Sweet Briar College - Briar Patch Yearbook (Sweet Briar, VA)

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I ■,♦ % ♦ % • » % i » i t « ft i Senior History As Preslimen here at Sweet Briar. Although a trifle green. We were not quite as bungling As some Freshmen we have seen. We did our duties willingly. Whenever there wa.s need — That is, requests from Ujiper ( las Only did we heed ! For the Sophomores were wary Of our number great and strong And never interfered with us. No — not the whole year long- - And when the Juniors gave tlitir |; We danced as Freshmen roses And swayed there in their garden With many graceful poses. We showed our prowess, too. that By skillfully debating. And roundly beat the Sophomores. Our facts more clearly stating. Another class then met defeat (Fll mention it in whispers. For we rarely ever speak of it Because they were our sisters). As Sophomores, I must confess. We, by our clever wits, Led many silly Freshmen Into dark and awful pits. And taught them by experience What then was common knowledgi That our class, nineteen fifteen. Was just the best in college. We showed our true class spirit 21 lav

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■rV LOUISE PAGE WEISIGER Class Historian, 1912-13; Secretarv of I l:i- . 1913-14; JIafrazinc Staff. 1913-14; t aliiiirt of Vouiif; Wonu ' irs Cliristian Asso- ciation. 1913-14; German Club, 1913-14: Scrrclary of Student Government Asaocia- lioTi. 1914-iri; Honor Council, 1914-15; -Magazine Staff. 1914-1.5. If tlie s| liin were asl ed wily tlie I ' ierian sprinf; is no more, tliat lady (or is it an animal, or lioth?) would answer, Louise ri iL;i-r. That is the correct answer. Acting upon the advice of Pope, Louise has drnnk so deeply of the waters of the famous spriufj that she has left only a few drops to he distributed among the rest of the stu- dent body. And yet, contradictory to the fact that she is a regular fi.sh iu regard to drinking, in every other respect she is a shark. If it weren ' t for her, what would the magazine do? If it weren ' t for her, what would Grammar do? And if it weren ' t for her, what would Student Goveinment do? Oh, questions too deep for tlie sphinx! mi ' m = N WV c7 1 ' ' iB gi i mv. . 30

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i 7i ' Aiii By liaiiiiin;- many banners. But all the while remembered that We keep our courteous manners. A.s Juniors, tlien. we in our turn Thouglit much of tilings more serious We carried Senior subjects And gained an air imperious. Pliilosophy. as all agree. Gives to the mind tliat quality That demonstrates its wortli. And now our Senior Year has come. And it is best of all ! We rule with such a steady hand ' I ' hat all l)efore us fall. Our Sriiior Deference will be Handed to jjosterity. Introduced by us. So let all future classes Acknowledge to the masses. And let them all discuss The merits of our wortliy class. Onr class of iiiiie-fiftecii. 22