Virginia Intermont College - Intermont Yearbook (Bristol, VA)

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Glgrlnprhiu Zllamlianfa BYRNE, GONZELLA-- was born in the city of Alabama. The first word she ever spoke was Aykay. From infancy she has been a songstress, having sung perfectly Bach's most difficult sonata, Angel's Serenade, at the age of three. She has sung before every audience in Europe and America. By much experience she has become proficient in the art of teach- ing and candy making. DICKENSON, Lucy- spent her childhood in the great city of Marion, Va. Here she had every advan- tage which a lunatic asylum, court house and public school could afford. She was always fond of the classics, and often burned the midnight oil reading A Mad Lover, or Won by Love. Having completed her studies at home she went abroad to Vassar College, and is now one of the noted faculty of V. I. FINDLAY, ALEXANDER- 'was born at the junction of the Nile and Amazon Rivers. The mountain scenery of his childhood fostered in a marked degree his innate talent for the fiddle. After many years in Berlin under the great masters, this Apollo comes at last to abide under V. I.'s sheltering oak. HENDERSON, JoHN THOMPSON- was bom in the dark ages. The exact year of his birth is unknown. He may be younger than he looks or older than he seems. He has amassed a large for- tune by selling his raven curls to the Hair Mattress Company. He is a great patriot and fought bravely for the stars and stripes in the War of the Roses. He is very fond of iiowers, especially the Calla lily. JONES, Hoxmca LEONARD- was born in I7-. He is a poet, teacher, ladies man, and, as a soloist there is not his equal in America. But perhaps, he is best known to the world as a rat killer. Often in the Stilly Night he has been known to relieve his tortured neighbors of these troublesome animals. He is very fond of travel and has visited every nook and comer of Mississippi. JoHNSoN, MARION- was bom in North Carolina. But her youth was spent in Johnson City, Ten- nessee. She is a very decided old maid, not caring for society in the least. She may some day, however, overcome this strong aversion to society's charms. At present she is giving music lessons to Dr. Schemmel in Virginia Institute. KNox, JAMIE- was born in Arkansas. She and her brother, the Arkansas Traveler, made their debut as public readers in New York when she was ten years of age. Here she charmed the literary world, and her fame was secure. She is of a romantic nature and is a noted teacher of Physical Culture. She has discovered that gratitude is a much neglected virtue.

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A VIRGINIA INSTITUTE

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MCCORMICK, KATHERINE- is a Virginian, and of the royal house of McCormick. She is a Bostonian in appearance. and an elocutionist at heart. Her aim and ambition is to see a gay time. She has committed suicide twice for the sake of society. She is not fond of good literature, but dotes on Brown- ing and Spencer and other such modern writers. PROPER, IDA- a Southern beauty, was born north of the Mason and Dixon line. She is very slow in all her movements and is sadly lacking in energy. She teaches art, but is not very artistic. She will not copy any of the sublime pictures found in the advertisements of our papers, but only paints from nature. SANDERS, NORA- - a musician and composer. At the age of eight she composed a piece so difficult that no one could play it. Her greatest desire is to become president of Vassar College. She is very fond of moonlight, brown eyes, and having her picture made. SCHEMMEL, HERR AUGUST- was born in a remote corner of the world called Germany. He is a musician, and, growing tired of the western and eastem hemispheres, he came to the United States to make his fortune for the sake of his health. He has visited all parts of the world except the moon. He speaks in three languages at once. SCH EMMEL, RosA- is a pianist. She has made one startling discovery that has made her famous, and that is all girls like cake better than they like scales. She is very fond of pet cats. Scnnoamsn, MARIE- was born in Germany. She is a doctor, but has not been able to find a cure for homesickness. But by many threats she is able to control her unruly charges. S1-OKELY, Jessie MAE- was born in Tennessee. She is very fond of travel and her interesting lectures and books thereon are very instructive. She has visited the city of Richmond, Va., and the capitol of Tennessee. She is thinking seriously of becoming a I-Iome Missionary. WxNs'roN, GEORGE- was born in 1711. From youth he has been a man of botany and acquainted with bugs. He knows every living tree and walking plant no matter where he meets them. He is very fond of kings and queens, Queen Elizabeth being -his favorite queen. WINSTON, SUE HAMNER- is a Virginian. She first became known to the world as a teacher of languages in Heidelberg University. She made the famous tour of the world in eighty days. While on the shores of the Red Sea she discovered the chariot of Pharaoh and had it brought to America as a souvenir.