The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

In tho college. The freshmen. by means Of 1t, are
brought much sooner into touch with college life
They learn more quickly what some OF the ideals
Of the college are, and through the senior ar Jun
ior Who directs the club are likely 10 get n sancr
idea of their responsibilities than II they were
thrown on themselves entirely.
The criticism that has somr' ncs been made
on the college ~ that the girls lave too little super
viti"n at an age when ,hc% nrc very IMPRESSION
hhl" and when their drsS Of lie and their manners
as well are forming Those opposed Ia the system
say that n girl under the CIRCUMSTANCES. l. scs
something Of her bloom, something Of her charm
They do not desire Ia put her IN convent. hut to
surround her. nearly MS may be. with the refined
Influences that she would have At h me hrSe
people 20 on To say that the gil unc"nci"uSly
begins To ignore some Of the little virtues Of life
and the man in his turn forgris some Of the small
couttcscs lie doesn't remember 10 hold the
door open for tho girl behind him, for instance,
as lie would always do At home, he does not think
20 open her umbrella or give her right Of way or
hall dozen other things that ought Ia come nat
uTal To n well bred man
II there is any Justice in the criticism. and II the
girls and the men improve only in intellect, by
exclusive cnripanonship with each other between
tho ages eighteen and twenty iw" then certainly
inporancc Of things feminine, is a step in the
right direction The other societies. like Gamma
Phi leta have been doing partially and in small
way for their members wha, the League will Try
To do for all the girls in college. II II ACTS az a
check on too much liberty tor the girls il is most
amount Of fun is attached The formal debut
Of the club this year. will be at the dedication Of
the Barbour Gymnasium They viii give cos,
and consultation that takes place In corners at
odd moments, the affair will be one TO add still
greater laurcls 10 the reputation of the League for
original entertainment and gracious hospitality.
Perhaps the mos. cherished tradition Of the
%S Il yn Ss Is The
class give 10 czech member of the freshman class
Q lantern the liryn Mnwr symbol, to light her on
her difficult way through college; The custom
originated in the old DAYS when the only lantern
in bryn MawI' was the one nj tho entrance Of the
q hNN 10.
ccived their caps and gowns, usually about a
month from the opcning of college, Tho date
Shortly after dinner that evening tho class
Of 1903 gathered on the campus between Denbgh
semicirclcs II was a night Of brilliant, starlight
and new moon, so that identity WAS almost i'm
possible in the ranks 81 forms in BLACK gowns
arch came the sophomurcs in solemn procession.
four ebrcast They, too, were IN cap and gown.
and each carried one or more lanterns spots "
the tavorlic I'ryn Mawr Songs, the only Greek
one now used al college the "Pallas Athcnc Thea"
Coming around the paths by TAYLOR they Scra.
rated IN front of the waiting freshmen. into two
double lines which distributed the lanterns To the
chcered their successors, who replied with a Ian
tern song written for the occasion, More cheers
aud songs followed, then the freshmen formed in
procession and moved down the campus, rows Of
slim black figures, each with its light to make the
darkness around more dense, The ivy on the
@ %ss now onv b"S s shadow on the
stone: the trees, almost lcnfless, were ghostlik-
In the faint light, and even the living line moving
over the close cut turf had an uncanny look.
They marched through each college hall in
turn, singing and being chccrcd, met outside each
hall by 1902 and Al last, at Pembroke, by the en-
tire body of Undergraduate students when each
class had checrcd every other class each had sung
Its class song, and every one had Joined in TIE
fayorltc Hryn MawI airs, some one struck up the
College Hymn, at the close Of which the students
scattered to their respective halls
The noXt morning the freshmen marched to
chapel IN a body, in the glory Of academic cos
tune, and feeling that life at Bryn Mawr had
really begun for them