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THE N0RM1\L 1?0INTBR.
Vol. XI.
Stevens Point, Wis.• January 15, 1905.
ON SLANG .
It mua~ be punllng 10 tllo oaroeat Oludeol who
OODKit",lloualy lollowe aare advice glveo lo ou·
a>eroua books oo compOIIIIon and beoda tbe cau·
llone ol "The Verballtl" aocl "Tb10 Queen"e Eog·
llab" 10 ftnd llumbllnr block• ol otruM In lbo
anlciM bo read~ In lbt macullleJI ( bo WIJhtt
lbore were euch domaod and compeoaaUoo lor
what h• wrllel ), OD lbo 11... 1 ptp Ol\bo '"""dall7
(eould ho bo(ome repOrter lor h ?). or In l.he &"'<"~
cdi\Orlal (thlnke It wonh a llle'a ambillon \0 bold
~ho potltlon ol odi\Or ).
Elo ..,ads lor lnau.nce In Uarpor'o Wookly, a
Jouroal of Cl•lll.allon, edited b7 Mr. George
Ban·ey, Vol. o&S. p. 1!!32. respecting tbe loll preo·
ldenllal campaign:
"E...-ybndy Ia mad berauM tho vlbor fellow Ia
dolae &.be rlgbllhlog. The Republicans &ro tllll
cryloc lbtlr era out.*-uct '' aow lbe l)e:moe.ra.&o~
aro paallh·ely wild wllh rege."' II IDCiulru olwboro why the E•tolng l'l>ll ''aloppod o•·er regard·
log lho Judg<>." In tbo oamo volumt, p. 1630, II
tpt&kl ol & certain nenoue tneJ'fJ bollted up In
tho Amerlcao .,..oplo. • l.aler tbt tame journal
predlcl.l wbal will happen "II tbe Presldenl rulll
up .,.._ lbo bleb proc.oo~lon oligarchy.- Alao
HNeYada has oo bu.t1ne-"• c.o be a SteW!." A few
monlb• &go l.bl•ume paln<tal<lng and exemplary
atu~nl would have '-n punlod 10 ftnd In the
l&n!llt HJouroal of Chillutloou a re.fereoee to
HMra. \Varrtm'a Profe•"ton" aa ~.lr. Btmard
Shaw's "wor•t.erplece, ., a coinage "ftre--oew from
the mint" o f lbe edi\Or'o brain.
Tbls tame btpalbetl.c al, e&rnetlt, coniClentlouo,
toutb ru<U a«<unu ol coil~ pranks and
"' Varsity" athletlea CO\K"bed fn sboe:ldog tan·
No. II.
g>Jage; and In the same day's luue ollbe papor
learn• thM even the President of tho Unlled Stales
on hi• tour throu~rh the Soullo hu a "bully''
time; and that the same hll!h dignitary aald In a
(.'t'mpllmentary reference 10 Joel Chandler Elarrlo,
u Men mar come and men ma1 go,
Dul Uocle Remus llla11 put~"
Tbl1, at lea"' 18 wbat he rtad• In hb dally
paper. Hereupon be resohu, u.10/on to ccmftoe
hlmoell \0 a blgber jlr'lde of llleraturo and -ko
relu11e In the magulnes, and Is lured by tbe pod·
agogloal title tO "Santa ~·e Charley'a Klnderjfar•
ten. ·• A•re lor the Orll time he Hndt olaog h o
eon't under•tand, becau&e ho hat noter learned to
play the game of card• and aome other games he
hopes he may never wanL&-o learn.
Our e&r-l aocl UMOpbJotlcated JOUih DOW dUo•
co•en that lbero aro deg.- o f olanlf, and that
word• be avoided btloro a~d abut out ol bltlftu·
ure house look lalrl1 rt<~pectable. and, like
Ro•allnd In the play oo It In a more "comlng·on
d'*paoltloo" lQward tiK!m.
Thlo Is tho I>Sycbologlcal moment lor him \0
rt'ad aometblng about the nature o l lanpap;
•uch as Whitney's Life and Growth of Language,
"Engllt~Prooe" bt.lobn Earle. In the former
bo learns thai alanr It the "abuM of a ~eodeocy
wbolltlt1rflhaat;' aocl ol l.he blci>Mt Y&lue lo the
hlotort of speed>." It -k• "rtllef from lho
Ol>prenlve oonentlonallly, lnolpldlty of words
""d
worn out by tbe use of pef'IODI who ha,.-e • pul
-m
neither knowledge nor loellng Into them, and wblcb
lm>apable o f expNulng anything t hai to
,real." Tblo conventionality lol•nolfted leads
lnt.o anotbtr kind of •lanfr, aalllustraled
b7lhe Of'enror"ked wonb A Wt"UI.-, &PLJL"''t)(l), and
CUAII.IUSO. 0. W. Uol- ..,., ·'As many ptr-
more•••
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T HE NORMAL POINTER.
~laUOilt
lOili keep up lbelr
by the aid of
a ~ocabwar1 of only a few hundred words , or, In
tho case of oome ver1 fashionable people, a few
ocoroa only, a nry llmlud amounl of tblnklog
matorlal ma1 correspond to a filii set of organs of
•enoo, and a good development of the mutcular
ayalem." Tblo po.. ny of ldeaa II the cauae of
mu<>b •lanr. Saya Mr. Plato In &aconafteld's
IAI""ir, "Yea, Eoglllh II an oxpreulvo language,
bill ool dllllcult to maator .. Ill u1age llllmlled.
llooo•llla, a a far aslcan obtorve, of fourwords,'nloe,' •joUr,' 'charming,' and ' bore ;' ana some
INmmartana add 'fond.. ' Tbe coactus loa or the
whole matter b, therefore, thl1 : there are two
lartre oluoos of slang oxprnulon•; one due to an
exuberance of mental acUvlty, tho other to mental
Indolence. Conventionalism and. Inanity of l"n·
JU&JO In one cl ass of society lends to make
old. wordo atale, and makeo for tho de.olrn for nov·
oily In another class.
Now It our Inquiring friend really deolreo to
!mow thlo eubjeci betler, let blm read lbe Interns~
lnJtuay In "Paru of Speech" br Brander Ma~
tbewo, aod learn that ~rn lo " "Function of
SlanJ." II Ia from slan1 'it. at a large number of
wordo are In duo limo aeleeud to form M pari of
o!leellve and dlgolfted dlacourae. Jo this way
lat~JUap rnnowalllrouth; llvea,Jrowa, ebaogeo.
Thera are two fundamental lendoocloo wblch
vllally coaoern tho Jrowlh of lanJUap ao tbe1
do poll Ileal and ol.her laslllulloos. The ttale of
lanJUap at aoyJI~en time Ia tbe bai~U>Ce of two
141Ddeodee, which may be n--.1 co-rvo/iw aod
a pool lion of honor and dlgnl11 In the P.nJII•h
~ocablllarr. The law of least o!lorl, or the prln·
clple of economy of e!lorl, 10 frllltflll of laboroavlnJiatenllon' and sometime• called the prime
mot he of cl•lll&allon lo other neldo, le horn also
oporatlvo In favor of change. In Olbor words
people wllltond to speak wltb len and lou o!lort;
provided they can bO undorttood. lmonodlalely
afler the loveollon of the toleJrapb, TY.LPlORAPU
was not In favor used as a verb; tho
a"""pud pbraoo wao, aeod me a "tolfirapblo dls·
patch," or ••a telegram. " Soon telev-raph u a
• e.rb came Into use, and now the shon and eooY&alent word win Ia unhersal In tlJe buatneu world,
altho hIt IIIII marked colloquial In the diction·
arlos.
