Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 122 of the 1899 volume:

1899 Published by the Senior Classes of the State Female Normal School OF Virginia it % E c ication AV. .Jit ■ -. - - - ■« .• ■ To the Meniorv of Dr. John A. CunninciluiiTi fUis l;ook is lo ' iiA(|lv aivl rcsix ' ctfull ' cicfliaucci. The- Toast My friends, just one toast ere we part for the night, Come drink it with hearty good-will, To the brim, with red wine, ruby sparkling and bright, Our glasses in haste let us fill, Now, here ' s to our colors, the white and the blue, Let the shout resound through the hall ; All hail to the white, all hail to the blue, All hail let us cry, one and all. irir. Bright fame to our colors, ' t is said of a truth. There ' s a meaning in white and in blue, The white is the symbol of purity, youth, And the blue is the badge of the true. So up with each glass, let the echoes reply. Loud the sounds ring foith on the night ; All nail to our colors, all hail, the glad cry. Forever the blue and the white. M II m BOARD OF EDITORS Boai cl of Ed irons. ELLA NEVILLE GODWLNT, A ' J, June, 99 ... Editor-in-Chief A. iMAUD JONES Business Manager MATTIE HEXDERSON, February, ' 00 Assistant Business Managei! Associcite Editors Julia Gardiner Tyler, A ' J Matilda Moore Jones, A ' J, June, ' 99 Nellie Cummings I ' reston, February, 99 Julia Wiiedree Vaucshan, A J, February, ' 99 Elizabeth E(jerton Watkins, February, ' 00 SL-iRGARET Watkins Goode, A ' J, February, ' 00 Ellen Baxter Armstrong, June, ' 99 Alice Bland Coleman, June, ' 99 ' y ' yfp ' ■5 - r.X. .- f) m, ' i ix jfe - AW m ' A ? 1, w : -tL — — 4J-L .. ™ . STATE FEMALE NORMAL SCHOOL. Zbc State dfentale Bomial School, 1884 1809. IX this year, 1899, Hearing the close of the cen- tury, when all the world is engaged in look- ing back, comparing present things with past, what has been accomplished with what in early years was promised, it were well for us, about to complete the iifteenth year of the life of this institution, to trace step by step its development, to call to mind the purpose of its establishment in order to judge whether that purpose is being fulfilled, and to do honor to those whose brain conceived and put into operation the project, and to those who have borne its burdens to ihe present day. To Dr. W. II. Rutf.ier and Dr. J. L. M. Curry undoubtedly lielongs the credit of the Normal School idea in Virginia. Dr. Rutfner, as Superin- tendent of Public Instruction in the State, hav- ing already rendered most valuable aid to educa- tion by his advanced and correct ideas and his masterly reports, felt the need of teachers spe- cially trained for work in the public schools if the schools were to be really imj ortaut factors in the elevation of the people. Dr. Curry, as agent of tlie Peabody Fund, was able to give very mate- rial ai ! financially, and besides, gave what was, if possible, of more value, his able mental and uioral support. The result of these ettbrts was the action of the Virginia Legislature at its session of 1883-84-, establishing a State Normal School expressly for the training of white female teachers for the public schools. That the school was located in Farmville was due to the fact that the tOAvn oflered to give the State for this purpose a building formerly used as au academy and tliis ofl ' er was warmly sup- ported by men of such character and prominence as Dr. W. H. Ruftner, Rev. James Nelson, D. D., then pastor of the Baptist Church in Farmville, now president of the Woman ' s College, Rich- mond, and Dr. W. ir. II. Thackston, at the time mayor of Farmville and most anxious to further any enter- prise that would promote its inter- ests. The Act of the Legislature es- tablishing the For- mal School, car- ried with it an ap- DR J. L M CURRY, propriatiou of five thousand dollars for buildings and ' necessary expenses in the beginning and ten thousand dol- lars annually to maintain it, with the foUowiag board of trustees : W. H. Ruff ner, J. L. M. Curry, R. M. Manly, C. R. Holland, L. A. Michie, J. L. Buchanan, F. X. Watkins, G. 0. Conrad, W. E. Gaines, W. W. Ilerljert, John B. Minor, C. S. Armstrong, H. II. Harris, James Nelson, and ex-officio, State Superintendent, R. R. Farr. At a meeting of this board held a few weeks later, in Richmond, Dr. J. L. M. Curry was elected president of the board, Dr. J. L. Buchanan, vice- president, and Judge F. N. Watkins, secretary, while Dr. W. H. Rufi ' ner was induced to become principal of the new school, giving to it the benefit of his wide knowledge of the needs of public schools and his unusual intellect. At a meeting of the board held September 7th. 1884, it was resolved to open the school- October 30th, following, although, to quote Dr. Ruffner ' s words, all they had was a principal, an appropriation, a rough scheme and an old academy building. Not a teacher, nor a book, nor a piece of appa- ratus or furniture. But with Dr. Curry at the head of the board and Dr. Ruft ' ner at the head of the school, its success was assured. The first step was to secure teachers which was no easy matter, as teachers in a normal school must be specifically trained for their work. There being in Virginia at this time few people familiar with the organization and methods of normal schools. Dr. Ruffner was authorized to seek in the North three persons suited for the position of instructors and his nominees wore at once elected b_y the board. To this number were added two ladies from the South who had had experience in teaching in the best public school systems. tSo, at the appointed time, in spite of the discouraging outlook six weeks before, the school was opened with Dr. Buflner, principal, Miss Celeste E. Rush, of Connecticut, vice-principal. Miss Brimblecomb, of Boston, teacher of vocal music, Miss Lillian A. Lee, of Connecticut, teacher of mathematics and drawing. Miss Pauline Gash, of North Carolina, teacher of English, and L-s. C. T. Bartkowska, of Eichniond, teacher of the pre- paratory school. The course of instruction adopted embraced elementary courses in English, Arithmetic, Alge- bra, Physiology, Physics, United States History, Geography, Penmanship, Drawing and Vocal Music. To them were added Lectures on School Economy, Methods of Teaching and Psychology, the whole course of study, subject-matter and methods, covering a period of two years. The first year there were accommodations for fortj ' -foar boarders. The attendance was one hundred and seven, and three graduates. The second session there was a slightly larger attend- ance, and eight graduates, among whom were ]Miss Celestia Parrish and Miss Madeline Mapp, both afterwards teachers in the school, and now both members of the faculty of the Randolph- Macon Woman ' s College, Lynchburg, Virginia. At the beginning of the second session a model school was formed and placed in charge of Miss Clara W. Miner, a graduate of the Teachers ' College of New York City. In 1886 the school was incorporated bj ' the Legislature, under the name of the State Female Normal School, and an appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars made for additional buildings. For three years the increase of students and graduates was steady, and the teachers did their work so well that the school became favorably known throughout the State. In 1887, Dr. Ruttner resigned to resume tlie work of geologist, which he had laid aside in order to undertake the organization of the school, and Dr. John A. Cunningham, was elected to succeed him. Dr. Cunningham was at the time engaged in work in the public schools of Rich- mond, which fitted him peculiarly for the duties upon which he now entered. The course of study, in pursuance of the plan already outlined by Dr. Rufiner, was extended to cover three j ears, two of academic work, and one year entirely professional. The model school was converted into a school of practice, in which every member of the Senior class was required to teach daily, her work being carefally supervised by the several teachers of methods, and bj ' an experienced teacher placed in charge of the practice school. To carry out this plan, the faculty was increased in number, the academic work extended to embrace Trigo- nometry in Mathematics; Latin and German were soon added; Ancient liistory was included; good courses in Physics, Chemistr_y, Astronomy and Botanj- outlined, and the English course extended to cover the ground usually covered by the Eng- lish courses in the l)est secondary schools. The Legislature of 1888 appropriated tifteeii thousand dollars