New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
DELIGHTS PILE ON THICK.
WHY YOUNG WOMEN HAVE THE TIME
OF THEIR LIVES AT CORNELL's
JUNIOR WEEK.


and anything else that win entertain. One must
consider too several hundred desperate firtatons.
which nobody viii notice but those actually con-
cerned; at least score of new engagements some
OF which will eventually lead to the altar, and the
most glorious array of bills, which will bother only
the fond fathers who have to foot them.
And the secret of it all lies in this-it is junior
week. Junior week at Cornell is just much
fixture as is commencement at other colleges. 1t
did not spring up In night and is not an untried
invention. In its present condition ii represents
the careful planning and building UP Of years by
countless classes OF Cornell You will find
nothing about junior week in the college catalogue,
nor Is any reference made to it in faculty announce
ments. As a matter Of fact the faculty does not
know anything about it officially. But to get at
the real Importance OF CorneIPs junior week, ask
the girls. You will find stately matrons in almost
every Eastern city who can still remember the
juniors of 70 So. OF their junior week
was not what rhe 90 junior will be. or what that
Of 'ss was. for they have grown up with the uni
versity. Yet even then the girl had the time OF
her Hfe." and the 90 junior girl will not find
other way TO express herself.
WOMEN STUDENTS IN THE BACKGROUND.
Cornell women. the "co-eds'' do not take an
active part in the festivities of the week Although
decidedly enancipated and democratic they have
not yet reached the limit OF inviting TO be their
guests Of course, the Cornell girl figures in all
Of the affairs to certain extent but the week is
essentially for the out-of-town girl These girls will
have trunks full of gowns of the most modish
sort. fluffy morning Jackets tailor made street rigs
afternoon waists, series of vivid and startling golf
combinat ions for a OF the gorges and for
skating. and, most beautiful of all. least three
party gowns She will become a lightning change
artist before she is through with junior week. for
analrs crowd each other with terrible rapidity.
ATTRACTIVE NATIONS.
Then the chaperons must be considered. Cornell
has the reputation of having the prettiest and
Vo11T zrraS+ a-,f11or
vote more time and attention to the chaperon
than to her charge. The luck in getting charming
married companions is believed by many 10 be
chiefly due to the insertion of the following phrase
IN the letter of invitation:
And haven't you some young married friend
who will look after you while here? If she is
young and pretty We are sure 70 have much
Of her.
Once girls acceptance is received the fellows
trouble begins. There are countless arrangements
TO be made In the first place half dozen pro-
gramues must be filed our. The dance orders for
the big partes-the Junior Prom" and the
Sophomore CotillOn-have from fifty sixty blanks.
The fellows who bring girls get together
with the pictures of the intended and the spaces
gradually fill up If a girl desires. she know
a .seek before she leaves home every man she
viii dance with while here and just how many
times with each. The who has no girl during
junior week has terrible time getting his pro-
grammes filed, and never attempts IT twice. II
one draws poorly in the fraternity house al
letment, II one does not belong to a frat
rooms and board be arranged for. A cab
must be chartered for the week. unless is will
ing to put up with the fraternity onnibuses. The
florist must be consulted Unfortunately American
Beauties 90 not grow on the campus elms, and vio-
lets absolutely refuse to sprout Percy Field
in February. If the florist had not Implicit faith
in undergraduate honesty and did not extend I'M
limited credit many a student would be in a bad
box
A ROUND OF PLEASURE
On Monday the girl arrives and the run begins
Your carriage meets her at the station and you
smuggle her as quietly and quickly as possible into
the room that is to be hers for the week Mean
while you rescue her trunk from hundred others
that arrived the same train. At luncheon she
looks ike girl and meets the other fellows
OF your boarding club and their girls. That even
ing there is an informal getting acquainted party
at your frat house
Asking a girl "on" for junior week is the high
est honor and the most sincere mark of respect a
Cornell pay woman. 1t is no easy mat
ter TO decide which of the dozen fair faces that
frame your bureau will be most desirable for your
junior girl The mental evolutions that finally
lead TO a decision varied and interesting. Of
course. if you are lucky enough to have sister
she must be invited for at least junior Of your
college course. Or if your chum also has a sister.
and most chums have. work of the obligation TO
3oIle ana I@llS ~ T bI M =, LOT week,
cornell men uSually nave pest girls. 10 you
want her and are you sure that II she comes she
s @ 9e Funk 5v sr ssF 5yo2d do1b
best girls are usually left safely home and away
from the temptations involved in meeting hun
fenntn more Conditions E5gad girls often miss o.
juniors for the same reason, and some of those
who come go back with different husband in
view Then every fellow wants his girl TO make
hit" consequently a pretty girl has the best
chances of seeing Cornell at its social best Then
Christmas good time and the girl who may be able
to the junior compliment with interest dur
ing the summer; and a half dozen other girls. In
deed, it is hard to choose
Tuesday morning you show her the university
work, and where you should be II you not
doing Society; the library, where "co-eds' delve
into the literature. languages, science and of
dead past the dairy, where another of
Cornell men busy making butter; the farm
where the agricuturist raises more less practi-
cal crops: the gymnasium. where the famous Cor
neil crew does its preliminary work and then a
good hour is spent taking in the whole beautiful
scene of campus gorges. falls and lakes. OF course
YOU have listen a long talk Happy coll
lege lives" In the afternoon she enjoys bracing
drive over Central NETWORKS famous hills
Then you take her 70 the first real affair of the
week-the mask performance at the Lyceum Thea
ire. This year THE False Face a It is some
times called, viii present the extravaganza Ham
let & CO. and If dress rehearsals for any
thing ii VIII be well done. After the play she can
have a choice Of three fraternity dances. for Phi
Kappa Psi Delta Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta en-
terrain at their respective lodges At any one of
these parties she will find gay crowd. with plen-
series of back stairs where dances can be cut
without serious danger Of discovery
Wednesday the sophomore cotillon takes place.
and if wise. the girl will rest for she will never
have danced on crowded a floor before She
would never recognize the fairy palace into which
she Is ushered the bare, gloomy theatre in which
she saw Hamlet & Co" the evening before The
cotiIlon figures simple account OF the size OF
the crowd. but the favors are well worth saving
The regular dances finally begin. and the girl Is
surprised 70 find that she has danced the entire
night away when she finally leaves the theatre