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Mary  Baldwin  Bulletin 


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STAUNTON,  VIRGINIA 


JULY 


1945 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  ALUMNAE  ASSOCIATION 

Honorary  President.  . .  .  Maegarett  Kable  Russell  (Mrs.  T.  H.)  '02 
Staunton,  Va. 

President Lucie  Bidl  Deal  (  Mrs.  Roy  C. )  '14 

Norfolk,  Va. 

J 'ice-President Josephine  Hannah,  '44 

Arvonia,  Va. 

Vice-President Gloria  Jones  Atkinson  (Mrs.  Thomas)   '33 

Staunton,  Va. 

Secretary Jean  Lamer  Gray  (Mrs.  W.  R. )   '41 

Staunton,  Va. 

Treasurer — Life Fannie  Earth   Strauss,  '12 

Staunton,  Va. 


BOARD  MEMBERS  OF  THE  ALUMNAE  ASSOCIATION 

Mary  McFaden  Caldwell  (Mrs.  L.  C. )  '10 Richmond,  Va. 

Julia  Gooch  Richmond  (Mrs.  Gale  )  '34 Staunton,  Va. 

Jane  Raudenbush  Coiner  (Mrs.  Lewis)  '41 Springfield,  Ohio 

Maey  Bell  Tucker  (Mrs.  Henry  St.  George)  '37 Staunton,  Va. 

Esther  Thomas  Atkinson  (Mrs.  Tulane)  '13.  Hampden  Sydney,  Va. 

Katherine  Bear  Aulick  (Mrs.  C.  E. )  '20 Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Mary  Callison  Grier  (Mrs.  M.  B.)  '12 Spottswood,  Va. 

Elizabeth  Cover,  M.D.,  '31 Luray,  Va. 

Pauline  Ruckman  Webb  (Mrs.  Wilfred)  '21 Ft.  Defiance,  Va. 

Margaret  Eakle,  '05 Staunton,  Va. 

Anne  Garrett,  '43 Burlington,  N.  C. 

Shirley  Fleming,  '40 New  York  City 

Margaret  McChesney,  '79 Staunton,  Va. 

Member-at-lart/e  for  life 


Alumnae  News  Letter 

Jnarij  Jjalowln  Cjollecfe 


Volume  -J^iV    -^1/  i 


TL'LY 


Number  2 


KING  BUILDING  AN  ACTIVITY 
CENTER 


Without  exception,  I  believe,  returning  alumnae  of 
classes  preceding  1943  ask  to  see  "the  new  gym"  or 
"Mr.  King's  building"  and  without  exception  comment 
with  pleasure  on  the  building  of  which  we  are- all  so 
proud.  But  beautiful  as  the  building  is,  much  more  of 
our  pride  here  on  the  campus  is  in  its  usefulness  and 
the  great  addition  it  has  made  in  many  of  our  ac- 
tivities. 

Until  you've  seen  the  Y's  "Nook"  in  operation 
every  night  on  the  first  floor,  one  of  the  big  formal 
dances  which  several  times  yearly  utilize  two  floors, 
the  elaborate  water  pageant  staged  by  the  Swimming 
Club,  the  innumerable  club  meetings  complete  with 
refreshments  from  the  little  kitchen,  you  can  have  no 
idea  of  the  usefulness  of  Mary  Baldwin's  newest 
building. 

Nightly  the  Y.W.C.A.  opens  the  first  floor  as  a 
campus  recreation  center — the  "Nook" — sells  cokes 
and  sandwiches,  candy  and  cookies,  plays  Victrola 
records,  provides  games,  and  makes  that  section  of  the 
gym  a  pleasant  place  to  take  a  few  minutes  ofif  from  an 
evening's  study. 

From  time  to  time  social  events  completely  change 
the  appearance  of  the  gym.  For  the  Christmas  dance 
the  main  floor  was  turned  into  a  mammoth  snow  scene, 
while  the  spring  formal  centered  about  a  gigantic  globe 
which  formed  the  basis  of  a  United  Nations  theme. 
For  their  barn  dance  the  freshmen  transformed  the 
room  into  a  barnyard  with  real  hay,  wheelbarrows,  and 
scarecrows  for  props. 

The  basketball  season  brought  out  an  unusually 
large  number  of  candidates  for  both  class  and  dormi- 
tory teams,  and  spectator  interest  reached  a  new  point. 
The  swimming  meet  drew  more  than  its  quota  of 
participants  and  a  crowd  of  spectators  who  threatened 
to  bring  down  the  roof  when  enthusiasm  over  class 
competition  ran  high.  Later  in  the  season  the  pool  was 
the  scene  of  the  charming  and  colorful  pageant  written 
and  directed  by  members  of  the  Swimming  Club. 

Yes,  the  King  Building  is  in  constant  service  and 


ELIZABETH  PARKER  APPOINTED 
DEAN 


Miss  Elizabeth  Parker,  who  has  been  assistant  dean 
for  the  past  three  years,  becomes  dean  of  the  students 
next  year,  according  to  an  announcement  made  by 
President  L.  Wilson  Jarman  at  commencement.  She 
succeeds  Miss  Katherine  Sherrill,  who  recently  re- 
signed. 


For  four  years  Miss  Parker  has  been  a  member  of 
the  faculty  of  Mary  Baldwin,  having  received  appoint- 
ment as  instructor  in  French  and  Spanish  in  the  fall 
of  1941.  The  next  year  she  became  an  assistant  pro- 
fessor as  well  as  assistant  dean. 

Miss  Parker  has  a  B.A.  from  the  University  of 
Chattanooga,  an  M.A.  from  Duke  University,  and  has 
completed  residence  work  toward  the  Ph.D.  in  French 
at  Duke.   Her  home  is  in  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 


new  possibilities  for  its  use  are  constantly  occurring. 
After  three  years  of  enjoying  its   facilities  our  one 
question  is  "How  did  we  ever  get  along  without  it?" 
— Elizabeth  Parker. 


Mary  Baldwin  College 


Commencement  1945 


It  started  in  April,  really — that  first  little  ripple  of 
"commencing,"  that  first  breath  that  becomes  a  breeze, 
then  a  wind  that  has  everyone  running  in  circles.  Be- 
fore you  know  it,  another  Commencement  has  come 
and  gone  and  you're  wondering  how  you  can  stand  not 
seeing  ''Butch,"  Anne,  Jane,  Marion,  and  all  forty-five 
of  them  coming  into  the  Club  for  cokes. 

Back  in  April  and  early  May,  we  had  thoughts  only 
for  comprehensives,  term  papers,  invitations,  and 
Senior  recitals.  We  really  didn't  believe  there  could  be 
such  a  thing  as  an  exam,  to  say  nothing  of  being  able 
to  live  through  one.  Come,  they  did,  however,  as 
exams  have  a  way  of  doing,  but  were  soon  over  and 
we  were  ready,  at  last,  for  our  103rd  Commencement. 

A  rush  of  parties,  picnics,  and  recitals  preceded 
the  actual  Commencement  week-end.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Jarman,  Miss  Sherrill,  and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Grafton  en- 
tertained the  Seniors  at  a  buffet  supper,  Thursday 
evening.  May  24th,  at  six-thirty  o'clock.  The  supper 
was  given  at  "Rose  Terrace,"  Dr.  Jarman's  home. 

On  Saturday,  May  26th,  rain  prevented  the  Class 
Day  exercises  and  Pageant  from  being  given  on  the 
front  terrace.  However,  all  who  witnessed  them  in  the 
King  building  felt  that  they  lost  none  of  their  beauty 
for  having  been  given  inside. 

The  traditional  processional  in  which  the  attendants 
made  arches  with  their  crooks  for  the  Seniors  to  -walk 
under,  was  beautifully  impressive.  The  Senior  song 
and  a  short  history  of  the  class  written  in  rhyme  fol- 
lowed. The  Class  of  1945  gave  as  their  gift  to  the 
college  a  set  of  chairs  and  a  reading  stand  for  the 
Chapel.  The  class  colors,  lavendar  and  white,  were 
given  to  Caroline  Sprouse,  a  representative  of  the  class 
of  1949.  Caroline  is  a  sister  of  Martha  Sprouse 
Stoops  who  graduated  in  1943. 

The  program  which  followed  was  presided  over 
by  Anne  Sims,  as  Queen,  and  Carol  Saulsbury  and 
Rives  Pollard  as  maids-of-honor.  The  crown  bearer 
was  little  Marguerite  Grafton,  daughter  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Grafton.  Ben  and  Don  Campbell,  twin  sons  of 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Edmund  Campbell,  carried  the  queen's 
train.  These  twins  created  much  interest  since  they 
are  not  only  descendants  of  Dr.  Rufus  Bailey  who 
founded  the  institution  but  sons  of  Edmund  Douglas 
Campbell,  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  of 
Elizabeth  Pfohl  Campbell,  former  dean  of  the  college. 

Immediately  following  the  Pageant,  a  reception 
was  given  for  the  Mary  Baldwin  student  body  and 
their  guests.    Misses  Lillian  Rudeseal,  Mary  F.  Lati- 


mer, Mary  E.  Waters,  and  Lillian  Thomsen  poured 
punch,  assisted  by  Miss  Mary  Humphries  and  Miss 
Muriel  Maxwell. 

A  faculty  and  student  processional  preceded  the 
baccalaureate  sermon  delivered  at  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  on  Sunday  morning,  May  27th.  Dr. 
A.  J.  Kissling,  of  Riverside  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  delivered  the  sermon. 

Sunday  evening,  the  Glee  club  and  members  of  the 
Music  Department  joined  in  presenting  a  delightful 
vesper  service  in  the  college  chapel.  Noell  Harr,  '46, 
president  of  the  Y.W.C.A.,  read  the  scripture  for  the 
evening. 

On  Monday,  May  28th,  forty-five  Seniors  were 
graduated  at  Mary  Baldwin's  103rd  Commencement 
exercises.  Preceding  the  awarding  of  degrees,  the 
graduating  class,  students  and  friends  of  Mary  Bald- 
win heard  an  inspiring  address  by  Mrs.  Emily  Taft 
Douglas,  ■  Representative-at-large  from  the  state  of 
Illinois.  Mrs.  Douglas'  topic  was  "Woman's  Role  in 
Maintaining  Permanent  Peace." 

The  King  building  was  crowded  to  hear  this  tal- 
ented woman's  very  practical  advice  to  the  young  girls 
about  to  start  on  a  new  career  as  world  citizens  rather 
than  students,.    Mrs.  Douglas  said  in  part : 

"To  American  women  there  is  a  double  challenge, 
for  in  a  spiritual  sense  we  are  pioneers  again.  Ours  is 
the  first  generation  of  women  to  be  citizens  during  a 
great  war  and  ours  is  the  first  generation  to  make  our 
influence  felt  as  citizens  in  the  building  of  a  peace.  Up 
until  this  time  women  could  always  claim  that  it  was 
a  man's  world  and  women  could  avoid  the  ultimate 
responsibilities. 

"There  is  an  epic  story  to  be  written  about  our 
foremothers  who  won  our  rights  to  be  people  and 
citizens.  Having  been  given  these  rights,  our  genera- 
tion must  now  ask  itself  what  it  is  doing  with  them. 
The  challenge  for  us  is  very  great.  Responsibility 
must  go  with  opportunity.  Women  have  always  been 
the  bringers  and  the  conservers  of  life  and  it  would 
seem  that  in  this  moment  when  for  the  first  time  we 
have  a  voice  in  the  making  of  the  peace,  we  should 
take  some  leadership." 

Dr.  Herbert  S.  Turner,  ^'ice-President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  member  of  the  faculty,  gave  the 
invocation  before  Mrs.  Douglas'  address.  This  was 
followed  by  the  announcement  of  college  honors,  the 
presentation  of  awards  and  certificates  and  the  mes- 
sage to  the  graduating  class  by  Dr.  Jarman. 


Alumnae  News  Letter 


Dr.  Jarman  in  speaking  to  what  he  termed  the 
"war  class,"  said:  "Yours  might  well  be  called  our 
war  class.  Entering  Mary  Baldwin  in  1941  you  felt 
the  shock  of  Pearl  Harbor  in  your  earliest  months  of 
college  life,  and  then  together  we  experienced  the  thrill 
that  came  from  the  knowledge  of  victory  in  Europe 
within  this  very  month.  Yours  has  been  the  unusual 
opportunity  of  passing  your  youth  in  one  era  and  your 
maturity  in  another,  the  two  separated  by  some  four 
to  six  years  of  the  madness  and  horror  of  war. 

"President  Wriston  has  described  a  liberal  edu- 
cation as  a  'profound  experience,  something  that  hap- 
pens within  a  person,  makes  some  organic  changes  in 
the  structure  of  his  life  and  thought,  and  leaves  him 
permanently  different.' 

"Here  at  Mary  Baldwin  we  trust  that  each  of  you 
has  been  enriched  by  such  ah  experience  and  withal 
has  sensed  the  encouragement  and  example  of  Chris- 
tian men  and  women  toward  the  development  and 
appropriation  by  each  of  you  of  a  Christian  faith  and 
a  Christian  philosophy  of  life." 

