The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
TIE COLLEGE GRIPS SUNDAY
Various Ways of spending 1t According to
the Experienced Senior.

the Experienced sehtor.
do YOU want 70 know what am going TO do
Sunday" asked the senior, settling back com
fortably among tho cushions on tho couch and
thong htfully regarding her freshman friend, "or
do you wan, 10 know what you are going 10 do?'
rs there any great diGerence3"
Il hope so am surprised that you have been
here a month withou, hnding out tho possibilities.
But remember you have been In town visiting
every Sunday 90 far. am glad you are going
70 stay here part ofihc time for. after ell our Sun
days are characteristic Of ono aspect OF college
life and II Is an aspect that outside people hardly
know. First Of all you can lie abed half an hour
later than usual. The rising bell IL at half past
7instead Of at I o'clock. and breakfast Is from y
until o'clock. suppose you have noticed that
tho all rules Almost all Of Us get into the
dining room at one minute OF Q, and then we hayo
an extraordinarily good breakfasts and take plenty
OF time over IL always begin at the beginning
and eat straight through, fruit hominy. egg on
toast swcetbresds. coffee and rollS and milk
toast and ometmcs buck cakes and maple
syrup. ThenI come upstairs and gossip with Mar
tina for all hour, and wonder II have eaten too
much. But forgot Twas telling you what you
could do.
Instead Of going down to breakfast you can
have party in your room. Put two study tables
together. cover them with q table CLOTH have q
bunch Of chrysanthemums in the con,ro and a
channg dish and coffee pot at one end II you
have not dishes enough you can tell your guests
TO bring theirs. Have them bring their chahng
dishes too and you can several cour-cs at
your breakfast. Buck wheat cakes are especially
easy TO make"
Isn't tina, more usual among seniors than
among freshmeny- ask ed this particular fresh man
from her lowly seat ON an Indian stool.
-Not at ALL" replied the Senior IL Is tho fresh
men who keep these pleasant customs alive.
The rest OF US get tired after two or three Years Of
such things and prefer 10 ca, the college breakfast
with no fuss and no work and no in our rooms.
II we ge, any meal II, is Sunday night supper. for
that is never any good, and half tho time You miss
II any way because YOU don't get back from your
walk In time.
Vow ! am telling you what you can do You
can 20 early In the morning 10 a meeting OF tho
Young woman's Christian Association Atlcast.
believe that II whatr IL. You will hnd the time
and the subi~i ofthe meeting posted on the bulletin
board every week. The meeting Is held In the
gymnasium and Is conducted by the girls who are
in college Then you can 10 70 church. Tho
College provides very nne picnic bsrye- In which
you can rido u y"u do not wish W walk. They
call al zach Oi the halls ii rs~idence. carry you 70
any one OF the churches near here, and then call
LOT you and bring you back. You see bad weather
gives you no excuse for not going.
When You come bark from church you have
little time To vdto letters or 10 talk With your
Intimate friends Then comes dinner. With after
dinner coffee, which We never have except on
Snndays and gala dASsr, After dinner nearly
al 5 o'clock Is Away heavy one. for somo girls
send oil On II their whole weeks correspondence
%. d yGa Eli II; q ,ts "; moe
have s~en the table Nv, inches deep with letters
We mower ihink Of using the mailbox Over the table
sunday mail has come 20 IL ono II our chief In
hiiuuons And. bv tho way. have you had a
your friends 70 writs scms 70 you. Tor they arc
twice ~ good ~ other letters. You have such q
6le'Hed IDLE feeling ,ha. YOU can dIit, int' tha
ns though you had had a visit instead OF a letter
when Ep home summers | miss my Sunday
mails more than anything. else.
"Alt"f you are done With letter wruns you wan,
~ take walk ~ make duly calls II gir Isn't
AZ leisure rhe ought 70 be and you noed have no
however. l. bc,St In the afternoon you can wear
short skin, but in tho morning, at ehurch hme.
you cant because IL oncnds other peoples sus-
capabilities You have " wear . hat on Sundays,
t"" II YOU 20 oh the campus
supper - earlier than dinner ON other
nghts, and you wsnt 10 look on, not ~ unLss It.
here " NO dressing bell. and that ~ ding
IEsi alter suptet comes tho Sunday evening
meeting IN the gymnasium Nearly oil ths girls
rutothsL Tor no religious drnomi nation has charge
q II aud ali meet ON level There IL a feeling
nucndAn'v always Some one girl conducts
the meeting and othets help her by reading and
selcc, sn,th.rs from tho HiHie 70 Swinburna
Tho girl- come home from the meetin; In
rrnurs locked arm In arm. and talking or sing
ing Justly Ike 70 800 Isp especIA!ly On q a.,
their halls ,h-v do anything they want the resst
Of Me e,ehing II Ia even possible that they
-ls there any rqIe against studying asked
M tnde q replied tho son,or; with the
in",o tho custom 10 study a. Little "a possible,
We have 10 q" II in self protection
Il wish" ysnIured tho Freshman after pause
log medi,aion I really wish you would tell me
what you going 10 do Sunday. You have
brn - careful ~ say that all this other WAS
what ] su u do How arc you going 70 make
your day different"
-Iiy the process Of omission replied the Senior
/ In superior wav 4 am not going TO the morn:
INK meeting, and am not going " church. and
! am not going ~ the evening nesting. may
take long walk in the afternoon. The rest u
the time shall bo lazy aud read s,oics and talk
10 people wh" amus- me"
win not the other girls think that you arc
awtully vicked,- asked the Freshman
Ally dear l have never known girls to mike
remarks one way or another, and should advise
you not To- b~yin. There arc notices In the halls
stating that II IS the desire VI the founders Of the
college that tbs students attend some church
service, but there is no rule about II. ] have a
night to SPEND the day a. secng best ~ me ~
would IN my own home and this week. as II hap
pens have bcrn working very hand on mar
yslious'y dull subjects, and feel the need Of pure
layiness and friyolity for a change What
do. however, IN no example for you Ia follow. IL
~ a good idea 10 80 to all the services al nrst
AtcrwaId you an do what seems best 70 you.
And 80 far as public opinion about my wicked
ness gees please remember that my most intimate
Trend In my own class IN a giH who goes to all
ire services have mentioned and a yosper serv.
Ice beside That will show you the individual
liberty that We ALLOW"