Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THE BARNARD ANNUAL. Junior Class. Three years of mingled sweetness and bitterness we have passed within the loved halls of Barnard College. What hard-won wisdom and experience have been gained in that time ! The days of abject despair are over. Gone are the hours when the work was beyond our ability, and dread instruct- ors frightened away the few ideas left us when we reached the class-room. Now, no work is too hard — -now, no longer can an in- structor inspire us with awe. When a class has arrived at such a state in its career what need is there for self-praise ' ? Freshmen think they own not only the college, but the universe. The Sopho- mores, however, vigorously dispute this claim. As for the Seniors — every one real- izes their greatness. This is their hour of triumph. Now they rule their little world, but next year they may be unheard of in the vaster world. Then, perhaps, no one will consider them, now they are the cyno- sures of all eyes. But the Juniors, the happy Juniors, have become so great that it is in truth unnecessary for them to praise themselves. All the world sees that they are the one and only class with both a glo- rious past and a glorious future. Hi. YEAR CLASS. OTV Q ' GO ROSE COLOR— The Sweet Pea. President, ..... Florence Colgate. Vice-President, .... May Hinton Pollock. Secretary, ..... Antonie Junge. Treasurer, .... CELESTE SWENSON. Historian, ..... Alice Lillie Seugsberg. Brombacher, Caroline Garnar, .... Brooklyn Bryant, Elizabeth Eggleston, . New York City Colgate, Florence, . . Lockwood, Louise Benedict, . Stamford, Conn. Parsons, Mabel, . . . New York City Pollock, May liiutou, . ... Seligsberg, Alice Lillie, . . . . Swenson, Celeste, ..... Flushing, N. Y. Whittled, Gratia, .... New York City

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THE BARNARD ANNUAL. things we had forgotten since our Freshman days, and much midnight oil has since been spilled in our ambitious attempt to keej) pace with them. The less said about the Senior theses the better, save as a warning to others. The momentous loth of March was survived, and, now that (as we fondly hope) only a few weeks separate us from our Bachelor ' s degree, we feel moved to give a few words of advice, gleaned from our own experience, to those who are to follow us. First, O ye Seniors of the future, do not for a moment entertain the idea that the Senior year is a sinecure. Do not be so misguided as to choose electives that will require six essa r s apiece during ' the term. On the coutrar} ' . be wisely prodigal and practise no petty economies in the matter of midnight oil. Bear in mind that The heights by Seniors reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were writing theses in the night. ' ' Above all, Beware Ihe Men of March. In closing, the Class of Ninety-four wish for all succeeding classes the same har- monious relations with the college officers, the same affectionate sympathy with one another, the same spirit of loyalty to the Alma Mater that have attended their own modest course. IV. YEAR CLASS. VIOLET — The Violet. President, .... Agnes Irwin. Vice-President, . . . Eliza el ones. Secretary, .... EVANGELINE EOLLINSON BlUDGAlsT. Treasurer, .... EsTELLA DEMABEST. Bridgart, Evangeline RoMiusou, .... Jersey City Bryson, Ella Fitzgerald, .... New York City Crocker, Helen Brigbnin, .... Demarest, Estella, ..... Nanuet, N. Y. Irwin, Agnes, ...... New York City Jones, Eliza, ..... Brooklyn Landau. Laura. ..... • '

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disposed unto them, have we, it seemeth, given exceeding offense unto our elders. It grieveth us sorely to be so misunderstood, but this reflection doth calm our perturbed souls, — that seldom doth a reform bring praise to him who would first introduce it. The words of the poet do also comfort us, Ex tincli amahimur. Surely, knowledge maketh one familiar even with the gods and bringeth him to de- spise what he did formerly revere ; so are those things once esteemed by us wonder- ful and mysterious become easily appre- hended in the bright light of that truth and wisdom which now daily filleth our souls. Trigonometry enableth us to defy the mighty sun, aye, even to measure his ' })( Reflectcth on Her Character. Thus became we Sophomores, wise fools, as tradition averreth, but whether wisdom or foolishness doth most predominate hath not yet been clearly proven. In diverse manners hath our first Sophomorical act been construed, some maintaining it absurdly foolish (or unreasonable, which is near akin thereto), others avow- ing that wisdom was our guide. For inasmuch as we did refuse to make a sport of the youth of the lower classmen, but were of a mind to befriend them and show ourselves kindly greatness. Rhetoric dissecteth every treat- ise, teacheth us, also, what appeals do touch a man ' s heart, and what his reason. The unapproachable wisdom of Socrates ' s self now seemeth mere folly and vanity. So doth knowledge, prceserlim cauLum dignus adsumere in that she hath enrolled us in the number of her friends, establish our be- lief that wisdom, not foolishness, is our character. But one doubt remaineth which suffereth us not to make loud boast of our powers. That official test which beareth the title, Final Examinations, and which occurreth in May, will separate the chaff from the wheat, and prove us whether we be wise or foolish. 11