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Undergraduate Literary Exercises in Sanders Theatre.

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The fair sunshine does not alway make bright

Our stream, there was a time when war swept o'er

The shud'dring land, when face to face met Right

And Wrong; and then the river onward bore

Its tide of youth and hope all dark and red

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With blood shed by its bravest and its best.

The later Puritan, whose heart regained

Its ancient zeal, opposed his stubborn breast,

And by his side were heroes of the West.

The gilded youth were also there to show

Good metal lay beneath the outward dross,

And all went forth against the country's foe,

Nor did they heed of life and limb the loss,

But were the foremost in the fierce affray;

And many died, and dying so, died well,

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