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"Let us prey," said the lion to the bride, as they saw the missionary walking toward them.
—Portland Folio.
"The beaten path is the safe path," is all very well in its way, but is not a good motto for a foot-ball team.--Harvard Crimson.
What five Bible names put together make a woman's command to her husband?
Adam, Seth Eve, Cain Able.
- The Review.
Fond mother (to Harvard freshman)— "Well, my son, how did you get on with the Professor?"
H. F. — "Oh, I agitated his limb." --Yale Record.
“Who was Atlas?”
"A famous highwayman."
"What?"
"A highwayman. He held up the earth." Judge.
May—"Say, Floss, what makes the snake tie himself up in a knot?"
Floss—"Guess he wants to remember something, and he hasn't got any hankerchief."
— Life.
Freshleigh, 'oo, met an old colored man the other day crossing the campus and the following conversation ensued:
Freshleigh—"Hello, Sam, the trees are getting nearly as black as you are, hey?"
Big Sam—"Yessah, an' next spring, sah, dey'll be nearly as green as you, sah."
—Princeton Tiger.
Puer—"Say, pa, was there more than one Peter the Great?"
Pater—"No, my son, that was a case where history failed to re-Pete itself." —Ex.
Dr. McLean: "Bishop Keener is almost an octogenarian."
Mr. Carroll: "What fraternity did Dr. McLean say?" —An X.
Instructor in German—"What have you on your feet?"
Miss B., (who recently entered the class) said modestly—"I do not know the word for corns." -Ex.
Professor in Geometry: "What is a machine called that has three wheels?"
Student: "A tricycle."
Professor: "One that has two wheels?"
Student: "A bicycle."
Professor: "One that has one wheel?" "Unicycle or monocycle, I guess."
Professor: "No, that is called a wheelbarrow." —U. Utah Chronicle.
The Senior's Message
Just tell them I'm a Sen'or,
He said, they'll wonder why
I'm registered a Freshman, don't you know?
Just whisper to my dear papa—
Because you see I'm shy—
I'm reaping what I skipped long, long ago.
FRESHY.
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The Chicago University has adopted this watch-word, "Pluck, plus perseverance equals prosperity." The Portfolio.
Maud S. has feet of speed,
Nancy Hanks has feet of fame:
The student's horse has no feet at all,
But it gets there all the same.—Ex.
1900 has adopted the following class yells:
Who rah, who rah,
who rah, ree,
1900 S. I. T.
Hip u ki-i-k1-i-ki-ee,
Hip ee ki-i-ki-i-ki-ee,
We are the first of the century,
1900 S. I. T.
Holler ker chic a chow, chow,
Four legs on a bow-wow,
Hokey pokey, rubber boot.
1900 Stevens 'Stute.
Stevens Institute Life.
And yet, the Life thought it necessary to write an editorial stating that the class of 1900 is a remarkable one.