Anolbor force tbat makes for con•orv~m 1s
popular education and the general dl!!uolin of
knowledge. LanJUageo chango tlowlr when, as
to a democracy, tho muteo road booka, uae die·
llonarles, and study grammars. Thoro are two
other Inferences that mar be drawn from modem
conditions and added bel"6. Reputable use 11 described Ia lhe books a~ lbe uoe of lhe bollwrltort.
To what oxlODI are our beat wrllers lnnuonced by
tho llylo understood and enjoyed by lbolr onunlft·
cent patron, tho mauet of the pooploY 'l'be uso
of lhe vulrar, on the other hand, Ia detcrlpllve of
wbotlo bad. But who are the vulgar? By derlvalion, lbe common people (lo tho dar• when lltorary
culture wu cooftned to lbe patrician clau); by
doftohlon lbe YUIJar are tho Jo,.er clatlfl of .
society. Butlbe Ierma Jo,.er and higher are !at·
likrol.
lludlnouo and amblguons lOMllt. Modern eondl· •
ro the social lnstltulloo of laoJuage, tbeo, as tiona require a new del!nllloo, for vulrarlly mull
elsewhere, there Is lint a preaumpllon In favor of mean aballowneu of mind and character In whatlba establlobed uaage. AJalotl thlo oporalea lbe over clata It may be found.
From aoolherpolntofvlew aoclotymaybedlvl·
Ideal of ellleleoey 10 familiar In a democrallc
pbllo.opby; that lo, ·people cboooe words u
dod ''-""'lcally Into ••o claateo : those who are
~lclentRooanell chose lbe boundl o 1 bla Col· comparatively uncultured, and emollooal,and the
orado buollnJirip, for ellleleocy rather lban pod- lotollectual. The
conlrlbllle eoeoyy of
Thla practical Ideal prefara words that laoJUara whh coarseoeu; the Jailer delicacy of
eerve for cleaMIMII rather tho a beauty and dell- thought. II It ootouprlslng to learn that wben
0&1/Jy. The origin of a word may be obscure, ~down town oaloon one of two DM>n who were
lowly, or even dlaropulal>le. rt II demolltlroles _s:D<~'tersrnr ,..told another not "to butt Into a gen·
Ita I! IDOla to carry readily aDd ocooomlcall)'-4hC lleman' a conversation," lbll I he pollco had to be
- t a l - ' Idee, llwlll Ia time make Ill way Into called In 10 quell lbe disturba nce that enouod.
1,-.
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T I-I E NORMAL POH\TER.
There ~·ould have been an a pology and no
otrense. perhaps a sense or dlstincLioo, if the same
ca\ltlon could have been delivered and understood
in one of Walter Pater's sublimated phrases.
Tbogolden mean of langu•ge and style would seem
to be energy "'hh delicacy. Slana- words m:.\kO
their way into good English boeaus<l of their
cocrgy and coovealcoee when tbel.r c:oaneoeea and
lowly oril(ln weir otr and fade from t.be memory
through utoelatlon whb words of rank and establlohed po•itlon.
Altho this m•yseem 18 a defeote of slang, ootbhtll bao bOOn said junifrlog tbe alaoa- expresolon1
quoted~
The tltbO mao may b&\'8 t.wo laoguagca:
ooo to be used on lmportont occasions lo public;
1.bo other, a more liberal •tboloo or words amonr
bla most. famlllar ft'fendt . Whenever be makes
frte with language be muat be judged In tbc aamo
way as II be U.kesllbertles lo drus,or In the ..tabllobed customs of the communlt7 to wblcb be liveo .
Ooa rseoess of thought and meatal lodolencc arc
juatl7 coodemoed when found In laoguage as wbco
manlles1<>CI Ia any other way.
At this polut our g ood friend aoka, ''Why can
l \116 slang aa well a.s writer& bavlog ao
08\lbllebed reputation?'' · Let blm be pa tient, ao~
ljor.lly, read Lounsbury's "Undisputed Authority
of Great- Writers," in the Deoembir Barptr'e
Ma~razloe. (The writero quoted abovoarenotlocludcd a moog them ) Since be Is young and goI og to
acbool let blm Drat become tboroly acquainted with
the etandardt of Englleh before be take. IIberti..
with tbe language. Let blm llrotlearn to use good
nrata-ht Eoa-Uob &OO<Opled and underatoocl by any
cultured Engllob opeaklng peroon In San Fronoleco,
no~
· New York, Loodon, Pretoria,
orHon~·kong.
Tbo
great wrlc.er bas maatered dialect-S bolldea the ian·
guage. Tbey terve blm l8 among the mea ns to
produ~ local co)~r &D<I ehow forth elfects of character. l o other words, he hu • change of dress
for bh tboogbll to ••It the occaolon ; while tho
la-norant are limited to a provloclal dialect of
tlr.og boclute they know oo olber, or bocaute they
are ob.veo to loor coolloued h a bits of slovenly
~poocb.
3
'NATURE AGAINST DUTY.
ITB haods plunged ~eep
In bls pockets, John
Raven strodo resll68sly
up and down his private
omec. For lhe l ast week
he hMI been doing some
of ·the hardest thinking
of his life, and now he
had eomo to a standotill.
There •ccmed to be two
roads ahead of him. As
be looked down tho one
iL was narrow, rug-ged,
fu II of stones and brlaH;
yet ho knew thai In all
probability wealth, glory, and fame lay at tho ond
of it. The other road was broad and smooth. · It
lured him Invitingly on. 1\ was the road hlo fore·
fathers bad trodden nod the road Nature had intended he should tra,•el.
•:ach day for the Jan week he hac! reviewed bls
life. . To-day It stood out clear and vlvl~ before
him. His father hac! been a lull-blooded Sioux.
In bis mother, way back, thore had been a tinge
of white blood, but 11 waa so slight tbal by mo!l
people he was regarded as a full-blooded Indian.
Elgbl years ago he had flnlsbed Carliolo; three
years lac.er he was graduac.ed wllh honors from
the Ann Arbor law school. During bls Summer
vacations while a student u Ann Arbor, he bad
gone back to his relatives In the woods. Some.
bow it had )lOOmed so eaoy to slip back Into the
old ways. Each Autumn it was harder and harder
to return i bu\ u.fter bo bad done so, ambtt.lon and
dellgbl in his work had spurred him on. Tbon .bo
bad acttled down to bls practice a nd be no longer
had time to visil bls old borne.
Each year he had outwardly grown farther away
from 11. Three years ago be bad married a wblto
woman, and In so dolog he had bidden farewell
to tho old lifo. Alice bad been sw~ aod geotle,
and be IO\'ed her dea rly. For her oa\o be had
4
TilE NORMAL POlNTER.
tried to forget hu early lite, and be thought be
had 1~ed In so dolor. Six montlu ago sbe
had olckened and died. Sbor1l7bttore the doctor
hatl ••ld, UTake her to the woods." na,·en bad
dono ao; but IL proved ot no avail. Now he had
nothln~r to live tor In thlo world, and tho romem
bronco ot those tow weeks IJ><lM In tho ~·oods had
atlrred up old teellogs be had long slnoe oonsld·
erod dead.
