When the building was cleared the commander entered with a squad of soldiers, lighted a cigarette and inspected the ruins.
On the blackboards still were standing in clear white chalk the sentences and mottoes Vassar had written:
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
The Commander laughed and wrote beneath it:
BUT YOU COULDN’T STOP A SIXTEEN-INCH SHELL WITH HOT AIR!
The men cheered.
On the next blackboard stood the words:
LIBERTY—EQUALITY—FRATERNITY.
The officer struck a line through each word and wrote beneath: