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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.
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i. • - l§2B :fc »:w:afcv.jtes: ! ! MISS LUCY PAGE COFFMAN ] liss Lucy Page Coffman, in 1920, came from California to Mary Baldwin Seminary, though her parents were originally from Virginia. Lucy Page re- mained four years at Mary r ' aldwin, years which she has designated as the ha])- piest of her life. She hlled an important place in the school body, for she entered into every ])hase of student life. hi athletics, she was f(iun l trami)ing In the farm f(jr baseliall. . ' he served as an officer of the Art Ciul), and was a loyal member of the . W. C ' . A. Caljinet. During her four years at M. P.. . ., Till-; IIluestockjxg profitted by her artistic ability. V ' e remember Lucy Page, tile student, the good sport, tlie friend, tnit most of all tile artist, Lier talent was recog- nized liy all her friends at Mary lialdwin, and from tile day she carried off her first art ))ri e, great things were expected of her, Lucy Page proved true to tiie trust and confidence of her friends. .Soon after gradu- ation, she received first place in the entrance examinations to the Lcole des ileau.x Arts in i ' .iris, where she remained for a year ' s stud . lief ore going to Paris, Lucy Page wrote a ciiarming little pamphlet, entitled Wiiat Mary I ' l.ildwin Has Done for Me, which she concludes by saying: And tiieii — lien i know Mary P.aldwin and have learned all its intricacies. 1 love it, 1 was a ' rat ' — afterwards I made ' rats ' out of others — and 1 went to Mary lialdwiii for four years, so when I am .asked to tell what Mary Paldwin has done for me, I am almost at a loss to tell of the myriad of things i) w hich I have been benelited. 1 have learned promptness, oliedieiice, loy.ilty, neatness — and what 1 was sent primarily for, some knowledge at least. I have learned school spirit, and 1 have gained friends, the greatest thing of all. Mary lialdwiii has made me love Mary Baldwin. Miss Coffman is now engaged in her loved profession, at Washington, where she carries with her the faith of her many friends, iar her l.ileiil gives |iromise uf a rich and beautiful life in the field of .irt. We feel confident that her wdik will not only exhibit fine technique, but tiial the loyalty, faith, and beauty woven into her character while in preparation for her calling will give luster and tone to her productions. In dllier words, we ex- pect pictures that will have , ' i vital a])pe. ' d and that will s])e;ik to nlliers nf the true and the beauliful. V
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