Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1938 volume:

Jimij lIJ(mMjim THE KN E T E E N HUNDRED ' A N D T H I R T Y EIGHT Jane Sinclair Editor JuANiTA Carpenter Busincis Manager PLTBLISHED AX X TALLY BY THE STUDENT BODY OF MARY WASHIXGTOX COLLEGE. FREDERICKSBURG. VIRGINIA DR. EDWARD ALVEY, JUNIOR HE STUDENT BODY HOLDS IT A HIGH PRIVILEGE IN DEDICATING THE NINETEEN THIRTY ' EIGHT BATTLEFIELD TO Dr. Edward Alvey, Junior Whose ability as an instructor is acknowledged Whose administrative efficiency is recognized Whose gentleness of manner is unvarying Whose fineness of poise is a steadying influence Whose readiness to serve meets the needs of the dav Whose dealings with others is impartial and fair Whose sunlit philosophy is both livable and lived Whose culture is innate and beneficent Whose friendliness is an open sesame to student life ' JL HE BATTLEFIELDjustifiesits existence only to the extent it gives pleasure to those who possess it, but this year a new phase has come into its compilation — the tender grace of a day that has gone finding expres- sion in the quaint picture of a little gentlewoman in her high frilled headdress who looks out upon you with quiet eyes that in their day delighted in the rosemary and the rue of her boxwood garden, who saw in the coat ' of-arms a royal challenge, who knew self-renunci- ation in that farewell hour to a son, beloved, and who found strength in hours of anxiety as she lingered at the old meditation rock. And then the picture of the tomb — so quietly she sleeps under the simple shaft before which both head and heart are bowed in acknowledg- ment of Mary Washington. The Battlefield holds dear the privilege of having worked with material of such nobility from out the love- liness and the courage of Colonial days in old Virginia. CONTENTS r THE COLLEGE THE CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS ATHLETICS FEATURES The forest, j rimcval, tkrougfi whose swaying grace sunshine ani shaiow hold high carnival. m- ' ' iVf . -af ' - jk Heaven ' s own shifting granicur ahovc; Calm, cool pncs stand hy. Without the qiiiet growth of tree aniJ yme, shruh and turf; wuhin learning unfortuncs. : i - VlC :; i ' juj ii agi AUno5t heauUous enough for the Master of Moriticello to have smiled approvingly. Linger here at the matin hour to see the sun come up like lu]uid glory over the tree tops. Frances Willard, the Great House-mother of those who come for the first time, saying: So this 15 College! To go or to come—how mgerly tlic feet of tlte passing pageant oj girls goes treking hy. UMIIItlt tiiiiiiir iiiiinir .1 • tefe ' Efi p. Br 4 % ' ' k . HiMMMdlli i i ' ' j F V « _ V 1 il 4 - Wliere arch and ramUing evergreen Icecp tryst tliroHgliout tlic year. Majestic tkey stani. Second only to home and coynradcs fare on shoulder to shoulder. Where one makes friends without half- way trying and discord is an out-law. Virginia, lasically collegiate, shares its roof with officialiom. Till- l ' ruL-5iiiiii J5 of flouvi-Liiui MORGAN L. COMBS A.B., A.M., Ed.M., Ed.D. President A.B., University of Richmond; A.M., University of Chicago; Ed.M. and Ed.D., Harvard University; student, University of Berlin; travel and study in Europe, summers 1933 and 1935. Superintendent of Schools, Buchanan County, Virginia; State Super- visor, Secondary Education for Virginia; Professor, Secondary Education, Boston University; Director Research and Surveys, Virginia State Department of Education; Professor of Education, College of Wil- liam and Mary, Summer School; Professor of Educa- tion, George Washington University, Summer School. Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, and Alpha Phi Sigma. Author and editor numerous bulletins, publications, and reports. President, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg. DR. MORGAN L. COMBS Prescient MRS. CHARLES LAKE BUSHXELL DullI of OIIIlM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL EDUCATION Dr. James H. Dodd, Head of DcfartmcHt Miss Lola Minich Mr. Richard M. Kirby Miss Ruth Rucker Mr. Arthur L. Walker Mr. Theodore W. Cochrane FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Dr. Bertha M. Kirk, Head of Depart Ml cut Dr. Caroline B. Sinclair Miss Sarah S. Rogers Miss Louise E. Walraven DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Mr. Oscar H. Darter, Ucad of Dcj i?-liiiciit Mrs. R. Tipton Mooney Dr. C. G. Gordon Moss Dr. Almont Lindsey FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Dr Edward Alvey, Jr., Head of Department Mrs Ja.mes H Dodd Dr. Walter J. Young Mr. E Boyd Graves FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Dr. George E. Shankle, Ht ' aJ 0 Department Miss Margaret D. Calhoun, Librarian Miss Mary E. McKenzie Dr. Robert F. Caverlee Dr. Richard B. Davis Mr. Boyce Loving Dr. Elizabeth W. Baker DEPARTMENT OF ART Miss Dorothy Duggan DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC Miss Marion K. Chauncey Mr. Ronald W. Faulkner Miss Nora C. Willis DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES Miss Catesby W. Willis Mrs. Brawner Bolling DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE Dr. Roy S. Cook, Head of Dcparlmcn Miss Helen H. Schultz Dr. Alan S. Peirce DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECOXONnCS Miss Marv Margaret Sil w, Head of Dtjurtmt-nt Miss Annabel L. Merrill Mrs. Ella P. Robins DIETITLAX Mrs. John Ruff FACULTY ADMINISTRATION Mr. Edgar E. Woodward, Treasurer Mrs. John Ferneyhough, Assistant Treasurer Miss Carolease Pollard, Secretary to Treasurer Mrs. Nannie Mae M. Williams, Registrar Mrs. Edmund T. Creamer, Assistant Registrar Miss Katherine M. Burgess, Secretary to President Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr. , Dean of the College Miss Dorothy A. Ramey, Secretary to Dean FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION Dr. Mildred E. Scott, Resident Pliy.sR-iaii Miss Elizabeth Trible, Registered H.urse Dr. Mollie B. Scott, Instructor m Health Education HOSTESSES Mrs. Gordon T.wlor Miss Gr- ce Taylor Mrs. High Byron Miller Supervisor of Freshmen and Director of Dormitories Miss Lillie Tltiman FACULTY Mr. Charles Allmand Edwards, Principal of Traiinng School SUPERVISORS Mr. Wilmer C. Berg Miss Elinor L. Hayes Mr. Harold H. Weiss Miss Nena De Berry Mr. Edward C. Stull Miss Helen E. Mills IN PASSING The curtain slowly closes on a scene That will be long remembered, though mounting years Crowd loved memories from the heart. Adieu, Training School! Necessity bids you pass. But the flames kindled within your friendly walls Are burning in a thousand schools the world about, And a myriad of young, free souls are glowing With a precious fire whose spark was College Heights. Witkin these walls — the dome of Mary Wash- ington — life was lived on heights ofnohle ideals and sacred patriotism. FRESHMAN CLASS Jean Robertson Prendcnl Nancy Moseley Vice-President Bernice Salasky Secretary Frances Gillum Treasurer Mr. O. H. Darter Sponsor FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY WITH shiny, new trunks full of the latest thing for the college girl, the Fresh- men arrived. Their tremendous number gave some idea of the really big things they were to accomplish. For days they were kept busy with Freshmatt ' Training — learning the things that should be done and those that should be left undone. After a few weeks this training had done them so much good that they were allowed a night of retroversion. In costume they at tended the annual Kid Party to compete for the honor of being chosen the most typical child. There were all varieties of lovable juveniles at that party, including a set of Dionne Quints. This same spirit of being young was carried on when the Athletic Asso ' ciation entertained the Freshmen with its annual Play Day. The new students were given the opportunity to display their athletic skill and good sportsman- ship. They were given their choice of playing golf, tennis, or hockey. Horses v ere provided for those who preferred riding. Teams were picked at random and several rousing games ensued. With appetites whetted, the guests and their hostesses gathered about a bonfire and ate a picnic supper. With class duties to be performed, after much serious consideration, the Freshmen elected Jean Robertson as their president. With the aid of Nancy Moseley, vice-president, she began her executive duties. Soon the Devil-Goat competition began and Bernice Salasky, secretary of the class, helped to lead the Freshmen in hunting for the Goat-hidden flag. Beneath the Welcome mat at Virginia Hall was too good a hiding place so the Devils had to give up the search. The Freshmen grew up again overnight. In formal dress they attended the Student Government reception. This, too, proved an excellent opportunity to get a good look at all the Council members. In lady-like manner they filed down the receiving line and spent the evening dancing and getting acquainted. Just a week before Christmas the Freshmen realized that peanuts were good for other things than eating. In little peanut shells, they found some student ' s name. Then they began to send her, anonymously, all sorts of remembrances. After a week of receiving and giving mysterious gifts, at the annual Christmas dinner, the identity of their Peanuts was made known. With the appearance of leaves and flowers on the campus, there also began to appear on the campus little signs inviting everyone to come to the Freshman Benefit. Enticed into the gym, one found a true carnival. Startlingly, the Freshmen appeared as barkers, clowns, fortune-tellers, and jugglers. Lost in the carnival spirit and in a frenzy of spending, the patrons and the Freshmen were benefited. At the end of May, the biggest opportunity to all Freshmen came. Work on the daisy-cham began. Over yards and yards of daisy-laden rope each Fresh- man was given the chance to make that chain which is a tradition in the College. Large though it was in number and in deeds, the class has not submerged the individual. It is she who has made the Freshman Class. 