Hood President Advocates Personal Focused Liberal Arts
Hood College president Dr. Andrew G. Truxal discussed the value of women’s independent liberal arts colleges in an interview with the St. Petersburg Independent. He warned some small colleges may fold in 25 years as state funds favor state institutions while advocating cooperative funding efforts. He stressed education beyond classrooms into dorms and activities, emphasized leadership development for women, and noted most graduates marry within five years.
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Florida
Truxal
Andrew G. Truxal
Hood College
Gloria Paul
St. Petersburg Independent
Hood
Ohio
New York City
Vinoy Park Hotel
St. Petersburg
Robert E. Delaplaine
Frederick
Frederick High Grads Shine At Hood College
Frederick High School graduates at Hood College posted a collective 3.15 average through the first semester, a high mark among 21 schools from six states and the District of Columbia. The five alumnae Dorothy Handley Doris Simpson Dorothy Snyder Doris Fulmer Barbara Weaver hold Frederick Female Seminary Scholarships and are active in campus groups, choirs, and YWCA activities.
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Frederick High School
Hood College
Grace N. Brown
Frederick High
Hood
Dorothy Handley
Doris Simpson
Dorothy Snyder
Doris Fulmer
Barbara Weaver
Frederick
States
District of Columbia
Miss Brown
Frederick County
Upper Darby
Hich
Northfield
Mass
Lower Merion
Ltbanen
Nutley
N .F
Hagerstown
H. S
Columbia
Maplewood
N. J
John Hartin
Harrisburg
Summit
Thurmert
Garden City
National Cathedral School
Washington, D. C
Park School
Baltimoore
Winchester - Thurston
Piltsburgh
Pas
Walnut Hill
Natick
Forest Park HS
Baltimore
St Agnes School
Alexandria
and the Bear
Orange
N. 4
Frederick Girls
Handley
Madison Street
Mortar Board
Hood Choir
Miss Simpson
West Twelfth Street
Miss Snyder
North Market Street
YWCA
Future Teachers of America
Glee Club
Lutheran Students Association
Fulmer
Kline Boulevard
Weaver
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Frank Keefer
Storer College Marks Anniversary With Founders' Day
In Harpers Ferry West Virginia Storer College celebrated its 85th Founders Day with memorial services a homecoming for alumni and a speech by Dr Oliver Ikenberry president of Shepherd College recounting the early dramatic days of the school. The piece recalls the 1867 founding gift by John Storer and the whirlwind fundraising that saved the initial bequest and launched the college for Negro teachers in the post Civil War era.
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Betty Sullivan
Storer College
Harper's Ferry
W. Va
Oliver 5. Tkenberry
Shepherd College
Storer
Ikenberry
Free Baptist
Nathan C. Brackett
Lexington
Thearea
O. B. Cheney
North
John Storer
Maine
Washington
Cheney
Frank Keefer
William Bright
Lockwood House
West Virginia
Hoke
State Capitol
Camp Hill
Shenandoah
Potomac
America
John Brown
Drowse
Virginia
Shenandoah Bridge
Brackett
Dear Miss Dix answers and Storer College history notes
Dorothy Dix advises a teenage girl to win the wounded suitor by enlisting friends to show him social acceptance and resilience. The column then offers a history of Storer College West Virginia, its racially segregated student body, notable alumni, and campus milestones, highlighting leaders, donors, and Founders Day memories.
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Miss Dix
Fashion Show Staged by Alpha Theta Sorority Draws Large Crowd
More than 200 guests attended the Alpha Theta Chapter sorority fashion show in Winchester Hall on Thursday evening. The event promoted spring and summer fashion for a college and career girl, presented as a skit with Miss Gave Fink acting as a career girl and modeled by sorority members including Mildred Jackson Mixes Elizabeth Smith Josephine Neilson Elizabeth Roderick and Miss Lois Hill served as narrator. Betty Zimmerman acted as the sales girl with grandmother Miss June Sheffier offering suggestions.
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Winchester Hall
Alpha Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Miss Gave Fink
June Sheffier
Betty Zimmerman
Lois Hill
Mildred Jackson
Mixes Elizabeth Smith
Josephine Neilson
Elizlabeth Roderick
Montine Tob
Southern Bachelor Russell Sets To Defy Tradition In Campaign
Washington dispatch details Georgia Senator Dick Russell as a 54 year old bachelor running for the Democratic presidential nomination. It notes his family, his stance on civil rights, past Southern nomination barriers, and the Chicago convention dynamics. It mentions his leapt year timing and potential impact on Northern support.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Georgia
Dick Russell
United States
Richard Brevard Russel Iever
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Pennsylvania
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Winder
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Coronel
J. K. Stacy
U. S
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
New Jersey
Wilson
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
Virginia
John Tylor
William Henry Harrison
James Monroe
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
South Carolina
Andrew Johnson
James Polk
North Carolina
Truman
Chicago
Philadelphia
Paul WY. McNutt
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai | Stevenson
Illinois
Key West
Town fashion event highlights local personalities and shops
Mrs. Melba Show and Miss Dorothy Morgan Sportwear showcased casuals and formals. Miss Roderick chaired the committee for waking arrangements with assistants Mrs. Tobery and Miss Morgan. Miss Jamele performed dancing. Costumes came from the Town and Country Shop and hats from Snyder's hat shop.
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Ery
Melba Show
Dorothy Morgan
Miss Roderick
Tobery
Miss Morgan
Jamele ‘Faust
Snyder's
Judgment and mercy from Native and Christian guidance
The piece cites Sioux advice to “never judge another until you have walked two weeks in his moccasins” and links this to Matthew 7:21 urging love for neighbor. It argues judgment grows when we love, and acting to help reveals true discernment rather than harsh censure.
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Bailey
Fragmentary crime scene chatter at a saloon shooting
A gangster bursts into a salon and fires, shouting insults as patrons flee. One calm man at the bar stays drinking and mutters a dry remark about the crowd while the assailant exclaims a crude line. The tension hints at a broader underworld milieu.
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Wang
Fia Aun
Gondness
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