Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Since the Freshman year of the class of : 97 is now nearly passed, we are all exer- cised in mind by the thought of the coming examinations. But the test which shall determine whether we are to advance to the enjoyment of a Sophomoric existence does not make us utterly dismayed, firstly, because at mid year we passed a similar ordeal, and again, since at present we possess a marvellous and unlimited supply of knowledge. Such a statement as the last will inevitably be challenged, but we are only too glad to produce our proof of it. To enter upon a generous and detailed explanation, however, would be an arduous and unnecessary task ; for even the most cursory review that we may give must needs convince the sceptic of our unparalleled brilliancy. Assuming that she who has rounded out eight full months at Barnard can en- dure to recollect her early attempts to climb the tree of knowledge, pray what limb did she first grasp ? The guardian D ANNUAL. of her secrets, the class historian, would reply with excellent seriousness and high truth that our maiden plucked the fruit at once, aud we should unhesitatingly cor- roborate her statement. We have delved into the mysterious de Mysteriis. The secret of the only correct Latin pronuncia- tion of a cultivated Roman, a dignified Roman, of the Ciceronian-Augustan Age is guarded by everyone of us, lest the prec- ious, evanescent possession might break its bonds aud ilee to the ghostly realms from which it was conjured up. Dis gratias it still abides with us. Mathematics has become plain to some of us ; to others it has not. It is astonishing what tricks an innocent looking equation can contain. To differentiate the real from the unreal, the known from the unknown, and to fathom the curious relations existing between variables and their limits cause some of us to succumb. But we have not been stupid enough to waste our verdancy upon a discussion of the value of non-Euclidian Geometry, or upon a consideration of a scientific, yet art- ful Rhetoric. We have had time to dis- cover why the parrot instead of Pallas ' s owl is the patron bird of Barnard. We have learned how to enter Columbia ' s library without being laughed at more than an in- finite number of times. Nay, some have even discovered Bohn ' s library. Then,besides attending the classic dramas given at col- lege, helping Santa Glaus to find his way to that mysterious house, which is not lost in great New York, since it stands next to Dard ' s, and preserving an exact and meri- torious proportion between cuts and at- tendance at recitations, we have had time to invent a yell, Zip donner nacherl Hoorah, Hyrah, Zip come leven, Barnard, ' 97 ! and to choose a motto, which, we flatter ourselves, is faithfully representative of the spirit of our age. He who is far astray may paraphrase our exquisite Euripidean line as, Even woman has a show. But we, the class of ' 97, are content to ignore that vile insinuation, and seeking all truth to pass happily on, dXXa yap ecttiv (.iovGcx kocl ijp.iv. 10

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THE BARNARD ANNUAL. II. YEAR CLASS. Sapirc audes. YELLOW. — Chrysanthemum. President, Anna Cole Mellick. Vice-President, Alice Godpard Chase. Secretary, Mary Rogers Roper. Treasurer, Clara Rebecca Meltzer. Historian, Jessie May Wendover. Lnase, Alice txoaclaici, T ,.„„lrl .... Jjioolvlyn Llarke, Llara Lyuia, Orange. N. J. Clews, Elsie, X T , ... V ..lr Z 1 . ' --.. New 1 oi R City Hainmersloixgli, Carrie, C 1 ft Harris, May Bradford, iMusliiug, in. jl. it l A I . rj; ,, ,n Hart, Ada n incle, New York City Junge, Antonie, T. i nn 1 1 T 11 XJ 1 UUK1 ) 11 Kiiisila, Juliet, i on tiei is, x . i . Aixeiiiciv, Aiiiiii v oie, M«ii il«iiv N T iUU 11 T CI .111 , i . O ■ Meltzer, Clara Rebecca, New York City Place, Louise, Potter, Eva Sherwood, Brooklyn Roper, Mary Rogers, Pelhara Manor, N. Y. Stettheimer, Ettie Walter, New York City Stone, Mary, Brooklyn Sutpheu, Anne Janet, Newark, N. J. Uppercu, Lillian, New York Cily Van Riper, Bertha Steele, Brooklyn Wendover, Jessie May, NeAvark, N. J. Wolff, Gertrude. New York City.

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THE BARNARD ANNUAL. I. YEAR CLASS. aWa yap sgtlv fxovffot Ka ffjxiv CRiriSON. — lacqueminot Rose. J. 1 collLclJuj .... 1 t Q MtOOI n ill! r V LLc-I lBkiCLGliG, ADELAIDE VVELIiS XHtOWN. UCui C lull V , r P t ' O t cm VP 1 JL1 vtLOUi. . ( ' i T I i in I A T Af A TT ATT Baldwin, Agues Newark, N. J. Bloomingdale, Rosalie Stanton, New York City. Brown, Adelaide Wells, Brooklyu. Bucknam, Edith Phoebe, Li Deming, Grace, Williamsbridge, N. Y. Dobbs, Marj Berginann, New York City. Dowden, Florence, Newark, N. J. Eddy, Marie, New York City. Elkus, Estelle, ( if Fenton, Grace, (( (t Ferry, Alice Medora, . Mi Vernon, N. Y. Fletcher, Priscilla, Brooklyn. Hall, Cordelia. Alma, New York City- Hobbs, Bertha, East Orange, N. J. Matthews, Myra, Orange, N. J. Osborne, Eleanor Frances, New York City. Sackett, Edith Helen, . CC ii Shaw, Louise, . Hackensack, N. J. Stratford, Aline Croquet, Brooklyn. Sumner, Anne Porter, New York City. Tanzer, Helen Henrietta, II a Wailack, Gertrude, a it Wheel ock, Adaliue Caswell, a (I Wilcox, Maude. Pclham Manor, N. Y.