Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1900 volume:

m - c H ' rr V ' JC -W tft 1 - • -v : ? - ri Ai C-r Iri- - ' - .n ii ' - -. , ' ? •■Pic ' .f -f f , i- ) JS,;«: : ' r ■ ■ ' . v-yr rii i - a - ' -,-!- ' : i S: iw ■.■•. ,:•; ►• - vW. .; ! .«-.-■..- -i -ri- f :in ' ::  PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE STATE- NORMAL -SCHOOL y ' ji:l;ini. FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA J NINETEEN HUNDRED ttfS 2)eMcation. T DR. ROBERT FRAZER. our beloved President, this volume is dedicated in love and admiration for him and in appreciation of his untiring zeal in behalf of our School. IiIEXDS, ere we sweep aside the veil Tliitt liiiles irliiit Ihe future has in store, ]Ve turn irith a lore that shall not fail For a last goodbye to the dai s of i ore ; We but follow those who are gone before, Yet our hearts bent faster, as we rcccdl The days and ways that are ours no more A long fare u-ell to you, one and all. For memories born of ei vain regret Shcdl haunt us forever — forever arise The sheides of the things ive can never forget. The ghosts of our laughter, the ghosts of our sigJis, Dream faces, the sadness of tear-dimmed eyes, And the footsteps thed echoed along our halls, ]] ' ith swdches of (jld-time melodies — 4 long farewell to you, one and (dl. So we give you, this book with songs inwrought, And smiles and tears- may you read and knoiv The things that we did and dre(fmed and thongJd In the care-free life of the long ago ; And the tides of fancy shcdl backwards flow Till the old-time pleasures again enthrall, And we live once more in their golden glow. But — a long farewell to you, one and cdl. 5 . DR. FRAZER. RECENT PROGRESS AT THE NORMAL, No OXE denies that our School occupies an important position in relation to public education, for we often hear that the success of Virginia in the future will be grea tly due to the young women trained here — for the past sixteen j-ears, 1 think, the State officials have realized this fact. Free tuition is now given to all applicants promising to teach two yeai ' S in the Public Schools, the teachers receiving pay for their work. Before Dr. Frazer ' s connection with the School, there were two hundred scholarships offered — one for each county and city, and one for each additional representative. Up to this time there were fifty-one counties and cities without repre- sentation, but the number has been decreased to thirty. This is owing to our President, who has spared nothing in trying to make everv village, town, city and county come in touch with this School, and, through the girls ecpiipped here, recognize the value of its work. The free tuition to all has enaljled many girls to enroll here, and in this way helped the dear old Commonwealth. Though the State organized this institution for her teachers, yet until last year she did not accord recognition to her own work, but required Farmville Normal graduates to be examined to hold schools just as she did pupils from the country public schools. But Dr. Frazer worked hard that this should be otherwise, and his effort plainly .showed the girls that their President is fully alive to their best interests, and that he thinks them competent to teach in the Public Schools. AVe feel proud of bis success. He has also revised the courses of study with reference to a clearer defining of their aims and requirements, and a more exact adaptation to the pi-esent needs of the Public Schools, making the Xormal diploma a three years ' course, and the Scientific and Classic each a four years ' course. By doing this he procured official recognition of the School as related to the public school system of the State ; the diploma of the Normal Course now being the basis of State license for five years, and that of the Full Course, either Classic or Scientific, for seven years. To show further his interest in education, he organized the Virginia Normal League, the plan and object of which are stated elsewhere. Our President continues to work with the friends of this School for its good and advance- ment, for quite recently he succeeded iit having the following bills passed by the Legislature : To ' appropriate a sum for the building- of a Gymnasium with modern equipments. For an Infirmar -, with hot and cold baths ; a Steam Laundry, and a Steam Plant for heating all the buildings. Dr. Frazer is untiring in his efibrts to keep this institution in the ranks of the best Normal schools in the country, and to bring about recog- nition of its value to the State. How we are looking forward to the (iym- nasium ! Though we have had main ' enjoyable exercises in Physical Culture, yet we have been cramped for room and apparatus, and now these inconveniences being removed, we feel sure the exercises will give great pleasure and lasting benefit. The ' Infirmary, with its hot and cold baths, means many comforts unknown to old students, as do the Steam Laundry and Steam Plant. Eebecca Jane Whealtoh. A A OO A A SESSION 1899-1900 BEGAN Wednet lay, September 20. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, Thursday, November 23. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY— ONE DAY, Monday, December 25. EXAMINATIONS OP FIRST TERM BEGAN Monday, January 22. DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS, Friday, January 26. CLASS EXERCISES, Friday, January 26. SECOND TERM BEGAN Monday, January 29. SPRING HOLIDAY— ONE DAY. EXAMINATIONS OF SECOND TERM BEGIN Monday, May 28. CLOSING EXERCISES OF SECOND TERM FROM Monday, June 4, to Thursday, June 1 . j.. .j.. PRHFACK ' ■■ ■■ ■■ IN THE SPRING OF 1898 it was detemuned to have an aiuHial of the Xoinial School. For the purpose of effecting this end Miss Mary Garnett Jackson, of Farmville, was elected editor-in-chief, and Miss Annie Hawes Cunningham, of Farmfille, business manager. The next year it was again decided to have an annual, and Miss Ella Godwin, of Fincastle, was elected editor-in-chief, and Miss Maud Jones, of Sheppards, business manager. In the fall of 1899, at a joint meeting of the Senior classes, it was determined to publish another annual, and, if possible, make it even more characteristic of the School than the preceding issues had been. It will be noticed that the name Normal Light has been laid aside for The Vjrginian. But the old name would never have been displaced for any except for one in which we felt sure that all trne Virginians, even the old editors, would glorv. As this is the only school for girls in the State under State control, we selected The Virginian as he name most expressive of our loyalty to our State and our sense of indebtedness to her. All who have ever attended the Normal will know with what ditficulty outside work is accom- plished, and, therefore, will be able to appreciate the toil and labor, on the part of the board of editors, which this annual represents. So we hope all mistakes will be judged leniently. Several new features have been introduced, viz., Bachelors ' Reveries, contributed by friends at Hampden-Sidney. A new phase of school life is brought out by this department, and we tliink the old girls will enjoy the remarks as given from the point of view of the opposite sex. Then, each class was allowed to elect an associate editor and also to put in its picture. This will make the annual valuable to the girls of the lower classes. We desire to thank the following for their aid in contributions, illustrations, etc. : Miss M. F. Stone ; Mes. Portia Morrison ; Mrs. Wiley Morris, of Sheppards, Virginia ; Miss M. W. Coulling ; Miss Julia G. Tyler, of Williamsburg, ' ' irginia ; Mr. W. E. Davis, of Knoxville. Tenne.ssee. BOARD OF EDITORS. !t ;|t !: Ht tI ? t| t?? 1 ?? ;?? tf ? ?? ' il t?? ;! tl !: ' l ? ....Boavb of Ebitors,... 4 4 4 |;i 4 4 4 |;i I; 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 ' ANNA BRUCE HOUSTON, LexixXGton, Vieginia, Editor-in-Chief. GRACE ESTELLE ELCAN, Sheppakds, Virginia, Business jMaiiager. ALICE ATKINSON, Willi amsport, Pennsylvania, Assistant Business Manager. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. MARY CHANNING COLE]MAN, South Boston, Virginia. MAMIE KATHERINE RICHARDSON, West Point, Virginia. EDITORS FROM CLASS OF JUNE, 1901. REBECCA JANE WHEALTON, CiiiNCOTEAorE, Vircunia. JENNIE CARTER MESEROLE JACKSON, Earmville, Va. EDITOR FROM CLASS OF FEBRUARY, 1902. CLARA HELOISE PERCIFT-LL, Water View, Virginia. EDITOR FROM CLASS OF FEBRUARY, 1903. ELIZABETH GERTRUDE PIERCE, Berkeley, A ' irginia. EDITOR FROM CLASS OF JUNE, 1903. ANNIE LAURA KINZER, Front Royal, Virginia. 11 JSoavb of XTvustecs. Hon. KOBERT TL ' KNBl LL, President, Lawrenceville, Va. Hon. JOHN J.4CKS0N, Vice-President, Richmond, Va. Hon. J. AV. SOUTHALT., Supt. Public Instruction {e.r-nfficio), Richmond, Va. Eev. JAMES NELSON, D. D., Richmond, Va. Hon. S. S. AVILKINS, Bird ' s Nest, Va. Hon. WILLIAM A. LITTLE, Fredericlcsburg, Va. J. S. WARE, Esq., Ben-yville, Va. J. P. JEFFRIES, Esq., Warrenton, Ya. Judge J. L. TEEDWAY, Chatham, Va. Pres. W. L. WILSON, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Hon. O. L. STEARNS, Salem, Xa.. Prof. W. A. JENKINS, Portsmouth, Va. Judge J. M. CRUTE, Farmville, Va. W. W. KENNON, Esq., Powhatan, Va. Judge A. D. WATKINS, Secretary and Treasurer, Farmville, Va. 12 THE FACULTY, MISS VIRGINIA REYNOLDS, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, who now teaches Geography, Physiology and Botany at the State Normal School, is a graduate of the Oswego Normal School, New York, and has done summer work for four years at Cornell and Harvard. Miss Mattie xVlexaniu:r Martin, of Pulaski county, Virginia, who is at present Principal of the Practice School and teacher of Senior English and Psychology at the State Normal School, was educated in Virginia. Miss Martin has studied at the Peabody Normal College and University of Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee. Before coming to this School she taught for several years in the Pea- body Normal College. Miss Edna Virginia Mofkktt, from Richmond, A ' irgiuia, is the teaclier of History and English Literature at the State Normal School. She graduated first at Hollins Institute and afterwards at Vassar College. Miss Mary F. Stone was educated in the public and ]irivate scliools of Bedford City. For three years she was Principal of the famous Hampton Acad- emy, at Hampton, Virginia, and for two, Vice-Principal of the Commerce Street School in Roanoke. Since LS!l2 she has taught Literature and Composition at the Normal School. Her home is at Roanoke, Virginia. Miss Sarah E. Pritchett, of Albemarle county, is a graduate of tiie Miller Manual School, and of the State Normal School, Farmviile, Virginia. Siie has also taken the Freshman work in English at Harvard University, and has completed tlie course in Typewriting and Stenography at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, New Y ork. Siie is n(3w teacher of Tj ' pewriting and Stt ' uography and assistant teacher in English at the State Normal School. Miss S. Gay Patteson, of Manchester, Virginia, has stu(lic i at lladc ' lift ' c College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Slie taught in Mount Holyoke College, Soutii Hadley, Massachusetts, for four years before. coming to the State Normal School, where she is now teacher of Mathematics. Miss Lelia Jefferson Harvie, of Amelia county, Virginia, is assistant 13 THE FACULTY. teacher of Mathematics at tlie State Ndrnial School. INIiss ITarvic graduated at the Normal School in 1892, and has since pursued her studies at Cornell Univer- sity, New York. Miss Lula O. Andrews, of Lafayette, Alabama, who is teacher of Music, Physical Culture and History and Science of Education, is a graduate of Pealiody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee. Miss Martha Willis Coullixg, who is teacher of Form and Drawing, and who is Librarian at the State Normal School, is from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated at the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, and has studied at the Teachers ' College, New York. Miss Fannie Talbot Littleton, whose home is in Chester, Virginia, is teaclier of Physics and Chemistry at the State Normal School. She is a graduate of the Normal School ; has taken the University course in Chemistry at the Uni- versity of Virginia, and has since pursued her studies at Cornell University, New York. Miss Marguerite Carroi i , of St. Louis, Missouri, is a graduate of tiie State Normal School at Farm ville, Virginia, and has also taken a course in Chemistry at the University of Virginia. She has studied Ciiemistry and Physics at tiie Washington University, St. Louis, and is now assistant teacher of IMatlieniatics and substitute teacher of Ciiemistry at the State Normal Sciiool. Miss Minnie Vaughan Rice, of Farmville, Virginia, who is now teacher of Latin at tlie State Normal ScIkio], was a graduate of tlie Farmville College when it was under the management of Dr. Paul ' hitehead. She afterwards took a short course at Harvard UniversiJ:y. Miss Estelle Smith ey, formerly of Amelia county, holds tlie diploma in the schools of French, German and Mathematics from Randolph-Macon College, at Ashland, and has completed the English work for the A. B. degree. Slie has recently studied in Paris, and has the French diploma of the French Alliance. Miss Smithey is now teacher of Modern Languages at the State Normal Sciiool. Miss Clara Fitzgerald Spiljian, of Warrenton, Virginia, is Assistant Librarian at the State Normal School. Siie has studied Music in Baltimore at the Peabody Conservatory, and also in Italy, and has private pupils in Farmville. IDomestic department. MRS. PORTIA L. MORRISON, MISS SARAH P. SPENCER, - MISS GENEVIEVE HAYNP S, Head or Home. Assistant. Housekeeper. MR. B. M. COX, -------- Steward. DR. PETER WINSTON, ----- Attending Physician. 