St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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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

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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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C t fb ,Rf X1V '5 Go Elmuse the Cllbilbren STANDS for U able, to be which we sigh, To endear our H Rat-Tat H in the kind public's eye. B stands for brawn, boniug, bumining, and Boehm, As rare an admixture as ever was seen. C is for Catron, Wild man from the West, Whose knowledge of horsenianship must be confessed. D is for Douglas, who whiskers doth lack, Who sighs for the girls, and in ball plays half-back. E is for Edwards, all emaciation, Yet who in this World takes a very high station. F is for Fay, our wee junior, tl1e same W'ho says a non-luminous is a blue flame. G stands for Gale, versed in numerous arts, Assessment bills, physics, and free rides in carts. H is for Hilleary, nom-de-plumed Mikef, Supporter of base-ball and foot-ball alike. I am not, thou may'st be, he is the man To raise the mustache tl1at friend Isanogle can. J is for jarboe, our dear mud-faced Pete, Sober and thoughtful yet pleasant to greet. K is a character not hard to quote g Chief editor Kemp, else Hircus, the goat. L is a letter We cannot Well pass 5 A L'Engle, historian of our noble class. M is a niasher, you'll readily see, Maddox, the captain of Company B. 161 l .4 I. A il? .Q , fig Q , . -ry, N stands for Noble, who sings second bass, ,- And who with the girls has a rather bad case. O is for Offutt, our class president, Who studies or sleeps, just as pleases his bent. f P is the pennant we must duly rate, As champion foot-ballists of this state. 4 Q is for queer, quick, though uuquict Quaid, Another quaint couglonieration iuade ! R has attractions in Baltimore, they say 3 5 Roseberry, captain of Company A. S stands for Sliaffer, our slow, sure Stonewall, 3 , You may guess Bobbie oft pays the ladies a call. T is for curly-head jesse Lee Tull, i XVhose phrases would honor the Hindoo's Mogul. U is for use which our friend Boyd hath been, I 1 lu serving our food and keeping it clean. Y is for Virtue, Sllll'tl1'S petted expression, O, would that from virtue there he no digression ! W whispers what not of rather strong slang From XVaganian, XVoltinger, of Hagerstownls gang. X is a letter we like to see thrive 3 For in Prof. l'usey's mark-book it signihes fivef' Y is the handle to many a question, XVhy this can be true, we Will make no suggestion. Z is the last, and in this case the least, For it means a cold zipf, not a sumptuous feast. i i 1 l