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A poem, song, rap, or "ode" written by [[Diana Davis '07]] in the fall of 2003 explaining why Williams is just so much better than Harvard.
:If Williams had rejected me, I wouldn't be an Eph;
:I'd have had to go to Harvard, source of everlasting grief.
:I'd be living down in Cambridge, in that hallowed Harvard yard
:Where orgueil is the assumption, even more than working hard.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:In this 1600 mecca, they all worship the AP;
:A four-point-oh is not enough; they've all got four-point-three.
:My jacket would have ve-ri-tas emblazoned on the chest
:So that everyone who saw me would know that I was the best.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:My "small" classes would be forty; my "professors" all TA's,
:And who would care if during class my eyes would often glaze?
:I'd try real hard to find my niche, but even when I did,
:I'd still be what Ross Baird called "just another Harvard kid."
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:When I say I go to Williams, people blink and say, "um -- where?"
:But if you say you go to Harvard, you just get an awestruck stare.
:Some kids will go and hate it; they'll spend four years being glum;
:But it's worth it when you graduate, 'cause then you're an alum!
:Then down the road, when someone asks you where you went to school
:You can say you went to Harvard and make him look like a fool.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:But I can't -- I go to Williams: land of mountains, fields, and trees,
:Where the smog and smoke of cities never interrupts the breeze;
:Where our uniforms are purple and we proudly sport the cow;
:Where for discussions, nineteen is the most that they allow;
:Where my lecture class is fifty; my professor knows my name,
:And everyone I meet seems genuinely glad they came.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:So when they send you your certificate to hang upon the wall,
:Know that Williams over Harvard is an easy judgment call.
:Although I know that any school I go to, I will love,
:I'd rather spend my life somewhere that fits me like a glove.
:Williams. I go to Williams.
:I go to Williams -- I didn't go to Harvard.
:If Williams had rejected me, I wouldn't be an Eph;
:I'd have had to go to Harvard, source of everlasting grief.
:I'd be living down in Cambridge, in that hallowed Harvard yard
:Where orgueil is the assumption, even more than working hard.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:In this 1600 mecca, they all worship the AP;
:A four-point-oh is not enough; they've all got four-point-three.
:My jacket would have ve-ri-tas emblazoned on the chest
:So that everyone who saw me would know that I was the best.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:My "small" classes would be forty; my "professors" all TA's,
:And who would care if during class my eyes would often glaze?
:I'd try real hard to find my niche, but even when I did,
:I'd still be what Ross Baird called "just another Harvard kid."
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:When I say I go to Williams, people blink and say, "um -- where?"
:But if you say you go to Harvard, you just get an awestruck stare.
:Some kids will go and hate it; they'll spend four years being glum;
:But it's worth it when you graduate, 'cause then you're an alum!
:Then down the road, when someone asks you where you went to school
:You can say you went to Harvard and make him look like a fool.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:But I can't -- I go to Williams: land of mountains, fields, and trees,
:Where the smog and smoke of cities never interrupts the breeze;
:Where our uniforms are purple and we proudly sport the cow;
:Where for discussions, nineteen is the most that they allow;
:Where my lecture class is fifty; my professor knows my name,
:And everyone I meet seems genuinely glad they came.
:Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:I didn't go to Harvard. I didn't go to Harvard.
:So when they send you your certificate to hang upon the wall,
:Know that Williams over Harvard is an easy judgment call.
:Although I know that any school I go to, I will love,
:I'd rather spend my life somewhere that fits me like a glove.
:Williams. I go to Williams.
:I go to Williams -- I didn't go to Harvard.