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WE STING WHERE WE LIGHT—WE LIGHT OFTEN. VOL. I. ATHENS, GEORGIA, JUNE 19, 1889. NO. I. OF R FACULTY. I’m Colonel Snellings, (see my blade?) The only man God ever made. The first great’man’whotTiame veTljDear readers of the Bumble Lee ca ll " j What we endure you plainly see, make a mistake, don’t feel badly, for I assure you no one will ever know it; 'for example, here is a piece of quartz: you will observe that it has an ortho rombic color, a hetragonal hardness, a not taking down my lecture, .25 : for smiling, .15; for asking me a question I can not answer, .99; for not bringing me a rock every day. 18. So you all see at a glance that Is “big-dog” Boggs, the boss of all,| Nil this would make a preacher swear, r i K)m i JO l ie dral lustre, a hydromor-the best way for a student to make a They say lie preaches extra well .And curse the God s that sent ' um ip] 10 us cleavage, a foliated streak, the high mark in my department is to sit And that he’ll save us all from hell.! here. crystalline form is botrvoidal and the like a stump, and bring me a pocket specific gravity is pseudomorphic, in-jfull of rocks every day; if Be-will- treats us some what, HOAY r BOCKS ABE FORMED, jclining to gelatinous, if you seejdo this, and come up and congratulate janotlier rock exactly like this its apt!me every time I lecture, I will give or Dy tlie iates lie maxes us curse : ; ^yhile engao-ed in arcliaoeloGcal;t° be Iceland spar or may be serpen-ihim a 100. He speaks a tongue unknown to man,^gg^peg the''editor came across a'tine. I have here in my hand a piece| We will-now sing “ Bock of Ages” M e reproduce it if ve can. lecture given on the above subject by|°I calcite, which looks very much j and be dismissed. ,1* n innp \rtemus Buff at an Qucientdike quartz ; m fact yon can t tell it| T nl 8 a ££?* Cplt of kJmW sometime after Lm^uartz. I stand before von tlusj DR. AND MBS. EL C. WHITE. Is quite a.great mon&tioaty, _ dthe deoHi of Inlius Csesar- we urint it evening a living example of what “ For sure, hes naught mt >rams am j ^ - fop t]ie benefit 0 | t]ic | 0 stu Jguessing will do for a man; there is; The members of the Senior Class J, .. , . , , . iilpufs eno-ao-ed in the study of t.bialuothing that I love better than my are under many ooiigations.to Dr. and And these midway Ins body meet. ^profession, except dogs and ladies,Airs. H. C. White for their kindness Within “ Zip’s ” room we hate to sit And listen to his flow of wit, But “ Gharby worse, For by the fates lie makes us curse ! He fain doth try to create mirth, Which makes the boys regret them birth. There is our Chemist, Harry White, \V ho boot-licks Seniors. S®th right ! He looks noton poor Fresh and Sopli.Jmg tl To Seniors through hit liat he'll doff. Now for “Old Wood” or Socrates,h study , ... profession, except dogs T nrlipR and Gentlemen T thinkhnd in my line of science I stand atlto them during the last term- of tlieir myself thrice blessed to have thefike top, solitary and alone like a imil-college career. The Professor and privilege of standing before you this ten stalk in a dried up sheep pastureJins wife have extended to them from eveuiim and discussing with you this! kave taught m as many colleges as Ltmie to time the nospitnhties of tlieir delightful theme ; there is nothing injktvve fingers—perhaps you will won-jelegant home, and just at the close of this'wide world equal to it: To him der why I change so often, I will telljthe session—past, as the _ curtain Ians who loves knowledge ’tis more he-ijon—the people do not appreciate,on the last _ act—they give as a part i-witching than rolmmce. more enChant-hny wisdom and lew-mug, and as mowing souvenir pi college days, a ban jfaduatm'g class. - members of turn back to the Classic City,-a | than tl To mf ipavledge ’tis *,**„,** roTnim^, rxotg t ^ . . - - ian love and more elevatino-js they find out what I am they don tcomplimentary to the gi‘< the study of anv other science! I want 8UC h a man. lam out of my! hi after years when the alee a good Geologist we mustjspkere. I ought to have lived in thej’89 let their memories now ometliino- of Chemistry, of time of Newton, Shakespeaiq, ancijtlie oays spent m Whose wisdom strikes us like a breeze pnyqQg 0 f Astronomy and much Archimedes, when merit had its re-jfeeling of pleasure will steal over , l • ^ 11. 1 .... . ‘ ’ . J ’ .. ........ 1 T 1. ... „ .. £ : ’ + 1 And sweeps us into lands of ld\o, about Guessing; you must be able t( > ward. I have vritteuafev magazineitueni Once stained with Greek and Roman! ta ]], about natural laws, of how certain!articles which I. advise you all to!at Dr. White gore. substances combine, and you must be read, the most important are these, . T ,1.1- iwell versed in astronomy so you can!