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I u tli(> 1-vPt+c.,. . 1S ma, V remember > thatirise, and gives the Professor a chance, thev will ■ a TAReserves, the worseif lie so desired, to fix up marks to • ' i ,^ a iT 1 ™ and that “Itjsnit himself at any time of the year, blamed ^ ^ Ulle ^kat tbou artjWe do not suppose tl . tv ’i i , lever happens, but we would like to fair ” 1 derS mark was ever yet thejask how it was that Mr. Donald Gillis, He had heard a man recount how thejyoung and two old moss backs ! We rill bet a nickle to a gingercake, that THINGS IN GENERAL. city people tried to gull the + i . +1 N w” I \‘ J “ V/ v *- “ ,v ' J* ai - koms, and l»e was ready for the fray :|four out of the live can’t read three that thou art|Wedom>t^supposethat; such attiinghe swore that he would never be lines of Prometheus without a trick! fooled, and when a man with prettyjand furthermore, we will bet our old stripes upon his pants and a sliortjhats that those of them who passed walking stick put him on the Black through the University neve)’ read Maria in Atlanta to carry him to tjie their Greek and Latin without of the Senior Class, received “ones’ every monthly report except one, jon and then ; two,” in Chemistry, [while he was given an average of only 80 on dailies for the year ? AVe all he reached his cannot be less his bluffing: two ” must be, supposing each longer ^ orter ~ t ^ sis ?°;know that a “ one ’ students f ’ f ° r ’ T\ - bj t le than 90, and that a students, but has degenerated mto thej a t m.,,). frx . ofhcial organ of the faculty and asheet« onp >> ’ An j + ii J t i « . to aggrandize the Editor-in-Chief It w lT 7/ ’°’ d * * ,, t , 1 has lomr sim»P ppoopU *■ / • ' I was <o, the average must have been thinf fnwL'n l Z Tiff/ ny ' a Action over 88 for the year-will week to week wirif such WaTs^ , Pr f' iS f! of Chemistry state by “ Mr Toup« ,,.;n i i g . a Vhat rule of Mathematics the average i i ? Jsn& %£&*? “ • ** • - ed last night from a two WeeksS-m* !f 6 fe J as obtained, for we saw to his native city,” and “the Unl-I^f 301 8 book , written with versity picked squad will make some-j ' 1 body ‘hump’ for first prize at St; PAkAkTTf TiTn i SlTTlATAC ^ A 11T r A 1 ; i , -t AivAk)Jjili iN O. Jl oimons. Any joke on student or pro fessor, any wittv room, any and saying of the class " •',,9 In the kind called AVaybaek, far re- , y® 1 Jih!ng. calculated m0 ved f rom the evils of city life and llniP/lYms skip at nrt L .1 , , . ^ . . ,J , to portray the ludicrous side of col lege life, and cause a smile to linger around the lips of overworked and home sick students must be excluded;!b )S j-{ tnt j on the temptations of society, lived man whose name was Cap.” Now it so chanced that the rulers of a certain pf learning did seek one hotel, he smiled and said within him self, “ I’m getting there.” Finally a trick. Then talk about a man not be ing competent to teach c If there is one in the number gave the Sophscan conjugate correctlv the verb pages of Math, each “ tupto ” we will raise our hat to him and retract the language. who destination and began He and Fresh 40 x o _ day, and knocked off 10 per cent, if they wouldn’t wink both eyes to other, he got a mammoth “Rep.” and the Sophs, did say. “He’s a bigger man than old Tub,” while all the Fresh exclaim, “ let Crazy Jack beware,” and much this did elate the Cap., and he did say unto himself, “I’ll bluff the Junior’s and the Seniors who pass me by and never lift their hats,” and unto him he called one Junior, Gander S—th, and, unto him did say, “ why do I see thee in themselves showed a thorough not at drilland the Gander did;knowledge of the subjects, but that l eply, Rheumatiz, see my cane ?” they gave evidence of cramming on n /-\ tL „ A i.L . . 