Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

Text from Pages 1 - 118 of the 1889 volume:

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S. KIMBALL CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. HORfUANN STANLEY, MERCHANT TAILORS ■ ............ ................ 421 CHURCH STREET. ........... � «’. We cordially invite the public to call and inspect, the • BEST' STOCK OF GOODS IN THK Cl TV • We Defy Competition. A Liberal Discount Given to University Students. O'KEEFE WRLSH, D RV-COODS A FI'l.l. MNK OF — CjeQt’5 pijr is ir} Qood$ Nos. 612 and 614 Church Street, Opposite Vendome Theatre. JOHN M. OZANNE, IUEST Ef4D Bakery and Confectionery. Staple and Fancy Groceries. COFFEES AND TEAS A SPECIALTY. 556 Broad Street, Nashville, Tenn. Only Manufacturer of Milk Bread in the City. cn cc o a Stylish Dress Shirts and Good Underwear DR.EKA Engraving and Fine Stationery House. 1121 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Commencement, Class Day, Fraternity, Reception, and Wedding Invitations, Programmes, Banquet Menus, c. Steel Plate Work for Fraternities and College Annuals. Designs for Annual Covers and Cartoons. Fine Stationery with Fraternity or Class Die, Monogram, Address, c. All work is executed in our establishment, under our personal supervision, and only in the best manner. Our uucqualed facilities and long practical experience enable us to produce the newest styles and most artistic effects, while our repu- tation is a guarantee of the quality of our productions. Designs, Samples, and Prices sent on Application. Fraternity Stationery always on hand. POOLiE ART CO s Photographic S3 — crtists Corner Cherry and Union Streets. NASHVILLE, TENN. MAKE ALL KINDS OF PICTURES w . w KNOWN th°k PHOTOGRAPHIC ART. T- • • ••••• . . P Specialty T ad ? of IJfe 5'z ? portraiture. • • • o o © © o • • . SPECIAL! RATES TO STUDENTS. GUARD'S SEmi ARY FOR YOUNG LADIES, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. In successful operation twenty-three years. The pioneer school of its kind in Nashville. For the past fifteen years the leading school of the South, as shown by tin Commissioner of Education at Washington. Course of study full and comprehensive. Charges reasonable. fAbb TERJVI OPENS SEPTEMBER 5, 1 889. latalogues, address Prof. J. R A . i w w w . . • Principal, Nashville, . er.r.. ? I £ j X 1 O JOCOOOO o oooooooo Ofj o°°° oooooooo oocooc Boooocd OOOOOO oooooo Vol. Ill published bv the fraternities of i X v V k s 2 UJ H uJ O HR AX DON PRINT -s i THE COMETS BOARD OF cQ y, o. oa CAho y Z A E. A(. C . UOLc K.Z. ’cry-z . q c rUf CMN.PUB.COM. Oo Ay A j i ., K. A. CNN. L IT. COM - CHN.FIN.COM. rtf ?{{(A trurti i ■ ——w.i— CHN. ILL.COM. k rS coa netuiDdt -£1030 19990 •«DH I.0OTOO HHi 5 A THE COMET ?S Mair} SuifRiiry. eAi cnc3 eier ce J-faPP, 6 THE COMET l s- BOflRD • OF • TRUST Bishop If. K. Hargrove, Bishop John 0. Keener. Bishop A. W. Wilson. Bishop John C. Granbery, Bishop W. w. Duncan, Bishop C. B. Galloway, Bishop E. R. Hendrix, Bishop J. S. Key. Rev. S. II. Babcock. Wilbur F. Barclay, Rev. Robert W. Browder. Rev. G. A. Dannelly, J. J. Dement, M. D., E. II. East, Hon. II. w. Foote, Andrew Hunter, D. I).. W. c. Johnson, D. D., D. C. Kelley, D. I)., L. J. (’. Lamar, R. J. Morgan, C. D. Oliver, D. I)., Rev. T. V. Ramsey, I). T. Reynolds, J. W. Stay ton, s. K. Stone, Anson West, l . I)., w. B. Wood, R. A. Young, D. D. OFFICERS • OF • THE • BOARD Bishop R. K. Hargrove, President. I Ion. E. II. East, Hon. R. J. Morgan, Hon. W. B. Wood, Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Rev. S. II. Babcock, Rev. Geo. A. Dannelly, Andrew Hunter, D. I)., I ire Presidents. R. a. Young, D. I)., Nashville, Tknn., Secretary. E. W. Cole, Nashville, Tknn.. Treasurer. Wils Williams, llursar. -s i THE COMET'm- 7 Officers of iQStruetior) ar)d Qouer meot ◄ OO ► L. c. garland, a. M.. LL. I).. Chancellor ami Professor of Physics and Astronomy. ANDREW A. LIPSCOMB, I). D.. LL. D., Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Criticism. JAMES M. SAFFORD, M. D., Pii. D.. Professor of Natural History and Geology and Dean of Pharmaceutical Faculty. WILLIAM M. BASKKKVILL. A. M., Pii. I). (Lvipsic), Professor of English Language and Literature. CHARLES F. SMITH. A. M., Pii. I). (I.eipsic). I’rofcssor of Greek Language and Literature. WILLIAM J. VACGIiN, M. A., LL. I).. Professor of Mathematics. JOHN J. TIGERT. M. A.. I� . D.t Professor ot Mental and Moral Philosophy. CASIMIR ZDANOWKZ, A. M . Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures. JAMES II. KIRKLAND, A. M., Pii. I). (Leipsio), Professor of Latin Language and Literature. WILLIAM L DUDLEY, M. I)„ Professor of Chomistry. J. T. McGILL, B. S., Pit. D., Adjunct Professor of Chemistry. W. R. SIMS, B. A.. Pii. I).. Adjunct Professor of English and Rhetoric. EDWARD W. BEMIS, Pit. I).. Lecturer on Constitutional History and Economies. W I LB I R F. TILLBTT, A. M.. I). I)., Professor of Systematic Theology and Dean of Biblical Faculty GROSS ALEXANDER. B. A., B. I)., Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis. E. E. BOSS, M. A., D. I)., Professor of Biblical and Ecclesiastical History. W. W. MARTIN. M. A., B. I)., Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis. Rkv. WALKER LEWIS, Chaplain of the Pniversity. THOMAS H. MALONE, M. A.. Dean of Law Faculty and Emeritus Professor. W. B. REESE, M. A., Professor of Common, Statute, and Constitutional Law. 8 -THE COMET- El). BAXTER, Professor of the Law of Pleading, Practice, and Evidence. ANDREW ALLISON, M. A.. LL. B., Professor of Corj� onition and Commercial I.aw and Kquity Jurisprudence. THOMAS MEN EES, M. 1)., Professor oi Obstetrics and Lean of Medical Faculty. WILLIAM T. BRIGGS, M. I), Professor of Surgery. THOMAS L. MADDIN. M. I)., Professor of the Institutes and Practice ot Medicine and of Clinical Medicine. WILLIAM L. NICIIOL, M. I)., Professor of the Diseases of Women and Children and of Clinical Medicine JOHN II. CALLENDER, M. I)., Professor of Physiology and Psychology. JAMES M. SAFFORD, M. I)., Professor of Chemistry in Medical Department. THOMAS A. ATCHISON, M. D., Professor ot Materia Medica. Therapeutics, and State Medicine. CHARLES S. BRIGGS, M. 1)., Professor of Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery. ORVILLE 11. MEN EES, M. I)., Professor of Anatomy and Histology. GEORGE C. SAVAGE. M. I).. Professor of Diseases of the Lye and Kar. W. G. EWING. M. I)., I’ll. G.. Professor of Materia Medica and Toxicology in Pharmaceutical Department. J. C. WHARTON, Email I). Professor of Theory and Practice of Pharmacy. WILLIAM U. MORGAN. M I)., I). I). S.. Professor of clinical Dentistry and Dental.Pathology and Dean of Dental Faculty. JAMES C. ROSS. D. I). S., Emeritus Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Hygiene. ROBERT R. FREEMAN, M. I)., I). I). S.. Professor of Mechanical and Corrective Dentistry. D R. STUBBLEFIELD, A. M.. M. I)., I). D. S.. Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy in Dental Department. AMBROSE MORRISON, M. I)., Prohssor of Anatomy and Physiology in Dental Department. HENRY W. MORGAN. M. I).. D. D. S., Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Hygiene. OLIN 11. LANDRETI1, M. A., C. E., Professor of Engineering and Dean of Engineering Faculty. C. L. THORNBURG, C. E , Pit. I).. Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering and Practical Astronomy. WILLIAM T. MAGRUDER, M. E., Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering. - i THE COMETS 9 S btlTATOftY 1 f POli the third time Tun Comet is seen above the horizon ol the literary firmament of Vanderbilt Cniversity. As it ascends across the orbits of its more fixed and frequent neighbors, we trust it may be, as on preceding occasions, an object to attract a gaze of admiration and to excite interest in the college world. It has been with no little degree of work, worry and anxiety that those delegated to the task have watched for its third appearance, and planned for its coming Its orbit has been uncertain. At times it seemed that the heavenly visitor was to fly into fragments, or with one jump, to pass invisible into the boundless regions of space. This need not cause surprise, for not everything connected with it is solid. It has a nucleus to which indeed we owe its presence once again at Vanderbilt—it also has a caudal appendage, thinner than the morning mists and lighter than the wind-blown chaff, though very beautiful for display (in the list of editors). The fraternities can never hope to do credit to themselves or to their Alma Mater until they realize that the Comet ought to be entrusted only to the best talent that each fraternity commands; but if such has been the case this year, talent is at a low ebb in some of them. Those who have worked upon The Comet are conscious of its imperfections. Criti- cisms are expected, but at the same time, we ask our patrons to remember that, while it is easy to criticize, if is much more dillicult to execute. We have, as far as possible and practicable, represented all interests and features of our I’niversify life, for The Comet is intended to be, and is. the Annual, not alone of the fraternities, but of our whole college. We have striven, in all points, to keep within the bounds of justice and moderation, though not timid, we trust, when timidity were a wrong. The object of the annual should ever be to present boldly, impartially, kindly, the record of each year’s life, its incidents, humorous and sad alike, its evils, its good deeds, and its progress. It 3 10 - THE COMETS- should reflect the healthy student sentiment, be a friend of the right, a foe to the wrong, opposing all narrow-minded policies, and at the same time seizing the good in all things. With this short salutatory, we deliver the third volume of The Comet to the good graces of the public. Though somewhat later than usual, this should not affect the patriotic desire in the breast of every Vanderbilt student to see it broadly distributed and widely read, not only that its financial success may be insured, but that it may add its little to the reputation and upbuilding of our Cniversity. If indulgent readers will only remember tin difficulties which it has been necessary to overcome, excuse the faults, and give due credit to the excellencies which The Comet may have, we shall feel well repaid. THE COMET 14s- 11 Bishop McTyeire THE death of Bisho] McTyeire brought the world face to lace with his life. Death was to him at once the end and the height of life—its extinction and its culmina- tion. Death was swallowed up in victory. It was the hour of his greatest earthly triumph; and it served to reveal him to men as they had not known him before. From some hearts the veil of prejudice was torn away; from some eyes the scales of blindness dropped; hidden acts of charity were disclosed; forgotten deeds of kind- ness were recalled : misconstrued motives were reconstrued from the standpoint of later action. At the grave, colored lights from here, there and yonder met and merged into absolute white: and it is not an idle metaphor to say that this man looked larger in his eolFin. The review of such a life is often the first real view of it. As its acts are counted up and the sum total appears, as its ever cumulative forces are seen to develop into rounded manhood and useful service, new light is flashed upon the relations ami the results of life, and the observer at each step mounts upward to a wider, a more comprehensive horizon. As the facts of Bishop McTyeire’s life have been thus re-examined, men have talked about him and written about him. Memorial addresses have been delivered, memorial resolutions passed. Anecdotes have come from South Carolina and records from Louis- iana, tributes from (Jeorgia and eulogies from the Pacific slope, sketches from Missouri and editorials from New York, personal reminiscences from many places and words of sorrow from everywhere. So, I say his death has brought us face to face with his life. Within the last few months the events of his life have become more familiar to us than ever before. His early childhood in the old country homestead in South Carolina; glimpses of home-life as portrayed in the pure and sturdy characters of his father and mother; the wholesome influences by which he was surrounded, and the way in which these acted and reacted upon his strong personality; his school life at Cokesbury, where at thirteen years of age he joined the church he was afterward to serve so well; his later pupilage under Dr. Thomas in (Jeorgia ; his college life at old Randolph-.Macon, and 12 THE COMETS- l)is short tarrying there as a tutor; his joining the itinerant phalanx of Southern Meth- odism within the first year of its organization; his youthful but efficient service in Virginia, in Alabama, in Mississippi, in Louisiana; his editorial work on the New Orleans Advocate, a paper which he founded; his membership and prominent position in the general conference? his call to the helm of the Nashville Advocate, and the steady hand that rested there in obedience to that call; his election to the episcopacy; his satis- factory discharge of his duties as president of great ecclesiastical bodies, and as codifier and expounder of the constitution of his church; the founding of Vanderbilt University, and his administration of the affairs of that instit ution, around which were clustered the fondest hopes of his heart. All these have been recounted and reviewed by able pens and eloquent tongues, and so the death of the great man has made for him a circle of larger and closer acquaintance. In reading these sketches of his career and estimates of his character, a stranger would perhaps suppose them marred by a certain extravagance of eulogy, which is but too common in the first expressions of sorrow. How far the cool, impartial criticism of the future may modify the opinions lately expressed, we cannot know. It may be that when the huge void created by his death shall be filled in by the compensations of time, when his work shall have been taken up by the adjusting hands of another generation, when our appalling sense of loss shall have been surprised by the resources and the supplies of Providence, When tears are brushed away from Sorrow's eyes. And she has clearer vision, when his life shall have been tried by the hard standards of a century's advance, if may be that his measure will seem less than now. Vet the probabilities are that it will seem greater; for, in whatever excesses of statement these first lamentations may have indulged, the twentieth century will hardly read them in the light of undiscriminating, commonplace obituaries; for, if Bishop McTyeire’s work has been characterized by one feature above all others, that feature has been that his work was wonderfully crystal- lized into permanent results. If he built a church edifice, he put it where it was needed, and where it would stand. He opposed the distribution of the publishing interests of his church, and the great book depot; at Nashville was centralized and solidified. He founded the New Orleans Christian Advocate, and it became one of the most powerful ecclesiastical journals of the South. He favored lay representation in the great legisla- tive