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

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Mentor Cla0S 0ropl)ecp SwKKT T!i;iAi;, : ■2: r.ciieclict Ihill. Dkak Jimmy — My ilcai ' l such excitciiicur ! Of cuiirsc yon lia r lieanl from vdur iiicitlicr all alidiit flic Wdiiderfiil class uf l ' ,ll- l. of wliicli my mother, -},lrs. Sediiwick Wilson, ucc Mai ' v Tyler, was a mciiilier. They are jiisf now eelebratiiii;- the twentieth anniversary of their i radnation here at Sweet Briar, From their jiictnres in mother ' s ohl anninil I hail imaiiiiied tlieni all as yoniiij: and i; iod lookin,i;yi;irls, and snch I ' are old liii ' ds as they are I lother wa.s the fii ' st of the class to ai ' ri -e. She l)i-oni;ht fallier. and while waiting for the rest ni the (dass to come, they spent their time i-nnnini; ' around catching grassho])|iers to w r in theii ' histological in -estigations. .Moth( r is very active for a wonnin of her age. How nice it is that she and father are hoth biologists, for they ha -e smdi frolics together dissecting organisms, and living close to natni-e keeps them yonng. The ne.xt to ccinie was .Miss Eugenia linfHngton. I was rathei- overawed to meet the ])resident of Vassar, hut she wasn ' t so dreadful as I had inuigined, although her hair was skinned hack painfully tight and she wore a funny little hat. She mnst he (piite a womlerfnl w iman to manage a fhonsaiid girls .so easily. She claims that this isn ' t half so nerve-racking as ( Inding a student government meetim: at Sweet Ihdar. She |oesn ' l ha -e such pi ' lty wcu ' ries as redueini; the meal hies. I loesn ' t it .seem strange that they had the same j)rob- lems that we ha ' e to-day ' . I forgot to nieiilion that Violet Cheswick ' ame along with .Miss linfHngton. It seemed odd at tirst thai the dignilieil pi-esideiit of N ' assar slionid l e so rv intimate with the most popnlar comeiiienne on the stage. Iml when I learned that hei real name is llessie (li-ammei ' , I ni ' derst i. 1 suppose yon ha c seen liei ' on the stage. She is playing in this season. .Mothei ' says she got hei ' traiiung at college, taking otf the faculty. She has a vivacious, Frenchy way of talking, and has done some fancv dances for us in the i;vm.

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' mvpiv ' :, ' ! ' ;.- :i ' -s Rebecca Bkxedkt White JIaky Tylek i;

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I ' liil. iiiv (irar. llii ' rciitost sciisatinii of all is the Mar(|nisc i r la Xnyc She is the iiKisi n-rarcfiil. laiiiiiiiil. and utterly ailnralilc ]icrs(in I i ' cr saw. She lias so iiiiicli ti ' iii|uT;niii ' iit ! And all licr clutlics cdiiir iVuiii I ' aris. She has mi a different cnstnnic e ci-y liinc vuu sec her and all sd rhic and l- rcn(diy. 1 am quite dipjiy aliont her and am savint; ' my allowance to srnd her roses — Ainericau Beauties, I think, as she says they are liei ' fa ii ' itcs. ()! ' conrsc you ha -e sjiiessed that the ] Iarc]iiise, before her uuu-riai:e. was Mayo Thach. once presi- ileiit of the (dass of I ' .H;!. Perhaps the most original of the hniudi is Miss Pinkerton. When I first saw her come walking into mother ' s i m, I thonght, Here ' s a tdiarac-iei ' from the 101 Ivanch. She wore a big sombrero and a khaki walking suit and swagger high to]i boots. However, after talking to her I iind she is not as dangerous as she looks. Althoitgh she is owner of a large western I ' aucdi and manages it all herself, with Dr. Ilarley ' s advice, yet she seems (piite dignified and well lieliaxcci in s|iite of liel ' ipieer costume. She seems ralliei ' ahseut-minded. They say that in hei ' youth she wrote ])oetry. but she has given that all np in the interest of the conservation of natural resources. Iridgation seems to be her bobby. The loom-mate ni ' this daidug old lady is a dear, hustling, comfortable little lady, the nuitron of a honie for homeless children in Norfolk. ' a. One can see that she is ery efficieul and just the )ierson for such a position, for she mothers them all. from the ilarqnise to the cow-girl. The other day when T had a headache, she nuissaged the ache for an hour. That is jnst like her. One of the best ])reserved of the class is the Madonua-facecl Ke -erend l Ivs. (i lly, who before her marriage was E a lT irner. The u m ' vous ten- sion of condnctiug Ladies ' Aid and Mothers ' Mt etings has bd ' t no trace on her ])lacid l i-ow. 1 wish yon could see her! She is a tall blonde, wears ])earl earrings and jiale blue dresses, and is altogether stnuuiug looking — not at all like the ]iro crliial shabby minister ' s wife. But they say Mr. (ioodly is really ■i minister, and that in spire of her taste in dress, Mrs. (ioo(|ly is a ' erv di ' ' otcd wife and mother, and an earnest (diurcdi worker. liiit let nie tell you of the class champion of belles lettresl She has taken the |ilace of the late K. W. Chambers as literary contributor to the Suuirt Set. Iler style, as you ha ' e doubtless noticed — being a faithful reader of current liferatun — is a bit more psytdiological than Chambers ' s, and a review of her latest no -(d, Tira Mmilhs. criticized hei ' as an inci]iient (ieorge Kllioft. She 21