38 Mary Almand Virginia Landram Alrich Janet Alston Ruth Annesley Virginia Apperson Jeanne Arnold Anne Arnold Lavellen Frances Ashby Eugenia Charlotte Avery Myrtle Bacon Margaret Bagby Elizabeth Bain Vee Baker Helen Francis Ball Josephine Swart Ball Addie Lee Barrett Eleanor Batschelet • Lorena Ann Beadles Evelyn Beale Frances Carolvn Bennett Myra Birchett Martha Black Frances Aubrev Bolen Dorothy Bones Shirley Taylor Bortner Margaret Louise Bowen Sara Branch Virginia Brav Jane Carolyn Britt Margaret Alice Britton Juanita Brockwell Zanie Brodie [39; Rose Helen Brooks Virginia Brothers Ellen Christine Bro vn Pauline Brown Emita Bruno Barbara Virginia Bryant Ruth Buchanan Hazel Bulluck Nancy Burch Mildred Burner Virginia Burnett Emmaline Burnett Betty Burnley Dorothea Marie Burrman Marion Burroughs Helen Burrow Betsy Burruss Gladys Burton Helen Burton Maxine Calfee Catherine Carlson Mary Carmines Dorothy Carney Frances Carpenter Virginia Creel Carpenter Mary Carson Elizabeth A. Carter Elizabeth Carter Kathryn Norma Carter Marie Cattenhead Roberta Anne Cecil Mary Jane Chambers 40 Ann Chapman Mary Chowning Eugenia Clarice Hilda Clarke Mavis Clarke Malcena Cieek Virginia Dare Coates Dorothy Cobb Dorothy Winifred Cook Jeanette Cooper Elsie Mae Comwell Jane Comwell Elizabeth H. Cox Elizabeth Cox Mayme Lake Cox Carol Crafton Marjone Creef Mary Miller Crigler Bennie Crist Clara Cundift Elaine Daniels Alma Darden Dorothy Darden Minnette Dashiell Barber Davis Virginia Davis Virginia Marie Davis Dorothy Day jean Lee DeCoss Barbara Ann DePass Ann de Vanv Isabel Herndon Dickinson [41] Lucy Dickinson Norma Lee Dickinson Alyce Dodge Mildred Elizabeth Donaldson Margaret Dorrier Virginia Dougherty Lorraine Dove Elizabeth Mary Dowler Beryl Duell Marjorie Dudley Clara Dugger Frances Dugger Edith Dunston Frances Eanes Ruth Edwards Emma Eileen Emerson Nancy Engleby Virginia May Evans Ellen Josephine Ewing Louise Farley Carol Faulconer Dorothy Dunn Felts Eloise Flanarv Juanita Fletcher Evelyn Florence Pauline Foster Mildred Grace Fulton Elizabeth Virginia Gallion Jane Garnett Lucille Robinson Garrett Ruth Garrett Mary Georgie Gay [42] Dorothy Marion Giles Louise Gilland Nancye Gillespie Frances Gillum Margaret Yancey Cilium Margaret Gilman Virginia Utah Gilmer Annie Louise Gleason Beatri: de Gogorza Cordelia Goode Raynell Goodman Meliscent Graeff Flora Grant Marguerite Gregory Virginia Grigg Mary Virginia Gunter Jane Reid Haddox Betty Hall Kathryn Harding Betty Harker Catherine Harris Martha Elizabeth Harrison Sarah Haskins Antoinette Hayes Miriam Maxine Hearnng Grace Hendershot Pauline Elizabeth Hewitt Almeda Hill Lovev Hi Nancv Hi etty Hue Donald Claiborne Holden [43 Janie Elizabeth Holdren Laura Holman Helen Horwitz Mane Hudson Mary Evelyn Hudson Bessie Conner Hull Frances Hundley Rebecca Hurt Jessie Gray Hutchinson Bernice Ison Rhea Louise James June Evelyn Jeffries Martha Price Jenkins Jane Ayers Jennings Marguerite Jennings Dorothy Avis Johns Anne Johnson Betty Jane Johnson Marjorie Johnson Mary Kirk Johnson Aminee Jones Anna Jones Harriet Ann Jones Marian Jones Carol Jordan Dena Katz Frances Elizabeth Keister Ella Lois Kesterson Emeline Lois Keyser Elizabeth Kinsman Mildred Bonnor Kittrell Bertha Klann 44 Annie Florence Land Thelma Bemicce Lane Arabellc Laws Caroline Lawson Irclla Lawson Charlotte Lemley Nancy Litton Rosa Ellen Locke Virginia Locke Kathry n Lockhart Lois Loehr Ethel Loftin Melk Loudy Lida V acgill Ruth Jeanette MacLeod Jane McCorkindale Myra McCormick Betsy Anne McMath Audrey Marcey Jeannette Martin Helen Maxwell Jeanne Meads Biddy Miller Jane Katherine Miller Ethel Millikin Margaret Minter Florence Moore Maxine Morea Miriam Eda Morewitz Ruth Mosby Jane Moseley Julia Moselev 45 Nancy Moseley Katharine Moss Dorothy Miinden Jean Neate Kathryn Newcome Anne Creighton Orange Cornelia Virginia Orr Betty Mae Owen Constance Owens Phyllis Mae Pamplin Anne Parker Grace Meade Parker Elaine Parks Love Parr Edith Patterson Yvonne Curtis Paxson Martha Louise Payne Mitzi Elizabeth Payne Dons Elinore Perm Eleanore Royce Phillips Nan West Phillips Mary Lee Pittman Rowena Powell Marguerite Osborn Powers Mary Frances Price Mane Rose Pritchett Esther James Putnam Gayle Ramey Charlotte Anne Ramsburg Mildred Rawles Wilhelmina Rawlings Virginia Reamy 46 hlizabcth Rccd Mary Helen Reed Mary Agnes Repass Virginia Repass Elva Reynolds Frances Reynolds Rosemary Rice Margaret Roane Beverly Roberts Frances Roberts Mary Frances Roberts Jean Sager Robertson Mary Ann Robertson Frances Robinson Imogene Robinson Jane Rocap Jeanne Rogers Marguerite Rollins Mary Virginia Rose Hilda Sager Bernice Salasky Dorothy Sales Grace Saunders Alma Earle Schaefter Mary Ellen Seaborne Lucy Selby Elizabeth Carvel Shackelford Dorothy Shaw Kathleen Sheehan Elizabeth Sisson Elizabeth Cordelia Slater Elaine Roseworth Sloope [47] Elizabeth Smith Virginia Smith Jane Raye Smith Janet Smith Dorothy Snead Elizabeth May Snow Margaret Spaven Margaret Spivey Louise Stawls Polly Stephenson LiUie Stiers Keta Still June Elece Stoll Dorothy Stone Blanche Sutherland Rose Louise Sutton Sara Tarr Janet Caroline Taylor Dorothy Thomas Alice Thompson Margaret Thompson Margaret Tigner Anne Trent Dons Turner Ethel Twyford Barbara Vail Bernice Vellines Sara Mae Viverette Helen Kathryn Wamsley Elizabeth Welsh Mary Elizabeth Werth Ann Wheat T iA ' Jean Whitley Mary Wyatt Whitt Sophie Edith Wicc Anne Shirley Williams Evelyn Williams Frances Louise Williams Frances Williams Mary Williams Nina Lee Williams Vivian Williams Frances Wilson Sue Cassell Wohlford Hester Wolffe Rebecca Wolffe Lorraine Wolfson Dorothv Wood Margery Wood Elizabeth Woodhouse Byrd Winston Wootton Rena Marie Wright Marguerite Wysor Martha Helen Yoch 49 DAY AND NIGHT Thou art ushered in As a dew drenched morn When Ins pulls the curtains And Aurora brings the dawn. Rosy fingered sunlight Creeps upon the scene Softly waking all the earth Out of pleasant dreams. Higher in the sky Each hour the sun does rise Smiling down on everyone As the day goes marching by. When evening comes at last, Sol kisses the earth good-night For he knows his day is past And It IS now twilight. So again the curtain closes On a flaming sunset And the canopy of stars Proclaims that it is night. Emma J. Ziegler. 50 SOPHOMORE CLASS Ruth Cheshire Piv. iJLiit Leighton Stevens Via-Prc iJciit Helen Clarke SctTitjrv Winifred Hudson Truvsiirti- Mr. Harold H. Weiss Spon eir [51 SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY . . . BACK to school and we were so grown-up for we were Sopho- mores, upper-classmen! The future stood before; in retrospect the past, by comparison, seemed so very young. But on our way with hopes for success .... Posted announcements of class meetings heralded the fact that school routine had started again. Nominations were made for class sponsor and were referred to Dr. Combs. Our choice — Mr. Weiss. Blood will tell, for our sister class, the Seniors, aided us in winning the Devil-Goat contest. Together we stood! As a sisterly gesture they also willed us the privilege of upholding the precedent set by them in having for our class benefit an annual Beauty Contest. Yes, we were superior in many ways. Didn ' t you hear that the Sophomore hockey team was the school champion? They de- feated the Freshmen, the Juniors, and even the Seniors. Some of our classmates rated the trip to the Hockey Tournaments at Harri- sonburg and William and Mary. Worries began to harass our secretary, Helen Clarke, and our treasurer, Winnie Hudson, when they considered the drop in the class roll from three hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and eighty-one. You ' ve guessed it! Class dues must be collected. One of the plans to make up for the loss in number in a financial way was the np-roaring benefit given the last of January. Even though the Abbey Players failed to arrive, the ingenious Mr. Weiss and some of our talented classmates offered to put on a show that would equal the absent Abbeys. And that is practically what they did, for shots and screams rang out, and when the audience was not glued to the seats with fear, everyone w as laughing. Ruth Cheshire and Leighton Stevens — president and vice- president — helped us decide to entertain the Seniors w ith a party. With the entire class, they struggled over ideas. It must be origi- nal, for we had a reputation to uphold. It is sufficient to say that the aforementioned good name was upheld. The oh-so-young Freshmen began struggling over the daisy chain. How vivid was our memory of the year before when, aided by our sponsor, Mr. Darter, we had toiled unto the wee hours to complete a daisy chain. A temporary parting and its proverbial sweet sorrow are ours. There will be those of us who ■won ' t return — the missed ones. There will be those of us who will come back — the fortunate ones. Together we make our present class — the remembered ones. [52 Frances Marguerite Alley Martha Selden Anderson Ruth Rodicr Anderson Margaret E. Andrews Margaret Adkins Austin Mary Ann Bailey Virginia Lee Barnes Annie Lorraine Beck Martha Lee Bennett EveKn Griffiths Berg Flome Mae Boldndge Helen Louise Boothe Rebekah Gavle Bowman Oleta Bo«-min Lula Adams Brav Jean Beverlv Broaddus Neva Templeman Burcher Mary Elizabeth Burnett Carolyn Wood Carey Margaret E. Carpenter Fern Carson Celia Lucille Cartwright Mary Eloise Caverlee Elizabeth Louise Cherry Ruth Vivian Cheshire Phyllis Child Helen Holmes Clark Ruth Francis Clark Laura Josephine Conlon Frances Elizabeth Cook Sarah Elizabeth Cooke Mary Cox Dorothy Warren Crafton Margaret Edmonds Cutler [54: Dorothy June Davis Elsie Lee Davis Jane Day Dorothy Virginia DcHart Bess Elmira Dobbins Mildred Rebecca Dodson Elsie Harris Dunn Gladvs Van Pelt Dutrow Georgie Lou Easterling Blanche Jacob Edge Courtnev Davis Edmond Geraldine Edmondson Sophia Eisenman Margaret Stewart