Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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Beach, the New Love, and the accumulated gossip of three months. Remember the bull sessions till far, far into the night? And there was something we ' d meant to do . . . oh, yes, unpack! Of course we started making out schedules with a little prayer for no Saturday classes. The finished product was a besmeared and much erased tangle, ready to be deciphered by our adviser. We were the exasperation of our teachers till the new class hours sank in . . . What a difference fifteen minutes makes! There were extensive shop pmg sprees that afternoon, and we re still paying for the hasty investment of that heavenly arm-chair which we just couldn ' t resist. Of course, the chintz faded before Christmas. Lazy summer days soon changed to busy, active ones — we were caught in the whirl of things. There were new classes, new teachers, and a new cardigan to knit. TTiere were old girls to talk to, and new ones to talk about. When to take our cuts was already the favorite topic at the dinner table. Should we wait until Thanksgiving . . . just in case? However, week-ends weren ' t our only thought. To everyone of us the new year offered a challenge, to be fulfilled in our own par- ticular way. We made high resolves, and were determined that the months of work and play should not erase them. There were new worlds to conquer.

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T FIRST GLANCE . . . the Rotunda looked like Grand Central. Y girls — the answer to a freshman ' s prayer — welcomed us and brought order out of con- fusion. We trotted the length of the building in search of our rooms, and wailed when that corner room didn ' t materialize. Complacent Juniors and Seniors made for the Building and their cherished suites. We were eager to see the new improvements — new seats in the auditorium, new furniture in the Rotunda, and our long-awaited Library. Standing in line at the Business Office, finding Turner for that heart-to-heart talk about our trunks, the ordeal of getting P. O. 4 1 0, took all the energy we could muster. Then, over a restoring coke in Shannon ' s, we exchanged stories — that week-end at the

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DR. J. L. JARMAN (TT q ROWTH of the college during the past few years has been along many and varied lines. Those who have been students during this period of growth have watched with in- terest the progress while others among the alumnae have re- turned, amazed at the changes that have taken place. While watching the remarkable development of the college, it has been only natural for us to consider the big part that our president. Dr. Jarman, has played m this era of growth. He has worked loyally, hard and untiringly to secure for the school those thmgs which have contributed so largely to its present