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>1 ' L i R3/* '*o-3 & *; - I 1 i RED AND BLACK. 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.”