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

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' Turple Tcztches retiring Way to Elenor-lots-of-noise-Lust, feeling that she needs a little toning down-especially at live oiclock in the mornings when everybody's trying to sleep. I, Nlargaret-very-muchin-love-Spangler, do leave to Janet-lover-of- the-masculine-Seed one book entitled Nllhe Secret of a Magnetic Person- alityw or How I Won a Paul almost overnight. H I, Eleanor-bored to-death-Davy, do hand down to my suite-mate, Virginia-pee-Wee-Roundey, one stout rope in case she should ever have an inclination to do a nose dive out the Window While in the realms of sleep. I, Evelyn-likes-a-boy-named-Bob-Jackle, do hereby leave to Nippie- always-talking-Tarvvater twelve unopened letters, merely the receipt of a morning's mail, to be opened Whenever she gets that neglected feeling. I, Betty-awfully-interested-in-Dramatics-Knipe, do bequeath to the Foxes, Alice and Elizabeth respectively, one pair of roller skates each to be used on those frequent mornings when something goes Wrong with the car on the Way to school. I, Jean-ask--me-another-Salfisberg, do hereby Will to Amelia-likes-to- giggle-Gross my own compiled question book on which tests 'QI myself made the remarkable average of 1'f'Q.', I, Joanne Pendleton, do hereby bequeath nothing, feeling that enough damage has been done by Writing this document. This piece Was signed, sealed and sent by the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, this Ninth Day of June, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven. Witnesses: HELEN WILSON, Tresident J OANNE PENDLETON MARY LoU1sE CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary ETHELBERT MACGOOK LoUrsE WILSON, Treasurer PENNINGTON D. PACKADEEHOUIE, Testafors 29

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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

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Turple Tozfcfz es Prophecy MARY LOUISE CHAMBERLAIN HEN I consider the prospect which lies before me-of telling you as well as I can what the future has in store for us-I find myself dreaming impractically of an ideal world of poetry and romance, of sunny skies and green meadows, a world of lovely quietude and silent beauty, for it seems to me that these personalities have in them something of a deeper, more thoughtful and beautiful compound than is generally accredited to the modern generation, that the grace and loveliness of these faces belong more definitely to an ethereal world created of idly fanciful dreams, than to our fast-progressing, bewildering times. Therefore I want to dream them away into al I have it!-into a Camelot-a dream city, 'SA city of shadowy palaces and stately, rich in emblem and the work of ancient kings who did their days in stonef' Helen shall be Arthur, Sarah, Guinevere. Lancelot-Betty Davis, of course, and Louise, Elaine. I should like to have Betty Knipe, Gareth, and Julie, Gawain-Mary Jane, Sir Bors and perhaps Jean, Lavaine. My other knights will be Edith, Evelyn and Margaret and my lovely ladies, Eleanor, Clarisse, Emilie and Peggy. My eyes are dazzled by the rich splendor of the tournament. Thoroughbred horses in gorgeous trappings paw at the ground, sniff the air and toss their gleaming heads, and knights in shining armor who hold their horses beneath the balconies talk to the fair ladies whose colors they wear. Many-colored banners float in the freshness of the breeze and 'make gay splotches of color against the matchless blue heavens. The trumpet calls, and the knights must be off to the lists. They take fond farewell of their ladies who wave diminutive white handkerchiefs and sigh gentle, loving sighs as they ride away. In the balconies-soft rustling silks, swaying fans, piquant and lovely faces bright with interest, and little cries of delight, surprise, anxiety or questioning. I see King Arthur seated in the royal balcony beside a charming G-uinevere. He seems impatient for the commencement of the tourna- ment, and one can see the light of the glory of conquest in his eyes. Her proud head held high, the seemingly indifferent Guinevere has eyes only for her Lancelot upon the field. A Sir Lancelot-perhaps not Guinevereis Lancelot, but truly the Lancelot of Elaine, sits on his snowy horse a little removed from the other knights, and awaits the signal for the start. His dignity, ease and noble bearing all show why he is worthy of the name of Lancelot, and why he is beloved by all alike. Now and again he fixes his eyes upon a distant tower as though trying to strain them to see the dear blue-black head and gentian eyes which look longingly and lovingly out of the upper casement. 30