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Stevens Point, \Viis.
1898.
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J,tTF.It.AU,. .
T he .Mi§Sion of the De;;tnl('tin• Hdonucr .. l'a_~re f!\1
John Brown- The Man .
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Sct P.STI I'I C . , .
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ATitU:TW"
THE NORMAL POINTER.
Volume Ill.
THE
MISSION
STEVENS POINT , W is., APRIL , 18<)8.
OF THE
DESTRUCTIVE RE-
F0 11MER.
Reform has been tho b:ntlu •·ry of e1·m·y :1go and nl
.
:::,~~:~li.rit~·~~; •l~~~!;l~~~:~~ ',~::ltttll:~~~~r~:: ·~,m~i·~:~!~~
,-i<..-e. there has cn~r been heard t he c ry n f tho:w whn
seek t r uer :uul purer hleal~ of hum:ln lite. In the onwarJ. march o f nations. in the magnificent UJ''''ar.l.
God-ward. strnJ[gle of humanity. in the my r h1cls of
liorce battles for the s:~h·atinn of hnm:1n ;j.llllls. the spirit
o f rl'fo nn ha.s CI'Cr been t he inspiring s pirit leading o u
to glorious \'ictory. or t'!Jcc ri ng woumle<l souls dishe:lrtened by tempor.1r.)' d efeat. and s purring them on
t o linaJ COOCjUI!St.
This spirit has appealed to the humnn henn in two
ways: and con.scquently. we ha\'C two c lasses of rofur·
meN. The uno class seek.i lo h uild up aud nre ngtluw
tho good. the noble. and t he trne, nnd tlllls crow•l 0 111,
ns it we re. the false auJ the 1n·iL The other seeks lirs t
to tear d own the Ol'il, clear the ~eround and l:ly the
fo undation for the up·lmilding of the govd and t he
true. Both schools nrc necess:lry 111 all t rue refo rms.
The first. are the cons tructive reformers. whose
prai:ws ba,·o bt.ocn sung thruughnut the ngt.o.s. whose
nob.e dl..•ed.~ have inspired the poetry of all nations,
and who have been lauded to the sk ic;~ by historians
atu.l orato rs.
T ho J~eeorul are the destructive refo rmers, whlll!(!
cont ributions to the world's good s ha ,·e been as grc:u
and u effective. but whose dt.'tlds arc uupraise41 ami
un!ung. whose heroes perstlcutcd in their life time.
are o hen laid away in u nmnrkct.l g ra \'CS. Unt lim
world is not fore\·er hern-lless. As the gr:tceful fulds uf
the n-eedi ng tide-water s how the wonderous ll('atuies
o f the s hell·coven."<l beach. so to-day the titlal w:u·cs uf
bigntry and ignorance rntli nJC ha c k. Nl\'eal tu us the
he r nism and altrui!m of t heir sclf·3.'\Crilic ing lh·cs
To·day. a.s in all ages. false art. false philosophy. u.n• l
insinL-ere religion. ha1·e hnllt all over our lu.n•1. nn•l
other Iantis, their huts of clay, and theil· gilded mansion halls of gl itteri ~g jasper. ~-;,·il communit•u.tiuns
are corrupting our g6od manners Dame Fa._1hiu n if
gi\·en lull i'way, would mllke dummies o f men and
wome n. SociRI lln•l politk:~.l theorists are abroad.
men who would make ne w fashions in 110ciet.y, and in
the state. whose theories ll rt: so fi nely •vrought. 80 in·
1.ricately woven, that they make a web s pread for t he
unwary. and ready to gather in its treacherous fol<lll
t he li\•es anti ambitio ns o f L'OUntk'ilsthuusands. . - web,
no t wo,·en logically. :utd like l'cnclnpe's able to 1...: uu·
Number 7·
11'0\' t' n :ill<I nrulcrstnud ; hut ,;ubtlc. il\ogicnl. a nd
fr.urglrt with J.'I'<':IIC~t tb nger
llnt ••·ut• tr,.:tll thest:. Tht~ tlestrue th·c refo rmer Is
al.iro:ul. :ttJ<I witl r his b:tttlc a:(c of truth he breaks
tlnwu hu L.; of t•l:t)'· :u ul gildl"<l lmlls, lays luw the false,
m:t.kcs way fur the true. Nor ill he yet content: wilh
his s tur.ly·--i••eawm arttl bn\\'e heart. lw makes :l furious
o u.sl:urJelrt ou b:ul momlit.y tuul twi l li\·ing: he graw
plcs l>amc F:lllhit~n h ,\' the throat. s natches the trlumcs
uf pl'i.le arul fri !ls of fnlly from her. com manti! "thus
far, :u ul ""fart he r." hu rl!l her from the realm of t he
lmsy work·a·<ht}' world. :u ul hitlll her reign in her own
rl!a lm. [)Cn)lh~·l by prigs aut! fouls. :-:or Is he yet con·
lt!Ht. With hi!! crit it'al lugk he 1enn1 the weh of t he
theurist to the merest tattcnl. and with the irre\·erence
of tlw icou• wl ns t lie g ri nds to <lust the f:~oi~>C ideas of
!lOt•i:ll ami po liticalliff'. He piert'C..'I the balloon of t he
hlnt:1nt puliti<'i:ltl :uti! leu him 1:111 with a thud upon
tllt"l cold bare t!nrth.
Bra h••rc I~L it be undc rs tmul that ' we ha\'O uo word
nf ~~•mmc ndnt iv n tu those !kH·allc41 reformers whose
a im is to tear d nwn nwrely fur the S!lke nf teari ng
tlow n. !•) break :\Way from the tenets of the pMt, to
le,•el the glories of the prirnl'\'!11 forest nnd letwc o nly
the hl:H·kcw:•l stumpuge :1..~ a mnnument to their fo lly.
Of these t.he wor hl h:ll! 1<(.-.:n too mnny. Huin and
de.~ulatinn follow the ir !mil.
They h:u·e wrought
untold mii!t! r·y. lnu·c btigh!Crl the brightCllt JlfOSJ)CCUI,
a nti Iran• hardenctl the hea rt;~ of mc..n :rgainst all
pr•1gress.
Bnt ll' t: plm·e the oli\'e crown to-night UJXHI the hro w
<lf tlmse who. i n1Jri rt:tl with n lovt;,.~•f the right :md Lhe
true. a nti lirt~d with :1 "I.C:ll whi.·h kunws nn 01her limits
t han the limits of httmnn strength. :t.re willing to bra\'C
thE· eohl :d t.. uldtn- of tho wnrld. tn e mlurc h:nre<l nnd
insult. while they rio n wor k fur whic h otht:l'll :Ire to
rccch·e till' g!ory and the reward. Thcs.c nre the bene·
fa~·tnr.s whnm in t heir own ago• t he wnrltl !!Ciilom no ti·
•·f'~. :1ml ."Chl•1m pri1 i~11. T he ir only notice is In the
,-]Jest ahuSt: Bigot. dmrl:u:ua. j)CIIt'e-disurrber. ilensa·
tiun:l'i!it. nrc the c pitht:lll which h:u·c bee n ht:ajll..'t.I UJ>OII
the m loy the thnus:uu ls whn s tand hy ant.! hurl the ir
billi nf,C~·ga tc
nnd mml · hallsa 11110n their 0 11'11_
bcuefa.ct<ll'!l.
.It is ilult.•t.'<l ~u-ange. yet true. thnt o u r gruat reformcl'!l
hn\'t: unt I)Cen ro::coJttti"I.Ctl irr their 011'11 gc ner.1ti0n.
E•·•·r y gcuo::ration lind.t hcnre>~ i n the ages that hn.ve
f,COUt! bcfnrc. Jllt!JI WhfiJ\1 thtJi r COII(t:JIIj}l>rttrit:ll fH!rlM.WII·
tetl :wd r·t:•·llcd. Witnt:l'IS t he life hi!rtury (>f tho!t<! who
han~ gh·cu the ir li,•cs tu hlutish rullgiou8 intolera nce.
to alroli~h humn.n sla,·ery. to break down cstahlis lwd
tr:tJit iuus. Turmuil. 11trugglc. lll.ou:te. ritlie ull!. torture,
J~erh:tpll l"i~tory. p•~ rh :•pl'! t.lllfclll.
l.h-c!J lli)Cilt i n Mllf·
~a•·rilict•. htt)JIJ-ol hruk•m. :unhitiun~ •·a.1t :L'<id c .
60
TNE
NORMAL
POINTER.
l'oust• rrali\·c cleme nt who reitli zed his dcgradatiou . yt•L
dared nor s peak. hu t rathe r the Radi cals, whu, kn o w·ing his L·ond iti rm. took their lives nud property in th eir
hands and began a battl e to be fought to t he bitte r cntl.
Standing be fore a. Boston mob. in the name of Free
!"pccch. Phillips throws in to the teeth or me n infu•·iatcd
almost to frcm~y. the simpl e, bold remark: "Gentleme n. you h:1xc hi ssed me be fore!" In an old attic
wind ow among the hills or Maryland we see the form
of ~\ woman ·• ho wccl with he r four score years and
ten.'.' Her fearl ess net and stirring words attest in
th e strongest manner the he roism of hm· soul. The
I'OIII':Ige or Fatllcr Dnmic n among the le pers o r 1\folokai ;
or Flore nce Nightingale in the hos pita ls or Crimea: or
Grace Darling among the rocks or Farne Isla nd ; or
J ohn Howard in the prisons or Europe, and Clara Barton in the hospitals of the worJcl - s u ·h courage is more
than heroic: It is sublime.
These are but fe w or the m.any fam ous e xampl es or
heroism. Is it a. mere coincide nce that he roism ~\nd
courage a rc so closely. linked'? Js it an accident tha t
W ALTSR S. CATS.
LESLt& S. Evn-rs .
