Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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Banquet done come to an' en' also. Dey Went daown ag'in singinl, like W'en dey come up but it seems like dey all hates to leave aftah such a enjoyable time. We heahed dem for, a long time a seranadin, de othah olasses an' aelaughin' an, a talkin' in a-tween times, den We heahed music an' danein' Wlioh always en's de eveninl Yes, sah We liked it even if it War a good Ways of an' We'd like to go eve'y yeah. It done make yo, eyes Watah, sah, to see dem leddies so happy. It pays for all de trouble to 'sist in theah Banquet. Yes, sah, it do. At Mrs. Piuttils table on Wfashingtonls birthday. First girl:-C' When did George Washington die 2 Second girl:-4' VVhy about 1800. Miss Gregory:-ff Oh 'ded aWay,' he was only a young man and just starting out in the War of 1812? 116

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De Freshman Banquet. I BEN daown to Aurora on C,yuga Lake whar de college leddies hev ,ben hevin, a banquet. Would yo, like to hev i me prescribe it to yo, sah? Wal, it war fine, an, no mis- take. We arrive da ,in de aftahnoon an, :Eaoun de hall ready trimmed. Den we begun wi, de tables an, fixed dem an ,de hall done look gran,. - De leddies hed put evah green baughs ,raon, de wall wid li,le red tlowahs hid away in de, mids, an heaped ,ern at de en,s of de room till it done look like a bowah of roses, sah. Yes, sah. Dey was pictur,s also a, hangin, dah, an, bannahs sayin, 'Wells,, dat,s de college, an, 'ad astra,, dat,s de motto an, ,03 dat,s de class. In all de windahs, sah, dey was big long sofas heaped Wi, de nicest pillahs yo, hab eber seed an, also bearin, de motto. De lights all hed red shades on dem, an, de tables hed red an, grey ribbins daown de middle wi, sparrow grass on, de sides. Direcly in de middle ob de table was de bigges, bunch ob car- naehings sah, and dat da is der liowah, sah, der own fiowah. We,n everything was ready, ,baout six thirty, we heared ,em come singin, up de stairs an, it done dis ole niggah good w,en he seed dem laughin, happy faces an, heared de purty song dey was a-singin,. Soon dey sat down to de table all afgrinnin, an, a lookin, so pleased, an, we,n de oystahs hed dispeahed mystehious like, one ob dem what sat at one en, got up an, begun to talk. Mo, followed sah, an, dey was much speeehifyin, an, it seems fmos, like a big political rally only ,stead ob talkin, ,baout 'labor- in, classes fan, leisure classes, dey done call em off by numbers, sah, an, I rnus, say I likes it bettah. Soon mo leddies comes up de stairs an, sings sweet an, purty aout side an, den dey sen,s in mos, beautiful flowahs. De firs, set sen,s in vilets, a hull basket ob ,em, de secon, a bunch ob pink an, red roses wi, gran, ribbins to match tied on, an, iin,ly de third set sen,s in w,ite roses wi 'green an, w,ite streamahs. Eve,y once in a while dey all busts out into song like it done cheeah yo, heart to hear sah an, dey all enjoyn, dey selves to such a extent. Sudden, de ,lectrie lights dey goes out an, I s,pose de leddies be angry cause de wo1'd is circ,lated dat de Sophs done dis to angah dem but dey jus ,laugh and laugh an an soon it done light up again. Wal, all things mus, come to an, en, I s,pose, sah, an, so de 115

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llllashrngton s Brrthdag RESSING rn costume for drnner was an rnnovatron thrs year, and there was much irrendly rrvalry among the tables over thcrr preparatrons to represent drtferent colo mes The drnrng room was effectrvely trrmmed and most cle lectable darntles were served rn honor of the occasron Some of the gentlemen neglected to remove therr hats, but rt mav not have been customary rn then respectrve eolonrcs dunno' the per rods whrch they represented, and as rt was a most lnformal occa sron, when all sorts of surprrsrng thrngs happened no one felt crrtrcal of such trrltles After drnner what a motley crowd 'filled the readrng room and hall l In place of plarnlv dressed grrls therr arms full of books, then thoughts bent on the work of the morrow, were lords and ladres of the olden trme, powder ed and parnted belles coquettlnof wrth ber uftled beaun Here and there, as they lloated down the hall to the trme of a patrrotrc sono' an Indran Wrapped rn hrs blanket hrs halr stuck full of qurlls footed rt gayly, rn the mrdst of the fashronable crowd Geor we Vlfashrnofton danced wrth the farr Prrscrlla and Janrce Mer edrth wrth Rrchard Car vel Colum bus went by wrth hrs arm about Martha Washrrroton s slrnr warst, Hendrrk Hudson sfrt on the prftno stool rn frrendly prox and Lord Baltrmorc drd not drsdarn to dance wrth a ffrrnnrng lrt tle black slave rn plfud dress and bandanna turban A blrssful country thrs where the least mfry mrngle wrth the ffrefrtest and Where no bars of trme nor of drstance serve to separate krndred sprrrts At last, at thc tap of the bell the merry company trooped 1nto Musrc Hall and presently beheld famous hrstorrc char rcters appear rn a Great grlt frame Columbus recerved the jewels from Isabella Wrth a qureseent Ferdrnand srttrnff by avarn he planted hrs cros before Wondcrrng Indrans, Pocahontas saved John Smrth from a most ferocrous brave, then appeared sweet Prrscrlla and stalwart John Alden, next Georofe and Mar tha Washrnvtorr between the scenes were patrrotrc song ren dered by an rnvrsrble chou and after them rces and cakes were passed by Ian mfudens Then came more plctur es Betsy Ross Workrnfr drlrgcntly on her flao' a Red Cross Nurse stfmndrno' between two cots, wrth the cver popular Well McKrnle3 rn . , . I ' I 1 I . l u n ' ' 0 u ' D '- 1 I .Nl . . 7 . V I I , 1 i v I i . p . . O 1 u 1 ul ' l I 1 ' 7 1' 5 . ' - . n u v ' 1 I w xc 1 u D N. n a 1 4 L n O . . i. 1 L . , imity to Betsyilftoss, she played The Star Spangled Ba-rwzer, 1 o ' 4 D i n - C N I L . s ' . 7 ' L 'I I I D 1 L , . ,L I u - I 3 ' I u , C a u . s ' n Q l 1 v I l -7. 4 I , . I D 3 D 7 ,v , . . , U to , Ov 43 c 1 J . s ' ' - . . .7 7 , . ' 1- I 1 I 1 1 ' A I 1 ' C o n 1 'cp ' . ' or h 1 ' u L V no . ' ' 1 S-, T 117