2007627360 a~ -Q-LD 5338 C2378 V.4 1897 MAIN-Z OLD 5338 C2378 v. 4 1897 CHARGE II 193-003302-4 THE GENERAL LIBRARIES THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN , . r --­ I THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN THE GENERAL LIBRARIES PERRY-CASTANEDA LIBRARY LIMITED CIRCULATION ­ DATE/TIME DUE DATE/TIME RETURNED ­ 2 HOURS/PCL RECt.E ' ~S UG O 2 1993 PCL RESERVES PCL/RES FEB O 8 1994 FEB 08 1994 LIBRARY U~t: UI\JL~ 2 HOl JR~IPCL RF~F=RVE S PCL/ RES JUL 2 4 1995 JUL 2 4 1995 PCL/RES 2 HOUR~/D('I Pl=~FRVE s oc r 1 2 ljj::J OCT 121995 __j -~ ~ -·· ------·-­ I /' J I anl"crsity of Cc.xas €stablish¢d 1881 'VARSITY YELL Hullabaloo-Hooray-Hooray Hullabaloo-Hooray-Hooray Hooray-Hoora-sr Varsity, Varsity, U. T. A.* COLORS Orange and White ;,,university of Texas Austin 4 Dedication To him who has ever proved a faithful friend to student ventures, and between whom and successive Annual Boards the bond of affection grows ever stronger-to PHILIP HATZFELD, this volume is respectfully dedicated. 5 GREETING "It hails from Texas? Ha!" (Thus do I hear, In spirit, some Bostonian critic sneer.) "The times are wildly queer, when they assign Your cowboys to the literary line! Why cannot such Comanches hold their own, Gorge, steal, and kil1, but leave the Muse alone? The CACTUS, is it? \Nell, I'm very sure, 'Twill pierce with thorns the side of Lit'rature l" Hold, cultured critic! For an instant, hold l A small botanic fact will soon be told : Here, in the West, lie wild and arid plains, Unblest by shimmering showers, radiant rains, Where once, a wand'rer, haggard, sunken-eyed, Thirst-throttled, sunlead-riddled, must have died, Had not or Providence or Nature shown A giant cactus, standing all alone: Each leaf a broad green platter, thick with thorns, Long, black, and polished like a tom's horns. With new-born hope, and with his knife beside, The wand'rer gathered store of platters wide, Chopped off the needles, split the leaves in twain, And found within clear water, fit to drain ! So open you CACTUS this, critic dear, So cut the leaves, So quaff its proffered cheer l -H R. R. Hertzberx. 501\~D OF EDITO~S -----=----------­ ·-----:-.;:_-·.=.....=.-: GEORGE TAYLOE WINSTON, A.M.., LLD. President of the University of Texas Plutarch relates that Philip, on one occasion, said to his young ·son, Alexander, "Seek another kingdom, my son, that The people of Texas, through the Regents of the Statemay be worthy of thy abilities; for Macedonia is too small for thee." University, in calling Dr. Winston from North Carolina to Texas, have made a nineteenth century application of the advice of the Macedonian king. When it was announced, in June last, that the University at last had a President, a great load was rolled off the hearts of every student, alumnus, and friend of the University. He delivered the Commencement address in June; and again at the The thought and spirit of these two addresses are, at opening of the University, in September, 1896, addressed the students. present, the best sources for a student to get a critical estimate of his character. For, thus far, the entire student body, in seeming approval of Carlyle's conception that history depends on heroes and hero worship, are so charmed by a personal contact with the President, that we think we have found a hero greater by far than many of those immortalized by Carlyle. President Winston is a native of North Carolina, where his ancestors, on both sides, have lived for many generations. He was born October 12, 1852, in Windsor, Bertie County, North Carolina. His father, Patrick Henry Winston, was a leading lawyer and planter in Eastern North Carolina during the last generation. He was educated in the University of North Carolina, the United States Military Academy, and at Cornell University, at Ithaca, New York. In each of these institutions he received the highest grade in scholarship, being number one in a large After graduating from Cornell, he was appointed Instructor in Mathematics. On the reorgani­ class in the Naval Academy. zation of the University of North Carolina, he was elected to the Chair of Latin in that institution, which position he held until he was elected President of the same University. During his Presidency of the University of North Carolina, he largely increased the income of that institution and the number of students. When the announcement was made in North Carolina that President Winston was going to Texas, the two leading daily papers of the State thus spoke of him editorially; The Clzarlotte Observe1/' of July 2, 1896, says: "He found the University of He leaves it full of bright hope, thoroughly North Carolina five years ago with small patronage and scant promise of the future. equipped and with a larger roll of students than ever in its history. Scarce a schoolhouse in the State in which his voice has not pleaded the cause of popular education. With tongue, and pen, and personal contact, from mountain to ocean, he has waged Young, not yet 45, modest and quiet in his deportment, with a heart such an educational warfare as this State has never seen. that melts in the presence of the suffering poor and afflicted, and yet with such a fund of sarcasm and withering invective that the boldest dare not encounter him a second time,-such is the equipped leader that our State loses and Texas gains." The Raleigh News and Observer, of the same date, says: "In this acceptance North Carolina loses her foremost educator and her first scholar, and this announcement will be read with unfeigned regret in every section of the Commonwealth. The secret of the great success achieved by Dr. Winston lies in his breadth. There is nothing narrow in him. He has broad He is a man of the people, a man of affairs. He has the best culture He is a scholar, but not a recluse. sympathy with life. He loves humanity, believes in the people, that life offers, but has still kept in touch with life in its strong, deep currents. and labors for their uplifting and education. He talks education as the statesman talks for his party, as though he believes in it He is an and is terribly in earnest. In his life-work he is a fisher of men for higher ideals, nobler thinking and purer living. optimist. He believes in his country and his people, and he means to do all he can to prove his faith." :.: Thus recommended, he comes to us, and the few months of his work have caused every student to feel that we have a master at the helm. He has quickly put himself in touch with the individual student, paying court no less to the timid Fresh­man than to the Socratic Senior. He has opened up the doors of all the plunder rooms and converted them into offices for theMagazine, Alcalde, and for private study rooms. What his effect on the Faculty has been can only be conjectured, as the reports that creep out regarding the details of a Faculty meeting are no more reliable and trustworthy than were the responses of the Oracle at