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2L tjjrougl) a glas SaMp I believe that we spent almost as much time as 1907 in preparing for their Sophomore play. We had to write songs in their praise, and in those days we wrote many; we had to vote upon them, and in those days we voted by ballot; we had to learn to sing them, and in those days we tried to master tunes and did memorise words. We rushed to Pennocks ' , hurried to the garret to root out best bib and tucker we were very busy. At last 1907 introduced us to college dramatics. Be it said that all of us promptly fell in love with The Good-Natured Man and with the rickety gym. stage, and that our affection for both has never wavered. How could we help adoring Eunice Schenck ' s doleful countenance and dismal platitudes, Alice Gerstenberg ' s wifely sarcasm and insistent good-humour, Gertrude Hill ' s excellent acting and stun- ning appearance. The gay costumes, the picturesque garden, the rosy bower, all delighted our childish souls. We were further excited by our responsibilities. To sing so that our glorious sentiments might be heard in spite of the gallery, ( 1905 ! ! !) such was our Herculean task. We thought our Glee Club quintette equal to the occasion (especially if urged on by Cal). Alas, we are older and wiser now, so wise that we prefer a chorus of discord to a few dulcet voices, raised in unison, so old that we speak of the Good- Natured Man as one of the most pleasant happenings of the days when we were young. Alice Sachs.
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Mentor i eceptton 1905 « 1908 In October of 1904, 1905 gave us our first college reception in the Owl Hall of Rockefeller. We arrived or were taken in all lengths of best evening frocks — and some of us in gloves! — to a bower never equalled by the pallid effects in the gym. Autumn foliage bid the yellow newness of Rock, and tiny red bulbs everywhere twinkled a jovial 1905 welcome. Patiently we conversed with strange beings to whom our only link was the pasteboard tags they wore, and joyously we ate basketfuls of doughnuts and apples and drank much cider. But all this paled before the stunts on the stair-landing where Freddie Lefevre reigned as a Spanish dancer, while Peggy Ayer hung devotedly over the bannisters. But the hits, the very palpable hits, so far as the Freshmen were concerned, came when 1905 sat on the steps and sang. Individually impressive, as a body in evening dress they were invincible. Then began the bloodless slaughter that left each of us prostrate before some haughty divinity. It was a great night for Freshmen. We were elated not only by the glory of our hostesses but by the sense of our own nascent cleverness. For when we rose to sing our class song, no Hail to thee, Alma Mater ! sounded (in the words of a green freshman alias E. M.) but our own bona fide In praise of thee, oh 1908 was shouted uncertainly, on many keys, but still triumphantly. That was 1908 ' s moment. What mattered our long practising of Hail to thee, or our hasty piratical class meeting at six, back of Radnor? The triumph was ours, we had outwitted the wits. Like good sports, they forgave us; and it was well for it needed united strength to withstand the dread revelations made in chapel Monday morning. Grape stains defiled the bridal newness of Rock. ! No more class receptions to be held in the halls of residence was the edict of the office. Thus passed the first and the last Senior reception that was a thing of beauty. Mayone Lewis.
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