Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 180 of the 1904 volume:

' 1§ 5 m , OJCAxJ ' . ' 6-(— -C- C, d The V IRGINIAN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL FARMVILLE VIRGINIA 1904 EVERETT WADDEY CO., RICHMOND, VIRGINIA o OABNEY LANCASTER LIBRARY LONGWOOD COLLEGE FARMVILU. VIRGINIA 23901 This book will tell a happy story. How some have won both praise and glory Ere they left these cherished walls. Virgfinia ' s maids have worked full well. In fairness hear the tale they tell; Remember when you see this book, Grave was the work they undertook, In telling in a pleasant way. New facts occurring every day. In doing this they ' ve done their best. And to your kindness leave the rest. Now proceed. 1000203727 Mr. B. M. cox. School Calendar 1903- 04 Opening of the XX Session One day holiday- One week ' s vacation Winter Term ends - Spring Term begins One day holiday Session ends Board of Trustees Hon. Robert Turnbull, President LawrenceviUe Hon. John Jackson, Vice-President Richmond Hon. J. W. SouiHALi-, Siipt. Public Instruction Richmond Rev. James Nelson, D. D Richmond Hon. S. S. Wilkins Bird ' s Nest J. S. Ware, Esq Berryville J. P. Jeffries, Esq Warrenton Judge J. L. Tredw ay Chatham Judge J. 11. Crute Farmville W. U. Kenxon, Esq Subletts Hon. B. B. Buchanan Marion Hon. C. Harding Walker Heaths -ille Prof. George W. Walker Blacksburg C. W. Robinson, Esq Newport News Judge A, D. Watkins, Sec. and Treas Farmville Faculty - z V [osKPii L. Jarman, B. A., Prf.«. f«(. - ' ' Elmer E. Jones, B. A., M. A., ■■ ' i} ' ' Psychology and Education, Director of Training School. Annie L. Kinzj;r, Assistant in English. Natalie Lancaster. Assistant in I Iaihcmatics. Laura K. Hills, Director of Gymnasium and Lib rarian. Marv St. Clair Woodruff, Principal of Training School and Supervisor of Grammar Grades. LiLA London, Arithmetic. Alleen Andrews, Assistant in Sight Singing anil Latin. Mildred Evans, Assistant in History. LuLiE G. Winston, Physics and Chemistry. 1. President, Joseph T . Ja 2. Mr. Elmer E. Jones. 3. Miss Annie L. Kinzer. A. Mi-ss Natalie Lancasti 5. Miss Laura K. Hills. 6. Miss Mary St. Clair Wc 7. Miss Lila London 8. Miss Allee 9. Miss Mildred Ev Faculty Fannie W. Dunn, Supervisor of Intermediate Grades. EsTiiLi.H Smithey, French and German. LiJLA O. Andrews, Engiish Language and Sight Singing. Virginia Reynolds, Geography and Biology. Helen Blackiston, .Assistant in Geography. Otis B. Sears, B. A., Ph. D., History and Literature. J. Chester Mattoon, ManuAl Training. Minnie V. Rice, Latin. S. Gay Patteson, .Mgebra, Geometry and Trigonometry. Martha W. Coulling, Drawing. Makgaret W. Haliburton, Supervisor of Primary Grades. Elizabeth J. Freeborn, Director of Kindergarten. Mary V. Blandy, Substitute in Kindergarten for three months Miss Fannie W, Ddnn Miss Estei.le Smithey Miss I.ULA Ocii.i.EE An Miss Virginia Reync Miss Helen Blackis Dii. Otis B. Sears. Miss Martha W. Cou 17. Mr. J. Chester Ma 18. Miss Minnie V. Rii 10. Miss S. Cay P.vi-tE! Domestic Department Mr. B. M. Cox, Business Manager. Mrs. Portia L. Morrison, Head of the Home. Miss Mary White Cox AND Mrs. Pattie F. Tiiackston, Assistants. Mrs. Bessie C. Jamison, Housekeeper. Mrs. Sali.if. E. Newby, .Superintendent of Laundry. Dr. Peter Wi nston, Resident Pliysieian. Miss Sl ' sie E. Aleen, ■ Superintendent of Infirmary. 1. Miss Rush-: Ai.t- 2. Mns. Sai.i.ik Me 7. Mrs. Pattie L. S. Mrs. Bessie Ja The Alumnae Association THE OBJECT of the Alumn:e Association of the State Normal School is: First, to promote social intercom-se between its members; and, second, to aid in ftirthering the interest of the school. The meetings of this Association are held each alternate 3 ' eaT, the two prominent features being social pleasures and business. The Association is at present specially interested in the Cun- ningham 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 becavise the Association felt that such a movement would be more in harmony with Dr. Cunningham ' s views than the erec- tion of a monument to his memory could be. This scholarship will be at the State Female Normal School, and will probaljly be awarded by competitive examinations. The money is to be raised by the AltTmna: and others inter- ested, these contributions to be paid in ad ' ance, or in yearly instalhnents. The Alumnje members present at the 1S99 meeting desired to raise the necessary amount — twenty-ti ' e hundred dol- lars — in fi ' e years. Dr. Cunningham was widely known and loAed throughout the State, hence Ave are ery eager that the Alumna; may receive contributions from others not connected with the school. All correspondence and contributions should be sent to The Cunningham Memorial Scholarship Committee, State F ' emale Normal Schocjl, Farmville, Va. Roanoke Cou7ity Chapter of the Alu?iinae Associatioji of the State Normal School Pauline Campkr, Prcsiilcut. Ellen Armstrong, Secretary and Treasurer. MEMBERS. Kate Ferguson Moreheah, Jvme, ISSS Nellie Oakey, February, 1898 Pauline Camper. June. 1899 MiLDRiiD Renick, June, 1901 Jeannette White, Jvme, 1901 Beulah I ' inke, June, 1901 Mattie Hexdersux, June, 1901 Ci.AuniNE KiziLk. June. 1902 Nellie Whitk, June, UlOo LuciLE MooMAW, February, 1904 HONORARY MEMBER: SuPT. R. C. Stearnes. The object of this chapter is to foster interest in the Normal School, and to aid in raising the Cunningham Memorial F ' und. Class of Jajinary, 1904 - rl astt ' ti per aspera. Flower: White I ' ose. Colors: Green and why Class Roll Ethel Topping President Carrie McGeorge Vice-President Mildred Evans ' . Secretary Marie Etiiekidge Trea ' iurcr MiLLiKED Evans Scilutatorian Mary Gray Historian Ethel Topping Prophet Charlotte Mekreli Poet Carrie SuTritRLiN Valedictorian Bertie Eaton Bertha Harris Martha Holman Elizabeth King Bessie McGeorge Annie McLaughlin Claudia Perkins Annie Mason Lo ' . ' ise Godwin Miriam Hearring Eva Heterick LuciLE Moomaw Carrie McGeorge Ilia Miller Courtney Taylor Beulah Tiller Member: Miss Rich Here to-niglit in happy union Loving classmates proudly stand ; Still within our dear old school ualls, Fondly clasping hand in hand. Here ' mid scenes of joy and triumph Only memory long may stay; We. alas! must part and wander Far away, far awa_ ' . We from many counties gathered — From the north, east, south and west- All within the Old Dominion — In the State we all love best. We to many States may scatter — Over land and ocean stray; We may ' go to unknoAvn regions Far away, far away. Swift ha ' e fled the happy hours Since we joined otir labors here. And we grieve fond ties to sunder — Lo ' ing friends and teachers dear. But we still shall hope to meet you On some fxiture happy day. Though for years with strangers roaming. Far away, far away. F ' arewell, classmates, in this strange world We may nex ' er meet again ; Each must go to bear her burden — Bear it bravely to the end ; But through faith we ' ll win the battle, Looking to that glorious day When we ' ll meet, no more to wander Far away, far away. Class History of January igo4 IN THE record of every nation, events that mean little, items of little or no interest, results that are insignificant as viewed by outsiders, stand out prominently, veritable landmarks of history to the people of that nation. It is much the same with every graduating class, and to me has been as- signed the duty and privilege of making a brief review of the historv of this, the January class of 1904, and of recalling such events, items and results as have indeed made history for us. As a class, we number two and twenty (if we may be allowed to count our twins as two instead of one ), and we bear the proud distinction of being the largest number that the Normal School has yet sent out as a January class. We come from widely separated portions of the good old State which, wide as she is, and heavily burdened as she long has been, is yet none too wide nor too heavily burdened to send her daughters to this, her fountain head of intel- lectual life, in even greater numbers would she but build to receive them. Though but twenty-two in number, we represent fifteen different counties of Virginia. We did not all enter at the same time. There are only two of us who entered in 1899, five who joined in 1900, six who came in 1901, and nine whom we never knew until 1902. Yet to-night we stand almost as one in affec- tion, in aims, and in aspirations. Each girl ' s school experience has been a part of that of the class. We have known each other ' s aims, shared each other ' s pleasures, and sorrowed over each other ' s failures. Each one ' s personality has so stamped itself upon our memo- ries that in after ) ' ears they will all come back to us. For us, Carrie Sutherlin will ever live as she has moved amongus, dut ' -loving and dignified as a student, yet fun-loving and resourceful as our partner in the hour of pleasure, equal to imitating the solemnity of the Puritan minister in a colonial plav, or the crude- ness of the bridegroom at a tacky party. Ethel Topping is always ready with wit for any waggery demanded, with power to portray any character of the drama — able even to support as John Alden so inimitable a Priscilla as that made by our lovely and charming Mildred Evans. Annie Mason is so faithful in her work as a teacher, so practical in her suggestions, that she has won acknowledgment from her supervisors of her really fine business qualities. Beulah Tillar is so in love with the sound method of teaching she has acquired as to have thought for little else. Of Bertha Harris it has been said by a mem- ber of the faculty that she has a very bright future, and is going to make a great success as a teacher. Elizabeth King, found in The Little Kingdom, as Aunt Mandy calls the kindergarten, the right place for a spirit so pure and sympathetic as we know hers to be. Marie Etheridge, with her softly sweeping skirts, placid and sweet as a summer ' s breeze, won her way through nature study to the love of the children she taught, and carried them with her very near to nature ' s heart. We shall never lose the picture of Miriam Hearring, with her bright lace ever lifted upward, her eves smiling, her voice ringing clear and true as she sings herself and her children into the bliss of music, and cheers her class-mates with the joyousness of a nature that seems never to have known a cloud. See Eva Heterick, faithful as a teacher, as a student never seeking to rule, but ever eager to serve — to do some kindly deed. Lucile Moomaw and Annie McLaughlin go their quiet ways, winning our respect by their determination to succeed. Claudia Perkins is strong already in knowledge of her own powers as a woman, and A ' et happv and merry as a child with a fountain of jov in her heart. Courtney Taylor has always been so modest that even the verdict of the faculty cannot persuade her of her merits. Martha Holman is so enamored of bravery and courage as to become in her acting of the soldier wonderfulh ' realistic. Louise Godwin has been so attentive to her duties as to give us little chance to know her as we wish. Charlotte Merrill is already wielding the power of a gifted pen. Ilia Miller and Bertie Eaton have been so devoted to each other as to be slow in finding how beloved they are by the rest of the class. Carrie and Bessie McGeorge. who are so much alike physically as to make it impossible for the servants to tell which from tother — are also so alike in spirit as to call forth our wonder that two souls could be created so exactly alike in goodness and truth. Each girl ' s character has helped to make the character of the class. Twenty- two proud heads are lifted higher to be crowned with priceless praise by her who has had the task of directing the home life of the school. This she bestowed upon us as a class when she said we had betrayed no trust, brought no reproach upon the institution she would have us honor, or the example she has ever tried to set before us. Twenty-two proud hearts swelled with happiness over the verdict that was contained in our President ' s few words so full of meaning, These girls are all workers. Shall one of us ever forget the hour we all sat in trembling silence waiting for the closed doors of the President ' s office to open — waiting for the members of the faculty to pass from that long faculty meeting. during which our fates were to be decided, and at the close of which we should know how many of us had been pitched? Shall one of us ever forget the face of our President as he at last came to us, so grave and seemingly so troubled, and began speaking slowly: I regret very deeply — oh, heavens! Can it be we are nearly all pitched? That must be what he is going to say, gasped our frightened hearts; and none can forget how swift and bright was the change from seeming gravity to laughter, as he added: Yes, deeply regret to lose you all in January. It is small wonder that we almost went off into hysterics, for this was our President ' s way of announcing that we had the distinction of passing as an entire class to this, our graduation Mary Gr. y. Pt ophecy fo7 ' Class of January igo4 WHILE pondering upon what the future might bring to tlie different members of the January class of l ' .)n4, 1 dropped into sleep and fell adreaming. Years seemed to have passed. I was no longer a school girl, but had beconte a full-fledged pedagogue, still on the sunny side of forty. I fovmd myself alighting at the station at Farmville, my mission being to deliver at the State Normal School my now famous address on The Necessity of a Standing Posture During the Recitation. As 1 looked around, a stately looking gentleman, with elastic step, approached me. Allow me, he said; is this Miss Topping? To which I replied, I consider this none of your business, sir. Beg pardon, but I was sent to meet you by my wife, whom you probably remember as Mildred Evans. Then it dawned upon me that this AVas Mr. , now secretary of our old school. Fearing that my pedagogical sternness might have seemed somewhat rude, I answ-ered, Yes, indeed, I remember her, the brown-eyed, gentle- browed girl who was salutatorian of our class. At the familiar old front door of the Normal School I was met by ] Iildred, and with her, wonder of wonders! was Louise Godwin, now the matron of her own Alma Mater. I was shown into the parlor, which had become several times the size of the one I k«ew, in order to accommodate the increasing number of girls who have companv on Friday evening. Well, Mildred, I said, doesn ' t this seem like old times for three of our class to be together within these familiar walls? It brings back memories of the others. Can you tell me anything about them? There are so many of whom I ne er hear. Lucile Moomaw is assistant matron. Her amiable disposition and soothing pats on the back have won for her a tender spot in the girls ' hearts. Do you remember Marie Etheridge? For nearly three j ' ears she occupied the chair of English in the National Uni ' ersity at Washington, but was finally asked to resign be- cause she persisted in spelling the participle ' been ' ' B-e-n, ' and with a capital letter. In less than six months after her resignation, the president of that college, while reading an invitation to her marriage, learned the cause of such a mistake. Then there is Charlotte Merrell, broke in Louise, the girl who used to read every- thing, and remembered all she ever read. She is now perched on the history pedestal of Vassar. I had a letter from Mary Gray last week. She is happy in her chosen work at the head of a query department in Washington. Ah, yes! said I, I remember she always could ask more questions than anybody else, and many of them were stich as would have puzzled Socrates himself. I know you will w ' onder at he change that has come oA ' er Annie Mason. Yoti remem- ber how she disliked the gymnasium, and whenever possible found an excuse to be absent. Well, some years ago she broke down under the strain of superintending the primary schools of Boston. The doctors gave her no hope, but some physical-culture director undertook her case, and after he cured her, she was so enthusiastic oxer the work that she took her whole course. Now she is coach of the ball teams at Bryn Mawr. Do you know what has become of Bertha Harris? Yes, to be sure! Her placidity of manner and soothing ' oice ha -e won for her the position of principal attendant in one of the most famous rest cures for nervous invalids in New York. Just then the servant presented a card. Looking at it, Mildred exclaimed: Who! what! Carrie Sutherlin, Traveling Secretary of the State Missionary Union? At this moment a tall, slender woman, with light hair and blue eyes, was ushered into the room. Well, Carrie, I cried, I knew you were destined to fill some such noble position. We were just talking about our classmates. Classmates, she said, why I saw Elizabeth King last week in Washington. She is director of the largest kindergarten there. You know she always had such a sweet, gentle manner, and e ery child in the training school lo ' ed her. Elizabeth said she went to see ' Janice Meredith ' played sometime ago. Whom do you suppose she saw playing the part of ' Janice? ' Dear old Claudia Perkins! Well, of course! we all exclaimed, and Mildred added, I always knew the stage was her ambi- tion. Elizabeth says, continued Carrie, that she would ha ' e known Claudis any- where by that same modest ' oice and dignified toss of the head. I suppose you have heard that Miriam Hearring is in German} ' taking a special course in kindergarten ntusic? Louise said. You remember she was just full of music. Yes, and I Avonder if she is always in as great a hurry as she used to be. and always as happy? That makes two musical geniuses in our class, Carrie answered. The other is Courtenay Taylor, the girl who knew she was going to be pitched even for a week after she recei ' ed her diploma. She is now director of the Wellesley Glee Club. Well, what surprise do you think I had in Lynchburg to-day? asked my classmate who was gracing the secretaryship. While I was waiting to take the train for Farm ' ille my attention was attracted to a couple setting near me in the .station. I noticed that the woman eyed me closely. Finally she came up to me and said, ' I am afraid you do not remember me. I am Mrs. Carnegie, formerly Annie McLaughlin. ' I was too amazed to speak. Think of Annie as the wife of a multi-millionaire! Surprising things will happen! Annie sat down beside me, and ' ery naturally our con ' ersation wandered back to our happy school life in Farm ille. ' I have a startling piece of ncAvs for you, ' said Annie. ' A few days ago, while glancing through a matrimonial journal, I read the following notice : Wanted — A middle aged lady suitable for a wife; she mvist have curly hair, rosy cheeks and brown eyes. The writer is tall, weighing three hundred pounds. He has dark com- plexion, is a little bald, and has one gray eye — the other was lost by accident. Who would ha ' e guessed that among the answers to this matrimonial query were two former class- mates of ours — no less than Bertie Eton and Ilia Miller, our timid girls from Bristol. ' That reminds me, said Mildred, that one of our girls has been disappointed in lo e — Martha Holman. I can never believe the man didn ' t love her, for such a happy nature as hers would win a heart of stone. She was promised the President ' s chair in the neA ' normal school the Legislatirre of Virginia is trying to establish, if she would do all in her power to secure a hundred thousand dollars endowment, but she gave a pointed ' No! ' and said, I shall ever be loyal to my own beloved school. Long live the present 8. N. S., and may the new one continue in its present state. ' Have you heard the latest honor that has come to the Janiiarv class of so long ago? asked Louise. Little blue-eyed Evangeline St. Clair Heterick has just been elected President of the Nature Study League of Virginia. You remember how well she taught this subject in the Training School. I thought then the future had something great in keeping for her. I saw Beulah Tillar about two weeks ago, Carrie added. She is editor of jokes, and grinds for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and tills the position well. Yo i remember she was always making some witty remark. What has become of the twins? I asked. Oh, Bessie and Carrie McGeorge? answered Mildred. Well, that ' s a joke. They had positions in Woman ' s College, Rich- mond, biit the girls could not distingviish one from the other, so they said some change must be made, e ' en if it were only in the noses. Well, it was impossible to decrease the length, and it would have been crviel to have made their noses any longer, so