THE NORMAL POINTER.
Volume V.
STEVENS POINT , W1s. , FEBRUAR Y 15, 1900.
NumberS·
HOW WE GOT A DUCK.
IT:~:~~:~:~y ~~;el~::lv~~~::l~l7;· ~B~~nel ;:~~=~
time. and d~ided to take o ne mon trip to thll
usual haunts along the ri\·er whe re I had ~pe nt the
greater part of that summer. as well :1s mnoy pre·
(.-e<Jiug it. I soon found a fri end . m\me<l Frank ,
who IVM willing w go, a nd if I would hunt ducks
he was more than willing.
W e had no gun but s ucN:cclt."<:l in Oorrowing o ne
of his brot her. aod ;~tarted o ut. As we neared the
d epot which was on o ur way we found an nccmnmo·
da tion train ready to pull o ut i:t the directio n we
were joiog. The train had no reputation fur swift·
- -u'tss and we thot we migh t ride np a short distance
and then jump off . The cond uctor ll.'IS Ure<l us that
we could get oil easily a t tho sand -pit whic h wa!l ll
little on~r a mile up t he roatl. As we neared the
sand -pit the speed of the tr:lin seemed to rapidly inc rease. We stood o n the b3.ck e nd of the caboose
watc hing the tiC!! wnic h fl e w o ut fro m beneath t he
car at the rate of a mile ll minu te. l d ecided to Jet
F ra nk jump tint and i f he lived t hru the ortlc:1l l 'd
follow. We both had had 101ne e:cperience in jum1•·
ing o lf a nd on moving tr:1ins but not w he n the trai n
was going so fa;~t.. We reached t hP 1111nd·pil and
Frank threw the gun ami ju mped. A • Jh~ t;onduc tor
had said, he di<J get oiT en.sily, but w.e}l 'begun Wl\fl
not halt dnne In that case. The tirst sov.eoty fetJt he
went in seven s teps. He the n began to roll and
after d escrlblog four parabolas came to a full stop.
I W3ll glad that I had stayed nn the truin, lint ail
Frnnk »till li ved I tlei•\det.l to jump ~~ the next long
stu ooth s pot. When the bmkeman Wll.il In th l! ca r
my chance came. I ' ignalc.:l the e ngineer tO· s top,
set the brake and jumped. T he brakeman he:tri n,{
t he g rinding of the wheels aotl 8118 Jlo."Cti og what thb
trouble W:tll c1uno ou t just ItS I left t he slep. l lf \'eti'
ungentle and d istou rtcoulf tones lie reminded ine
of the fn c t that I Wl\8 a fool a nd told me t h8t tile
ne:tt time we met I would !llu.idtmly take my d e part·
ure for a muc h warmer country. I did not take
issue with hi m o n the lirst poi n~ fo r two retLSOns :
First, becausu I had como to thnt Hlllne conclusion
when I saw Frank lc:we the tr:tl n ; ~cond, becani!C
he used s uc h a lo ng line o f adjectives tlut.t he wnA
still talking when t he train we nt out of sight. He
had one of the linC!It collect ions of oaths t ha t I e ve r
hcnnJ used by o ne man. Some of t he n1 l think have
been h:1nded down f ro m ge neration to gene ratio n
si nce prehisto ric timC!I, but fo r t he sake of the rellg·
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eons reputation of t he Pilgrims it Ia to be hoped that we got our ·•duck," twu of them In fact. and the
they, like all other mre old things. did not come to biggest and wettest ducks that I have e\"er seen .
Awcrica' in the Mayf\owcr. Some had been newly The sound part of tho nft turned completely O\'Cr
imported a nd the ot her~ muet have been the product and lodged on the rock. The other part acaltered
of his own fertile, but tiendish Imagination. I \'eri· itself proruii!Cuously• over ae\·eral ~quare rods o f
ly believe that he swore at me in seven diiTerent ~ater and quietly lloated out of reach. We lost no
languagCl!l. Ho wever, it did not hinder me from time in clambering o n to the piece that remained.
making gOOtl time back to where r·raOk was shak· It is un net.'OIISBry an~ inappropriate to repeat the
next fe1v refnarks that pas!ied butwccn us as we sat
lug the sand from his cloth69 an•l tho gun.
It was only a short distance to the river and we shivering on the raft. but I fear that tho brakewan'~t
1100n began our hunt. WE wal~ed along the Hats luftueuce made ILself mao \fest. To ~tay the least tho
for hours, climbing over loiJll. wading small creeks, remarks we.ze n 1ry impressh·o. But our troubles
and Jumping over mud· holes - whe n we did not were not over. 'fhe guo was in the bottom of the
mlsca'lculate the distance. We started up a great river. . We kne w t hat there WM only one thing to
number of ani pes but paid no attention to them; we do - we ~lil!t dive for that gun and keep divl~g till
wure after larger game and had said that we would we found it. We took turns dh·lng and after some
not.go home without a duck apiece. U\lt we were little time located the guo ftnd soon got it. What
doomed to disappointment. however. rm: not a duck to do next we did not know. It WILli thirty rods to
came In sight. After a while we d ecided that snipes shore, a balf mile to where we hlld 't'lxpected to land
were just as good ILl! ducks anyway. We had thot and the raft halt gone. We·bad reached t'hat at.age
them very plentiful but they seemed to read our of the game when ooe does not care much what hap·
pens and we determinad to ride that raft the half
mln~a and nearly all disappeared. We shot three.
,howenr, and •tdown to rest. We were disgusted mile If It only kept our headA abo\·e water. Seatiog
with ourselves aod each other, tired, cold, dirty, and ourselves onea.trlde or either end, we pu11hed olf
o f oourse. hungry.
the rock. It supported .us qu\tt1 well and we
Just before starting hoMe we found an old raft. traversed the half Ollie and reached the 11hore with·
.We were up the river from home and kne w that if o ut further mishap. We did nut enter Into the
the raft was large enough and strong e nough It town by the straight and narrow way, but proceeded
would carry us- and our game -two thirds. of the rather by a clrcuitoUJI rout_e through woods, clearway home. A. short examlaatlon show~ ua that ' iugs. corntields, backatreets and alleys until we
one-half of It wu well spiked together but the other arrived home twosadd~r, but wiser and wetter boys.
,half ~nsl~:~ted of boards piled crosswise on two Jogs
J . H. BA.KBit.
