Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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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

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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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V O L U Ml E X X I I I Doys mic Kt call on Friday or Sunday niqht, but only on every other week. Twice we havehod no A Christmas holidays, but we hod a qreat W V ° ' x r€e on Q p re ent for everybody. The year o tbe fira t biq snow )J below zero ' . No school for two days because of broken pipes. The second bicj snow. 6ouqh1 out oil sleds in town djthen coasted on bread tray with Adeha Dodcje to lead EacVj head CvipecK 5een through a bow. ±c. . 1906 LonQ skirts continue- do nol prevent match cjames in archery, sk.atina,bicude raeioq . hiking, tennis Middij Blouse appears! Mr. Duke -forbids teachma e eniors to wear them in the Training School Lucy Strother enters, I9l -Tbe £ir t rnember of our Grand doooKteca G ub See dear Peacemaker R»t . Shell straiqhten t o l out. A knock. Good niOjkt, qirU, arc oil in bed? Yes, ma ' am ' 1 9 3 4