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THE NORMAL POINTER
Volume IV.
STEVENS POINT, Wis., .APRIL, 18<)q.
Number 7·
Selected br the Inter-Normal Oratorical League as the official o rgan to puhlish
the proceedings and happenings of the Fourth Annual Oratorical Cnntf"St, lwld
at Stevens Point, Wis., March 17, t89<J.
SPECIAL CONTEST NUMBER.
The
Conw~t
. . ... ... l':ljlt• 7·1
nf ' !MI . .
0KATIOXS
The
I>en~I••JIIIItlnt.
nf thl' Spi1·it nf Truth
Abraham l.itu:ooln .. .
Grant. ..
Fr.uJcf'~i
;;,
.,
K Will:1r<l ...
t::n·our ..
The New Nntinu .
i-A.Iitoria\!1 ..
1. N. 0 . 1•.
!Ju~t s t:sil
1\h:t:TISG ..
T reasurer '" Bcpnrt .
Tabulatio n of thl' .hulg•·" I>ct·isinn!l
GoSCF.KStSil nn: t.:usn:!IT.
The Mnsit• :\1 the CnnWill.,
The Judges o f the
Conu•;~t
Tlw l:nntl•>~t Itct:t•ptinn ..
Tht! Alte rnatel'l ..
The i{t:gistl")' of
V i:o~itnn~
The Oshkoilh Delcgatinn
Milwaukt.-e i:o Juhi l:mt.. ...
Contest Commenl.'l .
Tut: YAWl~ ASU Yt:l.t.~ ..
!I-I
.
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TfiE NO RMAL I' OINT ER.
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THE CONTEST OF •gg ,
•:xcltemf'nl hall long l1100u IJrewinJl'.
TI1e loc:.l
A h:ll f
a huutlred ambitlou4 u r.unr» had '"ied l u verson:.l
ri valry fo r th l!l covctt.'t l bnno r o f I.M'i ng cbosen the
repn!je nta tinl uf a nurm::a l acbool. t ube o ne of the
li u al •l.oc • •ho we re tu c nlt•rtbe Ililt& at Sh~ \·ena l'o iut.
the arena fur th~ lnle r·nurmal o n.to rical t'Unte!lt u f
1800. W a- k11 ll.:fure tlw tin:al e ' ' tmt. c 11och ~ boot began t u OOMt lu d•lltll•• nct", to pred ict iu fulUre
p reli m i nary co nl l!:!ll.'ii h ad All lreen hc i. J.
victory. to '-~" "I "'Ml ~~~ Wlu ·crlc"' fur the +.:o miug
The Jll lrlmil~ " ' lhe o n.tonl & Jl t~:u't!<l in
th l! ' 'llalllc5" o f the "'l:tto:, and storiei u f thei r might
" 'UDt. abroad . Jo:,•eryt hing cons pin.'t.l to mske mure
•leoJWJ the :um• ~ pbe re uf e xpectancy .
~M u le.
At last t.he
IU II UIC II ItiUUSC \' C
Of ~fltn: h t; th arri\·ec.J.
At eljj:ht o 'dnc•k ll thro r1g o f :t.lnwst " tl muM nd
lhlllllltll'll had nrrh·~cl 11111 we re Wlli tlng in n>lltllllO!I
anxiety. Th., gre:.t lu1ll WllS pac kL'tl wil.b 200 vi ~ it·
Onl, a mi Sun•tmll l, ulnt reprc~~e n tec l e n masiC.
lieat.8 wt<re a t a. pro•mium. T he f~:~.cully o f th e luc:t.l
norm•l hatl lillf'nllltlcrt.'(lthclrs nml we re IMl rch pd in
Hun Jruds o f \' IIIMe ruu:c collcJen thrnnt..il " 'urc mbting
thei r vull.-eM to tht! luft y Ct!i ling of the (; ra nd UJMlra.
Out alle ncu came at ltmgtb, whe n lim c urtain rose
and n~veah..'tl th e lklli:Le Ue u f onuoN, who wen~ to
upho ld the honuna of their respecth' tl nurmal11. The
J.IN'Idc nt o f th e I. N. 0 . L. a u no nn L-e. l in due order
th e v ro.ra111 o f thu uvenlng which W:t..~~ ll moothly
carried tbrouJeh hefure a n audlem·c which nuw di;op layed a la uJa ble IMllf co nt ro l anti t:ourtc.y.
atal.t! UJKUI thu !Hp 11111.111 ro ws of th ll gnllt•ry.
T U r. I' KOOK.All .
llu h'. LeRevdl D' Amou r .. ... .... ~l . M u:~:ykow!lk i
MIIIIM!I t:lh t!l L>un lll)J anti Beaitt Macd onald .
~~~~~·~r;~_'(f:e,~:t s~~v~~~ ~t~! . of
Mn.iit·. A \' f'l l~ll the lA.-e .... . .... .. , .... C. W. Corub.a
Min Sopbls U n to n .
M u~it·, l'n l on11i~ . ,, . .. . . . . . . ... . . . .
l~rtll ere wsk l
M i.ss Gral."' Con.·oran .
MuSic. Until the lJrt•· n
... J . A. l,ar ks
M L~rs. l'l'lnlex, Uutcbkiss, l'o n er a11tl Kuu nda.
Whcm the J.~f'01iram bad been OOIUflletrtJ
ami the m:ukings o f the judges weN bti ng
s nmmeo.l up ;,.nd tabnlaled. the waiting crowd
totieil in a n!Uh:u eagc.rn
The O flfl~!l!~l \'eneu
of the inh!r\'al wu too ~rreat e ve n fo r nolty demon·
s tnuio n.t. A ttllt:nion lremhletl o n 1!\'f!ry lip. Who
woul tl it be! Wba t .admo l Willi to l"'!'l"'ive the ho no r "
Who wn uld win t he laurel! Wo uld it be the rnu ch
ft..'11retl Mdh.hoo of Mil"·a uk ee!
Wo uld It be
l.>t.."'l ho fe ! He hallecl fmm Whlte wnt e r a nd White ·
water Nl nld 110int w reconl.f. O r w~)uld It no t be
the f~tr - fuu wd lncl y Orlltor thnt. L'tun e with h11r band
of t.wn hunclrctl from Oshk011 h ! Or wuultl It be
!Superior! He r man had made a 1(011(1 1howing.
O r Platteville ! Sht"! 111! bu ~ gaint!d the prize the
year beforu. Or a ft er a ll, migh t It be St e~e n .a Poi n t!
NC\'er befn re h ad th e local t:OOtl!liiiUII I UL'CL-.:Mit.'<lilt
:fl.'9rlng th u ''icto ry .
llut thc ro wu.~ ll wcll ~e lHc tet l jury th"L hud ~uru cd
i n a. d L'CiJJio n . Anti lina.lly tha t tlt.'cl~t l o 11 walt ready
10 00 ~~onnounL-ed . The pre1lde nt. o f the I. N. 0 . 1...
s te pped fo r wanl, be~~orlr1g In h~d lht! un lm ·
JM.::u• hB.IJic reco rd tha t WA!t In a mumcnt to f'Clll ove ·
llt hia!!t any furth e r llX IIOClant•y. 'fhe t!ve'• e:ccltc!·
mtl nl rellohed 11.!1 climB.lf. A JKm d urou.a weight of
eilcnt-e su nk d eep upon the a udi en~ .
Dllllnc t ly
ca. me the wonl.a:-"~ll •!t ShepanJ o f 011hk0!1h ha.t
ret:ei "ed tbl nl place. " (Ju.at a •IIRht R' ro& tl from
o nt' t]Uartc r of the huu.ft!,) "Second place Soet W
Mr. McMa hon." (A brief " uca lizatlou of dellaht . )
" And ll rt l p laL-e i.s awa rded to Mr. Ge11ell. "
Oration .... , ............... . .... Abraham Li nl.'O in
Stcvhe n J . ~l cM a h ou . M ilwa ukee.
I : ! : : : ! : : : !) Hnera c rowd o f400
Music. \ 'olce!l of the WOOtl~ . .. . . . . .. . .. lt ubin11tein
wer1t c ra%y with tle llg ht It wu afte r th i!IM!I "'onh o f
MIMe~> l.oog. Saxlon, W t!:!! t, ~1.
m oment hat.! been uttered. I n au Instan t the un ·
Oradon ... ... ... . ....•... . . . ... . .. The Ne w :Sation
!IIIS()eeting \'lctor wu o n the football bo uldtnt o f b la
Au brey 8 . l>eahofe. Whitewate r .
Uratloo
yelli nlt' L'OIIH'a det and bo r u~:~ upon tbe s tare lo the
C . D. DooakiMn, S UJK! rior.
m idilt of a roof· rai11lng plnd entonium- an uu ltlng
Music. ValR Ca prtec . . .. .. .. . .
. .. . .. l<ubiu:otcin'
cl:unur, not o f mc tcretl yt!IIB anti soup, but u oe of
MilS May Flo"·er
~~e n..•tuns, aiul s ho o t.8 and tlgen ! No wo nder ! It wu
Oration
. . ... . ... .. ... .... .. . ... . . . . (irant
t he uurple and ~rold that Huue red hllifbtit noW !
M i~ 1-:Hu.beth She pa rd. O;o hk ~ h .
Oratio n . . . .. .
. . . . . Franl.'e$ t;. \\' ill:r.nl
It WIU the ho we oootestaot ! And be wu victor
t:. l~rar G . IJro mln A. l'l ll ll~: ,·m ...
o ~·e r B. II .
- A 8Tt:YENII f OINTIEN..
Orallon ,
Truth.
THE NORMAL POINTER.
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THE DE~ELOpMENT OF THE ~pl~IT OF T~UTH.
By Arnold L Gesell, Representative of Stevens Point Normal.
M AN. as a progressive being. ever IICOks to
J · \. rise above the enthrallments of custom, of
institutions, and o f prejudice.
Beyond
this hnp<>rfect world of transient delusions and p.lSS·
freedom. The individual was fettered by the oon-rentionalities of law, custom and religion, and often
dared not search for tho brighter truths which ho
intuitil'dy felt lny just beyond his environment.
ing realities. his spiritual vision sees a brighter
But mark the great advance when the seat of
world o f unchanging. everlastin~t t ruth. For this learning had bceu transferred to the groves of
he year ns, and toward thi!t he stri\"CS. He feels ancient Athens. Far more liberal and far more In·
within himself the s pirit w hich urges him to press spiring were the in!ltitutinns of Grooco. The t~uth­
onward in search of tho truth; and as he hl:eds the &eeker enjoyed a much greater freedom. And yet
callings of this spirit, be
we remember tbat It was
this same civll\z.atloo o f enand his fellow-man become
enlightened. This is the
lightea cd Hollu tha~ put to
moral temper to w~icb the
death tho great Socrat.GI.
Intolerance still lived, and
world o wO!J its progress.
'fbe spirit of truth bus
it was not long before
Greek Philosophy met Ita
heen working in man from
the infanc.v of the race.
own doom In the martyrdom.
But. ala.s! it ha!! often been
of itJJ last, Jiving embodl·
un heeded, often misunder·
mont, tho girted Hyp'tlla.
stood, and more often
The power that ihen
crushed beneath the tytriumphed, wore the guise
ran t's heel. Ita dev~lop­
of Chrlstlaolty. I n her In·
ment bas been painful and
fant days of purity, when
\nterrupteo.l. At Limes it
she wall animated In every
hu seemed to be overpart. by the divine love of
whelmed. never to rise
her Founder. Christianity
Wall tho mOflt tolerant In·
again: and the world hu
stltution' the world bu
been wrapped about with a
over seen. Hut ere long
gloom that stifled the astho tolerant precept& of
plratlons of the boldest in·
Christ gave way to the lntellecta. Though often re·
All.~OLD L. GESELL
toleranl:e of fanaticism.
tarded by ignorance, ahac·
k.led by superstition. and supprt88(.'<1 by tyranny, this The primal purity ()( the Church beeame deeply
spirit which longs for truth still li\"es o n. Freed stained. Her spiritual sceptre began to waver, and
from Its blood-stained fetters of the past. it riseij o n higher and firmer she held a loft the 8C6ptre of herhigh: and ill today a greater power than e\·er btl lore. temporal power. With her rising authority she dlGlanoe at the opening page!! of history and see vergulfartherandfartberfromherformcrtoleranoe.
the Ideals t here revealed. The cumbrous civiliza" Firmly hoMing that all without her pale were destlons of Egypt a nd o f Babylo n, in their efforta to ti ned to eternal damnation, sh~ placed the blackest
exalt the state. placed little value upon personal stigma U])On the unbeliever; error. however inno-
THE NOR MAL PO I NTER .
Cen t. ~dw prutw un <'C•l a crime: ~ l uubl. s lm brandt.~!
a;~ :1 si n : unhcs it:atlng s ubmission, ,.Jw e~ altm l :1s the
hig hest \'iruu:: thero• w:lil nu t :a t~ h :ar:u: t c ri .~tic nf the
"Piril of truth. but was s tigmatize• I by nmn y of her
t hculogi 11n:o1 ns olfcnsh·c to the Almil{hty
At lirs t these tc n t1 1 .~ wo!rc the snun·c of little c 1·il :
:uul thc C hurch ht:SH>Wt1o l IIJK) II ch·il izatiun umni ·
fOld Uh~ssi ng:o~. ~ h e liftctl t he ol cgrnol e~l ila1·cry uf
the anl'ie nts i utv the frt.'tlr serftl um of F•: utl:tli.~ m
~h u snftcnt.'tl thu s:n'.II(U \'inlt:ncc tu which the
Bum:1n Empin: h:t.d fallen :a prey . ~h e nn itt."tl tho
warrinlo{ clcnlc nt .o:~ u f h:t.rh:aris m. Uut :u so Kill as tho
an 1aro·hy uf tr:ansitinn had passed aw:l.)', a~ soon :as
the li r.-;t puls:1tions of int tll lct•Hml life sent the ir
tro mhlings thnm1.t:h tho lc:aduu glunm of the Dark
A~tc:ol. -thcn her inwlcrnnt w n et:o~ hly a:o1 :1 monntain
barrie r in the pnthwny o f hnm:m Jlrngrcss. l\hlde
n :ncrnh!e hy thtl ho m:agu nf cc ll tllric:o~. pointing with
authority tn the hfstitution ll s he h:t.d •·reated. to t he
J<u n·k-cs ,;he h:a...l remlef{'(lm:lnkinol, the Church hold
it tube he r pi o n ~ duty in tho 111\1110 of <.: hri :o~ than ity
and (io,J. not to mot.lify he r clnims of i ufu.llibilit.y,
but tu tlcfcr.d them to t ho Ins~. It is the most pa·
thetic f:&d in his torythatforagcs shct•nn:feic ntio nsly
c mpluye•l the \'tu ~ rcsoure~ of ncr position in .!luch
:1 way that t hu ex Julnsion of 1he hnm:an mind was
:trreiitcJ~ and the ll umi ug to rch o f truth was
,1uc nc ht.'t l i n t hu I.Jion•l of he r untiring presecuti ons.
R<~gcr Uacon. t he !(rent fore-ru nner of the Kc1·ival
of !..earning. w:a.~ tuuo ng the c urliest uf tho110 who "
:o~n fft,ret l from her illtoltJrant•e. A iicic ntlst far in uti·
,·11ncc of hi!! rage, he w:~s c:ast i nt o a tlungeon for hi s
te:u:hingil, :~nd "':ts forn'<l to .~ ufft•r u. hnNih impri .!l·
on mc nt nf fourtL'tm year.!!. Hut he wtts not the only
ono t n suffer Such was 1hc l"Ommon f11 te of thOIIC
who were let! hy th•· ,.piri1 ,,f truth. El·ery iitudent
n f mature. t he t: hu rch condcmn t.'< l as :a ~o rccrer:
en•ry in\"Clltiglt to r. s lm br.&n•IL'tl a hl!rct ic. Vic tim
afte r \'l<:t.im olitl her lmju i~itio n tln"'u t.o t he rm:k 11r
to the e\·erlmrn inll fagut. S hu fell crt.~! t<1 t he stake
~3HIIHU'1ll:l. J c rvnm uf l' r:tlliiC. nu• l .John !Iu s:-~; s he
m:ISS31'ret:l tho. ,\ lbigen~c.~. the J.o\lartl~. a111l the
lht.illlites: she allie•l hc rs-t:ll wilh ))t•Len tates. anti
stmiru!il c\'cry wm·er tn IU:tint :li u her :alnulut c s w:ty
su n: :wt! when w!Jnle n:ations wnuld no longe r submit tn lwr m :1mlat c:o~ :In• I nnat hc mnll. Hcstlcli!J with
the l.~t.~ntl:il{c nf ccnmrie.;. t he !5 pirit of u ·mh was impe l ling thous:uuls ul hcaru to rc1·olt: nnd with 0\'cry
hour the t•uhuinating u poch in the hiiltor y of Europo
w:u apprn:whing.whcn that spirit.bn riitinggloriou!Jly fnnu il..'> hmeu. w:a.':l to riiltl lo lly in tho IJreast o f
that might y lig urc to which motlern t·h·iliztatio n
look11 with su ~IL-c p :a fC\'ere nce. - the Gernmn monk
of \\' ittt.m llll rg. M:artin Luther.
'
Thnugh :tl'o~tly a mi a ll!ootly st ruggle. Lhc Rcfornmtion w:u1 :a triumphant ,·ictory. s im•c it SL~ II rt.'<l
for nHUl :a wi.ler freedmu of thuught t hnn lm o\'cr
l~t•furc e njn yetl .
But it 11'11.\i nut n. complete \'ictory .
Tho s pirit u f Jlllr.it!ctuion J< till \\"!IS rife. and it!! tires
hurncd with 3 liercer lhune In thdr zeal, tho
J•mtust:uu.~ I.M!c3 me tlu: rival · Jlt!riiCcufnNI o f the
mother C hurt~ h .
But tho world wns nut wit hom its npostles of the
great prin·ci ple of toleration. First c11me Socin us;
in his trnin f<~ll owcd Mo nlaigne. DcscJ&rte.!l. and
Milton . And when nt ln.st tho hrilltant Voltai re ap·
JH!nre•l llJ)tlll the scene, the spi rit nf intol~rance
\\"ll.m'd :t!J nc1'er before. Voltai re. IL'I a man, was
far from hl:uncles.!!: but as the u n llinching opponent
o f persccntioo ho diet great .!lcrviL'tl. 'fh c tiruo soon
carne when the rack a nd the r.rucilix no longer s tood
s ide by iiide. nnd when I he soil of both Catholi~ ~t.nd
l~roteiitan t
C hri!lteudom wn" fo r the la.st lime
staint.'t.lw ith the unllelievcr'.!! blood.
