Abbot Academy - Circle Yearbook (Andover, MA)

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THL LEGEND OF EVIL This is the sorrowful story, Told when the day-beams fade, And the Seniors sit together, Pondering the flunks they ' ve made. Ah, when we were Senior Middlers, We were frisky and fresh as you, But one day in last September We all turned prussiari blue. They dragged us into a classroom, They set us round in a row, They opened those grim brown covers, And said, How much do you know ? They hauled us through those pages, (The process was very slow,) ' Til we wished that the cerebellum Would put on its hat and go. They steeped us in Sensation, Habit, Attention, Will. Of Memorable Emotions, Each victim had her fill. 26 k

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SENIOR DRAMATICS the rose: and the ring ADATTED FROM THACKERAY S CHRIS I MAS PANTOMIME Dramatis Personae King Valoroso Prince Giglio Prince Bulbo Hedzoff Tomaso Lorenzo Porter Gruffanuff Archbishop Fairy Blackstick Queen Princess Angelica Betsinda Countess Gruffanuff Miss Reed Miss Clark Miss TERWILLIGbR Miss Hale Miss Holt Miss Clay Miss Holt Miss Holden Miss Swift Miss Hall Miss Leonard Miss Carter 25

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They smiled at our hopeless confusion, They choked us with horrible names, And whenever we pleaded, reproachful, They said, You must blame Mr. James. We floundered in desperation To page two hundred and eight. There we read of insane delusions, And felt that would be our fate. So this is the pitiful story, Told when the day-beams fade, And the Seniors sit together, Pondering the flunks they ' ve made.