William Smith College - Pine Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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It helped us not to try to balkg We twisted sticks about our head Or gravely waved dumb bells insteadg We learned to climb a dangling rope Then greased our bleeding hands with soap The Christians gave a grand horse show The junior class perforce must gog Of course it gave no one surprise That we took almost every prize, On all fours one lass tore her dress She won her ribbon, nevertheless. Our first field meet we held in May- Triumphant we, that happy day. For in our numbers one could eat, And one then proved herself quite fleet. The strong of arm was also ours, Twice over victor-happy hours. It mattered not if bones were sore For we had won one victory more. Though Senior duties won't allow Us to come out and show you how, We hope that, sisters, you may still Pursue athletics with some skill. 53

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As Sophs with myriad blushes more We met our teacher at the door. We trod the ladder at full speed, Too risky-the tall girls agreedg It brought them heavenward far too near, In vain to try to soothe their fear For when at last they were brought down They swore they'd never leave the groun'. If one had learned this dextrous feat On May-day she'd have been more fleet. The Seniors then a track-meet gave We proved ourselves full strong and brave The broadest grin was in our class The high jump Went to our small lass For though some swore it was a squeak, It wasn't anything so weak. We used our lungs that night full well On distant ears our cheering fell. A doctor in our Junior year Would our athletic antics steerg He would not let us even run For fear we would get overdone, But for our carriage we must walk 52

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FIELD DAY The First Annual Field Day was held under the auspices of the Athletic Association in the grove on Monday, May 24. The sports opened at 2.30 with a three-inning baseball game between the Reds and the Blues in which the Blues were victorious with a score of 9-6. This was followed by a program includ- ing the following races: I. Relay Cracker Race: 1915--E. Clark, N. Hollenbeck, M. Welker, M. Breeng 1916- M. Coughlin, V. Nasmith, M. Brown, E. Sparfieldg IQI7'-R. Smith, A. jordan, L. Bennett, S. Dean, 1918-G. Baldwin, S. Travis, E. Sutton, E. Rogers. Prizes-Ist, 1916, 2d, 1917. II. Potato Race: 1915-J. Sage, G. Goodspeedg I9I6-E. Devereaux, R. Sweeney, 1917-M. MacDill, A. Keefeg 1918-M. Morgan, D. Foster. Prizes-Ist, M. MacDillg 2d, . Sage. J III. Hammer Throw: 1915-E. Graves, N. Hollenbeckp 1916-H. Pybus, I. Dunham, 1917-K. Coughlin, L. Bennett, 1918-A. Coughlin, E. Turk. Prizes-lst, J. Dunham, 2d, N. Hollenbeek. IV. Marsmallow Race: 1915-W. Lawton, G. McCarthy, H. Brewster, E. Gravesg 1916-M. Brown, V. Nasmith, B. Sweet, R. Sweeney, 1917-H. Skinner, A. Jordan, E. Brown, K. Coughlin, 1918-R. Daniels, E. Turk, E. Cabana, E. Rogers. Prizes-Ist, E. Brown, 2d, B. Sweet. 54