And  so  another  Commencement  came  to  an  end. 
As  Betty  Lane,  '47,  in  Campus  Comments,  so  aptly 
puts  it : 

"White  pillars  gleam  and  we  are  a  bit  homesick 
for  Ham  and  Jam  already.  Seniors  either  laughing 
or  ci"ying  .  .  .  hilarious  squeaks  from  ye  under  class- 
men .  .  .  trunks  batted  hither  and  yon  .  .  .  cheery  good 
lucks  to  acquaintances — when  will  we  see  them  again  ? 
.  .  .  brown  study  of  a  freshman  who  has  lost  her  ticket 
home  .  .  .  hat  boxes  stacked  on  Back  Gallery — taxis 
arriving,  waiting,  honking  .  .  .  the  sun  is  at  its  zenith — 
Noon — our  friends  depart — train  whistles  blow — 
"Goodbye,  goodbye." 


ALUMNAE  DAY,  1945 

Saturday,  May  26th,  was  Alumn^e  day  and  in  spite 
of  the  rain  which  poured  down  in  torrents,  over  a  hun- 
dred Alumna;  gathered  at  the  Club  house  for  a  lunch- 
eon served  by  the  Staunton  chapter.  Mrs.  James  Higgs 
(Audrey  Blackford,  '27),  Chairman  of  the  'Staunton 
Chapter,  was  in  charge  of  arrangements  for  the  lunch- 
eon. She  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Michael  Kivlighan 
(Kathryn  Lineweaver,  '40)  and  Mrs.  Erskine  Sproul 
(Ruth  Peters,  '43).  Mary  Blackley,  '29,  served  as 
chairman  of  the  serving  committee  and  the  decorations 
were  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Fitzhugh  Elder  (Genevieve 
Benckenstein,  '42x'41). 

A  short  business  meeting  preceded  the  luncheon. 
Mrs.  Roy  C.  Deal,  President,  presided  at  this  meeting 
at  which  the  forty-five  seniors  took  their  oath  of  loy- 
alty and  became  members  of  the  Alumna  association. 
This  oath  was  administered  by  Miss  Abbie  McFarland. 
Mrs.  Martha  Grafton,  Dean  of  Instruction,  gave  an 
interesting  resume  of  the  school  year.  We  have  printed 
this  report  in  the  Bulletin,  knowing  that  you  will  find 
it  as  enjoyable  as  we  did. 

Six  new  people  were  elected  to  the  National  Board. 
They  are  Josephine  Hannah,  '44,  as  first  vice-presi- 
dent;  Mrs.  William  Gray  (Jean  Lamer,  '41)  as  sec- 
retary; Margaret  Eakle,  '05,  Mrs.  Wilfred  Webb 
(Pauline  Ruckman,  '21),  Shirley  Flemmg,  "40,  and 
Anne  Garrett,  '43,  as  board  members. 

Much  interest  was  shown  in  the  Alumnae  guest 
rooms,  located  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Club  house. 
These  rooms  may  be  used  at  any  time  by  Alumnae 
visiting  the  college.  There  is  also  a  sitting  room  where 
friends  may  be  entertained.  We  hope  you  will  feel 
free  to  make  us  that  visit  now,  since  you  may  be  sure 
to  have  a  place  that  is  all  your  own  to  use. 


Mary  Baldwin  College 


MARY  BALDWIN  BULLETIN 
Alumnae  News  Letter 

Published  by  Mary  Baldwin  College.  Issued  monthly,  ex- 
cept May,  June,  August  and  September.  Entered  at  Staunton, 
Virginia,  as  second  class  matter  under  Act  of  Congress, 
August  24,  1912. 


CHAPTER  REPORTS 


Volume  XVI 


JULY 


Number  2 


EDITOR 
Dorothy  Hisev  Bridi.es,  '27 Alumncc  Secretary 


LOOKING  AHEAD 


With  a  tang  in  the  air  and  a  scent  of  burning 
leaves  one's  thoughts  naturally  turn  to  fall  and  win- 
ter. After  a  summer  of  relaxation  a  restlessness 
makes  one  turn  to  greater  activity  with  plans  for 
budgeting  of  time  and  energy — so  necessary  in  these 
strenuous  days. 

The  time  has  not  come  to  relax  war  activities  but 
months  and  year^  of  stress  and  strain  have  taught  us 
how  to  use  our  time  wisely  and  to  the  best  advantage. 

The  wheels  of  industry  are  still  turning  out  war 
products  but  master  minds  are  looking  ahead  to  post- 
war times — large  and  small  business  is  thinking  of 
"after-the-war"  and  planning  its  program. 

Dr.  Jarman  is  dreaming  dreams  and  seeing  visions 
of  additional  building  "after-the-war"  for  an  ever 
growing  college. 

And  so  must  we  as  an  Alumnae  Association  "get 
our  house  in  order"  that  the  post-war  period  will  find 
every  chapter  organized  and  ready  to  swing  into  action 
and  every  individual  alumna  mindful  of  her  responsi- 
bility and  her  share  in  carrying  on  the  work  of  the 
Association. 

Another  October  4  finds  travel  conditions  too  acute 
to  expect  a  large  gathering  in  Staunton  for  Miss 
Baldwin's  birthday.  However,  chapters  which  have 
lain  dormant  can  meet  and  plans  can  be  made  that  in 
the  post-war  world  the  Mary  Baldwin  College  Alum- 
nae Association  will  be  ready  to  function  in  the  forth- 
coming of  any  plan  necessary  to  its  continuance  and 
the  future  advancement  of  Mary  Baldwin  College. 

Lucy  Bull  Deal, 
President  Alumnae  Association. 


CAMPUS  COMMENTS  GIVEN 
ALL-AMERICAN  RATING 


Campus  Comments,  edited  by  Marilyn  West,  Pel- 
ham,  N.  Y.,  was  judged  as  All- American  Superior,  the 
highest  rating  given  in  the  thirty-second  All-American 


NORFOLK 

On  February  20,  1945,  the  Norfolk  chapter  of  the 
Mary  Baldwin  Alumnae  Association  held  a  luncheon 
meeting  at  the  Algonquin  tearoom.  Over  one  hundred 
cards  were  sent  out  to  members  in  Norfolk,  Ports- 
mouth, Newport  News,  Hampton,  Phoebus  and  Cape 
Charles. 

The  meeting  had  a  two- fold  purpose;  first — to  get 
in  touch  with  and  establish  ties  with  the  many  Alumnae 
in  the  tidewater  area  whose  husbands  are  in  the  serv- 
ice. The  second  purpose  was  to  present  the  project 
known  as  the  South  American  plan.  The  project  was 
discussed  but  was  laid  on  the  table  for  future  refer- 
ence, at  which  time  the  chapter  chairman  planned  to 
have  more  specific  information. 

The  officers  of  the  Norfolk  chapter  are :  Mrs.  John 
Small  (Mildred  Hudson,  '42-x'41),  Chairman,  Mrs. 
W.  L.  Baldwin  (Elaine  Kibler,  '41)  Secretary  and 
Treasurer.  Committees  were  appointed  to  make  plans 
to  keep  in  close  touch  with  the  members  and  to  study 
ways  of  raising  money.  In  this  way  we  hope  to  have  a 
vital,  successful  and  well-organized  club. 

On  October  4th,  the  Norfolk  chapter  plans  to  have 
a  Founders  Day  meeting  in  Newport  News.    Cards 
will  be  sent  out  and  we  hope  all  members  will  attend. 
WASHINGTON 

The  Washington  Chapter  of  the  Mary  Baldwin 
Alumnae  Association  held  a  dinner  meeting  at  the 
Kenesaw  on  May  19,  1945.  Mrs.  Edmund  Campbell, 
who  had  recently  visited  in  Staunton,  told  about  plans 
for  new  buildings  for  the  college  and  about  decisions 
concerning  changes  in  the  curriculum.  Her  talk  was 
of  great  interest  to  members  of  the  chapter.  As  the 
spring  meeting  is  our  annual  business  meeting,  dues 
were  collected. 

DETROIT 

On  Saturday,  June  9th,  the  Detroit  Chapter  had  a 
luncheon  meeting  at  the  Detroit  boat  club.  There  were 
sixteen  Alumnae  and  two  prospective  students  present. 
Ann  Card,  a  1945  graduate,  spoke  informally  of  Mary 
Baldwin  College  today.  Dues  were  collected  and  sent 
to  the  Alumnae  secretary  in  Staunton. 


Service  of  College  Newspapers  published  during  the 
first  semester.  This  is  the  second  time  the  paper  has 
received  so  high  a  rating,  the  other  time  being  under 
the  editorship  of  Jean  Diescher  Rider  in  1936-1937. 

The  critical  survey  commented :  "Your  paper  is 
indeed  interestingly  put  together  throughout,  has  per- 
sonality that  reflects  an  alert,  well-trained  staff." 


Alumn/E  News  Letter 


Algernon  Sydney  Sullivan  Awards  1945 


The  Algernon  Sydney  Sullivan  awards  in  recog- 
nition of  high  personal  qualities  and  unselfish  service 
to  Mary  Baldwin  College  were  presented  by  Dr.  Jar- 
man  at  graduation 
exercises  to  Miss 
Katherine  Sherrill, 
and  to  Betty  Lee 
Neisler. 

Miss  Sherrill 
came  to  Mary  Bald- 
win as "  Dean  in 
1942.  For  several 
years  prior  to  that 
time  she  had  been 
assistant  to  the  as- 
sociate director  of 
student  personnel  at 
Teachers  College, 
Columbia  Univer- 
sity. Before  that, 
she  was  counselor  in 
one  of  the  residence 
halls  and  was  assist- 
ant dean  of  women 
at  Woman's  College 
of  the  LTniversity  of  North  Carolina.  She  assisted  in 
selecting  the  first  officer  candidates  for  the  Woman's 
Army  Corps.   Her  home  is  in  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Betty  Lee  Neisler  has  been  Vice-President  of  the 
Student  Government  Association,  a  house  president, 
member  of  the  President's  Forum,  student  adviser  to 
the  Victory  Corps,  and  is  listed  in  this  year's  "Who's 
Who  Among  Students  of  American  Universities  and 
Colleges."  .She  has  been  secretary  of  her  class  and  as 
freshman  and  sophomore  held  membership  on  the 
chapel  committee.    .She  has  been  in  frequent  demand 


for    chapel    programs,    as   one    of    the    most   talented 
speech  majors. 

In  presenting  these  awards.  Dr.  Jarman  said  : 
"Because  of  the  nobility  that  lies  elemental  in  the 
hearts  of  all  men  and  is  touched  with  fire  and  quick- 
ness into  stronger  life  by  the  knowledge  of  another  in 
whose  life  and  character  it  was  conspicuously  manifest, 
the  New  York  Southern  Society  and  Mary  Baldwin 
College  have  jointly  arranged  for  the  issue  of  me- 
dallions which  are  to  be  perpetual  reminders  of  those 
high  qualities  which  enoble  and  beautify  living  and 
bind  man  to  man  in  mutual  love  and  helpfulness  and 

which  were  evident 
in  the  life  of  Alger- 
non Sydney  Sulli- 
van. 

"The  contempla- 
tion of  such  lives 
must  ever  be  en- 
couraging and  in- 
spiring. They  jus- 
tify alike  our  high- 
est ideals  and  our 
highest  hopes.  The 
medallions  are  used 
to  give  recognition 
and  stimulus  to  high 
thought  and  noble 
^^  endeavor,  and  are 
tsfi^  1 1  V^  ^     presented  from  time 

to  time  by  the  col- 
lege to  those  who, 
because  of  the  quality  of  their  lives,  are  judged  to  be 
appropriate  recipients  of  that  distinction.  It  is  in  ac- 
cordance with  these  principles  that  the  Algernon 
Sydney  Sullivan  award  is  made." 


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1944-45  A  Busy  Year  At  Mary  Baldwin 


At  the  aluninffi  meeting  on  May  26  I  was  asked  to 
give  a  resume  of  events  at  the  college  this  year,  and 
that  was  a  big  order  for  fifteen  minutes  because  so 
many  things  did  happen  between  September  13  and 
May  28.   Here  are  a  few  of  them. 

The  Class  of  1945  consisted  of  45  girls.  Only  one 
of  these  girls  had  completed  her  work  in  three  years 
plus  summer  terms.  Two  other  girls  just  about  com- 
pleted all  work  in  three  years.  They  will  receive  their 
degrees  next  commencement,  after  an  elective  course 
or  two  in  summer  school.  I  mention  this  to  show  that 
the  idea  of  acceleration  has  not  appealed  much  to  our 
students.  Verj'  few  girls  have  taken  advantage  of  the 
plan  permitted  by  the  faculty  after  war  came.  Most 
of  our  students  still  want  the  four-year  program,  with 
comparatively  few  changes. 

