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

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PRESIDENT ANNE GARY PANNELL Life is a problem, a task, an ordeal, even at times an agony; it is also fas- cinating, challenging, and intense. All of us living today cannot wish to hide our heads either in the sands of the past or of the future. We must have a sense of new horizons. We must face with outward vision a restless human world and, with cheerful hearts, help this world to mend its broken spirits. The full task of education is both to train people in freedom and to prepare them for free- dom; to teach them control of themselves as well as of their world. This, then, is what educated women need for the fu- ture: the self-discipline of affection for other people . . . . . and Ajax

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ADMINISTRATION 13

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS As specified by the charter of incorporation granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia in February, 1901, the Board of Directors includes seven members, elected for life. They are empowered to hold all properties in trust and to fill any vacancy which may occur in their numbers. J. Wilson Newman, J.D., Chainiicin . . . .Richmond, Virginia C. Raine Pettyjohn, Vtce-Chairman and Secretary Lynchburg, Virginia Sara Shallenberger Brown, A.B., . .Harrods Creek, Kentucky Connie M. Guion, M.D., D.Sc, New York, New York Adrian M. Massie, B.A., Rye, New York Buford Scott Richmond, Virginia Lawson W. Turner Forest, Virginia The Chairman of the Board and the President of the College are members ex-ofjicio. The Directors are also members of the Board of Overseers. J. WILSO.X . E VM. . (chairman. Board of Director Board of Overseers CH. RLES X. PROTHRO Channiaii, Development Commit Board of Overseers BOARD OF OVERSEERS Established in May, 1927, the Board of Overseers is composed of the seven Directors and additional members elected by the Directors, most of whom serve six-year terms and may be re-elected. The active oversight of the College is in the hands of the larger Board, whose decisions are submitted for ratifi cation to the Board of Directors. The President of the College is ex-ofScio a member of the Board of Overseers. J. Wilson Newman, Chairman. C. Raine Pettyjohn, Vice-Chairman and Secretary. Term Expires 1964 Charles H. Murchison, LI.B., Jacksonville, Florida Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott, A.B., North Garden, Virginia The Rt. Rev. Richard S. Watson, D.D Salt Lake Citv, LJtah 1965 J. H. Tyler McConnell, LI.B Greenville, Delaware Edward Thompson Wailes, B.S Washington, D. C. 1966 John J. Corson, Ph.D Princeton, New Jersey Charles N. Prothro, B.B.A Wichita Falls, Texas 1967 Gladys Wester Horton, A.B. . .Short Hills, New Jersey Walter S. Robertson, L.L.D Richmond, Virginia Robert C. Tyson, B.A New York, New York Gorham B. Walker, Jr., B.A Lynchburg, Virginia 1969 Wright Bryan, B.S Cleveland, Ohio Hugh K. Duffield, A.B Gladwyne, Pennsylvania Nida Tomlin Watts, A. B Lynchburg, Virginia Anne Pannell, D. Phil., ex-officio. President of the Col- lege Juliet Halliburton Burnett, A.B., ex-officio. President of the Srveet Briar Alumnae Association 15