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Theme: The charm of 1916 is an indefinable something.
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Prigmen (uOMAs 90 2 4 0 4 ee 2 Frontispiece
READERS AND THE AUXILIARY 5
A. PrRorM 9
B. NARRATIVE
Paruetic Fauuacy I 13
Paruetic Fauuacy II 14
Tue Imperative [ 15
Tue Imperative II 15
I. Tue Fount or Humor Crasep to Flow 16
Il. We’re Not tHE Ciass THAT Boucut THE PropHyLactics, Anne Jaggard 18
III. Saran Frnps Work ror Inte Hanns to Do, Margaret Russell 20
IV. Tue Hitruerto UnpusuisHep Secret or 1916’s ATHLETIC Success 1s Reveaen, Eleanor Hill 21
V. Our or May-Day We Were Turown, Dorothy Packard. . 23
VI. Discretion 1s THE Berter Part or Vator, Charlotte Harding 27
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Tue Imperative III... . 30
Pavarrio: WALEACY Til ot 31
Paruetic Fauuacy IV . . 32
I. Everytainc Toat Gors Ur Comes Down, Eleanor Clinton. ............. 33
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER if
JO lan—Continued
PAGE
II. Upon tHe Kinc—Your Burpens Lay Upon tue Kina, Larie Klein . . 36
Ill. We Are Twetve, Constance Dowd. . 39
IV. Every Sentor Wears A Diamonp Rina 41
V. 1916 SHines Out In THE Wing, Wipre Wor p, Emilie Strauss . . 42
VI. Ich Weiss Nicut Wass Sott Es Bepreuten, Adeline Werner A+
VII. Coacn Praises GuEE Ciusp MrKapo (Revised). . . 45
VIII. Art 1s Lone, put Eastty SHortenep, Buckner Kirk . 48
IX. Now We Don’t Give a——, Constance Kellen . . 50
X. THe Goop Sure “You Never Can Trevi”? Ciears THE Reers, Alice Van Horn 52
XI. Variety 1s THE Spice or Lire, Florence Hitchcock 55
XII. Virtue is 1rs Own Rewarp, Constance Dowd 58
XII. Tuere Were Grants in THose Days 61
D. Conciusion
Tue Imperative IV. . 65
Tue StncuLtar NuMBER 66
- I. Mepptrye Mutes Make Metoprous Meptey, Eleanor Clinton 67
II. We Beery to Exercise Our Facuuties, Catherine Godley 69
IIT. Mornine Toovucuts Do CHEER THE Day, Buckner Kirk 7p
IV. 1916’s Requiem 1s a Psatm or Srrire, Eleanor Hill 74
Tue Gym as THE ArcuitEct PLANNED IT. . 15
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . HEE
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
A. Proem
This is the proem! prime evil!
The groans and the sighs of the workers,
Striving, regardful of English,
For unity, mass, and coherence.
Lo, though our Latin’s forgotten,
Though naught of Biology lingers,
The paths in our brain have been stampéd
With unity, mass, and coherence.
Ah, vainly we sought to escape them;
Like Arnold, our thought must be molded,
Must flow in harmonious cadence,
With unity, mass, and coherence.
Hence this book is a critical-paper;
Its theme—used for ballads and Marlowe—
(Our “Charm is an Undefined Something’’)
Gives us unity, mass, and coherence.
Accept, in the spirit ’tis offered,
Our lunacy, mess, interference.
BH. Narrative
Photo by H. Parker Rolfe
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL
PAPER 13
Tennis Singles
Championship won by 1913.
Captain—E. B. Kirk
Manager—C. B. FULLER
Team
E. B. Kirk H. Orr
F. WitHERBEE
Tennis Doubles
Championship won by 1914.
Team
C. WESTHEIMER
F. WitHERBEE
F. Hircucock
E. B. Kirk
H. Orr
C. FULLER
On Tennis Varsity
E. B. Kirk
Hockey
Championship won by 1914.
Captain—M. Branson
Manager—A. WERNER
Pathetic Fallacy.
Team
E. Ranp H. Orr
R. ALDEN G. Mosgs
K. TROWBRIDGE
M. Branson’ L. Goopnow
M. Mason C. KELLEN
A. WERNER
M. Russeitu
Swimming Meet
Championship won by 1915.
Captain—M. Dopp
Second place—E. Ranp
Water Polo
Championship won by 1915.
Captain—M. Dopp
Manager—M. Cuaset
Team
M. CHasE F. Kriioaa
M. Dopp L. GoopNow
C. Futter C. KELLEN
F. Hircucock
@utdoor Track Meet
Championship won by 1915.
Captain—H. Cuasr
Manager—F. Kewioce
Basket-Ball
Championship won by 1914.
Captain—L. GoopNow
(resigned), E. Hin
Manager—K. TrowBripGE
Team
E. Hi L. GoopNow
A. JAGGARD K. TROWBRIDGE
H. CHasre L. KLErn
M. Branson
14 THE
CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Tennis Singles
Championship won by 1915.
Captain—E. B. Kirk
Manager—C, FuLuer
Team
E. B. Kirk
C. WESTHEIMER
H. Orr
Tennis Doubles
Championship won by 1914.
Team
C. FULLER
E. B. Kirk
C. Harpina
H. Orr
C. WESTHEIMER
F. Hrrcncock
Hockey
Championship won by 1914.
Captain—M. Branson
Manager—F. Ke.ioae
Pathetic Fallacy. Il
Team
E. B. Kirk K. Scriven
M. Dopp F. KeLioaa
M. Russevui H. Orr
M. Branson L. GoopNnow
M. Mason A. WERNER
A. JAGGARD
On Hockey Varsity
M. Branson
Swimming Meet
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—M. Dopp
Water Polo
Championship won by 1915.
Captain—M. Dopp
Manager—F. Kr.ioea
Team
H. Orr F. Keiioce
L. Goopnow C. FULLER
M. Dopp C. KrLLEN
F. Hrrcncock, C. Down (goals)
@utdoor Track Meet
Championship won by 1915.
Captain—F. KeLioae
Manager—H. Cuase
Basket-Ball
Championship won by 1914.
Captain—E. Hii
Manager—L. GoopNow
Team
H. Orr EE: Baw
F. Ke.ioce L. Goopnow
H. Case M. Branson
A. JAGGARD
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 15
The Mmperative. I
Class Officers. President—ConstaNck KELLEN
Vice-President—N ANNIE Gai (resigned), Constance Down
~ Secretary—KATHARINE TROWBRIDGE (resigned), ADELINE WERNER
Song Leader—Dorotuy DENEEN
Undergraduate Association. Student Council—Rutu ALDEN, Marcaret RussELu
Self-Government Association. CLARA FULLER
The Smperative. I
Class Officers. President—ADELINE WERNER
Vice-President—RvutuH ALDEN
Secretary—ConstancE Down -
Song Leader—Dorotuy DENEEN
Christian Association. Assistant Treasurer—AGNES SMITH
Secretary—AGNES GRABAU
Undergraduate Association. Assistant Treasurer—MarGaret Dopp
Student Council—FRANCES BRADLEY, CLARA FULLER
Athletic Association. Vice-President and Treasurer—Mary G. BRANSON
Self-Government Association. Treasurer—Rutu ALDEN
Consumers’ League. Secretary—Lovise DituiNGHaM
Equal Suffrage League. Secretary—Cuara FULLER
Glee Club. Assistant Business Manager—EuizaBpetu RaAnp (resigned),
Marcaret Russeuu
Lantern and Tipyn o’ Bob. Editors—Marcaret Loupon, Jutiet BRANHAM
Trophy Club. Treasurer—MarcGaret Russeuu
Librarian—MAarGarRetT CHASE
16 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
I “The Fount of Humor Ceased to Flow”
Photo by H. Parker Rolfe
HERE is a half page in the ads marked “ Reserved.” * This suggested to us a way out
when we discovered that Trow was not going to keep her promise to write up Fresh-
man Show and we considered for a long time inscribing this page: ‘‘ Reserved for
Katharine Trowbridge and Freshman Show.” We feared, however, that the other classes
would misunderstand our reticence, so we began to plan a write-up.
In the first place, it must be original. Freshman Show was that if nothing else. So
we decided not to let ourselves be infected by the present epidemic of Shakespeare celebra-
* Reader’s comment: Ambiguous. Make clear the rather astounding fact that this reserved half-page does not merely fill space,
but has been bought and paid for.
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 17
tions to the extent of rewriting The Totem’s Taboo a la Midsummer Night’s Dream. The
identical structure of the plots—the search for the pearl and the lovers’ search and wander-
ing—is of course obvious to all, and a simple twist of the wrist would transform “I am a
little Gossip” into Puck’s “I am that merry wanderer of the night.”
In the second place, it must appeal to the eye. Freshman Show had wonderful scenic
effects. On that account we had planned to draw a series of cartoons of the drill which
we in Rock used to delight in practising as we sat at the dinner table.
Cartoon I. Leader saying: “Swimming meet.” Company drooping somewhat from
normal position.
Cartoon II. Leader saying: “ Hockey.’’ Company half under table.
Cartoon III. Leader saying: “‘ Water-polo.”’ Heads of company alone visible.
Cartoon IV. Leader saying: “Freshman Show.” Company upright, with swelling
chests and broad grins. Head proctor speeding sternly toward table.
This plan we rejected for the simple reason that we can’t either of us draw.
