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