University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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LM E Mk You've heard of th' chicks of th' old bluc hen And how they got their name and when. Know they were bred in Delaware, For to all tis aware That Delaware's the nest of th' old blue hen, The home of Coldwells' fighting men. They heroes proved in country's need, For they were of true blue-hen breed; In Delaware they lived content, And free indeed in County Kent: For fathers crossed the stormy sea, That here their children might be free. THOMAS IRONS.

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Iu Mempriam DOCTOR MERRILL VAN GIESEN SMITH -4 DOCTOR GEORGE PORTER PAINE P PROFESSOR RAYMOND KIRKBRIDE

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On P;zrting Old College, sad, alone, you stand Under the shade of the trees grown old With the rain and the sleet and the snow, Under the lee of the hill, fair mold Of a nation's pride, a king's decp woe, Under the blue of a sky, pale gold When the fading sun, its journey slow, Sinks in the sca, like one grown old With life's great appetite to know Old College, sad, alone, you stand. We leave you now, unweary, sec us smile? For after all, a tear is like a smile, Since both may lead to present joys or griefs. We've reaped alike the intermingling sheafs Of good and bad, of thoughts beyond belief. We leave you now, unweary, see us smile? Old College, still and sad and all alone Your aging frame regrets the flecing time. We have been friends, for every stone Conceals within itself a sacred shrine Where youth has worshipped love and art. We met with mutual truse, so let us part. We must not falter now. Our race is run, Yours has been just as hard, yet just begun. For ever, 'till the dawn of judgment come, Your heart be true, your victory won. G.R. L. '29