THE NORMAL POINTER
Yolur>1e VI.
ST EVENS POINT. W1s .. MAY
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190 1.
Number 8.
MAKING MAPLE SYRUP.
T
ilE sap in the great kt•tt ](' 1\':l.S lmUblinl,!; nwrrily
and the buekcl.'!' and trough>! umlcr the IUa·
pie trees were uc ar!y full .,r i!IWCct sap. On
the t.'(l~e of the gro \'C a tire h:ul hco:n built ami o1·cr
it h ung thr.!e kett l~.. sus pcndcd between two ! ticks
on :1 stout pole.
A chubby di r ty-faced little boy w:u throwing
sticks on the lire and his s is ter. :1 girl of twch·c.
stood ncar by with her he:ld lx:nt a little to nne sitle:
s he was listt:nin'! Jlltentil·ely ttl a bird that wa;~ ;si JJ~ing in o ne of the trce.:o~ nut fnr away. ~ucldcu ly s he
turned to her brother and ~nitl. :u s he s wung the
long handt.>d dipper bntk and fort/1. " \\' hen tlhl
fnther s~y J s hould dip the sap from the ti rst kettle
i nto tbe second. Pau l?"
" \\' hen ma Wa \'C<l the hlull l'luth out o f the window." and as he turned to the window. "She'll tin·
ing it no w: s he's doing it now,·· he :uldetl rnt iWJ'
excitedly. Sure enough the c hildre n could St.>c their
mothe r waving a blue clhth from the upper window
The little girl with tlw aitl <If lu-r hrothe r brought
a bucket .-,f fres h sap from under one of the tr~s
and then she <iippcd out t he lwt snp with her rung
bandlefl dipper and put it in t heseeond kt·tlle 'J'/Jc
tirst kculC wa.s nl-lilh:d with frc.o!h ~:-ap and the chi!·
olrc n, after tb: in~o:: the lire. rcmo1·c• l some o f t he
bucket.~ autl t rough~ from u nder the trcC/1 lllld put
empt y unc~ in their pl:H!Ci!i.
Tirt-'11 out. they :u las t
sa t down to rest but t he little gi rl fro wned whe n·
CH!r s he hnpJ>ellf'd to g lan<'C down a t her skirt,
whkh W:l>~ of briJ{Ill red IIa nne]
tihe olul not re alize wh:1t a ;~afcgunrd it w:l'J a guin;!t the lin: and s uddculy .~ lw !Jhu·wtl om. " Mother ac u as though I WIL~
nbom two y••ars oltl. I dnn't sec wh:ll good that o],J
skin woultl tlo me if I would cat•·h on lirc:t.nyhow.··
" Mama wants you to went· it!lo ~he can §C.c you
and know',] your s afe.
Unn't. J.::CI so hot. Mary.
J OU'rc :111t to !Jet your "kirt on tin: yourself," and
the little tease s uwk his head in ll hole :ut•l ilniffed.
It wru~ an ide:t. vf the geutle tuother· ;~-thi.~ rod
skirt. She •·o nltllook fr<~ru the windo"· and St.>c it
and it kept her fro tH worrying whe n lihe suw it
amonlltl1t' trec.:s, f,r ~he felt that the c hil<lrcn wl'lrc
>ia fc
The da,\' 1non· ~l.,w ly :t.way
Tlw t'ltildrcn ll!C
their hmt·IJ, re plo·nbhl'd t he lire anol cmptietl nml
lillt"(l the kcttlt·~ with the luuJo( hand led dipper. lu
the :tfterno•m. .\ l a ry had the tnisfurtune tu ,;li p anti
THE NORMAL POINTER.
fall while carrying a pail full of 11:1p from one
of the trees to the kettle. Tho contents of the pail
llew over her f!I.CO and hair :md there were little
pools o f it in the detestable red skirt. She burst
Into tears but Jo.uglwd iu S]litc o f herself when Paul.
after surVeyin$[ her. thrust his fnt lists into the
pockets of his trousers and said between his bursts
of laugh ter, " 0h, you sap-head.''
Uut she WliJI glnd just then to hear her father's
cheery voice n.ud see his pleasant smile as he bade
her run home and,clcaD up. She WM more pleased
when he called 11.fter her that she need not come
back ng:1.i n, and she felt rep!lid for all her trials nud
tribbcrs t hat night as she sat with 11 saucer of delicious warm sugar in her lap.
A GLANCE BACKWARD-
'l'he years roll on. Slo~Jy, painfully, experience
piled o n exper ience is covering that now hal f hidden
·strntum o f boyhood life, a li fo that was full of plei\Surc and r omal_lce, a lifo which I infinitely long to
live agai n.
I have a new fatherland, one which I believe incomparable to any in the world . I am being
evolved as a prod uct of t ho Public School system. I
have marched with Ale:o~:ander and Napolion, soared
to ethereal heights of glory with DcmosthcnCll and
Cicero. lnvcstigtt.tcd the almost unsolvable problems
of Euclid. comJJarod the philosophy of all the crackb rained men of Christendom a nd mastered tho in·
tricato workings of tho mind of that Chinese puzzle,
the American child. But this e\·olutionary intellcet.ual progress in not. yet so far ad\•anced that my
thoughts will not revert unbidden through the vista
of by-gone years.
Gentle Normaliles, yon who have gone thro ugh
many a weary grind of school life. because ambition
spurred you on, have you not had moments when
you wished ambition bani~hcd and longed for sweet
contentment to softly, soothingly steal into your
worried ttcart, takil1g you · back to old familiar
sights, to old fami liar timC!I when your thoughts were
only In tho thi ngs that p~ before yon! Well 1
have, and such a mood I am in now. Again I stand,
a boy o f eight years, 0 11 t he frozen northern Baltic.
It Is a brilliant Sunday. not a cloutlaDywhere. Old
Sol , on the last. half of his daily journey, smile5 a
benignant farewt>\1 on the scene before me. The Hal-
tic \vith its my riad!! of glistening crystals smiles
back.
1 am no"t tho only one bore. Hundreds of hardy
northern sons are gnthered hero with their children.
wi 1h their "ives and mothers and s weetheart&. All
feel a sort of insano joy. 'fhe cold, cris p, invigorating air makC!I us feel it. We ha.ve too much lifo
and must sond it ou t In cheers and laughter I.'Choi ng
and re-echoing among the ba rron rocky lslC!I.
We all have our s nowshoes o n, not I he clumsy
American fmmeowork, but tho long, slender. gmcofully tapering ski. We must have them, for the
snow on 1ho Baltic is four feet d eep.
Now you g uess what we are hero for . The majority of us aro a rranged in the shape of a horseshoe,
the tips of which touch an Island shore and the loop
extending more tbo.n a hundred yards into the bay.
