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. As so mo.n;,r ncu members havo coce· ·in to the Sorority thru installation of our neVT. ehc.ptcrs at Gr~t~ lc:,r. Colo. and Alva. Oklc.. . 1. t h~s ncemed bost to cxplal.:tJ. several things in connection vri th the publl.cation of the PHOENIX. Altho our nagazibe is consi~ercd printed matter by the poot office authorities, it is not produced by tho methodns is a book. In the l~ttcr ease typo is set up in lines and para·g ro.phs. them looked in to ·forms that n:ra placed in o. printing press. Proofs are· alw~ys taken. nnd, whenever· crro~s are found it iS posSible to Correct these by'-Gi.lbStituting the proper letters or punctuation. In this ucy it 1s easily possible to get a printed pn~ that is absolutely correct. · The printing of the PHOEITIX is nn entirely different mnttcT . As soon ~s tho Central Office is ready to start on the uork of the mo.gczine, M.iss WaDndn, S ecretar:J. gets v7hct is called· a stencil sheet, which she moistens T:ith c prepared liquid that soft~ns the ric~ pnpe! of ~hich the stencil sheet is made. The next step is to place the : sheet in the typewriter und to throw off the ribbon, so that the ~ype : may hit the softened paper and out right thru it, lenving th~ sheet finnlly like n pieee of lace with the mesh made up of letters. It is possible to hold the sheet to the light and to rend everything that h~s been written. Indeed, Miss Wuxmnn,·cs she does the cuttin~· can rend what she hcs written against the stiff background of the bl~ ! puper. With thio expluno.tion, then, it is poc.sibJle for e"fe-ry one to understand tho.t, uhen once u letter h~s be on out uut, · no chcngecan reo.lly be made. Occc.sionc.lly one mc1y blot out c. word. or c let ter or incorreot punctuation, by covering the part not wanted with c.:. piec8 of paper or with n bit of varnish. ~As :;our r:ationr.l l'reSiden":.: dictutes right to J,iiss Wxman, t).s she s1t6f}i~ t tbe t:mchine. it quito naturally happens thct mistalte~ mny be r:inde. . Your Nntion!ll r:resident*l7ith absolute diotinetnerw. sho :may diotr:te the wrong Pord. because r::ho is thinking :fo.ster than she is talking. !.1iSs Wnxmnn, with · her eyes riveted on the shoot o.nd her· eurs nttempting to crrtch every spoken word, \7hile her finger~ hit the !tnys of the typeV7rit·er \71th just the right- amount of force. may mi{JO n word, nor.' and then just o.;.. she did a moment ago when sba omittcd,at the puint tho.t is starred. the word~--may not di·ota.te ,.- Som·eJcimes, when vre ere in . a great bur:-:::. and that ·often happens r.hen our s:~sistant, I!~s-g :Blomberg. is V7o.Itint; for us, neither your National PresiGient no:r !:Ii~s Waxman bas time to look over th@ stencil. Hhen th.e re l.s opportunity, an effort is nl··· -r: cys made to make such c0rrections ns q!'B possible. _ . "..s . soon ns Misrl Blomberl) receives,; the stencil, r:he lays ~ ~; fnce dovm on an inke·d c-,.linder, and then proceeds to run sheetn thr~.~ the r.1 il).eograph, ,..,hile the "·cylinner is being turned by me~ns .o f a crcnl:. The ink in the · pnd 3tretched over the cylinder ~~ s~ueezed •n·~ o:t' it under ·"~ re("'sure c'n to· the \71'li to chect. Quite n2.tt"--r2lly th-. i~1l: c<:nn j t r.::ct thru the :-: tencil ~hect o::cv.?t vi:: thA mesh of th . l J . , '.:e r s , · ~Jr thru s ooe ~)locos :::.ccidentnlly brol: nn. Lf t cr. t1.":0 ~ hee t r: h .:,ve 'Jcc n :run -~ ~r.~ n :;he •.L..: C~ lin c thny h a ve C0 be Cried ont 0e f JTC t he: '· - ~he
