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Bryn Mawr College
Motto: Veritatem Dilexi (I Delight in the Truth)
Established: 1885
Type: Private
Endowment: US $654. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested 7 million[1]
President: Nancy J. Vickers (will retire in June 2008)
Faculty: 144
Undergraduates: 1,378
Postgraduates: 421
Location: Bryn Mawr
Lower Merion Twp, PA, USA
Campus: Suburban
Colors: Yellow and White
Mascot: Athena's Owl
Website: brynmawr.edu

Bryn Mawr College (correctly pronounced /brɪnˈmaʊər/ brin mauer, colloquially most often /brɪnˈmɑr/ brin mar) is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Nancy J Vickers was the seventh president of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, a position she held from 1997 until 2008 A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Bryn Mawr ( brin-mar is a Census-designated place (CDP in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just west of Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. Bryn Mawr ( brin-mar is a Census-designated place (CDP in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just west of Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The name "Bryn Mawr" means "large hill" in Welsh (not "high hill," Bryn Uchel, as is often mistakenly given as the translation). Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic

The College is known for its academics, close relationship between students and faculty, and sense of community and shared values. Bryn Mawr College is one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges. The term liberal arts refers to a particular type of educational Curriculum broadly defined as a Classical education. In terms of academics, percentage of doctorates earned by graduates, placement among select professional schools, student satisfaction/quality of life, and social impact on America according to US News, Princeton Review, NSF data, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Monthly, Bryn Mawr has consistently ranked in the top 20 of liberal arts colleges in America, and sometimes among undergraduate institutions (including universities) as well. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company The Washington Monthly is a monthly Magazine of United States Politics and Government that is based in Washington D The Washington Monthly also ranked Bryn Mawr College as #1 college in America based on social mobility, fostering scientific and humanistic research, and how well it promotes an ethic of service to the country. The Washington Monthly is a monthly Magazine of United States Politics and Government that is based in Washington D It is also home to one of the country's oldest and most highly respected postbaccalaureate premedical programs. [2]

Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, and is part of the Tri-College Consortium along with two other colleges founded by Quakers — Swarthmore College and Haverford College. The Seven Sisters are seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. The Tri-College Consortium consists of three private Liberal arts colleges in the Philadelphia suburbs Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb The school has an enrollment of about 1300 undergraduate students and 400 graduate students. In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described

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Academics

Students at Bryn Mawr are required to complete divisional requirements in the social sciences, natural sciences (including lab skills) and humanities. The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies In Science, the term natural science refers to a naturalistic approach to the study of the Universe, which is understood as obeying rules or law of The humanities are academic disciplines which study the Human condition, using methods that are primarily Analytic, Critical, or Speculative In addition, they must fulfill a two-year foreign language requirement, a quantitative skills requirement and a College Seminar requirement. A foreign language is a Language not spoken by the people of a certain place for example English is a foreign language in Japan.

History

Bryn Mawr College was founded in 1885, and named after the original home of its founder, a house near Dolgellau, Merionnydd (Merioneth) Gwynedd, Wales, and largely founded through the bequest of Joseph W. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Taylor. It was the first higher education institution to offer graduate degrees, including doctorates, to women. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement The first class included 36 undergraduate women and eight graduate students. Bryn Mawr was originally affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), but by 1893 had become non-denominational. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [1]

In 1912, Bryn Mawr became the first college in the United States to offer doctorates in social work, through the Department of Social Economy and Social Research. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies This department became the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research in 1970. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1931, Bryn Mawr began accepting men as graduate students, while remaining women-only at the undergraduate level. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

A June 03, 2008 article in The New York Times discussed the move by women's colleges in the United States to promote their schools in the middle east. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. The article noted that in doing so, the schools promote the work of graduates of women's colleges such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Emily Dickinson, Diane Sawyer, Katharine Hepburn and Madeleine K. Albright. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from Lily Diane Sawyer (born December 19, 1945) is a Television Reporter for ABC and co-anchor of its morning news show Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. The Dean of Admissions of Bryn Mawr noted, "We still prepare a disproportionate number of women scientists [. . . ] We’re really about the empowerment of women and enabling women to get a top-notch education. " The article also contrasted the difference between women's colleges in the Middle East and "the American colleges [which] for all their white-glove history and academic prominence, are liberal strongholds where students fiercely debate political action, gender identity and issues like “heteronormativity,” the marginalizing of standards that are other than heterosexual. Middle Eastern students who already attend these colleges tell of a transition that can be jarring. "[2]