for additional buildings; that of 1890 increased the annual appropriation to twelve thousand dollars; that of 1894 still further in- creased the annual appropriation to fifteen thou- sand dollars besides giving five thousand dollars for additional buildings. The school has also received aid from the Peabody Fund of sums varying from one thousand dollars to fifteen hundred dollars per annum. With these sums, the course has been ex- tended from time to time. Shorthand and type- writing, as a department of industrial work, and French have been added in the last few years, laboratories for instruction in Physics, Chemistry and Physiology erected, adequate apparatus for tlie needs of the school purchased, and the foun- dation of a good working library begun, the capacity of the building enlarged so as to accom- modate more than one hundred and fifty boarders and man} ' comforts added. At the close of the session of 1897-98, we could number, including the j)ractice school, three hundred and fifty-two pupils and three hundred and fift ' -one graduates. Iq the fifteen years of the existence of the school, there have been four presidents of the Ijoard of trustees, viz: Dr. J. L. M. Cnrry, to whom the school owes much, General W. B. Taliaferro, Colonel J. P. Fitzgerald and Hon. Robert Turnbull. Dr. Curry, having done what he could for the establishment of the school, resigned the presidency of the board after one year of service, though he remained a member some years longer. General W. B. Taliaferro gave his heart ' s true afi: ' ection to the institution from the time of his election in 1885 until a few weeks before his death in 1898. It was his boast that he never missed a meeting of the board of trustees and it was his greatest pleasure 1o feel that he was assisting in the growth of an institu- ti(.)ii lie so much loved and in whose future he had such faith. Colonel J. P. Fitzgerald, elected iu January-, 1898, was called away by death in June of the same year. The value of Colonel Fitzgerald to the school can not at all be measured by the length of time he held the highest office iu con- nection with the institution. lie had been a member of the board since 1886, and no one more truly considered the interests of the school than he, none could be more sympathizing and helpful in times of perplexity and distress. Being a resident of Farmville and a skilful lawyer, naturally all knotty questions were carried to him and during the months the school was with- out a president his presence was invaluable. Hon. Robert Turnbull, elected October, 1898, is at this time president and we trust may long be spared to give us the benefit of his wis- dom, wide experience and unflinching integrity. There is now on the board only one of the orig- inal trustees. Dr. James Nelson, of Richmond. There have been three presidents of the school. Dr. Ruffner, the first, truly the father of the institution, sowed the seed but did not wait to see the ripening grain. Dr. Cunningham, com- ing soon after its organization, endowed with remarkable intellectual powers, much special knowledge of the needs of public schools and an energy and ability to lose himself in his work, rarely seen, accomplished in ten years what, with most people would have required twenty. To him the school owes prettj- much all that it is to-day. It was he who bore its burdens ; fought almost alone, its battles, planned its work, with his far-seeing mental vision, building it up on lines he felt would accomplish great results in the future. It has been said of him lately by one who has spent twenty years and more in the interests of educa- tion that Dr. Cunningham was the most advanced educator and thinker he had found anywhere in the South. Great as was his intellectual influ- ence, it was not so great as the lessons of unselfishness, kindness and honor that were learned from his daily life and familiar conver- sations. In the fall of 1897, he was suddenly called from his labors, and in December of the same year Dr. Robert Frazer was elected to suc- ceed him. Dr. Frazer, a Virginian by birth and a graduate of the University of Virginia, was at the time of his election, president of a large nor- mal school and industrial institute iu Columbus, Mississipjji. Having been nearly all his life con- nected witli schools, knowing niiieli of life, with a mind well stocked, of earnest purpose and unbending principle, he is well prepared to lead on to yet higher things, the school begun by Dr. Ruffner, put on a firm basis by Dr. Cunning- ham, and every true friend of the institution must feel assured of its success in the future even more, if anything than in the past; especi- ally as Dr. Frazer is ably supported by a faculty well qualified by natural ability and by years of study and experience. These include graduates of Vassar, the Peabody Normal School at Nash- ville, the Oswego Normal School and those who have continued their studies at Harvard Annex, the Woman ' s College, Baltimore, and Cornell University. Such, in brief, is the history of the School, but no mere outline work like this can give an adequate idea of the life of an institution, for it is like the growth of a soul seeking high things and advancing by small degrees through inward struggles and outward contests. Compared with other like institutions in other States our growth has not been rapid, but when we consider that our highest annual appropriation has been fifteen thousand dollars while the lowest to any other State institution has been twenty thousand, and our highest special appropriation has been fifteen thousand and the first appropriation for an outfit to the colored normal school was one hundred thousand dollars: when we consider also the extreme slowness of conservative Virginia to adopt new ideas, especially in woman ' s educa- tion, we have reason to be proud of our advance and feel that our fifteen years of life represent far more than an aggregation of brick and mortar, but the steady growth of more liberal ideas of education in our State, with the promise of much better things hereafter. Our girls go out — twenty, thirty, forty, every year. It is impossible for them not to take with them some of the lessons of earnestness, patience, and truth daily instilled into them here, thus extending inmeasurably the influence of the School, fulfilling to the utmost the hope of its founders and carrying out the purpose of its establishment. jfacult of ffnstvuction. ' ROBERT FRAZEK, President. PsycJiologrf. ■ ' VIRGINIA REYNOLDS. Physiology and Geography. MARTHA WILLIS COULLING. Drawing and Form. Librarian. MINNIE VAUGHAN RICE. Laiin. ' ' MARY FREDERIGA STONE. Graynmar and Cotnposition. S. GAY PATTESON. Mathemaiics. FANNIE TALBOT LITTLETON. Physics and Chemistry LELIA JEFFERSON HARYIE. Assixiani in Mathematics. ■■ ' LULA O. ANDREWS. Vocal Music and Physical Culture. '  SARAH PRITCHETT. Stenography and Typewriting. EDNA VIRGINIA MOFFETT History and English. 1= ESTELLE SMITH French and German. ' ■ ' MRS. SADIE J. HARDY ' . Principal of Practice School. FACULTY OF INSTRUCTION domestic ' S)epartment. Mrs. Portia L. Morrison, Head of Home. Miss Sarah P. Spencer, Assistant. Mrs. Maggie Quigley, Housekeeper. Mr. B. M. Cox, Steward. Dr. Peter Winston Attending Physidan. DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT Class of jfcbiuar , ' 90. Colors. IPurplc aiiO 6ol . Iftotto. tUuton. fflower. IRcC Carnation. Pkesidext, Vice-President, Historian, Prophetess, . ©fficcrs. KELLY CUMMIXGS PKESTOX, LUCY ELIZABETH WRIGHT, JULIA WHEDBEE VAUGHAN, CAERIE BROWX TALIAFERRO, CLASS OF FEBRUARY, ' 99. Once upon a mid night dreary, As I pondered, weak and wearj ' , Over Martin big, and Baldwin, Over Brookes and White and Ray As I nodded lower, slower, To my then abundant store There was added one book more — And I sighed in deep dismaj ' . On the cover, purple, golden. On the back in letters olden, Ever - spiral fraught with menace, Was the one word, Destinj ' . I, with invocation stilling All the fears my bosom filling. Oped the book with hand unwillinj] It was our class prophecy ! Lucy Wrieht ! As such none knows her. A white-robed bride the first page shows. Gone are thoughts of teaching, missions, Music and philology. What has wrought this change surprising? And why hides she this disguise in ? This is what the secret lies in, — Studying James ' Psvchologv. The scene has changed. Again I gaz( Wonder at a sight amazing. Standing at a surgeon ' s table From which seems to come a groan, Is a maiden tirm, undaunted, Giving chloroform