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Jane will wear no Sunday hat, and Jim no Sunday tie, So Sam can go to Harvard to adorn the Zeta Psi. Then nearly every morning, at the druggist's, for a bluff, He'll ask the clerk for vichy, to make him think he's tough. That boy will smoke a cigarette, and quite forget the plow! And mother will not know her son a year or so from now. _Harvard Lampoon._ ~Speed.~ They tell how fast the arrow sped, When William shot the apple, But who can calculate the speed Of him who's late for chapel? _Trinity Tablet._ ~A Senior Schedule.~ We're a-studying of Literature As hard as e'er we can; We dote on Revolutions And the Brotherhood of Man. We're returning to the People With a truly Lyric Cry; And for Democratic Spirit We'd lay us down and die. We're a-reading of Philosophy To find out why we be, And a-learning that External Worlds Lie wholly in the Me. We don't believe in Matter, And of Mind we're not quite sure; We're inclined to think Uncertainties Most likely to endure. We're a-studying Geology Of Pre-historic Times, Before the Tides of Primal Sea Got written into rhymes; When the "Old World spun forever," And the poets never knew it,-- And all the Rocks, and Stones, and Things, Were nicely mixed up through it. We're a-looking at Fine Pictures Made by People what are dead; And we criticize Cathedrals With a Ruskin at our head. We're a-growing awful learned,-- There's lots more of the kind,-- But we do not mind confessing That it's all a Beastly Grind. MARY HOLLANDS McLEAN. _Wellesley Lyrics_. ~A Change of Heart.~ I knew he cut his classes, and I'd heard him flunk in history, And how he dared say "not prepared" so often was a mystery. He'd sometimes cram for an exam., but seldom knew a word in it. His parted hair grew long and fair; I thought he looked absurd in it. I felt regret whene'er we met, and bowed with utmost gravity; I didn't dream he'd joined the team--I thought him all depravity. So when I found, at Haight Street ground, how great was his agility, I oped my eyes in marked surprise, amazed at his ability. He tackled hard, gained many a yard, place-kicked and charged successively; He turned the edge of the flying wedge, and interfered aggressively! He bucked the line! I thought it fine, and shouted out excitedly; He passed the ball behind them all! I saw the scheme delightedly. He slipped about the line without
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