conference, and it became the organic law of the church. He projected the estab- lishment of a theological seminary, and though a warm controversy ensued, in which the opposition was led by the gifted and eloquent Bishop Pierce, still Wesley Hall was built, -sN THE COMETS 13 and now gives shelter to one of the chief departments of Vanderbilt University. His rulings and constructions of church law and parliamentary proceedings took shape in his Manual of the Discipline, and will live as precedents and rules for the guidance of those who shall come after him. His analysis of the Discipline he drew up in the shape of questions and answers, and left to the church his Catechism of Church Government. His views of Methodist history were embodied in what will hereafter be the standard Southern volume on that subject. His opinions on the various measures of the church administration were wise and large, and he did much to develop and systematize foreign missions, church extension, woman’s work, Sunday schools, and the literary and educa- tional interests of bis denomination. Aside from these more tangible products of his labor, he was a wise counselor. His advice was sought by all classes of men, and on all manner of subjects; and it is safe to say that his opinions given in answer to such calls will live on in an enduring stream of influence running through thousands of human lives. He was pre-eminently, and by common agreement, a far-sighted man. It was natural to his judgment to forecast, not at hap-hazard, but upon wise grounds. The writer once heard him deliver a masterly address upon “Pure English” (and it is needless to say to those who knew him, that the address was an exemplification of the theme), in which he took occasion to excoriate the wrong uses of the word GUESS; and the number of words suggested by him as suitable to take its place, such as reckon, judge, think, conclude, showed the solid sagacity and logical methods on which lie did most of his guessing. He had a genius for planning, for founding, for organizing, for investing, which was simply invaluable in the spero of action to which he was called. Of course, he made mistakes. His wonderful prescience still fell far short of that omniscience which alone can see the end from the beginning. He was not infallible—did not claim to be. 11 is pathetic confession of his own short-comings, as he conceived them, in a watch-night talk to the boys of Wesley Hall, some years ago, will never be forgotten by those who heard him then. He was a remarkably accurate judge of men on short acquaintance; yet he himself used to relate a humorous instance of how once in a dis- trict conference he totally misgauged the calibre of a preacher with whose high forehead he had become infatuated on first sight. Hut in his selection of special men for specific purposes, he was probably without a superior. This faculty caused him to rely on his own judgment to a degree greater than is common among men. Some thought that lie relied too much upon it; some thought that he relied upon it as against all other things. Perhaps it was rather as summing up all other things; for, until final action had been taken, he turned a deaf ear to no source of information or counsel, however humble. 14 ■ THE COM ET: As an illustration of these two factors in his decisions, may bo quoted his view of those much-abused instruments of civilized introduction, letters of personal recommendation. “Y«s,” he said, not a year ago, “yes, I like to read them. But (what a tremendous emphasis he could give an adversative) they come cheap in these days. I'd rather talk with a man half an hour than read his whole budget of recommendations.” He made mistakes; of course he made them. But it is simply marvelous what a way the almanac had of straightening up those mistakes. His failures had a wonderful knack of reappearing as successes. In conference work ho often surprised even the presiding elders, with whom the bishops were wont to advise on such matters, by mak- ing some unexpected and apparently unsuitable appointment; but many who at that time thought his judgment at fault, afterward acknowledged that events justified his decision. In the exercise of the power committed to his hands as a bishop, he was compelled at times to subject men to inconvenience and hardship. He sometimes saw that it was necessary to sacrifice the one for the good of the many. He took a broad view of church needs and church work. His eye swept the whole field, and he issued his commands from the standpoint of headquarters. He was a much misjudged man. This, to some extent at least, was inevitable. He was placed in a position where every act was closely scrutinized, and fearlessly, 1 might almost say mercilessly, criticized. How well he bore this scrutiny and this criticism, let the mourning Methodist church, from Oregon to Florida, testify. Most of his acts affected numbers of men, and involved conflicting interests. This necessitated disap- pointment and dissatisfaction, and it too often resulted in prejudice and harsh judgment. This prejudice was often intensified by the Bishop’s reserved and secretive caution, together with the unshakable tenacity with which he clung to his decisions when once made. His judgments he would state in the face of an adverse multi- tude; his reasons he would tell to few or none. “Brethren.” his slow reply came to two preachers who had come to his room after conference to intercede in behalf of a fellow-preacher who thought that he had been wronged in his appointment, “I have thought carefully over those appointments; I have taken counsel concerning them; 1 have prayed about them; BUT THEY ABE MADE.” And his two interviewers knew that in those words there was all the emphasis of Gibraltar. Bishop McTveire was often judged by outward appearance—seldom a safe test of motive and character. His very voice and manner belied his real nature. His tones were loud and sonorous, insomuch that the London papers, during his attendance upon the Ecumenical Conference, compared his voice to a foghorn; yet that voice knew how to croon and prattle to a little child, and to whisper words of comfort and strength THE COMETH- 15 where they were most needed. His manner seemed hard and dictatorial, and he was often pronounced an unapproachable man. Nothing could be further Ironi the truth. Those who knew him best realized how delicate were his sympathies, and how tender his feeling. What passed to the outer world for stolidity, or indifference, or pride, was but the magnificent will power of a self-poised man who suffered and rejoiced through a wide range of strong emotion, and who yet had that emotion under perfect control. Among the permanent results into which it has already been said that his work took shape, perhaps the noblest monument to his memory is Vanderbilt University. Without him, it would never have been. More than any other, his guiding hand mapped out its policy, and gave organic form to its various departments. More than any other, his broad shoulders and sagacious brain bore the burden of its vast and varied interests. In a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the affairs of the University, it will do other great men no injustice to say that he was without an equal. Ilis acquaintance reached from the largest plan of financial endowment or expenditure down to the smallest minutia- of practical administration. His great grasp of mind embraced the general policy of the University, and yet his capacity for details was marvelous. He knew every closet in the buildings of the campus—every shrub on the grounds. Stroll- ing leisurely along the drives or walks, he was ever on the alert to all about him. He seemed almost ubiquitous. “For a man who walks as slowly as he does, he gets to an impossible number of places,” said one who watched his movements. Wherever work was going on, and wherever work was needed, there was he. Shortly after the dastardly attempt to burn the main building had been made, I met him one evening after dark, going toward the gymnasium. I happened to think of the coal-slide in the gymnasium, he said: “it has been left open, and I am going down to close it ui).” Taking a street car at the stile one day, he had scarcely seated himself before he noticed that the clouds were gathering; and, after riding some three hundred yards, he alighted ami walked back. I met him near the main building. “Tell Mr. Douglass to have that hay taken in,” he said; “it is going to rain.” Then he started back to the city—probably to a meeting of the Executive Committee or an important conference with the Treasurer. At another time, when he had just come from holding a consultation with reference to tilling a vacancy in the Faculty, 1 saw him passing along in front of one of the Uni- versity residences then in the hands of the mechanics. As he walked slowly by, his eye caught sight of an unlucky painter who had swung his paint bucket over the eves of the house, and his keen glance detected a stream of dark liquid trickling down upon a 16 THE COMETS white background. Without stopping in his walk, ho raised his stick, and called out: “You are streaking that cornice.” The painter set about remedying the mishap, and the Bishop continued his walk. These little things were characteristic of the man. How many open coal-slides, how much damaged hay, how many spoiled cornices, we might have had but for his watchful care. In a very special sense, ho was the student’s friend. His interest in young men was intense. Memories of his own young manhood made him sympathize with student life. The great burdens he boro gave him little opportunity to know students personally, and yet his range of acquaintance among them was larger than might have been supposed. Many whom he seldom met face to face he knew individually, or through their people at home; for he had treasured up vast stores of memories from the immense number of people whom he had known. A face or a name he rarely forgot. He scanned the matriculation roll carefully aud thoughtfully, and linked its record with the old family circles of other States and other days. With searching penetration into character and thoughtful provision for the future, he looked to the development of young men. He was always inquiring about students—what they were doing, and what they seemed likely to do. To many of them—just how many the world will never know—he extended aid in a very practical shape; and of the generous salary which he received, a large part went, not in extravagant living, but in helping others. A whole life of unselfish gener- osity lies back of that noble sentence in his will, 4i I die poor.” We shall miss him—how much, perhaps wo do not yet realize. We shall miss him from his accustomed work, and his familiar form will never again be seen along his favorite walks around the University; but no man could ask a nobler memorial than the loving hearts he has left behind him, or a grander mausoleum than the waving trees and stately buildings that throw their soft evening shadows across his grave. © 18 THE COMET • o GLASS or ’59 ♦ o� OFFICERS L. S. Mekriam...............................President. C. IS. Hurke................................Vice President. O. II. Wilson...............................Secretary and Treasurer. C. M. Luttekloh..............................Historian. W. G. Hunt a.................................Poet. ----JULY, 1920------ TO iiim whose heart beats true to the things which were once a source of inno- cent pleasure, and which are constantly enveloped in the inmost recesses of his soul, a gentle remembrance serves almost to carry him hack to the days them- selves wherein all of which he now but dreams was so real. As Time advances on his rapid journey, bent on a destination the end of which no mortal knows, nor, indeed, can know, striking ruthlessly with his great scythe those of us whose term of mundane existence has expired, we may well bethink us, Whither do we tend ! “Time and tide wait for no man.” Truly has tiiis been exemplified in all the times of life and death. We meet a friend budding into robust manhood, endowed with a priceless legacy, that of good health and a vigorous constitution, at the very threshold of life, upon the stern demands of which he is soon to enter; we accost him, greet him, ask him “ Quo tenetis iter ” bike all other mortals, he cannot divine. He is alloat upon the great sea, tossed hither and thither by the litful waves, at the mercy ot Provi- dence, which alone has knowledge on what shore he shall land, bite is a terrible problem, for the solution of which we are placed here. We are brought into this world •' THE COMETH- 19 without any consultation as to our desire or aversion to assuming its cares, set down amid a great multitude of peoples, and left to choose between the good and the bad. There is the first step in the problem, illustrating the mutability of Fate, the immuta- bility of Heaven. We are not the architects of our fortunes— “There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Hough hew them how we will” We are but the tools of Fate. “ The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be proud, if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.” Our nature is, therefore, dual. We are taken away with the same utter indifference to our wishes. These reflec- tions of a philosophic cast intrude themselves upon me, and claim my attention, this sultry, hot July afternoon, to such a degree that I cannot refrain from penning them, the various little arguments so conducive to inactivity notwithstanding. Suggested, as they are, by the general Alumni meeting, and particularly by the Beuniou of the Class of ’s'J. at the Commencement in June, 1 emerge from the “innocuous desuetude” into which I had fallen, and derive pleasure from these afterthoughts. It is simply phenom- enal to witness what changes thirty years have made. Hip Van Winkle's astonishment could not have been much greater, though he slept twenty years. We have been awake, yet thought it hardly possible that such revolutions could be wrought. The old Campus that was the delight of every student’s heart, the buildings, so massive and so admirably adapted to the purposes for which they were erected, still stand, which fact makes them all the dearer; but the improvement, the additional structures, make it the nourishing University it is. Such liberality of spirit prevails, a thing sadly lacking at the close of the 19th century, and as an immediate consequence, advantages have been taken. 