Finally, our write-up must be funny. Freshman Show was scintillating. Therefore
we outlined a scheme by which Miss Donnelly should write a Hashimura Togo letter to
Nelson (she has of course lost her fluency in English while in Japan), in which she would
reprove him for having lowered his “‘lit’ry standards’”’ to the point of admiring 1919’s
Freshman Show after having seen 1916’s “piece.” We even began this and wrote:
“To honorable Mr. Nelson, who scrub floor oftenly:
“Dearest Sir: I have deceive your latter-day letter which have at firstly give me peeve.
Can you be him of enlarged intelligence so strong anciently for mortality plays? .. .”
This we dropped because it did not fulfil its prime requirement: it was not funny.
Besides, as we later discovered, 1915 had used it.
Thus, being neither original nor scenic nor funny ourselves, we give it up. Trow is
forgiven. Anyhow, everyone in 1916 can recite the libretto of our chef d’ceuvre from
memory and can sing every song and execute with grace and precision every dance, so
why bother? EMILig STRAUSS,
Louise DiLuincHaM.
18 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Il. Ge’re not the Class that Bought the Prophvrlactics
Juniors and Seniors were stowing away
Chicken, endive and banana parfait,
And loving each other in a banquety way,
Which is simply a dressy endeavor to say
They were having their annual supper that day.
Outside in the darkness shapes might have been seen,
Pushing excitedly round on the green,
Bearing two forms, strangely wilted and lean.
Could this be the class so famous for bean,
The highly intelligent class of sixteen?
In the niches up over the library door
They placed the pale creatures we mentioned before;
From a distance they looked almost human, what’s more.
The face of the first and the clothes that she wore
Looked strangely like something we'd all seen before.
The lady was clad in a ruffled affair,
Superfluous bows and puffs everywhere:
She had a most notably pre-college air.
It was secretly mentioned and whispered with care,
The frivolous person had frizzled her hair.
The second was pale as the moon in the sky.
She boasted a bulging and near-sighted eye,
And wore cap and gown. On her forehead so high
Were brain-bumps, denoting to those that know why,
Deep interest in Chemistry, Physics, and Bi.
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 19
The class of sixteen stood below in a row,
And the sense of their cleverness started to grow;
In spasms of mirth they rocked to and fro.
‘Before taking and after” they christened the show.
If you ever, kind stranger, desire to know
Where the fountains of humor perpetually flow,
Just think on this side-splitting jest, and then go
To the class of 716. Come, 16, let us crow! ANNE JAGGARD.
20 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
fl. Satan Finds Tork for Hdle Hands to do
or,
The Temptations in Gym
EOPLE who have never lived in Radnor do not seem to appreciate its advantages.
Pp People who have never lived on the fourth floor groan at the thought. But what
could be more perfect than Radnor fourth floor as a grandstand for the Temptations’
gym night? Certainly not those much-vaunted Merion posts of observation. Every
Tuesday night, Mig and I would study by the window, and as the lights in the gym went
on, ours went off (to make the other Radnor temptation-fans think us in bed) and we
established ourselves on the window-seat.
There never seemed to be much system to those gym nights. Each Temp. seemed
to follow his own inclination. I remember Jonesy used to walk stiffly up and down the
gym with a wand over his shoulder, knees raised high, or run doggedly round and round
the track, never changing direction. Jimmy and Dewey and Rhys—when there wasn’t
skating—used to try basket-ball, but they were very vacillating (I always meant to warn
Brale about Dewey’s character as revealed on those nights) and skipped lightly from basket-
ball to clubs to ropes to the limbs of trees to—no, no; what am I saying? Dr. Fisher
came once in his little brother’s out-grown bright blue suit and sat on the platform. We
thought he encouraged the performance once, but were not quite sure he was so rough.
And then there was the never-to-be-forgotten night when Dr. Ferree came and boxed.
That really was what determined my taking Major Psych—a man who boxed like that
ought to be able to get the course into a nut-shell. I think that was the only time he ever
came; but his career, though short, was glorious. As far as we could tell, he had evi-
dently been invited to meet the Red Lion in a boxing bout. He met him—much more
than half-way—and left him, very red, lyon on the mat. _
As to the costumes—they were certainly charming, though we never could really tell
just in what they consisted. I still feel sure that I would be a rich woman today if I could
have verified some of the bets I laid on the perfectly bathing-suit top or the Jones pajams.
Marcaret RvusseExu.
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 21
IV. The Hitherto Gupublished Secret of 1916's Athletic
Success is Rebealed
Time.—1.30 p.m. Any year from 1912 to 1916, the day of the preliminaries of any
match-game.
Place.—The room of any captain.
Characters.—Any 1916 captain (generally Polly) and the team (as many as are not
disabled).
Caprain (with the assurance gained of many meetings in the past).—Well, we’re going
to beat them today.
Team (doubtful but cheery).—Yes, indeed.
CaprTain.—There’s no reason why we shouldn’t. All our team. is playing except five
people. And you all know they have never beaten us by more than twenty points in
practice.
MANaGeER (indignant).—Yes, and did you hear what that fresh Freshman said?
Tue Rest (eagerly, in chorus).—What?
Manacer.—That they were lucky to draw us. They had a chance to win now.
TEAM (with spirit).—We'll show them!
Like to know what made her say that!!
Freshmen think they can do anything!!!
Caprain.—What we've got to do is to start with a dash and not let them get more
points than we do.
Team (enlightened and correspondingly hopeful)—Why, yes! That’s a fine idea.
Captain (carried away by the thought)—Make a lot of goals ourselves, you know, and
don’t let them make any. We can beat them easily that way, but we’d better not take
it too easy, even when we’re way ahead.
Tram.—No, indeed! Pile up the score. Discourage them for the next game.
22 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Caprain.—Play your hardest, everybody. There'll be plenty of subs. Three third
and two fourth team people have promised to come down. You all know where you're
to play, don’t you? It doesn’t make much difference. I'll probably shift you all around
to different positions. But I'll try to let you know what you’re playing. Hasn’t some
one a trick to explain?
For.—When you have the ball look in a different direction from the one you’re going
to throw in. No one is ever there to get it then—I mean no one on the other team.
Caprain.—That sounds good. Remember it. Now everybody don’t eat or drink
anything and go to sleep. Those Freshmen have Lab, so we'll be fresher than they are.
And remember, WE ARE GOING TO WIN.
(Exit team, leaving captain in her air-castle.)
Exveanor Hi.
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 23
V. Out of May-Day Ge Gere Thrown
or,
Cords from the Casting Committee
LL Sophomore year we heard rumors of
a May-Day, but they certainly were vague.
All we could gather was that Bryn Mawr
gave a lot of plays all over the campus to
raise money for the Endowment Fund. So it
was, wrapped in mystification and _ goloshes,
that Betty and I made our way through the
snow drifts to Mr. King’s office in the Lib the
first night of the second semester A. D. 1914
at 8.00 p. mM. Two by two the august casting
committee filed into the room, class by class
as it were. We knew Con Hall and Jop (later
Skipper”), and our Juniors, Katherine Ser-
geant, our chairman, and Beany Baker. Mil-
dred Jacobs and Dagmar we knew better—
later.
We waited for Mr. King (we usually did).
We waited for him to divest himself of
goloshes, ear muffs, mittens, scarf, great-coat
and traveling clock, and we waited for him
to invest himself in a pair of gold-rimmed
spectacles. Then we began — breathlessly.
We waited for the first words. They were a warning to our respective wardens to keep the
24 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
halls open for us after half past ten every night. Then another warning—this was going
to be very hard work and we must all take care of our health. Did we all have goloshes?
Eight pairs of feet were raised in affirmation. A certain list of medicines, which I have
since mislaid unfortunately, for I never meant to be without it again, was given out as
invaluable in warding off colds and over-work. By this time it was twenty-nine minutes
after ten and as we had not warned the wardens as yet, we left precipitately.
The next night we began in earnest. Everyone had a notebook and pencil; the chair-
man had a finding-list of every girl in college; and Mr. King had a list of every character
in May-Day. Our task was to fit the two lists, with equal signs between the name and
character as appropriately as possible. Mr. King had grown old and experienced in the
service so he cast his committee first as far as possible. This method avoided friction.
His treatment of my case, which I remember best, will serve as a model for all. It is typical.
Mr. Kina.—Miss Packard, have you ever played before?
Mr.—Ye-yes.
Mr. Kinc.—Ah-hum (looking over the list of characters). I think you may be able to
do Will Scarlet. (Scrutinizing me over his glasses.) He is a courtier and a fop (nods his
head on the last term as if convinced I could do that) and something of an exquisite. (Eyes
turn very dubious. Muffled but plainly derisive snorts from the Committee.) Miss Rand,
how are her legs? (Being reassured on that point, he assures me that he will have no com-
punctions about removing me at once, if not sooner, if I fail to grasp his conception of the
aforementioned fop. I quake audibly.)
Mr. Kinc.—Miss Perkins—I know myself what she is capable of—will play a perfect
Campaspe. (Jt was revealed to both Dagmar and Mr. King that Campaspe was made in
Heaven for her.) Miss Baker will do a masterly Diogenes (Beany hadn’t had the same revela-
tion about Diogenes that had come to Dagmar about Campaspe.—Mr. King now leaps lightly
to another character.) Now about Bottom? (With an upward inflection, meaning: Com-
mittee, you may offer suggestions.) 3
The din is terrific. Each one offers a classmate upon the altar of friendship. Betty
and I repeat in unison at discreet intervals: ‘“‘Larie Klein, Larie Klein, Larie Klein——”
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 25
Other names are bandied about, but one name is uttered in a beautifully modulated, low,
thrilling contralto: ‘‘ Eleanor Jencks.’’ The game was up—but we did our best to drown
the sound. Unfortunately Mr. King recognizes a beautiful sound when he hears it, and,
sobs from 1916, he did hear it.
