Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr Yearbook (Bryn Mawr, PA)

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ilmtto (tetttuai ©rtnher 14, 1904 | AITING out there on the campus for our Juniors to appear, was very mysterious. To this day, I do not know just where we were — everything seemed so new and strange and different there. There were moments of secret anxiety lest the Juniors should not find us in the dark; and in order to inform them of our whereabouts and to dispel any doubts in their minds as to our identity, we cheered again and again for them and for ourselves. At last, with blaze of torches and showers of confetti, came the gay Carnival crowd, down the long avenue of maples. There rode the King of the Carnival in royal state, surrounded by his troop of subjects in their parti-colored garb; and in a moment our Class Chairman was crowned Queen and placed beside him. Merrily we marched up to the gym with our motley company of hosts, and, seated on the floor there, we watched tableaux, dances, and ballets, with an enthusiasm that grew and grew until it reached its culmina- tion as the final scene appeared. Here was 1902 ' s future European Fellow, a round-faced, happy little girl, planting the Class flower of 1904. By dint of industrious watering, the seed sprouted and grew surprisingly (we were reminded of the famous bean-stalk) until in a moment the vine had shot up to the gallery, where a huge bud burst into blossom and the 1904 banner appeared to our delighted gaze as the fruit of this remarkable plant. The sight of it, even that first time, brought a thrill of pride and loyalty to our hearts. After this, I hate to speak of our banner song. We had expected to receive our flag outdoors, so now in the gas-lighted gymnasium we sang : Oh say, can you see, by the light of the stars Did I say that we sang? Say rather, we squeaked; for the song was started so high that only a few brave spirits even attempted to reach the upper notes. It was, perhaps, with the memory of this early failure in their minds, that after the presentation of the lanterns in our Sopho- more year, 1902, gave their class cheer for 1904 ' s singing. Clara Cary Case.

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Cttlaaa ottg Tune — Tommy Atkins. Words by Helen Armstrong Howell. O, we hasten from the mountains and the shore, From the length and breadth of this, our wide domain, At the call of Bryn Mawr, thronging at her door; Though, alas, for some their trouble was in vain, The call of Bryn Mawr went throughout the land, ' Till all maidens longed to go and learn her lore. Some entered at these portals, closed to ordinary mortals, And we formed the glorious Class of 1904. Chorus: — Glorious Class of 1904, sing her praises every one, Till the knowledge of her greatness reaches even to the sun ! May her luck be never failing; May her course be straight and true. Dearest Class of all the Classes, Here ' s your daughters ' love to you. As we pass through four swift years of college life, May each one be more renowned than the last ; May our class be free from trouble and from strife, Till Commencement Day is done and all is past; Still the memory of the Class of 1904 Shall remain engraven on each separate heart; Our love for her will strengthen as the years, Though the stress of life should force us all apart. 1904, 1904, Hoorah! Bryn Mawr, Nineteen hundred and four.

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1 904- 1 902 Tune — Star Spangled Banner. Words by Alice Waldo. O say, can you see, by the light of the stars, The beautiful flag that the Juniors have given, On which are emblazoned in luminous bars The numbers we love and for which we have striven? Chorus— Then we ' ll cheer 1902, And we ' ll ever be true To the class that has helped us and watched o ' er us too. ' Tis the 1904 banner, O long may it wave O ' er a class that is loyal, united and brave. Then we thank you to-night for the flag of our class, When it waves o ' er our heads, we will think of you ever; When at last from the portals of Bryn Mawr we pass Do you think we ' ll forget you? O, never, O never!