Scores of slodgC!I that have como from m1my a distant home are drawn up beyond us. My fath er and
I stand well to the front and we get an excellent
,•iew of tho ski track, which Is on the side of a hill
which rises sheer out of the fro1.en bay some th ree
Tho track Is nbout ten
hundred yard11.
feet wide, level for a little distance at the top. then
pitehC!Isharply down at an anglo of about ,for ty-tivo
degroos to the level platrorm nearly baH way down.
Thill plntform, some fif teen feet In length. Is level
a nd ends .ab ruptly in a perpendicular- drop of six
feet. The track now conti~ueS steep u.s before until
within a do1.en yards of the bay the Incli ne Is redur-ed-oue-halt, the course bocomlng level as tho bay
is reached and ending within the horseshoe.
" Ah ! father, now they start," [joyously shout, ll!l
I see o ne of the group of four men come for ward at
tho to p of the bill to adjust his shoes.
This is a competitive moot between the four cham·
pions of t ho country. Strong, sturdy, sinewy men
they arc, tho pride of the people. Sailors are they
in summer. heroes of many storms: bun tenIa win te r, whom the wolf, tho bear aad the timld ha re consider IL8 their greatest enem ies.
The contest has narrowed down to these four men .
They have qualified for the final beat. The judges
are anxiously watching In a &talld halt way up the
hill opposite the jumping pla.ce. Not on ly mu~ t
speed. accuracy and muscular efl'ort count. but also
succes.s must. depend upon tho gracefulness with
which it is accomplished.
THE NORMAL PO I NTER.
··Thnt's Hjnlm:ar of Karleby." ' ~h o m.;; o ne. ·· Yes.
yes. Hjalmnr. the iron he:artcd. ·• sho u u annthc r.
" H urrah for H jalm::ar, ·• ami ~· h ec r af te r e hecr greets
him as he :auurncs an erel·t positio n fo r the ~ tart. A
signal from the judges :~nd •lo wn he shoot.s with t he
s peeJ o f the lightning.
No t :t. vo iNJ o r murmur i .~
hear<l in the c rowd. He s trikes t hu pl :nlo nu Wi t h
a \"igorous s ho\·e of his might y li mh s he leaps. :UJd
gmccful as :1. bird he soaN high thro ugh the :ai r for
nearly a hundred h~e t dnwu the slope .
Ab, ho w
gr:aml!
l-Ie lands- good he:we us. the s kis slip : he
is thrown titmn his bat•k : hi ii jo urn ey i.; c mletl- no.
by so me inclescribable e f!ort he right s him self "u the
in stan t and come.§ down s wifter than a northe rn
blizzard into the ho rseshoe to IJ\J greeted IJy the
e hce N of hutJtl red il o f peo ple :u their f:wo rit t.> . Uu t
ho w will the judge~ c ouu t hi~ mishap ?
Au intc n ·al () f commotio n. :ltl•l s i l~ ru·c :1gai u reig-n o>
as tht. sceoud ruan appeaN. The same s pce• l. t he
same s kilful jump. bu t oh. ioslc:t.d uf ltu1tling on his
skis. he lands on hi s s i~l e and O\"er ami o \"Cr ho roll i!
unt il the uacrciful ~ n o w ~ tops hi m many feet fnrth c r
olo wn and his laughing frien•l>r hel p him oul.
The t hird nmn a lso fail s to control him i!Clf in th e
a ir. making a too \'igo rons •jump ~o as tu l o.<~e h i~
ba lance. and afte r perform i ng Rn un e J~:pl :ainaiJl e sonJ ·
e rsault.. pierce.~ the snow wi t h head furw:J.rtl fo r ty
feel fro rn the dro p. The great incline and t he 1lecp
s no w saves his bones from a ceidc nt. h ut he iii not
~:l\" etl the hoot$ aod jeers of poore r s kime n t han
himself.
Now, the re is my he ro left, Fe rdinand (iu ~ taf. of
my own villnge. Well I know him for does not he
" fte n vis it out tire ;oide. and oh. those ho rrihle l o\•c l~·
~to ri e.'! he always tells us.
T here he s tands, calmly awaiting the sign:t.l o f the
juflges. the bigges t. brnwnicst man of th e i ~ land s
The ilign:~.l is given . l c lutch my fat hc r·s h!aml as I
see Fe rdinarid s hootiug down the ti rs t run . His
kn ee are illightly bent. he lean.§ :1. little fn r ward. his
:~.rms are by hi!l s ide. now he ill on the platfo rn. he
drnps his knees still lower. s teadies hh horly. nucl as
he reached the edge he lltmightens the legii and hoJ y
as if the re were s prings in side and leap:-r in to the :t.ir
with the agility of a tiger. l u midair it seerus as if
he takes nnothe r lea p fo r he gh•c::~ himseU a jerk a.1
he draw.§ his kn ees upward . In an in st ant he safel y
Iantis on his s kis three feet IJeyo nd H jalmar"s jump
and with arnu o uts tretched he finishes his journey
down th u slope to 00 greeted by the tho usa nd c hCCrli
as the winncr:uuleh:unpion .
Thus 1·1oscd a few hum-,; o f joy and e xcitement In
t he glad <lays of lo_"":...':'"... " _ _
TO MRS. C-
.
She move"' amo ng u; with majClit.ic gr:lce.
A s mile of wo n•ln.>lt::l s weNne.§ii on her face :
Her gaze betoken s tha t lwr tlainty c:~.rs
Arc tuned to catch the mus ic of the iiphcres.
Far. far beyond us iii the mis ty height
Of harmony where her soul tinds clclight,
And yet. tho ugh with a se n~ which cultu re
t. rain~
T u that degree that C\"ery di s<'ord pai u;o.
cfTort ;~ e"e r an car s he le nds
And our sou ls to an ideal highe r Uc ntls.
Oh. :\l usic : If frum thoo we gain no more,
We le:trn. at l e:a.~t. t hy prl e~ te.'l~ to adore.
I. 1'. H.
To our p1Kl r
There are man y thiugs iu life lor which one htl.!l a
s pecial desi re. T he re :tre things we lo\"0, things we '
hate and t hing~ toward whic h our feelings arc in·
differen t . Amoug all these the re is on e es pt.><:ia lly
note worth y one of which muc h might be s aid :t.nd of
whi<-h ofte n too nJUcit is said .
I t iii that whic h,
though its :Lili uity i ~ 1:\rgc. is continually at war
with o then of it ~ ki nd . It car ries on it.JJ wn. r wit hou t lea•l o r s teel. hut Ui!CS a wcapnn s harper than
e ither. It is that whkh has. s ince its c reation. per·
plexcd the minds of u.ll men. for they can't get alo ng
witho ut it. n11r t"l\11 they get along wit h it.
Fv.ltS II O I. TZ.
W hat i~ it • T he Wonmu .
SUCCESS.
J u;ot. gi\"C the world :a g lad ·• Hello : ··
You "ll proli t in the c ml
,\ merry he:•rt an• l l'hce r ful wnrrl.
Will :dwa~· ~~ win a frieml.
J.au~h
1"11cc ril.v a s oln you go.
Loo k up to greet the 1ln.\'.