Mr. Kina.—Ah, Miss Hall, Miss Jencks is just the person I should have chosen for
the part.
Jencks becomes Bottom and Con Hall’s stock goes up another ten points. 1917 always
was lucky!
But there was one thing Betty and I, doing our best to look after 1916's interests,
couldn’t understand, and that was why did 1914 let character after character go by with-
out suggesting Lil Cox, for we knew she could act. Hadn’t all 1916 seen her play the
**Athletic Girl” in 1914’s banner show? Certainly! So loyalty to our sister class came
to the fore and we suggested her strongly for every part from Titania to Noah. We felt
sure it was a mistake not to make her May Queen—but she did make a wonderful Merry
Man.
Finally, nearly all the speaking parts were cast, to some if not to everyone’s satis-
faction. Then came choosing the dancers. Legs were the chief matters under considera-
tion. Mr. King made several tours of inspection, accompanied by Madam Chairman
and a tape-measure. The results were on the whole satisfactory, I believe, to all parties
concerned. If legs were good all the way, the owner was made a short-skirted dancer;
if legs bulged at the knee, long skirts were prescribed.
And so the business of casting continued for months, literally. Toward the end when
the Committee had got tired of hearing Mr. King and the contralto give out parts to 1917,
Mr. King and the contralto had words. Excitement reigned, and we listened with bated
breath to a heated discussion of the relative merits of Water Polo versus May-Day. It
appeared that if Con Hall left the meeting to go to a Water Polo game at nine, she was
never to return. The King had spoken. At nine promptly she left. We wondered what
would happen when she came back. We found out! No one knews how lucky those words
were for 1916, 1915 and 1914 even. After that we managed to get our friends a few minor
wo
6 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
parts, all that were left. But then, as 1917 pointed out, they really had all the parts they
could use before “it”? happened.
But in spite of the “words” and work, I can say truthfully that May-Day was one
of the two nicest things in college (the other was Freshman Show). We have but one regret,
and that is beautifully and tenderly expressed in the words of a famous song:
“And all our star comedian said
Was ‘Dog, Dog, take a bone’.” Dorotuy PAcKARD.
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 27
VI. Discretion is the Better Part of Valor
**A picnic?’’—to call it so seemed flat abuse.
"Twas a feast (so we deemed it), with dull care cast loose,
And a revel of wit, such as fools could produce;
For the Seniors were ours that night.
In the hollow, the Seniors, all fed and at ease,
And at last more good-humored and easy to please,
Awaited our stunts, while a soft evening breeze
Bade us play at our maddest that night.
The essence of humor we strove to portray,
Scenes teeming with wit and with hits of the day,
We thought it quite funny. The Seniors, did they?
Pray, why such grim faces that night?
For here nineteen-sixteen (I sadly relate),
A Blue Class, lapsed far from its usual state
Of sentimentality. Ah, wretched fate!
They mocked revered customs that night.
The lantern-night Freshman with quavering knees,
The Senior, a-tubbing all day if she please,
Ah! Blue Class, I blush for you, should even these
Be the butt of your humor this night?
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THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Worse yet, fair Campaspe, so lofty in mind,
Was ruthlessly, mercilessly, Larie Kleined;
And the Painter, Apelles, some thought unrefined,
As he courted his love that night.
Last and saddest of all, came St. George and his crew,
Whose likeness to faculty all of us rue.
With this stunt our good name for reverence flew
Forever away that night.
So instead of a song of glad youth unrestrained,
Comes this dirge of a pure sensibility pained,
And a warning to Soph’mores, of feelings untrained,
To expunge too bold stunts picnic night.
CHARLOTTE HARDING.
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30 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
The Jmperative. II]
Class Officers. President—Marcaret Russe_u
Vice-President—ELizABETH BRAKELEY
Secretary—Auice Van Horn
Song Leader—Dorotuy DENEEN
Christian Association. Treasurer—Manry G. Branson
Undergraduate Association. Vice-President and Treasurer—HELEN CHASE
Secretary—Marcaret Dopp
Athletic Association. Secretary—FREDRIKA KELLOGG
Outdoor Manager—Mary G. BRANSON
Self-Government Association. Secretary—ConstaNCE KELLEN
Executive Board—Constance Down, MarGcaret Russevu
Debating Society. Captain—\saBELLE Brivcr. Manager—Mitpreo McCay
Equal Suffrage League. WVice-President—Ciara FULLER
English Club. Members—Marcaret Hasketit, Marcaret Loupon, Lois SANDISON
Glee Club. Business Manager—Dorotuy DENEEN
History Club. Secretary—Her_teEnN HoimMes
Science Club. Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer—ConstaNcE Dowpd
Trophy Club. Secretary—Marcaret Cuasr. Treaswrer—Marcaret Russeue
Lantern and Tipyn 0 Bob. Editors—Marcarret Haskeii, Lois SANDISON
Treasurer—MarGaret RussELL
News Board. Editors—Frreprika Krttoce, Constance Down, Emiuie Strauss
Business Manager—Mary G. Branson
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 31
Vellow Ties
M. Branson F. KELLoGe
Tennis Singles
Championship won by 1918.
Captain—C. Fuuer (resigned)
E. B. Kirk
Manager—M. Branson
Team :
C. FULLER E. B. Kirk
M. Branson
Tennis Doubles
Championship won by 1917.
Team
F. Hircucock
M. Branson
M. Dopp
FE. B. Kirk
R. Forpycre
M. Russetu
Hockey
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—M. Branson
Manager—F. KELLOGG
Pathetic Fallacy. Ill
Team
E. B. Kirk F. Keiioaa
H. Cuase F. BraDLEYy
C. Dowp L. GoopNow
M. Branson A. WERNER
A. E. Van Horn M. RussEtu
R. ALDEN
On Hockey Varsity
M. Branson F. Ke.ioce
A. WERNER
Swimming Meet
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—F. KrLLoce
Individual Championship—
C. Dowp
Second place—N. Gatu
Water Polo
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—F. KELLOGG
Manager—M. Dopp
Team
M. CHAseE C. Down
M. Dopp C. KELLEN
F. Hircucock L. GoopNow
F. Keiitoaa
Outdoor Track Meet
Championship won by 1918.
Captain—F. KrLLoce
Manager—H. Cuase
Basket-Ball
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—E. Hr1u (resigned)
M. Branson
Manager—L. GoopNow
Team
E. Hitu H. CHase
F. Ketioace L. Goopnow
R. Forpycre A. WERNER
M. Branson
On Basket-Ball Varsity
L. Goopnow
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Vellow Ties
M. Branson
Tennis Singles
Championship won by 1918.
Captain—E. B. Kirk
Manager—R. Forpycr
Team
E. B. Kirk M. Branson
F. BrapLEey
Tennis Doubles
Championship won by 1917.
Team
E. B. Kirk F. BrapLey
F. Hirrcucock M. Branson
H. CuHase M. Russevu
Hockey
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—M. Branson
Manager—F. Ke.ioae
Pathetic Fallacy. IV
Team
H. CuHase R. ALDEN
F. KEetitoae C. Dowp
F. Brap.Ley L. GoopNnow
M. Branson M. Dopp
E. Houuimay M. Russetu
A. WERNER
On Hockey Varsity
M. Branson A. WERNER
Swimming Meet
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—L. DititrncHaM
Water Polo
Championship won by 1918.
Captain—L. DiLtiIncHAM
Manager—M. Dopp
Team
F. Ketioaca M. Dopp
L. DituincHAM C. KELLEN
C. McKeerry N. Gain
E. Strauss
@utdoor Track Meet
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—F. Krtioaa
Manager—L. GARFIELD
Basket-Ball
Championship won by 1917.
Captain—M. Branson
Manager—A. WERNER
Team
C. Dowp
R. Forpycre M. Branson
F. Keiioce A. WERNER
M. CHaseE
E., Bie
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I. Cverpthing That Goes Gp Comes Down
or,
16’s Balls
I
See our Polly with the balls,
Snow-white balls.
To the players in their struggles hear how valiantly she calls.
See Dodd dribble, dribble, dribble,
Punkie fall upon the field.
Juicy lemon-rinds they nibble;
Anxious referees all quibble;
Those on side-lines are congealed,
Keeping time, time, time,
With a faithfulness sublime,
To the whackinabulation that so fatefully befalls
To the balls, balls, balls, balls,
Balls, balls, balls,
To the rolling and the bowling of the balls.
II
Fierce the struggle with the balls,
Grass-stained balls.
What highly wrought excitement tempestuously befalls!.
How the umpires’ whistles squeak,
And the side-lines, how they shriek
When a burst of accidents their watching eyes appalls.
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Bradley falls;
Polly calls
To young Dooley and she hauls
Water, lemon, brandy, shawls,
To her stricken, sadly smitten
By the balls, balls, balls,
By the balls, balls, balls, balls,
Balls, balls, balls,
By the whacking and the thwacking of the balls.
Ill
See the shooting of the balls,
Battered balls!
As they dribble down the field, 15’s forwards how it galls!
But their halfbacks give a whack
And the ball goes tearing back,
Past our forwards and our halfbacks see it roll!
Past our fullbacks and our Ad,
With a “sickening slaughter sad”
In the goal!
And the cheering, sobbing cheering,
The fulfillment of our fearing,
Rends our soul.
And we rush to Denbigh Green,
Where our banner blue is seen
Glorious,
And a silence ominous
Chills the hearts of all of us.
Then it falls.
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As it gently downward floats,
Comes hoarse cheering from our throats,
And with sobbing and with squalls
16 bawls, bawls, bawls,
Hear it sobbing as it bawls,
As it bawls, bawls, bawls, bawls,
Bawls, bawls, bawls,
For the rolling and the bowling of the balls.
