Illinois Verse/Ma-wan-da

by Anna Shattuck Palmer

Ma-wan-da

Near the fountain stands a great tree.
 On its trunk an arrow-head,
Placed each spring where all may see,
 Holds the list of those who led.

Nervous juniors consult the screed
 Anxious as to their future fate.
Stop Interscholastic crowds to read
 Blazoned names of the campus great.

Captains of the major teams,
 Also, Illinois brigade;
Heads of Union and Y it seems
 Greatest honor, too, have made.

Illini editors are found;
 Names of others,—only a few
Whose attainments are deemed sound.
 Recent Illio figures, too.

Braves are they now, eager, strong,
 Ready to lead when comes the call
Campus struggles hard and long,—
 Those Ma-Wan-Da has chosen from all.