The sun., 1906-02-25

q,la,ten ln each corner Of the main floor
wns a triangular stand OF seats facing the
centre. Overhead tho galleries were
divided into the sarne four guartors, The
crimson corner. with its red lions and its
big 1905, opposite it the green section for
1901 purple 1908 and yellow 1909. In front
OF each sand was a sort OF dais, always
In the class color, and each one triumph
Of ingenuity in design aud dccora ion,
The doors were opened ton minutes after
tho Philippines had been settled for good
- or so hoped the speaker, and ALL By that
time thu, sehmmeri!ng ribbons. diverst,ed
with sp!otches of mothers and fathers
and with depressions occupied by httle
brothers and sisters, stretched away on up
TIE campus till it frnged out into distant
stragglers
A grand r,lsh when the doors were opened
carried mothers and fathers madly with
the current. Tho honest truth is that they
we're helping the current on to the best Of
their ability anyway. Upstairs. pellInel,
they went Muttered CALCULATIONS from
the mothers az they stepped on the ruffies
OF their drorskirts and heard them go
fathers as they saw some other father got
ahead Of them!
In less time than it takes TO tell it the
running track. which is the gallery, was
packed, and the air was SO thick with ohs
and abs of admiration that they sang in
ones ears like a swarm OF Lees.
Down stairs the four corners we're fillinR
up The seniors no longer wore an ar or
mystery Instead they were radiant N
crimson cap and gown, which, with their
to the day. People talk of colors which
scream" The crimson and white OF the
seniors corners was like thrilling bugle
call.
Words cannot reproduce anything 80
beautiful as that picture was as seen IRON
. .F tl,nH III N
was empty. In the four corners those
hundreds of girls stood pressed 50 close
together that from above one saw them
only as swaying, tremulous we'll Of color.
Then came four girls in white, One with
red roses in her hair mounted the crimson
da!s; the second, with ionquils in her belt,
stepped up on to the green throne in front
of the juniors; the tuird, with a garland
of purple wstara over her shoulder, faced
the sophomore band the fourth, wearing
ii dear little wreath Of miniature sunflowers,
looked at the 400 freshmen before her and
wondered if they were going to whoop It
up when their turn came.
For these four girls we're the song leaders
of their classes: Cassandra klnshian, O6;
Laura Geddes 'G7; Bella Coa!e, '0s, and
Ethel Forbes, 0o. Their work Is like that
Of the men who lead the cheering at the
mems colleges and they gst such an amount
of sound out of their cohorts and of en-
thusiasm out of you that you look upon
them with awe and admiration.
With all due regard to the excellence OF
the various addresses which have been pre-
sented to the girls on rally day, the realy
important part Of the celebration begins
when those four song leaders gat busy.
Each class springs two new songs upon
the three other classes The seniors are
allowed an extra one. Poor things. It's
their last chance. On this account they are
allowed to begin the fun.
With the first lift of Cassandra kinsman's g
crimson baton began queer sort of tourna-
ment of song. OF course every production
is full of praise for one particular class and
of grinds on all the rest But that isn't all.
1t IL struggle for the possession OF tune.
For instance, each class had a different
song. the words of which they had provided,
but whose tune was the familiar one OF
Rufus Rastus johnson Brown" The first
class singing it the morning of rally day
gets mortgage on that tune; For basket
class has the sole right to u=e that tune.
The little tournament, therefore, means
more than appears to the outsider.
SO when Cassapdra kinsman waved her
scarlet baton and the seniors turned Rufus
'Rastus loose there was great excitement.
But all the Rufus 'Rastuses in the world
could not down the incarnation OF vim which,
under the sobruuet of Casey Geddes, leads
the 1907 singing. When she clenches her
hand and pretty nearly Kisses Sing! Sing
at her 200 girls, you don't wonder that they
do sing as if they were 1000.
The seniors opened up with the following:
1907 1909,
poor old Gryphon lust listen to him wh!ne
What you gon' to say?
How you goln to play
Lions go,n' 10 grab you In the same old way
You know. know everybody knows
You'll have to get wigsle or he'll tread upon your
Listen to him holcr' Listen to him whine
Poor old 1907 900
Whereupon can you blame the juniors for
simply raising their corner Of the roof with
a ripping execution Of the following, to
the tune Of The Old Rotunda"2
Oh, now's the time girls,
We're in our prime. girls
We've got them going,
Yes. going sone
It's not the first time.
Nor yet the last time.
That we've put those even classes
on the bum, bum. bum'
When it came the turn Of the sophomores
they hurled contumely upon the freshmen
in the following verse:
90. don't forget you are young
Your praises too often are sung
we hear II Is said
You Will come out ahead
LOOK out For you may get s,ung
To which replied 400 lusty young voices
IN praise of the Ju- ju bird, which had been
secretly selected by the freshmen as their
patron fowl
in .Ju stands the head OF all
Things which have wings or crawl
Hes nrst in wal, and nrst In peace
And FIRST In basketball
But after standing up against each other
.or two OF these vocal rounds the four
batons we're raised together and in one
- Of hn Sphn