Bridgewater College - Ripples Yearbook (Bridgewater, VA)

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1' SOMETHING ABOUT A RIVER makes you pause. Where it flows fast, the rip- ples invite your mind to tra- vel: Where it is still and deep, reflections beckon to another world. Its flow is the flow of time, yet there is something of the eternal in its beautiful changes. Prodigal of invitations, old North River said to u s , Come and swim, come and fish, come and skate, or at least come and look! If we lived in Yount or Wardo we could hear it murmur on a still night, Come, go to sleep. And something about a river is an invitation to a dream.

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NO NEED TO HURRY down the long lane to the swinging bridge. We could take time to notice the honeysuckle, the scarlet sumac, and to say hello to the dogs and children who would stop their play a moment to watch us pass. We knew every board and cable of the bridge, but it was always an adventure: and who could cross without stopping midway for a moment to watch the river flow? a

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COMING UP COLLEGE STREET after a Walk was like coming home, in a way. Everything was so friendly and familiar. Here was a street Where you could take your time. Meeting a friend you stopped to talk a minute, and even meeting a stranger you al- ways smiled and said hello. It was that kind of a street. We shall Walk Wider streets, no doubt, noisier, brighter, gaudier, and meet so many marionettes in masks. Remembering College Street, perhaps We may feel less lonely, knowing how friendly a street can be. Er f L- . :wmv sf x- -if feffrees :LQ ,lgfffgis ,ff g ., A f sz- fn gr- - mgzfigrrff ' or a K It -, 'zffe .'NL-,gJZ2 f' 'Pye' - .fr ibwfwfi Wrffi s H Us. Ut . edeew .fuQsZS.,,L:w1HMM rf.. ' M1 fL5f.:g13pw2wgg.. Sweet? grew' M1-giQ:11H-wigzwafeaf swirl N ' M 'ffvrw 1 NX Z'i.fsv u'z1e i HJQSETL.. U ' . H-i-MNVT rf -.3 F Q, Qlfswk M gimmsgrg: 5-.PR ---- Mfr, giggsrlgsi- H ., Alrgwsz- M - liiifw' '