Uc lp hriJl:htcn up the 1i\"el1 •1f those
Ynu IUI'd a lon).( lhll way
The n F" r t uuc wil l ~ hak e hantl-1 with you
Aud dowe r ~· "u wi t h grace
,\no! in the s tr ife. ••f fame and li fe.
Y•m"ll win :1 furcuw~ t plat·c .- A. I. 0
THE NORMAL POINTER.
TI-{E NORMAL POINTER..
MAY 15,
H)O J. _ _ _ __
A moral biT periudletol, repre.enta\1~11 of the !:!lxth Soare !\.or~
111&1 School, Ktuc tu Polot. Wltconeln, pnbll&lled by tbe
Kotereclat loul Pott-omee u 1ccoud da.. maHer .
Term• Oflllbl(.r!ptlon-aDcentl P"' r•ar lu &dunce.
~ c~11U
U,aotpaldbefo re J .... I,\1101.
Jnualll- Uatnt.. '01..
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~~:.lft":.:'~~ir.~l ·~.t~~ .:~~~~~:~~nt Uuelnt•U llana~e,.
J.W~orUuiJII Sn~.a!l,
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Cuna W.JI:IIltliiO, '01..
U.UfiiAIC L. CONW.._T, Kl., '01. .......
. ... . rru ldC'Ut
. •.••••. Trcuorer
. .. Sec retary
Aclclre11 all bo•loenletler• to 1be Do1hu~n Manager.
ArUclee tolldtecl from former ttodenu aod tucbert.
lteadeNI 1ocl nbl(!rlbe rt are re•P••ctlollJ i'cqo e~ ted to pal·
roubeoor~•erlleert .
Our Junior dcbatcn did. not trnil Oshkosh ban·
ocrs In the du,t aa we expectcd-:u~ we had so m:any
f'l1&80ns for cxpect iug- nud yet. we do not feel
beat.eo. T he dccialon of the judges hinged upon the
lnt.erpretatloo of a eiogleclausc in thc<tncstion, rtnd
not. up6n the merit11 of the arguments presented by
either aide. Our team was a· llt rong one and put up
a well prepared, logical and brlllinntdeb:uc, and we
feel proud o f our debaters, and fcelthllt they d c.~er\'e
all praise and credit, cspcr.ially considering that the
atm011pbere In which the arguments were delivered
was a hostile one.
The bu11iness manager of the Pointer rcceh·es a
rather intangible and un11ntisfactory salary. It con·
slata mainly of complainl!l, cri liciams ami the aJl·
provnl of his own inner coniiCiOu!ness for h:u·ing
tried to do his duty. Consider, then, huw much
you sre :uklng of him when you would make hilll
special delivery man and rct]Ui re him to hunt up
your desk and take you r Pointer to you. If you
really fool that_ It illn't worth goin.~~: :after, just do
something to make it moro worth while. You can.
You shOuld feel it your duty to help u well llS to
criticisu. Criticism alone docs not help, as a rule,
for it discourngcs editors and manngera alike, 11 ud
nutits them for doi ng thei r best work .
The air is full of straws showing that com meo wmont time is ncar at hand. Essays, m usic, exami·
n:uions, debates-all point to the cloll6 of tho year,
which is so near. While commencement week is
a\ way11 a happy o ne, and one to which we look for
ward with pleasant anticipations, sti ll it hu its suggestions of sadncu. even now, especially to those
who are linishing courses. The associatlons .Rnd
counections of one and two years, and sometime!
C\'Cn loug:cr. are to be broken, and we hardly dare
stop to think of the number o f people wit h whom
we ha\'e endured and e njoyed so much, whom we
may neVer see mgain ro;;o other year can bejuulike
this on.e, no other friends exactly take the place of
friends we now ha_v •:_
· ,--,-Tho Stlniors-followlog the precedent established .
by other Senior classes-have presented to the
school a substantial token of their appreelatlno of
the privileges which have bct~n accorded them hero.
It will aiJJO serve to remi nd their succes11ors of their
e!Torl!lund achievements, for in a .way tho jitilt Is
!ignificaut-evcn symbolic. It seemslitting that. as
the Seniorll' spokesman said, the tlrst clas! of the
twentieth century should present to tho s-chool the
statue of Moscli. the greate!t man who ever lived:
that the standardll raised and precedentsClltablished
by the c\llSs of '01 should bo r epresented by the
great law-giver, in days to come. 'fbe statue also
represents what is pcrhap! their most prominent
charnctcri&tic as a cla&S-over·zealo118nes!. Still the
~reat poet o f human endeM·or has sald"'The sin I impute to each frustrate ghost,
ls tho unlit I :amp, and the unglrt Join."
A sin of w hich the Seniors aro not guilty. The
same poet haa given what might well be thllir
mono··'Till not what man does that exalts him,
Hut what he would do,' '
and :above a ll hns given a phrase which charnctcrir.es
them, and which is typified by ~be statue. while it.is
signilicant of the fu ture" Fcarlcu and unperplexed
When I wage battle next." .
TH E NORMA L PO INTER.
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OSHKOSH NOTES.
199
you alh'c to the fa ct that we have n
lee wo rking on the cl nss ]lluy ~ Ami did you
know th:tt they h:we w o rk ~ ! night after night for
wee ks on it ! They :tre usu:1lly so m&h.':!lt :1nd rcti r·
tug about t!wir bbors. c\·idcotly tryi ng to hide the ir
light unUcr a bl!:lhcl. but of late we h:wc noticed
their worried anxio us fnce!l di~tm ught with linCll of
care. whkh arc unmi stnknblc sign~ or trouble. Upon
a lit tle judicio us <]IIClitio ning we fo u nd that the committee is •lh·ided upo u the interpretat ion of one o f
the c haroct•·N, and unti l thi s point is settled n_ll
pro_~tress is stopped.
The lad ies wonltl htu·c the
character all iuwllcct. the young men would lllll'C
him :dl heart. and there the problem shwds. S ug ges tion ~ wou ltl pttJI.Inbly be of no :n·ail. for the plot
bids fair to hens intricate a!~ any uf Shakespeare's.
:O.l r. J e okios fo und two things to admi re in Os h·
kosh, the ·· ru bber sidewalks .. a nd the pretty girls
Uu t, nfte r all. it is not s uggestion " that t hey want
hut a littJe sy mp:l.lhy . for they :uu, uh. so tired .
Mr. Cate wis hes his fri eods w know that he took
tliune r at the Athearn , hut ill not quite ru1 an.'l:io u ;~ to
Do n't tell them we tolol you to rio sn 11111 pnt them
on the hack o nce iu a white and itHtni re ahout the
have it kn o wn to how many place:; he took the lady
before he found the hotel
play .
Murmurs-
There i11 a lurki ng sujlpiciOll in Mi:JS F:lrrel!'smind
that Oshkos h Junion arc nut to 00 trusted_. For
he r Oshkosh frieod 100 her p:lllt the house where she
was entertai ned three times heforc s he disco\·erc•l
where she was at: and DOw she is gr.n·cly considering whether it would not be prolitahle lO s tudy tl
guide book before making another journey to a dis·
tant city.
