Word: foxcroft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Engaged. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 21, Dartmouth senior, second son of John Davison Rockefeller Jr.; and Mary Todhunter Clark, 22, of Cynwyd, Pa., Foxcroft graduate, granddaughter of the late President George B. Roberts of Pennsylvania R. R.; at Philadelphia...
Engaged. William H. Vanderbilt of Newport, Rhode Island State Senator, nephew of Capitalist Cornelius Vanderbilt III; and Miss Anne Gordon Colby, Foxcroft graduate, daughter of Everett Colby, onetime New Jersey State Senator; at Llewellyn Park...
...pedagog herself, Miss Charlotte obtained the services of Miss Christine Weyman, an able, experienced Scotswoman who is still Foxcroft's academic headmistress. Miss Charlotte's role was that of organizer, executive and setter of the school's atmosphere, director of its purpose. She put her girls into corduroy uniforms?dark green coats, tan skirts, white shirtwaists. In the evening Fox croft girls wear white crepe de chine, all alike, no chance for rich little girls to show...
Simplicity and the outdoor life are Foxcroft's keynotes. Horses are its main theme outside of classroom. The school has well-filled stables. Girls who can, may board their own horses. With their parents' consent and Miss Charlotte's approval of their horsemanship, they may ride in the foxhunts for which Middleburg is famed. Miss Charlotte, a hale, erect, full-bodied horsewoman in her late 30's with clear grey eyes, fresh complexion and prematurely grey hair, rides with them. Her piebald jumper's name is "War Paint...
...biggest hunt of the year comes on Thanksgiving Day when the Middleburg hounds meet at Foxcroft and the girls themselves serve the hunt breakfast in the old brick dining hall. Another great event is Alumnae Day in May when hundreds of Foxcroft parents and graduates drive over Virginia's slick concrete roads to Middleburg and out to Foxcoft to eat a luncheon and watch the Foxes and the Hounds (competitive divisions of the whole school) play at basketball on a neat grass court...