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

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Tfurple Tatches Last Wzll and Testament HARCUM SCHOOL BRYN MAWR STATE or PFNNSYLVANIA E THE Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Seven believing ourselves to be the most intelligent members of thls School and feeling it our duty to pass on certain little remem brances to others who are less fortunate do hereby make this last wlll and testament To Mrs Harcum We leave our best Wishes and appreciation for all she has done to give our life at Harcum a happy home like atmosphere To Mrs Willis our principal We leave our sincere love and admlra t1on and our earnest hope for her health and happmess 1n future years To MISS Marren our Sponsor We leaw e our most choice selection of modern expressions In case she should ever find herself at a loss for Words she will be able to regain at once her natural poise by merely saying And How? To Mademoiselle We leave with much tenderness one fresh stlek of teaberry chewlng gum and lnclosed in every package a small booklet entitled How to Work Wonders With your gum or The art of getting a conduct hopes that she Will pass it out each dav along Wlth the text ed1t1ons thus affording much mtelhgence amongst her pupils To lVI1ss Stauffer we bequeath our ab1l1ty to register agonlzed faclal BXPTCSSIOHS When finding our Algebra or Geometry difficult knowing that if ever she discovers problems that she herself can not quite figure out the said expressions will g1ve her that abused look that makes people come to one s rescue To Miss Rex we leave a song to be sung with much sentimental feeling entitled Rommg To Miss Congor We leave sixteen husky voices to be used to good advantage 1n next year s Glee Club Operetta or What have We? To Miss Hill We leave one large glass containing half Water and half ammonla and two small CBayer preferredj aspirin tablets to be taken When the lnfirmary IS full and she feels a cold eommg on To Miss Guthrie we leave our dramatic talent and our deep emotional feelmg for good plays so that 1n the future should plays be produced that the school can not quite get the said articles can be scattered care lessly amongst the audience To Mrs Tyler we leave one fiery temper to be used discretely when she finds her extremely good disposition getting the best of her To Mrs Jester We leave a large lip stick to be used in her art classes 3 , , , . ' 1- 9 ' U ' , , . . , -. i . n L., . , - . . , 7 . . ' if 53 5 ' . ' cc I ' as cc ' , r 3, To Mrs. Keeler We leave our learnedness in Latin translation in 7 A 9 5 ' Y' cc ' sa , T . , T . 3 , 1 . . . C C .. , . - cc ' as ' ' - 9 I 3 l 27

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Turple Tatclzes Oh that s all rlght smlles Edlth I don t mmd a b1t and she IS loved for her sweetness Wlth a drop somethlng lands on the ground It IS an 1nqu1s1t1vely beautlful llttle boy all 1n brlght yellow Ho I m Davy he cries What s all th1s about? I don t know Pandora confesses Except that I ve let vou out of thls box and vou re to atone for the troubles I let out before And she looks severely and rather doubtfully down at hlm But he IS gone and 1n h1S place stands a tall falr halred glrl I m Eleanor she explams I do hope Davv drdn t annoy vou he 1ns1sts upon follow1ng me about hes mv other self vou know Pandora hastens to tell her that she adored the httle boy and she IS sure now that lmpetuous 1nqu1s1t1ve llttle Davy Wlth Eleanor s calm level headed beautv guldlng h1m w1ll do mole than h1s share to atone for the troubles 'lhe glrl who comes next walks wlth a calm self assurance and 11'1Cl1fICI'6HC6 that 1mpl1es that she IS aloof and remote from the rest 1n the box a dlfferent sort of person Her arms are full of books she see that many of the books are gallv covered ones of modern poetrv and romance And when she talks to her she finds that she IS not at all aloof or remote but that she naturally possesses 1n a dellghtful degree that much sought after quallty soph1st1cat1on Her conversatlon and her eves twmkle wlth a lovelv dry humor that has earned her much popu larlty She 1S Margaret Pandora IS Just about to slam the l1d down agam when last out of the box lags a tall weary lookmg l1ttle g1rl I m Marv Jane she slghs I ve forgotten somethmg I don t remember what but I hope It wasn t Important Oh have thev all gone she adds I must be late And then she g1ggles a hlgh l1ttle grggle that ends ln an apologetlc tr1ll Yes they have gone and vou are late Pandora scolds And what s more I don t beheve you care a b1t Oh but I do pleads Mary Jane Please don t say that A most amazmg thlng' Mary Jane has evolved 1nto a happv alert glrl of fresh and vlgorous beauty I m sure I remembered everything after all she smlles a glggleless smlle and races after the others and Pandora IS happy to see her catch up to the foremost of them over the crest of the h1ll They are all gone now The blg chest IS empty and only an echo remams of the throng of youth that It conta1ned Manv of the box s lovely contents seemed at first almost troubles but upon closer scrut1nV and development each one of them became the preclous necessltv that she 1S Because vlrtue was made of l1m1tat1ons and success was made of doubt Pandora IS very happy and thoroughly contented as she llghtly ksots the crimson cord around the carven chest of beaten bronze and e ony 26 ff S ' as - - cs 9 - - as . 9 , . , , . Sc 3 9, ' GC l 3 ' 5, 9 , . . 5' 9 , 99 cz 9 . ' 2 s , , U as 3 , . H . . ' cc 9 ,, . 45 . , , ' U ll M- ' ' ' s as '- . 1 .N ' L , Q ' 9 9 9 - L 9 1 C W ' . Q , q ' ' - 1 . . . . -f M ' . L V , seems very SllllCl101lS, but upon closer examlnation Pandora is relleved to 9 I , ' I U ' , 1 V7 C ' . X , , Q . . . t CC 9 3, I CS 3 n 9 U 9 - '- ' 9 ' 33 if . , U as H ,, . T . - if . as is 9 U 3 - , I ' ' 3, CC 93 5 ' 3 5 55 5 33 ' ' ' u 9 ' ss s . ,, . . u 9 5 ' . I a Q 9

