Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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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.

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-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

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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.