Again the chairman rapped for order, and again Walter's voice was
heard.

"Brothers," he said, "the material part of our banquet is ended. We
have gratified our appetites with the savory dishes provided by our
friend Daniels. We have quaffed the rare Falernian wine, of a vintage
unknown to Horace; we have quickened our wits, as I trust, under those
favorable conditions, and the time has now come for the feast of
reason and the flow of soul. Exhausted as we are by our labors in the
classroom"--great laughter--"we have sought refreshment in the way
that is most agreeable. It's a way we have at old Euclid! Sing!"

Immediately the assembled company started up the well-known college
song:

"It's a way we have at old Euclid,
It's a way we have at old Euclid,
It's a way we have at old Euclid,
To drive dull care away.
It's a way we have at old Euclid,
It's a way we have at old Euclid,
To drive dull care away.

"And we think it is no sin, sir,
To take the Freshmen in, sir,
And ease them of their tin, sir,
To drive dull care away.
It's a way we have at old Euclid,
It's a way we have at old Euclid,