Delphi. Judging from rumors, however, every professor-as, indeed, does every student-imaginesthat he is an especial favorite and that upon him rests very largely the success of the University. But he does not confine his energies to looking after petty details. His plans reveal a conception of the future of the University that seems almost too daring to hope for. His ideas are as big as the State-and no better simile can be founcL He is delighted with the people and the State. He says of them: "They have more liberty with less license than any inthe world. But of such conditions must inevitably come the men of the future." He preaches a system of ethics that suits a Texan, holding that Cant, the elder brother of Affectation, is the bane of morals, and that the power-the splendid reserve power-that education brings to us is the opportunity of cultivating and perfecting in ourselves manliness, sincerity and self­reliance. "Truth, for Truth is Truth, he worships, being true as he is brave." And because he is broad in his views of life,because he sees no church fences-being tall enough to look over-because he counts creeds naught and manhood all, and because the University is a State institution conducted on broad, liberal lines, the critics find him a shining mark. How much more generous is his position towards his inquisitors may be seen from this paragraph taken from his Alumni address : "TheUniversity is as broad as the State; it proscribes no man for religious belief, and yet the University is neither irreligious nor is it non-religious. It is a part of, and a forcible factor in American civilization, which is not only religious, but distinctlyChristian. Ours is a Christian nation, ours is a Christian State, and ours is a Christian University. To all the colleges inTexas, whether denominational or not, the University extends the right hand of fellowship. There is work for us all; there are boys and girls by the thousands, yes, by the tens of thousands, whom none of us can reach. Let there be no rivalry between us. There can be no rivalry in the holy work of training the youth of Texas to be righteous, intelligent and noble-minded men and women. We are doing the Master's work." The crisis in the history of the University seems to have come. Dr. Winston has been sent for to lead the battle thatwill place it upon a basis that will no longer be problematical. He is to popularize it with the people, to preach education and culture to the masses. Much is expected of his wisdom and knowledge of men and affairs. His optimistic faith in us and the University is shown in the closing remarks of his Commencement address in June, 1896. "With a wise and patriotic Board of Regents, with a faithful, learned and harmonious Faculty, with a well-organizedband of zealous Alumni, with a student body loyal to its opportunities of culture and power, with close and sympathetic connec­tion between the University and the public schools, and, above all, with sympathy for the life and welfare of the people, this institution will grow and expand until it rivals the foremost universities of America. The people themselves, the great mass of plain, toiling people, as year by year they see their sons leaving these halls, clothed in the majesty of matchless manhood, con­secrating their lives to the good of the State, the people themselves will endow the University without stint and without limit. As plain people everywhere are the strength of society and government, so are they the strength of schools and universities. Let the University recognize this fact in its daily life and growth, let it multiply facilities for educating the people, and the people will recognize its power to mould their destinies; their sons and daughters will crowd its halls-thousands where now are hundreds; its campus, covered with noble buildings, will realize the dreams of the founders, and the University of Texas will become the chief strength and glory of an empire that will stand peerless on the Western Hemisphere." -Jolm Avery Lonzax. 1897 CAllENDA~ PdBliIC OCCASIONS 1896 Session begins Wednesday, September 22. Waggener Memorial Day, Saturday, October 31. Session begins (Medica]), Thursday, October 7. Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Reception at Mrs. Kirby's, Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25. Friday, November 6. Fall Examinations begin Thursday, December r6. Convention of School Superintendents and Principals, Christmas Recess begins Saturday, December 24. December 30 and 3r. 1897 Hon. W. J. Bryan's Address to Students, January 28. Inauguration of President Winston, Wednesday, Feb­1898 ruary ro.Lecture by Prof. Fitz-Hugh, Friday, February 12. Winter Term begins Monday, January 2. Oyster Roast to Legislators, Friday, February 19. Swante Palm Mass Meeting, Thursday, February 25. Washington's Birthday, Tuesday, February 22. Student Council Reception, Friday, February 26. Winter Examinations begin Saturday, March 12. Texas Independence Anniversary Celebration, March 2, Spring Term begins Monday, March 21. San Jacinto Day, Thursday, April 2r. 1897. J. L. M. Curry's Address on Education, Tuesday, March 9. Final Examinations (Medical) begin Monday, May 2. Graduating Exercises (Medical), Saturday, May 14. Biological Exhibit, March 26. Ashbel Reception, Saturday, June 12. Final Examinations begin Saturday, June 4. Commencement Day, Wednesday, June 15, 1898. MR. S. M. SWENSON MR. GEO. W. BRACKENRIDGE GOV. 0. M. ROBERTS SIR SWANTE PALM Gaze now upon the sea with thankful eyes ! The first ship hither came with sheets all spread See yonder winged fleet that rides the bay! And brought rare medals, coins, from every clime. Wave all your banners, for a brighter day But of the Captain ?-Say, has any rhyme Burns on the spars, glows with each morning's rise. Been sung for him, or any prayer been said? Another ship has poured its treasure out .To build a Gym and Hall. The Captain ?-Well He's far away in sad-eyed Spain. So tell Our thanks, ye waves that lash that shore about. And yet another ship with tattered sail, A last has come to port. What wealth is there But glory wreathed, has come with tidings, lore Of books! From Norway's snow was brought a Palm Justinian, Blackstone-a goodly store. That bore the splendid fruit. Captain, there's balm Dear Captain, sail; thou fear'st not any gale. And lore for thee, indeed, where'er thou'dst fare. -WFM 12 THOMAS FITZ-HUGH GEO. BRUCE HALSTED DR. SYLVESTER PRIMER DAVID FRANKI,IN HOUSTON WM. JAMES BATTLE DR. GEO. P. GARRISON MRS. H. M. KIRBY WESLEY W, NORMAN CONSTANCE PESSELS J AS. B. CL ARK H. W. HARPER MORGAN CALLAWAY, JR. FREDERIC WII,LIAM SIMONDS DR H. A. WEST E. F. NOR'l'HRUP THOS. U. 