9! THE ALUMN E ASSOCIATION President, . . . MISS LELIA JEFFERSON HARVIE. Vice-President, MISS BELLE WICKER. Secretary, . . . MISS MAUDE GRAY. Treasurer, . . . MRS. LEWIS CLAIBORNE. The Aliimiiie A. .soeiation of the State Normal School was organized June 2. ' ), 1887. The object of the society is to promote social intercoiu-se between its mem- bers and to aid in furthering the interest of the Schoo l. Since the time of organ- ization meetings have been held regularly every alternate year. At these meetings there are two prominent features — the business and the social. For the latter a special program is arranged, after the execution of which a banquet is given ; and the evening passes pleasantly for all, as the girls mingle once again within the doors of Alma Mater. The Association is at present specially interested in the Cunningham Memo- rial Scholarship Fund. CUNNINGHAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP, At the moctiug of the Alumiife Association of the State Female Xiirmal Scliool, in June, 1899, it was decicled to found a memorial scholarship to Dr. Joliu A. Cunningham. The scholarship will be at the State Female Normal School, and will probably be awarded by competitive examinations. This was decided on instead of a monument, because it was thought that it ould l)e more in harmony with Dr. Cunningham ' s views. The money is to be raised by contribution from the alumnfe and others interested, these contributions to be paid either in advance or in yearly installments, to begin in December of 1S99, and to continue through five years. It will be necessary to raise about twenty-tive hundred dollars, of which six hundred dollars was pledged by the faculty of the School and the few members of the Association present at the June, 1899, meeting. Anyone who desires to contribute may pay in advance or on the installment plan. Hereafter, if you promise to pay on the installment plan, you will receive a notice on November 1 of each year. Dr. Cunningham was wideh ' known and loved tln-ongliout the State; there- fore, we hope the alumme may obtain contributions from others not connected with the School. All correspondence and contributions should be sent to The Cunnin gham Memorial Scholarship CoionxTEE, State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va. Class of ifebruat , 1900 SEIN NICHT AUSSEHEN. VIVIAN COLGIN BIXNS. True as her song. Home at Newport News, Virginia ; Member of Glee Club ; Member of German Club. Received Professional Diploma. JULIA GERTRUDE CHILTON. ' Twas a girl with ej ' es like two dreams of night. Is from Lancaster, Virginia ; Member of Glee Club ; Member of German Club. Received Full Diploma. ELIZABETH CULPEPER. It is the mind that makes her rich. Home at Portsmouth, Virginia. Received Full Diploma. MARGARET WATKINS GOODE, K. A. We had been lost without her. Home at Skipwith, Mecklenburg county, Virginia; Secretar}- Y. M. C. A., 1899-1900. Associate Editor of Annual, ' 99 ; Member of Dramatic Club, ' 99 ; Member of German Club. Received Full Diploma. CELIA HAWKINS, You who teach ingenious youth ingeniously, Lives at Petersburg, Virginia. Received Professional Diploma. LILY HENDERSON HENING. ' ' M}- kingdom for a co( . ' Home at Jefferson, Virginia. Received Full Diploma. ELIZABETH KELLOGG HOLLAND, Fluttering, smiling, flirting, Is from Amelia, Virginia. Received Full Diploma. ANNA BRUCE HOUSTON, Z. T. A. A man ' s the noblest work of God. Home in Lexington, Virginia. President of Class of February, 1900. Editor-in-Chief of Annual, 1900 ; Member of German Club. Received Professional Diploma, June, 1900. IDA MILLER HOWARD, All ' s right with the world, Is from Pulaski, Virginia. Received Professional Diploma. PATSY JOHNS. In truth she was not hard to please. Home at Sheppards, Virginia. Received Full Diploma. ELEANOR CARTER RANDOLPH, ' ' Who so prompt as thou ? ' ' Lives at Greenville, Mississippi. Received Professional Diploma. ELIZABETH EGERTON WATKINS, 2. 2. 2. I would as soon attempt to entice a star. Home at Hampton, Virginia. Historian of Class ; Associate Editor of Annual, ' 99. President of Dramatic C ' lub. Received Full Diploma. A MED LEI { HMo, Mtj Buhy. ' ) Good-bye, old Normal ; Good-bye, our schoolmates ; Good-bye, the Practice School. Honeys, we must retire ; But we ' ll set the world on fire. Now you will lose us, you won ' t abuse us. For you ' ll be left alone. Telephone a word when we are gone. { Georgia Camp-meeting ) I ' ll smile upon you if you ' ll smile upon me When we leave the Normal { Jusl as the Sun Went Down ) And take a last look at our old scliool friends, Just as we get our dips. { Just One Girl ) There is just one class, Only just one class ; There are others, we know, But this will all surpass. On the page of fame We will write our name. Where it will linger forever As just one class. ( Think Til Have to Telephone My Baby ) I think we ' ll have to telegraph the home-folks { Hot Times ) Tliere ' s a hot time for the old class to-night. When you come to see us get our dip You will all gatlier round and give us each a grip. There ' s a hot time for the old class to-night. { Sweet Marie ) Graduating class of Feb. — Class of February, nineteen hundred year — Though forever we may part, we are ever joined in heart — Forever true to us and to you. { Ben Bolt ) (_)li, will you remember the Normal, class-mates, Tlie Normal, in years to come? Of our friends that we love, who are scattered af;ir. We will think often then, just as now. { Home, Sweet Home ) There is no school like our school ; No place more dear. And no class like our class Of nineteen hundred year. M. yv. G. our IN THE IFORLD TO ROAM. Tune : Seeing Nellie Home. We, the class of nineteen liimdred, Stand before you now alone, And to-night we go from Alma Mater Out in the world to roam. Chorus : Out in the world to roam, Out in the world to roam, And to-night we go from Alma Mater, Out in the world to roam. We can carry our hard-earned sheep.skins With us where ' er our home, For tonight we go from Alma Mater, Out in the world to roam. Chorus. On our lips the woi-ds may quiver, In our eyes the tears may come, For tonight we go from Alma Mater, Out in the world to roam. Chorus. A LOOK INTO rHE FUTURE. TuxE : My Old New Hampshire Homestead. Many years have passed since we have been together ; Many years ago we parted — friends and I — From our school-mates ; and to know them was to love tlicin To these we said a sad and last good-bye. We clung to one another as we parted, And hopefully we said we ' d meet some day ; But alas ! we never more can be united In the dear old Farmville Normal, far away. REFE.ilN : Now the school-girls linger there, And the da} ' S are just as fair, In the places where together we would roam ; But they know us now no more ; We ' d be strangers at the door Of our dear old Farmville Normal, far awav. In ray dreams, by the School last niglit I wandered, And I thought I saw my class-mates by my side ; Once again, then, we laughed and talked together— Once again we promised we would true abide ; And, as I stopped to greet each one, I ' wakened ; I called my friends, but they had gone to stay. In my vision I had seen them all so happy. In the dear old Farmville Normal, far awav. PROPHECY OF FEBRUARY CLASS, 1900. IDA HOWARD. BRUCE HOUSTON. KEI.LOGG HOI,LAND. ViVIAS HINNS .tUI.IA CniLTON. ELIZABETH CULPKPER. MADGE GOODE. CELIA HAWKINS ELEAKOR KANDOLPH. ELIZABETH WATKINS. Class of June, 1900. President, GRACE ESTELLE ELOAN. Vice-President, SADIE ARMSTRONG. Secretary and Treasurer, MARGARET HALE. Historian, NANNIE ROYALL. Prophet, MARY COLEMAN. ROLL: SADIE BROWNING ARMSTRONG, RAri-AHANNocK Cuusxv. NORMA EOLENE CLEMENTS, Middlesex Corsxy. LAURA CHILTON, Lancaster County. GRACE ELCAN, Buckingham County. MAMIE KATHERINE RICHARDSON, King William County. LIDIE MILLER, Norfolk County. ELLA HAUPT, Loudon County. MARY CHANNING COLEMAN, Halifax County. HESSIE CHERNAULT, Prince Edward County. MAGGIE MAUDE SIBLEY, Warwick County. NANNIE HOBSON ROYALL, Powhatan County . VENNIE COX, Prince Edward County. HELEN MAY CRAFFORD, Warwick County. MARTHA MILLER, Prince Edward County. LOUISE MARIA DAVIS, Cumberland County. 29 HISrORT OF JUNE CLASS, igoo. In the month of fair September, In the year of ninety-seven, When the fields with sod were golden And the leaves with red were tinted, From the sunny, sandy seashore. From the mountains grand and lofty. From the bounds of the Old Dominion, Came Virginia ' s girls to Farmville. Tliere was dark-haired Helen Crafford From the wave-washed shores of Varwick, And the gentle, quiet maiden, Vennie Cox, from old Prince Edward. Many others there were also ; And they toiled and thought and studied Through the winter months that followed, Till at last, vacation coming. Left they Farmville bare and lonely. But swiftly sped the passing summer, And September with its beauties Came again, and summer pleasures All were left, but not forgotten ; And the girls came back to study, Bringing many others with them ; And there were among the strangers Norma Clements, firm and sturdy — Type of Middlesex, her county ; And a tall and slender maiden, Sadie Armstrong, joins us also ; And as fall lapsed into winter Came another, Mary Coleman — Oh, so dignified and learned ! Oh, so versed in arts of wisdom ! Then the j ' oungest one among us, Laura Chilton, bright and cheerful. Comes ' mid February ' s snow and freezing. And the class now numbers seven ; But at last the Junior reaching — Many coming wished to join us — Till in all fifteen they made us. First our president, Grace Elcan, Comes from Buckingham, so near us ; Then from Norfolk ' s busy center Lidie Miller, sweet and merry; And there is the wise and learned Mamie Eichardson from King William, And Ella liaupt— Oh ! boundless wisdom Brings she from the lofty mountains ; Maggie Sibley, stern, commanding, Who rules the Practice School so well ; Then our hard and earnest student, Margaret Hale, so dignified. And Louise Davis — Oh, so jolly ! She from Cumberland, comes among us ; And from our own town of Farmville, Meri-y, laughing Martha Miller, And Ilessie Chernault, calm and (juiet, Ladylike in all her actions. So fifteen we are together — We, the girls of Nineteen Hundred — And we hate to leave the Normal, Hate to go away from Farmville ; But our duty calls us elsewhere — So we bid you all good-bye. Nannie Hob.son Koyall. PROPHECY OF THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1900. IN MYTHOLOGY we find many instances of the gods revealing the future to men. Some say that destinies are not revealed in this day and gene- ration, but that question I shall leave to my readers to decide, after having carefully considered the events recorded in the following veracious narrative : — One night, a few veeks ago, I was arcjused from m} ' slumbers by a myste- rious noise, and my heart suddenly leaped iu fright as I beheld a ghost-like Presence approaching my bed. This Presence, or Spirit, beckoned to me, and, drawn by some powerful unseen force, I arose and followed him. AYheu we had reached the outside air I was suddenly euvi ' loped in a cloud of darkness, and felt myself swiftly carried to parts unknown. Then the Spirit said, Let there be light. I opened my eyes, and found myself in a studio, surrounded by all the heterogeneous miscellany with which those erratic geniuses, artists, love to surround themselves. Seated at work upon an unfinished picture was the artist. Enveloped as she Mas in an enormous apron besmeared with many colors, and with several distinct splotches of green and yellow ornamenting her countenance, I failed to recognize her. But, finding something familiar in her face, I ventured to ask the Spirit who this might be. I was told that it was my former class-mate, now the distinguished artist. Norma Clements. Suddenlv the cloud again enveloped and carried us off. Soon I found myself in a great lecture hall, with a high arched ceiling, and adorned with splendid works of art. On the rostrum a woman was earnestly pleading the cause of woman ' s rights to a large and attentive audience. Again I ventured to ask the Spirit who this was, and was told that it was the famous woman ' s suffrage lec- turer, Maggie Sibley. Another scene presents itself. Out in the moonlight I see a brown-haired maiden ruthlessly draM ' ing under her spell a green, callow youth. From a few words I overheard I easily recognized my old friend, Helen Crafford. The Spirit 31 further inforiiicd me that slie had contracted this habit of flirting while at the Normal, and that it had grown on her to such an extent that she had never been able to stop it. After this the S])irit led me into a large lecture room in a celebrated college. Seated at the desk was a portly (?) spectacled woman, wiio was delivering a lecture on the Solar System to a large class of students. The lecturer I soon recog- nized as my old class-mate, Sadie Armstrong. As I left the room I thought I heard her say something about tiie Xorth star and the zenith, but I was not sure. Then we were again cauglit up l)y the cloud and borne to a doctor ' s office, furnislied in very handsome style. On the door I saw this inscription : Dr. Grace Elcan. Hours, 9 to 3. Specialty, Diseases of the Heart. As I fiuished reading this I heard the sound of a bell ; it became louder and louder. The darkness which had enveloped us began to lighten and the Spirit to fade away. O, Spirit, stay ! I called. There are so many others of whose destinies you have not told me. Surely all their lives — for many whose names you have not mentioned were leaders among us — have not been failures? For there was Vcnnie Cox, our mathematician ; Nannie Royall, our poetess ; Ella Haupt, our geographer; Margaret Hale, our studious girl; Laura Cliilton, our clever girl ; Mamie Richardson, our ideal teacher ; Martha Miller, our merry girl ; Lidie Miller, our dignified girl ; Douise Davis, our popular girl, and I myself, whose futures you have not revealed to me. Whde I was still speaking the Spirit opened before my eyes a ponderous volume, tiie Virginia Public School Records for 1901, whose pages were forever made glorious by the presence of these beloved names. Looking up, T saw that the Spirit had Aanislied, and now the sound of the bell had become quite clear. I woke with a start to find tliat it was all a dream, and to hear the bell ringing for fifteen minutes before breakfast. Mary Channixg Colejian, 1900. Class of J cbvuat , 1901. Class Flower : La France Rose. Class Colors : Garnet and Gray. OFFICERS : MARY B. DANIEL, . BESSIE WELLS, . . . MARION WATKINS, President. Vice-President. Secretary and Treasurer. ROLL: ELIZABETH BALDWIN, Buckingham County. LIZZIE BRY.-VN, York County. BESSIE KOSSKR CARPER, Botetourt County. M. Ih;k ( ARTKK, I ' uince Edward County. LILl.V.X CIIKATII.VM, I ' KixrE Ed v. rd County. .lESSlK EI.Wool) (O.X, Nui; FOLK County. MKL ' CY M.VKCVIiKr (KIM. Ioudon County. ELIZ.U ' .I:TH . I.MtlK ( rUTIS, JIenrico County. SALLIE DANIEL, Cumberland County. MARY DANIEL, Charlotte County. SADIE DOUCtLASS, Norfolk County. ESSU ' : HARRIS, Prince Edward County. LH.IAN IKiOK, Highland County. MA I! II ' : Ki:sLER, Roanoke County. EMMA M. i:RI ' I)1 ' :K, Shenanixiah County. ]SIAt l( : I !•: .!( )Si;i ' II I XK .M.VXWELL, Tazewell County. HALLli: KASLKY OWEN, Halifax County. LV AK coTTdN I ' lNNKU, Nansemond County. ID. SIIAKI ' K. W ' AMiiN.rioN County. H ' CIA SCOTT, I ' .iwiiATAN- County. DAVIE TAYLdK, a, ...mac County. BE.SSIE WELLS, Cii i i kufibld County-. PEARL WATTI:i;s(). , M.jntgomery County. MARI.VN WATKI.XS, Chesterfield County. iAII.XTA WYXNK, Warwick County. JANIE AVILLIAMS, Buckingham County ' . JESSIE E. WHITJIORE, Rockrridge County. ANNIE WHITEHEAD, Isle of Wight County. 35 Class of June, 1901. OFFICERS : JOSIE LUCK, President. REBECCA JANE AVIIE ALTON, Secketary. LUCY T. CONWAY STUBBS, Treasurer. KEBECCA JANE WHEALTON, Editor. MEMBERS : EMMA JOHN BARNES, Elizabeth City County. SARAH FRANCES H(Mi ;, Elizabeth City County. MARY ' LOUISE HOG WOOD, Northampton County. JOSIE LUCK, Hanover County . SARAH ELIZABETH PALMER, Brunswick County. LUCY T. CONWAY STUBBS, James City County. REBECCA JANE WHEALTON, Accomac County. ALICE ATKINSON, Charlotte County. MARY POWELL FARTHING, Warwick County. MARTHA WATKINS FLOURNOY, Prince Edward County. JENNIE C. M. JACKSON, Prince Edward County. PORTIA LEE OWEN, Halifax County. MOLLIE ALLEN PHILLIPS, Elizabeth City County. FRANCES YANCEY SMITH, Charlotte County. m of f ebrwarv, m. MARY ELIZA DENNY, Clarke County. SALLIE WILLET LEACHE, Pulaski County. LUCY HENRY AVOOD, Amelia County. FLORENCE WINFIELD, Dinwiddie County. 