Grinnell College - Cyclone Yearbook (Grinnell, IA)

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low, I'll in love. rding to y. HIS nose she iodney? ent data allantry! I Crowd Vhy, it'S and we ' Smith, eans the ith's the Iolson iS ot be on MISS W. Crecoilingj. Oh, I never wrote like that. Besides, it isnit on my card-see? CShe presents her own.j I leave it to Mr. Thorndyke. I BROWN. Iappeal to Rodney as the only disinterested man in the crowd. CThey laugh. At this remark Miss Woolson turns and looks pointedly at Rodney.5 RODNEY Cavoiding her glancej. It is the second number only that is under dispute? CHORUS. Yes, the second. RODNEY. No other claim questioned? CHORUS. No. All others settled. Not one, etc. ' RODNEY Clooking keenly around the circlej. You'll abide by my decision? CHORUS. Yes, we promise we'll stand by you, Jack. I RODNEY Cstill resisting the appeal in Wiss Woolson's eyesb. In my opinion the second belongs to-Che pauses till the crowd be- comes quietj Arbuthnot, as the only one who hasn't put in a claim. QI-le meets Miss W.'s eyes full for the Hrst time and with some defiance. General clamor follows the decision. Aw, Rod- ney, too bad! Threw away his own chance, etc., above which Miss Woolson's tone is heard, clear-cut and cold.5 MISS W. A Daniel come to judgment. QShe sweeps a pro- found courtesy and a withering glance at Rodney, smiles at Ar- buthnot and lays her hand on his arm.J Well, Mr. Arbuthnot, Jove's Hat has gone forth. We must bow to the inevitable. ARBUTHNOT qradiantlyj. For once the inevitable is kind. QThey walk away. Music strikes up once more. The gentlemen seek other partners for the second number.J WILLETTS fbowing before Miss Bowen, and offering armj. Well, Miss Bowen, shall we try to console each other? I ' - f-- , ,.e-,. ff in A A l .fi - AZ f f'f',fg4 1' KMA, Z - , X ,gf 1 .ri . ' J'-f'f'l'J ' .Ili vw. 'fur' it I it XT' ,.,. . -., 'MI ln ,,.' S. E I w X I ii 4,,,?.l Iffghm, ,N f f 'I X X51 is .. gfyiivllii I X ' '7 if I I I ,fl I Mwdtwfdif, f ,tit I r' I f f fyfyfbffyymy. If ji, N f., . ...I lm f ,. fy Iv ff ,ff fyizlgjwft, 'I--sy 12' 'i , ff X .xg 3512, I . A. f f if X ,aff I I ufdaf It I ' R- ' I Xi, MISS B ltartlyy. Speak for yourself, Mr. Nilletts. I wasn't conscious of needing consoling. WILLETTS Qstammeringl, Oh, I-er-now-I beg pardon. No offense intended. QCurtain falls on his embarrassmenty C- -..- , . --,M 1,12 fm ' 5-' ' ' , -.....-. ., 1

