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

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Last Will and Testament li the Class of Nineteen l lundred and Fourteen, of the lYoman's College, in the city of Riclunond, llenrico 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. livin One.-To our dearly beloved President. Dr. james Nelson, we will and bequeath a catechism especially adapted for ignorant college girls so that they will know something about the l3ible thereby proving that there is a vast dillerence between something and nothing, and also a revised edition of Tennyson which shall contain Into each life some rain must fall and still not disturb the shades of Longfellow. Wfe will to Mrs. Nelson her own personal john so that Mrs. Grove may have undisputed possession of the long established and time-honored college john. H0111 'li'Zt'll.-XTC will and bequeath to Doctor Xkioodward, our much- esteemed English professor, the famous Ruth Ashmore column in T110 Ladies' Hmm' .f0lH'1lt!f so that he can have his side talks with girls and also that he may be assistant editor of the page on XVoman's fashions and why they change. ffl'lIl 7'l11'1'c.-'l'o Miss Anderson we will and bequeath a right roushedly trip to New York so that she may have an opportunity to spend the nine dollars left from the ten dollar bill she took to that city Christmas, also another junior Literary class whose brilliant papers shall literally flood the desk of the t'l1f,rvl liditor. Inasmuch as our fair matron, Mrs. Grove. is already pro- vided with a handsome gilt cage for her song-bird we will and bequeath a companion cage for her l.lird-song. also a chest of patent medicine war- ranted to contain a cure for that deadly disease known as 11101'b11s Stlbbcrtirzzs. lfflll 19111111-lV.e will and bequeath to the junior Class another junior Class which will be as good to them as they have been to us. firm 17i':'v.-To our faithful Mr. Summers we bequeath a private cafe where he can get meals at odd hours day or night and thereby not be handi- capped in his professional career by having to be on time for college meals. and for Mr. Royster we do devise a North Carolina smile which can be seen for miles and miles, lfv111 .S'i.r.-We will and bequeath to Miss Taylor an aeroplane so that she can take trips to Norfolk and back between phone calls. and also another Tom Hoy for T. llall. lfor the benefit of Miss lflarris' cousin we do will enough light and heat to last until 10:30 l'. M., and to Miss l-lume we will 47 4 A

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groves in clistaut l lo1'iclzt, Agnes ,lhiette lezicliug 21 great CZllllCKll'lll choir, :tml l' Myrtle lhzulsliaw singing her way into Grand Opera. Matty .Ioncs will become fzmious in the sonatas she will compose. the 1'hytlim and tempo lacing Zll'l'ZlllgCll according to the 'Song without lllorcls Mctliocl' of Profcssoi' Unkclf' Stay! great Prophet, we implore 'Ere thou leavest one word more. Shall these be unwed all their lives? In many maids, how many wives? Wives indeed they all will beg Not one old maid here can I see. For she who here a degree can take Will any man a good wife make. So fare-you-well, most noble class, I now to other schools must pass. The Prophet goesg you all are pleased I see. Alas, that he should have forgotten me! CLASS PROPH ET. 46

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and bequeath a first-class Ilarker who will let the public know of her many accomplislnnents and talents which she is too modest to advertise. lfclll Sc I't'lI.-'YO Professor Reinhardt. our beloved music master, we leave perennial youth for himself and for the overture to XYilliam Tell. fft'Ill Eigllf.-NYC will and bequeath to l rofessor Unkel. another Mary and .leannette -lones, who will be able to demonstrate his method in duet playing. frenz ,V1'1n'.-'l'o Bliss lleanchamp. our expression instructor, we will a special rate in parcel post so that her daily mail, which has exhausted our postman by its weight. may thus be delivered to her promptly and safely. XYe will and bequeath to Miss Frank. a substitute at Seventh Street tliristian Church. in order that her choir practice engagements may not interfere with her other dates. and to our dear Mrs. :Xrmistead we will and bequeath pupils who will appreciate the full meaning of punctuality and a class in which perfect harmony prevails. livin Trlzf-'l'o our business manager. Mr. Ruggles Nelson. we will and bequeath a large supply of piping with which to connect the radiators and the furnace: also a famine in the lleef Market for the benefit of the next year girls. XX'e will and bequeath to Mrs. Hin ford a set of china with homing instinct so that when left to itself it will come to the dining-room of its own accord. Item l5lt'T't'lI.-lftll' the benefit of our art teacher, Bliss Xthitlield. we do devise, will and bequeath seventeen shades of purple to satisfy her most capri- cious desire for the right shade, and to Miss Lawson, we leave a supply of stationery, a new fountain pen. a copy of l1artlett's lfamiliar Quotations and a comfortable chair on third floor in order that she may carry on success- fully a correspondence with her numerous snitors. livin 7'tt'ci-z'c.-lt is with pleasure that we will and bequeath to our highly- esteemed and honored Principal and Dean, Miss Helen llaker, a supply of newly-coined words with which she may make all the new rules and regula- tions perfectly plain to the entire student-bodyg also a new code of laws which shall go down into History as the Code llakern and Nliss lleau- champ to aid her in seeing that same are enforced. We hereby constitute Lillian Alaine Savage executrix of our last will and testament. ln witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seal this twenty- ninth dav of Nav. Class or Nlnwrlnan H owniuep .mn lfcnvwrrzicn, or 'rms XX'oM,xN's L'o1,l.1cnl-1. Arvsia RocN'rR1n2 Acnsx n Dtfnmav Lotflsiz XHR'I'HING'1'tlN 48