1 was struck with the healthy inter-fraternity spirit manifest on every hand; the same old Creek letters are still there, and though others have from time to time entered, it seems as if something were against them ; they languished and became factors of the dead past. Hach has striven with honest emulation, as in the time when we “of ’80” were there. Beautiful chapter houses have been built, and are really the objects of chief interest to visitors. But the Class of ’80 concerns me most nearly, and 1 shall make a few notes, for my own reference and pleasure, of the several graduates who wended their way into the busy world. The reunion was, hi every seneo of the word, a success, and it did my old heart good to see friends, of some of whom I had not even heard in more than a quarter of a century—almost a life-time. 20 THE COMETS Albcs, who was the dude ol the Class, in so far as that name is applicable to taste an l style, but not attended with any opprobrium, was there, with all tin; old-time char- acteristics. I was glad to hear that he is a successful lawyer, and has made for himself a name at the bar which will live long after the soul is freed from his body. Itonta, with his “meek and lowly'’ look, gave pleasure to tin occasion by his genial countenance and the cordiality with which he greeted his old chums. 1 learn that he became quite an admirer of the fair sex, since he was Historian of the Junior Class and took occasion to record the “mashing” capacity of several boys, lie soon married, settled down as a banker in Harrodsburg, but this bustling life did not suit him much; he therefore retired to the country, where he now resides, surrounded by an intercstinfi family, and fields smiling with peace and plenty. Burke went out from the University buoyant with the air-castles which he had been building, and thought some day he could tell his classes incidents that occurred “ when I was in Leipsie.” Securing a little school, he taught for awhile—just a little while. Somehow, the directors did not like his way of imparting the art of pedagogy, and told him they could dispense' with his services in the future. Always proud, Purke did not like that kind of treatment, and decided to betake him westward, where the star of empire shineth, or words to that effect. So, he did not teach. At Austin, he put up a candy shop, where he might have become princely rich, but Jay Gould saw the oppor t unity, and entered the il sweet” field in opposition. Fate seemed to say, like the Church-street police, “Move on ! ” and he moved, booking ever at the Star of Umpire, lie came upon the beautiful prairies, where his heart’s fondest desire suddenly made itself known ; he is now a dashing cow-boy, as free as the beasts that roam the plains. Davis thought the law was just the thing for him, and prepared himself accordingly. Settling in one of the little towns of West Tennessee, he hung up his shingle, with his name in bright, golden ltd tors. “ lie lisped in numbers, for the numbers came;” that is to say, numbers of bills, etc. He was a man whom the world did not know how to appreciate, and thus the bar lost one of its rough diamonds. Disgusted with spending his life in waiting for clients, he hied him to Oklahoma, where he became quite an influ- ential citizen—after the others had been disposed of by internecine warfare. Paul Jones (not he of naval fame in tin War of 1812, but our own lazy Jones, our sometime poet, that never astonished the world even with spring effusions) came, loyal to his old Alma Mater, to mingle once more with us, some of whom lie had not seen in three decades. He is the same old fellow, a little scarred by the battle of life, but his countenance indicates that his has not been a life of uselessness. Learned left the University ready to survey the world with his engineering know]- 3 THE COM KT - 21 edge—and apparatus. Wending his way to Mexico, Central America, and at length to South America, he became quite proficient in carrying the chain; but the funniest thing in the world is that he carried the chain so well that his superiors would not think of his promotion; that hoy might have made America famous but for the selfishness of the chiefs of the party. Thus is the country robbed of another genius. “ Full many a gem of purest ray serene,” etc. Another pedagogue was Low a. lie, however, did not lind it a bed of roses, and early substituted in its stead the profession of the law. lie was quite successful in handling the accused, invariably sending them behind the bars, when he appeared in their defense. It was never known why lie did this, but it could not have been done better if he had tided never so hard. There is an incident, at once amusing and sad, told of him. A client of his was arraigned, charged with murder in the first degree; circumstantial evidence was overwhelmingly against him. and Lowe’s heart bled for the poor fellow. He concocted a bold scheme, however, whereby lie hoped to save a life. Changing apparel with the prisoner, to whom he bore a remarkable likeness, he was carried into court, in which he thought he could clear himself by proving an alibi, or making a pathetic speech. Things went against him, and lie was sentenced to “ hang by the neck until dead, dead, dead!” This, notwithstanding his protestations that he was himself. His base client had meanwhile slunk away; the likeness was unfortunate, and the poor fellow paid the penalty a few years since. Of course, he was not present at the Alumni meeting, much to our regret. Luttcrloh left us in 1 -.si) with 15. S., bent on healing the sick. Ho studied medicine in the Medical Department of Vanderbilt, graduated therefrom in two years, and went to North Carolina, where he became quite a successful village doctor. He carried health wherever he went, and desired to alleviate human suffering, rather than gain fame by some great discovery, for this modest reason, the world has heard little of him. Ho married—aye, he «lid—took unto himself a wife, and has lived in conjugal happiness, lo! these many years. Ho did not disguise the fact that his family affairs and increasing business prevented his attendance. He has an interesting (?) family of thirteen, in whom he is quite wrapped up, with his strongly paternal nature, his big, sympathetic heart, and his love for all mankind. .1 Lems made his way for Gotham town, and plunged into the whirlpool of that busy metropolis, and I regret to say I do not know what he is now doing, or why he did not attend the Alumni meeting. Such is life! Friends drop out of our memory when we are occupied with our own battles, and are as if they never were. Merriam was the Faculty LVpresentative at our Commencement, and enlightened us 22 THE COMET NN- as to the condition of things European in the year 1870. He was intended for a career of business by his father, hut, with the knowledge which he had gained while at school, he could not afford to rob the world of his services. He entered the field of .journalism, where he vindicated the adage, “The pen is mightier than the sword,” ami became the head ot the rhiet party paper in the State. His was a clean, inoffensively partisan sheet, free from the blind and excessive championing of a thing because it was of the party to which it belonged,a model mirror wherein the events of the world were vividly shown. The world often recognizes merit, and Merriam was sent to the Court of St. .lames to represent the grandest nation on the globe. Here, his probity, sobriety and skillful diplomacy won him great favor. He resumed his editorial position after his term there, and made merry with the Class of ’Si) in their meeting. Morrison has become notorious for political wire-pulling, and is one of the chief members of the Democratic State Executive Committee. He soon graduated in law. and settled in one of the good counties of the “Old Volunteer State,” and was sent early to the eapitol to help save the country. He was very popular in his own county, from which he could obtain almost anything in their power; but, strange to say, he could not possibly make the people of his district believe lie was the. man for Congress, although he was repeatedly before the conventions—not seldom as a “dark horse.” lie was once almost nominated for governor, but some wire was pulled too hard, producing discord in his faction, and thus his gubernatorial aspirations were “kilt.” Not disheartened, how- ever, by these adverse manifestations of Kate, he maintained his accustomed perpen- dicularity, and went again to the lower house of the State solons, in which In lacked but one vote to make him speaker. “0, cursed spite,” etc. The poor fellow, maddened by the reverses with which his party had been meeting, dreamed a dream that was not altogether a dream, for it soon took definite shape in a diabolical scheme, compared with which nothing has ever been heard. The Class of ’81) must regret that one of their number acted thus, for it was on account of this very tlmsnoss that he was like to end. He, with some pals, stole the ballot-boxes in the most important wards of the city elections, thereby defeating the other party. Fraud was suspected, but the suspicion could not be substantiated. At length the unravelling developed the startling intelli- gence that.7olm Franklin Morrison was the prime mover in the scheme; excitement was supreme; Johnny saw his opportunity, and by his political technique, his inherent adroitness, so schemed as to liberate himself from all punition there. He was so nearly gone that his hair all came out; there are now no silver threads among the gold. No—naw-h-h-h-h ! Omohundro, being of rather an adventurous nature, early went to Africa, where he -sN THE COMETS 23 hoped to prove himself a true humanitarian in showing his willingness to become civil- ized. He had succeeded in capturing Kmin Bey whep last heard from—in other words, lie had met the enemy, and he was theirs, lie could not, therefore, put in appearance at Vanderbilt. Parks was a very visionary fellow, and imagined he was just the stuff out of which to make a line lawyer. He accordingly placed himself under the tutilage of a line faculty, and, having graduated, found himself, with no little pride, ensconced in a cosy law office, waiting and watching. This process, however, was not sustaining, and his brain was severely tested as to the plan by which he should eke out a livelihood. Sam Jones, now quite a venerable servant of God, and a most successful evangelist in the HUh century, came to Parks’ town soon after, and preached with such fervor and ardor that the hard heart became soft with divine love. His whole life was changed : he quitted the bar, became a minister of the faith, and is now a circuit-rider in Texas, where all his energies are expended in the efforts to save his dock. He has become very humble, and though not known widely of men, his name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and the angelic choir sing of his charity. Who would have thought it ! .Ire we the architects of our fortunes? Arc we the shapers of our destinies? It, cer- tainly seems we are not. Iiifig, the light hearted, go-as-you-please, happy youth, who never had a care to sadden his joyous heart, always buoyant with some anticipated scheme, ora romp with •• .McGinnis,” came, too. Age has told on the old bov some, but that same genial nature is still there, as in “our days.” He looks funny, though, now, since; his forehead has had such a tendency to increase that it has well-nigh “taken in the back of his neck,” and the shining head beams with his little (?) smiles. Kigg was once or twice a promi- nent candidate for l . I!., hut, owing to successful chicanery, he was robbed of his just merits, for even his opponents had to confess that the degree was his, regarding true merit alone. He has not grown in stature at all—the same laughing, jolly fellow, except as to the departure of the hair aforesaid, lb; also took the law, but, singular to say, it did not like him. lie demolished his shingle with bitter tears of regret, and then bethought him of an idea that was just tin thing. In traveling in the West, as yet undecided what locality he would make famous by his residence, he stepped oil lor a week or t wo at Salt Lake City. This great .Mormon stronghold had peculiar charms for him. Shortly after his arrival he was visited, as a distinguished gentleman, by the .Mormon Priest, between whom and himself then; sprang up an exceeding intimacy. In time, the Priest died, and Kigg, having grown in favor with the people, was, with won- derful unanimity, elevated to that dignity. This was no less a surprise to him than to his 24 THE COMETS- Humorous friends. Ho lias prospered singularly (rather plurally), and little “Toby,” a line, handsome lad of ten years, just the very image of his •Paw” aceompauied him to Commencement. This youth, “Toby, Jr.,” of whom there were about twenty-live, enjoyed very much the scenes of his priestly “paw-paw's” school days. Von see that “Toby, Sr.” had become very much married. To make amends for the disappointment which lie suffered as candidate for R. and, recognizing the eminence which he has attained, the Class conferred, without any dissent, the degree I). U., an honor which has never been given by any other class, and the only one given by this. Departing from the University, Wilson followed the avocation of a tramp, but as it was all calling and no bread, he reluctantly determined to go to work, however degrad- ing such a thing might seem. He, therefore, applied at some machine shops for a “sit- uation,” and was successful—in getting nothing. Next, he directed himself toward the East, where he joined an emigrant party and other cattle just embarking for the Fiji Islands, which had then become a place of great importance. Here he lived ami pros- pered a number of years. Having amassed considerable fortune, he returned to the United Stales and settled in California; there, plunging into speculation in some mis- taken El Dorado, like that of 1889, lie lost, poor fellow, all he had. Stimulated now by the hidden possibilities of the future, Ik became conductor of a wheel barrow in a gold mine, in which capacity his etlicient services won for him the applause of all his fellows. The mine was shut up, however, and he again was alone in the world. He soon engaged in grape culture, married, and is now prosperous. His son. Tommy ••Jones” Wilson (named after his Uncle Tom), came with him also. The hardships and changes which he has undergone did not fail to leave their marks, but he doesn't look very old. Winfield was our Theologue, and we left him filled with a desire to preach, in which he was sincere. After graduation, however, and a few years of ministry. Ins sincerity notwithstanding, he came to feel that he had missed his calling. Tins often becomes a sad realization to those just beginning the course of life, and many a one, after his prime, must turn back to the starting point. .So in this case. Winfield was always a great wag, almost a Jack Falstaff, without the superabundant flesh and his young Prima , but having much wit. The possession of this faculty dawned upon him, as lie lay one night bathing his pillow with tears, cogitating as to what disposition he should make of himself. He determined to try the stage not Shakespeare’s stage, on which we are all actors—but that for the amusement of the populace. He was not suited for a trage- dian, and therefore began traveling as an “end man,” with one of the finest minstrel troupes on tin road, in which he gained a great reputation for his quickness at repartee, striking originality, etc., etc. Though lie discontinued preaching, he did not leave the 25 - i THE COMETS Savior who died for him. lie believed that tinae could be purity on the stage, that religion could live there, though it might not