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

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WE are having a foreword because Hobie says Mr. Clarke says it will look better, and we are ver} ' particular about looks. So far as we know, no class has ever had a foreword before, which was rather against it to Leila, the conservative member of our board, but when we pointed out to her that it would be a good place to state our motto, she was reconciled to it. She thinks a good deal of that motto, does Leila; in fact, we all do, when it comes to that, and it seems as if the class were with us. Our motto is There is no hurry. Some of them wanted Haste makes waste, but that seemed to us to be a bit stereotyped, and we are nothing if not spontaneous. It is our conviction that to a patient class like 1911, a mere matter of a week or so, or perhaps a year or so, sooner or later, principally later, will make no difference at all, and though we are natu- rally spontaneous, we are capable of living up to our convictions. Besides, we will all enjoy reading the class book to our grandchildren more, if it hasn ' t been about the house too long. For ourself, we fancy something fresh for grandchildren — it seems more wholesome. We hope that other classes, who have known us in college, may sometimes care to look over and read our book. We hope English readers will not, or, if they do, will omit the foreword, as we are painfully conscious of a lack of transition just here. And we will be glad if any of our friends find anything to interest them in these pages. But, in explanation more than in apology, we announce here that this book is primarily for the Class of 1911 and wholly by and about the Class of 1911. We are deeply and frankly interested in ourselves as a class, and now that we are out of college, we want, more than ever, to emphasise our entity and continued existence as a class. Few of us can write well, those who can do not put their fine writing here. Here it is our pleasure to recall and to record any- thing that brings back the spirit of the class, both serious and gay — not only events and experiences at Bryn Mawr, but all the characteristics, even to follies and shortcomings, that we shared, and that bound us more closely together. In short, a frank case of spread-peacock. Now we have written a foreword — quite the first that has ever come from our honest pen. You may say what you like about it, we suppose that, like most work of human hands, it has its defects, but, take it all in all, it is a foreword, and as such we glory in it. We herewith have the honour of presenting the book of the Class of 1911. Marion Stubges Scott. 426411

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PAGE Foreword 7 Offices held by 1911 11 The First Ten 14 Scholarships Received by Members of 1911 .... 15 Our First Class Meeting, Marguerite H. Layton . . 16 Rush Nights, Margaret A. Prussing 18 Choosing the Class Animal, Catherine Lyman Delano 20 191 l ' s Singing, Margery Smith 23 Every Freshman; or, Not Vulgar But, Leila Houghteling 28 Behind the Scenes, Margaret Jefferys Hobart .... 80 Gym Drills, Marion D. Crane 34 Breaks, Phyllis Rice, Ruth Tanner, Mary Williams . . 38 Freshman Class Supper, Frances Porter 40 The Soul, Ruth Wells 41 On Freshman Year, Marion Slurges Scott 44 1912 Couchant, 1911 Rampant; or, How We Rid the College of an Injurious Custom, Amy Morehead Walker 48 Commuting and the Cloistered Life, Jessie Clifton . SO The Gym Contest, Isobel M . Rogers 52 1911 a la Mode, Margaret Jefftrys Hobart 58 1911 en Negligee; or, Dramatics, Marion Sturgcs Scott 56 Sunday Breakfast, Margaret A. Prussing 60 Lantern Night, Helen Iluss Park-hurst 64 The Political Rally, Amy Morehead Walker .... 66 Precious Stones, Rosalind Fay Mason 68 College Periodicals, Leila Houghteling 70 The Mystery of the Peacock ' s Squawk, Louise S. Russell 72 Farewell to 1909, Amy Morehead Walker 75 Athletic Statistics 78 English Major, Alice Eichberg 86 On Becoming Upperclassmen, Marion Sturges Scott . 89 The Passing of Milk Lunch, Catherine Lyman Delano 92 College Songs, Alice Eichberg 95 Table Emotions, Virginia Custer Canan 97 Banner Nights, Marion Sturges Scott 99 Lab, May Margaret Egan 102 Proctors, Margaret Jefferys Hobart 105 Track, Isobel M. Rogers 107 May Day from the Inside, Catherine Lyman Delano . 109 May Day from the Outside, Louise S. Russell .... 112 Quizzes, Jessie Clifton 115 Athletic Scenes, Helen Emerson 117 The Nurse, a Four Years ' Reactionary by a Patient Senior, Rosalind Fay Mason 121 The Jubilee, May Margaret Egan 123 pagb Our Senior Melodrama, Catherine Lyman Delano. . . 127 Orals, an Exploded Superstition, Rosalind Fay Mason 131 M akuons vs. One ' s Favourite Author, Hele n H. L. Henderson 133 How To Keep a Secret, Marguerite H. Layton .... 136 Chinese Poetry, Helen Huss Parkhurst 138 Class Goats; or, Apologia pro Vita Mea, Margaret Jefferys Hobart 140 Fire Drills as Seen by the Unsophisticated, Leila Houghteling and Catherine layman Delano 143 Water Polo, Isobel M. Rogers 145 Songs of 1911, Charlotte Isabel Ctaflin 146 Note Taking, Marion Sturges Scott 148 To the Senior Steps, Rosalind Fay Mason 150 Half an A. B., Elizabeth Willis Taylor 151 On the Right Track, Alpine B. Parker 153 Senior Year Dramatics, Margaret A. Prussing . . . 155 Lectures; or, Tailor-made and Taylor-maid, Margaret Jefferys Hobart 158 Scarlet Fever 160 R-revenge, Rosalind Fay Mason 161 Twenty Years Later, Leila Houghteling and Catherine Lyman Delano 162 Picnics, Marion Sturges Scott 162a Major Polecon, Margery Hoffman 163 The Hyena Club, Margery Smith 167 1912 ' s Junior-Senior Supper, Marion Sturges Scott . 173 The Old Gym and me New, Leila Houghteling .... 175 Farewell to the Library, Margery Smith 177 3.00 A. M. and All ' s Well, Rosalind Fay Mason ... 179 Faculty Reception, Agnes Lawrence Murray .... 181 Senior Class Supper, Marion D. Crane 184 The Treasurer ' s Report, Isobel M. Rogers 186 Academia, Margery Smith 187 When Greek Meets Greek, Leila Houghteling .... 189 The Passing of the Sweet Girl Graduate, Ruth Wells 191 The Class Prophecy, Margery Hoffman 193 Bonfires 203 Garden Pahties, Esther Stuart Cornell and Marion Sturges Scott 204 Commencement Rehearsal, Margaret A. Prussing . . 208 The Commencement Procession, Alpine B. Parker . .211 The Last Lap of the Course; or, The Exit of 1911, Margaret Jefferys Hobart 214 Our Last Class Meeting, Catherine Lyman Delano . . 218 In Memoriam 220 L ' Envoi, Marion Sturges Scott 221 Class Addresses 222 In Memoriam 228 The Faculty 229