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The Higher Law.

SLAVERY tim e s, m e n lik e Charl e s Sumn e r, were accustom e d t o speak of a '' High e r Law." It was tru e that our laws sustain e d slav e ry. Th e owners of s la \ es m a d e the laws of c_ours e could mak e th e m to favor th e ir own mte r es ts. Thus it was that slave-property, stron g ! y e ntr e n ch e d in th e bulw a rk s of law, s ee m e d to d efy th e ff t of its oppos e rs; but th ese m e n t a lk e d e bor ts , ·hia h e r law" th at did not comp o rt a ou a b with th e ir laws , a n d th a t thi s ''hig h e r law " was li a bl e a t a ny tltm e , to ass e rt it s e lf and Ia y it s h eavy .p e na u po n th e n eg- l ec t ors of • . A doh a t las t 1t cam e . It s t e rribl e muttt n ' d f · . 1 d b ee n h ea r o r a l ong tim e . At t e rm gs 1a ·1 1 d · b -st upon o ur g ut ty an m a n I gth It Ul e n f ir o n a nd l ea d, att e nd e d w1th awful storm 0 1 d Th e n .it was th a t m an ts of b 00 • h tl · l t' as a t orre n w as s ue a 111 b d that th e r e fown -·

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"higher law," and t hat its p na lti ·s w T • th hi ghe r penalties.

Yet the lesso n has nc d to I r ·p :at d, wh e n me n, l ik e S e nato r I nga ll s , t e ll u s that in polit ics th e r is no r m [ r th t •n c mmandments w co ]) th •r iss Jll (; c ha n [ )J' th es me n to lea rn from th · p na lt i ·s th at th e ''h ig he r law" ha s not y ·t b · n r e p a l · l, nor has it ob roga t ed its Inc , nc r has it surrender d its c la im upon th fi l' li ty o f th is p eo p le .

M n have th ou :r ht t ha t if th ·y ha v · k ·pt w ithin th e cla ims of the laws o f th · Ja n I, and es cap e d t he court s, th ·n t h ·y co uld, with impun ity, gr ind fo rtun <.:s o ut of th · fl es h a nd blo od of th e ir fe ll ow ma n, a ll with pe rf ec t safety t o th c ms ·lv<.:s ; but a ll at on e · th y find thems e lves n ve lop c cl in calam iti ·s w hich th ey ca n n ithcr a ve rt no r av id .

Strikes an d finan c ia l I an ics a rc a 1 a rt o f th ·se pe nalt ies .' Th e '' h ig h e r law" has b · ·n v iolat e d and t hese arc th e [JCna l cons equences, in part.

So on th e oth e r h a nd o pe rativ es in t h e mills and fac t o ri es h ave li ve d in a lm os t t ota l ig no rance o r d is r egard of t hi s '' hi g h e r law" a nd as a pa r t ia l r es ul t th e y a r e in wa nt and wr e tc hed ness , and ov e r look ing t h e ir ow n . r e sponsib ilit y in th e matt e r, t u rn for r eve nge upo n th e ir e mp loyers a n d w ith a b lin d d isre ga rd t o th e ex te n t of th e inj u r y t h a t m ay fa ll upon th e in noc e n t and h e lp le ss s trik e fe arf ul blow s th a t fall w it h g r ea t e s t forc e u pon t h e h ea ds of t h e ir ow n w iv es a n d children. So h e r e again th e cla im s of th e " h igher law" a r e v in d icated.

. There a r e m illi o ns today w ho a r e s uff e rmg the pena lties of th is brok e n law , m e n in palac e s and me n in h ove ls, wea lt h ies t cap it a li sts and wr e tch e d po ve rt y -st r ic k e n op e rati ves , who know not whe nce th e s t r o k e h as com e And yet th e y ought to h ave k now n that no o ne ca n trampl e upon th e "h ig h e r

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n·alms o f depa rt e d spirits In what a \\·e d nc s th<' mo rt a l stand of th e imm o rta l ! \\" c stand in the presence of a soul and body u nit e d and " ·c f o rg·c t that the soul is in \rith myst c....ry. \ Vh cncE' cam e it? is the tic binding- it the body ? \\' hat is its destinitt io n? \ Vc e , ·c n forg e t that the s 1n 11 itself is a myst e ry. a spark of cliYinity . But "hen the union is c.lissoh·ed this co mpli c al t• d my ste ry us \rith terro r sn that we s ta nd shudclcnng 111 the pr e sence of cn'n the lifeless dust. daring •• 1 pio nee r. to I"CCCJ Ye a Yisit • 1 ,l , ·scn 1b odied spirit - but to p e net rate I ()111 , '- · . I , ]111 <"l. spirits . m a \· c a11 n a homao·e as t H rc.t • ;:II tl 11- of the supe r st iti ous anci e nts \rho \\T as l• I t tJ 11-1"11 cd b)· It. 1-l ts courao·e a era in \\Trl' IrS · :.:> 0 I . .] 1 as h e :t \\ ·cuts t h e le:wlul throno· attw ti c nt , . . .. _ ,, :-. • 1r]1 n1Wht \· c lc111l01 . 1 he most 1d \"'1 !1Cilll' \\ ;---, "' f · .' ·-: 1 1 of o nes s c i command isto tr\ In')" Ol t ca . . . , . ...... . , . \ Vhcn o ne IS 111 act ion there .1 ,,.,.,, t c.h n o c t. < •l "'. • h is YCI") ' actt \ lt) · \Yh ich · e thtn° 111 IS som · : ts a n d co ur <wc t h e refo re 1 _ , hi S sp ilL ' . ::.. , )I a c( s up . st"nccs 1S n ot necessar il )· 1 I c tr cu lll · < • • < unc c r b t t o uaze at g r ea t d a nge r ap• _u1 cl c monstr;:tti o n of i ts · c h111 °·\\·1t 1 I 1 P1 ::-> b .l .ti e to sta n c t 1u s a nJ b)' b lc C:l j) <l I I I tern . · .·11 t o co mp e o n es po wers o f I fo r ce of " 1 • 1· · s 1ecr I t o b e 111 r eac. m ess f o r th e mind a nd_ bo c Y le" l is s ub lim e . Th r o tJ o·h ]1 0" OJ( C > 0 :-t pproac 111 ;--- .· t· o n of what h e saw a nd I · d csC JijJ 1 o ut 11 S · ci s 111 a inl y o n m o ra l s ublimh ca r d, h e cl c pl c.n vo rk imm o rta l. T h e su b. d e r 115 ' f A. to r e n _ 0 100 m y o Jax , w h om ]Imit )' of in }J fe, as h e s t a lk e d U h ' sses h a . ddr e ssecl, h as b ee n c it e d b c Jn cr a · aw::l)' o n . ::::. 10,vn t o th e p 1e s e nt t 1me L . . , u sc d [r o m r ffic ul t to fin a m o r e fitt in cr I t \\ ·ou lcl b.e cit 1 pa n o·s of r e m o r se t h an b 1 f . t 1C c ;-, • l f T" S)' m o OI on th e v Jt a s o Jt y u s o r . ey 'n g . . I ' v u l tUI e ,s P1• • Ie s of a m b1 t1 0 n t 1an th e ex·_ · 5 ,tu cfo r t h e v iC15T ta l us T h e att1tude a nd a tJ- f an c oof H e rc ul e s is m a] e s_tlc:

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I ll IS ! 11 f ::.. , f r om t h e ?. a thr o ng Its s u b lll11 1t) t is n o t a I e p c tJtJOn 0f th e . · but 1 1 · o f sp m t s, N 0 -vv cam e n e Innum e rable sacr e · · h first pas ::::. _. ds of n atw ns Wit a corresf m)rr Ia I .· . h os t s o . e 111 t h e u c a mot 1n o·s wh ,l e . 1cr e as . . ::.. , pondtng u_ . r ea s e d by hi s f ea r le st th e h is t e rror IS GJnc ·gon b e sent, a t th e s ig ht of d f t h e oi h ea. 0 •

TH NORJI- 'i./ER

wh ich th e b e h o lde r was turn e d int o sto ne .

Thi s a ll us io n to th e h ea d o£ th e .Go rgo n is th e on ly me nti o n o£ any m o n s t e r in th e desc ri ption .

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No me nti o n z"s made offi? '"e

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U lysses th a t h e wou ld rat h e r labor a m o ng th e low es t c lass o£ toi le rs o n ea rth th a n b e kin g eve n in Had es , thus s h ow in g that th " future of a ll was mi se rable

Wh e n we add t o th e g ra n d e ur of J fo m c r 's thou g h ts th e po we r a nd ma jes t y of hi s la nuage we no long e r marv e l th at n o t o n I y hi s own ag e , but eve r y succeedi ng age, h as acknowl e dge d hi s wo nd e rful ge niu s .

Wind Cave. -

MYRTLE RD D UNC ANSON

Thirty hours jou rn e y w e s t wa r d over th e most leve l pa rt o£ N e bras k a; out farther through the sand hill s w he r e sod hou s es p reva il , a nd th e n on till you r eac h th e buttes standing ou t aga in s t th e s k y . Alt e r thiS a lon g stretch of mo s t barre n co untry, n g htiy call e d Bad Land, a nd a t las t yo u co me to th e o ut -skir tin g Blac k Hill s

There they stand a lit tl e in th e diStance, th e p in e tre es cove rin g th e m a nd con tin ua ll y whi sper in g to eac h ot he r of th e yea r s lon g past a nd look in g g ra nJ a nd so le mn in th e ir age a nd so l id ity.

Ju st at th e foot of t he m is a town so n e w and in s ig nificant th a t th e daily tra in see ms to be th e i tem of grea test im po rt a nc e .

H ere at IV! inn e katah we find we mu st take a bra nch lin e to Hot Sp rin gs . On e may wo nd e r why so pretty a spo t a s this is r e puted to be, Is no t on a n y m a in lin e, but bdore go tn g far in those ca no ns , dow n grades that mak e th e coac h run on a n angle of four or fiv e d efr ree s from the leve l ;:, can s ee a very g ood r easo n for n ot mik in g thts a !'art of the dai!y routin e fo r th e la rg e r portton of that sections com merce .

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scalt c r e cl he-r e and th e r e ll P l 1c: · 1 P. co ul top o f the hills just w h e r <,;vc r a ni C1 · be fou nd to !Jia c<,; o n e [ b e autY

1 . s 1c es

In the mi d s t of lhis profus io n °. . so n1 \ VInd Ca\·e IS r e presentee as n , . I . 11 ., v In o th ing t o su rp ass a ll o th e r sc<,; n cs . rak · - -·va l we

So th e.: morn i n<r a fL e r o ur a 1I 1 c thr e b 1 _, a r c a coach for th at p lace . t 1e i e h )a rb sca ts in our co n veya n ce and e ac o n th e n o ug h t o seat thr ee co mf o rt ab ly , e n O'e r !ri ve r 's box th e r e are a l so thr ee pas!d ; nd and so m e are stand in g- on t h e l ow e r g h w g a t e . N o wo n d e r t l; c n , th at a l t h olu overl)'

· ve n ha ve four h o r ses w e cannot tr a d doW I ) a n ·1 es fast o n tho se ston y r oads , a n c UJ! ve . fill d those steep hlll s. Y e t twe fll lor a ne throu g h suc h sce n e ry do es seer eac h l ?n g b e for e w e a r c t ir e d of 1t we 11 d \}/tfl

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1\ Ill ' \ ' "e fi I e fro I I I li 1nd 11 t 1<,; e n tranc e to th e Ct'l\·e anc . er., 1 o ur sc l, · , . · · 1 1 w.;c c' It) '- t 1t !l CS In Sil (; l1C p o st 0111 · t1 · eve ry 00.r IS scaltcr c d wiLh Jar o·e r oc ks 11 rr p · · lel'e and OS iti o n. Th e \\' a ils h a , e a red ereg-e , th e Out from o n e of Lhcm proj e cts a Po tl ' Vith a n d sic.ksof whi c h arc covL St F t 111 1 II h I tJ e 0 ftc wa s o f n ca r!) ' th e o rt oc o x en e S11 "' · . 1 · · se 11ti 11Pl aced I I ol _ e ):;' g- n ea r! (; J prc n o_u s r c p1 e111 toll1l Y Cve t y sta t e 111 Lh e u n1 on . i Ost . 1er e I 11rr Ctrcltl w e stc l) I)C d in to a lar g- e , aeo::. re a r . ... . -1 req sel11b \' r oo m, WIt h l ofty ;t r c h c d c e ieor 11 eel s0 ln g a chur c h dom e Nat ur e h ad q e t n1eth · . . · · · , 11c1 h' at 1 In g ve ry ld .;:<,; a p ul p it 111 o ne e 1 eas t. . 1 h t l l a d 1 sosome divin e h a dt10U g '"'h ee<lclj 11 ca l ed i t th e l\I. E . C hu rch . ft 0 re &' fr 01 f 1ft on e 11 thi s w as a l o w pass age \)\.i lly Proj e q:nu s t stoop to k eep th e h ead abov e a nd wa lk

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i\lilto n anti oth e r o f our po et s haYe t11 e ir stud ic s t h e re, eac h so call ed beca use of some fa nci e d lik e ness to th e r ea l ones. ti ll r)t h e r b ea utifu l n ooks and passa rre s li e in our pathway, a st eep windin rr sfai r c a ll e d Cliff C limb e rs D e li g ht and at last we reach the mos t b e aut ifu l plac e of all, The o f Ede n.

H e re e ve r yt hin g is for_m e cl aft e r th e most delicate of pa tte_rn s, on e littl e crev ice is hung with snow wh1t e rock w o:r e n as fine ly as lace, a n over h a ng ll1 g r oc k ts covered with fri n g- ecl bo:-; work; o n_e I_a rg:e le d ge is deco- t , ,vith p e rfect Ill1It at io ns of ora n o- e r d ec 1 · o bl osso ms a nd anc I_n a small fissure ()·liste ns so rn c thing very lik e a snow bank 'ln o n e cor ne r is th_e bow e r and all around . , 1 ::r il rr in o s 50 de li ca te that a br eat h wou ld a 1 e l c ;-, b d e stroy it s b ea uty .

As we e nt e red o ne of the parts which l d I . most o ur pa rt y exp r essed its p ease L :. • _. •

11 Of fee lll W by breakinQ" fo rth Into ove r ow ;::. ..., ' l\1 r Country 'T is of 11e e, a nd echoes ) 1, ndin cr bac k frorn th e d e licat e walks c a m e uou b • a nd a rch es . rl' l as th e e nd o f th e r o ut e we h ad se- ll S W · a nd we b ega n 1e trac 1n g o ur steps l ecte d -tl y diff e re nt way wher e lookin g a ove r a pa 1 1 d d o r m o r e fee t up we saw s t a lac tit e s lUll th e roof of a n a r chw ay, One cov e i_In ::' ra s cr ua rd e d by th e faces of a ma t1 O IJC 11111 U 'v\ C D • 1 t - c d dJf s urpri s tn g y n a ut ;t l Ill th e tr stony a nd w I . a )ar (re r oo m we a ll sat cl ow n 'li l cl b e n ,-:J d l c · 1 d 0 ur ca n es, we co uld not , t· o· u1s1 e . d' s ee ex 111 ;:, di ' 1111lll e .late l y in front f - h ct n .._ e d o o ut f c n o t a wo r was spok e n a nd ' "e r aces, 1 ' th cl -v o u ea r to fee w g e a rkn e ss that it ca m e so n . f a we ig ht b a d been lift e d wl ' see11l_ e d \ Ya in s h o n e o ut. 1e n th e ] w ht s at> b ll a iJes fdl ecl th e p<Lt h way ti' ll N e w s c - d we h d th e o ut e r sta ll a n o nce m o r e we re r ea c e . n th e sunsh tn e . .

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1 o ur s a ay b. e . I d 1e

1 1 noW ee n xp ore and tl cave th at 1as ' 1e r e

1s s upp os e d t o b e m uc h mo r e w hi c h is unk now n, so o ne mi g ht use ma n y wo r d s a n d ye t li tt le o f its bea uty be cx p ressc:d, fo r ve 1y cor ne rh as be e n car e fu ll y a rr a ng-l' d b) Natur c: 's A r chit ec t a nd it is a s di vin ely p c: rfec t a s th e nst o f hi s c rea t io ns .

Sea Life

B Y T // E S/\. / L OR .

t?.t'" H E phi loso p h e r o f o ld cln :a lll e d of an id ea l life whos e c ha rac Lc:r is ti c f <..:a tur " s hou ld be ac ti o n, a nd wh os e e nd s h ou ld )y th e g reates t use fuln t! s s in pr o 111 uL ing th " we lfa r e o f fe ll o w c r e a tu r e s . S t!<..: k in ,!S· th is h e wa nd e r e d thr o ug h a ll c lim e s a n d tri e d al l o ccupa ti o ns , b ut fin a ll y we n t d ow n t o hi <> g- rav e a d isa p p o int e d a n d d is h <..:a r t <..: n <..: d c reatur e at th r:: c los e of a lif e lo ng se a r c h in va 1n.

Th e po e t s u ng o£ a n id e a l of fr eed o m p ea ce a nd pleas ur e wh e r e l1 fc \Vo ul d GC! r C!plct e with p uri ty a nd c ha r 111 a nd wh e re th e so ul co ul d r e ve l a m1 d a ll o l th l! pe r fe ct io n of h a rlll o n y, g-r a nd c u1· a nd .s u blina ity th a t th e im ag in ati o n p ic t ur e . Y ears aft e r wa rd s hav in g g i vt n up 111 d es pa ir h is d y in g ea r ca ug h t t h e fa in t w o rd s o f hi s as it was be in g ec h o e d d ow n t h e • Wh a t life pr e s e nt s th e of a c t io n ? W ha t lif e br in g s int o r e q ui s iti On th e p h y s ica l, int e ll e c tu a l a nd sp i r itu a l p o we rs of t h e hum a n be in a as d oe s th a t of th e sa il o r 7l b And d oe s n r•t thi s lif e h a ve a v it a l co nn e cti o n with th e we lfar e of m a n ki ncl?

It is co mm e r ce t hat h as b ee n a nd is tod a y th e mi g h ti es t fac tor of m od e rn c iv ili %ati o n It is comm e rce t h a t h a s p o u r e d in to th e sa va g e a nd un c ulti va t e d 'vV f' St t h e cu ]tu re and r e fin e me nt of t h e O ri e n t. I t is com me rce th a t tod ay b ea rs a way t h e o ve r . of th e No rt h , thr ow i1: g in to its la p In st ead th e d e li cat e l ux un es o f t h e S o uth . It is co mm e rce t ha t d e y e lo pc d t he vas t numb e r c,f m1 a h t y 1n du s t n e s th a t so di s t ing uis h o ur e r a . <=> \ Vha t p) ace of e ar th off e rs a fr c c·do lll

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Hi g h up above ou r · h ea d s, flocks of birds a r e fl y in g sou th wa rd, in sea r c h of wa rm e r c lim es . We dr e a d t o part w ith th ese la tt e r our li tt le win ged so ng st e r s th a t h ave don e so much to mak e th e s umm e r c h ee ry.

Th ere is a no th e r prov ision w hi c h Mot h e r Natu re mak es b efo r e h e r eve ning prepa rations are comp le t e On e by o n e th e ripe ned leave s, g ro wn so go rgeo us in th e a utumn frosts, fall from th e ir plac e s o n th e tree s, each o ne leav in g und e rn e at h a tiny bud-a sw ee t surpris e fo r th e sp rin g tim e _ For the. ca re ful obse rve r us e ful l ess ons li e rn sto r e rn th ese tin y for e thou g h ts . Almost a ll th e tr ee s and s hrub s form th e ir buds in th e fall, r ea dy for th e first flush of life in th e spnn g .

And no w wh e n th e " g ood, o ld N urs e" has a ll th e littl e childr e n sa fe ly tu ck e d away, s h.e com e s to tak e a las t l ov in g l o k at th e m In ou b ' f I . o A d . h r e aut 1 u I ncl1 a n Summer 1m aze s ·

THE NOR MA L COURIER.

BUSIN5SS D6Pf\RTMENT.

A di' Crt I s in g R a t e s

P e r in c h, s n g- e co lu111n , s ing-l e in se rti o n

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Alumni Notes.

LAS S OF 92 .

C. F. Nea l ............ . Stat e U ni,, G e o r g-e P o rt e r ............. Sutton, Neb r1

J ose ph G illil a n .. . ............ P e ru, N e br·

] ess ie Me t ca lf .......... Sy r ac u s e, N e br , Ma ud P hilli ps . ......... .. Syracus e , N e br·

Matti e G r egg ........... T e cums e h , N ebr·

F lo H t h ' At Hom e· y u c lll SO n - •...

J ess ie H owa rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b

Lo la Stand le y ............... P e ru, N e r. · tan !

.Maud B e rk e l y, '9 r, holds th e assiS

p nn c ipa ls hi p a t T o bias thi s y ea r.

Pr of. A . A . Van Vl ee t a nd H e nry r · · yea ' r e m a m a t Madison, Wis., th e comw g

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Prof. J am e s H os ic is pnnc1pa 0

Arapaho e sc h oo ls this yea r.

C . . d' in th · J. Pi e rson continu e s h1 s stu re s

L e la nd Stanford durin g '94-5 . ,

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S OC IETY N OTES.

The Everett Society.

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O ne of th e mo st no tic eab le me iH.bb le feat ures of this cle cti o an d C() rn· 11 wa har mo ny wh ic h p re , ·a d c d thr o u u·l1 s the I -- 1 . o ut t lL' otttcer s e xce pt t 1e p r e s tde nt c · . · All · nt 1c llrst trus tee \r e r c e lec t e d by t he t : a nd tnan t ballllt o f t h e s oc iety . lllOu s Th e co mmitt ee , ,rhich was a 1)p 0 1 · · nt e d 1 spnng _ to th e " ·o rk _f o r Lhis .ast m a d e ItS r e po rt but th e soCi e t )· p te1n1 , f ostpo th e co nsJdcra u o n o 1t on e " ·ee k ned Th e o utloo k fo r thi s ·e . b ri t' ht and hop ef ul. I he soct e t , · ha ) far IS ;:.. f I • cS 0 • m e mb e rs . rom a I th e r tt s th e S e co nd t_o the S e nior f rol11 .)]] arc cordJally Jnvtt ed to a"t · - c L end I rc <Ttdar ,r c e kly m e e tin gs, a n d th o t 1e ::. d · h ' - f I I s e \\' h In , e n ot e nt c re e 1t e 1 o t 1e ot 1e r so . . o ' d . 1 E CJeti , r] lJ be ,yc lc o me 111 t 1e \·ere tt . e s p /li/0111a thean Soci ety. - -

...-\ m o n <T t h e many at tractiv e f , N eat th e :\ e braska State I orma l a r e tl u: es of 1e ] t soc rc u es . 1 e r ary

Th e Pbi lo ma thi e n soci e t),- is I . . one of o cl e st oro·anJ za tiOn s co nn e ct e d . the . 1 \\'Jt h sc h oo l , a nd fro n rts 1umbl e o ri o- in - the 1 I . h . ;::, ' It I S f r e ac hin g the goa w 11C rts fou nd e rs 1 ast to s ee it occup Y· loped

It is a sourc e of pl ea sure for th e n . . F ·a 1e mb e of t hi S so c iety to m ee t n a )' eve rs f ·1· mn o· f eac h w ee k to g r ee t a mr rar a n d n e• fb o a nd to list e n to the carefu ll y 1 aces , c prog r a ms.

G - J.. · · · · · J-Iufl11\. r b1 e 1r t1rea d f f tr ees, and sl b s e n ce -post t o of a fairy -lil1ru to flow e r , tdl th e air is full <e ne twork

A nd th e worl d i d · . life s rea mrn g o f r e ne we d Th e s e cond twe nt y-five. Year class numb e r s ab0 ut

.na c e on e s ........ ·· N e ar l" e ){·

H. H. Jon es ......... · · · Allianc e , )3ro'

Lrzzr e K ee t e l. - · · ·- N e ar

A. W. Oste rh o ut. _..... · · ·.. N e ar f'1 ebr-

Mrs. J os re E. O s t e rhout.··: Auburn• N' ' bl·

Edw in a Rockwood . _N ea r 1 a Cr tY• J'l erl' '

K itti e Tynon N e J-1 °bi' Art hur Qu izy ......

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This societ y h as b eg un th e work of a h 1 1 1 d not _ e r t e rm 5 1e 1as m eet t1 e utres of th e . , d'bl past 111 a verY ere 1 e manner, sh e h as e quip 1 h e r se lf with a strong corp s of officers pee ·a· h '11 ' und e r w hose g ur ra ne e s e w1 continue to

prosper.

The offic e rs elected are as follows :

''ob• d pr e s!

"'· f Gfticety th en p ro ceeded W of thirty"1 tvt With a membership 1', 'D •- l.t "t

th t G iffi n was duly e l ec t e arette

first ballot . Miss l\1a r g ·de nt, \Va . resr s e l e ct ed first vrce -p

0 Iiver Pal es tine · · · · · · · · · · · · · P reside nt

N 0 na Johnston .. · · "· · · · ··Vic e-president.

J oseph Gillilan . . ... . Re cordin g S ec r e ta ry.

0 ]. Standl e y ... Cor r es pondin g Se c retar y .

Olive Gr iffith ...... .. ..... . .... Tr easu re r

P ea rl Ro ckwood Li brar ia n.

St e lla G raham .... ... . .. .......... C riti c.

E. C. vVittwe r .. .... ... . .... Fir st Tru s t ee . Maur ice Good S e cond Tru s tee.

\Ve are glad to welcome into our mid s L many of the old members and ext e nd a co rdial welcome to th e new ones .

The Y. M C. A

Th e Y :\I. C. A h the schoo l year, in r mal buildin g

ld its fir st mc.:c·ting o f m l\ o. 6 o f th e.; I\' or-

W hil e ma ny of th e o ld m e mb e r s d id not r e t urn thi s yea r , ye t th e m ee tin g was we ll attended and seve ra l new m e mb e r s w e r n added to th e assoc iati on .

Mr. \Vhit e h ea d, ou r pt-es id e nt f o r th e ensu ing year, led th e . m ee t ing a nd cord ia ll y welco med a ll new s tud e nt s pr ese nt i nto th e Y M C. C.

A le tt e r from th e ex -p r es id e nt, lVf r. Th os Dobbs, , vas r ea d in wh ic h h e s t a t e d that w hil e h e cou ld not b e pre se nt. y e t hi s i nt e res t in the we lf are of th e soc ie ty \\·as as g r eat as eve r.

Th e pastors of th e tw o chu r c h es , M r. B ede ll a nd Mr. VanFl ee t, w e r e pr ese nt a ncl testifi e d t o th e goo d in th e pa s t a nd congratu lat e d tt o n tt s bn g ht pro s p ec ts for the futur e .

A lt ogether our society promis es t o be a very successful on e thi s y ea r . c

A ll young ar e corcl ia ll y invit e d to a ttend the mec ttn gs wh ich a r e h e ld eve r Sunday at 2:30 p . m. Y

anc e \\' as goo d an d quiL c.: a numb e 1· of new m c mb c.:rs was add e d Lo Lhc li s l. Th e

Jcc t ''Ex a mpl<- s o f ChrisL' s l , o n !·· ''"as ncl 'n Lh o u.!.! h t ,\ ll c n joy e d th c· IT 1

:\ 1Is s \\ ' inn e . Th c ass o c iati o n b q z·1115 th year \\'iLh e n co ur ac rin u jJI"O S!Jt' Cl S Cl f s ucc cs l l r /"-, ;--, an e 1c !J u ln ess .

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\\'h e n war }l ad .; e;.t s e d and I w 01:< Fr o tn t h o,;c uli ,;c h ievo u ::; pupil::; of t Hin e , H o w t i• a n 1d ll ll wa s to kn OW I w as b u t t we u t Y three l ' h o u<h I fe lt lik' a " " ' of ,. ,·en ty- u ine N o \\· ,.eating· .uy se lf i n 111)' ea.» )' c h air, •·Th e tn ob h av in g go u e t o di n n e r.'' \\'e ll , w e ll. w e ll , did I anyw h e r e See ,.: uch a a. tld la.llt e u egi nu e r '?

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And I, Ah, what ;u r1

An ab,) JJI weak a nd " 'll <o. ll.

Surrounded hy lhcs c g·lM iou, th i n g-s ut weakest 'Jf then 1 <J!I

Th e te1npe"t wi ld ];tJig- h ,., n1 e to sco rn Th e dark'ning- ,.,ftics app<Jl

And yet. the littl e bird s F lit fearlcs;,ly

The air is till e d with joyCJu,., n otes

A ;,wcet melod io u s .-. ot llt d

Th ey Oh God, thy bvttndles,., ] c)\·'· follow to the g-round.

'Tis e1·en i ng- , an d yo n ti 11 y eyn

L ooks meekly in to nt i n e

The s tJ·o ng- e r lig-ht of b 1 ig-h te r ,., tars T o hid e it s l ig-ht co mbin e,

And yet. its littl e plac e it f i ll s,

It rays of lig-ht st i!l ,., hin e.

Ah, what a111 I that s h ou ld C0 1npla i n

My God hath pla ced 111 c h e r e

He hears m y faintest w ea k est cry, He sees m y e 1· e r y tea r ;

I ' ve but t o 140 to liin t for st r e n ·tl!

Then what have I to fea r ,.,

Th e n r o u se thee, Soul! L ift u p thy vo ice Sing- thy C r eato r s

Let th y li g ht shine! L et darker h eart!".

Grow b ri g- ht e r iu it s

G i v e thanks to Him wh o ru les above

And se rv e him all t h y cl<l_l's.

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ts 1nall _ c t c rs , ARN t h e ltr st sc , ·c n c h ara · 1 t h e 1r kt . . I I . b ·t " tt l lh 1 t e r s) o l , <..1 1TC' k a 1>1a <. • <• . h · f t h e u eo- · · . star o ho, .1,.., ' nn , nn· at t h e o u ter m ost · le tt e rs · ' f .-... 1 esc

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ra,11 1· o l cl m <1 <r 111 t u d c . d .....c r om A L-;., I. u b - o a n 1 r tn to H e/a 1s a b o ut 5 . ·e.z) i S rtQ t ]) ' Meo I 'tJallt 0 d ta (a l so kn o wn as v B: l ao f <1. · _ los e l y o r 1l1 e U l\1a) o n s , c i star ( Alco r ) ·I A tplla

1.J , 3 lld a lin e from B el a throu g 1 (a bout 0 ). a to th e first bri g ht "f Pal e t rs A !pita in Ursa M wo and C. tar). ln_fer vvhy A lplta ·nt e rs. th B e ar a re ca ll ed "The Po 1of th e t 11 cll e h e Pol e Star as the e nd . 0 the 1tq · 111 1 f. rm111,....

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'I S b b .., 11 "v t' StC!.r a out 30 ° farther to a .:>

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I\ tt e I· staJ s

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'\I ajor re\at i,·c to ti l e I) I S l . ff o e tar · e ' en 1n o (b) ' rent c ,·e nin·)·s 11 Ll '=' ·. up o n d tff. · n 1e st r a 1o-l t 1· ncctt n o- P olar is nH.l C·l[l 1 '=' 1 1n e co nf '=' • c 1, <ll1 t 1 r o f orme r IS the true n o ·tl , .7 r om the , , po te (l e l . I) S tate th e pns iti o n of C . . e stra . .I to th e ill iIk y \\' a y. ,\ssrop e ra relati 1·e ;\ cqu;.unt yo ur self thorot JO' hl · :II ythol og)' a ss oc ia te d with C ' rth the uo n ;\l a k e a ma P of tl· H 1 1e ea , e nstnd · r 1crcon pro?' res si Yc l)· th e co II . 1 can ng I J :>:> n ste attOns obse n el unno· th e m o ntll l () , 1 d . . ' · 1 a wed Ia ,,. _,;iN' II Ili ere/OJ'.l · 101 " I L tmSER \ ATJU:'\ \ \' (H' l( th e st ra ig ht lin e p 1 . a n d Ca fh a bout 30 o be)' O'=' d 0 a nl s I I fi I . n t 1e a tt e r a n c n t a b rwht star (A I h fo r!1lin g o ne co rn e r at th e ··GreatpS eratz), f I II . . quare o t 1e co n st e at iOI1 ot P eo- asus LAI , · b I D I P · '=' · pneratz tS o t1 e ta eo·asl a n d ' !p'ta · 1 . '=' ./'1 '' · 111 t 1e co nste ll a tron of A ndr omeda. ] Conti nu e th e same st r a rz ht hn e ".seco nd corner of th e qu a re (,am Ilia I eg •s r ( A l ge nr b ). f ujer why Ca fh , A iph e ratr. , a ndc Aiaenib .a II l T , - .d , C b r e ca ec " h e uUI es. onunu e th e lin e thus co nn ec ung Meg:rez and A lge ni b in bot h drr ec tions to th e horr ?.On. luje r what fiau re it would form if exte nd ed s uffici e n tl y r e m e mbenn g that rt rs drawn on th e s urface of th e ce les ti al sp h e re This lin e comp le t e forms Eq uinocti a l Color e (correspondin " to pnme Me ndran Crrd e o n th e Ea rrh) which distance (position) E and W ('i on th e celesual sph e r e rs d e tunll n ed. [ This distanc e is ca lled Rrght Asc e nsi o n, not Lon o·itud e as is distance from th e correspondin g circle of th e t ef r estrial sph e re. J f1ifer another sr g nrfic a n ce of th e te rm " Th e Guides. " Meas ur e go 0 alon " th e Eq uinocti al Colure in both a nd fix tWO points , and thr o u g h th em pass a circl e at rio h t angles to th e Col ure . It is th e Eq I {corr e spondin g to th e Eg uator on th e ea rth) and the point s of inte rsection of th e circumfe r e n ces of th ese two circl es a r e at th e Eq uino ctial Points or Eq ni· nox es [ S ee dir ective notes Jf/. for "' hat _fixes t he positiolt of th ese poznls.l _That Eqmnocti a l point whrch rs rn th e s e m r-c rr cumf e re n ce ex t e ndin g from Polaris throu g h Cafh is th e V e rnal Eq uin ox {1st Point of Ari es) - T h e

7'}IE JV O} ( 1.!A I. J,' /i·:N other t he Aut umna i Equ in ox. On th e 2o th f March eac h yea r t h e s un is at the V e rn a l Equ inox whi le t h e pos it io n of th e s u n o n S (-:pt. 2 2 a rk sm t h e Autum na l Equin ox, Lh Ve rn a l Equ in ox com in g to our l\I e r id ia n at m idn ig ht o n that dat e

Th e s tar fo r ming t he co rn e r of t h e sq ua r opposite Gamma P egas i is B eta, a n d that opposit e D ella is A lpha P eg as i. [ Th es stars of th e squa re a re of th e 2nd mag nitu d e . J

Mineral Analysis. • - ·

PREPARED FOR THE -:-i S N S AN D P UBLJ S IJ E D BY RE QU EST OF CLASS I N Mi i\' ERA LO C\"

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5· Col ors : llieta !lic Co!or s - co pp e llo \V, bro nz e , s il ve r · w h i t e, b rass Y . t c . . . d b l ue , .i\lou-m et a ll?'c: w h 1t e . b la c k , 1e ' 6 r ee n, e t c. ·

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8 Transpar ency:' t r a n spa r e n t, s e ju ce n t, b t w s pa r e n t , t ra n s lu c e n t , s u - c opaq u e . .

