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

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w : Four Bright Years OR THE ROVER GIRLS COME TO COLLEGE CHAPTER ONE r HEN Taylor Tower hove in view the Rover girls set up the rousingest of cheers at the thought of being Freshmen at Bryn Mawr. The first adven- ture was a physical examination which proved something not quite so much fun; but it was soon over and they could look back on it and laugh. And you may be sure Miss Applebee laughed loudest of all, for she was a peach of a good sport and always saw to it that Bryn Mawr won the Hockey championship if any- one could. The spirit that prevailed was wonderful. No door was too heavy for the Freshmen to hold open and they did it with a grin a mile long. Well, perhaps not quite a mile long, but an awfully long grin anyway. Everybody always went to all the hockey games, and a Huzza! for the team it was and with a will too. It was bully, just bully. But college was not all fudge and skittles for these fun-loving girls. They must perforce sacrifice some of the girlish luxuries to which they were accustomed at home. No longer were they allowed the solace of an after-dinner cigarette, or a night-cap before going to bed. However, precisely across from the beautiful college domain lived a kindly gentleman named Mr. Jack who had donated his lovely garden to the use of the hard-working students. It was to this spot that they retired to soothe their jangled nerves with Lucky Strikes (advt.). When Miss Park finally announced that smoking would be permitted on the campus she was given a Greek cheer with nine sky-rockets on the end of it for her plucky statement. The students would do anything for Miss Park, Miss Park would do anything for the students, and the students would do anything for the students, and Miss Park would do anything for Miss Park. There, that clears that up and what a relief you may be sure. Later in the autumn our healthy, nature-loving girls followed a hard and fast Freshman tradition and hiked all the long, long way to historic Valley Forge. This walk was rather a plucky thing to do and the folks at home might not have liked it very well, but the Freshmen of the best college in the world set their jaws and determined to be worthy of Our Gracious Inspiration . They saw some very interesting cannons and climbed the look-out tower, and when they got home at last, you may be sure the canned beans and horse-meat and bad coffee tasted good to them after that long hike. And were there any complaints? I should say not, for the first girl to complain would get the much coveted banner taken away from her class. Her whole class, mind you, so you see that if one girl, just one girl, was naughty the whole class would have to suffer. Then came Freshman Show, the jolliest lark of all. Even if all the girls do not graduate they will have gained a great, great deal of value out of their college days. They will have found Friendship. In this Freshman Show they learned to know each other, which was worth all the trouble and hardship in the world. It was simply great. They cheered and cheered the Juniors, their sister class, then the Juniors cheered them. The very nicest spirit prevailed always at Bryn Mawr. All the classes were like sisters in fact, and the grads too. It was just like one big family. And so the first happy year ended, the most carefree of the four, and all the bright faces and girlish figures scattered for the summer. Page Eleven

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Pooh Bear Thinks of a Hum in the Middle of Dissecting a Dog-Fish Oh, I always want to tell — Just between us two — How the dogfish keep their smell. No matter what you do. Though you use formaldehyde And wash them well inside. It ' s a fact that since they died They ' re turning into glue! Page Twelve