IL wa• Spring. The plaoto were e•erywbere
comlne up. The trees ""' bright green In their
.,... loa•es. Now was tbe time when tbe tltblog
would be btot; or be oould lie under tbe treeo all
day long and smoke, and gaae up at the ak7.
Then, later, lhe squaww would ge\ aupper; and
alter that they would sit around the ftro and amoke
and toll stories ot tholr chlets. Then, at IL grew
tar Into tho olghl, they became more quiet and
one by one they would roll Ul> In tbelr blaoketo
and sloop.
John Raven came to a sudden haiL In tbeoenter
ot the room. "I'm going," be said to blmselt.
.....or two weeks l'm going to rete. and eojoyllfet
then, may be, I'll teel like seullng down to busl·
no<~ a~raln. •·
f'\.Do told his partner that howas going on a busl·
neu trip, and throe days later he ap1>eared a1
Stormy Point.
IL Is DOL tbe nature ot a n Indian to be very
d~nllratl•e, and' Ra•en was quietly made nl·
CO<M.
Ue dl-rded bls busloeu clotbeo and
donned some similar 10 tbe'otberlndlaos. Except
tor hit laoguare, and a sllgbL Inclination to be
talkall•e, be was one ot them. fie arose early,
and breakfasted on jerked venison or ftsb, and
11omct.hnes corree and a coar10 10rt. of pancake
1>rer>ared by tbe squaws. It tho Wl!&ther was
favorable tor ftablog he apentonany hours on the
lake. AI other times he lay around tbe camp
smoklolf, d-mlng, enjoying IL all and 1a7lng
but llnle. How be lo•ed II all, tbe rippling water,
tbe brlrhl blue sky aL noon, the liars at nlgbt,
and the dim. ttately tores1 wbleh lnoplred and 701
awed blm. It was all peace and oomtort; nodall7
routine, no llrlct otllce hours to be oomplled wl1b,
no formal social demands to bore one. ~·or lw
weeki Haven eojored II to tho tullesl, and
tbe two weeks were o<er the par11nr was bard.
He oonftded tblll to hlo uncle one nlrht at tbey
s at b71ho ftre alter the others had rolled In their
blankell tor the night. The old man'• ad•lce had
been brlet: " You ha<e been at school lonr, you
aro 11 wlao man, we ex peel- you to do great thtnK•· ,.
Tho next dny Jlavcn Jolt tor tho olty. When he
returned his partner ,welcomed him and con(lral·
ulaLed him oo bls Improved condition, llnle
knowing that the change was pure))' pbyolul and
not mental .
ll&nn btgan blll work. He found his casu
piling up, and tor a lew daya be worked early and
late; but be made but lillie progre81. Sometimes
he would oil tor an hour with a book, pencil and
pad, and at tho end ot the hour tho notet be had
made would not amouM to two lines. Ulo mlnd
wat somewhere else. Be was again wand~lng In
the to rest, or lying on bls back gulng attbeoky;
and again be was listening to tl•e rain on tbe rude
tent as It lulled him to sleep. Then the obarp telephone ring, or tbe voice ot tbe otllce boy, would
arouM him, and be would oontloue hla work •
Do had alwa7s been popular socially, and
among tbo buolne.. men with whom he had come
In contact. Tho men · now wondered what had
como over him, and allrlbuLed It to the lou o t his
wile. Llnle did they know o t t be otruggle rolng
on In John Raven's mind; Nature with all her
allradlons arrayed on the one side, stem duty
and tbe demands ot society upon the Oilier.
For weeluJ the stn~ggle went on. AI t ltne~ a
partleularl7 Interesting use caused him to IO'IfeL
hlo own atralrs, and lor the lime being mind and
body were thrown Into tho work. Then would
como a roaotlon and lhe old longing tor the hlllo
and woods would almo-1 overwhel m him. With
Autumn came a double longing tor lhe old lito.
The work was becoming mors·ot a ffrlnd. Court
would l(o()n all, and be bad several useo which
required hb undlvl~ed a~ntlon.
Ooe day be sal ai'liti'desk trying to work, but
bla lhoughto were tar awa7. IL was huntl"lJ
seaton. Ue could almo.l, lmagloe biiDIOit taking
a un and ~ambling thru the woodo, kicking the
ave• atldo, and listening to tholr dry rusLio.
Ro had heard no one enter, but a sllaht movement
>
TllE XOR)lAL POII'\'n:n.
wa.J lo lhe
room. He looked up and saw ao old Indian, his
lace lined with earc and trouble. Thclodlan noddll'l to Raven tnd In a le•' words told hlrn his
story.
~·or yearo bls people bad occupied a otreteh or
land In northern :lllooesota. t:acllyear tho while
setllera had drawn oea...,r, and little by llulo had
eDC1'0aclled upon th• terrllOry ol his tribe until
now they
almost crowded oul. Could t his
land be redeemed by the Indians? It w•• theirs
by right; why should they be cheated out o l what
lor yean bad been In thei r pouesolon? The while
man oiT~ no substltule lor tho lou ol tbloland.
soon made htm aware that some one
were
AI. thla rate, what. would bccomo of the Indians?
Raven ll&tened lndiiTercntly atllrOI, and then
with more and more Interest. The case ltruck a
11mp1thetle ehord in his nature. Hero was a
cllaoee to help his own people. There were hundred• ol jun sueh eases. Old they no~ need a mao
wbo k new the Indians, who wa~ lo toucll and sympathy with them, who oould ....., their side ol tbo
question, and yel- at tbe same time was capable
of b:lndllng tbe legal elde o f the mau.cr? Tbeo
Raven'• thoughts again wandered to tho grtndeur
ol the woods, tbe alreoms whb tholr speekled
trout, the quiet and peace ol tho lo11an camps.
The atruggle ol weeks aud months otood out clear
'before blm. He was mentally and phytleollyweak
from 1~. Ho needed a rest. As h<l left the olllce
tbal olabt I~ was with the relieved feeling ol a
man who had been In auspenoc, wbo bad weighed
both 1ldoo and reached a deeloloo. To-morrow
his lllo would begin anew·
HE~
J(!CIOHT.
II I could be my couotr1'• knight,
I'd carve the boly name ol Right
Across our Sand :
Thll brood ol grollera 1000 obould feel
The atlnglng blow ~I lo1 ateel
lo mailed band:
M;y llle to country would I lend;
Her name, her honor I'd dofend,
Were I her knight!
'd champion lbe poor man'• cau.se,
Remodel and ...,rorm th<l laws,
~'or Justice ftght!
Could I bul be my country's knight,
My sword should flash In public light,
Her foes to tame!
Then 'neath her malden nag unfurled,
I'd hurl deftaooo u the world
To prove her shame!
Ab, what a wlsb ! wbal pratlogo wild !
Art thou not prloee? thy country'• ehlld?
The coming King 7
,,.; thou noltben thy counlry's knlghl?
Wert thou not bern In· ~om's light,
'Neath eagle's wing?
Stand UJ>, and view tho world o l gralll
Bow not to yoke thyself with Crall!
