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FAKMVII.I.K, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY. .MARCH 9, 1938
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Nora Jones Is ''rpyidinjr Officer At Meeting Miriam Picklin of Richmond, LoNoir Hubbard of Crewe and Ann Dugger of Farmville were! chosen by a committee as editors of "The Virginian", "The Rotunda" and "The Farmville Quarterly
Review" respectively. Nancy Gray of Roanoke. Florence Bress of Norfolk and Johnnie Lybrook of Fincastlc were elected bllllnciM managers of the same publicaPublications heads il. to r.l : Miriam Ficklin. Tin Virginian; LeNoll Hubbard. The Rotunda, and tions. Ann Bugger. The Farmville Quarterly Review. The committee was composed of the retiring editors, Ruth Montgomery of "The Virginian". Mary Harrison Vaughan of "The Rotunda" and Norvell Montague of "The Farmville Quarterly Review", and the faculty members of the publiBy Helen Reiff cations Messrs. T. A. McCorkle. S. M Holton. Jr.. and J. M. Grain"Oh. it was wonderful." ex-| Her eyes grown as wide and ger. Nora Jones was appointed by claimed Ann Dugger as she gave sparkling as possible, by this time. the student council and approved the pillow an ecstatic little plump Ann took a deep breath, and conby the student body in chapel last $2,102.27 in all was contributed Thursday as the disintenMted to Dr. Jaiman for the school on and started talking about the cluded with. "Well, I guess I've Kappa Delta Pi convention at At- told you everything, but. oh, it party to preside at the committee Founders" Day by organizations lantic City, last week. was all so grand." meeting. She talked most rapidly for fifWhen Kitty Jamison started Of this amount Miriam Ficklin was business and inviduals teen minutes, describing the four telling about the I. R. C. Conven£1842.27 was given to the Student manager of "The Virginian" this day convention, in which she tion at Nashville, she vied with year. She was assistant photo- Building Fund and $260 for loans jumped from the speakers, meet- Ann for honors when it came to graphic editor her sophomore *o students ings, and mention of outstanding enthusiasm. year. Miriam has been on the chaAfter taking in the money coneducators which were "so inter"We had the biggest time. It pel committee two years, and was rr-ognized as a school leader by tributed Saturday, the Student esting" to the recreation and so- was like a set of college dances, Alpha Kappa Gamma in Febru- Building debt is now estimated at cial life which included hearing a and it was all certainly a true exMetropolitan opera star, a recep- ample of Southern hospitality." ary. $2.60773. The debt will probably tion at the Ritz-Carlton. Club Ne- was Kitty's reaction to the social LeNoir Hubbard has made an be entirely erased in two more m aid, a hamburger place with a part of the convention. As for excellent scholastic record in her nickelodian." and sight-seeing the educational side, she stated three years here. She was on "The founders days. Organizations contributing to tours with a gentleman from Ken- 'hat the work was done in group Rotondf." staff her sophomore meetings, and therefore, the reyear and was Feature Editor this Student Building were Faculty and tucky. year. She is a member of Beorc Administration, Alumnae and Al-' "One of the nicest things about sultant interchange of opinions the whole convention." Ann ex- was extremely informative. Eh Thorn and the House Council . plained", was the fact that there Kitty enjoyed the fact that they umnae Chapters. Farmville WoAnn Hugger was first honor gra-1 duate of the certificate class in1 •npns Club. Farmville Herald. Dra- were delegates '200. to be exact' ate in the Vanderbilt cafeteria, 1937. She has been on the maga- ma'ic Club. Senior Class. Fresh- fiom so many states including since. "It was there that we met zine stall since her freshman year. man Class. Sophomore Class, Al- California. Maine, Montana, Ida- some piecious girls, and equally This year she was Book Review oha Sigmr. Tau, Junior Class Y ho, and Arizona. You learn so nice boys, Romeos from Georgia Editor. She was sent as a dele- W. C. A.. Cotillion Club. Pan-Hel- much about other colleges from and Juliettes from Alabama." gate to the Kappa Delta Pi con- '( mi-. Sigma Sigma Sigma. Ath- talking to people. I mean about These same Romeos—and each of their rules and regulations, extravention in Atlantic City recently. letic Association. Alpha