THE NORMAL POINTER
Volume VI.
STEVENS POINT, WIS., APRIL 1), 1901.
Number 7·
A BACKWARD GLANCE.
S
HE had drawn her little old fMhioned r..>Ckcr up
oear the sto>e and she snt with her hnnds rest-
~
ing in her lnp; the kitte n's purring was un·
heeded and the kniuiog in he r l:l.p was fo rgotten .
Thi.!! dear old lady's thot.s were fa r 1\Way. In
fancy she saw apin an il·y·COl"crOO cottage and she
i'ould nlmostsmellthe June roses that nodded and
peeped in at t he open window. She remembered
standing in the doorway of the cottage one morning,
wttb a little laughing sister and watch log the Mgry
water o.s It rushed and surged along.
· She became • ery anxious when she saw bow rap·
idly it was rising a.nd how it hlld alniady begun to
climb up tho fouodation o f the house. Could it be
posslble that thiJJ was the merry liltle rh·er. that only
a few dayil before had danced and sung ll!l it hu rried
along o ver the stones.
H er father 's face, Wll!l pin~hed and drawn; IUUJ
b.er heart S3nk ll!l she beard him say mournf•1lly M
be entered the kitchen, after fll.Ste.ni ng hi~ hua t,
"Well, Mary. my lass, this hM been a hard murn·
ing's work ::t.nd J'·m clean worn out. w..
all
the sheep but two, but you·,·e lost all ,.
•t·k·
I
ens," and n. s!l.d nt~ss ca me into his face 11'4 ho thot o f
his wife's hard W(lrk 11.nt.l how It had amounted. to
nothing after alL
"~ot 11. potato this year; 1',-e lost them all.
We
have nothing to fall back on. If the Wlltcrcontinuta ·
to rise you ami J o.nC!t and the little lass will have to
gang to !'llacDonatcl's, it won' t be safe bore,". and
she reme mbered bo w care-worn and old be' looked
A.11 he pll!lsed into the bcdi'OQm. She had hurried
into the kiu: hcn to mllke him 'a CUJ) or corfee and the
littiH laughi ng girl in the doorwa.y' ~ left alone.
Whe n she had returned , she had glanecd out at
the open door and Wl\8 thn.t a little c ry sho heard out
on the water! The tray slippe4"1 from ber l•ands and·
fell to the ftnor !lnd she brl!athod heavily, for out
there. floati ng on the water. was her baby sister .
It had seemPd hour-A to her before herfl\ther could
reach his bollt and when 8ho saw hlm.tinally lift tho
frightened child into t ho ixlat. a song of joy filled
her heart. Tean~ tilled her father's ey~a when he
he:1nl the t'hild say, !1.!4 ~1111 was pre.!l50d pMSionately
to her mnt h,.r's breasl. · 1' tp:L uid he lost all his po·
tator·~ 11 11 l I kuow'd w 1• •• 11 fKIW.to i.if; ill out be·
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bind my wabbit bouse aud I went to get it for him
but the nasty wl\ter wouldn't let me come back, it
twyed to make me go o n."
Why the old hands were trembling now just as
they were then but It was all over long ago and
there was no use worrying. and so this dcar:oJJ lady
picked up b'er yarn which had fallen to the lloor.
brushed her cat and weut on with her knitting.
A SHORT ROMANCE.
Jt was a very Informal introduction, but I am not
Mhamod to confess that. on my part at least.. It wa.s
love at flnt sight. and I firmly believed at that time
that she reci procated those sentiments; but In the
light o f latter events I wa.s forced to the bitter con·
elusion that abe had no alleetiou for me.
While strolling through the library one day J met
her tOr the Hnt time. She glided Into my presence
in all her queenly dignity and with her came a fra·
grance of violets and ro8ell that bloomed in some
long forgotten summer. She had dark blue dreamy
eyes that remind one of tho aoft balmy skies of !IUD·
ny Italy. A smile such as angels give to mortals
when they approve of noble deeds. I can remember
distinctly now how the tirstslght of her overpowered
mJsen8ell. I felt as one who had caught a far-off
view of paradise a nd lltood 110ul entranced by the
oiagnlficence of the view. At the Hrst meeting, with
Innocent simplicity, she took me Into her confidence.
She did not care to know my standing In society,
nor ~here I came from, but made we feel as If we
were old friends who bad just mot after years of ab~~enoo.
Do yon wonder that I was captivated a nd from
that hour I ~me her willing slave. I seurned
the petty ambitions that stirred the aoul'J of my lei·
low students. What was all the fame the world
coule give compared to one !!!mile from those heuenly lips? I missed my lesson plan. I failed-In tests;
but 1 knew her and I was happy.
I can still $00 the dear old nooks where we n!!IOO
to sit a.s tb6 silent autumnal twilight gathered
around us. She speaking low and aoft., I stooping
to eat.cb every word, as U though It were the last
.,.ooho from some celestial melody. Oh, how bitter
wa.s the end ! How mv heart ached on that last
ni&'ht when she let me know that we must part~ It
WILS 3 sad ft.\vakonlng.
We bad strolled through the
meadow lands of romance, but henceforth I must
journey n.lone over barren desert sands. 1 can
not chide her. She wllS not to blame for my blind
lnfotua tioo. I might have foreseen the end, had 1
but stopped and .thought. But who could have
stopped a nd thought! 1 bad lost the power of
thorgbt, but I have no regrets.
Now In the quiet hours o f my brooding dlsap·
pointment I can &ee bow every event of her lire was
moving to that end. They sahl when I left that she
was happy. I hope It will alway& be so. 1 hope
my great disappointment will cast no shadow u pon
her joy. In fll.('t I am half glad It happened so. He
was such a nOble, handsome, heroic fellow, so fulf
of life and love. How could she help but marry
hiru! T he author ha.d decreed from the be.
ginning of the story that It should come out
just as it did. She was the heroine, be was the hero,
- 1 was just a common reader.
AUNT PATII!NCE.
