Cedarville University - Miracle / Cedrus Yearbook (Cedarville, OH)

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19 2 1 SOPHOMORE ’RAH Just a word about the meaning of our inharmonious name And the way the Ancients used it many years before we came: Note that we, as brilliant'students of the cultured days of yore, Find that every Greek and Roman was a Sophomore. Let us take the Greek word “sophos,” meaning “wise,”—we’ve not a few, And the Hellenistic “moros,” meaning “foolish,” it is true; But we put the two together (“Soph” ’s the end you underscore), Inconsistent combination; we get “Sophomore”! It is hard for us to study when the Freshmen have a spread; Then we wander o’er the landscape when we ought to be in bed; So when some suspecting Freshie sees a shadow strike the door He calls wildly to his classmates, “It’s a Sophomore!” Oh, the Juniors may be boastful of their Hammonds, Thorns and Clarks French and Greek for us are “pickins,”—in translation we are -‘sharks.” Gentle reader, pray indulge us, have respect unto our lore, While we wrangle, rhyme and reason like a Sophomore. We can’t cease until the battle rages fierce on Senior ground, And our democratic spirit makes them turn their heads around, Till they deign to recognize that we are coming to the fore; Yea, till each one wishes hr were “just a Sophomore.” But to talk about essentials in the coming work and strife, In a day when education is on trial for its life, In the studio, the pulpit, or upon the Senate floor You will find that Mr. Winner was a Sophomore. 25 C. E. B.