The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

because OF the extra lenBth tnat TAILS ABOUT ner
ankles.
The alumnm gymnasium is only a few years
old. and the former gymnasium has been turned
into q recitation hall, where, among other
things. the freshmen recite Bible. The "old
gym" 10 behind the Hatfield House. II few rods
down tho hill. The first Saturday OF the term
this year the Hatfield House maid was startled
by a loud peal of the bell. and. rushing to the
door, she found there a member OF the first class
flushed and exhausted.
"Please show me downstairs" she pouted.
The bewildered maid took her down the back
stairs to the coal cellar.
els this where they recite Bible y exclaimed
the astonished member Of the first class.
"Inever knew 1t before, ma'am," replied the
maid, with dignity.
But they told me tho gym was just below
the Hatfield House, and I'll DO Late said the
freshman, almost ready to weep.
THE old gym y said the maid. "oh. that's
down the HILL
Then sho explained gently that below" did
not slways mean under" that below gould. as
i pen ale snsS: be a SRP'i tSas 1aiiiiFa thy s seu Ms!' % Ss Bsf,
would walk q few steps beyond the house she
would Mon a. find da the I STil din a she s RISih ,.G The fresh b
mediate on the chances and mutationso of this
An Amherst freshman, paying his first call at
Smith. found his Waterloo also over the same
building. The latest evening train to Amherst
4GdNCS ANOIlhthptOh az c.<o, bO IL H0n WIN
wish to pay evening calls must either drive over
from Amherst or walk home. This freshman
best started forth with i high hopes. He droHs
up to the Hatfield in good shape. but was some;
he saw what seemed 10 be the vague outlines Of
2 stable looming up before him.. He drove up to
it, .H TsfGf T rs Sns ! l'sd. fs ah Ssst J io 4 S sd%s and
get my horse!"
appeared in the doorway.
disturbing a class in themes. This is not q
The freshman. covered with confusion, turned
clutches Of the night Waterman. What he said
to him no one ever knew; The freshman had o
member dlsagreenble things. Only he. was, a
very limp specimen Of humanity, when he
sstisfseto nS1's account e1%s H' & his i even!ne. but the
next, olio. Of course. did 1t for him. and his
s she had drl nos r 1ssdRed h sese ea sHr t ins e eTsn di@e why
In the palmy days. Of the old gym before the new
sSa d %ns Ssiis. s sSs ssq insian P eiaSs 10 with asi Ea amd
marched in good time. It was pretty to look at
6I, the anonn It Of Of. benefit en-, nr. derived sre was IL x SfS
began. No music is possible in this system. be-
cause different parts of the same exercise re-
quires different time. and no musical instrument
yet invented could keep pace, except, may be.
slider some Of the movements seem like a joke;
One, where the girls squat like frogs. and
ot 3SS@e e1 ls eisse where Is PH they nan t SSG riSikike A iad:
ders around the walls and climb to the top and
squirrels going up and down the bars Of a cage.
Climbing the rope. too. Is an interesting process.
to keep ones self suspended in the air on a rope
that twists four ways at once until the attempt
coss. Then docs the agility Of a sailor seem a
hne art indeed.
There is as a steady Progression 5fs,rns1 in the exercises 1 c is.
Produced as fast as the %students are ready for
them. SO that there is no lack OF variety from
day to day. The vigor and strength gained by
such scientific guidance before the end Of the
year more than repay the student for any spas
interfered. EIch student is measured from
time to time. special exercises are prescribed.
Great stress is laid on re ularity in carrying out
gym practice. and woe TO any freshman or sopho-
reason. Attendance is required only during the
first two years, but many students find the work
years. These elective classes meet in the even
Ing, some as late as 9:l5. and seem to the fresh
hours. the acme Of bliss. The classes are divided
In divisions containing from twenty TO forty
BSsketSal is the athletic speedily Of. Smith,
for she was first amo 9 the women,s colleges to
iipt IT snrS xaeu ga m ird Inc gym mi teae and SoSs tSas
and sIS t'substiptu les baskeibali. After Christmas
sophomore and freshmen teams are chosen, and
other in contest. From the day gym opens until
IN ine . t sSss r TSe sh pisS t bnsk eH5Rsihlu on ~%SR edaesda ays
and sStnrdays. fhey g 70 gym with a WI .hSy
their %roommates by clutching frantically at
balls in their sleep.
class girls, picks out the eleven best sophomore
players and the eleven best freshmen very soon
eleven next best in each class to play against the
regular tei ms. Good scholarship Is. however, a
s sfs, u and the rs %nd o. sop ase eIss. 'a hs wefi, S %ssP p aSd
wall and gnnsh rheir, teeth. because OF the poor
work or ths entirely unreosonable condition
The leans once chosen, work begins in earnest
and in secret. Seniors coach the sophomores
allowed to see the practice. Each team invents
~ own tricks, and manGuvres, and no one can
out; Grappling for the bali is strictly forbidden
and is counted u foul; holding the ball longer
than three seconds Is also a foul. There are
other notifications of the regular game as 1t IL
played at Smith which m ,ke It moro scientific
and better adapted to girls, but there is enough
exer Use in 1t to tire an Amazon among girls Il
she plays more than fifteen minutes at a time.
iii times. Even on the day Of the ueI ga nyu tho
-TS:.Ncnt and a few Of tho professors are the
younger professors are occasionally admitted
but they are afflicted with such IA sense OF humoi
t tSsm % de eGsrlS" tha at there the wT %Ss ! pl c.S,i0S One .. O.
e ei.sssn of t ths game sI%. %ad . .hst in !E the hottest n: *
they knocked against friends or enemies. II,
ana girls In the same position, and made him
self 50 unpopular with the teams that he is no
70 Dc allowed In the building this ye lr. He faileC
70 SEQ how much it redounded TO the credit o
his pupils that they could remember their man
ners at such trying moment They told hin
20. but he only snickered and added yet NOR,
fuel to the fire of their wrath.
BASKETBALL requires quick thought, an &C
Sursto eye; a ready hand. and power of en-
durance. Each side has a basket, open at tr
bottom, suspended from the gallery. througl
which the pail must be thrown. One member o
each team Is chosen to be p~utter-in for her owl
side. and the object OF every one else on he
team 10 70 get the ball to her., She III n throw
Il into the oasket-that is. II she can. She 1
guarded on every side by the enemy, who ar
waiting, to catch the ball on the slightest pre-
text and send IT 70 the opposite side, where thei
team scores one and the ball is tossed back I
the throweT. who again sends IL into the middle
The night back and forth Is as thrilling as III
movement Of the lines in a football team, an
the ball may be sent from one end of the ROOF
70 the other two or three times before eithe
side scores a point,
~ In the second inning the sophomores usual