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Puick Five Cents. UNIVERSITY OF (iEORGIA, ATHENS, GA„ SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1897. Voi,. I V.-No. 34.
CLASS PROPHECY.
As Delivered by Walker White at the Senior
Banquet.
Probably the richest feature of
tliu Senior Banquet, the one in on l
enjoyed by :tlI the boys, was tlic
class prophecy by Walker While.
Walker was feeling good and bis
humor flowed freely. When called
upon by the tousl muster to respond
to the toast “The Class Prophecy,”
White said :
In carrying out the part assigned
to me, I feel as a country lawyer
once felt when called upon to speak
in the place of Henry Grady. Mr.
Grady had been expected to speak
and a large crowd had gathered to
Ilea" him, but at the last moment it
was found that he could not fulfill
his engagement. The lawyer was
asked lo till his place, lie prefaced
his speech as follows: “I have been
asked to till Mr. Grady's place.
That is impossible. I can’t (ill his
place, but I will rattle around in it
for aw hile.” So Ileel about the place
of prophet. I can’t till it; its too
large for me. The bese 1 can do is
to rattle around in it.
All epic has been defined “as a
-prfcm wttdra graiof KrfhJ^et riuflTTT
in grand style.” Under this defini
tion, I have a subject fit for an epic.
1 he theme is grand; so grand in
deed, that only an epic could do
he and he alone sees the truth of
the case under consideration. Or
it is Walker, lost in a multitude of
words, trying to overcome an oppos
ing disciple of Hlackstone and
leaving the jury in a slate of ’“con
fusion worse confounded.”
I see Grat Colvin at h s reporter’s
desk. Wonderful yarns those that
Grat writes for the Sunday news
papers. Versus light, airy irnd
ethereal in that they have nothing
in them. Jokes antiquated and
musty, yet used “to point a > oral
or adorn a tale.” At this stage of
his career, Grat lives up to the doc-
trine of Josh Hillings, which worthy
expressed in these words: “My pri
rate opinion is that originality in
writing was played out long ago,
and the very best any mail can do
is lo steal with good judgment, and
then own it like a man."
Pedagogues I see, loo. There is
Mason, with his ghastly, withering
smile. (I quote last year’s Pandora.)
Hi ad we 11, w i tli his suscepli Ide heart,
falling in love with every pretty
gitl in his school. And - there is
Hendricks, wielding his hickory and
making merry music on the trousers
of offending urchins, thus running
up clothing hills for the parents and
I recommend that quotation from
Gray:
"Pull many a gem of purest lay serene,
I tic dark, uiifalhomed caves of ocean
hear;
Full in any a Honor Is born to lilusli un-
. snen
And waste Its sweetness on the desert
Jiii\”
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMME.
Wednesday, June9, top. m., Vukpall
German Ihuiipiot.
Thursday, June in, to p. m., I’an-
llellcule German.
Friday, June II, 10 p. m., Junior 4|f>p.
Saturday, June 12, II n. in., Soph, flop.
Remember, also, that “blessings, Saturday, June 12, s p. in. rh.unplou
like children, are most appreciated Rebate.
when few and far between." Also, .Sunday, June l:t, It a. in., Baccalaureate
that “man is made ol dust; along ] Sermon, Dr. J. I). Hammond,
comes tlie watering earl of fate and
bis name is mud.”
Let me mention one littlu point
which may lie of interest. My Monday, June
glimpse into the future lias shown hiniatlon.
me why Hrown is getting so many Monday, June 14, 19 p. in, Cotillion
bicycle “ads” for the Pandora. As club,
lie was unable lo sell all of the
wheels which lie received in pay
ment, lie carried a tandem home
with him at the close of his college • ,m "’ 1 P- Junior Ora-
oareer. So judiciously did llrown
apply the tandem that in six months , Tuesday, June 15, 9 p.
ho secured a better lytlf. In the (iceman,
course of human events, it became
Monday, June It, HCillla. in., Oration
before l.iterary Society, Green Johnson.
I p. m., Soph. Dec-
Tuesday, June 15, 10 a. ill., haying
(’oilier Stone Science Hull.
mcufc off the mantelpiece for weeks
at a lime.
Hilly Kent has to be classified by
himself. He is r/e/ief/s, and our
justice. Would tliul the class hud im U representative in ecclesiastical
sonic Milton who, with prophetic Hc’IiIh. A preacher in the class of
eye, would embalm its future glo- ’*"■ Impossible, you say. Not at
rics in immortal verse! There may :l1 * - 'V illi that sweet smile, which
be some Milton among us, who i ,1,H ever been tile delight of Ins eol-
koows? Tlic name of Parish Smith H’ge friends, lie would In; out ol
may some day shine with a spleu place elsewhere. For a long time
necessary to add another scat to the
tandem, as the house of Hrown was
blessed by an offspring a kind of
lirowuie, as it were.