College presidents

Vickers has announced that she will retire in June 2008. Martha Carey Thomas ( January 2, 1857 - December 2, 1935) was an American Educator, suffragist, and second President Harris Llewellyn Wofford (born April 9, 1926) served as a Democratic U Mary Patterson McPherson served as the sixth president of Bryn Mawr College from 1978-1997 Nancy J Vickers was the seventh president of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, a position she held from 1997 until 2008 [3] Jane McAuliffe will assume the position July 1st 2008 [4]

Notable alumnae and faculty

Main article: List of Bryn Mawr College people

A number of Bryn Mawr alumnae have gone on to become notable in their respective fields. Jane Dammen McAuliffe is the eighth president of Bryn Mawr College, beginning her tenure in July 2008 The following is a list of individuals associated with Bryn Mawr College through attending as a student or serving as a member of the faculty or staff The list includes Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman president of Harvard University, modernist poets H.D. and Marianne Moore, classics scholar Edith Hamilton, Nobel Peace Prize winner Emily Greene Balch, and actress Katharine Hepburn. Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18 1947)is an American Historian, college administrator and the first female president of Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century HD (September 10 1886 – September 27 1961 born Hilda Doolittle, was an American poet, Novelist and Memoirist She is best known Marianne Moore ( November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American Poet and Writer Edith Hamilton ( August 12, 1867 - May 31, 1963) was a German-American classicist, Educator, and Writer Emily Greene Balch ( January 8 1867 &ndash January 9 1961) was an American academic Writer, and pacifist who received Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Notable faculty include Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Hunt Morgan and Richmond Lattimore. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Thomas Hunt Morgan ( September 25, 1866 &ndash December 4, 1945) was an American geneticist and embryologist. Richmond Alexander Lattimore ( May 6, 1906 - February 26, 1984) was an American Poet and Translator known for

Organization

Bryn Mawr undergraduates largely govern themselves in academic and social matters. Their Self-Government Association, formed in 1892, is the oldest such organization in the United States. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year A significant aspect of self-government is the Academic Honor System (honor code). "Code of honor" redirects here for the first season episode of Star Trek The Next Generation see Code of Honor.

Along with Haverford College, Bryn Mawr forms the Bi-College Community. Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb Students in the "Bi-Co" enjoy unlimited cross-registration privileges and may choose to major at the other institution. The two institutions join with Swarthmore College to form the Tri-College Consortium, opening the Swarthmore course catalog to interested Bryn Mawr students as well. Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1500 students Free shuttles are provided between the three campuses. There is the Blue Bus between Bryn Mawr and Haverford College, and a van, known to the students as the "Swat Van", that goes between the three colleges.

In addition, the group is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through a special association known as the Quaker Consortium, allowing Bryn Mawr students to take classes there. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Quaker Consortium is an arrangement between three liberal arts colleges Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and one research Additionally, Bryn Mawr students in the Growth and Structure of Cities department may earn a Bachelor of Arts at Bryn Mawr and a master's degree in city planning at Penn through the 3-2 Program in City and Regional Planning.

Facilities

Bryn Mawr's Pembroke Hall
Bryn Mawr's Pembroke Hall

Bryn Mawr's library holdings are housed in the Mariam Coffin Canaday Library (opened 1970), the Rhys Carpenter Library (opened 1997), and the Lois and Reginald Collier Science Library (opened 1993). Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) TRIPOD, the online library catalog, automatically accesses holdings at Haverford and Swarthmore.

The majority of Bryn Mawr students live on campus in residence halls. Many of the older residence halls are known for their Gothic revival architecture, modeled after Oxford University. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Each is named after a county town in Wales: Brecon, Denbigh (1891), Merion (1885), and Radnor (1887). A county town is the 'capital' of a County in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Brecon (Aberhonddu is an historic Market town in southern Powys, mid Wales, with a population of roughly 8000 with around 6000 in the surrounding area Denbigh (Dinbych is a Market town in Denbighshire, North Wales. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Merion is a community in Pennsylvania state of the United States. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common New Radnor is a Village in Powys, Mid Wales. Traditional County Town It was the original County town of Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pembroke East and West (1892). Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Rhoads North and South was named after the college's first president, James E. Rhoads; Rockefeller is named after its donor, John D. Rockefeller. John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839 &ndash May 23, 1937) was an American Industrialist and philanthropist The newest residence halls are Erdman (opened 1965, designed by architect Louis Kahn) and the Haffner Language and Culture House (opened 1971). Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) ( February 20, 1901 or 1902 &ndash March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. In addition, students may choose to live in Perry House (the Black Cultural Center) or Batten House (an environmentally-friendly co-op). Glenmede (formerly graduate student housing) is an estate located about a half mile from the main campus which was available housing for undergrduate students. In 2007, it was sold to a conservation buyer as the annual costs of upkeep were too great for the college. [4]

The campus was designed in part by noted landscape designers Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, and has subsequently been designated an arboretum (the Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum). Calvert Vaux ( December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an architect and landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted ( April 25, 1822 &ndash August 28, 1903) was an American landscape designer and father of American An arboretum is a collection of trees Related collections include a fruticetum (from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub and a viticetum a collection of vines Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum (135 acres is an Arboretum located across the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania.

