The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
Features of Tree Day End in Gorgeous
Pageant.

Wellesley, June 1.-THE great event
of this year, one might almost say,
barring out float day and the Glee Club
concert, took place on Friday when the
long secret plans for the tree day
were made known. The festivities of
the day began early, in fact as early
as six o'clock in the morning.
1t is the customary thing for the
4 sophomores to find out all they can
concerning the freshman plans for the
day. The seniors and freshmen are
the most prominent on the occasion, so
the sophomores have more timne to in
terest themselves in their freshmen
friends Now, some time before the
day, a very wilted looking young birch
tree had been planted in a consplcu-
Gus place on the campus. everyone
felt sure it was the freshman tree, ana
soFthe sophomores decided to have a
little fun They arose at six o'clock,
went to the freshman tree, decorated
4 1t with yellow and white bunting, the
colors of 1902, which had somehow
4 been discovered. and also the FRESHMAN
/ flowers, the daisy. When one renen-
bers the great secrecy there is SuppoS-
ed to be over the class flower, motto,
+ tree song and colors, one can easily
I imagine the wrath of the freshmen
upon seeing the sOphOmores dancing
about their tree.
The regular exercises of the day be-
gan at o'clock, in front Of the main
building, on the lawn. Each class as
I sembled at a given place, and marched
! in costume in a body to the place Of
4 the exercises The juniors came first,
/ dressed as school children in pink and
/ blue frocks, with large children's hats,
! States. hoops, etc. They were properly
+ frislxv and infantile in appearance. The
i sophomores represented different cha
racters in alice in wonderland" The
sophomore president was Alice ana
headed the procession. Behlnd hef
I came a molly assembly, the turtle, the
/ chessmen. the March hare and long
/ line of others AS for the freshmen,
4 they were dressed to represent Louis
] XIV fete. The court ladies and gentle
me-, in heavy brocades and laceS with
4 nowdered wigs were charming. After
/ them came a group OF peasant mai
dens. in short pink or blue skirts, Whlle
waists and black bodices. They were
followed by another group Win yelIoW
skirts and black bodices. This last
group was really the most effective of
1 ANYTHING in the tree day costumes,
while out on the green. The seniors
3 came last in caps and gowns, TO the
music of the college organ.
After a short address or welcome Dy
4ha senior president, the usual serpen-
! fine march Of all the classes took
Mace on the campus. This is always
: gorgeous pageant effect, such as one
. seldom sees anywhere, The dances fol-
lowed. A dance of the fairies, then
! Morris dance, a dance with may-pole
I Of maidens and Robin Hood will be re-
peated on Monday of senior week. The
I senior exercises of the day closed with
an address to undergraduates by Miss
Grace P. Leinister, although the
epeech was written by Miss Agatha
Sonia.
After these exercises the rest of the
5av was devoted to the freshmen. A
stately minuet of court ladies and a
frolicIxine dance of the peasant girls
brought forth warm applause. Miss
Mary Smith of 1901 was the giver OF
fbe shade. Miss Constance Draper of
1902, the receiver. Miss Manwarrlng
gave the address to the upper classes.
fhe class song of 1902 (the soldiers
chorus from Faust" was the music
was sung around the tree. The
exercises of the juniors closed the tes-
INVITES Of the afternoon.
The seniors. according to custom had
aunper under the trees on Norembega
hill as the guest of Mrs. Newman ana
the president. In the evening the sem
Tors went serenading TO all the college
houses. and through the village. They
we're entertained at various houses.
The same night the juniors had their