Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 164 of the 1917 volume:

mmmmmmm 051 ' - ' leSeE ClllmEierll iredericKsbiirf? (irginip] EussELL Hall, Fronting Geove isa isga 1® !M53 Hl S! ®IM] fflglcherj Sm mcdi The Battlefield Staff EDITOE-IN-CHIEF MARY REBECCA HARWOOD ASSISTANT EDITORS GRACE KINNIER TAj NER GARLAND LEE STRAUGHAX BUSINESS MANAGER MARGARET IRVINE WHITE ASSISTANT BUSINESS HANAGEB FANNIE MAY MORGAN DEPARTMENT EDITORS AST LILLIE FRENCHE ROBERTS MILDRED IMOGEN ELLIS HUSIC LEAM B. SNOW FLIPPIN WIT MAYBLE ADA NASH ATHLETICS ROBERTA WILLIAMS CRALLE LITEEAEY GERTRUDE WILLIAMSON WHITE SOCIETY ANNIE MacGREGOR JAMES OBGANIZATIONS LALIE LETT ALUMNA , RACHEL SCHARBOROUGH MESSICK ADVISORY COMMITTEE A. B. CHANDLER, JR. MARY S. GAMMON OLIVE M. HINMAN J. LOUISE LEWIS VIRGINIA M. GOOLRICK Etiiki. Black William X. Hamlet Dean A. P.. Chandler, Jr. Vikglxia il. Goolkick Olive II. Hinman Preside? ! Edward Hutsox Russell J. Louise Lewis Nora C. Willis Mariox C. Forbes C. Masoji Smith, M. D. Charlotte Peoples The Faculty Maky S. Yates Bunyan Y. Tyker Roy S. Cook Isla V. Smith C. Leontine Clarke Lucy S. Saunders Mrs. Parke D. Carter Grace S. Houc ' hen Eula D. Atkinson Epsie Campbell Margaret E. Eraser The Faculty The Battlefield • ' Tis a book of normal school life, This Battlefield of ours, ' Tis full of splendid pictures And tales of jolh ' hours, Of our lessons and our studies, Of work and play and fun. Of frolics and of feasting When working time is done, Of our trips to other cities The many sights to see. Of entertainments given — Such times of revelry ! Of our doings in athletics Upon the great Field Day, Of tennis matches thrilling, And the basket-ball we play. And, in short, of every feature Of life upon the hill This book of ours has pictured, Our very hearts to thrill. ' Tis a book of normal school life. As is very plainly seen, The Battlefield, our Annual Of nineteen seventeen. Margaret Irvine White. 10 D(mmsg S (ES (Bf ®® IHSiEiB D[SiIbi«5 [ egTRube] (nne ? on| uh ?r£) ==: y YW.E [hhftFrjS Class Poem AAltli hearts tliat beat with joy, and yet are sad, AVith footsteps hastening on to nntrod ways, With eyes tear tilled, 3 ' et looking far ahead Upon the future and its wealth of days, AVe come upon the beauteous days of June, A group of sisters bound with cords of love. Which, day by day and month by month, lia -e grown And drawn us close as side by side we strove. Not all of ease has been our pathway here. And yet our days were full of joy and song — Dear, busy days, work filled from morn till night. Until on wings flew by the hours long. And now with swiftness sure this day has come. Half dreaded has it been by each and all, And yet for it we ' ve looked with eager eye And listened closely as we heard its call. For call it must, and ever can and does, To those who thus upon life ' s threshold stand. To live pure lives of truth and nobleness As forth they go to join life ' s toiling band. AVe know not what the future holds Of joy or sorrow, peacefulness or strife ; And yet we know tliere can be naught of harm If the dear Father watches o ' er each life. And so, dear Class of Xineteen Seventeen, Although the time of parting gives us pain. With joy may each go forth to meet life ' s tasks. And steadfast, pure, and true may each remain. May God, who sees each life, who knows each heart, Mark out the path He wishes each to tread. And, trusting in His guidance and His strength. May each of us at length to Him be led. Mabgaket Irvine White. 12 Class Song Tune: Carry Me Bad- to Old Vir[iin7iy We liold thee dear, our Alma Mater; Here ' s where we ' ve learned a life of ideals high to live, Here ' s where we ' ve grown into womanly virtvies, Here ' s where we ' ve vowed every life to service give, Here ' s where we ' ve started a life all unselfish, Filled with true love for the folk that are cast down ; Xo place on earth do we love more sincerely Than Alma Mater, of the old historic town. C ' hokus : We hold thee dear, our Alma Mater ; Here ' s where we ' ve learned a life of ideals high to live. Here ' s where we ' ve grown into womanly virtues, Here ' s where we ' ve vowed every life to service give. Give us, we beg, your earnest Godspeed ; ' Tis now we hear the call to battle ' gainst the wrong, And with glad hearts do we haste to our places ; When o ' er, we ' ll tell of our victory in song — Then shall we bring thee, our dear Alma Mater, Glory and pride in thy children, just renown. No place on earth shall we love more sincerely Than Alma Mater, of the old liistoric town. Ethel Johnson Smith. fflMHffi Abbie Ballard BEEEA, VA. Never idle a moment, bid thrifty and thoughtful of others. Al)bie is undoubtedly the most studious member of the Senior Class. She is never known to forget an as- signment, and therefore it is a very common thing to hear some one say, Oh, run down to Abbie ' s and get the assignment. She hasn ' t for- gotten it. Although she is studious she is never too busy to help some one else. Abbie, you are all right, the Seniors could never do without you. Anna Calphdrxia Bailey richmond, va. Callie, during her sojourn of five years at F. S. N. S., has become very dear to her friends. She is one of those people who never has the blues, and is always ready to cheer those who have ; for who can see Callie perform her Charlie Chaplin antics and not be com-, forted? Whenever we have heard immense cheering on the tennis court for the last five years we have found tliat Callie was winning laurels in the tennis tonrnnment. Daisy Emma Bakgamin portsmouth, va. In Emma is portrayed a most de- sired characteristic, that of modesty. Added to that she is possessed of a very unique art, she blushes most beautifully on the slightest provoca- tion. And here is a very interesting item which we feel should certainly go down in print. It is said by the head of the Departrnent of Eural Arts that there is not a lazy bone in Daisy Emma. Effie Guaham Beery cape chaeles, va. It is said among the Eastern Shore bunch that Effie really re- sembles a ray of sunshine, for no matter how discouraged they are she somehow manages with her smile to disperse the gloom. Should she tire of teaching, we think she may take up dentistry, for she has shown marked ability along that line with the tots at the Training School. It is rumored that lier knowledge of Household Arts may be used in individual demonstration work, rather than in teaching. Mamie Lee Biscoe feedeeicksburg, va. AVhen Mr. Cliandler thundered forth in tones sonorous and eloquent and Mr. Tyner with fenent voice plead that the rural communities were the places where one ' s work would really count, little did they think that this maiden was listen- ing with such open ears and atten- tive heart. Though the lights of the city may glimmer alluringly she will have none of it, for she sees no path of duty but that leading to the country school, where she will one day teach the farmers lassies to cook. LutlLE HOOE BOGGS WASHINGTON, D. C. I am Lucile Boggs of the little feet and winsome manner. ' Beloved of my schoolmates am I and favorite to their augustness the Class of 1917. How our little Sprout would blush if she knew we were taking this applicable quotation from the part in Abbu San which she dis- played such dramatic ability in pre- senting. Possessed of a loving dis- position, charming manner, and great al)ility, she is a living testi- mony to her maxim that size is no barrier to success. Sadie Maude Bowles glen allen, va. Sadie is one of the few among our number who is fond of Train- ing School ; and she prefers it at all times to Educational Lectures. She is tall and thoughtful, and be- lieves that the greatest blessing be- stowed upon man is sleep. Although she spends much time wandering in Elysium, she never neglects her work. Sadie ' s greatest desire, other than that of becoming a successful teacher, is that befope leaving school she may gain a little in avoirdupois. Maria Elizabeth Breavington : irvington, va. Cheerful at morn, she wal-es from short repose, Breasts the keen air and carols as she goes. When IMaria comes around all things pertaining to gloom must be put aside, for Maria and gloom can not live in the same atmosphere. Her wit and good nature have won for her many friends, and we are inclined to think that with these she will continue to win them. Mabel Pauline Browne edinburg, va. Girls, I am going to flunk, was the greeting Jerry had for us on our arrival at the Normal in Sep- tember. Perhaps it was the fear of this dreaded sentence that kept her constantly at her tasks throughout the year, always putting work be- fore play. But it was only her imagination, as she has since proved. Determination is only one of her striking- characteristics. Well may it be said of Jerry, Labor well directed will achieve all things. L 16 Mildred Louise Brown phoebus, va. Perhaps Mildred ' s sunny and at- tractive disposition is a result of environment, since she comes from that lovely part of Tidewater — Hampton, Virginia. Her one fail- ing is a decided weakness for moving pictures, but shall we not be willing to forgive that since she is ever true to duty and ready to do her share? Her work here, and at the Training School alike, attest that we need have no fear for her success as a teacher (but hew long will that be ?) . Bessie Belle Beoache EDNA, VA. By her good nature and ready wit Belle has made many friends. Al- though there are many, yet it seems as if most of her affections have been centered in one. She is a lover of nature and above all the flowers of her garden she loves crepe Myrtle the best. Her profession has been well chosen, as is shown by her willing- ness to render service to others. Continue to wear that magic smile, Belle, and we shall have no fear for your future. Edxa Earle Carter LENT, VA. Who is that sunny-haired damsel with little ripples of merriment dancing over her face, that comes hurrying alone with a Shoot ! I ' m late again ? ' ' Oh, yes ! it is Edna, tall, straight, and athletic. Xothing can freeze the genial sunshine of her nature unless it be Xature Study and all if includes. She is always busy about something, regardless of a slight case of heart trouble. Elizabeth Chauncey Carter fredericksburg, va. Elizabeth entered in the ranks of the Freslimen and has steadily climbed higher until now she has attained the heights. She is always faithful in her work and to her fellow-classmates. Although, at time, discourage- ment seizes her, Elizabeth always comes through well over that dreaded seventy-five, and passes on to the next problem serene and happy. Now, as she goes out from the pro- tection of her Alma Mater, there goes with her the hearty best wishes of the Senior Class. Huldah Ada Clark rhoadesville, va. Behold ! the cradle we have robbed ! We can but think this when we look upon Huldah. And when she speaks we are confirmed. She is a modest and conscientious little maid, ever faithful to her duty. When monitor on the hall we are assured that she is guided by the old proverb, Children should be seen and not heard. If she is as successful in everything as she is in executing the duties of monitor, for her future we do not fear. Mart Ball Connellee senora, va. Smooth runs the water where the Ijrook is deep. Surely this quotation applies to Mary. She never has much to say, but we know by her excellent grades that she is a deep thinker. No doubt when she sits down to study she says to herself, Come, pensive muse, devout and pure; sober, steadfast, and demure. ' To know her slightly one would hardly appreciate the fact that she is one of the wittiest of our members. She can utilize any class hour by skillful questions and discussion. Hermine Virginia Coghill bowling green, va. A modest, quaint, and dainty maiden is our Hermine. When she announced her intention of becom- ing a high-school teacher no one thought that this Old-Fashioned Girl would ever inculcate into her teaching the modern and up-to-date methods of pedagogy. Whenever we see Hermine we naturally think, Ethel is somewhere around. ' ' Hermine ' s one great desire is that she may be able to explain prol)lems in Second- Year Algelira so that ] Ir. Hamlet will find no need to make further explanation. KoBERTA Williams Cralle EXIMERTON, VA. Bert is a meri-y, lively, athletic girl, and when she is around some- thing is surely going to happen, for she can ' t be idle long. Her determination to win not only distinguishes her in athletics, l)ut in every-day life. With some clever piece of wit she relieves every situation, and is re- sponsible for a great deal of fun that has enlivened our school days. Although a lover of music her at- tention is not always directed toward the composition, but the performer instead. Margaret Virginia Dix irvington, va. As you turn to this page, kind reader, you behold one of the most sedate, retiring, and attractive mem- bers of the Senior Class of 191T. Margaret is one of the Seniors who has succeeded in learning a great deal and having a good time while doing it. On account of her shyness s ie is known only to her intimate friends, but their opinion of her is enough to convince one of her attractiveness. Her scholarly record has won for her the esteem of her classmates. 19 Mtldred Imogen Ellis lloyds va. There is more owing her than is paid; and more shall be paid her than she ' ll demand. The most valuable asset of Imogen is lier dignity, yet she has been known to cast that aside occasionally and join the Happy Eaters. She has proven a prodigious stu- dent, and often awakens her neigh- bors early in the morning by a loud jingle of the alarm-clock. When asked to go walking, she will in- variably say, Indeed, I haven ' t time ; there is so much to be done. Lyda Monroe Ellis lloyds, va. Lyda was never known to show the least anxiety over her studies ; not even the Training School produced any perceptible change. While other Seniors are busy ex- changing ideas and fears of flunk- ing, Lyda comes into the schoolroom with that unconcerned air, teaches- her lessons, and comes out with dis- tinction. From this and other evi- dence we have been convinced that she is naturallv intelligent. Nancy Buckner Eubank millers tavern, va. In her two years with us Nancy has won the admiration of many ; her bright and jolly disposition has made her a favorite with her class- mates. While we rejoice with her in her good fortune, her under-classmen regret to think that she will not be with them the coming session. Besides being so full of fun, Nancy has won local fame for her dramatic ability. May the sunshine of her smile be appreciated the world o ' er even as far as Crete. 20 Elizabeth Bernard Finegan newport news, va. This little maid wandered into the Class of 1915 and remained one session incidental to getting a diploma. This process seemed too incumbent upon Betsy so she fell out of those ranks for a year, and came back last fall to resume her quest for knowledge. Although Betsy is shy and re- tiring in her manner, she never fails to come forward when class dis- cussions demand the force of her argument, and the cold, dull hand of tests grasps us. Leam Beatrice Snow Flippin catlettsburg, ky. Flip came to us from God ' s own land of the bluegrass, which translated for the under-classmen means Kentucky. She lias a big heart and has developed its large- ness through her ever-readiness to sacrifice both time and effort in be- ing our school accompanist. Flip ' s ability has found chan- nels for expression in so many phases of school life it can best be described as versatile. The honors heaped upon Flip never call forth any conceit, for in her own estima tion she is extremely tacky. Carrie Carlton Fox ashland, va. Although Carrie has been with us for only two years, we have all learned that there are no idle moments witli her. If not storing up knowledge for her o vn future use, she is faithfully unparting it to others. Along with her other good qualities, she is very modest and often becomes s-hocked by the slang from the less thoughtful of our number; and she is one of the few who, surrounded by such temp- tations, never yields. JU Nannie Davis Goodman BEAVER dam, VA. Each night at ten-forty-five we see a very dignified young lady wearing specs locking the dining hall, in order to keep the robbers out. Espe- cially is she desirous of catching those thieves who occasionally relieve said hall of molasses jugs. Four years she has labored zealously to achieve the high position of teaching her hobby — geometry — which at last she has attained. She also shows quite an amount of power in housekeeping, although she is unable to mix the poor man ' s pudding. Elizabeth Claiborne W. Haile MINOR, VA. Liza came to the old dormitory when a Sophomore, but she moved to town this year. Evidently things were too quiet here for her, as we have since discovered that she has learned to dance and just loves it. She is a great reader. Give her a good novel and she is perfectly content. Not only does she like to read from the pens of others, but we hear that she herself is very fond of writing and has high aspirations in literature. Mary Rebecca Harwood saluda, va. Five years ago there came to us Sweet Miss Mary. Her loveli- ness of character, friendly disposi- tion, and stateliness soon made each one stop, look, and listen ; and we ' ve l)een looking and listening for all these years, and we haven ' t heard half she knows, nor all the big words. From the numl er and importance of the offices which she has held, in- cluding the President of Student Government and Editor-in-Chief of the Annual, it is evident that she can handle things, even the Fourth Grade at the Training School. 22 Martha Frances Hekndon RICHMOND, VA. Martha made many friends in her Junior year, and when she re- turned, after being absent for two years, there were some of the old friends and many new glad to wel- come her. Demure and mischievous, Martha combines the endearing qualities of the real pal ' ' with the abilit y and diligence, of the student. Her two years spent at the jSTonnal will leave a bright page in her his- tory, for her record is one to be proud of. Glad are we to have her in the Class of 1917. Ilcs Morton Hutcheson ashland, va. Ilus, patient, eairnest, deliberate, dignified, always abides by her motto, Proci-astination is the thief of time, and never waits until the last minute to do everything, as her more reckless classmates. When we wish to have a piece of work well performed Ilus is called upon to do it, for not only is she right there with the goods, but we know the quality of that textile. Ilus allows no more wrinkles in her disposition than she allows in the sheets on her bed. Annie MacGregoe James irvington, va. Watch little Annie put the ball in the goal. She ' s mighty apt to put it there. Although Annie is our tiniest member, she is also our star goal thrower. Everybody loves Annie, she has such a sunny dis- position and a cheery word for every one. Her smiles are broadest when G. A. V. is expected to arrive. Be- sides a bright disposition she has a bright mind capable of making an excellent primary teacher, but she is much interested in household arts. Who can tell the future? 23 Margaret Travers James BELLE haven, VA. Jimmie launched on her career at the Normal four years ago, and since then has steadily worked to secure Wise(dom). She is the em- bodiment of neatness, for never has she been seen with one hair out of place. She is fond of music, espe- cially the violin, and we believe that some day she will r ival Maud Powell. Jimmie was one of our number who was caught in the meshes of the fortune-teller, but she has never told what she learned from the interview. Mary Tyrold Kidd newton, va. A live, graceful form, a quick step, and a merry laugli, and who could it be but that Kidd Mary? Her cheerful disposition and unselfish nature have won for her a host of friends, who feel deeply interested in her future. Mary enters every- thing with enthusiasm, and seldom fails to accomplish that which she undertakes. Of her vocal talent little need be said, for since her- Junior year her voice has been a great addition to the Glee Club and Y. W. C. A. choir. Ruth Gertrude King suffolk, va. You are looking into the face of her whose heart is too large for her own benefit, whose profound belief is that there is safety in numbers as pertains to dresses, hats, coats, and friends, for out of a number of friends aren ' t they each likely to have something to one ' s liking? When the slanderous tongues of the unappreciative have ceased, and the patrons of happiness shall rise to their realms of justice, we shall see Euth, hand in hand with Gener- osity, leading them all. 24 Elsie Warnee McKann churchview, va. I, content, trimmed my own lamp, and hept it bright. SiBce thought is the property of him who can entertain it, there is no doubt as to tlie amount of atten- tion it receives from this lady. She possesses determination and fortifies her point imtil it is im- pregnable. Elsie is a worker of merit, a pop- ular schoolmate, congenial friend, and one of recognized talents. Such as she can accomplish only the best in life, and her career here points already to the goal. Eachel Scharborough Messice lEVINGTON, VA. In Rachel we find superior under- standing and capability. She is characterized by common sense strengthened by intelligence. She loves to read the Mexican War N ews( ?), especially in the form she gets it from the Border. For want of more school work, Eachel spends her Friday nights bringing up the cradle roll of Fredericksburg. Rachel enjoys a frolic as much as any one and you ' ll never find her anything but merry. She is con- stantly brimming over with humor and has a remark apropos for every occasion. Lillie Lee Michie IVY depot, VA. ' ' A glorious devil, large in heart and brain. Besides being our class beauty, Michie rivals McConnick in her rendition of The Little Grey Home in the West. She made her initial bow to formal society at the musical given by the N ' ightingales. She has a bright disposition, a ready smile, and never loses any sleep over her classes, although she manages to leave the impression on Iier teachers that she is right there with the goods. 25 Eugenia Constance Millnek norfolk, va. Gene ' s bashfulness is no less conspicuous than her superior in- tellect, which is manifested in all she does. Xo task is too arduous for her niastei-y from an examination of the elements to strolls with the faculty. She is worthy of high reverence mixed with love which she receives from her schoolmates, for in whom can you find a more lovable, sympa- thetic di.sposition, expressed through a genial smile, which you know is not the hypocrite ' s mask ? Anne E. Stbibling Moncuee stafford, va. Listen ! That ' s she. I could tell Anne E. ' s laugh anywhere I heard it. She can carry a laugh and a pleasant smile with her from the time the alarm-clock sings its song in the morning until long after the lights have winked at night. Long hours of study never daunt her happy spirit of friendliness and cheerfulness. She has a wide circle of friends both in school and out. Edna Watkins Morton fredericksburg, va. Because of the fact that she is a Hiker, Edna is not so well known among the girls as they would like her to be. These are some of her good qualities that impress us even at a distance : We know that she possesses determination, because of the fact that she has been coming three miles for three years to the Normal, sometimes riding, but often prefering hiking it. Then her ability as a teacher has been spread abroad both by her pupils and teachers. 