Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-03

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eollsee cisGsss. - fAes1ty ed The cole
lege generally. tbs 10 the ssnoe
piquante which ss1.ens the se0ewhss
heavy intsllectnsi diet - the snchss>
sersi. uDoGkcial. but none the less uss-
ful haven which lesvens the whoas
luap
Here's q sophemore oonas6rum-
why don't the faculty need chairS~
20. they have better seats They sit
on the froshmen-r
And this is = popular oae. though
without fact basis;
why don't we hare grace at lrnchg"
because that foods been blessed be-
FORE
(At dinner the day before-seeel
Occasionally the specials come back
ct the regulars in fine shape. remem-
Der one--u bright little widow. ali in
deepes. bls<ts, not q CLEAN Of white 70
be seen about her, except in her eye
who used n he particularly able in the
noble art Of feminine self defense. and
who would tackle the most awe-ipspir.
ing senior rs de0ntlessly as she would
the smallest Of freshmen; and IL finally
60. TO be understood in that college
that il You didn't want To get several
larger-sized, robust, able bodied Ro-
lands in exchange for any little stray
Oliver you had about You TO spare you'd
better scintiuate at the expense of
some other special than this cheerful
little champion
Every year somo members of the SEN
Tor class form . ''senate group" taking
OF certain wellknown members OF the
British parliament. or other parlia-
mcntary bodies with which we arc
most familiar. The costumes, make
up, ETC., are - carefully arranged IS
possible, that the likeness may be snf-
ficient for . good caricaturc; and pho
tographs of these groups are funny
enough to make a Chinese mandarin. .
conditioned freshman or . Russian
political exile laugh.
Then the girls like to arrange . room
and a group within II representing the
orgies of the Harvard men. These
bristle with mustaches, full masculine
evening dress, or college gowns, cigar
cites, glasses blinking together or wild
" waving over heads in delightfully."-
kold. had toasfs- Some ~ these pic
lures are excellent. showing in the sit
tcrs q keen sense of humor. quick.
clever imitation, aud no little dramatic
feeling and artistic perception. In
many of them you could detect nothing
TO suggest that you are looking II .
group of college girls masqucrad:ng.
There Is no exclusively dramatic or
ganixation at Wellesley. The Shakes-
peare society, however. which is both
literary and dramatic. makes q feature
of giving aShakespearcan play annually
in the open air. On the beautiful slope
by Lonyfcllow's fountain was the per-
Torrance Of AS You Like It." which
was considered such excellent work.
and was SO highly praised by the Bos-
ton papers This play was carefully got
ten up. and produced in full costume Of
course.
have been told Of Shakespcarean
play which the society gave several
years ago on the lawn. and which was
said to kavc been very pretty, though
I'm sure shoHld have laughed con-
sumedly," no matter which one Of the
tragedies II had been; for $50 my inform
ant, Junior, tod mol didn't see the
play) the male parts were taken by the
taller girls. their costumes consisting Of
blouses or shirts ana Jackets from the
gyrpnasluu---wii.i plain dark slsirts'
Fancy Macbeth or Richard raging
about in such n get up; imagine Bruins
and Cssaius having it out-in petit