Mississippi University for Women - Meh Lady Yearbook (Columbus, MS)

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They may not have known it then, but those valiant women-and others who helped them-began a W tradition that has never died: dreaming a big dream and working hard to make it come true. The capacity to unite those two capabilities has become the mark of a true W student. After II8zC opened its doors to those first 341 women in 1885, the dreaming did not stop. Nor did the struggle to realize those dreams. This school has always had leaders who were believers . . . and fighters. One of the most remarkable leaders was a dominant little woman named Emma Ody Pohl. Miss Pohl made an indelible mark on this campus with her introduction of Zouave, a French military drill, and with her spirit of dedication. Though Zouave faded from school history for a time, it has been revived as a W tradition which pays tribute to an outstanding woman who was a keeper of the dream. Emma Ody Pohl ' Zouave marchers

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4, in 41 M + in f .L 1 ' 4 iv- . - '51 . 'Q'- xl if Jiang, 1 ti .J Sally Reneau Annie Coleman Peyton Sally Reneau, Annie Coleman Peyton, and Olivia Hastings were dreamers. They lived in a time when educating women was deemed a useless endeavor and a shameful waste of legislative money. But they had a dream. They dreamed of a school where women could be trained and taught in many different areas so as to become more fulfilled as individuals and, thus, more valuable contributors to their community. These three brave women were much more than dreamers. They took their dream and worked diligently to make it a reality . . . The result of their devotion was the Industrial Institute and College.

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u Kwik . . 'ug' fi A Z 131 Wt: .,,. f. aff! 14 QOLLEGELIQQ d -gf, -3 ff' i f a1awfSHPP0 W: 9791 i' '- init 2'rheeofeoId6Sff5 4118841 in .v .J',it- , H NJ. io vE,1f?3 5', 1' 1 ' 'Q' sffxgf i-.21 me umm , o Siam- P - - ,QQ , ,Q ,mit Vgcatlonal S ,j'J.'5Exf' 1 Q 'S ur ., ff if -fi' e isigtsjectsiggoto the standard f gffd., it f fa ioiarits-iSoi61jgC6 program. H ffgci, i n , ,,, :it The blue-clad students who were the result of the dream were also keepers of the dream. One of their battles was won in 1920 when II8zC changed its name to Mississippi State College for Women. The change in its name showed not only that this institution was not a detention center, but italso indicated more clearly the purpose of the school-to encourage women to dream big dreams and to devote themselves to making them come true. Elysa Harvey flashes an 1 Love The W smile. lohn Maxwell, The W's writer-in-residence lS a well known figure on campus. ix J 2