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

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The Year Book of 19 3 3 which were, to say the least, Hberal. Soon Miss Park, a largely mythical figure to us, departed for the wilderness. With the coming of winter Body Mechanics joined Diction in slightly retarding our loss of grace and charm. The Second Shepherd ' s Play and Pygmalion constituted our send ' ofF for Christmas. We left, to mix relaxation with ' War and Peace. January found our intellects uppermost, and more distinctive desires suppressed. In February, when the strain of our first Midyears (think of it!) was over, we had our first, last and only fire drill from Taylor, staged by the noble Hirschberg. The Freshman Show climaxed several hectic weeks, leaving us many flowers, a distrust for Sophmores, and a somewhat flattened feeling. Our next memory is Miss Carey ' s talk on campus dress. We were unscathed, since our finery had yet to decay. Soon we were thrown into dismay by the combined forces of news of the New Curriculum, Mrs. Dalloway, and Whitehead. Any dissociated personalities we have now may be attributed to these disturbing influ ' ences. April brought the Constant Islymph, which we were to appreciate more and more as the years went by, and with it the tea dance, now a faded memory. May entered with singing and dancing, and many, many hoops not given to Freshmen. Then one night we were roused from our beds by a serenade en masse from Swarthmore, and an unfulfilled promise of its repetition; perhaps it is as well that it remained unique. After this ' 33 resolved to rehabilitate the college ' s reputation for sweet ' ness and light by abolishing Freshmen Night. Our animal spirits won, however. And after that came peace, playing on lower campus, exams, and dispersion. -[ 14 ]

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The Year Book of 1933 CHAPTER ONE On September 25, 1929, at 6:30 in the evening, we hundred and score noble virgins seated ourselves in Pembroke Hall before plates of brown and evil soup. We proved our courage by consuming it utterly. Thus, symboHcally, the indomitable will of ' 33 was set forth. This was only the first of many ordeals designed to eliminate the unfit, if there were any such. Next we had to learn the lay of the campus, in spite of the decorative twists of the Handbook map. This effort ended in success, as did also those to learn the workings of the library and the whims of the Self-Government Association. Our achievements on the English Placement Tests alone remain a mystery. Five days later the upperclass ' men invaded our new domain. We held doors open for them, but we were having as good a time as they were, so what of it? The triumphant result of our Parade Night assured us that we were of no inferior mettle. Our scholastic careers, too, began to take form. We all ordered Barrett Wendell ' s English Composition and Hill ' s Rhetoric to be the nuclei of what would undoubtedly be distinguished libraries in the near future. Distribution, of caps and gowns in which we were to sing in Greek, no less, marked the climax of our elation at being in college. When we had appeared in this same costume for one whole Monday, the novelty wore off. From then on we began to feel chagrin at being only Fresh ' men. On Banner Night the Juniors gave a skit taking off professors we didn ' t even know. We were left with a slightly hollow feeling. The next great occasion was the first of the Bryn Mawr series. We all turned out in our best dresses, prepared to absorb Culture. Alas, that in years to come we should only remember the occasion when the pre miere danseuse nearly lost her skirt; Hallowe ' en brought various excite ' ments. Denbigh, stronghold of democracy, celebrated innocently with a pig. But in Merion, where a primeval caste system still prevailed, Fresh ' men were frightened all night only to be humiliated the next morning. The less intellectual side of college, which most of us had become aware of through wide-eared listening in the smoking rooms, found overt expression in the Pembroke Passion Players. The discussion of the Liquor Question in the Auditorium awakened us further to opinions ■ [ 13 ]

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The Year Book of 1933 BIG SHOTS 1929 30 Class Walcott, President Williams, Freshman Show Manager Morison, Song Mistress Self -Government Bowditch, Advisory Board League Burnett, Weld, Advisory Board -[ 1 ]-