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touched the g ro un d . The mastodon a n d many of its r e la ti ,·es . are fo und in a rroo d state of prese rvati o n, some of th e f ee t h g·athered last su mm e r meas ured more t h a n four inches in d ia me te r. From the measur e ment of certai n fo ssils it has b ee n found th at som e of th e s e animals wei<Yhed f rom s e n ' n to ten times that of th e la rg"e st spec ies of ekp hant e :-:L a n t. Th e num e rous spec ie s of ca me l. rhi nocero us and oth e r a nim a ls of ,r arm cl inwt e ans ,r e r ma ny quest ions perto th e climatic conditions of the :\o l iocent' epoch . Th e rcrna in s of t h e f1ora wo uld indicate Lhat the climat e was somewhat warmer tha n at pr e se n t, ma n y of the spec ies are clos e l y re late a to th ose of _rh e. pres.en t. -\tn o n t" the mo re co lllm o n spe c te s td e nttf1 e d cypres s pa lms , - willows maples·, birc hes. lindens a nd. ptn es . ' [I , \ I inccnr lct k e " ·as d r<un e d t o the eas t 1l . f ' I h, · a tr radu a l ckn1 t inn o t the su r ace unt1 l, l . 1('t l IJ' 'C ' tl ll c cl n · la ne!. ...\s a r e s u It t 1 c (' ) ' < • d I . l .. 1t 1 ·011 st··uns o!Llll artz " ·e re fo rm e O t t 11S c c \ < · I i ·LLJ I·cs of t h e su rt ace At pres e nt l 11 t 1t' I etC J \ I . ·t l'o rnnti o ns stand s evc ra tn c 1es t 1t'SC Cl tl cll /. < ] • d I l ( ·tl " t··tl surfac e a nc r e mtn o ne a Jo , ·c t H' l · · . 1 1 1 ·;-.)! ·e n d o wn boa rd ±e nces: 111 () t 0 l ) I " ' ] 1· . f ·. . 11 .1] 111 ost 0 11 st ra io 1t 111 e s o r I , s c; t!11 s I u , <=>. • I I' acts I. . . nf rods -vhik ot he rs JOl ll at ng l t a tH1111 )t. 1 • • • , ·lo s ur cs T hese scams ·I - jonntJl (' c nc ang , . }cs s t ha n o ne tnch 111 . . n ost c. ts c s. . I ·. cl l C , Ill 1 . . . . . t h t' Jo ost: ma t c rt a IS I · j S ]l e ilL l ,1S . . . t 11C..: n cs. r I (l the sicks t h is for mat iOil .. l , I d o wn ct o n;-. I . , , ,ts1 lc I sca t tc r c d ·o, ·e r t l e sw. b _ J·., d o ' ' 11 . ' . . 1 JS IO"l ll .. co urs e ot t un e, t 1ese . . P r h tps tn d fi . ±a ce . c ' . t;. 111 .1 , b e iYrou n to ne . . cf q u ctl c /::' 1 frag·rn c n t s ' _ 1 1cin o· a sandy oa m ] ·· t htt S pi O ll ;-:, ]Jctrti C e::. t _ t h ts ba rr e n wast e I . I . , . til utn ' w 1 I C 1 '· I a ] u:-:uri a nt grow t h o± ve ge- . to bnn g i 01 l. 1 tati o n.

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form e rl y h e r s ph e re was c ir c um scr ib e d to t hat of dom es tic dut ies , he r hi g hest p r a ise that s he neve r be me nt io ne d a nd hL:r libr a r y limited to a Bi ble a nd a cook-book . I t h as bee n sa id th a t che m ist r y e n o ug h t o k ee p a pot boi lin g , y e no ug- h t o i h e d iff e r e nt r ooms rn he r h o us e· was sc 1e n c'· nough for a ny wo ma n. Th is view was ve r y na r row a nd uni nt e lli ge nt , fo r if s h' · we re to attend o nl y to dom est ic duti es s Jy. o ug ht to be fa mi li a r w ith t he na tur a l laws .

Sh e was d e ni e d e ducat iona l privi leges of all kin ds . I t was n ot t h ou g ht necess ary that she be educat ed .

But he r pres e nt out look is e nl a rge d , h e r as pirat ions_c hang e d, h e r fi e ld is co -eq ua l w1t h that of ma n Th e a v ocat io ns p urs ued by ma n a r e e qua ll y op e n to wo ma n R ece ntl y new ave n ues hav e b ee n op e n e d to her: Ma ny of t h e h ave ope n e d th e1r d oo rs for t he h1 g he r e ducat io n of wom e n.

W it h th e se greater facil it ie s t h e ir a mbition s are r a1sed a :1d _ ar e eage 'r] y Ali e d We fin d fi llin g pos1t 1o ns as p h ys icia ns la wye rs, d1 v me:, ste nog raph e r s , e rs a nd cl erks, 111 fac t a ll th e prof e ss ions . Bu t s t ill 1vo man 's int e r es ts a r e n ot o· I d ' h h . ;::, UcliC- e w1t- t e sa me ca r e as ma 11 ·s ·ts 1·s s l . h . c. • c 1ow n m th e fa ct t a t sh e I S d e n ie d t h e ri o·h t t he lp ch oos e th e la w 111 a k e r s bLJt . o _ 0 I · ' pct ys ta x('s o n al prop e r t yo,vne d b y h,_, 1_ h ' 1 . ' . ..

th ;;n rnan should ha\ c· a lo\\ cr sw nd a rd 0 m o r a ls wom<·n .

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not been so blessed as to meet a P eO'poty. " ·ith his unSp ea kab lr grand a nd n obl e o r t\11 A g·ncs \ Vi chficl d. an c ,·er-li,·in CY e:-;aJTI})k of fort itud e and • 0

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j\ tl C t 'I) I 1 Go ld " " " fai•· "' thd" " " " P'" " plr> " P"·

E HA RTLE Y

I n P e ru , g a rd e n villag e of th e

Exi s t s an in st ituti o n; L e t wo rk b e

For w h o can d e ny th e h o n o r i t s h o ld s ,

Or the s tr e n g t h of c hara cte r it n ee d s mu s t III OHl d?

Our Nebras k a St a t e N o rm a l , t h a t m e nt a l 111 i ll Prog r esses s m oo th ly und e r Pres N o rt o n' :s ki;!,

Who s e c hr is tian charity and be auty o f s o ul Shin e cle arly out tow a rd on e a nd a ll.

One attractiv e f ::: atu re in t h e afor e s aid Ill ill I s our S e ni o r cia s , wh ose m e mb e r s d is til

Those whol e .·o ut e d .truth s a n d mu ch n ee d e d le sson

Dropped down by tutors of high prof ess io n s

Its many young m e n s o eaene s t and true, Its fair youn g ladi es a ll pl eas ingly n e w;

But ah! h ow th e latt e r to in s ignificanc e s ink

When of th e f o rm e r we happ e n the think !

With th e ir W .! il fill e d mi n d s and m a nly aies

Their di g nifi e d 111 e in a nd sc holarly tar es , What wond e r we with t e rr o r at·e .·e iz e d

When fr ow n-d a rk e tled f a c es s how rni lord s di spl e a se d ?

T he married, t oo w e would n ot s l ig h t; They form, a :s i t w e r e , a s trong h ead-light; A learned ce nt e r from Whi c h com es re ! ie f,

When unprep a r e d l esso n s briug u s to gr ie f.

Of the m e mb e r s in the c l a ss , Many re s id e 1n thts favor e d plac e ;

The other s , n o t co nt e nt at th e f o ot o f lif e's hill Come h ere t o ga n1 s tr e n g t h o f IJti nd and wi tt. '

There are A g n e w and Antwat e r Bixb

Cl C II d D Y an(]

1ase , o Ins an av1 s , G o ld e r 1 nd \V <ttt. Duncan s on , G a rr e tt , G oo d and G o oz e e Graham a n d Gri tlit h , B a rt a nd Hartt

With Pals tin e J o hn s t o n Mail< · d """

Till:.

The Auto ra e, o r and o r .

B \ 1-. \\ IIT\\'1 l-:

1.\U EL II. COC ZEE

n a I - I y th • Ii ss un n, · 1 • f 1 d e' • • d co Ji ht U J auLum n m rn1n , a e (ac t1 e 111 t s th e ) · I hind u s, w "i t h here ri v r, a r c Lh st p b r \\' 11 1 - 5 • uma C• a nd t h e r .. a b i t I ri m fn us i tt Be r ·ng· o r a bun c h f Jllf! I .a s t r · e J las t sp rt a u·

I w fi a t, wh e re th · n v r A \ . \V a be. Cf

A s th ri v r i s I w , • th i s fl a t 1 nf t he tiful g r ee n , wh ic h r mind s _ n I ?n in g on t 1" I S 11 tim e . h e m o rn1n g s un 1\Jf s-

•n ve r. uddY fld It mak e s it g li st 11 unti l lJreY1 ° 0 e . I k . . I b autl u 1 sou n oo s po s tt1 ve Y ee s. . u1P' th e riv e r w e se nothin g b tt t cr a s 111 5 L 1 ci · r ee n bea n e a r the wat ·r a r st ill as g r ·h o\V ,0 1 vtl me r wh il e t h o se farth r awa)'r ; ddis h bl fa/ fu I shad s of y e ll ow, . r e d , >e r fec tl Y· I hili' and brown a ll harm01117.111g J ,1ncr e O beyond th e r e · is a n oth e r 111 ist. ·11{eJ ' h . h · · IJJ u e 1e I 5 w tc ts e nv e l op<.:d tn a but "' -'f td know nothin r of what: is tru <.: . b e aut! iJ11 " I st as a n t lat th e r e a r e m o r e tr e<.: s JU d we 1 . h tn tl u . . t ose we s ee n e ar e r to u s, " beau ag in e th at th e y are e v e n m or e 1po ll btl '

wh to ' in kno\\· how n wh r

1 o k ed t of

It s ee m ed to m e as I 0 t yP e br1J1 . . k , . t as a )1 e ss Bratt, View th at we mi crht ta e 1 c d at t cr 0 e

1.£ S ' f s stan t O "'fll man 1 e o m a n y o u ··rating e of th e riv e r anxious yet h es l hood· d t1 1 e y

· ' an '-'l e ar ·

W e ll!ay yet find pnd e 1n th e c o 111 · s, 111g Ye a r s . Ord and McM a 1c h e l , Quant e and Ra

Earne t and f aithf ul , inlpro vin g yl' eac 1 day.

W e have Wi s h a rd , St n it h 'rv , ' - n o n and St o r Stanford a nd 8auts, Srnith a 1 ,, n1 , < n c van No s te · \Viuch Wtth th ose of Va 11 Vl u. n • Jam es, ee t , Rockw oud F o rm , in p a rt , o ur Wo rth-b _ .·

Should y o u a;; k us w h y it ;,; pr · '"e .

C<t.ttng llatn e :s

Our class a lo ne ca n fu r · -, Stu,r • • lllsh a R · "" In thi s fa c t , t oo, with l\1 a rtin . tng;

E 1 u. s h e ad ducab o n a prog- ress Is fu r f • r o tn d e act

Our N e br as k a S ta t e N o rt 11 u.p L ·

Diffu ·in g th e lig·ht it a t Pr eose t lll a y it li v e II n !:; tv e And let u s h o pe in a futur e d · , s I t s ..: enio r s w i l iH te r it a ll hi g h

· · 1' 1 <lis e

, ,

J1l a n an de · to m a tur e m a nh ood a nd 1 Jife, ld o g r e e n tr ee s symbo li ze mtdd e of 0 0 ti s and brow n o n es th e t1 t Y 5 e e 1 h es e se e m perfect in th e II do no o t l . .d f' 1 . b t w e " er r ,ne 11s s r e o t 1e' ,-I\ 'e r u clt S<>;::- '' ,, th e rocks, bare trees and o t a ple 0 c• · ' h e r tf J'r:; thtn Q"s of whi c h w e shal l find e ]o 0 1 1·ust 0 J . ., 'f w anu we r e ach that point. But I hail fin' oit5 rP ' fu ll)' e n ouo- h we kn ow we s tlld \fl d ,,fl :-, , r s < .,.v m a ny bright clusters of aste ·c1 e . J<0° tO h I .s S l ke be J1 sun1ac as t e r e are o n t 11 d rna Jl )'J e mor e of th e se we ci iscove r we to th e world, th e b e tt e r fi tt.e h awa it coLIe ofl appr e c ia t e th e b ea uti es whtc e r ed oJI

· ov r"

\Ve h ave e nt e red that undt sc eve J wl?ich is e n ve lop e d 111 h aze to thts ea rth.

old ness ·s with b d' . ISin his f ha ra ct r . e n ve r to 0 ,, r ar deptct mg n pt l\ than wh e n_ f men a d \ a nt a n" traitS o -r at r 1 commo mn1 n nn e r. · es I ·un · pi m . omettm t 1 h f I tm g bltrne. s . ll i tru t u ' ... - tim e d -u d of po tr)' 111 , n. · l esten ·£ 1 H. t i . th e hi . l bea utt u 1 a tt at n h · th e mo t 1 his h um r u ' f trut 111_ • mo re tru ) 1 t t me nt d e e n It 1 h man nature. t 1 • · a n 1 f u d ' bl \\ a ' · trun o 1i her an I 1 . t ortr a ) s a o r is of that ? out wh Hplm es h a \ in g laug hs J. ·t . th at t a t us 1 • 1 • 1 no kin d J. t 1 Ja u ls our abilur f tb · · b ey ond . ks . h u s a tt 1 ' of hrs ''or . ' tt . . n edl e s . ·qu e of a n) d h·Is poems, I t 1· a cnCI · an d t rnpt a se n e s . His mei t . t o t Tabl and popu_la t .l fe w, h ave H 1 Br . 1 h ealth Y 1 paratl\ e Y . h favo r. , 11 ,a , ·h con ll y wtt a r g thou g d o e ne ra . lit e ra ry 1 b o ks, d a n b enca n ic-t 1 r ea of Am Em erson , b ee n wtd e ; rea t d Holmes, Of th a t /:)B r yant , an urvi vo r I) v' 1 test s . e n: o , Low e ' . th e a brilliant m o·fc JioW , leave us' h e most . Lono la st to e of t h e is th e a6 st a nd oJ:iting by of th e la;o_c na li sh ." dof tim e wa_s deeds as -ircl e s o o· oa peno h e Ji ved 1nas ur ed not How lo ng " li fe is me " how l o ng hi s as h e sa);)' h e art 11 1 1 but s 1t yea ts. we - ti c (5 ;> , a . ftveb)' clo.ck _ t h e n. 1 ·ts e tg htyl d revo lu 11ve 1 n 1 · 0 1 a c1 ·d h e . na . 1e ntl0 111 anul ch }o ng e t,'1od e r n comme rdce , ut amid mu f re 1 t ro n ·e o Born b e o -ansporta a'nd ush e t 1 e ce ntury. d tr " · ce d f t1 · e tionize , nd sc ie n f e n o to th e ttm fa ctorie_s o b usy o nel aft e r ac hl e b e e n a . o t JO b h e a J' f e h aS . u e c\1d n th in g that . lo sed u tS I 1 r l s a ee t c ll_ cl ea t l. , fuln e s . ' His ca n . works of hiS d to us e d e cl . h in hi S s d e a h dr e a but e wa 111u c e ' Jltut) · onso · " c ·e c w a ys closing . L.t no· ua rg t h . with tl:lelli' ' e o n. l : n(l \l s h c l co ()' ra nd, · 1 stl t h e J 0 of t1 ° ·wtl 1 n tY a s d }ov e rs As · o "b e re a , tO ti nu es

beautiful and th e nat ura l wil l rea cl h is poe ms; th e stud e nt of hum a nit y wi H p e r us his Breakfa st T ab le d isc ourses a nd h1 s wn tings, hi s bes t trea tm e nt fo r bro ad e ni ng men's views a ud ba n1 s h1n g d es p o nd e ncy, will be pr es cr ibed lon g af te r hi s ph ys ic h a s bee n forgottt e n, and me di cin e has h e co m a d efin it e scien ce . Hi s exa mpl e may we ll . be emu lat e d. H e li ved a nd di e d in th a t simple fa ith so cha ra cte ri st ic of hi s b e n evolent natur e , a g rand a nd s im p le f a i t h in God and Chr is t, br0ad a nd li be ra l, to s uit a broad and li be ra l ma n. How mu ch th e r is of his life to comme nd it; a n d what is th ere to shun?

H e was a success ful ma n in co mmon a f. fair s, and crowd ed eve ry day with h earty, generous d eeds fur ot h e rs

H e Was a li te ra ry ma n w ith out Bo h e mian. Ism and a sc ie nti s t with o ut ag no s ti c is m .

H e Was a phil a nthr op ist n ot in th eo ry alone but in de e d as we ll.

H e a teac h er and prea ch e r, not by pro fe ssr ons an d pre te ntions but by exa m p le.

H e wasa g e n ia l, j ov ia l and thoroughly human be rn g. and as suc h wi ll be knowr1 wh · • h e n tim e and prog ress h ave le ft us b ut t e best thou g ht from th e ruin s of pres e nt Institutions .

Astronomy Notes.

0HSERV ATI()\' WO Jo.:_ . use o f the la n te rn a n d of l'f' I s tar ma ps , defin e th epo sition of : (a) Andron ie da,

With its g reat ne bula (b) Pe rs e us

.. I ltthroug:h l ::: l ve eq ua l a r eas ro rm1n g,t Thl

ut t h e who le exte n l o f th e i

%OIJ c is t he iac . ' J . ' h e \S au ru s.

t h e co n stt: ll a tl o n o f 1s c;a ll h t curves

T race a lin e o f sta r s in Pe rse us t. a de star. t o wa rd hi s ri a ht t o a fir s t No te h ;.uri g- a. U (C.apdta) in th e r ·· ·Cis) . se th e r.a rr o w tri a ng- le n c ar i c, ( 1 h e h . Ire llat ioi1· th e la nt e rn t o d e fin e th e whole co ns left find

Tr ac in CY a limb o f P e r se us to th e fa littl e ! t-. l r rm o o a s mall c l us t e r of s ta r s 111 t 1c 0 llation

.1 · • I Co nste Si c1 Jl ulp p e r , - th e Pllad e s Ill t l e th p Sauru s . Thi s Co n s t e ll a ti o n 15 111 t

[ G . . firs o e mini e ns a 11 F in d low i n t h e so u t h e rn h ea l v southe1re . ' t) o f t , e t, Lt ude sta r 5 defi ne l"' Is h . W ith la nt e r n a n a m a p po s i t io n s r)f:

(a) Sa g i ttar iu s, · , · o- k, VaY· w !th it s a n d t i \r Wi t h 1ts r e lat 1o n to t h

b) Cap ri cor nu s, w ith its b ig V .

(c) dit!C· Wtth Its Y f o rn .l. . 11 th e zoJ'}Oce

Th ese a r e Co n st e llatJOns 1 ach· t! J'l 0 R e call th e ar e a occupi e d by ;q ual' lus the th e amount of spa c e

A · · · t nJt ( n es a nd Inf e r conc e rnin g 1 • • ma g. 11 o

St f I . . their 11 tJO ·es a r s o t 11s r eo·10n as to ·t e a J ' ' 'f l o ons e ll · 1e y a r e inclu d e d in th e c . e s oc f t bc

P . . PI S C 0 c; Isc e s. Th e Co n s t c lla tJO ll 111 es 1 ti0 11 t t , s· . I na 1 a 1g n A n e s . Tn fe r t 1 e co n s te .

S1g ns in which a r e th e -·us· f th "

nifl ed Pro g r a m. - Mig r a ti on.

.\ICIIC\ 1:\ (; T A LK ,:; I ). var h mh e r. b y s inging

G (,ood c!,c ar _c_ h,.ldrcn. ood m o rnm g· t o all l hts morntng so rn e 1. h bl o ne wak e n e d me c ·1 rh · b\ · r att mn· t c tnd c .-\ s a nd s h a km o· the wmd o \\' s . 1t was vas ld l-t'eo Mr. \\li n d als not o n I y " ·a k c n c d us, but h e ' " as ta lk111 g o to th 1 . .

··c e t r ees \ V c sa n o- 11 s so ng

0 111 e 1· 1 l\ l \\lind _ ltt e l e aves 1\ fr ie nd of I r. Nr r Jtt ave le d w it h him la st ni o- h t . It \\' as F vV e sa n g J to th e r L as t n1 g h t J ac k F r ost \\-h1 spe r ed ha.c1 a. · lttl e Row e r s t o o·o to sl ee p , a nd h e fo r th e a l so . \ V e sa ng

0 1tc.l v e do a ll th e d a is ie s o·o ?" a nd th e s e c.-.

b 1'h e ''vVh e r e do a ll th e b i rdi e s go?

tit \v e low e r s s lee p a nd th e b ird s Ay a \Y ay,

i.l.ncl k 1av e 1 1 It e r u s f "'"' o ur 1o m e s h e r e to s 1e ·

0 " " P l · c·

tl 0 l 11· h I S warm. \ l>..,Te th a nk e d th e

•t t:,. ·· Orn e s b · · 1 c. ti1a n "- '- · Y Sln o· m o· " " a t 1c r .-.

IA,r o ;--.

Th ese ar c b la c kbir ds . '

Th e y ar c as l<lrgc as thr blue-ja y. -

<1Li a nu s, C a r) n co rnu s 51a·n S I -· t:> f l 1' L ea rn th e n a m e s o f a ll n e In _e •0 o'

It · 0 f tl1 ° t e w a rm da) ' S that aJ e C> I

e talk e d f h -, o·o n c

r- 1S e coli l 1 so ut 1 th ' "a r 111 c cay sc o min g . Int1 e _ for t: thr o u o·h o ur l o n er co ld w!l1t e t.

The\ · haY<' a coat of feath e rs are bl ack and r e d. The rrd on t h e male is bri t,·hte r than on th e fcma lc . , Th e parts of t h e bla c kbird are t h e h e ad . nec k. trunk a nd ta il. The blackb ird has t \Y O \r ings two Je o· 1-l c builds his nest o n th e g round or in the croc he t c1 f a tree . H? to Ji ,·e ne ar a S\Y a mp . H1 s ln e nd s ar e th e r eeds, tall o-rasses d the tr ees . b an H e buildS hi s n est with an outer wall of 1nth mud. Th e inside he ltn es \\ tth ha u·s a nd sof t roots. Th e back bird's eggs a r e pale blu e spotted ' "'th br own. . Th e y are abo ut an in ch l o ng a nd three quarte rs ol a n a n 10 ch a round . Th e 'blac kb irds li,·t' in Ho cks of from fifty t o a hundr e d . T h e b lac k b ird ca n run swiftly . H e ca n Ay rn ore rap idl y Wh e n th e cold "' eat he r com es, h e fli es to th e so uth. H e kn O" s it \\'iII be " a rmin the south. H e ca n tc II "·he n th e co ld weath er will be h e r e . H e stops in hi s so uth wa rd journey if some \Yann e r wea th e r is co min g . H e li ves in th e '"·amp s of the sunn y so uthl a nd a ll thro ug h o ur lo ng winter. In th e s pring tim e h e re turn s to his old n e st in g h o me in our " oods a nd ri vers id es

(e) Cep h us .

. Na n1 e th e me n1b e rs of tl ' ·R . l l"

1" . . · 1e oya

1 y, 11 0 te th e rr re la tiv e .· · . . the ir re i t d l\ I POs ttt o ns, cl nd o· 1 ve B a e ' Ytho log rca l h isto r y "

ea r 111 111In d that t/, · ·

latiolZ It 1 · 1 d tzs A.rl es i s a Constef_ · nc: u es al l t l " f space "'o o I L l e st ars o unc[ In a .:> o no- (c. a l W ) (N . and S ) -. I nc. . a nd 8 o Wid e T .. u n ect c 1 Std f I E . his e:x te nt of SL!rfa ( o t 1e ., ch p ti c. I . . ce , o o b 6 o ) Ce est ra j Sphere is Ca ll ed S y I Qn th e a 'g n, a nd 1s o ne

7 r· · . c h. s lo

L tl \. lrd f:t b o ntr)' l.ly v_, · s ' Y t o thi s warm e r co L:

-O l la c, a nd th e sy mb o l o t t h e e

A . . S tx ltt a ti o I &t t W ith th e ,.ariabJ e star Al go l () Its s ta r cl uste r. c T n a ngul un 1 (d) Ar ie s.

Onste ll at io n is in e ach. ,, 1 co1LII 1 e c a n ce of th e t e rm ' 'loci ia c ctlal e t r

C I1 fe 1 ( '

1'

1.:; u1n° at 11 1;1 ' r o m P o hris t i-rt cr-· th e cCJ. 1oc. \\1 c · c '- · o t o 1o e·

t hr o ug·h '' Th e G uid es " 9° b -e r'' e v I F' . . 0 s Jl D )I;> e rna :.. quino c ti a l P o 111t. 1 , t S 1g •' J

C · · j]Wl '-1 1 o nst e ll a ti o n It is. R c ca t e rn 1,1

r f' ' -. . . th e st e t tl: e Slg nll1ca n ce o± t11 e ·a-C·

l>I o nt o t A ri e s , )1 5 or ...-; od 1

I) ll l ' · . I "' IJ"1 t 1 e v . 0 '- eca w 1a t 1s tru e ot t 1e t 1 ·ell a 1·s· · . . t o rt

_ and pi ;:u: e t s r e lati Ve o llf 111: s tJj1 o !J '

Obs e , v e what s 1g·11 com es to . 1 th e.

•• t: t 1nt e r t' . 'Goo d 'tq 0 Sun un e. Vv e sa n o- n e x t.

bt 1tn e r " ·'=' 't' -l.'q o,\' t . . ,1 btrcl:,; <tr ft · cd1 th e s l' Y

A bit " l'e t < · e Ym g· lik e thr o u , 1.,

\ Q "'a r e 1 od bY· "oice <· ca hu g , "Dear birdlin g-s go " "' c alr tl tn g so hom th e s ky odb Y· ·• t l h 1e ft ow' r e ts "Dea r pla y m a t es go k .

ll cl ct. t e 1 1 Ho c s

C\ 111< Y S ) ackbu-cls o·o 111 g lll 11 b e

'\!) ' Oon j 1' o . 1 WI tJ I / ..., , h t 1e Jttl e SI10V\ bJr Cs vV e

t: a \ · e r e d fri e nds le ft h e r e . lit -

.

\ In g- f . zac ee s

1a1Jf Ittl e c hi c ! 1- , .. for th ese

1 a m Mr. Blac k b ird .

I am go in g t o th e s outhl a nd. It is war m rn th e so uthl and.

It will be co ld h e re ·1 shall be in th e so ut hl a nd.

I s h all fly t o·th e so udrl a nd.

Do yo u see my w1n gs?

My ,vin gs a re stron g . : \ i\Tatc h me fty. · by e, child r e n.

\VR [Tl?\ t;

Th e childr e n wr ite a t th e board for fr ee

1n I c n 1g h t. I n f e r In what 5 Nr 0 on e t.

- I JO I jS•

Obs e r.v e in what s jg 11 rh e ibl e pJ afl s e rve 111 w h at s ig n is a n y " 15

\t l:t n e nd s . Stu To d aY

ct Pa ir di e d oth e r h ve b1 of m o unt e d bl ack bird s.

e me nt t h e e lt C' r J s · th e tea che r s ing s th at th ('y may \\T it(' \\ l th r ythm e t ic mo ve me n t. Th e S<'at c

T he b la c kb ird s fl y t o th e so uth .

:\ G \ I BER

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CJIOOL DIRECTORY.

P HIL OJVI ATHEAN Soc ety eve r y Fri dav eve nin }:!' Jurin }.!' th c sc wn l t erm s a 7 o' cl oc k Al Stud ents arc co rd ia ll y n v it ed o o in u s in o ur lit er a r y w o rk, es pec ally th ose o f th e high er co u"e 0 P P.·\ LSTII'ie , Presid ent

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W E LLINGTONIAN SOC I ETY.

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J LI NI O R SOC IETY

1 Jun io r socie ty eve r y F r d av eve ni ng du r i ng sc h oo yea r. Stu de nt s and tl ends are co rd a ll y i n vited to v si us. F RAN K MAIIT I N, Pre s.

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The Approach of Christmas.

T h e tin1 e dt-aw s n e ar t h e birth o f Chr is t; Th e 111 00 n is hid , th e ni g- ht is s till; A s ing-l e c hnr c h b e lo w th e hill I s p ea li n g : f o ld e d in th e mi s t A s in g le p e al o f be ll s b e lo " · Th a t aw a k e n s at thi s h o ut· o f t es t A sing-l e murmur in th e bre a s t , That t h ese ar e n o t th e b e ll s I kn o w. Lik e s tran ge r s· YOices h e r e th e y so uud. In lan ds wh e r e uot a m e m o t y s tray s , N o lan d mark br e ath es o f o th e r day s , But all is u e w unhal o w e d g r o und. -Te nny s on ' s " In 11/e m c r ia m "

our Christmas Customs.

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It Is c ust o mar y f or those , \\ ho h a Ye favor ed the ir fri e nds or <' m p loy<'s, to c a ll on t h em a :ho r t time before Chris tmas a n d po lit e ly Info rm t h e m that t h ey expect to b e r e m embere d o n that day T h e m o r e a r ist oc r at ic us ua l ly send thei r ca ni s w ith co m plim ents of t h e s<.:ason, !J u t s h ould they r t:cc i\ T only a car d i n return it ,, ·oulcl b e co n sid e red a grc.: at br each of c t iqu<'tt e .

at a ny hour o f th da1 · are e xpecte d to part ak e of somet hi ng· Or else they t ake a\Ya)' t h · Yul ·jo y. !Juring the Yul e -tim e all the m e m be rs of t h fami ly o·o to and fr om the tabk A. lam p;:- is lef t burning al l ni ght and if it sh o uld a ciden tl y go out. on' of t h e famih· \\ ill sur c h· di within the ,. ar At Christmas time o ld En glat;d is s arcch· a sh a dow of her f o r m e r self. \Yh e n at h n banqu e ts sh e ind u lged in unr e strain ed jo , ·ialt\· and merriment. The ,,·assail bo,d h as lJ :c o me obso lete. and the old tim e toasts of "Dr i n e hcil" or " \ \ as-hail' ha s g in·n pia t' t o th e m ore m ode rn expres ions ; as ·Come, H ere's t o \ ou . ,. Th e tradi t io n al m istl etoe, around \Yhich cling so m an \ · r omance s and coquetry an d th e Yule l og·, hav e be e n supplem ente d by th e Christtr ee \\·h o s e intr oduction int o Eng land is r ecent T h e singing of Ch ris tmas ca r o ls. \\'hi ch was o n ce s o pre\·alcnt is n ot practiced exc e pt am on g the l o \\' c r cla ss e s

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O n Christ mas eYe the Mass was sun g-:

Th at onl y n ig- h t in all the ye ar.

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A nd g-ene r·al v oice , th e h a ppy n ig- ht That to the cott age as t he crow n Bro u ght ti di n gs of sa lvation clown. En gland was rn eny Eng l and wh e n Old Christ nt as broug-ht his s po r·t:--; again 'Tw as Chr istmas br oach'cl the mig-hti est ale, Twas Ch ristmas told the me tTi est tale : A Christmas g-a nt b o l oft ' w o uld c h eer A p oor ma n 's h e ar t tht·oug h half the ye<Lr. At th ese times all f->0\\·cr was \Yithclra\\'!1 an_d a pe r s on appo in ted L ord o f l\ lJ srulc . lud_i c r ous pr a nk imag·inable play ed tear of r estraint B u t If 111 this hidl' ou s pra ctice . thC' ot l'vlisru k h as hv t·n tlH · l osl'r , ci \·iliz;\tion h as been t h e t> " t iill'J' " . . tl :--. ' 1\ 0I arc H' p cupkl tssh,lp p ) In th L· mor e quil't \\ ay; fn r

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Th e m e thods h ave e ac h bee n ca r ef ull y we io- h e d in t h e lio- ht of t h t: o- r t:a t JT· th at rt:s t s"' up o n th e,..., prim a r y t e ac h e r, b e ca us e of th e fact th a t mu c h of th e c ?ild 's a ft e r caree r d epe n ds up o n th e way 1n w hi c h h e is i n tr o clu ct:cl i n to t h e wo rl d o f lea rnin g U nd e rn ea th al l m ea 11s a n_d t o be e m p loye d l ie p nn cip les, laws of th e hum a n mind, vr h 1ch t h e t eac h er w h o wo ul d n o t work bli nd ly m us t and be ab le t o a p p l y C le ar th rnk ing- a n d defi nit e k n o \\' lc d g-e is n ecessa r \! t o th . f I . .

UN I FIED P R OG R A '1.

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ar c ma de in to ship ma sts On e child sugg ·sts the pi n e tr ee is used for a Christmas tre e I ,,·ond e r wh y '" · lik e th 1 in e t r ee f lr a Christ m as tre e? Y e I think beca u s it h as gre e n le an·s c \ · n in th e \\'inte r ti m e . \\ h) did y o u think of a Chriatma s t r ee just 11 0 \\- ? I s up] ose it was be caus e Chri st ma s 1s coming s oo n

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c; oo d Il1 o ntin g· t o the stttt,..hitl\' f ait·.