Be thou slocere:
Rloe up, young Sam.oo ol our land!
Streleh out thy strength oo either band!
Whal sbouldol tiNw lear?
Stand up, Sir Knlghl, Columbia'• youth I
Bo pure, bo brav~ and seek for •rruth.
Thou holden In thy mailed band
Amorlc,.! Come, wield thy brand I
America Ia thine to rule!
Ar~ thou an hireling, t~altor, fool ?
Dos~ thou lament thy couotr;y'a late
When thou alone eo on make her great?
Don thou bebold thy brother& bound,
Tbyaelf betwla\ oppreuor& ground,
Thr oountry'a name a jes\ abroad,
A aynonyrn lor greed and fraud?
Then ltand ~hou Orm, and otrlke dOOJI home!
Our country must not follow Romo I
H« power, htr prestige, and htr pelf
Have mucll Increased ""' love ol Hlf
Yet we, u knights, mus~ humble beTo champion Right and Purlly !
U PS A!C D DOW!CS.
Take down each suggestion
And take up your pen ;
Throw down every ques&.lon
Tba&. oomes up agalo t
Til E NOIUL\L J>OJNTER.
6
Sit "-" at your table,
Aod ott op all olgbt:
Put d.:n&~r aU your able.
And tum up tbe light.
Look up what tboy tell you.
And then .....tte II "-";
Wrlle up what you need 10
And do II up brown.
Dack up tho you' re sleepy,
Keep up writing llill,
Chur up tbo you're weepy,
Poy up your gas bill.
Don't gh·e up your writing.
Tlo up to your theme:
Keep uP ever ftl(htlng
nohl d(NIIn ev'ty dream!
Throw ¥ atl your dates,
Look "-n OD l>eopalr,
Shut •p ooclal gates,
Shut JM.:n oo your fare :
'Work UP your u.Oratloo,'
Cut down and cut out;
" Oet
UP
ln.sptretloo,"
It'& u al1 UP, tt no doub\.
~lake I1P
Gel up before daylight,
And ge\ d<H~n to work ;
Cut up all you may write,
Don't lie d""'n and shirk!
a quotation,
And hunt. uv aome more i
\VInd Ul) your 11oratlon,''
And run DOWN no moro I
1\RT DEPARTMENT
THE MANUAL ART
• • • • • • • 1'"\....PRRSUASIVt: 110wers
or the cdlt.or or thlo de·
partmeot are respon•lble
for the lnftletlon or this
artlele upon tbe bOIL of
PoL'TER
~ad e,...
An at-
&empt will be made to a&J
oometblng or tbe ~lanual
Arts with panleular ref·
erence to what has been
done thl• year down In
.the manual training room
by the bo7a of tbe obtb,
seventh and e l~thth
grade~.
Tho Ma oual Arts Include a gre&l nrle11 of
work. Tho work more eommonlr embroeed under
that .., . ID<:Iudea papereuttlog, eardboard work,
wu•lor, batk~rJ, elar modellog, and pottery
much of wbleh Is being done In the grades by
praelloe a nd crlllcteacbero. Other work geuer
dooe In apecla lly pro•ldcd room•, lneludeo book·
binding, knife work In thin wood, "bench work,
aheet mt'lal work. bent Iron work, forging, and
work on the turning lathe In wood and Iron •
The work dono by the sixth, seventh and eighth
grade boys h•• I>C<ln In thin woods. II may bo
said of this work thai with a minimum of equip·
ment there Is a nto&lmum or poulblllll... A
•err limited oqulpmeot II o<>oenary for this clan
of work. Tho oqulpmeot used bell d .. Khool desks
and benehes eonololll of lo slord knl•ea, 16 trr
squares, a hammer, a back ••• for aawlng &he
boardt, and a few eablnet ftlea. With these lools
lor a alan, gluo, brads, Perry plcl urca, calendar
pada, etc., were obt~olned later at needed,
f'rom the f'alno Lumber Company or Oshkosh,
a varletr or thin (three-sixteenth lneh) boarda, sur·
faocd on both oldeo, were bou!fht. The klndo or
woods used are u followa: Poplar, ayeamore,
cberrr, buttemut, ehestOJil, walnut, mahoganr,
quartered oak, and lbe..i6eYIIable bauwood .
Llsr o t Mo4ela.
I. Picture frame.
!!.. Calendar boek.
~Jatel)..b6x.
a per knlfo, book support.
6. Glove box, nook lie box, collar and culT box
'
L&dy'a work box, cboeker board, jewel box.
THE NORM.A L POINTER.
Tbo articles mado were In about ~ho order given
obovo. No attempt. was t:nade to do class work,
but each boy reoolved Individual lnstrucllon, and
progressed as rapidly as bls doxterlty pormilled.
!I should be undcrsi<>Od, however, thai the dove!·
opment of aocuracy and originality were eonsld·
ered of more Importance than tbe amount of work
done. In only a few instances were the represen..
tatlvo models copied.
The first step was 10 make several free band
designs, one of which was selected to be drawn lull
sizo for a working dral\•log. Having completed a
working draw'lng, the nexl step was to saw off a
pleee of material and then to plan 10 use il 10 tho
best. ad vantage. Work ·91ras then begun whb the
knife. Not to go Into further constructive detail,
it. was grat.lfytog to now, as th~ work progressed,
bow ox pori many of the boys became In the uoe of
the knife. While the first three models were lnsls·
~ upon, in (4) and (6) a chuico of models was
allo•·ed. Only In models in groups (5) •·ere tho
boys allowed to use saw and plane oocaslonally.
II will be noted In lbe abo,·e models lbal lbe
Swedlob Idea of ulllllJ, so strongly advOcated by
Dr. Saloman or Naas, Sweden, was adhered to.
A •·ord about lbo value and practicability of
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lbu class of work. Tho knife Is the mosl wldoly
used tool In the world, yellts useful posllbllllleo
are little appreela~. A boy wbo bas become
export In tbo u10 of a knife, wltb a little onoouragement. at. home, may de.stgn and mako many
useful and Interesting ar11olea.
Another valuable feature of tbe work Is tbe
knowledge gained of the OO&uly, nature and value
of the dltlerent kinds of wood.
The small eon of equipment needed lortbe knife
work In thlo wood makes practicable lho lntroducllon of the work In rural schools. The cost of
the necessary tools and lu.i.ber did not exceed
ten dollars for 33 boys divided lntolbroeclauos,
eacb claas having had on an average two workIng porlods a wook during tho two quarters.
In a regularly planned eourso co·oporallon between the drawing and manual training depart,..
meniS makes the work In both more Interesting
and valuable.
To quote !rom The Manual Training Maga•lne,
"A host of attraeLions stand ready to draw a boy
out or school; tbe Artt hold him ln. They are
tbe best truant oll!cers a school system can
employ."
J. EDWIN F~urs.
(
AND
ROASTS
TO WHOM IT MAY COI'ICE~I'I :
ExAXINJNORJJOEN-r-:."Mr.Ormsby, what do you
know of Agricult-ure?"
OIUlSB)'= "Oti !I.Was ralaoo on a farm."
RllOE!'<T-"Oood! I thougblyou looked it.''