We  have  had  an  unusually  strong  religious  pro- 
gram this  year.  In  the  fall  Dr.  Kenneth  J.  Foreman  of 
Davidson  College  was  guest  at  the  college  for  a  series 
of  sermons  and  conferences  during  the  week  we  have 
gradually  started  calling  "religious  emphasis  week." 
Then,  in  April,  we  had  a  Campus  Christian  Mission 
sponsored  by  the  Student  Work  Committee  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  U.  S.  At  that  time  we  had  the 
guidance  of  three  leaders:  Mrs.  Edmund  Campbell, 
Dr.  Henry  Wade  DuBose,  and  Rev  Joseph  M.  Gar- 
rison. 

As  usual,  we  have  had  good  chapel  programs, 
planned  by  a  committee  of  faculty  and  students.  Dur- 
ing the  spring,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  student  mem- 
bers on  the  Religious  Exercises  Committee,  various 
ministers  in  Staunton  were  invited  to  make  chapel 
talks  on  the  contributions  of  their  respective  denomi- 
nations.   This  made  a  most  interesting  series. 

The  Y.W.C.A.  has  continued  its  fine  work.  One 
new  project  started  by  the  Y.  this  year  was  the 
"NOOK."  The  nook  is  a  recreational  center  in  the 
Mirror  Room  of  the  King  Building.  Y.W.  volunteers 
worked  there  each  evening  selling  sandwiches,  pack- 
aged goods,  and  soft  drinks  while  the  students  played 
games  and  relaxed.  This  gold  mine  enabled  the  Y. 
greatly  to  increase  its  benevolences.  Contributions 
were  made  to  Stillman  Institute,  the  Golden  Rule 
Foundation,  the  World  Student  Sei-vice  Fund,  an 
English  girl,  and  a  Brazilian  girl  who  will  attend  a 
school  in  Recife  where  Charlotte  Taylor,  '33,  teaches. 
Also,  the  Y.  was  able  to  increase  the  principal  of  its 
scholarship  fund.    The  scholarship  for  next  year  was 


awarded  to  Ellen  McDonald,  sister  of  Margaret  Mc- 
Donald, '42. 

Many  celebrities  visited  the  campus.  The  list  in- 
cluded the  following: 

Eugene  Istomin,  pianist 

Robert  Kitain,  Russian  violinist 

Mack  Harrell,  metropolitan  baritone 

Soo  Yong,  Chinese  monogolist 

Rabbi  Nathan  Kollin  of  Richmond 

Felix  Weil,  lecturer  on  Argentina 

President  Henry  Noble  McCracken  of  Vassar, 

who  gave  three  chape!  lectures  on  the  topic : 

"Choosing  a  Major" 
Jerome  Davis,  lecturer  on  Russia 
Rev.  John   N.   Thomas  of  Union   Theological 

Seminary,    Richmond,    speaker    on    Honor 

Society  Day 
Rev.  John  Fischbach  of  Charlottesville,  speaker 

at  student  installations  of  new  officers 

We  also  had  a  number  of  good  plays  this  year.  In 
December  the  dramatic  club  presented  "The  Rivals" 
and  in  March  "The  Passing  of  the  Third  Floor  Back." 
In  February  the  Spanish  Club  presented  "Ingratitude," 
a  one-act  play  written  and  directed  by  Frank  E.  Snow, 
new  Spanish  teacher  at  the  college  last  year. 

As  usual  we  had  good  publications  from  the  Blue- 
stocking, which  was  dedicated  to  the  M.B.  girls  in  the 
various  services  of  our  country,  the  Miscellany,  and 
Campus  Comments.  Campus  Comments  was  awarded 
All  American  Superior  Rating  by  one  of  the  inter- 
collegiate press  organizations,  a  much  deserved  honor 
I  think. 

W^e  ate  well  at  the  colleg;e  too,  in  spite  of  ration- 
ing, butterless  meals,  etc.  Several  seniors  told  me  they 
thought  the  'college  served  the  best  food  in  their  stu- 
dent generation.  The  dietitian  reported  that  we  con- 
sumed a  daily  average  of  85  pounds  of  potatoes,  40 
gallons  of  milk,  693  biscuits,  675  rolls,  23  loaves  of 
bread,  as  well  as  our  full  quota  of  sugar,  butter,  meat, 
etc.  We  managed  to  thrive  on  it.  Our  new  refrigera- 
tion and  gas  cooking  units  installed  last  summer  helped' 
greatly  in  enabling  the  kitchen  department  to  do  a 
good  job. 

Athletics  came  in  for  a  greater  than  usual  share 
of  interest.  The  twice-a-week-four-year  requirement 
in  physical   education  has   given  the  program   a  big 


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boost,  not  to  mention  the  wonderful  gym  and  the  two 
teachers  in  the  department.  Students  "going  out"  for 
class  teams,  over  and  above  physical  ed.  requirements, 
numbered  for  the  various  sports  : 

hockey :  58 

basket  ball :  111 

Soft  ball :  54 

swimming:  45  (also  31  for  the  water  pageant) 

archery  tournament :  5 

volley  ball :  46 

life  saving:  11 

commencement  pageant :  98 
A  monogram  club  was  organized  in  the  fall.    During 
the  year  this  club  raised  over  $100  for  the  purpose  of 
putting  in  a  water  fountain  at  the  athletic  field. 

While  life  moved  on  pretty  much  as  it  always  does 
at  Mary  Baldwin,  the  war  was  in  the  foreground  of 
attention.  Almost  every  girl  had  a  father,  a  brother, 
or  a  close  friend  on  the  fighting  fronts..  We  could 
not  forget.  The  college  community  did  its  share  in 
supporting  the  war  effort  in  every  way  it  could. 
During  the  year  $9,163.15  of  bonds  and  stamps  were 
sold  on  the  campus.  $1,300.75  was  raised  in  the 
Red  Cross  drive. 

— Martha  S.  Grafton. 


RECENT  TREND  IN  ALUMNI 
SUPPORT 


FINANCIAL  AID  TO  STUDENTS 


Mary  Baldwin  has  always  been  generous  in  the 
matter  of  student  aid.  It  is  thought  that  the  alumnre 
might  be  interested  in  knowing  that  this  policy  con- 
tinues and  in  learning  how  it  works. 

Last  session,  1944- '45,  financial  aid  in  some  form 
was  extended  by  the  college  to  63  students.  This 
means  that  one  student  in  every  five  was  a  recipient 
of  some  amount  of  financial  assistance  from  the  col- 
lege. 

The  awarding  of  scholarships  and  other  forms  of 
student  aid  is  administered  with  great  care  by  the 
college.  The  various  classifications  of  student  aid  are 
as  follows : 

Endowed  scholarships 
Competitive  scholarships 
Grants-in-aid 
Student  Assistantships 

Excellent  service  is  rendered  by  student  assistants 
in  the  library,  the  laboratories  and  in  several  of  the 
college  offices. 

In  addition  to  the  direct  student-aid  program,  the 
college  has  an  adequate  loan  fund  which  is  available 
for  loans  to  students. 


A  movement  in  the  college  alumni  and  alumnae 
world  that  is  commanding  increasing  attention  during 
recent  years  is  the  plan  to  enlist  a  large  ■  number 
of  the  former  students  of  each  institution  in  the  con- 
tinuing support  of  their  college  by  small  annual  gifts 
through  their  Association.  This  movement  is  variously 
designated  as  The  Alumnse  Fund,  The  Loyalty  Fund, 
The  Living  Endowment,  et  cetera. 

There  seem  to  be  two  general  objectives  back  of 
this  new  movement.  The  first  is  to  maintain  and  de- 
velop a  continuing  interest  on  the  part  of  every  former 
student  by  enabling  each  to  make  a  modest  annual  in- 
vestment in  the  college.  This  of  course  is  always 
timely.    One's  interest  follows  one's  gift. 

The  other  objective  is  to  furnish  additional  income 
to  the  college.  This  is  particularly  timely  in  these  days 
of  near-inflation  when  all  college  expenses  are  greatly 
increased  while  college  income  is  practically  static. 

Dartmouth  College  reports  for  their  Alumni  fund 
yearly  gifts  of  $114,000  from  approximately  9,000 
alumni,  which  is  79  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of 
living  alumni.  Wesleyan  reports  $114,000  from  3,000 
alumni,  or  41  per  cent  of  the  total  number.  Hampden- 
Sydney,  a  small  college  in  Virginia,  reports  for  last 
year  $43,600.  Of  this  amount,  the  alumni  actually 
gave  about  $32,500. 

Sweet  Briar,  the  only  woman's  college  in  Virginia 
concerning  which  this  information  is  available  as  this 
is  written,  received  gifts  to  its  Alumnae  Fund  last  year 
from  some  1,300  alumnse  amounting  to  more  than 
$22,000. 

This  appears  to  be  a  significant  trend  in  alumnse 
work  and  in  the  proper  financing  of  colleges  and  uni- 
versities. 


DR.  SHEDD  ACCEPTS  POSITION 


Dr.  Karl  E.  Shedd,  who  served  as  Professor  of 
Modern  Languages  at  Mary  Baldwin  since  1934,  has 
resigned  to  accept  a  position  at  the  .  LTniversity  of 
Virginia. 

Dr.  Shedd  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  numer- 
ous civic  and  religious  activities.  He  devoted  many 
hours  of  his  spare  time  furnishing  guidance  to  the 
Scouts  of  the  city. 

Dr.  Shedd  was  selected  b_\-  the  Centennial  class  as 
its  faculty  sponsor. 


'SHE  KNOWS  EVERYONE' 


Mary  Baldwin  College 

FACULTY  NOTES 


Students  and  faculty  alike  returned  to  the  college 
after  the  holidays  to  be  greeted  with  the  shocking,  and 
somehow   unbelievable   news   of   Mrs.    Stollenwerck's 
retirement  due  to  her  health. 
Mrs.      Stollenwerck      en- 
deared herself  to  the  faculty, 
students  and  guests  as  no  one 
has  ever  done.    Her  position 
as  assistant  to  the   dean   en- 
abled   her    to    be    "in"    on    a 
wider  variety   of   happenings 
on  the  campus  than  any  other 
on   the   staff.     Her   pleasant- 
ness,  enthusiasm  and   energy 
made   her  unusually   popular 
with  everyone. 
A  native-born  Stauntonian,  Mrs.  Stollenwerck  at- 
tended Stuart  Hall. 

Mrs.  Stollenwerck's  uncanny  ability  to  remember 
names  and  faces  was  the  cause  of  pleasant  astonish- 
ment to  the  many  dates  she  has  greeted  in  her  thirteen 
years  here,  as  well  as  to  the  girls  on  whom  they  came 
to  call. 

Knovi'n  not  only  for  her  pleasantness  and  striking 
memory,  Mrs.  Stollenwerck  was  often  on  the  other 
end  of  many  informal  "chats"  with  boys  who  came  to 
the  college  because  they  remembered  her  so  well  and 
wanted  to  talk  to  her.  She  numbers  Captain  Manch. 
of  "Thirty  Seconds  Over  Tok3'o"  fame  among  her 
friends.  He  "dropped  by"  last  year  on  way  to  christen 
the  "Shangra-La." 

Many  times  former  students  have  visited  the  col- 
lege after  their  marriage  and  brought  their  husbands. 
Mrs.  Stollenwerck  could  always  remember  whether 
the  groom  was  the  one  who  "courted"  here  at  Maiw 
Baldwin,  and  usually  could  recognize  him ! 

Mrs.  Stollenwerck  came  to  Mary  Baldwin  in  1932 
and  has  been  here  with  every  dean  and  assistant  dean 
since  the  present  set-up  has  existed. 

In  her  thirteenth  year  at  college,  she  lived  at  tlic 
clubhouse — a  place  most  people  would  find  very  dis- 
concerting— what  with  boisterous  bridge  games  in 
progress,  broken  records  repeating,  doors  banging, 
piano  groaning  and  smoke  clouding  the  rooms — but 
she  loved  it.  She  said  that  the  noise  just  came  in 
gusts — and  you  could  get  used  to  it. 

(This  editorial  appeared  in  Campus  Comments) 
Mrs.  Stollenwerck  is  at  present  in  Richmond,  Va., 
at  Mission  Court  ivith  her  daughter,  Bessie  Stollen- 
werck Carper,  recently  returned  missionary. 


The  Board  of  Trustees  of  Mary  Baldwin  has 
granted  a  sabbatical  year's  leave  of  absence  to  the 
Misses  Nancy  and  Abbie  McFarland.  Miss  Nancy  has 
been  professor  of  Latin  and  History  for  a  number  of 
years,  during  which  she  has  been  vitally  interested  in 
the  entire  program  of  the  college.  Under  the  direction 
of  Miss  Abbie,  the  library  has  grown  from  5,000  to  the 
present  32,000  volumes.  In  addition  to  the  efficient 
performance  of  their  duties,  the  McFarlands  have  suc- 
ceeded in  endearing  themselves  to  the  entire  student 
body  each  year.  Their  absence  from  the  campus  next 
year  will  cause  a  gap  in  that  rather  intangible  some- 
thing which  we  call  the  "spirit  of  Mary  Baldwin." 

Mrs.  Helen  Eyster,  former  dietitian  at  Mary 
Baldwin,  was  married  on  July  15,  1944  to  Mr.  John 
L.  Etchberger.  She  recently  visited  Staunton  and  her 
friends  at  the  College. 