'fAYLOR SIDNEY EDWARD MEZES I Soai-d of Rtgtnts ,' T. S. HENDERSON, Cameron, Milam County. G. W. BRACKENRIDGE, San Antonio, Dexar County. T. D. WOOTEN, Austin, Travis County. F. W. DALL, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. T. C. THOMPSON, Galveston, Galveston County. WILLIAM L. PRATHER, Waco, McLennan County. R. E. COWART, Dallas, Dallas County. BEAUREGARD BRY A~, Brenham, Washington County. OFFICERS. T. D. WOOTEN, President. J. J. LANE, Austin, Texas, Secretary. t Term expires \ J Jan. 1, 1905. } ·.1 Term expires Jan. 1, 1899. Term expires l. J Jan. I' I 90 I • Term expires } Jan I, 1903. LESTER G. BUGBEE R. L. BATTSJAMES R. BAILEY MISS JESSIE ANDREWS DONALD CAMERON JUDGE R. S. GOULD MISS L. M. CASIS B. F. HILLDR. J. F. Y. PAINE ARTHUR LEFEVRE AUGUSTA RUCKER JUDGE JOHN C. TOWNES L. R. HAMBERLIN DR. A. G. CLOPTON J. MAGNENAT DR. EDWARD RANDALf, racultQ of the ~io uoi1rersit{, .................. GEORGE TAYLOE WINSTON, A.M., LL.D., President. GEORGE BRUCE HALSTED, M.A., PH.D., Professor ofPure Mathematics. A.B., Princeton University, 18;5, and A.M., 1878; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univer­sity, 1879. GEORGE P. GARRISON, PH.D., Associate Professor ofHistory. L.A., University of Edinburgh, 1881; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1896. THOMAS U. TAYLOR, C.E., Associate Professor ofApplied 111/atltematics. C.E., University of Virginia, 1883; M.C.E., Cornell University, 1895. THOMAS FITZ-HUGI-I, M.A., Associate Professor ofLatin. M .A., University of Virginia, 1883. FREDERIC WILLIAM SIMONDS, PH.D, Professor of Geology. B.S., Cornell University, 18;5, and M.S., 1876; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 18;9. MORGAN CALLAWAY, JR., PH.D., Associate Professor of English Phi­lology. . . A.8., Emory College (Ga.), 1881, and A.M., 1884; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Umver­sity, 1889. SYLVESTER PRIMER, PH.D., Adjunct Professor of Teutonic La1tguages. A.B., Harvard University, 1874; Ph.D., Strassburg, 1880. WILLIAM JAMES BATTLE, PH.D., Associate Professor ofGr~ek. A.B., University of North Carolina, 1888; Ph D., Harvard U111vers1ty, 1893. SIDNEY EDWARD MEZES, B.S., PH.D.,Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. B.S, University of California, 1884; A.B., Harvard University, 1890, A.M , 1891, aud Ph.D., 1893. DAVID FRANKLIN HOUSTON, A.B., A.M., Adju1tct Professor ofPolitical Science. A.B.. University of South Carolina, 1887; A.M, Harvard University, 1892. HENRY WINSTO~ HARPER, PH.G., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Clzem­istry. Ph.G., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1881; M.D., University of Virginia,1892. EDWIN FITCH ORTHRUP, Associate Professor ofPhysics. B.A., Amherst College, 1891; Ph.D.,Johns Hopkins University, 1895. WESLEY W. NORMAN, B.Sc., AM, Adjtmct Professor of Biology. B.Sc., University of Indiana, 1885; A.M., De Pauw University, 1894. L. R. HAMBERLIN, B.A., Adju1trt Professor ofEnglish mtd Expressio1t. B.A., Richmond College (Va.), 1892. __________________Adjunct Professor of Romance Languages. t J. MAGNENAT, Instructor in Frenclt JESSIE ANDREWS, B.LIT., ..Instructor in German. B.Lit., University of Texas, 1886. ARTHUR LEFEVRE, C.E., Instructor in Pure Mathematics. C.E., University of Texas, 1895. L. G. BUGBEE, M.A., Instructor in History. M A., University of Texas, 1893. CONSTANCE PESSELS, PH D' Inshuctor in English. . . B.Lit., University of Texas, 1886, and A.M., 1892; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Umver­s1ty, 1894. JAMES R. BAILEY, BA., Tutor in Chemistry. B.A., University of Texas, 1891. DONALD CAMERON, M.A., Tutor in Greek and Latin. B.A., University of Texas, 1895, and M.A., University of Texas, 1896. LILIA M. CASIS, B.LIT., Tutor in Spanish. B.Lit., University of Texas·, 1895. AUGUSTA RUCKER, B.A., Fellow in Biology. B.A. , University of Texas, 1896. FRITZ REICHMAN, C.E., Fellow in Physics. C.E., University of Texas, 1896, and E.E., 1896. BEN. F. HILL, B.A., Fellow in Geology. B.A., University of Texas, 1896. MRS. H. M. KIRBY, Lady Assistant. JAMES B. CLARK, A.B., Proctor, Librarian, and Secretary ofthe Facul­ ties ofthe M aiu University. A.B., Harvard University, 1855. ROBERTS. GOULD, M.A., LL.D., Professor ofLaw. . B.A., University of Alabama, 1844, and MA., LL.D., Southwestern Presbyterian University (Tenn.), 1886. ROBERT L. BATTS, LL.13., Professor ofLaw. LLB., University of Texas, 1886. JOHN C. TOWNES, Professor ofLaw. * Within the groups the instructors are arranged according to seniority of appointmen_t.t The School of Romance Languages is at present in charge of the Professor of Teutomc Languages. 17 DR. THO\1AS FLAVIN DR. SE TH M. MORRIS R.R. D. CLINE DR. I. M. CLINE DR. WILLIAM GA'.\1MON WILUAM KEILLER DR. HENRY PENDLETON COOKE GEO. P. HALL DR. DAVID CER~A DR. ALLEN J. SMITH HON. ROBT. G. STREET DR. JOHN T. MOORE DR. J. F,. THOMPSON J. P. JOHNSON DR. GEORGE H. LEE DR. L. E. MAGNENAT facult2 of the jchool of ~dicioe ]. F. Y. PAINE, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dean oftlte Faculty. H. A. WEST, M.D., Professor oftlze Principles a1td Practice ofJledicine, and of C!i1tical Medicine. EDWARD RANDALL, M.D., Professor of Materia 11/fedica and Tltera­jJeutics. A. G. CLOPTON, M.D., Professor of Physiology and Hygiene. WILLIAM KEILLER, F.R.C.S., ED., Professor of Anatomy. ALLEN J. SMITH, A.M., M.D., Professor ofPathology. J. E. THOMPSON, B.S., M.B. (London), F.R.C.S., England, Professor of Surgery. S. M. MORRIS, B.Sc., M.D., Professor of Clzemistry and Toxicology. EDWARD RANDALL, M.D., Lecturer on Plzysical Diagnosis. ALLEN J. SMITH, A.M., M.D., Lecturer on 11fental alld .1Ven.1011s Dis­ eases. HEXRY P. COOKE, i\I.D., Lecturer 01t Diseases of Clzildre11. GEORGE H. LEE, M.D., Lecturer en Diseases oftlte Ski11. GEORGE P. HALL, M.D., Lecturer 011 Diseases of tlte .Rye, and of the Ear, Nose, and Tlwoat. DAVID CERNA, M.D., PH.D., Lecturer on the Histo1y of11/fedicille. Hox. ROBERT G. STREET, B.A., Lecturer on JlfedicalJurisjJntdmce. I. M. CLINE, M.D., Lecturer 011 Climatology. R. R. D. CLINE, PH.G., Lecturer on Plzarmacy. THO~IAS FLAVIX, M.D.; Demonstrator ofAnatomy. DAVID CERNA, M.D., PH.D ., Demonstrator ofPhysiology. WILLIAM GAMMON, M.D., Demonstrator of.iVormal Histology. LOUIS E. MAGNENAT, M.D., Demonstrator of ClzemistJy. JOHN T. MOORE, M.D, Demo!lstrator of Anatomy. W. F. STARLEY, M.D., Demollstrator of Obstetrics. J. P.]OHNSON, Pro7)0St. <\ A. B ... H~r'Va~4 Universi:ty;1861. ~· Proie.s:i,~r of English and Htstory,1ss:1-1ssa; ·~ Pro:eessor of' English,1888.-1886; Chai.rxnan ·. of' th~ _Faculty,1884--lSS,t.; ' President ad -inter1rn.,1S86-1S86. I. DOR~ , $~P-. 