Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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V id L U M IE XXX I I I mirror over the mantel. At Longwood are held the Set-up Conferences for the Y. W. C. A., the Music Festivals, the May Day exeixises, and the manv formal banquets given by the various organizations and sororities. The two most recent acquisitions are the log cabin and the out-of-door fireplace. Both of these are in the woods just beyond the amphitheater at Long-wood. The campus has been extended from time to time during Dr. Jarman ' s administration till now it covers five squares ( approximately twelve acres ) in the heart of the town. This does not include the President ' s home, several dwelling houses, and Longwood with its ninety acres of land. Among the many changes that have taken place during Dr. Jarman ' s administration, we mav note that the name of the institution has been changed twice. The old State Female Normal School existed as such from 1884 to 1914 when the Virginia Legislature changed it to State Normal School for Women. In 1918 the privilege of conferring degrees was granted, and in 1924 it became the present State Teachers College. Today, the State Teachers College at Farmville is not only a member of the American Association of Teachers Colleges, but it has membership also in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Thus from this modest beginning has risen the splendid college of today with its beautiful buildings, its standard college courses leading to a B. S. degree in education, its up-to-date Campus Training School and three Rural Training Schools, its able faculty and its thousands of loyal alumnae scattered over the nation. 1 9 3 4

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T H E V I E Q I N I A N pointed to fill the place of a member who resigned. He served on this Board with unusual faithfulness until it was abolished in 1914 when the institution went under the Virginia Normal School Board which had charge of the four teacher-training institutions of the State. Dr. Nelson ' s portrait was presented to the College in 1927 by Mr. William Nelson (a son of Dr. Nelson) and his wife. The painting is the work of Duncan Smith of New York City, who married a daughter of the donors. In the College Reading Room may be seen the portraits of three other members of this Board of Trustees, General William B. Taliaferro, Judge Francis Nathaniel Watkins, and Col. J. P. Fitzgerald ; the two last, citizens of Farmville. The fourth President of State Teachers College, Dr. Joseph Leonard Jarman, has served much longer than all of the others combined. When he entered upon his duties in 1902, he found a small school with a faculty of thirteen members, offering three years of academic (or high school) work and one year of professional work. Under his wise leadership, the institution has grown, expanded, and developed until today it is recognized as one of the outstanding Teachers Colleges of the United States. During the administrations of the former Presidents, the very small building that had been donated for the beginnings of the normal school was added to several times. The present Middle West Wing was erected, also a small dining hall in the rear; the Science Hall was built, and the Training School, once housed in a small frame structure was then moved into a brick building (a private residence ) recently purchased by the school. During Dr. Jarman ' s administration, many buildings have been erected : the East and West Wings, the Middle Fast Wing, the Training School, the Infirmary, the Dining Hall, the two dormitories, Cunningham Hall and the Annex, the Laundry, and the Power Plant. But the two greatest achievements of all are Longwood, the recrea- tional center for the girls, and the Student Building, which occupies the east end of the campus. In this building are housed the student activities : here we find handsome rooms, beautifully equipped for the Student Government Association, the Y. W. C. A., Student Publications, Sororities, etc. Across the entire front is the splendid Lounge with its open fire and old-fashioned 18

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T H E V I E a I M IAN Fifty Years Ago or Less At first rooms were heated Uy arates ov Franklin stoves, one) Qtrls, built 1heir own -Tires | r j There were only kerosene lamps nicn Had to be kept brilliantly clean ataayt . Overshoes were often need«d , to - tnere were no pavements anywhere. Asibetovv had no wat«r .system we nod otoriU on top of one of our botlcnnqs. Toaive mo » Asafr«e evenma w hod supper in our rooms on Sunday. Sandwiches and fruit were qiven US atdinner h«t tea and corfee ot six o ' clock. ft rt r ■» , v h ats liked the supper scraps so well we had to stop our (Ct t £0- — — pleasant supper-5. A present of One crcrte of strawberries made enoucjIO icecream for Everybody 1 In those eorly {oy notadies went downtown on 5aturday£ . Sororities odmitted clur ' ma the session of 60J- ' 9Q I 4