferred on him the degree A. M. It was at this period that a great affliction befell him in the threatened loss of his eyesight. For seven years he was unable to do any studying, except what could be gained by listening to others read. All this time he kept his place, performing his duties satisfactorily, and learning some of those lessons which afterwards drew from him the expression so familiar to us all, Young ladies, thank God for pain. While in Nashville, November, 1874, he mar- ried Miss Florence Boyd of that place, who died after little more than a year of most happy married life, leaving a son, Frank, who is now at the East- man Business College. In 1875, when the University of Nashville was bought by the trustees of the Peabody fund, and changed into a training school for teachers, Mr. Cunningham came back to his native city, and i n partnership with Mr. Joe Willis opened a drug- store. His career as a druggist was of short dura- tion. In 1877 he was elected principal of Madison School, Richmond, and again took up the work of school-teaching, for which he was so eminently fitted. With a deep insig ' ht into great principles which underlie subjects apparently superficial, he had the gift of engaging and holding the attention and the interest of his pupils. No subject so dry or tedious, but he could bring it in touch with their common daily life and experience — present his sub- ject in familiar and attractive guise and call into play faculties which the young are prone to applv to games or diversions. In November, 1884, Mr. Cunningham married Miss Martha Eggleston. a daughter of Mr. Stephen Eggleston, whose wife was Miss Martha Miller, of Cumberland. This marriage was the result of long and intimate friendship. Miss Eggleston ' s step- father being Mr. Cunningham ' s favorite uncle, Richard H. Cunningham, of Elkwood. Those who were admitted into the inner circle of his domestic life, felt that here the true man was visible. To his children he was father, friend and playmate ; to his mother-in-law a devoted son ; to his wife, a loving, thoughtful and considerate husband. In 1887 Mr. Cunningham was elected president of the State Female Normal School, in Farmville, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation oi Dr. Rufifner. This position he held until his death and here his best and most enduring work was done. Being a new enterprise, this has been little under- stood in conservative ' irginia, and the difficulties confronting any man at its head were great. It was still in its infancy, when Mr. Cunningham took it in charge, ofifering great opportunities to the women of Virginia, if conducted by a brave, inde- pendent, acti ve man, and original thinker, but, des- tined to failure, if carried on by the weak or the commonplace. Few men could have been better fitted for just this position than Mr. Cunningham, for, having been intimately connected with public schools, he knew their needs and entered enthusias- tically into any enterprise that looked to their im- provement. He was intensely interested in educa- tion, a great thinker, an acute observer, and verv far-seeing as to the ultimate effects of a given method of government or of training. These qual- ities combined with practical good sense and judg- ment, a heart as loving and sympathetic as a woman, a manhood pure and unsullied, and an executive ability possessed by few, he brought with him to this work, determined to make of it, not a monument to himself, nor, indeed, the vehicle for the expression of his own opinions, but, in truth, a training-school for teachers, and through them for the youth of otir State. To this end he gave, in more than the ordinary sense, all of himself — his time, his constant care, his trained and thoughtful mind. So en- thusiastic a leader could not fail to infuse energy and stimulate hope. Each year a larger number of untrained women learned from him the true prin- ciples of education, learned to discard unrealities, which simply dazzle, and methods that go on wid- ening and deepening with the year, learned that woman is capable of doing the highest and best work in the field of instruction, and how to do it. His success as an educator and his varied knowl- edge did not pass unrecognized by others than his own pupils, and in 1896 Hampden-Sidney College conferred on him the degree of LL.D. Great as was his work in the class-room, and in moral and intellectual stimulus to every individ- ual who came in close contact with him, this was by no means all. To many, the material improve- ment he wrought around him would seem his great- est work, certainly enough for one man ' s lifetime. His business methods were so effective, and his con- ception and practice of economy so just and true that, with comparatively small means he rebuilt old buildings and added new so rapidly that we learned to expect each summer when we left to find some fresh surprise in the fall, and we were never disap- pointed. The Assembly Hall, the Science Hall, and the Practice School were entire new buildings added during his administration. The main building has been enlarged and renewed, until not one brick of the original structure remains. We do not mean to say that we have actually more and better build- ings than most schools, or, indeed, as handsome as any other State institution, but we believe that few men have expended small means so wisely. His last work was to pull down and rebuild the main building, adding much to the attractiveness and comfort of the whole. A man so many-sided, who could teach any subject, direct buildings, superintend accounts, reg- ulate expenses, and yet enter heart and soul into the smallest detail of joy or sorrow in the life of each individual about him, must, necessarily, wear out before his time from simple exhaustion of vital force. When we returned in the fall of ' 97, it was under circumstances the most auspicious. The last building, upon which our friend had so set his heart was completed, the prospects for the school were good, and the session had begun with promises the most flattering. We knew not that we were under the shadow of a great cloud. The first announcement of Dr. Cunningham ' s illness caused no alarm, we thought it a slight attack like many he had had before. But in a few days it was only too apparent that all was over. It was like a total eclipse at high noon, sud- denly darkness, deep and dismal, enveloped us. He had lived his life, giving to others the best that was in him, strengthening the weak, cheering the des- ponding, awakening the dull, giving out with every breath more or less nervous force. On the ninth of October his spirit returned to the God who gave it. On Tuesday, the twelfth, he was laid to rest in his own loved cemetery, Hollywood. Surely it is true that the void one ' s departure makes in the world is proportioned to the place one holds in it. Some there are whose voices leave no echo, whose footsteps leave no trace. Others have a person- ality so pervasive that they are always with us, influencing our thoughts, controlling our actions, constraining us to exclaim, There is no death. To this latter class belongs unquestionably the sub ■ ject of our sketch. It is impossible, having known him, to forget him, impossible to efface the impres- sion he, unconsciously, made upon all associated with him. He rests from his labors, but his works do follow him. NORMAL SCHOOL ROBERT FRAZER, A. M , LL. D. IRobeit jfraser, H. riD., %%, S). ROBERT FRAZER was born in Orange County, Va., fifty-eight years ago. Fony- three years have been spent in school — seven- teen as student and twenty-six as teacher. At the age of five, he was put in school at home and before reaching ten he was sent, with an older brother, to a boarding-school. In 1856 he entered the Brook- land Academy, established that year by William Dinwiddle, to prepare boys for the University of Virginia. After three sessions here, he went to the University. During his second session there the war between the States came on, and, in company with a number of fellow-students, he enlisted as private soldier in the Rockbridge Artillery, Stone- wall Brigade. A ruder transition could hardly have come into a boy ' s life than this exchange of the quiet routine of student work for the ordeal of privation, conflict and exposure through which this command passed in the famous campaign, 1861-62. In the campaign of ' 62, young Frazer received five Avounds, two at Kernstown, in March ; one at Sharpsburg, in September, and two at Fredericks- burg, in December. Permanentl) ' disabled by one of these last, he returned to the University in the fall of ' 63, and be- gun the study of law, — during the course of this session he was offered a professorship in the Mil- itary Institute of Florida, at Tallahassee, but de- clined it. This offer being renewed in the autumn of ' 64, it was accepted. The surrender of our armies led to the closing of the Institute, and Mr. Frazer returned to Virginia and opened a school for boys in his native county. In 1870, upon the organization of the present public school system of Virginia, he was appointed County Superintendent of Orange. At the end of a year, having established thirty-odd schools in the county, ' . resigned this position to take cha ' cc of the Fauquier Female Institute at Warrenton. Here, in 1873, he married Miss Florence Spilman. In 