1921 Cedrus Yearbook

A THE GIRLS'PARADE 1921 Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight parade of the lassies dear, On the twelfth of October, Tuesday eve; Scarcely a boy that did perceive The cause of the voices whispering low, The old moon looking down that ,night Saw dark forms stealing from left to right,— From South to North and from shade to shade,— The girls were gathering for kimono parade. Arriving at Ramseys, we had great fun Laughing,"How slow boy's do catch on, If they weren't so sleepy, they'd sure turn out And stop this girls' spread without a doubt." So we chatted on, eating pickles and cake 'Till the stroke of twelve by the dining-room clock Warned us that it was time to stop. Then we donned kimonos bright and gay And merrily started on their homeward way. When we came to the graveyard dark and still With the moon-beams shining on the white stones tall Our brave hearts within us began to fall, Not from the fear of spirits walking, So much as a college-boy 'hind a stone, gawking. So we passed the soldier silent and grim Without more fright, than slight quakings within. When we reached the town,that memorable night We had things fixed to make noise right; Rattles and tins, shrieks and yells. (Alas to say we had no bells) Made them know that we were in town. First the strange parade went West, Serenading White and all the rest; Markle and Colman, Stormont and Malin. If they did not wake, it wasn't our failin'. Next, we favored our professors stern With cries of a slightly different turn. In front of their homes we cheered them roundly, We know they'd like to thank us, profoundly. But let them, if they will, remember, We tormented them less than they were in September. As always,such fun must have an end, So at twenty of two our ways we wend Toward home and sleep for a little while. And there's one thing about which we can boast; That is, no one was left in the "cooler" to roast, Because all felt a longing their mothers to see, When the marshall yelled out,"Just you come with me." M. A. McK. 46