Au.AN T . PRAY·
the heroes in 3.11 lands and in all lields or human acth·[The followini orat ion by All:m T. Pray, took firs t place in the loe2l.
ity h:we been me n who have dared to do'! Is there no
and third in the intemonn:al contest.
In the loc:tl contest Mr. Everts
reason for this association . and is the re not a principle
won a dose second; Mr. C:..te, third.]
upon whirh herois m r ts '! Courage is a principl e
a nd not a n eiTcct. The g •·eatest call for true C!Ou ragc
HEROI S M ; ITS .BASI S, AND NEC ESSITY .
A French writer has said that e1•cry mistake in life comes in that discipline of life which a man must havo
Oil.y be tra~cd tc rear. This, though given rather to before he can make the most o r his opportunities &nd
or his talents. The person who h a.~ the coumge to be
shape an e pigram than to state :l fact. is more true than
true tc himself is a hero. The fame whi ch comes to
we are wo nt at first to beliC\rc.
We ndell Phillips says : · " There arc three tests by such a one is bt1t an incide nt and not an essential.
which races Jove to be tried . The tirst, the basis or all , The men and wome n we have mentioned were he ro(•s
is courage." According to this test each natio n has its loug before they we re brought in to prominence by the
own matchless hero. The Sparta n points with pride tc circumst:lnccs with whi(•h their names arc associated .
Leonid'"' nne] his three hund red holding the pass Courage is a principle or t he heart. Without it there
against the Persian host. The Roman remembers Reg· is no basis of heroism, and "no combinatio n of circumulus defying and scornin g his captors. The heart of stances can make the cowardly man a hero. With it
the Switzer thrills at the thought or the man who gath· the whole natu re is alive to highest attainment. a.nd
e red in his arms the Austrian spears and fell with the . heroism may display itself in the thoughts and actions
c ry : •· Make way for Liberty ! " And as long as these of the commonest man.
llut you say, " Yes, this is all true, but there is nothstntes a rc free. what American will cease to cherish the
ing now which calls for t•ourageons ac tion ; and , the rename or Na than Hale ?
The heroes or the past hnl'c not all ex hibited the same fore. there is no need of the hero. In case of war. othkind or courage. Xe rxes attacked Greece, brave, be- er me n wou ld be as valiant as those in history." Aye,
cause of the million at his back. His was a courage but though tll<:rc is not the roll or muske t1-y. though no
o ften shown by armies, " a shoulder-to-shoulder cour- foreign a rmy pillages our coast. though there arc no
age," as one writer calls it. Spnrtacn~. the hero or the batte ries to charge, or ha rdships tn cnrlurc, t here arc
amphitheatre, resisted Rome with the courage of de- harder battles tc light than Bunke r Hill 3.nd Gettysspair. Socrates, strong in the courage or high purpose,
burg, where courage is demanded to-day M much '"~
smilingly drank of the fatal he ml ock. With what hut on e hund red years ago.
the courage or 'raith could J ohn Russ ha1·c suiTcrcd at
In polities it takes courage to resist the party boss.
the stoke. when one word n·ould hal'c freed him ?
and ·trampling un tlc r foot <:om1ptio n in eit her candi, But why dwell longer among men or· by-go ne ages ? date or platr!)nn, to vote inde pende ntly. The imparIs the spirit that directed their actions and &•nided their tial and vigorous execution of tho law ca11 ~ fo r con111vc
thought dead ? Is the heart or the modern world ·so in every oflicer, from the chief executive or the land
numb arul immovable . tha.t neither the opprcs.,ion of to t he clerk . or the Slll3.1lest d istrict. The ed ucatio nal.
oples nor the de nial or free thought has called forth as well a.~ every other re former, must endure public despirit or the he ro?
rision and the te rm fana \ic. Foreseeing this, it takes
Vhcn our fathers d eclared their indepe nde nce. they courage to break from old custmns, n o matter bow ill
it in the face or war ami possible defeat. wi th a suitCfl to the times. nor how unsound they are. The
sp1rit which tho world admires. The great 't. Domingo editor, who in the face or o pposition and unpopula rity.
chief. Toussaint L'Ou,·erture, aiTorcls an example or a tells the whole tr11th, although o iTcn sil•o tc his party.
man as heroic as ariy in ancie nt or mediaeval his tory. certainly sho ws stre ngth. The rncr(·hant wh'J shun s
The Ameri <·nn si3.\'C thanks for his freedom, not the tlw trirkcry an d deception for whi•·h lW much c ham"C
THE NORMAL POINTER .
through \":l.St forests ami over dangerous roruls. It w:L...,;
o n one or t h ese ban:ly e:q>Cditinns that J ohu Brvwu
tirstcame into conta ct w ith t hu awfu lness o f gla n:rr.
Witnes..<~ing the b r utal treatment of a brightyuun~ ,;\a~·e
boy. his heart was caused to lmru w ith imlignat hm.
H ow u nder GOo.l"g wont cou ld t he ucgm be ::1n tn-att..~l ~
His bene\·olent soul l:ould n••l anSI\'er the•tuc,;tillll. :~ml
with t he \'ehemetwe .,f you t h he ·-.~wore c tllr nal w:tr
on s]a,•er)·.··
That oath o f his chilolhuuol 1\'a~ nel"('l" f.,qt..IICII All
thll rest nf t he m:ut "<~ life w:t.~ •lt'·..tc•l tn its fu !lilluwnt.
True. he leo! an :u-th·e hu,;inc,;;,;lifl•. o u twardly'"' dill·
erent fro m that o f hi,; m:ighbur,;: lm L with in hi m ~clf
h e led a no t her life eonsc,·mtc<l t• • the ··au,;t• ,,f the sb1·e.
'' life which few knew ;~nythin~e :d"HH or cou ld c1·cu
eompreherl{l. but :1 lift· whkh wa" ru:mri-'lhin ~ thu t
w ithin h im w hich W:Ul to ruaku him a lig:un· iu tlu. hi ~ ·
tory o f the world. Fnrty lung year,; "' l"ig••r<JU.~ t"il.
of :~lorms atul l'ic issitmles. p:ts~....l Octwl•un tlw thou~ht
:u ul the act - years which steclt~.t hi~ mus•·les and
lltlr\"t!ll. .)'Ct cou ld uut ljiiCIH!h t ill" gruwinjl lire tha t
burru . . . t. hidden i n the silo~nt tlcpth~ of hh soul
Youth. manho-od. auli mi<ldle-njlC had com e and
gone : twenty children h:ul sat un his knee an• I t·allell
him father ; now. t h e old man. gra y wit~! age an•I fu:ro wed wi t h cart's, wa.,; livi ng in t h11t l:ast home whi.-h
was dearest of all tn him - t he ruggt..'d hut in the sct·ere
solitude and solenm gmrulc ur of t ho Atlirundtu·ks.
Ht:rc the old m:m lin~!. a patri:~n·h. :11 the hea•l of
his famil.)'. sharing w it h the m a lift! u f wi l an•l l~n·o.'rty:
here. duri ng the long winter e t·o:n inl!:'· ho pou n:tl uut
his s pirit to his c hildren and graml-c hildreu. who :1:t L
as eager lis teners about t he rude tirc·sidc. :Hirn.:•l hy
the impr tlss' vc t r uth o f hi.~ wonl:! : here. dtty after •lay.
1he old man broo ded o t•er the wrong' of h is culort..'<l
brethren, a nd in the s.oliwde o f the prillle\":ll foregt
whic h c lad the mou n tai n-side. he p!cade<l their <'art,.c
before t he ]i \•ing God.
Fo ur o f J o hn Hrown"s son !I were at this time farmers
in KauS:t..'l. Suffering from t he wron~s of the pru·sb\'ery iu.lh crent..::l. i n t heir struggle fur freL'<Io m t huy
wrottl to their !lflCd father fur aid. As tho ultl ma n
reads t he ;euer. the s pirit within him tuO\"CS : 11 c hauge
comes Ol'er h"tt1urrowed fea t ures : the Umc ha,; cnme
w ht!n patience ~.,!50S to be 3 \"irLuc : t he rno u!tlering
li re in hi,; soul burn>~ l!rightcr anti leaps into 3 II a. me
whic h d etLth only w ill queue h. Cnlling ou hiii d cv!ltL'i.l
hand. togethe r they ~tart for the scene o f :tctiun ; :u
la.,;t. the old m a n has take n up hi~ rille to ;re:d the u:u h
o f his t·bildhood with hloool
J o h n Hrowu·,. work in ·· bleedi ng Ka nsas'" ,.h.,u ltl
1Uakc him t he hero o f a n e pit· In t im tiel• I. he was a
toarilnt.ldi : with thirty nw n he m et and put to rom
fo ur hurulred o f the enem y; in cam ~. he was:t Cn>ru wl'll : ne1·er a clay p!lSSflCI hilt it hcgan a n<l tlm letl with
praye r . I n unfl inching stern e!IS ht! was :1 Wellington :
without fear o f cunseot ue nce Ire d id his du ty a.~ he'""""
••eh"e41 it. mrruindhrl nf the r•riticis m vf frierhl or fow
In teodernC88 and magnanimity. he w.u a Grant : he
rH!\'er killed a man b ut in self-olele nso: he lrcatt..~l hi~
pri!IQuers w ith t hat courtesy ami kindness w h ich in
e\·ery age i& the sign o f a great s.ou l. T o thii! rare com·
bi nation o f virtues was a..ld ed that o f pcNC\'er:t.rwe :
The whole enri~f fre(.~lom seem ed h1st : he lint! hi,.