1882 the trustees of the Judson Institute at Marion, Alabama, asked Mr. Frazer to take the presidency of that school. The Warrenton Insti- tute was young and flourishing, the Judson was ap- proaching its semi-centennial ; and, though, for a number of years it had held dominant sway in the educational and social life of the Gulf States, it was beginning to show signs of decadence. It was em- barrassed by debt and its patronage had so fallen off as to awaken serious solicitude for its future. It was natural that under these circumstances the young teacher should deline the honor. But the ofifer was made again and again, until, finally, at the solicitation of friends, whose judgment was entitled to moie than ordinary weight, the Virginia school was left for that in the South. If a movement may be estimated with reference solely to altruistic considerations, this one may be justified by its results ; for whilst, with other things, it invoked for Mr. Frazer the loss of health, it did for the school that which characterizes his work there as in some important respects, the best and most successful of his life. During the five years of his administration the work of the school was recast with reference to extension and strength, the patronage, more than doubled, the debts were all paid and additions- were made to buildings and equipments amounting, altogether, to some forty thousand dollars with several thousand dollars left still in the treasury. Under the strain of these five years Mr. Frazer ' s health gave way, and by direction of phy- sicians, he sought restoration in more active pur- suits. Seven years ago he resumed school work, as president of the State Industrial Institute and Col- lege for Women, at Columbia, Mississippi. This position he resigned to take that which he now oc- cupies in the ' irginia Female Normal School. With the exception of his war experience, and several years spent in Italy as American Consul, Mr. Frazer ' s life has been devoted to the cause of educa- tion ; and, except in the professorship in Florida, his past student work has all been in the relation of either principal or president. Jacult of ffnstvuction. ROBERT FRAZER, President, ' 98. Psychology ayid Hlsfort of Pedagogy. VIRGINIA KEYNOLDS, ' 87. Physiology and Geography. MARTHA WILLIS COULLING, ' 87. Drawing and Form. Librarian. MINNIE VAUGHAN RICE, ' 92. Latiii. MARY PREDERICA STONE, 92. Gf rammar and Composition. S. GAY PATTESON, ' 93. mathematics.  FANNIE TALBOT LITTLETON, ' 93. Physics and Chemistry. 8 ANNIE LOFTIN WALTON, ' 95. Vocal Music and Physical Culttire.  LELIA JEFFERSON HARVIE, ' 93. Assistant in Mathematics. i« SARAH PRITCHETT, ' 93. Stenography and Type-writing. «MRS. SADIE HARDY, ' 94. Principal of Practice School. 12 ESTELLE SMITHIE, ' 96. French and German. EDNA VIRGINIA MOFFETT, ' 97. History and Eyiglish. AGNES MARGUERITE CARROLL, ' 97. [Substitute] Chemistry. Those so marked are grad aates of the Farmville Normal School. 28 FACULTY OF INSTRUCTION. H)oine6tic Bepattment. MRS. POETIA L. MORRISON, Head of Hmne. MISS SARAH P SPENCER, Assistant MRS. MAGGIE QUIGLEY Housef:eeper. MR. B. M. COX, steu:ard. DR. PETER WINSTON, AHemUmi Phyuc DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT PRACTICE SCHOOL Class of jfebruar , ' 98. Colors. Confederate Gray and Gold. iOotto. Oh ' )- - (out; a}jM TTsait;. ©fficers. President, O. WARREN. Vice-President, M. TURNER. Secretary and Treasurer, R. CUTHERELL. Historian, G. B. VENABEE. Bland, Eily Baldwin, Laura Booth, Annie Chisman, Marj ' Whiting Cox, Mary White Cunningham, Annie Hawes Cutherell, Ruby Harri,s, Laura Mears, Belle Oakey, Nellie Spain, Cora Spiers Eunice, A ' J Turner, Martha Vaden, Mary Venable, Genevieve Basan Warren, Odelle CLASS OF FEBRUARY, Ibtstor of tbc Class of Jebruav , ' 98. OUR first roll-call was September i6th, 1894, when we were marshalled into the Chapel of the Normal School. There we were assigned to companies. The Little Sisters, seven in number, with about thirty others, to the First B. The next meeting of importance was February 1st, 1895. Then it was that our numbers were slightly diminished, but almost as quickly re-en- forced by those — poor girls — who did not wish to proceed to the Second B — at that time. Meanwhile, the usual drill, dress parade, actual fighting and occasional guard duty — the ranks be- ing thinned and re-enforced successively until, after several promotions, we all ranked as SENIORS; grave, dignified and weighed down by a sense of our responsibilities, and our importance, as instructors in the modes of life ' s warfare. Here we sadly missed our great General, who had helped and cheered us on our long, hard march to victory. When we reached this glorious position, how- ever, there were only three of The Little Sisters left, and the others were from dififerent companies of this great army of workers. Of course, the most vivid scenes in our career are those last spent around camp fires. Which of us will forget the pleasures of the reception given us before leaving ? Not one ! For a few short hours we forgot the morrow, which was to send each one of us out to fight her own life-battle. The morrow came and with it the leave-takings, each girl-soldier, wearing the badge of her brigade and bearing with her her passport into greater fields. Although we have been transferred from our Alma Mater to the broader work of our State, we still look forward to the time when, with our com- rades, faithful to the cause, as our purple violet sig- nifies, we shall Trabble Back to Dixie under our banner of Confederate Gray and Gold, and again be Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. Sonas of the Class of jfebruar , ' 98. [To tune of Sweet Bunch of Daisies. ] Sweet purple violet?, flower of ' 98, Ever their memory brings back that dear date When we as class-mates, closed our school career. Having gathered knowle.:lge from instructors dear. Chorus. Sweet purple violets we love so well, For of our errors, violets, won ' t tell. Like to their emblem, we ' 11 faithful be. To our Alma Mater, and the faculty. Sweet withered violets, treasured more than gold, Whose tinted petals mem ' ries dear enfold — Now we ' re going to leave you, years may come between. But we ' 11 ne ' er forget you, we the sweet sixteen. [To tune of Streets of Cairo. ] I will sing you a song. And it won ' t be very long, Of a poor little maid. Of the day when she struck here, And her memories won ' t be dear 0, this poor little maid. FiKST Chorus. For she had never seen the streets of Farmville, In the Normal she had never strayed ; She had never tackled math or science. Poor little home-sick maid. She was young and bright and gay, And had always held her sway. This artless little maid. But, oh, the times are changed, For she ' s almost now deranged, This artless little maid. FiRST Chorus. Hard work has done this girl, And her brain is in a whirl. This poor little maid. Though no longer young and gay. She ' s gone from E to Senior A, This poor little maid. Second Chorus. For she now has seen the streets of Farmville, In the Normal she has often strayed ; She has mastered English, math, and science. This brilliant little maid. But she ' s graduated now. Though she can not tell just how. This happy little maid. And to Farmville bids adieu, She will miss it just a few, This happy little maid. — Second Chorus. CLASS OF JUNE, 1F:)i6tov of the Class of June, ' 98. NCiTHIXG is more fascinating than the romance of achievement under difficulties, of obscure beginnings and triumphant end- ings ; of obstacles overcome and final triumphs. The most forbidding circumstances can not repress a longing for knowledge, a yearning for growth. The ninth of February, 1895, though stormy and wild with raging snow, marked the recurrence of that long established event in the Normal annals, the incoming of another E Class. We were green, of course, evergreens, the biting snow even failed to afifect us, but we felt that the barriers are not yet erected which declare to aspiring talent, Thus far and no farther. In our new environment we felt as strange as ever we had in our life. Home-sick- ness came to us : the methods employed by our instructors were a novelty ; we gazed upon the im- posing professional class, whose giddj- height seemed unattainable ; even in our study the lights were impolitely turned off in the midst of a half- prepared lesson, while we were left to hurry in the dark and make ready to be in bed by the time Miss Sarah ' s All in bed, and sweet Goodnight was heard at the door. We had our fits of blues. but an occasional call from some kindly old girl, in- duced us to forget these. And thus were the minds of many of us so effectuall}- engaged that we gave heed to naught but matters of the moment which oftentimes were perplexing, indeed. But the win- ter sped swiftly by, and soon June, with her roses heralded our home-going, not as Envious E. ' s, but Delighted D. ' s. Time has stolen on unob- served, and as I gaze through the vista of the inter- vening years, I see but a confused mass, a mist, a great clouded mist. Zones, spherical triangles, problems in the first, second and third cjuadrants, cosines tangents, midnight umbrellas, not used to keep off moonshine, oh, no, but to keep the rays of candle-light from creeping through the transom. I recall a few instances in which our ever-watchful, but kind