The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-07-01

an immense hollow sphere 100 inches
thick, outside diameter 700 inches
the material weighing ounces to the
cubic foot. Since the boys constitute
only ! Of the scholarship and learning
| for which the class is noted, while the
remaining ! Justly falls to the fair SEX
| The average height is S ! it., but
none of us are so small that we might
be mistaken for Tom Thumb, or his
wife nor yet SO large that any muse
um has been anxious to secure us. Oui
class may be compared to an ascend
| ing series in arithmetical progression
beginning with Miss Creveling and
reaching Mr.. Shafer as the last term
If you are fond Of small people, girls,
mean, l can recommend about IS,
who must stand on their tip toes to
see anything that is going on. Never
in the way, and SO charming and use
full, that they are general favorites.
Then their larger sisters must be dis
posed of. They, too, have many good
qualities. So tall and stately, that we
think them quite an addition to our
class. But as about to disband, and
this probably is their last chance, you
may have your choice.
| The average age OF this class is 20
years, the youngest being 10, and the
Oldest, 2S. If we can think o. one
person being 1900 years, or the sum
of our ages, he would have lived dur.
ing the reign of Augustus Caesar, and
would be almost twice as old as Me
thusalem. We are all old enough to
take care Of ourselves, with the excep-
tion OF one Young lady, and that mat
ter is attended to by the bright star of
Nanticoke, not Jeff, but David DAVIS.
Nature delights in variety, which
fact is seen by observing the different
colors of Our hair. Here you will find
all shades between the palest golden
and the raven tresses. We have the
blonde, the blonde, the semi.
blonde and the brunette light hair
and blue eyes; light hair and brown
eyes; dark hair and dark eyes; dark
hair and blue eyes in fact, every COM
bination imaginable. Some have hair
which you might say is red, but which
ace call beautiful auburn. Some of
the girls have naturally curly locks,
while the ma jority resort to a curling
iron. Curly hair must be very fash
ionable now, for l have heard it whis
perei that even some of our boys curl
their bangs.
The dispositions vary quite as much
as do the Colors of the hair and eyes.
There are the quick impetuous ones,
the mild deliberate ones, and all vari,
eties between. You must not be guild
cd altogether by appearances, for they,
you know, are sometimes deceptive.
TO look at Mr.. Hanlon, one would
think him the most kindly disposed
boy in the class but for the slightest
msdemeanor of his classmates, he
raises the cry of Lynch him! Lynch
him
Former Senior Glasses have been
noticeable for their large feet, but we
pride ourselves on having comparative
ly small pedal extremities, unless we
make exception for the class orator.
However. they are all large enough to
take us to the Columbian Exposition.
where We intend to represent the diff.
ferent counties of Pennsylvania, if we
wished to 90 that way but I am told
that special arrangements have been
made for our transportation. The
faculty had fitted up a palace car in
whicn to take their summer excursion
but thought we were in greater need
OF the trip, and have agreed to let us
have the car at very low rate.
To describe each member of the
class would be very tiresome and be-
sides, the picture which human pen
could portray, would do but faint JUS
tice to our Cleopatras and Apollos.
History has furnished some characters
to whom several Of our boys may be
compared. Mr.. Willier for example.
reminds us forcibly of the wise Solo
mon of biblical renown. The wisdom
and experience which it is the good
fortune of this young man to possess,
has not been equalled since those good
Old days, Our class is very fortunate
in having him among us, for besides
giving his inexperienced class mates
tree lectures on "How to Govern a
School," he is indispensable to the
ladies when they wish to be famed.
Then we have Messys. Hooks, Boyle.
Kerns and McBrearty, all of whom
are modern Ciceros. Their eloquence
mas won them many debates. and
admirers also.
Mr.. Chrostwaite, the Pythagoras of
to day, was never happier than when
wrestling with angles, triangles, circles.
polygons, and so on, from which
struggles he usually came out victor
ious; lately his thoughts have been
running in another channel. We all