Elizabeth  Poole  Arnold,  former  Dean  at  Mary 
Baldwin  College,  has  a  second  child,  born  in  Novem- 
ber, 1944. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Smith  Tennant 
(Lois  Neal  Hamilton),  former  Assistant  Dean  at 
M.B.C.,  a  son,  Edward  Smith  Tennant,  Jr.,  on  No- 
vember 3,  1944. 

Mrs.  Ethel  Herold,  former  Assistant  Dietitian  at 
M.B.C.,  was  married  to  Mr.  Percy  Benjamin  Dixon, 
April  9,  1945,  in  Miami,  Florida,  where  they  will 
make  their  home  at  1120  27th  St.  North. 

Our  deep  sympathy  goes  to  Miss  Sherrill,  who  lost 
her  mother  in  April,  1^45.  Miss  Sherrill  is  making 
her  home  with  her  father  at  1187  Dilworth  Rd.,  W., 
Charlotte,  N.  C. 

H.  L.  Bridges,  Sr.,  father  of  H.  Lee  Bridges,  Pro- 
fessor of  Educational  Psychology',  died  May  28, 
1945.  He  had  been  associated  with  the  College  of 
William  and  Mary  since  his  graduation  in  1893,  until 
his  retirement,  due  to  ill  health,  in  1933. 

Blanche  Muldrow,  Acting  Director  of  Speech  dur- 
ing first  semester  last  year,  reported  to  WAC  head- 
quarters in  Roanoke,  February  1.  She  will  be  associ- 
ated with  the  Education  Reconditioning  Program  of 
the  WAC,  working  with  speech  rehabilitation  among 
the  wounded. 

Dr.  David  Spelt,  head  of  the  Psychology'  depart- 
ment at  Mary  Baldwin,  is  giving  courses  in  psychology' 
at  the  University  of  Virginia  this  summer. 

Dr.  Mary  Swann  Carroll,  head  of  the  History  and 
Political  Science  department,  is  visiting  professor  of 
History  at  Florida  State  College  for  Women  this  sum- 
mer. 

Dr.  Mary  Latimer,  Director  of  Speech  and  Profes- 
sor of  English,  is  on  the  speech  faculty  at  the  Univer- 


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sity  of  Wisconsin,  where  she  has  taught  before  sev- 
eral summers. 

Dr.  William  E.  Trout,  head  of  Chemistiy  depart- 
ment, has  been  teaching  at  the  University  of  Richmond 
this  summer. 

Emily  Ball,  Secretary  to  the  Dean,  will  go  to 
Columbia  University,  New  York,  this  fall  to  continue 
work  on  her  Masters  Degree.  Her  address  will  be 
Whittier  Hall. 

Miss  Mary  Collins  Powell,  former  Physical  Educa- 
tion Director  at  Mary  Baldwin,  who  has  been  a  Red 
Cross  worker  with  the  66th  Division  in  Brittany,  has 
been  promoted  to  acting  director  of  the  huge  ARC 
Casino  Club  in  Nice.  This  club,  originally  built  by 
Jay  Gould  of  New  York,  is  said  to  be  the  largest  on 
the  Continent. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Rader,  Assistant  to  the  Dietitian  at 
Mary  Baldwin,  was  married  on  June  23,  to  Staff 
Sergeant  Frank  Clarence  McNew,  USA. 

Among  the  members  of  the  newly  formed  commit- 
tee on  education  for  the  Staunton-Augusta  County 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  President  L.  Wilson  Jar- 
man. 

Mrs.  Martha  S.  Grafton,  Dean  of  Instruction  at 
M.B.C.,  is  among  the  new  members  elected  to  execu- 
tive committee  of  Virginia  Conference  of  Family 
Relations. 

Mr.  John  Daffin,  Treasurer  and  Business  Mana- 
ger of  Mary  Baldwin,  was  among  the  150  professors 
invited  to  teach  in  the  two  new  American  universities 
soon  to  be  opened  in  England  and  France.  His  duties 
at  Mary  Baldwin  made  it  impossible  for  him  to  leave 
at  this  time. 

Dr.  Frederick  Brown,  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  was  also  invited  to  teach. 

Dr.  Carl  Broman  will  rejoin  the  faculty  of  Mary 
Baldwin  this  fall.  He  has  been  with  the  armed  forces 
for  several  years  as  a  specialist. 


BLUESTOCKING  DEDICATED  TO 
ALUMNAE  IN  SERVICE 


It  may  be  of  interest  to  the  Alumnae  to  know  that 
the  1945  Bluestocking  was  dedicated  to  our  Alumn?e 
now  serving  in  the  various  women's  branches  of  the 
service.  Lt.  (jg)  Gladys  Adams  of  the  class  of  1943, 
representing  this  fine  group  of  Mary  Baldwin  girls, 
received  the  first  annual  at  the  Junior-Senior  banquet 
in  May. 

"We  dedicate  our  work  to  those 
Of  every  coast  and  clime 
Who  in  times  past  have  loved  and  led 
This  blithesome  life  we  lead. 
The  same  who  now  serve,  regimented, 
A  universal  need." 


athletics 


STUDENT  OFFICERS  FOR  1945-1946 

Barbara  Wrenn,  of  Mt.  Airy,  N. 
C,  President  of  the  Student  Govern- 
ment. From  her  freshman  year,  Bar- 
bara has  shown  those  qualities  of 
leadership  which  caused  her  to  be 
chosen  for  this  most  important  po- 
sition. Dependable  and  resourceful, 
Barbara  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
many  college  activities.  She  has  por- 
trayed many  roles  in  the  Dramatic 
club  plays  as  well  as  going  out  for 
has  been  a  house  president  and  was 
secretary  of  the  Student  government  before  she  be- 
came president. 

Noell  Harr,  of  Mountain 
Home,  Tenn.,  President  of  the 
Y.W.C.A..  Noell's  vivacious 
and  friendly  manner  has  won 
for  her  many  friends  on  the 
campus.  In  her  freshman  year, 
she  was  a  delegate  to  the  Meth- 
odist young  people's  confer- 
ence. She  has  been  social  chair- 
man both  of  her  class  and  the 
Y.W.    President  of  her  class  in 

her  Junior  year,   Noell   seemed 

president  of  the  Y.W. 

Grace  Brauer,  of  Richmond, 

Va.,  President  of  the  Senior 
class.  Grace's  accomplishments 
are  so  many  and  varied  that  we 
hardly  know  where  to  start.  In 
the  Glee  club  and  the  Dramatic 
club,  she  has  also  been  assistant 
business  manager  of  the  Blue- 
stocking. She  has  taken  a  very 
active  part  in  the  Y.W.,  having 
been  on  the  friendship  and  the 
vesper  committees.  In  her  Junior 
year,  she  was  secretary  of  her  class. 

Conny  Small,  Alexandria, 
Va.,  President  of  the  Athletic 
Association.  Connie  has  com- 
bined being  business  manager 
of  the  Miscellany  and  Campus 
Comments  with  her  athletics. 
Last  year  she  was  president  of 
the  Monogram  club  which  is 
composed  of  girls  who  have 
qualified  for  school  letters  by 
their  participation  in  A. A.  ac- 
tivities. 


logical   choice    for 


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Maky  Baldwin  College 


Class  Notes 


IN  MEMORIAM 

Lucv  L.  Simpson  '75 

Nar.cy  Moflfett  '25 

iMadge  Greenleas  Offley  '90 

Efiie  Burnett  Miller   '82 

Male  Lindley  Anderson  '09 

Margaret  Jackson    Riley   '23 

Alary  Evins  Twitty  '15 

Frances  fFtisHays  '18 

1871  - 1929 

Lucie  Jones  Jackson  who  lives  in  Alontgomery,  Alabama, 
still  has  her  gold  medal,  given  for  excellence  in  music  at 
Mary  Baldwin  Seminary  which  she  attended  in  1871-'72. 

Mary  Verner  Strother,  '90,  is  making  her  home  with  her 
daughter,  Josephine  Strother,  who  is  in  charge  of  Periodicals 
at  the  Richmond  State  Library.  Mrs.  Strother,  also,  has  two 
sons ;  one  a  lawyer  in  Atlanta,  and  one  a  construction  en- 
gineer in  Detroit. 

Alice  Hill  Hatch,  '92,  is  living  in  Santa  Ana,  California. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Gray  Lady  Corps  and  works  one 
day  a  week  in  the  Red  Cross  Library  at  the  Santa  Ana  Army 
Air  Base  Hospital. 

Pearl  Canon  Floyd,  '98,  of  Senatobia,  Mississippi,  writes 
us  that  one  of  her  happiest  memories  is  the  year  she  spent 
at  Mary  Baldwin.  She  keeps  in  touch  with  her  roommate. 
Rose  Watkins  Wells,  '00,  and  her  classmate,  Mary  Williams 
Holmes,  '00.  Mrs.  Floyd  has  three  children.  One  is  a  Lt. 
Commander  in  the  Navy;  one  a  Captain  in  the  Army  Air 
Force  and  one  a  daughter,  Avho  makes  her  home  on  the 
Mississippi  coast. 

Frances  Ogier,  '99,  who  lives  in  Oakland,  California,  paid 
a  visit  to  Brazil  in  1941.  She  is  very  interested  in  the  Alu- 
mnae's South  American  project  for  this  reason. 

Florence  Best  Marsh,  '99,  lost  her  husband  in  World  War 
I.    She  is  living  in  Monrovia,  California. 

Victoria  Kinner  Quick,  '07,  has  two  sons  with  the  Armed 
Forces.  One  is  in  the  Navy  and  one  in  the  Air  Corps  sta- 
tioned in  India. 

Lillia  Fox  Elder,  '14,  lives  in  Roanoke,  Va.  She  has  four 
children ;  Pat,  who  was  married  to  an  Ensign  in  1942 ;  Robert 
who  was  a  bombardier  in  the  Air  Force  until  he  received  a 
medical  discharge  in  1944;  Laura,  a  High  School  senior  this 
year  and  Sarah  who  holds  a  position  in  Roanoke.  Mrs. 
Elder,  herself,  is  employed  at  the  Norfolk  Southern  Bus 
Corporation  where  she  conducted  tours  to  nearby  places  of 
interest  prior  to  the  war. 

Our  deepest  sympathy  goes  to  Margaret  Miller  Cabell,  '17, 
whose  son,  Lt.  William  Cabell,  Jr.,  a  B25  pilot,  was  killed 
over  Lae,  March  1944.  The  Oak  Leaf  Cluster  was  presented 
to  Mrs.  Cabell. 

Alice  Vincent  Arganbright,  '17,  whose  husband  died  in 
1939,  has  a  son,  Adrian  who  is  in  the  U.  S.  Infantry  at  Ft. 
Benning,  Ga.  and  a  daughter  Alice  Mary  who  is  a  junior  in 
High  School  in  Portsmouth,  Ohio. 

We  regret  to  note  the  passing  of  the  father  of  Mary 
Buckner  Ragland,  '18.  Dr.  Buckner  was  one  of  the  South's 
most  brilliant  physicians. 

Mary  Boyd  Gettemuller,  '18,  lost  her  husband  in  April, 
.1945.    We  extend  to  her  our  sincere  sympathy. 

Gay  Summers  Jessup,  '20,  whose  husband  is  now  a  Com- 
mander and  aide  to  the  Admiral  of  the  12th  Naval  District, 


lives  in  Ross,  California,    Her  eldest  daughter,  Christine,  is  a 
student  at  the  Llniversitj'  of  California. 

Mary  Biedler  Finer,  '21,  teaches  in  the  Junior  High  school 
in  Shelby,  N.  C. 

Marjorie  Riddle  Wright.  '21,  has  three  sons.  Harry  is  in 
the  Air  Corps,  Craig  at  Woodberry  Forest  school  and  Thorn- 
ton at  home.  Mrs.  Wright  promises  Mary  Baldwin  a  visit 
when  she  comes  to  see  the  son  at  Woodberry  Forest. 

A  son  was  born  to  Helen  Tinncy  Manchester,  '22,  on  Dec- 
ember 30,  1944.  She  also  has  another  son,  Hugh,  and  three 
daughters,  Jane,  Virginia  and  Libby. 

Our  sincere  sympathy  goes  to  Alaitland  Thompson  Lin- 
ney,  '22,  who  lost  her  husband  in  December  1943.  Mrs.  Lin- 
ney  is  living  in  Washington,  D.  C.  where  her  14  year  old  son 
is  attending  the  Alice  Deal  Junior  High   School. 

Grace  Williams  Richardson,  '22,  and  her  daughter.  Eve, 
are  living  in  Ft.  Myer,  Va.  They  have  recently  returned  from 
the  Philippines  where  they  had  been  prisoners  of  war  in 
Santo  Tomas  Camp.  Mrs.  Richardson  and  her  husband  went 
to  the  Philippines  as  teachers  in  1928.  Mr.  Richardson  was 
killed  in  December  1941,  during  the  battle  of  Cavite. 

