Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 200 of the 1951 volume:

Y ny 6 ( ' Every night early arrivals waited for the library doors to open ELIZABETH BUNNELL Editiv BETTY TURNER Business Manager mi iSKs. ti ' t f; - 1 ■. a. ' i ' AS THE CLASS OF ' 50 STARTED UP THE STEPS OF G.W. FOR THE LAST TIME, THE CLASS OF ' 51 BECAME THE SENIORS -WITH THEIR LAST AND BEST YEAR JUST AHEAD. The students of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia at Fredericksburg, Virginia, present the 28th volume of the BATTLEFIELD With words and in pictures, we relive a student ' s life in a memorable year— the year of 1951 DEDICATION Miss Mary Ellen Stephenson Dean of Women 1951— A New Dean of Women Won Hearts of Students Miss Stephenson started a new tradition by eating with the students. To Dean Mary Ellen Stephenson . . . because she represents so completely the spirit of a new era for our college; because she has the gift of friendliness, the qualities of sincerity and en- • thusiasm; because she has injected a new note of informality and ease into the pervading spirit of our campus life . . . We, the students of Mary Washington College, in gratitude for her backing of many innovations both large and small, dedicate the Nineteen Fifty-One Battlefield. The partially completed infirmary building, showing signs of future impressiveness, stared back hollow-eyed at two curious students. 1951— Broke New Ground and Some Old Precedents 1951 was our year of metamorphosis ... a year of breaking new ground and old prece- dents. Some rules were innovated, others were renovated. A real feeling of ease pervaded the student ' s life; the words, Liberal Arts College, took on double meaning. The new Deans, Miss Stephenson and Mrs. Wade, inaugurated fresh traditions of their own . . . meals in the dining hall . . . infir- mary visits ... an open-house atmosphere to their office hours and interviews. There was anticipation of a new silhouette across our skyline as buildings began to rise. The physical boundaries of the campus were widening. There was student talk of a longer class break. The bicycle age was almost on us. All these things formed a chain reaction that knocked us out of our lethargy. There w as a greater pride and enthusiasm throughout cam- pus life. We awoke to the fact that our old loyalty had put down new and deeper roots. 1951 DEDICATION FOREWORD CONTENTS 6,7 ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY 8 ALL FOUR YEARS 16 Senior Introductory 18 Senior Portraits 20 Junior Introductory 48 Junior Portraits 50 Sophomore Introductory 60 Sophomore Portraits 62 Freshman Introductory 72 Freshman Portraits 74 Veterans 83 ■5 St i ' ■ I Ts ■J :mV jr. •• MMUHliHilMMiil p rj C m p r B i mm - m. mm CONTENTS A STUDENT ' S LIFE 84 Leadership 86 Drama 90 Music 94 Publications 98 Faith And Service 102 Clubs 111 Honoraries 119 Plus Classes 125 AND AFTER CLASSES 126 Recreation Association 128 A Home Away From Home 142 Life Around And Below The Hill 152 Some Big Events Back In ' 50 160 May Queen 162 The May Court As The 1951 Beauty Section 164 The Typical MWC ' er 168 ADMINISTRATION DR. MORGAN LaFAYETTE COMBS President of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia 1951— Saw the End and the Beginning of an Era Dr. Combs explained floor plan of a rapidly rising dining hall wing. Twerity-ftve years ago, Americans were cheering Red Grange, discovering contract bridge and humming tlines like Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodby and Always. And when they were not doing crossword puzzles, they were reading best sellers such as GENTLE- MEN PREFER BLONDES and THE GREAT GATSBY. In 1951, a cycle seems to have been com- pleted. Carol Channing is one of the toasts of Broadway as the gold-digging, diamond-con- scious Lorelei Lee. THE GREAT GATSBY has been made into a movie. John Held ' s short-haired, vivacious flapper is living again in the fashion illustrations of the current ma- gazines. All over the country, the Charleston AND FACULTY DR. EDWARD ALVEY, JR. Dean of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia 1951— The Powers That Be Planned Further Expansion is once again the favorite dance at the college prom. Twenty-five years ago, Mary Washington was a State Teacher ' s College. It was three years before the present president, Dr. Morgan Combs, was to replace Mr. A. B. Chandler, Jr. The first Dean of Women, Mrs. Charles Lake Bushnell was in the office she held for twenty- nine years. There were thirty members on the faculty. Frances Willard, Betty Lewis, Vir- ginia and Monroe Halls were the four build- ings on a campus of about sixty acres. Monroe served as the Administration and classroom building, with the post office on the first floor, and a swimming pool in the basement. The dining hall, Dean ' s office and Tea Room, or forerunner of the C Shoppe, were in Willard. The President ' s office and the library were on the first floor of Virginia. Y.W.C.A. was the most prominent organiza- tion on the campus. A modified version of Stu- dent Government had been in existence for eleven sessions. In 1951, a new era is underway at Mary Washington. The college is now a part of the University of Virginia with a Liberal Arts program. The campus consists of 381 acres with seventeen buildings. The student body has tripled; the faculty and staff number over a hundred. Administrative thought is still keyed to further expansion. In GW ' s Shadowy Halls A Future Was Formulated Twenty-five years and a generation hence, the returning grad will see the brick and con- crete realization of today ' s dream. The Fine Arts Building will have been in use for two decades. The Student Activity Building will have gone up over what is now the indoor swimming pool . . . indoor games, informal dancing, card rooms, and bowling alleys . . . only a few of the facilities offered. The age of the parlor date will be only an amusing memory. Over on what was the old golf course, beyond the Fine Arts Building, new dorms will have risen ... A good walking shoe will be a campus requisite. And as always, progress will bring the sentimental, Do you remember when? Edgar E. Woodward, Treasurer Mrs. Ruth Seawright Wade, Deaji of Freshmen Reynold H. Brooks Director of Public Relations Mrs. Margaret S. Russell Director of Student Personnel Louis C. Guenther, Registrar Dr. Warren G. Keith Director of Admissions Profs Say Student Is The Grand Enigma— And Vice Versa The professor slipped behind the desk. An- other eight-thirty. They ' d be worse than usual. Well, nothing to do but call the roll. Adams, Amison, Bowers . . . absent . . . too bad more of them couldn ' t be. . . . Who ever conceived of the Saturday class anyway? . . . It ' s impos- sible for students to comprehend anything on a Saturday. ... If I could only get on with the research . . . bet no one has hit on that angle . . . too obvious. . . . Now, where did I stop after the last lecture? . . . They ' ll think me a dundering idiot ... do anyway. . . . Miss Adams has her knitting again. How can that boy use so many socks? . . . and Mary ought to remember to darn mine. . . . No won- der I can ' t find the place, I forgot to prepare any notes. . . . Class, this morning we will have a short quiz. Last meeting, you ' ll re- member we talked about . . . not that each and every one of you hasn ' t forgotten what the last lecture was all about . . . the mate- rial in the ninth chapter. Give me a short resume of its content. And by short, I mean at least three pages. . . . What ' s that, Miss Kane? You don ' t understand? . . . I ' ll bet you don ' t. . . . How many letters did you write last time? . . . Let ' s save that for the end of the period, please. You ' d better start on the question. Now, what did I say about that last time? ... I do remember telling them something. . . . The stalling these girls do is amazing. . . . Show me three of them who know what a college education is all about . . . wasted on the young. . . . Now, if I can just complete the story, it may sell . . . the roof needs fixing, so does the. . . . There ' s the bell. . . . Hand in the papers, please. Your assign- ment is on the board. . . . And don ' t tell me you have work in other classes, I ' ve heard it too often . . . my own stupidity. . . . Now, I have all those tests to correct. The prof had his own outside reading to do. One student always wanted the test early. Six days a week, the prof lectured to the letter-writers, knitters, magazine-readers, manicurists and nap-catchers who are called students. ART. Miss D. Duggan, Mr. J. Binford, Mr. E. R. Schnellock, Mr. G. Cecere, Dr. P. G. King. 1951 — Thirteen Faces September brought new personalities to the faculty ... to swell the total to eighty-eight. . . . Two were welcomed into the physical education department: Miss Rebecca Woosley, a North Carolinian . . . Miss Jane Bell, from way down in South Carolina, who replaced Miss Gratzer as house mother of Marye. . . . Three senoritas made their debuts into the Spanish department . . . Miss Evelyn BrignuU, of Tennessee, who served as hostess at Framar, the Spanish House . . . Virginian, Dr. Marion Greene, who formerly taught at the University of Maryland and Miss Rosemary Herman, hail- ing from North Carolina, who worked actively with the Y.W.C.A. ... Dr. Pauline King, of Norton, Virginia, who taught previously at the University of Chicago, entered the art department, completing a student-teacher cycle here. S - — j BIOLOGY. 1)1 . s I ' lii.t, Miss E. J. Whisenant, Dr. Z. W. C Black, Di. W . A. Castle, Dr. H. litis. CHEMISTRY. Miss H. H. Schultz, Dr. E. G. Insley, Dr. H. L. Cover, Mr. H. C. ShuU. ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. Mr. J. K. Roach, Dr. H. W. Hewetson, Dr. J. H. Dodd, Dr. M. H. Sublette, Mr. F. E. Miller. DRAMATIC ARTS AND SPEECH. Mr. C. W. Co.x, Miss M. H. Newell, Mr. J. VV. Warfield. Added to the Faculty Roll Home Economics claimed Fredericksburger Mrs. Ruby Cook Harris, while two Virginians, Charles W. Cox, lone male newcomer, and Miss Martha Newell entered the speech and drama- tic arts department . . . replacing Mrs. Mildred Sollenberger, now on leave of absence. Ala- bama sent to the biology department Miss Edna Jo Whisenant. A former registrar at M.W.C., later, an instructor in psychology, Mrs. Nannie Mae Williams, another Virginian, rejoined the psychology department. The Eng- lish department attracted two: Dr. Caroline Pace, seventh Virginia addition, taking the place of Dr. James Allison, and North Caro- linian, Miss Doris Sharpe. Thirteen new faces on the faculty scene . . . women instructors, so young, they were mistaken for students . . . and one man — married — in the lot! HISTORY. Dr. A. Lindsey, Dr. R. L. HiUdrup, Dr. O. H. Darter, Dr. C. H. Quenzel, Dr. R. E. Sumner. Absent: Dr. H. L. Krone, Mrs. F. P. Mooney. ENGLISH. Mr. W. B. Kelly, Dr. C. Pace, Miss D. R. Sharpe, Miss C. Lenhart. Seated: Dr. A. S. Brandenburg, Dr. W. VV. Griffith, Mr. B. W. Early. Stand- ing: Dr. J. H. Croushore, Dr. R. W. Whidden. Absent: Dr. G. E. Shankle. FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Seated: Mr. E. H. Jones, Mrs. M. M. Boiling. Standing: Dr. J. H. Combs, Dr. M. H. Stansbury. Mr. L. J. Cabrera, Dr. U. A. Voelkel, Miss E. L. Brignull, Dr. M. A. Greene, Miss R. H. Herman, Dr. C. B. Mcintosh. Absent: Dr. S. C. Engelmann, Mr. V. Brenner, Mrs. C. M. Stewart. HOME ECONOMICS. Seated: Miss A. K. Holzhauer, Dr. A. L. Edwards, Mrs. R. C. Harris. Standing: Miss D. J. Ried, Miss C. Turner, Miss S. G. Taylor, Mrs. H. S. Morris. MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. Dr. C. H. Frick, Mr. G. P. Burns, Dr. L. C. Carter. MUSIC. Ml. I i)o„, Mr. R. W. Faulkner, Miss E. T. Eppes Mr. L. Housloa, .Mi=s .M. Chauncey, Dr. S. F. Bulley. SOCIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY. Mr. H. C. Carter, Dr. K. F. Leidecker, Mr. P. J. Allen, Dr. B. Graves. HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION. Seated: Mrs. C. M. Read, Miss M. E. Arnold, Miss M. P. Stewart. Standing: Miss J. G. Bell, Miss J. W. Hubbell, Mr. W. R. Walther, Miss R. T. Woosley. PSYCHOLOGY. Dr. E. K. Dodd, Dr. M. Erdeiyi, Mrs. N. M. Williams, Dr. C. K. Martin. The Prof Plays — Black Tie, Coffee Cups and Exercise A professor is not made of pure intellect. Some students are slow to realize it, but the man has a home and more than likely a wife, children and a hobby. The local literati even enjoy considerable partying, although their campus socializing is rather confined, being bound by the Hall of Mirrors, the C Shoppe and the volleyball court. On reception nights, it ' s a surprise to many that a tux can do as much for a professor as for the average man — that the mind that can comprehend Kant can also grasp the rudiments of th e rhumba. The C Shoppe scene reveals that the prof also has need of coffee for survival — and the volleyball court that a brain does not preclude brawn. New students donned tormals to meet faculty at Freshman Reception. Penguin-like profs greeted fellows and students with a glad hand, and did duty on the dance floor where Dr. Combs proved himself beau of the ball. Profs joined the rest of the C Shoppe cowboys in after-dinner coffee, and did an impromptu celebration dance after volleyball victor -. AFTER THE FIRST BIG SNOW IVIADE AN OBSTACLE COURSE OF CAMPUS WALKS, THE TREACHEROUS DINING HALL PATH ALL FOUR YEARS FROM WHITE MOUSE CAPS TO BLACK MORTAR BOARDS We came . . . from almost every state in the union, the territories, and many foreign coun- tries . . . midst visions of college week-ends, football games . . . hoping for the fulfillment of intellectual curiosity, for new and lasting friendships. We felt excited and elated with the thought of new experiences ... a new year. We wore mouse caps and had visions of mortar boards and facing the world with a college degree. We admired the campus and soon loved and became a part of its delicate and Southern charm. We hung up college pen- nants, put up pictures of boy friends, and added the books later. We began to know Fredericksburg and to feel familiarity and pride as we came up the hill. We came for a variety of both deep and shallow reasons and we found much more than we expected. We saw . . . college theater productions, benefits, pep rallies, and get-togethers. We went to informal dances, holiday balls, and receptions. We saw . . . cat naps in class . . . campus changes from the mellow golds of autumn to the fresh pinks and whites of spring. . . . We saw the glorious leaves in the fall, the campus covered with a quiet, glisten- ing white, and watched for the dogwood. We saw school spirit increasing, Student Govern- ment in action, the strengthening of the honor system. We saw Mary Washington grow. We conquered . . . Beowulf, retroactive in- hibitions, bridge, the law of diminishing re- turns, term papers . . . We adjusted to the feel- ing of apathy and depression that is so pre- valent in an insecure world . . . the sensational and terrifying rumors that surrounded an In- ternational crisis . . . the Korean situation . . . We listened to radios . . . read newspapers . . . and talked . . . We studied Berkeley . . . Marx . . . Plato . . . We conquered . . . the Mondays when we had three tests and a term paper and didn ' t get a letter from him or a check from home . . . We conquered with the slow realization that college life is nothing like the Hollywood version, but that it contains some- thing much more worthwhile and enduring. WAS CHRISTENED DEVASTATION ROW. MEMORIES CROWDED BACK AS Senior scrapbook recalled honor bids, football games and old flames. SENIOR OFFICERS. Weissblatt, Graves, Anderson, Miller, Thomson, Mr. Carter, Morey, President. Senior Benefit had two dumb bank robbers hiding in a doll shop, leering at customers, and swearing the Girl Scout Oath. They saw the doll ' s part mcludmg Bobbie singing As a Bad Girl I ' m Gonna be Good , two cake-walking Black Sambos, and an off-key version of Tennessee Valtz. i 18 SENIORS ' COLLEGE DAYS CLOSED I r, 5MB HH I H s H 1 B m 5 1 KlC . ilK ' ' 1 1 B •r yfl i 1 1 y ll ..M Phyl and Dave struck a picture pose under the Junior Ring Dance arch. Six wallced home from a buggy ride, for night riding ' s against the rules. Then the curtain closed on It ' s Finale Time for the Class of ' 51. Hasty struggle preceded regal entrance at first Cap and Gown convo. 