1 Jl j "T \ 1 all we have said. AVe know they never read all the papers of the Senior Class. AVhich, if we are not mistaken they are required to do—for one examination was stood after they left; and in Geology, we heard from one of their own number that they only read four out of 28. How do they know whether the rest of the papers called for a rise or not ? And there is another thing—they stated in their report that the papers I hen Cap exclaimed, “ did I not see them run a mile the other’ aft?” Perhaps you did, old Jay, but then my doctor certifies I am unwell, the part of the student, this is true, but how in the Perhaps name of common sense did the gentlemen dis cing an article that makes anyil'TAih tlT nut T w Tw 1 am cover the fact? If in an examine augh out loud, the writer is ex- +■ \ t i . ‘ +1 ’ , ne poetryi.ind, it you doubt my word, justjtion paper the question is asked, pelled ; for causing a smile he is only * mi 1 /° T ? 1 tudent ’ lm1 j none | jump on Dr B-nk Co-p-r;” but lie “what is the cost of two dozen eggs suspended for two* weeks ’ The S 1 T , be f “ £ d ling to undertake'had bluffed the Cap. at ,10c. per dozen,” and the answers reason we can see for such a state of ( tle did Se un hfriirlsTiTV at T w 0n , e TT dil V, the Ingun from 20c, how can the reader tell that the affairs is that the faculty is composed® ®« T TT- assemblage and; J ay back did spy a Senior, called student has crammed up on the egg of a set of men who are afraid thatlTl i ov a mai ! named Cap, I atsy, and did smile and say, “ He is.subject ? Yet this is exactly what the - - wlm knows no more about^war thanjafraid of his own shadow, I’ll bluff)committee has done. They read the TrTT mor ® about war thanjafraid of his own shadow, I’ll bluff committee has done. They read the McG-gh, or about Math, than him, even unto suicide.” So he did papers and found them good, but they T-iis, (who can t tell tell cost of [call him up and say, “why did youlsaw that the writer had crammed on ii eggs at 12ic. per dozen,) but fail to drill on yesterday and play 0 the subject. The world awaits the —v-*-p—— •** • • ^i “j uxu run . per dozen,) but fail to drill on yesterday and play 6 an find one bet-jsets of tennis for milkshakes ?” “ I A py 1 - ” 11CJ1 rulers did hear of (was tired—here’s my certificate,” said pT| tln8 maI1 ’ the y did all exclaim, “AVe’ll the Senior, slightly * abashed, but still ^.Jtrv him” ISow when Cap did know in the rinff. i]i^ In^nn then did ask, lu 11 pv-f fl.Jc lio /lir] nloix Iv-Jr. 1 . l' ii rv made, let the wronged ones comfort by the words of the great Carlyle. “ The truest of all gospels (good news] is this—a lie cannot long pros per.” Speaking of Professors who com mand the love and respect of the students, it is in order at thi, their real character may be made p r j ) public. AVe do not deny that therc j D . ld q.. 1is (who can are some m the faculty who commandL dozen at m <, the love and respect of the students,j he will do ° util we can but they are m the hopeless minority. ter .” AVhen the rulers W e hope in the future, that t “ powers that be” will allow the I„ Jn]1 jSancef^unrinf rt£Ss "tre^^ 83 t ^S^p ” ^' "'t™’ Tl ^ 7< T ’ - - snout, wlioop! lm a big Injun: coatee ?” looking into 3ns face with my fame reacheth everywhere; “ Ejtlie air of a man who has a great Pluribus Unum : I’ve been getting|secret to impart, and with a “can- $1 a day and my rations for lo, thesejyou-be-trusted ” gaze tlie Senior many years, and now I will be a Van- whispered. “The’re off, sir, do you derbilt or a Jay Gould : I will clothe want to see my certificate ?” But the myself in purple, and wear a white!Ingun was gope and Patsy then did shirt every day. I’ll brush my teeth say, “ are not the Seniors the biggest m d -i bav ? d ® ssert threejbluffers in the state, and am I not the if I could not that the writer had crammed oil subject. The world awaits the reply to the question. “ How did the visitors find out this fact ?” •to remark that Professor Barrow is the man we all love, and if anybody wants a fight, let him every morning,: place times a week : 111 knock the shine offjbiggest of the lot: all these ght, let him come on the campus picks all the* time : AVhoop ' and say something against “ old lady killer : Steady, steady, I’m Dave. We know