Virginia Batte Phillips (1928-2005) was a member of the Class of 1928 with a major in history at North Carolina College for Women, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She graduated at age 20, was a class officer and one of three sisters in her family to attend the college. Phillips describes campus and dormitory life: sister classes, being Dikean Literary Society president, Tree Day, Park Night, Chapel, rhythmics classes, weekday evening vespers, Daisy Chain and classroom pranks. She talks about her faculty advisory, Walter Clinton Jackson; Charles Lindbergh's visit to campus; practice teaching in Curry School and faculty/student relations. Phillips tells stories about Harriet Elliott and Katherine Taylor and their dedication to the women's suffrage movement. She mentions founding faculty, Gertrude Mendenhall, Cornelia Strong, Mary Petty, and the importance of Dr. Albert Keister and his economics classes. She discusses the influence of the motto, 'Service,' and emphasizes that her North Carolina College for Women years were the most important of her life.