With the tlecl ino of Jlllrllecutiou. there bega n a n·
n.dvanL'C in the inu~11ectua1 world. unparalle led in
all history. l..ockc, Dciicarte!l. and HaL-on were the
great philo11n ph cn~ who IIUUtHied the trumpet bla.st.!l
that hemldt.'tl tho brighwr u.gc. Thei r e ffo rts in
philo.!!Ophy eventually revolutio ni zetl C\"e ry d e partmcnt of kn owlt.'tlgo. MRgic ha!i now l ~ n n !legatcd
tu th tl ~.m!lt. and new liC i en~s found ed tn rcpltt.ct! h.
Ailtro lugy ami the philosopher's stontl of Mediaevali~m lun·e been ~ ~~~K!r.redL'tl by the tli .!ICO \"crlc~ o f Ncwt•m. ll cnwhcl. nnd I>arwin . A now sciontilic i<pirit
h:a.s pcrmetUe< l O\'cry i! phcrc or socie ty. ameliorating
the phy11ic:al corulition of man , ami cnnoiJII ng all
bi~ cum•e)Jtiolll!.
o 1·cr tho int.c lle•·t nl Enrn)JC.- Imt nil in \"nin . The
tillltl \\' :ut ncar nt hand wh•·n nuu1 wuuld no lo ugcr
fear to follow tlw di t·t.:ttcs uf hi,; C.O OII SI'ien••(• :uul rca·
ll n w difTercnt from the time!! of Bruno a nti of
G3li 1L'o! Nc \'Or agu.in will the son.!! of !Jdcnce bleed
for the tru ths -they mainta in . Liberty of thought
THE NORMAL POINTER.
ancl discussio n is the triumph of this libcrnl a~e.
Not the f:~.got-tinfs ghastly lllnze. but the torch of
knowledge lights the truth-setlke r nu his way. Not
the rac k :~.nd prison tlnngt.•on, but the libmry :md
the laboratory typify the spirit of thu time,;.
But dOE'~ all this mean that \Kll"l!ect!lio n h:~.setHirc­
ly died away~ DtiCS it mean t.hat the 11pirit o f t ruth
ha.s a.lre:uly rezu·hetl i u zen ith ~ Hecall what. happenet.l. hut a fe w dt!ctules :lf.:O. when Hornce :\lann
nttcmptet.l to reform t he t."tilwntion:ll :-~y:->h.ml o f M:lS·
sncbn~tts S llll met 1\ bitter opposition th:lt llh:ult:d
the decliuiog yeaN of hill nohle life. ltead tlw
s tories o f We nde ll Phillips :md Willi:lm l.lvyd Garri:!On, and of the ltt:rsecutions th•!)' ':iuiTc re•l from t he
mobs of c ultu red Bosto n. lio to the Frnncc of tu•lay
and follow the wande ring,; of the u:~:ilctl Zo l:l. Wit ·
ness the mobs of "yestcrcl:ay. h:tttling in the. st reets
of P:lris. Visit the prison pen on Dtn ·lJ's Isle. ami
feel. if you can. the suffering~ of t he ilt-f:lU-'<1 Dreyfus. Behold Russia. t:xpelli ug from he r IJonleN the
wande ring Hebre\\'. who s till mnst wea r hi;, trib:~.l
badge of woo a nti suiTcri n,~t. J.,ook too upcm li bcr tylo \·ing.America. and t he n ~k yourscl\'eS if the c:~.use
of Freedo n1 lllltl o f Truth is ycl. wholly wnn ! Do
we uot time an,l :1,1t11in pla ce npou nur :td\·anc~l
thin ken the s tigma of a soda I ban ~ t:ullcge prellidents aro forced to res ign. Ministers arc tl'rin!n
from their pulpits. Refo rmers :~.re brnmle.l with the
e pithets o f dreame r and fanatic. But t hi!i i ~ not all.
A still sadde r tklrsec utio n fallo~ upon o ur mo re help·
less brethren. the Mongol. the J e w. and t be negro.
Aye! We are willing e nough to recogniz~ the Fath·
erhood or God. hut we arc, ala.s! f~tr more ;JI0\'1' to
feel the Brotherhood of :\llln.
A careful study of these t.-ouditio ns of the pte$Cnt
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ancl also those of the 11:\st will lead 11>1 to realize Lho
tint)' •lf tim hour. H:n·o not we of the nineteenth
t.'Cntllry :t mis~ion to fu ltill iu o~ ning tim W:ly to a
larger lilx·rty ft1r the future~ Hi ~tory is ril-h in lesson>~ anti sulcmn .w:1rning:-~ that a•lmoni.~h humanity
over to be tolerant. Charity ha..~ bcon Truth's kindest friend ; intoler:uH'e, he r IJittt:rcst fou. An•l sn it
must e \·or he . Uct~nll the ):tlo-om of tho Durk Age!l
ami !Jehuld writte n in the bl00o.l o! the ll-t!rsct~utt.'tl
the •lidne lc!l.l!fln,- t ulcr.uion . 0~ that the worltl
h:ad hut lcnrm.'d this great lcllwn when history began :- Timt s he h:ulnnt. fof.t.-ctl the s pirit of tru t h to
make it!'l w:ty n\·cr blis tering plow!llut.res :lntl •loomed
it. ._..,·cr to bear the IJur..len of a em!!-~! If s he h:ulnot
._-.,m pcllt.-.1 Sucrate§ to drink the cup of tle:~.th ; if >:~lu:: \
had not murdered Hypatia: if .~he luul not tlmp:p:etl
Uruno and ':icn •ctus to the stake: had mankilul but
humbly followetl the precopt.i of t-olern.tion th:lt.
c:~.•ne from the lips of t he lowly Nazarene: had the
world listened with tc\'Crencu to c:~.ch re\·ealt~r o r
trut h. in!ltc!U.I of burning him n ntl trumpli ug hi!! tliil·
CO\'erieif to dcnth.- we s hould be reaping n plentiful
harvest where now we are o nly sowing tho !Iced .
But if t ho past. lm"' l~eon tlark with. d espair. the
Tuture is bright with hOJKl. That --}-;,·cry great t ruth
must be bapti7.e<l in blood," will no longur IKl tb~
ln.w of progress. The brighte r e rn is fut coming.
when man will tlcn·e lop. not by physical !ltrugglc,
but by apJKl:lls to rca.1 011 and to jus tice; not hy cat·
n.strophe. but by pencdnl e\·olution. fhcn will the
people of this e~~orth come c \'Cr clo!lcr to the GOt I of
Truth, o.utl u.t hl!lt behold fulllllt.'tl t bn.t ~mblime
propbeey;- "n:
T ltuTII "'IIAI.L
SII ALL KSOW Tilt: TI!UTII. ASIJ Tilt-:
~A KY.
YOU FIU: t-:. ''
TI-lE NOR MAL POINTER.
ABRAHAM LINCO LN .
By Stephen J. McMahon, Representative of Mi lwaukee Normal.
\
_ / E STAND at the thrc!!hold o f a ne w ce..ntury.
Be fore 11 11 is tho mysterious. fathom\es:~
future. The closing 1.:e ntury s tan&~ preemine nt in history for its crowning achiO\'Cment.s
in thuaggrnndizemenL of UJ:\11 . Science has rcq~ a lct l
new furccs of nature anti made them ~ nbscrv i e n t to
o ur Wl'll-beh1g. As an epoch iu human progress.
thi s century to wers abo\'e it.s predl'ccssors like tho
snow t·appcd mountai n abo\·e th r billo wed plain .
It.'! duwn broke UJ)()n the black republic of S:l.n
txuu inp;o: its noon-day burst
forth in the clear sun of emanl'ip!!tion; and' its C\'Cntide sees
hl\thcll in immortal freedom
the liberty lo\·ing isll\nd of
Culm. lu this age of ma n's
brotherhood the giant republic
. ~of the west stands befo re tl1e
world; her fate is humBnity's
fa~. San Domingo is but her
d:~rk shado-:v . lly an nn pnrnllelcd test of patriotism, the
slu.\·c's long dream of frccdnm
was made real. Wherc\·cr the
stars and st ripes Wti.\'C there
libe rty lovingly to uclws iti!.
fnld s: there humanity is pro·
tC('ted from the mighty power
ST~ I ' IH: S J .
- o f ignoraut despotism. She
th1ttcrs hopes of futu ro hnpJliness to ward tho o ppressed a nd dowmrodtlcn uf the
c:\rth.
'fo accomplish these results men J)Osse~st.t< l of
lofty genius and ambition lm\·e sprung up among
us. Tho drnma of history is hedt:t·ke<l wit h their
c rowning acts: they arc the beat"ou li~ h t.~ whil"h
guide us through thu darknells of ]last :1.gc ~ nnd O\'llr
tho gloomy paths of the prl!ll(lnt ; iustitutious arc
but their long drown 11hado ws: t hey are the huge
waves in the ebb an<l nnw nf li fe. Tr:~n ~ tigure< l
W
continents and n at u re':~ powers harnessed to the
chariots of indust ry mark their coui'!Kl. They mould
the d e~ tini e;~ of nations a nd shape tbe fate o f ru.ces.
Un t great a~ wore our fathers and far reachi ng ~'-'~
was their inllueuce, they le ft i11 cbalns t he down ·
t rodden Ethiopian, who wa." to write a half cetitury
of thi :~ nation· ~ history . The most precious memory
of that history is Abrnham Lincol n ; and ages hence
the children of a liberntcd peuplo will turn their
gaze backward!!, their eyes ~atht.od in tears of joy, nt
sightofthecmrinci patio ng rouv
which symbolizes the cousumma.tion of man's equality.
Born four _BCOr'O and ten
years ngo, of obscurd Kentucky parenta, In a cabin as
lowly as· tho stable at Dethlchem, Lincol n in herited no an eestrai cndowruenta. His arc
the 11imple annals of the pour.
Cradled and educated in na·
lure's bosom: roc ked to the
lullaby of the wailing forc.~t
and the rippling river ! Nu
college halls shed their b lcs~­
ings on his brow. I can sec
him a boy studying by the
light of a pine k not 10nd ci ph) ICMA IIOS .
ering with ehai'COal upon :1.
rough hewn board: I can sec
him."berolt of a mother's care, the lan ky boy of nine
st rct('hed by the side o f her li fel ess form, aud then
walking through the foi'C8t to 8&'ure her t: hrlstian
burial; I can st.~ him, clad in homespun , guiding a
team of o;~;c n through tho woods and over th u
prnirie !rom lodiana to lllinoiR. H ere he learned
to ~ w i ng the a;~; and dig the sol i. His boyhood was
one sad lnhorinus strnin. The story of his stride
from \JO \'crt y, through public life, to marytrdom i~
tlw ."cn t lc.~t memory of a world . L111te n to th1•
TilE
NOR~ L\1.
POINTER .
7?
t·los ing wurds o f the d estinccllibcr:l!or's tir.;t vl••a tv
Ft·n·y was lull t lw thu nd•·•·.-J:q• ill't'aldi nJ,: t!w ,-,mi nJ,:
t he \"toters o f Sangnmon: " I :1111 younl{ a no l ILr t·
known to tn:uty of you. l w:1>1 born and h a n• t·\·e r
.'! turm
n!maim.'< l in t he most humble walk.'! .. r life.
:\l y
eas~ i.'! throw n e:•u·lnsh·ely upon the itttlt•pcudo•nt
\'oter:<of the county : hm if the g<iO<l jl\'nplo• in tlu•ir
w istlut u ~ hall st.~ lit to k t..~ p me in the h:u·k-t:r·unwl.
[ h anl 1"-.'ell too r:&m ili:1r with o l i.~avpuintm<: Jrt to he
muc h chagrint..'t.l.''
His gnidi njl ;nar was ho nl's ty st•l in th e IMtUU•IIt•ss
tirmamt•nt ,.f justil-tl. l.lt \'inl-( :wd -~ Yill)':llh•·th-. htl
w r i!lttltl iu tmin at Si,llht o f (• r nehy to man nr IM•as l.
J,iucoln d sitcd Xew Orlea ns at tlw a ~orc uf tw••nty. nne. li en• he s.1.w Afril-:111 sl:n·cs fu r t he li r~t tiuu•:
\"iP.Wt.." l the auction hloo·k : saw a il the :<:lt'rt••l '"•nds
of k ins h iJI trampled in the ol n:<t : saw fat l lt'r~ par·t
with familic.'l; saw ru ot her turn frum o· hil d am id
ai-(OU izi ng moan;J- ;;aw all this h:u·lo:&ru ns <'l'ttl'il,\'
foster<:•! an ol shuolowccl benea th liiJcrl,\'' s loanrwr.
This so·ent• IJ\'uked within him an mulyin,ll ·hall't..'< l
for sl:n ·ery. and a zealous rej.(:U"< I fnr t lw ~~·gt·n' >~
ri)lht s . It p la u t t~d wi t hin hi m the -~~·~·· I s uf •·•u:u1t'i ·
p:1tiun . Slavery was OJIJl<>,;t!d 111 hi >~ .-«! U S<~ , f jtl.~ tktl
:md hi .~ IO\'c for lmnHlnit_\' . It "JIP"seol tlw l.h•clara·
tio u nf ludeJWiltlt'nt·l', th e ~ ~·lc.~ tal nf h is ~ lato·.~ m an·
ship. T ur ning frnm t ht' appa lling snmt•, t his ma n
uf ungainly. llcrt· u lcan fu rm. liftt..~ l hi.~ ~',\' I 'S tuw:lrtl
he:&\"CII and there n.:gistcn.:o l :4 \.,,,.. that shtoultl
.;h:&n•·•· pe r mit. h e wonl;l olcal t he im•titntiun ,f
,Juhn Bru w u da n •ol tu di•·
t luo ,;,•:&!Told
ahuliti•<tt tu:thm· n illf.(ll:l tt ll' : it ruust·•l tho• so uth tu
its last f.(rt'at t· lfort i n d••lo· ns•· , f tlw ius titutiu n fur
w hit·h it ,; s t a te~llll'll haoll : n•.\ , :u to l fu r whlo· h if llt'l'l l
lw ti lt',\' 1\'u ll ld d i1•
Altra ha m fro •m tim "ILI'igl•ts u f philus" ] l lr ~· ." ahuvt•
th1• tu m ult n f <"lo ntc ntliut: h<ost.;, wa;o rn an •:n••IIJ{h
:111<1 h rai'<J c uo uf.( h to s:&y : " :\ huuso• di \' ido·d a t:ai ns t
itself •~ a n n ul ~ l a n d . I lwlit•\"o• t h:u th is t iu\'o'rt lment
o·aun••t jH•rma ne nt ly o• ru lun• half ." lal'o• atu l half fn,.•.
I du not t'X)Iel'l t ilt' hotust· tn fall : I ,),. nut o'X jl<'<'t tlw
{'niun tu l10: di s.. ul\'c• l h u t I d .. o•Xpt•o·t that it will
•·o•aso· I•• lw oli\'iolc< l.''
T hi." •h•o·larati<m
olown upun h im tlw wm t h uf tlw
l•r••ut.:'Jtt
<'llt h:lltlt..~l
South .
Stanolitt,ll UJ IOIII this ruck ••f trut h he I'IH'•III II t<•ro• 11 in
d c hatc t lw mo~ L hri llia n t m:Ut ,f tlmt d ay, a n mn
\\' ho cart.."< I littl•· fn r th e ncgru'." ri~t:h t s . That m a n
w:·~ Stephe n A . I Ji•ugl:&.~s. oli,;dplirwd in olt•h:ue,
wrt•:ll.ht!t l wi th t he l:&Un!b Hf :l ·lung l'•mf.( rcs ... iu rml
life a nd ido:=ze•l hy h is p:lrt)' ·
11:1tiu n uf prirlt'iplc :tnt! truth.
l.ino·uln. t in: iiH'a r·
pusst•sst~ l
of a milul .
luf.(i•·:t l. :uu l :ts hruad a s tim pmit·i cs uf l lli rm is, wn~
so·aro·ely knuw n l ~yuud hi .~ uwn st a t<:. Tha t f.(n!at
olchatc dt..-cid ell t hl'<'tl t hillf.(S : tlrst. that Lim·ul n'lnts
rig h t : se1·um l. th ll t he wn>~ t il<' 11m 11 ••f t ho• ·t"'' ' JIIe :
:uu l t hirol. tha t lu• \\':1." tu lw l 'n•>~ i• l o•nt
T wo ycnr.-1 passed away :ln•l ,\h r·almm l,i uo·u\n
Such wns Ahntham Lirwuln whc n frt..~··lu nr ' s tl:&g
was hcing •lre ud tcd in t!Je h ln<Jo< l uf hlt..oet ling Ka nS:I-'1.
WJt:<t·hoscn
!->la\"c ry hao l re:1t'hi•ol it s :t.cn ith .
~-c•·~~iun .
1-'nr )'t'liNI it had
U p<~ n
fu r t lw sak1~ uf prirwiplo· : hut t lt:tr ,.,·a rful ol swayo·d
t lw ftnurt• . IL bnm•ol tlw s muulolo•rin).!' o•m l ~<· l~ uf
tim.•·
l 'rcsiolt~ rrt
~ m thern
••I
tlr~·
t 'nito·ol
hro•••ze lu•r•• tl w
Stat+•.>~.
ptti su n u u o~
Mo:a rt-
tlrr••a ts o f
So·o•o·s~ iun
coorrnph~t.l
I ~ hat! c l•~·t t..'< l pre<iolcn ts.
lx•eu th e ruling ptowe r
t•u urts. aru l Jict:lt t.....l le~t:i:-datinn . Garri so n
' "''':tllll' a fami ly wal<'hwuro l.
d is.· u,;,;t!o \upun tlmstro!1!IS ar ul :1d\'oo·at c•l in lqcis la·
llll·c h:tlls. Fun h t·:tmc tlr•• o·arl•W•II'n. o•aru e.~t. IIU·
and t»hillip.i h:ul heen mnh iJCtl. a nol l ,un~juy mn r·
,Je t'f:tl. lll..'l':IIISC th ey wrote a nd Sp<lko: the tr u t h.
eou th eumm u11cr. \"I!Sie<l wit.h th1• 1'"\l"••rs u f \\' a .. h i nlo(tun. t ire i nhe r itur u f ne w an ol Jl i'< ':Ucr rc.~ ( HIIl;ti·
Furthe r e:ro;tc nsi<tu n f slan•ry was t hc lil'i ng is;o~ue
The So rth <tJIJJOse•l it : the ~ou t h f:l\'nrt:ol it with :d l
its 1•h:tl":ll'le ri ;oti c olete rm itrnti•>rt. Abr11lmm l.im:uln
bilitie-" - n!SI)tiiiSi hilitic)j lhe t..'< jtl :d uf wh ld t w e n~
nt:n· r I.Jl'fu re hont•: by :my lmman ho·i nJl . FurL
S u mp ler fairc• l upnn, Somth ( 'aroolina lo•.t lurth fntm
benea t h t he ~tar,. :111ol ~ l l'ijtc~. "''\"••II ro •l~t.•l .~tales .
natur:&lly allieJ himsel f wit h tlw Xurth .