lie is an upright, " T Christian gentleman, and i f there few more such as ^ V/i lilIC 1UL . II. -L Gvllllt-l IlU plow boys and guano strew- bluff the Ingun I’d eat a piece of Still 1 keep a pocket full of toothlwell’s butter and die.” But still the were a few more such as he, there would be less of quarreling and con tentions and more “peace on earth and good will towards men.” The universal toast of the students is, “ Professor Barrow—the friend of all) the enemy of none.” May the light of his life long shine as a beacon fire on the shores of time to “ point out to men the error of their ways” and to “ teach them that their Re deemer liveth.” The practice of secret working is a feature of the University which should find an early grave. No good can be found in it, and it keeps" the student in total ignorance of what he is doing, gives an opportunity for curiosity to drive him into rooms at dead hours of night to try and find e«: I’H keep a pocket full of toothjwell’s butter and die. ~in a Ingun walks the. streets and smiles . --—- j, A too because the rulers of the college have fast I must learn some more Math, not yet met and pulled his scalp. And by heart, or they’ll find me out the verily, verily, 1 say unto you, that first day: No, no, I wont do that,(when they come together at the ses (Little brother of Milledge Avenue. Belle studying his spelling.) “ Papa, what is an auger ?” Father—“ An auger is something to bore with, my son.” Little Boy.—“ Pa, is Dr. Rocks an auger Father—“No, my son, why do you ask the question ?” Little Boy—“ I heard sistei say he nearly bored her to death every time he come up here.” I 11 try the bluff game on them, for with the exception of P-sy II-f-ed and G-ge-A-d-r-on, whom I whom read about in the Reporter, I’m the big gest bluffer going. I will bluf Soph’s, and Fresh’s into thinking I’m a second Edition of Sir Isaac Newton. I’ll never work anything for them, but make them work out everything, and by reason of my having them ex plain so many problems, I’ll pick up a few myself. _ I’ll give them half a book at one time, and give them zero if they use a different letter from the book: They’ll have an idea that I know it all: Oh, I’ll put the razzle- dazzle. on ’em.” Then he took his shoes in hand and walked barefooted 1st. Student—“ Say, Spots, if you were to see Phillippi riding up in Cobbham on a donkey, what fruit would it remind you of ?” sions close and begin to pull the wool ^pMs “A pear” (pair), there will be wailing and gnashing of! Stmterd “ Go head, Spots.” teeth. soon as they had gone away, they seem to have studied to see what they could —™ ........... ...... uaiciuureu say that would most hurt the college. to the railroad ; he boarded a freight Incompetent Professors! Yes, they train for the first time in his life with ma y be, but wasn’t it a lovely set to : Town man to Judge AA T arren, “how THE VISITING COMMITTEE. Iis that just before every commence- jment I see the campus walks levelled, This body of learned (?) gentlemen and the buildings scoured and white- who meet every year to examine the af-Jwashed?” airs of the University, do little else ex-| Judge—Oh, they want to make a cept draw their per diem.andsit around mash on the trustees and get them to and chat with a fine cigar in their think that the ground and buildings mouth. The board of visitors for the are kept that way all the time. I tried present, appeared to be well jAeasediov six months to get them to fix the with every thing and with every body, Walk from the Chapel to the gate, but while they were in Athens, but as it remained full off ruts and ditches “ , A 6 -T ■ J T. u<im lur wie msr Time in llls me with may be, but wasn’t it a lovely set to out whether or not he is making a mingled feelings of fear and wonder, sit on tlie judgement seat? Three that could hardly be crossed until last week, and they are being filled up with ashes and covered over with sand, which will wash away the first bi<r rain, and nothing more will be done until next commencement.