1 Class of June, 1902. J OFFICERS : HARRIET PARKER HANKINS, President. MAMIE GROSSOLOSE, Vice-President. ETHEL STUART COLE, Secretary and Treasurer. CLARA HELOISE PBRCIFULL, Editor. ROLL: ETHEL ARVIK, Lunenburg County. EFFIE JOSEPHINE BATEMAN, Augusta County. JENNIE E. BRACEY, Prince Edward County. COEA LEE COLE, Spotsylvania County. ETHEL STUART COLE, Spotsylvania County. LELIA ALICE CHUMBLEY, Pulaski County. ISA McKAY COMPTON, Warren County. LUCY DIX EGLIN, Fairfax County. MABEL FURR, Loudon County. MAMIE GROSSCLOSE, Bland County. SALLIE PARKE OILMAN, Hanover County. ELIZABETH KATHLEEN HALL, Pulaski County. NANNIE HAUSER, Augusta County. OTELIA HARVIE, Amelia County. HARRIET PARKER HANKINS, James City County. EMMA LOIS KING, Fauquier County. WILLIE HARRISON MOORE, Mecklenburg County. SALLY RIVES MORRIS, Louisa County. BLANCHE MARTIN, Powhatan County. CLARA HELOISE PERCIFULL, Middlesex County. MARY FRANCES POWERS, Clarke County. ELLEN GILMER PAINTER, Pulaski County. JULIA A. SCAGGS, Spotsylvania County. Class of J ebniav , 1903. OFFICERS : NANNIE HARRIS WRIGHT, President, JAMES CITY COrNTY. CARRIE VIRGINIA HIX, Vice-President, A rri I.MAT re px (.utxt y. ELIZABETH GERTRUDE PIERCE, Secretary, NIIRFOI.K COUNTY. ANNIE LOtrCIOUS WALTON, Treasurer, SMVTiiio (.orN ' rv. ROLL : SUE ANDERSON, Bappaitannock County. MARY EDMONSON BUCHANAN, Rockbridge County. EFFIE SUSAN EoTELER, Fauquikr County. ANNIE LOUISE BAKER, Orange County. MARY ELLA 11UK(!KV;, Prince Edward County ' . HAKIME ' I ' I ' E TltUE ' l ' L (o VLF;S, James City County. AXXIE UorcnTY, Ac( (.MAC County. LOUISE OLIVIA EMMONS, Oiles County-. CARRIE STULDIVANT ( looDE, Mecklenburg County. MARY MAGILL OILKKKSOX, Culpeper County. ROBERTA WAIU) HUX ' l ' , Pittsylvania County. 0K. IIAPItIS, Prini 10 KmvARD County ' . OEoK(ilA AILMISTEAI) J.VMES, Mathews County. CHLOE UoWAPJ) LACKEY, York County. ALICE MILLEH McALLISTER, Alleghany County. LEXA MAKSIIALL, Phinak Edward County. EM.MA ESTIIKi; OWENS, Spotsylvania County. CAPPIE CIUSMOXD PENDLETON, Spotsylvania County. : rAi;Y II1:NI;V sriACKLEI ' olU), Mathews County . MARTHA C()(_:KE TAYLOR, Amelia County. Class of ffebniaix 1904. OFFICERS SALLIE WADE WALTON, President. DALIA LAM, Vice-President. REBECCA WALKER, . . . Secretary and Treasurer. ROLL: MAilY ADAMS, Loudon County. BUBIE AMOS, Cumberland County. BERTIE AMORY, York Cotnty. ROSA LEE ARNN, Pittsylvania County. NORA ANK ALLISON, Pulaski County. MARY BALDWIN, Prince Ed vakd County. MINNIE BALTIMORE, Cumberland County. ELVA BAEROW, Prince Edward County. LUCY ' CARY, Botetourt County. PLUMMER COLEMAN, Prince Edward County. GRACE CHRISTIAN, Chables City County. LUCY HANNAH DANIEL, Charlotte County. CATHERINE HOLLEY DREWRY, Sussex Count y. FANNIE LOLA DREWRY Sussex County. MAZIE DUNCAN, Accomac County. MARY GRAY FOSTER, Cumberland County. MARY ELIZABETH EPES, Nottoway County. CARRY FOWLES, Poayhatan County. BESSIE MAY GILLIaM, Powhatan County. 45 IIATTIE GILLIAM, Towhatan County. LOUISE GODWIN, Northampton County. MARY VIRGINIA HOPKINS, Rockingham County. BLANCHE HILL, Louisa County. MARTHA HOLMAN, Amelia County. LELIA GRIFFIN JONES, Albemarle County. NORVELL JONES, Rockbridge County. LUCILLE KENT, Washington, D. C. MARY FRANCES LOWRY , Hanover County. ANNA BELLE LEE, Buckingham County. DALIA LAM, Rockbridge County ' . ANGIE POWELL, York County. KATE PRICE, Prince Edward County. RUTH PRICE, Loudon County. KATHERINE PARKER, Nanskmond County. MARY RICHARDSON, Henry Cousty. EMMA PE.VRLE READER, Princess Anne County. FRIDA SELDON, Prince Edward County. LAULA SIMMONS, Wythe County. HATTIE EARLY THOMPSON, Franklin County. IDA TATUM, Patrick County. SALLIE WALTON, Franklin County. MINNIE WARD, Accomac County. VIRGINIA AGNES WEBB, Fkanklin County. JULIA WRIGHT, Albemarle County. REBECCA WALKER, Henrico County. MARY ' Y ' ANCEY, Rockingham County-. All the girls who come to the Nor- mal conic for real work, but the old saving , All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, being no less applica- ble to girls than their brothers, one eve- ning of the week is set apart for social pleasures. This is Friday evening. Coming as it does, at the close of a hard week ' s work, its advent is hailed with delight, for on this evening the friends of V the opposite sex are permitted to call, and if there is any ■) entertainment in the town, the girls are allowed to attend, f ' T ' escorted either by Mrs. Morrison or Mr. Cox. All the enter- tainments given by the girls or by the Young Women ' s Christian Association are given on this evening. Thus the mind has an opportunity to rest, and by the next morning is ready for work again. Another privilege granted to the girls is that of attending church on Sunday nights with escorts. This is a pleasure not allowed in many schools, and it is consequently much appreciated. A. B. H. BACHELORS ' REVERIES. JT is so easy to write about the things of wliich , jr- one knows nothing. AV ii e n w e were Waji- asked to write for I ' TheVieginian we dived into the woman ' s cor- ner of our lirains and brought out a luige mass of notions that we had been collecting for years, but had never had a chance to air before. And, Avhile we started out in all the confidence of utter ignorance, we discovered before we had finished that the matter was somewhat more complicated «jj „ == s- s«. - than we had thought. But what we have written we have written, and whoso reads will pardon us if we have erred. These generalizations of ours are born of a long acquaintance with the Normal School. For four years e have eagerly imbibed every scrap of information touching the Normalites that we could secure; again and again we have recklessly flung away our father ' s hard-earned gold that we might get lost in some fair maiden ' s eyes. How well we remember the first time we ever called at the Xormal School ; how we forgot the girl ' s name -when we had rung the bell and came near having an epileptic fit on the door-step from fear that Ave could not remember it before the maid should come to the door ; how we sat on the edge of the chair in per- spiring agony, ransacking heaven and earth for something to say. And we recall, too, how we have strolled a long way with a fine careless air, as if ' e had only come there by accident, when all the while we were watching the windows for a gliinpse of some dainty bit of femininity. Yes, it all comes back to us here at the end — just as it often did on the way back to Hampden-Sidney, when the niglit was so dark that charcoal looked white in it and the plunk of our horse ' s feet kept time to the patter of the rain- drops on our new hat. So we dedicate this product of our midnight toil with ink and quill to the things that were, but are not ; the things we never again shall know ; the girls who have made us wish it took five years to get a degree at Hampden-Sidney instead of only four ; and, lastly, to the neM ' -born Vieginian. A. S. CALDWELL KUYKENDALL E. H. RICHAKDSON W.. C. BELL MY FIRST CALL AT THE NORMAL. IT is appointed unto a Freshman once to calieo, and after ealicoing — to despair forever. This is a haw of the social world as fundamental and of as universal ap- plication as is its correlative in the natural vorld, which asserts, Self-preservation is the first law of nature. When its truth first dawned upon me, while meditating upon my first experience at the N ormal, I immediately began to search for its adherents in the world ' s great works of genius ; for I doubted not that some great thinker had long since formulated it into a guiding principle. I carefully reviewed the philosophic writings of Socrates, Aristotle, Plato and Cicero, and then plunged into the ever-augmenting sea of more modern philosophy, exploring its greater tributaries to their inception in the profound minds of Hegel, Kant, Locke, Mill, Spencer and others, but alas ! no success attended my efforts in this field. With undaunted zeal, however, I turned to the great evolutionist, Darwin ; followed closely the development of his admirable theor} ' of man ' s origin in some remote organism, ouly to reach its consummation utterly disgusted at his silence concerning so significant a law, but more closely allied to that class of modest moderns who, in the light of tlio valuable knowledge afforded by him, are constrained to congratulate tliemselves that so many ages separate them from their primitive ancestry, wliose place of habitation was a bog, and whose sole means of communication a monotonous croak. With but a spark of hope left, I set sail on the stately old ship of science, with Newton at the helm, and a crew o? hardy seamen, composed of Kepler, Laplace, Gallileo, Franklin, Kelvin and others. I scudded with them the vast sea of theory, even into the very bowels of the earth, and then out into infinite space to worlds hitlierto unknown, only to return again to earth wearied with my fruitless search, but happy beyond degree to have learned tiiat Dame Fortune has hidden so fundamental a law from tlie wise and prudent and revealed it only unto inc. I realize, therefore, the great responsibility that no v rests upon me in estab- lishing this law as a guiding principle for future generations. And while I shrink from the world-wide fame which its propagation will necessarily afford me, yet my altruistic nature constrains me to lay this corner-stone, above which will inevitably be erected the imposing structure of intricate and as yet wholly unknown social laws governing a Freshman ' s conduct. I earnestly solicit, then, the undivided attention of the liuman race to the ol narration of the following ineideiit, from which I deduced this universal law, believing that all will become convinced, even as I have, that it is simply unas- sailable, and hence a truism. Yes, without a doubt, the dream of my Freshman life was about to be realized. I had at last an engagement to call at the Normal. I here lay the note before me, written in a bold and legible hand, which read as follows : S. F. N. S. My Dear Mr. Sjiollett : You in town? How charmingly delightful ! ! ! No, I have no previous engagement for this evening, and, since Mrs. Jason does not object, will be very glad to have you call. Ver) ' sincerely, Friday. Altberta E. Longside. In spite of my effort to retain my habitual calm and quiescent mien, I con- sciously grew increasingly nervous as I donned my hat and overcoat and set out from the hotel for the Normal. A few minutes ' walk brought me within sight of the building, and as I approached the main entrance to the imposing structure I had many feelings of misgiving as to the result of this my first call, and heartily repented of my Freshman folly. Collecting mj ' self as best I could, however, I walked straight up to the large double doors, paused long enough to assure myself that every hair was in place, no mud on my shoes and my tie on straight ; then pulled vociferously at the bell. Great heavens ! The thing sounded to me like the sudden outburst of a brass band, and it set my heart thumping like a big- bass drum. I hadn ' t time to regain my self-control before the servant opened the door and presented a waiter for my card, and at the same time exposed me to the gaze of a dozen or more girls assembled there in the hall by chance. I was completel} ' unnerved by this unwelcome surprise, as my actions soon evinced. I first pulled frantically at my glove — which, of course, would not be removed, since, in my eagerness to extract my hand, I had forgotten to unloose it — and then, in my consternation, I dived into my overcoat pocket in search of a card. INIy embarassment was enhanced, too, by an audible titter coming from the direction of the group of girls, occasioned perhaps by the pert observation made by one of them, He seems to be a stranger in a strange land. How many pockets I explored, or how many times I rummaged through one and the same pocket within the brief period of two minutes, vainly endeavor- ing to produce a card, I am now unable to say, but I am quite sure that my appearance woidd have been no more ludicrous, nor my capers no more frantic, had a nest of hornets suddenly infested my trousers. In the midst of my dilemma the old negro servant — thanks to her thought- 52 fulness — came to iiiv rescue l v in(lui in ■ in a most sympathetic tone, Who is de young- lady yer wants, mister, and what name mout I ' nounce to her? I am satisfied that the temperature of my body dropped twenty degrees as I blurted out, I wish to see Miss Aliberta liongside, and my name is Smollett, and saw the old negro hurry away to announce my arrival. I quickly removed my hat and overcoat, foolishly deposited them on the hat-rack there in the hall, and a moment later was nearly dumbfounded as I passed the group of girls, now nearly convulsed with laughter, and heard one of them observe as I entered the parlor that my tie appeai ' ed to be on backwards, and another remarked that the length of my trousers foreshadowed a coming deluge. I gave a sigh of relief as the door closed behind me, wiped the great beads of perspiration from my brow, and, having seated myself on a divan in a remote corner of the room, began alternately to finger my tie and to entice, if possible, the bottom of my trousers to seek a lower level. Thus was I engaged when a sudden peal from the old door-ljell nearly raised me out of my seat, and a moment or two later five or six strange young fellows were ushered into the parlor. I noticed a look of disappointment appear on the face of the foremost one as he espied me seated on the divan, but never dreamed that any relation existed between the two, such as cause and effect. Not many moments elapsed before several of the young ladies entered, among them Miss Longside. Acting according to the directions of a manual on parlor etiquette, which T had carefully perused that morning, I sprang hastily to my feet in order to give the ladies the choice of seats. I can ' t say just how it was managed, but one of those experienced fellows contrived to work his way gradually around to that divan, and, when the confusion subsided, he occupied that seat with his girl, while I was seated on the opjjosite side of the room, receiving a very severe tongue- lashing from Miss Longside for having foolishly allowed myself to be deprived of my place. I was still in such a state of confusion, however, that I totally miscon- strued that young lady ' s words (none of which I had heard), and believing that she was narrating something which demanded that I should appear highly entertained if I wished to impress her favorably, instead of attempting some sort of an ex- planation, I unfortunately set up a continuous giggle. Of course Miss Longside soon became utterly disgusted with me, but, being a damsel of a generous heart, she chatted away incessantly until there was left abso- lutely nothing about which she might converse. But the tongue of a female was destined to wag, and, rather than come to a standstill, she innocently resorted to a plan of escape, which nearly perfected my ruin forever. Mr. Smollett, she suddenly exclaimed, I want you to meet my room-mate. Miss Schweginwich, who is now sitting directly behind you on the opposite side of the room. Of course I would be deliiilited to meet lier friend, I said, and, turning my liead around in the direction indicated, Avas about to make some complimentar} remark upon her personal appearance, when suddenly, snap ! M ' ent my rear collar- button, and the abominable collar flew up behind four inches above its normal adjustment. Men and devils ! What was I to do now ? The more I pulled the thing down on one side the higher up it would rise on the other. I taxed my ingenuity to the utmost, turning up my coat-collar, drawing down my neck, etc., but all in vain. My fidgety movements only served to attract the attention of every one present to my dilemma. An outburst of laughter immediately ensued, and heaven only knows what I would have done had not the bell at that