work th y a sign than to have a good t i m e . I 'm get t ing along fi nely in my t ud ie . I omctime go i nto the clas wit h o u t eve n looking at the lesson and m ak j u st as g od r citat ion as i f I h ad s t ud ied i t . G od bye now. I ll write again when th ere ' s nothing el e to do . Your son,
B1c D u o .
bout the m iddle of February t h e u per wa� taken ill and a mi f r t u nes always com in a b unch, the snow bega n to fal l and to blow and to m e l t and t o f· eeze u n t i l i t w a s a m uch as a m an s l i fe was worth ( a n d m o re t b a n a co-ord ' ) to vent ure o u t . T h e ore h ead and lame bac ks wh ich that week brough t were more last ing than a l l fou r of our ann u al smallpox scares . The i n dignat ion fi nally pen t i t elf in a pet ition a violent as i t wa useless . It brash ness has been t e m pered by heay y s la b ing , and in t h i s som ewhat mollified form it i pre e nted .
P ET I T I O N . \ e, the u nder igned , stud n t
COLBY C O L L E G E , February 1 9 , 1902.
o f Colby Col lege, re pectfu l l y p tition the Fac u l t y that
t h e condition of the Campus wal k s , w hich now mak s wal k i n g both dang rou be a l tered f o r the b tt r.
om
of the m o t p r e
i u g reason
and d i ffi c u l t ,
f o r a s k i n g this c h a n g e a r e
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S v re cold from struggling through drifts wai t d ep. B lack and blu
pot
cau ed b y fal l . .
E x h i bited i f required.
Can't afford sn owshoes. H aven ' t sat down with com fort s i n ce m y compulsory ses ion of a w ek ago. train o f k eping m y equili bri u m too gr at for my n ervous Have b e n d epriYed o f C hap
1
yst m .
exercises for a wee k .
Co-ord
Can ' t h o l d m y c e n ter.
Co-ord
M r. B utl r's gone with the Glee C l ub and th re ' s n o on
to hold m e up.
My mother objects to profanity. Have to start for clas Co-ord
half au hour earlier.
I t hurts our pride to b
seen
with fire-sho\•el
drifts, and ta kes so m u c h tim e that we ar Co-ord
as w
dig through the
late to recitations.
Puts the Profs on the pig b cause w e are l a t . By
the
time
I ' ve wal lowed across the campus and ambled up th r e
flights of s tairs , I ' m so fagged o u t I can ' t l i e down w i thout hanging on. I am a member o f the Y . M. C .
A.,
b u t I can ' t stand th e pressure o n the
third commandment. Dang rous to l eave the campus after dar k .
I haven ' t broken the D u tton
H o u se rules t h i s w ee k . T r y i t yourse l f a n d you ' l l see why. M y room-mate gets u p early a n d s teals my rubber boots.
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