Middletown transcript., 1871-07-15
Our lack Of love, our Natures boisicrous,-r
Whose blood and tears we drew and never kncwi,.
All / the pervcrsity Could we undo Il

Are boys TO boys more generous than men?
Do We desire our boyhood back again?
Il II the bright, the gallant, roscatc time
"Yeai' say the Poets, in the same old rhyme.
All college orators insist upon II,
Dccrying manhood ere they have begun III
Candor compes more prosaic ruling:
Much Of the talk on boyhood joys Is pulling!
The strong Young savage, moving on his muscle,
Ready TO rob an orchard, try tussle,
Of everlasting rcs,lessncss pursuan',
Mockag his tutor, selfish hooking irnani,
OF ravcnous appetite, nngrate'nl, vain,
His kccncst sencc Of pleasure, giving pain,
What man would ask 10 be n hoy again
Who would resign the calm and chnstcncd bliss,
The fircside faith, scaled in his goodwife's kiss,
The measured duties Of the father. neighbor,
And sense of manhood digohcd 10y labor,
To roam gain an urchin hy the creek,
And learn 10 swear about Skinny stick?
or all the frauds which schools from schoomcn
ape
None is moro emp,y than the college "scrnpc."
Books have been made ON scrapcs and maidcns
tell ihcm,
Sud. for their sex. ,ha, no such larks Lcfr them
The college scrapc rs ! remember II,
Was ruiliauisu in the mask of wit
PLAYED on a tutor feelings, childs terror,
A strong boys dignity or u weak boy erfor
To tip the bell up aud freeze water IN IL,
Or by hidden cord all night 10 din i,
To call the poor pnchcd tgtor buta "iihi,
And veil from from hiding place what u hat"
A horse 10 whi,rwisli, most superb OF all =
To tie grass that wnyiarcrs might fall,
Let down the farmer bars, write terms OF spite
by darkness, for the town to read 10y light
Our sculptor Crawford, in noble mood
4 subject from hoyhood hatGic:
a little spaniel, tcrrihri and worn
Its i,cccs dahblcd and Its white fee, torn,
Climbs spent, bcsceehing, TO one gentle breast -
The one brave hoy humane among the rest
Who cuts the kc,ilc which had driven it wild,
Aud strokes II. as a father soolhcs his child,
WORTHY this statute for our halls OF Sutet-
\ boy indignant aud consilcrut-
For, Ii the log rare Father OF the g,an,
As the ,ric line OF somr old poet ran,
Apt might tho boy hc To uilix eau
Behind his sire, and chase hni with . clan.
The sports Of school have now q higher fame
With base ball cluts where women watch the
gamc,
While tidy hargs-crews down the rivers spin
And play is lcAu,iiicd ly discipline.
To these higher joys Of the Curriculum,
Must meancr 'llras . aud older ''scrapcs sue
cumb
For, Il, the siudcn, gives the school address,
His best diploma is his manlin,ss;
The sense Of honor never can hc taught,
Lost II may be or not IN vain ur suNghti
II is that breath OF good men which survives,
The floating nruirn Of fragrant lives,
The gcntlrf thoughts superior souls dispense
And irait of every noble influence
"Surcly, say, one, ''our poets free lance
Tn. Lows ARE with as. give the hoys chance
No ,hesu youU- students Who would hu.ld again
Our arGiublcd runrlfts arc not hoys-lui men,
The boys in itulic some twelve years or more
Departed locked this venerable door,
4 newer, better generation comes.
Out of the roll ui Freedom yiciuf-drums,
\ race of boys made men hy manlicr walk,
By gcnllcr thinking and by irucr talk.
Dn darkcnei laitIdcr no moro intent,
But, like "A sailor, IN the hrmamcnt
Searching for lamps, and midst them, strong and
far
Shines down the gie of The Northern Star.
This race Of hovs must know of their own Rrn
How So much po!i,c, tumpuris with kn1a ledge,
" hen Delaware had three iul Congrr smen.
And yoi for these twelve wears hut halfa tJllcgc.
bear Heaven, ifaugh OF ihinc We well can spare,
,lis these good ucn, who sropc IN hogs
Aud face lie darkness, assHs ihy irieht air
To doubt, and proan, at! bolster dcmaeogues
Give US new men with shauldcs 1T the wheel
Who feel OIL safety, not onF car TO lie
In school, aud press. and lecture, and appeal
And even chance and broadening liGcfi4
Retire then mtn who pncrile have grown
lie men tor them Sc boNs 9t better date,
Aud let this College be the corner stone
Uf humane and rcawakrncl State.