rule. Ilis career wa� June of peace and happiness, but was terminated untimely by some misfortune, llnfaiaiure of which I fail to recall, and I lirmly believe that he represents us in heaven at the throne of the great •‘I Am.” He did not preach the gospel, yet In exemplified it by his honesty, sobriety and general probity. In perusing the above, listlessly jotted down at my leisure, I am forcibly struck with the changes that take place in one’s life. However strong the resolution may have been which impelled one to a certain course, it cannot always keep him there. [Note. Discovered some time ago in some old papers scattered in a garret. Editors.] see E3E2E3f3E3E313 26 - THE COMET! THE • SENIORS • BOW • THEMSELVES • OUT Muse, that didst in tin palmy, golden (lavs Tune Maro’s voice t � thy melodious lyre, Ami in his soul instill heroic lays. All glowing with a tierce, poetic lire, Thee I invoke to aid me as 1 sing The glories of a brave, victorious hand, That all the earth with their great deeds may sing; Their names immortal he in every land, From Norway’s ice-hound coast to hibga's torrid strand. Four times about the life-supporting sun The earth her lone, unending course hath held; Four times her annual circuit hath been run Since first that hand, by Wisdom’s voice impelled, At Vanderbilt determined to explore The mysteries of Latin and of (ireek; To wander far in fields of occult lore, The priceless pearl of learning there to seek, And wade and wallow in the deep Pierian Creek. They came as Freshmen fresh to Learning’s fane; He fore her haughty priests they bowed them down. As Freshmen they were met with high disdain, As Sophomores they thought to do the town, As Juniors they began to undergo The esoteric teachings of the school, Stale jokes and puns, which tilled their life with woe. And now as Seniors they have reached the tliule Of knowledge. (Tin-types of them for sale by Poole.) What can men learn that Seniors lo not know? What can men think that Seniors have not thought? Their minds in broad, expanding circles grow, And master all what man before hath wrought. S THE COMETS 27 On every line of thought their course pursue, lu abstruse problems revel at their ease, In every book discover something true, (Conceal it or obscure it as you please) As Tigert’s bogie; yea, or Smith’s Thucydides. tireat have their labors been, yet have they toiled With linn determination, and at last The strife shall cease; their great attempts unfoiled Will win their aims, and with the silent past Their college life, its joys and woes, will blend. No more examinations, busts no more,- (), glorious day for them when these shall end; O, glorious day when, standing on the shore Of life’s vast sea, libations to the gods they pour. Vet as they set their sails for parts unknown, They would not go without one last adieu To thee, great Alma Mater, who hast thrown About them thy protecting robe, and through The slow revolving months hath been their guide. And now the roaring ocean soon shall swell And bear away upon its ebbing tide The Senior band; their future none can tell. But come what may, Vanderbilt, farewell, farewell. 28 THE COMET s- ) 9 ) ) ) i) )(i) Z) 0 • o • GLASS or ’90 • o OFFICERS 'resident. Viet President. Secretarii tun! Treasurer. Historian. Poet. g (i) (e) ( ) 6) (e) (e f«) fi) fe) % W. II. IIULMK.... o. w. McConnkli. C. I). Moss.... •I. W. Mookk.... W. M. Taylor____ - THE COMET !-• 29 � ♦ o GLASS or ’91 � ♦ o 'f OFFICERS A. C. Fo it i)............................Presiden t. F. S. Ukockman............................Kicc President. E. II. Jones..............................Secretarii and Treasurer. ...........................................Historian. W. E. Stokes..............................Aw. THE • SOPHOMORE • CLASS Attempting to write a history of the Sophomore Class reminds us of the toper who, when both .jug and purse had become empty, handed the former to his clever son, saying, “ Have this filled.” “Where is the money ” asked the boy “Anybody,” said his father, “could have it filled if he had the money; hut show how smart you are by bringing me something to drink without having any moneyThe boy departed, and, returning after some time, placed the jug before his father and said, “ Drink.” “Mow can I ?” inquired the old man. examining the jug; it is empty.” “Any man,” the boy answered, “could drink out of a full jug, but it takes a smart man to drink out of an empty one.” Likewise we would say to our readers, if you are not pleased with this history, remember that any one would be delighted with a history chock full of fun and interest; but we take it for granted that you are clever enough to drink from an empty jug. It is usually expected that a class history shall be funny. 'Phis may do Ibr the innocent Fresh., who have never tried to read Pliny’s pony less letters; or for the Jun- iors, who have nothing to do but wear their canes, sport thear semi-plugs, and walk off 30 - tile comets with that hundred-dollar scholarship; or for the Seniors, who live in the second story °I library with the fellows, professors, and “jacks.” Their pathway is strewn with tlowers and Hooded with sunshine. Hut we are Sophs. —we looked into solid geometry and never smiled again. As we slowly and sadly turn over memory’s pages, we read of our blighted hopes, fruitless aspirations, and untold agonies. On this page is recorded our first meeting with “Jimmy” in Latin exam. How meek and innocent he looked! Who would have dreamed that he could so cruelly murder our hopes, and send us with terrible impreca- tions into the awful inferno of the •• busted ! ” Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy ! thy mild eyes and soft voice are not to be trusted. Who can remember thy sweetly flowing “ Eh? Mithtcr IVetth,” without feeling a heartache never to be forgotten? Each tear stain upon this thickly-blotted page bears silent witness to the mighty sorrows of a wretched Soph. This next page tells of that fatal morning Dr. Vaughn told Downer ‘ ’ where an asymptote is tangent to a hyperbola. We looked on in amazement as we saw him Climbing the dizzy heights of that asymptote far beyond the highest point ever touched before by mortal man. Higher and higher he went—smaller and smaller his form became. Suddenly gravitation seemed to loose its hold upon him; without effort he swept on, on, on. He became a mere speck in the upper air; then he vanished — gone forever. 11(5 was a bright and manly youth. We loved him as a brother. We shall never look upon his like again Pha thon-like he attempted unlawful things —but it was not his fault; his teacher ought to have restrained him. instead of urging him on Oh. dear, departed brother, thou didst die a martyr, but not in vain; for rest assured that thy sad fate has restrained our longings fora closer and more intimate actpiaint- aneo with the dark mysteries of math. Dr. Vaughn tried to soothe our grief by saying, “ 15c not sorrowful, my dear young brethren, for asymptotes are sure roads to math.-heaven. Yes, he has gone to that city whose gates are ellipsoids; whose walls arc reciprocal cones; whose streets are paved with tangent planes; whose mansions are made with hyperbolic-paraboloids; whose cit- izens arc so wealthy that even the poorest enjoy their sleep upon hyperboloids of two sheets, so mighty that they carry infinity around in their vest pockets and use asymp- totes for toothpicks, and so intelligent that math, professors are imaginary quantities. These were comforting words, ’t is true; but no words of consolation could still the onroclydon of sorrow that swept across our souls. Wo still weep for thee, oh, Downer, with undiminished grief. Thus each page is but a story of disaster and woe. Our soul, overcome with the sight, shrinks from the page and refuses to read on. That man who could look back 03644385 -sMTHE COMET 31 upon his own ;iucl his brother’s misfortunes, who could remember these dark days of January when our destiny hung trembling in the balance, who could listen again to the snapping of heart-strings and the cries of wounded souls, and then with smiling face jest about them and treat them as a joke — that man would jest over the colliti of his dearest friend. We might write at great length concerning the class reception held at the beginning of the term, or the line record of the Sophs, in athletics, the great amount of class spirit which exists, the Soph, hat and cane, the brilliant Soph, speakers who obtained places, and the superiority of this Soph, class over any preceding one. The only reason we do n’t do it is, it would n't be true. However, we have done one thing which is a source of gratification to us. We ourselves shall receive no benefit from our labors, but we have heaped lasting obligations upon all future Sophs. We have gotten rid of that old man of the sea, Prof. Clif. Ferrell; we have sent him to Germany We will relate the circumstances, not for the purpose! of gloating over I’rof. Ferrell, but simply to clearly put before future Sophs, their debt to us. At the beginning of the term I’rof. Ferrell carried all the translations into the second story of the library (that forbidden ground to Sophs.) in the vain hope to get a corner on them. Some, however, were left in the city, so the Sophs, did n’t stiller. In great chagrin at his failure the Professor has deter- mined to leave America, lie goes to teach the German student cavalry tactics in col- lege warfare, while Prof. Snyder performs a like otlice for the youth at home. In making our bow let us say that, reviewing the studies gone over during the year and seeking to discover what we have learned, we have come to the conclusion that Sophs, know but little here below, nor know that little long. 32 ‘i THE COMETS- ♦ i ior ♦ THE SOPH. POEM I studied o’er tin- work Tiik Combt had assigned, Ami thoughts of mighty luists rainc rushing ihrotlgh my miml. They said, “Soph, poet be; your words with rhyme adorn.” I to they not know that poets ne'er are made, hut horn? that the aneieiit Muse, gone from tin earth so long, Would come and to me give the «■harming power of song. thou blind hard, who sang the tale of Ilion's woe, Do thou within me dwell and power to sing bestow. () Hesiod’s muse, give now the soul-inspiring power; O thou whom Cited moil saw, be with me for this hour. 0 Sims’ gracious muse, where hast thou gone? ) come, and with poetic genious urge me on. 1 thus besought the muse at tirst, but found no hope; In vain 1 sought the muse whom “Fresh.” call Calliope. And Sims’ muse came not in answer to my prayer; I saw no Cu d moil's angel rushing through the air. Again I prayed; then lightning flashed before my sight; I heard tin- voice of Zeus then all grew dark as night. My head felt wondrous strange, and from the dreadful pain I thought the muse of song would leap from out my brain. I waited, but alas! a different vision came — A troop of phantoms dire, I scarcely dare to name. 1 M met them all before on many a hard-fought tiehl, Where, conquered by their might, I had been forced to yield. THE COMET 33 (ireat giants first, who led tin- hosts of English Math., Marched down the years, while death and terror marked their path. Old Cal. and younger Trig., as light-armed troops doth move, Although those slain by them their mighty power will prove. Demosthenes and Lysias next, and l’lato, too. As spectres from the past, came marching into view. These ghastly shades seem dreadful harbingers of woe; My blood, as touched with death’s cold chill, begins to How. Next Horace came, and Pliny, then our Cicero; A dreadful sight they move, so solemn and so slow. ireat fiery Haines appear upon each lock of hair, While dreadful sounds are heard proceeding from the air. Then next, with horrid front, came Hunt and English pros� . While nglo-Saxon verb its awful horror shows. The ghost of Denmark’s king then «piicklv flitted past; Pass' lectures next thank Heaven’ ‘t was the last. iii thing I saw with greatest pleasure, too. Kadi troop, with fiery whip, the furies doth pursue. Each phantom crowd had brought great toil to many a soul: I'or this they shall be scourged, while on the ages roll. Stern .1 list ice next, with gleaming sword, before me stood; Sill held those scales which weigh the evil and tin good. “ hear, thou Soph.,” said she, “(he tidings which I bring. And then go toll all Sophs, to ever shout and sing. “Those men who write text-books with which to bore the youth. Hthotigh these may be tilled with shining pearls of truth, P furies chased, rush on to eternity’s awful morn, nd then in llames they’ll spend those evoles still unborn •’These Profs., who always give the student too much work. And say, if e'er you ‘ride,’ ‘the rascal tries to shirk,' Escape their just deserts while through this world they go. Though conscience-lashed; but devils yet will roast ’em down hylow. 34 Till ! COMET i— OFFICERS T. II. Malonk, .Ik .1. A. BOBBINS__ W. S. ScA BRITT . . A. P. Ckockrtt.. C. L. Tk vbi'E__ S. F. WVNN...... . President. 1 Vice Presidents. .Secretarii and Treasurer. .. Historian. . Poet. ■ • Ex • X.- • ■ FRESHMAN • CLASS • HISTORY Once more has a band of youths, under the name of Freshmen, met to- gotlier with the determination to win for themselves the honorable title of Sophs, or “bust” in the attempt. Hacked by glorious hopes and the paternal pocket-book, and confident in their own success, their coining had been as unto victory. But when their hopes proved false, and, worse, when the aforesaid pocket-book refused to co-operate, the courage of the Freshmen waxed weak within them, and. as some one has beauti- fully expressed it, all there was could have been “pressed into liquid form and corked up in a bottle.” But just at this time several things happened, which tended to restore the faltering spirits of the Freshmen namely, the opening of the Vendome (with its indispensable “peanut ”) and the beginning of the fall races. Yea, verily, the lot of the Freshman is a hard one. With one exception the studies of the Freshmen ill accorded with what they would have desired. There was but one study in which they took delight; and what could that be but that pleasant pursuit, affording such ample room for mature thought — math.! The Fresh, is a born mathema- tician. The math.-room was one place where time passed all too quickly for the Fresh- THE COMET Y«r- 35 man. It was their delight in the balmy spring days to recline under the wide spreading trees which adorned the campus that haven for all oppressed denizens of the ethereal regions—and ruminate upon the hyperbola. One young Freshman — a demagogue he was—one who had great hopes of becoming an Archimedes, could hardly snatch the time from his math, to seek necessary repose, and then it was only to dream of loga- rithms and such like pleasant mathematical characters; while still another could often be seen upon the ball lield with his trusty hand-book of conic sections, solving the equations of Millington’s famous corkscrew curves. Hut enough of this enchanting study. How prone are we to speak brieily of what is unpleasant, and to forget our- selves, in a lengthy eulogy, in speaking of what is more to our taste. Hut everything has not been so pleasant. The Intermediate has rolled by with all its accompanying little unpleasantries, and a good many Fresh, have rolled homewards with all their available ellects, because they -had n’t intended to stay but live months.'’ Quite a number of the Freshmen, from preference, slightly altered their courses after Intermediate, and for some unaccountable reason the most popular change was to substitute elocution, that bane to students, for math., the Freshman’s delight. The Freshmen, as always, have been conspicuous for their politeness in the class room. For instance, in Knglish, whenever a question was given to the class, it was the invariable habit of the Freshmen to jtmnit the young ladies to answer it. Recognizing the great fact that it is not everything to excel in the class-room, and with tin motto that we must play if we would work, they turned a part of their indubi- table energies in that direction. Two several times have they met the Sophomores once on the base ball lield, once on the foot-ball lield — and two several times have they returned victorious. Following the example of their honorable president, who was him- self a noble twirler of the sphere, they fell upon the unsuspecting Sophs and wiped up the ground with them. Many important discoveries have been made by Freshmen this session, but two are of such importance, and produced so much comment at the time, that the Fresh, class deserve the credit of having them announced to the world: First, that the cosine of a triangle equals the right-hand side of the triangle; and the second, claimed to have been discovered by Columbus, that West side grub has one good quality — namely, that it isn't leather. It is rumored, however, that this latter is false, ami many illustrious West-siders incline to this opinion. Tin Freshman class have one thing to be thankful for, and that is, that but one member so far forgot himself as to try to make a pun; and, fortunately, it was discov- ered and suppressed while still m the bud. • 36 'TUE COMET r - ■ «CLHSS OR '92 l ♦ oh, my Muse, though w« an Freshmen, «Io not I m k on ns with scorn, l� ut in numbers wilt then I� « 1 j� ns to portray an nntunin morn. Crystal k w«lrops, heaven’s kisses, hung npon the leafy tr« � s As the sun began his rising, just before the Southern breeze. Fatuous morning in September, in the year of eighty-eight, Battle-fields were dry and yearning for a slaughter long and great. Soon their thirsty greed was ceasing, for ensued a battle hard ; And the unaccustomed Freshman soon was placed upon his guard. Though extrente was our confusion, and though some were white as tombs, bike grim Napoleon's soldiers, when old Britain sealed their «looms. All � � l us wen not so frightened, for wo gave Malone command; Robins brave, and noble Scarritt, Indped to cheer the little hand. Banks they chose to watch the baggage; Crorkett. too, should go along; ’harles Trahui should sketch tin compicst t hat to us should soon hchnig. I, they said, should watch the battle on poeth1 w ings should soar I’p above tin smoke and slaughter, as did Mars, tin god of yore. Hear the rumbling, mighty thumlcr; see that cloud of dust aris« ! T is the cannon's roar that's opening ’t is the foe before our « yes. S«-« the mighty host advancing, see the men « f every age, And we timid, little Freshmen with that host must soon engage. Comrades! come and rouse, ye gallants; grasp a sword, put on a shield. Ami let other� take up muskets, and we sure will gain the tiehl. Romans, such as Livy governs, come tip s«juarely ’gainst our right. And old Wentworth, in the center, now begins to press us tight. (Irecians, Attic and Ionic, strike our left with how and spear, While old Brooke and William Thack’ray can be found back in the rear. Look at Wentworth’s “secant bullets, and at Livy’s swords so bright, As they strike our men with terror, and try hard to win the light. As I see the great «lestruction and the slaughter of our band. 1‘Mwin Mims, as once did Ciesar, grasps a shield, takes sword in hand ; See him as he rushes forward t«i inllu-t a fatal wound! See ««Id Livy, stricken «lownward, falling bleeding to the ground ! While I'm looking on intently all my anxious thoughts incrcas« , Till I lind I in torn by bullets, and my songs fon-ver «■case. THE COMET 37 “ Young gentlemen, don’t you know the pronunciation of this letter?’’ “Seventy-live pages, next lesson; short lesson, gentlemen; thank you. 38 -••THE CO MKT K-;- TVao Deanes Code :• :• Some studious men, both loan and tall, Together live in Woslev Hall. To “ Vroeland poles” they’ll turn at last, Since in this house they’re made to fast. For ancient men a law did make: 41 Within your rooms you naught shall hake. Nor oysters shall you ever smell While in this sacred place you dwell; To fry one, that would he a sin, Or even boil it in a tin. On grits and oat-meal you shall feed, As brain-food’s all that now you need. In place of bread for muscle texture, We’ll bore you weekly with a lecture. You must not think that you are men And to your own allairs attend : For surely you're so very green You should in public ne’er be seen. Put up at once vour monthly dues For oil and other things you use. Although you really nothing owe. As all our books will quickly show. Yet each account you must pay down. As though you owed six men in town. You must be taught in sacred lore, And yet we fear lest that may bore. A thing of more importance yet We lecture free on toilette. You must he quiet in your rooms Don’t rattle dishes, knives or spoons. An apple you should never roast, Nor even bread with butter toast. If you transgress these sacred laws. The Dean will get you in his paws. With counsels then his w rath he'll vent, Till bored and weary you repent. 'IM I K COMET 1: 40 THE COMET . TF E VI°1jATED BY-L'AW [TKAN.SI.ATKD Ol'T OK THE ORIGINAL GREEK, AND WITH THK FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.) DRAMATIS I PERSON. : 1 U. i. ) Dean T. |� uo,. i; f IW of the I nireniUj. Mu. C. Cnours of .Sih-I’uofs. and Fkesiimi:n. Scene: III (In ('liniir, llnr's n(lire, Ojtmrard III (hr I fount: of Pro . I!. Itr. C. Ihil II i Dr. (I. Dean '. Dr. C. I h im T. Dr. ICgad! K Zeus, I’m in an awful plight, A ml Fato swoops down upon me Mark as night. I’rged I� y the Furies, whither .shall I llee? What refuge or protect ion is for me? O, how I shudder when I think, alas. Of what an awful thing has come to pass! How now, ( Doetor, by thy snow-white heard. What ails thee, and of what art thou afeard ? O, great Thcologist, to thee 1 kneel, Would thou couldst know the inward pangs I feel. Why, Sir. go now and take a dose of pills. And it will rid thee of thy present ills. Alas! Not so. Of all my pain the cause Is that some one hath tampered with the laws. What ! With the laws made by the Hoard of Trust Fall, fall, ye mounts, and grind me into dust. Hut, speak and tell me of this impious sin, And I will give good heed. Come, now; begin. The law forbids, as thou indeed dost know, That students to the theatres go, best they might there, in costume scant yet bold, A lovely female all attired behold. Hut know, in looking lately o'er the law I For sure mine eyes deceived me not I saw | Inhnl. -• ‘i THE COMET;- 41 Ihtiit Dr. !. I )ran T. Dr. !. D an T. Dr. ;. Mr. '. Dr. . Mr. C. Dr. ;. Mr. r. Dr. C. I raj. D. 'I'lif word lliKihr was n longer there. No� - Ii l I find it printc«l anywhere. Tims access to t in- theatre is free To every stmlent, as you well can sec. Alack a «lay ! Who dare I commit this «-rime? That we'll discover without loss oI time. Yes, vengeance swift tin- villain shall o’crtakc; A ml soon before mine anger shall In- quake. I'ndouc the law ! Why. ne’er was man so hold. Not e’en Prometheus who rohhed Jove of ohl. (IP HU'S. STKO 1 | IK. I lore’s a slate of t liings. Punishment it brings. It tin- guilty he detected. Ami I'm sure some one's suspected. Clip! will he his w ings. I f t In- guilty In- detected. Clipt w ill he his w ings. a vrtsi kociii:. 1 lere’s a pretty mess. May he we can guess Who might In- tin- malefactor Well-disposed to help the actor Soon to reap «listress. Who might he the malefactor, Soon to reap distress. Mine every hair «loth stand upon its end. Oh, why for me doth Dr. (i. now send ? Staml thou before me, and whate’er 1 ask. To answer truthfully he thine the task. Didst thou th«- proof of printed law impair? Not I, not 1, by all my heard I swear. Thine oath is null; it never will me fool. I swear hv all the girls in P 's school. Ah. that will «lo; then go thy way in peace. From all suspicion thee 1 now release. I. too, am siiiiiiiKined. Oh this plagued law Doth m - from my «lelightful slumbers draw. ( Ki ll Ihan T. | Introii. ( •;« il Mr. ( | I a trail. 42 ■ THE COMET KN- r. ;. I’roJ. . hr. Prof. ;. hr. n. Prof. II hr. ;. Mr. ('. Prof. H How now, Professor, sure thou didst not lo This wroil which the offender trail tmt rue? (I will feign madness.) Ugh! Poor Toni’s a-eoM. To be or not to be, Lear’s growing old. Ha! ha! 1 have thee on tin- hip, 1 say. But when he plucked his cursed steel away He’s mad ; he’s mad. Remorse o’erthrous bis mind. Alas! Iu bini the culprit now I lit id. O, no, no, no; believe me, I am sane. .lust give me time, and I will all explain. My madness was in jest. I had no thought That in it proof of guilt could e’er be sought. And now, by Woden and by Odin, too, I swear this heinous wrong 1 did not do. If thou didst not, then dost thou know who did? Speak out, and keep t in ni not the least thing bid. I think, I think, the cause of all this evil, I think, sir, must have been the printer’s devil. It may be so. I'll hie me to the town, And on the guilty devil sit me down. [ICxrmd hr. . uiul Prof. ’. T Tin; iioi si-: or chop. it. 0, dear Professor, what a noble scheme! [Inlroit. Is it, then, true, or am I in a dream? ’Tis true, indeed; and further can I say That Dr. (i. is now upon his way To charge the devil with the dreadful deed. So, from all imputation are we freed. CHORUS. STKOIMIH. As some day it may happen That a victim we must lind, We keep a little list, We keep a little list, Of the Chancellor's offenders Whose exit we shouldn’t mind, For they never would be missed, They never would be missed. There’s the man who busts in English, And the others of bis class, -s i THE COMETH- 43 Ami who by foolish questions Shows himself a silly ass. But to-«lay we’ve got a printer, For we really can’t resist Such a delicate temptation, So we’ll put him on the list. ANTlSTRorilH. Now, whether Mr. Devil Ueally moulded with the proof, It matters not lo us, It matters not to us, As the only thing we care for Is to keep ourselves aloof From any kind of muss, From any kind of muss. So we throw ofT all suspicion On another gentleman. As for him, he needs must hear it. ()r escape it as he can. And if Dr. !. should think it best. Why let him make a fuss, For we 11 laugh because his victim Isn’t «-it her one «if us. Mr. ('. Well, dear Professor, we’ve conn through ail right, And, t«i my inexpressible delight, Theatres evermore by law are free To students at the Fniversity. To-night the pea-nut box I'll occupy, O, peanut box, my soul for thee do sigh. Vo ’. . 'Tis true, ‘t is true, so let us now away To part, the glories of this happy day. [ I-'.rrttnf l ruf. H. and Mr. C. r :'XoTB. Accenting to SVhiucightbisa-uit. the participants in tin above chorus express the thoughts of the person- ages now upon the stage, while the latter, keeping time with the chant, execute a solemn dance. 44 - THE COMET ! • ■ iSsgg-9 ■ • • o � Y. n. G. A. K. I. Crock kit......... William II. IIulmk... Kd. Mims................ I 'll A ItLES I!. iSl'Itk K. . . President. Correspond inif Seen tori . 'Prensuri r. Heeordini) Serrrtnri . 1 embers Active....................................... 1C� Associate..................................... II Honorary....................................... 1 Miami total............................... 58 4 CO MKT is to Ho a solemn oik this year, and so we must have nu article in I it about the Y. M. A.” What a commentary upon the Y. M. A. ! Solemn? I Yes, sometimes; for there are hours when one can hardly he aught else than r solemn. Withdrawing the attention for a tew moments from the wild, mad rush of tin world to the quiet solitude of the inner self, who can keep back feelings of solemnity as lie there holds communion about the great questions of his life and des- tiny ? He finds that now we are but walking in tlx twilight, in the dimness of a great shadow thing athwart the ages by an unseen hand; and so, ever and anon, the brows must knit as the eves are strained to catch the faintest outlines of the distant goal, to which the linger of faith so earnestly beckons us as the days go by. Solemn? Yes. 45 THE COMETS when we peep with the blushing stars at the untold deeds of wicked men, who send home the sharpened point ortho poisoned dart, turn loose ambition and avarice, give full reins to lust and debauchery, and even at times rend the pure white robes of inno- cence. Yes, solemn, yet again when we think of tin heavy heart and faltering steps of sadness, of the starving body, of the weakened mind, and of the helpless, feeble, and sick. Xo human being unaided can find an outlet in this labyrinthine maze of life, and thoughts thereon can be nought else than solemn. But not so with reference to the Y. M. C. A., for there too often has the shadow all but disappeared, and the eye caught glimpses of a distant city of glory, and the ear heard echoes of a “melody not of earth.” In a phenominally short time the Young Men’s Christian Association movement has spread out through all the world, so that to-day in all nations to which through the preaching of the gospel has come the dawning of a brighter morning there also is to be found a branch of the Y. M. C. A. They are all bound together in one organization. All are but members of one noble body, whose heart is Christ, and from whom flow' the strong blood currents which bring the glow and warmth to all the parts. Working not against but with the church, it stands holding up her hands in the great battle. The branch at Vanderbilt is not an old one. Four years ago it was started with a membership of about six, but its growth since that time has been sure and firm. Its presence has been felt in no little degree, and great has been its beneficent effect on its own members and others who have been drawn within its influence. Believing the command, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” too great a one to neglect, the members have been striving by united effort to afford all aid to each other in the attainment of the noblest Christian character, and to bring others to a realization of the fact that man can only work out his highest destiny when in harmony with the will of the Creator, for ‘‘he only serves himself at all who serves his Maker best.” What fruit may come from the seed dropped humbly here and there will not be known until the morning of the judgment day. 47 «THE COMETH- 48 THE COMET i - TENNESSEE ALiPHA OK PHI DELTA THETA • IVSTAHUSI llvl) JAXUAKV li(), IS7 G. II. A nnistcU'l, 11. A. Armistcad, .1. T. Henson, I.. II. Campbell, Mso . ('. T. Coli , 11 ill'll ('iinnin liaiii, 1 V'l'cv ('unniuMiam, F. M Ml I is, M. F. Mlcinin ;, Ms«,.. W. 11. ioodpastnrc, Msij.. s. S. Crockett, M. I) PHATKE8 IN URBE A. M. Hawaii, V. F. Ilairis. A. K. Nowell, II. I’. Jackson, Msi,., I . I). Maddin, Ms.,.. .1. W. Manicr, Jr.. W. I� . Manicr, J. (’. .Mel lev in l.ls, Ms� ,., T. S. Mick, W. B. Palmer, M. A. Price, Ms(|., Markin Smith, M. I Waller Stokes, Ms� ,.. I. J. Si ubblolield. .11 Mvtton Tavlor, Ms.,., M. II. Vau’-lm, Waters, J. M. Watkins. M. I J. II. West, Ms.,. PItATRE IN PACULTATE ...................Demonstrator ol Anatomy. INSTRUCTORS . (Mamie Waller. IMS.. P,. M... M. S...........InM rnetor in Mathematics. Waller Dec ring, M. A........................Instructor in German. t John Daniel, B. 8............................Instructor in Pbvsies. FELLOW M. I. Crockett, M. A..................Graduate Mellow in German. CLASS OP ’SO P. M. Jones .. 