The Vassar Girl's Lament
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Title
The Vassar Girl's Lament
Description
A poem about early Vassar students and how their athletic achievements aren't celebrated as they are at men's schools. From the scrapbook of Marie Florence Baird Meyer, from the Class of 1879. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College.
Creator
Augusta Prescott
Date
c. 1879
Temporal Coverage
1870s
Source
Scrapbook of Marie Florence Baird Meyer, from the Class of 1879, Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College. Also published in: School. Devoted to the Public Schools and Educational Interests. Volume VI, No. 15. New York, December 13, 1894.
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The Vassar Girl's Lament
We send the pigskin flying
Like a burnt-out shooting star,
As we play our games of football
Up here at old Vassar.
We chase across the gridiron,
We plan the rush and run.
But when the ball's kicked o'er the goal
The Vassar girl is done.
For her there are no plaudits,
No shout of victory,
No thundrous tongues to raise the cry,
No thousand eyes to see.
"You've won the game! You've won the game!"
Our Freshmen comrades say;
But there's no mighty voice to shout,
"Hurrah for Rose and Gray!"
"Oh, why is this ?" we cry aloud,
"Give us the reason true,
Why is it that the Rose and Gray
Can't kick with Orange and Blue?"
"Hush, hush, my dears," the teachers wise
Unto the players say,
"It cannot be until your clothes
Are built some other way."
Augusta Prescott
We send the pigskin flying
Like a burnt-out shooting star,
As we play our games of football
Up here at old Vassar.
We chase across the gridiron,
We plan the rush and run.
But when the ball's kicked o'er the goal
The Vassar girl is done.
For her there are no plaudits,
No shout of victory,
No thundrous tongues to raise the cry,
No thousand eyes to see.
"You've won the game! You've won the game!"
Our Freshmen comrades say;
But there's no mighty voice to shout,
"Hurrah for Rose and Gray!"
"Oh, why is this ?" we cry aloud,
"Give us the reason true,
Why is it that the Rose and Gray
Can't kick with Orange and Blue?"
"Hush, hush, my dears," the teachers wise
Unto the players say,
"It cannot be until your clothes
Are built some other way."
Augusta Prescott
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URL
http://books.google.com/books?id=Af0BAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Augusta%20Prescott%22%20Vassar%20College&pg=PA119#v=onepage&q=%22Augusta%20Prescott%22%20Vassar%20College&f=false
Repository
Vassar College, Archives & Special Collections
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