University Missourian., 1914-03-25
STEPHENS COLLEGE
GIRLS HAVE FUN, TOO
Quarantinein BoardingSchool
Not SO Bad, After All,
Writes One.
ALL ARE WORKING
Merchants Send Boxes of
Candy to Girls in the
Germ Pale.
ALL ARE WORKING

[ Editor the Missourian:-Ye shade.
of all the Lydia Languishes anC
Clarissa Harlowes that have eyel
lived! Think of it, A Girls Colleg,
or as you would have said it. a Fe.
male Sanitarium-with all the young
smallpox. and not single person
fainting or weeping, but all cOntented
happy and attending sensibly to work.
We of Stephens College have not
reached this laudable stage, however
without sympathy and help from the
people of the outside. So far. this svm-
pathy has largely taken the form of
flowers and candy. All of the PROM
inent merchants in town have sent
up great boxes OF candy to be enjoyed
by the teachers and girls. 1t has been
enjoyed and will be remembered. too.
The big sisters" of the girls home
also have been especially kind in re-
mcmbering their little sisters" with
boxes of good things to eat.
We are indebted to the people of
the outside world for a great deal of
amusement too. Can you imagi this
picture? \ man. a big man, a man
with vote turns the corner of Broad
way and Waugh. If there is no one in
sight when he gets opposite the west
entrance of the College. he ventures
into the street, looking carefully all
the while 10 see that there is no germ
laden girl within fifty yards. then. hav-
ing set down package Singerly on the
very edge of the sidewalk. he takes to
his masculine heels as fast as his
legs will carry him. And it
is said that the people on one of the
streets facing the campus will not
raise their windows for fear some vile
germ might blow over to them.
But we have learned to be very
careful about germs. The policemen
have taught us. We know, for in
stance, that there is no danger as long
IS we are in the yard or on the curb
ng. but that il one girl were to get
,ut in the street. everyone in Column |
}ia would have smallpox, half the
population would die. Every bit of |
knowledge leads to little more. and |
30 some of the girls. even those who |
re not of a mathematical turn. can |
ell Just what per cent of the |
,ody can be balanced over the |
UrbiEg without danger of falling i'm |
he street. or how nearly ones foot |
an come to touching the sidewalk |
Without actually communicating it, |
FOR. as you have probably suspected. |
here is another masculine preroga-
i've along with that of being sensible. |
which. if the Stephens girls have not
lsurped from the men. they are at
east having with them. 1t is the JOY
# being chased by the police
But however much the Stephens
ommunity is indebted TO the outside
rOrld. its best times have been those /
often up for and by the teachers and 4
he girls. Saturday evening the Fire
department. OF the College entertained
ne entire school. Sunday afternoon,
ne Y. ". C. \. held religious serv-
,es. Monday evening the COnserva-
Dry faculty gave a concert
And so life within the germ pale
going along very pleasantly and
Ormally And we who are within the
ale are trying to protect you who are
inside the pale as much as we can.
ur temporary nurse disinfects all
lose who are planning to talk across
le street TO their friends. our letters
re fumigated for twenty-four hours
nfore they are taken from the build
z. even our telephone has been
ashed in carbolic acid. And if you
lOuld put your nose down to the pa
r on which this very account is writ
n You would catch strong whiff of
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