On a small farm near the center of the state might
have been found, not long ago an Interesting family
of only an old mother and her son. One judged the
people by the appearance of the fa rm. Nearly sixty
acres under cultivation, but such cultivation! No
feoces, and usually no crops. Tbru one end of It
runs a small ~reek, and bow ;ell I remember the
old milk bouse that was built over it. The creelt
bad Ita source In a apring farther up, In the wood,
and the water wllS Ill ways clear and pure.
How cool it was In the old milk bonae, and how
nice the cans looked setting In the water! I tried to
catch the ti!he11 as they d!irted In and o ut among the
cans and wondered why I failed.
To beautful buildings adorn the place: nothing
but old log one&, or rough board atTain. The house
is of log and at firat I was afraid It would tu"mble
down belore I got out. I outgrew that fear, however, as It gets worse every year and still standB. It
has settled into the dirt to thA window sills, and in
tbl! summer wheo it Is covered with Ivy, It Ia scarcely visible. The rain wa.shlng down the outer walls
covers the windows with the clay from the "chink~
lng," and only constant cleaning would make them
fairly transparent.
\
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Aunt !'alienee,
:U~
we c:ll\e(] ht!r, would welcom e
yo u with a hearty ··Cow e in : I w:u jul'l t a·wishin'
someone would come.·· and tlu:u wo nltl follow
:1
full
list o f her :1i!me n ts. the chief of whkh w:1;> rhuum:1·
tiSill so me whe re. ~he hat! n o lwl p. u n ly a~ her son
saw li t to do fur her. All \"iSitnrs were imprc~:hltl
iol-0 her :ron ·kc. but s he was so uld nu one ('uuld rc·
H:ud work for he r three diildreu in her
se n t iL
younger Ja)'S cau ~t.>tl he r present co ndition .
Now o uc o f her girls is iu t.:hit•:J)(u. Jh·cs in :u 1
writer meant to
l'OUHlJ.
for ,\u nL Patience Pierce,
old :uul ncar\_\' hel plcs,;,. was \'Cillnring wcst W:1rd
a tone.
:-Jo
no time.
~trong
sun to :u:cump:UJy he r for he had
T he fact was
th:~.t
he had cmiC':\\'OI"Cti to
J.:O in opJ>OSitinu w her d esires fur so mauy years
that it would h:we been next to impossible for hi m
to h:ne gmtilicd her.
1-l ol\'e\·er. the. lcst in:uiou 11':'-'1
reac hed in safety amlt.he o.: hildt·cn fnund in excellent
health. The >~eriou ~ illuclls had been o nl y n sl ight
cough but the grandmnthet· was there :uul the o ld
has her S\llliiiiCr
u~.-asio nally :1 lcttc r
life Ocgun :qain. for he r rheumatis m waiol put in the
b:n•kground, and t•onntll'S.; JJ:ai rs o f stockings. to ru
reachlld her mother from her. :uul lcss Ul~•·asivn a lly
3 few gift;~ and :1 s ma ll ~um uf umncy. but l'cr y scl-
clothing :uul ho usework put foremo.'lt. Again the
clnulge of loved o nes who only l':liuet.l he r to impose
eJeg:J.ntJ)'
L'{]lliJl )~J 11l:lll~iun :111<1
resitlencc in
thc
~o'O untry .
tlom did the sil{ht o f the
daughter· ~
bee cvme to
brighteu the old muther..' tl:a)'l'
F:ar out in \\'ashingwu lin•s arm! her tbu}.(htcr. the
one yearned for
mo~t. :uul
fo r whum
nau>~t
d e nial
has heeu m:ule
I ha1·c ~e n the hJI'ing ol•i lads h01'cring o1·er the
pil'wre of her gmntkhildren in th e far wc>~t aud
heard bcr say " \' e>i. Emma
louk~
likt: me.
has a good look. aud how th ey have gruwn:
e\·er
~ee
my bahies
Be~sic
\\'ill I
thought far more of the manners :urtl custnmiof the
South Sen hlauders than of those of his tJWU country . He would eat 1·ery little. for iln mu~h was
unhealthy, and therefore he had not the :H·emge
man 's enerfCY ·
The re ll':l.li n-iually a good wood pile at the h:wk
door. howo,·or. and many times hnnl I sat under
the hot sun picking the hops ofT tlw l'illl'S that COl'ored it.
Huge li lac bushes :ldorn I he pathway tJne way and
A beauti fu l s ih·er m:lplc rwur-
hangs the front walk. and a!Tords :llJieasant seat for
any wouhl·be occnpaut .
1 ;~eo again the s ih·cry lea\'ell as I saw the m on
thn.l bright :\l ay morning tha t I tuok Auut Patience
11 ome
sewi ng my mother haJ d one for her .
An uu-
usu~~ol hustle perv:adetl tho air. Inside I heart! a hal f
crying voice ;~ayiug. " :\ly Hes~ i c . my last h:tby, sick
and wa.oL!I he r grnuJma."
The
word;~ secu1~
tcdiou>~
to ha1·e more meaning than the
s nmnuJr.
Ouo r.1.iny :au t unm day Uc..i~ie foumlth:lt!-l'r:antlma
was not awakl• :I L the llilll:ll time anti conl•l not be
nwakenc•l.
The f:un ily e:<~: prcSSt.'< l deep i!O IT O W,
whic h the ynunj.!er mc m Ucrs felt. and tn to:n•e exlKlnsc tmri (.'< l he r there itutc:J•I uf scurling he r hotly
to Ue p laecd bc>~irlo tlu: f:atlH!t''s.
One tJf the tr l'ighhurs. I'C tHurin,~t tn <JliC~tio u tlto
lnuo rnau o n the nl,J farm a l'! tu what he iutcru lc11 to
do. w:IS uot ans wered un ti l a fe w
a gain ~ ..
Jim, th e son. a mnn of :about forty-tin.! years.
wild r oses tho other.
