A NEW SCHOOL SESSION/YEAR BEGINS

Green Mount Sept. 15, 1880

With very thankful hearts we met to reorganize our Evergreen Society. The short vacation which had intervened since our last meeting was filled with many mercies & pleasures for us all.
Sallie [Lee Blount]

[Sallie Lee Blount Mahood became a prominent Richmond artist. This self portrait is taken from her book Sallie Lee Mahood Autobiography, c. 1965]

was elected President, & Mattie Kate vice President.  Lucy was re-elected Treasurer, & we decided that the duties of Secretary should be equally divided among us all, consiquently it fell to my lot to write first.
Lou [Henley] played Beauregard's March & Mattie Fleet repeated the Frost. Nannie played Ohachonea [?] Waltz.  Mattie Kate read a pathetic story of how "An Innocent Amusement" proved the ruin of a promising boy.  Sallie played with a great deal of expression "Chant du Berger" & then Lucy read a charming little story full of good lessons called Rob's Magic Mirror.
Mattie Kate suggested & we passed unanimously the resolution not to use any slang, but to strive together for the improvement & happiness of each other both in & out of school.
I hope we may have as happy a session as the last, & that each one of us may try to make the Wednesday evening hour fuller than ever of pleasure & improvements.

M. L. Fleet

This is a copy of the actual page transcribed above. If anyone can figure out the name of the waltz that Nannie played please let me know what it is. It's written about midway down the page.