their resig- nations were asked for. Their last resort was to marry one off. As usual, the bad luck came to Carrie. The funniest part about it is that her husband hasn ' t found out yet which one he has. Bessie i s now principal in some school with Miss Dunn as assistant. Just here a rat crossing the room on his nocturnal parade awoke me. I realized that my prophecy was all a dream, and that for the January Class of 1904 the future is still unread. Ethel Topping. Miss Topping ' s Future ITHHR PROPHET In days to come, with school days o ' er, And Ethel gone away; She ' ll journey to her home once more A short while there to stay. From there she ' ll go quite soon, forsooth, To a certain kind of school, With but one pupil there, in truth. O ' er whom she long may rule. To Middlesex she will return — Or so she tells us now ; But still, from all that I can learn, ' Tis the opposite sex, I -ow. She ' ll teach insurance as her choice Of all the trades of life. No doubt her agent will rejoice To win so sweet a wife. So let us bid her all sticcess In this, her blest vocation — In which, ' tis said, I must confess. There ' s joy without cessation. The policy will be in force As long as life shall last ; Nor will it ever lapse, of course, ' Till life ' s milestone is past. And preniiums are not hard to pay To agents such as her ' s. Particularly when paid the way The agent much prefers. Graduating Class of June, 1904 Motto: Non sibi, sed alii.;. Colors ' Crimson and White. Fiower: Amcricaii RcaiiU ' . Officers CoR. K.1V, President Oi.i.iE Beard, Vice-President Lucie Chrisman, Secrclar i ' Inf.z Clary Treasurer Honorary Member ; Elmkr E. Jones. Ollie Bkard. ' A purl ' ci ' l woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfoi-t and command. ' M. RV B.U.DWIN-. ■ Her glossy hair was clustered o ' er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth. Lillian Blair. ■ Gently to bear, kindly to judge. ' ' %. ] annie Burge, ■No simplest duty is forgot; Life hath no dim and lonely spot That doth not in her svmshine share. Ella Burger. ' In thy heart the dew of youth. AcDREV Brittingham. ' Calm as a summer sky of blue. ' ' Gentle in mien, vords and tejnper. ' Bhssie Carter. ■ Her presence lends its yarmth and health To all who come before it. f Elizabeth Cobbs ' Always btisy, always merry. Ll ' cif, Chrisman. ' Never the little seed stops in its growing Janik Crute. ' And all about the social air Is sweeter for her cominc;. Mary Lou Campbell, ' I will be free as the rushing air And sing of sunshine everywhere. Jessie Dey. ' Simple, loyal nature, pure us snov KSSIE FiXKK. ' The steady candor of her gentle eyes Strikes dead deceit. GERTRUDE OrIFFI Lofty thoughts and lovely deeds. LANCHE Gilbert. ' She hath the essential attribtites of a ladv — high eraeitv. dehcate honor in her dealings, deference to others, and refined personal habits. Sarah Goode. ' Her girlish face Alight with love and tender grace. mm 3ra ' e and gentle, strong and true. ' Mary Herbert ' A beautiful soul makes a beautiful fa Amelia Harrison. Her ' oice was e ' er soft, Gentle and low — an excellent thing in woman. ' ' Jemima Hl rt, ' Her face betokens all things dear and good. Marv Ci.ay Hiner. As jnirt ' as a pearl. And as perfect; a noble and innocent girl. ' V Fannie Hodnett ' With a heart ol gold. ?i-ANCiiE Johnston. ■ So ready to be pleasant and so kind. ' A mind rejoicing in the light. ' Sadie Leary. As pure and sweet her fair brow seemed. Eternal as the sky: And like the brooks ' low sound, her voice- A sound which could not die. ' Her modest looks the cottage might adorn. Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. Mary McChesney. ' An inborn grace that nothing lacked Of culture or appliance, — The warmth of genia! courtesy, The calm of self-reliance. Carrie Marti A spirit pure as hers Is always pure, even when it errs, As stmshine broken in the rill Though turned astray is svmshine still. ?N BliTTIE MURFEE. ' The brightness of her cheeks would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp, her eye in hea en Would through the airy region stream so bright. That birds would sing, and think it were not night. Mellie Morehead ' ■To those who know thee not. no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint! Hai.i.ie Milker. ' if , ' She hath a natural wise sincerity, A simple truthfulness. Ethel Reynolds. ' Worth, co ' .iraije, honor, these indeed Your svtstenance and birthright are. Cl. udia Perkins. ' Grace ' as in all her steps, hea ' en in her eye- In every gesture dignity and love. Mary Powers ' A loot more light, a step more true. Ne ' er from the heath-flower dash ' d the dew, Ellen Paixter. ' A truer, nobler, trustier heart, IWore loving or more loj-al, ne er beat Within a human breast. Ai.DA Revnoi.h- ■Of manners gentle, of affections mild. 1arv Rodes ' Sweet promptings unto kinrlest deeds Were in her verv looks, Scotia Starke. ' Her eyes are brown, Her hair as soft as any down. Lucy Stearnes With smiles for the joyful, With tears for the weeper. Lillian Saunders, ' I ' ve made it a practice to put all my troubles in the bottom of my heart and set on the lid and smile. Lottie Snead. Steadfast and tender in the hoiir of need. ' Carrie Sutherlin, ' Her soul is pure and sweet and white. ' Etta Sampson. By her innocence she awes Evil from her. Peachy Sanderlin. ' A sweet modest little soul, Vjlooming ten- derly in a shadv place. I- Minnie Thomason. ' Gentle in thought, benevolent in deed. Nellie Smithev ■Her looks had something excellent that wants a name. Louise Vaughan. There was something very real and indi- vidual about her. I HSSIK WhITMORE. ' Her air, her smile, her motions lold Of womanly completeness. Frances Wolfe. ■And cloudy the day or stormy the night. The sky of her heart was always bri.ght. Class History of June 1904 ALL who are interested in the class of June. 1904, know its history, but none save the keen-eyed obser -er knows that side which is so pecuHarly attrac- ti ' e. The noblest avenue of approach to history is throtigh the li es of its makers. Numerous ha ' e been the e ' ents of our class, but girls ha ' e made them. Of the fifty-one who now make our class, only ten can look back together to a dark, rainy week in September, 1901. when we discontentedly took our humble seats as First A ' s, after stating contidentl) ' on our matriculation blanks that we hoped to enter Junior A. The rest of our members have come in two steady streams, twenty-four arriving at different times since the first year, and seventeen entering last September as Senior A ' s. Being organized for the year ' s work by the third week in September, our struggle for existence began. Morning, noon and night found us toiling o cr some i|uestion which seemed to ovir minds unfathomable. Often we wondered why some lessons were gi- -en us, and we spent hours trying to prove their utter uselessness. The sun and moon have lighted the world for centuries; the stars ha e twinkled for ages past, and our world, with the other planets, has tiirned in its regular course just as successfully before as it has since the circle of ill-uraination and the date line were invented. Why did we have to know what time it was- in China, and what the people were doing in the land of the midnight sun three hours, two minutes, six and a half seconds before the alarm clock woke us to study for a geography test, in which one of our girls, with her great profusion of knowledge, stated that sarcolemma — the co -ering of muscular fiber — is a city on the western coast of Mexico? In the history class we were a school of deep philosophers. Not only did we learn the effect that the course of the Mississippi and the positions of the two mountain systems have had on our nation, but looking into the might-have-beens, we pictured our dear old America with the French, instead of the English, victorious on the Plains of Abraha m; we saw the Mississippi flowing eastward and westward; we saw America without a George Washington. Coming back to the world of realities, we looked upon the mighty workings of e ' ents, and learned that history is made by many acts, but that it may be forever changed by a single one. It was not until we became Senior B ' s that any of us were able to fathom our responsi- bility or measure our importance. The old trials of Senior A were soon forgotten in this world of new ones. Our first classmeeting was called, and Cora Kay elected president almost imanimously. We chose her not only because we loved her, but also because we respected her geographical knowledge. She became the en ied mistress of Tarr and McMurray, and was often known to keep the floor for recitation fully two-thirds of the forty-five minute period. As soon as our Training School work began, Janie Crute di stinguished herself as a teacher of music. Her greatest hit was made in the second grade, where she charmed her audiences with the Lamentations over the Death of Poor Cock Robin. ' Tis true that she met with a few difficulties in finding the right pitch at first, but she soon remedied this by asking for a pitchfork to get the songs higher. Bettie Murfee has won fame as the girl who never allows an opportunity to pass AAith- out grasping it. It was she who so slyly took advantage of Leap Year, and asked our most dignified professor to change her name. Mary Powers has a musical soul, and can soothe the souls of others by the myste- rious mo ' ements of her fingers. Ella Hahn is the girl who succeeded so triumphantly in that ertical writing, which to most of us was weekly torture. Mary Clay Hiner and Blanche Gilbert present by their lives an example of friendship hardlj ' surpassed in its truest meaning by that of Damon and Pythias, or Ruth and Naomi. No longer need historians refer to the lo ■ely Moabitess and her mother-in-law to prove that the lo e of women for women is strong and lasting. Do you know of a pair more congenial, more loving, more true than these two members of the Hiner family? Sarah Goode in her Nature Study began loving and wooing the flowers, the birds, and the trees. We know not what magic power she weilded save that of her meek brown eyes, but we do know that Cupid stole gently upon the scene and a Branch fell in love with her. The mountain-girt town of Salem will go down in the history of the Normal School, Class after class has been honored by the membership of its girls, but we boast of fi e whose names shall long be famous in the fields of pedagogy. It seems th at the mathematical powers of Jemima Hurt and Minnie Thomason are parallel with, or in eijual proportion to those of Paschal, Pythagoras, or Euclid. Their love for the subject is incommensurable, and we firmly believe that their knowledge will increase in direct proportion to the cur ' ed lines multiplied on their brows, the tints sxibtracted from their cheeks, and the gray strands added to those locks which are now so black, Blanche Johnston we must all recognize as our most successful teacher of phonics. Sounds and A, B, C ' s exercise themseh-es ' igorously at her command. Lucy Steames has the contents of Webster ' s Unabridged at her very tongiie ' s end. She has frequently made speeches that have sent us rushing to the library for instruction. Jessie Finke, with deep, clear eyes of forget-me-not blue, is as much beloved as the flowers of which she reminds us. If there are any in need of friendly aid, -i-ve m ay be sure that Jessie will find them out. Lotdse Vaughan, our wise and witty prophet, is a -ictim to that passion which Dickens says is the most interesting and pardonable of human weaknesses — love. She is not alone, however, for there are self-evident proofs that Etta Sampson, Mary McChesney and Eliza- beth Cobbs have long since lost their hearts and heads, and intend at no distant date to lose their very names. Hallie Miller ' s name suggests to us study, punctuality and regularity. We may safely say that she and Ethel Reynolds ha e squandered fewer golden minutes than any other members of our class. We have concluded that Sadie Leary must take the early morning hours — that we use for sleeping — to arrange that attire always so extremely neat. Who else could, betwee the fifteen minutes bell and breakfast bell place every pin, e -ery ribbon, every hair of her head so precisely in the right place and have it stay so a whole day? Ella Burger and Inez Clary are two of our most prudent and catitious members; they were never known to do or say anything rash — not even in our most exciting class meet- ings — a positi e, convincing proof of sweet self-control. Mary Lou Campbell is our only artist; Gertrude Griffin, so far as we are able to say our only coquette, and Fannie Hodnett our only girl who has failed to show at least some sign of admiration for the ' opposite sex. The sunny disposition of Lillie Saunders makes her serious-minded friends constantly desirous of this fortunate qtiality of character. She and Nannie Burge ha e the myste- rious power of wearing e -ery dark cloud wrong side out to show its sii ' ery lining. Mary Herbert, Jessie Dey and Ollie Beard, ovir trio from Norfolk, ha -c won the lo -e of all. As editor-in-chief of the Annual, as class poet and as valedictorian, these three form a triumvirate with ambitions far above the sordid political schemes of old Rome; a triumvirate whose plans are made in love and executed in sweet companionship. Mary Rodes and Lucie Chrisman were two favorites among the Training School chil- ch-en. Petiteness and gentleness being their chief characteristics, they seem abundantly capable of training the young. Lillian Blair is pensive and perse -ering, and tries as hard as anyone we know to do just what is asked of her. It is very e -ident that Mellie Morehead is a lady of leisure, since she is the first one to bring a rocking chair to the Educational Seminar. Mary Baldwin, Byrd King and Bessie Carter, our proficient music teachers, thoiight this subject delightful until the pitch-pipes were introduced. The word jiitch suggested such alarming, half-yearly scenes that the useful little pipes became real bugbears. The dilapidated condition of floors betv een the east and west wings is due, we think, to the innumerable ' isits of Fannie Wolfe to her devoted companion, Ellen Painter. Should they come again, we speak to have them room near each other — at least on the same hall. One would think, from her actions, that Lottie Snead is A-ery much in lo e with the third and fourth grades. We are forced to believe, howex ' er. that she is interested not so much in the work doing as in the work Dvmn. Audrey Brittingham and Alda Reynolds have had the pleasure (?) of teaching suc- cessfully the new-fashioned arithmetic just lately arrived from London. Jessie Whitmore! The world never knew a busier person. The swiftness of the going and coming seasons keeps her in a rush, for she must have the newest styles just as the fashion sheets present them. Aside from her school work, it is said that she gives the Delineator and all similar magazines daily consideration. Amelia Harrison, Peachy Sanderlin and Laura Johnson are three of the few women who do not love to talk. Need more be said? Nellie Smithey, on the other hand, is al- ways talking, and frequently regrets the lack of time wherein to express the great ideas stored away in her ponderous brain. If the past three years had been one long night, Scotia Starke and her sympathizer, the historian, could say as did Clarence in Shakespeare ' s King Richard III.: O, I have passed a miserable night! So full of ugly sights — of ghastly dreams. Triangles, circles, polygons — all things pertaining to mathematics — have seemed a cloud of malicious imps to steal away much of the sweetness from our slumbers. Carrie Sutherlin and Claudia Perkins come to us from the noted class of January — that class with Never say fail as a motto. Their great love for the school and their un(.|uenchable thirst for more knowledge caused them to stay with tis and work for another diploma. There is one member not before mentioned among those of our class — our honorary member. His unwavering interest in. and ceaseless labors for, the Seniors have been clearly manifested throughout the whole year. Whatever we do, or where ' er we go, the memories of his class-room will be filled with pleasure and gratitude. We shall see in the future, as we have so often seen in the past, numerous blackboard drawings of the brain and brain centers. Seated near, we shall see him calmly propounding such ques- tions of Animal Psychology as these: What process goes on betAveen the brain centers of a dog when he crawls through the fence, turning his head at the same time to prevent the stick in his mouth from obstructing his way? Is it association with some previous act; is it reasoning, or is it due to deeply-cut paths made by habit between the centers for sight and motion? Such C|uestions we lea -e for fttture classes, which shall, like us, be asked in vain for the answers. Historian. Class Song Tune : Cxder the Bamboo Tree. A band of happy maidens, we, From old Virginia home. ;, you see ; Came here with eager thoughts and free To pluck fruit from the tall knowledge tree; But now the tree we ' ve climbed quite high, And work was it with many a sigh! Yet now ' s the time that we ' ll not cry, Bvit all so gladly sing: Then hey didle do! we Seniors are through. With minds that new plans will till: Loyal and true, whate ' er we do, We ' ll do it with a will. Since teaching is done, then let ' s ha e some fun. And banished all sadness be — All live as one, sharing the fun. Up in the knowledge tree. The tinie is here for sad fare ' e]l, But we ' re too happy this to tell With sadness now we cannot dwell — Let all be cheery with music merry. The faculty we wish to be The first to share our gaiety : And schoolmates, too, we ' re glad ha e come To climb this wondrous tree. Class Poem June, 1904 ■ROSEMARY. ' There ' s rosemary, that ' s for remembrance, pray, love, remember. Hamlet. Ait IV., Sc. V. We read in a wonderful drama, Writ b} ' a great poet of old. Of a maiden whose name was Ophelia — A maiden most fair to behold. She loved beauteous blossoms to gather. Of plants that were bitter or sweet : She gave to them fanciful meanings That were with quaint wisdom replete. The pansies of velvety purple. Or yellov, ' as gold pure and bright. She said were the mystical symbols Of thought, and we grant she was right. And Rosemary, that ' s for remembrance. Pray, love, remember, she said; So now with the fragrant rosemary Fond memory ' s path let us tread. There ' s rosemary, that ' s for rcmemljrance ; My classmates remember to-day, On our journey of school life together, We ' e come to the end of our way. Full long we have toiled and we ' e labored. In hopes when the session was o ' er Our teachers would gladly proclaim us The Graduates, June, nineteen-four. Remember, two fleeting terms, classmates. As Seniors we ' ve dwelt in these walls; Now others claim that as their title — As Gradiiates we pace the halls. Now, as we walk througli tliem. what niem ' ries Are thronging in haste to our minds. As boldly one peeps into class-rooms, And silence and emptiness finds. We think of the days gone forever, When oft to this same room we came To recite, and sometimes each was guilty Of dreading to hear her own name. And then, oh! how well we remember, When we to the Training School go, The children, who greet us no longer From little desks there in a row. So, onward, as all o ' er the building ; We once more with Hng ' ring steps pace. The rosemary, with its faint fragrance Of mem ' ry, per -ades every space. So let us, dear classmates, take with us. As forth on life ' s journey we start. Some rosemary (that ' s for remembrance), And keep it hid close in each heart; Remembering those who ha ■e taught us, And helped us in many a wise way; And never forgetting the buildings — The scene of our work day by day. Above all, dear classmates, I beg you. In future years when we bestow A swift, fleeting thought of remembrance On people we ' ve known long ago. Then let us forget not each other, For comrades we ' ' e been in our fears And our hopes, while we ' ve been here together. So let mem ' ry last through the years. There ' s ro.semary, that ' s for remembrance. Pray, love, remember, we say, And so we shall never, no never, Forget our Commencement Day. Jessie De Prophecy of Class of June igo4 HAD long looked forward to the summer of 1909, which I had planned to spend by the quiet seaside in my dear nati e State. I secured board through friends with a Mrs. R . When I reached her cottage who should meet me as hostess but Audrey Brittingham, one of my old classmates! No one who has not for four long years