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Where There ' s a Will There ' s a Way Our education was progressing famously under ' 17 ' s able supervision, when the time arrived for Lesson Two. It came in the shape of Freshman Show. They told us that you never know your class till you give a play. It would be equally true to say that you do not know the office till then. But before the play is over, you arrive at a working knowledge of its nature and habits — unless you have perished in the struggle. The first hitch in proceedings came when Milly Peacock discovered our animal was to be a Jabberwock. As soon as it had been changed, the committee kept it a secret even from the class, although it did not require a brilliantly inductive mind to guess t hat nimble little Fox made an excellent rhyme to lair among the rocks. After that, our indefatigable committee made eight abortive attempts to compose a show that would not require: a. Too much effort for the class. b. Too much expense. c. Too much tolerance on the part of the Seniors. Finally, P. T. made confusion worse confused by saying that we must give a Noah ' s Ark, waxworks, or a vaudeville. Some master mind — probably Lorna ' s — saw an opening at this point. The show, as presented to P. T., consisted of (a), song; (b), dance; (c), whistling stunt, etc. Then it was presented as a full-fledged musical comedy, while someone in an inconspicuous spot set up the appropriate letters for each feature. P. T., as we had been at some pains to find out beforehand, was not in Bryn Mawr at the time. At the crucial moment, a new merit regulation deprived the choruses of their best voices. This difficulty was easily overcome by slipping the girls in question in as negroes, where detection, to say the least, would have been difficult. The dress rehearsal was a long-drawn-out agony. The singers were flat; the dancers were everything they shouldn ' t be; the spotlight left the principals in darkness, and played erratically over the holes in the choruses ' stockings and unpainted por- tions of the backdrop. Encouraging people told us that the worse the dress rehearsal went, the better the play would be; and then predicted enormous success for the next night. Miracles occasionally happen. Minstrel Show was one, the Circus was another, but Freshman Show eclipsed even these. Gerry alone was worth the price of admis- sion. Even one of The News ' well refrigerated write-ups thawed a little when it came to her. Everyone who had seen the rehearsal was agreeably startled when the choruses began at the same time as the music. Jinks started by captivating the leader of the orchestra, and ended by enthralling the audience. She whistled not wisely but too 17
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well, for she has never been allowed to do anything else. The enthusiasm that the cavemen called forth would have been a good argument for Ibanez; and if Maude Adams had asked, Do you believe in fairies? anyone who had seen Zin dance would have had to answer, Yes. The Light Blue had flashed in triumph from behind the footlights! Doris Pitkin Leading Ladies We sing of the mighty Red Seniors Who made our young lives simply — well, They were typified by those fair Graces, The trio, Peg, Monic and Hel. Oh ! Monica flirted with Savvy, Who thought that her writing was swell ; And as for athletics, they centered In mighty Peg Thompson and Hel. The class as a whole was quite bumptious. As Monica showed us quite well ; And Peggy was not far behind her, But greatest of these was our Hel ! Then sing of those mighty Red Seniors, Whose exploits we still sometimes tell ; And those very remarkable ladies, The trio, Peg, Monic and Hel. Doris Pitkin 18
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