Josephine  Barkman  Coleman,  '24,  who  lives  in  Wellesley, 
Mass.  has  taken  an  active  part  in  war  activities.  She  has 
served  as  chairman  of  the  Red  Cross  Staff  Assistants  of 
Wellesley  at  Newton  Hospital  Volunteers  office  and  has  been 
a  solicitor  for  the  Red  Cross  War  Fund. 

We  extend  our  sympathy  to  Helen  Baylor  AIcNeer,  '26x- 
'24,  who  lost  her  husband  on  December  2,   1944. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Henry  Ballard  (Dallas 
,A.nne  Lee,  '26)   a  son  at  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Virginia  Roosa  Slocum's  husband  is  supervising  principal 
at  Haddon  Heights  N.  J.  She  has  two  children,  Jon  Merrill 
and  Sue  Jean. 

Aurelia  Barton,  '27  teaches  English  in  the  Harrisonburg, 
\'a.  High  School. 

Audrey  Blackford  Higgs,  '27x25,  is  the  newly  elected 
chairman  of  the  Staunton  Chapter  of  the  Mary  Baldwin 
.\lumnae  Association.  She  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the 
civic  life  of  Staunton  as  well  as  being  a  leader  in  her  church. 
.■\udrey  has  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Laura  Brozi'n  Logan,  '27,  is  living  in  Huntington,  West 
Va.  where  she  and  her  husband.  Dr.  Charles  Logan,  have 
started  a  new  church. 

Dorothy  Curry  Spady,  '27,  lives  in  Fayetteville,  N.  C.  She 
tells  us  that  traveling  with  her  husband,  who  is  in  the  insur- 
ance business,   she   runs  across  many  Mary  Baldwin   girls. 

Kitty  Walker  Lyie,  '28,  who  is  living  in  Havre  de  Grace, 
Md.  has  a  daughter,  Ellen  Richardson,  who  is  enrolled  on 
the  Mary  Baldwin  Cradle  Roll. 

Doris  Cummings  Hixon,  '28,  is  living  at  Oneida,  N.  Y. 
She  has  a  son,  Edward,  born  in  1941.  Her  husband  is  a 
Major  in  the  Army  iMedical   Corps  and  is  stationed   with  a 


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general  hospital  in  the  Pacific. 

Kathleen  Sultan  Sass,  '28,  visited  the  College  in  June  and 
registered  her  two  daughters  to  enter  Mary  Baldwin  in  '52. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Alexander  Rockwell,  '28,  has  a  son, 
James  Dunbar,  born  June  19,  in  Glastonbury,  Conn. 

Kitty  Lambert  Moran,  '28  is  now  making  her  home  in 
Staunton.  She  takes  an  active  interest  in  her  garden  club 
of  which  she  has  been  president. 

Bom  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  F.  Baldwin  (Elsie  Harman, 
'28)   a  daughter,  Nancy  Carol,  May  17,  1945.' 

Catherine  Crafton  Fenne,  '29,  and  her  husband  have  re- 
cently returned  from  a  two  year's  stay  in  Brazil. 

Dorothy  Morriss  Gibbs',  '29  husband  has  recently  returned 
from  overseas  duty.  Dot  has  three  children,  Mary  Morriss, 
Katherine  and  Wayt,  IV. 

1930 

Mary  Edgar  Hcbhard  Parmelee  has  two  daughters,  age  7 
and  4. 

Mary  Louise  Timberlake  Passingham  lives  in  Camu 
Lejeune,  N.  C.  She  has  one  daughter,  Mary  Katherine,  born 
in  1941. 

LOST 
Jean  Anthony  Ethel  Pence 

Louise  Hancock  Leone  Pence 

Jean  Lucas  Moran  Marian  Sibbet 

Mildred   Moore    Nixon  Elizabeth  Johnson   Campbell 

1931 
Mary  Bair  Bowrflan  teaches  music  in  Woodstock,  Va.  She 
recently  sang  a  solo  in  the  First  Presbyteria"ft   Church  here 
in  Staunton,  Va. 

Ina  Mackey  Yott  is  living  in  New  Orleans. 
LOST 
Elizabeth   Carlile  Talbott  Laura  Cannon  Bell 

Florence   Cunningham  Kathryn    Tucker  Frost 

Janet  Grady  Margaret  Mauze  Carson 

Jane  Griffin  Dix  Marguerite    Vah   Olson 

Catherine  Wilcoxen  Katherine    Warmington 

1932 
Send  us  news,  Class  of  '32 ! 

LOST 
Louise    Welder   Southand  Mary  Elizabeth  Jackson 

Anne  Broiune   Blandford  Elizabeth  McNeir 

Camilla  Di«i/!0)»  Karl  Patsy  Shaffer  Huntington 

Elizabeth  French  James  Anne    Lackey    Williams 

1933 
Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Graham  F.  Painter   (Ruth  Frazer) 
a  son,  James  Randolph,  January  20,  1945. 

Bess  Ellis,  x'31,  was  married  to  John  Perkins  Van  Den- 
burgh,  on  January  13,  1945. 

LOST 
Ruth  Anne  Browne  Barbara  Stone 

Caroline  Rives  Speed  Lillian  Thomas 

Anne  Rumer   Reynolds  Katharine  Whittelsley 

Martha  Stewart  Edith  Grant  Caudle 

EDITOR'S  NOTE 
After  the  news  items  for  each  class  from  1930-1945, 
there  appears  a  list  of  names  of  Alumnae,  marked 
"Lost."  Our  files  do  not  carry  correct  addresses  of 
these  former  students.  We  are  particularly  anxious  to 
secure  from  you  any  recent  information  about  them. 
Please  notify  the  Alumnae  Secretary  of  changes  of 
names  or  addresses  of  any  of  these. 


1934 

Born  to  Chief  Pharmacists  Male  and  Mrs.  Boyd  S.  Cle- 
ments (^lildred  Mawhinncy)  a  son,  Boyd  Mawhinncy,  Feb- 
ruary 1945. 

Dorothea  Bertellc  Murchison,  x'33,  writes  to  us  from 
Prince  Edward  Island,  Canada  that  she  is  President  of  the 
P.  E.  I.  Alpha  Chapter  of  Beta  Sigma  Phi  International 
Sorority  and  also  President  of  the  Kirk  Auxiliary  of  St. 
James  Presbyterian  Church. 

Bessie  Stollemvcrck  Carper  has  returned  to  this  country 
from  Africa  where  she  and  her  husband  did  mission  work 
for  five  years.  Bessie  has  two  children,  a  boy  and  a  girl. 
They  are  at  present  living  in  Mission  Court,  Richmond,  Va. 

LOST 
Caroline  Van  Dine  Newland    Helen  Ford  Norwood 
Edith  Adams  Rockcharlie         Agnes  Latham  Carter 
Margaret  Bailey  Kathryn  Little  Weaver 

Marguerite    Durrett  Barbara  Merriam 

Marjorie  Morfit  Alice  Nichols 

1935 

Born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  O.  Puckett  (Virginia  House), 
a  daughter,  Virginia  Northington,  on  December  26,  1944. 

Born  to  Major  and  Mrs.  George  Wilson  Robinson  (Mary 
Opie),  a  daughter,  Lindsay  Opie,  at  Charlottesville,  Va.,  on 
January  29,  1945. 

Evelyn  Brozvn  Nilsson  is  temporarily  living  at  Lakewood, 
Ohio,  while  her  husband,  who  is  a  1st  Lt.  in  the  Army  Aii 
Force,  is  stationed  at  the  Cleveland  airport. 

Bebe  Hannah  Fuller,  x'33,  writes  that  her  husband,  Lt. 
Colonel  W.  H.  G.  Fuller,  is  overseas  again  after  thirteen 
months  in  Egypt  with  the  British.  He  wears  the  British 
decoration,  silver,  star  with  Oak  Leaf  Cluster,  ETO  ribbon 
with  three  stars.  Bebe  has  a  new  daughter,  Linda,  born 
February  20,  1945. 

Our  deepest  sympathy  goes  to  Rosannah  Milam  Stanhope 
whose  husband,  a  lieutenant  in  the  paratroops,  was  killed 
in  Normandy. 

LOST 
Idolene    Fitzgerald    Wynn  Lillian    Camj^bcll   Karicofe 

Susie   Peters   Kenamond  Mary   Cookson    Sullivan 

Dorothy  Gaillard  Fair  Bernice  Eckler 

1936 

Jean  Hebbard  Palmer  has  two  daughters,  Phoebe,  5  and 
Susan,  2.  Her  husband  is  in  the  cavalry,  stationed  at  Fort 
Riley,   Kansas. 

Born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Preston,  Jr.  (Imogen  Bird) 
a  son,  Andrew  Bird,  on  June  25,  1945. 

Nancy  Wallace  Henderson  has  a  son,  VN'illiani  McCranor 
Jr.,  born  last  August. 

Our  sincere  sympathy  goes  to  Nancy  Marklcy  Leap  whose 
husband  was  killed  in  the  European  theatre. 

LOST 
Sybil  Ashby  Erickson  Nina  Martin  Laneaux 

Audrey  Curran  Anna  Speed 

Barbara  Jett  Ribcr  Frances  Turner 

1937 

Besides  working  in  Washington,  Anne  Harrison  writes 
that  she  is  also  doing  Red  Cross  work. 

Katherine  Major  Early,  whose  husband  Commander  J.  C. 
Early  is  in  the  Aledical  Corps,  is  living  at  Patuxent  River, 
Md.  She  has  twin  daughters,  June  and  Kay,  born  in  Decem- 
ber, 1943. 


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Alice  Gilkeson  was  married  to  Clarence  Simpkins  on 
April  28,  1945.  She  had  as  her  attendants,  Anna  Lawler  Gil- 
keson and  Doniphan  Gilkeson.  The  ceremony  was  per- 
formed at  Tinkling  Spring  Presbyterian  Church,  Fishersville, 
^'a. 

Bette  Hiles  Hueber,  x'35,  is  living  in  East  Orange,  N.  J., 
at  present. 

Our  sincere  sympathy  goes  to  Edythe  Alphin  Gilbert,  x'35 
who  lost  her  husband  on  January  7,  1945.  He  was  participat- 
ing in  an  important  bombing  and  strafing  strike  on  Clark 
Field,  near  Manila  when  his  plane  was  struck  by  anti-aircraft 
fire. 

Virginia  Kyle  Copper  worked  in  the  Mary  Baldwin  libr- 
ary last  winter. 

Frances  Wilson  Glover  is  making  her  home  in  Staunton 
now.  Her  husband  is  Business  Manager  of  Virginia  School 
for  the  Deaf  and  Blind.    Frances  has  two  children. 

Nancy  Catt  was  married  to  Technical  Sergeant  Harry  P. 
Blackburn,  Jr.  on  June  22.  The  wedding  took  place  in  the 
chapel  at  Buckingham  Army  Air  Field,  Fort  Myer,  Va.  Ser- 
geant Blackburn  served  twenty-eight  months  in  New  Guinea, 
and  is  now  assigned  to  Fort  Myer  as  a  gunnery  instructor. 

Ellen  jMorris  Jones'  engagement  has  been  announced  to 
Spotswood  Hughes  Keene  of  Ashlancl,  Va.  Mr.  Keene  at- 
tended Emory  University  and  was  graduated  from  Randolph 
Macon  College  and  the  Law  School  of  Duke  University. 
The  wedding  will  take  place  in  September. 

LOST 
Barbara  Bailey  Clementine  Smith' Clark 

Betsy  McLean  Farvell  Aleta  Stout  Glasgow 

Florence  Mets  Wheeler  Margaret  Tucker 

Maxine   Orr  Fitzgibbon  Emily  Turner  Groves 

Robbie  Pinkston  Marguerite  "Leeney 

Agnes  Pinkston  Lola  Jane  Moloney   Pugh 

Susan  Roudabush   Sheets  Frances  Stacey  Cooper 

1938 

Born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  G.  Turner  (Jane  Mattox),  a 
daughter,  Claudia  Jane,  on  November  9,  1944,  at  Raleigh, 
N.  C. 

Agnes  McClung  Coiner,  x'36,  who  lives  in  Waynesboro, 
Va.,  has  a  daughter,  five,  and  a  son,  a  year  and  a  half. 
Betty  Brenton  has  been  enrolled  on  the  Mary  Baldwin  Cradle 
Roll.  Agnes  writes  that  Beth  Ranson  Waltman,  x'36,  is  still 
living  in  Philadelphia  and  that  Harriette  Carmichael  Holland, 
x'36,  has  a  son,  two  and  a  half  and  is  living  in  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Meta  Bertschy,  x'36,  has  been  married  to  Harry  J.  Lasch 
and  is  living  in  Elm  Grove,  West  Va. 

Virginia  Fowler,  x'3S,  is  living  in  Mexico  and  working  in 
the  American  Embassy.  She  says  she  is  trying  to  learn  more 
Spanish. 

Helen  Craig  Meck's  x'3S,  second  son  was  born  on  Febru- 
ary 19,  1945,  at  Weston,  West.  Va. 

