Mary Washington College - Battlefield Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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! nly a short time ago, the torch of knowl- edge was passed from the hands of the man into those of the woman. It was her duty to guard it, to keep the flame alive, to re-vitalize it with her own ardor and strength of purpose. She has done ' ' Is t task well. The flame is still burning brightly, for she gave it her undying attention, her love, and her loyalty. Her determination that there would some day be a world of brotherly love kept her at her task. She applied herself earnestly to all that was placed before her; she achieved the goal set by her predecessors. The woman has always been the helpmate of the man, has shared his burdens, but now her part in winnin g the war has earned her the right to assist in the creation of a new way of life — a way of life in which all the peoples of the world are to be happier and freer. The woman of today is an active member of human society. She is still an honored helpmate, but she is also a lawyer, a scientist, a writer, an engineer. Her opinions and her ideas are sought. She shows originality, ingenuity, discrimination in what she does; she has proved her ability to a skeptical world and has taken her position beside the man. Truth, beauty, peace, justice, and freedom — study and learning have instilled the desire for these qualities into the mind and spirit of the woman. They have taught her to think, to act courageously, to have faith in mankind, and above all, to translate her dreams into actualities. As Mary Washington and the women of her gen- eration assisted in achieving a united nation, so the graduates of her college may well dedicate their knowledge and training to the achievement of a united world. We have a noble heritage from a noble woman, a woman who has en- dowed us with her indomitable spirit and stead- fast loyalty. It is now our obligation and our task, as the women of today, to strive for a united country and a united world.

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OF lOOflY Peace has come to most of mankind. The long bitter struggle of a world war is ended. Men are in the process of trying to rebuild civilization — a civilization which must be constructed upon truth, beauty, peace, jus- tice, and freedom. The realization of this ideal is the aim of the college student of today; it has been the aim of the woman student for the past five years.

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COdTEIlIS BOOK OHE Faculty and Administration BOOK TUiO Classes BOOK THRH Organizations BOOK fOUii Activities BOOK fIVf Features