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                        LIT-DOWN
        I arrived in Madison on a bus about..seven p.m.  It
was raining a drizzly, misty rain -   and Iwas somewhat tired
from riding.
        I'd heard that Madison was one.of the most beautiful
cities in the middle west and I was eager to see for myself.
The sidewalks were covered with ice and it seemed as though
the rain had given them a polished.slicim3ess; as I walked
slipping and sliding away from the depot and looked up and
down the street, seeing Just a few pedestrians, I thought,
"This is just another city."  Where:is the beautiful Capi-
tol?  Wherels the College Campus and the Lakes?   There's a
saying Ltall'roads lead to Rome" and in Madison that "all
streets lead to the Square." "But where is the Square?"
        I walked several blocks and my clothes were getting
damp and heavy.  I stopped on a street corner and looked around
and said to myself, "To 'Heck' with it; I'm going to a hotel
and go to bed."
                                        - David Roach - '38
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