Elmore Phyllis Knight Embrev Marv Frances Estes Kathmi Everhart [55 Aileen Louise Farmer Virginia Lee Fiske Alice Elizabeth Fitzhugh Jo Lee Fleet Elizabeth Loving Frazer Barbara Lucille Gaines Sylvia Garfinkel Hubert Hilda Goode Lkii: atm Mary Frances Green Mattie Rose Grizzard Elizabeth Frances Hall Corinna Elizabeth Hammack Ava Clara Harrell Hilda Naomi Harrell Ella Laviece Harrison Lucille Shirley Hart Jane Constance Hawthorne 56 Mary Bcsi Hcdrick Ann Lxnjisc Hitchcock Elsie Winifred Hudson Rosanna Pearl Hunt Dorothy Lucille Inscoe Rebecca Winnie Jamcrson Rosalie Jane Johnson Sarah DoLita Johnson Katharine Augustus Jordan Margaret Earle Karnes Lee Wingate Keith Mary Overton Kent Virginia Aide Kilduff Mabelle June Knopf Evel) ' n Marie Lane Evel)-n Elizabeth Lasley Juanita Bennette Lassetter [57 Virginia Elizabeth Lewis Margaret Matilda Logan Lucille Tierney Long Dorothy Louise Luter Jean Suzanne McCaffrey Dons Elaine McCormic Margaret V. McCuUoch Katrina Earle McNeal Mary Virginia Marshall Martha Eunice Martin Beulah Lowe Mason Ava Regina Matz Mary Margaret Maxwell Ada Eugenia Moore Sara Vivian Moore Charlotte Wilmath Morgan Laura Frances Moseley 58 Clco Agatha Musiclc Edith Annis Neville Virginia Lcc Nichols Mary Mitchell Noble Margaret Anne Overman Debra Dorothy Perlmutter Dorothy Shepperd Persons Charlotte Gresham Pride Virginia Fitzgerald Ramsey Senora Tavlor Rawls Virginia Pauline Reel Gertrude Bam Richardson Marjone Dean Richardson Katherine Lorraine Roberts Constance irginia Rollins .■ nn Russell Roonev Cattarine .Ann Rucker 59 Mildred Virginia Rust Ellen Arville Sanders Marian Johnston Schultz Oneta Mae Shackelford Alice Henrietta Shanklin Nannie Louise Sharp Rachel Davis Shelton Mary Norvella Sledd Ann Carolyn Smith Cleo Gail Smith Jane Grogan Smith Lorraine Smith Penelope Taylor Smith Ellen Forrest Smoot Sallie Elizabeth Sutton Virginia Farm Thomas Nan Chapman Thompson 60 Mary Edward Topp Rosclla Tuck Virginia Temple Upsluw Cecilia Grey Valentine Eleanor Fay Wakeman Janice Watson Mary Louise Wilcox Audrev Elizabeth Wood Susan Woodward Kathryn Wygal Ila Dudley Yeatts V Mildred Yeatts Mary Jane Young Marv Lee Young Martha Eleanor Welsh Emma Ziegler 61 4 : -1 r JUNIOR CLASS Jeanne Johnson Pru ;i jiiit Nan BiRCHETT ' i:j-Pi,:, ;i JLiit ArLINE GaRNSEY SciTit.]?-) ' Virginia Dickinson Treasurer Mrs. J. H. Dodd Sponsor 63] JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY. AFTER two years of apprenticeship the inevitable has happened — we are Juniors — with all that it stands for. The first year we were like young animals scurrying over the campus, worrying over the new and unexplainable as a naive puppy worries over an old shoe. Nothing was left untouched by us. We learned to work this first year as we never had before. Soon another year came and we resumed our vork but this time we -were blase Sophomores w ith a distinctly superior air. As high-and-mighty beings it was our privilege to make the benighted Freshmen jump quickly to do our bidding. For what else were Freshmen created? we questioned. Study again impressed its need on our wondering minds. A Minstrel Show to end all minstrel shows was presented on the stage, prepared by us, the Sophomores. This was our g ift to the year of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven. Spring fever with June follow- ing It closely and the daisy chain, an old well-established custom, kept us from rushing pell-mell into all the available busses and trains bound for home. Our impulses restrained, we demure and yet defiant maidens carried the daisy chain prepared by less fortunate mortals (the Freshmen). Juniors, the same old familiar faces with — what ' s this — a sprinkling of new ones and, oh, so many absent ones. Undaunted, the Class of Thirty-nine began again its trek along the royal road to knowledge. Against a drawn blue velvet curtain there appeared a tall brown-haired girl in pink. Yes, you are right, it was Jeanne Johnson, our class president, and she announced the Junior Benefit. As a surprise to the audience, she held a colored comic sheet in her hands. Moreover, she said that it was the cast. Another surprise, our producer, director, and playwriter were one — Bid Bodwell. The two stepped back, the curtain parted to show a shabby room and an older woman sitting in a rockmg-chair knitting. Christmas Eve and no gift for her daughter. The father entered dejectedly from a day-long tramp of the street in an unsuccessful job hunt. Fresh air and happiness were blown in with the daughter. The essential letter to Santa Claus was written asking for a doll. Again the curtains parted revealing the old familiar scene of Santa ' s home. Santa ' s two inquisitive and mischievous helpers looked after the Christ- mas toys. The toys were none other than the inhabitants of the funny papers. Nothing will satisfy those elves but to wind up these mechanical toys and distribute them to various faculty members with the help of St. Nick, himself. Back to the little girl who wished so earnestly for a doll. Of course, she got it. The party given the Freshmen by the Juniors was held in the gym on Feb- ruary 25th. Needless to say, it was a tremendous success. May brought the most important social event of the year for all Juniors — the Junior-Senior Prom. Fluffy dresses and the black and white of men ' s dress suits add a dignity to the event. Trusting in their past initiative and fineness and assured of a worthwhile answer, let us leave the future with a question in mind. 64 VIRGINIA MAK ANDFZRSON MARGARET BLISS ASHBY ELLEN MERCEREAU BAAB NAN MASON BIRCHETT MILDRED ELIZABETH BODWELL CHARLOTTE SCOTT BOOKER MARY WILLLAMSON BOWTES EULALIA BOW LING MIRLAM REBECCA BOYER NLARY ELIZABETH BRAME [65] FRANCES BROOKS VIRGINIA MAUDE BROWN ROSEMARY BROWN MARY ALSTON BURGESS JUANITA SELDEN CARPENTER MIRIAM CARPENTER SARA ANN CHANDLER ELIZABETH MORRIS CLOPTON DOROTHY JANE CODDINGTON VIRGINL MAY COOLEY [66] RUTH ARCELLE COULBOURN JANIE LEE CROWDER RUTH PAUL CURRY VIRGINIA THOMAS DICKINSON ELIZABETH DINGES WINIFRED THERESA DOSCH LOTTIE ELIZABETH DRIVER NLARJORIE EAST LAN MARGARET EMERICK .ANN ETHERIDGE [67] ELIZABETH YANCEY EVANS ELIZABETH WILLL MSON GARDEN RUTH VIRGINL FLPPO MADORA FORBUSH HAZEL BELLE FORD HELEN FULMER ELLA MAE FRYE ARLINE GAYE GARNSEY ELEANOR GOSE JOSEPHINE BLAIR GRAVETT 68 CHARLOTTE VIRGINIA HALL LUCY OLIVER HARRIS RUTH HARRIS ETHEL MAE HARTMAN ANNE TAYLOR HAZLETT EVELYN VIRGINIA HERRING IDA TROTMAN HILL LAURA JE.ANNE JOHNSON VIRGINIA BENNETT lONES K- TIE KEY 69 MARY VIRGINIA LEARY FLORA LEE GERALDINE McLAMB REBA ALDA McLAMB CONCETTA BARBARA MANGUS LOUISE MAYES LUCILE MILES STELLA MILES MABEL ETTA MOFFITT MARY LOU MONROE 70 MILDRhD SUE MORRIS GERTRUDE ANN NEWNOM BETTY LOUISE NOLAN DORIS IRENE O ' BRIEN GILDA ORONOZ ELNORA OVERLEV JANET LAIRD PATTERSON MILDRED LOUISE POWELL GLENNIS POWERS MARJORIE REMES [71 HENRIETTA ELIZABETH ROBERTS JANE EMILIE SINCLAIR ELEANOR SMALL MAUDE RAE SMITH DORIS WHITLEY STAGG MARY CLIO STEAD SALLY SIMPKINS STOAKLEY JUANITA DANA STOKES ROXIE MAXINE SUTHERLAND NELLE THOMAS 72] MARION EDY ' IHE TIMBhRLAKE ETTA TURNER DOROTHY CAMPBELL VERNON LEONORA WEISS ALYCE MILLER WENNER EVELYN LAURA WILKINSON MARY CLAYTON WILLL MS ELIZABETH WADDELL ' ILSON MARGARET WOLF GEORGL ' NA WOODHOUSE [73] BALLAD ON THE CAMPUS Thoughts of all sizes, shades, and worth Arc (quickly hrought to mini As I look tkroiigli tins Battlefield And familiar scenes I find. There ' s Monroe — oldest, yes of all, Dignified and sedate. To which I often ran in fear Of being, sliall I say, late? ' Twas here I received assignments Some days re] rimands too All on account of just hecause Tilings I ' d not done were due. And Frances Willard — My, oh my Tke tfiiHgs I ' ll NOT forget — Tlie times I ims called to tfie window And hrought my head in — wet! Tkosc niglits before tlic holidays When Bedlam reigneiJ supreme When noise was just the tiling to make And tici ' ilment, the tlieine. Seacoheck — standing very ] roud Set off hy a small hrook Wkere Home Ec. majors u ' cnt to class And learned to sew and cook; Where morning, noon, and nite we went To socialize and eat Sometimes in very nice iceatker Sometimes in snow and slcct. Virginia Hall — lioif often I Just dropped m to explain Why I ' d slept tlirougli the morning meal Or why I ' d iHisscJ my train Or asked if I could take a trip Or visit out of town Or take my name off of a list Or stol Yed to fut it down. And over here, the swimming pool Refreshing in the fall But m the u mter, hoif the girls Would stand around and stall. Bett)i Leii ' is, Home of the So hs Just outside the gate With ' lectric frigidaires and stoves These girls surely lived in state. But give me please good Mary Ball, Custis or Madison Within these walls I really learned The meaning of work and fun. Social gatherings, and ] arties, too, Talks far into the night Even after House President Had knocked and called Your light! l ow — the prettiest spot of all The o en air theater here Where charming maidens T ay respect To their May iieen each year. Beautiful m its simplicity Lovely in its quiet A picture of serenity It ' s hard to ass on hy it. Faces of friends all reminders Of this good time and that The girls I played some tennis with And those that ivere too jat. The ones I liked to have around The ones who slxared my cares And those ivho lived u over me And those ivho lived doivn stairs And some ivho I had classes ivith And some whom I did not And some uhom I remember u ' ell And some u ' hom I ' ve forgot. It ' s nice to have an annual It helps me out a lot In trying to remember things That I ' ve almost forgot. And if I ever groiv so old That memories start to die, I knoiv ' tivill serve to remind me Of college days gone by! — Elizabeth Bid ' Bodwell. 74 SENIOR CLASS Jean Plante Pri iJciit Mary Jack Clary u-i.