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Longwood University Digital Commons @ Longwood University Yearbooks Library, Special Collections, and Archives 1-1-1956 1956 Virginian Longwood College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/yearbooks Recommended Citation Longwood College, "1956 Virginian" (1956). Yearbooks. 10. http://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/yearbooks/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Library, Special Collections, and Archives at Digital Commons @ Longwood University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Yearbooks by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Longwood University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. '.:m.^ ^^^-ai'.:> It:*^ .:^-'S^ L: j3|>?'.' -»l?-'i -^^^^^ '^^. 'Ji^-' ^&M Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/virginian1956long j.'i".'sWutt>';j?-",.-'.-'iA'^'.'/ '>5- ; 3^-'' i -afagc.yf/'r'fn'S V I ir-'-ii y'HiVit3^^=^ £::: Editor • HELEN WARRINER • Business Manager • MARION RUFFIN mmm • I iTo a woman Of true loyalty who fosters the most desir- able relationship between students and fac- ulty . Of deep sincerity wlio contributes her best to organizational activities . Of quiet strength who inspires the highest attainment in each student . Of high ideals who incites the strongest in character growth of others . To Miss Elizabeth Burger, who has made Longwood College a better school for having Ijeen a member of its faculty, we, the staff of the 1956 Virginian, dedicate this annual. Mis> Kurger and her ne|iliew. Holiliy Miss Burger carries the flag of the LInited States Hoci<ev Team in the Parade of Nations MISS ELIZABETH BURGER — • • • Seniors come and Seniors go. Annuals are new and then . old as endless time goes on. Today what you see in this book is reality; tomorrow all will be cherished memories memories of the little things which become more vivid as time passes, and memories of friends who become more dear as the vears go by. The staff of the 1956 Virginian has tried to capture and preserve some of the year's fleeting moments. As you turn the pages of this book, think of the joys and sor- rows that we have shared, and keep the spirit of Longwood living in your heart. J«q r\ 1 -, f M y' |a ;, r \ r ES S-^.A 'rs'si ^^S2 rrrrr THE COLONNADE ADMINISTRATION FRANCIS G. LANKFORD, JR. President A man of srliolaily learning, Dr. Lankford has become an admired person on the Longwood campus. His deep personal interest in the welfare of our school and each of its students has enriched our lives. i AND FACULTY MISS RUTH CLEAVES Dean of Women Lucy Gordon Adams B.S., M.A. Assistant Priifessor of Education Principal of the Farmville Elementary School Annk Irving Armstrong B.S.. B.S. in Library Science Assistant Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science Mary Pickett Asher B.A. Assistant Professor in Music Emily Barksdale B.A., M.A. Associate Professor of Modern Languages FACULTY ViRGIMA BkDFORD B.S.. M.A. As>,Kiate Pn.fi-SM.r uf Art LoRA Bkrnard B.S.. M.S. A>-i>k.iil Pr..fej.>..r of Hume Eiun.mii,- Morris Hk.nry Bithngi;r B.A., M.A. Ass.iciatc Professor of History and Social Sciences Earl K. Boggs II.A.. .M.A., Pli.D. l>.-a,i of the Summer Session Cluiirnian of the Department of Education Ki;iii;ccA Brock e.nbroigh B.A., M.A. Associate Professor of Physical an, I Heallli Education ViRGILlA I. BUGG Registrar ElIZABKTH BlRGER B.S.. M.A. Associate Profess,.r of Scien James C. Carson B.A., M.A. Instructor of Music Emily L. Clark B.S., M.A. Associate Professor of Mus Evelyn M. Coleman Secretary to the President Kathleen G. Cover B.A., M.A. A^~i-l,^nt Professor of History and Social Sciences Margaret G. Co.v P.istmistrcss and Manager of Bookroom FACULTY M. BOVI) COYNER B.A., M.A. Professiir ..f Educiition Ruth H. Coyner Alumnae Secretary Mildred D. Davis B.S., M.S. Assistant Professor of English Ann H. DeMuth B.S., M.S. Assistant Profess.ir of Matliemali. Louise Y. Dugcer Manager of llie Tea Room Joel K. Ebersole B.S., M. Music Assistant Professor of Music Nancy Foster B.A., M.A. Assistant Professor of EnjilisI, Raymond H. French B.S., M.S. As.so,iate Professor of Chemislrv Physics Foster B. (Jresham B.A., M.A. Assistant Profes.s,>r of En!;li>li Walter S. Hartley B.M., M.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Music James Marvin Helms B.A.. M.A. Assistant Professor of Historv an,l f Sciences Genevieve V. Holladay Collesc Hostess FACULTY George W. Jeffeks B.S., M.A.. Ph.D. Professor of Biology Edgar M. Johnson B.A.. B.D., .M.A., Ed.D. Professor of Education or of the Bureau of Teaching .Materials Emily K. Landrum B.S., M.A. ale Profes.'