Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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18 and came in six laps ahead, without even loosening the buckle on his vest straps. After the supper, at which flirting with the waiter girls was prohibited, (an entirely unnecessary res¬ triction,) the class adjourned to the parlor, and then proceeded to entertain themselves. The programme consisted of remarks by the President, toasts, an ora¬ tion, speeches, etc., interspersed with vocal and in¬ strumental music. After the fixed programme was finished, a couple of “yarns” from each member were called for, and “ Monk ” distinguished himself by giving a half-dozen or more. Games were then suggested, and after amusing themselves until 3 a. m. they dispersed, well satisfied, to their several homes. The following is an overflow from one of the “Har¬ dy sons of toil” of’81. Its form was suggested to its author by the machine poetic translations of the “ Castle by the Sea,” and many others which we had translated ( ? ) while under the supervision of Profes¬ sor S-. Its subject, and the wonderful treatment of it were taken and “ biled down” from a response to a toast to the school, at our half-way supper. DAS SCHLOSS AM YUGEL. I. Have you seen that hall of learning, That little school up on the hill, Where the boys, when from duty turning, Have t o take the Doctor’s pill ?

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17 Perhaps that same night the Doctor would give us a little talk after prayers, on the obvious and vicious habit of drinking over a bar. Well, we felt all right, as most of us had been drinking over a bar-rel. Gone are those happy days, gone is the good old cider, and gone forever is the class of ’81 from the scenes © of their hard study, and of so many happy frolics. HALF WAY THROUGH. f O commemorate the successful completion of the first half of our course, it was thought nec¬ essary and proper that a class supper should be pre¬ pared, and also a general entertainment for and by the class. The Lincoln House was selected as the ‘‘locus” of our “ bum,” and the entertainment was furnished by illustrious members of our class, for we had found already that the class of ’81 had in its make-up ev¬ erything necessary for a celebration, be it a funeral or a war-dance. The proprietor of the Lincoln House outdid him¬ self in preparing the elegant and sumptuous feast to which the class did ample justice, and “ Donnie ” was once observed to get up and shake down the amount of an hour’s hard work, and then set to with renewed energy ; but it became necessary to choke off “ Der Lange ” to save the dishes, and it after¬ wards came to light that he and ‘ ‘ Donnie ” were hav¬ ing an eating match, but he handicapped “ Donnie ”

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19 ii. Yes : we’ve seen that liall of learning, That little school up on the hill, And our thoughts are now returning To our “grindings ” in the mill. III. But our hearts are full of gladness, We have finished half the grind; Yet perhaps, with thoughts of sadness, We shall leave its halls behind. IY. Tor firm friendship now unites us, And with pleasure on we pass. Thirst for knowledge still incites us, Examinations still harass. V. Tor they’re always full of questions, Straightforward, (full of crooks), Of course the boys will have congestions Of the brains, when stuffed with books. YI. We’ve seen the boys to the office called To face the well known terrors there, To face the chief who’s there installed, The dreaded sentence to declare. VII. Yes : we’ve seen the wondrous working Of that school up on the hill, Where the boys are cured from shirking, By the Doctor’s well-known pill.