-Pri. KJt)it Marguerite Crumley SaTttan ' Sue McGee Trc isurcr Dr. C. G. Gordon Moss Spoiusor 75] SENIOR CLASS HISTORY THIS Senior Class of ' 38 will go on record for doing the unusual. We will omit in our rem- iniscence those beginning days of starry-eyed bewilderment, and the two following years when we were slightly inebriated by an exalted opinion of our so-recently acquired knowledge. After laboring for some time under this delusion it dawned upon us that mayhaps the acme of erudition had not yet been reached. To avoid bestowing upon ourselves unmerited honors we will not glorify in the past, nor will we do as the gossipy bridge player who, after all the cards are on the table and the game over, tells how the hands should have been played. Our class will be remembered for its spirit, or shall we say lack of spirit, in the Devil- Goat tradition. Conceding that the College is young, are we living up to the traditions we have? By these traditions let me tell you what the Seniors have done. At the rally, the Devils and Goats vied in various contests. We, the Goats, emerged victorious. This victory gave us the privilege of hiding the flag. The flag was, in all proba- bility, walked over by every student in the College, but apparently none thought of stooping to look beneath that lowly object, the doormat. By the vay, who really searched? In our estimation the flag hunt was a monumental failure, not meaning thereby to condemn anyone. The daisy chain, which we, the Seniors, consider the biggest responsibility of the Fresh- men, is not just a rope of white and gold, but a revered tradition. It is the duty of each and every Freshman to dispatch this momentous task before wending homeward. Our class may be proud in this instance for its attitude, we will not say in what way unusual. Peanut week, sponsored by the Y.W.C.A., has been our most successful tradition. This success IS due no doubt to its sentiment, to the friendships started, and to the spirit of Christ- mas giving. On Senior Day the full meaning of the cap and gown we wear gives us pause to ponder if by any means that tassel could be dangling from atop a cranium of vacuity. This is the day that gives us the opportunity to exhibit ostentatiously our dignified mien. This Senior Class is known to have been the first class to select a benefit which was of such universal and lasting interest that it could be presented each year with added success. Those who attended the Beauty Contest will recall that, in the elimination process, the judges must have had a very difficult time in the presence of such a galaxy of fair women. This Senior Class can also boast of the unique honor of having one of its members chosen not only as the school ' s most beautiful girl, but also chosen to reign as Queen of the May. A social function to which Seniors unanimously look forward with avid anticipation is the Junior-Senior Prom, for this is the time when escorts are proudly paraded before envious eyes. But those unfortunate damsels, whose chosen dates find it impossible to attend, are often left with no choice but a blind date, which all too often proves fatal. Moving-up day has at last arrived. We are alumnae and have the privileges of such. But when we think of leaving friends and familiar surroundings, we realize that the price of finish- ing a college education is still regret. 76 EVELYN ANDREWS Major: Physical Education DOROTHY BALLANCE Aliji ' )-; Commercial Education [77 EVELYN BICKERS Major: Commercial Education IRENE BLASDEL Major: English 78 VARINA BRITT Major: Commercial Education HELEN FORD CARTER Major: Commercial Education MARY JACK CLARY Major: Home Economics LURA FINLEY COFFEY Major; English 80 NANCY ELOISE COOPER Majoi . English FRANCES COX Major: Social Science 81 JESSIE MARIE CROCKETT Mnjcn-; Commercial Education MARGUERITE CRUMLEY Major: Commercial Education [82] MARY LAWRENCE DAVENPORT Major: Elementary Education VIRGINIA JANE DAVIS Major; Home Economics 83 GLADYS PHILLIPS DICKERSON Major: Elementary Education VIRGINL EASLEY Major: Physical Education 84 MARGARET LOUISE GIBBENS Major: Home Economics LOUISE GODWIN Miijor: Science [85] FRANCES JO GRANT Major: History ANNA MAE HARRIS Major: Mathematics MARY GRACE HAWKINS Major: English MARGARET HAYNIE Major: Elementary Education [87] EDNA HERSH Major: Commercial Education HELEN GARNETTE HILL Major; History CORNELIA IRBY Major: Commercial Education ELIZABETH JONES Aliior: Social Science S9 VIRGINIA JORDAN Major: Home Economics STIRLING KERR Major: Social Science 90 MARY THERESA KETTENBECK Major; Physical Education VIVIAN DORIS LAFOON Major; Science 91 MARY ELLEN LEE Major: Elementary Education MITCHELL FORREST LUCK Major: English 92 IRENE LUNDY Major: Commercial Education MARTHA SUE McGEE A ' lajor: Commercial Education [93] VIRGINIA MOORE MEEKS Major: Commercial Education DOROTHY MILLER Major: Science 94 JEAN EVANS MOORE Major; English ANNIE MAE MORRIS Major: Home Economics [95] LOUISE OTLEY Major: Commercial Education LUCILLE PAINTER Major: Music 96 LUCY PAYNE Major: Commercial Education KATHERINE PEARMAN Major: Home Economics [97] JEAN PLANTE Major: Commercial Education HELEN WADE PRESSLEY Major: History 98 MARY ROBERT PUGH Major; Commercial Education MIRIAM MARGARET PUSTER Major: Home Economics 99 CORINNE REYNOLDS Major: Commercial Education ZILLAH RHOADES Major: Commercial Education 100 DELLA ELIZABETH RICKS Major: Physical Education ALICE RIFE Major: Home Economics 101 MARY LILY RUFF Major: Commercial Education FLORA RYAN Major: Elementary Education 102 GRACE SCHULTZ Major: Home Economics BERTHA MERRILL SHAPLEIGH Major: Commercial Education s 1 MJ [103 MAY LAWRENCE SHOWARD Major; Elementary Education ELSIE MARIE SMITH Major; Science 104] ISABEL AMELIA SMITH Major: Mathematics NANCY KATHERINE SXEAD Major: English 105 LUCILLE SNELLINGS Major: Home Economics CALVERT SPILLMAN Major: Mathematics 106 MARIE SPRINGER Major; Science CLARICE TA TOR Major: History 107 ZELMA MAE TIMBERLAKE Major: Elementary Education WALTEEN INEZ TOLLEY Major: Physical Education 108 ELIZABETH McCLINTIC TRIMBLE Major: Home Economics MARGARET T MFORD Mijor: Commercial Education 109 MARCELLA WELLS Major: Commercial Education ELIZABETH WOODBRIDGE Major: Social Science 110 LEADERS CLUB Louise Otley President Helen Pressley Vice-President JuANiTA Carpenter Secretary Evelyn Andrews Treasurer THE Leaders Club is an organization consisting of the leaders of departmental and social clubs, house presidents, editors of stu- dent publications, and presidents of classes and honorary sororities. It is the largest representative group of the student body and it is in this capacity that it does its best work. The Leaders Club is the arbitrating board of all clubs. Here, in the monthly meetings, the problems of all organizations are met and solved. Here the mark of the student body is set on a smooth-running basis. The Leaders meet to present, to confer upon, and to solve the problems that slow up their particular clubs. This year the Club undertook to sponsor the annual Red Cross Drive on the campus. It is fitting that a club composed of the leaders of the campus should carry on a drive for an organization dedicated to helping others. m Louise Otley President THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FAIRNESS, loyalty to the best principles of the individual and the school, courtesy, and cooperation in all activities have been the aims of the Student Government Association since its organization. Each member of the association, in governing herself, in setting a good example to the incoming students, and in cooperating with the college leaders and officials, plays a contributory part tow ard the w ell-being of every student. The association functions through its representatives who constitute the Student Council. The four major officers of council, representatives from the four classes, the Day Student group, the various dormitories, and the Y.W.C.A., form a group whose interests and affiliations are videspread. The class representatives are close links be- tween their respective classes and the organization. The house presidents of the vari- ous dormitories promote ethical standards and cooperative interest in daily campus life. The Day Student representative contributes to the organization the support and interest of those students living off the campus. The president of the Y.W.C.A., as an ex-officio member of the council, makes possible a closer bond between the two organizations. Student Government is as effective as each member of the association makes it. Full of confidence in the student body, the organization looks forward to the time when increased individual responsibility will be the determining factor in student govern- ment. 114 STUDENT COUNCIL Louise Otley Prcudcnl Mary Alston Burgess .... Vice-President Lucy Payne Secretary Elizabeth Trimble Treasurer Evelyn Andrews . . Hcm.sc President, Mary Ball Clarice Taylor . . . House President, Madison Virginia Anderson . . House President, Gust is Elizabeth Wilson . . House President, Virgiiuti Helen Pressley . House Presidmt, Francis Willari Mary Robert Pugh . House President, Bclty Loins Calvert Spillma.v . Sitiior Class Rep-esenlative Charlotte Booker . Junior Class Rcprcsentalne Barbara Gaines . Sophomore Class Representative Myra Birchett . . Freshman Class Rcpresotlative Helen Minor . . . Touii Girl Rep-escnlative Flora Ryan . . Ex-oflicio — Y.W.C.A. President [115 Flora Ryan President YOUNG WOMEN ' S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION THE services of the Young Women ' s Christian Association at the College for this year and every year are unlimited and unforgetable — unlimited because of their every-student membership; unforgetable because of their guidance, help, and gift of pleasure to all of us. In their efforts to raise funds for social work on the Hill and abroad, Y.W. serves breakfasts to leisure-loving students on Sunday morning and sponsors the sale of candy in the dormitories. It is Y.W. who is in charge of the annual bonfire and Kid Party for the Freshmen. Besides this entertainment, the Cabinet, composed of six officers and fifteen committee chairmen, furnishes music for many occasions, sponsors a world fellowship for the settlement of international understanding, and better school spirit. This year the association sent representatives to the National Assembly at Oxford, Ohio, and the annual Blue Ridge Conference at Blue Ridge, North Carolina. It has added to the education of the student body by sponsoring well-known speakers. In these and many other ways the Young Women ' s Christian Association had striven to fulfill the needs of a spiritual side to student life by supplementing the physical and intellectual. 