Fur half a
Nuw tlu: rm·k u f •·um p rtomisc. o·urrtHlcol
Sc\'1'11 JH•II u w d :n:tr)j: A • l i >~~• ~ ·· ··n" l ··••11 11try : A
j»e< ople pr• .strate : ( '••rrt:n•,;" 1"'\\"<•rlo•s" : But l,iu l'Ulu w:&s l1uru to ru l<l llo• e:l.~t a."i•lc olol lt•a•l•·r ~
hy t he hi\lows of ad\·crsity. was wo rn tu d us t. A
;·ontlkt o f hr u te fnn!c was iTH'\'hahle. ll a q wr';o
and t rai ncol oliplumaB. ! 11 his hand~ tlw ri\'<'!1
o·uu u try ; tlw fa toJ uf llrth.. ru rnitli .. u~ · \\' irh rim
century evt•ry :H'< tllis itiun o f te rritu ry had ht'l:n th e
subject of 1111 iutellt..'(:! Ua l eu n tc~t h•:twt•o•n the two
sectitons.
Xo
THE NORMAl. POINTER.
ti~lc1of d\·il w:u· l:tshinJ.[ at h i,; fco• t. t mu U was tu be
tr:ainetl into :u antoy. Tluo tr·o·o·~ whidt Wl'Tt' ' "
huiltl a nat·y wt·r.. :<till :<tat uli n ~ in tlw fun•sL The
(i(n'crumc ut was loa c kcol hy an e mpty tn::tsn ry
Louis NoJ)Olco n wa.~ in fringin!l np"n !he Mn n rot·
Do<"l ri nc; and 1-:nJtl:w ol. tlwmis trc:<s oof t lw s o·as rt•:u ly
to uid the .~run.llc rn t·:utsc.
li udcr .~ ll<' h o·ir~·u m.~t a tw·
c,;. AIJrnh:uu l.in..,•ln wa.~ '" c· ru~h a n •hcllinn.
cmuud Jmlc fn u r m illiotos uf s la n•s. :tu d san: the
L.:nion . H a ol he failt•olthen. lit...·rty. tlt•dng on!t tho•
I'Uins nf a ''<Hll'c glnrioms l:uiuto.'' wooultl ha n· ho.·cu
:ami11,.t tl~e s hout uf victory nnd cry o f defeat; like
1 lw sun following the mid-day storm. his p;cntlcncss
:1
no! Jtt<'atlless ~h inc forth null hide a ll t he darkness
As he was strit·ing on to "hind up the nation 's
wom n•ls a n<lt·:,rc f••r him who had borne tho battle,··
lw wa,o ;;hot tlnwn by t he ha nd o f nn u..<lsassin. The
liho·mtnr ht'i.'!UllC a marty r horne to his grave by a
muu r uinJt pl'o plu be rdt o f their grandt>st rul,cr .
···1heir t·ummnn ma nhood hnd lost'' friend.'' ··Fur
Hi!!. g~:ll sm1n·e oof streugt h was his hooncst)·. :tml
cruulitl. uu.;wct·\· in~t. unsclli~hnl'ss uf purpuse. Uis
pat riotism was unqucstioucol. The so.·an·h l i~tht uf
publicsuspio-iou. o·uuld tiutl nut oml blot o n all hi,;
rccorol. pnblk lor tn·h·atc. lie had a k nuwiL-.Igc of
mt'n tmol fo•lt t he pu l~e lx•tU ufJJUblio: sl·tuimc nt. He
ll:ul n f:u·nlt y uf tlt't'CIHiiug 1o u ~en~ I with the mas·
t he lirs tthne ad\·ilizcd world bowed nnd we pt.''
ll i;~ (;Oil ~tinm missio n wns fullilled. He lmd
li\'f•tl to set• thtl Union ~:wed. the confederacy des.
t ruy(•tl. He li\'etl to pronount.-c the words w hich
hurleol t he i nstit utio n uf s lnvery -n ,ocling to its grnnl
nf infamy, a \'OW fullilled . He lived to 8eO f~ibbey
prisonthruwn O[)CU, to !>COuld glory kissed by the
sun of flay. wnm..'tl hy t he s tars of night, float peace·
fully m·er Fort Smiqttcr- the nn·e rence o f o ne llag
which made 1m~si ble t he c·rystnllizing of o ur martia l
~t!!;, :uul hy his s incere eluc1ncno·Q to rea~un at~<l j)l.)r·
s mule. T ht."!<ic •ttmlilics drew tlu· m:t.~-~ o f h nm:tnity
t u hi!! s icle nnol mnole him a true lo•aoler :tmo ng tro·n.
Fo ur yenn< u f tTitcl and unre lc ntlc"" wnr- n wnr
whk h lns tc<l until "twarl~· :1ll the Wl'ah h. pilcol hy
t he bonol ~m:m's twu t·cnturics·· uf t•e:tst•h•ss toil was
t.lestroyt.'11: :u ul until mon• t han tlw ··o·•ttml oof e\·ery
olrop uf hluool draw n],~- tlw lash" wa;< ~[Jilt liJ.I<IIt
the b:utlclic lol. !Juriulo!' that a wful t'"u tl io·t l.ino·.,Jn
was the allt·uut roollinK Jli>Wer. llc •lirco·teol. doccrt..,J
atul con:<nlcol. " lie lol'col '" pardon." His ,,.·can
u f ki nolm..'S.~ k ne w 1111 huu nds. llo· <'OII< [UC~o l a uol
t~ul.Mim:d me u unly a..~ a nm>'tc r o·au
--With malit·e
WW11nl none. with l'h:&rity for a ll". n utlim·hinj.!ly he
1110\'t."ll ou thrnu~h lluo~: trying yo•ars. l'o•Wo·r o·oul•l
not u we him: gold o·nulol nut louy him. l.il'in~t :u niolst
the sccttt.'!l of t he ~tluumh:st t·unlli•·t inmo.. tcrn ti n II',.:
:uniolst t he .imokt· .,f lmtt lo• :t.wl r" :\r ,f o·ann.,n :
Ion-es lO strike the blow whic h brnko Spain's bloodstained <'l ntch, :uulli bernted C uba.
Abmhnm Lineoln stnno.ls nlo ne, withnuta ' 'shadow
or a mutlct.·· lie ill the hle nding of Pe ricles and
l:itwinnatis. of all that Is gentle. juu. wise, honcllt,
lmmurous, nnd s incere. "And oVer all was the
.~ hat lnw of the tragic e nd.''
lie lh·cs in the me mory uf a world. Ymi canno t
tinol marble white l.lllOIIgh n nd high e nough u pon
1\' hio·h tnl'llrl'c the na mes nf all tho great martyrs
:UJol StiUcsmc n of t his century. living and dead; hut
:1-~ ti me luts :1 hearing, s ho is e\·er willi ng to " dip
her pe n in the s nnlight"1111d write in goldeu letters
ac r""" the clear lJiue horizon, nl.to\'O the m a ll, alxn ·e
Tnus~aint I.'Otu·cr tn re. above Napoleon. a hove
Hi~marck. :dJ(J\'e Glnolstune, the name o f I he breaker
,.f dmins. t he l!t:uesnmu. nmrytr. and l'h•ilil\n,.·\1\lt,\JI All I. ISCOJ.S.
~rh·cn to t il<' •·:wo.:n 1 s .,f ol.oliviun. tho.•n' too
oll'·hc
~piso:d loy ht•r ('llt' mit·s. nnd l:untlnto•ol hy hl'r fril'n<ls.
TilE NOR :'\I A I. PO INTER.
8•
GRANT.
By Eli zabeth Shepard, Representative of Oshkosh Norma l.
"1
PI{Q I~O~E
tu light it nut o n th i~ lirw if it t:tl; o•s
\\"hat cnul• l . ht•U er·,.how tha n
this short sc nlcnt·e the tlctcrmiu:.~liou . the
direo·tncss. the s implio·ity uf (ir:urt"s natun· ·· Hu t
before s peaking of tlrt~ man y g-rc:lt awl nulolt• •jll :t li·
tie~ of tim rnan . I led t hat I mu ~ t ··h·a r fnuu hi~
naruc t he fal se charges t hat an· hnnrg ht :1)-::l iu~t it
Uy mau y Grant i" o:o n;~itlcretl amhiti"ll". lwa rt lt ·.~.~
an•l r·rtrd: su me C\"C ll gu so f:lr a >''" •·:tll him hut.-lr·
cr. T hey say he cured not fo r· the lin•" uf tlw l•ran·
m e n intrusted tnh i,.carc. he w:rs
needlc~sly ;;cn.'re with hi.~ ;;ubn r·
tlin:a. tcs. be w:L.~ 11111 luy:rl tu his
fri c ntb. They pkture him iu
every w:ly c:u·c pt the true " nc.
fo r I; ran t ~ tand ssi oltl h.\" side 11·ith
\\" a.-Jhi ngtuu iu truthf tr lrwss an d
:\11 snnrurcr-.· ·
patient'<': ,;itlu hy side with Lin·
coi n in gt•ncr·usity andjustku. I
d o not s:ry he hadn"lau lt.s. f11r he
had ; hut hi" l"irtuc~ were"" !ol"re:tl
in prupurtiun that tho:y UI"Ct"·
:1 morllt t:lin
shao lowcol them a.~
ol·crsl~:rdn w~ a hill.
,\nd a ..; t he
con tnas t llctwccn the ~ize ul a
nrou nt ::lin and hill i .~ hruug-h t uut•
nrore s trongly whe n tht• two art·
pl:aced togllthcr. ;;o it i ~ with his
l·i r t u es :~.nall"icc.-~ .
W henuncnemy.likcl..<•ug~treet
s:l)"S of him :
··Li r.rnt
wa~
a u :d l·r" 1111d litdrto•r.
~d ·
d u m. if e,·er. ~ 11rp:a s~e• l: hut the hi~otg-•·~t p:r rt "'him
tu•:ar t."" why nel!d w•• l on~··r •JII•·~ti"n thc
g u-oo. luc;os .,f the mnn u r tlw ptrr.·n··~ ~ ,.f hi~ mt~tin·~ ··
Fro m the time of \' h·k:Jimr.r.z nu til hi~ ·h·ath . ti•·ant
was ciiUSt a ntly before the c~·c.~ ,.f thc puhl i•· E n•ry
ac tiou was wa tchL-. l rur•l t-ritid ...... d T he only """""
tie,· is that nt <JrC fa u lt.~ we n: nut found
T o app rcd:Uc fully the g r·:rnolc ur :uul "'inrplicity
.,f li nurt"~ nalltt'c we 1 nn .~t ,,.,,1,; ltrit·\1.1· atlri~ Jif,.
W:J.S
h i~
A» :a hoy, t.:rant was q uiet auo l undo monstratlve,
o nly by hi:J gre a t wil\. powc r and IO\'C
·li~ t i n~u is h ed
, f truth.
IJa ,·i ng no d esire him:Jelf for t\ militnry
e<lm·:at iu n. he w :l..i s.::nt to We:Jt Point, and will any·
one •Iarc sny it w:a.~ by mere c ha nce! No ! he was
•"rcoliteo l hy pro1·idem:o to till a phace in t bc histo ry
uf tilt' world . How well he lilleal it we l\ll kn o w.
l'ru d lc tr\"1.\ was s haping h i~ d c~ tiny e ve n thou • .
tlwtr):h he was un co n ~ciou~ of it. The time bas not
.n·t :a rrinlol whe n he ~ ho n ld come fo rth to stand fo r
justice. to crush rebellion, to up·
ho lrl. to establish freedom.
At W est Point Grunt e:c\·ellcd
in mnthe mnticll. He W8.ll a lino
horseman turd nlwuys hntl an
nb un Jant s upply of good common
sense. Uut no o ne thought of
him as a promis ing military c har·
ac te r . Yet he had e nough of ,_
personality to dis tinguish him
from the commo nplat•e cadet.
His c lass mates say tbnt he hnd a
r<>putution lo r c nli ro unselfis hneSll
nnd a h~u lutc fairu ell8 In e very
thing he tlld. When the boys got
into :a pretty ho t aliscullgion over
some thing. Uncle Sam. o r United
States, ns Grunt wru~ caJ\e.-1 be·
eau!W of his iuitial!4 U. S .. W!\.!1
llllmmo ne<l to settle the di Hpute.
a>' hb j m l~otnm ut cott lt l always be d Cf}Cudeo.I upon.
Afte r gr:uluati ng from \\'eM Po int he served
t hi"H U ~-th tire w:1r with :\l cxicu with c rt.~l il, hut uot
with di,;ti m·tillu .
\\"hen the wnr wasovc r he n:,; ign ~:~.l fro m the 11rwy
anol so: tt lcol u n :r lillie farm . From a farmer Ire be·
o·a ru c :1 tanner: fro m n t.a.nncr. l\ merchant : but in
none of t h u~c trnde~ could he 11\!Co.:cetl . He Willi
•-rc:l\e<l fur another. a grnruler puqwse. Already
til<' d" wl.~ W••rc g:u heri ng and the breaking :~ torm
TH E NOR~IAI. PO INTER.
"'
WtL.'lW:Lte hetl withintcn!klinte n•s t by this \IU<J rl!lc r·
, f the p,,t,.nmc than it was set in mntio n. Forward:
c\·cr w:1s tlw o·ry. townrtll.~.o'tl':f army.tow:~onl l' ictory,
\\'he n. atla"'l , the !lto rm bruke. t:rant. was :ITII"Illt
the lil'llt to e nlist and we nt to thc froJUt :Li a cu loult'l.
Fro m this time on he ath·an~.o-ed >Steadi ly. until he
hnd command of all tho \l'e~tcrn tlrmit•s_ Witlwnt
frie nd.s, witho ut politil·al powe r. he hat! risen frum
tho rank.s of t hccommun petlple w 1111e uf t he highest
pos itions o f powe r and trust whkh his o·ountry t•o m!tl
give him. Ail soon lL:f htl W illi at the heat! of the
army he threw :1.1! hiil rem:ukahlo encrgic:t~ intu the
wo rk o f organi:r.i ng hii!l g re:Lt fnn:e. It is "'aiol nf
Grant, M of on~ry other t r uly grc:u geneml. that he
ha.d an Inborn tlis like of hcing t hrown npon the d e·
fe nsi ve and that he W W:I the most aggre:fsh·e lig hter
in the t>utirc li11t of tho world'!'~ famoui! so ltlicri'l.
Whe n o nce he had gained cnmmarul. l)uneJs.,n ,
l•lward pca•·t•. The armies m e l. Tho terr ible Dattlc
u f thc Wi!ole rncss fnllo wtx l.
At t hi ~ t ime l;ranl w:1~ ne w to the army :lnol tn
many nf it.~ otlkers. hut tho way in whic h he conthll'tt.'o l hi tn»elf "u this thy won the respect, the :ulmimtion uf a ll. Whe n othe rs oluulJtcd ho i!Wnd lirtn;
wt ... n other~ shrank hac k. h e pn,.ht;"l ·rurw:u ·ol.
Uy
his tptiet t~nlcr, hi ~ :1bsulute sclf· r Hiianec, his' nn·
w:1 rcring f:1ith in \' ietory. h e ini pirctl all who t·ame
ncar him.
En•ry eu1um:uul il!lsHetl huro tlul s taru1•
nl olctcrminntion.
._:rant i!l pe rhaps mo re SC\'erely •:rltit•i!l(.'(.l fnr the
unnct·c~sary
s :wrilice nf Iif•: in t his haulc than in a rry
othe r. Unt he rea !i~.c•l tht: f:wt that nn thinJ[ W:ISil>.~
life sn f:1st a s unlightin)C wa~. Mnre than h:Lif nf tht.J
Shi\o. Vic:ks burg: fe ll in •tuiek sm:l'C;!.o!ion.
lte m a rka biC foresight, prompt d tJ·c i!Jion, wonde r·
men who dio: in war are killed by oli.SC:J"e :uul nn! lty
lui d ete rmination, bad raised this man to t he posit inn
I.A'C wru~
he now h eld. Hut not merely this. It wu<J hi:; Ontl
oveq JOw e ring purpo~ w cru~h the re be llion and r e·
tht! b ullet.
He ktJtll\' th:Jt the nnly w:1y t n ''' " " tne r
tn tight him. Tlu: wilde rnll":t wai4 11"1 a
b:lttlclicltl o f Gr-J.nt's c h rmsi ng . Xo thing grioveol t he
th~
tender heart o f tho great t:orum:uuler m nre t h:u1 ' "
see hill hr.we ~ol olie l'!l ~utToring. Hu t Grant ha• l
dt rength of t• s trung nature.
Such a man as this I. inculn had lo ng been looking
the Jlleolge wns faithfully ke p! E1•ery mm·e hnough t
!!tore the bn1kc n union, whk-h ho
for.
lnv~l
w ith :1.1!
No1V at IMt he hall t•ome fo rth, ami
(.in~.o-ol n
with his us ual remarkable powe r of reading c haract e r rccogniZI.od him and p!R<.:ed him lP.S commanderin·chie f of our imruen~~e armici!r. t•nn!liHing o f o n lr a
· millio n me n.
l.iueoln, tno great himse\1 to lo..;k llt
JllL.,Igo!il himself to "t:1ke no h:H·kwartl step!!" and
him nnclltc p near e r \'ictnry.
Fo r the lir8t timu in the war tht! dirfemnt arm io•s
t'O•IIJN;!r:\IL'I.i. J.cc 1\' IIS ke Jlt SO hu"'y th:tt. , ht• o•omlo l·
s-tlllll no he lp In
hi~
ntlu:r !{l'lll'ntl!!; :l.!l he had d••u•· in
the Jln!Ct..'l.ling yca u. azul one loy nne t hey wo•'n•
the pe tty faull.!l and t>iL"ei!r :Jttribuwol to Graut hy
CUnoJUero•tJ.
je alous o t1\t.: en1, saw the true nu1n nrul reali:r.ed tlnn
a t lllloJI. he hall fnuml St"lnHJHIHl whn wnutn lea~ I nur
In till' t ry ing oi:Ly~ whe n l'etel'!<hllr~t
(ir-..r.ut bore hi m~elf M on ly he t:o u ltl.
a rmy homo \'ic torious . who would gi1·11 the t:nnflld ·
!ldf-L-nutrnl was a m:,r\'1•1 tn all. When othe r o llict!ril
c rates no
ren
until they were hi!!
pri~~oomcN.
11':\11
he~igo~d.
lli!i t>e rfc•·t
who
iJt..'o:ame e.'O:CiiL'il :uul ctmfus .....-1. hcrowainetlculm nn• l
fo ught, uot to olc fe rul W M hin.l(to n o r t•' t·aptunl
ltie hmon<l, hut. to d e!ltroy anti t:a pturc Lee'!! :umy :
t·ullc•·ted ; whl' n othefl! lost their temper, he rioothcd
who fought not to gratify hi!! own n.mhit iun. but to
tu hill friend~ iu thi~ umc is nne u f the most zul mir·
:~l>lo• •JU:Llitio:~ u l t he man ami .l(e•: er!ll.
