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

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allowed us to pull out some hairs from its tail for our new Memory Books. E. M. Holliday. N. B. — While 1901 was thus extending its hospitality toward us, 1903 was not idle. They too were looking out for our welfare. As we prepared to lock ourselves safely within our rooms that night, we discovered that 1903 held the key to the situation! Not until Cap and Gown Night, how- ever, did the full significance of this calamity burst upon us. I 904- I 90 1 Tune — There is a Tavern. A Ballad. We ' ll give three cheers for 1901, 1901. Her show ' s as brilliant as the sun, as the sun, And though we ' re Freshmen, meek as you can see, We ' re just as grateful as can be, Chorus — Then here ' s to Bryn Mawr College, To her seniors and their knowledge And we ' ll cheer for Bryn Mawr College once again, again. We ' ll give three cheers for 1901, 1901, With thanks for all that she has done, she has done. To-night she adds to the laurels she has won, The learned Class of 190 1.

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3Jlj£ ?twir iatfrrtatttmntt N the Nineteenth of October, the Class had the joy of attending an entertainment given by the mighty Seniors themselves. Entering the gymnasium by the narrow back stairway of Honor, we were confronted with a most wax- worklike and unseniorlike company of Mrs. Jarley ' s Wax Works. A few of our Senior friends and acquaintances, it V ' - fo 7 is true, we were able to recognize in the guiding ushers [ 0 armed with bell-wands to whom we clung in the melee. High on a pedestal in the middle of the room, poised the Stanlaus Bryn Mawr Girl with the most incredible number of ruffles set off by C a cap and gown. Then it was that we became aware of a bustling Mrs. Jarley, adorned with a gay bonnet and shawl, who, with an amazingly voluble flow of language, was exhibiting more figures on the stage to the fortunate persons near her. At her Wind him up George! that re- markable creature then rapidly shuffled across the stage and wound up, in succession, the great Columbus, Wm. McKinley, Mr. Roosevelt, the Boy Orator from Nebraska, Wm. J. Bryan, and the lovely Mary, Queen of Scots. These were good; but a real prize-fight, a trifle badly -oiled, between Jim Corbett and Terry McGovern was a sight to draw admiration from the most worldly-wise. But our hearts beat fast as we entered the Chamber of Horrors, where the inhuman Charlotte Corday stabbed a handsome Marat in a twentieth-century bath-robe, and a villainous- looking Harry Cornish poured out the famous Bromo Seltzer. Here an Indian savage and a timid settler ' s daughter were made to pursue one another alternately; and here too was the wretch who had tickled nine wives to death. After this we were introduced to several of the most interesting mem- bers of the faculty, who, when properly wound up, declaimed in a most characteristic manner. Near these, were two gentlemen, arm in arm, who proved to be those enemies of all First Year English Students, Mr. Genung and Mr. Wendell. Near them we saw the great Dr. Johnson; a lovely, if slightly jerky, Juliet and enamored Romeo ; and a whole seraglio of Turkish beauties. Back in a corner on a bench sat three silent, mys- terious old persons, in whom we finally recognized those legendary creatures, Trustees. Afterwards, the wax-works came to life enough to dance with us and offer us refreshments, and, as a crowning joy, the missing link kindly ... J w

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attbij jnmt ' .fj thht N Tuesday, October 23rd, from 3 to 5 P. M., Caps and powns will be distributed in Denbigh Student ' s Parlor. Jrhe price is $7.35 which must be paid before caps and .gowns can be obtained. Please bring exact change. [Signed] E. T. Orlady, Treas. So read the notices which announced the arrival of our caps and gowns, and from three to five p. m. an eager line of gullible freshmen, with exact change, went in and out of Denbigh Students ' Parlor. Outside of the hall, just underneath the window, stood groups of Sophomores, waiting to help the Freshmen home with their bundles — dear, good, sacrificing 1903, and the fact that there were some Freshmen who consented to be helped for even half a minute, only goes to show that Freshmen are trustful children and Sophomores innately deceitful. Some over-zealous in the pursuit of General English, went to the Reading Room in Taylor, and carefully put the treasures ■ on the chairs next to them, while they delved into Younger Eddo or .Origin of the Aryans, and after an undisturbed hour sat and rubbed their eyes, wondering who could have been cruel enough to take their gowns. Be it said to our credit, however, that only a few of the Freshmen who ;met behind Merion that night were in borrowed regalia. A Freshmen ' s ardor may be dampened, or temporarily checked, but never entirely destroyed. This is as much an axiom in the Science of Freshmen as the law of Freshmen gravity toward the hero of the Sopho- more play, and the truth of the statement was proved on Cap and Gown night, if never before. One hundred shivering Freshmen stood in front of Denbigh, in spite of a drenching rain which warped one hundred new mortar-boards, watching the procession of lanterns from Pembroke Arch, and wondering, as they listened to Pallas Athene Thea, if anything else would ever seem as beautiful. Later on in the evening, some Freshmen, tense with excitement, battled nobly for their academy ' s Insignia. Water and chickens in Pembroke West, blocked transoms and broken step-ladders in Pembroke East, all-night vigils in Radnor and Merion, all bore witness next morning to the terrible struggle that had taken place. But the real moment of supreme triumph for the Sophomores and chagrin for the Freshmen was immediately after chapel next morning when thirteen caps and gowns, hung on a clothes-line between the third floors of Merion and Denbigh, flippantly flapped until cut down by gallant Freshmen