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

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24 THE BOOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN Can at tlyt $an A Melodrama in One Act Time: 1911, October. Scene I: Pembroke Arch. Actors: 1914. Curtain rises. (Taylor Bell striking 7:00. No one in sight. 7:05 — a few stragglers, dressed chiefly in tarns, long coats, and goloshes.) 7:10— N. V. D. — Please get in line, girls. We ' ll have to begin. (A line is formed — with a big gap every third person.) Come on, girls. Don ' t forget, we recite it until we get to the lib. Ready — Pallas A Wait a minute. We ' ll have to begin all over. Everyone must start with the left foot. Like this — Pallas (left), Athene (right). See? Ready — Pallas — Only the leaders wave lanterns. I know they ' re not here yet, but try to get the idea. Watch your spacing. How many people are you allowing for there? three? All right — keep in step — walk straight — don ' t sway — keep your eye on the leaders. Scene 2: In the cloister. (Cad is planted on the edge of the fountain, beating a dishpan, sublimely unconscious of tune or time. The wavering line appears through the doors at each end.) N. V. D. (running from one side to the other, yelling). — Bing, bing— that ' s the time, Cad; can you get it? (To the chorus:) Left, right, left, right. Pallas Athena—get the note— keep in the middle— don ' t cut off the corners— go down the steps together, one at a time, beginning with your left foot — go all the way to the fountain before turning — make a good circle keep on waving your lanterns — can ' t you all sing louder? Scene 3: Later. In the cloister. A Student.— I don ' t like to say anything, but really is a mute, the dangerous kind, you know— the kind that doesn ' t know it and sings loud and is always a shade off. Did you try her out? I think some one ought to tell her. Of course it ' s a delicate matter but

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THE BOOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN 23 € fftce $elfc bp 1914 in fyt gear 19tKt2 President — Ida Pritchett Vice-President — Marion Camp Secretary — Katharine Sergeant Students ' Council — Margaret Sears, Katharine Dodd Self-Government Association. Treasurer — Mary Coolidge Advisory Board — Elizabeth Colt Undergraduate Association. Assistant Treasurer — Laura Delano Christian Association. Secretary — Ida Pritchett Athletic Association. Vice-President — Leah Cadbury Lantern. Treasurer — Elizabeth Braley Tipyn o ' Bob. Editor — Frances Cabot, Mary Coolidge Treasurer — Margaret Sears Equal Suffrage League. Advisory Board — Frances Cabot Philosophical Club. Secretary — Katharine Sergeant College Settlement Association. Secretary — Helen Kirk Consumer ' s League. Treasurer — Montgomery Arthurs Choir — Elizabeth Swan, Lillien Cox, Catherine Westling

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THE BOOK OF THE CLASS OF NINETEEN-FOURTEEN 25 Second Student. — Don ' t yon think it would be better if we put more expression into our singing? For instance, swell on akoue — you know. Third Student. — I don ' t know whether you ' ve noticed it or not, but everyone says my toes instead of mmoa. Of course you know what that means. Fourth Student. — I ' m sorry, but I simply can ' t keep on the tune if you put me between two thirds. I ' m all right with another first or alone, but Fifth Student. — I don ' t like to say anything, but I don ' t think Cad beats that pan in time. Couldn ' t you speak to her about it? I know you ' re awfully busy now, but Sixth Student. — Don ' t you think there should be a fine for non-attendance and also for lateness? Now at 7 o ' clock this morning Seventh Student. — I don ' t think anyone should be allowed to eat apples or study while she ' s practising. It ' s Eighth Student. — We don ' t have to stay here any more this morning, do we? You know there ' s an English quiz and I don ' t know a thing. LlLLIEN COX.