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call upon the gentleman to offer our congratulations, a trunk placed in the center of the room, a paddle mysteriously produced, the gentleman escorted to the position of honor after a en resistance, the ceremony per- formed, then escorted to the banquet the inner man satisfied. the enjoy- able event a of the past. Our efforts were not in vain, for our friend laid aside the of youth for the sedateness of manhood . .. Pat" is of women; he will run whenever he chances to meet one, but judging from the time it requires him to make his toilet and the primping he does before the mirror, one would suppose him the ,. warmest dude in the bunch." He is quI' invalid who has taken an enormous quantity of patent medicine. For eight years the name of Virginia Weigand has been en- rolled as a member of the class.' So much at least her name is on the roll; but it is rumored that the above is not her full name, but that she bears a string of names far too heavy for one of her stature, the initials of which would justify the appellation of "alphabet" as a nickname. The historian cannot vouch for the this statement, but would refer the reader to the subject for its or denial. She is an elocutionist of more or less merit, whose forte lies in the rendition of tragic selections in a manner painfully comic in its seriousness, while her effort to express the comic is the deepest tragedy. At present she is in great demand as an actress, whose sole aim is to crucify an artistic interpretation of well-known characters. While her star as an actress is rising, it is not likely to reach its zenith unless the adroitly laid plans for her future life should suffer defeat. Like all girls, she expects to be married, but her husband must be rich and captivating, for she believes that her attainments demand an exception to the ordinary man. One more history completes the record of the" lilustres." Fate has decreed that Frances Bagwell Woodall should be the subject. She became one of this illustrious number in the Freshman year. At that time her mind was tilled with dreams of social conquests, of public opinion enslaved, and of herself as monarch of all that she surveyed, reigning as the belle of the school. In a short time she had cleared the held of all rivals, and had well- nigh realized her fondest when she fell a victim to pride and arrognncy, bred from success too achieved. But she considered herself a natural horn leader and began to contrive some scheme by which she could accom- plish her new-formed object, to rule the class. She gathered around herself two other girls, and in this way formed what has been known as the "trium- virate, 'a trio far-famed for their deeds, remarkable not (or their extraordinari- --+ 55 +-