Oxford eagle., 1888-12-13
CAMPUS DOTS.


Saturday.
The Chemistry class are to be-
gin o book of problems soon. as
We hear from some member oil
the class.
Mrs. Jones. from BOOnyiIie,
has been visiting her daughter,
Airs. J w johnson, during the
past two weeks.
Prof. Fulton was called of on
business Ivy a telegram last Fri
day morning. The cause OF his
absence is rather mystery to
all.
DIR. Wheat and DIR. Maves are
going to Conference in Stark
vile the former to Join the
itencracy, the latter rs a lay-del
egate.
Mrs Quinch, is visiting her
daughter, Miss Annie, at Gin
cinnati, where she has been
since July. Both are expected
home soon.
There is boy in school who
is accused of coming to the Ia
ble without comhing his head.
He has a good excuse, he is
bald headed.
We hear that some of the boys
are using hair restorers on their
upper lip. They are impatient
waiting for a mustache to make
it's appearance.
Mr.. b. ". Lockwood of Crys-
tai Springs, left for his home last
Saturday night. H. had taken
the mumps aud thought that
home was the best place to be
sick.
One home sick Prep, calcu-
lates the time till Christmas to
be one week, three days, seven
teen hours and nine seconds
another makes it fourteen see
onds longer.
Mr. Walter Williams of .he
class OF 80 is candidate for
the degree of Master of Arts
this year. He is now in Texas
The principal OF school of four
hundred pupils.
The Junior class have just
heard their marks in Psycholo
gy. The marks are better than
usual. There were four hun
dren made and the lowest mark
was eighty The average of the
class was above ninety.
Prof. A A kincannOn, class of
Isl, is to be married Oh the 10Th
to Miss Mary George Barks dale
of Meridian, q grand daughter
of Senator George. May pros
perity and happiness ever at.
tend the happy couple.
Nr. G. ]. Gee a member ofthe
Sub Freshman class left for Car
rolton, his home Tuesday night
D week ago. Mr.. Gee is Il good
student aud We do Lot like to
give him up, but he will be back
after Christmas II his health i'm
proves.
The SOphOmores are now out
surveying the campus. 0ne of
their wise number reports that
Gen Sears says that be has been
trying to have the campus sur
veyed for the last twenty years
The Sophs say that the are go-
ing to survey it without fail.
We think it would be well for
boys to study vocal music since
one of them in singing a ditiy
as he called it, scared a lady in
the adjoining room. She
thought it was her son aud that
he must be having a fit, came
running IN TO see about him.
The death of Mr. Duncan is n
sad reminder of the need of a
hospital on the campus. One
hall of some dormitory might
with little expence be fitted up
neatly and put in charge OF
some good woman who could
be next TO a mother in case OF
sickness, when the boys so
greatly need such care and ten
derness.
Nr. +. C. Holmes has a book
made up Of several numbers of
the old Phi Sigma Magazine be-
gun in 1855, aud merged into the
University Magazine the next
year. His father collected these
aud had them nicely bound,
when IA student here before the
war. This is highly priced by
the Alumni for historical purpo.
Ses. Can not others contribute
old books CT papers ofhistorical
worth !
The exercises of the Univer
sity, with the exception of chap
el exercises, were suspended on
Dec. ), as a tribute OF respect to
W F Duncan, our fellow student
Immediately after chapel, the
students held a meeting and
drew up resolutions expressing
their regret and also resolved TO
have these resolutions publish
ed in the Oxford and Johnston
vile papers and to send a coDv