19 J Gertrude Boiling Alfriend Charles Town, West Virginia Sociology Kathryn Hope AUcorn Greens Farms, Connecticut Spanish CLASS Gretchen Cutter Anderson Charleston, West Virginia Sociology Louise Adele Ash Peekskill, New York French Jacqueline Lou Atw ood Endicott, New York English Frances Reynolds Baker Shaker Heights, Ohio Home Economics Barbara Anne Baute East Greenwich, Rhode Island Biology f 20 Betty Wildes Bean Seattle, Washington Home Economics Margaret Alice Bean Seattle, Washington Home Economics Dorothye Anita Belden West Palm Beach, Florida Sociology Roselyn Mae Bell Richmond, Virginia Sociology Molly Condit Bettcher Arlington, Virginia Art OF ' 51 Dorothy Carolyn Bow ers Richmond, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Marion Avis Boyd TiMBLiN, Pennsylvania Economics and Business Administration 21 J Eddie Marion Brazill New Rochelle, New York Sociology Jean Brown SwARTHMORE, PENNSYLVA fIA Sociology Mary Frances Brown Silver Spring, Maryland Economics and Business Administration Elizabeth Taliaferro Bunnell Richmond, Virginia English Jeanne Marie Burckell Richmond, Virginia English CLASS Betty Gregg Butler Richmond, Virginia Chemistry Belen Maria Camacho Santurce, Puerto Rico Chemistry f 22 Ruth Elizabeth Carroll Baltimore, Maryland Psychology OF ' 51 Frances Virginia Carter Spotsylvania, Virginia History EdAvina Kent Chapman Smithfield, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Eugenia Moran Cheney Middleport, New York Chemistry Eloise Elizabeth Clark Abingdon, Virginia Biology Helen Charles Coclin Bridgeport, Connecticut Biology Mary Louise Condon Haverhill, Massachusetts Sociology 23 1 Audrey Lathenia Conkling Whitestone, New York Music Barbara Lee Corr Staunton, Virginia Sociology CLASS Laura Ann Costarelli Clifton, New Jersey Psychology Miriam Kay Cox Berea, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Barbara Anne Craig Westfield, New Jersey French Ann Martin Critzer Baltimore, Maryland Dramatic Arts and Speech Marilyn Hartley Crosby Dumont, New Jersey English 424 Barbara Ann Daughtrey Chester, Virginia English Helen Winthrop Davey Fanwood, New Jersey Art Barbara Davis SwARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA Sociology Louise Brannon Davis Lynchburg, Virginia History- Mary Irene Dean Charlottesville, Virginia Biology OF ' 51 Ruth DeMiller Mobile, Alabama Sociology Joan Gibson Diehl Baltimore, Maryland English 25 J Jo Alys Downs Waco, Texas Biology Edwina Madelyn Doyle McKenney, Virginia Psychology Mary Sue Ekelund PoNTiAC, Michigan English Marjorie Elna Erickson Hamden, Connecticut History Nilda Rosa Fernandez San Juan, Puerto Rico Psychology CLASS Elizabeth Louisa Fitzgerald Osso, Virginia Psychology Elizabeth Seekell Fletcher RocKviLLE Centre New York Mathematics I 26 Ann Bailey Flythe Emporia, Virginia Psychology Jean Forrest Odd, Virginia Sociology OF ' 51 Martha Jane Foster New Cumberland Pennsylvania Sociology Edna Lorraine Frantz Arlington, Virginia Spanish Leda Marie Giatti Riverdale, New York Biology Ruby Lois Gibson Mineral, Virginia English Frances Law Glass Richmond, Virginia English 27 I Joy Goldman Worcester, Massachusetts Music Louise Marie Gortner Grantsville, Maryland Sociology CLASS Dorothy Page Gravatt Richmond, Virginia French Julia Watson Graves Charlottesville, Virginia Economics and Business Administration Jean Gray Hillsdale, New Jersey Sociology Jane Edmund Gregg Shirley Joanne Hamilton Charlie Hope, Virginia Dayton, Ohio Chemistry Psychology J 28 Donna Maria Hankla Tazewell, Virginia Music Cynthia Harvel West Palm Beach, Florida Economics and Business Administration Marian Haverty Smithfield, Virginia Sociology Sarah Elizabeth Herring Huntington, West ' irginia Economics and Business Administration Joan Marguerite Hewlett Columbus, Ohio Philosophy OF ' 51 Jacqueline Daurene Hobbs Warwick, Rhode Island Spanish Nancy Leigh HoUaday GORDONSVILLE, VIRGINIA History 29 I Hester Walton Holland Virginia Beach, Virginia Music Winnifred Ethel Horton RoswELL, New Mexico Psychology Griselda Sue Howard Saxe, Virginia Psychology Sally Ann Howard Saxe, IRGINIA Psychology Glorianna Howell New Brunswick, New Jersey Spanish Oliver Morel Howie Bel Air, Maryland Art CLASS Drusilla Ann How son Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Economic and Business Administration i50 Marguerite Fannie Hubbard Petersburg, Virginia Latin Carolyn Paige Hudgins Hampton, Virginia Psychology OF ' 51 Marilyn Jean Hughes Ocean City, New Jersey Latin Barbara Jean Hunt Poquoson, Virginia English Virginia Ann Hunt Holyoke, Massachusetts Psychology Patsy Jane Hyans Newark, New Jersey Mathematics Viola Nancy lacozza Norwich, Connecticut Chemistry V Edith Betini Jacobson New York, New York Sociology Jessie Childers Johnson QuANTico, Virginia History CLASS Josephine AUyn Johnson Franklin, Virginia Economics and Business Administration Joan E. Katz Freeport, New York Sociology Cora Lee Kaufmann Washington, D.C. Sociology Barbara Ann Kelley Lexington, Virginia Psychology Dorothy Anita Kinsey Arlington, Virginia Art 32 Mary-Louise Ann Kirkendall Worcester, Massachusetts Sociology Constance Marie Kontopanos Virginia Beach, Virginia Economics and Business Administration Martha Rhodes Lancaster Severna Park, Maryland English Helen Louise Larson Alexandria, Virginia Biology Ann Page Lawson Hampton, Virginia English OF ' 51 Nancy Amelia Leonard Chincoteaque, Virginia Economics and Business Administration Jacqueline Christine Lightner Fredericksburg, Virginia English -f T AY-itj iri aga 33 J Nancy Gilly Lipps Aldie, Virginia Chemistry Elizabeth Perry MacLeod Alexandria, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Anne E. McClerkin MoNTiCELLO, Arkansas Dramatic Arts and Speech Marguerite Jane McNeil Lexington, Virginia History Helen Peter Macheras Lexington, irginia Sociology CLASS Judy Christina Mack Bethesda, Maryland Spanish Phyllis Jean Maddox Logan, West Virginia Sociology I 34 Charlotte Bruce Massey Richmond, Virginia Art Nancy Francis Meagher Arlington, Virginia Sociology OF ' 51 Cynthia Conwell Medley Frankfort, Kentucky Dramatic Arts and Speech Margaret Kirkwood Menzies Richmond, Virginia Spanish Betty Meade Meriwether Lynchburg, Virginia Biology Jane Byington Millar New York, Ne v York English Nancy EHzabeth Miller Lockport, New York Home Economics 35} Frances Margarete Minnick Wytheville, Virginia Psychology Keren Underwood Morey Glen Falls, New York Sociology CLASS Sarah Agnes Mount Trenton, New Jersey Chemistry Mary Lee Oliver Ark, Virginia Biology Karen R. Olsen Lake Peekskill, New York Sociology Dorothy Elizabeth Overton Staunton, Virginia Economics and Business Administration Dolores Carmen Oviedo New York, New York Chemistry I 36 Virginia Lee Pace Palmyra, Virginia Psychology Catherine Lacey Pappas Fredericksburg, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Mary Jane Park Arlington, Virginia Art ' Roma Jean Parker South Norfolk, ' if.gimia English OF ' 51 Leah Jane Patterson Freehold, New Jersey English Patsy McGowan Payne Petersburg, Virginia Psychology Virginia Peirce EvARTs, Kentucky English 37 J ieda Viola Phipps Doris Juanita Pike Betty Jane Pou Ann Custis Powell Fox, Virginia West Palm Beach, Florida Arlington, Virginia Onancock, Virginia Spanish Economics and Business Administration History Chemistry Mary Anderson Puryear BoYDTON, Virginia Chemistry CLASS Carol Helene Ray Long Beach, New York Psychology Norma Resnikoff Peekskill, New York Sociology (38 Marie Therese Rhodes Richmond, Virginia Art Johanna Waller Ridgely Portsmouth, New Hampshire Biology OF ' 51 Margaret Lee Rowe KiNSALE, Virginia Sociology- Ann Mary Rudershausen Amelia, Virginia Spanish Cornelia Anne Rudolph Newport News, Virginia Sociology Anne Farrington Ruggles Hampton, Virginia Sociology June Barbara Rush White Plains, New York English 39} Blanche Phyllis Schiller AvENEL, New Jersey Sociology Bety A. Schmutz Upper Montclair, New Jersey Art CLASS Cecil Scott Lutherville, Maryland Mathematics Elsie Corner Scott Fredericksburg, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Janet Sue Scott Martinsville, Virginia Art Harriet Priscilla Seely Orange, Virginia Psychology Billie Jane Selfe RiCHLANDS, Virginia Economics and Business Administration (40 Margaret Ann Shropshire Ardmore, Pennsylvania Economics and Business Administration Betty Jo Shufflebarger Wytheville, Virginia Music Capitola Black Shultz Valley Center, Virginia Biology Elizabeth Anne Smith Baltimore, Maryland English Lucy Hunter Smith Grundy, Virginia Psychology OF ' 51 Joan Frances Smythe AsBURY ' Park, New Jersey Psychology Betty Jean Snidow Malden, West Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech 41 J Ruth Virginia Southard Wenonah, New Jersey Psychology Marjorie Kay Southcott New York, New York Economics and Business Administration Hannah Lou South vell Jacksonville, Florida Dramatic Arts and Speech Mary Lynn Sparks Wise, Virginia Chemistry Nancy Stacey Georgetown, South Carolina Sociology CLASS Martha Sturtevant Stack Hampton, irginia English Beverley Willcox Steel Richmond, Virginia Economics and Business Administration 442 Ruth Shirley Stess Perth Amboy, New Jersey Dramatic Arts and Speech Joyce Stoutamyer Front Royal, Virginia Sociology OF ' 51 Dorothy Ellen Stultz Wytheville, Virginia Music Patricia Brown Sutton Fredericksburg, Virginia French Sue Clark Swyers Scarsdale, New York English Nancy Stewart Tate Wise, Virginia Chemistry Anne Elizabeth Taylor Gladstone, Virginia Spanish i |(v 43 J Lelia Ashton Tebbs Kilmarnock, Virginia Psychology Catherine Bradley Thomson Chappoqua, New York Dramatic Arts and Speech CLASS Jean Elizabeth Tomko Suffolk, Virginia Sociology Mary Fraser Tremain Villa Obregon, Mexico Spanish Nancy Ligon Trice Shipman, Virginia Music Barbara Anne Trosper Salem, Virginia Spanish Betty Gardner Turner Norfolk, Virginia Sociology $44 Betty Aim Utz Barboursville, Virginia Psychology- Ada Rita Vergne Santurce, Puerto Rico Biology Edythe Mae Wagner Fairfax, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech Shirely Ann Wallace Norfolk, irginia Psychology Marguerite Suzanne Walsh Oyster Bay, New York French OF ' 51 Phyllis Lee Wampler Orange, Virginia Sociology Joan Weissblatt Waban, Massachusetts Psvcholoffv 45 J Sidney Joan Wellborn Washington, D.C. Economics and Business Administration Elaine Aldona West Arlington, Virginia Music Betty Anne Wilkinson Fredericksburg, Virginia Mathematics Nancy Rutherford Williams Fredericksburg, Virginia Psychology Shirley Aileen Williams Graniteville, Rhode Island Sociology CLASS Jocyle Anne Wilson St. Petersburg, Florida Latin Patricia Anne Wise BucKROE Beach, Virginia Dramatic Arts and Speech f 46 Lenora Harriet Wisner RiDGEFIELD PaRK, NeW JeRSEY Psychology Mary Lee Wong Washington, D.C. Chemistry Lucy Brooke Woods Hanover Courthouse Virginia Psychology OF ' 51 yw- Doris Lorraine Wright Port Royal, Virginia Home Economics Jane Wilson Yoe Port Republic, Maryland Psychology Jane Dimtnitt Zeigler Maysville, Kentucky English Mary Carruth Zink Sioux City, Iowa Art Anne Elizabeth Zirpel Arlington, Virginia Psychology 47 J JUNIORS KEPT IN PRACTICE AND Lipstick, restrained parlor parley and C Shoppe cotlee marked the pattern ol junior dates from September until that anticipated April week-end. The time honored ending to any evening was a good-night kiss. I 48 LOOKED TOWARD THE RING DANCE Carefree walks in the snow, campus movie dates and informal dances aided juniors in a final selection of the lucky man for the big event. At the dance, Nancy had her ring and her date well in hand. 49 I Joan Lily Barbour Elizabeth Anne Barton Betty Wood Belew Phyllis Elizabeth Bennington Josephine Langhorne Bidgood Catherine Anne Birmingham Jacqueline Marie Bobbin Frances Ann Bold Jimmie Rae Bowen Bessie Barbara Bowman Shirley Jean Bowman Rita Marie Brahs Patricia Ann Abendchein Charlotte Wales Adams Emily Clisby Adams Jean Elizabeth Amis Gwendolyn Amory Chrysanthe Andresos Marie Carol Attianese Nancy Bailey CLASS I 50 Betty Jo Braithwaite Suzanne Weitzel Branner Elizabeth Harris Brice Joan Margaret Britten Mary Eleanor Bruce Diana Gay Buckwalter Bobbie Carson Burgess Althea Wallace Burklin OF ' 52 Peggy Gray Burton Eva Busemann Adelaide McBride Campbell Beverly Anne Carpenter Frances Jacqueline Carter Anne Lee Ceglis Ann Roane Clary Nancv Carroll Cooper Margaret Hewes Craighill Jean Marie Crews Ella Virginia Crim Sara Jane Cross 51 1 Florence Miller Dabney Janve Allen Dance Dorothy Allene Davis Edith Gushing Davis Jacqueline Davis Marian Lou Davis Mary Rosalie Davis Suzanne Manning Davis CLASS Evelyn Parrish DeMott Eleanor Enders Dickson Anne Willard Dodson Virginia Donald Katherine Love Earnshaw Athena Economy Mary Mapp Edmonds Jacqueline Segar Epes Mildred Louise Evans Jessie Jordon Ewell Phyllis Mae Farmer Bernice Irene Fawthrop I 52 OF ' 52 Wyan Gaw Marilynne Gessford Corleta Mary Gibson Marjorie Suzanne Gibson Margaret McArthur Green Lilla Ann Hagberg Elizabeth Ann Ham Mary Ann Harding Anne de Beelen Hart Maryanne Heatwole Janet Caroline Heilmann Norma Audrey Henley Mary Lou Finney Mildred Geraldine Foley Jean Francis Foster Mary Elaine Foster Barbara Anne Fowler Selma Ruth Friedman Gay Brooke Garrett Nancy Ann Gass 53 I Jean Ramsey Jones Mary Ann Jones Mildred Louise Jones Susan Burgess Jones Barbara Ann Kimble Carol Ellen King Shirley Jean King Mildred Frances Kolarik June Anne Kucher Carolina Gale Lambright Tina James Lamprinakos Mary Elizabeth Latham Betty Clarke Holzhu Nancy Dorothy Horan Dolores Janice Horstmann Nora Lee Hulme Sarah Jane Huston Susan Daniel Hutcheson Betty Jean Jefferson Catherine Ann Jones CLASS (54 Margaret Elaine Leftwich Betty Gene Litton Joyce Adelle Long Lilly Jeannette Longo Betsy Lane Martin Priscilla Jean Martin Dorothy Gaines Maynard Martha Ann McClenny OF ' 52 Gertrude Stedman McGinnes Marietta McKnight Nancy Wyatt McLeod Meryle MenikofF Marjorie Joan Meyer Eleanor Ann Michelet Barbara Jane Miller Bettv McRae Montgomery Jean Estelle Moodispaw Rita Wanda Morgan Mabel Patricia Moss Marv Edwina Moss 55 J Eleanor Agnes Mount Nancy Theresa Moxley Dorothy Lynelle Murden Elaine Frances Nader Betsy Ann Norris Ruth Hart Norwood Ann Hinda O ' Dette Carol Elizabeth Oliver CLASS Kathryn Margaret Olson Kathryn Marilyn Orem Virginia Elizabeth Orknay Ann Orwiler Karen Ilene Osborne Betty Anne Overbey Lucille Ann Palladino Nancy Marie Parker Alice Madge Parsons Patricia Jane Peirce Elizabeth Brame Peterson Mildred Evangeline ProfBtt (56 Margaret Eugenia Rowls Mary Davidson Ribble Jo Sidney Riddle Ruth Vedder Rivenburgh Priscilla Jane Roberts Evelyn Irma Roeder Gisela Elizabeth Ruhroth Leah Belle Sachs OF ' 52 Ajia Louise Sakakini Althea May SchoU Helen Bagley Schroeder Jane Marie Self Indie Ephinia Shackleford Margaret Card Sherman Khalida Bessie Showker Mary Claire Sims Avee Anne Smith Comella Gaston Smith Dolores Ellen Smith Martha Nan Spry 57} Julia Margaret Stakey Barbara Ann Staylor Doris Virginia Steele Sara Ann Stephens Elizabeth Corine Stevens Nancy Carolyn Straugnor Nancy Simmons Stump Mary Ann Taylor CLASS Ruth Ann Taylor Martha Jeane Therrel June Elsie Thierbach Jessica Elizabeth Tignor Barbara Joyce Tucker Ruth O ' Mae Underwood Jewel Whitaker Upshur Shirley Ann Van Epps Felde Lee Wagner Nancy Jane Wagner Virginia Gardner Wallace Susan Ann Walton I 58 Mary Alice Ward Elizabeth Pollard Weatherford Nannette Ruckman Webb Phyllis Jean Webb Vivian Katherine Wells Melita Ethel Whitcomb OF ' 52 Barbara May White June Estelle Wilderson Charlotte Marie Wilkinson Bettie Faison Willard Ruth Ethelyn Williams Phoebe Anna Wilson Anna Gibson Winsbro Jean Wray Wolfe Bettv Jo Woodford Gene Marie Woolfolk Frances Westwood Wright Janet Boice Young 59 GOOD-BY GRIND— THE SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORE OFFICERS. First row: Anderson, Spitzer, East. Second row: McCo -, Dr. Castle, Bennett, President. After invite arrived, next worry was what to wear where. Roominate got the question, How does your suit look on me? ' Saturday mornings, a jumble of cars, happy cab drivers, post office hopefuls, ferr ri f 60 JOINED THE WEEK-END EXODUS and piles of luggage contributed to tlie confusion in Chandler Circle. Packing was the old story of too much into too little. The sign-out desk was crowded with conscientious card-filers. Rugged roommate turned porter, and lugged luggage taxiwards. 