1 )alton. la .. B. S. Marvin West, 11. A . .Talladeira. Ala • M. A. J. 11. Watkins.... .. Williston, Tenn... ..MM. B. M. W. Winliehl.. .... Mitt le Hock, A rk. ■ .11. A. CLASS OP ’00 Stewart Brooks. P� . S.. Mobile. Ala ..MM. B. S. 1). Thaeli .... .. Bellbuckle. Tellll.. . : M. D. (). W. McConnell . ... 1 lelelia, M � llt... ..B. A. Mlliston Murrell.. .. Nashville, Tenn . . . . .11. M. CLASS OP ’01 M. S. Brockman... II. 8. Stockton... .. Kansas Citv. Mo.. . 11. A. M. 11. Jones W. A. Webb . . Waynesboro, N. (’. . .11. A. CLASS OP ’02 II. A. Barr . . lallatin. Tenn.... . . B. A. II. P. Melleynobl; s. Mikton, Ky .11. s. A. P. Crockett.... .. Arrington, Tenn.. ..B. A. C. . Scarritt ... . . Kansas City, Mo. . . .11. A. TAKING SPECIAL COURSES (;. W. .Murray, Mori Valley, Ga. J. W. Sewell, Nashville, Tenn. Pope Taylor, Memphis, Tenn. o Absent on leave in Berm aiy t Cniversity of Aliibiun:-.. 1 -stMTHE COMETS- 49 TENNESSEE NU CHAPTER OF SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON Founded 1356 • Established 1875 Re-established 1SS3 FRATRES IN URBE I� . I . Adams, ’7(5. (’. S. Briggs, M. I� ., Vd. W. I Bnrdett, ’71). lion. i . W. Cantrell, Kentucky Chi. '7: � . V. 15. Cheatliani, ’74. B. F. Cheatham, Jr., Tennessee Onir.'a, 'S5. .1. It. Coleman, Tennessee Kappa, S’J. F. II. ('ompton, ’SO. .1. M. Dickinson, ’71. lion. T. L. Model, Tennessee l.amhda, ( 0. Dixie Douglass, M. D., ’SJ. .1. II. Makin. ’71. John Marly, ’SO. V. I’. Ferguson, SO. M. M. iarduer, '7-'� . Joel (irillin, Ceorgia Pi, ’-'«7. 11. I largrove, ’SI. .M. S. I law kins, .M. D. V. I'. IIopkins, Tennessee Lambda, ’70. J. W. Morton, Jr., Tennessee Lambda, ’7S. Norman Kirkman, ’Si. M. Limlsley, ’SI. A. II. Lusk, Kentucky Chi, ’70. W. L. Maitin. '70. F. (). Met iavock, ’01. II. It. Miller. ’87. S. W. Meek, Tennessee Fta, ’SI. May Iverton, ’75. T. A. Perkins, Virginia Sigma, ’75. .1. 11. Thompson, Tennessee Lambda. ’75. It. Vaughn. ’75. Mon. W. II. Washington, Virginia Sigma, '70. A. I . Wharton, '7'2. .1. M. Thompson, Kentucky Chi, ‘7'J. S. F. Wilson, Tennessee Lambda. FRATRES IN FACULTATE Andrew A. Lipscomb, D. I ., LL. D.... Kmcritus Professor of I'hilosophy and Criticism. C. S. Briggs, M. M.............. Professor of Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery. -CHARTER ROLL CLASS OF ’80 W. L. Carr, l h. C. B. W. IInnter, A. It. CLASS OF 0)0 J. W. Moore, A. It. W. S. Itoschroii1 (1 corgi Baseball, M. M. F. M. 1 'slier, Bh. (i. 11. (i illespie, 1 . B. W. Dodson, A. It. A. L. Itousch, I’ll. (i. CLASS OF ’01 Beiio It. Downer, A. It. Iticliard Allen, A. It. CLASS OF 08 W. W. Lewis. A. It. Lemuel Banks, A. It. W. II. Woods, A. It. s L C. L M urc hi son. lit REGULAR Clifton Atchison. 50 ; THE COMET KAPPA CHAPTER OF KAPPA SIGMA IvSTABUSHKl) 1X77 K K KSTAliUSI IKI) 18 S5 FRATUES IN FACULTATE o. H. Mcnoes, M. I . I). It. StubMHiehl, A. M., M. I)., I� . I . S. II. B. Buckner, Jr., It. M. I'ieUs, It. II. IIonian, 1C. T. 11 oil ins, Prof. Frank inmlmnn, (’. ( Morion, ('. B. Burke, W. It. Desohry. .1. B. I'on I, V. II. Burrill, M. Davis, U B. 1311 is, N. j. (’arpenter, FRATRES IN U HUM J. T. Kercluval, I. . N. Kirkpatrick. II. N. McTveire, Jr., .1. J. Moore, It. K. O'Neal, J. M. Patterson, CLASS OF ’8� W. It. lannawav, S. II. McKee, V. M. Milam, CLASS OF ’00 J. S. Marshall, K. J. Simmons, W. M. Taylor, CLASS OF ’02 W. O. Marris, C. M. Walker, IRREGULARS .1. B. (iihhs. 11 m”11 St ration. M. II. Sharpe, (’. W. Thompson, It. S. Thompson, James Vaughn, .1. It. Wilson. .1. F. Morrison, !■'rank White, O. II. Wilson. (’. II. Weakley, D. ( Webb. . II. Wilson. T. B. Wilson. €.-k,4 mi KAPTEPIA AAHOEIA AIKH nilTOTHZ ■a firrh,' ■ , - ITHE COMET 51 LiflmBDfl CHAPTER OK DELTA TAU DELTA • Established as the I. P. Chapter of Rainbow, 1882 • Consolidated with Delta Tau Delta, 1886 RESIDENT ALUMNI E. Ashcraft. l . M. Ihight, Walter Cain, .1. 1). 1 5. DeBow, Marry Evans, Frank . Fite, John '1'. l.ellyett. W. K. McAHister (Theta). ion Ming .Marr. Jesse ) vert on. J. W. Rudolph, Rev. J . 1 . Sprow Is i M n), Robert T. Smith. William Simmons, T. T. Tyler, Wilson T. Walters i Alpha), II. 1.. Wilson (Theta), Frank Vaughn. 1 Vest on Vaughn, William R. Smith. Frank P Fogg, 1 avi«l 1C. Jennings. CLASS OF 89 W. 1 . Thompson, W. W Hastings. CLASS OF •90 W. 1C. Savage, J. T. ■arrison. CLASS OF 91 calcs, II. E. I’.einis, 1). (’. Pierce CLASS OF ’92 K. II. 0. Dana, I� . C. 1 ’ierce, A. 15. .Neill. S. A. ( Jonkw right. 52 -B� i THE COMET; - CHI CHAPTER OF KAPPA ALPHA Estamusiiki Ai'kii. i). iss:{ k- RESIDENT !•:. E. Baithell (Ohi), Rev. O. S. (lardnier, G. V. Gibbs (Sigma), J. E. Hart (Chi), Thomas Hart (Chi), W. II. Johnson ( Epsilon� . .1. II. Kceble ( -hi), J. L. Whitwori ALUMNI E. T. Kirkpatrick (Sigma), Lawrence O’Bryan (Chi), W. F. Pierce (Epsilon), M. M. Ross (Chi), A. V. Shipp ( Delta), T. C. Tanner ( Pi), J. M. Williams (Chi), i i Lambda). CLASS OF 89 C. 1C. Albes, C. X. Burch, B. A.. W. G. Ilonta, G. T. Finn, W. C. Cherty, B. A, CLASS OF •90 L. S. Parks. J. W. Folk, C. I). Moss, ('. C. Washburn. CLASS OF ’91 R. L. Burch, CLASS OF ’92 J. S. Chick. 1). II. Hodges, V. M. Jones, Foster Jones, T. II. Malone, Jr. Bradford Knapp, SPECI A L COURSE S. K. 'owan, E. T. Seav. M. W. Ilandlv, N THE COM PIT 53 PI CHAPTER OF CHI PHI • ICSTAI'.USIIED XOVliMBliK 15, 1SS3 FRATRES IN URBE II. W. Kowrie, LL. 15., Ii. II. Enloo, Ewing Smith, Paul Hullcy, Rislev I awrence, Frank .Morrow. James L. Byrd, Harris Allen, (’. 15. Wallace, A. M. (Alpha), J. W. Maddin, .lr., M. I)., .1. M. Price, Henry N. Snyder, 15. A., Instructor in Katin. ACTIVE MEMBERS ’89 E. .1. Harper, Felix R. Hill, Jr., A. 15., Paul 15. Moore. W. C. Cole, G. II. 11 isle, ’90 Otiz McDonald (Gamma), J. N. Wheeler. ’91 G. F. Tucker. ’92 J. 15. Browder, J. F. Koiscr, Thomas '1'. Edwards, II. .1. Kelso, J. A. Ilynds, E. P. Loom is, .1. E. McGee. 54 THE COMETS THE BETA LiAmBDA OK BETA THETA PI UNIVERSITY OFFICERS .1. M. Saflord, Ph. I). Beta, 45), Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Professor of (ioologv. E. I' , lloss, D. D. iTIicta, ’GO), Professor of Biblical and Ecclesiastical History. Andrew Allison, Id- P . Mu, ’011. Professor of Commercial and Equity Jurisprudence. C. L. Thornburg, Ph. I). Beta Lambda, ’SI). Adjunct Professorof Astronomy and Civil Engineering. V. T. Magruder, M. E. Sigma, ’SI i. Adjunct Professor oi Mechanical Engineering. C’. ( . Ferrell, M. A., Instructor in Greek. Alfred Hume, (’. E., Instructor in Manuel Technology and Civil Engineering. John Kelley, Lecturer on Analytical Chemistry in Dental Department. FRATRES IN URBE Gen. L P. Thruston, Hon. II. II. I.urton, Rev. R. K. Brown, I ). V. Thompson, A. S. (’aldwell, A. G. Hall, Ilamilton Parks, Jr., Dr. J. II. Handle, E. B. Davis, R. I). ioodlett, Prof. W. C. Day, John Ruhm, Jr., Jen. G. P . Guild, James F. Lipscomb. A. Marks, Jr., W. Beale, J. B. Robertson, J. A. Harris, W. G. Kirkpatrick, R. L. Morris, C. (Slaughter, Tyler ('alboun. ACTIVe r MGMBERS CLASS OF ’89 L. S. Mcrriam, ('liattanooga, Tenn., B. S. A. N. Fite, Lebanon, Tcnn., Ph . G. A. B. Learned, Natchez, Miss., B. E. David Crutchfield, Little Rock, Ark.. B. L. V. C. Branham, Nashville, Tenn., M. A. CLASS OF ’90 II. B. Bond, Lebanon, Tenn., B. S. C. B. Kirkland, Nashville, Tenn., Ph. (J. J. V. Rowlett, Beilford, Ky.. B. A. CLASS OF '91 J. V. Byrns, Nashville, Tenn., B. S. CLASS OF '92 J. II. Thornburg, Huntington, W. Va., B. E. Trabue, Nashville, Tenn., B. A. II. I). Ruhm, Nashville, Tenn., B. E. G. F. Blackie, Nashville, lenn., B. K. .1. 11. Ogborn, Springfield, Tenn., B. E. SPECIAL John L. Millard, Madison, Wis. W. G. Kirkpatrick, Nashville, lenn. Granville Allison, Nashville.'Penn. THE COMETS C1I1MKS ♦ OF • THIS • NIGHT Til K chapel Hells tile lioni of sunset loll, 'File students o’er the campus wiiul their way, Weary after hours of useful toil, Pondering o’er the facts acquired that «lay. Mow tempting are the feasts that wait them now! ’.Neath West Side’s kindly roof let’s take our stand; See how the massive tables seem to how ’Neath ices, fruits, and wines on every hand. Ah! Liberty too soon has passed away, The retreat where «piict, studious lives were led ; .Meek, innocent lads! the fire-cracker No more shall rouse them from their downy bed. A «toss th« campus models for mankind From out of Westlv oft are seen to stray. Displaying virtues, lmt their faults coniine !, They keep the noiseless tenor of their way. The chapel hells the hour of nine now toll; Somr students to their work themselves apply. That duty’s voice o’er these has such control, implores a passing tribute of a sigh. ” While many a lad of sweetest smile serene, With their companions neighboring parlors share; While many a lad is born to blush unseen, And waste his sweetness on the girls near there.” See now in yonder brilliant lighted halls Those who in future make the nation’s seers, Lounging round the tables, «-lies and balls, Listening to the music of the spheres. 56 ■ THE COMET:- The ehap'd bells the hour of midnight toll; Full many a lad of Lincoln county straight Busy pondering o’er an old law roll,” The only reason (hie) lie’s out so late. In yonder dimly-lighted room, without a blush, (Lot not ambition mock their useful toils,! The sober student with the bob-tail Hush Sweeps in with hasty hands the penny spoils. The chapel bells the hour of three now toll; From out behind the clouds the moon does peep But in their downy beds till morning’s roll The studious boys of Vanderbilt now sleep. 57 i THE COMET •) ATFvLETIGS f- TIIK pains taken by Vanderbilt to secure a representative and interesting Field Day were well rewarded on the 3d of May by the greatest concourse of spectators and the heartiest enthusiasm over known in her history. Many of last year’s records were broken, but every event was thrown into the shade by the magnificent dash of Taylor’s, in which he lowered all his previous records for a hundred yards, and equaled the college record of the world, placing Vanderbilt among the number of the few colleges which can lay claim to such an honor. As he touched the string in exactly ten seconds, the grand stand rocked with applause, while from the united throats ol Vanderbilt men the college yell rang out with deafening client. Besides three games with the Ridleys on the diamond, in all of which Vanderbilt was victorious, the season has been graced by two line games with Sewanee. The ten-inning game at Sewanee, barely won by the latter in the last inning, put a look of lion like resolve iu old Milling ton’s face, and when on the 3d of Ma he stepped into the box he pitched to win. And win he did. What a record! Struck out, 1-1; with one straggling base hit. The score of 8 to 1 more than compensated for the bare 7 to 8 at Sewanee, and Vanderbilt was again happy. The Tennis Association has made wonderful strides in the last year. I'nder the leadership of Dr. Dudley it has risen from an almost insignificant position in the Univer- sity loan association of influence, wealth, and enterprise. A beautiful clubhouse now graces the grounds as a witness to the enterprise of its members, and closely contested tournaments have given incentive to superior playing. As champion and encourager of athletics in Tennessee, Vanderbilt has always been in the front, and tor her constancy she can look forward to a wonderful future. To Dr. Dudley, for his unllagging zeal and inteiesl iu all athletic sports, the greatest praise is due. From the first In , has been the liberal supporter of all college enterprises, and iu her darkest hours the association has never found him wanting in sympathy or aid. 58 - ‘i THE COMET h lExocittioe ♦ Committee OK V. A. A. I K. WlLLIAM L. DUDMiY Claude Wallkk......... J. W. Modice.......... ■i. II. Watkins....... c. n. dukcii__:....... Aleked Hume........... Pope Taylok .......... II. K. Hem is......... President. I'ice President. Secretarii. Treasurer. Captain Field Sports Manager Pase-balt Team. Captain nose-ball Tram. Captain Foot ball 'ram. 59 THE COMET T111-; CHAMPION COLLEGE TEAM OE TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY NINE Porn Tayi.oh, Catcher. ('. N. P� i kcii. Second Base. I). (Wkuij, Lrl't Field. Popr Taylor, Captain. Alkrei� Hi mk, Manager. P. Mu i,iion. Pitch«-r. I. I’. Finn, Short-stop. R. A. Haick, Center Field. (T.ii k R. Atchison, First Base, S. S. Tynks, Third Base. Alkrko IIimi:. Bight Field. •Ionn N. Wiikki.hr, Official Scorer. (JAM ES .-. March 10 Vanderbilts vs. Ridleys.......................... ;i to (� March HO Vanderbilts vs. Ridleys ill innings)............... 10 to S April Rl Vairlorhilts vs. Ridleys...........•;................. p; to ; April _' anderhilts vs. Sewane� (at Sewanee 10 innings).. 7 to S May Vanderbilts vs. Sewanee........................... s to 1 60 THE COMETS i ' % t ® ® 6 6 G rSX® 6 6)G)( )G)6)6)_y Q) Q) ( ) Q) 0) ( ) 302 ( ) ( )( ) •)( )( )( ) )“ . 0 . I’MWr? 7 S£oe;i fioi? OFFICERS WI l l.IA M I,. DKIUjEY A. H. Merkm...... V. M.Jones....... K. L. UuRcn...... President. Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer. Manager of Grounds. ’ ' ( )( )( (d 6) 6) (t) G) t G (d6)(i (t)(t)(t)6) ) ( Q) ( )( ) Q) Q) Q) ( )( ) ,1 )Q)(2)(Z) ) ( )( ) J C-r-i •'Z • M THE COMET Nr GAME WITH SEWANEE, MAY 3. TEAMS. I 'limit rhi t Farrell and Remis. S.inimr Xants and Crosby. SCORE. First Sri Vanderbilt, 10; Sowanee, 8. S road Si I Vanderbilt, S ; Sewanee, ( . 61 62 -«THE COMET K� VANDERBILT RECORDS 100 Yards Dash.... Poi-k Tayi.oi: '87)... HU see 150 Yards Dash I’oi-k Tayi.oi: (’87). • • 15 .; see 220 Yards Dash Pol’K TaYLOK I SS) . . . 24 ? see 440 Yards Dash B. W. Hi mi:i: (’SS|.. 58'. see 120 Yards Hurdle Tyler Calhoun IS;-; see Standing Broad Jump W. W. ( 'ocii It A N so 0 ft. 7J in Running Long Jump F. B. Food i S7) 20 ft. 101 in Standing High Jump F. B. Foot; (’St� i 4 ft. 5 in Running High Jump F. B. Foot; (’S7) 5 ft. 4 in High Pole Vault R. F. Ct i.via: 'SOI .. 8 ft. 1| in Pole Leap R. F. (Ti.ykk (’S6) 22 ft. S', in Running Hop, Step, and Jump F. B. Foot; (’871 41 ft, 03 in Throwing 10-lb. Hammer F. F. Pkicb (’87) 74 ft. ti in Throwing 50-lh. Weight K. F. Pkice (’S7 17 ft. 0-1 in Throwing Base Ball N. A. • iuson (’86) . • :t09 ft Putting Shot F. B. Fot;o (’S7i 82 ft. 10 in Running High Kiek F. B. FtKit; (’S71 9 ft. 3.1 in ® ® (p ® ® 1888 100 Yanis Dash........................Pope Tayi.oi: (Y. I .)..................... 