26 Mayble Ada jSTash glen allen, va. When we think of Ada ' s class honors and offices, we find that there is raucla behind her reputation for efficiency in all phases of a iSTormal life. To be secretary and treasurer of no less than four important organi- zations shows capability. To be elected class historian and wit editor of The Battlefield would indicate literary ability and brains. Her record in tennis and basket-liall shows her athletic ability while be- ing a member of the Glee and Dra- matic clubs, also indicates talent. EuTH Oliver NATHALIE, VA. Buth is a sincere friend who be- lieves in that old saying, Slow, but sure. When other Seniors are hurrying madly to get through breakfast you notice that Oliver is calmly waiting her turn to be helped. Does she ever hurry? ' you ask. Yes, when she hears that same bell ringing saying dinner. If you think a woman doesn ' t keep a secret just tell Ruth some- thing, and seal it with don ' t you tell, and vovi will never hear of it Lucy Payne parker, va. A loud Ha ! Ha ! is heard. Who can it be but Lucy, otherwise Baby, whose motto is Laugh and grow fat ! At any hour if you listen carefully you may hear loo, loos trilled deliciously down the scale and back — softly at first, and then forgetful of monitors, louder, louder. She can be serious and studious, for when five years ago, she entered F. S. X. S., no one dreamed that she would lie numbered among the graduates of 1917. She has justly attained this height. 4U 27 Bkancis Viuginia Phippins owenton, va. Braucis ' s size vouches for the truth of the saying — precious packages are put up in small parcels, for her services can hardly be dispensed with at the Normal. Although she devotes much time to her studies, yet she renders valuable aid to her literary society and the Y. W. C. A. Frequently she is seen with her arms full of magazines or ilowers, going to visit the patients at the hospital, or others, wlio are equally glad to welcome her. Ada Pearl Powell hampton, va. , « The Junior Class last year was surprised to find that one so tiny should be added to its number. They soon found themselves proud to claim her, as by persistent effort she set out for the goal. She was never known to quarrel, although she is very fond of argu- ing, and if you do not think as she does, you are a pill. It is said that at the Training School the children turn pale when Miss Powell demands order. Mary Minor Eichaedson Ti?Oj A. Mary Ann is one of our num- ber, who entered the class in its in- fancy. She has been with us four years, and by perseverance and hard work has completed a five-year course. AVho was surprised that the last year Juniors were the cham- pions in basket-ball? Mai-y Eich- ardson has been promoted from the Sophomores to the Junior team ! Blanche Wester Egberts windsor, va. Blanche is a staunch believer in having a good time, and never looks for trouble. She can tell a joke well, and always manages to keep those around her in a happy frame of mind. When there is nothing- else to do Blanche has been known to study merely for the sake of variety. She is a compound of neat- ness and housewifery and many other desirable constituents. Blanche is among the few of our number whose troubles have not been increased by Practice Teaching. LiLLiE French Egberts WINDSGR, TA. Lill is the artist of the whole school. When we first met her she awed us by her dignity, but we soon found that she belonged to that class of people who improves on acquaint- ance, for the more we see of Lill, the more we love her, and beneath that mask is a true spirit of com- radeship and a goodly mixture of fun. She is one of the Sports of the Class of 191T, and leads the line in setting styles and enjoying herself. Cgrrixne Lucille Eogers illLLENBECK, VA. Corrinne is the do or die kind of girl. You might well imagine her saying, If I can not find a wa}% I ' ll make one. She conquered the great bugbear, The Training School ' ' with a single blow, but we very much fear that in spite of the advice given her by her critic teacher to continue teaching, a Soldier-knight will come a rid- ing (?). She is thoroughly dependable, has never been known not to fulfill a promise, or Ijrealc an engagement to sfo to the movies. Gertrude Patterson Saunders suffolk, va. Gertrude is one of our House- hold Arts girls, and we believe that she will soon put her theories into practice, for she keeps Uncle Sam ' s postmen busy. Nothing ever causes her to worry unless it is providing a variety of costumes to be worn when an unexpected Storr ap- pears on the horizon. Gertrude has proved herself a loyal friend of the Class of 1917, and as she leaves she carries with her our very best wishes. Ina Ethelwyn Scott RIO vista, VA. Three years ago Ina came, and in that time she has proved her ability to work, for early and late she may be seen with a text- or notebook diving for the main facts. But along with work, who is more fond of a good time than she? It is the joy of all who know her to hear her laugh, for in it there is something that does us all good. Her motto seems to be, Laugh and the world laughs with you. Lois Marie Shuman penola, VA. Although Lois came to us in tea rs, she has since been called our Sunshine Girl because of her bright and happy disposition. Dur- ing Shu ' s five years spent with us she has acquired many accom- plishments, among which is her suc- cessful practice teaching. Train- ing school episodes form the chief topic of her conversation, and no matter how busy she is, she will al- ways stop and relate to us some very interesting experience she has had with her children. 30 Ethel Johnson Smith blantons, va. Five years has Ethel been with us in our search for knowledge, and during this time has been one of our hardest workers and sincerest friends. The fact that she is an as- sistant in the science department is sufficient proof of her intellectual ability. Although a faithful Y. W. C. A. worker, Ethel has been known to miss a Cabinet meeting because of a caller. She seems uncertain whether this caller is a brother or cousin, and we are doubtful whether he is either. Mary Frances Smith richmond, va. The force of her own merit makes her way. Frances entered our class with the majority of us, a Junior, and since then we have learned to love her for herself. She is a faithful friend, a companion who has an af- fable disposition admired by all. Frances was never known to study, yet she never fell below the highest standard. If you meet her, she is sure to say I am from Richmond, not Highland Springs. We wish for her glorious success in her many undertakings. Josephine Catherine Spindle loretto, va. Realizing that Toiowledge is power, Josephine has turned ser- ious attention to gaining knowledge during her five years in school, and we expect to find her Superintendent of Public Instruction some day. When test times roll around she is seen going from room to room, from notebook to notebook, gather- ing Mr. Tyner ' s psychological, phi- losophical, biological, and socio- logical facts into her own head, where she keeps them secui ' ely in order that she may be better pre- pared to impart knowledge to the uneducated of our land. Lucy Blanche Stonehaii molusk, va. Blanche seems very quiet to those not knowing her well, but she is full of nonsense and wit, has a sunny disposition, and is just one to drive away those blues with which all the Seniors are so well acquainted. She is tlioughtful of others, and usually willing to run errands, but sometimes will say, IT-go. This plirase we associate with a Western State, where we believe Blanche will make her home and promote the suffrage movement by her en- thusiastic stump speeches. AiiY Esther Vandegeift NORFOLK, VA. Amy ' s individual differences are quite numerous — a good voice of which she is rather proud, a fond- ness for do-ti-la ' s and a decided weakness for peanut brittle are among tlie most noticeable. Amy Totes is a girl of ability and un- selfishness, and we find her helping others whenever an opportunity pre- sents itself. She is very excitable, and, although she usually thinks in a clear, logical way, sometimes in her excitement talks faster than she thinks. Gektkude Williamson White chcechville, va. Her sunny loclcs hang on her temples like a golden fleece. Gertrude hails from the hamlet of Churchville, which we believe is located near Staunton. She is one of the few curly-haired Seniors, and her light tresses are envied by all of us. Unlike the rest of the Seniors, Gertrude does not use Jier- privileges for company on Friday evenings, or the movies, but industriously spends this spare time in the library, where she soon reduces to zero any reference work that may have piled up. 32 Margaret Irvixe White churchville, va. When there. is anything big to be (lone it is the natural conclusion til at Margaret White ' s name will be among the first mentioned — and there ' s a reason — for added to her natural braininess she is a most in- dustrious worker. That she has made one of the most efficient Y. W. C. A. presi- dents in the history of the Xormal is largely due to her ever readiness to serve others and to her executive ability. SrSIE ElIILY WiLLSOX richmoxd, va. Susie is one of our most diligent students. She has never been known to rush into anything, and, Ijy her clear, steady manner, has gained high marks and a number of valuable friends. She has made an excellent record in every class she has undertaken, and we, in picturing the future, can imagine lier best as superintendent of some large school. But we are told that some day she expects to put her tlieories of Xature Study into prac- tice down on the farm. LrciLE Eosalie Woody CEEWE, VA. Lucile is kind-hearted, generous, and always the same. Wlienever you meet her you will be greeted with a cheery Hey there I She does not board in school, but she seems to enjoy thoroughly a night spent in the dormitory, and con- sequently is a frequent visitor. Lucile spehds most of her time in the assimilation of knowledge, but frequently we find her going to town to attend the dancing class, for she has developed a great fond- ness for this lonii of amusement. 38 Judith Augusta Wright tappahannock, va. Gus entered school for the pur- pose of obtaining a diploma, and has succeeded in her purpose in a way that few of us can imitate. She has acquired a small amount of education along with her diploma. Gus holds the distinction of be- ing able to put off work longer than any other member of the class, and, in the end, getting by without do- ing it at all. She believes in two eternal principles, constancy and devotion. Michie can testify that she is a disciple of both. Hilda Tempest Weight • upper zion, va. All who have had the opportunity of knowing Hilda realize that she is a true friend. She has an inter- esting flash of wit, that appears so unexpectedly. No matter how long the rest of us work on a test in Mr. Tyner ' s room, we always leave her there. She is always the first of the teaching-Seniors to reach the Train- ing School in the morning. An A -|- on History of Education, and ninty- five on practice teaching give their own conclusion to this matter. 34 A Tale in Five Parts Here beginnetli the liistoT ' y of the Senior Class of 1917. PART ONE On September 13, 1912, the Fredericksburg State Xornial Scliool opened to begin its second year ' s work. All the trains and boats came in as usual, and pulled out, leaving behind crowds of girls — most unusual. The girls, old and new alike, were conveyed quite hurriedly in modest carriages to the Normal School, where they were received very graciously by Miss Forbes. Oh, those first impressions of our rooms and roommates ! Did our roomies always prove agreeable? During the first few days of our life here we learned our way about the Ijuilding to the dining-room, and likewise our way off the campus as far as Main Street. Then spells of homesickness played havoc with us. Not even the process of classification could bring smiles to our faces, while those first interviews with the various instructors in their respective class rooms only thickened the clouds of despair. But as soon as we learned that there were thirty girls taking Second Year work, classified First Year students, we felt encouraged, and it was then we elected Euth Wiekham as our President. Wasn ' t it amazing how calmly she could stand before all of us, talk about a game called basket-ball, another cal led tennis, and not feel embarrassed ? Our real school life had begun. Yes, we manifested an interest in everything, from loose-leaf notebooks and basket-ball to sugar bowls. Before we could dispose of certain empty sugar bowls Thanksgiving holiday was hailed. We said good- bye, only to return in a few days to count the days until the arrival of Christmas. January was filled with thrilling basket-ball contests. Do we recall that it was rumored tliat the Junior team was afraid of us Ijecause of our good playing? No, because we scratched. Along with these came the horrors of mid-term exams for all those who failed to make an average of ninety per cent. Well, those who escaped lived happily; those who took the examinations just lived. Weeks passed rapidly. Out on the atldetic field, on Field Day, a banner of lavender and white floated proudly over its enthusiastic supporters. Sixty-one points for the Trophy Cup were scored to the credit of the First Year Class. It was with great pride that we viewed the May Queen as she tripped gracefully on her way in the procession ; she was our classmate. The Commencement this year was eventful, for the first graduates of the school received their diplomas. We, the curious and wondering First Year girls, viewed the final exercises, thinking of the long and mysterious road which would lead up to this goal. PART TWO Amid hurry and bustle we returned to school, the following September, to see again our old friends and to meet new ones. The process of matriculation was a small matter this year, but how troublesome it was to explain that we were Freshmen, First Year students last session, and still we were doing Third Year work ! So as Freshmen we made resolutions : to aim higher than seventy-five in our classes, to keep books off benches in Russell Hall, to remember that classes were being held in Room Four while we talked outside, never to let Miss Forbes see us downtown without permission, and to cut out correspondence with Mrs. Chew on tlie subject of unsightly rooms. Surely we had no desire to haze ' ' Rats, but it was well that President Russell presented his views on the matter early in the session. The truth is, our grades were successfully passed, our behavior occasionallv atro- cious, and the Rats escaped hazing. 35 Many of tlie members of our class proved valuable ' on our road to athletic success. Mr. Harrison and Di-. Smith were our ever-ready and willing advisers and friends. With Emma Lawless as President of such an amiable crowd of girls, do we wonder at Dr. Smith ' s interest? Our Freshman year passed rapidly and pleasantly, and June found us with our trunks packed, ready to bid adieu to every one. PAET THEEE We were by this time so attached to the Xormal and those connected with it that we felt we were return- ing to our homes instead of to boarding-school. With the dignity becoming members of the largest class in school, we settled down to work in English, with Miss Dadmun as our invaluable interpreter of literature. Long and Painter ; in physics, with Mr. Hamlet to tell us what to simply note ; in history and economics, with Miss Goolrick to drill us in careful, accurate, and rapid note taking; with Miss Eraser to instruct us in loo- loos. Miss Marshall, the new gym teacher, made us marvel at her wonderful grace in dancing. It required a great deal of courage even to attempt to imitate her. In November the cjuestiou of Student Self-Govern ment was discussed before the student body. Oificers were elected, the constitution and by-laws were drawn up, and the whole system went into effect on December 1, 1914. On the last Saturday in January, 1915, the school basket-ball team took its first trip to play an out-of- town team. That night, when a call came from Eichmond announcing a score of fourteen to seven, in favor of the Normal, great and wild was the excitement. Our team had defeated the Eichmond Y. W. G. A. team. The fox and hound chase, participated in by the Soph and Junior basket-ball teams, was a source of rare sport. Even Mr. Harrison, who was so familiar with the hiding places on the hills, could not baffle the pack of hounds led by Dr. Smith. The hounds trailed the foxes to their den in the tunnel under the dormitory. That time the Sophs were lucky. On taking a backward look at the close of this, our last year of High School work, we wondered if we had done our best. Next year we would be Juniors, and next year held new and coveted experiences for us. PAET FOUE Are we Juniors, or are we not? For three long years we have respected Juniors, Seniors, Eoom One, and Professor Tyner. Indeed, it was fine to have fifty or more new and courageous members to help us face Theory of Education and Psychology. Finally we were classified as Juniors — One, Two, Three, or Four, according to the course we were taking. Our work passed smoothly for a while, except for an occasional fall below level on a test for which we had prepared carefully, using altogether the memory luethod. When basket-ball practice began, we discovered several Jewels in our midst. Mary Ann was classified as a Junior, and Ann James was a Junior too. Our record alone is sufficient to prove that we had a strong team and did splendid work. When the school team was chosen, six Juniors were among the number. All of us remember the Ingram game on our own floor, and the Y. W. C. A. game in Washington. Fredericksburg Normal carried off the victory both times. One day in April the Juniors entertained the Seniors. Simple Simon, Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo-Peep with all her sheejD, and many other interesting characters featured in the events of the evening. Entertaining the Seniors was great fun for us. The gymnastic tournament this year was a success in all respects. Tlie Juniors proudly claimed the winner of the Cup for the best all-round gymnast — Mary Harwood. Another contest of quite a different nature was participated in by Sophs, Juniors, and Seniors only. We all remember Mr. Shewmake ' s Special Spelling Class, and we recall how willingly we attended all the meetings of the class. In the spring the interclass tennis games were duly plaj ' ed, and — luirrali for Juniors ! they won tlie first place, thus adding twenty points to the illustrious twent3 ' -fiYe won in l)asket-ball. This year the May Queen ' s throne was out on the athletic field. After the various feats were over, the victors were crowned by our lovely Queen of May, Gertrude Saunders. At this time, also, the members of the school basket-ball team were awarded their monograms. 36 The last weeks of onr Junior year were happy ones, like all those preceding. When Commencement was over our only regret was that some of our number wovild not return to pursue the Senior work. PAKT FIVE After a very pleasant vacation we were ready to begin our last year ' s work. We welcomed Martha Herndon and Elizabeth Finegan, former students of the school, into our class. Including Ruth Ford and Viola Matthews, who finished the course in February, we numbered sixty-six, the largest Senior Class enrollment of the school. Immediately we were sectioned into the teaching Seniors and non-teaching Seniors. The former groiip battled with the endless problems of the Training School and practice teaching in the High School classes at the Normal, while the latter group sought the acquaintance of Graves, Home, Butler, Button, and C ' ubberley. Quite early in the year the matter of class pins and rings was settled. Much to our delight, the new ring with a stone was adopted as the standard Senior Class ring. It was hard to believe that when the first term of nine weeks came to a close some of the teaching Seniors were loath to give up practice teaching to take up regular class work. Thoughts of tests frightened them, while visions of the Training School had the same effect upon the ingoing teachers. On the s ixteenth of February the Juniors asked us to be their Valentines. We were glad they invited us, and more than glad we accepted their invitation. That evening the auditorium of Russell Hall was a scene of joyful merry-making. Each Senior took away a heart for her memory book, but really nothing is needed to bring to mind that evening, for it stands foremost in our list of happy evenings. We, busy with our work, did not realize how rapidly time was passing. Almost before we knew it the last weeks and even the last days had passed, bringing us to the supreme hour in our life here at the Fredericksburg Normal. Ready to enter upon the journey of our chosen career, we bid our Alma Mater a last and fond farewell. As the Soothsayers Say (Beetie and Rachel seated, studying.) Behtie (slowly) : Two years have passed. After leaving the Fredericksburg State Normal School, Rachel and I came to Columbia University, and this spring we graduate. I hope we may be as successful as some of our schoolmates have been. We have heard from many of them, and life seems all they desire it. These essays must be finished. Mine, The Comparative Value of the Voices of Ruth Oliver and Imogene Ellis. is difficult to estimate. For two years these girls have been singing at the Metropolitan Opera, and have won recognition. Yours, The History of Fredericksburg, requires careful research. Rachel : What is the news ? Bektie: Returned home — Misses Mary Harwood, Gertrude Saunders, and Emma Bargamin. Have been teaching successfully in Hawaii for the past year, but patriotism drew them back to Virginia, ilr. Jack Zombone accompanied them. Rachel : That ' s the great violinist Harwood wrote us about. She is engaged to him. You remember the time she went to church with Grace a gentleman sat by them? AVhen the service was over he told Harwood he had not been able to sing for listening to her beautiful singing. Bertie {charmingly) : I wonder what Gertrude and Emma will do now. Will Emma go back to Fredericksburg and take a postgraduate course and teach the Knight School there? Gertrude always wanted to specialize in Domestic Science, and I guess she ' ll do that. She was planning a bungalow when we left school. Rachel: What does the New York Times say? 37 Bertie: Miss Amy E. Vandegrift to wed the famous aviator Colstrom. A honeymoon trip in a flying machine. Will visit places of interest, Penola, Pohick, Accotink, Fredericksburg, and Newport News. Eachel {laughs) : Poor old Amy, she had such a time with Gene Millner when they went to the Normal. Gene was always writing poems, which she wanted to have published. Last year she was called on by President Wilson, who heard of her executive ability and offered lier $1,800 to give him information about neutrality. Bektie : I know her last chance for marrying is gone if she accepted his offer. She said to marry was the height of her ambition. Rachel: Give me that paper. You didn ' t see this, did you? Special to the New York Times. — A new laboratory has been added to the Fredericksburg State Normal School. The necessity for this laboratory has arisen through the experiments in medicine. The medicine for which there has been the greatest need is one which three girls, Misses Effie Berry, Mamie