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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.