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Wl:len n publishing house is at nork upon o. book, it ir quit numbe~ 0f \7orkmen setting up <l ifferent pa.rt 3 of the subject mat .. ~r. ~s the bouk i~.! not paged, until the proof reading is done en~ corrections m~de. In the cuse 0f the PHOENIX, this is ·q uite impossible. because our PS8f!S must be numbered and ma r:. up, as we go c.long. · As Uis& ~faxruan is not able to make more then :.1 certain uuraber of stencils pet ·aa.y, end as· r.uss Blomberg could not run more than that number· in the time at her disposal, tt quite ncturally f~llows th:!t the Centrnl ·office must sontter its stencil-cutting and the printing over several days. It has been necessary, therefore to mnke a rule to the effect thot the first Chanter Lette~ received shnll be the first one publ isherl in the PHOENIX. · Occns ion·· ally. a Chapter may vrant to rcp'Jrt some special festivity, so its lc"<ter 1s held up to the very last minute. This w.ill explain \17hy Chn1J · ter Letters do not nppear in the order in ~hich they might be expec~ c
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ALPHA BETA
Our Chapter has been so delighted over the opp~rtuni ty ·ii "J uear the 11HITE & GOLD in honor of our ne't7 chapters. VIe hcd worn c.l· · aost every other combincti'Jn, ~d had found it not only interesting to ourselves, but highly exciting ·to our rivals, f or, of C'Jr:.rse, they have to wear their Purple ~na Vlhite on every occasion, no" matter its character. Alpha Beta thinks it is n l'Jvely custom to ueo.r the different combino.ti'Jns· to moen different things . The Chapter hcd a glorious time at its Vnlentine Celebration, and is sending hereuith the account that appeared in the loool paper.
"The cnterta.illment given by the J.. lpha Sigma Alpha. the Alpha Tau Sisma roams in con~ Spring Initiation wns a delightful· affair. The girls· hnd their initiation first • beginning nt six o 1 clook. There uere fi.·~· rteen young ladies initic.ted into the Sorority, ten from KirksVille and three from out of town, these l.:ttter being :Urs. Jessie Stephens Welker of Ko.nscs City, 1.fiss Lissomae eidebottam of t.!e~dville, end Miss Margaret Morris of Quincy, ill. · ~ After the initiatiu~ the girls entertuinen thai~ · g~rls Saturday evening at neoti~n With their annual
patronesses. · the PLi Laobdc Dpsilon Frcternit~ nnd c few friends with n little ~luy, e~upid in College.~ in uhich thfty made a eeoidQd hit·. .
F'J:;.hw·i '1;; the ?lny the time VTaS spent in danc,·.· ere servtd during the evening. The girls who to ·:>k pC~,rt in tne·,: pluy nere the rUsse:i C()rnelia Lloyd,.Vir·ginia. Victor·, Celeste· 1~ Je1. !te ita 'Bruwford, Lenna Ro.ll, Mildred liar~ · : !.enn n e~·;myer, nettie -:: ickcrson, ·Mc.rgaret Lloyd nnd Ruby '!ell~ . ·· ·· .. '1"hc visiting girl~ from out ""'5f tom1 ttere the Misses Clcir·e l.fc.Al l i~ter· , Dorc~~ '?n~ton, Uo.n Creu3 •. :ru.th Tnrner, Let~ ie I.!errick. Leo Ruchfc rG., :.f3 the ·r R:ioins0n, Bess Smith, l.~r3. Jnl ic. ::..c ·.: i'3 Coffe;r ~.nf :rrs . Dosie '-.'l'J Jdwml:d Hull.