:O.I r. J enkins- ··Sa y, if I lmdu't marie a date nt
home I would htu-e s tayed o\·er Sunday. Oshkos h
gi rls are all right.
One nc"l""er ~nows how popu lar his classmates are
until he see11 them in a s trange ci ty surrounded by
half a dozen ~ormal gir!Jt.
:O.I r. Sti nson is s aid to be an authority o n the ~ to res
(, f Ui!hkosh, especially the tailoring establishme nts.
··Well, I had a good time C\'eu if I did lose my
glo\'cs and hanrlkerc.hief and left my pur.~e on the
trai n. Had to borrow some money and a pu rse to
pm it in to come home with- from a boy. ton : Uu t
I neve r again will h1n·e anything to Jo with gettiug
up a c rowd to go anywhe re. Su .. h a time' I dt'clar!'.
I lun·e had my say.
f h:n·c hatl my day.
T o stay hc t·e longt.!r wit! worry me:
Uu t in min f sigh.
As yo u JlllSS by.
If l"m d ead. why dnn"t yuu bu ry me ?
An Old ~oti cc .
Anot he r nurmur. - We ft.'(Jl in duty houn1lto pro·
test againH the encroachment of ,July upon May.
The reasons for the prote:>t ntion ar1! \':lriou.'l and
manifold . In the tir.~t place our geo_ICrnphiCIItflught
us that s pring in Wiscrmsi n is colo ! and backw:1rd.
and we 1111 not like to h:u··· es t:11lli ~ h cd t raditio n ip;·
no rcd hy an e rrntit- bur ... au
h i" a n.~sumption o f
dcspotil' powe r that can nut he tu ler:!tcd. anti. unless
di.scontinued. wi ll ne('cssitatc a 1·hau ge iu the regime
of wenthe r•ofiio:inl s. ~~··•nolly. the atnJrls phc riccon·
olitinn s llt.!CC~S:I ry fur ctlt.wti\'C i nlclle•·tu:l l IIJI[IIic:l·
tion are iumgiu:1ry •tllantitit•.• - likcwi"C rur at hletic
31Hi .o~odal m:anire ~ tati u u .~
Thirdlr. hut we hu\·c
al re aoly .snit! e nou~~:h tu Jlrul"t· th:l! nur prote:>tatinu
is ,-a!id T he prt>]l<'r f mw!iun:ari · ·~ h:aol l>e.;t lwt·d .
THE NORM AL POI NTER.
On April 27 Prot. Collins loctuced at the Pr~by­
tcrian church on " From New York to Manchester."
The lccwrc wns highly interesting ruul Was! well at·
IOUtl<'tl .
On Satnnlay we lc:~rncd t he pleasing news that
:'ll r. Kline uf Mih\:aUkco bad won the inter·!ll.'ltoorntot·icnl contest. whid1 was held at Warrensbnr<,:.
.\to. Wisconsin has now won three times in ~m:·
2.._5;~::;;:~~==~::, cc:r:~~ :.~w 1.
Larkin. of tllf elMS o f '07, cnliC1.l at the
Normal nn i\lny 0. He wns t he rcpresentnli\'0 or
s1•hool i n the statu oratoric:l l contOllt. in 1897. He
is nuw principal o f t ho Third wnr:d High Hchool.
Applrtrm. Wi:~.
thi;~
HiJfh n.1·erogc.!l \"ary inversely :LS s pring :ulnuJccs.
The '"Ship of Pearl"
book-maker.
i;~
now in the hands of the
Charley l.:111ge l"isite.l :tt the Norm:tl
lirst week or Mny.
~luring
the
On tho bonnl after Mr. C:trhnn".!l tnls.::- ··Git yrr
Gumces at the l..'OIIntcr no 11'! ..
I
j
I
I
Mrs. Shannon, wire of l'rof.
~lmnnon,
l"isitC(\ him
a nd the Normal early in Mny.
Ellen J olTers SjK!nt ~aturtl:ty llllll Snntlrty, :\lny 4
and G. at her ho 111e at Shcritlan.
Fred Ol:<cn, who entered school n.t tho beginniug
of this quarter, wHhdrew and took _charge of tho
~iticld school during the nbsen<lC of IU regular prin·
ci]>al. Mr. Ols~ n ha.~ since returnfltl and taken up
hisstmlics :lgain .
At morning exerci11cs reecnt ly l_'rof. Collins gn1•e
us a very interes ting talk on dillorent styk"Sof nr<:hi·
tecture and their hlending i n modern buildings, ·
usi ng tho Normal hmldinp; nnd other fnmilinr ones
to illnstr:t.t.e his t:1lk.
On the en~ning of April 20, nt the P resbyterian
church, Prof. Culverga1·e an interesting let:turc on
YellowStnne Park. It was !is teuori to by a fair-
I I
Han ·ey Scholield retnrnc<l to schuol o n April 22. sized autliem:e. 1-:aeh o ne we nt away f~\ing that
afte r having been i!Dnlincd :n hi;~ home by illness f / . ho had had a peep at Nature's choicCllt trcMu~s..
i
about t wo wteks.
•
Pro f. Syh•t!ster has been visiting his many fnentls
H ou·o·nrt h. looking at a rock he hn11 been trying at the Normal. Whuu he first appeared at the sclmol
to brcak:-··H I had fetched my hammer :1long l'tl he was greeted with cheers as he al ways ill. Of
bl\1·e hit it, wouldn' t I !"
Prof. Cull'er II lid S(ll'em l others are doing some
practicing nt golf thiil ilpring. l'ror. t:nh·er is at
course he was o n hand at Saturday'& basebal\l(ltllle.
for he IIC\'er mi.!t!lt!S n. c hanco to cheer for IL Normal
at hletic team.
the head of the golf club.
Orin WOOtl antl Ard1ie Hosclxlrry n:11·e l>uth t·alled
on their friends here Olll.."t! or twh."t! !!iTwe their with.
dmwnl at the end of hlll f]U:Irte r.
The Gcnlogy clii!S8 has already made severn! C.\"IM!·
rlitious tn 511rrouodi ng poi nt.<~ for the JIUrJI0!!6 of
study. On S:nur<lay, May 4, they studied the mo·
mine totm~otraphy about Amhe rst. The most O:t:·
Prof. l\lr.Ca.skill s pent :1 ~ by n1· two at the University of Chicago early in May. lie st>(·urc•l thc~ l('~trcc
tcnlli\'C trip will be the one to Wausau and Mosinee.
May 17 :mr\18.
for which he has been WOJking so Inn~:.
Rhetoricals on April I!} wcro fnrni•hc•l l1y thn."C
In the sch~·l of l riilh and Ucrm:tu n:1'innality. T he
reault of such 1\ union uf furce.!l on the ll'll:ll Friday
afternoon excrdi!Cil m:ed-" no tdlin~.