11, 1841. DIED Aug. 18, 1889. Judge John C. Townes comes from an ancestry of lawyers. He was born in Tuscumbia, Ala., on January 30, 1852. \Vhile still an infant, his father, who had been Chancellor of the northern district of Alabama, brought him to Travis County, Tex., where a colony of noted Alabamians had settled. Judge Townes obtained his preliminary training in the private schools of this community, and later attended Waco University, from which he would have graduated but for the fact that financial considerations compelled him to withdraw during his Senior year. At the age of nineteen he married Miss Kate Wildbahn, and shortly afterward he began the study of law in the office of Moore & Shelley. Securing license in 1873, and practising for several years in Travis County, he removed to San Saba in 1877, where, a few years later, he was elected to the important office of District Resigning this position in February, 1885, he removed to \Villiamson County, where he was appointed Judge.District Judge by Governor Ross. . Holding this position for but a short time, he came to Austin, where he formed a partnership with Hon. S. R. Fisher. He enjoyed a large practice and achieved considerable distinction, and in 1896 he was elected professor of law in the University of Texas. JUDGE TOWNES. Judge Townes is a Baptist in religion, and a Democrat in politics. His personality is charming and teaching are both original and effective. attractive. His methods of the Johns Hopkins University, where he remained Constance Pessells was born in New York City until he received the doctorate in 1894. In Septem­ He entered the University of on September 9, 1864. ber, 1896, he was appointed instructor in English in Texas when it was opened in the fall of 1883, and He then the University of Texas.receiyed the degree of B. Lit. in 1886. His doctorate dissertation, which has attracted no taught in the public schools at Tyler and Galveston little attention, was entitled : '' The Present and Past until 1891. In September of that year he entered and was pub­ Periphrastic Tenses in Anglo-Saxon, ' ' the University of Texas for graduate work, and in lished in December, 1896.1892 recdved the degree of A.M. He then entered DR. PESSELLS. Edwin F. Northrup was born at Syracuse, N. Y., February 23, 1866. His education was obtained in He spent the summer the public schools of Syracuse, at Amherst (B.A. '91), and at Johns Hopkins (Ph.D. '95). Leaving Cornell, he received employment in designing of 1891 at Cornell, and also the following fall and winter. instruments and experimental work from the well-known instrument firm of Queen & Co., of Philadelphia. Here he took out three patents on electrical instruments, one of which, '' A New Form of Galvanometer He was Fellow in Physics at Johns Hopkins from 1893 to Needle," received an award at the World's Fair. 1895. On graduating from Johns Hopkins he went to Utah and Montana, where he remained one year. Having decided to devote his life to the teaching of Physics, he returned to Syracuse in the summer of 1896. In August, 1896, he was appointed Professor of Physics in the University of Texas. Dr. Northrup has contributed widely noticed articles to the Philosophical 11.fagazine and to the Electrical World. He is thoroughly and enthusiastically devoted to his life-work. He believes that physics is the He believes that a thorough command of mathematics is indispensable to the "aristocracy of the sciences." DR. NORTHRUP.proper study of physics. vVould you, Freshmen, graduate? Then learn ye how to punctuate. If Pesse11s should your work assign, The colon you should bear in mmd ; If Callaway should be your teacher, The comma you will find a reacher; But when you write a Hamberlin song, Just make a dash -and go along! -C.H. 23 EIL~APO~ITAN. cJ BEa,ca)\,', Evcppo· ]No. 0. PHILLJPS, President. FLORA THOMAS, Vice-President. BLANCHE NEVILLE, Secretary. 'v'v'M. S. PARKER, Treasurer. E. C. RouTH, Sergeant-at-arms. -~ ~ --,.., · .. '' THE RE IS DELIG HT IN SINGI NG." It happened once across the night With many halls and chambers fair, A bird of song came winging, There rears a splendid dwelling, Then all the clouds were tinged with light, The singer's pleasance, high in air, And all the air with singing; With perfect music swelling. Through every cave and deep recess One spirit sings with many a voice Pierced shafts of music flying, In every dome and tower, And filled the hollow wilderness And sounds forever there rejoice With breath of song undying. To build a singing bower. A heart that has a song to sing Has more than fairies' treasure­Though all the joys of earth take wing, It sings for singing's pleasure. The air is light, the skies are bright, The world with song is ringing, On, on, we'll go, or swift or slow, A-singing and a-singing. '97 ACADEMIC STANDING OOMMITTEl,J JNO. 0. PHILLIPS, Chairman. EsTELLE MoNTELIN, H. S. BROWN, FLORENCE LEWIS, CLASS DAY PROGRAM President's Address Class History . " Poem .. " Oration . " Prophecy Address to Lower Class Men . MEMBERS McVea, J. C., Bachman, Ella L., Michelson, J. E., Brown, H. S., Montelin, Estelle,Coleman, G. W., Neville, Blanche,Griffith, Etta, Oliver, Eugene,Harris, Lota, Parker, W. S., Harris, Lanu, Patrick, Emma Reuel,Harris, R. C., Phillips, J no. 0., Howard, H. G., Rice, Carl C., Lewis, Florence, Richardson, W. S., Lomax, J. A., W. S. RICHARDSON. J no. 0. Phillips. F. T. West. Estelle Montelin. . . ]. A. Lomax. Blanche Neville. W. S. Parker. Routh, E. C., Smith, W. R., Spence, John, Stiles, H. R., Thomas, Flora, Wallace, Edna, West, F. T., Willbanks, C. K., Williams, L. ~ S. HISTORY OF '97 F, as he entered upon the task of writing the history of the world, Herodotus paused and considered what a D work he was undertaking, if he stood silent and irresolute as he surveyed the mighty labor: how much more diffident should I be with regard to writing a history of far more importance and of much greater interest than For what was, is, or shall be the History of Greece and the surrounding countries in comparison with the History of the Class of 1897 of the University of Texas? his! He begins his narrative thus: "These are the researches But did Herodotus shrink from his task? Not a bit. Halicarnassus, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of Herodotus of of what men have done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the Greeks and the Barbarians from losing their In honor to the Father of History (and surely he ought to consider himself highly honored thereby) due meed of glory." our history shall begin in the same melodramatic manner: These are the researches of the (duly-elected) Historian, which he publishes, in the hope of thereby preserving from decay the remembrance of what the Class of '97 has done, and of preventing the great and wonderful actions of the various members from losing their due meed of praise. Some there are, perchance, who will claim that we were once merely Freshmen ! Because, forsooth, they can find no other charge against us, they proclaim aloud to every passer-by that at ·one time we were (woe is me that the term must needs be repeated), that we were Freshmen. The great absurdity of thinking that we, of all students, were ever to be considered in such a low scale of humanity, in such a debased condition, and above all in such a position of absolute ignorance as " Freshmen!" We are, have Far be it from us to claim or even suggest that ever in the annals of the revolving ages we were so accounted. been, and shall be the Class of '97, as is abundantly proved by our Constitution, Art. XXVIII, Sec. 64. Two of last year's class (now in the Medical Department) say that ours is the best class that ever graduated from the How Coming from such a source we see at once that the praise is on account of our admirable unity. this unity has been attained is a question, but may it not result from the fact that our class has more applicants for B. A. than University of Texas. for any other degree? In our unity, however, there has not always been strength. Ground down by a tyrannical Faculty, which at first saidthat on the completion of twenty courses we should get our degrees, unsuccessful were our attempts to dispense with the essayswhich were afterwards unlawfully imposed upon us. Many a stirring speech was made on the subject, but all to no avail; ouroppressors were obdurate. \Ne can, on the other hand, congratulate ourselves on one fact, on an incident by which we showed the intellectualcapacity of the class and the great amount of future genius in some of our members. We convinced the President of the University of Texas-think of it--we convinced the great and notable President of the University of Texas; we made himacknowledge that there were more things in heaven and earth than were ever dreamt of in his philosophy. How much he was enlightened by the original investigation (true University work) of the Senior class and by their liberal use of telegrams! Our class is to be commended as an example to all future classes in two important respects: In the first place, we havefirmly adhered to our privilege and right of having class-day exercises without the aid of the members of the professional schools. The other action to be upheld to those yet to come is our great zeal in getting badges for ourselves, in planting a class-tree on Arbor-Day, and in leaving donations to the 'Varsity in the way of art works, books for the library, etc. This is aprogressive age. We appointed a committee for all these laudable objects; let next year's class not only appoint the committee, but see also that it performs its work. It would not do to neglect to speak of our receptions. A" Senior" reception in very fact was that given to the foot-ballplayers, where the members of the class of '97 were conspicuous only for their absence. Very interesting, too, were the compli­cations arising from these receptions, and the hurry and confusion in which engagements were made. Two fellows would oftencall on the same girl to go to a reception, and it is commonly reported that a certain young lady twice refused the company of agentleman who was at the head of his class in Anglo-Saxon, not to mention Greek, German and Pedagogy. Then there was the reception, tendered us and the Faculty by Baylor's Class of '97, where we heard of our hickory-nut­ headed members. Sad to say, the historian is an humble one of that number, and his slender stock of knowledge for writing ahistory is at an end. Having given, however, such a detailed history of the class, nothing more is needed except the conclusion. Were thehistorian also a prophet, he would, no doubt, complete in a beautiful, artistic, and altogether admirable manner the history herebegun. Fortunately, however, for the reader, he is no prophet, and, therefore, a conclusion to this History of the Class of '97cannot be composed, written, or compiled. 33 President. B y EAGER, . p esident.ANSON · J Vice-r . TAYLOR MOORE,. R.,Second v· e-Pres1dent.ic BROOKS, M1ss Secretary. M1ss PRATHER, Treasurer. R PARKE~ s DENNY t-at-Arm . . Sergean F. L. BERRY, ·class Poet. T LLICHET, . J. H. A R Histonan. OTTO PFEIFFE ' ---~ - ...:-­ 34 HISTORY OF '98 D SEIZE my well-borrowed fountain pen to tell the history of our class, the honorable class of '98; but when I come to think of it, the task seems too great for one man. For indeed we are a great class with a remarkable record. In the year 1894 there came to this University many students, from whose number the class of '98 was to be selected. In September of the above-mentioned year many suddenly decided to return home, and departed, while the remaining one hundred and ninety organized themselves into a class, which was destined to become a mighty factor in the history of this University. Since then some of our number have left us, lacking the necessary " wherewith " to pursue their studies; others seeking larger fields of thought and study. However, there is left the choicest of that number. This year's Junior Class is the largest in the history of the University-largest not only in number, but also in intellect. Strange that all the brains of this great State should be gathered together in one c1ass; but, mind you, "truth is stranger than fiction." And realizing the importance of our position, we have established a record and set an example, which, we are glad to see, the other classes are inclined to follow. For instance, we never take moonlight boat-rides up the lake when we should be writing essays on Lady Macbeth, or Hamlet's insanity, or preparing for some dread exam. We never fail to pay our class dues, etc., promptly, nor has any one of our number ever been known to "bust" on exam. True, when weary with study and care, we take the poet's advice and "go forth under the open sky and list to Nature's teachings," but we invariably take a copy of Number and its Algebra, or Pindar, or some other light literature along for recreation. In other lines, too, has our greatness been shown. Ours was the only "swell" reception of the season, and, furthermore, amongst our number are found the most popular ladies and the best football players. Then, again, no one of us has ever been known to be mistaken for a "Freshie." The Seniors objected to being thus wrongly identified, but it was their fault, and seeing this, they decided to brand themselves in order that they might more easily be distinguished from Freshmen. It is easily done, if they only knew how; but they lack that dignity and intellectuality which have so pre-eminently characterized us. It is but a short time until we shall be Juniors no longer; until we shall take one step higher. We anxiously await the advent of the hour when we can set a worthy example as model Seniors. Fair weather and a happy voyage to the class of '98 ! Till then, adieu. -Junior Historian. 