Like other all female schools in
Virginia, formerly called
girl schools, Hollins used to pride itself on both academic excellence and the
MRS degree, which implied you went to school at one of these places to
marry well. Having your horse with you (campus stable were in fact, a staple), was supposed to make the transition from Mummie and Daddie a little easier.
other Virginia, all female schools, prior to Federal (see Yankee)intervention:
Mary Baldwin College
Randolph Macon women's college
Sweet Briar College
Mary Washington College
Radford College