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Show about smith college ! j SALT LAKE G8RL TELLS STORY . t OliTHAMPTOX. Mass, April 7. To the "looker-on," life af Smitli seems all play. Tho girls go lo recitations reci-tations and lectures, to be sure, but they never sccin to prepare' for them. Needless Need-less -to say, tho Smith girl' docs study and work, and she does well, as the register's report will show. But she has the ability In find a time for every-thing every-thing and- do everything in its time, bho knows how io make ait hour's studying count for a great, deal and she never thinks of neglecting her work for her play, but when she plavs, she plays. The thoughts of lessons les-sons to be prepared in the evening do not keep her from enjoying her pleasure of the afternoon. Mountain. Day Holiday. And how does she amusn herself? N10 ways aro many and varied. She is far to ingenious to allow anv monotony. mo-notony. The first renl tasle of "Smith fun that the freshman gets is on Mountain Moun-tain 'day. The college gives a whole holiday, "that the girls mav commiino with nature, and by the contemplation 01 the beautifully Colored foliage eomc I to a keener appreciation of nature and the t Divine Power which is behind it ill. So it is announced in tho chapel, but the matrons of the different houses will tell you that the girls' chief object ob-ject is to have a. ".glorious bat" and 'enough lunch." Early in the morning morn-ing they fitart oIT. some on foot, some bv trolley and soino in hired teams. Mount Lobby, Mount Lorn, Mount Holyokc, Dcorfield. Tho Orient and Amherst Am-herst arc all nearby points of interest lo which the cirls flock. Hero tho. upper class girls relate to the freshmen fresh-men tnjes 0 the wonderful mountain day they spent the year before. Sophomore Reception. Soon after this conies the sophomore reception a crush of pretty girls in pretty frocks, all trying ' to dance on a tloor built to accommodate less than half their number, and laughing at the folly of such an idea. Tins is the only big dance of the sort given during dur-ing the year, but hnrdlv a week goes b- without a housc-dnnce. The Smith girl lias the dramatic craze, too. and houseplays are given both in parlors and in ' the studeut building. These arc really cleverly act- f ed and cleverly staged, and lead one lo 1 expect great things at senior dramatics. ' I here are. during the vcar. a few I festivities for the separate "classes. The juniors, as a privileged class, havo two such. The first is the frolic, a night 111 which nonsense reigns; but where the greatest cleverness is often shown. The I class this year represented the slrcels ut jow York. They had Fifth avenue, 1110 Jjowery, wall street; Central park, several art galleries and department shows. There wero ladies of fashion, bowery loughs, roformed bums, a full Salvation Army corps, and all nationalities nation-alities were represented. A take-off on 'Tho Merry Widow" took place; peddlers ped-dlers cried their wares; bands played; in short, fun reigned everywhere." Of course, this is according to iuuior account, ac-count, for no one else was allowed to see the fun not even the members of the faculty or freshmen with "awful junior crushes. " uiuuui -c-iuincnaac. The oilier event of this kind is the lunior promenade, to which men are invited. And with the apple orchard in lull bloom as it is at promenade time, these favored men must feel amply am-ply rewarded for any tiresome iournev that they had to make. It is 'reward enough .just to see tho iluffr gowns against tho pink and. white and green of that guarded old orchard. Members aro also admitted lo I hp Glee club concert, and so this is considered consid-ered one of the big ovenls oC tho vcar. Of course, with Amherst ao near, there is a ood leal of fussing carried on at Smith, but the girls have so much lo do and arc able to do so many thing bv themselves that the girl who is a "confirmed fussor" is rcallv not envied en-vied in the least except perhaps on moonlight nights, when the ice on Para-disc Para-disc is perfect; then what girl wouldn't be delighted with a man? And vol. bmtf.li girls can skate together. Except among freshmen, fudge mak -ing is not very popular. "H takes too much time," the Smith girl sav.r The 1 fresh men, of course, consider it. ncces- tary to a college course. They have always al-ways heard that it was. and the wise up per class girl, nibbling freshman fudge, or partuking of freshman ten. does not mean that spreads bo abolished and .