~halle~l lnt.nd were hnlf frm;c n. half ~rarn•t l ; t lwi r
6•
p i"OJICrty was d cstruyeol: a price was on hi,; head : h is
mo"t u·nstc•l frit•nd hat! btltr-:tye<l him: onll son w as
eri ppletl fur· !if": n.rwther w:~:~ killctl while u u armt:d
hy a coll":tr.lly s hot: still 11nother was s u bjected to
sm·l• <"1"1\t'ltie,; wltilc a p r·i.iuncr tlmt he bt.'i.!a!u e a raving
lnaniat·. --.\"et the ul,lma n pcrsl'\'ere<l. and net'CI' fo r no
iu,;tant. ]coiil s ig ht of t he wor k which he felt dil•inely
n11t•o1 " II" " tn t~rfonu . T e rrible cx:uuple of si nglehcartt.~l dc\·,.tiun t" a •·:•u~•·-tht• f:nhcr ,:t:h•ing up o ne
:tfto·r th•· ntht.• l" .,f hi~ s1unl.1· son~. s hctltling tcan1. but
lllll·er 1\irwh iug - l••rr ihle t•.~;am ph~ : lhu most nohle
and hc ruh- when we sec t hr.,ugh the •·lear tr:1nsp:1rency
llf the man. that hill tlcctl:!l were neithe r :tctm•tce.l by rc·
\"unJ.:•' "r amhirinu. IHH" tni n te.t by V11in or i!Cllish tlu-"ir<•,.. hut pr<>~nptt•ol w holly and pu r·ely by n hcruwo le n t
lm·c fu r hi,;u \JJH"eSst•d fcllow·cr eatun.:s to wi11Mt! cries
he " )11:tl('d h i~ h••:u·t Jlc ac acd fur the s:ake u f J ustice
and tlw ~el"r".\" u t linol.
.John Bmwn had olune the wurk which was d C.!Itirwd.
in tlw o·utl t.u LIHtke Kan,.:ts free. I lls p:lrting wonts
we n • : ··1 s hall rcmO\"t: Lhe >!cat nf di,.turh:lncc . •· True ,
he did uw\"t: it r.~ ..n Kausas. :1c rus;; the continent t o the
Allt·,.::hanit•!l. am\ in :!10 d oing h~: sowed the st.'Cd whic h
in a .~ hurt.litutJ wa.s t•• :!lpriu).: up in to a mighty har\'tl.!lt
t.mriclwrl b_1· tht! bluud uf lho us:mds engugt.'<l in the
st mggle he had hegm1.
Nut many miltl-" from the homtl of t he father o f his
·u uutry. at the fouL of tlw Allcghnu ic;; w hich r ise like a
wa ll frurn the ll<lgc uf the l'oto nmc. lie.~ t he pictures.<JUe
tuwn uf l bq)CI"'s 1-" crry. The littlo city, t hen insignitit•an t. now ..t:uu lao :111 11 la ndnmrk in the Jtistory of ~la ­
\"cry the Un n ker Hill of tht! HI.' hellion: for hurc J ohn
Urown fultilled tho o a t h o f his ch iltlhood: anti h e re
he >~trrwk hi~ twiSter blow for t he freedo m o f tho ~hu·e.
The s tury uf t ho daring r a id o f those e igh teen m oo,
hcadt.~l hy this aged Ju~hua. need not he re-told. It
wa· a hr:~1·e h low for Lil~rty: nnd ll\'cn though tbe
wor ld would mark hi~ attempt 1\ failure. J olm Hro wo
]t.'i.l :t.~ a pri~onN tu the C h:lrlcstown j a il. felt thut IIi"
lifu had bt..'t.m a ~ nccuss. S uc h fu.ilures are vietories.
AlthuuJ.:h wou nd ed :uul ll prisoner. hi>l 1ife was n ot
e wh..•d. The w•>rk of t he ":~word was ended. but t he
po we r o f the u ni«.:hno :cd word s t hat ca111C from his p r is·
son JlCII. wa~ eve n grc:Hcr. I nstc:ul--of a warr ior he be·
c:unc oue u f the grc:UI!!It t c:whcrs and p rophets that
e \'Cr :!I poke to the A nrc ric nn na tion. Virginia loaded
hi.~ lim h,. wit h l'imilr ~. hm his ~ul i!he could not feuer.
That we nt fm·th t hrough t he prison bars out into the
free w ..,·td i n n tire of rcsrimony ltJ o:on \"tlrt rnilli<lllS to
iU c:Uht'. ;UJtl tn make tlw l,i ttere:!lt c ne mic,;; of the old
man huw iu hu mble rei!pCI! t to hi:!~ self-forgetting nohility '"I hal"tl askc1l tn he l! pan'tl froru havi ng tury
wt•ak. hy put·ri t k lll p n lyers rna d l:.' u\'Cr m e while I am
puhlit·ly mnrde rctl. and t h:l t my nn ly r e ligious a t tend·
ar1 t<~ lm Jl"''r. !iult·. d iny. mggtlll.lmru· headed and bare·
fuotcd ;~l a\"c Ill)}',. ami g i r l;o. hcad C<I b)' some old gray·
hoadL..I umt lw r ·· :-itwh :.rc the power :uul p:lthos n f hi~
simpt.~ w11nls. ~uch is t he cl.,..tucn ce o f the agl'<.l priil·
mwr. a~ he b y ..tmint.'<l to the flt lflr of his gloomy cell.
lrt t"''' lrt rtuom :1~ well as in prisnn , .lo hn Bro wn"s elo·
•!IICIH'C p le:r.•lt.'<.l - the sil~:n t :u11l t 1u: SJMlkcn. Wan and
wea k fru m h iot 1\'uund ,.. the n l,t. gmy.henro.le•l nmu la y
n n hi;o p a llel in I h e I'Cntcr uf :111 :UJgry 1·rowd that I.."OYered hi m w ith r-ep r<"•a c hcil.- yoJt he li'ltened ·tu his de:t t b
rCutltuud "~ ,-;:r; ij:l- -
Ti l E NOR~IAI. PO I NT ER .
62
J;~~~;,iz ~~:::~
rt'\"UI(IIizin~oe this f:lt"t, tlh·itles her :1ttentiou t..'f JUally be'"~'t'll tlw trt·e~ an1l Lin ! ;~ Thus hM ou r Arbor Day bet·null' tu lit! o\ r!J.o•r :t.ntl Dirt ! Day.
It ~cc m ~ wu h:ul t hat SO I\11! Nort hern state did not
t·huu~c Mny ti~t :1.~ the t l :~otc fnr the eclebrntlon of this
d ay
It wuul•l he u d elightful hlemllng o f oltl English
:uul nmdei-n ,\ merit-a n t·u~toms . The !ofRihe rlog of the
h:twt huru huugh. the " fctt•hinJl nf the tloiVen fresh,"
:uu l man\' uf the oltl ~ongs t•oul tl IJe used t1'ith gOOf!
t•ITt'\"1 olm:in).( the t"H'rcises nf ,\r hor and Ulrd Day, and
tt·nulol 1-.omhine tu im·re::tSC the ion~ t•f mlture and the
~·njuymcut ul thetby.
, , ,\tble!ltEdhor
.. llodel!kbooiKdttor
.• Uu•la tn )hn&Jt't
h· thi" ~l:tlt"tiii"IH w ..ulol t·ans-~• grent C;'II:Ci temcnt., fo r it
TH.EJ NORMAL POINTER..
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EDITU IIalll,t.CKIUt
~renallllllllnn~letterttotbe8ot<~lneullau&&er
Correapondeae••olldtl!d rromf0rmeruude11ta.
K~a<kr•llld
ouradYenlnu.
auburl be r• arertlpeclhtUJ requultd 10 pauonl&e
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~:.'tGO\'erunr 1\l nrwu of Ncbra.d.:u hn~ tlw hnrwr uf
hcinJ( till' fathe r nf Arh(lr Day. It w:t" ru:tin ly thruu).(h
hislnstntmt'ntallty and influence that In lt:l72 the ll'l(i~­
latun· set Bp:trt !the se<.'Ontl !Wethlt.'S(I:ty in ,\p ril a.~ n
"d~y fo r thl' \'olunutry plnntlnJt o f trct•s l•y tht• J .C<~ plt•
o f Nebraska. " Mr. Mo rton tiC\')i!Ci l the pl:ut. St• tli:H a
bn.rrler o f t~ might be raiSCfl to prutt.'("t the l:t.nd
from the fien.'C winli!i of the tve:tt and sourh .SinCC" the
dnte of iiJ' lc ~tali:r.:ttio n in N chrn.~ka m·cr 400.000.000
trcetl hM"e been plantetl in thnt state :tlnrw
An hnport.,nt fe:aturc of Arbur Day i~ Its t•on nt•t•tlun
with the public .!Whoolil. Thi ~ i~ !i tt)IJJU~t l tn hn\'1~ hegun with the J>ln nllng of tN'CII in mc mury uf nmhnr!i
and lltateamcu in iAico rnr k by the child ren of t:iru-inoalllo 1 88'~ . Soon taher thi a ~pccl:l l Arbor 0:~-y to.· a~
appoiutet.l fur trC!e planting by the ;school .. n l \\'e!U \" ir·
ginia. 'l'h\sldezt !iJll'ead rnpillly until nnw ulo:it•rnUil"e
Of the day 1111\J be qitllu he en tirely IIIHirr th<• t"U II •
trol of the public ~ehools.
Forty- four s talt'§ b:l\'e legalizetl t hf' •ll\y
In ~<>Jne nf
them the tlnte isli;'II:Ct.l. In others il ill amJottni'Ctl hy the
governor April 80 WIL>I dm«cn IJ)" tlw h•Jofi,.J:ttUT"t! nf
tbb stnte for the people n f \\ i.,t'ton~in tn o·t•lehr:tte :1.!1
Arbo r Day . f: o v. Sf'ollf'ltl h:t!i rerl'utly ~~~nt•d hi11 pro·
ehmta.tlon &!!king lor 11 wit lcr uiJl!.Cn'IUII"t' nlthi!l olay.
