New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-04
OF INTEREST
TO WOMEN.
MAN DANCES AT H0LY0kE.
Neso Rule AUosced at This Pioneer
Girls College.

co,+, rIaalar Mass Dec (SpeciaD. Dine
xr,,rt rzo,,,ole girls are as jubilant these days
as II their college had a winning footoaH 'e'N--
and all because the faculty has decided 20 pcs
nit man dances" Never has Mount hoiSoA0
girl danced with a man at her own Alma
Mater, and a frost has always settled down ''
the yearly Junior prom when the invited men
discovered that the dreamy waltz music ana
4oiiy two steps were only ornamental ana not
TO be used for dance purposes AROUND anu
around the young people have walked tnelr leo.
fairly aching TO keep time to the music A"O
the faculty have looked on eoldly ana uhsyIn-
patheticalIy. But the faculty has oeclooo
to allow the man Dance but chiefly because Use
81 is believed, there have been rumors that Cne
girls had planned to revolt this year anu 81 q
given signal every student was 10 TAKE inc Ho0i
with her man and begin to waltz. -,
For nearly five years the Mount HoIyoRe slils
have had hopes that the faculty would see tne
Innocence OF dancing and the STIFFNESS OF tne
walk around, and especially when me new y IL u,
rasiurn was built did hope run high NOW we II
show that we no longer female seminary
but real woman's college,, said the most opn I-
Ilaistic girls but the woman faculty emphaucs1lly
shook their heads, although the younger rae
rlty members smiled sympathetically. IheI1 inc
girls bornbarded their rulers with petition after
11etitfon end they pointed out that they were
allowed to go to the informal dances at Am
herst College. This strange inconsistency was
not explained, but the girls were told tnat
their own partners at Mount Holyoke must Dc
girls; ,..1o,, +.o orobe.tra g nlav-
ing aTammany' and 'ToylandP p" chorused the
girls In an exasperated treble. "Oh, fddle! ASd
then they began TO conspire darkly together and
decided to petition once more, and IL refused, 10
do something surprising and jolting
When the president of the junior class
entered the room where the class meeting was
10 be held last week and was fairly mobbed TO
find out what the faculty had replied she bore
herself proudly and Importantly, but refused to
saw q word until the meeting had been called TO
order and the subject led up to with the best
parliamentary tactics Then she threw dignity
70 the winds and said excitedly: Girls, we can
dance" The rest Of her remarks were lost IN
shrill cheering, but when they were heard they
were little like cold water. But there are
restrictions" she said.
The restrictions were that each girl must hand
In the name of her guest, to be approved by the
faculty; that letter is required from the girls
parents giving their consent, and that young
members Of the faculty must not be chosen as
patronesses.
These restrictions were received with various
expressions of sarcasm and approval. Hand
IN the name to the faculty, indeed Should think
they would require a recommend from his pastor
aIsoi" wonder if they'll look the men up in the
Who's Who'?" "Why don't they require the
mans parents to along and identify their
eon7'' Lets send in q family Bible with the
family register leaf turned down, with every
namei" Well III never invite a man to the
old prom, If I've got to insult him by having him
passed upon by the faculty. These were
some Of the expressions the girls INDUCED in,
but the majority decided to make the best Of it
and went TO serenade the faculty to show their
goodwill, and all decided to give up wearing
out II their petition had been wholly refused.
Many Of the girls. however, look sad and de-
clare that they viii not dare ask any one but
their brothers because Of those "horrid restric-
they reflect that they will not be obliged to
dance with their own brothers all the time.