Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 178 of the 1903 volume:

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Portia £ee morrison zzs FOR€WORD N submitting the fourth volume of The Virginian to the critical e3 ' es of its readers, we would remind them that we do not offer it as a gem of literary worth — far from it. Our one aim has been to furnish you with a mirror which will, in some degree, reflect our school life; and if we have failed in this, we have failed in all. We are grateful to all who have helped us, but especially do we wish to thank President Jarman, IMiss Andrews and Mr. Cox, whose invaluable advice and assistance have proved an impetus to our work. The help given by Miss Coulling, Miss Morton, Miss Woodruff, Mrs. Morrison, Mr. Robeson and Dr. Sears, is very heartily appreciated. To the Kappa Delta Sorority, the Hampden-Sidney Gymnasium Team, and our Dramatic Club, we are due the expression of our deepest gratitude for the help they have given us financially. Editor. BOARD OF EDITORS FACULTY JOSEPH L. JARMAN, B. A., Prksident, Professor of C icniis rv. ELMER E. JONES, B. A., M. A., Psychulogv and Educalion, Director of Training School. OTIS B. SEARS, B, A., Ph. D., History and English. VIRGINLA REYNOLDS, Geography and Biology. S. GAY PATTESON, Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry. -AIINNIE Y. RICE, Latin. ESTELLE SMITHEY, Ficncli and German. LULIE G. WINSTON, Physics and Aritlimetic. LULA ( . ANDREWS, Sight Singing, Grammar and Rhetoric. .MARTHA W. COULLING, Drawing and Form. MARY ST. CLAIR WOODRUEE, B. L., Principal of Training School. LAURA K. HILLS, Director of Gymnasinm. NATALIE LANCASTER, Assistant in Mathematics. ANNIE L. KINZER, Assist ml in History and English. HELEN BLACKISTON, Assistant in Geography. .ii FACULTY Board of Trustees Hon. ROBERT TURNBULL, President Lawrenceville Hon. JOHN JACKSON, Vice-President Richmond Hon. J. W. SOUTHALL, Superintendent Public Instruction . . Richmond Rev. JAMES NELSON, D. D Richmond Hon. S. S WILKINS Bird ' s Nest J. S. WARE, Esq Berryville J. P. JEFERIES, Esq Warrenton Judge J. L. TREDWAY Chatham Judge J. M. CRUTE Farmville W. U. KENNON, Esq Sublett ' s Hon. B. B. BUCHANAN Marion Hon. C. HARDING WALKER Heathsville Professor GEORGE W. WALKER Blacksburg C. W. ROBINSON, Esq Newport News Judge A. D. WATKINS, Secretary and Treasurer Farmville «® «a «ffis «a «a « «sss s9 j  ss t ' J t ' ' % 17 THIS MEMORIAL PAGE IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF 5abe3 Xamar nbonroe Curt , H). 5)., %%, H)., Statesman, Diplomat, Edvcator, foi ' nder of the State Normal School, A Christian gentleman. Born June 5, 1825; died February, 1903. — ARELY do we find so many elements of greatness, and sut-h rare excellencies of y cliaracter in one person, as were found in Lr. Curry. For nearly sixty years his public career has been open to the gaze of critics, yet nothing is alleged against his beautiful, varied, and attractive life. It has its lessons which the young of both sexes would do well to heed. ' Til the call came to enter the higher life, his loved work and greatest pleasure was for the young. Towards youth he ever displayed a sympathy and helpful interest, found in few, particularly in the waning years of life. Truly a great man has fallen in our Southern land, and the section which he loved so well and defended with pen and eloquently word so ably! When hi3 labors liegan in educational lines, there were few if any organiz d school eyst ms in the Southern States, and no Normal school. Now there is no state without these and to his eloquence and laborious effort all concede that the credit is due. Dr. Curry was often heard to say that he sought no higher eulogy than to be called father of the State Normal School of Virginia. If others feel derply his loss, how profound is our grief that we shall see his bright and inspiring face no more! Dr. Curry ' s motto was: Education for all. As an author he made valuable contributions to our literature, especially from a constitutional standjioint, defending the South in the peculiar instii ution of slavery and in its right to secede. As a diplomat in the honorable and delicate position as Minister to Spain under Cleveland, he is said to have been entirely persona gratia with that government, and well approved of ours. Time and space would fail u-i to mention even the prominent part he took in Alabama Legislature wheji scarcely of age, of the estimate in which he was held as United States and Confederate Congressman, of his brilliant career as a soldier in two wars, and of his professor- ship and enduring work in Howard University and Richmond College. More than elsewhere does the present writer feel inadequate to the task of conveying to others the beautiful symmetry of character which made Dr. ' Curry loved when known. His exalted Christian life, which politics never tarnished, hi- warm, affection ite nature, his marked humility, and above all, his faith and confiding trust in the (iod and Father of us all, are remembered as a benediction and an inspiration by those who knew something of his inner life. 18 The Alumnae Association THE object of the Alumnae Association of the State Normal School is, first, to promote social intercourse between its members; and, second, to aid in furthering the interests of the school. The meetings of this Association are held each alternate year, the two prominent features being social and business. The Association is at present specially interested in the Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was begun in June, 1899. It was decided then to found a memorial scholarship to Dr. John A. Cunningham, former President of our school. This was done because the Association felt that such a movement would be more in harmony with Dr. Cunningham ' s views than the erection of a monument to his memory could be. This scholarship will be at the State Female Normal School, and will probably be awarded by competitive examinations. The money is to be raised by the Alumnae and others interested, these contributions to be paid in advance, or in yearly installments. The Alumnae members present at the 1899 meeting desired to raise the necessary amount — twenty-five hundred dollars — in five years. Dr. Cunningham was widely known and loved throughout the State; hence, we are very eager that the Alumnae may receive contributions from others not connected with the school. All correspondence and contributions should be sent to The Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Committee, State Female Normal School, Farmville, Va. Zbc Mbite anb Blue Jforevcr We love to sing of S. N. S. , Our noble Alma Mater; In all the State, She ' s most up-to-date, And none will e ' er be greater; The ties that bind us to college days, No power can ever sever; For we ' ll be true to the S. N. S. , And the White and the Blue forever. Tune ev ' ry heart to sing for joy, And banish ev ' ry sorrow; The noble girls who leave today, Will build her up tomorrow; We ' re all in love with our college home, The pride of our endeavor; And we ' ll be true to the S. N. S., And the White and the Blue forever. When we have left these dear old halls. Upon our graduation, Another throng will sing our song. Of loyal adoration; The mem ' ry of our college life Shall never fade, no never; For w-e ' ll be true to the S. N. S. , And the White and the Blue forever. Fannie Hodnett. Class §f January, 1903 MOTTO : Sans tache. ' COLORS : Green and White. OFFICERS PEARL WHITMAN President MINIE TAYLOR Vice-President ELEANOR WHITE Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS ELIZABETH BARNETT BASKERVILL MINIE COWLES TAYLOR ELEANOR CAMERON WHITE HATTIE MAY PHELPS PEARL WHITMAN NANNIE TURNER 25 Class sf June, 1903 MOTTO: Finire est mire. ' COLORS: White and Green. FLOWER: The Daisy. OFFICERS ANNIE SYLVESTA DOUGHTY President MARY GOGGIN Yice-President ETTA SINCLAIR Secretary DAISY FOSTER Treasurer ROLL JANIE ADAIR GRACE ADAMS ETHEL ARVIN ELIZABETH BASKERYILLE LOUISE BERRYMAN BERNICE BRADSHA V OLIVE BROOKS MARY CLARK LAURA CARTER RUTH CLENDENING MILDRED COOKE ELMER CRIGLER MARY DANIEL ANNIE DOUGHTY BERTIE EATON MARY EPPES JANIE FORD DAISY FOSTER MARY FRAYSER SUE GANNAWAY MARTHA GOGGIN MARY GOGGIN ELLA GRAY ANNIE GRESHAM HARRIETT HANKINS OTELIA HARVIE GRACE HOLMES GEORGIA JAMES LAURA JOHNSON ANNIE MASON ANNIE McLaughlin AGNES McLAVE ILIA MILLER LIZZIE M00R3MAN LOUISE PARRAMORE ANNA PAXTON MARY PECK NELLIE PEEK JUSTINE PICKRELL ETTA SINCLAIR KATIE STEPHENS DAISY STEPHENSON BEULAH TILLAR ETHEL TREVILLIAN GRACE WARREN HENRIETTA WATKINS NEVILLE WATKINS NELLIE WHITE MARY YONGE EULA YOUNG 26 CLASS OF JUNE, 1903 | CLASS OF JUNE, 1903 Class Song of 1903 Tune— Sing Me a Song of the Soutli. A well fought battle ' s ended, a harder one begun, Of joy and son-ow we have had our share — While dreaming of the future awaiting everyone. Our very hearts seem filled with grim despair. Through all our many duties in fancy we shall see Our dear old friends and classmates fond and true, And gather with them as of old, ' round some favored tree. And wave aloft our colors, white and blue. Chorus Sing me a song of the S. N. S. , one that shall e ' er remain, Sing me a song of school days there, that never shall come back again; Sing me a sweet soothing melod} ' , something of joys now past. Sing one song of the old State Normal School, Sing me the song of our class. Though troubles round us gather, and all our hopes are slain, The lessons learned in youth to each one clings. The goal we ' ve placed before us, we do our best to gain. Content to seek alone the noblest things. We do our duty better because behind it all The voices of our teachers urge us on, And bid us be encouraged, though often wc mav fall, And never count a failure lost, but won. Although its hard to leave you, ' tis best it should so. Our places we must give to others now While out into the cruel world with trembling hearts we go. And at the shrine of duty pay our vow. Now while upon the threshold of this new life we stand. Intent upon the mysteries it holds; We will let our voices rise in this song o ' er the land And echo and re-echo as it rolls. L. L. C. 31 Senior Class History TIO the historian of the class of 1903 has been given the honor of recording the wonderful achievements of the largest, and with due appreciation of our predecessors, the most M M brilliant class that has gone out fro ' n the State Normal School of Virginia. I am sure that all who have the privilege of knowing this exceptional class agree that a more intelligent, more ambitious, and more worthy bod} ' of young women rarely meet together. Unlike Byron, however, we did not wake to find ourselves famous; through difficul- ties we have achieved the success and greatness we now enjoy. The first event in our history occurred September 20, 1899, when seventy-four girls from all parts of Virginia filed into the assembly hall to hear the schedule of entrance examinations. After a few remarks, intended to soothe our troubled hearts, though they only made the tears flow more freely, we went to Eoom L, where we displayed such lack of geographical knowledge as to answer, the polar regions are so called because of the number of polar bears there. Not seeing ourselves as the Faculty saw us, it required at least two weeks to convince us that we were fit subjects for the First A Class, and it kindled all the indignation in us to hear an upper-class girl say, Here come the First A ' s ! In spite of home sickness and the bewildering newness of our first boarding-school experience, we acquired sufficient learning in four months and a half to enable us to pass the first term ' s tests successfully. Time works many changes; nowhere is this more evident than in our class. We now have a membership of forty-nine, only seven of whom belonged to the First A Class of the fall of 1899. Our prophet will tell you what we expect to do; it is my privilege to tell you what we have done, and are doing. The beloved president of our class, Annie Doughty, fulfills Emerson ' s idea of a scholar, a bringer of hope. Ambitious for her class, she has guided us wisely and has led the way to greater things. Those about her, from her shall learn the perfect ways of honor. In making a map for Senior A geography. Sue Gannaway proved herself a genius by her infinite capacity for taking pains. She felt amply rewarded for her efforts when the teacher pronounced her success purely accidental. Eula Young has made such progress in carrying a tune, that she has great expectations of becoming the rival of Jenny Lind. We are also justly proud of the musical ability of Olive Brooks. Her singing has such charms to soothe the restless spirits that whenever she teaches a lullaby all the children go fast to sleep. I just like to let her in at the door; the face of her does me good, shure, said an old Irish servant of a woman who was always bright and cheery. This is indeed true of Grace Adams; she and her jokes are always welcomed. Although especially fond of blue, Grace learned that it was unwise to wear this color in the second-grade room, because of the belief held by some there that all thus clothed are Yankees. Who but Gibson, Christy and Miss Coulling can excel Mary Goggin in free-hand drawing ? Her blackboard illustrations were real works of art, and her relief map of North America was considered worthy to adorn the walls of the new geography room. From the day of her entrance into the Normal School, Mary Frayser has been a general favorite. As a teacher in the Training School, she won the love of all her pupils; consequently, her room was always full of flowers, and sheenjoj-ed many drives, even when the mercury was playing in the twenties. Mary Peck has the enviable (?) position of Editor-in-Chief of the Annual. When we think of her earnestness and diligence in the duties assigned her, we realize the truth of the saying, It is faith in something, and enthusiasm for something, that makes life worth looking at. Elizabeth Baskerville, besides being an exjpert tennis-player, receives the only classical diploma in the class. Science tells us that we are compassed aljout by hosts of microbes that no one can number. The school physician was sure that sevesal battalions of these enemies of man and beast were encamped in the old library, so he endeavored to rout them with formaldehyde gas. The news of the battle was announced to our President in breathless excitement, O, Father, they are suffocating the books. After her experience with fever, Henrietta AVatkins was convinced that she got some of the book germs before thej ' were suffocated. Janie Adair, one of our assistant libr arians, is so devoted to this part of the Normal School that she could not remain away all summer, but returned two weeks before school opened. Now she does not love the library less, but she loves some one connected with it more. Ethel Trevillian is fond of repeating familiar quotations. Her favorite one is, To break the loneliness of man, woman was created. ' ' Our two Annies are so partial to geography that they were unwilling to give it up after just four months and a half of study, so an opportunity was given them to devote two terms to the subject. Ella Gray always had a cordial welcome for the class in observation, and she never was one bit rattled, no matter how many observers were busy with their note-books and pencils. One of our number, Elmer Crigler, is an excellent pianist. To her, as chairman of the Music Committee of our Young AVomen ' s Christian Association, we are indebted for the good music, which is such an enjoyable feature of our meetings. Elmer is also captain of tlie golf team, and she excels all in playing with the missing links. Harriet Hankins is our class prodigy; she has never known the sorrow of a not passed. She is a worthy disciple of Titchener, and there is no problem in Wheeler ' s Trigonometry too difficult for her to solve. Laura Carter, our class poet, has a voice that is ever gentle, soft and low — an excellent thing in woman. Punctuality and devotion to dut) ' are her strong characteristics. No one can compete with Bernice Bradshaw in making bird charts. She knows more about alligators and terrapins than they know about themselves; and her lesson outlines on these aquatic inhabitants will no doubt be used as models for future pupil teachers. Nellie Peek has not yet put awa} ' childish things. She spends much of her a ' uable time playing with her music box, her negro doll, a toy snake, and Little Johnnie. Etta Sinclair is the soul of unselfishness. When her friend, Louise Parramore, after a week ' s experience in the second grade, expressed a decided preference for the eighth grade, Etta cheerfully discontinued the subject of participles and infinitives, for phonics and the Story of the Three Bears. Every Sunday morning Lizzie Moorman gladdens the heart of her Sunday school teacher with her presence. We could all learn a valuable loessn from her faithful attendance. Georgie James was never seen without her alarm clock, and she rigorously demanded ever ' minute of time allowed for her teaching history. Having devoted so much time to the study of topography, it is not surprising that Justine Pickerell can give the best definition of a Hill. To know Louise Berryman is to love her for her many attractive qualities. Her success with first-grade reading and language is proof of her ability as a primary teacher. Annie Gresham, our class dictionary, was never known to spell correctly any word outside the primer. As for pronouncing the names of chemists, she cannot be excelled. J [ary Daniel is a naturalist b) ' birth. We defy any one to show her a tree whose life-history she is not thoroughly acquainted with. She also enjoys the peculiar distinction of being the only member of our class who has been able to discover a psychological experiment. Agnes JMcCIare once looked forward to pitching day with a great deal of pleasure. She thought all students were pitched up; she has since learned better. It is remarkable what fine work Mary Clark did as Business jNIanager of the Annual, since so much of her time was spent in the parlor, and in corresponding with a certain Episcopal minister. When Grace Holmes first appeared among- the children of the Training ScViool, she was known as the circus girl, but the responsibility of teaching deepened the furrows on her face so perceptibly that later she was affectionately called Aunt Grace. Our classmate who reads the greatest number of books is Grace Warren. She gets a book from the library one week, and the next week she gets it out and re-reada it, feeling sure she has never seen it before. Our Bristol girls, Ilia jNIiller and Bertie Eaton, have always been as devoted as Damon and Pythias. Daisy Stephenson and Laura Johnson are two of the seven who entered in the class of ' 99. They omitted the Junior Class for a year ' s experience in teaching, and joined ns again in the Senior j-ear. The thought of Janie Ford brings to mind the words, the ornament of a woman is her modesty. A familiar sight and sound is Otelia Plar vie and her harp. She is the most optimistic girl in the class; no one ever saw her blue or discouraged. ]Much in little is expressed by the three adjectives that describe Mary Eppes ' school life here — quiet, unassuming, studious. Our hardest student is Katie Stephens. She values a minute more than some of us value an hour, and she knows how to use every moment to good advantage. Ethel Arvin has a pleasant word for everybody, and no girl enjoys more universal popu- larity. Her name will be handed down to history as the only member of the class of 1903 who overheard a conversation between a measles germ and a whooping-cough germ. Mildred Cook is the most talkative girl in the class, but there is meaning in her words, and what she says is worth listening to. Mary Yonge has the perseverance that overcomes all difficulties. She says she will treasure her diploma from the State Normal Scliool as a priceless possession. Not one strand of Nellie White ' s hair was ever seen out of place. Her room-mates tell us that she spends all her spare moments before the mirror. As a result of this study of glass, she has had more than her share of rugs. Anna Paxton, unlike the robin that flew down, then up, then stopped to consider, and fluttered about, has pursued her studies steadily and patiently, and her efforts have been well rewarded. Ruth Clendening learned that too much study is injurious to the flesh. She is a girl of strong character and fine intellect, and she leaves behind a splendid record as a student. Beulah Tiller has had less confidence in her own ability than any girl in class. She felt sure she had failed on everj ' test, and was miserable until her papers were returned. Martha Goggin has been a marked success as a gymnastic teacher. She especialh- enjoyed the gymnastics of the boys who were kept in at recess. Daisy Foster always told us before she attempted to answer a question, that she was not sure her answer would be correct. As a matter of fact, they were seldom incorrect. One chapter of this bistort ' is unwritten. If you are interested in knowing its contents, you can inquire of the forty-eight other members of the class of ' 03. Our stay here, with all its pleasures and difficulties, is about to end; soon we shall enter upon that more serious struggle in the great wide world, for which we have been preparing. Graduation is not the goal of all our efforts. Our motto, We finish but to begin, should stimulate us to nobler purposes and loftier endeavor. As faithful daughters of our Alma Mater, let us be true to the ideals she has put before us, and let us go forth resolved to do our best in fulfilling the mission so beautifully expressed by Euskin, Education is leading human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them. The training that makes men happiest in themselves, also makes them most serviceable to others. Neville Watkixs. 