The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-25

room, providing Adrian will promise
not to NEEDLE with the curtain string
so that he will not have to perform
some of the daring feats Lawrence did
to readjust the curtain.
To The Comment editor of next
Year we leave book written by AL
berta Jester containing all the valu-
able information that might be needed
along that line.
We leave Morpheu, the God of Sleep
who had faithfully watched over Will
Haggott, to protect Hannah King DUR
ing her mapping hours.
We will and bequeath Thomas Nc
Nally's knowledge of the rules of
American government to the two COM
missioners whose duty it is to see
that all these rules are obeyed. es-
pecially those concerning the treat
ment of public property.
We will and bequeath Leila Col
Minis records in department to How
ard Montague.
We will and bequeath Vera Hawkes.
love for psychology to Dorothy Wor-
then.
We will and bequeath Ross Nichols
musical ability to Birge Elder.
/ We will and bequeath Gertrude
BODIES sweet disposition to Ethel Rus
sell.
We will and bequeath Helen Jones
horned toad to Miss Backus, to be fed
from her hands every two hours.
We will and bequeath Glenn Par
sons capable management Of the Tri-
State Track Meet to Earle Carpenter.
We will and bequeath Adelaide Bar
truff's quiet and modest manner to
Marie Jones.
We will and bequeath Thomas How
ellis skill in writing notes in Latino y
to Riley McManus.
We will and bequeath Margaret Will
liamson's love for history to Beulah
MeiIlaardt.
In witness whereof. we, the class of
i 1910, the testators, have to this our
last will and testament. set our hand
and seal, this twenty-sixth day of May,
/ "a. ~, Vic IHuuSduu, HlHe 'uHuT6Q anu
! ten
The Tale of Halieys Comet.
1t was belief of the ancients that
4 the appearance of comet was fore
/ boding of some great disaster, and |
/ do not know what may be the views
of people about the appearance of Hal
ley's comet in 1910, but feel honored
| thsA ~ :.lfrequent vies>s- should put
/ in appearance just before graduation
4 and | know that not one holds il a
! calamity, to be member of the class
of 1910.
AS to the way in which other peo-
pie may interpret this occurrence. it
! is plainly dependent upon the point
of view one takes. For it may not
seem piece of good fortune that this
years class has been able to gradu-
ate without failure, and again. may
! 1t not seem calamity to the other
members of the school to lose the only
class to which they could look for ex-
ample and. information on all sub.
jects?
| was musing thus and watching for
the comet and the subsequent shower
of meteorites which astronomers said
might occur when the earth passed
through the fiery appendage of the
comet. But it was now q so a. M, and
as yet no comet was visible and |
had grown very tired from long watch
ing. My chair had just begun to
,fnr {ol 4
given up watching when a sudden ray
of light famed across the sky. / got
up and went to the window, and there
in the western sky was the comet, its
head glowing, and in its wake stream
of fire, with the cleaning numer-
al "34.' | could not comprehend what
this meant until the meterorites began
to fall and then | saw that the comet
represented the class of 1910, now at
the height of its brilliancy soon to
fade and give place to another, but
never to be forgotten.
In each meteor | could see one or
more of my classmates, each engaged
in their future vocations. AS the first
| meteorite neared the earth it grew
larger and brighter until / was able
Ito discern a human form, standing
erect. with barred head, receiving the
Icheers OF thousands gathered to vel
come him on his return to his native
city. This was no other than our
president, Charles King, now presi-
dent of the United States, com
ing to keokuk on trip over the coun-
try looking after government inter-
ests. When we remember how we'll
| Charles managed the senior class and
how he kept disputes and hand to hand
combats down, there need be no cause
for alarm about civil war, while
Charles is president, for one who
could successfully manage our class
is fully capable of holding the office
of executive of any country on the
globe.
The next meteor held the image of
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