Puff, the Magic Dragon. Puff, the Magic Dragon (or Puff) is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. Lipton wrote a poem in 1959; Yarrow found it and wrote the lyrics based on the poem. After the song was released, Yarrow searched for Lipton and gave him half credit for the song.
MORE: Top four-year colleges. MORE: Top two-year colleges. But if you want to know how vets or military students are doing, you're out of luck. What's worse, one common statistic used to track academic success, the graduation rate, is calculated in a way that completely excludes most current and former troops.
But the reality is that the time it takes to graduate from many colleges often far exceeds four years. As an example, in Minnesota, where I am located, the four year graduate rate ranges from 91% to 18%. There are all sorts of reasons why some students donât graduate in four years and many are legitimate reasons.