Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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•i iS: Jh- .:fc. • i 3iii l£ i926 .:i -:w-i Jiif% MRS. ISABEL McILHENY NICHOLS Isabel Mcllheny Nichols, daughter of John and Bernice Bell Mcllheny, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. She received her education at Columbus, Georgia, and Marv Baldwin .Seminary, then known as Augusta Female Seminary. She was a prominent member of the class of ' 76, but it was necessary for her to leave Mary Baldwin before graduation. In 1895, she mar- ried Mr. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, of Phila- (iel](hia. Mrs. Nichols has taken an important part in many community, state, and national enter- prises in political, educational, social welfare, and religious fields. That she has given gen- erously of lier time to such projects may be inferred from tlie fact that she has been an efficient membei ' of the .State Council of Edu- cation, member of tlie Philadelphia Art Jury, member of Major ' s Committee to assign city scholarships to the School of Design, and trus- tee of Wilson College for Women, at Cham- bersburg, Pennsylvania. .She has served as director of the Southeastern Chapter Ameri- can Red Cross Emergency Aid of Pennsyl- vania, member of Philadelphia Committee of 70, of Woman ' s National Committee of 100 for Law Enforcement, and of I ' enns}lvania League of Women Voters. Mrs. Nichols has been Secretary of Philadelphia Home for Incurables, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Philadelphia of the National War Work Council. Y. W. C. A., and a member of English .Speaking Union Transatlantic Society. She is now A ' ice-President of the lioard of Christian Education of the Presby- terian Church, V. S. A. In November, 1927, she presided at a meeting in com- memoration of the 20C)th Anniversary of the founding by William Tennent of Log College. .So wide has been her service that she might be termed a world citizen. Mrs. Nichols h;is a most charming ])ersonalit ' . She is an interesting talker, a splendid organizer, and a s mpathetic friend. .She is well loved by those mem- bers who have been aided by her untiring works. Mrs. Nichols has given abund- ant evidence of her rare versatility and by her unselfish and intelligent service, she is exercising a very great and far-reaching influence. In spite of the bus ' life she leads, Mrs. Nichols has found time in a recent letter to exjiress lier apprecia- tion of what her old school has done for her and id show tliat lier Jieari often turns tiack witli Idvim; tlmuiihts to lier .Alma Mater.