Myra  Miller,  x'36,  was  married  to  Mizc  Morris  in  April 
1945,  in  the  Methodist  Church  in  Shelbina,  Mo.  For  several 
years,  Alyra  has  been  studying  painting  under  Yasuo  Kuni- 
yoshi  at  the  Art  Student's  League  in  New  York  City.  Mr. 
Morris  was  graduated  from  the  Missouri  Military  Academy 
and  Notre  Dame.  They  will  live  at  Millstone  Farm,  five 
miles  north  of  Mexico,  Mo. 

Peggy  Lou  Hooven  Murphy,  x'36,  has  two  children,  Mar- 
garet Blacke,  born  April  14,  1943  and  Andrew  Marshall, 
Dec.  2,  1944. 

Born  to  Captain  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Kable  H,  (Page  Moffet), 


a  daughter,  Page  Enslow,  May  23,  1945. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Givens  Fulton,  HI,  a  daughter, 
Sally  Filler,  May  27,  1945. 

Margaret  Ann  ^Mclndoe  became  the  bride  of  William 
Koll  Boettinger,  in  Baltimore,  Md.  on  June  30.  After  July 
20,  they  will  be  at  home  at  3901  Woodbine  Ave,  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Nancy  Gilliam,  former  Executive  Secretary  of  the  Mary 
Baldwin  Alumnae  Association,  is  now  at  home  in  Statesville, 
N.  C.  • 

LOST 
Mary  Abbott  Sarah    Latham    Campbell 

Mary   Sue   Booker  Alma  Sirider  Christian 

Emily   Bryant   Browning  Louise  Parks  Miller 

Hazel  Crist  Key  Elizabeth  Bird   Cook 

1939 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  P.  Ast,  III  (Betty  Grone- 
meyer)  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Ann,  at  the  LTniversity  Hospi- 
tal on  February  9,  1945. 

Born  to  Lt.  and  Mrs.  John  Hinch  CMargaret  Cochran. 
x'37)  a  daughter,  Susan  Baldwin,  in  February  at  Staunton, 
Va. 

Born  to  Technical  Sergeant  and  Mrs.  A.  G.  Harwood, 
in  (Virginia  Clare  Payne,  x'37),  a  son,  Alexanderr  Gilliam, 
IV  on  February  11,  1945. 

Virginia  Worth  Gonder  has  a  daughter,  Virginia  Worth 
and  is  living  in  Elizabeth  City,  N.  C. 

Harriet  Loiu  Brown,  x'37,  is  living  temporarily  in  Oak 
Park,  111.  where  her  husband  is  an  engifffeer,  helping  to  make 
torpedoes  for  the  Navy.  Harriet  has  a  daughter,  Betsy, 
born  Aug.  2,  1943. 

Lt.  (jg)  Betty  Boyd  who  is  in  the  WAVES  writes  to.  us 
from  San  Diego,  California  where  she  is  stationed  with  the 
Industrial  Command  at  the  Repair  Base.  She  is  in  charge 
of  ninety-eight  enlisted  WAVES.  "Seeing  our  wonderful 
Navy  ships  sail  in  and  out  of  the  Base  gives  me  a  real  thrill," 
says   Betty. 

Maxine  Dunlap  Mclntyre  is  in  Tucson,  Arizona.  She  has 
a  son,  DeWitt  Gray,  born  May  14,  1945. 

Shirley  Keelgar  is  working  in  New  York,  practicing  her 
piano  and  performing  in  plays. 

Frances  Yount  Showker  is  living  in  Charlestown,  Ind. 

Emmy  Lou  Williamson's  address  is  1706  New  Hampshire 
Ave.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Elizabeth  Peebles  Wilson  writes  us  of  the  birth  of 
twins,  on  March  17,  1945 — a  girl,  Patricia  Withers  and  a  boy, 
Michael  Stuart.  The  twins'  grandmother  is  a  Mary  Baldwin 
Alumna,  Edwina  Brotherton  Peebles.  Elizabeth  also  has 
another  son,  Frank  Beatty,  III,  who  is  four  years  old. 

Anna  James  Smith  was  married  to  Captain  James  Edwin 
Mills,  USA,  May  26,  1945  in  the  Elk  Garden  Methodist 
Church,  Rosedale.  Prior  to  her  marriage,  Anna  James  served 
as  Red  Cross  recreationist  at  Darnall  General  Hospital,  Dan- 
ville, Ky. 

Elise  Casscells  became  Mrs.  Robert  Palma,  May  26,  1945. 
The  ceremony  took  place  in  St.  Peter's  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  New  Brighton  and  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Gre- 
gory  Palma,  brother  of  the  bridegroom 

Margaret  Johnston,  x'37,  is  working  as  her  father's  sec- 
retary in  Hatfield,  Pa. 

LOST 

Ida  Kcllough  Robb  Mary  Elizabeth  Cronin  Wolfe 

Helen  Volk  Dubrow 


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1940 

Louise  Cherry,  :K'i7,  was  married  to  Captain  Manning  B. 
Shannan,  Jr.,  Army  Medical  Corps,  in  Dallas,  Texas. 

Louise  VanAtta  Derr  is  working  in  an  insurance  office. 

Allan  Carpenter  Meeks  has  been  hving  in  Joliet,  111.  while 
her  husband  is  an  instructor  at  the  Navy  Base. 

Sara  Frances  Ferrell  Shay,  x'38,  is  living  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  5504  Stuart  Ave. 

Mary  Conlon  Schull,  x'38,  has  a  daughter,  Louise  Caro- 
line, born  March  11,  1945. 

Alice  Jones  Thompson  visited  the  Alumnae  office  in  May. 
She  is  living  in  Beeville,  Texas. 

Emma  Padgett  was  married  to  Staff  Sergeant  Eugene 
Perkins  Fitzhugh,  Jr.,  May  5,  1945,  at  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  in  Newport  News,  Va.  Jane  Neal  Herndon,  x'39, 
was  one  of  the  bridesmaids.  Mildred  Hudson  Small,  '42x'4] 
of  Norfolk  attended  the  wedding. 

Patricia  Matthews  Smith,  x'37,  is  living  temporarily  in 
Louisville,  Ky.,  while  her  husband.  Captain  Smith  is  stationed 
at  Nichols  General  Hospital.  She  has  a  daughter,  Shelia,  who 
is  enrolled  on  the  Mary  Baldwin  Cradle  Roll. 

Born  to  Captain  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Vance  (Rebecca  Ro- 
berts)  a  son,  Curtis  Roberts,  May  28,   1945. 

Lt.  Ruth  Owen,  USNR,  has  reported  for  duty  at  the 
U.  S.  Naval  Air  Station,  Pearl  Harbor,  Hawaii.  She  was  on 
duty  as  disbursing  officer  at  U.  S.  Naval  Air  Station,  Wey- 
mouth,  Mass.,  prior  to  her  transfer  to  Hawaii. 

Jeanne  Smith  is  now  Mrs.  G.  A.  Gardes.  Her  husband 
is  a  lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

Mary  Frances  Dudley  Schmid  will  work  as  a  secretary 
in  the  Administrative  offices  at  Mary  Baldwin  this  fall. 

Shirley  Fleming  who  was  elected  to  the  National  Board 
of  the  Mary  Baldwin  Alumnae  Association  this  spring,  is 
now  at  her  home  in  Moberly,  Mo.  She  has  been  teaching 
four  year  olds  in  New  York  City  and  says  she  is  ready  for 
a  vacation.  Her  engagement  has  been  announced  and  she 
will  be  married  in  the  fall.  We  are  glad  Shirley  will  make 
her  home  in  the  East. 

LOST 
Mildred  Bradley  Josephine  Babcock  Bickley 

Barbara  Browne    Martindale     Rose  Berkshire 
Louise  iCir/j  Massey  Nita  Sorrelle  Martin 

Audrey  Martin   Watson  Frances  Rue  Godwin 

Gladys   Walker  Mary  Gietner  Coles 

Elizabeth   Anderson    Bell  Betty   Pierce   Landry 

1941 

Louise  Kinkel  was  awarded  the  Master's  degree  in  social 
service  by  the  University  of  Buffalo  on  Feb.  22,  1945.  Her 
thesis  topic  was,  "Problems  Brought  to  a  Children's  Agency 
in  a  War  Production  Area." 

Emily  Raioorth  Compton,  x'38,  visited  Libba  McDavid 
Spigner  in  Seattle  when  she  was  in  Spokane,  Washington 
while  her  husband  was  stationed  there.  Emily  now  has  a 
daughter,  Emily  Deupree,  born  June  29,  1945. 

Dorris  Withers  McNeal  visited  Betty  Ellen  Wilcox  Arm- 
strong in  Rosewell,  New  Mexico  on  her  way  back  from  the 
coast.    Betty  Ellen  has  two  children,  Billy  and  Judy. 

Jean  Lamer  Gray  is  at  home  in  Staunton  for  the  dura- 
tion.   SJie  has  a  little  daughter,  Caroline  Elizabeth. 

Nancy  Clark  McLennan's  husband  is  a  Lt,  Commander 
in  the  Naval  Reserve,   serving  in  the   South  Pacific. 

Charlotte  AUeback,  x'39-,  is  employed  as  secretary  for  the 


General  Motors   Corporation,   Chevrolet  Division,   Philadelp- 
hia, Pa. 

Gladys  White  is  with  the  Research  Department  of  Young 
and  Rubicam,  Advertising  Agency  in  New  York  City. 

Anne  Pattilto  McLeod,  x'38,  and  Jane  Pattillo  Koener. 
x'38,  are  living  in  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mary  K.  Miles  Whitaker  stopped  by  the  College  in  June. 
She  has  a  son,  James  Miles,  born  Nov.  15,  1942. 

Kitty  Hoge  Ronemus,  x'39  has  been  advised  by  the  War 
Dept.  that  her  husband,  2nd  Lt.  Ronemus  died  in  Germany. 
May  29.    Our  deepest  sympathy  goes  to  her. 

Born  to  Major  and  Mrs.  Charles  Joel  Parker  (Sarah 
Lane)   a  son,  Charles  Joel  Parker,  Jr.,  June  19,  1945. 

Arlene  Preddy  will  teach  art  in  Elkton,  Md.  schools  this 
winter. 

LOST 
Elizabeth  Dingley 
Barbara  Lingham  Frances   Wade  Haldane 

1942 

Born  to  Major  and  Mrs.  Joe  R.  Daniel  (Patricia  Lifsey) 
a  son,  Joe  Rowan,  Jr.,  on  Jan.  28,  1945,  at  the  Maxwell  Field 
Post  Hospital,  Alabama. 

Eleanor  ("Hi")  Jamison  is  working  for  the  Presbyterian 
Publishing  House  in  Richmond,  Va. 

Jane  Raudenbush  Coiner  worked  in  Mr.  Daffin's  office 
until  her  husband.  Major  Coiner,  returned  from  two  year's 
overseas  duty.    ITiey  are  living  now  in  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Jean  McGuire  Waldrop,  x'40,  has  a  daughter,  Susan,  born 
Nov.  28,  1944. 

Mary  Siynpson  Bailey  is  at  present  in  Denver,  Colorado, 
where  her  husband  is  stationed. 

Jane  Harris  Gatling  has  a  son,  George  Pepper  Gatling,  Jr. 

Kathryn  Heep  Powers,  x'39,  is  living  in  Buda,  Texas 
with  her  husband  and  two  children,  Neal,  3  and  Kathie,  4 
months. 

Annie  Mary  Beasley  Marhler,  x'39,  and  her  daughter  live 
in  Kingsville,  Texas. 

Evelyn  RuUman  is  a  laboratory  assistant  in  the  Chemical 
and  Metallurgical  laboratory  at  the  Post  graduate  School, 
U.  S.  Naval  Academy. 

Alice  Faremvald  Skibo  has  a  son,  Wayne. 

Catherine  Dewees  Launt,  her  husband  and  their  new  son 
are  living  in  Texas. 

Alice  Hayman  was  married  May  28,  1943  to  Francis  W. 
Hank  in  Washington,  D.  C.    She  is  now  in  Oak  Ridge,  Tenn. 

Janet  Werner,  x'39,  is  doing  public  relations  work  at  the 
University  of  Oklahojna.  She  sees  Jean  Hartwell  '46x'4-l 
occasionally. 

Betty  Bailey  Hall,  x'39,  is  in  Texarkana,  Texas,  with  her 
husband  who  is  a  Major. 

.Cissie  Norton  was  married  in  May  to  John  Stubbs  Brush- 
wood, a  Virginian  who  is  studying  for  his  PhD  in  Spanish 
at  Columbia  University,  New  York  City.  Prior  to  her  mar- 
riage, Cissie  had  studied  at  the  New  York  School  of  Social 
Work  and  was  working  at  the  New  York  hospital,  doing 
medical  social  work.  She  also  continued  a  class  or  two  on 
the  side  to  work  up  gradually  on  the  M.S.  requirements.  The 
new  address  for  the  'Brushwoods'  is  79  Charles  St.,  New 
York  City. 

Mary  Morris  Blakely  Sorrels  is  living  in  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
She  is  working  as  secretary  for  the  Myers  Park  Baptist 
Church  in  Charlotte  while  her  husband  is  overseas. 