ELEANOR CLINTON.
Photo by H. Parker Rolfe
36 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
TTT
Il. Gpon the King—VYour Burdens Lay Apon the King
Lx NCOURAGED by two years of Mr. King, I pursued to the very end my careful study
| _ of the mother tongue as it should be spoke, and entered upon that last period of
knowledge known as Pre-advanced reading of Shakespeare, or, ‘Upon the King,
let us our burdens lay upon the King. He must bear all.’ A good old line that, culled
from one of the Henry’s or John’s or Richard’s, and spoken in right manly fashion from
the diaphragm. Pleasant indeed to the ear, yet I never knew its exact significance until
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the spring of Junior year, when I awoke one morning, to find myself—not famous—but
accursed, a stage manager. “Engaged” was the vehicle we chose for our dramatic flight,
and then came the deluge. (I am very sorry for Dodie, Helen Riegel, and the rest. They
should have learned that sometimes “Engaged” means friction.) You see, there were
those who wanted to see “ Prunella”’ staged, because it had such mystic possibilities. Others
who felt that we should put the “Lays of Ancient Rome” to music and present it in pageant
form. Many interesting and insignificant suggestions poured in, varying in their possi-
bilities from “Little Eye Wolf” to “East Lynne.” But feeling that these helpful hints
would be carried out more effectively in a movie scenario of perhaps six or seven reels,
we clung to “Engaged.” Then rehearsals began with everything including Mary Winsor’s
bedroom and Miss Branson’s office as a background. The result was that the night of
dress rehearsal we turned out a medley.
The day of the event I had spent all my spare time and cash impartially between
the Pembroke East and West phones, indulging in severial plain talks with Silvert and
Sons of Lancaster Avenue, refined dealers in high-class furniture, and with Francis B. Hall,
late haberdasher to the deceased King Edward. I also chatted with the Little Theatre,
of Stock Company fame. To be sure, at that early hour we had no scenery, but worked
on the Granville Barker method, that the imagination must be given free scope. So,
minus costumes, interior decorations, lines, and one thing or another, we lived through
that first painful performance. Between acts I had sufficient and abounding time in which
to recuperate, for not one member of the cast would be beguiled into speaking to one who
had so injured and abused her—with a stage manager. And I thought again of that famous
line, “‘Upon the King—he must bear all.’’ Poor old dear!
Somehow the next day was lived through and the joyful night of the great production
dawned.* Junior-Senior Supper Play was launched while we sat in the wings with fears
clutching at our hearts, tears trickling down our spine, waiting for the laughs. They came.
At first the noiseless, guaranteed-not-to-disturb kind, but finally when Lilla lost her arti-
*Reader’s comment: Can a night dawn?
38 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
ficial front a genuine roar went up. We had made a success, more calisthenic than his-
trionic in nature, but nevertheless a success. So that by the time Al had attained the tree
on which the fruit of her heart was hung, and Russ was muttering, “I love you both, which-
ever it may be,” to the gentle accompaniment of Edith’s “I’m just a poor Highland lassie,
but I’ve a verra good figure,” the audience was indulgent, not to say jocose.
And that night as I crept into my downy cot, after turning out the lights and faith-
fully rendering “Thou Gracious Inspiration”’ in a base key, I whispered softly to myself,
‘“*Amor omnia vincit.”
LarRiE KLEIN.
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Ill. GHe Are Twelve, or the Advantages of Applied Psych.
1. Applied Psych. is enough of a science, so there’s not much reading.
2. It’s not enough of a science, so there’s not much lab.*
3. It’s applied to itself, so that the advanced methods of learning are accepted, and
original and purely imaginative answers to exam questions get by better than those learned
parrot-fashion from a book. Therefore you don’t have to learn anything.
4. You can’t have lab Monday or Tuesday because the lab is used by the Minor Course.
5. You can’t have lab Wednesday (except for a short time) because Kitty Gordon and
half the class take Eurythmics.
6. You can’t have lab concentratedly as a whole class on Thursdays because Russ,
Nannie, Starkie and Doddy have previous engagements in other lab.
7. You can’t have lab at all Fridays because Kitty McCollin has bought and paid
for Symphony tickets for every Friday afternoon.
8. When you do have lab for a short time on Wednesday and at intervals on Thursday
you don’t have to come until 2.20, and you can eat peppermints in the cloisters between raids.
9. The merest child can understand the experiments, such as card sorting, remembering
what you see in a picture-book, painting anchors and lemons, tracing stars, etc.
10. Any beginner can do as well as an old hand. ea Kelly came to visit and —
the class in finding rhymes for the words “break” and “rat.”
11. You can find out things about your classmates that you’d find nowhere out of
Psych. class.
E. g. How much they are accustomed to gambling—evidence from card-test.
*Reader's Comment. This sentence should be recast. Thought—sequence vague.
40 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Whether they smoke or drink—sure proof in test of hand steadiness. (Russ thought
of this. Her responsibility drove her to it.)
Another catch is the word “whiskey” in the list of words that you give responses
to. Lilla said “soda”’ in the shortest time she made on any response.
12. Everyone can find her own sphere in which she excels, and be flattered at leading
the class whether it be in girth of head, degree of right-handedness, ability to draw circles
or add or multiply, or to give original and unparalleled answers to word-tests, as Doddy did
when in response to the word “mutton” she said “Jeff.”’
Constance Down.
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IV. Every Senior Gears a Diamond Ring
or,
The Humor of Engagements
Cy course this is a subject to which we have given little thought; and as to its humor,
is there any? Well, perhaps—if innocent remarks are misconstrued. You are
quietly motoring along a country road of a pleasant summer evening, on the back
seat, not quite alone—at least, not lonesome. The chauffeur has maintained a discreet
silence during the evening and tactfully concentrated his efforts upon running the car.
After an agony of intense stillness his straining eay is relieved by the permission, ‘‘ You
may turn around now, Joseph.” Eagerly he turns his head; then murmurs, ‘‘Oh, so sorry.”
As for the romance of it, ladies, that’s only is. che books. For instance, you have
spent hours with the mirror, adjusting every hair and deciding whether a half or a three-
quarter smile best sets off your ivory teeth. The maid knocks at the door and announces,
“Mr. Singe”’ (French for ?). Not to appear too eager and to make the greater éclat by
anticipation, you hesitate two minutes which seem an hour, before you trip downstairs.
Every nerve is tingling with excitement and expectation. But, alas, no answering gleam
meets the wonder in your eyes. You pause and look about; not a noise is to be heard,
until at last from the parlor comes a muffled sound which grows more and more regular.
Can it be Jove’s thunderbolt, in spite of the starlit sky, or is it Mars firing distant guns?
No, it is something more peaceful, yet more snorous.
Heten RIecet,
Maraaret Dopp
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V. 1916 Shines Out in the Aide, Aide World
INETEEN-SIXTEEN’S class for the study of Social Problems has been unusually
N active this year, its most important adventure being the sending of a delegation
to Lois Goodnow’s wedding in February, 1916.
The company met in the West Philadelphia station of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and for a few minutes exchanged the greetings which are a part of the rites of the organi-
zation: ‘‘Your room-mate certainly has good taste.” ‘‘I love that hat.” “‘Where have
I seen that coat before?” ‘I always liked those shoes. Don’t they hurt you a bit?”
The arrival of Drs. Gray and Fernsemer in silk hats caused much excitement and the perfect
blending of the latter’s gloves and tie furnished a fertile subject for conversation.
Having once seated themselves in the car specially reserved for them, the delegates
tried to conceal their nervousness by stretching the white gloves bought for the occasion.
The question whether or not to take off coats at the reception was violently discussed.
Miss Trowbridge, who, after two years of graduate social work in Princeton, was able
to face calmly the approaching ordeal, led a group of the bolder spirits to the dining-car,
where they consumed fabulous quantities of waffles.
It soon became evident that the train would be at least forty minutes late and an
elaborate relay race was planned, by which the male members of the party were to leap from
the train before it had stopped, and to seize as many taxis as possible. The male members,
though at first doubtful of the pleasure to be derived from this plan, were finally convinced
of its necessity. As a result of their system, by piling eight into one cab, the delegates
reached the church at twenty minutes after four, when the ceremony was little more than
half over. Their entrance was dramatic if not silent, and having failed to see the bride
go down the aisle, they refused to be foiled, and in spite of all that the more advanced
members could tell them, mounted on the pews in the back of the church to witness her
return. One, seeking to out-top her companions, is even said to have mounted on the best
man’s silk hat. This report, however, has never been authenticated.
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 43
It was at the house that the greatest strain on the training of the delegates came.
They approached the receiving line, in groups of three and four, and introduced them-
selves by saying, ‘““We’re from Bryn Mawr,” somewhat after the manner of the three
little maids from school. The bride, however, always mentioned their names and their
distinguishing characteristics, as for instance: “This is Grabby, Jack. She’s the girl I
told you about, who had so much trouble with her leg.”
In the dining-room the delegates were most at home and they grouped themselves
around the table in a solid phalanx, two deep. Their train not leaving until after six, they
remained until the departure of the bride, and threw confetti liberally. As this was more
in the line of their usual activities, they had remarkable success, and left with the comfort-
able certainty that they had well represented the high social ideals of their Alma Mater.
Respectfully submitted,
Emiure T, Strauss.
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VI. Sch Heiss Nicht Tass Soll Es Bedeuten;
or, Der Fellowship Banquet
CH bin ganz ausser mich! Wie kann ich etwas von dem Banquet sagen, es war zu
reizend und allerliebst. Es war recht heimisch. Da war der kleine ‘ Fernzimmer,”
auch die Lawatschek. Wir haben immer wieder deutsch mit einander geyodelt.
