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

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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,

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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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Her Picture HE influence that a woman exercises over a man's life is almost in- conceivable. Why, I knew of a girl's picture that once brought out all that was best in a boy's life and made a man of him. Tell you of it? Well, when I went to college I belonged to a fraternity and we had a chapter house. Une room down stairs was kept as our reception hall, and all the choicest belongings of the boys found their way into it. Among these was the picture of a girl in a silver frame. It was just the head and shoulders of a young girl, not an absolutely beautiful picture. She was too dear and human for perfection, but no one could look at her without loving her. She seemedto be leaning forward and smiling right into your eyes with a warm, friendly look. Her lips were half parted and her eyes were narrowed. Soon the boys gave her the place of honor in the center of the mantel, and from time to time olferings of flowers were placed before her. The fellow that she really belonged to told us she was his little cousin who lived on a farm in Virginia and was a tomboyish bit of humanity. Shot straight and could ride any horse. VVas a good sport, loved honesty and fairness and could not tolerate cowardice. Quite naturally before long she became our mascot. NVe told her all our joys and sorrows. If we had good luck, she smiled gaily on us, and if things went against us she seemed to inspire us to try anew. Somehow she seemed to understand things and her silent sympathy helped us. So when the term was over and her owner left, the fellows made him promise faithfully to bring her back in the fall. The next year the new men fell easily into the traditional worship of her. A Many a homesick boy poured his longings into her ear. She didn't jeer him, she knew. H' e u The fellows used to get together and speculate on her coloring, her size, her voice., Gnly one held aloof and sneered, at the worship of the rest. Oh, she's good enough looking, but it's no use being a fool over a mere picturef' This was Jack McBride, the brightest man in college and the most popular with everyone. No one could help loving him, but he had two weaknesses-he would drink and he would not study. For a time he would brace up and make brilliant marks, and then he would get on a spree and be away for days and days. Now jack was in love with a society girl and for over a month he had led his class. The professors were beginning to think he had reformecl, and we ' 66 x