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VJe/O^^cdl A âoMPw, ^jjfi'ini aOMpm/iC/, —D^. TH- tJtiMiuMi("Im") XMcdl WeW^,/5wee*/^•tt^^^wi'uC'»^Pi>ie<*s^/97?-/9?5 j9tMuieM^Vany^:uUOmi', Octê^' 5, /99c 1 9 1 Sweet Briar Alumnae Magazine • March 2001 • Vol. 72, No. 2 3 Centennial Celebration Information 104 Changes* 1966-1976 ond Calendar byNancySt. ClairTalley '56 Elizabeth "Keedie"GronesLeonard '76: Important 6 Rosam Quae Meruit Ferat PeopleandMemories 113;TheEwaldScholars byMartha Lou Lemmon Stohlman '34 and Program: Ofttoa FineStartI 114;AVeryGoodTime: Dean SimsRemembers 1965-1974 115 Martha von Briesen '3 6 The Spring of '70 at Sweet Briar 1 1 7 The Past is Prologue byMichaelD. Richards byPresidentElisabeth S. Muhlenfeld HardRain: ProfessorLeePiepho'sFirstYearatSBC 121 1 Ghost Stories and Mysteries of 22 Big Man on Campus: A Look Backat 1 Sv/eet Briar byAnn Marshall Whitley '47 the Whiteman Years 16 The PoMêrto Dream Rightly 126 Embracing Reality 1980-1989 • }90\-}9}6 byMargaretBanister 16 An interviewwith Dean Patt 126; PresidentFry; SBC's WhenGrazersWereMowers 1 SecondCenturyStartsHere 128;ALifetime Commitment: ProfessorKayMacdonald PutsPresident 26 Friendly Strength and Beauty Fry'sMessagein Perspective 129;MyRelationshipwith • 1916-1926 byEdith DurrellMarshall '2 SweetBriarHasbeenaMilestone 130; Dean Blair's ThreeDecadesofOutstanding Progress 130; Events, 36 Progress and Prestige • 1926-1936 People, and Programs 131; SueReid SlaughterEvents byJulia SadlerdeColigny '34 C1o3l2u;mKbuadroisumDu1e331;32T;heThDeedSicwaeteitonBroifarthCeolAlnengeeGary Campuslife38; EmilyJonesHodge'27: BackforHer PonnellCenter 134; ReunionWedding Bells 133; 73rd! 44 Turning Point 135;DedicationoftheFlorenceElston Inn 135 46 Pitching In • 1936-1946 byJoan De Vore Roth '41 136 Into Focus 1990-1999 ThougfifsontheForties50; EleonorPottsSnodgrass'48 An interviewwith PresidentHill 136;The 1993 Ewald ScholarsProgram: "AmericanIndianVisions" 138; SharesMemories52;SweetBriarattheBeginningof WorldWar 54-57 SweetBriarEstablishesFirstWomen'sCollegeChapter II ofPre-LowFraternity 139; GalaCelebrationof$35 S0w0e3e9t-7B3r4i2or).CoIlslseugeedAfoluurmtniomeesMyaegaralzy,infeoil,(IwSiSrNv 58 A New Consciousness • 1946-1956 MRielulniioonnCoafmDpyaniagmnic14B0l;acFkirsStwAenentuBarliaCroWnfoemreennce14/1;The tP2eer4r,5iso9pd5riicnoaglnsdapnLodysntscauhgbmeumrpegar,idbVyAatS2wS4ewee5te0t6BrBinaarr,CoVllAege. EblyeaAnonrnRoMoaservsehlta'lslInWfhorimtalleVyisit'4S7nowballed Intoa GPrreaspiedevnitniael1S4p2e;akWehristeSerOiaesk1W4o1od;sSt:raAighWtorflrdo-mCltahess Sendform3579toSweetBriarCollege,BoxE, MajorEvent59;JoanneHolbrookPatton '52 Remembers EcologyLaboratory 142;When IThinkAboutSweet SweetBriarVA24595 Telephone(804)381- SignificantPeople, Events61; HelenAddington Passano Brior 143;SweetBriarDairyCloses 144;TheBlizzard 6131 '55 Lasting Impressions64; PVDandHazelImpact of'96 145; Sara Finnegan Lycett'61:Chairman-Electof SweetBriarAlumnaeMagazinePolicy SweetBrior, BothWith Lasting Effect67 SweetBriar'sBoardofDirectors 145; SweetBriarinthe Or>eoftheobjectivesofthemagazineistopresent News 146; ElisabethS. Muhlenfeld: Ninth Presidentof interesting,thoughtprovokingmateriol Publication 70 Yes, Virginia, There is a Sêet Briar SweetBriarCollege 148; ExcellenceinTeaching 149; ofmaterialdoesnotindicateendorsementofthe Byrd'sNest 151; 1999 Reunion Dedication: 1949's outhor'sviewpointbythemogozine,theAlumnae • 1956-1966 by ByrdStone '56 Giving UsWings 152; NancyHallGreen '64 Pledges ABsrisaorciAaltiuomnn,ooerMSawgeaeztiBnreiarreCsoelrlveesgetheThreigShtwetoeledit TheFabulousFifties: NannetteMcBurneyCrowdus '57 $5MillionforNewCampusCenter 152;MayaAngelou and,whennecessary,reviseallmaterialthotit PutstheErainPerspective74;TheThingsThatMatter: atSweetBriar 153; SweetBriarNameda BestCollege acceptsforpublication. AnInterviewwithCarolMcMurtryFowler'5782;Mme. Value 154; October 1993: Dedicationsand New