Der “Fernzimmer”’ war in ganz guten Form, aber er guckte den Lawatschek viel zu viel
an. Er murmerte immer zu sich selbst unter seinen breath. Es klingte wie er sagte
die Silben “ Kell,” “Chick” und “ Wash;”’ ich weiss nicht was er dabei meinte. Er scarcely
guckte at mich at all. Aber wie “Should worry” deswegen (so macht man sich lustig in diese
komische englishe Sprache).
Es ist so nett wieder in meine Vaterlandsprache zu writen. Es macht mein Herz
ganz yodelich. Beim dem Banquet mein einzig regret ist dass wir nicht ‘ Deutschland
iiber alles” und “Hoch der Kaiser” all zusammen gesungen haben. Die Melodien machen
mich yumpzen, ganz crazy, so to speak. Ich habe aber tra-la-la singen kénnen und wie
sie geclappt haben, ich musste es immer wieder und wieder singen. Natiirlich war dass
nice fiir alle die present.
Ich ging mit ganz heavisches Herz zuhause, legte mein wunderschénes neues Kleid
weg in den ich so charming aussah, legte mein Glasses auf mein desk, habe meine gradua-
tion Perlen fortgetahn, sagte mein Prayerchen, und klimte in mein Bettchen hinein. Bald
schlief ich ein nach dem excitement und dreamte von Delikatessen, roast-beef und peas,
*“Fernzimmer,”’ und Deutschland iiber alles.
ADELINE LascH WERNER.
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VI. Coach Praises Glee Club Mikado (Revised)
All the “News” that’s Fit to Print
The Glee Club’s production last Satur-
day of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘“ Mikado,”
praised by its coach, Mr. E. S. Grant, as
the best amateur performance he had
ever trained, though amusing and smoothly
presented, was not striking for acting
or costuming. The singing, however,
especially of the choruses, was unusually
good and F. Fuller’s spirited interpreta-
tion of the Lord High Executioner main-
tained the interest of the opera throughout.
To the sustained comedy of this part
the less lively charms of the “second
trombone,” M. Jacobs, °15, furnished a
picturesque foil. Her high, flexible so-
prano was particularly sweet in “*A Wander-
ing Minstrel I,” and her sure touch in
acting was appreciated when she showed
what she’d “never, never do,” in the duet
with Yum Yum.
Yum Yum, C. Eastwick, °18, cannot be
fairly criticized because of the fact that
her voice had almost given out in re-
hearsals. Considering this handicap, it is
remarkable that so much of its pleasing
The musical director ready to conduct
with professional ability in place of the
usual baton.
Act I
Curtain rises on a scene in Koko’s
garden. Stage manager sitting, asleep.
Three pagodas brought from the model
school set across the stage under cherry
trees, brought from upper campus. Man
chorus discovered in scarlet and Kelly
green in R. front, corner, almost con-
cealed by stage decorations, hastily con-
structing more pagodas which they set
around the stage at intervals, from time
to time striking each other savagely. When
not singing they stand up in masses.
Enter Nanki Poo with picturesque fenc-
ing foil to be later presented to Koko
He flexes his voice and sings, “A wandering
minstrel I.’’ Chorus attempt an_ exit,
ending in stampede over footlights.
After slight intermission giving audience
time to comprehend and admire stage
setting, enter Pooh Bah and Pish Tush
dressed like twins.
46 THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Photo by H. Parker Rolfe
quality remained and that the appeal of
her acting was not lost. Together with
Yum Yum, Pitti Sing and Peep Bo, T.
Smith, °17, and E. Dabney, °19, attained
the necessary daintiness for the “Three
little maids from school.”’ For once T.
Smith had a part entirely suited to her
skill and grace.
The pompous comedy in the parts of
Pooh Bah and Pish Tush was adequately
brought out by E. Biddle, 19, and by A.
Pompous comedy business, same for
both. Slight applause from audience.
Exeunt chorus, Peep Bo and Pitti Sing,
though they remain ready in R. and L.
wings, continually returning at any time,
rolling up grand pianos, wheelbarrows, etc.
(depending on what the audience demands).
Just before her duet with Nanki, Yum
Yum retires in order not to detract from
Nanki’s sure touch in acting.
Finale to Act I, easily and effectively
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Kerr, ’18. The Mikado, E. Pugh, 715,
although she adopted the musical comedy
method of practically speaking her songs,
was particularly effective in “making the
punishment fit the crime.” M. Russell,
16, as Katisha, suffered from a voice too
low in pitch for her part.
On the whole, consistently good acting
and professional ease, especially in the
handling of encores, was achieved only by
Koko, F. Fuller, 19. The use of extreme
simplicity in scenery was unfortunate in
conjunction with the lack of effective
massing in the costumes of the chorus
and on account of the dismantled appear-
ance of the stage when only the principals
were acting. K. McCollin, °15, conducted
with professional ability, and the entire
credit for the training of the singing
belongs to her. K. Tyler, °19, again proved
her value as pianist.—The College News,
April 13th.*
* Reader's Comment: The illustration on page 46 does not
illustrate. You do not give credit to the proper authors.
done behind scenes owing to lack of room
on stage.
(Pianist wins applause from News board
seated in front row.)
Act II
To aid in smoothness and amusingness
of presentation all difficult parts are cut.
Enter Katisha with red flannel, due to
suffering, before “‘hints”’ from News.
Music of opera drops one octave and a
half to accommodate her voice.
Enter Mikado, singing in delicate femi-
nine soprano. His business is applying
hot-water bottle to Katisha’s throat dur-
ing effective song of ‘To Make the Punish-
ment Fit the Crime.”
Chorus stand in L. upper entrance.
Finale to Act II same as for Act I.
It is hurried through owing to the fact
that most all of the audience except News
reporters, which are paid to see it through,
have left.
(Loud applause from coach in R. wing.)
Stage manager, on being wakened, bows
and smiles many times to empty house.
Signed by
Remains of “Mikado” not yet removed
from Infirmary.
rately MarGaret RUSSELL,
HELEN CHASE.
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Vill. Art is Long—But Easily Shortened
“Everyone,” said Stephen Leacock, “has in his head the wreck of the thing which he calls
his education.”
OW this is not true for me. Part of the wreck of the thing that I call my education
N came this morning in the shape of my course book, and the rest of it is lying around
somewhere in my notebooks. I think I have some of Dodee’s education too, for
the man who packed our things sent me several notebooks of major politics and economics
—courses which I never attended.
All this is by way of preface to saying that it is very difficult to rescue from the wreck,
on a hot July morning, enough ideas on Art to be at all intelligent. But then I do not
remember that Art itself ever seemed very intelligent to me. Of course I have taken every
Art course in college, but, as Ruth and Burtie and Betty Holiday can tell you, that signifies
nothing. I might, though, tabulate the “remains” of my knowledge as Leacock did his.
The results would be somewhat as follows:
A. Remains or [?Tauian PAINTING.
1. Madonna and Child.
ee = a. By hundreds of different artists.
Madonna and Child. er quite : a alike, Ag oF same sort of thin, banana-
Madonna and Child. aces and long, pointed hands.
Madonna and Child.
2. Giotto’s pictures are beautiful because of their fine tactile quality. I have forgotten
just how you define tactile quality, but it has a lot to do with the greatest esthetic pleasure
that a man can have.
3. Biography.—Leonardo da Vinci.
“Leonardo was the child of youth and love ... and his mother married quite
respectably late.”
4. General information.
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(a) Definition of religion.
Religion is impassioned contemplation.
(I have a vague recollection of Dr. Barton defining it somewhat differently according
to St. Paul, but my Christian Doctrine notebook went into the Bonfire.)
(6) The estate of matronhood is almost as honorable as the estate of virginity. (I do
not know whether that was boasting, advice to us, or a blow at Punkie, who had just then
announced her intention of leaving the more honorable estate for the less honorable one.)
B. Tue Remains or Mopern Arv.
Nobody but the artist who paints it can understand a modern picture. They only
understand their own and can not always be relied upon to do that.
One day I remember Miss King asked Burtie what she got out of the ‘“‘ Nude descending
the Staircase.” And Burtie answered in all seriousness, ‘Three arms, half a face and one
odd ear.”
Except for a lot of interesting things that Emilie would not publish, that is a pretty
full summary of all I remember of my last winter’s painting courses.
Yet, for “general culture,’ every one in college should take Art. Betty Holiday and
Ruth and Burtie will uphold me, and Betty Washburn will still be in college next winter
to declare that Art is the course of courses. It will appeal to the athletic, because of the
numerous gymnastics with a chair in the corridors. The frivolous will enjoy it because of
the social atmosphere in the Art Sem. And above all the grinds will like it because it
means more work than anything in college. But for compensation there is the darkened
lecture room, where one can doze peacefully while Keats and Shelley, Pater and Ruskin,
Swinburne and Matthew Arnold (if you have taken Modern Poetry and Nineteenth
Century Critics you can amuse yourself spotting the quotations) are evoked to expound all
the secrets of Art with all its ‘‘eenexpressable eemmensity of its eenfinite eenfluences.”
“We have learned to despise a pretty face, and yet we now can tell,
Of beauties we find in Satan and the droll little Imps of Hell;
For the sake of “design” we can now admire drawing that’s wrong from the start,
While the Devil whoops as he whooped of old, ‘It’s human, but is it ART?’ ”
Buckner Kirk.
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IX. Now THe Don’t Give a __
This is an oral ditty
And though neither bright nor witty
It will give a notion how we slithered through.
