Show STUDENT LIFE 10 the “sharkers” had tried to rid themselves of their burden At last however they found their man a sturdy companion of toil a Swede that had accumulated eight hundred dollars a “yurnpin yolly gude fallar”—Charley Anderson They laid their gold mine before him and showed wherein thousands of dollars might lie at the bottom of the “hole” and the possibilities of his taking out enough “dust” in a single season to keep him in luxury the balance of his days Their “big talk” over his decision came anon “No tanks yantlemen Ai baen only wone green For falter bot ai no laik twanty-sax- ” good friends’ sake they took a drink one which was followed by many more The “houch” was “working’ r Anderson He was fast becoming a millionaire He was happy he sang anything now went with him He speculated in mining plunged to the last dollar He became drowsy and slept He awoke to find nothing in his possession save the Government grant to where the might be and there shoveled four feet of snow to clear a place for camp and a place to sink a hole on top of He built his first “wood-fire- ” the ground and shoveled the “thaw” out Daily he put in fire upon fire into the hole and “windlassed” the dirt alone For weeks he toiled and the hole sank slowly down One day he struck a formation the like of which he had never seen before He examined it and found that his gravel had given out Noticeable in the “contact” were little yellow particles — Gold He took a pan a shovelful from k and that his first “panned” fifty ounces —eight hundred dollars This was the happiest moment of Anderson’s life As he held this “panning” He could scarcely believe what he saw His ecstacy found expression in simple words which rose slowly with smoke pay-stre- ak bed-roc- from the bottom of a deep hole: “Ai — baen— a— lucky— fallar — no” 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c 4c is worked out now having been the producer of a cold million in J E B gold Twenty-si- x o The A C U Alumni The following statistics have been taken from a paper written by Mr C Larsen 69 Total number of graduates (B S) Total number of living members 67 (B S) 21 Total number of Lady Bachelors Total number of Gentlemen Bachelors 46 alumni have been These sixty-nin- e graduated in ten classes the first being the class of 1894 the last the class of 1903 The smallest class (two members) 1895 The largest class (fourteen members) 1897 If we classify them on the basis of oc- cupation we have the following profes sions represented: Chemists 2 1 Merchants Fanners 1 1 Surveyors 2 Dairymen Railroad clerks 2 2 Bookkeepers Civil engineers 3 Mechanical engineers 2 3 Housekeepers Government positions 4 11 Students (in schools) 1 Cattle king Authors 2 Others unclassified The average age of the members is 30 years |