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The Only Ones That Didn ' t Care A Damn Four weeks after 1920 entered college we had become famous. Not through effort of mind or muscles did we reach this exalted degree, but only through full development of our natural animal spirits. A new era was ushered into Bryn Mawr; the fall of 1916 was marked by the most thrilling incident of the last decade. 1919 voted us Fresh. In accordance with a tradition which for some years past it has not been necessary to revive, they dubbed us beyond the pale of decent society and cast us into outer darkness. Can we ever forget the solemn portent of those days, when Freshman greeted Freshman with awe-stricken whisper, and when only a common bond of misery kept us from complete despair? It was the fall weather, combined with quarantine, that made us so kittenish. In dining room or Pembroke arch, at hockey field or Senior steps, we did everything in the wrongest way possible, till Sunday afternoons buzzed with the tale of our sins. The News opened the formal campaign with a sentimental headline, Our Peg Squelches Freshmen. A series of properly shocked articles followed, and we were informed by the Honorable Editor that Miss Verdant Greene has but little more time to put away childish things before she may be dealt with very stringently. We should have become enraged, and have burnt the editors in effigy. ' 21 has since shown us the correct reaction to such a rebuke. But our overdeveloped sense of humor urged us to give them something to be shocked about. By November the Dirty Seven had gained a decided headwav in their desire to make the campus a snappy place to live in. Their repertoire included all things desirable, from picking up handsome youths in automobiles to swiping Peg ' s B. M. sweater from the sidelines. The climax came with Sloanie ' s and Peggy Dent ' s mad plunge through flower vases out Hel ' s window, and in the desecration of ' 17 ' s banner by six common bath towels. Our tale of crime was quickly told, and retribution was swift and sure. The red and green stood side by side in many firm interviews. In vain Mudge and Marty plead for us — our innocence and our childish pleasure; the hearts of the powers that be were not softened. ' 19 took us to Sophomore Dance with smiling faces, and the next day sent us The Letter. Peg Hutchins staggered into the dining room with that tragedy queen expression, and reduced Phoebe to sobs at the disgrace she, the Secre- tary, had brought upon the class. No words can describe the blackness of the gloom that settled upon us. Peg, overwhelmed by the shock, departed to the Infirmary, leav- ing Phoebe and me to deal with the awful tragedy. With the help of the dictionary we answered ' 19 ' s letter and then miserably awaited the class meeting. The solemn session was opened by the reading of the letter. Phoebe did it well, although she choked over uncalled for actions. The class sat with trembling lips and tragic eyes, as one by one the Dirty Seven stood before them and apologized. I closed the meeting with an impassioned appeal for us to rise up from the ashes of our dead hopes, and to renew the freshness of our youth in the paths of peace. Title supplied by editors. MlLLICENT CAREY 15
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Prelude to Act I. At our first class meeting, it seemed as if all the important people in college came and spoke to us. Looking calmly back, we see that Les and Charlotte Dodge were there. They sternly impressed on us the importance of keeping the song a secret. In fact, the gravity of their speeches forbids us to quote them in a light article. After the class meeting was over, Peg Hutchins drew me aside, and peering fur- tively around, whispered, Of course, you know I want to see you about the song. I had guessed as much. I wonder now why all the Sophomores had not also guessed it, for no two people could have been more obvious conspirators. We instinctively gravitated toward the graveyard, thinking it a retired spot, and commenced a preliminary examination of the tombstones. No Sophomores were, lurking behind. We were just settling down to scan Tramp, tramp in an elaborate system of dead leaves and nut shells which we thought would give an illusion of un- disturbed nature if Sophs appeared unexpectedly, when a carriage drove up. Two ladies got out. Acting on the first law of sleuth — that all persons shall be considered guilty until proved innocent — we assumed that they were Sophomores in disguise. For some time we watched them with a suspicion which they did not at all understand. I think our inspection of the inside of their pony cart, if they saw it, must have con- firmed them in the obvious supposition that we were insane. At last the song was composed, and we went back to the campus. Apparently the Sophomores had noticed more than we thought, for from the time I was seen with Peg, my room was subjected to thorough searching. The climax came when Edith Rondinella, showing an interest in me that has never reappeared, kept me out of my room by translating my Latin for the next day, while Cornelia Hayman systematically went through everything in my room. She even got a locksmith from Haverford to take the rivets off my trunk, when she couldn ' t find a key that would unlock it. Milly Peacock led three passionate young scientists on a sightseeing tour through Dalton. After examining the curiosities of the geology department, they found them- selves locked in. A thorough search revealed to Milly Carey an exit by the window and fire escape, quite feasible for Meenie and herself. But Queenie was too long to turn the corner. Milly stayed just long enough to absorb from Queenie enough of Robert ' s Rules of Order to last through her various presidential careers. Then she left Meenie alone with Queenie. Wasn ' t that nice of Milly !? Then she descended the fire escape where Milly Peacock immediately joined her. But these were not the only people who did not feel lonely during the first days of college. Our new theme pads and pencils were irresistable to ' 19, who smelled a rat even where none existed. Then they had to stay and explain the vagaries of the English department to us, and with their help most of us flunked. But just before Parade Night we weren ' t particularly interested in themes. Margaret Littell Doris Pitkin The editors are in doubt as to which kind of punctuation they should use.
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