34 Clas0 ipropbec , 3unc, ' 03 As about the beach I wandered of a famous watering town, Ethel Arvin chanced to meet me, she the belle of great renown. Farther on I met Grace Adams, happy, jolly, as of old. And beside her walked her husband, tall and handsome, strong and bold. Down the walk came two trained nurses, walking straight with rapid steps: One was large, the other smaller — Louise Berryman and Mary Eppes. Then into a hotel parlor strolled I, for I needed rest; There I saw old Daisy Foster, now a famous authoress. Soon I found a quiet corner: m} ' repose was not for long, For I heard a grand piano and the sound of low, sweet song. There was Elmer Crigler sitting without sign of earthly care, And the sounds from lips and fingers rose and sweetly filled the air. When at last the music emled and a hush was thrown o ' er all, I arose and went out slowly through the handsome, spacious hall. Once outside, I looked around me, and saw posted everywhere Bills announcing the Grand Opera and the stars that would be there. Then I, too, went in to hear them, though I did not know their names — Little knew I that my classmates were the two who ' d won such fame. When the curtain rose before me, I was dazzled by the sight, And the singer stood before me in a gown of purest white. I leaned forward, charmed, enraptured; for her face I ' d seen before: There was dear old Laura Carter, whom I ' d known in days of yore. After this sweet song was ended, there came forth upon the stage Justine Pickrell, now an actress — the most noted of the age. From the bo.x not far behind me, suddenly I heard a squeak, Oh, isn ' t she a darling. ' which suggested Nellie Peek. There she sat in silk and satin, and with diamonds in her hair: For at last she ' d caught and married a world-famous millionaire. ]3ut I could not longer loiter in this pleasant watering town, On the morrow I departed — to a far State I was bound. As I hurried to the station, fearing I ' d not be in time, Suddenly m}- attention resled on a large and glittering sign — Otelia Harvie, Surgeon, were the words that caught my eve — But I had to hurry onward — time was passing swiftly by. When at last I reached the station, and was seated in my place. On my right hand, just before me, was a sweet, familiar face, Nellie White sat happy, smiling — all could tell she was a bride, Fur a tall and stately gentleman was seated by her side. Before me sat an aged pair who traveled for their health; Lizzie Moorman was companion to this couple of great wealth. When I reached my destination, and was stepping to the ground, ] Iary Peck, a Cornell graduate, met me there in cap and gown. When I went u]) to the College, and was gladly shown around, let me many of the teachers, ni} ' old classmates, as I found. There were three well-known IMath. ' ' teachers — these were Bradshaw, Cook and Gra}-; Who in years past at the Normal in the Math, room led the waw Then within the Science building, where I went with mind a-whirl, I was met by two great Chemists, who were known o ' er all the world. Annie Bought} ' , Ruth Clendenning, were the proud professors here, Yet their Alma Mater, said the} ' , still was very dear. Then, no doubt, from force of habit, Drawing came into my mind. And I asked to see the teacher, if she were not hard to find. • ' Here she comes, now ! said the matron, and the Music teacher, too, ; Iiss Grace Warren and H. Watkins let me introduce to you ; And jur Nature Study teachers, too, I ' m sure you ' d like to know — iMisses Goggin and IMary Daniel, whom you knew so long ago. ' ' Then I left the school, delighted with the things I ' d heard and seen; For to see so many classmates had appeared indeed a dream. I reached my room; on my table was an invitation to a ball, And the name was Anna Paxton on the card so white and small. 36 Now she was a cit}- girl, with wealth at her disposal; And though sought by beaux galore, accepted no proposal. That night I watched the graceful girls glide o ' er the ball-room floor, And recognized, among the rest, Sinclair and Parramore. Concerning these two charming belles, soon a rumor came; That each would, before midsummer, dare to change her name. While sitting thus and gazing at the dancers until day, I heard a girl behind me to her partner softly say: Mary Clark — isn ' t it a wonder.? — has refused a life of rest. And with one she has accepted, gone a missionary to the West. ' •Neville Watkins,, too, is leading in the great work of the day — She is now the traveling secretary of the World ' s Y. W. C. A. Harriet Hankins, in Psychology.very great success has won, But I hear she soon will study the psychology of ' one. ' Then I turned and quickly spied them, in their faces fair. Recognized my two old classmates, Gannaway and Adair. Both seemed very glad to see me, asked me to their home, jing me at once to join them on a fiying trip to Rome. This was willingly accepted; on the morrow we sped away; Washington we wished to visit, if only for a day. Soon we started out together many famous sights to see; To go to the Treasury Department we willingly did agree. On the way we passed an oHice, with a sign both large and bold — Annie Gresham, Attorney-at-Law, was the message that it told. At the door of the Department we stopped still with startled looks; For in this spacious building worked Grace Holmes and Olive Brook: Fine positions now they held, ' mong Fortune ' s favorite few — Proud felt we of the S. N. S. , and our colors. White and Blue. When at last we left the building, we w-ere shown a mansion gray. Where Elizabeth Baskerville — Mrs. Senator — now held regal sway. Up the marble steps we went and across the polished floor. Where a footman, clad in livery, opened wide the parlor door. 37 She met us with a smiling face; said she was glad we ' d come, And beside her stood her friend, the Artist, Eula Young. Talking o ' er the old, old days, and the changes that had come To each of our old classmates, they chanced to mention some. James, Ford and Stephenson are preachers ' wives today. And better, pious people could not be found, they say. McLaughlin and McLave both teach a country public schoo l. While Annie Mason and Katie Stephens are old maids, stern and cool. Ethel Trevillian is a farmer ' s wife, another married a miller, She whom at the Normal School we knew as Buelah Tillar. Bertie Eaton and Ilia Miller both teach a Primary School; In all their work they try to use the blessed Golden Rule. Mary Young and Laura Johnson have traveled far away, And have never yet been heard from since that dear Commencement Day. Thus we sat and talked with pleasure till the stars came one by one. Shining out in all their glory; night had now indeed begun. Then we thought of all our pleasures, sorrows, too, and pain. And were thankful that life brought us both sunshine and rain. Truly wished we that by each one great deeds might be done. That each life be long and happy, a noble, useful one. Breathing tenderly a pra)-er that God ' s blessing would be sent Unto all, we parted softly, and night deepened as we went. Mary Frayser. 38 Senior A Class MOTTO : We are not born to blush unseen. COLORS : Purple and Gold. FLOWER : Violet. OFFICERS President BLAIR WARD Vice-President ETHEL TOPPING Secretary .and Treasurer. CLAUDIA PERKINS LUCY DANIEL MILDRED EVANS GERTRUDE GRIFFIN LOUISE GODWIN EVANGELINE HETRICK MARTHA HOLMAN CARRY McGEORGE BESSIE McGEORGE CHARLOTTE MERRELL CLASS ROLL CLAUDIA PERKINS ANNIE PTOOL MARY POWERS PEACHY SANDERLIN LOTTIE SNEED CARRIE SUTHERLIN COURTNEY TAYLOR ETHEL TOPPING LOUISE VAUGHAN BLAIR WARD 3y Junior B Class MOTTO: Hoher uber hock geht. COLORS : Crimson and Gold. FLOWER : Edelweiss. OFFICERS President NELLIE SMITHY Vice-President SARAH GOODE Secretary MARY BALDWIN Treasurer ELLA BURGER Historian JANIE MAY CRUTE CLASS ROLL MARY CECIL BALDWIN ELLA BURGER JANIE MAY CRUTE SARAH MASSIE GOODE NELLIE CARSON SMITHY. fi ft i A B w Junior A Class MOTTO : Pas a pas on va bien loin. COLORS : White and Gold. FLOWER : Fleur-de-lis. OFFICERS President ELIZABETH HAMPTON WADE Vice-President EDITH BRENT DUVALL Secretary and Treasurer ALICE EDMUNDS PAULETT ROLL NANNIE MAUDE CHERNAULT Prince Edward EDITH BRENT DUVALL Prince Edward MARY ELLA JEFFRIES Culpeper ROCHET MOREAU McKINNEY Prince Edward ALICE EDMUNDS PAULETT Prince Edward ELIZABETH HAMPTON WADE Prince Edward 40 A Dream LAST night I dreamed I fell into the stream of consciousness. For a few min- utes the struggle for existence was terrific, but I finall}- caught hold of some of the associated ideas around me and thus kept niA ' head above water. I was unable to discriminate an_y of the ideas, and mv perception of them was very vague. Suddenly I felt the ideas around me began to tremble. I had no conception of how long I had been there, for all sense of time had fled. I renewed my struggle, and all my will power was bent on saving myself But ever and anon something whispered to me that I was not fit to survive. Slowly 1 began to sink, and imagina- tLon deserted me, and strange illusions floated before my eyes. As I was going down for the last time my attention was attracted to someone stand- ing on the bank. For a time it was impossible for me to localize the object, but at last I recognized our teacher of psychology. In one hand he held a sensation and in the other a stimulus. Instinctively he tur ned and his eyes were focused on me. He called to me to catch hold of the sensation, which he threw. I grasped the slender thread, but it was so weak it broke. Then all memory forsook me and the dark waters closed over my head. The last thing I saw was the Professor, holding the broken sensation in one hand and vigorously applying the stimulus with the other. Nellie Peek. Copers Sono Tune— I stood on the Bridge at Midnight. W ' e sit in our rooms at midnight, With our candles burning low. And the struggle o?- existence Seems more than we can go. The survival of the fittest Is our only thought in mind. And to cope with our environments Is the thing for which we ' ve pined. M. F.. 41 Second B Class MOTTO : Esse quam videri. COLORS : Light Blue and Silver. FLOWER : Lily of the Valley. OFFICERS President JESSIE WHITMORE Vice-President LUCY M ANSON Secretary and Treasurer MADELINE RICH CLASS ROLL ABBITT, ELEANOR ADAMS, LOUISE ANDERSON, MAUDE BASKERVILLE, LOUISE BIRD, SADIE BLAIR, MARY BUGG, HATTIE CARTER, BESSIE CHILTON, SUSIE CLAY, ANNA HARRISON, AMELIA HARRISON, PEYTON HENDERSON, CARRIE HINER, MARY HODGES, WILLIE HODNETT, FANNIE HOLMES, MARY JONES, JANIE KAY, CORA king, byrd leary, sadie : ianson, lucy McDonald, jennie miller, hallie miller, mabel CLARY, INEZ CRAWLEY, FENNELL CRICKENBERGER, STELLA CHRISMAN, LUCIE COCKE, MARIA DUVAL, LIBA FLETCHER, VIRGINIA GILBERT, BLANCHE GRAVELY, GEORGIA GRAYSON, KATHERINE MURFEE, BETTIE REYNOLDS, ALICE RICH, MADELINE RICHARDSON, ELIZABE ITI PAXTON, HANNAH SAMPSON, ETTA SHORTER, BELLE STARKE, SCOTIA STERRITT, CORNELIA VERSER, ELIZABETH WALLACE, MAUDE WATHALL, EPSIE WHITMORE, JESSIE WILSON, GRACE WOODRUFF, CLAIR Second A Class MOTTO : Scire, esse, facere. FLOWER : White Carnation. COLORS : Blue and Gold. ' OFFICERS President LUCY ANDERSON Vice-President MAUD MASON Secretary and Treasurer LIZZIE JAMES CLASS ROLL AKER, ANNIE KELLY, UNA ALSTON, MARY LEE, ELLEN ANDERSON, LUCY LEMON, BETSEY atkinson, mariorv lewis, carlotta boisseau, imary mason, maude boyd, virginia moore, mary brugh, ruby mccraw, lucie copeland, eva mcclung, susie cox, bevil moss, janie cox, sallie nelson. stella cox, edna newbill, irene davis, sallie palmer, marguerite edmunds, martha palmer, alice elcan, edna parrot, lucy fallwell, clara price, kathleen fallwell, willie price, mary finney, ellen price, estelle garnett, annie rogers, anna gilliam, hattie sander lin, clara goodman, annie short, sabra hales, sue ■ smith, naidee heath, nellie tinsley, bessie hart: ian, elice triplett, bertha hundley, may tuck, ursula hundley, juliette vaughan, pearle hurst, grace walton, grace ives, maude ware, alice james, lizzie waring, emma jolliffe, anna watson, calva jones, patty l. watts, susie justis, bessie wimbish, emmett keller, emily woodson, mamie kelly, hattie 43 m t ' €i : ? € ' . ' €i i$£ 9 € ' i i £ € ' . ' 3 S m w m- w Mbo IFs lit? (Tune: Mr. Dooley.) There is a man that ' s known to all, a man both calm and cool; A man, whose name is on the lips of ever} ' girl at school; You hear about him often, and )-ou know his name, no doubt; You go to see him every day — You always find him out ! Chorus: ' Tis Mr. Steward, ' tis JMr. Steward, The biggest, busiest man we ever knew; Quite sympathetic, and peripatetic, Is Mister Steward, oooed — ooar ' d, oo ! A doctor in this city, once his business was bad; His name it was unknown, for not a customer he had; But now his name is famous, his success it is assured. Just through an extra number of the girls that he has cured. Chorus: ' Tis Doctor Pillbox, ' tis Doctor Pillbox, The man we love to see at every call; Very gigantic, also pedantic, ' Tis Doctor Pillbox, that is all. 2S Who settles all domestic ills, without a word or blow, And makes the girls behave themselves wherever they may go ? Who causes them to palpitate, when out of place they ' re found ? Which seldom ever happens, though, whene ' er she goes around. Chorus: ' Tis Mistress Matron, ' tis Mistress Matron, The dearest little woman ever known; The best adviser, to make you wiser, ' Tis Mistress, Mistress Matron, all our own. Who does the very thing that ' s right, who knows just what to say And when he finds a will, you know, he always finds a way; Whoever gets the credit for this institution now. The hero who deserves it, and the man to whom we bow. Chorus: Is Mister President, is Mister President, The man who never fails to win the day; Quite diplomatic, aristocratic, Is Mister, Mister President, hooray ! Who gave the hardest question in or out of any book; And when we flunked on every test, no pity on us took ? They loaded us with work; ah, me, it did no good to talk; For when they set their heads, be sure, we had to walk a chalk. It was the P ' acult) ' , it was the Faculty, They taught us every one a thing or two; And now we leave them, we hope ' twill grieve them: The Faculty, the Faculty — Rooho ! 45 First B Class MOTTO: Always faithful. COLORS : Green and Cream. FLOWER: Water-lily. President MARTHA CUNNINGHAM V.-Prest MARY VIRGINIA DAVIDSON Secret. ey and Treasi-rer LOT ISE COX CLASS ROLL FLORIDA AiSHBY MERLE ABBITT VIRGIE BYRD ABRAHAM MARY AVICE ALLEN ANNIE BELLE AKER BERTHA ESTELLE AMES SALLIE LOIS ANDERSON KATHERINE BIDGOOD ELLEN YOUNG BRAY OLIVIA BKIDGIiS, MARY PEARLE BURKE VIVIAN TEMPERANCE BOISSEAU MINNIE BOWLES LUCIE ELLA BEATON FLORENCE LEWELLYN BUSH JENNIE PARRY CRIGLER NELLIE G. CORNEAL ELIZABETH BRADY CARTER NETTIE CHAPPELL MARIA HAMILTON CHAPPELL MATTIE CHICK LINNIE CLEMMER CECELIA PEARLE COX SALLIE DENNIS CROWSON STEPTOE CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL ELLIE CHILDS JULIET MATTIE COLBERT ALICE B. CROCKETT MATTIE CONDREY LUCRETIA VIRGINIA CLARK MARTHA CUNNINGHAM LOUISE COX LUCY PORTS DILLON ALYDA HATFIELD DEY ANNA LOIS DIEHL ANNIE BELLE DOBIE CLARA G. DUNCAN MARGIE DUNCAN MAMIE DUNCAN JANET AMANDA DUVALL HENRIETTA CAMPBELL DUNLAP MARY VIRGINIA DAVIDSON GEORGIE HAZEL ETIIERIDGE HELEN FITCH ET FLORENCE j:i)WARDS ETHLYN FITZ HUGH GOULDING CAssiE :mabel grossclose ANNA HAMLET SUE HAMLET ELISE SANDERS HOLLAND FANNIE STARK HOWARD MARY MYRA HOWARD KATHERINE HARROWER MARGARET ISABELL HENDERSON MARY ELAINE HARRIS OLIVE HINMAN FANNIE M. HARDY MARGARET HINTON JACKSON SALLIE JOYNER KATIE FANNIE JAMISON ELEANOR JERDONE SALLIE ELIZABETH JONES MARY MARGIE JUSTIS GERTRUDE CAROLINE KING MAMIE KING CARRIE KYLE ANNIE WILT LIGON JULIET GERTRUDE LIGON ELIZABETH LUTTERELL EVIE LITTLE BESSIE EDMONIA McCRAW FRANKIE IRVINC; McKINNEY ELIZABETH MAHONEY DUNDEE AlARTIN ' ictoria burton mitchell fannie maupi n georgie may miller antonf;tte morgan carrie bruce morton nannie morrison maude newcomb bessie noel bernice ogburn frances owen josephine owen annie pierce mary price margaret m. palmer lucy parrott mary peters fannie may pierce page hunley pierce susie h. price lucy kelley rice nevis rice anne richardson MAY RICE DOROTHY ROGERS BESSIE RUCKER IDA SULT PATTIE ROBERTSON SELDEN BETTIE PRICE STARLING MARCtARET STEPHENS ELIZABETH CAMPBELL STERRI ! T ELIZABETH K. STOKES JESSIE STOCKS MARION DUNDENA SLEDD BERNIE SMITH BERTIE STONE LILLIAN THOMPSON ANGELA TINSLEY KATE WARRINER MARY EMMET WIMBISH ELLA MYERS WATTS EDITH WHITLEY LILLIAN EMMA WOOD EUGENIE WAMBEKSIE MARGARET WILEY BLANCHE YEATTS GERTRUDE YOUNGBLOOU 46 First A Class MOTTO : Where they lead we will follow. COLORS : Purple and Gold. FLOWER : Carnation. OFFICERS President RUTH SCHMELTZ Vice-Pkesident JULIA PALMER Secretary LOCKETT WALTON Treasurer LIZZIE DAVIS CLASS ROLL ROBERTA ALLEN BLANCHE ARMSTEAI) MIRIAM BECKETT VIRGINIA BLANTON EMMA E. BLANTON COLIE BOSWELL URSULA BOYD SELMA H. BUTLER ANNIE L. CLAY ELIZABETH DAVIS LUCY DAVIS GRACE DECKER LIZZIE DILLON BELLE GILLIAM BROOKE GIVENS PEARLE HITT DELLA HITT BEULAH HOLLAND GRACE HOME HELEN KING SALLIE LE CATO ANNIE LINDSAY FANNIE MARSTON GARY B. McCRAW JULIA PALMER LUCILE PINKARD EDNA EARLE PRICE LOUISE PRICE CORA QUILLEN ALICE RANGELEY MAY W. RICE EVIE SANFORD RUTH SCHMELTZ EMMA SMITH M. ALICE STRONG ANNIE PAGE LEONA THOMAS EDNA VAUGHAN LOCKETT WALTON LILLIE WATTERSON BETTIE YOITNG 