Adelphi University - Oracle Yearbook (Garden City, NY)

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Senior 1bt8tor Being a letter from an Adelphi Alumna to her chum written in the year 2007. My Dkar: RAINY day—a girl with nothing' in the world to do, and a garret full of fascinating old furniture—what could you expect? Of course I started in to rummage, girls are the same nowadays as the old books say they were in the days of my great -grandmother, way back in the earl} nineteen hundreds. And do you know, I found several curious old manuscripts in that same great-grandmother's rickety old desk. One of them was apparently a history of her college class. You know, she went to Adelphi University in the early days when it was only a little college on Clifton Place. She was a member of the class of 1907. But I’ll send you the paper for I know you'll be interested. December, 1906.” One month more and 1907—our year, will be starting on its record! Of course it will be a glorious one, for is it not our year? A great class is this of 1907. It has done many fine things. Long ago when wc were Freshmen we proved our courage and originality by outwitting the Sophs and electing our officers right under their very noses. And we made a plucky fight for the game that year, and even if we did lose, that was only because. 1906 had such a fine team. Sophomore year was one long blaze of glory ; the Sophomore Tea and dance, the game (which wc won this time), and the trolley party were all feathers in the cap of 1907. In Junior year wc fully lived up to her previous great record. The Oracle was a marvel of wit and cleverness. The 'Junior Prom.’ seemed to us the very finest dance ever given, and everybody who went enjoyed every minute. And now in Senior year we bid fair to outdo all previous triumphs. Our girls are showing their ability in practical cooking every Thursday noon at our chafing dish lunches—(and wc have several suspicions that other people have appreciated them also, but wc will mention no names). Of course we've figured largely in everything the College has given. A goodly percentage of the ‘As you lake It’ caste was drawn from the ranks of 1907. And when wc arc no longer undergraduates we intend to be one of the strongest pillars of the Alumnae Association.” T am going to hunt through the old chests some day and see if I can unearth any more treasures. When you come down to visit me, we'll look for some more of these early records of Adelphi, our Alma Mater, too—though many years later, isn’t it? But I must not spend any more time with the past. The present in the shape of Mother is calling—So good-bye, dear. 25