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The Purple, May 1918

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Night
• New Bards of Battle
• When the Cross Ship's Prom Turns West
• The Payment
• The Sanctuary Lamp
• A Spring Tragedy
• A Young Man's Fancy
• The Spirit of Spring
• May Idyll
• "Where Spooks are Concerned"
• Good Friday
• Riding School
• Spring Yearning
• At Dawn
• Third Reel
• "---And Poetry is Foolish"
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Basketball Team

The Purple, April 1918

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Two Fashion Shows
• Shorty
• Dreams of the Past
• The Message of the Sea
• When Tides are Low
• Two is Company
• All in April
• To the Paulist Choir
• Rhymes of A Red Cross Man
• The Snow Bird
• Who Vegetate
• I Saw a Rose
• A Home Coming
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Corp. Timothy J. Daley, '17, Basketball Team, The Purple, Staff

The Purple, March 1918

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• The Bold Precursor
• Silver Spurs
• A Song
• The Stealer of Dreams
• Do You Take Latin?
• The Miracle
• A Grey Woman
• King Ben
• In a Literateur
• Second Reel
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; The College Orchestra, The Glee Club, Captain-Elect, Glimpses of the Greek Play

The Purple, February 1918

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Washington
• Farms and Farms
• The Nomad
• A Yankee Hagiographer: Aguecheek
• To the Ambulance Drivers in France
• The Confessions of a Cheer Leader
• Her Hat
• A Contrast
• A Bit of Autobiography
• The Rainbow
• A Retrospect and a Prospect
• The Liberty Motor
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• German War Practice
• Images; The B.J.F. and the Philomathic Debating Room, A Corner in the New Reading Room

The Purple, January 1918

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• The Old Year and the New
• Thomas Grubb, Counselor
• The Story the Arrow-Head Told
• In One Reel
• Three Little Pitchers
• A Brace of Books
• Utopia
• Mother!
• The Convenient Art of Forgetting
• They Royal Flying Corps
• To Jabbermocky
• Jenks' "Jinks"
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Holy Cross Freshman-Sophomore Debating Team, Charles B. Fairbanks

Mary Stewart's Scrapbook 1918-1919, Mary Stewart

Scrapbooks

Mary Stewart went to Ward-Belmont during the 1918-1919 school year. She created this scrapbook during her time there.

Mary Daly Mcwilliams' Scrapbook 1918-1920, Mary Daly Mcwilliams

Scrapbooks

Mary Daly McWilliams went to Ward-Belmont during the 1918-1920 school years. She created this scrapbook during her time there.

To Them That Star Stood For One Hundred Per Cent American Soldier. The Best Soldiers Make The Best Citizens., Gordon Grant

Broadsides, Maps, & Misc. (non-Hollins)

Broadside "Service Series No. 40."

Dimensions: 11 x 35.5 cm.

Note: Color broadside depicts a man and woman standing, with backs to the viewer, looking at a Blue Star Service Banner. The banner signified a child in active military service.

The Purple, December 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• An Old Song
• Burlesques
• The Sandman
• Grease, By Gum!
• Requiescant in Pace
• A Marconigram
• Horace and His Translators
• Memory's Evergreen
• Two Words Well Said
• Sons of the Tole Rich
• The Burglar
• His Song
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Geoffrey B. Lehy, The 1917 Class Gate

The Purple, November 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• The Song of Falling Leaves
• The Fine Art of Forgetting
• His Day Off
• Camouflage
• The Present and A Prophecy
• Billiards and Urbanity
• The Dreamer
• A College for Whistling
• Communications
• Our Pilot
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• The Flag at Old O'Kane

The Purple, October 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Mynheer's Lyricist
• The Service of the Voice
• The College Cemetery
• The Red Cross Nurse
• The Second Son
• A Forgotten Birthday
• Monasticism, A Civilizing Agency
• No Man's Land
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• Father O'Kane
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• The Sweetest Song
• Images; Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, Commencement, Commencement Procession, Rev. Michael O'Kane, 1917 Baseball Team

The Purple, June 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Linden Lane at Holy Cross
• "Getting Up"
• Man of Bronze
• My Brother in Grey
• The Mole and the Bat
• Savoyan Songs
• The Cult of Cacography
• An Idyll
• You?
• Il Diaggio dell' Anima
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Winners of the B.J.F. Debate, The Class of 1917, The Holy Cross Tennis Team

The Purple, May 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Maying Time
• Brains vs. Brawn
• The Loom of Time
• Spats
• Dreams
• Savoyan Songs
• "Book Bindings"
• Passers-by
• On Cramming
• My Choice
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Advertisements
• Image; The Holy Cross Purple Staff

The Purple, April 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Ode for Rector's Day
• Voices of Youth
• The Scoop
• Savoyan Songs
• Treasures
• My Gentle Readers
• To Clare, Candle-Wishes
• Whispers
• Essay
• Wanted: A Manager!
• Spring's Triumphal March
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Interclass Basketball Champions, Track Captain, Rev. Dr. Patrick B. Phelan, '69

The Purple, February 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Charity
• The Bronze-Man
• A Winter Idyl
• The Great American home
• Savoyan Songs
• Modern versus Method
• Sonnet to a Babe
• For a Wedding Anniversary
• Doubts and Mysteries
• A Winter Minster
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics

Marguerite Griffith's Scrapbook 1917-1918, Marguerite Griffith

Scrapbooks

Marguerite, born in 1901 in Huntington, West Virginia, attended Ward Belmont during the 1917-1918 school year. She married Harry D. Witherspoon on September 15, 1920, and they moved to California. They had two children: Merilyn and Sara Patricia Witherspoon. They moved to North Carolina where Harry worked as a manager. Marguerite died in 1954 with her husband Harry followed in 1956.

