Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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THE CLASSES PAGE 32 RUBAIYAT OF DR. NEAL l Skiddoo! For tho'ts which yesterday were mine, No more for civic laurels shall I pine, I'll study worms that crawl beneath our feet, Alone the realm of nature is divine. Before the phantom of false promises did die, Methought the people within all the Sixth did cry, 'Come, the city needs such men as you,' Alas! Could I have passed the tempter by. They told me that my mission was Reform, A debt 1 owed to millions yet unborn, And when 'Bob' Sprague did grab me by the mit, 'Twas then my studious work I did attorn. !7 A bunch of aldermandic cards within my vest, A fervent handshake, a smile and all the rest, Nay, not all, Gadzooks! The Union label I forgot, Thus laden down I sallied forth upon my quest. I went to voters each and every one, And told them how the city should be run, And each man met, a promise gave to me, Ah yes, the night before the voting I had won. Oh me! Oh my! Let well enough alone, i When you have bread, don't turn it into stoneg That circular I tho't they could not answer then, On Monday nights has kept me safe at home. I once did think there ne'er was seat so dear, As Harry's chair he holds from year to year, But now the mists have risen from my eyes, My path is marked-my duty clear. When politicians hereafter come to me, With civic duty, unborn posterity's dumb plea, I'll show them slides where soulless insects lie, My work with dead ones henceforth now shall be. H

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PAGE 31 THE CLASSES NO FABLE Once there was an Old Gent who had a promising Son. While the Father was proud of the Fact that he was a Self Made Man, he didn't want h. S . . is on to grow up without having had Advantages, so about the Time the Boy reached the Age when he was afraid Father's Money would grow tainted through too much Company, he was sent to an Institution of Learning to h . . ave his Intellect manicured. Here the Boys told him the course of Study was merely Incidental, that the Real Value of a college course lay in mixing w'th WI ' 1 i en and learning to know Human Nature. After four for more? Years, the Youth took his Degree, as he had been up to almost everything else, and started out in Real Life. H crowded, so he decided to take up a Mercantile Career. He was encouraged in this by the College President, who read a letter in Chapel telling how Large Corporations were glad to get Young Men whose Minds were trained and put them in Positions of Trust where they were bound to rise Shortly after graduation the Youth wrote to Father not to send him any more Money and started out to find a Position. H h d I , e a an dea that the Business World was fairly waiting to give him the Thermal Mit but as an Extra Precaution he put on the Glad Clothes that had made him th e College Pet, because he had been told that in getting a Good Position it wa . . . s important to look neat. After due consideration he picked out a Firm he thought he would like to work for and sent in his card to the Manager. 'Tm a Coll G d ' ege ra uate--, ' he began. Yes, replied the Man, You are now passing through the D- Fool Period of your Careerg and with a Pitying Glance the youth passed him by. At the Next Place he sat on the edge of the Manager's Desk and called him Old Man, to show that he was perfectly at ease 'Tm l- . a co lege Graduate, he said, and would like to get in with your Firm in a P .. osition where the Hours are short, the Pay good and I will have an O v P' portunity to work up rapidly. Yes, you look the Part, said the Mana- er lib . g , ut it may help Some later on when you get over It. We can use a Young Man who is willing to work The Pay will be about Six P . er, and in a Year or Two there may be an Advance if you make Good The Boy took the Air Line down the Elevator Shaft, and thought hard all the Way. When he lit he had begun to understand. He took the Dollar he hadl 'd ' ' ' ' an aside, with which to have his Mutton Pelt framed, spent it for a Meal Ticket, and got a Plain Job He is now living the Sim l L'f . p e 1 e be- cause it is the only kind quoted at Seven Per. MORAL: Get Readyg it's coming to you. e had been told by an Old Friend that the Professions were over-

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