Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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MAiiv oi ' iiii.i ' iMOK Brirmx l ' AI;. ASSI s. ll;,;IMA Atlii ian Literal- rlct •■IVc ' ]i, c-anie to S. X. S. a very bashful kid ill llie fall ,,f lillli;. Tlirotigh four long years nf weary toil slie sdiuetinies quaked H ' itli fear and trembling, but in the end was always kno XTr to be victorious. One chief oare of these years was that of trying to get lier rooin-inate. ■ ' Hesta. to ehiss on time. A notable event of her career is that she faced the horrors of tlie ' I ' niiiiing School without once passing tlirougli the lachryinal stage, which prooves that her dillidence has been entirely subdued. Sin- really has talent in art, but carefull. - cmi- cealed this for fear of being pressed into service on poster committees, etc. We pie diet for lier a phtt-e beside Raphael and other great ones. The serious epidemic of cases struck Iier only once — but oh. how hard! Spare moments were never wasted l.. lier. but always spent in discussing the nobility, e-pecially the Karle. HKTTIE Dll.l.AlM) COBB Kii. M ' ;r,ix. ' inoixiA Club: I ' y A ' X- ■■Hef has the distinction of being tlie most independent I ' . ' 1 anil least spoiled I ' . ' 1 girl in the Senior Class. She is the happ pos.sessor of a never-tiring energy, ami al ways liusy, except when so sick — which i invariably the case. Since entering the much-dreaded Training School she has devel- oped the most womlerfiil voice, which is the delight and pride of lier many friends. She spends most of her time vibrating between the auditorium learning a new .song. and Mr. Gilliam ' s trying Social Teas. She has a bright, cheeiy disposition, (only gets mad witli Kate ), and her laitgh will be sadly missed from the halls after she leaves S. X. s.

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( (ii;a I!(h;i:i;s iikohkinc ( lUANCi;. lKi;l, JA Ai-uiis Literary Sciciety ; Trra iirer of (1a-s IIIDS: ' i -e-Presideut of Athletic Asso- ciation. I ' .llO: Laveiuler Basket-Bail Team, 1!I(1S: (ireeii P.asket-Ball Toaiii. 1I10S-10: IVvcjtioiial t ' diiiniiltoc of V. W. ( ' . A. Cora played en the chainpinn ba-kd-hall teams of 1907 ami 1908. She i a siar player on tlie Greens. Since the last nialeh ■ anie her piipiilarity lia- h.vn luilH.uniled. Her ea.ses, like lleinz ' s pickles, munber tifty-seven va- rieties. Her voiee is wonderfully sweet. She ranks with Eva and Xaney as one of the seieet sin.ticrs of the Senior Class. A -lIuliN is hei favorite jewel (?). Hev h.o rnr in life is the tlionjiht of going- to the . I ' . I. I ' inal-, in .Inne. In spite of that liel «e know that it is not -jiretty Polly ' s ' fall ' lo li e and die an ohl nniid seho d lea.-her. MAKV I IAX P i;() lKlX l i{. - oi:, ' iii(;IM. ■nsio ' (d ' Aruus kilera ' L ' U ' t 1 !) 1 0. Ko rs have passed since .Mary east her lot with Ihe inmates ,d the ■■(lid Xornnil .School. She ' as a mere child when she en- tered — shy and very timid; and the greet- ing ' s to the rats from the digiiitied Seniors frightened her e.xceedingl y. Bvit this fear was soon o -ercome « ' ith little damage done — except a few poors on Cicero tests, llary has had one desperate ca,se, but we are glad to report, as past evidence has sho l, a permanent cure of all such attacks in the future. At present -we fear that she is in gTeat danger of nervous prostration fi ' .ini the annoyance of the continuous visits of her sister ' s numerous ardent admirers. Xevertheless, she is expecting to emerge from the Training School a dignified and experienced teacher, and we shall see her graduate as one of flic brightest and the V(ain: est of her (dass. 24

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NORA ADELAIDE COPELAND III ScptoiulMT. IIKIS. Addit ' , a graduate of aiiiptiiii Hiiili Sclioiil. entered our class. Ill ' wa idiisidered case-iiroof until recent- she deV(doped quite an att ' ection for •nil. Her eliief cliaracteristic is her punet- ility; slie is always on time,, at chapel, at ass, and even at meals, though she never lis anything hut molasses, Most of her me is -.pent in writing letters and tliinl;- ig I if ■■. Johnny, She is one of the chosen any. w liii visit Uis.s Andrew.s on Tuesday teiiiniiiis. But in spite of this, judging iini the reeiird she made in tlu ' Training •h.H.I, we prediit for her a hright future lier ehiisen work. r.KSSlE COPPEnOE liKlll ' Olill t ' lTV. VlUGIXIA Picss came to us from liedford High Sehool. and has done e.xcellent work among 11 . She is one of the most cheerful girls ill iiiir class and displays her social natiire wiieii you meet liei ' on the liall with the L;ieeting. Hi. there. She possesses niaii, ' winning ways and is a matliematician of no small force. She is especially fond of luiglisli History, and never tires of talking London. r ess hecomes verv enthusiastic when talking aliout her sixth grade and gets highly insulted if you do not agree with her that these children are the most wonderful in the world. She is famous for her artist ' s (?) a.hility ; is generous to a fault and deservedly popular.