We were social, we were fat
And we came out standing pat
With a smile on, that is fitting the light blue.
October was a cinch
And no one felt the pinch;
The lazy passed, to drown all further bother,
The lame and halt and blind,
Alias Grabby and her kind
Left German dead; but skidded on the other.
December was a slaughter
And although he hadn’t oughter,
Beck weeded 1916 all too well.
But Fernie saved the day,
And put Izzie Mad away,
Thereafter you can bet he was the belle.
March found us in fine form
Feeling fitted to their norm,
And the whole affair was quite a picnic lunch.
Influenza and some Deans
Hurried P. T. off the scenes
And she didn’t get a finger on the bunch.
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Lack of needed exercise
Led the last ones to surmise
That oral tests were fine for their physique.
They were true until the last
And with flying colors passed;
Great glory then they didn’t have to seek.
Some people were surprised,
Others told a lot of lies
About how they always knew that we'd get through.
But we didn’t give a whoop
Rolled our hoops like loop the loop
And raced until our faces turned to blue.
Having sadly left Bryn Mawr,
Being scattered near and far,
Swiftly orals now have slipped into our past.
They were irksome, they were bad,
And they made us awful mad
But we conquered,—that’s the feeling that'll last!
CONSTANCE KELLEN.
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Photo by H. Parker Rolfe
X. The Good Ship “You Never Can Tell” Clears the Reefs
NCE upon a time at Bryn Mawr College there was a Senior Class. Now these
Seniors, despite some of their bivalve propensities, were a venturesome Class, so
they set sail for the far distant port called Senior Play, in the good ship, complacently
named after themselves, ‘‘The Clever Ones.’ Unguessed by them, the voyage was to
be long and perilous, for soon the Lord High Executioner caused a great wind to blow
so that “The Clever Ones,” judged by her unseaworthy and trash, foundered on the rocks
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near the port called Easter Vacation. Nothing daunted, the Seniors set to work to obtain
a new ship whose designer and builder might meet with the L. H. Ex’s approval. Within
a few days the good ship ““ You Never Can Tell” was chartered, both by virtue of its merits
and of its apt name. A new crew of able seamen was picked and Captain Klein gave com-
mand to Captain Van Horn in order to go below and concoct savory French “ragouts.”
Whilst the Captain and the crew were learning the ropes, Commodore Savage came
aboard to take command. A short space elapsed while the weary crew were rejuvenated
at the port of Easter Vacation. When the good ship at last set sail again, ably manned
by her cheery crew and piloted by the energetic Commodore, the toil of the voyage began.
Several passages in the log of Captain Van Horn display the tendencies of the remaining
voyage:
Ist day out at sea.
Clear. Light breeze to Westward. Able Seaman Bradley has become an inmate
of the ship’s Infirmary. Two reefs were taken in the sail.
3rd day out at sea.
Foggy. Later a slight breeze to N. E. Able Seamen Kellogg and Packard follow
Able Seaman Bradley. Able Seaman Holmes does double duty. Later strong indica-
tions of a gale, and also of hydrophobia in the Captain. Sails are unfurled.
8th day out at sea.
Strong gale to N. E. High seas running. Chef Klein was heard concocting French
“ragouts”’ during her sleep. Able Seaman Kellogg continues in the Infirmary. Able
Seaman Holmes again does double duty.
10th day out at sea.
Clear. Wind abates. First Mate Dillingham hale and hearty, likewise Able Sea-
men Worthington, Hitchcock and Bryne. Cabin boys Fordyce and Godley diligent in
furnishing supplies for the good ship. Boatswain Branson, due to her bodily power and
medicinal lineage, skilful in concocting provisions.
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14th day out at sea.
Clear. Light breeze. Commodore, captain and crew all hale and hearty. Toward
sundown land in sight.
16th day out at sea.
The good ship “ You Never Can Tell” slips into harbor, all hands in gala attire amid
the generous acclaim of the Junior Class, while the L. H. Ex sits at the water’s edge and
nods approval. ‘‘Anassa, Cotta,’’* shout the crew.
Captain Van Horn craves pardon for the unseaworthiness of her vocabulary.
Auice E. Van Horn.
*Reader's Comment: Sp.
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or
Or
XI. Variety is the Spice of Life; or, Senior Singing
Time.—Any spring evening.
Place.—Any hall in the college where our glorious days are past (thank Heaven).
Dramatis Persone.—Any two Seniors and Dodie Deneen.
First Senror.—Hurry up, you'll be late to singing.
SECOND Sentor.—My dear, the less I hear of “Come cheer,” the pleasanter the
occasion is for me.
First Senror.—Now don’t be a brute. We have to start with that; it’s always been
done. (They arrive at Taylor steps and sit down to the last strains of “The Glory of Bryn
Mawr.’’)
First Sentor.—Let’s sing athletic songs, Dodie.
SEconD SENIoR.—Oh, no, parade songs; they’re such fun.
First Sentor.—Well, I leave if you do; those old things are simply sung to death.
Srconp SEnior.—All right; then let’s ask Peg Thompson for her suffragette song.
Donte (mildly).—All right. Is she here?
First Senror.—Yes, but we have that every night till everybody’s dead sick of it.
Dope (singing blithely and solo).—‘*The high cost of cutting,” ete. (When in doubt
sing “The high cost of cutting.”’)
First Senror.—Dodie, can’t we sing “The Sons of Erechtheus?”
Doprr.—Well, we might.
Srconp Senror.—That’s such a dirge; ask °18 for a song.
1916.—1918, song.
1918.—*‘* Ring-a-ching-a-ching-ching,”’ etc.
°16, °17, °19 (as one man).—Oh-h-h-h-h-h!
Dopirr.—Now we'll have to ask *19 for one.
1916.—1919, song.
1919.—** Can’t you hear that fire-bell ring?”
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“16, °17, °18 (as another man).—Oh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h!
Dopir.—*‘ Welcome, welcome, little blue-point dear.”
First SEN1or.—Gee, I hate that thing. I was so uncomfortable in my lobster
costume in the first act, I’ve never forgotten it.
SECOND SEeNror.—You had nothing on me. I was a scene-shifter, and with my voice,
too!
Dopie (suddenly springing up as though struck with a bright idea).—“Thou gracious
inspiration.”
(At which, cursing softly, a few dressy Seniors remove their head-wear. They had intended
escaping before this painful crisis, but not a chance.)
(Later, in their room.)
First Senror.—lIsn’t singing on the steps fun?
Seconp SEnior.—I adore it, but I do wish we could sing a few of the things that we
really like!
Fiorence Hitcncock.
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XIL. Virtue ts Its Own Reward
or,
Songs, and How J Didn't rite Them
HE theme of this narrative and cause of much sorrow to me is that Dodie had a strange
but firm-rooted superstition that Nell and I are to the manner born of writing songs.
Lots of times Dodie would say to me: “Oh, Cedy, we always knew you’d write our
. song, so you will try, won’t you or else tell Nell to.”
Then she would say the same thing to Nell, ending up “‘or else tell Cedy to.” Then
Nell and I would each tell the other to write it and rest in peace thinking we had done our
duty, and Dodie gave us credit for it, too, because look at all the songs in the song book
signed H. Chase, C. Dowd, for which we never laid pen to paper or word to tune.
It may be that the real composers were trying to disown their songs and picked us
out to sic them on, thinking we must be pretty hardened to be able to sing loudly and with-
out blushing such interesting bits as “the grass, it grows green on the campus,” “ We're
a long way from the the war zone,” or “ Abadabadabadabadab,” or rhymes as “ Freshmen
impression, blue, true, you,” etc. (These are mine, no offense to Miss Chase.)
However, I feel proud of all the songs, with my name after them that I didn’t write,
and I’m sure the real composers must secretly take great satisfaction in them. Conny
told me once in a grieved and disheartened tone that she’d written lots of songs that
didn’t have her name after them, but I really think she was enjoying the dramatic situation
of unrewarded merit.
The spring of Senior year when no one spontaneously offered any hymns to picnics,
plays, or to our personal history (I return to my main theme), Dodie’s superstition again
came to the front and Nell and I were invited to write some songs. Unfortunately Nell
was busy with lots of little things for Dr. Chew, but I generously accepted the invitation
and then began looking for someone else to write the songs. Eleanor Clinton and Em
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Strauss looked awfully promising, so I asked them to help me, and after about a week’s
rest they said they were going to write, and I could come along and watch. Eleanor knew a
fine song about Sinbad or someone, but she couldn’t sing the tune, so we couldn’t use that.
Then I hummed some tunes, which were not received with much enthusiasm, till finally
Em said if I'd fit some words in they’d catch on to the metre better, because both being
mutes they couldn’t appreciate new tunes until they had them salted down and fastened
to words. Then they could sing them as well as any one else. So I translated the emotional
harmony into intellectual terms, just the first words that popped into my head when I didn’t
know the real words. One song went this way (Em saved it as evidence for my insanity
if there’s ever a question of my having committed a murder or anything):
“Oh, Lord Geoffrey Amherst was a soldier of the King,
And a right mighty arm had he.
He wiped up all the cabbages and swallowed with a bing,
And was mighty as man could be.
“He wiped up all the cabbages and swallowed with a bing
With an owl and an oyster, he
Had a battle till upon the ear he got an awful sting,
With the oysters rampant as can be—
“Brave Jeffers, Miss Jeffers
Thy sons will e’er be true to Hallelujah, boola
St. Michael and St. Paul,
Em and Eleanor are the greatest saints of all.”