been in foreign lands can realize j how glad I was to see an old friend. Tired as I was with traveling, I could not go to my room until Audrey and I had a long chat concerning the good times we had at school. She gladly answered my eager inquiries — those about the many changes that had been made in our .school, and about the new buildings. Of the girls, too, I knew almost nothing. Two of them, Alda Reynolds and Ella Burger, I had met in Europe, and they had told me of Mary Clay Hiner, a missionary in far-away China. Her friend Blanche Gilbert, put in Audrey, stayed in America for a mission of another kind. She organized an Anti-Marriage Club, and she is trying still to get Normal School girls to join. Bettie Murfee, after asking in xam for some one to change her name, became one of its members, and she is now teaching to beginners in geometry ' that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. ' Another member of the club is Ellen Painter. I was certainly stirprised, but as a sister of charity I am sure she will do a great deal of good. After the talent she showed for leap year proposals in 1904, no one would have thought that she would have chosen such a c|uiet life. Her colleague, Mary Herbert, was more successful, and in February, 1908, she at last succeeded in getting a most favorable answer. How well I remember her — happy, jolly, and with such queenly grace. I shouldn ' t know any more, Audrey went on, but you know Carrie Martin alwavs liked so much to write. Since her graduation she has written several books, and she has kept sight of almost all of our girls. About a month ago I received a letter from her telling me what our classmates are doing now, and I shall get that and let you read it. Eagerly I grasped the letter and began reading. First I saw that Mary Baldwin had succeeded Mr. Cox, and was giving entire satisfaction as secretary of our Alma Mater. This was not a surprise, for we realized Mary ' s business ability when she was manager of our class annual. The next name was that of Lillian Blair, who had stopped teaching and Vv ' as a devoted home missionary in the mountains of Virginia. This is news, I said, Scotia Starke and Elizabeth Cobbs practicing law together in Richmond — ' Starke Cobbs, Attorneys at Law. ' Biit I ought not to wonder at this, after hearing years ago their debate, ' Resol -ed that the Normal School Shall be Co-Edu- cational. ' Well! Jessie Whitmore has certainly found her niche — designer for a Paris dress- making establishment! Wasn ' t she just cut out for that? It does seem that many of our girls have wandered far from the teaching profes- sion, said Audrey, but some are still carrying the good work on. OUie Beard is super- intendent of schools in Norfolk. She keeps up with many of the girls who are teaching. When she was last here she told me of se ' eral of them. Ella Hahn has a position in a high school where Fannie Hodnett, as principal, is winning success, esteem and love — notably the last. Minnie Thomason and Jemima Hurt, both Salem girls, are noted Math, teachers at Randolph-Macon Woman ' s College. Hallie Miller, too, has been faithful to her pledge, and having taught a great many over two years, intends to teach for some time yet. Carrie Sutherlin and Millie Morehead fell so much in loxc- with primarj- work at the Normal, that they have decided to keep it up for the rest of their H es.- Lottie Snead having • ' Dunn what she could for the 111. and IV. ,i rades in our Train- ing School, has gone to work in other lands. Laura Johnson is a busy teacher, too, and has written Ollie that she intends to make this her life work. She said she had recently heard from Jessie Finke and Nellie Smithey, who are members of the facility at Farmville. I don ' t think of any more just now, bttt you haven ' t yet finished Carrie ' s letter, and picking it up, she began to read aloud: At the head of a large hospital is Dr. Frances Wolfe, and under her as trained nurses are Gertrude Griffin. Peachy Sanderlin and Mary Rhodes. Gertrude stole a few minutes, while her patient was sleeping, to tell me of her succe.ss, and Mary Rhodes added that that patient had persuaded Gertrude that the life of a trained nurse was entirely too hard for her. Sarah Goode is in Suffolk. How- strange that she should live in such a low countr -. She always liked ' Cliffs, ' but she says there are ' Branches ' there. I hear that Etta Sampson has gone to Cornell, and there at last met her match. Her friend, Mary Lou Campbell, is still working at her art. You know she designed the John Smith and Pocahontas group for the Jamestown exposition. One of our musicians, Mary Powers, while waiting for her train in Monticello Hotel, her fingers wandering idly over the keys of a grand piano, touched the chord of a ery wealthy man ' s heart. The class baby, Janie Crute, was too young to battle with the world, and as she couldn ' t fight it alone, she had to get some one to help her. Lucy Chrisman resides at the White House in Washington, Mrs. President, and assists her husband in affairs of state. A few days ago I picked up a magazine which contained a poem liy Jessie Dey, and a long article on Nature Study, which I afterwards learned was taken from a book on that subject by Leary and Kay, which is to be published soon. Lucy Stearnes will win a world-wide reputation if the flying machine she has just pat- ented will fly. Lucy was always the most original person in the world, and I should not be surprised to hear that she has really solved the problem of aerial navigation. Amelia Harriso)i, with those violet eyes, has brought many a suitor to her feet, but she was so much taken up with her teaching that she so far has been vitterly obli -ious to their charms. Lillian Saunders, though a confirmed old maid, still hides her cares and troubles behind a smiling face. Claudia Perkins and Mary McChcsney, two of our stars, have decided to shine in somebody else ' s li es. Nannie Burge is at present in the arctic regions. Her husband is an explorer, and having been unsuccessful once, is trying a.gain with her help to discover the north pole. Another one of our little classmates has shown us that her ability is not to l e judged by her size, and to-day Blanche Johnston is book-keeper for a large firm. Well, that is a newsy letter, I said, but I have just thought of se -eral of the giids whom Carrie has not mentioned. I stopped a week in New York, and one night I went to a concert to hear Byrd King, who is quite a noted concert singer. In the audience were two of our old girls, Inez Clary, now president of the W. C. T. U., and the girl we knew as Bessie Carter, who has changed her name. Nobody has said anything about Ethel Reynolds, I remarked, but her soUtaire told a sufficiently plain story. Something else is telling a plain story, replied Audrey. Listen! and as the cool breeze blew from the moonlit ocean, I heard the hall clock strike two. Louise Vaughan. Class Song of Jime, 1904 Tune: ' ' Tbe Old Oaken Bucket. I. How dear to our hearts will the scenes of our school days Be when recollection recalls them to ■ic s ' ! Just now we ' re rejoicing because we are lea injj Those i.-ery same spots, since with books we are through; The prospect of rest for a while fills with gladness Otir hearts, for our life-work begins soon, we know. Bvit into ovtr joy comes a shght tinge of sadness. From school life we are parting, to real life we go; The world with its pleasure and pain is before us — We wait to recei ' e what it has to bestow. II. Full long ha -e we labored, both fearing and hoping. At last our reward aa ' b are reaping to-day ; For bright days of pleasure and dark nights of groping For knowledge, this now will us fully repay. The end was in view from the ' ery beginning. When graduates Ave on the i)latforni should stand. And gain what we ' ve really s iccceded in winning — Diplomas for each from our President ' s hand! N. S. Diplomas! they ' re priceless in v;due; They ' re earned with hard work by each one of our band III. Then let us rejoice here with smiles on our faces. Though tear-drops may steal from our eye ' s as we sing — A sigh of fond mem ' ry sure never disgraces. But sighs let us drown as our glad oices ring. Ohl hail us with blossoms, strew garlands before us. As conr|uering heroines greet us to-day! And join, we beseech you, with us in our chorus Of triumph o ' er studies that well might dismay! Oh! we are the graduates, June, nineteen-four: Rejoice in our honor, smile with us, we pray! Jkssie Dey. The Last Will and Testament of the Senior B Class of Ninetee i Hundred and Four We, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Four, of the county of Prince Edward and State of Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memorv, do hereby make and pubhsh this herein lielow as our last will and testament, revoking all former wills heretofore made bv us: First: We direct that all our just debts, including the ones for olives, chafing-dish parties, oranges, lemons, candv and necessarv sheep-skins, and such other expenses in our name, be paid in full. Second: We bequeath to our honored professor, Elmer E. Jones, the bulk of our fortune in the form of our class pin, and with the same go our heartfelt appreciations of what he has been to us as a friend, and an inspiration and example. Third: We devise and bequeath to Miss Mary St. Clair Woodruff a group of the class of June, nineteen hundred and four; to Miss Haliburton a book on phonics; to Miss Dunn our own carefully prepared copy books upon the popular innovation of vertical hieroglyphics; to Miss Hills a well trained gjmmasium suit, and a few forgotten excuses for absence; to Mr. Mattoon we bequeath the privilege to teach the next class of Senior B ' s how to draw as well upon their imaginations as we have upon ours. Fourth: We bequeath to our honored professor, Dr. Sears, a box full of deep philosophy; to Miss Reynolds and Miss Blackiston two complete sets of materials necessary for drawing or moulding maps of Virginia and North America, the said sets containing papers, rules, scales of proportions, bottles of salt, bags of flour, and three pints of Appomattox drinkmg fluid, which should not be shaken before using. Fifth; To Miss Andrews and Miss Kinzer we bequeath the suggestion that Buehler ' s Modern English is a most excellent text -book; we bequeath to them also the minutes of The Anti- Ain ' t Club; to Miss London we leave two boxes three by three by twelve, with necessary glue to join them, and several boxes of splints; to Miss Patteson and Miss Lancaster our sincere appreciation of what thev have taught us; to Miss Alleen Andrews we leave the echoes of Poor Cock Robin and Big Bass Drum; to Miss Rice our ghosts, in her dreams, photo- graphed with those of Caesar, Cicero and Cataline ; to Miss Winston permission to speak to or call on any Senior B next year; to Miss Smithey our best wishes for a pleasant trip across the sea and a safe return next fall. Sixth: We bequeath to Dr. Jarman our finally completed schedules; to Mrs. Morrison our appreciation of her kind advice and care while we have been at the State Female Normal School ; to Mrs. Newby a cake of Ivory soap ; to Aunt Patty and Miss Mary White Cox many silent, fond good-nights; to Mr. Cox the dedication of the Annual of nineteen hundred and four, with our sincerest love; to Miss Susie Allen a number of empty boxes, one-half inch high by two inches wide, prescribed by Dr. Peter Winston. We appoint Lucy Jackson Stearnes executor of this, our last will and testa- ment, and direct that she shall carry out the provisions of said will, and shall have authority to dispose of same according to the terms of the will. Witness our hand and seal, this eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and four. Senior B Class, [seal] Lucy Jackson Stearnes, Scribe. Witnesses : Judge Mary Herbert, Hon. Jessie Dey, Hon. Mary Campbell. Senior A Class Flower: Marechul Niel Rose. Colors: Yellow and White. Motto: Dutv done is honor won. Officers Sallie Gi ' Y Davis, President Zaidie H. Smith, Vice-President Elizabeth Hampton Wade, Sec. and Treas. Class Roll AvicE Allen Hannah Lee Martin- Mariiery Atkinson Rochet Morean McKinney Maui e Chernault Mary Sue Moore Sallie Guy Davis, Elizabeth Harriet Richardson Mamie Fletcher Mary L. Richardson Kati erine M.Grayson Anna Roy Rogers Willie Hodges Belle Shorter Maby Virginia Holmes Zaidee H. Smith Maude Ives Dorothy Stone Lizzie F. James Ursula Tuck . Nna C. Joliffe Elizabeth Hampton Wade Emma Hayes Jones Alice Kent Ware Bessie Justis Calva Hamlet Watson Hattie V. Kelly Marguerite Glass Williams April Month of sunshine and of show ' rs; Month of buds which soon are flow ' rs; Month when birds begin to sing — Such is April, month of spring. AMien aac wake, the sun shines bright, But the rain falls ere the night — Sunbeams peep while cloudlets bring Rain in April, month of spring. Blows no more the wintry blast. For its season now is past; Winter is no longer king — Now rules April, month of spring. Buds are opening everywhere: Leaflets cover trees once more; All of nature — everything — Knows ' tis April, month of spring. Easter lilies, as they blow. Say to noddin.g grass belciw: We proclaim that Christ, the King, Rose in April, month of spring. Junior B Class Flower: Simmrlpsluffnl. Colurs: Grein und Gold. Motto: Visonsnit und Warsersnit. Officers Lucy Morton Brooke, President Edith Leigh Dickey, Vice-President Edith Brent Duvall, Secretary Alice Edmunds Paulett, Treasurer Class Roll Louise Adams Edith Leigh Dickly Maude Marshall Anderson Edith Brent Duvai.l Lucy Morton Brooke Margaret Campb ell Fairish Harriet King Bugg Florence Lngram Helen Childrey Sue Mitchell Muse Susie Kathekine Chilton Alice Edmunds Paulett Fennell Crawley Ada May Smith Mary French Day Belle Trower Elizabeth Claka Verser Junior A Class Colors: Dark Blue and Gold. Flower: Golden Rod. Motto: Semper Fidelis. Officers Susie E. Ford, President Eva Het, Vice-President Mary ' S. F ord, Secretary Clara Sanderlin, Treasurer Class Roll Bevy Cox Sallie Goggin Edna Cox Eva Het Sallie Cox Rosella Houston Ethel Wagner Lois Leonard Mary S. Ford Frankie McKinney Susie F ' ord Stella Nelson Clara Sanderlin JUNIOR B CLASS JUNIOR A CLASS The Hardest Thing I Ever Did Scraps of Autobiography (Special to The Virginian— News published for the first and last time.) To lea -e home for my first year at school. — Almost All oj Us, Bon-hoo! To gi ' e tip, when five years old. to my new baby sister, my place as pet of the family. — M. P. Hax ' ing iny hair cut. — Chewdic. To overcome the dreadftil resvilts of o ' er-indulgence at home — I am the baby of the family. — V. li. To keep from catching .slanginess, and even worse habits of speech — pray don ' t let that get out of the family — from my room-mates at a certain well-known school. — Duublc A. Talking of hard things! Don ' t forget those abominable old composi- tions!— 5. _ . -f Three Score or More. To be still in chtirch when a little girl — it isn ' t easy e ' en now. — Ellen. Keeping a secret. — L. J . Apologizing for mv sauciness and rudeness. — .-1. L. S. Making a sensational descent, as a circus girl, from the top of the coal house by means of a parachute — my father ' s family umbrella. — M. D. Learnin,g hoAv to study. Shall I e ' er? No, No. ne- ' er! — S. MeC. To break myself from crying for things I couldn ' t ha e, — L. R. (You ' d be surprised to know who that is.) Cooking dinner for unexpected company one warm day in July when mother was away. — Dorothy — the big one. Keeping awake at chtirch once upon a time. — .4 nne. Spending a long, long night — oh! I beg your pardon — half of it — with my cousin, two short, short blocks from my home. — C — rr K — — . Climbing an icv hill — the onlv way home; as I had to get home that same night, I crawled up on mv hands and knees as a last resort. — Ashore. To try to decide on the hardest thing I ever did was the hardest thing 1 ever did. — ' ' Alareh. Amen to that! — The other Dorothy. Second B Class Flower; Bvittercup. Colors: Orange and Hack. ' For better things. Officers Jessie O ' Neil Aitcheson, President DeBerniere Harper Smith, Vice-President Lillian Fredericka Thompson, Secretary Caroline Llewelyn Kyle, Treasurer Class Roll Merle Abbit Jessie O ' Neil Aitcheson Bertha Ames Florida Ashby Caroline Boulware Bayley Virginia Lee Boyd Olivia Clarke Bridges Elizabeth Brady Carter Steptoe Christian Campbell Lennie Clemmer Mary Anderson Coleman Nellie Carneal Edna Cox Martha Ci. ' nningiiam Mary Virginia Davidson AiiNA Lois Diehl Mamie Elizabeth Duncan Henrietta Campbell Dunlap Janet Amanda Duvai.l Martha Venable Edmunds Florence Cassandra Edwards LuciPHiNE Jennings Everett Mary Ish Ewell Ethel Goulding Mabel Grossclose Sue Cosby Hales ICathryn Pendleton Harrower Fannie Stark Howard Myra Howard Lelia Madison Jackson Katherine Jamison Nellie Read Johnson Sallie Elizabeth Jones Gertrude Caroline King Mamie Webster King Caroline Llewelvn Kyle Juliette Gertrude Ligo.n Eva Little Lillian Roberta Lucy Mildred Elizabeth Luttrell Maud Mason Julia Massey Susie McClung Bessie Edmonia McCraw Georgia Miller Antoinette Morgan- Carrie Bruce Morton Maud Newcomb Irene Newbill Margaret Merideth Pai.mkr Margaret Russel Patterson Annie Pierce Fannie Pierce Flora Bell Pope Kathleen Gertrude Price Mary Venable Price Susie Harves Price Lucy Kelley Rice Anne Lavinia Richardson Dorothy Rogers DeBerniere Harper Smith Bettie Price Starling Margaret Lynn Stevens Elizabeth Keese Stokes Bertie Lee Stone Lillian Frederika Thompson Alma Estelle Thraves Elizabeth Garland Tinslev Margaret Lewis Tucker Grace Walton Eugenia Wambersie Mary Edith Whitley Second A Class Flower: Daisy. Colors: White and Yellow. Motto: Crescite. Officers Katherine Jennings, President Mary ScHOFiELn, Vke-Prcsidcni Leonora Ryland, Secretary Ella Brooke, Treasurer Members Bertha Ames Ella Barksdale Kate Bell Vernie Blankenship Vivian Boisseau Carrie Bowles Ellen Bray Ella Brooke Carrie Bull Lena Bull Margaret Burbank Selma Butler Steptoe Campbell Elizabeth Carter Daisy Chapman Zella Chapman Myrta Coleman Ruth Cobb Louise Cox Jennie Crigi.er Alice Crockett Bessie Curtis ZuLA Cutchins Mary Davidson Elizabeth Davis Lizzie Dillon Belle Dobie Carrie Dungan Epfie Dunn Clara Fallwell Annie Garnett Belle Gilliam Lois Gillespie Mabel Grossci.ose Sidney Guy Anna Hamlet Sue Hamlet Julia Hancock Margaret Henderson Ella Hiner Della Hitt Elise Holland Fannie Howard Juliette Hundley Eleanor Jamison Katharine Jennings Bettie Jones Frank Jones Una Kelley Mamie King Katie Knott Annie Ligon Gertrude Ligon Eva Little Lucy McCraw Janet Mahon Dundee Martin Georgie Miller Sallie Miller Fannie Moore Beryl Morris Nan Nicholson Lena Nock Bertha Oliver Josephine Owen Hattie Pai ' lett Page Pierce Flora Pope Susie Price Leonora Ryland Mary Schofield Annie Shore Angie Sinclair Marion Sledd Georgiana Stevenson Annie Lee Stigleman Bertie Stone Leora Tho.mas Alma Thraves Margaret Tucker Mary Vandeventer Edna Vaughan Mabel Vaughan Lockett Walton Eugenia Wambersie Kate Warriner Ella Watts Ethel White Eleanor Wiatt Bettie Young ■Mary Young Go defi Rod Golden rod, golden rod, dainty and fair. Nodding in meadows and fields ev ' rywhere. Are you a flower or a fairy, pray tell? Bright yellow golden rod, I love you well. Beautiful golden rod, whence did n come? High- ways and by-ways you now make your home. But long ago, dear, did yovi not dwell In a fairy queen ' s garden in some lovely dell? If you ' ll but tell all your secrets to me, I promise repeated they never shall be. Will you not whisper them low in my ear? See, I will put my head close down lo hear. Alas! all I hear is the twitt ' ring of birds — Golden rod can ' t put her story in words. Now I will leave you to dance in the breeze — Yoxir secret, fair flower, just keep, if you please. First B Class Flowhr White Carnation. Color: Oli- ' Forti fddi nihil difficito: ' Green and White. Officers Steele Buci-hnan, Prcsiiicul ViKGiE Irvine, Vicc-Prcsidcni N NNiE GiLKESON, Sccrclary F, NNIE Mears, Treasurer Roberta Allen Blanche Armstead Mary S. Bagby Elizabeth Baker Josie Baker Miriam Beckett Bessie Beverage Alice Blakemore Eva Boteler Mattie Bowles Jennie Bracy Steele Buchanan Clio C. Butler Mollis Byeri.ey Rosa Caldwell Nettie Chappell Fannie Christian Annie Clay Sallie Corbin Hattie Ceute Ruth Daughtpy Ethel M. Deal Theodosia DeBaun E.mma Doughty Rosalie Dowdell Belle Dunton Julia Evans Eugenia Fallwell Louise Farinholt Helen Fitchett Mary Gammon Memben Mary Glasgow Nannie Gilkeson Ruth Gilliam Annie Harris Annie V.. Harris Margaret Hartimai Brenda Hatcher Carrie Hight Mary J. Holmes Mae Howard Hattie Hudson Jennie Hunt Rosa Hunt Willie Hurd ViRGiE Irvine Carrie