Aloha - Hoover Library

Jim has a remarkable indescribable and uncontrollable inclination towardsmusic; remarkable in that while his inclination is towards ill usic he never reachesit; indescribable, because there are no words in the dictionary big enough todescribe his herculean efforts to produce music; uncontrollable, because hisfriends cannot prevent him from inflicting his crazy effusions upon them, Sadas it may seem, his room-mate has almost been tempted not to commit suicide,The man who said "music hath charms," etc., never heard Jim try to sing or playthe guitar. The fact, however, that he has lucid intervals leads us to hope thathe may yet outgrow his inexplicable and diabolical idiosyncrasies and becomea credit to his illustrious aforesaid ancestors.The only young lady from the Tarheel State who graduates this year is HenriettaFrancis Sutton. Nineteen years ago she was born in that State, somewhere,it is not known, but lives now in La Grange. She entered the Ninety-nineClass in the fall of '97. Formerly she was a member of the Ninety-seven Class,but was compelled to stop her schooling before she could graduate with that class,As a debater, she has become famous along with others of her class. Her argumentsare clear and to the point, and so convincing have they been at times thatshe won her case without opposition. She has been in some hair-pullings in hersociety hall, but she managed to come out at last with her point established. Iam told that she makes things lively in her hall, and is usually satisfied with results.If they don't suit her she makes them to suit her. She never laughs, but smiles attimes. Her favorite study is chemistry, and her favorite compound, sugar.While performing difficult experiments she eats a little of this sugar to keepher spirits up in case of failure. She hardly needs this though, for she very rarelyfails."Men may come and men may go,But I go on forever."So warbled the brook, and so it finds its resonance in the chanson of StanleyDever Tagg-that is, when Stanley chants. His chanting though is like the roaringsof mighty waters and but slightly resembles that of the brook.Stanley is called Methusaleh because of his extreme age. He has a distinctmemory of having passed through the flood, of having met with Homer and ofhavinj been at Alexander's and Caesar's courts. For all his years he has butfew wrinkles and expects to live to see a good old age. At present Stanley'sdomicile is in Baltimore, and he asserts that he has only been computing his daysfor twenty-two years. Once during this time, after having vehemently pursuedan enemy for four squares to castgate him, the enemy by a flank movementturned suddenly and violently castigated the pursuer. This same pursuer metwith a like encounter not many years ago.57