By ~n e:uuninntion of t he prnclanmtinn it ".-i ll IK• "''t'll
bow the WI!K'tm~in Arhor U:\y oliiTel"ll from th<· nrigin nl
one 11lanned hy Nebraska i n 1812 Nnt nnly nrt• the
people of thll stale. lmt. ~t.lso the schuullil :~.ntl t·ullt•~tes
urged to take part in thf' oll:'l4!r ,..nt-e l'f the tl!ly Tbt•y
are f';'l[pocted not nnly to j)]ant t rff',o. tn~t tn lwautity the
school grount l ~ hy !ihru hs au<l pl:wt!l ;\I nn· than o ne
pb!Lie o f nature ill consh.len.od In uur "'""''n'a nrt' ltird
life i11 (•losely connectet.l tu tro•c lift• :uul W il!l-.,n~in.
l"ht• :O:rniur
-olh·itlctl
-ng:li nst itself :
1"1:~-ss i ~
Ordi narl·
i~ ""dl kuo•tl 11 wh:!l. is cxjle\'tetl uf n huU Sll d ivided
:tJ.::Iin~t it»t·lf : lmt 11-4 the line of dld!lion I~ mnrked by
••nl\" :1 tu••rl:lt" bofartl. nr r:11hel' s ixtee n n l- them, It is
lt·h· th,tt tlw lore:wh 111:1._1" he ht•:~olet l an•l I he s t rength o f
11111"11 m:~.y r. ·~ul~ Tlw :-cnior ~irl!'l, nfl cr lung nod
111:11un· dclii.Jer:ttion in th•· n•auy "ct·n:t sc!lsions in No.
:W. olwid t'CI th:tt th<'y wen· entitlcol to wear morta r
J,o:u··l" lty reason of their tlignific.llitamllnp;, their rued·
ilathe hearing. thd•· far -away nhscnt·mimlt:dne&l. mnd
tlll'ir JlOWt•rful in llucnco· tll'er thu other member.t of t he
~·ho10l
After thi ll llt.•dsion w:.s rel\ehe..l. fo r sOme un·
knutt·n rt"l\-oton. it ''":&.~ taeitty ugrct.'CI that the hoya o f
the .-In s~ ~ huultl knnw nntlling about it. 'l'hfly ccrtnlnly
hat"t' tht• !';u ucqnalifitatiunll for mnrtar IJ.oard!l rut thc lr
sister!! in p.~ydmlogy. political t.'C'unomy n ru.l review
J.:t't>!ofl"".&ph~·. hut the s ubjct•t wtU unt brol\chcd to them .
Tlwy T"t! UII\Inet l in the dept hs nl lgnorn ncc until the
momentnus ··dny nf 1lonning"' a rr l\•c.l, whe n they real·
i:r.t, l how saolly till')' h:u.l been O!Uwittet.l. The sadness
rcm:~.ins. hut may wear away in time- meanwhile the
J[irls tlre rl.'juicing in thcir•·ap!l.
Our lt."'·t un.• t•utmw hn!i l~n a grcnt :~uct•eq, not on ly
eth u-ntiun:dly. hut also tinanei!llly. W hile we realize
the tirst full y. we ca n nut hut lcul d u uhly t hankful fo r
the sccon• l. :1.'1 \t prophecies lecture t.-oursesln tho fut ure
- whru man h~ 1lone. man c:an do. This yea r there
were four tnuube r!i in the regula r course. which were
~M > well lllteurlt·•l th:tt two e;'ll:t r:L!I were gh•en froo to
hnloleN of ..._.n!I<'Hl ticket•. ~ early fo ur hundred tilly
tl(olh&l"ll wurth uf ~:l.<>nn tickets were .sol• l. There Ia a
halnnce lfl twl•nty·unl! doilllnJ in the treu ury. With
l his fortuu:llc mate rial otUtt•ome. IU a N!!llllt of our beat
attt'mpu. what 1113.)' we tu•t c;'ll:pt.>t't In the future !
Then a~ '" tlw t'lhlt'atimJal \"1\luc. Thu benefits can·
nut all IH· t•numo·nllct l The i!C hool hl\11 been s ho wn
th:tl "rtat "'''"kill IH•inl( dorw auo l ra pid advan cement
nmllc in otlwr pmle!lsluns and lines of Jn\'Cittigatlon ))e.:
sido• thu'>l" ul th<' tc:~.ehcr. Our ntent!ll hori7Alll hM ·
bl>en lmJ:hlt•rrc•l We ha 1·e seen thnt men are not alo ne
inthi~ ~r••nt w:ork. hull hat wmuco, atrunlt And brave,
are tl\ktn!( thetr p:trl and doing thei r ahare. All the
~n~lit11 we. e" llt.-.,tL'tl to l{<lin ha1•e been surpassed. It
'" wnh l"O n tJ•Icnt.-.~ that the let•ture course of '08-"99 Ia
lookl'tl fur~~oar.t t•o. The pret..•edent hu been established.
l.ctthe K'""' w.. rk I(Otln
.
THE NORMAL POINTER.
··Thii!i court acknowledges. as I suppose, thC \"8\ld\ty
of tho ht.w uf Ciod. I sec~~ book kissed here, which I
suppose to be the Dible. o r at lca!t'tht! ticw T estament.
That tcuche3 me that whi\I.SOC\'Cr 1 would that mou
shoul(l1lu un to me, I should do C\'Em to them. It teaches me further, to remember them that are in bond8 as
bound with them ; I Clulern·nred to act up to that in·
struc tion. I !.Ia)', I a n1 yet tno yonng to un~lentand
thaL Untl il!l a rcs p~•ctcr nf pllNO!IS. I believe that to
ha\'C interfere.:! :lS I h1\l'c ,J,ue--tt.~ 1 h:"'e 'a iWft; f~ly
admin~.l l h:l.\'1! dune--in holm If o f hi1 des1iiscd poor,
w&;~ nnt wrong. but righL Sow. if it' i :~ 'tfe6tiJo..'ll rioOOs:o~:uy !.hiLL I s hnuld forfeit my life fur t lie fur'thehinOO of
themuls nf ju.o~tke. and mingle my t.loO£r further with
the bluotl uf my chiltlretl. tuul with the blood of the
millions In this siU.\'IJ country. whose right.~ ll re dlsre·
I(U.rd~l by crut~l and unju~t. tmnctment.:J.-.-1 s ubmit: so
let it he dune:·
\
It W:J.!I o ne month later. llnd the ceremonies o f his
public murder were dniy performed. He nnllaiiuld
calm to the l11~t. !'lo took a kindly lea\·e from his disclplcs in prison: he talked chetirfully to his ja'ilol- aS he
rode nn his own coffin lt1 the place of ex6e\itlon: tirmly
mounted the scaffold .and for teo cruef' 0\lnr.ites' \f!th
It is·stAt.ed in one o f the leadiug pape~ t hat New
England abahdooed farms are to be rt.'Claimed, restocked and re-operated on a plan that is primarily philan·
tbroplc and !le<.'On4arily commercial. A corpuratiun
has been formed, with the $Ct'rel ary of t b+' Ne w York
stock exchange at its hcaJ. to purchase :mt.blc l:lnd
aud farm huilding>l in the :tt:~leil .,f M..ss~tchn:wtt.:J, Cnn·
nectieut. New Hampshire aud Vermont.. and to nl.:M!II
both on !tllch terms :l-o( t.o 1Utr:u:t purcha.iiers in large
cities. and to re\ie\'e tho enngestcd centers of populu.tion. It is estimated that mnre tho.n two hnndn:d
thoulmnd acres of rich ftt.llnw land 1111der cultimtion
twenty years ago. He idle today in the New England
1Uates, and it is the intentiOn of thnse whn ha\·e :..Ssuciated themsel\'"011 together to secure by option or b,v
outril(b t purcha~~e. all or nearly all of t his VS!Itterritury
and to populate it with mar e rial dmwn from the crowd·
ed cities, Missionary work will be begun in the largl!
cities, prin"cipally New York and Brooklyn, and the S!l·
si!itance of all organizations iuterested in bettering the
<luuditlon of
socle~y will be invoked.
Scientists are excited over the authenticated rliS('OH"·
ery of the tomb o f Osiris. the chief god oftbe Jo::gyptians.
at l.ul:Or, a village of Upper ~~gypt. built on the site nf
Thebes. The news was first I'(!(;Ch•t:d with incredulity,
but all doubu were qnieted by a telegram from the
director-general Of excavations to the pre!!ident of the
•
~~= ~~k'.'':e"~~=~e ~i:!~~::t~:~ t~~~~a~~;.peShae~~~~
and in a moment his body WB.i swinging from the gal·
lows. Not a sign of weakne~. no~ n feeling of n.gret
fo r his work did hu :thow: the millions that had waited
in the a nxious AXpectatlou fnr the tryirig' mome. L.' di-ew
1\ long. dee11 brcatrh.
"He wa:t whollY 'Pure.' wholly
true
~~~;t~~-n ~::~~~:;\_m:~~wi~· a ·;:t~e:i~:e~~~~: · p.!;:,c:~~ sft~~c;~~~~:~1111:s ~~:~~~ad w\~l:~: g~:~foh:~
po~~ith•ely that he has rtiscovered that the torhh of thH
gods' Seth' and Horus is hi the Same necropolis at A byd os. 1'be Pall Mall Ga7Aitte says: "There is no doubt
this is a great discovery. Thus we know the tombs of
the last three god kings of the second of the divine dynastiCll, whleh date back 10,000."
death- the lirSt martyr in that great str\tg'gle. u Lin·
coin wa>J the la.<1L These two great'Am6t1Cans 'w111
ways be remembered. Rut how different their circUm·
stancM : Abraham l..ineoln had the support of aD arm·
ed nation behind him. J ohn Brown was a stranger In
a s trange land, lonely, poor, a nd persecuted : the gun1
Tht!re is a plague of rata in Hiackbu rn, England. and
wholesale ravages are said to he committed by t hem in
warehouses, ba.sementll and shops. Neither the cats
nor the local rat-eatche111 can tackle theae anlmlll!i, and
othe r martynr. Leonidas at The rmopylae, Joan
of
Arc at
Orleans.
