Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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know, he thinks I ' m too easy on you boys — don ' t work you hard enough — so we ' d better have an exam- ination next time. Now you come in and write all you know and hand in a neat paper, well written and you ' ll all get good grades — some of you a thousan ' — yes some of you a thousan ' . But I want you to write the full hour, you know, and I don ' t want to see anybody scootin ' out that door before the bell rings ! Now I ' ll let you go and you can all take naps where you ' ll be more comfortable. Dear Editor: A young lady friend of mine wrote me a letter to which she attached a special delivery stamp. What inferences shall I deduct from that circumstance ' ? Thanking you in advance, I remain, Yours, a Bashful Tristram, Charles Wadsworth, 3d. P. S. — The stamp was blue. The reply was: Although you do not expressly state it, you imply that the sentiments of the letter were such as would necessitate a speedy delivery lest they lose their freshness. Reply by tele- gram P. D. Q. C. 0. D. The blueness of the stamp was probably a delicately veiled reference to the lyric — Roses are red and violets blue, Sugar is sweet and so are you. 136

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