° ne article, “who wrote Bulwers Old Moms next, I would discuss, • j teU j u:st liqw ] 011g the earth has been 1 Autobiography of Lord . Lytton.” ,. ea uss ’jin existence, the number of revolu-i”the superiority of the Waverly I guess I’d better leave tins space, J tioBg it has made around the moon, Novels over ' hen they recall the hours spent PROF. CHARLES MORRIS. For fear, though, that I'd hav ve this s^ a “ bearded face. 1 Old Dave ” could take his chain For he would right Professor Morris is one of those those of. Sir, Walterlelegant old Virginia gentleman, which land the component gases entering into! Scott,” one article proving theiare getting very scau-e.. lie bar, a jtlie composition of the’ sun. But the|“ Probability of the Impossible,” and hard time at the Lmv ersity, naxingto 'chief requisite is a practical know-kne on the “ Whereness af the Where-teach every class m ,college—a thing ledge of Guessing—you must have ajfore.” Which no other member of the facnl- inumber of high soundino- words on| lam a valuable acquisition to thisjty has to. do. Besides tins, he nastue. the end of vourtono-ue and von must!institution, for I have with me a large compositions of the whole college to £ able to “guel’^how mSi SmUlection of specimens which can Botlread and correct; he has to read and Old “Protv” studies bu»s and fltesjman knows to whom von are talking ;be bought with money ; I have a gey-: correct even hue diat is spoken 1m Their golden wings, theirtiny eyes; 'if he asks you a question that you can’t.jser which 1 brought out of Yello w-the students belore_ a pu.ihe audience. Some day I fear Bis auburn muc Will be the home of every but and rod And tell how far from heie to God, Just give him time to calculate, He’ll price for you the Golden Gate. ay eyes' * *lif he asks you a question that you can’tjse* which I brought out of Yellow j the students beforei a pu.iiic audience, muJ ’ 'answer, you must spit at him a few stone park in my coat-tail pocket; i he has to drill the Sophos m cleclama- mtrf isuch words as fossiliferous orthoclase,” kave wandered through, the Smithso-ition, and listen to t ie Semoi’s and “ micoceous hematite,” and “ concre-lnten Institute, and whenever tlie. Juniors speak. I inh the! I guess you all have heard of “ Rock ” tionary goniometers.’ *7? . 'J , , , , , il .. . You must talk!guide would turn ©his head I wouldjof Belles Lettres at the University His ugly face would stop a clock, Ito them of “ Irish bulls ” and “ Geoi-fexercise my rights as a geologist an'd'has a hard road to travel and we would We found him where ’twas bleak andjgia bull-dogs.” If yon are talking to;P«t a specimen or two m my pocket, like to seelns hiboi Rktoned ly soim i green fellow you might pick up ajnd, after the^ lecture I will show alljineaus. .1 o "et the Jumoir- and rock and talk about it in this man-who may desire to AY cold. bought sold. him, and alas, were This time I’ll show you something sweet, For “ Little Charlie’s ” hard to beat O you cute little baby boy ! Turn tiss us sweetness—wants a toy. The next is Ben, the dignified, • I’d call him handsome, (if I lied.) The freshies love him all the same, That is, they’d love his head to maim. AVLat, great lord do we speak to now, With stalwart frame and gallant brave? see what I have|Seniors to write and practice tlieir nei : “ Look at this rock! can you'obtained. I was on the geological speeches, is enough to keep one man tell from whence it came! It waslsurvey for ten years (’tis true' I was busy froiu the time speakers, places are once part of a huge boulder on thejike cook, but people down here don t; sun, but having melted, this piece know that; and I could bake fhe best was thrown off by centrifugal force com thread a man ever put in Ins and came to the earth as a shootingRouth) and many specimens took up star; it formerly had traces of silver with me during the time. I have a - and gold, but it was all knocked out fine method for keeping order in my hardened to the road: mv shoes are - - ' e tail of class-room—I dock them for any and worn out, and I am yet oO miles from announced until commencement. Dear Yahoos—I am now moving along with ease. The rain lias laved the dust, and my feet are getting by coming in contact with the _ _ a comet. Now, my friends, perhaps everything; I once plucked 24 out of you will want to know liow I know all 32 Seniors at one of the colleges at this, but I can only tell you it is a which I taught. Here are some of trick of the scientific men of whomfike offenses for which I deduct: For I am one of the greatest. If you arejGiling to answer a question .10 ; for lecturing on rocks, and happen to'seraping feet over the floor, .10 ; for home. I slept in an old barn last night and the rats running over, the floors reminded me of my Yahoo days and I slept sweetly. Yours, J. R. L. Smith.