LOCALS. ®
Walden and Luhrsen composed
the following poem while our
football team was at Houston
playing Sewanee:
I miss Miss Maria Turn de place,
She take de blossom track;
I’s ’fraid de river steal her face
En den won’t gin it back.
For eb’ry time she pas
I heah de river say,
“M.ss Maria, heah’s yo’ lookin’ glass—
I wish you look dis way. ’ ’
I miss Miss Maria f’um de place;
De sun done gone to bed,
De red rose ’low he lonesome now,
De lily hang de head.
En everywhere she pass
I hear dem wil’ flowers say,
‘ ‘ Heah’s a teardrop f er you ’ lookin ’ glass—
Miss Maria, please look dis way. ’ ’
What cadet and professor play-
dd hide and seek coming from
San Antonio? What will be the
next game?
Ask Luhrsen what he did on
the train coming from San An
tonio.
Fish Clements says he won’t
send many invitations, as they
are not “swell” enough.
Ask Boettcher and Hoffman
how they were fixed on finances
at Houston.
Faust being questioned about
the position of the bones in the
body, says: “You can’t fool me;
I’ve studied Physical Geography. ’ ’
Moses says if his little Dutch
girl would come down to the
dance he would be strictly in it.
Ask Fahring who was his room
mate in Houston.
What relation did Lickie have
with a poodle dog in Houston.
Ask Buhler who credited him
in Houston.
Ask Jeffries what Sergt. Hoiz-
man is going to show him.
Moses thinks we will have some
good music at the dance.
The lecture given to the Col
lege by the Hon. Elijah P. Brown
was very witty and entertaining.
Piof.: “Mr. Griffiths, what is
a ventriloquist?” Griffiths: “A
man who talks through his nose.”
Walden’s neck is sore from
rubbering at signs in San Antonio.
Miss Lillian Zwiener, one of
the most popular and charming
young ladies of Columbus, Texas,
is visiting Prof, and Mrs. A. C.
Love. Miss Zwiener likes the
College fine and is a firm friend
of the red and white. She has
made quite a number of friends
the short while she was here, who
all speak highly of the entertain
ing and acccomplished Miss
Zwiener. We hope she will ex
tend her visit until a very late
date.
Biering and McConnico are ri
vals.
Corp. Jeffries sprouted a mus
tache for the lecture.