Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Else universal 1Dabit I saw her go shopping in stylish attire And she felt Of her belt At the back. Her walk was as free as a springy steel wire, And many a rubberneck turned to admire As she felt Of her belt At the back. She wondered if all the contraptions back there Were fastened just right-ltwas an unceasing care, 50 she felt Of her belt At the back. I saw her at church as she entered her pew, And she felt Of her belt At the back. She had on a skirt that was rusty and new, And didnlt quiteiknow what the fastenings might do, So she felt Of the belt At the back. She Edgetecl round while the flrst prayer was said, She fumbled about while the first hymn was read, 0, she felt Of her belt At the back. Jack told her one night that he loved her like mad, And she felt Of her belt At the back She didn't look sorry, she didn't look glad-h She looked like she thought, thell, that wasn't so bat, And she felt Of her belt At the back. '3 But-well, I donlt think ltwas a great deal of harm, For what should the maiden have found but an arm When she felt For her belt At the back? SeniorhllBill writes me that he will draw $100 per. Scrub- Per what ? Senior- Perhaps.

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SOME DRASTIC QUESTIONS. Welre all aware that Anna Held Exactly what John Drew, But what weld like to know is just How much coin Kryle Bellew. Does Hackett cut the ice he did? Does Tony Pastor pray? If you canlt answer these, perhaps, Our old friend Edna May. Does Lillian Russell through her lines? ls Ciccy Loftus tall? 15 Sothern cold by nature, and When Primrose did he fall? IS Mansfield tract-able? If 50, Can he be called a plot? Would Goodwin be a bad one if Gillette him? Maybe not. But all these questions simple are Compared with this, to me: Was Mayerbeer a relative Of Mr. Beerbohn Tree? You must rock the baby, His mother sternly said ; Johnny got a lot of stonese Of course, the baby's dead. 127 There was an old maid in Peru Who thirty-One languages knew ; With one pair of lungs She worked thirty-two tongues; I don't wonder shels single, do you? Three is a crowd, and there were threee He, the parlor lamp, and she. Two is a company, and! no doubt That is why the lamp went Out CUTE LITTLE WILLIE. Little Willie wrecked a traine Many innocents were slain! Papa said, when Willie ran: What a happy little man! Little Willie put some poison in his papals tea; Little VVilliels papa died in great agony. Mamma sighed and looked quite vexed, Then she said: llDear, clear! what next ?ll Little Willie hung his sister; She was dead before they missed her! Little Williels full of tricks. Ailft he cute? Hels only six! I now take my pen in hand To tell the solemn fact to all: The night falls, but doesn't break, The morning breaks, but doesnlt fall.

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E 03000 fraternitv nban W hat do we mean by a good Fraternity man P The answer to this is The Influence of Friendship,h The determination of the value of our friends depends upon the extent to which they have influenced us in the direction of higher and better thought and stimulated us to greater activity for the common good. The so-called good fellow is so often a man who is only good in the negative sense that he has not energy enough to do active wrong. We call him Hgood naturedU because he gives in to us at every turn, in every discussion. and is what Emer- sou calls a t'mush of concessionl This is not the friend we need or want. This is not the man who will ever do great good for us or for himself, and this, in reality, is the type of man which permits of the fiourishing existence of evil because he has not the stamina to cry out against it. To be good Fraternity men you and I must be active in good work, not passive. We must do the good things, think the pure, high thoughts; strive with all our might for cleaner and more healthy minds, and not really sit by and watch in passive submission the passing by of both good actors and bad one upon this stage we call life. If we would call ourselves good Fraternity men, then we must prove ourselves to be such, not merely by being agreeable, but by influencing as many of our brothers 215 we can to live upon a higher and ever rising plane of pure thought, clean life, warm affection, and thoughtful, gen- erous action. I say iithoughtful actiouii because so much of our so-called generosity is misguided, misdirected, and fails to accomplish a good end for the reason that the action of the heart has not had the guidance of the mind. Your heart and your reason must work together in close eo-operation, but your reason must always be the ser- vant and chief adviser of your heart. We often fail towards each other as brothers because we are afraid of hurting one another's feelings. This is misguided generosity. iTis true that if we can correct by gentle means, it is our duty to do so, and in fact we should cultivate an Hingenuity of gentleness? if I may use the term. But nevertheless we should look most keenly after one auotheris interests in the direction of progressive life. The indifferent man replies to us, itItis none of my busi- ness what another man does. Am I my brotherls keeper Most certainly you are! Most assuredly so! You were born into this world to be your brotherls keeper, and you came into this Fraternity, and swore upon your honor and your soul that you would be your brotherts keeper, and 110w you are bound to comply with this great Obligation and duty, not because you swore it, but because it is right. And just to the extent that you comply with this duty, just to the extent that you leave impressed upon your brothers of this Fraternity the mark of sincerity, the stamp of purity, the sea! of honor and nobility of purpose, so will you be considered and can consider yourself lta good Fra- ternity man.u I shall look baCk in future years to the friends I made in the past, or rather the friends who made themselves to me. But I ask: HWho are my friends ?i' Is a man a friend to me merely because he has been requested to join the same society that I have been asked to join, and has complied as I did with the request? Is a man a friend to me merely because he is in the same Fraternity as myself? No, gentlemen! he is only an acquaintance ; he is not a friend! he is not a brother until he realizes that my soul is in keeping, and determines to discharge the duties of his guardianship to the best of his ability. As he irn- presses me with the lasting things of life; as he stirs me to live in a higher sphere, and with a nobler purpose, and as he encourages that which he sees to be good in me, and diseountenances that which he sees to be bad and lowering, so is he my friend, and so will he stamp upon my heart the memory of him which no time can remove. He then to me has been iiA Good Fraternity Man? 12.9 e