That lig-hts this w o rld f o nt·s.

G ood M o rtt ittg- t o th e s in;..:- bird,.;.

G oo d Mo nt i tt g- t o the

G ood Mor tt i ng- t o t h e g-lad n e w day.

'Vhat- e er t h e skies l et fa l l.

I f st o rm o r sun shin e it is ,.;ent.

A l o ving- gift t o all.

T hi s morn i n g- as I c am e t o s c h oo l, I h ea r d a qu ee r twitte rin g in s ome o f th e tr ee s I passed. V,Tho do . yo u s u m ade t h e twitt e r i ng? Yes, It .'"as s o m e b11 ds

I wo n der w h at b trcls the s e \\ e r e wh1ch I h e a r d chat t e ri ng: tog et h e r. . Th ey \\' e r e not t h e r obins n o r the blac k b t rcls for the y h av e flow n a \Y ay to the sout h lancl \V h o d o you supp o s e I h e a r d? I t h m k th ey \\' e r e th e s n ow birds .

C hill y littl e c h icadees, Sitt i ng- in a. row, Chilly litt le c h ickad ee s, Buri ed in t he sn o w, D on't y ou find it v e t·y cold F o r y o ur li t tl e feet?

D o n't you fi n d it ha r d t o g-e t Anyth ing t o eat?

I t hin k th e b ir ds w e r e the s n o wbi rd s b u t I cou ld n ot s ee t h e m Th e y w e r e in a tree nea r t h e wal k b u t w e r e h id d e n . \tVh y d o yo u suppos e I n ot see them? Yo u thi nk th e l eave s h 1d th e m bu t I t h ought that Mr. Win d ca ll ed th e leave s a\Yay to pl ay wit h him in the m caclcnv Y es , y o u are ri ght, th e bi r ds in a n e \'e r gr ee n tree . Th ey ,.., e r e hidde n 111 a large pi n e tre e

LE't the happy v oice s o n t he bt·eezes swell. Th i,.; m e ny tttet't'y Ch t ist m a · tim e P eace o n earth, g- oo d w ill t o m e11. Oh . a n ge l ag·aiu

Wh ile h e art and voic e s hc t·e bei O\Y, J o in in th e sw eet t eft-a i n l\Ierr_r m e ny, m e n_r men y Cht·istmrs bells, Oh s w eetl y. s w eetly chi m e ."

\ i\T h o knows \\·hy \\' e h a ,·e a Christmas day ? Y o u ar e r ight it is b ecause tha t is Christ 's b irthd ay

O nc e a lit tle ba b y la y C radl ed on t h e frag r ant hay, L o ng- ag·o on C h t i st m as.

Stt'ang- e r bed a babe n e'et· found \ 'i'and er ing- cattle s too d ar o und L o ng- ago o n C h rist mas.

By th e shinning v is io n taugh t Shepherds f o r the C hrist-chil d s o ught, L o ng ago o n Christm as Guid e d by a stariigh t w a y, Wi se m en cam e the ir gifts t o p ay L o ng- ago o n C h r i stmas.

A n d today the w hol e glad ea r th Praises G o d fo r tha t Chiid's bi r th L ong ago o n Christ m as ; F o r th e Life the Tr u th, th e way Came t o bless the ea rth th at clay, L o ng ago on Chr ist m as

OBSER\'AT!O :\.

Th is is a pi ne t wig .

Th e t cam e f r om a l a r ge p i ne tr ee .

Th e pme trees are -t all and straig-ht.

Th e se t r ee s h ave many

Th e par ts o f this t wig- ar e the st e m and l eave s

Th e ste m is gra y is h b r o wn.

Th e st e m is cov e r ed \Y ith s cales

Thes e s ca les m a k e th e stem r Otwh .

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S CHOO L D I RECTORY.

P H L OMA T HEAN

Soc iety ev er y Frictay.eve nin g duri n g th e sc hoo l erm s at 1 o c ock A students ar c cord ia y ll VIted o JOin us 111 our literar y wor k , espec 1a lly th ose o th e hi g h er co ur se • • 0. P PA LSTI NE , Pr eside nt.

EVERET T SOCJE TY.

Every Friday eveni n g he sc h oo N ew student s are espec ial y invited to jo n u s tn ou r li te ary wo rk. ROBeRT G I FF '<, Pres

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J UN I OR SOC I ET Y.

Juni o societ y every Friday du r ing school y ear. Stude nt s and fr iends are cord a ll y in vi l ed to v 1s 1 !ts. FRANK M ARTI N, Pres.

L EC T URE BUREAU.

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. r you ar f o r tun a t e e n u o·h to nt e ' tiS cl · :-:. h e n g 10n unn o- a h a vy r a in s t o rm , t fortl'l . for th thun 1- r p a lsd a. fl d w 1th w o ncl r us v i o r ancl is c h o er'/ r e- e c h o e d from summ it to sum mit. st r e am, gorg e d w ith i ts n s u pp l y 0 0 £ e r, com e s rushin o- down w ith th fo r c e th e iaga r a, a n d boiling JikJoJ1g rap1ds a nd casting spr ay on th e pines a the banks. e a.r

Fortunately for th e min e rs th e re tJP '

1 I tS S m a ny 1 streams and th e powe r t 1L ·,..,e5· r d · · · rn'" p 1e IS utiliz e d In workino- th e JI see H e r e an? ther e along th e road you fo r bo x wat.er w ays , sometim e s extend' g r ea t and · brid g in g ,rnot.I peaks which a re far apart. d tb e

In a recess of the m . , 0 u f]fl a, rt · 1 t ount a ms y 5 p . htt e D e adwood the busin e s alleY stretchmg Its e lf d ' . ding d all and th e c hur h Ovvn th e wtn rch e ei. h a c s and resid e nc e s pe if tb 0 th edwbc: y url t h h i hts l ook ing a. !l,,e a n 1 a · . , , , P pe S 1 " d V tn a g-a m e of 1<: VI •.Jo ee <: , a n eac h h d ooo e h e mi g ht l 'd a chosen f now· tl1 ll e his fac e fr o m hiS e Jeft (11 ' wonder th e n th t h 1 h ::t-ve 1ot.l t a t e peop e c ul stre e Unnamed h us e S O · b e r d. and th e o t-.(o a. (

1.1 11 e

P r o m th d · to a ,o\. , e epot on e steps 111 oa0 sto .n e p aved street which g rowsil1 g s as 1t ascends th e . b e corfl mountatn,

Wh e n th e o r e is tak n from th min s it is put in dump cars a nd s e nt to th c ru shi n omill w h e r e it i s pulv e ri ze d a nd was h e d s mall st r e am is runnin g d ow n th e side of mountain a nd h e r e m e n are dippin g up and st r a ining th e water so that particl e w hi c h may h ave from th e mdl. above, m ay b e l os t, :w hde are b e t:.dm g over and turnin o- th e mud with a n mstrum e nt r ese mb l ing a l a r g e tin cooking spo o n.

The lar g e st min e h as t we ntyfiv e mil es of r a ilro ad tr ac k tn 1t; th e owner has also a -l arge store from wh ich his are p a id with g ood s. S o m of th e pnc e s seemed f a bulous to m e a nd I t h o u ·ht p r ., haps th e r e n ee d of ': U ni on, and th e imposm g -ston e buddmg which h ad b ee n e r ec t e d across th e way where th e m e n mi g ht t a lk ov e r th e ir rj g htsand wron gs

From th e crushing mill at L ea d th e ore is sent by the narrow gauge track, to sm e ltino- works at D ea dwood. No e n g m e is for this purpos e and th e br a k es a r e tio-htened and reti g ht e n e d as th e cars to k ee p th e m from gaining t o g r e a t s pe e d . At th e sm e ltin g works oth e r waste matt e r is removed and th e r e m a ining ore put i n s ac k s to h e sent to th e refin e ry a t Om a h a. Som e fi ve mil-e s from - D ea dw ood a nd in

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it direction from L a d i Cr ta l t th F a ir th r . ''" a ' a r p r nta tion f thi b ut n o thin. · ' ith t h r ea ht wh r ca l ium t a l n wa ll and ce ilin O" p a rk! d lik di m nd in th · t r h li ht.

Th j urn a l h r w a m a d e on fo o t, it. ' b l to e t hor e o v e r th e I ut>-

1 n o- tm po 1 . .

d w ay o ,,·e ' r o- lad t o stop m a mmr hant o n our r t urn a nd n:ad e a cursory tud f th urroundin g s '"htl e " r e ste d .

Thi hant) lik e most oth e r "a o f in 1 o· h alf dr e ss e d and u p 1 d d . tl1 b e ds w re built a gamst th e an O \ n, . d · side of th e ro o m as btrths ar e fast e n e 111 a a hip th e tabl e was a l so of hom e n:anu fac' B 1d s th e s e and a f e , ch a irs , th at tu r s · r e fu ed to st a nd up xcept. '' Jth p e rs.u a s !O n · tan ce th e r e was ltttl e e ls e Ill th e or a s1s ' · k d The m e n liv ed in th e ir wor ' an r oo m. . I b f d th h or e that great tm g e oun in the n e a r future lo o km g a t th ell in o·s as t e mporary a nd n o t worth t e 1r tim e b to mak e b e tter.

Th e r e are d ese rt ed camps a l o n g th e way wh e r e h o us e and furniture were l e ft as wh e n occupi e d, w hil e occupant I: a d mov : d with a ll h e h ad cared to b e m c umb er e el with, fasten e d in a bund le across his s h ou ld e r.

Sunday in is the .m ost n es lik e day of a n y 111 th e w ee k; 111 th e dist a n c e you h e a r th e blasting go in g on as at any o th e r tim e , w hil e th e st r ee t corn r s ar crowded and eve r y dry goods box occtlpi e d, as yo u pass alon g you h e a r m e n betting o n th e aft rn n 1 R\1 arn e Spr aw le d out o n on e of th e most n e nt h o us es a r e th e wor d s ,. ''O n e Mmut e H o u s e " and b e lo w it a man c limbin g o n a la dd e r to the t op of a b e e r g lass which is full and runnin g over.

Hum a n seems rou g h lik e ru gg-ed mountams around, y e t h e r e t oo 1ts hidin g w e find th e go ld , f or w ith kind h e art e d hospitalit y th e p e op l e furni s h on e w it h a ll th ey ha ve s,eem t o w is h it w er e mor e , so th a t a VISitor .s stay i s mad e p l e asant , a nd pl easa nt m e mon es remain lon g aft e r h e h a s l ef t the place.

T HE \ R J/•...JL C 'RIER. ·

/MAR Y . DEPARTMEN T.

NATURE WORK.

Januar y FIR ST YEAR.

B.OTA N I CAL,

t:.sV Hou se p lants - the i r n e e d s - ca r give n to th e m

C ond it ion of out of doors p la n ts.

What p la nts a r e do i ng-effect of wa rm days.

Cond it ion of bu d s. t.

For c in g of t r ee bud s in d oo r s.

Sap i n tr ee s

Ph ys iolog ic a l.

Kinds of c lot hin g wo rn .

K ind s of food ea t e n.

Ast ronomical.

T im e of r is in g a n d se ttin g of sun

L e ng th of days

Br illi ancy of s ta r s .

Met e o r o log ica l.

D i r ec t io n of th e w ind.

Exam in e fr os t cry s t a ls and snow

flak e s

D ep th of s n ow f a 11.

Number of snowy, r a in y and sunny days

Zoo log ical. . .

L if e in th e woo ds-r a bbtts, sqmrr e ls.

C r ows, blu e j a,y s, w o o dp e ckers.

Geo l og ica l.

Effect of f rost o n cl ay, sand, etc .

Minera lo g ica l.

Coa l its formatio n a nd us e s.

' SECOND YEAR

Botanica l.

Effec t of fros t o n t w tg s , buds a nd seeds.

Li fe in buds .

Dormant p l ant li fe

Physiological.

Compare foods of Ja n . a nd Jul y .

Compare clothing w orn m t h es mont hs.

ompar ex r 1s s and 1I y . a r i ti s of f d t s . 5 r o n mi ca !.

L n g th ning f days, m o rning or v n 1n g I ng r. un n h riz n - ff ·t t u 1 n I ngd J f day a nd n ig ht r I g i a l. · h a n g s in r a tu r e. a us ·.s . f th ·s h a n g s . Pr va dJ n r w i nd .

1 udin ss a n d t h r s u l t. h n ' an d r a infa ll c mp a r d ' it z 1 . pr V I u s months . oo o g tca l. Th f n1• e s h e l t e r a n d p r t e ct io n ° a ma ls by m a n a n d od, S If pr p · f · 1 vv· a r at Jo n 0 a ntm a s G 1 Int e r s l ee p of a ni ma l s eo og tca l.

M ' of th aws o n f r oze n g r o und· m e t a log tca l. d

Stu dy o f ir o n, it s minin g, kind s a fl us es Bot a nical. THI R D YEA R.

condition of plants.

Ph · 1 r?ptcal fruits and tr ee s. ys1o og 1cal.

T S e ns e of tast e -org ans of taste· ast 'd e at e d by sm e ll. Ne c e ss a ry f o ods. · d H of fa stiflo un ge r-app e tit e - e ff e cts

V or ov e r eating.

alu e of reg I h b ' Astronom · I u ar a 1ts. tea

Eff e cts of s ' . . t e rl1P e un s positiOn on tur e . jtl1

L e n g th f h ed VI h .0 s adows compar t o se In D e c Study of · M e t e or o l og ica l. moon.

Influ e t e r· V of storm on barornd GJ.ftd

a n at io ns in t e mp e rature an z 1 st or m oo o g ic a l. . . tri e' St . cottl1

1 t ur of a nim a l s of co ld

G eo lo g ic:!. a pt e cl to th e ir hom e s.

Erod ' jce · W Jn g p o w e r of mov111g j e r5·

1 f i b e r s a nd g la c b

i\ Ii n •ra l ical.

f ih· - r a nd tn g- , I r par a ti n a n

ld - th u

Th e Old O a k Tr ee .

· tr m t n-

11 • t i m \\' as t a t h sa rn numb - r f Ia ) m i ht - m t b us . .'vV ,. r k b y lay and I

It I S v e r cl i ff r nt w i t h t h W hat .w u ld y u t hi n !· if a h a n made tn yo u r l.i' s, a n d ) ou " r not t s l e p fro m spnng t o a utumn ? T h a t i "h at th e oa k t r e "' do s. H k p a wa k t h r o u o- h t he t hr e of t h y a r , t h m o rnin g of t h e sp nn g, th n oo n of t h s umm r , a n l the ev nin g of a u t umn.

W h a t a l o n g t im in ,, hi c h t o o rk , and hav e no r e st! T h re a r e tim es w h e iJ. we ar e t ir e d eve n b e fo r e th e cl os e of a d ay, and h av e n o t do n e mu c h e it h e r.

T h e eve nin g tim e was d raw in o- n ea r f o r th e o l d tr ee , a n d ni g ht wo ul d b e a t ha nd ; f o r th e g old e n br ow n leaves we r e flitt e r in g o ut in th e a ir , o n e b y o n e, pilin g up h e r e a nd tj1 e r e ..

T h e w inds we r e w hi spe rin o- '•Go o d ni g ht, go od night , d e ar o ld tr ee b \'f../ e w ill lull y o u to sl ee p, ' "'e w ill ro c k yo u to sl ee p. Sl eep swee tl y , f o r thi s is yo ur thr ee hundr ed a nd sixt y -fi f th ni g ht. "

Th ere s tood th e o ld tr ee e n t ir e l y strip pe d of hi s l eave s, le ft t o r e st durin g th e w hol e, lo ng w int e r, and t o dr ea m swe e t dr ea ms o f h is ea rl y d ay s. W e hav e our dr e ams, who kno ws but th e o ld tr ee do e s?

Th e cloud s w ill s if t sn ow up o n him, a nd cove r hi s c r oo k e d limbs in fl eecy fo lds , and sp r ea d a w hit e cov e rlid at hi s fee t to k ee p t h e m wa rm thr o u g h th e lon g co l d w int e r.

It was th e ni g ht b e for e Chri s tm as eve, th a t th e oa k dr ea m e d a l o n g b ea uti f ul dr e am. Thi s is th e tim e, to o, t h a t w e b oy s a nd g ir ls, m e n a n d wo m e n h ave o u r p r e tti es t

h n o u b r o \ o ld " h at p i as ur e w ill it t hink t n d e rl) mamma ca red for H dr ame d h ow ki nd! t h e z p h e r I him t o s l p, a n d ' h e n t l: chill y , ind ca m , h fo un d h ims e lf at ht s mo t hr' f e t a nd h r fa llin g leav s made a , a r m bl a n k e t fo r him. T h e n t h e s n o w cam to t uc k th b la nk et m o r clos e !y a r u n d him . H r e me mb e re d h o \v soft ly th e ra ins a wok him , "hi spe r{n g th at s prin g h a d co m e . H ov' wa rm h e h ad g r O\\ n , a nd h ow h a rd h e tri e d t o ge t th e cove r off , just a s a n y littl e baby wo uld. H e a t las t su c c ee de d , a nd lo! ha rdl y b efor e h e was awa r e of it , h e v. as h e ad a nd sh ot,dd e r s a b ove g r o und. Th e n h ow wo nd e r f ull y h e g r ew; n o t s o fa st , p e rh ap s,• as s om e oth e r b a b y tr ees but s tr o ng a nd f irm.

H e thou g ht h e wa s g rown n ow, a nd wa s th e o ld e st, la r ges t and stron ges t tr ee in th e for e st ; a s his t owe r e d a b ove a ll th e o th e r tr ee s, so th a t h e c o uld b e s ee n for o ut at s ea.

H e was r e ally of g ia nt siz e , as compar ed t o so m e of th e yo un ge r tr ees, a nd h e l oo k e d eve r y in ch a mi g ht y se ntin e l, k eep in g wa t ch o ve r th e littl e vi ll age n es tlin g in th e qui e t va ll e y b e lo w. Th e p eo pl e in th e to w n w e r e w e ll awa r e of th e g r ea t b ea ut y o f this old oa k , a nd its u se fuln e s s-but, we ar e f or o·e ttin g Mr. Oak 's dr ea m. 0

_In hi s dr ea m h e th o ug ht h e stoo d a s a mt g ht y la ndm a rk for th e sa il ors th a t a sto r m ca me u po n th e sea o n e day, a nd o ut upon th e was a la r ge s hi p , fi ll e d w i t h p eo pl e, b a ttlm g w ith th e waves.

Th e th e v ill age saw th e tr o u b le a nd fea nn g so m e s hi p was i n dan ge r , som

/( j 1::./'i.

1fi ,( f th e m sta rt e.d ,vith ]a nt k, a nd th e re g r o up e d th In th e to pm os t ·bra n c h es , 111 li g ht. I In t h e g ray d aw n of mo rnin g th e 0 "J u ld see a dim o bj ec t i n th e di s t ance, ·r a few h o urs la t e r h e d isc o ve r e d it was · " s h ip of hi s dr ea m . Th e r e r ea ll y h a d bee n a sto rm , a nd - yes he re we r e t h e la n t e rn s · G ay co l or s fr o m th e m as t s of t1 h h t 1 5 1P· Th e me n we r e n ow ta k ing dow n . li g h ts a nd as t h e breezes br oug ht to hi m mu s ic fr o m th e h a pp y h ea r t s o n th e s h lf'd wh• s p e nn g " I t is to y o u, y o ur m a k e r a n th ese me n t h a t th e people in yo n d e r s h i P a re s m g mg th e ir pra ise ," h e i nd e e d th a t h e h a d a p r ec ious dut y 1n ac t in g as h g ht ho u se f o r t h e sa il o r s H e r e m e m; be r e d tt was Chr is tm as m or nin g . a n d t h a hJ s Chr ist mas d r ea m h a d r e a ll y b ee n tru e .

A Queer Story.

-

E LISABE T H LORD CO N DIT· -=--

Qu e er ar e th e s t o ri es w e h ea r 11 ow ti. nd t h e n B ut th e qu ee r es t w as t old m e by W illi e G u e n t1 ,

T hat t h e w i nt e r 's lu nch of t h e b l ack b ea r I s f o und in h is fat p aws a ll cov e r e d wi th h a ir.

Al h th e wood s 1 th e s u mm e r h e rambl es aro un d thr o u g E a t in g b e rri es a rJ d g r o u nd nu t s a nd acor n s goo d,

And w h e n the fa ll co m es J1is condition i s pnm e

For hi s s l ee p and hi s di n n e r , w h e n e v e r t is ti m e ·

H e r o ll s h im se l f up f o r a l o n g wi nt er's n a P I n an o ut t h e way co r ner of D am e N at ur e' s ) ap, Nau g ht c areth h e for the wi nd a nd t h e w ea th e r; Hi s food and hi s be dr oo m a r e a ll th e r e t og e th e r

Sn ow-B i r ds

MA RY M ORRISON

Hurry i ng, s ku r r y i ng, fl u tte r ing on, Over the meadows and me a d s P ausin g to r est f or a m o m e nt or tw o

On. a few ra gged th1stles ancl

Chirping and chatter i tlg" gaily eflmfif{i1

Tho u gh t h e wind pfpc>l n. plH} t\1 t u M

Thr ee or fou r As ·f t Y swi ng on a s pt·ay

'1 1 w- e re a morning i n Ju c: ue.

.

1-' cc kin g away at the old withered see ds L iug-cring yet on thei r· ;,tal l<:-. ,

'hc<·rily :-.ca rching- f<Jr t i ny cr umb s

Scattered about o n tire walk::.;

D aintily perking- eac h little brown h ead, L ooki n g ;,o wise and :-.o

P with a flutter of ;, n owy-whitc wing-s \nd away tlu·oug-h the gloo u ry g-ray ::.kY·

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S n o w ver fro% e n l a k e and rn oo rl a nd, \·er hill s and va ll e ys ba r e , I n t h e coldnes s and the dark n ess I ar r. Float t h e !:.Oft fl a k es throug h t rc

F n r above , in God s ow n g- ard e n , r·ow t h e whit est , p u r est fl o w e r s ; And t h e y .I{Cn tly ;, l1 ak e tl rc i r p ct;.d s In to t h is d a d < world of o ur s

Gleanings.

. h eJe. . n w Jt nes " H e u ni t e s p r ac ti ca l app l1 catJO d trn e n fa r y in st ru ct io n , a n s

]1J 5 a rl y h ab it s o f indu s tr y a n d . . 1 . ] W l ,... t e ntJ o n u po n a ll s u b Je cts w 1 c] asS · t a t e th e la b o r of t h e -vv o rk1n g

F es!a !ozz z"

11 3-11 h t J

·True h u m a n tr a inin g r e q uir_e s s h o u ld b e d e v e l op e d f r o m w i t hr n 1t e d , ded u n ity o f sp irit a n_d f ee lin g c ul t rda a 11 S1a0 d e du ca t e d Int o an Ind e p e nd e nt · 1 jncl exp r e ss io n o f th e unity o f hi S 11 f ee lin gs " - F r oebel. of ri1 en t . l io·ht fa.r'

"It i s n o t m e r e ! y t rue all e n j y so pro' t h e und e r st a n d in g i s va l u a b l e 0ft a l sO it r e -a cts upon th e ch a r a c t e r. e cha100 g ce e d s t o a c e r t a in ·ex t e n t fr o m th 55 thr f o r th e road t o th e h e ad mu s t pa . th e h e a rt. " - J C F S c!dll er ca. t11 °, e d tl t'

e 11' f an be o11 ' ' ven ' 0 pe ·vJI t l l Jf • d s w t sJ e ln encec t o Ot tn o-r e a t mill tl, at a s iiJ

· . · 1es t P. ,sr t of the tJn nCip . " t e 5 d o·r e o- (1 to fo rth th e

qua1:t1t y of t nt e ll e c t u a l } l ove of t r u

M i lls .

THE 1VO R 1l

T HE NoR tt-1AL R I ER.

B U 8 1N E.,88 D E., F f\ RT M ENT

A d •c rrl sl n g Rn cc ..,

P .: r inch , si n g-le co lu111n. ::-.iug-le insertion SOc Spec in l ra1es furnisheJ on nrrh c:lli<.)n 10 Bu«incss M:mag-ers

J. J. KING.

I. E STANFORD, Busiuess Man age r.::

S TAT N 0 A L S C HOOL .

F .t-\ CU L T V

A w. N ORTO)l' , \ i\I PRI :-> CIP AL Teacher of P;yc!Jolog ;· Ethic s Logic and th e Sctance ami Art of Teaching.

MI SS E LI Z A C MO R GAN, PR ECEPT RES S rd3C'Je r :Jf Litu 1 : un, GJ, J r,l / Hi st:Jry an:l

H B D UNCANSON B S , A hl. , of 8JU n:J, an:l Zo olojy.

HERB E RT B R O WN E LL , r eac h e r of Ch emistry Physics and Astrot:omy.

G W ELLIS , B. A ., A M , r e a c h e r of Ma th e m atics and La ti n.

M I SS F L ORENCE hl W RI GHT, re 1C "1s r of Or a l a n :I Wr i tt e n Ari t h me tic

M I SS J ENNIE M c LAIN , B. S., Teache r o Unit e d S tates His t or y a nd Ge ogr ap h y

M I SS MA R THA W I NNE , r each e r of Lang u a g e and Grammar.

M I SS LILLI AN R K ELL OGG, Telch e r of R eadi n J , Dr a tuing, Ci ui l Go ve r nm e nt a nd Book Kee p ing

MISS A N NA B HERRI G, of ?/in Ji p le > ln :t r!I J i o ? and S t 1ar nl! ?d J? t o f Pm c ti c e

M IS S FL O R ENCE G BENNE TT , Prim a r y and Kind e rga r t e n

MIS S MATT I E EL LI S, Pr epa r at or y

FRAN C OI S B OUC H E R , r e a ch e r of Vo cal and In s tru m e nta l Mus i c

!DILL A J EFFE RY , Li br a rian

JOH N B L ANKENSH IP, J :rn t o ;

BOARD O F ED UCA liON.

H o n. A. K. G o ud y S upt Pu b. I n s , ex -v_tfi ci (l , L j n coln

H on J os S B a r t ley · .St a t e 'l're a s , ex-ojji ci o , L i n co ln.

H o n . B E. B K e nn e d y·· O m a h a; t e r m exp ir es 1897

H o n J. T. S p e n ce r. D a k o t a C i ty; t e i m e x p i r es 1895.

Ho n . C hur c h H ow e. · .Aub m·n; t e rm ex p ires 1895

Hon W E. M a j o r s · · · · · · · · · · P e r u ; t e r m ex pi r es 189 6.

H on J. S W es t B e nk elm a n, t e rm ex pir e s 1898

OFF I C E RS OF 1'H E BOARD

B. E B K e nr: e dy · Pr e si d e nt

A K. G o ud y · · · · · , S e c r e t a r y

J os ep h S B a rtl ey · Tr e as u r e r.

EX E CU1'J VE: COMM I'l"l' E E.

Chur c h H owe . vV E. M a j o r s .

A . W. N or t o n.

Education. ITis conc e d e d by a ll who ar e conversant with this world 's a ff a irs, tha t a good edu ca tion is the b e st e quip a g e that a young pe rson sta rting out in• li fe can hav e But ju s t what we m ea n b y a g ood educ ation is is a ma tt e r of im po r ta nce to us, and d e ma nds o ur m os t se ri ous th o ug h t. V..Je s ee m to h av e a g r ea t m a n y n ot io ns of go od e du cat io n, bu t m a n y of t hem ar e d e cid e dly v a g ue vVith t h e m ass of p eo p le , a good e duc a ti o n co ns ists in th e abi li ty to a nswe r a c e r t a in nu mb e r of questio ns in any branchof st udy: th e pos :s es sion of a requ is it e a m o un t of t e chni ca l kn ow le dg e , acc r u ing to o n e fro m th e s tud y of boo k s o r a tt endanc e at sc h oo l. T h e id e a exis t s amon g th e m ass of p e op le, t h at t h e yo ut h of th e land n e e d but to be l e t o r le as e d to ou r pub l ic s c h oo l sy st e m to be mold e d o r made into s o m e thin g . Im p ly in g ac ti v it y u po n t h e pa rt of th e s ch oo ls, t h a t is : u po n th e t eac h e r s but m e r e pass ive l y a nd d oc ilit y u po n th e part of th e p upil s in th e sc h oo ls . Th ey s ee m t o think th a t th e pu p ils are t o b e fi ll ed w ith a s o me thin g- with th e m a v.a g u e so m ethin g , a nd th e t eac h e r s are t o d o th e fillin g A ft e r a tim e th ey thinl<: th e fillin oshould b e compl e t e d, a n d if on e h app e n s b e in pr o cess of fillin g a 1ittl e too l o n g, h e b e co mes o ve rfill e d. H e is th e n b y so m e m ea n s co n v e r t e d int o a n ' 'Edu ca t e d Fo o l " ' o r in o th e r wor d s, a n e du ca tion as th e y r ega rd it h a s imp a ir e d th e u s e f uln ess of th at p e t so n as a me m be r o f soc iety Now th e lac k o f d e finit e n e s s a nd unit y o f th o u g h t a m o ng th ose, wh o su pe rint e nd o ur ptlb li c sc h oo ls, h as b e vo nd r) r eadve n t u re , 1n a g r ea t m e asur e, o cc as io n e d th ose in a d e q • c u a t e er r o n e ou s, m a n e n o ti o n s, of ed utat io n h e l d by th e m ass of p eop le. Against t h e m we

prot st, and b y a ca mp a ig n [ du at!On among th patrons o f th p ul li e sc h ls , .n unc iatc:, c l a r, n at u r a l, a nd truthfu l prinClplts und e rly i ng t h e na tu r [ clu ca tion , th m a ns t an du cat ion, a nd th e . nd o r aim fa n · l uca t io n.

Now i n th first plac e , du ca ti n do s not .. consis t a lp n in th e a b ili ty to answ r a · rta in numb e r of qu st io n s i n a n y bra n c h or bran c h 'S of s tud y, but it do s c n s ist in th e po wer of th e mind to c l ar l y, log ica l l y an d p e r s is t e nt ]y u po n any q u - st i n that comes w it hin th e scop · of our ab ility o r xp e r ie nce In a v r y s h o rt tim , we for g t ma n y of th e fa c t s of hi s t o r y , th e laws f natural philo so phy, th ru les in arit hm ti c , th e co n st r uc tions in la n g uage , th e e quations in c h e mistry, but th e thought we put . i nt o th es s ubj e c ts is not los t , but r eso l ves Its If int o m e nta l pow e r , th e g-rea t en d of an educa t i on.

I h ave h e ard a distin g ui s h e d coi) ege pr esid ent say : " 1 wou l d be unab l e to pass t h e co l leg e were I ent rance exa mmatwn to my · ' d , · 'el l mark e · su bjected to th e t es t and n g i Y H ow we not for a mom e nt, e nt e rt a Jdn t an ed u cate th e id e a , t h a t thi s ma n was n o . 1 d . h 1112 e d ea ers man for he is on e of t e recog d f in the thinkin <T world, and at th e h e a . o o f Amenca. o ne of the lea din g o' •Whi le h e Th e point h e mad e was know l e d ge may h ave forgott en some d e nt in sc h oo lh e m ay have as a sft uh. m en ta l disb l b r eason o IS ye t h e ts a e Y d. t th e afd th ht powe r t o Jf c tphne an oug. ' d ri htfu ll y f irs of a ·reat HI titu t l n, a n g . 1 a . . f a l ea d e r in th e mtea sum t11e pos ltlOn o lectual wo rld. y ch ooi t dopment of p r; .m .nta1 nd 111 1. Thi: i dea of e du at1 11 111 lud s a ll t h a is b -st £ the other, an d as a n1att · r u f f t ._ c C l S a s di-

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Y I I 51St nt In dustr y cl ·t !l11 n d ' tiO a n e n e r g y h av O"a in d a li b ·ral e duca o( a nd I . b h )l o fl 1av · a ns e n to positions of hl g th at o: g r at sa la r y. Th ey se m to for g t f11 efl of th e succ essf ul , w ea l th Y e(S, In our land and n i n - t e nth s of th e pauP th e and ca lamity co m e too s ame class We can n 'ot em ph a si Z f se' t h e importanc e , to the y oun g 0 eve ( · c. u nng a good ed ucat io n No m a n e use · li v e d, poss e ss e d w i t h ta l e nt f or a nY on ti "e ful to in g d d xecLI ·c. ' a n en ow e d w i th sorne e j1P abdrt )' w h d ' d fol' 0 I no t fi n d some u se f r ta le nt· Th · nd 0 • e r e 1s a l ways a dema be· goo n t hin ()' N t mllY ,t o · o m atter w hat I r e"' In these days w h is so g de ' . 1 , e n cam p t 1t 10 n 111 a 1 th pr of 1 1 1aV c· ns l n m u t sv q u ate pre pa r t' . pete f· a lo n, . tn o rn r t o com . Bcess fu lly witl .1 t 1o11 nl1 f .• ·-1 at 1ers ti l 1 in ed uc" rovo

busin ess pr 1 1t1 n n \\' 1 a m a ma n I f r a j b fin m n wh has a j b t I ·t . 1 u rant m the Pri vilc f w rkin rr f r him b · th h ur ) 0 many h ur · 1 r ua 'lta tipul t l workin al l f th I y r u h the day as i c nv nicnt for m . N \ w r e it to my adv nt a "" t < lab r. a t n h u r a day, an 1 h uld nly I b r. a· t \ thre e, four r II\ '<.' h ur ada·. I h u ld ce rtainly b a r y f li h m n. ducati n w h a \ m thin W ca n s cu r c a cr od d u cat i n b \\ rkingfo r it all t h e t i m s t s p ak nd with a ll t h r ts 1n u t pe k r w can s cu ·e a f1 ·m n t du at i n b) \ rJzin a i:'> for it th t\\ . thr r f ur h ur per da a nd usin 0 n thir d n f urth, r one fift h of th capa ity \ ith wh ic h ,, a r endov\ ed T ha t an educa tion is an adva n tag to a nyon e, admit· of n o question Th e b st th in gs ar most adva n tageous, he nc e the best e ducation is most ad v a n tag o us . In matt rs of duc at ion a s in matters o f commodit y, · vve ca n all profi t by an adhere n ce to th old adage: • •7h e b est, is none to o good . " It wo uld b e pro fitabl e for e ve r y stud e nt to ask hi ms el f or herself the que stion: ''Am I obt a inin <T all t h at it is p o ssibl e for me to obta in this i nstituti on ?" I am granted all that I can ge t, n ow am I ge ttin g all t hat th e state gra nt s by m ainta inin g this mag nificent institutiQn

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rw o Emine nt Physicians.

