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The examination in geography, which vas ...

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Day
3
Month
February
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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The examination in geography, which vas to have been held yesterday, has een postponed one week. Wm. Bowen will lead the Christian Association this aftenioon,when"Chnsïan Duty" will be the subject for disussion. Prof. Rhoades will give his two German classes a social this evening, from glit uutill leven, o'clock at his resience, 48 East Liberty. In regaid to social amusements, the eniors are falling far beland the enerprising júniora, ünly two socials tand to their credit ihus far- but then ie seniors fine the most pleasnre in olid "boning." The members of Lyceum No. 1 have ïeir cüurses well defined for them ín ie following meritoiïous poem, which was recited at a recent meeting, by the uthor, Thos. Chalraers: I.TCKUM NO. ONE. We have a task befove us. boys, Which rests on evers oue, Th is tiisk la not somofoolish play; 'Tis not like simple fun. It is the work of raising up Lyceum Une . Then let up at it boldly. boys, And lend our httle mitfht, For eaeh of us can spend at least, A part of Friduy nisrht In somethinf? bcttor far than rest, We will nut Ftyle it fun, For it is making bette; still, Lyceum No. Uno. has she flourished, stront and well. And made au honoied name. Thon why can we not do our share, To doublé up her f ame? Among our numlier here, we hare Our nation's future strenxth: The men to weild the statesman's reed From north to soutti, t urouiihout its lensrtn. Mr. Caukln, in the future, In the tfenatë too, ray boys, Stands an influontial member. He'sa Miohiganderchoioe, At night, -vrlien he is tired and sleepy, His day' labor being: done, He thanks his aininyr to the tralnint? Of Lyceum No. One. Mr Gormley.in the distance, Isa justice, bold and truc, Hfs ilccisions. flrm, Impartlal, Malee his enemies butfew. Many times while in hi parlor, While his childien round hiui run, Elessee time thathe has spent, In Lyceum No. One. A. B. Johns- no doubt he knows It- I . a preacher, soft and mild, Always self-possessed and earnest. Ahvays simple asa child; From his Ups the truths are dartod, As the rays come from the sun, As he says, 'twas time well spent In Lyceum No. One. H. F. Jolina, hls flne twln brother, Handsome marij if I may teil, Won tho arm of a fair damsel, Known as the Ann Arbor belle, Ia tho future, in his study, Saj'S In earnest, not In fun, ïhat liis suecess In mali'imony, Was lue Lyceum No . One . Mr . Soi'thmayd, when he's older, From tho state of Michigan, Represente this noble country In the court of old .lapan. Does his duty by farbetter Then the formcroiips had done, Just beeause he learned todo it In Lyceum No. Oue . Mr. Hosaok, in the future, Ts a lawyer. êharp and keen, Always at his duty, promptly, Always in hls offlee soen: suits by scores and scores, And coiniuir money bythe ton. His succesd comes from his training, In Lyceum No. One. Mr Griffln Is elected A the Governor of the state; XoI1t he discharffps fliti"R, whfoh to his rent chartro relato. '■Vhy doct thou do so woll. Oritfin?" Sorne one aked him, .1nst for fun, Bnt he in earnest, pointed quickly; To Lyceum No . One . Mr Tichenor. in the future. Is a (reneral of the flrst. Shuns the litrhtest of lmttle, Leads his armv to the worst. When he gains the srreatest victory, That the worM hns ever known, Savs he learned to act with wisdom, Iii Lyceum No. One. Mr. Crozier, oíd hut jolly, Lectures on the tempernnce oauee. Sprake with elociienco and fervor, And receives the world's applause. On the platform, in his lecturei, Savs the frreat thinsrs lie has done Are the product of hia training: In Lyceum No. Ono. Mr. Osborn Is a, deaoon Of the lartrest churoh in town : For the (?ood thinsra. alwavs smillng, For the bad hehas a frown; Makes his church both larue and might.r, Pasaos all- aiirpaaeed by none- And hesays 'tia due the echoollner, Of Lyceum No. One. Mr. Spencer, in the distance. Is ajournalist of New York; Writintr piecos for the papers, Handles pen ns well as fork. Why could he so ably edit, That creat naper, New Ynrk Srin? J]Rt because he heard the Budget, In Lyceum One. Mr. Severance. noble Severance, An inventor of steel rails; Runs larsre faetones and supplles All railroads.and he never fails; Says he alwviys frets the very Larprest price for every ton, Justbecause he learnert about thera, In Lyceum No. One. Mr. Babeock, in the future, Kuns larjfe milis for "spinnlnir yarn." Strongr and soft and flnofor knitting-, It will also do to dnrn. He is always at his duty, s Never washeknown toflineh; Gets the work of half an acre In the Rpaee of one "square inch." In his office he adtnits That his larere business he can run Jusibeeanse he learned a few ilungs In Lyceum No. One. Mr. Goodrich, in the distance, As a civil engineer, Plans immense canals and tunnels; Spreads his f ame both far and ne ar, And he works until is flnished All that he has e'er begun, 'Cause he learned this perseverance In Lyceum No. One. Mr. Chalmers,in the future, Takes a solitary life, Goes into the distant wilcinoss. Makes a home without a wife; No one hears of him or knows him, Lonely, lonely are his days, Fondly in the past he gozes, Stillcontinuinji to g-aze: And he sees with vivid clearness All the works that we have done, Cries outloudly in his muslngs, " liless Lyceum No. One." Thoutfh lus life has been a failuro, Watchinfr courses others run, Sees that this grent country rests, Upon Lyceum No One, Time still flies and we are laid aown Far beneath thesilent clay, The memories of these men will linger TUI all the time has passed away; And as lonjas willremain The shinlnif of the g'olden sun, Others will be copied after, This Lyceum No . One.

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Ann Arbor Argus
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