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

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Mr. ( ' li:iii lias Ihtii a|i| miiircd ( ' liiiicsc aiiiliassadi ir r.i Aiiici-ii-a. mi Mrs. Chan is stayiiii; here tliruin;li liis lei ' m of ottice. Aficrwartis, I ii]i|»ist llicy will ii i liai-k t(i China n ci.ni iuiic rheir iiiissim ary woi-k. .Iiisi licfiirc rhr aliumiac r(. ' cc|iriiiii rwn tcK-iiraiiis caiuc tur the .Mar(jiiisc. as ])rL ' siikMit of the class df ' J ' - ' . One was frnm St. IVtcrsliurii, sayini; that Dr. Helen Lanifroni. the i;reat expert in cheniieal research, was nnahlc to leave liiissia. hecanse she was sntierinji ' t ' runi the effects of a serious exjilosion of chemicals in her lahoratory at the I ' niversity of St. Peterslmrii ' . Till ' other tel( i;rani was fi-oni the llonorahle Elizaheth Franke. who is one of the l)est known criminal lawyers in New ' ork City, ami also a ]ierfectly ardent suffragette. She led a snrtraiie jiarade down Broadway, and Wanauiaker ' s windows were smashed hy the militant ladies. Since iliss Franke was heading the pi ' ocession, she is hel l resjionsihle. and is now ])leading her own case. I think that ' s awfnlly exciting, and mother says, so like Franke, for she always did like an argument. Well. dear. I must stoji. for this letter is already dreadfully long. Give my best hive to your mother. Jim Senior, and write me your ])lans for the summer. As ever, M.viiv TYLi;r! Skik vk k Wilson.

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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.

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peacock ( Willi iijH.hHjli ' s III ■■Chnnl ' irU ' ci: ) Dramatis personae Pkacock A .lllllinl-, Pka Hen V Freslmiaii. Tin-: Cat V S(i|ihiiiiinrc. TiiK IJi.At KiiiiMi A Senior, The ( ' iikk Siili-Frcsliiii:ni, C ' lionis (if Freslniiaii IJoscs. Scene — Rose g-anlcn. ,Mrsic — Fnim the (Jiiakfr Girl, iiiirscrv rliymcs. Sweet Eriar sdiigs. When tlie curtain rises, flie IJlackliinl. clad in a cap ami irown, is iliscuxcrc in the Id]) (if a tree, readini; ' ]iliil(i iiiiliy. The I ' ' i ' eshnian Rdses are iifimiicil the liack i-dimd. ( Kilter a clidrns df Peacdcks. ) l KA( ' (icKs ( sinn ) : Sweet liriarl Sweet iiriai ' l We sinu ' td thee; We dtl ' er Id thee (Hir syHi|iatliy. What wilt ihdii (Id in fiilnrity W ' ithdiit lis. ( ) Sweet iJriar ' . Sweet ilriarl Sweet ISriarl Thy tldwer fair is wasted (in the desert air If we, the I ' eacd(d s, are ikiI there Td wear il. ( ) Sweet llriar 1