116 Y.W.C.A. CABINET Flora L. Ryan President Maude Rae Smith . . . Vice-President Elizabeth Woodbridge . . . Secretary Bertha Shapleigh .... Treasurer Helen Hyde . . Freshman Commissioner Louise Otley Ex-officio CABINET MEMBERS Elizabeth Hall Chairman of Social Scrviu Mary Estes Chairman of Church Rilations Henrietta Roberts Chairman of Daolwnals Mildred Powell Chairman of Entertainment Sarah Anne Chandler Chairman of Finance Margaret Ashby, Virginia Jo.n-es .... Oiairmen of Music Mary Lou Wilcox Chairman of Publicity LuciLE Miles Chairman of Property Betty Garden Chairman of Social Committee Madora Forbush Tou-n Girls Rcp-cscntative Jessie Crockett, Kathari.ne Roberts . . . Chairmen of Vespers Maude Brown Omrman of World Fellowship FACULTY ADMSORS Dr. W. J. Young Mr. O. H. Darter Dr. C. G. G. Moss m iiiiiiii ■ ' FRESHMAN COMMISSION OFFICERS Jean DeCoss President Margaret Gillum .... . Vice-Presiicnt Marguerite Jennings Secretary Betty Carter Treasurer Mitzie Payne Editor of Y .W . Hptes THE firs t leaders to be chosen by the Fresh- man Class are the members of the Freshman Commission. These girls serve as representa- tives to the Young Women ' s Christian Associa- tion. 118 No more attractive event of the current year has been presented than the Commission ' s an- nual Doll Show. Dividing the Freshmen into small groups and placing them under an upper- class leader, the Commission collected the dis- plays made by these groups. From the many original scenes, the winners were chosen and all the shows were opened to be viewed by the student body. These dolls and the settings were sent at Christmas to the children at the Blue Ridge Sanatorium at Charlottesville, Va. Besides their aid to all Y.W.C A work, the Freshman Commission members have charge of the sale of candy in the dormitories, the weekly publication of the Y.W. oUs, a vesper pro- gram, and a number of devotional programs. This year ' s Commission has cooperated dili- gently with Y.W. and the Freshman Class. Its efforts in connection with the Freshman Class benefit contributed to a large extent to its success. ■v ; ff 2 - __ i . Ifc— .L So irah, so hlcali tins fOj ' Vt li tli.it oiii U ' i ' iiJcT5 iunc ilciiJiT wutlijul liJ7iJ5 •roiilj lijiv fjsliiiVid it. U 119 THE BATTLEFIELD EDITORIAL STAFF Jane Sinclair Editor-in-Chief Mary Grace Hawkins, Mary Ellen Lee, Mary Alston Burgess .... Associate Editors Mary Williamson Bowles .... Literary Editor Emma Ziegler Assistant Literary Editor Doris Lafoon, Elnora Overley, Virginia Dickinson, Maude Rae Smith Class EJitors Margaret Ashby Athletic Editor Virginia Anderson, Elizabeth Dinges . . . Assistant Athletic Editors Dorothy Ballance Organization Editor Rosalie Chauncey, Ruth Anderson Art Editors BUSINESS STAFF Juanita Carpenter Business Manager Helen Clark Assistant Business Manager Eloise Caverlee Advertising Manager EuLALiA Bowling, Miriam Carpenter, Frances Brooks . . Assistant Advertising Managers Nan Birchett, Elizabeth Clopton Typsts Mrs. Charles Lake Bushnell, Miss Dorothy Duggan, Dr. Richard Davis Advisers 1 jA Ik ' -% THE BATTLEFIELD IN this the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirtv-eight. for- mality and precedent is laid aside and as a group to whose lot has fallen a coveted privilege we offer a salute to the influence that comes with the name of Mary Washington. Who shall interpret a halo or who shall dehne an mflu- ence? Like unto a benediction, memory-laden, lavender-scented, it comes a-down the corridors of two centuries, comes so gently to the threshold of our hearts, but we shall place that influence within upon the altar, invisible, knowing it will bring uppermost whatsoever is true, whatsoever is good, whatsoever is lovelv in the lives that are lived here on the heights. [121] THE BULLET I ED by a desire to give the members of its staff greater practical experience -I in the actual publishing of a newspaper, T!ic Bullet, during this year, became a vastly different and more powerful force in the campus life. Beginning in mid-winter the staff of students, under faculty guidance, began journalistic work more closely resembling that of a real up-to-date newspaper. The extensively increased staff brought with it a wider diversity of student opinions and personalities. With a united effort to attract and hold the interest of alunmae, students, and faculty, this co mplete representation of student thought and feeling works with deep loyalty and determination. Between each bi-weekly issue of Tlie Bullet one finds the staff laboring at such tasks as proof- reading, cutting and pasting the proof, and setting headlines. From this atmo- sphere of writing and actually making up a paper emerged a better Bullet. The staff wishes it to be a stepping-stone to a newspaper with the modern progres ' siveness which is so characteristic of the College. 122 THE BULLET EDITORIAL STAFF Irene Blasdel Editor Elizabeth Bodwell Associate Editor Mitchell Forrest Luck, Mary Grace Hawkins, Helen Pressley Editorial Board Mary Lou Monroe l eivs Editor Mary Agnes Repass, Nancy Engleby, Mary Welsh, Jean Robertson Rcprtcrs Eloise Caverlee Town Nsws Jo Lee Fleet Feature Editor Marge Remes, Anne Rooney, Mary Welsh, Charlotte Avery Coliimmsts Emma Ziegler Proof-reader Mildred Powell, Virginia Dare Dougherty, Almeda Hill Malccup Editors Virginia Dickinson, Cordelia Goode, Elizabeth Davies, Eunice Martin Ty] ists BUSINESS STAFF Doris O ' Brien . . . Georgiana Woodhouse Elizabeth Dinges . . Jean Moore, LuRA Coffey, NiTA Stokes, Sterling Kerr, Madora Forbush, Connie Rollins, Kay Rucker . . . Maude Brown . . . . . . . Buiintss Manager Assistant Business Manager . . Advertising Manager Assistant Advertising Managers . . . . Circulation Manager Madora Forbush, Bermce Whipple, Frances Cook, Arline Garnsey, Evelyn Beale, Elsie Lee Davis, Anne Hazlett, Clara Harrell . Mr. Harold Weiss, Mr. Boyce Loving Aistsiaiit Circulation Managers Advisers iri i f i Ai : 3 THE BAYONET JuANiTA Carpenter Editor-in-Chief Eugenia Moore, Lucy Harris . Assistant Editors Katherine Roberts .... Business Manager Dr. Roy S. Cook Faculty Advisor FROM the material given to the staff by the Student Council and Y.W.C.A., Tfie Bayonet organizes the rules and regulations of the College. In addition to this, the little booklet introduces the Freshmen to many phases of campus life. The Bayonet, which is distributed to each incoming Freshman, clarifies many of the campus problems and serves particularly as a friendly guide book for them in their new surroundings. [1241 TOWN GIRLS CLUB Addibel Freeman . . . Praidcnl Ella Blake .... ViccPrcsidcnl Madora Forbush .... Secretary Mary Brewer Treasurer Mr. Harold Weiss .... Sfonsor BEGINNING the first week of school, the Town Girls Club initiated its new members — those oppressed Freshmen day students. Besides the untold subservience to the wishes of upf cr- class day student members, they were made to dress in a most peculiar fashion. With a jolly good spirit they bore the tasks to which they were set and the stunts they were made to perform. This initiation, however, was not all tomfoolery. By means of the things the initiates were called upon to do, the older members discovered their talents and versatility. These talents were soon put to use, as the club went about its duties, as connecting link between the girls who live on the Hill and the day students. Never a month goes by that the Town Girls Club doesn ' t have a luncheon. This luncheon gives an opportunity for the discussion of problems and plans for the club. During these meetings the plans for the annual convocation program of the club are made. When the day seems long and dull to boarding students, they are always welcome to join the fun and chatter in the attractive club-rooms of the Town Girls Club. ALPHA PHI SIGMA OFFICERS Doris Lafoon President Louise Godwin . . . Vice-President Phyllis Child . . SecretaryTrcasurer Margaret Twiford, Statistical Secretary Mrs. J. H. Dodd Sfonsor IN true fraternal spirit, the Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Sig- ma, national honorary fraternity, has this year broadened in social and intellectual activity. It IS no small honor to become a member of this fraternity, which requires certain standard scholastic prerequisites for admis- sion. Higher degrees of honor are given for continued fine scho- lastic records. In recognition of high school merit, all valedic- torians and salutatorians are eligible for membership upon en- trance to college. No initiate can forget the original and royal manner in which she is entertained at delightful parties, followed through the year by hobby shows, and the annual banquet. The fraternity ' s work of a constructive nature has centered about its convocation program and its loan fund. It has become an annual custom to present a play for convocation. The loan fund of one hundred dollars made each year to one of its members is one of the most worthwhile of the fraternity ' s activities. Gamma Chapter has grown since its installation in this College from a membership of forty charter members to one of over a hun- dred members, eight of which are honorary. n :: ' «r MEMBERS OF ALPHA PHI SIGMA THIRD DEGREE: Margaret Ashby, Mary Williamson Bowles, Nan Birchett. Juanita Carpenter. Phyllis