He scelllt.'< l
N o w it
trill~
Wll!l tluu.Grn nt an<ll.im•o!n lil'llt me t. h.,th
representatil·es nf t in: cornnJ"n pcnplc. h<~th
working with the srmm into n!le purp•~>~e fur tlw samtl
groa t cause, to whom life WMS not half "" tlear :Js tlul
count ry for whic h they laho retl. From the ti n~t
J.i nco ln hall ahsnlute IIlith in this ahnu.~t unkuo wn
1.:ommander from tht: we!lt.
(imnt luulnn.-oone r t:Jkt•n o·nmnmrul ul t ho• :umy
them hy hill quiet. ye t irJ,.(Iiri ng \'nice.
e nt ire \)' fret• fr.,m jc a luu"y and e n\')' .
His lo)'ulty
Tho lo \'o'
between (iran t a ut! Sherman i" o ne o f the b right
S(lnt~ in that !on~r and te rri hie war. Now the c\o"ing
tl:l.\'S of t he war a ppruach. anti who woleo med them
half ~~~ !fl:ul\y a.i <.:rant w h.-. hat I led the heruc!l u f
tho! :army " ' the l~utnm:w to \' ic tory u n.d to Jll'ace~
Thmugh all 1:r.1nl hat! !.>orne himself ~ith a conr:•~·· IH'\'o•r ~nrp;l~.;;,·d : with :1 ln}'nlty tnll'anls h is
Tl-IE NORMAL POINTER.
frie nds ne l'erequallc..l; with a tntii.IC>Jty so g n.•at t h:l.t
all me n hu.\'C wo nde red and nonll ho.\·e llllllcrstVOI.I
it. ~e conduc tt.'(! his campaigns. used s tr..lt; JCY·
fo rmed lines of battle with a s killne ,·e r crpmll~.."1 1 by
modern o r a ncie nt warrio r . Ye t a ll unconscious o f
his own greatness be remained the pbin. honest.
ruodest soldier be hnd always been.
\\' he n at lnst the e ne my w a;; within his g ras p. how
did he treAt him ! With :l t.'Ons i,leratinn. with :1.
kindoe5!!, with l\ wisrlo m of a great s tates nmn. send·
ing the men home wi t h hofl'Cs o.nd fuo1 l. His lee II nilS eanuo t be bt!tte r expressed Limn by •Jthlting his
on.le r to the tmion troops whe n t_hey wo uld hzl\'e
celebrnted t he l'ic tory. " The w:tr is on.Jr; the rebels
are our counr.ryme n again. :u;d the bt!:H >~i~n nf rll·
joicing afte r ,·ictory will be to :thstaiu fro m all demo ns trations in the field ."
Thl.l northern and suutlwrn tro<Jps now turm.."11
their bac k!! on each other for the tirst time in fuur
years. The way i:l whidt the great armie.s we re .:lis·
bandt:d has ue \·er t.~lli!Cd to be wunde l'{l(l :n I n a
duy thi!! mighty for<:e ''aniilhcd. Whore ol:ie ,loci!
hiiltory record s uc h :ut inst:utce ~ Now he t-e. But
whe re e liie i n hiiltory luul they ~uch :m e ...::uuple o f
patrio ti>Jm befo re them ~ H:ul (;r:utt been e ndowed
with the umbi tiou of a (;:u:sar or a !1/apolenn. I. dare
not think whut he might ha,·e <lone.
After tbe war Grnnt wuulcl hzu•c preferred to se ttle quie tly i n some little place anrl<lrop a~Bin o ut o f
sight of the publi1:. But this was not to be. 1-Ji/3
country needed him. AlTair.~ we re in ilttch a wild
iltate uf t.-onfnsion t hat a Gladstone would ha,•e been
puzzled to ~traighten the m . Atthiii time GrJ.nt WILli
madtl president. I do not d e ny that he ma d e mnny
and great mistak~~ but thc I(OOll th:lt he d id w:u
g reat in proportion. Hy t wo at• t.s alone he has
placed himself by t he s il'le of o ur greatest statesmen.
When in the <jUiet of bitl, o wu mum he ren•l t he bill
whic h Wa•• to admit into the t·ountry a c urrency
which w:u t-or rnpt, Jisreganling the c ntre:ttics of
hi!! friends. thinking o nly of t hu welfare of hi!! jKlO·
pie, he ,·ctoed it. Ne ithe r in ti me of war nor peacc
did he tH'P.r pe rform a br..l\·cr :u;t . Itt 18i 2 he ae·
complished the great mea.stm~ of arbitrntio n with
England in M!t tli ng the "Aiab:un:t <·lnims " --This,"
says one write r. " was o ne of the lincilt trium1'hs uf
lltl~<lcrn
!!t:ltCStllllllShip.''
Wlum Jmrt~'Cliug dies o ut. whe n prejudkes are
erasecl hy the hruul of time, the n will tho fulle r
J.tr:uuleur of Grout's life impress itself upon us. The
ti me of war a ud rnconstruc tio n is yet too ncar to he
,·iewed with impartial eye!. Gnt.nt's grea.tneiS will
itu·rease, hi!! vk'C.'I wi11 bo forgotten. only tho great
th ings whic h he did will be remem~n..'fL As time
goes on the wo rhl will realize mo re :tnd more the
magnitudo uf t ho wn.r of t ho rebe llio n, the d\Olc ulty
of opernting armies s tre tc hing acrosil a continent,
a mi the bnnlen of recon.'ltructing the t)()litical con· 1lltiuns of :l couutry; anJ fM this reason Grant will
be plnct.'tl highe r and higher in the estimation of
great me n .
The crowning year of Grunt's life was the year o f
hiil death. when in pol·erty Rnd !4\ckness. supported
by his iron will, he penned hiil mem('tirs, which s hall
lM! re:\<.1 ami admired a..<l long iU these s tates shall
last. This W !t.' l truly a work o t horoi!lm, performed
for those he ]0\·et.l to keep t he m froui want.
In i magina tio11. I look upon Grant's tomb stand·
ing m:tjl.!st.icull)' upon the bankil of the beautiful
1-l ltd .'lon. l'cat.'Chtlly he sleep!! there after bis s tormy
life. As J still look this \"\~ion fR1IC.!1 and I see onoo
more t he quiet trustful youth: thu honest retiring•
man: th1• brave. dete rmined soldierdemaot1ing "Un·
con•litional surre nde r :" the mode.'lt gene rnlaccept·
i ng with tremblin~ \'Oice the position of commander-in-c hief of the armies nnd looking to God for aid
in g uiding the m. I see t he dying man ho lding a t
nrm's le ngth d oath. nnd giving to the unio n his last
gn•at message. From thll J>en of the great warrior
drop these words of peace, " I fool that we a re o n the
en : of a ne w e rn. whon theN' i.'l to be great ha rmo ny
between the ft:deml and conft.'d enue . I cannot stay
w be a living witness to the cor rectness o f this
prophecy, but I f~:el it within me that it is 80."
Ami now. 0 Grnnt.. thy word!! ha\'e proved true.
Thy plea. "Let 11.'1 have peace," has lx:en ans wen..'fL
Side by 11idc. the IJiue and the grny. ha ,·e fo ught and
blt.'fl and gied. Together they ha\"C marched unde r
t he fo ld!! of "01J Glo ry" to ''ictory. United at last
they han• rniS(l(l the s tandard of justice and with
clasped hands t he pas!!lonate South and the d e te rmint."<! North will s tand forel'er to 11111intaio it.
TilE NUKMr\1. PUIN T EK
F RANCES
E.
WILLAR D.
By Edgar G. Doudna, Representative of Plattevil le Norma l.
H'";;~~::~.::.'·':'~:~::::.;;·;~,:~·.::~:::::~;::::.::·: : ·:,
:uhl b:u1J:1rism. with s im plici ty awl ,J,•j.!nul:uiun .
In his iitruggle with the d•• uwn t.~ he ~ .. m,•tint•·~
CO IH Jli Crt,'tJ :ltld OftCU W!IS l' liiHJU bJU.""tJ . i-Ii~ l" id"ri<·~.
i n terpN!tL~I
l~rogre.ss
by his tlcccu•l:uu s is , . il"i !i z:ttiun
is its ••·atc hwonl; Hc:a•·c u it~ ).!••a l I n tht""
beJlinu ing man 11"11.'1 a barl!:u·iau. hopo•l< ...~ ~ :m• l :tim ·
less. Ge nerations lit·eol:lml•li<'d an• I th t• wurhl had
not progressed . In this IW\.ss
of hnm:mity. one uct"":~s ion :~ lly
appc:tl'\.~1 whn:o~e soul •· rictl nm
life :1ntl libert y. ~ l' he elfurts
to ans wer t his ap peal brought
o n the s t ruggle for dt·ili1.a·
tion, startefl t he march ,.f
progress. the jou r ney tn Gnd .
M:mhood d c•·clu ps a;o~ id.~als
"ndvau<'c. Man Uccomes better
and nobler as ho :I.Ssuci:ucs
with t he Jlllronrul relined : lw
becomes purer and hnlier as
he reac hes w ward livd . ll is
ideals depend UJ)OII his intd ·
lcct :1ntl uwm his lll'a l"l
HeliJ(iOn
anti
l'hilnJ!tl phy.
l~oct ry ami Science, ~yz upath.r
and l..ol·e. :~re the m:~teri:~.l_..
from which he fo rms his i d c:d:o~
The ideal of nnation is oletcrmin<.'d loy the id e al~
o f its c itiZClli:l. The hiqhcst i1lenl i>; a u: u iuu uf pm···
homes and ••irtuous fu.mili c.~. Tlw march of t"i,·ilization. from its Ao<i11tit· hirth·pll ..·c. thrrou~:h its
Euro pean nursery tn it s Amc ri t·au maturit,~· . k1.~
always been toward thi~ e nol. Ohs taclc~ th:Lt
blocked
iLl!
pathw:ty
ha•·c
llt.'cn
~urm<HLIItt••l
Slan~ ry ha.s been a bolis hL'<I: the dil'ine rij.!hts .,f
kings o ve rthrown : se lf - ~m·crnmcut has IJt.•t•u olenr .
o nstntlt!t:l. The ])()wers vf earth. ~l'il awl >< k,1· l~:t~· ··
..J
•·uutri l.o ut ..,J tu t he tlc•·elopuum t and improveme nt
,.f 111a n anti hi.~ nation .
l',.rf,·o·tiun ha" uot J e t !Jeen reached no r ' the ideal
att:1im••l. Bdurms 11\11\'C s lo wly, 11'6 cannot bring
l"t upia hy fun·e . When t he timo comes for :~ Nl·
funu . t:nd h:1 .~ always miSt..•d a leader from t he mnk
anol tilo· .. r humanity, to lcz~d the hosts of rig ht.
a)!a i n~t the wruug to be righ ted .
~tandin.l!" be twee n duty and d esi re . with picnsure
and happine~~ <~n nne "hand. t\1th selr denial am\
disa ]Jpoi ntment on tho ot her,
Fr:1m·es K Willnrd c lws.!
:1right. and bct·a me one of
God'i!]eaders, the ""'Uncrowned
IJUeeu of Americ a ."
She
tlrew back t he c ur tni n t hat hid
the future : s he saw a h1nd
whl•!• and spotless, a conuuun ·
ity dwl' l!i ng in lo\'0 to mau
and God. He r soul wu..s in ""
S)Jired by t he sce,ne. On her
lips trcmhle- 1 a pmyer of
pmi iiC ami thanksg il' lng: She
t urn!:!d her eyes to tho present.
wit.h its good an d had . l m·
pur1ty s tnred he r in t he face,
I neq ua lity lllO('kCfl he r. anol
l ntc mpe rancfl J>Oi ntcd to his
cunn tlci!.!l l'ictlmil. Pained by
the t·ontri\St be tween the renl
and ti m i1lcal. s he \"OII"L'<I to gil"e he r li fe to th~ UJl""
lifting <)f humanity, tn the IM:Itermcnt o f mankind.
J..,ukinJ,C tu ll l.'at·cn she e ricd- "0. tho u who rulc!lt
all!ll"o·. h..tp me that my lifc ma y be valuab le, that
sumo"" lm nmu hdng may yet thank Thee that I have
lil"t·o l and tuilctl."
~h .. ,.1-f,sc the path of tl ut.y. She hade adie u to
IH•nw :t ud l<~~" cd n ucs. and !Jecn me a wp.u 11orc r on tho
f:w c of the earth . l.ea\·ing the soeie1y. f tho refined
:11"1 o·u l!Url'd. ~ ~~ ~~ sn u ~ht nut the lo w l\lld degrnd ed .
THE NORMAL POINTER.
She left pence for war; she sncriliced l~t:r :1ll, fur
the New Jerus:alem o f the twentieth century.
The page:~ of his to ry nrc cul·ered with the n.'Cord~
of man's inhumanity to tuan and o f his ba;;e injustice to woman. He held th:u ru!ln W!\S made tn rule
an.J wnm:an to obey; m:u1 to demand a11<l woman
to submit. Husband nnd wife were one nml that
one ws.s the husband. Ho belitn·ed with Vnlt:1iru
that. "'IdeM are like beards, wome•t and young me n
lm\'e nllne."' Still. gently and peacefully. as w:n ·e
with wa,•e. .she has bet:n !ldmneing towa~ lthc JtO~i·
tion interuled for her by the Crentor. Trw:. the en·
duwmcnts tliiTcr. i\lan"11 attribute is st rength,
woman's gentleness: man's thouiht. ''"oman"s sen·
timent. He reaches his t-'Qnclusions by a pnM·t~<~ll of
reasoning. she by tho Gt:H,.I-gi,.c n power of intuition.
He r faith is s upreme, her lot·o boundle:sll. :'he i:s
the guiding star of man: :sht! is his frienol, hi:s i n·
s pirer and his eotunL Miss Willard was :1 wum:mly
woman possc.<~Sing the!!e :u tribute.~ in a hig h th•gn-e.
In wlmte\·er position sbc W:L.S plncec.l or whcn:n:r
:she might be, llhe w:L.S ahl'ztys a JlUrc. retilU.'fl and
fair·mindetl woman.
God sift!!il a whole nation to procure the sc~.->J
from which Ame rica. --The youn.w;cst tlaughter of
Nature. Time's ooblcst olbpring."' ''':L.!I io ~ J e·
En:n in thi!l nation wrong dtwclopt..'fl with
1·elopaL
right. A great woman, with a gn!ater book. directed the steps of that gro.otl urmy of refor m that
!lbolishcd slal·ery. anti that placed the greatl..'llt
nation on the fac:e o f the earth one swp nearer the
goal of progres;~. Another evil remai ns: an e1•il
that o nly wom:ut's faith auul J e1•otion. directinK the
hand of man. c:111 Ol"efi..'Omc . ~cionce nntl morn\ity
have cleclared intempornnce tn be tho tlarkest St!lin
upon our nation. Win~s and mnthers comb:lting
its inflnenc~ aloue were helpless. The Woman's
Christian T emponmcc Union wM organized that
they might u nite in defense of home and family. o f
nation and citize ns.
Miss Willard W:L.S the li fe and snul of this tUO\'e·
meot. working with them for the purr homo. the
true church. the righteous nation, the great. kino!
brotherhood o f man.
"She has no scorn of common thing:t.
And t hough she seem of other birth.
Round ns her heart entwines 111111 d ing11.
And patientlv sbe folds he r win(t:t
T o tread the 'humble path~ of earth."
(lteat snul:t are JKtrtions of etcrnit.y . th11t ~ring
the n:llion nearer the itlenl. nenrur tho true life,
nc:1n:r Ht•:•~- Tlwy work nnt for self hut for hum:wity. En: ry .~tonuine ref,,rm. whether o f labor,
of e•JII:IIity ur of tcmpcr.mcc. :lid~.--.1 her in thi:t l:tbor
nf h" ·e. She worked after l:O<I '~ methOt.ls. through
hunmnity for hurn:luity':tsaku.
She tuok up the Launer, she :diOII!.t.'t.l the battlu
cry, ··Fur GO< I ami Homo and Nati\'o Land :" she
Jotllthero•ol tim win!ll nrul mnthel"ll z1rouncl her, n.s a
lead e r born of God. ~he was h:uulicapJMltl by the
J)l•litic:d inettll:llity of 11 l11ntl thllt bonstetl of giving
all il.i dti1.eus cttll:ll ri_w;ht.i. S he mit~ht clonuuru..'{),
~he mi.~t ht ~~ n tn!tll. s ho might pray. but neithor she
nor the thou~:uuls of nol.Jio women who wear the 1
white bo w of puritycoulcl t·:L.St.a ballot i n defense of
her hnmc. The criminal, with that tr.lvesty of jus·
tit~. n. pardon to restore his ei\•il riKhL'J, the drunk·
arol. the l>eKI(:lr. if he but answered to the name of
man, st<101.l higlu:r heforo tho law than :she.
Tu:lnk God that somo of our sister !ltates have
brookcn thu chllins of Jlrojudico tlu\1 bound them to
thc igrwnmce and bnrb:1rity of tho pa!jt nud have
made 1111111 :\nd woman l..'l jUal before the law, n.s they
a re hcfore GOO, and tim potty sentiment. "The hand•
tlu1: nK:ks the orndle rulcs the world." a lh•iog
truth
lntempont1H:e. I nequality and Impurity were the
three C\·il:~ agains t which Miss \Villani !Ctl- that
noble band of women. She fought with the determination a nd enthusia.'4m uf Joan of Ar<.', with the
porsel·enmctJ of Catharine. the brilliancy of Eli7..a·
beth am\ the SWI..>ct ocs;~ and si mplicity of ltuth. S he
was oft.en mis umleriitooll- for to he great is to be
misunderiitood-lllltl her motil·es were l!flmotimelt
impugnt-"1. llut s he ne\·er fal tered in her hattie tor
the right. Love(! by her frie nd& and rt!SIM!cted by
her enemies she :stands out a!! a typical womnn, '"a
leacler led hy Christ. She worked and pmyed for
~ocial purity ttml although her life wa.-4 not spared to
see its t-ealiza.tiun. shu has :ttartet.l n rnol'Oment
which menns the sah•ation of the rnce, t.he 1111rifying
of the nation and the attainment of the noble itleal.
God ~pt.oe<l the .Jay when tho g lorious banner o f
freedom, shall wa1"C m·cr a natio n cl~.-'flicatcd to the
purity of t he home. a nd to the sncrec.lne~~s of woman,
whe n t lw hro:t(l han~ t1f red s hall symbolize man's
TH E l\O R:O.I:\1. POINT ER
86
nt.lor in tle fe n,;e of the right : w h~: u t he 1,\uc tit•lol
means the Jlnrilil'<l n:l.lion an.J the whitt· -"ltii't'-"
s t:and for the s po t less homes o f :1 rt•)l:ctu·ratc pc uplo•.