matron, reported at certain rooms in the we sma ' hours, and sent the occupants to bed with their promises to remain there. Thus we ad- vanced, growing great in Latin verse, writing Spen- cerian stanzas and dramatizing, too. We all studied English. We developed a composite critical con- sciousness which enabled us to give in a moment ' s time an account of Goldsmith ' s ethical influence and the especial features of Hawthorne ' s romanticism. Carh ' le might have envied us. If Franklin could have seen us generating electricity, or could Her- schel have heard us discussing Jupiter ' s moons, they would have stared in astonishment at the great wisdom displayed by the class of June, ' 98. Then, too, there rises before me the memorable art ex- hibition, in which the whole of English History was represented in different scenes, and the characters were so vividly portrayed that spectators wept on beholding them. Some of our number may yet aspire to the height of a Raphael. But June, ' 97, approached and closed the door with a click upon these scenes, and in September we stood gazing at a space through which the warriors of poetry and history march on in stately hosts that seem to have no end — and what comes next ? We are profes- sionals and look down on the line of girls below us with a condescending interest in such of them as bring to mind the girls we were when first we entered here. The girls of those first days seem to be no part of us ; we remember them as some- thing left behind upon the road of life, as some- thing we have passed rather than actually been — and almost think of them as some one else. But the present stands before us, school life is not finished when we reach the professional. The splints, blocks, globes and charts proclaim, Thou who teachest another teachest thou not thyself ? As young aspirants we marched to the front and exhibited our ability to train the tender mind to shoot, but we usually resumed our seats feeling that the mind didn ' t shoot, but our courage did. Then the criticisms were read. Miss J — , you came be- fore the class with a spirt, your lesson was a spirt, and you left with a spirt. Miss G — , never in the record of the methods class has such a complete fail- ure been made. MissD — youmay take your seat; you ' re off the track. But why recall these criti- cisms which were so kindly given that we might have grit and more back-bone. Did it improve us ? I ' m glad to repl) ' in the affirmative, but an incident is connected with this class the result of which will be remembered by the class, regardless of a record, but I will mention it for the benefit of those who may not understand. At times the Prac- tice School children could not be present in the methods class, and certain members would have to act as children. Now, a few of our most intellectual girls have forgotten to put awa} childish ways, and instead of acting as dignified professionals, act rather as spoiled babes. The class hopes for a change before graduation day. Few histories there are in which all is sun- shine and happiness, would that this could be so. But who of us in looking back in after years would fail to recall the painful bereavement which befell our class while Juniors ? That noble life which led us by example, as well as by precept, and would have us be pure, upright and generous, has been sadlv missed. How well he performed his mission on earth. ' Though our beloved president has been called by the Master, his influence lives, and will forever, in the lives of many to whom he had en- deared himself. It seems that the taking of this noble man, so dear to our class, has formed a link on high to draw us nearer each day of our lives, lo that great school above. STATISTICS.— CLASS OK JUNK, 98. KNOWN AS Mattie Amos. . . Bessie Birdsall. . Florence Bmndis. Emma Bland. . . Mary Boyd. . . . Sue Boyd Coirie Broadwater Lilliim Cox. . . . Louise Cralle. . . Lallie Darden. . Anna Daniel. . . Mamye Fowlkes. Martha Featherston Ida Greever. . . . Elizabeth Hargra Mary Jackson. . . Katharine Morris. Katharine Moffett. Katherine Mclnto: Charlotte McKinney Louise Otley. . . Emma Payne. . . Elsie Pierce. . . Pattie Percivall. Bernice Pollard. . Marie Rhodes. . . Mary Roberts. . . Elizabeth Rice. . Kathleen Riley, A Missie Mease. . . Geitrude Thomson Alice Whitaker. Priscilla An Inspiration. . Richie Duckie Monkey Modest Daisy. . . Broady Independence. . . Lulu Bird Can ' t Anno Domini. . . Lady Pat My Ciilleague. . . Puddin ' Jack Johnny Hop. . . Katy-did A Dear Scamp Popularity. . . . Sweet. .... Rockaway Absentee Gray Squirrel. . . Dictator Rooster Mary Liz Old Maid Pokahontas. . . . Procrastination. . Strawberry Blonde. Brown. Grey. Blue. Grey. Grey. Grey. Blue. Blue. Hazel. Grev. Grey. Brown. Blue. Blue. Blue. Blue. Blue. Hazel. Blue. Grev. Hazel. Blue. Blue. Blue. Hazel. Blue. Grey. Brown. Green Blue. Brown. Grev. FAVORITE BOOK Silver. . . Republican. Gold Bug. Silver Bug. Gold Bug. Gold Bug. Silver Bug. Republican. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Gold Bug. Silver Bug. Sliver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bu . Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Silver Bug. Peck ' s Bad Boy. Dick ' s Sweetheart. Two Kisses. . . . Bad Boy ' s Dairy. Fair God The Violet. . . . Elsie Dinsmore. . Barbara Dering. Qneechv Trilby. James Wordsworth . . Dick ' s Sweetheart. Shakspeare. . . Life and Love. . Princess Aline. . Tom Brown atOxford. Bacon ' s Essays. . In Ole Virginia. Princess Sonia . . Essay on Man. . Well-dressed Woi Duchess Prince of India. Ben Hur Thelma Mother Goose. Molly Bawn. . . Hoj ' den My Lady Pokahontas, But Yet a Woman Any Old Thing. . . Geography. Geography. Drawing. . Idleness. . Drawing. . Arithmetic. Arithmetic. English. . Dissecting. 7th Grade. Psychology. 1st Grade. . Arithmetic. Drawing. . Music. . . Drawing. . Singing. . Tarr. . . . Geography. Mathematics Arithmetic. Drawing. . Geographv. Tarr. . . ' . Compayre. Drawing. . Singing. . Arithmetic Psychology. Arithmetic. Geography. Historv. . . 1 It. O, my soul My imprefsion is Oh, John. Oh, pshaw. Silence. Plague take it. Plague take it. Oh, dear. . O, Peter. . Beg pardon .Jay bird. . Beans. . . O, Peter. . 0, no, my lady. Hot tamale. . . Laws, child. . . I ' m a good child. Law, child. . . To be sure. . . . Ah, John. . . . Laws, child. . . Don ' t .Jack Laws, child. . Dickens. . Don ' t ask me. That ' s awful. Mv stars. . . . SPARE TIME SPENT IN Nun Army Cook. . . Prima donna. . Salvation Army. Studying (?) . . Aboriginal Work Teacher Congressman. . Ladv of leisure. Bootblack. . . . Scientist Lady of leisure. Preacher. . . . Lawyer Lady ' s maid. . . Lawyer Prize winner. . Teacher Mis.sionary. . . Trained nurse. . Judge Florist Prima donna. . Paderewski II. . Helpmate. . . . Army Matrimony. . . Saw-bones. . . . Saw-bones. . . . Aborigi ' jal Work Cyclist. . . Dentist. . . Studying. Having a thought. Dreaming of Bob. Keeping Seniors quiet. Dancing. Cramming. Studying. Objecting. Sleeping. Lamenting. Studying coal. Listening to a bee. Reforming. Cleaning up. Listening to a bell. Spooning. Writing letters. Borrowing books Drawing maps. Teasing. Chatting. Growing white lillies. Nursing the sick. Practicing. Looking cute. Making candy. Spooning. Hunting cats. Writing letters. Cramming. Talking sense to boys. Gritting her teeth. Class of jfebruar ' 99. ©fficers. President, NELLY CUMMINGS PRESTON. Vice-President LUCY ELIZABETH WRIGHT. Secretary and Treasurer, BROWNIE TALIAFERRO. Class Historian JULIA WHEDBEE VAUGHAN, A ' J. CLASS OF FEBRUARY ' 99. IfDistor of tbe Class of jfebruar , ' 99. IN writing a liistory of the Class of February. ' 99, a brief glance at the work of former years is necessary. The girls forming the basis of the class entered the second year B grade. Let them be asked of their work then, and they will most probably tell you that they learned that H2O was not explosive, and the H2S resembled ttar of Roses in odor, but further than this, they will only remember that school life as yet had not grown serious. February ' s pitching day, of ' 97, found ihtm all (?), of course, enrolled with the second year A. ' s. With their promotions — sad to relate — was noticed a promotion also of their own opinions of themselves, until, it is really thought, that in their own estimation, to write poetrj ' as Poe did, to pic- ture nature as Irving did, were the easiest of class lequirements. Looking again at our same girls the next September, we see them deep in the mysteries of spectrum analysis of the new theory of electricity, revelling in the classics of old English and Virgil, and becoming the model female debaters of the present century. This last feature characterized them as Junior B. ' s, and as a class, the reader, per- haps, has received the impression that they are — to use school slang — very much stuck on them- selves, but who can say, who dares say without a right ? The first epoch, however, of their school career is over with the completion of this work, and we will leave it to be guessed by an observant outsider, what the next step is for them. ..Standing in the front corridor of Ye Normal School and watching the lines of girls file from the assembly-hall on to class rooms, is a stranger. He can easily see that the tall stately maidens, who follow in the foot-steps of the Faculty, are the Seniors, the graduates of the coming