The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13

I college girl, but I had rather SUSPECTED
that she merely played at being mus
| cular. You see. the girl graduates that
I know were of the old type. But one
visit to a field day carnival held at a
prominent weman's college swept
away all my prejudiced -doubtings.
There was no mere pretense about the
young woman who made the 100-yard
dash IN 151s seconds.
| There was, no doubt. either. about
| the muscu1arity Of the young women
| who pulled the oars in the college
shells and made the long, narrow boats
| shoot through the water, at amazing
! speed. The girls who took part in the
hurdle racing, in the jumping and in
the basket ball contest evidently were
not the kind who would think it fash
ionable to appear perfectly helpless in
society.
But still had to have a. suspicion of
some kind. so 1 asked of an under
do these athletic champions Of
yours ever amount to much in the
classroom"
She looked at me over her glasses in
a superior sort of way and then pro-
ceeded to crush me:
That depends on your point OF
view. You saw the girl who Just Won
the basket ball event?"
yes. She made a splendid throw
over so feet wasn't ftp
1t was 81 feet inches. She is also
entered in the 220-yard run. Well. she
low her, and she took one of the hon
ors In Greek"
An exception. perhaps" 1 family
suggested.
Out Of the nine girls In the senior
boat crew five are honor girls in var
Y>fr aYlfo Of
who came in second in the hurdle race
has captured one of the feilowships
and is going to take an advanced
! course In comparative biology. The
young lady who won the pole vauIting
is one Of the best astronomers in her
ciasS, and the one who was third In
the broad standing jump will probably
stay here as instructor Of mathematics
Oh no, they're not all ounces"
III any more suspicious had occurred
to my mind, / should have hidden them
deep, but / was too Thoroughly
squelched to have any further doubts
concerning the absolute perfection of
one of those college girls.
Yet they are not masculine, these
college girls. When their sweaters.
their short skirts and their boomers
are hung UP, they appear in costumes
which are delightfully."- feminine. There
Is quite as much anxious planning
gone over the commencement day
dfesS as there used to be, although the
dress Itself seems to have much more
simplicity about It, The young woman
who has won her degree as bachelor
or arts is quite as apt to fear that she
wilt look like fright" when the time
comes for her to take part in the clos
Ing exercises as the sweet girl gradu-
ate Of old did. At least. I heard ON.
of them make this confession.
But now that we have reverentIy
considered the girl graduate as she is
we can take the liberty of wondering.
what she will be. AS rule, forecasts
or any kind. no matter whether they
are made on the stock market, on O.
horse race or on the weather conIi
lions, are apt to be wrong. But 1T Is
most fascinating game to speculate
on the paths which the graduates will
take in the future. We may safely
guess that the young women who
calmly dissects modern fiction and
gives us some new views on literature
has ambition to do something herself
In the field OF letters, but whether Or
not she will change her mind after
reading a few dozen returned with
thanks missives who can tell?
The essay which she reads when
leaving college may be fair Indication
of her hopes and sentiments at that
time, but even abundant precedent can
furnish us no clew to the future. I
remember some girl graduates of ten
years ago WHOM Knew very We'll and
most OF whom I have kept track of
since. There was the literary one.
Her friends all expected her to become
famous at once. But she didn't. She
ran away from home and married her
music teacher. and now they live by
giving music and dancing lessons. for
her parents disinherited her.
There was the sensible, matter of
fact girl who read an essay In which
she claimed for her sex a fair chance
in the business world She married a
well-to-do manufacturer and is now
something Of social leader.
Cyrus Sylvester.