Biscoe, and Learn Flippin, patented. It prevents the con- tagious disease, crushing. The pills can be obtained for ten cents a bottle. One taken after breakfast and one before supper will prove a ready cure. Bertie : I can never think of Leam ' s trying to prevent crushing. {Special Delivei-y boy hands letter to Bertie. She opens it hurriedly and begins reading.) Bertie: Rachel, listen to this. It ' s from Gus Wright and Lillie Lee Michie. My dear girls : Michie and I have thought of you often and wondered what you were doing. Aren ' t you glad your days at Columbia are nearly over? What do you think has become our fate? We didn ' t get a position last year, so we wrote to Mr. Russell the other day for a recommendation, and he said the only recommendation he could give us was one along the line of student activities, as that was what we were most efficient in at Fredericksburg. He wrote both of us an excellent letter, so I applied at Vassar, and — was it not strange? — I got a position at the very first place I applied. I am now President of the Students ' Council here, and am taking up German, French, and Latin. Michie is here with us, specializing in German. She expects to be married in July ; then she and her husband are going to Germany, where they will study vocal music. Lovingly, Gus. Rachel : That ' s an interesting bit of news, but I haven ' t written but one naragraph. I wish we could keep quiet for at least ten minutes. {Both girls study. Rachel finds something in the History of Fredericlsburg that reminds her of the Normal, and she relates it. Bertie reads.) Rachel: Here ' s something on theaters that reminds me of Ada Nash. Her pictures appeared in the New York Times last year, showing her favorite poses in the dance, The Butterfly. Some day she ' ll become one of the world ' s greatest fancy dancers ! Bertie {sarcastically) : I thought you were so anxious to keep quiet to write. You couldn ' t do that if you tried, though ! Here ' s the 1919 Bulletin from the Fredericksburg Training School. Perhaps you can find something in it to help you. Rachel: I have found something very interesting. A new gymnasium has been added to the Public School in Fredericksburg, and Miss Elizabeth Haile ' s teaching aesthetic dancing and — listen ! Huldah Clark is supervising the playground work at the Training School. Through her efforts the community and school life have been brought into close touch, and her work has been the means of developing and socializing many people who, without her efforts, would never have heard the word play. Bertie: There goes the ' phone. I hope it ' s Rad. Hello! Hello! Who is it? Maria Brewington? What are you doing here ? Married ! Married to whom ? Mr. Eustace, the clairvoyant ? Are you going to live in New York? That ' s fine. I don ' t care to have my fortune told again, but I ' ll bring Rachel and see what he can tell her. I think she knows her fortune now, though. Come to see us. Good-bye. 38 Eachel: You needn ' t be surprised at Maria. When she went to Fredericksburg that very man told her fortune, and in his vision he could see a light-haired girl who was to be the very one he sought. We didn ' t believe her then. Bektie: There are more surprises. I shall never forget how astonished I was to see Sadie Bowles the other day ! She and Ina Scott are living out in the country near here in a little cottage. They are raising poultry, perfectly fascinated with their work. Sadie says she was offered a position to coach athletics in Brooklyn, but she couldn ' t leave Ina, and their present occupation, lovely and home-like there. (Rachel goes to windoiv, lool ' s out, returns, talks.) Eachel: I wish we could go to the pictures to-day. Bertie : I can ' t go. I ' m broke. That reminds me of Margaret James and Lois Shuman, who always went to the pictures after 5 o ' clock, so they wouldn ' t have to pay. Margaret James is a professional invalid at the Rockefeller Institute, and Lois Shuman has completed her book, How to Make the Dimples Grow. She is beginning a new one, The Face of Merry Sunshine. Eachel: Is it impossible for you to stop talking? Bertie (abruptly) : It is. (Both girls begin writing.) Eachel: By the way, you know Blanche and Lillie Roberts have become famous actresses, and Tuesday the Barnum-Bailey Show comes to Brooklyn. We must see it. It is said that by a simple wave of the hand Blanche can charm snakes, tigers, and lions. Lillie? Why, she is one of the most successful trapeze per- formers in the United States. Bertie : Let ' s go. Couldn ' t we call up Lucile Woody, Brands Phippins, Uus Hutcheson, and Carrie Fox, and ask them to go with us? Rachel: You know they are doing Social Service work in the slums of this city, and their hours are from 8 to 8. Bertie : When we go out Monday we can ask them. Uus said she had to be located so she can go home every week-end ; you know why ? (Silence. Both ivrite. ' Rachel gives a deep sigh. Bertie goes behind her. Reads.) Rachel: Bert, don ' t you think I could work this into my paper? Fredericksburg ' s contributions to the navy? I heard that Edna Earl Carter had been made Secretary of the Navy, at the resignation of Daniels. She has influenced President Wilson in appointing Messick Rear-Admiral in place of Dr. Gray- son. Lucy Payne used to be Edna ' s chum. She has been appointed President Wilson ' s aide. (Beetie reading, Rachel writing.) Bertie: This book is beautiful English. It reminds me of Miss Gammon. She is traveling abroad this year to get local color for the book she is writing. Gertrude White is with her, as h r secretary. Gertrude is the heroine of the book ! They were talented girls, Margaret and Gertrude. Margaret is in the Salvation Army, and it is said she has, through the wonderful charm of her singing, caused many a soul to see the dawTi of a new to-morrow. Eachel: There come the morning papers. I know we won ' t get through these essays for a -week. Bertie: New York Times, Fredericksburg Star, Times-Dispatch, The Play-Ground, and letters! Eachel : There ' s a letter from Lyda Ellis, or rather, Mrs. ? I have forgotten whom she married. They are living in Eichmond, and he has the agency for N K A frat pins. Lyda keeps the office hours for him in the day time, as he hasn ' t finished college yet. They are a happy couple. She advocates marriage for everybody. Listen to this, Bert. She says that Hilda Wright and Abbie Ballard spent a few days with her last week. They are in Eichmond taking lessons in the latest steps of the modern dances. They are to give dancing lessons next winter. It ' s a wonder some one doesn ' t try to take Vernon Castle ' s place. Bertie : Elizabeth Carter always liked Mr. Castle ' s looks, and I see now why she went abroad last year to be a Red Cross nurse in Paris. Oh ! here ' s a letter from Lucile Boggs, sending iis an invitation to a ball given by her and her husband for the benefit of the suffragists who acted as sentinels around the White House. Rachel: What are we going to wear? We shall have to go to Coghill-Smith, the modistes on Fifth Avenue, to get our evening dresses. Bertie: I saw that Ethel and Hermine had on exhibition model evening dresses. Many have been sold to persons who expect to attend the banquet given after the Army and Navy game. I saw Pearl Powell and Mildred Brown exhibiting hats in advance styles in their window tlie other day. Rachel : I thought Pearl and Mildred were lecturing ov psychological questions, as they used to furnish the class excellent suggestions. I saw Corporal Butts ' wife — Corinne Rogers — in front of the Coghill-Smith store, admiring the hats. She is Chairman of the Committee for the Army and Navy Ball. She expects to purchase her dress from them. Bertie : Maybe we can get ours there, but I liave only three dollars. What am I going to do ? Rachel : Let ' s finish these essays. Then we can go this afternoon and see the dresses. {Silence. Both girls write.) Bertie: I have an idea. Probably I can get the eighteen dollars I lent Margaret Dix the other day. She borrowed it to buy a riding habit for the International Tournament, which is given in Portland, Maine, this season. She has been riding frequently in the tournaments in different parts of the country, and I saw that she was at the Normal Schools, demonstrating high dives. Rachel: Speaking of money, I suppose Ruth King came to this city to become a gown broker. She is offering bargains to fashionable women. Bertie (pids up paper) : I am glad to see this. (Reads.) The successor of Pavlowa, the great Russian dancer, who has been holding audiences spell-bound, is Miss Elsie McKann, who has most successl ' uUy won recognition in the Swan Dance. Here ' s a bit of news of interest. Misses Anne E. Moncure and Blanche Stoneham are running for the United States Senate, in order to pass a bill to tax all bachelors. Rachel {laughs heartily) : We haven ' t read Mr. Jiggs to-day. What is he doing? Bertie (reads) : Mrs. Jiggs is to be divorced from her husband. Miss Callie Bailey has been engaged as the lawyer to take the case. The first year we came here Nancy Eubank accepted a position in Harlem ' s Studio to supply the place of Suzanne in Happy Hooligan. Rachel: Did my Playground Bulletin come? Rachel (looks through Bulletin. Bertie walks around, thinl-ing) : Yes, here it is. (Rachel reads, then tells Bertie) : Sailing for Japan. Mary Richardson and Edna Morton have been sent by Uncle Sam to Japan to train the ' honorable Japs, ' and coach in athletics. In their spare moments they will try to give a few suggestions to improve table manners. Bertie: I saw in The Times-Dispatch that the two noted instructors, Susie Willson and Josephine Spindle have bought the Virginia Publishing Company, and engaged Mary Connellee to read every book they publish before it is sent out. Mary read every book in the library at Fredericksburg, and often s])ent the week- end in Washington in order to get books from the Congressional Library. ( ' Phone rings. Rachel answers.) Rachel : Heigho ! Jerry Brown ! Where are you ? Wi t are you doing ? Telephone operator in Newark, N. J. ? Yes, Bert is here. I thought you would be married by this time. Given his frat pin back — why? I thought you didn ' t like to talk over the ' phone, except to Richmond, every night at the Normal. (Bertie interrupts. Tell her I say Heigho! ) Rachel : Bert says Heigho ! Come up to see us, Jerry. All right, call any time. You ' ll see your old schoolmates, if you come up here. 40 Bertie: Eachel, let ' s go to the Finegau-Kidd .sliop to-morrow, ile Mary is manicuring my nails yon can have your hair dressed. We can Ivill three birds with one stone, for you know Belle Broache has stojDped teaching Psychology at Albion, and has the electric shoe-shine department at the Finegan-Kidd Parlors. Eachel: How much does it cost to have your hair dressed? Elizabeth told me the other day she usually charged one dollar, but if we came she would fix ours for a half-dollar. If we go I want to stop by Best and Company ' s to see Anne James, for to-morrow is the day she is posing as a model for dolls ' dresses. Beetie : I hope we may meet Martha Herndon, as she was to go to Maria Brewington ' s husband to find out what to do with so many beaus. She has them in cold storage in New York now, but is going to release them as soon as she has fully decided which is to be her future husband. Eachel: That ' s not the greatest thing in there. You didn ' t see that Mr. Gunyon Harrison has joined the arm} ' , and Nannie Goodman is his private secretary? (Beetie lool ' s at tvatch.) Beetie: We ' ll just have to finish it to-night. (Both girls go off stage. Beetie comes bad ' to straighten up table.) Beetie (slowly) : Last year was Leap Year. No wonder so may girls got married. And Eachel — she ' ll leave me in July. I wish I were so lucky. (Exit Beetie.) ikdSi , 41 The Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1917 In the Name of the Beloved Commonwealth of Virginia. — Amen. We, the Class of 1917, of the State Normal School, of the City of Fredericksburg and State of Virginia, being of sound and dispo sing mind and memory (rumors to the contrary notwithstanding), and being apprised from a high source that the hour has arrived when we shall be translated from our present state of meek and humble pupils to the exalted stature of full-fledged instructors of the young of our Common- wealth, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our Last Will and Testament, herewith revoking all declarations and inadvertent remarks made by us heretofore : First. — We direct that all our just debts for confectionery, millinery, and sundry other funeral expenses of graduation shall be paid out of our estate, as soon after our departure as may be prudent and convenient. Second. — From the residue we bequeath to our Alma Mater one thousand tearful regrets over departure, ten thousand good wishes for the future, one sundry record of class achievements and failures (full value of same to be later ascertained and appraised), one certain life-long memory of invaluable and unforgettable school associations, an unrecorded reminiscence of sundry joyful but unprintable pranks and larks, and a job-lot of miscellaneous sentiment. ' ITEM I. To our school at large we do will and bequeath : 1. The record of the largest graduating class of the institution. 2. Something which no other Senior Class has yet been able to attain — a cement walk from town all the way up the hill, to lighten the pathway of knowledge, and, incidentally, to facilitate those expeditions to Feuerherd ' s and the movies, which e -er help to sweeten and illumine the problems of life and learning. 3. A sun dial — for we remember the failure at times of the big clock in the front hall to lead us back and forth to classes on time, so, in devising this method, we wish to show some slight expression of what our school has meant to us. ITEM II. To President Eussell we give and bequeath: 1. That respect and veneration due alike to the St. Peter who admits us at the college gate and to the Mephistopheles who devises hot times for our shortcomings. 2. Also, the thanks and gratitude due to the Solomon who has supported us with good advice, the Job who has wrestled with our woes, and the St. Nicholas who has granted us our sheepskins. 3. Likewise, one certain red brick, recently rescued from the ruins of the old editorial office of Edgar Allan Poe at Eichmond, which said brick is commended to the custody of our President to guard the sacred portals of Bur Alma Mater from the midnight visitations of The Eaven, or the croakings of any other bird of ill-omen, which at any time may threaten the peace, prosperity and progress of the State Normal School of Fredericksburg. ITEM III. To Mr. Hamlet we do will and Ijequeatli : 1. Our unbounded gratitude and thanks for t!ic exception he made in posing especially for our Annual of ' 17. 2. The endurance and patience required in making out a schedule to please every one. 42 ITEM IV. To Miss Fraser we do will and bequeath a heavenly chorus class that always attends, never smiles, and meets all the requirements of the Angel Gabriel for lovely, melodious, round, clear (high-pitched), and flute- like tones. ITEM V. To Dean Chandler, supervisor of conduct and studies, and chief repository of words of over four syllables, we hereby will and bequeath : A special dispensation of time, patience, and human vocabulary by which his pedagogical ratiocinations may become as fascinatingly popular as a cinematographical entertainment. ITEM VI. To Miss Gammon, inculcator of the art of reciting poetry, we do will and bequeath : 1. A class of students that may catch the underlying thought. 2. A Little Gem, containing ten thousand poems by the world ' s best authors, fifty of which must be committed to memory each day. ITEM VII. To Miss Atkinson, who has instilled into us a love of nature, we do will and bequeath: 1. The exquisite privilege of teaching nature study, incidentally, with every subject of the curriculum. 2. An unmolested strawberry patch. 3. Several miles of hose to water the gardens when the rain refuses to lend aid. ITEM VIII. To Miss Yates we do will and bequeath : 1. All the attractive covers which have been torn from the magazines. 2. A Library Methods class that can repeat in order every book in the library, its classification, par- ticular number, author, and any other necessary information. ITEM IX. To Miss Smith we do will and bequeath a little time, which she may devote to her cherished Columbia University. ITEM X. To Miss Forbes we do will and commend : 1. An extra day of each week in which she may remind the girls of their sliort-comings and long-goings. 2. An especial gift from our class — ten dozen pads, engraved as follows: Xame , Date of Departure Train ' Baggage Carriage To be filled out by each girl two weeks before departing for the holidays. ITEM XL To Dr. Mason Smith, who never fails to produce the required diagnosis to order, we do will and bequeath that merciful treatment which said doctor has ever accorded us when his report of illness was all that pre- vented a flunk. 43 ITEM XII. To Miss Hinman, gifted art illust rator of our institution, we do will and pray : 1. A class endowed with a sense of art appreciation. 2. Seniors who will follow the Course of Study in teaching- handwork. ITEM XIII. To Miss Campbell, instructor in the Science of Cookery, we will and bequeath : 1. A legacy of scientific effort by which to solve the menacing life problem— the high cost of living. 2. A Senior Class that will have enough time to make a serge dress, silk waist, silk dress, white skirt, morning dress, afternoon dress, evening dress, commencement dress, tailored waist, and two hats, in the space of eighteen weeks, besides keeping up all notes and assignments. ITEM XIV. To Miss Houchen, instructor in the manly art of self-defense, we will and bequeath : 1. Certain indispensable ' commands— Eight face ! and Back to the dormitory for your coat and a pair of shoes, in place of those ballet slippers ! 2. A gym floor without humps. ITEM XV. To Mrs. Carter, our housekeeper, we will and bequeath: A dumb waiter to bring down the missing plates, cups and saucers, knives, forks and spoons, bowls and pitchers, that from time to time have separated themselves from the tables. ITEM XVI. To Miss Cliesle -, shorthand expert, and Miss Clark, bookkeeper, we will and commend some shorthand (or sleight-of-hand) method of keeping our accounts, whereby the class expenses may be materially curtailed. ITEM XVII. To Mr. Tyner, Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Sociology, we will and devise: 1. The fields of Astrology, Theosophy, Palmistry, and Eugenics, by means of which he shall be able to solve, not only for the Class of ' 17, but for those classes to follow, all the problems of life. ITEM XVIII. To Miss Saunders we do will and bequeath : 1. Student teachers who, through mo tivating their work, especially Eeading, may relieve the situation, and thereby check up to find that at the end of each day ' s teaching the standard has been reached. 2. Still more student teachers who will, under no conditions, keep pupils in at recess. 3. Marching lines after the order of West Point and V. M. I. ITEM XIX. To Miss Goolrick we do will and bequeath : 1. A map of Europe in its present state. 2. A modern ink well with a net-work of tubes to be attached to each student ' s pen and a cabinet filled with test-pads, so that everything will be in readiness when a pop test is announced. ITEM XX. To Mrs. Chew we do will and bequeath : A crate of pencils and pads to aid her in keeping up her lively correspondence with girls who sweep untidy little piles of trash under the furniture, or who run private boot-black parlors behind their trunks. 44 ITEM XXI. To Mr. Cook, Professor of Mathematics and Science, we do will and bequeath: 1. Pupils who will place their notebooks on his desk at the required time. 2. A tennis racket that hits the balls. ITEM XXII. To Miss Lewis we will and bequeath : 1. A year ' s subscription to Life and JucUje, so that her jokes of Tlie Record (her home paper) may be improved upon. 2. A sufficient quantity of wisteria to supply work for her classes. ITEM XXIII. To Miss Peoples we leave: 1. An extra period in which to schedule Junior observation. 2. X class capable of absorbing enough common sense to keep them out of trouble, and, incidentally, to apply it in responding to her common-sense questions. ITEM XXIV. To Miss Willis we do will and bequeath a class of Paderewskis who can be put to use as accompanists for the chapel exercises. ITEM XXV. To Miss Black, versed in all languages, we who have failed in linguistic lore will and bequeath the consoling thought that, while speech is silver, silence is golden. ITEM XXVI. To our Student Government Association we will and bequeath a debt of gratitude and thanks for that breadth of judgment which has so often withheld punishment from the members of our class, in the light of the principle that genius is entitled to poetic license; and we likewise commend the enforcement of strict rules in regard to the conduct of future classes by way of making amends for all lapses of discipline in the past. ITEM XXVII. To our true and faithful Sophomore Class we do will and devise : 1. A few extra subs for their future basket-ball games. 2. The privilege of giving the Seniors an entirely original banquet at the Princess Anne Hotel. ITEM XVIII. To the Junior Class, which succeeds to our highly- respected estate, we do will and devise : 1. That spirit of veneration and respect which Juniors should ever cherish toward the Seniors. 2. All favors and especial privileges that we have not been able to enjoy. As administrator and sole executor of this will, we hereby appoint Captain G. M. Harrison, who, with the aid of Company K, is directed to bear to each beneficiary, hereof the article herewith assigned, accompanied by our personal affection and good wishes. The foregoing instrument was signed by the members of the said Class of 15117, and by them published and declared as and for their Last Will and Testament ; in testimony whereof we have set our hands and seals as attesting witnesses, this second day of June, A. D. 1917. (Signed) Lucile Hooe Boggs, Attorney and Prevaricator-in-Chief. 