Contactusanytimel BoxwoodAlumnaeHouse,Box£,SweetBriar,VA Indira NehruGandhi Speakson IndianDemocracy83 Additions 155;MollieJohnson Nelson '64: Survivalof 24595,(804)381-6131;FAX804-381-6132;E- theFittest 155 Moil-1)(Office)olumnae@sbc,edu;2](Magazine) 84 WhatTook So Long? sbcmagazine@sbcedu 56 Visions Realized and Visions Yet AlumnaeAssociotionwebsiteaddress: byMaryMolyneuxAbrams '86 ] to Come 2000 hitp;//www.olumnae.sbc.edu SweetBriarwebsiteaddress:wwwsbcedu 86 Standing Up: Student Protesters FamilyFoundation's $5 MillionGrantCelebratesFour TheAlumnaeOfficeStaff Surprised SBC Administrators Generations 156; NewFlorenceElston Innand LouiseSwieckiZingoro'80,Director, ConferenceCenterDedicated 157; "Technocracyin AlumnoeAssociation,ManagingEditor.Alumnae byMaryMolyneuxAbrams '86 America" SymposiumandtheCenterforCivic Renewal AnnMMoacgDaoznionledCarter'97,AssociateDirector 158; NewNationalSurvey 159;MostWired 159; MelissaCoffeyfîtz'98,AssistontDirector 90 Thank You Mr. Newman: Michelo English '71: ChairmanoftheBoard, Sweet JoanLucy,AssistontDirector,Centenniol Reinterpreting the Will of Indiana BriarCollege 160; ElevenYearsandTwoPresidents SNaanndcryCMaoaGoMgoraaddzdtwindianonlexofBAalHdw'i5n9,'5A7s,sisEtdiatnotr,toAt/huemDnioreector FblyeMtcahreyrMWoillylnieaumxsAbrams '86 CCLahltaaerps,lsarSioBnoCm'Lse1h"6Im1na;tneAriRmeR"teisrDoeesuarincneP2Tr0he0ap1tarCe1as6n3tn;ootRBeoBtdueyr,nReMtpoilntadhceeadn:d NoreenParker,AssistantDirector,AssistontEditor Spirit:The'70sRevivalofAthleticsLasts intoa New &ClossNotesEditor.AJumnoeMagazine, FrankG. Davidson,Jr., SBC'sWinning LegolCounsel Century 164;ConnectionsBeyondMemory: Dorothy TourCoordinator BonnieSeitz'01,AlumnoeComputer LovedtheChallenge92 JonesSales H '94 LinksSweetBriar'sPasttothePresent PrcgramsCoordinator 167 JanGardner.ExecutiveSecretary 100 The First: Marshalyn Yeargin '68 SweetBriarAlumnoeMogozineProdudion Arrives On Campus 1966 GraphicdesignbyNoncyBlockwellMorion74, TheDesignGroup,Lynchburg,VA byMaryMolyneuxAbrams '86 SweetBriarCollegeAlumnaeMagazineCentennial Issue . SvNreet Briar plete with music, dining, Alumnae College travel dancing, and even fireworks! adventures will be offered On Sunday morning, a later in conjunction with these Celebrates Centennial Chapel Service programs. its will be held. Centennial doesn't slow down Centennial! During May, the beauty of there! September features Spring at Sweet Briarbrings a full lineup ofevents during Commencement and the Fall Centennial Alumnae When Victor S. Thomas Professorof Reunion—both events even Council Weekend, September President Government and Sociology, more special than usual 20-22. Thursday evening her- Muhlenfeld first and directorofthe Center for because ofthe Centennial alds the opening ofa special addressed the American Political Studies at tlair. Preparations already are exhibition and symposium on Centennial Commission in Harvard University, addressed underway to welcome record the architecture ofRalph October, 1999 she marked Civic Engagement in numbers ofalumnae and Adams Cram, Sweet Briar's Sweet Briar's Centennial as an American Democracy: From opportunity to "...revel in all Membership toAdvocacy— ftrhieesnedshatpopcyatmipmuess—toaenndjopyer- plroewmeiderFrairdcahiytewcitt.hTahiwsaliskifnolg- aspects ofthe College's histo- andBeyondon January 24; haps to take home some of tour and a panel discussion of ry...highlight new institutional Melinda Baskin Hudson, sen- the unique Centennial memo- the Cram architecture. initiatives...hold aCelebration ior vice president o—f rabilia items produced to rec- Founders' Day, and a special Galaandofferopportunities for America's Promise The ognize Sweet Briar's lOO'" keynote presentation by hon- local celebrations in club Alliance forYouth, General — Birthday for instance, a orary degree recipient and areas...andalso to introduce Colin Powell's volunteerpro- Centennial Logo shirt; a com- Pulitzer Prize