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Kay  Poerschke  Kennedy  is  still  with  Columbia  Broadcast- 
ing Company,  New  York. 

Glada  Moses  Beard  is  living  at  33  Windemere  Ave,  Lans- 
downe.  Pa. 

Suzanne   Hudson    AIcLeod    lives    in    Gloucester,    Va. 

Malvine  Paxton  Graham  has  moved  back  to  Norfolk,  Va. 
Her  address  is  1150  Manchester  Ave. 

Carolyn  Breeding  Graham  is  with  her  husband  and  baby 
in  California. 

Mary  Lou  Gordon  McKay,  x'40,  has  another  son.  She 
with  her  four  year  old  "Skippy"  and  the  new  "Gordy,"  are 
awaiting  Ensign  McKay's  return   from  the  Pacific. 

Leonita  Blount  is  now  Mrs.  Harold  Lube.  She  writes  us 
that  she  ran  into  !Maxine  Hoffman  Barco  in  Sarasota,  Flori- 
da, recently. 

We  had  a  grand  letter  from  Polly  Murphy  Keller,  x'40, 
this  Spring.  She  is  living  in  Arlington,  Va.,  with  a  daughter, 
Caroline,  nearly  two  years  old  while  her  husband,  Major 
Keller  is  stationed  at  Marine  Corps  Headquarters.  She  re- 
ports that  she  often  sees  jNIargaret  Williams,  x'40,  who  is  in 
the  WAVES,   stationed   in   Washington,   D.   C. 

Peggy  Meredith  Darden's,  x'40,  husband  has  just  returned 
from  the  Pacific  and  will  be  stationed  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Nancy  Hughes  Manson,  x'40,  and  two  sons  are  living  in 
Jacksonville,  Florida  while  her  husband  is  overseas. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Dillard  Teer  (Mildred 
Roycroft)  son,  Robert  Dillard,  Jr.,  April  11,  1945. 

Millicent  French  Prescott  has  two  children,  Joel  III,  age 
4  and  Nan,  age  20  months. 

Pvt.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Wilson  (Inez  Jones,  x'40)  announce 
the  arrival  of  a  daughter,  Gail  Frances,  June  20,  1945,  in 
Staunton,  Va. 

Mildred  Hudson  Small,  x'41,  was  elected  chairman  of  the 
Peninsula  group  of  Mary  Baldwin  Alumnae.  She  is  living  in 
Norfolk,  Va. 

LOST 
Harriett  Coiner  Eleanor  Unger 

Regina  Minon   Henderson  Mildred  Terrell 

Nancy  Price  McCrackin  Helen    Stringfellow 

Rachael  Smith 

1943 

Born  to  Lt.  and  Mrs.  Harold  M.  Hagaman,  (Gloria  Alice 
Ware,  x'41),  a  daughter,  Alice  Sherard,  on  Februarj'  11, 
1945. 

Mary  Bullock  Ogden,  x'40  has  a  daughter,  Judith  Ann, 
born  September  18,  1944.  She  writes  that  her  husband  has 
been  in  the  Navy  three  years,  much  of  that  time  at  sea  on  a 
tanker. 

Emily  Jerger,  x'41,  joined  the  WACS  in  June  1944  and  is 
stationed  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga. 

Katherine  Stephens  was  married  to  Captain  Herbert  Hen- 
derson Hill,  Feb.  17,  1945,  at  Helena,  Ark. 

Ada  Butler  is  now  Mrs.  L.  Frank  Arthur. 

Lt.  (jg.)  Frances  Robinson  Enderle,  USNR,  is  stationed 
in  Washington,  D.  C.  She  has  a  position  which  is  an  assist- 
ant to  a  captain  in  aeronautical  communications  and  has 
many  opportunities  to  travel.  She  has  seen  Nancy  Schet- 
tler,  '44x'42,  in  Washington. 

Gratia  Kaynor  was  married  to  Lt.  Richard  W.  Keane  June 
23,  1945.    She  is  living  at  2312  North  Blvd.,  Houston,  Texas. 

Margaret  McMurray  is  teaching  English  in  a  high  school 
near  Winchester,  \'a. 

Frances  Knight  is  doing  social  work  in  Norfolk,  Va. 


Louise  Jackson  is  working  for  her  father  in  Wilmington, 
N.  C. 

Lucy  Bryan  Philpott  has  a  daughter,  Louisa  Respess,  born 
March   17,    1945. 

Marian  Edgar  was  married  to  Captain  Colin  Charles  Eld- 
ridge  in  April  1943.  She  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Michigan  in  May  1943  and  has  spent  the  last  two  years  as 
secretary  at  the  California  Institute  of  Technology.  Her 
husband  is  in  the  Army  Signal  Corps,  stationed  in  Alaska. 

Marjorie  Carter  Lacy,  x'41,  is  living  in  Jacksonville, 
Florida.  She  lives  only  a  block  from  Tillie  Blount  Harns- 
berger,  '42x'39.  She  has  also  seen  Anne  Lane  Brewer,  x'40 
and  Sabine  Goodman,  '46x'44. 

Mary  Dell  Huebeck  is  living  at  McDonogh  Lane,  .Nic- 
Donogh,  Md. 

Marguerite  Logan  is  in  Richmond,  Va.  working  at  the 
Armed  Forces  Induction  station  as  a  Psychologist.  She  is  en- 
gaged to  Lt.  Charles  S.  Cooke,  USNR,  who  is  in  the  Pacific. 

A  wonderful  letter  from  Anne  Garrett  in  April  told  us  of 
a  reunion  in  Washington,  D.  C.  of  Gladys  Adams,  who  is  a 
liuetenant  in  the  WAVES,  Gratia  Kaynor,  Temple  Tyree 
and  Sally  Wheat,  x'41,  who  work  in  Washington,  and  Bar- 
bara Stedman  who  is  at  present  staying  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
but  plans  to  enter  secretarial  work  there  very  soon.  Anne 
likes  her  work  as  Personnel  Director  at  one  of  the  Burling- 
ton Mills  plants.  She  was  elected  to  the  National  Board  of 
Mary   Baldwin  Alumnae   Association,   this   spring. 

Reed  Munson  Beveredge,  x'42,  has  a  daughter,  Lucinda, 
born  April  7,  1945. 

Edith  Auld  Jamison,  x'40,  who  is  living  in  Scottdale,  Pa., 
has  one  daughter,  two  and  a  half. 

Born  to  Lt.  and  Mrs.  .A..  J.  Rooklin  (Louise  Petrulias) 
a  daughter,  Sandra  Louise,  Dec.  16,  1944. 

Martha  Sprouse  Stoops  has  accepted  a  position  as  head  of 
the  History  department  at  Peace  College,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Martha  has  her  M.A.  from  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

Born  to  Lt.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Mix  (Betty  Johnson,  x'41)  a 
daughter,   Kathleen   Dorcas. 

Shirley  Willige,  x'40,  has  announced  her  engagement  to 
Donald  Nesbit. 

Kay  Gierhart  Hogshead  is  making  her  home  in  Monterey, 
Va.  where  her  husband  is  practicing  medicine. 

Katherine  Shelburne,  x'42,  is  working  at  Du  Pont  Cor- 
poration  in  Waynesboro,  Va. 

Ann  Ellen  Graham  was  married  to  John  R.  Hazzard, 
Tune  21,    1945   in   Staunton,  Va. 

LOST 
Marian   Langsner  losen  Dorothy  Howard 

Dorothy   Shelton    Jones  Jane    Ellen    McFarlane 

1944 

Born  to  Corporal  and  !Mrs.  Milton  O.  Culpepper,  Jr 
(Frances  Fulton,  x'42)  a  son,  Milton  O.  Ill  on  February  20. 
1945. 

Born  to  Lt.  and  Mrs.  Brennor  Beck  (Marie  Bryan,  x'41) 
a  son,  Brennor  \\'illiam  Beck  II,  at  Staunton,  Va.,  Feb.  7, 
1945.  Lt.  Beck  served  overseas  with  the  First  Army  and 
has  returned  to  this  country. 

Elizabeth  Churchman,  since  January  1945,  has  been  living 
in  New  York  at  the  Three  Arts  Club.  She  is  studying  voice 
as  well  as  taking  two  courses  at  Columbia  University.  She 
says  she  also  has  a  job  to  fill  in  her  spare  time! 

Born  to  Lt.  and  Mrs.  James  David  Sleeper  (Mary  Jane 
Beyer,  x'42)  a  son,  James  David,  Jr.,  June  14,  1944.  Lt. 
Sleeper  is  in  the  South  Pacific. 

Virginia   Tear   was   married   to  Lt.   James   Daniel    Doyle, 


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USCGR,  April,  1943.    She  has  a  son  bom  May  2S,  1944. 

Phoebe  Withers  Field  is  living  in  Cambridge,  Mass.  while 
her  husband  studies  at  AI.  I.  T. 

Mary  Evelyn  Irby,  x'41,  graduated  in  October  1943  from 
the  University  of  Oklahoma.  She  is  now  doing  medical  social 
work  at  the  Crippled  Children's  Hospital  in  Oklahoma  City. 

Margaret  LaM.  Smith  Conner,  x'41,  is  living  in  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Shirley  Alderman  Valz,  x'42,  is  now  in  California  with 
her  husband  who  has  returned  from  two  years  overseas  duty 
with   the   United   States   Navy  Air   Corps. 

Nell  Dorsey,  x'42,  is  working  for  the  American  Airlines. 

Sallie  McCullough  Futch,  x'42,  writes  from  Galveston 
that  her  husband  expected  to  receive  his  commission  as  a 
lieutenant,  jg,  in  the  Naval  Reserve  in  June.  Her  plans  then 
are  entirely  dependent  on  the  Navy.  We  hope  that  Lt. 
Futch's  hospital  where  he  will  interne  will  be  close  enough 
to  Mary  Baldwin  so  that  both  may  pay  us  a  visit. 

Joyce  Goldstein,  x'42,  graduated  from  Vanderbilt  in  1944. 
While  there  she  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa;  she  is  now 
working  for  the  Signal  Corps  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Last 
summer  was  spent  in  Mexico  City,  sightseeing  and  studying 
Spanish. 

Johnnie  Mae  Lea  has  been  teaching  in  West  Virginia,  but 
plans  to  go  back  to   school   in  the  near   future. 

Nancy  Schettler,  x'42,  writes  from  Washington  that  she 
has  recently  completed  an  internship  in  the  National  Institute 
of  Public  Affairs  and  is  now  working  in  Personnel  at  the 
Navy  Department  as  an  Administrative  Analyst. 

Amy  Michener  Hockman,  x'42,  is  living  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  and  taking  care  of  her  son,  Charles  Howard,  born 
March  10,  1945.  Her  husband,  Lt.  Earl  D.  Hockman,  is  on 
sea  duty  in  the  Pacific. 

Born  to  Staff  Sergeant  and  Mrs.  Patrick  Gaffney  (Leah 
Weaver)  a  son,  James  Patrick,  Jr.,  on  May  4,  1945. 

Jean  Baylor  Nay's  husband  has  recently  been  released 
from  a  prison  camp  in  Germany  and  been  returned  to  this 
country.  Jean  worked  as  secretary  in  the  business  office  of 
Mary  Baldwin  this  Spring. 

Eva  Vine's  engagement  to  Rev.  Ralph  Eustler  has  been 
announced.  Mr.  Eustler  is  a  graduate  of  Berea  and  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary  of  New  York  City.  Eva  has 
been  secretary  to  the  headmaster  at  Staunton  Military  Aca- 
demy. 

Charlotte  Craun  has  been  re-elected  to  a  position  in   the 
elementary  school  in  Waynesboro,  Va. 
LOST 
Lucie  Foster  Adams 
1945 

Recent  communications  from  the  girls  who  graduated  in 
May,  reveal  that  they  have  been  dividing  their  time  between 
a  last  care-free  summer  of  fun  and  serious  considerations 
of  work  or  study  for  the  fall  season.  Unwilling  to  break  the 
ties  that  have  grown  so  strong  during  the  past  four  years, 
many  members  of  the  class  have  been  visiting  each  other 
during  the  past  three  months. 

Well,  Class  of  1945,  here  is  the  news  you've  been  waiting 
for.  "Butch"  Neisler  has  announced  her  engagement  to  Major 
Joseph  Timberlake,  Jr.,  the  wedding  to  take  place  in  the 
fall.    She  says  even  seeing  it  in  print,  she  can't  believe  it ! 

Beverly  Rhodes  "after  visiting  Nancy  Nettleton  and  Sally 
Smith,  spent  most  of  her  summer  at  home  helping  at  the 
Y.M.C.A.  as  director  of  recreation  for  junior  girls. 

Marion  Buckey  seems  to  be  the  greatest  traveler  so  far. 
In  June  she  visited  Courtenay  Plaskitt  at  her  summer  place 


near  Upperville,  Va. ;  from  there  she  went  to  Montgomery, 
Alabama  to  see  Frances  Tullis ;  then  on  to  Ft.  Benning  to  see 
her  brother  get  his  commission.  She  and  her  brother  hoped 
to  fly  home  since  Marion  is  very  seriously  considering  be- 
coming an  airline  hostess  and  so  is  very  interested  in  flying. 
In  August  she  expects  to  visit  Anne  Sims  in  Maine  and  then 
expects  to  settle  down !  She  can't  apply  for  an  airline  hostess 
job  yet  since  she  isn't  twenty-one  so  would  like  to  find  a 
temporary  job  in  New  York  while  she  is  waiting. 