June of ' 98, and, again, the white apron brigade classes itself as the infant department, but note the girls who follow the Seniors. What are their characteristics ? In fact, who and what are they ? Surely they are what might be termed as a motley array — or, to quote an expression of The debater in class — a truly heterogeneous mass, for all ages, sizes, types are therein repre- sented, and is it a wonder that our stranger, be- cause of their striking appearance, demands their name ? They are the Senior B. ' s, or better known as the Junior Professionals. ' Puzzled, again he asks, Will ) ' OU tell me their peculiar vocation ? for i V: girls are veritable professionals. Thou shalt answer this for thyself, noble stranger ; follow them and thou shalt see. The mathematical class-room is the stage on which the drama is to be played. The presiding genius in the form of our Amelia member cf the Faculty glances down the list of namc-s in her grade book as she sits in state, every figure is seen to tremble, faces pale as the instruments of torture in the shape of an abacus, splints and blocks are brought forth, and as the dear little innocents from the Practice School are brought like lambs to the slaughter into the room And all the air a solemn stillness holds, until the spell is broken by Miss Thornton, take charge of the class. There is a sudden relaxation of all nuiscles save those of our fated friend, while she, with dilated eyes and dis- hevelled locks, goes with a do or die expression to the front. She does and dies not for after a little wrestling in spirit on her part, the pet of all Prac- tice School teachers is heard to sa - without aid — two and two is four. Have vou discovered our profession yet ? Strange — wondrous strange, but time will prove it. Let us pass into another class-room. Not the intri- cacies of mathematics puzzle now, but the analytical ] resentation of the parts of our own vernacular. A l)lue-eyed favorite with H. S. College boys, has taken her stand in front of the class. Dreamily, she begins, and forgetting that her pupil is also her rival, says in a tragic way Isabelle, trust men and they will be true to you. Without waiting to hear the analvsis, covered with confusion, she has resumed her seat, while the gentle spirit in charge here, re- membering her troubles likewise with Cupid and Knglish, gives her an eight with a zero after it (which means a slip of paper with P on it at the enu of the month). The stranger can no longer restrain himself; but he was overheard to say to the teacher of the professionals, Well, I don ' t know, they may really learn to teach some day. Only two instances of our daily experiences, but various are the ones that could be given. Some of us already have acquired the air and bearing of the pedagogue of old, of which girls ' Brownie is the typical representative; others are climbing the same stair-way, for Nell, Kate, and even the baby of the class, Little Michie, are all learning to possess that charm of manner, that faculty of devel- oping the ideas of the mind, so exemplified for us by our own corps of teachers. Other effects of this term ' s work have been noticed also. Kate Terry is learning (?) that the books in the library are not for idle scanning of titles ; Miss Wilkey thinks life too serious to amuse her classmates with her chro- matic scale of giggling; Aliss Sara ' s Rat actually has remembered once, perhaps oftener, though very doubtful, to speak in lower tones than in those of her usual key of G, and the ' ' Shining Lights of the physics class have found that when, before the august figure of the instructor in the science of geography, that they could not draw so simple a thing as the rainbow. Lastly and best, a number of our girls have found that although they thought they knew it all, that they had yet to learn where the sun rises, and, furthermore, that although there is a shadow of a chance that we may be numbered with the graduates of our school next February, yet we are now very far below the mark towards which we are struggling. HiSTORIAX. STATISTICS.— CLASS OK FEBRUARY, ' 99. Anderson Carter . . Cliborne . Cunningham Douglass Greer . . Garnett . Hale. . . Hill . . . Hope . . Jones . . Leache . . Leigh . . Merrick . Michie . . Miller . . Powell . . Preston . Bead . . Richardson Scott . . Somers . Taliaferro Terry . . Thornton Trader . . Vaughan Verier . . Wilkie . Wootton Wright . Young . Weisiger KNOWN AS Lizzie .... Lily Sallie. . . . Ellen. . . . Sadie .... Pemma Lelia. . . . Margaret. Sallie. . . . Kit. . . Mauds. Net. . . Rube. ' . . Isabella. . . Baby No. 2, Lougie. . . Hattie. . . . Baby No. 1. Aristotle. Tom. . . Shining Light Lola. . . Brownie. Kate. . . LouisianaLou Miss. . Dulie. . Kate. . . . ' Socrates. ' Louise. . . Lou. Rose .... Sub Rosa Eighteen-|- + + + + + + FAVORITE EXPRESSION FAVORITE PASTIME PROBABLE PROFESSION + Eighteen Eighteen + +■ What did you say ? . . I don ' t know. Let me see. Let ' s dance. What ' s your opinion? John Brown. I declare. Gee whiz. Isn ' t it. Jemima. Have mercy. You don ' t mean it. . . Child! What have you studied? Oh, Lucy, you are goosey Who ' s got to teach ? . Oh ! my! ! Great day. Consequently. Jerusalem ! I know ' tis. For the land ' s sake. . . ( Has none. ) Don ' t know. Wherefore. H-e-i-g-h-o! . . . . Pusillanimous. Shoe strings. Well! What I care? Do you want an annual ? ' (Without any. ) Don ' t tell it. Studying Tarr. . . . Drawing Thinking (?) .... Talking Building air castles. . Fringing ties Working arithmetic. Studying Dancing Reading about the war Planning Sketching Laughing Writing poetry. . . . Rhyming Elocutiiig Admiring the teachers Raising a racket. . . Spooning Drawing (?) Quarreling Outlining Tarr. . . . Studying Sight seeing Cycling Sleeping Peace-making. . . . Walking Rushing about. . . . Fixing her hair. . . . Cycling Studying Looking for hat. . . . 51 Dancing mistress Drawing teacher Architect Seamstress English professor. . . . Candy maker Farmer ' s wife Schoolmarm Fortune teller Electrician Temperance lecturer. . . S(c)herer Teacher Poet Professor of Mathematics Actress (No indications.) . . . Leader of Red Cross. . . Politician Dancing mistress Torch bearer Pedagogue Spinster Peddler Patent Medicine Music teacher Lawyer Missionary Lady of leisure. ... Professor of everything Desert traveler Minister ' s wife .... Novelist Debater POST-OFFICE Martin ' s Store Amelia C. H. Farmville. . Farmville. . Wallaceton. Roanoke. . . Curdsville. . Rocky Mount. Sandidges. . Hampton. New Store. Pulaski . . . Plain View . Glendower. . Miller School, Farmville. . San Marino. Seven Mile Ford Bedford Springs. West Point. Morven. . . Mearsville. . Orange C. H Mangohick. Smithville. . HudginsP. O, Roanoke. Farmville Lindsav. Farmville. Toano. . Silcott Springs. Swansboro. . . CHARACTERISTICS That walk. Her crowning glory. Innocent smiles. Gracefulness. Loyal to school duties Leader of fashion. Primness. Patriotism. Good looks. Height. Smooth hair. Burdened brain. Diminutive size( ? ) Her ties. Curiosity. Winning ways Rats in her garret. Mountain walk. Inquisitiveness. Dignity. Knows it all. ' Pronunciation. Looking wise. Silence. High collars. Jewelry. Late, late, so late. ' ' Laziness. Philosopher. Her hair. Her great size ( ?) Rapidity (?) Her absentraindedness. Class of June, ' 99. ARMSTRONG, ELLEN CHERNAULT, HESSIE CROWNING, FLORENCE COLEMAN, ALICE COLEMAN, ETHEL DRIVER, FRANCES DAVIS, LOUISE ELCAN, GRACE FRANKE, FLORENCE GILLS, LOULA HASKINS, BENA HATHAWAY, EFFIE HAWKINS, CELIA HENING, LILY JOHNS, MARTHx JONES, MATILDA LEWIS, DELL A MALONEY, JULIA MILLER, MARTHA MOFFET, MARY WILSON, MELITA E Bivb ' 8 e e Diew of tbc Junior B. WELL, here we are now, classmates, in the Junior B ! Who would have thought when we entered that we would ever reach the highest class in the academic course ? Many of us started in the First B, which used to be called the E Class. When we were there and in the next class, the First A, our teachers would brag about us and our dear president, Mr. Cunningham, used to say that we had more sense than all of those stuck-up professionals put together. It is pleasant to recall such things, in view of our later experiences. Just one short year ago how subdued we were when we found ourselves in the Second B ' lany of us were new girls, and for some it was a first experience of being away from home. With what pleasure do we remember the elegant preceptress as she came gracefully into the room, holding in her hand a little bag, out of which she took some cards and told us to write our names on them. How careful we were to write them in the clearest and prettiest hand possible ! With what loving memories do we recall that first dreaded lesson ! The old say- ing about first impressions has proven true in this case, for we will never forget how kindly our igno- rance and stupidity were treated. And what of the chem ' stry, which was all so new to us ? Shall we ever forget our wonderful experiments, and the cries of ■• Fire ! Fire ! when a lamp or two would be overturned by the big sleeves of our aprons ? Such pleasures were not to last long, however, for soon we were in the Second A. Here we learned not to use slang, not to make paragraphs of two or three lines, and akvays to hand in interesting papers. Who does not feel overcome Ijy a flood of tender and joyful recollections when she hears or sees the