.Tel')' loosely. It was not In our minds to do any
more walking for the rest of that day thao was
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ltrietl,. neoeusry, so we boarded ·the raft nd poled
On the southern ahore of anauraetlve little islaod
out Into the river . When the current caught us which forms one of the group of the Aland lslarids
.and ~n hurrying us along, we sat down to watch In the CQid northern sea of Bothlnloa,llt"ed &middle
the fut reeedlog ~~cenca of o ur Juck\0115 bunt. We aged tisbermao with his two motheriRU boys. He
were once more In the best of spirits and considered was a rough k)oklog Ull.n, yet kind hearted and a
the finding of that raft u luCky a thing as could good father to his boJI. His name wu Sigurd
han befallen us. We would get home without a
Lloquist and his sons •e~ Arnold and Otto, aged
long tlreaome tramp over railroad ties or through eight and five retpectively. Arnold and Otto •ere
the wOO<:J... We ceased to think. of deceiving ducks, hardy little fellows. They never whimpered •ben
poor marksmanship and other troubl~ and drifted they had to stay at home while their father rowed
along without paying any attention to where we out to sea to catr.h the big ftliny ftoundera, or wbeu
were KOing. We S!Jddeoly heard a grinding noise he. climbed the steep jagged clltrs beyond the cottage
beneat.h our cruiser and real lUng that we had struck to gatbet the eggs and 4own of the \l'&riousseablrda.
At such times they were left tn _rhelr o•n rea roelr, started to our feet just u .the raft struck an·
other and went to pieces. There In the middle of sources for amusement. This they did by tumbling
the Wisconsin river in about ten foot of Ice water. on the cottage floor, dra•iog plcturet of boat& aod
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sh_ips on it and then whittling out rude little models
of thes61ittle charcoal images. or wlum the fu n of
this wu spent they carved inunmernblu notches on
the hugo wooden bedstead. Of · ·~ourse tllu small
lingen were 80metimescut. too. and their father was
a little ooocerncd one night, wheo. on comio.~e homf'
he found Arnold lying on 10me tarry quilts in n. '-'Orner almost. fainting, with his c ut rmd bleeo.ling hand
done Ufl in a &t(K"king. and Otto besidll him having
cried himself to sleep. The father. howtwer. pour&!
some brandy down the boy's throllt and o;lressed his
hand so th:\t e\·erything was alright on tho next day.
Sometimes the boys would phty a long tho sea·
11hore, with the sand, tho pebblus, and tho shells. .
Sometimes, when the days were bright a nd ;mnny.
Sigurd would take thum with him on his fishing
trip. Some days they were Cl'en allo1\· eJ to climh
among the rouks"and cli!Til a nd throw stoiles at the
sea-gulls.
Thus Aroold a nd Otto li ,·ed all summer long.
They bad no companion to play with. the collage
being an isolated one. The nearest neighbors ",..·ere
two bachelor fishermen, who Ji,·ed ten miles away
on another island.
All the men that lived on these islands sold Hsh
enough in summer to buy bread and other necessities in winter. Onrlng the summer the.)' lh·ed most·
lyon tisb.
When winter came to the Linrtui~t household
there was not mul'h to do e;'ll;cept to rep:lir old nets,
make new ones, cut wood. make snow shoe!! or ski!!,
snare rabbits, tesch the littlt! boy!! bow to read and
write, impress upou them the necessity of ~inK: able
to recite so much a day from Luther'il cate<'"hism,
and to make a n occasional trip to Mariuhamu for
provisions. Sot much to do, inde«<.
Mariebamo wu a town twentY mile~ away, situated on the maio Island. Here everybody h:td to go
to buy their necessities.
lt was the day before Christnuu when Si(!urd
Linqulst decided to take a rellpite from the salt lisb
a r.d musty bread, and hal'C a regular Christmas
feMt, be and the two boys. But to get the goodies
he DIUllt go to the city. He therefore stmpped a hag
to his shoulders and the long Norweginn skates to
his feet, and telling A.roold to be good and take care ·
of Otto, he was off like the ~·ind ar~ros.~ the gliiltening ice toward the distant city. Arnold a nd Otto
were really good tha t day. There 111' 83 no cutting of
the lingers or carving of the bedstead. T hey could
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think of uothiug save the goodies. Their fa.tber
would retu rn in the c\'Cnlng. then what a time they
would h:t\'C!
Thinking o f the goodies spoiled the-ir appetite fCir
tho tJsh at tliuue r time, but mnnchlnp: the bard
pieces of ryebrend they would stand on the bench
ne:1r the window ami peer unxiously and wistfully
through it m•er the frozen .sea to the distant horizon
for a sign of their father . There they stood nearly ·
all the.afternoon. They lo\'&l nch other. thesn twu
brothers. When their father WM aOOut to punish
A.rnold for some mi!kleed. Otto would lntert:ec.lo
wir.h tear.~. and when Otto gol into a 81!1':\pc, Arnold
would do the same. Otto IJecamc tired of standing,
110 they ruon.od the rough WO<klen table to tht~ window and climbed on top of the table.
lmagine them as they ait t•uddlec.l up with tbe.lr t
anus about en.ch other and their faces glued to the
pane. Who can describe their fee.l lngs. the .Buttering of thei r little heart.<~ when twilight and darknesll
came, and no pap11.. They ue\·or knew papa to do
this before. He alway;~ managed to btl hon1e when
he said he would. What (.'Ollld hlll'e happened to
him ! Why did be not come now ! 'fi.Jey could see
no more through the window. so Arnold plied some
s ticks on the smoldlog tiro and they . both sat dowb
in front of the big tire pht.ce In the corner. T hey
started llt tht: !cn.st noi:w of the wiml or at thi!, howl
of some a nimal.
As it grew late and no father came Otto began to
cry. Arnold tried to t.'Omfort him, bot not succeed·
ing, began to cry also, and there in front of the fire
place they cried theml'eh·es to sleep. Thll' wasn't
the Christmas eve they cxpe<'l&l.
They slept till the ann was well ad":t.n<..'ed on his
journey. Arnold :t.woke and look~\ around. Still
no father. He put some wood on the still hot coals and
awakened his brother, Otto. who aA soon as he realized that they were 8till alone startod to cry again,
but Aroold comforted him by saying. that pubaps
father bad stopped at thtl two liKhermeo O\'Cr night.
a nd that they. Arnold anti Otto. woultl go and meet
him.
They put on their .jack~~ and started on their
journey ol'cr the slippery Ice. They had not !(One
far, howe\'er, before they began to feel tho e;"~~;trenle
cold, especially Otto, who had the thinner jacket.
At last Otto could go no farther. His little lejp
were too cold and iltifT. He wantt.od to~t. Arnold
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At tbe opening or 1-be p resent fJUarter two new
faces appeared npon o ur platfurm, in the place5 so
long occupied by the familiar features of Mrs.
