The evening times., 1898-06-16
GRRHT DAYS,
GREAT TIMES
How the New Girl Celebrates
Her College Day.
Basketball. Flost Cesenonies and
grams 9t ysrious schools.

Basketball day is the day of the year at
Smith College SO far asl college sports are
concerned. Then oocursfhe championship
contest between picked teams from the
Freshman and Sophomore Glasses. which
is in reality the closing exercise of the re-
quired gymnas;ic work of the year. For
weeks before the gamel a state of sup
pressed excitement, .pervades the whole
college. which is divided into two great
basketball parties. the Juniors support
ing the Freshmen the Seniors the S0ph-
omores. ,
In college circles 1t is counted among
the honors to be on the team. for its
members must have fulfilled two condi-
tions: They must have passed their col
lege examinations. as, we'll as be able to
play basketball. Early In the year ru-
NOR tells of this girl and that girl who Is
sure to be on the team. On this -four
ishing crop of candidate the mid-winter
examinations fall like a blighting frost.
Two women shall be, grinding at the
mill: the one shall be taken. and the
other left" II being on the team does
not count III COhcSe EcSoAuS, SoASbS AS>
ords count in being on the team.
The day OF the game comes at last.
and the college campus Is one blaze OF
class colors-green. red. purple. yellow;
flags sashes neckties. rosestes. flowers.
Long before the hour for the game to be
called Freshmen and Juniors have lined
up on one side of the. gymnasium. ana
Sophomores and Seniors on the other.
and the songs begin. Some are old IA
nth
new, composed for the occasion. with
plenty of local color. There is almost
as much rivalry between the classes In
securing good "hits" for the songs as
good balls for the baskets.
.Tune, johnnie. Get Your Gum:
Try to get the bail.
Get the ball ball. ball, ball,
Try t. get the ball,
Get the ball '9S.
Get the BALL ball, ball. ball,
Try to get the bali.
You are Just too late.
You may try to get the ball. get the hall, all day,
But the little leather ball isn't coming your way
As the faculty come in and take their
places on the platform reserved for them.
they are greeted with bursts OF applause
and an appropriate toast from the side
whose coiors they display. At last the
diplomatic president appears. wearing
the colors of both sides
Here's to President Seelye-
Drink kim downi Drink him down!
Here's to President Seelye-
For hes coed now, really
Drink him down, Drink him down!
Drink him down, down, down.
Then the teams come in, and there is an
hour of intense eXcitement-and the soph-
omores have won. II Is tragedy when
the freshmen win, which mas been the
case only once in the history of basket
bail at Smith College. They usually come
to che game with hearts schooled Tor de-
feat. but chcered by the thought that II
will toe "rheir turn next year.
Wellesley is favored above her sister
colleges in the possession of a lake. beau
tIful Waoan, and Wellesley sports center
for the most part about this lake, the Sio-
ry OF her campus. One OF the great Gays
is .FIoat day" The float ceremonies
take place on a beautiful June evening. II
possible when the moon Is fuii one oy
one the boats shoot out from the darken-
ing banks. with gayly dressed crews anu
floating pennants until the whole iake
seems afioat with fairy graft lne moon
rises and tine boats shape themselves IN
to a star. and for an hour Lake "apan
rings with old gless held sacred to the
occa sion by college'fradstion. ana perhaps
A new boating song ordtwo. AND Wheh
a, las. the night threatens to hide tnis
fairy scene rockets. Roman candles tiny
balloons and brilliant eolored hre ourst
out of the dark wioods above. and ur'Ve
away the soft shades Of evening with a
blaze of red and gold. r
Tree day" at Wellesley occurs in May
and Is a college froiic pure and simple
To this Fellowship Of kindred souls old
girls come back. forgetting for one day,
ct least uhat they are dignifed matrons
and hard-working scho46 teachers EF-
erywhere are fantastic mummers; sprites,
gnomes and gSblins haunt every corner
Of the big campus They form into a
procession. which threads In and "u'
among the trees. finally separating into
groups to romp and dance about their
class trees.
yassar's most picturesque ceremony Is
tho ..daisy chain" which forms a part OF
the Tree-day exercises. Sophomores, TWO
by two. come down the winding walks
under the great trees. bearing on their
shoulders daisy rope.
Proscrpine picking flowers. herself 4 fairer flower.
Arrived at the tree. the Seniors are en-
closed in a charmed circle-ntnety feet
of daisy chain. Vassar, as the Oldest OF
the women's colleges. scorns the idea OF
planting a treee. Her classes prefer to
adopt some sturdy old guard Of the cam
pus and bury beneath its watchfui shade
their class treasures.
Smiths class day is called ivy day..
and the Seniors add new vine to the
wv round her towers growing, Alma Mater.
The glory of the day is the long pro-
cession winding over the campus through
the freshness of the morning to the main
building. where the ivy Is to be planted.
A hundred and fifty girls in line. two and
two, like a soft white cloud resting on the
campus. with never a hint of color but
the flowers in their hands and the sun on
their hair-"Cornelia's jewels.s-Harper's
Bazaar.
About German Housewives.
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