Bridgewater College - Ripples Yearbook (Bridgewater, VA)

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T H E R E W E R E SPECIAL GR O U P S that were centered around some talent or skill. Everybody had a chance to prove his individual abilities, and develop them. The size of Bridge- water Was part of its secret too. Everybody was somebody- there wasn't any mid- dle group of nobodies on our campus. You could learn to be a good leader in one group and an intell- igent follower in an- other. And some of these groups carried the duties and prest- ige of real social res- ponsibility.

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THE THINGS WE DID TOGETHER were the best. Sometimes we just got together in good spirits and had fun: parties and hikes were like that- all you had to do was to be there and be happy- O t h e r activities called for different degrees of coopera- tion and team-work, but they were still fun, mainly because we shared them. This spirit of fellowship was another part of the secret of Bridge- water, the magic for- mula that has made so many good citi- zens out of boys and girls.

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TI-IE STUDENT ,COUNCIL GOVERNED MOUR LIFE ON ' THE ,CAMPUS I OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT was a democratic one. The main representative body was the Student Council, JEAN PRATHER and some of the subsidiary groups werefthe Honor' Council, Plffidfnf Uf 5mde1'1f 1300731 the Dining Hall Committee and the Social Life Committee. These groups often worked behind the scenes, and perhaps they didn't always get the publicity and creditidue them. But their student members, elected 'by the students, gave time, thought and effort to the task of working out what was best for the most of us, and their good work was its own reward. , Seated: Skelton, Conner, D. Prather, Professor Clague, Layman, I. Prather, Miss VVheatley, A Waiiipler, Glick, Hoy, Bowman, Dove. Standing: Fike, Crizer, Xkfalsh, Williar, johnson 18