47 Pitching Day Necessary IHAT is ' Pitching Day ' ? What historical event does it commemorate? Whose fault is it ? These are some of the questions that continually harass us during the summer months — the time when this phase of school life especially is thrust far from our minds. Now this is indeed an embarrassing subject of conversa- tion, and sinct people have so little consideration for our feelings, it may save us a few blushes to ha e an answer to such inquiries in black and white, instead of in flesh and blood. Of course you will readily see how the crassness of our pericrania renders us impervious to the infiltrations of such new cogitations as these: I. If a copper bar 20 feet long, 3 feet thick, 8 feet wide, 2 cubic feet in cross sections, at So° C. is charged with 90 ohms of electricity, how many oscillations will a pendulum make in one day? II. A ship ' s crew sees a star 90° E. of its zenith. In what longitude is the ship, and what is the time of the year ? III. Why does the night fall and not break, while the morning breaks and does not fall ? IV. Analyze the following and parse each word: She is a John Brown pretty girl, and I ' ll be Dad Zickit if she don ' t come within a gnat ' s nose of breaking my heart. ' ' V. Give circumstances connected with Co:n vallis ' surrender at Appomatto.K in 1492. VI. If 2 cows eat as much as 6 sheep, 9.nd 6 sheep eat as much as 9 pigs, how much beef will be required to feed a table of S. N. S. girls for one week ? [Solve by compound proportion.] VII. Explain on a purely psychological basis why there is no grass in front of the g mnasium ? VIII. Make one sleight-of-hand drawing. IX. Reproduce Dr. Winston ' s lecture on Bacteria. X. Please write brief but explicit directions telling just how a bird that can sing and won ' t sing, can be made to sing. Given ten such questions, we are unable to squeeze through on examinations, and Pitching Dav is the unavoidable O. E. D. M. ¥.. P. The Training School iNE of the functions of the Normal School is to bring its student teachers into miffL, most intimate relations with child-life. No amount of child-study from text- books and educational magazines can be compared, in point of real teaching value, with the actual contact with children. Psychological investigation and research has its important significance and bearing upon the teaching of youth, but without actual experience among children in their school rooms, in their play, in their homes, and in all the diversified phases of their active life, no one can be expected to meet the full requirements of a well qualified teacher. Our Training School is an institution designed for a double purpose. In it our student teachers ' interests are centered during the greater part of their Senior year. While they are permitted to see, in a general way, the workings of the school throughout their whole course, the real initiative into the methods of instruction, into the spirit and technique of the school, is made in the first half of the Senior year. At this time the} ' are required to visit the dilTerent grades, inspect the teaching, take notes on the methods of instruction and discipline, and by careful observation become acquainted with all the work of the several grades. Twice a week they meet for discussion of the work observed, and thus become familiar with the various problems with which they must cope when they enter these grades as teachers. This work prepares them to see the problems which they will probably be called upon to solve. At a later period the students begin the actual work of teaching. Each teacher is held responsible for a grade until the training teacher in charge is satisfied that she can teach and govern a school. From time to time her work is changed about in the different grades, thus diversifying her experience as much as possible. When, by this process the skillful teacher is produced, the first function of the Training School is accomplished. The second purpose of the Training School is to employ the very best educational thought in the training of the children. It is not a practice school in which embryo teachers try their skill in various pedagogical schemes. But it is a carefully supervised school, in which children are actually trained according to the best peda- gogical principles and latest educational thought. This 3 ' ear marks an important event in the Training School. It has been moved virg 4 51 into its quarters in the new building. Ever} ' effort has been made in this new home to place the children under the most favorable environment. Well-lighted and ventilated rooms, furnished with adjustable seats, make the hygienic conditions all that could be desired. Beautiful pictures and mural decorations from the art department give an aesthetic effect to the school that should not be underestimated. Our Training School, in its new surroundings, should be an inspiration to every student-teacher who has caught the true professional spirit. We wish here to dedicate all failures connected with Training School life to the old building in which we have labored for so many years. In the near future these walls are to be torn away, and as they disappear, so may all the unpleasant memories connected with them vanish, too. All who read the following short story will please remember that this girl taught in the old building, and will attribute her many trials to that fact, knowing that no such things could possibly happen to a teacher in the new one. 52 A Senior B ' s Training School Experience DNA was promoted in February, and for once in her life she regretted it. The very thought of the Training School had preyed on her mind from the time she entered the school; and now that the time had come when she must take up her duty as school ma ' am, she felt that it must be only a horrible nightmare. The work was assigned on Saturday, and much to Edna ' s discomfort, the plastic minds of the second grade were given into her charge, and with them directions for handling. All day Sunday was given to meditation on this subject, and with each hour seemed to come an added responsibility. Monday morning dawned at last, though all too soon for poor Edna. She was certain that she had never been more scared in her life — afraid of the second-grade children, you know. As the children filed up the steps and past her into the room, one little fellow stepped out of line to tell her that she didn ' t look as though she had as much sense as his former teacher. These words rang in her ears like a death-knell, and she was glad when the lesson had begun, even though her tongue did cleave to the roof of her nuiuth. But, horrors ! was that a pun on her name that was being 53 whispered from mouth to ear? Sad to say, it was, and — for the first time in her life — she was willing to change her name. One urchin, on being asked where the sun rises, jumped up and answered perth ' : East, ' course; east makes ever3-thing rise ! then ran to the front of the room and pulled another little boy ' s ear nearly off. At the ringing of the first bell, Edna reflected upon this as the most eventful forty-five minutes she had ever spent, and wondered if anything else could possibly happen before she should dismiss the children. They were arranged on the floor for five minutes ' gymnastic exercise, and one boy, not careful of his arm movements, accidentally (.■ ' ) struck his fellow dorsallj ' , and a fight ensued which was only postponed by the ringing of the last bell. Edna declared to a classmate that teaching was not half so bad as she had expected it would be. She just didn ' t know, for her trouble had not yet begun. In a few days the observation class walked in, and with them came that former teacher of whom she had heard no little, and who now created much excitement among the children. Edna tried to present the lesson in an attractive manner, despite the fact that one knee tried to knock the other from under her, and her teeth chattered like castanets. Soon her attention was attracted to the Senior A ' s in the window who were writing for all they were worth. Edna comforted herself, though, by thinking that these girls were just taking advantage of a few spare moments, in which they might finish their theses. Suffice it to say, .she found out before many days had passed what these girls were really writing. The days wore on heavily, their monotony being broken only by occasional notes from the critic teacher. These were very refreshing, especially to her lachrymal glands. Sometimes her children would seem drowsy and she could not divine a way to wake them up. Finally, she thought of singing — the remedy off ered by her music teacher — and applied it (forgetful of one precaution). Sleep, Baby, Sleep, was sung, and the little ones joined in heartily at first, but one by one they dropped off, and before she knew it, half the children were nodding. Now and then it fell to her lot to take them out into the yard to observe nature. At first it made her blood run cold to see several small boys in the tops of the tall trees in the yard, but she soon became used to that. The children are taught spelling phonetically, hence sound goes a long ways with them. Edna, on one occasion, was talking to the children about ' monks, ' and was just in the heat of the discussion when one little girl raised her hand. Well, Annie. Miss , my sister went to the show and saw one of those cute little monkeys all dressed — Edna stopped her, but, alas ! too late, for the subject of monkeys was to those children fraught with deep interest, and would you be surprised to know that the rest of that period had to be devoted to their study. ' ' 54 In time, strange to say, Edna seemed to win the children over one by one, save one little boy, who held out firmly to the end, and who, indeed, shed his influence to some extent among the other children. He was noticed one day abstractedly twining strings around his fingers, from one hand to the other, and Edna walked up to take them from him, when he said, commandingly: Better get ' way from here! I ' m settin ' up telephone line, and I ' m going to turn on ' lectricity directly — look out ! On being given permission to speak once, he said: Did you get that word what I sent you yes ' d ' y? No, said his teacher, and he began: I told a Normal School girl to tell you that you are the baddest old teacher I ' ve got. He seemed to fear that his teacher did not quite understand the degree of his antipathy toward her, so on being asked what a yellow hammer woodpecker does, he said: Eats up old ugly, hateful, mean school teachers. A ' nt you ' fraid of ' em ! All this was a little too much for Edna, and she gave him up as a hopeless task. Down m her heart the dear little second-grade had won a place, and as the time drew near when she must quit her work, she was loath to leave the few firm allies she had gained. A farewell speech was mustered up, and Edna was presenting it in the sweetest and saddest manner imaginable — indeed, she could hardly refrain from crying as she said, Children, I meet you today for the last time, and — such cheering might have been expected from a crowd at an opera, but under these conditions it was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, and brought the teacher ' s sweet words unceremoniously to a close. M. E. P. ! 55 (Tune: Goo-goo Eyes.) A girl was in the reading room, A frown was on her face; A pile of magazines was there, But one was out of place. Oh have you seen That magazine ? I had it charged and took it out Of it I ' ve not a sign; Librarian said to me just now; You ' ll have to stand a tine. Or get that book, I know }ou took. Ohoriis. |ust because I took that magazine, Of course some old bad luck must intervene; And for reading a storiette, 1 now must sit and fret All because I took that magazine. 56 c A Personification THE BOOKS DEDICATE THEIR NEW LIBRARY NE evening, as soon as the door of the new librarj ' is locked and the sound of the Librarian ' s footsteps die away down the corridor, there arises a great stir among the books; their new library must be dedicated, and since they want it done well, they decide to attend to it themselves. Of course the Training School children (T. S. Library) will be invited, as well as the good cousins in the Y. W, C. A. Home, and the friends that live in the chapel, the music books. Many days are spent in planning — at last all is arranged. The new library is to be vacated by all except Miss Beecher ' s Housekeeper and Healthkeeper, Mr. Light and Electricity, and Mrs. Heat, who are to remain and have all in readiness by the day of the dedication. I Ir. Whitney and Lockwood is to plan the program, because he understands laws of composition. Mr. Correspondence ' ' and Miss Copy Book compose the invitation committee. Many are the notes of regret they receive: The Ladies ' Home Journal family regret that they cannot be present; that it will be impossible, since they have nothing to wear; the young ladies of the S. N. S. have very much disfigured their robes, by tearing samples from them. Some one else writes, I have Due February 31 written on my back and am ashamed to come. Mr. Snow Bound is comfortably located between The Arctic Regions and Glacial Period and is afraid of draughts. The supper problem is a very perple.xing one, for certainly the supper Mr. ' Animals would enjoy would not be one that Little Flower Folks would. Anno Domini Two Thousand and the Old Fashion Girl could not eat at the same table. After much planning and many suggestions from IVIr. Bright Idea, it is decided that the Magazine Room is to be the dining hall. JNIessrs. ' hite, Ray and Rich Men are made a committee of three to figure out the cost of the supper. Miss Unleavened Bread and Mr. Chemistry of Cookery are very enthusiastic over the idea, and make great preparations for a delightful spread for Evangeline, ' The Wild Mr. 59 The Headsman, the Old IMaid, Maud Midler and Barbara Freitchie. The members of the Literary Digest famil y are to act as waiters. The new text books are to entertain the older ones, so this will give them enough to think over, assimu- late and digest. Nothing to Eat is to talk with Mr. Dyspepsia. The other guests are to be entertained by Professor at the Breakfast Table, Over the Tea Cups and The Poet at the Breakfast Table. At last the great day arrives. Many have come, but still others are coming. ' ' Madam How and Lady Why is having quite an animated conversation with Mr. Cause and Effect. Who is that stately gentleman coming in now.? Mr. Tarr ' s ' Geography ' ; he thinks he is the most popular book in the library, but there are others as much thought of, for instance, Mr. ' Sedgewick and Wilson ' or Mr. ' Guide to Virginia, ' who is now acting as one of the ushers. Here Mr. School Management calls for order, and announces the first on the program to be music, furnished by the friends from the chapel. The music is very sad, and Mr. French Grammar is near; therefore (as Wells ' Geometry would say), Wee Wifie, (a grass widow) decided to faint and falls into the gallant young gentle- man ' s arms. Had Mr. Grammar been a man like the Hero, the Right Man, or any other member of the so-called trashy novels, Mr. Tableaux would have been sufficiently amused, but Miss Sense and Sensibility ' ' is standing near, so Mr. Grammar merely hands the fainting woman over to Mr. Martin. ' ' The next on the program is a short talk by Mr. ' ' Encyclopedia, who begins by reminding all that his talk will be especially for the children, and ends with this phrase, JMan is a cychological dymanic, a trichotomy, a comic of mycologist of metropolitan municipalities. While Mr. Encyclopedia is thus amusing the chil- dren, Miss Everyday English has a puzzled expression on her face, until Mr. Key to English Language softly whispers to her; then she smiles understandingly. The rest of the program goes off very smoothly, except when Mr. Liebig is making a little talk and is disturbed by Peck ' s Bad Boy, who whispers, Say, ' Tom Sawyer, ' turn his name around, and you will have what he is saying. The program is completed by the dedicatory address, made by Mr. Webster ' s Dictionary (true it is not Daniel, but a Webster, nevertheless). The library is dedicated to the students of the Normal School, and the books promise to give themselves up unreservedly to the service of the students; to be spoken for, to be abused, to be borrowed and kept so long as to cost a fine, and even to have their backs broken, if need be. Annik Gresham. 60 A Study Showing the Effect of Color on American Authors IIKRE is no color outside of ourselves. Color is purely a sensation, the result of the impact of ether waves upon the retina of the eye; just as Sound is a sensation, the result of vibrations caused b} ' the impact of sound waves upon the drum of the ear. The recognition of the sensation of color is called the color sense. This color sense varies greatly in individuals, because of heredity and because of the greater or less degree of cultivation. There seems to be a marked connection between magnetism and color. It is evident that we are only on the borderland of the great field of color. The study of color audi- tion is one of extreme interest. It is interesting, also, to study the color perception of the poets. Gladstone believed the people of the time of Homer to have had very little color perception. Although Virgil dealt so largely with outdoor scenes, he shows very little color feeling. Among early English poets — Chaucer and Shakespeare delight in color. Upon later poets — Pope, Cowper, Young, Thomson, and Gray — color does not seem to have made so much impression. But the more modern poets are full of appreciation for the presence of color, and take real delight in it, notably Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth and Tennyson. Wcjrdsworth ' s fine poem, The Daffodil, is a delightful instance. The experiments with Indians from eight to eighteen 3 ' ears of age show a decided inclination towards blue, while those with colored students of the same age indicate a preference for blue and violet, and those with Chinese from eight to fourteen indicate a preference for red and orange. Color is ever present, to be observed, and in observing, the sense perceptions are exercised and the study of color thus becomes a powerful means of mental develop- ment. There is no object so foul that intense color will not make it beautiful. To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature, with all her marvelous colorings, is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the lawyer, or the clergyman, coming in out of the din and craft of the street, sees the sky and the woods, and is man again. In studying poetry, we are surprised to find how often reference is made to color and how an author will mention the same color again and again. Let us take Longfellow for example. His favorite color seems to be blue. As above mentioned, experiments with Indian girls and boys show a very marked tendency to blue, and perhaps this will account for Longfellow ' s frequent references to this color, especially in his writings about the Indians. He mentions gold about as often as he does blue. It might be interesting to note the different colors that he uses: ' Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, ( ne who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden. Stars, that in earth ' s firmament do shine. ' O stay, the maiden said, and rest Thy weary head upon this breast! A tear stood in his bright blue eye. But still he answered with a sigh, ' Excelsior! From Longfellow, the poet, we pass to Hawthorne, the master of romance. The former ministered to a latent sense of beauty, while the latter is probably the completest and most discerning interpreter of the inmost spirit of New England Puritanism. In studying Hawthorne ' s color perception, we see that gold is mentioned most frequently. This partiality to gold in a manner conforms with his love of romance, with which we always associate the purest ideas. He speaks of; A beam of the slant west sunshine.