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Show f : j More Truth Than Poetry I By JAMES J. MONTAGUE 1 A . , 1 I TMt LOAFER'S CONFESSION. From earliest youth I've endeavored, With an earnest and purposeful mind. To keep my activities severed From labor of every kind. 1 did all the thlnga thst a boy did Who dearly delighted to shirk. And what I most gladly avoided Waa work. No college I ever attended; Becauae. tf I did. I knew That 1 would be deeply offended At the work they would ask ma to do. At learning a trade or profeaaloa I slwaya was swift to recolt; I had not the least prepossession j For to It ' I seldom have son ah t a position In office, in mart or In mill. . Becauae of a lurking suspicion That It might not be easy tn fill. When Te had paying Jobe, Tve resigned 'em. For my pride In my wages was marred By tha fart I waa certain ta find 'em Too hard. I thought T waa crafty and clever This indolent course to pursue. And to dodge any share whatsoever In tha labor that other folks do. But now. my existence reviewing. I have loet my self-satisfied smirk. For I find that the thin I've been doing Is work. A HARD LIFE. Theee long gape between atrikea make It difficult for Bamuet Compere to find anything to talk about. ITS THK WAV THINGS It. An "aristocracy of brains" may be desirable at the collegea, but as long as football Is played It will never be quite aa artetecratle on the campus aa the aristocracy of brawn. NO WONOCR. Plr Thomas Upton aa va he hopes he Is a good Ifoser. With eU the rehear-wals he's hud he ousht to be. iCow right, HZ2, by the BU Syndicate. Inc. |