Hunter College - Wistarion Yearbook (New York, NY)

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I THE JUNIOR CLASSES AND THEIR PRESIDENTS AC4 Room 31. A SYLLOGISM: That-cheerfulness shows wisdom the sages all agreeg A Of all the joyful juniors the joyfullest are We. 'Tis clear, therefore, that AC4 exceeding wise must be. Pres.: Sophie Agnes Moeller. Bc4 Room 33. Though B04 ne'er boasts of it, That class possesses keener Wit, Profounder wisdom, purer knowledge Than any other class in college. - Pres.: Margaretha Elizabeth Albers. Cc5 Room 14. A jolly crowd of girls We be, Naughty-two, double C, I, Vg Always up to something new, Never long in any stew. Pres.: Kathryn Maud Underhill. DC4 Room 17. juniors are We, studious and sedate, Fondly expectant of our next year's state This, our great love and purpose high, To be radiant Seniors by and by. Pres.: Anna Elizabeth McDermott EC4 Drawing R oom. ' ' Strangers in a strange land. Pres.: Helen Jessie Duncan Ag4 Room 12. To excel is our ambition, And all study We adore, Yes, of course! For we're the members Of the class of Ag4. Pres.: Anna Prudence Richon Bg4 Room 18. A good piece of work and a merry. Pres.: Gertrude Rosalie Clark Xb!-N - rp if -U I fa . 0001-L vouc h anaouuouap-.uooegoaooo ' S W ' f, n 1 m Z . Q EJ - af' K G iff D u n ning-argues .4 Q t 'XQXX U U A iv 0 ' .5f-J' i L

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College Birthday EBRUARY fourteenth dawned bright and beautiful, a fitting day for celebrating l the birth of our dear Alma Mater. The very sun seemed to try to burst through every crevice to catch a glimpse of that happy throng assembled in the chapel. Grave normal seniors, for the last time spending thatday within their mother's arms, wore White shirt waists with large bunches of violets pinned at their breasts Their spring-like fragrance pervaded the room and made it seem that our Alma Mater was born ' When blossomy May- Had strewn with tender flowers the earth, i And skies were blue and sunlight smiled. A very interesting programme had been prepared. Appropriate quotations were spoken by members of the senior classes. A piano solo, vocal solo, and the Glee Club chorus added to the enjoyment of the exercises. Doctor Jarrett, President of the Associate Alumnae, in behalf of the same, presented the senior class with forty pic- tures, duplicates of which are in the public schools, so that the seniors might become acquainted with pictures that will soon be part of their daily surroundings and used in their work. . . Now the most interesting time had come. During the exercises many eyes had attempted to peep under this piece of white cloth and that piece of black, and many speculations had been made as to what they would disclose. But time reveals all things and patience is always rewarded. One after another the coverings were removed and their contents disclosed. It was the object of the students this year to complete, as it were, the last year's gift. The classes last year gave an alcove in the west library, which was to be named in honor of our dear president, but hitherto there had been no means of distinguishing it from the other alcoves. So this year the college gave a bronze slab that should proclaim to all the, name of this alcove. Most of the gifts consisted of books to fill its shelves. The Alpha Beta Gamma, the Philomathean and the Phoebean Societies, books relative to the study of Shakespeare, the Gamma Tau Kappa, French books, and the Bird Club, books to further the acquaintance of students with the feathered inhabitants of the air. The Glee Club presented a splendid likeness of our late instructor in music, Professor Mangold, the ECHO staff, an etching of An Avenue in Middleharnis, by Hobbemag the Pi Nu Basket Ball team, a bas- relief panel, Aurora, and the Normal College Basket Ball team, apparatus for the gymnasium. But of all these gifts, Alma Mater, the greatest, the most lasting, is that one tendered by all, the great love of your many children. H We look to thee With lovmg 95793, We own thee, mother, all the while, As noblest, wisest, truest, best, And while of this thy house one stone O mother, on another stands, Thou always hast a fairer one. A mighty house not made with handsg Oh. gentle mother kind and wise! With a full heart we look to thee Gratefully, gladly, hopefully. , We know that in some coming day The faces met around thy knee, ' . Fainhousehold group, mpst pass away., ' Nor framed by an the builderrs art,- But in the east or in the west. Far from thy face, far from thy smile, A lasting house of loyal heartsni O 4-L. F. D, 98

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I I I qi I. I I I I I ,J ,I III I :Ii I II ,I ,. ,. II II II II I I I I I Il II I I II I I I I , I I I I I II III II' .lx I li II I. THE OBSEQUIES OF TRIG. HE ten, or thereabouts, who were in the secret, could hardly refrain from giving tantalizing hints to just a few othersg but, anyway, the mysterious bustling about the corridors, and the excited confabs, could scarcely have passed unnoticed. A certain instructor, too, must have been puzzled to find that after she had given one class permission to devote her entire period to some eleventh hour brushing-up of trigonometry before the examination, a certain group in one corner of the room spent those precious moments in a state of giggle and wild excitement,'in marked contrast to the air of earnest mental activity and careful concentration that marked the actions of the rest. So it is likely that the rumor of something in the air spread through the college, though just what it might be few were able to guess until the morning after the examination, when vaguely worded invitations were received by the presidents of the junior classes, intimatingthat mysterious happenings of special interest to unmathe- matical persons, and connected in some way with the passing of trigonometry, would transpire in the gymnasium at recess. The expectant juniors were further enlightened by the words of a joyous paean, of which they were requested to bring copies-a song expatiating on the bliss of leaving trigonometry. While the uninitiated wondered what was up, the instigators assembled in one of the roomy wardrobes on Shane Hall, where they had gathered the things needful, and, inspite of gloomy obscurity due to the disabled condition of the electric light Qparticu- lars may be had from Ac5j preparations were completed long before the ringing of the recess bell. But when at length the summons came, it was an impressive pageant that started on. its route through the long corridor. The solemn procession was headed by an imposing form, robed in a frat gown Qkindly loaned for the occasionj, and wearing a red scarf, rather like the sashes of the N. C. B. B. T. This dignitary marched with stately stride to the well-timed music of the muflied tap-bell in her hand. About her neck was hung a big placard, lettered: TRIG GBIIT JAN. XXXI., MDCCCCI. Gczudfamus. - She was followed by four dignitaries similarly attired, but wearing in addition to their other insignia large triangles of yellow paper. First came the pall-bearers, bear- ing upon their shoulders the remains of the deceased-two dilapidated copies of Went- Worth's Tr1gonometry, which rested on a bier supported by blackboard pointers, and covered with a pall of scarlet. 'The Gravedigger, the Orator, and other oiiicials, fol- lowed, preceding a company of students in ordinary dress, but wearing, like the others, the yellow Order of the Triangle. ,, X Heralded Still by the regular muffled beat of the bell, they marched through Senior Han and the Cjhapel H0013 While 3 gf0WiHg multitude of curious-followers swelled their too , I