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SCENE II. . Campus-The Promenade-Faculty, Old Grads and Students moving about under the trees-Music--Jack Rodney and Miss Bowen in foreground. MISS BOWEN Cartlesslyji Isn't this charming? And aren't the girls lovely in their gay frocks? Do look. MR. RODNEY Cgallantlyj. l can't look away. MISS B. Qtlutteringj. Ah, Mr. Rodney, one of those pretty speeches you are noted for. QContidentiallyU Tell me, how do you think of such pretty things to say? RODNEY. By association. CBows profoundlyj MISS B. Qcourtesiesj. Again! rArchly pointing her tingerj RODNEY. But how can l help it with such an inspiration? CShe looks down and flutters her fanjp You are incorrigible. RODNEY Qin a significant tone.j Forget-me-not. How they suit you. ' MISS B. You like them? RODNEY. lmmeasurably. CThere is a stir near. Miss Woolson appears with Willetts. She is immediately surrounded by young men who press their t'Prom', cards upon her. Rodney looks up and looks at once away.5 MISS BOWEN Ccontinuing the conversation with her eyes upon the groupj. Better even than carnations? QShe lifts a sinister eye upon him.j ' RODNEY Cstammeringy. l-er-oh, l don't- WILLETTS Qinterrupting in a low voicej. Oh, come now, I'll leave it to Rodney if that's fair. l appeal to Rodney. RODNEY Cpromptly, with an air of reliefj. All are fair in love. MISS WOOLSON Qlaughingb. Mr. Rodney quotes according to his convictions, regardless of sex. But he's not authority. His convictions are subject to variation. MR. BROWN Cmeditativelyy. Now what do you suppose she means by that? WILLETTS. Blest if I know. What does she mean, Rodney? You ought to be able to interpret if anybody can. RODNEY Cwith a note of sarcasmj. Judging from present data -nothing. MISS WOOLSON Qin mock surprisej. And his boasted gallantry! RODNEY Qjudiciallyj. State your case, Willetts. CCrowd gathers around.7 VVILLETTS Qwith assumed air of injured innocencey. Why, it's like this: Miss Woolson promised me the first number, and we didn't get here in time for the nrst on the card, and now Smith, here, says l've forfeited my chance, and l say the first means the nrst after l get here-and-and-Cin a pathetic tonej Smith's the bigger l1121ll. CCroWd laughsj RODNEY. Yes Cstill judiciallyj? Cln the lull Miss Woolson is heard saying:J ' But, surely, Mr. Brown, my name cannot be on your card for the second. BROWN Cproducing cardj. Here it is. -ZO- I I

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SCENE III. Sixth avenue, High and Elm streetsvmoonlight--several couples seen walk- ing slowly-Miss Woolson and Willetts in foreground. Miss W. Centhusiasticallyy. What a perfectly charming night. Don't you love moonlight, Mr. Willetts? WILLETTS. No, I love y- MISS W. tinterposing hastily with a determination to keep the conversation under controlj. You have made such a study of astronomy, Mr. Willetts, I suppose the midnight heavens are an open book to you. WILLETTS tfalling into the trapj. Oh, I suppose I know 'a little something about them. g MISS W. tfeeding' his vanityj. Oh, you are too modest. I have always heard that you were exceptionally well informed. You have established a great reputation, Mr. Willetts, perhaps you Clidn't know it. WILLETTS Qtrying to think of something modest to opposey. Well-er-l- I MISS W. Cskillfully keeping the conversation in her own handsy Now to me the most elementary excursion into that science was quite Sllmtlltillt. For one thing, the instruments are all so pain- fully delicate. I was simply scared into tits every time I was re- quired to enter the room where the equatorial was. I expected the thing would go off, it looks exactly like a gun and tconhdentiallyj it will take argument to convince me that it isntt loaded.- CWilletts laughs immoderately.j MISS W. ttalking against timey. Itls a shame for you to laugh at my ignorance, Mr. Willetts. You ought to pity it. And then there are all of those little what you call 'ems-verniers, isn't it? to read. I wonder you have any eyesight left. And I suppose sextants and siderial clocks and binary systems have no terrors for you, and that you stand in no terror of sun spots or chronographs or electrical disturbances. tShe rattles on with an exuberance of spirit that comes with the knowledge that she is within two blocks of homey. And I suppose you would walk right up to the mouth of a dynamometer or face a transit or a solar plexus. WILLETTS Cstill laughingy. Oh, I say, aren't you getting your terms slightly mixed? MISS W. Qlightlyy. Perhaps. I have my scientific terms all thrown together in a confused heap in my mental loft. I get up there every once in a while and sort them all over. Mr. Willetts Cconhdentiallyy, what is the law of attraction existing between those two bodies just ahead of us? It can't be inversely as the square of the distance, can it? for you see there isn't any distance. And are they terrestial or celestial bodies? WILLETTS. Well,that's Rodney and Miss Bowen, so one of them at least is a heavenly body, or as near heaven as she will be likely to get for some time. MISS W. treprovingly, but with laughtery. Oh, Mr. Willetts, Ididn't suspect you of cynicism. She must have been showing her claws. --W-