45 ljajiiS£3 ii-eiiOSJS F- : :: U-.I f SMJarrrj OJ [ Std E S 46 Bl@MBfg( 47 The Class of 1918 Flower : Pink Rose Motto : Couqueriug still to couquer Colors : Pink aud White Ellen Todd Armistead Alma Mtrtis Bareford Idalia Tyler Bland Eleanor Carolina Buck Lena Mae Bonner Ila Ltnwood Brooks Mary Bishop Ruth Odell Brinkley Genevieve Contesse Burke Mary Ellen Burke Florence Jett Carey Delma Cosette Callis Lucy Ashby JCarmichael Viola Trible Carter Nellie Judson Carter loNE Bertrande Collins Margaret Elizabeth Collins Mariah Louise Cosby Katherine Elizabeth Cork Frances Ethel Diggs Jean Hart Digges Hester Mae Dempsey Myrtle Loving Diggs Natalye Elmyra Dudley Elsie Yale Duncan Ida Frances Felton Ethel Flanary Lula May French Mabel Elizabeth Foster Myrtle Lea Gib-bs Sophia Louise Goodman Virginia Towles Gordon ■ Margaret Amelia Gouldman Estelle Somerville Harris Mable Louise Harris Marian Louise Harris Jessie Elizabeth Harris Grace Fitzhugh Harrison The Class of 1918 President, Alma Myetis Barefoed Vice-President, Clara Collins Eichaeds Athletic Representative, Gaelaxd Lee Straughax Secretary-Treasurer, Natalye Elmyra Dudley Class Editor, Lelia McCanna Hannah Elizabeth Haegest Angelina Pleasy Haught Margaret Byron Hawkins Florence Mable Henderson Nellie Hodgson Mable Edwards Holland Lelia Marie James Lottie Neal Kay Annie Meredith Kendall Amelia Elizabeth Lankford Mary Aleph Langston Lalie Lett Maey Bowie Martin TvA Jeannette MacCalley Lelia McCanna Virginia Myrtis MacKenny Daisy Louise Burr Milbourne Fannie May Morgan Elizabeth Lee Motley ' Charlotte Colonna Omohundro Emily Shackleford Percifull Maey Isca Powees Helen Haeeington Eains Edmonia Stuart Randall Nell Kellam Ehea Clara Collins Eichaeds Grace Adrelia Eison Virginia Price Saunders Lucy Litchfield Sears Sex Nannie Smith Elmira Lucinda Snead Ayesha Leigh Steaughan Gaeland Lee Str- ughan Nora Lee Sydnor Elva McAlexander Thomasson Vesta Virgilia Taylor Mary Belle Towill Virginia Varn Lou Ella Wallee Beatrice Adelaide White Mary Bowie White Eebecca Louise Williams 49 Flower: White Eose The Class of 1919 lIoTTO : We are seen by our actions Colors: Green and White President, Bessie Leroy Franklin Vice-President, Seltine Constance Eice Athletic Representative, Lucy Vaughan Poindextee Class Editor, Thelma Harris Frazer BuBY Lee Beazley Adelaide Pekry Billingsley EuBY Maxine Brooking Mary Virginia Blankenbaker Ida Irene Blankenbaker Martha Louise Campbell Lucy Gouldin Conway Mary Bertha Cleaton Georgia Austin Cockeeille Carolyne Waller Chewing Anne Lee Cunningham Eva May Courtney Lucy Blanch Courtney ' Eva Lillian Cunningham Helen Louise Davenport Gaynelle Dillehay ' Mattie Laine Edwards Mattie Anderson Frazer Thelma Harris Frazer IvARENE Jordan Frazer Bessie Leroy Franklin MupREY Vandivek France Belle Wooding Ferguson EuTH Ellen Garland Lelia Mae Green Mattie Floy ' d Green Verona Jackson Hilda Jett Fannie Ona Jenkins Mary Salome Kent Grace Crozer Mason Frances Lester Pierce Celia Ly ' On Pierson LucY ' Vaughan Poindexter Seltine Constance Eice Gertrude Elizabeth Ransone Essie Lee Egberts Pearl Sims Emeline Christine Trible Foster Elizabeth Taliaferro Margaret Turner Nettie Price Smith Lucy Virginia Wilkins Elvia Annette Willis Helen Douglas Wynne Jessie Ophelia Young Mary Gladys Omohdndro Flower: Daisy The Class of 1920 Motto : Labor conquers all Colors: Yellow and White President, Mary Edmonds Goulding Vice-President, Mabel Lewis Glenn Athletic Representative, Martha Rosalie Poixdextek Secretary and Treasurer, Maria Louise Harwood Class Editor, Eebecca Tyson Janney Gladys Carroll Abernathy EuTH Alband Mildred Louise Beane Kay Constance Beazley Mary Virginia Bundick Helen Lewis Chewning Dorothy St. John Durrette Frances Cornick Eckenrode EosA Hamna Gilliam Mabel Lewis Glenn Mary Edmonds Goulding Marian Eoberta Greene Ella Stuart Gresham Maria Louise Harwood Virginia Elizabeth Haynie Ruth Elmo Hicks Eebecca Tyson Janney Dorothy Knowles Jones Louise Carlton Luck Nena Inez Mason Eoberta Ambler Moncure Margaret Daniel Pedex ' ' Elizabeth Eamsey Pitt Martha Eosalie Poixdexter Bethany Wade Eexforth Grace Baker Siegel Alice Laura Simpsox Ella Leigh Simpsox Anxa Elizabeth SiiiTH Mary Evaline Wenger Margaret Augusta Williams Bettie Purkins Woodward 51 The Class of 1921 Motto: Not on top, but climbing ' ' Flower: Black-eyed Susan Colors : Black and Gold President, Sara Winfield Cosby Vice-President, Mollie Taylor Pressey Athletic Representatire, Ellex Byrd Dew Secretary and Treasurer, Jennie Grey Woolard Class Editor, Margaret Eandolph Taylor Maude Frances Aylor Sarah Catherine Bivins Amelia Lofland Boggs Earlyne Meredith Bdrruss Janie McKinley Burton Genevieve Katherine Childester Winnie Davis Carter Martha Terrell Cosby Sara Winfield Cosby Myrtle Esther Daffan Ellen Byrd D w Pearl Lillian Dickinson Virginia Hardenia Dillard Dora Virginia English Katherine Elizabeth Ford Nellie Brook Hearne Margaret Miller Holloday Mary Olive Hollins Baird Byron Hudson Sarah Beal Johnson Mary Alice Lee Anna Elizabeth Gladys Parker Mollie Taylor Pressey Edna Stansburg Eollins Eloise Virginia Rison Louise Curtis Smith Mary Urquhart Thomas Margaret Randolph Taylor Cora Richerson Vaughan Jennie- Grey Woolard 52 The Class of 1922 Flower : Yellow Chrysanthemum Motto : Excelsior ' Colors : Gold and White President, Angie Amanda Metzger Vice-President, Agnes Douthat Jones Athletics, Bessie Margaret Wheelhouse Secretary and Treasurer, Delia Manning Brown Class Editor, Helen Eouse Green Delia Manning Brown Helen House Green Mary Catherine Herndon « Anna Lillian Herndon Agnes Douthat Jones Angie Amanda Metzger Lillian Esther Motley Virginia Thomas Story Bessie Margaret Wheelhouse 1 53 Sunset When the heat of the day is over. And the toil of the day is done. When each arduous task is finished. And our time of rest begun. Then we lay aside life ' s burdens, Puttinu; from us every care. And we quiet our hearts within us. As wo breathe an evening prayer. Tt is then the ■Master Artist, AVith Ills own liand paints the skies. And the world is filled with a glory As the daylight slowly dies. T?apt, we gaze upon the picture With its wealth of rainbow hues. Long we gaze with eyes unwavering. Lest some bit of it we lose. Xow appear white floating cloudlets ]n the azure-tinted dome, Like the ocean ' s tossing billows With their snow-white crests of foam. Then we see long streaks of color Reaching far across the sky, Like tlie strokes upon a palette Waiting for the critic ' s eye. Full of splendor are the heavens, Wondrous blue, with dash of gold. Shading off to purple shadows As the distant clouds unfold. Shades of coral, green and yellow, Shades of rose and silver gray. Tint the world with gorgeous colors. Gleaming in the sun ' s last ray. Till the opal clouds are rifted To receive the setting sun. And we see beyond the shadows. For our earthly day is done. Then we catch a glimpse of heaven In the sunset ' s after glow, And the darkness steals upon us. While the night winds softly blow. Maegaeet Irvine White. 54 mwm Mifttg7 i€6 55 EQHufflgjdHeeaoiB aMHCEESZI ' - i fiTinaT i5yct3 h!@gFFicignf( rcort !aBW nhSTaLLgcH n Scarcely a break was felt when the work slipped fi ' oiii the shoulders of the Old Cabinet on to the shoulders of the New. A visit from Miss Mable E. Stone, Student Secretary for the South Atlantic Field, gave them much help and encouragement, however. During May a Delegation of five girls besides the President attended the Southern Student Conference held at Blue Ridge, N. C, in June. The value of this conference can not be too strongly emphasized. During the summer letters were written to prospective students, welcoming them to the school. The Cabinet and receiving committees came early to welcome the new girls. Weekly meetings are held on Sunday evenings, conducted by the students, members of the faculty, and, at times, outside speakers. Morning Watch, a song, and prayer service is held each morning for fifteen minutes before breakfast in the Y. W. C. A. room. Both services have been advertised by attractive posters, which have done their duty in drawing an excellent crowd. The Bible Study Committee organized five Bible classes in the fall, including the Normal Training Course. With the beginning of the spring term four Mission Study classes were organized with a good enrollment. The year has been successful in many ways, the spiritual atmosphere of the school has been deepened, and the lives of the girls have been broadened by contact with the work. The enrollment continues to increase, numbering one hundred and eighty-seven students at present. lucile hooe boggs Rdth Odell Beinklet Roberta Williams Cralle Elsie Yale Duncan Mattie Laine Edwards Belle Wooding Ferguson Ida Frances Felton Leam B. Snow Flippin Mary Tyrold Kidd Lelia McCanna Matble Ada Nash Charlotte Colonna Omohundro Amy Esther Vandegrift Gertrude Williamson White Margaret Irvine White 56 , !H|BB 1 1 Y. W. C. A. Officers President, Margaret Irvine White Vice-President, Garland Lee Straughan Treasurer, Viola Virginia Matthews Secretary, Eugenia Constance Millner Advisory Member, Eula D. Atkinson CHAIBMEN OF COMMITTEES Garland Lee Straughan, Membership Ethel Johnson Smith, Eeligious Meetings Mildred Imogen Ellis, Bible Study Fannie May Morgan, Mission Study Viola Virginia Matthews, Finance Nancy Buckner Eubank, Association Xews Mary Eebecca Harwood, Social Brancis Virginia Phippins, Social Service CHAIRMEN or SUB-COMMITTEES Leam B. Snow Flippin, Music Mary Minor Richardson, Room Daisy Emma Bargamin, Poster Elsie Yale Duncan, Choir Leader 57 Motto: A sound mind in a sound body HEMBERS Student Body officers President, Eobekta AVilliajis Ckalle Vice-President, Oakland Lee Straughan Secretary and Treasurer, Fannie May Morgan FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE EuLA D. Atkinson Charlotte Peoples J. Louise Lewis AViLLiAM N . Hajilet KoY S. Cook C. Mason Smith The Athletic Association is becoming a more important factor in our school life each j ' ear, because Ath- letic sports are steadily gaining a wider recognition. We now realize their mental and moral values as well as the physical. Mentally, they train us to be alert, to decide quickly and accurately, to concentrate, and to use imagination ; morally, they develop a sense of justice, self-control, honor, fairness, truthfulness, consider- ation of others, and the proper spirit in which to receive both victory and defeat. The new athletic field has been completed, and we now have five tennis courts and two basket-ball courts, one indoors, and one out of doors. The interclass basket-ball and tennis games. Field Day exercises, and the Gymnastic Tournament are the chief athletic events of the year. The Fox and Hounds Chase, May Day Festival, and Esthetic Dances also prove very interesting. The Athletic Association awards a trophy cup each year to the class scoring the greatest number of points in all interclass contests. A is for athletics, clean and pure, A rounded person it makes you sure. 58 FORWARDS Lou Ella Waller Jean Hart Digges Garland Lee Straughan Mary Kebecca Hakavood School Basket-Bail Team CENTERS Mary Minor Richardson Lalie Lett Roberta Williams Cralle (Captain) Mable Louise Harris School Basket-Bail Song To tune Co-ed Here ' s to the team from Normal And to their brilliant plays ; Here ' s to the team from JSTormal, Pride of our student days. Eah ! Eah ! Rah ! We ' ll boast our dashing forwards, We ' ll toast our fine guards, too ; Long live our dauntless centers, Here ' s to the green and blue. GUARDS Sex Nannie Smith Mayble Ada Nash Ione Bertrande Collins Celia Lyon Pearson 59 lea The Class Athletic Representatives P for Poindexter, Better Imowii as ' ' P. D., A true athlete As you plainly can see. R is for Rolie, I ' m sure you will agree She ' s a dear little girlie, Our little P. D. Q is for Garland, Athletic Miss Straughan, When she pitches goal Her opponents are gone. D is for Dew — Ellen ' s always a Bird — Of her long-distance pitching I ' m sure you have heard. ' W is for Wheelhouse, Who knows how to smile, When she plays slap center The ball goes a mile. C is for Cralle, Our president fine, Who always in races First crosses the line. C is for coach, always willing and true Who guides and helps in all we do. H stands for Houchen, your health, she will vouch. Depends on ignoring the debutante slouch. R is for run, I ' ll give it to Bert, You ' d never think she belonged in a skirt. The Senior Basket-Bail Team forwards Anne MacGeegoe James Judith Augusta AVkight Maetha Peances Herndon CENTERS IMary Eebecca Haewood EoBEETA William Cralle Maey JIixor PiiCHAEDSox (Captain) GUARDS Matble Ada Nash Edxa Earl Carter Leam B. Sxow Flippix SUBSTITUTES N ' axcy Bucknee Eubank Elizabeth Bernard Finegan S is for Seniors, Solemn and Sedate, The Xonnal work they cherish, But the Training School they — love ! Eachel Scharboeough Messick Geace Kinniee Tannee G is for games, new and crisp ones presented, And applied by the Seniors ; likewise resented. The Junior Basket-Bali Team Gamland Lee Straughan (Captain) J is for Juniors, The largest class of all ; M stands for memories of tlie scores and the fmi, They are good in everything. And the loud-swelling cheers when the games were won. But sharks at basket-ball. EM j w.. mmm •.i ' lm mri risaM iP! • sp ' The Sophomore Basket-Bali Team FORWARDS EcTH Ellen Garland MuPREY Vandivek France Thelma Harris Frazer CENTERS Belle Wooding Ferguson Seltine Constance Eice STTBSTITtJTES Nettie Price Smith GUARDS Celia Tyson Pearson Lucy Vaughan Poindexter Grace Crozer Mason S is for Sophomore, A jolly bunch are they, Always working when at work. But playing when at play. P stands for play, our greatest delight, When our lessons are learned and put out of sight. Y is for yells, Listen, hear? said Tim, Those Hill-top girls fighting in the gym. 63 The Freshman Basket-Bali Team FORWARDS lloiJOTMY KXOWLES JoNES Fkancis Eckenrode GUARDS ; rAliTIlA liOSALlE PolNDEXTEU DoifOTHY St. John Duiskette ilABEL Lewis Glexx (Captain) ilAiUA Louise Hakwood SUBSTITUTES Rebecca Tyson Janney Virginia Elizabeth Haynie BeTTIE PURKIXS AVOODWAKD Makgaket Peden F is for Freshmen, But they are far from green. For study they are noted, ' ' ithout books they ' re never seen ( ?). K. is for knocks, coming hard and fast. But in athletics we work ' til the last. E for errors, by the wisest committed ; To fully enjoy them, we all are i3ermitted. Cora RiciiARDSox Vaughan TtlC PrCO Baskct-Ball Team Xelue brook Hear.nk Sarah Beal Johnson Winnie Davis Carter P is for Prep Class, FORWARDS Or Second Year they say. SUBSTITUTES Margaret Randolph Taylor (Captain) Tliey ' re not on the top, but climbing, Baibd Byron Hrnsox Elizabeth Morrison Pearl Lillian Dickinson And the o( al they ' ll reacli some day. Virotnia Dillard Amelia Boggs Sub Prep Basket-Bali Team FORWARDS CENTERS GUARDS g is for Sub Prep— Mary Catherine Herndon Bessie Wheeliiouse (Captain) Axgie Metzger The babies of the school, Teamydora Elizabeth Phillips Delia Brown ],illiax Esther Motley Only eight in number. But hustlers, as a rule. 65 ffiS HBtffi6Slg di OTTR NATIONAL GTIAKD Captain G. M. HABRisoisr 66 mm MRfK66i€M! The Rifle Club President, Mary Eebecca Harwood Effie Graham Berry Maria Elizabeth Brewington Delma Cosette Callis Georgia Austin Cockerille loNE Bertrande Collins Marie Louise Cosby Roberta Williams Cralle Helen Louise Davenport Margaret Virginia Dix Xatalye Elmyra Dudley Secrefarij nnd Treasurer, Dannie Davis Goodman Bessie Leroy Franklin Mabel Lewis Glenn Xannie Davis Goodman Elizabeth Claibourne Haile Mary Eebecca Harwood Mary Salome Kent Ruth Gertrude King Elsie Warner McKann Rachael Scharborough Messick Daisy Louise Burr Milbourne Ruth Oliver Seltine Constance Rice Clara Collins Richards Ina Ethelwyn Scott Sex Nannie Smith Ethel Johnson Smith Josephine Catherine Spindle Grace Kinnier Tanner Beatrice Adelaide White Lucy A ' irginia Wilkins Susie Emily Willson Who can say but in a few weeks there may go forth the cry, Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? We are going to be ready, so tliat our idle days may be few. Considering all this, one would expect our club to be very large, but, since quality counts more than quantity, we are satisfied. The quality of our club is marvelous. Several of our members should have expert marksman medals, while all deserve to be called sharpshooters. The club feels heavily the loss of its commander, Captain Gunyon M. Harrison-; but, while he is training riflemen, we are doing our best to become efficient riflewomen. P  c 4J np I ' W 67 mM The Invincibles — The First Tennis Club President, Calphuexia Anxa Bailey Vire-President, Nora Lee Stdnoe Calphurnia Axxa Bailey Roberta AVilliams Cealle ] [ary Eebecca Harwood AxxE MacGregor James Secretary and Treasurer, Axne MacGeegor James Fanxie May iloEGAX Lucy Vadghan Poixdextee Helen Hareingtox Eaixs Lois Maeie Shumax Sex Naxxie Smith Gaeland Lee Straughan Xora Lee Sydxor Grace Kixxier Tanner Judith Augusta Wright Our school boasts three clubs for tennis players this year. The first consists of the best players, ' The Invincibles. The second, those girls who have not had so much experience. The last are the girls who wish to learn. To become a member of either of the higher clubs the lower ones must challenge and defeat their superiors. That is, if a girl belonging to the Second Club wishes to become an Invincible, she and her partner shall challenge and defeat a member of this First Club. The Second Tennis Club President, Mayble Ada Xash yice-Presideni, Effie Graham Berry Secretary and Treasurer, Rettie Purkixs Woodward Abbie Ballard Effie Graham Berry Lucy Goulding Conway Myrtle Loving Diggs Margaret Virginia Dix Leam B. Snow Flippin Mattie Anderson Frazer Mabel Lewis Glenn Maria Louise Harwood Euth Gertrude King Elsie Warner McKann Eachel Scharborough Iessick Mayble Ada Xash Euth Oliver Lucy Payne E: riLY Shackleford Percifui.l ] rARY flNOR EiCHARDSON Josephine Catherine Spindle Mildred Garland Stoneha:m Iargaret Eandolph Taylor Gertrude Willia ison White Margaret Irvine White Bettie Purkins Woodward 69 The Third Tennis Club President, Mildred Louise Brown Vice-President, Natalye Elmyea Dudley Secretary and Treasurer, Ethel Johnson Smith EuBY Lee Beazley Mary Virginia Blankenbaker Eleanor Caroline Blick Amelia Lofland Boggs Maria Elizabeth Brewington EuTH Odell Brinkley Mabel Pauline Browne Mildred Louise Brown Mary Ellen Burke Delma Cosette Callis Florence Jett Carey Viola Teible Carter HuLDAH Ada Clark Hekmine Virginia Coghill Margaret Elizabeth Collins Eva Lillian Cunningham Helen Louise Davenport Natalye Elmyra Dudley ' Elizabeth Bernard Finnegan IvARENE Jordan Frazer Ruth Ellen Garland Xannie Davis Goodman Martha Floyd Green Lelia Mae Green Estelle Somerville Harris Mabel Louise Harris Florence Mabel Henderson Nellie Hodgson Mabel Edwards Holland Verona Jackson Lelia Marie James Mary Salome Kent Mary ' Aleph Langston Mary Bowie Martin Daisy Louise Burr Milbourne Celia Lyon Pearson Teamydora Elizabeth Phillips Frances Lester Pierce Ada Pearl Powell Essie Lee Roberts Ina Ethelwyn Scott Lucy Litchfield Sears Grace Baker Siegel Ethel Johnson Smith Louise Curtis Smith Mary Urquhart Thomas Elva McAlexander Thomasson Emeline Christian Trible Amy Esther Vandergrift Beatrice Adelaide White Mary Bowie White Susie Emily Willson Rebecca Louise Williams Jessie Ophelia Young 70 The Russell Literary Society Flower : Forget-me-not Motto : Cogito Ergo Sui Colors: Babv Blue and Gold HONORARY MEMBERS A. B. Chaxdler, Jb. Edwaed Hutson Eussell Charlotte Peoples advisory committee Margar?:t E. Eraser Olive May Hixmax ilARY S. Gajoeon ACTS OF 1916-17 I. With blue and gold and softest light The room was decked for reception night. II. Bootli Tarkington we all do know. For we did laugh at Penrod so. III. Jean Webster our attention did hold. For Daddy Long-Legs ' story was told. IV. One night to John Burroughs we did give. Who at Slab Sides with nature does live. V. A visit to Margaret Deland we paid, The memory of which will never fade. VI. Xext came Thomas Nelson Page At our open meeting and stayed an age ! VII. Mary Wilkins Freeman ' s name, After a night with us, won fame. VIII. No more authors could we stand, Miscellaneous programs then we plann ' d. IX. Roberts ' s Eules of Order we were forced to take. For our officers such blunders did make. X. Next to 0. Henry we did look, And selections from his stories took. XL James Whitcomb Riley each one did delight ; With his child poems so simple and bright. XII. Current Events held prominent place. As with world progress we kept pace. XIII. Victrola and solo music we ' ve had On each program — it seem ' d a fad. XIV. To other writers have we referred. And selections from their books have read. FIRST TERM OFFICERS President, Maky IiKBKcca Harwood y ire-President, Gaeland Lee Stisadghan Treasurer, Mildred Imogen Ellis Seeretary, Euth Ivanhoe Ford Critic, Mary S. Gammon first term executive committee Alma Mtetis Bareford Fannie May Morgan IJachel Scharboeough Messick Ellen Todd Armistead Daisy Emma Bargamin Idalia Tyler Bland Eleanor Caroline Blick ilARIA ELIZAEJiTII BrEWINGTON Bessie Belle Broache Mable Pauline Brown Florence Jett Carey HuLDAH Ada Clark Eoberta Williams Cralle Katherine Elizabeth Corr Mary Ball Connellee Eva May Courtney Lucy Blanche Courtney Helen Louise Davenport Lyda Monroe Ellis illLDRKD lilOGEN ElLIS Xancy Bcckner Eubank Ethel Flanary Bessie Leroy Franklin Xannie Goodman Mattie Floyd Green Marian Roberta Greene Lelia Mae Green- Elizabeth Carter Haile Maria Louise Harwood Mary Eebecca Harwood Anne MacGregoe James Euth Gertrude King Lalie Lett Carrie Baylor IMahon iL RY Bowie ] [artin Elsie Warner [c ' I ann Eachel Scharborough j [essick Brancis Virginia Phippins Lucy Litchfield Sears Grace Baker Siegal Mildred Garland Stoneha: Vesta Virgilia Taylor Lucile Bosalie Woody Bettie Purkins Woodward Judith Augusta Wright Helen Douglas AVynne 72 SECOND TERM OFFICERS President, Axxe ilAcGuEGor. James Vice-President, Lelia McCaxxa Secretary, Naxcy Buckxee Eubank Vesta Virgilia Taylor Alma Mtetis Baeeford Effie Graham Berky Ila Lyxwood Brooks Mary Virginia Buxdick Delma Cosette Callis Martha Lodise. Campbell Elsie Duncan Lula Mae French buth ivanhoe ford Myrtle Lee Gibbs Florence Mable Henderson Mary Salome Kent Mary Tyrold Kidd SECOND TERM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE XoRA Lee Sydnor Grace Crozer Mason Daisy Louise Burr Milbourne Lelia McCanna Fannie May Morgan Tabetha Gladys Parker Celia Ly ' ox Pearsox Teamydora Elizabeth Phillips Ada Pearl Powell Helex Harrixgtox Eaixs Gertrude Elizabeth Eansone Bethany Wade Eenfoeth Seltine Cox ' stance Eice Essie Lee Egberts Treasurer, Elsie AVarxer McIxaxx Critic, Ada Pearl Powell Fax xie May Morgax Pearl Simms Xettie Price Smith Josephine Spindle Lucy Blanche Stoneham Ay ' esha Leigh Straugh ax Garland Lee Straughan Xora Lee Sydnor Elya McAlexander Thomasson Emeline Christian Trible Louise Eebecca Williams Elvia Anx ' ette Willis Beatrice Adelaide White Jessie Ophelia Youxg Election Day at the Normal ' Twas the thirty-third election — The Parties had candidates two, And Wilson was up against it, Yes, it seemed that Hughes might pull through. But not once did we lose courage, For we knew that our man was game. So we kept on cheering for Wilson, And barely mentioned Hughes ' name. That night in early November We were all excited, you bet. We very clearly remember How we tried all the news to get, But Central said, No decision ! And then what was worse by far, Hughes now ahead of Wilson, And it seems he nmy get there ! ' Still no decision at midnight — Quite as unfavorable at morn ; Ten o ' clock — the tide is turning — Wilson ahead ! Hughes forlorn ! Not the Democratic Party, There ' s a stronger force now at play : It ' s the man, and what he stands for, ' Tis he who must win the day. At length the second day closes, Returns have been coming in slow; Though no decision is rendered Our hero ' s fate we now know. At eve we hear the decision. Our delight you can easily guess : But what shall we do at this moment Our Joyousness to express? We parade the halls with banners, Make music in curious ways. And with this strange accompaniment We sing appropriate lays. Then we march around the building Where we meet the G. 0. P., Which we speedily demolish. For true Wilsonites are we. Nannie Goodman. The Woodrow Wilson Literary Society Flower: Pansy Motto : Carpe Diem Colors : Lavender and Purple Witli a membership larger than that of any previous years of its existence, the Woodrow AVilson Literary Society has been striving to accomplish the very best for the good of its members. We have given special attention to the study of great dramatists and their works in various ways — studying the lives of playwrights, and their masterpieces, reading