University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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Thus was the Decree, sent from Minerva ' s Throne ; Six thousand years, less seven, have nearly flown, And even now that prophecy is being ' filled (For everything shall happen as the Gods have will ' d). Their strength is like the majestic forest oak, Which bends and sways, but cannot then be broke. The Senior proud is made, in deep disgrace. To hang his head when stationed face to face With ' 93 at one end of a rope. Each with the other endeav ' ring in strength to cope. With ' 91 and ' 92 ' tis just the same — For when to generations yet unborn the fame Of sons of ' 93 be handed down Theirs shall be lost ; they ' ll wear no crown ! Such, then, is the different fate of Man — Some are born to greatness ; others if they can ; And if by Gods ye have been passed by Ye should not be discouraged, but should try To raise yourselves, that ye may be The equal, but not above young Ninety-three I E. Payson W1LI.ARD. 25

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To the ©U55 of ' 93. Kalliope, from thy ethereal throne on high, To which a scends the plaintive wail and cry Of feeble poets who seek on earth to find That gift by thee bestowed upon the mind • • • Of him who most endeavors to obtain this thing : Send now thy messenger, and let him bring The wondrous favor, and it confer on me, Helpless Poet of the Class of ' pj Pass not, O Muse, this invocation by. Nor give me such a power that I shall lie, In telling to the world the mighty acts By 93 hereafter to b done ; but facts Allow me to relate, and them alone, That Seeds of Truth by this example may be sown ! The} ' say that all th ' Oh ' mpian Gods who live In heavenly regions, to which this Karth can give Of all her toils not one small grief, Once held a mighty Council, of which the chief Athene was. Goddess of Wisdom and of War, She of whom every God, save Jove, should stand in awe. ' Tis recorded that the object of this meeting was To decide where the Seat of Learning, in future years. Should be, praised by many as greatest and the best. And feared, yet held in rev ' rence still by all the rest. After great deliberation ' twas found the will Of every God : the site shall be at Chapel Hill. The question which they now began discerning Would arise, this was : In that Seat of Learning What Class, of such a num ' rous crowd of men. Shall be the noblest, and shall make, when From its walls the} ' go, the highest mark Upon Fame ' s Column ? Let people hark And listen while I to them declare The changeless word of th ' assembled Council there : From man ' s creation, and his fall, shall roll With ceaseless swing twice thirty centuries whole. Less seven years, when from fair Chapel Hill Shall march with thunderous step, this land to fill With astounding deeds heroic. The Class of gj, The like of which has never been, nor yet shall be ! 24

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