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

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■Ml i |1 ' Hs T - 5b1 H ,«• ., • » 7WZ£W ASSOCIATION In the good old days, despite cumbersome skirts with kneeJength bloomers underneath and long black stockings, athletics played a notably more important part in college life. In the 20 ' s the whole college used to turn out to watch knickered Bryn Mawr girls play other female institutions, and inter- class rivalry was at its peak. Unfortunately, now- adays the only girls who pursue an avid interest in sports after their sophomore year are those who flunked the freshman swimming test or the winter term sport because of Show rehearsals, and some muscle-bound upperclassmen who thrive on varsity hockey. A.A. was established in 1891. It levied dues and enlisted student labor in keeping up the fields, manuring, raking leaves, levelling, and weeding and sweeping the tennis courts at an hourly rate of 25 cents. All freshmen had to learn how to come down a rope, if not to climb it, in case of fire, or other emergency (knotted sheets for a late date, no doubt ! ) And a rough sport, water polo was most popular in the new pool, played wearing bathing suits with sleeves and bloomers. However, today if Haverford or Princeton ' s Cap Gown or Ivy clubs will challenge us, we will all get out to defend our goal, and they, fortified with beer and a freer use of their sticks, usually defeat the weaker sex. Some brave souls, with much bat- ting of eyelashes, have even been known to suggest a swim in the pool to a date ; but a Bryn Mawr girl in a tank suit doesn ' t look much like Dorothy Lamour in a sarong. Page twenty

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