choice selections from great plays, studying the old Greek dramas and theaters. and dramatization of stories. In addition to this interesting work, we have had a round table discussion, a program explaining how the President of the United States is elected, and one in commemoration of ' Wash- ington ' s Birthday. We have not neglected, at our meetings, to keep in touch with the current events of the day, which have been of so much interest to every lover of his country. Our society meets twice a month, thus giving ample time lietween each meeting to plan and prepare a program, which will be of interest and benefit to the members. We members of this society feel that we have been fully repaid for our efforts, not only through knowl- edge gained of the subjects themselves, but each of us has been afforded an opportunity of experience in public speaking, practice in parliamentary procedure, learning what the real spirit of cooperation means, and an intimate association with fellow-members. honorary members Marion C. Forbes Edward Hutson 1!ussell advisory committee Ethel Black William N. Hamlet Virginia Mat Goolrick officers of the tattler Editor-in-Chief, Jessie Elizabeth Harris Assistant Editor, Lucile Hooe Boggs Society Editor, Gertrude Patterson Saunders Wit Editor, Calphurnia Anna Bailey Business Manager, Eugenia Constance Millner The Tattler, which is the literary mouthpiece of our society, is published monthly, and humor of daily events interesting to all. It is a paper of fun FIRST TERM OFFICERS Prenideiil, Eugenia Constance JIillnei! Vivc-F resident, Gektkude AVilliamson White Treasurer, AuiiiE Ballakd Secreturij, Lois Maeie Shuman Censor, Maky Minoe KiCHAiiDHOX first term executive committee Eugenia Constance Millnek Leam B. Snow Flippin Gertrude Williamson White Jessie Elizabeth Harris Calphurnia Anna Bailey Abbie Ballard EuBY Lee Beazley Adelaide Perry ' Billingsley Amelia Loftland Boggs Lucile Hooe Boggs Sadie Maude Bowles jMildred Louise Brown Genevieve Contesse Burke Maky Ellen Burke Edna Earle Carter A ioLA Tbible Carter Winnie Davis Carter Mary Bertha Clayton Hermine Virginia Coghill loNE Bertrande Collins Lucy Goulding Conway Mariah Louise Cosby Martha Terrell Cosby Sara Wingfield Cosby Eva Lillian Cunningham Hester Maie Dempsey Jean Hart Digges Myrtle Churchill D iggs Gaynelle Dillehay Margaret Virginia Dix Natalye Elmyra Dudley Dorothy St. John Durrette Ida Frances Felton Elizabeth Bernard Finnegan Leam B. Snow Flippin Carrie Carlton Fox Mabel Lewis Glenn Virginia Towles Gordon Mary Edmonds Goulding Hannah Elizabeth Hargest Jessie Elizabeth Harris Mabel Louise Harris Martha Frances Herndon HfiaH SECOND TERM OFFICERS President, Mildred Louise Beowx Secrelary, Claea Collins Eichaeds Vice-President, Maetha Feances Heendon Treasurer, Caekie Caeltox Fox Censor, EvysA. Eaele Caetee SECOND TEEM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MiLDEED Louise Bbowx Leam B. Sxow Flippix Maetha Fraxces Herxdox Feances Lestee Pieece Nellie Beook Heaen Mabel Edwaeds Hollaxd Pleast Ax geline Haught Ilus Moeton Hutchesox Lelia Maeie James Maegaeet Tbavers James DOEOTHY KnOWLES JONES Lottie ISTeal ' fyY Annie Meeedit ' h Kexdall Maey Aleph Langston Viola Vibginia Matthews Eugenia Constance Millner Mayble Ada Nash Ruth Oliver JL EY Gladys Omohuxdeo Lucy Payne Emily Shacklefoed Peecifull Feances Lestee Pierce Elizabeth Ramsey Pitt Martha Rosalie Poindexter Lucy Vaughan Poindexter Nell Kellam Rhea Clara Collins Richards Mary Minor Richardson CoRRiNNE Lucille Rogers Gertrude Patterson Saundees IxA Ethelatyx ' Scott Lois Maeie Shumax Ethel Johxsox Smith Sex Naxx ie Smith Geace Kixnieb Taxxee irAEGAEET Randolph Tayloe Maey I ' equhart Thomas Amy Esther Yaxdegrift Lou Ella Waller Gertrude Williamsox White Margaret Ievixe White Susie. Emily Willsox Hilda Tempest Wright The Student Government Executive Committee President, Maky Eebecca Harwood Secretary, Lucy Virginia AYilkins seniok kepeesentatives lucile hooe boggs Leam B. Snow Flippin EoBERTA Williams Cralle Amy Esther Vandergeift sofhomose representatives Grace Ceozer Mason preparatory representative Mary Olive Hollins Marion C. Forbes First Vice-President, Eugenia Constance Millner Second Vice-President, Garland Lee Straughan junior representatives Jessie Elizabeth Harris Helen Harrington Eains Ila Lynwood Brooks freshman representatives Alice Laura SiitPSON ' EoY Carpenter Beazley ' sub-preparatory representative Mary Catherine Herndon ADVISORY COMMITTEE A. B. Chandler, Jr. Virginia Hay Goolrick TOWN GIRLS ' STUDENT GOVERNMENT President, Elizabeth Chauncey Carter Vice-President, Margaret Byron Hawkins Secretary and Treasurer, Virginia Elizabeth Haynie Advisory Member, Olive May Hinman The Dramatic Club President, LuciLE Hooe Boggs Secretary, Faxnie 3Iay Moegax Stage Director, Geeteude Patteesox Sauxdees y ice-President, Mayble Ada Xash Treasurer, Bachel Schabboeough Messick Stage Manager, Leaji B. Sxow Flippix advisory committee Olive May Hixjian Julia Louise Lewis Maegaket E. Feasee Alma My ' etis Baeeford LuciLE Hooe Boggs Lucy Gouldixg Coxway EoBEETA Williams Cralle Naxcy Buckxee Eubaxk Leam B. Sxow Flippix . Bessie Leeoy Feaxklix ] LiTTiE Axdeesox Fbazee Mabel Lewis Glex x Maey Rebecca Haewood Rebecca Ty ' sox Jaxxey DOEOTHY ' Kx OWLES JoXES Lelia McCax xt Fan xie Mat Moegax Rachel Schaeboeough Messick Geeteude Patteesox Sauxdees Lucy Litchfield Seaes May ' ble Ada Xash Maegaret Raxdolph Taylor Mary ' Belle Towill Geeteude Williams White Maegaret Augusta Williams The Dramatic Club this years consists of twenty-two memljers. Two very interesting plays were given during the session. One a Japanese play, Abbu San of Old Japan, given in February, was especially pretty. The Ladies of Cranford, given in March, was very delightful. The funds made at these two plays were used in buying a piece of statuary for Russell Hall as a present from the Dramatic Club. This club has also Joined the Drama League of America, from which they expect valuable help in the future. JK The name Glee Club naturally suggests a chorus of young people who merely need some one to start them off, and they will continue on their way merrily, with any kind of song you desire. This Glee Club is of a higher order. Only after long and arduous preparation will we deign to sing for you. Every Thursday afternoon sees us hard at work. Frequently, however, the task is made lighter, and we are given an opportunity to rest our own beautiful, melodious voices by listen- ing to the other great musical artists of the world, as reproduced on the victrola. ' Jlie club has provided music for several of the school events. Christmas carols and hjanns were sung to accompany the Christinas tableaux from Ben Hur, given by the Young Women ' s Christian Association ; Old English Christmas Carols were rendered at the joint meeting of the Woodrow Wilson and Eussell Literary Societies : several Southern selections were supplied for the Confederate celebration on Lee ' s Birthday. On the evenings of llarch the thirtieth and thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, several selections were sung at the First District Teachers ' Meeting, wliich was held at the Fredericksburg Xormal School. A charming operetta Florinda, the plot of which is based on one of Grimm ' s fairy tales, Florinda and Loringal, was given on Friday evening, April the t ventietli. The story is that of a little girl who is changed to a nightingale by the magic power of a witch. A band of fairies succeed in breaking the spell by the dis- covery of a magic flower, the Eose and Pearl, and restore Florinda to her sorrowing brother Loringal. All who attended the performance enjoyed the attractive musical numbers, the graceful dances, and the effective costumes of the witches and fairies. l€Mg The Glee Club Director, Margaret E. Fraser President, Leam B. Snow Flippin Vice-President, Helen Harrington Eains Secretarij, Charlotte Coloxxa OiroiiuxDRO Treasurer, Amy Esther ' andegrift Accompatmt, Leam B. Snow Flippin lucile hooe boggs Maria Elizabeth Brewington EuTH Odell Brinklet Ila Lynwood Brooks Elizabeth Chauncey Carter ISTellie Judson Carter Lucy Ashby Carmichael Eoberta Williams Cealle Natalye Elmyra Dudley Elsie Yale Duncan Mattie Laine Edwards Ida Frances Felton Belle Wooding Ferguson Leam B. Snow Flippin euth ivanhoe foed Mabel Elizabeth Foster Thelma Harris Feazer Ivarene Jordan Frazer . ■ Ella Stuaet Geesham Myetle Lea Gibbs Jessie Elizabeth Harris Lelia Marie James Anne MacGregor James Eebecca Ty ' son Janney EuTH Ellen Johnson Mary Tyrold Kidd Lelia McCanna Eachel Scharborough Messick Daisy Louise Burr Milbourne Eugenia Constance Millner May ' ble Ada Nash Charlotte Colonna Omohundeo Teamydora Elizabeth Phillips Blanche Wester Egberts LiLLiE Frenche Egberts Grace Baker Siegel Helen Harrington Eains Mildeed Gaeland Stoneham Margaret Eandolph Taylor Vesta Viegilia Taylor Grace Kinnier Tanner Mary Belle Towill Elya McAlexander Thomasson Amy Esther Yandegrift Pearl Sims Lucy Payne Judith Augusta Wright Lucy Yirginia Wilkins Margaret Irvine White Gertrude Willia ison White 81 The Piano Class Instructor, Nora Churchill Willis Maude Frances Aylor Amelia Lofland Boggs Ruby Lee Beazley Genevieve Katherine Chidester Delma Cosette Callis Ellen Byrd Dew Helen Louise Davenport Bessie Leroy Franklin Thelma Harris Frazer Nellie Hodgson Sarah Beal Johnson Bettie Purkins Perkins Dorothy Knoavles Jones Mary Aleth Langston Eoberta Ambler Moncure Mayble Ada Nash Teamydora Elizabeth Phillips Tabitha Gladys Parker Edna Eollins Lois Elizabeth Russell Helen Douglas Wynne Rebecca Louise Williams Lou Ella Waller The Hikers Motto : Stop Xot Till Thou Hast Topped The Hill Gladys Caeoll Abernathy Mamie Lee Biscoe Lena Mae Bonner Sarah Catherine Bivens Janie MacKinley Burton Lucy Ashby ' Carmichael Elizabeth Chauncey Carter Anne Lee Cunningham Myrtle Estelle Daffan Frances Cornich Eckenrode Dora Virginia English Katherine Elizabeth Ford Mabel Elizabeth Foster Margaret Claiborne Wright Haile Mariana Hamilton Grace Fitzhugh Harrison Margaret Byron Hawkins Virginia Elizabeth Haynie Ruth Elen Johnson Mary Alice Lee XeVA IxEZ iL S0N Color : Anything That ' s Becoming Edna Watkins Morton IvA Janette McCalley Margaret Daniel Peyden Edmonia Stuart Eaxdall Grace Amelia Eison Virginia Price Saunders Maria Gage Swift Virginia Varn Mary Evaline Wenger Margaret Augusta Williams 83 The Mother Goose Club GOSLINGS Tommy Snooks II Lalie Lett Tweedie Dum II Ruth Ivaxhoe Ford Bessie Brook II Moi.lie Taylor Pressey Jack Be Ximble Iartha Frances Herxdox Jack Sprat Ella Stuart Gresham Marjorie Daw II Yesta Yirgilia Tay ' lor For every end under the sun There is a remedy or tliere is none : If tliere be one, try and find it. If there be none, never mind it. Motto : Xeedles and pins, needles and pins, When a man marries his trouble begins. Color : Light Blue and White Mascot : Little Boy Blue First Swmi February 14, 1913 Second Swiim February 1-1, 1914 Third Swim February 14, 1915 Fourth Swim February 14, 1916 Fifth Swim February 14, 1917 84 The Mother Goose Club Mother Goose Olive May Hixmax Little Miss Muffet Lucile Hooe Boggs Old King Cole Leam B. Snow Flippix Little Bo-Peep Lillie Lee Michie Ugly Duckling Fannie May Morgan Parson Darby Helen Harrington Rains Daffy Down Dilly-.. Gertrude Patterson S.aunders Old Mother Hubbard Garland Lee Steaughan Baby Bunting Nora Lee Sydnor Jack II Daisy Emma Bargamin Simple Simon II Ly ' dia Monroe Ellis Cross Patch II .Mildred Imogen Ellis Little Jack Horner II Bessie Leroy Franklin Teeny Tiny II Jessie Elizabeth Harris Punch III Anne MacGregor James Jill II Dorothy- Knowles Jones Humpty Dumpty II, Eugenia Constance Millner Judy II Judith Augusta Wright Ye Handicrafters The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne ' Effie GiiAHAM Beeky, H. A. Mamie Lee Biscoe, H. A. George Epsie Campbell, H. A. Lucy Ashby Carmichael, H. A. ISTatalye Elmyra Dudley, H. A. Leam B. Snow Flippin, H. A. LuLA May French, H. A. Margaret Amelia Gouldman, H. A. Virginia May Golrick, I. H. Elizabeth Claiborne Wright Haile, H. A. ESTELLE SOMERVILLE HARRIS, H. A. Mable Louise Harris, H. A. Mary Eebecca Harwood, H. A. Margabet Byron Hawkins, H. A. Olive May Hinman, M. A. Anne MacGregor James, H. A. EuTH Gertrude King, H. A. Amelia Elizabeth Lankford, H. A. Lalie Lett, H. A. Julia Louise Lewis, M. A. Daisy ' Louise Burr Milbourne, H. A. Gertrude Patterson Saunders, H. A. Ayesha Leigh Straughan, H. A. Grace Kinnier Tanner, H. A., I. A. Beatrice Adelaide White, H. A. Margaret Irvine White, H. A. The Better to Sew, My Dear Club Mascot : Done Et, ' ' of Virginia Hall. By-La Av : Miss Hinman shall serve fudge or hot chocolate with marshmallows i !! it every time we meet in her room, under penalty of twenty-five cents fiiie. Codicil : 1. Every member shall entertain the club at least once during the session. Codicil : 2. We will meet once a week, and so and so and so. LUCILE HOOE BOGGS EUTH IVANHOE FOED EUTH GeRTEUDE KiNG Sallie Adams Boggs Jessie Elizabeth Haeeis Lillie Lee Michie Leam B. Snow Flippin Eebecca Tyson Janney Blanche Wester Egberts Lillie French Egberts Gertrude Patteesgn Saunders Judith Augusta Wright Thirteenth Member, Olive May Hinman Honorary Member, Makgaeet Elizabeth Fraser 87 The Nightingales Leader, Maky Eebecca Harwood Aim : To outsing the Glee Club Daisy Emma Bargamin Genevieve Contesse Burke Mabel Pauline Brown Earlyne Meredith Burruss Gaynelle Dillehay Bessie Lehoy Franklin Mary Rebecca Harwood Maria Louise Harwood Martha Frances Herndon Hilda Jett Lalie Lett Seltine Constance Eice Gertrude Patterson Saunders The Nameless Nymphs President, Lucile Hooe Boggs Secretary and Treasurer, Gektrudk Patterson Saunders Leader, Thelma Harris Frazek Honorary Member, Maegaret E. Frazek Lucile Hooe Boggs Eaelyne Meredith Burruss Lydia Monroe Ellis Lean B. Snow Flippin Euth Ivanhoe Ford Mattie Anderson Frazer Thelma Harris Frazer Jessie Elizabeth Harris Mart Rebecca Harwood Margaret Byron Hawkins Martha Frances Herndon Anne MacGregor James Dorothy Knowles Jones Lillie Lee Michie Mayble Ada Xash Lillie Frenche Roberts Gertrude Patterson Saunders Lucy Litchfield Sears Margaret Randolph Taylor JLvrgaret Augusta Williams Judith Augusta Wright 89 The Stitch Club Motto: A Stitch iu Time Saves Jv iue Aim : To Improve Our Stitches President, Maria Elizabeth Beewington Vice-President, Margaret Virginia Dix Maria Elizabeth Brewington j Iakgaket Virginia Dix IJuTH Ellen Garland Eachel Scharborough Messick Elsie AVarner McKann Honorary Slember, Flower : Daisy Colors: Yellow and White Secretary, Gertrude Elizabeth Eansone Treasurer, Emily Shackleford Percifull Delia McCanna Emily Shackleford Percifull Gertrude Elizabeth Eansone Seltine Constance Eice Mary Belle Towill Miss Grace Houchen 90 CoLOKs: Lavendar and White Flower: Sweet Pea IiUTH Ivaxhoe Foud T.tcy Litchfield Seaks President, Euth Ivanhoe Ford - nne MacGeegor James Grace Baker Siegel Vice-President, Judith Augusta Wright Mollie Taylor Peessey Judith Augusta eight Secretary and Treasurer, Axxe MacGeegor James Honorary ]Mend)er. Julia Louise Lewis 91 EHi JIOTTO : H. E. ' Should aulcl acquaintance be forgot Aim : Eat, drink, and be merry Flowek: Cabbage Head President, Anne Eliza Moncure Vice-President, Nora Lee Sydnor Ltda Monroe Ellis Mildred Imogen Ellis Bessie Leroy Franklin BuTH Ellen Garland Anna Elizabeth Hargest KoBERTA Ambler Moncure Secretary and Treasurer, Anna Elizabeth Hargest Business Manager, Mildred Imogen Ellis Anne Eliza Moncure Virginia Andrew Moncure Fannie Mat Morgan Helen Harrington Eains Garland Lee Straughan Nora Lee Stdnor m HHftcess 93 SEffiS HH The C. C. Club CoLOR« : Light Blue and Ecru Flower : Forget-Me-Not President, Genevieve Contesse Burke Vice-President, Roberta Williams Cralle Secretary and Treasurer, Seltine Constance Eice Mabel Pauline Browne Earlyne Meredith Burruss Genevieve Contesse Burke Mary Ellen Burke EoBERTA Williams Cralle Gaynelle Dillehay Bessie Leroy Franklin Mabel Lewis Glenn Mary Eebecca Harwood Lalie Lett Seltine Constance Eice Vesta Virgilia Taylor Advisory Member, Grace Kinnier Tanner The Northern Neck Club ' Flower : Golclenrod Motto : It ' s the songs ye sing an ' the smiles ye wear That ' s a makin ' the sun shine everywhere. President, Kobeeta Williams Cralle Vice-President, Garland Lee Straughax Secretary, Mabel Lewis Glexx Mildred Louise Beane Adelaide Perry Billingslet Maria Elizabeth Brewington Florence Jett Carey Mary Ball Connellee EoBERTA Williams Cralle Helen Louise Davenport Margaret Virginia Dix Mattie Laine Edwards Muprey Vandivee France EuTH Ellen Garland Mabel Lewis Glenn Ella Stuart Geesham Anna Elizabeth Hargest Nellie Hodgson Anne MacGregor James Fannie Ona Jenkins Hilda Jett Agnes Douthat Jones Mary Salome Kent ' ■ Virginia Myrtis McKinney Rachel Scharborough Messick Fannie May Morgan Charlotte Colokna Omohuxdro Mary Gladys Omohundro Tabitha Gladys Parker Helen Harrington Eains SeLTINE CotvSTANCE ElCE CoEiNNE Lucille Eogers Mildred Garland Stoneham Garland Lee Stbaughan Nora Lee Sydnor Elva Mc Alexander Thomasson JLiRY Belle Towill 95 isai The Eastern Shore Club Aim: To cross the Chesapeake President, Margaret Tkavees James ' ice-President, Effie Geaham Berry Secretary and Treasurer, Elsie Yale Duncan Effie Graham Berry Amelia Lofland Boggs Mary Virginia Bundick Elsie Yale Duncan Florence j Iabel Henderson Lelia Marie James Margaret Travrrs James Daisy Louise Burr Milbourne Grace Crozee Mason Essie Lee Egberts Margaret Hyslop Turner Beatrice Adelaide White 96 The Essex Club Motto : Where we love is home ; , Home that our feet may leave, hut not our heiirts. Flower: Coral Honeysuckle President, Mildred Imogen Ellis Vice-President, Elizabeth Claiborne Haile Secretary and Treasurer, Gertrude Elizabeth Eansoxe Alma Mtrtis Bareford Mildred Imogrbn Ellis Lyda Monroe Ellis Nanct Buckner Eubank Elizabeth Claiborne Wright Haile Lillian Esther Motley Gertrude Elizabeth Eansone Honorarv Memljer, Olive ITay Hinman Josephine Catherine Spindle Emelixe Christian Trible Judith Augusta Wright Xettik Price SiriTH 97 The Hampton Roads Club Motto : Bowing, Not Drifting Flower : Water-Lily Colors : Green and White President, Ruth Ivanhoe Foed Vice-President, Mildred Louise Bkown Secretary and Treasurer, Ada Pearl Powell Ellen Todd Armistead Daisy Emma Baegamin Mildred Louise Brown Martha Louise Campbell Elizabeth Bernard Finegan EuTH Ivanhoe Ford Marian Eoberta Greene Amy Esther Yandegrift Lalie Lett Eugenia Constance Millner Ada Peael Powell Mollie Taylor Pressey Bethany Wade Renfoeth Louise Curtis Smith Vesta Viegilia Taylor The Hanover Club Motto : Live together, work together. But do this work we must ; Hanover County is tlie county In which we all trust. Colors : Brown and Gold Flower: Brown-eved Susan President, Ilus Morton Hdtchesox Vice-President, Carrie Carltox Fox Secretary and Treasurer, Mayble Ada IsTash Ruth Odell Brinklet Carrie Carlton Fox Lelia Mae Green Mattie Floyd Green Ilus Morton Hutcheson May ' ble Ada Nash Celia Lyon Pearson Jessie Ophelia Young 99 The Lancaster Club Am : To catch the lioat Colors: Violet and Green Flower : Violet President, Blanche Garland Stoneham Vicc-Predihiif, IIargaeet VirCtInia Dix Secretary, Mary Ball Connellee Treasurer, Virginia Myrtis MacKenney Song : Wlien the violets l)loom in Lancaster Bv the old ilill Stream. Mildred Louise Beane Maria Elizabeth Brewington Mary Ball Connellee Margaret Virginia Dix Mabel Lewis Glenn Ella Stuart Gresham Anne MacGregor James Fannie Ona Jenkins Hilda Jett Bachel Scharborough Messick Virginia Myrtis MacKenney CoRRiNNE Lucille Eogers Luci Blanche Stoneham Mildred Garland Stoneham ilARY Belle Towill Honorarv Memlier, Julia Louise Lewis 100 KKB isag The Richmond Club Motto: Ducimus alii sequenlur FLOwi.n: Richmond Rose Colors: Pink and Grev President, Martha Frances Herndon Vice-President, Maey Frances Smith Secretary and Treasurer, Ina Ethelwtn Scott Calphurnia Anna Bailey Sadie Maude Bowles Mable Louise Harris Martha Frances Herndon Mary Isca Powers Clara Collins Richards Ina Ethelwyn Scott Mary Frances Smith Susie Emily Willson Jennie Grey Woolard 101 The Caroline Club Motto : Colors : Black and Yellow ' The Xormal School is fine, but Old Caroline for mine Flower: Jonquil President, Edna Earle Caetee ' Secretary, Lois Marie Shuman Vice-President, Sex Nannie Smith Treasurer, Ione Beteande Collins Eaeltne Meeedith Bueruss Winnie Davis Carter Nellie Judson Carter Edna Earle Carter Helen Louise Chewning Lucy Goulding Conway Ione Beteande Collins Margaret Elizauktii Collins Herjiine Virginia Coghill Estelle Someeville Harris Nellie Beooke Heaene EuTH Elmo Hicks Lottie Neal Kay Maey Bowie Martin Lizzie Lee Motley CoEA TiICH vrdsox Vaughan Lois Marie Shuman Ellen Byrd Dew Virginia Haedenia Dillard MaeY Edmonds Goulding Sex Nannie Smith i LvEY Bowie White Ethel Johnson Smith IliLnA ' i ' lCAiri ' ST Wkight 102 EteS BBtffi6SM2di 103 Spring whisperiiig of the trees. stir upon the lireeze, V budding ' of the leaves — And spring is here. Eeturning call of birds. Sweet music beyond words, A gathering of the herd.s — And spring is here. Oh, wonderful spring days! The whole world sings thy lays. And rejoices as it says — Sweet spring is here. Mable Louise Harris. o4.uturnn The gay summer days are over, Gone are their winsome wiles, But into the heart of autumn Has stolen the summer ' s smiles. Between the summer and winter Autumn ' s the turning stile ; A mile from smnmer t:o autumn, From autumn to winter a mile. Yes, climbing the stile of autumn. And leaving the summer ' s wiles Deep in the heart of winter. We ' ll find the autumn ' s smiles. [able Louise Harris. 104 A Question of Honor As Jo came out ol ' the administration Iniilding late one Friday afternoon with a pile of notebooks under her arm, she gave a tired sigh and raised a hand covered with ink to toss back a stray lock of hair. M,y ! but I am glad I have taken all my notes on that English paper, she exclaimed as she let her eyes rest on the campus, which was entirely deserted. Taking one of the notebooks from under her arm, she turned over the leaves until she came to a leaf headed Basket-Ball. Aloud she read: Junior-Senior game Friday, March 2, 1917. Only one week ofi:, she murmured, and how much coaching our Junior team needs ! She had reached the steps of the dormitory when she heard some one calling her name. Turning to see who could possibly want her, she saw the physical director coming across the campus. Jo, can ' t you find the Senior athletic representative and come to my room at five o ' clock? asked Miss Leroy. Certainly, Miss Leroy, I will get Kate and we will be down immediately, Jo said as she glanced at her wrist watch, the hands of which pointed to a quarter to five o ' clock. In a few minutes Kate and Jo were in Miss Leroy ' s room discussing the game to be played on Friday night. Did you two girls see the notice on the bulletin-board in tlie post-office room? Miss Leroy inquired as she passed Kate a plate of chocolate. We saw it and were surprised to see that the scholarship for the girls eligible to play on the teams had been raised, answered Jo. Yes, explained Miss Leroy, that was done because the president thought that the girls were devoting too much time to athletics and were not spending enough time on their classes. It will make all of us study much harder, said Jo. I don ' t think any girl on either team need worry, Miss Leroy replied, washing to encourage the girls in every way possible. The grades will be posted next Wednesday, and any girl who has not made an average of eighty per cent on each subject will not be allowed to play. Oh ! wouldn ' t it be terrible if some of our girls should fail to make that grade, Kate exclaimed. I also wanted to talk to you about the way the varsity team is to be selected this year, Miss Leroy continued. The Athletic Committee has decided that as both the Junior and Senior teams are so nearly equal, the team winning next Friday will be the varsity team of the school and will play any other school we may see fit to challenge. Look, Kate ! exclaimed Jo as she hastily rose, it is a few minutes of six and I must dress before supper. Turning to Miss Leroy, she asked : You will come down to the gym and coach ,us at eight, won ' t you ? I shall be glad to, replied Miss Leroy, and I want you to come to me with any contentions that may arise. ITsually the girls at St. Anne ' s put up work at nine-thirty, when the study bell rang, and from that time until the lights winked, at ten minutes to ten, they were free to do as they pleased. A few minutes before the bell rang, on this particular evening, the Junior and Senior basket-ball teams were attending a feast in room 301. Girls, how do you like the way the varsity team is going to be selected? questioned Jo as she seated herself on the bed. I would like that all right if I thought the Juniors would win. answered Bert, the Junior right forward. That is all right, but I certainly don ' t like the idea of having to nuikc eighty per cent on every class, remarked MarA ' . 