The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-23

talk that the Freshmen would come Out
In class hats too, and DR.. Payne even
thought it advisable IT, mildly suggest te
The Preparatory students that 1t woulo
hardly be appropriate for them to follow
the example of the upper classmen, as
the Seniors would have no Senior dig
nifty left if they were surrounded by SC
much dignity Both the Preparatory
students and the Freshmen dessted
and as yet only the three upper classes
are known by their hats. The excite
ment over class hats led to the pennini
Of the piece Of rhyme which is giver
below:
A PREP's REFLECTIONS ON CLASS HATS. SET n
RHYME.
Oh list to me. indulgent friends,
And I'll sing You ditty
OF wondrOus things that came to pass
In nobby little city
To know It's name hardly think
That any one will care
But II you should I'll simply sAy
You should Yuess Delaware.
Now in the town OF whicl, sing
There is q Methodist college.
Where boys aud girl. are s.ut to school
10 gain some u .efni knowledge.
Now mules Il well. IN farmers say.
On little prov htler,
And 'tis as true some students do
On little knowledge, sir.
And when at last they're Seniors.
'Tis not to be wonde, ed at
That they should begin to think abont
Investing in stove-pipe hats.
Who could blame Senior
For wanting to look tony,
And let the people know that he
Had rode four years Oh ''poDyY
If matters not II folks do say:
Oh rats rats
A thimbleful Of knowledge under
,.Stove-pipe hats
But it's little bit surprising
That the Juniors should come out,
In scrubby plugs, the like Of which
Has ne'er been seen about.
can not blame the folks who say,
''Uh rats rats
A little bit Of knowledge under
Cloth plug hats"
As Galileo said
This simply proves
In spite Of .h.rd times"
The world still moves.
What Junior will reck II folks do think:
s'Oh rats rats
Celiuloid collars under
Cashmere hsts!"
But the most becoming thing Of all
And that which is most meet,
Is the Sophomore hat of the sem girls
Which makes them look 30 sweet.
I'd like to see the fellow
Who would make sport OF that,
I'd like to knock him on the head
And make him take it back.
Yes that Sophomore hat is sensible
A. any thing can be
And it's % pretty as . red-bird
Up. singing In tree.
saw Junior t'other day,
Who didn't seem to like 1t.
But twas because the Jun. girls
Hadn't anything half like it.
He said upon reception night
They psstered him like Boston
And TO keep his plug from being stol'n
It was watched by Mrs. Austin.
couldn't see why any girl
Should want to hook bis bat,
Unless IL was to make Q CRIB
For her pet Maltese cat.
hardly think that this hat rage
Can possibly be checked,
Until the ambitious Freshmen
Are appropriately bedecked.
A Freshman said the other day,
" haven't got the money"
And the shrewd response Of bis Bro. Fresl
Was utterly too funny,
.rNeither have I" said he
''But you see I'll have to scheme,
And II don't I'll say TO you,
Things aren't what they SEEM"
You've often heard that straw shows
The direction Of the wind,
And you can see very easily
That Freshmsn had made up his mind.
And now fear for my own class
Along this salfsame line
fear they'll get lions skin
And try 10 cot the lion.
wish to say to every Prep,
III you'd be . man don't be . monkey,
And II You tciH be something else,
For goodness sake don't be monkey"