St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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I i35ff'Vlf'AS in the month of November, F H the Might Zthexg Eibrft 1ba3e. Only stop ! did I say nothing? 4 Sometime after school had begun, If I did, just let me explain : U Butjust at the time something else Something really did happen Had recently first been done. That something else was hazing, Supposed extinct in those days But on that night,-O, Well nothing, For 'twas the night they didn't haze. Now 'twas all a well-planned ruse 3 He did, as he said, go away, But on the late afternoon tram Returned 'ere the close of the day. Scarce waiting to eat his supper, Since he had no time for delays, He rushed right up to the college On that night they didn't haze. Which till now a secret has lain To hear it you must first promise Never even a whisper to raise For none hut me know what occurred Upon that night they didn't haze. Your promise having heen given, I will now proceed to relate How a professor one morning Rose early, at quarter to eight. He told all where he was going, Said he'd remain several daysg So no one expected to see him On that night they didn't haze. Then sneaking up the hack stairway, He ascended to the fourth floor, Unseen, unheard, without knocking He opened a poor F1'CSiJ1Il9.1l,S door. Pausing here for hreath, he explained His intention was to amaze The G. O. H. when they should come Upon that night they didn't haze. 159 I

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0 ll, ii la, i the flDHl'X2l3I1D '1L6Qi5l3tl1I'C. I. V. J N the Maryland Legislature St. johnlsf' I think, will move along, R XVas a lunatlc named Cook, Although slight aid she's gotten Q Who, judging from his nature, Wliile sages sing her praise in song H Ne'er cared much for his book. 'When Cook shall be forgotten. II. VI. He said our noble College For johnson, and for Birnie, Was ,blessed with cheek galore, Likewise our good friend Lee 3 And showed his lack of knowledge Our voices raise in words of praise, 'Pon the Legislative Hoor. No matter where they be. IU- VII. He surely never could have heard Markell Win prease remember, Of Johnson, Pinkney, Key, nor Scott. We Vote at Inauls estate, I If SO, 110W 001115 110 Say 3 word And 'twill be much like December 'Gai11Sf what OUT College got? When we help him legislate. IV- VIII. Had Mr. Cook but takenia look, An adage true for years has been He'd find that good round sums QNO truer e'er was saidj Are GIVEN away as exivffz pay H As this case shows : That fools rush in To clerks and other bums. Where angels fear to treadf, 158 N

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He bade the Freshman be quiet. Of his presence to breathe no word 3 Then the prof. hid in the clothes press Where hecould not be seen nor heard. The clock struck seven, eight, nine, ten, At eleven in vain he prays The G. O. H. may soon appearg But 'twas the night they didn't haze. A few more minutes pass away, Some one slowly opens the door- The prof.'s heart beats quick g but he se Another Freshman, nothing more. The visitor talks to his class-mate, At last the room closely surveys And is scared more than if it weren't The night they didn't haze. The discovered prof. bids him then Sleep in the room of his class-mate, Or else he would risk the result Of his staying up there so late. All still again, the hours roll on, The prof. recites his Grecian lays To himself there in the clothes press On that night they didn't haze. As time passed by, the Freshman slept Guarded safely by watchful care, The prof. grew weary, then stept out And possibly in Greek did SW62.1'. He lit a match, took out his watch, Looked at it by light of the blaze g Quarter of two, that was the time Qf that night they didn't haze. ' 16 O English oaths he then did utter , But to the Freshmen silently went, Awoke them, bade them never tell How he the lastsix hours had spent 5 Then opened the door and softly crept Out of the room pronouncing praise, Feeling he had done his duty On the night they didn't haze. CS