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

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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

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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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isn ' t of a sciisatiiiiial Tvpe. however, rather shorf. wears her hair ])arteil ami (lra ' l suKJothly o ' er her ears — jusf liive the froiitisjiiere to Silas Mariier — Init she wears exceediiiiily low e ' eiiiiiii- i;iiwiis. (|)iiile a coiilrasl to the iliiiiiiiiiti ' e litei ' ateiir was the tall ainl dasliiiin widow. .Mrs. Ke.oiiiald Ar.dlihahl Roekerhilt. She pnders to l,e ealle l .Mrs. Reggie. 1 made a terrible lireak and ealleil her .Mrs. lleddie. She is a Titian hlonde. yon know. liet ' ore her wedding slie was Knth Hansel ' . .Vlfhongh now divoi ' ced from .Mr. Rockerliilt. he provides hei ' with a liheral alimony. which enables her to take a leading ])hue among New Voi-k ' s marf et. It is said that after the last election, she took all the Fonr llnnilre(l to .Vtlantie City for a clam-hake, sn yon may see she entertains in regal style. She i rather lan- guid, and has had every meal lint one sent to her room since she has been here. She cari ' ies a lorgnette and has a very stipercilions way of looking at one through it. Her clothes are wonderful — cpiite as stunning as those of the Marcjnise in their way. Mi ' s, (iraiit E ' ei ' ett Clark came ne.xt. She is a .sweet, dignified. ]iliimp lady. Shi ' just came down from ()berliii. ()liio. where she has been staying with her son while he fini.shes his course tht-re. She liroiight his picture with her. and he is jierfectly stunning looking. We are all cra y aboiil him. and she says he looks just like his father did when he was yonng. Irs. Clark was tormerly secretary of the class of IDl. ' !. and her name was Bernice Kichardson. The bus has jnst come and the eiichanfiiig .Manpiise de la Xcye rushed (Hii frantically to meet it. and came in leading with each hand the ciitesi kids e -erl They lookeil just alike, but one wore a little blazer with wide green and white sti ' ipes, the other a scarlet .Norfolk jacket. Their little s(i(d s had wide stripes running aroiiml. and eacdi wore enormous pickaxe pins iinder their chins. They arc as tow-headed as grandmother ' s hair, ' i ' lieir jiroiid mother. Mrs. .Much a de Crume, brought u] ilie ri ' ar. She was wearing a sulMlned bla er of black and white. She came in smiling benignly, and Imok hands with all the ii v a- ger.ially as if she had always known them. She was l- ' raiices Kichardsoii, who roomed willi the Manpiise while she was in college. () , and the niosi iiiferesting person ci-cr came in on ;]ii. She is Mrs. Sing Iji ( ' ban. wife of the Prince of the proxince n( Shaiiliing in ( ' liina. She was lai ' Liarella KibMe when she was in Sweel llriar, am! she went fi ' diii lii ' i ' e to Johns Ildpkins. .Mter taking her .M. I), ihere. she went to ( ' liiiia as a nus- sionarx ' . ' i ' liis is the lir i lime she has been back tn the I ' niled Siaii ' since llicii.