University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Such confusion that followed I can not describe, The light was extinguished. It seemed like a tribe Of murderous Indians were fighting a battle And the racket was like to the stampede of cattle. The fight had waxed warm ; the Sophs were hard pressed, The Freshmen themselves were needing a rest. When, without any warming, there began a wild flight Every fellow was fleeing at the best of his might. Every Sophomore who just a few moments before Was doing his best to add to the roar, Forgot in a moment the plan of the raid And he hustled downstairs not a little dismayed. Every Freshman who recently fought at his best In the stampede that followed, quickly joined all the rest. And all in a twinkling the top hall was clear. As silent as death. Not a sound could I hear Save a very faint rustle of the wind overhead. Or a Freshman in hiding under his bed. The scene of the battle was a sight seldom seen When the hall was deserted and all was serene. Here and there lay a pillow which some Soph in his fright At the danger approaching, left behind in his flight And a carpet of feathers o ' er the whole hall was laid F ' rom the pillows which burst on the combatants ' heads. But what caused this wild riot of so valiant a crowd, In the midst of a turmoil so awfully loud ? ' Twas this : A Sophomore, returning in haste, Towards the south doorway by a Freshman was chased. As he turned to the right down the stairway to go He, Commandant saw coming up from below. This alarm quickly spread, was what ended the game. For each one of the villains at the sound of that name Grew pale, and quickly deserting his post. Rushed off just as if all his senses were lost. And the fact that perhaps was the strangest of all. Was, that Commandant carried no pillow at all. 26

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Class of 98. Motto : Qiiocumque nos feret fortuna bona eamus. Class Yell : Razzle, dazzle, ki, yi, yate, Hokum, skokum, ' 98. Class Colors: Buff and Maroon. Class Officers. J. H. Mitchell, President. E. T. DiCKERSON, Secretary and Treasurer. W. C. NeSbitt, Vice-President. E. T. DiCKERSON, Historian and Prop tet. Class Roll. Claude V. Allnutt. Edwin T. Dickerson. George Peterson, i D ' Arcy C. Barnett. Levin J. Houston. Charles H. Ridgely. Clarence R. Burroughs. John A. Lillibridge. Philip L,. Robb. »?- George W. Cameron. John H. Mitchell. ' ' Richard P. Whiteley. Robert E. Dennison. Willie C. Nesbitt.iC 28