St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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Gbe watermelon 1Brigabe. .nl APPY were all in the early Fall, XVl1en news arrived, one day, That nielons wasted in the patch, So plentiful Were they. Think nielons, Dream nielons, Morning, noon and eve g Oh, for melons, juicy melons, How We pine and grieve! Happier still, when with bonny good Will, Some kind sire bade us come, And share with him his goodly store 5 So to his patch We run. Pick melons, Cut melons, Every man his share g Good selection, all perfection, Well indeed We fare ! I m Rollicking, frollicking, free from care, Right through the town We go, With spoils aloft, with sprightly air, With measured tread and slow. Shift melons, Shoulder melons, All along the line 5 Keep the measure, guard your treasure, Watch the captain's sign. Bacchus ne'er gave to imbibing conclave Enjoyment half so sweetg But all good things must have an end g So did our jolly treat. Eat melons, Crunch melons, Every one partake ! Cease your clatter, What's the matter F Oh, the stomach ache I

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But by far the oddest vision Which my friend thus far had had,- Sitting on this shiny charger, Was a girl in bloomers clad. t Hey, What's that? he cried in terror, While my arm he firmly seized,- That thing there, that has a motion Like a streak oflightning greased ! That's a ' bike,' quoth I, in laughter, And the occupantis a girl g W Ah ! sighed he, H I comprehend not, For my brain is in a whirl. Once I loved Annapolis maidens: Thought them virtuous and fair, But, alas ! if this we judge by, Such have grown exceeding rare. Hence, to soothe his rufflled feelings, I escort him to the Hall, Where, as Winter was approaching, Old Jack Frost H had made a call. Then, to drive out the intruder, I reached down, and turned on heat: With a rush the steam ascended, Warming us from head to feet. Stared the stranger, burst out grinning' That is something queer, I Ween g Heat abundant in a moment, Nor can spark or flame be seen. Then I turned a rubber button. See, how dazzling to the sight! What's that, magic ? quoth the stranger g Answered I, electric light. Zounds I precisely at this moment, Ere another word was said, Some sly classmate, book upraising, Let it light upon my head. 'Twas a light entirely different From the incandescent sort, But my dream was not all fiction,- Please admit that, I exhort. 142 MQRAL. May our character unblemished Soar beyond earth's doubts and fears, That we, too, be not forgotten In the next one hundred years. So may we, in life's great conflict, Do well all we undertake 3 May our minds be stored with wisdom For our Alma MGf67,S sakeg Now, although dear W'illiam's vanished Still his memory lingers 11igh 5 So with all who have before us Set a standard great and high. 70

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