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HIGHLIGHTS — IH..| ■■■■ SOME ORICA fl L J ' k • - 15 - + c. w ' gS ' • k t 1 34 xm ■ Before Wesleyan opened, many intelligent people be¬ lieved that woman was incapable of learning. Even those wbo thought her capable felt it was foolish to educate a woman beyond the ability to read her Bible, to spin and weave for her family, to paint a daisy in water colors. On one occasion when Dr. Pierce was urging the claims of the college, a gentleman of large means and liberal views as to the education of his sons said: “No, I will not give you a penny for such a project! I would not have a wife from your female college. I could not so much as build a pig pen without her saying it was not done along mathematical lines! • The only time Wesleyan girls ever wore uniforms was in the very earliest years of the college. An old circular says of the uni¬ forms : For winter —a purple Cir¬ cassian or merino dress. with plain linen collar or dim¬ ity band; leghorn or straw bonnet, trimmed with dark striped ribbon. For summer a dress of white, with cape of the same material, or plain collar; bonnet trimmed with «ky blue. This uniform was required to lessen expenses and to prevent a desire for display. An alumna of the class of 1873 tells of how the girls were allowed twice a week to sit on the gallery in front of the college for a while after supper and watch the crowds pass. But before going out one must count how many girls were already out, and if there were as many as twenty-five, she had to wait until one came in because no more than that could go at one time. She tells also of the trains that were fashionable for graduation dresses. In order to learn how to walk on the stage in a train, the seniors practiced before the pres¬ ident, Dr. Myers, pinning newspapers to their school dresses. At least one Wesleyan girl brought her maid to school with her. It was said that President Bonnell objected strenuously at first, saying, It has never been done in the history of the college! But the young lady ' s father persuaded him to let colored Nellie stay with her mis¬ tress, sleeping on a cot in the dressing room. The little maid ' s duties after she came to college, however, consisted not so much in combing her m.stress s hair as ir. slipping out to buy pickles and candy for the four roommates. € One of Wesleyan s most famous traditions is that Sidney Lanier, the Southern poet, courted h is bride, Mary Day, in the Wesleyan parlors during the 1860 ' s when che and her family were refugees at the college. Lanier often entertained the college girls with his flute and once took part on a program, an Adelphean Exhibition in 1868. At that time he played a flute solo. Sacred Memories. Lanier s desk is now in the Georgia room of the college library, and several personal relics have been obtained for the historical collection.
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