Johnson Lucy Kay Julia Kent Ethel Ligon Annie Lindsay Lai. LA Lyle Tii.LiE McChesney Carey McCraw Rebecca Mann Carrie K. Mason Fannie Marston Virginia Mayes Fannie Mears Bertha Mili er Mary Moore Annie Morris Bessie Noel CiEorgie New ' by Julia Obenshain Fannie Owen Agnes Palmer Sallie Payne Katharine Perry Cora Guillen Myrtie Rea Mayo Reams Pearl Reams May Rice Bessie Rucker Ruth Schmel Pearl Schenck Mary Schools Jettie Tarplev Evelyn Shirk LuCY SlNCLAIR Mamie Smith Mamie Stoneham Angela Tinsi.ev Minnie Waite Alma Walker Ida Walton Mary V. Watkins LiLi.iE Watterson Sallie Webb Lola Westbrook Jessie Wood Nina Young First A Class Officers Ai.BERTA S. James, President Jacque Hei-oise Etheridge, Vice-President Louise Overton, Secretary and Treasurer Members Malde Bruce Viroie Marston Pearl Chii, dress Ida Martin Bettie Coard Minnie Moore Sei.ma Cobbs Esther Owens Sali.ie Corbin Annie Pugh Leta Dillon Mamie Putney Viola Downing Beatrice Rainey Nannie Fox Janet Randolph Bi.LMA Harris Catherine Robertson Jaxie Harris Lottie Seat Rufenia Irbv Virginia Selden Salome Jones Lucie Shei ion Helen Jordan Vedah Watson Hei en Leason Mattie Willis |Ltt pieniortam Wti Jieil Irltine of the ffila00 1907 IM 4;cUiniutnr itiittlt 1904 Editorial Staff IM ::w Mary Elizabeth Herbert, Editor-in-Chief. Nei.lik Carson Smithey, Assistant Editor. Mary Cecil Baldwin, -business Manager. Louise Franklin Vaughan, Ass ' t Bus. Mp.r. Jessie Virginia Fixke, Literary Editor. Mary I.ou Campbell. Art Editor. Ellen Gilmer Painter, Club Editor. Janie May Crute, Editor of Jokes and Grinds. Sarah Massie Goods, Picture Editor. associate editors. Lucy H. wes Hanson Mary Sherman Ford Mary Sidney Guy Ethel May Deal ' Mid the Green Fields of Old Farmville ' Mid the green fields of old Farm -ille Stands the S. N. S. so dear, Where we long have studied, worried, worked and Now into the world we ' re starting And our spirits rise anew — Oh, it makes us glad to know our work ' s begrui. When we think of how we ' ' e toiled In the class-rooms old and dear, There come fondest recollections of the past. Ah, the memory of our struggles — Of teachers kind and true — Oh, it makes us sad to know these days are past. Farewell to ovir classmates here — Teachers and friends so dear: Soon our hearts will long and sigh for them each day. Oh! we ' ve spent some happy hours In the S. N. S. so dear. And it makes us sad to know we ' re goin.g awa M Many times around this campus We have walked beneath the trees. Thinking of the happiness of that June day When our work would be completed. And with sheep-skins dearly won We would say good-bye forever and for aye. Now we say farewell to Farmville — Bid you all a sweet adieu — School-mate.s, teachers, fi-iends we all have loved so well; But we hope again to see you in the alumnfe years to come. When the .girls of ' 04 their tales will tell. HODNETT . ND Hy u itei- ai- pep art ' tit Mazoo THE l)rook, the Sebowisha, danced on with ripphng laughter; the wild flowers nodded and smiled; the birds sang wild and wayward songs of ectasy ; the leaves in the tree-tops rustled with a sigh of patience ; the west wind whispered softly to the bending grasses — all the many sounds of nature were as one sweet song of love. But the maiden did not hear it as she lay, face upward, on the dark green moss. Her slender figure was half covered with a robe of doeskin, fringed with ermine, belted with a silver girdle; her tiny feet were incased .in moccasins, soft and white, and inwrought with beads; her hair — a cloud of sunshine — reflected in its golden redness the glow of the sinking sun ; here eyes, like deep- blue violets, turned toward heaven as if in silent prayer. The sad-eyed maiden. Memory, is leading her through the past. Following her silent guide, once more she sees the beauty of a late spring flooding a little village and its outskirts. A dainty maiden of seventeen sum- mers, she walks with her sweetheart down toward the edge of the forest. He is telling her the old, old story — telling her that he loves her. Her lips are pouting, her eyes are laughing, but the dainty flush deepens — ' tis the flush of love. He draws from his hand a tiny circle of gold ; tenderly he slips it on her slender finger, and with a reverent kiss seals their betrothal. Into the forest the lad goes proudly to join his comrades in the hunt, while the maiden watches, with a happv heart, till he is lost to view. Then she turns — her heart stands still in terror — a stalwart, stealthy Indian, with one hand on his lips, and the other stretched toward her in command, stands beside her. Memory hurries her along. Now Powhatan, the great sachem, sits in royal state on a throne of willows; round him are grouped the Indian maidens, beauti- ful as the dusk of evening; there, too, are the wise counsellors and the lusty warriors. In the center of the wigwam burns a fire of cedar boughs, and the smoke in dense, blue vapor rises slowly through an opening in the top. Through their thoughts they hear a footstep ; from behind a waving curtain comes an Indian leading a reluctant, frightened pale-faced maiden. Slowly Powhatan arises and speaks tremulously and low, Brave Mazoo, thou hast found a comely maiden, beautiful in face and form. We will make of her a princess ; we will call her Princess Kali; we will clothe her like our maidens. In good time she ' ll wed thee, son — wed the brave Prince Mazoo. While the great chief still is speaking, a voice cries in the anguish of entreaty. Take me home, and the Indian maidens whisper, ' Tis but just we give her freedom, when sweet freedom ' s what we love. The chief in anger cries, His life is lost, whoe ' er it be, who aids the Princess to escape. The maidens take away the sobbing girl; they dress her in the softest furs; give her the most beautiful wig- wam, and make her bed of sweetest rushes. The months pass languidly, and the Princess Kali comes and goes among the wigwams and the forest play-grounds at her own pleasure. The sunshine tans her soft, white skin, and Mazoo thinks She grows more lovely, like a tawny lily. Memory flees affrighted. Kali! called a clear voice. The willows by the brook parted and Mazoo, the Indian Prince, sprang up the hillside and threw himself at the maiden ' s feet. She smiled wanly at him through her tears, and whispered softly, pleadingly, Mazoo. He poured out his oft- repeated tale of love; told her that in forest, mountain, prairie, river — all day long he thought of her, his most beautiful Kali — thought of her loveh sun- kissed hair, her shadowy, violet eyes; thought of her pure, brave heart, and prayed the Great Spirit to make it his. But the Princess in a low, sad voice, told him of the white man ' s village — of her home, of her betrothal; showed to him the tinv ring. Up sprang the brave Mazoo, all his mightv courage shining in his eyes. Oh, he would kill the paleface dog who dared to claim his bride! Suddenly the light of anger died out of his e es, and they were filled with a mighty purpose. He bent over eagerly, whispered softly, Little Princess, be not sad; I will find your palefaced lover; I will bring him to my sweetheart — to my evening star. He left a light kiss on her forehead and was gone. A bitter cry pierced the heavy stillness of the Indian summer: Mazoo! Mazoo! you give up your life! Oh, Mazoo! ' tis you I love! Mazoo sped on his errand. He passed the children at their play, the old men smoking at the wigwam doors, the maidens plaiting mats of grass and rushes, the warriors and the voung men listening to the strange and wonderful adventures of the great traveller. lagoo. Unheeding, unseeing, he rushed into the silent and sombre gloom of the forest, thinking always of Kali — of the beautiful Princess; through the forest, across the prai rie, over the mountains — all day long and all night — onward he pushed, till he came to the white man ' s village. There, in the edge of the forest, he hid himself and waited and prayed. On the third morning, as he turned his thoughts from heaven to earth, startled b ' the sound of a broken twig, he saw a gleam of metal ; the rifie of the pale- face pointed straight to Mazoo ' s heart. Quickly he threw up his right hand and cried, To the paleface, peace! Came the answer, Peace! Then rose the Prince Mazoo in all his haughty beauty, and told the white man how, many months ago, he had stealthily watched and followed the paleface lover as he walked with a maiden down to the woods; how he had stolen the maiden, and had made of her a princess; how he loved her; how imhappy she had been. Then he told the paleface where to find her. Back into the forest fled Mazoo as swiftly as he had come. Into the heart of the tranquil woods he rushed ; all around him calmness reigned, but within was tumult. His whole body trembled with the struggling of passions in his heart — love against hatred, hatred against love. A breeze faintly tinged with dampness crept through the forest, rustling the leaves — the forerunner of the storm; a raindrop fell, and then another, and soon they came pelting down, falling over each other in their mad hurr} ' to the ground ; the wind rose higher, higher, bent the tall trees almost double ; the light- ning, forked tongues of fire, pierced the heavens; the thunder crashed. Nature seemed in a frenzy. But Mazoo lay on the ground, with his face to the earth, and did not know the storm was raging ; did not feel the lightning as it pierced his heart. The Great Spirit, the Creator, seeing that his heart was broken, took compassion on his sorrow — shot him with a golden arrow. There in the deep, dark forest his brave comrades found him, long after the storm. Silently they bore him home ; slowly and sadly they buried him under the mound by the brook ; softly they stole away, but he was not left alone. On the earth a prostrate maiden — Kali, the sun-haired — moaned in pain: Oh, Mazoo! ' Twas you I loved! Elizabeth Richardson. Our Library IT IS VERY CLEAR to everyone that within the last year or so our school buildings ha e been greatly inipro ' ed. Now, while these improvements are going on outside, there ai ' e just as many within the school walls. Perhaps our library has been improved more than anv other feature, for we ha e splendid new rooms now, with o er three thousand volumes in them. We subscribe, too. to the following periodicals for the reading-room; Daily Newspapers Norfolk Landmark Richmond Times-Dispatch Weekly Papers and Magazines Central Presbyterian Outlook Farmville Herald Official Gazette .Mcxandria Times School Journal Journal of Education Suffolk Herald Literary Digest Saturday Evening Post Nation Youth ' s Companion Atlantic Monthly Century Magazine Drawing Manual Elementary School Teacher Farm and Ranch Harper ' s Monthly Kindergarten Locomotive Mind and Body Manual Training Monist National Tribune Peda.gogical Setninarv Primary School Review of Re iews St. Nicholas School Physiologv Journal Virginia School Journal American Journal of Monthly Magazines Birds and Nature Current Literatvire Educational Review Educational Science Goodson Gazette Hampden-Sidncy Magazine Ladies ' Home Journal Little Folks Music Record Re iew McClure ' s Magazine Nature N. Y. Teachers ' Monograph Perry Magazine Popular Educator Reader ' s Guide Success School Art Books World ' s Work Psychology American Book News Country Life ' x America Education Forum Good Housekeeping Journal of Geography Literary Digest Modern Language Notes The Muse Mtisician Normal Instructor Our Times Psychological Review Primary Education Scribner ' s Magazine ■School Re ne v Teachers ' Institute Teachers ' College Record Educational Journal LUCV iM. N ' SON A Senior B Class-Meeting HAT day is this? Why, Thursday, to be sure — the day of all days for Senior B ' s. Here they coine trooping into the class-room. Jabber! jabber! jabber! buzz! buzz! — everybody talking at once, and no one listen- ing to anybody else. Ah, there is the President armed with a good, stout rule. With all the dignity possible, she marches up to the front. Tap! tap! tap! — but all in yain. Again, louder, rap! rap! rap! At last the noise subsides, and a voice, as if from a distance, is heard saying, The class will please come to order. The effect must be magical, for it is now actuall) ' pos- sible to hear the well modulated voice of our secretary as she calls the roll. But why do so many answer for the absentees, She ' s coming! She asked to be excused. Miss H has an engagement, and wishes to be excused! I ' ll tell you. to be tardy means a nickel must be paid into the treas- ury, and doesn ' t that mean less money to be spent at Uncle Pat ' s? There is important business for to-dav. Various committees must be ap- pointed; vital questions must be discussed. Some one has the floor: Madam President, I suggest that a committee be appointed to ask Mr. President to secure the Opera House for our final exercises. A dozen voices echo, Yes, yes, you know that Assembly Hall is entirely too small for us. Why, girls, just think of it! All of us can ' t get on the rostrum! and I, for one, want to be seen that day. Another voice in a far corner: Yes, I shall wear ra.y first train, and I certainly want plenty of room to show it to an advantage. Such con- vincing arguments call for a committee of three to attend to this important matter at once. Is there any further business? inquires the President. Hands wave wildly in the air — two girls standing upon the floor speaking in excited tones. Rap! rap! Let ' s be more quiet, please, from the President. Now, Miss B , we will hear you. What about our pictures for the Annual? Are they to be three-quarter length — or how? Again bedlam, but above it all can be heard. Oh, I want mine three-quarter; my features won ' t show up so plainly then, and if I get ' pitched ' people can ' t tell who I am. But I want mine just the head and shoulders, (or I have promised to send one — mh — mh — hm — home, and I want a very good one. The art editor cahns the storm by saying, that either choice may be made and the photographs arranged in the Annual accordingly. There is a sigh of relief. Our pla}- is mentioned, and some one thoughtlessly suggests that one of the lower class girls take part. Too late she discovers her mistake ; she is confronted by a class-mate with flushed cheeks, sparkling eyes, and indignation written on every feature. Is there not enough talent in our own class to carry this out successfulhr ? It seems to me a Senior B play should be played by Senior B ' s. This outburst is received with many approving winks and nods, and muttered I think-so-too ' s, and class spirit runs high for a short time. The President remembers how efTective is the use of the rule, and again has recourse to that weapon of silence, The committee on pins takes the floor, and asks how many pins are to lie bought. Of course, all of us want one — but suppose we do not graduate in June ; we should feel so mortified wearing a ' 04 pin when we come back next year. But when the vote is taken, the temptation proves too great to resist, and fifty out of the fifty-one give in their names. By the way, girls, says the President, here is a sample invitation given me, and we wish to know if the class likes this; we wish to decide this afternoon what to order. A plain, neatly engraved invitation is pulled out, also a book- let, which proves to be the programme. There is a murmur of dissatisfaction: Oh, that ' s as old as the hills ! Why, I have one like that that uncle sent mother when he was at school. Girls, please don ' t let us go along in the same old ruts! I say get something new and pretty. We want our class to come up to any that has ever left the Normal School. It is suggested that this matter wait over till next meeting. The subject of hats is next taken up. It is proposed that on Baccalaureate Sunday all wear white duck hats. Here our President shows a little womanly weakness by saying, Well, girls, they won ' t all have to V e alike, will they? for you know what is becoming to one may not look well on all. Yes, I agree with you, is heard from all sides. The supper bell is heard ringing loudly, but it cannot be heeded now. This question must be decided. And then it would create a sensation for the whole Senior Class to be late for supper, and march in in a body ! The discussion continues till all are satisfied, each girl being allowed to wear the shape she likes, provided it is white duck. The motion to adjourn prevails, and all come rushing down the halls in the same pell-mell, busy, chattering school-girl fashion, each declaring This is the best meeting we have ever had! So business-like, you know! A Senior B. The Kindergarten m IN MODERN education the position of the Kindergarten is assured. It rests upon sound psychological and pedagogical principles, and is therefore guaranteed the merits of a prominent place in everv educational scheme which has for its aim the cultivation of the whole individual. Very much work has been done under the name of Ivindergarten which is little more than rather careful nursing. Persons undertaking the work with no professional training, and no knowledge of the underlying principles, have brought discredit upon the very name Kinder- garten, which can only be counteracted by the work of experts. In establishing the Kindergarten in the State Female Normal School, it is felt that a real educational want in our Training Department has been sup- plied. Our Training School teachers are now supplied with ample means of observing a trained Kindergartner at work upon the various problems that confront the teacher in the very outset. The Kindergarten Department is not an isolated organism, but is very closely associated with the first grade and the whole primary department of the Training School. It is the beginning of the progressive movement in the education and training of a child. The course covers a period of two years, after which the pupils who are deemed qualified enter our first grade with no break in the continuity of work. A two years ' course is also offered for those who wish to study the Kinder- garten with a view to becoming professional Kindergarteners. This course includes strong courses in the History of Education, Psychology, Philosophy of Education, and Child Study, together with actual training in all technique of the Kindergarten method. How the Class of ' 05 Studies Southern Literature A Co7?iedy Bordering on Tragedy Characters in thh Play: Dr. X.; Members of the aforesaid Class. [Scene: Room H, Science Hn ENTER writers, statesmen, historians, histojjraphers, forensic contro ersialists sophists, debaters, stump speakers, idiots, and other worshippers and would-be followers of the literati, who instead of discarding their wraps, according to custom, hastily en ' elop themselves in coats, raglans. ulsters, tippets and furs as they reach the class-room door-, temperature at the inspiring degree of five above zero to stimulate mentality, or mortality, to use the bright expression of one young lady from the Seminary. They make a rush for the radiator. Edith and Fennell arriving first, get their full share of its benefits as they are pressed against its dormant sur- face by those of the rear, who, American-like, refuse positively to retreat one step. Maud: Well, I thought that if I landed safely at the bottom of that ' icy hillside smooth and clear ' I should be eciual to anything in the future, but I find there are worse things than broken bones — namely, frozen ones. The former analytical procedure is accomplished in a little while — the latter synthetical is a sum of processes that knows not the meaning of the word time. When this hour is over there will remain not one of the Junior B class to tell the tale. Wonder who ' ll write our ' Memoirs? ' Surely some one will hand down to posterity the sad story of the hopeful yovmg de -otees of ' belles- lettres? Hattie, groaning: Quite a contrast to the warm reception we received in Nature Study. ' ' Louise, freezingly: I ' d naich rather be in to being an iceberg, but — A crash having in it the suggestion of an object being hurled from a catapult against the outer door, and mingled with it the sound of a scramble outside, and of something like grapeshot flying in every direction, draws all attention from frozen noses and toes, and centered it on the windows. The young ladies with indescribable horror (?) see the grave and dignified professor poised in mid-air as if for flight to a more congenial region, while Pancoast, test papers, grade-book and special assignments look as if they have been struck by a Missouri cyclone, or by the prevailing westerlies, as Fennell remarks. Helen: I wonder if that event is conjuring up some great historical feat