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

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THE CHARM OF 1916 — A CRITICAL PAPER Piatt— Continueb PAGE II. Upon the King — Your Burdens Lay Upon the King, Larie Klein 36 III. We Are Twelve, Constance Dowd 39 IV. Every Senior Wears a Diamond Ring 41 V. 1916 Shines Out in the Wide, Wide World, Emilie Strauss 42 VI. Ich Weiss Nicht Wass Soll Es Bedeuten, Adeline Werner 44 VII. Coach Praises Glee Club Mikado (Revised) 45 VIII. Art is Long, but Easily Shortened, Buck-tier Kirk 48 IX. Now We Don ' t Give a , Constance Kellen 50 X. The Good Ship You Nevek Can Tell Clears the Reefs, Alice Ian Horn .... 52 XL Variety is the Spick of Life, Florence Hitchcock 55 XII. Virtue is its Own Reward, Constance Dowd 58 XIII. There Were Giants in Those Days 61 D. Conclusion The Imperative IV 65 The Singular Number 66 I. Meddling Mutes Make Melodious Medley, Eleanor Clinton 67 II. We Begin to Exercise Our Faculties, Catherine Godley 69 III. Morning Thoughts Do Cheer the Day, Buckner Kirk 71 IV. 1916 ' s Requiem is a Psalm of Strife, Eleanor Hill 74 The Gym as the Architect Planned It 75 Bibliography 77

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THE CHARM OF 1916 — A CRITICAL PAPER A. $roem This is the proem ! prime evil ! The groans and the sighs of the workers, Striving, regardful of English, For unity, mass, and coherence. Lo, though our Latin ' s forgotten, Though naught of Biology lingers, The paths in our brain have been stamped With unity, mass, and coherence. Ah, vainly we sought to escape them; Like Arnold, our thought must be molded, Must flow in harmonious cadence, With unity, mass, and coherence. Hence this book is a critical -paper; Its theme — used for ballads and Marlowe — (Our Charm is an Undefined Something ) Gives us unity, mass, and coherence. Accept, in the spirit ' tis offered, Our lunacy, mess, interference.