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rosy glot7 :from the 1 ights· \7hich "rrere covered \71th red henrta. One c·: the most delightful things n.bout the whole uffnir \-res the m'tiSlc-furnished throughout the afternoon by nn orchestra. composed of membero of both AS.lt end SSS • ·· · - . Our meeting on Februcry 22nd, the first at which we were JOined by our ne't7 initintes, Yms o. very delightful one. We d~c,·:· plnns for the ASA. stunt at the student Po.rty, which is to ·be held th:~ First Friday of the Ne't7 Quarter. We thought nbout o. Russicn-Bo.llet,
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tnttt we ho.ve.not more than a week for pr~ctice, ~s ~ego ho~e for a · t7eek 1 s vo.cnt1.on on February 29th, it seemed wiser not to n·;ctempt cnything so pretent1CIIUS. Afte·r the business meeting ]Uss Hewett · reed. the· Council Letter o.nd stirreQ us oll very deeply over the many in~ teresting plans thnt ere being put into operation for the cdvcncemcn t ot our bel-::>vod sorori t;r. Lcnn llevnnyer, Historian . .rlLPHA Gli1.IUA
One of the most enjoyable ofthe recent socinl cffnirs u~s the Senior Dnnce, l7hich is held unnuu~ly. Pi vc lilllts c.nd one of ot.-:x· Advisors, r.1 iss Noble, vrere there to enjoy it nll. Ruth Young., one of our l~st :;ecr girls. v:a.s bc.clt. for· it. She comes to see u.s rathe-r often. We c.J:rrcys look fon,g.rd to her Yisits, as she is a jolly, \tide-auake girl tmd n mo.st enthusiastic ~fi..SA. · Our Valentine ~o.rt;v uas o. huge success. VIe gnve o. dinner, The menu in;clucled grupe-·f~·ui·c, breaded veal, ·scalloped potatoes, olives. celer:;, rolls, pine-opple salad, ice-cren:n ,' wafers, apple pie, nuts· ana coffee. The table nas dccoruted with smell pink hearts and there ~ere pink shndes ~n the candles. The centre piece · ~us a basket of pink 'flV!eet pens. · At ench pla·c e there·· was· n. tiny basket in pink and gold for the nuts. The evening 'fms mcst del ighfully spen·t in playing grunes. · · · Katheryn Bronn and Katherine Froelich gave a delightful tea to about f~urtecn girls one afternoon. The guests brought their · seuing. The refreshments oere sandwiohcn, anke and tea. Lovell Rehbum and Fredericu Furman gave a tea the following week. The guests again brought their sowing. The mothers of both the hostesses ~ere present, and enjoyed meeting all the girl~ so cuch. The refres~ents uere snnduiches, snlud and cnndy. The rushees seem to enjoy these little informal parties very ouch infeed. The big Sorority Dc:Loe will come off on r.1c.rch 31st. Th~ old girls are to be invited this year, nnd ue are expecting a most delightful t1me in consequence, for we e~~ect many .olumnae beck for the event. Fredericn Furman, Historian.
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STATE. T.EACHEBS COLLEGE Greeley, Colorado State; "Opened 1090; Paculty 60, ~.len 35, \!omen 25; Valuation $1,000,000; Income $17.7 ,51•; Expenses 0225; Students 1765, :uen 264, Women 1496· Tuition $45; Degrees, Pd.B .. , l?d.M., J.~..B., A.~.1.9 sbrorities-1915, Slgmu Sigma ~igma; 1916 Alpha gigmn Alp~~; 19~5. Delta Phi Onega (Lccnl); 1909 Sigma Upcllon (Stc.te); 1911 Ph~ Sigota Phi (Local) . I
It is ni th the utr..10st erithusin.sn <:md keenest pleasure thet Beto. Beta Chupter sends greetings to all uthcr ASAs for the first -:iu ~
.\ltl10 we were "initiated only yesterday, we feel as if we had elTreys be_en li._SAs · r/e cannot expres::> to yon oilr full up"Jrec·iation of the "interest az:c: welcot:le shovm in your messages this past wee1:, nor co.n we even beg~ to tell you what Alphu ~igou Alpha ceuns to its new members out here 1n Colorado. r:e hope to shou you how cecply it hns stirred us, for we have already decided that it shall become in ever~ respect the finest sorority on the campus at our stote ~eachers College. Mrs. Reed left us this O.fternoon. If the Oklahoma girls could bu~ guess the happiness in store for them neat week, · tbey would be awal~ing her arrival uith the greatest impatience. Her visit here wafl of _umme~surablc help and a source of the deepest inspiration to all. Her Ass1stant, l1iss Yanda ~.a tchell of Denver, aiJl.SQ a Kirksville gr.a aua.te, made a place for herself in the hearts of all the girls. She· . ~a9 