— Made the wan face almost fair. Lit the blue eyes ' patient wonder. And the rings of pale gold hair. She took a glimpse out of the window, half dreaming, that she might see the GOLiiEN-haired children of paradise sporting with lier own GOLDEN-haired. fair and sweet was my baby. Blue eyes and hair of gold. We cannot read the smallest part of an author ' s poetical works without seeing, from the color he uses, how deeply he is in communion with nature. We can see in Whittier ' s references to color, his love for the more sombre hues, for gray is more predominant than any other color. This is not true of all of his writings, for purple, yellow, brown, green, blue, golden, crimson, and red appear frequently. They have sworn to wait our coming till the night has passed its noon. And the gray and darkening waters roll above the sunken moon. she climbed and saw where in sheltered cove and bay The duck ' s black squadron anchored lay, Beneath the gray November cloud. A spell is in this old gray stone. My thoughts are with the past alone. Let us now consult Emerson, the thinker of that grand New England group, and get his ideas of color. Emerson was descended from one of those families of ministers and scholars which Holmes has called the academic families of New England. Emerson ' s writings were greatly influenced by writers of earlier times, among them Wordsworth in his nature poetry. A man with the great love for nature that he demonstrates could not refrain from expressing it in his writings, some of which are quoted below. Purple seems to be his favorite color. Yon ridge of phkple landscape, Yon sky between the walk. Hold all the hidden wonders In scanty intervals. The delicious fancies of youth reject the least savor of a mature philosophy, as chilling with age and pedantry their purple blooin. The PURPLE petals, fallen in the pool. Make the black water with their beauty gay. Next we will study Lowell. By nature, Lowell was dreamy and poetic, and an ardent lover of beauty. He made a special study of different types of women, and 62 this necessitated many references to color. Lowell, like Whittier, shows a preference for gold. Her hair was as wavy and GOLDEN And as many changes took, As the shadows of sun-gilt ripples On the yellow bed of the brook. And the light of the heaven she ' s gone to, Transfigures her golden hair. Another notable member of this group who lived around and in Cambridge, and who was the last to die, was Oliver Wendell Holmes. The writings of Holmes have not so much depth as those of his predecessors, and although he looked at things in another light, thus becoming a humorist, a keen-witted, fun-loving spirit, we find many references to color, some of which are in the following quotations. He seems particularly fond of purple. This is the venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purple wings. The smooth, soft air. with pulse-like waves Flows murmuring through its hidden caves, Whose streams of brightening purple rush, Fired with a new and livelier blush. Finishing the New England group, and considering our Southern writers, we naturally think of Poe. He is considered by critics to be the best poet of the South, and if we adopt his theory of poetr) ' , we admit that he was the best poet t hat America has ever produced. His prose writings are very weird and mysterious. Poe, being a writer of such repute, the natural supposition is that the study of his color references would be very fascinating. He is another who especially likes gold: ' A GOLDEN pallor of voluptuous light, ■ Filled the warm southern night. Other authors we might mention, but it will be scarcely necessary to mention them in detail. Among these we might mention the references to color by Bryant, E. C. Stedman, Bayard Taylor, and, finally, our beloved Southern author, Thomas Nelson Page. Bryant seems to like blue best. Is this a time to be cloudy and sad. When even the deep blue heavens look glad? Stedman mentions red most frequently. Corn will grow and peaches redden. Page, like so many others above mentioned, refers to blue so often. ' ' I never is been he ar Nothin ' but good o ' him; An ' now ter think dem bright blue eyes is dim! In dat BLUE sky. It do appear. Someway, Dat he is furder ofE fom ' me dan dey; It do appear. It might be interesting to notice that the color perceptions of poets reveal themselves not only in their writings, but also in the names of books. Such as, Red Rock, by Thomas Nelson Page; A Bow of Orange Ribbon, by Amelia Barr; and The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane. We might continue this discussion to some length, but enough instances of the use of color in literature have been given to show how great has been its influence in the literary world. Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole; take away color from a thing, and all the beauty is gone. Elmer L. Crigler. 63 H riDibnigbt jfeast on professional Mall (With Apologies to E. A. Poe.) Once upon a midnight dark, while I lay awake and hark, Waiting for some girl to call me to the banquet on our hall. While I lay there almost napping, suddenly there came a tapping, And ' twas some one gently rapping, rapping on my chamber door. Ah! that ' s Lucy come to call me — call me to the feast in store — This it is and nothing more. Ah! distinctly I remember; it was in the calm Septernber, And each flickering gleam of lamplight, threw its ghost upon the floor. Quietly I rose and started, but behold a shadow darted. As if some one had suspected that some mischief was in store — Mischief over which our matron constantly did sigh and pore — Known to us forevermore. Back into my room I started, but the door had kindly parted; And the turkey there displayed, soon my every fear allayed. Hesitating then no longer, since my courage had grown stronger, Out into the hall I hastened — to this room of rare delight. There to join this merry party in the revels of midnight — Closed the door and fixed it tight. As we stood around the table, with no sign of spoon or ladle, Each did justice to her portion, and the silence was unbroken. Save by mice, impatient, eager, waiting for their share so meagre. All at once the door flew open, and these words were clearly spoken By our matron who had caught us, who unceasingly had sought us — Little money would have bought us! Girls, why will you keep persisting.? when I ' m constantly insisting That you shall not light a candle for a feast at this late hour. To your rooms now go and never, never think yourselves so clever, That you ever can deceive me. Then she turned and quit the door, Saying as she left us quaking, every minute more and more: This I ' ve told you o ' er and o ' er. SUTHERLIN AND PeCK. The Tale Two Crosses ' IT ' J ' ING before his rude hut, Jack Burns, an old fisherman, was contentedly puffing at his pipe, and listlessly watching the smoke curl upward and float away. For sometime he sat, dreaming of the blossoming hedge-rows and fragrant green lanes of dear old England. Presently he knocked the ashes from his pipe, placed it tenderly in his pocket, and walked slowly toward the shore. Gazing out intently upon the broad expanse of water before him, he saw in the distance a white speck, the sail of a ship. What could it mean ? No vessel was expected from England at this time. Could it be pirates, or an enemy ' s vessel } Terror seized him at the thought, but soon his eager eyes made out the English flag fluttering from the mast-head. His heart beat fast as he watched the vessel ploughing proudly up the bosom of the James. It was a small merchantman, carrying only a few passengers, among them Mr. Preston, a wealthy English gentleman, who was attracted to Virgraia by a love of adventure, as well as a desire to add to his wealth by raising tobacco, then so extensively cultivated. With him were his wife and his only child, a little girl of twelve, with a sweet, dreamy face, dark curls, and deep brown eyes. After a short visit in Jamestown, they moved farther west, into what is now known as Prince Edward county, where a log hut of the rudest type became their temporary home. It was situated on the ' side of a hill, and consisted of only two rooms; the lower one was scarcely high enough to allow a man to stand upright; it had a broad fireplace in one end; at the other ladder-like steps led to the attic room above. How different from the beautiful home beyond the seas ! Still, they were happy, and even enjoyed the novelty of this rough simplicity. In front of the hut the land had been cleared, and here Ir. Preston planted tobacco. Back of the cabin was a stretch of woodland, while on the lower slope of the hill, called Pine Slope, was a small, cleared space, surrounded- by trees of gigantic height, virgin pines and poplars. At the foot of the hill was a deep rivine, and beyond this hills stretched away into the distance. The Indians were all around, but they were a friendly tribe, whom no one feared. Not far away was the wigwam of the old chief. Black Snake, and his only son, Uncas, a lad of sixteen. The boy was almost worshiped by his people, for he was not only fine-looking, but was also brave and fearless, outstripping his companions in all their sports and in skillful use of the bow. (IS While hunting one day, he passed Mr. Preston ' s cabin, and was attracted by little Blair, who sat on the steps. Approaching her, he laid at her feet some of the game he had killed. She was not at all frightened, and began talking with him, admiring the feathers in his hair and the bright beads around his neck. Taking off a string of the beads, he gave them to her; as she threw them over her head, he caught sight of a tiny gold cross, suspended from a delicate chain about his neck. She explained to him its meaning, and told him how much she prized it, because it had been given her by a playmate in England. He lingered talking to her, and gazing at her sweet, tender face, which seemed to charm him. After that he came often to see her, and many happy hours they spent together on Pine Slope, their favorite haunt. Here Uncas built between two trees a rustic bench, which has long since grown into the trees, and though weather-beaten and decayed, it remains to this day. Sitting here, Blair would listen with breathless interest to thrilling tales of the warpath, and to curious items of Indian tradition. She was filled with a desire to visit the Indians, and early one morning she and her father, with Uncas as proud guide, set out toward the wigwam. In the tribe was an old squaw, who looked at least two hundred years old. Her form was bent and shrunken, her skin parched and drawn, but from her small black eyes shot rays of piercing, fiendish light. She pretended to understand the ways of the Evil One, and upon seeing her one was almost convinced that her claims were true. With glittering eyes she gazed at beautiful little Blair. She muttered something about the child ' s beauty, then in croaking voice declared that sorrow awaited the little paleface. Blair shrunk from her, and clung tightly to her father. Soon after this visit, Mr. Preston mrSved into his new house, which he had built on the other side of Pine Slope, Brooke Hall presented a striking contrast to the rude hut they had left, but Blair loved best the little cabin, their first home. During the many months which followed, Blair and Uncas became staunch friends. He made her a bow and taught her how to use it. She was not satisfied till she had a hunting suit. It consisted of a short red, fringed skirt, over which hung points of fur forming an over-skirt; and a jacket, trimmed with fur and cunningly embroidered with beads. She wore feathers in her hair, aind leather leggins and tiny moccasins completed her suit. With a form as lithe and supple as a willow, she seemed a noble Indian princess. But changes were taking place — changes which threatened the friendship of the Indian lad and the English maiden. Persuaded by his friend, Mr. Preston, Mr. Page came to America, and built a handsome house near Brooke Hall. Several years passed, during which Blair saw more and more of Loomis Page, the tall manly son of their neighbor. In him Uncas recognized the giver of the little gold cross which he had always admired. Uncas watched them with jealous eyes, and before they themselves were conscious of their deepening love for each, the wary Indian knew it, and he hated Loomis with burning intensity, equalled only by the strength of his hidden love for Blair. Uncas felt that he must avoid the sight of their happiness if he would control his murderous 66 hatred, and when Blair would chide him for not coming to see her he would turn his head sadly away, muttering brokenly somethin ' g about the paleface stealing all her time. Blair guessed not the depth of the Indian ' s fierce love, and was happy with Loomis, unconscious of danger. She laid aside the once-beloved moccasins, hunting suit and bow, keeping them only as precious reminders of her happy childhood. The thought that he would never again see her, his paleface princess, in the beautiful garments of his race, left a smouldering fire in the eyes of the watchful Uncas. One evening as the twilight fell, Loomis and Blair sat together on the bench that Uncas had made between the trees. Both were sad, for on the morrow he must go to Jamestown, to be absent several months. They were long silent, her small hand clasped in his. Their hearts understood each other and needed not the faltering, tremulous words of love which fell at last from the young man ' s lips: Blair, I love you! When I return from Jamestown, may I claim you as my own. ' Though she spoke not, her lips raised to his gave the tender promise. Reluctantly they arose and walked slowly to the house, but not before the stealthy Indian, returning from the hunt, himself unseen, saw all. So great was his fury that he could scarcely stay the murderous hand. He bounded toward them — then turned and fled silently into the forest, smothering a cry of pain. That night Uncas persuaded Black Snake to allow him to go to the Great Lakes and there join the friendly tribes who were at war with the northern Indians. The next evening he went to see Blair once more, and as he went up Pine Slope he saw her standing at the foot of a tall poplar. Her white-clad form leaned lightly against the tree, and with. closed eyes and bent head she moved her lips in prayer, and tenderly kissed the little gold cross which hung from her neck. The Indian ' s heart was softened by a sight so fair, but in another moment a whispered word, Loomis! turned it to flint. Then his blood felt as fire; maddened to frenzy, he raised his bow and with unerring aim sent a deadly arrow to her heart. She fell heavily to the ground; a crimson stream dyed the white gown Uncas hur- riedly raked away the leaves, and with his hunting knife deftly dug a narrow grave. He took the cross from her neck, and when he touched the sweet, lifeless form his face blanched and his strong frame shook. He hastily filled the grave with stones and earth tightly packed, then strewed over it sticks, stones and leaves, and with a skill known only to the cunning Indians removed every trace of the deed. When Blair was missed, the father ' s heart stood still with an unspeakable fear. Indians! he whispered hoarsely. All night search-parties scoured the country. A swift messenger was sent to Loomis, and he who had gone away with a heart full of happy hopes returned after three days with drawn, set face and eyes from which the light had gone forever. At Black Snake ' s wigwam, I Ir. Preston and Loomis learned of Uncas ' departure, and despair settled upon them. The old witch ' s fiendish laugh made them shudder as they turned away, but they were convinced that Black Snake knew nothing about it, if his son were guilty of what they feared. Year after year passed in heavy sadness. Loomis cared as tenderly for Blair ' s Vire 5 67 sorrowing parents are she herself could have done, and he was grateful when they called him tenderl} ' , my son! ' No news had ever come and none was now expected, concerning their darling ' s mysteriuus loss. Their hearts longed for the end of the way, when the} ' would know all. In the north, Uncas fought bravely, and led his men to many victories. While still a young man, he was seized with a deadly disease. The medicine man could do nothing for him. Despite his weakness, Uncas determined to see Pine Slope once more before he went to the Happy Hunting-ground. The journe} ' was a long and diflficult one, and made in pain. Late one evening he reached Pine Slope, and dragged himself to the popular tree at the head of Blair ' s grave. With his a.xe he cut a cross on the tree, but his strength was failing him, and it took much efifort to accomplish his purpose. He had almost finished it, when, hearing a step in the leaves, he turned and saw a man approaching slowly, with eyes bent upon the ground in sad thought. The stranger suddenly raised his head and stared into the eyes of the dying Indian. They gazed at each other in silence, until Uncas took the little gold cross from his belt and handed it to Loomis. Then in faltering tones, between short, quick gasps for breath, he con- fessed all. Loomis spoke not, but across his face flashed first horror and anger, then grief and pity. The Indian lifted his weary e3-es to Loomis, and with all his former pride and dignity begged forgiveness. When he had finished speaking his tired head dropped, one long sigh escaped his lips, and he was dead. Then Loomis digged another grave beneath the poplar and therein kindly laid the once proud young chief, saying brokenly: Thou, too, hast a heart, red man! M. Katharine Grayson. be Xesson of tbe Diolcts Faithless we are in our vain jealousy; We doubt when we should trust; are vain when we Should lowly, meek and humble strive to be; We seek, oh, God, to know Thy mystery. Thinking we ' re strong in our infirmity, We will not learn the lessons we should see, Nor read the meaning that was placed by Thee In the sweet violet ' s humilitj ' . Low down among the leaves in modesty These violets bloomed, and hid their fragrance there; I sent them to my lady. On her breast And in the sunny tresses of 1 er hair They shed their fragrance, nestled gracefully, I know they are above all violets blest. Nay, we are stubborn and we will not learn ; The clearest lessons seem to us obscure, We are in danger, feeling most secure ; Life ' s blessings in disguise we ' ll not discern. For what we cannot have we ever yearn ; We fain would enter every closed door. We strive for what would make us doubly poor ; And ever from the good to evil turn. Oh, violets sweet, upon ray lady ' s breast, And shedding all your fragrance d} ing there, Teach us the lessons that God ' s mercies spread In all } ' our fragrant blooms so sweet and fair, Let but our souls be of one gift possessed — The lingering fragrance of sweet violets dead. J. Miller Leake. 