The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-28

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to the music Of tho ''TannhRu-er" march.
form. a bow. lowers. or the like. so that the diff
ferent classes. after they were seated. could be
Sss1'' IS SiS1iG'Fu Msa read ! S SSt IS. on sb bsT%s A A%sr.
head of the history dep artment, His paper was
followed BY an ode written by a nemb.r OF the
department, After tae serious exercises Of tho
day. were over the girls hurried 10 the gym.
nasium to hold their yearly rally. which IL
entirely unofficial, The different classes
grouped Themselves together. upon the floor.
tors. AZ first the girls sung class aongs written
for the occasion to various populRr melodiee.
The style VI the song may he Judged from one
stanZa OF a senior song, sung to the tune OF
"ULidee."
There came to Smith, three years ago,
Ninety seven, ninety seven.
Ninety. ninety seven.
Its size was great, ana all about
IL raised It's own peculiar shout.
Chorun-ws're tho nnest under heaven,
Under heaven. under heaven,
We're the nnest under heaven,
Ninety. ninety .savnn.
Each class is very careful to Keep It's songs
from the other classes until they are sunR.
Before long the various members OF the coun-
ell, q small body OF students chosen TO confer
necessary for the students and faculty to con.
for. arrayed in caps and gowns. which are never
s mspc ~ e ,ol.mpi Hfe Spon t Gm s, sSvh S Mhi Hee on. OF
them announced that it had been decided that
the art OF oratory ought TO be more cultivated
at smith, and so four girls had been telsctod to
de- liver four ~orations upon topics connected With
four departments OF the coller>. After they had
spoken any ore else. might speak. and II would
then be determined who had done the best.
Enc nrst speaker was Miss Edith Anies. '9s.
who had a mathematical problem TO L,ropose;
Into how few DAYS can the semi-annual exam
In Atoms be comp 'essedf''
II should be explained that the girls have
felt that they had too feE days this year or too
many examinations. After a short speech con-
tanning m any witty illusions to prevailing col
giving the minimum amount Of time TO sleep.
Ing and eating. i've daNs was the shortest time
into which the examinations could be crowded.
Miss Margaret wilkinson spoke on the Eco
nomic Distribution of Chaperons." Sho at
tributed much OF Smiths phenomenal growth to
herst. its little brother" altho Ugh seventy
five years old. is only about one-half a.
t tire lack Ss of Of s esSp:ro "os''i Miss oT wiIkt no s1S o ee-
dicted that II the Malthusian tieor~ applies TO
the case tn hand chaperons increasing In geo
metrical ratio. while the things chaperoned In.
crease In arithmetical. before long. instead OF
one chaperon to ten versions chaperonsd.
,haperoned. Miss Butler. 1900. represented
the astronomy department by n talk on a new
Ssnf %hnsod wa wsi,e MIS- Miss GenevieSe Knaup.
'07. ended with a literary Treatise on Modern
Methods OF Journalism" which proposed n
scheme Of revenge for the recent articles on
'.hitchfng."
AS no one offered to make an i%mpromptu
which was that they w,u'd not DO able to decide
nron the beat speaker until next year. After a
little more singh g the girls marched sins,e fle
and mandolin cluos. Nothing %prettier could
he Imagined than the pictur" they. pr sented
long line winding in and out, presenting bright
color coutrasts by their ribbons and class
a tea. and from . To o O'Clock the washburn
gave a delightful man dane" with n supper.
This 81 sIG nss k Inc fTst tsn.ss! GS The aEss Sf ymI,S i, tn,
largest college for girls in tho country. al
though It has had a most formidable rival in It's
has been LEFT behind this year. the freshman
class at Smith numbers more than 300: Girls
is characterized bv 5 happy mixture of work
and DAY. The principle that All work and
no play makes JACK 2 dull boy" or Gil a dull
the resu IS show that the work Is not worse.
but better. for the play; One Q! the holidays
pear on the printed calendar of t Q college.
but is arpointed ov the President. some time
has such a nay also. but they seldom are tho
same. though the present senior class can re-
This holiday IS devoted 70 Excursions about
the country. climbing one OF the surrounding
mountain- being conside ed the thing tn do. For
weeks before this holiday every horse and car
rage IN the city and ueigbborhood is engaged.
even enpress wagons being callen into service.
A tradition has exist. ID about the college. that
the weather would always be fair on Noun
tain Day.
1t las been so for years. but the tradition
for So many DAVIS before thar the roads were ia
no condition for driving. and when the long
anticipated day came. nearly a thousand girls
awoke 70 the disheartening fact that the
Ieather-was threatening. Nevertheless. most
went by train instead of carriages. A strang
or coming un Main street about 10 O'Clock that
morning would certainly have stoppetl tn stare
In a azement at the long procession OF girls
h~urrying down the Atreet. lunch baskets under
their arms or 6"sset. In their hands;
college year Is the reception given bv tn" snph-
omores to the freshmen. for. instead OF follow
Ing the example OF their college brothers and
hazin9 the freshmen. the college girls believe
In making life hapoy for h"rnesfck creatu eH.
The reception this college wear was given In the
alumnR gymnasium. which was decorated by
tho soohomLres In tho co'Ors NJ Z e two classes.
royal purple for 1900 ana ample green for 90.
touches were arranged around the wall and In
the gallery. Over the stage hung a large pur.
PIE 1000" and fac!nS it a, the other end OF the
were arranged. the one in purple. thu other in
green. One interesting feature Of tho evening
man. rhe cover was a facsimile OF the reGu-
lar Pamphlet OF nformatlon' issued by tho
college. hut the advice within was founded on
the unfortunate mistakes and green" remarks
OF the freshmen.
Outdoor sports are entered into at Smith with
house was built down in what is known as
Paradise" Paradise consists Of a pret. y. lit
e as u border on IT. the other bank beioses
TO tho State insane asylum and receives the
successive name nf "Pureatory:" Every pleas;
girls may be se-n pushing out from the house
IN enjoy q row up and down the river. HIT
Smith Las no crews like Vassar and Wellesley.
Paradise 10 too small for contests. so The Iris
have To content themselves with getting ex-
ercise on Il and enjoying it's picturesaus beau
ty. The boat honse was built by the Rymnn-
sum and field association. which has charge
Of all tae athletic interests o: tho college
which are NOT directly connected with the reg
uIar eymnastir work. The association In
cIudes the walking and snowshoeinV clIta.
ANY girl may Join By paving tie annual fee of
81. and most Of tie college girl are members.
Wheeling seems to ha the prem undertaking
attraction in smith abilities. In whatever
direction me goes one sees dozens OF girls
awheel. Every mile Of STATE road. hut partic
ularly the stretch leading IN the historic old
town of Hatl0y. = fairly alivs with wheels.
cycles are kent. assemblies the salesroom Of an
enormous bicycle establishment.
One Bride saw tho Fight.
From the 50. Paul Pioneer Press.