ToWI!Iaintr- d'Ouveriure
at San
Domingo, Warren at
Bu0ker Hill.
: ~~e::rm~':~~:~:Y1:~:.r, :~ ~:Ss:;e;~i:~::
the remedy may be worse thau "the disease. for the mongoo&e is. by nature. lierce and blood-thirsty. an•l will
make hal'OC in thu poultry yard. Thi! ~Ian \I'M tried
in Jamalc~ twen tytive yean~ ago. when the rau theN
O\'erran the sugar plantation.'!. The mongcese thl\t
were Imported !lOOn killP.rl the rats, hut they incNased
to such an extent as to be<:ome 1'1. plai(Ut>.
JO>II< 8•o••-T11• MAl< -tC••Ii*"'" /••- ! •I'" 6 o 1
sentence with more composure than• did his persecutors. "Have you anything to 111\y. J ohn Hrown, why
your sentence should not be pa!JSCd ~·· Painfully 1he
old man rose. and with tones of singular mildn~ ami
11df-cootrol, be made that ruemurnble irupromplll pltlll,
which Emerson baa coupled with the tiettysbnrgsp~:e<·h
of Lincoln as being the most eiO£juent utterance o f the
century. "I have. may if. ple/1.11(\ t he cuurt, a fe"· word"
tfi"-'\.Y-
::!~r~w;u~a~~~ ;:er;;e:~~~~~~~:~i=~~!~ ;~~:= :~~
fell
for t heir own
liberty.
llnrl
for
their O'wn
:::~~~~lo~~.t ,~:~~; t~le~~:~: ~~r~~~1-:! 1~0°tr;:r ~:
dio..'<l fo r a poor. weak. despised people. for an aneu
nu-e. which WIL8 uot even-able to appreciate hi:t etroi-ts
fur their upliftment. Jnhn Drown made no d iStinctions.
He lo\·ed ll~t·ty for all men. " l.uve thy neljrhbor· as
thy~~elf... •~onstituted the 1imple c1xle upo n ' which he
acted, "<'Ven unto dtlath... Can reason offe r anything
more nohle! Can religion offer anything more sublhue!
Then, truly. huth a.1 a liberator o f mankind. and lUI a
t·hampiun l11r 1\ higher law, history will e xalt J ohn
llrown ~tmong th~ greatest of those who !OeaJOO their
"te.'!ll\1\ltlnl o f bencfat:tinn" wilh the blond of their own
nuhh• heart1.
"l'uro W:uJ thy life; i"" bl001ly close
n as placed tliee with the 110ns of liKht.
Among the noble host of tho!!e
Who Jlf'ri~thOII in the r·an!le of Right."
AKSO LI> f.. (ii'.SI!!LL.
TBE NORMAL POINTER .
L::: ::::~~~~:.
N. Dimond has withdrawn .
loa Fenwick a pent the Easter Recesa at Ghlcago.
Ethel Smith was absent a few day& on accoun t o f
aickneM.
Jo"'rank Springer returneJ to ~· hofll M11n•h 23rd , afttl r
o•er a week of lllnes1.
FranciA Parklll, who Ia u~ac hinl( near Amhcr.lt, ,·isi te<l
the N ormal March 11th.
a
In Drawlng.-:'Tbe Mado nn as nf Murillo ha,·c
J*l-t~ rnal expreMion ! ··
I' Ut-11
~~e v e nt!
drty i'l
W . H . Fuller baA been e njoyl nJt a \' i:>it o f
from his brother of 'fo mllha'"k.
The preeence and a b!leoL-e o f rn bben; are th t! t-e rud n
harblngen of S pring at the No rma).
Prof.-"Who we n~ Adam 'a th ree 80 11 ~ ! ••
Swdent -"Shem. Ham. and Japheth."
W. F. Obde. a student a t tho N orm~~o llut year, ~'~ IN! III
a few daya visiting the ·-old fa miliar place.··
Some one hM aald that whe n the poet talked of 1he
oourageou1 llowel'!l of S pring he mea nt the th illtl e ~
Mlnena Eekels, ha\'lng lln i8hed her term o f teachhrK
aLPine Grove, 1pent a few_day1 vl1iting at the N• nual.
Flnt Student. - ..Say ! how do you llpell T riJ(onom·
etry f "
Second Student.-·•Wby. t-r- 1- g--eh-eh- periud.''
A cabinet contalulng an excelle nt collection o f t.'&ltt
of ancient foul ill has been added to t he llep1utmeru. o f
Geology.
The male quartetu! hu boon re·o rJra ni7.ed with
M.esan. Fruit. HutcbkiM. Round1. anti Sprlngl:!r, u
memben.
Prof. SyiYetlter arrived from hill home at Hn~.:obe l .
April 4th . to vl1lt with frl end11. lie ret urn ! lmpi'I'W1!11
In health.
The elementary C'I&M for thl1 year. num beri ng aiJUIIt
forty , were given a reN!ptio n, Mll rl'h 24, at th ll homf! uf
Prea. Pray .
Kebneth Pray hu w \thdrt\WII to ftl.'f'e pt the pu~iti o n
of mM~M~nge r boy ur i third te ller a t thflt: iti7.e n.'l' Hank
of Lhts city.
·
Ray Love, who teachf!fl in th e Gnunmar Ur::P'J.rtrn~nt
of the T omahawk IIChool~ . spent a fe w 1 lay~ 1H the Nor·
mal 't'iAitlug frle nda.
Vacation Ls o ver. and ~l otlltl r ltec• u perat lnn hall•lune
her work . Naturally. alllnuk hair•, hearty, arul hnlltlfu l.
Only Uln more week!!.
F.lmer •'robmadcr. who attenr leo l the Nnrmal 111:11
year, harlng ftnlahed hia te rm o r te!ll'hi ng ,.... 11 nm·ipa l
of the Clifton ac!hool. has retu r ned tn n.-srun e work .
Atao open meeting of tho• Women!l' t:t'uh fur the •lis·
eDMioo uf the present relatlo n8 betwee n SjJain :r.ntl
Cob&. we ftod on t.be program PrufeYOn Swi ll ami
Buford o f the Normal.
Pres. Pray spent part nr F'..Mtf'r rr't~ \'iJlitinM: AI
r;
Chicago. He reporta Mr. ~tt.>Ctu~ kill 1\8 being well !Mit•
t ied iu his work a~ the Unh·enlty, and aa happy u
c \·er.
Wit h the lncre!Uiing t.-elebrit-y of Rheto rieala, vi1iton
to the uxcrciscs IH'Il becoming fn.o.queut. It Ia rumorod
that ao tu e o f t he stude nu are willing to sacrlti<.oe their
!eaUI.
.. ay. Mr. M- -1 has got my onr.o~. I bet be' II
eat it . sure!"
" 0h ! no. not un lf!fl!l be gets ao me ont! to pool it fo r
him :"
The Arena e lected olllcers for the last quarter on
Man:h Slll t. Mr. Gilbert Is preside nt. Miss Ogrten vlee
pres.. Mllf.., Leahy treasurer. and M iss Kjorat.N.I
lieen!tKry.
The n:11nlt.'1. uf t.h e c lay-mode lling clus al"fl displayed
in the hall. MillS 'l'antler·s watch· word ·· Pu~ life Into
it ." h 1~ t.oe rtaln ly I.M:o n heedet.l. for mnc b of the dead
..ta,..· Iouks very li fe-like.
It ha.s hecn ugget!A!tl th~t the noiay liule JMtn c il
.!lha r pcner in 'the. main ha \1. - the idol of the pnu'tioo
t ~1u- h eN- i s doing llll itlt. <crowling a nd shrie king just
hccau..e it wl!-nts some oil.
lnllllt!'lllately before the beginni ng of the tAster vat:a·
tinn. Min Laura Martin WI\S f•allet.l home by the aad
newa nf the d~1llh of her father. She Ia again ft t work
'"ith the o ptwing of tl1t1 uc w quan.c r.
The new student.s whnlle namu we have been able to
learn are : Catl1erioe Harri.t, Minnie Olaoo, Edgar
Hu tton, Alfrncl Castne r. Samuel Youog, Maurice Wilson,
G. K. liPpier. Nellie MeGill. Catherine Johnson, Rollie
Uarri!IOn.
S. J . Holmes l'h. D.. of the C hicago University,
comes to lill th«: vacancy lelt by tbe "lthdrawal of
l'rof. Mr..-(;as klll. He has had t'I JM!Clal opportunities to
pursue hi.'i KJMlcia.lty. Ulology. both io the East and In
the West.
Rev. Meach11.01 travelling with the 8Apllu Goapel
car, favo red the school, at opening exerci8WI, Mn re h 11
with llflvcral solo.! whic h ~ere "'ery' \+'ell received bt
the s tud e ol8. Mr. Mescbam's 11Crrnon8 were well
attended hy the No rmal studeut.s.
Prof. Culver ha.'! give n the l~t of hia ~terfes o f tal b
Topography. Tbe subje-ct for the ll nal number W&8
"t:uut Fenturt!!l." The course wu generally IIUeeeat·
1111
~~~h ': 1:',!,t:~ldJt~~';;!:: ~~~':e:g~~ut
1
by town pHJple,
'1 he t-'ehnmry nmnhe r nf The Edut.-ational Review
,•on tai ull '"' artie·! ~ hy Pmf. Collins o n l)le teaching o r
Algebnt He l't!1~11 nmc nd 11 that the ft! be mo re correlation l.~e twt:c n it a n•l Geometry l'lod Arithme lh~. It t•
well worth the ~rU!I&l o r teac he r..