61 J Jane Oliver Abbot Patricia Ganelle Abernathy Marjorie Anne Adams Mary Lewis Adams Jean Alcock Betty Ruth Anderson Myra Burr Anderson ' irginia Lee Arrington Margaret Dunlap Atkinson Pauline Aiken Bagby Martha Virginia Bailes Jean Neale Bailey Barbara Anne Baylor Elfreda Louise Beck Jacqueline Lee Beckwith Garnette Louise Bell Constance Mae Bennett Jean Audrey Bennett CLASS Martha Mae Bernice Berkman Judith Ann Bergenty Berry Claudis Ann Lina Tribble Julia Anne Beswick Blackwell Boldin Beverly Allison Johanna Clare Elizabeth Booz McKenzie Brandi Bourne Elizabeth Lee Rosalie Marx Barbara Ann Brockley Brodie Brown Betsy Alice Carolyn Wyatt Millicent Judith Brown Brown Brown 62, OF ' 53 Jean Russell Browning Loretta Jean Burnette Laura Wilson Cabell Anne Elizabeth Campbell Marcia Anne Campbell Ruth Elizabeth Bryce Ruth Naomi Burrows Nancy Louise Caldwell Betty Joyce Campbell Pattie Mae Cannaday Barbara Marie Burnett Marjorie Slaughter Burrus Jane Elliot Calhoun Jo Anne Campbell Beverly Ann Carmack y£ Edna Lucille Chandler Beverly Bailey Chapman Peggy Louis Chapman Helen Zulieme Chappelear Janet Alice Chinn June Vooght Christian Desiree Catherine Clausen Helen Elizabeth Coddington Jacqueline Mary Colbert Mary Nelson Coleman Joan Marie Collins Joan Claire Cornoni Janice Marie Counts Patricia Ellen Courtright Marguerite Henriette Crabites Betty Louise Cranford Kibler Carlton Crenshaw Adele Margaret Crise I 63 J Paula Davis Crosslev Nancy Lou Davis Ann Truxal DeWitt Anne Dickinson Mary Louella Dodge Ada Patricia Dodrill Jane Byrd Dunn Mary Jean Dunning Betty Wise East Marcia Ann Elliott Peggy Jo Ellis Elizabeth Norreys Ervin Margaret Elaine Evans Barbara Jean Fasick Barbara Ester Faxon Patricia Wordsworth Fernald Joan Dolores Foley Marv Ann Fox Beverly Banks Fretwell Jerry Lee Garber Martha Gilbert Barbara Wilson Gilei Barbara Glaser Peggy Carolyn Friend Kathryn Jane Garland Sue Ann Gilbert Christie Lee Gill Frances Elizabeth Goldenson Janet Ann Galloway Frances Ann Gianotti Cardelle Jean Gilderdale Patricia Ann Rita Gillcn Margaret Louise Gooch CLASS (64 Patricia Ann Good ie Jean Shirley Ann Goode Grant Betty Lou Gray Donna Lee Gray Sarah Baker Gray Dorothy Julia Mary Stuart Frances Smith Green Grimaud Gunther Margaret Nancy Scott Barbara Elizabeth Hall Hall Mokisette Hamilton Sally Hammett Lois Maybelle Beverly Arlene Harder Harrell OF ' 53 Nancy Lee Harrill Joanne Lee Harris Patricia Hawkins Patsy Ann Haymes Patricia Anne Heflin Mary Ann Hell berg Nancy Jean Hewett Aileen Hirschman Peggy Anne Hopkins Sarah Bettie Hudgins Barbara Sue HufF Joan Sharp Humpton Winifred Elizabeth Hundermann Joanne Muriel Hunt Dorothy Arlene Hunter Barbara Coleman Ingram Florence Elizabeth Irvin Gloria Kay Ives 65 J k L Patricia Anne Ives •Jp- t Uarda Billie James Barbara Kent Jeffreys ■ vT Jpr Barbara Ann Johnson Kathleen Mary Johnson Frances Rutherford Jones Marguerite Jones Gloria Diane Jordan Carolyn Packard Keck Patricia Jane Kelley Mary Gary Kendall Joan Marie Kerrins Katherine Elizabeth King Douglas Isabel Kingree Jane Elinore Kitchingman Marjoriejean Kodet Betty Kay Kohen Page Kohn CLASS Susan Rosalie Elizabeth Hawes Mary Jo Lacy Krass Lacy Virginia Lauck Jean Ainslee Emma Jo Levey Leiby Jean Lee Lewis Elizabeth Jane Marie Dorothy Lloyd Livingston Kathleen Long Anne Carruth Jessie Beulah Loyd MacKay Frances Louise Dorothy Nell Virginia Norton McBride McCov McCov I 66 OF ' 53 Barbara Ann McFarland Sarah Hughes Marable Sarah Stone Martin Shirley Mae Matzenger Patricia Gay Maver Marietta McKnight Betty Ann Marshall Elizabeth Ann Mason Anna Loretta Mawhinney Beverly Maxine Meade Irene Maliaros Mary Lou Martin Elizabeth Cornell Matthes Patricia Ann Maxwell Leah Ray Mears Nancy Jeanne Melton Ann Cochran Miller Myrtle Mae Miller Ruth Richards Miller June Henry Carlton Mitchell LaRita Dawn Moretz Joan Lee Morgen Diane Rives Morrison Nancy Corr Mosher Mary Moskos Betty Mothershead Sara Lucinda Mott Caroline Rose Mueller Marigene Mulligan Martha Carol Munn Frances Britt Myrick Carol Jane Napier Nancy Newhall 67 J Joan Noble Patricia Ann Oberholtzer Ruth Ann Parker Willie Dee Parsons Beverly Ruth Patrick Jaqueline Harrison Payne Ethel Maxine Peake Bernice Arline Phelps Patricia Ann Pitzer Edith Maynard Pollock Virginia Mae Poole Harriet James Poolos Nancy Duval Potts Pamela Damon Powell Barbara Karen Pritchard Mary Ellen Proffitt Peggy Joyce Pugh June Frances Purdy Carol Field Putnam Ruth Marie Raiman Harriett Mae Ramsten Ruth Beverly Reamy Doris Ann Renn Anna Maria Quinones Loudell Nicholas Boyd Raitt Elizabeth Frances Ranney Jacqueline Heath Reese Helen Margaret Reynolds Nancy Jane Richardson Mary Jo Rader Nell Cobb Ramsey Betty Anne Raynor Dorothy Eugenia Reisig Ruth Joyce Reynolds Flora Carole Risdon CLASS J 68 ► w Ann Leighton Simmons Celeste Abercrombie Sinkler Shirley Mae Sinnard Anne Hammond Smith Carol Ann Smith Hannah Elizabeth Smith Sophie Arnell Smith Peggy Anne Snellings Eleanor Carolyn Spangler Nancy Eleanor Speck 9 Anna Uorottiy Speen Ora Marie Spencer Jimmie Emeline Rivers Joan Barbara Schlesinger Jean Fay Ruttenbur Betty Ann Schmitt Patsy Joleen Saunders Virginia Montgomery Schnelby Lola Rebecca Spitzer Nancy Jeanne Stedman Leslie Lentor Schofield Jewell Lockhart Scott Betty Clark Sebrell Suzanne Lucille Seelman Ruth Marie Sergeant Barbara Ann Sheiry Marianne Louise Stivers Mary Alberta Shelton Barbara Frame Shevitz Margaret Alice Shields Lynne Stoddard Alice Anne Sichler Edwina Andrea Simon OF ' 53 Elaine Frances Strawser Olivia Stuart .4 69 I Genevieve Emily Suits CLASS OF ' 53 Janet Collier Swan Margaret Rose Taylor Helen Muldrow Thacker Peggy Ann Thomas Geraldine Lee Anna May Wells Wheeler Barbara Anne White Katherine Roberts ToeLaer Lois Lesta Joan Louise Whiteman Whitener Nancy Ann Whitney Shirley Frances Esther Mae Widener Wilkins Gladys Elaine Wimberly Roylee Garrison Tozer Mary Anne Ann Gayle Winborne Winston Patty Artz Withrow Thurley Evalena Travis Sue Carol Catherine Louise Workman Wyss Elizabeth Ann Yago Carolyn Wood Vance Elizabeth Mae Vandemark Janet Ann Vilbrandt Irene Theodora Voronsky Dorothy Lucille Wade Betty Jean Walker Virginia Jane Walsh Caroline Newbold Watson Joan Belin Watson Virginia Louise Webber 4 70 Winter Wonderland Informal Was A Sophomore Success Early arrivals stood self-consciously waiting for music to begin. Cards and talk helped bridge the gap between dinner and dancing. Couples left for the dance, while late dates waited in the hall. Corner seats in the balcony were an intermission-time objective. Camera-shy girls should have shied from the wolf in the shadows. PARTIES AND POLITICS FILLED At Welcome Party, Mr. Houston ' s Jenny got its usual howl. At the Frosh Reception, prufs ' vursiun of the Charleston got a grin. I 72 A FRESHMAN ' S FIRST WEEKS S.G.A. candidates were lined up for a pre-voting inspection. 73 I Rebecca Anne Adams Mary Catherine Ames Nell Kirtley Amos Janet Heath Andrews Mary Ann Andrews Barbara Jean Anspach Effie Nickolas Apostolou Ellena Marie Armistead Marlene Joyce Ashby Jean Elizabeth Austin Barbara Ann Babb Beverly Back Anne Elizabeth Bailey Jane Hamilton Bailey Laura Anne Bain Sheila Patricia Bainbrids CLASS Patricia Louise Bair Elizabeth Harrison Baker Madge Drummond Baker Betty Ann Baoge Sylvia Ann Barlow Carolyn Jane Barnes Elizabeth Joy Baylor Helen Louise Beam Mary Ellen Bear Nada Phyllis Bear Sandra Elaine Beckley Suzanne Ward Berry Jane Biship Antionette Heath Blankingship Jananne Booth Barbara Ann Bosworth Norma Sylvia Bourne Mary Jane Bowen Lucie Jane Bradfield Ruth Ann Brand Margaret Ann Brewington Jennie Mae Brewster Lucy Gray Briney Nancy Emily Bristol Millicent Joyce Bromberg Caro l Stone Brown Barbara Thompson Burgess Uti Cornelia Busemann Elizabeth Alice Bush Ann Frances Callahan Celia Ann Calloway Margo Price Calvert Barbara Hope Campbell Mary Osborne Chaffee Betty Ann Chandler Mary Hill Chilton Bettie Corbin Christopher Mary Daingerfield Churchill Ada Lois Coffey Martha Allen Combs OF ' 54 Anita Louise Cooley Barbara Louise Copps Frances Marie Corleto Nina Georgia Corson Marilyn Herbert Councill Barbara Ann Gibbons Cox Betty Joan Cox Peggy Jane Crabtree Marcia Davis Craddock Patricia Ann Cramer Mary Alice Cruise Grace Hamilton Cummin Ann Thorington Dailey Anita Jeanette D ' Argenio Mary Pegram Davies Margaret Page Davis Marianna Davis Beverly Ann Deane Barbara Lee Dent Joyce Phillus Dickenson Eleanor Dixson Anne Hundley Dobyns Patricia Anne Dolan Judith Ann Dorn 75 I Sigrid Edna Dorn Mary Ann Teresa Dorsey Barbara Jean Downes Beth Ann Dreier Toula Nicholas Drogaris Julia Ann Dunn Nancy Ellen Dunstan Ellen Byrd Durrette Peggy Ann Eanes Elizabeth Catherine Earman Phyllis Jean Easier Georgia Katherine Ekelund Mary Virginia Eubanks Mary Anne Evans Carroll Lee Ferrell Frances Ellen Field CLASS Lillian Carmen Figueroa Carolyn Joyce Filicky Margaret Reid Fitchett Anne Weber Fleming Margaret Ann Fletcher Ann Savage Fowler Gayle Pamela Fox Nancy Thornton Fox Wilma Ann French Sally Elizabeth Fuhring Anne Lenor Funk Sally Wesley Gallant Nancy Lee Gant Joan Frances Garner Elizabeth Earle Gary Mary Jean Gary Joan Janiece Gay Barbara Lee Gentry Ruth Cheryl Gerst Joanne Lucille Gibson Shirley Ann Gibson Ruth Elizabeth Gillespie Elizabeth Colton Gillikin Joyce Ann Glascock 476 Barbara Elizabeth Goss Nancy Mae Gough Marian Lee Gravatt Nancy Alice Gravatt Jane Greenberger Charlotte Grosvenor Griffin Julia Anna Griffin Dorothy May Griffith Elizabeth Jane Grove Marion Hall Ann Louise Hammett Nancy Lee Hanel Mary Esther Hare Joy Arden Harlow Patricia Lucille Hatfield Laura Eleanor Hathaway OF ' 54 Helen Lee Heard Betty Joyce Heath Hilda Ann Heist Faith Carol Henderson Patricia Bee Henson Helen Katherine Hodges Nancy Blair Hoffman Margaret Louise Hogg Martha Ann Holbrook Ann Stewart Holland June Shirley Hollifield Anne Jacqueline Holmes Dolores Ann Holmes Geraldine Dawn Holsten Elva June Horsey Lavinia Norton Hudgins Barbara Ann Hulette Justine Huncke Phyllis Hope Hunley Barbara May Hunt Lucy Ann Ingalls Mary Cynthia Irby Kathryn Elizabeth Ives Esther Mapp Jacob Marguerite Carlisle Jacques Frances Wyatt Johnson Patricia Anne Johnson Patricia Irene Johnson Doris Mae Jones Gladys Ann Jones Mary Ardeth Jones Patricia Louise Josephs Beatrice Virginia Justis Joan Rea Kaitner Brenda Jean Kane Anna Nash Kay Dorothy Elizabeth Kaylor Kathryn Ann Kennedy Ruth Gertrude Kessel Beverly Jean Kimball CLASS Valerie King Virginia Ingles Kirkwood Nancy Sue Knight Freya Koger Janice Barbara Kramer Marilyn Sondra Kroll Frances Margaret Lalor Adeline Liane Lambach Audrey Jean Lankford Peggy Grant Lassiter Diane Lee Linda LeHardy Evelyn Jean Lepola Anne Snellen Levey Carolyn Hanvey Lindauer June Travis Long Barbara Ann Lucas Inez Luna Patricia Lee McAllister Sophia Lay McClanahan Alice Jean McGlone Margaret Ann McKinnon Elizabeth Lackey McNeal Sara McNeel J 78 Claris Lenora Macon Josephine Wrenn Magette Elizabeth Makaritis Edythe Marion Marshall Catherine Walker Martin Judith Allen Martin Elizabeth Anne Mason Joyce Ann Mason Sallie Anne Mason Grace Candler Matthews Margaret Lillian Mattison Beverley Chichester Maxwell Harriet Valerie Maynard Barbara Mensch Charlotte Anne Meredith Nancy Jean Miller OF ' 54 Carlene Hope Mitchell Eleanor Viola Molette Edith Mae Moody Elizabeth Wever Moore Ann Green Morgan Helen Jane Morris Judith Ann Morris Janet Leota Mullen Betty Jane Muschlet Molly Ann Myrus Mandaville Lucille Nancy Phyllis Agnes Nash Nita Lee Nelson Peggy Ruth Newbill Sarah Jean Newman Barbara Anne Nordstrom Maureen King Norris Jo Ann Nowotny Margaret Leavenworth Oggesen ' era Ingeborg Olejarz Edna Constance Olninck Mary Jo Ann O ' Mara Madelene Harvey Onderick Rachel Lee Packett 79 I Dorothea Pappachristus Barbara Ann Parker Alice Jeston Parks Nancy Ruth ParmeJee Gwendolyn Parnell Dolores Mallory Paschall Patricia Lee Patton Marie Gary Pearce Ann Elizabeth Perkinson Helen Ann Peyton Patricia Ann Pickett Martha Virginia Pilcher Joan Lovell Pittman Marion Winifred Pleasants Nancy Ann Poarch Ida Anne Powell CLASS Susan Gatewood Powers Mary Lou Puller Mary Elizabeth Pulley Mary Miles Puryear Lucy-Mae Redman Eleanor Robinson Reid Barbara Ann Riley Gladys Louise Robbins Frances Burwell Roberts Helen French Roberts Helen Gould Roberts Emma Suzanne Robertson Jean Elizabeth Robey Sue Ann Rockhold Nancy Dickerman Root Zaida Enid Rosa Suzanne Rosen Jeanne Elderidge Rowell Ellen Imogene Royston Ruth Allene Russell Betty Frances Ryan Ana Maria Santos-Marcial Winona Ann Saunders Shirley Frances Savee ({80 Caroline Jamison Scarburgh Genevieve Louise Schenck Dorothea Rita Schenk Barbara Joan Scott Pat Griffin Seawell Marion Ruth Seekamp Sally Rebecca Segal Marilyn Seifert Luz Iris Seranno Suzanne Worthington Shelhorse Nancy Carolyn Sherrer Sylvia Vivian Shriber Rophelia Simpson Evelyn Marie Skinner Peggy Ann Sloan Martha Lillian Smith OF ' 54 Mary Pat Spear Dorothy Woodley Spencer Georgiana Virginia Spillman Joanne Maclin Stevens Nancy Lee Stockton Doris Joan Stone Janice Lee Sumpter Virginia Angle Suttle Patricia Elizabeth Swain Susan Jane Sykes Mary Estelle Taylor Joan Valerie Tebo Phyllis Ann Thomas Virginia Ann Thomason Betty Thompson Roberta Lewis Thompson Laura Emory Towson Rosemary Trotter Patricia Ann Troxell Barbara Truitt Athena Tsitsera Beverly Ann Turner Eleanor Walton Upshur Dawn Lee Van Buskirk 81} Mary Arlena Vance Lois Jean Yerling Nancy Carol Warner Carolyn Bettis Washburn Sara Bland Waugh Marilyn Jane Weaver Suzanne Webb Mar ' Ann Weimer Anne Parsons Wells CLASS OF ' 54 Lena Rigent Wells Joyce Ann Westrater Patricia Anne Whirred Helen Louise Wilbur Bettv Penn Wilkins Constance Ann Wilkins Anne Berrien Williams Barbara Ann Wilson Hazel Louise Wiltshire Ruth Jeanette Wirth Mary Ann Wiser Kathryn Ann Wooldridge Barbara Jeane Wright Edwina Louise Wright Elizabeth Ann Yager Meechi Yokogawa Sylvia Jane York Joan Frances Young f 82 The Vanishing Vet Marks The End of Our Coed Era The G.I. Bill brought many changes . . . always men on campus ... no more hair in pins . . . fresh lipstick . . . powdered noses . . . changing elks to Us in French class. . . . The vets entered the swing of things . . . strong arms to lift flats ... a football team for MWC. . . . Five years and the men are accepted . . . regarded warmly in their unique costume . . . bright ties and socks. . . . Here are the MWCer ' s whose slacks require no raincoats . . . whose fun no check. . . . Another year and the vet will vanish . . . pincurls return . . . sports coats and deep voices a memory . . . the professor the lone he. Fred Wesley Saunders, Jr. President of the Veterans Club Carroll Edward Braden Willard Hiatt Colley Garnett William Galyen -5 ' ' George William Garner Jack Rev Lambert Charles Franklin Meadows George Parker Meadows Beuford Harris Mills Economics and Business Administration Charles Clifford Ritter Dramatic Arts and Speech John William Snowdon Thomas Harold ' ivian, Jr. Llovd Wilbur Wilson 83 J WHEN COOL, SHADOWY CLASSROOMS CONTRASTED SHARPLY WITH THE HEAT OUTDOORS, SOME STUDENTS WOULD LINGER TO {84 A STUDENT ' S LIFE All The Ingredients Of The World Outside — Plus Classes DEBATE A POINT WITH THE PROFESSOR. Outside it was a sunny afternoon ... a typi- cal bright spring afternoon in Virginia. On the tennis court a girl turned over and thought of the beach . . . and walked leisurely, slowly down to the fountain. Classes were changing and bright colored dresses made patterns on the green of the campus . . . and a girl walked back to her dorm, thinking idly that afternoon classes were such a nuisance and how thankful she should be that she didn ' t have any three o ' clocks. In the darkness and coolness of a dorm room, she threw her books on the bed with a gesture of finality and sat wondering about a term paper topic. On the bench by the pool a girl entertained a date and watched the ripples as the conversation changed from a week-end party to the draft . . . and she felt the sun on her neck like a gentle hand. Girls sitting at open windows heard somewhere in the distance music that drifted slowly, lazily across the campus . . . bringing memories to some, a vague feeling of restlessness to others. In a classroom a student tried to keep her eyes from the tree outside the window and found her mind turning from the smooth, flowing voice of her professor as he lectured. Her thoughts turned inward and she found herself musing . . . about this college life, herself, and the future. Her thoughts were shadowed by a sense of inadequacy and she was frightened. What can I do today? What can I do tomorrow? Suddenly she felt caught in a vacuum of uncer- tainty. What can I ever do? . . . Am I prepared to face the life of reality instead of the peace- fulness of my life here? . . . She caught up a phrase of the lecture and wondered if perhaps all her ideas were based on poetry, music, and novels . . . fearing disillusionment . . . The world seemed far away, pearl-coated, and she wondered if she had been protected too long. Somewhere a bell rang and she gathered up her books and walked out into the sunlight . . . Bewildering spring! 85 I LEADERSHIP Mary Lee 01i er, President of SGA SGA Has Proved That Self-Government Works Brown, Secretary; Clark, Vice-President; Amory, Treasurer. The Student Government Association shoul- dered its old burdens with a new confidence this year . . . common sense talks that con- vinced the students that 1951 could be our biggest year yet ... a surge of confidence from the whole student body . . . Mary Lee ' s firm and decisive leadership . . . launching an un- publicized campaign to promote greater spirit and loyalty . . . enthusiasm that sifted through to the other campus organizations . . . student leaders making a real and concentrated effort to work together. . . . The administration was approached with intelligence and tact, not bel- ligerence. . . . closer cooperation and better un- derstanding bringing about needed changes. The year started off, as usual, with attention focused on the freshmen. . . . freshmen training . . . teaching the Bayonet, or initiation into the do ' s and don ' ts . . . pointing up traditions ... an official welcome at the Reception . . . organizing the freshman class elections . . . the tedious job of setting up chapel and convo seats . . . checking assemblies . . . the guiding light in Inter-Club activities . . . the responsi- bility of a fair judgment in Council cases . . . promotion of personal responsibility, loyalty, and a high sense of honor among the student body. STUDENT GOVERNMENT. Upper picture: Whitcomb, Graves, Chapman, Vivian, Morey, JVIaddox, Hamilton, Woods, Spitzer, Lightner. Lower picture: Smith, Overton, Staylor, Gregg, Roberts, Horan, Norwood, Parker. Every Year Begins With A Let ' s Get Acquainted On their first Saturday night at college, the freshmen are given the chance to greet the faculty at a formal reception . . . the £rst chance to make use of that evening gown . . . the faculty members grasping names of six syllables, but turning Brown into Townsend . . . Dr. Brenner carrying out his personal tra- dition of being the last in line . . . after dinner came the flurry of dressing and the urge to kill the mirror hogs . . . the borrowed perfume, the missing earring . . . the dash downstairs com- plicated by hoopskirts and crinolines . . . the line of girls waiting outside the Hall of Mirrors . . . craning necks for an advance glimpse of the gauntlet to be run . . . then down the line . . . silent thanks for the student counselor going along to perform the mountainous task of keeping the names straight . . . Through! . . . punch and cookies . . . dancing beginning . . . watching Mr. Houston ' s version of the Charleston . . . back to the dorm ... a letter home to tell Mother her daughter danced with the president of the college. Mary Lee chatted with frosh over Pine Room punch and cookies. Resting after receiving line, frosh disected the faculty ' s dancing. 