Architecture and Significant Places

Blanca Noel Taft Memorial Garden

In 1908, John C. Olmsted designed a private garden for M. Carey Thomas adjoining the Deanery. John Charles Olmsted (1852-1920 the nephew and adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted, was an American Landscape architect and a member of Olmsted Martha Carey Thomas ( January 2, 1857 - December 2, 1935) was an American Educator, suffragist, and second President Today this garden is modified and renamed the Blanca Noel Taft Memorial Garden. It was designed as a small, serene enclosure with two wall fountains, one with a small basin and the other with a sunken reflecting pool, another smaller reflecting pool, as well as a statuary based on designs Thomas and Garrett had seen in Italy. The decorative wall tiles were purchased from Syria. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية [5]

Erdman Hall Dormitory

In 1960, architect Louis I. Kahn and Bryn Mawr College president, Katharine McBride, came together to create one of this century’s great buildings, the Erdman Hall dormitory. Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) ( February 20, 1901 or 1902 &ndash March 17, 1974) was a world-renowned For over a year, Kahn and his assistants struggled to translate the college’s design program of 130 student rooms and public spaces into a scheme (well documented by the letters written between McBride and Kahn). The building comprises three geometrical square structures, connected at their corners. Geometry ( Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth metria = measure is a part of Mathematics concerned with questions of size shape and relative position The outer walls are formed by interlocking student rooms around three inner public spaces: the entry hall, dining hall and living hall. These spaces receive light from towering light monitors.

The Marjorie Walter Goodhart Theater

The Marjorie Walter Goodhart Theater houses a vaulted auditorium designed by Arthur Meigs, two smaller spaces that are ideal for intimate performances by visiting artists, practice rooms for student musicians, and the Office for the Arts. An auditorium (plural auditoriums, or less commonly auditoria) is the area within a theatre, Concert hall, or other performance space where the The building's towers and gables, friezes, carvings and ornamental ironwork were designed by Samuel Yellin in the gothic revival style. In Architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an Entablature and may be plain or &ndash in the Ionic or Corinthian order &ndash Samuel Yellin (1885&ndash1940 American master blacksmith was born in Galicia Poland where at the age of eleven he was apprenticed to an iron master The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began [6] [7] It is about to undergo a $19 million renovation, to be completed in 2009. [5]

M. Carey Thomas Library

Great Hall
Great Hall
Cloisters
Cloisters

Named after Bryn Mawr's first Dean and second president, the M. Carey Thomas Library is no longer a library. A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution Today, it is a space for performances, readings, lectures, public gatherings and was once the home of the Athena statue (which was damaged in 1997) which is now located in a high alcove in the Rhys Carpenter Art and Archaeology Library. ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. The Great Hall (formerly the reading room of the old Library) features a cathedral ceiling painted with geometric Renaissance patterns and tall, lead-paned windows, which flood the space with light. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere This area was renovated and conserved by Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP. [8] M. Carey Thomas Library encloses a large open courtyard called "The Cloisters", which is the site of the College's traditional Lantern Night Ceremony. A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a part of Cathedral, Monastic and Abbey architecture The cremated remains of M. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire Carey Thomas are in the courtyard cloister. Alumna Katharine Hepburn used to go skinny dipping in the Cloisters fountain, a fact confirmed by the source in her 1985 graduation address. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage A popular tradition is for undergraduates to do the same before graduating and conveniently the fountain contains chlorinated water. The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of Chlorination is the process of adding the element Chlorine to Water as a method of Water purification to make it fit for human consumption as

Rhys Carpenter Art and Archaeology Library

Named for Bryn Mawr’s late professor of Classical Archaeology, the Rhys Carpenter Library was designed by Henry Myerberg of New York and opened in 1997. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The space is attached to the rear of the M. Carey Thomas Library. The entrance is a four story atrium. In modern Architecture, an atrium (plural atria is a large open space often several stories high and having a glazed roof and/or large windows often situated within an Names of art and archaeology faculty are on the main wall with a frieze of plaster casts from ancient Halicarnassus. In Architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an Entablature and may be plain or &ndash in the Ionic or Corinthian order &ndash Halicarnassus (Άλικαρνᾱσσός &mdash Halikarnassós or Ἁλικαρνασσός &mdash Alikarnassós Halikarnas modern Most of the stacks, study areas, lecture halls and seminar rooms were built underground. The roof comprises a wide grassy area used for outdoor concerts and picnics. The building won a 2001 Award of Excellence for Library Architecture from the Library Administration and Management Association and the American Institute of Architects. Carpenter Library also houses the College's renowned collections in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, History of Art and Classics [9]. The building also contains a large lecture hall and a seminar room. [10][11]