Elliott a nd Prof. Syln!!Jter. We realize that in the
departure of our old Instructors we austained a
. great loss. Whether or not that lou has been re·
paired will appear from t he following. Dr. F. K.
Sechrist comes to us from the Pennsylvania. Stnte
Norma.! School at Lockha'l"e n, J,'s., where hu bus
,been lnatructor .ln literature and pedagogy. He ill a
graduate of La.fayeue college where he also took his
·degr-ee, Ph. D., In English Literature under Prof. F.
·A. March, one of thu beat known profC8SOrs of Eng·
' 1111h In the United States. Dr. Sechrist will take up
"Mr. Sylveater's work In Literatu re and in addhioo
wtll have a clase i.n advancod German.
Mlu Minnie L. Gt"ll.\'69, who is to take charge of
.the geo~rraphy department also comes to us 'l"ery
.highly recommended. She Ia a graduate of the New
York Slate Normal school at Genesee, and bas
,tanght for some time In two lltate normals, located
at Tcr_rc Hnute. Ind .. a nd Cumberland Valley, Pa..
re5pccth·ely.
To both of our new instructors we ten~ern h_earty
welcome to our midst.
It was with much surprise 'hat tbe ·schoollcarned
nt the beginning o f this qll'llrter that our highly
es1eemcd Latin teacher would be compelled to Jca\'C
us for a time. Miss Stewart was unexpectedly
called home o n Rc<:o unt of the serioualllness o f her
fu ther. 01~·ing to his ad'l"anced age Mlsil Stewart
considered it lJuite probftble that she would be nn·
able to return to her woz:k before the begi~nlng of
the spring qMrte•_·_ _ __
Oratory and .Jchntitlg hn.vtt received the .greatest
eol:ouragcment In our scbooltn>er since Its orgnnlza·
tiun. These ont&itle brunches, hav.o reeell"ed the
· united and onthusin.stic support o f both faCulty and
student bcXIy." The 11fforts of th~ faculty have been
untiring in this tlirection. E1•en whel!- crowded with
other work differe"nt mem~r6 o f our faculty ha'l"e
been wilting to take bOth the time a nd pains to drill
tho aspiring orators and debaters. But their willing·
nCllfl has been onlytooaerioilsly haodicappod by their
various duties and ma ny a young man or woman hns
bcen discouraged from entering the oon"testa upon
the rostrurri because he bu been unable _to secure
asllistance from those to whom he went.
The training recel\·ed In these lines Is regarded as
being of gren~t importance. Compared with mathematics. with the sciences o r with the classics. om·
toricnla a nd debo.tes are acknowledged aunperior to
them nil in the me ntal discipline and training which
they nfford. Why should they not ~ave~~~~ a tten·
. tion devoted to their culture! Every otlu:r depart·
~ieni ha11 a mllmber of the far ulty who d evutea hi!!
whole time to tha o rga,nizatloD and development of
his department. Would not a separate department
organized for the pur pose o( furnl• hlng t raining
rd ong these Hoes and v,Jaced ~ nder the manage·
ment of some one man (talented In that diroctlon.)
be a n arlnotage ~\'er the 'present unsatiefactory sys·
tern under which o nly ·a few receive the benefits
which it Is impossible tu besto'w upon all! However
these are only_sugge~~tlons. We reali~ that auch au
Ideal conditio!l,of o.ffail'flcan only be reached by o ver·
coming many diOiculties, and until it comes we must·
patiently wait a~d work on, doing the beat we can .
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Thlnk.- Fe llow stude nts. t hat is whnt you are
here at the No rmal for - to think. Unrlt>ubtedly
this is 11 ne w tho ught to yo11, but I hold tha t it is
ne n:rthcless t rue. Ins ignilicant a!l the wnrd m:,\•
seem. tho ught is t he o nly pilot whic·h can guide yo;,
•i nto t he h:J.\'Cn of sdwlarship. But thtl ti me uf
t hinking is of mnst impot·tancc. For fear some ~>no
s ho uld fail to be itnJJreSSt.~l with tho truth anti importance o f these lines. I shall c nrlca\'llr t.n make
tho las t s tatumcnt, nt least. plaine r hy a few illt·s tra·
tiomt whic h han.! been gat he n.'rl fro m 5nwng us.
Miss Ha - - - a\· - , whe n try ing to d e te t·mine
the I'Orret:t use o f t he wonlsstop and s t:tid. " Well,
wo uhln't it be l'Orrec t to ,;.ay he s tnppc rl at the gate ~··
And as soon as t he wad1e r cnuld he heard s he s:tid
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" Gndo ubtedly.· ·
S:~.me teacher, " l\liss ~~~ - - c w - rC:ld the ru.Jxt
s.cnte uce using le t o r lca\•c o·orl'eNiy. ··
It
Miss An - - e w- . with a gapt!, " Let me :\lone ."
WR.'J \'Cry s ug gesth·e.
Yo ung lady in the l'hysiuln~ry •·lass: " Why is n' t
the image on the retina a.<J l:,rge as the obje..:t ~··
Fro m a lette r : " )~lease linrl t•nclose•l 5Ck: in
United postage ~tamps. ··
From :l nother : " Encloi:ieol ynu willlinrl a tluc bill
fo r that lliOIII'Y you nwc <IIC."
And. " :\lus t c lose and go tu (gyl J i m "
l'rof. Mr'C - - - - -· - :
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illustration
which he used.) " If I sho u ld take holrl o r a red hot
iron :1nd swing it aro unrl :Uitl :lr<•und wha t wo uld
yon see!" The ~·I:J.ss e njnyerl the pit!ture if t hl'y
didn't get the pomt.
A certain ~ormal boy not long 1ago c hanged hill
loc:~.tion .
Fortun:~.tcly or unfo rtuna tely he mo,·cd
to the s t reet whe re a certaiul:!rly fric url of hiMlil·es.
Whe n the postman met him he :~.Skcd where he
sho uld deliver. And whe the r ynu be lie ve it o r not
the youcg man ga,·e hi!! lady frl e nd'Mnum ber. " The
ti me of thinking is of mos t import.ance."
Vlslt.- \Vhy don·t 011r tc!lchcn~ ''isit ea c h o thers
cl a.s.~!l wore! I t W011Id ;;urely re~ult in heiJl to the
studeuts, be<-ause it wou ld te nd to do away with
some of the c lassroom pcculiariticl!; make more of a
connectiOII between 1·ertain br:\ncher~: al•oid :111y
repetition of wo rk: and alfo rd m:lny Jw inu nf in·
lerest fo r discuMion.
