Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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-6, . 'm I I Grail llwel PROLOGUE The scene represents the Vivarium in the basement of the Science Building, used as an editorial sanctum by the staff of THEORIFLAMME. Various pens and cages are scattered about. In a clark corner is a huge pile of proof-sheets. As the curtain rises the pile of proof-sheets shows signs of move- ment. It sways and sends forth rumblings like a volcano in erup- tion. Finally out crawls the Editor-in-Chief, frantically shaking off a few dried jokes that still cling to him. ' EDITOR-IN-CHIEF! , Out of the depths of dark despair I've struggled into clearer air. But there were times I must admit, When I did think my wits would flit: Oh! how I longed to scuttle for home When first I saw the Soph'more pome, The Seniors' vaunts, the Freshman's hoasts, P. C. S's faculty roasts CUnexpurgated, sizzling hot- We had to tone 'em down a lotj, I-I. I. A's athletic stew And snapshots of the favored few, J. K. B's first crop of humor CFollowed since by one or two morej, And J. P. S's artistic flights- Such were the editorial plights That kept me sitting up 0' nights With J. I. H., my right-hand man, To clip and prune, expand and plan. . But I'll say this for my good staff- As workers each one stood the gaff. What ho! Come forth, my merry men all, In answer to your cliieftain's call! ..-9.1

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l QMQRM-, llieegil Mm The door of the largest pen opensg the members of the editorial staj jile out and dance in a ring about the Chief. CHORUS OF EDITORS: I'm an E, I'm a D, I'm a D-I-T-, Nit, not me! I'm an E-D-I-T-O-R- That spells Editor? Right you are! After this has been repeated several times, enter the Business Manager and his Assistant, 'wild-eyed. BUSINESS MANAGER: The very worst of human ills ls a pocket full of unpaid bills! So problems of la haute finance Do rack the brains of me and Lantzg 'Tis all we think of night and day- The cost of paper--how we'll pay- How to get in touch with the grads- How to collar a few more ads. Our slogan is this brief refrain, Which we sing o'er and o'er again-: Don't br El pikerl Don't be a clam! Subscribe, subscribe to THE ORIFLAMME! EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: ' just lock them in their little cage, And let the Business Managers rage. After a brief struggle they are stowed away in the cage 'zuhere Professor Whiting keeps his famous red-eyed fruit flies. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF! Well, now our book is bound and printed, My thanks to you are quite unstintcdg Never a man Of you has shirked,