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ALICE'S ADVENTURES

"He said, 'I sit upon this fence,
A Y upon my chest.
"A frat-pin costing fifty cents
Adorns my fancy vest.
"I've played upon the Football team,
I've rowed upon the Crew,
"Phi Beta Kappa is my dream,
(Albeit somewhat new.)

"'Religion, Football and the News—
I heeled them—not for fun,
"Nor yet because I held the views
That such things should be done.
"In College Life I did not fail,'
He cried in stalwart tones,
"'Because I worked for dear old Yale,
And good old Skull and Bones.'

"I heard him then, for I had done
Forming a plan for morn
"Of building a Dormitory on
An island near Cape Horn.
"I thanked him for his kindly speech.
It cheered me up a lot,
"For, although we may fail to teach,
A Bones we have not got.

"And now, if e'er by chance I see
Fair Harvard in the soup,

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