Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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|)rci|ili( ' cy anil liistory wtTc iiicorporali ' d iiiln llic ( ' .la s Night program. Also the miiiiber of lengthy speeches was radically reduced. The class song was retained in the ivy exercises and other leatures were sulislitulcd tor those discarded. In 1925, the pla Robin Hood a enacted liy the S( nioi ' group. In 1926 the Senior l)ra c(l chilly ind to present a Greek pageant on the pergola. The |)lay Ohcroii and 1 ihiuKi I roni A Midsiinimer l ' ight s Dream was gi fn in 1927. in addition to the usual procession, the ivy planting oration, and singing of tdass songs. This was the first year that a girl was chosen to gi e the I y Oiation. The young wdiuan honored was Miss Evelyn Harris, ol l crwick. Having once broken ground, ihe women held sway lor the next lour years, with loui ' conM ' cutive female orators. The class of 1928 dramatized three Greek niyth . Iiecause of incle- ment weather, the program was held in the auditorium. n t

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Tlie 192 I Ivv Day iiitrochued a new type of program, stressing poetry and the enmtnient of certain of the classics. These featnres predominated for the next five years. Part of the entertainment was described as follows: ' ' At the sound of Pan ' s trumpet, twenty wood nymphs attired in costumes of green appeared from tlie woods beyond the pergola and gave a dance of nature. Several poetic references to ivy were made in the Ivy Oration, one ol which was a portion of Dickens lines from Pickwick Papers: ' Fast he stealeth on, though lie wears no wings. And a staunch old heart has he; How closely he twineth. how close he clings. To his friend, the huge oak tree! Whose ages have fled, and their work de(a ed, And nations have scattered been : But the stout old ivy shall never fade From its hale and hearty green. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old planl i the ivy green. In 1925, Ivy Day and Class Night became more specifically di ided. Many tiaditional features of Ivy Day. such as the class poem, class will. 12

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Among other out tan(liiifi leatures of the 1930 oration, the loUowing anonvtnou lelerence to h u in liulefl: Then uc ' ll iPlurn and seeing it ui high. Shall read a life of living histor . Strong tendrils and hright foliage ahove, Below torn branches and the fading leaf. Thns shall we do. Thus eonquer. Thus fail! e — the common branches of one vine arise Sprung from this hill and nurtured neath these skies! Speeial featiiio ol the .31. 32. ami 33 |)rogiani were folk (lanee and May dances which hail been presented earlier in tiie year as part of the May Day exercises. 193T was tile first vear tiiat there were no dances or other features. The ivv was planted, the Oration given, and Miss Moore led the group in inging Maroon and Cold ' and the Alma Mater. From this year on. the Ivy Day oli ervances were of a simple nature. The Oration of 19.3.3 deah with the ymli )li m of ivy and it parallelism to the future ol the (•las . as did the speeches of other years. John McGrew, the orator, -aid. in |iart: Of course we would plan to do graduate work. 14