\\'e gil·e ,:p:ll'e tn t!Jc fnllowi11g and lllt it SIM'l\k
for itself: •·D,:a r Consor- Uo n't ynu think it i.<~
great the way the m .Juniors r~.nd SCnio r.i is :Ill the
time 'lllarrclin ~ What if thei r pt!M ruulums sho ultl
lind out how t heyre :acting. It wo uld make the m
feel :1wful h:1d. l>on'L ynn SllJIIklSI! .)'1111 cuul•l Sll.)'
StJn1c thing so theytl Stop ~ They o ugh t to. And
set!rll.i like wheu tht!y :Lro W•tin ahomt thing~ lh:at rail
of u~ i;~ concerned iu and c\'eryulw ouuirlc hl lloinjl
to he!lr ah11u t they OIIJ(ht tu rer·ollo•t:l th:U they ht:·
long tu the st·hnol anrl n ut jus t t•l rme ~·lass. Thoyre
so ~ISS)' t11 us we c:tu't rlu uothiug. sol I hOJ~ you
Uespt!l"ta hly.
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Thanks- for tho no w ~~:Ja,;s in the lurlie>~' tni lc t
room. It i11 1·ery e\·ide nt that the youn~~: ladies np·
Jlrt.ociatc it for they han: Lem1 hnwing their thank!!
hefnre it, with m:u1y a .'! mile. c1·er s ince it Wtl.'S lllln~ot.
Thanks- a rc duo l\li;;s Liuton frJr e ncouraging us.
on the ti rst. mo rninj.\' of the ne w ttuarte r. with thl•
" There's tllil}()(\ Tim11 t;oming."
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Watch- for the now hnll pictu res.
son to bcliol'C they will be \'Cry tine.
W e h:~.\·e rt"tl·
now trier! to go huc k t.o the little is luml. hut Otto
o•rm lrln't go with him. lie 11impl,\' sunk <lown on
the icc. shh·ering and t·ryiug. Arnold now hccaruc
dt.os j~rate. He tried tn <irnK little Uuo :lio ng. He
was the one th:~.t brought him he re. Hc..t:o nl•l not
Iern e him to die. He Let·amc ti rt.... l :Uid •• rit..~ l a lso.
He called fnrfather. It w:l.'Snnu,;e. No hclp c:~.mc.
He t<)(Jk oiT hiil jacket and put it U\'e r Otto and illlt
riown o n the il-e besirle him :Uirl rel!IJh'crl that if
Otl<J ll'llS to rlic, lu~ wnulrl die tnu. They wnulrl
both go to hea1·en. the Leautiful hnme that Jl:LJXI.
lw<l ipokcn to the m so uuwh a IlOtH.. There po:!rhnp!!
they wo uld tinrl Jl:lpa now. T here they would ha\'0
t.:hri;~tmas.
Anti so it was. The e \·ening befure the lic rt•e
Hu;;sian woh·es had pounce.! upon Sigurd on his
way home a nti hi;~ soui !!JIC•I up to t:ud tn join that
o f his hclpm:ate. On t.:hri;~tmall a ft e rnnou Arnolr.l
!lnd Otto came 10 him. rand [liJO)(Iie!! were forgouen
in the joy of the ir tiruling ruuthe r and fathe r. and in
t he indeiierihahle ~plcnrlnr of a ne w t.:hris tmas anrl
,Jt"l.lt·s (;, (',\IIL~ IS.
a new life.
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TI-l E NOR~IAL PO INTER.
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Among 1hc large num ber o f o ld s tudents who l'isitt:d us ut.thc beginning of the term wero the following: Daisy P:ackard. Gentm lia, Minnie Wood, l'lninticltl, Mnrgnrct. Ashmun. l\lnrinettc, Lulu 8teven~.
Almond, Howard Calc, Uextcrville, Jesse Ba rker.
Sl:lrineu.e. Will i•. Smith, Neils,·llle.
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~~-~-:- ~·
' Robert Sparks nnd Mis~ NauniP. Grozinger. luu·c
withdrawn from school.
Miss Mabelle \{ugers of tho cit}' liJ>ent som e Lime
at the Normal during her vncntion .
M iss Edna Heed of Wnns:UI !IJ)I'ln t a few days be·
fore commenceuu.mt wit h Gmcc Kingshury.
Miu Lucy Spooner, cln.ss o f 'DU. now teaching at
Medford, v\siuxlnt the Normal Wednesday, J :m . 31.
MaiJelle Varney of C.reenwood hn! returned :l.i hns
also J e§SO Ames who has been absent for one IJU:lrtc r.
F.lido Marceau. Celia f~mmons. May Howlett nnd
Clark J enkins spent Sunday, Jan .. 28. at Grnn•l Hnp·
Ids.
The MiMes Gencview~ :uul Nettie l\lillcr cntcrtnin·
ed a party of Normal friends Wednesdny e\·cniug,
Jan. 24.
Miu Bessie 1-:-rcrhnrd of l\larshlield \'isitcd for n
few days at the bt·glnniog of the te rm with ~I:!. bel
snd Ethel 1-:verharcl.
A beautiful picture hn.s ln.tcly been :uld~l to the
a.sae.mbly room. It ill n. picture of Pike's Pe11k :~
seen from the Garden of the (iods.
Mrs. Bradford has boon called away fron1 her duties at the ro.-ormal by the illness of her son Will.
who for aevorsl clays has been ~.:onlined to his room .
Prof. Sylvester kindly consentOO to take Mr. J,i,·ingston'a place last. week a nd also looked after the
work of the ~~ehool during the absence of Pres. l'rsy,
who was attcodiog the mooting o f the llo:ml of He·
gents at Madison.
i\li.'l;l Stcinkn of this city wu.s married to J aC<lh
Woj:ak, one of our students, Monday, Jan. 22. We
thought at lirst that we would now lose him hut
when the new qu'arter began he Wt\.8 o n deck utul
g:ave us a chance to conp;ratulntu him l.le will make
hill home io the city and continue hilt studies nt the
Normal.
Tlw Arena elected the following oflleers for 1hc
IJU!trtcr : M:try Hnrg m ve, president : Margaret &wIer. vice president: Phoebe Hazen, secretary: Ellen
J olTers. treasurer. Miss Esther H etzel wn.s re-elect·
rd ns lender of the Clionian societ._v. The Atheneum
chose Mlles Wells nnd the Fo rum Robert Muh·ihill
as their rcspecth·c presidents.
