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

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Iiislninoy III Randoll ' h-Macon W ' nimni ' s College [jweniij ' 0ne Dr. iMeta Glass assunicd Uic prL-sideiK-y it ' Sweet Briar Colles e in 1925, the ninetrcntli year of the college. She was well prepared to bring int tlie nffice the requisite academie prestige. Miss Glass had been engaged almost constantly in edu- cational work ever since she was graduated from Randolph- Macon Woman ' s College. She took her master ' s degree there before going to Columbia University for study leading to a doctorate. She returned to Randolph-Macon Woman ' s College as assistant professor of Latin in 1912, a position she held for six years. 13uring the first World War, 1918. she went to France as Y. W. C. A. Secretary and durmg the summer of 1919, she was made Dean of the Training School for luiropean Women in Paris. Recognition of her service came in the form of the Reconnaissance Frani;aise which was awarded in 1920. Returning to Columbia Uni- versity, Miss Glass was appointed to the faculty as assistant professor of Latin and Greek. In addition, she was assistant to the director of University I ' :xtension. Miss Glass held these positions until her acceptance of the presidency of Sweet Briar. She is Sweet Briar ' s third president. Miss Cilass and her leadershi]) in education have been widely recognized. She has been given honorary degrees by seven ' universities and colleges : Litt. D., Columliia Univer- sitv and Mount Holyoke College; LL.D., Brown Univer- sity, Universitv of Delaware. Williams College and W ilson College ; D.C.L., The University of the South. Taking an active part in the educational life of the state and nation. Miss Glass has served as president of the Asso- ciation of ' irninia Colleges, 1 )30-.51 : jiresident of the Ameri- y. V . C. A. Secretary in I ' raiic 1 1S I ' resideul of Szceet Uridi

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lntiall - is a colIcfi;e fortunate enough to have as its president an who is the emtiotliment of all the ideals for which that coIlejj;e It so Miss (ilass has heen as prcsitlent of Sweet liriar. lor years her dignity and crisp intelligence, her charm and dynamic i e inspired Sweet Briar girls. She has heen an ever-present the heights attainahle in the scholastic, spiritual atui social announcement of her resignation in 1946 was heard with deep |V4Jryone connected with the college, past and present. They felt r was losing someone who was as much a part of the college as ' t itm ' ospTTere in which it exists. But though she herself resigns, the pat- tern Miss (ilass has set will remain and Sweet Briar girls will continue to li e hy that trailition of high scholastic standards set m an atmosphere of graceful li ing. With this in mintl we dedicate the nineteen-hundred ami fortv-six Briar P.xrcll to Dr. Meta (ilass.

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, . ei fis , 9 9 can Association nf rni rrsit - W ' nmfii. 1933-37; presirlent nf ilic Association of American Col- leges. 1939-40: and ]iirsi(li ' nt of the World Student Service Innul, 1944-45. Diirinj, the second WorM War, Miss (ilass was a nu-nibt-r of the National Ciinmiiltee on {• .ducation and Defense, on which she served from I ' UO to l ' M2. Slie was one of the first memhers of the Advisorv Kdncational Council to the I ' urean of Xaval Persomiel. which helped ])lan for the enlistment of the Wa es ;uid for their Iraininj;. Since 1 ' ' 44 .Miss (ilass has hcen an Incorporator of the .American Kid (Voss. The adminislration of .Miss (jlass has heen a period of academic growth and of sound fm- ancinu-. The faculty has heen increased hy one-third and it now numbers 55 men and women. The li])rary collection has i rown from 11.000 volumes to 60.000. .selected with great care for the needs of an undergraduate college. The teaching of art has heen enriched with studio work and al.so l)v a large collection of slides and jihotographs. The jiurchase of a slowlv growing collec- tion of ])aintings hy modern artists has been established. The use of records and scores has been fostered in nnisic courses. The introduction of interde]5artmental majors came in 1929. and com- prehensive examinations in some de]iartments began a few years later. Earlv in the thirties the Honors IMan of .Study was installed and in 1932 the first of the students enrolled in the Honors Plan of .Study si)ent their junior year at the University of St. . ndrews in Scotlrmd. The Dela- ware Plan enabled certain students to spend their junior car in l ' r;ince. The cuniciiluni .and methods of teaching were always subjected to constant stud . The .Mary Helen Cochran Library and the Daisy Williams Gymnasium were built, and jilans wen- made and some fimds raised for a building housing music, drama, and an auditorium. The faculty houses on Elijah ' s Road have been iiuilt and extensi e remodeling has lieen done on the Power Plant and the .Sewerage Plant. C n a financial side, the college has increased its amnial ex|ienditures b - ' • ' ' r since l ' ' 25-2f), while retiring an indebtcdnrss of $2,?0.(.X)0 and increasing it enilcjwment from $131 3 S to $798,461. .Sweet HriarV .aim has .always been to provide a liberal education of high qualitv and Miss Glass has guided the colk-ge for 21 years toward this goal, ■hatever her plans may be after her resignation from Sweet I ' riar this year. Miss Glass will ])ursue them with the same devotion to work, the same high intellectual endeavor which won eminence for herself and which brought honour and distinction to .Sweet Hriar College, ) I wciily-fusl iitiHii iini- tioii amih ' i ' rsarx Mux Daw l ' 3 ' Soda Jcrkcr at Boxwood li