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

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Turple Tatches Gurrent Events BETTY DAVIS .fllarch 8 and 9: Exams again-and with them the customary blank faces and blanker minds. Jllareh 17: ' ,Tis the wearin' 0' the green: and an exception ally fine dinner to boot. Jllareh 19: A bus load of sighs, Oh isnit he olivine? I adore John Barrymore !', and of sleepy yawns after a most exciting evening spent in watching John Barrymoreis prolile emote in Don Juanf' Jllareh 25: We somehow managed to stumble through classes this morning on our way to the twelve-thirty-eightf, but it was a great nuisance. We fear we did not display our usual brillianceg but who can be expected to know the present subjunetive of avoir when she is leaving in an hour and a half for home and Spring vacation! .f April 6: I My dear I'm a iereekf, And then he had the impudence to say to me -- what? P Oh I beg your pardon, I didn't hear you call on me. What was the question?', We return after Spring vacation just as newsy and foggy as usual. ' April 7: This afternoon Mrs. Harcum took the Harcum Club into a reception at the Philadelphia Art Alliance to meet John Drew. We remember best his punctiliously waxed mustache and his cool finger tips. April 8: Senior dinner! Tonight the seniors enter into their own with the beautiful and awe-inspiring help of a huge baked alaska. Now with the exclusive use of the front door, and with breakfastless Sunday mornings their dignity will no longer be unhonored and unsung. April 11: Easter with its corsages and corsages! Some of us made this Easter more precious and unforgetable by worshiping with Dr. G-urley at St. Martin's Church at Radnor. April 23-24: My, you look wonderful! It's so great to be back againf' Why haven't you written? Why, she hasnit changed a bit! It's the alumnae house-party and it seems like a little bit of old times. 13

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Turple Tatches with George Boyle. Last year at Commencement, the Eleanor Clark prize for best musicianship was won by Elinor Reed. This year Elinor is studying at the New England Conservatory with Madame Szumowski. Duer Councill who was at Harcum for four years is now studying with Horace Alwyne. Muriel Hodge who also studied for four years at Harcum is now at the Curtis Institute. She is taking work in compo- sition with Scalero. Sally Horner graduated from Harcum and studied voice with Philip Warren Cooke while she was here. She has been working this winter in Pittsburgh with Whiteley. Betty Snowden graduated here in music and after a year away at school is again at Harcum with George Boyle. Virginia Straley graduated in music two years ago and is now studying with Ernest Hutcheson in New York. The close of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra concerts brought with it a thrilling consciousness of having heard the loveliest music that man can make for an entire winter, but an inevitable feeling of regret that we shall hear no more until next fall. Stokowski tells us that his leave of absence is for a period of a year and a half. We shall miss him very much indeed but hope that his dream of a temple of music will be nearer realization when he comes back to us. MARY LoU1sE CHAMBERLAIN. Inpressionistic Ticzfures MARY JANE FULTON Alice in Wonderlandn Fox gloves Tea time JEAN SALFISBERG Lavender and Old Laces' A bluebird Dewdrops V BETTY SIBBETT A nosegay Valentines Bo-peep- VIRGINIA ROUNDEY Good things come in small packages Lollipops A lacy valentine 12

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Turple ipatclzes Wlzo's Who ORA and Eleanor are two of our star horsewomen. They do look well in riding habits, donit they? Cora is a very promising fresh- man and we hope that Harcum will have the beneit of her sunny disposition and thoroughly enjoyable personality, next year. Eleanor has been a successful senior. Upon her graduation Harcum will lose one of its most attractive and charming girls. One would never guess from this sweetly feminine picture that Joanne could be so successful in impersonating the pompous Major General in the Pirates of Penzance . It is Julie's ever abundant dry humor combined with her dainty self which makes her doubly at- tractive. Helen Wilson, Class President. The words are synonymous. The Senior Class showed their usual good judgment in re-electing Helen to guide them through their most important year at Harcum. Besides having those rare qualities of leadership Willie is noted for her cheerful disposition and her fine athletic ability. Virginia and Betty are a jolly pair of room-mates and are also enthusiastic members of the Riding Club. Betty is our only real Westerner this year and we consider her a pretty fine sample',. She is an excellent pianist, graceful dancer, and good actress. We wonder which talent she will choose for a career. Maybe she will combine all three. For a synopsis of '6Ginny,s abilities refer to Whois Who in last issue of PURPLE PATCHES. 141