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My
first class as a
freshman
first
heard of the Ambassadors
Longwood, was Honors
raffleing off her parking space as a
English 100 with Dr. Rose-
fundraiser, but after long considera-
at
mary Sprague.
I
sat in that
room
in
tion,
I
realized that Dr. Sprague
the old Grainger building and finally came to the realization, "I was in
would have found great humor from the idea and would have whole
COLLEGE
heartedly supported
!!!" I
feel as
though
I
was
truly lucky to have been placed in Dr. Sprague's class, way back in the
semester of 1988. She helped me to see the vison of English as being more than dredging through Shakespeare. I went on to have Dr. Sprague for Honors English 101 and fall
British Literature.
reason
1
She was the main
picked up
my
English spe-
add to my math specialization with my education degree. I owe a lot to Dr. Sprague. She touched my life in a way that not many teachers ever had. I pushed myself to succeed only to make her proud of my accomplishments. For a solid year, my class had week-toweek updates on the progress of her book about Longwood's History. She worked hard and long to complete that book with lovingly researched facts and detail. Her dog listened during numerous class lectures and cialization to
I
shame myself
it;
so,
I
did also.
for never telling her
how much
she meant to me, but of never expected her to go any where. She would be one of the course,
I
professors
I
would return
to visit
graduated, but now that is impossible. I look back and see in the three short years that I knew her, what an impact she had on Longwood's enafter
I
community. She is truly apart ot Longwood's history that will be missed. The 1993 Virginian staff proudly dedicate this edition of Longwood's yearbook posthumously to Dr. Rosemary Sprague, tire
a
legendary
Longwood
— Julie
tradition.
Michelle Wiley
every personal conference or chat
we
shared.
1
was appauUed when
I
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