TR ELER stood o n e e \ ening on CfJ\ dia n Hill " and wa tched the sun, a s It d e re d away out in the rolling lan ds t o tsap p . " d l e t "Talk about Ita li an suns ets, sa1 t1e w · h 'the re are no suns ets 111 I tal ·or anywhe r e in the whole ide world, t!1at can • • 1th such o orO'eous colonng as th1s 1 at ,, b h If this ()' n t l man h ad remained 111 t e viCit:i ty of p ru from the fir st of Oct ober u ntd th e birth of the n w ye ar, he would h ave a d ••th e r e is no co un t r y in th e world s 1 1 where the a utumn mont hs are as 1rreproac 1ab l e and in comparable as in the 1i ss ouri valley. " Pro vidence to e qualize t h e b le ssin O'S of nature h as s ent the lo n g and beautiful autum n, and ea rl y w in ter to ato n for the h eat of summer, an d who can s ay that th e vexa ti o n and discomfort ' of the torri d s eason are n ot completely forgotten i n the at oneme nt ? ·

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(r;I'"HERE h as l ate l y bee n p u t int o th e L abora t ory for the use of the class e s in Ph ys ics co nsi? e: r ab l e a·pparatus. For work in e l ec tn c tty, t her e 1s a Toepl e r-Hu ltz machin e rh eos tat, wh ea tsone brid ge, ga le l ec tros cope, r e l ay (tel eg rap hic ) i nstrum e nt, a nd s everal different kin d s of b a ttery ce lls A l so. an Atvvood mach in e,

In more eastern st a tes th ere comes i n O ctober som etimes a little later, the s eason calle d " In d ian when the sky is cloudless and th e atr 1s balm y , and over the face of n ature is thrown that in des ribabl h z whi h softens the autumn tints . For a fottn igh t this c h armin g atmosp h e n c conditio n lasts and the n th e wind sweeps d own fro m th e north a nd th e s e ntim e nt o f autumn are at an end . B.ut 111 the M1sso uri valley the c h arm of '•In d1a n Su mmer" lin()'ers, when i n th e n orth, we st ea s t the gales of early w int er are h ow l mg and th snow is fa llinThrou g h O ctober and N ov - mb r a nd fa;·

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At thi s. t im e a lso m a y be found r ea I f o r consu l tation pr e pa r d t · · Y. tw · ' . . m11p st r t a l l di s, o e m m e nt phy s ic ia ns D A.- d unsh i ne T h r: 11 a n 1 • · · . . Y at at th 1r b es t a nd h a pout 111 th ts smi ling c ?untr y, t hat . d d h Th e y ar tw f n s ky ld f Jll \ s an t roug h tJ d . b 1 e ay th e y a r fr ]li c k i n g a d ut, up and d ow n t h e va ll ys a nd h il i51 s where t h ' . . ver e y ca n fi nd an n t r ance.

IS a li ve l y pat ie nt w h o k e ps up w i th t e m, bu t when h e r e tu rn s fr m a c n s u l tat JOn - a li tt le tir e d p e r haps, h e kn ows th a t he has t ak e n a dos e o f m e d ic in e to b e p a icl for on l y in s h oe lea the r , and that h e h as h ad the b es t wh ich two g r at ph ysic ia n s can offe r.

D r. a n d Dr. Sun s hin e are s tri c tl y p r ofessiO n a l. Th ey d o n ot adv e r t ise Th e y do n ot care wh e th er y o u c o n su l t t h e m o r an y d oc t o r, bu t th ey a r e r e ady t o g i ve hum a ni t y the b e n e fit of th e ir se rVIc es . Th ey are p u tt in g in th e t i me in thi s b eau ti fu l D ece mb e r wea th e r a n d reve l in th ese d ays o f warm t h - a r eve l w h ic h th ey p r e scJ ibe f o r t h e ir pati e nts . H ap py a n d h ea lth y th e who le av e s h is roo m a n h o u r o r t wo eac h cla y 1 in thi s g l o ri o u s s tretc h of "India n S umm e r " a n d co n s u l t s t hese e min e nt p h ys ic ia n s . \ t a ne

@fHE of £ r cc mb- t· notes the I t1 n r t urn s fro m d iffe re nt parts th e co untr y a nd f r o m t h e m draws th e mfe r ence th a t g r eater incl epe nt h a n u sual h as p r eva il ed b o th in thmkmg a nd votin g t h is yea r. · T h e e n c r_o a chm e nt of Gr ea t Bri t ia n u po n Venez_u e la. m h e r G ui a na c la ims is d e n o u n ce d a s vwlatwn of th e Monroe D o t TJ Unrted States as t l c n n e l e 1e stro n g r e pub li c of t h e

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C hl tSt la n mt s s io ns as , s ee n see Br a hm a " · 5 as (' c. n , a n d 'C hri s t ia n mtss to n ·nte by .a miss i o n a r y," a r e t h e ti tles o f r w o 1 art ic l es i n t hi s , fo t'(fl . dr.h e ' Ba ltim o r e p la n" 'of cu r r e n cY l et1lbe( Is tscu e d i t i . nu d j(J

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THE OR COURIER.

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h d all human imp r ovement a nd are e \ , al l ad anc m nt of the race .

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F orm? ft r trav l in g v r a Ja r e part of the state a n d t a l k in a with all lass h fee ls tn a m e a. ur pr pa r e c t o th at 9 - pe r ce n t of N eb r a k ans ar c n t n t d T h e: st ate h as rea c h d i t pr s nt co n d ition i n the last t hir ty ) e ars . The r e i a d istri ct school wi t hin \\ a! king d ista n ce of e \ e r y r b r as k a h o m e ; th e r e a r 377 :-·:ra d e d s ch o C' Is. abo u t 70 of \vhic h a r e accr e dite d t o t h e St ate U t'li v e r s i ty ; th er e a r e ten priva t e a n d d e n om in at io n a l c o lleges, t en p r iva t e a cademies. a n d six private n o rm a l 5; be sid e s t h ese are t h e St a t e Nor m al a n d the -State

Un iv e rsity

T hes e I mpr ovem e nt<; h a v e n ecessitated m a n y mortgag e s _for the g r eate r . pa r t _ o f th e populat io n ca m e m to the w 1th lttt le o r

n o Lh i n o· . B y h a rd a n d pa t 1e n t la b or t h ey h ave all. Th e ir oppo r tun i t ies are m any a nd t h ey ar in ln st to im p r o ve ge t ri ch and if th ey c1 not co m p li sh th is. as soon as th ey think t h ey shou ld th e re t s some gru m b l i ng

H e co n cl u d e s th a t there is some di s co nt e n t in Neb r aska-n o t so mu ch with i n d iv id u a l lo ts a s :v it h the ex istin g orde r of thin gs In th e ir h aste to buil d up a sta t e ca re has always n ot b ee n exerc is ed to g uard th e in t e r es ts of t he peo ple . · Th ey h'ave t h e m selve s to blam e la r ge l y fo r this a nd co n s ci o us ness o f t h e fact is p r obabl y wh a t ra nk l e s " '•Out o f s u c h b i tt e r howeve r , a nd out of th is k i tJ.d of r a ti o n a l discon te n t,

\ ID T RR J O R DO m an adtv dr to the a ra d uating clas in L e1 nd ta nfo r d Junior n i rsity state s s ?me truths ' t h t ev ry m an and woman w 11 o n ide r. H p e ak s_ of th e n ee d s ot due t I men ar'ld \\ ome n m a go' by th people . The future of the republic li s in the hand s of i nt llig e nt, cu ltured If \ is dom and s tr e ng·th do not go to men f m ak e up a nation it ca n h a ve no Fo 1 or kn a es canno t g UJ de the s h tp of sta te

For mo re that a ce n tury the common man h a s r ul ed in Am e r ica . H o w he has r ul e d co min g years w ill telL More o r weakness. mi se r y and cn m e hav e b een wtth u s anci wh er e weakn es s is , tyranny ts f our:d

•The e sse n ce o f tyranny we hav e found, lies n o t in the str ength of th e st ro ng, b ut i n weakn e ss of t h e weak " I n our f ree c ou nt ry are mill io ns who are n o t free, n ev er will be so lo n a a s th ey rema in what they a r e. Th e on l y r emedy the n , is to fo ll o w th e exam ple of our father s , a n d bring in b etter men Th e grown up m e n are pas t help Th e only way to ed u cate and tra in the ch ildren \tVh e n this generation lea ve s to th e n ext r ea l education-t ra i n i ng in ind iv idu al pow e r a nd broad th i nking, th e probl em s of t h e next ge n e r ation w ill take of t h emselves. C o ll ective in d u s trial problems and inclivi lna1 probl em s a r e Irreconcil ab l e .

Educa ti o n must be broad, fitting m e n a n d wo me n for suc ce ss in lif e; must giv e that rese r ve o f t h a t brin g s s tre ngth, su cces s a n d 1n th e s truggle s of l ife . Su ch e du cat ton ba ings law and o r der '•Onl y who h a s nothi ng t o los e can fav o r di s order and m isru le "

"A man s hou ld have a r eser ve of skill " '' H e must h ave in tellige nc e . " He m u st b e a bl e to e n tertain hi m s e lf and o t h ers Th e scho o ls are gradually meeting this de m a nd

THE 0/?Jl,f/JL CO l RIER .

- g ivi ng wisd m a n d fi tn ss t o th c ma Th mm n n Ya r e b 111 g r ap id ly pl ac d 11 a n ew basis o n hi g h r ducat i n w ill c ase to be a badge o f cas t

''A m a n mu st h av a r es r v f c h a r a cte r and pu rp s " ··H mu s t h ave a r -"se rv e of r eputa ti o n ." th e r s w i ll "s t ·m as es te m ur s l ves, and li k ·w is e w · wdl st n v to ma intain t h e goo d p in i n of ot h ers .

"When ev r y Am e r ica n c itiz - n ha s r "lik th es h e h as non - "d t beg f r s " favo rs. All h e asks o f Je g is la ti n is th at It k ep ou t h is way I-1 d m a nd s n o f orm of sp era ! g uardian s hip o r pr o t ct ion He can pay as h go s . Th e man who cannot has no ri g ht to go £ a ll forms of the for fr ee lun c h e s the de s 1r e to ge t so m e thin g for n ot hin g is the mo st demora li z in g, a nd in the l on g run, most dang e rou s . Th e fl ag of fr ee dom h as n eve r floated ove r a n a ti o n of dead h ea d s . "

' 'Education mu st t a k e th e form of r e a l patriotism " Problems of gove rnm e n t mu s t be settled ri g ht, otherw is e they conti nu e to ris e unt il they ar e

T h e fo u?d e rs of this r ep ublic that the w rs e st and b est should l eg ts late . For a tim e this was th e case, but gradua ll y the lt·g islators have com e to r e pr ese nt th_e people in their business li fe-to act as th e tr a ttorneys. So lon g as th e l eg is lators a r e to r ep res e nt the peop l e, a greater ?uty d evolves u p on th e people.

"R ig ht thinking has be e n yo ur pnvdeg e , right acti n g is now yo ur duty; and at n o time in the histor y o f th e wor h dut y b een r i r t iv e th a n n o w "

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111 R. r\ Wit h l' f th ob)eC t ·t , r n s 1 '' a l at·a\l 1 ' t } ei}.

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WI · 1 £ un I to h ve rnov e. cti 00 rt 11 to w s tl . dtr e ett

East ern Pr ove r b •

I. E x perience is th e lookin g g la ss of th e intellect. -Arab

2. A l e amed man w ithout practice is a cloud w ithout wate r. -Arab .

3· To lo ok a t a plum i s n o t to qu e n ch o n e's thirst.-China

· , 1at 1, t in tha t f th e pos.lt t o t hat of the mo veme nt 0 on tts axis.

Ivifl g\; t l1e e arth, in simply .r e vo e ls e earn ed wat e r and eve rythin g w d e r 1eO b ow l a r ou nd with it but th e po

£ h ' · d a J'" o s.ur a s b ee n" l eft b e h 111 p a vg g tlJ e ltne wdl always b e found eo fec tl >'ed l from east to w e st w hi ch is p e r roo"fJ11 proof th a t e verytl1 in o- e ls e way - Fra n lifibrt ( Ger'l'l1 t-wna l Journal.

· L oca l s

Th e centur · f o ur o re year ·

f-Fi: · ott, Ka nsa

A :=-; J:: w Y EAR GREETI ·c - th e e nior class is large th ey ha e 1 cte d th irte n of th e ir numb e r to r ep r e -

Yo u fo rtr · · d in y o ur t ee n '

T o ;:Li a nn · l o e v o ur e ar

And, whil he d c v a t a t e · y ur p e er ,

C o n cei v > n ot ;,-h a t he m e au

If e'er l ife win l r fi e k w•th n o w

Y o ur h ai t·' · d p s had b w e r

Th at wi u!;Om e h ad an art w o uld k uo w

To mak e it c h ann, and w ar it o

A s 'tw e r e a w r a th of n w r

If to s u c h fa ri es y ars mt t- t come

May your s fall s ft and 1 w

A s s h aken by a b ee l o w h um,

Th e R o c - l ea v e w a \ er w ee tl y d u mb , D o wn to th e ir mat e's b e l o w!

Miss e s Wri g ht a n d Ellis \" ill sp nd th 1r 'acation in Omah a

Miss Mo lli e T y n o n is d evot in g h e r t im e to th e study of mu s ic.

Tov 2 8, so m e of th e stude nts e njo yed a call from W. N. D e l ze ll. ·

Rev. Sparlin g-. of Omaha, spoke a t the l\1. E. Chur c h D e c. 12t h. '

Mr. O'Connell was a No rm a l vi sitor <? fl W e dn esday, D ece ri1b e r 19.

Miss Grace J o nes, of th e cl a ss of '93 is h e r e visiting w ith Miss May Vv y n e.

'W e have b ee n f a rin g very sumptuously of lat e in th e way of e nt e rtainm e nts.

N. B. Whitfi e ld will s e ll you g r ee n or dry Wood in cord or rick at bed-rock prices.

W. H. Sparling of th e Episopal diocese of Nebraska l e d th e morning exer cises D e c. 13.

Th e first division of the trainin g class ha ve finished their work in the practice departm e nt.

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Miss H e rri g l e ft D ec 9th for h e r home in Saginaw, Michigan,_ where sh e will spend th e holidays. .

On th e ·morni1'l g of . D e c· . r 9 the cha.p e l

n t th Ia Th ese s .

nna Borst, m ember of the class ?f '9.:j., h accepted a pos ition as teache r 111 th e \ a! ntin schoo ls

Th class in st ron om . c losed its work · · c lass in adva nc ed at Thank g 1 rn g Ph ic tak e its place.

Th Phil o's o-a \ e th e ir open session D ec 14 · It is n ee dl es s say th ey had a larg e and appr e ciat i e a udience.

M r. Sp e n cer, of the board of educat ion , took ch a rg e of t h e senior cl ass in school ma n ao·e ment o n W e dn e sday. b

The fi rst ye a r class will devote two of th e n ew y e ar to th e stud y of physics, th e n ch e mistry ""ill b e ta k e n up.

J. E. D.D.S., will be his Dental Rooms over Abbott s Druu Store every Tuesday. 0

Quite a numbe r ef the students anti cip a tin o· at te ndin o- the State Teach e r s Assob b I I'd ci a tion at Lincoln durin g th e 10 1 ay vacati o n.

Th e Ch e mistr y clas s w ill wo rk in t wo div isi o ns as it it is so large - abo ut eighty. Th e advanced Chemistry com es th e spring t e rm.

Miss A o n e s Bagl ey bade the orm a l good bye 0 rove mb e r 29, and to o k the train for C a liforni a where she is to make h er hom e

D e c. 10 Willis Ro gge aga in r es um es hi s work after b e in g a bs e nt s inc e Th a nk sg ivin g. His brother Edwin w ill not r e turn again this year.

Cro ok, of th e W e sl ey. an U nive rstty, d e li vered a l ec tur e "Betsy and I are to th e orma l st ud ents on th e eve nin g o f Dec. I 3· I t was of a mor e s erious n at ur e th a n th e subj ect wou ld suggest.

TI-lE NORMA.t. C

Dr w· OUR ! ER .

· Itt e r , a mi ss io n f g-a ve an a ddr e ss o n · . a ry n>m I ndi a h d · · miS SIOn s D • a Wi t h h im a n umb ec I I e xpl a i n d. e r o f cu n os wh ic h h e

n Tu es day m o rnin D e nts li s t d g , ec 18, th e s tudne t o a v e ry p i · g 1v e n b y J ud ge S a s mg a ddr ss b oa rd o f a m e mb e r o f th

Pr o f Bo u c h e r gav e hi r ec it a l D e c s th I t r eg u la r m rHh l y t e nd e d Q 't · was, a s usu a l, w I I a tR Ul e a nu m b e r fr o m A b d 'r ow n v ill e a tt e nd d u urn a n e .

Mr. Mi s hl e r was ca ll e d h of th e d ea th of hi o m e o n acco u n t H 11 s g r a nd m ot h e r ec 14 T W l I r efturn a nd h is wo rk in · rm a a t e r vacat io n

Mr D D_. M il es lef t fo r hi s h o m e De c 1 4· Mr. M il es h as b ff I . ee n su e n n g fr o m a rara yt iC St r oke, bu t h opes t o be ab l e tO return to schoo l aft e r va ca ti o n

A joint sess i o ? of th e Y. M. a nd Y. w. C. A. was h e ld m Philo Hall Sunday D e c.

Mess r s. J. J. Kin g and P. M. Whiteead ,. de lega.t e s to th e convention, gave a ve r y mte res tm g report.

s tud e n ts wer pi as .d to not t h e : nnhn fac s o f th e Mi sses w · I I · h J yn ., tnson : on e s an d illi lcn on Thu · m rmn g W l tsca y Y b k . '\ ar e a Way glad to w elcome u ac to yo ur Alma Mat e r.

L M_ is s M org an will v isit her niece in St. f o u; s rem a inin g memb e rs of the Cahc u. ty w lll r e m a in in Peru until after n t h · T shm a s , t ey w ill th e n attend t h e State eac e 'A · · rs sso c1at ion at Lin c oln .

b The L eag u e soci a l aft e r having e e n postpo n e d f . ' th ' d or so me tim e wa s h e ld at e r e s1 e n ce of M . ' ·1 r s P a ns a bout seve n m1 es south of t ' De 8 Th o n S a turd ay eve nm g , c.. · e eve nm g wa s fine and a pl e asant tlme was re port e d

senior cl ass b ega n t heir l a bors in the--

D( c 3· Sinc e then they te rest Y work i ng and th e i r ·inor ttself . fo r . . ' on th el r -c ounte -

Excha nges. f ·Je 0

Th 11 " otlts1 oi th u o· g y 11 i s un k no w n 0 .. e tllted States.-Ex . 1\v ,.

En gl d · per· () e( h an has no cdl eg e P3 t... pa.r undred A . bltSP

B mencan colleges pu - :X.

Th of tl1 e t e library and manuscripts ed onan B }135 il'f· U · have been pure /P riJ niverstt f . 8 ooO· CY. , Y o Chicago for $ o, 00 o, JiC

The u · $ 115' ()v 17 f an mted States spends f )1 e( r t e nually f h . o , ufl' sch I or t e mamtenance S() a.1 oos Th" r p e nd e d. f Is ts more than 1t::Ih'; Fran or that purpose by d ___..}J% · 0 ce and Germ a ny combin e · · .:t'lfe ",o ' - 5v- eF

Cornell N ba ve 5ucc :Ji' ; point .' · Y., stude-nts 113 ve ·(Of jto ed · ' which few, if any others c.:pif1

In s ec · · g a ;7 ee ' cipline un?g, by manife s tln 0101 itt _ -cil• tl o the S ' Which COnsistS of a cO consi }tft11e

Sttng Of fo -ur seniors, thf'B

THE \ R 1 L C()URIER.

will of the peop l e it is im p o rt ant t h at t.he a nd th Pr e si·

Ernest Lo n gf 11 ' a son of t h e great Poet ] 1 ' • f 1as a to <e n f r m mb r a n ce of h1 s at h e r, at h is hom in Ma n o li a, w hi c h can n ot buy. I t is noth in g m o r e n o r ess t h a n ''A n O l d C l ck o n t h e S ta ir s" r ad e fa m o u s by hi s fat h e r . T h e cl oc k w as orm e rl y o wn ed by Thomas Go l d A p p l e ton and h ' d C IS ea t h t h e hei r s, of w hi c h on e w as Na th a n App leto n, t hinkin g oc k wa s of pa rti c ul a r va lu e t o Ern es t L o n g fe llow on acco un t o f hi s f a th e r ' s conwith th e a n c i e n t t im e p i e c e donated It ' to a s o n of th e poet, so th a t it now adorns a nook in th e sta i r s of his h o use at M a g - ·

nolia.-Ex .

1be Free Schools.

GE N GRA N T.

INa r e public like ours , w h e r e the citizen is th e so ve r e ig n a nd th e official the servant wh e r e no pow e r is ex e rcised e xcept by tl:te

r ia n- th e peop le-should possess mtell i T h e f r ee school i t h e p r o m o t e r of that int e lli ge n ce whi ch is t o pre s e r e u as a f ree na ti o n. If w e a r e to 1ave a n o th e r co n t s t in th e n ea r fu t ur e of o u r na ti ona l existe n ce I pr e di c t th a t th e d i idi ng lin e ' ill n o t b e Ma s on and Di xo n s , b u t th a t b e t wee n pa tri o tism and intelli ge nc e o n th e o ne s ide, s u p€ r s titi 9 n , ambition a nd ignorance on t h e oth e r

1(5)ENIUS looks to the cause o f.l ife; it proceeds from within out wa rd, w hilst talent a oes tram without inward. T a l e nt fir{ds models and methods and ends in soci e t y, e x ists for e x hibiti o n , and go e s ·to the soul onl y for power to work. G enius is its own end, and draws its mean s , .and t he style ot its architecture froll! within, going abroad only for audience and specta tors , as we adapt our voice and phrase, to the distance , and character of the ear w e speak to All your learning of all lit e ratur e, w ould never en-able you to anticipate one of th e · thoughts or and yet each is na tural and .famili-ar as household words.

We

FOfi THf, FINEST f'HOTOG RRF'HS SIZES RND STYLES

. . to Plea se our· Cu s t omet s, and allow no ne to go awa y Diss at isfied take Specia l Paf/7 8

8 10 Ce n tral A ven u e, OITY, NEBRASI<A.

rlpclon:

Coasting Down the Hill.

No.

The r a tr lo ry i n t h e s p e edin g of a h o r se that ne rves a u f ee l , O r t h e wift a nd s i l en t m ag ic o f a p e d a l-h as t e ne d w h eel; Or th e r u h i n g a n d t h e f oami n g t h a t t h e fl yi n g yac ht s p o ess , Or th e w a ying of t h e pil o t o f a limited ex pre ss;

Ladles' and Ge nts' f urni shin a Goo ds, Kni t Underwear and tt osieru.

Our Prices are Guaranteed THE LOWEST.

H.

u re r taff

O•tc c o p y , p e r sc h oo l y e a r . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .... .. .. S l. OO

i n g l e c o p ie s , e ac h : .1 5

• Al l subscri pti o ns ar e co n sidered pe rm an ent unt il orde r ed d iscont nu ed arreara g es pa id A ddres s a ll co mm u n ica t io ns to TH E N OR MA L CO URI ER

Ent e r e d a t il e Pos t ofjice at Pe ru , Neb r a s S ec ond Cla s s Ma i l Matter.

S CHOO L DIR ECTORY.

PHIL O M A THE A N

Socie y eve y Fri day eve nin g d uri ng th e sc h oo er ms a 7 o'clock All S ude nt s ar e co d ia l ly in v ited o o n us i n our lit era ry wor k, especia lly th ose of th e h ig h er co urse JOH NSTON Presi de nt

8r) Central Ave ai!Tiost oppo site G oldberg 's. .

, L um ber, Coal a n d Wood, B rick, Lim e, Cement, H ardware.

T ilE LARGEST AN D !J EST ST OC K OF Gen era l M erch atJdise . H.

EVERETT SOCIETY

Every Frid ay eve nin g durin g th e sch oo l t erm s N ew stud ents a e es -

Peci all y i n vi ed to o in us n o ur ter ary work EDWAR D CLUT Z, Pres WELLINGTONIAN S OCIETY.

Socie ty eve ry Frid ay eve nin g durin g th e sc h oo v ear All stu den ts who Wish th e de v elop ment w hich ea rn es erary wo rk a one ca n g ve are cordtally in v ited to vi sit us.

JUNIOR SOCIETY

But t h e re n a ug h t to stir t h e s en s e s, a nd th e r e ' s nothin g e ve r w i ll L ik e t h e st a r r y w in t e r e ve nin gs w h en w e coa s ted down th e h i llD ow n th e long a nd s lipp e r y hillA n d th e s t ee p a nd g l a rin g hill-

With t h e c lin gin g , and th e s hr ie k in g , a nd t he l a u g h i n g h oars e an d s hrill !

F a r a b ove th e p a llid va lley , hun g- th e mo o n , so safe an d hi g h -

Like a b a ll oi i ce it g litter ed in a fr oze n sea o f s k y ;

And th e tr ees we re dr e s se d in s ilver , a nd the bu s he s stood a g low,

And a million jewels nestled on th e bo s om of the snow. Bnt th e eyes that w e w ere w atchin g , th ey were be am in g br ig ht e r s till ,

As w e packed our l o ad tog et her to go c o as ting d ow n th e hillD own th e s nowy, icy hillAnd th e lon g and d izz y hillWith th e s h o utin g a nd the c a llin g , a nd th e da nge r of a "spill."

H AR VEY Pres.

Juni or soc etv eve y Frid ay ev enin g durin g sc hoo y ear. Stud ents and fr ie nds ar e cor dia lly in v ited o v is it us.

LECT UR E BU R EAU

CH AS. M ARS , Pres

Org anized as a pe rm an ent in st itu t o n of th e sc h oo l. It is un der th e ausPices o he Ph lomath ea '.'· Evere tt, W ellin g oni a n a nd Juni or Th e best ecturer s o today w ll be sec UJ ed J. J. Ktn g ch airm an; L ettt e M L ott secretary: A J N ea l, trea surer

Y. M. C. A.

President, P M Whiteh ead. Cor espondin g S ecret ary, R C. Ord.

Y W C. A.

Pres de nt, Minnie VanN ostra n Correspond ng Secretary Oli v e Cri ffi th

THE NORM A L MILITIA

PRo F H B DU NCANSO N, od Li eut ena nt, C o mmand er of C adets

STAFF

P.M Wh teh ead, First L ie utenan t a nd A c tin g Adjutant.

IN FANTRY-CO MP ANY A.

J J. Kin g , Capt Hu g h Joy , od Lieut Ch as Tuck er, r st Serg ent. COMPANY B

With a mile of road before us like a poli s hed blad e agl ea m, On the rea d y tr a ck we stat e d, in a s hort d e liciou s dr eam. Through th e f e nc es, past th e bridges, ov e r " than km a'a m s" t o s p a re, y :ro m th e m hke a p a nth e r , in th e cri s p and bitmg atr;

Past the still and lonely school-hous e a nd the f t , ro s -enfettered mtll,

Thinking naught about the stopp' ' th 1 •11 mg- w1 a au g h d.t every 1Do w n th e ne'er for g otten hillAnd th e white and g l owi n g billJust a s tr e a k of hum a n lightn i n down th e hill ! g, we w ent flashin g

A n d a m i d the ru s h d h an c a tter, th e re we r e pressures of the hand,

THE NORMA L OURIER.

That the br a in, amid it s fr e nzy , left t h e h ea rt o uo d rs tand;

Th e r e were co nfid e n tia l c lio g- in gs t h at would n v r I : beatowe d,

On a pro s aic journ e y, and a s tri ct ly 1 v 1 r

Often sp mt r eac h e d for s piri t , and w uld o cv r c ;].<; •, unti l

Wi th a p ang of joy it c l a s p e d it, in t h a t j o urn ey (J wn th e hill-

D own t h e s wift l y trav e ll e d hill -

And t h e lov e ·ill umin e cl hill -

Wh e n a life's divine s t sec r e t w as di s c v r d hr i ll !

Th e r e we r e m a id e n s in tl1 e p arty, that t -d ay a r MO h e r wive s-

Al s o l ads at present liv i n g very pr o p e r 1 u s in es<> liv e<>;

Th e r e were so m e that now a l ready , pay th n c' r e v a de d d e bt;

Bu t t h e r e s pirit s co ul d n ot p e ri s h - th ey a r e s t n livi n g yet.

Wh e e w e find th e m, I will warrant t h at their m m o ri cs quickly fill

Wi t h the good o ld wint e r e v e nin g s wh e n they coast d down the hill-

Do wn the co l d and fr o s ty hill -

D ow n th e wa rm a nd g l e am in g hill -

Wh e re we r e born a h ost of pl eas ur es t h at a death can n e v e r kill!

Random Shots

fM EBRASKA is n ot an old stat e, for' ; .\\ \ Pl lr ememberth et' w 1 ) , e l to-d<Jt . W, • \ , 1 l L nJ 15 n-ham and \ e -bee r m th pra ir i s const itut d ur hill -of -fa!·e. So, as y u ca n eas ily see , an aptn ess 1n th m a nipul at ion of th e Winches ter and th e Needle g un were to th e p rolongation of o n e's ex is t e n ce. Not a lon e for th e purpose o f providing f or th e physical wa nt s, but for prot e ction, as th e s e then a rid plains abo und e d with a ll manner of four-footed b e asts.

Great herds of bison, e lk, antelope, etc., co.uld be seen basking- in th e s unl1ght or graz111g on most a n y hill s id e by day. but one's sleeping hours we re mad e hid e ous by the prowling about of no c turnal carnivorates. or by th e ye lping hilarity of coyot es in th e_ir attempt to r e li eve on e of further tr o ubl e , 111 ca rin g for his ca l ves or pigs . So, with

ou r wa! as l)j](L \ <· I I ugh n hr ug-h sw.trn p: up L 1 , Th ert ravinc;s in 1Hir...,rnr ()f <'< \ • <·U pr · 1 ,,ere . I . . ·I ... tit se anuna ' . wC;:r · c :nun I' t t·-; '' 1r 1- "'· br '' -1 IH'd the wont L fc ·t·d: whr·n ,,.,. ;q P' n< f th e f th · kn Jll which r·<·l rps t· I 11 fath er favor ite g-ra1.ing pb('(·-; I rom our< yc ·u t a· w uld sav. " \\ <: mtr st c ra\\'1 11 1 dJcro on s l y l y as p;>ssild<·. ·· I n\rn '''< ' w u th tnP· all f Jllrs. ;111<l :u h·an cL / kih· find wlwr · wr· mi•rhl p ·< ·p ,, ·c r nnd u 'fa th er I ,..., · T · th J1 d a JLI c k r cl o (' 1n s IH r L 1 1 n g · <1 11 w rrlc.l lr aw th · I cc tl w ith st tdy 1nelrd ·forth b C' 1 n s oon e r had th o ld weapo n 1

I I ll11 t 1 dtC a c o u I of smo l· · tha n own 1 rn o . t o hi s kn< :C's then \\'ith a f ·w 51c.l

. h I ( II I art h an d no t w 1t · ·s h · w ulc a l ll c c [ i n hi s wn I I o I. Of · ur:-> 1 11 yoLl 11g cl sc rib e th e ex i t m e nt f tl t , ], a..Y ( 1 o. c· hunt r s . 13ut tim · w e nt o n a s had do s ) a nd w h n th e y .o-a m st t· gu 1r I s kill n 1g h to 1 1 r t h frorn of a ba rn wit h two ot· t h r e s h-o ts o· ht th 0 g un. th y o- r w o ti s t i c and tbO Uo ts 1 h fa r es fll e w r capab l f ro a ming t 1 . . ss as P a tn s With as g r ea t succ ct

B dete oo n. to 11 e(

Fath e r 's quick e y e vvas n ot pro\11 e th1 s s e lf - s t ee m so o n e da v h e t nd at 't5

D · ' - h a ·o ock a nd m w mi rrht tr o ut f s 111 1d \ . , 0 r dJl (I

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1 \ 1· pr l) cHe l 11 w h O Bd see t ·oo We n a rl y h a d a q uarr e l to · e .e \ V n "' ,,, ca rr y th' g un) a nd ·:tway ur r 85 o(

f

i\Th 11 I think f i t , h. w 1t V f rn )' ca rl) - xp - n n 111 th rmal me . 0 0' Sc h o I, '' h r I w uld p ur , ll e )r

'f ·aln 1n .., · I I · ! G r vo ll e y Int o t 1 cas th y ou ld af t e 1 r e a nd gaz e at m 111 bl a nk a ma ze- it t l C l f . . . s Th e n 10w m o rtt y m · 1t 1s to b m n"td into a Office by a critic . ca lle _ a nd whtl a pl asa nt smile st ea ls face a nd h e r h a rt goes out with ove\ kindn es s a nd sy mp at hy a humans o ul n)ea bl e of poss ess in g s h e lays h e r hand IS ca [ ur s h ou ld e r a nd after addr e ssinoup o n D ea r Fri e nd " she proce e ds as . , . Don ' t you knovv yo u mttst 10\ve r follows. b . 1 _ 1 · 111 d siahts, eca us e you are e nt1r e y

Yo u 1 • t::> - 1 " _ hoot 1n g yo ut c ass. ove rs . l . 1 f . . TJ aaa Jil as we t 11n < o 1t. how p at nar- 1en . d 1 f

1 tl e state IS to r e n e r 1t posstb e or cha 1 un g m a rksm a n (not n ece ssarily a th e yobefore e ncount e rin a a herd of s o rt) o -

Historic Reflections.

· H R E \ LL I::-.1 A B.

Prin cipal Ha rlitl o-folt Pu blic ,, Chools

PAPER I.

