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

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16 THE B OOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN Pharaoh, and stretched forth her rod in the sight of all the people, and spake with a loud voice: 9. Now verily must ye let my people go. 10. But the councillors would not. 11. Then spake Moses again: If ye do not let the people go, verily dire plagues shall come upon you. And having spoken she departed from their midst. 12. Then Moses stretched forth her rod and the plague of scarlet came upon the land. 13. That night there arose a great wail in the province of Mer-i-On, and the children murmured against Moses, and said: 14. What is this that thou hast brought upon us? For we would rather make bricks in the land of Kam-Pus than that redness should overcast our countenances. 15. On the morrow Mar-en-Ra rose up in the assembly of the people and said: 16. Depart hence, ye children, out of the land, before noon this day get ye hence. Take with you your wives and your children, your oxen and your asses, your ornaments of gold and of brass, and all that is not your room-mate ' s. Show not your faces again within the borders of the land; nevertheless, make ye bricks while ye are gone. If 17. And after the children of Israel were gone out of the land, came Pharaoh again with her treasurer, bringing no trophies save only a mummy: which men claim to have seen, howbeit I have not. Jean Davis.

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THE BOOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN 15 Cgppt ant) t )t plague NOW in the reign of Pharaoh Thomasis, in the twenty-sixth year of her reign, did she call unto her her two councillors who stand by her throne, Isis and Mar- en-Ra, and opened her mouth and said: 2. ' Behold, I go into a far country, even unto the land of Egypt, and while I am gone see ye to it that the children of Israel work as hard as before; and ye shall give them no straw, nevertheless, demand the same number of bricks. 3. And if they deliver not the bricks at the times which we have set, ye shall beat them with rods. 4. And when she had made an end of speaking, she departed and went her way unto the land of Egypt, and took with her no army, but only her faithful treasurer. [5. Now after that she had departed there arose great groanings in the land, and the children of Israel began mightily to complain, so that they went both singly and together unto the councillors, and besought them, saying, 6. O mighty councillors, let us depart we pray you, from the land of Kam-Pus that we may journey into the wilderness and celebrate a festival unto our gods with the dance. Six days will we journey and return unto you again. 7. But the councillors smiled and would not let the people go. 8. Then arose in the land of Kam-Pus Moses Sheldonis, dear unto the heart of

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THE BOOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN 17 ifreatyman Supper ALL through Freshman year sophisticated upper classmen tell us, that not until after Freshman class supper would we feel ourselves truly a part of the college or even a real class. So when the night arrived we assembled in the lower hall of Pembroke West, each in her best evening dress and her hair fixed as if for the outside world. It was the first time we had seen ourselves in real party clothes, and as we looked around at our friends and neighbors, and remembered the reflection in our own mirrors, we proudly con- gratulated ourselves upon being by far the best looking class in college. When we were all in our places, Nancy Van Dyke started — Rush on O Freshmen, and we marched into the dining-room shouting this our first song. Pembroke dining-room looked as it has looked for many a Freshman supper — only a little better. The rest of the college lined the walls of the room where for a time they made comments upon our appearance, laughed at our stunts, and cheered Ethel ' s first speech. Then, delighted at our daring, we sang them out class by class, and the fun really began. We sang every song known to College, with extra vim those that did not belong to us — especially the odd class sanctum sanctorum Side-by-side. And its parody Side by side as we always wash our heads, etc., suggestive of early Sunday mornings. Between courses various members of the class distinguished themselves in orating. Betty made the tears run down our cheeks — but more merry tears the passion of loud laughter never shed. Beaney talked athletics as she plays a game — lots of pep and no frills. Mary Shipley did not tell us what would happen Supposing Lill should not be in bed by nine — but how could she, for such a thing had never happened. The Dwarfs from Freshman show did Eggs. We had Julia ' s walk. I am sick, I must die. Lord have mercy on us, by Miss Donelly. A lecture from Dr. De Laguna, alias Betty Lord; and the giants, with Toit bringing up the rear. After all the stunts and speeches we sang until an hour unheard of in College except at