where there be dragons
and wonders unimaginable,
is in the first pages
of the alumnae columns.
The class of 1920
has fallen off already,
the class of 1922
is coming up second in line,
and all through,
some gracious,
some mute,
some indifferent
in memoriam tributes
remind us
that the floor of the world
is not solid either,
and there be many holes.
And on the last pages,
drawn out of the sea of chaos,
emerges the vibrant
class of '02,
demonstrating clearly
that the world
is not a flat pancake,
but a rolling wheel.