Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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THE ADYTUM, EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY E. J. PRICE, W. L. THICKSTUN, J. SINSEL, J. H. WILLIAMS, C. H. BOSLER, STUDENTS OF DENISON UNIVERSITY. GRANVILLE, OHIO: KussMAUL Shepardson, Printers. JUNE, 1888.

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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a simple reason, — they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. But all who read this book must say, What thoughts are written on these pages 1 How deep the minds, how big the heads, Possessed by these true wits and sages !

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In learned Greece of long ago, When maid or man his fate would know. A god or goddess ' shrine he ' d seek And there with blanched lip and cheek, Before the priest, on tripod placed. In inmost room with horrors cased, He ' d ask the god a sign to give — How, to prosper, he should live. The god would show in riddles dark — But clear to one in whom the spark Of genius burned — where were the rocks He should avoid, and where the walks And pleasant fields which life would cheer And make still sweeter year to year. If they were sought. The temples now Are laid in dust ; yet ever, how To make their lives one round of joys. Consult their stars, both maids and boys. To aid these seekers after bliss. To keep their steps from going amiss, To point out where their dangers lie. To save them many a future sigh, To help them on the road to fame, To win for ourselves some of the same ; We, the Eds., with a bow and a scrape, Present our work in the present shape, Hoping that some from its pages may glean Hints which will help to cleanse of their green. Its name is classic Greek, you know. For classic men we made it so. Now, D. U. Students, ' ' goody, dig, and ' ' bum, Hear the oracles from the Adytum.