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THE POEM.
In June OF Eighteen and Ninety.six
We boys we-e i'll terri fix,
To find name for the coming ella S.
A name that war destined to surpass
The names of all others who'd trod these halls
And left their marks upon the walls.
The know.nothings and the double oughts
The nity-nits and the naughty -naughts
We're spoken of and each was tried
And finally naughty-naueht applied
To the class that entered in ninety. six,
And I'm proud to say the name still sticks.
In the following Spring we of ninety-nine
Received challenge from the base ball nine
That represented the naughty-naught.
The game was arranged and the ball was bought,
The following Friday the game was played
And the players in divers suites arrayed
Came on the field to have some fun,
And 100 beat us IL to1,
When the Spring of '9S rolled around,
And the cry of War was common sound,
quite number of us like jay
Thought twas our duty to go away
To fight in Cuba and there fall down.
But all we struck was Middietown,
We thouget twas right our b'ood TO shed,
But all we suilled, was sweat like lead
Each left behind hig feathcl bed
And slept on StfA W down there instead
To awaken next morning for pork and beans
80 with our trouble, and all our fun t?)
We were mighty glad where twas done.
And then We clme right straight back home
To find at College we'd lost year.
Then Mason and Baxter and Ike all thought
They'd letter 20 in with oughtyOught,
And 50 we did, and some jolly times
We've had sinue We left the ninety
Let see. we stole the Mcrry-go-round
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With hows and wells without excuse
The people thought Farnhur.t was loose,
The fastcr we'd 90 the louder the cries,
We laughed until tears came in our eyes.
Then the foot ball game with the NJ. A. q,
Ine team we beat with so much ease.
We came down home as sly as foxes,
Slipped down town and sto some boxes
We built fire and circling round
We started again to waken the town.
And then as commencement was getting close
With our good friend Reg acting as host
We took trip to close up our fun
For school life together was almost DONE
We took sail to some new joint
Down the Elk River, called "Plum Point"
Woodward started to play with the tr1mmins
That hung from the face of old man Simmons
And told him the story of the man with the 81
Until Reg grabbed him by the collar
Tn make him shut up and save our sides
That were splitting from laughter and dinner
besides"
Mr.. Thomas Baxter delivered the class
oration, taking for his subject: "Man's
Duty to His Country" He spoke for
some time and his Grafton was we'll re-
ceived. Mr.. West A. Trotter read the
class prophecy. The exercises concluded
with the presentation of gifts to the
members of the class and the faculty and
the smoking OF the pipe of peace.
Bid School Goodbye.
The Delaware College boys started out
to bid adieu to their merchant friends
early this evening, blowing tin horns,
beating drums and tin pans. They
paraded from one end Of town to the
other and made visits to their particular
friends. Alex Jackson, treated the bows
to cigars. DIR. Frazer gave them soda
water and Rev. Father OFT, P. M, Sher-
wood and Harry Nichols each gave them
two boxes OF cigars.
The defamation contest was the most
spirited ever held at Delaware College.
Early in the evening the people began to
gather frcm every section of the county
and 1t was perfect stream of humanity
that poured into the Old 0ratory at Del
aware College for almost an hour before
the exercises. Elliott's orchestra from
Wilmington furnished music for the oc-
caslon. Nine contestants were seated
upon the stage, and DIR. Purnell, pro-
lessor of elocution, presided as chairman,
and selected the following for judges:
DR.: w. J, Rowan, pastor of the Presby-
terian Church, Rev. Father OFT, rector
of St. Johns r. G. Church, and Rev. w,
?. Compton, pastor of M. e. Church.
All the judges were from this town, The
following boys contested: Z. Byron Grif-
fin, "Russia the Engine OF Europe;"
VIM. P. Constable, 1Welcome to the
of Virginia." G. E. Dutton,
"In the Front Ranks of Nations;" Clar-
ence M. Pronse, "The Generals Client;"
James P. McClurg, "The Rising in '76;"
b. Monroe Baker, "The Black Horse and
His Rider" John w. Huxley, "Patrick
Henry's Appeal William S. Evans,
IT., "The Flag" Henry A. Warburton,
Napoleon Was Not Content" The BOYS
sll did splendidly and the judges will |
have some trouble in deciding the win.
lers.
The contest wss for the alumni prizes
IT $l5, $40 and S.. The audience seemed |
o be in favor of E. Monroe Baker, first;