Th(>.l.l, the name of Frances W illa rd "h:all ~\a nd with
Abru.ham LiUt:oln :U the head of t he s plc tulid ,:ala ~y
w ho have led the world iu iLS nmt·ch u f pr<>).(TI'~S. its
jo urney to (;od .
CAVOUR.
By C. D. Donaldson, Representative of Superior Normal.
I
N TI-l E ,\awn o f his tory, hountlcd o n unc ~ide hy
the dar kness o f ignnrmwt:. n n t he <~thcr h~- tlw
light of koow]e,Jgo•, st a nd ~ a n I.WCIII that in-
lll'art In thy impe rial e hluubers. orato rs h:w e
S)JC >kc n. whose> wonls are yet ringing d o wn the corri• lors nf t iluc .
spired the greatest e pic po.·t :md. t hrough hi m.
colore.! the ch·ilization of all time: The fa ll o f
Troy. The same enuseii that threw our lirst ]l:lrcuts
from t he G a rden of Etlcn. the faithlessness o f
woman a nd the weakncl:lll nf
ancestor. Troy, fe ll, so Ho me,
!Jut .~ he. proud c ity, must be
humble.! hy a baser foe. Down fro m the north
came the b:u·harian tide and swe p t llwny her
government Bllll ]1\Wll. For
As her
ill u~t riuus
too. 1111tit f:dl.
wac, robbed l~riam of hill bnt~·t'St liOns anti brought him, h i~
city: and his nath·e l:md to
ruin. From the burning •·ity
f\ed Aene as.
Coml'elleU, by
the jc!llon.>~y of god.>~. tu lCI\ \"C
thi rteen centuries Italy lay a
prey to !IUr rou nding natio ns
:n ul to her owti rnl'ac io us sonl:l.
Son~. born o f a fo reign brood
w ho~ sole ambitio n ~as del:l putic sway. gro und t he liberty
his ho me IUlll llll that wa.~ to
him d ear: to threat! the d angt•rous pnthways of the unkuu wn
d eep: to e ncounte r untold hurror.t: but. at IMt , ''' ll>l he Jll!r·
o f the ]M!nplc into the dust.
" Lo rds. t•il:h in some dor.en
paltry. s tro ng in some hu ndred
!IJK!:Irmc n, o n ly grcnt in t hat
!ltl'llll)!:C spdt. a name.''
Down
mitteU to e nter a hM•en ul
rest. His uiled bark groumlctl
on haly 'Jt immo rtal strand.
Safe from furthe r JK!fSCcutiou.
hill rnce foundeU Home, the im
pcrial city. that for 11ix ccnturiCll "Sa~ o u be r .'!Crt'u hills
aud fru m he r throne o f beauty ru lc•l Ill•• worlo l ·
Glorious. ch~.Ssic !to me : Brigh t w:a,. th~· h J.:ht t ltar
!IJreamed from thy immortlll brow. Thy l'"ct.~ h:n···
sung in ilnpa.Mioned w nc,, thnt s till be at iu l'ltyt hmi ·
the centuries resound t he hat·
t!c·cry
of p:lrty fa c tio ns,
Gue lphs a nd G hi belline!l. Citic~
:1rc to ru as under. their bravest
cal c hime in the u uh ·er.;al snu l 11f rnan a nd t lm t
awaken tl rct~ponsil·c ._,hurd w hcn·1·c r l~t•:\1 !' :1 huma n
.;ons doomed to wander and die
in foreign land s . When till'
o ther pe o ple of E u rOJM:. act·
uat•·d hy an i mpul ~e born o f tl might.y purpose.
furn t•~ l t ln·m, ••l \'e!l intu nation;.~, Italy. like J e r·
m:m y . rem:1i m•, ] hut a gengm phical tlh·isio n. a
1111011o·y ).(ruup u f d i!lt:unbut lltrl\e!l.
And. s ud1 was
ho·ro·••mliti••n 11ntil our present •:ontury .
Th..u~h lwr
JH'"Pi t• II'Cil'
the tirst to thrnw off t lw
THE NORMAL I'OINTER.
shackles of unquestiom.:d a uthority anti wdl"ome
the New Learning. though her poets :mug soul-stirring songs o f freedom, Jack of unity o f purpose.
petty jealousies. and foreign internmtiun kep~
Ita ly fro m fullilliog her tlt•st inJ.
Ho pe beat hig h i n
the llalian patriot's breast when N:lpnleon Fif'llt
crossed t he Alps and plaoted t he tri·co'nr o n the
plain.i of Lombardy. Nobly d id they·tight wili1 the
FM!nc h to free t he ir lo\'C<I hl.n.l from the lmtetl
Aus trian. But. whe n t he)' would partake nf the
fntit of \'icto ry. thl.ly fouml but t he a pple of Soo.lo m
which turned to bitte r du.~ t upon ~hei r lips.
After Navuleon First had tl:uhcd like a mc t1:11r
acrosiJ the darkem:d skie,f nf Europe. It:lly wasa,,p.in
in the power of her forme r tymn t>~. The northe rn
row of states Willi held l>y Austria: the t'l!ntrAI part
of the penins ula by the church: the Suuthflru pa rt by
one of that line of kin(pl that has d i:Jting uisln!ol itself only in t_he art of misgove rnnwnt : T he U••nrbone. Dark. i ndeed. seemed the fut ure. Btu . i n the
northwest corner o f the peninsula. rult"1-l by a uati\·e
prince. w!\S :1. little state. the kingdom of Sa rdinin,
which wu destined to 00 the iltatut:ml beare r of
Italian li berty and to uhimately unitft thl' e ntire
penin.'lula under o ne Uag. onu gnvern111ent. one
king.
In the revolutions of 1830 and 1848. a ttempts were
made to overthrow the de!!potic gove rnments. but
Au!ltrian bayonets st illed. forever. m any a no ble
heart and forced upon t he people he r hated Jaw!!.
'fhe iron hand o f the conquero r of Nonu·a cruilhed
the King of Sardini:l.. Amid gloom ami disaste r the
nld king lay d own his crown in the hope that hill
l'Dn, Victor Enumuel Second. would be nble to obtain bener term!! of peace. But the c:utse of Italian
uni ty, though cru!hed to earth, w:u bound to rise
again. In the words of (.;harles Stun ne r. A question
ill never settled until it is settkod right. Nut one
momP.nt did Victor Emanuel he;~itate.
But where wa• the ma n who t:ou\d !leer hi" s hip
of s tate through the w mpeu of war~ Who could :~o
act that the many petty jealousies wou\11 be laid
aside a nd that even the form of go\·ernmcnt would
no longer be di~ussed: but. i n the North. in the
South, in the East. and in the We:-11. C\'ery mint!
wonl•l be inlhuc•l with the nne great soul-nl)Y1rl•ing
theme; Fret!llom from
fo rei~tn tyr:uats!
There
WM
but ono man in all 1-:uro1~ that cnu!olundert:lkc Uul
t:l'!k with a~ l10pc of Sllf!CCS.~- lli:J naml! Wll.!l Ca·
\"our. fn 18.52 he 1\'ail :t.ppnintt. >ol prime minister.
From the 1hy he took the oath of otlice to his 1leath,
llwre \I'M hut o no ol>ject tiJRt 1m lu~tl in l'iow. E \'Cry
othe r question wn.sof minor importnncll when com·
parcJ wilh the great ai111 o f hi:~ life: The llllific;\tion
of Italy.
Fa r -sighteo.l. untiring i n hi:J c fTorts, Cal·our did
wh:l t no nther man could do fur the Ita lian cauS;f!.
Kno wing full we ll thnt the 1lay would come when he
couhl ente r the lists for t he tinal contest with Au:~·
tria. <.:ai'OUr:Klught for nn ally in o ne of the WtMt·
ern poweN. fhrough his e tfuru li\·e thoul!aml Sar· 1
d in ian t roop:~~ were !lent tn help defeat the H.us:Jians
in Cri mea. In th9.t wayJhl ho earn the gmtitude of
Frnncc 9.1111 1-:nglaud ami well did they repay him
when the liu:1l s truggle came. In tho peace con.
gfCil.iJ at t ho ,•lnse of the Crimes.n War, Ca1•our took
hi:J sent ns cni'Oy · from Sardinia. :Artfully did he
Slii'Ct.'t."1-l i n laying l>efore the convc ntiun Ita ly's c~n·
olit.ion. An~tria protested that the question W Z\S not
within juri ~liction of the conferent..-c. But Cavour
hat\ gained his j)()int: The arousing of European
sympathy in behalf of do wntrodtlou ,:otmtry-mcn.•
He now bent nll his cncrgiCl! towar.l sccuring the
active frieiJ(I!!hip of Napoleon Third. In the sum.
mer of 1858 he and Napoleon had a !ICCret meeting
at which it wn.s agreed to go to war with Austria.
I n 185U, when the French and Sardinia n armies Wllre
d ri1·ing e \·cry thing before them, Xapolenn, d isnmyed
by the growling Gertn!lll!l, reganlleli:J of the ri~th ts
of his ally. in hi:J o wn beh:\lf made JJCnce with A us·
tr i:\. C:~\·our, in co r1~ed at thill l)Crlicly o f the Frend1,
resigned. hut wru~ prevailt.'tl UJ)()II tu continue in
o Rice.
Hut the time bad1·omewhen the people were totako
mn.tter!l i nto their own h:'lnds. One by one. the
northern pro\·incell, Mod e na. T IL!!Cany, Parma, Ro·
magna. \'oted to cast their fortunes with <.:a\'Our .
S teadily o nw9.rd :JWcpt the tide of events. i-:\'Cry
Juliian heart wa• moved with that inde,~JC ribable
longing for natural life. Every cilizcn de!!ired the
time when he would say: This is my own. my native
hu 111. Already " 'll.l! the nort he rn row of state;~ bro·
ss
-~ ke n .
TilE NOR:'IIAI. 1-:.0INTER.
Yet \ 'c nil"<'. the tluct•n ,f tlu- W :wc~. ,;till W:l,;
fur<."1.'<ltu jlr:u~· lin· olo•s put'" train . Uut ha l ~· ·,; ,; tar
uf tlc;otiny W:l.l>i n tlw :aSt•f' nol:wt
l:ntirin]: in hi :~
t~ lfoJrl ll.
l.::l\"lltlr ldt llo> .~to<JIC llll tlll"llt"tl . In hill hantl~ .
men \1'erc hut t·l:ty. !l is will t·:u-ricd a ll lodurc it .
Traiuctl it• tlte )ll".lt·til-:11 atf:&irs,f IH•:. In· aolm iu isten.>tl the s!ntc"s with un,;wo·rill]: luyahy . t;,·,·ry"t hinjl W:\:-1 but a m c:m .~ tu rc:wh au o•nol ~la ..:z ini
anti t:arih:ddi 1\" t·n~ hut in:<t ruuwnt :-! i n hi,. hanoi.~ tu
further the Jl"O<I t·a nsc. Ma..:..:ini. the ht·:u:uu li uiH
uf t"e]Jilhlkan hupt•s. w:1s :Li nnt i1·i njl in hi ,. c lf,rt s
lol free hi,. t·unntry as l::&\·uur. !J ut he was ra, h.
f::tribaltli. wi th his kn ullt'\1 :<ti o·k :tnol rt•o l ,;hil"t . iu ·
s pin.-. lthuus:uuls tn thruw niT tlw p oke nf St" dolnlll.
IJut b:u:k nf them l111 th. c:\lm . s tcadfa" t :a.; lin• o•to•rnal truth. s tootl!hc mas tcr-s piril .l::tnour. Hi:-! h:u11 l
it was that gnitlcd ti m s hip uf s l:lle through the
trouhl ..-.1 lt"a t e~ u f aoh"CNity wltl're :1 pnint tu st:u·l..toartl ora l"'int to po r t wuu!o l h:t \"C St"lll t ho!lll
npun the roc ks o f ruin .
In 1860. C..:1W1111r decidt.'< lupnn a hold :\lte m pl to
nnr the rn a nti soutlu:rn Ital y. :-;e ntling. sel'retl)'. for(:nribaltli he as keol him tu g<l w the he lp of
the di~a!Ttwteol S t!apolitinnil.
hut a. hint. Col1~·1ing :1.11 army ns he )J:\..;~•tl :&lung.
liarih:!_ltli WM soon nmf'l·hinjl :J_I[IIi n .~ l Naplc" :u the
head u f as motley :l nnm !J.er uf tr•~<~ps as c t•cr dre w
t heir ;;wonl!!l in frct."lmll"!!l eau,oc. All Eut""l"' s t.<HIII
unit ~
·
thel~lldncs~
kni~ht
pe ople t~ose np as one ma,;s tu we lco me their dcli i'Cro•r He was !lJI]Illi ntetl olic t!ltur. A .~ soon a<~Cn.vmlr
.~aw 1hat tlw :llh: IUJII ti·a"' sUt~•·ess f ul. he marc bt.'l.l
hi.i :~r m y st raight thruugh the tlunmins oftho c hnrch
:u11l mt!t lhrilo.tlo li n e:~r 1\':.t]Jl es. Here t ho dietn.ttJr
Ia_\' olu wn his :mthurit y gh·ing hi s ma.'f tc r, King
\' it·tur Emanuel. :l kiugtlom, while he retired to his
i~l:u ullmmc with :l few s hillingJot.
T hus the north
and so ut h .,f It aly we re unite d . \VhaL was pron""'"'t!d t: hime rical wa.' lne:lrly a tle mn nstrated ta Ct :
The u nilic:l!iun nf l t.:l l)' .
Tlu: im:I.!SS:IIIl l:lhur i n lw halt uf the s late w:l!l 00jlinning to te ll ll]lll;, l::u·o our. Nig ht n rul day, week
i n anti WL'I!k "lit, fn r nino ycaf'l! ht' had s tood at his
P""t. T l1rnugh t ho tlarkest d :~y!l of olcfet\t be had
p:useo l wit h a heart lmoyeol up by :111 unfaltering
tnt"L iu hiil eonnty -mcn . N•lm:111 ha d done more
than he t r~git"ll i talin n .~a~:o n s titution a l government.
lu 1&.11. it l!ecJu uc c\·id unt th:l t he wnul<l soon 1Jic .
J-:\·e ryt hi ng w:ti4 dntHl that t·uuld be du ne for the
nmrt~·r ,;tates nmn .
All I taly hung ot•er his death·
1.. -.1. hn J)i ng :~.g~tin i4t fate . So ~~:rent wast he people's
lo1·e for him :uJtl so inte nl!C lho desiru to kn ow his
eon•litiron. that hulle tins IVtlrc JIOStcd c \'e ry fi ftee n
minutes. All wa~ iu \'nin . The •Ieath angel eo.lled
him from his wn r k. llllt befnro t he rcconli ng angel
wrote. " I t i ~ linislw<l," CI\\'OUr k n e~ that 11 1! ltRly.
c.I(Cflpt l{onw. was und11r one Jlag nnd one king.
(;::~.::::~. •;:~;~~";',~ :~:n:,::;il~~0 ~~~~::}~~~il~t;::~::~j.
1
:nna..:c•' :lt
nf this
nf tlu: ··rc.'l .
All the nati uns n f ~:nr·nJH'. c .~.:t •p! Engl:u11l.
!h rc:tlcllt.'< l tu hnltl :-;ar•li ni a rt!SJtnns ihlt•. (.'a,·ou r dune. c loseJ his mortal crtrecr.
~ l•irt. "
h:ult" JliiUiil·ly llis:t\·uw a ny •·•unwo·tiuu with the
aue mpl. Uut 1-:nglantl. in unler tu pruto•t·t l::trih!tltli" ,t llrmy !\.'1 it nran·lwol :dung 1111• cuas t. unh•rt•• l
her \"CS1it!lil at 'S:tple!'! t<> stati••n tho•nt.-<c ll"t ~~ loctwcrin
tim battleilhilr!l uf t he 'Sl::t.puliti:tn;; :uul tlw .~h•ort •
(;arih:tltli wa.•• ~ ~~~~·-e~sful . The n•vulutiun in Sic•ily
:Uio l ~:tplc ~ wa,; almu ~ t lolun.llcs!'!.
Ever~· wll(lre
til<'
He ill gnoa.t, not
unly 1Jec:tww !he tim~ pn~lill:t.." l the mnn. but be•·a u'-'C tire m:u r hol]JoL" I produce the times. His is not
!he m:u-ti a l glu ry of t he hattlo- tield, the hl<>ml -5t tlin·
,., ] ru loc uf f:tlllt!, but t he ghJry of a ceompli.'!hing
11-ith 1-ery li tl lc loloodll hcd. a task thl\l has cost o the r
nati.,ns thuu s:ul d;~ o f lit"e.'l. We ll may halio.ns rev·
tl1e name " f t:rlV•m r. lhe \\'ashinKllln uf
ltal,l"
THE
i\:OR~IAI.
POINTI:.:R.
"-..
THE NEW
NATION.
By Aubrey B. Deahofe. Representati ve of Whitewater Normal.
r:\ UH country. wilh it.s umjcstic ri\"cl">l and
U inland seas. with its tuWl'rinJ: runnnt :ain~and
it ~
its piclllrcSo.J ll~ \":llleys. with its s:l!-rcol spoL~
and its hallowed sc~nc;o. which re~·:all so l"il"idly and
testify so ci"IJliCntly uf luw patriot..;. ho' r s tatcs mcn.
her heroes. is iudl~l an ins pir:uiun r.. r the true.;(
olc \"otion :l.nol a n :1.ppcal fo r the nohlt·St s..•lf·.-.acrilio·c
in hcrbeh:J.II. Butal.lowc :all tlus. there is tl1at in
t)llr institutions whit·h incites a olt:cpcr. nuhlcr.
holier lon:- the idea o f p()litit:a l liiJ\'t·t_,·: --t lu· ;,~t-; 1
which. nurtnrcfl by the j>Oiiti(':d ant! rcli~ions pcrsc•·u·
tiOIJS of tho: Ulal World. gcr·
min:u.e d in the Maytlowe r
a•ompal'l. blussomeal in the
D1.'CI:lrntiou u f lmle(K:ndc nce.
and rc:H•hed it, ft·uita~e in our
Our sc hools
and o ur l'1111rehc~ ins ure us intcllet:tnal free,lmu.
In t his
land uuemb:arr:tssal by oh·
soletc l'UStotns :anrl unfetltlrCi..l
by d c.:a yed in!ltitntions. o p]JOrt nnity i!J :t wata:hworal.
Ye:t. " Ame rica is hut anothct·
Constitution.
tht• result of a <·eutury's iualcpeudcuce. ri pened into
•uaturity; read y and eage r fur t he solution o f problo·IIIS ru .. rc int rit::ue. more s tnp•cnduo u-'1, snd more
man·cllous. than C\"er perplexed the mind, or taxed
the inJ:t•nuit,l' of mnn : till nt length, Ame rica,
;;t·a~c a a·t·ntnry :ago :a rebellious colony, is now a
worl•ll)(li\'Cr
ToHI:ay Anwrit•a is tlushetl with n marvellous
triumJlh The thunder o f p;uns bM ceased: to A
1.,.j..idn).(' tJCnpl'· ha1·c re turnCtl t he blessings o l
peace. But ~· hat c hanJJes do
we l>ehold ! How trsus formetl
the national seutimcutl How
e:-;panded the nationalmis..~lonl
How exalted the national
alignity ! How honored the
tuuio n:tlposition!
