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B. Emison Horn Barnett C. Bradshaw M. Emison THE BAND OP ’22. In the realm of higher learning there is a small but swiftly flowing stream called Daniel Baker College. In the year of 1917 there came two small row boats, one very badly battered up by a voyage through the Lake of High School Learning; the other confident and assured that after several years’ successful journey in the sea of matrimony, it could go safely up the stream of Daniel Baker. The first boat was rowed by the well-known pirate Charlotte Brad- shaw, who, thinking that the even Lake of High School Learning was some- what too placid and lacking in adventure for her bravery and fearlessness, resolved to overcome and sack the riverside castles occupied by powerful dukes who forbad anyone’s passing their castle. The second boat was manned by another pirate, Mrs. Chas. J. Horn. She, too, had felt the need of new adventure, and after hearing the other pirates speak of having gone up this stream and finding it very interesting and profitable, she determined to go up it herself. Perhaps the hardest castle of all to overcome is the first, the one called Castle of Freshman Year. Around this Castle is the wall of Preparatory Classes. Pirate Horn had obtained from the conquest of Ward Belmont the magic key that allowed her entrance to the castle, but Pirate Bradshaw had to scale the wall. While Bradshaw was scaling the wall, the pirate of the name of Horn got ahead of her in the conquest of the castle. However, Pirate Horn, because of so many outside interests, such as servant problems and social life, did not attempt to conquer all the castle in a single year, but left part of it till the next year as did also her companion pirate.
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The next year, 1918, Pirate Bradshaw was banished into the Forest of Public School Teaching, the term to be one year. Horn was allowed to go on and finish her conquest. She finished overcoming the castle of Freshman Year and began the conquest of the second stronghold, Sophomore Year, farther up the river. In this same year two others, led on by the glowing stories that were told of the booty to be obtained in Daniel Baker, came out of the Lake of High School Learning into this small but famous stream These two pirates, Doris Barnett and Mary Emerson, had been companions in the same boat for many years, but on coming into this new stream, each provided herself with a boat, knowing that their interests would now differ. Now the tower of each one of these castles along the river is occupied and ruled by a lovely princess of the house of fine arts. She is beautiful to behold, but even more than her beauty of face is the sweetness of her voice. None of the pirates even tries to overcome her, but instead tries to make friends with her. Only those who promise to love and serve her can ever get into her presence. Pirate Barnett, during her conquest of Freshman Year, went up into the tower of the castle where the Princess with the Lovely Voice abode, and by making friends with her maid, Miss Virginia Hardy, gained an audi- ence with the Princess herself. At this meeting, Pirate Barnett promised to serve the Princess faithfully, and in this way, pleased her so much that she gave the Pirate permission to come to her tower as often as she liked, and promised to have her maid train her voice so that in time it would be as sweet as that of the Princess herself. However much Pirate Barnett loved the Princess with the Lovely Voice, she did not neglect her conquest of the castle. She and Pirate Emerson were sometimes almost in despair when they were severally attacked by the Duke’s eldest daughter English; but somehow they were successful, and by the end of the year they, with Pirate Horn, had completely overcome the castle of Freshman Year. In 1919 Pirate Bradshaw, who was allowed to return to the river of Daniel Baker, entered with zest the conquest of the castle of Sophomore Year along with her three fellow Pirates. This castle was somewhat easier to over- come than the first one, so the band was allowed some time for recreation, which they took eagerly. In this the Princess with the Lovely Voice consid- ered Pirate Barnett’s voice trained well enough to allow her to graduate in that line. The year as a whole was uneventful, with the exception of the graduation, which brought great honor to Pirate Barnett and her com- panions. In the fall of 1920 the four Pirates, with added confidence in their ability, rowed up the stream and beseiged the strongly fortified Castle of Junior Year. There were many difficulties which seemed at first beyond the endur- ance of the Pirates to overcome, but under the able leadership of Bradshaw the band conquered the great stronghold even as they had the lesser ones. Now, in the present year, 1921, the small band has just about completed the sacking of the Fortress of Junior Year, and is looking forward to this fall when they will row to the very source of the stream. Here stands the most beautiful castle of all, that of Senior Year. This castle is now occupied by a tribe much larger than the band of Pirates; but they are soon to abandon the castle for the Field of Real Life. —M. E., ’22.
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