Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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Tree and Float Dog REE Day and Float Day thus we always carefully name them The reason may be clear to comparatrve phrlolo grsts but not to ordrnary mrnds, for they are really one and the same day, or rather evemno' Perhaps It IS because the two parts of the day belong to the Freshmen and the Sopho mores respectrvely, and what could more effeotrvely make them separate and drstrnct functrons 'Z Tree Day, then not to depart from establrshed usage grves a trnfre of anxrety to the usually care free exrstence of the Fresh men for they have rn charffe a hterary program and that 1S al ways a burden Perhaps the Senrors too feel secretly flurrred for when the collefrc assembles on the campus just at sunset trme, rt 1S they who must lead the long processron to theu tree and here one of therr number must say farewell to rt for the class After the varrous speeches or poems and the class sono' have been grven the lrne forms adam Thrs trme lt lb the Freshmen Who lead the way tothe place where upturned earth marks the spot rn whrch they have chosen to plant the weak looklnv tree that they are to Guard for four years A shovel full of earth rs the saplrng 1n hopeful terms, they srnv therr class song, and then all the whrte gowned gn ls scatter qurckly to Get rnto warm er boatrnv costumes, and rt lb the turn of the Sophomores Float Day has called forth all then rnfrenurty and ener fry At all hours of the day a party of grrls mwht have been seen, buslly workrng around boat house and dock whrle rn the boats were erected sarls and canopres of Japanese lanterns, each boat rn a driferent desrofn that rt may be drstmourshed at nrght from the others The loggra of the boat house and the surroundrno' trees are also decorated wlth lanterns Not only the rnfrenurty but also the farth and patrence of the Sophomores rs well tested for when a strono' wrnd, combrned wrth Cayuga s waters 1S rockrng the boats about and frequently whrskrng a lantern from the place Where rt has been hunfr wrth much care and dlliiculty, the task does rndeed seem a hopeless one, but they work on trust rnff that sunset wrll brrng wrth 1t a calm As soon as twrlrght has settled rnto darkness the floatrng pro cessron begrns The Sophomore boat takes the lead and the long lrne slowly passes and repasses the boat-house, at length 128 , . , . . . . D. I ,it I ' ' . .T . D c u - ' a 1 - , D I. . . . , . u . , . I 7 n u D I n 1 I . s ' o 1 n l 1 D , D - . . , C . . . . - D .D O C . . I - . thrown on rts roots by the class presrdent, some one addresses c 1 ln L D n T a o - n u 1 C v - . y D . , . Y n ' u D 'C l a D I K D s n ' an l ei , 1 'I 1 . c D . 4 . , . C ' ' 7 I . D n l 1 n n T , - O n n ' 4 . 0 ' 1

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formlnff a CUIVG and haltlng just IU f1ont A spectator does not soon fmget the effect of the bnght colo1ed lanterns, then bul hancy doubled by then' 1eflect1on 1n the black water From the l1ne the classes 1n tum low forward to the cente1 of the curve and thele S1110 thelr class songs Whlle thls palt of the entel tamment IS bBlDg glven, the crowd watchmof from the boat-house 1S surprlsed to see small bu1n1n0' stars start mystenously from d1ife1ent places to Hoat away over the water Hele and there, also, a Roman candle or a cololed hght flashes folth, wlthout any apparent source If, howevex, one we1e near enough to see the l1ttle dark boat 1i1tt1n0' about the mystery would be solved As the last stralns of the F1eshn1an song d1e away, the llne IS affam formed, and to the tlme of the Wells Boatmg bond the process1on lows back to the whalf, Where 1t 1S greeted by cheers for the Sopho1no1es floln thc1r enthus1ast1c adrnuers, the httle boys from the V1llH0f8 Day after college opened E Wells mnocently H And Whe1e do you take the cal for down townw b ' A - ' . . . - - 0 u 1 - i . . . . . ' -- . . D. . . - C . . , - '. , . C v n . O l . I . . - . 3 m . . . U , 1 - . , ' ' . . . . ' L . O . 1 4 1 ' ni . . , . 129 ' 4