And it came lo pass in those days
Wednesday, June 111, ll):.K)s. m., Com
mencement Day.
Wednesday, June lit, |i, j>, m., Senior
Hop. '
o mke the ir 'TluVPIli? I'iftHtrV dYThe T' n it’elfflfyT'"" PROGRAMME F(JR DEBATE
of Georgia held a meeting-. Fore
seeing the fame which the class of
''.IT was lo bring upon its itlinti niuti-r,
and realizing that they had not fully
appreciated the class while it was
under llieir tutorship, they wept
crocodilian tears of anguish and de
clared tliul, “lake them all, we ne’er nlson.
Annual (.'liiimplou Debate, Saturday
evening, June 12th, M o'clock.
Subject: “ftraolvcil, That Indepen
dent Adieu In Politics Is Preferuhlu to
Party Allegiance."
Master of Orornonlcs—I'atrhk Mar
shall look upon their like again,”
Furllur into tlic mysterious future
I pierce. What was. hidden there
dor equal to that of Milton. Had Hilly was a bachelor, and during I the fates forbade me to tell,
i the eloquence of Webster, I could that period, wliiuli was largely taken Changes had taken place. Nome
perhaps speak the glories of the “I’ darning socks and half soling who hud hidden fair to succeed
were overcome in the battle of life.
Others, by hard work, hud succeed-
pill li ippa • A. .1. Kill hie, V. I„ Wat
son, J. S. Kohurts.
Demosthenlsn J. M. limit, W. It.
Kent, K. It. King.
Judges lion. Itohert lleruer, lion. N.
K. Harris, Hon. N. J. Iluiiiiiiond
class. Had I the pen of Shakes. I trousers, Hilly's favorite text was
pete, 1 could perhaps write them. Hits: “Whatsoever a man sewclh,
Or had I the brush of Angelo, 1 *hat shall be also rip.” n| where genius bad failed. All of pressed tills idea in Ins “Song of ihw
could perhaps paint them. Possess- Disciples of H'.sculapitf. are found which goes to show that the sue Vanquished."
ing none ot these, I come lo tell l,,lloll K l,l “ class. I here is Sclniun, cessful uisu Is like the postage stamp ... , „ , , . .
them to you in a simple way, . . ’ ** 1 1 successful m one respect—they both stick lo fell In tlic battle of Ufa— *«*
and though less ornate, they are P >ys»ciau, but every lime lie pre , m# thing until they gel there. The hymn of the wounded, llo- beaten,
none the less true. ,llH * ,IH *’’’*> ^ IL ‘ utakes tb" patients j ,| U |. U mg, g 0 further into the fu- who died overwhelmed in the strife;
With the eye of a prophet, 1 w,, om hts !■»» uurvd wish they had Uire . I A t me ask you, members of No * the Jubilant song ol the victors, for
pierce the future—that future which
a wise providence lias withheld from
mortal ken. I need no guide even
in ibis vast panorama of futures to
, , , 1 the class of '97, whatever be four
Hut not alone in the realms of art . ^
and science in '97 represented.
Everybody knows Price and Kieli-
ardson arc playing ball and cover
point out the ueudt of the l*Ihnm of ,, , .
Jq 7 . . .... IHK tl»em«elve* with glory and dust
»i. there are oilier brilliant •
. . in every game,
acl.liven,cuts it is true, but those of I wish I could tell what every
’97 by their brilliucy challenge the number of the class is doing at this
attention of all. lime—five years lienee. Hut lo do
hive years lienee, lam listening so would exhaust our patience, and
to a speech delivered before a jury, beside*, not every one is succeeding.
It is Dodd with bis eloquent voice Some are barely getting a start in
and perspiring face, trying to per- |i
whom the ith«»tinding an-laim
n.tl lift* t| III • 11 - -1 UK, w l»|M\N H
|,art in life, acquit you like men. wure I,a,.let of fame.
You can do uothing nobler in life Hut the hymn »f the low and the hum-
than perform your duty. Know this, hie, the weary, the broken in heart,
that in the perforance of your duly, Who strove and who failed, acting brave
whether or not you gain worldly ly, a silent and desperate part.
success, you will find your greatest
happiness, and best keep vour faith
in God and in man.
Mr. Toastmaster, I propose a toast
to the class of 97. In the words of
Hip Van Winkle, “Here’s to your
Whose youth bore no tlower on its
l.ranchcs, whose hopes burned in
ashes-away.
From whose hands *lip|>ed the prize
they had grasped at, who stood at
the dying of day.
With the wreck of their life all around
them, iinpitied, unheeded, alone,
Many there are who are sue- health, may you all live Kmg and Wlth ,| <>wn OTrr tlielr
suade twelve intelligent men to be- ceeding and whose names I have not prosper.” failure and all Imt theii faith over-
lteve that black is white, and that | mentioned. To those w ho are not, W. W. Story has beautifully ex-i thrown.”