Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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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

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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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So many things that count. When the rest of the school had arrived and finished embracing each other joyfully in the halls, we all settled down to meet , appraise, and get acquainted with the new girls. The upper- classmen seemed to like these young invaders very well, and when the new class got really under way after rat week, the whole school marveled at their spirit. When we look back on the past school years, there ' s a little nostalgic feeling that creeps over us. When we look ahead, some of us at more school years, some of us at years out in this mixed-up world, we feel sad- ness because school is so soon over. Perhaps that is what they call the Farmville spirit. In any ease, dorm life is a funny thin, different ingredients go together to make a well-rounded school existence . . . long, chatty walks in the brisk fall air . . . short, quick walks across the campus un- der the stars . . . sitting in Shannon ' s conducting an involved discussion over cokes, despite the milling multitude . . . studying frantically in the small hours for a French test . . . talking to Maggie Wright about Winnie-the-Pooh . . . trying not to care too much becaiTse Box 452 collects dust and no mail . . . watch- ing Sadie, dressed like something out of the dark ages, frightening people into iits in the middle of the night . . . worrying a lot because exams are in less than a week, and not doing much about it . . . feeling the tingle of excitement that runs over the whole school when a dance week-end conies around . . . smelling grease paint, and knowing the Left to right: Peery, German, ilcGuire. Gresh- aui. West, Graft: Saunders, Allen. Harman. I ft to right: McFall, Xelson, Avers, Renfro, Campljell. jo • of working long hours to present a play or a class production . . . playing hard at hockey and basket- ball . . . being glad because of small victories, and shrugging off small defeats . . . laughter . . . tears . . . friendships . . . dorm life is funny. It has a wa ' of STOwing on its. Left picture, left to right: Duer, Parks, Williams, Worsham, Whitlock. ilr. Shannon. Ed. Dodson. Brown. Middle picture, left to right: Winstead, Wlielchel, Parks, Conner, Gooden. Right picture, left to right: Rosebro, Parks, Cottrell, Hnrt. Dodson.