220 THE BOOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-ELEVEN

 

 

IN MEMORIAM
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ELIZABETH SWIFT
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SINCE THIS BOOK TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1911, IT
SEEMS FITTING THAT A WORD SHOULD BE SPOKEN OF BETTY SWIFT,
WHO, THOUGH NOT A MEMBER OF THE CLASS, WAS WITH US DURING
OUR FOUR YEARS AT COLLEGE. IN MOURNING HER LOSS WE FIND A
CERTAIN HAPPINESS FOR OURSELVES IN THE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS
WITH US DURING OUR LAST YEAR AT COLLEGE, AND THAT WE SHARED
IN HER JOY AT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE TASK WHICH SHE HAD
SET FOR HERSELF. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN MANY PEOPLE AT BRYN
MAWR SO WIDELY KNOWN AND SO TRULY LOVED AS BETTY SWIFT, AND
HER LOSS IS KEENLY FELT, NOT ONLY BY THOSE WHO KNEW HER WELL,
BUT BY EVERY ONE WHO WAS IN COLLEGE WITH HER. FOR IN HER WE
FOUND A FRIEND WHO CARED FOR EVERYONE, WHO HAD A FRIENDLY
GREETING ALWAYS, AND WONDERFUL UNSELFISHNESS WHICH BROUGHT
HAPPINESS TO THOSE ABOUT HER. SO IN OUR SORROW AT HER DEATH,
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE INSPIRATION WHICH HER LIFE HAS GIVEN
US, AND WE REJOICE IN THE HAPPY MEMORY WHI-H REMAINS FOR US
WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.