35 '98 ACADEMIC CLASS COLORS, CRIMSON AND WHITE OFFICERS President, ANSOK B. YEAGER. Vice-President, TAYLOR MooRE, JR. Second Vice-President, Miss BROOKS. Secretary, Miss PRATHER. Treasurer, DENNY PARKER. Sergeant-at-Arms, F. L. BERRY. Class Poet, J. H. TALLICHET. Historian, OTTO PFEIFFER. MEMBERS Bessie Beall, Erner Grigsby, 0. H. Radkey, Frank Lee Berry, Vera Harris, Lucie E. Ralston, Wm. T. Boyd, Annie C. Hill, William \Nallace Ralston, Mabel Brooks, Bruns Pitts Holland, Louise Estelle Robinson, Daisy A. Bryan, Arthur P. Homer, Winifield Sansom, Margaret E. Cobb, Mamie Key, Hiram A. Shaw, Daniel B. Couch, Edward R. Kleberg, Florence C. Smith, Robbie Davis, John W. Matlock, W. A. Stephens, Wm. T. Decherd, Geo. C. McClendon, J. H. Tallichet, Vive De Lesdernier, · Wm. T. Miller, Ernest Townes, Walter W. Fisher, Taylor Moore, Jr., T. A. Whatley, Ethel B. Ford, R. Denny Parker, Caroline L. Williams, Frank F. Friend, Otto A. Pfeiffer, Anson B. Yeager.Mary Lu Prather, oppICE~S E. C. BARKER, President. L, BELLE CHAPMAN, Vice-President. T. C. FROST, JR., Secretary. FRANCES wAGGENER, Treasurer. A. E. Amerman, Sergeant-at-Arms. . ..' ~ , 1111 • Thee never was a lass or lad We've learned the ways of college life, More happy than a " Soph," In all its varied forms,The songs we sing are gay and glad, With "Profs " we've ceased to hold our strife,Our password is a laugh. No longer fear their storms. The brilliant light of classic lore vVe' re free as larks from all the care WE Drives back the thickest shades That burdens common clay,Of Freshman night, in us of yore We build our castles in the air, As dark as Ten of Spades. SOPHOMORES Then watch them fade away. Escaped from darkness unto light, Of life we see the brightest side,Why not rejoice, be glad? O'er sorrows never pine,Revealed in our majestic might, We fly with hope, and love, and pride, Say, why should we be sad? The flag of '99. -0. E. R. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '99 T has been said that the best way in which to write a history is to group the important events about some great personage. But the historian has never heard how the history of a nation of Napoleons, Hypatias, Platas, and Zenobias should be written, and so is without a model in writing the history of the Class of '99. It is owing to the general greatness of the class that the disregarding of this prescribed rule has been inevitable. But our claim to a history has been undeniably established by the statement of another. Said this one : "A land without ruins is a land without memories; a land without memories is a land without a history." Need we say more? We have had ruined hopes. In the rooms where the Freshmen, with sad and wondering hearts, are initiated into the wonderful mysteries of commas and quotation-marks, sundry of our Platas and Hypatias are seen, and they have memories of having been there before. We have grown older (intellectually). We disdain the frivolities of life. In our Freshman year, we gave one reception, which was a brilliant failure. As Sophomores, our receptions have not been so numerous. But rather than discourage those who have not grown so intellectually, and for the sake of the benefit that they would derive from the association, we have accepted all invitations to the receptions given by our benighted fellow-classes. We are always ready to sacrifice ourselves for the uplifting of others. We are a talented class. The artistic talent which has been lying dormant in our members has been discovered by the history professors. Columbus discovered America in 1492; this discovery was made in 1896. There are some dates which should be remembered. Those who cannot afford a trip to Europe should get maps of it as drawn by the Sophomore history class. · As to our class meetings-well, as the old song goes, "We met and parted." Time goes on, lagging and speeding. Soon we will disband, and lay down forever the name of Sophomores. Will the bond be broken? No, for we will come back again with the bond unchanged and strengthened. But we shall give it a new name-Juniors. 39 '99 ACADEMIC OFFICERS EUGENE C. BARKER, President. BELLE CHAPMAN, Vice-President. T. C. FROST, JR., Secretary. FRANCES wAGGENER, Treasurer. A. E. AMERMAN, Sergeant-at-Arms. BROWNIE PONTON, Historian. 0. E. ROBERTS, Poet. MEMBERS Palm, 0. H., Gregg, F., Amerman, A. E., Ponton, Brownie, Hart, J. H., Ardrey, H. D., Potts, Evelyn,Askew, Florence A., Heard, Mary, Rabb, W. T., Hutchison, H. McL., Barker, E. C., Rhine, F. Dorothea, Jacobs, J. L., Beall, K. H., Robertson, G , King, C. W., Blackburn, Alice A., Rowe, Florence E., Kirk, L. H., Bostick, Cordelia C. , Sanders, Birdie M., Knight, Gertrude, Camp, A., Shaw, H. A., LeTellier, Clifford La H., Chapman, Belle G., Sitman, Minnie, Magnenat, Florence S., Clark, W. E., Smith, F. E., McFarland, B. H., Crozier, N. R., Thornton, H. A., McMahon, W. E., Daly, J. P., Thweatt, Hattie E., McPherson, Ida B., Freeman, A. H., Waggener, Frances P., Moore, W. F., Friend, F. F., Whitis, T. P., Morgan, G. W., Frost, T. C., Jr., Wortham, R. W. Morris, V. R., Goldstein, A., ,~\'tE ~ ttt/H~ ~\t, ( ®ffieeras fora @fhi rao @ferarn ·... tra MR. H. L. BORDEN, President. MR. GEORGE KING, Vice-President. Mrss WILLIE RECTOR, Treasurer. Mrss MAMIE BooTH, Secretary. Mrss Lucy COPES, Sergeant-at-Arms. -~­ -...i ~-... •7..,. .. ........ -· i2 HISTORY OF THE CLASS ()F 1900 SEMPER IN SUMMO 0 much have we progressed since last September, that it is hard to realize that we have been here but a few months. We came from diverse and numerous places, and it is unnecessary to say that we were then fresh, conceited and unsophisticated. We soon, however, became acquainted with each other, there being the magnet of similarity between us Freshmen which drew us together. In the early part of October we organized and elected officers. Soon afterwards we adopted a constitution, a motto, and a yell. And it was with pleasure that we accepted the title Class of 1900; for what could be more fitting than that we should complete our course in the closing year of this greatest of centuries ? Nor were we backward in displaying our social qualities. We soon gave a function, which must be recorded as one of the social successes in the history of the University of Texas. In February, we were tendered a reception by the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.'s, at which we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. We are proud of our class; yet do not think we are vain. It is commonly conceded that no Freshman Class has ever surpassed us. Truly, our talents are many and varied. We are athletes, politicians, and scholars. Our girls, on account of their beauty and winsomeness, have their young affections sought after by all. Time has changed us, as it does everything else. Since last September we have grown older, wiser, and more thought­ful. But, alas! No exception has been made for us, and our path will not always lead over such a pleasant way. If the Fates decree, we must next year take unto ourselves the name Sophomores. Kind readers, valete. 