69 A Hero Unknown to Fame |N those ante-bellum daj ' s, when everywhere there was peace, happiness and contentment, my grandfather first showed to the wondering world the great power of hib lungs. That same day his father chose and brought up from the quarters Black Billie, to be the play-fellow and protector of Little Marse Seymour. All through the joys and sorrows of childhood Black Billie was grandfather ' s most devoted slave and companion. They stood together the storm of An ' Nervy ' s sharp tongue for the sake of a gooseberry tart; they fished together at the mill pond; they ran off and visited together the rows of smiling, shiny faces down at the quarters; they listened together, with open mouths, to the wonderful tales told by mammy ; and while at church together they first saw Miss Anne, the beautiful little daughter of their neighbor, Marse John Holman. To see Miss Anne was to love her; so that is how it happened that Black Billie was sent, the very next dav, hurrying along towards ' ' Marse John ' s with a great bunch of tea roses from ' ' Little Marse Seymour. Soon after this. Grandfather, with Black Billie still at his heels, went off to college. Then followed years of hard study, for everything essential, in that day and time, in a gentleman ' s education, had to be fought over and won. My grandfather was eighteen years old on that memorable day when he came back from school a graduate. In honor of the event, a great ball was given at Sunny Side, his home, and all the families in the county came. Never had Black Billie been so proud of his handsome young master as he was when Marse Sej ' mour opened the ball with Miss Anne, the belle of the county. Perhaps you thought that my grandfather, while away, had forgotten Miss Anne, but Black Billie knew that he had not. When the young man saw her that night, in all her fresh, girlish beauty, the spark of childish love, which had been kept alive in his heart, burst into a flame so bright and strong that it was destined never to go out. We, who live in a fierce, wild rush, a mad fight for gold, can scarcely imagine the summer that followed, so full was it of fun, happiness, leisure and love. In the meantime, the saddest thing that can ever happen had happened to our beloved country; war was declared, and the men and boys all over the South went to fight their Northern brothers. Of course, grandfather, with his ever faithful body- servant, left home and friends to fight for his land. And when Black Billie saw the tears in Miss Anne ' s eyes, after Marse Seymour said good-bye, a great pity for the young lovers filled his gentle heart. He bowed his head before the sight of the girl ' s grief, saying as tenderly as the noblest could have done: Dar now, Miss Anne, doan ' 3 ' er cry, Miss Honey, kase I gwine ter bring him back ter you, I pintedly is. She 70 touched the black hand in gratitude, while Billie kept murmuring: Yas, little Mistis, ole BiUie gwine tek good care o ' Marse Seymour; I ' d die for him, Miss Anne ! Into the fiercest part of evHy battle grandfather, with Black Billie, always went. One day the men grew desperate. The battle had lasted almost all day, when at last the two armies closed on each other. Grandfather fought hand to hand with a blue- coat. Suddenly there was a flash of steel, a smothered cry: Good God I Mar. ' e Seymour ! and Black Billie sprang in front of the foe and received in his own breast the sword thrust intended for the heart of his young master. Without a groan he sank to the earth. Grandfather sat down on the ground and gathered the black head into his arms, while the tears blinded him. He heard his faithful Billie saying: Is yer cryin ' fer me, Marse Seymour ? Lordy, little Marster, I wuz jes ' bleeged ter do it. Dis nigger ain ' nuth ' n but er ole cowerd; does yer reckon I ' d face Miss Anne ' s lovely eyes wid you ded ? No, sar ! He was silent a few moments, and then again he spoke more faintly: Good-bve, Marse Seymour, — will yer kiss Miss Anne ' s little white hand fer me ? — and tell her — I is glad I — kep ' — my promise. And the hero went to his reward with a brave, sweet smile on his dark face. Today, the most cherished possession of Miss Anne ' s daughter is a faded gray coat, and as she puts her slender finger through the stained gash in the left side of the old garment, she says, lovingly: Dear old Black Billie! you gave your life for my dear father ! Elizabeth Richardson. ' .5 ■m STATISTICS I. Harriet Hankins — Most graceful. 2. LuciLE Kent — Best dancer. 3. Mary Frayser — Faculty pet. , 4. Ethel Arvin — Most popular. 5. Ruth Clendening — Strongest character. 6. Elise Hartman — Most worldly minded. 7. Neville Watkins ] ' ■ ' f ' ' ( 2. Faculty pet. 8. Lucy i I. Sportiest looking. Daniel -( 2. Jolliest. ( 3. Wittiest. 9. Annie Doughty — Most intellectual. 10.: Annie Gresham — Most credulous. II. Anne Richardson — Cutest. 12. Ray Rogers — Most modest. . • 72 LUCY MANSON President CARRIE SUTHERLIN Vice-President JESSIE WHITMORE Secretary CARRIE MARTIN Treasurer MOTTO AIM The development of Christian ch ar- Not by might nor by power, but by acters in its members, and the prosecu- my spirit, saith the Lord of host. tion of active Christian work, particularly among the young women of the Institu- tion. 75 T HE session of i902- ' o3 has been a very prosperous one for our Young ■ Women ' s Christian Association. Last September a large number of our CTI members came early to welcome the new girls and to help make them feel as comfortable as possible in their new school home. The Devotional Committee, which plans the programmes for our public meeting on Saturday afternoon, has done especially well this term, for our meetings have been very interesting every time. Every member of the Association is given an opportunity to take active part some time during the year; but if inclined, they have the, privilege of refusing. However, we are glad to say that it is seldom a girl declines to take active part. Once every month, the Saturday afternoon meeting is devoted to the great cause of missions. The Mission Study Class meets every Friday afternoon to study the lives and works of great missionaries. This class is taught by members of the Faculty, il has been well attended during the session. We now have in our missionary treasury over twent3 ' -five dollars ($25.00); with this we expect to educate a child in some foreign field for missionary work. The next important feature of our Y. W. C. A. is the Bible Classes. These, with the exception of one, are taught by the girls themselves. We have one lesson in this work per week, the classes usually meeting on Sunday afternoon. There are two courses in this work. The Life of Christ, and Acts and Epistles. We have in school fourteen Bible class teachers, and one hundred and eighty-five girls taking the work. This work is, of course, spontaneous on the part of the students. Last September the Social Committee gave an entertainment to the new girls; it was very informal — a tacky party. This was to help the new girls become acquainted, and to make them feel at home here among us. There was, however, one part of the entertainment that wasn ' t one bit tacky, and that was the refresh- ments, which were served by our association members to their new fellow students. Our Y. W. C. A. has two hundred and eight members, and the ainount now in treasury is about thirty dollars ($30.00). Last summer we sent one representative to the Southern Students ' Conference at Asheville, N. C. , and expect to send another this summer. Then, in November, we sent a representative to the State Convention at Staunton, Va. Because our school is a state institution, and can have no regular religious instructions given by the faculty, it is often said that our students are not so much interested in religious affairs. But it is gratifying to us to know this is not so. Although the school is a state institution, a delightful religious spirit seems to prevail in it; for many of the students, as well as all of the faculty, are earnest Christian workers, both in school and in church. Lucy Manson. 76 BASKET BALL SPARTANS Colors: Red and Gold. Yell: Hurrah, hurrah! Ra, ra, ray! Spartans, Spartans! We are they! HELTER SKELTER Colors: Basket-ball brown and Gym. -suit blue. Yell: Ta, ra, ra! Sis, boom, delta! We are the victors! Helter Skelter! Spartans, o. SCORE Umpire— MISS HILLS Helter Skelter, 7. SPARTANS Captain LUCY ANDERSON Centre MARY ALSTON Right Forward. . . .GRACE WALTON Left Forward PATTIE JONES Right Guard BESSIE TINSLEY Left Guard LUCY ANDERSON HELTER SKELTER Captain Fyi ' HEL TOPPING Centre CARRIE SUTHF:RLIN Right Forward.. . .ETHEL TOPPING Left Forward. . . .CARRIE MARTIN Right Gaurd ALICE I ' AUEET ' i Left Gaurd MARL COCKE 78 B. B. T. 11. A and 11. B II. A BASKET BALL TEAM THE B. B. T. COLORS: Black and Gold. Captain of Team RUBY BRUGH Right Forward ANNA JOLIFFE Left Forward .... JENNIE CRIGLER Centre ELISE HARTMAN Right Guard LIZZIE JAMES Left Guard RUBY BRUGH II. B BASKET BALL TEAM THE ANCHOR. COLORS: Green and White. Capt. OF Team. CORNELIA STERRF:TT Right Forward. ELIZABETH VERSER Left Forward BYRD KING Centre CORNELIA STERRETT Right Guard LUCIE CHRISMAN Left Guard ELEANOR ABBITT 79 GOLF President, ELMER CRIGLER. Vice-President, BESSIE STERRETT. Sec. and Treas., HARRIET HANKINS. CaDOtcs CARRIE HENDERSON HENRIETTA DUNLAP ETTA SAMPSON JANIE CRUTE JANIE CRUTE CLAIR WOODRUFF ELIZABETH BASKERVILL CARRIE HENDERSON MARY ALSTON BESSIE JUSTICE Ripety, rapety, Biggest fake ' F we had the links With missing links Rah! Long live CLUB Grand Tournament, May 29, 1903, The appointed time, but there ' ll be no shoiw. Committee — UNCLE ROBERT. ' IftOttO We would if we cou but if we can ' t how Colors Transparent and Invisible. ETTA SAMPSON NEVILLE WATKINS MARY PECK HENRIETTA DUNLAP ANNIE McLaughlin CARRIE SUTHERLIN Hip, La, Lee, of 1903. we ' d play right well, no one can tell. Rah! the Jonahs! Tennis Club No. 1. OFFICERS CLAIR WOODRUFF President ELIZABETH BASKERVILL Vioe-President ETTA SAIMPSON Secretary MEMBERS E ' I ' TA SAMPSON CARRIE HENDERSON ELMER CRIGLER CLAIR WOODRUFF HARRIET HANKINS ELIZABETH BASKERVILL EDNA ELCAN CLAUDIA PERKINS HONORARY MEMBERS Dr. JONES Miss ANDREWS 8i Tennis Club No. 2. OFFICERS President LUCILE KENT Vice-President JESSIE WHITMORE Secretary and Treasurer LUCY MANSON MEMBERS JUSTINE PICKERELL JULIA PALMER EMMA KELLER LOUISE VAUGHN ANNA JOLLIFFE LUCY CHRISMAN ELIZABETH KING JANIE CRUTE DAISY FOSTER FANNY WOLFE STELLA NELSON GRACE ADAMS 82 Skater ' s Club President STELLA NELSON Vice-President JESSIE WHITMORE Secretary and Treasurer ELISE HARTMAN Favorite Position. At a stand still Favorite Expression It ' s only a case on ice Characteristics Red noses and frozen toes(es) Song Please, oh please, oh, do not let me fall ' MEMBERS MERLE ABBITT ANGELA TINSLEY EMMA KELLER ETTA SAMPSON CLAIR WOODRUFF BESSIE STERRETT NETTIE DUNLAP EUGENIA WAMBERSIE B. LA BOYTEAUX CARRIE WHITE DAISY FOSTER ELIZABETH KING LOUISE PRICE EMMA WARING ELLEN LEE SUE GANNAWAY JENNIE CRIGLER CARRIE HENDERSON FANNY MARSTON GEORGIA MILLER MARY BOISSEAU CARRIE KYLE ANNE RICHARDSON ANNA PAXTON KATHLEEN PRICE HONORARY MEMBERS Miss HILLS Dr. sears 83 Sigma Sigma Sigma ed by the Legislature ot Virginia COLORS: Purple and W hite. FLOWER: Purple Violet. YELL Skull and cross-bones, rah ! rah ! rah ! Sigma Sigma Sigma, ha 1 ha ! ha ! Death and destruction to things that are wrong, Strength and protection — we ' re the strong — Skull and cross-bones, rah ! rah ! rah ! Sigma Sigma Sigma, ha ! ha ! ha ! IN FACULTATE HELEN BLACKISTON NATALIE LANCASTER IN COLLEGIO MARY LITTLEPAGE POWERS SALLIE GUY DAVIS ELIZABETH VARA BLACKMORE ELLEN MOORE LEE KATHLEEN GERTRUDE PRICE ETTA SINCLAIR ETTA SAMPSON HARRIET PARKER HANKINS RENA ARMSTRONG IN URBE LOUISE PARRAMORE ANNE LAVINIA RICHARDSON ELIZABETH STOKES RHEA CLARK SCOTT NELLIE CARSON SMITHEY JENNIE CARTER JACKSON GOAT ??_ xxxCx! — ,,Ry?? Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority Organized in the State Normal School, Farmville, Va., Oct. 15, 1898. Chartered by the Legislature of Virginia March 15, 1902. CHAPTERS Alpha Chapter State Noimal School, Farmville, Virginia Beta Chapter Sub Rosa Gamma Chapter Hannah Moore Academy, Reisterstown, Maryland Delta Chapter Randolph-Macon Woman ' s College, Lynchburg, Virginia COLORS: Turquoise Blue and Steel Gray. FLOWER: Double White Violet. YELL Heido, Kivo ! Siskum razzle dalpha; Here we are, here we are Zeta Tau Alpha ! CLAIR WOODRUFF EDITH DUVALL NORA WHITE IN URBE LAURA LEE CAR TER , Mrs. walker . COTT CARRIE KYLE IN COLLEGIO LILA WALLER DUVAL ELIZABETH WINDSOR KING MARY OLIVIA FRAYSER JANIE MAY CRUTE JESSIE EVERS VVHITMORE JULIA DREW PAL] IER MARY CLAUDIA PERKINS GEORGIE MAY MILLER GRACE ADAMS Kappa Delta Fraternity nded in 1895. Made National ; CHAPTERS Alpha State Normal School Beta Chatham Episcopal Institute Gamma HoUins Institute Theta Randolph-Macon Woman ' s College Epsilon Gunston Institute CALL Alpha Kappa Delta The Alpha, the Alpha, the Alpha Kappa Delta. Alpha Kappa Delta, We ' re 103 ' al and true to the Alpha Kappa Delta. SORORES IN URBE MARY JACKSON SUSIE SCOTT GENEVIEVE VENABLE SORORES IN COLLEGIO RUTH SCHMELZ ROCHET McKINNEY FANNIE MARSTON FRANKIE McKINNEY BLAIR WARD ' LELIA JACKSON NELLIE PEEK LUCILE V. KENT SARAH GOODE ELEANOR C. WHITE LUCY BROOKE HANNAH E. PAXTON JUSTINE PICKRELL ANNA C. PAXTON Absent when picture was taken. Alpha Chapter ALPHA SIGMA ALPHA Established and chartered during the session of 1902-3 in the State Female Normal School, Farmville, Virgii COLORS: Crimson and Silver. FLOWER: White Carnation. YELL Chickalaca ! Chickalaca ! Razzie ! Dazzle 1 I3alpha ! Boomalaca ! Boomalaca ! Alpha Sigma ! Alpha Sigma ! Alpha Sigma Alpha ! Rah ! Rah ! SORORES IN COLLEGIO VIRGINIA LEE BOYD LUCY HANNAH DANIEL MAY WILLIAMSON HUNDLEY ANGELA CARROLL TINSLEY HATTIE VIRGINIA KELLY LOUISE BURKES COX LOUISE PETTIGREW PRICE EDNA VENABLE ELCAN MARGUERITE ANTHONY PALMER LOUISE GORDON BASKERVILL KATHERINE EARL BOYD SORORES IN URBE GRACE MASON WILSON CALVA HAMLET WATSON JULIETTE JEFFERSON HUNDLEY 92 CHI A Sorority of Sororities, composed of members of the three Sororities — Kappa Delta, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Zeta Tau Alpha. %, Ir V , A c- ? v V . ' 94 MEMBERS HARRIET P, HANKINS, § S S SARAH MASSIE GOODE, K A CLAUDIA PERKINS, Z T A ETTA SAMPSON, i t t ETTA SINCLAIR, § S S JUSTINE PICKRELL, K A JANIE MAY CRUTE, Z T A 95 ©rganisation L. K. ORGANIZATION Lighter Vein as ©tbcrs See Tils. There was a young student named Young, And around one instructor she hung ; O ' er nature she raved, To it was enslaved — Its dehghts in loud praises she sung ! M. Frayser, the pride of the place, AVith her winsome and innocent face, In the art room always Spends half of her days ; Would you judge she has much of a case? In our school is a child we called Sue, Who makes you feel good when you ' re blue; In her class to Miss R — She proved quite a star, To map-drawing she ' ll ever be true. And next we perceive Janie Jones, AVho ' s surely a bushel of bones ; Her beau is so chaiming That the case is alarming, And she finds she must choose between homes. There ' s that excellent girl, Carrie White, With her head spun ot gold, soft and bright; But the subject of Kodges, She generally dodges ; Don ' t crowd her too close, she will light. Of Norfolk girls, now, if you please, Note Mary and little Louise. To Training School strife They give half their life. But chew gum on the lawn at their ease. Kate Stephens, we ' re led to suppose. From the way her specks set on her nose, Will be an old maid, With manners quite staid. For no one would dare to propose. Gertrude Griffin, a quite brilliant scholar, Who intends mathematics to follow. Didn ' t think, till too late. But she answered right straight: Standard weight of U. S. is a dollar. To a rhetoric class, then, you must go. The meaning of amateur correctly to know ; There a maiden named Clair — With very dark hair — Said: One who takes pictures, I trow. Behold, now, our poet, L. Carter ; If only some one would please start her, Her muse she ' d evoke, And our laughter provoke, ' Till a seamstress we ' d all have to charter. JOKES The President, meeting Miss Xewcomcr : Well, to what class have you been assigned ? ' ' To the dormitor} ' , sir. Justine (watching her room-mate stuffing a pillow): That cotton looks as dirty as if it had just come off the sheep ' s back. Room-male: Ha! Ha! ' ' Justine: Oh, hush ! here comes one of those practice school children ! Is it sheep ' s or sheep .■■ Dr. S (Senior A History): What important event closed the Revolutionary ' ar . ' ■ ' Alice P (excitedly): Lee ' s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Cluli Editor: Where can I go to get the names of the girls belonging to clubs ! ' ' Mary: just go to the catalogue for the names, and the colors you can easily find in the rainbow. Senior B (preparing for midnight feast): Please get some cheese butter; it makes such fine ham sandwiches. ' ' Miss M: Are you going to join the Y. W. C. A? Miss Green: Why, no; I ' d like to, but my mother told me positively I must not join any sorority. Miss Experience: I am going up to ' Uncle Pat ' s. ' Do you want to go, too. ' ' Miss Firslyear : I didn ' t know you had any relatives here. Miss B : When anyone asks rne to play, I never refuse and say I can ' t. Aliss W: Oh, yes; you let them find out for themselves, don ' t you. ' ' ' Mrs. Matron (making the rounds, io.-30 P. i I.): All in bed.? New Girl: Yes, -but we won ' t mind getting up again the least bit. Come in and have a seat. Miss R: Why does the thick fur protect the animals in the polar regions. ' bright Pupil: Because it is air tight. Senior B: I am so glad the Senior A ' s cannot observe my period for teaching. ' First A (sagely).- Well, then, you won ' t be preserved at all, will you. ' One new girl, comphumnglvjo anotlicr: They just needn ' t say another word to me about matriculating; my father said I would have enough to do down here without bothering about matriculation. Miss R (geography class).- What would a ' ou call it if you dropped a pin on the ground . ' Miss W: An accident. Miss R: You are not thinking _ -ou would call it a terra-pin. ' Miss W: Well, we don ' t call them that on the Eastern shore. Miss Malaprop: I don ' t see why they need those fire extinguishers: the radiators make it hot enough alreadv. Afiss B: Name the minerals of Southern Russia. ' Preppy: Lot ' s of geese are raised there. MissK: What is a monarchy. ' Second B : The man who kills the Presidents. ' ' 103 ' Caps That Fit. ' The worst is never true of woman. fuUYt Perhaps she will grow. — Nellie Heath. Neither a borrower n. r a lender be. ' ' — Angela Tinsley. Affection mutual on one side. — Eliza- beth Baskervill. A sweet, attractive kind of grace. — Miss I-ancaster. ' Twas no false heraldry, when madness drew Her pedigree from those who too much knew. — M. Cocke. Some on antiquated authors pore. Rummaging for sense. — E. Sinclair. When does morning ever break, .Vnd find those sleepy eyes awake. — Carrie Henderson. ' • Her air has a meaning, her movements a grace. You ' d turn from the fairest to gaze on her face. — Wary Fray ' ser. Like Juno ' s swans. Went coupled and inseparable. — Crute and Goode. Eift me, oh, lift me, from this horrid deep (the Normal School) ! — Nellie White. Too smart to live, yet too laz} ' to die. — Vivian Boisseau. No knife can cut our love in twain. — Mary Hiner, Blanch Gilbert and Berth.v Triplet. Self-praise is better than none. — Lucy ' ?ilANSON. As sure as comes your wedding day, A broom to jou I ' ll send ; l!i sunshine plkase use the bushy part: In storm you may use the other end. — Nellie Peek. ' Gladly we grant thee a token, A pVayer that thy future may be A pathway of peace all unbroken, Naught bringing sorrow to thee -INIrs. Morrison. ' •Speechless with wonder and half dead with fear. — Bernie Smith. Since I saw you last there is a great change upon you. — The Normal School. Call in sweet music; I have heard soft airs Can charm our senses and expel our cares. — Mary Powers. Such a light and graceful dancer saw you ever yet in France ! — Claudia Per- kins. For I am nothing, if not critical. — Elmer Crigler. The gentleness of all the gods go with thee. — Mildred Evans. Oh, if to dance all night and dress all day ! — Carrie Henderson. Her hair was wound in many a curious fret. — Hallie Miller. When absent far from those she loved, Is there naught the heart can fetter ? When weeks roll by and still they rove, Is there no cure? Ah, yes, a letter. — Lucile Kent. A blockhead rubs his thoughtless skull, And thanks his stars he ' s nota fool. — Harriet Hankins. Fearnot the anger of the wise to raise. