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

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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

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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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Senior Ipvopbec Clippino? ITESTS Coramit- cJune 6. XECUTIVE at Early Date I-arge Number aected to Ap- ry Hayward South. Republican na- ?et in Chicaga 6. to decide to ttie Re- Tlie call ay by Will- I ne commll- 1 est meeting I .e committee, ays to con- ention opens RETURNS TO AMERICA The Superintendent of Public Schools of Honolulu Returns Home HonoluliT, Hawaii, Sept. 7, 1925— The hearts of the Hawaiians are stricken with grief at the resignation of the Superintendent of Government Schools, Miss Loulie Meriwether Wilson. Miss Wilson has been connected with the .schools of Honolulu and adjacent dis tricts for the Jiast ten years, during which time she has raised the standard of the High Schools so that graduates are able to enter, without examination, Yale, Princeton, Vassar, Sweet Briar, and other foremost colleges of the United States. It is with great reluc- tance that we accept her resignation and witness her departure. HYGIENIC REFORM have beei ommitter ' pected. h . the tim ay .29. 2 A Great Work Being Carried On By Eminent Philanthropist New York, October 1, 1927 — A scheme for the elevation of the inhabitants of the slum districts through hygienic reform is being promoted by the zeal ous efforts of the philanthropist, Miss Frances Noyes Matson. Miss Matson has recently published a treatise on Environment and the Man, in which are embodied the principles of her practical reforms. A great improvement may already be noticed in the condi- tion of the homes of the East Side. Miss Matson is to be praised for her indefatigable energy and her tireless devotioiT to the cause of uplifting humanity. Crucial } TAFT ON Rodsevelt With 11 Harmon; Clark ana sented in t Ohio. rega. the president publican and the battle gro candidates fo- next Monday President 1 but will retm day, howeve .Tnd spend tht. P.oth the Pre will flRht for State in thei 111 the r Taft. C. lette. nl fi.ght to Ohio Viiii, I. 1,