All those who received slams In the Xmas Number of THE POINTtR will favor stall by kindly
returning same to Pointer Onlce. The ed!IOr will
probably foollncllaed 10 compliment you on bav·
log ocluatly_ c<>nlribul«< 10md~ing toward making
The Pointer a "'"..,·
~1R. SPINDLER-"In tbe 1111 are many men of
wlld·world - ah-..r world·word -er wlld-worder-~ Ob! I eao'c. pronounce it.!"
REMARK-The tbeor, tbal we don't know anything we can't tell hu exploded.
N.B.
Tm:
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NOR~lAL
NOTICE!!
There wll be a coo.olatloo meeting or Pointer
Starr at fU6 Church Street, Saturday Jauuary 20,
1008, at 8 P. ~1. All thooe who have contrlbuled
more than two pages to Pointer thl• year •re
requested to be present. In addhlon to the regular monthly consolation iOr\•lces, student and
faculty slam damag-es will be eotuldered and
altproprlallons made.
---NOTICE!!
II a or ooo Yl8~ prhatc lnJII'\ICtlon In Art,
fru ul charge, lllu Graclr will do•ol<l her 1:30
porlod rladlr.
In tho gathering duok, the light In tho Ancient
1J1s10ry room grew dim. Tho professor ltauocd In
hi• loc:turo on gods, stepped to tbo wall, shoved a
buttOn and oald In Jor&-llko lOnes, "L<t l~<r< b<
1/g~ll" And there was ligbt.
Iral<l Practice Teacher, polollog to the ll<!ntcneo
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The horse and the eow la ln tbe patture."
CLA88! What Is wrong wltb thatiM!ntence?"
Polito little Johnnie at last aroao, and !altered
" 11 JOU J'lea.se, ma'am, the lady ough\. to come
drat..''
II Ia tho united opinion ol all that Browne
belle••• hlmlell tbo virtual head or tho school.
Alao! a virtual head mar still he a - head.
Earl Wllooo, lo Oral Reacllog, romeo to the
word P'111rator7 and stops: ":.Jr. Bacon, I can't
twUt m110ogue around lltul word !"
Tlll•a• We bave Lived to !leo.
Slams on Tllr; PoiNTER starr.
f'ordlnaod a lull-llodgcd lnouranoo aeent.
An awful throng or orators lor tho conten
Mlu t:.dmaocl concoet test quesllona which Induce tainting spolt..
The ~nta eome and eo- Thank the Firmamoot.
No more Peruna druob. Alas! !
Marlin admit that all men are loolo. Jan. 13Bo II onl7l8.
POi l\TEH.
Its pounded bytbelaculty,
111 hammen.'<l by the classes,
Its banged by all our student bore,
Ito olannned a~ by the la•oeo,
tutoltt lo make a huge sucoou,
or nothing wh&tsoever
And when It doesn't quite sucx.'('<)t)
Its told It lo no1 clever.
Plea.J6 know, my lt"eotle readers,
That thl1 ditty Ia DOt graft, And In tbiJ rougblr bandied " It "
l>ltuo..,. TKO: I'OL,'TER starr.
Tho Llterart Editor pllle$ away
t'or tho oallor lad at Sturgeon l)ny,
And thinking or bls and him alway,
Sho wears a sailor suit every day.
Tho Local Edlto..,..
~
A braos or the raokell gossips the InstitutiOn
ba• e<cr bad to deal wltb. But never mind. Its
their business.
Tbo Art E41tor.
Meekness all,
t'alr or lace.
Aa't.latlc ''ery,
What a grAce.
An ambitious youngster lo tho Ninth Grade,
Interested In :llatbcmatiC8, aller lollowlog the
Assoelat, Editor lor 3 hours, 30 mlnutct, and 2'7
oeeoods, alated lor a lael that her head made 1<132
rewolutlonJ.
RE>IARK.-The Aaalatant Editor has rreat bead,
power.
@eHANGBS
"!I all! flail!" the patrlotsubjecu cried,
Their loraltr P"!"I•IIJIIng,"Fiow dare you hall?-tfie queen replied,
"A a lonlf &I I am reigning?"
Browne on tlmo! !!!
Tho laot two numbers or the Sphinx contain a
Olrlo heelonlng to wear doa- collaro.
n~r or e'lroolally tniA'resllng pen and Ink
Some vcrylnl<lreatloa- lectures b7 the laeult~clebe1.
TilE XOR)L\L
Student- We auggeotlhn you do not mingle
your Alumni notes or olbe.r departme:ntt o f your
journal wllb lbe adverllsmenl•. nne uch department well deftncd.
Jo.:xJ)oncnt.-Your cover design anti sover,a l cuts
tbatyou uoe are anything but artlotlc.
We crlllcloo tho exchange columM o r several
ochool pape.-., ~log deBclent In ou~gelillont for
the benellt ollhelr contemporarlet.
POI ~TEK.
\I
Somo ho~ friends of Charlet! Darwin once
plotted against him. They slew a eatcr1JIIIar,
glued a beetlc'8 head upon htm, aod 8tuck on a
buuerfty"s wlnrs and a graaohopper"o l"lf•· Then
tbey pu\the creature Into a hox nod koockcd at
Darwin's door. "We round this In 1ho ftcld thor
said eagerly. "What Is it?" Darwin lookod I~
over soberly; looked into their lnnoocnl laoos.
"Did h hum when you caught ll?" "Oh, 1tt, alr,''
lbcy said, nutlgin~t each othor. "Then II muJI be
a humbu,g , 0 hc said.
t;s.
Normal Adnone-A suggullon Is olfered 10
JOU that )'OU print 1 - OOplet Of lh08C /iiWUl'
oulllnco In lieu oltho Advance. W e full y approolato tho outllnas but arc patiently wultlng for
your productions of lil~wlurw.
Oll<!ho Oumeo-You arc welcomed u one of our
bcsteschaneu.
Marquette (."oll"'!" Journal- We fall to ftnd an
exchange column.
Eas ily Dono.
In tho wah• every young lady can claim 10 be
a daughter of tho revolution.
"1 reel like a eake."
" JUit gOl rroate<JfH
To deceive can only bring rctumJ lor a short
limo; a lie, like a ben, comeo home 10 roost.
Ex.
Tho German J>Oem "Weinaclllcn" In lhe Blae)c
and lied 11 good.
.Prof.-"How would you traowlate Into Otrman,
the word, pltrt~u, ''
Stude.nt- •·Eine Prul~~."
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0ur baby aoema to have a oaturat taJtC for
the plano.''
"lndoccl."
u Yu, he's ,nawed batr the ()()Ush oft' one ler."
Poll.
BLACK AI<D RED.
For tloo TMC:Ioor.
"Kindly exculpate my son Yo... lo r beinr one
aggregate day abient. B<!cause his mother oubstanllng olck, Moee' had to sojourn In the house
porpotual, so kindlr pology him lor nol coming
onoe dariO school."'
E.J:.
She-" Oh, how !only. of 10u 10 brlnJih05e
beautllul ro~•· · Ho• fre:th the)" are. I do believe tbaltherc Is a lillie dew on lhem ret. ••
Ho-" Well1ea- there-- Ia; but I wlli
par h tomoM"'•· "
OIIANOIII AI<D BLACK.
Lake Breexe. Your journal Ia excellent, one
or our ben exchanges.
..
.:
Sunday·ochool Teocber-•'Willic I lear I ohall
ne,·er 1nee" you In Lhe better land ! .,
\VIIIIo-u \Vhy, what 'chcr been dolo' now'!'"