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. — I ucY Daniel. Her voice was ever soft and low, an e.xcellent thing in woman. — Miss Coul- LING. .? ? .? .? .? .? ? .? ? .? ? ? ? ? ? .?— Dorothy Rogers. Her sunny locks hung on her temples like a golden fieece. — Edna F ' lcan. Through suffering and sorrow thou ha.st past, To show us what a woman true may be. — Neville Watkins. The noblest mind the best contentment has. — Annie Doughty. I ' m quite ashamed — ' tis mighty rude To eat so much, but all ' s so good ! — Ersula Boyd. I hold many an accustomed feast, whereto I have invited many a guest. — Pro- fessional Hall. Hear her, for she will speak. — Mary Wood Boisseau. Maiden, with the meek brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadow lies. — Elizabeth King. The following additions have been made to the domestic department during the past session: Miss Mary Ella Jeffries, First Assistant. Miss Evangeline Hetterick, Second Assistant. 105 Resolved, That Slang Should Be Abolished I. Y some, slang is supposed to be of Gypsy origin; by others, it is considered the offspring of the Scandinavian Sleugja kjeften, to sling the jaw. Webster says it is low, vulgar, unauthorized speech, and that it is the jargon of some particular class of society. Slang expressions have also been called blank checks on the bank of intellectuality, which can be filled by, and become usable to, only a very few in the right way. Now, no one likes to make the impression that he possesses only blank checks, either on a money bank or his mind. Some people are deluded into thinking that slang expresses their thoughts with vividness better than anything else could, and that the more they put into their con- versation the brighter and wittier they seem. On the contrary, the power to talk charmingly is greatly weakened by the use of these rebels against good English. Lund- ness, tawdriness, coarseness, are not attractive qualities, even in the freedom allowed by conversational usage. They only remind us that All the world would fain be wits, But a million miss to one that hits. The habitual use of slang betrays a limited vocabulary, or poverty, even bank- ruptcy of thought. One must be either very ignorant or very lazy if he cannot find enough authorized words to express his thoughts. If he continues to let slang take the place of the simple language of the fireside, he will find that good English rises to his lips less and less readily, until at last his vocabulary is miserably shrunken, and slang is his master, he a slave. Since it was originally the secret language of thieves and robbers, used by them because no one else could understand it, you are compelled to acknowledge that it originated among the lowest classes of people. Even now its habitual users are news- boys, bootblacks, reporters, jockeys, gamblers, shop girls and theater girls. True, we find that it is spreading to such an extent that it often blots the speech of the refined and well-educated. This does not excuse it, for even the refined may contract a loathe- some disease. This toleration of the well-educated is, indeed, one of its greatest dangers, for cultured people should be the guardians of our purer English, and it is not fitting that they should adopt the language of the lowest — as well expect them to adopt the other habits and customs of an outcast from good societv. Besides, Eng- lish-speaking people should consider it a duty to hand down an unsullied language to coming generations. We cannot shirk our share of this responsibility. Many slang expressions say either too much or too little, and if we wish to express our thoughts finely, delicately, we cannot employ them; even their acknowledged raci- io6 ness cannot make up for this fault — the inability to make fine shades of discrimination. School girls often use slang, merely from force of habit, never thinking how ridicu- lous it sounds to others. Not long ago, a girl showed a large and handsome Bible to one of her friends, who examined it carefully, and expressed her admiration in the appreciative terms, Oh, how cute ! Much slang is irreverent, and some is almost profane. Most slang is both senseless and silly, and is deservedly short-lived. The phrases in common use a few years ago have given way to newer ones, equally as absurd. Who can find anything to commend in You ' re not so warm, It ' s up to you, Go way back and sit down, even though fashion makes them violently popular for a while.? Slang is fickle and changeable, subject to whim and caprice; it is a mushroom growch that springs up in one night, is quickly learned and as quickly forgotten. Not enough of it passes into permanent, reputable use to justify its use on this ground. This ephemeral nature of slang is one of the strongest reasons why it should never be used in writing. What is written is practically permanent and should not contain what will become odd and unmeaning in a few short years. A book full of the current slang of toda} ' would need a glossary ten years from now, if it could live so long. To those unaccustomed to it, even up-to-date slang is as unintelligible as Greek to Crazy Charlie. In speaking of this, Professor Hargrave, of Shelbyville College, sa3-s, If our boys and girls are to be encouraged to use slang rather than English undefiled, I respectfully request fhe establishment of summer schools for instructing the elders in up-to-date speech. I confess that I am not a little ashamed to find myself unfitted for conversation with the young in the language which, according to Dr. Hall, is the one we should encourage them to use. We young people, we say, should be ashamed to find ourselves distorting and perverting the English language so that those who speak it in its purity cannot understand us. The constant use of slang lowers the standard of literature, vitiates the taste, even stains the moral character, for the greater part of slang consists of vulgar terms used by vulgar people to express vulgar things. Above many things, we should pray to be delivered from vulgarity, then set about answering our own prayers by abolishing slang at once and forever. Sallie Guy Davis. II. Some people contend that slang, because of its origin, should be debarred refined usage. Its origin is not commendable in itself, but when something has proved itself worthy of a place among the seats of the mighty, its origin must not be thrown in its face. Everything and everbody has to make a beginning, and few can start at the top. The question arises, How has slang proved itself deserving of consideration ? Our first answer will be found in what some of the masters of literature think and say about it; the second, in what slang itself has done, and is doing, for the language. Examine the works of slang ' s earliest defenders, Aristophanes, Martial, Plautus, 107 and Terence, writers of the classic ages of Greece and Rome. Their works will be forever regarded with wonder and admiration, yet these same writings abound in slang. In modern times it has been warml) ' , vigorousl) ' defended by DeQuincey, and who could want a more powerful champion, both from the standpoint of right and might .■ ' Some of the foremost critics of the world place him, from the excellence of his style, at the very head of English prose- writers; others divide the honor between him and Ruskin; and this man upholds slang ! Dickens, honored and admired, even introduced a certain class of slang. No doubt many will say, Dickens ' characters and scenes compelled him to use it; he had to speak through them in their own language, to be ' true to life. ' If he did, does it not show that at times slang is the very thing needed to express certain conditions and thoughts ? Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, not only encourages slang by word, but admits that he uses it. He says that on certain occasions a slang phrase may be exactly the thing needed, and that the word or phrase may be filled with meaning by a thoughtful man. These are among the most prominent defenders of slang, but they are by no means all. Some people attack slang according to Mrs. Nation ' s methods; they go about with hatchets, as it were, and in their zeal for the right, smash both good and bad in their efforts to destroy the latter. Now, this is not right; it is fanatical. The good should not suffer for the bad, and herein lies the trouble; these people cannot discrimi- nate; refuse to see that there is slang, and there is slang — many classes, in fact. One is full of racy, piquant sayings that add lustre to the language. The other is low, vulgar and hateful — this is the kind to abolish. The former class does not weaken the vocabulary, as some contend; rather, it is a feeder, a training school for new expressions, which take the place of old, wornout, hackneyed phrases. Slang is to the language what a mushroom is to sauce, the most delicate, subtle, delicious flavor, if you have the right kind; but if you have the wrong kind, no power can save you from its deadly poison. Look out for the white veil and cup on the mushroom, and look out for their counterpart in slang. Choose the edible ones and you have a dish fit for a prince; choose their opposite and you have — well — ! , Of course the same word or phrase should not be bandied about from one subject to another. It should have a limited circulation, else it will lose the pith and pun- gency which, says Mr. Richard White, it gives to the language. loreover, slang is fashionable. It is stylish, just as a new hat or dress is, and there are many styles that are vulgar, even indecent; yet does one think of abolishing all style ? Such a person would be considered weak-minded. There is, of course, some slang that is low and vulgar, but it takes a vulgar-minded person to employ a coarse style or a coarse expression. A refined person can brighten up her conversation with a few fresh, kindly slang phrases in the same way that she can, by means of a dainty collar, or a knot of bright ribbon, add an indefinable grace to her costume. Besides, our language is, along some lines, almost poverty-stricken. Our best writers complain that often it contains no word for some new invention, or thought. io8 And what do we do? Simply borrow some foreign term. Now, why not coin some word from the resources of our own language ? One that would be understood by all ? Slang is our best means of doing this. In many such cases where it has come to the rescue, slang has filled an antece- dent blank, and has been welcomed as a permanent addition to the language. Some of our best words were once slang; mob, snob, boss, chum, cab, boy- cott, influence, Methodist, Christian, are among these. Really, what could we supply in good, authorized English for bored, fast, slow, a brick.? There are words of meaning in those little words, so forceful, yet so subtle; so expres- sive, yet so hard to explain So, you see, we must be careful about abolishing slang. As Holmes advises, we must discriminate, and be shy of absolute proscription, for even, when some slang phrases are not permanent, they are what he calls conversational blank checks which intellectual capitalists may sometimes find it worth their while to borrow. Zaidee H. Smith. 109 Remedies for School Maladies OR swell-head, take mixture of Tair ' s Atmosphere and Tides; heat this by convection, stirring well with cyclones; then set aside to cool dynamically; take three doses a week, and, if you recover, the cure will be permanent. If your health will not permit you taking the Dormitory or Matriculation courses, you must bring a certificate to that effect. For hardheartedness, take the campus course in broken doses. You will find limping very effectual when you want to be excused from gymnastics. School books are considered public property here, and walk around considerably; so, if you lose all your books, don ' t worry; they ' ll come back some day (may be). Should you awake in the dead of night and find a rat in your hair, don ' t be alarmed; he is a professional hair-dresser, and has had abundant experience. Be careful where you walk, for you never know when you may be treading on the grass. No loafing allowed, but if you are unable to walk to the dining room, you will be heartily welcomed in the infirmary. Special attractions Sunday evening about tea time. Do not take water from the fire extinguishers; we will need it all in case of fire. Girls with light heads are requested to keep them under the covers at night, so that their room-mates can get some sleep. Should the lights go out before you have finished studying, take a feather out of your pillow; that is light enough. Girls will please not allow the bands on their new spring hats to play, for fear of disturbing Mrs. Farhearing. Girls artistically inclined, who wish to draw, can draw on their imagination. Jottings from My Diary January 21 (Wednesday) — New girls began to enter school today. I went on the third floor to take one to dinner, fell down the steps, and broke the heels off the only pair of shoes I had. January 22 (Thursday) — Stayed in bed today and studied for a test while my shoes were being repaired. January 23 (Friday) — Sleet on everything. I worked an original in geometry for Louise while she stole off to Uncle Pat ' s to get us some candy. She slipped so much that she did not return in time for two of her classes. She has decided to do her own work hereafter, and never break the rules again, especially when sleet is on the ground. February 6 (Friday) — The civics class planned this morning to have a mock tria ' . I was arrested for stealing a girl ' s lamp and matches, which were worth a (Wins)ton of cramming (I50) to her that night, as a Math. E.xam ' ' would be given the following day. February 7 (Saturday) — Lucy, Louise and I were locked out from breakfast this morning. All went to a restaurant and ordered the best on the bill of fare; ate heartily, enjo3 ' ed it immensel) ' , and had it charged to the school. February 8 (Sunday) — Sarah Goode and Janie Crute went into every room in the dormitory tonight while the other girls were at church, and took into the halls every article of dress, from a hat to shoes, tying them together as they went. They pinned photographs along the line, and for every purchase of twenty-five cents they would give a valentine; had their clerks seated on the trunks at every corner. February 9 (Monday) — Louise, Lucy and I studied faithfully today, but were fully repaid tonight when we found a box on the elevator for Miss Newcomer, and opened it for her in her absence. February 10 (Tuesday) — Miss Know-All became very angry this morning because Central would not answer her when she was trying to phone to me through the water spigot. February 12 (Thursday) — Fannie Hodnett was seen studying today, which was miraculous. Elise Hartman went down town for the first time since yestcrdA -, and it was only the forty-first time she had been since Christmas. February 13 (Friday) — I received a note from Mr. S. , asking to call tonight. Louise wrote him that I was ill — and the basket of delicious fruit came early the next morning; flowers soon followed. My room-mates prayed for a relapse, •i-ep-oj m.-CQ ,, ui sit[j a ji] puuis sn api3m siwn ss!j [ — (ABps3upa v ) 81 AjBnjqa February 19 (Thursday) — e taught Miss Hills to play all in the ring 3z me today. February 20 (Friday) — ' took the slats out of Fennell Crawley ' s bed last night, and she asked the teacher of Physics today why force of gravity was stronger that night than ever before. February 21 (Saturday) — The butter walked out of the dining room tonight without asking to be excused. March 4 (Wednesday) — We are delighted that the coffee has recovered in both health and strength, and is not too weak to come out of the spout. March 6 (Friday) — The rats used our room for a gymnasium hall last night. Their instructor must have given violent exercises for the first lesson, judging from the noise that aroused me, and feats I saw performed after making a light. Perhaps they were having an exhibition. They used trunk straps, shoe strings and ribbon for chest weights, chicken-bones and candles for dumb-bells, and matches for wands. They could climb the bed-posts and radiator poles by the command, righthand, leftfoot, left hand, right foot, even faster than we can the ladder walls. Some seemed to be enjoying a game of basket-ball with the soap, while others were swinging on the curtains. March 8 (Sunday) — Louise went to breakfast this morning before she had finished completing her toilet. Nevertheless, she arranged her hair neatly after getting there,- using Hallie ' s forehead as a mirror. Marsh 9 (Monday) — I made Lucy pay me a 40-cent box of candy not to tell a joke on her, one that I did not even know. March 15 (Sunday) — I went to Sunday school today, and expect now to go again next Sunday. March 20 (Friday) — Fennell amused herself in the parlor tonight by counting Tom ' s mustache. She says there are 123 on one side, and the bell rang when she had reached the 47th on the other side. Maria Chappell is glad Joe came today, for she sa3 ' s her mother always sends her many kisses and other candies by him. J Ethel Arvin. A Quiz We want to know — 1. What is the matter with the clubs? They are all right! What is all right? Clubs ! clubs ! clubs ! clubs ! 2. Why Mary C is always happy with (a) Toy. 3. What the attraction is in the infirmary for Patty Love. 4. Why Maria Cocke loses her temper when she gets a note for an engagement. 5. Why a baseball pitcher forcibly reminds one of the Faculty. 6. Why Nora White prefers the (Wall)flower to all others. 7. How Ruth Clendening got the starch in her brain 8. Why Carrie and Mary Wood B were not admitted to the infirmary. 9. Why Helen Fitchett got a new gym. suit. 10. Where Lucile Moomaw learned that fancy step in marching, and the secret of her ability to keep such excellent time. 1 1. Where Miss H will find the hydrophobia acid; also, who will help Edith D to find H2O. I 2. Where Neville got that solitaire. 13. Whether any of the ladies of the Faculty will ever take the M. R. S. degree. 14. Whom the brow n hat and white dress belong to. I 5. How much Alice P will charge to give lessons in baby-talk. 16. Why Bee ' s favorite instrument is the cornet. 17. Where (mis)cellaneous rooms. Ask Ersula. 1 8. Where we will find the popular trees. 19. When pigs started to grow horns. Ask Lucile Kent. 20. Where Sarah Goode met Josey. 21. Why Ruth Schmelz and Norah White didn ' t go to church Sunday evening, March 15. 