Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Oh, spirit of Makio, 535, Tell us, in truth, art thou dead or alive? Dead no doubt, for the world is so cold Thy weak, puny frame would soon wither and mould, Oh, why didst thou try, in a world full of strife, To palm thyself off as worthy of life? Thy build was too slim, thy contents too tame, To stand any show where intellects reign. l XVe watched for thy coming as an emblem of light, But, alas, it was more like a black ltatcr blight, Or gangrene, or fever, or cholera woes That poisons and scourgcs as onward it goes. Unlike these diseases, thou couldst not destroy, For thy mFluence, though bad, could do naught hut annoy. If, in thy seclusion, whereler it may be, In a far-away desert, or in the deep sea, If thou dost, in remorse and in anguish, cry out, Why the world makes no bones thy value to doubt, Sink deeper in woe, and remember ,tis this Which made a mad people on thy exile insist: Thou wast blind. of an eye, thou wast deaf of an ear, Thou hadst ring-bones and spavin, and heaves for a year, Curbs7 glanders, and spring halts, backbone like a rail, And myriads 0f ll chestnuts l' stuck close in thy mile Thy boiler was busted, thy sails torn to shreds, And the H Rats had gnawed holes from the helm t0 the head. Thy roof leaked, thy walls shook, and thy windows all clattered, While thy hl art room ll and its products were all sadly smattered, The picturesll gave proof they were made in the dark, H Or by journeymen sign-paintcrs out on a lal'k. Then such was thy fate, and such is our glee, That from blnck-covered Makios we forever are free, Unfortunate perhaps that ever thou came Yet contrast will give thy successors great fame.

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Petitemt e IKE a comet do we now come, shedding about us a. 1' lurid glare which renders visible everything before Ethe MIRROR. The images must necessarily be 7?? truthful, but some may surpass in vividness. We have endeavored, as far as possible, to cast our light upon new subjects, although occasionally we are compelled to behold some antiquated subject, notably our worthy Presi- dent. We were peculiarly fortunate in being the first to portray the characteristics of the new members of our Faculty. The subject is a difficult one and requires ability greater than that of our own feeble pen to do it justice. But we think that, without any infringement on modesty, we have succeeded remarkably well. To render a faithful account of the achievements of our mathematician, or of the manly beauty of the dude, whose high collars and blood- shot moustache are the envy of all ; and finally of him who has labored so unceasingly to elevate the morals of the college in the conduct. of its examinations, is beyond the scope as well as the power of this book. Our greatest difflculty has been to overcome the almost irremediable loss of reputation occasioned by our predeces- sor. No one doubts that it has hurt us, and many have been so audacious as to assert that it was the cause of the decline of the University. 50 our office is twofold, to dis- sipate these shadows and also to restore the MAKIO to its former glory. To relate the history of the college during the past year A't