@fHtE li f of a nation is analoo-ou th li fe of an indi, idual. lik th ) pa thr u h c ris e · are strength ned b · , i t ri ach i v d or r etarded b failur · uff r d a nd mi tak s mad e s th ) uth wh o h a one out int o the ' orld to pro\ hi indi, idual xist ne e is "' ont, to r a ll th h m fireside and as that hom e h a b n pi a ant o r f rui tfu l of " elfare to If, in u h a d ea r ee , ill th e s e r e mini n c b eco m landma rk s of lif e; so it is \\'ith t h stude nt of history.

\ ith a 'i id im ao·ination he tak es his stand_, u pon so m e spot w hich has rr:ark e d th e pro o-r ess of a nation, \\ hil e a. revi ew of that nation's d ee ds, crises, and e mment m e n pass rapidly b e for e him.

I '·

1 -d 0 n at 1e r h a v m g ove r 1ea r 5 5 oO t\\ro thou o·ht h e would follow. a About t fl J5· werec quit e out of si o- ht. f

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l P 1 to b e und e r th e dir e ct observation of JUC <S h d' . 1 ' h' _ t ' ni z in a eye , t at can tsc1p m e 1m m a SCI Ll 1 t::> · C h · h ' 11 th e manipulation o . t e sights, so . e w 1 b c.1 rin a at Group VI or VIII w1th th e not e u o · · · 1 t at th e S e mor n otc h. Agam 111 our SI<.T l S d' . ld h ht J ;:, of d ee p e st m e 1t a t10n, that o t oug 1ours of R ober t Burns com e s to us:

"Oh if some pow e r were giftie gie u s , To see (and hear) o ur se lv es as ot h ers see us. "

H a nd in your subscript ions to the NoRMAL CouRIER.

In ima g ination take yo ur stand With apoleon , und e r fhe s h adO \\ of th e Gr ea t P y ramid , at Gizeh, and as h e inspires his troops with th e lac o nic speech. ''F.o rty centuries are looking down upon you from those h e io·ht s !" At once th ere flashes up on yow mind th e m e aning of th ese :'fo rt y centuri e s. " D) n as t y after dynasty 1s r eca ll ed to your m e mory, with the na rn es of th e oraanizer and Kufut, th e pyram1d builder , 0 uncl e ; whom th e t o ilin g suffered from cruel taskm as t e rs Thu s early in the histor y th e struaale b e twe e n P a trician and Pl eb ian, bb betwe e n capital and labor.

Th e ro ya l Ram ess, First and Second, and S e bi first with their archit ectural achievements w ill d e mand n o tic e; but as th e striking h ead la nds, only, of a shore lin e , arrest the attention of the observer, so we pass hastily ov e r th e int e rv e nin g dynasties, p a u s in g und e r the Shepherd Kings to se e th e Isr e a lites seek here a refuge from famine. Four centures l a t e r we behold this chosen p eop l e l ed by Moses, cross the dr y b ed of the R ed sea, folluwed b y th e hosts of th e Pharoah ''who knew not Jos eph "

THE NOR!I1A! _ r o ;;, ! £/,'

f The tru e s tud e nt of hi s t o r y w ill not l k bor co nqu es ts o r po liti ca l r vo lu t iol1s a l 11 • ut see k for thos e , ·t f , b a r so p eac - t lnt h a v <.: e co m e to or, hav e e rtEd an, mflu e nc o n th e wo rl d's gr wt h g {J t s 'd .1 1 py r am l S co ll oss 1 a n l sp hi n;.; s r nt t h f f , th wa c o o rt y centu n e s, t -·J l n t c f f of h e r c iv ili zat i 11 but [ Y eve lop d sc ie n ce . ar t a nd c n s tru chard ly su rp ass e d by t h laps of ag ·s p hil so p h e r s r -·c i v J th e rr rn sp lra tJon; from h e r , A rst tl , r "ad h1s pnm e r of sc ie n ce ; fr o m t h - t m bs th th V n et io n g lass b l we r s and th I ta l1 a n pa i nt r s h ave ace pt d wo rth y ri va ls.

In d e ed th e S p hin x's riddl e h as a l r ad y been r ea d a nd P yt h ago r as, ew t o n, Ca llile o, Keple r, Pr oc t o r a n d Kirk wood h av , in turn, pa id h omage t o h e r s hrin e !h e of G r ec ia n H is t o r y h as but to 1magm e him se lf stand in g o n th e ''Ac r opo lis" and a pa n o r a m a of eve nt s pass e s b efore his v iew .

Th e sce n e t owa rd s th e n ort h e ast is th e p lain of Marathon: Th e li st e nin g ea r ca n a Jmost h ea r the war p ea n of M ilti ad es a nd hr s t e n thousand Gr ee ks as th ey c harge upon t h e one hundr e d a nd tw e nty th o u sa nd P e rsians and dri ve th e m with grea t s la ug ht e r t o their s hips. F a rth e r t o th e n o rth on e ca n distinctly rea d from th e monum e nt a t Th e r mopy lae ' 'S tr a n <Te r t e ll t h e L ace d aeo d' to m on ians tha t we lay h e r e in ob e 1e n ce their orders." A ga in almo s t und e r th e s hadow of the Acropolis:

A kin g sa t e o n a rocky brow. .

Which looks o'er se a born Sa l a.mts

And Ships by th o u sands l ay 1

And men i n nations-a ll we re ht s He co u nted them at break of d ay ?"

And w hen the s un set, w h ere were the y.

The bra ve Grt T h om th 'i r '' all '' he re de trro e t e 'l c\ N thus r e fro m and effem inenqr; r ' - · d v tage for the c? min g ge n 1' t t n f men

From our vrew on the Acropo li s we b ehold Athe n s rebud<.l c d Fro m the th ea t e r below hear th e app la us e of the multitud e as they !tsten to the tragedies of Aeschylus,

sf f. h n c l -·s a n d E u ripid ( S a n d th m di 5 0 I'I St '. ' 1. • -f l 0p 1lll s . JJ ,'I'!' \\ ·,· th • u O} 1 ll C\· lJ cl ·s I · · · 1 · m . .. · ns t Jllt l) <ars o f <'11 HI 1a h · J 1s 1 • • f J 11 u t th · i llJJ nlta l ) l • na rrati 011 .1 t f o f I I is t n . H < r w an s t1 I 1n 111 . · · 1 h e f h 1.1 f Jn a tJ < 11, r · th · c ,, t , (j n : ·•PI ' JI.. ,..., na f t . 1 11 11p 1cs " a nd '' r h J ·f of or a t o r s :\ c· a r I 1 · · f 9

I) y, .on t lal mcm ral 1 night >• \\ • I · 1 ar- ' ISt 11 t lh ' tln tJl S\\' Cretb gum n t fo r t h . ' f I so ul, f r >m t h ' _ J' I 111 m n a I it)' t1 hIp s fth g r ' at' s tof r t a n tGl , I s c r a t s I ' r} r c l· I . . n ·a r ·r t us y ·t n t 1 d t l t lat .h Ids u s a bov th , p l a in , s ta n1e 1111 p ·n s h - 1 1 . cre n · h t m num nt of r c 1a n _ I us, t Panh . n un ri va l d b 11 n, f f a u l t! 'SS d 1g ur· p as s I and a d rn d \\ i th I l c sc.u ptur Ir m t h - c hi s 1 of Phi a n c r oxne le s T' . thiS

Im e a nd spac f o ri icl u s to pursu e uJ' cou ntr y's ) r a_ k t h a t of I ho::;, r ess furth r o r to ta e ,y a n o t r tl 1 I w e ;11 " do in som f ' 1 C a tt r of w h1 c 1 e utur e pa p e r.

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co lor d d scr i pt i was fou n I n. I . m e oqu e n c r o·l . . I . I . I one 1 . . a m1n a nt Jt 1 1 , w 11 1 at nt It s If t it a ti 11 tnd r p ti ti n o t o n \V ru f ld 'I d ve · It c u h a , · fa1 t c ny It s m a ni11 o- i 'h e wh I t d ut in an at mo I h - I of 1 c. ar bn cr ht an 111 apab l 111 1 t Y d lu s 1 11 a tint f a w i I a k in su mm e r N I d a · 1a c r fa1nt h z f do ubt /F ea r ed a n Y\ h r . Th ad mir r of i\ Iacu ay h ad a ll th e mf rt in hi tudi that a votary f t l R 1 1 m a n a th li chur h ma 1a ve. H h ad a n infallibl u id . H e had n. o n ee d to .' x him s If \\'ith d ubt p c ulatlo n o r c n t ·rl . . abo _ _J_ c .ur 11 ab Jut c rta1nt ut eve ry t hm · w a , bey nd question one sou r c of lVIa cau la) s popu la rity. h at r es o lut e co n iction \\ hi c h r ea d e r of a 111 .or e int e l.l c tu a l c las s a r e sp c ia ll y inclin e d t o distrust h as th e a m e c h a rm for th e o rdin a ry r e ade r, th a t it h as for c hildr e n , who n e v e r ca r e to h ear a n y story if the narr a t o r do e s not kn ow a ll abo ut itin ·such a Y as to r e nd e r q u P.s tion or co ntradiction Imp o ssible. But althouo-h this w a s one of the ca us e s of Macaulay'; popularity, it "as 1:ot th e most substantial cause. The brilof his styl e, the va riety and aptness of his dlustrations, and the animated manne r in which he contriv e d to set his id ea s of me n, plac e s and events before th e readerth ese were among- th e sourc e s of success to which his admirers must look with the g rea t es t satisfaction. It is of late somewhat th e f as hion to disp a ra o-e Macaul ey . He was a popular idol so long that in the natural course of things it has come to him to have his title to worship, or even to faith, very generally qu e stioned. To be unrea sonably admired by on e generation is 1o incur th e certainty of b e ing unreasonably dispara ge d by the n ex t. The t e ndency of lat e is to assume that b eca u se Macaulay was brilli a nt h e mu s t n e e ess a r ily by rfi · H e was dogmatic; he w a s full of prejud ice; he was in all respects a b e tt e r advocate than jud ge . He was -wantin cr in the calm impartial balancing faculty, wl1ich a historian of th e hi g hest class ought to have, but he was not superficial. No man could make out a better and stronger case fnr any side of a

co ntr O\ e rs y ' hi c h h e was e spouse. H , a n ot ao d a t dra ' ing or xplaining mpl x haracters H e 10\;ed, indeed to picture cotrad ictor and pa radoxica l charact r . o thin o- d e li hted hin1 mor e than to thr \\ off an description of S<?m e p r o n \\ ho h a ing been shO\ n in . in tanc e to po s ess one s e t of qua lrt1 es m xt r m e p r o min e nc e, " as shown to ha e a e t of e xactly a nta o·onistic qu al iti es in b quit eq ua l prominence. This as not dea co mpl ex character. It" as mere] m bod a It was to •'solder cl ose" as Timon of thens, says, ''impos si b iliti es a nd m ake them kis.s . " Th e re ' as something too much of a tnck about this , a lth o u o- h this ' as often done , ith so much as t o bewilder· the bett e r jud gme nt of the calm es t , h r e Maca ul ay happ e ne d to b e nght 111 hrs vi e \\ of a ma n or a n eve nt, h e made ·his convictions clear ·with an impr es siv e n ess and a brilli a ncy such as no m o dern writer h a s surp a ss ed Th e wo rld owes him something for havin g protested b y pr e c ept and ex ample against th e abslll:d notl?n , t.hat th e dignity of history" r eq uir e d histonans t o be oTave, pompous and dull. He was not a Gibbon, but h e wrote with all Gibbon 's d e lio-ht in the pictur es quen es s of a subject, and 0 Gibbon's r eso l ve to fascinate as we ll as instruct his r ea d e rs . Macaulay's hist o r y tri e s tqo much to b e an historical portrait gallery. Th e dam ages of such a st y le do not need , to be p o int ed out. Th ey are amply illustrated in Maca ul ay's sparkling pages but it is som e thing to know th a t th e ir spl e ndid qualities are far more conspicuous than their defects . Perhaps very rec e nt r ea d ers of history may fee l dispos e d to be g ratef ul to Macaulay for havin g written without any profound philosophical theory to ex pound He told history lik e a story. He warmed h e a lon g , and g r e w enamored a s a 1om n d 1 f t hi s c h a r ac ter and angry with that other. No doubt he fr equ e ntly thus did harm to th e trustworthihis nan·tive, where it had to d ea l with disputed questions , although he probably enhanced th e ch ar m of his animated s tyle. But he did not set out with a missio n

to expo und som e th e or y · as · to a r a ce r a tend e nc y, and th e r efo r e p le dg d b fo r ha nd to be nd all fac ts of th e ph vsica l, t he politi ca l a nd mora l wo rl d t o th .e dut y of bea rin g witn ess f or him, a nd p r o cl a im ing the truth of hi s me s sa g e t o ma nk ind . Mac a ulay was no t exa ct ly wha t t he G rmans wo uld ca ll a ma ny s id e d ma n. H e neve r was an y thin g bu t t he o ne Ma ca ula y in all t hat he did or att e mpt e d Bu t he d id a g rea t ma ny thin gs we ll. o thin g- t l1a t h e eve r att e miJ ted was d one bad !y. H e was a s s uccess ful in th e co mpos itio n of ap r tt y v a lentin e for a littl e g irl as he wa s in hi s h is t or y his essays , of A ncie n t R o me , " his parli a me nt a r y sp eec hes . I n e ve r y th 1ng he att e mp te d he we nt ve r y nea r t o th a t s ucce ss wh ic h tru e g e niu s a c hi e ve s . I_ n e ve r yt hin g he fe ll ju s t s hort of t ha t ac h 1ev me n t. But he s o nea rly att a in e d it th a t t he r e a d e r 1 J o r who tak es up on e of Maca ul ay's J OO <S spee ch es for th e first tim e is a lm os t s ur e t o be li ev e, und e r th e influ e nce of t he i_n s ta l: t impres sion that th e g e nuin e in s p ir a t w n f t here Macaula y is und e rs t o od to h av e ·0 1 a lon g time thou g ht of writ in Q" a r o ma nlce.t " - tl a · If he had done so we ma y fe e l sul.e . d ' 1 1 !J e ve man y intelligent r ead e r would 1a ve Je 1 · as a lm o s t on th e first perusal of It t 1a t Jt w fi _ t d 1 th e I s on a level with Scott, an o n Y as a me impr ession g radually fad e d, a nd t c th a t to rea d it ove r ag ain, hav e f o un cfi a n y Macaula y was not a Sc ott in ct Jon . r · 1 qu e nc e , 0 mor e than he was a Burk e 111 e 0 lo ner a Gibbon in hi s t o ry. H e fill e d. f o r. ad 1 · h publi c m111 tim e a arge r s pa ce 111 t. e I d a nd his any other literary man: 111 En g ' me n - ff d lit e ra ry ' st y le of writing greatly a I do wn but his influence did not p1 e rc e d ee p of into public feeling and thou g ht, as p e riod one or two men of th e H e did undoubt e dly d1d and d oe s stl -iish f ee lin g not impr e ss the ve ry soul of En g as Ca1lyle has done.

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.Th e cl e Yout philosoph e r in his lon e study \\'Jth th e r e cord of o th e r m e n's discov e ri e s befor e him. clis co 1· e rs that h e h a s no ability m ake hims e lf, is far mor e comp e t e nt to Int e rpr e t th e m than the ori ,r in a l discov e rer h i ms e lf \r a s, or is. s

D ubtl es s this di isi o n of labor the intention of th e gi ing to one the abilit to obs e rv e facts and to another the ab il ity to int e rpr e t th e m , a nd draw th e appropri a te lesso n therefrom.

\ h s hould th e r e b e any antagonisms b e tw ee n th e discoverer a n d th e interpreter? They a r e fellow-laborers and each imm e ns el y ind e bted t o th e other. Th e philosophical think e r is under g re at obliga tiops to the discove r e r , for th e facts th at h e has furnished him , as th e n e cessary d ata for study and conclusion. In a n e qual m ea sur e is th e discovere r indebted to the devout think er for these valuable d e du ct i o ns and l e ssons. So l e t th e re bP. no mor e of th e se unseemly j e alousi e s and antagonisms b e tw ee n persons so important and h o nor ed. Let us hav e s pec ia li sts in disco ve ring facts a nd special- · ists in studying th ese discoveri e s, and l et eac h have th e du e m ee d of honor and confidence :

But th e re are oth e r sp e ci a lists than thos e we hav e mentioned.

Th e r e a r e t s in literature; they who por e ov e r musty vo lum e s of for go tten lo: e , and old a nd d ecaye d nnns for the .ancJ e.nt a nd ttme-vvorn books and m a nuscnpts, 111 pursuit of some word ar e. hunting down with the most pe.rsist e nc y and the most unflao-In g determmatibn. No Indi a n hunter follo wed the .fl ee t-fo o t e d a nt e lop e w ith mor e obstll1acy of purpo se, than thes e sp e cJaltsts follow up a word to its fat t . head. m am-

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L ed u p th e it· sp o r t s b e n ea th h e preadin g- t r ee.

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N ol ci Ge r_m an offic e r , ';h e !: brou ght a 'P \ pri son e r lnt o Napo leo ns pr es e n ce , was a sk e d how th e war w a s go ll1g; an d, 110 t kn owinO" wh o his int e rrogator wa s , r e pli e d th at co uld be w ors e; fo r the s camp of a ge ne r al fr o m Fra nce was v JOlattn O' a ll th e rul es of \va r , and wa s a lw ay s inco nsi d e r atel y a pp ea r in g in pl a ce s wh e r e the e ne my had n o r e a s o n to e x p e ct him. Wh e reat Bona p art e laug hed in h is cl oak, a nd co nt inu ed h is care e r of m ili t a ry dis courte s y

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·t d to have been writt e n very hastily, pOI e · 1 b f · 1 Po n th e n1 g 1t e ore the con ve ntion, o n y u 1 'd 1 ' 11 substanc e that h e did write that 1e s a 1 . as r e port e d at the time, but th e writin g It 0 twas a m e r e m e chanical operation. It u 'd was no part of th e composition The 1 eas whi c h b e h acl. a nd w hich he utt e r e d w e re t h os e which had b e en in his mind , h a d b e en t u rn e d over in his mind and had been comp o s e d long before.

Discipline in Schoo l .

I PL . ! fS ar e f r e q ue n t l y h ea rd of I t he n o- 1d it of di ci p lin e i n t he p u bl ic l oo l · Th e · · · 1 f 1 1 I e 1 a c e r ta m c ass o peo p e \\ 10 think a n d a c e r tain class o f t ea c h e rs wh o a r e subservi e nt t o th e t hou a h t : tha t childr n a r e x pe t l . I -=> • · c ec to ob e y w tt 1out qu e stt o n111 a n d to do I . I l ' k o t 1e1 r \\ or< 1 ·e a u tomatoms, 111 t h e m o s t m ec h a ni ca l wa In struc t ions onc e ()' i e n t o a class a re n ot t o be m o difie d If t h e t ea ch e r b e so \\ e a k and i ncont a n t as t o c h a n ge h e r m in d , i t is as su med t h a t h e r a u t h or ity w ill b e at a n e nd. H e r inf a llibil ity is a dogma of ed ucat iO n. Sh e m a k e s n o m is tak e s in subjec t m atte r o r in a n y d e t a ils o f adni ini s tr a ti o n. S h e mu s t n e ve r all ow h e r se lf t o b e c a u a ht • b n app m g or to b e tripp e d i n h er w ork in a n y w a ). If th e re is untim e l y q ue st ionir. g or di s cussi o n, th e r e is v igo rous a ppli c a t io n of th e ma rk in g s y st e m. Th e inquirin g child g e ts m a rk e d f o r d e portm e nt , a nd is th e re b) t t;:: u g ht to hold his toi1 g u e. Em e rson on c e said o f th e En g lish p e opl e, ' Th e re God is pr e c e d e nt." Th e public school t e ach e r s G o d is s y s t e m. Childr e n must b e tau g ht to do e ve r y tEin g m e chanic a lly and to conform not only t o th e ge neral re g ulations of th e s c hool room, but also to th e capric e s and whims of th e caprices that b e. In what has just be e n s t a ted we ha v e on ly v o iced th e thought of a c e rtain cl a s s . Th e r e is this consobtion t o a tru e N ormal (natura l) teacher, no such complaints can justly b e mad e ag a inst any true t r ainin g school , nor can they b e f a irl y mad e a g ainst th e b e st products o f that s a m e trainin g school. Here the work is placed upon anoth e r and a more natural and sci e ntific ba s is and in it is e mbodi e d th e b e st thou g ht of the b e st t e ach e rs of a ll ages. H e re t h e end s sou g ht ar e f a r r eac hin g, a nd th e m e thods utilized to attain t h e s e e nd s are the re -

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suit of the b es t expe rim e nta ti on f th b es t tea c hers, of th best a n d m s t a dv a n d s chool s . Th e ir pup il s are enc u r agecl to think for th e mse l ves , a nd to x pre ss th Jir t hought with im pu nit y .

Ite ms of Inte r est.

Prof. N orton and P r of Du n ca n s o n we r · e lected to m embe rsh ip in th e ed uca ti n a l cou n ci l, both from the Co ll eges ct io n i(- /.

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Th e St a te Assoc ia t io n r eco mm e nd e d t h e state s up e rint e ndent, th e ch a n c !l or of th e state uni ve rsity, a n d th e pr es id n t of th.e state normal sc h oo l, to b a board o f tute exa min e r s, estab li s h ed by l aw . II s is m ove m e nt t owa rd uni fy in_g . t 1e educat ional int e r es ts of th e a nd be hop e d that th e r eco mmendatwn WI acted upo n by our l eg is lators.

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Prof No rton was pre s id e nt of th e academy of s ci e nc e s.

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P ro f Bo uc h e r played Th_ursdad di e nc e o f the assoc ia tion to a d e l ig ht e a u and r espo nd e d to an e ncore.

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l ast ly h sa id t t a c h rs in you •·J o n ot li v s t h at a n y n e s wg 0 es wa lk d \\ ll th s t r · " t wil l sa y , ·Th r ,, ')-he a t "a c h r ' I a m an am n m 11 • cti · s up rint n d ·nt ' s talk w as ' min n t ly c a l a nd u s ·ful and was th oro u :r hl y ap c ia t - d

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Ir. d l s pent a fe \\ ays lt1 durin o- the past '' e ek.

J 7 hanc ello r ·Crook led t he morn- a nua f) , in x r ei s in cha p el. for the t e r m 's

Th Philo's h a\ e ch osen work C urre nt tJ:e asures.

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ge neral facto r s of Tho r o u g hn es s

* * . ·* b for e G r ad uatw g Resume of Talk Give n e 1 by Supt.

Classes of th e State Norma ' Pe a rs e, B e atrice, Neb: f leasa n t wo r d s Pro f. P ear s e , a fte.r a e \\ P a ctic al ma n o f crre e ting, t alk e d 111 a very t o h W n e r to t he class e · H e s Q) _ ]} 1 0 , ecur-e \i)O 1tion H e , C 0 tho s e wh o ex p e ct ton om i1, I _ H laid tr s n m nli ne 1 v !TI -111ne ht'St t e t J ·-qullt - tl 1r. k t t . l n th :lbo ut how to wo rk I 1 sa nt ly cl pr o fitab l y with th e b oard of educat io n , s ub o rdinat e t eac he r s, and patrons Th e p rincipal should b e. a person in th e c omm unitY. a nd s h outd. SO liv e

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· · }Ite ra. s . M u c h of our class tc. offic ers Is ncb 111 myth o l og ica l lor T h e ir H. L·. are as f o ll ows : Pr e sid e nt , Mr. Lott, a ms; v ice -pr es id e nt Miss L e tti e 0 nd·

· ' e sp s cretar y , M r. St o n e ; cor: r Nfi s5

111 g see r tary, M iss R e yman ; tr eas uJ e ' Ge yh a rt

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''C M · t e r · ]1 urrent easu r e s" durin g the wtn whtC

The of th e day , are ag 1tat1n g the minds of the t rudl e world, nation a l issu e s e tc will b e 5 rr1 efl • d t e SW d an d e ba t e d . The op i nion o f sta. d a.fl 1• scho lars, a n d eli plomats will be rea (Tlu c 1 by lookin g bro ad ly at th ese subj e cts ,e J11b erJ good w ill undoubted ly com e to thC: rn go 0 of the society. Phi l o starts out vnth of M iss Non a J0 5 p r es id e nt. 11r rd . ;· id nt N1 t5 L ' · 1 Vl · · 5 u1u R bb d' reta r) ; " tft5 , r tn c . w.c.

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I W· in th nd rite !li' l ]1 rd b hind m - a ee 5t, sa yi n g : thou 5 11 tP e · a.s' 1 t h e CouRIER and s e nd unt o a -r/ a- 05 a.l , e4 h tO tO 0 w Ich are i n Nebraska, un d tl 0 d t1 G 0 · a n oe ·

r eg an, un to Wiscons t n d 1 ttlr 11 J States round about." A n A the voic e that spake with me, ·

Th e f ollo win o- tabl t w ill be in tere sting, as it sh ow s th e th o f th e s choo l d urin g th e last fo ur years: 1891 1 9 2 1 93 1 94 Tota l atte nd a n ce, 456 435 4 9 1 55 6 Training C lass, 48 27 5 7 55 S e nior Class, I 2 8 2 6 34

Practic e De p ' t, - 90 I04 I 24 I 84 Prosp e cti,,e trainin g cl ass, 70 to 74; pros-£ · 1 t 44 P e r c e nt o p ec uve se n to r c ass, 42 o 1 d 3 · in tra imn Q" ga in in tot a att e n ance, 24 , class, 47 ; in senior class, 200.

Locals.

Th e Y. P s C. E. are pl ann in g for a social.

M iss Lu l u Mears spen t h e r vacation at Be atrice.

J. F Hosie is r apidl y wmn i n g fa me in Arap a ho e Vina Cano n is taking a much needed rest this winter.

Mr. Spivey, o f St e ll a , visited the Norma l Januar y 24

J a nu ary 8, t1l e Political Economy cl a ss was organized.

Miss Lida Maika visited Miss Lore during vac ation.

D oll y J ack h a s g o ne to w ere she wi ll r e main during th e wJnter.

1 B Whitfield will s ell you o r dry wo od cord or ri ck at bed-rock

T he Greek class under s upervi siOn _o f • Prof. E llis, h ave b egu n r e adJn g the Anabts.

Af e ra l wee ks of illness Grace t e r s ev · 1 k d a In ab le to res ume 1er wor Hammo n IS ag ·

1 S Norton wh o is at Vas sar this l\1 ISS uste ' 0 t the holiday va catiOn at s wego . year, sp e n

The program for Ja nuary 8 was v:aried and la rg ely im promp tu , b u t was e nJo yed b y all.

Th e stu den ts h ave e njoy ed many p ra ctica l talks fr om the platform in chapel, by Prof . Norton.

Lul u Collins and Ge orgi a Jones , of TeC\ m h, h ave b een vis itin g f r iends at t he Norfnal.

Th e seni ors were changed January 25 and b eo-an th e ir work in t he n ew group s ]an- t:. u ary 28

Th e first year cla ss are so rry to los e Misses Miles and Scovil from amo ng their number.

May Elmore is te ac hin g in the Talmage s chool during th e abse nc e of one of the t eacher s.

Pl ea s e w rit to th man ag - m nt a nd r qu s t t h m to w rit yo u' f o r u l· s c n pt1on Y s u

scho Is, r p rts c h rfully lv· In fifty· s p11pil s in the; in t t: rn H.:diatc d ·partm nt.

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J ame s Veede r a n d m eet ing in c h ape l J anuary g ·

w i f att n le d pray r W e dn es da y ev nin g ,

t eac h r s and stud nts atT eac hers' ss ciat i n lur-

J cs-;i< · .\I<'L <"a lf. L Jt1ra and ( ·rt rra r e · ). ) .'tan d l vy, I icl · 7\ c.:a l. . · r con. P hillips and J ohn 'hurc h sl _ :nt part r ( th ir , ·acat ion in I ru, 1Sitll1 the , orma l. Ma n y of th e th e t at mg vacat ion

Mrs '! o un g , of -•n oa, w eeks In P er u, visi t i ng May VanV l ee t. ·

N o rm a l ha b<'en 1- \ \ e "' ·lc m into ur mids t ll -..llO\\ n · and . tudi 1u : tuent , wh I a r ! vn <.ka ,. r i n r t im1 r , t 1 m lv s s b ·ts l m,tk, 'ffi -i ·nt and bert r t ach r will 11 n, l nti. t f :\ eb r a ka

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2 .' L· jl ru ·try 1 1 a 1. 1-, a n 9,\\hteh, w rll cl II k ' d w r l t . a 111

m Thi f !in a of pride is pit ·, h o ,re e r as g la nc d r and s ee th Fir t Y ea rs n their hiah sto ol s and t heir b -td: to the time ' hen the y and at in ch airs.

I S SjJ ndin u a ( w .., . h e r s is ter , Mis· . ! he lo s t is fo und . A ft c r f d ili gent searc h , Mr. S . b een loca t e d at M il fo r d

u r month s of A B aug h ma n h a s e b.

P ea r se, of B e a tr ic , add r ssccl t h · s enw r s and train in g c lass in chap e l J ;t n u a r y IO. It was a ! p r ec iatc d by a ll.

.J. E. Ste ven s on, D. D. s ., will be in h1s Dental Rooms o ve r Abbott's Drug Store e very Tuesday.

T h e adva n ce d G e rman cl ass h a s co mpl e t ed Ch a mi sso, a nd th e work h as b ee n a s o u r c e of much pl e asu r e to th e m.

Th e v is itor s in our mid s t S a turd ay , J a nuar y I9, we r e M essrs . She ll e nb e r ge r, Yo un g , Mi sses vV ill a Fish e r a nd Kitti e fyn o n.

]. P. G illilan h a s h ad a severe attac k th e s o r e throat, but h as recove ree a nd Is a g a in ab l e to b e a t hi s p l ace of busin e ss.

One of th e m e mb e rs of th e class of 92 has d ec id e d th ?. t c o urtin g a nd n ot t ea ching !s h is profess i o n and h as r ece ntly acted as JUr yman.

Miss es Minni e E . H e ndr yx and · Wall ace Wm :.\1ah a), f rn1 er tl! ) r of t he orm r 1 ·r jJ _ j)' . l) l J

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• L 0 S yracu se, e bra s k a l lted. the I o rm a l at the b eo·innin a of th e t erm S l e , d 1· o o · 1 was e 1g ht e cl w ith th e work and thmks s he w 'll b · l I e wit 1 u s n ext yea r.

Miss Anna Borst, who was s udclen l y ca ll e d to fil l a pos i t i o n in the V a l e nt ine

-ou 'rh ' [ I 1e 1c · n th e r i , ·r h as b n 5 , 5 r11· t h at s k at i n g· is in:poss ibl e ; The f d e n t s w h o F unci um to w a lk to f .. 1v;t5 I · , 1 Th et e s 111 s a l- c s h a v { o u n I [a 1r 1c 1 1 es • 1 t l e n ot. e n o u g h 1c for skat ln (r " V 11 Ol un t rl t h e la tt e r part of va cat io n t n, os

. On e ?f th e add i t io n a l and one o! js 8 m t e r es tl n g f eat ur es o( th e OI J11 !fl ost Co · f · 1 · · d by th e · 0 _ u1s e o s 1x ect ur e s d e ii ve r e dt'-'e · ·1 1 b e o lt pt o m1n e n t m e n Th e fir s t \ .V, l SnJJ C' J a nu a ry j1 by Willi a m Haw le ?: author of the •Evo lution of Dodd ir f th e Ma.ny of th e se niors sp e nt a p a rt 9 v acat ion w ritin a th e ir Th e s es SoTJ11I ee )' rc d J 0 1 til e a t 1e m · orton {J' o fl1 0 s ec- m e cl t o e nJ oy I t fo r th ey c r1 111 e d afl, offi · 1 · at e ce Wit 1 th e ir fac es il lwn 10 vestlo r ea dy for m r t h r o u o·h 111 t1 n. peif h jd ft tJ1) \ . o Pe . n - 1 \\ ,:-o h\rf r 1 • b 1 111 0 r \1 \ < -eJ1l b1e . ]J)' I tiJe e te rm. T h e gu e sts jn ed fJ 1 e ) 11 cf w h e re th e y w e r e ent erta e J]5 · 1 on · ]1 tl huma ni P .. l Wit hdr e w to th e di ff e r e n t 5 1 ·ed 11 · f fl.c11 . Iu o o J l ' ' num e rous aames , ve r e 111 c <::> 1be( 0 t tlJ ii o - 11 u o 5 o of

Th e r e h ave b ee n q u1t e a. 1 i t !Jtl f].; stud e nts e nt e r e d ou r s c h 00 0 cl wo (J'0 un ttl rec e ntly th a t th e 0

· ld< a I n c n si t nt ,,·i t h th tim 0 r ,,. n a n I l o· , ,,. rk at n - hal f pri c T ·e th ::-. xtr .tc tccl ,,· ith ut p-in . l r. E l. r ,, II r turn d t 1e t w r k h --r h I I I ffi I · u : )a n 1a\'ln rr u 1 nt) recov r ·cl t · 1 · ;:-. 1 1 Hi s , 1_1s r et r at i n t t1. _ n dm.\ phy 1c1ans a rt that 1t ,,·as hfl s. Cr w ' 11 s 1·a r · I nur in - th t k pt t I 1· -. . t .r a tv. clurin rr th .ry 1 r ot r act I cont 1n uat1 n [ h is illn e s \ II h r friend s we l_co m e h e r r 'turn \Yi t h ,, arm r place 111 th e ir h arts f r h e r th an e e r b ef r . Th e class or '93 i sl o w l y climini hing· in n u mb e r s . T wo m or e o f th a t m morab l c la s s h ave bee n ma 1 o ne iJ r. C. S. J on - sa n d Mis s 'lay \i\) n e ,, e r e unit e d i n t he h o l y b o nds of m at rim o ny at th e ho m e of th e bnd e , at hi g h n oon o n Christm a s day, 1894, R ev B. B ed 11 officiat in o·. I t \V a s a Ve r y qui et affa ir. only and a fe w fr ie nds b e ing pr e s nt . Mr. a n d Mrs. J on s left th e n e xt m o rnin g for Auburn, thei r f utur e hom e .

