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

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kce|i the tunc. Till ' ci -cii| ;nii n ' ilic ntlicr rars lici;;ni In jeer lis, liuT witli iiur usual tciiarity dt |iiii-]iom- vc sn-in;i;l( ' (l rhrniiLih imr musical monstrosity til the l)ittiM- end. ll.iwcvcr. vc didn ' t aitenipt to we 1011 a similar seiid- ort ' when they left. We had to hid a sad t ' are v(dl t ' l many dt ' nur t ' cdlnw travelers in nur own eoach at arions places nn the road. Finally our nnndier dwindled down to four, and the railway c(nn|iany ileenied it nece»ary tn de|iri ' e us df our drawiuii-i ni in order to accnniniudate addifinnal transitory passeniiers. ' riiouiili there were oidy four of us who had made the •■thronoh tri]) ' toi;ether : we were drawn (dos(dy tojiether. and a sjiirit of infinite sadness came over ns as the conductor came down the aisle to collect the i last stri]is of o ir tickets. We cei-taiidy had enjcyiMl every minute of our rri| . and wei-e nuanimou. ' - in deidai ' iui; that the Sweet IJriar I ntercipllej iale was the hesf possiMe line we could Lave taken, and that the tri]i had proved In-neticial in every res]iect. The train jiulled slowly into the station at ( ' ouunence- [ ment and finally came to a full sto]i. We four — the last ni our race — ste])]ieil of} ' the platform of the train we had en- joyed tr.ivelini;- on so mmdi. We parted at the i:reat iron i:ate. clas])ini; ' each others hands in silent, tearful farewell. And. as we passed throu ;h the ate and turned oni- faces resolutely and hravely t(jward the i:i-eat unknown laml of the Future, each hreathed a fervent ])rayer that some day, though we could never take the trij) toiiether aeaiu. we miiiht meet once more in the j Teat terminal station at Sweet IJriar. before the ji-reat face cd the ]nix clock that h ehangelessly and jiermanently points to twenty § minutes past eleven. v lll l

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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

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Senior |p vopbec 2 CUppinos lERE legate. DOUBT WILL DELIVER LECTURE ws Noth- ed States. . lergy at ■all Chil- Legation. 10, arch- lapal dele- ii-rived in yesterday and emphat- was in poor pied only by • and charge ■ n, and was committee, Thomas J. University, led by Cardi- atholic Uni- nced, the with only .idred and ■ h ' s School, Smith, to , children can flags. iin. Famoufc Altruist To Be Heard Thursday in San Franci.sco San Francisco, Cal., April 9, 1932— Nelle Keller, A. M., Ph. D., the world-, famed altruist, one of the deepest modern thinkers, will deliver a lecture at the City Hall on next Thursday evening at eight o ' clock. This lecture, which has jiroduced such a revolution in the pliilosophieal world, is on thc- subject, The Solution of World Prob lenis, and presents a clear exiilana- tion and criticism of all the systems of )ihilosophy since Socrates. Dr. Keller, it will bo remembered, gained recog- nition eight years ago by her stupen- dous and marvelous work, The After Life. NEW PRESIDENT CHOSEN Suffrage Union Honors Mrs. Elsie Lupin- ski Zaegel Schmidt Sheboygan, Wis., June 5, 1930 — At the annual meeting of the Suffrage Hnion on last evening Mi ' s, Elsie Lu- ]iinski Zaegel Schmidt was una voce elected president of the Suffrage Union for the ensuing term of four years. Mrs, Schmidt is peculiarly fitted for the position to which she has been elevated, because of her wide ex- perience and executive ability. For several years she has been actively engaged in the ] romotion of the cause of Woman ' s Rights in Australia and Brazil. The Union is to be congratu- lated ui on securing a leader of such magnetic power and personality. 4,5b Fund for the WOMEN A Collect $3,, Turned i Haste Req fore Optic $110,000 An ultimai paigners whci new Y. W the effect must be site at T for the l is dlrectiiit of the camp niS F street must be mad cliaso thif have beoi ' raised. The sul 3 7,4.51, and that they w the differcn ' c scriplion and will raise possibly 18