Florida Agricultural College - Pinakidia Yearbook (Lake City, FL)

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Under these circumstances we refused to drill in jacksonville at the Convention, and quite justly, too, as will be clearly seen by any fair-minded person who is Willing to look at a question from two sides. Now it so happens that one of our young lady students is in correspondence with a student of john B. Stetson University fa very large sounding name, isn't it? and by-the-way, John B. makes a very good hat, tool. This young hopeful writes to the said young lady thus: I had thought, dearest Beatrice, that I would see you some time next month: that I would once more gaze into those beautiful brown eyes and bask again in the sunshine of your smile. We thought the State College was going to give us a game of football: but since they have backed out, and I cannot get permission to visit Lake City 011 any other pretext, I shall have to get along as best I can without seeing you until commencement. just a simple statement of facts is all that is required here to explain matters to any reasonable person. We organized a football team quite early in the season, but did not practice to any considerable extent, because we did not think our Board of Trustees would consent to our playing any inter collegiate games. We received a challenge from Stetson, and, as soon as we obtained the consent of the Board, we wrote accepting the challenge. Then we received a reply, saying that it was rather late in the season 1 that they had ceased train- ing3 that they were preparing for a Held day in March, and could not train for it and the football game at the same time and do justice to both. So, as a matter of course, we did not play them. In the language of this Stetson student we backed out. ' We replied that we would like to get a game, and would play them any Saturday between the date of the letter and the end of the football season. Since then we have heard nothing from the football team of Stetson University. Now we will present this problem to our readers: Did Stetson really want to play or were they bluffing? 78

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i6Much Ado About Nothing. HE average cadet of our college is an easy-going fellow wl1o does not pay very much attention to the slurs C that are thrown at l1i111 by the envious students of our other State institutions, who, jealous of our SQLDCQ growth in numbers and inliuence during the last few years, strive in very mean ways some times to throw mud on our fair name. But sometimes it happens that one of our boys awakens to anger, and when such is the case the sun is very apt to Go down on his wrath, unless he gets angry before chapel in the morning. Gne little article, from a Gainesville paper, of course, came to our notice some time since. It was a description of the victory of the East Florida Seminary at Jacksonville during the Convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy last January. The article closed with these wholly uncalled-for words: VVe are sorry the Lake City cadets were not present to see our boys drill. They might have learned something about the artf' Had this been said by one ol the Gainesville cadets in the presence of one of our students, that same East Florida Seminary cadet would probably have been sent home on a stretcher or in a long black box. Gainesville claims to be the Hrst in rank of the military colleges of the State, and says that she holds the championship. VVe observe that she has never strained her eyes looking for an opportunity to drill against us. Our reasons for 1lOt drilling against them can be soon stated. XVe organized a picked company in October to drill anything in the State, expecting the contest to come off some time in December. After we had drilled three weeks Lieutenant Cox, our worthy conimandant, received word that the Convention was postponed indefinitely, and so disbanded our company. Then he received word about the Ist of January, or during the last days of the Christmas examinations, that the competitive drill would come off on the rzth ofjanuary, thus giving us less than two weeks in which to organize, equip and drill a company to go up against companies that had been drilling steadily for several nionths. 77

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An XVrit on a ruin palace of Kashmir 3 The end is nothing, and the end is near.' XVhere are the voices kings were glad to hear? XVhere now tl1e feast, the song, the bayadere? The end is nothing, and the end is near. And yonder lovely rose 3 alas, my dear, See the November garden rank and drear g The end is nothing, and the end is near. See how the raindrop niingles with the inere. Mark how the age devours each passing year 3 The end is nothing, and the end is near. Forms rise and grow and wane and disappear, The life allotted thee is now and here : The end is nothing, and the end is near. The death shroud waits thee, and the dark palled bier. Alas, sweet eyes and lJOSOl11 tender, dear: The tolling bell, the dropping earth I hear, The end is nothing, and the end is near. Then vex thyself no more with thought austere: Take what thou canst whilst thou abidest here, ld Favorite. F inis. 79 Seek finer pleasures each returning year 3 The end is nothing, and the end is near. Bind not thyself to n1uch to earthly year, But eat the bread of life and take good cheer. And drink the wine of life and have no fear g The end is vision, and the end is near. Joy is the Lord, and Love His character: Be tranquil a11d rejoicing: oh, my dear 5 Shun the wild seas 1 far from the breakers steer The end is vision, and the end is near. Ah, banish hope and doubt, regret and fear, Check the gay laugh, but dry the idle tear, Search, is the light within thee burning clear? The end is vision, and the end is near. List to the wisdom learned of saint and seer, The living Lord is joy, and peace his sphere 1 Rebel no niore 5 throw down thy shield and spear Surrender all thyself, true life is here 5 The end is vision, and the end is near. Forget not this, forget not that, my dear 3 'Tis all a11d nothing, and the end is near.