Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1916 Page: 94
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Transformation of the College Spirit
BY IRA PULLENWhen the sun grows warm in the springtime
and nature's great handiwork glows,
Against the most sure laws of nature a
schoolboy lazy grows.
He seeks unadelterated sunshine and sinks
down, he's too heavy to stand,
To breathe even requires special effort, He's
the laziest boy in the land.
He envies the mocking bird's freedom, he'd
like to have nothing to do.
He'd use the whole day just for sleeping and
add all the nights to it too.
His energy went with the snow storms, that
used to come with a flash and a dart.
Now his thick but pure remnant of blood
meanders through his big honest heart.
Then spiritless, in tones so despairing, the
poor boy is heard to regret,
"Is this the college spirit that I have tried
to get?'
When he goes to his desk to study, but not
by a will of his own,
But through fear of the next day's grading,
for he'll reap as he has sown,
His thoughts run hither, thither, he is haunHe begins on the choicest lesson for his interest
is hard to please,
He counts the lessons before him as the golden
minutes pass by,
He thinks o'er the day's proceedings and not
without giving a sigh,
Then in long and in deep reminiscence the
poor boy is heard thus to fret,
"Is this the college spirit that I have tried
to get"?
Yes, this is the college spirit, the most common
and widely known yet,
Indeed, 'tis the college spirit, but not what
he tried to get.
In the fall it was, "Get it and keep it" when
enthusiasm was at its best,
"Be pleasant, industrious, happy, be one of
the bunch like the rest."
The counterfeit now is prevailing, the genuine
migrated, concealed,
It's path was not marked by a milestone, in
its wake the imposters revealed.
What we need is an unchangeable product,
not varying with seasons and years
To dwell in the heart of the student, to
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His calendar turns to commencement and he l M' - Then an effort to seize the emotion will
counts the days to come, Hi, Ho, Hum! not be rewardedin vain,
is nerves sem to l c trati or There goes the bell; But will prove as with time it increases, a
His nerves seem to lack concentration for
he quivers as leaves in the breeze,0O, Spirit, where art thou! precious attainment to gain.
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Abilene Christian College. Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1916, yearbook, 1916; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39971/m1/94/?rotate=270: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.