The members of the Eltamining Board, Uegcnts
Emery, Hood wood a nd J enkins. 11pent no afternoon
in cxnminiuj;t the cn.ndid atcs for cortlticatcs nnd <li·
plomns. l..onise Nelson. Theresa Moran, Mao J olTerson. io"Aiith Scott, Nellie Judkins and Elsuri H . Whit·
ney being c:audidatt!S for l..'t!rtificates ami Grace
Kingsbury, J esse Soper :and Charles Uoles for dlJIIO·
Prof. Livingsto n h:\8 had a two weeks' vacation,
the ti rst for two years
He spent the time visiting
!IChool:~ in Chicago nnd after returning went to Chill·
pewa Fnl\11 to attend the county Suet. meeting.
Soon after his return from thi11 meeting he was tnken
seriously ill. At tho time o f gs>lng to prCI'S ho Willi
IJC1ter but it is lllli1.l that he will not be with us dur·
ing the bala nce of tho quarter.
Tho rhetorica l exercises ha,·e boon more enjoyable
l:ately and this is mostly due to the ·eiToriB of M i~~
Linto n in org:anizing the Mandolin club under tho
chnrge o f.Mr Ba rro ws, and the Violin nrc.hestm un·
dcr the supen·ision o f Miss llcin. Miss Linton takes
an acth·e part in all this wor k and gives much help
to those taking part thus mnkiog the exercises
llHICh more plensnnt than they otherwiao would be.
The follo wing studcni.IJ haveenterod school to t:tk(•
THE r-jORMAL POINTER.
up s tudies at tho beginning of the (Jlltt.rte r : ~iua
Aber, city: Mamie V. Potter. city: Belle :unl J ennie
Young. Pitt.sdlle; Frank Gilman. l'lon~r: Edna
Ca rr, Merrill; Ma ry E. Ward, Ncilsvillc: May me E.
Hanna, Manmwn: En,]y Brown. Marshticld: Alice
1•. Legle r, Kilbourn; Lucile Mathewlil. Merrill: Velma Fulle r. Me rrillan ; Emmett H . Miles, Set.:h!cn·illc:
~Iarke
M ead, W tLupaca.
At the corumcm.-eme nt exercises in the n.:<sembly
room Tuesday. Jan. 28, the following Jlrugra m was
re ndered :
Music-Simple Al'Cn . . . . . .. . . Mand olin Orchestra
Essay-Corrupt City Gon.m nuent ... Mac Jefferson
r~y-Home Hnlc in lrc!:t.nd . .. .. . The n.!Sll Mo r:1n
Music- Gone with its J oy and l\lirth . l.ndic:.~Quartct
Essay- Importance of Mediterranean St•a . .
. . . A . Loui:.~C Nelson
Essay- Rus kin's Idea of E.Jucation . .. Edith J. Scutt
Music..
. . ... .. . ..... . . . . .. . .... ..Chorus
Essay-Trusts . . . ... ..... . .... .. Chari~::.~ E. Uotes
1-: S.Say-Humo r of lning.. . .... Grace Kingshury
Essay-What the Greek~ C.:ontribiUCII to C.:h·ili·
. . ...... . . . .... ...... Je!lsu l'. Su per
7.Rtion..
Music-Piano Duet .. ..... Misse!l Flo we r a nti Hein
Pres. Pray in o. 11hort address to the graduates told
them what th.e l'ertHicates whil'h hc ga\·e sigullietl in
showing that something had been accumplis hed by
each p;rnduate. but that the (.'Crtiticate went only :\
little way in telling what each o r the m was C1tp:1hlc
of doing and that they must s huw by their o wn work
what they 1:o uld do. Of the graduates, J.o uise Nel·
son, Mae J efferson. <.:h:u·le.;~ Boles and Jcs!W Super
htu ·e left school. while the othe rs continue their
s tndie.'l, Miss Kings bury doing pos t graduate 'work
in science.
The Fifth Oratorical contest Will~ he:11 at thtl ~or­
mal. Friday. Fe b. 9. A good si1.ed u.udienn~ of s tudcots aod city pen!Jle listcnt:d to the following oratorical aod musical numbers:
. ... . Mandolin Ort·hestra
Music-Spring Song. .
The Development of the Ame ri1·:1n Flag ..
. . Frt><l (.; , Berto
. . . . . Jo:dna Hmh Stuart
A King of Men ..
Music-Fly Away Birdling .. Misse~ 1-::0.rleand Talbe rt
William Pitt. .
. ... Cha.s. F. Weru ~:r
Success Through DiftieultiC>~ . . . J erome H . Wheelock
Violin Solo- Muchku. ............. Anton Oeste rly
We ndell Phillips; His Characte r and 1\tis!!ion ..
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.. ....... .. . .. .. .... ...... . . ... ... J . E. Sal{f'r
The Ideal American .. ... .. .... .. . Arthur E Dawes
Music- M:&ssa:s iu de Colli. Cold Ground .. .
. ..... .. Mnlc Quintct
While the audience lis tened to the last snug the
secretary ligured up the stamlings. ontl a hus h fell
upon all, nnly to burst into a·ehccr as the chairman
anoouuced th:lt Wheelock had won first· pl9.L'C nllll
S:lger sccoud. These two \\'ill represent our §Chool
:t.t Milwaukee and we may be suro that they will do
thl'ir best to uphold the re putation o ur school hail
alrc:t.Jy won. The Judge~ on though t and compo!!i.
tiou we re I ra 8 . Bradfnnl of Augusta. Karl Mathie
of W:u1s:t.u and Judge Arno of New J.ishoo. a nd
l h%e on deli\·ery, Supt. J . W . Simmons. W . H.
Coye and Attorney B. B. Park. all nf this dty.
B- to. I hU.l'e three mathematics this f]Uartc r.
HeL Grammar, Physics and Geometry.
It is rumored that the next time our basket ball
players will take gum along or at least some smsll
change ;~o thllt they will not get lt!ft again.
One of the fac ulty was taking the names of the
pupils and the following took 11lace: Prof. J - . Mr. J - . are there any more J(~s) In
das:t!"
11\IW
"1\ti~IJ
Mr. 1.-d is in an awful s tow. He hM been trying to arrange his program and finds that he can
get two studies in tho furen0o.1n and onl)· "l..adiC>I"
in the afternoon.