Alice  Lacy,  Anne  Daughtrey,  Nancy  Roycroft,  Rives  Pol- 
lard, Bess  Stallings  and  Betty  Jo  Gardner  went  to  Atlantic 
Beach,  North  Carolina  the  day  after  they  graduated.  Need- 
less to  say,  they  report!  a  marvelous  time  visiting  Charlotte 
Tilley,  '46,  in  her  summer  home  there.  After  leaving  the 
beach  and  while  they  were  visiting  in  Durham,  they  met  Tee 
Pancake  who  was  also  visiting  there ! 

Charlotte  Cohn  except  for  a  visit  to  Sabine  Goodman  in 
Jacksonville,  Florida,  spent  her  summer  at  her  cottage  at 
Virginia  Beach.    She  will  be  at  home  until  Christmas. 

Anne  Warren  Churchman  has  been  in  Charlottesville,  Va 
with  her  aunt,  helping  in  the  care  of  her  invalid  grand- 
parents. Her  plans  for  fall  are  not  definite  but  she  is  ser- 
iously considering  overseas  Red  Cross  duty  after  she  is  old 
enough. 

Margaret  Earle  has  had  a  busy  summer — learned  to  cook, 
horseback  riding  every  day  and  also  doing  stenographic  work 
in  the  office  of  the  local  Post  Office  Inspector.  On  Septem- 
ber 2,  her  duties  will  begin  as  a  psychiatric  aide  in  the  Insti- 
tute   of    Living,    Hartford,    Conn. 

Nancy  Nettleton  has  been  having  visitors  and  also  visit- 
ing. Bev  Rhodes  was  with  her  a  week  and  then  they  and 
Joan  Bennett  spent  a  week  with  Sally  Smith  at  the  beach. 
Nancy  did  personnel  work  for  the  Southern  New  England 
Telephone  Company  this  summer  and  liked  it  very  much. 

Alice  Brand  has  been  at  home  most  of  the  summer.  She 
went  to  Massanetta  for  a  week  and  then  helped  with  Bible 
School  at  the  First  Presbyterian  church.  This  fall  will  see 
her  start  two  years  of  work  at  the  Assembly's  Training 
School  in  Richmond. 

Claudine  Arney  also  taught  in  Bible  School  this  summer. 
She  hints  at  some  very  interesting  "doings"  for  this  fall. 
Maybe  by  the  next  bulletin  we'll  have  a  new  name  for  your 
class ! 

Marian  McBurney  has  caught  up  on  a  lot  of  reading  this 
summer.  She  plans  to  attend  the  Graduate  School  at  the 
University   of   Wisconsin   in   September. 

Helen  Frances  Cook  has  accepted  a  position  in  South 
Charleston,  West  Va.  in  the  Works  Laboratory  at  Carbide 
and  Carbon  Chemicals  Corporation.  She  starts  to  work  the 
beginning  of   August. 

Louise  McLean  was  waterfront  director  of  a  Girl  Scout 
Camp  in  Pleasantville,  N.  Y.  this  summer.  She  is  planning 
to  be  an  Airline  stewardess  for  American  Airlines  this 
winter. 

Erah  Hatten  hopes  to  continue  in  school  next  winter.  She 
enjoyed  her  vacation  at  home  this  summer. 

Betty  Jo  Gardner  spent  a  quiet  summer  at  Blacksburg. 
Va.,  with  the  exception  of  the  house  party  we  mentioned  in 
another  news  item.  She  expects  to  be  around  home  this 
fall,  probably  doing  secretarial  work  on  the  Campus  at  V.P.I. 

Carmen  Hayes  has  spent  a  profitable  and  interesting 
summer  in  Hartford,  Conn,  as  an  aide  at  a  psychiatric  hospi- 
tal. Louise  Plage  was  there  too.  They  worked  together  on 
the  same  hall.  Some  of  their  duties  consisted  of  escorting 
patients   to   and    from    treatments,    to   and    from    classes,    for 


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walks,  for  rides,  etc.  Carmen  expects  to  enter  Assembly's 
Training  School  in  Richmond  in  the  fall. 

Carol  Saulsbury  has  a  new  address.  She  will  live  at  401 
S.  Gill  St.,  State  College,  Pa.  after  August  1.  She  spent  the 
summer  in  the  mountains  and  expects  to  work  this  fall. 

Marjorie  Creasy  plans  to  take  the  Medical  Technician's 
Training  at  Duke  Hospital  beginning  October  2nd. 

Celia  Lacey  hopes  to  secure  a  position  doing  Social  Wel- 
fare Work.  Meanwhile  she  has  been  busy  with  Red  Cross 
work  and   training  as  a   Nurses'   Aide. 

Anne  Gard  did  volunteer  work  with  various  organizations 
this  summer  and  has  not  made  any  definite  plans  for  fall. 

Jane  Ellen  Scott  has  been  working  for  the  Richmond 
Children's  Aid  as  a  Junior  case  worker.  She  writes  that  she 
thoroughly  enjoyed  her  job  of  taking  children  to  clinics,  fit- 
ting them  out  in  clothing  and  observing  them  in  the  observa- 
tion room  or  nursery.  She  likes  it  so  much  that  she  may 
stay   on   in   September. 

Ann  Jackson  has  accepted  a  position  in  Woodland  Way 
Junior  High  School,  Hagerstown,  Md.,  as  a  teacher  of  music. 

Anne  Sims  spent  the  summer  yi^ith  her  family  at  Booth- 
bay  Harbor,  Me.  She  is  very  interested  in  Red  Cross  work 
and  is  waiting  to  hear  from  an  interview  she  had  with  them. 

Margaret  Slaven  worked  in  her  father's  law  office  as  sec- 
retary this  summer.  She  hopes  to  do  the  same  kind  of  work 
this  winter,  possibly  in   Washington. 

Mary  Burr  has  had  a  summer  job  with  the  Travel  Bur- 
eau of  the  News-Journal  Company,  publishers  of  the  Wil- 
mington morning  and  evening  paper. 

Caroline  Surre,  x'43,  was  married  to  Ens.  Edward  Frank 
Dunning,  July  7,   1945. 

Elizabeth  McCampbell,  x'42,  wrote  to  us  in  March,  saying 
that  she  had  just  finished  a  flying  course  at  the  University  of 
Tennessee  and  planned  to  get  her  degree  that  month.  She 
then  planned  to  go  to  Miami  to  work  in  a  rehabilitation 
hospital. 

Emma  Elizabeth  Bell,  x'43,  was  married  to  Robert  D. 
Davis,  August   1944. 

Dorothy  Van  Winkle  Tremaine,  x'44,  who  lives  in  Little 
Silver,  N.  J.,  writes  that  she  saw  Jeanne  Briit  Purdam,  x'41 
and  Jean  Griffith  Mitchell,  x'41,  in  the  summer- of  1944  as 
their  husbands  were  stationed  in  New  Jersey. 

Virginia  Pleyer  Gravelle,  x'42,  writes  us  that  Anne  Mer- 
riwethers  is  attending  S.M.U. 

Clemence  Vevrett  Pridam  is  in  Newport  News  with  her 
husband  who  has  just  returned  from  overseas. 

Cecile  Cage  Wavell,  x'42,  has  a  daughter  Pamela,  born 
Jan.  3,   1945. 

Helen  Parker,  x'42,  is  a  senior  at  Texas  University. 

Mimi  Mitchell,  x'43,  was  married  to  Lt.  Rutledge  Tufts 
at  her  home  in  Dallas,  Texas.  Lt.  Tufts  is  a  graduate  of 
Episcopal  High  School  and  the  Georgia  School  of  Technol- 
ogy. They  expect  to  make  their  home  in  Norfolk  where  Lt. 
Tufts  is  stationed. 

Gayle  Heron,  x'42,  has  completed  a  two  year  course  in 
Dental  Hygiene  at  the  LIniversity  of  Michigan  and  is  now 
practicing  with  a  dentist  in  Grosse  Pointe,  Mich. 

Mary  Lee  Logan,  x'43  is  at  the  University  of  Georgia 
where  she  is  president  of  her  sorority,  Pi  Beta  Phi. 

Our  deepest  sympathy  goes  to  Margaret  Anne  Garrett, 
x'42,  for  the  loss  of  her  only  brother.  Bob,  in  Germany. 
Margaret  Anne  is  working  in  Greensboro,  N.  C.  at  the 
Army  Base. 

Born  to  Mr.   and   Mrs.   Roger  McCormick   (Annette  Mc- 


Claran,  x'43)  a  daughter,  Charlotte  Deering,  March  12,  194S. 

Keith  Pope,  x'42,  received  her  A.B.  degree  in  June  from 
Greensboro  College  School  of  Speech  and  Dramatic  Art. 

Carol  Luckie  Roberts,  x'42,  is  engaged  in  defense  work  at 
the  Radio  Plane  Co.,  a  concern  brought  into  being  by  Re- 
ginald Denny,  actor  and  sports  flier,  who  made  a  radio  con- 
trolled target  plane  now  widely  in  use  by  the  Army  and 
Navy. 

Mable  Hereford  Varn  x'43  is  living  in  Waycross,  Ga.  Her 
husband  has  been  in  Germany  for  the  past  year  but  is  ex- 
pected home  any  day  now. 

Lois  DiiPiiy  Parisi,  x'43,  has  a  daughter,  Susan  Worth, 
bom  June  1,  1945. 

Margaret  Long,  x'42,  is  now  Mrs.  G.  E.  Kostutsky.  She 
was  married  July  28,  1944,  and  living  in  Elizabeth  City,  N.  C. 
with  her  husband,  a  Naval  officer.  Keeping  house  and  strug- 
gling with  ration  points  seem  to  be  her  main  occupations  at 
present. 

Elizabeth  Lindamood's,  x'42,  engagement  has  been  an- 
nounced to  Stanley  Link. 

Josephine  Lockhart,  x'43,  was  married  to  Lt.  John  War- 
ren Reid,  Army  Medical  Corps,  April  1,  1945.  Lt.  Reid  is 
stationed  at  Mason  General  Hospital,  Brentwood,  Long  Is- 
land. 

1946 

Born  to  2nd  Lt.  and  Mrs.  James  Tapling  (Emily  Elmer, 
x'43)  a  son,  October,  1944. 

Gladys  McManaway,  x'44,  has  joined  the  Cadet  Nurse 
Corps  and  is  training  in  Richmond,  Va. 

Helen  Frances  Black,  x'44,  is  living  at  340  W.  85th  St., 
New  York,  24,  N.  Y. 

Mary  Hart  Harris,  x'43,  is  living  in  Waynesboro,  Va., 
where  she  has  been  working  on  the  newspaper. 

Caroline  Stark,  x'44,  is  majoring  in  art  at  Northwestern 
University. 

Doris  Jean  Welhener,  x'44,  moved  in  May  to  live  in 
Oklahoma  City,   Oklahoma. 

Chloe  Constant,  x'44,  is  attending  the  University  of  Texas. 

Sabine  Goodman,  x'44,  is  secretary  to  an  insurance  agent 
in  Jacksonville,  Florida.  She  works  in  the  Red  Cross  can- 
teen in  her  spare  time. 

Betty  Carolyn  Neel,  x'43,  was  married  to  Arthur  Ray 
Dudley,  Jr.,  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Air  Force,  on  Saturday, 
July  14,  1945. 

Kitty  Presnell  x'43,  was  married  to  Winfred  Jeflferson 
Davis,  on  May  18,  1945. 

Mary  Norma  Cross,  x'44,  has  been  attending  Cornell 
where  was  initiated   into  Kappa  Alpha  Theta   sorority. 

1947 

Burney  Hay,  x'44,  a  student  at  Auburn  University  in  Ala- 
bama, returned  for  a  brief  visit  to  Mary  Baldwin  in  the 
fall  of  '44. 

Mary  Archer  Hannah,  x'44,  was  married  to  Lt.  Holland 
DeVern  Waterman,  March  3,  1945.  The  bridesmaids  were, 
Emily  Elmer  Tapley,  x'43,  Frances  Wagner  and  Josephine 
Hannah,  '44.  Mary  Archer  has  recently  been  in  New  York 
where  she  has  been  a  model,  her  picture  appearing  several 
times  in  "Mademoiselle."  Lt.  Warren  is  in  the  Maritime 
Service.   They  will  reside  in  New  York  City. 

Jean  Bailey,  x'45,  has  accepted  a  summer  position  in  the 
new  Textile  Institute  at  the  LIniversity  of  Virginia.  Jean  was 
student  assistant  in  the  physics  lab  while  at  Mary  Baldwin, 

Betty  Riley,  x'44,  was  married  to  Frank  Homer  Stevens, 
on  March  1,  1945. 


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