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Ubc mass 'fRusb. ... ... ... E" Soph" he came down like a wolf 011 the fold, ut the Freshmen, tho' sadly outnumbered, were bold; I hough weak as to numbers, they could not but see, There was strength in the valor of "Nothing and Three." A small band of Freshmen, expecting the shock- Ran forward to meet it. and stood like a rock. As the North winds roll backward the mist they pursue, So they rolled back the cohorts of "Nothing and Two." But many brave Freshmen were fated to fall, And those who survived them were forced up the hall; Still fi.ghting as fiercely as brave men should fight, In defense of their freedom. their home, and the right. Now the combat was changed to a hand-to-hand fight, And a great hole was torn in the silence of night. Each man gu ve the slogan and closed with his toe, 'Till both wen" exhausted, and glad to let go. Three times the" Sophs ' charged, and three times they were met With a firmness the Freshmen will never forget: Three times they came on for a fight to the death, Three times they were glad to draw back and take breath. Then RS fast as the" Sophies" were able to go, They r-an up the stairs to their own hall to crow; But we-the unprejudiced-readily see The glory all rested with" Nothing and Three." -[.103 -1-