On account of his illness Mr. Schofield was fun·ed
to gh·c np his ]JO-'Ihion on the school della tin~: tcsm.
At a mco.:tiug of the OrotOJical tLSSOCiation \:lte iu
April Mr. Mulvihill wns chosen to Lake hiil 11\al'l!·
T hc conU!st with t he Whitewater team t:lke~ Jll:lre
THE NORMAL POINTER.
on :\lay 31. and we con tidcntly !ouk tu our hoy ..; w
{ 'ha i. :'llc a,lc. :l lcrl M Ames.
Cha~ . Md .L~~.
Cl:lrke
win a l"iC\01')' from a •t: hool t ha t h:ts tll'il-c •h•feated
J ,•uk in,;, Ho ward Cate auti.J. W arren
us in debat e .
,\ ftt~ r rlwtori<'als nn April 1!1 :llr !-:.I win li ii!Jt·rt
a nd bird.; :11111 :dl t ha t
pr<•sented the gift o f th u d:•~~ .,f 19UJ tu thl' , d1uo!
\\'hen the rei) wus drawn :t'lide a 1':1 .~1 o f :ll k h:t,•l
• p riug. T he cx rn·i sc~ Wl'rc l'tH'Y i n tcre:~ti ng nnd h:ul
iu tiH'tu a ol l•c p lc.o~sn n for a ll of ~~~ who :H1l g oi ng
A n :.~:elu'~
·· :ll ·,~e~.·· wa~ rel·o·:~),.,J
nolole.::t 1\'l' l'k,
a few we ll
cho~eu wurd ~ ~lz·
pn•sented it to t he
~··houl
lu
li il lu•rt thL•n fon 11 :1ll y
II i"' o ne u f tht:
tin e~!
pieec,o o f ,;t:llU :ti'Y we h:'tl' c in u ur rapiolly jl;rowitl).:'
,.,,Jll·t·t ion .
c •wrt·i~e~
Het·entl_l' :11 mo rn lnjt
:llt• l':tr bon euld
tht::'idlW>lofthei ut cl'eSiiiiU: thilll,!S tu 1Je f.,unol in
the "(jitdtic li ullH:o•" of Supel'lur. tlu• ullki:tl u rgan
uf the ::'tate Ura turi•· a l l. t·:t).:' llc. Jl ,. aoln•rti~etl !lw
p:tpc r su welltlJ:ll :u !lw tir•t "I'P"rlnnity en·r.''"lW
f~•11 tll'er t•l· e r,I'•Hl<' cl ~e in h i ~ l'lf •>rl"' :u 1-:<'1 to th t•
"I'UI'Uer g-rut'l'l'.l ''· to g- et a <'" P.I' ••f
tin ll!t'\.'. ··
ll r. Scult
j.!'a~">•
the
<HI " An gt•r" otw morninJ.: rl't'cutl_l'
th e
.~y mpt o m s
th~
··f ;itdait•
a l't:ry imen•s ting- t:dk
-~•·hnu)
li e n·l'iCII' l'll
t h:at tll'l'Oili]J:t ny :111 l'X hil oili on uf an·
J.!'i'L and s howeLl IIi< that tllt' r e :tl'•· t wo Jte•wral I)'Jl<.l
forms of the e m o ti o n. iltn-.tratin g" t':lt'h IYJJe.
<'In led
Uy impn.'$Sl ug
II" the f:tl'l
<Ill
1h:11 a~
1!<.1
t o • at·hc l' ~
we would ha1·e abumlant "PJJtJI'tnuity for obscn·in).:'
":tng"cr.·· :t lltl ,lt:l.l'e us ~o m c ~ u:,::g-cstiuns :ts tu how it
1w1y IXl treaLCd in chi ldre n.
T his year's F res hme n
appellation.
yo ungs ter~
Un the
1{0£'~
c:~:t• rci se,;
s :wurcd of trees
tn 111akc up the
ha,; ag-ain de m unse mt ·
t hat IJI'er Uc: ..1 the a ho 1·c
cn:: nin~o:
uf Apr il ::!U th ey m et
~ca,;nn
of
"ut tu takt' ··h:u·go , r "chool>~ with the •• xpc~ ·tatinn Col
lt~•tkr
l••adnJ.; them in
l'Otl< li tinn th:111 we fo und
tht·m
l) ne \'cry m :u·k ed way in whkh thi~ ca n bo
ol n nc i,; l>y IJf':ttllif,l•i nJ.: the s••honl grn u u•l.~ :Ul<l t he
ext" r•·i><t:• l!:n·e u,o man,l' s uggcsti11ns alo ng this linu.
'l'lw dtildrun of tho;: tr.lining d e partnwnt furui s hctl ll
Ou F rio la y nigh t.
~l:ly
10. nt•c• urrPtl
:1
lo ng ·he l':' ld ·
,.,J •·1·.-nt. tlw Trt'hlt> C lef Com·ert. But the
her:•l•ling had ruu,;.cd tl1 e
(0!1
I~Ce n
hiJ,:h .
fHl'
tilt'
lon,~r
t':OO:]Hlt'lation~
t'Clll(_'\H'~ W:U
:wtid pat ed . T he re wa.':l
:1
o f :&II nom:
111 !li'C tl \ ' 1' 11 than ha d
" fu ll hnusc " w hen
:t t t! : J."; the :<co rt- aeul 111urc of yo ung l:t1 l ie;~ whn we ro
t o mak e tlw ul d AMe mh l_v room ring With melody.
t.otlk t hei r
p l at ·t~~
on the plat form .
T lw tJ\'t!n ing's
pruJ::'ran1 fnru i,;, lwd otw of the liu ust musical tre11ts
nf t he yea r. not w ithstanding th e lac l t ha t we lun·e
:tl"'o he ard tilt' W hitneJ · :'II ockridgt~ Cuut •t• r t cmll ·
p:tny :Inti others uf C•Jnal uotu <iltl'ing" t he year.
T hus•• who :1:.sistcd the T re lolc Clef Cl ulo were Mi ~~
Hes~ie Lo u IJ:aggctt. so pl':ltltl. Miss Anua \C n thm:111 , .
pian ist. anti th e S. 1' . :llandolin cluU.
c his.~
t:d tu allt lm t it is :1bou t the Jil·elics t. widest awak!•
ag-gregatio n o f
On :I lay a t!u• rheto r ical
~Iin son .
i\lr". Cle m -
••nt. d es1:n·•·s great c rcLfit fo r carrying t hrn su s uet·c;;,;fn laiJoC rformatwe.
