179. Sweet Briar’s “Briar Patch”

(1983)

If anybody here has ever attended a womens college, you’ve probably already heard that Sweet Briar college in Virginia is shutting down in August. This devastates me because I’m an an alumnae from Mary Baldwin, another womens college in Virginia. Their closure is hitting a little too close to home.

To help lighten the mood (or make things even saddler, I don’t know) I’ve found some old SBC yearbooks in the Internet Archive. Their mascot is a vixen, so lets take a look at those 1980s and 1990s vixen ladies:

(1983)

(1983)

“Ring Game” for newly engaged seniors. I wonder how many women were under pressure to get engaged since they saw their friends having the ceremony. I wonder if SBC still does this. 

(1983)

(1983)

I graduated from college in 2010*, and by then we didn’t have the little quotes and such next to our photo. Does your college still do quotes with seniors? 

*rofl five years too late. 

(1983)

(1983)

(1983)

(1983)

(1990)

(1990)

“watching Alf with Zandra” I want to be her friend. 

(1998)

(1998)

(1998)

(1998)

(1980)

Aw, I carried a boat & tote bag around MBC when I first arrived. I also had Tab in my fridge. 

(1980)

That is a monster of a typewriter! 

(1980)

(1980)

General Foods International House Coffee! I can’t tell what flavor she has, Cappuccino? 

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

179. Sweet Briar’s “Briar Patch”

(1983)

If anybody here has ever attended a womens college, you’ve probably already heard that Sweet Briar college in Virginia is shutting down in August. This devastates me because I’m an an alumnae from Mary Baldwin, another womens college in Virginia. Their closure is hitting a little too close to home.

To help lighten the mood (or make things even saddler, I don’t know) I’ve found some old SBC yearbooks in the Internet Archive. Their mascot is a vixen, so lets take a look at those 1980s and 1990s vixen ladies:

(1983)

(1983)

“Ring Game” for newly engaged seniors. I wonder how many women were under pressure to get engaged since they saw their friends having the ceremony. I wonder if SBC still does this. 

(1983)

(1983)

I graduated from college in 2010*, and by then we didn’t have the little quotes and such next to our photo. Does your college still do quotes with seniors? 

*rofl five years too late. 

(1983)

(1983)

(1983)

(1983)

(1990)

(1990)

“watching Alf with Zandra” I want to be her friend. 

(1998)

(1998)

(1998)

(1998)

(1980)

Aw, I carried a boat & tote bag around MBC when I first arrived. I also had Tab in my fridge. 

(1980)

That is a monster of a typewriter! 

(1980)

(1980)

General Foods International House Coffee! I can’t tell what flavor she has, Cappuccino? 

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)

(1980)