Kappa curricular activities, etc. I learned our girls seem to have found one if we can take Kitty's word for Gamma. Student Government. Pi Nancy Gray has served on "The just as much that way as I did iti "showed us", to quote Kitty, Viiginian staff for a year. She Gamma Mu. Rotunda, Kappa Del"all the sights, and took us to the was Assistant Business Manager ia Pi Pi Kappa Sigma. Chi. Col- i at the meetings." this year. She has also been active lege Choir. Freshman Commission, i Ann thought that they were all high-spots." At one of the dances so easy to entertain, since, "every in the Y. W. C. A. She was chair- Pi Kappa Delta and Debate Club. tune we opened our mouths, they'd the orchestra played songs of the slates n-presented, which made man of the Freshman Commission Beorc Eh Thorn. Alpha Phi Sigin 1935 and is on the Service Com- ma. Association of Childhood Edu- sit up and look at us. so we lis- quite a contribution to the colcation. Gamma Psi. Granddaugh-! tened to them, and they listened legiate atmosphere. mittee of the Y. W. now. to us." "Politics entered the convenFlorence Bress has been active ters Club. Virginian. The Problem Her opinion of Atlantic City tion.'' Kitty continued, "when dub, Phi Zefa Sigma. Choral | in debating and other forensic was revealed in vivid snatches of. Florida and Virginia began to activities. She is a member of the Club, Home Ec Club. Sigma Phi "As soon as you opened your eyes, quarrel as to which should have Rho. Orchesis. Monogram Club. Debate Club and Pi Kappa Delta you'd see the ocean—It was just the convention next year. There She was assistant to Elizabeth H20 Club and Orchestra. Loan funds added to the ones j : I windy as out west they said— ' «as a lot of state pride involved Roberts. Business Manager of already had are $35 to the Tabb and I lost my hat about six limes in this, but we still contend that "The Rotunda" this year. She is Memorial Fund. Alpha Sigma Al- We wanted to go in swimming, Virginia is the best state in the also a member of Pi Gamma Mu. but didn't have the nerve, and we Union, even if the "big shot" of Johnnie Lybrook is serving her pha $100. Junior Woman's Club all walked up the boardwalk sing- the Convention did get up and say $25 and Mu Omega $100. totaling second term as Business Manager ing college songs." Continued on Page 4 of "The Farmville Quarterly Re- $260. At the business meeting of the view". She is active in her class alumnae on Saturday. March 5. and is also on "The Rotunda" staff. She is a member of Alpha M ports from the several memorial funds were given. Phi Sigma. Cunningham Memorial Fund Continued on Page 4 Which «as established in order to give students aid now has a balMrs. Emma Blanton. member A photographer with ins a. -.ist ance on hand of $5.19. ready to the Home Office stall, has been ant was lure all day Saturday aid some needy student. Students of absent for the past two weeks rethe- eumpus. have been loaned $158 this year, covering from a fall. Mrs. Emma lakin faculty and alumn-i and the amount that has been Paulett lias been on Dlghl dut\ a movie to be shown at tin F.aeo The Farmville State Teach m returned to the Fund is $218. in her place. toon Jennie Masters Tabb Fund College Choir. A Cappiha and Mr. W. T. Atkinson (0 Am taken v ss tin Junior A Cappeiia. appeared m the which is also a student loan fund Monumental M. E. church. Ports- has a balance on hand of $79.79. Tommy i. formerly night watch- Hard] Gra a m reproduced on mouth Suilnay evening, before a amounting to $832 have man and at present day watch- the program in the auditorium congregation of over 900. Every heen made to students from this man, was at Baltlmon la I trash day morning by the sophoseat in the large church was oc- fund. Where he underwent a facial op- j more Claa Seines wen- also la!. cupied with many people standMorrison Memorial Fund, eration. Mr. Atkinson is back on en in Shannon's and all around ing. Although lacking several of used for Library books, was re- duty at present. the outstanding singers, due to ported to have a balance on hand Annette Roberts is substituting town and campus. sickness, the concert was consid- of $79.08. Many new books have in tin- Home oilin to! Mi- l^aing Tin- date of the showing of the ered one of the finest evei I been added to the Morrison Me- who recently went to New York to Mim will be announced at a fumeet her daughter. ture date. in the local church. morial shelf this year.
