Radcliffe College - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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l i Class Prophecy 5 e Emma Frost was head librarian of the Mars Public Librarv, and had for her assistant heads Miss Perine, Mrs Svnder and Nlile Tupper. Arleon Bowser spent her time in charitable work. 'silt had come into a large fortune, before arriving at Mars: and with some of her money very generously' donated a set of beautifully Scgttnd bopks to th'eHLibrary.. In this set were- Ell11tWfQ.5 'Sgnm-t tuenceg, Butlers Dramatic Art. Pringles Short Stories for Children, and Duchess Miinsterberg's Magician Tales. In a few years, the girls became so accustomed to the place. that one might indeed think they had always lived there. Each girl was actively engaged in her own line of work. Evelyn Spring and Edith Klacurdy became famous detectives. They appeared outwardly so quiet and deinttre that all the scanips in Mars confided their secrets to them. ln trial cases, .-Xlice was in constant demand by both defendants and plaintitlsg but no matter for which side she pleaded, she always won ht-r egtgt-, Marguerite XVoodman was the king's chautteur. So-I,ong-I,oo had the utmost confidence in Nlargueritt-'s caution and earefulut-ee Sntitie became the dignilied head of a Law and tlrder Leaeiuez and during her administration, no intoxicants were stiltl in Mare, I llflirtam llentley, Ethel XX'oodcock. and .-Ylice Kimball were active social workers, and, in time, succeeded in persuading So-l,one-Loo to erect a building to serve the purpose of ati Employment liitreau. Ethel lfernald and Esther lfrank had a very unique vocation. 'l'hey taught roller-skating to young :intl ttlql gtlilqo- lloml 1,1-f.,r,, theyuhad perfected themselves in this Itfl. Ethel had lust her -mile. and Esther had become as tltin as a licorice stick. Next door to the lfrank and l ernald Skating Rink were the ollices of Doctors Xlcfoy atid lllaisdell. where the victims of lite Rink were often carried to receive treatment for their bruise-. l.ouisa XYilliams and Edna XYilson. both of whom had lit't'H1't.' popular society women, were chosen by the lizulclittians to gil back to eat'th once a year to represent them at the Rzttlclittt- .Xlznimze dinner: and eaclt year, as they went back and told Ht' the tuicea-A ing wonders accomplished by their elas-niates. the ianie ot tooo was spread throughout :ill Canibridge. even to the t'----pf' lint the thing that pleased the college most was an account, i-tad fe. Louisa at one of these dinners. of tiertrude t'arpen:er'- --peut! success. 'lihe account was from 'Hit' .ll.frs::'f:.g .Nif.:i-, ftlgtg-q..gv Doant-'s newspaper. and paid high tribute not only to tn- ptnti.. donna who appeared in her own opera. but ltiv- 2- t -:new stage manager. Caroline XXlutney. 27

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Class Prophecy B G obliged to he one of the speakers, as Lucile had broken her nose in the game two days before. The court ladies argued against sntfrage,l,mt. alas, their arguments were not as strong as the Rad- clitliansf XYhen the first Radcliffian speaker had finished, the king had Coit-On to the ideas of the Suffragettes. Gradually, he began to Holden clearer in his mindg and, by the time the last speaker had taken her seat, he began to Clapp, waving all ceremony aside. Not any 'Tyng' can influence me from my decision, he cried, thc RadcliHians have won the day, and, henceforth, in all our colleges, women, owing to their supreme intellect, may be exempt from entrance, mid-year, and final examinations. When So-Long-Lou made Mary Carty the court physical culture teacher, he made Mary Appleton private tutor to his youngest daughter. for Mary had had a longer experience in teaching than any one in the class. It took her nearly three weeks to teach her pupil to say 'K Ich and Nicht instead of Ish and Nisht Z but she received a good salary, and was, therefore, patient and happy. XVhen the young princes of the court became too- boisterous, Hilda Johnson taught them the value of gentle courtesy and quiet manners, for which So-Long-Lou, to show his appreciation of her efforts, gave her the title Lady Iohnsonf' As time went on, Mars grew financially and socially. Three beautiful buildings were erected in honor of the Radcliffians, and the cost of each, as estimated by the mathematician, M, Agnes Davis, exceeded SI,OO0,000. One was a History Hall, where every desired bit of information concerning history might be found. But what interested most the people of Mars was the collection of three life- sized paintings done by Florence Ramsey, which hung in the gallery of the hall, one of Elizabeth Freeman, one of Alice Hannon, and one of Alice Chadwick, all authorities in history. Gver the entrance to the hall, Emily McDonald, who had become a celebrated electri- cian, had set in electric lights to form the words Sullivan, that's Me. The hall was named after Flos, because she was the founder and the president of the Mars Historical Association. The other two buildings were no less beautiful, one was the Hannon Athenaeum, erected in honor of Louise, the p-laywrightg the other, the Mars Public Library. In the Athenaeum, p-lays were given every afternoon by the stock company. Ada Blake made her greatest hits the first winter in the title role of Unsteady,Tim,,' a farce written by Louiseg and in the leading role of Marion Win- neck's play called The Georgicsf' 26

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Class -Prophecy gp, G lt was told that the nightuof the last performance of the opera, Sn-Long-Lou threw from his box a huge bunch of expensive Susaniimers. a new specie of flowers discovered and named by the celebrated botanist, june Adkinson. Clara McPherson had gone to Gertrude's opera that season, and had seen with what real pleasure and ease Gertrude sang. She immediatelv thought, therefore, that since singing seemed so easy, she wouldimake it her vocationi Slilie oifflxcjlred tg Drill: to B - Onlv lVith Thine E es at tie ars usic a oncer , one Siiiurday night. She apipeared on the program as a soprano, but she sang almost an octave higher than any soprano- could. reach. Marv Tobin, the throat specialist, could' give no explanation for this,' as she found Clara's throat. to 'be 1n perfect condition. bhe advised her, howeverlg nlever tp sing in publicchagain. t th 1 So Clara went ac' to ier ciums in e coun ry, e ony girls in the class who led the simple life. These self-banished court exiles were Beatrice, Hannah, Kathryn, and Louise. Beatrice had saved enough money from the Cash- of her ancestors to support l-lannah and herself comfortably, as long as the class should. remain in Mars. At Hannah's suggestion, she had a telephone put into the housi flor Hangag loved tp telcephofne to her Eieigds. , h d 'atir n an ou purciase a arm near ea r1ces ouse, an raised chidikens. Kathryn's special pet was a goat. - She had always wanted oneg and even when in college, the thing that seemed to be uppermost in her mind, when she expressed herself to her friends, was Good Goat! Good Goat! Lou was noted for the Keefe Creamed Chicken, the fame of which spread throughout all Mars. It was made two-thirds out of Lou's chickens, and one-third out of the Ahern goat's Creag. Very often these rustic people in the country were visited y their other classmates. Mrs. Harlowe and Clara Jones, who was also married, were especially welcome visitors. Their hints on domestic science were always acceptable to' the two homes. Beatrice thought that Marion's children were the cutest she had 'ever seeng and Kathryn thought that no children she ever knew were so Handy to go on errands as Clara's. But that was because Clara heqself xlvas alpkfionaledged to be the most, if not the only Handy gir in t e W oe cass, A'nd now, Titus, I hope that you are convinced that no body of women could accomplish more good in ten years than these girls of the Class of IQOQ. Before they left Mars, So-Long-Lou set up a tablet in the Hall of Fame bearing the following inscription: C 28