Child, Mary Jack Clary, Elizabeth Clopton, Arcelle Coulbourn, ' irginia Dickinson. Elsie Dunn, Betty DuPre, Sophia Eisenman, Louise Godwin, Dorothy Goodman, Anna Mae Harris, Ruth Hooker, Josephine Kislitzen, Dons Lafoon, Mary Lou Monroe, Jean Plante, Helen Pressley, Robbie Pugh, Grace Schultz, Isabel Smith, Calvert SpiUman, Elizabeth Trim- ble, Margaret Twiford. SECOND DEGREE: Mary Alston Burgess, Helen Clark, Jeanette Cooper, Dorothy Da ns, ' irginia Jane Davis, Gladys Dutrow, Louise Harris, Lucy Harris, Mabelle KnofF, Matilda Logan. Lucy Payne, Oneta Shackelford, Dons Stagg, Sallie Sutton, Clara ' ondra. Mary Jane Young. Dorothy Ballance, Marguerite Crumley. FIRST DEGREE: Elizabeth Alexander, Ruth Anderson, Ellen Baab, NLine Blair, Jean Broaddus. Nancy Burch, Neva Burcher, Marion Burroughs, Betsy Burruss, Mary Carmines. Eva Catafygiotu. Rosalie Chauncey, Hilda Clark, Elizabeth Cox, Mayme Lake Cox. Jessie Crockett. Murlene Crush, Jean DeCoss, Isabel Dickinson, Virginia Dare Dougherty, Lottie Driver. Courtney Ed- monds, Mary Estes, Jo Lee Fleet, fuanita Fletcher, Sylvia Garhnkel. Hilda Goode. Kathr Ti Harding, Victoria Harris, Almeda Hill, Kathryn Jordan, Mary Ellen Lee. Eunice Martin. Eulaleur Mason, Sue McGee, Margaret Minter, Frances Mosely, Ann Orange. Lucille Painter. Mary Lee Pittman, Edith Pomeroy, Esther Putnam, Mary Agnes RePass, Marjorie Richardson. Alice Rife, Henrietta Roberts, Helen Dale Roop, Marion Schultz, Lucy Selby. Henrietta Shanklin. Bertha Shapleigh, Elizabeth Sisson, Elizabeth Snow, NLirgaret Spaven. Sara Mae ' iverette. Janice Wat- son, Jean Whitley, Mary Whitt, Mary ' illiams, Mildred Williams, Kathr -n Wygal, Evehii Berg, Rosemary Brown, Jane Day, Mildred Dodson, Cora Lee Eastwood. Aileen Farmer. Ruth Flippo, Myrtis Hall, Corinna Hammack, Mary Grace Hawkins, Katie Key. Louise Otley. Janet Patterson, Glennis Powers, Ann Rooney, Flora Ryan, Irene Lundy. FACULTY MEMBERS: Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr., Mrs. C. L. Bushnell. Dr. M. L. Combs. Dr. Roy S. Cook, Mr. O. H. Darter, Mrs. J. H. ' Dodd, Dr. C. G. G. Moss, Miss Dorothv Ramey. Miss Lillie Turman, Mrs. N. M. Williams. [127] ALPHA TAU PI . OFFICERS May Lawrence Showard .... Archon Nancy Cooper Secretary Mary Ellen Lee Treasurer Flora Ryan Memher-at ' Large Dr. W. J. Young Sfonsor N TEVER before in its history has Alpha Tau Pi -L been so fortunate in the possession of six Se- niors whose silent influence had such far-reaching eff ect upon campus life. Five of the six are mem- bers of the Leaders Club, of whom one was Queen of the May; and the other possessed superb talents bestow ed unstintmgly and unselfishly upon many a campus enterprise. When college opened, they were found backing the Y.W.C.A. and Student Council in Freshman Orientation. Early in the fall they were instrumental in starting a movement for a true honor system which is still growing on the Hill. At their instance a faculty-student conference w as held in Seacobeck Dome Room, from which several move- ments for a true Fredericksburg spirit have grown. In the social life of the College, they were active in starting the new Cotillion Club of which most of them are members. If there is strength in union, their silent, united efforts have been crowned with the success of their labors. Not least outstanding was the annual social occa- sion which this year was a stag dance given amid the classic environs of Mary Ball Dome Room, adding a touch of richness to the scene. The lovely girls stepped gaily adown the winding stairs in the figure and all who were so fortunate as to attend voted it a gala affair. The buffet service was of singular beauty, perfectly appointed, and was centered by ice punch bowls with A Til colors of red, blue, and gold shimmering through. So ends the glory year of Alpha Tau Pi. A - A ' T fcs a PI OMEGA PI OFFICERS Dorothy Ballance Pn siJciit Miss Lola Minich .... Vicc-PrcsiJcHt Marguerite Crumley .... Sccrctar) ' Jessie Crockett Treasurer Margaret Twiford Historian Mr. a. L. Walker Spcuisor AS its chief objective the Alpha Epsilon Chapter 1 . of Pi Omega Pi each year serves hv contribut- ing to the solution of some current problem in the field of education or business. It encourages high standards of ethics and scholarship m business bv teaching the ideal of service as a basis of all •orthv enterprise. It IS an honor to become a member of Pi Omega Pi. National Commercial Teachers honorary fraternity. Membership is gained only by those Juniors and Se- niors of the commercial department vho have at- tained superior scholastic standing m commercial subjects and at least average standmg in all other subjects. This fraternitv reaches from California to irginu and from Wisconsin to Texas. It is established only in senior teacher-traming institutions and the chapter at this College is the onlv one in irginia. The highest hope of all commercial majors should be to become a member ot Pi Omega Pi. It holds for them untold opportimities. 129 COTILLION CLUB OFFICERS Margaret Haynie President Virginia Fiske Vice-President Ann Wheat Secretary Blanche Edge Treasurer OF particular interest to the Freshmen was the revival this year of the Cotillion Club, as a sister organization to the German Club. With the assistance of Mrs. Frances Mooney, Miss LiUie Tur- man, and Miss Louise Jennings, Dr. W. J. Young reorganized the club. Later, Miss Grace Taylor was added as co-sponsor. Anxious to begin its functions, the members met and elected officers. Under an executive committee of officers, sponsors and six members at large, the elaborate affair for their initial dance took shape. The results of the efforts of this committee and the members became evident with its sweetheart dance, February 12th, in which the Valentine motif was dominant. Featured in the figure, in march time, was a gigantic, lacy Valentine heart. Beneath a false ceiling of red and white cellophane and streamers shimmering in the light, the members, their escorts and other young gentlemen danced in tuneful swing-time. Never had the old gym seemed so lovely as in her Valentine dress. With promise of climaxing this dance, the Cotil- lion Club has more than fulfilled the expectations of everyone. The social life of the campus is decidedly Its debtor. 130 DRAMATIC CLUB OFFICERS Miriam Carpenter . . . President Margaret Clark . . Vice -President JuANiTA Stokes . Secretary-Treasurer UNDER the (JircctKjn (jf Mr. B jyce D. Lovine, the new sponsor of the Dramatic Club, the first play ofthc season, The Cradle Song, presented by the Dramatic Club under the sponsorship of the Y.W.C.A., demonstrated two things: that there is abundant histrionic material within the student body and that students and faculty alike will support such an effective per- formance as The Cradle Song. Between the production of The Cradle Song and that of Alice-Sit ' By-The-Fire, there were several shorter productions; namely, History in Revue, five skits written by Mr Loving, and a one-act farce, Rich Man, Poor Man. The revue was given as a benefit for the club; the farce, a presentation at Convoca- tion. Diifenng radically in mood, setting, and story from The Cra- dle Song was Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire, ' whimsical three-act com- edy by Sir James M. Barne, which was presented by the club on March 4th. With Its growth in number and talent, the Dramatic Club IS considering a change in its name. Likewise, a charter will be granted the group in the national dramatic fraternity. Alpha Psi Omega. A new sponsor, improNed production, possible mem- bership in a national fraternity — all these mark the progress in affairs dramatic on the Hill. Especial appreciation goes to Mr. Ronald Faulkner for work by the orchestra and for art work in the designing of sets, and to Mr. Harold Weiss for creating the sets. Finally, the work of the classes in Play Production was of untold value to the finished productions themselves. I 1 •4 MODERN PORTIAS OFFICERS Mitchell Forrest Luck President Margaret Haynie Vice-President Mildred Powell Secretary Miriam Boyer Treasurer Mary Grace Hawkins . . ... . . . Reporter Dr. George E. Shankle Si onsor Elizabeth Bodwell Charlotte Booker Miriam Boyer Hazel Bricker Dorothy Coddington Lura Coffey Nancy Cooper Arcelle Coulbourn Frances Cox Lottie Driver Virginia Easley Elizabeth Evans Hazel Ford Ella Mae Frye MEMBERS Josephine Gravett Charlotte Hall Ruth Harris Mary Grace Hawkins Margaret Haynie Evelyn Herring Mary T. Kettenbeck Mitchell Forrest Luck Virginia Meeks Jean Moore Nannie Moore Gilda Oronoz Lucille Painter Jean Plante Mildred Powell Connie Reynolds Anne Shaffer Nancy Snead Sally Stoakley Clarice Taylor Marian Timberlake Zelma Timberlake Ruth M. Tyler Marcella Wells Alyce Wenner Evelyn Wilkinson Elizabeth Woodbridge 132 MODERN PORTIAS T! E Modern Portias is the active organization of the English department at the College, open for membership only to Juniors or Seniors having Eng- lish as a major or teaching minor. In various ways, the club encourages very generally an interest in English classical literature. Annually it presents for the student body an interesting and informative Convocation program. This year the program consisted of reports on several types of writing and a lecture on a selected piece of classi- cal literature, dlustrated by colored slides. The annual banquet was one of the most enjoyable social events of the year. In formal attire, the members gathered about the banquet table at the Princess Anne Hotel. After the welcoming address by the president, the club enjoyed a delicious course dinner. The evening ' s entertainment was concluded by an address on the literature of today by the sponsor of the club. Dr. George E. Shankle. No member of the Modern Portias can ever forget the monthly meetings of the club which are a combination of friendly social activity and intellectual discussion. It IS t he custom at this time to discuss some selected piece