Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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This race of which we all do speak, great power Has shown as well in art, as war or thought, Among their number there is one whose lines Do breathe of softest winds and fairest flowers, As well as man's deep thoughts and deeper loves. To this one, not alone tho'. must I yield. Another is, whose songs are like the birds, Which gush forth from the heart, unasked, unsought, And soothe the restless, weary hearts of men. ' And so, twice vanquished do I stand, a. singer Well out-sung, a poet none will love. As he pauses, the fairest Goddess rises, and thus they are addressed by Venus: Oh! Gods, ye oft have told me, I alone Could turn men's thoughts to love. For am I not More beautiful than ever woman was? Did not the youth from far Mount Ida brought To me the golden apple wisely give, Which Discord said was for the fairest one? And now this people me have scorned, and now The lover seeks not my enchanting help To win for him the fair young maid. My grief is more to me than yours to ye, For of the mind and body yours, while mine Is of the heart. And I, fair Venus, now Must also yield my place, for Cupid e'en lIas left me for this new found race of men. Weeping, she withdraws, and with a mournful look steps forth Bacchus: The God of wine and revelry am I, My worship hath been far and wide o'er earth. No feast could be, unless that I were there, 2 No dance, no joy, no mirthsome gayety. And now this people have their feasts and I Am banished quite. Indeed, no one without Their charmed number is received, and those Who, jealous, would these revels strive to cease, Are scorned, outwitted in their trial and left Without with me. who now, by this same race Must say that I am banished for all time. When he is finished, an old man with hoary locks steps forth and thus laments Tempus: Oh! Gods, among your highest rank, I ne'er Have stood, and yet! to me ye all did bow, Who in my grasp did hold the hours of each. When I was gone. then dids't ye rightly know Your power was gone, your life, your fame, your all. But now a race is known, which shall be known Thro'out my life, yea more, for sure 'tis said The fame of their good deeds shall even last When all is gone, and even time is past. The old man ceases and as a silence, broken only by the wind falls upon them, thus speaks Jove: , Ah! well, ye faithful friends, have ye me told The deeds of this strange people on the earth, And when I hear it all, I know that I, E'en I, great king of heaven and earth must yield. And we shall be forgot when this new race Of kings and queens shall rule. So let us each Of this dear mount a last farewell now take, And ily away to seek a quiet place Beyond the reach of Drake's great '96. fliweunt omnes 1

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The Learned Sopb and the 1-Icmgble Prep. .fvs EPTEMBER thirteenth. eighteen hundred and ninety- four, a green, gawky, homesick, dejected, train-dusted, bashful Prep stepped OH' of the VVahash passenger and started on foot for Drake University. In the course of half an hour, still more tired and weary than when he left the train, he arrived on the campus. He knew the meaning of a shade tree, and being considerably in the notion of rest- ing, he sat down in the shade of the old elm tree at the corner of the university building. Here he could see the smiling faces of the students as they passed along the walk to and from the buildingg here once in a while he could catch a glance of one of those great men, namely, a member of the faculty, here he could see the college girls. and, oh, how his heart did throb as his mind wandered back lo Sunday night and the fair one: here he could hear the leaves rustling as they were kissed and caressed by the autumnal zephyrsg here he could hear the birds singing as gaily as they did in the old apple orchardg here he could reflect, plan, rest and observe. This somewhat soothed his tired feelings, but sitting under the elm was not storing up mountains of knowledge, as he hoped to do in a few days. The same day a very wise person, a Sophomore, arrived on the same train. As he had not come far he was not very tired, and looked about one-tenth as a Sophomore feels. He took the street carg went to his already-engaged room, washed his face and brushed his long hairg put on his high collar and four-in-hand, blacked his pointed shoes, and put on his gloves, creased pants and long-tailed coat and went out to see the boys and impart knowledge to those so unfor- tunate as not to possess any of that most valuable of all things. Wliile in this frame of mind he passed by the Hunl- ble Prep under the elm. Says he, Here is a specimen of humanity from the rural districts who is green, gawky and ignorant. l will give him a small dose of Sophomore wisdom. He sat down under the elm, and the following conversation took place : Leamecl Sophomore. Good morning. Humble Prep. IIowd'y. , .l.. S. Just arrived ? H. P. Just come to town, sorter like the wild man of Borneo. L. S. Do you intend to attend school this Fall ? JI.P. That's just what I am here forg can you put me on to any of the ropes? L S. I have been in school three long, tedious years and can tell you anything you wish to know. ' II. P. Monstrousl can you? You must be a paralyzerg dad told me when I started that not even the faculty could tell me all things. '