Ul)l)ll her. she JJassed a long.
a
lrar~~:e
week.~
late r , whe n
•I :ark haired wnm:1n was brought t here and
in trodu~~o·•.:t
:1s .\l r'l. P ierce.
" I woo'l h:t\'U this old roof o\'cr my he:ul ono ye nr
from now." s he
W:L'I
heart! to exclai m n nl' 1lay. an J
straightway s he IC!tl her hu il h:autl !l now
~n rt
o f :a li fet
No lo ng siestas or extr.1. ll isheto now. but hard w o r k
111111 her idea of :a l'Otum ou me al
l u lel>lJ than :a ye:ar s he wa~ alo ne nud er t ho old
ronf awl under the alders by the c r eek mip;lrt he lll.'CU
n long mound .
All her :unhiti o u seems to lm1•e I'IUJ-
ished . ~o one know~ htH\' s he Jives for ~ he seldom
sceil anyoue. C h ildren Jo not go tlterc :as o f old ll.il
a •hr k face :at the window frighten s th e m.
Li lacs
go to was te on t he bus hes uunotil't.'< l and the wild
roses bloom in vain. for nn ap preciatinr oyll scaull
them .
St ranllc S'l Und >~ nrc heard in the old buildi ngs yet
th e ~t ranger wonan gi1•es no I.!XJilau atio n. No one
kntJws where her husband fou nd hc r orwhoshewM ,
Tho uld farm looks more tlesolatc and abandoned
e:wh year, aut! t here is only a slight k noll where the
oltl milk h•msc ont't'
:~toOt! .
1\1 . 0
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.Udn~nallbaiiD1!8tletter&lOtbeBnlnea•ll•na,ger.
Ardeln tollelted rrom former ltadeute and teacben.
tteadoroo &DdiDbtotlberw &l'fl 1'6pvCt1Dll)' requuttdto pat·
!ODIIeODflo(l•ertLHn.
The new quarter hM opened, spring hM come, the
ablrt-walst bas appeared and we sll feel fresh and
• bright after our vacation, snd ready for the last long
pull. [t wlll be harder to work this quarter, for the
weather will entice us out away from books and
there will be other distractions. So we have a
chance to make thoso "habit path1" very deep and
aure, or we may auccumb to tho allurements spring
offers and take those pll8!!ing mark& in June. with
the oon50Quent effacement of the aforesaid paths.
We have again shared the honors at the iqter·normal oratorical contest, and feel very proud a nd
hft.ppy as a result. We are beginning to feel that
the~~e things arenece8Mry results of the environment
and opportunities rt.ITorded by our !!Chool life. Our
orator thla year hM sdded to our renown of other
yean. beeldea securing for him110\t valuable training
and experience. It i11 to be hoped that next year
more of onr young men, a nd &Ome of our young la·
' dlea will tak~ advantage of this opportunity of beneflUng themseh·es. Just now our attention in ora-
torical tields is directed to debate. We expect to see
011hkosh again tmil her banners in the aust. and we
hope to send Whitewater home with colors down,
and a gencro.lly disappointed appearance.
With Mr. Kenno.n'a leeture. t ho last week of the
quarter, our lecture cou'rse forthla year was finished.
We have been gh•on six numbers, by the best talent
this country o.ITords. We have boon entertained, in·
atructed and brought Into tonch with some of the
thing!! out!lide our own little en, ironment.. Our
lecture course afT()rd8 a rare opportunity toatudent.s
nod town people alike, a nd one within roach of all.
Already the committee is conaldorlng the course for.
next year. and an Invitation Ia given to oll to express
~ny preferencea they may have In talent. and any
suggestions as to the drawing of seats. It should be
rem~mbered that while the course lain the bands of
the committee, and they are responsible for Its suc(.-es!l, they are no more Interested In it than you
should be, sod any suggenlona you may have to give
will be gladly received. The course this year has
been a success fi nanclnlly aa well aa otherwise. ~
,cry smo.ll margin Is left., which with the amount
handed over from laat year, will make the committee
quite comfortable in planning next year'a oouriiO.
'fhn Athletic as!Welation at a recent meeting de·
cided to pi~ botb a baseball &nd a track team In
the field this year. Julius G. Carlson was elected
mrnagcr of tho track teo.m and Glenn A. Tyler man·
oger of the baseball teo.m. We· would o.dvise the
mono.gement to be somewhat dii!Creetln the arrange·
mont of games, as tho association treasury Ia nearly
em11ty nn,J a deficit at t ho end of the year would put
tho I\!80Ciatioo In a bad position. The money do·
onted at the beginning of the year was given with
the understAnding that no ot.her collection was to
be taken this year, so we need oot look for any further financial backlog from the _school.
The baseball spirit 110ems to he universally pres·
ent throughout t he school. The Juniors voted to put
both a track team as well as a baseball team In the
liel,d. Merle M. Ames was elet:ted captain of the
track team and J . R. lakiah captain of the baaeball
team The first year clasa hu voted m()ney necea·
!lary to put a baseball team In the tleid and eleeted
Elmer Widmer R.!l manager.
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those upou whose shoulder!! tho heavy work is fall ·
is time we were thinking about its dedicaThe first Nautilu~ se nt out from our school
mu ~t indeed ben. "Ship of l~c arl;" it mus t s tart
out under fu ll sail and be ha ndicapped by uo ob·
structiou which we can rcmo,·c : therefore it must
be properly dedicated. Hut this having been decided. the question stlll rcwnius, " 'fo whom, or to
tion.
what ?"
:Sow U the Naut ilus were only the product 'lf tho
Juu iol"l', we feel sure that they would not fail to perpetuate the memory of the class jus t leaving, but tho
Nautilus Board being '01-ers, tho Seniors arc natur·
ally too modest to say nnythfog about it, _or in fact
C\"C II wi~h it tO be SO.
\\ ho then s hall be t he honored one! H yo u have
l....l:;,;:.:._ _~...l....,:.:;..._ _..,l_.J......J :~· :;~~~~=~~i:~t:lt~l~~s :~~;~whisper them to any mem·
The Na ntllu.s.