22. The important question which confronts the Second A ' s is to be or not to be (2B or not 2B.) 23. What girl in the Normal School is equal to three in any other. (Miss Triplett. ) 24. What girl in school covers more ground than any other girl. (Miss Aker. ) 113 Dessert H)ai? You must wake and call me early, call me early, room mate, dear; To-morrow ' ll be the happiest time to all the school girls here; To all the schoolgirls here, Marie, the maddest, merriest day, For we ' re to have dessert, Marie, and none can say us nay. There ' s many a joyous time, Marie, but none so great as this; There ' re holida3 ' S and Saturdays, all filled with joy and bliss; But none among them can compare, in all the year, I say. With this, which stands above the rest, well known as dessert day. There ' s not a girl who will not dream through study hour to-night, Of the happiness to-morrow brings, its unalloyed delight. No doubt they ' ll mix up Tarr and TT. , in chemistry try to show Which makes the better pudding sauce, sour milk or H2O. In arithmetic they ' ll try to prove that all halves are not equal. Which process can alone be done by those who know the sequel. The Latin, French or German class has never yet declined Dessert in any form or shape, nor its meaning quite defined. On dessert day we all suspend each English grammar rule; I shall or will is quite correct on this great day at school. Our faculties are quite acute — remarks, though sometimes light, All bear upon the subject broad, a schoolgirl ' s appetite. So you must wake and call me early, call me early, room mate, dear; To-morrow ' ll be the happiest time to all the school girls here; To all the school girls here; yes, the maddest, merriest day. For we ' re to have dessert, my dear, and none can say us nay. L. L. C. ACCOMPANIST MISS CLARA F. SPILMAN DIRECTOR Miss Lula O. Andrews i C.oV t « v vtz i:uus. FIRST SOPRANOS MAUDE ANDERSON MISS BERKELEY LUCY DANIEL ELMER CRIGLER MARY L. POWERS EDITH DUVALL BYRD KING SUE HALES MRS. JOSEPH L. J ARM AN MRS. RICHARD B. TUGGLE MISS LANCASTER SECOND ALTOS MARY BALDWIN LAURA CARTER JANIE CRUTE NEVILLE WATKINS MISS WOODRUFF SECOND SOPRANOS HENRIETTA WATKINS HATTIE BUGG REBECCA VAUGHAN MIRIAM HEARRING ELLA GRAY ANNIE PTOOL FIRST ALTOS RUBY BRUGH JANIE JONES ALICE PAULETT MISS COULLING MABEL GROSSCLOSE BESSIE JUSTIS JANET DUVALL ii6 Cotillion Club President LUCY DANIEL Vice-President JESSIE WHITMORE Secretary and Treasurer JUSTINE PICKRELL MEMBERS LOUISE BASKERVILLE PATTIE LOVE JONES CARRIE HENDERSON JANIE MAY CRUTE ANGELA TINSLEY CORNELIA STERRETT LUCILE KENT ANNA PAXTON ETTA SAMPSON HATTIE KELLY SARAH GOODE EDNA ELCAN LOUISE COX SUE HALES KATE BIDGOOD ELISE HARTMAN BRUCE MORTON COURTNEY TAYLOR ETHEL ARVIN LUCY BROOKE LOUISE PARAMORE ELINOR ABBITT ANNE RICHARDSON SUE GANNAWAY MARY WOOD BOISSEAU GEORGIA MILLER JUSTINE PICKRELL CLAIR WOODRUFF CLAUDIA PERKINS KATHLEEN PRICE HARRIET HANKINS JESSIE WHITMORE VIVIAN BOISSEAU MARGARET PALMER MARY HOLMES BESSIE VERSER LOUISE COX VIRGINIA BOYD FANNY MARSTON MARY POWERS LOUISE PRICE ERSULA BOYD ALICE PALMER STELLA NELSON JANIE JONES 117 OFFICERS ETHEL ARVIN, 03 President ELISE HARTMAN, ' 05 Vice-President ELMER CRIGLER, ' 03 •. Secretary JESSIE WHITMORE, 04 Treasurer kiss ANDREWS Director MISS COULLING Manager of Decorations MEMBERS LOUISE YAUGHAN SARAH GOODE JUSTINE PICKRELL MARY HOLMES HANNAH PAXTON LUCILE KENT ELISE HARTMAN HARRIET HANKINS JESSIE WHITMORE LUCY DANIEL ELIZABETH STERRETT DAISY- FOSTER CLAUDIA PERKINS FANNIE HODNETT SADIE BYRDE MARY CLARK GRACE WARREN CARRIE hendf:rson LILA DU VAL LAURA CARTER ETTA SINCLAIR ELMER CRIGLER LOUISE BASKERVILL ETHEL ARVIN MARY PECK NEVILLE WATKINS ELEANOR ABBITT MARY POWERS MARY GOGGIN SUE HALES GRACE ADAMS HENRIETTA WATKINS MISS KINZER MISS BLACKISTON LUCILE KENT, LUCY DANIEL, LOUISE VAUGHAN, sick when picture 118 POSTER CLUB. LUCILE KENT FRANKIE McKINNEY ROCHET McKINNEY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON BESSIE WADE HENRIETTA WATKINS CLAIR WOODRUFF EULA YOUNG i[i m iMfc ' ' lc ' Ml ff ORGANIZED MARCH 24, 1902 MOTTO : Music is love in search of a word. COLORS : Olive Green and White. FLOWER : Lily of the Valley. OFFICERS HENRIETTA WATKINS •. President CLAUDIA PERKINS Vice-President GRACE WARREN Secretary and Treasurer HONORARY MEMBER MISS SPILMAN BYRD KING CARRIE KYLE BETSY LEMON LUCY McCRAW CLAUDIA PERKINS LUCY RICE BESSIE STOKES FLORA THOMPSON LILLIAN THOMPSON MARJORIE THOMPSON GRACE WARREN HENRIETTA WATKINS OTHER MEMBERS BETTIE PRICE STARLINC; MARGUERITE WATK INS MABEL GROSSCLOSE EMMA JONES WILLIE HODGES CLARA SANDER LIN - RAY ROGERS LINNIE CLEMMER KATIE KNOTI ' HAZEL ETHERID(;E BLAIR WARD FANNIE WOLF PARKE MORRIS Kit Kat Klub MOTTO: I ives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Foot-priuts on the sands of time. Colors : Brown (ing) Gray. Favorite Flower : Hawthorne. Favorite Occiipalion : Reading, Favorite Dish: Bacon, Favorite Exclamation: Dickens. Favorite Weapon: Cainc. What 7ve Most Desire : Harte(s) and Holmes, Our Favorite Sport: ' renn s(on). OFFICERS DAISY FOSTER President ELEANOR ABBITT Vick-President CLAUDIA PERKINS Secretary MEMBERS ELIZABETH KING (The) Bacheller (girl) BESSIE McCRAW (The) Lamb JANIE lONES (The) Sangster DALSY FOSTER (The) Longiyiow LUCY BROOKE Young. GEORGIE JMILLER (Brownie) CLAUDIA PERKINS A. Hope(rul) ELEANOR ABBITT Bo (s) well MERLE ABBITT DeWitt EUGENIE WAMBERSIE (The) W(h)ittier LIZZIE JAMES (The) : Ierriman SALLIE GUY DAVIS (Richard Harding) 123 The West Wing ' Johnnie Bear Pickrell Rip McLave ' ' WooLEY Holmes Jack Ward Yum Yum Sinclair Baby Peek Yank Adams Bob White ' ' Baskervill Harrie Hankins Threse Ethridge Polly ' ' Clark Dummy ' Dunlap Curly White YELL Boomalaka, Boomalaka, Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! . West Wing, West Wing ! Ha! Ha! Ha! 1903. MEMBERS Sis Whitmore Measley Ethridge Weary Willie Perkins Ma Bradshaw Monkey Cooke Brother Gray Doctor Hinman ' ' Brick Mason ' Old Woman ' ood Tooter Cornett Lanky Watts ' ' Indian Sterrett .-... H , y LL ' £ - ' -— =? --. Wi MOTTO : Forward, March. CLUB SONG : The Camels are Coming, O ho ! O ho ! GREATEST DESIRE To carry with us through Hfe an abundant supply of the waters of knowledge. CAMELS IN OFFICE Leader of Caravan MARY GOGGIN Chief Burden-Bearer ANNIE SUDDITH Commander of Retreat MABEL MILLER Rear Guard Admiral LIZZIE MOORMAN OTHER MEMBERS OF CARAVAN ANNIE McLaughlin MARTHA GOGGIN ANNIE P ' POOL SALLIE MILLER EVIE LITTLE NELLIE HEATH Swiftest Runner . BREVITY MOORMAN Greatest Lover OF Des(s)ert CYLONE McLAUG HLIN Seeker of Light Burdens LADY MILLER Most Useful on Dark Nights MOONY GOGGIN Longest Necked Camel SMALL LITTLE Most Refreshing Camel A POOL Greatest Consumer of Provisions FATTY GOGGIN Chief Groaner TARDY SUDDITH Dreariest Camel GRAY HEATH Most Affectionate Camel HUG(G)ER MILLER 125 Rough on Rats MOTTO : Teach new girls how to be old ones. AIM : To do others as we have been done. COLORS : Rat gray and new girl blue and green. YELL Who is that.? Who is that.? It ' s a rat ! ! Catch him ! Do him up ! Scat ! ! ! MEMBERS ETHEL ARVIN.. . . ETTA SAMPSON. . JANIE CRUTE.... LOUISE VAUGHN. ERSULA BO YD... . SARAH GOODE. . . LUCY M ANSON.... - Rough on rats Rcuigher ou rats Roughest on rats ( Tries to be good on rats, but I what is in will out 126 Quid Nunc OBJECT OF ORGAN- IZATION : To surprise folks. COLORS : Crimson and Black. CHIEF SOURCE OF HAPPINESS: Eating. MOTTO : Don ' t 1 e t your right hand know what your left hand is doing. HATTIE BUGG STELLA NELSON SUE GANNAWAY I L RY PECK MERLE ABBITT ALICE PAULETT YELL Whoop-hurrah ! Whoop-hurrah ! Who are we . ' ' Quid Nuncs, Quid Nuncs, Don ' t you .see — rah ! ! ! SONG I Tune: Yankee-doodle. ) The black and red, as _vou all know Is the very best that ' s going, We have our eats and fun you see, With very little, moaning. The black and red — our lives are full Of merry merry doing, On Friday nights our books are left. And we are in for chewing. S. T. A. a NELLIE PEEK ETHEL TOPPING ETTA SINCLAIR GEORGIE MILLER LUCILE V. KENT BLAIR WARD GRACE ADAMS LUCY BROOKE ELIZABETH W. KING ELEANOR ABBITT EULA B. YOUNG ♦Absent when picture was taken. 128 G. C. G. C. MEMBERS ETTA SAMPSON BLAIR WARD LUCY BROOKE JUSTINE PICKRELL MARY FRAYSER MARGARET WILEY KATHERINE GRAYSON HANNAH MARTIN HANNAH PAXTON HARRIET HANKINS ELIZABETH BASKERVILL LILA DU VAL 129 COLORS: Royal Purpli and Gold. MOTTO: ' -Das Stillsch weigen ist golden ! SONG: Far Away. YELL: Our yelling days have not begun. Members Highest Anjbition Recreation GEORGIA JAMES To be called grown lady To grow tall Spooning JANIE FORD Studying PRICE STARLING To be head nurse at Johns Hopkins To go abroad Teasing OLIVE BROOKS Primping MIRIAM HEARRING To rival Paderewski Dancing MARY YONGE To be a novelist Reading 130 J. F. F. PURPOSE : For you to guess. MOTTO : See the point, if you can. REQUISITE : Be good looking, wear good OCCUPATION : Joking, frolicking, clothes, and know how to answer quizzers. fibbing. MEMBERS BESSIE : IcGEORGE Far-famed Talker CARRIE jNIcGEORGE Jolliest Girl B. PRICE STARLING Biggest Flirt B. BYRD KING Cutest Girl INEZ CLARY Sportin ' Kid CLARA SANDERLIN Our Next Bride CARRIE MARTIN Whistling Girl A. GERTRUDE GRIFFIN Biggest Loafer 131 Jolly Five Club MOTTO ; Laugh and grow fat. CHIEF PASTIME : Pressing bricks for the government. HIGHEST AIM: To laugh and be sii laughed at. FAVORITE EXPRESSION : Oh ! we are heart whole and fancy free. SONG ; Jappy — jap — jappy. YELL Ha, ha, ha ! Ha, ha, ha ! Ha, ha, ha ! jolly five we ! MEMBERS INIARY BOISSEAU Chicken Loudest laugher SUE HALES Squito ' ' Most musical laugher SABRA SHORT Rat ' ' Cutest laugher ETHEL TREVILLIAN Rabbitt ; Jolliest laugher CARRIE WHITE Coon Sweetest laugher 132 o K M r  c« t K n 1 c 1 1 r c ■ M i [i , r ra t tr ii G Z £i: ' ° 1 H ; D M 5 ! t-l a z P3 2! d O K 71 T) W O ' ■ g Z 1 H ■ -: W H ?3 Z t - P3 IS po po z H pa 5 EO o S w S 1 t ' 5 ►a H O a s 2 c z SI ; 2 a B z a - ■3 s z Z P) P3 b z S w z E H z PD g H K d W •2, 3 3 Z 3 z S o I tS 1 3 g 3 2 B B to 6 w 3 B ■0 •z 3- tii Q 8 g to 3 g to 3 0 3 1 3 - ' : ff : 4 ft- 3 ■ ■3 t! W W i § s 25 as TO •3 2 5 ' M 1 o 3 TO 1 •0 3- TO 1 B c 3 I TO 1 t 1 TO CD 3 1 3 B ft- 3 W •-J (T) 1 • 1 ■E 3- 1 3 1 to a 1 r CO S f oS 35 o 3 1 TO a h g CD i 3 era 2 trq o CD B 1 a ' trq s TO 1 TO a 3 a. i M s 3- 3 ' TO 3 3 TO 1 1 33 TOE? 3 1 3 ' TO 3 i H 3 TO TO i 1 1 1 fi ' o 3- 5 ' 33 TO 3 EO 3 ? !i ? — 3 3- 3 a t-3 3 s 2. 3 O ta S 2 3 ' 3- S B 3- 1 cr 3! E 3- i 1 3 i 2! FT a B TOTO 33 5 ' 1) 1—  cr 1 OQ 1 ?. ■ S § ft g 1 3 3 n 5 '  ■g 3 ®- ' H H 7 1 z 1-3 H H O a- o H O 1 g ■0 H H 3- 3- g 3 3 s ?• t 5 o 3 1 bS 5= G. T3 Q, p o ' S • 3- i 3 ' 3 0 ' 1 TO K CD [_, 2 S 6 c 1 s i 3 ' r ? •a y. p a § § ; TO i 1 ' 3 - § 3- i ' §■ !ir a o- 3 S ' £ 1 3 § B ? B 3; i 3; a l.a |a g 0. 3 i 1 .5 O TO 3 1 0 ' 1 •3 5 - li •:; 3 p O t; TO 3 TO .g- 3 o. (D ■ 3 i , rti . — ' [ 133 COLOR : Crimson. SONG: When two hearts beat as one. ' LUCILE KENT CARRIE HENDERSON 3. ELISE HART L N 4. HANNAH PAXTON 5. CLAIR WOODRUFF LOUISE VAUGHAN EDNAELCAN SARAH M. GOODE JANIE M. CRUTE FLOWER: Heart ' s Ease. MOTTO : Amo, Amas, Amat. . . .QvEEX OF Heart (whose) No Heart at Ali, Heart Smasher Chicken Hearted With Many Hearts Biggest Hearted Merriest Hearted Broken Hearted Hard Hearted Time is fleeting— so is art, Longfellow says, but our queen of heart Has succeeded in bringing to her feet The heart of the one, though time he fleet. No heart at all ' he sadly says, When Carrie won ' t write for many days, I ' ve tried so long and so hard to forget. But that— girl will be the end of me yet. Yejnen of Virginia— all take care. For here she comes, beware, beware ! A Richmond girl— a true heart smasher ' All take note — is ' nt she a dasher ! Hannah Paxton, with a chicken heart? How can we say, for Cupid ' s dart. Pierced it, and took it so long ago That what kind it was, we ' ll never know. Next on the list is our artist Clair, With a box of paints, and risht over there By her other side, a string of hearts. She was lucky in the aim of all of her darts. Biggest hearted is old Louise: She is easy to love, and easy to please— The keys of the Library she carries on a string: And also some Cupids— but that ' s another thing. Merriest hearted — that is Chips Laughing and telling of the classes she skips. And every day witli a smile so sweet She declares it is not her time to sweep. Sarah Goode is broken hearted: With horror we read it, and uv we started But we know that mortals will make mistakes, We got it all wrong, ' tis other hearts she breaks. ' Tis useless, foolish cupid, To aim at Jane your dart, For can ' t you see— you stupid. You ' ll ne ' er pierce so hard a heart ' ' Many men of many minds. Many girls of many kinds Many hearts in this school you ' ll tind. As are here described in this club of nine. 134 (®9 € Si S 9 tf S i g . ' d SB ..Postscript. (A9 -i «A« 135 Needed Improvements NIORMAL School girls lo3 ' all3 ' think their Alma Mater almost perfect, especiall} ' after, having been enrolled with the Alumna;, time has softened all the woes S al and complaints of former days into happy memories. In discussing the changes needed, we must not overlook those effected since the last Annual greeted its friends. Proud and grateful are we when we see the beautiful new building, our west wing. It is the handsomest part of the institution, and any one, seeing the artistic library and conveniently-arranged reading room, the pleasant class rooms, the model training school, and the large, airy domitories, would say we are justified in our pride. We only need, now, to complete the good work, a corre- sponding wing on the east side. A larger campus seems almcst a necessity. It is too small in proportion to the size of the buildings; then, it is entirely too crowded to allow the necessary provisions for outdoor recreations. We have not had a tennis court for two years, and we miss it; the only open-door e.xercise we may enjoy is walking, and we must go on the streets for that. We long for a campus large enough to admit of tennis, croquet and basket ball, a campus containing plenty of shade trees, sheltering inexpensive but inviting seats. A study hall is imperative, especially for the girls who board or live in town, for when not in class, they often talk and walk too much, disturbing classes and wasting their own time. The classes would also be much quieter if there were rubber aisles in the halls to deaden the sound of passers. We greatly desire a new assembly hall, more suitably and conveniently arranged than the present one, which is too small to accommodate the number of students who attend chapel exercises. When we have entertainments, the hall is very uncomfortably crowded often. There should, too, be some effort made to enlarge the dining room; it is full to overflowing; the tables are so close together that it is very difiicult for the servants to pass with their traj ' s, while a girl who comes in late has almost tc) run the gauntlet to reach her seat. Literary societies would be a great addition to the intellectual and social life of the school, for they would create a spirit of unity among the girls, and at the same time provide a pleasant and i}rofitable opportunity for general reading and the discussion 136 of current topics. The study of text-books should not be our only thought, for, to be an educated person, one must have some familiarity with the best books and be informed concerning the events of the day. There should be, too, a stronger social life. This is necessary for diversion, but far more important as an essential part of the training of teachers, who should certainly be equipped, to a sensible extent, for pleasant social intercourse. The most urgent need of the school, however, is a larger teaching force. The number of instructors is inadequate for successful presentation of the full course of study to so large a number of .students. Many other schools of the same grade provide twice, sometimes three times, as many teachers for the same enrollment as ours. So, we plead, for our own sakes, and for the benefit of our overworked instructors, that the Faculty be increased in numbers as soon as practicable. Cl.ARA C. SaNDERLIN. 137 More Needed Improvements THE idea of suggesting improvements for our school, which is a model already, seems absurd; but still there are a few, which, should they meet the approval of the Board of Directors, would make life worth living at the Normal School. First and foremost, we need more work. When we hand in our schedules to the Faculty with only thirty-five periods on them, we really feel ashamed of them, and when our programmes are returned not approved, we are amazed ! We should like to recite incessantly from eight o ' clock in the morning until half-past four in the afternoon; then spend the time until breakfast the next morning preparing for those recitations. We need neither sleep, rest nor recreation. Mother Goose must have been a student at the Normal School in her day, for she once said, The rats and mice they lead me such a life ! Conditions have not improved since Mother Goose left us. Perhaps we ought to be willing to divide our hard-earned refreshments with the innocent creatures, and, perhaps, we ought not to mind having them run over our faces at night, but we have not completed our course in unselfishness and bravery, so we wish to be protected from the intrusion of these members of our night school. Therefore, we beg for a thousand strong, new rat traps. Indirectly, the rats bring about another need — a sewing class, so that we may know how to fill up with artistic darns, patches and fancy stitches, the holes made by their sharp little teeth in our best clothes. Distressing to see how few girls know anything of that small weapon for untidiness, a needle ! Its use is very necessary here, too, for when our clothes come in from the laundry rent in twain it would be a great deal more economical, as well as more comfortable, to sew them up than to use a paper of pins trj ' ing to stop the holes. If we only knew how to sew we would patiently, smilingly conclude : This will look so well after I have darned it. The gymnasium director has suggested more than once that darning is an essential feature of a liberal education. One of the hardest problems in our domestic life is how to get pictures on the walls without tacks or pins or picture-moulding. The majority of girls will agree with me that an invisible means of support for pictures would be a remarkable aid to school housekeeping. If more young men could be connected with the school, perhaps we should like them better. But now, we are actually caught trying to cut the only one that is available, and so poor Gym. the only representative of his sex, is sometimes treated, I fear, with much indignity. And we need more bachelors in the Facult} ' ! Even an uninterested observer notices 138 the stir occasioned by the appearance of the only bachelor of the institution. The most sedate of the lady teachers will assume their most charming manners whenever he is around; and as for the girls — they would study their heads off, figuratively speaking, to win a word of approval from him. Hence, for the all-around improvement of the school, it would be a good idea to employ an indefinite number of bachelors. If the halls were only made of rubber so thai they could be widened when we wish to walk down the hall with our best friends, and yet leave room for the classes to pass us, we should be delighted. As they are now, we never can go four abreast, arm-in- arm, for there is certain to be a teacher at each end with the warning, single fil e, girls ! To have more spoons and less spooners would add much to the general welfare. It is no uncommon thing to see two girls, or perhaps three, affectionately using the same spoon for their pudding. As for the spooners, they are too thick to thrive, and should be thinned out. I have heard it hinted that we need more spooners ' corners. Well, may be we do, but I doubt it 1 Oh, for a double number of Wednesdays and Saturdays in a week ! When we awake on either of these mornings we are conscious of an unusually happy feeling. Dessert Day! Yes, we shall have either some delicious tapioca pudding, chocolate blanc mange, potato pie, or a slice and a half of elegant mince-meat pie. These are our red-letter days ! A necessary improvement, but one which would be heart-rending to the girls, would be a modification of pompadours. This is one of t he Faculty ' s pet aversions, and should this important question arise in a weekly Faculty meeting, it is certain that the bulletin board would contain the announcement: Down with pompadours. We could dispense with examinations. So many tests are trying to the nerves, and when our papers come back to us with not passed on them, it is very likely to cause palpitation of the heart, and, may be, the ruin of a girl ' s health. So, if the Faculty consents, we are willing to give up examinations at once and forever. These improvements could be made at a minimum cost, with maximum profit to all; therefore, we plead that they be made before the opening of next session. Lizzie F. James. 