105 SBffi Well, if I were as sure of my grades as you are, I wouldn ' t worry, retorted May, the little Senior side center. I think the question of grades is worrying all of us, Kate suggested, because I don ' t think either team has a good substitute. That is the truth, Kate, replied May. Just think! If anything should happen to either forward I should have to pitch goal, and I haven ' t done it for nearly two years ! If all our team were as sure of holding out as our forwards are, I wouldn ' t give a thought to the fact that we haven ' t a substitute, reassured Jo, helping herself to a big, red apple. Come on, Kate, it is almost time for the lights to wink, Jo said as she started towards the door. I think that ) ' ou have eaten enough for two people and heard too much basket-ball gossip. Oh, wait, Jo, we have two minutes before it is time for the lights to wink, and, besides, Nell hasn ' t told us a thing about the dance she attended at the University. There, I reckon that decides whether we will stay longer, Kate said as the lights suddenly went out and as quickly came on again, just as all the girls rose to go to their rooms. Two hours later the house was wrapped in quiet, but Jo tossed from side to side, unable to sleep. She could hear the quiet breathing of her roommate and knew that she was asleep — but not sound asleep, because now and then she muttered a broken sentence: One, near gym door — two, stand by dumb-bells — one finger, stand at number one — don ' t you see? These were the strange words that Jo heard her roommate mutter, and somehow she could not get away from them. Next day Kate and Jo were busy changing the pennants and pictures on the wall when a knock sounded on the door. Come in, called Kate from her position on the bureau, over which she was tacking a pennant. A light golden head was thrust in the door, and Nell called : Kate, you and Jo come on down to the gym as quickly as possible ; Miss Leroy has a special coach from town to help us. All right, Nell, we will be there in a few minutes ! Kate answered. As the door closed behind Nell, Kate turned to Jo and said : What do you suppose I would have done if that had been Miss Lucy on her round of room inspection? Oh, quit supposing and hurry up and get into your gym suit, answered Jo, diving into the closet and emerging with the two suits. On the way to the gym the words, that Jo had heard Kate say in her sleep flashed across her mind. Jo, don ' t you wish we had as good a code as the Seniors have ? exclaimed Bert as she came up behind Jo. Indeed I do! Jo answered. If we even had half as good pass work as they have we would be sure to win. Try as she would, Jo could not get her mind on the game, and every time she noticed Kate, who was her opponent, she remembered the broken sentences she had heard the night before. As she watched her, Jo noticed that when Kate was over on the side near the door she always held up two fingers as a signal to the other guard to play on the other side of the court ; and when she raised one finger, the girl played on just the opposite side. Now she understood the full meaning of those strange, broken sentences the night before ; the side nearer the door was one, and one finger raised indicated that the guard was to play on that side ; two was the side nearer the row of dumb-bells, and two fingers signalled that one guard was to play to that side. During the entire practice Jo had been making a number of bad plays, due to carelessness, and during the intermission, while the coach was explaining some rule to the centers. Miss Leroy came up to her and said : Jo, what is the matter? You seemed asleep during the whole game? Oh, I know that I made errors, but — and Jo seemed about to explain — I — I just couldn ' t play. 0 Miss Leroy, ' Bert called, Mr. Smith wishes to speak to you. Taking this opportunity to leave the gym, Jo went up the steps, hardly knowing what course to pursue. One thing was certain : she could not play Friday night, now that she knew the Senior code ; but the question 106 that puzzled her was how to get out of it. She must think tiiat out for lierself. ' No one else could decide for her; she needed to be alone. And so, leaving the administi-ation building, instead of going to her room she took the path which led over the rustic bridge to the deserted playground to think out the whole situation. Why shouldn ' t she play? Jo asked herself. Her team did need her, and it was not right that the whole team should suffer because she had accidentally overheard the cue to the Senior code. She had worked so hard, and now that she was capable of helping the Junior team it did not seem fair to let such a little thing as this keep her from playing. There could be no possible wrong, she reasoned, because she had simply heard Kate say a few words in her sleep and had worked out the code from these. As Jo reached this conclusion she began to wonder how she could best use the Senior code to the advantage of the Juniors. Immediately Miss Leroy ' s words flashed into her mind : The highest possible standard should be set for our varsity team, and it should be the responsibility of each player not to come beneath it. The points which should be considered are : fairness, which includes honesty to one ' s self and others Here Jo stopped, realizing with a flash that if she used this code she would not be reaching this standard. Utterly worn out, and unable to reach any conclusion, she started to the dormitory. All at once the idea came to her to go and talk things over with Miss Leroy, who would surely understand. But, no — nobody would believe that she had worked out the code from only hearing a few words. She knew that they would think that Kate had by some means betrayed her class. Even if Miss Leroy and the girls accepted her explanation, Jo felt sure there would always be a doubt in their minds. She could not follow this plan and thus bring Kate under suspicion. This, after all, was something that she had to decide alone. As Jo opened the door to her room some notebook paper lying on her table was caught by the draught and fell to the floor. With an exclamation of impatience she stooped to pick up the sheets. As she did so she noticed that it was the paper she had been writing for English, which was to determine practically her grade in that subject. Was it possible that here might be founcl a way out of her difficulty? Failure to hand in this paper would make her standing less than eighty per cent. Yes, here was a way out, Joe reasoned, and with this she took the paper which she had worked over so faithfully and tore it into pieces. At last the fateful Wednesday arrived when the girls were to know who would be allowed to play Friday night. Come on, Jo, let ' s see if Miss Leroy has posted the names of the girls who are to play, Mary said as she came out of the dormitory. Jo forced a smile as she answered : All right. She knew that now was the time for her to play the actor if she was to keep the girls from knowing her secret. Miss Leroy had no sooner pcsted the names than a crowd of eager Juniors and Seniors collected around the bulletin-board. Jo, what are we going to do ? Your name isn ' t on here ! It must be a mistake ! Beth exclaimed as she read the list of names. Jo, asked Mary, did you know that you had not made the average? I — I — that is, none of the teachers had told me, Jo stammered in reply and turned away. It was even harder than she had thought it would be, and to hear the girls expressing their sympathy was too much. She was glad of one thing: her English instructor was a man who never discussed his students ' grades with any one except the student, and she felt sure he would never tell any one that she had failed to hand in that paper. Promptly at eight o ' clock on Friday night the Junior and Senior teams took their places on the floor and were greeted by many cheers from the gallery. From her place in the Junior corner Jo watched the game with intense interest. At first the Juniors seemed to take the lead, but gradually the new forward became more and more confused by the Senior code, until she was at a loss to know what step to take next. At times it was almost impossible for Jo to remember that she was not playing the game and could not give directions as she had been accustomed to. The third part was played, but the Juniors could not score. Their little substi- tute was good, and played as she had never played before, but she could not take Jo ' s place. After what seemed an age to Jo the timekeeper blew the whistle and she knew that the game was ended — lost to the Juniors. Nothing that she could do now would make any ditt ' erence. What would have been the result, she wondered, if she had not been awake on that memorable night? Who knows? How little a thing 107 it had taken to change tlie course of affairs! Her classmates had never by a single word reproached her for failing to measure up to the required scholarship, and no questions had been asked, but she knew that they had talked among themselves and had wondered how she had failed. Their casual glances were worse than their words could have possibly been, and, weary of the struggle, she turned to Kate, who had always under- stood and taken her part. She found her not altogether cold and indifferent, but unable to understand how it had happened. The girls seemed to have overlooked the fact that it had been as much a disappointment to her as to them that she could not play. The losing team was to entertain the Seniors down in the gym on Monday night, and as Jo saw the Juniors planning for the entertainment her whole nature rebelled that she should be excluded from all this. Of course, as athletic representative of the Junior Class she would be invited, but she wanted so mucb to feel that she was helping to plan the entertainment. Instead of being asked to help, she was made to feel as much an outsider as any of the girls who were not on the team. What use was it to fight against this feeling that jiad complete possession of her? And, in truth, she ceased to struggle against these thoughts. She let the black despair of it all engulf her. Oh, to feel once more that ease of conscience that she had had when she made lier decision ! So the weai-y days dragged by, and Jo acknowledged to herself that she had failed utterly in her duty to lier team and to her class. Each night as she tossed on her bed she went over and over that morning when she had worked out the Senior code and made her decision on the playground. As she thought and pondered the question, What should I have done? she saw again the disappointed girls on the morning when they realized that her name was missing from the list, and the hard but unequal fight on the night of the game. The more she thought about it the more she hated herself for what she had done. The feeling that she had been a traitor to her team made her shrink from intercourse with the girls. She saw herself as one Avho had betraj ' ed a trust and had caused others to lose. The girls seemed not to notice how much Jo had withdrawn from their merry groups, and in the even- ing, when they gathered in the hall to dance for a few minutes before study hour, slie usually refused all invitations to dance and went for a walk, a solitary figure fighting her supreme battle. Kate, is this any good? Jo asked one morning as she picked up a piece of paper off the floor of their room. Let ' s see, Kate replied, and, taking the paper, s the testimony of a good conscience. ISTo, answered her roommate, I wrote that dow talking about our duty. As Jo threw the paper in the wastebasket she rer Thus, twice in two weeks words uttered by her roomm As the full meaning of the phrase dawned upon her, J lionorable for her to play the game. If she had been s knew that she had been — how had she overlooked the f crept in? Even as she renewed that old question in he ■possession of her as she thought again of that phrase w At last the days of her restless discontent and un once the game and her English grade had suffered on a won a victory — and was she ever to regret her decisio he read : ' Tn all your dealings be sure that you have n 3 ' esterday in morning assembly when Mr. Wood was ead those words and they .stayed with her all that day. ate were destined to make a great impression on her. wondered what had made her decide that it was not ure that she was in the right when she acted — and she act and how had this feeling of regret for her action r mind the conviction that she had acted wisely took lich her roomnfate had written down. ■ertainty were at an end. Slie felt that, even if this ccount of this act, in the great school of life she had N. L. S. 108 Random Stories of Society Circles Revealed in Aspects Grave and Gay YE BEN GEEET PLAYEES On ye twenty-sixth day of May, in ye year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred sixteen, to ye ancient C ' ity of Fredericksburg came a band of woodland players by name called Ye Ben Greet Company. Before ye young ladies of ye Normal School did these far-famed actors present two plays written by one William Shakespeare, a playwright whose three hundredth anniversary fell in this self-same year. Ye two plays being As You Like It and Twelfth Night, both containing much mirth and merriment, well sprinkled with deep emotions and ye love of men and maidens. Most beautiful was ye setting for these plays, deep in ye heart of a woodland green, which woodland echoed loud and long witli applause given such characters as Sweet Eosalind and Viola, also Touchstone, Ye Jester, and Sir Toby Belch. Wlien ye plays were ended ye young ladies were sad of heart because so long expected an event was a thing of ye past, but glad were they of heart when looking forward to next year, when, according to custom, again upon this stage ye self-same players will take their places. FEOM A JUNIOE ' S DIAEY— 1916 June 3d. — Just think! the first night of the Commencement is over. Such a glorious time as we did liave. To be a Senior, what would I not give? And those Seniors are Seniors in every sense of the word. Yet so light hearted when the time for gaiety comes ! To-night I saw them in their class play, Under the Sugar-Plum Tree. You would have thought them children at play rather than the serious-minded Seniors that they are. For that hour they were sailors, fairies, Indian hunters, lassies, and even Squidgicum Squees, whatever they are. And to-morrow is Class Day. We have spent our whole afternoon gathering daisies and making them into beautiful chains. It seems wrong to rob the hill of them, until one remembers that they are for our Seniors. June 3d. — Class Day is a thing of the past, and it is beginning to seem more and more like the end. It made one feel like getting off alone when the Class Prophecy was buried and the Stone of 1916 placed. I wonder if these were intended to play on our feelings? I wonder, too, if any of that I Told You So will ever become a reality. The Class History was so interesting, the last class from old F. S. N. S. that can ever boast members who entered when the school opened. Who would have dreamed that that historian would have bequeathed to us, the Juniors, the privilege of teaching in the Training School ? (I ' d never call that a privilege.) However, the sadness of the morning will soon be forgotten in view of coming joys, for the Alumnse Eeception comes off to-night, and already some of them are putting in stitches here and pressing there in preparation for it. June 4th. Saturday Night. — I don ' t like Baccalaureate Services. They are too sad, yet so beautiful. The setting was lovely, the whole student body dressed in white, and music for the occasion. What were tho.se .Seniors thinking about as Eev. J. T. Wellford talked to them, seemingly putting his heart into his words? To-morrow night will bring the exercises to a close. Time is so short. June 5th. — I just can not realize that all is over. By to-morrow this old hill top will be deserted. We will be so far apart. It will be hard to begin work again next year — so many familiar faces absent, and so many strange faces here. That Senior Class looked beautiful to-night ; a more attractive number of girls could not be found. Mr. Eussell was with us to present the diplomas, the reward of so many days of effort. Friends were here from far and near. The proud and happy faces of relatives of the Seniors beamed all over the auditorium. 109 THE Y. W. ( ' . A. EECEPTIOX 111 order to make the new stutleiits feel more at lioiiie, and to help the new ami old girls to get acquainted with each other, a reception to the new students was given by the Young Women ' s Christian Association soon after tJie school opened for the year ' s work. The entire student body and faculty were received by the president of the school; Mr. and Mrs. Chandler; Miss Perrin, the former president of the association; Miss Atkinson, the advisory member of the cabinet; and the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. A most interesting program, arranged by the committee, consisted of: • rhe Spirit Flower, At Dawning, Mrs. Rowe. Popular Melodies (Mandolin), Mr. Nelson. Cuckoo (Irish Love Song), Miss Fraser. After the program several selections on the Victrola were given. Then boxes containing numbers were passed among the crowd, and each person drew a number. Partners were selected by matching these. This provided a gTeat deal of amusement. After each succeeded in finding her partner refreshments were served, consistin.g of coffee and a salad. All realized that the Y. W. C. A. lielieves in a good time, and a start toward one of the big purposes of the association, socializing the girls, was made tliat evening. THE RUSSELL LITERARY SOCIETY RECEPTION Available Knowledge : The members of the Russell Literary Society have had receptions before. They know what these functions are like, and on several occasions they have been to other receptions. Introduction: (We have some new members in our Society, and on October 27 the old members entertained them at a reception.) Emma Bargamin, can you tell me what a reception is? Emma says its a time when the old members received the new ones into the Society. Teac ' iieks ' Aim : To-day we shall learn what people do at a reception. After we understand perfectly about these affairs we will give a reception to the Third Grade. Pupils ' Aim: 1. To learn about a reception so that they may know what to do if invited to one. 2. To learn about a reception so they can give one to the Third Grade. Subject Matter Reception given by the Russell Literary Society on the evening of Litei ' ary program. On board : Al ' ti ' i ' a most exci ' llent literary ]n ' ogram and enroll- ment oT the new members the Society was invited to the reception roouL Method of Procedure How many have ever been to a reception ? Maria, will you spell reception for us? The first thing they did at this reception was to have a literary program. Mary Harwood, what do we mean by that? I sliall write a sentence on the board, and I want to see who can read it nicely for us. Anne, yon read it, and then see if you can ' t tell us what they did to amuse themselves in the reception room. Anne says slie t])inks they danced, but she isn ' t right, so I shall tell vou what they did. 110 Teacher describes decoration. new members were entertained. and tells how the AVhat do we mean by saying the old members extended to the new ones a hearty welcome ? How long the reception lasted. Assignment : To review Kussell Literary Society reception and plan one for the Third Grade. ' I ' licy hail two great, long tables all decorated in baby blue and gold ribbons. These are the Society ' s colors, with which they decorate when they want things to look pretty. On these tables they had everything you can imagine to eat, and at each table sat a member of the faculty. AVhat is the faculty, Marion Greene? Marion: Faculty is the referee between the stu- dent and the book. Why should they have the faculty preside, Mabel ' i Mabel : To make the new members behave and to keep the old members from eating all the ice-cream. A ' bik ' they wci ' e enjoying this delicious feast the old mend)0i ' s extended to the new ones a hearty welcome. Vesta, what do we mean by that? Vesta : It means that the old members told the new ones thev were glad to have them in their Society. The reception lasted about two hours, after which everybody left, declaring the Russell Literary So- ciety ' s reception a great success. To-morrow we will talk about this reception and ]jlan the one we expect to give to the Third Grade. THE GERMAX CLUB INITIATION ' ' Oh, gee ! some fun we ' ll have to-night — We ' ve planned a j)rogram that ' s just right To make the ' goats ' all dance and sing As if they were before a king. We ' ll have a jolly time, I know. When they start dancing in a row. ' Thus spake an old member that day To another as they tripped across the way. That night they came all ready at eight Expecting to have a time first rate. But, lo ! when called upon to sing They said : Our music we did not bring. Hearing these words, Very well, said we, Then the songs original shall be. • ' Alas, they sighed, and cried aloud : ■ ' We can not sing before a crowd. But we made each sing the latest song. And, don ' t you know, before very long They really did consent to dance. And did not like to miss a chance. At them we laughed until we cried. And could not stop even if wc tried. Thinking that they had done their share In making this program so very rare. 111 AVe tlieii decided to start the ball So that it might be fun for all. Instead of separate jigs and hops We spun around as if we were tops In waltzes, one-steps, fox-trots, and all Those new steps made for large and small. Then after that the goodies ' came. And, gee! we did not feel the same For having eaten such nice things. With all the joy that such an act brings. Then, feeling so tine and fresh once more. And when the music began to roar Away we danced on through the night, Until at last each little light Did wink at us while dancing so gay And whispered: Hurry up or ' twill soon be day ; Then, heeding their warning, we scampered away, With time enough left only to say: We welcome the ' goats, ' both large and small. Into our Club forever and all. THE FOX AND HOFND CHASE A long time ago all animals went to school. There was located at Fredericksburg a school which was attended by the animals, but one of the great troubles in this school was the quarreling of the foxes and hounds, as to which was the slyest and the best runner. The trouble had become unbearable, until iinally Sis Houchen Hound decided on a plan by which she thought she could settle the dispute forever. It was this: they would have a fox-and-hounds chase. The foxes were to start at a certain time, run for an hour, then stop and hide. In thirty minutes after the foxes started the hounds were to follow, and have an hour to hunt. If, when the hour and a half was up, the foxes had not been caught, they were declared the win- ners ; but, if the hounds caught the foxes, they were the winners. The day set for the chase dawned bright and clear, and great was the excitement among the contestants. Promptly at 3 :00 in the afternoon the foxes and hounds assembled in the Gym. At 3 :10 o ' clock a whistle was blown as a signal for starting, and the foxes were off, led by Brer Smith Fox. Confetti was scattered along the trail as they went. At the required time, the hounds started on the trail, led by Brer Cook Hound and Sis Houchen Hound. In the meantime the foxes had circuited hills, crossed creeks and woods, and finally came back to the front of Eusself Hall, taking this as their hiding place. The foxes were still but alert. Suddenly a few straggling hounds came back, exhausted: they had dropped out. In a little while all the hounds came back. The time was up, they had given up the chase. The trouble was settled. The chase ended the quarrel, and the Hounds showed how well they could take defeat by entertaining the Foxes royally. THE BIRTH OF A NATION The Greatest Picture of the day was given in October in Fredericksburg, the Sleepy Hollow of Virginia. Its fame has increased greatly since that time, by the hearty support given it while there, by the Fredericks- burg State Normal Girls. They entered the Opera House in time to the music of the band, and were greeted witWgreat applause, after whicli they were ushered to the Normal School box seats, which occupied a large part bf theJl ' eanut gallery. Such a jolly bunch of girls were they, until the band struck up a few sad notes, and ilien their laughter, wliich a few minutes before had made the liuilding ring. wa,s readily exchanged for tears. This soon being over, they were held spellbound for the remainder of tlie picture with the exception of great applause now and then, and whisperings of admiration when a beautiful scene was flashed. Those girls were really the most appreciative I have ever seen. 112 The producers of these pictures, since having had them screened in Fredericksburg, now send out the lollowing poster to all big towns at which they expect to show the picture : The Birth of a jSTation THE WOELD ' s most FAMOUS PICTUItE WHICH OWES ITS POPULAEITT TO THE GiP.LS OF THE Fredericksburg State Xormal School HALLOWE ' EN Do you believe in witclies and ghosts? No. Of course I don ' t believe in such foolishness. If you had been witli us on last Hallowe ' en you would. Why? What hap—? Let me tell you. We had all gathered in Frances Willard Hall awaiting the gong for supper. Sud- denly the dining room doors were thrown open as if by magic. Our eyes were attracted by a yellow glow that rested on everything. Black cats and grinning witches looked down upon us from the chandeliers, causing us to clutch each other. Well ? Once under their magic spell we forgot our fears and gathered around the tables, which were guarded by witches, wild-looking creatures with long, flowing hair and tall black hats. Oh, how ugly ! In the center of the table a witch ' s cauldron was boiling in a pumpkin, around which were many gay-colored autumn leaves. Huh ! You needn ' t say ' Huh, ' for it was every word true. Then the witches hurried away and back again with the bounteous feast. Oh ! it was so good that we entirely recovered from our fright and enjoyed every- thing immensely. However, at the tap of a bell, we startled again, feeling quite shaky until the pleasant voice of our president, Mr. Russell, announced that we would now be entertained on the campus. Well, what did you do out there ? Led by the witches to the campus, we were greeted by a row of brightly-burning fires down one side of the campus. Each one was presided over by a member of the faculty. Here again were the witches, this time presenting us with a bag of marshmallows, a crooked staff, and the command, ' Toast ! ' You didn ' t eat? Of course we did. Oh ! such fun we did have gathered around the fires, toasting marshmallows and telling jokes. The fires began to burn low and things looked quite spooky. At that moment a shrill whistle startled us. Our hair stood on end. Who blew—? Goodness knows; and the next thing we knew a train of tall white objects, without heads, were flying in and out among us, bumping us, tripping us up, stealing our marshmallows, and giving the most unearthly yells ) ' ou ever heard in your life. Say — } ' ou know it is dark, and — and — I have to go; but I am not afraid. Anyway, where did they go? No one knows, for in a few minutes they were out of sight, and we have not seen them from that day to this. I would have to see them to believe in them. Then be here next Hallowe ' en. 113 THE PAEADE Tlie Washington Herald Fredericksburg, November 8, 1916. — On Thursday night the students of the Normal School were in a state of excitement over the presidential election. This being a Southern school, the majority of the girls were hearty supporters of Wilson. Filled with the spirit of patriotism the girls banded together in the main corridor of Willard Hall. Each girl, carrying a banner bearing a short quotation in behalf of Wilson, and following the leaders, who furnished the music witli tin waiters and spoons, immediately began to march as the relief bell was rung at 9 :30. Down tlie corridors and out of doors they pushed, and there they gave vent to their enthusiasm by marcliing around the buildings, giving their yells at every corner. .JOINED BY FACULTY Wlien they readied Virginia Hall they were joined by several members of the faculty. They marched down the board walk and were soon joined by the President of the school, who, with the girls, gave three cheers for Wilson. RETURNS RECEIVED ( n tlie following night, having received the returns from Washington stating that Wilson had been rei ' U ' cted, a similar paiade was given in which the entire school participated. M.VTRON AND PHYSICIAN CHAPERONES With the Matron and Physician as chaperones, they were allowed to come as far as Washington Avenue. After giving their yells and singing a few songs, they were taken to the Ball Park, where they united their voices with those of the folks from the city in giving triumphantly — Three cheers for Wilson ! A SNOW STOEM IN FAIEYLAND It was a lovely evening in December, near the Christmas season, and all the world seemed to join in the spirit of that glad time, which was long looked for and now so near. The teaching Seniors, too, were happy as they hurried home from the Training School, their minds filled with happy thoughts of home and holiday. As they reached the edge of the grove they suddenly stopped, for in place of the trees and shrubs they had seen in the morning they were now looking upon a perfect fairyland. The entire place had been transformed, as if by magic hands, into a lovely little kingdom, where fairies flitted about and graciously obeyed the command of the company. Tlie snow drifted quietly down, but people in Fairyland, of course, did not mind that. It covered the dear little Christmas trees and toys, in the booth where Santa Claus and his assistant worked nobly to dispose of the articles, in which that good old saint always delights. The pretty white flakes fell everywhere, not even forgetting the spot where a large crocus, which had dared to come fortli at this time of the year, sold poinsettias and ferns. Not far away we were surprised to see two huge butterflies flitting about in another booth. Why, what does all this mean? my companion asked; butterflies in a snow storm! Yes, I replied ; but you must remember that we are in fairyland now, and very unusual things happen here. In their booth, all decorated with smaller butterflies, these two larger ones were very busy, selling em- broidered articles, which were not only beautiful but also extremely useful. In one corner of the kingdom was a booth, presided over by a fairy, on which were displayed runners, towels, and felt collars. Photograph albums, memory books, and Japanese curiosities were very attractively displayed on the two booths near, and the little fairies in these booths were kept busy disposing of their useful articles. 114 The caudy booth was, of course, a center of attraction, and tlie little fairies within this Ijooth soon disposed of their confectionery — for the candy made in fairyland is far superior to that usually sold. We were wandering about enjoying the snow, when the faint tinkle of a bell caused us to realize tliat, even in fairyland, one must sometimes be hungry. We were ushered at once into a dining room, wlicro fairies all in wliite quickly served us with chicken salad, or fried oysters, and liot cotfec. While we were enjoying this delicious repast, the .sound of a drum from the adjoining room caused us to hurry back to see what this could mean. Upon a stage in tlie rear of the kingdom was seated a band, and to its music we were held almost spellbound for until a late hour. It was then with many regrets that we hastened away to our homes, but carrying a happy and joyous remembrance of our one evening spent in fairyland. LA POUDEE AUX YEUX French 42 of the State Normal School, of FrederiL-ksburg, ' a., realizing its unusual ability (?) in the art of translating, decided tliat such talent should not be lost to the world. So in January, 1917, this little class formed a company and proceeded to translate into Englisii the French play, La Poudre Aiix Yeu.r. So pleased were they with their translations that they decided that the best way to advertise their work was to produce it before the public. April 27th this little company of translators and players appeared in theii own English version of La Poudre Au.v Yeux before their fellow-students and many friends from Fred- ericksburg. So great was the success ( ?) of this performance that the company thinks it a duty to continue this wonderful work of translating French plays. Any High School, Xornial School or College desiring a copy of La Poudre Aux Yeux, translated into English by French 42 of the Fredericksburg State Xormal School, may obtain one by applying to any mem- ber of the following staff : Editor-in-Chief, Miss Kebecca Janney; Assistant Editor, Miss Bessie Franklin; Copyist, Miss Jennie Woolard; Business Manager, Miss Lucy Poindexter; Director, Miss Ethel Black. THE JLTXIOE-SEXIOE EECEPTIOX Have you ever heard some cheerful news That made you feel just right ? That chased away the gloomy blues. And everything seemed bright ? Well, that ' s just how the Seniors felt One cold and wintry day, When the Juniors sent this little note To the Seniors, just to say : Come, ve Senior Class, at eight To Eussell Hall— and don ' t be late— On February sixteenth, Friday eve, And ' twill be late before you leave. Come, ye Seniors, at this time And be the Juniors ' Valentine. To be the Juniors ' Valentine Was, in itself, a thought divine ; We talked about it weeks before. We planned our dresses by the score. For you know well ' twould never do Tn go without somethino- entirelv new. 115 ' Each Junior called, promptly at eight, To take her girlie to the fete; And when we got to Eussell Ha ll The sights we saw surprised us all; Amid the decorations fine. To greet us, sat St. Valentine. ' And 0, the things we had to eat Could by no other class be beat; Four little Cupids, dressed in white, Tripped out and danced, to our delight ; And then we had a solo sweet, Which always is an unusual treat. ' Then there were other things of note — Our fortunes, which seem so remote. Were told us in a clever way, And helped to make us feel quite gay; And altogether, I must confess, The party was a great success. 116 1€M jLTiationS 117 The Wisdom of the Foolish and the Folly of the Wise. GOOD LITTLE GIRLS AND BAD LITTLE GIELS Twelve Character Studies by rudolph vax zandt ely Eugenia Millner — Alias Gene. Normal ' s confideiK ' e woman. Educated in ways of sincerity and earn- estness. Garland Stoneman — Head of organization to boost Wilson. Lecturer on Woman ' s Suffrage. Operates in opposition to Worman. Clara Eichakds — Morning watch observer. Her work begun, she smiles; her work well done, she smiles. Counts her days by her kind deeds. Meredith Kendall — Most seltish act of her life was liaving diptheria alojie. Crocheting as her pastime in the i resent time. Garland Straughan — Active Y. W. C. A. worker. Better speech agent. Basket-ball star. Abbie Ballard — Puts up no bluffs, but puts up our letters, post cards and white cards. A soft answer turneth away wrath. Margaeet Taylor — Peg;gy of Poor Bluffers. Wanted to attend at least one class per day. Seen on Main Street hatless. Anti-morning watcher. Earlyne Burrus — A this year ' s debutante in Executive Body. Nymph dancer. Gossips until after mid- night. Her breach of promise against Nell D. is still pending in Cupid ' s Crush Court. Lucy Poindexter — P. D. Rollie ' s sister. Crushed by a Flip. Foremost in borrowing crowd. Keeper of unsightly room. Lover of French love songs. Genevieve Chidestee — Lover of graphophone music. Sounds of that machine haunt us forever ; those melo- dies (?) we shall never forget. Ruth King — King of flirts in skirts. This season ' s greatest skater, but likewise a campus-abiding personage. A daring tragic individual. Fond of displaying her wardrobe, as well as that of any kind lender. Teamydora Phillips — Skilled in the use of rouge, powders and perfumes. Well versed in sailorism. Friday evening frequenter of the drawing room. Sunday afternoon frequenter of the lawn and grove. Possessor of an unappreciated musical ability. SIX PORTRAITS IN OUR DRAMATIC SCRAP-BOOK The appearance of Rebecca Janney — Miss Janney is an American by birth — in Abbie San of Old Japan marks an epoch in the dramatic career of the Normal ' s most distinguished actress. It signifies that she has, for a while at least, deserted the Glee Club to take parts similar to Sister to the Ox. It is not often that Fredericksburg is permitted to hear a singer who possesses the voice which Miss Duncan displayed at the Junior-Senior Reception. If The Battlefield were a theatrical manager, the first thing it would do would be to build a musical comedv around her. 118 Miss Boggs ' simple little costume admirably illustrates the recent tendency in our drama to return to the naive and comfortable type of costuming so popular with the Japanese. Matsuka San is a Japanese dancer of note as well as the favorite maid of Her Imperial Highness. Miss Boggs now dances through the summer months. Mabel Glenn, as Lady Yugiri, recently made her first appearance on our stage. She was enthusiastically received, for her performance was not only pleasing but interesting. One gets out of things just what one puts in. If this be true, Dorothy Jones must have put her whole soul in her part in Abbu San, for Dot surely had a most glorious time. If she became weary of counting stools, cliairs, and changing her costumes — she changed six times — her good humor concealed it. Standing foremost in our impressions of this season ' s actresses is Fannie Mae Morgan, and foremost in our visions of the play is Aunt Paradise. That role suited Miss Morgan and Miss Morgan suited the role. Great was our honorable laughter at this venerated lady of the cream of the colored aristocracy of Old Virginny. WE DOMINATE FOR THE HALL OF FAME Leam Beatrice Snow Flippin Because she is President of the Illustrious Class of 1917. Because she can play any piece of music at sight, at any time, for anybody, for any length of time, with ease and without mistakes. Calphurnia Anna Bailey Because she can win at singles in tennis against any one in school. Because she has an ever-abiding love for her work at the Training School. Because she is Lois Shuman ' s friend. Mart Minor Richardson Because she is a Polly Anna Girl. Because she has never sought popularity. Because she is a jewel in basket-ball. CoRRiNE Rogers Because she works with a specific aim in view, getting results which are all wool and a yard wide. Jessie Elizabeth Harris Because she is the editor of the only paper in the school — The Tattler. Because she, with many other Juniors, helped to plan for a most honorable party given to august Seniors on the venerated Saint Valentine ' s Day. Because she did exalted dance at honorable party. Hilda Tempest Wright Because she motivates her work. Because she organizes her material. Because she bases her procedure upon apiJerception. Because she uses initiative. Because, in short, she brings out clearly in her work four important educational principles. LiLLiE Lee Michie Because after spending four care-free years here, with only a happy idea of life, she now looks upon life seriously. Because we wonder at this change. 119 TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY New Student — Talking over the phone. Friend: Are you coming to church to-day? New Student : No, we are guaranteed because of scarlet fever. Me. Tynek : Are there any reports to-day ? Imogen E. : Yes, sir; I have a few suggestions, taken from the Educational Journal, which will probably make you a good teacher. Miss Houchen (in Health and Sanitation) : Class, I want you to notice carefully the diagram of this man, but it seems as if his arm will not stay in place. Rachel M. : Don ' t worry ; that ' s the trouble with a good many of ' em. Edna Carter (when elected censor of Woodrow Wilson Literary Society) : What do I have to do? Go around and get the census? Nannie G. (wishing her Geometry class a Merry Christmas) : And I hope you will not forget all the Cteometry you know. Student (interrupting her) : Same to you. Garland Stoneham (excitedly telling Mary H. ' s fortune) : You are going to become very much inter- ested in a man of the opposite sex. Mr. Tyner (in Sociology) : Are there any questions to-day? Student (on back row) : What is the lesson? A Girl (meeting Miss A. in the hall when the lights had gone out) : Them devilish lights had better come on now. Miss A. : Eemember, this is Better Speech Week. Lucy Poindexter (in Bowman ' s) : I want a registered stamp, please. Nell : The Cosby twins are having a birthday party. Mary Ellen: Wliose birthday is it? Martha ' s or Sarah ' s? Miss G. : Miss MeCanna, why would you not say, ' Whom are you going with ? ' Miss McC. : Because you must never end a sentence with tvith. Notice Given Out at the Table: Tickets for the hounds will be sold at 7:15 to-night. New Girl to Old Girl: Will you please tell me where Room 715 is? Daisy, the maid, to Mabel Glenn: Don ' t you know. Miss Mabel, there ain ' t but fifteen of us Hughes girls here. Dat ' s me, Fanny, Emily, you, Miss Dorothy, Miss Houchen, and some more. Dot J. : Who are you for ? Rachel M. : Who do you reckon? I ain ' t no nigger! Miss Peck : Teach the children United States money and give some paper money to each one. Amy V. : What does she think I am, the United States Treasury ? Heemine Coghill (in English class) : Miss Wheelhouse, will you please read your sentence? B. Wheelhouse: We the girls of the Normal School are hungry. 120 Gene M. : Wliat aro ucrves? Small Student: I don ' t know what they are, hut I can give you an illustration. If you were up in the top of a tree and an eagle flew up to eat you, and you jumped down, why, it would be nerve. Seniok: What is the name of the operetta to he given by the Glee Club? New Student: I think it is ' Fluenza ' ! Dorothy D. : Myrtle, what is an epidemic ? M. D. : Something the doctor puts in your arm when you have been exposed to a disease. Miss Houchen (in Health and Sanitation Class) : How often sliould we clean our teeth? E. Beery (after a moment ' s thought) : Twice a year. Essie Roberts : I wonder if we will have the dumb-bell exercise in Gym to-day. Emily P.: Oh, what do they do with them? Ring them all the time? P. D. and Sally B., translating French. Sally B. : It is a praying bench. P. D. : ' Tain ' t no praying bench. ' Tis altar. Use the best English you can. We are having Better Speech Week. Lou Ella (during intermission of a basket-ball game) : Oh, Miss Houchen, are we going to play in four halves or three halves? Louise C. (asking questions preparatory to Psychology test) : Amelia, what controls our behavior? Salome, overhearing the question : Miss Forbes. Dorothy J. (talking about a preacher she had once heard) : ' He certainly was a fine preacher; he got just loads of convicts. Teaching Senior (to pupil) : If I came to school with my face as dirty as yours, what would you say? Pupil: I would have manners enough not to say anything. Miss Hinman (in Art Appreciation Class) : These columns are not tall enough for their height. DISCOVERIES Discoveries Wanted ! What are you doing to save yourself time and energy ? So Easy. A quiet day in bed on Monday will give you ample time to make preparation for Tuesday ' s classes, and furnish an excellent excuse for not having to attend disagreeable classes on Blue Monday. Thus week-ends can always be devoted to delightful crushing or gossiping or reading dime novels. How Simple! Try It. If your friends, especially your old crushes, expect you to take them to Feuer- herd ' s and buy peanuts besides, and you have no pecuniary means with which to meet their expectations, rather than disappoint them, skip chorus. Result: You will be campused and the awkward situation is removed. Sweeping Custom. If you sweep your rugs in the liall before your neighbor ' s door and leave your trash there, too, Mrs. Chew will think your room orderly. Your neighbor enjoys Mrs. Chew ' s famous lectures on Reflections on Home Training. Wise Virgin. A tip to the cook means an early lunch for any twelve-o ' clock Senior who wishes to ob- serve in the morning or who has work to put on the board. See JIary Richardson for further information. Another way to tie up packages. Don ' t try to do it for yourself. Take all packages to iliss Chesley. She may be busy, but she really likes to be interrupted. Don ' t be satisfied until she finds a box just the right size, paper suitable color, and an abundance of cord. Have her to weigh and stamp the package, and then leave it with her to be mailed. 