The Purple, January 1917

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• "Render to Caesar-"
• A Simple Tale
• Savoyan Songs
• The Double Cross
• Poets Unsung
• The Canadian 'Habitant' In William H. Drummond's Works
• In the Wounded's Tent
• A Corner in Horses
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Alumni Directory
• Image; Our Record-Breaking Relay Team

The Purple, December 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• The Campus Clock
• Goblins
• A Christmas Song
• The Education of the Physician
• A Crusader to His Love
• The Point of View
• Ballad of a Train
• Mr. Franck and Mexico
• Gifts
• The Return of Emmet Guards
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Bowdoin-Holy Cross Game, Debate Team

November 15, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, dated to approximately 1916, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about several topics, including her teaching job, attending an exhibition, seeing the Emperor pass on the street, tea services, and describes in detail her accommodations. She says that she is very happy in Japan now that she is more used to the climate.

The Purple, November 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• To C. La F-
• "Signals Over"
• A Lullaby
• The Higher Heroism
• November Snows
• A Pipe and a Precipice
• Storms
• An Essay
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Images; Scenes From the Princeton-Holy Cross Football Game, Richard Healy

The Purple, October 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• To Thomas P. McCue
• A Visit to a Chinese Leper Settlement
• The Flight of Summer
• An Autumn Song
• The Art of Prudence
• Old Hudson Rovers
• A Tribute
• Barber-Shop Chords
• Seasons Three
• In Memoriam
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• Alumni Directory
• A Woodland Idyl

The Purple, June 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Advertisements
• Bancroft Tower
• Mickey
• The Black Soutane
• Imagination in Business
• Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
• Lost Thoughts
• When the Gods Smiled
• The Temple
• An Unsung Song
• The Riddle and the Answer
• A Spanish Dramatist
• Prize Competition Songs
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics

The Purple, May 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Advertisements
• An Address to young Lawyers
• Reveille
• The Light of Ages
• "Alas for the Rarity of Christian Charity"
• The First Flower
• A Modern Polycletus
• Mercury at a Baseball Game
• Cain
• Ink
• Prize Competition Songs
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorials
• College Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics

The Purple, April 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Giuseppe
• Ode to Shakespeare
• Shakespeare at Holy Cross
• Sparks From a Whetstone
• Stars
• The King of Life and Death
• Tercentenaries Twain
• When the Gods Smiled
• Prize Competition Songs
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics

The Purple, March 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Advertisements
• The Awakening Blossom
• My Class Room Desk
• The Poetry of Joyce Kilmer
• In the Land Beyond
• Idols
• The Balance
• By the Strand
• In Memoriam
• When the Gods Smiled
• The Wave of Life
• Hope
• Father Luis Coloma, S.J.
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics

The Purple, February 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Advertisements
• Our Lady's Mite
• Pickin's of a Pixie
• Hero
• The Violet's Birth
• "Once Upon a Time-"
• "Shucks"
• Withered Irish Rose
• Jesuits With the Poets
• The Irish Heart
• Er
• A Valentine
• When the Gods Smiled
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics

Jessie Whitesell Scrapbook - 1916-1951, Jessie Whitesell

Scrapbooks

Jessie Whitesell went to Ward-Belmont during the 1916-1917 school year. While there are a few elements in the book from her time as a student, the scrapbook mostly details the closing of Ward-Belmont as it went through its transformation to Belmont College.

Hattye Mae White Scrapbook 1916-1918, Hattye Mae White

Scrapbooks

Hattye Mae White was born in San Antonio, Texas on October 16, 1897. She attended Ward-Belmont during the 1916-1917 school year. She married Charles Cousins Johnson Jr. on September 7, 1918, and the pair had one son, Captain Charles Cousins III, born August 2, 1919. Captain Cousins would later die during World War II. Hattye Mae White Johnson died on June 23, 1979, in Texas.

The Purple, January 1916

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Advertisements
• The Soul of the Living New Year
• Pickin's of a Pixie
• The Prospect
• The New Sodalist
• The Way to Peace
• The Thoroughbreds
• The Countersign
• The Passing of the Year
• Communications
• Captain-elect Devlin-Insert
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• Chronicle
• Alumni
• Athletics
• "Letter" Men of 1915 Football Squad-Insert

The Purple, December 1915

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents
• Advertisements
• Home for the Holidays
• Pablo's Christmas Gift
• Senior Class Song
• Pickin's of a Pixie
• The Midnight Mass
• A Forest Tragedy
• A Graduate's Confession
• The Hand Beautiful
• "Peace on Earth"
• Our Purple Banner
• Sparks from a Whetstone
• Books and the Undergraduate
• A Christmas Gift
• Christmastide
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• Chronicle
• Gov. Walsh and Guest Saluting Guardsmen. Illustration
• Alumni
• Athletics