The
"~ bay- day"
rh e torical,; o n :\l ay 10 we re the
most ula1JOratc a nd •·:tre full y prep:1ret l we h:II'C had
in thegymnasim u (with a few me m btl rs o f the f:wu l·
for u. long ti me .
ty there to kellp Fres hme n c ." tuberance within Jli'O]Xl r
bounds, II'C understand ) a nd prn ceede<l to !Uakc
111ake merr~· - Beport h:Ls it th:u the ,·cry jullieH
school and " William Tell" by th e grammar ho ys
wo::ru Uoth line l!ils o f <lmm:ttie wo rk !U ll l b ro ught
time o f the who le year W:l.!i
:lbny
g"t~ni l
Jun iors
.l uniu r debating te:am
l~:1d
hy 1hOS\l
:~.nd nth('r~
to
pre ~e n t .
a c•·nmpaniccl the
Q:;hk us h o n April 2li.
AI·
though th ey <lid nnt g-~·1 a~ mu.-l a opport u ni ty for
du:!c ring :L'! tlw y hu]Xl•J f•ll', on :wcuunt uf the adn: r ,;e
•lcd~iu n o f the judge~. still they had :1 gnnd time in
:and :a bout our neighbor instilut iun . T hn~e who
:act·om p3uied the debaters were: l 'ru-~- P ray. l' ro f
" Hub in Hood" by me n o f t he
o u t some r-le 1·e r :wting. whid 1 W!\.!1 greatly e njoyed
hy :1!1 preSt·nt. Tl11: ti~t. part of the program con siswd of ~ hurl selectionoJ from l{us k i n iln rl othet"!!.
anti short talks nn the :\l ay-d ay l·nstom s o r olher
lands. 'l'h e~c ta lks we r e high ly iustruclh·e. A t th('
elo,;e eig ht you ng" l:uli<.Js,
:ahe t a beau tif u l scarf
d :uwe. cscl'lrll"< l to her throne on tim rost r um t he
:'!lay (lueen.
dlOSCil
~li s.~
]{u th Wad lei gh. who hat! been
h}' t he Oo•Jmn] f,.r l h:tt lli <IStiJigni \i eiJ flOSi ti Oil .
~he
,...;:mford and wifu, the :\l is,;••,; Cla r: l Hc idgen. lt uhy
But. 'althu yo unt.('.
Farrell.
o·e i l'o·d the ho ul:O\.:'<' ,.f lwr ~u.bje• · t~ with a ~-r:u•e 1111<1
di~~: n it~· ~tw h a~ 1..-••·omc" a •tucc n nf the .\ h ay .
l.:mra
II P. uJerwn . ,\ !th ea Yun uj.!', Eolith
Hoot. Edn a S prague and Lot ti e Do· yue. an• I :'l l o·'\~r..;
:tscen•hl•l to he r thrnne am i rc -
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THE NORMAL POINTER.
The baseball
h:wo elected Ucu Mor:au aa
captain for tho baseball team nod expect soon to
have a team read y for business. The iutcrest shown
in the game is considerable. L\·ery C\'ening liDds
upwards of twenty ou~ trying for a posi tion ou the
team. To all appearnoOOli we ought to put forth n.
win nina team this yenr. The boys prn.ctico faith·
fully and tbere is good material to be drawn from.
We hope to 1100 our fondest hopes rcali1.ed before
long.
To such an extent has b119Cball become popular
that each claM in school has its bMeball team, The
feeling between the clruoses runs 11uite high and
each hopes to come out the winning tcnm. May 27
the Elementarles and Fre'lhmeu teams played the
first gamo of the season. The "Freshies" put up a
good game, but were simply outplayed by their op·
ponents. They were unable to hit the ball except
for a few runs and although their fielding WB!! gtiOd
their team work Wll!l poor enough to make up for it
'fhe "ElementA" on the othe1· hand far outdid their
opponontll in batting and fielding. They have an
oxooutionally strong team aud bid fair to gi\·e the
other classes some trouble before tho se~n closes.
The crowd in attendance was small, but what it
lacked In size it mlldc up in enthusiasm. Both tcnms
were choorod with equal impartio.lity,and n JCCneral
good _will prevailed throughout the game. The score
was 7 to 10.
The Senior and Junior cl!lSSCS arc preparing for
a game which Is to to take place inside of one or
two weekB. l~t year these classes pl:ayed a game
In which the class of 1001 was \"icturious by a \"Cry
close margin . The Juniors feel thBt they have an
old score to wipe out ~~nd we expect to see :t.n intereating game.
-Track athletics do not seem to have materialh:ed
this year. Early in tho spring the association \"Oted
to support a track team as well as a baseball· team
o.ud elected a managor. Practice was begun, but It
seems that we were unable to secure any mecUI with
nearby colleges, and so the idea of a track team had
to be given up, as thQ association did not feel Hseir
capable of arranging meets with any distant school.
We feel sorry not to be able to put forth a track
team, but on the other band we realize that the as·
socintlon is finnnclally unable to bring a te:t.m any
distance.
The Tennis association Is In the beat condition,
financially, it has been for years. The lutcre&t in
tbe g~me bas taken hold of the sebool and as a result the membct'8hlp hM Increased to twice its orig·
inu.l number. The courts are In tine condition :and
every av:t.ilable hour iMfilled : The tournament will
commence within a week, and we look for some in·
terestlng games.
In .the May nu~ber of the Forum there appean a
treo.tiPc on the. "Negative Si<1e o f Athletics," by
Arlo Bates. It is a well-written article, in which
he shows that there Ia an nppoHite side to our school
athletics, and he attributes the growing lack of the
power of concentration and Intellectual manliness
in a large mcll!!ure to a thletics. He deplores that
the college id~al Ia raiher physical than scholarly
and bel ieves that we pay too much attention to what
is gaiocd aod not e~ougb to what Ia lost in modern
athleLlcs. He d Flwa his conclusions mostly from col·
lege athletics, but they most probably apply a.~ ~ell
to the.. lower schools. Tho!JO who bel i t~vo there Is
only oue side to athlelica, would do well to read this
article.
THE NORMAL POI NTER.
It i;; repone.! Qll gOO<I authnd ty
that
\\' ill L
Smith. '9!1 o f 1-: au Cl:tiru. is to ll(l mart·ie•l iu ,J unc
t•)
:1.
youJJg lady who Jh·cs at Neillsl'ille
tirs t
youn~r
\\' ill i.; the
man o f that runowncd d a·N to l'elltllt'e
the sea of nmtrimouy. a ud l• i.~ ""'II •·Ia~~ :1~ well
:IS t he entire :tlumui unit•• in ~cuol iu ~: he:trticst ,-.,n1111
gr.uulations to tlu·
You
been
wou l~l
for
~·our
.l'•lll '
~"
douht .l' ou h:tl'•• a ll
more than
"Ill'('
durin)!: your stay
lw•e whe n. h:t\'illJ; fuuml " jn,.;t a dan• ly rl'fc rc nctJ"
in the
J~,.,,Je',;;
irulc:ot. y o u ha1·c found that tim p:tr·
tku lar l'oluuw you
the libr:try.
h:~xc
wislH.:•I to
Our Century :uHI
"<et s a re cOIIIJ)Ie te .
