Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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History of the Class of June, 1901. E all know the tcmltncv of frail human beings to exaggerate their own accom- phshments : but this class has resisted all temptations to boast, and e i-r thini; here recorded has the inestimable value of being strictly true. So, although our credulity may be taxed, please accept our statements, and make no investigations. Our history began on September 20, 1898, when many girls from all parts of ' ir- ginia entered the First B Class. Although homesick and dreading the toilsome stretch befrjre us, we undertook (pur tasks with a will. Each succeeding term our number grew smaller, until only seven of the original class remained, when, in the fall of nineteen hundred, we t(. ok up our onerous duties as Seniors. And much to our soiTow, when one of the seven, Lucy Stubbs, had to leave school on account of sickness, there remained only six to tell the tale of our early struggles. But many others, of whom we are justh pnmd, ha e joined us along the way until at present our class numbers twent -six. First, I will mention a few interesting facts about The Six. Before our sacred number decreased we were designated as the Seven Sages. I won ' t say who hon- ored us with that epithet; certainh- not we ourselves. Conceited.- Oh, no! we are not a bit conceited, but we do think there has never been a class quite as brilliant, as earnest, as industrious, or as good as ours. For instance, who cari explain the cause of a rainbow and actually measure the refraction and reflection of light in the rain drops like Emma Barnes.? After a few more experiments, she will probably mount the rays of light and land in Infinity. And who can pen poetry that will move the hearts of others as dois Louise Hog- wood. ' The parodies she has written on Longfellow ' s poems will outli e Homer ' s Iliatl. At least they would have done so, if the Professor of Literature had not torn them up accidentally (?) and consigned them to the waste basket. Louise also has the valuable attribute of always being aheati of time. She may be found standing outside the Church every Sunday morning, waiting for the sexton to open the door. We are sorr) ' this can not be said of each cjf us. Surely there never existed a more patriotic and musical being than our own dear Sarah Hogg. In the Training School, it is nothing unusual for her to spend the period singing The Star Spangled Banner, instead of teaching the fundamental rules of arithmetic. Bessie Palmer excels in gymnastics. Basket-ball, chest weights, clubs, rope climbing and even the ladder walls possess infinite charms for her. She also has the honor of being the baby of the class. Janie Whealton is our dignified and bebived President. She has ever been an 29