Em and Eleanor immediately became interested at the mention of their own names
in the last line, and said they now understood the tune perfectly, but thought it too
complicated. Finally we got some simpler tunes and after completing two or three picnic
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songs, when only one was required we came to the Curtain Song. It didn’t turn out to be
the real Curtain Song, but I swell with pride when I think of my name after it in the song
book and all I did was to suggest the tune and that was one that 1914 had already used
once. Em thought of most of the words; in fact, she thought of more than most of them,
she thought of a lot more, like “tremblingly we rattle our flimsy bones,” but Eleanor with
infinite tact and discrimination weeded out those super-poetic phrases and slipped in a
few puns of her own and there it stands. ‘‘ We thought we'd be the clever ones, Oh, Shaw!
You never can tell,” with my name after it. Well, it pays to go and watch Rock write
songs, specially when 1917 honours them by copying ideas right down without changing
them a bit, but I hate to think how I’ve missed the secret satisfaction that Conny and
others have gotten out of the dramatic thought of unrewarded merit.
EmI.ie Strauss.*
*This signature gives the author a chance at the unrewarded merit which she desires.
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XI. There Tere Giants in Those Days
Scene.—In front of the Gym.
Time.—Reunion Season, 1916.
(Sophomore A and Sophomore B are gazing wistfully at 1917’s banner.)
Sopu. A.—I wish we had won basket-ball. Blue banners are becoming to the gym.
Sopu. B.—I saw 1914’s there once, when I was out taking matrics. I thought it was
terrible to hang such a sloppy thing on the gym.
Sopu. A (awed).—1914! They must have been a wonderful class.
Sopu. B. (enthusiastically)—A 1917 person was telling me that there was a girl in
that class named Lillien Cox, and she was captain of two varsity teams and played on all
the others, and Dr. Barton said she had the most beautiful voice he had ever heard, and
she was president of their class every single year, and she was president of Trophy Club!
Sopu. A.—She must have been like Helly! (Devout pause. Then continues glibly:)
Did you ever hear of a girl named Delaney? P. T. used to have her at the Deanery to
meals all the time, and her nephews
Sopu. B (nodding).—Yes, and there was one named Prickett, who had a room-mate
who looked just like Whitty.
Sopu. A.—And their Banner Show!
Sopu. B.—And Katharine Dodd!
Sopu. A.—Their singing!
Sorn. B.—Anne Lindsay!
Sopu. A.—Mad Fleisher!
Sopu. B.—The best looking class that has ever been here!
(Enter Lil, K. Dodd, Benny, Pritch, Laura Delano and others.)
Sopn. A (scornfully).—What awful looking alums.* They act as though they owned
the campus, too.
Sopn. B.—Do you suppose that all the people from the first classes look like that?
* Reader's comment: ‘The situation seems impossible. ELEANOR CLINTON, EMILIE STRAUSS.
DQ. Conclusion
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The Imperative. IV |
Class Officers. President—ConstaNcE KELLEN
Vice-President—E.izABETH BRAKELEY
Secretary—Auick VAN Horn
Song Leader—Dorotuy DENEEN
: Christian Association. President—AGNES SMITH
Vice-President—AGNrES GRABAU
Undergraduate Association. President—ADELINE WERNER
Advisory Board—MarGaret RusseELL
Athletic Association. President—Mary G. BRANSON
Indoor Manager—FReEpRIKA KELLOGG
Self-Government Association. President—MarGaret RussELiL
Vice-President—ConstancE Dowp
Executive Board—MarGaret RussELL, Constance Down
Equal Suffrage League. President—Mary Ler HickMan
English Club. President—Marcaret HAskELL
Members—E.eanor Hitt, Marcarer Loupon, Lois SANDISON
History Club. President—He en Rrecei
Vice-President—CLara HrYDEMANN
Trophy Club. President—MAarGarEeT CHASE
Vice-President—MArGARET RusseELL
French Club. President—Mitpren McCay
Secretary—LovisE DILLincHaM
Lantern and Tipyn 0° Bob. Editor-in-Chief—Lois SANDISON
Editors—Marcarert Hasketit, ELeanor Hii
Business Manager—E.izaBEtH BRAKELEY
Assistant Business Managers—LovisE DILLINGHAM, ANNA LEE
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News Board. Managing Editor—Emiuin Strauss
Assistant Managing Editor—Freprika Kreiiocc. Editor—Constance Down
Business Manager—Mary G. Branson
Head Fire Captain—FReEpRIKA KELLOGG
College Cheer Leader—Lois GoopNow
.
The Singular Number
Magna Cum Laude
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BONA See 80.31
Ritchie Prize—Lovise DILLINGHAM
Essay Priz—Marcaret Loupon
Masefield Prize for Poetry—Marcarrt Loupon
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I. Meddling Mutes Make Melodious Medley
or, ’
The Song of Songs
The frilly, fluffy females,
A true and loyal band,
Would fain return the pleasures
Of a touch as of joy in the land.
So we’ve made for you this song,
Though we fear that it will be no use to you;
It will beam forever clear and strong,
For we'll be true, to friendship true.
FRESHMAN YEAR.
First thing when we came to college,
The nuts of Bryn Mawr,
We came in solemn thronging masses;
Nothing might our brightness mar.
SOPHOMORE YEAR.
Two years ago they as Freshmen
Took us to the cabaret,
Said with smiling, smirking smoothness,
*“How will you take your eggs today?”
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JuNion YEAR.
1—9-1-8
Your Juniors will stand by you.
We found sharks in the pool at the swimming meet,
And that we had so few.
SENIOR YEAR.
We went to call on Miss Thomas once,
To hear Miss Thomas say,
We thought we'd be the Clever Ones
In our honky-tonky way.
Captain, let’s go no further
For life is distinctly a bore.
The college can hardly our antics survive
Nor the moon his glory pour.
Good-bye, Father Neptune.
Farewell to you,
Auf wiedersehen.
Good-bye, girls, we’re through !*
ELEANOR CLINTON.
* Reader’s comment: Passed, for a gleam of consecutive thought.
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Il. THe Begin to Exercise Our Faculties
[~O be sure 1916 has made many an attempt at society, but none has been touched by
the glamor, the éclat, of our final fling that Saturday night when the faculty came
to pay their respects to the Seniors. We met with that charming man-to-man
attitude, the delicate abandon which had been stored up during four long years, finding
only an occasional vent at a History Club reception, under Bridget’s dignified chaperonage,
or at one of the select salons where Milly’s smooth tongue charmed alike the trained and
untrained French ear.
That night we all came together under the soft glow of Japanese lanterns. Yes, the
glow was soft, but it did not conceal the identity of a familiar form or step. Each found
her affinity in time, although at first there were occasional slips, and then little two-somes
or four-somes settled down. It was cold, but Dr. Chew (or was it Dr. Savage) came for
punch and stayed. Milly at the punch bowl was a ravishing sight, with one slender ankle
set off by a white crutch and a collapsible bedroom slipper. Here Dr. Chew sought with
clever, man-like tact to discover the respective ages of Frances and Milly. Ask them if he
succeeded.
~ In the corner opposite, seen though not heard, sat Jute with a single admirer. A third
corner held a larger gathering. Dr. De Laguna was the dominant spirit, and I dare not even
suggest the conversation. There were four corners on the gym roof,* but the fourth was a
rather migrating affair. A chilly bowl of ice cream and Grabby were the drawing cards.
Somewhere in the center of the roof Dr. Beck kept prophesying fair weather for garden
party, and Dr. and Mrs. Smith were surrounded by a mob which even the most approved
swimming tactics could not penetrate. Of course there were others. Dr. Ferguson helped
pass the cake. Dean Reilly brought a guest, and Dr. Leake was offered a friendly hand
by those Seniors of the Minor Politics class whom he had threatened to deprive of a degree.
As I mentioned before, it was cold, and when our pride would no longer keep us warm
e *Reader's comment: Well noted.
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and the evening wrap assumed a sieve-like aspect, we took to pacing the roof as if it were
the deck of an ocean liner. Up and down, up and down, we paced. Steamer chairs supplied
with rugs would have given a less gymnastic effect, but since they were lacking and no
one carried out Dr. Beck’s suggestion that we dance, we paced. The thermometer con-
tinued to fall until even the most eager of the guests departed. I do not remember the
exact hour of this general exit (Taylor had rung long before), but each one, man or woman,
grasped the chair nearest him in a half-frozen attempt to help, and, balancing said chair
lightly on one hand, gently extended the other to his admirer. (By this time the admirer
had captured the admired.) Dare I say, with apologies to the Columbus (Ohio) Gazette,
““A good time was enjoyed by all’?
CATHERINE 5. GODLEY.
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Il. Morning Thoughts Do Cheer the Day
HINK how much good the little book Morning Thoughts would do if it were given to
the Senior class when they most need it, early in the year—say the morning of the
first Orals. With their guides to happiness always at hand they might lead the
rest of the college, and teach them that cheerfulness, which is one of life’s greatest lessons.
To show its usefulness I have set down some of the main dates of our last semester and
borrowed appropriate thoughts from the little volume of cheer.
January 9th and 11th. ‘‘The sunrise of the new life breaks”’ or at least on the first date
Doddy told us it was breaking for her, and on the second Helen followed with a similar
announcement. If only then, in those early days of the new year, we had had these cheery
little books, Doddy and Helen could have recited for us in unison the verses on Wedded
Love, that probably now are ringing through their heads daily:
‘How steadfast in purpose, how pure in his heart
And that I poor and helpless shall live as its part!
When he took me and blessed me and called me his own,
And now for his bread do I give him a stone?
Oh no! for I love him as woman can love,
I know of his olive-branch, I am the dove;
And tranquil and happy and joyous my life
As I feel that he loves me—that I'll be his wife.”
January 21st. Exams.
