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Caption: Illio - 1896
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Zfc Jab of 74. \w \\ i\ OUT!*. B. L„ M. D.. CLAH Ti. Soon MS .1 national cr.i/c becomes contagious, The old-time Cni. students had it had. And o,uiek developed its exeitant stages— Cjnick convalesced—and happy it was /<</</. Sometimes ///<//''/ ope PandoraV mania ca^os And liherate some henceforth raging fad. All students cultured that maternal mood To either hover or hatch out a brood. An epidemic (7W/W) in the seventies Spread o'er the country, called the '* spelling bee. The 1'ni. folks were free for it to first seize, By reason of susceptibility. Thev were " b e s i d e t h e m s e l v e s " with this disease, H »> Not from " much learning," but rfix/wir-ity. Doc. Webster called the DOTel malady A dreadfal $pdl bfbad orthography. Then every student caught it—every Prof. And every class was half a spelling bout. One fatal symptom was a hemming cough That always choked the spell off when in doubt. A graver symptom was a rattling off The tongue of letters none could quite make out. But worse than any was a crimson frown, With hesitation and a sitting down. They didn't try to spell phonetically, And buz?, and hum like bumblebees in May; But called each letter alphabetically, T h o u g h some used fewer for economy. The music pupils spelled from A to G; The military companies stopped at K. The engineers had staked the base ball ground With lettered posts that turned t h e players down. The students in the Mathematic School Changed every problem to philology; Built words with lettered angles without rule. calling Prof Said Euclid was a mummy, or as dry. The Chapel choir sang strangely A, B, C, Instead of old familiar do. rat m#. 104
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