Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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FOREWORD that t In 1875 there appeared upon the front step posts of the Augusta Female Seminary two iron dogs — of doubtful breed perhaps but commonly regarded as setters. Why they arrived we do not know and where they came from is an even deeper mystery. Many believe their arrival to be the result of the great fondness which Miss Mary Julia Baldwin, principal at that time, held for all animals, especially dogs. Still other legends date them at a much earlier time but explain that they were carefully concealed during the era of the Civil War to keep them from sharing the fate of the rest of non-essential etal. Finally, we hear the more popular rumor that they were cadets who came to see their dates but had to wait too long and even this we will not declare to be impossible. Whatever their origin, at least we know that for approximately seventy years they have stood as sentinels and watched the college grow. Caesar and Pompey were their names in the early days. Then after World War I, due to a shifting of interests from the classical to a more international vein, they suddenly answered to Wellington and Blucher. These names were short lived, however, and soon changd to the traditional Ham and Jam which we have fondly been calling them ever since. The part that they have carved for themselves in the lives of the students has been large. As the freshman climbs the front steps on the opening day in September they greet her, and, four years later. Ham and Jam are the last things she sees, when as a senior, she passes between them in the Academic Procession. In the interval they are constantly reminding us of their presence by the favorite column of Campus Comments Between the Dogs. This we repeat as we feature them in our BLUESTOCKING of 1946, because, from wherever they came and however long they may remain, we are sure hat they will always be loved and remembered. Side Entr .nci Hill Top and Sky High

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Dr. L. Wilson Jarman, President Emeritus DEDICATION To Dr. L. Wilson Jarman, President of Mary Baldwin College, since 1929, we, the staff of the 1946 Bluestocking, dedicate this volume. In doing this we are not merely expressing our thanks for his many years of service to this school. Instead, this dedica- tion was made in honor of one who has always been highly enthusiastic in all our achieve- ments and interested in our every activity. Finally it is to one who, we gratefully realize, holds uppermost in his heart at all times the welfare of this college and the success of each of the students. A I EMi MNASIUM FA( tNG ESI Rose 1

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