when wanted, Proving woman ' s progress vaunted, This is Dr. Featherston. Journeying far from home to heathen Lands across the ocean, see then, Sowing seeds of Gospel teaching. Our sweet classmate, Julia Vaughan, Casting otl ' the iron fetter Paganism allotted, better Portion giving women ; let her Bring the high noon after dawn ! On the .stage in dress resplendent, A crowned ijueen, a star, trans Lightly trips the gifted actress. Lucy Thornton ' s favorite part Is the gentle maiden Juliet. I ' m afraid that us she ' 11 fool yet. Find a Komeo, really, truly — yet She ' s wedded to her art. ' Lelia Agnes Scott, the gi ' eatest Of our class, methinks thy fate is Well to fill the chair of science In some college far away. And at night with eye unfailing. Watch the bright ethereal sailing Of the moon, till moonbeams paling, Warn of the approach of day. Science wallis here a dim spectre. As with soft melodious chiming Art has seized her disused sceptre, Silver bells delight us, rhyming. Placed it in the hand of Khythmical and mystic, charm us, Lily Carter, and at home, Proves that laurels green may rest on Read me oft, with admiration, One fair head with grace and fitness, A.nd behold with acclamation. To her genius bearing witness. Pictures that with fascination Genius shown in songs of sweetness Hold that artist city, Eome. By our poet, Nelly Preston. Sallie Jackson Michie, baby Uf our class ! Ere long an A. B., Will be seen as proud appendage Of the prouder name you bear. For in Nashville ' s halls of learning Now you stay, with ardor burning And you think of not returning Till the wished-for prize you wear. 26 An LL. D. I ' m now beholding, Lengthy arguments unfolding, And we shout with those Venetians, ■ ' A Diiniel come to judgment ! Heed ! Obdurate she stands. Entreating Will not move her till completing, Her opponents she ' s defeating, — This fine Unvver. Daisy Read. Ellen Eichardson, the darling Of the Practice School ! Tlie starling Prisoned in his cage no sweeter Trills his music wild and free. And the crowd, enraptured, breathless, Listens to thy music deathless, This is what the prophet saith. Less I could not tell to thee. And now my own, so long expected, I .shall show the clear reflected Brightness of the mathematics Eadiance emanating here. But the cruel fates denied me More to learn of those beside me And I closed the book and hied me To niv couch. — for dawn was near. Class Songs. Sung Samiars 27tl3. [Tune of Sweet Alice, Sen BoU. ' In this school we have toiled for years, dear friends, Years that so swiftly have passed ; We have come from the first to the end, till to-night Is that of our school-life the last. There were days that were rosy and days tliat were hard. Days when we thought we must fail ; But we ' ve reached tlie goal now, tlie victory our own. And, with jo} ' , our laurels we hail. And, when we have left you, we ' 11 never forget Days we have spent in these walls; We ' U remember ilie lessons we learned those days, And go where our duty calls. We ' ll remember the school-room, the teacher, the test. The matron with loyal heart ; And the many dear friends who have loved us while here- From all these to-night we must part In the 3 ' ears that are coming to us, dear friends. Years the future holds in store. We shall do with our might what the present demands, And thinlc of the struggle no more ; For the past holds for us only visions of light, Bright dreams of the days that are gone ; So we ' 11 bury to-night every sorrow of the past, And think of its joys alone. [To tune of Old Kentucky Home. ' ' ' ] Our liearts are sad and our voices full of sighs. As we leave our friends so dear ; But the world seems bright, and we ' re little loath to go, And end, thus, our school career. All along the halls our songs have rung the last, So merry, so happy, so bright ; We ' ve ft smile for the future, and a sigh fur the past. As we bid our Alma Mater good-night. Oh, the way seemed long, but we ' ve reached the end at last Tlie end of our normal school days ; And yet we icnow we have only just begun. When we leave and go our different ways. We have chosen a watchword to be our rule, Forever to urge us on ; Great things may we do for the Purple and the Gold Entwining our motto, Wuton. Chorus. Here ' s to the Purple, and here ' s to the Gold, We will sing one song for the Class of ' t)9. For the Class of February, ' 99. AJier Second Chorus— And in after years when we are far away, We will lieep our hearts forever firm and true, To the Normal and the Class of ' 99. We, the undersigned, do hereby record our promise that, as a class, we will present some tangible expression of our felicity to the member of our class who first leaves this state of single blessedness for the uncertain waves of the matrimonial sea ; she being in duty bound to give us one month ' s notice. Signed : J v- wq- •U2 _ ' x olu - ' ' - t CLASS OF JUNE, ' 99. Class of June, ' 00, President, Treasurer, . Historian, Prophetess, Armsthonu, Ellen Coleman, Alice Coleman, Ethel Cliborne, Sallie Color. ©live Green. Iflower. Idarccbal IRicl IRoses. Aotto. Ipusb fforwarO. ©fficcrs. ELLA NEVILLE GODWIN, RUBY LEIGH, MATILDA JONES, NELLIE JOEDAN. Driver, Frances Franke, Florence Godwin, Ella Jones, Matilua Jordan, Nellie Leache, Annette Lewis, Della Lancaster, Natalie Lekui, Kubie OsnoRNE, Alvi ' rda somers, j.ola Welsh, Alice Class of June, ' 99. 50 ME men are born great, some achieve greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them, I am all three, — not men, — but I was born (it is a great thing to live), I was promoted to the Senior A (Jlass, and, greatest of all, elected prophet of Class June, ' 99. In days of old it was the custom of prophets to have periods of fasting before performing the duties of otEce ; the latter-day prophets go througli a series of feasting and thereby dream dreams and see visions not thought of by the prophets of olden time. The possibilities that lie in the sclio(.)lgirrs stand-by, a bag of peanuts, are not to be estimated. My friends, knowing the virtue of the innocent pea, do the honors of the occasion bj ' a treat. I partake freely; my friends leave me alone in my glory and I sit looking into the flickering firelight, As in some middle state, Seeing, I saw not, hearins; not, I heard. The past with its joys and sorrows coming up before me, I turn, contemplatively, to read in the pictures cast, our future, the future of the sixteen. Does life mean any more to us than the mere living? As I gaze into the glowing fire, I am startled ! I hear a voice, it must have been the third-floor rat, quadruped which is perched on my mantel. The voice said, Look. I am no longer in my nest of a room, but in a crowded city; I see the multitude surging to and fro; on the corner I see a great mass of humanity congre- gated and I ask, What is this? The voice tells me, The Salvation Army is encamped here, and there is the successor of Mrs. Ballington Booth. I look as the blue uniformed captain rises to give orders, and see there is something strangely familiar. The captain reads the text, Do or die, and I recognize in Captain Jones our Matilda. I look to the right of Captain Jones and see Lieutenant Godwin vigorously rattling the tambourine, showing the same earn- estness of spirit as when she took the cliaracter of Folly, at our school german. The voice tells me to move on. I turn sadly away, for it seems all the greatness must have fallen on the shoulders of our leaders ; I follow on, and am led to what I find to be a great newspaper establishment. I see the great presses and busy printers ; I notice, too, something strik- ing about the paper, it is all blue. I am puzzled. The accommodating voice said, ' ' You are in the ofiice of the Richmond Daily Letter. ' I could not understand if it were News Letter or Love Letter, but all is made plain when I find the editress is our Fair Alice. As I pass through this great establishment I notice a little ofiice oft to itself. I pause, for I see over the door, Ofiice of the correspondent of the T. C. C. and C. Co. I look in and there is my friend from the mountains, Annette, pouring over tj ' pe- written letters. I sigh, for, ' T was ever thus. (Jorae, the voice again said. I leave Alice and Annette fulfilling their destinies and turn to look for the others, wondering if they had sought a public life. To find them, I first g o to the higher institutions of learning, feeling sure, that after the life of preparation, some had found their way up the ladder of fame, and their mission