Traditions

May Day at Bryn Mawr College
May Day at Bryn Mawr College

The four major traditions are Parade Night, which takes place on the first night of the academic year; Lantern Night, which takes place in late October or early November; Hell Week, which takes place in mid-February; and May Day, which takes place on the Sunday after classes end in the spring semester. Step sings, when students bring their class lanterns and congregate at Taylor Hall, singing songs such as "Bread and Roses", occur around these events as well. The slogan " Bread and Roses " originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in American Magazine in December 1911 which attributed it to

The two traditions mistresses of the College, elected by the student body, are in charge of organizing and running traditions.

In addition to events, Bryn Mawr's traditions extend to superstitions around the campus, some of which date back to the opening of the college in 1885. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [12]

Parade Night

On the first night of classes, first year students are gathered near the main entrance to the college. The remainder of the college community gathers, by class, lining the sides of the road leading to the steps of Taylor Hall. The Freshmen must run through the road first pelted by water balloons by the Sophomore class, then showered with candy by the Junior class as the Senior class looks on. A water balloon, or water bomb is a simple small Latex rubber Balloon filled with Water.

Older parade nights (until the 60s or 70s) were quite different. There was a large bonfire built on Merion Green and a parade led by the local firemen's band that led to the bonfire. See also Campfire. bonfire is a large controlled outdoor Fire. Freshmen joined hands in circles around the bonfire and the Sophomores tried to break through these circles. Part of the older Parade Night ceremony has survived to date. Each Freshman class writes a Parade Night Song, which the Sophomores attempt to steal a copy of so that they can write a Parade Night Parody. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject The songs are sung on the steps of Taylor Hall after the "Parade" in a Step Sing. [13]

Lantern Night

Dressed in traditional black academic robes, Freshmen are given lanterns from the upperclasswomen in their class color symbolically representing the light of knowledge being passed from one class to another. Academic dress or academical dress is traditional Clothing for academic settings primarily tertiary and sometimes secondary The color of the lantern's panes are the same as the previous year's departing class, either red, dark blue, green or light blue or the McBride scholar color of purple. During this intricate ceremony, Sophomores hand out the lanterns while the Juniors and Seniors lead the singing of college hymns in Greek. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The tradition concludes with a Step Sing on the Taylor Hall steps. [14]

Hell Week

Hell Week occurs in mid-February, about a month after students return from winter break. It serves as a way to break the monotony in the time between winter and spring breaks. Freshmen are put through academic and social paces by gentle "hazing" conducted by the Sophomore class. Freshmen often perform random or ridiculous tasks, such as asking silly questions in class, reciting poetry extolling the virtues of the Sophomore class in public, or performing on a stage erected in the main dining hall. Juniors attempt to provide relief for the Freshmen by giving them gifts or providing them "safe havens". [15]

May Day

Bryn Mawr College now celebrates May Day on the first Sunday following the end of classes. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Somewhat akin to a mini renaissance festival, it is a day long celebration in which students and faculty participate. A Renaissance fair, Renaissance faire, or Renaissance festival is an outdoor weekend gathering usually held in the United States, open to the public and The students dress in white and begin the day by feasting on strawberries and cream. Garden strawberries are a common variety of strawberry cultivated worldwide For the 1993 hip-hop single by the Wu-Tang Clan see CREAM CREAM is an acronym for Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method a Students then perform in a myriad of traditional parades, plays, and concerts including various cultural dancing display such as Maypole and Scottish Country dancing. A parade (also called march or marchpast) is a procession of people usually organized along a street often in Costume, and often accompanied by Fire A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. The maypole is a tall wooden pole (traditionally of Maple ( Acer) hawthorn or Birch) sometimes erected with several long coloured Scottish country dancing ("SCD" for short or "reeling" is a form of Social dance involving groups of mixed couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns Like Lantern Night and Parade Night, May Day ends in a Step Sing and then is concluded with the traditional showing of "The Philadelphia Story," starring Alumna Katharine Hepburn. The Philadelphia Story is a romantic Comedy film starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and James Stewart, and directed by Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage [16]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ A Brief History of Bryn Mawr College
  2. ^ ‘Sisters’ Colleges See a Bounty in the Middle East
  3. ^ Bryn Mawr President to Retire
  4. ^ Bryn Mawr Names Dean of Georgetown University's College of Arts and Sciences President-Elect
  5. ^ Bryn Mawr Now: Goodhart Renovation Plan Approved By Historical Commision, Township Retrieved December 13, 2007

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