winner Doris events throughout the year2001 gram, spoke on Civic memorative clock; a brand- Keams Goodwin. Highlights which have intellectual heft." Engagementand "America 's new 30-minute Centennial ofFriday and Saturday also Thanks to theefforts and guid- Promise" on January 31 Video. include the second annual ance ofthe Centennial Morris Fiorina, one ofa hand- Center forCivic Renewal Commission and the on-campus ful ofbest-known scholars on June: True to the pursuit of symposium. And our students SteeringCommittee, Sweet the topic ofcivic renewal, lifelong learning, June inau- look forward to their own tBhriisari'mspoyretaarnltonmgilceesletbornaetiionnthoef parnodfeassseonrioofrpfoelliltoiwcalofsctiheence gmuerratAelsutmhneaeexcCiotlilngegneepwros-um- tshpeecFiaalll—CenatenantniioanlalEvbeanntdigniv- lifeoftheCollegepromises all Hoover Institution, Stanford gram at Sweet Briar. Two ing a performance at a local ofthesethings andmore. University, closed the series weeklong learning programs club solely for Sweet Briar January launched our RweiptrhePsaernttiactiipoantiionnAamnerdica: wSiwlelebteBhroiasrt'esdmboystsodmyenaomfic students and theirguests. Centennial Year with the 2001 Old Theories Collide with and inspiring professors. Regions and area alumnae RWiennteewralFoirnutmhse,UCniivtiecdStates: New Realities. JoounraMtuhsanicGrDeeepna,rtcmheanitrmwainllof cthleuibrsoawreneenvceonutrsa—geodnetoofhotshte Americans'Participation (or In early February, invita- lead Everything Old is New many ways in which members Lack Thereof) in Public Life. tions to the April Gala were Again: Rebirth in ofthe Sweet Briar family can which explored the issue of mailed, along with informa- Renaissance Italy June 10-15. be involved with the College renewing civic culture. As tion and a full schedule of David Orvos, chairman of and the Centennial in their always, this lecture series was Gala events. April 21-22 Sweet Briar's new hometowns throughout the enlightening, this year featur- are the dates for the Environmental Studies year. We especially look for- ing internationally-renowned Centennial Celebration Gala. Department and Linda Fink, ward to concluding our scholars who have focused Plan to be here! Sally Ride, chairman ofour Biology Centennial Yearwith a resur- their research on civic partici- "America's First Woman in Department, will co-chair the gence ofthe traditional pation and its impact on civil Space,"joins us as our secondAlumnae College, An December 28 Sweet Briar society. They examined mod- keynote speaker that Saturday EnvironmentalReport Card— Day celebrations with alum- em forms ofpublic engage- afternoon, followed by the How Do We Score? June 24- nae clubs everywhere. ment and how such activity special Centennial Awards 29. Two ofour popular might transform theAmerican Ceremony honoring individu- polity as we know it. The lec- als "who have had a signifi- Happy Birthday, tures also included discus- cant impact on Sweet Briar sions ofhow citizens can con- College and/or the Sweet tribute to renewing civic cul- Briar community." The cele- SvNêet Briar! ture at the community level bration day concludes with a and beyond. Theda Skocpol. festive Evening Gala, com- March 2001 • www.alumnae.sbc.edu — 1 SWEET COLLEGE BRIAR CENTENN AL CELEBRATIONS CALENDAR ^âmmfviyl - J)eaê^ ^06 if, Winter Forums 2001 Civic Renevâl in the June 10-15 United States: Americans' Participation Alumnae College Everything Old isNewAgain: (or Lack Thereof) in Public Life, Rebirth in Renaissance Italy Co-chaired by Professor ofGovernment Barbara Perry and Led byAssociate Professorand Chairman ofthe Music Assistant ProfessorofGovernment Steve Bragaw DepartmentJonathan Green June 24-29 January 24, 2001 — Alumnae College,An EnvironmentalReport Card HowDo CivicEngagement inAmer—ican Democracy: From We Score? Membership toAdvocacy andBeyond Co-chaired byAssociate Professorand Chairman ofthe new