Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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And Ab and his wiFe continued their journey, crossing the range of high mountains and entering the peninsula. And the people of the land were warm and friendly and colorful and the food they served was hot to the tongue and brought tears to the eyes. One day as Ab and his wife were crossing a wide plain they heard the snorting of an animal and turned to see a great black beast with curving horns charging down u|5on them. Ab mo- tioned his wife behind a boulder and tried to hit the beast with his club, but the club struck a rock and was broken in twain. As the great creature snorted and pawed the ground, Ab took off his cloak and waved it before him so that the enraged monster tore it with his pointed horns. At last Ab picked up a pointed stick, and as the beast charged for the third time Ab plunged the stick behind its head. And the animal fell and was dead. Ab ' s wife came from behind the boulder clapping her hands. And she took the rose she was wearing in her hair and threw it at her husband ' s feet. Ab picked it u|i and kissed it, and walked off the plain to the clicking of castanets. A South American custcim a BuckncU custom Miss Beatrice E. Gonzalez Mr. Frank A. Sprague SIGMA DELTA PI, National Spanish Fraternity 22 ♦. ».;•»- »;■. '

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And as thev traveled, thev came upon the lands of the vellow-haired people. And b and his vviFe spent a short time among them, drinking a strange new liquid that was made from the grains of the fields. nd the golden brew made Ab and his wife feel light-headed, so that they did things that were strange to them. Then the bid farewell to these people and ventured into the land of the boot. And here the peo- ple were of dark skin and black hair. Thev too had a liquid that was new to Ab and his wife and it was made from the grapes of the vines. And the people told of their descendants, who had come from a far-off land by way of the sea-in-the-middle-of-the-land. They told their story so well that Ab and his wife asked for a boat and set sail to find this ancient place. And the ' came upon the finger lands that streched and pointed into the sea. And those of the land wore long skins and were of an active nature, so that they held man ' competitions of skill and the win- ner was crowned with a wreath of laurel. And the gods of the land sat high upon a mountain, smil- ing down upon the people, and Ab and his wife were welcomed and thri -ed under their eyes. But after man ' da s the ' mo ed on. Dr. Adult 1. Frantz Dr. Albert M. K. Blume Atop the Acrup with Dr. Afille DELTA PHI ALPHA, National German Fraternitv 21

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C tcncf Julius Caesar, he ' s a teaser, History ' s a mystery And it happened that during the course of one year the people of Ah were entered into a war with the people of another ' allev. And great were the feats of the heroes, and laden were the altars with sacrihces to the gods. But the people of Ab were defeated in the war, and returned to their valley to live again in peace. Ab was mindful of the war and the courage of his people and he wished to write of their exploits so that the tale would be known to his children and his children ' s children. And he wrote of the battles, and of the duels between the heroes, and he named the ships, one by one, which had carried his people to the land of the enemy. And some of the deeds were clear in his mind, and others came to him as in a dream, and all of them he wrote down upon the great tablets of stone. And as he wrote it appeared that he could also make known the manner in which wars should be fought, and the reasons that men engaged in them. And all these things he set down also. And after many years, he had finished his story, and he called forth the people of the valley and read to them the stor ' of their battle. And in the writings of Ab it seemed that his people had won the war and had returned victorious to their ' alley. So the people of the valley were happy, and they called him the truth teller and revered him ever afterward. Dr. Cyrus H. Karraker Mr. William T. Johnson Dr. J. Orin Oliphant PHI ALPHA IllllA, N.itic.n.il llistnu hMtcinit 23