Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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23 E is for Edith, Emily, Ethel and Eva, When math'matics is coming, they never shiver. F is for Fallon, from Concord is she, The three from that town long remembered will be. G stands for our two chummy Graces. On our hearts and our minds they'll leave their good traces. H is for L. Hanson and M. Hopkins, too. They're sewing, you see, that's not all theyido. I is for industry, it's present in all, We all of us answer to duties' clear call. J is for Juniors, which once did mean us, But to Seniors we've risen with a great deal of fuss. K is for Kittie, our real pet is she , L is for Laura, bewitching in glee. M is for Margaret, with musical ear. She'll be prima donna in just one moreryear. N is for neatness in all of our work, I'm sure you'd not say we ever do shirk. O is for organs, their names we have learned, And now we hope that the text-books are burned. P is for Plummer, her virtues spread Like butter on hot ginger bread. Q is for query, which one in our class Seems to consider herself a poetical lass. R is for Reardon and also for Ruth, Twin actresses they are in very truth. S is for Sanborn's and Sinc1air's tricky hand. The ball in the basket they're sure to land. T is for Truth, our motto you see, And true to it, we ever will be. U is for union, that's why we feel strong In the battle waged between right and wrong. V is for vigor and also for vim, That's what makes us look so terribly slim. W is for Wallis, Winter and XVhite, Three little misses who weigh very slight. X is for Xtacy,-Zoology's coming! Don't sit there in the window, sunning. Y is for youth, which all of us boast, Z is for zeal of the C. Senior host. M. T. Q

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22 That morning, about nine o'clock, Tamar ran to Lora's room and said quietly, Can I help you get ready? Got all your supplies from the village ? Yes, thank you, Tamar. just pack that box and make a bundle of these pillows and couch covers. Good, as if in approval. Of course, you are all ready. I'm sorry, but I can't go today, never mind, but I simply must stay here. Can't go, why? I'd like to know. You are a great one to back, out at this late hour. I am not backing out because I want to, Lora. I know you will have slews of fun, but I must stay here today. I have asked Corinne to go in my place. Don't say anything more, please. Myra knew when Tamar spoke that way, it was useless to tease. just then the party gathered and the'girls set off. Tamar slipped away in the excitement. She wasn't missed until the party were off the hill. Where's Tamar P said Meg, looking around. Why! She was with us in your room, Lora. Where is she? said another, and several voices called, Yes, where ? Lora said, She isn't coming. I don't know why. She simply said that she couldn't. Well, I'll bet she is staying at home with Esther. You know she planned to go and was sick this morning. That's just like her. Isn't Tamar a 'prune ?' You may be sure if she decided not to come, there was some- thing worth staying at home for, said Meg. She is a girl worth knowing, I think. The girls surmised correctly. Tamar did stay to keep Esther company, and yet Esther didn't know that was the reason. Tamar had won in her fight and had learned the lesson. Now she is not a leader but a server, and a nobler server because she knows how to lead. I DQKSQ6 Rhyme of the C. Seniors . A is for Anna, which one never mind- To live as old maids they all are resigned. B is for Bertha, so jolly and prim, As study hour closes she'11 douse the glim. C is for Connolly, Mary and Martha, Whenever you see them they're full of laughter. D is for Daniels and also for Dwyer, With studying hard they never tire.

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24 . Napoleon NOT very long ago, in one of our class-rooms, the following state- ment was made, Beethoven dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon, but later in life said that he was sorry that he had dedicated his work to such a man. Almost instantly my thoughts wandered back to certain pictures and busts that I have great affection for, and I said to myself, Should Beethoven have been sorry that he dedicated his work to such a man ? No l' for as Gladstone said, He was the greatest administrator that ever lived. ' just permit me to state some of the accusations made against Napoleon, and let me present to you some statements in his favor. The principal accusation against Napoleon is, that he was the cause of many wars in Europe, in fact that he was the incarnation of war. The day after his inauguration as First Consul, Dec. 25, 1799, Napoleon addressed a letter to the King of England, written in his own hand, saying, The war which for eight years has ravaged the forequarters of the world, must it be eternal? Are there no means of coming to an understanding P Farther on in this same letter he says, How is it that they fthe English and F renchl do not feel that peace is of the first necessity as well as of the first glory ? The man who wrote that letter certainly wished for peace. What was the reply? None from the King to whom he wrote, but in Professor Goodrich's Select British Eloquence, we have a speech entitled, Mr. Pitt on his refusal to negotiate with Bonaparte, and it is 'in this speech that we have the reply of the British government. It was the most elaborate oration delivered by Mr. Pitt, says Professor Goodrich, and he also goes on to say, It presents a vivid and horrible picture of the miseries inflicted upon Europe by revolutionary France, while the provocations of her enemies are thrown entirely into the background. Mr. Pitt showed great dexterity in treating this government as merely a new phase of the Revolution, and thus bringing all the atrocities of the past to bear on the question before the House. His speech was admirably adapted to a people like the English, jealous of France as their hereditary rival, conscious of their resources, and prepared to consider a continuation of the contest, as the safest means of defending their liberties, their laws, and their most holy religion. In another part of his speech, he speaks of restoring the French king, In a manner equally suitable to the rights of sovereigns, which plainly shows that the people were not to be considered, for