The Comet 1897 The Comet Vol I Issue 2 | Page 2

THE : COMET .

THE : COMET .

THE COMET \ lONDAY , JANUARY 3 , 1898 .
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it is left unexpressed : it helps no one . ' Ye think that this is the reason whv the politics of this country are so corrupt
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A ~ IonthIJ "'_. Tournal of School Life . D (, - voted to the ' lutorosts of the :;:( u < lellt ~ of the Austin High ;:; chool .
Edited by RepresentatiYes of the Classes of the High School .
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contr-ibut ions of a iu-wsv nature .
w . D . Blncli : hurn ,
~ Ii1 '( 8 IUullllBurton , W .. -L . Hu . rrisoll ,
Editor-in-C ' hief .
Assistu nt Editor ~. Fred :: UeLll .: u &:' hliu ,
Business ~ lan : 1gel '. ~ Ii ~ s Olu . tia Crune , ' US . ~ liss lUury Co ue s , ' HS . Jliss ~ lollie ' Vlllke .", ° f ) S .
W . H . l \( ool ." e , ' US . w . ' r . Hlucl .:: huru , ' HU .
~ liSN OHyiu Dunc ")', ' HO . , Iliis !" Le-e u e Horton , ' 00 . lUisI !!" AtIlt Gnl .° l .° iSOll , ' un . ~ lbU ! l ~ lo •. u l \ leColllb ! OJ , ' HO .
:;: om ", little two-bv-four politiciu n who = -or constitutions of tile majority of a ristowhtch-c-hasu ' t got sense enough to pass crats . tho (:, xHlllillatioll ~ for the U . ' 1 '. . -1\., cn n control a large meeting ill his own in- : Mo15tplants are very gratefnl for (' HIterests . fOI ' the single reason that he ha s tivu tion and pay for it haudsomo . y . The ~ - a coutract with the Gas Company and grow so bright , so pretty . al )(\ . u o so knows how to use it ; while wiser Hull fruitful . Sometlmes people are grateful bettor men have to take a back seat awl iu the same \ Yay _ A ue w suit of ten chew their whiskers s-nr the rag-ill ~ i- makes a mu u of a boy . Th ", re are a fell " lenee . because they cn n not spon k a wholr : people , however , that the more thov art ' cultivu tod- the uglier und more clef ~ rIllcd ,(' utpnce before a CrO \ HI . . they become , This is , also true of some
\ Y " ask the members of ' tho Roeie6- plants . The- science of -it is called Ternto think oyer this u nd 111:1 ko : I lllo ~ t tology , which we learned all u uout . YOIl lllighty-not " miter " -effol t to aclYanc ' l ' cnn not def ot m a boy with a new suit , but the msolvos and the Societv . wit it . new ideas it is diff ' ercnt . Some ru P
1 -t tl . ko tbe Cluss of '') 8 nor H . fralet to hu ve more tha n one in pusses- .. -(.. IC ' 1ll 11M , :.. '.. . ~__ '" SIOll . for fear the Tax Assessor will conn- 011 (' of the host . but the ]., st , 0- around . I suppose Teratology will explain
(·: Pl .\" over o ~" gaUiZeLlill the High School . 1 this ... RO :] le . of , th ~ aristocrat ~ S ~ l ~ fel ' Iro ~,: ' I Ill ' onlv things uecess . n ~ - to ( h , th is urr- the sn me cl ! st " se \\ hen th ~. J ,,( t to tln
. . , - _ _ to [ l ro trh of ' upper-tendom n nd 1 )('(" 0111 (' t h « two l . n rdost to g-alll . hut J ('\\"("~ of Grand Dukes or Emperors _ ThC ' oulv the fir :.• t wuter whon ~ nil :(' d-illtpJ ' est n nd id . PH t hov ha ve . tho divine right of k ing s , proves too milch for them without the support ot ' other people . '
' l ' HE HIGH SCHOOL UUII , DING . l ' I , ANTS A _ ' D PEOPLE . -
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' 10 OUR READERS . 1:1 woe-begone appearance . The great . -\ S- I period of life eyer adapting en en new . ., 1growth III torrn u ud strength to meet tlll '
'~' e t ! l . l- :. J :.~ p : eaSlll ' e ill calling vour at- , 8 (, 111bl )' Hull 1 ~ PO () l ' 1y hgJlj · e . d . ~ IS w (' 11 i , l ~ , exig-PIlC " ics , of cxt crnul hclj : 01 .' hiud i u ncou-ution to the improvement in The ' illy-ventilated . Pupils sitting u nv < lis-I suggests whn t -ohr lives might be . if .
. . .' . . , sta rtmg WIth well conceived purpose , we C \ lm ~. t , It IS our desire to continue on tance from windows can see sca rce . y re !!": lrd life u su dally growrh ' iff " strength
tlu- same line , which will be clone if we ' \\ e : 1 enough to study , and when the lig ~ lts : 1Jj ~ 1chal ' ac . tl ' l · .' lI ~ d \\" i ~: J : rcboose our 1 ?: I ~ h , . . 1 : Ire turned on , there seems to be no 1111-I quietly adjusting ourselves to the , ICIS-
: In ' glycn the support finaucially of the ' II t t I · f tl sirudes of fortuuo . wrtliout : 0 !; 1l1g SIght . . . provoment . to (" OIlS an g Ht ' C 0 io I of our ideals .
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--- heated . scarcely tln-ow out heat ououeh I individun l charactel :; a . n \ l as the g-ro \ yti , The Son ior Li tera ry Rocict ~ h : l S Ie : l ('\ 1 (', 1 I 10 W : Irill more thn II the few who Cl " O "( 1 , and :" Ig-or o ~ each . individ uu l , t :' ee _ dcte !'~ a critlou l pr-riod ill its g-rowth . It hns at- : 11 ' 01111 to (\ thu w out . mines the gl : 1ndem . of . the forest , so It I >;
. I the wor-th of the ind ividuu ls in It thn t ta ined a position from which It .' nn , t ad- The English room is the most ' plou sn nt makes the strength of tho co mmonwou . th . j ": Jllce or retrog ress-vit can 1I0t stu nd ' of any in the whole build iug . for it h : 1 ~ '," l '_ put _ too much fa ith in is ~ s ,_ in sostill . In the first part of its career it onrnurh windows to rcn llv chase n wu v c . Ipl ' les . III ? I ',!! aJJ . lzatlOll ~ n nd III irstit u-

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