of literature. At each meeting, while the members are enjoying refreshments, a report on current events in the literary world is made. GLEE CLUB OFFICERS Clarice Taylor .... President Virginia Jones . . . Vice-President Jean Robertson Secretary Helen Pressley .... Treasurer Flora Ryan, Grace Hendershot, Librarians OWEET voices were raised in joyous song in praise to God. It was Christmas. The Glee Club made its first formal ap- pearance in black and white vestments. At five o ' clock in the afternoon on Sunday, December 12th, they presented their an- nual Yuletide Concert. Showing a great advance over any previous scope of activities, the Glee Club this year broadcast over the radio. After weeks of hard work, the Club went to Richmond, and over the local station, WRVA, offered to the radio audience a finished per- formance. Following the season of the Resurrection, at Eastertide the Glee Club presented its second formal concert. The program con- sisted of light spring numbers and appropriate Easter music. With the open-air theater for a setting, in June the Glee Club added their talents to the Commencement Exercises. The impres- siveness of their vestments and the young voices in harmonious song added greatly to the occasion. Members of the Glee Club spend many happy hours in creative enjoyment. They do not confine their activities to scheduled ap- pearances. The fifty selected voices of the club take part in many formal and informal occasions throughout the entire year. To its members the club offers an intensive study of choral music and stimulates the appreciation for fine harmony. 1 ll Jtiltt «. 1: i- ♦ |r|-i| T,r- ' || w 0 rrifii! : i ihI ill COLLEGE ORCHESTRAS A SUSTAINED pride, shared by all on the hill, is felt in the work of the college orchestras, which have supplied not only the charm of music with Its universal appeal but these student activity groups have given gracious service, afforded hours of recreation, established purposeful objectives, and created a keener appreciation for the art. The orchestras, five in number, inter- est a similar number of groups — those who have had no previous experience, those ■who have had some training in high school orchestras, those who confine themselves to string instruments offering the t} pe music so delightfully accept- able for teas, dinners, and receptions; the string quartet emphasizing chamber music, and last, the dance orchestra for hours in lighter vem. Under the magic baton of the director, these orchestras have won fine recognition from the hill personnel and they have also made for an additional friendly link between the hill and the community by compl) ing to many requests from local organizations. Lysbeth Garth PrciiJiriit [135] OFFICERS Evelyn Bicbcers President Margaret Emerick . Vice-President Sue McGhee Secretary £ Lilly Ruff Treasurer Dr. J. H. DoDD, , , „ , Miss Lola Minich, THE COMMERCIAL CLUB m,ssr„™r.™, Mr. a. L. Walker . . Sponsors IN an effort to demonstrate the actual application of business skill and experience, the Com- mercial Club during the year made trips to several business centers. A day was spent, by three-fourths of its members, in viewing the operation of business machines in the nation ' s capital city. Valuable information about the function of the business woman in the world of commerce was gathered. The afternoon was spent, in lighter vein, by visiting the museums and other interesting places. The club, later in the year, presented an enlightening convocation program. This pro- gram w as in the form of a skillful demonstration of business machines by students who had completed a study of these machines. The annual banquet of the club was held at the Stratford Hotel. Mr. Jere Willis, a dis- tinguished citizen of Fredericksburg, was the principal speaker. With this delightful social event, the Commercial Club climaxed a year of busy, worth- while activity. It has been loyally supported by the students of the largest department in the College. [136 1 COMMERCIAL CLUB SENIORS ' : Dorothy Ballancc, Hvclyn Bickers, Vanna Rritt, Helen Carter, Jes.sie Crockett, Marguerite Crumley, hdna Hersh, Betty Jones, Sue McGee, Nan Moore, Louise Otiev, Robbie Pugh, Zillah Rhoades, Lilv Ruff, Bertha Shapleigh, Marie Springer, Margaret Twiforu, Marcella Wells, JUN.IORS: Nan Birchett, Mary Williamson Bowles, Maude Brown, Juanita Carpenter, Sarah Ann Chandler, Arcclle Coulbourne, Elizabeth Clopton, Ruth Curry, Virginia Dick- inson, Margaret Emerick, Madora Forbush, Hazel Ford, Ar- linc Garnsey, Edith Gravely, Jewell Hallett, Lucy Harris, Anne Hazlitt, Flora Lee, Pauline McConnell, Betty Louise Nolan, Maude Rae Smith, Dorothy Vernon, Georgiana Woodhouse. SOPHOMORES: Helen Booth, Lula Bray, Phyllis Child, Helen Clark, Ruth Clark, Laura Conlon, Murlene Crush, Gladys Dutrow, Courtney Edmond, Alice Fitzhugh, Frances Green, Elizabeth Hall, Clara Harrell, Winifred Hudson, Evelyn Jones, Mabelle Knoft, Lucile Long, Eulaleur Mason, Mar- garet Maxwell, Eugenia Moore, Charlotte Morgan, Joanna Pappandreou, Edith Pomeroy, Kitty Roberts, Helen Dale Roop, Virginia Ramsay, Mildred Rust, Nannie Sharp, Pene- lope Smith, Ellen Smoot, Louise Stawls, Virginia Thomas, Nan Thompson, Cecilia Valentine, Elizabeth Weakley, Mary Lee Young. FRESHMEN Genevieve Allen, Janet Alston, Anne Arnold, Louellen Ashby, Charlotte Avery, Myrtle Bacon, Elizabeth Bane, Jean Becker, Martha Black, Mane Blair, Margaret Bowen, Gertrude Brandon, Virginia Bray, Dorothy Brent, Juamta Brockwell, Zane Brodie, Virginia Brothers, Emita Bruno, Nancy Burch, Helen Burrow, Marion Burroughs, Ema- line Burnette, Mary Carmines, Elizabeth Carter, Kathr Ti Carter, Ruth Carter, Mary Carson, Mane Cattenhead, Ro- berta Cecil, Jane Cornwell, Eugenia Clarke, Elizabeth Cox, Carol Crafton, Dorothy Darden, Mincttc Dashicll, Barber Davis, Virginia Davis, Virginia Dougherty, Beryl Duell, Clara Duggan, Frances Eancs, Ruth Eclwards, Eileen Emer- son, Eloise Flanary, Evelyn Florence, Pauline Foster, Doru Gallant, Lucile Garrett, Fiuth Garrett, Frances Gillesptc, Dorothy Giles, Frances Gillum, Margaret Gillum. Virginia Gilmer, Hilda Goode, Annie Gleason, Josephine Gravctt, Margaret Gregory, Mary Guntcr, Martha Harrison, Helen Harwitz, Ruth Hayncs, Maxine Herring, Pauline Hewitt, Lovey Hill, Nancy Hill, Marjoric Hopkins, Donald Holden, Mane Hudson, Mary Hudson, Bessie Hull, Jessie Gray Hutchinson, Bernice Ison, Jane Jennings, Geraldinc Jcssec, Mary Johnson, Marjoric Johnson, Aimec Jones, Dena Katz, Frances Keister, Lois Kcsterson, Bertha Klann, Annie Land, Caroline Lawson, Irella Lawson, Mary Lcdnum, Rosa Ellen Locke, Katherine Lockhart, Ethel Loftin. Melba Loudy, Ruth MacLead, Audrey Marcv, M Ta McCormick. Lida McGill, Reba McLamb, Jane Miller, Florence Moore. Miriam Morwitz, Julia Moscley, Kathryn Moss, Dorothy Munden, Jean Neate, Kathryn Newcome, Gladvs Newton, Reba Nolen, Virginia Ole, Cornelia Orr, Betty Mae Owen, Constance Owens, Phyllis Pamplin, Anne Parker, Elaine Parks, Eleanor Phillips, Rosalie Radford. Charlotte Rams- burg, Virginia Reamy, Elizabeth Reed, NIary Reed. Elva Reynolds, Virginia Repass. Rosemary Rice. Mary Frances Roberts, Jean Robertson, Imogene Robinson. Frances Rus- sell, Grace Saunders, Dorothy Seabolt. Mary Ellen Seaborne. Elizabeth Sisson, Elizabeth Smith, Dorothv Snead. Peggy Spaven, Polly Stephenson, Keta Still, Dorothy Stone, Shirlev Stubbs, Dorothy Thomas. Margaret Tigner. Dons Turner. Ethel Twyford. Bernice Vellines. Ethel W are. Janice N ' at- son, Mary Welsh. June Wendell, Elizabeth VVerth, Anne Wheat, Jean Whitley. Mary Whitt. Anne Williams, Frances Williams, Mary Williams. Sue Wohlford. Hester Wolffe, Dorothy Wood, Marjorie W ood. Mane right. Marguente Wysor, Martha Yoch. 137] PI SIGMA KAPPA OFFICERS Elizabeth Trimble . . . President Mary Topp Vice-President Adelaide Rosborough, S ccrctaryTrmsurcr PI SIGMA KAPPA was organized early this year under the capable leadership of Dr. Almont Lindsay, assisted by Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr., Mr. Harold Weiss, and Mr. Boyce Loving. This club w as formed for the purpose of encouraging interest in types of public speaking, such as informal debating, declama- tion, extemporaneous and after-dinner speeches. At first membership w as open to anyone, but when officers were chosen and the organization grew stronger, certain standards were set to restrict membership and the right to own the key. Greek letters were substituted for the first letters in the original name. Public Speaking Club, and the club took the nam e Pi Sigma Kappa. Club members were encouraged to participate in the programs of other organizations, thereby gaining points toward their keys. The desire, on the part of the members, to ow n the key yielded many entertaining and informal Chapel programs. Pi Sigma Kappa has, during the current year, sponsored the first intercollegiate debates. They have debated with teams both from Virginia colleges and also out-of-state teams. OFFICERS Anna Mae FIarris . . Dorothy Miller Margaret Ashby . Arcelle Coulbourn Zillah Rhoades, . . President Vice-President . . Secretary . Treasurer Corrcqwhling Secretary INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB THE purpose of the Carnegie Endowment in undertaking this work of the International Relations Clubs is to instruct and to enlighten public opinion. It is not to support exclusively any one view as to how best to treat the conditions which now pre- vail throughout the world, but to fix the attention of students on those undying principles of international conduct, of international law, and of international organization which must be agreed upon and put into action if a peaceful civilization is to continue. — President Nicholas Mi rr. y Butler. The International Relations Club holds a rather unique posi- tion among the various organizations on the hill. Organized for the purpose of furthering the cause of peace, it constantly seeks, through a variety