The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17

toward the shore and a snag caught It and held
It. On one aide was land rising in a steep
eSI1ior FROM had the ot Tatteri ot E %een the ten ot fesf Of
men worked to get the boat Off, but it would not
the girls out, broke all the laws Of equilibrium,
and lost the benefit of his accident insurance
logs and up a perpendicular bank. When the
girls had been lifted onto dry land they asked
the ferryman II such an accident had ever hap
Q yes" he answered. cheerfully. Just last
week. 1t was 30 late in the season, though, I
didn't want 70 get 2 new wire till spring. 30
When the girls reached home the stars were
out. Supper had been called and the doors were
said the pessimist to the o%ptimist. as they all
1T Ssr fo THS1, on on thu, the doorstep Excuse me from
sport. To the uninitiated it may be explained
girls In short skirts walk along u snowy road
until the houses are few and far between. Then
they wait until a promising.looking sleigh APP
In the most winning tones. Unless the driver is
very crusty or morose he stops his horses. and
the girls. comfortably settled in the back, ride
sleigh gets to the end OF its journey. A bakers
contains q clothes basket of warm loaves, which
send a gentle thrill OF heat through the half
winter afternoon no better fun can be found
than n punging expedition, but last winter some
ill-advlsed students boarded sleighs in the mid
die of Main street, and scandalized the inhabit-
ants and Prexy to such n degree that he de-
voted fifteen minutes after chapel TO an earnest
protest against the custom. Now no ~self.re-
specting girl dares disobey his wishes, and
pnnging is a JOY OF the past;
The walking club and the bicycle club are
at Smith. Every Wednesday afternoon at .
start of for a long tramp, and the bicycle girls
for q long ride. Short skirts Tor these clubs led
to short skirts for rainy days. and now a girl
who drabbles along in the wet with a long skirt
monument OF stupidity.
Snowskoeing in tho winter supersedes the
walking club; but to the novice, who expects to
slide along on snowshoes as IL she were on a
self working as hard as II she were walking in
clodhoppers. and not covering the ground any
faster. The one advantage seems to be that she
can go p%lunging into ravines and through path
less woods. where the snow would never bear a
pedestrian. The gym teacher and the young
professors often go on snowshoeing expeditions.
hut even so, when the weary beginner gets home
and kicks the snowshoes from her feet, she won
ders for the first few times II 1t pays. Then she
becomes an enthusiastic convert and proselytes
among all her friends.
the year round. but in April the sport culmi.
mates In q contest for superiority between sopho-
mores and freshmen. They meet then on less
friendly terms than at the sophomore reception.
freshmen usually weaken in the second inning
and the s~ophomores carry off the honors. The
gym is packed TO its utmost capacity, freshmen
and juniors on one side of the gallery. sopho.
Ing freshman or sophomore colors. as the case
may be. The President, decorated with two
huge %rosettes OF tho two class colors. sits with
the, faculty on the platform. and beams upon
both teams. A mascot is provided BY each
side. and after the game the winning captain
ID carried on on the shoulders Of her team.