The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-02-02
A COLLEGE CALID

THE stories printed about Smith col
lege lately appeal to me very strangely,
said a Harvard man. MAN is of so
small part III it all. y senior year tx
perience of mine viii illustrate.
"When l met the girl, didn't know
She was college girl. Tie front Of her
waist was decorated with crazy shaped
jewelry of various sorts, but | was not
sufficiently enlightened mt the time t.
know that they denoted the feminine
life academic. She was mighty nice
girl. She WASH afraid In wet her bath
ing suit. she did tmind chasing around
i'll the mud after her own fiddler crabs
and. more wonderful still, She Wouldn I
even shudder when they crunchrd us she
ran the huok through them. She was nc
stern, analytical Geld bloodrd thing
either You ought to have heard her
yell when the fish hit; also, she lsne W
enough when her hand WIS squeezed Ia
squeeze hack had a very interesting
summer Gf it, In the course Of the sea
son | learned, et course that SHE Was a
Smith girl Just rs | learned where she
lived and who her folks were and what
her first name was and that she Wish t
engaged tn anybody tmd never meant
to hcl and all that sort Gi thing. The
Smith part didn't bother mt at ALI |
began To feel that She was II type. The
higher education wis the thing woman
had needed all these years to make her
"A
than the angels.
AT the end of tho season my gous,
was cooked all right, hut lacked sand.
/ wanted time to think il over also
had II sneaking idea that perhaps after
we had been separated tor awhile the
girl wouldn' hc 80 all fired indifferent
to personal considerations and my pass
ing tentative expressions et interest IN
our future existence asked her If |
could come up to northampton to sec
her and il couldn' take her IL the
Yale-Haryard football game at Spring
field. She fairly grabbed at he chance
10 go to the game She had never been
To II Springfield Same she said, except
with an Amherst man, and that, of
course, dldh count II would he too
nwfully Jolly Ter any USE to 90 with II
harvard man
suggested that would Hike To 20
over to northampton week or two be
fore the gamc. OF course she SAID |
must just ut the time ot the game
there were 50 many men III the chapel
every morning that thero was no partlc.
nlar glory IN having one there Hut
about tWu or three weeks before the
game 1t would he glorious To have II
real Harvard man IN chapel all by his
lonesome.
somehow tins sort of response was
not altogether satisfying, but | WAS too
enthusiastic to inquire too curouSly, III
the 1ullleSS 81 elapsed time l don I
mind telling you that had some pretty
definite plans about that visit To North
amptoh' In medllatiNe moments | had
pleasing ideas about certain condolences
would make To the boys before | ap
penred with the slrl at the game.
Il went To northampton. arrived
on thursday evening. / went to the
cottage where she llNed. waited half
an hour before she camo down, Then
she appeared with her hat on
III sa glad you We come, she said,
and m So sorry that | have "a voice
club meeting TO attend To! The presl-
deht Is SieI' ana l IA the Nlco president,
80 l really nave 10 80. m really awful
~ late now Yen may Walk over with
me II you Hike
IL was apout three minutes walk.
one toia me IN that Tune how to come
To chapel the next morning.
went back to the Norwood and re.
tired to tue llttle box III the basement
that they could call eale and con
templated things. After awhile the
things contemplated became less
gloomy | met two Amherst mcn down
there and told them my experience and
disappointment They locked ut each
other and laughed good deaf and said
that II was rather strange considering
that was not an Amherst man. They
We're rather butter about 1t and not alto
gether polite and Went to bed.
Il went to chapel IN the morning.
The glrl WAS waiting Ter me III the
vestihnle' was looked over lmperson-
any uy ooo or moro young Women as