The G eo m e try clas s has tak e n advantage of th e pl ea sant weath e r for sur veying . H ere t ofore the class es not com mence surv ey in g unt il in th e winte r, but owing to th e ru sh of wo rk this class b eaa n l a s t fall, b a nd may b e seen out m ea surin o· the hills any ni ce · day this w inte r. 0 Th ey are a n x iousl y wa iting for th e time t o com e whe n th e y m ay survey th e ' 'o·o ld min es ' ' at Brownvill e, a nd w o nd er in a 0 w hich divisio n shall h ave th e hon or b

A clos e ob s e rv e r may notic e an air of pr id e on the faces of th e S e cond Y ear clas s, s in ce th e ir wa tch cha in s are adorne d wit h b r ig ht n ew keys Th e s e k ey s belong to th e b ea utiful n e w tabl e s tha t hav e lat e ly tak e n the p la ce of th e ol d d e sks in t he

ot llen and Bratt of ro om I -+ • nte rtain d a fe, of t heir f ri - n d on aturday 'e n i ng, 26. O aint refreshm ent we r e ac h u s t r ece iv ino· an appropria te . . ou , n ir ac h r ti r d to their re pec t 1 ·e ab d d larin o- th h ad pe nt a ' r"y pi a a nt , n n · that Iis e s and Brat t ar r o al ente rtamers. n:on g th s - p r n t ' 'ere 'Ior aan, th e l\1J s s e s J ffr y Ba mf ord, Mos e s,. R ee s or, R eyma n, t uaht n borou.o·h, Ldl1an B amford, At" at r, Gooz A llen and Fl ora A lle n bil e Prof orton; fa mil y and frie n d s w - r o u t d ri v ing th ey me t with a accid e nt. s the part ) was turmng a corner t he sud den appe arance of a do g c aus e d the t e am to tu rn veq s har ply, upe tti n o· the wag o n. Pr of. orton s ustai n ed a fr actu r e of a rib , Mrs . Nort on fore -a r m a n d jaw, Mrs S ampson, th e most se n ous In Jury of all, a very s eve r e bru isin o· of th e hi p s o c k et. Mrs . Cr o we ll was badly brui sed ab out th e face and lowe r p a rt of the spine Miss Wo rt was u ni njured All are doing 'wel l. T he team we n t onl y a few rods and s tnppe d by the r oadside

Th·e E ve r et t S ociet y w a s called .to or der at 7 p m., Frid ay. ] a nu ar y 4, by the pre s id e nt. R. E G iffin. A large n umb e r of old m embers we re pres e nt Mr Edvvard Kl utz was duly e le cted presi de nt o n the first ball ot, 0 H. H e rni le wa? e l ec ted first v i c epresicl ent, and Mrs Jo yc e s econd These and the rema in d e r o f the. corps of office rs a r e a ble a nd energ e tic so c iety worke rs. Th e outloo k for th e E ve re t t t his term is v ery encourag in g Wi th h e r la rge me mb e rs hip of e fficient w or ker s there is n o goo d she sh ould no t e cli pse her l a st s r ec ord . A most cordial inVItati on JS e xte nd ed t o all to attend the reg ul ar we e kly m eet ings .

Lesson on Quail.

F IR ST YEAR

I o ur las t le sso n w ta l k d ab o u t t h e h 11 , h ow ma ny kn ow wh o h as co m, t v 1s 1t us t h is m o rn in g ? M r s Qua il h as c o m · t vis it us

Go o d M o rn in g , c bi ld r n ; ' o d M o rni ng , M r s Q uai l.

M r B l ue jay h as b ee n t o s you say ab o ut th e s ize of com pa r e d t o M r. Blu e ja y?

th an M r. Blu e ja y

0 £ wh a t is h e r su it m a d e ?

H e r su it is mad e of fea t h e r s .

g rs Th e 'gfrs f :\ I r s u a il ar about th 5 1Z >f a m a rb l · . 1· if t n r t IU ., I \\ ha t I "11 s a r · l a t h · I fr rn 11 · n ch d a 11 Ill f o r a ll th ·s · l ittl q u d hat \ f r m a n s t ? v\ <• a I I t h ·m a ft ck· n c k f q ua il s hat h I fr m n ca ll ·d a c v ·y. T h : q u a il s li · in [ ab _ut fift · n t t\\" c n y

I w J]) t ·II y u ho w :\ f r s

M r s ua il and h T fri n els P in ct g r . I . . ld r f rJ11 a _un s h o u l I -r t s h u if ant 1t h t h " ir h ·a d s ut, a n d t h 1ng ? Ill s 11 a r, t il y ny u p 8 )' a n Y u t 11 m ,, h y t h e s i t in thl in all Y s it in t h a t ,, ·a y s t h ·y ca n s e dJr e t 1 n s do?

us , w h a t ca n M r s . ua il , a s S h e is la rge r

What col or is t h e s uit w hi c h s h e we ars?

Sh e we a r s a b r ow n su it.

Ho w m a n y know M r. Q ua il w h e n t h e y see h im? I kn ow Mr. Q ua il. T ell m e about h is co ll a r a n d h a t. M r. Q ua il w e ars a b lack co ll a r a nd hat.

Wha t a r e th e p a rt s o f th e q uail ? T h e parts of th e qu a il a r e th e h ea d , n e ck, tr u nk, w in gs a n d ta d.

H ow m a n y h ave see n M r s Q u a il 's n es t ?

I h av e s ee n h e r n e s t. T e ll m e o f w h a t s h e b u ilds it a n d w h e r e. S h e bu il ds h er n e st in a t u ft o f g rass , o n t h e O" r o u n d h e r nes t of ta ll gra s ) 1 n that h i ht dd 11 ·

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THE NORMAL MILITIA

PROF H B DUNCANSON, 2d Lieutenant, Command er of Cadets.

STAFF.

P M. Whiteh ead First Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant.

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J. J. King, Capt Hugh Joy 2d Li eut Chas Tu c k er, 1st Serg ent. CO MPANY

Oh, you tin y snowflake, could you speak to me , B e autiful, e n c hant e d , mi g ht yo ur s tor y b e Y o u c ould tell of f a iries dw e lling up on hi g h, Of y our home so ch e erful, up in yon g r ay s ky.

But the many questions th a t I lon g to kn o w, vVould r e main unanswered, e ' en if asked I tro w, So I sit enraptured as you pa s s me by, On your way s o s ilent, down to earth from sky.

011 , you little s nowflak e , clad in robes of w hite, K ee p on tripping, dancin g thr o ugh th e d ay a nd night. You are w e lc o m e ' m o n gs t u s , for y ou brin g go o d che e r Things look bri g ht a nd happy w ith your f a ce s n e ar. '

When th e field's are he a p e d with " s ilent d ee p a nd white , Then sad th o ught s a nd g loomy tak e t h eir onward flight

And we s ay, "fair s nowflake s, th a nk s to you w e raise You dispelled o ur s adn e s s, joy now fill s our d ays. " '

THE NORMA.!.. CO NIEI\.

The Rural Lyceum.

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ind ee d, " says 1 i ( ri c h Knick rbo c k r, in hi s hi s t o r y f w Y rk, '' If tht s world h ad ot I n f r m ecl , it is mor than probabl that th r no v.rn d is la nd n which is situat d th c ity of w Y r k , w uld n ev r hav e had a n x ist n c . if l se.em to tr at of niatt ·r s l ead in g up to m y sub Je ct, rath e r than the s 1bj c t i t s If, it is because th e tr ea tm nt t t h lalt . r de nd s upon the existe n ce f th f rm . The tim e is comi ng , a n h as com e , wh e n , mor t h a n v r fo r , t h · pe?ple of rur a l li st ri c t s d s ir _ for th 1r child r e n an e ducation w hi c h s hall p l ac th m n a 1 ve l w ith th ir br t h r s a nd s i s t r s f towns and c iti es Th re is s a r ly a ht g h school w hi c h h as n o t a co n s id r ab l e percentage of it s att n da n c b rr o w d fr o m the count r y . Th e ni ve rsit v . th e rmal School , a nd th e e n o minati o n a l a n d Privat ln stu tion s of our sta t e a l so gat h r t h e ir s tu de nts large l y fr o m th e s a m e sour c N vertheless, a ce r tai n porti o n of youn g p eop le a r e l e ft w ith out th advanta g s of town or city a ssoc ia tions; m o r e t han that, th e. coun.t r y sc h oo l s become primary sc ho o l s , as 111 one case I know of. w h e r e, of th e twe nt y ·pupi ls e nroll e d, the old es t was se v e n years of age Th e pupils drop out of th e ir places a<; th ey r ea ch th e age of fift ee n or sixt c;,.en, some to go away to school, som e becaus e th ey a r e n ee d e d at hom e and some becaus e, th ei r gone,' school becomes dull.

f T_he country community is much like a amily . It is often obs e rv e d that peopl e more diffident a bout expressing their thoughts and f ee lin g s in th e ir own f amlly than b e for e strang e rs. Ther e is much th e sam e f ee ling among- thos t:: who been associates from childhood.

. ! he po {:mlatiorr of tOWifS and bnngs ne w associations which result In an advantag e ous interch a n ge of thought and habits . ' . · 1 ·

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a f e w from th e n i g hborin g town. Near! e v e ry o n e h as a t e J?d e nc y t o coi2Y· mor e 1 ss f rom th e h ab 1t of tho s h e Is with. th e 'b ro ade r t h e fi e ld of_ assoc iat i o n , th 1 is th e dan ge r of beco mm g o n e . s id e d.

By this m ea ns th e vvho st a ys at hom is n ot a lto ge ther d e pnved of that cultur which his m o r e fortunate broth rs and sisters rec e ive a s a part of th e ir e ducation.

cl a wh r r mind k· r m in n tra. t I "' ith hi r ok <tnd im ati n t l · fl ck fr m pla f od which i t , n L h is . n m n t a 1 pag , th r . is d th ,... ood sh p h rd as h e r estra tn s with h1 1 n a cr ok th h p that strives t o adv a n c mor e rapid!)_ th a n the oth e rs or the on e that turns to the nght or 1 ft to s natch a t e mptin a mors e l b y "' a s id e Th e tir ed or l a m one is burn e d_ on by th e faithful dog l e st by any wandenngs the fl o ck may b e scatter e d and fall prey to t o raven o us wild beasts.

Th e sheph e rc is the teacher; the flock , th e clas s ; th e ct- o ok may be the rules of g r a din a •'as unchang- e able as the of th e and F>ers1ans ;" th e do g 1s too o ften the • ·you w ill not pass;" while the raven o u s wild beasts with g laring eyes and sharp t ee th ; ar e th e exa minations. . .

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pROF. FULMER

Pri ncipal Schools, Edgar, Nebr.

"We a r e workin g with individuals, Not groups, gupils, not s chools."

tr.I'"HERE seems. to ·be .a tendency among-

'-'=1' teachers, and especia ll y amo·ng youn g tea c hers, to teach school rather than to

W e a 1-e glad to know th a t this p1c_ture IS an exagael-ation of th e tru e status, m most yet all wi ll acknowl ege fr equent l y tbe soul's dev e lopment is sacrificed on the altar of grade, and school.

We impressed with a sense of grave re.sponsibility in placing thes e thoughts for e the minds of so many t eac h e rs ''111 fact" or in proc e ss of preparation

Permit then, this word of advtc e: Pr epare to the child, . not a and while th e numb e r of -p upils and ctrcumstances mak e it n ecessa;y to classify r e member that th ere are individual pecuhar-

thouo·ht that a s e riou a blund r h a b e n m ade b pr motino· a hil d "h o wa not full) r ady as b holdin a ba k a hild \\ h wa abu nd a nti) able to do m r ad va n c d \Y Ork, in ei th r case a gr at inj u ti h a bee n don to th pupil. a r not s much concer n ed about th e O\ rl) bri ht on s- it is a pl ea ur e to coun I and a si t th em, for they are fe , ; but w e \\ ish t e mpha ize th t - ac h er's duty to\ ard th ' l am , tired sh ee p.' H e may not be so ad mir ab l e nor so l ovab l e, ) et still pric e less a nd h e m e rits a nd d e mands a littl e mor e att nti o n than the strong on e s. Wh e n we ha ·e b ee n planning a nd puz zlin g to m a ke our school better, to secu r e mor e ri gid discipline to fit a class int o the course of study by cutting of th e rou g h e dg e s, '" e h ave som e tim e s be e n startled by a parent w h o , w ith a tear in the eye, asked hO\V h e r so n John ·was getting along. John was a dull boy, you know , one who was lam e and t ir ed and we h a d int e nded to drop him back a year to save troubl e and to mak e th e q lass mor e e ven!

F e llow teacher , ha ve you had a s imil ar experience?

Th e n we thou g ht how we hadn't done o n e thing, h a dn 't made th e l eas t exe rtion, hadn ' t gone one step_ out of our way, hadn 't once offered a h e lpmg h a,n d , hadn't spok e n one word of e n co ur age m e nt to ass i s t th at so n· ' whom we had consid e r e d as on e- fift ee nth of the class. .

· When we l ea rn to look upon our school as composed of th e son s and da uo·h t ers of b par e nts to whom th ese childr e n a r e as

dea r as o ur o w n l o ve d o n e s a r t o u s , w s h a l1 think m o r e a nd m o r e o f th in d iv idu a l.

Th e la t e Phi li p B r o ok s was n ee ask d why h e sp e n t so mu c h tim a nd m o n y a n n e r gy t o m a inta in a bo y' s h m w h n s few boys ev r t u rn d ou t a n y b · tt r f r t h care and a tt e nti o n b s t ow d u p n t h n: · Th e q u es t w n e r co ntinu d, • 'd y o u th in k It pays.? Y ou d o n t save m o r th a n n b Y a y a r.

Dr. Br oo k s a n swe r e d " if w e n v - r sav d m o r e th a n on e b oy I co n s id r it h ad pa id , if it wa s my b oy . "

Now th e o th e r s id e . No t e ac h e r ca n s u ccee d in th W?rk w ith ou t t h e c o -op r a t io n a n d go . d :-v lll o f t h e pup il s J u s as w a r b t t r ·Ittz e n s and e nj oy a g r a nd r go v e rnm n_t . ca u se e ac h o f us f ee l s h is ow n r espo n s i bili t y and th e th a t h _ d o s n o t e x 1s t f o r th e n at io n b u t t h e n a tiOn f r - him , s o th e pupi l w h o is mad e to se e a nd fee l that h e is a part of t h e sc h oo l a n d th a t th e sc h oo l gove rnm e nt e x ist f o r h im, w ill do e':'e r y th i n g in h is pow e r t o adva n ce t h e be st mt e r es ts o f t h e s ch oo l. are _ ma n y ways t o im p r es s t hi s r espon s 1b d 1ty 111 t h e c hild 's min d a n d t h e r e a r e a s m a n y ways to c r ea t e a n oppos it e s e nt-Im e n t.

''En g lapd ex pec t s eve1 y tn an to d o hi s d u ty. 1 addre s s e d e a ch so l d ie r in th e r a n ks a nd e ac h r e sp o n d e d n ob l y , ' 'L e t th e arm y do it s d ut y ' w oul d h av e br o u g ht to th e s o l d ie r 's mind, " I a m not th e a rmy " and th e r e sp o n s e wou ld h ave b ee n le ss g e n e r ous.

. ! h e t e ac h e r o n th e fi rst d ay of , scho o l, ' '] o hn yo u may r e ad ," a nd ] o hn a n se s f ee lin g that h e has b e e n se par a t e d f r o m th e g r o up, has b ee n di s tin g uish e d by a nam e h e r e spond e d with m o r e th a n VO ic e ''Will that b o y on th e e nd of th e I don 't kno w y our n a m e , p le a se r ea d ; wo uld mak e John f ee l lik e a thing <;J. n d a r ouse a ll th e ev il in him.

I re m e mb e r to this da y th e m a n w h o , c a ll e d m e ' ' bub " and I v owed th a t w h e n I was b ig- e nou g h I wo uld thr as h him.

In c o ncl us io n l e t m e add : Work with ind ivid u a ls , n o t g r o u ps, pupil s, n o t school.

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) I. st r a n g s i n fl u n c ar l yl ·may I · S " L th i nnu n f Ji ll. t h er th • pr f ·ss · I t a c h r s f r li g io u s cr ·ds a r • con : rn · I h r - can f un n th ·r man in th r ig n f \ ic t r i wh · ha I any h i n lik "' th in nu "' n g li s h thou g ht t h at 1\ I il l a n 1 ss ss ·d. I iI I ' as · I "' t d t h p o ss i l i l iti f h uma n Iii rty . 1f 1 a m i t i n , Mi ll d m I that m ig h t b br ught t s n th i n m ov d f r m p rf c t i n I y t h in flu e du cat io n and f f r d m a t in }' im p lll s s and di s i p linin g th e m o t i n f m e n a n d wo m e n. I il l wa a s tr a n g- b l n din of p li t i ca l c o n o m is t a n d s e n t i m e n ta li t. I t w as n t a l t og t h r in h uma n e x a g , e r at i n that so m b o dy s a id h w as Ad a m mi th and P e t r a r c h in on . T h cur io u s e clu s ion in w hi c h h e w a s b r ou _s h t u p b y hi s fat h r th e wo n d e r f u l d isc i1 lin e o f st u d y to whi ch in hi s v e r y in fa f'\C )' h e was s u b j e c t e d wo ul d h av e mad e s o m e thin g st r a ng e a nd strikin g o ut of a co mm o n p l ac e n a tur e ; and M ill w as in a n y cas e a m a n o f ge ni Gs . Th e r e was a n a nti q u e s im p li c ity a n d p urit y about hi lif e , w hi c h r e m oved him a l to ge th P. r fr om th e wa y s of o rdin a ry s o ci e t y . B ut the d ef e ct o f hi s t ea chin g- as a n e thical g uide was th a t h e m a d e to o littl e a ll owa n ce for th e influ e n ce of o r dinary soci e ty. H e a lwa y s s ee m e d to act on th e prin c ipl e th a t w ith tru e duc a ti o n and nobl e exa mpl e , th e m ost c o mmonplace m e n c o uld b e p e rsuad e d to act lik e h e ro e s, and to a ct lik e h - r oe p.. l wa ys. Th e g r e at s e rvic e w hi c h h e r e n de r e d to th e wc;> rld in his P o litic a l Ec o n o m ) an d his Syt e m of L og ic is o f cour se inciep e nd e nt of his controvert e d a n d t e aching-s. Thes e works would, tf th ) w e r e a ll he had writt e n, plac e him in th v e ry front rank n f En g li s h think e rs a nd instrUct o rs. But th e s e o nly pre se nt half o f his influ e nce on the g ublic opini o n of hi tim e . Hi s faith in th e of hum an

c m ro n I S ut Mi ll' i . fu l l s t 1 s ib! . has rob 1 l y a rn it ca n 1 c t1 rri d T h r m o r luc id a nd ca ndid r a m o st d iffi ult a n d a btrus qu ti ns b c om cl a r b y t h }i a ht of h is us xp o sttto n . S o m e th i n g- too o f h um a n In t e r e st and ) mpa t hy b e c an:e d in t o t h : most s ee m, i n g l y a id d 1sc u s s to n s of po lt t Jca l eco n omy by v ir t u e of hi s e m o ti o n a l a n d h a lf poe ti c n atu r e . It w as w e ll sa id of hi m t h at h e c il d p o li t i c a l e c o nom y w it h hu ma n H is s t y l e w as a? li g- ht. • •M ill, " 7a 1d on_ e of his critics, 111 li g ht. " h1 s la n g ua ge ro se to a n ob l e a nd di g m.fi e d e lo ne e · h e r e a nd t h e r e a r e passag e s of a q u e • . f g r a v e , k ee n .. Int o th e qu es t iO ns. o r e li g ous beh e f . . ari s e in with his work s, It IS no part of our to e nter; but it m a y b e r e m a rk e d th a t la t t writin gs se e m e d to show th at hi s e s d · d'fi · vi e ws wer e un e rgotn g much mo 1 catiOn in hi s closin g y e ars. . His oppon e nts would ha }lo w ed a s readily as his support e r s v e a ld 1 th t rn a n cou 1av e be e n mo re sinc e r ea no . h d h l y in s p ir e d w 1t a es ir e to arri ;v e a t t e tr tith. and non ,e could b e more r e solute t o th e c o urs e , ; which his conscien ce t o ld him to b e ri g ht. H e carri e d this resolut e p t' incipl e into his w a rm e st controv e r s ies , a nd it w as oft e n r e mark e d that h e usu a ll y be ga n by sta tin g the c aqe of th e a d ve r s ary be tt. e r , adv e r sa r y c o uld. h ave h av e d Gne 1t App l y in g t o hts own

a m tr u t h ful m e thod o f inap pl i d t oth e r s M ill h a cYJ V n a ' r a ur a t d scripti o n oi on e , at f th q pa liti s b ' hich he ' as abl mp li h o mu h . H e t e lls us in his b i r ap h y tha t h h.ad fr o m an e arl · n id r d that t h e most us e ful pa rt u l d t k i n th e domain o f thou g ht f a n int e rpr t e r of ori g in a l thinkm d ia t o r b tw ee n th e m and th e I h a d a lw a ) s a h um b le o pini o n of m r ' n p \ r as an or ig in a l t h ink e r, expt in ab tr ac t c i n e e, l o t; ic , m e t ap h si cs, a nd th t h o r ti c princip le s of politi ca l ec on my and p lit i s ) but tho u g ht ill) s e lf mu c h up ri r t m o t f m y cont e m p or a ri s in ' ill in n es a nd a b ility to l e arn fr o m eve rb d) a I f und hard l ) an o n e \\ ho m ade u h a p int o f x a m inin g what \\as s a id in d f ns of a ll opi ni ons , ho we v e r n e w or h o \\ \ r o ld , in th e co n v ic t io n th at e e n if t h er e v e r e e rr o r s t h e r e mi g h t b e a substra tum of trut h un d e rn e at h t h e m, and that in a n y cas e the d is c o ve ry of what it \\ as th a t mad e t h e m p la u s ib le, wo ul d be a b e ne fit to tr uth. " T hi s vvas n ot as sur ed ly Mill ' s o- r at e st m e r it , b ut it was pe rh aps hi s m o st p c uli a r q u a lit y H e was a n origin a l think r d ispite hi s Ovv n dis cl a im e r; bu t h e fo un d e d n o n ew s ys t e m. H e co ul d Le trust ed t o exa min e a nd e x p o und a n y syst e m w it h t h e m os t perf e c t fa irn e ss a n d cand o r ; a n d ev e n w h e r e it was l e a s t in h armo n y w it h h is ow n id e as, to do th e f u ll e s t ju s tic e to e v e ryo n e o f it s cla im s.

Exercise.

F H. BEED L E a n y pr o o f ne e d e d of th e va lu e a nd th e p o pul a rit y o f gy mn as iu m s it would be found in th e fac t th a t o f m a n y in o ur l arge c iti e s , th e r e is n o t o n e th a t is not ob li ge d d a il y t o t ur n aw a y app liFor t hose w h ose lo ca ti o n , sc a nti n ess of ttm e or po c k e t -bo o k , co mp e l s abse n ce from hall s or fi e ld sp o rt s we wo uld ex plam a sy st e m o f c a li s th e n ics f ro m w hi ch

a goo d l y p o rti o n a t I as t , o f t hi s p l a s ur a nd b e n e fit ma y b e d e r iv d. It is sys tm a ti c trai ni n g , a n d y e t it nt a il s t h u s o f n o dumb-b e ll s, w e ig h ts o r o t h e r a pp a r a t u s t h at go t o up th e m o d rn g ymn as i u m T h o utfit c o s t s n o th i n g An o r d in a ry r o m w ill s uffi ce f o rth ex e rc is e s, a n d th e i mr Im e nts w hi c h th e h o us e h o ld affo r Is w ill s uffic e f o r a ll purp os e s J us t le t' n o t n o t o n ly boys b ut a l s o g ir ls . w h o wo u l d b e s t r n g, s ymmet ri ca l , f u llc h s t e el , r o und e d in a rm and l e g. sq u a r f s h o uld e r , g r ac e fu l o f ca r ri ag e a d o pt a nd pr act ic sys t e m a tic a ll y and r e g u la r l y s m e of t h x r c ises ab o ut t o b e su gg s t e d a n d xpl a1n e d a n d s e e w h at g oo d r es u l t s w i ll fo ll ow . T h e e nd so u g ht i n th i s exe rc is e is h e a lth and s y mm e t r y t h an m u s c I s k n o tt e d li k e a p i n e tr ee . 1 It is e sp ec ia ll y a d ap t e d f o r pe rson s o f se d e nta r y occ u pat io n a nd h a bit s, a nd w h e n o n c e l ef t off, th e r e is not th e r e -a c tio n att e n d in g th e p r actic e o f th e m o r e v io le n t , jarrin g gy mn ast ics, ill -s hap e d b o di e s , . ab n orma ll y d e v e l o p e d i n so m e o r ga n s or s ys t e ms, a nd p e r h ap s suffe rin g fr o m s tr a ins in oth e r s . T h e t e n d e ncy in mod e rn tra in in g is to r a is e a ,. on e p_ound d u mb - b e ll t e n tim e s , r at h e r t ha n to ra 1s e a t e n p o und dumb - be ll o n ce . H e a l t h of orga n s i s s o u g h t r a th e r t h a n d e v e l o p m e n t of muscl e at th e ex p e nse of t h e v i ta l o r ga n s . Our fir s t i s th e br ea thi n g e xe r c i se: Stand p e rf e ctl y e r e ct w it h h e e l s t ege t h e r , he a d w e ll thrown ba c k 'a n d a rm s s t ra ig ht down by th e s id e . dr aw a l on g b reat h, i nflat i n g th e l u n gs t h o r o u g hl y . H o l d th e br e ath a f ew sec o n dS' a n d th e n e xha l e quickl y . Thi s s h o u l d b e don e i n the op e n a i r , o r in a room w ith the w i ndo ws op e n , so that t h e a i r t a ke n in to th e lun gs m ay b e pu r e .

It wi ll qu ick e n t h e c ir cu l a ti on, a nd · a n exce ll e n t p r e par ?,tio n fo r th e oth e r exe r c rs e s .

Th e n whil e in th e sa m e po s it i on, w e com e to our se c ond exe r c ise- t h e h ea d exe r c is e , w hi ch is do n e by b e n d in g t h e h ea d s l o w l y f o rw a rd and th e n b ac k , a nu mb e r of tim es , (t o b e d e t e rmin e d by your s tr e n gt h , a nd f e e lin g w h il e d o in g sa m e ) a nd a l so to " th e si d e , a nd th e n .a round a s far as p oss ib le to b o t h s id es . Fo r p e r s o n s h a v in g s li m n ec ks

th is w ill as i t d h st . a n d dth r ar J. t h arm. Tak a sti c k o f so m e kind - a n o l d b r oo m ha n d l e , u mbr e l la or a n ythm g t h a t is h a ndybr in g i t up over h ea d an d dow n b ehin d th e h e ad, k eep m g t h e arms p e rf e ctl y ri g id. At firs t you •v iii fi n d t h at in o r d e r t o g e t it ov e r th e h ea d , th e a rm s will have to b e e x t e n de d a l m os t t o th e v e 1·v e n ds o f t h sti c k, but af t e r a li ttl e p r ac t ice th e y c ,u, b bro u ght c lo ser a n d c l o s e r , untill th e h a nd s wi ll g-o ov e r th e h ead w ith th e h a n Is v e r y cl vs e to ge th e r . T h e r e a r e man y o th e r ways of d e v e lopin g t h e ch e s t , b u t if th e f o u r g i \·e n a r e t h oro ug hl y t e st e d n ot hin g m o r e w il l b e re q u i r e d, so m e o f th e o tl-: e r s , h c v.- e , ·er ' 'vi ii b e s u a ae st e d in a fut u r e p a 1)e r , when e x e r;::,o 1 I cis e s for the h ea t h of o th er org n ns ar e g iv e n . I cl o s e t h e s e su gge sti o ns with t his adm o mtw n : n ot h in g ca n b e clo n e oy r e m e m b e ri n g t o-da y a n d fo r ge ttin g to - m o rrow.

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Practices And Prejudices.

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1\1i s .1.: - t o l d u s ' b u t a c o unt ry \ Va y , w ay o ff I g u e s h e a id , W h e r e t h e t·e a r e l o t s of f unn y people , And t h e n a k th e re aU ar e dead. "

Th en t he b oy told h o w St. P a tri c k T o tha t di s t a nt l an d had go n e , H ow h e r e li e v e d it of its reptile s.

Th at h a d tn a r red its n ame s o long.

Then h e s ai d that all th e peopl e '\Ve re mu c h p l eased wh en this w as s e en ;

Sai d t hat day t hey w o uld h ereafter

H o no r hi m b y wearing green.

"Bu t, my s on," said t h e list'ning p arent; " Wh y do yo u th e colo r d o n ?

H o w can b e exp l a ine d , I won d e r , P a t 's r e l a t i o n to 1ny s o n. "

"Wh y, papa , we ough t t o wea r it , •c a use St . P a tri ch h el p e d u s a ll ."

But p a pa co u ld not qu i te se e it; This ca u sed Johnnie's f a c e t o fa ll .

B ut wit h w om a n's quick disce rnment S a w th e mo t h e r w h o to b l ame;

" N a ti o n with sur- n ames c o nfounded, Mr I ri sh : Wh a t 's i n na m e "

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Gre ek sch ola r , w ho is no w e ig ht y of ag e , has in h is p ossess io n a n o t e wntte n to hi m in hi s bo y h ood, b y his t e ac h er, c e ns uri n g hi m for b e i n g b ac k w a rd in Gree k.

•H w d ou d o ?" " H o\i do o u do? " 'i\ m t a n d pa on in t h e h urr y o f life vV h at , in th ·ood o ld ti me a 0 Teet i ng "' h ic h ma rk I a · n uin e in ter est in t h e \\ e ll -b e in o· f fri nel s h as n O\· b e com e a m ea n in g l e ss : rm utt r d in e mpt y rapid it y, s u a g e sti\ e bu t f th cur iosit o f o ur time . H o w infi n it 1 r m r s i?"n ifica n t a nd appro pria t e, in it s m a s ure d acce nt, w a s the s t u r dy R o m a n O' r ee t ina : " S alve ?" ( Be t hou s afe ?) V'h ca nn ot w e a s a p eop le c r) s talli ze s om e thi n o· o f th e sp ir it of our a g- e, b y a d op tin a s uch fo rms in ou r s oc ia l int e r co u rs e as s hall co nform t o t h e ad \ ance d idea of ou r m o d e rn c iv il iza ti o n ? W h y n o t t he s impl e b o w fo r o ur l a d ie s ta k e t h e p lace of th e a u dib le o-re'e ti n.,g and t he mi lita r y s a lute f o r t h e gentle m an, re pl a ce the aw kwa rd m ovem e'n t s of lift ing th e hat, whi c h , pro ce ss is no t c o m pl e t ed ti ll s eve r a l fe et h av e in tervened be tw ee n saluto r a nd s a l u ted . Am o ng th e ma ny p r a ct ice s of s o c ie t y , whi c h ill b e c o me t h e c u ltu r e and l ea rn in o· of t he tim e , th o s e of o u r sis t ers a r e c on s p tc to u s. O ur b r oth e r s of co ur se h a ve th eir s ha re bu t of th e m lat er.

It is w ith d e p re s si on th at t he s tu d en t of our co stumes is com p e ll e d t o note t h at the .''h a lf d r e ss , " orig ina ll y o f th e lowe r stage 1s be com mg t h e d r e ss o f th e d r a wing r o om and p arl or of our stable c om m on f o lk th e ob v i ou s de s ig n of wh ic h is to exhi bi't th e ch a t: m s w hi ch n ature, a l a s s o often h as n ot pr ov ide d , but wh ic h are p a ssed ''b e da u bed: b e s meare d a n d b es t uffe d" b y t h e i nve n tions o f a rt

H ow ea sil y o u r s i s t e r is provo k ed t o laugh ter wh en a coun try b umpkin f oraets t o r e m ove hi s h a t wh e n ente ri no· a hall a p ub li c ga th er in g . Sh e tha t t he

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shape.le ss _h ea d dr ess, va r iou s ly n am d bd e ck e d With furs fruit a d f J • by h e rs e lf, is o f i{s If m ',"' rn and oft · . OJ n 1c u u s e n a posittv e i mpos iti n.

Ar th e w in gs o f d ad b ir ds fit orn am e nts th e h e a d, th s a t of i nt lli n c o r th e s km o f s lau g ht r e d kJ.d lg .' f 1 h m o r a utJu t an natu r s ow n c v r in g fo r th e h a nd, t h a t m os t un 1qu e orga n o f th e bod ? . y . . ts t e r cjid yo u ev e r app ea r r ea ll y b a utdul?

_I r eca ll t o m e m<?r y :y our s itting in th e s uns hm e n e a r th e WI?d ow on morn i n g , y 6 u w r e JU St r e cove nn g fr o m s v r ill n e ss , a n d a s yo_u s at th r b a th i n g i n t h e flo o d o f sp nn g su n s hin e , in y u r wh it e m rnm g gown eve ry f o ld of wh ic h w as as sugges ti ve of th e g ra ce fu l fo r m wh ic h it as th e c o l o r o f t h e · pu ri ty of th e sou l; Wi th your l on g cla r k ha i r fl ow in g ov e r your form i ng a r ob e of g l o r y far more spl e ndid t h an t h e ri c h e st ori e n ta l s il ks or th e imp e rial purp l e , th e n , a h th e n , am icl all th e t e nd e rn es s o f aff e c ti o n at e assoc iat io n , you had b ee n ind e 'e d a n ge li c , h ad it n o t b een fo r th e pa ll o r o f di s e ase .

We look, w ith pity u po n th e hi deo u s d ef o r miti e s wh ich cus t o m h as prod u ced a m o n g o ur In d :a n bro th :- r s, w ho fl a tt e n th e ir h eads and am o n g th e Chin ese w h o cra m p th e ir fee t , bu t w e n e ed o nl y t o l oo k a b o ut o n a ny h and t o s e e a pa r a ll e l di sto rti o n of th e b o dy preva lent i n th e hi g h es t c i v ili za tion of th e wo rl d .