There is a young So uior muncd Prny,
Who ~h ines in a literary way:
On the :\auti lus st.aiT
He writes up the chniT
And the jokes that fa ll hy the way .
The re's another yo ung Senior named Harry,
Who';; talented also. very
Together with l'rny
She works out a way
Of making the Nautilus me rry .
The;~e
two young editors are weary.
Li fe seems to t hem ve ry dreary
In room t hirty-eigh t.
Both early o.nd late
T hey' re foun d wit h fa ces <JUite teary
I don't think you ca n blame them a bit,
Whe n you think what a tax o n their wit.
Fo r each lmnd le of chaff
They must cut down one-half,
And then trim off its corners to fit.
If they a.sk yo u to write tbem a story
" J ust so long. and do u"t "make it too •soary'."
Don't n.dd to their trouble
By waking it double
And think you're bein~t CO\"Cred with glory
The Nautilus Apln.- Now that the Nautilus is
po longer a d ream, but. a reality-a s ter n re:~.lity to
Groups?
Little C lam
Did not care a
T iny bit
When littlcJn.sper
Would ask her
T o closer sit.
A Suggestion.
How many times competent teachers, young and
enthusiastic, hM'C wanted to go into country school11
and there use their talents to the best advantage !
T here is so much opportunity for improvement In
t he a \·erage coun t ry school that the ambitious
teacher longs to take c bnrge and prove to himself
and other>< what c:Ln be done by competency, en thu·
sia.s m and careful thot. T hen there are the n.dvu.ntages for Nature s t11<ly that so many wish to avail
themselves o f.
Hut there come!! the quClltion "or salary, a nd we
decide t hat the salary o f the country school is jus t
enough to li\"e on, with nothi ng left for the fund
which every ambitious teacher oll\n!:l to nccummu ·
la te for trnvel or school ing.
Is there any way in which teachers themselves can
persu:1d e district school boardll that a n increase o f
ten or fifteen doll:u·!l in the monthly !:la!ary is not too
great asacritice for the ue w ene rgy and reli newcnt
of n good teac he r !
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school. Both withdrew earlier in the year on ac·
count of ill health.
i\liSJ! Ida Schofield, Elementary 'W, spent a few
days visiting friends at the Normal during the first
week of the qun.rtcr.
Quite a number of Juniors are planning to accompany the Junior deb:1ting team when It goes to
Oshkosh on April 26.
:.-..:;:::;;£,;:;;;~~==~;=:::::,,,.:A:;':thur J . Fox,
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Are you a baseball man ? ·
John Mortell has withdrawn.
Mu.ny now students have entered school.
Misa Mary Heo..sty bas returncol Lu schnnl.
Orin Wood and Archie Roseberry have with·
drawn.
!'!lisa ldfL Kuehoa~t. '00. \'isl!od thr Norm:\ I on
April 12.
Elmer Brown has withdrawn nod I"Cturncd to his
teaching near Mana.w".
The Seniors are looking grave but doterruiued.
Wonder whllt·~ the matter?
Will Cuh·er. ·uo. l"alled at the Normal on April
10. He Is teac!ling at Onalaska.
Mlsa Katherine Johnson, who withdrew from
. school early in tho winter, h:J.S re·eotered.
Miss Myrn Curran and Mis..'l Redding graduated
from the Elementary course Bl the end uf illU tjlmrJac.
Miss Mallek, who attended tho Norms\ in "l)S·D.
visited us on April 11. Sho now teaches M Sheboygan.
who finished the Elementary
hero !IL!It week, visited the !icbool on March
18. Mr. Fox is teaching at Hillsboro.
Miss C~~ornlyu Hamilton. who left school at the
end o f the fi~t quarter, has re-entered for the pur_poso o f completing the elementary course.
Hea-y; (In Geol•>gy, after looking at a map of a
very crooked stream) "Row on earth can the folks
along thero tell which side of the river they're on ! "
l>ro(. C-er: "Explain the lncreasinjl density of the
earth."
P-1-y: •·Gnu't: it'a all too dense for me."
Tho days just preceding Vt\catlon were bouse·
clennlog days up at the Normal. Everyone was
cleaning out his desk and giving It a fresh coat of
varnish.
Hnrvcy Schofield was uot able to return to his
M!hool work nt tho cud of vacation on account of
sickness. It is expe<'ted thq.t he will be' able to be
with us soon, however
Miss Grnce Hnnna now repro!«!o ts the tirsf year
class oro the rheto11ical commitl.\.~. She succeeds
l\lr. Maule, who resigned on acoouot of pressure
from other school work.
On Mnrt'h 20 the Forum met and elected \Vm. E.
Hanson, Mer\ M. Ames and John M. Grimm as Its
debating team during eommeocement week. Both
tcnm'l are hsrrl !lt work.
fn Geology: Mr. ll-owo: "I can't rememOOr. 1
tl.'l\d it almost a mo nth ago."
Edwin O'Brie n, '08. visited the srhoo\ April !fl.
Prof. Gulvur: "Bnt such a abort time doeso't
Mr. O'Brien . h1 now attending the unh·en~ity nt count in geology, Mr. 8 - "
Madison.
The Allumacum, nfter a very lntere9tlng oont.est,
Fred J . Barrows. '00. visited friends here shortly choso Allen Hrowo and Robert Morrison to reprebefore ipring vacation. Mr. Barrows ill teaching at sent the society io the annual declamatory eon test,
Hillsboro.
\ Which will take place thi'l quarter .
Fred Oleson. a former student here, has returned
The Athenaeum is doing work unde r these officerH:
for the rest or t he year. l\lr. Ol~n hM been teneh· President. Mu Gowell; vico-preshlent, Robert Mor·
lng near Iol~~.;
ri!IOn: secretary. John Fernholz; treasurer, 1:1.
MIA8C8 Bessie and Ellen Jefft!l'il luwe re-entered Gwin: sergeaot·at·arms. Peter Helmer.
THE NORMAL POINTER.