ProfessorTheda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professorof Environmental Studies Department David Orvos and Government and Sociology, and directorofthe Centerfor Associate Professor and Chairman ofthe Biology American Pohtical Studies at Harvard University Department Linda Fink January 31, 2001 September 20-22 Civic Engagementand "America's Promise" Centennial Alumnae Council Weekend Melinda Baskin Hudson, seniorvice-president ofAmerica's — September 20-21 Promise The Alliance forYouth, a nonprofit organization Symposium: RalphAdams Cram: DreamsandReality. dedicated to building the characterofyoung people, founded Co-chaired by ProfessorofArt HistoryAileen Laing and and chairedby General Colin Powell DirectorofCollege Galleries andArts Management Rebecca February 7, 2001 Massie Lane Participation andRepresentation inAmerica: Old Theories September 21-22 Center forCivic Renewal Collide with New Realities Symposium, "Citizenship and Leadership for a New Professor Morris Fiorina, professor ofpolitical science and a Century" senior fellow ofthe Hoover Institution, Stanford University Co-chaired by ProfessorofGovernment Barbara Perry and April 19-22 Assistant Professor ofGovernment Steve Bragaw Board ofDirectors meetings/AlumnaeAssociation Board September 21 meetings Founders' Day April 21-22 Keynote Address: SharedMemories: The Lessons ofHistory CENTENNIAL GALA CELEBRATION by Doris Keams Goodwin, Honorary Degree Recipient MARK YOUR CALENDARS: PLAN TO BE AT SBC! October 10 April 21 Special Centennial Celebration forStudents: Band Event at Lecture by Sally Ride, "America's First Woman in Space" CattleAnnie's, Lynchburg Centennial Awards Ceremony October 19-21 Gala Reception, Dinner, Dancing, Fireworks Families' Weekend December 28 April 22 Centennial Chapel Service Sweet BriarDay Centennial Celebrations in club areas May 5 around the country Commencement May 11-13 Centennial Celebrations/Events in Key Club Areas/Regions throughout the year Reunion Weekend SweetBriarCollegeAlumnaeMagazineCentennial Issue CENTENNIAL COMMISSION Honorary Members: Centennial Steering Committee Former Chairmen of the SBC Board of Directors Catherine Bost, Director ofPublications J. Bruce Bredin Greenville, DE Jackie Dawson, DirectorofCollege Events Walter Brown H'49 Madison, NJ Nancy Herr,Assistant Director ofDining Services/Catering Victor Henningsen Pelham Manor, NY Aileen Laing "57, Professor ofArt History SaraFhmegan Lycett "61 Delta, PA Rebecca Massie Lane, Director College Galleries J. Wilson Newman Charlottesville. VA andArts Management Charles Prothro WichitaFalls, TX Mary Lou Merkt, Vice PresidentforFinance Board of Directors members andAdministration Elizabeth Stanly Gates '63 Vero Beach, FL Michael D. Richards, Hattie Mae Samford Professor ofHistory NancyHallGreen '64 Atlanta, GA Linda Shank, ExecutiveAssistant to the President VaughanInge Morrissette '54 Mobile, AL TiaTrout, Class of2002 GraceTurner, Class of2001 Elisabeth S. Muhlenfeld, President Sweet BriarCollege Kathleen Garcia Pegues '71 Warrenton, VA *Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko, Vice President for Development and College Relations (also President ofthe *Louise Swiecki Zingaro '80, DirectoroftheAlumnae AlumnaeAssociation) Association and Chairman ofCentennial Events Alumnae Board members *Joan Lucy, Coordinator ofCentennial Events Diane B. Dalton '67 Milwaukee, WI Linda C. DeVogt '86 Richmond, VA *Also sen>es on the Centennial Commission GeciliaA. Moore '88 Dayton, OH Alumnae/Parent members Marshalyn yi?arg/«-Allsopp '68 Atlanta, GA CatherineBarnett Brown '49 Madison, NJ FloraCameron Grichton '46 SanAntonio, TX Quilting is an art that women of all classes, races, Debby Dudman Oklahoma City, OK ethnic groups, and religions have practiced through- MD Maria WardEstefania '69 Chevy Chase, out history. Quilts have kept people warm, decorated Elinor WardFrancis '37 Bryn Mawr, PA