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IHE DgCKEE
Monday, December 18, 1967
CHRISTMAS AT WESLEYAN
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Ed» Note:
The following article is a reprint from
The Decree of times past.
’Twas the night before vacation
And all through the halls,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not no one at alio
The suitcases were unpacked by the closets with care
In hopes that a packing miracle
Would suddenly appear.
The dorm was nestled all snug in their beds.
While vision of T-bones danced in their heads.
My roomy in his shorts and me in my togs.
Had just settled down to an evening of poker.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter
I stumbled from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew lifee a fiena,,
Tore up on the curtains and knocked out the screen.
The moon on the breast of new fallen sleet,
Gave a luster of muck to the water fight in the street.
When what to my blood-shot eyes should appear.
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
With a little ol'driver so lively and handsome
I kne»«r in a moment, it must be Quinton White.
More rapid than co-eds his coursers they came,
And he screamed and hollered as he called them by name.
Now Pazin, Now Brock, Ncew Bird Woman^and Rushing,
On Johnson, On Howard, On Chinn and Hedgepeth.
To the top of the dorm, to the top of the wall,
Now hurry up, hurry up, get a move on all!
So up to the dorm the courses they flew.
With a sleigh full of Schlitz and shouthing White too
And then in a twinkle, I heard on the roof,
The pounding and tripping of each little hoof.
As I pulled in my head and was turning around.
Down the roof they slid and hit the street with a bound!
White was dressed in fur from his head to his foot
And his clothes were all tarnished with rust and soot,
A bunch of Schlitz he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a bartender just opening his pack.
His eyes =- how red ! His dimples so merry.
His cheeks were like 4 Roses, his nose like a cherry.
His droll little mouth was drawn in a sneer and
The beard was the color of German beer.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he burped like a bowl of jelly
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly ol’ elf,
And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself,
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, soon
Gave me to know I had plenty to dread.
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work.
And filled all the ice boxes, then turned with a jerk.
And laying a finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, to the front door he drove.
He stumbled to his sleigh, to his team gave a curse.
And away they all ran like things could get worse.
And I heard him shout as he drove out of sight.
" Would you believe to H— with you all, what a Godawful
Night ! ’»
ATTENTION
ALL STUDENTS AND FACULTY] YOU STILL HAVE
UNTll^ JAN. 9 TO TURN IN YOUR THE WESLEYAN PLAYERS’ ONEv^CT PLAY CONTEST.
AS LONG AS WESLEYAN HAS THE NEEDED RESOURCES TO PRODUCE THE PLAY ANY
THING GOES.
The Twelve Days
Prior To Christmas
On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A pine cone from a pine tree
On the second day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
His dirty shirts to vrash and iron
On the third day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
His Econ paper to write and type
On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
His Christmas presents to buy and wrap
On the fifth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A free tour through open house
On the sixth day of Chrifetmas
My true love gave to me
the cold shotilder
On the seventh day ofChristmas
My true love gave to me
Somemore dirty shirts to wash and iron
On the eight day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Some more dirty shirts to wash and iron
On the nineth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
He hit me for a " small " loan
On the tenth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A calldown because I was ten minutes late
On the eleventh day oof Christmas
My true love gave to me
His veal cutlet fron the cafeteria
On the twelth day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Some more dirty sMrts to wash and iron
THE STAFF OF THE
WESLEYAN DECREE
Takes This Opportunity To Wish
The Student Body, FeicuUy And
Administration, And Our Patrons
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR