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J: ^ c THE RED AND BLACK. VOL, IMVEHSITV OF (iKOKOlA, ATHENS, (i \.. FEBRUARY 3, 1894. NO. 7 THE GRIND. AN KTt'IIIN(». Their father, morbidly saddened by his wife's early death, had never wasted much of bis time in their company. Curiously enough, that afternoon ()||l> (layj one of thoge wot> chm . on the football Held, six men in three U1 g days that Athens sometimes different spots, chatted about the furnislieo, there came a letter for same object. It was not at all strange that there should be three Luke. His father wrote that Molly had made a fool of herself about a Lawyers Debate. I.asl Saturday morning marked the advent of the Lawyer's Debat ing Society, and those favored with invitations lo the opening, pro I uounced it the hottest out! I'resi deni Sterling called the meeting to order, and rend the subject, “Resolved, That the Pulpit offers conversations on the same theme, | <. t .|-tjiin drummer, known by Luke for such coincidences are common to be a thorough scoundrel. Ho had i‘, w “ ier ,,t ' 1,1 f,,r eloquence than the . . .... a. .. .. ~ ; I to e hit I...1 f < I ill _ enough in real life. Hut it in really oome, ho ran the letter a few day# remarkable that an many as nix stu :igo, and now the couple were bent on inarmin'. «•> «... ii,*... i • • . • I*' 1 ® negative. (rood points wen Luke loo well knew Ins maters na* . ' . Har.” Strong led for the ntlirma- tive with a telling speech which That was VlL But V* #bl >’ ." ,,sw '■ r, " 1 [ >Y Wallace on dents should even think of this par. ticular object. ...... In many respects he differed but lure( kllew t h a i her love for this ,,y »"■> little from the average rank ami- ,nan was, at least to her, real; knew 1 l ’. Mwn tile underclassman. Ilis abomiua- t ) mt t h 0 father's opposition would W# , 7 "'their defense ble attire, ill-fitting and ill-made, , m | y strengthen her resolve, prob | , ’ ar 1 "" fr '‘ ,|l "‘ nt bursts of showed to advantage the neither :l |,; y exasperate her beyond reason. "I’]’ :lus '' "'t' rrupted them athletic nor graceful figure, and the , Q ne thing only conld prevent the I 1,1 “ N,,l,| hiM wmo dark homely face, was, save an air of apologetic eiutiarassuient, almost expressionless. One group decided thit the ob ject was a fool, another that he was a damn smart man, while the third dubbed him a Grind. Now, when ever a student is held by some of his fellows to be a fool, and by others to be exactly the contrary, lie sure that he is not comm-eiplace, and, hove all, he is not a fool. He losing speeches were made by the leadi •is, mid after an admirable marriage. Luke must go home and , , c , . summing nil of the points made tin remain until Molly s infatuation .... , iiif .. ,, , .. .1 resilient rendered his decision in should be forgotten, nut grinds of \ , . , , . favor of the affirmative, this type tire often vulgar enough | not to be able to travel on short j "** ~~ notice, and moreover, his father When the State Convention of Y* would by no means permit his re- M. C. A. met here in Athens last turn if he assigned no reason. Luke March, a subscription was taken up could not tell him the real one. For I a* usual for the support of State some time, he sat thinking steadily, work. Many of the Associations Hu must go somehow. Then came promised to pay fifty and seventy- 1 the thought that sent the Idood five dollars, while wo subscribed The object’s name was Luke He rurging from his heart and only twenty-five, lint our boys be An Acrostic. Give to me the heart I crave Oh! let me not ask ill vain, Or, return the one I gave Down in the star'-light lane, fly those stars that shone above You, I swear to love you well. Kyee may fail and tongues deceive, Let the heart speak—true love tell, Kven though it too alarms III the presence of your gate, Let me try the pow’r of arms And then I may win the prize. — Tom DinoAnti. At my Girl's. There is a girl, who lives in town. With graceful form ami eyes of brown; Her foot are suiall, her teeth like pearls Oil, she's the sweetest of all girls. I go to see her every night, I almost stay till morning light; And w hen the old man rings fhe hell I tell him please to step to h—I. When I was there at eventide I asked her If slic’d he my bride, She said she would, and I wae glad, before I left I felt quite sad. .lust when site said she would he mine Vv arm stole round her waist divine I squeeze I ns mil' ll as I could squeeze: Itut hark! 1 heard somebody sneeze was an elective,studying fairly well, almost made him gasp for breath, came enthused over the matter and t ‘ " '' '" ,lt looked around; and chousing, with