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

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Third Fragment T || iHE heels of their fine leather shoes were a bit worn down, and the nicely tailored skirts were supported by monstrous safety pins. But they were not distressed by the fate of their clothes, for now they could make a proper appearance on the sacred steps. These they could walk or run up and down as often as they liked. Some, to show their disdain of the so-called privile ge had escaped from the cult. This was a violent shock to the others and made them uneasy. They would have liked to have told them about their new experiences. Now they would often walk past their picturesque temple, away from the bustle of the campus and seek out the wise ones in their retreats. How different was the atmosphere in those hallowed places! There was over all the hush of scholarly minds at work, that filled them with awe, but once they had stumbled across the threshold they often stayed for two and three hours. Seated at the great ones ' feet they would sip teas of foreign lands and listen to words of wisdom. The building of mysterious smells had also a great attraction. They were all allowed time in it, but some relinquished to the more eager the great chance of carrying on the problems and experiments they had left unfinished. These fortunate ones would spend hours detecting and tracing smells. They would have liked to share such pleasures with those who had left them But their indifference led to wonder on the part of the Bryn Mawrtyrs about the outside world in which they had chosen to live. The rumours of it that reached the cult more and more often as the year passed left them bewildered. This was because of their difficulty in understanding the word unemployment. But once they had grasped it they were sure it could be corrected with the unit system. One day however, the Dean warned them that the time was approaching when they would have to go out into the world and that they should expect to be com- pletely unprepared for it. This terrified them so much that they determined to pay a few visits to it, but the people of Philadelphia played a trick on them. They built two new stations, and our class who had grown unaccustomed to such progressiveness were terribly i (infused. They remembered the little white mice in the maze and earnestly followed the trial and error procedure, but the cues were too reduced and in the end, having missed all their trains, they returned to the simplicity of cult life very much depressed. They did not seem to come together as much as they had in former times, for awakened, their souls had leaped off in startling directions. Nevertheless they were still cherishing the lily and they had even begun to be more interested in the loal ill bread. lint they had more pressing matters to discuss. After a social i affein pill they would settle down to discussing the question of the headache. They would agree with one another that the foreign beverages were tun [intent and the smells loo strong, bul they did not know where to turn for a remedy. There were no more delightful body mci hanii S ( lasses and they had forgotten then ' relax- ation exer ises. What was to Ik- done lor their falling arches and backaches? Then ' . , ,• Seventeen

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JUNIOR YEAR

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too, their tongues were pink according to this year ' s health cards instead of red as formerly. It was no cause for wonder that they could not seem to do more than six hours of work above the required forty a week. Naturally it was impossible to attend the Concert Series that they used to enjoy so much. Once they did go but suddenly conscience-stricken began to leave in the middle. The music department itself chased them and brought them back. They never went again. In the spring the Japanese princess came to see them, and the Peace Caravan, but all these was not enough to make up for the blow that came at the end of the year. Miss Garvin was going away, probably never to return again, but she left the lily in their care and asked for only the tiniest slice of bread. Class Officers 1930-1931 President . Vice-President Secretary . . Harriet Moore Josephine Graton Elizabeth Gill (resigned) Constance Ralston SELF-GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Executive Board Alice Hardenbergh Jean Bruere Josephine Graton Secretary ...... Elizabeth Gill (resigned) Margaret Bradley Page Eighteen