A lKol it~!f llelltelle hiUI been organh·.ed under the
• li ~ti 11~1 ul Mi!lil Linton . The members ""' Ml.uet
.L~•ng, SJJalenka. Pa rkf'r. Barr. Quinn, and Weltl ng.
r ht' lltlll ll!IIC hu ~f' \'f'ral times a ppeaml at Rhet.orh:ala
nnll "you nughter heart! them...
'
Anmng th.tl "ultl new" atude nl.8 who returned thla
• Ju art~r .w•• h rwl the fnl!o w\ng : Ml ues Jo~kel•, Torkel·
~~en . E.nnght, Doreson, Rehfeldt, and Meunr. Hanalh;k
~nd ~ rohm&~ler. . Mollt ot these have been le&cbln•·
OH•n· "N' othe na rn th e 11", hut we hllve bNn unahle
-t'
r!f
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to get thei r na:mes on going to vress. Evide ntly they
are all glad to get bac~.
Miss J . -How do you translate ··halberstartc yungo
Blut !"
Miss M.-"The half-staring youth."
Miss J . -"\Ve\1, what do you mean by that ?"
Miss M. -"\Vhy. with one eye s hut.. that'd be st.uing,
wouldn't it ! "
Prof. Swift spent ab •Ill fo urdll.\'S ••f the Spring I"(!('CSS
visiting the Owatonml reform school. O n his rvturn
he spent a day 11t the \\'inuna Normal. where he saw
Miss Montgumery who l6!1chm1 ltht!!Oril' 11nd l.iterature
at that institutio n. She is well s atis fied with lu.r work:
but still remembers Stc\·ens Point.
Who can tell what was the cause o f thu.t unus ual
blushing and uneasi ness o n the rostrum among the
"other wise unphazable"' faculty. thut morning after
the last song had been s ung ami the Presid e nt hap·
pened to be out of the room ! It must have ~~~ the
consciousnes.s of something. What was it !
Prof. McCaskill, accompanied oy Mr.~. McCaskill. left
the la:_'lt Friday o f the Spriog quarter for C hkagu.
Mr. McCaskill takes work at the C hicago Unh·er.~ity
until. ~ext' fall. when he will return with his degree.
The School are sorry to lose him, but cousole themseh·es
that ~.it is on_ly tenl pOrarily.
A Short Story Clnb was "rgani1.Ctl the e ighteenth nl
March. undet; the direction .nl Prof. T t!eple. The cl ub
will study the s hort selections of rcceut all(\ li\'i ng
authors especially, considered IUl t•omposition!l. Later
on they iOtend to write short stories, the msch·cs.
Meetings are held e very two weeks.
On t he morning of Much lUst, Professor Sanford
spoke on the probabilities of war with Spain. He gave
a \'ery clear and interesting account o f the trouble.
and did much to clear away t he truth from the u ntruths
which occupy so much s pace in many of the paJX>rs.
The idea that patriotism does not necessarily mean
war, was, plainly s hown to t he school. a.s well R!l the
wi!!dom Of President McKinley's coul"ll6 in his dealinjli!
with Spain thWI far.
The April number o f "School Education,"' publis heJI
the program of the C hild-Stud y Section of N . K A.
meeting•at Washington next J uly. With the names of
G. Stanley Hall. and others prominent in edul"tt.lio nal
lines, w.tdlnd in this program a paper by Prof. Swift
e n " Heredity and E n,·ironmelll: A Study in Adolc.!l·
ceoee. ;;. Mr. Swift hsslo r sorne time lleflu carrying on
a carefu l in\·estigation, visiting Nlorm sc.·hools. writing
letlCr.J aud sending out fJIIP.Stions.
Our garden-what flo\\'ers are in it !
1. One of the seniors. ( l'reli :t !\II adjcc•th·.,. ]
2. OUr favori_te hnur.
l\, 'J'h&.lltUdent WhO "dhines" i n hill f:l o'd01·k.
~: .~~~a!.es~ o~";!!':~~~e111i1~~~::~~-ll on.
6. Fo und among tbe Wills.
7. A brown-eyed miss.
: : r!!ff:c:~lrf!~~~on.
10. Take away the adjecti\'1! a nd have a former 11\'m·
·
bol of the teacher's prof~iun.
E,•ery little while we are reminded that we are not
forgntum by a n abgeot frienrl. A month ago. althnugh
so enrly in the sessou, tho school. and e.speclally the
"fair" me mbers of t he lsuulty, \\'ere plcMantly surpri::k.od Uy an offering of very early Spring llowers\' iolcts and lillie!! of thu miley, sent by Prof. Sylvc.!lter,
thcu in Chicugo. Mr. Syh·cstcr is no w n"t his ho me In
Uoscohcl where he will rt:'maiu for sotnc time. He
e \'illcntly is :ln:'(ious to 00 back in Wiscons in.
As time goes on. our walls aN being rnoro and more
bt!u.milicd. The G1·ogrnvhy Lyceum which has boon
wo1·king tlw whole year wi th wonderful e ne rgy. pre·
scntc•l 10 the :to.·houl a beautiful picture in cnlur, o f tho
(;olorn<lo Canyuu. The presentation :ipot:lCCh was given
by Miss Kile rin. who poiutt..'ll o ut many t hinga to
heighten our apvreciutiou of the wo rk o f art as we
11ha1\ lnuk 111>1111 it while studying
in the llBSCmbly
room.
l.ikt• wisc thu For um, worki ng i n the ~Jamo commend·
abl., s11iriL prescntty-1 the school with a ve ry approprl·
at., picture- " Uroakiug Homo Tie:~." Mr. A. J. Lattou
suggestt..'l.l in a lew littiug words. wherein tbe beautlus
o f tho picture lay n nd thu lessons it has to teach. As
an example of realistic a rt the picture Is a masterpiece.
At the Wo rltl"s Fair it wa.s a fa\'Orite. One cannot
look a t it without some little s tirring within; it Is
sure to bring up a mingk-d pleasant and unpleasant
recollec tiOII uf t he time you left for the Stevens Point
Normal. and perhtt.JlS a lo nging to-but better keep
thnt llile nt.
T he c h·ilized flenizen of t he primeval forest Is no
more: he has been la'tmc hcd into eternity, the cham·
psgne bottle he inllt broken by t he merciles!l hand of
Fate; hill life work is over, it Is comple ted, It Is done:
his course is r un; ho ill de:W. The childhood of the
deceased is \"eiletJ in the obscurity of the s hades of Wls·
<'onsin wilds 'ere they were touched bytbe eulig!iteuing
hand o f mau . In early boyhood the deceased fell into
th~ ha.nds of a kind hearted trader who foresaw his
brilliant po.ssibilities and set about training the m .
The achie\'eme nts which the you ng genius soon attained
were ms.r\'ellou11, but too numerous and co mpllcat.ed
for sevanue mention. They will. however, be"eternally
perpetuated in the hear t of poSterity. A!l early as 1890
his permanent residence was at J u nc tion City, opposite
the Hotel Rosebud. the location being advantageous fo r
The displaying of h\!1 merits to humanity. Eve ry In·
habitant of t he metropolis. incredible as It may -?OOID·
!lOOn cllnle tn know him as a brother. Many a travel·
ling ~tg••nt W(Hit ho meward singing hlspraillell and glorifying h i~ name. From our Normal student!l, far and
wide, he recei\'Cd many a-token o f appreciation. Many
a weary heart did he soothe, many a tiresome hour did
he s horten aud swt..octen lo r theJ~e oppressed people.
And they will praise him e ve r more. W hat greate r
e ulogy can be prmmunced by man for his benefactor," H" ...nlighte ned h umaoity. " No greater e pitaph can
we intM·rilM>. A!! hill body lie¥ buried in lltllte ne11r t he
hills nml lnrest.oJ where in tho purity of his childhood
he w~~.s lle,·elnpiug those (\llalitie;~ which were to tix
hi~ nanm t>e rmsnently in the me mory of th~ ~teven11
l'nint ~nrmal. may hie r•nnembralli.."' march d o wn t he
a,·en\11'8 nl time and continue to be c he riehed during
the lonesome waiting houn at Ju nc tion City- the bo un
when i n hii~ e xis te nc-e he wa..~ won t w perlorm hi• life
work. May Bn1in rest in J>e~U-e ~
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THE NORMAL POINTER.
66
Tlut fo llowing I!~ a ll.'lt of tho- teAm!ll their' eaptaln11
:uul thei r !tamling In the tournamunt:
uutes.-
YUUSG
I'£R
C AI'TAIS .
Thtl Phi Beta Pei balokf't ball team easily defcah.•d the
rhal1 in the tlftb game of the tournament. Mllrt'b 12.
Tbeecc7f'ewut7 to4.
The youug ladle" tint team defeaterlthe f•mrth in s
close game on the u.meday. N:ore 8 tu ~ The High &boo! teAm and the Normal lirst team
played an exclting·game on the e,·ening uf March 12.
The game was well played by both t~R m !l. The Sur·
wall dfd the beat. team work. hut the H igh School were
quicker than their opponent&
The · ecore wu tied aeve ml time~ tluring thu )(11.11\e.
The Hoal ~:ore wu 22 10 li . The 1\uu· np w11.s as fui-
Jo we :
111011 SQ II OO I..
SOIOIALS.
Johnson . ,...
Job neon. ..
Cuhln . . ..
. . . ... center ... . .......... Springer
. r forwar<l ... . , .
. .. Bremmer
.I forwanl . . ......... ltosebt!rry
tf~pt:li. .... .... :::::: ~ ~~:.-:
Hun!e . ...
n~t l CI\ 111 , l'thutena ........