name, Green ' s Short History of the English People ? And who does not remember the prob- lems in Gage? ] [any of us, I am sure, walked up the stairs an extra time or two the day we were told to find the number of pounds of work we did in one day. Ah, those were happy times ! but they too, have passed and now we are Junior B. ' s. There never was a Jimior B Class like ours. If you doubt it, just look at one of our number ready for a debate. There she sits with sparkling eyes watting for the audience to assemble. When she rises to speak, she stands with head thrown back, hands swinging in every direction, turns her back to her listeners, and, addressing a chart on the wall, pours forth a torrent of eloquence. Now and then a smile crosses her face, as though she thought, Ah, I am sure our side will be victorious, — for am not on it ? A rather blank look crosses her face when she finds that the other side wins, and as soon as she realizes it she makes a dash for the door. Later, she may be seen walking about the grounds with a friend, who tells her she debated beautifully, and that her side ought to have won. Well, we may fail (as yet) to outdo Cicero or Demosthenes; we may translate Heimat Herd, the cricket herd, and Halt das Maul, hold the mule ; we may reject accepted theories and declare that the sun moves around the earth ; we may not be at all clear about right isosceles triangles ; we may do, and have done, all these things — but still we are known, and justly, too, as the Brilliant Junior B. ' s — and this time next year, girls, won ' t it be fine to be Senior Professionals ! HiSTORrAN. Class of S ebruar , ' 00. ASHMORE, LENORA, A ' J BOLAND, SAI.I,IE CARDWEI Iv, MARY CHILTON, JULIA CHILTON, LAURA CLARK, MARY COTTON, EDNA CULPEPPER, ELIZABETH GOODE, MADGE GOODWIN, JOSEPHINE HENDERSON, MARTHA HOLLAND, KELLOGG JONES, HELEN JUDKINS, MARTHA KABLER, SUSAN KINSEY, JEAN LAW, ANNIE MALLORY, FANNIE NEAL, MARY OSBORNE, ALVERDA PINNER, ELIZABETH ROWE, LENA SLOAN, MAY SPARKS, MARY, K J TYLER, JULIA, A ' J WATKINS, ELIZABETH flDistor of the Class of jfebruar , ' 00. As the school 3-ear is nearhig its close, and June, the month of roses, is almost here, many are the hearts that beat happily over the expec- tation of the summer vacation, but, especially the members of the Second B Class. Only those who have travelled the long road know the many heart palpitations experienced during this time. But ours is a happy-go-lucky old class. The world doesn ' t know our troubles. It doesn ' t know we rack our brains in the midnight hours over science and song. Song ? Yes ; ours is the poets ' class. Did you know it ? Poets are made in these days of advanced civilization, they are no longer born. We have Miss Silver-Tongue. She kissed the Blarney Stone years as o. Her phrases are as sweet as the June gardens and as flower} ' , too. Then we have ]Miss Know-All. She excels Mr. W ' ent- worth in geometry, can work physics problems, easily overcome Caesar, master Horace and irgil, and write poetrv, too. If you want to know any- thing, go to her. She can tell you — at least she thinks she can, and that amounts to the same thing. We also have liss Put-Olif. She can write poetry — we all can as for that matter — but she is one of the birds who can sing — Oh, you know the rest. We also have the honor of having among us Miss Get-There-Too-Late. ' eak-minded ? V )h, no ; she knows enough, but finds difSculty in articulating. But then there is liss Quick-Ton- gue who catches her idea and says it for her — verv kind — it ' s just the same thing, you know — until June. Taken all in all, ours is a striking-looking class distingue as the French would sav. Its members are so unique ; each has a pronounced characteristic of her own. Oh ! I forgot to mention that we have an artist (mirabile dictu I) among us, too, but this is a delicate subject with the writer and she dares not dwell upon it long — and, as the time is growing short, we fear we will have to leave you. We hate to say good-bye — we ask you not to forget us, but to think of us often and we ' 11 tell you more about ourselves in our next, and now — good-bve. W. Class of June, ' 00. BALDWIN, HELEN BALDWIN, ELIZABETH BATTEN, MARGARET BIRD, FLORENCE CARPER, ELIZABETH CARTER, EFFIE CHEATHAM, LILLIAN COX, MARY VENABLE CRAFFORD, HELEN DEBAUN, MARIA ELIOTT, MARY FLOURNOY, MARTHA GAMBLE, ANITA GRAVELY, BETTY HAM, NANNETTE A ' J HARRIS, ESSIE HARRIS, JULIA HARRISON, BERTHA HENDERSON, ELIZABETH HOLMAN, MARTHA HOOPER, EMMA HUGHES, MARY JACOBS, MARY STUART JACKSON, JENNIE JONES, CAMPBELL KEISTER, LILLIAN LEATH, MARTHA LESTER, LULA MUNDY, NELLIE OWEN, HALLIE OWEN, PORTIA POLLARD, ANNIE REAMS, MYRTLE ROYALL, NANNIE SCHLEGEL, KATE SCOTT, LUCIA SMITH, FRANCES SPENCER, SALLIE TABB, SADIE TEMPLE, ESSIE TURNER, SARAH K J WADE, MARY WILLS, KATHARINE WILLIAMS, JEAN 1bi8tor of the Class of June, ' 00, SE ' ERAL days ago some one asked me if the Second B meant second best, or second baddest. I, out of respect for my class, could not say it meant the latter; but when I thought of the number that passed on English last month, my conscience would not allow me to say it was the second best. This brilliant class, when given a sentence by their English professor to dia- gram, plunged so deep into the mysterious waves of syntax that only thirteen, out of forty-eight, rose to the surface, and landed on the shore of pass- mark. As chemists, the Second B. ' s excel, but I have heard it explained by the fact that no other class in school is studying the subject. In the laboratory they ar-e exceedingly prudent and scream only when there is an explosion. But they are violently op- posed to letting their stools remain in one place, much to the discomfort of the class in the room below. I have been very uneasy for some time about the minds of some of our class, myself, included. The shape and size of angles with lines, points, triangles, and figures of all kinds are mingled in our heads in such a way that I am afraid they will afifect our brains as well as our grades. I think it is not quite safe for me to say any- thing concerning this class in music, but I will just mention that their music teacher always has a severe headache after giving them a lesson ; and they have sung fifteen pages this term. The Second B ' s have been drawing flowers this spring, which w ' ere so natural, that observers wished to pluck them from the page. I think, from present appearances, that this class will graduate with honors, and be the pride of the school. Class of dfebruar , ' Ot ALLEN, LOUISE AMOS, MARY ARMISTEAD, JENNIE ARVIN, ETHEL BALTIMORE, VIRGINIA BAUGH, BIRDIE BIDGOOD, SADIE CHAPPELL, LOTTA CONDREY, BLANCHE CONDUFF, LENA COX, COURTNAY EDWARDS, ADDIE FITTS, AGNES GAINES, ALMA GAINES, LILLIAN GARROW, GEORGIA GAY, MAUD GRAY, BESSIE HAY, IRENE HENLEY, IDA HENSHAW, GRACE HOLMAN, JULIA HOLMAN, MARTHA HUNT, FANNY JORDAN, MARTHA KAYTON, MINNIE LITTLEPAGE, LAVINIA MOSS, CONNIE PRICE, KATHARINE SCOTT, SUSIE SMITH, LOUISE SWANN, ANNIE STAPLES, LOTTIE STOKES, SALLIE TAYLOR, MARTHA TRADER, PEACHIE WALKER, MARY WATSON, ELIZABETH WEBB, BOOTHE WILKERSON, MARY WILLIAMS, ROSA 1F3i8tor of the Class of Jebruar , ' 01. 1KNOW that everybody will be deeply inter- ested in the history of our class, as it contains mostly unsophisticated new girls, who make rather remarkable blunders. As a member of this unfortunate band, I feel that I haven ' t the right to expose their ignorance, so shall only tell of a few instances in which some have displa3 ' ed remarkably vivid imaginations and unusual power in inventing expressions. Our language classes are the most interesting and become extremely amusing when such an ex- pression as this — I ' un dragon et I ' autre mosqui- taire — is rendered thus, The one a dragon, the other a mosquito. — thinks, however, that such a rendition is preferable to all others. ' hen such a thing as this occurs, though. I know that every one must give us the credit of hav- ing very brilliant girls among- our number. Ibistore Gla8s=1Room. Miss ] I — : When the had taken their enemies prisoners, with what were they w ' hipped ? Miss — : With stripes and lizards (scorpions). When another girl, using a very original com- parison in speaking of the vowels and consonants, told the legislators that consonants were the back- bone of the word, we almost despaired. But the thing that gives us most hope is that the beauty of our class is unsurpassed. At least, one would suppose so, to see the way in which all the Faculty smile on her — the drawing teacher, especially. Class of June, ' 01. ANDERTON, ELIZABETH BOISSEAU, EVELYN BRITTINGHAM, LENA CHITWOOD, JAVIE CURTIS, NANCY FOSTER, IDA FOSTER, MAUD GRAVELY, SALLIE HILLMAN, SALLIE IRVINE, ELIZA JOHNSON, IDA JONES, ISABEL KING, DICEY KING, LULA KITCHEN, VIRGINIA KYLE, LILA LESTER, LOULA LEWIS, ADELE OSBORNE, ESSIE PERRY, ALICE PULLER, LULA PURCELL, MARGARET SAUNDERSON, MARY SMITH, CALLIE WHITFIELD, ELMA WILLEROY, MARY-GROVE WYNNE, EFFIE Ibistor of the Class of June, ' 01. V HEN we entered the First B Class, we YY Some of us are teachers, and we came thought we should have a very easy time, merelv to review the work we had been over many times before, but, alas, for us ! We who had thought ourselves capable of teaching, found that our own ideas needed to be taught to shoot, and since then we have been trying, trying, trying; sometimes hitting