of actnities, to present to the student body a message of goodwill and friendliness toward all people. The club ' s membership is constituted of only those students vitally interested in these challenging ideals. THE HOME ECONOMICS CLUB OFFICERS Virginia Jordan .... President Margaret Gibbens . . Vice-President Ruth Hooker Secretary Mildred Williams . . . Treasurer Virginia Reel Reporter Mrs. Eula Robins .... Sfotisor A VITAL interest in the improving of meal nutrition at the Training School has been shown by the members of the Home Economics Club this year. Using the knowledge obtained from classes and meetings of the club, they have sought to improve this phase of the school life. In Its monthly meetings, the club which is affiliated with the state and national associations, has stimulated interest in its profession. The programs at these meetings have consisted of talks by outsiders and by club members, discussions of money-making projects, and plans for improving the department at the College. Of real service and pleasure to the entire student body have been the Sunday morning breakfasts and the dinners served to various organizations. By helping as hostesses in entertaining the Virginia State Legis- lature, the club feels that it, undoubtedly, broadened its associa- tions and professional opportunities. Vu-, MATHEW FONTAINE MAURY SCIENCE CLUB ' I ' HIS year the Science Club has endeavored to develop and expand the J- members ' interest in the various fields of science. Individual participa- tion in its round-table discussions was encouraged by a choice of subjects closely connected with the personal interests of the members. One of the most delightful and heated discussions ■was on the subject of cosmetics. At another of its informal meetings the club was entertained bv the Freshman science class of the College Training School. 141 OFFICERS Marie Springer .... Dorothy Miller . . . Louise Godwin Margaret Gibbexs . . . . Betty Garden, ClwintUM 0 Sivul Calvert Spillman, Cluiirituii c f Program Helen Hill, CIuirtiuJM of ItntutioM Henrietta Roberts . . . . Prcsiicnt c-Prcsidcnt . Secretary Tredsurcr Committct Comm ttc£ Commntee RqvrttT Dr. Roy S. Cook SpiVisor J THE RIDING CLUB OFFICERS EuLALiA Bowling Prt-5i ciit Maude Rae Smith Vice-President Margaret Wallace . . . Secretary-Treasurer 71TH the arrival of spring on the hill, jodhpurs, boots, and riding crops are given most publicity. The annual horseshovv of the Riding Club is awaited with great anticipation. In the horse show the members of the club compete with those of equal ability. There are prizes and trophies for winners in the various events. Cups are awarded to those who excel in special events. A most attractive feature is the costume class. Great skill is shown in the jumping events. But most coveted of all awards . m . t iftjM llllfllli is the College Cup, which is given to the most outstanding rider in the show. Throughout the year, the club has enjoyed picnics in rustic settings at the end of rides through the surrounding country. Through wood and brush, over hills and streams, they ride in good fellowship. Sometimes these rides end with basket suppers. Favorite of all rides are those made by moonlight. Forgetting the bridle path for an afternoon, the Riding Club set a precedent socially this fall. They gave one of the most enjoyable social events of the year in the form of a tea in the spacious Dome Room of Seacobeck Hall. [ 143 Alice Rife, Preside r o6te Peggy Austin Martha Lee Bennett Charlotte Booker Eulalia Bowling Frances Brooks Eloise Caverlee Margaret Clark Dorothy Coddington Nancy Cooper Mary Lawrence Davenport Elsie Lee Davis Georgia Lou Easterling Marjorie Eastman Jo Lee Fleet Jane Haddox Edna Hersh ke Ljey man L iul? JrHceri Mary Jack Clary, ' istzreXar Miriam Carpenter, ' rzasurtr MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE ' i teciettckibuza . i itqinia f ode Rosalie Johnson Virginia Jordon Ethel Hartman Stirling Kerr Margaret McCulloch Mary Franklin Miller Mary Lou Monroe Doris O ' Brien Jean Plante Jean Robertson Connie Rollins Mildred Rawls Catherine Rucker Eleanor Small Juanita Stokes Elizabeth Trimble pon6or Mrs. Charles Lake Bushnell to His XfotlitT. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ATHLETIC COUNCIL Mary Kettenbeck .... President Alice Rife ViccPresicimt Virginia Anderson . . . Secretary JuANiTA Stokes Treasurer Leighton Stevens, Chairman of Sforts Elizabeth Dinges . Hockey ClirtiniKHi Ann Smith . . Ba.skctfiall Chairman Ellen Baab . . . BiiscKill Chairman Helen Hyde . . . Tciniis Chairman Evelyn Andrews, Golf and Archery ClwirHiiiii Juanita Carpenter . Cahin Chairman Virginia Easley, Su ' ittmniig Cluiiniiaii Eunice Martin . . Hiking CliaintiiDi Della Ricks . . . Dance Cliairman Maude Rae Smith . Social Clminmiii Helen Pressley RtjortL-r IN an effort to interest every student on the hill and all out- siders, the Athletic Association, led by a council comprised of the chairmen of such seasonal sports as hockey, basketball, swim- ming, and baseball, this year spread its activities beyond the usual intramural competition. In the fall, in addition to the beginning competition for the Devil-Goat Cup, the A. A. sent representatives to the ' ' irginia Field Hockey Tournament at Harrisonburg. The experience gleaned at this meet will undoubtedly pay large dividends. No greater progress in any field of athletics has been made than by the newly formed Swimming Club. Of particular interest was their participation in the National Telegraphic Swimming Meet. Safer and more instructive plunge hours are now assured. This has been made possible by the assumption on the part of the Senior Red Cross Life-Savers of full charge of the plunge hours. The Freshmen this vear defeated the Sophomores at basketball! Until that time the latter team had been undefeated. This was onlv one surprise of a tast-moving season, which culminated in the tournament at Williamsburg. No student can ever forget the accomplishments of the Athletic Association this vear. Future Associations would do well to aspire to meet and surpass it. [147] A Cliampion Volley ■ 0t0 Clearing the Goal. A p-inlL-gi- to l - stri:IcLM l-v 50 iiir m . rc cr ' s. arrou ' . Court ' n ' a goal. Tec for two. ' -fe. ' , .X;1 J Come on in; tlic uvitLTS fine A ttkUij in I ' ikk ' lc jnJ u ' liitt [1511 Personality in living statuary. DANCE CLUB OFFICERS Della Ricks Prcsiimt Edna FIersh .... Vicc-Prcsiicnt Leonora Weiss Secretary CAPTURE the spirit of movement. Then combine this with the spirit of music. This has been the ne-w program of the Modern Dance Club for 1937-38. Once a week they have met in fitting attire to combine a study of technique with inspiration. Out of this new plan of rendition, the Modern Dance Club pre- sented a beautiful program in the open-air theater. Li midwinter the club attended the annual Symposium of Modern Dance sponsored by George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Here they exchanged theories with dance groups representing girls ' col- leges in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. In early spring the club presented a program of Modern Dance at the meeting of the Physical Education Association of Virginia, which was held at Washington and Lee University m Lexington, Virginia. Each year the Dance Club plays a prominent part in the May Day exercises. Much of the theme and story of this annual pro- gram is interpreted by the dance. [152] WJ ' i Tilt Tlnn cj Ut Wi ni tcn — j trihjti III iturbli: from thi Women of AjiitTKJ to tilt omjn c AmcTKJ. LOUISE JEANNETTE OTLEY Authority without ostentation; leniency when merited. 156 JANE EMILIE SINCLAIR A smocnit, easy cffiamcy, alivays suff c cnt unto the Ly. 157 HELEN WADE PRESSLEY A joyous iisiposition comUnd with a purposeful earnestness. [158] FLORA RUBY RYAN Si(5tiiiiiul nitIiii5ui. ' ;?H ami unsc f !:hKSS tlut is not straiiiJ. 159 ELIZABETH McCLINTIC TRIMBLE Wmsome manner and unruled mun, hut analytical of mini and persevering in pir] ose. [160] CLARICE TAYLOR Miic-Ii fine Hutdl here — .) golh vou-c aiiJ .) hunt cf cli and stcrhng uvrtli aluuvs. 161 Picking was good. That Long r s .• . ■ ' W W e. ' e? e P B .C- N .J. i Tlu- Uarnd M.irJ I FRANCES GRAY NASH Winner 0 the Kiwanis Cuf, 1937 Recognition justly hstowd for services rendered . [1641 ]usl Kidding. Onlircn Will Be OnUrcn. m ■N,! t.. ,r- . ? j KS;4 ' tt -- ' ' . §;•■ % JfeTT I Kerckie s, kerckic s everywhere And not one wnkcommg. She keeps ailft uitlt the stars and stripes. October 31 — In tlii.- mooi ani iit tlii mode uitli Goblins m piroJ MIRIAM CARPENTER Pnnccss to the 1938 Apple Blossom Festival, Winchester, Virginia. :•  . The Gathering of the Huts. Siveethearts on Parade Senior Day, when hrnin is mimmizci and comradeship is king. ! r f I . The Shamrock had il.s mt;(il. March 26 — TIic Class of ' 3 7 acts up melodramatically. The struggle stupendous by the twclcggei Goats. Jeanyic meets Jean. Devil meets Goat. Victor meets Vanquishal. Cluxrles George Gordon Moss, Junior. Already on the official College ailling list. A Devilish Group. Virginia HjII — Sumiul of tht fittest iM tilt Intrd-Dormitory Games. 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Hill Bo.v 313, Appalaeiiia, Virginia Cornelia Irby Blaekstonc, Virginia Elizabeth Jones JS[nt ' Castle, Virginia Virginia Jordan 6152 Rol e Arenue, N.orJolk, Virginia Stirling Kerr Arlington, Virginia Mary T . Kettenbeck .... Farmington, Conneeticut Dons Lafoon Alberta, Virginia Mary Ellen Lee IS Euan Terraee, VmelanJ, hleii Jersey Mitchell Forrest Luck . . . 818 Wolfe Street, Fre.ferielcsburg, Virginia Irene Lundy Emporia, Virginia Martha Sue McGee .... Laureneeiille, Georgia Virginia Moore Meeks . . . 225 Wutent Avatut, Rocky Mount, NfrrtJi CaroUna Dorothy .Miller 1410 Allmi Aiotui, S.W.. Atlanta, Georgia Mary Franklyn Miller . . . 4534 Burlin ion Plau. ,W., Washington, D.C. 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