In the methods 'C'lass they were discussing the
wheat lielclil of WhK:onsin and Dakota u.nd afte r !Jt!l'·
ern! boys had sp1>ken there was a lull. a fter Mr
J - kins had s poke n. " Are there auy more farmera
in class, " asked the ProfesiiOr . Horrors, what a
s tab:
We have a wnrm Senior clii.SIJ, they ha,·e been so.
busy organizing and buying pins and arranging for
s preads that they have not round time to select clas11
colors. The first or the quarte r they planned toha \·e
an enjoyable cvePing. hut their wily president fouu<l
a couple of juniors down in the basement in!Jpectlng
the refreshme nts. so he hurried Ujt a nd put a notice
o n the sitle board for a ll seniors to meet at once in
No. 28. rmportant business. He told what he had
!K!Cn anol the result wa." that the !'Onion hatl their
C\"ening s pread in the enrly twilight. Oh: those ter·
rible Juniors.
THE NORMAL POINTER.
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Out Wtl)letic~.
At a recent mt.oeti ng of the At hletic Assod:lliun
t he follow ing ofllcers wero eleeted for the term l'O\' ·
ering the hut half of the school year:
President .
··.F. ll. Polley
. .John Karnopp
Vice Pmide nt. :
. ..... Meri Ames
Secretary
Trea.surer.
. .. Uertmm J . Switzer
Jo~xecuth•e Committee ..... Prof. E\·a ns, J oe Baker.
Ed M. Gi lbert .
ha,·c good material for n.ll the e vents and can make
u. good showing if training h1 commenced at once.
Those with .spceinl aptitude along any line shonltl
get to work, create 110me enthusiasm and get C\'ery
one to thinking. '!'hero ls·uo reason, If each lU hlete
does his duty, why we should not have -a local til:\, I
dny a nd nlso a contest with some sister normal.The tirst step has bt.'en taken toward a base ball
team in the election of manager. Tile m11tter Is being agitated and it is hoped will dc,·elop Into a normal b:L~elmllteo. m . Iu the moantlme. ye "twirlCNl
uf the decepth·e spbere," get ready to p lay ball. fur
it will be you r in ning soon.
.. Way ne Cowan
Baseball Manager ..
'fh e IUl!IOCiation Is In a healthy l'Omli tion and pro·
mise! to continue so. The mew bert are acth·e nod
int ere:~~ted in o.ll its doings.
Financially the asso· . We ha''~' it through good authu.rlty that some of
elation has seen better day~ but Is at the present our nth l et~ ha,·e ve ry marked gum chewing Jlro
~ime rejoicing io .tbft fact that we have some script on
cli\'ities, when SIV~Y from home.
band. The middle of the s..:hool ye~r is always the
dullest ae far a~J athletics arecouoorned. At presen t
NEW LONDON VS. NORMAlour interests are cen tered in basketball and we arc
On Friday. Jan. 12, the · h&Jlketball ~am of the
anxiously awaiting d ev~lopmcnt s along that line.
Normal played their initial game of the IMiASOn. 'I:hc
game was played at New LondQn against the High
ARE "W"E TO HAVE PIELD SPORTS?
It we are to have tleld !lport.!l ait-hiL!I been the cus- School team of that plaL-e and resulted in a victory
tom In this and. other JJC hool:!l in the spring it is high for the latter by a score of 87 to 16. The result was
time we began to make preparations for it. The not unexpected by the No rmals but they bad looked
81'8l thing to uk ourselves is, does it pay to hn\'e for a closer score. However t he pro;erbial ill-h1ck
field eports! The history of past e,·ents of that na- of the day appeared to pursue them, ~t.nd no doubt
ture Indicate that it does. ~thletlcs is " part of had considerable efft.>et upon the score, forC~t.pt. Ut·
sch~l lite. Field sports mre a legitimate llart of tcr and George Atwell were accidently left at Amatbletlca. Some arguments may be prod need ngainst lwrsi Juuction on the way down. Bei ng deprived
foot ball but none against field sports. It topens a of their captain, the team elected Grimm captain for
field for la.udable competition which cannot help but the game.
have a valuable disciplinary and physical resnlt. • The game was clean and hotly conte~ted. but thtl
No rmals. not being used to a waxed floor wcro IU n
Becauee of the nriety of eve nta In out door field
contests, every o ne bas a chance. In some of these disad 1·antage Rnd could not play their usual gnmc.
evfltlt!!l the race will be to the swift whi le in others
The game was marked by the line field" tbrOwll of
'the ttrong will win .
l'hyman aiul the work of Grimm on free throws.
In tbla matter It Ia the Mme lUI it is in a ll other The teams lined up as follo w11:
11\8 events In which a number are to take p:ut.
NOIUU.LS
Nv.w l..mwo:<
'l'bere must be mothod and managoment. If we Schofield ........... c(lnter ..
. .. Jennings
would have a auooeMfullield day consillling of the Urimm ........... left forward
HP.rman
ronL jumpa. throwing the hammer, etc., we shou ld
Hall·erson ........ right forward ......... Playman
he at work. A great deal of 'fOrk cnn and should Rockwell .......... right guard ... ......... Rndtk u
.be dune In the gymnasium so that when spring Gee ................. left guard ............ Freeman
open1 up theN ,wiiJ be a n abu nda nce of developed
Snb!I. - AIIen, Wheelock ; officials: referee- House·
material ready for the preliminary contests. We worth ; umpiN!9- Evans, Rossiter.
THE NO R~IAL POINTE R.
INiullllli·
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CLASS SPIRIT.
As it is t rue t hat ideas. like soltlicN. owe the ir
fon.·e la rge ly to their arrangement. so the c\:1S"ses o f
a ;;cbool owe much of their life a nd enthusiasm to
t·lauspirit.
It is this s pirit that binds the mcmbenJ of a t•l:u;;~
together from the llcginoing to the e nd o f ~>ehuo\
days, a od s till l!Url"in!s in Alum ni dtl.)'l in interes t
··A merry n e w .. wit h wiltllml\ol\",
\Ve clim bed uur patient hark:
We S.'\ilctl he r t h i"(IU_~th the foul' yt>a rs' t•rnisc.
W fl" ll s:ti l he r to the lzl-!ft.
Her sail~ ami st ream.~ &prcutl alo ft
T o fo rtnne·s rniu or 11hinc.
T ill s tor m or s un 11hall :til 00 one
Aru l tlown goes "!t<J. "
J t:s sn: lhJ tu:~os. 'DD.
a nd kiml !y feelings for our class mates.
What. a p lc tUl:utt t rai o o f t h ought O<'CUpies the
··mc otal b:1ck -ground " o f Clach due to cl:lss ipirit in
the d ays
" Where this wss Dill and thnt
w~ J t)e. ''
A thing o f life and attraction is a class s tirre.l :anti
tmited by e nthusiasm a nd i nteres t. Such a clnss is
bound to c reate fot· itself a n indh·idu:ality nw.rkl·d
by t he SUC<"CSS o f iLS me m bers in S<'hool.
