whom no gen'rous offer sales
"Try to understand," he begs
"Harvard's in financial straits.
Wealthy donors' whole estates
Can't pay for what you proofs demand."
The angry faculty berates
Rudy's parsimonious stand.
Their speeches in their length expand,
the clangor of the crudity
grows louder than the Harvard Band
The presidential head is light,
his lace a pale and sickly sight
he strains to keep his frame upright
and though he tries no more can fight.
The president must take a leave
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