10 sec- 100 Yards Dash—Second Class...........J. A. Conkwrioiit (Y. 1'.).....................11'. see Standing Broad Jump....................Timheklake (F. C. .......................0 ft. 5 in Putting the Shot.......................B. W. Dodson ( Y. 1'.)...................32 tt. 0 in Standing High Jump.....................Nelson (l .ot the S.).....................1 it. 2 in Throwing I6 lb. Hammer.................1 loan (l ('.) ................................05 it 150 Yards Dash.........................Pope Tayi.oi: (Y. I’.)......................153 sec Running Long Jump......................S. F. Sueakon (Y. I'.)........................l� i tt. loin Pole Yault.............................H. W. Austin (V. l ).......................«ft- � 120 Yards Hurdle.......................Ti.miikki.akb (F. C.)............................ see 220 Yards Dash.......................Pope Taylor......................................‘-I? see Running High .linn].................... . P. Fitzokrald, Jr. (Y. I .)...........1 ft. II in 410 Yards Dash........................II. H. Bi-mis (Y. IT.).............................57 sec Throwing Base Ball.....................Rick ( '- I .).............................110 yds. 2 II THE COMET; “Gentlemen, this is a painful duty imposed upon me; but, gentlemen, I am compelled to enforce it. You must give strict attendance to the •Gym.’; I consider it of as much importance as any Department in the University.” - THE COMETS + VHNDERBILT A GOL'L'EGE SONG There was a man in Gotham town. They called him “Commodore,” He ferried people up and down Along the 1 Iarlein shore. And when his pockets were well tilled, A ml lined inside with gilt. He thought a college lie would build. And call it Vandkkiui.t. Ononis Vi. yi. yi, Vanderbilt. Grass may die. leaves may wilt. Fur may (ly. milk he spilt. Hut while I live, Vandkkiui.i Won’t he forgot. There was a man in Tennessee, A pious, godly man, A college must he built, and he Picked out the wisest plan. For, when the South knocked at his door. Her blood and treasure spilt. And said the war had made her poor, lb; thought of Vanniatifii.t. lie went to see the Commodore That lived in Gotham town ; The Commodore talked matters o’er. Then planked tin money down. Where war’s big guns once poured their shot. And swords lay hilt to hilt. The I’.ishop bought a house and lot, And founded Vam ki:iui.t. Three cheers for these two noble men. Long may their tribe increase, ‘ And when the time shall come again. When bitterness shall cease, The blushing South f the North shall say, “TtlOl MAYKSr II- THOU WI I.T,” The ring for that bright wedding-day Shall he our Vanokkiui.t THE COMET H- 65 “VANDERBILT. (A college son a.) Words by Wii.i.iam Rick Sims. r— - si 7 0 0 0 $ 0 ' % 4 � e • i • 0 ‘ - Musk by A. Oscar Rkownk. Kit. = V V | v V -s] S-N-rud 2 . I . V A - v • N There was a tuau in - ■ Jotham town, They called him fom-nr. - 0 |..re: lie JL y -y • fer • ried peo • pie up and d� wn - ; I' ' - V v t • ✓ ✓ -rr « ‘ I = f r . s n V ' y ■ l� oi tli liar • Inn shim; Indwhea hi� p rk -cts well were lille.l, lid lin .1 in • side with silt 0 • 0 0 s I e ' ;l- : -■ 1- ' i r � � y . y s s • v 0 • f ... S S N nil. r l .%ll grn vlvaee, s t s s : ,V; v ; � s'5| I- . .1 lie thoasht a � l • lege He would I-uilJ. Anil rail it “ Vanderbilt. Vi. i. i, yi. yi. Ilo! ji. etc. 4); V 1 ■ i : r ' ' y y s y • • ✓ • . 909 ' 0y ' 71 5 . s s s s ’ 1 ICil. v| „L s U' • • o 'S- 1 • V c. ■ S : i ‘ i i i i ! luifh ibitt! ” yi. yi, yi. “ 1 mdcrhUt ” Grass nay die, leaies may wilt Ilo! y. etc. tireea grass may die. and leaves may wilt. 4 d • - f 0 0 0 0 1� • X � j 5 5 S e e 5 0 0 9 • •J- , y ✓ .t2=p. d rr 8 111 m:i� so, K:ill. li.r may fly, milk ! e jf ilt. But while I live old Vanderbilt won t le f -r-got! . . Htteh fur nay fly, and nilk he spilt, . won't l e for-« t. . . 66 ; “i THE COMET i— t 1e dialectic THK Dialectic is still in existence, jiimI promises long to continue as an important factor in our Iniversity. During the year its members, though somewhat smaller in number than usual, but of an excellent quality, have done good, honest work. Advancement has been made along all lines. There has been one marked improve- ment : In former times ollicers and positions of honor were tilled by members elected at regular meetings. Put this was very troublesome, and often resulted m a great deal of annoyance to the President : and now such matters are always arranged beforehand by what we call clicks, sometime during the summer, for the following year. This year the Dialectic lost the Thanksgiving de-bate. The speakers from the Philo- sophic were more than they could handle. Put, of course, it was the fault of the judges. Ami then the Dialectics did not take Pounder’s or Young’s Medal, but the only reason was that the Philosophies did. Its financial system beats the world! All lines and dues are positively due live days before they are incurred, and if not paid within four days after incurred, the debtor is declared suspended, and expelled at the next meeting, lienee, the treasury is always well filled. An assessment of only $2.00 per member was made this year to pay our debts. - iTHE COMET i e- 67 TJ-lE PJ-IlLOeOPJ-Il£ THIS is a remarkable society. It has thrived under circumstances which caused ('«recce to fall and the Arctic regions to remain unpopulated. Internal rivalry and hostility have been carried to a point never known in Greece, and the hall has maintained an average temperature of a few degrees below the freezing point of mercury during all the winter. Notwithstanding all this, it has prospered more than any organization connected with the I’niversity. See what it has done. It has met from week to week, revised the constitution and by-laws, postponed the debate until the next Saturday, and sent a committet to the authorities of the University to get steam to heat the hall. We are now on the high road It� success: two of these great questions have been settled. Genial spring has «lone away with the committee to obtain steam, and the long-deferred debate was debated April the 13th. Ihit the other great question is stal ing us in the face, and threatening to crush us financially if it is not settled. Months ago the constitution had been revised and supplemented until there was so little of tin old one remaining it. was thought best to get out a new one. Notes, suggestions, addi- tions and revisions are being sent to the publishers so last that they tell us our consti- tution and by-laws will bo a volume of some seven or eight hundred pages, which, bound in Morocco, will be worth about fifteen dollars. This will fall very hard on some of the boys, as they have not et finished paying the installments on their recently- purchased Kneyelopedia Hritaniea: but (‘very true and loyal member will have a consti- tution bound in the best style. If this last question is settled before the close of the term, one not acquainted with the Philosophic- might think that wo would have nothing left for discussion. In this they are badly mistaken. There are lines on the Treasurer’s book dating from IS70. and amounting to thousands of dollars, which bid fair to furnish an inexhaustible field lbr wranglings and confusion; indeed, Wynn and Stokes, the Treasurer and Auditor, are now trying to impress upon the Society the necessity of collecting these old lines. 68 • THE COMET k- The Philosophic is more modern in her ways than her sistor societies. It has not debated whether the works of art are more beautiful that those of nature, whether the negro is smarter than the mule, whether Columbus did more for America than Washing- ton. or Whether Roman Catholicism is compatible with free institutions. It decided to let such questions alone, select one good question and debate that all the year. Owing to the fact that the boys have been able to givt‘ to the society the declamations learned in the Kloeution (Mass, we have had very good pieces. Sir John Moore has not been buried more than six times, nor has Spartacus stirred up the Woman gladiators more than a dozen times. In fact, the society has steered tolerably clear of chestnuts during the entire year. The Philosophic has certainly won the palm of victory this year over her sister societies. It has won the annual debate with the Dialectic, and has three men on the contest for Founder's. It claims the honored judge who asks the witness if he is swear- ing what any reasonable man would swear under similar circumstances. It claims the champion of Irish rights and the gentleman of whom it hopes “ Vermont is proud to- night.” The other two societies may change their name, or pass away and be forgotten, but the Philosophic will always In the Philosophic, and she has come here to stay. Though not inscribed on her banner, perseverance is tacitly understood tobe her motto, haying all the hyperboles aside, we candidly think the Philosophic furnishes the best advan- tages for training in all things that tend to make an easy, accurate speaker, and her doors are always open. 69 - i THE COMET� •fhe Qarland Literary Society Ills society continues to enjoy the same high esteem (except by its own members) that has so characterized it during the two years of its existence. Though it is young, it has outlived almost all its organizers. They were some of the strongest men (physically) in the University; and, though they have left us so soon, the fault is not their own, for but few of them left of their own accord. Hut now. since they have returned to follow the plow in the South, or to manipulate the lasso in the West, their places are tilled by others equally old, ugly, ignorant and uncouth. For some months past the (I. b. S. has had no fixed abiding place, but has been an actual wanderer upon the face of the earth. Fntil thus made a vagabond, she was com- fortably quartered in the Law Room, but the members so disfigured and disarmed the chairs that the officers of the Law School determined to hold possession of tin room all day Saturdays, and actually barred the doors, so fearful were they that the G. L. S.’s would have their rights, despite all law and authority. This wayfaring life has been incident to many “ups” and • downs.” The Society has met in nearly every room in the main building, and, besides, held one very interesting meeting in the Chancellor’s dining- room. That old adage about the rolling stone is not always true. The G. I . S., in its wanderings, has gathered all the moss, hay seed and such like about the University. All the members of this year have been fined, except the President. It has not been his performance of duty, but his exceedingly good business qualifications that have kept his pocket-book whole. All tin by-laws have been badly broken, and the constitution wilfully violated. The Society was compelled to appoint fiv of its most negligent and delinquent members as a committee t “draw up” a new preamble, constitution and by-laws. I!y the laws tins committee drafted it is not at all expensive to be a member of the G. L. S. The new constitution provides that no member shall be allowed to preside at any meeting of the Society without the consent of the President, if he happens to be pres- ent. Art. I , Sec. 4, specifies that the Secretary, if he he a regular student of the 70 • THE COMET • ' University, and lias more than eighteen recitations per week, shall not try to keep the minutes of each meeting in his memory, but shall keep a book for that purpose. The Treasurer is instructed that, in case he should get any money belonging to the Society, he is not to appropriate it to his own use, but to keep it till the close of the session and then deposit it with one of the framers of the new constitution. The Chaplain is not allowed more than an hour and twenty minutes in which to per- form his duties, the remaining forty minutes being desired for the reading of the minutes of last meeting and the report of the Critic. If at any time a stranger should find out where the G. L. S. is to hold its next meet- ing. and should visit the Society, it shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to conduct; him to a seat; and when said visitor thinks he is ready to retire from the hall, should it chance to be the law-room, this olliccr......... extricate him from the newly-painted chairs, also to return to said visitor any part of his pantaloons that may have stayed with the chair. The Society is to have at least one Critic for the exercises of its own members, and each member is expected to criticise the other two societies of the University. Sickness or absence from the city excuses any member from being present at the Society. This law has caused some inconvenience in the Society having unexpected meetings in the country, as no one is supposed to know in which direction the others will go to get out of the city. The printing of this new constitution and by-laws has thrown the Society in debt, but the members will not lose anything, for all but the Sergeant-at-Arms have handed in petitions asking to be suspended from the Society until tin debt is paid. This Society has raised itself to a great extent in the estimation of all. especially those who are unacquainted with its workings. It has not only raised itself, but many other things, such as disturbances, collections, ami, pre-eminently, a great many Uuul questions, which are usually discussed on public occasions. The above mentioned collections were before the adoption of the new constitution and by-laws. In those days the G. L. S. was in a flourishing condition. Not only noble purposes characterized her efforts, but charity was her beacon. No poor, ignorant wretch was ever refused cordial entrance to her capacious halls. So profuse was she extending her charities to the unfortunate that a high hope of crowning laurels filled every heart. Hut alas for the hope! how empty!! It was in the early autumn, when a lad. with tattered garments, but a cheerful, blooming face, came to the door and knocked. Hager to see who might be there, the door was unbarred. The poor lad, in a quivering voice, spoke, saying: “ Men of the world, for these ten years past I have been a mem- 71 • ' TUE COMET N= l cr of both the oilier societies; tliey have abused me, they have slighted me, they have let me go ragged. Now, for mercy sake, help me in this trouble.” “ With open arms ’ said the (i. b. S., “we take you in, and will nourish you, and help to put on your back better garments. This lad became a full and active member, taking an important part in the literary exercises, and especially in financial affairs. He was the cause of all the collections that brought on the framing and adopting of that famous constitution and by-laws. The lad is a familiar one; he is the Vanderbilt Observer. «. k-CJ - 73 m THE COMET MONO the villages tributary to Ak-el-Vanderbilt, the traveler finds Jaylan-Wes- ley-llallid second to none in point of progress and civilization. Noth rulers and subjects are fully equal, in all respects, to those of any other Arabian village, acknowledging the over-lordship of the aged and venerable Emir Abou-Aseer-Gnrlandromet. However, it was neither the village nor its inhab- itants, but our interview with Sheik Wilbur-Saur-k'raut-cl-Marital Tilletaz that made our visit memorable. It was with great dillieulty that we obtained an