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

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THE 1923 CLASS BOOK I ' m just a wee woman. And you ask me to run like A great swift horse Down the field ! How tender a thing is a woman ' s Hand — and you ask Me to carry this great rough I -og of a hockey stick ! How charming a thing is the gentle Rise and fall of a woman ' s chest As she breathes — and softly sighs — And you ask me to run till I heave and gasp like a Great strangled beast! How lovely a thing is A woman in repose and at peace — And you ask me to become all Warlike and agitated And make bold and unshapely motions. Hockey is not for wee women. 15

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THE 1923 CLASS BOOK iUg laugljirr, ©li, ffl% lauglffrr! Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D. C. My dear Miss Ruth: Your father, an old friend of mine, has sent me your note to him in which you ask him to procure from me an article on Helen Taft, an appreciation in lighter vein . Really this asks more than I am capable of. I do appreciate Helen in all veins serious and light, but being her father, family modesty should make me hesitate to comply with your request. I have often been asked to write impossible articles on impossible subjects. I have usually found in such cases that the person who asks and suggests has something definite in mind and ought to have written it without seeking expression of it through another. More than this, though Helen is now in London with her husband and her baby engaged in research on which to base theses for Ph. D. degrees for all three, she will return next Fall and I would not dare expose myself to her criticism of anything which 1. in my innocency of the higher standard of criticism of the educated female mind, might say in praise of her. I might dwell on features of her character and incidents of her career which she would wish to minimize or ignore, or I might fail to laud traits and talents that I have not discovered, but which she with her better opportunity for observations and after conference with her husband properly appraises. Surely you would not wish to introduce into our now happy fanr ' ly relations any such possibility of disturbance. For these reasons, my dear Miss Ruth, I must ask you to excuse me from essaying the difficult and dangerous task you would impose. I know the im- portance which you emphasize in your note to your father, of making the 1923 Class Book of Bryn Mawr a success, but you would not, I am sure, sacrifice the possibility of my future happiness in attaining it. With best wishes. Sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft. Note: — Mr. Taft has since retracted and given us carte blanche. 14

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THE 1923 CLASS BOOK 51jp Sltqitpttf nf Samtmtg tlir iutttpr Table talk at Bryn Mawr is traditional. As the traditions of an institu- tion are supposedly peculiar (very) to that institution, it is probable that fresh- men are not accustomed to this form of table talk. — at least those freshmen coming, as some of them are apt to, from politer circles. The ensuing chart, listing the correct conversation for each course will therefore be of help, es- pecially when one ' s neighbor is a debutante or an athlete, with whom one has no other common complaint. I. Water. You should say to your partner on your right, gazing searclvngly into your glass, ' ' Ugh ! To which she should reply, How perfectly vile ! This may lead to a discussion of what was observed under the microscope in Bi. Helpful Hints: 1. It ' s only an ant. 2. You inadvertently drink the water anyway. II. Soup : You should say to your partner on your right, pushing it away, Ugh ! To which she replies, Dishwater! This leads to a discussion of why one should eat soup from the side of a spoon which comes to a convenient point? Helpful Hints: 1. Who bit this spoon? III. Meat: You should say to the partner on your right, What, if anything, is this? To which she replies, Meat. This leads to a discussion of the species, family and gender of the animal which produces the college meat. Helpful Hints: 1. Goat. — in which case we wish it had remained wild and free - ' forever. 2. Tin cans. a. one can die from eating canned meat. 1). one probably won ' t. IV. Spinach : You should say to the waitress, No thanks, — then turning to your right 16