Fo unh team, V11.n Hu.sklrk
Third team. Parker.
Seeoml
BASKET BALL .
.....
-~--~\:~~~~~::~!\;
Referee. McCuklll: umpire~. Uolruan llod <.'~U~ hin .
Tbe ,·lnt. Normal tellm WM jlefeawd hy J.:lwrenrc
Unl'ftni.Ly,. Jhreh 18. at Appleton. The game washanl
fought by both team!l. Lawreoct" ditl the best teaw
work, which aet.'OUol8 for their \'icto ry. ·nu! 1\l>!!em·e
of two of our belit playenl{relltly weaken8fl our team.
Bremmelj: wu the star pliyer or the e1·enl og. Lee •li•l
the ben playlnJ for the (..awreoce team. Se1·era.l 11111~
during the pme the KOre was tied. Final :k'Ore w:•~
111014.
!CRill,
wos .
8
...
..
'
I
. 0
~n:s's-
lb.dgcrs. Uolt
!~hi l~ta l)ai, Smith
Kh·RI", Thuma ..
Whi te,., rurwr
...
. ...
8
2
I
0
LOOT.
0
......
......
Cr.l'fT.
1000
1000
T he Rltl.mtinn o l the Athletes iii now turned lrom
ha:;ket h:lll 111 IJMeball llnd lleld day . The baseball
ph,yu~ ha\"1! lx.'tln in tl'l\lulug fur tho put two months,
under the •lln..>ctlon uf W . H. Fuller. The team prac·
tie~! In l(ymmnium until the weathe-r Wt.!l warm
e TJullgh to gu out dum-s. Mr. Fuller bait r.oi'LChed the
hn_\'" "II sliding hi\St!S, ph·klug 1111 groundm·s, hnw to du
•tui••k wurk : tuu.l in fi\Ct.. all the underlying principle" of
lla...uh:lll . There are about twenty young men t ryiug
fo r the team, and If they keep up their practice and do
faithful work, there Ia on reaiiOu why we Cannot bilve a
wiuning team thla apriog. From· now on; two U!ama
wi !l be picked out and pitted llgalnat each other every
night to give the boys practice In tetsm work. The
team expec·t.llto play ae veral games thiS AeMOn. Datet
hue already been scheduled with f.Awrenee for May 7
and 21. Oshkoah May 28. Superior June 8. The mao·
ager ill rorre~pntu.llog wltb IUpoo college and Gnind
ltaJJid!l High !tehnol for games.
Tba followlog 1s the llne·up :
SOK~A~.
U.WUii'CC'UNIV ttKSITT .
Boyd .
. ..... ceruer .............. Bremme r
U!an...... ..
. ...... 1 back ........... Smith. Capt.
~e~:::: ....
·.·.. ·.·.·.·.·r :~;::;:
:.:~::::::: ~::;:,~~
Jolliffe .. ,,. ..
r back ,
.CuiYe r
Normalsub!tltutee-Munoell. Werner.
Tb•fiaa.l gam• nl the tou rnllmentwere played in the
GymaMl•m-·lfareh 24, to d6C:Ide the c bamplnnabip of
the !Wlltool. 'fb& young ladlet1' II rat ant!IM!Cood tenms
played tint. Each team bad won twn J(&meB befnre
this. 'fbe plt.JIOif wu fut.and exciting during the en·
tire pme. The &ee:Ond team won the j•hllnlplnnllhip.
Score a w ... 'The line-up'" :
• • ' •• ' •. L'ente"r . ...
li&COW.D.
~~rr. Ogden ·
·
·:·:::. .~ r,::k~ --
Ul"ll~.
'. .
~~C:pi .' ." .", ..... r1 forward
.. ..
1
0
. ·: · ·..
~-~~:£~~~"
. \\ it'A~r
Dangen .
. . I back . . . .. .. . ~huten ~t. Capt.
The Badg-eN won tbe chau•plnnsbip l(RUII\ hy e upcrior
team work and Iuter playinl(. Tbe lin11.l :k'Urt! wa" 1~
..,The
... Uoe-up wu u
follow • :
~&ItS.
l'liiHF.TAI'l-1.1 .
Holm.BD . .. .. . . . . . ..... center . . .
Bolt, Capt. , ... ...... r fo rward.
. . . . . .Gil be n
. . llotch ki u
~~
The track team hu bf!en In ttalnlng'' ft)r "'bout two
month~. doin~t light work In tbe gytmiUluo\ until 'tbe
school ojttmed fur the IJUarter. We bue got to dO' good
!IY!Itematie praetk-e If we get a winning team thla year,
hut there 1!1 nn reMOn why we cannot win It we ' ttilln
proJM!rly . We have no atar athletft; -w'lth U• tbllifear.
no one with a record wbich· ~e can fill 'lti.Ck•\J<pon.' ~ro
tho~~e who ht\Ve never e ntered t.be cont&tN'ther'e' Iii a
hoJM!ful field for honurable>dltltlnetlon' •tbnktKf:l' i'egular
and faithful wurk . Howe•er; 'f\etory'aldee l! t noa~ the
ouly obje.•t nf at hletle~. Ttnesportlll'ttaMhl pl• to•lo•e
!I port lor 1h1• spurt's 11ake. Thole wbbAe cflarrce. for
•ucce!!IS In athli!til'l Me small. f'&n at leut be redeemed
from a Ml illnd unproHtAble monotony by •phy11!cal exe rd se ~~ond incret\!MI tbelrefficft!ney u a ll'fi l'l'lfpo•erla a
t"' mn10nity.•1f thnu~!Jtf ul men. Let thenl" be ·tliorough·
ne:.!l in our work thla spring. that Is the on ly way to
get any n .'a l gcontluut of athletlca.
.
i-il! ld day11 h!t.l'tl t~eeo arranged with Oehk08b for May
28. 10 take JIIIWB there, and with Superior Jurie 4. to•be ·
bel•l hen-.
······ ···::~ .'::::~r~.: ....... :::'~'-~v·:.~~~·:r;
Dawee .... , .. .. ,...
.I back . .. .. ... ... . Smith, Capt.
Releree. •MoCa&klll ; umpln>.A. l~east• aml l.fti.
(;harles Urcmtner was elected· t~uurer o f the A. A .,
till the \'1\l'"&ncy caused hy J~ A me<~ Wltb<ttawiug
from adiiMJ I.
tH
Nearly une hundred tlnllar~ were taken In from' the
hMkctha.llgamest hia!W.'IUIO n.
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EXCHANGES.
SUDDEN
~ 1 "11" for si UJ.: Il i'S: !')nmcti nw U s harp. lltli'Cr U ft:t.t.
a lw11y-"' B natural
1-_:,_ _ __
TRANSM I GRAT I O N .
The Sunday School s upcrintcn•h:: nt whn drew on tluo
lol:wldJoard wh:~.t he inttmdetl tn repre;;cnt :l t:ruwn. an• I
whu w:u gliUiy inform~! J,_,. the irrcpre.~s i hlc s ma ll ''"S
th11t it Wall :1 !I<HIJI tul.._,,.n IJ<t '!H III si•h· up. shnu ld ha•·e a
word of ~.rm pa thy fur t h · puhlit- ..c hou] tc:rc hcr· s ~imi­
lar trial. rulah•d below
In one uf tlw pniJI[,- sduJUI runm~ uf the primary
gnule the tcOI.chcr h:rd Imen rt•ading r... ugfcllnw's "l·l ia·
\l'!ltha'" 10 he r pUpils ()f O.:tHir SC thi~ i ~ a rather :11111Ji·
t iou" work for tht' littl.• uue~. hit! th c,l' enjoy it. :1ud tlu•
rhythm see ms p:rrtit:ularly ]Jitms in)r tu thelll . Whcu
t flC_\' co me to a hard word the te:u-hcr gnes to the lol:..-k·
bn:rrd a nti draw.,; a pi ctu rc tu illns tr:llc it.~ 1\W:l!lin~,r .
Thi,. the pupil.i lind hi~hly ••nt••rtaiuing :m •l it h e lp.~
iu <JU ite a r c rnarka\Jlt• way to th: t.he text in llwil·
1pimb.
:\few tl:lys a gn they ••amu to thiil line in the early
part.nfthll]}Oc rn ;" :\t the dutlr iu summer e 1·enin~,r~ s a t the Jilt., l·l iawatha. "
":\t- th' tloor--on sum-mer t! \'tJ·Iling ~at th ' lit·tlt!
rt!!ld the c h ildren
"liu nn. ·· sa id the te:n·h~·r .
!Jut they didn't Jen nn. T he name of Hiawat ha wa:!
tvo much for the m. They knew whu Hi:lw:uha was.
hut they dhln't r~c(>!-(nizc hi :~ n:uue. ::;o th e tc:l.t!hcr
went to the l.lva rd. and t<lOk o.:on:~ itl fl mUi e p:linll in dr:t.w·
Uftt•n thct·n•·klnf! i>1 e •t •J>I.I' in thnse ·\\· hom nature has
louiltruauy ,;tnri cs hi):!h
" :\ 1 what a~t· \\'t•r.· .1'"11 IH:II'!'it-tl ~ .. ·IH' :r ,; kt~J intjlllS·
iti1·cly Hut !lw<>tlwt· btl.'· w:1~ t••pml tn the t•mm-gency.
:uul <JIIictl _l' n· ~ putult•,J , ·· ,\ r tht• parsun:rge ."
"0h. Hri•l)rt!l. I tnl•l yuu tu nntio-e whun the npples
hui\t•• l lll"t•r"
":-'111'\' I tlitl. mnm.
It wa.~ a quar ter past two. " - Ex.