entrance into his sacred tent because, not only are strangers seldom admitted, but even his children (to use an Arabic term for subjects) rarely presume to disturb his solemn meditations. We found him sitting upon a Persian rug, wreathed in the smoke from his pipe of hasheesh. We made our salaams, but received no recognition in return. For some live minutes there was a painful silence, but dually the hasheesh began to have its elleet. and he grew garrulous. His own village furnished his theme. “I have, in my wisdom,” said he, “divided my children into two classes—Theologuins and Caudidants. The former, like sheep, gen- erally follow me, their shepherd; the latter, like young colts, seek to break away from my fatherly care. My sub-Sheiks and I reward the Theologuins by allowing them to listen to our wisdom daily ; we punish the Caudidants by withholding this high privilege Horn them, and distributing the treasures of our well-stored minds among them but once a week. Dire punishment, ’tis true ; still it tames them but slowly ! “ Hut these are petty cares compared with that great anxiety which day and night doth feed upon my soul.” Here he fell into a deep reverie. “ What is this?” we suggestively inquired. “ Liston,” he answered. “Beyond that desert rolls the mighty deep. Daring bedouins bring from its accursed shore that blight of every land. My children buy and partake of that mighty destroyer of nations.” it 74 THE CO MKT- We were at a loss to know what he referred to, ami so told him. ••What! said he; -are ye, such heathen that ye do not know the story written in the sacred An- l rok-el-Mahar ! ” Then, from the collection of scrolls at his side, he selected one that seemed most ancient, and unrolled it, saying, “ Hear the sacred hook.” It was in the peculiar poetry of his tribe; therefore, the reader must he content with the following imperfect translation: “ When man was in the happy spring oi glorious youth, And knew no grid' nor sin. hut only joy and truth, M' his bright hopes, his wile then struck an awful knell By eating Satan, hid within an oyster-shell, And deviled oysters still are here, man’s fiercest foes, And oyster-eating brings upon this world, all woes.” •• Thus reads the sacred writing, and my greatest desire is to keep my children free from this might curse. To this end till my eulogies are directed. I think that I have partly stopped this evil within my village; hut my children make foraging expeditions upon the neighboring tribes in search of fowls, fruit-cakes, and other things that appease the longings of the inner man. In these marauding expeditions, I greatly fear that they seize upon the accursed oyster, and regard it as lawful prey. I am afraid that the great High and Mighty (Jarlandromet is not sullieiently strict in suppressing this evil in the other villages.” At this point the hasheesh seemed to render him incapable of proceeding further with the weighty matters of State, and he began to give us some of the legendary lore of his village. “ Myself and sub-Sheiks are not mere mortal men. - The mighty prophet, Mahomet, once hurled a .jagged rock at his enemies from the top of Mt, Aheer-Ahda-el-.Mahraut. In mid-air it became a man, who alighted unhurt in the vale below, li was I. Forty years did I liveas (lesh and blood, and then I turned to iron. Hence, my children never appeal from my immutable decrees, however much they may doubt their wisdom. “ Wahah-el-llossim was originally forty volumes of sacred history; but. decreasing through endless ages, he has degenerated until nothing but the dates are left. “One dark night a mighty storm swept a great cedar from the summit of Lebanon, and dropped it. all scarred and shattered, near the city of Beirut below. Its huge form remained upright amid the ruins of the temple of Zeus. Misty forms and dark shadows. 75 THE COMET floated around it Suddenly the verdant top of the cedar became a still more verdant head. Its great limbs shrank into tiny arms. Its splintered trunk became transformed into a body and legs; and behold! a Borer-el-Martin was given to the world; a man in every respect, except his voice, which is still the plaintive wind moaning and sighing among the cedars of Lebanon. I keep him in my realm because he talks so delightfully concerning his ancient Lebanon. Though, alas! his efforts, like those of other great men, are unappreciated! “ Haroon-el-Alexandabas, like some”'— Here the royal head of the Sheik began to reel, and his eyes closed. In another moment the hasheesh had done its work, and he was asleep. Nothing was heard save the loud snoring of the Sheik as we departed and “ Left him alone in his glory.” 76 THE COMETS S� ! THR COMET i 77 NC’ Zeko, ain’t ver gwine toll mo dat little story what yor done promise1 me ! ’ sez little Aherham Linoleum Smith to his ole uncle one day. “ Wall,” sez ole Zoko, “come hyar near dcr liah, an’ I'll tell yor one. I'll tell yor ’bout dor little rabbit what went, out from his hole ter lain sumthin’ from der great an’ wise ani- mulos wliut lived in a big town, not so very fur otf. In dis yore town dar wuz a big pasture set otf, whar dey wuz sum big animules wich knowed a heap. Sum uv ’em had been ’way off, and seed lotser things wich common, ev’ry-day sort o’animulos had never hearn toll uv, an’ dey could talk two or three differunt ways—leastwise, sum uv ’em could, an’ sum uv’em couldn’t, sum uv’em havin’tried tor talk in so meny differunt ways dat dey couldn’t talk at all cny mo’. Sum or der little animules ust ter say dey’d ortor make signs or shake a bush. Wall, dese yore wise animules ust ter let a lot er young animules come ter listen to ’em an’ stay in dar pasture, for a little considerashun, an’ lain sumthin’ uv whut dey knowed, or wuz s’posed ter know. Now, dar wuz a little rabbit, as I done tole yor, whut lived less’n a thousan’ miles frum dis yero pasture, who had alters had a hankerin’ arter lookin’ at der moon an’ stars through or cannon wid er winder-pane in der big end uv it—an’, by der way, sonny, don’t yor never monkey ronn’ one er dem things, ’pears ter me yer allers has ter look inter der muzzle—and when der wise an’ learned animules hearn tell uv him, they sont fur him ter cum an’ make his hole in dar pasture, thinkin’ he mought be whut dey called a genus or sumthin’ partakin’ o' dat natur’. Wall, der little rabbit he went. “Now, (ley wuz ’bout forty ’leven rules wich der young an’ unlarncd animules had ter ’serve leastwise wuz .s’posed ter ’servo, wich ’mounts ter der same thing, long’s 78 THE COMETS dor public secs tier rules—air oue uv ’em was dal dev shouldn’t eat no apples, or drink der juice o' apples, or rye, or corn, or cuy sort, ’coptin’ milk an cawl'y an’ water. “ Wall, now, der lust an’ best o’ dcso yerc wise animules wind I tole you ’bout, wuz a good, kind-hearted ole ray-hyared lion, what knowed more n all der rest on ’em, am who ust ter ’vise der young unedicated animules ’bout quittin’ dar monkeyin’ roun’ town an’ a lollin’ roun’ on der grass, an’ playin’ too much ball, an’cut t in’der jimmy—simithin’, don’t ’member der ’zact name—an’ ’bout takin’ der law in dar own bans, and so on. But, wid all his talkin’, he wuz mighty kind an’ good ter der young animules, an’ dey all liked him. An’ den dar wuz a big, lean livelier wich was next in rank, and its liar stuck out on its back till it bristled same as a hedge-hog’s. Don’t know how it ever got dar, ’ecpt it wuz ’cause it would whine aroun’ and look so meek-like an’ humble. An’ den dey wuz another animule wich sum might er tuck fur a mule, but it wa’n’t— it wuz a hoss—an’ it ust ter play second liddle to der liyener. It wuz quite harmless. An’ den dar wuz a nice, slick, soft sort o’ tom-cat, wliut wuz called Elicit lor short. Den dar wuz a big, feroshus tiger what ust ter chaw up a young animule every now an’ den jes fur fun. He would git rite funny sometimes when he wuz talkin’ to other animules, specially der young uns, an’ dey’d all laf same as if dey’d split when he’d joke wid ’em—to git on der good side uv him—but it wa’n’t no use—he’d jes go on an’give ’em a double ’zamina- tion, when dey’d try a April fool on ’im, same as if dey’d never laded at his jokes’tall. He wuzn’t luved eny too much by either der old or young animules, ’cause he’d handle ’em rather rough sumtimes, being somewhat bearish in his ways. Howsomev'er, In had lots er senec, and he ust tor fool der young animules an’ make ’em believe ’twa’n’t der grass as wuz green, but it wuz deni demsolves as wuz green and sech like. Dar wuz a good meny others dar, too, but dese yore wuz do ones as thort dey’d orter look arter der morals o’ all der rest on ’em, an’ see dat der rules an’ regilaslmns wuz kerried out. Dey wuz gwine to’form der hull world, even of der hevings would turn a somerset an’ tumble down. Der rest uv der wise animules ust ter let natur’ take her course, mo’or less. Mongst deni wuz a fat, good-natured ole grizzly bar, wliut ust ter poke his noze mongst ole rocks an’ fool wid de trees an’ bushes, an’ he knowed lots ’bout ’em, too; but he'd tell der young animules some awful yarns’bout how things ust ter wuz on this yen world er long time er go. Den dar wuz a couple or line dogs—one uv ’em a redisli- yaller houn’ and t’other’n a black silky-hyared spaniel—wliut land der young animules how ter read an’ write in langwiges what had done kicked der bucket long er go an' wuzn’t used much now er days. An’ den dar wuz another rite nice, lazy sort o' blue- blooded pinter wliut tole ’em all ’bout er great big dog what had lived an’ ril an’ been -U THE COMETH- 79 fool in7 roun’ generally long time or go, called Hill Shakespoke. Dei young tins ust ter call «lis yero pinter Bass, ’cause lie wa’n’t a fish I s’pose. Don dar wuz a line-lookin’, stylish ncwlbun’lan’, which they called Wilyum for short, lie knowed what everything was made uv, an’ fooled armin' wid asicks an’ saultzes, an’ ’sploded tilings sumtimes, an’ wuz a good haii’ at knocking little rubber balls roun’ wid or short bat wid a sifter on dor end uv it. Air his second fiddle wuz a long, tall giraffe, wieh bad mo’ brains dan good looks, do it had ’null’ o’ dem fur all purposes. Hut, as I was gwine on ter tell yer, der po’ little rabbit whut had come to dis pasture got inter bad company, an’ took ter eat in’ sour apples oncet in er while, an’ er sneakin’ little skunk tole on der po’ little rabbit. Wall, der olr v -hyared lion let’ der pasture fur awhile on some’ticular bizness, an’ den der livelier thort ii had got its chance. It went over to der hossy an' it sez to ’im, says it, 1 book a liyar, it ’pears to me der ole lion have got too much er der milk er human kindness in him, nohow. When one o’ dese yere young animules kicks over der traces he gins’em a little talk and gins’em another chance to try an’ do better. Wall now I don’t believe much in dat way er doin’. I’m fur set-in’ down on ’em rite off wid much force. Now, I'll tell yer. Der ole lion have gone off, an’ I think it am a good time to do sum- thin’ to show who we uus is, an sot er' ample fur der young mis. I’se hearn tell dat dat little rabbit called Davy has been er goiu’ down town an’ a eatin’ uv sour apples. Now, he air a little mi, and is po’, and don’t pay fur his lamin’, and am a pretty tough case, nohow. What yer say ter jumpin’ with both feet on top er ’im, an’ tollin’ him to lef yere?’ ‘ Wall,’ sez der boss, ‘dar’s some others liyar whut is wuss’n hois. How’bout dem?’ ‘Oil, well, dey kin stall’ seeh things better’ll der little rabbit. An’, anyhow, we wants er ’ ample, an’ lie ; air ’bout der easiest ter git rid uv.’ Wall, der liycner, der hoss an’ der gray-houn’ Elick an’ one or two others got together an’ had a talk. Den one mawnin’ der livelier riz up in its glory and sez: ‘1 wan ter see der little rabbit called David.’ An’ der little rabbit lie went to see ’im, tremblin’ an’ a shakiu’ like’s if he had er chill monkeyin’ an’ playin’ up an’ down his spinal colume. Den der livelier, when der wa’n’t nobody roun’, riz up agin, an’ sez ter ’im, sez it: ‘Oh, David, come liyar unto me dat I may crawl your frame an’ mop up der floor wid yer. Wharfore dis yere thusness, nohow? Whut fur did yer go an’git dizzy wid eatin’sour apples? Knowest thou not dat der devil have got yer an’ gone wid yer? An’ dat yer is gwine downhill at er two- forty gait. Yer needn’t sa nothin’ ter ’fend yersef; I ain’t gwine to listen ter yer. Yer jes' git up an’ dust ’way frum liyar quick, or I'll slap yer eye out. Yer hear me, don’t yer?’ Wall, der little rabbit lie wuz skeered bud, an’ he sot up an’ howled, but it wa’n’t eny use. He had ter go an'git his little hankereher an’ tie up his socks, an' his necktie, 80 -THE COM HIT . :m’ his collar, an’ his cull', an’ der ncx’ mawnin’ dcr young animulos seed him gwine bookety, bookoty down dcr bill, his little white tail a biddin’ ’em a las’ l'ar’well. Now, dcr moral o’ dis yore story am, Aberham Linckum Smith, dat yor hotter lef sour apples alone. Hyar, chile, gimme or chunk or lire, an’ lemme lite dis ycr pipe agin. Wall, I’ll swar—el' dat chile ain’t done gone ter sleep ! ” TJdflnV vf.ui , i —a ■••u ’ vvo :..nf 81 THE COMET 1 1111 N I tin western hills at last Tin? moon, bright, silvery-veiled, had passed. The after-darkness with it brought train of solitary thought. I sal there, wrapped in midnight gloom, With all things silent as a tomb, A ml pondered o’er the puzzling maze Of life, its actions ami its ways. Ami as I silt with sombre mien. Athwart my vision’s lichl was seen A meteor from the gloom to break A shower of gold-dust in its wake. It lived a second's space, no more, Then all was darkness as before; Ihit with it, so traditions say, A soul had left its home of clay. Hut questioning still, unsatisfied, My mind its busy questions plied, Mow can this guest, mysterious, strange, A licet the soul, or mark its range? It strikes the atmosphere of earth, Is born, but is consumed in birth ; It comes, we know not whence, nor why; It lives, but ojilv lives to «lie, And leave behind the lonely night. Made all the blacker by its sight. Ucreiveth thus the human race Its soul from out the boundless space? 82 I THE COMET : - I'liknown 1«� any whence it springs, A life for death alone it brings? With outward sheen of blazing light. To hide the inward seoreh from sight, l oes it find earth but to consume, And in its passions meet its doom? To go and, going, leave belli ml The gloom of sadness in the mind Of those upon whose pathway lone It erst with kindly light had shone?” And so I ponder, till my eyes Have slowly closed upon the skies, And in the fairy, dreamland fields My mind to rich delusion yields. Kre long I hear the harmonious beat Of murmuring music, low and sweet. That with its oft-recurring swell brings ecstacy too great to teli; For ne'er on earth are heard such sounds 1 melody in all man’s rounds. Anon I hear a voice declare, This hannoiiy, so rich, so rare, Is but the constellation’s song; They sing it all their journey long. Revolving in their orbit true, The days, the weeks, the seasons through, )bedieUt to the w ill of Mini Who shaped them from the chaos dim, Through untold centuries the same, They sing their praises to Mis name. 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