as a teacher realized, but my search is a vain one, they are not there; I go to the public schools, but am disappointed. I am happy when the thought comes to me, perhaps they hope to do missionary work in some mountain district. I hasten to the little log schoolhouse perched on the lone moun- tain side, feeling sure I shall be rewarded; but here, too, I am disappointed. I wander on alone with a persevering spirit, acquired by a year ' s experi- ence at the Normal School,! search the hospitals, thinking some of our soldier-loving girls had found their life ' s work in the life of a trained nurse ; but here, too, disappointed, I turn to the professional world, feeling sure that such talent as displayed by the d ifterent members has graced some profession. An emotion of pride springs into my heart; I know I shall see L(da, the mathematician, and Alice, whose manner could convince a jury of twelve that parallel lines bisect, and Natalie; and, in fact, all the rest. A stimulus is applied by the thought of the greatness awaiting mj ' comrades, and I joyfully continue my way ; but after a thorough search I am sick at heart, for there is no trace of the missing class. Another hope comes to which I cling. The mission fields; their work is there. and I reproach myself for not having thought of this before. How capable were those girls of performing that work. Sallie, Rubj ' , Ellen, so thoughtful ; on many times they had shown their love for humanity. I hasten on, knowing my searcli will at last be rewarded; but, alas! not fou nd. Faint, broken-hearted, in despair, I cry, Where are all once dear to me ? Let this vain world ensnare no more. I am startled! I hear the sweet song of a choir invisible, and in that choir I recognize the voices of Ruby, so sympathetic, helpful Sallie, modest Ethel, Lola, the conceited, orderly Delia, ambitious Florence, vain Alice, Natalie, the baby, persistent Frances, and Miss Sarah ' s right hand, our loving Ellen, all singing in sweet accord, — ' ' Peace troubled heart, life ' s ever mocking seeming, Life ' s death, life ' s aching sense of loss, Are fitful phantoms of its transient dreaming, — And the refrain of the song is, We are married. We are happy. The sound dies away like myriads of rivulets hurrying through the lawn, the moan of doves, the murmuring of bees. Yes, they had chosen the better part, a woman ' s mission, queen of the home. And yet I am not satisfied. Where is my better half? She is missing. The scene changes and I am in a crowded theater. As I gaze on the picture before me, strains of sweetest music reach my ear; Miss Osburn is reaching the hearts of the people through her loved violin — her ambition for a life on the stage is realized. I then eagerly ask, What is my future, my destiny ? Do great things await me ? The unknown voice responds, Yes, you had a future, but in the distribution of talents, the name of your better half was called twice and she took her ten talents and your one. Despairingly, I cry, Is there nothing- left? The voice relentlessly rej)lies, ISTo, you were to have married, but when the ceremony was performed the minister married Miss Osburn otf instead of you. Well, I ask, Am I myself or my better half? I hear a voice, not made of dreams nor heard in visions. The voice said, Both in bed? The ashes fall, rat jumps, so do I ! The door closes, the room is left to dark- ness, and, to me. I creep silently to bed, pondering on the greatness of the doctrine of predestination. J. (kot 0.) CLASS OF FEBRUARY, Class of jfebvuar , 00. BINNS, VIVIAN CIIERNAULT, HESS IE CHILTON, JULIA CULPEPPER, LIZZIE DAVIS, LOUISE ELCAN, GUACE FLEMING, EVA GOODE, MADGE GOODWIN, JOSEPHINE HAWKINS, CELT A HENDERSON, MATTIE HENNING, LILY President, MATTIE HENDERSON. Vice President, KELLOGG HOLLAND. Treasurer, VIVIAN BINNS. Historian, ELIZABETH WATKINS. HOLLAND, KELLOGG HOUSTON, BRUCE HOWARD, IDA LAW, ANNIE McPHEETERS, TILLIE MILLER, MARTHA NEAL, MARY PIERCE, LIZZIE SHELBURNE, BESSIE SLOAN, MAY WATKINS, ELIZABETH WILSON, MELITA. Class of dfcbruar , ' 00. WHEN ye lust left you as humble Second A ' s, we promised to tell you more about ourselves. Do yon want to hear ? It seems long since then, and yet it has been onl} ' one brief year; but, oh, what changes it lias wrought! Isow we are Senior B ' s! To those who have experienced this phase of normal life, no word is necessary ; to those who have not, tongue could not tell nor pen describe the signifi- cance of tliat term. In September last, we found ourselves enrolled as Junior B ' s, and for four months we delved in Trigonometric functions and Vergilistic song. Then, too, we dipped into science groping in the realm of light, yet strange to saj ' the fur- ther we traveled darker grew the way. February came at last, and found us all (?) ready to enter upon the duties of professionals. Great was the joy and yet there was sorrow too, occa- sioned by the loss of one of our members, Lit- tle Jule. Jule decided that the teacher ' s calling was not hers; she, the coming Rosa Bonheur, aspires to — but ah! let us wait and see. But why should we grieve when Stump, sub- lime creature ! remains with us ; but (entre 71011s) we are fearful of dropping her in June. Then, too, we liave our little Tidewater Potato Bug, our cadet girl and Louise, favorites with us all. But we would not have you forget for worlds our indisputable authority on all subjects, Miss Randolph. Our experiences during this term were manj- and varied. There were failures and weei ings and successes and rejoicings. How well we remember them all ! VVhat Junior ' s heart does not soften at the thought of Tarr, and whose pulse does not undergO magiietic fluctuations on hearing the name of Fiske or Fitch or Bailey — delightful Bailey. Would you like to hear some of our expe- riences ? But oh! the candle is growing dim, the fire burns low in the grate, the midnight hour is drawing near, again we will have to say — Good-bye. Wee. a( Class of 3une, ' 0 , ARMSTRONG, SADIE CARTER, MADGE CHEATHAM, LILLIAN, CHILTON, LAURA CLARK, MAMIE CLEMENTS, NORMA COX, VEXNIE CR AFFORD, HELEN DANIEL, MARY MUNDY, NELLIE FLOURNOY, MARTHA OWEN, HALLIE OWEN, PORTIA ROYALL, NANNIE SCOTT, LUCIA SMITH, FANNIE SPARKS, MARY WELLS, BESSIE WILLIA NIS, JANIE Class of 3une, 1900. We are the pride of our college, The brightest stars in its skies, And we are so burdened with knowledg That higlier we scarcely can rise. We know all about all kinds Of triangles, circles, degrees, Oh ! we have brilliant minds. We are the Junior B ' s. For months we patiently wrought. And for wisdom earnestly sought. But now enthroned in our brains, The fair Minerva reigns. Aye, one, with a book, at pleasure Could go forth and conquer a school And two, the skies could measui-e Or turbulent pupils rule. AVe are true English scholars. For once a wise Junior B Told our former English Professor, In sifting a simile, That the stormy winds did wrangle, Did wrestle with the trees As Jacob of old with the avgle. Oh ! we are the wise Junior B ' s. We are the students of science, And we are historians true. Putting all rules at detiance In physics and history too ; For by one it was soberly told That in eighty and two B. C. Steam engines in Kichmond were sold : Oh ! she is a wise Junior B. One year ! then diplomas we ' 11 earn In this school for women fo wise, And nothing will be left to learn Of the ocean, the earth, or the skies. I know not what then we shall do — Perhaps teach bad boys their A B C ' s. And some the three Pl ' s mny try too. Oh ! honor the Junior B ' s. Class of dFebvuar , ' 01. ALEXANDER, NANNIE ATKINSON, ALICE BIRD, FLORENCE CARPER, BESSIE CARTER, MADGE COX, COURTENY ELOURNOY, MARTHA HARRIS, ESSIE HOOK, LILLIAN HAUPT, ELLA JACKSON, JENNIE JONES, CAMMIE, POLLARD, ANNIE RIXEY, MARY SCOTT, LUCIA SMITH, FANNIE SNEAD, ADA WATKINS, MARIAN WHITEHEAD, ANNIE WILLIAMS, ROSA Class of jfebruav , ' 01. OF all the classes in school, ours, of course, is the most promising and the most inter- esting. If no one else thinks so, we do; and a good opinion of one ' s self is very stimula- ting to a broken spirit. We are generally too brilliant to be entirely crushed, however; and, knowing what we do know, it is hard for any one to crush us. There is no use saying that we work. Any one who has ever seen us would know that; but we do have moments when we dream of the perfect bliss of rest. For instance in the Math. Class. A girl has forgotten herself in a grave reverie. She sees again her home, but has time to go over only a few of the happy scenes of