Ode to the Class of ’71 by Pete Emmon
On the occasion of our 45th anniversary
Do you believe it’s time for our 45 year tale?
Better get out some of that old Berg Ale!
Seems like the Berg was not that long ago..
Please, say it ain’t so!!!!
Unless our minds and bodies give way..
We still have much to reflect and say…
So please excuse this brief time out…
As I attempt to bring back some fond memories that made us shout!
With a “T bridge fall outing round and round…
And all that smooching that made such a pleasant sound…
While playing euchre in the dorm halls…
We took many betting falls!
Studying oh so hard ( NOT!!) we trotted downtown to the Pan Yan’s back room..
As Joe closed the back door and let us party galore!!
And then there demonstrations and the great debate..
Of our troubled time in Nam and the states..
“Retroactive” was the academic word…
Our unified protests made the trustees look quite absurd!
Who could forget the campus streaker..Running with just his sneakers!
Pledges off to the hog farm..and man did that march back do some harm!
The Frat and Sorority open hall…Turned the Ad bldg. into a dancing mall for one and all!
Off to Floriday we go for Spring Break
And did we shake and bake! And how we did ache!!
Special memories of a time gone by…Makes me almost cry…and yet, certainly sigh….HOW THE HELL DID WE GRADUATE?!!
So, here’s the ONE AND ONLY CLASS OF ’71..May we continue to keep our legacy alive…
SHARING peace, Berg knowledge, good will and friendship forever…..

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