Ht•h:tl'lllr i ~ :l mirT•u· in whit-h cl·.,ry u nu slwws hi s
""'II i ma~r• · · Tht•z·c is a pnlit••rres" <~f the heart nkin to
Inn•. whidt i:I IJI'in~;~ fr·"m ea~it·-~ 1 J l<llite n tli:l~ of OILIWtll'fl
heh:tl' i"r-· - Ex . \
Wh y i~ the wintl hlir11l ~ ,\n s wcr - Wind ii:l :l r.ephyr;
a 1.1'phyr is a .1·arn; a yarn i~ a tale ; 11 tale i ~ :111 attnch1111'111: :111 :ltt:whment i.~ lttl't•: an•l lni'Ciil bliml. Theref11Nthe wind is hliu•l.
Tnmmy-- f' m a littlt! lw:'l.rsc t his uwrning.
How arc
1-la l-- Aw, go :lW:l)'. I'm sulky .
TomnF o- :-'ay. pan I. lt· t· .~ hitc h npantl tnketl tlrh•e. Brt•t•lw.
Tt ~a..twr Cum ll:-t·ume. Uit:k: wh:1t comes after ten !
Di··k - Eight..,.niuc. ten - c r- e r I dunnp.
Tt•:u;he•·- Bohhy. can yo u tell Ui ck what l'Otne, tlfter
ing :~
te n ~
Firsl. 11. wigwam with the pole.. sticki ng up :t.bm·!' it.
and :1. rud e :1borigirml paintin~ nn th e sirle
Set·orul. little Hin.w:..tha with feather;~ in hi~ hair.
i!CjU:ltted :lt the 1rigw:un tlm•r
Third. :1 tine h:ln'e:U moon
Then s he pointed at l-li:nnl!ha !llld rl.~k~·d what it
Erlrne~tiiCS-"' iii a ,J.,,·ution of all t htJ fac ulties.
It i!l
th e ca use of patietu:i!. ir gin•11 e ndnrnnee, :o1•ereomes
Jl:r in. ~trt•U JCthcn>~ wcaknc>~.~. hr:n·e~ danger, sustai ns
hnpc. nmk es l i,~Ch t of ditll c ulti e.~. and lesiie n ~ tbesensc o f
WI\.~ .
we:lrinml:~i n ul't!rl'omi ngtlltlm .
There was a gcnernl ('nllling uf
net•k>~
ruul s hrtking uf
h eat!:~
"Come, t•ome." erie< I the teacher. "yuu knuw \\'h:u
it is."
Then o ne little girl s puke up :
" I gtWSil I knvw what it is. teat·he r."
" You may tell the class. Laura. "
" I gn(.':l:l it'il a mud turtle."
An rl iu~tantly. with one at•eonl. thu .-lass glihl_l' r~· ­
pe:Ue<l :
" At t h ' tl rntr. o n ;mm -nHH' e n~· ning:~. sat th ' lit tlt·
tuudol y tnr·tle.''
:\nd the te:wher· feel s that ht•r :uti;;;tic chn·erncs .. r•··
··eil·eo l :1 hnrd ::t.mlt·rncl blu\\'.
The following lines :1re pos U.!d at the f.,.,, of a
w:1y in a public huildinJr at Bar l hl.rhnr :
A hapt i :~ m in Hades' depth~
A:1 ho t a:! bo iling tAr
:\wait, the man who qui t~ t h is bln<"k
And ].-.:weg th e door ajar.
But he who w ftly s huts !he door
Shall rlwell n.mong the jus t.
Where the wicke<l cease from trouhli u)C
And th e wt!ary a re at rest.
~lair·
Uoh hy - Yt•i!'a u : jack. IJUelln :wd king.
1'.-uf.- :-low. Mr. X . you Ulll>~t. ••onlrol . the rnngo o l
~ .. ~~:- X - Bu t. l'nlfc.~sur. in uraHHJ_. n ught we not to
l'ruf. - Ycs ; hut.
<lllt•t•I S<t•su r•· . ·
~l r.
X. ,1'<11 1 nught. nut to make e 1·ery
l 'ru tUJI!I H'S~ i~
a l'irtuc. Tlr~• man whn ig alwny11 two
miunrt•i!l:atc. will llt!I'Cr makt• :1 ~ucccs..~ in this world.
:u1<l he will .i urd ~· f:•i l at tilt' jndgmc u t bar. if ho allow·
t••l hi~ hahit~ of pnwral!tinntinn to continnt.J. The mnn
whn i .~ "" time is the man in whom the world places
t'OIIIi< ICttt•t•. ~: -~
:\unn:111 !tad :1littlc match. ·
Awl with it IM::gan 10 !KTatc1l :
l.itt l•· ntrttl"h hegan rn hunt.
:\ .. nuan 'i>i fac•· h~·gan w lUrn .
Tt•adw r hHokL'<I at :\nnlliUI •tlli•·k .
:-;.,,· u r:wtlmp ]JC<Ihi s littl~;~sti<-k .
:~ rick fell on hi ll hook,
\' ir~:il lc:u·esl~~:J::rn to cook.
:\orman paid his little tine.
:\'n"· he t•:ar ri~i! umft·ht'll ~ " Neill!''
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T II F. NORMAL POI NTER.
68
h rn kt•n nntl we wcru n ett on th o mldollc of the lake. \\'e
thuu~:ht 1h:t1 Wt• ml~:lrt just:~ well go lltrRIJ{h t o n 115 to
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srul WCIII tu a pl:wo• 111 l)no •i•l:! •••olin!~·. al~oll1 li1•· 111ilo·.o
frum lt hi1wl:uul••r. '" lho• iu a In:,: •h:wl ,\" fur ·h
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tlh' j,.,. 1\' :t ~ fr·uzt• n ~olid
\\'lwn wt· rca chctl the s lt nru o ur s hoell were frozen
:u·• ttm <lu ... :uul Wt· wt•n• coltl :uu ltiretl. lull we trudged
"" :uullitmlly ft'al'lll.,lthr> sh11n1y. tired a !Ill .o~ hi\·crlug.
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"""'''"Y !ill lllttt'ni nJ,t.
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J•inc II L1•• 1l• ... luokt'<l likl' wnx \\'e n-.ctl tu \\' ri te le ucra
' " tn \' • i•t•·r "" hirl'l• hark. 1\'hl,·h .,.,. Jk.' t'lcll off from
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T fwr'1':11"••111:oll,\' "lhcri ndtlt·IILll th a L I cu ulol relate,
l1111 I aou :&fmi.t .\'"" :tl'l' ~..,ttiul( t.i rc• l o f my l!ltfl ry .
;\h' f:ulwr "''"'11 ...,jd the humc~tt·~·l. :1ml :!10 \\'C ru·
tuni•~l t" ""r lr umt• in Su·•· cu~ l 'uint. whcru """ ha\'c
lht•ol ,.,, ... ~iul"'
,\t o,\ II l\l ut:s- age 10.
TheFisk Toachors' Money
Nr titit:s teach-:rs o f \'aC;'!nc ics
and RE CO MME N DS <hem
lo r positious. Se nd tor manttr\1.
F . H . St'AI,; I.I}ISG.
378 Wabash Ale.,
M:umg•·r.
E VERE TT 0 . F ISK 6. CO.
CHICAGO .
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baM. pen·h, s nnti~h nnolmau.•· utlto•r kind.;
Sometime-. I wnulol t·att·lt a llulo• .. Jtt•-.·l!t•ol twn· lt hJ
f:3:!r'~:!i ~<1t11Jll::l~~t J:i';:~c ~~~tllltr,r.~:;l~',',', ~~~?t,';~,t~y :&It:~' ·!
would all in the ho:11 anti \\':H•·h ir. hup\11" a li<ih wunld
come along tllt<l 111kc hutlt tlw huuk an• I th•· ltait W t•
usetl to row up ucu.r tht• hank' 1~11d luok oluwu hy the
root~ of tht• trt!e>!. an.t " ':ltt·h tlw j.H• rt:h uihhling th••ir
food. which t·on~i,h'li o l •111:111 hUJCi nnd ut lwr ill'<('('!•
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arounJ lhl wt're largu fut't••l• , i ulmhiu.,l hy m:tlr)' wild
anlmalll . .\t niJ,Ch l •n•o-oul•l g:Otllll :uullt~•a r tht• \\'ul n-s
bowliop;. :uul ~ tlw olo•ar Iiiii•• r:&hhit .. p l:&~·injl uu till'
door ate pit. l lmd <till' f11r a pla,l'f•·llu w ' Illite 11 wlrilo•.
NORTH&. WEST
TO ASHLAND, DULUTH ,
ST. PAUL & MINNEAPOLIS .
...VIA ...
ho~!.~t .trfc ~~ ~~~~~d ~·r~·~~~· ~~~~~ihi:;~~~~·;~:~ ': j,;~n~~•.~·:i
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always 1\kt•tl tube In tht• ""'" '~ ],.ukin~t fur \\' i)o l ani·
mala. Th ~ ~H1'11pilw.; u-.colto"•tir'i.; rho·ir ·harp-lt<•int<-. 1
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MILWAUKEE. CHICAGO
a(rzor.ill to w:o l:tt'f"ll"'"' tlw it·•·. thi11li111t i1 ·•a~ 11111 fro:r.o•n :1~
much as it'""'''' lui\<' ).,., •., ... , "'' '' t'lll a run no! ,,,- clw
rowl~ \'ilfilt.'tl tht•rt• n••:~rl.•· a ll .. r ,, ... :afl o'rll•,.otl
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we got o ut on th•: mltl•llc .. r rh•: l:1.k~· •H· '''';I,•~ I :· , tm p
and a •·rad• \ \ hal "" )'"" tlunl tt "a• • Ill!' II'<' hratl
A NO AL.L. POI NTS
SOUTH &. EAST
JAS . 0 . PONO, G . P . A .. NII L.WAUK···