proJDis~d to cone to s~e us again before she goes back to her home ln :Missour1, and we are anticipating that visit with the greatest of pleasure. · Urs. ~end came to \1s early ~hursday morning. She pledgea us all that might, and then ~e siBply bombarded her with questions until the ~ee small hours of tho morning. The next afternoon the Tri SiBmas entertained us royally. Their house vms beantffully ·a ecorated in our color3, and their hospi tal1 ty \7as truly charming . They have · a vcr:t strong chapter here c.n d r1 r.; are proud to call them our friends: Uot long ago they invited us to meet their 1latti.onnl: President, I·:Iiss llo.l ton of Virginia, so \?e nero especi o.lly pleo.s·e a at being nble to introduce our Urs. Reed to· them. on Friday evening we had c. chafing-dish supper at our Chapter House and spent the evening . plnying 500. The inittat~on came on Saturday evening, after which ue went nt once to the _Banquet. This wus our program:Toustmistress, Miss Carey . Theto. Zeta Beta lUss Oliver Toast Mrs. Gilpin-Brovm Toast Mrs. Hoody Alpha Sigma Alpha Uiss 3omsay Toast M~s. Reed The banquet wo.s followed by dnncing, which ended our installct1on fentivities. It ~as a ~onderful pl~osure to us to hove our belovee Dean, r,irs. Gilpi'n-Brown nith us on this occasion. . . There are n thousand things thr..t I VTould like to tell you about, but I shall xe frain , except in u few instances, cs ~e hcve not been notified that the entire edition of the neKt PHOENIX 1s at our disposal. HoP.ev·e r, I cr!nno·t vai t unti 1 the following i~sue to t~11 you how inordinately prou<i ·~-ve are of our new Faculty Adv1sor, Miss Jenny Lind Green. · Her rronderful personality endears her_ to all_v;ho . have the· p~ivilege of knowing her, and \7e· feel that we nre espec1nlly fortunate in hnving her as a member. She hns been so sweet chd . helpful that she has established· herself ih our hearts~ not. only 1n her official capa~ity, but ns one .of our dearest soro~~ty s1~ters. The third of T.Iarch \vii"i see the close of the \'l1nt er .1.e rm 1?-ere nt our College, o.nd the fonrte_enth r:w.rks the _ beginning of the ~~r~ng ~ Term. During the vac·a tion, · we shnll scDtter to our homes in Vc.. rlou ... place-s. where every on·e of us intP.ncs to pc.ss on much of _our enthus io.cm to girls who ho.ve been r.1embers oi" ~h€'tn Zeta Beta ln the_ past, or -rtho may be thinking of nutriculntang at Greeley. . In c~os1hg_ I wa.nt to tell you how prouc: D.nc. 'bap"'t)y ull . cf us are "GO be ~s,.s and how bright the future secr,1s f"or our_ :.m c~ess. Our n~vr off1cers - ~ re tuh 1·nr.1' u·J their work nith energy t ~1at cru1not but YH~ld splenC.1c. re~~ e ~,. · · .n . sults in J: the very ·neur fut ure. Vera Camp b c 11 , h:.'3"Goru:
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Stnte: Opened 1897; Vnluc.tion $225.000; rnculty 31, ·leh 13, rlomen 17: Sttldents 410; Tuition Pree; Bxpenecs 0250. Colors Red and Blnok. Sororities-1901 Pi I:nppo. 3igr.a; 1~15 S:#;On. Sigm~ Sigma; 191G l:l~)~a Sigm~ :1lphc; the ~ho.l~nepenre Club (laoal), pledged to :!Je1tc Sigcc. Lps1lon; Snturdo.y Uight Club (locul). Gemma Gnmrnn Chcpter is organized. Pebr~cry 21-24 will lo~g be remembered by students in the S tute rlormc.l School ~: t ill vc, because our Instnllntion uus n red letter period in the school life. Iirs. Reed arrived. r.~onC:n.y evening o.nC. \'JUS r1elcomed b~~ the young ladies of the Sorosis Club r~ho met her ut the oto.ti.on. russ Shackles cc.me L-1 on the same train from Joplin. !.io .• \"There she hcd been called by the dea'tb of her little niece, but the two lo.dies nnfortunctely did. not knovt each other by sight, or they might hnve passe a mc.ny hours in pleasant conversation. On '!'uesda:t norning UrG. Reed begcn her prcpc.rc.tions for the Initint.ion :::nd nus rec.dy· for the ceremony by 3 o'clock in the ~fter noon. All the Sorosis girls in toun ncre pledged at this time, but the ceremony is so lengthy that initiation could be held for the clumno.e only. Of ~he:Je there o.re seven, including LisA ~hockley and .Jrs. l.1unaon, o. former Faculty : . . dvisor. ':len active mem"ers rrerc initiated the next morming. The ·service uas so bcuuti~l end so inspiring thct \7C all