.or ,.f Physical and Health Education Merle L. Landrum B.S., M.A., Ed.D. Professor of Business Education Charles F. Lane B.A.. M.S., Ph.D. Professor of Geography WiLLARD G. LeEPER B.S.. M.Ed. Assistant Professor of Business Education Thomas A. McCorkle B.A., M.S. Professor of Chemistry and Physi. Frances Mattox B.S. Assistant in the Registrar's Offici Richard K. Meeker B.A.. M.A.. Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English Robert E. Merritt B.A., M.S. Assistant Professor of Bioh.g] John W. Molnar B.Mus., B.Sc, M.Ed.. Ed.D. Professor of Music Elizabeth Moore B.A., .M.S. Assistant Dean of Women FACULTY MiLDRKD L. Morton Secretary lu the Dean i)f the Sun Session C. G. Gordon Moss B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Professor of History and Social Sciences Norman 0. Myers B.S., Ed.M. Associate Professor of Business Education Mary Nichols B.S., M.S. Associate Professor of Enslisli Betty Price Northrop B.S. Instructor in Home Economics Florence Richardson B.S. Assistant in the Business Office Beverly Ruffin Hli^^^P^<^ ^ B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D. .ibrarian and Professor of Libraiv *'-.' - Science Meade L. Shackelford Wm ^ ^ B.A., M.S. Director of Public Relations ^-^ ^ ir-'iMi_ Dorothy Schlegel v — B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English | Marvin W. Schlegel B.A.. M.A., Ph.D. Professor of History and Social Sciences Francis Butler Simkins B.A.. M.A., Ph.D. Professor of History and Social Sciences Christy Snead B.A., M.A. Assistant Professor of Business Education FACULTY Ethel B. Sutherland B.S., M.A., Ph.D. Pr..fess..r ,d Mathematics Floyd F. Swertfeger B.S., M.S.. Ph.D. Professor of Education Marion C. Terry B.A., M.S. Assistant Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Sri( Kate G. Trent B.S.. M.A. Assistant Professor of Education Virginia L. Wall B.S. Assistant RcRistrar Edith B. Wamsley Resident Nurse Mary W. Watkins B.S., M.A. Executive Secretary Eleanor N. Weddle A~-i-lant Instructor in Physical and H.Mlth Education .loHN P. Wynne B.A.. M.A.. Ph.D. Professor of Education and Pliilosophy ^ERTA MiCAELA DuARTE Informant in Spanish Genevieve Joatton Informant in French INAUGURATION ' l^^v OF 9 F. G. LANKFORD, JR / \ AS PRESIDENT OF LONGWOOD COLLE)GE DECEMBER 12, 1955 ^1 Investiture by Blake T. Newton. President of llie State Board of Education Academic procession Inauguralioii address by Tlie Hon. Colgate '^'. Darden p' p' r' f" f^' mm |U I W' mJ"! P3 LIBRARY HALL Mi>s B.M.;rr. Ann K.iss, Becky Fizer, Ann J„n,-^. (;,-..r};ia J,i, k^. Senior Class GEORGIA M. JACKSON President BECKY FIZER \ ice-President ANN C. ROSS Secretary ANN JONES Treasuj Returning to Longwood for the last time, Crammed between the more serious moments the Seniors of 1956 set their four-cornered of duties, worries, and student teaching were caps firmly on their heads and settled down the glorious hours spent on the stage and in with their lesson plans to make Senior Build- the gym as we presented a winning Circus, ing their "red and white" haven. Along with and saw "Silver Rhapsody'" become a reality the happy pride in being Seniors at last, there and a living memory in our hearts. was also the ever-present regret of each pass- As the year draws to a close, we sincerely ing day which carried with it finality in all hope that we have accepted wisely our obliga- its moments of happiness and sadness. With tions—to our school, to our work, to our the assistance and guidance of Miss Eliza- friends. Upon graduation we must leave be- beth Burger we pushed these thoughts far hind all those things that have become most back in our minds as we plunged with full dear to us. However, we take with us the force into the business of being a Senior. happiest of memories of the four wonderful With this distinction came the fullest rec- years we spent in this school we chose to ognition of the responsibilities it entailed. serve—Lonewood College. Class of 1956 SHIRLEYE ANNE ADAMS Blairs. Virginia B.S. in Secondary Education Physical Education NANNIE WILMOTH ANDREWS Gretna, Virginia B.S. in Elementary Education JANET AFTON BAIN Dinwiddie, Virginia B.S. in Elementary Education AUDREY OWEN BEALE Sedley. Virginia B.S. in Secondary Education Phxsical Education REBECCA ANN BLAIR Danville, Virginia B.S in Home Economics Education SHIRLEY ANNE BLANKENSHIP Ringgold, I irginia B.S. in Secondary Education Physical Education Longwood Class of 1956 MURIEL OLIVE BOSWELL Midway Island, lirginia B.S.