Hunter College - Wistarion Yearbook (New York, NY)

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numbers. On reaching the gymnasium the entire funeral train lifted up their voices in glorious harmony, singing fto the tune of When johnny comes marching home Q the paean which had previously appeared in the invitations to the ceremony. A crowd far exceeding in size the wildest expectations of the instigators had gathered to witness their triumphal progress, most of them, quick to grasp the idea, had already converted the prescribed sheets of yellow paper into triangle badges. Once around the gymnasium proceeded the solemn pageant. L' We'l1 never have old Trig any more, Hurrah! Hurrah ! they sang jubilantlyg and then, to the sweet melody of Long, long ago z Come now and listen to my joyous strains- Triggie is dead! , j Triggie is dead! - There lie before you his mortal remains- T Triggie, oh, Triggie is dead! '-' j Amid wild applause the procession mounted the platform, where, before an audi- ence hushed in reverent silence, the Orator delivered with superb power and eloquence a masterly funeral oration Qquoted in full elsewhere in these columnsj. After the mad plaudits of her enthusiastic audience had subsided, the welkin was again made to ring with joyous harmony, in which, this time, the audience joined. ' Meanwhile the uni- formed officials were distributing single sheets of Trig among the spectators, with the direction to tear them into little pieces. This was done with evidences of almost fiend- ish joy at the opportunity of at length venting long pent-up wrath--even Seniors join- ing with a gusto that left no doubt of their deathless hate for Trig. When the shredded remains had been again collected, they were deposited in the centre of the gymnasium, where a troop of girls joined hands to encircle them in a mad war-dance, while an accommodating Senior struck up, There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town To-night. The procession thereupon re-formed to march to the place of interment, whither they were followed by a joyful multitude, which all joined once more in a mighty chorus of exultation at the death of Trig. Then, out on the snow-covered campus the grave was dug, and a portion of the remains, enclosed in a receptacle bearing the name of the deceased and the legend, Regzdescat Zn Tarz'a1'0, was consigned, in the elo- quent words of one of the dignitaries officiating, To the vile dust from whence he sprung V Unwept, unhonored and unsung. The rest was set on fire, the very wind subsiding so that the flame might live- and so, surrounded by his former victims, freed at last from his yoke, old Trig burned merrily and long. i The joyful juniors would gladly have stood there singing gaily till he was utterly consumed, down to the last least diagram, but the bell rang, ere many pages had shrivelled and turned black, and so the girls departed, and the obsequies were over. IOI 4 'l it

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