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

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' e are in action from the first moment we set foot on Sweet Briar eampus As freslimen we safely stowed away tlie rules and traditions learned in liand liook classes, took a deep breathe. an l jihinued into college life. We griped aliout all-afternoon labs but we couldn ' t help being fascinated by the innards ' of our frogs ajid flowers. Outside reading in Social Studies seemed endless, but we soon adjusted to the long hours in the library, and the inn became an indis- pensable break. We wondered if we could ever learn to recognize what seemed hundreds of syni- jihonifs. and sjient hours in music listening when tests caught u]i with us. AVe were frantic over last minute term ])apers but somehow managed to get them in on time in spite of our worries. We .stayed up all night in the transfoi ' nied. tomb-like quiet of a smoke-filled Counnons. and ordered a cheeseburgfi ' and a milk shake at the date house so we wouldn ' t have to waste study time by chang- ing our blue jea]i for dinner. We couldn ' t wait for vacations. Ijut June it was hard to believe v Were already sojiliomores. As .sophomores we really felt necessary to the action of Sweet Briar. We were no longer shy of speaking up in Student (io ernment meetings ; Charlottesville and Lexington became as familiar as Sweet Briar itself. We ])assed oui ' reading knowledge (much to our sur|)rise). ])lowed grudgingly through the confusion of ( ' .( ' .. and wondered if Poppy didn ' t know more than we did about ] sych. At the enil of the year, after jnucb deliiieration. we ( Ikisc our majoi ' s and linallv dashed foi- the junior bench, upperclassnieii at last. Junior vcar we wei ' e aluiost at the top. We took philosopliy and Tieligion and found ourselves thinking more tlian e ei ' befcjn ' . With basic requirements behind us. things began to take shape. We knew what we wanted and how to get it. Some of us went abrcjad and studit but no matter how we studied, what we studied now had real meaning for us, our i-ings and eyed the (ioldcii Stairs longingly, but the idea of compreheiisi es made us wondei- if we Weren ' t better off as juniors. Senior year we were the ones. We put on a Broadway show witli an e;Lse that belied the bard work behind it. With coniprehensives just a short time away we went to seminars faithfully and wondered how it was possible to grasp so much. But by the time we stopped to catch our breath, we were sit- ting on the Golden Stairs, di- plomas in hand, singing Oh look up here and see us ' for the last time. We the honors plan, couldn ' t wait for Ito, V cUcut c4 t fiftafo e luct ( HC€iAlecl

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Firs L ' oic: ] Iartiia LEfi(!. ' irr-l ' rfslilnil .■ (iuAci-; IM.Lum.. Srcrrhiri . Second Tloir: .Iackii-: 1 A C(iok. I ' lc itU ' ul : .Iican Cai.dwkij., Treasurer. 1952 It is Vdu whom wc have lookcil-up to. the ones who liave fultillt ' d all the ho])es from j)ulil isli inir a top Fi ' eshiiian issue of the News. ' to sailiii;jf throuuh (•(im])rehensives. You have left vour inai ' k. not only aeademically with thiiteen Phi Betes, and a sizeable Dean ' s List, hut with llie Show and llidwinters. Theve wiis Founder ' s Day and the hrst wearing (if your Senior rohes : we shall always remember the disunity ot a mortar hoaid tilted over one eye. Christmas aeation ca and ' nt : the year was hall ' o er before you knew it. Suddeidy it hei ' ame the fashion to acquire the third linger left hand ring, and to plan June wedding.s. When eomprehensives loomed large, you may have wished you had refused — just one more hand ! and another eup of coffee at the date house. But when your names are read and you ha e your di])lomas in your hands, we ' ll all lie whistlini;- ' -Bright. Sprite. Wittv and Pert ! mm