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Turple Tazfches knowlng that w1th a l1ttle practlce her art students wxll be able to work wonders w1th It To Hannah Messmore our very youngest teacher we leave one palr of horn rlmrned glasses one palr of ground grlpper oxfords and a stern expresslon to lmpress those new glrls next year 'lo the Class of Nlneteen Hundred and Twentv Elght we leave one tlcket to Phlladelphla and return hoplng they wxll enjoy these unchaper oned trlps as much as we To our slster class the Sophomores we leave the Camel trustlng they w1ll have as good a hldlng place for It as we and that they will arouse just as much excltement ln showlng It To Margus Harcum we leave one blank check wlth our name slgned at the bottom ln order that he may fill out the amount we owe hlm for over drawn accounts for the year 'Io MISS Davls we leave our Please do not D1StUTb sign to be hung on the office door durlng her busy hours when the entlre student body flocks ln to buy stamps or statlonery To Mrs VVaples we leave somethlng that has never been left before bacon for mstance or on the other hand bacon To Spooks Goat and Steve we leave the rest of the school to look after next year I Helen most popular Harcum glrl Wllson do hereby leave to Marlon peevlsh Peters my drag wlth the faculty my ab1l1ty to become a seven bar glrl and pres1dent of the Senlor Class I Mary LOUISE poetlc soul Chamberlaln do bequeath to Ethel bolsterous Colegrove my lntelllgence so that she may make herself seen as well as heard I LOUISC apple Juggler W1lson do leave to Becky bouncmg baby I have I Betty most attract1ve person we know Dax IS do w1ll to Helen babv face wxde eved Quaw my sweet wxnnmg ways knowlng that lf she carefully practlces my methods she w1ll soon be the hfe of every party I EH11l16 most athlet1c He1ne do leave to Becky roll those eyes Kelster my cunnmg ab1l1ty to get my man and keep h1m I Edlth very rosy cheeked Snyder do hereby leave my reputatlon as the most consclentlous worker ln school to Ruth song blrd Heller I Mary Jane fortune tell1ng Fulton do hand down to Adr1a l1ke ducks Freedman my great he1ght 1n order that the may have even the most lmportant of the older glrls lookmg up to her I Margaret very calm Van Doren do bequeath to V1rg1n1a Shm Jim Crawford one deck of playmg cards to be used next year for those BXC1t1I1g brldge games I Clarlsse very mtelllgent Dubreull do leave my knowledge of French to Cora one of many Swopes hoplng thls w1ll g1V6 her that much needed drag Wlth mademolselle I Sarah art1st1c temperament Beeson do herebv leave my qu1et 28 3 9 I - , - ' - - cc ' as N 1 . . ' . CC 7, ' 3 9 ' 3 C 1 ' ' . CC ' 5, ' M. I , i I 3 5 ' , - n p- 4 . B . , - - W , , - . - - . , - , . - -. - . , F . - - Tarwater my athletlc attalnments, hoplng she w1ll find them as useful as 3 - - . - - - - 7. , . V - U ' ' ' ., a , .. n - . I . - - - U - . . . is . ,, I. I ' . 3 - ' I 5 , - F . - , . -. - ' ' cc ' sa , A - - - i . . . - . - , . - '. . - . , I - I ' s 9 ' ' s ,, l 9