Learning at the Library

Oh! She came up to College just for fun,

But found before her work was done

‘T was no loafing place up here.

Chorus:

No loafing place up here–

Teachers College–

No loafing place up here;

She went to the Dean to plead her case

But the  Dean cried out, “No loafing place–

No loafing place up here.”

II.

Mr. Richards gives her just one week

For subject matter and technique–

“This is an industry!”

III.

Dr. Biglow gives her this suggestion;

To study well the frog’s digestion

Its nerves and circulation.

IV.

Miss Goodsell said “Oh just look into

Thomas Plattar and Vittorino,

Monteigne and “Jack” Rouseeau.

V.

Prof. Smith said, “Can’t you see

That figures shot through infinity

Come out the other side.”

VI.

Miss Kinne said, “Your food now weigh

Compute the cost per gram per day

And count each calorie.”

VII.

Mrs. Woolman said, “You’ll be afraid

If you study the Manhattan Trade

Before you leave T.C.”

VIII.

Dr. Vulte though he’d analyze her,

Treat her with a hydralyzer–

Reduce her to N.G.

IX.

The gymnasium is also good for the soul

If you will just slide down the pole

And breathe deep and long.

X.

Mr. Lloyd said, “To pass your exam

In photo-synthesis you’ll have to cram.”–

No loafing place up here.

XI.

Mr. Dodge says that it’s condensation

Which will cause precipitation

“But don’t be a weather prophet.”

XII.

Dr. Mac Vannel illustrates his talk

With chair and hat and pen and chalk,

On Kant, Herbart and Froebel.

XIII.

Prof. Baker’s extra outside work

Often holidays no one can shirk,

It’s followed by a quiz.

XIV.

Dr. Dewey always comes in late

To discuss with us the primitive state

And the study of the child.

XV.

For good method and a binding thought

Dr. McMurray is always sought

For he’s authority.

XVI.

When everybody “ups” and leaves the room

And we all look like we’d met our doom–

‘T is only a quizz in Ed.B.

XVII.

Mr. Collins teaches German grammar,

And tells us all to “Hammer, hammer.”–

No loafing place up here.

XVIII.

Dr. Thorndyke now stands up and reads,

While the class takes all the rest it needs

Preparing for that quizz.

XIX.

Mr. Dow tells us what we must do–

Just let that texture shine right through,

And don’t save your paint.

XX.

Miss Van Arsdale said that she must go

To the trouble of mastering H’Q–

No loafing place up here.

XXI.

Psychology she tried to shirk,

But chicken lore filled up the work–

No loafing place up here.

XXII.

Miss Noseworthy with love and tact

Caused that girl properly to re-act,

And respond to sympathy.

XXIII.

Miss Kinne said, “Give her an allowance

And make her keep her own accounts–

No loafing place up here.

XXIV.

Mr. Dow said, “I know what you lack–

‘T is raw sienna and ivory black–“

No loafing place up here.

XXV.

Practice teaching we all are made to do,

And we never know when we are through–

No loafing place up here.

XXVI.

Applications come at such a rate

That on the anxious seat we wait–

Miss Pratt decides our fate.

No loafing place up here–

Teachers College–

No loafing place up here.