W h at G u id o o r An ge l o w ill ar ise t o pr es e r ve w it h th e br us h o r c hi se l th e ''b ea uty" of ou r day for th e f utur e ge n e r a ti <? n s? Th e mi sshape n b ea ut y w h ose th o r ax IS m a d e to c onf orm to th e sh a p e of a n a rticle o f a pp a r e l a s un y i e ldin g a nd ve r y sim i.I a r t o th e cuirass o f th e a rmour e d kni g h t of th e ages .

Whose h e ad w ith h a ir wad de d up 111 co xco mb f as hion , tipp e d with a bit of m e t a l or th e horn o f kin e, 111 n o s mall d eg r ee r e s e mbl i n g t h e k ni g ht 's h e lm e d h ea d . Th e rest of w ho se p er son b e d ec k e d ac c ording to th e late st s t y le a nd br a nd , b ea rin g little r esemb l an c e to th e sa vage in his ga rb of warpaint, fea th er s an d t r ump e r y.

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d l iv rin g a t h ug h t l ss tir a I aga 1n t r s iste r s , fr 111 a s ur d di s 1 osit i 11 f hu l tftnd i n g , a n d i n a t ml ' a n t ad m i r at i n f o r w m a nh d ay, i n d · r y tr u m a n ac kn ' I g c s th · 11 bl u g h t s , t h un wo rl d ly m ti :s, th e h I) i m1 uls · , th u s a n d s lfsa c ri fi c i n g Ie ci s f ' m n. Is t h e I t r y in h e r I a uty , in th f h r st E, in t h 111 e lo y £ h r s f t !a u g ht r , a nd i n t h h arm ny r r ust lin g r b s . I e d 1 ly f Is i t in h w a rm nth u s ias m s , in h r ' i nn in g nd a rm e n ts , a n d in h ·r m e k an d e v t io n a ! e n d u ra n c , I u t ab v til. a h f a r a b o ve a ll , h e kn e Is , h wo 1·s hip s th a n g e li c , i n t h fa ith , in th e s tr n t h. 111 t h r::

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is t e r, d e c k t h y se lf wit h b e au t y, · B e th e a n g e l t h at th o u a rt

W ou ldst t h ou b e u se fu l ? Wo ul dst t h ou b e b e at ifu l ? Wo ul dst t h o u b e adm ired? T h e n p r e s e v th a t g l ow of h e a l t h w hi c h n ow ado rn s thy c h e e k. T h e r e i s n o p hy s ica l qua li,ty, n ay, n ot e v e n w in gs, whi c h

co ul d m a k e a n g e ls mor a n g el ic. D oes t h e es t ab li s h e d rul es of socie t y offe r b a rri e rs ?

C ru s h th em as Napo le o n d id P cu·i s ia n diso rd e r s . Is it co n s id e r e d un beco min o- f o r 0 l ad ie s to run, Jump a ud thr o w b a ll, e tc?

Ch a n ge th a t s e ntim e nt by d e m o nstr a tin oth a t y ou c a n exe rc ise a nd s till in se n se com pro mis e y o ur womanhood.

E m a n c ip a t e y o ur se lf. ? h o w m a n that your kn ow! e d ge human htstorJ: and of living qu es tions, wdl b e v alu a bl e 111 th e c a binet council, a nd in the h a lls o f l eg is la ti o n, and th e r e is no doubt as to the s e ttlem e nt of th e \\'oman question.

PREJUDICE.

' It is n o t a little curious to notice the varyin g views held by a larg e part of th e church , who as sum e to b e di s tinctiv e ly Christian 111 r eg ard to the amus e m e nts of card-payin g and d a ncin g . They cl e arly r e· veal th e d e pth , a nd th e e xt e nt of th e imp e rilin g ?f pr e judi ce s t ill wi e ld e d over what IS t e chni ca lly t e rm eal th e Christi a n mind. It is that from which in th e history of th e church h a s spruu g th e t e chnical m o rti-

fica ti o n 1' ·h th

E v olution v s. Re v olution in Societ _y .

\ "1:\ _ R "EL L :-JT • l.

C hr ist ia n s t h ms 1 ri o- i n at d th s n tim e nt th a t t h s r c r , t io n s a r wr n a n d n ow t h ey u r g t h at e n t im n t a s a s tt· n · re aso n fo r n o t pa r t ic ir at in o" in t h m .

I t is m e r st d ri ve l to p ak of a n ) of t h s wh o leso m e a mu s e m nt s as bad beca u s e th ) ar e so m e tim es a bsurd ; w a k r s till is th assertiOn that t h e r e is so 111 thin g- inh r ntl y ev il in th e cards th e m s lv es A ca rd t ab l e or a d a ncin g flo o r is no m o r e ev il in it se lf t han a dining room or a b a th-hous e , f or each of th e se may a nd • h a s b ee n pr e \ e rt e d to monstrous corruptions.

Christian men and wom e n. le t u s r es p e ct sense e nc;m g h to b e s e nsibl e ! T h e Y. M C. A. has obtained a g limp s e o f th e ad va nce spirit of the tim e , sho w n b y its amu se m e tlts. gymna s ia, and fi e ld sp o ns; a nd m ay Go d prosper it. L e t us m a k e th e app e llation , e ducated man, m e an Christi a n man . a nd Christian man m ea ns a man of fa ir thou g ht, deep conviction, and. mo1·ally action. L e t us usher In th e n e w ag e begmning with the t w entieth century with a burst of sanctifi e d merriment. Th e n shall th e blot of evil , arising from the abuse of amusement , di s app e ar befor e the advancin g wa v e of fair thought and conscientions living.

"Not in v a in the di s t a nc e, forward, f o rward l e t u s r a n ge , Let th e gre at wo rld s pin fo r ev e r d ow n th e r i n gi n g g r o v es o f ch a n ge "

- v h o pos a r form rs n v r tak t h e tim e to t r ace -th wh ic h h a n - a r e e \ o h ed. •Th i f e ' l ut io n n ot of r e ·el u tion, ' h a v h a rd un t il ' e n o l o n ger den) . c a nn t Ia ur fi n ge r o n th i or that i t ,• and a . '· B thou chan,..:ed. ,. '' ith ut d a n er of d tructi o-n to our e nt ire cia ! fa b ri . In t h i li es the d efe n se of pr nt in tit u ti n , a nd in thi s is t h e ·b u lw rk f t r n ·t h tha t prospe r s c o ns e r a ti srn r th r tha n h a r bra in e d r ef or m. \;\h a t th n i in o ur 0 r e tin o , ' ' H O\ drJ u do? " th at i o to b e r a il e d a t ? \ i\ h at w o ul d \ e h a v e inst ea d ? \ 1 ha t af t r a ll i t h e r in '' th e sturd y R oman aL e' th a t is n o t to b e foun d in our "How d )O u do?"o r \ e nin o urhurri e d •·H e ll oo?" ' ur fri e n ds e w ill oTe e t a s fri e n d s , a n d o th e rs acc ordin g to d"ie form. No r c a n V d o ' ' ith o ut f o rm , it w ould b e as se n s i b le t o a d ise t: h e disus e of all p a rlim e n ta q pro ce dur e, w ith its a c cr e tion s of c e r e mon y, a s to a tt e mpt to d o aw ay "'' ith f orm a li t y of g re e ting. A nd w h a t p rofit t o c h a n ge th e form ? T o strain m e n o ut of th e ir accu s t o m_ e d wa y s , simpl y to chan ge th e ritu a l, wh e n th e thin g sym b oli ze d is t o r e main the same.

C O UNT NO II.

Look ove r the hist o r y of th e ge ntl e r sex; compare her if y ou pleas e to h e r Rom a n sist e r a s y ou did our gr ee tin o- to th e Rom a n g r e eting , and m a rk th e diff : r e n ce . Ho w now o f r ev olution? W hi c h i s th e bett e r, th e ge ntl e r, sur e r evo luti o n of time and Christi a nity; o r th e r a dic a l r e forms of th e ' ' 'vvo m a n 's-e m a n c ipa" k ? t10n c ran . L e t me ask a g ain a s w e h a ve b ee n la t e ly asked d o you b eli e ve in a ll th e p eo pl e ?- A s dres s · wh a t f ? A o 1t. r e o ur co mmon f o lk (who a r e c ommon wh e n a ll ·a r e p ee rs?) so g iv e n to this c:Ir e s?s, as a wh o l e , or is it confin e d to th e f e w. I a m r e ad y t o stand for th e common s e n se o f th e co mm o n peop l e .

THI:. NOR/VIAL CO R/ER.

I s ·this ex hibition of , 'char 1 . 1 Is · m s w 11c 1 a nature has so ften n t prov id d 1 ut wh ic h a r passed b e daub e d, a rid b s m' a r d a nd b es tu.ffe d b.y th invent io n s of art." ; n increa sin g ev d t o b e d c r i d. o r is i t i n tru th a · ·folly o f ou r s is t r s" that is r a ll y n th d e clm , a n d only n ds _ a h ig h r sta nd rd of manh oo d, that ar [ n: c iate m r i r, w man than m e r e l y a p ?.coc k- s h w t o mak · it a th in g t o be in o n l y' b y f I s a nd fl irts ?, A nt 's comm ise r at io n_, f u r s 1ste r s fault s 1s so touch in g that i t fo r e s us to cry, ·' h co n s is t e n cy. th u art a j w I, " and, o h man you ar s ur e l y i n n eed f it, wh n yo u d.ec ry woma n 's fau l t s ; which yo u approve of 111 your fo ll y and f r ow n at i n y u r ph il osop hy.

Who_, mod Is the fas h io n of hi s hat a nd smiles in of _ h i s s i s te r 's la u g h at hi s cou n t r y cou_sm s rud e r gea r ?

Who d es1g n s th e ga r m e n ts of l ad ies of fashi o n the wo rld over?

To b e plai n, w hat is a co r set sav a m o d ified a rticl e of ge nt l e m an's ap par e l ? No r are th ey gui ltl ess n ow .

Who is r espo n s i b le fo r th e bo un d foot of t h e Ch i n e se g irl?

A n swe r th ese q wir ies a n d ra il a t o ur s ist e r if you can.

I s h e r cond iti o n t h en s o bad? I s s h e n o t bett e r ed u cated, m o r e pract ica l, b e tt e r housed , more h ygie ni ca ll y cl a d th a n eve r befor e ? .

Do e s s h e n o t lik e m ore exe r c ise a nd enj oy mo r e f r eedo m th a n wo m a n h a lf a c e nt ur y ago?

Is she n o t be in g evo lutioni ze d fr o m th e d epende nt g ratifi e r o f th e w him s o f t o an ind epe ndent , s e lf-actin g , s e lf-thmkm g hum a n b e in g ?

No , m y sist e r, do n o t att e mpt to ''crush t he e st ab li s h e d rul e s of soc ie t y" w hi ch hampe r y ou , and w hi ch m e n f o ndly ima g in e ar e the r es ult s of y our o w n f o ll y, but w hi c h a r e r eall y b a nd s of hi s o w n to r g in g . but outgrow t h e m . a nd h e lp yo ur hau g hty b r othe r t o b r eak th e ch a ins o£ habit s, not ab ly, ru m a n d t o b a cc o, th a t r e tard his d e v e lopmen t.

Outgrow th ose b a nds , I s ay , that you may hel p cast t h e b e a m o ut o f th y br o th e r ' s

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a ga in s t th m . A s · th c n rn c hu rch a r c f s ul-saving aff.: i r , th n t su r j y t b un d r t h a t a n d w h il th w ri t r is f nd f a tb a mu m nts i t is a i m st imp ss ibl t i m a Chr is t n ga g I i n th d izzy w hir l o'f a '

or abs rb 1 i n a ga m f h ig- b - fiv . L t th - church o ut g r ow ' it s uper st it i n a n d supp lant it w ith mm n s n a n d v w ill h av n o r ason t r e r t i t s n a rr ' n r ga r d i n g a mus m nt s W h a t li b ra l ge n e r o u s id e.a . ca n w ex pe t of a d ul u a n d sup .r s t 1t 1ous ma ss t h a t t hll1k th t pray e r w ill s tay t h xec ut ion o f t h e law f Go d , a n d s ubv rt ca u e a nd ff e c t in t n a t u r e ? t hi s is o nl y o n e of th e t hin g s t h at m1 g ht be po in te d o u t H owe v e r i t is n ot w is t o t a r d ovv n ex i s tin g in st itu t io n s th a t t e n d t o th e u p li f tin g o f m a n u ntil w e ca n s u p pl a nt th e m wi t h b e tt e r on es . ' W hy a r e t here s o m a n y sec t s, a ll p r o f e ssin o- t o b e li eve in on e Gospe l. on e an°d o n e b ap ti s m ? W e a ns,.Ve r: It 1.s th e ff e ct o f r e vo luti o n e ., r e f o rm a tion In th e c hur c h. Th e q u es ti o n a ri s in o- is: " l s it a thin g t o b e d es ir e d ?'' o

Th e r e are m a ny w r o n gs th a t c a nn o t be ri g ht e d s a ve e du ca tion a nd its con se qu e nt evo luti o n. It I S con ce d e d a s th e onl y unj_ v e r sa ! r e m e d y fo r drunk e n e ss. ·

Is th e own e r s hip o f railr oa d s a r ea l or an ass um p ti ve ri g ht? It is n o ri g ht. a t C:ll t o thos e w ho w ill look at th e qu e stiOn 111 a pur e l y critic a l way.

Y e t what a r e ig n , and a nar c h y wo.uld b e th e r es ult of att e mptin g to upro o t this cu st o m. T e ach m e n to think, a nd th e y will d o

ri g ht.

. , . ' •R o m e was not built in a clay ..: Jil e lth e r

Jap a11 e O d dit i es h a · a ] r a m n, it s 1 li t i , ag n it a n ar hi t h a , a· ' r it r in t h fi. v u e de h. uc n , . rth k p t i nt ac t a h t f d I it i w hi h in t a in r s t, ar st ran r ti ll th a n th t he I t ia l mp i r Th f II s m f t h m: W hil w \ -r i t f r m t h 1 ft t th r i ht th J apa n s " r it e fr m t h r i :ht t 1 !t.

In wri t in g, w e fo r m h ri z n ta l l m , ' ' btl th e J apa n s m ak p r p nd i ul a r o n s.

J apa n s e b oo k b 'g in s ,:v h r our n d , a n d co n se qu e ntl y , w h n w r ad a bo k w t ur n th 1 av e s fr o m r i o- h t to 1 ft, b ut th e J apa n ese a r fo r c e d t o t h - m f r o m l e it t o ri g ht. W e m a k e o ur r efe r e n c s at t h e bo tt o m of th e p age; t h e J apa n s e p lace t h e m at th e t o p.

Th e J apa n e se wo m e n a r o dd e r th e ir bo oks. Eur o p ea n w om e n sh o w th e ir n ec ks a nd arm s, th e J a p a n e s e v1 om a n f ully cov e rs th e upp e r pa rt o f h e r bod y a na s h o ws onl 'y h e r f ee t . A J a p a n e s e . fe m a l e is ri chly cloth e d up to th e a o-e o f si x t ee n or s e vente e n, but a : F re nch d oe s n o t ?eg in to dr e ss in styl e until a ft e r -r e achm g thi s a g e . A Jap a n ese b e ll e is a s m a ll, v e ry sl e nd.e r wo m .a n l o st in a large pi ece of fa bn c , which p e rmits of a g limps e of nothin g but a p a ir of wild eye s in d ee p orbit s a nd a ind es crib a bl e s m\l e A f a ir IS r e pu g n a nt to h e r , a nd plumpn e s s fn g ht e ns h e r. A J a pan e s e V e nus would pro v ok e a s mil e fr o m a n A r v an , whil e a Eur opea n,

be bli nd, th e:: hair dr e ss e r must h av hi s eyes wide ope n in ord e r t hi s titl e as '·painter ?f th h vmg, to u s th · J apa n se e xp r ess1on.

And t h e ir is anoth r d Jffe r n c . to , and on e th t do e s honor to th e I r e tty Ja l an s a Jl w m n. W o m e n 1n . ur pean c untn s ·x hibit a special pre d il ec ti o n fo r som f r·ig n l a ngua ge Fr e nch women sp e ak Engl 1s h and nglish wo m e 11 Sf eak l • r n c h , Rus s ia n, etc A woma n p ak s nothing but J apan s It I S t h e r, moro ve r, that th e J apanese l an g uag. w s a ll th e pro g r es s that it ha s 111 th e la s t c 11 t h was of o l d forb1dd n to s tu dy u ry. · · h ·d d th e Chines lan g u age w h1c was con s 1 as t he e xclusiv e monopo l y o f 1.h Japan ese wo m e n took bold of th e 1r n a t! v e to ngu e , and ar e at p r s e n t at th. h ad of the li t e r a ry mo'rem e nt of th e 1r country. ".Vladame Mur r asak i is not th e o nly one wh o !las cont ri bute d to th e of th.I s flex ib le t o n gue a n d e xoti C ht era tur.e , f or !n ad dition to h e r t h e r e areat le ast thirty w n ters a n d phi losop h e r s in p etticoa ts who are lab o ring for the g r eate.st of Jap an e se renaissance . - Sczentific Amerzcan.

ft n d 'S t h · pr 1n hi s z a l t 1 r pa r h i ms If m nt a ll y f r hi w r k, i ndu e p h ys i a l w a kn '55 " hich r n , r s him unfit f r s u cc ss f u l t a bin . th c u r s f th exp e r z'e n ced t a h r ' h ent r s u p n h is ' r k in t h f II in f ir h · a lth a nd c m ·s u t f it in th s prin Jn a condition th a t d m a n ds a va c ati n f idln ss , mu c h b tt r. hy s ica l d n r acy a m n t a v ar i ·ty f ca u s s, but th v a ll th rs, I b li e v , is Ja ck f ph ic 1 rci se Wh " n v r a n indi v idual d imins hi s ac tiv b dily x rc is b y nd c e rtain point th e f ll win r s uits a r known t o c cur : Th e mu se ) 'S b com \1 ak an fl abby, th cir c ul a tion d im ish s in f r , th b lood I o s s la r g numb rs of its r e d c rpusc l es th r by a propo rti o n at amo unt of it s t<;> carry oxyg n, th e r sp ir atory capacity I S l e ssoned, th e xcretio n of waste is r et ard d, app et it fai ls, e n rgy for both m nta l a nd p h ysica l work IS lac kin oth e power to .res ist d is as is

In bri e f, the v 1ta l may b r educe d to minimum a nd t h e mdivid u a l becomes fitted for littl e e lse th a n food for micr obes

ne c essa r y t c u n t ra t Wh e v e r d c mmit a l tJ a a a 1n fo r , hi h h w ill an a ccount-p rh a p a physic ian.

ill ustra ted the

Physical Exercise.

F M WALTER IN NORM AL REVI E W.

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N an articl e in last month's Review, I attempted to s h ow th e value of a sound, h ealth y body to the teac h e r an d to e.mpha. h , ed of g i v in g more a tt e ntion to s iz e t e ne physical preparation f o r his work. Th e importance of the subject is my. exc u se for anoth e r ar ticl e a l o n g th e same lm e The t each e r s houl d b e e ducated, and educati o n means th e symmetr i ca l dev e l opment of b o d y, inte ll ec t ar:d .moraJ n a tur e Its aim is power, a nd this IS ga m e d on ly through a pra ctica l r e cognition of .. th e esse ntial unity of t h e human orgamsm. The ave r age t eache r only . fails to deve l op hi s body but, 111 most mstan ces, actually diss ipates or a ll ows to d ege n e r a t e what nature has furni s h e d him as a fr ee g ift.

No r is it difficult t o acco nt for thes e 1es ult s through natural ca us es . If we only b ea r i n mind m an is primaril y a n ins trum e nt of motion, th a t mor e than half of hi s b ody, by' w e ig ht, is mu sc ul ar tissue , that contract ion of mus c l es ass ists m a t er ia lly in th e circulatiOn. of th e b l ood, that intelligent physical exe rcise calls into play every portion of the bo dy, a nd that th e r emova l of 'th e function of an organ always c a us es it to d ege n e r a t e, w e may eve n find occasion to extol n a tur e for h e r l e .hie ncy. ·

Whil e the n ee d for physical exe rcis e among and students ·is ind eed very g r ea t, th e re .1s on th e oth e r hand s om e dan ge r of g omg to th e opposit e extrem e .

I am fr ee to admit th at th e re are 1 var i e ti es of ph ys ical exerc ise whic h . th e t ea cher can easily for go He can forgo that of the athl e t e or profe ssional wh ich aims solely a t muscul ar po wer or skill. That for mere pl e asur e's sake, of whic h th e dance 1s typic a l , h e can a l so for g o. All ex cesss

Th e amoun t of thi wil l of c ur . v a ry ith t h · i nd i ' idu a l m us t b e m o li fic d t ui t x i tin co nd it i n .. B ut w h n by t h x p rimentin ·, th · mo unt ·::t n I k i nd f x r is e h av b n e t e rm in ·d. i t should om in as a p art of e ch d a y's w o r k an 1 b e a s car a nd co n sci e ntioul y att e n d 1 t o a s the atrng o f a mea l or th e prepa rati o n of a les son.

Sclwol Ethics.

P opu. la1· S c i e n cr; J1font!tl)' · ·

E hav e much of o ut· n a tura l savag e i nW' stin c t w ithin us t oday which t r a ine d inte ll ec t must m ee t and overcome The t \vo a r e constaptly at war andoften er than not instinct prevails · •The saddest a n d st ran ge st of all anomalies; men w h o kno w wha t is go od and do what is ev il. " Sci e n ce is daily ma k in g discov e ri e s w hich shoul d alte r our co ndu ct yet do n ot. ''B e tw een o ld ideas a nd a ctio n th e con n ec t ion is s trong ; between n ew id e as a nd actior{ th e conn e ction i s weak."

Two mor e truths shou'l d b e n otice d: F ir st, childre n o f ci v i,l i ze d pare n ts have muc h tha is savage in th e m; second, as

''Both b y p r e c pt a nd example m u s t justice be tau ght in ou r s chool s, an d it s obser va nce strictl y enfo rced , b efore we m ay e x pec t to s ee fai r p lay in the ga me o f of life."

I n sp r ing we n ote t h e break ing Of every baby bud;

I n sprin g we note t h e w aking Of wi ld fl owers in th e wo od; In sunuu er's fu ller p o w e r , In s u n1n1 er's deepe r s o u l , Vle watch no sing le fl ower,We see, we bre at he the w h ole. - S cattered S e eds.

P a r ke Goodwin, once s o n -in-l aw of \ :Villi am Culle n Br y;.tnt, is n ow a pic tu resqu e old m an, full of r e mini s ce n ce, and a l w a y s r.eady to make. a n after - d inn er s peech , or delt ver a n orattOn conc e rning his illus trious relat1 ve

THE NORMAL C OUR..IER .

THE NoRMAL CouRIER. BUSJNE,SS DE,Pf\RTMENT .

A dvetlslng Rat es P e r i ncb, in g le co lumn, s i n g l e in se 1·ti n . .......... SOc. Specia l ra es furn ished on application to Bu si ness M anagers

J. J. KI N , I. E S T' ANF R , B u s in ess Ma n age r s

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

FAC LTV.

A . W. N RTO , A M . PrH NC J PAL , Teacher of Ps y c ho lo gy , Ethi cs , Logic a nd th e Bc e noe and Art of Te a c hing

I

MI E LIZA C M RGAN 1

Teaoher of Lite ra tu r e , Rhe t ori c , Gen e r a l Hi s tory an d Phy Biol ogy.

H. B D UNCAN ON , B , ., l,... M., Te acher of Botany , Ge o logy an d Zoolo g y

HERBERT BROWNELL, Teac her of Ch em strp Phy s cs a!!d Ast ron omy.

G W. EL LI S, B. A., A.M. , Teac h e r of Math e matics and La tin

MISS FL REN CE ?vJ. WRIGHT, Teach e r of Oral an d Wrlt:t e n Arithmetic.

MISS JENNIE McLAIN, B S , Teache r of United State s Hi s tory and Ge ography.

MISS MARTHA WINNE, Teac he r of Language a nd Grammar.

MRS. E B. CROWELL. Te acher of Reading, Drawing, Civil Government a nd Book Keeping

M I SS ANNA B. HERRI G , Tea cher of Prin ci pl e s of , In s truc ti on and Superintend e nt of Practice

MISS FLORENCE G. BENNETT, Prim a ry an d Kind e rgrten.

MISS MATT I E ELLIS , Pr e paratory De partm ent.

FRANCOIS BOUCHER, Teacher of Vo c al and In s trum enta Mu s ic.

!DILL A JEFFERY, "' Libra rian .

JOHN BLANKENSHIP, Janitor

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Hon . H R . Corbett . . Supt. Pub . Ins . , e:;t;-vffi cir>, Linc o ln .

Hon. J os. S Bartley State T reas , ex- officio, Lin co ln.

Hon. B E. B Kennedy Om a h a; t e rm e xpire s 1897.

Hon ..J. T . Sp e ncet; .. . .. D akota C it y; t er m ex pires 1899 .

Hon . Church Ho we .... ... .. . Auburn; t e rm ex pir es 1895 .

Hon. W E Majors -'· Peru; t e rm expires 1896

Hon. J. S. West .... . . . ... Benkehnan, t e rm expires 1898.

OFFIC E RS OF THE BOA RD

B. E. B. Kenr.edy - Pr eside nt

H. R. Corbett , Secretary.

JosephS. Bartley Treasurer.

EXECU TIV E COMMI'l"l'EE 1

Church Howe. W E. Majors. A W Norton

EDITORIAL.

Do Your n T hinlfin g

11 th is L manif<.s c.lispos iti n part f a gr at many p · 1 I thi g r ·at, hn nd, glo ri ous land >f ours t th ·r s l d thc·ir " ·n think in g f r h ·m ·s, mor e han hat, to \ ·n x 1 ct t h m t c.l i t. T hi s is a 'ry 1 usya;--, . \\ a v : ry I u sy p · pi . Tlwr h t dm a nc.l u r at t e nti o n , but that ac h an find t im : th in k in g o n ·v ry g r a\ th at d m ands c nt ·m rl at i was a t i m ' h ·n w is d m s h ou l d t a k th h lm in nt of th u g ht i t is n w a t i m e wh fl w is om a nd pat ri ti s m n d e d t o in st ru c t th y ut h s £ th n a ti n, wit h a w t o t h e ir h av in g a cl a r und rstan din g of th os prob l m s, w hich u p t o th is tim , h av b n co n s id r d a b s tru s , th an n ow; th e r e n ve r was a t-im w h n \ isdam was mor e n ee d d to I a d u s ut of thlabyrinth s of fa l s ho ods, h r s i - s a nd ism

that a r e gove rm e ntally, soc iall y, duc a tionally a nd m ora lly di s tr ac t.ing this country. than n ow . W e ha ve f o l1ow e d th e on e -man system s o f a r in our pu q l ic affairs in th is country that di sas t e r has com e upon us, and if w e hav e n o t be e n th e b e n e ficiari e s of this syst e m, we have b ee n ''payin g th e fiddler" as it were, this l ong tim e

It·see ms that upon qu es tions o f pub li c poli ty and welfare, we have a l ways look e d to some on e man , or n1 e n, to ascertain what was characteristic of the situation , and also to ascertain what 1 the r e m e dy for this or that particular ma l ady should be .

W e expect somebody to do thinking for us on the qu es tion and th e tariff qu es tion in po liti cs; w e ex p e ct som ebody to do our thinking for us on many

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qu ·sti ns f in lustry , : · n, duCaliCJn anc.l oth -r hunnn too num ·r us to r ·quir · it ·r.. tim In r . aim st s · ·ms lnt th · spl' i·di. t f UIH.I hi· fir t inc ·n in·, in thi s pr n ·n !:> ( I alto, !-? 111 · 1w l > I h ·ir f r th ·m

'H I\- i Jn h . many r 'a· n lik thi s n )\ , r \\'ll , a llc ss ful pr min -'nt a nk r h a n d ll th <.: m n c · ll' t i n i\ w wh t h cl s n t kn \\' a cut thi;; qu · ·ti n , I rtainly n t kn \\ s I think 1 am . af m b 1i , in t h . a m a · 1\ d \\ h y ?

That is hi · bus i n H I h a d a n y bu in affa i r f that n at ur , I h ul rt a inl ,.... t f r ad i , r f r : ·rv i s I will m y think in · f I n t th r m y. IF ·tb m at t r. I h t s wi t h ut Br w n t hinkin

11 h aY thi s of a g r at m a n y o n th mon qu tion.

ow th a t is a ll w 11 , if M r. Bro"' n IS a n honor ab l e, u n s e l l1s h m a n v.r h o do s not favor• .th a t w hi c h promot s his ovm int r sts or busin e ss) th o u g·h it may injur e th e int e res ts or busin e ss of o th e r s . B ut . up pose Mr. Brown is not thi s h o nor a bl e, uns e lfish m a n. as just charact e ri ze d , th e n th e consequ e;1ces are som e thin g l i k h is n es s is sp e cial; h e is a specialist, and will natur;lly favor and suggest such laws as wi ll be a benefit t o his 1m rtietllar busin e ss He has little or no r ega rd for the i nt e re s t or welfare of 'ot h ers I.,..lis selfishness and greed blind him . His mind run s in a and he cannot s ee t h e ri g hus of others Th1s makes him a v e ry succ e ssful man in his particular busin ess, H e in var iably is a good bank e r, but is h e a good statesman; for insta nc e ? Do e s h e consu l t the prop e rty produc e r s of th e world? Do es he h ave a,ny r e -

f r th i r pr p man 1 m r t ·wh m th [

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l ooks n all id s th \\ e lLinco l n arfi ld th ir thinkin p· th -r t qu ti n w ul I ha \ b · n a 1 wa r a t ta t sman N , in th th u ·ht th at is d mandin · u r a tt nti n-. duc-1li n a l or e xactly th f th sc h o l ro o m , ar ,, do in o· ur ; ,yn t hinkin , ,- do w e a ll ow a n d I t s m b d) to do thi thinkin o· f o r us? If '" - d n t d thi thinking, m e remind you , th a t ' a r e in duty b o und to step down a n d ut of th e prof e ssion . W e are n o t , canN t a nd . v. ill n ot gi , .e va lu e r ece iYe d in o ur w rk. In ot h r w o rd s as t eac h er s w e h av n o x c h a no· valu e . , \ N e ex pr ess our va l u e as t ac h rs in th e amount of o-ood I b v e ca n do . f \•ve do o-r ea t o·ood our va lu e is g r e at if ,. e do littl e our va lu e is l ittl e . 1 ?\\' ,. is our pur c h as in g power wh1ch It mio ht b e ? Do we r e pr ese nt th e '• hon es t cl_ollar," or · th e ''d ishon e st dollar ," as it w e r e , in the prof e ssion?

Ther e are h op ful s ig ns for th e future, eve r. W e daily- indi ca ti o n s of d es i.r es on part of p e opl e , to mast e r aff a irs that 111 th e past baffl e d th e ir f a th ers The h e lm w ill soon b e p laced in our hand s: a nd th e futur e mold e d by · our hon es ty industry a nd int e llig e n ce '

Let us ex h?rt you th e n to think for yours e lf ,_ and don t l e t your thinkin g run a utomaticall y ; nor don't run wheels in your h ead either, as is said in th e common parlan ce o f th e stre e t nothin g that will not stand th e analysis of r easo n. Ask qu es tions

T/-fE N O N lf AL C OUR.IE R and pa ss c riti c isms fr e e l y, but if y o u find someon e _ w h o _ does not think as you d , d c las s tfy htm at onc e as a fo o l or a lun atiC, and do. not b e grud g him a p lac 1n L1v e _ a n d l e t li v e , in t h ug ht, as 1n li f e . Th e r e IS a br ee ze for e v r y s a i 1 n th e inte ll e ctua l oc e an.

f mili t a ry s l r n _,.,. Lh \\' it " ill r Lurn t Lw J hou rs

Th . m n n ·d i t.

A Retrospection.

OB S ERVER .

1/Q S WE ar e n e arin g t h e e nd o f th e s e co nd '1-"\ term of ou r y - a r' s wo rk, it we r e w II, pe rh aps to turn th e l e t s c op e of r ev ie w I ack alo n g the cou r se of o ur pr a nd fin d i f w e a r e i n th e true l in o f th e pro o-r e s s i ve spir i t of an age. W e a re m o r e I e p ly c o nv inc e d that succ e ss is but th e th e rm o m e t e r, wh ich r eg ist e rs th e amount of im p o rt a n ce we attach to , and th e cons e qu e nt effo ,·t we g i ve t o th e va ri ous lin e s of our wo rk. Inde e d we find m uc h up on which w e m ay look w ith a f ee lin g of prid e . 'vV e r ej o ic e that th e Laboratory M e th od is th e method of ou r institution; that not o nl y in Chemist ry w it h th e t es t - tu be a n d lamp do we d isco ve r th e laws of ch e mi ca l fo r c e , bu t a l so on th e fie lds with st a k e and cha in , doin g, "sure e n oug h' la nd m eas ur e m e nt, a r e the truths o f mathematical sci e nc e impr esse d upon th e unfolding mind W e a r e mor e and mor e impr e ssed with the g r owi n g t e nd e ncy toward practic a lit y in our pr ese nt, day cours es of study. How eve r this t e nd e ncy m ay b e misunderstood, misjud ge d a nd cid e d by th e fogy ed u ca t o r, we cannot but thinks that the clouds will soon aris e r evea ling to the wo rld a system e f edL!cation. for far sup e rior to any eve r yet d ev 1s e d. fh e youth of Europe m ay eve ntually se e k its training in Am e rican instit u tions. Th e re is c e rtainly much ye t th a t i s superfluous in our c 1.1.rr icul a . ,

At the return of fa vo rabl e wea th e r we aga in shall look for th e e volution of our militia; w hich we are tru s tin g w ill b e with more precision of mov e m e nt and command that h e r e tofor e . We h ave b ee n astound e d at the lack of discipline, -that first esse nti a l

t hin g ca n m a k · a bu t tb· ill If ' a r Arm s ?

i nt r s t in s ur Js s u cc ss . W h a v b s r v d s oc i t y , rk dur in t h pa s t w ith un c mm o n in t r st a r c mp II 1 t s ay, i n r ga rd t t h ' ork, th a t j ud g in g fr m a c tu a l r s ui ts, w hi h, b th . way is t h o nl y c ri t ri n, t h r i so mthin g wr n g it h r w i th th t_h e o r o r th pr ac t 1c 'vV a r in c ] in d t o thtnk f th e la tt r. \ \ ' w ou ld 1 s r v c , jucl o- in cr from t h lac k f pr 1 a n d i nt r es t, th e a dv ant a g e s of d b a tin g s m n t to 1 e du ly apI r c iat e d by our s tud n t s, s urpris in g tho t! a 1 it m a y s e e m a m on . · t h o sr_ w h o a r go m for th t o sta nd in th e f r o n t in th m a r c h of int e ll ec t . \V e a l so ob se r v e a d cp l o 1·a1 Ie la c k of int e r e s t in p a rli a m e nt a r y \Vo r k. A knowl e dge of rul e s of ord e r is a 111:.e cl w hich s h ou ld _b e fully by ev e r y m e mb e r of· s o cJ ety. 1 c e rt a ml y o ug ht to b e m o r e of a s pirit o f h1 g h e r e nt e rpri s e and fr ee dom pervad in g th e soc ie t y li f e of our school. Th e ultim a t e a im of whi c h s hould b e th e develop m e nt of th e individu a lity of the student, and it should b e , e ntir e ly untramm e le d by any o th e r influ e nc e .

