Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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rang out and produced, for the third consecutive year, the winning song for the annual song con- test. The box office was clamoring again in Decem- ber, for everyone turned to see the spectacular decorations and hear the mellow nuisic for our sen- sational Senior Dance. Twinkling silver stars in a heaven of blue, drifts of snow and lighted Christ- mas trees added to the atmosphere of our beauti- ful Christmas Fantasy. Our many thanks to Shir- ley Osbourne, dance chairman, for making it such a success. Our last Christmas party for the whole gang, late working hours in January ' s last week, sleepy 8 o ' clocks, trudging to the high school on rainy mornings, smearing creams and lotions on for the week-end crowds, and serenading our sister class, all made our life one barrel of fun. With the fun came greater responsibilities too. Responsibilities for which our first three years had prepared us. Most of us had learned that in order to receive much we must give much. As the head of an organization or simply as an interested mem- ber in one, we attempted always to uphold the traditions and spirit for which our college has gained recognition. Our hope is that Longwood Our class president is capped. College is a little better place for our having spent four years here. With the coming of June, parties, and Senior Assembly, we suddenly began to realize that grad- uation and farewells were near at hand. The pre- cious dream we had shared was now coming true. The sun was overhead, not setting, but ready to start its new path just as we were ready to begin a new journey, fortified with four wonderful years of knowledge and understanding. Witli a sheep- skin as a sign of achievement, we waved cur last goodby to fun, frolic, and the Seniors of ' 55, full of memories, smiles and tears. College

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First row: Scarborough, Inge Seo.nd row: Quick, Miss Cliaml)crs. B. Davis The Senior Class Witli three successful years finished, the Senior Class returned to town — hags, haggage and all necessarv e(juipnient to hegin the greatest time of all! Two of our favorites, flappy Easthani and Tippy-Toe Tahh, were already here to greet us and Hoot Chambers, our faithful sponsor, wel- comed us all hack with a Green and White cheer! Tiealizing our responsibilities and happy to be Ijack again, we plunged right into the many tasks we had to do in SeptemJjer. There were freshmen to orient. Also many of us had to lejoin the younger set and entertain the children of Farmville . . . a process known as Student Teaching. The hand played loud; the audience cheered us that fine night in October when we presented the show of shows — The 18th Century Coffee House. We swung our mugs and made merry. Our powdered wigs went off to Sally Wilson and Nancy Masters, who deserved only the best Hot Grog, for helping us win first place in Circus. Karen Spencer and Carolyn Stanley surprised us again, for with their nuisic and words our voices Longtvood

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The Seniors JEAN RUTH ANDERSON Covington, Virginia B.S. in Elementary Education DOROTHY VERNON ARMSTRONG Richmond, Virginia B.A. in Secondary Education English MARTHA JANE BAILEY Lexington, Virginia B.A. Sociology BETTY CYNTHIA BARR Amelia, Virginia B.S. in Elementary Education FLORENCE RABON BLAKE Norfolk, Virginia B.A. in Secondary Education French PATRICIA BODKIN , Gretna, Virginia B.A. in Secondary Education Library Science. History Longwood