139 % L ' ENYOI ili « « V( ■V ' ' % , 0l m OsOSOs0 0 3 2s. S « «   «  to r__ tARK ! did the clock strike twelve? A feeling of disquiet possesses me, and it [ ll J seems that I cannot sleep tonight. The silvery moonbeams, streaming through 1 my window lattice, seem to invite me to my favorite seat on the window couch, and it is in hopes of finding there a balm of Gilead for my troubled spirits that I quit the bed and seat myself by the window. Our little town lies peaceful and still as death, and bathed in the softly shimmering waves of the moon, all its uncanny sights are hidden, while the things that appeal to our aesthetic nature are revealed to perfection. No sound comes to break the stillness in which our home of happy girlhood lies wrapt and the world seems, indeed, left to sadness and to me. Memories of by-gone days come trooping in, and one by one the Queen of Dut} ' , bearing her cross and neai ' ing her crown, throws little reminiscences of school life before me. Ah, vividly do I recall thousands of little cares and duties that for the time seemed o-rievous, but which were intermingled so pleasantly with joys and pleasures that the weight of the cross became a trifle to the brilliancy of the crown. And, yet, despite all this, how often did my spirit rebel; how often did it cry out for freedom; how often I have felt impatient because of the restraints about me, and have longed for the time when all rules might be left behind, and I could feel free as a bird in the mountains ! But now a different feeling comes over me as I feel myself standing somewhat aloof from my Alma Mater. Beyond these walls that so long have sheltered and protected us, beyond the sleeping town that lies so pulseless before me, separated from the hearts that have beat with ours — tell me shall we find all as bright and as fair as fancy pictures it .? Will there be no irksome tasks assigned, no cares and worries, no unkind words .? Ah, surely, we try to persuade ourselves, all will be joy and gladness, and the freedom will be a paradise unheard-of. ■ Perhaps. And yet, have you not heard of those tales of suffering and sin in this cruel world 1 Can all these be a myth, or shall we believe some of them to be true .? Oh, I must believe that all of this is not idle talk, and the question that overwhelms me now is this: Am I ready to meet life ' s battles.? Am I prepared to make my little corner of the world less miserable because of my having lived 1 M. E. P. The day at last is come, wben we must lea ve this happy spot, Which has for years our honie aud shelter proved ; The deepest wish we fashion is that uot a single blot Be left by us upon those things we loved. iiv i E x: Frontispiece (in colors). Greeting 5 Dedication 6 Picture of Mrs. Morrison 7 Foreword 9 Board of Editors 10 Picture of Editors 11 Names of Faculty. 14 Picture of Faculty 15 Board of Trustees 17 Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry,r).i5.,LL.i). 18 Picture of Dr. Curry 19 The Alumnte Association 21 The White and Blue Forever (poem).,.. 22 Class of January, 1903 25 Class of June, 1903 26 Pictures of Class of June, 1903.... 26 and 28 Class Song of 1903 31 Senior Class History 32-34 Class Prophecy (poem) 35-38 Senior A Class 39 Junior B Class 4(1 Junior A Class . 40 A Dream 41 Copers Song 41 Second BClass 42 Second A Class 43 Who Is It? (poem) 44-45 First B Class 46 First A Class 47 Pitching Day Necessary 48 1 he Training School 51-52 A Senior B ' s Training School Experience 53-55 A Lost Magazine (poem) 56 Picture of Library 57 A Personification 59-60 X Study Showing the Effect of Color on American Authors 61-63 A Midnight Feast on Professional Hall (poem) 64 The Tale of Two Crosses 65-68 The Lesson of The Violets (poem) 69 A Hero Unknown to Fame 70-71 Statistics (with picture) 72-73 Y. W. C. A 75-76 Basket Ball Team (with picture) 78 B. B. II. A and 11. B (with picture 79 Golf Club 80 Tennis Club No. 1 (with picture) 81 Tennis Club No. 2 (with picture) 82 Skater ' s Club 83 Sigma Sigma Sigma 86 Picture of Sigma Sigma Sigma 87 Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority 88 Picture of Zeta Tau AlphaSorority . ... 89 Kappa Delta Fraternity . ' . 90 Picture of Kappa Delta Fraternity 91 Alpha Chapter Alpha Sigma Alpha. ... 92 Picture of Alpha Ciiapter Alpha Sigma Alpha 93 Chi 94 R. P. C. P P 95 Picture of L. K. Organization 97 In Lighter Vein. As Others See Us (poem) 101 Jokes 102-3 Caps That Fit 104-5 Resolved, That Slang Should be Abol- ished 106-9 Remedies for School Maladies 110 Jottings from My Diary 111-12 A Quiz 113 Dessert Day poem). 114 Clubs and OfiGANizATroNS. Glee Club 116 Cotillion Club 117 Dramatic Club 118 Picture of Dramatic Club 1 19 PosterClub 121 Mendelssohn Club 122 Kit Kat Klub 123 The West Wing (with picture) 124 Campbell Club 125 Rough on Rats (witli picture) 126 Quid Nuncs (with picture) 127 S. T. A. R (with picture) 128 G. C. G. C (with picture 1 129 G. M. C. (with picture) 130 J. F. F. (with picture) 131 JollvFive Club 132 Professional Hall Club 133 Heart Club 134 POST-SCKIPT. Needed Improvements 136-8 More Needed Improvements 138-9 L ' Envoi 140 Index 141 Advertisements. ST A TE FEMALE NORMAL SCHOOL FARM V I L L E VI R G I N I A I ?0 UND ED by the Legislature to educate J- teachers for the public schools. FREE tuition for two hundred young women. Ji Scholarships appointed among the counties and cities. Liberal courses in Language, Literature, His- tory, Sciences and Art. Pj ' ofessio7ial course for teachers. A graded training school in which students re- ceive a year s training before going out to teach. Session begins September nth. Catalogue Seiit on Application TliD Ufi[] ? An h A. H. FEI IING iiiu nil J III uU. MANUFACTURER OF THE CORNER... Drug Store Greek Letter Fraternity Jewelry 14, 16 AND 18 SAINT PAUL ST., BALTIMORE, M. D. DR. PETER ' S OFFICE Chapter. Special designs and estimates furnished on class pins, medals, rings. ETC. fflfi e, ffi . OFFICIAL JEWELER FOR ZETA TAU ALPHA SORORITY. EVERETT Mrs. L. L. KEISTER WADDEY CO. DEALER IN FINE STATIONERY, STEEL AND COPPER PLATE ENGRAVERS, PRIN- TERS AND EMBOSSERS. COLLEGE INVITATIONS, COMMENCEMENT WORK, ETC., GIVEN CAREFUL AND INTELLIGENT ATTENTION. FANCY GOODS white goods NOTIONS Sailors and Caps RICHMOND, VA. MAIN STREET, FARMVILLE, VA. H. E. BAKROW mii piiiiiilljliuiii jl i|f|iii«| A. V. KUSSELL M BARROW COAL CO. Splint, Pocahontas, and Virginia City Antliraeite COALS f FABMVILLE VIROIMIA 1 iriiilll iJLi iiJlliiii iilliLiii«iil%. W.CFALWELL Shoe Store AND KEPAIli SliOP Main Street, FARMVILLE, VA. ■illU ' iniiitlil i!l]it)1iiiiilillii iilllll ' iuuililliluulljiLil a St. Andrew s Wine of Life Root THE VVOiMA.N ' 5 CURE MADE BY Andrews Mfg. Company BRISTOL TENtSESSEE llAjluUfculjlllllMlfe C. C. COWAN to BARROW ®, COWAN Undertaker and Furniture Oealer Wall Paper an d Window Shades J FABMVILLE VIBOINIA I ' liiriilllll aiiimilllil ililiiiiiillllK I lll lllll [Illllliiinlllllii.iiiltll Jllii.,iilllllii„ WHEN IT COMES to College and School Medals, Class Pins and Rings, we can say, without blushing, that we make the Best we have ever seen for the money — Try us. H. Silverthorn Co. LYNCHBUBG, VA. ,imiiiiji,iii MipiiraiiJiiluijiJJiMil.ipill llifliWllp.imiifl.uiiliflli ' (liilffimilipii ll||||gilllll||p ui ' iUlpnillfiiTnjpimia I The I I Crescent 1 I Cckf e 2 I I 803 MAIN ST., 1 % Is the place for both Ladies ' and fe Gentlemen, when in Lynchburg, M a to get a nice meal or iunch. m LYNCHBOBG, I B iiliiii. .ii]ii a Ill mi a iin ft iUIulmiiiIii iiiii ultimriiilii a HAT means this strange commotion lie re ? The girls are gathered from far and near. Have they come to dissect the cats ? No. They are going to UNCLE PAT ' S. He has candies sweet, and nuts so fine, And all that you want tn the sweetmeat line. If it ' s apples or oranges, or candy or cake, UNCLE PAT can serve you, and some money you ' ll make; For you get a dime ' s worth for only a nickel. And often he throws in an extra — one pickle. Normal School Patronage 50LICITED J. B. BELL LANDON C. BELL BELL 8- BELL ATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW LOWEST PRICES QLIOTED ON SCHOOL. AND SOCIETY PINS AND BADGES You will save both time and money by coming to me in cases of defective vision I GIVE NORMAL STUDENTS SPECIAL RATES W. T. Blanton Jeweler, and Graduate of Philadelphia Optical College WILBUBN, NOTARY VIBGINIA. mills DEfll siiPit m f corner second ood mm m. M m IN rai loin a f nnn fln MER 11 eels THE BALTIMORE COSTUMERS A. T. JONES SON costumes for theatricals, Tableaux, Operas, ScC. BANNERS FLAGS FULL Dress Suits for Hire 413 E. BALTIMORE STREET BALTIMORE, MD. WE HAVE JUST BEEN MADE SALES AGENT FOR THE EXCLUSIVE SALE IN FARMVILLE OF Chocolates and Bon-Bons OrPECT FROM FACTORY IN NEW YORK. WE ALSO CARRY A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF FINE Stationery and Normal School Supplies C. E. CHAPPELL, Confectioner and Stationer, - - FARMVILLE, VA. CALUMET TEA AND COFFEE CO. 51-53 RRANKLIN ST., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COLLEGE ANNUALS are judged by the way they are built. ' We make a specialty of printing for schools and colleges and with our modem equipments can give you such work as vnll stand in decided contrast to the productions of most printing houses of this section. Wf ttf Wf WJ Tr KX.T ' ifi ' W. H. Burger DEALER IN FRESH MEATS, FISH, Oysters and Ice. Farmville, Virginia MANCHE5TER-PETERSBURG-FARMVIILE Millinery DRY GOODS, NOTIONS Skirts, Shirt Waists IF YOU COME ONCE, YOU WILL COME AGAIN. Respectfully, R. A. BALDWIN FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA The... First Nationl Bank OF FARMVILLE, VA. CAPITAL $50,000 N. B. DAVIDSON, Prest R. H. LYNM, V. rrest. A. G. CLAPHAM, Cashier DIRECTORS : N. B. DAVIDSON V. P. GILLIAM J. F. WALTON R. H. LYNN J. R. MARTIN C. C. FLEMING VV. D. M. STOKES DR. P. WINSTON DK. .1. M. HAMLET E. S. TAYLOR Farmville Lithia Water THE BEST BY EVERY TEST. PERFECT IN TEiT, AND IN PERFECT TASTE, PURE, DELICIOUS, SPARKIING. Ai I % 01 [Hi m special prices if you vienlion The ] ' irginian. FARMVILLE LITHIA SPRINGS COMPANY United States Depository. BOOKLET FREE FarmvUle, Va. RCCRUTE Druggist Toilet Articles =  « Stationery Prescriptions JLccurately Filled FARMVILLE VIRGINIA Fleming Clark AVE CARRY THE Zieg er Shoe ' ' It is soft enough for comfort — shapely enough fur beauty, and roomy enough for free action of the foot. • We have them in several widths and in all sizes, so we can just fit your foot. Try a pair of these hand-made Ziegler Shoes. FLEMING CLARK SOLE AGENTS Main Street. £f FARMVILLE, VA. F. D. Johnson Jewelry Co., {Formerly Lynchburg, Virginia.) OPTICIANS, ' Diamonds, Gaieties, Jewelry, Silverware, etc. Watches that are fully guaranteed at all prices, from $3.25 to $200. Engagement and Marriage Ringi at prices unequaled by any other house for quality, weight and prices. Solid Sterling Silver Spoons and Forks, 11.00 ;in ounce. Eyes examined and gla-sses fitted by mail. Watches carefully repaired. Old Gold English Watches changed from Key to Stem-Wind. Medals and Badges for Schools and Societies made to order. JVritefoi ' General C.italogue, also Medal Catalogue. H ' i n desired, the very best references can be furnished in I ' irp-inia and other Southern Slates. -ADDRESS- F. D. JOHNSON JEWELRY CO. A o. ; MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK = Cash or trade paid for Old Gold and Silver at exact values. = Badges, Emblems and Pins of all kinds for Society, Sorority, or Claps, ma le to firder. Style and -workman- ship guaranteed. E. C.WILTSB JEWE,LE,R FARMYILLE : : VIRGINIA R. W. GARNETT CO. DEALERS IN Ladies ' Suits, Skirts, Shirt Waists, Underwear, Millinery, Notions. SHARE WITH US YOUR TRADE L. COHN DEALER IN Dry Goods, Millinery and Notions The Farmville Herald Has what few of the small town newspapers have. The people want it for its complete local news; the business public for its excellence as an advertising medium. THE BEST IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. Subscription Price, $1.00 per annum. Address THE FARIVIVILLE HERALD, FARMVILLE, VA. HAMLET HAMLET DENTISTS OFFICE, MAIN STREET FARMVILLE VIRGINIA Masonic and Soeiety Insignia SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS CHAS. I. CLEGG Official Fraternity Jeweller 616 CHESTNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA College and Class Pins Rin;§s and Canes Afrhletic Prizes and Trophies ESTABLISHED 1S67 PLANTERS ' BANK OF FARMVILLE FARMVILLE, VA. T. J. DAVIS, President W. G. VENABLE, Cashier W. P. VENABLE, Ass ' t Cashier CAPITAL, $43,425.00 Surplus and Profits, $65,000.00 Does a general banking business, and is prepared to offer evt-ry facility consistent wiili prudent banking. YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED The Anderson Drug Co. Can supply you with anything a first=class Drug Stor ' e ought to havf . and at prices as low as is consistent with best quality. ESTABLISHED 1884 E. J. Johnson Company 38 PARK ROW, NEW YORK PRODUCERS OF Roofing Slate and Slate Blackboards WE AR.E FIRST HANDS. Best Material. Best Prii;es. Best Treatment. From tliose who have never used SLATE BLACKBOARDS we invite inc[Uiries for prices. Here is some- thing absolutely perfect for the purpose, and everlasting. DR. P. W. BECKHAM DENTIST OFFICE OVER WILTSE ' S JEWELRY STORE FARMVILLE VIRGINIA J. B. WALL DEALER IN rjRY GOODS ' ° ' ' ° - BOOTS SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, ETC. NOS. 127 AND 129 WALL BLOCK shoes and clothing specialties xamina JOB OFFICE All classes of Stationery, Pamphlets, Cards, Catalogues, Circulars, Invitations, and Color Work. Legal Forms a Specia ' ty. All work guaranteed. FARMVILLE VIRGINIA -c s 1108 Chestnut St., Philadelphia We have our own Photograph Gallery for Half Tone and Photo Engraving. Fashionable Engraving -ts5_Stationery LEADING HOUSE FOR College, school and Wedding INViTATiONa Dance Programs, Menus before ordering elsew.mere fine engraving op w. p. RICHARDSON Carries a nice and up-to-date line of DRY GOODS and SHOES. -1- He caters especially to the trade of the Normal girls. You will save money by calling on him. Stokes Davidson (SUCCESSORS TO N. E. DAVIDSON) Dealers in Staple and Fancy GROCERIES DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES We handle a complete line of Fancy Groceries Canned Goods, Heinz s Pickles Cakes and Crackers NO TROUBLE TO DELIVER GOODS. Chas. Btigg Son Farmville, Virginia. IV. T. DOYNE Fttrnihtre Dealer — AND— Funeral Director Full Line of FURNrrURE, PICTURES. PICTURE FRAMES, ETC. Undertaking a Specialty UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARIiOTTESVILIjE, VA. The next session of the University begins 15th September, and continues nine months. The following departments of study are represented; I. ACADEMICAL. Includes the schools of Latin, English Language, Pure Mathematics, Chemistry, Greek, English Literattu-e, Applied Mathematics, Analytical Chemistry, Romanic Languages, Historical Science, Astronomy Biology, Teutonic Languages, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Geology. Each school offers an independent course of study, leading to a diploma of graduation in the school. In each school there is also offered a limited B. A. course, and graduation in ten of these courses (chosen with restricted election) leads to the degree of Bachelor OF Arts. A Bachelor of Arts, upon graduation in four schools (chosen with free elec- tion), receives the degree of Master of Arts; or upon graduation in three schools and completing post-graduate courses of study in two of these schools, he receives the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In addition, a special course has been arranged for the government consu lar service. II. ENGINEERING. Four distinct courses are offered, leading to degrees in Civil, Mining, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering, and requiring for their comple ion three or our years each, ac- cording to the preparation of the applicant. In addition to the purely didactic work, which is unusually copious and exa t, ample facilities are provided for practical exercises in the field, the drawing room, the shops, and the mechanical, physical, chemical, and geological laboratories. III. LAW The course as lately reorganized is distibuted over two years, as follows: Ju- ior Year. — The Law of Persons; Personal Property (including Sales); Wil s of Personalty and Administration; the Law of Contracts; the Law of Crimea and Criminal Procedure; Mercantile Law; Negotiab ' e Paper, Partnership, Insurance; Torts, Bailments and Carriers; Theory of Government; Constitutional Law; International Law. Senior Year. — Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure; Bankruptcy; Pleading and Practice in Civil Cases; the Law of Real Property; the Law of Corporations; the Law of Evidence; the conflict of Laws. The candidate for the B. L. degree is required to attend two full sessions of the law school. An excellent special course is provided for students who can attend but a single ses- sion, and who are not candidates for the degree. The Library facilities are excellent. IV. MEDICAL. The coui-se is graded and arranged for four years. Only students who have attended lectures on the studies of the first-year course at this University, or some other reputable medical school, are eligible for the studies of the second year. A 1 graduating examina- tions must be passed here. During the First Session — Chemistry (with an introductory course upon the prin- ciples of Chemical Phys ' cs), Practical Physics, Biology (Comparative Anatomy, Normal Histology and Embryology); and Descriptive Anatomy. During the Second Session. — Physiology; Bacteriology; General Pathology; Reg- ional Anatomy; Materia Medica and Practical Chemistry During the Third Session. — Obstetrics; Practice of Medicine; Surgery; Special Pathology and Clinical Diagnosis and Dispensary Clinics. During the Fourth Session. — Practice of Medicine; Therap- utics; H3-giene; Clinical Surgery; Dermatology; Diseases of the Eye an I Ear; Gynecology and Medical Juris- prudence; Dispensary and Hospital Clinics. Special attention is given to practical exercises in the Laboratories and the Dissecting Hall, to practical surgery upon the cadaver, and to clinical work in the Dispensary. For Catalogues and fuller info-mation, apply to P. B. BARRINGER, M. D., Cliauman of Faculty. ; l THE PHOTOGRAPHER IF YOU WANT THE BEST. PICTURES IN THIS BOOK MADE BY H. H. HUNT, FARMVILLE, VA GIRLS, BUY YOUR .MILLINERY. FROM MRS. HUNT WHERE YOU WILL FIND LARGEST STOCK AND BEST PRICES 1  :?. ' N« I !i fe _  ' a ' ' -