The Principal's Ash-Barrel.

In a notable college the story is told     'Twill bear repetition, although somewhat old     That, at some unauthenticate date in the past     (I think 'twas the month or the year before last),     The Principal brought a complaint 'gainst the Steward     Concerning a matter he long had endured:     He deposed that the former - the cause of the quarrel     Had neglected to see to his scavenger-barrel,     And requested the Faculty grave and sedate     To sit and consider the point in debate,     Which this reverend body would straightway have done     Had not a professor objection begun     By insisting that such an undignified act     To the Faculty was not becoming, in fact,     That he, for his part, refused to comply     With the purpose the Principal wished to apply,     Considering it 'neath both his place and apparel     To sit upon anyone's scavenger-barrel.