Tomorrow there will be •
born of an ins piring pa.,t and
a sclfeonlident present, The
New ~ation. Its t-er ritorial
extent. its inte rnational posi·
tion l its problems, its miS~tion
in t he advancement of civi\iza.
tion.- 11.11 justify the tcnu.
T his i~ tho moment o f acbitn·e·
ment, t he moment of s u preme
rejoi1·ing: but what o f the
n:u ne fur opportunity. " E:.~·
a·ept in wis..lom. ctHtirprisc, for
dmrncter. we rca·ognize the
l't.j,llality of men. Cpon these
,\t ' lllli':r H. tJ•:AHon:.
morro w ! Our t.Mk is m erely
cornerstones. liberty, intellibegun. not comjllcted.
We
gence. o pportunity. Hlltl erJualily. a"' au :1-~ ~eniun of s hall h:~\·e the tlilllculties and e mbart'llSSment which
the prim:.tllaw o f it.<~ de\·eln jmwut. i.~ builole•l tlw
follow c\'cry great \'ic tory. T he victory iu the
.SII]}Cf'Struc turl' of nur .sun~.
:'\l exio·an War brought with it the rlifllculty am.lru·
In retro.spcr·t we .sec the:lchiCI'cmenL~ of Aml'rit-a.
spuu~ihilit y n f proving that t he Spanish could be
:uul note her :t..s cent to w:t nl imlt• JM.: ndcn•·e. In
supp\:uJW<l hy the American cil'ili:ut.tion. The
,v umhful puiss:uu·e the r·•olonics hruke the feno•rs of
glorious 1·i.-tory uf Amerienn lndepentle nce callec..l
t ~·ran ny . \\'ith :1 steady g'r()wth the L:ui11tt rl•:>e upon tlw cnluuic-'1 fO demonstrate to the world tbat
:thU\"C the •·onuncrci:t l restril'tion,~ nf foreil{n helliIJctllOI'rnry t·an be !IUCce.ssful . luJe(!(l. American
~:cn:nt.~. l.ater. the hnrs nf Euro1te:an opinion we r•·
llhnnry i-; une lcong e:o<emplilication of tile
r•·nJ"\'t•ol. and tlu- natinu. ~~~·., n~ in ~,.Jknn tidt·1!1't',
f:l.-t thai a \' innr,\' i~ nU'!\SIIrl'll itt proportinn tn
THE NOR MAL POINTER.
the diOit:uhie" nntl the res ponsibi lit ies it entails.
Our rc;.. tlon .~ii.Jilitics nre new : olol n•ctlw.l >~
will uot " ullice. ··New m·casions lead• rww tlutie,.. ··
Now conditio ns rC(]Uirc ne w met hllf.]S: To meet tho
lli!W and !ltr.a. nge dutic>~ wi:<cly niH! hrn1·Hiy, :uul in
accflrda nce with o ur tr:ulitiou,., will test the ca p:u:i ty
nnd l"i rtuc of The Kcw Nntinn. W e apprnnc h t he
tri:d with cunli tlc ncc. hc~·:~ u :W(I llr p:lst lmii bceu uni ·
formly o ne nf t ri umph. At Bunker II ill tho prize
W!l" liberty, nt Ge tt)'s lmll{. the Uniun. at :\! :mila and
Santiugo. hum:tn rip;htll.
Un t the!IC ,·icwricll or tho
past will not !uOil:e. This is not :~ time for foolish
optimism or sel l congr:atulntiun ; mt he r s hou!d it be
one of the mos t scrio u ~ co n ~itlcrn tion. t h t~ deepest
ruu:ict~·. a nd the 11tmo"t caution . The fu tu re"' the
natio n will be determined by the natiouul c harac te r.
integrity. an d prin ciple!! o fttKiuy : a~ :u·e t ho people.
110 is t he uatinn . I~ today. we n.... u JJcn plo are mer·
t·anti lc, men-enary, and a l'::t.ricions. i11 it. ]J<'ISSible th:lt
Tho New Natio n will be frt.'C from ~clri llhnt~:~o.~. pritle,
and arrogauce!
W ith this in 1ui ud. lflt ns t hrow II]JO tl o ur:~e],•es the
Let u" not ~ l ccei\·c our·
:ocnn:hlig ht uf s incerity.
»elves ! Hta l'C ll'e t hnt lirilt N•]Ubite of world-wide
in8uenct:, without which o ur nchit'l' e me~t " lo"e the ir
lus te r, nnol o ur llliSUill ption ~ are unjnstilied - thnt
u niversal re!lpt.'Ct for Amc rit·nn instit lltions a nd
The \"Crdict o f our IJt!!ll
American c il"ilizntion ~
Judge", IKlth a t ho me an d :lbro:ul. i ~ that our nation·
all ifo a nd ch:lractcr arc at faul t.
Hal·c we o l el{~!ll ­
crnlC(I into u. money· lm·i nl{. tlullar·clul>~i ng peo ple ?
·· In :a rwi t' ut ~ tory we arc t"ld
That Mid as touc h t urn ed l' l'e ryt hing to !Cold :
Uut we today n s trn nl{c r th ing ho holtl.
Me n turn to a nyth ing when tmrdte~l with gol d . •·
In nnr ~u. rl'i• for t he gift o f t ransm utat ion . the re
has been lo"t that hnlc htc~ll :11111 indepc lltlon ce whic h
oharac teriztxl the nation's found tlrs. The ehllm piuns
of liberty !lic kcn in t ho feti~ l atmosphere of :1.\"aril-e.
and turn in llisgnst fro m the po\·or ty :m~l moa111wss
of pn blit: s pi rit . The Amcric:111 •uunc- Ame rican
princi ples. ani nu luugcr au apJ.It!al lor t he highc"t
ho nor.
The duty u l the ho ur. the n. i>1 the incuh·ntion o
priuciph•s wh it-h 11lmll p~lm·~· a liJIOt!CS!i na tion al
lifo !l.lltl elm racier. As WI.' hal'e !!i~ n our pnblit· c hu.r·
neter detcrmiueol by o u r treatuumt of pro bl e m!! and
en•nts. we nllt"t find t herei n tho re med y; cort.ain
that iLil righ t appl i ~·atio u will not o nl y mnko the
L:nitL'11 Stat e.~ tho idcul commo nwealth. hut will ron·
olc r he r iullncm•e irrcsi!niblc in the drn ma of the
world . The pas t yiclol s 1111 (l.~pc ri e ncc: the futu re,
i ns pirntion. The noble "acrilice!'l and heroic d eed!!
uf our fn thers furni s h ]JUre l"il"ic Ideals. a nd inc ite
us tu righ t t:omluct. And whe n we rcllcct U]Kl ll tho ,
un ii]UC ]'o"itio n of The New Nation, publishing it.!!
s uccesse11 or proclaiminp; iLil failures to the world,
nUll ronlir.e tlmt its d c"ti nydc pe nds upo n us, wo may
well resnh·o to tl'st o ur CI'Cry ac tion in the cruci ble
of tru t h. nwralt y. and jus tice.
Hnt :1. pu re c il'ic ideal i11 not !IUR!cio nt . there ru ns t
bt1 :~ motil'e power.
What s ha ll ·it be '
Whe n we
look u pon o ur n:t.ti o n:d e mble m, with its e ve ry 11tnr
uml immcll. with its Cl'ery striJM:: nns ullieJ, whe n be·
)'ond it we ,·iow the natio n "s he ro ic past. t.'Q ns itler it8
troublous prese nt, :an~ I mcJitate u pon its hopeful
future. wo O!ll:pcrie nce a thrill. every libre quivers,
e l'ery nc r1·e tingles, ou r he nrts beat with an indCII·
c riba ble emotion. This e motion. then, wo ruust
summo n as o ur mnth·e lon:e, th is indoliuo.blo !WIDC·
thing which we term loyalty to 1:ount ry, o r patriot·
ism . llnt it must not be a narrow patriotl!lm; It
mu"t no t he the 11atriotism of " tho !lll rnme r solt..lill r
aut! the ~Un!lbi n e patriot." It must be a patriotism
brnl'e e no ul{h to fnce without Jlinc bing t he proble m" that conf ro nt us; a patriotis m noble enough to
cngc n~l o r thtJ lo hiest princi ples: a pll.triotism virtuo u!4 e nough to foste r a spo tl e.s.~ natinn al c haracter: a
'patriotis m jullt e nough t~ en thro ne the New Nation
:<.~the Arbiter of the World .
Tn a1:t:omplish all this. nur patriotism m us t pos·
''eS!4 a t hn.'Cfuld e Ricicnf•y. Of thi" n eceK~~ ity the
American pt.'Ople are an ev idence. In ft. na tion with
its >~lrtlt'tn re so complicated, with its interests 110
numerous. with its na tional\tics110 dil·er!'IC, with its
r.~ciu.llccli ng !W e!'l:treme. patrioti"m must flr!lt of 11.1!
be Jihcml. All the Stutes e xtend to each o the r the
hu111l of brotherhood ; us ull sections nn !tll in c heen
for o ur fat he rland nnd joi n in cele bratin g o ur nil·
t:ll holitlay ; _,o le t a ll citir.ens, the Jo:ngli11hruan
a11tl the Iri"hmn.n. the Italian and the C hin11.man,
TilE NuK MAL I'O I NTI-:R.
1lu: Amc rit:au :u1d the Afri ~a n. lay :L.;hlc any jcaluu.~
11riclu uf origin, :m• l tlisn..1 eard :til tlilferenL"C!'I uf r:u:e
and ~olu r : let the J e w and the l:Jtlhulit:, lite l'rmesl:uH :uul the :\(o hammetb.n. Loan is h tim tli ~urd of oli•·crse religiom1 lodief11: ami all unite i n :1 Jlr:uuiJtcan
, f prni ~ to t he prilll'iple:i of the Anll'ri t•an tlot·lrint•.
liht•rty. C'IJUality. and jU!'Ilil'll. whi ~ h make thi .~
l:uul a pl :l.l'c for the assimil:uion uf tlitfen•nt·e;;. and
the :wnihilatio n o f tlis tiln:tinus. Throu~h 1hc uni ·
f~·ing impulse o f :1 libe r .. l p:•triuti!'l m thi ~ re pu hlk
will d e,·clop a fmtcrnal race: :uul jus tify its lit I•·Thc Muld uf :\ations.
The times' d e mantl :llso :1 patri o ti>~m that is •·n ·
lightmlt!<l . Tu lo l"e o f l"ollrltry mu;;t IK• a·tlded :1
k no wle1.lge uf o urse h·es. o ur pus itinn . our ' "'"'~ •·.~ .
uur oluty. Thi!l rC•JHire;~ u. iitut!y uf uur bw~ . a t•n m·
Joarisu n of our pn1blt•ms, pa.>!l and pre>t:nl. and an
:q1prec-iation nf the O LOCI I.~ fur th ll _l{e nc r:d welfare.
By the enlightlllllUCnt of the nationa l ,-.,n.;o.·i,•!wo· wo·
~h:t l l proo.lut~ ··bllt le l"' l'itizens antlnohlo·r Ult"lr .·· arul
in t he s trengt h nJ wisdom :.ut:lin tl1e oks iro~J r.·~ ult
Tht: hour o·nll!l :ll"'" fnr a m"ml patri oti>~ll Tl1is
,J,•ruanJs tht: rip;ltt :lltillldc .,f the i nd i1·iolna l tuward
tllt' t! l"il s uf o ur ins titut iu ns: tllll ulri mal•' pnq" ''"''
l··i rr g to Jtc rfet·t t hese in"tituti••n ~. ~•• tha t o·1·c ry
o·i lizen. whether Wl•a k ur l! trulll(. hilo('h ur luw . ri•·h
"r J•Htr. ..;haJJ hai'IJ (.'"(lll:ll pl"'i \'ilc"c,; !111<1 I'< JII:I I 11)'·
J"•rtt m itit•s: :uu.l each sh:all he rc wanlc•l iu JII""Jl"rliuu
t" t he tuil. In thi ~ gc ne r,uiun. Lnu often ,J,~.; the
hano i 11f ti!C pluto<'r.\1 thro ttl e frt:c ~ I Jol"t:dl : t'" ' ufto·11
oli\•tators hip muz zle tlw pre,..;: ''" ' ufH•n
a tymnnic-al JJUI>Iit- upini•o11 !ltitlo• frco· lh• •nlo('ht :
t•••vft•·n olno:s cnrpol':lle$:fl'(..'< l reha ~o· ,.,·c rr :lpittan.-.:
.!'"'~ part,\"
,j, .,.~
'" laiHor: tun 11fte11 o l oco~ jus tice s n1 ilc "1" '11 IJ h·o·~
:ttltl frnwn 111)0>11 L:a :t.!lr u ;~. To !lt't'llrt•tlw i•l••:tlo·ull ·
··· ·pti<"~ n uf Ame rican juiitiL-e. let c 1·er y dt izen rdu.'l"
r., •·ndurt• anything i n pnlitit":d 1111 tli•Hl ... whil"l1 i~
nut I ruthful. hu ne.s t. anti j113t.
Thc o1 will nur priu ·
dplcs take u n a ne w lw•tc r. :Uitl ilhunin:uc the
wurlol. a ht•a t·un light to all heni)Chtetl n:llion~ .
Whl'n t his people "halt he infll>~t.'t l with a patrioti~ m ,.., liiM.•r:il "" W <'lllhraco ~ cl"llr)" n!lij.Cillll anol
••l"c r.r "ct·t . u1·er.r n:uio n :uul e l"e ry language. e t·ery
r:ll'e :mo l c1·ery t-o]nr: when it "h:11l be JM! r mented
with a p:urinti.~ Ul !IO ll UiiJt:IHeneo-1 a.~ In ok"'truy pre·
ju•lil-e. •·rush u ut tlisurtlcl"'. nml kill ignonlUl'C: when
it sh:lll he in ~ pin..>tl with a patriotism so mornlthat
llw ''"lllnl:lll•l ··Thnu s halt not ste:al " ill cohcyed 11.likc
loy the o11icc ho ldt! r anti o·om ..;titucnt : thnt the t..'fllll·
m:uul "Thn n ~h:llt nut kill!"" ill hn no retl :llikf' by the
,..,q ~< •rntinn and the i ndivi,hml : whe n c t·c ry citize n
.,,J,·rs liJl :a pr.t.yer '" hi)Ch heal"ell that hi!lci"Cry aim
m :1~· lot• ··his t·unntry·s. his r,,,._]'" ano l Truth'!!." Wt~
,.h:all witn e~s tho• cr.J. uf "J'he Xc w Xntiun .
ToHiay ··tile olo l on lcr c haltgeth," anti with it
llo·ou•wr:u·_l· will .1{0 fo rw:lnl to new triumphs. or it
lot· r.,rc l"o:r lost In thl! wurlol. :\lnm e n~ n UJJ,
then . j.; !111• i"-'illt;: l..et it I.e the IIIIIJC lllld the in s pir:tliun .,r o: 1· o ~ ry Anwri1·:u1 youth tn ;;ec The Sllw
:-.::tti"n ~u•·• ·e~s full y sui\· i n){ t he pr<"~hl e m il c ntrn ~ l l« l
~ha ll
!u Ill•!". "J"., this t• nd lcl the yo uth of tuol:ly •·o n ~: o"l":th•hi ms,.J f tlotlle f•:mse uflihi:rt)'.(.'< JII:llity. hum:'l.n ·
ity. I.e! him. nut thi nking of rewanl, ll(tr tlouht f11l
uf lh•· ulllt-fl me. ao·ee11t C\"ery nppurtunity tu b:lltlc
lor tlrt• o·t•·rrml pri n e ipl c.~ uf righ t:uul ju"tio-c . Then
in s twn't!• lill.l{ yo•ars. whe n The ~t: w Satio n .'! hall
h:tl't• w.. rkt••l u ut i t .~ •lt•.s tin y. whe n it ~h all ha,·e atlol t•d 1ww ~tars to tin• ~k)" nf liherly. wlwu in the c•m ..;t d btinu uf natiun ..; it ~ h:all shillll with the loright e>~ t
] n ~te r: tht•u ll ist• try ,;hall n 'l'ur.J hi ~ name ill tlu:
_!{real hunk .,r llnm:auity. :1.~ •me wh11 I/Jn.-. 1 hi-li fd luwmt•n . :mol hdpe J :tOh"llt he thl"'ohhing pmhlcn1.~ ul
Iris ge lll'r:ttiun . In the Teui)Jic of Ffl-e< lnm he .. lmll
J~···r,ll" lll«lth e h erun f'l'h e ~ell'
:\aliun .
NO R~l ,\ J.
TilE
TH.E. .NORMALt POINTE.R
I'U INTER .
'"~l n l'l ~
a t h i.~ uwu sel f i n <.>tlit ing this contest numl,.• t' ,f T lw J',into• t'. li e lms. nn t he o ther hand, un·
•ll•:tt···n·. l t•• :wt the part. nutol 11 sclf·lll.\l(lingautho r,
l.ut :1 ,.,.1,1. nnpa,;sinn•.:•l c• liltlr
A mull! II I)' period lui, lejlf"-"Cill&tlv~ ultll~ "l~th St a te :"or mal Scbool. S!U'CIIf t'~Jlnt, Wtocc. u.ta, t>uhll~h.,ol by th e
Ku lorcolatlucal
Po• t-um c<~ unruu d tla ..
Term1 oft!lhKtlptlnu - !O.J «II '"
lfnotpaldbcforeJao.l,'99.
t•~•
rnauc r
JUf In a d•·antc.
~~
o•c nt•
tan than us ual. :uul he ho pes t hat the local school
Ita,. nul IH.!e n exal h•d to :m undue he ight, and tlu1t
tlw .~ i .~ tt>r n•1 r nm ls h:&t·c rccuit'ctl wi thin these col1111111~ all tilt' t"t't'ognitinn tt'!ti c h belong to the m .
,,, , l>:dh o r -111-C~Id
,\ t ti m bu;;incss m eetin g :tt P l.t.Ue t•illc in 1898, th e
I.Ltcrur
I. :-i . 0 . 1•. cstablis lu.'< l t h c JJrCc<.'<lc n tof electing. an -
W t LL W .CULY E1t .•• • •
nual ly an n llid:d urg:au to publis h an acco unt o f its
~~.~ ::.~:~~ ~
, , Atb letk
P . " · ltoc1i:W&LL ••
.•
.-:~~b&IIJI(C
.•... . )loci.,I Schoo t
. . . . llo"loeullaua:~e r
M.i KTIJI' SauoM ...
~~Tt.''1~~IIU•~ ~ .