Am i its
members ba \'C learned that progres!4 in a n ~w field
of work is s ure r and more pleasa nt whe n in tlllison
and h:umony with fello w-workeno.
It \!1 a d uty 10 the school a nd to the class to be in
tcrested in t he c!Torts of othe r me mbers. lJC(;ause
we are not on t he plalforw, o u the gridiron. o r tic·
monstroti ng a t heorem. it does unt follow tolnt we
nrc oot responsible for the resul t. Au ention and
interest manifested towan l the ~peaker or reciter. tL'l
cheers from the side li nes, han! i ncit~l gn.'llter e !Tort
and scored many victorie!J
Whatever :.. stude nt uru.IP.rtnkes, a fte r thorough
prepnratioo, he is more certa in to wio, if he has the
sym pntby and a ttention of the clas!l, knowing t hllt
he acts not a lo ne but 1\.!1 a repre~ ntll.ti \·e o f 11.11 11.lert
and interested body.
l..et class s piri t be ma nifest to the one who is to
make an e!Tort, be it in oratory. athletk sor the ela8!1
room. Let him feel that from all come>~. :u with one
!lean and voice, the a&lertion. " l-Ie is one of our
own."
It is through the manifesta tion of a Ji,·ely interes t
that schools. literary societ ies and school papers
ln·e and grow. T herefore ~ Alumni we may no
longer ~present i n t he old fam ilia r rooms of our
Alma Maier, it is slill our d uty to contrihutt: our
r1nota to t hese column~.
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I n agt!~ to t·nm e may thu traditions of thu tlear old
:-ii~t h he :lhlc to )Joi nt. wit h pritlc. to nutny c hwos,
who in s pirit au cm ptctltn t.'< JIIIt.lthat uf the gallant
cre w th:H :t:lilo,_..:l fromth·~ harbor iu ·uu. who not only
wo rkctl :a~ a united b:1nd but prompted by tht~ same
s pirit umtlc merry in their \ci~uro.
CHll.DREN'S SAYINGS.
A Sm !tll boy who w:.s nsked to write a paragraph
exp re!13ing his opioion on witii'pe ring, wrote this:
··! was whi!i)tering i n which I think I will try not
to whiSJICr coy more. I t disturbs a ll the others while
they arc !11\ltl~·ing..... I d on't like It myiiClf if some·
body tn.lkil while I am studyi ng. So l thin k I will
keep my moullt closed nnd try to keep 14till !'II thb
mo nth without whispering once from thi~:~ minute
o n. ' "
Hay (to his mother who is knead ing bread ~Mam
rna, thcre"s lol-'1 of ki nds of ·•tlnugh." a in 't the re!
M:.mma- Yeil. Ray . What kind of " dough"" do
.)'nU like bcs~!
Hay- I like the .mus\t• teacher' II ··do. ··
In the tlrn. wiuj:t class- ··Po!lition. Tho mas :··
T outmJ "t-1 hand~ which had been movi ng rl'8tlessly
o\·er his pa 1ter were rel ul'lruttly foltlt.'d . Ahllut t wo
minutes later t hey were again mo\•ing rapidly a bout
o n the Jesk. as if T hom:L!J might be trying to catch
Uieil. The teache r limling It nccesury to call hi m tu
po8ition again Mked why he d id liOtrem ai n l u order
to which T lrnmns repliCll " I ho.\'C drnwt.'<.l a r uoni ng
dog a nd ho's trying 10 get a w:a.y."
Greatly plea.!k:d to koo w tho.t s uch lifelike pictu re>~
could be prodm:ed under her instntction tho teacher
went to the desk to sec the "running d og.·· T o her
amu7.cruent s he 81\w only a bl:mk sheet of pa per.
When que~tiont...:l a bout ·•t.he ~l off' 'J"homo.s liDitl
··Ob. he got a way. ··
C. K U., "911.
THE NORMAL POI NT E R .
We always enjoy a friendly chat with our friends.
..lfhisls one reason why the High School Chat is so
widely a ppreeiat"e(l_. _ __
" MYFil"!!t 1-:xpericnce nsa Country.Scbool Ma'nm,',
in the December Gmmopbonc wn.s eviden tly written
by one who hnd ··bc~n t here." It seems strnngc
when we notice the difl'ereoce between, " W hat 1
will do 1\.Sil teacher " and " What I did tLS a teacher."
_
. The Owl from Treano, California, contains An
T he Beech Grove Orncle from the Atlantic Cuast
compares favom bly with the majority of our e.\7· . en-ellent story o f four girls at a football game. T he
change~. We hope we will continue to rc<'ci\'C it.
writer must certai nly have taken tho con\'Crs!l.lion
ns given for not hing so true to life could be pro·
We aro plca.sed to note the receipt of " T he
Breeze" from Los Ba nos, C1ll. We . welcome The
8 ree1.e into the world of journalism and wish iL the
best of success.
The Milwaukee Koda k hllil a lllOSt plea5ing style
o f arrangement. The short, bright nrticles show
good wor k and plenty of i t but, alas. where is your
exchange column. Kod ak!
Again we a re happily sur prised by ret.-ei\•ing a
new exchange from the Pacilic COilSt. We regret
th&t wo have not teceived the Tocsin before, but we
most heartily My, "call ngain."
· All editors o f college, school or class papers will
confer a favor on the Amateur. Publication )o;xchangc
Bureau by copy ing this Insertion a nti sending a
copy to the Amateur Publlcntlon Exchange Bureau.
B. Hr1.
T erre Ha ute, Ind.
We are pleased to reCei ve, for the li rs~ time. the
Ryan Cl:u ion from Apple'ton. Wisconsin. The
Clarion is a very neat and well edited p:IJI(!r and
worthy of the honor of representing C\·en so good ~
high school as Appleton's.
j.
It affords Ul pleasn re as we read the Carroll
Echo to lind the Echo has decided "the exchange
colum n is too valuable to .be left out." The ex·
change column has entered this neat shoot from the
Spring City and of course it has ·•come to stay.··
It Is hereby agreed. that it will be considered a n
act of unfriendliness for anybody, and nny member of the faculty in particular, to cast any imtuirlng glances under the co'fersof the ex(•hange ed itor's
desk. for they m ight be led to suppose that desk was
a waste pa per depo!!itory rather Limn a wort.hy
· editor'a d esk. Signed -"Excha ogc editors of all
Im portant school papers."
d tu:ed Ly n mrut<luline mind.
T he atbleti(' depa rt ment oi the Spartan hns been
exce]Jtionally well hand led tbi~ year , we hope it
may continue. If basketball lacks cn thuasium at
Spa rta. we 1:au assure t he S partans that, not f:lr
awAy. there is plenty of it.
