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The Mess Hall.
BY TIH \l THOR.
Prof Stockbridge had a little ~oat,
Its fleece was white as lead;
One day it ate a Mess Hall Biscuit,
.\ml now-poor thing-it's dead.
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In the heginnin~. the Legislature created the college and the Board of 'l'rustecs; the Board of Trustees
created the Faculty; the Faculty created the Superintendent, and the Superintendent created the :\less Hall, and
Superintendent ami the Faeulty and the Board of Trustees and the Legislature saw that it was good. A'IF:\'.
In college life at the F. A. C. probably no one thing is so deeply impressed on the a\·erage mind as is the
subject of this article-the :\less I !all. It is ,-ery deeply impressed about three times a day on weekday~. and
about the same number of times on Su!'day. It is even more deeply nnprl>ssed when the cook is late and
breakfast is held without biscuits But, alas! it is most deeply impressed when, on the fifth day of eight months
in the year, we ramble to the Auditor's desk and dash down ten big-, hard clollars ( unkss it is in paper money J
with as much indifference as if we were used to caliug 20 hills and throwing dollars at stray dogs. (But we
don't feel that way.) Yea, verily I say unto vou, it is by that time so deeply impressed on our minds physically,
mentally, morally and financially, that we couldn't forget it in our sleep. SFI .. \11.
But to understand the :\less Hall oj1e s11ould enter therein. In marches the cadet battalion and :\Iajor
Rowe's ringing ,-oice rings like a ten-cent sleigh bell) gh·es the command, "Take seats." This Sl>ems to he
taken as a signal to take everything else within reach, and for a few moments nothing is heard but the calls of the
mess carvers "H,O, George!" "Bring those .q's 1 '' "Some of the old stand-by 1 " which mean, when
translated, that sundry persons want bread, water and syrup. 0, syrup 1 Allow me to quote again:
"\Vhen in after years we all look back
t:pon our college days so dear,
\\'e'll wonder then as we do now
\Vhy :\Iess Hall syrup acts so queer.'' .JnonJ'!IIOII<.
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