that has extraordinary bearing on lilerartire? Maud: Perhaps he ' s meditating on the ups and downs of a literary man. Bessie W. : More likely philosophizing on ' when you once start down hill you find everything greased up for the occasion! ' refrigerator! Not that I object at all After se ' eral minutes of interesting gymnastics, as though debating whether to take the horizontal or vertical position, the professor seems to decide on the latter, and covering the intervening space of six yards in fifteen minutes, enters the class-room. The girls go shivering to their seats. Edith and Fennell again htig the radiator — the saying a burnt child, etc., not seeming to apply to them. Helen coughs, and asks Dr. X to plea se make them come away, as they are absorbing all the heat. Bessie V. hums In the Good Old Stimmer Time, and even Miss R. shivers at the contrast. Dr. X., drawing his coat tight and his muffler close: Young ladies, as for various reasons we have lost considerable time this morning, we shall be able to touch ery briefly only the points outlined in the last day ' s lesson, with the work assigned for to-day. We are now taking up a subject that should be of the most %-ital interest to you as Southern students — Sotithern Literature. It is natural — is it not? — if we look at the phil- osophy of it — to find in a land of blue skies, V)almy winds and beautiful Hewers that happy, heavenly vision inen call art. A soft, mild semi-tropical influence inspires romance and ver;;p. Katherine, in a shaky whisper: Farewell — a long farewell — to all my dreams of great- ness! If I had but ser ' ed Mother Nature as faithfvilly as I ha ' e worshipped at the shriiie of the Muses, I would not have been left cold and hungry to mine enemies! A warm imagination — Susie: Oh, why weren ' t we gifted with such? Even in this polar region we might be basking in psychical suntmer. Do let us try to imagine ourselves warm! Fennell: Dr. X., would a man living on top of the north pole ever feel the soft influences that inspire poetic sentiments? Dr. X.: Well, Miss C, I do not know of any literary li.ght that has flourished so far north, but in studying the law of environment some time ago we fovmd that there were many, many real poets of a far colder climate than this — Edith: Wonders will never cease! You may, however, work that up as a special topic, please. Make a special study of the climatic or geographical range of poets, comparing the relative number and merits of those of the far north with those of the far south. Bring me a list of not less than twenty- five of the most prominent of each, with, of course, a catalogue and critical estimate of their individual works, and an exact location and description of their homes. Hattie: Your question answ-ered satisfactorily, Fennell? Our professor always has a reply ready — weighty in more senses than one. Dr. X. : We have drifted slightly from our subject — though profitably, I hope. Stand- ing first among our literary men of the South is who? Bessie V. , w ' ith a knowing expression shakes her hand nearly off to escape being called on. Louise A., with a telling expression tries modestly, but in vain, not to attract attention. Dr. X. : Miss A., what are your ' iews? [Here an odor that might have been wafted from Poe ' s Plutonian Shore comes from the chemical laboratory above, and in the mad dash for the windows Miss A. ' s views are lost to history. By 9.40 quiet is again restored, and the recitation proceeds.] Dr. X.: I believe we were discussing Poe. In studying this author there are always two sides at which we must look — the good and the bad — of his character, and the conse- quent reflection of each in his works. Many ha ' e written upon the positive and negative side of this two-fold ideal, but some persist in seeing only the former, while others the latter. Now the question that confronts us is — Edith: Dr. X., what do you think of the influence exerted by his life on his writings? Dr. X.: I shall give you some points there. Stedman says — But what do you say? Dr. X., with an incomprehensibly superior smile: I wish yoti to i ' orm an unbiased opinion of your own. Suppose you work up this r|uestion as a special assignment. Read carefully the life of Poe by Woodberry, Stoddart ' s editions of his works. Woodberry and Stedman ' s edition, in which you will please give great attention to the critical estimate of his work; also the sketch and criticism in Stedman ' s Poets of America, Andrew Lang ' s Letters to Dead Authors, and Gosse ' s Questions at Issue. You will find in the library a new edition of Poe ' s stories and poems, by Edward Everett Hale. Please note carefully his biographical sketch of author and the critical characterization of his work. I shall expect you to give me the views of his first biographer — Greswold, and also what is said of Poe in Nicholson ' s American Literature, in the Encyclopedia Brittanica, ' Volume XIX. and in Chamber ' s Encyclopedia, VoUime VI. Read the ' Literati, ' and give me some idea of him as a critic. In the study of his life criticise and draw conclusions, note in the criti- cisms of others, the opinions of critics and of the world of the present day as compared with those of his time. But most important of all. read from his poems, ' The Raven. ' ' The City of the Sea, ' ' The Bells, ' ' The Hunter ' s Palace. ' and ' Israfel ' ; from his tales, •The Gold Bug, ' ' The Black Cat, ' ' The Fall of the House of Usher, ' and ' The Mask of the Red Death. ' Study the character of his scholarship, his literary resources, his mate- rials, and his er|uipment in general, and as j ' ou read compare him with Hawthorne, Charles Brockden, Browme and Balzac. I could give you other references and selections, but I think if you prepare these thoughtftilly and discriminatingly, you will ha e a clear conception of him in general, and w ' ill be prepared to discuss the question at issue before the class to-morrow. If you are not permitted take the reference books from the library, you can easily A ork up your subject during your acant periods to-day. Miss S.. you may take — ' ' Z. S. : Oh. Dr. X.. the last bell has rung! Dr. X.: Oh. I beg vour pardon. Miss S. Class excused! [ExiiLTNT Omnes,] Things We Often Hear Young ladies, I can ' t see why you will persist in talking. ].f the master knew How T lo ' e you, I wonder if he ' d take me, too. Please bring me a roll. Mrs. Morrison,: I should like to see all the heads of tables immediately after supper. Breakfast bell ringing; Mary, please hand me my gym ' blouse. Wha ' are we . oing to ha ' e for dessert to-day? Are we going on a Ijotany walk this afternoon? Young ladies, don ' t spend your vacant periods ' spooning. ' Did you get a ' sitting on? ' Yes, I can go; I ' ll skip gym ' . Do you think I ' ll get a note this afternoon? Are yovi .going to Hampden-Sidney? Did you have permission to be down town this afternoon? She holds your hand and you hold hers. And that ' s a erv good sign That she ' s your tootsie-wootsie — In the good old suinmer time. Are the Senior B ' s going to ha e a class ineeting this afternoon? Do you think school will close in May? Where ba c you been? I ' ve been down to Htint ' s to ha e my picture made for the annual. Has the ten o ' clock bell rung? ' All in bed? Good night! The Catch All VOL. I., NO. 1. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, 1904 PRICEABLE THE VISIT OF JHE LEGISLATORS state Solons Received with Enthusiasm and the Visit Much Enjoyed A $55,000 Impression Earlv one February morning a special car arri ed in Farmville bringing twenty- one legislators to visit the Normal School. Their appearance at chapel was met by a brirst of applause. As the page came in with the others, one girl said, ' ' Oh! do look at that little one; do you suppose he is a senator, too? After the opening exercise, instead of spending the first period listening to speeches, as had been expected, we saw the gentlemen led to the dining-room; then we passed to our classes with long faces. After breakfast, separated into two parties, they began a tour of inspection. They entered the Training School about 10:30 o ' clock, and heard geography on every hand. Two of the teachers were giving examinations — not because they did not want to be observed — oh, no! but it just happened that their examinations fell on that day. The poor pupil-teachers all managerl to get through with their lessons, if one did say that huckleberries grow in swarnps. When in the library, one of the gentle- men said, Aren ' t there a number of books in here? Another answered, I haven ' t seen a single book vet. Have you any idea of the cause of his book-blindness? (Crjntinued on third page.) A DAY ' S OUTING Normalites Go to Willis ' s in a PulU man Wagon Train— Weary on Return Handsome Souvenirs Secured Who wants to go to Willis ' s next vSaturday? was shouted down the hall. What an abstird question! Everybody wants to go. of course! But Uncle Pat ' s bill mvist be settled, and that mis- sionary candy takes so much money, be- sides the stamps that must be returned. Howe ' er, Saturday found about fifty girls up earlv making ready to start. Girls darted to and fro, and shouted to each other down the hall. Above the scuffle of feet and slamming of doors you could heal, ' Louise, lend me your duck hat? Say, Kate, I want your tie to wear. Mary, dear, let your old chtirn wear your new white waist today? 1 he breakfast bell soon sounded above the din. DoAvn the steps they rushed with mouths full of pin.s and collars and belts in h.-md. After a hasty meal they went out to the front yard, where a line of wagons stood ready for the journey. Escorted by the Apelles and Thucydides of the facultv, the girls climbed to their respecli ' e places on the straw, and amidst cheers and hurrahs, set out for the mountain. The little boys on the streets ga ed in open-inotithed astonishment at these se- date (?) Normalites. There was no little frown to check the spontaneous phy- THE CATCH ALL sical expressions of the happiness which welled np in the heart. The wagons thundered o er the way, taking us past fields of yellow golden- rod and through bright-colored autumn woods. Brown-eyed Susans and purple asters nodded to us from the hedges. We responded to nattire ' s invitation to be happy, and voiced it in snugs and laughter which echoed through the woods. About eleven o ' clock we reached the foot of the mountain, and forthwith be- gan the ascent. The climb convinced us that Willis ' s is not so insignificant as it appears from a distance. One has a feeling of almost re ' erence for the little mountain when he remembers that once it towered thovisands of feet abo e our Rockies, and for hundreds of years has been the unresisting target of the wind and rain. Souvenirs in the forms of kodak (lic- tures, bits of rook and plants were eagerly sought by the party. The view itself rewards one amply Tor the energy expended in the climb. Around on every side are plains, partly forested. and dotted here and there with farm houses. But our eyes involuntarily wan- dered toward the west, where the domes of the Blue Ridge give a fit setting for so pretty a picttire. A call from the chaperone reminded us that the dinner hour had come. The descent was made quickly — possibly the end in view influenced our pace. A ter an hour or two spent in laughing, jesting and eating — especially eating — we climbed again to ottr places in the wagons and turned our faces toward Farm -ille. The sun set, the ' stars came out, the moon rose, and we Avere still on the road. . stranger wovdd hardly have l)elie ed this quiet party to be tVte same which started in such glee at eight in the morn- ing. What has come over them ' As thev alight in front of the school you hear them say, Oh, my foot! I can ' t stand up. Please help mc to the house! I ' m so stift! No one lingered long over supper, but hurried up stairs to study (?). Why were so many absent from breakfast Sunday? AVhy was the attendance at Sunday school not sii good as usual? Wh - tlir nili.r of liniment on the halls? . sk •■. unl I ' atty. HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS BKh.AH I ' tiioixG. — Soak scraps of stale read in one (|uart of water, add one cup of sugar and two eggs, beaten well, then add one dozen raisins, one citp of pre- serves. Bake briskly for fear of evapora- tion, and serve while hot with black molasses for sauce. OvsTRR Soup. — Take one big stout oyster, tie a long cord around his bod} ' , Ho]i him iiroimd a dozen or more times in a large boiler of water, add one tablcspoonful (jf butter and a pinch of salt; then serve. This ' ou will find is A ' ery appetizing. H. sn. — ' I ' ake scraps of beef left o er from dinner, also meat skins and sausages; put in ten gallons of water, let it come to a hoil; then add one quart of meal and scraps of bread. When it begins to thicken, take out, ser e for breakfast or supper. C. ROMEL Pies. — ' fhree cups of molasses, two cups of damson preserves, and one cup of sugar. Be sure to inix well; set in tlie sun for two hours. ' A ' hen it is taken in, you will find you have a deli- cious ilessert. LhMON Pies. — Take one tiuart of milk, add two c|uarts of water, then take the iuice of three lemons, and the peelings of two; put in one cuj ) of cornstarch, w ' ith one cup of sugar and two eggs. Flavor with a little violet water. THE CATCH ALL A CONVERSATION Look here. Ellen, is you hear talk ob de concert up on de hall de oder night? Lawd! nigger, you ain ' know no thin! Dey kicked up de biggest racket in de wol ' . Dey all dressed out — some mity line — and some jes as black as you is. and dese won ' t dressed out so fine neither. Dey sho did carry on! Such dancin ' and singin ' ! Dey danced up Fessional Hall, and had fo ' trunks all sho ' e up together for a stage, and dey git up an ' den and dej ' dance an dey sing, and dey try to talk lak we does, and one dar dance jes lak a bar. I ain ' t think ' twas much, noways, ' cause dey ain ' charge but ten pins for eb ' ry one what went, bvit dey sho mup ' a had a heap ob pins, ' cause I never see sich a crowd in all my born days. Dey had good times, too. Dey danced and capered in de most ridiculous way — Lawd! ain ' t dat Mrs. Thackston callin ' me? Good-bye. nigger. I ' sc gone now! THE VISIT OF THE LEGISLATORS (Continued from first page.) On going down the hall, one whose curiosity got the best of him. when noticing a water-spigot in the wall with no sink under it. stopped to investigate. He turned the knob — splash! The water came pouring o ' er his shoes. How he did jump! He turned Ihe water otf, and darted around the corner! Little he knew of the eyes peeping at him over the banister from the floor abo -e. Thus the morning was spent. Dinner was served at 2 o ' clock, and there were no afternoon classes, which freedom from duty ga ' e flavor to the dinner, and e en added sparkle to the wit of our gxiests. On lea ' ing the dining-room the body went into the Assembly Hall, where, by special request, the students sang for the visitors. Judge Watkins. who needed no intro- duction, then took charge. He first in- troduced Senator Sale, of Norfolk, the I man ever ready to hear the girls ' plea, I but to their disappointment, the dc- hghtjul man spoke for himself before they I were gi ' en ati apportunity to speak for him. Then eanie Senator Noel, of Lee county, the trtithful man. who said that the .girls must be allowed the privilege of in -iting their friends among the gentlemen to attend their germans. before he would ote for an appropriation. .AH kne N with whom he had been talking. Her little thoughts ran in the saine path. Our President Cjuickly replied that a ger- ! man wotild be planned especially for the benefit of the legislators. Next, Delegate Lewis, of Esse,-: county, was .introduced. After their visit to the Lunatic Asylum, V. P. I. and S. N. S., he said that in his estimation the S. N. S. was as far abo ' e V. P. 1. as V. P. I, was above the hinatic asylum. According to Judge Watkins, Senator Shands, of Suffolk, notified him with a wink, that he had something to say. Judge Watkins must have been right, for . ' the senator, the gentleman fro.n Suffolk. ' said it. By this time the girls had reached the conclusion that Senator Sale w as not c.Kactly right ■ hen he said that the speak- ers had been left in Richmond, and that those who came were silent men. Our President expressed the attitude of the girls when he said that he had never seen them show such tip-toe interest. It was now fast approarhing train time. All said good-bye. vith a wish that these friends might soon honor us with another visit. H. E. B. . . n F. M. H. P. S. — We must ha -c made an impres- sion. They have since granted us an [ appropriation of S. ' i. ' S.flOO. THE CATCH ALL THE CATCH ALL . THE LAMENT OF A SPINSTER PUBLISHED ■ ' AS YOU LIKE IT Weather Report: Always Sunshine SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Ten pounds sterlinsj, deep thought, with fifteen ounces of wit, hvimor and pathos. In sending letters of business, don ' t waste yotir time by gi ' ing us your post- office address. Anonymous communications will always find their way to the Catch All. EDITORIAL. Behold in this work, O reader, an ex- ample of the po A ' er of tradition! Not for lust of gold, nor for the trappings of fame did we set about this Herculean task, hut we wish to stray aside from the deep philosophy of school life and rise to the surface; We take this opportunity to offer to you our first edition of the Catch All, wherein may be found a report of the lighter happenings of our school life here. If, perchance, this humf)le jjeriodical that we sul: mit to you please you not in all particulars, condemn us but mildly and gently. Consider, and be considerate- GREAT EXCITEMENT. May n. — Miss GUie Beard announced at the dinner table today that if she failed to get her diploma she intended to run off to North Carolina and get married. With No Hope of Relief Even in Leap Year— Is Happy with Carry A Letter from an Old Chum Utopia. Feb. 30. 1904. My Dear Mary: That yovt shall have a letter all by your dear little self, but it is with a sad countenance that I write at all. Think of it! Two months of leap year gone, and I ha ' e accomplished noth- ing whatsoever in regard to the matri- monial problem. I came home with the determination to carpe diem, but just as fate decreed, it has not presented itself, and seems it never will. My thoughts naturally turn to a picture on your dresser. Where is he (no name) now? I suppose he is ready to say of you what a maiden once said of a passing prince, One look, then die. My dear, you cannot imagine how much I miss you girls. I often think that the one aim of a girl ' s life up there is to graduate. Did .she but know that memorable day may be classed among the saddest sh e has to experience! I do not mean it is not delightful to graduate, b xt parting with the dear teachers, girls and school days is a heavy cross to bear, it is so true that those days are filled with care-free happiness, but when they are over life becomes real and responsibilities become greater. I am sure you will exclaim, What bur- 1 den has she to bear. Ha! Ha! I will I readily answer: None other than Carry. [ Would you believe I hax-e existed a month without her? Perhaps you already know that she is stibstituting in a school about se ' en miles away. (Continued on lentil page.) THE CATCH ALL Any one wanting anything — the moon not excepted — should advertise in the Catch All, and the want shall be gratified, provided you v,ait long enoiigh. WANTED.— To know where all the diamond rings come from, and if thev mean anything. POSITIONS.— Wanted by the other five girls at table No. IS. in a hrst-class opera troupe ; have had rehearsals three times a day for three weeks on Romeo, Mr. Bob, Who Got the Opera House, Why the Wig Didn ' t Fit Alma, and numbers of others. Apply to No. 4. WANTED. — A man or woman — any- body or anything — who can stop the As- sembly Hall piano for a few minutes either night or day. Expense not to be con- sidered. Apply to girls of Professional Hall. WANTED. — Some spoons bv means of which the water may be con eyed to our mouths after a rain. BIG REWARD offered to any one who can find the man Who Killed Cock Robin. WANTED. — To lock up every man in Farmville who resists the pleadings of the business manager to buy an Annual. FOUND.— March 30, 1904, behind the door of the Psychology room Dr. Jones and Mr. Mattoon spooning. The unfor- tunate intruder very considerately fainted on the spot. BIG REWARD offered to one who can see the point to the jokes in this Annual. WANTED.— To know if the Poster Club will mieet at the short recess. WANTED.