The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
GIRLS WORK IN COLLEGE.
SENIOR AND FRESHMAN DISCUSS IT
OYER TOASTED tHkEsF

rb.v Apsv,r the Hostile Criticism That
II I.n't Worth While for Girls to Go
20 College - do Girl students TRks
Their Work Too seriously?-Thesr Fun
I'm furious; ust perfectly furious The
freshman stood In the doorway. her arms iuli OF
| bundles, her eyes flashing and the feathers on ms
beat hat nodding violently,
ITS becoming," ans~ cred her senior room
mate, looking up from her book. Very flease
be furious often. You'd make a splendid model
for the sketch claRs with that color ] mean " tell
Miss Barnes about H. She wanted some one the
other day. You earn twenty-five cents an hour for
sitting still. Hut you learn a lot besides. The girls
seem to for get that you have ears, and they make
delightfully."- frank remarks One begins; Well
her nose isn't quite plumb, liz IL Another says:
No I never supposed her mouth was 81 large did
you And her chins NJ funny; regular nut
cracker shape It's very elucidatlng' After
ward you have the privilege Of looking a'twenty-
Ave caricatures Of yourself. It's the best cure for
vanity | know You never dare again tn face
your own image in the looking glass YOU
Don't he SO trivial" interrupted the freshman
Can't you see I'm Just ready TO cry, ] feel as
did when some brute told me years ago that there
wasn't any Santa Claus" She dumped her pack
ages in a heap on the bed and took of her hat
Poor child" said the senior. did you tear your
glove or get a bad criticism on your theme or oa
you spend all your substance on riotous livingI
That bundle is cheese, ! know. and I'm sure
smell chocolate peppermints Betsey. you'll
never learn sense"
Fl haven't torn my glove" said the freshman
with dignity, and | had excellent on my theme.
haven't spent all my substance, because l have
two cents left for a weeks incidentals. That 10
cheese, and you do smell peppermints. They're
for a consolation party. Oh, that woman. how !
should like to shake her
"Tell me about il, said Polly, with a sigh. I
ought t, study philosophy, but rs about as easy
Ia do anything while you are in this mood as TO
sleep with a mosquito buzzing around your head
who was she and what did she say"
Il vent to call on Miss Jasper" began the fresh
man. and there was n creature from somewhere
visiting her, one Of those cyncal, snug. self.
satisfied persons that always make statements
and never ask questions. She found out | was .
college girl, and then she let loose her batteries
She Told me she didn't approve Of college, she
brought up all the old objections against women
knowing anything at all beyond the three rs
She said /, was bad for their dispositions. made
them restless after they went home, &c, Those
things didn't stir me much, | had heard them ell
before. Then she said. My dear child, the
worstoi i is, college girls are so terribly in earnest
They act as # their little petty joys and pleasures
and sorrows were really important, a lesson IN
Grcek, why II is an epoch; and ms for society cleo
! tons. the announcement Of Presidential election
couldn't cause greater excitement | have been
watching. And what does II all amount to-
Nuthin; at all They are moving around in q
pintcup, and when they bang the sides they think
the Noise is going round the world That's
about wha, she said She spoke Of college as a
.
and emotion. Then when | attempted TO utter .
few feeble sentences IN defence she crushed me
with the unansserable argument; You are too
young to know anything about IL When you
are as old as am You will think ms I do Now.
I'd like 10 know" concluded the freshman, If |
wasn't righ,cously indignant, and If you wouldnt
have been, TOO
The smile had disappeared from the seniors
face, and she WAS lonking al her room mate earn
estly, before she finished. Yes, she answered.
"or else ] should have been sorry for that woman.
She has hold Of things by the wrong end II
ignore them, but they aren't People who ought
10 know better even say the same thing ilat
W. take college 10" seriously. II they were in
side they might say the opposite It's getting
So dark and chilly, letS have u ire, she broke
of suddenly I've laid ii, and all you need
do, is to lightlt
The freshman touched a ma Itch 10 the shavings
underneath, and then sat down on a low stool
to watch the hemcs, catch The wood IN seems
10 me, she ShlU, from my llnlltU pAleTlpnfP,
that they arc finding fault with one of our best
virtues"
YOU are young 10 have come to such a wiss
conclusion, said the senior.
Don't talk 10 me- about being young an
swprrd the freshman. sharply. Once in a day
is enough w be squplched for that. II isn't my
fault, hut my misfortune"
II they don't want MS 10 be in earnest, over
college +" the senior began again, re1ectively.
they will have 10 change the whole scheme %
things. They II have 10 start with The kinder
gartpn and say Now, dear little people, Won
mustn't care too much about the things Won sre
doing The games are only play, and Won
can't use thnsr pa per mats for iron holders This
isn't the wav things are ont in The world Nou
ara only getting req DIV for the real things
YES" chiued in he freshman. and when
this creatures little girl was rocking her dolly
10 sleep over in the corner this afternoon ybv
d.dn', her mother say Ilarissa, that is onlv
an object Of cloth and saydust that won are me-
tending To rock to sleep. Remember Thai DONE
be foolish enough 10 think i, is anything else :
WHY didn't | think of,hat this afternoon, sighed
the freshman, regrptfully, why didn't think
of it,"
1T seems to me" said the senior. poking tha
fire, and going on with her Thought That
So far life is n succession Of stages, and that Won
only get The good Of ca Oh div nv Thinking III stba
most important y, wonder If my ia Thor and
the other men know don feel MS If they vera
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