felt o.s tho rrc had bc.d n glimpse of the Heavenly City. Surel.no order can have a more perfect Initietion Service. Urs. Reed T":on e.ll our hee.rts. ~he \:us so kind r.na pcticnt \lith us, and I <.:.m oure r:e tr .ied her patience very often, for the sorority idN1 is so ne\'1 to us ell here that there hus be.cn need for n great deal of explanation. It uas not an easy r~tter for us to absorb so much material c.t once, so it rns often necessnry for Mrs . Ree( to repent e::q)lo.nn.t ions o.nd ins trt~ot ions. rve nere espe c iully interest e1 in \"lhat 3he could tell us about the other 11ctioncl Officers end the other Chapters. There '7as a steady round of ~estivities during the vhole of Mrs. Rred's stay. On ~ednesduy afternoon there was a R~ccption at f.lrs. r.1 unson's, to r;hich t he Fccnlty, the other sororities and the· cl ut ladie~ of the tom1 nere invited. In the evening the young mrn ricre invited to meet r.Trs. Reec: . She captiv utca everyone end the nhole school no.s sorry to have her leave. ~'/(] nrc hoping tho.t she can co me buck to us in the ncar future, for \ l c · h~ve rilrcudy found mcny th i ngs o.bout tiliich ue should like to question her. It u as c matter of gre e t regret to us that one of our best b('loverl ul u:.mee. Glcdys Bl c::.cl:ford., nus unable to be \7i th us because of her mother' s illnes s . ~·le are planning o. home-coming of all our o.l umnnc for J une, by nh ich tine r.re shall hope to have initiation paraphernal iu ns t7onder : ·ul us in the l.! ational Installc.tion ':'runl~. rle had not t reuned of seeing unyth:.ng so altogether lovely, one ue ere ccgcr to g e t to r.ork on our set, so that it nay all be in reqdiness for our ~me Initiation. Our nen officers nrc, President Ldn Smith, Vice-P r e sident Ruth ~~endall, Secretury, 1:c1en I'i tzccr~ld, ~:~ cu. cu rer TI1.1th I' r. tt·i t. ?.q;istrar Dt":lcl ·Feese-, 1 i brurian Dlc.nch(' :'T oolnc..n, Hi::;torinn Louise ..: ill e r. LTrs. ··.Iunson is the State Secretary. \-/e ere plc.nning to meet every Thursday evening, ulternute ~hursduys ~o be devoted to n study of the outline in "Thc . Sorority Hundbool::.u. Helen I'itZ{;P.ruld, Secretory.
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.tU.PHt. First I Must tell you of the ne~ offices to rrhich our girls have be~n ele.oted. LeCln irR l:ing· is ·corresponding Secretary of the ..1ugus L~ terury eooiety, \7hile Katherine Edmonds ·is Censor. In· the ~~ingho.m Literury.Society Helen Grny is Preslden·t, and in J..thenian ~l~uabeth Cl:nents lS Censor. ~lsie Bngly hns been elected ~ssistant o.Jd1tor-in-Ch1ef of the ~chool mngnzine, the roous. · On St. Volentine's ~cy ue celebrated with a bnnquet. The beblc wo.s decQroted \7i th smilu::-: and rrhi te flo\7ers. In the centre vres c statue of Venus. For ploce curds ~c used the hurp des1~ sent out 0 by the Insignia Committee. Before the renst ue donbed to the music of c_Victroln. which \7::ls pl~yed during the banquet. We had as guests · Uiss Uartho Spencer, uhose tqo olaer sisters Here members of this cho.pter and !.I iss Susie enend, a rushee. There ''ere valentines for souvenirs. During the evening Edt1inn. Doniel, one of our clumnne, celled U9 up by long distance phone nnd ~ished us a ~erry time. · You uill probably notlue the nbsenoe of our honorary member~ Professor Eason and his rrife, who t7a.s Carrie Rennie and o.n !J'l. of this ohnpter. They were so interested in n wonderful valentine that cnme thc..t clay tho.t I om ofruid they forgot all about us. no.an 1 t it jolly tho of Baby Eoson to come on that particular day. The \7eelt-end af the 18th. 19th o.nd 20th tlarie !'rice, lJo.:;.·i" S\min ond a number of alumnae 'ttent over to lle1pden-S iC!ney College for the Uie Year Dcmces. 'L'hey hc.d u lovely time, mld -those of us rrho did not go had all the joy nnd e~~citement of helping them get ready for the event. T.icrguel"i tc i .. roh£>..mbc.ul t o.nd Jenny Price \7ere there una· came over to see us u±'ter o.ttendid.g the dances. '7e 'tlere so glnd to see ·them both. Alpha. hns r. new pledge, Gro.ce Bonnie, whose home is in norfolk, ·. Vo.. She is a charming little lady ana ne l:!.re ell lookinG for'i:o.rd eagerly to the tioe \/hen she may be one of ua in very truth.