— A MAN at any cost! No references asked for or desired. .Address Spinster. care State Normal. WANTED.— A Chaperone for our Edi- tor-in-Chief. It has required six business letters, four business calls, and innumer- able business walks on Baptist Hill to arrange with the H.-S. Gymnasium In- structor the time for his Track Team Ex- hibition. LOST, STRAYED, AND STOLEN LOST.— On March 2, 1904, the members of the staff of the Virginian lost their heads. Finders may keep them; thev are of no good to the owners. LOST. — On March lUth, between Chap- pell ' s store and the postofhce, a heart. No reward offered, as it is a hopeless case. LOST. — By Blanche G. three minutes on last Saturday. Two H.-S. boys passed, and she yielded to the intense desire to smile at them. . In this way three golden moments were lost. Her diploma is the forfeit. LOST.— Martin ' s Human Body. Finder please return to Sarcolema, S. A., or if there is any difficulty in locating this, please return to Miss Sarah Goode. LOST. — One golden hour, set with sixty ruby minutes, each inlaid « ' ith sixty pearl seconds. Finder please return to Pey- ton H. RRrS0N. LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN!— From No. 4, Professional Hall, an article necessary to most girls, and known as a trunk. It contained a package of lo c letters tied with a shoe string, also a tooth- brush and one overshoe. Finder please return to Miss Claudia Perkins. P. S. — Please return the shoe string from around the love letters. THE CATCH ALL :: HELPFUL HINTS FOR YOUNG MEN:: BV MR. SYMPATHY COUNSEL. j Letters written on other than business paper will be discarded.] Dear Mr. Sympathy: I am in love with a young lady, but she does not seem to care any more for me than she does for other young men. Can yoii tell me in yoitr Helpful Hints how I can gain her favor? — Expect. nt. No doubt, my dear Expectant, many of us ha e been confronted with the same .[uestion. I am afraid your manner is a little awkward in her presence. Do not sit on the edge of your chair, v ith your arms dangling, and look scared to death e ery time you speak. Dear Mr. Counsel; Do young ladies consider it good taste for a young man to wear a red tie? — Reader. Girls like to wear red themselves, but when they see a young man with a red tie on, they immediately say that he has no taste for selecting tics. Dear Mr. Sympathy: Do young ladies object to yoimg men smoking in their presence? — Joh.n ' W. Young ladies seriously object to yoimg men smoking in their presence. Besides their objecting, it is ' ery impolite. SPECIALS WEATHER REPORT. Forecast for State Normal School June 1st: Cold wave for spooners. Processes going on in Senior B ' s brains shifting and variable. Prospects of escorts for commencement unfavorable. About ninety girls went to Richmond Easter on an excu.rsion. CHRISTMAS WEEK Those who spent Christmas Week at the Normal School fotmd it a very pleasant experience. The number of sttidents was reduced from o ' er three hundred to about ninet} ' , and this secured for those remain- ing many pri -ileges which could not be granted to all — stich as permission to go down town ' hene ■er we wished it, or to sit up after ten o ' clock if we were reading a specially good book, or had not in esti- gated to our satisfaction the contents of a box to which we had been bidden. We were gi en our mail three times a dav instead of two, as usual, and in the air of mystery which so many packages gave to the mail bag, there wav. a fascina- tion that none could resist. EA-ery face, eager and expectant, greeted Mrs. Morri- son as she mounted the rostrum and pre- pared to deal out the prizes. Friday morning the dining-room pre- sented a busy scene. If you had rhanced to look in any time during the forenoon you Avould have seen nimble fingers twin- ing and hanging wreaths, or arranging potted plants, and no doubt you would have been called on to drive a nail or hunt a string. No idlers were allowed. Dinner was served at four o ' clock, and we found spread before us a dinner such as we had pictured to ourselves vhen we read Washington Irving ' s Christmas Dinner. It Avas a time when all ate. drank and made merry. On Saturday ten pairs of bright eyes could be seen dancing under ten demure little white caps, and the astonished isitor was admitted by a maiden whose only response to her tistial friendly greeting was to show her into the parlor. Later on she might have discovered that the servants had been given a holiday. Monday evening foimd the entire first floor again tastefully decorated n- th ferns THE CATCH ALL and other evergreens. A programme, con- sisting mostly of music, was rendered from eight till ten, and we realized more fully than ever that music hath charms. and could not help hut congratulate ourseh ' es that we were here at this time. The rest of the time was spent in visit- ing, walking, and other pleasant occu-pa- tions. By Tuesday the tide of girls which had flowed on Decemher 2.3rd hegan to ebb, and such sounds as, I had the best time, and Oh, I wish I were to-night where I was this time last week, echoed down the halls for many days afterwards. Rat Killer! Excellent Prepara= tion for the De= struction of ADVERTISEMENTS . _ - CANDY FOR SALE ' f A. m. .Z Room yl. Third Fluor, Ladies ' Matrimonial . Will be especially effective • ' • ' • ' • S JlCy .• . . p 42, Spook Alley Open June, July, August P- BEAUTIFUL p ill — ' — ill tfV GRADUATES fjV Furnished on 1 Day ' s Notice! Address all communications to MISS ELIZABETH COBBS, Manager PREPARED BY AB-NORMAL GIRLS AND SOLD EVERYWHERE At $1.00 a Package THE CATCH ALL AN UNROMANTIC ROMANCE A Story of Love and Devotion vs. Pa- rental Obstinacy and Objection How a Young Heiress Sacrificed Her Inlieritance to Have Ovfn Way Roberta Lee was decidedly the wealth- iest, prettiest and most attractive yoimg lady in the town of Charlottesville, Vir- ginia. Some one expressed it, though, when he said, Capt. Lee expects Roberta to win another fortune for the family when she marries. This surely -proved true, when Roberta announced to her father that of all her admirers, she loved none but Ernest White, a very promising yomig man, with an income of a thousand dollars. The Captain was mortified to know that his only davighter should marry such a ■worthless young man. He argued, he pleaded, and eventually he threatened. But alas! it amounted to nothing. Ro- berta was determined to have her own way, regardless of parents. After the Captain saw he could do nothing, he ceased all expressions of opposition, but disinherited his daughter, saying he would rather the half million dollars she would have had should be thrown away than for Ernest White to have -any of it. The self-willed Roberta and Ernest were married June .30, 1S46, and moved to a town in the northern part of Vir- ginia. Mr. White was a man in the highest sense of the word, and did all in his power for the pleasure and good of his wife, whom he loved better than he did his own life. The first ten years of their married life were A-ery happy ones. During this time their home had been brightened by four children, the oldest of whom was a girl, Florence. But try as he would, Mr. White could not meet all the expenses of the extrava- gant life they .verc living. He insisted that they must live on a smaller sc.ile, but his wife said, Oh, no, I have always been accustomed to living in the best of houses, driving the prettiest horses and wearing the handsomest clothes, and I am going to keep it up. She insisted that Florence ha -e the finest clothes and gix ' e the grandest reception of anyone in town., Mr. White put forth e -er3 ' effort to gratify his wife ' s desires, but he realized that there must soon be a stop to it. , In later years she always attended receptions and theatres without her husband, he being worn out with the orry .and anxiety of financial matters. T ' hings went on thus for a while, but the crash came when Mr. White was taken ill and lost his jjosi- tion. When he reco ' ered, they realized their situation. Florence, always de -oted to her father, ventured to write to her grand- father Lee and ask him to help them financially. Her letter received no reply, and the day finally came when house, furniture, and carriages had to be sold for debts. They moved into a cottage, but Mrs. White said she could not stand the dis- grace, so, after much consiiltation, thev decided to mo -e West, v. ' here Mr. White bought a farm, and -where Mrs. White, as she expressed it, could bury herself alive. The fresh air and change of climate proved very beneficial to Mr. White ' s health, and he lost the tired, care-worn look w-hich he brought with him from the busy eastern coast. Florence was her father ' s constant companion, and was always ready to help and comfort him. THE CATCH ALL 9 She and the boys were delighted with the ranch life. They liked the large herds of cattle, the little broncho ponies, and the broad fields of waving grain. Mrs. White also seemed fairly well contented, althotigh she frequently longed to see her Virginia friends, and wrote ver) ' often to some of them. She wrote especially often to Professor James, a ' onng teacher m a school in the town from which they had moved. Professor James had tatight Florence mnsic the year before they came West, and was very anxious to hfi -e her come back to Virginia and finish her edu- cation. Florence, ho i.ever, detested the idea, and while her mother insisted, Mr White said firmly she should not be made to go. In fact, so anxious was the pro- fessor to have his way in the matter that he visited the Whites in their western home. It was rather amusing the length of time this young professor staid on this business trip. He, of course, won great favor with Mrs. White, and it pleased her to see him give Florence so much of his attention, for she greatly desired the com- pany of any one wealthy, and Professor James had plenty of money, Howe -er, before he left for Virginia, it was, so to speak, aniioiinced to Florence that she was engaged to Mr. James. She, in her childisli way, said that when she grew up she su iposed she would marrv. and since her mother wished it, she would love the professor. Time ' ent on; Florence wrote regu- larly to her suitor. He sent her lo -ely gifts, which greatly pleased the ■ ' air mother. But no power could pre ' ail upon Florence to ,go back to Virginia for school. She loved her pony and the ranch too well for that. One day while ovit on the ranch — it was April 13, 1S04 — she noticed in the distance 0. figure lying on the grass. Florence fearlessly rode up to it, and at once recog- nized it to be a wounded Confederate soldier. She rode home rapidly, and her father, who had a large Southern heart, went at once to bring this ' oung nian to his home. After a few days ' treatment the patient got much better. His name was Jack Houston, and had gotten away from the Federal army, by whom he had been cap- tured. Jack had been a student at West Point, and was of splendid parentage. Florence found in him a very interesting companion. She loved for him to tell stories of his boyhood days, or interesting happenings of the war; then, too, she found great pleasure, in reading to him before he was well enough to be out. His family were soon notified as to his where- abouts, and sent Jack money to come home. Mrs. White disliked him ver} much, and often spoke of him as the straggler. To be frank. Jack was almost sorry when he was well enough to stand the trip home. There was some one else who hated for him to go. At last the day came for Jack Houston to leave for his home in Georgia. You would ne ' er have known him as 1he woimded soldier Florence found, for now his cheeks were ruddy, his form straight and tall, and his large brown eyes more beautiful than ever. The morning of his departure, ■ -hen he and Florence were in the sitting room alone, he placed his beautiftil diamond ring on her hand, and each was promising to e ' er be true to the other — when in walked Mrs. White! (to be continued.) Lucy M.wsox. NEW METHOD May 2. — Miss McChesney, teaching de nominate numbers; All those who go that example right hold up your feet. 10 THE CATCH ALL THE LAMENT OF A SPINSTER iC.ntinue,! fn.m pace fciir.) Although she stays only from Monday morning to Friday afternoon, the separa- tion is painfully long to us. We are going to gi -e the play Spinster ' s Return, sequel to Old Maid ' s Conven- tion, in abotit three weeks. It will be extremely comical, especially the gaudy costumes. Notwithstanding our vote and -ehemence to the contrary, we return with husbands of every description. It is glorious. Altho ' it is but for a few moments, I will be enjoying the felicity that some old maids are denied for a life time. My dear, my ner ous system recei -ed Please, dear, an.swer soon, for I always welcome your letters. It is just like hav- ing a quiet (?) chat with you — something like one we had on a walk one afternoon. I am sure you remember the topic of our conversation. Just give packs of love to all the girls, teachers and training school children. Try to make Lazy Bones industrious, and Bettie P. less (?) particular. Remember your promise to visit me next summer, and be sure and bring Jense with you. With best love, I am. Very fondly, Bess. the severest test it could several weeks ago. One sleety Sunday when we were at a Methodist Church, and I was leaving the aisle, I met him. We spoke, as a matter of course. As I wa.s descending the slippery steps EXTRA ! EXTRA ! EXTRA 1 May 10. — Miss Lottie Snead visited the training school to-day. to go to our carriage, which was standing a few yards away, he very gallantly offered to assist me, when lo! both of his feet The Interesting Things That Happen slipped from under him, and he took a very hard sudden seat. I glanced at him only to see his dainty oxfords beating madly about in the air, and flew to another ' s extended arms. I crammed myself as far back in the carriage as the seat would allow me. As we dro ' e away, I simply exploded. So much shattered was I, in fact, I could not tell Carry about it until we were nearly home. A ] this was long ago. The sleet has melted, so has my heart. But these flames are burning low now. Nothing but embers and ashes are left. This bvisiness is laid on the table until April Fool ' s Day of next leap year. I suppose my epitaph will be, In single blessedness she lived, and in same did die. As the reveries of an old maid have come to stich an important juncture. I will close. Every Friday and Sunday nights the parlor is filled with girls and their little ctipids. Sometimes there are so many couples that the Assembly Hall is opened up. The Glee Club gave a yery entertaining programme to the school one Tuesday night. Some special features of the evcv.- ing are well remembered. The January class was given a recep- tion the night they received their diplomas. A very pleasant e ' ening was spent by all. After the invited guests partook of re- freshments, the girls from the lower classes Avere allowed to go in. They gladly ate every scrap remaining. The Senior A ' s assisted in receiving, and felt c|uite proud that they woiild soon be Senior B ' s THE CATCH ALL 11 The ladies of the Episcopal Church gave their girls a very enjoyable evening in the gymnasium. The girls were dressed in fancy costumes. Where the little people U e there is always happiness. So it seemed the night the Baptist Church entertained their girls in the kindergarten rooms. The girls pretended they were little folks, and had a jolly time playing games. The Presbyterian girls were entertained in the lecture-room of that church with a literary party. Each girl was requested to represent the title of some book. Many of the costumes were A-ery cleverly de- signed. The evening was so much en- joyed that every girl in school wished she had been a Presbyterian for that night. Many ajid varied were the midnight feasts for which a girl put in her money and pulled a great deal of fun, which con- sisted equally of a ' ery uneasy feeling that she might get caught and be sat upon. And also a fear that she might not get caught and have the pleasure of run- ning at full speed through the corridors from the faithful matron. It is an ex- quisite pleasure — that of getting into bed with shoes on, and when the monitor comes around to be sleeping sweetly and soundly. These are only a. few of the pleasures of a midnight feast. Fun? Well, I should say so! A german club? Why. yes, of course we ha ' e a gernrian club. An exqtiisite german was given in the gymnasium, which was highly decorated with wands, Indian clubs and dumb bells especially for this occasion. The ladies were dressed in evening gowns, and the yotmg men in black suits. Many and beautiful were the figures formed by the couples. These were enjoyed not only by the dancers, but also by a gallery full of guests. This german is soon to be followed b} ' a colonial ball. The date for the ball has been post- poned, but we shall ha e it some day — never mind! have patience! Soon after the arri ' al of the new girls in September the Y. W. C. A. ga ' e a reception. Everybody was invited, and requested to come dressed in tacky style — a very hard thing to do! The Assembly Hall was crowded by teachers and stu- dents. Music and recitations were given for entertainment. Mrs. Morrison added considerably to the evening when she asked all into the dining-room, where they were served with delicious refresh- ments. Not a single apple, cake or piece of candy was taken from that room tucked nicely away in a handkerchief or blouse (?) ! Everybody marched around the room before the critical eyes of three judges. Mr. Jones was declared the tackiest in the room, and was awarded a stick of candy. Several trips were made to Hampden- Sidney ball games and celebrations. The first was enjoyed during a very heavy rain, but this only added to the excite- ment of the ad ■enture. The second time a carriage full of girls went off first and waited patiently for their companions. But where were they ' Sitting in the middle of the big road! Their little game 12 THE CATCH ALL was to walk Ave miles back home because of a broken wagon. The Faniiary class, with some of their friemls, went out to see tlie sights of Hampden-Sidnev. They were royally entertained. The boys were so loath to see them leave that they fas- tened a door to detain them a little while longer, and when at last the girls started home they clung to the wagons to bid a last farewell. A half dozen .girls enjoyed a few days on the Hill. Easter Monday another chance was given to the girls to take a peep at this ancient seat of learning in Virginia NORMAL NOTES The last meeting of the Senior Seminar was held in the Library Monday evening. May 23. The question for debate Avas: Resolved, That the law which allows graduates of the State Normal School to marry before they have taught two j ' ears should be abolished. The debaters handled the question with ability and humor, and intense interest was manifested by all those present. Although it was conceded by all that two years was a long time to wait, the debate was decided in fa ' or of the affirmative by the judges, Miss WoodrufI, Mr. Jarman and Mr. Jones. Thursday morning. May 19, a mass meeting of the students of the State Normal School was held in the Assembly Hall, in the interest of the Y. W. C. A. building fund. A number of short talks were made showing what has been done for this cause and the need of the building. At the close of the meeting twelve hundred dollars was pledged by the students. In fi ' e years it is expected that this build- ing, costing j;iO,000, will be erected, another witness of what the Y. W. C. . can do and is doing. The second annual celebration of Mav Day by the Training School was enjoyed by an imtnense crowd of interested parents and friends. The programme was delightful in e ery way; the merrA ' spring songs by the fresh yottng voices, the poems of blithe May, the perfect wand drill, the coronation of dainty little Clara King as Queen of May, and the graceful Maypole dance, — all were most heartily applavided by an audience which seemed to have caught the beau- tiful happy spirit of their little entertainers. The supervisors, Misses Woodruff, Hali- burton and Dunn, assisted by Misses Hills and Freeborn and the enthusiastic seniors, ha -e the grateful appreciation of all who love a gladsome sight. — Rich- mond Dispatch. Many were the good things that were gotten at school this year by the girls. The following are the nantes of girls who got from one to six boxes during the year: Jessie Aitcherson, Ella Brooks, Sadie Bird, Virginia Boyd, Julia Cutchins, May Curtis, Grace