Traditions
at Randolph-Macon Woman's College

Welcome to Traditions at Randolph-Macon Woman's College!

Founded in 1891 and opened in 1893, Randolph-Macon Woman's College is proud of its 116-year heritage of encouraging community and achievement among women. Through the past century, women have passed down many traditions from class to class—traditions that enrich life today and provide common experiences across generations of students.

These pages are dedicated to sharing this heritage by publishing articles about our history, listing some interesting "facts and fancies" about our college's early classes, and displaying images taken from student drawings in our earliest yearbooks.

The Past Master

The following articles are taken from "The Past Master," a column written by Meredith Minter Dixon, class of 1984, for the Randolph-Macon Woman's College student newspaper, The Sundial. They are published here with her permission.

Please contact Ms. Dixon if you have comments or questions about her articles.

Odd/Even Rivalry

•   "An Alumna's Tribute: Last Semester"
•   "Bury the Hatchet"
•   "Even Day"
•   "Odd and Even Newsletters"
•   "Odd Day"
•   "Rat Court"
•   "The Stealing of the Coffin"

College Celebrations

•   "The Calithump: A Randolph-Macon Halloween Tradition"
•   "Christmas at Macon"
•   " 'I Shall Not Pass' "
•   "May Day"
•   "Pumpkin Parade"
•   "Thanksgiving"

Our School Publications

•   "The Nut Cracker"
•   "Our Helpful Handbook"
•   "The Sundial"

Our College's History

•   "The Men behind Our Name"
•   "The 'New' History of Randolph-Macon: April Fools!"
•   "Our Student Government System"
•   "R-MWC's Library"

And More . . .

  Facts and Fancies about our college's early classes

  Images taken from student drawings in our earliest yearbooks

Frances E. Webb
Reference Librarian
Lipscomb Library
Randolph College
2500 Rivermont Avenue
Lynchburg, Virginia 24503

  site last revised April 29, 2008  

site graphics adapted by Frances E. Webb
from a drawing by Evelyn Dornin for the 1901 edition of the Helianthus

With thanks to
Kusum Singh, class of 2004
and
Andrea Yassemedis, class of 1999