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First Women Graduates 1910 .. Stylish model-T's. driven by gentlemen equipped with goggles and long coats and carrying heavily coated coeds. set out from the campus on Sunday drives. New buildings were in evidence. and the cur- riculum had been extended to include "exercises for the young ladies in the form of calisthenics, and done to music" Football also occupied a prominent place. for since J 891, the "warriors of Western Maryland College had been struggling with mighty effort." The attendance of the ladies, under the watch- ful eye of the matrons, added festivity to these contests "Knick-knacks" were treasured by the coeds who seemed to believe in a well-covered room. Pictures adorned the walls. and the Gibson Girl was the mode of the day. Commencement