Dickinson College - Microcosm Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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v The Romance of Dickinson .ue 'ln seventeen hundred and eighty-three 'l'he Yanks drove the British back over the sea: And all of the English, from peasant to crown, Realized they could not keep America down. So a treaty was nlade in the town ot Paree Which wound up like this: Let the Yanks go seot. But now they were free, some dispute did arise fret College l,' On the place Pennsylvanians could send out their bye To learn how to read and to write and to spell, For the value of knowledge they understood Well. John Dickinson said: lt's a fact tas you knowl, That to set up a college you must have the dough, 'Whereas, just at present our debt runs quite high, On the state we can never expect to rely. So here ls Benny Rush and l, healthy and hale, Just grant us the college, we'll slap down the kaIe.', So the state legislature put through a decree That a, college in Cumberland County should be. They were led to this vote by the actions ol' Rush, Who just about that time was feeling quite flush. He thought U. of P. didn 't nieet with his pleasure, While the folks farther West were irate beyond ineasu l' was too tar to send their dear boys Cso they saidj, Besides, down in Philly they 're all underfed, S77 l'0 And the learning they get there-it ain lt worth a dime- They might as well stay on the farm all the time. Rush took their part in his pleasantest wayg He helped collect money, and offered to pay Quite a sum to assist them ill building the school, For he always stood pat on the Golden Rule. was put on its way, right up till to-day. abroad o'er the ocean, Thus Dickinson College And it's kept on a-going 'l'he news of this feat got And over in Oxford raised quite a commotion, Young Coleridge and Southey were studying' there And mapping out plans just like Uppy Sinclair. 'l'hrougl1 all resort folders they looked high and low, But none to their tastes did such literature show, When, low, and behold, one fine day comes the news That at Carlisle i11 Pennsy a college was loose. i'i l i. 21 V 'll