FAITH .
The soul thai •oars the ohlnlng mount o f Faith,
B<!holdlng Lovo tho aovran of tho JJa&l,
And aoolng f,lghl, thru vistas dim bolorc.
Jllume the darke•t path• o f Deslln7,
And plerct! cold speeulatlon'a speclral ohroud
'1\ilh sha n. of radlaane which aealler rloom
From t.he dread future and thai other llle,
OoulMs not, nor clelves with doulM 10 reach
(dupalr.
Tho llgM o f love, the happiness of hope,
Fling !cor the line of lallb that lalleth nolo.
The anchor o r belle! holds ftrm tho bark
Where cabled lacu cannot withstand lhe ohock
O ltbund'rouo lht ory ol truths unproved
B1 wa•eo o f a11rument and aeas or lbourht. Ex.
TIIB NORMAL l'OINTBH.
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THE NeRM1\L J>eiNTER
JANUAR\' 16, 1900.
l'ubll•hcd monthly by tho students of the sixth State Nonnal School, Stevens Point, Wi•oon1ln.
Torm8 of S11bscrlptlou-Local cl~llvery i5 cents 110r annum, payable In aclvanco.
clellvery $1.00 110r annum. SlnjCio COJ>Ies 10 cents.
Pon Olllco
El>t'rORL\L STAI>'t'.
J, HOWARD BROWNE, '06. .... .. .. F.dhor-lo·Cblef ALTA M. SUER.IIAl<, '06 ... .. ...... Aiurnnl f:Clltor
LOM'JO: 0£¥0£, '06 .............. Asooelato Editor IL\ROW R. MARTtN, 'Oi ... Edltor Jolly Columns
Eos P TK>; '06
Literary J£8810: f;soLE, '06 I
,
J, its:UMA, •o6::::·::::·::.:::Aibi"''le£dltor MARY KAUS.KY, '06 f ........... Loe•lf~ltora
MAROAilltT f:soLR, '06 ........... . ..... A... f::dllor JOHN J. WvsocKt, 'Oi ....... Business Manager
WILLIAM ELLY.R, '06 ............ f:XchonjCe Editor RAY BIIASURI<, '06
l ;\sslnant
f))ITH U/\RTWRLL, '06 ..... . TralnlnjC Department CLARK!ICI'! MOIITI'.I.I., 'Oil
Buoineu Man•gcr·s
r
Co n~rlbu,tons soltclted from alumni and s~uclc nts.
Acldres8 all literary rnatol'lal to the t;ditor-in-Cirlol, and all business
Buslnes• Manager.
~-ommunlcatlono
to tbo
"::
ED IT O ~I A L
S LIPS
TOWA~D
TH E POIIOCT.
E\'ery N.IOlutlon denaands a tNolutton.
A high Ideal calls lor a greu deal.
f\..,
Tho Year Is New. Lite ts tho .. me old thing.
Let a man g<;l busy, ancl be can gel anythlng else Ia tho world.
It ono takes thiogs as tbey come, be won't gr..mble when they fall to come.
Tho Editor or a Sehool Pa11Cr may be
&
printer's dovll-wlthoul pay.
Solomon wo.s wt.a: The modern man gd.s wlse.
Eovlronmont makes the man ; but some men first. ma.do environment.
The "students' way" I• trequen&l1 lbe quickes&. way.
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Bone~ty 15 the best polle7; but an Insurance Polley Ia not the bell bon«t,..
A seal In the United State• Senate I• aeeounted an honor.
The polol of a joko Is tho finest part
oJ~
It •omo man coulcl only all on ll!
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THE NORMAL POII\TEH.
GE~IUS has c•·er been at the bar or reason accused or iosanily.
asylums!
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And slill there's room In tho
TU& pooplo who look lor trouble never Ond anything good. They find lault, and lault Is never
good. They find vice, and ••Ice always obscures virtue. Tbey Ond work, and work kcops them too
busy to Hod more laull !
T
RUE FRIENDSHIP Is a Rower which blossoms on tho stem or old acquaintance. h Is &
natural ~•'1h. We ean't. c.uJtlvate it-unless we wish
bo artiftctal. Burbank baa sbown
himself a veritable wizard ol hortlculturc. He tranalorms thorns into lnllt and dry husks
Into lu.sclous leaves. Out he must. not. cease cultivating. Thoro aro wizards of acquaintance who
pcrlorm wonders In a single season. They produce arllflelal lricnd•hip by a gralt on tho budding
stem or cba~ce acquaintance. Will it last~
''to
)lERICAN YOUTH are olten charged with Irreverence. The common chord
of foreign crit-icism of Yankee Youth notes our absolute disregard for
authority, our hatred or restraint-, our lrr-e\•ercnce for our olders, our Insubordinate 'sctr-sufflclency, and our cooceh. All these arc not. manifest. In our
brothers across the sea. They are quiet and submissive. They respect their
elders, honor their parents, and revere those who sitln high places- aocording
to the crltlee. Granting the truth or their assumption, whence comes tho
dlftorcoce? Have we no word or dercoso ~ We stand convleted or oil; but Is
the gulll upon our shoulders?
One o l the laws ol unconscious development is the Law ol lmitallo.o. Tho
tendency to Imitate Is one ol the mos~ vital laeiOrs In lilo and education. It
is Inherent and ineradicable. H is al the 8ftme lime primitive and modern,
savage •nd civilized. Jt impllcsthe power or &daplallon to cnvlroning loftu.
ences. And wh&L are the lnftuences by whleb tho American Youth or tho
-r..·entleth Century are hedged about? Are his elders eonslateol when they
charge /Jim with irTC\·erence and at the same t.lme triUDple the moat sacred principles o r government
In the mlrc or corrupl politics? Is tho American citizen justlfted In deploring tho growing disregard
lor law and authorlly, and prating or the good old days when be was a boy, while ho takes tho Jaw In
hla own hands and riots in our streets or joins a lyoebing gan~e? The American boy sees a otrlkers
parr.de, bo witnesses the triumphs or bl$ elders tbru violence, be becomes Imbued with an amblllon to
be a striker. Hu did so In Chicago and organized the jllebool strike. The lobbyists son is a. chip otr
l be old block. II he Isn't, his lather isn't to blame. He corrupta college polllica, pays he dollars
lor tho vote that makes him Athletic manager-and then! The Rockelollers, the MeCalls, tbe
MeCurdys, the boodlers. &be grara.ers, the 11 men wiU' a price," h~ve aons 111·ho Inherit rottunes bough'"
with the aweat ol poor mens' brows and the sell-rcopccl or million lares! Are the older gentlemen
honest? Are they !'menable to the authority or the law? Do they reverence Righi and Justice? Does
the American voter rt/uu a bribe~ Then he Is justified In i<>lnlng the lorcign critic.
Without further comment, we hasten to say thal we bellevo &haL the average Young American
appreciates honor and recognizes authority lull as well as does tho older American. We give honor
and revercnee to' whom tbey arc due, and still have both 10 spare.
Young Americans t We must. car-ve our future and build our own temple or Reverence. We may
be Young -.\ten now, but onu we were boys-and how we admired young men then! Did we admire the
snob, thegrr.lter? We didn't nKDn 10. Ills well lor ~very American, youog or old, 10 rcmem~r the
Yovngn AmericaoJ and the · •t.aw or Imitation."