Cooley, Lennie Clemmer, Annie Clay, Maria Cocke, Jennie Crigler, Mary Lou Campbell, Sallie Da ' is, Effie Dunn, Ethel Deal, Carrie Dimgan, Theo- dosia DeBarm, Florence Edwards, Mary Ewell, Louise Farinholtz, Jessie Finke, Marguerite Farish, Nannie Fox, Eleanor Jamison, Kat hleen Jennings, Mabel Gross- close, Mary Glasgow, Annie Henderson, Brenda Hatcher, Ella Hahn, Fannie Hod- nett, Hattie Hudson, Jemima Hurt, Lucy Hiner, Mary V. Holmes, Mary and Ella Hiner, Olive Hinman, Pearle Hitt, Pearle Hunt, Sue Hales, Virgie Irvine, Blanche Johnson, Hattie Kelley, Ellen Lee, Ger- trude Ligon, Fannie Marston, Ida Martin, N ' ellie Morehead, Rebecca Mann, Virginia Mayes, Ellen Painter, Kathleen Price, Katherine Perry, Sallie Payne, Katherine Robinson, Mary Rhodes, Bettie Price Starling, Evelyn Thirk, Etta Sampson. The Smoke Stack THE Staff ' s orders were brief; That Smoke Stack of ours must have iomc excuse for being. Find out what it is and report to the Annual upon penalty of separation froni Bessie. That was seven weeks ago; since that time I have lived on that stack — no, not literally, of course, so don ' t picture me as sitting at that extrenie elevation. Some writer has said something aI:iout our existing where our thoughts are; that is what I mean. This vigilance and concentration of thought, however, has not been due to any effort on my part, but to the zeal of the Staff. Each member has seem- inglv made it her dutv to remind me, hourlv, of mv task. Well, I studied that stack; I viewed it from everv point; I tried to detect some hidden mission that it might have, other than to be incongruouslv out of proportion with the rest of the building. Then I began to regard the towering, smoky mass with suspicion. It was there, and it was presumably there for some purpose. That purpose was concealed from the general public ; there- fore, it must be underhand, unworthy of mv attention. I righteouslv resolved to have no more to do with it, but the Staff had no respect for my conscientious scruples. According to their august way of thinking, that smoke stack was worthy of careful consideration. Their original proposition was revised thus; Since there is nothing to admire in it, criticise it. I meekly assented. Now I saw with new eyes. Whereas I had looked for the good, I was now permitted to see the bad. I set about mv task with cold-blooded enjoyment, for I had developed a feeling of real animosity. Then I found human nature gives one good thing to even the meanest — a certain leniency in dealing with the helpless. Somehow that smoke stack, great, towering as it was, seemed suddenly to assume an air of real modesty. It was so inoffensive, so retiring, that there was something really appealing about it. For the first tiine, also, I realized its purpose — the good it does by carrying off all that black smoke from our furnace. Why! that stack was actually doing what great men have done, and failed to do — it keeps burning the fires of civilization. And — it were a lesson to us — dav bv day, regardless of inappreciation and criticism, it continues to do its duty. But criticism was ever the price of greatness. Once having the veil lifted from my eyes, I did not refuse to see. I began to feel for it a respect not unmixed with awe. Now, rather than say one harsh word about it, I would face a whole army of StaflE members. I did — and the army won. Thus, not from any desire on ni} ' part, I again found myself staring con- templatively at that smoke stack. I tried to sound its bottomless depths, to probe to its heart — for I was to learn its private histor} , I could not do it. Perhaps it was because, possessing the uninquiring mind of a girl, I had no instinct to guide me. Then I remembered, History leaves its landmarks. In the now dim light I examined each separate brick, but could find no record written there. Then at last my latent conscience was aroused. Was there any justification for such inordinate curiosity ? Had I a right to pry into the secret thoughts of a mysterious being? No, mv very soul revolted at the thought; I ceased to search, determined to elope, if the Staff remained obdurate. But before I could turn, I became enveloped in a soft mist, which surged gently on from all sides. Yet I was not frightened, for I opened my eyes, and it was, I thought — smoke. Then I heard a voice as from a great distance; and the mist began to take shape. This, too, seemed perfectly natural, for now I seemed alwa ' S to have known it to be the breath of some creature within. The voice is nearer — now audible: Fool! it is saying, little fool, you have learned slowl) ' , but perhaps well. Interfere not hereafter with what concerns you not ; use not your pen against defenceless beings ; try not to learn mysteries withheld from you, but — and the voice grew softer — I forgive you, for you were driven to it. And I knew from the gentle touch, the soft caress, that I was forgiven. Rochet M. McKinney. KODAK PlCTLRI- Z,eta Tail Alpha Fraternity Alpha Chapter ESTABLISIIKD 1S9R. CHARI ' ERt.n 1002 Roll of Chapters Alpha State Normal School Beta SnbRosa Gamma Hannah Moore Academy Delta Randolph-Macon Woman ' s College ErsiLON University of Arkansas Colors; Turciuoise Blue and Steel Gray. Flower: Double White Violet. In Urhc Edith Brent Duvai.l Hattie Kint. Bigg Clair Woodruff Carrie Llewellyn Kyle Mrs. Walker Scott In Collegia Julia Dri: v Palmer Mary Claudia Perkins Mary Elizabeth Herbert Georgie May Miller Emma Lawson Waring Olive May Hinman Jessie Evers Whitmore Janie May Crute Elizabeth Windsor Ki.ng Ada Emerson Miller Li LA ' Waller DuVal Biennial Convention. Lynchburg. Va., June 0-9, 1904. Delegates: Clair Wo(jDRtiFF, Olive Hinman Alpha Sigma Alpha Fraternity Chartered during the Session of 1VI02-08. CoLOKs: Silver and Crimson Flower: White Carnation Alpha Chapter Sororcs in Urbc JuLiKTTE Jefferson Hcndiev Grace Macon Wilson Calva Hampton Watson Mapy Elizabeth Moore Soiorcs ill Collci io Virginia Lee Boyd Mattie Monterey Thomas Louise Burks Cox Angela Carroll Tinslev Hattie Virginia Kelly Alma Kstelle Thraves Katherine Earl Boyd May ' ILLIAMs l • Hl ' ndlev Chapters Alpha Chapter State Normal School, Farm iHe, Va. Beta Chapter Lewisbtn-g Female Seminary, Le visliurg, Va. Gamma Chapter Sub Rosa X EsTABMSHIiD 1900 of fraleniilies, composi ' d of members of tile three fraternities Kappa Delta Sigma Sigma Sigma Zeta Tau Aj.i ' tia K A Sis tnnn l.i Clii ! Chi TiRer ! Annual Reception to the three fraternities December 13, 1903 Mary Powers Etta Sampson Sarah Gcinni! Janik Cri ' te H ATT IE Kki.i.v Jessih WHTT ( ;!I: Marguerite Williams Miss Natalie Lancaster Lni ' isE Vaughn Miss Jennie Tabb Mattie Thomas Fraternity Girls Frances Wolke Miss Helen Blackiston Jessie Whitmore Annie Pierce Mary Lou Campbell Janie Crute ■ Edith Duval Sarah Goode Angelia Tinsi.ev Claudia Perkins Lucy Brooke Katherine Jennings Olive Hinman Mrs. Portia Lee Morrison Y. W. C. A. OUR YOUNG Women ' s Cliristian Association for this year has been very successfuh and we feel that much good has been done. Not only have the girls, who have never had the advantages of an Asso- ciation before, shown great interest, but also many of our girls of last vear, who were seemingly indifferent, have become members and taken active part in the meetings. A number of committees necessary for carrying on the work brings a large number of girls into close union with the Association, and deepens their interest by making them feel necessary to the success of the organization. The regular meetings, which are held at five o ' clock on Saturday evening, are verv instructive, as well as entertaining. The programmes are carefuUjr planned by the Devotional Committee, and often special music is furnished by the Committee on Music. The many influences of the Y. W. C. A. in the religious life of the school show what this work has accomplished. Some of the leading members of the Association came early in tlie begin- ning of the session in order to welcome the new girls, and to try to make their school life begin pleasantly. Other good work is done through the Bible classes, taught by the girls on Sunday afternoon, also by the Mission Study Class, which is conducted by several members of the faculty. Both of these branches of Bible study have proved very instructive. The prayer meeting, attended only by the students, and held after study hour on Wednesday night, is a source of great help; coming, as it does in the middle of the week when we are busy, and often discouraged, we always feel that we are spiritually strengthened and encouraged by these little prayer ineetings. By the great interest shown by our new president and cabinet, we feel that this work is beginning anew. There are on the roll about two hundred and sixtv members, one hundred and thirty of which have been added this year. Last year our school was represented at the summer conference in Ashcville by a delegation of eight, including two faculty members. The Association bore the expenses of only one of these. We intend to be represented again this year. Cunningham Literary Society Mary Powers, _. A-« ' « ' «a,. Clara Sanderlin, President. f ' CUNNINGHAM '  Censor. Frances Woi.ke, ' ' ' ' Carpe % 19 3 f ! Die}?i Zadie Smith, Vice-President % LITERARY f SOCIETY Critic. Clair Woodruff, 19 03 Praxces Wolfe, Secretary. Olive Hinman, Lizzie James, Lucy Anderson, I ' reasurer. Colors: 1 Flower: Executive Commiitee White and Green White Carnation Honorary Mr. B. M. Cox Mr. E. R. Jones Dr. O. B. Sears Miss S. G. Fatteson Miss MinniiJ Rice Charter Clai ' Dia Perkins Bessie McGeobge Clara Sanderlin Etta Sampson Lucy Anderson Jessie Aitcheson Amelia Harrison Sallie Davis Martha Cunningham Bessie Curtis Julia Massey Ellen Lee Olive Hinman Jessie Whitmore Annie L. Stigi.eman Cora Kay Carrie Sltherlin Pattie L. Jones Carrie McGeorge Clair Woodr uff Members Mrs. Portia L. Morrison Miss Virginia Reynolds Miss Lula O. Andrews Miss Fannie W. Dunn Members Edith Dickey Anne Richardson Elizabeth Richardson Ethel Topping Lizzie James Elizabeth Cobbs Pauline Phillips Maud Mason Susie Ford Frances Wolfe LiLA Du Val Mary Powers Zadie Smith Scotia Starke Bertie Stone Calva Watson Courtney Taylor Mary. Ford Alice Ware JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, LL. D. Mary Scofield Eleanor Abbitt Mary Herbert Ollie Beard Edn; Later Members Mary McChesney Mattie Thomas Sallie Cox Sue Muse Bevie Cox Ellen Painter Merle Abeitt Jessie Dey Vernie Blankenship The Argus Literary Society This society was organized in the State Female Normal School, Farmville Founders Janie Crute Mary Lou Campbell Sarah Goode Katherine Grayson Hannah Paxton Lucy Stearnes Louise Vaughan Florida Ashby Eli.a Brooke Lucy Brooke Mary Lou Campbell Hattie Bt ' gg Nellie Ingram Katherine Grayson Rochet McKinney Mildred Evans Bruce Morton Georgie Miller Fannik Hodnett Mr. and Mrs. Jarman Miss Andrews Virginia, November 21, 190-1. Colors: Grav and Green. Flowers: White Rose and Smilax. Motto: To see the better, my dear! Officers Katherine Grayson, President Nellie Smithey, Vice-President Louise Vaughan, Secretary Jessie Finke, Treasurer Janie Crute. Critic Alma Thraves, Censor Memben Bernie Smith Minnie Thomason Betsy Lemon Lucy Manson Sallie Goggin Sarah Goode Hannah Paxton Lucy Stearnes Jessie Finke Si ' siE Hales Mary Virginia Homes Katherine Jennings Doroihv Stone Alma Thraves Carrie Martin Lucy Rice Hannah Martin Florence Ingram Janie Crute Henrietta Dunlap Mrs. Mildred Fosoue Steftoe Campbell Louise Vauguan Lucy McCraw Lucy Chrisman Jemima Hurt Nellie Smithey Mary Clay Hiner Mary Watkins Mary Sue Moore Bessie McCraw Mary Coleman Stella Nelson Ankie Henderson Bessie W. de Carrie Kyle Elizabeth Redd Ada Miller Honorary Members Miss Alleen Andrews Miss London Miss Coulling Miss Dunn Miss Kinzer Miss Reynolds Mr. Elmer E. Jones To Mrs. Morrison To thee, most faithful and most tnie. We bring onr homage lovingly, With hearts too full to half express The gratitude we would profess. Long hast thou guarded jealously The trust placed in thy worthy hands — Long sought a mother ' s part to play With anxious care, from day to day. Thy loving efforts cannot he Unnoticed by the One above. Though we have been too blind to see The good that came to us from thee. Oh, not in words may .gratitude Be truly shown, but in our lives; Yea, we shall carry on our way Far more of good than words can say. Tennis Club Alma Tiiraves, President Janie Crute, Secretary and Treasurer. Bernie Smith Lucy McCraw Carrie Kyi.e Sai.ue Miller Lois Leonard Grace Hurst Carrie Johnson Ada Miller Stei ' TOE Campbell Emma Waring Dorothy Rogers Marie Day Mollie Byerly Bruce Morton Ella Burger Gertrude Ligon Nettie Dunlap Ella Hahn Annie Henderson Fannie Wolfe Marguerite Williams Sei.ma Butler Georgie Newby Jessie Whitmore Lucy Brooke Susie Ford Anna Jolliffe Hattie Paulette Helen Leason Elizabeth King Clair Woodruff Hattie Crute Hattie Kelly Mamie Dlincan Betsy Lemon Fannie Marston Mary Young Julia Palmer Ella Brooke Zaidee Smith Claudia Perkins Susie Fokd Blanche Armstead Lucy Stearnes Carrie Mason Basket Ball CHAMPIONS. Colors; Orange and Black Motto: Root, little pig or die. Aim : To pull the most plums out of the pudding. Yell: Whoop, hurrah! Whoop, hurrah! Who are we? Chainpions! Champions! Ha! Ha! don ' t you see. rah!! Umpire: CH.iMPIONS. C.4PTAIN — Anna Joliffe Centre — Anna Joliffe Right Forward — Grace Walton Left Forward — Marcaret Burbank Right Guard — Lucy Manson I,F.FT Guard — Julia Massey Suhstiti:te — Elizabeth Curtis SPARTANS. Colors: Diist Color and Blood Red. Motto: Perseverance against opposition. Aim: The Basket. Ykll : Hulabaloo, K.a-lack-ka-loo, Who are we and who are you? Got yoir guessing one and all. Spartans! Spartans! Basket Ball ! Miss Hills. spartans. Captain — Lucy Anderson Centre — Lucy Anderson Right Forward — Corlotta Lewis Left Forward — Eugenia Wambersie Right Guard — Locket Walton Left Guard — Bettie Price Starling Substitute— March Edmunds Glee Club Ring, ring dt banjo! I lub dat good old song! Director: JVIiss Andrews FirM Sopranos. Maud Anderson L i; Hai.es Marv Powers Lois Leonard BvRD King Hattie Pai ' i.eit Edith Duvai.i. Miss Lancaster Mrs. Tuggi.e Miss Robbie Berkeley Second Sopranos. IIattie Bugg Carrie Kvle Anne Richardson Lelia Jackson Minnie Blanton Vernie Blankenshir Miss Alleen Andrews First Alios. Dorothy Stone Maud Mason Mab.el Grossclose Bessie Justis Alice Paitlett Janet Duvall Second .Alios. ATary Baldwin Mary Coleman Mary Ford Vivian Boisseau Janie Ceute Bessie Noel Miss Woodruff Dramatic Club Director: M iss Redd. General Maxager; Alma Thraves. Business Manager: Louise Vaughan. Ella Brooke Alma Thraves Mattie Thomas Fannie Marston Claudia Perkins LuciPHiNE Everett Sue Hales Sadie Bvrd Members Sarah GoonE Emma Waring Mary Coleman Jessie Whitmore Gertrude Grifkin Eleanor Abbitt Effie Dunn Mary Powers Marv Holmes Alberta James Angela Tinslev Louise Cox Carrie Johnson Louise Vaughan Fannie Hodnett The German Club Ai.MA E. Thraves Leader Iamie M. Cki te s isiani Leader Ella A. Brooke Secretary and Treasurer Clal ' dia Perkins Clair Wdoijkuff Janie Crute Alma Thraves Ada Miller Georoie Miller Ella Brooke Lucy Brooke Katharine Jennings Angela Tinsley Louise Cox Sarah Goode Jessie Whitmore Katharine Harrower Eugenia Wambersie Emma Waring Louise Vauuhan Stulla Nelson Virginia Bovd Mary Lou Campbell . Ellen Lee Etta Sampson Mary Powers Sue Ha les Anne Richardson Hattie Kelly Maitif Thomas Julia Massey Bessie Curtis Mary V. Holmes Fannie Marston Fannie Wolfe Merle Abbitt Margaret Williams Lucy Stearnes Lois Lenard Bruce Morton Lucy Manson Steele Buchanan Carrie Sutherlin March Edmonds Calva Watson Kathleen Price Vivian Boisseau Kate Verser Bessie Verser Alberta James Effie Dunn Archery Club Colors : Turf-Green and White Our Aim [n Life : The Bull ' s Eve Mr. E. E. Jones, President • Ol.IVE HiNMAN, Secretary and Treasurer f NOBEW ' Rhea Scott, Ai.,,j,j. , A rc iers •4 ' Ci.AiH WOODHOFF, Steli.a Nelson, Helen Leason, Lucy Manson, Olive Hinman, Mary Lou Ca U2i ' x Merle Abbitt Ella Burger Steptoe Campbell Mary Lou Campbell Olive Hinman Gertrude Ligun Mellie Morehead Georgie Miller Carrie Mason Elizabeth Richardson Mattie Thomas Clair Woodruff T. C. M. (f Exccittivc Committee for March Mary McChesney, Cliairman Etta Sampson Lucv Chrisman Executive Committee for April Lucy Stearnes, Chnirman Bettie Murfee Mary Lou Campbell Executive Committee for May Cora Kay, Chairman Mary Herbert Members Senior B Class Honorary Member, Elmer E. Jones 5 A ATUI b: . . Study CLUB Officers LUCIE CHRISMAN, Secretary-Treasurer Memben Miss Reynolds Blanch Gilbert Lillian Blair Anna Jolmffe Ella Burgef Miss Patteson Bessie Justis Mary Hiner Sarah Goode Miss Lancaster Alice Paulett Alda Reynolds Maude Ives Lucy Stearn Etta SAMPSON Grace Hurst Inez Clary Avice Allen Mary Rodes Lucv Anderson Mabel Grossclose Sadie Leahy Margery ATKINSO Byrd King Cora Kay Lucie Chrisman Hannah Martin Hallie MlLLl Scotia Starke Ursula Tuck Ethel Reynolds Mellie More Dorothy Stone 15LIZABETH COBBS Bbttie MunPEE Mary Lou Campbi Carrie Martin Ella Hahn Vc7 ; Hiyi! Kiyi! Who are we? Sunius, simii-is, Populi, S. T . A. R. (lEORGiK May Mh.lkr Katharine Jennings Claudia Perkins Elizabeth King Eleanor Abbitt Carrie Martin Mary Watkins Lizzie James Lucy Brooke Ella Brooke Ada Miller 136 G. C. G. C. Lucy Brooke Angei.ia Tinslev Mattie Thomas Hannah Martin Nan Gilkeson Steele Bvchanan Katharine Grayson Members Claudia Perkins Jessie Wiiitmore iCQUE EtHERIDGE J ilia Massey nie Crute Mary Homes Hattie Crute M. B. K. Motto: We love, we love, we love each other. Song: Away, Away Down South in Dixie. Flower: White Rose. Coi.or.s: Navy Blue and Gold Occupation: Having all the fun possible. Members Margaret Palmer My, that ' s a pity! Margaret Henderson Goodness me! Agnes Palmer Well, I do know! Gertrude Griffin Don ' t you think that is cute, dear? The Happy Family Members Father: Sue Hai.es Mother: Jen Crit.ler Nurse: Louise Cox Daughter (Ajjed 5 years) : Virginia Boyd Son (Aged ' i years ' ) : Efeie Dunn REsmENCR: No. 0. Professional Hall. At Home, from 7 P. M. to Hi P. M. Phone No. 3.3 -VIoTTO: rhere ' s no place like home. Name Characteristic Pastime Datidy That walk and that laugh Writing business (?) letters MuR Her Whistle Singing lullabies Sis Fondness for kissing Daddy . . . . Eating tandy Buddy Squalling for Mtir PuUing Dad ' s Coat-tails Nurse Ginny Ferociousness Spanking the Kids Colors : Sky-blue-pink and green-peagreen Motto ; Get up and git Yell : Hip-la, He-la rah, rah, rix Whoop-la, Zoo-la Saucy Six X.M. ..VOH.T.S..V,.a ..VO..X...SH CH...O.S,K. EDITH DICKEY ■• Bessie Talking German Wait a minute ! Graham (bread) To know the King of France MABLE G ROSSCLOSE Buful Trying her fortune 0, Gee ! Wine (jelly) To locate the squeril of a pig SUE HALES •• Rat ■ ' Singing like a blue- jay Whoop ! Susie ! Brown (Betty) To marry any old body for any old thing ZOITLA La BOYTEAUX Yout Spooning with Susie Hang it all ! S(li)ugar(t) pie To make a pompadour LALLA LYLE ■■ Lai ■■ Blushing Great day in the morning ! Pat(ty) cakes To go to London SUSIE McCLUNG Tessie Spooning with Zoula I ' m not even thinking about you ! (Boston) Bean To be a Stumper Jannan Hall Jew ' s-Harp Orchestra Fi.nwER: anflering Jew. Colors: Steel Gray and Leaf Green. Aim: To be mtisical. Motto: Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast (rats ' )! Yell: What, ho! double J. H. O.! Best e ' er seen. Gray and j reen! Turn, turn, hi.g:h, low — Three cheers, J. H., J. H. O.! Members Bessie Carter Director Oliv E HiN.M. N Chairman M.ARV Herbert. Secretary Inez Cl. rv ..- Treasurer Ollie Beard ;.-. ' Critic Frances Wolee ' . Censor Jacque Etheriuoe Janitress Jessie Dey Walking Delegate B RD King Assistant Walking Delegate Kodak Club Members Katherine Jennings Ella Bkdoke Gforpie May Miller Ada Miller Eleanor Abbitt Lizzie James Honorary Members p. p. Nai.le F. S. Halsey R. S. DoDsoN York Briddell L. J. Roper E. R. Terrell ) 1 Jokes ' w ' Mxss ?..■ What is a goatee? ' ' Miss L. M.: A young goat. Miss M. (taking advantage of Leap Year) ; Dr. Jones, will yo« please change my name? (Exit Dr. J .) . C: Jessie, when did you meet Mr. B. ' ? J. !! ' ..■ Oh, it was in my Freshman year; we were out hunting (or specimens to dissect, and I was looking for cats. ' . ' Hihlc chiss teacher: Miss M., can you tell me on what tree Abraham was hung? .?. 