her home-life, when she is awakened by a voice say- ing, Miss A, will you come to the board and demonstrate this theorem ? Miss A rises and goes to the board. She gazes blankly at the figure before her. Her lips seem sealed by some unkind fate. She slowly shakes her head. When the, You are excused Miss A ; Miss B, come to the board, please, greets her expectant ear, she turns, and with a sickly smile, a mere attempt at bravado, comes sadly back to her seat. Picture to j ourself such an awakening from a poetical reverie ! Even in the class in which we are being made into poets, the unpoetical is thrust upon us. Imagine a discussion of whether poets are right in speaking of hair as snow white ; and also conjure up in your mind an opinion f rom one of our promising members, Yes ' m when it is clean ! Stone men without arms, are rather unpoetical beings. Yet such astonishing beings were created in the fertile brain of a member of the English History Class. Our songs move others to tears and we ourselves often feel sadly depressed after we have executed several pages of exercises. One of us is trying to learn to sing alto, and she makes a mistake now and then. The efiect is heightened by some one in the Young Women ' s Christian Association room dolefully singing, ' ' Oh, where shall rest be found. Drawing ? Oh, yes ; I am coming to that. We draw well, if you take into consideration the fact that we are being made into designers. We rarely have to tell people what units we have used, or, at least, not more than once. They always understand after the second explanation. The girls of the lower classes begin to look up to us somewhat, and to ask our opinions on subjects of considerable importance. There is a saying, that, A little makes us wish for more, and it is so in our case. We are looking forward hopefully to the time when all of the classes will look up to us. J. J. Class of 3une, ' 01. ISEMAN, IIATTIE KEISTER, LILLIAX LEASOIs LAIRD LUCKE, JOSIE MARTIN, BLANCHE PALMER, BESSIE STAPLES, LOTTIE STUBBS, LUCY TAYLOR, MARTHA WIIE ALTON, JANIE WORD, LrCY WILKERSON, MARY ARMISTEAD, JENNIE BALTIMORE, VIRGINIA BARNES, EMMA BIDGOOD, SALLIE CONDREY, BLANCHE DENNY, MARY HILL, BLANCHE GRAY, BESSIE HINER, LUCY HENDERSON, RACHEL HOLLADAY ' ' , MARY HOGG, SARAH HAG WOOD, LOUISE IIOLMAN, MARTHA HUNT, FANNY JOHNSON, MINNIE KAY, CORA LEAGUE, SALLIE MARSHALL, LENA PRICE, KATE SCHLEGEL, KATE SNEAD, ADA STOKES, SALLIE WATTERSON, PEARL WINFIELD, FLORENCE WHITEHEAD, ANNIE WADE, MAMIE Class of June, ' 01. ONLY those who have experienced it can understand how dignified and proud we felt on the first morning of the new term, as we took our places in the Second B seats at chapel. But our hearts sank when we were initiated into the mysteries of Geometry and Chemistry, and we came to the wise conclusion that we knew nothing, after all. One of our number feels it to be her duty to break a dozen or more flasks every day in the laboratory, and by way of variety, have an awful explosion twice a week. When the star of our class was asked by the Professor of Mathematics to give the definition of a right angle, she replied, Two straight lines that will not meet, however far produced, form a right angle, and was imme- diatelj ' demolished. I am sure you would not have blamed us for being discouraged, if you had heard the following dialogue which took place in the English class-room : Prof. S. — What is the relation existins between the verb and its object? Miss L. — They are first cousins. But our spirits are rising rapidly, because after several weeks of hard study any member of the class can prove that all right angles are equal, and none of us ever say now that adjectives modify verbs. Our class, like all others, is made up of few good, some bad, and many indifferent girls. We rejoice to tell you that some of us hold up our hands so often that they are becom- ing automatic and fly up on all occasions. We have several Solomons .who can solve any prob- lem, and read any Latin that has ever been com- posed. And one of us, although at first the baskets which she drew could not be distin- guished from blocks, is now thinking seriously of applying for the position of assistant drawing teacher. Now, don ' t you think that we shall travel from Second B to Senior A in a much shorter time than any Second B class has done before us ? We do. BUMBUCE. Class of jfebruar , 02, HARRIS, ORA HARVIE, OTELIA, HODGES, IRENE HUNT, ROBERTA UILLMAN, SALLIE HESLIP, INEZ JOYNER, ESSIE KAY, LUCY ANDERSON, SARAH AR.MISTEAD, EVA ARVIN, ETHEL BIDGOOD, MOLLIE BL ANTON, BELLE BOTELEH, EEFIE BOYD, ELSIE BRACY, JENNIE BURKS, ANNIE CRAFFORD, EMMA ' MOORE, WILLIE, CURTIS, NANNIE, PAINTER, ELLEN DIGGS, IRENE PERCIFULL, IIELOISE POWERS, MARY SPIERS, MAUD STEWART LULA VIA, LOUISE KING, EMMA LACKEY, CIILOE WILKERSON, MARY WINFIELD, FLORENCE EGLIN, LUCY FOSTER, IDA FURR, MABEL GARROW, GEORGIE GIL MAN, PARKE GliAVELEY, SALLIE GROSSCLOSE, MAMIE 47 Class of dfebruat , ' 02. THE First A Class this turm is, for the most part, composed of girls wlio have faced the tasks and diificulties of the First B and came ofi victorious. You can see us any morning as we meet in the assembly hall, the duties of the day before us. After the opening exercises we march soberlj out behind the Second B ' s, and enter the Latin class-room. For fear some of the readers of this sketch will never be able to have the pleasure of hearing this class recite, I will give you a few instances ot the fertility of our brains. One young lady, when asked the Latin word for father-in-law, exclaimed excitedly, Saucer! Saucer! Another being asked to describe a wild boar, answered in a frightened tone of voice, I never saw one. In English also this class excels. The way we parse sentences and conjugate verbs is worthy of notice. Our talent for distinguishing the active from the passive voice is an undisputed fact. One of the students, with the best intention, described Mungo Park, that merry old sea-farer, as a writer and student of theology. In History our pro- nunciation is remarkable, and our knowledge uncommon. For instance one girl, when asked who discovered America, answered without hesi- tation, JSTebuchadnezzar, The drawings we ' present to the patient teacher of that art are really chef-d ' oeuvres. And when we lift up our voices in the music class I am sure it would aflect you deeply, as it does the music teacher, for, as a general thing, she has a bad headache after getting through with the First A ' s. We are also distinguished Algebra pupils. It is no unusual thing to hear the question, Do you multiply exponents in multiplication ? ; and we are sometimes sure tliat like signs give minus and unlike signs give plus. Besides being thor- ough in our recitations, we are very original. One young lady, while talking to a triend, heard some geese makij g an unusual amount of noise in the normal school yard. Are those things ducks ? ' ' she asked. Her companion answered in a surprised tone, Why, I am shocked you do not recognize tlie voices of your own brothers and sisters. The young lady patted her approv- ingly on tlie head for this bright remark, but immediately snatched her hand away, exclaiming, I forgot that I was patting a block-head, and I liave stuck a splinter in mj- finger. And now, after reading of our many brilliant traits, I am sure every one will agree with me in my estimate of the First A ' s. Class of 5unc, ' 02. ALLEN, LOUISE AMOS, rARY ANDERTOX, BESSIE AR: [ISTEAI), EVA boone, jannette boteler, effie carico, tibitha carwile, alma clttherell, sue diggs, irene elliott, mayme layman, lollie McAllister, a lice miller, lidie moore, bettie page, anna poats, ella poavell, angie rosser, estelle sanderlin, ethel shackelford, mary FITCUETT, HARRIETT FITCHETT, SADIE FOSTER, MAGGIE GODWIN, DELIA HIX, CARRIE HOLMAN, JULIA JAMES, GEORGIE JOHNSON, MINNIE JOHNSON, EMELINE JOHNSON, OLIE LANDIS, EDNA SIIOTWELL, KATE SHOTWELL, MAUDE SINCLAIR, KATE SMITH, LOUISE SMITH, ROSA SPEARS, EVA SPITZER, ANNIE WYNNE, EFFIE WEST, ALMA WADE, MAMIE Class of June, ' 02. WEE BABES we are. The First B is com- posed of girls of every kind. We claim the darkest brunette in the school and the most dazzling blonde. Besides, we have every shade of nondescrii tness between those two. We were conceited until we learned one Monday morning in Science Hall that we did not even know how to count, add, subtract or multi- ply. We do understand one fundamental pro- cess of Arithmetic, however, as we have divided our attention mathematically between books and