instant chimed forth the signal for the visitors to depart. I was the first to exit, only to find a nice, round hole in the top of my hat, and my overcoat sewed up with not less than a bale of cotton, while neatly attached by a I)lue ribbon to the collar was a card, bearing this inscription : A Fres]iraan there was who came to call, As Freshmen sometimes do. But of .all the fools that have entered this Iiall, You ' re the greatest we ever knew. E. H. RrcHARDsoN. Ballabe of a IRovmalite AT HAMPDEN-SIDNEY. Each evening, at the proper time, I don some poem of a dress, In wliich I look — well just divine. Too sweet for anj-thing, I gness, And liasten down in happiness Ti) mingle in tlie giddy whirl ( )f (ifty dancers — more or less — ] nr I ' m a daint} ' Normal girl. And then some cosy place I find, Some corner, where I look my Ijest, And where the swaying firelight shines In big gold bars upon my dress ; There is no doubt of my success, My liair is never out of curl. For ])leasure ' s sweetest votaress Is just a dainty Normal girl. I chatter gaily — ' tis no crime In undisguised lightheartedness, No bells disturb me with their chime No dry old books my soul oppress ; Sure, girls were never half so blessed, And never once in all the world Were half such charming things expressed About a dainty Normal girl. I, ' ENVOIE. Don ' t lose your heads, boys — I confess My smiles of mingled pink and pearl Are meant — but not in seriousness, For I ' m a dainty Normal girl. 55 AN INCIDENT. THE world was gloomy ciiouaii, I tliouglit, as I sat looking out of the window meditating on the many ills that befall mankind while grinding out his weary lot. The sun was shining brightly; in a large oak near the window a soli- tary mocking bird was making the air ring with his constant warble. On another day I would have enjoyed this, but to-day I was inclined to hurl a stone at the merry songster. I even envied the lot of a small street urchin who passed by the window with a grin on his dirty face, saluting every one whom he met with, Shine, boss ' . ' and exchanging jil es with his I ' ivals. Yes, I envied him, and would have gladly exciianged places with him for the time being — he was enjoying life, decidedly I was not. For I was in the dentist ' s office awaiting my turn at the torture — that awful chair, which reminds one of the chairs in which people were locked, with long spikes on every side — only the dentist ' s chair is a deceit; it looks so nice and inviting, but then the torment comes after. I would have been a fit subject for the asylum in a few moments had not a pleasant diver- sion presented itself For the door of the office opened and in walked the business manager of the Virginian, closely followed by the editor-in-chief as a reserve force. From the determined way in which the business manager opened the door and came into the I ' oom it plainly showed that she was bent on business ; as for her chief, one cannot answer for her, for, as soon as she came into the room she started the ball rolling with the following : Oh, doctor, what a lovely flower ; where did you get it? I wish I had one. The doctor, who had evidently heard something similar to that before, kept steadily at work, utterly oblivious to all remarks, and the editor-in-chief proceeded to sit down, but was called to attention by a frown from the business manager. Thus they awaited the doctor, seeming to view him as a monster who must be conquered, and I shall try to tell how they conquered him. Presently the doctor came over to them and inquired in a quiet tone, What can I do for you? in a manner which would lead one to believe that he knew exactly what was to come. After reassuring glances from one to the other, the business manager began : We came to see you about our Annual. Want me to buy one? said tJic doctoi-. 50 Yes — no, that wasn ' t it ; wo want you to advertise in it. How much do you want me to take? Two pages, was the quiek reply; you ouglit to; please do, doctor. What would I do with all that . ' I only want my name put in, answered the doctor. The editor-in-chief, who had merely been looking on approvingly at the bold sallies of the business manager, here came to the rescue. Doctor, you ought to ; you make enough money out of the girls. How the doctor could withstand the smiles and entreaties I cannot tell, but he did ; he must have been accustomed to it. But I only want to put my name in, persisted the doctor. Well, we can give you a page in the front, and you could write your name in the middle of it; it would be a big ad., said the business manager. Mho evi- dently was out for bear. However, the doctor seemed inclined to think that this big ad. was too big, so he asked : How much is a quarter of a page ? Three d ollars, said the business manager. Well, put me down for that. Doctor, you are perfectly lovely, though you might have taken two pages. The doctor merely smiled and said, Of course, you are going to give me a book ■? This was so unexpected an attack that they fled through the door without stopping to reply, and the doctor smiled again and went back to vork. I continued my meditations, but the gloom was dispersed, and I wished it had been longer — not the gloom, but the visit. A. S. Caldwell, Jr. THE MAGI ' S ROSE BUD, As I SAT one evening, almost liiddon in tlie white elouil tliat rose from my meersclianm, I fell asleep and dreamed a dream wiiieli I shall endeavor to relate in the following lines : I dreamed that I was surrounded by a realm of bliss, as I strolled along ' neath the leafy foliage of a boautiful fjrest. I could hear the sweet singing of the Baltimore Oriole, the mournful wail of the dove, as if grieving over the loss of a dejDarted friend ; the s TCet fragrance of the wild flowers thrilled me witii a new sense of happiness ; the rustle of the leaves kept time witii the rippling music of the tiny brook, as it tridded down over its mossy bed ; in fine, all nature seemed sublime. It was while in this enraptured state of mind that I stooped and plucked a dainty rose-bud, beckoning me in the most graceful manner, as if to say, I have wonders to relate. Such indeed vas the case, for as I removed, one b} ' one, the petals from this little gem, the most wonderful secrets were revealed to me. First, I found myself standing once more before those A alls of science of the old Normal School, greatly astonished at the wonderful changes which time had wrought in this classic spot. While tiius engaged my attention was attracted by the heart-rending scene of a middle-aged man reclining against tlie half-decayed old fence, and apparently in the last stages of despondency. Being of a philanthropic turn of mind, I accosted this forlorn-looking creature in the hope of cheering his drooping spirits. Upon drawing near him I heard him faintly muttering these words : My once fond hope has vanished. Maud had forsaken him and clung to another, merely for the sake of pecuniary gain. In my next presentation I was glancing over the leading newspaper of the day, and at the iiead of the advertising column, in letters which could not be overlooked, were read these words : WANTED. — A Man with money galore, and acquainted witli subordination. [Signed], A. B. H. This, I must confess, somewhat astonished me, and put an end to my investigation. Soon after vards I encountered a maiden lady, who, as is usual in such cases, began to recount the don of her young days ; how she had, b} ' her charming manners and graceful elegance, won the sincerest admiration of many a poor man, only to send him away broken hearted, not fearing that another and better oppor- tunity would not be presented ; but alas, she had taken one step too far. Grace had ceased to be a fortune, age had become master, and she was left to live out the result. However, she still possessed one grace, of which not even age could deprive her, and that was the name. Late one afternoon I was strolling along a walk beloved of yore, and was startled by the sight of a woman wjio lay prostrate on the ground. Immediately I ran to her assistance, but she refused my aid, crying out in Archimedean tones, Noli turbare meos circulos. Her name, I afterwards learned, was Whealton — somewhat notorious for her mathematical achievements. On my return might be seen a great assemblage of middle-aged women streaming out of an edifice whose dome seemed to pierce the celestial sphere. When I inquired the meaning of this I was told that these were members of the RoyaU society. No one seemed to know the object of this society ; the origin of the name was known, and also at its meetings were discussed topics varying in gravity from the anecdotes of IMother Goose to the great First Cause. The next day I was handed a pamphlet containing a full account of the proceedings of this body. The first article which arrested my attention was a review of Carhart ' s University Physics. I only remember the satirical comment on the author ' s inability to define electricity, and the striking analogy drawn between Galileo ' s inclined plane and the fate of Jack and Jill in Mother Goose. Margaret Hale had made her debut as a critic. The next paper, which I read with some interest, was entitled, The Right of Intermarriage Among Cousins. Lizzie Pierce brought forward a striking and impressive argument denying this right, but I was told that she had not always been of this opinion. J. S. KUYKEXDALL. [Note by Editok. — The wi ' iter was not able to complete his article, being called home, at this point, by serious illness in his family.] PRIZE VERSES. According to the aunouncement made by the staff, a prize, in the shape of a copy of the Annual, has been awarded to Miss Nannie Hobson Eoyall, from Powhatan, for the best verses offered to the committee. For reasons that we shall not take space to give, no award has been made for a story, though we publish a number of sketches and storiettes which came to us by the ordinary channels, and which were not sent in to compete for the prize. REPEy T. The sliades of night were falling fa-st, As by the panes of painted glass A girl stood weeping, sad and soi ' e, For in her trembling hand she bore, Repeat. Her brow was sad ; her eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath. As, looking on the paper white. The one short word broke on her sight. Repeat. In other rooms the merry sound ■ ■ Of girls rejoicing did abound; The fire sparkled, the bright lights shone, But from her lips escaped a groan, ' ' Repeat. ' ' O! do not weep, her room-mate said, And let me rub your aching head. Our hearts to you are open wide; But low and faint the voice replied, ' ' Repeat. ' ' O! come, a fair friend said, and rest Thv weary head upon ray breast; The tears stood in the sad blue eyes. But still she answered with a sigh, Repeat. That night when all with sleep were bound, The halls rang with a frantic sound; It echoed down the winding stair. It reverberated through the air — Repeat. At dawn of day, on her snow-white bed. The maiden fair was lying dead; A laudanum bottle near her lay. And something ever seemed to say, Repeat. There, in the morning cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, she lay. Still grasping in her hand so fair With the frantic clutch of dire despair, ' ' Repeat. ' ' Nannie Hobson Royall. rHE TEST- PAPERS. How far from this heart are tlie scenes of the scliool-room, When accidentally they are presented to view! The benches, the blackboard, the ne ' er smiling teacher. And each hated spot that ray pupilship knew. The long, winding hall, and the class-room beside it; The desk, and the chair where our teacher sat down; And oh! what a sigh when we all did file by it, And saw the dread test-papers handed around — The hated test-papers, the dreaded test-papers, The heart-rending test-papers handed around. The hated test-papers — I dream of them sleeping. They are the first visions my waking thoughts know; They drive me distracted, they set me to weeping — When N. P. is on them, oh, how my tears flow! With eyes that are red and with heart in a flutter, I rush to my room and my grief try to hide, And dream of the ills that taunted me ever; Those hated test-papers — they ' re driving me wild. The tear-bringing papers, the hated test-papers. The dreaded test-papers — they ' re driving me wUd. Hebe G. Kandolph. Mr RIVAL. Oh, thecliange that has come over Jim! He is a sub on the Varsity team; He writes of a struggle dark and dim, But a victory now won supreme. I can ' t in the least understand his part, For I was once his all in all; But Vm not the idol of his heart, For he worships the god ' ' Foot-ball. ' ' Of his life was to be the star, vSo he said once; but now ' tis this: In the game of the year he ' ll be the star. And the last will be the greater bliss. He writes me no longer of his love; He sends me accounts of the score, On the headings of the paper above. The trash of which I ' ll read no more. When he comes his face is black and blue. And I weep, for I tremble for his life; Then he tells me the glorious feats he ' ll do — Of touch-downs and other terms of strife. Then away he goes without good-bye, Though he knows my eyes with tears are blind. To get killed on the tield he seems to trv, With not one thought for the girl left behind. Margaret Watkins Goode. AMONG THE GRADUATES, JUST why school days are so often the happiest has never been fully told. But the heart turns to the academic halls where echo evermore to us the footsteps of those M ' ho led us in the path of knowledge. Frequently, however, old students make no sign of their love for a school. The cares of this world, and perhaps — who knows ? — the love of riches, prevent them from taking time to send a word to the old Alma Mater. Some do write, however, and a few come again to the old place. Here and there, too, we pick up a bit of news about others. To go back to the class of ' 86, Miss Parrish, as every one knows, is Professor of Mathematics at the R.