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

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Item Ifomz' To Mr. L. T. Stoneburner we do bequeath a Math. class that shall be hereditary until it shall come to pass that L. T. the third shall reign in his father's stead. I Item Fizfgg VVe will and bequeath to the junior class a coll surplus virtues, seriousness and dignity. p I Item Sir: We will to Miss Taylor all of the loud talking girls, with the hope that they will soon be subdued to quietude by her sh-sf, To Miss Clift we do will and bequeath a private secretary to aid her in answering her numerous business letters, which demand immediate replies. And to Miss Denny we leave a complete list of the seniors and their privileges so that there will be no hesi- - tancy on her part to grant what has been ordained and decreed by the president f tl ll 0 ie co ege. In addition to this, we bequeath to her a book entitled The Art of Chaperoningf' ection of our Item Sefven: To our faithful big brother of the college Mr Ruffffl J - ' bb es Nelson, we do devise and bequeath an automatic lighting cigar, that he may change his hourly tune of give me a match. Item Eight: VV' e give and bequeath to Miss Beauchamp an extra supply of hair switches, puffs, pompadours, electric wavers, etc. In consideration of the , worry concerning her junior harmony class, we leave to Mrs. Armistead one dozen bright and efficient junior harmony girls. To Miss Lawson we bequeath a new and up-to-date medicine guaranteed to cure hurts of long standing. VVe will and bequeath to Miss Walker a volume of Twentieth Century Slang since she lectures so faithfully to her class on the importance of citttmg out slang. Item Nme: To Professor Reinhardt we bequeath a weekly recital at which his pupils may have every number. Item Ten: VV c ress and inventory of the wardrobe of every teacher and student in the college, so that he will not worry his mind with vain surmises. ' A Item Eleven: To Mrs. Grove we do will, devise and bequeath the oversight of the main hall in college, which is to be beautifully adorned with a variety of kodak pictures. VVe also leave her all of the Paris fashion books and latest costume designs that we can Hnd in the city of Richmond, so that she may finally have one satisfactory dress. We will and bequeath to Mrs. Binford a supply of headache cure that she may administer this to Annie May jones instead of the daily extra cu f ff I ' ' p o co ee. VVe also hope her great desire to soften Helen's voice may be fulhlled To Jessi . e Jarvis, president of our Y. W1 C. A.,.we be- queath a perfectly new lot of adjectives for the purpose of describing the Sunday night Y. W. C. A. speakers fl ' - ' ' ' N vx ien intioducing them. Thinking that the day of woman s suffrage is near at hand, we bequeath to Elizabeth Staplekamp, our editor-in-chief of THE VVE 4 ' I AVER, the successorship to Wm. I. Bryan on the' e will and bequeath to Professor Unkel the name and a ld 64

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Last Will and Testament of the Senior Class E, 'rms Class ol-' NlNli'l'lSl2N l'liUNDR1ED AND T1-111:'r151iN, of the XVoman's College. in the city of Richmond, Henrico county, Commonwealth of Virginia. being of sound and disposing minds, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills at any time made. M firm 0110: To Dr. James Nelson, our beloved and honored president, we do devise and bequeath a new dictionary with the word week-end dehned in detail as to origin and derivation, so that this aforesaid term will have more significance when the girls of next session desire to use it. VVe also leave him seventy-live pairs of overshoes for those precious little jewels of girls, who, no doubt, will appear in September without them. For the benefit of Mrs. Nelson, we direct John and Dan to construct ahmore accessible thoroughfare. fromjthe Marshall Annex to the Main Building, to relieve her of the constant hep-hep and tip-tip of the annex girls through her apartment. I Item Two: Wfe will and bequeath to Dr. M. A. Martin, our beloved dean and professor of Pedagogy, pupils who will have the proper neurone connec- tions and who will fully appreciate the time-honored warning, Girls, it is time to do away with all frills and furbelows g do your workldiligently and conscien- tiously from day to day, so that when examinations are upon us, there need be no worry and dread' XV e also bequeath to him the love and gratitude of our class for the kindness and interest he has shown toward us. To Mrs. Martin, our faithful voice teacher, we leave the hope that one Virginia Seay may again return to college to further pursue her vocal study. Itefllz. Tl11'ee.' For the benefit of our much-esteemed and honored English professor, we do devise and bequeath an alarm to be stationed on his desk and also connected tothe fire department on Broad street which will sound one minute before the class bell rings and to which his ear will be as sensitive and quick to respond as to the bell on his Juliet's electric. Furthermore, we leave him an extremely comfortable upholstered chair so that he will no longer occupy such an undignified position as that of sitting on the table. 63

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cabinet of the President. To Lautina XYilliains, president of our class, we be-Q queath a preparation called quick decision and also a half dozen impromptu speeches. Item T-2001-z'c.' After hours of deliberation, we do will, devise and bequeath to Miss Mary Carter .'Xnderson, our friend and lady principal, one live-lnmdred horse power dynamo of her own. in order to relieve the college of the necessity of furnishing electricity for the reception parlor until the icvc' small hours of the night. For her special benelit we desire to leave a cardboard to be hung on the chapel rostrum bearing the following inscription: All 'the late and popular dances, such as turkey-trot, grape-vine, chicken-flip, etc.. are positively forbidden in this college. XVe cannot close without bequeathing to this aforesaid teacher our thanks for the kindly suggestions she so willingly gave us during the session. W'e hereby constitute Evelyn Pierce .lustis executrix of our last will and testament. . In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this thirtieth day of May. Crsixss 012 NINETEIEN HUNDRED AND TI-IIRTEEN, ' or THE NVoMANs' COLLEGI-2. W'fit1zesscs.' ANNIE NIAY ROBERTSON, JOSEPHINE SILERU, LILLIAN .ALAIN SAVAGE. 65 ' .. . E. V 1- 3.1,