The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
HOUR EXAMS AND THE GAME.
Tho One Depresses and the Other Excites the
Radcliffe Gal Students

The One Depresses and the Other Excites the
Radcliffe Gal Students.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 21.-Many OF the girl
students here have been bearing up under the
depression consequent upon hour exams. only
by looking forward to a New Haven trip and
the game. But last Saturday. with drizzling
rain everywhere. the spirits Of the Aforesaid
damsels fell many degrees below zero. For. OF
course. however Interested Radcliffe girls may
be in football per Sc. the charm Of going to the
game lies In rimsonc apes. jaunty gowns and
fascinating Virot hats upon which the bright
Harvard colors are conspicuous. So when it
rains it's. OF course. all no good. and the poor
Annex maid must lay it sadly by. and as likely
as not bide at homeland study harder than
ever for History /.
An interesting problem with which all proper
spirited Radcliffe girls wrestle whenever moth
ing more amusing is on hand is. What are the
uses Of hour exams.?" The answer is not at all
clear; but a clever maid was heard to remark
the other day that sometimes they have been
known to bear an analogy to that vanishing
quantity OF which those who are conditioned in
mathematics are ignorant. At Harvard, to be
sure. some men never come up after they've
plunged into hour exams. but here at Rad
cliffe they do things differently. In spite Of the
gloom these tests of the soul inspire, there
were some mild aud pleasurable methods OF
relaxation last week. On Friday the Idler was
particularly good. Miss Marian Campbell. '9e.
Miss Martha Luber. special. and Miss Elizabeth
Forbes, l9O2 were the committee in charge.
very clever skit which tho Idler Club produced
last year; a skit in which the extravagances OF
episode. Of course. was Wholly imaginary No
Radcliffe girl was ever known to i've. beyond
about one particularly economical mali" Last
year MhenL Athaiie was produced at San
GERS GERS c Taeatf fpo. there was q dress rehearsal
obligation Of students who might not be able
70 anord TICKETS for the performance proper.
button Of these tickets. and saw that girls APP
plying for them were in all probability too
one applicant who seemed fairly we'll equipped
In this worlds goods. To her the dean put the
Can you not afford to buy the herticket p'
H2;n the girl replied sadly. cannot. In
this one.' 'W%kkethsr the 0I TsdesiHidhss o sirI @ evsa
slinners or went barefooted to the dress re-
att Sanders Theatre attracted many students.
Mr., George Proctor, the newest. young protege
ire hsys and iu sGiii'. MSR r, Frostsr fir MACE sftrs wits F Mns.
choir SSpRf boy ia nG the c GaSa ne Q, w yRs \ Ad Swea.-y Yassr
s Wors seat WIZ hiR r Ssre sacd to s andsr, isfsc thsE I'm he
who was Paderewsfi's master. Mr. Preettssr{
a hne-looking fellow Of twenty-five or three
s sad, Is sIways , ssss sth II Mrs. Yss,,S SIa9,Idner's train at
On Friday evening the university set Iistened
to Prof FranGke's lecture on "Holbein's Dance
OF Death The greatly enlarged photographs
the audience did not precisely enjoy the even
ing they certainly were immensely Instructed
the great liberal movement In art as in'rel
ligion. While one is, offended II not repealed
not but admire the lrresistibie directness Of
Holbein's artistic execution. For him there
land OF spirit. and in this respect he IL
greatly ontclassed by, the work OF the
Death as a Friend" lie douRtiess iSe
spired; The course OF six lectures which Prof.
Eranske has been giving In the Foge Art
many. who wish that they might 90 ON In,
definitely Amore delightful method OF study
be hard to find. w "ouiu