the mark, oftener missing it, and, conse- quently, getting sat upon, but up we get, and try again, and we at least deserve some credit for our perseverance, if not our success. It would not greatly interest the reader to have our personal ap- pearance described. All he need do, is to imagine a number of all sizes, with hair of all shades, and eyes of all colors known in the human body, and he would not need to stretch his imagination any fur- ther. Our class is the smallest in school in num- bers, but what we lack in quantity, it is to be hoped we make up in the quality of our work, and we have never yet failed to get one hundred per cent, on our lessons, unless they failed to be perfect, and that ought never to be, as our brains are abnormally large (even if we don ' t look like it). Besides we study every night until the lights go out, and study so hard after we get up at the early hour of 7:15, that we got in the habit of coming down late to breakfast, and our matron had to inform us that the dining-room door would be closed at 7 130, and now it takes all our time to fix our neckties. We don ' t even have time to talk to young men, which is very hard on us, who in days past have made a specialty of that business. All, all the memories of the past and hopes of the future, must be put aside for les- sons we thought we knew all about five years ago. Taken as a whole, and individuallv, we consider our class second to none in the school. To illus- trate our brightness : one of our number said, in the geography class, that Virginia was named for the Virgin Mary, and that Annapolis got its name from being the land of apples. If any of our own pupils should give us so brilliant an answer, we should feel uneasy lest his precocity bring him to an early grave. One of our particularly bright lights, when in the English class gave this striking and unusual sentence, The large, handsome man talked in his sleep. We hope no one will con- clude, after hearing these examples, that these are the only prodigies in the class. Their name is legion. A ? y ' N U f? T H C A I? O U J V A John K Cunningbaiti, I$45«1W. Zbc IFlormal IRecorb. 36oar£) of EMtors. NELLY PRESTON, Editor-in-Chief, JULIA VAUGHAN, JULIA TYLER, Assistant Editors. BROWNIE TALIAFERRO, KATHLEEN RILEY, Business Manager. SCIENCE HALL. Xove, a la fIDobe. THE following information of incalculable value to all has been obtained at great cost from the well-known authority, Mrs. Margaret Hayesland. It should be carefully engraved on the memorv or pickled and put away in the cellar for use during the coming summer. Arms will be worn around the waist, fitting neatlv. The effect is particularly pleasing in the dark. Kisses will be worn on the lips, as usual. The face should not be worn at all, but should appear without any evidence of care. Blushes will range from pink to red. Sheep ' s eyes will be worn in all colors. Hugs will be popular during the continuance of sleighing. In warmer weather the mere hand- clasp should be worn. The size of a girl ' s bank account will regulate the sighs of the ardent wooer ' s heart, as usual. Engagement rings should be worn only when tne giver is present. Otherwise they might frighten away a better chance. Brides will be given away by their fathers, as well as other declasse relatives. They should be careful, however, not to give themselves away. Honeymoons will be shorter than last season, but with fewer ruffles (of the temper). Smiles will be both liquid and solid. Both will often be frigid. Breach of promise suits will be cut out of whole cloth. Divorce suits should be tried before thev arc- decided upon. ■ A ' ooers should press their suits upon a fitting occasion. (B mnastfcs anb Htbletics. President, Secretary and Treasurer, SALLIE PRITCHETT. MAUD JONES. flDembers. Edna Moffett. Margaret Batten. Laura Chilton. Helen Jones. Mattie Henderson. Lucy Wright. Bessie Carper. Julia Harris. Julia Chilton. Grace Elcan. Gertrude Thomson. Bessie Henderson. Elizabeth Watkins. Isabelle Merrick. Julia Tyler, A J. Katherine Moffet. TENNIS CLUB. !■■ ' X :: JU SL i Bicycle Club. ©fficers. GERTRUDE THOMPSON . . President MAMIE FOWLKES . . Vice-President MARGARET BOTTEN . Sec ' y and Treasurer flDcmber6. Lucy E. Wright. Lucy D. Thornton. Margaret Botten. Sara Turner. Ida Henley. Mattie Henderson. Fannie Smith. Katherine MofFet. Lotta Chappell. Lola Somers. Bessie Anderton. Bessie Birdsoll. Mamie Fowlkes. BICYCLE CLUB. £ ' JIUE E SS :; ,.- i iih : ' ' ' German Club. KITTY HOPE, . MATILDA JONES, JULIA VAUGHAN, A J EVELYN BOISSEAU. SUE BOYD. MARY BOYD. LOTTIE CHAPPELL. FLORA CHOWNING. MAMIE FOWLKES. MADGE GOODE. EMMA GREER, A ' J. JULIA HARRIS. EFFIE HATHAWAY. MATTIE HENDERSON KITTY HOPE. Secretary fIDembers. MATILDA JONES. JEAN KINSEY. ADELE LEWIS. JULIA MALLONEY. ELSIE PIERCE. NELLIE PRESTON. President. Vice-President. AND Treasurer. LUCIA SCOTT. ESSIE TEMPLE. LUCY THORNTON. JUTA VAUGHAN. MELITA WILSON. HB . HIS H HHI MR . bM RIHH HH H BKeXTf ' Mx ifB B MJSff ? L BH| :i fl H S Hil if ii J jB W B f 9 J v Hk ' - H J . P vJI jH rJ JJ K 1 , ' K lkiM4 H ' ' - ' -- ' BI N L« ' - ' -- 1 I C HB- - • ' . s B pS ;- - 1 B- B9B9R9K9RefHffllB aSHHliHIHHHBi H HH GERMAN CLUB. Ube ni 8tic Xlbvee. EstabliBbcO jfebruars I3tb, IS97. Colors : Black, Red and Yellow. Meeting held 3, 13, 23 of every month. Great High Jingeree of the Needle R. C. ScoTT. Appointed Prophetess to Mystic Three R. C. Williams. Most Exalted Keeper of Records N. C. Preston. ' ' Remember the third j-ear. ' ' Hlpba dbapter of Ikappa Belta Sorority. Organized in this, the State Normal School of Farmville, Virginia, October 23, 1S97. Motto — Aegbroylc Othrum Tryne. Colors — Olive Green and Silver Gray. fIDembers. LENORA ASHMORE. ( Now at R. M. W. C. ) JULIA GARDNER TYLER. MARY SOMERVILLE SPARKS. EMMA GREER. EUNICE McDowell spiers. (ClassFeb. ' 9S.) JULIA WHEDBEE VAUGHAN. KATHLEEN MAUDE RILEY. NANNETTE HAM. SARAH TURNER. 82 ALPHA CHAPTER OF KAPPA DELTA SORORITY Colors : Violet Purple and Moss Green. Motto ; fharo; o.yj! Ki vazipj. flDembers. LELIA AGNES SCOTT. MARGARET LEE BATTEN. SAELIE JACKSON MICHIE. MARTHA TRENT FEATHERSTON. ELIZABETH EGERTON WATKINS. ISABEL NOYES MERRICK. MYRIE LOUISE DAVIS. LUCY ELIZABETH WRIGHT. lbonorar 5 nocmbers. GARRETT G. GOOCH. ROBERT L. MILLER. H. W. COLE. Xlbe Sea 8ibe Club. Colors : Sea-green and Lobster red. Motto : Sink or swim, live or die. Our Guide : Hope for the Wright. Provisions; Ham, Pig, Bats and Crawfish. Favorite Amusement ; Gambohng. Captain, First Mate, Second Mate, Pilot, . Cook, . KITTY HOPE ELIZABETH WATKINS MARGARET BATTEN JULIA TYLER ANITA GAMBLE fIDcmbers. ALICE COLEMAN. HELEN CRAFFORD. MARGARET BATTEN ( Bat ) RUBY LEIGH. ANITA GAMBLE. SARAH TURNER ( Pig ' NANNETTE HAM A ' KITTY HOPE. ETHEL COLEMAN. CAMMIE JONES. JULIA TYLER A J GERTRUDE THOMSON. IDA HENLEY. ) K J ELIZABETH WATKINS. J LUCY WRIGHT. ELLEN RICHARDSON. 13 ' Sclecte nnjoonsbiners of W ®l 2)onunton. Pass Word : (Dead Secret). Flower : Corn Flower and Apple Blossoms Motto : Fest und Treu. Chief Distiller (of wit) : Elsie Pierce. Keeper of the Secret : Helen Jones. Colors : Stone Blue and Iron Gray. (From Ihemouiilaius near which we live). Favorite Drink : The Thing. Chief Imbiber, (of knowledge ) Mary Sparks. Matilda Mooer Jones. Helen Moping Jones. Elsie Rockaway Pierce. Emma ' Tater Greer, A - . fIDoonsbiners. Sallie Jaybird Michie. Nelly Coming Preston. Central Parke Whitehead. Mary Stewed-up Moffet. Ellen Bag o ' Bones Armstrong. Julia Would-be Vaughan, A ' J. Mary Summergirl Sparks, A J. Emma Carbuncle Payne. K.iTHARiNE Spotter Moffet. Organized — September 15th, 1897. Whereabouts — Unknown. Expenses — Unlimited. Colors — White Duck and Turke3 ' Red. Motto — Eat, Drink and be Merry. Favorite Dish — Olives. HDcmbcrs. Gertrude Thomson, Honorable Minister of Exchequer. Mary Roberts The Peacemaker. Lottie McKinney, . . Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. Elsie Pierce, . . The Embalmer of the Dead. Pattie Featherston, Assistant Cook and Bottle Washer. Emma Pa -ne, The Fowler. Kathleen Riley, A J, High Lord Extractor of Corks. Katherine MoiTet, Waiter. Mar} ' Jackson, The Divider of Spoils. 1bonorar nDenibers. Parke Whitehead, Legal Adviser. President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, . Chef, EFFIE HATHAWAY. FLORENCE CHOWNING. LENA MIDDLETON. LENA BRITTINGHAM. ELSIE PIERCE. flDentbers. EFFIE HATHAWAY. ELSIE PIERCE. FLORENCE CHOWNING. LENA MIDDLETON. LENA BRITTINGHAM. 1bonorar ) flDeinbers. EMMA PAYNE. ADELE LEWIS. Note: This was drawn hv il-self. ffcrmcO 1S9S of GaDcts from Stonewall Jacftson llnstitutc, HbinciCion, Ua. Stonewall Brioabe. Colors : Graj- and Brass. IRoIl. In Faculty, GENERAL WALTON. Subor inate ©fficers. MAJOR WHITEHEAD. CAPTAIN PRESTON. We ' re not so many, we ' re not so large And we are only three, But we will never condescend To things of low degree. So we ' re officers every one of us. Hurrah for Liberty ! Zbc !5ouno Momen ' 8 Christian Hssociation. 