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~is space should ho.ve contained the Chn:pter Letter of Alpha Alpha, but again the gronp is lnto with its _ qommunic~tion. t'xcept :fvr ·thm·s the PHOEUIX is rcndy for mailing, so fo.r a.s chapter news is concerned, so the Centrcl Office does not feel justified in holding up the mailing of these en:-ly :.Ir.:.rch issues, espcciclly since ther!' is no other \70rk thht co.n be t;iven to the Office Force. Chupter~ under~tnncl that their letters f[!U~t be in ::3oston by the rirst Of the fno:nth. J e. h~ve rmi ted the full four days of groce, nnd, tho i7e ~egret thc ·: omiss ion of the letter, r.e hnvc no r..~.ss\' ranc(' thnt one or t'1o auys of further ~ui ting would find it in the mnil.
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How meny of the Chnpters knott '.._'nnke Dance, such us is in use by fretternities and sororities a.t bnnquets or uny other l:ind of jolliftcn.tion? There is both the sing·le one .the double do.n,cc. Either In ver-..r effective, especially 1-i'hen o.ccompi".nie d lJ~T singing. It um,ld. be qni~ce in !reeping 11i th }J:;A se.ntiment ond : rites. fo~ the s er::,ent !l:), S c. l·.7c.ys been cons ide red sc.cre Cl to Hc n ,N·. In e~P.C 1":tl ng t he cc.nce. t:1e mer:Jbers shou.ld ·f orm in line, f' n~h t;lr l ,; J. ;.: cing herhc.nds on the shoulde:rs of the one in front. \l ith ·c 'ins J.rrcnger.a ent, it is :" ossi ")lc for ~he procession to u ind in ~md 01J t among t ables n~1cl furni ~ure . . 'F or t he do,_,_ble s:erpe:'l'tine tr1o l:H:Gf\.t;arc f .:Y.cncd ::; ide by s 1d e. G1rls H 1 t':le righ - hnnd line pu~ the~r ~ic.nds · c:n ti.J.e rig~t s h,ou~cl ers of th~ t;lrla in :front, nhile. the g1rls :.t.n -che left l:tne pl...c e t11e1r left hands on
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our VTay thrtl school, In· our work 1~om dny to dny Thru this life ne go, Laughing all the nay; Voices ring utth glee, Hc.rking spirits bright; Oh, uho.t fun it is to be An A. s. k. tonight!
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Colors r·e d nnd uhi'te. Cocbined \7.i th green c.nd gold, Are dear to us tonight, · l.I.Dd shnll be \7hen ue 1 re old. Hermesr rod and staff, Asnxs cror.n and stnr,You cannot guess by half , How dear to us these are.
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Oh, what run it is to be United in A • S • A •
lfThn.t old nnd anti(!ue -s ong v7e he n:d l ast n i ght-Methought it di6. relieve my p c.~ s1on ~ rn~~ch Horc th·c:m 1 ight o.'i rs o.nd recoll ec te c( ~erms Of these ~ost brisk ana Giday p~ ce~ t1me~.
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