43 '00 ACADEMIC OFFICERS FOR SECOND TERM OFFICERS FOR FIRST TERM Mrss FRANCES BELL PORTER, President. MR. H. L. BORDEN, President. MR. S. J. WARD, Vice-President. MR. J. FENET, Vice-President. Mrss EDNA FosTER, Treasurer. MR. L. M. MR. H. A. Andrews, C.R. Aden, E. Unorna Dodge, . Alice Hubbard, H. Bloomburgh, A. M. Brownfield, P. F. Brigham, J. B. Benefield, Sue H. Stalnaker, Alice Kirkpatrick, Sadie M. Moore, Emily Oliver, S.S. Crenshaw, J. L. Cass, J. E. Coleman, R. J. Coleman, R. E. Cloud, Eunice Aden, Mamie Wilson, Etha Daily, Emily Tobin, S. H. Carter, R. J. Calder, C. W. Cannon, C. M. Colville, KE)IP, Secretary. L. BORDEN, Sergeant-at-Arms. C. C. Cole, W. P. Campbell, Gertrude Kaulbach, \N. L. Crawford, Kate McHenry, G. Dobbins, D. Du Pre, T. L. Deen, Bryan Daugherty, J. Lamar Davis, J. D. Dahlich, Cecile Walker, Edith R. Hull, Maud M. Shipe, Hattie Whitten, Louwittie Blailock, Mary E. Mathews, Jerry Debenport, Isabella Brackenridge, R. 0. Watkins, P. J. Walker, R. C. Wells, T. H. Dever, R. Eldridge, B. Eldridge, MEMBERS W. N. Friend, Theodosia Lane, Inda Thornton, Sallie R. Williford, Louise Chilton, Mamie Jackson, H. E. Ford, H. Garret, F. L. Eddins, Robbie Bedell, Louise Jones, Ysabel Tallichet, Danna Bachman, Pleona Cameron, D. E. Grove, W. L. Hedrick, Edna Holmes, Evelyn Wright, Elizabeth Bitting, Elizabeth A. Weeden, C. P. Halter, E. E. Howard, R. W. Howell, B. K. Johnson, W.W. Johnson, Mrss WILLIE RECTOR, Treasurer. Mrss MAMIE BooTH, Secretary. Mrss LucY COPES, Sergeant-at-Arms. W. J. LAWTHER, Historian. A. J. Kaulbach, G. S. King, T. Lowry, W. E. Monteith, I. L. Massey, L. Maverick, C. P. Norby, R. T. Neill, H. Nussbaum, Lucia Wooters, Marguerite E. Kinney, Anne A. Storey, Lucile D. Byers, G. E. \Yoodward, J. T. Wilhite, H. A. Oneal, F. Lane, 0. L. Pietzner, T. J. Palm, J. F. Pinson, T. J. Pinson, A. A. Roeber, Isabella Winston, Ben Robey, 'vV. R. Schreiner, 0. A. Stubbs, A. H. Stephens, C. A. Schreiner, J. Simkins, W. C. Sheppard, M. Simon, Elfrieda Jessen, Sallie Holland, P. J. Shorer, B. A. Jones, E. Tracy, W. Thomas, J. M. Taylor, H. Turner, Roy Stowe, Sue Lane, J. W . Vincent, Ada Blackburn, Julia S. Cousins, Mary A. Poole, E. Wilder, Stella Wilson, E. Hicks. ./f'--1~>; ;)\::\:.:,~ . ra HISTORY OF THE J. B. W. & M. LINE m ARLY in October, orders came down the line for operations to begin, so the whole 783 engineers (figures from memory­maybe decimal point out of adjustment) moved out on the location of the Johnson, Baker, Wellington and Merriman, a new line .along the great divide between Freshwater Junction and Signorville. Experts from all points of the compass-some from the cactus-bestudded plains of Kerrville, some from Chicago (Illinois, not Texas), and others from the mud flats of Houston (nee Lockhart)-were represented among our corps. Order No. r came. With a brand-new outfit we began our work and have faithfully continued throughout the year. We have one and all made our marks (about 5,000 apiece on the campus, some of them so deep that we now have several secret short cuts to China. In fact, the campus is now well ven­tilated). All day long has been heard the song, " Stick, stuck, never had such a run of luck; Stick to our labor, stuck on our job, Stuck at the table, you bet you Bob.'' After completing our line as far as Wells, we ran off on a tangent to Miller. This section of the line gave us much trouble, as we here found level planes passing off suddenly into most irregular curves. Great balls and cones of material had to be cut around, tunneled into and sectioned. But the blessed shades and shadows of night at last brought peace and rest. The line from Wells leads through Henck County, and here we found curves-big curves, small curves, compound curves, simple curves, reversed curves, in-curves, out-curves, and curves galore. The music of the frogs among the willow switches close by lulled us to sleep as we passed our Wellington River and entered the land of patent brakes and uncertainty. Here considerable friction arose among the corps, due to a difference of opinion concerning the proper "angle of repose." From this swampy region we passed to the variable country in Johnson County. Long, tedious up-grades con­sumed many moments and caused fearful stresses in our brains, which must have been models of elasticity, or these '' fully loaded'' mem­bers never would have stood the strain placed upon them. At certain points ''tensile '' and ''compressive '' tests were applied. The latter gave us some trouble on account of the number of stays required to hold the specimen in shape. Some of the specimens never did reach their elastic limit, never having had any. The "cantilever " used to cross from Bad Land to Celeste gave us some trouble, because of the violent shock of the heavy switch engines employed in the yard, but we got around this by putting a thick layer of paper under the usual seat of the bridge and over the (a)butment, to catch the shock. From Celeste we proceeded through Baker County over a series of arches to Diabloville, where we found an immense dam neces­sary to our proper water supply. Here we struck a bed of quicksand and experimented with piles of all descriptions, but finally obtained a good foundation and finished our task. The torrid breezes in this region made Fanning necessary between here and Signorville, where a period of rest was taken by the company. The election of officers followed the completion of the road, and resulted as follows : Chief Engineer (non-resident and non est) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. C. Mc Vea. Chief (Vice of Department and Camp Cook) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. D. Parker. Watchdog of Cash-box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • .... "Coy" A. Schreiner, Jr. Chairman Committee on Reports and Corresponding Secretary . . . ............"Dill " Berry (Lockhart). Chairman 6 F Committee . . ............... , . . . . . . . . . . . . 0. Abstinence Pffeiffeffer. Chairman 6 H Committee and "Construction Boss" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Daly. General Ticket Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... "Prof." H. 0. Neville. General Pass(enger) Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... T. U. Taylor. Chainman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chaplain R. W. Nowlin, No. 16 Pie Foundry Building (B. Hall). Rodman and Flagman . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. C. Dobbins. E. E. Howard of Freshwater . . . • . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · . Jonah. Lady Directors .........................Miss Patrick, Miss Wallace, Miss Neville, Miss Coleman. 48 ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION Motto-Pinch in everything, pinch pretty rough Stick it to everyone, been stuck enough Yell-Moments, stresses, strains and shears Viaducts, aqueducts, canals, dams, weirs Cantilever, trusses, girders and piers Texas, Texas, Engineers COLORS-GAMBOGE, BRINDLE, BLACK A~D BLL'"E OFFICERS ]No. C. McVEA, President. R. DENNY PARKER, Vice-President. CHAS. A. SCHREINER, Treasurer. FRANK L. BERRY, Secretary. H. 0. NEVILLE, Historian. MEMBERS J no. Spence, '97. R. W. Nowlin, '99. E. E. Howard, 'oo. Jno. C. McVea, '97. ]. P. Daly, '99. S. C. Dobbins, 'oo. H. 0. Neville, '97. T. P. Whitis, i99. S. S. Crenshaw, 'oo. H. C. Lothholz, Special. Chas. Schreiner, Jr., 'oo. S. T. Foster, Jr., Special. F. L. Berry, '98. ]. F. Pinson, 'oo. R. W. Howell, Special. 