Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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(i) She has too much to do,s for (a) She spends a great deal of time in having her picture. taken. 11 (£) She is kept busy doing up her back hair to fit her Senior cap. (c ) Much time is consumed in getting graduation clothes. 1 2. ' 98 is eminently fitted to publish the LEGENDA, for a. She is witty J b. She is cautious. i c. She never grindsJ 3. She will be following the custom of other colleges, for a. In other colleges the Junior class always publishes the college annual. b. ' 98 is setting an example for all future Junior classes. III. Refutation. A. The claim that ' 98 could not publish a good Legenda because A ' . She would have but four months to do it in, while other classes have had twelve, 1 - ' is utterly false, for 1. She has published an excellent Legenda, for a. There is nothing in the book which is not good. 1 b. There is nothing good which is not in the book. 111 IV. Conclusion. A. ' 97, on account of press of work, cannot publish a Legenda. B. A LEGENDA is a most delightful and necessary publication. C. The reasons why ' 98 should not publish the ' 97 Legenda vanish into thin air when compared to the reasons why she should. .-. D. ' 98 should publish the ' 97 Legenda. g Corridor groans. h Remark of Senior : Each of us sits three times whether the proofs are good or not. i Eye witness. j See this Legenda. k ' 98 Legenda Board elected December 10, 1896. 1 See book itself, m Compare ' 98 Legenda with universe at large.

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Tree Day T TNDER the spreading branches of the above program one ' s thoughts — if one has them — drift back lazily, unless one is on the LEGENDA Board, to the time when the song and dance of Tree Day was not one of the regularly edited posters of the College, looked forward to with mingled feelings of an- guish by the Seniors, ennui by the Jun- iors, malice by the Sophomores and ecstatic bliss by the Freshmen. Before the days when party politics procured prominent places ; and Freshman partic- ipation was made part of the academic schedule in gym. work ; before the days when the present complex pageant of symbolism and color was with difficulty evolved from seething class meetings. Twenty years ago this spring, when most of us either were not, or scarcely were, the hallowed classes of ' 79 and ' 80 were listening open-mouthed to the first proposition for a tree day, the suggestion of Mr. Durant. A short time afterward, the ceremony took place ; ' 79 planting its tree by the library, ' 80 by the dining room — each class adjourning in turn to the site of the other. There being but two classes and their sites within venience was occasioned, and the ceremonies of monotony in service, or lassitude in an dience. With the genius of ' 80 just be ginning to bud, what service could have been monotonous, what audience wearied ? and as during our own memories we recall its magic touch in the red cone blossom of ' 79 ' s tree, so we hear with little sur- prise of the eggs found resting there, upon its first appearance. With it appeared the famous trowel around which much of the ceremony clustered — the rest was as to tree direct, in verse and song. The wit of both parties was reserved — with difficulty — for their Class days, which were celebrated at a separate date. In ' 78 the new class, ' 81, gave its quota to the ceremony, thus producing a triple effect which could not have failed to be impressive in spite of the lack of cos- tume and processional. Song there was in plenty — but of dance — no whisper. •sight of each other, little incon- followed each other with no hint