The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-06-20

been swept away-his subjects will a
miniSh by the number of men whose nina
will he brOadened and purified by this ny
cess-and his subsidies will dwinde ava,
as the energies of 1.-THE people take n mor'
human trend in altruistic channels, Nv
stead of the world being but a BATH
neld OF wealth seekers, it would become n
Dut short time field wherein the highas
elements of human nature would have fraa
play. Man would cease to view his FIJI +
low man as but an object to further HI
own interests. and would bee him with M
eye of neighborly love and co-operation
More OF that much desired and whole
some world spirit would be infused into
tne heart of man, and love and CHARITY
M would ODe Embossed from the unnatural
tonnage IN which it is now held, and
AGAINST which there is every day new ev;.
41es of the struggle to free itsnf
nere would spread over the face of tha
sue So ~, tenderer feeling and kinder spirit
i;f fu IN ghe influence of this light would nm.
the e o ene nopes and aspirations. as we'll as
droorO:Ii tdono OF lower man, as the weary
InH;JIPlnS hover erects its head undar ~
evening rays of the life-giying SIM
Miss Lila NJ. CASTS, "the class propbet,,
was next INTRODUCED and read the follow.
lns highly entertining paper:
CHOW classmates, Ladies and Gent,o-
men.
an, One night 1 was musing on tho rro.J
commencement" and nonderinn motd
speoltl present meaning to us. tbp Srsdrat
ny Grass or %, and on the fearful resnon.
sunny ueVolVlng upon me- the Dronbot
eject or mat august body, a sudden IN
splratlon the common boon of sears on
lowed with a legitimate mission, trans.
ported me to the dim distant future On"o
more saw TINS class meeting, as men and
women schoOled by life, at some ceiabrOu
ton of their Alma Mater grown rnnownas
through the constant cooperation Of cI neu
after class repeating the honest worI
the loyalty and devotion of '95. One bn
one L let them file before me. those deaf
dfeam-hgures, and faithful even in INV
vision to class recolections | babe INV
fair classmates distribute themselves. as
far as numbers would allow among the
valiant men of 80, observing the principle
lnstilled into us at every available on.
portunty by fair member, the principle
so familiar to us, that, in the words of
its gentle originator ''the boys must NOT
stand all in one row and leave the girls
to themselves in another" Behold that
grave professor of Latin and Greek
Hebrew, Arabic and Syrian, do you recOg.
nze in him our quondam class president
the gallant Donald, tender and true?
whose classic greatness was foreshadow-
ed in those moments of abstrac elton which
at intervals caused the professors most
unjustly to suspect that he was falling
asleep. A little, Il very little of the grace
full swinging gait of '95 still remains to
make him look familiar to old friends:
fain would | know how his heart
has proSpered .but-peaoe!- Enough
that he looks happy, heart-wounds are
healed, and onward must we pass. Who
stands next? Why who but our historian,
our dear Grace who comes, smiling at
the thoughts of the past, from some happy
home-who knOweth where, perhaps in
the depths OF cool tirwoodS-in which she
proves to the world that not blue-stock-
ings but earnest women issued from the
ranks of % But bark that musical voice
ringing as of yore! hear it, and become
aware OF the presence of q politician
world-famed for his eloquence in using
words of fire syllables; am certainly not
at hearing that this is Congress
man Sheppard, the champion of Free
Silver, to whose magic influence the eyes
Of the world are turned for the introduc-
ton of national bi-metallism. Oh for a
moments pause, for one grip of your hanNa.
llustrious Norris, hearld of the Silv&
lge, if at the height of your ambition
YOU remember a senior of '95 who has re-
MANNED in the shade while your sun rose
II the horizon. Looking around l dis
'over my old class-mate of strong con-
Iictions in that worthy physician Charles
Yeiser, NJ. d. ready as of yore to overcome
difficulties Independent, conscientious
md wide-awake little tempered by life
rom his original positvism, and not
'Xacting for his art more victims than
lie can possibly help. God speed you
I'D comrade of the philosophy class where
We chung on in spite of everything. Come
lither now, bright, smiling, winsome
Daisy. whom one and all we loved and
admired and sought to please; tell me how
ong you followed in the paths of the
'school-marm," teaching all the girls to
owe you, to say nothing of the boys?
Ah! you smile, the prince came soon did
le? Well, Daisy there would be little
nance for the rest of us, and woe to
ur University if some of her girl gradh-
ties carry not her best lessons into the
recincts of home. A portly gentleman
ONES by, travelling agent for fashiOna-
lie young ladies' seminary; one glance at
he striking manner in which. with chin
loft he looks with grandeur upon the
est of humanity reveals to my piercing
We the Final Ball President of 90. For
nee, tickle Fortune, thou hast the right
IAN in the right place! But what
ontrast to the last! 10! long raven
,cks, unkept and unshorn, eyes up-turned
0 heaven and full of the fire poetic,
heeks haggard and hungry mien, adj
ances the bard whose dramas and elegies
ave gradually overshadOwed his legal
areer. Poor Sydney, inspired by the ex-
nipple of his knightly name-sake he has
ow turned to composing a second
Arcadia" which to him more fame than
,ealth doeth bring! Our gentle class
late Louise is lady of ease living in
'aris; she devotes herself to art ana
literature and 1ibstows freely of her
Iorldly goods on her beloved Alama
later. To be sure all graduates of 80