Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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C K T E 7i T S A HISTORY OF MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CAMPUS VIEWS ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY CLASS HISTORIES, OFFICERS, AND CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

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n:)E iC TiOK THE STUDETSiTS OF MAliX WASHINGTON COjCJCEgE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WITH SINCERE AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION DEDICATE THE BATTLEFIELD TO ,J A1iY CATHERINE AKE% WE THINK OF HER AS LIVING THE FINE THINGS OF life; WE KNOW SHE HOLDS SACRED A PROFOUND FAITH IN THE GOODNESS OF LIFE. IN SUCH TERMS WE THINK OF HER NOW IN THE THOUSAND- EYED present; in such terms we SHALL ALWAYS THINK OF HER AS SHE FARES FORTH INTO A BROADER FIELD OF SERVICE.

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C. O ' CONOR GOOLRICK Former Senator from the State of Virginia In 1908 a bill was presented to the General Assembly of the Virginia Legislature for the establish- ment of one or more State normal and industrial schools for women. After a sharp fight among numer- ous cities and towns over the location of the school, Fredericksburg, through the staunch advocacy of Senator Goolrick, was selected as the site for one, and its establishment was provided in the general appropriation bill approved March 14, Acts of Assembly, 1908. This school is now Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia.