25 DECEMBER 1959, Page 15

A Tribute to the Founder

By bluster, graft, and doing people down Sam Baines got rich, but mellowing at last, Felt that by giving something to the town He might undo the evils of his past.

His hope was to prevent the local youth From making the mistakes that he had made : Choosing expediency instead of truth, And quitting what was honest for what paid.

A university seemed just the thing, And that old stately home the very place. Sam wept with pleasure at its opening. He died too soon to weep at its disgrace.

Graft is refined among the tea and scones, Bluster (new style) invokes the public good, And doing-down gets done in pious tones That Sam tried to put on, but never could.

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