-uv Hti.nii iiui-t uiii spurn 1 11 c catcc which comes in the marked "laundrv onlv," although bhe prefers (hat the girls "just drop in ;ind cat it without any bother. If they want chocolate, there is Boyden's, the H. R and P.ie club house" or get a freshmen lo make it. Two TIalf Holidays Weekly. There are I wo half holidays a week at. Smith instead of the usual ttalurdav ofT. and it is on "Wednetdnv and Saturday Sat-urday that all their larks aiid bats are indulged in. It is on these evenings that they hold their dances aud receptions recep-tions and pay their calif.. But on these nights, as well as on "sludv nighls." the lights go oul at ten. The Smith girl is very athletic. The ; broad-shouldered girl is bv far the aver age. Tn spring and fall a great deal of her time is spent nn the calm, peace- , fill, and rather limited waters of Para disc pond rowing ur canoeing, if she is . fortunate enough Jo own a canoo and I to know how to paddle. At thu Allen I field she plays hockey ;uid basketball 1 11 nd tennis, and in tho liltle club house drinks chocolate ami cats fudge cake. 1 One looks at the girls running over the grass and does not marvel at their I perfect health; then looking in the cosy2 1 roontf, marvels that fresh air aud exercise ex-ercise are able to keep the roses in the college girl's cheeks, despite all that ' tudgc cake. When Rally Day fJomos. Each class has its basketball team, and bolwecn "odds" and "evens" strife is strong. Freshmen always play sophomores; juniors, seniors. The ,'ira't big game of the your comes on February Febru-ary '22. This day is celebrated bv thereat the-reat or the world as Washington's '"Ihdav, b,it at Northampton' it is Jtn ly dny Early in the morning Iho gins, in white uresscs and wearing the colors of their own nnd sister class, begin be-gin lo asemblo in the college hall. It, is 11 pretty sight to sec them march in4 two by two, and standing, a mass of purple of white here, yellow and white there, and upstairs red and white, and green and white, return President Scllyo's bow before I hey sit down,' when to 0110 looking down from tho lroshman gallery, a picture of prctly flower-deckcd green wreathed heads is shown. It is fun (0 watch the statolv seniors march sedatoly down the aisle after the faculty, and then to sec them run. dashing dash-ing past poor startled visitors, pell-mell townnl flip rvninnuimn TI,.,-. 4... I...... lines aro formed, the odds at one door, the evens at the other, until nt a sigunl from the class presidents they arc allowed al-lowed to entor, when another rush for places begins. Then the senior loader, stepping upon a flower trimmed stand niiHCs her ribboned baton and the first song of llally day is given. Tho other clnss.es follow with their songs, each class trying 5 Is best to sing louder, if not better, than tho other. There is a Smith tradition that no one song may be used twice, and so great interest is aroused; for should, for instance, the seniors sing a junior tune, the juniors forfeit all right to their song. Of course, all the class songs are held is secret, as it is here that the freshmen announce their class animal, usually by dropping a banner above the song-leader's head and singing his praises lustily. This year the class adopted the Dodo and are vcrv proud of the fact that it rcallv was" a secret, until the banner dropped on Jinlly day. Is a Beautiful Picture. H is a lovely picture that the girls I make in the beribboned gymnasium i each class in its corner, which is decorated dec-orated with the colors, the emblems, the seals, and the banners, and especially espe-cially with the flower1 of that class. Jt is on Pally day that the freshmen first feel the spirit of the college; first feel that Queer littlo thrill in knowing that they arc members of Smith. Thev feel it most when, after singing their topical topi-cal song, the seniors sing "Fair Smith'' and hear them sav, with a lit- ? tie catch in their voices. "This is our last .Rally day." " After the game in the afternoon, a big jubilee is held. The members of all the teams arc wliirled around tho floor in red chariots and yellow automobiles. Odds sing to evens, evens to odds, all the college "Celebs", are found and dragged around, any luckless professor wandering 111 lo witncHs the fun is caught and sung to llallr day is ccr-lainly ccr-lainly a nevcr-to-be-forgot.ten one. All Are Pedestrians. Of all her outdoor sports. Ihc Smith girl seems proudest of walking. She tramps over the country for miles around, and she always tramps hatlcss. It. lakes either a rain or a snow storm lo persuade a Smith girl fo wear a hat. even the coldest wcathor. She walks nearly as .often in bad weather as she does when tho sun is shining. In view of New England's climate, it certainly is a good thing that she is not dependent upon the sunshine not that it is exactly rare, but it is very uncertain, Jn the spring the girls live out of doors, only stopping to wear a rubber coat if it rains and to come back to dinner perhaps. I'es; the Smith girl 'does enjoy her piny, and sho does have a groat deal ot it. But she .enjoys her work, too. Some one said. "A healthy body make a healthy mind," and wo all know I ha I all work and no play makes .lack a dull boy," and there is no danger that 1 a Smith girl can become all play anil no work. She is not a frivolous girJ. bho has many serious interests in life besides her regular college course, as her work in Northampton shows. She is a girl with the highest ideals, the highest high-est aspirations. Above all, she is a gir able to do what she wants to do and also to do it well. |