Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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2 d. — Ye Senior to Ye Prep. You have put to me a query Which has long been known to fame; Many a brain lias been made weary, Searching for their proper name ; Hunting for an appellation, Which should all their traits include, Till, with sudden inspiration, They evolved the name of u Dude.” When you once have fully fathomed All this wondrous name implies, Creatures such as you see yonder Never more will cause surprise ; For it means a human being Once with senses furnished well, Now transformed, by Fate’s decreeing, To a brainless, useless swell, 16

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Qtyt £)uUe. 1st .— Ye Prep, to Ye Senior. Senior, Senior, can you tell me What those things are over there? Human beings sure they can’t be. Are they types of Simians rare ? Are they native, or imported? Were they born, or did they grow? Are they freaks of Nature sportive ? Did they always look iust so? What are those tall, spotless ramparts Rising high around their necks ? Is it safe to let such creatures Mingle freely with the Techs? 15

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It was early in February, ’83, that a majority of the members of the class of ’86 bade their adieux to their lassies at the old homesteads, and later released their grips from their satchels, and beheld, some for the first time, “Old Worcester” and that institution towards which our thoughts had been turning, and for an entrance to which we had been “cramming”—The Tech. The following day we were ushered into the presence of his “awfulness,” and after a few preliminaries, were informed of the order of our examinations. Even in this first registration the traits of some of our heavy men were strangely defined, for it is reported that in reply to the question, “ What is your purpose in coming to this school ? ” one said, and truly, as it was afterward learned, “because he was sent”; another, “because he had nothing else to do”; ' and a third, “in order that he might gain a technical education that would be a blessing to himself and friends.” Then we were examined, and in good shape, too, first by Prof. Eaton, who treated us tenderly, as we ought to