.~•.w
]{(·\']~·w
w:L ~
nnt in
of Hc l'it•W.i
The llarpcnl. Arc tr..t. l'••pular
S<.:iencc nud Atlantic arc thl.' o nes we arc most anx·
ious 10 till out. If you know of anynne who has :111
:tllic fu ll of vld m:tj.(azines just wai tiug w he gin: n
awa_l', write to )li;is :;impsun. and she wi ll ~c ml y o u
a list of just tho n um bers we want. tngl.'ther with
directious for ship:_
p;_"•
_ · _ __
Whe n this number o f the P ointer
renehe;~
you.
•lear Rlumni. there will be hut tin.: week-i ldt hcforo
our commencement and rcunrnn ll;n·e yn u ru;ulc
your pl:uu to be
here~
W e hnp(·, at this m••••ting. to
!fee more grndualfl9 h:1c k thnn ha1·o cn·r
l ~t.-en
lwrc
befnrc . that we may renew the pleasant a ctpraint·
:Lnccs made in school day:4. a nd alsn ha1·e t he ••ppur·
urnity of m eeting the members of the cl:us o l ' 01.
each one a bright anti . hining H).!:ht anti :1 wurlhy
addition to nur
rnnk;~.
In g .:!ne rnl the p l:1n is a.~ follow~: The preli ruinary
husi ne;~s
l.:1~t ~·c:u·.
t .. td ~tnril.'s.
it w ill be rc m c ru l.lc rc•l. we s:&n)!: songs .
•kttw•·•l :ulll :\<'ltm lly forgot for :1 whole
e1·cuinl(' th:tl 1n: ll't•rc •li).!:nitied
1"-,.bJt:tlJ::'.~.
ALUM NI REMEMBER
~umcthiiiJ.!
:all bt• g lad'" d o
annoyr~ l
,,.n·c·l in tl11: cyrmmsium and after the usu:tl to:t.Sts
the cn•nin).!: wi ll he t!C t'tltl.'d to :1 gcncr:al ).!:O.:HI time.
Jrr<~<.nn ·to·l><:
Al nt:t :\l ater. wo ulttn•t
203
m eeting will be held at 4::10 o r t.:OO T hnrs·
Thai tlw rt•111rion T hurs..l a y Cl'crling il! nut the only
atcnu·ti•>ll o!Tcrl.'d ,\'orl. T here
i~
n 1·ery t•nwr tnini ng
l'ummer.ccmctlt
p r u!!r:tm :trt':tn).!:ed fnr t lw e ntire
week .
Mmulay e1·cni n).!: ioO the :umual Fnrum-Athe u:leu m
dd1a te. whieh proomi·W~ tube 1\S intcrtJ:Otin){ as whcu
l l't' wo•re ··i n it:'' Ttw~day e1•e n i nJt: is i n the hnndsof
tlw ~t·tt inr~. who thi~ ye:t r niTe r, as :1 p:ut <tl t he
a play written hy 'lnmc uf thei r owu
..Jas.~ e~cn·i :-c~.
memht•N. an•l
\\' cdne.~day
ill the general r eccplion
j.(in-n loy the F:H·u lty
We hal'c :d.~n lu·anl a rumor that the chss~ o f '99
::ru pl:uwing to ruo•eL infor mally. Arc :uty of the
utlrcrs planning tn do tim :mmc ~
,\ lumni. why 1\'fiHI•l it not he we ll. a t t ho !Ul!lUal
bu:;i tu:.~s
her
nW<.•t i nj.( to l'cleet >1t11llC n ne nf y o ur nnm·
tlu ty it s lml! he to sco that the A lumui
whn~e
pag•J u f tlw l'ui n tcr
i>~
tilled
Clll'h
munth !
This
wou lol m:tkc th~J page olistitH'th·cly ynur own. !lml it
wnu lol he more sat isi:u·torily cnnducu..~l were the
pt!l'l<OII in .-ltargc an Alrrmuu;:~, anti sn.thnronghly in
wit h tlw other Alm un i. T hen it wnultl
~ympathy
reli<•l'l.' the •·d itor·itH·hicf uf the nc<.'CS!Iity n f heggin Jl
o·urltriiJUtiu u~ frum s trangers and nf Iii ling the p:tge
willt :tn irw<llll!ruous assortment n f artic!C."J. enlleo·tcd and :trr:utl-(t•d after n .irdy lo..-•king lor 1111
jiCI'lt~ l t·mllrihu tiun
c.~·
T he Alumni page tui~ht IIC
d a y :&ftcrnoon . This lonur i_~ set heeause la.~t year
wlwn the husine;;.~ meeting wa.~ ,;et fur ~i.~ :tnd the
t urn,..,! .,,·,·r 1" " ne o·b..-~ uf ~era•lu:ltes at :1 tinre.
IJ:tnquet fo r s ix thirty a g ood many th i nJC~ .IC"t •·OI•l
a mi ..,, han· P:wh l'la~.- r•·pn·~f·ntPol
:uul n large number of pcnp lc we re n•ry hunl(ry
!}(•-
duri u~ chc ,l't·:&r
:It
!Pa~t (>llCt:
Thi~ "'""!'I lll'('e;.rsit:ttc llltl' ing
fore we we re liu:•lly r eady to pa.rt:tkl' u f t ill.' fc:L~t
which WM not •·of re ason.'' (Sorue llt:''Plc ha1·,. t••
sutuo• one iu •·h:~r;:o•. prcfPrahly an Alumuus Think
alifout 1hi• locf,,,.,. )'••U •·1mu- l•:u·k in .Jrrne. -1-:Aiiwr-
t:llk so 1ll\l('h. yuu k noll' )
iu-Chio·f
The dinner will I><:
•
I
THE NORMAL POINTER.
-- ~ay.
toocb me not."' Eliza cried.
W hen I wonld fain embrace her;
t"O W I 'll give an awful scream
l'uless you keep away. sir."
··W hat. b.u your love. •· I madly ssked.
'"M quick :u this abated!"
·-or course not. silly.·· she replied.
-- But I've been vaccinated. " -Ex.
··I
Some of our uehsoges are l"ery poorly bound.
W hen h:a.odled they fa ll spct.rt.
The April number of The Stodeot is dedicated to
the ladies. It- resemble5 a cook book.
The Norna.! Red Letter if a good paper.
One of our late!t exchsnjre!l
West Pituton. Pa..
paper.
i~
the Comet from
h is ao :mractin appesriog
We are told of the ··Supremacy of Americsn
Aeh.ievemeou·· in the Spectrum.
April~mbers
The
of the High Scbuol. Ch.st contain two interesti ng swries, ·The Americso Boy"
and "The Americao Girl.· · It §eems wiie t hat the
literary departmeots of school publicatioo.!l contain
atoriei of this li:.i nd or at le:t.St sketches and descrip·
tioos which ha¥e some relation to the writer 's experieoce. We notice in ooe high !M:hool pape r tn·o
long articles upon different ph:1Se3 of the " Philippine Qne!ltioo." That high school students cao
profitably a nd intelligently b:1od le these que;;tion!
does not seem probable. Are there oo subj(!cu with
which these students are fam iliar-subjttt!l within
the range of their experien ~ upon which they may
e:zerelse thei r lite rary ability ? It seems unwise for
us to ln.u de the realm of political literature. U one
wishes for information upon political questions con ·
nected with the Philippine Islands he wilol not read
the opinions Qf a school boy.
