Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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The Heroes did the deed with all good cheer, But what the future held you now shall hear.

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IV. NE moment till the summer days had flown; The Heroes looked to reap where they had sown. They gazed abroad upon the self-same field, And lo! There was indeed a fearsome yield. As serpents ' teeth, to earth-born warriors sprung, Broadcast responsibilities were flung. Nigh two full weeks they labored, hearts still strong, To foil the vast confusion of the throng, Or ere the good earth swallowed up the foes And left but order once again; on those Same fields now eager horsemen trooped about ; Some groups of ten now marked an oval out. In realms of mind, of sports, and otherwhere, Each Hero did the burden seek to share. But soon they ' d learned that they did nothing lack While they were clad in dignit} of black, And something called seniority prestige Among the others made of them sole Hege. ULL oft would many a trial these men assail But ' mid the terrors none of them did fail ; ' Round yon entrancing city now loomed high A buttressed wall, — that ban did patience try — The guard was Brimo, huntress of the child. Called Poliomyelitis, monster wild. Three heads that showed, — a horse, a hound, a snake. Forbad them dance and theatre pleasures take; Indeed ' twas long from football they did fast, So many dangerous germs they found broadcast. 23