Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-10
MIKAD0 AT vAssAR.
onlv the Seminary Girls Called 1t
ssThe Mathematician"
Clever B%urlesque in the "Trhg
Csremonies''-Woes OF the
Little Ayty Nines-PoP.
MAR Hits and Curl.
Gus C0stumes.
(From the N. Y. Herald.l

(From the N. Y. Herald.l
PoUaHKEEps1E, N. Y, March 2S.-
Two hundred Vassar girls lett town
TO-DAY for the Lenten vacation. one
Of the last things they participated i'll
previous to their departure was the
closing of theI study of trigonometry.
The "Trig ceremonies" are always
made the occasion of a general ceie0ra-
ton by the sophomores, who invite the
freshmen to attend and take warning
by their experience. This year the
class of 'S8 appointed a clever commit
tee of arrangements, two members OF
Observation-Disclosures and Rich-wrote a
play. a burlesque on "The Mikado,"
entitled sThe Mathematikado Ayty
Ayt "a clever youth in love with IrlS
Trig); Trig Trig Ga favorite Of the
Mathematikadol, Latisha and Bot An
Nee Oadies whom Ayty has paid court
to, but of whom he has become tlred) +;
three little Ayty Nynes (admirers OF
Trig Trig) and a chorus OF villagers or
the town of Rum-I-Pu make up the
principal characters.
The scenery used was well adapted,
the stage IN n scene being an exact re-
production of the Round in the college,
which is occupied by Miss Braislin, the
professor of mathematics. The Co.'S
TUNES were Japanese, with the excep-
ton of that of Latisha, which was
classical. The Mathematician wore q
black robe of angular cut, embellished
with geometrical figures in white.
Trig Trig was, on the contrary, a
pretty young girl IN white, with Won
drous problems pictured on her dress
in black lines and figures. Ayty Ayt
was an interesting and susceptible
young man, and Bot All Nee wore a
gown embroidered with a remarkable
collection OF vegetables, ferns, roots
and flowers.
In the second act the three little Ayty
Nynes came in singing:
Three little Ayty Nynes are we,
Fresh from high school and seminaree,
Hemmed in by genius tutelaree-
Three little Ayty Nynes.
Three little Ayty Nynes are we,
All afraid Of the Facultee-
,Frsid In some dreadful scrape to be-
Three little Ayty Nynes.
Three little Ayty Nynes are We,
Way down deep IN geOm tree,
For we can't help it now. you see
tsE Three little Ayty NynCs.
Three little Aytv Nynes are We,
All In love with trig npmeir.c.
cause at Q distrace We en- be
Three little Ayty SyneS.
Tho verses were wtll sung, and
the girls in the audience screamed with
delight as the three little maidens put in
all the fan work Of the "Mlkado' and
the snicker and gestures. After Ayty
Ayt concludes he did love Trig Trig
passionately he also concludes she re-
Quires too much attention. He will
not give up his freedom, and consoles
himself as he reflects how he has
escaped the fate of the unhappy fresh
man and sings:
In q boat in "Mill Cove Lake" a poor Freshly
Signing .Flunko, o Flunko, o Flunko,"
And 1 said to him, ''Freshy. oh why do yor
Moaning .Flunko, o Flunko, o Flunko?'
Ii 1t weakness of intellect, Freshly" l cried
With a shake of his head poor Freshly re
80 fiunSo, o Flunko, O Flunko."
BE clssped at his chest, as in Gyms" we d
o Fiunio. O Flunko, o Flunko.
And q cold perspiration bespangled his brow
o Flunko, o Fiunko, o Flunko.
He sobbed and he sighed and a gurgle b
Then threw himself into the suicides grave
q Flunko, o Flunko, o Flunko.
Now, 1 feel just as sure as I'm sure that
meier
Have funked, have fiunked, have flunked
That 1t was mathematics that made him eX
O Fiu a n O Fluuko, O FIunko.
And If 1 should take calculus I'm sure that
Should perish as he did. and you wOul
know why,
Though 1 probably should not exclsim as
oFiunko. o FIunko, o Flunko.
This, too, was received with uproa
ious applause, and encore followed ell
core. The Mathematician also grea
ly entertained all present as to who
the college would not be missed. o.
or two verses will be enough to illu
trate:
As som day it may happen that a college
must found,
Pve got a little list, I've got a little list,
OF college life offenders who might well
under ground
And who never would be missed, who ne,
would be missed.
There's the residential Duisances who did
come for work,
Who cut their classes every one and all tn
duties shirk;
All tender invalid students, who half tn
classes miss;
All persons who In taking eX, take eXerc
like this.
All friendly ones whose lengthlycalls we ha
ly dare resist,
They'd none of 'em be ~missed-they'd non
'em be missed.
There's the systematic sponger and other:
her race,
And the devoted pianist-Tve got her
the list;
And the people who chew tulu with a hol
BILE grimace.
They never would be ~missed-they ne
would be missed.
Then the girls who always come back
and have no reason why,
All screechers In the corridors, who m
you want to fly,