The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
Float Day Was a Fallure-Festivtles OF
commencement Week

Wellesley June 24.-Last Tuesday
night for the first time on record since
the annual festivity of float was lnsu-
tuted, the weather was unpropltlous
and it could not take place.
1t was a great disappointment to the
many hundreds of guests, as wen as 10
the students who had spent many
months in crew practice-all with the
goal in view of appearing on hoat gay
In spite of the foreboding sky, many
hundreds of guests came In the AFTER
noon. Quite a good many or the es-
pecially brave ones, went down 10 tne
shore after supper had been served, put
the torrents of rain soon drove theHi
back to the main building.
The large corridors of the first f1oor
were crowded. The girls sang class
songs and gave college and class yeIls.
The band helped enliven things by play
ing on the second floor and all the crew
girls marched in parade, in costume
Altogether. the occasion was not quite
as hopelessly dismal as people expected.
The following night, an apology Tor
float was given by the crews on the
lake but there were no colored lanterns
no band, no fireworks, nor colored nghts
thrown on the crews. An interesting
new feature was " NC ~ NNN =,
year the so-called evolution of float
showing the different S-oats used since
1885.
Wednesday afternoon, the Shakspere
society repeated its very charming rem
dering of LAS You Like 1t" out by
| Longfellow pond The caste is not so
strong perhaps as last year. and the
play was not equally sustained all the
way through; but yet on the whole II
| deserves the warmest praise, for the
| play showed an artistic hnlsh ana a
marked good taste which always CHAR
acterize the SHAKESPEARE plays given at
Wellesley. Miss Mary ellison was very
graceful and pretty as Rosallnd, while
| Miss Margaret Merrill, as Celia, really
| left but little to be desired. Miss Alice
| Knox, the Puck of last year, won con-
| slant applause for her clever lnterpre-
tation of the part of Touchstone. Miss
! Skinner, as Orlando, filled well the role
| of the languishing, sentimental youth
! Miss .Spink's CORN is certainly worth
mentioning.
The first festivities of commencement
week began with the class supper
Thursday evening, at the Woodlawr
Park hotel, Auburndale. Three very
! jolly carloads left the lodge at O'Clock
| and were greeted with cheers and en-
! thusiasm all along the route.
| Friday afternoon, the next thing on
| the program, was the garden party
given on Norumbega hill. The whole
| circular space on the top of the NIL
| was covered with guests. Miss Worth
| ley, the honored member of '99, and
| Miss Rosencranz, the senior president,
I received in the cottage which was
thrown open to the guests of the day.
The usual array Of whole FAMILIES
fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters
was present.
That same night (Friday) the senior
dramatics came off. Beaumont and
Fletchers old play, 1.-THE knight of the
burning pestle" was given. This
Elizabethan play is of the rollicking,
braggart type, which one finds college
men undertaking, rather than college
women, but the girls, nevertheless,
made a great success of 1t. The play
was remarkably well sustained all the
way through. The old EliZabethan at
mosphere was brought back by the
quaint costumes, the absence of scene
ry Miss Agatha Soma, as the citi-
zen's wife, Miss Grace Bull as the
knight, Miss AleXina Booth as Jas
per, Miss Seip as Merrythought, Miss
| Sterne as Humphrey, all are deserving
of high praise.
Saturday afternoon several groups of
girls will give spreads and teas, and
that same evening the presidents re-
ception will be held in Stone hall.
Rev William Rogers Richards will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon in
the morning, and at 6.45 there will be
a vesper service on Sunday.