It was all in good fun, though, and they served us mugs of hot chocolate and piled dry towels on us once we had managed to climb out of the muddy water. Unfortunately, it was a bright and sunny day that year, so our teammates celebrated our victory against the crew team by pushing us into the pond. We were greeted by scores of Bryn Mawr upperclassmen and of course the rugby team waiting to congratulate us. Our planning and preparation paid off, and we were able to take a shortcut that got us to the Duck Pond just ahead of the crew team frosh. We had even taken a practice run earlier in the week, so we would know exactly what to expect.Īfter some stretching, my teammates and I were ready for the run to begin. My freshman teammates and I had spent quite some time on Google maps figuring out the quickest route and picking out the perfect outfit to wear for the run. While other freshman sometimes are able to bribe their friends with cars for a ride, ruggers and rowers engage in a friendly rivalry-we must run the whole way, and the victorious team earns bragging rights for the rest of their time at Bryn Mawr. At the very least, we must beat the crew team! We take the Duck Pond Run very seriously. The rugby freshmen must win the Duck Pond Run. My two roommates and I stayed up past our bedtimes going over our strategies one more time and making sure we had our sneakers and water bottles ready to go.Īs a first-year on the rugby team, I had the pleasure of getting a personal wake up call to my room from my older teammates the next morning…at 5am.
They reminded me to rest up as I had a big day ahead of me, but of course, it was a little hard to sleep with all of the anticipation of the next morning’s run. It happens the Saturday morning of Hell Week, bright and early.įriday night my freshman year, back in 2009, I was tucked into bed early by the upperclasswomen who lived in my dorm, Denbigh. If it’s warm enough, it’s not uncommon for freshmen to be pushed into the pond at the end. Probably the most intimidating task of the week is the Duck Pond Run, in which the entire freshman class runs down Lancaster Avenue to the Haverford College Duck Pond. They are then given a schedule of silly tasks to complete throughout the week. But the Duck Pond Run makes you a Mawrtyr.” Essentially, each freshman who chooses to do so picks a sophomore to be their “heller”. We have a saying here: “Your mind makes you a scholar. With a name like “Hell Week”, it’s hard to explain to outsiders that, like our other traditions, it’s really all about welcoming the freshman class as part of our Bryn Mawr community. From here a walk continues across Merion Avenue under the Pembroke arch into the heart of the campus.In the midst of my final Hell Week at Bryn Mawr, I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on when I was helled my freshman year, and specifically, the infamous Duck Pond Run. Nearby is the Faculty Club, formerly the Ely house, a colonial farmhouse that was enlarged in the late nineteenth century when it was the home of Pennsylvania Railroad's manager for traction power Theodore Ely. Buell Kratzer Powell restored the house and enlarged it to serve as the admissions office in 2000. Price for Autocar manufacturer John Clarke, brother of Louis Clarke (see MO11), another Price client. 1885 by Furness and Evans for Charles Perkins and modified in 1896 toward historicizing Gothic by Furness's pupil William L. A tour might begin at the Visitors’ Center on Yarrow Street, a former house designed c. Its campus is the setting for the most important group of buildings in Montgomery County and with its neighboring landmarks should not be missed. Bryn Mawr College was founded by Joseph Taylor to educate women of the Society of Friends as a counterpart to the nearby Orthodox Haverford College (ĭE36).
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