another subject which shall be nameless. In English, we give the gravest consideration to the distinction between ingenuous and ingen- ious, and solve the dithculty by deciding that a man may be both skillful and candid. That is our way of doing things. It was left for one of our number to discover that Virginia was named for the Virgin Mary, but we do not selfishly keep the knowledge to ourselves. We have learned to draw a vertical line instantly when called upon, and we rarelj ' mistake an oblique one for a hori- zontal. When we stand before the teacher that we all love to face and she says Dixie, the sound vibrates through our souls, so that proves we have souls; who doubts it? Elective Class. TYLER, JULIA. Ilrrcoular Course. BATTEN MARGARET, COLEMAN, MARY, HAM, NANNETTE, HINES, KATHARINE, JOHNS, PATSIE, JONES, HELEN, JONES, MAUD, MERRICK, ISABEL, PINNER, LIZZIE, RANDOLPH, HEBE, RANDOLPH, ELEANOR, SIMMONS, LILLIAN, SPENCER, SALLIE, SCOTT, SUSIE, TRADER, KATE, WALKER, MARY BOOTH. IN MEMORIAM : JOHN PATTERSON FITZGERALD, WILLIAM B. TALIAFERRO, PHILIP W. McKINNEY. A little maid on prinking bent, A veritable beauty seeker. A little mouse on prying tent, But where ' s the pretty maid ? Eureka ! H)ovmitor)2 IRules. I. Always go out ill the hall and yell as soon as the lights go out. II. Don ' t fail to steal a pitcher if you haven ' t one — likewise a blower. III. If your fire goes out be sure to borrow some from a neighbor so hers will go out too. IV. Stop sweeping six Saturdays prior to the end of the term. V. Trunk packing begins fifth Saturday before school closes. VI. Never return anything you borrow. VII. Begin humming as you come up stairs, gradually drift into singing as you reach the second floor, and from there to your room 3 ' ou are at liberty to whistle shrilly. VIII. It is not permissible to wear your own clothes if you can borrow some one else ' s. IX. Knock over at least one bottle of ink a week — if you have no ink, go out and get some ink. c m Pf Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow ? With silver bells and cockle shells. And pretty maids all in a row. Miss Mary F. Stone, . . The English Rose. Mary Elliott, . The Last Rose of Summer. Mary RixEY, .... American Beauty. Mary Neal, .... The Green Bay Tree. Mary Coleman, .... Forget-me-not. Mary Laird Leason, . . . Moon Flower. Mary Daniel, Marigold. Mary Sloan, Mayflower. Mary Powers, Primrose. Mary Campbell .Tones, . Ragged Robin (son). Mary Holladay, . . . Morning Glory. Mary Wade, Water Lily. Mary Shackleford, ] -r u -vt- Mary Denny, . . . Lemon Geranium. Mary Sparks, J ' ■ Mary Booth Walker, .... Hyacinth. Mary Clarke, A Daisy. Mary Grossclose, .... The Palm. 58 Iprofessional If all. Chief Giggler, Gatherer of Xews, Milker of Fun, Chief Eaters, . Belle, . Colors: Hll. otto: So varnisb nonsense witb the cbacms of sounO. 33cll: Ibat) a little C oii named Jack, IPut ' Im on the railroaO tcaci?, Hong came a ' engine, cboo, choo, cboo, Cut e ' little Doggie rigbt in two. IPlacc of Ifteeting: ©n Ella ' s Crunft. place of iBeeting: JSalcong. Zme of ilieeting: 9:55—7 Elizabeth Watkins. Mary Rixey. Stump Goode. . All. . Bat. Gaardiau Angel, . Chief Spooners, . Chief Sleeper, . Chief Student, Honorar y Member. . Maud Jones. Lucy Stubbs, Grace Elcan. . Vivian Bixns. . Lizzie Culpepper. . Matilda Jones. iii£ifi«  ,a i Color : (Bceen. IFlowct: ipeacb 3Blo66om. Song: Xittle Xog Cabin in tbe Xane. jfavorite 2)rtnl?: 2lpplc=5acf?. ffavorite Bisb: apple pie. IBotto: StuCs IbacO, Sure to ffail. Presidenl, .... Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, . Chief Cook and Bottle-Washer, Assistant Cook and Bottle-Washer, Naxnie Alexaxdek, JosEPHisE Goodwin, Ella Godwin, Mattie Hesdeksou, Ida Howard, Helen Jones, Matilda Jones, Nellie Jordan, Ellen Painter, Makt Spakks, Sallie Spencek, Melita Wilson, Bruce Houston. Annette Lkache. Ellen Armstrong. Eachel Henderson Sallie Leache. iDembers. Alex Joe El Little Ton ■ ' Country Suitor Tilly Jerry Sin Scrimp Spencer ' ' ' ' Jack ' ' 60 • Bill ■Net ' L ' Ellen ' ' Pete ' Jigger Preserver of Peace Our Gay Girl Our Pious Girl Heart Breaker Miss Sedate Our Mathematician Chief Giggler Our Senior Our Popular Girl Slow but Sure Boys on the Brain Admires H(e)arts We ' ll live till we Die Brown Eyes Spooner Store of Wit Our Graceful Dancer U €it AI QS. Colors: JBrich Oust teO ano potato bug vcllow. iCiotto: JIben taftc up tbc shovel and tbe boc. place of Aectinci: lln Jones ' tobacco ficlO. Cbacacteristic: ' Uac call a spaCie a spaDc. Mary Black from Hackaback ' ' I am Dreaming of Sweet Hallie ' Lady Portia . Tennyson ' s Maud Fancy Dances ... Dear Louise . Ob, don ' t you remember Sweet AHce Atkinson. Daniel. ' ■Oh, to Grace . Owen. Lucile . Owen. Gold Elsie . Jones. Sweet Marie Smith. Little Annie Eooney Davis. Madge Wildfire . ce Sally in our Alley Elcan. Scott. Boyd. Coleman. Page. GOODE. Spenser. Seasibc Club. Great big pebble, Little wee pebble, , Prettiest pebble. Oddest pebble, Roundest pebble, Squarest peblde, . Fairest pebble, . Rarest pebble, Longest pebble, Shortest pebble, . Youngest pebble, lliotto: TMc are the onl? pebbles on tbe beacb. Colors: ©cean blu e an5 coral reO. fell: IRemembec tbe Iftaine. Margaret Batten. . Lizzie Watkiks. Alice Coleman. Emma Crafford. Helen Crafford. . Ruby Leigh. Vivian Binns. . Julia Tyler. Lucy Stubbs. Ethel Coleman. Kate Trader. Darkest pebble, . Most polished pebble. Two pebbles just alike A few other pebbles, Cammie Jones. . Nan iette Ham. ( Laura Chilton, I Julia Chilton. ' Minnie Johnson, Lizzie Culpepper, Lizzie Bryan, Sarah Anderson, Frances Driver, Chloe Lackey, Louise Hogwood, ILcnnis Club. President Treasurer MISS PKITCHETT. GRACE ELCAN. Miss Andrews, Helex Jones, Miss Moffett, Lucy Stubbs, Miss Pritchett, Grace Elcan, Julia Tyler, Marharet Batten, Ella Godwin, NIary Daniel, Vivian Binns, Alice Atkinson, Rachel Henderson, Julia Chilton, Maud Jones, Laura Chilton. (3evman Club. Mary Daniel, Lucy Stubbs, Lizzie Bryan ©fficers. MARGARET BATTEN, . . . President. RACHEL HENDERSON, . . Vice-President. VIVIAN BINNS, . . Secretary and Treasurer. flDembcrs. Marharet L. Batten. Rachel M. Henderson. Vivian C. Binns, Ella N. Godwin, Madge W. Goode, Mary E. Rixey, Sadie Armstrong, Melitia Wilson, Alice Atkinson, Julia Tyler, Portia Owen, Lucia Scott, Helen Crafford, Chloe Lackey, Bruce Houston, Mary Coleman, Julia Chilton, Laura Chilton, Evelyn Boisseau, Annette Leach, Sallie Leach, Nannette Ham, Cammie Jones, Mattie Henderson, Susie Scott, Mary B. Walker. GERMAN CLUB. Zbc Bicyclists. Lola Somers Bepsie Anderton, MOLLIE BiDGOOD, MAR(iARET BaTTEN, Mary Daniel, Alice Atkinson, Lizzie Bryan, Betty Moore, Effie Wynn, Helen Cr afford, Fannie Smith. H, B, T. CLUE ©rgani. eCi IHovember 9tb, IS9S. Duetto : jflOelis causa:. Sallie Bouliiix Si ' excer, Alick. Cameron Wel.sii, Mary Elizabeth KrxEV, LoiTii? Latelle Staples, Ethel Estelle Arvik, Faxxie Talbot Littletox, G. C. M. M. V. C. : i. M. . P. T. E. I. D. R. G. . P. G. C A ' lxiAN CoLoix BixNS, . . . M. G. p. Ivatherine Prestos ' Schleoel, . VJ. C. R. C. Hattye Iseman, . . . . P. A. I ' . Elizabeth Wells, . . . . G.D. S. Ibonoravv) flDembcrs. Li ' Lir OciLLu Andrew; t w ©rciaiiijeO December 23th, 1S9S. place: Ibome of IRtobe. [purpose: Uo commemorate tbc time ot vcar iSo tbe stool fell over) otto: Cafte It anO stuff it Down sour tbroat. Sign: IbanO citcnOeC with palm toward tbc face. NANNETTE HAM, . MARGARET BATTEN , LIZZIE WATKIXS, . ALICE WELSH, CAM.MIE JONES, JULIA TYLE f, . flDembcrs. Niobe Bat Pigmie ' ■ ' Jacques ' ' Emsy Little Jule ' Master of Bowl. Mixer of Contents. Dignity of Occasion. Collector of Spoons. Soliloquizer. Lid-crusher. Iboral: lUbcic th;re ' s a will, tbcrc ' s a wav. OW dt Ai- ffirst Soprano. Mary Daniel, Vivian Binns, Sallie Stokes, EoBBiE Berkeley, Lottie McKinney, Genevieve Vbnable. Second Soprano. Miss Stone, Julia Chilton, Janie Williams, Alice Atkinson, Bessie Gray. ffirst aito. Annie Whitehead, XoRMA Clements, Nannette Ham, Emma Barnes, Sarah Hogh SeconCi Blto. Miss Coullinu, Mamie Grossclose, Irene Hodges, Mary Powers, Mary Coleman, Anna Page, Willie Moore. Director MISS ANDREWS. Colors : auburn anD IRcO. ilCiotto : fforevcr wc Sbine. ffavorfte JBirO : TClooOtiecfter. Cbicf Xicibt: l rs. Quiglcg. aseacon ligbts Marian, Watkins, Bessie Siielburne, Maud Spiers, Xesser Xigbts. Carrie Hicks, Kate Sinclair, Sarah Hogg, Emma Barnes, Chloe Lackey, Mary Denny. ©uteiOc ligbt. Sarah Spencer, Jr. Xigbts (Bone ©ut. Lelia Scott, Lily Carter. flDembcrs. Grace Estelle Elcan, Vivian Colgin Binxs, Eachel