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Like another of his classmates, he has spent lots of money on his pate. He can't induce the wOOoIto come again. He has stopped trying now and is resigned to his fate. Whenever the Colonel is in a very jubilant mood he usually breaks out into a characteristic song of his, and perhaps his own composition for he writes poetry- ,. Skiu-a-ma-rinktum-a-dideo, Sk in-a ma-riuktum-a-day." The Colonel IS thi rty-three years old. Erva Ruth Foxwell lives in Leonardtown, Md., and has nineteen years to her credit. She affords a splendid example of the evolution ol a college girl. When she was a Freshman she looked neither to the right nor to the left, but only at the end of her nose. Her eyes wan lered one day, and since that day the end of her nose has been deserted, and she watches now the nose of some one else. Her mother said to a friend one day, "Do you know why Erva is such a good girl and obedient?" Receiving a negative reply, she answered, "Because I used to tie her to the bed-post and keep her there for a day at a time to keep her out. of mischief." However severe her training was, surely it was wholesome and not without effect. This may be the reason, though, why she has to be waited for soo often. When the time comes to act, she is never ready, but manages by a series of rushes finally to appear on the scene. Ervine, as she has been called, is the class prophetess. Such an honor falls only to the lot of those who have good, sound, common sense. This quality is what made her so popular, and which finally led to her election. She has a very sympathetic spirit and is always willing to help others. Another tar heel now clamors for recognition-Henry Jackson Hartsell. This general utility man and jack-of-all-trades is twenty-six years of age, and is distinctly a Southerner. His talk and looks are especially characteristic of his 49