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

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ur Friends. Y' NE of the first things a boy gets acquainted with when he comes to the State College is a tree or a good large trunk strap, and the next thing is the Mess Hall. It is a time-honored custom among the boys to make complaints against the food of the , Mess Hall, and to kick against it on general principles, but nevertheless we have never heard of a student who has starved to death on Mess Hall diet. although sometimes we might think that the authorities were afraid that we were getting too fat, and that they were striving to bring us down to the proper for111. It is an impossibility to think of the Mess Hall without thinking of those two persons most closely connected with it - Mr. Finley and Mrs. Harris. Mr. Finley has been with the college for a number of years, and he is so closely in touch with the boys that it is only a matter of a few hours, or days at the most, before the average new cadet comes to regard him as an old friend. ' His genial smile and hearty handshake will do more to drive away the blues and homesickness of a new boy than any amount of the attentions CM bestowed on him by his new-found friends among the old boys. The old quotation, VVhat is home without a mother, may be well changed to VVhat would the Mess Hall be without Mrs. Harris ? It is to her careful supervision of the work in the culinary department that we are indebted for the compara- tively excellent quality of food placed before ns. In her kindness of heart Mrs. Harris is far more than 1ne1'ely Matron of the Mess Hall-she is an adviser, a friend and a mother to every boy who boards in the barracks. In times of sickness and indisposition she is always present with her comforting assistance, and we can confidently say that should she feel disinclined to take the same position again next year the Board will never find another woman who will so endear herself to the cadets as Mrs. Harris. 55

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'tThat Mr. Thompson take some Latin, said Professor XVaugh, excitedly, I wish to give him a thorough review of verbs, andff' The motion was that Mr. Thompson take the course in Physics, shouted Professor Young, as, every trace of the habitual smile vanished from his face, he stood forth like an old Roman Knight resolved to do battle to the death for his rights. Mon Dieu I exclaimed Senorita Figuaroa, tremblingly, just hear them I And she shrunk back into the darkest corner of the room from whence Misses De Sha and Yocnm were peering anxiously, as though they expected the floor of the President's oflice to be the scene of a bloody battle. I think some one moved to adjouinfl said Professor Croom, lazily, and then to hinself, I wonder how long before supper is ready. I think it is abou! ffm: to adjourn, said Miss Barnes in an awed undertone as she glanced fearfully at Professor Young, who stood forth, fearless in his wrath. Gentlemen, this is not a very orderly meeting,', said Dr. Yocum in a tone of mild reproof. Well, lets decide it, said Professor Borger, sharply. We could have played ten games of tennis in this time, Hadley, he remarked in an aside to the Business Professor. Well, said Dr. Yocum, I think it will be well to adjourn for this evening as it lacks, now, five minutes to six o'clock, and I have tea at six o'clock. Let us all meet to-morrow morning just before Chapel and we will spend the few minutes we have then in taking up some other matters. I suppose Mr. Thomp- son's case must be laid over until to-morrow afternoon, and We hope to decide in time for him to start in the work he is to take, some time this term. And so the members of the faculty dispersed to their homes and boarding-houses with appetites whetted by much sharp discussion. 54

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