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I will paint the Muse of Wisdom,Minerva,

Her beautiful charge that was dearer

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‘lAnd I next will paint you a sophomore,

THE CADRE, Tums” JAN, 15. 19'!"

by lUCY MAUDE

I WilI‘paint you a sign, Professor, And hang it above your door,

A finer and better office sign Than you ever had before.

I will paint with the skill of a master, And many will pause to see This wonderful piece of paint

So like the reality.

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I will.paint‘yourself,?Professor: As you wait for the fair young boy, Just in the morn of manhood, Society's pride and joy. He has no thought of stOpping, But you greet him with a smile, And you seem so blithe and friendly That he pauses to chat awhile.

I will paint you again, Professor; .1 willtpaont you as you stand With brimming tankard of s0phistry Extended in either hand. K He wavers but you urge him: ~ “"Drink!_Pledge me just this one," And he lifts the glass and drains it, And_the pedant's work is done.

SLOUGH of

Ohly a year has blown, DESPOND

But into this loathsome creature, The fair young student's grown.

The Work was quick and rapid} / I will paint him as he lies

In a torpid, ignorant slumber, Beneath pettifogging skies.

As she kneels by her darling's side,

Than all the world beside.

will paint the shape of a coffin, Labeled with one word, "Failed". will paint all this, Professor, Even as you quailed. '

THE BURDENS OF THE EXAM HABIT:::

he mockery, the delusion and the snare, The crime, the want and the woe,

hat are born in your workshop,

No hand can paint, you know.

ut I'll paint you a sign, Philistine,

I And many shall pause to view

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his wonderful, swinging signboard, So,terribly, fearfully true.

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