Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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The Rhyme of a Radiator Or The Digs Despair 1 O ' er my last brief I bend. Hard work without end Seems piled up before me ; A dark cloud hangs o ' er me Of papers increasing And grinding unceasing. But while lessons lower, For this quiet hour I ' m mightily glad. While time ' s to be had I study and plan As hard as I can. But alas ! I ' m not done, — Not fairly begun, When — portent so drear — There falls on my ear A faint murmuring hum, — And I know what ' s to come. This hum quickly grows to a loud steamy hiss, All sizzling and gurgling (no sound to miss). Then a sudden loud thump Makes us start with a jump. ' Tis the prelude insane of its demon-like working. Now it really commences its cranking and jerking : Its creaking and pounding, and wild rattling din, With wheezing and grinding and grating within. A hoarse iron chatter — A fierce, jarring clatter ; — Then a crash and slow bang, — An ear-splitting clang, — 1 With thanks to its contributor, formerly of : And then follows a series of deafening explosions, Of smashing and thundering iron commotions, Metallic collisions with racket and storm, Like ferocious attacks of a fierce battering ram ; Now louder and faster comes pound upon pound — Confusion poured forth in a chaos of sound. When! ! ! Of a sudden silence falls again. I all exhausted turn my fevered brain Again to my forensic ; but alack ! From my weary head Each precious thought has fled, And for to-night at least ' twill not come back.

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Now the fireworks cease to sizzle, the crowd grows quiet, and the boats form a clearly defined star, not far from the boat-house. The Glee Club is rowed out in the rejected and despised tub, the Lume D ' Oro, by a valiant friend of Senior dignity, and the singing begins. We might give many numbers, but forbear for lack of time. The phonograph will furnish only one, which was sung with especial success. The words, set to an old German air, go like this : — May ' 98 be strong To serve and worship long Her Alma Mater, dear Alma Mater. We feel that we must now bring our discursion to a close. With the com- bined aid of our trusty friends, the spectroscope, phonograph and biograph, we hope that we have adequately presented Float in its evolutionary light. We need not spend time in enumerating the manifold causes which enabled this evolution to culminate so successfully in the year of ' 96. ' 98 believes that the unprecedented brilliancy of that occasion was due, first, to one who has devoted much interested time to our athletic development ; and, second (here we speak modestly), to the good appearance of those who rowed in the Speedwell.

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Oh, many are the changes, Alterations, customs new, Which ' 98 has seen evolved In the years she has gone through.