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tyistory of t ^ ?lass of '92.

BY ALL GAB HILL REVELATIONS 9-2. 1. hei Verily, verily I say u n t o you t h a t tin 6 D1081 wise of all m e n — J u n i

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Id u n t o t h e world of t h e class w h i c h he doth o w n . 2. But be it k n o w n t h a t C h e s t e r is n o t t h e o n l y m a n wh Ah .vn a Class, for forget ye not t h a t J e h u Steel© o w n e t h t h a t cla c a l l e d S o p h o i s w h i c h ha n p l a g u e d a n d f a m i n e d (financially) but b e i n g not w i s e t t e t h

not warning. 8. A\ . 1 Bay unto you said Steele of Ireland is even the d a s il and all that in it is. But be it even thus, still do I proclaim that we are ' T h e <":. P tple." 4. > r have we not among our numbers yea, even as husbandmen of the tribe: Morehouse who owneth the University; Bacon who doth count the arth among his posessions; Rabbi Wright who hath charge of the shekels of our tribe and doth hold the deed to Urbana: Hart who hath neither of te above mentioned things and verily must I add that In has not ability to write e^ D a parody on Hiawatha for know ye I did it all myself. 5. But ! it was in the beginning even so it is now and v are all still the serf- > Kin Solomon Steele. f 6 Hut I must not tarry but shall seek to set forth that in which ye are Interested, ye who contemplate buying one of Me Lord Steele's Bophographs. 7. Hut it has come to pass that ours the Tribe of '92 have been sacrificed as a burnt offering, 8. Poi Samuel hath Said; What hast thou doin And fifteen us have ai rered, flunked in Calculus even is it so. 9. And the Sophomore horse hath stampeded to pastures Dew, and hear

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