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Title: Supplement to Mortarboard
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Barnard College
Subjects: college yearbooks women's colleges Barnard College student activities
Publisher: Barnard College
Contributing Library: Barnard College
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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that we were just as superior and tried just as hardto appear indifferent to the Freshmen. We watch the Juniors, secure in their feeling of upper class-manship. They are chummy with every one, stand in awe ofno one, dispose of their duties in the shortest time possible, andare occupied principally in enjoying themselves, and in main-taining a kindly protective attitude toward the Freshmen. And, last of all, we marvel at ourselves, to think of theheavy burdens and dignities and attitude of serious demeanor,lightened only by an occasional gleam of the cheerfulness andfoolishness of our lost youth. The responsibilities that will come to you, 1913, are manyand arduous—your control of the student body, the influence youwill inevitably have on the other classes, and your jealous guard-ianship of Barnard and her name. All these we. pass on to you,in token whereof we yield you our steps, our cap and gown,our Senior songs, and our Senior rights and privileges of priority. Eleanor M. Doty. 13
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14 St;? 3lug lag (irattnn When I first learned that I was to deliver this address, Ibegan to wander about among- my classmates like a restlesswraith, asking of each one, What shall I put into my Ivy Ora-tion? And the first said, Whatever you do, dont get sentimen-tal. And I replied in all sincerity, Heaven forbid, my dear,that I should ever become sentimental. And another, in answerto my query, answered airily, Why, its easy—very easy. Justput in a lot of sentiment and stuff. And I said hastily, Why,of course, of course, and went my way. And finally I came tomy dearest of friends, my holy of holies, and I said to her, asto the others, What shall I put into my Ivy Oration? And sheturned to me and said, My dear, it doesnt make the remotestdifference what you put into it, but for goodness sake, Polly,make it short. In the course of my wanderings I came to one acquaint-ance who said, Why dont you do like the darkey preacherdid? And what did he do? I inquired. Why, when theyasked him how

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