The Lake Breeze calls its exchange column the
" honorable mention" col umn . The editor has a list
of 110me' Jeng bt under this title.
•'Weary Willie" is a clever little production in the
T acoma Fortnightly.
T be Spring Breeze from Mansfield. Ohio, contains
a ~res t des! of well written matter. We admire
these sensible pspen that contain something besldes
--jok~ and ~hn. ·_·- - - ·-G race S.-A new shirt waist.
Linie B.-A new pair of rubbers.
· Mr. B. S . B.- A new pair of tan shoes."
T he above is a sample of the k ind of " stnfl''' w-e
find in some papers. Why such senseless things
find a plsce in s paper is hard to un rlentand.
'"Some o r our exchanges would be much better, in
our opi nion, if they would not mix their 'ads' with
the literary,matter. The place for the advertise·
meats is o n the first o r last pages of the paper."The Academy Zeph_:Y_' · _ __
·'What kind of property did Carrie
smash !"
'"That's e:l!ly. J oint estaies. "-Sphinx.'
N~tion
There :t.re two kiods of jokes--a professor's and a
good ooe-Ex.
The Sp:1n:t.n u u!oual presents a good appearance.
The editors of the Ryan Clarion think that their
work upon the psper for the year should gi'f"e them
cred it in rhetorical work .
l o tho >lareh nu-mbo
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I• a s<oiy eo·
titled '"A Peach Dumpling."
written and deserves praise.
This story Is well
When e·er the pesky summer By
:\ly classic brow a.ssalls,
I wish that 1 could swish my hair
Li ke horses swish thei r tails.
The E.:t.u Claire high school hiL!I a secret society
which is called the •·Senate '' We d o not understand
why a literary society should be a secret society.
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THE NOR MAL POI NTER.
Trainin~
~ INTERMEDIATE:
DEPART MENT.
Optioual work iu the lute r meclinte d e partment
ha:s begun &,llaiu, and a ne w line of work h:l.S ~e n
take n up. Nearly all the pupils a re iuterested i n
J!a rdeuing. A group o f five buys has take n lesson:s
in fertilizaticm of the soil, has s tarted a garden. and
h:1s planted rnd,t ishC's. onions. bee ts. carroB and
other n~getables . T hey arc uo w looking forward
10 a "Spread" OOfore school closes in June.
Two of the girls are making a wimlo w garden .
They are st udyi ng the germination of seetls. are
keepiug nores nf t he growth fro m day t) day, and
:1re a lso using different soils to see in whic h kind
the plants will !{roW the most quic kly. A bout ten
n1 riC1ies of !l owers ha \·e bceu plnntetl. p:~.u s i es, nastu r ti ums, marigolds. etc. The c hildre n are now interested in s tudying. and in ruakin~o: trips tntheflori~u. to lind out o f what use gla~ is io the growth o f
pl:1n l..'l. A few of the o the r gi rls who hafe :1. g nrrlcn have been testing the temperature of the soil,
ami will transplant their J>l:~ nl'l to an outdoor gnrden :1s soou !HI they are aiJo\·e ground.
An a rchery d ub has been form ed by some of the
!xty ~. They have bee n s tudying the nrchery of nnl'iem day.Hiown to the pre.~e nt.. nnd nre now making
thei r target-. bows an<l ar rows. Anothe r group is
Tnll.ldng a camping o utfit ; their minno w nets h:n·e
been completed nod they are now making camping
stools.
A group of girls is knitting s hawls and
hemstitching handkerchiefs. so that more o f the pupi l:~ are oo w cngnged in optional wo rk than at a uy
time !Ii nce tbc work began.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
The c hildre n of the Prima ry deJ>artment who
wished to do. so wrote n s to ry nbout the visitors that
they had in the room for three days. and the following is the " Pri7.e Story" ;
Till-: C III C K ES!! AT !K;II O() L.
April 18.
" Wilbur Somers brought !iome c hic ke ns to school.
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'l'hll Jl ird~ tho ul{h t they wei'C ,-crs ni••e; thll Worker.!
a lso. Whe n Wilbur brought them he put t hew in
the room otT fro m our room, and when I camo to
sc hool. r heard the rooster c row. and th e n I went in
to see wha t was the matte r. :ulllthero I found a roo;~­
tc r aud :1 heu, banta mil. aut! e \·e ry OIIL'e in a while
the roostllr w<mlcl crow. ami all of uS would laugh,
b ut sfter a while we got used to it. "They en me i n
the :~ftcrnoon. and at night Wf' we nt home. T he
ne:\:1 tl:ly tim ha nts he n laid a ne>~t egg. We ni l
tho ught t hnt that egg wa.s just line. anr.l we said
th:lt the hen would lay e nough q{gs so we {'0:111111
h:l\·e some to eat, bu t o ne would uot be rnongh .
E,..e ry ont·e in a while they wnn ltl t•ac kle. :1m I she
wonld act as though ~hewn~ ~o:oing to lay an ejlg.
The ne:u 1by s he laid another egg :111<1 whe n it was
in the t·nge Ue fo re they tnok it out o ne of the little
girls. whose name wn.s Louise. saitl : ·Per hups the
he n will lay e nough so thaL we c an hu \'e 11 party this
nfte rooon and hat•e egJ;t.s.' T oday the he n lnid anothe r egg. and now we have t h ree nice wh ite eggs.
" 1-:\·ery timethete:lcher begins to t.alk. the rooste r
HV.ItSiCt: lh:ST I.V.L
be p;in.s to cro w."
The prize awa rded to Bernice, was the right to
c hoose the games to be playetlnt the nt•x t lnnd1eon .
The " Uirtls" are st ill t·e ry muc h inter~s tc•l in
t heir COCJking, and eX !H!(:t to ha\'e anothe r JJale- !IO P·
cor n a nd candy- in al10ut two weeks
The c hild re n of the I nte r med iate. l'r1mary and
Grammar departme nL8 took a pro mine nt part in the
Arbor Day prognuu in the As.<1cmhly room May 3rd.
All the mus ic, except the c ho ru~'il b}: the school.
was furni s hed hy them, and alSfl 11 numbe r of rcei tations.
T hree of the boys gu\"c 1\ Ut.lk nn their " obiW!n·ntio n of birds. " and set•eral nf the hird o~' t·a!ls ttu1t
had l.Jeen learned were gi\"en . \\ e t>annot help hut
sdmire the little peo ple who cau :appear hcfurc a
room full o f JJCO plc :1nd take part in t he t•xer•·e i se~
with such ease.