rare judgment, lie might save Molly only by dis fell that we could not afford to In- 1 looked quit* well, but nothing found. voluiuues from the Library, and these he read with unwearying de votion. I say devotion advi-edly, for reading, not studying, or a di ploma was his object in coming to honoring himself. It was a hard, hard choice. To leave college, and under such circumstances would mean eternal defeat to liis hopes* For hours, like the man he was, lie the University. He was one of f*,.,.,] t|„. problem, thought wilhou< those cranks, utterly uncoinpre bended by the student body at large, who seek ill the University simply hope for some other way; then sal for a time as one stunned. Finally he rose, languidly, utterly spiritless* training and actual, lasting benefit. | le |, a ,) decided. That he cared more for knowledge Next morning his class were stand than a diploma was, of course, a|1 examination, Luke watched enough to brand him a crank, if not f or his opportunity and, just as the Foot Hall in Southern colleges worse. And so some thought him a instructor looked at him, opened fool. I ||j H text-book, and furtively copied Once or twice, in conversation, L aeutence. some one lightly derided one of bis The faculty decided that the proof theories, and the floolof hot elo was complete, and in a few days, he quenoe that followed was utterly left for home. Molly is still single, dumbfounding. And so, some i seemingly happy, and Luke but thought him a damn smart man. | what does it matter? he was only a Like many another of Toil's nu- Grind. Vkkilank. morons horny handed progeny, he I — was cursed with ambition. How Six of the nine men on last year’s often, in bis home, be had dreamed Princeton ball team are in college, by day and night, of his future i — — •— greatuess as an author, how almost j It was stated iu the last issue that for this alone, he had lived anj I Mr. W. K. of N. C., was ex- worked and loved and prayed, he j peeted to /^iiere about the first of alone knew. j February to conduct a series of re- And yet his heart was roomy ligious meetings at the Y. C. A. enough to harbor besides the image reading room. Sirica then, we have of a little country girl who loved ( learned with much regret, that he him tenderly and trusted him im- cannot now come. Strong 'fforts ),licilly. Naturally, they cared lit however will be made to have him tie for any one but each other, visit us sometime in the spring. behind other colleges and raised j T, "’ n to,,k »c»l«l«>n aptnl our subscription to fifty dollars. A knd sat so hard It far stuck In. good deal of this however lias not ' jumped up quick anil much <11,1 swear been collected, and it is hoped that As Tommy rawlnl from under them those who subscribed will pay up —Kx. at once, for the year is nearing its .... . , ...... . ,, ,, ,, , . * Where is our base ball nine? close. Mr. G. F. Itutlcr is Treasurer, wiM K l " dl y W""" 1 Optional chapel*, at Princeton, from any one who may have forgot „ l)W wo||W it Wl|fk llen . ten tin* matter. — .- - * — There are eighteen men in train- J, 1 ' 1 e growth and present status of iug for the Val • 'Varsity crew. is -» admirably presented in the January Hicre are more than 2/*0 native number of Tiik Soctiikkn Mauaxink women studying in the medical col- by J. Breckinridge Uobertsou, of the b'ges of India. University of Virginia. The article — is well illustrated with portraits and Gollegc journalism in the South instantaneous photographs of men rw ' , ' |, tly received two notewor- in play, and reviews the game as accessions in the advent of two played by the leading colleges of w *ckly newspapers, representing the Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, universities of Georgia and Ala- Geo 'gin, Alabama, Tennessee and barna. Mention lias been made of Kent cky. Only one Southern ool Hki» anii Black, of the former, lege -am has yet crossed Mason and now the latest in the ranks is and Dixon's line to try conclusions Hu; Ckwmom Wiiitk, of tin* latter in- witli their brothers of the North; stitution. I hey are neatly printed yet from the progress the Southern sheets with four pages of four col college boys have made in the past ""ins each, and from the first two three years, we may expect to hear issues bids fair to take a most re- from them next season. spectablestand among thesixttouth Among the contributors to this ern college weeklies which are striv- number are John Fox, Jr., Robert ing for the unification of college Burns Wilson, William Baird, S. J. spirit and the advancement and ele- Shields, Robert G. Toombs and vation of college aiblettcs.—The Frank M Bicknell. Hustler.