Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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: :ary NICHOLS B. S., M. S. Assistant Professor of English LUCILLE E. JENNINGS B. S., M. S. Associate Professor of English JAMES M. GRAINGER B, A„ M. A. Professor of English GEORGIE NORRIS B. S., M. A. Grade Supervisor NANCY FOSTER B. A., M. A. Assistant Professor of English 5. A., M. A. Professor of Speech and Dramatics WILHELMINA P. LONDON B. S., M. A. Associate Professor of English MARY CLAY MINER B. A., M. A. Professor of English crease in defense organization, and the vacancies left by men now in the armed service. The Commercial Department in- creased its enrollment and functioned well under the tute- lage of Mr. Landrum, who was head of the department, Mrs. Wynne, Miss Craddock, and Mr. and Mrs. Myers. Mathematics was the responsibility of Miss Carrie Talia- ferro and Miss Lila London, who inspired our genius for num- 21

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JOHN P. WYNNE B. A., M. A., Ph. D. Director of Teacher Training and Professor of Education EDGAR JOHNSON B. A., B. D. Assistant Professor of Education FLOYD F. SWERTFEGER S., M. S., Ph. D. Associate Professor of Education ary school, discovering that experience is far better than theory, were grateful for the assistance of Miss Cogbill, Miss Haynes, Miss Carter, Miss Norris, and Miss Henry. Mr. Grainger, head of the English Department, chartered the courses of English majors. Each teacher we remember for a particular course from which we benefited greatly: Miss Jennings and her class in Tennyson, Miss Hiner, whose classes caught her love of Browning, Miss Foster and the novel class, the indispensable course in methods, taught by Miss London, and the interesting survey of American and British poetry taught by Miss Nichols. The Speech Depart- ment was directed by Miss Leola Wheeler, who also coached the fall and spring plays produced by the Dramatic Club. Never has there been a greater demand for stenographers, secretaries, and bookkeepers than today, because of the in- S. M. HOLTON, JR. B. A., M. A. Associate Professor of Education CAROLYN COGBJLL B. S., M. A. Associate Professor of Education and Principal of Elementary School MARY B. HAYNES B. S., M. A. Primary Grade Supervisor M. BOYD COYNER B. A., M. A. Professor of Education ALICE E. CARTER B. S., M. A. General Supervisor in Elementary School SIBYL HENRY B. A., M. A. Primary Grade Supervisor

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MERLE L. LANDRUM B. S., M. A. Professor of Business Education bers, figures, and angles, and thence to the more advanced principles of calculus. Artistic instincts were brought to the front under the direction of Miss CouUing and Miss Bedford, and we developed an appreciation of landscape, columns, and architecture, as well as the technique of wielding a paint brush or modeling clay figures. History classes were a vital means of interpreting the scene of world war, as well as framing present-day facts with a conception of the past. Classes under Dr. Walmsley, head of the History Department, were valuable not only from an intellectual point of view, but in a patriotic and philosophic sense as well. Dr. Simpkins broadened our knowledge and ideas on the Civil War, as well as economics, and Miss Tucker and Miss Peck lifted our studies above mere factual accounts. No one ' s education was considered quite complete until she NORMAN O. MEYERS Ed. M. Assistant Professor of Business Education 9 OTTIE CRADDOCK B. A., M. A. Assistant Professor of Fine and Applied Arts CARRIE B. TALIAFERRO B. S., M. A. Professor of Mathematics LILA LONDON B. S., M. A. Professor of Matliematics AUCE C. WYNNE B. A., B. S., M. A. Associate Professor of Business Education MARGARET L. MEYERS B. S. Instructor of Business Education MARTHA W. COULLING L. I. Professor of Fine and Applied Arts VIRGINIA BEDFORD B. S., M. A. Assistant Professor of Fine and Applied Arts