The Forum begins the spri ng quarter undt r the
following oflicers: !•resident, Wm. H:mson: vice·
presi,lcut. :'Iter! A me~: trc:lSurcr. Ch:ls. Mc Lees: secretary. A. H. lkon»t:nl: ~crgczwt-nt-arms. Elmer
h:n·e 6\'Cr}' reason to feel proud of our quartette and,
its work. We kno w th:-tL the prestige of our school
is as mueh cn hanl·t..~l by the popularity of our music:d orgaui'l.:ltions. .<.nwh :u tlw qnarttlttc. :1>1 hy our
Widmer.
or:uoric:t.l or athletic
I t is rumored thnt the Juniors arc pre p:lring to
chal lcu~~:c the &>niors to :!OIUC kiu•l of au athletic
coutest--eilher ticld-d:ly or b:l!>cball- in the ncar
futu re. Of course those Senior. . will :lcccpt. A hot
George Ke nnan's lecture on "Tho Siberian Con·
\'h:t Mines. " which was giwm on the C\'cning o f
:'ll:u·c h 27. was the las t numl>cr of this year's lecture
course. Uuring the en"lning !lip~ were passed to
time coming.
C\'e ryone, •m which we were :ll!kt.'tl to sta te which
lti:ce ntly Dr. Scott demonsu·:t tt.od wall that hl.l is
an :1.rtist o f a high order hy making a bust of Prof.
Swih, which is a perft.'<"t reprcscnt:ltiu n of the
professor. The bust now adorns the liUmry. when•
it can be ;~CCII by all.
Pro f. Sanford: '":\'ow :\lr. <.:- 11- ns. when tho uui·
of the numUers of this year's course we would like
to see repc:ued uo,;t yc:u·. All o f the •mm!Jur.~ were
su pleas ing that without ~lou lit tlw lec tm-u conuuit·
tee. :liter looking o1·cr the collected s lipll. will tic·
citlc to rCl•all :lt lca:;t 80me of those who c:uno to us
and J.ttll'e us s nch plca!!in~ot aud instructi\·o cvcuing~
\'ersities were establisht.'<l what s!Utlio:s were t:lke n
this )'l'ar.
up under the Tri\'inm ~"
C- ll-us: '"tir:unm:l r. I...ogic and (under his bre:uh)
Tlw concert gh·cn at tho l'rcsbytcrian church o n
)larch l::i was a 1·cry enjo_yable O\"(ltlt. All of the
United St:ues H hHory."
Jlrof. t:uh·er was pre:~ent at the the St:l tO Oratorical contest held at Whitewa ter o n ) l ard! I G. On
his re'turu he gave tlteilchoo! 11 1·ery i nterc.:oting :lc-
mn~icnl talmll of t he school lV!\S represente<.l iu the
e\·cning'il program Tbo 1liiTc rent mus ic:1l organi·
zatiom1 which hel1wd to make the progr:uu what it
wa.<J. were: Mandoli n Ulnb, lmiJoCria l ~laloQua rume,
count of wh:lt he s:~.w and he:~.rd there ami C\•itlcntly
he beard muc h more than he ~n.w
Mrs. )l ust:~ord met with \llliltl a serious accitlcnt
on Satunlay. ~he was walking on a dowu·town
street when she smltlenly lollt con~ciousnesll. or pnr·
tially 80. and fell beneath the whce\JJ of a wagon
and W !IS cut and brULsed about the head.
Normnl Ulee Ulub. Violin Orchc.~tm zu u l thol.•:ltlies'
Sexll't from theTrobleCleft:lnb. Vocnl l-10\os were ron ·
derC<I Uy i'rof. F. H. Sechrist anti Mis.~ Frnnc~ Mns·
selman, and wt'IC much c njoyl'd by niL On t ho
whole the music was of a very high character The
crowd was disappointingly meager when we conshier t he wo rthy object for whic h the concert was
Mi!!!i Alice Gross. who was formerly z1 Normalite,
aud who is no w -"tudying ll:I.Usic in Chicago. was nt
the ~ormal o n Frid:Ly. April 12. At morning excreises she fa\"ored the ~IJOol wilit iie\'t!r.J.\ \'Cry well
remlerctl \·ocal solM. whkh were much e njoyed by
all.
A~ the last meeting of the rhetorical committee
before t>action the counu iuee wM dh·ided into a
number of s ub- conHnittecil to ha\'C t·harge or the
progmm fo r a Jlarticula r Friday a ftcrnoou. It is
hoped to make the half dozen rhetorical progr:uns
that are to be liiven during the quarter good ones,
that willmuke the memory or the rhetoricals for the
year a pleasant one.
The ~ble Quartette was again called to Almond
on Mnrch 22. This time it W:lS to furn i~h mu!lic :1t
the commeo1.:emeot exercise.<~ held :st thnt place. We
prnwcs~.
gh·en.
The "St. P:urick'!l E~·c" p:Lrty gi\•en the ladic.'l or
the Clionian ami Are na hy the men o f tho Forum
and Athenaeum wa.s a great succe:~s. Or course Hob
made the welcoming a!ldres!lto the ln.~lics. We can"t
remember all the pretty things he said to tbo!IC girls,
but he c nllot! by as king 1•ac h onl.l to forget her sor·
row!! and ··OO :l c hild agan jus t for to niJ[ht." And
they obeyed . Afre r thiil it was ea!!'y. The re ire.'lh·
ments- preparctl by those from amung the Forumiteil and Athcnaeumitcil who ha\·e attained ~kill in
the art of cookir.g. :md sen ·e1l hy the ge ntlest and
dehest from nrnon~ the•n-were nm·et. hut whole·
some We suppo!le the girli h:n·e tn!d yuu wnat
they consistetl or. St• we wont d o iln. L:ner on gamt:S
were played nnd •lances d:~nccd a nd the merriest
kind of t~ time had by cverybvtly .
THE NORMAL POINTER.