-M. W. C. at Lynchburg. She delivered the address to the Alumnaj here last Jane. She has recently published in the ReUgious Herald a series of articles on The Educa- tion of Girls, which have attracted a great deal of attention. Lula McKinney, of the Agnes Scott Institute, expects to study at the North next year. Madeline Mapp is visiting in New York City. Carrie Brightwell (Mrs. Hopkins) lives at Bedford City. Julia Johnson, ' 87 (Mrs. Eggleston), is the wife of Superintendent of Schools of Asheville, N. C. She is in Farmville at the present writing with the loveliest baby in the world, Elizabeth Carrington Eggleston. Fanny Berkeley, ' 88, teaches at Salem, and, they say, grows better and better every year, which is incredible. Josie Winston (Mrs. Woodson) is frequently at her father ' s home in Farmville. Half the class of Febrnars , ' 89, are married. Lucy BoswcU, as liandsome as ever, is resting this year, or, rather, is teaching a few ciiildren at the Maple Sliade Inn, Pulaski. Fanny Littleton, of the June class, will take the B. S. degree at Cornell this year. She is a Science teacher at the S. F. N. S. Mrs. Hardy, ' 91, is now Mrs. Claiborne. Mary Womack teaches in Adelphi College, Brooklyn. Louise Twelvetrees, ' 92, was in Europe last year, but is now at her home near Farmville. Mary Patience Blackmore is the same fine Mary, so folks say, and makes her influence felt in the High Sciiool at Hampton. Lelia Jeffer- son Harvie teaches Mathematics at the Normal, and has the classes iu Physics during Miss Littleton ' s absence. Elva Thomson (Mrs. Walker) lives at West Point, Va., and is as happy as the days are long. Sally Pritchett is a member of tlie Normal Faculty, and is said to be the best tennis-player here. Ella Trent (Mrs. Pendleton Taliaferro) lives in Brooklyn. Of the class of ' 93, Mary H. Boyd (Mrs. Cabell Flournoy) frequently visits Farmville. Her son, Patrick Fitzgerald, is a beautiful child. Nettie Morton has a few private pupils at her home. Jane Tabb lives at Hampden-Sidney. Rosalie Morton, whom to know was to love, died several summers ago. Pearl Cunning- ham, ' 94 (Mrs. Boyle), presides over some department of a large school at Rocky Mount, N. C. Virginia Greever is a full-fledged society girl, yet without the lack of earnest purpose which is sometimes attributed to that type of womanhood. She 63 has kopt in close toncli with the Schonlj and comes to Farniville once or twice every year. Another ' S)4 gii-1 who does not forget us is Mand I ' oUard. Last year she spent several weeks in Farniville, and Mdiile here read and recited for us a number of times in her own natural, inimitable wa}-. IMattie Buchanan is teach- ing at Judge Watkins ' s, near Farniville. Appearances indicate that she is enjoy- ing the world and its passing show. There are twenty-five girls who were graduates in Jnne, ' 95, and Sue Raney is the only one of these wlio is married. Nelly Wicher is a trained nurse in Philadelphia. Kate Stone has given up her position and is enjoying home life in Roanoke. It is said that her favorite i ursuit now is golf. It was rumored last year that she and Lucy Bosw ' ell were about to publish a book for teachers, a Manual of Opening Exercises, but we have heard nothing of it lately. Robbie Berkeley, ' 96, has music pupils at her home here, and takes German at the School. Margaret McCabe is on the staff of a magazine in AVashington. The artist of the class, Loulie Morton, is studying in New York at the Art League. Martha Kennerly, ' 97, is at Adelphi College, Brooklyn. ]Mattie AVainwright is now Mrs. AVhitehead, and lives at Farniville. She is one of the good girls who came back. It is hard to imagine airy fairy Polly in charge of a school of her own, yet Mary AVhiting Chisman, ' 98, has a prosperous class in a Hampton school. Louise Otley is now Mrs. Koiuer, and lives in Augusta county. Charlotte McKinney and Maiy Jackson are at home this year. Nelly Preston, ' 99, is visiting in South Carolina. Chatham has claimed the services of Brownie Taliaferro, and she has made a fine record there, as every one knew she would. Lucy Thornton, too, is succeeding in Southwest Virginia. There are now ten or more Normal girls in the Roanoke schools, Julia Vaughan, ' 99, among them. Ellen Armstrong is studying at AVard Seminary. Madge Goode and Bruce Houston, ' 00, are doing some light post-graduate work here and making themselves generally indis- pensable. Bruce Houston is editor-in-chief of the Annual. AVe have every reason to believe that the girls who have gone out from here with a diploma are doing good work for the Commonwealth, and we are only sorry that we have not recent news from more of them. AVherever they may be, we give them greeting and an invitation to come back to the old School. As a friend of ours would say, their names and personality are still remembered here. The death-roll since the ojjening of the School in ' 85 is not long, but on it are names that once stood for high hopes and great promise. Lovely Mary Agnew, ' 88 ; Mamie Meredith, ' 90 ; Rosalie Morton, ' 9? ; Elvira Kean, ' 95, with whose bright ways and joyous motions one could not connect a thouglit of anything but life and freedom. Alas ! mas S - A SCENE IN THE BLACK BELT. It was exceedingly liot. All day we had wandered iVoiu nioin to room in a vain search for a breath of fresh air. At last, when the sun had slipped from the coppery heavens, leaving everywhere wilted flowers and drooping leaves as signs of his power, we crept from behind our tightly closed blinds, and were once more beginning to breathe, when some one broke the delicious quiet by proposing that we should go to church. I confess that to me the idea was very unweleonie, and I even meditated opposition, but, being very comfortable, I decided to let some one else do the opposing. Having come to this momentous decision, I soon lost track of the convei ' sation, and when I next heard, the plan had been adopted. Such being the case, I surrendered myself to fate, and so it came to pass that on a certain night in August I found myself seated, with five others, in a cart half full of straw and on my way to church. It had grown slightly cooler, and before we reached our destination I found myself actually enjoying the novel experience. The church proved to be an ordinary whitewashed structure, such as is usually found in a country place. The sermon, too, partook largely of the commonplace, and, upon the whole, I was glad to get out and be on my way home. As we were seating ourselves, however, one of the boys made a suggestion which met with instant approval. The horse was once more turned from the direction of home, and, leaving the main road, we contmued our way by means of a narrow track which skirted thick pine woods. The stars wei ' e shining brilliantly. Presently the cresent moon appeared above the woods, sprinkling with silver the plumed tops of the pines and rendering all things ghostly. The air was pulsing with the hum of millions of insects, and at intervals the frogs awoke the echoes. At the end of half an hour the cart turned into a rough clearing, dotted over with strange shapes of roots and stumps. Here and there a giant pine lifted its head above the common 65 herd and stood outlined against the sky. In the center of the clearing was a long, low building, in outward appearance resembling a barn, except that it was supplied with innumerable windows, out of which streamed a flickering reddish light. Surrounding the house, and seemingly suspended in air, we could see the forms of men and womcD, the white dresses of the latter appearing strange and weird in the dim light. As we drew nearer we found that they were standing in carts and wagons, and apparently much interested in what -was going on in the house, from which now came a low, moaning sound, like the sighing of the wind in a forest. At times it rose to a shriek, and then died away in sobbing. By this time we had come very near. The cart was driven up to one of the windows, just beyond the light, so that a good view could be obtained of the interior, and we, too, looked in on the strange scene. My first impression was that of row upon row of black shining faces. They occupied every available sj ace, and the perspiration flowed from them or stood in drops. Every face was turned toward the upper part of the room, where, on a raised platform, stood a tall and doubtless once powerful negro. He could not have been less than seventy years old. His head was as white as his own cotton patch, and as he stood with the torchlight flickering and dancing over his shrunken figure and withered face he was au object to excite the attention of the most casual observer. As my eyes rested upon him he moved to the front of the platform and began speaking to the people. At first his voice was low, but it gradually rose higher and higher, until the building rang with it, and he could have been heard half a mile away. Soon his effect on the negroes began to show itself. From a tense, almost strained, stillness, they began to rock. Backward and forward they moved their bodies, swaying and writhing. A groan was heard, then another and another. Now a low moaning was felt rather than heard. It grew louder and louder, now rising to a high, wild, minor plaint, now sinking in dull despair. Still the preaching continued. The torchlight flickered and flared; the smoke ascended in wreaths. The men and women swayed and writhed and moaned, lifting their haggard, streaming faces in the stifling air. Suddenly a woman shrieked aloud, and, throwing her arms over her head, fell forward over a bench. Instantly those nearest her lifted her upon her feet, when she tore herself loose, throwing herself about so wildly that two of the men had to come and hold licr. This seemed to be a signal for a general movement. Here and there throughout the house men and women sprang to their feet. With folded arms they would begin to shout, singing the while in a high, shrill voice. Gradually their movements would grow faster and faster, until breathless, with staring eyes, 06 reeling bodies and swaj-ing arms, they would sink upon tlic floor or throw them- selves violently across the benches. Tliis continued for iiours . The thing that surprised me most was that no one was hurt. They would tall over, under and on benches in every possible and impossible attitude, l)ut nothing suffered in the least except their clothes. In connection with these, several laughable things happened. I remember especiall} a woman who wore a tight green satin basque. After becoming exhausted with shouting, she threw herself backwards over a bench, and when they picked her up her waist M ' as split from top to bottom. This was soon mended, how ever, for the sisters who had her in charge went over all the church borrowing needles with which to pin her up. At twelve o ' clock we started for home, leaving the meeting in full swing. Aunt Susan ' s breakfast was not so good as usual the next morning, but we readily forgave her. iloLLiE Phillips. DAWN. Theough tlie gray mantle drawn o ' er all the earth A faint light gleams, which heralds the fair da} ' , And in the east the clouds which once were gray Blush crimson, as abashed. But now the dearth Of sound is broke, for overhead, in glee A thousand birds break forth in song, and then The sleeping flowers raise up their heads again To drink the clear, fresh air and brighter be. But now, the crimson in the clouds turns gold, The sun himself springs up and smiles on all; The mist from everj ' where away has rolled, And Nature, waking, heeds the morning ' s call; The breeze springs up and, whistling, sweeps away The night, and aids the coming of the day. Sallie Whillett Leache. HAWTHORNE ' S ENGLISH, I MAY seem somewhat audacious in attempting to criticise as fine a writer as Hawthorne, but our class has been so well trained and has so well digested Genung that not even its dullest member would hesitate to correct Shakespeare, the writer of all writers. After a thorough study of Genung, I could not help noticing that in the expression, pitiful a minority, Hawthorne wished to express the thought that the few at Blithedale with sucli noble motives deserved to be pitied by the vast ma- jority of the outside world, but instead of using the word ' ' pitiable he misused pitiful, which gives the sentence just the opposite meaning. Reading on further, I found healthy occupation, and I said, Healthy, healthy ; that is, healthy, whicli has health, and I at once began to picture a robust occupation, but, as I had never seen one, I found it much easier to sti ' ike out healthy and put health- ful in its place. But I cannot forgive him for saying domestic avocations, when speaking of the work done by the women at Blithedale. That was their business, and not a side occupation, and he should have recognized it as such by saying domestic vocations. And then he makes Mr. Coverdale say I will be painted in my shirtsleeves, when speaking of how their pictures would appear in the town hall of Blithedale years after they were dead. It was simply a prophecy, expressed only futurity, and, of course, should have been I shall be painted in my shirtsleeves. He also uses kind of a glance, and our class at once recognized that the a was superfluous. Occasionally he brings in a provincialism, such as riyht good fire; and then again he gets very poetical, and says me thought ; and he invariably applies the term yeoman to Silas Foster, wiien he was simply hired to manage the form, but owned not one foot of its snil. When I came across the expression, Can I speak with you? and To prevent me laughing at him, I was carried back to my old First A days, when I was told, over and over again, to say may, when asking permission ; also, The possessive case of the pronoun should precede a participle used as a noun, and, instead of saving To prevent me laughing at him, to say To prevent my laugh- ing at him. Perhaps in my criticism 1 liave l)een unjust to Mr. Hawthorne, for all this may have been good English in his time. If snch was the case, I humbly beg his pardon. Rebecca Jane Whealton. 68 IMITJriONS OF WELL KNOJFN AUTHORS. THE STONE AND THE STICK. I DEOPPED a stone from a window high ; It fell to earth — I knew not wliy; It fell very fast, but did I know Wliat liad caused it to fall just so? I tln-ew a stick into the air ; It fell to earth. Why? Did I care? The stone and the stick I knew did fall ; They fell quite fast, and that was all. Long, long afterwards, in a book I found what caused the course they took : The earth — our great big ball, j ' ou know- Had drawn them, and they fell just so. Cora Lee Cole. NOT AT ALL CONCEITED. School ended, I shall try My gain or loss thereby ; Take bad and good together, as ' t was fated ; And I shall weigh the same — Give school its praise or Ijlame. Young, these things lay in doubt; I ' ll know all, graduated. MOLLIE PniLLlP.S. LOT ' S WIFE. Let us now .start and go out of this city, Valking together. Leave we the Sodom doomed, j ' ou and my ilaughters : We ' ll cross the heather. To be ourselves made go from the destruction Which had consumed us here in its mad fury. Thus were our sins avenged and tlie law carried Bv the hard sentence thrown Heaven ' s jiigh jurv. MAI!