Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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MISS CAROLINE E. JESSE Honorary Member of the Class of 1919

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The Senior Era C A History ofthe Moderns-Seniors NOTE.-This history is of especial value, since it is taken from the autobiography of a modern.. The vivid pictures of the times are effective because they are seen by us tlhrough the eyes of 'an actual witness of the events herein narrated. Note the influence of the Great War in the history of this people. . Senior Class History HEN 1919 gathered for the first time in the gallery of the old chapel it did not Seem possible to most of us that we could ever get ac- :, . .quainted. But when, two days later, we heard the Ten Command- ments read and were given little green caps with white shoe buttons, we saw that we were a unit, all humbled and green together. ,, The-Sophomore Party, Senior Tea, and the Y. W. C. A. reception con- vinced us that Goucher had no equal. Vtfhen we succeeded in winning the Hrst. tennis match without walking beneath the Sophomore banner, and in having our numerals engraved on the brand-new hockey cup, we were also assured that 1919 had no equal. 1917 meanwhile was showing us their loyal friendship and soon enter- tained us' in the big gymnasium, on the last improvised stage to be seen at Goucher, with The Amazons. just before Christmas they shared with us their custom of singing carols to their honorary member, so that we, too, sang to Miss Jesse. When the time came to show our gratitude to 1917 we worked very hard over our boat-ride plans and our play, Ulysses. The sun came out through the rain to provide a pleasant day for the Juniors' entertainment. The play, the supper succeeding and the ride home up the moonlit bay made us wish 1917 might always remain our Juniors. The night of our lantern chain to the Seniors was clear and starlit. Somehow the green and gold lights, the music of the band as we entered the square, and the familiar faces of our classmates in the lantern light made that occasion, rather than our first chapel, I9IQ,S birthday. How we did lord it over the Freshmen in the fall! But our haughty pride was later replaced by a realization of the necessity of preparing for the responsibility of our position as upperclassmen. Vtfe grew into a new class unity which was manifested in the unanimous' election of our Donnybrook Editor and most of the Board. ' Returning from spring vacation we found everything changed by the en- trance of the United States into the war. Attendance at war-preparedness 23