Richmond Womans College - Puffs and Patches Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Lenore Ig??l'7l7ll'I.g slzmlozrs softly falling, llorer 'roufml my cottage floor, A ll is st1fllness,' all ls sa.1ln,ess. My heart yearns for thee Lenore, As never lt has done hefore. I n, this calm and quiet evvenmg, Bitter pmzys rlo seize my soul. Ah, Lenore, I loved thee, loverl thee, .V ore tlmn 1:'er I zlvfrl unfold! Wh y, !lf'll7' heart, was lore ufntolrl? So ur1.'wortl1.y, dear, I wrmfted, Srully ermverl thy love and thee. Death., so cruel, creepirzg near, lore, Bore thee to Eter'n'ity--- Left no joy on earth for me. llarlc! Whemre come those Sl7'tl1'7lS so lI!?fll'I'71ljj ifulliffng gently on mine ear? --'Tis fr. throng of holy angels, Singing uwnthems sweet mul clear. llfl 'thvfnks I see them horervfng near. What surlrlen. pence is mine! What joy Bounds through my soul! I llear, once more, Thy loving voiee: fl-nfl miflst this throng Of forms so fmfr, thy face, Lenore, Greets mme. Come buck, oh, rlays of gore! ac HF wk :ue :w Alas! fleur heart. the scene grows 111-771, A lone I 'rn left to dream of th.ee-- .'lh, lore, some flag thy tender rolce Will speak to me, will speak to me, I'll live, Lenore, for what shall he! A. L. D.

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'4Wl1y ought the geometry class-1'oon1 be called the liltCl1PIl?H Because the Cook presides over it. Why cloes lllliznbetli Willingliznn wean' xi black out pin?ll 'l'o scare :Lwuy the 'mtsf 'l 1 H ' V' bllSlI'1 Ono WVAN'l'l'Il7-NA letter lroni .lim ..... W A N'l'I'lD W A N'l'l'llJ W A N'I'l12lJ W A N'1'1f:n- WAN'l'nn-'l'o rifle on tlie eitiy :nnlmnlunee , . . W A Nun n W A Nfrl-in - l lnul lots rzitiliei' go to Ill1Llflllk'i liluin to l.llP2liiil'I'. Iinn llownnm.. 'l'o lie snnill limss Ronnnsos. A Munfnl . 'lllll' Best . . . A. l.. l4AW'l'0N. MAY IIAUKNIQY. Rell Iolnii '... M .VARY llnonns :nnl MAunn W RIGHT. LAVINIA lJnnl.1f:i' To know wliere Mr. Br--H got lillll nickels lo pnli in lille lnnsie-box. f'ol,emnl.AN.A NAl.i.1-1. 'llo know il l31'.l'l. e:nne to NX .KK :iselizipei-on lol':1.ll.U.lioy. Blass llonnnsow W AN'l'l'llD-All0l,ll0l' fmt pin ...... S'l'l'1WAR.'l' W ISIC. AV.-XN'l'lClJ-T0 know when Holly Counoill reeeives?-Miss ANnnnsoN's table. WVAN'1'l'llD-A switeli ..,.,. Miss Snlvrn :mil olliers. WV.-XN'l'l'lll-T0 know il' l':n'ke comes to Rielnnonml lOSl'l1lllSlll0i'lll'l' liuei' Sfxnnnnns. AVAN'l'lGll-T0 he l..e:uling I,:nly .... Bnssn-1 lionnnsok. AV.-XN'llI'llJ-TO know why Bessie Lawson :nnl Mnry llunmlley :ire so lonml ol' pieklecl rats? lVAN'l'l'1lJ-T0 know why Marion Jennings likes the lnte piece Billy so well? AV.-XN'l'l'llJ-'ll0 know wliy Miss Kyle wants the literziry society lzo stnily Ainei'ienn poets in general. So they Cain stumly Tennyson. WANw:n-lllverylmoily to leave the room S'I'l'lWAli'l' Wisl-1. AVAN'l'I'2lJ-AllOl'flN'l' new clress , lillili.-X Kvm-1. W AN'i'nn-'l'o be ai Maison . . . . l1AllliA LAw'1'oN. WVAN'l'l'1lJ-T0 be alone A. L. l,Aw'l'oN :nnl lC'l'Hlfn, Dm.-xxs. D WA Nw' n WAN'rnn W ANT 1-1 D ID W A Nw' lf: -To know where Another beau . . . l+li.iz.Ann'1'n ll leHA nnsox. Irene Jones' cli:nnon4l is . . lGvl-znvnonv. To final its tail. Tliiril-Hoor mouse. Apply to Miss 'l':Lylor. To lie Ili senior ' - . MARY SlNIl'I'll.

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Editorial Amid perplexing questions, fueing insurniountable difficulties, und staring uit un empty trensury, we, the brave few, started. The first thing thnt troubled us wus what to name our little volume :md :ifter Puffs und l':itehes wus decided upon, we realized for the first time tlmit we were actually going to have :Ln ammiul. With hearts full of 01lffllllSl2LSlI1, with hearts full of love for our Alma Matter, we begun. Who would criticize un :Lttempt prompted by such pride, loyzilty und love? We feel that if, from our work :ind toils, we cam be the mezms of bringing about at limi, unnuul some duy, one which we shrill feel proud to say is ours, ilmn. :ull our laibors will not have been in vuin. We wish to thunk our girls for their hearty support, first of :tll by subscrib- ing, then by contributing, :md by showing that genuine college spirit whieh is so eh:n':Leteristie of zi Womzi.n's College girl. 'l'here ure mzmy things which we would gladly ehunge, muny things which we would like to add, but in spite of the defects which we keenly feel und the imperfections which we fully recognize, do we not still have something of the feeling of 'llouchstone toward his Audrey- A poor thing doubtless, but our men. With trembling hnnds, then, with zilmosl fear, yet with ai sense of the pioneer spirit, we hund to you our first fitteinpt, the first :iimmul of the Wom:in's College,-'fl'ufi's and l,2Lll0llf'SHl