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

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% •%-% %- ' %■« surroundings and the times in which we live as dif- ficuh and changeable — but challenging. It is in view of this changing scene that we present the News of the Year — a summary of the year ' s activity. We bring you Sweet Briar, its traditions, its vitality, and glimpses of the charming idiosyn- cracies which make it an integral part of those who know and love it. » ♦•

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1943 iriarFatcl) Edilor-in-Chief Sydney Holmes Business Manager Helen Crump EDITORIAL STAFF Art Editor LuLU Sadowsky Photography Editor MuRRELL RiCKARDS Culture Editor AlICE LANCASTER Books Editor CoNSTANCE BUDLONG Personalities in the Nervs LESLIE Herrick Club Editors Martha Lindsey Mary White Drama, Art, Music N otes... EleANOR Goodspeed Comic Editor NoRMA Bradley War 5en ' Re Report SuSAN SoMERXELL Sports Editor.... Patpicia Whitaker SocietVi Editor ..CATHERINE TiFT BUSINESS STAFF Helen Cantey Benerly Holleman Mary Christmas Paulett Long Emily Ann Wilkins Each of us has something she Hkes to remember above all about Sweet Briar. We of The Briar Patch staff thmk of this year ' s memories as very 7l. 19 4 3 BRIAR PATCH special ones. We have seen Sweet Briar changed by its relation to a world at war. Our hands have taken up new tasks, our minds more diversified interests. We have become urgently busy, and yet back of all the feverish activity that accom.panies war we have felt the never-changing serenity of our traditions and standards. Throughout the year we have planned with a new direction. In the confusion of return greetings in Sep- tember we had more useful summers to compare. Indispensable bull-sessions have been organized for discussions of post-war planning; chatter at the Inn has been shifted to the Red Cross room in the gym. We know m.ore clearly than ever before the pur- pose of a liberal arts education and the satisfaction of living and growing together. We value these

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