Answer to June 2004
WHAT IS IT?

The prizes for the June 2004 "WHAT IS IT?" go to Jennie Hunt, reference librarian at James Addison Jones Library.

Pictured above is...

Dora Duty Jones
Class of 1875

The daughter of then President Turner M. Jones, Miss Eudora "Dora" Duty Jones became Lady Principal after her mother, who previously held the position, passed away in 1884.

A strong proponent of education for women and womens' rights, a number of significant events and changes occurred here at the college when she was Lady Principal:

The creation of the Alumni Association in 1884-85;
The creation of The College Message;
The first theatre production (A Shakespearean play);
The offering of a collegiate course of study requiring four years;
And the formation of the Emerson and Irving Literary Societies.

From the mid-1890s until her death in 1913, Miss Jones resided in Europe and was a renowned educator and speaker.