Mar. 115 our team went to Superior where they
played two games with tho b!I.Skotball team of tho
Superior Normal. Tho first game resulted in a score
of 19 to 11, the second in o. scorO of 22 to 10 in favor
of Superior. Our defeat Wll8 d ue nminly to the lack
o f cothualasm and spirit thatthe boya exhibitcU. Su·
perior played good ballanrl gave tho boys ll.5 pleas·
ant a time as pc>Miblo durin~t their aut.y.
At a recent. meeting of tho Athletic nssoclatloo,
Merlo Ames Wl\8 electerl nmnagor of next season's
football team. We aro now ready to gh·u and re·
eeive challengca. It is thu best phm to lh: ga.mes
and make other neCCMary arrangcmcnL'!I before thA
football season opens, M past experience has shown
us that it Is not wisest to lcal'C such t hings until the
laoc
No w that t he weather permiL'I outdoor work, it is
high time that something is do ne to set the ball roll·
log. The chances for a good baseball and track
team were never better. There is plenty of material
to pick from but It takes t ime 111111 tn1ining to de\·~1·
op a good team. Something should bo d ontllmmW·
lately so as lO give those who arc tnaining a gunrnn·
tee that there e lforts wi!l be rc~ngnized hy gh·ing
them a meet with some other &chool.
There are t.h~ who wish to h:u·e neither basclmll
or track athledea. Still It ~hould bo remciUhered
that football is not the only li])Ort Rnd thfl!lle wh~
lneHnll.tlon or phyaical power~ would uut en:LIJlo
them to enter Into tl1e ga.me shoulrl now be given a
chance to ahow what t hey can do in other lines of
athletics Many of those whose libe~nlsu pport wcot
a long way toward making footlJall nnd bal!ketlJ:lil a
suceeAB expect an opportu nity to show what they
can do. The track and tho diamond are their field
aniJ they 11hOuld be given a show.
But on tho other baud tho financial side of the
q uestion must not be forgotten. Football and,
probably,ba!lketball are the only ci8SSC!of sport.l!l that
havu paid for tbemselveg. Baaeball and track athletics hnvo generally been tL financial_failure. So the
'luestiou arises whether we shall uS& the money do·
nated for football to help out spring atblet.lca. If
we have meet.B with other schools, It will undoubt·
edly leave the zL&SOCiatlon in rlebt at thb end o( .the
year and that is o. condition not to be looked forward
t.o with pleasure when next football season opens up.
Theile things .111\on\d be scriou!iiY. considered· before
any stop Is t:tkCn.
Football and basketball do not ~m to have ox·
hauitted the at hletic energy, judging from tho numqcr of bR30ball notioos recently .!lOOn on the black·
board~:~. Even the girls have had a baseball meet·
ing. atnl we h~ar it rumored that a girl's base·
l.lall team may be the result. Tho spring athletics
will probably take the form or cl1L88 conwts. Tho
T~:nnis n.ssocl:u\on bWI begun active wor k, and the
tcn niscourt.ii have been put into good sha pe. The
aclwtluiCil will soon be arraoged and playing can
then cuwmunoo in earnest.
The work on the Nautilu.ll, which has so nearly
drh•cn many o f o ur good people distracted, Is
now _nenrly linisbed , so f11.r as getting mat.erial Is
concerned. The prospects o f t ho N11.utilus 1n·e Hnan·
cially good, and the business m a nagement Ia cor·
re:~pondi ngly h:\pJlY
Sub!Wriptlon~:~ "re still ac·
cepted.
THE NORM AL POINT ER.
REMINISCENCES.
It is Friday night. Who hut :l ~c hool tenche r
rcalbr;es the me1miug of th••se wonls.
I nm just
doing nothing he re iu frunt uf a ~h eel iron SlOl'C
that i~ roaring :u}(l pufllng and throwing o ut a glo w
of beat . Oh. but it is nice to be la7.y :1rte r a week's
work!
It's getting too hot for me. ;,w I ki c k the (lrnft of
the stove. n.nd pu!lh ba c k my dmir. and §OnlC way
that motion carrLCs mo back n year :uul I can hea r
J asper say. ''GCf• :\li :\llny : but it's hot in here,"
and of course the l~sychology cl all!l will realize how
with that in the focus of consciommess, there i;~ rea.
son for all that foll <I W<.'i.l .
There is:~ tinkling of bells , n.r,il thru the douh!o
door comes :t H rc am of bO"Iys and j:!'ir!;J I know .
A cros;~ tho aisle I !war. ··Well. s ir ! th:u. Wall th e best
joke!'" and look to 5ee a boy i!lapping his knee and
hl.Uj:!'bing. a.~ a dark-haired bny behind Jmkeii him in
the s ide. and at the !lame times mak e;~ \"i j:!'orous at·
tcmp til to stroke sever hain1 on hi~ uppe r lip. Down
the ai ~le rushes:~ lllfJI .1erly litt le girl. who looks at
we with n. to!IS of her head and says, ··Thnt'~ all
r ight for vou r· and to the boy a1·ross the /\isle. " 0h.
Lucius. I gor the sweetest letter.··
The n comes a girt in n. pink and whit e s triJ~<I
shirtw11ist and a pink colla r and a tinge (If the same
~olor in he r c heeks.
She is talking to a tall y'lung
mu.n in the ne xt aHilc. and :lS I look up ! sec her gi\"e
a little to~ to llf'r head. and R tjnir·k Jllnn <.-e from the
corners of her eye!!, M she says. •·The very idea. ~1 r.
ll:.nuilwn r·
A girl with bright Ulu.t:k eyes :urd a wide a"''n.ko
look ill earnestly talking 1•1 :t yo ung man whol!f' f:l·
\'Orit e mntion seem s to l ~e n hrus hir1g bac k nf his
h:t.ir. and I hear him say. ··Well nnw. Edua. I ' ll
!lee-"
··Oh Garty :·· I hear :t girt · .~ \'nil-e say tn :ul•1tl1er
girl wbuf'omes up th e ai9lc to jnin annthcr Jtroup o f
two who htt\'e llCc n Uending o>c r an Algchrn, ··Uid I
g et :\ lette r ~·· and tim tall yonn~e man wht• sat hesi< le
19 1
her laughed quiclly as he rose nod saunterlkl back
to his own Sl'at. and some way his look ..ecmed to
m:1ko me think ,,f that portion of ··In School Days.··
.. I'm sorry that I s pelt the won!.