‘Plant blessings, and blessings will bloom;
Plant hate and hate will grow;
You can sow today—tomorrow shall bring
The blossom that proves the sort of thing
Is the seed, the seed that you sow.”
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Is this true, I wonder? Was Kelly’s H. C. in Major German the result of blessings
scattered about the New Book Room and elsewhere? And wasn’t it something of the
same sort that Rhys gave Eleanor?
During this time when we are especially cumbered with many petty cares we would
do well to remember that Maria says: “Small annoyances are the seeds of disease,’’ so
that perhaps it was the anxious thoughts of Monday’s exams. and not, as everyone
thought, Sunday’s duck, which gave both the Pems. such a bad night during mid-years.
March 11th and 18th.
“When the strong adversity and subtle pain
Wring the sad soul and rack the throbbing brain
* * * * *
The only calm, the only comfort heard
Comes in the music of a woman’s word.”
“Geschéft is an extremely common word”’—‘‘a little faster, please.’’ Scratch, scratch,
scratch goes a nerve-shattering, sputtering pen. Rat-a-tat-tat-tat goes an impatient pencil.
“Hurry, hurry, you go too slowly.”—‘*That is enough, I think, Miss Lasch.”’
“The cheerful music of a woman’s word!’ As an antidote to it the best thing Maria
has to offer is to be found in the week devoted to “The Melody of True Living.”
“Never go gloomily, girl with a mind,
Hope is a better companion than fear;
Providence ever benignant and kind
Gives with a smile what you take with a tear.”
March 20th. Report due Miss King on Intimations of Immorality in Murillo.
“Banish all random thoughts that are not white;
Let dreams and fancies be so clean and pure
That, leaving the mind’s shade, they can endure
The test of instantaneous, searching light.”
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May 1st. “We called her Sunshine, for her golden hair,
Her dove-grey eyes, her rosy lips all shone
And gleamed with radiance as from orb more fair
Than e’en the sun in heaven looked upon.”
Now the first line sounds more like Mary Lee than like Dilly, but in spite of that
Maria must have been thinking of Sunny Jim when she put those verses under May first.
May 10th. Last basket-ball game. Beaten by °19.
Ah, had °14 but read their little books aright they might have left us Beany for
basket-ball, Helen Carey for hockey, and the mighty Lil for water-polo in answer to the
it “Lift a little, lift a little
Neighbors lend a helping hand
To their heavy-laden brother
Who for weakness scarce can stand.
What to thee with thy strong muscle
Seems a light and easy load
Is to him a grievous burden
Cumbering his pilgrim road.”
* * * * *
So now, at the end of this brief record of the social, academic, and athletic triumphs
of 1916, let us close with Maria’s after-song, The Everlasting Memorial:
“Up and away, like the odors of sunset,
That sweeten the twilight as darkness comes on,—
So be my life,—a thing felt but not noticed,
And I but remembered by what I have done.
* * * * *
“So let my living be, so be my dying;
So let my name lie, unblazoned, unknown;
Unpraised and unmissed, I shall still be remembered,
Yes—but remembered by what I have done.” Buckner Kirk.
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IV. 1916’s Requiem is a Psalm of Strife
Tell us not these mournful numbers,
Scores alas! are what they seem;
Would we could forget in slumbers
And remain in our day-dream.
Games of others all remind us
They were stout of heart and limb,
And, departing, left to blind us,
Banners waving on the gym.
Not a triumph, only sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
So to play that each tomorrow
Find us worse far than today.
Let us then give up our stewing
At the cruelty of fate;
What is done is past undoing—
We are grads. It’s now too late.
EvLeanor Hitt.
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THE GYM AS THE ARCHITECT PLANNED IT
oR,
HELLIE’S DREAM
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Abas, JEssiz St. JOHN- .
ALpEN, RutH WeEsToN .
ATKINSON, Emity NIERNSEE
Austin, Dorotuy LILLIAN .
Baker, VIRGINIA
Barnett, HELEN Mary
BaTCHELDER, KATHRYNE CHASE .
BELLEVILLE, Dorotuy .
Bensserc, Betsy Brooke Pawns
Brapiey, FRANCES SLADEN .
BRAKELEY, ELIZABETH ,
BRANDEIS, JEAN .
BRANHAM, JULIET Cisne
Branson, Mary GARRETT
Bringer, ISABELLE .
Brown, Marcery ta tae
Bryne, Eva Auick WorRALL .
Burt, ALENE . : :
Cuase, HELEN Seal aetaene :
CHASE, MARGARET . :
Cuinton, ELEANOR Wicncuiss
Cox, LENorE Hanna, Jr.
CROWELL, CAROLINE .
Dartow, Ina Rowena .
DENEEN, Dorotuy. ‘
De Venisu, Appre CLEORA .
DitiincHam, Louise BULKLEY
Dopp, MarGaret PERLEY
Doncuian, EvuGENIE. . ,
Down, ConsTANCE ELEANOR .
ENGELHARD, MARGARET JEAN
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Hoimes, Heven BucHanan .. . . . . . . $006 Vernon Place, Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio
Jackson, LavintA VAN VoorHIs (Mrs. Cas Green Jackson) . . . . 14 Hill Street, Newark, New Jersey
PAGGARD, ANNE WRIGHD 7 6000 500 ee 56 Arundel Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Jones, Gwuapys WEBSTER. .............. .. . 83 Embry Avenue, Ocean Grove, New Jersey
emis, CRON a “Rockville, Connecticut
Koen, CONSTANCE, 2 a eae . . . . . Cohasset, Massachusetts
Koptuny, barat WARNER =) ere, 1406 Eutaw Bie: Baltimore, Maryland
Keutoee, Freprrka Mason .......... ... . 144 Buckingham Street, Waterbury, Connecticut
Kirk, Epirh Buckner. ................ .... .%0% Longwood Road, Roland Park, Maryland
Kime sem WA ra a . . . . 14 East Sixtieth Street, New York City
Kumps, MArtAN CLMMMNTINE 0. 9... 2440 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kyu, “MARGARET =... 320 | Harborside, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Piagn7; RUTH WRU, 3 a 808: Park Avenue, Pekin, Hlinois
THE CHARM OF 1916—A CRITICAL PAPER 79
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Lewis, Marion Houmes .
Loupon, Marcarer Louise
Mason, MarGaret VAN VRANKEN .
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McCay, Miuprep Buckner
McDonatp, Cornett . ;
McKeerrey, CHLor SPEARMAN .
Maxwe.i, Heten Dorotuy .
Moses, GEORGETTE OMEGA.
Orr, HELVETIA .
Packarp, Dorotuy .
Paine, JANE Hutcurnson
Porter, Evizapern LANE . :
Ranp, Exizapetru (Mrs. Alexander i acey
Riecer, HELEN . :
Rosertson, HELEN Cuca ‘
Ross, JoANnNA Puan .
Russet, MARGARET.
SANpISON, Lois EstasBrook
Savace, WILLIE Bonp (Mrs. Brcidey ore) ;
ScriIvEN, KATHERINE :
ScuppeEr, EvizaBETH Hewixes :
Sears, ANNA ‘
Surpway, MarGAret Esrenir
SippEL, Dorotuy .
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Srark, Euizaperu Kine
Stoke.ty, Dorotuy STuLB .
Strauss, EmMiiie THERESE
Suckiry, Marcaret Lyncr:
Tuompson, Frances Nor
. 6603 North Eleventh Street, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
: . 1456 Oak Avenue, Evanston, Illinois
. 1330 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
; Ward’s Island, New York, New York
; 3925 i Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.211 Longwood Road, Roland Park, Maryland
1440 St. James’ Court, Louisville, Kentucky
. “Hillerest,’’ Leetonia, Ohio
268 North Thirty- fourth Street, Omaha, Nebraska
a Westchester Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York
. 441 Fowler Avenue, Pelham Manor, New York
. 436 Barry Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
: Oakleigh, Ohio
£07 West Wasan Bisset, Fort Wayne, Indiana
. Pelham Road, New Rochelle, New York
‘ Bere . Riegelsville, Pennsylvania
50 Stine Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
606 De Kalb Street, Norristown, Pennsylvania
. 26 North Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts
. 404 North Center Street, Terre Haute, Indiana
. 6485 Woodbine Avenue, Overbrook, Pennsylvania
. 2009 N Street, Washington, D. C.
. 112 Willow Street, Brooklyn, New York
: . respect Street, Framingham Centre, Massachusetts
310 West Eighty-third Street, New York City
. 1800 Eutaw Place, Baltimore, Maryland
: . Winchester, Virginia
: 478 Oxford Street, Rochester, New York
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196 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
., Rhinebeck, New York
. Paxtang, Pennsylvania
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1916—A CRITICAL PAPER
Tuomson, ANNIS EVELEEN .
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Trowsrinvcr, KatHARINE
Turner, Dorotuy
Tyson, Heten Epiri .
Van Horn, Auice ELiison
Waaner, Eminie Oprié .
Wasupurn, Exvizaperu Popr .
WERNER, ADELINE AGNES . .
WESTHEIMER, CHARLOTTE
Witson, Epira StepMaAN. .
WITHERBEE, FRANCES STUART
Wo.rr, HELENE GERTRUDE.
Worruincton, Liv.
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48 Washington Street, Cumberland, Maryland
. Hodge Road, Princeton, New Jersey
. Overbrook, Pennsylvania
. Kitchawan, New York
ae Bleatheots Road, Scarsdale, New York
26 West Union Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania
2218 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota
. 1640 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
3557 Rosedale Place, Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio
ae Chapel Hill, North Carolina
155 Touipie Street, West Newton, Massachusetts
. 229 South Forty-second Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1916
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