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How Alfred Tiptop Won The Prize Poem
over their efforts to get him out . But not a woman is hurt , not a bonnet injured , except ( peace be to the ladies ; but truth must be spoken !) Avhen the dear creatures push and shove a little on their own account , into their own gallery . The calls for applause or the reverse of various agreeable or disagreeablepopular or unpoptdar partieshave already
, , begun from the gallery : " DDDD-iii-sssrael-iii ! Whiiirrrh ! hooorrrahhh ! " and from a smaller dissentient party , " Yoicks ! Hhhhiiissahhh ! " "The Bishop of London ! " " "The Man Round the Corner ! " "Charles Dickens ! " "The Guardian !" " The Ladies in Pink Bonnets ! " " The Ladies in Blue ! " "The Provost of St . Blazius ! " And then some Avag puts up a stock
joke , such as , "Things in general ! " and himself leads the hissing with which it is folioAved . Each young lady trembles prettily , and Avonders whether she is the particular " pink bonnet" Avhich led to such a demonstration ; but just as her Avonder is at its least satisfactory stage , " God save the Queen" is struck up ; Sir Henry Bishop is doing his best with the worst of organs , and the men
are doing much better with hearty enthusiasm , and a recklessly loyal expenditure of lungs . No sooner are the dons seated than a similar development of feeling is manifested with equal force . No one can see Avhy a D . C . L . should be conferred upon the ex-governor of Badcurry , who took so many " pulls at the pagoda tree , " and Avho has
done nothing except fail in that affair about the Quassia bark settlement . Accordingly , the ex-governor is hissed most heartily ; but the tide is changed in favour of the Honourable Francis Byng , Avho has been licking Sikhs , and getting yellowfever and military honours Avith incredible rapidity . Then the vice-chancellor , proctors , heads of houses , tutors , and everybody
else , come in for their share ; and if any gentleman among those learned authorities wish to ascertain his real position as far as the feeling of the undergraduates is concerned , he cannot do so better than at Commemoration . It is glorious to see so much fun and heartiness , and yet a fair respect for authority . Hoary severity , coupled with kindliness and ability , meets with far greater honours than mere passive leniency , however innocent and agreeable .
At length the noise is hushed , save to applaud or condemn each candidate , as he is received to the honorary degree . And now , the Latin oration being over ( after many a sarcastic ¦ request from the gallery to " cut it short , " " put on the steam , " & c . & c ) , the recitations commence . All very Avell those Latin and English essays ; but our heart and our pen are with little Leila Demvent , who is seated , by some chance , almost vis-a-vis A OL . 1 . 2 H
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How Alfred Tiptop Won The Prize Poem
over their efforts to get him out . But not a woman is hurt , not a bonnet injured , except ( peace be to the ladies ; but truth must be spoken !) Avhen the dear creatures push and shove a little on their own account , into their own gallery . The calls for applause or the reverse of various agreeable or disagreeablepopular or unpoptdar partieshave already
, , begun from the gallery : " DDDD-iii-sssrael-iii ! Whiiirrrh ! hooorrrahhh ! " and from a smaller dissentient party , " Yoicks ! Hhhhiiissahhh ! " "The Bishop of London ! " " "The Man Round the Corner ! " "Charles Dickens ! " "The Guardian !" " The Ladies in Pink Bonnets ! " " The Ladies in Blue ! " "The Provost of St . Blazius ! " And then some Avag puts up a stock
joke , such as , "Things in general ! " and himself leads the hissing with which it is folioAved . Each young lady trembles prettily , and Avonders whether she is the particular " pink bonnet" Avhich led to such a demonstration ; but just as her Avonder is at its least satisfactory stage , " God save the Queen" is struck up ; Sir Henry Bishop is doing his best with the worst of organs , and the men
are doing much better with hearty enthusiasm , and a recklessly loyal expenditure of lungs . No sooner are the dons seated than a similar development of feeling is manifested with equal force . No one can see Avhy a D . C . L . should be conferred upon the ex-governor of Badcurry , who took so many " pulls at the pagoda tree , " and Avho has
done nothing except fail in that affair about the Quassia bark settlement . Accordingly , the ex-governor is hissed most heartily ; but the tide is changed in favour of the Honourable Francis Byng , Avho has been licking Sikhs , and getting yellowfever and military honours Avith incredible rapidity . Then the vice-chancellor , proctors , heads of houses , tutors , and everybody
else , come in for their share ; and if any gentleman among those learned authorities wish to ascertain his real position as far as the feeling of the undergraduates is concerned , he cannot do so better than at Commemoration . It is glorious to see so much fun and heartiness , and yet a fair respect for authority . Hoary severity , coupled with kindliness and ability , meets with far greater honours than mere passive leniency , however innocent and agreeable .
At length the noise is hushed , save to applaud or condemn each candidate , as he is received to the honorary degree . And now , the Latin oration being over ( after many a sarcastic ¦ request from the gallery to " cut it short , " " put on the steam , " & c . & c ) , the recitations commence . All very Avell those Latin and English essays ; but our heart and our pen are with little Leila Demvent , who is seated , by some chance , almost vis-a-vis A OL . 1 . 2 H