87 J Freshmen Learn Honor Is The Basis of Government In a year of many changes, one thing did not change . . . the Honor System . . . borrowed from the University of Virginia, now an intrin- sic part of our campus life. . . . Each year the freshmen learn that the honor code is the basis of our Student Government. . . . In dorm meet- ings, in Freshman Orientation, in Bayonet classes, student leaders hammered home the importance of this code . . . explaining that the freedom we have and will have depends on upholding its principles ... no lying, cheat- ing, stealing or breaking one ' s word of honor. . . . Remembering that the code that molds college life will also play its part in future years ... set our standards of living for the world outside . . . and emphasize the value of the democratic way of life. . . . Pointing out that under such a system no police force is necessary ... no constant check when tests are given or term papers handed in . . . responsi- bility for personal conduct lies with the in- dividual. ... If and when a violation of the code occurs, it comes under the jurisdiction of the Honor Council ... a group composed of the four class presidents with the president of S.G.A. serving ex-officio. ... In actual review of a case, the offender ' s house president is in- cluded in the council, whose decision is final. . . . This year, the re-emphasis on school spirit brought with it a re-emphasis on the Honor System. . . . Keren saw to it that the upper- classmen took stock, too . . . realized that talking honor is easier than living it . . . bringing home her point by having the whole student body pledge again to uphold the sys- tem . . . for an honor code is everybody ' s busi- ness all the time, or it doesn ' t work. At Freshman Orientation, Keren explained the Honor System. HONOR COUNCIL. Morey, President; Bennett, Heilmann, Levey. Do ' s and don ' ts of Willard-life were outlined at house meeting. Bayonet classes introduced freshmen to MWC ' s own social autocrat. Sunday Tea With Faculty Was Feather In Their Caps Cap and Gown, senior honorary society, was founded to promote scholarship, leadership and service . . . particularly emphasizing the goal of service to the school. . . . The year began with supervision of the infirmary physicals. . . . members working in shifts . . . giving di- rections and consolation to apprehensive fresh- men . . . then, checking the seats at the Thurs- day Orientation programs. . . . yearly publi- cation of the Student Directory . . . hours of assembling an alphabetical student list . . . more hours of checking spelling . . . after sup- per, dorm soliciting . . . around again, in De- cember, to distribute the books. . . . serving as guides on tours through historic Fredericks- burg . . . hostesses for visitors on the campus ... as each year, sponsoring a Career Day . . . old grads returning to report on their jobs . . . giving first hand information on vocational opportunities. . . . long sessions to decide who was to get the coveted Sophomore Award . . . weighing the scholarship, leadership ability, and personality of a long list of worthy sophs . . . final decision ... a chapel presentation of the silver cup. . . . The newest project was the Sunday tea . . . given to help create a closer bond between the faculty and the students. . . . hospitable faculty loaning their homes for the occasions . . . good food and good conversa- tion ... a welcome diversion on those lonely weekend afternoons. . . . ideas for upholding the new surge of school spirit . . . ideas like assembling a book of the best songs from song contests for use at chapels and rallies. ... re- quirements met and application made for Mor- tar Board . . . just a matter of time before official recognition. CAP AND GOWN. First row: Trice, Maddox, Belden, Gregg, Leonard, DeMiller, Dr. V ' oekel, Miss Stephenson. Second roic Hewlett, Bunnell, Thomson, Oliver, Hankla, Clark, Schiller, Brown, Mrs. Russell. Cap and Gown gave talks on traditions during Orientation. Dot sacrificed her after-dinner coffee hour to sell directories. f f f t « DRAMA Players Officers in Scene Shop: Miller, MacLeod, President; Amis, Frantz. Wardrobe contents recalled many stories of b ' gone plays. 90 After the set was up, two actors polished a scene while Mr. Warfield and some of the crew hung around to check lights and talk theater. Hours of Hope, Histronics And Hammers, But Then — From the back of a darkened auditorium an apprentice watched the activity on stage . . . stage hands moving flats, arranging furniture . . . two actors doing a hurried run-through of a scene . . . lights being brought up, then dimmed as electricians tried to locate a hot spot . . . the head of properties checking her list . . . the voice of the stage manager yelling, On stage! . . . Mr. Warfield silhouetted against the lights, gesturing . . . giving in- structions to the student director. . . . Actors drifted up from the dressing rooms . . . the make-up crew following to put on a finishing touch . . . powder a shiny wig. . . . The ap- prentice remembered flats she had scrubbed, nails she had hammered . . . felt lonely now that her share was done . . . imagined herself up there holding the audience hushed with expectancy . . . sighed wistfully as the first act curtain went up on . . . the dress rehearsal. Greasepaint, powder, some pre-curtain panic reigned in make-up rooms. The Curtain Went Up On The College Theater with the MWC Players opened its ' 51 season with Richard Nash ' s tell- ing satire on boarding school life. On the sur- face, the play deals with an innocent girl who is being expelled for stealing; subtly it exposes the results of a dictator complex, anti-semi- tism, and the prostitution of ideals for money. An all-girl cast did an excellent job of getting across the broader implications, and a not-so- good play emerged as a first-rate production. Shakespeare ' s comedy was the College The- ater March offering, given in connection with UNESCO ' s National Theater Month. The audience, skeptical as to whether any cast could top the memorable, fanciful production of A Midsummer Night ' s Dream, got a pleasant surprise. As You Like It had an Elizabethan playhouse setting complete with an old man to move props and programs printed in script, and was livened by brilliant costumes and the Bard ' s delightful songs. Dru compelled an unwilling, tearful Nancy to be a stooge in2,her expose of the school thief. Patty faced expulsion as Dru forced Cantry to choose between money and ideals. I 92 93 J MUSIC Merry Madrigals Made Their Xmas Debut in 1950 Like the medieval songsters, the Madrigal Singers gave their first performance seated about a table . . . a cappella Christmas carols . . . black robes, a dash of red at the throat . . . Student director-organizer Ann Ceglis con- sulted reproduced manuscripts . . . varied pro- grams of madrigals and modern forms. ' NK fli H |f vraaFT MI Km S HSC S Sm ti u ' m kvOaS H • bSSZJt ' (WiY w ,fr ■% '  t «i ' f i $ l Z ' T ' - 4| H 0tkj « SI « ? is « ' t i i lM ' .t J «, . ■ ' % , -W- m .. ■ 4 S Aa ' ' m 1 ' 11 f % m 2- ' 4: f ? ' ' mii l I ;| n| Hr JH New addition to the campus Christmas was caroling around a giant tree. MADRIGAL SINGERS. Left to right: Ceglis, Sakakini, Reisig, Skinner, James, Massey, Lancaster, RidgeK Powell, Shufflebarger, Sinnard, Myers, Leftwich, West, Lawson, Taylor. Poole, Gary, Tremain, 4 94 MARY WASHINGTON BAND. ]]-oodu-inds: Anderson, Bourne, Burton, Cabell, Cross, Eubanks, Henderson, Holbrook, G. Howard, S. Howard, Johnson, Lambach, Moxley, Pace, Reese, Shufflebarger, Smith, Abernathy, Spear, M. Smith. Brass: Bennett, Brown. Conk- ling, Horstman, Huston, Levey, Long, Mason, Moretz, Norris, Shelton, Sims, Sinnard, A. Smith, Smythe, Spangler, Spitzer, Stevens, Taylor, Martin, Par sons, Robbins, P. Smith. Percussion : Adams, Austin, Brahs, Dorn, Hanel, Hankla, Kontopanos, ' ance. Color Guards : Mosier, Hopkins, Justice, Dolon. Band Practice Was Excuse To Cease Study ' n Spectate Activity momentarily ceased . . . busy stu- dents at library tables rushing to the windows . . . the dorms emptying rapidly . . . Here comes the band! . . . snappy march tempos . . . anything from Sousa to Stravinski . . . saucy majorettes in short, swirling skirts . . . drums sounding a roll-ofF . . . the sheer thrill of a parade . . . fun, hard work . . . long, re- lentless hours of practice before those out-of- town trips . . . but, always, ringside seats at the football games. Lejl to right: Van Buskirk, Heatwole, Gillen, Lindsey, iNIaddox, O ' Mara. 95 } CHOIR. First row, left to right: Gant, Chappelear, Bain, Mott, Peyton, McLeod, Grimaud, Hubbard, Apostolou, Trotter, Fauthrop. Second row: Anderson, Suttle, Mattison, Root, Dunn, Ellis, Andrews, Nader, Bear, Landes, Smith. Third row: Patton, Stevens, Steele, Kimball, Proffitt, Gessford, Parsons, Berry, Kaitner, LeHardy, Kodet, McKinnon. Melodic Reciprocal Trade Meant More Men On Campus When Go vned Gals Sang Here ' n Away Rafters Rang Musical interest took an upswing in 1951 . . . behind it, the girls with songs on their lips and music in their hearts . . . the Choir. . . . They brought melody to the hill and town . . . Yuletide singing in the local churches ... a concert of their own to wel- come spring . . . visiting choirs from VMI and Hampden-Sydney . . . Then our Choir carrying the spirit across the miles ... an exchange concert at Randolph-Macon ... In formal dress or robe, always singing. Hours of practice each Tuesday night . . . the phrase that wouldn ' t ring true ... all per- fect when gowns were donned and the concert given. . . . Glee Clubbers felt a special unity . . . drawn together by music ... by work . . . Their homes were many . . . Monroe 13 ■ ■ ■ G.W. ' s stage . . . the MWC bus en route to give distant concerts . . . The Christmas con- cert was the highlight . . . gowns rustling . . . Miss Chauncey in black . . . the hush of the audience . . . the applause. GLEE CLUB. First row, left to right: Leftwich, Josephs, Marshall, Craig, Pickett, Taylor, Hankla, President; Sinnard, Carmelee, Jones, Huff, Branner. Second row: Harlow, Lamprinakos, Yager, Osborne, Mason, Dorn, Wright, Dunn, Burton, Thompson, Ridgely, Barnes, Moore. Third row: Grace, Myrus, Christopher, Troxell, Roberts, Stone, Ferrell, Tremain, Austin, Schenk, Montgomery, Conkling, Shufflebarger, Hulett. Fourth row: Fowler, Gary, Poole, Dodrill, James, Massey, Lancaster, Lawson, Skinner, Westrater, Davis, Irby, Powell, Garland. ( 96 DANCE BAND. First row, left to right: Ceglis, Abernathy, Heatwole, Cross. Secotid row: Brown, Martin, Sm the, Horstman. Third row: Hankia, Sinnard, Taylor, Mr. Faulkner, Johnson. The Stomp Was Synonymous With Saxs And Syncopation The curtains part with the familiar beat of the Mary Washington Stomp . . . spots picked up the metallic gleam of the horns . . . the razzamataz of the trumpets . . . the melo- dius tone of the saxs ... all the musical in- gredients to set your feet in motion . . . then, Anne Ceglis stepping to the mike to change the tempo . . . Playing for dances away from school . . . getting back at 2 A.M., dog-tired ... no compensation like an audience ' s ap- plause. Baton And Ballet Created A Christmas Confection A stage decorated for Christmas ... a plat- form full of evening-gowned musicians . . . Pop raises his baton for the Symphonette ' s annual winter concert. ... a musical blend of the classic and the popular . . . Donna at the piano, playing her own, What is Christmas Without You? . . . the annual Night Before Christmas set to music . . . delighted laugh- ter and applause for a pint-sized ballerina from town . . . the Symphonette wishing the audi- ence a White Christmas. SYMPHONETTE. First row, left to right: Bair, Wirth Martin, Buseman, Mason, Wilkins, Rudershausen, Tremain, Economy. Second row: Sakakini, Abernathy, Smith, Shelton, Holbrook, Lucas, Henderson, Ives, Gordon, Sachs. Third row: Sinnard, Huston, Smythe, Brown, Norris, Johnson, Mr. Faulkner. 97 I PUBLICATIONS A Life of Long Hours, Late Copy, Meeting Deadlines A hectic life of inspiration and tahula rasa . . . controlled by deadlines and the printer . . . inhabited by those who thrive on late hours, a catchy sentence and too many ciga- rettes ... a rewrite job on messy, incomplete copy ... a frantic, last minute search for the missing headline . . . hazy, unusable pictures ... a glaring mistake ... an embarrassed edi- tor . . . glory in the power of the press pass ... a free seat at the benefits and lyceums, about the only tangible compensation in this college journalism . . . politics in who goes to the press conferences . . . the weekly war to secure new advertisers ... a hectic life! Week and weekend nights found the publication staffs dodging the Hght ' s out bell and ignoring the clock as they met their deadlines. Elizabeth Bunnell Editor-i n- Chief Blue Bagby Assistant Editor Jo Hewlett Photography Editor Betty Turner Business Manager Yearbook Eds Prayed, But Leaves Fell Just The Same The office was jammed with the accumulated junk of last year . . . the ' 51 staff launched a clean-up campaign . . . scrubbing, vacuuming and carting away the debris. . . . The new pic- ture schedule went up and the year officially began . . . beautiful buildings in need of a background . . . every falling leaf eyed jeal- ously . . . the photographers beginning to wish they ' d never heard of nature, the layout editors that they ' d never heard of clubs . . . the usual page-shuffling and re-scheduling be- cause a sponsor was missing or the secretary was sick . . . the dummy that everyone thought was complete changing at least twice a week. . . . The favorite September question, When will the book be out? . . . seniors asking if their pictures would be larger this year. . . . The final type decision . . . the copy staff with its theme song of 52 characters to a line . . . caption writers talking in allitera- tion . . . the bulletin board loaded with as- signments, notes to the editor and lOU ' s ad- dressed to the B.M. . . . the annual haggle over the cover color . . . cutting to make the budget balance ... a shot in the arm when the circulation staff reported that subscriptions were on par with last year despite an enroll- ment drop . . . Jokes about the editor moving her bed down to Custis basement ... a cam- pus legend springing up around Jo and her camera and Betty Wise and the bulbs . . . sec- tion editors enduring the horrors of portrait week . . . students showing up at the wrong place, or not at all, forgetting their money, mumbling about dirty hair . . . the ad staff getting more money per page, and the B.M. ' s undying gratitude . . . then, closing the ' 51 book and electing the new editor. . . . The old staff leaves Joan Britten and her ' 52 staff an- other pile of debris and its best wishes. EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Bunnell Assistant Editor Blue Bagby Student Photographer Jo Hewlett Photography Editors: Betty Wise East, Barbara Davis, Jean Alcock, Sally Grey, Juaoita Pike, Nell McCoy, Pat Huston. Photography Staff: Jac kie Colbert, Peggy Sherman, Jane Bailey, Carol Putnam, Nancy Harrill, Kay Toe Laer, Nancy Parker, Barbara White. Copy Staff: Mary Lou Adams, Pat Moss, Ann Gaines, Sidney Riddle, Frances Glass, Nell McCoy, Marjorie Gibson, Jackie Atwood, Maureen Norris, Donna Gray, Caroline Scarborough, Ginny Lauck, Leslie Schofield. Picture and Filing Staff: Betty Brockley, Bernice Berkman, Ann McClenny. Section Editors: Ann Zirpel, Seniors; Fran Baker, Juniors; Joan Britten, Sophomores; Ann Campbell, Mary Lou Dodge, Christie Gill, Freshmen. Section Staff: Marian Seecamp, Ann Morgan, Nada Bear, Trudy McGuinnes, Pat Hatfield, Beth Dreier. Layout Staff: Leighton Simmons, Robin Stuart. Publicity: Peg Craighill, Jane Bailey, Patti Ribble. Typists: Gail Lambert, Bobbie Copps, Marian Boyd, Edwina Moss, Marv Tavlor. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Betty Turner Assistant Business Manager Mary Sue Ekelund Clubs and Activities Joan Weissblatt Circulation Manager Drusilla Howson Circulation Staff: Mildred Kolarik, Peggy Fletcher, Mary Ann Jones, Charlotte Adams, Dorothy Spenser, Mar- garet Atkinson, Nancy Williams, Nancy Miller, Shirley Williams. Advertising Manager Judy Mack Advertising Staff: Jean Amis, Sue Seelman, Marjorie Meyer, Gwen Amory. Sponsors: Dr. Whidden, Dr. Quenzel, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Binford, Mr. Faulkner, Mr. Brooks, Mrs. Russell. 