Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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His was a life serene,- How useful none may know, His genius rose resplendent With the morning's early glow. We've missed him :-sad reflection! His course, how soon 'twas done ! And as we strive and labor, His memory cheers us on. We now are dignified CPD Seniors, With little to boast of but pluck 5 We've borne the heat and the burden With resignment, courage, and luck. The changes we've witnessed are many, The trials we met with are more, We have served as experimentals In amanner not known before. We have changed the course so completely That 'tis hard to know what to call The men who, when Juniors, were Seniors, But who now are nothing at all. The Classical course we have finished g Now the perfumes of Science we snuff Oh Why must we leave the Classics To inhale this horrible' stuff ? But thus the Fates have decreed it, And we are obliged to stand by And quaff the sweet scented incense, While we cook and roast and fry. We could do this with much more courage, We could swallow this bitter pill, If it were not for the thought Of meeting that final bill. But the vapors will soon have faded, The Bunsen burner will cease, And we'll march to the hydrant music As we joyously gain our release. And to all who may follow after: Have courage, be brave, and try To do the best you can, To answer that question Whyf, 23

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791. We used to dwell in Prepdom, That kingdom in knowledge rife, Where many, when once entered, Are likely to spend their life. But with the fates propitious, We made a lucky stride, And without a single falter, We reached the other side. And entered the College halls, So rich in classic lore, And filled with learning's treasures, Which we oft-times ignore. We then were seven and thirty, Freshmen we were, and green. We courted high-Winged fancies- All Freshmen do, I ween. But with the closing scene Which comes once every year, The boys were seen assembling With trembling and with fear. And then their high-winged fancies Were seen to take their Flight, And from amid our presence Some disappeared from sight. The rest remaining steadfast, Continued then to be All of the noble thirty, In meek humility. For the Freshman's verdure had faded, The Sophomore's wisdom had Hed, And humbly we looked upon knowledge As something far ahead. We now are nine and twenty,- I would we were one more, But he who made the thirty Was called to go before. Early in life's morning, We missed him from our band, I-Ie had passed beyond this cloudland To a better, brighter land. Z2

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President, . Vice-President Secretary, . Treasurer, . CLASS QF '92, CD SEMPER PARATUSX' COLORS-OLD GOLD AND BLACK. CLASS OFFICERS. A YELL-H 'Rah 'Ray 'Rzzeg Rah, Ray, 'Rug Pevzfzsylwmia, ,92. 24 C. F. SANDERS H. A. LEADER P. DRAXVBAUGH EDW. O. KEEN