T HE
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NOU~lAL
POINTER.
many ad,;isors, too many " frlendB," too' many atudlea. too many engagements, too many reso·
T 00
lutions, may all bo os fatal as too many cooks.
tho Now Year
SHOULD
remember that. "11 tho
roo•tcS on
CONCEIT
and conHdcnco.
&
no~
find us resolving to ceaoe making excuses,
I~
would doub\lcos bo well 10
good excuses havo Rlrcady beun mado.
high t>erch with a chip under 118 wlog. The leathers ol thislo•·l at-e Ignorance
~
w};
HAVE hoard and read ond talkod ol gralt.-grah In politics, In socle~y, In colleges; grah In
Insurance and Hnanco. La~'ollouo, and f'olk. Bughos and Jerome hav~ 111>arod to lam0
on tho breath ol public Indignation creatod by graft. We ln,•llo your attention to the Hllh pageolthls
"':)
ba~ktog,
tuue.
T
·
ot; MAN who Is bls own bosllrlond Is very a pliO work lor a living. II be doesn't, his scheme
ol llle won't work. Tbe end and alm ol lllo lo work. We can't see the aim or sock tho end
without. doing $01Mihing.
BE wise? men In the East a~ ••Ill busily engaged In their effort to detennlno wh~her oy not
they •~ too dlgnl6ed to do their duly. The wortby senators do well to hold down thei~ats
and look •·lse. lncld•ntally tbe United States Senate, thai august and ~vereod body, holds up' l~
en II~ body pnlhlo and collects blackmail I rom our National Bandlttl- the boodlors. • Wo wonder, II
11 booomes the odltors to wonder, how much longer senatorial dignity will conllnue to bo ol suOiclenl
weight to hold do~n the upbe&val ol popul&r senllmeol. ·
T
II Ia true that tho loot boll men have oxpendod
oome ol their energy In a direction the result of
whlcb may nol bavo added ao much 10 tbetr lnt.ellee&ual ad•ancemeot lor the time being u II. they
should have expended the same amouot ol rnergy
In tho puroult ol their studies; but the fact that
lhey have expeoded enern doee aot mean that
they have lost atreDJllh, but rather gained In that
vitality so lmportaoiiO tb•m to their II ••• tnd prog~u wblcb will enable them to 100re eully rea<•b
In the long ruo the coveted goal oltbelr ambllloo.
Agalo, Ills true tba~ some oltbo time SP' nt on
lbe campua mlgbl well and proHtably have bteo
epont In doors In otudy or In other moro useful
occupatlooe . ~ conditione, bowevtr, re&c>lve
tbemaeh·eo Into lbla queauoi., " Would the time
Whb the poulng away· ol the beautiful daya of thuo apenl In fool ball be turned 10 a bolter or
Autumo, tho glorlee or the lootbo.ll Held have evoo urood an aooouot In any tblo~r else?"
puaod away and the ldollJted plg·aklo Ia laid aw&y
Aside from thlo we know that the playera wero
requl~ 10 carry oo el!lclenlly tbe regular work <>I
10 reet for aoother year-If oot forever.
Tbelootballmeo~aatlat!edwllbtbelr-.on·a tbetcbool; Utey were not !ondled In the clue
roocrd, and IMI amply repaid lor the mergy.~- ~
~...,.....66, we~ fool ball playeni, but held
ponded aad Ume tpenL In tblt form o l recreaUo~oooWlt lor their work. Tboae wbo !aped
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Till-: NQR)1AL POIXTJ.:R.
In ~lr otudl.. were pi"OIDpliJ "canaed'' b7
&be chalrmao or the Alhletlc Committee. Beolc!e.
lho work lmpoaed upon them b7 tho loot ru<'Ore
tbOJWO~ and aro the most enthut1&3tlc promotero
or tho Llt<~rary and lnbatlngSoclelleo, and or ooerr
other lutu ro lho achool may be lnterool<>d lu.
Tt>o boyt hue galoed otrenglh, nooftde-, a nd
aeU.rellaD<:C, lor theJ were called upoo 10 a 1011 or
otrengtb uot onl7 pbrolcal but moNI, ooclal a.ud
lntelleetual.
Compel! lion m&tta &be worlu move and «row.
Compttltlon lo tho pme or 100'--ball m&keo &be
bo71 mo•e a~ grow. The trulh lhat tho7 bavo
become llron~tr pbyolcally, Ia lt.oell ovlde-. lbo
tact that U1e7 bave beoo benofttl<>d In man7 olber
WaJt; It II a rood lndlcatiOo Ol their luture good
b.eallh and nreoglh ; It Is a rood louodatlo o lor
&be ballblul development or lntellecoual po~
pbJol<tl weakling It teldom, It e•er, atroor Intel·
loetoall7; It mea.ut &hat &be bo7t bave ad•auoed
morall7, ooclall71 and lntelleetuaiiJ. ADJ ooe
la111lllar
In a tllgbt meuure wltb tho lire and
atmoepbero "'our Normal and HlghScboolo under
wbote boneot and able guidance ana tl<lroal •111'1·
lance lbo game or loot-ball Ia plaJed, kaowo that
tbeoe lour pb&OM oJ our llv.., n&molJ, phJIIcal,
mora), ooclal and lotel'-ual, ro band Ia baud;
II aa7 one ol lhoae Is developed the othoro are.
ODe II deptDOleot upon &be otbeJo You caonOl pro""""one wllboot dereloplor &be otben.
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Buktt-ba.ll, band·ball, and Indoor hue-bell are
oa our proJram. To ucel lo anr ooe ot lhHe
gameo d - not call lor as much beef aad brawn.
oor lor any !ool·hard7 courage at lo loot boll ;
but on tho cootrary moro oklll, agility, prompt
&dlon, and ovco grea&.o.r endurance le roqulrod.
Another vor7 deolrohlo lealure ol tbcte Indoor
ramo• l1 lhat they may be Indulged In b7 both
ooxeo.
Severalmeno' and glrla" teama buo alreadJ beea
orpolzecllo beaktt-WI. Tho proepeet or a IUC•
cottlol and t othuelaollc lt&OOD ol OD)8JIDODt and
rocreatlun lo ver1 brlgbt. The men"• tlret *m
altho Jot In an embr7o atago or development I•
one or tho'"''""' little te&ms In tho at\10. Wo
exptet much or them.
On Dec:ecnber l6Lb, our eenond "-m wont down 10
Tbe1 were
deteol<>d, but DOl dloboamnod, and are now prac·
tieing harder lban ever.
c Nod R&pldl 10 pi&J lh•l r ftrot rame.
The ftrot 14am pla7ed lbelr ftrot gamo with lho
Steveoo Point Clt7 Team one or tbe 1troog011 el17
t.eamt In tho 11110. Our bo71 pu1 up 10mo llood
work but could hardly be expecl<>d 10 win wbon
pitted agalnntucb moo ao "Norokyj' Ra lvoraoo,
Corrao, F..at.oa, Ntleoa, Braemer, aDd Alklu. ~~~he
"'""'' wu 38 - U Ia favor or &be team II'OGI "down
&Ow-D."'
