Identifier: palmofalphatauom1418alph (find matches)
Title: The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Alpha Tau Omega
Subjects: Greek letter societies
Publisher: (Champaign, Ill., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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intessence, Of the laws that ruled each brother in that strange, mysteriousroom.He had heard the wondrous story of the might and fame and glory That enshrouded Grecian workers in a halo all their own;And his heart it throbbed with pleasure as he hoped to grasp thetreasureThat would make even his name famous and his doughty deedswell-known.But his knees they smote together as he thought and wonderedwhetherHe could brave that fearful ordeal which each neophyte must pass;And he pictured brands fierce burning and the pincers hot up-turning,With the wild and vicious William which each college chapterhas.But the words he hears of greeting at the foremost brothers meeting Bring a welcome reassurance to his faint and troubled heart;For they tell of faithful friendship and of true and loyal kinship That in lifes turmoil and struggle still will take a brothers part.Then he onward steps with boldness, and no longer fears that coldnessWill permit each waiting brother for to mock at his alarm; 248
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AN INITIATION IN ALPHA TAU OMEGA 249 And a thrill of joy comes oer him as the words they speak beforehimTell of brothers true and faithful who will shield him from allharm.So with eager mind still gleaning, well he learns the secret meaningThat is hidden in those symbols which the Greeks can understand;And he vows that he will cherish, though all other lore should perish,All those teachings that are treasured by the Greeks throughoutthe land.Soon the solemn words are spoken, and he grasps the sacred token Which proclaims him to all brothers as a faithful Alpha Tau;And as loyal, faithful Grecian, well he wears the cross Maltesian Which in Alpha Tau Omega still his presence will allow.Gone the fears that once alarmed him, for the Billy never harmedhim,And the torture that he dreaded had to pleasure turned instead;So with hearty joy supernal, now he joins the band fraternal That surrounds the banquet table, with the choicest daintiesspread;And he listens to the speeches and the pointed w

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