University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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sst 172 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ;rkelejj llomaunt. (Poet discovered in his favorite haunt. He rolls his eyes and grinds out the following.) INVOCATION. OME hither, come hither, my bonny bright muse, Come hither, come hither to me ; Lend me thy fire, and tune my lyre For loftiest minstrelsy. But first, ye mine host, do a schooner fill With Milwawkee nectar straight, Look ye alive and shekels five Put ye down upon the slate. And bring me, too, of the free, free lunch, And Bologna sausage strong ; On the cracker stale I will regale, And soar to the heights of song. SUDDEN CHANGE OF MEET-HER. Seventy-nine of glorious name, And Eighty so meek and mild and tame, Eighty-one, that jovial crew, Steady and solid Eighty-two, Eighty-three by Co-eds ruled, Eighty-four by misfortune schooled Never had been such a Freshman class As that, the members of which they pass. All coming Exes at length will arrive At ' Sheep-skin goal in Eighty-five. Hoblyde hoys from the S. F. H. S. , Wise in their own conceitedness ; Yahoos huge from Marysville, With debris mud on their gun-boats still ; Rural blokes in droves and bands ; Broad-braid toughs with tump-yez hands; Co-eds of every kind and style, Some here for culchaw and some for guile ; Blonde-mopped beauties to flirt inclined ; Short-haired maidens come here to grind ; r

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THE BLUE AND GOLD in Written by the BLUE AND GOLD ' S own Early English Poet.

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s. THE BLUE AND GOLD 173 On the cracker stale I will regale, And soar to the heights of song.