Henderson, Lucy Conway Stubbs, Myrie Louise Davis, Mary Elizabeth Eixey. mil Black and white, black and white. We meet at night. Willi? Hobo, hobo, hobo ? No! 0. D. K 0. Iftotto : Xive to Eat. Gbaracteristic : always errg. KAPPA DELTA SORORITY Hlpba Chapter of fkappa 2)elta Sorority. Aotto; acgwovlc Otbtum Gcguc. Colors: ©live ©reen anC Silver ©rag. flDcmbcrs. Julia Gardiner Tyler, Mary Sommerville Sparks, Julia Wiiedbee Vaughan, Emma Greer, Genevieve Bacon Venable, Matilda Moore Jones, Helen Grayson Jones, Charlotte McKinney, Ella Neville Godwin, IIallie Easley Owen, Portia Lee C) ve. , Margaret Watkins Goode, ISTannette Ham, Mary Bohker Daniel. Hlpba Chapter of Sioma Sionia Sioma Sorority. Colors: iCioss ©reeu anO Diolet ipurple. lliotto : , caro: o.yrc Cbant: IRab, IRab, IRab; TRe, IRe, IRe, TOc ' re tbe Sigma Sigma Sigma. Sec! Mbo are we? isabo are we 7 ©iris of tbe Sigma Sororitg. fIDembers. Natalie Lancaster, Lelia Agnes Scott, Myrie Louise Davis, iSallie Jackson Michie, IsABELLE Noyce Merrick, Lucy Daniel Thornton, Martha Trent Featherston, Ellen Thom Richardson, Margaret Lee Batten, Lucy Conway Stubbs, Elizabeth Egerton Watkins, Mary Laird Leason, Mary Elizabeth Kixey, Lucy Elizabeth Wright. SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA SORORITY- ZETA TAU ALPHA. Hlpba Chapter of Zeta Uau Hlpba Sorority, ©tganijcC in tbe State ffcmalc IHormal Scbool, farmrille, Uirgtnia, ©ctobcc 15tb, IS96 Colors : Curquoisc 36luc anO Steel, fflowcr : TOblte Uiolet. flDembcrs. Frances Yancey Smith, Hi BY Bland Leigh, Della Elizabeth Lewis, Ethel Lee Coleman, . Jary Campbell Jones, Helen May Crafford. Ellen Baxter Armstrong, Odelle Austin Warren, (Feb., ' 98) Alice Welsh, Grace Estelle Elcan, Alice Bland Coleman, Alice Maud Jones. IT is with no small deijree of satisfaction that we note the remarkable growth of our Young Women ' s Christian Association. It was organized in May, 1896, by one of our State secretaries, and has been steadilj ' improving ever since that time. A large number of Bible classes is one of the main features of our Association. There are two Personal Workers classes among them. The members of these two classes trj ' to fit themselves especial]} ' for personal Christian work among their fellow students. We have bi-weekly formal meetings in our chapel, which are well attended. As much interest, however, if not more, is manifested in the informal weekly prayer meetings, which are held in our Associa- tion room. Two delegates were sent last year to the Southern Summer Conference at Asheville by our Association. The reception, or social committee, has done its work better this year than ever before. There was a reception given at the beginning of each term to welcome the new girls and make them feel at home. This committee has also afforded much pleasure to the students at ditferent times daring the session. The reading room, with its library and period- icals, is a great source of amusement to all of the girls. We are now planning to add much to the attractiveness of this room. There has been a change in the constitution since last year. The officers will be elected in March and serve for one year instead of in January, as was formerly done. We have not positively decided yet exactly how many representatives we will send to the Summer Conference this year, but certainly expect to send at least one. There are nearly one hundred members of our Association, and by far the majority of them Christian girls. It is impossible to estimate the great and glorious work done by this Association among the stu- dents through every one of its members, as well as through its committees. KODAK VIEWS. H Ualc XTbat Mas ZTolb. WHAT a striking face, I said, as I looked up from a picture in an old album ; it is not beautiful, and yet I never saw a finer brow or more expressive ej-es and mouth. It was a cold bleak evening in December, and Aunt Phyllis and I sat in her cosy little sitting- room, in one of those rambling old houses in Tidewater, Virginia. There was nothing specially noticeable in the room, except a large portrait of a handsome young man, dressed in the style of the latter part of the nineteenth century, which hung over the mantelpiece. The furniture of the room was rather mis- cellaneous; it seemed to me as if all the most comfortable easy chairs and the softest couch of the house had been put here — Aunt Phyllis cared nothing for style, and she had made it a distinctly homelike room, in which there was a certain air of refinement. This was her sanctum sanctorum — for the rest of the house was scrupulously up to date — and it was here that she told me this tale of the past. It is the picture of mj dearest friend, the dear old lady said. I thought from her expression that there must be a story, so I waited quietly. Brooke Norvell was my chum — as the girls termed it — in those dear old days in Farmville at the !Normal. That was long ago — let me see, she said, looking into the blazing fire, as if the past were written there, let me see, it must have been in ' 96, that last year we were at school. I remember well the diiy Brooke receive and invitation to Hampden-Sidney Intermediate from Jack Pier. ' on ' s aunt, Mrs. Venable. It was on that trip that she met Ralph Hamlin, and the old lady smiled as she looked up at the portrait. Such a time as we had talking it all over when she came back ; she had much to tell — as the girls always did wlien they had been to Hampden-Sidney — and I was a most willing lis- tener. Jack Pierson was an old friend of Brooke ' s, whom she had known ever since they were chil- dren and went to school together in Lakewooil. I used to accuse lier of being in love, but of course she would deny it, look at me in the most re- proachful fa- hion and say, ' Oh, Phyllis, you ' re such a goose. ' Still I always believed it and was not surprised when about a year later I got a let- ter from her, in whicli she said, ' By the way, Phyllis, dear, another swain has ofi ' ered me his heart and hand. Who? Js ' o other than Ralpli Hamlin ! He proposed the other day in the most abrupt fashion, calculated to take my breath — not my heart — away. Of course you know my answer. He ' s a dear boy, but I never could love him, and time will prove that it was only a pass- ing fancy of his. ' During that winter Jack and Ralph came often to see Brooke, and the time sped rapidh ' by until tinally June came, and with it our diplomas, which meant of course wo must leave the old Normal forever. Therefore, it was a sad day although the sun shone brightly and we were laden with flowers, when we bade the girls good- bye and standing on the end of the train, got the last glimpse of Farmville. For two years both of us taught, Brooke declaring that she was cut out to be an old maid schoolmarm, and I work- ing doggedly along, trying to teach the rule of three to wooden-lieaded children. Some- liow or other in onr letters during those two years we rarely if ever mentioned Ralph and oidy occasionally Brooke would sa}- something about Jack. Father was at this time one of the profes- sors of law at the University of Virginia. Both Brooke and I decided that we had had enough of teaching, so the day before Thanksgiving she came to spend the winter with us. In those days the great event of the season with the ' Varsity men was the game of football played at Rich- mond with North Carolina. I decided as all the men would be at tliat the day Brooke came, that I would give her a reception the night after Thanksgiving night, so I sent out cards to an ' • At home. I forgot to tell you that Ralph and Jack were both at the ' Varsity this year; neither did I tell Brooke, for I wished to see her look of surprise when she found it out. The evening of the reception she came down stairs looking so sweet and dainty in her simple organdie dress, that I wondered if all the boys would not lose their hearts — privately hoping, she added laugh- ingly, that there ' d be a few left for me. This is her picture as she looked that night, ' and Aunt Phyllis turned the leaves of the album until she came to the same sweet face, and the same appeal- ing eye; ' , only now it was the face of a woman, rather than that of a irirl. I have not toltl yon of Brooke ' s voice. Truly the angels in heaven can not sing much sweeter than she. Clear, rich, and sweet her notes rang out. I can Lear her now as she used to sing to me in the twilight. Of course -he sang at the recejation, and just as she was in the midst of one of her sweetest songs, the door opened and Ralph and