The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
BARNARD IN A NEW O NJ
A GREAT RUSH OF GIRLS At THIN
OPENING OF THE COLLEGE.

OPENING OF THE COLLEGE.
Thirty.nve Moro students so Far This Ye,y
Than Lnst-Attraotions or the New Home
Scenes ut the OpeninE-Thc Girls Enthu,,.
astic. and Many or Them Hungry as well.
II a man had boon ;blindfoldcd and led into
Barnard College last Monday morning, and
then asked suddenly where he. was. he would
have promptly replied either The gallery of
the Stock Exchange or THE wheat nit Mt
Chicago for there was confusion worse con-
founded. Girls swarmcd everywhere, in the
halls. on the stairs, and in the offices. They
laughed, they talked, they complained III fact,
they dubbed over with excitement. The sprink.
ling Of gossip and chat that went hand in hand
with routine business was most amusing, and al
times not q little startling, for In spite of tho
hubbub, conversation was echoed back and
forth with a distinctness that was almost un-
canny. During the momentary lull would sud-
denly come, why, Mary, you dear thingi
When did you get hcrel' followed by a report
like q small popgun. Then would pour forth a
volley Of questions as TO whether Mary had
seen the library, and wasn't 1t n dreami And
the theatre. wasn't that simply fascinating.
And the Kappa Gamma room, and the bio-~,e
room, and the lunch roomi And off the crowd
would go to investigate and explode some moro,
leaving q welcome breathing space.
But the reference to the lunch room was too
much for the weary walters, and suddenly n
~plaintive voice walled forth:
Does anybody know any place in this be-
nigh.ed region where one could get a bite to
catf' And echo merely repeated Where.
Once again q sort of calm would settle down.
but again would be heard:
I'm simply deadi l really cannot move an
other step. l have been up ever since 6 o'clock,
and changed cars eight times. Oh. I'm actually
starving"
But along came a somewhat lackadalsical jun
Tor and amused the crowd by declaring that she
was all right. anyway; that she had just hired a
hanson for the first month, until she should get
into practice, to bring her up to the ninc-thirty
recitation. And SO the chaff went on, making a
somewhat. trying day a little moro lively, and
entertaining the .would-be, ."Freshies," who
Of sunshine was the reiterated refrain:
know what you're talking abe about Hef'f tsss u a t dUn
sand times worse at Columbia. Over there they
wont even speak to you. and you can't find
In spite of all the noise and confusion the
classes at Barnard moved as scheduled, ali tho
rooms seeming to have chairs, chalk and rub
bers, and no one thought of demanding more;
s SiSle, re Whieh Wss P Rery sle1 h isd esGGiu hut as s.. p sSe
registration this year was heavier than that Of
s fofy P pFSIious se yeaT; the Of F sst Rea4s did sG, mot count count
to pilot the newly admitted through the intri-
.opS "hhNA SSLhS " "a u
BY the end of the third day the total enroll
same period last year. or this number ITO
make up the undergraduate department, a gain
department, which viii not receive sf it, fn9
quota for, several months yet, numbers forty
sophomore class, thus swelling its number to
twenty.nine; The number of candidates ad-
mftted TO the freshman class was forty-three,
eighteen of whom have a perfectly clear record
A sophomore studied the bulletin board very
men over rather critically, made this summing
some Of the rest Of us, but 5it they re y far as and 11di away ~
the y, bestilooking crowd in college"
sertaining reading, for every now and then a
seeled U cff. rs go s sp as some Sis,s 'h fSossb bit ,b was
!Morningside, but from the list Of boarding
eager to secure one or more students to board.
After the exhaustion due to the initial trip In
hardly equal the demand. MUM
The Trustees room is now finished, and its
the ddne centre table aad ' and side ~ tabiesss excite w,'a a
ShS5s' b Sl & Is the Ell Ella tR MessS gem ne of o 5ha
beauty and harmony. Indeed, il the girls
don't spend moro time in the first few weeks
find out If # is really true than they give to
study. it will be a wonder.
present seem to be an elevator and a clock. for
the whole machinery. now runs upon the die.
tates OF a small. timepiece that has lived
through two movings and was never known
t. keep any sort of time until the present crisis.
Thus do responsibilities steady one!
It was hoped that the lunch room would be
ready for use on Wednesday, but the usual
frailty OF mankind, which is manifest in
broken promises, has deferred the opening until
some indefinite time. Indeed. the most dim.
cult thing about the new site seems to be the
ilnpossibility. of getting anything to eat this
side OF q mile or two. mmu have 'origi-
mated the novel scheme of, eating a hearty
luncheon before retiring, so that if they should
be obliged to run for the train in the morning
sans breakfast, their stomachs will at least be
stayed until noontime.
But after all is SAID and done, Barnard's
opening week has been full of encouragement
and promise, and a good deal has been aC-
complished. The buildings are beautiful and
there Is a general feeling Of pride and enthu-
siasm among the students over their new homo.