'I' his m o n th's Poin-
lt' r i" .ill]' j)(>Sl't l to ha\'e a •·har:&ete r m o r e eosmopoli-
, ,., .. Auo11 ant lln•lnrn »allaj:c ro
ml•etinJol'. The :-iurm at
Adn&nt~e
o f O.;hkosh was the
ti rst to ' "" l' hosen. That pt::ri odicul. ho we ver. devott.od
nnly tw u nr thrt.."e pages n f t he rc p:ular i11suc in its
t~llk i a l <':tJl!lt'ity .
Thi " yea r th e h;mor with its bur·
tlen fa ll " upun The Normal Pointer. W e nru pl eased
J.U . O.. Katt . .
., Tr cuu rcr
liAtrTI~ SaL801< •
tu say we haw: d nne o ur bu.it, "orry to
st~y
that we
. . . . . Secretrol)'
<"<IHlt.l nott.lo more: an d yet we hope that we ha ve at
.'ldd f'I!U alL b otln~.. letlert tu the 11Pihltff Ma nage r .
Artlelteit<>lltlt~ rrom forme r atade nto and tucbe n.
Hude no aodallblorlbenare ru!>L'CihtllyretjDetledto pat ·
ronlnonradwe rlilen.
o f thill nu mber. and co n t ribu ti ng a t least e no ugh to
j&R.OJI'J:W tt U I.IJCit .•
The " ('tw tf':<l
!! ll ,IC,I(i'>~tive
t.:u mm c nt .~··n n
rc nu&rk;c.
:uwth•·r
Most o f t h e s is te r
uornml s han! :tio lctl u s by purchasing e xtra copies
tu pay fnr th e half-tone c uts, hut still the expeu!16
of t he i~ ..;ue !1a~ hce n t·c ry great.
~ tli tot'iitl .
of
lt>ast Stlt n mark fur the future.
Alth(•llgh \t'e niTe r n o compla in ts, ; it 'ro ultl seem ,
Jl:ll{l':l.l'l'
fu ll
!{ca d t he m.
lltl\'Crt hcless. that th e m c th•)(l which has h itherto been
followeJ miglll he IH.! c h:Ulgcd to at h •au tage.
Thi s is the l:t rgt ·~ t i;;sne n f T lw l 'u in t(•r in the h i~­
t.iory o l t he ;w hou l. The tHtml><·r p rintl'd a turHml s l.u
ahun,; t \(100.
Uf;l to
t h i:< time t he re i11nu p ro\·is ion within th e I. N. 0 . 1•.
<'llll.~ti t ution
en :lp j)f•i nt
in d e linite o rd e r t he annual
•·cprc.'!cn tntil·c p:I]>C r : anti there i!l, m o rco,·er , no
The l'oiniN. fo r tltt• tirs t ti uw thi..; yt•ar. i;; u n t
t·ntu]lCnsutiuu fo r that pnJ>er'" ser\·ioo gua r anteetl.
T he ,-,ns titutinn nf the Inte r-State J.eagu c might in
;;et't•ral dn~·;; l><•hind the rt•j.Cnla r •Ia to• ul its i~s u• •: lmt
in t hi:o! l'a!Jc wcdn nnt fccl tlt!l'JII,\' t•onso·ictwt: -;~ t ri t· k o• n .
this rt'S ])t.'{!l he t'lo 11e ly co pietl . Article XH. ~- I.
pr 01 ,·i•lcs that " The oftici 11 ] o rga n o f th e l..eagu c
CnrrC!! ji<Ht• lc ncl• h:lS IN!~ II do• lay1·d. t lw S ] Jt"ill~ v:wa ·
tion hrok(l i nt o t he Wtork. !IIlii thl' ~i~.l'Oo f t h,.IIIIIUI Jel'
~hall IN• a p:ljlt!r JtUIJli! lll'tl by the instit ut io n Itt which
thtl l't iJll t!~t ii4 held .'' St!c. 3, furth er Stllte'J t llllt
ill nuwh im·n•!ISCtl . Tlwrd"rt', the Tl'-"llltl ng ta nl i-
" 'J'h•· u tlidal jm.pe r s hall rc1•c it·e th e 1111111 o f twenty
Thf' ••• l itor-i n· •· h lcf•l•-'~ in: ~ i n th i ;~ n11 1 11th '~ ··• lit• •ri:tb
tin• ,J, IIan~ ($:.!5) rcr yenr a s l'O mpcm1111io n fo r it.!!~
,.,.n·i•·tJ. ·· II tho cnns titu tio n of the I . N. 0 . 1. r e ·
tu nmkc a how. - n•1t :1 l><•W t" intn .. h wt• him~•· If '"
•·••in~ ] a n a me ndme nt. to tim c iTect o f th e abo\'e, a
the pu hl i i~. I Je<.·:ln.~ c . H hl' i~ muter tlw t·urrt."t'l ilu prc ~ siun. his nnmc alrc:1dy apjlCar~ " lll'tl u r lll'io·c with in
rl'S I>I'I'tal!lt• c•un tt•!lt puhli('z&tio n would he ins ured
l':tl'il y1•ar. T heStl soU\'Cnir numht:rs j)()8Sf'illl a pe·
these •·•wen~.
c ul iur n \hlll whie h n ct.~il n o e lucldatinn and undoubt·
But he wu u l•l liko• tu make a hnmhlc
lxm." " ' p:t nl nn·:t~ king
m• .. lcst,\', if ~ 111'11
i .~ in l1i...
power. I n sc lf-• lcfcnt·l' he wi ~ lu•." t11 ,.t all' th at he
ha ~ nut Ctu len\·., n·d to pat h i.~ ""' II had.: "r thr .. w
t!d ls th••y arc in h:umnny " ' ith th e s pirit o f th ~ I. N.
U. 1.. loy furthering 11 ..t u!IC r r e la ti n n 11 hip be t _w een
t ill• \':lri.,u ..; nurru:d s .
THE
l. N. 0. L.
NOR ~I AL
POINTER.
93
BUSINESS MEETING.
Minutes of the 4th Annual Session, Stevens Point, March ' 7· 18<)9.
M
EI-::TING t·:t.lled to order by
!~resident.
Miss
J \
Et·a B. Trele1·cn.
Roll call s howed the follo wiu~ st'llOols re p·
resented: Milwaukee. two d e legates: Stct·en ;;~
Po int. threo: l>lstte t•illc. one: Os hkosh. two: nnd
Hh·er Falls , one.
On:ler of hnsines,. as gi\·en hy the Inter Stntet:nns titution was followed o ut.
Appoiutment of a credeutial committee by t hf'
P reside nt.. Said committet•, composed of Mr. Wal k ·
e r of Milwaukee. sud ~l r.
Partridge o f Whitewater. Report i u full by the credential
committee. Mo,•Cld and t·t.r·
ried that the rules be s us pe udcd, for l'lau e ,·ille had no crl'l·
de ntials. All credeutials we re
appro t•etl. Minute! rend nnd
s.pprot·etl.
Mo ved and carried that the
coming orator and alternate
seicct St.:tte color for the Wis.
I N. 0 . !.. nnd report same to
ucxt year's ofl\ccrs.
Mu,•ed and carried that Mr.
Hc mflrks mnde o n suhjc.:·t B<'mRrk!!! m!Uie by prcshlen t in fnl'or of Ril"cr F:tlls without payment for
this yf'n r. Mol'etl :tud e:lrrietl that Hh·cr Falls come
b:wk lo tho L.e agne :t nd rule;~ ~IISIJ\:ndetJ in fat•or of
s:tme. ltc m:t.rks m:ule by Mr. l.eon:trd thnnkinR' tho
I..~mguc fut· f:w or shown Hin!r Falls.
Di~cussion of the chnsc An. VII, St.'t:(ion 3. of tho
constitution of the I. );. 0 . !.... whe ther or no it inchilies hote l r.x1>unses and tr.\\"eling e xpenses, that
bJ. :til uCCt.'SS.'\ ry e xpenses. Mot·al and ca.rrietl that
same e lnnse he construed to
mean all nL>cCssa.ry expeu8e!!.
Nominations made by delegates of schools for omcers for
ucxt year. Mo t•ed ami c.:trrietl
that St-'t:retnry I. N 0 . 1~. cast
unnuimonl'l ballot in favor of
each. T he omcen for the
t·oming year arf' M follows:
President- W. E. J.nrso n of
Whitewater.
Vice President-Nid!o la.-. A.
Shoctlerof lth•er Falls.
Set·retnry- J es.'e P. So per of
Ste,·e ns Point.
Tn>Aimrcr- \\"il•huul Oswald
Rounds be a.ppotntetl messcn·
~er snd the S te,·cns Poiot :Sot··
mal paper be made the oOicial
o rgan for the year.
f...ette r from :llr. Fulle r. the
of Milwaukt.'C.
Motior1 ma•le :uul csrricd
O.:l~a:.uc of ~-v~:-~:,1': ;o•;,?~~~!~~~•inn• mcc•·
in~~: oft.~ - 0. '-
that the orator autl second be
seut :LS d e legate :m •l alte rnate
Secretar y o f the I nter S tate l..e.:tguc. read by secretnry of I. :S. 0 . L., with names of judgeil sug~estcd
to serl"e iu I m e r State contest. Moverl nnd t•arrit.'ll
that list be appron:<l !lS read.
to itJtcr Sllt tc coutei!L
Maue r of plnce for holding Inter State contes t
tlii!CUS;!f.'ol.
ltetnarks mn•le by oliiTcrent schonls.
Mm•e<l anti carrietl thl\1 we I'Oto by ballot fo r place
Tbe matter of a plat·e for holding the s tnte contest
for 1000 broughL up. Motio n made that a ballot be
taken ag to where it shall be held. Motion laid o n
the table.
of holding the Inte r State •·on test the '"oming yeur.
Oshkos h rece in .'<l 0 \'Otcs: ~til waukee receit·c-1 5
votes. Oshkosh is the refore to be recnnune ude<l ru~
the place fo r holding :-'taUl contest of 1000.
Mr. l.eonan:l. delegate from Hil"er Falls. e xplaine.-1
ltive r Fall."!" 11itua1io n with reference to the I..eRgue.
:llm-C<I nnd t·a.-rit.'l'l that :llr. George Kelley flf0sh·
kosh he no min!\let'l anol recnmme ndt.'() :...~Secretary-
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THE
NOR ~IAL
rOI NTER.
95
CONCERNING THE CONTEST.
A Diversity of Articles Relating to the 4th Annual Contest.
THE MUSIC AT THE CONTEST.
\\'c a re ]Jroud of the music which was renolen..~ I at.
thu lotlrth nnnnal ornturicnl contest. Different frum
w h:~t hns llcen true a t •ithcr •·•mtests. the musit: of
the progr:uu represent.(',] purely tim talem of the
local normal. S1~•·ial nwntion o n thctlilfcrent se·
lection>l ii unnt:i.·ess:tr_\' , jtulging fro m the cneorc!i
elicited . The btlie>'' anti yomlg men' >~ qnarl.t'ts
merit prnise. M i~s Linton the d il'(><'tur uf tUir IIIIlS·
ical de partme nt desen·es:t good share of tlw ncdit
fur the high order of the mnsit·.
THE JUDGES OF THE CONTEST.
The si:t judges whose cleei~io n tlctcrmined thc mtt·
come o f the eonwst. deser\'e t he g r:uituole of the I.
N . 0. 1.. fur their sen · ices. which meant nu liu h•
time and etfort. The jtulges un thuulo(ht :mol t•nnl·
position we re :\lisii Anna K Sdn~IT•:r. t 'hip 1~w:1
Falls: Prof. H. J . Vus hnrl(h. Bc:l\'cr lla m : J udge
J . Hri ntlley. La CrosS\\. On dtJJi\·cr,\', the jutllo(es
were Su11t. W . I. :\lorrison, Merrill: Hun . F. T .
Tucker. Ncils \·ille: J udge U!i n B. Lewi~. St.. J•aul.
Minn.
A w.hul:l tion of the ju•IJres' marki ng~ will he fount!
o n thc opJJOSi te page.
THE CONTEST REC EPTION .
The ret'C!ltion, nr at :u1y ralC the ret-cptiuu :tfh•r
:tn orntorical t·Ontest ur !l footh:lll g:l nte. nr :tny thing
of that St•rt. is a , l,~uuwr.\tit• inlltitu•inn nf mod ern
uriscin. 11 is a ;;ign o f cnlightenme ut and :tth·:utce·
mcnt of the highest urolc r. Formerly, when a cl:w
were thwarted in the a(·complis hme ut of any cher·
i>1he<.l sche me t he)' eithe r s nlkt:d. or tli.'! puted what·
t'l\'Cr hin1lcrcd t hem in open reUellion. Nnw·R·tiays.
umlcr J emm·r.1tk rule. t)Cnplc at·e slnwly linding
out that only pan uf the fo lks can lun·c their way:
tiJRt t he re;Jt. anti sontelimc» the greater ntuulx:r
must be disappoi nted ; a nd t h:~t ;;o long :u thi.~ iii so
it is philosophk al tu get toget he r and rejvice that
c \·eryo ucs hopes :u ul prnycN don' t ha n: to IJt: ole·
featc•L- t h:ll there l'l\11 bo at least. o ne family s u·
premcly h:1ppy. Thi>1 I imagine, is the wu.y the
re•·e]ltion cmnc to he ins titute..!. Ami tho roception
on the e n•ning of M:\rch 17, 1800. certAinly RCrvetl
this purpose.
The S uJKlrior d(llc•T,atiun. s mall but uone the leu
earnest : Plnttcvitle with the Jmre blue or t he tur·
quuisc. Whituwater with the roynl Jltlrple, Milwa u·
kee with its s treamen; of rich purple nud 1:ream. a nd 1
Oshkos h o f the white and gold : two hund red peo-ple with about as m:lny songs and yells. were all
oli»ap poi ntctl Yet what ditl they do but trudge
through nearly two feet of s now from the opern.
house to the Normal just to let tho Stevena Point
folks know they were ghul the re Was at least one
•·rQwd whoStJ re presentative had won. And they
Whether or not thn abundance of
Slll'l.'Cf'tletl.
>1dwol culor'l!. the scent of the evergreens, or tho re·
fres hme nts sen ·ed in the music room helped along
this success or not, I will leave it to the people wht
got better nc<luaintetl i n the eomparn.th·ely qulat
s helter of >lOme s pruce bough, or in chatting over
the friendly •:ups of oocon. to uy. Any WI\)', you
coultl tell by the sonjtS. a nd the mRrehes, and tho
ha nners. and the sight of the ove nina's hero being
hnrne ahout upon the shoulde rs uf hi!! admirer!!, that
~~ ·pic had fMgotten their tliiia.Jlpointme nt in dem·
u ns tmting that they knew how to bear it. And by
nne o'clock. whe n they had to go, e \·erybody k ne w
\J\·cryl~ ly else anti were a ll ready to say that a eon·
tel4t o f any kind, without a reception after lt. would
bc- \\'ell. il wouldn't be much of any use nt all iu
our ti me.
THE ALTERNATES .
The :tltcrnn.tcs of the cout.est at leMt tlescrl'e men·
tio n. 11.'1 they re presented tbe second pri1.e me n at
the preli minary local conte!:ll.!land weredelegat.e>~ at
the busi ness meeting of the I. X. 0 . 1~. Their name!:l
:tre: llarold 0 . lkrg. Milwnukee: K N. Chlrke ring.
U;;hku;;h: J ohn (.;, f•R rtridgc. Whitew:tter : l.y;~lu
TilE NO RM AL PO I NTER .
lh td•, l' btlc\'il !o·: Carl F. owlc n. St C\'c ns l'ui nt.
Sntwi:fnr .~e n t 11 ,. oleh•ga ru bcsidcs l' n·" I. C. :\lt · ~o·il
REGISTRY OF
VISITOR~-
nnwaukee-l'n:s. W . II. C hee rer. l'ruf . J . J
liel·trudc llrnwu. li e ne1' io:1'e llio·k•·y. :\lahel
J c~oci-
~::~7:~ ,~;~g:::.·:~~' ~c~;.•;:~e~.c~.~:~::: ~~: ~~:.;t~J~;I~:: ~~ ~~~~~~~II•;:
llarolol Vceoll• r. \Uw in:anl IUumk t•.l\l a_,.
l.u nis A. U:uuuan .
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Mu t•nkh.
,Jessie Mcrrk k.
Whltewater- l' n >f. W . E. WatMO n. Co r·n1•\ia 1-:.
Hogcl'll. \,ir."'iC 1~. !; wan . Juliet J . Yc:akle. nf the f:\1'·
nlt.y: Fret \1):1\'i!O. Maurice Murris"''-" • Wal tt•r 1-:. l.:ar;;un. Hnth Taylor. Sarah K I..<JOiui,;; Hn1·. B t.:. l~ rt •s­
lu ll, Congregatio nal c hurd1
Superlor- l're!l. L t.:. :\II·Ne il.
Oshkosh - Pre~ . llals.•y . l' rufesso rs I. W. Brigg,..
H. H. Fli nj.l". II . X. ( ioo\o\anl . J _ H. l.olllj.l"h . F. E
~: ~ :::',·~:!~~~~:\ •;.::·:~ k~~ i~~;~~~ ~~·,:~;; r t~\' ~;:.', ~;-,, ~~;::::.:~~~:
T o we r. of the f:ll'Ui t)'. The
Stevens
H t\1!\ e n t ;o~
Polnt- U c p rc:-~t• nt c•l
en
•· n •uhc rcd
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m:l~SC-
THE OSHKOSH DELEGATION .
At '.! :'.!0 Frit lay a ft e rn uo n 11 SJJccia l train . co n !<i ~ ti11g
t he oeca,in n l>y :\lis:j Kimi.J:Jll , a teaclwr in t ho Eng!ish ole partllle nt. They we re nlso fo re mos t in keeping up the oh•afe ning fn s il:ul c o f school ye lls mt<.l it
um,;t 1-"'s:tio \ t hat thc in; wt•rc re u<le rct l with partio·u lary art h;ti•· e iTet·t.
It is " "rpri s iu~ t h:ll ~~ 1Wtil•e :l lmt.ly <'o nld
.-«.·r nl s llt'h lWI'fct·t •J•.tic t th1·oughont the program. No
ol c uwu ~ t r:lli o n w:1-i tu:u.le un til aht. r the judges tlc,.i,.io u was re nole n .'<.l. The n. thou g h the ir o nltor 1\' 11.11
nnt :1\l':ll'lll.'o l tirs tpla cl.'. they broke forth in ·the e n·
tlms ia, ufm just pritle in the ir "one girl" who ha d
~o t•aptivate< l the audiem~e by lwr ma.~tc rful d elive r y.