I hatu to go abo\'ll yo u,
Becaus e Down the r o w o f senUI came u. youu)( m n.n w ho>to
whole air
~ttys
""t.•d it or·in.chiuf"' n.s he calls o u t,
"'Barrows. he re's your proo fs ~ Can you look 'em
over right away~ Got to h:n•e "em at. recess:" a nd n.
girl whose '"crowning glo ry is her lu\ir'" lnugbs in
tho jollies t kind o f a way a.'! s he an>twcn IUIOther o f
tlw remarks, that he i>t so li ho rn.l with .
Ncar the dour is the one we nll loved, talkin~t
earn estly to :t worried-l ooki ng pmcticc teacher. and
whore I sat I can hc:lr someone say , " Ha ! hn ! Mi ss
Earle, don' t say anything ahout water: I curtninly
believe in lmmcrsioo •
By the piano stands one drcsst.ot l inn gree n waist
and rud ti c, that just matc hes her cht.oeks. talking to
110 muc h in Cllrucst.. n. nd
who I am s ur1.1 is pron o uncing C\'Cry lcucr a.1 it
an older lady who secm>t
should be.
Further lllong is n. mau with a quizzical
look. humped down in
11
c hair and-
But anot he r bell stri kes and in the hu~h I hear n.
\"oicl.l say "" l--et us sing No. ISO." and in th e laugh
that follow s my dream ends.
NOTICR TO ALUMNI.
During the varatio n just p:tll t the C)(ecutivc
t~om­
mittee o f the Alumnill>tY>Cl atiou complctco l ll.rnmgc·
IUCII LII f!lr th e r c uniun in June.
nmdy been st:nt out :uul it is hu])(ld tluu uach alum·
nu11 will receive o ne promptly ; h oWC\'Cr, o wing tq
some diflku l1y in ., ht:tiuin ~ currci"t wl•lrC.'!,.C!'I. ,..11110
sume of the letter.~ may mhwar ry . Jr thi" s lu.u lo l
hap]>cll in ynur ca se. will you kindly wrilf' tn ~li s~
1-:Jua S:txlnn. (sct•.·tre a.; ) (.;uluiJoCt l. t lt.i. a.~ ~·•u;t ll.'t
t" 1~·1 he r kuow that you will btl lulrC. ami
t: lll"lu;<e yuur :.!!"> •·e nUI nnnnal <lues
poi~:tibl c
THE NORMAL POINTER.
"Little grains of powder,
Lit.tlc d rops of paint,
Make a lady's freckles
Look M it they ain't. " - Ex.
The Chesbrougb Chronicle comes to us for the
fi rst time. \Ve do not think the material In the
I balnm.'Cd in respect to s paoo occup!Gd. An ex· •
column should bo nddod .
Bright Student: "SI\y! Latin's easy. Look hero,
(picking up a Caesar) •Forte dux lo aro,' forty ducks
In n row: 'PtLSus suum jam,' pass us soruo jam;
·Bono leges Caesaris.' tho bony legs o f Caesar.' '-Ex
"Wha'd'ye get your hair cut that way for !"
''Twenty-five cents."-Sphiox.
The 'facoma Fortnightly from Maustou, Wis .• is
an attracth·e publication just begiooiog its life. W
wish the editors success.
v
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Some of tbe exchange editors need more room.
The Messeogtlr comes to us with Its usual tLttrnctlve appearance. - -- "'J'o win the maid tho poet tries,
She likes his verse-but, cruel whim !
Much to the long-haired one's surprise
She stlll appears a-vef!O to him!" - Ex.
The freshme n had charge of the editing of High
School sentiment for March. A glanw at the paper
convinces o oe that they worn equal to the occa!ion.
'fbe April Sphinx Is as funny as usual.
•·Some of our exchange£~ are very mysterious nod
as we are ever curious. such n line as ~his worries
us not a little: ·At last we have found oUL who Sap·
How about. it. Rose! You h!l.d them g uess·
Jog. didn't you!' Yes. aod us too! M om.\-~ not
put things in a school paper to be re!l.d by O\'Cry·
body that cannot be understood by C\'erybody providing they have tho usual portion of uudcrstand·
\og" -wrlteiJ the exchange editor of The Spartan.
ron draw a good. sound moral. Mr. Edito r.
pbo 111.
A very well written epic poem entitled " 'fhc L.c gin the March uumbur o f the Nor -
lalaton~," appean~
mal Red Letter.
Some of our e:ccbrmgell arrive in a somewhat
d ilapidated condition. ThottO who mall them should
exercise a little more care in putting on the wrappers.
It will pay you to read the littJrary department o f
t he Spartan tor March. Tho articles are ve ry Interesting nod instructive.
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Father: " My son did y.ou cat the whole of that
doughnut! ''
Son: "No sir : late around tho hole."-Ex.
The Acropolis is one of our handsomest and most
pro!perous looking exchanges. There Is not an un·
interesting orun.attractive page from cover w .covcr.
The matter seems to be rather' poorly arranged,
bOWCl'Cr.
' 'The question o f the hour with the editoris, What
ki nd o f material is most suitable for The Student?"
begins IUl editorial in The Student, from Marinette,
Wis. Ye!t, fellow editors, it is a question, no doubt,
that perplexes the St.aiTs of all school publications .
There a re so many to please that It is almost lmpos·
1ible to decide wlmt a paper should contain that will
make it interesting nod at the sa.me time profitable
to read. Ono thing, we thi~k, that OOitors should
OOnr in mind is that they are editing a paper repre·
sentative of a school and thf!l.t those who read hare,
presumably. Interested In the school. Then let your
paper contain matter teeming with the life and work
of the school; flavor it thru nod thru with the spirit
of patriotism for the school. These should make It
a paper ple:l.lling to those who are really Interested
In your welfare~
TH E NORMAL POINTER.