99 } Ruth DeMiller Editor Bev Steele Business Manaser STAFF. King, Levey, Crosby, Glass, Adams, Atwood Little Innovations Meant Big Improvement In Bullet Hurry up, please, it ' s time. A crowded room where editors worked over Thursday night deadlines. Somehow we always made them. Check the spelling of that name. Hours of copy reading and rewriting . . . then, more hours of proof reading . . . It won ' t tit. Drumming out headlines under the tyranny of type ... Mr. B., we think your store . . . Huckstering local merchants into more ads. Please pass the glue. Nerves worn thin when the make-up won ' t come out right on a Sunday afternoon. Hours spent at the print shop squeezing in last minute stories. Cut that paragraph. The constant reminder of newspaper ethics . . . Look at the new headline chart. Long discussions on changes in policy or ty- pography . . . New ideas leading to improve- ments in the Bullet. Where ' s my Bullet? STAFF. Bowen, Davis, O ' Dette, Flythe, Kodet, Bullet staffers turned newsboy to help put over the subscription campaign. Tramping through rain and snow to deliver the paper . . . The staff was crammed into the too small Bullet office . . . people dropping in during office hours . . . club presidents clamouring for space on the front page or for a large r banner . . . appeasing the student whose name was mis- spelled . . . missing supper to interview a visit- ing celebrity. . . . It ' s all a part of the training for a future newspaper job. hitn( Midle , Kelh , Kinsey. I 100 Non-subscribers scrambled to get one of the extra copies of the Epaulet. Epaulet Got A Face-lifting And Sold Out Every Issue The publication of an established magazine can be a sizable headache, but that of one that has yet to make its place secure is even more formidable. . . . Each item that the Epaulet used was appraised for popular interest . . . sales appeal was stressed . . . the staff spent long hours studying and analyzing successful material . . . adapting the principles learned to their own problems. . . . Uninterested students and a lack of funds made progress difficult. But the first issue was a sell-out ... as was each one following that. . . . It became obvious that a subscription was a must if you wanted a copy . . . the hard work had paid off, for the Epau- let had become important and appreciated . . . a credit to its staff and to Mary Washington ... a part of our year . . . another medium for increasing the alertness of our student body to problems and subjects both near and far. . . . Timely stories, articles, editorials . . . mem- orable cartoons like those in the Faculty issue . . . Students began to look to the Epaulet . . . a college literary magazine with a prosperous future. STAFF. Glass, Medley, Seely, Jones, Bettohcr, Armstrong, Kinsey, Dr. George E. Shankle, Sponsor Pat Lancaster A ssociate Editor Barbara Pritchard Business Manager Workman, Rudershausen. Rush, ergne. 101 J FAITH AND SERVICE Phyllis Maddox, President of Y.W.C.A. Y.W.C.A. Set The Pace For Fellowship And Service A small, simply furnished club room in Cus- tis basement — the Y room. . . . Every Wed- nesday afternoon at 5 • • • a few moments of light chatter before the quiet devotionals . . . short prayer that united the Y cabinet in spirit and in purpose . . . committee reports, a word of commendation to this or that group for a deserving project . . . late-comers tip- toeing in . . . taking to pillows because of a lack of chairs . . . the door that always came open if anyone leaned on it . . . Phyl ' s earnest- ness and energy that sparked the meetings and the activities of the year . . . Adjourning meant the friendship circle and God Be With You. The Y room on book-sale days . . . long lines of girls. . . . Everyone this time seemed to be looking for the same book that just wasn ' t to be found. . . . Meet Your Minister night, during Mouse Week — an opportunity for freshmen and their pastors to become ac- quainted . . . Big-Little Sister Church Sunday. . . . The Y girls in their white dresses and blue emblems helping with class registration . . . serving as an information center for the frosh . . . caroling around the Christmas trees on campus. . . . The Y benefit ' s clever set- tings ... a new twist to the old talent show . . . On the Air previewing television for M.W.C. Y. CABINET. First row: Roberts, Washburn, Peirce, Bowman, Fox, Moxlev, Stavlor, Jones, Stump. Second row: Moss, Adams, Chris- tian, Gessford, Ruggles, Taylor, Carroll, Vance, Park. Third row: Dr. Darter, Dr. Hilldrup, Mrs. Willis, Miss Herman, Mrs. Insley. i 102 OFFICERS OF Y.W.C.A. Southwell, Hamilton, Stacey, Southcott, Kontopanos. And Gave The Campus An Inspirational Come Week It could occur on only a limited group of campuses all over the U. S. each year, and this February was M.W.C. ' s turn to hold its annual Religious Emphasis Week under the sponsor- ship of the University Christian Mission move- ment . . . Four outstanding speakers ... a new title, C.O.M.E. Week, symbolizing Christi- anity, Our Major Emphasis ... a concen- trated five day program . . . more opportuni- ties for students and leaders to discuss personal problems . . . seminars, dorm bull sessions . . . airing of doubts during Twenty Ques- tions . . . . The final evaluation of the ques- tion underlying the week, What is your major? Informal seminars were keyed to student interest . . . Dr. Burns discussing problems re- lating to marriage and the family . . . experi- ences from his House of Help . . . world situations viewed in the light of Brooks Hayes ' long experience in such fields . . . chapels and convos devoted to matters of the spirit . . . the forum on Monday night. . . . Professors opened their classes to the visiting leaders . . . students realized that there was more to the courses than just text-book facts. . . . Dr. Wolf ' s revealing treatment of world brother- hood . . . special music and worship centers . . . Miss Turnbull ' s memorable devotional ad- dress on Thursday. Speakers and student leaders chatted after introductory convo. Dr. Wolf ' s marriage seminars drew an audience of senior hopefuls. 103 J Freshmen pored over endless forms and compared big sisters ' advice on profs at registration; asked innumerable questions of helpful Y girls. Veritable line of Who ' s Who on campus looked down on Frosh Welcome Party. A lot of peanuts got eaten before they ever got a shell for Y ' s Peanut Week. Y Fun Projects Included Picnics, Peanuts, Pablum Freshman registration was a maze of dupli- cates and confusing class schedules . . . after the struggle came the fun . . . The freshmen flocked to the welcome party, and were intro- duced to Jenny . . . Then, grown-up young ladies became little girls for a night of Kid Partying ... to the most appealing youngster went a huge panda . . . Picnics brought a wel- comed change from dining hall food . . . Y council acting as hostess at the cabin and fixing hamburgers with all the trimmings . . . Pre- Peanut-Week peanut shelling gave freshmen and council the opportunity to meet each other while making last minute plans for the project. Impish looking Jean Andrews won first prize at the Kid Party. i 104 SENIOR COMMISSION. First row: Cheney, Webb, Epes, Green, Carroll, Woodford, Schroeder. Second row: Bowers, Brown, Pawls, Orem, Anderson, Brazill, Yoe, Shufflebarger. Commission-Made Dolls Created Christmas Cheer Senior Commission acquainted the freshmen with Y and its functions . . . organized their groups and had them elect the members of Freshman Commission . . . Work began early on the annual doll show . . . beloved tradition . . . weeks of thinking and stitching . . . two dolls to a group this year . . . Time out for fixing table decorations for the hospital . . . surprise bags for soldiers . . . Then, the plan for displaying the completed dolls in a make-believe department store. . . . Big crowd of college girls and faculty children turned out to look . . . lingered to talk to Santa . . . went away sorry they couldn ' t buy. Santa took precedent over trees or trains in the commissions ' doll store. FRESHMAN COMMISSION. First row: Dobyns, Hare, Bishop, Washburn, Wiser, Johnson. Second row: Powell, Pleasants, Stevens. Pearce, Maxwell, Scott. 105} CANTERBURY. First row: Ribble, Hop- kins, Powell, Davis, Cooper, Orkney, De- Miller. Second row: Smith, Pugh, Mott, Mrs. Early, Erwin, Matzenger, Kelley. B. S. U. First row: McKnight, Webb, Pace, Long, Harrell, McKinney, Oliver, Gravett. Second row: Proffitt, Watkins, Jones, Woodford, Bagby, Kimble. Third row: Morris, Long. Coffee Was Served Nightly Across The Street At B.S.U. The Baptist Student Center, the scene of a year-long whirl of activity . . . Howdy-Doody Week . . . know your neighbors or feed the piggy bank . . . after-dinner inspirationals, a highlight of every day . . . ghosts and goblins at the Halloween party . . . the convention in Bluefield . . . Vocational Emphasis Week . . . Christmas party for foreign students . . . spring, bringing with it the usual picnics and teas . . . Power Week, an energy drive for higher Christian service. The EpiscopaHans Wrote Another Canterbury Tale Envision an active Canterbury house ... at present, just a lot and a sign — This is the fu- ture site of Canterbury House . . . Members staged a parcel post sale to help realize their goal. . . . An inspirational meeting for one and all — Dr. Liedecker ' s discussion of Christian- ity as a Post for Philosophers . . . CARE packages and boxes for Indian reservations . . . crepe paper, calendars, and Christmas cards . . . and each Wednesday, an early communion. ( 106 Trips To Men ' s Colleges Highlighted Hillel ' s Year The year began with a buffet supper held at the Temple . . . getting re-acquainted at the Halloween cabin party . . . movies and prom- inent guest speakers emphasizing the import- ance of the Jewish faith . . . instilling a deeper appreciation and understanding within each Hillel girl . . . some club meetings featured a serious study of contemporary world events . . . informal get-togethers with other schools to trade ideas and inspirations ... a lot of fun at various men ' s colleges . . . Hillel has the distinction of being one of the two most re- cently founded religious groups on the Hill . . . giving its members a focal point for their fun and fellowship. Council Was Sounding Board For All Religious Groups Co-ordinator of the activities of all campus religious organizations . . . composed of a rep- resentative from each group . . . Interfaith Council stressed co-operation leading to greater human welfare and understanding . . . spon- sored speakers emphasizing the importance of tolerance. . . . Weekly meetings at the home of Miss Foster . . . meetings open to any in- terested students . . . meetings that closed with a silent meditation symbolic of the unity of this inter-denominational group . . . a Thanks- giving sunrise service for the student body . . . joining with the city inter-racial group to sing carols to the sick ... a banquet to close the year. HILLEL. First row: Krass, Hyans, Living- ston, Sacks, Berkman, Shevitz. Second row: Bright, Glaser, Schles- inger, Goldman, Ives, Bromberg. Third row: Kroll, Mensch, Hirsch- man, Dinsfriend, Kauf- mann. Fourth row: Brown, Dreier, Fried- man, Workman. Fifth row: Segal, Peace, Gerst, Shriller, Bear. INTERFAITH COUNCIL. First row: Roberts. Second row: ' Hunt, Cooper. Third row: Vance. Fourth row: Rudolph, Zeigler, Kes- sel, Fuhring. Fifth row: Kirkendall. Sixth row: Ray, Sachs, Gravett, Stoutamyer. 107 I L. S. A. First row: Crabtree, Oligarz, Left- which, Glasscock. Sec- ond row: Gortner, Bel- den, Chapman, Kessel, Busemann. Third row: Vance, Fuhring, U. Busemann, Saunders. NEWMAN CLUB. First row: Bobbin, Kirkendall, Rudolph. Second row: Mrs. Reid, Shropshire, Rhodes. Lutherans Relaxed With Suppers And Serenades L.S.A., one of the newest additions to our religious organizations, has grown steadily . . . buffet suppers by the congregation easing homesick blues . . . Lutheran faculty members and students leading programs . . . major goal being aid for L.S. A. overseas relief which helps foreign students. . . . Choruses -with inter-ra- cial groups at Christmas . . . sending a delegate to National Student Asheram . . . looking ahead to eventful growth with more members and projects. Newmanites Took Time For Their Staggered Retreat Catholic students enjoy a deep bond of unity ... a dinner and dance for Halloween . . . guest speakers for each meeting . . . M.W.C., the first non-Catholic school to have a stag- gered retreat . . . time out between classes for this annual event . . . the Christmas party at U. Va. . . . Advanced catechism classes gave more complete understanding . . . early com- munion breakfasts . . . appreciated guidance and inspiration from Father Widner and Miss Reid ... a graduation Mass. f 108 Methodist Meant Mixing, Multi-Fun, And A Message spiritual growth and service in creative Christian living is the purpose of Wesley . . . expressed in Sunday night suppers and discus- sions, the highlight of every week . . . pack- ages for overseas that mean happiness to other people as well as to those who helped prepare them . . . holiday cheer for needy families . . . Worship Workshop — the spring project at which a national leader gave pointers for in- spiring worship services . . . the life of a camper at spring and fall retreats ... a wealth of new knowledge, ideas, and friendships gained from State conferences. A Walk Downtown Brought Pick-Up For Body And Mind Paint, needles, and thread helped create a new Westminster room . . . dinner and discus- sions provided good times, inspiration and en- couragement ... a nobler way of life through a growing knowledge and love of Christ . . . dinner in the homes of the congregation made the girls feel more a part of the church . . . mobilized Christmas caroling during the big snow chilled the bone, but warmed the heart . . . Roslyn conference, an unforgettable ex- perience . . . the communion breakfast to ring in the New Year . . . council retreats, spring teas, and a last farewell. WESLEY. First row: MB my Hunt, Raynor, Mox- V ' .- d ley, Davis, Patrick, Good. Second row: Ra- der, Greer, Benning- ton, Stoutamyer, Mur- den. Miss Foster. WESTMINSTER. First row, left to right: Gray, Grimand, Zeig- ler, Pennell. Second row: Tremaine, Brice, Barton, Smith, Rob- erts. Third row: Moss, Ellis, Poolos, Rev. Roberts. 109 I -Xgrn ' MWC tmB CHEST CAMPUS CHEST. First row: Belden, Hopkins, Herring, Presi- dent; Christian, Horan. RED CROSS. First row: Fox, Whitcomb, Spitzer, Brodie. Second row: Bidgood, Hulme, President; Hj-ans, i Iiller, McCoy, Kaufman. Campus Chest Aimed For Complete College Coverage The collegiate equivalent to the red feather in your button-hole. . . . Those in charge pointed college thoughts toward Campus Chest with formal convocation . . . John C. Gleason from the World Student Service Fund . . . tales of coffee in Austria . . . potato diets for students . . . gowned seniors and serious sophomores listening intently . . . catching the spirit. . . . A knock on the door brought the drive into each dorm room . . . every quarter and every pledge bringing the goal nearer . . . the graph climbing on the billboard in Chandler Circle. . . . Devils vied against Goats for top in con- tributions. . . . Half of the take joined the work of WSSF . . . helped foreign students . . . began rebuilding Korea ' s damaged university. . . . Another slice followed Community Chest dol- lars intoT.B. centers . . . polio foundations . . . cancer research labs. . . . More dollars furthered Y.W.C.A. on the hill. . . . The little penny grew big in the ' 51 Campus Chest. Every Tuesday Night Sav A Caravan For Quantico The Red Cross started off their annual drive with an all star show . . . singing, dancing, and talent galore . . . Corkie, M.C.-ing in her usual breezy style ... a new twist on the old Blind Date radio program . . . after the last curtain, dorm soliciting . . . Later on, bring- ing the Bloodmobile up on the Hill for a blood donor day . . . sponsoring one of the Saturday night informals. . . . One of the fin- est projects was to visit hospitalized men — especially the Korean casualties brought back to the hospital at Quantico . . . visits that left the girls with a deep sense of satisfaction in return for their effort. More familiar to all of us were the eagerly anticipated Tuesday trips to Quantico . . . dancing, games, new contacts, and all kinds of enjoyable entertainment. . . . At Christmas, the college choir contributed to Quantico ' s holiday spirit as it cheered a group of shut-ins ... In return, the men entertained at a formal reception. . . . Throughout the year the Ma- rine uniform was seen on the Hill for forums, plays and benefits. ... A Red Cross stands for many things. 4110 CLUBS Talent show included a trurapet-tootin ' Sambo and gun-totin ' gals. Inter-Club Group Backed Talent Show And Informals Inter-Club Council, the newest campus brain- child . . . composed of presidents from all stu- dent organizations . . . the clearing house for campus information . . . backed informals . . . introduced new talent . . . contributed the in- dispensable club calendar. Floorward view of the Inter-Club informals revealed a variety of shoes, but no such %ariety in steps — just the ole time, sure-fire shuffle. Ill J ALUMNAE DAUGHTERS. Left to right: Wollfolk, Ridgely, President; A. A. Smith, Bowers, Law on, L. H. Smith, Roberts, Chilton. The Daughters Whose Feet Followed Mother ' s Footstep The piles of catalogues on your bed at home . . . the Mary Washington Bulletin on top . . . Mother saying Darling, you ' ll love it, why I can remember- . . . then the first days on campus . . . talking over Mother ' s tales with other second generation MWCer ' s . . . monthly Alumnae Daughter meetings . . . your fellow members entertaining the local Alumnae and laughing over the spilt tea . . . anxiously awaiting the presentation of the Alumnae cup . . . You thought of the future and a third generation at Mary Washington. Those Fact-Finders Who Steered Student Forums One night per month students gathered in Monroe Auditorium . . . listened intently to the speakers . . . carefully weighed the pros and cons. ... At first you were just another face in the audience . . . then on the Steering Committee. . . . You found out what was be- hind the Forum . . . nights of preparation . . . selecting qualified speakers . . . searching for timely topics . . . Korea . . . religion . . . . You answered student questions . . . took sug- gestions. . . . The Forum was helping to edu- cate ... it was helping you. FORUM. First row, left to right: Abenschein, Parmelee, Maliaros, Er -in, Orkney, Sergeant, Kaufmann. Second row: Rosen, Crews, Norris, Holladay, Dixon, Ribble, O ' Dette, Foley. Third row: Giles, Foster, Dorsey, Gibson. Standing: Burrows, Muschlet, Miller, Bur- nette, Anderson. Faculty: Lindsey, Dodd, Sublette, Darter, Hilldrup. I 112 ATHENAEUM CLUB. First row, left to right: Drogaris, Maliaros, Moskos, Hubbard, Hughes, President; Dr. Voelkel, Sponsor; Wilson, Kaufmann, Duke, Wallace, Stump, Bowen. Second row: Apostolou, Seelman, Abbot, Payne, Speck, Shropshire, Snidow, Park, Maddox. Classifying The Classical Into Contemporary Cases Everyone laughed at you ... at the long white sheet draped about you . . . the ivy in your hair . . . the look of excitement in your eye. . . . That was the beginning ... of you and Athenaeum ... of you and ancient cul- ture. . . . Then, the club meetings . . . the trips away from the Hill . . . the pomp and hilarity of the Latin banquet . . . jitters over the classical convo that went off so smoothly ... a final banquet and goodbyes. . . . You had learned a lot about the long, long ago . . . a lot about the present day. In The Groove Breaking Records To Say ' Si Bon ' It all started long ago . . . with that first French class . . . with your tongue stumbling over the strange, new words . . . Everything that was France would be yours . . . Paris . . . romance . . . fabulous people and fabulous events . . . You joined your fellows in Le Cer- cle Francais . . . learned French customs as well as speech . . . Christmas was wonderful . . . carols in another language . . . your special program over the college station . . . Meetings brought chatter . . . speakers . . . French was your language . . . France was for you. LE CERCLE FRANCAIS. First row: Stevens, Baylor, Gray, Bourne, Josephs, Mitchell, Craig, Gravatt, Mrs. Boiling, Sponsor; .A.sh. Walsh. Second row: Seelman, Workman, Mack, Ervin, Maliaros, Duke, Friedman, Vergne, Kederick, Sutton, Menikoff. Third row: Gaw, Wheeler, Bean, McClerkin, Overbey, Hart, Bailes. 113 I SPANISH CLUB. Left to right: Taylor, Mack, President; Ash, Brice. HOME EC. CLUB. Front row, left to right: Powell, Miller, Braks, Gessford, President; Mrs. Harris, Baker. Back ro ' iv: Miss Reid, Davis, Bennington, Wright. ' Ay, Ay ' In Spanish, Not Nautical But Nice To ' Si ' El Club Hispano-Americano . . . even the name sounded Spanish . . . third Thursdays whisked you into the land of that strange tongue . . . practice proved perfect and soon you were an old hand at Spanish . . . one breakfast stood out in the year . . . the initi- ates, red-faced, singing La Cucaracha . . . you answered Aqui to History roll call . . . the club ' s annual convocation program . . . de- corating for the informal dance . . . the year flew by . . . two countries were your home. Rehashing An Old Adage The Way To Man ' s Heart ' She can ' t even boil water . . . they couldn ' t say that about you . . . but there were other things . . . little intricacies of planning a meal . . . special twists which distinguish a seamstress from the girl who sews . . . choosing the Home Economics Club . . . the welcoming picnic . . . counting the cash after the Christmas Bazaar . . . behind-the-scenes catering at campus social functions . . . the Spring Fashion Show . . . boiling water had taken on new signihcance. f n4 Exposition And Explosion On The Topic Of Test Tubes Dungarees and the long walk up the hill to the cabin ... a picnic supper . . . this time it was something special . . . final initiation feast . . . you could say proudly I belong . . . you carefully circled the third Monday of every month . . . Mendel and Madame Curie . . . names from the past became signposts for the future . . . the scope of your chosen work overwhelmed you . . . extra-curricular research . . . hours in the lab . . . field trips . . . psy- chology, chemistry, physics . . . each class added fascinating facts to your whirling brain . . . The future loomed ahead as both terrify- ing and terrific . . . you were on your way with the Matthew Fontaine Maury Science Club. Big Sisters Learned In Latin ' s Little Brother You sang Santa Lucia in grammar school . . . you sampled Italian food in junior high . . . you dreamt of one day knowing the lan- guage of far-off Italy. . . . Then the dream be- came reality . . . Italian classes were the high- light of your college week. . . . You wanted to get beyond the grammar stage ... to learn Italian custom . . . Italian Club was the an- swer. ... A full year was planned ... to taste pizza pie and ravioli at Roma ' s ... to attend concerts, hear the works of Rossini, Verdi . . . to view the Mellon, paintings by Tinteretto, Raphael, Michaelangelo ... to really know about things Italian. . . . You longed to put your knowledge into practice ... in Italy. SCIENCE CLUB. Left to right: Meriwether, Rurhoth, President; Hyans, Cheney, Dr. Frick, Sponsor; Scott, Coclin. L ' ACCADEM I A ITALIANA. First row, left to right: Hirschman, Bergenty, Rudershausen, Cama- cho, Fernandez, Presi- dent; Dr. Green, Spon- sor; Moss. Second row: Lambright, Aber- nathy, Brown, Mac- Kay, Stedman, Casto- relli, Powell, Taylor. 113 1 Gavel Gerties Sparkling At The Grand National The strawberry leaf took on new meaning . . . leaving behind thoughts of succulent food . . . bringing to mind thoughts of food for debate. . . . Parliamentary law held a fascina- tion for you . . . Roberts ' Rules could be as exciting as a new novel. . . . The Strawberry Leaf Society was the one for you . . . learning little tricks of procedure . . . knowing when to call for question . . . crying order of the day . . . thriving on argument . . . winning a point. . . . There was something about pub- lic speaking . . . something besides a glass of water and a microphone. . . . The year was filled with activity . . . the Grand National Forensic Tournament . . . giving up a part of your Spring vacation to stay on the hill . . . entertaining delegates from two score of col- leges . . . the Dixie Forensic Champions Tour- nament . . . and the journey to North Carolina. . . . Forensic was a big part of college life . . . a big part of your future. Determined Dabblers A La Dali, Disney And Diirer You haunted the art museums . . . amateur displays in your home town . . . professional collections away from home . . . the Mellon Art Gallery in Washington . . . Municipal and National Art Museums in New York. . . . There was something about art . . . perhaps not the Bohemian life . . . but the knowledge of creating something . . . oils on canvas . . . splashy water-colors . . . stencils . . . sketches . . . College meant only one thing ... an art major . . . hours in detailed study of your predecessors . . . Rembrandt . . . Raphael . . . surrealist Dali . . . extra hours spent finishing that first original ... an attempt at a side- light: modeling, decorating. . . . You joined the Art Club . . . the fun and comradeship at the cabin initiation picnic . . . meetings with fellows who understood your obsession . . . listening intently to authorities in your field. . . . Spring came with the Student Art Display . . . your work for all the world to see. FORENSIC CLUB. First row, left to right: Hulme, Leonard, President; Taylor. Second row: Burrows, McClerkin, McKnight. Third row: Chapman, Schroeder, Ridgely. ART CLUB. Front row: Massev, Peterson. Back row: Miss Duggan, Sponsor; Rhodes, President; Kinsey, Craighill, Mavnard. ( 116 MIKE CLUB. Forward I hoinson, Therrell. Sac ; McClerkin, President; Snidow, Starkev, Stess, Stac I. R. C. Left to right: Dr. Darter, Sponsor; Erickson, Holladay, Seeley, President; Showker. Spinning Heads That Spun The Yarns And Platters So much in just one word . . . radio ... it tempted you . . . writing scripts . . your voice over the air . . . This is radio station WMWC, 590 on your radio dial . . . you wanted to be a part of the glamour . . . Mike Club meetings found you on the front row . . . excitement and co-operation were the keynotes . . . utter confusion when you had your first try at production direction . . . hours of pre- paration for a fifteen minute show . . . work, but well worth it . . . out of town trips through commercial radio and television sta- tions . . . you began thinking of post-gradua- tion possibilities in an expanding field ... up early in the morning . . . G.W. deserted ex- cept for your small band . . . the close bond between everyone who trod that sacred ground, the broadcasting rooms . . . radio! Would-be Globe Trotters Who Watched A Worn World Posters everywhere . . . Join I.R.C. . . . you were curious ... a few questions brought satisfaction ... it sounded good so you signed your name with all the others . . . then you learned the organization was rightly named . . . International Relations Club. . . . Meet- ings brought you face to face with the world ... its politics, poverty, and problems . . . you helped put the old adage in practice . . . the world ' s getting smaller all the time . . . you looked into the minds and matter of other countries. . . . That first meeting of the year . . . Dr. Graves and all about Austria . . . gatherings with the Randolph-Macon group . . . picnics at the cabin . . . United Nations day and Chapel program of celebration . . . playing host to the Virginia Conference. . . . You were a world citizen. n?} HISTORY CLUB. First row, left to right: Carpenter, HoUaday, McNeel, Carter, Weatherford, Foster, Winsboro. Second row: Dabney, Johnson, Pou, Roeder, Wilkerson, Earnshaw, Andreses, Taylor. Third row: Erickson, Walker, Young, Donald, Bobbin, Orkney, Curtin, Wilkinson. Fourth row: Dodson, President; Showker, Ribble, Adams, Neal. Faculty: Sublette, Lindsey, Darter. Gibbon ' s Guiding Light For The Groping Girl In childhood it was the realistic fairy tale ... in adolescence, the historical novel . . . always the touch of history. . . . You loved delving into by-gone days. ... At MWC were more chances to delve . . . classes . . . the His- tory Club . . . discussions, thoughts . . . spring and fall picnics . . . supper at Dr. Darter ' s on the Potomac ... an informal approach to the past. The Students Who Study Man — The Social Animal The most interesting thing in the world? People, of course. . . . This was your philos- ophy . . . you intended to carry it through . . . with a major in sociology . . . membership in the Sociology Club . . . you helped it form . . . initiation and a wonderful picnic . . . informa- tive discussions. . . . Every novel had a social problem . . . every happening, a new issue. SOCIOLOGY CLUB. Left to right: Henley, Schiller, President; Huston, Meagher, Toniko, Mr. Carter, Mr. Allen, Sponsors. Ins HONORARIES After the tapping, Fran got a hug from her roommate. The quiet impressiveness of a candlelight initiation made membership official. 119 J Mt Li ll ' mil ALPHA PHI SIGMA. First ow Jones, Burckell, S ers, Ue Miller, H ans, Gra att, Phipps, Zeigler. Second row: Busemann, Belden, Brown, King, E ant,, Downs, Gibson, Snidow. Third ro-w: Orkney, Millar, President; McClerkin, Dignor, Meriwether, Shropshire. Fourth row: Hankla, We t, Gaw, Clark, Heilmann, Kucher, Hewlitt, Kolarik, Har el. The Heads And The Sense Get Ahead And The Cents Recognition was given to those who strove to attain excellence in scholarship. . . . rib- bons of green and gold . . . chapel and convo programs . . . monthly meetings with cultural objectives . . . blue and white ribbons to those on Dean ' s List . . . Senior Recognition Day in the spring . . . red and white carnations . . . promotion of the things Mary Washington College stands for: education, culture, making the most of opportunity . . . scholarly merits honored by membership in the Gamma chap- ter of Alpha Phi Sigma. As FootHghts Shine Hams Hog The Horizon Alpha Psi Omega was MWC ' s lights on Broadway . . . the epitome of theatrical pro- wess on the hill . . . stars in greasepaint . . . stage hands in just grease ... all awaited Alpha Psi ' s tapping in the fall. . . . Member- ship in the dramatic fraternity meant acclaim . . . every member with bright lights in her eyes . . . working and playing together . . . travel to Death of a Salesman . . . parties to celebrate success in college theatre produc- tions ... an award to the outstanding senior dramatist . . . the final curtain call. ALPHA PSI OMEGA. Seated: Miller, Frantz, Wise, President; Gregg, Jones, MacLeod, Thompson. Standing: Ritter, Mr. Houston, Mr. Warfield, .Mr. Walther. I 120 CHI BETA PHI. First row: Busemann, Smith, Zirpel, Scott, Gibson, Clark, Carroll, Hyans, Gregg. Second row: Dr. Insiey Baute, Dr. Erdeyli, Meriwether, Sparks, Dr. litis, Miss Schultz. Standing: Dr. Pierce, Dean, {President) ; Downs. Eves See That The Atoms Make The World Go ' Round Kappa Sigma Chapter of Chi Beta Phi pro- moted interest in science ... in discoveries and inventions that were changing our w hole way of living ... in recent developments in penicillin, the atom bomb, radar methods, new drugs ... in studies of Bacon, Copernicus, Einstein. . . . Fraternity campus events ... re- gional meeting in the spring ... an auction at which Dr. Shankle ' s cakes went to the highest bidder. . . . Loan fund in memory of Dr. Roy Cook . . . lectures by famous scientists . . . honors work . . . achievement. Goldilocks Learn 3 B ' s — Blues, Brahms, Boogie Mu Phi Epsilon meant music on campus . . . friendship, harmony, music blended together . . . delighting in both boogie and Bach . . . be-bop and blues. . . . Some members played . . . some sang . . . entertaining at Chapel pro- grams . . . public concerts . . . over the air. . . . Hours of practice, classes, concerts . . . then the tapping of new members. . . . Mu Phi bake sales were tradition . . . delicacies for a song. . . . The mood was light . . . the work hard . . . the future promising. ... A career . . . enjoyment ... in music. MU PHI EPSILON. First row: Trice, Mrs. Ross, Hankla, President. Second row: Ward, Proffitt, Stulz, West, CctUs, Lawson. Third row: Murden, Mo.xley, Conkling, Stoutamyer, Carroll, Reisig, Christian, McLeod, Taylor. 