A her e njuyiug Stei'C II!:I l'ui nt hn11 pitu lity fo r tl
s hort time at the No rlllal building. the me mbcl'8 of
thi s ole lu.gtuio n withd re w with hntiJlY hearts and
wa.Jc<l through the dt.>e JK! UCd s now to the ir train
anol wt' rc lauded :n in the home c ity :i.t four o'clock
Snturtl:l)' nmrning. They re turne d no t ·with the
fee ling~ of 1lefcat and ruin (."<.] hnJK!!I, hut with pride
tlm tt hcy h1ulln.-eu so we ll re presented in o ratory
:uul that s twh a true t~o ll ege !!pirit lmd b..-en sho wn
by the s<·h uo l 1111 an inrlication of what tho Os hkos h
Not'll!nl !!11-i rlltain t:!t l anol will obtain iu the futu rel\8
Prc·
C. W . VASIH: WAI.Kt: H.
Oshkosh Normal .
uf fo ur coRc hes. Jllllleo\ nu t of Os hkosh. bcariug the
d cleg:ltes frnm that l'it y . They t.uru ctl uut o ne hunol n.'ll a nol uighty s trong. im·huling a large nu1nl>l.' r of
the facult y . Ne1·e r did :a more jolly t~ro wol lt•:JI'l'
o~hk ys h . Wt•re il n ul fn r tlw ruar nf the tr:tin. the
nat il'l~~n fth e di ~ tr· il-ts p:t><~t·t l lhrunl(h mus t lm\'1'
t hnughl it a trai n J.,aol uf fun . ·"•·hunl ~"11.1!: "· and
;whool yt'll~.
Upon rt•:~t·h i nj.!: S t o·\'t·n ~ Puint. th t· dclt•t.mtinn rt•·
tiretl " t•n m :I~-IC" to l ht• ,J:II'!Jh" linn .~ •· t•l n •stu ro•
wh:a t ,•ne rl(y may havt• di s~ ipato ·d o n the jtllll'llc.\'
:\nd to prc p:ln' fnr an \'nthnsi:l!lti <· o•njuy me nt of t ho:
e\·cninjoC e nm t.;;.
At the Opt•rll lln ui'l.· iu the •·n minj.l" this l.o-~w ly of
MILWAUKEE IS JUBILANT .
The local eo ntel!t o f the Milwnukoo Normri.I S chool
Or:atnrical Au nciation called forth more contestants
tha n an y pro,•io us cnntest- SC\'mtteen in a ll . t:lght '
of who m we re lady SlUt Ien ts. One of this latter
numbe r . Mis!l 'l'hco .J. Donne lly, was awardcd third
pl:tl'tJ. Gc ne rn.l ~:1ti s fn l'liun Wall e xp res.-sed with the
oh•l'is iu n of the juolgt!S, anol thtJ ,;chuo l c nlhn,;ias m
wa.~ unho uud r d . The mal e stude nts uf t he schnol
to:nolc red t he " " c o· c;o~s htl o ml.lJr, Mr. Mc:\l:ahnn, an informa l rcco•ption the same 0\'Cning. anti the city rcs"ntukol wit h " U- rnh-r<:h 's" until far into the next
moruin g. :\lr. Mc Maho n rema ined the he ro of the
huur. :and much was l.':q~e(•t e•l of hi m a t the cominJ(
frnmthe st~t gc hat• k pas t the m i olol h~ nf I he holl!<C.
At. the frnnt Wll\'etl ~lw pe unun n f ye llow and wl1ilc
IJCsidtl the sheplwrd '~ cruuk whit-h wa;; pn.:s<~ nt eol tu
Mis11 She p:tr<latthc •· In~ .,f Ill' I' urn tiun . Durin!'
the intc n ·:al hcfn re till' u pe ning of the contest. I he
Us hk o~ h JIC" I'le ••u tertn i net..llhc ~:athc rinl( nutli c uo•e
with tlwir >'<· hrml ""lljl!:l. ~ent•rnn ~l_,. <'II UI rihut t•d f.,r
The e1·e ning nf the In tl: r-Nnrm:d t•ontest 11 large
hotl y ul s tuole nt !! gathe retl in the gymn n;li um tn
await ret urns frum Stc i'CIIII l'oint.. The evening
w:1,. ~ pe nt in tl:ltu.:ing a no! otlu:r l!OCia\ anmscme nt.s.
:111o l whe n t he mi t! nigh t hour !ltru\·k nno lntllli.ipRtl'h
haol arriw.'< l .~o m c l.~t.'(' am c tli scournged . ye t no ne
t hnu!o('h t nf lo':ll'illf.!:- ltnttlmy ha d nnt \n ng to walt
THE NORMAl. POINTER.
for s hortly afte r mi•lnight. the te h,ogr.lJlh IJrough~ the
new;; of McMahon 's SIIC('CS.i. :1.nd t·hecr a h er cheer
arose nmong the assembled s tude n ll!. The follo wing
c \·ening a t :1. ga me o f ba;jket· hall hetww u the Normal school and Unh·ersity girls, the prese nce of Me·
Mahon was the occ:~,;~i on for man y more nuthu rsts
nf applause anti be ligurcd as the guest o f honor at
t he n •ceptio n following the ~a me. Whe n scho N.II re!!umetl session ou Monolay the dclcg:uion pre.«e nt at
S tC\'Cil-i Poin t t reated the .st:hool with the yells and
!!Ongs mannfaN ureol for the Inter-normal eo nt c~ t
and Pro f. J egi ga\·e :1.11 inte resting ac•·ount of the
conteu nntl " iawitlt~ nta l.~-- of the trip. Anti e \·cr
since we ha\'O before us. grnci ng the .w alls of the
assembl y hall. a pict ure of our or:nor of whom we
are so proud .
M. M. ~hn: su.: n.
;\Ill waukee ~ o rmal .
Contest Corrp:qentli.
It wu the int ention of the ed i to~ o f the l~oirn e r
to se1·ure fo r publiC'ation in this ntunbe r a short
cnnune nt or criticism on the lnte r·normnl Orn10rical
Contest from the pre~i ll e n l.'4 of th" s•·h ronl ~ representetl. <..:iremnstnnces h:tve ••otu pire- 1. howt•ve r. to
pre \'e nt t he c arryi n~: out of this 11lan in fu11 . lmt we
:u·e gl:ul to be ahle to print helo w the co •ume nts.
kindly wri tte n for ns by the pre~ itl e n ~ of the schools
to whil'h the fi rst th ree pl:u ·es in the cont est were
awardet.l.
- Tilt: EU ITO ~ .
I hn1·e not h:ul an OIJI>O rtnni ty of IJ..ite n i n~ to forme r i utl• r· normnl ornto rical coutest..s. hut •:e r t:~iul y
the.)' must h:H'~ reached ll high s t:lnthrd o f ext•ellc nce if they equalle. l that o f 1800. As ••om parcel
with the li rst iute r·collc!ol"inlll orntorit·al co nt e~ts held
i n S ew Yo rk in 1875·8. se\·e rnl n f which I hntl thc
J.ll e:l.~nre of heari ng. it see m >~ t.o me the contC!It Rt
S te \•e n .~ !~oi n t marks a great change in the manHes·
tat inn of -ii'·hool and college 11artisans hip. There
were no ole'?on,;trntions in the Acnolcmy of Music in
S ew Yurk. whe re t hese co n te;;~t.!J were helol. on the
part of the st ud ent ~ nf the 1·a ri ou ~ colleges repro~ ntt.>d. ext.-ept in the way of :lpp l:~n se s u c h:~,;:~ wnuld
nat.nrnlly follo w each S IK:ak t: r·~ effort. t ol o nnt
SJl•eak o f th i.;~ ~ de pret·:uing s u ~ h de mon strntinus as
t here wer'!l a t the Ste \'C n .~ Point cnntest. for they
scemco.l tu he well •·on trolled; hut rathe r ~~·au se it
indicates t h:u our {'OIIege and sch011l t'<) nt esu of nil
97
kimls lm1·e been inftucnt"etl by tho tho increl\Se(l
keenness of competition iu lifo tluriug the pMt
twenty yc:1~ . lam inclined to think thntt he interest o f tlw antlicuee \'I"Oultl he increased if there were
a time limit of ten or tweh ·o minutes UJMUI each
orntio n.
l~cl'l!O nnlly I s hou ld enjoy liste ning to two or three
nrntio ns lii)On the same s ubject. anti I won hi sng·
ge;~ t thtlt six or llight snbjeets 00 onmetl by the offiI' Cnl of the AssociRtio n from which the t'O ntestAots
mnst make their selectio n.
I wis h to express my bcart.y npprecintion of the
ve r.)' o·areful Jlreparu.tious which were made by tho
Ste \·ens Point ~ !11)01 for reeeh·ing the visitors who
olescended upon the m. tuul also that W isconsin is to
be so well re presented nt the inter-state or-atorical
l'tu:s. R. H. HAUIET, 03hkosh.
On e ,,f the m o~ t valu~:~oblo thiogs which a school
• • :~on olu for its pupils is to gi\'e them the power to
s peak zunl writ~ well . Oratory cultivates tho power
of cx pre§llio n: makes the pupil read exhe.usth·ely o n
a ~inm suhjt.~ t ; gi1•es him self po!!Session an•l a
cun sc inu ~ nt>.!l.~ of po wer to stand before an nudienco
:~.nd hnlll their intere~t .
(.;nutcst..s between th ~ different Normals In Wis·
t-o nsin pro mote :l good school feeling in the diiTerent Norm11ls ami betwl..-en the diiTe rent Normals.
It i.i a guod thing for the pupils of one 3Chool to visit
anothe r. After the eonws t at Ste vens Point, an RC·
count of the m c~ling was given by some m~ruber of
the faculty in e 1·ery Normai 11Chool in the state, thus
bimling the tliiTe rent !Whools together :uul makiog
eac•h -ii':hoo l rc~ol\'C thnl it would he the vh:to r in the
11\l..-eting at Milwauli:L-e next year. These cooteilts
o·rc:•tc an interest in good speaking and make the
public nnd the stat e at lnrge inte n..'Sted in the Nor·
mal sehool11. All the ai)Ove is tn1e, upon a hroRtler
scale. of the inter-stAte contest..s.
The things which particularly impressed me at
the Stel'ens Point contes t were : The t:Or'lliality of
our n.oception by the stude nts and faculty of the
Ste ve ns Point school : the good feeling between the
diffe re nt schoolil. u ~ h own by the heartiness of ap·
J•lauge gi1·e n to each speaker, when the S.)'mpathy of
a 11\rgt: part of the audie nce w~ undoubtedly with
iu l01.·al rep l"'CI!Cnt.a.th·e. The very oordial applause
of the Ckhkosh olclcption for each ii!)Caker in turn
NOR~I AI.
THE
'~'\S also nuticcnhlc. The f:at·t tim~ afte r thu jUtlgco,~'
tlt:d s ion hatii>L'<lll rctulcrL'<l th u audic twc rllfraincd
from cheering tlmt <t <uight n••t :lpJ}IJtar tv glur.r•n·cr
tho;~e who hnd hcen oh:fc:llcol. ~ t. .. ws a li ue tlclil'at·y
o f feeling. I W:ll! also impn·s~t·ol with t he l1car t.y
t•nng mtulatinns whidt wo:• rc ),!il·cn hy a ll tlw .~l'huuls
to the winnt:r at tlw n:.:·t:ption wltk h lnlln~n..... J tlu:
My suggest i~>ll § fur fut ure t'<~n te,;l..~ a ~ : that no
two SJK:akers be m:u·kcol alike hy :Ill)' juolgu: t hat
lnrger olclcgatio us t_~~)t h of f:u-u lt,\' 1111d s tude nts at·
te rulthcsc L'OIIIC.'itS: that in the fut u re one :U le:a:;t uf
thcjutiJtCS shall be :al:ad,\'.
l'u~:s. W. II. C tt t:t:\·t;rt. )Iii wau kee.
The hcnc lits tu IJe th:r h·c.l fr<~ m s uch au Or.tlorica l Contest :tl! t hat jus t lwltl at S tc\'Cns !'oint a rc
nnt continctl to t he partit·ipan ts a lone.
,.J:::~c ;:,~~e:~t:~::l;:u::::·::~ ':',';,', t·::~~tfi';,',.~'ttt~t•;~i~:~~'·~
ger\'e."' not o nly to im pni\'C l111: taste nf thu;;c in any
;;cluml whoar.:• l'l!tc rill.': the l01·:al t'tJilt(';;t, hut their
POINTER.
wvrk nlsu helps to set a st:uulnrd of c ulti vated
"Jk!cch for the e ulire s tude n t both•.
When tJUe who ha~ tlone W tJII, arul by competent.
juolgcs i.~ pro nnuncc<l to excel his com1>elitor>~ ,
eumes ho me wit ho ut taking high m nk. t he local
cstiumte u f wlmt ('onl!tit.ulf•s lir::;t rate nc hicvement
mcch'i'S annthc•· l!hnc k. anti the resoh·c alway§
formc•l to reac h " nc ...:t year"' :\ny attai nable s wntlanl, is a healthy .o;timulus to those who e nte r the
Ano tlter les~on o f life is thnt o f the fnllihili ty uf
human judgme nts, anti the certainty tha t o ur best
elTon may not bring the re ward sought nnd per·
Imps enrncd, anti o ne lenrnl! to tim! his greatest
.satis factiun in the conscivus ncss o f ha,•ing done his
best r:atlte r than in a ny tardy recognition by o t hers.
Every contest I han! atte ndt.'d h:L'I excellctl tho
Ptt:l.~ding in the gcncml excellence of :111 the o m·
tions prcscnh.'tl. and I h OJKl C\'cry yt.'nr lllll)' unuk :l
olis tinct :uJ,·ancc.
Pu~:s. T. B. I' IIAV. StO\'CIIS l~oi nt.
THE YAWLS AND YELLS!
That Made the Contest and Reception So Vociferous.
MILWAUKEE.
I,; : Hah ! Hah :
OSHKOSH.
li: r.ah : U! rah : Oshku>~h r nh!
;s,,rnull ! Normnl :
Zip. honm. hah !
L: ! Uah ! Hclt '
Nurm:1L :\unu:d.
1\l ilwllu kt•t>'
Uak·n·kn-cx. t•o-cx. cn·ex.
U:\k ·u·ku·Hx. ko·lix. ~n·lix.
Kik-:t·p•tn-pocw, kit·k·n·J)OO· I~•Hr.
Normal. blood nnt.l goN.
Hit-kc t.)'. ltn<:kf't.~·. ('rkko•ty . C•~wkcl)'.
Hiz! Hnh ! Buum !
Wc a n • t lw pt•oplt·.
Anol we lako• IIJl roum !
\\' ho :Lre. \\'hu :arc, Whu rare WI• ~
Nnruml. ~"tlllal. Milwan k•••:'
Hickcty H:ack : Hickety lt:1<·k :
\\'hnt'i'l the umttt•r with or;ator M:l<'
ltickcty HinJC : Bickcty !lin.~: :
He'>! the hoy tlmt'.~ ~Hr•• tu win :
Ushko:~h
~
Sosu- Tunc. The Ula<"k.~mith.
l.i~t! Li11t ! to uur ~••nl{ uf Jel:ulm•i'ls.
l.l!!ot : List : In uur ,.ho ut uf ju,\',
\\'hu'11 this lnol that SJH•aks fur Lhwul u '•
Whn'i<t his umtor. this lH>\' '
Mc Malwu. Md \lnhnn ·:
lltl's tlw lraol frnntM ilwaukt.w.
:'\lcMahnn. )ld\lahnn !
lll' will hrin~r u.~ \'it-tor~· .
Mac. M:u-. ) f rw. ) J:.,. ·
:'\h-Mahuu, )f ,·~lahun . ~~~· ~f:thtt u ·
Hnxie Moxiu! Ha7.zlc IJazzlo!
Uah ! Rnh ! ltee!
We 're from : We're fro m O>~hkni<h ! Sec!
Hnxm Mnxic ! Razzle Dnzzlc:
Huh : l{ah! R:Uit.!
Fvr U. S. : U.S. ' U.S. Gr.utt.:
Hoxie Moxi" ! H.azzlf.'-c razzlc!
Unh : ltah : H:'l.nl:
Who' ll JtCt it! She'll J(CI· it! IJC.'i!l Slwpard .
Hi~~~'l:v"$~s·l~.rip ' t!IU
UJ)!
ncy~;~~~~~~k~~h.
Sosn - Onr O ne Girl .
·' ,!(.~,;:~:~. :~:~~';,//,~.;,.~ ir ~~:~.t"~~~~·. ~irl.
Til E NORMAl. POI NTER.
99
PLATTEVILL E .
S TE VEN S POIN T .
Who wilt ~
We will.
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W t• a ret hcNnrmal
From S . P. I.
B:tu lt•. l b-1.7.lt•.
Bis h. Unum. Ba h:
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Hah : lbh ! lbh '
S UPER I OR.
"T is 11<>j".~ h :
"Tis Juobl u iT:
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!'>!l•l"t·us !'oint :'\urm:ll"~
l'rcll y hut s t n tf:
Htt•ckl" co-x. t"O·'I:. l"••-x,
Hrt~k\· 1·n·X. •·u -x. ,.... x.
Jo:na . ,\1\•na. tllt:n".
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t fall:u·etta bka dt•l l:t.
Ena. Mt•Jm. Ou.~·
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W HIT EWATER.
\\" ell : Wt•ll: \\'t•ll :
Yo· ll: Ycli: Yell:
A t1• ll"o• in i t'
W t•ll i i{IIC."'-'i"
\ \"hilcwau•r Xunn:tl
Y~:s : Yt•s: Yc.~ ·
1
Fur ~let'l!il!t ]'oint \ ' i••t.,t·y.
\ rul A1·nu ld ! .. ( ; l'i~t·ll.
\\" i,•nt·nt"lll"l!L ~:l. IU: rkra n L
l'r-ct7.t']s a nol Bt•t•r.
] .;•]"I:I'JI'tlj:!'ll ll:tl(lll•r
\ \"t•"r•• a ll h o•110:
A. G. SPALDING&.
BRO~.
,.. ,..,,, "'"'" ATHLETIC
GOODS.
Hoetller Mfg. Co.'s
t>tT..:o~l oll t r.ll~.-.to
c ..1.
~~hi:,;~:::l!.:r
thclnol"'l:
•he t:•~'"" )".
The Spalding
Bicycle...
~:~••). ' '"'1"'--i•e r... u • .., lbll. f not 1\• 11. (;,M. r~unO<. ·l •hk•ir·.
t:)mn>•mno
. ,,, EXCLUSIVE
BICYCLE
STORE
C""'...._
L arg es t Variet y of
Bicycles a nd Sundr ies in Wiscons in.
.o;:~·:::~~~!~:".:~:~~~::'L~:.:·:tf~~;../::~'~. . ,~~ . . .tin~, .., Prices
,.;!i. .·;.:c;~:;;..., o1 ~·h1:~,•!c:j"'i.:; :·~-·~~:d~ ~i1~;cc1:\1. w c~n·.
''""'"i·A"~' "sr'iiC!iiN~ & IJ~05.
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that
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