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

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CLASS OF 1950 5ailey, C, Pretiidcnt, Stiibbs, Vice-President, ilooKK M., Sccreliiry, Hol.mes, Treasurer. Wistfiilness, joy, bewilderment, regret. Such a complexity of feeling when one realizes that four wonderful years have slipped by with scarcely a backward glance; that four wonderful years proved shorter than anyone deemed possible. But they have left their mark, and on this last step- ping stone, one pauses to reflect. It seems but a moment ago that we were the embryonic mass wondering what Evolu had in store for us. And now reassured, we can smile confidently at the world. Forever and for all time, there will be the days that are no more, but the memories of those days will carry us through a life- time of tears and laughter. Eomember the first year antics — the pillow fights and giggles mingled with the unliearable long- ing for home that eventually gave way to the more important realization of new sophistication and new friends ; to the fascination of untried fields. Manson had its own peculiar coziness. A coziness created by the cementing of freshman friend- ships and a sense of belonging even while that year is dubbed the Sophomore Slump. The jolly, jolly juniors? Yes, we were that and more. College took on new meaning and our jollity was but an expression of enlightenment. Then towards May and June our eyes twinkled while our thoughts trembled in contemplating next year at this time. Well, it ' s here — Next year at this time. Our senior parlor gatherings, our walks, and talks become the most important things in our lives as we clutch at each precious, fleeting second. Even looking ahead into a misty but enticing future no one can blame us for the tear that saddens. Just one month more.

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SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE MAIMLYX JUNE ACKEKSON Forty Fort , Pennsylvania FreiirJi 81u ' ' .s I ' ute, she ' s I ' uii. she ' s oii the nin — petite with a heart twice her size and a hearty xoice thiit belies her petiteness ; that ' s Marilyn. As a loyal friend tliere could l)e none better and her warmth is lier charm. Efficiency is but an end for some but for Marilyn it is a means, and as chairman of the F ' unds ( onimittee she treats dollar signs with an air nf one who knows. Tennesseans and Buick conxerlililes i-ond)ine lier one biu ' liankering — Her vitality, spirit and generosity know no bounds, and her crystal shows success. Bum Chums; News; French Club; Orientation Com- mittee; Chairman, Funds Committee. BAEBARA ANN AUSTIN Rome, Georgia Mathematics Took her Junior Year abroad at Carolina so she wouldn ' t have to go so far for her weekends. If she isn ' t found asleep, one of her favorite extra-curricular activities, you ' ll find her running around brighten- ing all with her bubbling and enthusiastic personality. No one would ever guess that underneath all her worrying about grades, interspersed with a spontane- ous burst of wit, she is one of those lucky ones with an orderly A-(- mind. Easy to live with, unless you try to speak to her before breakfast. B. A. is a true warm-hearted friend. ' AH roads lead to Rome (Georgia), and we certainly will hate to see B. A. beat (?) a path back from 8. B. C. for the last time. Senior Show-; News: El Club Espanol; Friends of Art ; Dance Group.