Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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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.

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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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ee Ti4.it T ET ' S not talk about just the first days of school — ■ ' — ' those lovely clays of meeting and greeting, of un- packing and decorating, those carefree days when we had no classes and very few heavy responsibilities. We ' d like to remember it all, by fleeting glimpses of another happy year in retrospect. From the first minute we walked into the Kotunda, in that momentous fall of 1940, we saw changes. They piled up on us during those opening weeks, and we realized that school life was only reflecting the trend of the modern world change. It seemed that we had every minute detail do STi to an exact science, and although we fussed and fumed at first, it ' s plain to all of us that the year and the school are the better for it. Student Standards began the new era with a great plan about the C average, and after thinking the matter over, Ave realize that we ' re none the worse for a bit of added efl ' ort, a few more hours of con- centrated study, a harder struggle to get out of bed in time for an 8:15 class. The freshmen came early this year and had two days in which to get acquainted and learn their way about. All of us thought this a splendid idea, and incidentally, it meant three hundred and fifty less people to storm the post office for boxes. It ' s the little