Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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Dr. J. L. Jaemax, President ■ PHIS year at college has been different from the comparatively tranquil ones in which we viewed the world and the future stretching ahead as a shin- ing vista — ours in which to work, reap rewards, and make the most of the democracy of our education and opportunities. Today we see a new scene ; we hear of a new order. In a world geared to the efficient machinery of warfare, education remains the mainstay of democ- racy. Our college careers continue under the leader- ship of Dr. Jarman, who, as President of the College, exerts his energies and talents for the benefit of each of us. Improvement and growth of the school are uppermost in his planning and work — this year we are proud of the newly completed wing of the Senior dormitory, a new athletic field which will be used next fall, and tennis courts on the site of the old ath- letic field. We have seen the excellence of his leadership in administration and had occasion to discover his per- sonal interest in us. He has solved the problems of school and been the sympathetic friend when we need- ed advice. We see in him the personification of the spirit of Farmville which we have all come to know. It is a new world, we are told, but resolution and nobleness remain. Dr. Jarman would remind us, as we look ahead and wonder at the abnormality of the national situation, to Keep on Hoping.

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EDICATE ' T ' PIIS, the fortieth vohime of Tile Yikginian, to ■•■ one who, from our experience with him in the classroom, in school activities, in personal contact, has come to epitomize the dearest meaning Farmville has for us. Our search for the meaning of true scholarship, our desire for honest thinking, our con- ception of the broadness of learning, are closelj ' associated with Dr. James Elliott Walmsley, head of the History Department. It takes not two days in his classroom to observe his pet likes and dislikes, and the qualities of mind and character which make him beloved to is. We know his reaction to belated entrances, even at eight- tifteen, and his opinion of those of us who keep the grass from growing on the campus ; we watch him juggle his pencil more intensely than ever when the point in discussion is particularly interesting or time- ly. AVe always sit forward in our desks when he pre- faces a story with, JSTow, I oxightn ' t to say this . . . He is associated in our minds with all that is truly Farmville, and gives his time unstintedly as adviser, teacher, and public speaker. His classroom lectures, his store of logic, his direction of our minds to a lofti- ness we thought impossible . . . these things we are not capable of commending in the time we are here. His concepts of living are founded on an idealism which has been contagious, which will not soon leave us. Without the influence of his personality our years here would not hold the richness and completeness we have known, and without him the story of a year at Farmville could not be told. We dedicate this volume, with deepest respect and admiration, to Dr. James Elliott Walmsley.

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iliss JIixME V. Rice TT is fitting that we should recognize the services, the talent, and the indefatigable spirit of Miss Minnie V. Kice, who has been a member of the fac- ulty of the college for fifty years. As professor of Latin, she has promoted an interest in the eiiltitrallv great and in the significance of Roman customs, art, and language. The national Latin fraternity on onr campus, Sigiua Pi Rho, was founded through her helj) antl infiueiicc. Through the years she has guided the activities of the club and met with its members to discuss the culture of the Romans (U ' to trace the influence of their civilization. She can tell us of the days when Farniville was called the State Female Normal School, when Aliss Jennie blasters Tabb was Registrar and Mrs. Mor- rison, ' ' who preceded Miss Mary White, ' ' was head of the Llome. As she has seen the college gTow in size, in enrollment, so has she influenced its growth in the fundamental qualities which we recognize and aduiii ' c today — a spirit of amity, cooperation, and sincerity. AVe have relived with her some of the ex- periences which have enriched the years of her teach- ing, through her stories of our predecessors in the classroom, friends she loved, noble persons whom she admired. From the bcnuity of her wisdom and ex- perience we have gleaned much that is good. Her lessons will inspire those whom she has taught, and they will inspire others — a cycle of noble influence.