Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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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 .

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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.

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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.