Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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JIB’S Cul Jl„- »C. Pto. T A Ha • Hi FVtJ , IVJ 1»0» - 0 o-U. X . -( £ . A o I f i rCo 6' wv A- oU 'NA '- K5- .o ba U(«r S x d« »• • St . OtTO -b !A. t K V 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. how do looks belie her! Her capacity for business is her most important characteristic. She looks upon every girl only as a possible subscriber, on the men as embryo advertisers. “ Have you paid your subscription ? ” “ Can’t you get me an ad. ? ” are the remarks with which she pounces upon the unwary passer-by. You might think she read the newspapers in order to gain the world’s news for the day. Oh no, she looks at the financial status of her advertisers. Like Spartan parents, we Juniors let the little Freshmen display their prowess before committing ourselves. But when we found them strong and sturdy we took them at once under our protection, and never were children better trained in the rules of athletics and practice of law. We tested their nerves by a ghost party and brought them up on sassafras tea. Let us show you then some of our prominent leaders of the Junior year. The M. A. P. and Guide Book of ’95 has been a valuable possession from the beginning. We recommend it for information on the following subjects: How to run for office. How to manage a class. How to start a frat. How to run a college settlement chapter. How to organize a glee club. How to report for the daily and get the latest college news. How to go to Lutherville. How to keep a diamond ring clean and write six letters a week. v.cc r T jE Along with its map and guide-book ’95 possesses also an automatic machine which accomplishes an enor- mous amount of work per day. Every quarter of a sec- ond is occupied, and it is not until June, 1895, that it is to be allowed to rest in sleep. Transporta- tion from Lutherville to Baltimore every day is necessary to its good working, and the proximity of the M. A. P. is also successful in directing its energies. The Biological and Chemical professors pour into the slot, protozoa, acids, book-learning, salts, dissecting knives, and dogs, and after a great grinding, a fine —, sheepskin in June is the promised result. 26

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?t i a i »K. i (h $ t s Baltimore from a little log cabin set down in the middle of a cotton field in one of our Southern states. Here, while wintry blasts coursed freely through the room, she sat in hood and mittens, by a window, guiltless of glass, laboriously picking out her A, B. C's. Lex is her name, and her motto reads, “ Est meum officium.” For the sake of her class, she was even led, in trying to live up to this, to most effectually silence the Dean, on one occasion, by a sharp speech, which surprised him and the students alike. Though a worker in the slums of the city, she is careful to inform all that she does it not from charity and love of her fellow-man, but from sociological reasons. Altogether the specimen is a curious one, and attracts many observers, none of whom are fully able to satisfy their curiosity, for adaman- tine rocks yield more readily to persuasion than does this daughter of Scotland and Erin’s isle. Floating on the streams about Baltimore at this time there came to our notice a specimen of Lilia Philadelphi- ensis, which invites the attention of all naturalists. This plant thrives only in the water, and a gutter or slimy pool causes it to flourish like a green bay tree. News- boys and dogs take special delight in seeking out this flower. It “perishes” in a snow storm, and brine is its special element. One always present to our senses was the reporter of our college Joys and sorrows. THE REPORTER. THE FIRST DAY. A maiden slim. A coaxing look. A fetching grin, A small note-book. With rapid strokes Her pen docs flee. In sanguine hopes They'll send a V. THE SECOND DAY. A maiden slim. A savage look. She tears her hair. She (lings her book. For where's her V. She isn’t in it. That news, you sec. They did not print it. One who pesters us equally as much, is a tall, dark, aesthetic-looking creature, who, like Sara of Bible fame, is a princess in appearance as well as in name. But, alas, 25

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About this time there began to gambol about in the halls a brown and white kitten, which may now be seen any day between Goucher Hall and Calvert Street. It wears a Yale blue ribbon about its neck, on which is embroidered the name “ Dot.” It likes milk and roots dug up in ancient Greek. It is affectionate, playful and irresponsible, is very fond of all kinds of ball, foot-ball especially. In strong contrast to this roly-poly (?) little animal is: A linguishing. languishing maid. A tall and slender young maid. Takes the role of Sir Peter. Apes swelldom as you meet her. This damsal so gay. yet so staid. She's a thin and drawling young maid, She cares not for lessons, this maid. She's a true Western farmer. A breezy young charmer. When she on the boards doth parade. Upon the next tap we read Vetricia Dinwiddiensis, collected from southern Ohio; first found in Virginia. Rare family, given the name of the governor of the state. In order to pursue the study of the specimen, great care must be taken in handling it. It should be kept in an open place, for the Vetricia abhors close contact. Many times instead of seek- ing the society of her companions she sits brooding in some lonely grotto; her witch's cauldron a waste-paper basket upheld by a tripod of fountain pens. Gnomes, disguised as little printers' devils whisk in and out and round about, and by their capricious movements disar- range the manuscripts so carefully prepared. A lithe paper snake twines gracefully round the tall witch's hat at her side. This specimen was once brought down from its work and placed before the Psychology class for inspection, and everything to her “was as clear as day,'' and had “ been known for a long time.” She needed only to “ give one look in order to convey her thoughts to the class.