Smith Alumnae Quarterly . ll-call, again the floods descendedand the admiring throng dripped away whenthe night was still young. All but 76; wehear that they tranquilly took possession ofthe Students Building, and had a mostdelectable stunt party of their own, and didwhat they do in Spain, namely, let it rain! And then came the day after. And such aday! Ah, well, perhaps it was easier to gowhen the heavens wept at our going, and inour hearts we were content. We had seenthe friends we love, we had trod the oldfamiliar ways, we knew that the spirit thatrules Smith College is still the same; and
Smith Alumnae Quarterly . ll-call, again the floods descendedand the admiring throng dripped away whenthe night was still young. All but 76; wehear that they tranquilly took possession ofthe Students Building, and had a mostdelectable stunt party of their own, and didwhat they do in Spain, namely, let it rain! And then came the day after. And such aday! Ah, well, perhaps it was easier to gowhen the heavens wept at our going, and inour hearts we were content. We had seenthe friends we love, we had trod the oldfamiliar ways, we knew that the spirit thatrules Smith College is still the same; and asone by one and two by two we older classesstreamed away, Nineteen-twenty-two, stand-ing sadly at the door of the world fell inline in her proper place. Back to the rest ofthe world all around, all around, we went,82s banner at the head. We must excel, allwe Smith alumnae, for how else shall we meetthe challenge to guard well the spirit of SmithCollege and prove worthy of the proud namewe bear—Beloved Alumnae? E. N. THE SMITH ALUMNAE QUARTERLY 403 THE FORTIETH OF 1882 Not even the weather could dampen theardor of Smith Colleges reuning class of McClellans Sarasota car with thepink parasol 82 before and behind, blos-somed everywhere in the landscape andlifted us triumphantly out of many a threat-ening dilemma. To feast your eyes on Prexie at the headof our line made every moment of the Fridaynight dramatics thrilling. He was bright,beaming, and vigorous, recognizing each oneas we filed into the two front rows of per cent attendance won the cup for97—three cheers; but we came third with48% and 12 specials, several of whom tookfour-year courses that to-day would mean adiploma. The business meeting on Saturday voted hearty thanks to our secretary, who has so untiringly served us and captained the Round J Robin. Katherine McClellan was elected president and Nina Browne our new secretary. The Sophia Smith Homestead in Hatfieldgave us our class
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