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

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of remonstrance, then the king, with truly manful resignation, begs his wife to dance a last minuet with him before she goes. Accordingly, the scene ends in colored lights and slow music. After the usual difficulties and delays of scene-shifting which beset inexperienced classes, especially in the days of the old stage, the queen, accompanied by two pilgrim guides, appears at Bryn Mawr. Despite her high rank and dignity she soon finds that her lot is the common lot of all Freshmen. The royal road to learning is much obstructed by entrance examinations, English and Latin conditions, Rhetoric Quizzes, Parallel Papers, Proctors and the like. Indeed, the dancing, biological bees are her only solace and reminder of the gaity of sweet France. So it is with no slight joy, that one day hearing the voice of her beloved Louis singing a familiar song, she answers with the second verse and, as he appears, throws herself ecstatically into his arms. Then the class-mates of the queen, attracted by the young courtiers attendant upon his majesty, make themeslves very agreeable. Before the royal pair depart, the Mor- pheus Club entertains them in fitting manner with laughter and sighs and tea. [Curtain, Flowers and Applause from 1903.] MarjoriE S. Canan. Arrljrc a $$tm$ Tune — Tinker ' s Chorus from Robin Hood. Words by Genevieve Winterbotham. We are the archers of the court, Our bows, they are of yew, sir, And be the distance long or short, Our arrows will fly true, sir. With a zip, zip, zing, And a snap of the string, We shoot at the target so, sir. All you stand of the Archer ' s band At the court of Louis Seize, sir.

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(Flje pilgrim of f yxiqubb Gin 1303 ariJlj % rnmpltatpnta nf 1934 Notttmfor a, 131111 Louis XVI Virginia Ckauvenet Monsieur Lombard Louise Peck Due de Pignon Adola Greely Baron de Brie Katharine Dudley M. Chauvent Edith McMurtrie Mile Bernard Helen Howell Mile Fleuret Marjorie Sellers Mile Parnasse Leslie Clark Piety Harriet Southerland Patience Jeannette Hemphil l Jealousy Ethel Peck Hypocrisy Lucy Lombardi and Marie Antoinette Hope Woods Miss Cerberus Helen Amy Christiana Phyllis Green Curiosities. Martha Rockwell, E. Silkman, Esther Sinn, H. Clough, Elsie Kohn, Sue Swindell. Stage Manager G. Winterbotham Business Manager Helen Amy Musical Director Nannie Adaire When our class prepared to make its ddbut in the college dramatic world, its ambitions soared high. Nothing less than a queen, and she Marie Antoinette of France, herself, did it bring to Bryn Mawr as a Pilgrim of Progress, seeking to get ahead. When one thinks of all that the royal personage might have gained, it seems too bad that she lived so long before the Fall of 1900. The play begins with the ladies and gentlemen of the French Court gracefully amusing themselves at bow-and-arrow practice. With them is the king, whose bad shot has just been concealed by a burst of ap- plause, when the queen enters impetuously. With a little song and words not to be gainsaid, she declares her weariness of court fashion and folly and her determination to fly to America to seek protection and learning at Bryn Mawr. There is a flutter of surprise, a vain murmur

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iHara Antateifr Tune — From The Serenade. Words by Genevieve F. Winterbotham. A queen there lives both rich and great, Her king and courtiers adore her, But by some sad decree of fate, Display and homage bore her. She wants to know what women do, Not be a dressed-up dolly. She wants to get some muscle, too, Which courtiers think folly. She ' s traveled near, she ' s traveled far, In search of true perfection; ' Tis never found save at Bryn Mawr, And there she seeks protection. ®fj? Hfeaat j tmg Tune — He was a Little Tin Soldier. Words by Genevieve F. Winterbotham. She is a sullen Sophomore songster, Mad as a bird can be. She is a mathematic monster, Run on the double rule of three. They call the Freshmen to migrate, Get them a private car. They bully us and bother us, and bore us; Take them away from Bryn Mawr.