The sun., 1897-01-13
y<oArroN,s STIR rs OYER.
Tn. Excitement or Goinr Away snd Return.
lag nt Saith College.


NORTHAMPTON. Mass. Jan. 12.-The Smith
College girl has just returned from her vaca-
tion. She 10 o home-lovlng girl, aud fond as she
is of college. IL is but natural that che should
look forward eagerly to being at home once
more. IL would be easy to learn Of the near
approach Of q vacation without consulting the
catalogue. 1t would be enough to note the
happy, excited looks of tho girls, and hear them
call to each other they pass In the corridors or
cross the campus: "what train are you going
onp" "Going OF earlyf How did you manage
itf" Got your sleeper engaged 2" "oh. wait
till tho p:20 and go with NO." and the like.
About this time Q string Of paper dolls APP
pears in the rooms of freshmen and In many
Of the rooms of those whose freshmanhood 10 q
thing Of tho past. Each of these dolls repre-
sents one of the intervening days before vaca.
tion, and there 10 Joy in pulling one of each
night The last doll on tho string has q mouth
wresthed In smiles. or. TO be more exact. ex-
tended In \ grin.
larger than Northam pton 10 quite tremend Qua.
To simplify matters the railroad officials post
notice.. on tho college bulletin boards and In
the college houses somo days before the vaca-
tion begins requesting that tickets be bought
before the day of departure. Checks are or
dered early also ana on the last evening Of the
term a basgageman makes a round OF all the
college houses. checking tho trunks and noting
when h they arc to DO called for;, for;
tho evening OF tho baggageman's visit. His
well.known voice is heard IN the corridor, and
at tho clink-clink Of his checks Immediately
doors open and tho girls como out and group
themselves upon the trunks lining the corridor.
As ench girl puts her check In her purse she
draws a happy sigh Of realization that sho i-
actually gong home, although her checked
trunk may not be packed and it may be some
time before the ticket Is to be used.
When tho last day Of tho term arrives great Is
the bustlc and stir. REGULATIONS receive only q
half-hcarted interest. How could IL be OF her
wise. when outside all the hacks and baggage
wagons In town are rum mblinK back and forth
Extra cars arc put on tho trains. and they pull
girls. Hard luck would II be for any poor man
Inadvertently to drop into such y train load.
Vacation has begun. and quiet like dcsolation
settles upon the campus,
Trains again loaded with girls pull into the sta
ton. The moment they stop girls Jump on
from tho various platforms to seize the few
available hackmen. or course, to get their
platform outside the baggage room Ia piled
three and four deep with them. and IL will bc
the work OF day or two To disentangle them
and return them to their respective owners.
But what do the girls care2 They rush campus
ward. return the kindly motherly greeting
OF the lady in charge of their house, and then
and their bosom friends to talk over vacation.
The next morning chapel roopens with q few
words OF welcome from tho President: then
comes the roll call OF the different classes. that
not. Tho regular work begins. and now rs the
girls pass each other ono overhears such scraps
as: I'm awfully glad to SEQ YOU. Had 4 good
timeY" oh, yes; hated to come back. but In,
girls again" Ibid you Know so.and.so ism
coming back. and Sn-and- So is engaged, and So
and-So won't bo back for q week yet Z" &c. And
then they talk of work. Vacation is over.