We are proud or &be loot-ball mea wbo bare
made ouch an hoooreble record lor lbemtelveo
and lor lbe ocbool during tho p&31 ltiJOn. 'fhoee
quallll .. or a true manhood which tho7 ha•e teeted
and llreogthenod Ia lbe strunte lor vlctor1 on
&be-rrldlroo will undoubl<>diJIIaJ wllh tbrm and
be vital lactore Ia loftueoelog the llvoo a.ud cber•
aetrre ol lboae wbo Ia lhe near 1\itoN m&J DOme
under lbelr eJw,;e and gulda-.
'lbo7 ba.. piaJed &be Kame Dobl7; - 1 ... 1100
Oipeet &be 1D the greal.er ram• or aetual and
P'*"le&l llle?
BRASI!IlE. •••••••• Guard ••••• • • Fl<mi'!RICKII
Brscaow •••••••• O uard ••.•• •• WIT!'
Our attention lo oow dlverl<>d !rom tho ucltlog
end apeetaoular otruggle on tbe gridiron to the
leu aeooatlonal but bardiJ leu lnterootlor con•
lelia OD tho i71DoaaiUm ftoor.
uHILLv" ••••.•••. t:Sub
Our t.nam wao 1oeompanlcd by ~!118 Allerton
member ol F'aoulty.
Oulver-M&I1ager.
Evereoo-R41croo.
Mr. MoCl- ol Marobfteld, anted u Umpire.
On Januar16lb, our teom pla yed at M arebftdd
and dete&&ed lhe team lbere. Good team work did
&be work. Ourlor tho tlrat quamr or pi&JIOif not
a lou! uor a tcOro wao made by either team.
Soore at ODd 01 ftret ball 18 - 0 lo our lavor.
Final oco,.....Siovcoo Point Nonnal 28; Marah·
fteld 24.
Uneup:
STEVEN81'01NTNOIIMAt.
MAR8UPU<LO.
PAJU<. •••••••••••• •·orwanl ..•.. SA PUIO
W A.OLI:IOU •••••• Porward ••• •• PA"I'"I'EIUI()>t
Rou:l:lrnl ••••••••• Cuter . ...... '\"\" AJIJWIIILD
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T i l£ KORMAL POH\TI.;H.
Lee1lLS
Looll lor Hobson ! Be comN f'ebruary 6.
Willi• BoaiOn and George EvtMion have been
on lhO alck 1111.
Prolcnor Clark, leacher of Malhoonallcs In lbo
River Falla Normal, vis lied boro Wedne•~ay,
January3.
Pl'Oiuoor Talberl enterlaloed lhe Baelerlology
and Blolotrr Claues al hill home on ~mber 12.
LMIIo Benneu baa been ~ieeted eaplaln of lhe
basket ball team.
"""'nted by membeN oft he laeuhr, and bylonner
otudento of tho ocbool. ~I MI. Bradford, P....aldenl
Pray, Proleuora Ry~r, Sanford and Colllno lOOk
par~ In tho program.
Tho SeniOMI nnlohlng lho OOU':!'C thlo quarter
are: ~'lora Wood, ~lie Olrimple, Katherine
Potu, Ray Onn!by, Belle MIIC:hell, F.u Koehl,
and Mar1 Kall•kJ. Tboso oomplellnl( 1be
Elemenllry Courao a re: Nina Coyc, 1-:tllt'l Core,
AllooScon, Winnie Shumway, and Sblrloy Almy.
Tbo pupllo of the 01l&tt'mar and lniAlrmedlale
Oeparlmcnltl l(ave a Chrlslruao ~:nterla lnm•nl
gcnt8 were here \Vcdoesday, January 10, to exam· called "Tho Chlldrons' Messi ah ," Music ond
lne thole ftnlohlng courses al lhc close of lhc roadlngs wco'<l given. These wero lllu•lrated by
pictures thrown ut>On tho screen. Tho Pd_maty
S«ond and Tblrd quariCMI.
children played "Tho Cne OwelleMI" t'il the
Cla...,noe Momll h.. been made eap1aln, aod
Jrmnaslum. Tho Klndergarlenors gave a parl7
Duncan ~ld manager of lhe fool ball 1eam lor
to lhelr parenu who were pleuaolly ourprlaed
nex1 year. A ftne team Is anllelpated.
b7 tho cUts made by the cblld...,n.
The HOOnd oumber of lbe Leelure Cou,... w. .
Several donallono have recenlly '-" made 10
a lven by 1he Clo•elaod Ladles' Orcbeslra. They
our muaoum. Marie Calnan hat ghen aoveral
gavo \ll a channing eveolog; aod weo,away ooc.u·
ploooo of Fracllonal Currency of Civ il War times.
pylng a lofty posllloo In our estimation.
'fhoy a1'0 ftft,)', t.wcnl.y·fl vo, wn, ami thrro ccntt ln
Tho Leclure Commltlee IQ--announood that the
donoonlnallon. She also gave Rr1y conll in Pollal
Lrrlll Olee Club of Chicago will take the place of
CurroneJ.
ll>e ltoJero-Orlller Company who wore unable to
Professor C. Fl. Sylvesler gave a pleoe of Norlh
appear. The elub COC>JIOia of a male quamtte,
Carolina Cur...,ncy of 17i6, and a COP1 ollbo last
and Ia atrlellr ftMII clan In a ll I~ coonee&lont.
luuo of TIU! VtOK8DUIIO DAlLY CtTIZXN printed
n.. bora' Literary Socled.. en10r1aloed lhe on wall paper juat before lbo loll of Vlcktblirf.
Areo a and Oblreaa In tbe gymnasium ~mber8.
From I. 0. Otterbrlnk waa ....,.,lvod a eun,
It wr.a an elaborate a!!alr. Supper was originally a lonr barrelled ftiM loek, bu1 later
served 10 one hundred a1 a time In tbe main ball. ruado over for u&e or a cooeuulon c•lh '
Muoio waa furnished by tho Metropolitan
Tho achool It growrul to donora In !loeS<l dll•e•,
Oroheolra.
and I• always glad 10 receive gllu' or loano.
The lollowlnr old atudeoll vlalted lhe ocbool
The CouMIO of S1ud1 of the Prac1ioo l!chool Ia
olllOII vaeatlon: Ida William•, Georgiana Clark, being printed In tbe lonn or bullellns oil he aehool.
Rulb Wadlelfh, Ed M.a the, Loron Sparks, Nature S1ud1 and OeotrraphJ In one pampblel,
Conrad Olaoa. Fred SomeMI, Mabel RogeMI, and Hl•IOry In anolber are oow In lbe band• of
Belle Youna, Howard Wehr, Ruth Pomr, Our P raelloe Teaebera. The codMIO In Nature Study
Mallory, Alia Sherman, Mable Olaon, Kalhorlne and Ooo~eraphy eeema 10 moellhe need• of Public
Soulhwlek .
Sebool• In dl!!ereot paris of tho State. On
The Pllly-lhlrd Annual Coovenllon o! 1he Wls- account olthc}"'nand lor 11, MMI. UradJord bas
oonoln Teacher's Assoclallon was held ~mber d~to 1101 out another odlllon, ooploa of
1!'1 -28 In Milwaukee. SICvcna Polnl wao well ~bleb she will tell 10 any wanllng them,
Tho F!xamlnlng Comon!Uoo of 1be Board of He-
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