121 I ETA SIGMA PHI. Seated. -Hughes, Stump, President; Dr. Voel- kel, Snidow, Wilson. Standing: Maddox, Hubbard. PHI SIGMA IOTA. First row: Brice, Presi- dent; Ta -lor, Miss Stephenson, Gravatt, Phipps, Miss Herman. Second row: Mrs. Boi- ling, Walsh, Gaw, Dr. Greene, Oliver, Miss Brignull, Mr. Jones. From Olympia To Olympics Interest Burned With Rome Interest and excellence in the classical lan- guages bring membership in Eta Sigma Phi . . . the aim, to enhance the appreciation of Greek and Roman cultures ... to create good- will and friendship among students of the classics ... to instill interest in others. . . . A very young organization here, this fraternity has already made itself important . . . with a convocation program . . . meetings in a classi- cal vein . . . discussions of present-day trends in Greece and Italy. Romance Meant ' Speak To Me Of Language ' , Not Love Phi Sigma Iota meant five things to five dif- ferent persons. . . . French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese . . . the Romance lan- guages . . . brought together in one name . . . banded together with one objective . . . ad- vancement and knowledge in the modern tongues. . . . Here was a brand new fraternity . . . advanced language students, its nucleus . . . Latin, its mother tongue. . . . Meetings brought understanding of foreign countries . . . a fluency in their speech. f 122 Dollars Mark The Spot In Cash And Common Sense Sigma Tau Chi knows its business . . . en- courages knowledge of business and economics . . . Business meant hours of study . . . prac- tice, practice ;lk) . . . accounting and that elu- sive mistake ... all the troubles of a foreign language with shorthand . . . The fraternity trained its members to take their places in the business world — department stores, the stock market, advertising agencies, the United States government . . . Campus activities included the field trip to Richmond, the Federal Reserve Bank, and Miller and Rhoads ... on the lighter side, an informal dance . . . Sigma Tau Chi . . . success in college . . . next . . . suc- cess in the business world. PGM ' s Evolved Utopias From Enigmatic Eras History . . . sociology . . . political science . . . economics . . . These are the social sci- ences . . . and Pi Gamma Mu, the fraternity . . . Programs throughout the year fostered greater understanding of others whose beliefs and ideals differ from ours . . . working in close conjunction with the chapter at Randolph-Ma- con College . . . traditionally waking new members early . . . conducting them to a din- ing hall breakfast . . . banquet initiating . . . The members may be identified by their dis- tinctive and attractive keys . . . They are stu- dents of humanity . . . sincere . . . interested . . . building a fair, unbiased approach to timely problems . . . improving world-wide feeling. SIGMA TAU CHI. First row: Pike, Presi- dent; Harvel, John- son, Blue, Straughn, Herring. Second row: Saunders, Frantz, Boyd, Selfe, Davis, Le- onard, Brown, South- cott. Third row: Bell, Taggard, Kolarik, Steel, Chace, Meyer, Miller, Kelley, Over- ton, Mr. Hewetson, Wellborn, Howson, Kontopanos, Shrop- shire, Orwiler, Dr. Dodd. PI GAMMA MU. First row: Mr. Allen Ernshaw, Johnson De Miller, Showker, Anderson, Brazill, Sta- cey. Second row: Dr. Sumner, Graces, Mad- dox, Boyd, Leonard, Belden, ' Pou, Mrs. Wade. Third row ' : Dr, Hilldrup, Steel, Shrop- shire, Selfe, Harvel, Wellborn, President, Brown. Fourth row. Holladay, Orwiler, Orkney, Corr, Zirpel McNeil, Gort ner Schiller. Fifth row: Kib- ble, Williams, Kolarik Overton, Dodson Seely, Dr. Voelkel. 123} ZETA PHI ETA. Left to right: McClerkin, Miller, Snidow, President; Hulme, Webb, Starkey, Burrows, Attianese, Leonard, Wagner, Schroeder, Chapman. Olsen, Gray, Bowers, Ceglis. Brown Cows Put Cream In Sound And Speech The youngest fraternity on campus main- tained high standards in speech . . . built up a professional philosophy for speech women. . . . Alpha Eta Chapter of Zeta Phi Eta took part in campus life . . . celebrated at the Zeta Rose Banquet . . . entertained at convo . . . judged a Forensic Tourney . . . enjoyed radio shows and beach party . . . prepared for a first an- niversary. 12 Red Riding Hoods Met Big Beowulf In Wordwood Sigma Tau Delta encouraged creative writing . . . fostered interest in literature. . . . English meant more than grammar . . . stories from the pens of Poe, Hemingway, Dickens . . . po- etry and Keats, Milton. ... On campus Sigma Tau tapped, initiated . . . held an autumn ban- quet . . . saw plays in Richmond and Wash- ington . . . contributed to the fraternity pub- lication. SIGMA TAU DELTA. First row: Overbey, Hart, Taylor, Swj ' ers, President; Glass, Burckell. Second row: Henley, Mount, Moss, Alorgan, Millar. Missing, Bunnell. I 124 PLUS CLASSES Which Meant — Lectures, Lecture classes comprised most of the student ' s academ ic day. A sculpture class concentrated on catching a likeness in clay. The labs were proving grounds for class notes, fields for amazing messes. Labs — Then, The Library Eager beavers met procrastinators in the librarj ' on the night before. 125 1 IN THE FLICKERING SHADOWS CAST BY A DYING FIRE, A COUPLE SAT TALKING QUIETLY, HOLDING CLOSE A MOMENT AND AFTER CLASSES EXTRAS THAT MADE THE BIG MOMENTS AND THE MEMORIES The school year of 1950 and 1951 ■ ■ • a year of dreams and anxieties ... a year when time seemed more important than ever before . . . and moments gained special significance . . . the students rising in a body to softly sing our Alma Mater ... a walk across campus during the quiet of 5 o ' clock with the sun beginning to go down ... a year when parties became less enticing . . . conversation deepened . . . tensed. . . . Too often, Peace of Mind -was, a title and not a state of being . . . Too few were the moments of harmony . . . like sharing the seclusion of a rainy afternoon . . . sitting on a bench in spring. ... It was a year of grow- ing up. We gradually and painfully came to realize that the future was based on hope and faith, not certainty. This realization often brought defiance but eventually evolved into a kind of moody contentment. It was a year that brought the realization that dreams are necessary, but that life does not work like a dream. 1950-1951, a year of success when we gained more spirit than ever before. We found more and more foreign postmarks on our let- ters and names like Seoul became part of our dorm conversation . . . and we talked of the First Marines. Yet we were lost in the calm and contentment of our campus, and every- thing seemed unreal. We sometimes had a vague feeling that things were wrong some place . . . and we talked of it in the shelter of our complacency. . . . We had to talk of it when it all came home under the heading of someone we loved. Moments . . . time sus- pended . . . little bubbles that soon faded . . . like the night before the cabin fire . . . when we talked of little things, contented things . . . thinking of other things . . . stormg up memo- ries against the future . . . meaningful silences fringed by uncertainty and a feeling of un- reality. . . . 1950-51, a year of dreams and time suspended. AGAINST THE ONRUSH OF TIME. RECREATION ASSOCIATION Brooke Woods, President of R.A. Larson, Fletcher, Trice, Maddox, Burklin. Missing: Kimble, Scarburgh. R.A. officers at annual tea. Martin, Davis, Belden, King, Miss Stewart. R.A. Changed Its Name Last year it was A. R.A. . . . now it ' s R.A. . . . Recreation Association, new initials, same functions — fun, sports, tournaments. . . . Would M.W.C. be the same without the cabin, scene of many pleasure-packed week ends for R.A. members . . . the annual cabin party for new students ... an open fire? . . . What fresh- man will ever forget We are the members of the R.A. chorus . . . Boo-oo-oo, the Hal- loween extravaganza . . . complete with ghosts, goblins, the proverbial black cat, and Punkey Punkin ? Melton, Ranney, Braden, Whitney, Camacho, Powell. il28 Meriwether, M. Gibson, C. Gibson, Brown, Clark, Buckwalter, Hopkins, King, Dickson, E. Davis, West, Oberholtzer. But Not Its Activities Something new . . . exclusively for freshmen . . . the Sadie Hawkins ' Day Dance . . . crown- ing the king and queen of Dogpatch, M.W.C. . . . the first snow and R.A. sledding parties . . . traditional R.A. - instigated Devil - Goat Day . . . that twenty-four hours of athletic ri- valry, climaxing a whole year of point-gather- ing contests ... up at dawn for the first hour ' s events . . . the losers using the back doors to buildings during the day . . . carrying the ban- ners into breakfast . . . that yell-fest, the final rally. The year ' s first snow prompted the appearance of sleds for the R. A. slide. Frosty, the M. W. C. snow-mascot, waited at the end of Seaco- beck bridge. m Bill crowned Meechi his queen at the Sadie Hawkins ' Day dance 129 I Square dancers had fun do-si-doing while Martin, Trice, and Anderson of Concert Dance polished their technique at the mirror. Dance Clubs Backed By R.A. Became A Campus Pride Dance Clubs appeal to modern and folk dance taste . . . Mrs. Reed putting her aspiring mod- erns through hours of basic exercise . . . the gym floor, a pattern of leotards . . . black, green, red, blue . . . interested faces peering over the balcony, as outsiders drifted in to watch the practice . . . picking out the girls who were with the group that took first place at the Greensborough Arts Forum last year. . . JUNIOR DANCE CLUB. Seated, First row: Downs, Burnette. Second row: Fitchett, Wright, Gay. Third row: Elliott, Wilson, Fletcher. Fourth row: Griffith, Poole. Standing, First row: Wells. Second row: Josephs, Davis. Third row: Howell. Fourth row: Briney, McAllister. Fifth row: Jones. Mason. ( 130 f y Nicki, Phyll and Bobbie interpreted Emily Post via modern dance. Remembering the delightful, rhythmic ex- cerpts from Emily Post at the annual concert . . . the correct way to eat cheese and aspara- gus . . . the proper way to stalk your man . . . interpreted via modern dance . . . the stylized Celebration Ritual by Junior Dance Club . . . contrasted with this, the easy swing and swirl of circular peasant skirts . . . the twang of the caller . . . jaunty folk steps from here and abroad. Both Mrs. Read and Concert Dance members did warm-ups before class. Lorrie and Susie were snapped during practice for the Arts Forum. 131} Behind scenes, Cavalry members saddled and bridled a horse for a show Girls Who Moved The Jumps And Jumped The Horses The Mary Washington Cavalry, which pro- moted interest and good sportsmanship in rid- ing during peacetime has been alerted to aid the Civilian Defense program. ... A giant recruiting campaign . . . two companies re- sulting . . . promotions were in order . . . our captain, a major. . . . Members of the troop became well-versed in the procedures of the Police Department . . . Desk Sergeant speak- ing . . . WHQG echoed feminine voices. . . . Traffic problems became Cavalry problems the night of the Town Meeting of the Air, and in the early mornings by the elementary schools. . . . Our thief found her objective thwarted by the ingenuity of Cavalry troopers and other co- operative MWC ' ers. . . . The annual Cavalry- sponsored Gymkhana, the preparations and the execution . . . early to rise and out to work . . . tack to be polished, horses to be groomed, jumps to be set up . . . followed by a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausage, and gallons of coffee . . . From the potato race to the pie- eating contest, the games were a success. . . . The Fall and the Spring shows, working on parking, gate, and jump crews. . . . Cavalry girls showed their versatility . . . from riding to sleuthing . . . adapted themselves quickly into an organized group governed by military discipline. CAVALRY MEMBERS. First row: Huncke, Macon, Ashby, Rilev, Wells, Baron, Sachs, Crise, Tittlebaum. Secojid row: Leftwich, Roberts, Martin, Craddock, Roger, Mosher, Dixon, Miller, Fletcher. Third row: T ompson, Scholl, Nash, Dunning, Purdy, Keck, Cabell, Reisig, Sinnard. -v ' . ■« Clouds, But Large Crowds Cars parked around the ring ... a grey, overcast day . . . the hunt for missing riding crops . . . Cavalry members busy putting up fallen jumps and poles . . . smartly dressed riders making nervous last minute preparations for their entries . . . Mr. Walther ' s yellow corduroy vest . . . trying to get through the crowds at the coke stand . . . the inevitable horse that balked at the jump . . . the familiar, Walk your horses, please. . . . Cavalry drill between classes . . . checking at the sound truck to find out who won the last class . . . blue ribbons . . . congratulations . . . after the show, gingerbread at the Club House. Officers of Cavalry: Mr. Walther, Horton, Montgomery, Walton. At the fall show, the fences were crowded, and so were the classes, and on the sidelines, cavalry waited to be of assistance. 133 I No Sun, Still Hoofprints Made Hay At Horseshow Gallons of white paint were applied to miles of board fences by jean-clad girls ... an all- out clean-up campaign of show grounds early in the morning following a pre-dawn breakfast in the tack-room . . . nervousness, excitement . . . Then, it was time for the show . . . horses with braided manes and tails evidencing well- spent time and care, showing off for the benefit of expectant crowds . . . students and in and out-of-towners lining the rails . . . the bustle around the refreshment stand . . . the winners, proud and happy, receiving those all-important bits of silk from the judges. Numerous informal get-togethers . . . food, coffee and chatter in abundance . . . new friends never thought of as the horsey set . . . Hoofprints doing a good job of uniting all those mutually interested in horses and in the arts of riding. The annual hunt when poor ole brer possum didn ' t have a chance . . . Hoofprints hunting tracks . . . animal sighted, same captured . . . the gory pride in the displayed possum tail . . . the traditional oyster roast after the hunt. Spring again . . . the May Day weekend show . . . time for the annual Virginia College and School riding meet, bringing riding fans and their mounts from all over the state ... all the anticipation of success . . . hoping to re- peat that blue ribbon of two years ago. Lcfl to right, Hoofprints Members: Foster, Leiby, Montgomery, Spectators crowded exit gate for a close look at a class winner. Officers: Mr. Walther, Carmack, Horton, Fletcher, President; Walton. (134 Bourne, Davis, SchoU, Miller, Morrison, Sachs, Dickinson, Clark. During the tense, pre-class moments, there was talk and hopeful chance-weighing. Ai ilu Fall Show, Funny ewbill, an old grad, demonstrated her ribbon winning form. Some horses refused to see that the point of the whole thing is to go over the bars. 135} Left row: Larson, Gibson, Ekelund, Orem, Ranney, Glaser, Bailey, Hopkins, B. Davis. Right row: Burklin, President; Wilkinson, Thierbach, King, Melton, E. Davis, Baker, Bishop, Stoddard. Winsome Water Babies Scored With Wet Hit Aquatic antics at their best . . . two annual Terrapin water shows a year . . . the informal fall exhibit . . . members displaying their swimming ability with plain and fancy strokes . . . .thinking up new and better themes for water ballets. The elaborate aquacade in the spring ... a packed room — late-comers had to crawl in through the windows — the hot stickiness of people jammed in a steamy atmosphere . . . puzzling, interest-provoking titles to the acts on the program . . . props and scenery usually seen only on the stage. . . . An occasional comic note was injected between the figure swimming . . . water wheels . . . flower pat- terns . . . stunts which displayed almost un- believable teamwork and skill . . . eerie, lum- inous caps bobbing in a darkened pool . . . participants in the grand finale making light patterns with upheld candles . . . thunderous applause echoing in waves throughout the crowded room. To get out of the paddler and into the mer- maid class took effort . . . aspiring to Terrapin meant keen competition during the tryouts . . . ridiculous figures on initiation day . . . girls decked in cardboard turtles, feet in boots and hair under bathing caps . . . doing odd jobs for the old members . . . then full acceptance . . . new members joined the old in mastering new figures ... in working for officiating certifi- cates . . . watching out for the splashing horde in jersey tank suits during recreational swim periods . . . smug, thinking about the new, red Terrapin Jantzen in the closet . . . chuckling as the seniors straggled in, to swim those ten laps or else. Terrapin members proved conclusively that teamwork and practice paid off in precision and beauty, and made even difficult water feats seem easy. (136 Left to right: Bell, Herring, Bidgood, Fuhring, Rudershausen, Hobbs, Evans, Speck, Self, West, Mawhinney, Larson. Feminine Foil Fanatics That Hit The Headhnes A town newspaper article focused attention on the Fencing Club . . . pointed out that our wire-masked maidens were adept at an old art. . . . Publicity paid off in awareness of thrusts, parries . . . metallic click of foil on foil . . . the familiar cry of Touche! Volleyball And Basketball Sparked Dorm Rivalry Dorm competition fanned sports rivalry to a new high . . . Miss Stephenson out to support Virginia . . . mingled yells and whistles echoed through the gym . . . hoarse cheerleaders . . . harassed and heckled umpires . . . the biggest crowds in years packed the sidelines. The volleyball player ' s action was scarcely more lively than that of the Virginia Hall rooters who turned out full force for the dorm team. 137 J Reinstated Phys. Ed. Major From the golf course to the cabin, athletic activity was on the upswing. ... a few words in the college catalog giving the reason — a re- instated physical education major . . . The sports-minded switched back from sociology and psychology. ... a hunt was on for second hand gym suits . . . gym schedules were jammed. Sunday golfers practiced putting in hopes of a future par for the course. Phys. Ed. majors mixed work and team play in volleyball meets, For some, tennis was the only game in the sports racket. Pegg5 ' played feminine Robin Hood at fall sports exhibition. f 138 Caused Big Boom In Sports Tennis shoes were as common as loafers . . . Bull ' s-eye aspirants down on the range . . . would-be golfers getting sandtrap tempers . . . breaking eighty on the duck pins . . . enough girls to make two hockey teams . . . good crowds turning out for the sports events . . . The baggy pep sweater had come back into its own. 139 J Mouse Week Was Climaxed Mouse Week started the school year off with a bang . . . hundreds of new faces beneath green and white caps . . . freshman questions: Where ' s Chandler? Who is a crip biology prof? . . . . upperclassmen suporting class colors and all-wise expressions ... a new, lively school spirit that surprised even us . . . the Wednesday convo . . . memorable addresses by Dr. Combs and Miss Stephenson . . . one more tie between student and ad- ministration ... a quiet, stirring occasion that marked the beginning of Loyalty Period . . . sister class skits ... a senior-sophomore serenade in Chandler circle . . . junior-freshman talent combined to percolate pep . . . freshmen without caps paying a penalty . . . the negli- gent ones seen lugging the sophomores ' books, but smiling . . . their turn would come later . . . The traditional Goat and Devil banners looked on as Carol set the clock for the White caps dominated the halls between classes. One Mouse grinned as she paid a penalty. f 140 By Loyalty Period Pep Rally Came the final pep rally ... the clear, crisp night . . . laughing, singing, cheering girls plowing through the leaves to the amphitheatre . . . the center section was conspicuously green and white . . . warm-up yells and songs from both teams clashing in the air with deafening results . . . Brooke yelling herself hoarse into the mike ... all eyes and ears on the band as it made its way down around the hill and up . . . contests between the fresh- men and the upper-classmen to determine the fate of the frosh . . . tenseness and expectation mounting as the hands of the clock crept slowly to twelve, only to jump back again . . . groans . . . finally, twelve! . . . With a flurry of freshmen caps and a volley of freshmen cheers. Mouse Week and the Loyalty Period were over until another year. final minutes of Mouse Week, and the freshmen prepared for de- cap -itation. Instead of a skit, seniors and sophs sang. Excitement mounted at rally as Goats cheered. Frosh put hands to hats in anticipation. 