The Comet 1897 The Comet Vol I Issue 5 | Page 4

4 THE COMET : MAY , 1898 .

forded the Senior class when entertained in their home .

Those present were Misses Waltersdorf , Barton , ' Walker , Hilliard , Copes , Lyons , Roberts , M . Heflybower , H . Heflybower , Posey , Ketchum , Klotz , Littman , Blackburn and Denson . Messrs . James Edward Byers , Hobart Y . Evans , W . D . and N . T . Blackburn , Wooldridge , Moore , McLaughlin , Harrison and Fulmore .

The question afloat now is : " Was Hamlet insane or were the debaters , or likewise the judges ?

The Seniors have been having Holiday in their EngJi . sh work lately , and they enjoy " it " very much .

T ' he other members of the Comet staff wish to condole with the business manager on account of the loss of his hat-th . e second , so we understand , thi s term . Sympathizers among the students , who will kindly place contributions for a new hat in the Comet box , will be repaid by the greatest gratitude .

LAMENTATIONS FROM THE LOW- ER CLASSES ,

The flnal days of school have come ; The Seniors soon will go , And ' how we ever witl survive , Is what we wish to know ,

Some consolation we must have , Who will suffer such a Toss , • We must continue to ' b-ebrave ,

And retain our tormer = gtoss .

The Seniors we will ne ' er forget , For a noble class are they : But we will be thelrequals yet , For , they have had their day . that the class of ' 98 will go in a body and take the college by storm .

The following is a complete list of the Intended graduates :

Misses Mattie Lou Denson , Birdie Goldstein , Mamie Heflybower , Hazey Heflybower , Nellie M . Klo ~ z , Grace Ketchum , Olatia Crane , Nora Waltersdort , Dollie Stone , ~_ hel May Hijliard Maud Galen Barton , Hallie Devalance Walker , Mary Evelyne Copes , Berta Blackburn , Ldly Posey and Rose Littman .

Messrs . Stanley P . F ' inch , William D . Blackburn , W . Lawrence Harrison ,

Wi llbam H . Moore , Frederick McLaughlin , Sterling R . Fulmore .

Dame Rumor says that Mr . Hunsdon is or has been cutting a wisdom tooth , and she goes on to say , moreover , that a silver spoon has been the only means of cutting a tooth , which has proved a means of such torture to the person concerned . Whether this is true or not

It has been decided that only two graduates shall take part in the closing exercises . This honor has been . conferred upon Mr . W . H . Moore and Miss Grace Ketchum . The former is to deliver an original oration , while the latter will write an essay for her part of will never be ascertained , the exercises .

I suppose , as Mr . Hunsdon was not very talkative when interviewed concerning this by the reporter . Mrs . Hunsdon , no doubt , would be the most reliable authority , as it is generally understood that she sat up a number of nights and nursed her Ibetter-half in a most attentive fashion .

Mr . McL . ( to two Senior girls leaving assembly hall ) -Girls you should have been out of here ten minutes ago .

Miss M . - Oh , F- you ' re Pearcing .. us , now .

Jep-It takes an American DO stir up an Englishman .

Office Boy-Yes , but a rusty spoon can stir up a good cup of coffee .

Jep--An old rusty bayonet will stick a terrapin .

Office Boy-Yes , but it won ' t " pierce " his skin .

AN OPPORTUNITY LOST .

If the boys ami girls of the High School had been plucky enough , this war might have been staved off . ' I ' hey might have captured Spain when he visited Mr . Freshney the other day .

THE

HOME OF THE GREATEST TE : XAS BERO .

In th southeastern part of the State flows that smal ] but , blstorical stream , the LaYiJ ; Ca river . : m ~ t9rical from the facts that

La Salle bUilt Fort

What kind of scenery would you expect in such a place as this ? Though since Austin ' s time on Lavaca ' s bank there was the very thriving town of Texana , at present a visitor would not know that the hand of civilization had ever visited the place , for it is just as nature made it , if you except the bridge that spans the stream . Nature has , indeed , made beautiful the land through which the Lavaca flows , for along its banks are many kinds of different trees , bushes and flowers . Side ' by side on the rolling ground grow the spreading oak and the weeping willow , the ash and the pecan , but perhaps the most interesting things are the palms that grow in such great abundance . These- palms grow to be very large ; and they are so beautiful that , perhaps , they have caught the nobleness of him who once trod the ground on which they grow .

At present , as Jackson county is on a boom , this delightful place is apt to be sold as homes to the new-comers , who will destroy what nature has done to beautify the place where the " Father of Texas " led his children . Should we as Texans let this sacred place be owned by a ve-ry few individuals who :' are nu . hing for it as a historical spot ; or should the State own Itand make it a public park ? To Stephen F . Austin , who should be first in the heart of every Texan , there has ' been no monument erected , though his servlc-s to the Lone Star State are perhaps greater than those of any olher person . The only thing that has been done in honor to him was the giving his name to the capital of his Leloved country . Of course this is no small honor , bu '. we have not done enough . The battlefield of San Jacinto and the Alamo are owned 1 > y the State ; but these would not have lived in history had there no : been . an Austin . The State should add to her ownership the spot which was Austin ' s home , as he is her hero of peace as well as of war .

THE ONCOMING STORM-A DE- SCRIPTIVE SKETCH .

The swlft-fvlng ' clouds had be . n driving toward Lhe north all day , arid the wind that . had sprung up in the early part of the afternoon had died down , leaving the- atmosphere dry and sultry . Gradually the dark , black mass of clouds in the northwest had moved toward the south : and , spreading 011 . - w-ard , covered tJh ' e sun , turning the bright day into almost night . The li : - ' tie l ' igh . t remaining gave the trees an urmatural size and made l ! he dead grass and leaves have a gtioulish yellow look . A deathlike stlllness reigned , broken a . t

times by the low whining a . n ~ ~ rQuling

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