5.. ' Do vou like classical music? Miss v.: No, I don ' t, I like instrumen- tal music ' Miss A.: How .else mav we form the pkirals of words? Miss S.: By international changes. R. C The Merchant of Venice will he at the Opera House to-morrow night. A. ' ,.: What in the world is he going to sell at the Opera Hou.se? On the hoard, during a written lesson in psychology: What is an active imagination? Senior A. after careful thought, writes: An active imagination is one vised in friction. Miss A.: In what case is that noun? First A, with assurance: Whv, it is the autumnal accusati ' e. Latin accent, up-to-date, by First A.: If the peanut is long, accent the antepeanut — otherwise, accent the peanut. Tcaclier of rhetoric: What is a pedagogue? Miss Biilliant waves her hand wildly, and is called vpoii: I know! It is a strange monster, half man and half horse! ,4 the supper table Miss Okie tries to introduce a topic of co 2rcrsation Do you like Sally Lunn? Miss ' engh looks hcLeildered. luit replies hesitaliui ly: I don ' t knoM , really; I have met so many girls, that I can ' t remcmlier her. Super ' i ' isor oj Music: Miss I ' ., yoti sing all ' he songs much too low. Haven t I told you how to find the pitch? Second grade teacher, hurriedlv: Yes, I know; when can I get that pitch- fork to help me .get them higher? Miss .: Miss Z has such Chestei-fieldian politeness! Mav M.. with great interest: Why, I know something about that myself; I come from Chesterlield County. . ' o iconder the Juniors are proud of tlieinselvesf Hear the startling discov- eries they have made in searching for the center of gra-city: The center of gravity is the point where all the weight of a body seems to be consecrated. It acts vertical, and makes ' ou stand up straight. The hitherto hard subject of osmosis has been rendered very simple and strik- ing by them: It is merely a body which can be beaten into sheets. Miss L.. in aritlnnetic: What is meant by the stock market? Oh, that is the place where -ou l uy and sell cattle! Room-mate: Jen, what did you .get in that express box? Jen C: . -Vmerican Beauties. Room-mate: Oh, pshaw! I thought certainly you had some roses in it. ' y nnie L.: Ha ' e you had the sore throat yet? Svsic: No, I had that last term. .4. Ri. (excitedly): There are Ihree girls in the Infirmary! I must go home before I gel sick. It would simph kill me if I should die here! Miss R. (in geography class): Miss G , what have you learned this year? Miss Neu ' lv-cngagrd (dreamily) : I ' ve learned that now we li c for others, and not just for ourselves. As Others See Us I ' hat howsoe ' er I know thee, some Could hardly tell what name were thine. Stella I.al ' ra Virginia Kent Nelson. He that tooteth not his own horn, The same shall not be tooted. — Virginian Staff. The worst fault on have is to Vie in love. — Jessie Wmit.more. I long to prove No lapse of moons can canker love.--Lucv Mansok, Years have not seen, time shall not see The hour that tears my heart from thee. Alperta James and Katherine Robinson. And of her oice in echoin,£j hearts A sound must long remain. — She Hales. Pa, may I sport a little? — Kate Perry. She is a woman strong and true. — Mrs. Newby. For who ' s convincsd against h: ' r will Is of the sam ojiinion still. — Mary Olasgow. Beautiful Darling ! ! !— ? ? ? An example of the survi al of the fittest. — Dr. Jones. Stern was her look and dignified. — Jessie Dey. And I pray vou let none of your people disturb me, 1 have an exposition of sleep come upon me. Clai ' dia Perkins. Know when to speak, for many times it brings Danger to give the best advice to kings. Molly Byerlev, 146 A friend in need. — Miss Andrews. She thinks too mucli — sueh won en are dangerous. Hkssif. W. de. Her wisdom in her goodness found its mate. Mrs. Morriso-V. A iTierry heart goes all the da ' . — M.- rv Herbert. United we stand. — Cm. She is a maid of artless grace, Gentle of form and fair of face. — Etta Sampson. A head to contrive, a tongne to persuade, and a hand to execute ntischief. Effie Dunn. Her heart was in her work, and the heart Gi ' eth grace unto everv act. — Carrie Mariin. Gone, but not forgotten. — Julia Palmer. Cotirteous maid, Gi ' e us your smile as we pass bv. — Lucy Brookf. No simplest duty is forgot. — Henriett-a Duni.ap. In thine eyes dark splendor. Where the lo e-light loves to dwell. — Ellen Painter. No task was too hard or hiunble; no day long enough to do all she longed to do; and no sacrifice would ha e seemed too great for those whom she regarded with steadily increasing love and gratitude. Miss Halibirton. And still they gazed, and still the wonder re ' , That one small head eould carry all lie knew. Mr. Mati ' oon. Through suffering and sorrOA thou hast passed To show us what a woman true may be. Miss Rice. Frontispiece 2 Gi ' ceting 3 Dedication 4 Mr. B. M. Cox (Portrait) 5 Calendar Board of Trustees 7 The Faculty (with Photos) S-U Domestic Department (with Photos) 12-1 3 The Akimnie Association 14 Roanoke County Chapter of the Ahimn i ' Association 15 Class of January, 1904 10 Class Song of January, 1904 17 History of Class, January, 1904. . . .18-19 Prophecy for Class, January, 190-1 .20-21 Ethel Toppitig ' s Prophecy 22 Illustration 23 Class of Jime, 1904 24 Class of June, 1904 (Photos) 2,5-41 The Class History of June, 1904. . . .-12-44 Class Song, June, 1904 45 Class Poem, June, 1904 46-47 Prophecy of Class of June, 1904 48-49 Class Song 50 Legacy of Class, June, 1904 51-52 Illustration 53 Senior A Class Roll 54 Senior A Class (Photo) 55 f Poem 50 Illustration 57 J unior Class Rolls 5S Junior B and A Class (Photos) 59 The Hardest Thing I Ever Did GO Illustration Gl Second B Class Roll G2 Second B Class (Photo) G:3 Second A Class Roll G4 Second A Class (Photo) 05 Poem OG Illustration 07 First B Class Roll GN First B Class (Photo) 09 First A Class Roll 70 In Memoriam 71 State Normal School as it is 72 State Normal School as it will be. ... 73 Editorial Staff 74 Staff (Photo) 75 ' Mid the Green Fields of Old Farm- viUe 70 Literary: Mazoo 7S-SU Our Library - 81 Senior B Class Meeting 82-83 Our Kindergarten 84 How Class of 1905 Studies 8.5-87 Things We Often Hear 88 Newspaper; The Catch All 89-100 The Smoke Stack 101-102 Kodak Pictures 103 Illustration 1 04 Sororities : Illustration 105 Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity 100 Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity (Photo) . 107 Kappa Delta Fraternity 108 Kappa Delta Fraternity (Photo). . . . 109 Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority 110 Sigma Sigma Sigma (Photo) Ill Alpha Sigma Alpha 112 Alpha Sigma Alpha (Photo) 113 R. P. C. P. P Our Fraternity Girls 114 115 IIG Org. nizations: Illustration 117 Y. W. C. A 118-119 Cunningham Literary Society 120 Argus Literary Society 121 To Mrs. Morrison 122 Athletics: Ilhi.stration Tennis Club Tennis Club (Photo) Basket Ball 125 126 Cli-bs: Illustration 127 Glee Club 128 Dramatic Club 129 German Club . . . 130 Archery Club 131 Our Artists 132 Y. W. C. A. Poster Club 133 Senior Seminar 134 Nature Study Club 135 S. T. A. R 130 G. C. G. C 137 M. B. K 138 The Happy Family 139 The Saucy Six 140 J. H. J. H. O 141 Kodak Club 142 pl.easa ' t and unpleasant PaR ' Vgrapiis: Illustration 143 Jokes M4-145 As Others See Us 140-147 Table of Contents 148-149 Class Register 1 50-1 53 Illustration 154 Ads 155-171 7)1. mc C.aZ .a- ' i q kdr fljAAf-jl -L-V L.(r a (fi lit fl,y, cU -i- lL(WWUXi flu I J. _ vv l t ' , ' 5i«Y Jl TVLOLAAjj LlMl(jLa I. X. Ill L(xA ? ' ' r Wi-, ?v— % iTt ijyi ui- Tt j ' t T (i X( v vf u Svia-MvGii. ■ 7 ' ' JaA CM, 7VLCU Jjxyyuyy ' Vtl- TyjML. HWa-ui. U- Ox-s Cot Ih Or, hutV ' t jjMZ ' .Aj yO ' yY .AX)J . X. sAftAA-d rt A- %; V V ' O W ' v.A.A. • . -fUt t ' ' . Z ' Xc- % ■ A fibUAXyic nx -.m rL-i ' - ' JoT ILiy AjAJLAAhAyuAl A.I ' 7- CXv« HU ccU liUvjuiA- K ma ( lor. i ' M-a-tiic-e T state Female Normal School Farmville, Virginia w ■ ■ 1 si FOUNDED by the Legislature to educate l teachers for the public schools. Free tuitiou for two hundred yoviug women. r Scholarships appointed among the counties and cities. ' Liberal courses in Language, Literature, History, Scieuces, and the Manual Arts. li Two-year Professional course for teachers. ' A graded Training School in which stu- 5; dents receive a year ' s training before going li out to teach. I Session Begins September 14 Catalogue Sent on Application CALUMET Tea and Coffee Co. 51-53 FRANKLIN STREET Chicago. Illinois The Burning Question ♦ fan be solved bv callinp ' on Barrow Coal Coin pa ny Dealers in Steam and DoiTnestic ' Coals Phone 46 KARJVIVILLK, VIRGINIA THE ANDERSON DRUG COMPANY Can supply you with anything a FIRST-CLASS DRUG TORE ought to have, and at prices as low as is consistent with BETT QUALITY. Farmville, Virginia THE Mrs. L. L. Keister DEALER IN FANCY GOODS W jfte Goods and Notions Main Street, FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA Farmville Mills MANUFACTURERS OF Patent Full Roller Process FLOURS Pure Water Ground Meal, Bran, Shipstuff and Millfeed Farmville. - - Virginia RICHARDSON DAVIDSON Groceries, Provisions, Mill-Feed, Corn, Oats, Field Seed Corner Main and Second Streets FARMVILLE. VIRGINIA Dr. P,W, Beckham l XxH i FarmviUe, Virginia S. W. Paulett Son S. W. Paulett E.L. Paulett X 1 1 H ' miiPTT r r : nn crutea NOEL BROS. Deajers Stovcs, Crockcrv, Lamps, Glassware, Woodenwarc and Plumbers ' Supplies Farnrville, Va. OAT pv 7 7 T IVT ' Q PAYS TO BUYAT BAT.DWIN ' S Busv Store - O ' Goods, Shoes, Notions FarmvilU, Virginia Sktrts, cMilltfiery itf ici7 give Normal Stiidciiis SPECIAL PRICES on School mttt ©Inee 3 ht$ W. T. BLANTON ' « ' ? ' ' - - 3 eweler and Farmville, Virginia mitted for .our Inspection OptlCtan I am funiish -jc uit yon want, and the price, as well as the goods, will please you. V_. V . W W A 1 1 Ijitvtiituvc ileutcr Successor to HARROW COWAN Agent for Wall Paper and Window Shades Tro™ FENCETaud ••■ TOMBSTONES FARIMVILT E. VIRGINIA fm fliational Bank CAPITAL S50.000 N. B. Davidson, President R. H I.YNN, Vice-President A. G. Clapham. Cashier N. B. Uavidsrn C. C. FUming W. P. Gilliam W. D. M. Stokes J. F. Waltou Dr. P. Wiiislon Dr. J. M. Hamlet K. H. I.yuu J. R. Martin K. S. Taylor H. a. Wall United States Depository Neivport Neivs If you piovtdor rnish ynu u be interested iu property, uiniproved, we will be glad to list of same, or to have yoti II ill our city If you do not ney. pla of interest REFERENCE 3 National Bank Powell Bros. Real Estate, Rents, Fire Insurance and Loans 2701 Washington Aveni NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Special aiteniion given to the business of out-of-tcwn clients Memorandum package sent to any fraternity member through the Secretary of the Chapter A. H. Fetting manufachirer of Temporary Location: 213 N, Liberty Street •BALTIMORE, mARYLAND Special designs and estimates furnished on Class Pins, Medals, Rings, c. •m C. E. Chappell Farmville Virginia Dealer 1111 Foreign and Domestic Fruits Confectionery, Stationery Sporting and Athletic Goods m Text Books and Normal School Supplies Ao-ent for Huyler ' s Bon Bons and Chocolates iVLrs. t happeirs JViillinery X arlors in rear of store Pattern f ats and Ji iported ovelties The Best Shoe For Toil! lot of best Sho 5 oiie ot the easiest thiu s in ; are trying to do it, and jiidg- T by what thousands of wearers about Zeigler Brothers ' I.a- ;s ' Shoes, it looks as if we have :ceeded. Tlie lasts are scien- ,c; they fit liom the first nute; a shoe you are lad to seen with, ' ' W.T.CLARK ' S Farmville, Va. AND INSTKCT HIS LINK Ol- FOOTWEAR We Handle a Complete Line of Fancy Groceries Canned Goods, Heinz ' s Picktes, Cakes and Crackers No Trouble to Deliver Goods Chas, BuggiSc Son FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA W, T Voyne intvuttxirc iDcalCV and i-uiteral Fall Line of Furniture, Tictures, Picture Frames, c. Undertaking a Specialty frifET, Farmville, Va, Leaders of Fashion and Styles in Clothing Shoes for Ladies Gents, Misses and Children R. W. OARNETT CO. Dealers in Millinery, Ladies ' and Gents ' Furnishing Goods, Trunlis and Satchels, Umbrellas, c. Ladies ' Tailor-Made Suits, Cloaks and Capes, Plush and Cloth. iSi iSi €MfSses ' Cloaks and Children ' s Reefers a Specialty FARMVILLE. VIRGINIA There Are Lots of Kickers! ! Don ' t kick. Be cheerful. Get the right kind of goods. We Have Them Pauls Everything in JEWELRY 190 Main Street, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA ! Agent for Atlas Engine Works i Edward A.Cleland to Jas. Clelaml Sous Machinery and Phnnhers ' Supplies Shio. S 12 Church Street LYNCHBURG, VA. i Heating and Tlumbing a Sped dty Fourqurean, Temple Co. Dry Goods and Notions We are uow showing the most complete and up-to- date line of Ladies ' Ready to Wear Garments. We make a specialty of WHITE GOODS, LACES AND SILKS. Samples sent on application. 42Q E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. HAMLET T . ' Farmville, HAMLET UCflTlSTS Virginia The Farmville Herald Subscription I ates $1.00 per annum Address, THE FARMVILLE HERALD. Farm ville, Virginia H. E. Barrow . . R. Cunningham H. E. ' Barrou) Co, Commission Merchants And Dealers in General Merchandise FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA Agents for Ar , Patapsco and Vir ::al Co. ' s Fertil ginia-Ca so carry a large slock of Wago?2s, BuggieSy Phaetons and Agricultural Implements lich we invite you to inspect before bnying. Our Mr. CUNNINGHAM, who is one of t largest buyers on the Farmville market, will lo especially to the interests of those placing tobac in our hands for sale You ' ll Suit Yourself wl.eu you buy Shoes AT Hillsmans You ' ll suit Purse, Head and Feet, for we ( KCIAI, MAKES OF SHOES— r ,. If for youugaud old outtable sip i nL. for all weathi Hillsman ' s Department Store FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA Ripberger s Confectionery Restaurant, Bakery Candies, Fruits, Pies, dkes. Cream Puffs. Oysters and Ice Cream in Season. Tlie place for good lliines. Call once aud you will call again. PHONE. Ton will find his the best equipped Studio in the South, ivhere perfection is paramount HUNT THE GOLD MEDAL PHOTOGRAPHER Pictures in this hook made hv Hunt Established a6z , of Farmville FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA T. J. DAVIS, President W. 0. VENABLE, Cashier W. P. VENABLE, Ass ' t Cashier Capital, - ■ - S43.425 Surplus and Profits, 365,000 Does a General Baukiug .Business, and is prepaied lo offer everj- facility consistent with prudent banking. Your Account Solicited YOU CAN Get Anything You May Want in the Watch, Diamond, Jewelry and Silverware line at the Old Kstablished Jewelry Honse of H. Silverthorn Co. 91? Main Jtreet LYNCHBURG, VA. School Medals. Class Pins, rraternity Jewelry of All Kinds Made to Order BEST GOODS LOWEST PRICES AT LA T 1904 Our CHANCE HA J COME! THIS IS LEAP-YEAR and 1 want lo PROPOSE that you give me a liberal share of your valued patronage. JPECIALTIES— All the necessary fashions for daily use in Dry Goods, Notions Ladies ' Fine Shoes If you want the best J ' HOEJ ' that are nnade, at the least price that is asked, you can only get them by buying the Famous DREW-SELBY JHOE — sold and guaranteed by N. B. DAVIDSON, Sr University of Virginia Charlottesville, Va. alhs. The fol- lucliicieK thesclii I. ACADEMICAL Applierl Matheinatic.- , Analytical Ch Astronomy, Natural Philosophj ' , BluloEy. Ge„l,,e . Latin, ICiialisli Liiniruatre, Greek. Ii nglish Lilenilure, Romanic Laneuaees, Historical Science. Teutonic Languages, Moral Philosophy, Each school ofters an independent course of study, leading to a diploma of graduation in the school. In each school Ihere is also ottered a limited B. A. course, and graduation iu 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 election), receives the degree of Master of Arts; or upon graduation in tliree schools and completing post-graduate courses of study in two of these schools, he receives the degree of Doctor of Phii-osofhy. In addition, a special course has been ai ' rauged for the goverunient cuusular service. II. ENGINEERING urses are olfered, leading to degrees in ;ivil, Alining, Mei-lianical and Kkctrical ■i|uiring for their completion threeor four years each, according to the preparation n addition to the purely didactic work, which is unusually copious and exact, provided for practical exercises in the field, the drawing room, the shops, and the Four distinct Engineering, anc of the applicant, ample facilities a oh a lical, pli: al, Che al, and geological lahoratori III. LAW The course as lately recognized is distributed over two years, as follows: Junior Ykar.— The Law of Persons; Personal Property (including Sales); Wills of Personality and Administration; the Law of (Joatracts; the Law of Crimes aud Criminal Procedure; Mercantile Law; Negotiable Paper, Partnership, Insurance; Torts, Ijailmeuts, and Carriers: Theory of (Government; Con- stitutional Ijaw; International Law. Senior Year.— Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure; Bankruptcy: Pleading and Pi ' actice in C ' ivil Cases; the Law of Real Property; the Law of Corporations; the Law of Evidence; the conllict 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 hut a single session, and who are not candidates foi- the degree. The Library facilities are excellent. IV. MEDICAL The course is graded aud arranged for four years. (Jnly 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. All graduation examinations must be passed here. l i i:iX ' ; iiii: 1 m;v i s i-v n jn .—Chemistry (with an introductory course upon the principles of Chen 1 1 ■■:i I I ' ll -I.-. , I I ;hi H.) I Thx sics, Biology (Comparative Anatomy, Normal Histology and Embry- 1 u i; I M. I II ]■; sij ii. 1. sivssi I IN. —Physiology; Bacteriology; General Pathology; Regional Anatomy; MateriM Medica aud iTaclical Chemistry. l)ruiN ; THE Tiiiito Session.— Obstetrics; Practice of Medicine: Surgery; Special Pathology and Clinical Diagnosis and Dispensary Clin ' cs. During the Fourth Sbs.sion.— Practice of Medicine; Therapeutics; Hygiene; Clinical Surgery; Dermatology; Diseases of the Eye and Ear; Gynecology aud Medical Jurisprudence; Dispensary and Hospital Clinics. Special attention is given to practical exei ' cises in the Laboratories and the Dissecting Ha ll, to practical surgery upon the cadaver, aud to clinical work in the Dispensary. For Catalogues and fuller information, apply to J. M. PAGE, Chairman of Faculty. H.C.Crute Co. 1 Druggists i Toilet Articles STATIONERY f PRESCRIPTIONS Accurately Filled Farmville, Virginia W. H. BURGER Fresh Meats, Fish, Oysters and Ice FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA Wade Cralle DCHLIRS IN Confectioneries, Fruits, Stationery, Toys, 6c. FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA Stalioners, Engravers, Bookbinders Printers and Business Furniture Dealers tmzll Wmz ' S do. Office and Salesroom: 1105 E. Main St. Factory: 1 and 3 Soutti Eleventh St. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA What ineaos this strange com- motion here? The girls are gathered from far Have thej ' come to dissect the The „■■;;:,.„..,..„ W.C.Falwell Randolph Uncle Pat ' s Shoe Store And J. E. Wa.ldrop Co. Managers so fine. And all yoii want in the sweet- If it ' s apples or oranges, or candy Repair Shop Main St. Farmville, Va. or cake, Uncle Pat can serve yon. and some money yo.i ' U make; For you get a dime ' s -n-onh lor only a nickel, And often he throws in an extra —one pickle. Farmville, Va. r iis Space IS to Tanner Paint Advertise and Oil Co. The Winston Drug Co, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Lubricating Oil MAIN STREET p. O. BOX 180 Farmville, Vir ginia Rid tmond, Virginia For ' Prompt cAitention Samples SMAikd io any address Write for our 60- page Catalogue J, R. Millner Co. 920 Main Street, Lynchburg, Va. Leaders in Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, Mattings, Rags, Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Curtains, Suits, Skirts, fc. American Lady Corset Just a little better than tlie best— $1, $1.50 and $2 A. T. Jones Sons Formerly of ll:i Kast 7 7 A ' . Eutaw Street, BALTIMORE, MD. The ' Baltimore CO STUMERS Costumes cMade to Order and on hire for Theatricals, Operas. c. stumers Io the Wom- College, Baltimore; nt Vernon Seminary, hingtoii, V. iZ . Hol- Institule, Hollins, and others. College and Class Pins and Rings ' Badges and Medals and Prizes CHARLES I. CLEOO Official Fraternity 616 Chestnut Street •PHILADELTHIA, PA. Masonic and Society Pins, Buttons and Charms Fraternity Jewelry and No ' belties McKenney Manufacturing ' Co, INCORPOKA TED MANUPACTURER SLACK COOPERAGE STOCK for all size Keg Heading, and Especially Pine Heading for Lime, Cement and Fruit, or Truclc Barrels. tt v Shippers of Lumber, rough or dressed, in car or cargo lots. Saw Mill and Planing Mill Attached McKENNEY, VA. Stationers, Printers, Bookbinders and Engravers EVERETT WADDEY CO. COLLEGE PRINTING Fraternity Engraving Society and Wedding — - STATIONERY — Write for Samples and Prices 1 1105 East Main Street RICHMOND, VIRGINIA mm$s % ' ;it .-v- Al V m ' -m