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Yale and Her Fraternities

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I

Hail, hail Oxford ale!

The crew men drink it,

The new men think it

But I consider it scarcely in

The race with good old Harvard gin!

II

For those of us who like the gorge,

Dear F. P. A., there is The George;

My only criticism of it:

(And I'm a trencherman of old)--

The oysters there are never cold.

But otherwise I simply love it!

III

Athletics here cause little sir,

The referees address you "sir",

And when you've thrown the game away

All is forgiven if you say

"Jolly bad show, chaps, what a day!"

IV

The sanitary situation

Is rathed quaint if I do say so,

One realizes with desperation

That if he's dirty he will stay so;

Because no matter what o'clock

The bath house still is round the block!

But don't think this is all the knowledge

I've gained, Dear F. P. A. at College! LEWIS PERRY, JR.   F. P. A.'s "The Conning Tower"   The Herald-Tribune

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