President Reeeives Ann Dugger, Kitty Jamison Large Donation to Describe Meeting Ecstatically Student Building
Mrs. Hlanton and Movie Cameraman Mr. Atkinson Are Takes Pictures of Recovering of Illness Campus Founders Day
S. T. C. Choir Appears In Portsmouth
Our Basketball Team Is Prime!
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Program Reveals Al! Phases of Life In Farmville S. T. C. A cross section of life at Farmville was the theme of the program presented by the students in the auditorium Saturday morning. March 5. Miss Mary Nichols, alumnae president, welcomed the alumnae back Representatives of alunune chapters greeted Dr. Jarman and the student body, and ores nted him with their gifts for the student buildim; und. The senior skit presented MholIStlC life, wi h Dr. Wynne's classroom an example of on-.' thai |i ypical. The juniors showed th? extra curlcular activities. Their scene was ;.-id in the Rotunda, and U girls passed to and fro the au'ii nee saw and heard of the many sctivities the girls engage in out•ide of the classrooms. The sophomores and the Mardi Gras court ised Mardi Grts as a phase of social life, and showed in their skit the crowning of the queen and the entertainment that will follow it. Dormitory life was the subject ol the freshman skit. They showed the life of the students, as they live it day by day in their rooms. After the skits. Elizabeth Morris presented the gifts from the student body in the form of a book, the chapters of which were written by different organizations, each student contributing something. Dr. Jarman received the gift, and thanked the student body, und the program closed as everyone sang the Alma Mater College Orchestra played before the program and between scenes.
Jamison, Sears and Rai'ey Attend Relations Club Kathryn Jamison, Ruth Sears, and Martha Bailey attended the lull inatioinl Relations Club conference at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, on March 4 and 5.
Three Hundred Alumnae Return For Founders Day At Alma Mater a
Mrs M. <;. (iuthrie Is Oldest .Member Of Reunion C'nss Three hundred alumnae returned to their Alma Mat IT Friday and Saturday for the annual Founders' Day program. It was reunion day for the classes of 1888. 1898. 1908. 1918 and 1928. Mrs. M. G. Bland, formerly Matilda Gut hue. was the oldest member of the reunion class' alumnae present at the Founders' Day program on March fifth. Mrs. Blanel completed her course from Farmville Female Institution in 1898; however, this was the first program she has attended since that date. She was accompanied by her daughter Mrs. John WeLs and two grandchildren Mary Salome and Daniel Weis. Mrs. Bland s daughter. Beatrice, is a junior of Faimville State Teachers College this year. Mrs. Bland mentioned that so many change's had taken place since she was a student here that it was hard for her to recognize the place, but it was a happy pleasure to be in the school again. The earliest class represented was that e>f 1892 with Mrs. Louise Hamlett. Among the other reunion class alumnae present were Mrs Mattie Bowles Black. Mrs. Eleanor Jamlaon Folk. Jr., Mrs. Nora Garrat Lancaster, and Mrs Georgeana Newby Page. From the class of 1918 were Mrs Marian Beale Darelen. Mrs. .Jessie Brett Kennedy and Mrs.