141 J A HOME AWAY FROM HOME Majority Lived On The Hill Maybe you and your roommate never got around to buying the curtains to match the spreads, but you did put up your favorite pen- nants, a bulletin board, a picture of the man of the moment, and you called the place deco- rated. . . . Even if it w as a little bare, it was home, a place to leave books between classes, a place to sleep at night. You observed study hours, but not strictly, as advised by the Bayonet. ... It was more the time for taking your suitemates on in a fierce rubber of bridge . . . for writing a note home . . . the time when a movie seemed more important than parallel reading . . . and for- bidden radios took on added charm. Living on campus was a round of running to breakfast in pajamas to make it easier to crawl back into bed . . . waiting until the last pos- sible minute to go to dinner . . . finishing that letter in time to catch the mail truck . . . lug- ging back the coke bottles when the stack was too high to step over. At Framar, a sunny afternoon brought out bridge fiends and kibitzers. A snowy George and Mary Washington silently viewed Ball, as Marie ' s front lawn proved to be an ideal place for socialized study. (142 Betty Lewib wab the fa orite bus atop tor the movie and town bound. But Some Were OfF-Campus chilly students paid cold respects to temporarily distinguished guests. A swimming pool, a barbecue pit, a wonder- ful kitchen . . . for all that, anyone would live off campus. . . . Cornell girls struggling up the hill under a load of books . . . Betty Lewis with the College Inn just across the street . . . Spotswood, neighbors of Dean Alvey . . . Marye and Brent, almost like home . . . Trench Hill with a pool and golf course in its back yard . . . the house divided, Spanish Framar with its English annex. Cornellites got started on long uphill trek to eight-thirty classes. Brent inmates rested before tiresome trudge on inevitable laundry day 143} Behind the lighted windows of Ball, seniors sat in on hen sessions, settled the problem of man ' s place in the vorld, or just plain studied. Tri-Unit Had The Usual Crop We ' re seniors, but who could afford to be — diplomas, caps and gowns, it was endless! . . . Our last registration, credits, quality points . . . phone duty and phone calls . . . after- lights-out hen sessions . . . wondering whether we ' d ever get that walk behind Ball . . . house meetings. Miss Stephenson looking up to Tri- Unit . . . too many parties to be earnest schol- ars .. . no need for alarm clocks, the knocking of radiators at 6 A.M. was sufficient. Birthday celebrations rated high on the Tri-Unit social calendar. Halloween brought Ball everything from bunnies to old bags. I 144 In Ball parlor, Donna played for the usual after-supper songsters, while in Custis the twang of strings meant the uke fU otcM - wc re inning up. Of Rings, Pins, And Parties spring . . . Senior Day . . . sunbathing on the ramps, no more hikes to the tennis courts . . . piano music floating up the spiral stair- case . . . excitement and bustle before the last dance . . . Did you hear? Mary finally got her engagement ring, now they have two more years before they can get married . . . Class Day when the stars of major campus produc- tions relived their opening nights . . . last weekends away . . .job worries . . . gradua- tion . . . circle singing . . . tears. Decorating doors in the dorms added color to the campus Christmas. Seniors, like caged monkeys, listened from aloft at house meeting. Mary celebrated, said cheese for the camera at a post-benefit party. 145 J The lights of Westmoreland welcomed back the sober scholars who worked the 7-9 library shift. 2:30 A.M. fire drills revealed that daytime beauties have nightime need of cream and curlers. Weekly ironing chore became a social hour. Roommate assistance saved on barber bills. 146 In junior dorms a box of craxs, a lot of chatter, and a few people were the makings of a party. Racket And Rumpus Ruled Junior Roosts Westmorelandites lost their taste for music after l iving over the practice rooms . . fire drills at unearthly hours . . . the sound of hammers from the basement Scene Shop . . . talk of next year and of those to come . . . cold weather and the long sock fad . . . gleams from diamonds and fraternity pins . . . fewer juniors at dinner because the resident house kitchens were put to good use ... an effort at a little more serious study . . . the benefit, the best, most original Junior Beauty contest yet . . . Westmoreland, the champ of the volleyball competitions . . . sunbathing by Framar ' s pool . . . the usual spring fever proved a girl ' s fancy is not so very different from a boy ' s. Pajamaed and jeaned, Sunday morning slackers sauntered in for coffee and a funny-fest. Marge and Carol posted their latest pennant. Jil Brentites brewed to improve bag suppers. Basement was site of packing frustrations. 147} Virginia Hall housed most of the Sophomores and served as the general campus meetingplace. Virginia Hall Was The Hub Of The Campus, Home Of The Dean Miss Stephenson ' s busy office was just inside the door . . . strangers asking directions . . . prospective students being scrutinized care- fully . . . the constant stream of girls rushing through to the dining hall, Willard, the laun- dry, or Monroe. . . . Termpapers, testpapers . . . the bugaboo of exams . . . the Post Office vigil . . . curios- ity as to what went on in Monday night meet- ings behind the Student Act. room door . . . various after-dinner solicitors making the rounds . . . vespers in parlor. While girls would be girls in a gab-fest upstairs, their gentlemen callers awaited their turns to get calling cards from Miss Stephenson. I 148 Carolyn ' s friend seemed as pleased as she at the exciting call. And Haven For The Sophs . . . spring . . . outdoor classes in the am- phitheater . . . more and more activities, a little less spare time . . . after-lunch sunning in chairs on the lawn . . . then, packing time and a fervent resolution not to collect quite so many souvenirs next year. Waiting for or waiting to make calls was a sophomore vocation. Bridge was really an exhausting occupation in Virginia Hall. The showers were a long, hard climb from the third floor, and in full view of the parlor, but, mission accomplished, cards and cokes waited. 149 J uS B J . Wintry view from Willard ' s porch didn ' t ease freshman homesickness. Canasta was the rage with freshmen as well as with upperclassmen. Potato chips, cigarettes were necessary for serious studying. Visitors brought welcome excuse to stop studying and start talking. Frosh Alternated Between Mouse week, freshman caps . . . upperclass- men may sigh at the wall-paper and paint, but . . . the cockroach was out again last night . . . Senior counselors and rules, rules, rules . . . oh, I know dogs aren ' t allowed in rooms, but he looked so hungry . . . What in the world have you got on? Oh, it ' s the Kid Party! . . . excitement over week-end invitations . . . packing . . . signing out, signing in . . . the bridge parties, the lights-out bell that always came too early. 150 Willard housekeeping presented many opportunities for home beautification, from cleaning out closets, to scrubbing floors and washing windows. Waxed halls admirably suited the practice of latest dance steps. Energetic souls did their daily dozen on blankets in the halls. Nightly dorm vespers meant the quiet ending to a busy academic day. Frolic and Frantic Study Endless trips to the A P . . . scrumptous feasts that followed . . . The back halls be- came accustomed to the discordant noise of progress — the new infirmary going up . . . the noisiest Christmas party on the Hill . . . greater anticipation here than anywhere else . . . composing songs and singing them for our first Song Contest . . . May Day, a wonderful pageant, . . . spring week-ends and the sight of girls perched on sunny window sills, book in hand, but minds far away. 151 1 LIFE AROUND AND BELOW THE HILL There was the usual Monday-Friday round of classes . . . gripes about food, weather, lack of mail and males . . . the weekly trip to town . . . part-time jobs to pay expenses . . . for once, enough snow for winter sports. f 152 Girls noted meal to meal progress of the two new dining hall wings. Modern alchemy enabled dirty test tubes to become golden currency. In harmony with their talents, some converted notes to cash. Twice daily, starved stair-dwellers camped on Secobeck ' s side steps. Lois smilingly took her turn cashiering behind the C Shoppe counter. - rf K Vrnkf m H BT P b ' ' w f jSlH Hnnp H H H adll Hi H KI -_-_ - j 1 I 154 Twelve-twenty: morning classes over, but chapel was still to come. Leroy, a kitchen legend, dished up trays for the student waitresses. The Book Shop sold even, ' thing from anthologies to animals. The early-rising news-gals braved cold darkness to deliver papers. 155 J Dance chairman Jane Foster requested a tune of Claude Thornhill. Claude, Concert, Corsages The rumors were confirmed . . . Claude Thornhill . . . Mary Washington ' s first big name band . . . the scramble for tickets . . . the letters and calls to get the equally impor- tant man ... a place for him to stay, dinner reservations, and a drifting dance dress . . . the frenzied rush to get ready before he came . . . those final touches . . . the flowers he sent. Ann, Bobbie and Betty beamed on their escorts as the evening began. The orchestra was circled by an avid listening audience of name band addicts, while over in a partly deserted corner couples drifted dreamily. 4 156 During intermission, tlie door-leaners, punch-sippers and sofa-sitters swapped opinions on Thornhill and wheedled invites for dances to come. Composed A Crowded First The concert in the darkened auditorium . . . finally, the moment so long anticipated . . . exchanging dances . . . forming a circle to watch a couple Charleston, . . . mirrored re- flections of gay gowns, dark tuxedos, dress uni- forms . . . refreshments in the Pine Room . . . then it was all over . . . strains of Tell Me Why . . . only a long good night and ... a memory. The non-ticket holders huddled wistfully in doorways and windows. Bill and Shirley grinned happily as a memor ' book evening ended. Thomas Brockman, pianist, won acclaim on and off stage. In a dim auditorium, an audience Benefits and Lyceums Show business, M.W.C. style . . . intriguing names gave no clue to the plots . . . enormous casts, comely chorines, featured soloists . . . talent everywhere . . . old songs made to fit new situations . . . dances weird and wonder- ful . . . sarcasm effectively voicing very real criticism and opinion ... a phenomenal amount of preparation, script writing, try- outs, rehearsals . . . the backstage crew: lights, makeup, sets, props . . . dress rehearsal with Miss Stephenson as honored guest . . . Monroe stage was changed into any conceiv- able scene . . . the packed auditorium, people sitting on the window sills . . . The night . . . opening night! G. W. resounded as La Boheme cast relived Puccini ' s pre-chest-.K-ray opera. R. A. Extravaganza bewitched the audience with cats, scarecrows and Woblin Goblins and put some punkins in Punky Pumpkin finale. Had A Sellout Season Concerts . . . opera . . . symphony . . . ballet monologues . . . we have an opportunity to see and hear some of the best . . . amid the crowd that waits for the doors to open . . . the swish of formal gowns, saddles and socks hidden under long skirts . . . knitting peeking casu- ally from the pockets of fur coats . . . eyes on our distinguished looking faculty . . . specula- tion as to who will come with whom . . . bal- cony dwellers peering at the elegance below . . . latecomers hurrying to their reserved seats . . . Quick, finish that row before the lights dim! . . . the curtains part and the audito- rium is filled with a wave of applause. Cornelia Otis Skinner satisfied the autograph hounds. Ballet Theatre ballerinas practiced backstage for Swan Lake opening. Y.W.C.A. brought first T.V. show to M.VV.C. with a host of acts and actresses including Phil and Bobbie in a Gay Ninety version of By The Sea r SOME BIG EVENTS IN ' 50 Over the Thanksgiving holidays, Forensic played hostess to the Grand National Debate Tournament. When the freshmen gave their tuneful and devilish benefit, the Hades ' Ladies performed for Pluto and Dr. Castle displayed his talent with a broom. Devil-Goat Day saw a lot of spirited team rivalry climaxed by colorful parades, a rally in the gym, and a closely contested Gnat ictorv. M i - .., ,, ' «•, Marcelina Weatherly Helen Hopkins There was a lovely Queen and Maid of Honor, plus Long awaited Graduation Day arrived, and the Class of ' 50 walked down the avenue and up G. W. steps for the last time- held tight to diplomas, received congratulations, sang Auld Lang Syne , while we said good-by to last ear ' s editor. BARBARA DAVIS . . . Maid of Honor I 162 ELOISE CLARK . . . May Queen 163 J BATTLEFIELD Joan Humpton Marie Attianese The May Court as the Frances Jones Nancy Stockton y PRESENTS Peggy Sherman Nancy Koran 1951 Beauty Section Joan Kaitner Joanne Hamilton Anne Williams M.ary Lou Fuller Melita Whitcomh Jane M.illar Jane Gregg Priscilla Roberts Gayle Winston Beverly Chapman Yearbook Asked Students, Who Is Typical MWCer? Their Answer Was — BECKY SPITZER Back in September, the Battlefield Staff got its feature idea and set out to find the typical MWCer. Clubs, organizations and students submitted a name. The votes were cast over- whelmingly for Becky Spitzer. Then, two staff members and a camera spent a day with Becky. They followed her through a round of classes, meals, and meetings and came back with notes that ran like this: a sophomore . . . lives on the first floor of Virginia in a room like Grand Central Station . . . confirmed knitter and can- asta-player . . . served as class representative to SGA this year . . . just elected Treasurer of SGA for 1952 ... a class cheerleader . . . member of Red Cross Board and MWC Band . . . one half of a comic-song routine that wows everyone at the benefits . . . Dean Alvey ' s right-hand woman in the afternoons ... no heart, because she left it at VPI . . . still undecided between Psych, or Soc. as a major . . . covers the campus like a small whirlwind, has a smile and a hello for everyone . . . loves to dance, and is the first one up when somebody mentions a party . . . looks on studying as one of life ' s necessary evils. . . . Roommates claim she must be some sort of champion as a coke-drinker. . . . The two exhausted staff members claim she is the original Miss Energy. . . . The entire staff ex- tends its congratulations to our typical MWCer. Vivacious Becky Spitzer got the students ' vote as the representative MWCer. Very often, Becky began her day by blissfully sleeping through breakfast, and then grabbing a cjuick cup ol coltcc before class. Everyone always took time-out between lectures to recheck the post office for a second mail, and Becky was no exception. I 168 Before morning swimming class, Becky started to dive, then paused to contemplate the icy pool. Some afternoons found Becky playing girl When the Band practiced in the afternoons Friday to the Dean and making her mad Becky was on hand to blow the baritone horn, money for those VPI weekends. Becky got her caffeine card for being a regular consumer in the after-dinner coffee club. As chairman of SGA ' s No-campus-cutting com- mittee, Becky put up some clever signs to put her point across. 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