Mid Century Jewish Mawrtyrs

There Was Nothing Forced Christian at Bryn Mawr, Except Baccalaureate, Which Was a Christian Service

At graduation, everybody had to go to the baccalaureate service the night before graduation, which was a Christian service. We didn’t know it was a Christian service until we went there, and that was intriguing. It wasn't my favorite part of graduation, but I loved the regular graduation.
                                   
What was your reaction like when you realized it was a Christian service?
                                   
Well, we all were very puzzled by it. Then, we graduated a day or two later, and our lives changed. You don't think about it again. It's gone, it's done, it's finished. It wasn't as if it was something, we had to do every week like other schools that make you do things [go to religious services]. There was nothing forced Christian, even Quaker at Bryn Mawr.
                                   
-Joan Wohl

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