121 Paper, pencils, ink, and stamps. Never borrow from your best t ' rieiuls. They will remind you of your debts. Borrow from some new girl whose name you don ' t quite know, and whose room number you will for- get. This is a very economic habit. Promoting Friendliness. If a teaching Senior is unexpectedly observed by several aimable non-teaching girls, the student teacher naturally has a very friendly attitude towards her observers. Especially is this true if she is observed in teaching music or nature study. SEAnOES— INTOXICATE YOURSELVES In order not to feel the horrors of tests, burdens of Training School, which lu ' ing your marks to — and break your spirits, you must intoxicate yourselves with enthusiasm, interest, lo ' e, energy, effort, ambition, or ideals as you will, but intoxicate yourselves. And if sometimes upon the steps of the palace of despair, or upon the walks of meloncholy, or in the sad solitude of your own room, you awake — intoxication already diminished or disappeared — ask of the wind, of the grove, tlie clock, the notebook, what time is it? And the wind, grove, clock, and notebook will answer you, It is time to intoxicate yourself. Unceasingly intoxicate yourself with enthusiasm, interest, love, energy, effort, ambition, or ideals — as you will. 122 123 The Alumnae Association First Vice-President, Marjorie T. Eiker Second Vice-President, Bertha Scoti Recording Secretary, Frances Hareell President, J. Louise Lewis Corresponding Secretary, Grace Beazley Treasurer, Janet LaCeosse Advisory Member, Miss Virginia M. Goolrick Although not four years old, the Alumnfe Association of the Fredericksburg State ISTormal School has already undertaken and accomplished at least a little something for its Alma Mater. Each year, since its organization, the Alumnae Association has held reunions and given at Commencement a luncheon or banquet to the graduating class, and has held meetings of a social and business character at the State Teachers ' Meet- ing in Richmond for the past two years. The Alumna? in that city have organized a Local Chapter, known as the Eichmond Chapter of the Fredericksburg Normal Alumna? Association. At the Association meeting in June, 1916, it was decided that a Students ' Loan Fund be started, since, hj this means, the greatest amount of good results could be accomplished. The Association voted for the year 1917 the sum of one hundred dollars, to be raised solely by the dues. November 8th was set apart, henceforth, to be known as annual Almnna? Dues Day, and, within the space of time between that date and November 30, 1917, the hundred dollars was sent in to the treasurer. Of this response we are very proud, and justly so we think, when it is taken into consideration, that we have somewhat less than two hundred girls eligible to mem- l ership in the Association. The following girls, having paid the required fee, have become life members : Jeanette Hess, Gay Wilson, Charlotte Eice, Kathryne Bice, Mae Perrin, Nancy Parker, Louise Lewis, Euth Lord, Margaret Sayre, Clara von Hofsten, Lucy Gouldman. Among the Alumnfe Brides of the coming season, we note, with interest, the following : Helen Margaret Northrop to Mr. Charles Alfred Eose, of New York City (we wonder if he is a Wild Irish Eose? ) ; and Elizabeth Card well Chenery to Mr. Gilbert Laurence Riker, of Ashland, Va. There swims no goose so gray, but soon or late She finds some honest gander for her mate. Mrs. Anna Diedrick Jackson responded as follows : I have no illustrious achievements to report — only my teaching career ended with three years of work at Sussex Courthouse, and another began this fall with duties Just too numerous to mention. Mrs. U. A. Eouzie (nee Miss L. G. Eichardson) has found her work to be quite easy and very interesting considering the kind of work it is. The following are among those who have also become members of this institution : Iva Beachboard, Laura McD. Bowman, Merle Garrett, Ella Garnett Hoskins, Belle Pearce, Louise Jackson, Mary Chesley, Verna Eookes, Sallye Eoberts, Annie Scott. 124 There is in the wurst of foiiune the best of chances for a happij change. Glen Allen, Ya., Febniary 20, IQl?. Fellow Citizens and Friends: I am writing to give you a few reasons why Girls should stay at F. S. X. S. rather than teach school I First — You are subject to all children ' s diseases, such as chicken pox (which I have just gotten over, and had to dig out half of my salary for a substitute). Have all the diseases you can before you leave there, as you don ' t have to pay a substitute to attend classes for you ! Second — In teaching Manual Training one tries to supply the county with flower stands, but, after finish- ing, finds they will not hold flowers. (We have all kinds of lumber, but do not attribute the above to teacher or pupil!) Lastly — Cheer up, girls, the worst is yet to come. Better stay where you are as long as possible — do not grieve if you have to stay five years ! This comes from an experienced old school teacher. Bertha Scott. Dillon, S. C, February 20, 1917. Fellow Sisters: I have just been trying to cheer and warm up two of our teachers, who were very suddenly left in the cold, since their landlady refused to give them any more fuel because she was not making anything. In the middle of the month she infomied them of this fact, and also that she would be glad if they would move their boarding place. I know, from experience, that this is a hard thing to do in Dillon. Folks here think we teachers own the world. Sometimes I wish we did — we would surely remodel some parts of it. Girls, my advice to you is — get a school where there is a teachers ' home. Faithfully yours, Nancy Paekee. Nannie Oliver writes that her regular work is acting as assistant housekeeper, dish-washer, milk-maid, and woodchopper, while her outside work is teaching music, algebra, and history in the high school at Irvington, her home. Beulah Detwiler is teaching in a school near her home. She enjoys very much the victrola bought with the proceeds from a school bazaar. Muriel Barber is teaching at Carnegie, Penu. Muriel finds the work very interesting and the children fascinating. Marjorie Halleman seems to be the only one of the Class of 1916 who is enjoying the restfulness of home. We find her remaining at her home in Suffolk, Ya. Virginia Haynie is teaching at Colonial Beach, and writes that she finds wonderful opporttinities to hitch up education with life and to make future citizens. She tells us the task is great and inspiring when one realizes that she may be training a Washington or Lee there in the historic Westmoreland County. She finds it far more interesting than Training School work. To be alone with thirty-three dears, and each one an educational problem with no Supervisor and Critic Teacher to interfere, is, indeed, interest- ingly and distressingly real. Mary Temple Coleman writes us from Shanghai, but informs us that she is not in China, init is in Shanghai, Ya. She tells us she was asked, Why, I did not know you were in China. AVhen do you begin your missionary work? 125 Mary Spencer Leitcli finds in Waverly, Va., the following in a large majority: 1. Children who never study. 2. Peanuts. 3. Mosquitoes. 4. Book. 5. Brick AValks. 6. Lumber Mills. Below are the most evident minorities : 1. Men. 2. Moving-pictures. 3. Shoes my size. -t. Folks who will board the teachers. Mary Warner Johnson, through her enthusiasm and efforts, has succeeded in having built in place of a one-room school a modern, up-to-date, well-equipped two-room school, which has been standardized. It is now called the Canton Graded School. Charlotte Bice states that her work does not consist of teaching, but of being clerk, waitress, assistant cook, dishwasher, housekeeper, gardener, chauffeur, and assistant manager of a country hotel. She tells us that when the lure of little voices becomes too great, she goes up to the school and tells the little ones stories. Mary E. Acree finds the work of teaching six-year-old babies in the school at Minor, Ya., peculiarly fasci- nating — probably due to the fact that they are most all boys. Mary Snead found the call too great to remain out of service longer. She is now teaching at Tappa- hannock, Va. Edna Gibbs has the happiest first grade in Virginia. She is teaching in the Cheriton High School, and finds joy in her interesting work. Xorinne Tennis is assistant principal in the West View High School, which is near Eichmond. ilattie i Iae Atkinson is teaching at Camden, Arkansas. She writes she has not forgotten that Mr. Tyner says, Do not use don ' ts, but only give the pupils a look. She has tried this, and it worked for a while, but now they are used to her looks, and do not pay attention to them. She says she could discipline very well if she had a record on the Victrola, saying all day, Sit down, William ! Stop talking ! and Do not come to my desk without permission ! Grace Beazley, Martha Fleet, and Maude Seay are teaching in the Cape Charles High School. Grace states she would not exchange places with any practice-teaching Senior. Her advice to the future Alumnae is: Gather into the nooks of your brain every ' stunt ' whatsoever intended, for the use of your future disciples you will need them all and wish for more. Helen Gardner is teaching in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, at Pulaski. She spends most of her time whipping bad boys, in spite of Mr. Tyner ' s teaching at the S ormal. Consequently, she finds little time for the more pleasant task of teaching. Lucille Burton enjoys her work as the teacher of twenty-five of the nicest pupils in the world. She is teaching in King and Queen County, at Gressitt. Uk. wriii r lODDIlD 126 Lucille Putney is teaching in her home county, and tells us the following information was imparted to her through test papers: 1. Cornwallis wrote the Declaration of Independence. AVhen he surrendered he gave his sword to Lincoln to present to Washington. 2. Political parties are necessary, hecause when one gets rotten ' you can join another. 3. A party platform is where the President sits when he is in office. We see Lucille is still interested in Equal Suffrage, as she is gaining such wonderful knowledge of politics. The County Fair On the night of October the third, A noise all over the school was heard ; There was hardly a person but had a toy As a souvenir of the day ' s great joy. What was it all about, you say? Well ! fifteen cents we had to pay To go to the County Fair. Across the grounds we walked and walked ; We heard the country folks as they talked; We looked at fancy work, pies and pigs. And saw the show girls dancing their jigs; We had the palmist read our hand, And heard the band play Dixie Land, After which we got our lunch. After we ' d eaten and eaten some more. We watched all the races, which ended at four, And wandered around in the dust and the heat. And asked what more we could get there to eat. Finally, we piled in the jitney bus. And landed at school with all kinds of fuss, For we ' d all had a jolly good time. Susie Emily AVillsox. 127 lXlltmisJ3£xUlQs_aJ. ThinKm93lifiDLaJ lg jajaw 128 Honor to Whom Honor is Due Miss Olive Iat Hinjiax Miss Mary Somerville Gamjiox Miss Virginia May Goolrick Miss Julia Louise Lewis Dean Algernon Bertrand Chandler, Jr. Their wise council and sound judgment we recognize and appreciate. 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Old Dominion Nurseries RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Growers of High-Grade Nursery Stock— Fruit Trees, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Roses, Shrub- bery, Evergreens, Small Fruits, etc., etc. Catalog and PriceList Upon Request We can give positions as Salesmen to several responsible men WRITE FOR OUR SPECI7U. OFFER Shoes at the right prices ; stylish, up-to-date models; perfect fitters, insuring comfort. Trust your feet to us; we pay special at- tention to fitting them properly, giving you the best possible value for the money. E. J. EMBREY SHOE COMPANY, Inc. 921 Main Street THE HOUSE THAT GIVES QUALITY Dr. W. p. hunter . . Dentist . . FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA SHOES - SLIPPERS - AND - HOSIERY Shepherd ' s Headquarters for all advance styles. Guarantee to duplicate any shoe south of Boston. Courteous treatment to all. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Right thinking is the first step toward right doing. Shepherd ' s SHOES - SLIPPERS - AND - HOSIERY Smith and Swift INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS School Room Wax Oil Polish Does not make the floor slippery. Dries quickly. The ideal floor oil for Linoleum, Painted, Varnished or Plain Floors. correspondence solicited FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA STANDARD SUPPLY COMPANY Sole Agents 158 West Broadway, New York, N. Y. STEPHEN LANE FOLGER, Inc. Established 1892 Manufacturing Jewelers Club and College Pins and Rings Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals G. M. SELEM Confectionery 180 Broadway New York HIRSCH ' S Goodies— T ' e Finest in the World Catsup, Pickles, Beans and Pork and Mince IVIeat HIRSCH BROS. CO., Inc. LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY FRUITS : GROCERIES SOFT DRINKS 820 MAIN STREET Don ' t Throw Yo ur Old Shoes Away If you only knew it, the old shoes you have been throwing away, could be made to give a generous amount of extra service. With shoe prices going higher all the time, you can see it pays to havb them repaired. My prices are reasonable. I use the best of leather and rubber; guarantee both work- manship and material. Work called for and delivered. Phone 80-J. Give me a trial pair and let me show you what I can do for you in helping reduce the high cost of living. MODERN SHOE REPAIR SHOP F. M. ALDRIDGE. Proprietor 210 George Street, Rear Brent ' s Dry Goods Store City Property Timber Tracts Farm Lands Richmond-Washington Farm Agency incorporated J. L. HAWKINS, Secretary FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA SEND US YOUR PLANS FOR ESTIMATES The American Heating and Ventilating Company Incorporated Heating, Ventilating a?td Sanita?y Kiigijieers and Co7itract07S SCHOOL BUILDINGS EXCLUSIVELY 1006-7-8 MUTUAL BUILDING RICHMOND VIRGINIA BROMPTON STOCK FARM REGISTERED JERSEY AND GUERNSEY CATTLE BERKSHIRE HOGS BRONZE TURKEYS IMPROVED FOWLS M. B. RowE Company FREDERICKSBURG ■ VIRGINIA THE RINGS AND PINS FOR THE 1917 CLASS WERE MADE BY DIRGES and CLUST fetotlers antj iliiersnilttjs MUNSEY BUILDING 1325 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WASHINGTON, D. C. CLASS PINS MEDALS LOVING CUPS - PLAGUES Fredericksburg Cleaning and Pressing Company SHOP WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED Hats Cleaned, Blocked and Remodeled Gloves of all kinds cleaned. We do our own Dyeing, Our work is our recommendation 202 COMMERCE STREET Phone 523 JAMES CALAMOS, Proprietor NEEDS OF NEW TEACHERS Bailey ' s For the Children ' s Hour . . , . $1.50 Ledyard ' s Primary Manual Work .... 1.20 Richmond Word Builders, per box 15 Philadelphia Number Builders, per box ... .15 EMBECO No. 1 Crayons, per box 08 Bradley ' s A-9 Water Colors, per box 30 Tinted Construction. Drawing and School Papers in great assortment Milton Bradley Company S. E. Cor. 17th and Arch Streets PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. THE MORRIS ECKELS COMPANY LAUNDRY SUPPLIES AND SPECIALTIES Washington Woolen Mills LADIES ' CLOAKING AND SUITING MATERIALS ESPECIALLY LARGE LINE OF White Serges, Flannels, Shepherd Checks, and Blue, Grey and Brown Serges BALTIMORE MARYLAND RAINCOATS Have You Seen the New Feather- Weights ? Telephone 148 and let us send a car out to bring you down to look IT has always been our policy to insist on a high standard of quality, and to have nothing to do with merchandise that has been skimped in quality to fit the price. We want you to be satisfied in the fullest sense of the word. Q You are invited to examine our large stock of Dry Goods, Millinery, Silks, Waists, Suits, Cloaks, Laces, Em- broideries, Hosiery, Underwear, Trunks and Small Wears J. F. LOWERY COMPANY FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA BEST BY TEST FERTILIZERS AND FARM SEEDS M. G. Willis FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA Benj. Goldsmith— 1861 Jos. M. Goldsmith— 1902 Established Over Half a Century B. Goldsmith and Son Clothiers and Gents Furnishings Phone No. 21 FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA Dulin Martin Company Complete Equipments for CHINA, GLASS and SILVER For Colleges, Hotels and Public Institutions PRIZES AND TROPHIES FOR ALL PURPOSES Complete Kitchen Equipments 1215 F Street and 1214-16-18 G Street WASHINGTON, D. C. Dust Down The Sweeping Compound of Quality THE BEST BY ACTUAL TEST manufactured by The Fitch Dust-Down Company CINCINNATI, OHIO ' ' Buick ' ' Value in Lead MOTOR CARS Biscoe Motor Company SALESROOM: 311 Commerce Street SERVICE STATION: 507 Commerce Street FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA Karsten Commission Company Grain, Flour, Feed Hay, Salt and Coal FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA ALL THAT IS GOOD IN Millinery Suits Dresses Waists Underwear Hosiery Gloves Fancy Notions ALWAYS SHOWN AT ISAAC HIRSH SON FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA -Esta.bttaAed -JS89 GATCHEL § MANNING Designers • Engravers in One or- More Corors Sixt i and Cfiedinut Streets PHILADELPHIA We make and sell Designs and Engravings on the basis of Quality and ocrvicc, at prices wliich will compare favorabty Jj y with ivhatjyou may- -be paying ' ' elsewhere for less satisfac lory-work Two, Three and Four Color Halftones, Double Prints, Highlights. Combinations, Multicolor etc. for Advertising Displays, Catalogue and Book Ulustralions a« Commercial Needs isndjar Spcciman Port bUo Save Money — Retail at Wholesale Price WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY AND EVERYTHING IN THE OPTICAL LINE KIDWELL THE LEADING WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 824 MAIN STREET FREDERICKSBURG, VA. When You Think of something extra to eat, thinlt of our Cream PufFs, Polka Rolls, Lady Locks, Chocolate Eclairs, Jelly, Currant and Cinnamon Buns, Charlotte Rousse, and the great variety of dainty assorted Fancy Cakes we have in our retail store awaiting your inspection and purchase. A LITTLE MONEY GOES A LONG WAYS HERE Brannan Baking Company 416 Commerce Street Fredericksburg, Va. From A Friend The Rappahannock Electric Light and Power Company 60 CYCLE TWO-PHASE WESTINGHOUSE SYSTEM Furnishes Electric Energy at the State N. and I. School Lowest Rates for Light, Heat and Power Service WIRING DONE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED WE SELL Ladies ' Shoes, Coats, Hats, Waists, Skins and Muslin Underwear BIG LINE OF HOSIERY YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND BARGAINS AT THE Boston Variety Store 9 1 6 Main Street Fredericksburg, Va. THE • BIG • BRIGHT • STORE E. M, Curtis SHOES, CLOTHING, LADIES ' AND MEN ' S FURNISHINGS ' 215 Commerce Street FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA T xxT -% f r A It is to your own advantage to trade 1 our WWn VjOOCl here. We don ' t mean to make the claim that we sell better goods than anyone else, but we ( o offer you the best grades produced; and we have a complete stock, too, of everything any drug store sells. Medicines : Sundries Soda Water Cigars : Candies if we don ' t happen to have exactly what you want, we ' ll get it for you as soon as possible, and at no extra cost to you nrw II rtf, W. L. BOND Df ugs and Seeds FREDERICKSBURG Telephone 36 VIRGINIA WE MANUFACTURE Monarch Paint, 100% pure Senottrs Floor Paint Neu-Tone Fiat Wall Paint Triple Ground Colors in Oil and a Complete Line Paints and Varnishes oooc;=iooo Th( Martin Senour Company PAINT AND VARNISH MAKERS CHICAGO ILLINOIS Maryland, Delaware Virginia Railway Company Steamers leave Fredericksbur? for Baltimore. Sundays. Tuesdays and Thursdays. 2 p. m. Steamers leave Baltimore. Sundays. 12 noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4. JO p. m., for Fredericksburg; Wednesday, 4.30 p. m., for Sharps, and Friday. 4.30 p. m.. for Tappabannock. NORFOLK ROUTE. ' Steamer leaves Tappabannock for Norfolk. Sat- urday, 2.00 p, m., returning steamer leaves Norfolk for Tappabannock, Mon- day, J p. m. Steamer leaves Tappabannock for Baltimore. Monday, Tues- day, Wednesday. Friday. 7. JO a. m. Steamer leaves Sharps 9. JO a. m. Thursday for Baltimore. N. B, — Above schedule subject to tide and weather. WILLARD THOMPSON, General Manager W. D. SCOTT, Agent T. MURDOCK. General Passenger Agent Dr. J. G. KING . . Dentist . PHONE 171 FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA $5,000,000 Insurance in Force 21 Years Old Cart Before The Horse That ' s what you do when you pay a Big Premium Flat Down in old- line company. Paying in advance you get nothing back if you burn out the next day, or before your policy expires. Why not save a piece of every dollar, and, in addition, pay only that piece by piece-meal— not in a lump all in advance T The Northern Neck Mutual Fire Association (IRVINGTON, VIRGINIA) . ,r,,-.„ „..-.. ( Saves a piece of every dollar for you, and ) WRITE THEM let-, you keep pieces of the other piece to [ WRITE THEM use. It will also save you peace of mind, j 21 Years Old Judge J. C. Ewell PRESIDENT W. McDonald Lee SECRETARY The Half-Tone Reproductions that appear in the BATTLEFIELD were made from photographs posed especially for this Annual by Buck ' s Studio 1113 F Street, Northwest WASHINGTON, D. C. Special Rates Will Be Furnished THE Normal School Students TIN AND SHEET IRON ROOFING STOVES AND FURNACES 000 IOCX3 George W. Heflin PLUMBING Fredericksburg, Virginia CXXX= CXXf STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING DON ' T FAIL TO VISIT THE STORE OF A. C. WOODING AND BROTHERS FOR ALL YOUR WANTS IN Dry Goods, Notions, Ribbons Silks and Hosiery YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND HERE THE BEST GOODS AT THE LOWEST PRICES RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC RAILROAD Quick and Frequent Trains Convenient Schedules Double Track Line ONLY SEVENTY-FIVE MINUTES TO RICHMOND AND WASHINGTON Through Pullmans from Fredericksburg to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Birmingham, Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Key West and Florida Points FOR FULL INFORMATION REGARDING RATES. SCHEDULES. ETC.. APPLY TO THE UNDERSIGNED W. p. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager RICHMOND. VIRGINIA G- G. COX, Agent FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELD ' D. [. DARK BLUE c. d. u GRANITE MONUMENTS Battlefield granite is conceded to be the finest in the country, due to its last- ing qualities and taking the finest polish. The letters, even very small ones, will be distinct and plainly seen after years or exposure. Write for polished samples. WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED ooo Battlefield Granite Corporation Phone 423 FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA TAKE A bite of the bread made from Germania Super- lative flour and, like Oliver Twist, you will cry for more. Bread like mother use to make isn t in it, ' with that made from this delicious, high grade and nourishing flour, that gives your bread a flavor that is delightful and makes it the staff of life in reality. GERMANIA MILLS, INC. FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA The FREDERICKSBURG SHOE COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OF Ladies ' Fine Shoes FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA RESERVED FOR A FRIEND RESERVED FOR A FRIEND ' . (| This book is a fair sample of our work in printing, binding and caring for the engravings. Q Into all of our products, whether college publications or general commercial work, we put the infinite pains necessary to insure our patrons receiving the highest quality printing. J. P. BELL COMPANY, INCORPORATED PWNTERS, DESIGNERS, ENGRAVERS LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA lliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim