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fancy that I see you now sitting before your telescope, rapturously gazing into the depths of the sky. "Another of this illustrious class will be a famous pugilist. During his col- lege career T. M. Dickey will be foremost in all athletic sports, and upon leaving school, will turn his favorite amusement into a profitable profession." The idea! We used to think that Mr. Dickey would be a preacher. You can never tell how people are going to turn out. "Among the hills of Hunan, commonly known as 'China's citadel of dark- ness,' will be found another of the noble sons of Ninety-nine. After carefully considering the matter, Arminius Gray Dixon WIll finally come to the conclusion that he has been called to be a missionary. Consequently in the early part of the twentieth century, this brave young man may be found laboring among his oval- eyed brethren, telling them of a Saviour, and ready, if need be, to seal his testi- mony with his blood." Our dear, good President! How glad I am that this-the chief desire of his life-has been realized. I am sure that he is perfectly happy in hi'S work. and we know that labor has its own rewards. "In a few months after their graduation, some of the members of Ninety-nine will enter upon their life work. Claude C. Douglass, upon his return to his horne in West Virginia, will receive an appointment as minister to a small charge in the mountain district of his State. His gentle and genial manner, his kindness of heart, and his sympathetic nature will win for him friends among all classes of society. His congregation will grow and success will crown his every effort." Had it fallen to my lot to prophesy for the valedictorian of Ninety-nine, 1 would assuredly have given him a future similar to the one before me. "The business career of Henry Jackson Hartzell will be a varied one. After Jeaving school he will return to his home in North .Carolina, and for a few years will remain at work on a farm. The spirit of unrest will carry him tv Greensboro, where he will open a barber shop, but this, also, will be too slow for him, and he will go to Washington. After successfully standing the civil ser- vice examination he will enter the employ of the government. His duties as a government employee will, too, become irksome, and Jack will long for a change. Finally an opportunity will present itself and he, with his characteristic alacrity, will embrace it. He will receive a permanent position in the employ of the 65