University reporter; (Athens) 18??-current, December 20, 1889, Image 37

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University Eeporter. 35 LUCY COBB DOTS. We expect soon to have a few candy rats if the weight continues to increase. The scale now goes down to one hundred and fifty with some of us! A rat for every pound. Think ofit! Teacher explaining faith.—'“ A good example of faith, my children, is when a little child springs from a high place into the arms of its father.” Pupil.— 1 Would it be faith Miss now if I jumped off of your desx ?” Pupil to teacher.—“ Miss you are going to take us to t_e cam pus to view the stars through that isinglass, aint you?” A certain ooung lady has begun at this early date to curl her bangs for Christmas. “Vrnity of vanities, saiththe preacher, all is vanity.” We look forward with pleasure to the Tennysonian meetings which bring to us Mr. MelPs I.ectures on Partiamentary Law and Practice. We hope to see all of our friedds at the Public Tennysonian Friday - -if we have it (?) We hope that, if we do have it, it will be as pleas ing to our friends as the Class Tree exercises were to us on Thursday last. A riddle we’ve propounded, To solve it you must try, Your knowledge will be sounded, To fail will make us cry. Don’t give it up, we pray you, But try and try again, A “pound of rats” we’ll give you, If the answer you will send. Rats! Just think, I pray, What has been offered you. A p~und of “candy” rats, I say, If the answer comes lor true. I am composed of 46 letters: 5, 9, 23, 27, 31, 32, 17 is what all school girls like, 18, 34, 26, 22, 45, 44, 41, 42, 17 is what they like so much better. 18,12, 18, 4, 10, 18 is what they don’t like at all, 7, 38, 21, 17, 14, 4, 28 is a name sometimes used for a let er. 35,16, 37, 29, 40, 19, 3, 17 brought forth some verses. 6, 12, 24, 28 is all we poor creatures have left. 38, 12, 4,13, 46, 31, 5, 18 oft times causes reverses. 33, 22,11, 3, 30, 18, 34, 17 brings frequently debt. 8. 15, 19, 45 is what we poor girls are said to be. 20, 12, 10, 27 is what we should by no means be. 24, 39, 38, 7, 26, 18 is what we like to read. 43, 25, 10, 36, 15, 20, 10, 22, 6, 12, 16, 26, 18 is what you sure ly have lost. Calico and Suelisia.