homes, taught the croft of sewing, celebrated friend- KimberleyMcGraw Euston '92 New York, NY ship, kept idle hands and minds busy, end strength- Laura Groppe '85 Houston, TX ened bonds of family and community. Quilts tell sto- WinbomeLeigh Hamlin '58 Dallas, TX ries. DonnaPearson Josey '64 Houston, TX Mary Lee McGinnis McGlain '54 Charleston, SC We hope that alumnae, students, faculty, Julia Gray Saunders Michaux '39 Richmond, VA staff, and friends of SBC will create a quilt MA JoanneHoibrookPatton '52 Boston, of stories to celebrate S>veet Briar's PatriciaPowellPusey '60 Arlington, VA Centennial. AnnMorrison Reams '42 Lynchburg, VA Individual quilt squares might portray SBC milestones, NM KatherineArnoldReed '64 Santa Fe, traditions, events, persons, clubs, experiences, and Judith GreerSchulz '61 Lynchburg, VA values shaping the College over its first hundred Allison Stemmons Simon '63 Dallas, TX years: historical memories preserved for the future. SandraTaylor '74 Richmond, VA The collected squares will be professionally pieced Georgene Vairo '72 LosAngeles, CA together. Melissa Gentij Witherow '80 Memphis, TN Elizabeth BondWood '34 Lynchburg, VA if you vsônt to stitch a bit of Swêet Briar College Staff Members history, please send for full information and Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko, VicePresident forDevelopment and guidelines! Contact: Joan Lucy, Centennial Coordinator, Alumnae Office, Sweet Briar, VA College Relations Louise Swiecki Zingaro '80, Director oftheAlumnae 24595. Phone: (804) 381-6165; FAX: (804) 381- 6132; e-mail: [email protected] Association, ChairofCentennial Events Joan Lucy, Centennial Coordinator,Assistant Directorofthe AlumnaeAssociation March 2001 • www.alumnae.sbc.edu ROSAM QUAE MERUIT FERAT etherwhohas earnedit wearthe rose" is the motto ofSweet Briar College, chosen by the first Board ofDirectors. Dr. JohnM. McBryde submittedtothe board several mottoes, favoring himself, "Aperfect woman, nobly planned," as "indicative ofthe aim andpolicy ofthe school."The board, however, chose instead the one favored by his son,John M. McBryde, Jr., thedesignerofthe College seal, "Rosam quae meruit ferat." Perhaps they desired to offerbearers ofthe seal a chance to savorone ofthe pleasures ofhighereducation when the student readsthe Latin with understanding. "The Seal." said the design- er, "consists ofthe armsof Fletcherand LordAmherst, from whom the county takes its name.... TheTudorroses sym- bolize Sweet Briaralthough they aie notthe colorofthe sweetbrierrose, forpinkis not aproperheraldic tint.At the same time, they might suggest Virginiathrough Elizabeth Tudor, from whom ourstate derives its name." byMarthaLoul^mmon Slohlman '34and Martha von Briesen '31 SweetBriarCollege Alumnae MagazineCentennial Issue ' years ago, in October of the year 1900, the lonely last inhabi- tant ofSweet Briar House and owner ofSweet Briar Plantation died. You know the story. Her death set in motion the creation ofa — college one that will, beginning in January 2001, celebrate its Centennial Year. In prepara- tion, we have been sprucing up our campus, put- ting new roofs, new gutters, new balustrades, even new mortar on beautifid old buildings that students andfaculty alike have lovedfor nearly a century. ThefirstAmherstCountystudents andtheirtutor, Mr.ArthurGray,Jr. — And we have been sprucing up much more than ourbuildings. spend much ofourtime looking ahead intothe future atwhat will We havebeen refining and renewing oureducational program, have come to pass at Sweet Briar—College by 2006. 2007. 