Harcum College - Purple Patches Yearbook (Bryn Mawr, PA)

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Turple Tatches Impresszonzstzc Tzctures HELEN QUAW AND BETTY DAVIS HELEN TATE A mlnlature on lvory A nymph peermg 1nto a crystal pool Seed pearls on pmk chlffon ISABEL HocK A Court Jester Peppermmt By John Held Jr MARIAN MOORE Cut Steel Buckles Houblgant J OANNE PENDLETON Harlequln Mardl Gras ELIZABETH ANN KUNZMAN A Boudolr doll Red Velvet Gold Hllgree ANN LEWELLYN The warmth of an open fin Autumn leaves Cross Country h1k6Q Amber MARY LOUISE CHAMBERLAIN An unexplored old fashloned garden A brook ln the heart of a forest A Chopxn Nocturne EMILY HEINE A yellow Chrysanthemum on a raccoon coat Palsley Velx et 14 GC D, , . Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. . 7 .

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Turple Tatches QA GBug in Tarticular WAS destitutefa theme to write and no subject, I arose early this morning, and glided to and fro in my half-illuminated room like a restless spirit. A theme to write and no subject, a theme to write and no sub--. I saw, I stopped, I turned white, my mouth turned upward indicating joy, my eyes gleamed, I think, with something of a sparkle. I uttered a satisfied ejaculation, bounded to my desk, and began to write the following: '6The Meditations of a Bug While Crossing the Floor. The coast seems to be clear, Ah, now to advance to the crack on the other side of the room? I guess I,ll make that lavender tulip near this side first. Here goes-Safe! This business of having a great many legs has its advantages, as well as its disadvantages. Well, I'm not here to soliloquize. Iim here to cross the floor. A FOOT. Wheeeeeeee, talk about your narrow escapes, that surely was one. ' Here I am back at my old crack, safe and soun---Darnit, one leg gone. Oh well, plenty of legs left. Advantage number one of having a lot of legs. Ah, there goes the retreating FOOT. Guess Iill try to get to that cerise rose next, itis nearer the wall. Here I am sans any further dismemberments. Might as well follow the edge on this carpet. It's dark, and will camou- flage my further movements. Believe I move just as fast without the other leg as I did with it. There is a yellow chrysanthemum ahead of me. I hope Iget by without being seen. Oh well, here goes. Confound that kid, she is the only one who saw me. What right has an eleven- year-old to play on the floor? A second move and I will be home. This night life is certainly wearing on one's nerves. Here comes a FOOT. Guess I will have to snap into it if I want to get home safely. Believe me, this is the last time I stay out after two P. M. in the morn. . . . Requiescat in pace! ELENOR LUST. My Loved One O LET me tell you, for just a few minutes, about one of my very dearest friends. He is rather large, very strong, but not par- ticularly handsome. However, beauty is only skin deepf' Saturday night should be his time for calling, but we meet CI shall never tell you wherej every day-for just a few minutes. Just long enough for me to look at him, smile, and feel his strong, protecting arms about me! I look forward to this pleasant Hrendezvousi' as the most delightful part of each day. I know he loves me-for he was my dearest friend in Toledo, and here he is now in Bryn Mawr. Oh-what should I do if anything should ever come betweenu me and dear old Joe Bath-tub? ETHEL Conncmovn. V 13 .

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Turpte Tatcbes urrertt Events BETTY Davis October 5. Another beginning with its brave smiles and its shouts of welcome. Hail to Harcum and the new girls! October 6. Wherein new girls blunder into the wrong classroom, clutching shiny books and unsharpened pencils. We see them beard their teachers with buoyant steps, only to creep from those dens with terror in their eyes. Oh, we never had anything like this last yearf, I didn't have an idea what she was talking aboutf, We hardened ancients slap them on their backs and tell them all In a week you'll probably be the star of the classf, October 7. Individuals begin to take shape in the fog that is The New Girls. We cruel ones begin the initiations and most heartily recommend India Newton to Pavlowa. October 8. And more initiations! Elinor Davy is a jolly puppy who might easily, with her convincing begging, win all our spare bones. October 9. The Opry House and its rcd plush is dusted to receive the Fash- ion Show from New Yorkf, Betty Ann Kunzman, in her black satin pajamas, pleasingly shocked us Iowan Natives, and received the grand prize. October 10. Oh Blessed Sunday g when we can flaunt our laziness in the eyes of the world and sleep till eight o'clock. We were happy to have Dr. Gurly preach our first vespers. October 11. You know, it doesnit seem so bad this weekf, She's awfully temperamental, but Iim getting used to her! October 15. George Boyle played for us tonight. Even though some of us didnit know his technique from his time we adored his playing and hope he will come again this year. October 20. Our principal is back!! We hope she is feeling quite Well and will find us all as good as goldf' October 30. Could it have been the gym, that grotto of ghosts and cornstalks, 15