Davidson College - Quips and Cranks Yearbook (Davidson, NC)

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3d ROSSETTL Within thy House of Life forevermore My footsteps wander, restless, to and fro; The sunlight plays upon the marble floor. The shadows dance and flicker as I go. In these wide halls, adorned with all things fair, Th}- winged fancy brightest visions sees ; And here, where music dies upon the air, Methinks I see thy Pleasure lie at ease. But ia thy House of Life I seek in vain, A little chamber where the Heart may rest — A bird, that tappeth on thy window-pane, And seeketh dumbl)-, where to make her nest. In all the fullness of thy destiny, In verj ' truth, thou hast no room for me ! 14

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May 5. The town beats the Juniors and the Sophs in a game of baseball. May 8. Senior examinations begin. May 9. The Nines evolute on Bible examination. May 14. Meteorology examination. Dr. Smith creates a low at 9 a. m. It ' s falling weather until 1:30 p. m. May 22. Regular examinations begin. May 22-June 3, Juniors, Sophs and Fresh standing examina- tions. Seniors taking vacation, smoking on the campus and giving paternal advice. June 4. Baccalaureate, 11 a. m., Y. M. C. A. sermon, 8 p. m. June 5. Class Day exercises, 10:30 a. m. Reunion of literary societies, 8 p. m. June 6. Annual oration, 10 a. m. I aying corner stone of Martin Chemical Laboratory, 1 1 130 a. m. Oratorical con- test, 8 p. m. June 7. Graduating exercises, 10 a. m. Reception by liter- ary societies and fraternities in. the evening.

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THE COMING OF THE NINES. On the hill-top of the campus, On the great, gray Granite hill-top, Bunyan Shearer, great and mighty, He, the master of thr :ollege, On the boulders of the hilltops Stood erect, and called the people. Called the tribes of men together. From a boulder of the Granite With his axe he broke a fragment, Fashioned it into a pipe-head. Shaped and moulded it with patience ; From the left side of his door-step. Took an alder for a pipe-stem. With the dark brown bark upon it ; Filled the pipe with good tobacco With the picked leaves of tobacco. Took a match from out his pocket Made it chafe upon his pants leg ' Till in flame it burst and kindled ; And thus standing on the hill-top Bunyan Shearer, great and mighty, Smoked the calumet, the Peace Pipe As a signal to the people. From the vales of Carolina, From the valleys of Virginia, From the orange groves of Georgia From the far-off Blue Ridge mountains From the North-land and the Southland, From the East-land and the West-land, From the seashore and the mountains, P ' rom the cities and the country, All the tribes beheld the signal; Saw the great white smoke ascending —