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  A BOOK OF
  BRYN MAWR
  STORIES

  EDITED BY

  MARGARETTA MORRIS AND
  LOUISE BUFFUM CONGDON

  [Illustration]

  =PHILADELPHIA= GEORGE W JACOBS
  AND COMPANY =ANNO DOMINI MCMI=




  Copyright, 1901, by
  GEORGE W. JACOBS & CO.




A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories




Preface


In compiling a volume of Bryn Mawr stories, the editors have been
conscious that such a book could never adequately represent the college
life. Its strong subtle character that commands the devotion of every
Bryn Mawr student is something difficult if not impossible to depict.
Yet there comes a time in the life of a college, as of an individual,
when self-expression is inevitable. Such a time, the editors believe,
has come for Bryn Mawr. And this conviction has induced them to bring
out the present volume.

Until now the literary efforts of the students have concerned themselves
with external matters rather than with introspection. Perhaps this is
due to an instinctive reticence we Bryn Mawrtyrs have wherever our
feelings are deeply stirred. We can joke about ourselves and our
traditions as we do in _The Fortnightly Philistine_. But when we come to
speak seriously to the outside world, as in _The Lantern_, we confine
ourselves for the most part to subjects of general literary interest,
practically ignoring the college atmosphere. At last, however, the ice
is broken, and Bryn Mawr talks about herself