Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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The Zintpurtanee of Being QEarnest isp QBsea1f Glflliilhe 3Bresenteh hp The Qllass uf jliineteen Zlaunhreh Ulbirteen The Persons uf the iblap john Worthing, Algernon Moncrieff, Rev. Canon Chasuble, Merriman, Butler, Lane, Man Servant, Lady Bracknell, . Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax, Cecily Cardevv, Miss Prism, General, Business, . Stage, Property, Costume, . Managers QI Brenda Ueland . Dora Hough Dorothy Badger Pearl Simpson Susan Fritsch Lucia Mundorf Helen Thomas Margaret Howe Dorothy Gilbert Helen Clark Pearl Simpson Dorothy Gilbert Ione Ryan Mary Buchanan

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jfreshman Banquet Half our noble class were crescendoing, in a final blend of contraltos and mezzo sopranos, our noble class song. The other half, mainly those who were later forbidden to sing in court functions, were petrified into stony silence lest the sophomores hear a clue. Relief came to both factions, however, when it was introduced in rapturous notes to the expectant dining hall. Finally seated about the banquet board, we were interrupted by a gentle knock and the seniors singing songs. We were not a little pleased that they had discovered our relative positions. just once etiquette and custom, so much discussed in a last nervous class meeting, failed. The IQI I toast-could it, should it, would it be given to the public now? After a period of audible deliberation, we guessed correctly for the dear juniors waited patiently, stolidly, eternally. Next the sophomore vaudeville hit -the success of which is but hinted at by the fact that it has since been printed and published-see page IO6. T oasts and good-night notes followed, and all were unanimous in averring the evening a real success. Among those present were: Miss Margaret Hirsch of Ludlowville, Mr. T eall of Rochester, N. Y., and the Messrs. Black, also of that city. QO

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Suphmnre imap I don't want you to remember dates but a few stand out as epoch making and these you should learn. In Sophomore year one of the most important was February 16, when the striving Freshmen posted our play as George Bernard Shaw's Arms and The Man. This serious mis- take had to be rectified so we posted the real play, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. But the childish minds of the younger class were slow to grasp its full significance until we had harangued for hours and shown them many documents bearing proof of our assertion. The final night came March 13th-it might have frightened other classes but not the class of 191 3. Every thing seemed to go well for the first minute and a half. Then Algernon in his apartment looked for Lane to enter from the center back but there was no Lane. Finally after a trifling hesitation he sauntered in through an unaccus- tomed side entrance, and looked significantly at the door which had refused to open. Loud knockings were heard at the unyielding door, and finally it fiew open, revealing two carpenters, and Lady Bracknell in frenzied hysterics, a strange contrast to her majestic calm entrance a few minutes later. Gwendolyn appeared in trailing clouds of glory and did not even look syrnpathetically at john Worthing who was in dizzy distress on account of the tightness of his wig. The lines of the play were clever, that is the lines that remained after a thorough expurgation, and the audience was clever in appreciation. Q2