(iAHET WaTKTN.S GoODE. WHAT WOULD IT BE ? The day was a snowy one. It had been snowing for two days without stop- ping, and for this reason I had not taken my usual walks. It was with a weary feeling that I came up to my room at recess to wait for dinner. After putting away my books, fixing my hair, and having gone several times to the window, I sat down with my book to read. Tiie story was uninteresting, so I closed it as the thoughts of dinner came to me. I wondered what we should have. A load of turkeys had gone by in the morning, so we would have turkey for one thing. Of course we would have tomatoes, beans and potatoes — we usually did. I wished the bell would ring, for I was getting impatient, as we all do when we get very hungry. I walked to the window again, but nothing was there, except snow, snow. Occasionally a day jDupil would come out on her way to dinner. At last tiie long-listened-for sound was heard, and I was among the first to get in the dining-room. There I found fresh linen ; it must be dessert day, and I had forgotten it. Now the question was, what would it be? Soon I saw some plates on the sideboard. It was something to be served on plates. It could not be ajjple pie — we had just had that on Saturday. Perhaps it was cake, -with sauce ; but, no, it could not be, for there were spoons on the table. What could be eaten from a plate and witii a spooa ? I was at a loss to know. Perhaps it was peaches and cake, and the servant would bring the saucers later. I thought of how much I would enjoy them, for it is one of my favorite desserts. When we had finished eating I held up my hand for the servant and told her she could take the plates. She said she would be back in a minute, and went to get something for another table. The next thing I heard was a tap of the bell, and I reluctantly left the dining-room. Blanche Vest Hill. THE NEW MINISTER, One winter evening about dusk, in a comfortable bed-i-oom of a country home, a girl might have been seen pacing the floor. Her father was an officer in the church near by, and, being a hospitable man, his liomc was always open to ministers. The former preaclier having resigned, a new one had been sent to that charge. The old gentleman liad written to him to invite iiim to his home on Saturday, and to go with them to churcli Sunday. As all who live in tiie eotuitry know, tlie coming of a new minister to a neighborhood is an event of no little importance, especially if he be young and unmarried. All ! that was tiie theme over which the young girl was racking her brain. No one could tell her anything about him, except that his name was Hamilton, which she thought sounded very pretty. I don ' t think he is married, she said to herself; if he were, father would have known it. Then she remem- bered that her father had received only a postal card, saying that Mr. Hamilton had been sent to that charge, and of course it was not probable that it would have been stated on a card, even if he were married. But, oh, joyful thought ! there was no parsonage on that charge, and a man with a family would hardly be sent to a church that had no parsonage. Then came the recollection that several )-ears before they had had a married minister, and that he had rented a house. So he may not be unmarried, after all, she thought. She grew tired of walking up and down the room, and, after casting a lingering glance down the road, she sat down by the fire and studied the flames, still puzzling her mind over the momentous question. She decided not to curl her hair or don her best suit until he arrived ; then, if he proved to be old or ugly, she would be saved the trouble. Listen ! The sound of wheels coming down the road made her start and rush to the window. Peering into the darkness, she could distinguish the form of a horse and buggy, but nothing more. From the sound of the horse ' s feet he must be driving rap- idly, she thought; therefore he must be a young man. Old men don ' t usually drive fast. Basing her hopes on this, she began to curl her hair. Her father went out to meet the stranger, and, with her face pressed close to the window, .she heard the minister ' s manly Good evening, in response to her father ' s greeting. She thought he must be young, because his voice was loud and strong. In her haste to be dressed she burned her hair until the whole room smelled of it. As the men walked up to the front door they passed the window of a lighted room and she caught a glimpse of the minister. He was tall and nice-looking, but she did not see his tiice. She heard nuich laughing and talkiug in the room below. 71 He must bo a good-iiatiircd man. No doubt lie would bo an agreeable addition to her circle of friends. And he would take her to church to-morrow, and all the girls would be jealous. Of course he -would stay at her home a great deal, and she would have some one to play tenuis with. Just then she heard footsteps on the stairs, and found that her father was showing the guest to his room, which was next to hers. After her father had gone down she heard the minister humming an old tunc. Very likely he was fond of music, and they would spend some pleasant evenings together, playing and singing. Her little sister came into the room and she seized the opportunity to ply her with numberless questions concern- ing the minister, but gained little information, except that he was jileasant to children. , Presently the suppor-l)oU rang, and down she went to meet her fate. As she went in she put on a captivating smile, which, with her many curls, surely would charm any reasonable man. The first view slie got of the poor, innocent minister showed her a middle-aged man with a hooked nose and a bald head, who greeted her thus : How are you, little girl? AVhy, you remind me very much of my little dausihtor, about vour age. JosiE Elice Luck. . ?A MY FRIEND ' S FRIEND ' S STORY. AFEIEND of a friend of mine gave it to my friend, and, being a friend of mine, my friend gave it to me. I give it to you as it was handed to me. You can take it for what it is worth. The written stateraant of my friend ' s friend said : On the second night of February — and it was a bitterly cold night — I was on the Xorfolk and Western train headed west. At midniglit we passed a small town called Farnivillc. I had heard tiiat there was a State institution for young women in this place. As the train slowed up, I looked out of the car window and observed a tall man with a girl. He put her on the train in the seat in front of me, wished her success in her new field, and went out. But not before 1 had noticed that he was nice looking, and his hair was dark, with a few gray hairs in it. The girl settled herself for a nap, and I did the same. Everyone else on the car was already asleep. I dozed for a time. I suppose an hour had passed when I awoke to find some one talking in a slow, monotonous tone. It was the girl in front of me. She had turned in her seat, so that she looked at me. AVhen I first heard her, she Avas saying : ' Yes, I went there ; as I told you before, it was hard to leave home. I did it ; yes, I did. ' I wondered what had happened to her and where she had been. Then I remembered ; she had gotten on at Farmville, it ■was the second of February, the dark-haired man had Avished her success in her new field. She was 73 a graduate from the ' School in Farniville. ' She was telling me she had been there, talking in her sleep. Here her voice broke in on my thoughts. ' Yes, I went there ; yes, I did. I got there, you know, and I was home- sick ; yes, I was homesick, and I cried all night. I cried ; I really did cry. In the morning a bell rang before it was light, and my room-mate came over and shook me and said I must get up. I got up ; yes, I did. After a time another bell rang, and later on another. The last one was the breakfast bell, and my room-mate led the way to the dining-room. It was large, and full of girls, and the} ' all looked at me. I heard some one say, ' That new girl is right nice-looking. ' She really said so. A girl on mj ' left said, ' The new girl is nice-looking. I reckon the K. D. ' s or the Zeta Tan ' s will get her. ' I wondered who the ' Zeta Tau ' s ' and ' K. D. ' s ' might be. Then a lady came in and went to a bell — no, a table, and tapped a bell, asked the blessing of God, tapped a bell, and sat down. I did likewise ; I really did. ' ' After breakftist the girls all rushed headlong into a large room called the ' Assembly Hall. ' There a white-haired lady came in and ' called the mail, ' tap- ping a bell whenever anyone spoke. I didn ' t get a letter, and cried. A girl came up, spoke to me, and was so kind that I began to like her. Another one came up, and was introduced. ' The K. D. ' s and Zeta Tau ' s are rushing her, ' I heard some one say. So, were these ' K. D. ' s ' and ' Zeta Tau ' s ? ' I liked them. ' ' See here, ' and she pointed to her coat lapel. On it was a pin with ' Z. T. A. ' on it in Greek letters. I am a ' Zeta Tan ' no v. Well, that day I showed m} certificates, matriculated and was duly installed in the dormitor3 The next day I went to class, was charged with books, told to be prepared on to-morrow ' s lessons, and was excused. I was coniident and composed. I worked on ray les- sons during study hours, and went to bed when the bell rang — the whole school seemed to be run by bells. ' ' When I went to class in the morning, the Math, teacher was kind. I got on all right in the English class, the main reason being that I was not called on to answer any questions. Then, too , I had my introduction to Chemistry. I thought I would like it. I hadn ' t smelled H, S then. Did you ever smell Hj S? I have. I hadn ' t had H, O explode then, either. Did you ever see H, O explode ? I did. ' That week I got along very Avell. The next INIonday morning I went down to class feeling as conceited as, — well, I hardly know what to say. To me it was a day of many trials. Yes, it was. The teacher of Math, as good as told me I had no sense. We had had a letter to Avrite for the English teacher. I signed mine ' Lizzie. ' She told me that ' Lizzie ' was not my name. I am called ' Elizabeth ' now. So, through the whole month everything went wrong. At the 74 end of the montli 1 got ' X. P. ' on latli., Entilisli, ami Ciicniistiy. Music and Drawing did not count for mucli, so I got ' P. ' on them. At the end of the term, on ' Pitching Day, ' my ticket had on it : ' Bradford, Elizabelli. Promoted. ' I sent it liome ; I really did. ' The next terms tlie work was harder, but T managed to get through, though Physics nearly kept me back. When I got to the Junior B ckiss, I found a new one awaiting me, the Junior A. The English was enjoyable, but I had forgotten what a paragraph was, and accordingly felt badly about the criticism on my long paper. The Math, was hard ; I failed on my examination at the end of the term. I got through ; yes, I did. I was surprised ; I really was. ' I was a Junior P after being a Junior A. The class officers were elected. I was not one of them. One member of the class was mad. I was not that member; I really was not. 1 delved in Trig, in the Junior B. Light and Elec- tricity hurt my feelings. They refused to be understood. In June I got through by the skin of my teeth. Have your teeth skin on them ? line have. It has grown back since that June. ' September followed the holiday months, as it always has done and always will do. I was a Junior and studied methods. AVhen the examinations came, I knew no methods. I had known all these once ; I I ' eally liad. I took the Junior Class over again, so as to be quite thorough, you know. When June came, I got through. I was through ; I really was. I don ' t say I know methods, no, I don ' t. ' September again followed the holidays. I told you it always did. I can draw a conclusion from two instances; yes, I can. The Senior Class followed the Junior, as it always has done and always, most probably, will. I taught the Practice School children. They were bad ; they really were. They had not one redeem- ing quality ; no, they didn ' t. To one grade I tried to present the word ' you. ' I wrote it on the board and tried ever} ' way I knew to make them say it. Finally, I gently tapped mj- chest and said, ' What ' s this ? ' ' Stomach ! ' shouted one. That was the last class. I have my diploma in my trunk. It ' s all over; yes, it ' s all over. ' She turned around and settled down in her seat again. Judge. A SENIOR ' S REFLECTIONS. Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight. Make me a Normalite, just for to-night; Let me go bade to tlie old school hall. Let me again respond to each call. Whether to class-i-oom, to chapel, to dine — Let the old life again be mine. Backward, turn backward, O Time, in j ' our flight, Make me a Normalite, just for to-night, O just for to-night, ' tis all I ask. Give me again my old school task, Joy and sorrow — cloud, sunshine — Let the old life again be mine. Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your fiiglit, Make me a Normalite, just for to-night. Fain would I wander o ' er campus green. Fain would I live o ' er many a scene; In morning hour or day ' s decline — IjCt tlie old life again be mine. A DOUBTFUL MAXIM, LiSBETH, for tlie sake of common sense, close that window, oi you know I will surely take cold. Here it is January, and you don ' t know how silly it looks to see you leaning out of the window. With the train going at this rate tlie wind is simply fearful. Dear me ! Will you never stop such absurdities? Almost any traveler dozing over liis magazine would probably have found close observation of two girls near the middle of the car amusing, to say the least, if not highly interesting. Thus it was at first with aimless curiosity that my gaze wandered in tlie direction of their seat. A first glance left on my mind the impression that a difference of at least six or seven years existed in their ages ; a more apt student of human nature, however, would readily have evolved the truth of the matter, viz., that the troubled look on the face of the one was not the consequence of years, but of a peculiar temperament, resulting, no doubt, from t he surroundings in which Fate had seen fit to place her. The nervous movement of her thin hand told its own tale, and the intermittent gleam of an almost black eye betrayed the underlying spirit. A feeling of restfulness infused my soul when, after a fixed gaze at this woman, I naturally turned to her younger sister (as I then supposed, and afterwards found to be true). The most striking thing in the face of the girl who had received the reprimand concerning her senselessness so calmly was a look of intense sympathy. But methought it was not this that compelled my gaze. I looked again. Yes, there it was, as I had suspected — humor ; or, to use a more applicable term, fun, beaming in every line of her countenance, peeping from between eveiy eyelash — even contriving to make this one of the most rarely attractive faces I had ever seen. Instantly my imagination set to work its utmost faculties, and, believe me, in less than a quarter of an hour I had clearly mapped out in mj ' mind a partial biography of my little maiden. A certain independent, self-possessed manner of hers struck me forcibly, and a blue and white battle-axe pin on the sleeve of her coat verified my suspicion that she was a Normal girl. Her austere sister, no doubt having been in delicate health since childhood, had relapsed into a chronic state of be-careful-when-I ' m-around, and now, as it were, soured against tlie world at large, it was perfectly natural for licr to remon- strate at the slightest thing which, though affording others a bit of pleasure, did not exactly fit her standard of pi ' opriety. Now my mind strove to connect the links forged by the powers of imagina- tion with those presented as facts. The first scene reproduced by this series of retrograde wanderings was the one enacted at Lynchburg, then about fifty miles back up the road. It all came back forcibly. As the conductor automatically yelled All aboard, these two girls had stepped on the train there, the younger taking the seat next the window. With gathered speed the train was dashing- ahead, when I, absently gazing at the proud peaks of old Virginia, noticed, a few seats ahead of me, a pair of glistening eyes peering intently out of the window in the direction of the town we had just left. I, too, reverted my gaze that vay, but could only distinguish at the station a knot of people, one rather apart from the others waving vigorously. ' Now I had it all straight. Lisbeth, as I had heard her called, having spent her X mas holidays at home, was returning to resume the tasks of school life. The elder girl was clearlj- acting as chaperon. The windo v was lowered and peace reigned in the seat occupied by the two sisters. Excluding outside noises, the car was quiet, and, save the occasional advent of the newsboy, nothing happened to interrupt the even tenor of one ' s thoughts. As if struck simultaneously with a desire for ciiange of position, if nothing more, a well dressed lad in the front of the car turns to review the rows of faces behind him just as a girl