5INCE May of 1896, there has been going on this great organized work in our school, for the glory of our Lord, and the good of our girls. Its influence and its scope of work have gradually increased. At first it consisted mainly of bi-weekly, formal meetings in our chapel. Now it has under its control not only these meetings, but also the weekly prayer-meeting, and eighteen Biljle classes of about seven girls each. It has also started a library, and connected with it a reading- room of its own, in which are to be found many of the religious periodicals and association pamphlets. Through its every member, as well as its commit- tees, it is exerting a marked influence over the stu- dents — old and new, and it is a good work that goes on, the meetings fuller the prayer-meetings more whole-souled gatherings, and the members them- selves, show ever increasing interest. Among the Bible classes, each of which has its especial line of study, there are two classes of Per- sonal Workers. It is their object to prepare them- selves for personal Christian work among their fel- low-students, by a series of Bible studies, relating, principally, to Christ as a Personal Worker. The custom of the Association has always been to give some form of social to the incoming new girls. Unfortunately, the Association was unable to give them this year. They made the best of wavs for Association members to meet the new girls and should most assuredly be continued. The Association officers were elected in Jan- narv, to serve a year; the new committees appointed and put to work, and the classes re-organized. It is our hope and plan to send one or more represen- tatives to Asheville this vear, to the convention, and we are looking forward with much interest to the work they will be able to suggest, and aid in, for the coming vear. ©fficers of the K. M, C. H. President, LUCY WRIGHT. Vice-President GRACE ELCAN. Secretary NELLY PRESTON. Treasurer, • LELIA SCOTT. Xcabers of tbe Bible Classes. EuzABETH Wiekie. Grace Elcan. Mary Boyd. Louise Otley. Lucy Thornton. Ellen Cunningham. Jean Kinsey. Ellen Richardson. Anna Daniel. Sadie Douglass. Alice Whitaker. Delia Scott. Lallie Darden. Gertrude Thompson. Mary Sparks. Martha Judkins. Lily Carter, Personal Worker ' s Classes. Committees. Finance : Delia Scott, Ducia Scott, F. Brandis. Bible Study : Miss Rice, G. Elcan, M. Boj ' d, E. Armstrong. Membership : Miss Dittleton, H. Crafford, R. Deigh. Religious Meeting : Mrs. Morrison, M. Jones, D. Cox. J. Vaughan, Miss Harvie. Missionary Meetings : Miss CouUing, M. Goode, K. Mclnto.sh, M. Roberts. 92 H Xovel Xass. re wise and some are foolish — women, I mean. JMiss Trechvay was wise. She sat looking into the grate, where a bright fire glowed, though it was late in the spring, wdiile on the hearth lay a pile of letters, l)urning and filling the room with the odor of smoke. She had been trying to write a note to a col- sge man, a friend of hers, and des- pairing of success, had set fire to the numerous sheets of paper that represented her failures. Now she hovered over them with something very like sat- isfaction in her face. Among the cleverest things that people do is sometimes to destroy the letters they write. Just at this time, however, the neces- sity for writing seemed urgent, since Miss Tredwav was obliged to return a handsome pin, which could not be sent through the mail without a note. It had all come about in this way : The haze that rested on wood and field was very beautiful, but the girl who looked out of her window wished for clearer sunshine. She drew on her gloves, then sat down to read, though her eyes turned often away. Let a young woman with a glowing face weigh a mirror against a book, and there is no doubt of the result. The green and yel- low lights outside in the May foliage streamed into the room, wavering and trembling, as the breeze disturbed the trees. Sounds from the town below blended with sulidued household noises. There was motion everywhere, though this was lazy ' ir- ginia, where we eat the lotus half the year, and complain of indigestion, therefrom, for the remainder. Life and motion everywhere, tut most of all in the figure swaying now and then towards its reflected image in the corner. Mien the door opened and a servant came in to say, He ' s waiting, the book fell softly to the floor and I fiss Tredway looked out once more at the haze. ' ith a long springing step, she crossed the room, Imt paused at the head of the stairway and peeped over at the yotmg man in the doorway. Hearing the rustle of her dress, he glanced up, and both laughed. The servant laughed behind her apron. It is easy to laugh when one is — . Did you — ? Were vou ever — ? A number of other young people waited for them at the foot of the hill, and all walked off to- gether. The servant was still laughing behind her apron when she climbed to the top of the fence to catch the last glimpse of the party, as they turned into the Hampden-Sidney road. This thoroughfare was in good condition, which means that all the holes in it had bottoms so firm that vehicles bounced out of them with gratifying promptness. A mile or more out of town the pedestrians turned to the left into a lane bordered by rich clover fields, and shaded for long stretches by overhanging boughs. The small party of two behind the others talked in snatches of many things. They lingered near a patch of eglantine for a while, then walked on past a dignified country residence, by numerous cabins and farm-houses. As they turned towards home, Miss Trcdway caught a handful of blossoms that dared her from a bank, and fastened them to her dress, accepting for the purpose the stout pin offered by the young man at her side. They were in front, and the rest of the party not in sight. So far as they were con- cerned, the world consisted of a dogwood hedge and a tobacco-field ; they were the only inhabitants, and their occupation was to gather flowers. Their ac- quaintance had beg ' un in December, six months be- fore, and had progressed naturally and inevitably. For some time, he had been conscious that when she came into a room, her presence put him into new relations with all else. Now, she was near, and, as he believed, full} ' aware that he had forgotten everything except herself. At first, he talked about blooming idiots, meaning seminary students, about the profession he intended to enter, and about the western sky. She had agreed or disagreed with animation, until he turned the talk into dififerent channels. For an hour she scarcely spoke, but she smiled, whereupon he declared that the haze was dispelled from the hillsides. When they stopped at the oak gate near her home, nothing definite had been said, yet both felt that the afternoon had been an event and not merely a division of time. The next morning she noticed that the pin which still confined the flowers to her dress, was heavy and handsome, so she put it away carefully, though without any well-defined thought of return- ing it to the owner. But when a week passed with- out the usual exchange of notes, the pin began to gain in importance and interest, and soon became the most valued thing in h er possession. Finally, her days were spent in alternations of feeling. First, she would be angry with him, then disappointed with herself for not being certain that he had writ- ten to her. At the end of a month she reasoned: I nuist return the pin. How shall I write ? If I sav nothing, it will look like a rebuke. I must not offend his fine sense of propriet) ' , even though I do not understand his present tactics. I ' 11 see how the note looks : Thursday. Dear Mr. Allen, I hope vou have not needed the pin of yours which I send. Pardon me for not returning it sooner. Yours. M. RV Tredway. There ' s an undertone of resentment in that, I fear. I ' 11 rewrite it and sign myself ' Your sin- cere friend. ' Horrors ! that ' sincere friend ' seems to be a reminder of the point at which his notes and visits stopped. ■ ' I have it now. My Dear Mr. Allen. For two or three weeks I have been intending to send your pin. I fear you have a poor opinion of me. Yours, Mary Tr. To what depths of punning have I fallen ! Three notes. All equally out of the question. Mr. Allen. It is your fault that your beautiful scarf pin was not returned to you promptly. You should have asked me for it the day I saw you last. I send it by this mail. Sincerely yours, Mary. Worse and worse. Dear Will. For three weeks I ' ve been wondering what to do with the pin you lent me the day we took a walk together. Not knowing what to do, I have done nothing. It isn ' t a serious matter, after all, so I think I shall keep it till I see you. Yours, M. T. That ' we ' will never do. Indeed the whole note is absurd. Mr. Allen. I return bv to-day ' s mail the pin you lent me several weeks ago. Sincerely yours, That is perfect. No — abrupt, and the ' several weeks ' is another objection. Mr. Allen. The pin that you will receive by to-day ' s mail ought to have been sent long ago. The fact that we have visitors in the house must be my excuse for not attending to the matter sooner. I have been in a whirl of excitement and gayety. thougli you may not believe that this Cjuiet town can origin- ate anything of the kind. Your friend, That will let him know that I am not de- pendent upon him for society. On reflection, how- ever, the drift of it is too plain. And so the notes lay smoking- under the grate. On the following Sunday Miss Tredway was late leaving the house for church — so late that the other members of the family had gone long before, and the streets were deserted. She fastened her hat as carefully as if she cared who should see her in it. and went down the hill v ' ith a face as serene as if her heart had been at ease. As she turned a shaded corner, she suddenly