Aloha - Hoover Library

Some happenings are truly wonderful. Harry Bernard Caton says nothingfunny ever happened to him, but its funny he ever happened. His friends nodassent.Alexandria, Va., claims this beloved son as her own, and has for twenty yearsnourished and kept him-from dog fights and lynchings. George Washington(that heroic man) used to go to church there, and always have his hoots blackedthere. Harry 'for this reason is proud of being a native of Virginia soil. In hisSophomore Year, the year of his entrance to College, he acquired the name of"Puss," chiefly because of his resemblance to and imitation of feline animals.In addition to this he is accomplished in the art of catching small quadrupedrodents of the genus mus. He is also known by the name of "Beaut." Thisdesignation is closely allied to the other, and in fact is but another name for thesame characteristic.Puss is an intense sufferer of megalocephaly, or pathologicaldevelopment of the cerebral hemispheres, caused by the juxtapositionof the incongruous. He also raves with valetudinarianism,and in his Senior Year has almost become avegetarian. Notwithstanding aJl his ailments he is a sprinter,and has been known "to do" a hundred yards in the remarkabletime of seventeen seconds. When running he suffersdreadfully from curvature of the spine-the curvature,though, is towards the front part at his back. He has takenpart ill several dramatic entertainments, and each timecame off with honors. The secret of his success is that he isperfectly "at home" in his parts. He is pin-toed.It is not very often that a young lady graduates from this Institution withoutever having one of those things usually called "strikes," but this is thelamentable state of affairs which has now become a fact. Lamentable becauseno one is said to have a liberal education who leaves here without having at leastone experience of this kind. The young lady thought, however, that such apastime would be injurious to her studying, but how sadly was she blinded byher own blessing which she knew not, and 1l0W that it is too late regrets heraction. By those who know her she is said to be a very great tease, and simplymakes life a burden to those whom she singles out to have fun with. Had shebeen like other girls she would have a more sympathetic feeling for her friends,but then she hasn't-this is because she never had a strike-and they have tosuffer her torments.Evelyn Gertrude Darby is one of those friends who are present in time of46