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

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To Dr. Marion Parris Smith and Dr. William Roy Smith

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PROEM A Word, kind friends, ere you begin To give this book your minute scrutiny; We have a bit of explanation Which should precede your examination In order that you find not sin Between these covers, — or even mutiny: This Class of 1936 Has never applauded itself with pride On its serious way of conducting affairs: We have rarely if ever been dignified. Somehow or other at every event That called for our dancing or singing a song We began in traditional calmness until Inevitably, invariably something went wrong, And all of us ended by laughing instead. In this way our college course has been run; Not as expected or planned on but still Turning out right with us all having fun. Now, it ' s not to be thought of that suddenly we Could turn in our tracks and reform on the spot. It wouldn ' t be us if we became solemn And gravely appeared here, — decidedly not! Thus this book isn ' t all that at first sight it seems. It is not a memorial of budding careers, It doesn ' t contain many trustworthy facts Or preach a philosophy of four learned years. There aren ' t any tributes or hails and farewells. But rather, a frivolous spirit prevailed When the editors took to compiling this book And the serious Muses sat by and wailed; For we ' re no more in earnest than ever we ' ve been. If you ' ve opened these covers in reverence to see The testament solemn of a Bryn Mawr class And expect to find sense from A unto Z, Pause to consider the class to be seen. In any case, Readers, we beg you to halt While apologetically we warn you, please, To take all you find here with a large grain of salt!