193
Trainin~
Department
W ednci!day, lllan:h 21. two plays . the ~su it of the
optional worl.:. were gi\'Cn in t he IutermeJiate
room.
On tho blfu-kbou.rd tlu.!
dr:1umt i-~
t he c hild ren uf the Primary room. The first is by
o ne o f the Se<"Ood gnule.
J)tlrsunae
" M:1 rch 28."
w er_e gh·co.
" l)ear Frie nd :
W illi:unTcll..
" I am g"ing to te11 you about o ur po pcorn sale. I
;;old a U:1.~kct nf !n1ttc rcrl popcorn nnd !l b:l!lkct o f
Son o f T ell, Albert .
. .... . . .. .... . l!ussell MO('n
.(iuy Atlams
liesler. the T y t"J.ut ..... .. ...... .. . .. . J ohn M onitt
King of Austria..
. . . . . W illis Boston
Soltlicrs.
In the front o f t he room we re muny evcrgn:en
trees
to
represent the wOt)lls. ami the costumes o f
the 11ctors were s uitabl1.1 fo r the OL't!:LSion as w ill I as
the St:cncry. T he cross-bow C11rricol by W illhlm'l'ell
W:t;~ made by the boys, and thei r costume:; were
"Works o f art of tlu:i r own"
cr.H•ker jat•k.
W e just mkt!d in m<' n•Jy.
W e had
s weet coru. nnd str ing·t·or n, 1Jag-<.--oro. b utter-corn,
and ~· mclwr jack in h1lg~ and i n balls.
·
" W e had ru ur d o11ars and 58 cents. W e wont to
;\!iss Quinn's show. They ha d William T ell tUid hi!
sou.
Th<·y h:u l Cintlc rella r1r tho
G l a~
SliJJpc r.
X<.-'<1 a mi I ixlught len ccnLi of butter JXI JM:Orn.
"Ned ill my b ro thCJO. The s how was \'cry good.
The money wonltl be nict! for thit1gs we want in tho
Until within n week
before the play Wall _~til'f.!n . the bnyll recci\·ed no hoi))
from auyoue. but iu thnt ln:~t week Miss Quinn heanl
them rehea rse tw ice. At.tording to t he applause
l ro w the :mdicoce ami from all r epor t..! " W illi:u u
T ell Co." was \·ery successful i n its lir.;t appear·
ance. 1111d we h(ope to sac the rn again be fore the sea-
son is o\·er.
"Ciud e rella" WB.il the next o n the program and
the e hamcters were:
Cinderella .. .
.. Vc r.1 1-:.:t.to n
. ... Inez Fulto n
Oldest Sister .
.. \\' inifr~l Ne lson
Yo ungest Siste r
...... Pa ul Tho mpson
Sentinel. ...
. ... Ln.wrcnce H ill
Prince . .
.... .. Anna ;\l:a.son
G odmother . .
One o f t he m ost interest ing facu about the lillie
p lay is that the con\·ers:.uion. :acting and t.-ostutut."JJ
we re "ruat.le u p" by the <:O!llpauy. Thcydiduvt uSt!
a Look. btn ga\'e it just as they reme m bered it. so
that no t wo rehean~al ~ we re alike . and the pr<>.sentat ion wa~ <hfJcrent fro m any o f the rehearsnls. At
the b:i.ll the \"iolin ort:h<·~tr.l (Marion Vus Uu r~~:l~
plnyctl for t he twO·i!te JJS and Vi rgin i!' reel. whkh
the young people dnnct.'\1. The Cn. ha\'1! no....- h:ad
the ir p icture take n a nd we e xpect bills and posteri'l
to be o ut soon. a dve rt is ing t hei r next ,appe111':1ncu.
T he "popcorn sale" in the Prima ry dCJl'.Jrtment
followed t he t wo plays ami h:~.~~ been written up loy
" I thi n k !lOme other time Miss
:uwthc r poJ)COru .'lnle .
" \'nur
F1e~t
Fz1o.ldi:~
wi11 hll\'O
Friend.
··\Villl.i\'ing:~ton . ·•
The fnllo wing is hy o ne of the T hird gnulc:
"Ste vens Point.. W iM., Mart·h 28. 1001."
"Dear Miss
Faddi;~.
" We bad n poJ>Cilr n Ma le yes terday fo r thtH.:ooklng
The mo ney we mnrle we nre going to use to
COO'Ik with. Som e time we neC(I !l(lllle lettuce fo r our
Frid uy afte rnoon l u nchcll· We hnd s ugared corn
and parc hed n nrl po pc::orn halls a nd butte retl corn
and c rac ker jnck and corn-cob babk'll. -The Jlllt'dlc•l
co rn cost 4c a box nnd the 1mgareal cnrn lk 11. hox.
The b11bie~ we r e l c 11 piece n nd the string -corn Wl\.11
lc a ytarJ. The cracker jac k \\'ill! 5c a box. lloiiCU.n
J u hn!IOn ha1l a tahle a nd wn~ ca.shier . I Ju\d n t11hle
a mi I soltl lwu t rnyll full o f !IU)(tl.rcd pojJ-t.'Orn. Thill
m o rning :\l ht~ Farl11i:l let u.~ coun t the muncy. W he n
we g o t th rough counting we had fou r dollnrs nnd 59
ce nts. So we l'llll gel th ingil f<11' o ur pic u ir· t h is
cla~s.
"pring
··Harry l'mnc roy. ··
On Frirlny.
~11\rch
:..>11. a little
I)()~'
wit h a !oil( pan
seen walki ng t hmugh the hall. and whe 11 :~.~~ked
what he ha.d hcen doing, sa id, ··Nu th iu' . J ust e a t·
in ' the e nd o f uur pup-corn ~all1. "
WR!I