Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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NINETEEN 1 ' H R E E 23 MY RIVAL ICO to matliematic-s, (ireek, What protit is in these? I sit affrighted in my chair, And strive to look at ease. The admiration due to me, They cast before her shrine, And that ' s because she dares speak up, While I ' m afraid to shine. I can ' t control my stammering tongue, Although I ' m crammed with knowledge I feel so bashful and so young, In this great blustering college. But she can smile a knowing smile, And answer every time, And that ' s because she dares speak up, Wliiie I ' m afraid to shine. I wish I had her constant cheek ! I wish that I could bluff . And make wi.se comments and remarks, And say all sorts of stuff. But then alas! I ' m very shy, And bluffing ' s not my line, And worst of all, she dares speak up, While I ' m afraid to shine. The teachers come, the teachers go. Each stately, learned, wise. She makes such very bright remarks, It takes them by surprise. They always look straight at lier seat, They never look at mine. And that ' s because she dares speak up, Willie I ' m afraid to shine. She walks with all the Faculty ; They think her witty, clever. I trot the corridors alone ; They don ' t speak to me, ever. They never notice me at all. And vainly I repine To see they think I am so dull. Would that dared to shine.

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22 THK I. EG EN DA You soon will be a sight, I wot ; And then there are the dishes. And ten to one the fudge will not Be fit to feed to fishes. Let Freshmen luss and boil and muss, Let Sophomores stew and simmer, 1 hold that, for the wise like us, The prudent course is immer : To keep some crackers fresh and new, To cook in no condition, And that a pot of jam or two Ma ' l)ound a maid ' s ambition. Then, neighbor, go thy way in peace, And make thy sticky messes, And I will lie and take mine ease, And envy not your fresses. ' I am not sad that you make fudge, You may if you will risk it. Still will 1 munch without a grudge My dry Uneeda biscuit. MR. DOONAN ' S BEAST 5 ' I IS at the Welle.sley station Monday night, J| The Boston train in sight : From inattentive drowse Th ' ambitious cabmen rouse And rubber with their might. The passengers step off — all men Save one, a college girl for campus bound, (She ' d hoped a carriage might be found ! ) Ah, joy ! Here ' s Doonan at her side ; Alert he shoves the rest aside. Her baggage grabs, puts her inside. And collegeward doth tear. None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fare! Chokl ' s : Happy, happy, hai)py pair 1 None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fare !

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24 T H E L K G E N D A The time of Reckoning must come, And end her bkiffing days, She can ' t go on forever so, And always get such praise. One ray of priceless hope 1 see. Before these eyes of mine, Examinations are at liand, ( )n papei ' I iii shine. FLUNKING IS— WHAT? FLUNKING is what? Exams redundant, Blueness abundant — Hard is mv lot I Anxious my brain, yet a blank all the same, Cram uninspired with the scholarly flame. What is yon lake to me? What is the flower? work with a tutor — a dollar per hour. Come then, O Cleverness, come to this cram. Commencement is near — I j nist pass that exam ! 1 ' ve got the permission — I ' 11 be happy enough When this three-hour condition 1 s passed — is off — Is off! Bis for Brown, Who won ' t need to die. For she has her own heaven In her own special Sky ! Blissful Brown ! Cis for Coale, With her family tree; She claims men for kindred. Where ' er they may be. Capacious Coale ! Dis for Dobbin, Our chemical friend; To go up in smoke Will, I fear, be her end. Demure Dobbin ! E is for Emmons, Athletically bred; If she wins much more honor. She ' ll iiave a swelled head. Excellinof Emmons!