Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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SENIORS SENIOR CLASS OFFICEFIS Standing, left to rioht: Carter Belle Munt, Secretary; Jane Royall, Classman. Sitting, left to right: Madeliene McGlolli- lin, President-, Elizabeth Hams, Treas- urer; Virainia Aoee, Vice-President. CLASS HISTORY -CI. HALLENGE, Compete and Conquer! was chosen enthusiastically as the motto of the class of 1938 at one of the first class meetings in the fall of 1934. The class of 1938, which became the largest senior class in the history of the school, elected in its freshman year Miss Jane Royall classman, Ann Peple president and proceeded vehemently with activities, always conscious of the sympathy of its sister class under the leadership of Tac Waters. In the fall the circus was always the first really important event. As a freshman, Isabel Plummer ran for queen of the event, but on the gala day Evelyn Knaub, then a senior, was revealed as the wearer of that cherished crown. As clowns, the members of the class of ' 38 failed to impress the judges in 1934, but for the next three years they won first prize. As sophomores, the songbirds of the class blacked up and sang darkey songs before a typical background. As juniors, the same songbirds, in white evening dresses and under the direction of Virginia Agee, formed a background of music for models of clothing and behavior typical of various historical periods. Gay Steiffen and Betty Butter- worth characteristically got rhythm-mad in both the junior

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CLASSES, FRESHMAN COMMISSION, DRAMATIC CLUB, ALPHA PHI SIGMA, ASSOCIATION OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, KAPPA DELTA PI, STUDENT STANDARDS, PI KAPPA DELTA

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and senior stunts. As seniors, the class presented a series of dance events — leading up to the grand climax — the Big Apple ! Lib Harris was joint queen of the circus with Johnnie Lybrook in her junior year, and Gay Steiffen, as a witch on Hallowe ' en night, was queen of the 1937 circus — in spite of her being director of the seniors ' prize-winning stunt. Jane Royall was presented as classman to the student body first by Ann Peple as the Royal queen of the fresh- man hearts, second by Madelme McGlothlin, who remained president of the class from her sophomore year on, as the one about whom the hall clock constantly ticks in praise, third as captain of the class dressed as hockey players, and finally as the loyal friend of a dignified senior class, garbed in cap and gown. Fall Cotillions, Hampden-Sydney dances. Thanksgiving holidays, exams, and Christmas holidays made the fall quar- ters fly by rapidly each year. May Day elections in Decem- ber early found Jennie Belle Gilliam, Madeline McGlothlin, Isabel Plummer, Susan Lane, Ruth Montgomery, Virginia Doughty, Frances Maxey, Lib Harris, Carter Belle Munt, Mary Harvey, Eugenia Jolly, Gay Steiffen, Kathleen Mc- Cann, and Nan Seward among the fairer members of the class. Isabel Plummer was May Queen of 1938 with Jennie Belle Gilliam as her maid of honor. Each year some of the same fair ladies composed the court at Mardi Gras. For two years Susan Lane reigned as the queen of that Pre-Lental fiesta, and for four years members of the Class wore all manner of dress and mixed with the noisy, colorful mob in the gym. Norvell Montague was in charge of that occasion as a senior. In sports, the class sometimes excelled and sometimes fought nobly and lost. Since Thanksgiving holidays were given for the first time in years, the first year the class was in school, as freshmen, the members saw no traditional color rush. In 1935, Red and White won the color rush, and the sophomores the hockey title in one of the most exciting days in the class ' s history. Betty Butterworth and Inez Chappell led the class basket- ball and baseball teams, respectively, to victory their fresh- man years. Evelyn Mann was not as successful with her courageous volley ball team. Edna Bolick captained the sophomore basketball team, and Ruth Phelps won the archery title her freshman year. Betty Butterworth won the tennis title two years but lost it in the spring of 1937 to her twin. Army, after a furiously fought tie. As seniors, the basketball team was defeated by its sister class, the freshmen. The names of Miriam Marmein, Charles Weidman, and Doris Humphreys, dancers, stand out prominently as per- formers in lyceums. Richard Keane, actor, the Siberian Singers, and Kyrl ' s Symphony Band also were enthusias- tically accepted as guest artists. Beorc Eh Thorn, English honor society, founded in 1935, brought such celebrities as John Erskine, Richard Hallibur- ton, Nancy Byrd Turner, and Lawrence Lee to this campus. Many members of the class were charter members of this society, and Carter Belle Munt was installed as president m May, 1937. Founders ' Day, 1935, stands out mainly as the time when the Messiah was presented, and then the class was first introduced to the wild excitement that the return of old girls always brought. In 1936, Farmville S. T. C. trounced Har- risonburg S. T. C. on the Friday before Founders ' Day in a never-to-be-forgotten game. White dresses, lengthy banquets, unfamiliar faces, and Founders ' Day were synonymous. Nora Jones was in charge of the 1938 Founders ' Day program. Maypole of Merry Mount, old Egypt reincarnated. Han- sel and Gretel, and Merrie Englande were themes of May Days with group parts danced by such members of the class as Mary Joyner Cox, Susie Clark, Ruth Emma Chambers, Lib Harris; Bruce Crowell, as a senior, headed the May Day committee. 57 Varieties opened the class productions with a series of fashion hints and advertisement charades, and Syncopatin ' Sailin ' the following year made the class conscious of such talented members as Virginia Lane, Liz Carroll, Will Scott, Betty Butterworth, and Virginia Agee. A minstrel with end-men resplendent in gay-colored tails was the theme of the Junior production, and the Senior dance in November, 1937, was widely acclaimed as a success — financially and socially. Jo Quinn, as a freshman, won a coveted part in A Bird in the Hand, and Madeline McGlothlin was one of the characters noticed most in A Kiss for Cinderella. Virginia Agee, however, soon proved herself the most talented actress in the class. Her most notable part was that of Mary in Mary of Scotland, opposite a detestable Queen Elizabeth, played ably by Liz Carroll. In forensic activities, Dudley Allen and Juanita Callis were stars. As head of the Chapel committee, Kathleen McCann made cutting Chapel an accomphshment. Shannon ' s remained the main hang-out of the class during the four years of its stay in Farmville. In the last Chapel of the year Madeline McGlothlin officially bid Farmville State Teachers College farewell for the class. With scarcely a dry eye, members of the class held their academic caps for the juniors to walk under as they gave to the class of 1939 the Alma Mater. Commencement came with banquets, the daisy chain, the reception, class day, and finally the awarding of degrees by Dr. Jarman. s SBB H Releasipg hands as class songs were completed on the campus after the final exerc ises, the class that had lived through four full years as a whole sep- arated into individuals. Mary Harrison Vaughan