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

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Department of Music A A. F. UN KEL, CStuttgart Conservatory, Cerrnanyj PIANO JACOB REINHARDT, D.Mus. PIANO AND PIPE ORGAN A MARY S. TAYLOR, B.MuS. I CWornan's College and New Yorkj PIANO ' MRS. M. V. ARMSTEAD, B.M. V CPeabody Conservatory of M usiol PIANO, HARMONY .AND HISTORY OF MUSIC MRS. MELVIN A. MARTIN A CChicago and New Yorkb . VOICE J. LAMONT AGALBRAITH CLicentiate of Royal Academy of M usio, London,,England,' Pupil of William Shakes- - ' peare and Signor Guillio M orettij , ' VOICE , . ANNIE LOUISE REINHARDT CN ew York, Berlin arnd Parisj ' VIOLIN , Department of Expression and Physical Culture I FRANCES A. BEAUCHAMP, EI. - CNej College, Philadelphiaj Art Department A I' EMMA MOREHEAD WHITFIELD, B.A. QW'ornan's C ollegeg Maryland Institute School of Art and Design, Art Student's League, New York, Parisj Preparatory Department , CORA C. LAWSON, B.A. JESSIE HAM, B.A. CWonian's Collegej I CWornan's Collegej PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT Domestic Department MRS. JAMES NELSON MRS. E. A. BINFORD MATRON ' MRS. MITTIE GROVE Physician A WILLIAM P. MATHEWS, M.D. . I4 I- Vjl- pw- ff - A 1, ,354 .V -l,..'L,..,1..f s -4--Q-fp... ,An .A .RL-?qiw..,,I ,MM ,Y ...M I

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Class History ROM the well known proverbs, A country without ruins is a country without historyl' and Happy is the country that has no history, the inference is that a country is a very uninteresting one having no history. But our class is one of the greatest interest, and hence it has a history. College opened in September, a date much too early for any of us, but we could no more have stopped it than we could have stopped the French Revolu- tion. It simply had to come. And so we matriculated for our Senior year, taking the easiest course possible for the highest degree possible and even then but few of us were satisfied. A great event in our Senior year was the first meeting of our Senior class, the beginning of all things. At this October meeting was organized the great class of 1913, a class of forty-three girls proving that we not only had quality but we have quantity as well. This was the meeting of a class rather than a class meeting, and the lesson was How to be a Senior. Some of us were apt scholars, but others never quite learned the lesson. Our next important meeting was somewhat of a political fight. This cam- paign had begun some weeks previous, the occasion being the election of officers. Well, you can imagine the turmoil and strife. Every single girl wanted to make herself president and so ran for that office, but being told that the class was allowed only one president, they all ran after one poor girl, who, not being as well equipped for an atalantan race as the rest of us, was captured, seized and rudely thrust into the presidential chair, which may be well termed an instru- ment of torture of Ye Olden Daysf, By this time these forty-three suffagettes had learned something about their new-found art and privilege, voting, and the election stood as follows: Lautina Willianis, president, Rose Bloxom, vice- presidentg Margaret James, secretary, and Jessie Jarvis, treasurer. These skirmishes being over and our officers in their respective chairs, we considered ourselves a Senior class, and some class at that. The realization of the fact that we were really going to graduate came to us now for the first time g we went to work to reach our goal. Not a goal to be made by sending the ball rolling tantalizingly around the edge of the basket three or four turns before it finally falls in with a sigh of relief from the thrower who stands holding her breath for as full minute. No, what we want to do is to send it through the mouth of the basket with a clean, straight throw from center, never touching the iron rim of hesitation, but slips through, tangling itself in the net work of success and honors. Our mid-year exams were fast approaching, and who loves an exam especially a Senior examg but they stubbornly came on and on until they held us in their power before we knew it. But they didn't frighten us any because XNIQ knew what to expect and were prepared for the attack. The result was that 16