Jack were ushered in. I can never forget Jack ' s face — I knew from that minute that my suspicions were true. Brooke sang on, surrounded by a dozen admirers all wait- ing to talk to her when she should finish; when she turned from the piano, she looked up, straight into Jack ' s eyes. For a few seconds her face was crimson — beautiful, I thought she looked — then with the sweetest frankness, she extended her hand, This is quite a surprise, Jack, I had no idea you were at the ' Varsity. Nor I, you, he replied, and then to Jack ' s disgust she went to fulfill another engagement. Ralph? Aunt Phyllis was actually blush- ing. Oh, I thought I had told j ou that he had recovered from his love for Brooke, and they met as the best of friends. The night wore on ; — Brooke told me of this afterwards; no one ever seemed to know how it happened, — about the time that the most of the people were leaving, Jack and Brooke man- aged to drift into father ' s library, by one of those curious coincidences of fate — of course neither knew that the other was there. I need not tell you what passed between them ; it was the same old story. He had only thought of her as a friend iinlil they were separated, and then, — well, her singing that night decided the rest. When Brooke came up stairs her face was radiant; I noticed a little ring that Jack had always worn was on her hand, and I needed not to be told. In a few days Jack left for Manila very un- expectedly; their happiness had been brief, but I never saw any one as brave as Brooke. She stood in the door and watched him walk rapidly down the long arcade ; just as he got to the rotunda, he turned, raised his hat, and was gone. I have heard that it was bad luck to watch a per- son out of sight. Letters came and went across the Pacific as often as was possible. One day letters failed to come. It was not long before there was news of a battle, and among the names of the dead was Jack Pierson ' s. Aunt Phyllis ' s eyes filled with tears, and I closed the album softly, and put it on the shelf. H Soiuj. To the softest, sweetest melody, That my very soul entrances, Over the polished bnll-room floor, Sweet Polly gaily dances. In gloss of satin, she passes liy, Prom under her lashes glancing. Ah ! Did she, know on-that selfsame night, Tbiit into mv he.nrt she was dancing. flDargaret. ,.. ' PThe birds had told of her coming, -i x ' ■ Yet, felt I, sweet surprise, -. -. . lj I When bending to look fur violets, i i) ■ sN - y - ' - ' .- ' ' ' S I looked into her eves. Zbc IDiroinia IRonnal Xeague. THIS association has been recentlj- organized by the faculty and students of the Normal School. Its objects are stated as follows in the constitution : First: To found and maintain bj- means of contributions, annual dues and otherwise, an aid fund for helping those unable to attend the school. Second : To conduct an educational bureau as a means of free communication between trained teachers and school officials who desire the best gifts for their schools. Third : To promote by whatever lawful means it maj ' , the influence and usefulness of the State Female Normal School. The annual fee is |1.00. As the officers and those in charge of the various departments give their services, the money so obtained can be appropriated almost entire to the aid fund. All persons connected with the faculty, the society of alunniie, or the student body of the school are eligible for membership. It is hoped that branch associations may be formed among the alumnge througliout the State. It will be seen that the league is a pureh- benevolent movement. It stands in the interest of the State, for better public schools, and hopes to reach a helping hand to those who, deserving and desiring an educa- tion, are yet unable to obtain it. The officers elected for the year were : President, Miss Fanxie T. Littleton. Vice-President, Miss Lelia J. Harvie. Secretary, Miss Norma Clements. Treasurer, Miss Julia Chilton. Chairman of Education Committee, Miss M. W. Coulling. Chairman of Finance Committee, Miss M. F. Stone. Chairman of Aid Committee, Mrs. Portia Lee Morrison. ' Dorotb . Comes she whose crown of mistletoe, Doth saucily invite, To ravish from her perfect mouth, A moment ' s keen delight. (5rinb8. Eleanor Randolph. — A progeny of learn- ing. ' ' Nelly Mundy.— ' ■ Who climbs the grammar tree distinctly knows, Where noun and verb and participle grows. Ella Poats. — Her stature tall — I hate a dumpy woman. Margaret Batten. — Oh, it is excellent to have a giant ' s strength, but it is tyriiniious to use it like a giant. Ellen Armstrong. — Tusii ! tush ! fear boys with bugs. Mary Sparks. — Let the world slide, I ' ll not budge an inch. Norma Clements. — It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into her under- standins:. Melita Wilson. — Studious of ease. Alice Atkinson. — • ' Tetchy and wayward. Vivian Binns. — Blessings on him who lirst invented sleep. Mamie Grossclose. — One of the few immortal names That were not born to die. Maud Jones. — To doubt her fairness were to want an eye, To doubt her pureness were to want a heart. Alice Coleman. — I dare not trust those eyes. They dance in mists and dazzle with surprise. Portia Owen. — I laugh at any mortal thing. The Fitchetts. — To sweet repast they turn. Professional Hall. — Eftsoones they heard a most melodious sound. ' Rachel Henderson. — ' ' I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom. Madge Goode. — I !im not only witty in myself But the cause tliat wit is in other people. ' Annie Law. — Mocking tlie air with colors idly spread. Alice Welsh.— Marl; if to get letteis she o ' er sl ip the rest, IVIarlv if she read tliem twice or l i.ss the name. Julia Tyler. — Her pencil drew whate ' er lier soul designed. Marj- Holladay. — ' She might be silent and not cast away Her sentences in vain. ' ' Sadie Fitchett. — For seldom sliall we hear a, tale so sad, so tender, and so true. Sally Spenser. — Eenowned Spencer. Lucy Stubbs. — The light of love, the purity of grace The mind, the music breathing from her face The heart whose softness harmonized the whole, And oh I that eye was in itself a soul. Mary Coleman. — Latin was no more difficile Than to a blaclibird ' t is to wliistle. Matilda Jones. — And mistress of herself though Chiua fall. Louise Davis. — Oh, blest with temper whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day. TabitJja Carricoe. — ' ' A thousand fears Still overawe when she appears. Annette Leacli. — Let mildness ever attend thy tongue. Cora and Lucy Kay. — Like — but oh I how ditferent. Lola Somers. — Independence now, and independence forever. Martha Featherston.— Mindful not of herself. Ethel Coleman. — She is as gentle as zephyrs blowing below the violet. Delia Lewis. — I will lie lord over mj ' self. Bessie Shelburne. — The over-curious are not over-wise. Lucia Scott. — As merry as the day is long. Grace Elcan. — With her eyes in flood with lauo;hter. Ella Godwin. — Talk, talk, ye gods how she can talk. Ellen Painter. — Those eyes, — so dark and so deep. Nelly Preston. — So much one man can do that does both act and know. Fannie Smith. — Abashed the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Bruce Houston. — Man, the tyrant of our sex, I hate. Josie Luck. — A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. ' Nellie Jordan. — Blest with a taste exact, yet unconfined, A knowledge both of books and human kind. Daisy Read. — Deep versed in books as shallow in herself. Glee Cluh.— Sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony. But, organically, I am incapable of a tune. Nannie Royal. — Whence is thy learning ? Hath thy toil O ' er books consum ' d the midnight oil ? Vennie Cox. — And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all ( s )he knew. Laird Leason. — All nature wears one uni- versal grin. Mary Daniel. — Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. Ruby Leigh. — A man who could make so vile a pun, would not scruple to pick a pocket. Lelia Scott. — In all thy humors, Whether grave or mellow. Thou ' rt such a testy, touchy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee. There ' s no living with thee or without thee. Lizzie Culpepjjer. — Studious she sate with all her books around Sinking from thought to thought — a vast profound. Hallie Owen. — Behold dignity enthroned in all her majesty. Elizabeth Watkins.— Of all the arts in which the wise e. cel, Nature ' s chief masterpiece is writing well. Nanette Ham. — Tie all thy cares up. 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