0. A. Pfeiffer, '98. T. ]. Pinson, 'oo. R. W. Wortham, '99. R. D. Parker, '98. 0. Palm, '99. HONORARY MEMBERS Miss Emma R. Patrick, Miss Enid Coleman, Miss Blanche Neville, Miss Maude Wallace. 50 OFFICERS W. R. HARR.JS, President. OTIS TRULOVE, Vice-President. CHARLES KASSEL, Secretary. MORRIS SHEPPARD, Historian. GEO. M. ScARDOROUGH, Treasurer. JORN M. GARDINER, Sergeant-at-Arms. S. F. BAILEY, President. A. C. ATCHLEY, Vice-President. J. S. MILLS, Secretary. W. D. C. JONES, Historian. W. W. McCRORY, Treasurer. W. R. HARRIS, Sergeant-at-Arms. ROLL OF ME~IBERS E. G. Abbott, A. C. Atchley, Newton Ayres, S. F. Bailey, H. D. Bishop, T. L. Blanton, C. M. Brown, N. A. Brown, G. H. Carter, R. L. Caruthers, J. Stewart Clarke, W. J. Crawford, Frank Creswell, D. W. Dobbs, A. N. Moursund, Pat. M. Neff, F. R. Newton, Harry Painter, ]. D. Robinson, ]. C. Saner, G. M. Scarborough, Morris Sheppard, W. S. Shipp, B. Smith, W. A. Smith, Fitzhugh Thornton, ]. W. Tobin, Otis Trulove. W. P. Donaldson, A. ] . Elrod, W.W. Espy, A. Fennell, D. H. Fly, ]. M. Gardiner, Walter Gresham, Jr., W. R. Harris, W. Pitts Hancock, Curtis Hancock, W. ]. Harper, W. C. Hogg, ]. F. House, R. M. Hubbard, Chas. H. Huberich, J. S Jones, J. W. Jones, W. D. C. Jones, H. Kahn, Charles Kassel, W. A. Keeling, T. E. Knight, ]. W. McClendon, W. W. McCrory, J. S. Mills, V. C. Moore, Robt. Morris, H. 0. Morrison, 54 LAW, NINETY-SEVEN D HE CLASS of '97 is the largest ever known in the history of the University. At one time we numbered over one hundred; but since then many have fallen by the wayside. Many went clown under those tests of physical endurance, miscalled examina­tions ; and others were called home by the death or serious sickness of a near relative-after they found that they couldn't pass. So that when the roll was called in September last, we were grieved to see that barely half had returned to their first love. But since then the addition of several new men has raised our number to fifty-four. The present members of the Senior Law Class of'97 have come up through many trials and tribulations, and the end is not yet. The troublesome conditions of some have not all been removed, and the poor Senior is still ignorant of what the Fates may have in store for him. There are exams. still to come, you see. While the Law '97 is a class of which we are justly proud, we will indulge in no panegyrics as to its recognized superiority over others. There are some among us who have gained honor and renown in oratory or in the field of athletics, but our limited space forbids individual mention. And a history of a class should be a story of its progress and development, rather than a record of particular events of the doings of particular members. Therefore, w~ must leave much of our praises unexpressed. But we will say that with but few exceptions we have never known men more devoted to their duty ; that in the University there is not, nor has been a class that has done more of hard, honest work. The relations between the fraternities and the non-fraternity men have, during this year been most pleasant. We have been spared the importunities of the college politician and the sight of those striving for empty honors, and those petty jealousies which disgraced the history of the class in its Junior year. This is as it should be. Again the faculty failed to grant us a holiday on March 2d, whereupon the Senior Laws, headed by "Snaky Jones," and joined by most of the Juniors, borrowed a cannon from the Capitol grounds and proceeded to exercise their inalienable right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, by cutting all classes and celebrating Texas Independence Day right, while the Academs looked clown enviously from the win­dows of the University. They were with us in spirit, poor fellows, but were afraid to bring their bodies along. Soon we leave our Alma Mater to carve our fortunes from out the future. We are to become actors in a mighty drama, and on a stage as broad as the continent. \,Ve will be members of a profession which of all secular professions we believe to have the highest stand­ 55 ard. Enrolled in its ranks, both past and present, are the brightest and wisest of mankind. In no other profession does one plunge so deep into the stream of life ; in no other is such scope given one to realize all the energy of one's soul ; in no other does success depend so directly upon merit and effort; in no other is the law of the survival of the fittest applied so inexorably. And let us not regard our chosen profession as a mere means of bread-getting. Let our aims and ethics be higher than that. To those who care to look closely, the Law is not a dry, technical thing, a dreary grind, but a thing to love with all the passionate devotion that a painter may feel for his art. There is no other field of learning so broad; it is as boundless as the history of humanity. To the student of the Law, how small a thing seems the novelist's tales or the poet's dreams compared with the history of the moral life of his race, or when he sees the growth of liberty as he traces the pathway of man from savagery to civilization. We are soon to be turned loose on a long-suffering public. And though college life will be left behind, the memories of it will remain with us in all the years to come. Our life here has not been all work. Though the days sometimes seem to drag so drearily by, there have been times when we have turned aside to chase some bright butterfly of our imagination, or pluck some wild flower of pleasure. Many friends we have made ; much of life have we learned, and gathered a little of knowledge. So when our class days are over forever, when we are scattered wide, may each of us have a world of pleasant memories, and be rich in friends, in sympathy and love. Long may they live and prosper, the Laws of '97. -Historian. 56 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION LAW, '98 OFFICERS RUBE SAMUEL WELLS, Sergeant-at-Arms. JORN DAY DAFFAN, President. BEAUVAIS F. BAUGH, Class Poet. CHARLES HOLLAND LEAVELL, Vice-President. BERNARD HEMPHILL, Secretary. Bailey, W. S., Batsell, C. W., Baugh, B. F., Bethea, L., Bertrand, C. H., Boynton, A., Boyette, W. F., Casey, T., Casey, C. E., Caldwell, C. Pope, Connelly, T. T., Cobb, J.M., Daffan, J. D., Duggan, A. P., Denmark, A. W., Denton, W.R., Dunbar, R. S., Daniels, M. L., Fort, G. B., Goree, R. E., Hemphill, B., Isaacs, L. B., Jordan, H. P., Jenkins, J., Koppere, M. 0., Lasseter, H. E., Law, F. M., Jr., FRANCIS MARION MEMBERS Lockett, J. L., Masterson, J. H., Mayer, M. K., Midkiff, W. P., Palm, J.C., Parker, H., Parker, D., Jr., Spaulding, C. E., Taylor, M. A., Thompson, J. H., Thompson, W. H., \Naggener, L., West, J. R., 58 LAW, Historian. White, M. M., Lewis, J. W., Lewis, Thomas H., Hill, R., Maytubby, J. S., Folsom, A. T., *Everhart, A., Nicholson, F., Young, J. W., Ford, W. I., Lyons, G. W., Rogers, U. B., Howe, J. M. * Deceased. 60 Ube ~eOfcal {tbe ]Db}2stctan lDepartment