found herself shaking hands with Will Allen. He flushed warmly and was about to pass on when he caught an expression that passed .swiftly over her face. Why didn ' t you answer my letter ? he said. Xibvar IRulcs. I. Never stop talking till the librarian has rapped six times. II. Avoid paying- all fines. III. Xever return a reference book till sent for. I ' . Educational journals are never allowed to remain in order — by Juniors. V. Never leave the library lay the door when the windows are open. ' l. When consulting the Century Dictionary, don ' t use more than ten volumes at a time. ' ' II. None but teachers mav talk aloud in the library. III. On cold days, don ' t camp on the reg- isters for more than three consecutive periods. IX . When studying for a debate, hunt up all the references for the opposite side and hide them till after the debate. X. When a class of thirty are referred to two books, get out one of the books and ask your room- mate to get out the other. The Second A Literature Class, the teacher of which is Miss Mary Frederica Stone, will hereafter rank in the school as a dramatic club. They made their first bow before the public this year, in the pleasing masque, Pandora. It was presented in the Assembly Hall, before an audience composed of the school-girls. Faculty and domestic department, all of whom were highly entertained. There had to be Furies, wise men, evils and beauties in the cast, but a careful selection of members of the class resulted in its successful representation ! We hope that the Dramatic Club will be as long-lived as its first appearance in public was successful. Eds. Sibe XTalks Mith Bo s. BY UNCLE JACK. UNCLE JACK I DAVIE. — Yes, I think the best time to send a little Normal girl flowers is dinner time, especially if her seat is far from the door. She likes to have the servant walk the entire length of the dining-room with the girls wondering where she is going, and then have them transfer their attention and gaze to her, and wonder who sent the flowers, and make a hundred speculations on the subject. Hessie C. — Some little girls, when some little boys don ' t come to see them, and do come to see some other little girls, like to take it out on the little boys. So Hessie, I shouldn ' t (if I were you) leave anj ' of nu ' personal property, hats for in.stance, in the hall when I went to see the other little girl. I don ' t like to .see inanimate things mutilated and suffering. Harry Silly Clod. — I don ' t understand exactly the circumstances in which you were placed, my boy, but as nearly as I can understand, they are in this wise. You went to an entertain- ment, or rather I should say, a party, to which their mamma let some little girls come down, but some of the •ery little girls .she told to staj ' up- .stairs, parth- because they were young and bashful, and parti} ' because the} ' were very little and didn ' t know how to behave in company. And when those little girls parth ' overcame their bashfulness and came partly down the stair-case to peep at the party you went out and just told them how things were going on. I think I have it right, haven ' t I ? If this is the case my bo} ' , your act, instead of being blameworthy, was praiseworthy. Always, my boy, be kindly and see that the neglected and bashful and retiring little ones are entertained as far as their shyness permits. c ' ■A - - U t 7 _ , . -.::.St Z C -7, e,- . — ' i fp Cupi Smiling, Across the clover-field one day, I chanced to see a maiden stray, Her lover followed soon, to say Sweet thine ' S as is a lover ' s way. vsp Cupi Disconeolate. When next I chanced to pass that way, Poor Cupid ' s plans had gone astray, And things which lovers should not say, Darkened the sun on that sweet day. They sat them down beneath a tree, As happy as two souls could be ; And many things were said, I fear, That Cupid was not meant to hear; But Cupid stayed and never feared, For he had led them there. Alas, alack, behind the tree, Cupid, as scared as he could be. Trembled and dropped his bow through fear Of what he now was forced to hear ; And cringed and trembled, wept and feared, For he had led them there. 1Rb )iiics. This is the lady that Enjoj ' s dissecting a cat, I think if only she were able She ' d put us on the ' secting table. Each day from off a great high hill, A sun-bonnet comes down to school, To cheer us on our tedious way, And in the practice- school to rule. I This is the teacher of history. With note-book in hand as you will see, Reading of pages neatly ruled. All she learned at Vassar-school. Now here ' s the teacher, (profess ' nal math.) Who ' s proud of the pedigree .she hath, Last year to college she did go. And there I ' m told she caught a beau. This dear ladj- large and fair, With the whitest of white hair, Doses the girls, whatever their ills, Upon large assafoetida pills. And oh ! the teacher of singing ! With her she is always bringing A Friend ! A Friend ! ! A Friend ! And thus it will be until — the end. See the drawing teacher stand, And forgetting work on hand, Into the library she will go Crying out, Girls, don ' t talk so. ' This little lady dark and small, Is the greatest of them all ; For, to boss the girls she ' s able And to keep them from the table. ■ -iru - There is a lady named Rice, Who is exceedingly nice ; But with Virgil and Csesar ' T is hard to please her. In the facult) ' there ' s a Stone, Who teaches Enghsh all alone, And in her classes you can see How very retiring girls can be. Tf T y X ..JSU_ This is the baby of the faculty, Who writes as pretty as pretty can be, And those of her pupils who are neat. They are the ones who always beat. Here the mighty Seniors stand, Practice-school books now in hand ; They try to make all others feel That before them thej- should kneel. ' ' Little Nell. ' I ' 11 write on ' Ignorance ' she said, As writing is my bent, The other maiden tossed her head : — Sure 3 ' ou are competent. M. S. J. Ubrouoh the Xookino (3la88- Emma Payne and Elsie Pierce. — Ptill amorous and fond and billing, Like Pliilip and Mary on a sliilling. Kitty Hope. — The stone that is rolHng can gather no moss. Mary Jacobs. — Who says in verse what others say in prose. Fanny Smith. — Above any Greek or Roman name. SalHe ; fichie. — I never knew so young a body with so old a head. Sarah Turner and Julia Tyler. — Imparadised in one another ' s arms. Margaret Batten. — Faith, thou hast some crotchets in thv head now. Emma Greer. — As good be out of the world as out of the fashion. Lallie Darden — ' Be bold;, 1«; Ijolde and every- where Be Bolde. • Newell Hughes. — Scared out of her seven senses. Margaret Hale. — Thou art the lars of mal- content. Sadie Douglass. — The Xiolje of nations ! there she stands ! Isabelle Merrick. — She coude songes make and well endite. Irene Hay. — The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere. Is to restreine, and kepen wel thy tonge. Sue Boyd. — Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall. Anna Daniel. — High erected thought seated in the heart of courtesy. Lillian Co.x. — Let me take you a button-hole lower. Bertha Harrison. — I would fain die a dry death. Peachy Trader. — A kind of excellent dumb discourse. Kate Trader. — ' Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt. Nelly iMundy. — She hath never fed of the dainties that are Ijred in a book. Ida Greever. — A Daniel come to judgment ! Yea, a Daniel ! Corrie Broadwater. — The fair, the chaste, an unexpressive she. Sallie Spencer. — Of all the girls Ihat are so smart, There ' s none like pretty Sally. Ellen Richardson. — ' ' If to her share some female error fall, Lool on her face, and you will forget them all. Louise Otley. — ' ' A mighty hunter, and her prey was man. Mattie Henderson. — ■ ' O hed ! hed ! delicious bed ! That heaven upon earth to the weary head ! Lucv Wright. — Frank, haughty, rash — the Rupert of debate. Brownie Taliaferro. — The secret of success is constancy to ptirpose. Pat Featherston. — ilee] and lowlj ' , pure and holy, (Ihief among the ' blessed three. ' Florence Brandis. — The star of the uncon- quered will. Katherine Moffet. — A harmless, necessary Kat. Alberta Osborne. — And the vile squeaking of the wr3--necked fife. Emma Bland. — The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Mattie Amos. — Men of few words are the best men. Lelia Scott. — My life is one dem ' d horrid grind. Mayme Elliott. — I am sure care ' s an enemy to life. Daisy Read. — The trick of singularity. Eunice Spiers. — A merrier girl Within the limits of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour ' s talk withal. Rubv Cnthcrell. — He is well paid that is well satisfied. Elizabeth Wilkey. — A man who is always well satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him. Nellie Preston. — Cutting like a scythe. Lucy Thornton. — It is an irresistible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. Mary Sparks. — They might as well attempt to lock up the winds, or chain the fury of the waves of the ocean, Rhea Scott. — She moves a god less and she looks a queen. Lena Rowe and Lula Lester. — This is the long and short of it. Elizabeth Watkins. — Nature was here so lav- ish of her store that she bestowed until she had no more. Maynie Fowlkes. — True dignity is hers whose tranquil mind virtue has raised above the things below. 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