Below you will find several of the digitized pages and things found within Mary’s scrapbook. We chose these pages due to their importance to us or importance to Mary. Each person chose five pages each due to time constraints, not including front and back cover, making a neat 22 pages for our site. Each image is paired with a description of what is being seen or what Mary captured on that specific page within her scrapbook.
This is the front cover of Mary’s Scrapbook. We chose this image in order to give the scrapbook a sense of flow.
Included here are a list of calling cards from when Mary graduated from High School. In order, first vertically, then left to right, they are from, William McKenney, Carl H. Coogle, William F. Brooks, William Phillips, Charles L. Sale, H. Nelson Dickinson, Ivy L. Thomas, Gaynell E. Farmer, Ruth E. Blaydes, Muriel G. Cox, Helen G. Beazley, Elizabeth Bruce, Pauline E. Levy.
This page shows several snippets and notes from different events such as dinners and class run events that Mary attended.
These included Freshman Follies at the [F]S.T.C auditorium on Friday, April 10th, 1911. Admission for this event was 15 and 25 cents – or 40 cents total.
Additionally, a heart is added that says “SOPHS, 1931”.
There is also an event ticket for a voyage themed event, which reads “This entitles passenger to 1 ROUND TRIP on the U.S.S JUNIOR PILOTS sailing Friday 8PM from auditorium[.] Please bring and present.” Within this is also the inscription 193.
Directly underneath this event ticket is another that reads “Halloween Party of the 5th grade at the Training School, 1930.”
There are a few other tickets for other events, and an advertisement for a specific brand of tea as well.
Attached here are clippings from the school newspaper. This includes a snow battle in which the Devils won, the devil song, and a few other clippings, including a photo of the Student Leaders on the Hill. Unfortunately, all of these clippings are undated.
This page was chosen for showing a date of historical reference – notably the nineteenth annual commencement. It additionally shows a napkin, which is dated February 6th, 1931 from a Valentine’s dinner held on campus.
This page was taken to show the difference between our current year and the years in the past – with events such as Class Day no longer existing – and that the entire event was able to be held at the open air theatre. This plan included a daisy chain procession by the sophomores, a class song by the seniors, a welcome, a prophet of the class, a last will and testament reading, a solo song and other smaller activities.
This page was chosen due to its specific psalm, and how it related to the life that students lived. It was also chosen to show how even back then certain students felt like being in classes was hard. The top one is dated March 17th, which was typed by Clara Smoot, and the bottom one says March 23rd, which is just marked FSTC. There is also an absence note for a gym period saved into the scrapbook.
This is a register of grades (with the grades removed for privacy). However, this shows the classes that Mary took while at F.S.T.C to compare to our current class. It also has a letter requesting attendance to register for classes for the next semester.
This shows a transcript for the lyrics of the Alma Mater, written by Sallie H. Walker and performed by Mildred P. Stewart, both of class of 28. It also has an absence slip for class attached, dated May 10th, 1930, where Mary attended a fieldtrip to Mt. Vernon and was allowed to leave class by the Dean of Women, Mrs. Bushnell.
Here is a program for one of the many May Day Festivals that took place on campus as well as a newspaper clipping about the Moore sisters being student leaders. This May Day festival was held on May 2nd, 1931 at 4:30, which was a Saturday.
Here is a page titled “5th Grade College Training School Dec 17, 1930”. This page has two columns, the leftmost one reading:
Hilda Mills R.F.D. #1 Cedar Lane, ?
“These few lines to you are tender from a friend sincere and true hopping [sic] but to be remembered when I am far away from you.”
Additionally was a note from Clara Limerick who’s address was Fredericksburg, Va, State Route Box 1, reading “If you go to heaven before I do [,] just cut a little hole [,] and pull me through.”
Finally, for the left side, there was a note from Constance James from the College Heights Fredricksburg VA fire department which reads “When you get married and have two twins dont come to my house to borrow softer pens.”
On the right side, it has a note from Erma S. Weimer State Route Fredericksburg VA that states “When you get married and live upstairs beshare to go down town and buy Some chairs.”
Attached here are some vintage Christmas cards from some of Mary’s friends. Going clockwise, this card is not signed, this card is signed “Virginia Bullock,” the next one says to “Mary” from “Cat,” and finally this one says from “Virginia Sale.”
This image shows a papercraft of Mary’s devil, for a Junior-Freshmen Party. This was made at the party in honor of Devil Goat Day which is UMW’s oldest tradition dating back to 1926.
This page shows photos of the president’s home, the view of Fredericksburg from the president’s home, and looking south out from Virginia hall.
This page shows unidentified friends of Mary’s but interesting to note one girl is wearing a goat sweater to possibly to represent the Devil Goat Day Tradition.
On this page are some more pictures that Mary felt were important. Going in clockwise order starting at the top: This image shows Mary and friends standing around a statue in front of Monroe Hall with Willard in the background. The next picture is taken in the same spot as the previous and shows from left to right: two unidentified friends, Gaynelle Farmer, and lastly Mary. The bottom picture is the same group on Monroe’s steps. Then the individual photos are unidentifiable accept for Mary, she is the second up from the bottom right photo (light brown picture). The next group photo is Mary’s Friend group with from left to right: an unidentified friend, Gaynelle Farmer, Mary, and then another unidentified student. Finally, the top left photo is the 1930 fifth grade class that Mary taught for her practicum.
Attached here is a twentieth anniversary celebration program for the State Teachers College which took place on June 6th, 1931. It also has a photo of Seacobeck Hall.
This is an inside photo of the program, involving a class processional, class day exercises, a luncheon, and then the actual program for the anniversary, along with a list of who participated in the dance and who sung which song.
Attached here is a photo of the ‘April’ part of the April fools’ print. This was on the inside of the April 1, 1931 college newspaper, The Bullet.
This is the fool part of the April Fool’s print. This was the other side to the inside of the April 1, 1931 college newspaper, The Bullet.
This is the back page to the April 1, 1931 college newspaper, The Bullet. This shows some of the local businesses and people who sponsored this edition of The Bullet as well as some stuff about the seniors at the college. Many residents who have lived in the area should recognize a few of these businesses still to this day.
In closing, this is the back cover of Mary Ayers Farmer’s F.S.T.C. Scrapbook.
