YEARBOOK_1903

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minutes' intermission and at

one

o'clock

I tell you we were grateful to the kindness we were allowed to dance until

over.

was never

we

were

activity one

sorry that all

was

committee

o'clock,

by whose something that

before done here.

One of the most remarkable features of the

evening was the grand couples were on the floor. The by the cadets in full uniform, and then came the guests. It was a nice piece of work, and we must give the credit of it to our officers, who together with our military instructor planned the figures for it. You may think it strange that 1, heing an admirer of the fair sex. keep silent ahmil lhe feminine element. Well, I will tell you why: it was so grandly represented lhat I feel too small to talk about it. I do not dare. 1 could not say enough. American girls are so grace ful, so charming. The Latin races talk about the coldness of the Saxon, but 1 think they are wrong. Paul. I think they would change their minds had tliey been in Lippitt Hall on the night of the twentythird of January, where the beauty and frankness, the simplicity and elegance, the grace and dignity of the young ladies formed the larg But at the same time the est factor in the success of the evening. gentleness and courtesy of the soldier boys should not be forgotten. The Military Ball of 1903 is a thing of the past now, but it has left a deep indelible impression in the hearts of all those who were

military march

there.

march.

was

led

About

by

one

hundred

tlie officers, followed


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