Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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rent commercial usages of this language and the dictation of business letters make a val ' uable course for those who desire this knowledge and training. HOME ECONOMICS To .O prepare students to teach vocational home economics in the public schools, to give training and experience in the scientific administration of the home, and to qualify students to become dietitians are the three purposes of the Home Eco ' nomics Department. Headed by Miss Kath ' erine Tupper, the department ' s staff also includes Miss Bessie Jeter, Miss Ruth Cleaves, and Miss Margaret Hall. General courses are offered in cooking, dress designing, house planning, home man- agement, and lunch room management. Special emphasis is placed on senior tailor- ing and senior nutrition. The latter is of- fered in two courses for those girls especial- ly interested in dietetics. Senior home economics majors spend one quarter in the practice house. There they are given actual experiences in home man- agement. ENGLISH, SPEECH AND LIBRARY SCIENCE Wb. .EADED by Mr. James M. Grainger, the English Department offers varied courses in composition, grammar, and literature, and the teaching of language arts in elementary and secondary schools. Some of the interesting literature courses include a study of Browning and his works, taught by Miss Mary Clay Hiner, and a study of Tennyson and his works, taught by Miss Lucille Jennings. Miss Mary Nichols also has an interesting class on the study of Democratic Ideals in English and American literature. An opportunity is given to read and study some of the most famous novels of all times in the Novel Course under the direction of Miss Nancy Foster. For information on American writers of the North, there is a class under the direction of Miss Wilhelmina London. Dean Martha Smith teaches a class in American literature. An Honors Course is open to students with a major in English. It consists of individual study, research or creative writing in a field chosen by the student. The speech department, under the direc- tion of Miss Leola Wheeler, gives students a chance to learn the techniques of speech arts as well as the principles of teaching reading and speech in public schools. Classes are taught in voice and diction, pub- lic speaking, oral interpretation, plays and festivals, and the history of drama. Several courses in Library Science are offered in order to prepare students for the duties of the teacher-librarian in small schools. A student may schedule such studies as school library administration, classification and cataloging, or book selec- tion. SENIOR CLASS ' N a rainy day in Septem- ber, the Seniors returned to school, weight- ed down with luggage and a sense of im-

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An elementary course in mechanical drawing and draitsmanship is taught by Miss Bedford. Cooperatively, Miss Bed- ford, Miss Camper, and Miss Hall teach Practical Arts Educaticjn, which is a study of industrial, economic, and aesthetic fea ' tures of community life. GEOGRAPHY %)r ITH a dual purpose in war time, the Geography Department strives not only to offer the student courses involv ' ing man ' s relationship to his environment, but to make the student conscious of geo- graphical influences on the war in its vari- ous theatres of operation. Under the direction of Miss Grace Moran and Miss Frances Waters, survey and more specific courses include all areas of the world. Special emphasis, however, is put upon the geography of current prob- lems. LANGUAGES T JLHE Language Department consists of courses in Latin, French, and Spanish. These departments are under the direction of Miss Minnie V. Rice, Miss Helen Draper, and Miss Emily Barksdale respectively. The wrjrk of the Latin Dqjartment is primarily to prepare teachers of Latin for the high schofjls of the State. Besides the study fjf syntax and ajmposition, interest ' inf; classes are taught f jn such famous works as Virgil ' s Aendd, Cicero ' s Orations and Essays, Ovid ' s Metamor phases, and Livy ' s Roman History. Still another course takes up a study of Latin Lyrics and their influ- ence upon modern writers. In the French classes opportunity is given to learn a great deal about French history, civiliziation, and culture, and to read some of the best of contemporary and 19th cen- tury French Literature. After the students have mastered their grammar sufficiently, they may take a course in oral French and phonetics in which they practice with rec- ords and are then allowed to make their own records. A timely war course of vital interest and importance has recently been added. The beginners in Spanish learn about Puerto Rico and Mexico as well as have drills in vocabulary, idioms and grammar. As they advance, a study of Latin Ameri- can life and culture and of contemporary ' Spanish writers is offered. Composition, conversation, and oral and written reports in Spanish are also included in these courses. For our Latin- American students on cam- pus, Spanish and Spanish-American Htera- ture courses are taught. The study of cur-

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portance. We quickly lost the latter bur- den as we settled dcjwn to the business at hand — mainly, cramming enough knowl- edge in our heads to enable us to be grad- uated. We managed to get through installation with only a few minor mishaps and felt quite a thrill at our first senior chapel. It was not long before we were putting our newly-capped heads together over our cir- cus stunt and as a result produced another pri2;e winner. Senior dance will long be remembered by all of us. Clad in the tra- ditional white, we danced with borrowed dates and wished for those who were far away. To the tune of Stardust, we walked in the figure led by our honorary class member, Shirley Pierce, and our class officers: Eleanor Wade, president; Mari- lyn Johnson, vice-president; Mary Walker Watts, secretary; and Sally Robertson, treasurer. After Christmas time seemed to fairly whiz; by. As we cheered our teams on to victory in color cup clashes, as we went to meetings, even as we played bridge and had our bull sessions, there was a feeling of finality. That last time sensation came even closer as we sang our class songs at senior chapel and realised that commence- ment was near. The last few days held much to remem- ber, the frantic packing, the Lantern parade, the sadness at leaving Mr. French, class day, and at last the .scrap of paper which symbolized the end of frjur years ' work. WHO ' S WHO i ' N the fall fjf each year the faculty selects members of the Senior class to represent the school in Who ' s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. This year eighteen seniors, outstanding in extra-curricular activity as well as scholarship, were chosen. A brief biography was published this spring. Selected from the Class of ' 45 were Marilyn Bell, editor of the Virginlan: Mary Elizabeth Fuqua, U. S. O. chair- man; Martha Higgins, president of the House Council; Mary Ann Jarratt, vice president of the Y. W. C. A.; Fay Johnson, head of Student Standards; Marilyn John- son, president of Cotillion Club; Jane Knapton, editor of the Colonnade; Sara Moling, Y. W. C. A. Cabinet member; Harriette Moore, president of the Student Body; Sally Robertson, president of the Dramatic Club; Jane Rulfin, editor of the Rotunda; Barbara Scott, vice-president of the A. A.; Mary Preston Sheffey, president of the Spanish Club; Lucy Manson Sharpe, president of A. K. G.; Eleanor Wade, pres ' ident of the Senior Class; Ophelia Whittle, vice-president of the Student Body; Sara Bird Williams, president of the Y. W. C. A.; and Helen Wilson, president of the A. A.