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

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? ■ % Senior 1F3i8tor | ©vcr the Sweet .iBriar Course t 111 Car Ittumber 1912 ' I ' lic :;i-c:il clork in the rcuti-al hall (if the ilc]ior at (] Sweet liriar iii(licate(l twenty niinntes jiast ele en mi the iMIfh uf Se|iteniher. 1!)()S. The station was eniwded with VMiiiii. ii-U who we|-e ahdnl to dejiart on the i;ri ' at trans- (■DJleiiiate ti ' ain. Imnnd fm- ( ' nnnnencenient ( ' it - in Senior Slate. This sperial ti ' ain was es|iecially eulistrileled for the eiPineiiieiice id ' wnuien trav(ders; in fact, nn men. e. ce|)t the few necessary utticials. were allowed on the t rain. Some (d the |ir(is]iei ' ti ( ' |iasscni;ers were iindertak- iiii! ' the ti ' i]i as a means of reciiperation froni a ratlier trying;- sncial snnimer. dtiiers were in searcdi of liealth ainmiii ' st the niiKdi-advertised. Iieaiitifiil ami iiealthfiil country throniih wlii(di the line ran. S ime few, in the i;cniiiiie. deterniineil. |ii iiii ' er s|iirit, had resolved to lie ihe tirst ones to travcd the new road to the very end of the lilK ' oniinelicemelit ( ' ity. l eo]de were still throliiiim: aronihl the ti(d et ottice, makiiii: final arraiiiicments with Air. ! )e ' , the ticd et ai:ent, ahont ihe fare and reser ations on the s]ee]ier. Others were snhmittini; for a]i]n-o -al their transfers from |ire|iaratoi ' y lines. When tlie hell idaiitied and the whistle , hlew tliei-e was a mad rush to hoard the train. We fonnd we had resei- ations in 1 car Xo. I ' .ilJ. ' were rather lonesome jl ' |, until we hecanie ac(|iiainted with tlie liirls W ill the hertlis across the aisle and next to

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.on. IK .MKIMWK ' rilKi; WII.SOX i;.H ' k Hill. Soiitii ciiniiiiKi ■■ (■ liiisij. hiisi , hiisi - sorri -i ' ililc . ill nil surls Ii ' IkIiihi iriii s. ' li;iiriii -llsrfill. ,1 ,f lliilirsl. uinihlr UN jirr- 1 iii ' Missioiiarv Committee of Y. W. ■. . ., I ' .iilll 111. lsill-12; President of Y. W. C. A., I ' .iu!! ID. liiKi 1 1 ; K.xeeutive Committee of Student (loxenni.ent .Vssoi-iation, 1909-10, 1911-12; Sub- stitute on Seniov-Sophomoie Basket-Bali Team, liMlil; Secretary and Treasurer of Class, lOOlllO, mill 11; Delei ate to Asheville Conference, .lune, 191(1; Delegate to Richmond Territorial Confev- enie, 1910; Vice-President of Student Govern- ment Association. 1910-11; President of Class, 1911 12; Business .Manager of Briar P.vrcH, lilll 12; (I lee Club. ELSIE LUPTXSKT Z.VEOET. She! lo vn ' ;i 1 1 , W i si -di i s i 1 1 Vliiil a lilr; irll iir il .• ■aih, li irr rciiili irii In hurl.- Treasurer of Y. W. C. A., 19ii!ilii, 1911; Senior-Sophomore Basket-Ball Team, 1909; Win ner of S. B. on College Basket-Ball Team, 1910; Chairman of Field Da.v Committee, 1910; Kx- ecutive Committee of Student Government Asso- ciation, 1910-11; Representative to Debatin}; Club, 1910-11; Business Manager of Sweet Briar Magazine, 1911; President of Athletic .Associa- tion, 1911-12; Treasurer of Student Government Association, 1911-12; Vice-President of Class, 1911-12; Business Manager of Bri. r 1 ' atch, 1911 12; President of the Katzen.jammer F.iiriilv; Class Historian; Rijipler; Glee Club.

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lis. After vainly eiideavoriii.i;- to stow our cli.thcs away in mir naiTdw lierths. we then settled down to read all the h.ioks we had taken with lis on our trip. Tiriiii; ' of our 1 ks. we leei(led to walk throiioh the cars in seareh of excitement. So we all doiine l our green kimonos and cunninu-. little, green mortar-hoard hondoir ea])s and started through the train. The girls in the ear. Xo. 1111 I. next to (,iirs. greeted lis very |ileasantly at first, Imt. after we had talked t i them awhile, they hegaii to talk in sii(di a sn|ii.rioi- manner ahoiif the contents of the hooks which we had just heen reading that we decided wc diiln ' t like them very well. I he girls in the first car were charming, and offered t(j make our joiirnev as ]ileasant as |i(issilile. Although we 1m. light miieh (diocolate and fruit fr ini the commissarv man when he came through the cai-. we were all -lad when we coiild answer the first call to dinner in the diner and sit down t.i a good tahic d ' hote meal. It was fortunate we all had plenty to eat that night hecaiise the alarin-elock ])orter forgot to call some of the girls the next moi-niiig in time for them to get lireak- fast hefore the diner was taken of! ' at S : 1 . , A. M. As we were going into the diner we noticed a green tiag. with the imm- her 1911 on it, waving from the to]) of the car. IJy the significant looks ex- changed hy .several of the oeciijiants .f Car I ' .Ml, who were waiting with lis for a seat in the diiiei-, we knew fhev must have heen instrumental in hoist- ing it. We thought it would he a goo.l lark to jiggravate them a little hv tak- ing it down, so that noon two .,f ,,nr most agile ami coiii ' ageoits friends (damhered np and hacke(l it down. We magnaninionsly confrihiited onr trophy to the fireman to rejileiiish the i-(jal supply in the engine. The girls in Car Xo. I ' .Ml wen nsiilerahly surprised to find we were so mii(di at home (iii top of cars, lieing of an investigating tnrn of mind, they endeavored to ascertain whelhei- we would tloiirish similarly widl in water, so they turned the water in the ice cooler at the end of the cai ' over those of lis who ha]ipened to he conveniently near. Xeedless to say (.iir am|diihions constitutions withstood the shock admirahly. We were very fond of the occu)iants of Car llUd. and certainly did hate to see them leave iis when they reached their destination. We tried to sing them a song in farewell, hut we were so overi le al ]iarliiig that we conldn ' t