three seats to the rear on the opposite side raises her head from a paper and gives a modest laugh. Their eyes meet, and the look of pleasure in his is encouraged by her lingering smile, for what harm could possibly come of an innocent flirtation when one ' s chaperon is asleep ? Sudden voluntary contractions of the stranger ' s ocular muscles convinced me that the stimulus of encouragement had not been cast aside. Conceiving the pos- sibility of having to make room for some fellow-traveller at the next station (?), and at the same time i-ealizing the importance of quick action, he adroitly places on the arm of the seat his small telescope, from the handle of which dangles a card bearing the words : ' ' Leon Brandox, Universily of Virginia. A look somewhat akin to wonderment comes into the girl ' s face, and without hesitation the graceful little figure, having skilfully effected its escape from the seat, leaving her sister in a state of sonorous bliss, advances to the water-spigot. As the cup is lowered to its former position, an observer about two yards distant did not fail to notice a card daringly, but cunningly, slipped under it. He, need- less to say, was the next whose thirst became unendurable. Elizabeth Beandon, Va. Where, where had he heard the name? Hadn ' t his father often spoken of a brother in V irginia ? Undoubtedly, and it was partly for this reason he now guessed that, by much persuasion, he had been induced to take a college course in the mother State, thousands of miles from home. Yes, and he remembered, too, Avith what special pleasure the name of a certain little first cousin whom he had long wanted to see ( ' Lisbeth, he thought she was called,) was always mentioned. Farmville ! reverberated through the car, and as the familiar towers and steeples of that interesting and well-known town came into view, Miss Brandon, the elder (to her ntter disgust, be it said,) was roused by a sudden little shake inflicted by her sympathetic, yet thoughtless, sister, and, in the midst of complaints of the nervous shock she had sustained, was forced into an introduction to her Florida relative. She never knew how it happened, but I ' m sure, from what I saw of the la dy, that when the mystery is disclosed she will not agree with her sister in thinking all ' s well that ends well. M. K. E. ' 4AA i c a = o ■3 i o g o C3 1 t - 3 T _g c ■ -c s _ ;. M 1 bo _o O 60 3 S ■fcb Z. a ■-a c 1 .? 2 ■| _2 o 1 - ! H H M H h H ■ t: n J2 O 60 qJ a c ' H s -g 5 s a x Vi H rt « Q -2 W r S w ( r H E :f, PERIODICALS FOUND IN OUR iM i READING-ROOM. I  DAILIES. I The Xm-folk Lamlmark. The Literary Digest. Public Opinion. Nature. The Outlook. The New WEEKLIES. The Path-finder. The Nation. The Christian Observer. The Youth ' s Companion. I ' jigland Journal of Education. Our Times SEMI-MONTHLIES. The Louisville Courier-.Journal. MONTHLIES. Tbe Forum. Scribner ' s Magazine. Harper ' s Magazine. The Century Magazine. The Ladies ' Home Journal. Woman ' s Home Companion. The Popular Science Monthly. The Perry Magazine. The Contemporary Eeview. The Primary School. The Journal of School Physiology. School and Home Education. The Educational Review. Tile Teachers ' Review. The .Journal of School Geography. The Review of Reviews The Intercollegian. The Evangel. The Virginia School Journal. Current Events. Art Education. Educational Foundation. The Students ' Journal. The Atlantic Monthly. Germ an ia. La Francaise. QUARTERLIES. The American Historical Review. Current History. ■i o Hlpba Chapter of Sioma %io um Sioma jFraternit . Colors : Moss Green and Violet Purple. Motto : Pistos achri thanaton. Skull and cross bones, rah I rah I rah ! Sigma, Sigma, Sigma, ha I ha ! ha ! Death and destruction to things that are wrong : Strength and protection, we are the strong ! Skull and cross bones, rah ! rah ! rah ! Sigma, Sigma, Sigma, ha ! ha ! ha ! SORORES IN COLLEGIO. Sadie Browning Armstrong. LotTisE Davis. Lucy Dix Eglix. Harriet Parker Hankixs. Jexxie C. M. Jacksox. Natalie Laxcaster. Mamie Kichardsox. Rhea Clarke Scott. LrcY T. C. Stcbbs. Xaxxie H. Wright. SORORES EX COLLEGIO. Mary Laird Leasox. Ellen Thom Richardsox. Lelia Agxes Scott. Lucy Elizabeth Wright. Luc Y Daxiel Thorxtox. Sallie Jacksox Michie. Martha Trent Featherston. Margaret Lee Battex. IsABELLE Noyce Merrick. 83 ESTABLISHED 1898. Hlpba Chaptev of Zeta au Hlpba jFratevnit . Flower : White Violet. Colors : Turquoise Blue and Steel Gray. IN URBE. Nettie Duxxington Mortox. IN COLLEGIO. Helex May Crafford Jessie Evers Whitmore Mary Emma Magruder Mary Cajipbell Joxes Mary Power Farthixg Alice Maud Joxes JOSEPHIXE NaRCISSA GoODWIX Grace Estelle Elcax Anna Bruce Houston Frances Yaxcey Smith Mary Elizabeth Adajis Edith Merriweather Lawrence Hlpba Cbaptcr of Ikappa IDelta jFvatevnlt . Organized in the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va., October 15, 1896. Colors : Olive Green and Silver Gray. Flower : Maro-uerite Daisv. Zi])|)iia, lioomera, B( )(im-a-laelu zelta ! Zijipna hooniera, Alpha Ka]ipa Delta ! MEMBERS : Hallie Easley Owen Mary Virginia Hopkins Mary Booker Daniel Anna Trent Page Margaret Watkins Goode Lucile Virginia Kent Portia Lee Owen Mary Somerville Sparke Carrie Sturdivant Goode Geneyieve Bacon Venable, in urbe Delia Griffin Jones Charlotte McKinney, in urbe Mary Magill Gilkeson Mary Jackson, in urbe Alice Atkinson Absent wlien picture was taken. ®ut ffraterntt (3irl8. CAMMIE JONES MAUD JONES MADGE GOODE MARY DANIEL HALLIE OWEN PORTIA OWEN ANNA BRUCE HOUSTON NATALIE LANCASTER LUCY STUBBS EMMA MAGRDDER GRACE ELCAN NATALIE LANCASTER NANNIE WRIGHT RHEA SCOTT JULIA CHILTON LAURA CHILTON SUSIE SCOTT LOUISE DAVIS Organized in ISiKI. ( )Hiecrs elected every January. OBJECT : Tlie development of Cliristian eliaraeter in its members, and the prosecution of active Christian work, particularly among the young women of our institution. OFFICERS, 1900-1901 : FRANCES YANCEY SMITH. 1901, President. BESSIE ROSSER CARPER, 1901, Vice-President. .JOSEl ' IIINK El. let: U ' CK. I ' .inl, ■| ' iv;isiii-er. ELIZAIiKTlI (IKKTlMIiK I ' l I-IK !•:, I ' .KU, Recording Secretary. MEKCV . 1AR ;AHET CKI.M, I ' .inl, Convsiionding Secretary. STANDING COMMITTEES: Df.vott.ixai,— I.fLA ANDREWS, Cli.iirnian. I ' .ir.i.i: Sii i.Y— Miis. ] ' . L, MoHRISOX, Cliaimian. Mi--ioN — NAXXIE KOYAI.L, ChairiiKin. I ' i.NANcE— Josephine e. luck, ciiairman. IxTEKCOLLE(il. TF. RELATIONS — MEltCA ' CKI.M, Cliaimian. RoOJl AND Library— S.-iR.4H H(J(;(i, (_ liairiiian. Mu-sio— MAMIE GROSSCLOSE, Chairman. Me.mbership— LUCY ' STUBBS, Chairman. Social— Mrs. MORRISON, Chairman. A very prominent factor of our school life is the Young Woman ' s Christian Association. Statistics of the work would fail to give its remarkable growth. We now have enrolled one hundred and twenty-six members. The large majority of these are active members. The interest manifested this year has been far more general than ever before. Delegates to Conventions — Summer School, Asheville, N. C, 1. jSa Js - TENNIS CLUB. tennis dlub. SARAH E. PRITCHETT, President. MAUDE JONES, Vice-President. GRACE E. ELCAN, . . Secretary and Treasurer. MEMBERS : MATTIE ALEXANDER MARTIN LULA O. ANDREWS LELIA JEFFERSON HARVIE VIRGINIA REYNOLDS EDNA V. MOFFETT S. GAY PaTTESON SAKAH E. PRITCHETT MOLLIE PHILLIPS LUCY DANIEL MARY DANIEL MARTHA MILLER OTELIA HARVIE ROBERTA HUNT EMMA KING VIVIAN BINNS ELLEN PAINTER LOUISE DAVIS NATALIE LANCASTER LUCY STUBBS HARRIET HANKINS ALICE ATKINSON PORTIA OWEN ELLA BURGER LUCILE KENT SADIE ARMSTRONG GRACE ELCAN MAUD JONES REBECCA WALKER LAURA CHILTON LIZZIE PIERCE 95 (3ennan Club. OFFICERS : MARY M. GILKESON, President. LOUISE M. DAVIS, . . Secretary and Treasurer. MEMBERS : LUCIA SCOTT HARRIETTE COWLES GEORGIE GARROW LOUISE EMMONS LIZZIE BRYAN GRACE ELCAN HELEN CRAWFORD EMMA KING NELLIE MUNDAY NORVELL JONES CHLOE LACKEY JESSIE WHITMORE MAMIE EPPES GRACE CHRISTIAN LIfCY WOOD MAUD JONES MARGARET HALE M. CAMPBELL JONES LUCY STUBRS NANNIE WRIGHT ALICE ATKINSON LIZZIE BRUCE HOUSTON MARY ADAMS EDITH LAWRENCE LELIA JONES MARGARET GOODE HATTIE THOMPSON PORTIA OWEN JESSIE COX LOUISE HOGWOOD LAURA CHILTON LUCILE KENT MARY COLEMAN ELLEN PAINTER MAMIE GROSSCLOSE MAGGIE SIBLEY SALLY LEACIIE MARY DANIEL LIZZIE PINNER MOLLIE PHILLIPS NELLIE WALKER ANNA PAGE HALL Organized December, 1899. OFFICERS : A. BRUCE HOUSTON, President, Lexington, Va. JESSIE E. WHITMORE, Vice-President. DALIA LAM Secretary. NORVELL JONES, . . . Treasurer, Brownsburg, Va. MARY BUCHANAN, . Historian, Brownsburg, Va. MEMBERS : DALLA. L.A.M A. BRUCE HOUSTON NORVELL JONES JESSIE E. WHITMORE MAEY BUCHANAN y ' y Yj ' !i]h in Motto: Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-niorrow you finnk. Favorite Food : Corn bread and sweet potatoes. Song : O, dat watermelon ! Dat ' s de land de people tell on ! Favorite Vegetable : Beef. Favorite Beverage : A¥ater, of conrse. Favorite Amusement : Laying and lying. C01-1OR.S : Watermelon-pink and corn-yellow. OFFICERS : HALLIE (_) VEN, Cliief Cook and Bottle-Waslier. PORTIA (JVVEN, Grand Lord Higli Pie-Taster. MARY COLEMAN, Chief Cat-Catcher for the Hash Department. MEMBERS : HALLIE () Vi;X MARY COLEMAN PORTIA OWEX HONORARY MEMBER: Mrs. M(.)RRIS0N 100 OFFICERS : MERCY CRIM, . President. MABEL FURR, . Vice-President. MARY ADAMS, Secretary and Treasurer. Motto : Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Favorite Pa.stime : Looking for property somebody has borrowed. Require [ENts foe Admission : Must be from Loudoun county. Must have the intelligence (?) and ability to s])eak on all subjects. Song : How dear to our hearts are the scenes of old Loudoun, When often in fancy far northward we roam ; We see the loved hills, and, with hearts beating faster, We echo together, My own native home. MEMBERS : MARY ADA i iS MABEL FURR ELL.i HAUPT MERCY CRIM Miss HAYXES RUTH PRICE pulasl i Club. CofNTERSlfiN : Say, do vou think we will (jet to go? Colors : Old Gold and White. Oi ' ExiNG Ode : A Test To-day. Floaver : Goldenrod. Song: Take Me Home. OFFICERS : ELLEN GILMER PAINTER, President. MARGARET MOREHEAD, . Vice-President. SALLY WILLBTT LEACHE, Secretary. MEMBERS : Ordinary, E.xtraordinar_y and Honorary. ELLEX P. IN ' TER LIZZIE H.iLL SALLIE LEACIIE MARGARET MOREHEAD Ivor A ALLISOX LELIA CIIUMBLEY KV . HOWARD lli.V IloW.MH) MATTIE ALEXANDER M. 1!T1X Closing Ode : And the Lisfhts Went Ont. ' Seasibc Club. Unifoem : AMiite caps and blue robes. Song: Sailing, Sailing, Over the Boundless Main. ' JMoTT(.) : Learn the secret of tlie sea? Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery. WAVES : NORMA CLEMENTS, Largest Wave. LUCY STUBES, Prettiest Wave. ELIZABETH WATKIXS, Daintiest Wave. HARRIET HAN KIN ' S, Longest Wave. EVA HALL, Ydunuest Vave. (ip:()K(iIE (iAKKOW, Luidcst Wave. ELIZABETH (TLrEPEK, Cnl.lest Wave. LUCY STEl!LL (i, Bn)a.lest Wave. LIZZIE BRYAN, Smallest Wave. PEARL REAPER, Oddest Wave. GEORGIA .1AM KS, ( ' almrst Wave. MARY BrilCllKH, Sl„,rlr.l Wave. NANNIE WRIliHT, Karkcsl Wave. MOLLIE I ' lllLLH ' S, Dc. ' ihsI Wave. CIII.OE LACKEY, Wannest Wave. CATHARINE PARKER, Slowest Wave. SARAH HOGG and EMMA BARNES, Sister Waves. JULIA and LAIIRA CHILTON, Twin Waves. OTHER WAVES : ELIZABETH PIERCE JNIINTA WYNNE .1 ESS IE (DX SALLIE MORRISON ANNIE WHITEHEAD BEKTIE AMOKY VIVIAN BINNS MARTHA MARSH MAMIE RICHARDSON MAG(!IE SIBLEY MARY FARTHING LI DIE MILLER MARY SIIACKLEFORD ANGIE POWELL ELIZABETH PINNER HELEN CRAEEORD EDITH DIDLAKE HELOISE PERCIVAL Zhc Eat- ' Em lIlp8. CoLOES : Pickle Green and Ham Red. Hip, ri]), zip, zap ; We are the girls to eat ' em up. The lights are out on every hall, And all have answered Aunt Portia ' s call Of All in bed ? and by that you know That little lady has gone below. The rats have begun their cannonading, And over our heads are now parading. When, hush ! there ' s a whistle, a low, sweet call, And eight little figures are seen on the hall. With noiseless tread they all ascend To their leader ' s roona, in the eastern end. And what takes place — well, you shall know By the following words that are here below. They enter the little room, one after one ; Then, opening the bags, the fun is begun ; There are pickles and eggs and crackers galore, And the very best olives from some distant shore. The girls are seated merrily around m a ring, And for pickles and olives are not doing a tiling ; There is Grace, our dear leader, she sits on the rug For such as the bare floor she is aliove. 105 Whenever we wish it, our wee liands she fills, But she is always boring us with something about (i ills. Then all is going merrily when, up from the floor, There comes a small voice saying I want some more. That ' s Portia, I know — or rather, I guess — For she eats ravishingly since she went to H. S. You see, she was struck there b} ' Cupid ' s wild dart, But I think that, somehow, she still has a heart. ' Pliert ' is Alice, called Sin, who loves to pick bones. But I think it best suited to call her our Jones ; She sits by the door and a ready ear lends To hear if Mrs. Morrison the stairs should ascend. We bad almost forgotten — and we own it with shame — To mention Hallie, our barometer, who knows all aljout K; She reads all the almanacs, and, from diat I can gather. Had rather have rain than any other weather. If apples you say, there is only about two ; But what does that matter to us merry few ? For Liz. has a Gard(e)ner, whom she thinks is just dear. ' ' So, with him on the list, what need we fear. The pickles turned over, and oh, what a bub-lug ! You might know it was caused by Lucile, our kissing-bug. Then there is Carrie and Jennie, who are jumping about. With ever a fear of being found out. They are quiet and good, and Mrs. Morrison adore ; I believe if .she ' d sit on them they ' d go through the floor ; Tliey eat and they jump, and before yon can say Scat my ! in a jitfy they have scampered away. These are the girls that have the fine sups. And are known over school as the gay Eat ' Em Ups, In numbers, as mentioned, there ' s onlj ' us eight. But I am sure you would tliink us all very sedate. We eat and we chatter till the first thing we know There is actually Aunt Portia opening the door. For Alice, the Sin(ner), was just cramming cake, And a thought of Mrs. Morrison did not even take. With a bustle and hustle we hurry away. Thinking .sadly of the sitting-on we ' ll get the next day. But what do we care for these breaks in our sups, For we are still heroic and gay Eat ' Em Ups. g? t?5 '  ' «- I INIIATCHED millions cry for vengeance- Cry aloud, both day and night, Till the world is filled with weeping For the crime that might is right. You have slain them without caring — Murdered in your thoughtless way, E ' en before their life ' s beginning — Ere they ' d seen the light of day. Does your conscience never pain you ? Does your mind still rest in peace? Does your heart remain unsoftened? Will the horrors never cease? Go on with your cruel workings Till you ' ve tasted sorrow ' s dregs; Go on with your midnight revels — Still continue eating eggs ! E. L. J. M. ea Club. YELL; One a zip, two a zip, ippie, zippie, zee ; Eali, rah, zip ! Rah, rah, ree ! AA ' iiat ai-e we, what are we? eh•e the T, the T, the T. MEMBERS : NATALIE LANCASTER MARGAEET GOODE MARY ADAMS LOUISE DAVIS MARYGILKERSON EMMA MAGRUDER NANNIE WRIGHT 108 Ibu lev =Xovvne Club. COLOKS : I ' lirpk ' and Lavemlfr. YELL: H. L. C. ! H. L. C. ! Huyler ' s, Lowiiey ' s. Rah ! Eah ! Re ! Object OF Organization : Tliat members miiilit kiKiwcaeli otlier better (until . after Xmas, at any