Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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Tvteaw f How Yearbooks Got Started In the early years the yearbook was a memory album for seniors only. In the beginning seniors ex- changed pictures. Some pasted them into albums together with newspaper clippings to serve as a re- minder of school days. Some such procedure still ob- tains in many small schools. Eventually printed year- books came into being. In the late 1880 ' s, the use of halftones was developed and the more progressive schools adopted this new method of photo reproduc- tion into their publications. However, editors did not start immediately to produce streamlined books simi- lar to those now being printed. It was too much to ex- pect yearbooks to change overnight. Today the chief function of the yearbook is the same as it was before printed annuals made their appearance. It should still be a memory book, a family album of the school. Students still want pictures of themselves and of their friends. From: School Yearbook Editing and Management by Calvin J. Medlin And so we have made this edition of The Bluestocking a memory book of llu year 1950-1951 at Mary Baldwin. JESSICA GILLIAM. Editor PATRICIA CASEY, Business Manager