Girton School - Girtonian Yearbook (Winnetka, IL)

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THE GIRTONIAN 57 And are you then that julie Who led the senior team? If this be so, then swiftly go To drink of Lethe's stream. For all who drink of Lethe To Girton shall return, We need you sad, be our Post-Grad. And yet more knowledge learn. Marie Louise Carns Then 'mid laughter and great shouting Comes hdarie, another athlete, She the winner of all matches Played in tennis and in baseball, She the winner of the prize cup And of honors gained in sport plays. She shall some day wear blue ribbons For the races in the roadsters Vlfon by her own sports-like manner, Speak the Judges to the people. Ruth Barbara jeffris Then forth there steps at sounding of her name, Ruth Jelfris, red-haired, fiery, with a tongue That rolls off reams of Greek, and round her neck A placard huge with Votes for Women writ, She tarries not for Accuser nor for Judge, But cries aloud: You'd better pass me throg My head's chock-full of learning, you can bet! But now I'm busy, in a frightful stew, just let me out and watch to see me get! The judges, gasping, smile and labor set: Go thou to Greece and be a Suffragettef'