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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