The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
FADS OF GIRL STUDENTS.
QUEER RE<R-WwDOW ExHTBTTI0Ns
At sMIIH COLLEGE.

At sMIIH COLLEGE
Eject Of n Rage nor Hair washnE-Shirt-
waists In NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Parties
and smudgepan CoastinG Games OF
Marbles and Topspinnins in the Spring.
Nowhere else arc fads taken up 30 quickly and
dropped no suddenly as at woman's college.
Those fads, as a rule, do not come from the out
side world but originate in the college itsclf and
and make the campus and the 90 lego houses
soem part Of another sphere Tho girls cnthus-
iasucally take up everything from dog collar
belt " the latest chatting dish conooction. and II
is only short time from the day when the lad
Ia first introduced before the whole college Is welded
TO H. Thus early In the spring all Smith Col
lcge went mad ovot dog collar belts. and there
was hardly girl from the uniest freshman to
the tall. dgnifed senior but wore one OF these
spiked circles claspcd around her waist
A fad which sweeps back and forth over the
Smith student body throughout the entire year
Is washing the hair. When this wave IN at Its
height the college might be the abode Of Blue
beard Judging from the appearance Of the cam
pus houses. From the rear windows Of each
building depend wet masses Of hair with some
times neck also visible II the house In a large
one there's may BE- three tiers Of heads, row for
each floor, and AZ the wind catches these locks,
blonde, brunette. brown. auburn and ordinary
slate colorcd tresscs wave In the air. college
man who once had glimpse Of this rear window
exhibit Involuntary picked up a stone and muir
INJURED to his companion Il wonder what sort
Of cigars 20 with EN-" 1ts only the students
method Of drying their hair and a visit inside
the college house at this time would reveal many
maidens in dressing sacks. with towels pinned
around their shoulders. seated on window seats
with their heads thrown far back against the
vii In thStr they
studying Kant or Wordsworth, holding the
book high in the air so that they may read in
their reclining position.
This ir.washing mania spreads almost like
an epidemic. II Is only necessary for a student
To appear at recitation with her locks unusually
tumblod and unruly for her comrades N know
that she has boon having a shampoo and the
chances that every girl In the class will devote
part Of that very afternoon u doing likewise.
Thus the epidemic spreads through the entire
campus house and creeps from one house To an.
other. Such performances have not resulted
at Smith In more abundant tresses on the
contrary the girls often complain at the way
their hair falls out but they would snin at the
suggestion that In was due 10 too much washing.
The fudge craze Is always on at Smith. From
fall 70 spring plates Of this trying brown candy
6cn neSer rrnr Inca 81 fsge sna 'ne
II has been fad at Smith for some time 10
wear summer shirt waists In the dead Of winter.
don their winter clothes, but with cold snap np-
ncars a young woman In white shirt waist.
This IL the signal. and during month OF the
coldost weather the college appears In summary
shirt waists OF mink blue and white
Another custom followed by the Smith girls
in the winter months II 10 70 " and from rccita-
tons, and. In fact. all about the campus without
outside wraps Whether II u their pride ar their
brisk manner Of walking that keeps them warm.
certain II In that there IL practically illness
and few severe oolds among the students Tho
women Of the faculty follow this custom Of tho
49, L.s.
For ordinary str--t wear In winter the students
arc very fond Of bright cnorcd golf capos. and at
time sssS e, nothing G w,,S for hodge,"
Il, and wearing rair Of rcd mii,ens attached TO
a string in tho fashion Of her childhood days, tho
smith girl !. ready for the nughest winter weather
and heartily enjoys blowing through sn9wdrifts
and heinr blown about by the Wind. During
tho, winter she never thinks Of carving an UNI.
covered all over with snow Is fun and she believes
that the gentle warm rains which come In the
spring the best cosmetic known.
When the SHOWS of winter have covered tho
Northampton meadows with dep drifts, the snow
shoe lad strikes Smith Collesc and the students
the shops downtown note the sig rs and lay In
. large stock Of these fiat shoes 4 snowshoe
club Is organized and takes daily walks over
the fields and meadows and the enthusiasm ~ q
few students leads them IA snowshoc 10 and from
Rotations To take a freshman snowsho~r out
u walk il er-a, fun for an uppor.clnsa Sirl. "A
the novice "a sure 10 GO down In tho deep drifts
and become very wet and bcdraggied.
| new pleasures and fsds arise The most popular
II thee IN coastinR The students are not con-
pans and pig suckers Tor their siotls Immedi-
atcy afrr supper parties of girls borrow or sseal
fudge pens and troop down 70 tho back campus
can he obtained from putting the pans 10 This
original U.s.. The more ambitious girls visit tho
fashion. and. sTeichei out their .cntire length,
shoot over the ground with rapidiy
II the winter il one which brings a hard. icy
~ the students deypte beI,
males ideal cycling. and little drifts lend a humpy
| the Northampton meadows arc full Of wheel.
women. who anus themselves and spectators
WY" Wiz tSs spring come far different smassm.n
No sooner is the frost out Of the ground than mar
bles become popular Then chalk circles appear
eagerly , around them sh"oins marbles viii, ha dip
skill Of the small boy. Some Of the girls become
Of Them. swapping al intervals when kSuc cSs
have become sore and backs lame fror, this srsDr,
the girls akc no, " p,'sm pS So This scqars
are eniic~d In 10 do little tutoring When giri
has mastered the arr she fingers on the walks be,
warning bell gathers up top and string and slows
them away, In her pocket until she has another
There arc Hide hoops and big hoops, and fresh
man and scnior alike indulge in this sport. Kite
Of The Kites works OF art the girls generally
| make their own. There kites with hidcous
faces, and kites representing some pretty girl,
and animals often appear In the shapes 81 th-se
! toys The new box kite which WAS popular
AT the seash2re last year. has been favorably To
! Rardcd by the students, and will probably he
| adopted next spring.
As the summer wears on baseball IL the fad.
| Each house has nine. each class has nine
| and the rivalry between them In very high The
teams pIacuso after supper. and while the dc
| CisonB al the umpire are some whhl wild and I'll,
girls show a tendency To carry the bat with them
when they run TO hrst base, ardor runs hg h
| enough " make up for all mistakes When the
| weather becomes very warm baseball Ia discon
unued, and the students are content 10 spent
their spare moments In loafng in the hammock,
| without star ting any moro fads.