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

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riir College 38: iJSt P Still greater and moi-e difficult days lie before us. Many of the binding traditions and prejudices of the past must die, true ideals of inter- nationalism based upon love of country and of race, true conceptions of social order and social justice must be born. In the new era now dawning, woman will play an increasingly responsible part in the life of the com- munity. She must be hospitable to new ideas, courageous in facing new difficulties and new burdens, unswerving in devotion to democratic ideals and principles. She must be imbued with a sense of the value and the joy of life. Sweet Briar rejoices in the strong young lives which she is sending forth to share in the work and in the achievement of the new world. To the best future of that world we dedicate, we consecrate the coming years. i

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jc ft Or Collcgr )Q 0=- THE NEW DAY Dr. Emilie Watts McVea HE record of our Victory year is complete: the war is ended. Sweet Briar, looking back over the past two years, must ask herself searchingly : Did I fail as a college; did my students, II ; i -; li individually, rise to the height of their opportunities and respon- sibilities? We, like all other colleges, engaged in many war activities ; we raised a good deal of monej% we supported the Food Administration, we worked for the Y. W. C. A. and for the Red Cross, we cared for French and Belgian children. However, now that the stress has passed, we wish regretfully that we had done more. We think of our mistakes and lost opportunities rather than of our accomplishments. Upon one thing we have determined, the great experience of the past two years shall not leave us unchanged. With all our might we will hold to the ideals of courage, of high purpose, of patriotism, and of humanity which these stern months have taught us ; we will endeavor, to the utmost of our ability, as a college and as individuals, to do our part in interpret- ing to our generation the larger, finer meaning of democracy and of internationalism. Sweet Briar, even in its exquisite seclusion, has felt the throb, the heartbeat of the world. Her life has been enlarged and enriched by a share, small but real, in the activities and sacrifices of the nations of the earth. It has been our high privilege to have lived and wrought in the greatest years of the world ' s history. 13

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