2010. It improvingouracademic offerings inside the classrooms ofBenedict, seems that there is so much todo avery steephill toclimb. How. I Fletcher. Babcock and Guion. and improving lifebeyond the class- wonder, will we get it all done?And then comes Founders" Day. room forourstudents. We have beenfinding new uses forold build- when weclimb avery steep hill indeed, tothe topofMonument ings.The train station that became aceramics studio has become an Hill, and get some perspective on ouressence, ourgenesis, andon environmental sciences laboratory. The milking bam has become a the women and men who made this place. ceramics studio. The olddate house that became alaundromat and As we stand on the cusp ofourCentennial, it is amazing to see housekeeping offices hasbecome the Bistro, andwe have plans for whathas happened in acenmry. What must that first faculty ofeight still more transformations. — intrepid souls have thoughtas itassembled in theeast parlorof These areexciting times at Sweet Briar so much so that we SweetBriarHouse forthe first faculty meeting, two days beforethe openingofthe firstclass?They had nothing tobuild on. Notradi- tion. Nothing to turn to as precedent. But itmms out thatby not Renmrks excerptedfromFounders'Day Convocation 2000Address being weighed down with the burden ofhow things had always been ByPresidentElisabethS. Muhlenfeld done before, they were blessedly freetobe aheadoftheirtime. Quotesfrom The Story ofSweet BriarCollegeVolume I At that faculty meeting, the focus was student-centeredfromthe byMartha Lou Lemmon Stohhnan '34 first. Notonly did the little facultyconcern itselfwith minormatters. March 2001 '.alumnae.sbc.edu " responsibilityfortheconductof the students in matters not strict- ly academic' "They asked for the "'right tocontrol outdoor exercise ofthe students' andfor permission to 'extendourpower asoccasion arises and weprove worthy tobe vested with greater powerandauthority.'" The faculty agreed, andtwo weeks later, the studentspresentedtothema constitution. That studentconstitution includedarequirementthat stu- seating in the dininghall and the create any rules until they had weeks, and was senthome. But dentsexercise an houreachday school colors (weowe the pink some idea "what rules were all the rest were very much orbefined 25 cents.Apparently andgreen to that first faculty needed."And bestofall, the aheadoftheirtime. this very forward-looking — meeting they were preppy meeting tookonly one hour. The entireconcept ofcollege emphasis on wellness sometimes before theirtime).They also in Theirstudents, some 51 alto- forwomen was still, particularly clashed with academics. One that hoursketchedoutseveral gether, came with the widest in the South, relativelynew and girlthat year, "petitioning to approaches thatwouldprove variety ofpreparations.As was mysterious.Andyetjust three dropgeometry," declaredthat innovative and forward-looking. the case at every women'scol- weeks into the term, the sm- thedrop was necessarybecause They inaugurated a fledgling lege oftheday, some needed dents, recognizing theneed for " 'hermany studies were inter- " advising system. They planned preparatory work because they some rules, submitted apetition fering with herdaily exercise.' an Orientation with social events came from schools thatvaried to the faculty that read, in part, On the otherhand, anotherwas scheduled overseveraldays so widely inquality.All were new; " 'Believing there is dignity and willing "to substituteathree- that everyone could get toknow "one girl could not stand the honorin student government we hourcourse fortheone-hour one another. They decided not to pace," wept unceasingly for desire individual andcommunity hygiene course in which she foundthe lectures 'constitution- ally unbearable.' Sweet Briarwasaheadofits time inotherways as well. From the first, there were dances (a form ofentertainmentthatno otherwomen'scolleges inthe areaallowed), and "gentlemen callers were permittedon week- ends." That firstyear, the matterof sororities came up.Anational sorority wanted toestablish a chapter.The faculty (which, we Mrs.Williams'carriage with her servant, Logan Anderson, at right, 1906. are assured, neverhad "any seri- SweetBriarCollegeAlumnae MagazineCentennial Issue