Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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GREETING' C1 0 YOU, kind reader, alumnus or patron of Franklin and Mar- shall, we extend our Greetings upon the publication of this twenty-fifth volume of our College Jlnnual. To you, total stranger, whose eyes have been attracted to these pages through idle curiosity, we throw out this gentle word of Introduction. Allerc are Greetings for ou' 'Professors ant? Instructors, Seniors and Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen, and last, but not least, for our wayfaring companions, the 3Specials. Allere are Greetings for our friends and enemies, for the bunch of Cads who sing our praises after reading their roasts an0, now, above all, for the dear girls of Lancaster who take us in as raw material an0, after a four years fresh air course, turn us out as finish- e0 men. With Greetings for all the above mentioned and many others whose names have not been intentionally omitted, we ask to remain Yours without o struggle, 5 Wy lyafff I 1 A ' t e -tw Q. IM' gp 4.744 M2116 M Md.A9,,,,,4u S

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ORIFLAMME .9 Comments On the 1908 Oriflamme, made by sundry famous personages of the past, the spirits having appeared in visible form at a seance given by one Peter Ziegler. HAMLET:- Words, words, words. A PATRICK HENRY :- Takes too many liberties-give me death. DARXVIN :- Contains interesting data concerning the missing link. The photographs confirm the theory of evolution. SHADES or THE DEPARTED ALUMNI:- There was only one better ORIFLAMME ever gotten out. GEN. GRANT:- I will have a piece if I have to fight for it. ZEscHYLUs:- Dr. Kieffer and I agree that it is not nearly as good as the Agamemnon. IQING ARTHUR:- Please send a sample copy to the court-jester, -it may improve his wit. THE COURT JESTER:- Please send a sample copy to King Arthur -it may improve his wit. BURNS:- A man's a man for a' that. SOLOMON :- Ship me a carload as soon as possible. I desire to distribute them among my wives as souvenirs. SHADES or THE DUTCH :- Wanity of Wanities-all is Wanityf' LUCRETIA BORGIA :- Please prepare me an asbestos edition. The nature of my surroundings demands a fire-proof volume. IN. B.--At this juncture, just as Benjamin Franklin had been sum- moned, those who conducted the seance were forced under the table by the power of the spirits and the meeting broke up in disorder. Dr. Schiedt,who was appointed by the faculty to investigate the phenomena, recorded above, reported that it was a case of sham pain, but the vic- tims, -on the contrary, declared that the pain was real enougl1.j '