Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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tesses who sat over a caldron and from a boiling mess of myste- ries would draw forth each one's future mapped out in detail. Having travelled with these various sorceresses so far into the future that one was weighed down with the burden of so many years, one gladly left these strangely exciting scenes and sought 'fthe Gymf, Thence even the fortune-tellers and the entire gypsy encampment followed and all made merry over the cider, dough-nuts and pop-corn-balls. From the scenes in the gymnasium, visitors, gypsies and all, journeyed to 'fthe land of Nod where they 'fdreamt they dwelt in marble halls, -told of not only in song but by the Hal- lowe'en Gypsiesfl ' E. A. T. '01. The One Thing Needful. On Hallowe'en when the lanterns glow Ruddy and round o'er the throng below Each pumpkin-face Wears a. ghastly grin Wide enough to swallow one in- Yellow noddles ranged in a row. Why should the lanterns mock us so, Gypsy lassies who to and fro Swing in the dance with merry din On HalloWe'en-? This is the reason if you would know, Spite of our charms-of cofufrse of dough, Seeds and apples and twirling pin- The law of our college has ever been That one may have but a ghostly beau On HalloWe'en. GEORGIA BENEDICT '99. Margaret Patterson:-HA merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. 111 l

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I'ialloWe'en. WO things essential to the successful evening celebration of a gala day at Wells are fancy costumes and refreshments. These are the only limitations placed upon a committee of arrangements, and these requirements are, perhaps, felt rather than stated. However, whether felt, stated or inherited from by-gone generations of Wells committees, f4The Collegiate As- sociationl, is sure to hear when the report of one of these afo1'e mentioned committees is given before that eager assembly, that : Hit has been decided that we all dress to represent some one be- sides ourselves, and that refreshments will be served in the course of the eveningf' Now with such a prestige to preserve and still to be original is the problem which confronts the chosen few who are forced to be the fountain source of new ideas, and when the event really takes place must be Hmaids of all work. We wish now to make public acknowledgement of our gratitude to all those who served on the committee which suggested, developed and so successfully carried out the arrangements for the proper observation of last I-Iallowe'en. T On this occasion still another demand had to be satisfied, for a celebration befitting HAH Saints Day must needs be one in which witches, sooth sayers and the like may have a part. The Gypsy Encampment satisfied all these requirements and was be- sides so picturesque a scene that a real gypsy would certainly have been envious could he have seen the halls of our main build- ing that autumn evening. ' In one dark corner was a realistic tent lit by one odd old lan- tern. On a low stool sat a fortune teller whose insight into the characters of those whose palms she read was most marvelous. All visitors to the encampment were eager to enter the little tent and while awaiting their turn would wander about, many inter- esting themselves with the twentieth century feature of the en- campment,-the numerous slot machines. There was a little boy who sold candy who proved a great attraction to the children, and there were, too, some little maidens who carried pretty bask- ets and looked so like real gypsies that one wondered if in truth they were natural born whites and good yankees. Besides the palmist to tell visitors of their future, there were two old prophe- 110

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