Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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FRESHMAN SQUAD

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Now listen, kind students, and you shall hear F XQ',f3s,?.,,y,p1a Of the Freshmen d0ingS,H Strange and Queer, - ' X Which occurred in the autumn of 1904, With regrets by many a Sophomore. - 7 7 -ff, ,iz X if fy 47 X X I ' ,v f ' First time we noticed them looking haunted JN! X ,E ,, 1 . V , K Was when we selected the Prof. they wanted fgvngt H , 1 . 1 gal' WZ, - , For father, but he thanks a kind l' ate , ei f . . . , ,V ,117 X ' l hat lns children belong to the class of 08. - , - x 4 0 :5 . il my 'el boon afterwards we gave a bum, -,Q r To which a few bold Sophs did come 'f ' ' Z7-5 F To steal our eatingsg but not a snatch E ii ' . r A f lf lVIade up for the trip through the berry patch. I ,U ' N . But misfortunes never come singly, you know, WVhich the Sophics discovered to their woe, When in spite of their brave and warlike men, We took a couple to Kirkwood Glen. And let them tell, without any fuss, Of their undying love for us, While the song they sang of the little star Placed the whole performance 'way above par. Vengeance, they vowed, for this insult mean Offered us by those Freshmen green, We'll hide in ambush, and catch them too, And make ourselves heroes in old D. U. But the vow thus made was speedily broken, And a free car ride the loving token That a struggling Soph or a camera smashed, Can't make a Freshman stand abashed. 2 Q -i X Then we played a little football game, Z 2 'if 7 in Which made maximum the '08 fame, F H ! -'s 4' : 2 2 r And proved the bearer of red and yellow 7 E Compared with ours, an easy fellowf, ? 5M '- The Sophs, discouraged by these disasters, My V A f Retired from the field, and left us masters, . 'A ' s , ,' And of dread dismay we're sure they'd sup, Should we dig the buried hatchet up. J' Q Thus our victorious past is told. ' f' - We can only guess what future years hold, But we trust each Freshman will e'er be true fl To himself, his banner, and old D. U. ' ' E. H. 32

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