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Jim has a remarkable indescribable and uncontrollable inclination towards music; remarkable in that while his inclination is towards ill usic he never reaches it; indescribable, because there are no words in the dictionary big enough to describe his herculean efforts to produce music; uncontrollable, because his friends cannot prevent him from inflicting his crazy effusions upon them, Sad as it may seem, his room-mate has almost been tempted not to commit suicide, The man who said "music hath charms," etc., never heard Jim try to sing or play the guitar. The fact, however, that he has lucid intervals leads us to hope that he may yet outgrow his inexplicable and diabolical idiosyncrasies and become a credit to his illustrious aforesaid ancestors. The only young lady from the Tarheel State who graduates this year is Henri- etta Francis Sutton. Nineteen years ago she was born in that State, somewhere, it is not known, but lives now in La Grange. She entered the Ninety-nine Class in the fall of '97. Formerly she was a member of the Ninety-seven Class, but was compelled to stop her schooling before she could graduate with that class, As a debater, she has become famous along with others of her class. Her argu- ments are clear and to the point, and so convincing have they been at times that she won her case without opposition. She has been in some hair-pullings in her society hall, but she managed to come out at last with her point established. I am told that she makes things lively in her hall, and is usually satisfied with results. If they don't suit her she makes them to suit her. She never laughs, but smiles at times. Her favorite study is chemistry, and her favorite compound, sugar. While performing difficult experiments she eats a little of this sugar to keep her spirits up in case of failure. She hardly needs this though, for she very rarely fails. "Men may come and men may go, But I go on forever." So warbled the brook, and so it finds its resonance in the chanson of Stanley Dever Tagg-that is, when Stanley chants. His chanting though is like the roar- ings of mighty waters and but slightly resembles that of the brook. Stanley is called Methusaleh because of his extreme age. He has a distinct memory of having passed through the flood, of having met with Homer and of havinj been at Alexander's and Caesar's courts. For all his years he has but few wrinkles and expects to live to see a good old age. At present Stanley's domicile is in Baltimore, and he asserts that he has only been computing his days for twenty-two years. Once during this time, after having vehemently pursued an enemy for four squares to castgate him, the enemy by a flank movement turned suddenly and violently castigated the pursuer. This same pursuer met with a like encounter not many years ago. 57