. Syllabus. aven,And weve made everypossible pun;When all combinations ofclausesAnd every description ofphraseHave been used in juxtaposition. Side by side in a billion of ways;When each word in the latest edition Of the bulkiest lexicon madeHas been settled beside every other In every conceivable trade ; When every epigrams written, And every storys been told. And the ultimate possible climax Has been cast in each possible mold ;When the sigh of the lovers exhausted, And the solemn advice of the sage,With a knowledge of all things eternal, Is spread on an infinite page ;When the rhythmic, the
. Syllabus. aven,And weve made everypossible pun;When all combinations ofclausesAnd every description ofphraseHave been used in juxtaposition. Side by side in a billion of ways;When each word in the latest edition Of the bulkiest lexicon madeHas been settled beside every other In every conceivable trade ; When every epigrams written, And every storys been told. And the ultimate possible climax Has been cast in each possible mold ;When the sigh of the lovers exhausted, And the solemn advice of the sage,With a knowledge of all things eternal, Is spread on an infinite page ;When the rhythmic, the liquid, the rugged, The gentle, the prolix, the terse,Every thought of every description, Has been turned into moribund verse ;When every department of Natures Been pickled in metrical brine,And every conceivable figures Been hung, like the wash, on a line ;When every idea in creation Has been used a million times oer,Youll have us, the amateur poets, Doing business the same as before. —Barrv Gilbert ii,i. Were azvarded as foUozvs: STORY—The Light That Failed, byH. E. Russell _ - - _ - $ POEM (not to exceed one hundred lines)— A Fancy, by J. L. Brown - - POEM ON THE FACULTY—A Local Canterbury Tale, by G. J. C. Stewart EIGHT-LINE POEM— Omar Khayyam, by H. E. Russell - - - - PAGE FROM A STUDENTS ACCOUNT BOOK—by Harry Black - - MOCK DEBATE—We Ought to HaveExaminations in College, by CharlesH. Green goo TRANSLATION—Scire Nefas, by Miss Edna Bronson ----- 2f3
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