Katharine Anderson Maddox, 1928 hael the largest reunion class representations The follng 1928 class members returned! Mi. Annie Beulah Carter. Miss Bertha Chappe'll. Miss Margaret Ferguson, Miss Elisabeth iiutt, Miss Aile'en MeClenny. Miss Phyhs Burnett Martin, Miss Marnei'a Bander, Miss Eh/a Btory, Mis Nellie Conner Tolley. Miss Kuivn West. Mrs Mary Clements Winston, Miss Audrey White and Miss Pauline White. Among the alumnae who relumed were Mrs Louise HydeAle, Miss Hat tie Ashe. Miss Lillian Beach, Mrs. Fannie Owen Brad-
The conference was divided into five large discussion groups, instead of meeting in one body as has been the practice in the past. The groups discussed 'li "Far Eastern Question". <2> "Problem.. in Germany—Hitlerism'; <3> "The Rave-Not Nations".; (4) "isolation. Neutrality or Cooperation as a National Policy"; <5» "Prob.uns of the Western Hemisphere", shaw, Mi- Matilda Quthris Bland. Mrs Mattie Bowles Black. Mrs. Parmvlile's three delegates from Ruby Overtoil Bnx.ks. MlSI .dan Pi (ranima Mu. the national honor ocety for social .sciences, attend- allan Bowles. Miss I^iui.se Brewer, ed tin- meetings of group three Mrs Molly Moore Bonelurant. Miss The first o: these discussions was Kathryn Bully. Miss Vivian Clarke, Mrs Anne held Friday afternoon After dinner on Friday night, Dr. Fen- Wilkinson Cox, Miss Annie Carwiek of Brenan College in Georgia ter. Mrs, Hazel Thompson Clark. spoke on the subject "The II;.u Miss Carmen Clark, Miss Louise Chandler, Mrs. Sarah Be'ek CrlnkNot Nations." ley Mis-, Bertha Chappell, Mrs. Saturday morning there was the eoond group meeting, followed by iaiiian Obenahain Cocks, Mies Carolyn Cogblll, Mis Lillle Cana business meeting At tin.-, tuna lody Denning, Mrs Mai ion Beale there was a discussion on the ,i rviee and type ol materials to be' | Darelen. Mrs Lucy MOOTS Drewused in the college croups next ry. Mrs Lucy MOSeley Davielson. Miss Alice Killer. Miss Klsie rear. The Carnegie endowment Freeman, Mrs Eleanor Jam on brought up before the group Folk. Jr., Mis Can'. Jeter Oist, as a possible somee Miss Amy Miss M.i ison, M I '■• ' i. pn idi nl oi tin- Cai Martha Qunter, Mrs. Endowment Fund, spoke i.t this Fuuer M Mary Wiatl Qraj Mi Amanda meeting. (ChubbyI Cray, Mis, Anne OanFollowing the third group disMi 'iiin • Dean Oarnett n alti I lUnOh, the entire Mi Katharine Hoyli \i Winconference mel and tin- secretar- nie V Hmi-i Mi IS Maty Clay ies of tin- several groups told of Hiner the COOClU ,'>:. 11 ai lnd by then Miss Dorothy HUd mi Miss Ctive bodies Kitty Jauii on, Edith Hlnes, MISS FI mi - Horton, of Farmville, was secretary of Miss Martha Harrisoi Mi Josep throi phine Huei.' II • . - M KathAfter a heated argument at the :>■' i. Hundley Mi i out e TwelvebUI mess meetllii' a -,oli- w;r lak tret Hamli tl Mi Hilda Baldwin in to determine win-re the eon Hix. M: . I!i ii II.v M ■erencc would convene t„ xt rear beta Hun M Olive 1 ft The College of William and ilarj Lila Jacob, Miss Lucy Ji B won over 1 M Florida. Ml Judll h Jeff) li Ml Anne Dr. Price spoke on "The Far Mi "iith Jeffi Question" .Saturday night Miss Ruth Jl Ml Hull. iti' i the formal banquet Tin- Jordan. Miss Mildred Jons Miss i out! ,-. HI • i iKied with a dance. Continued on Page 3