rate.) Pi ACB OF Meeting : In left-hand eorner room of Professional Hall. OFFICERS : VIVIAN BINNS, . . Chief of Commissary Department. LOUISE DAVIS, . . Box-opener. MARY GILKESON, Sampler. [Tliis is only permissible after a license fee of five dollars lias been paid.] MEMBERS : LUCYSTUBBS MAMIE KICHARDSON HAKRIET HANKINS LUCY EGLIN HONORARY : ELIZABETH WATKINS SAKAH SPENCER (Junior) Colors : Red and Blue. Motto : It ' s just between ourselves. Red and blue. Hobo! Who? We are the girls Of Me and U. MEMBERS : NATALIE LANCASTER, . R. P. A. P. MAKGARET GOODE, . . . A. C. S. SADIE ARMSTRONG, . . . M. R. B. CARRIE GOODE, . B. T. C. LUCY WOOD, . T. R. B. LUCIA SCOTT, . P. P. B. EMMA KING-, President. LUCY STUBBS, .... Vice-President. SADIE APv,MSTRONG, Treasurer. Colors ; Black and Blue. Motto : Together, we stand ; divided, we fall. Thiuiip, dump, Humpity, hood ; Now ' e are ready For Paulette ' s pond. MEMBERS : LUCY STUBBS MARGAKET GOODE SADIE ARMSTRONG EMMA KING HARRIET HANKINS LUCY EGLIN MARY ADAMS ALICE ATKINSON NORVEL JONES MARY DENNY MAMIE GROSSCLOSE BERTA HUNT THE fdllowing statistics were carefully com])ilod from the actual number of votes handed in, and therefore, if any girl thinks she has been unfairly treated in not being- recorded the handsomest or cleverest girl, she can only blame her friends for not being able to appreciate her : Elizabeth Watkins, by a large majority, was decided upon as the Pret- tiest Girl. Maey Shack lef( USD was thought by most of the girls to be the AVittiest Girl. Sallie Morris was honored by a large majority as the Best Dancer. Eor the Most Popular Girl, Grace Elcan received by far the greatest number of votes. Lizzie Cuepeper was almost unanimously chosen as the Cleverest Girl. From the scattering votes for the Biggest Flirt, one would think the Normal girls did nothing but flirt; however, Cammie Jones came out with a clear majority. Elizabeth Watkins comes in for another honor as the Faculty ' s Darling. Mary Daniel is considered by her friends to be the Handsomest Girl. Bruce Houston was conceded by popular sentiment to be our BestTalkei ' . Sarah Hogg was voted the Most Graceful Walker. Fannie Smith, by an almost unanimous vote, was chosen the Best Girl. As the Cutest Girl, Vivian Binns came out with flyiug colors. Margaret Hale heads the list, out of many candidates, as the Hardest Student. The honor of being the Most Learned Girl is divided between Janie Whealton and Mary Coleman. For the Most Dignified Girl, the vote for Isauelle Hutchinson was nearly unanimous. Lucia Scott and Alice Atkinson were found to be the Jolliest Girls. None could l)e more deserving than Chloe Lackey of the title of Most Sentimental. Maude Jones M ' as well chosen as the Girl We All Lo e. The average age of the Normal girl is eighteen years ; the average height, five feet four inches ; average weight, one hundred and nineteen pounds. Their dispositions range from vile to excellent. Eighty per cent, claim to dance; twenty per cent, are engaged; uiucty-fivc per cent, are in love ; only three per cent, fiirt (quite a model set), and ninety-nine and seven-eighths per cent, expect to get married. o i. ' ■«, t-8, C S ' u ' oL aaX a, yV.a.-l vi: -k cc-C ' XXju tvuZn hMZt Uvi v d. Aa 0-mJ A,X XaX •A i v i Ab,-(lT , IIG QUIPS AND CRANKS. Miss H. (wishing t(i sciid :i telegram): Now, Mr. Cox, please send this telegram right ott ' , as I want it to go by the twelve o ' elock train. Miss C. : Jnst look at those tnrkeys in that tree! I never knew before that turkeys roosted so high. Miss A. : Those are turkey-buzzards, my dear. Miss RfA ' NOLDS : Miss Tj., will yon jilease explain why the Arctie regions are called ' polar regions ' . ' ' Miss L. : Because so many ])olar liears li -e up there. Miss 1 ' . (looking up from her reading) : Please tell mc what an automo- bile is. Miss H. : A horseless carriage. Miss 1 : A horseless carriage ! Dear mc ! Does it have shafts ? Miss Y. (meeting a friend on the street) : Can you tell me where I can fin l a shoe-shop? I have been looking all over town for one. Miss H. : Across the street, there, next to Hunt ' s. Miss Y. : I am so glad I have found one. I went in that place next door, but there was a man being shaved in there ; so I guess it was a liarbcr-shop. Miss D. (in great excitement) : () Hattie, who is that note for ? Hattie (the maid) : For the Z. T. A. sowiety. Miss D. : Where does she i-oom ? I never heard of her. Miss Reynolds (in Hygiene class) : Miss P., will you bring nie the skele- ton from the next room ? Miss P. (after several minutes ' search) : Miss Reynolds, T don ' t see any- thing but a pile of bones. Miss R. (the Geography teacher) : Miss h., will you name the ehicf educa- tional institutions of Virginia ? Miss L. : The Normal School, Harvard University, and the Staunton Lunatic Asylum. 117 4 ih X ?}i d - «j 7] OlMd. School Sono. ffc= - ' - — i ■f— dV n — f— fr- .u-iUix =4= ' —f ZJL4 : r E up:=g t i=l School Soiuj. As a slndent body we ' re specially fine, Hurrah! Harroo ! Hurray! For our good home cooking we never pine, And we march thro ' tlie lialls in a verv straight line Ilnrrah ! Ilari-oo ! Ilurrav ! All our pennies we lioard from eve till morn, Hnrrali ! Ilarroo ! Ilnrray ! For candy and peannts we ' re very forlorn, But our room with pictures we leill. adorn, Ilni ' rah ! Harroo ! Hnrray ! We ' re sober, serious, studious girls ! Hurrah ! Harroo ! Hnrray ! Onr president says we ' re jewels, pearls, Orderly, neat, obedient girls, Ilnriah ! Han-oo ! Hnrj-ay ! Our studies are hard you ' ll not deny that, Hurrah ! Harroo ! Hurray ! They work off our flesh and don ' t make us fat, And oft recitations are decidedly flat, Hurrah ! Harroo ! Hurray ! The time is approaching when we ' ll have to leave. Hurrah ! Harroo ! Hurray ! But I ' m sure to the dear old Normal we ' ll cleave, And many a long-drawn sigh we ' ll lieave, Hurral i ! Harroo ! Huirav ! Horntal School Tune: Eli Yale. Tlie first year at the Normal Sclioot, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol, We feel nnicli like a bliiiiteil Innl, Fol (le rol de rol rol rol. Chorus : Normal, Normal, Normal School, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol ; Normal, Normal, Normal School, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. The second year we wiser grow, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol ; I think our teachers will say so, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. In .Jimior year we wonders see, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. For then we have Trigonometry, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. Cnor.us. In Senior year we lose onr heart, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. When asked our knowledge to impart, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. CnoRU.s. Bnt, then, when we as teachers pose, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol, We must look wise and not suppose, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. Chorus. And now, the saddest thing we know, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol, Is from the Normal we must go, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. Chorus. And in the world as teachers fried, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. We feel we are Virginia ' s pride, Fol de rol, de rol rol rol. Chorus. Kebecca Jane Whealtom. XTbe Blue anb Mbite. Students of the Normal School are we, And we are as good as good can be ; Never a rule by us is bi ' oken, Ne ' er a cross word by us is spoken. We eat beef, hash, molasses and beans, With the greatest relish and no bad scenes. CnoRUS. I.o, hurrah for the blue and white ! We sing with hearts both happy and light. W e ' ll remember by daj ' and night The Normal, the blue and the white. Lessons and tests we have galore, English, Physics and many more. The singing and drawing we do Is almost enough to frighten you. But still we ' ll always be true To the Normal, the white and tlie Iilue. Lucy Stubbs. f5cbool Sono. I am a little Normal light so gay, gay, gny, I love to come to school, but to only play, play, piny, I dearly love mj ' teachers kind, l ind, kind, kind, But when I do not know my lessons I get boliiml, liind, liind, liiiid. School, school, why 1 love to go, go, go, gn, And get on with the teachers, so, so, so. In Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I get late for class, class, cla (.)n Friday I try to redeem myself in order to pass, pass, pass. But next week in the same habits I grow, grow, grow, And onward through the term I go, go, go. I send my math, a flying, flying, flying, flying. And oflF I go a crying, crying, crying, crying jind then 1 get my Latin, tin, tin, tin, And read it oft ' as fast as the wind, :rin,i, viml. Lillian Aurelia Keister. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Miss G. A. Y. : — The best time to prepare for bed is after the lights are out, and after you ha ' e paid several visits. Come home when you hear Miss Sarah or Mrs. Morrison coming; then jump in bed with your shoes and clotiics on, or you can begin to say your prayers. Miss F. L. I. P. : — Never Ituy more than one article each time you go down town. By following tiiis rule you will always have a reason for asking to go down the street. Miss Green : — It is at all times extremely bad taste to ask to go down town if you can by any means slij) out of the back Vfay without being caught. Miss F. : — I should Ijy all means mail my letters at the postoffice if possible, even if the office is out of your way and you pass by a dozen letter-boxes on your way down. The reason for this is obvious : Mrs. Morrison does not allow the girls to go to the office. Miss B. : — Never use your own cnal as long as the girls on vuur hall liaveany ; it is so much easier to go all the way down the hall and borrow some than to use your own. Miss E. : — In the dining-room always laugh and talk as loudly as you can until Mrs. Morrison has knocked seven times ; then pinch your neighbor and sub- side into a giggle. Miss L. A. T. E. : — If you are out of your room studying when Mrs. Mor- rison comes around, never try to get back to your own room, for in so doing you ai ' e sure to be caught. It is safer to crawl under the bed, step behind the screen, or into the wardrobe. Miss G. A. D. : — I should not try to use more than ten reference books in the library at once, unless the whole class is referred to more. You can put five under your chair, sit on two, use one, and hold two in your lap. ' Cx Natalie Lan ' caster : Your face, my thane, is as a book AVliere men may read strange matters. ' Lucia Scott : And she would talked ! ' ' Lord, liow slie EuLA Howard : One vast substantial smile. Lelia Jones : Unthinking-, idle, wild and young. Margaret Hale : My life is one deni ' d horrid grind. Anna Page : Tetchy and wayward. NoRVELL Jones : A merrier I never spent an liour ' s talk withal. Eleanor Randolph : •r- _,- Pier mind doth contain infinite riches in a j ) little room. - Elizabeth Watkins : A perfect woman, nobly planned. MoLLiE Phillips : Faith, but thou hast some knowledge in thy head. Maude Jones : Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. Mamie Kiciiardson : Deep versed in books. Josephine Goodwin : See mortals born to sleep tlieir lives away. 126 Ijkuce Houston : Her facu ri lit woiulmiis fair did swm to be. Janik Wheai.ton : VVlieiice is tliy learning? Hasl tljy toil O ' er books consumed tiie luidniglit oil ' . ' Bessie Wells : ' ■ Metliouglit I heard a voice say, ' Slee[i no more. ' Helen Ckaffoud : Talkers are no good doers. Mary Coleman : In books a prodigal, tliey say — A living cyclopiedia. Meucy Crim : She ' d nndertake to prove by force Of argument a man ' s a lioi-se ; She ' d prove a buzzard is no fowl. And that a lord may be an owl. Portia Owen : Lively and aye amused, And with a spice of wit, too. Madue Goode : She was in logic a great critic ; Profounilly kill,,| in analytic ; SheciMiM .li iinuui h and divide A hair ' twixt suLiili and southwest side. Jennie Jack.son : Mixed rea.son w-ith pleasure, and wisdom with mirth. Nannie Wright : Her eyes ' dark charm ' t were vain to teU. Nannie Royall : And long as poetry shall charm mankind Thy Howing numbers will admirers tind. Emma Magruder : C ' on,staut you are. But yet a woman ; and, for secrecy, No lady closer. ' ' Alioe Atkinson : ' ' Who sees a soul in such a body set Might love the treasure for the cabinet. LuciLE Kent : Kissing maybe naughty, but ' t is nice. Isabelle Hutchinson : My life is one long pleasant thought. Norjia Clements : Thon art pale in mighty studies grown. Mary Buchanan : Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. Louise Davis : See higli-erected thoughts, , All seated in the heart of courtesy. Lucy Daniel : Eternal smiles her emptiness betray. Daisy Smith : Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. J- t s ■ I t i • e ' ' -- -«• - r x:i h . t?: ?:T ' ?? Hif !? t? ? t?: !: H t? t|? ' ? t?: t?? tf? ? : ' J: ;?: 54 ITable of Contents. % 4 4; 4:4 4; 44 4; 4 4: 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ' 4 ' 4- 4 PAGE Frontispiece — JNIaiii BiiiUling. Dedication 4 Greeting 5 Dr. Frazer (portrait) 6 Eecent Progress at the Normal 7 Calendar 8 Pi ' eface 9 Board of Editors 10, U Board of Trustees I ' i Tlie Faculty 13-15 Domestic Department ' . . 16, 17 The Alumnie Association IS Cunningham Memorial Scholarship 19 Classes : February, 1900 20-27 June, 1900 28-32 February, 1901 34, 35 June, 1901, and February, 1902 36, 37 June, 1902 38, 39 February, 1903 40, 41 June, 1903 42, 43 February, 1904 44-40 Practice School 47 Socially 48 Bachelors ' Reveries. Introduction 49 My First Call at The Normal 51-54 Ballade of a Normalite 55 An Incident ; 56, 57 Tlie Magi ' s Eose Bud 58, 59 Prize Verses : Repeat 60 The Test-Papers 61 My Rival 62 Among the Graduates 63, 64 Clippings from Class : A Scene in the Black Belt 65-67 Dawn 07 Hawthorne ' s English 68 Imitations of Well Known Authors . . 69 PAGE Wliat Would it Be? 70 The New Minister 71, 72 Literary : My Friend ' s Friend ' s Story 73-75 A Senior ' s Reflections 76 A Doulitful Maxim 77, 78 Poem 79 Periodicals Found in Our Reading Room. . . 80 Fraternities : Alpha Cliapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma 82, 83. Alpha Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha. . . 85-87 Alpha Chapter of Kappa Delta 88, 89 Our Fraternity Girls 90 Organizatioxs : Y. W. C. A 92 Clubs : Tennis Club 94, 95 German Club 96, 97 Glee Club 98 Rockbridge Club 99 Halifax Club 100 We Six 101 Pulaski Club 102 Seaside Club 103 The Sea-Nymphs 104 The Eat- ' Em-Ups 105, 106 Egg Club 107 Tea Club 108 Huyler-Lowney Club 109 Me and U Club 110 Skater ' s Club Ill Miscellaneous : Statistics 115 Mule 116 Quips and Cranks 117 Experiments 118 School Songs. 120-124 Answers to Correspondents 125 Grinds 126, 127 Advertisements — Suggestions. u sQsions c STATE FEMALE NORMAL SCHOOL, FARMVILLK, 2 s - VIRGINIA. -I ll- pOUNDED by the Legislature to educate teachers for the public schools. Free tuition provided by the State for two hundred young women. Scholarships apportioned among the counties and cities. Liberal courses in Language, Literature, History, Sciences and Art. Professional course for teachers. A Graded Practice School in which students receive a year ' s training before going out to teach. Next session begins September twentieth. Catalogue sent on application. W. C. 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