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

 - Class of 1923

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THE 1923 CLASS BOOK hand partner say, Pass me the bread. To which she will say to the person three seats down, Bread. Helpful Hints : 1. It is better to raise your own voice and say Bread, facing the most distant end of the table. 2. This failing, have the bell rung and repeat, Bread . 3. Sometimes the simple expedient of laying the upper part of the body on the table, and reaching the full length of the arm is effective. V. Tomato : You should say to the waitress No thank you, and to your right-hand partner, They use the toast left from breakfast. To which she replies, How perfectly vile. This leads to a discussion of the lack of vitamins in a college meal. Helpful Hints: 1. Lack of vitamins causes scurvy. 2. Scurvy causes the teeth to drop out. VI. Salad : You should say to the partner on your right, What kind of dressing is there? To which she should reply, It ' s perfectly vile. This leads to a dis- cussion of what they do with the inside of the lettuce? Helpful Hints: 1. Lettuce is said to cause cancer. 2. Napoleon died of cancer of the stomach. 3. Th;y used that dressing last night. VII. Dessert: You should say to the partner on your right. 1 wish we ' d have ice-cream. To which she should reply, So do I. This leads to the discussion of Why don ' t they have it ? Helpful Hints: 1. That it is not an ice-cream night. 2. That anything in the form of pudding is an aggregation of the week ' s refuse. 3. That one is still hungry. 17

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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

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