The (JUe;;t ion of having a third literary society.
seems to be t he a ll absorbing topic o f interest in the
l.awror,tia n this mo nth. \\o'e sincerely hope tliat
Lawrence will make roomJor all applican ts for lit·
emry work.
T he Eun Claire Kodak has a strong claim on lirst
place in our high school exchanges. · Do we need to
say the last number was very good! No. We will
simply sny it was the Ee u Claire Kodak.
·
Dnrinf( tbC foot bali season the Minnesota Univer·
sity introdm·cd A. novelty in the wo.y o f a college
newspaper. It is a •Ia lly p&]Hlr called " The Football" and contai ned only football news.
T he Guard and T !Lckle keeps up lUI former high
literary !lt."lndnrd , but would It no t improl'e the
"Tackle" to ha\'e tile ath •ertlsom cnUI re.movcd from ·
the litcrnry pagmc?
Tho Viow l'oiot-i,- h-ore
- ag-a-ln- aod I• up
~Ito old
standard which is certainly a recommend tOr it, but
the exchange editor would d o well to d iscontinue
nsc of sciS!!Ors.
We are much pleased to note that t he bland Cit.y
Student has outgrown the common er ror of placing
sccoml·hand jokCfl in the exchange column.
T he only country in the world t ha t apend~ more
mont!y on its educationa l than on i t.¥ wa r equipmen t~ is the United States.
THE NORMAL PO INTER.
j\1oael Scl)ool.
----------------l'HDIAIU ".
I nste.d of the us ual \'alcntine t:elcbrntion on Fe b.
14th, the children of the Primary departme nt wil l
ha\'C Doll's Dny . Dolls of every descri ption are to
be present on that occa.'lion and u. new doll is c.oruinr
to take up her reside nce in the room.
A wild rabbit bas been enjoying a winter home
in this department for some time.
His presence
h ru~
been greatly enjoyed by thil children . In the follow·
ing s tory his li fe h:t.S been told.
Tth~ HAHHIT STOHr .
I :am a Rnbl:iit ~ nd I am goin~e to tell you aOOut my
life. I tb(l ugh t I would tell you a little a \.lout my fun
that I had before I came to see you in the school.
The people that had me before . I came to ~~ehool
called rue Jack and they had fou r children. One
wa.~ the baby and bis name was Rodney nod it w:111
fun to watch the nune lake t•a re or the bahy.
They kept w e in a small cage. It was so s mall
that I could hardly walk in it. They did not take
good care of me at fir.tt, but after a while I bc.~ ame
a great pet to them and they took good care or me.
MA itHAIIY.T Tozn:n .
TUY. li (} SI C u:ssos.
l.a.;~t friday I saw a picture of 11 boy gh·ing three
little g irl s a music lesson. The boy wa11 playing
that he was a tea..:be r. The a~ee;~ of the little gi rls
were four, aix and eight years. The teacher was abo ut
te n years old I think .
The teache r luoked 1\S if he were i n earn esL. The
teacher Wa.!!. beating time with them. I think they
a ll liked the lesson .
LVI.li SliiTII .
ad Ward- 2d Grade. A.
I ~TERlii::I>IATE .
.The fourth grade pupils in the Thi rd ward ha,·e
had history storit.'fl lately, about the Pi lgrims and
Puritans, who setlled New England .
U oder Mr. Lang's !mper,•isio n they ha\'e built a
model ·log-eabin with a log chi mney s uch a;; those
people built. Branches o f tree!! we re ulled for logs
a nd were cut to fit together where they joined at
the cor ners, the window CtL!Iing. door. floo r nnd
11hi11gles were a~ I wade and well made by the boys.
while the gi rls dressed dolls in Pu ritan cost ume!!.
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The chil1lren ha,·e aiso lleen 1loinR' some wca\·ing.
Each _child made a w001lcn fram e for n loom : :l hed·
dle and :ihuttle or canlh<~a rd ; then with yaro they
WO\"e brightcolored s trips. Thi~ :iiiU JJlll contrinlucc
taug ht them t he principle or the loom .
The pu pils ha \"C been nmch intere!IU..'II in thi:i work
and it has :l prnctica l \"~Inc: n<~t only in training tbu
bands a nd eye. but also in giving them Solm e idea o r
tlie kinds and a mount of work tho pionL-el'5 bad to
do. The chi l1lnm or the St.'Cond and Third Grudes
were so much interested in the story of Robiuson
Cru ii<Je that they made tents. houses, benche11 a nd
tables s uch as he had a mi brought them to !IChOOL
They like nothi ng better than to _ex pre!!!! the sto ry
in pictures that t he~· cut o u t o r pt\ pcr .
At~ . l\luF.tiK•:.
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Stll::h Al ll .
We lirst lighted the <-nndlc nnd · found that the
wick 11nd wa:< burne1l . Then wc 1mtachlmneyover
After a whi le
it and made the chimney air ti~ht .
the candle we r1t ou•.
We lighted it agnin a nd pu t n test tube O\"Cr Jt and
!lOWe water arou nd it in a saucer. It Hic kered aud
a lmojt went out.
Then we put n piece of p:tste board ever the tube
a nd it went out Uc<:-a usc it n ec~ l cJ a ir . At home thestove has to h~vc _ air through adampc r ~d the lamp
geu ai r t hrough the b ote.~ in the burnCr. If the
lamp did not get air it wuuld go ou~ .
Thtrd Warrl--lth Grade.
CA lli. WIIITSI-:l'.
On accou nt of Prof. Sy ln!~te r ·S re!lignation, wh ic h
took ellect at the ci<'l!le or the st.'Co n~l IJnarter. the
Athlmic l.iterary AllSOt•i:t.tion has been disbanded.
Prof. Sy!Testcr has had charge o r thi:<~ organization
for some time and h iiliCal'ing Is much regretted by
all the boys. The lwlket hall teams will continue
their praetice and games.
A b:mquet wu gi'I'Cfl Prof. Syh·e!ter nt th e home
of Moritz KN>mbs, the Jlrclide nt ot th e association.
a 1hort tin1 c before his lea\·ing . The boys sho we<\
thei r appredation of hi s work among th<'m by a
toke n of remembrance at this gat h ~r in g.
'fhis quarter's work open 11 in the grndes wit h a
cofJJS of sel·enty-three prnctice teachers.
If the
work done !!Ill'!! i!trong !L'I th tl nu mber i :<~ llll"fte, thiN
~~ ~~~~ rt e r'll re.<~ults will certain ly IJe guod .