Austin College - Chromascope Yearbook (Sherman, TX)

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What about Hoxie—“the Chicken-raiser”? He denies the charge that Dr. McLauclilin and he have formed a trust on chickens. He also might be ranked as a financier, as he sold an old “dominecker hen” to Dr. Sampson for one dollar. Hoxie is scarcely ever non paratus in his recitations, and is always there when Professor Pruitt calls the roll. Last, but not least, we turn our gaze upon Stitt—“the Bomb-proof” —a gentleman of many wanderings and sundry experiences. Born in Tennessee, sojourned in Arkansas, the land of mosquitoes, then landed in Texas, the Elysian Fields of fabled antiquity, he has survived the storms of different climes, and still walks with majestic tread, while his mag- nificent mustache stems stubbornly the blustering winds of Texas. He is a cosmopolitan in many things, but determined in all. He is the only Senior that has received a compliment during the year from the female sex. She said that Mr. Stitt talked with sense. This is not so much a compliment to Mr. Stitt, as a slur upon the other noble Seniors. The historian is no prophet, still he is going to conjecture as to the Seniors’ future. In future days Alf, Harry, Stitt, and Carter will be seen standing before the throne of earthly justice, pleading in eloquent tones, and wiping tears from their eyes. Then, soon after, the guilty culprit —or innocent man—will be seen wending his way homeward, singing “Home, Sweet Home.” Scott, Thompson, and Wilson will carry in their medical cases a good supply of “Little Early Risers,” and of course will diagnose the most complicated symptoms of disease with a broad expres- sion of wisdom on their faces. The Senior Class of 1900 will be heard from in the future, if nothing happens. Tale.