FIRST SEMESTER

THE reverent sire in a symbolic gesture beckoned the fresher
and with sagely lips uttered the echoing words. Climb the hill of knowledge fresher, though you may stumble and falter, and may dread silent retrogression into the lower most echelons of doom, do not falter- climb the hill of knowledge
The path leading to the edifice of enlightenment is fraught with insurmountable intricacies and occurrences defying easy explanation climb the hill of knowledge
And control your wild excitement the pompous mentality that riddle campus
Is an illusion designed to ensnare the unwary the susceptible the gullible
Forget the initial trauma of cueing in the sun for registration forms
Forget about the harsh reality you have being exposed to
Try to forget O fresher from the precincts of innocence with high aspiration to join the enviable seats of the men of learning climb the hill of knowledge fresher
I am not mocking your efforts and desire to seek higher education at the premier university of academic ambience rivaling world class universities
Fresher climb the hill of knowledge with a gladdened heart with grandeur with majesty climb the hill of knowledge with the hope of coming out with success
But that entails fuelling that desire with sweat and blood and mire at the brink of Golgotha
O climb the hill of knowledge fresher with the sole aim of achieving academic excellence
Never nurse delusion and don’t be disillusioned when the chapter of filth of academic life is opened before you at the sacred edifice
And never engage in reveries beneath the shady boughs of the tall solemn tress
Let the high towers of learning be your guide to the skies O fresher


Forget about the sweet memories of matriculation and start working fervently towards a successful graduation
Of hopes dreams aspirations achieved
The initial taunts and jeering statements of renegade vandals the ponding and all the embarrassing escapades you were subjected to is but initiation into the formidable cult of academia

O fresher climb the hill of knowledge with unflinching resoluteness and firmness
Don’t be cowed by the majesty of the institution
Bow before its norms and traditions but don’t sell your integrity
Be an arrow of justice on campus –

O climb the hill of knowledge fresher climb the edifying hills
Do not engage yourself or identify your self with dissidents but let your sensibilities be felt all around
Do not indulge in campus fracas protests and vandalism but let your words be sharper than all the agitators say and let your deeds out do theirs

Never waste your academic life in obscene profligacy and debaucheries
Never gape at the toyish and tempting display of beauty and seductive coquettish invitation of voltarians
Never let the erotic aroma of sensuality engulf your efforts and warp your senses
And swerve the ensnaring net of rustication

Be glued to your books O fresher
Except for the reality of knowledge the rest are fleeting illusion

O climb the hill of knowledge fresher
proceed in integrity fresher
O climb the hill of knowledge