Vassar College - Vassarion Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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t 5 'N J ,,-X ' 4 f 5?-. - K 76.5 1434. AA Jn 4 N, f- 1 i fl g 4:14 x X 1 l 9 B P R O L O G U E Cnce upon a time there lived a little old man who spent all his life making spirits. Most of the spirits he made were put in big barrels and only let out when people felt thirsty, and thenthey were swallowed up and that was the end of them. One day three of my brothers and I were sitting on top of a mugful of other spirits all covered up with white fluffy stuff, when all of a sudden,just when we were about to be swallowed up, a great big, wise old owl came by and saved our

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s if GEORGE SHERMAN DICKINSON We do not say we honor himg he honors himself by being what he is. We do not say we appreciate himg we are not wise enough Yet' . We do not say we regret that we shall see little more of him? we say we will remember him always. We do not say we dedicate this book to him as a token of our lasting affections we say we dedicate our hearts to him because he is a great little man.

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lives. We grabbed hold of his feat ers as he swooped down and flew away with him. He's taken very good care of us ever since-but 'll hear all about our adventures later-I just wanted to tell you this much of the story now because a lot of people have the Q, wrong notion about us. Some say we're ideas the old brewer had one night about Higher Learning for the Female , but that's silly, isn't it? We're just spirits like the ones in the barrels only we don't get swallowed up because the owl takes care of us. S Please don't believe anything else. .J How THE oWL TAKES CARE OF us The owl takes care of us, but you musn't think he does it in an ordinary way. He couldn't possibly, you see, because we aren't little owls. Now if you listen quietly l'll tell you just what happened: When he res-