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Myself that time did eagerly frequent

This hall and that, and heard great argument,
About it and about. A play ’twas not—
That’s all the further that our knowledge went.

Which made it rather difficult to write the songs. It always 7s hard, except. for
the disciples of Mr. Henry James, to write on something you don’t know anything what-
ever about. And, besides, ‘‘play’’ is such a beautiful word to rythme with. I am afraid
we all bore a grudge against the Dean for our poetical difficulties, until two gifted members
of the class, Miss Ford and Miss Katzenstein, discovered the comprehensive term ‘‘show,”’
which has almost as many metrical possibilities. And then with an unholy, aboriginal
joy, we juba-ed out the ‘‘1907 we like your sho-ow.’’ And do you remember the beautiful,
realistic warwhoop that we almost decided to put in the last line?

And now we pile into the Gym,
And to the programs turn all.

The problem’s solved, ‘The Ladies’’—
What a bright idea—‘‘Home Learn-all.”

Well, of all things! That is pretty clever, isn’t it? Who do you suppose thought
it up? “Table of Contents, Vol. mpecccvit.’’ Do you suppose they will make a cheer
out of it? ‘No, I’’—their first appearance, in other words. Wonder if they’re as excited
about it as we were last year. Do you remember? Oh, and so that’s their class animal!
Mine looks as if he were turning up his toes to the daisies, I wonder what that motto
means {March 1, 1906—am still wondering.] No, let’s sing first—it would be a shame to
spoil our voices with cheering so soon, There, I do think we can sing almost as well as we

cheer. Oh, the curtain—

The cover first, with tender sentiment,
Then dulcet harmonies the soft air fill
(Hurry up and applaud—t’s their song to us.)
Next Mrs. Bernhardt, suave and sublimal,
Discourseth like a subtly flowing rill.
(Don’t you know what that means? It’s a figure of speech.)

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