Th e l e cture course is surely a in th e pr og r ess of our in s titution and certaml y ought to m ee t with th e succ es s financi a lly that it do e s intell ec tually. Thou g h we do lack th e rivalry of cl ass ·es, · yet this is a in th e dir e ction of r e ncl e rin o- false th e Id ea b that th e Stat e Normal is d ea d.

Upon th e whole we are quite elated with our pr ese nt prosp ec t; and we f ee l that our sc hool is one of thos e mints which stamps and s e nds forth th e coin of ultimat e r e d e mption, or of intrinsic value-·th e int e ll ec tual cirulating m e dium of the rac e .

PRIMAR TM ENT.

The U c of f\. atu r E G B E ::":'\" ETf.

\",·b r a I.-a \1, 1/c · .\'or m al dwCJI.

to ay when h e sees a bi r d t . th at bird can S \ im, wh n p la nt wi th a quar tern th at i a mint . H h uld be ab l t cia s if · and o- n nl iz

T 1 r rr11 s h ,. hq h ·r ,,·n. ·· , . <· L s h (' i _ h --r a ll " ith -him wh t t in f r s whi h tr , -- rn th

f \\ "t h i n th Wttur a l ' " rid . a r u n 1 hi I ph r. n c ur a ";)· 111 n t f th i t n d n · t in v st i o-a t io n h a s pr du · d ray, g as s iz ·tn d F 1 · b I. cann ta ll o c c u py th e p ia th is no r as n w s h o ul d n t h a , · lif as w m ay - as il) aL t a in .

13ut w h a t dir c t r u.lt m ay b e ;--, a in d from t h st udy of [! a n ts o r ani m a ls in th sc h oo lr oo m? Th e c hil I by hims e lf, g ath e r s a o·e n c_r a l im p r e ss io n f th things s urr o un d in g h1m. H e s ldom s e e s thos e fin e r co n s tructi o ns w hi c h s hm n a tur e's b e auty. Th e . c hild mu s t s et:: . H e _must look till h e ga m s n o t o n] y th e promment feat r e s, but se e s th e d e li ca t e co m position. It is in the most intric a t e w o rkm a nship th a t nature ex c e ls.

T 0 se e is not e nou g h. It is th e first st e p toward why. Th e cran e ha s a lon g bill , the gopher has pock e ts. Th e sw ee t p e a has tendrils, the hors e ch e stnut bud has cottonlike scales. The child should see th e adaptation of parts to individual us e s.

The upper larger l eave s of th e a rbutus are brown lik e the sl ee pin g l e aves l y ing about the plant, th e pitch e r plant is g r ee n, butterfli es are the color of th e flow e rs th ey hover near, birds vary in color according to their homes. Th e polar bear is white, th e mountain b ea r bl ac k. Ad a ptation of color to home as a m ea ns of prot ec tion should b e clos e ly studied.

As a r es ult of good s ee in g th e child

But h h a n t tim to ta k up th e s tu d i \\' hi h " ·i ll b of no practica l Ya lu t h im in hi . !a t r lif e ou m a y think. \\ ill qui kn t r lat ions, ab ili t \· j u d · a nd b of n o a id t h im in th Iusic , pa intin ·1n d li t rat ur are n ee sities but h " mu h ri c h r i the life \\'hich enjoys th m. H w much bro a d e r a nd b e tt e r fit ted t Ji, , i th p rson \\ ho ca n s e e the manif st a ti n f b - a ut) in th oTas-s about him.

E · r p la nt a nd a nim a l xpands throug h th am Ia "' i\ h at e d ' ill bring ,.,·h ea t p la nt T h e , am flo w rs "' e l ea rn e d to I v Ia t ) a r will a w a k n fr o m th e sam e r o ts this sp rin ;r.

E n in th 10\· li es t in sec t s in th e road" a y, '' e s e th o s e sa m e ex ampl es o f harm on) a nd ac tivit y in ex ist e nc e. Th e re is n o thin a so lowl y but it shows its hi o·h e r b si cr ni fica n ce. Nat ur e st udy should brin g the c hild t<;> r eg ard a nd respect thos e s y mbols of hi g h er, nobl er thin g s about him.

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To me th e meanes t flower th at blow s can g iv e, Thoughts that do lie to o deep for t e ar s ." •

How Hickory Bud Awoke.

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H, dear m e !'' s_i g h e d littl e Hickory o.n e . m o rnmg ea rly in March. "l hope Isn t ·tim e to wak e up ye t, I a m so sleepy. And I am sure littl e Hick ory Bud would have yawned if sh e could but as she co lll?n't. sp e only shiv e r e d th e coo! mormng bre eze a nd went to sleep a gam.

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D ea r old nurs e_ Nature ·wouldn't let the bud b e a bit lazy, so she hurri e d a bt g gray cloud the sky, and th e sun so sorry h e htd his fac e and r efus e d to smd e , but nurs e Nature kn e w what sh e was about.

In a v er y short tim e down cam e a o- reat b ..

TJ-!E N Of 1/ AL CO R JJ:.-R. dr ? p of wa t r ri g ht in li c k ry Bud ' s Sllrp n s d li tt l f a c H w qu ic k l y s h aw k · ?n ! ·'Was th s un cry in g , " s h w n cl ·rH ow badly h must f e I f r d ow n sp lash e d big- r a i n - dr ops n, s ic! poo r lt tt l e H ic k ry B tel was w t md e d on th uts id , 1 ut i n s icl w as as wa r m and lry a s c u l d 1 y u m ust kn ow that n u r s a tur - is t ca r ful o f h e r c hil clr n, th 1 uds, to a ll w t h m to b ec o r:n c l d o r w e t f r want f p r 1 -r cl o t h t n g . ·

Eac h l i tt l e hick r y b u d is w r a a n d ro u nd in a b e aut i fu l li ttl br wn coa t s ca l es o t a b i t of w t o r co ld can t th.ro u gh . Th e d e a r b aby bud s s l e [ a ll Wi nt e r lo n g , rocke d by th e w i n d , as wa r m a n d c osy as any li t tl hum a n b a 1 y in th e h ou se L i ttJe Hickory Bud t h oug ht t h e s un c ri ed a ! o ng b ut rea ll y i t wa s o n] y a r e fr s hmg s p nng s how e r , a n d soon th s un w i th a br o ad sm il e on h is j o ll y r ound fac e pe ep d ov e r th edge of t h bi g g r a y c l o u d , m ak i ng its b e aut ifu l s il ve r lini ng s h o w. He s mi l e d ri g h t dow n o n -Hi ckor y B ud . Sh e was w ide awa k e n ow , a nd so wer e a ll th e oth e r buds a r o und h e r. H ow h ea lth y t h e y w e r e! H ow th e y did g r ow ! Mo rnin g a ft e r morn in g nur se a tur e gave th ' b u ds a d ewdrop b a th, an d t h e s un gave t h e m wa rm k isses a nd e n courag e d th e m to g ro w as fas t as th ey co uld.

Th ey g r ew la r ge r a n d la r ger. T h e pr e tty bro w co a t s b e cam e t oo s m a ll a n d burst at th e sea m s , sh o win g th e d a in ty dresse s w ithin . Litt l e th ey ca r e d if th e br ow n coat s di d w e a r ou t . T h e d ays were fa s t g r ow i ng warm. Evc: r y d ay b ro u g h t a fl ock of b i rds L ittl e patc h es of green were s h ow in g h e r e a nd th ere w h ere s n ow dr if t s h ad b ee n a f e w d ays b e fo re . Wh a t m a tt er if t h e coa t s did g r ow old , th e y we r e s u r e th ey s h o uld n eve r n ee d th e m aga in Ev e r y d ay t h ey g r e w l a r ger a nd fatter u n til o n e b r ig ht m o rnin g w h e n I l ooked o u t of my wi n dow to sa y ''Good Mor n i n g ," to m y littl e fri e nds , t h e bud s, t h e y w e r e n o l ong e r th ere B ut w h e r e eac h littl e b ud h ad o n its t w ig, th e r e d ance d in th e br eeze a b eautif ul bu nc h of t e n der g r ee n l eaves .

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W1 oys a n I g irl s about the b i r Is? . u know that wlwn the· days b t g r ow warmer, and th (' g ra ss ·s lJ • . 1n t p · ·p fr m th e ir ·arth l y IH'd a n J t h on th · tr c ·s Opt'n L > th, su n , th ·n t h IJttl l ir cJ s m · lJa k l us i \ nd no,,· ll k m · , h ·r 'doth· lJi r ds ·0111 : fr om " I \\'ill t l l vou . J .u rin g t h · long, o ld w in t e r t h l ir Is \\ Ouii fr · ·z if th ey staye d w i th u ' s

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\\i t h t h e weep f hi mi ghty wings, Till h e s hu dder· in o re amaze

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A i t Sllllllll n h r ba k fr o tn death , \nd h 1 ·epulchr i n the u w.

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u r s I , I in t h say, " \ V a k P• ·iri , i t is b ea u tif u l a ir a n d we s h ou ld

t h y fly fa r away t th · wa rm , sunny s ut h 1 ut w h n th s n o\\ lc·;:t v s a n I t h · d a ) s ar n l on g r co l I th ey tr a \ ·I th us a nds f mil s t m · b ack to us . T h 'Y \\"tk " u s fr o m m r n i n gs a nd s c:m to l i tt l b y , ·w a k ur li tt l · ut i n t h ' f r es h mornin u a ll b at wo rk . " ·

n c day i n SJ ri n g as I was i tti n g by m y w ind ow a nd wat c h i n g th b i rds as th ) built t h e i r n e s ts in t h t r ees n e ar by , for y o u kn ow do yo u n ot tha t wh e n th e I bird s come b ac k f r om t h e i r win t r h om s 111 th e o u t h , th ey m u st bu i ld n e w hom e s in th e North, as I wat c h d th e m wh at do yo u s up pos e I saw?

I w ill on l y t e ll yo u abo ut t wo of th e m t ocl ay and at so m e ot h e r time I w ill tell yo u m o r e .

Th e r e w e r e two bir ds th a t wo r k e d so ni c e l y t og e th e r and tri ed i n eve r y wa y to h e l p eac h o th e r. L i t tl e Mr s B ir d staye d in th e tr ee a nd as Mr . B ir d b r ought s m a ll s t ic k s , l eaves, t h eads a n d rav e l in g s s h e woul d w eave th em in bac k a n d forth jus t as w e do wh e n w e \i\reave ex ce pt th a t in st e a d o f a n eed l e s u c h as we use M r s. B ir d u se d h e r bi l l. vVh a t was sh e m a ki ng? vVh y, s h e was makin g th e n e w h om e or n es t. Som e t i m es Mr. a n d M r s. B i r d stop p e d t o rest from t h e i r work , th e n th ey sa n g a so ng o r fl ew a round a n d t r i e d to c a t c h eac h oth e r. The n th ey wou ld go back res t e d a nd r eady to work w i t h a ll th e i r strength.

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ftt a r c ll l ind.

W i l d s t pl a. yn1<1.t "• til' b y .· w a it h is Till h e 111 .· " i lh a wh o p f1· 111 t h e f ar n r t h e n t h e ig h t , w oo p d w 11 t h vall ys, a u d Y C I t h w dla u d_ , A u d h i t h cs hinn; c l f t o a. hun d r kit e

p , up t o t h e z n i t h t h r o Hg h f1 Is f 1\I a. r c h nnsh i u Vhil e e ag-s . t <l.f:' 5 • ta.s . Is f1 at far in th blue

Like tran g-c I n g tail e d b irds lVIa 1· h \Vin ci pull s t h e pl aythin g s, W h i l e t h e b y 1'<1. c b e l o w wi t h 1 u c\ hull ab a l o

W i t h a b l a..· t f,· 111 h is tnuup e t h e w eeps e r t h e n1 eado "·s, Ca ll t o th e wild Ho we. I·s a::;leep i n t h e ir bed;

'I' I ose, in es , J Os tl es the lil acs u g a t t 'l e 1 •

A d at JVli s Croc u s sho win ·her head. n ntp s

l:I e s h k 5 the l o n g' bows o: the s ilvery will o ws a e "pu s " Till th e littl e g ray 1ng a ll trcmples wi th fright;

l:Ie t osse s the elrn- b oug h s and tw i::; t s th e tall maples, A . k the d ead o a k l eaves fa r far out of s i ght nd w h tS s •

Th 1 f 11 of w ild frolic, M a r ch is a w ork e r · ou g 1 u . . 1 t 1 ' H e I for J:J.is e rr anc o c ea n t h e w i d e worldl as t o u ntry f · '1'0 t he v as c 10 111 i t s ocean to ocean sweep . . f. . • Till winter 's debrz s r om tts borclel·s i s hurl ed

l:Ie sw eeps it, and du s ts ancl sets i t in orderS hr ill whistl es t h e whlle from his mis chievo u s lips; The n with muster, b l ust e r, off he goes roaring T o set the s ea t oss t ng a n cl r oll t h e grea t ships.

E xc/ia11ge

Marc h Win d. -

Ob , t h e 'JVlar c h ':"ind s t ings a n d stings!

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0 g en tle finger press ra

On th e cowenng he l ays , But over h e r and sw ings

The keen n o rth win d pipes l o ud; w ift · uds the flying cloud· L1 o- h t the n \Y fallen sno w· Th i - lad ave dri p slow For glad spriug has begun, \ nd to th a rdent sun

Th arth, l o u · time so ble a k Turns a fi- cheek. Through th c l ear ky of 111arch Blue t o the t o pmost arch, w pt by the N ew Year's gale , The c r ow lamoriug, ail s By the wif t rivtr s flo od Th e willo w go l deti bl ood Mounts t o tlte h ighe t spr ay , More vivid d av by day ·

And fast the maples now 1·im on thr o ugh eve ry b o ugh, And from the alde r crown Swing the l o ng catkins b r o wn

G one is the w i nter' pain, Th ou o- h s o rro w till remain, Th ou cr h eyes w i th te ars be wet, The voice o f o u r regret We hu h t o hear the swe e t Far fall of summe r's feet . The Heavenly F a ther wise L ooks iu the saddened eyes · Of ou r unw o rthiness, Yet doth he chee r and qless. Doubt and De pair are de a d; Hope dares to rais e her head; And whispers of deli g ht Fill the earth day and night. The sn ow dro ps by the do o r Lift upward , sweet and pure, 'l'heir delic a t e bells, and s oo n, In the calm breeze of noon By lowly win dow sills Will lau g h the dafodils!

The stor_rn y March is come at last, The wmd an d c l o ud a n d chan g i ng sk i es I h ear th e rushin g o f th e blast That thr o u g h t h e snowy fl ies .

THE NORMAL COUR/J;R .

Locals.

J u h n Church v is its tow n of t e n.

Miss Ma i ka's siste r h as b ee n v is it in g h r.

Pr f. E lli s' h av na m e d t h e ir dau g ht r , tb y l.

W L . av e n port is a f r e q u e nt v is i t r i n tow n .

Stop at t h e D e lm o ni co Hous e d uri n g Th e s es .

r ace C ulb e rtson r e t ur n e d to h e r sc h oo l Feb. 25.

Wi!l ie No rto n r e c e n t ly r eg is t e r ed f o r th e ftr s t t1m .

M iss J u li a vVo r t h as r e t urn e d to t h e Un ive rsity .

Th e s tud e n ts ha ve e nj oye d coas tin g a s hort se a so n

Grace J ones is s t ud yin g mu s ic a n d pa inti n g i n Humbo ldt .

Miss V i na C a nn o n i s v is itin g fri e n ds in I ll in o is thi s w in te r.

] o h n a nd Ka t e Church att e nded th e Febr u a r y rec it a l.

Have you pa id your s u bs.c ri p tion t o th e NoRMAL C ouR I ER

T h e Ge rm a n cl ass is no w r eadi n g ' H e rm a nn und D o r e th e a. "

Th e geo m e try cla s s was invited to pa rt a k e of pi F e b. 25.

O Was hin g ton' s birthd ay w as enjoy e d as a h o li day at the N ormal.

M is s H e rri g a ttend e d th e T e ach e rs' A s s oci a tion at Humboldt.

Th e se c o nd ye ars hav e c h ose n Mr. Harvey S am s f o r Junior Cust o di a n .

May A t w at e r ' s sist e r visit e d her Friday an d Saturda y , F e bruary 16 and 1 7· \ h e V ir g il cl a s s drop pe d th e ir Latin work dunng th e l a st f our wee k s o f ,

l a y t \ al e r SJ nt F ri day, at urda a n d und ay wi th h r s iste r in l braska City .

Mi ss Ki tt i T yn n a n d \ Ii ss l aud Phill i s v is it d th ir h m durin th h I ida) .

TilE \ ' O R JJ•..JL Cc AIER.

r f I n , i u . 0 rt >n ad I th' ult ur , ·umsi_-h F ·b t • I · ·t ··m <' r s I , _. ·tnd

a l out th bird s .

c lass b a n of F b ru a;y . tax id rm W to th e org P r t r 's fri nd s a r l o kin g f rward t a vi s it from him at c mm nc m n t im .

Pr f. rton add r ss d th e R i h a r dson C unty ss oc iat io n a t I urn bo l dt on F e bruary 22

Th B ioi g ica l h as r ece n tly r ce iv e d a fin c II ct 1o n of m in e r a l s from th U n i v r s ity.

P r of. L i pJ? t is t_ ach i n g m us ic in th e b r a s k a C 1ty pub li c sc h oo l s He lik s hi s po s it io n we ll.

C . A . McM ill e n , w h o was a Seco nd Yea r s e v r a l years ago, is c l e rk in g in a s tor e in M o h as k a, K a n sas

Th e c o mmit t ee from th e se nat e a d de d $ r ooo t o t h e a m o unt ask e d by th e b oa r d f o ; wa t e r su pp li e s.

Our ol d so n g boo k s ha v e b ee n r e pl a c e d by n ew o n es . Th e c h a n ge is ap pr e ci a t e d by th e stud e nt s .

Th e m e th o d cl a s s h as d e v o t e d som e tim e to c o l o r a n d f o rm study, th e latt e r includin g cl a y mod e lin g .

Mi s s V a leri a Bab, a m e mb e r of th e trainin g c la ss r e c e ?tly .w.e nt t o h e r hom e in F alls City, for a bnef visit.

Mrs. J o yce spent h e r vacation in Omaha wh e n sh e bad th e pleasure of seein o- and he a rin g ''''Hamlet and Richli e u." o

M iss Li zz ie Br a tt found h e r m o th e r a nd fath e r waitin g f o r h e r in h e r room not lon g ago wh e n s h e w e nt hom e to dinn e r.

F. E. L ee p e r , a f o rm e r s tud e nt of th e W es t e ru N o rmal, h a s r e c e ntly e nt ere d the fir s t yea r cl ass of th e Stat e Normal.

Hue t l A! l or o v s "-- S t eve n o n s den a / parop e n e er A bbo cc· · drua scor u Ill b e very F ri da. a nd Saturda. .

T h , . ha , · : un g O t1\' vrts of th t\\' .-..., un a sc ri< ·s o f pr·1 · r 111 d n s Ia y · \ · ' n in u· ' t t h

Th . \ r ·, '> ( an I Li l l ia ll 1 f I I Th an r r , ursd;1., t n .J st<rt \ I r .. J

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i ll b o- lacl t i n f r th m 111 t \\

Orton add t-e s d t h e Farm r 's h e l d a t J o h n o n Jan r 2, on t h ''C ul t u r for 1:. a r m r ' Bo) s and

P r of Du n ca n so n s e nt a '' ay a n d obta in e d a l co h o li c s r ec im e n s of l obste r s , star-fis h s a t: d sea u rc hin s, f01· th e Zoo lo gy class t o d issect .

Th e s eve 1·e co l d in th e ea rl) p a r t of F e bru a ry int ei ru p t e d th e wo rk in th e practice cla sse s ve r y mu c h , th o u g ht n o t s o much as last y ea r.

Mr. D. D. A shl ey, m e mb e r of th e of '9 0 w h o h a s s inc e b ee n a la bor a tor y 111in th e hi g h s chool is n o w studyin g m e dicin e

Miss Z e lla M c Mullin, of O a kland , w a s promot e d with her g r a d e la st S e pt e mb e r and is now in charge o f th e S ec ond Int e rm ediate department.

If you will not b e in sch o ol ,durin g the ' spring t e rm l eave 25 c e nt s with T HE C ouRIER C o MPANY befor e you g o a nd TH E C ou RI ER will be sent to you.

Less than h a lf of our s ubscrib e rs hav e paid their subscription. Pl ea s e sav e us the troubl e of writin g you our thou g hts on this matt e r by a p e rson a l l e tt e r.

F i rst class is J ac k h a c l osed h r sc h oo l and "'i ll b at h m I r a f \\ wee k s pa r t ; f fri n I m t at h r h om F b 2.., to e e lbrat h r b irthda . T h ur pr ise '' as com1 t

) u n o- l adi s of th e D o rmit o r ) a r e in t t f d ej c ti o n. O n e of t he ir flock '' n f r a tim . nd n O\\ th e app ear£ ·Mi L) d ia Ba rn es is th e sig n a l for ra l upr i in;-, f '' e lco m it ) a n d Beatr ic e La un dry s . ge n c ie a t a n c 's b a rb e r s h op and 1I r. J ac k 's s t o r e r spec ti e l). a d ve rti se in th RIER a n d sh o ul d h ave ) o ur p a t r onag in p r e fe r e nc e t o a n y oth e r fir m.

O u t of th e r e spec t of th e m a n y f ri ends w h o '' o uld fee l th mse l ves in dut y b o u nd t o a tt e n d e er s ess ion of th e Th e s es exercises t h e p r s e nt se nior c lass so m e ti rr e a go me t a n d d ec id e d t o h a ' but one s e ssion.

!i ss li ce W hitt a k e r , o f P e ru , gua r a nan t ees s a ti s fac ti o n in a ll kind s of dr e s s m akin g, c utt iu g a n d fittin g; s ew in g b y d ay p refe rr ed; s t ud e nts p a tron age s o licited ; c o m : muni ca tion b) m a il w ill r e c e iv e prom p t a tt e ntion.

M r s . Sa m p s o n , M r s . o rt o n ' s m o th e r , fr o m th e bu ildin g t o th e dormit o r y f o r dmn e r la st d a y o f F eb n .).a r y . Thi s is th e first tim e s h e h as be e n o ut sin ce th e a c c ideri t. M rs Norton still c arri e s h e r arm a sling.

The Political Ec o nomy cl a ss h a s h a d som e . ex ce ll e nt dis c ussions on th e mon ey qu e sti o n a nd fr ee trad e . P e rh a ps in th e n ea r futur e on e of the m e mb e r s of th e c l as s will writ e a Politi c al E co n o m y ,,_, hi c h w ill not adv o ca t e f ree t ra d e .

· Upon questionin g th e int e rm e di a t e d epartment to find how much e a c h h a d un de rof Major Dan e 's mornin g t alk, M is s Hern g th a t Earl H ad s e ll h ad c o mpreh e nd e d n ea rly a ll. M any of the

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sc ie n t i fic fa c t s w e r e b e yo nd him , but t h · g e n ra Lli n e o f th o ug ht h g r as p e d; u s in g m a ny .of t h e s a m e t e rm s t h a t th e 1a j or l id . Fe w· o f th e o th r c hi ld r e n of t h a t d - p a r tm e nt car r ied a way s m a n y th ug h t s, tho ugh m o st of th e m had s om .

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A a nd a pp r e c 1a t 1ve audi e nc ass e m b l ed t o li s t e n t o M a j o r H e nr y a n e p r es e nt in hi s m os t e l o qu e nt m a n n e r, ''Up th e Rhi n e a n d ov e r th e A l p s w it h a Kn aps ac k . " T he a udi e nc e s ee m e d h a rdl y t o brea th e durin g th e sp ea k e r ' s grap hi c narrati o ns, a nd th r o u g h o ut comm a n d e d t h e un w av e r in g att e ntio n of e v e r yon e

Y. P . S . C. E . g av e a pe nn y so c ia l at the h o m e o f M r. C. W. G illil a n , Fe b 23 Gam e s we r e indul ge d in and f r o m th e hum and b uz z a by s t a nd e r wo u l d t h at e ac h • and a ll we r e · thor o u g hl y e nJ OX m g t.h e ms e l ve s Th e gam e o f ''a ni m a ls fur nr s h e d a gr e at d e a l of amus e m e n t . s o m e f o r t h e firs t ti m e fi n d in g out w h at t h e y w e r e , and upon th is d isc ove r y p e a ls of la ug ht e r r e sou nd ed a n d ' ·Oh ! I a m a s c r ee c h -ow l," ' ' 1 ' , o r '' I am a n oposs um ," o r '• I a m a oo n, etc. Abo ut 9 :30 r e fr e s hm e n ts we r e s e r v e d and t h e n w h e n th e cocks c r e w th e g u e sts d e part e d an d s il e nc e r e ig n e d.

As Jud g e No rri s was un a b l e t o m ee t hi s e nga ge m e n t b y so m e u n fo r se e n p-r ov ide n c e , R ev . Fr a nk Cra n e, of O m a h a was s u bs ti t uted . T h e sub je ct of hi s add r ess was ' ' C asof Atlantes . " H e p r e s e nt e d a v e ry vi vId of t h i s cas tl e and h e a l so d esc nb e d and gav e ill us t ra t io n s of fiv e oth e r

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T h e n t o Jll ust r at e th e va l u e o f t h e fo ur m e nt a l op e r at ions , _h e th e d iscov e r y of th e t e lescop .e . rts hi s t ory, a n d fi n a ll y gav e u s a w o rd p 1ctu r e of t h e app e a r a n c e of t h e sou th e r n sta r of t h e c r o s s a n d o n e of t h e s t a r s of th e tri a n g l e , as see n t hr o ug h a very powerf.ul t e l e scop e . H e a l so ta lk ed fo r s om e t1m e of th e p r oo f s ex is tin g , th a t Fra nc i s Ba c o n a n d n o t W m. S h a k esp e a r e , is th e aut h o r of S h ak e sp.e a ,-e 's p lays. Th e good d e ri v e ? m ee t111. g s u c h m e n as M a jor D a n e I S In va lu ab l e , If fo r n n o th e r r ea so n th a t th at w e r e a li z e how li t tl e w e h a v e yet acco m p li sh e d

F ri d .a y, F e b 8 , a c o m mi tt ee fr o m t h e s e n at e . c o ns ist in g of m e mb e r s, v isit e d t h e N Qr m a l. T h e y d id n o t r eac h h e r e till e v e niil g , s o saw littl e of t h e .sc h oo l.

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t?.r H E Ph il o t r g r a m s h a b e n a T a t s u cc e s s th is t rm. l most ' f) m e mb e r h a s spok e n '" ith o u t p a p e r .. so m -t im e s usi n g n o t es and s o m t i m e s n ot. T h m e mb e r s n o l on ge r t h r a t n t h e p ro o:ra m co m m it ·e e w it h a s k ull a n d c r oss bo n s. wh e n ask e d t o sp e a k xt e m po r e , bu t b r a v el y f ace th e a n d sp e a k till th e p r es id e nt ca ll s ti m e . Th e s ubj ec t o f \A.To ma n ' s S u ffra ge was d eba t e d in Phil o, F e b . 22 , by M iss e s L oo mi s a n d Ch ase, affirmat ive, a n d M iss

A g n e w a nd Mr K i n g, n e ga t iv e . T h e deba t e w as th row n o p e n t o t h e h o u se a n d s o m e po int e d r e m a rk s wer e m ade o n b ot h si des . Mr s . G a t es m ad e a s h o rt t a lk a nd

it w a s ve r y int er e s tin g as w e ll as in s tru e ti v e . M rs. Ja rl ey (C a rri e Dun ca ns o n) gav e h e r f a mou s wax wor k s h ow in P hil o, Fri day 22. Th e Juni o r s ca m e to s ee thi s mag ni fica nt sh ow, a n d f r o m th e s mil es th at app e a r ed

' o n th e ir face s we ,kn ew it was e njo ye d by a ll. ·

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T h d b a t in c r a sin g in int e r est . Th q u - ti n this t rm hav e not b e e n lim itd to th ubj c t u n d r stud y, b ut h ave b n u po n th I a di n g qu e st ions of th e d a . Th e cli ff r n t l in e s o f "' ork ar e e s se nti a l t o f anjt so c ie t y, yet we fee l o zw uc s i du t o t h e in d i v id u a l effort of ac h m e mb e r , a nd ' e inv it e a ll st u d e n t s "ill in o· to put fo r t h such an eff o r t , t o j oin us . t e rm ' s work close with th e Op e n S si o n to b e h e l d Mo n day ev enin g, !l a r ch r 8

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Everett Societ y

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b e e n di v id e d int o t o pic s fo r eac h ve n1n g a s f ll ows :

' ' ut-l oo k A bro a d ;" '• Comm e n s ur a t i n f Wa s hin g t o n; " •·Hawa ii; " ··Hy pn t is m ;" and " Edu ca ti o n a l Affairs. "

Ca r e ful wo rk h as b e n p ut n s ubj ec t a nd a ll h a v v ine d a s tr Inte r e st in th e p ro g r a m a s l r s -·nt d. ur '' Op e n S ess ion " w ill b e b as d n th e a bov e topics and we ar e sur e will m e t hig hest e x p e ct a tions of th os who a r Inte r es t e d in us. Th e pro g r a m is :

TOPI CS O F TH I· D AY.

1. Mu s i c ··

Q u a r t e tt e .

2. Introd u c ti o n - R evo luti o n v s . E v o luti o n . . .... ·

Mr. Kl o tz

3 . Talk- Prog r e s s o f N a ti o n a li s m ... . ... . . . ·

Mr. H e rmi e

4. T a lk- Revo lu t ion o f Indu s try b y M o d e rn Inv e nt io n · · · · · · · · ·

Mi ss M o s e s

5 Mu sic- Vio lin Trio

6 Pap e r - Hypn o ti s m

7. C h o ru s- .. .. ..

Mr. Wittw e r.

8 Am e ri can Co ll ege Spo rt ·

M r. Upt eg r o ve.

9 R e citatio n - F annie St e bbin s a t F oo t-b a ll. ···

Mi ss S me dl ey .

10. Illu s t ; ati on- C o llege Sport. ·

11. D e b a t e-Reso l ve d , That H awa ii s hall b e ann e xed to the Unit e d Stat es ? ·

A ff ., Mr. F Maj o r s, Neg ., Mr. Giffin.

12. Mu s ic- ·

S o l o .

13. T a lk- Evolutio n of W oman

Mrs Joyce.

14. P a per-You in your little corn e r, I in mine , ··· Mi ss Bridge

15. Chalk Talk ·····

Mr. L a Pie rre.

All are w e lcom e to join us as w orking m e mb e r s .

Jun or So c i ety.

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s n f r u t r n ac c o unt o f t h e L g is lat i v c e o c cupyin g t h e r c pt io n ro m o n t h e \ e nin gs of F e b 8 a n d 22 the soc i t y h e ld th ir se s s io n in M is s E lli s' roo m.

Th e soc ie t y h as of lat e b ee n h av in cr co nsid e rabl e p r a cti ce In p a rli a m e n ta r y rul s , a lso in e lo cution

Th r e ha s b ee n a r s o lu t i o n pass e d to th e e ffec t th a t a ll vi s i to rs sh a ll b im ite d and s h a ll hand th e ir n a m e s to th e p e r so n invitin g th e m who sh a ll h a nd th e m t o th R e corc'in g S e cr e tary.

Mr. R eed Dillon g a ve the soci e ty a n Inter e stin g t a lk on th e deb a t e , F eb I 5 , w hich was a ppr ec ia t e d by all.

Th e h e l pe rs in th e soci e t y a r e Miss Winne, Miss J e ff e ry, and Prof. Duncanson, who hav e g r e atly th e soci e ty b y th e ir competent s u g gestions.

Th e soci e ty has for its memb e r s s tudents from th e second el e m e ntary, fi r st and second pre paratory.

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.} 0 11 la v a wreath o n murde red Li n col n s b ie r ! ) 'o u: wh o with m oc k ing pe ncil wo nt to t r ace ; Dr a d f o r t h e self- compl acent Brit i sh s n(;!er, His l engt h of s ha mbli ng li m b, his fu rr o we d fa ce ! H i;; gau n t, g·n arl cd h a n el s his unk e m-p t , b r i s tly h a ir, H is ga r b un co u t h, h is b eari ng i ll at ease, H i s l ac k of a ll w e prize a s d ebo n ai r , Of p owe r o r will to sh in e, o f ar t t o pl eas e } o n , wh ose smart p e n backed up th e pen cil' s la ugh, J udg- i ng each step as tho u g h th e way were plain; R ec k le s s , so it c o uld point its p a rag r a p h, O f chief 's p e r pl e xit y , o r peo ple' s p ain .

B eside this c o rps e, th a t bear s f o r w i nding-sheet , Th e s ta rs attd stripe s he lived t o r ear anew, B etween th e m o u r ners at hi s h ead a n d fee t, S ay, scu r r il- jester, is there r oo m f o r yo u ?

IN FANTR Y-COM PA NY A

H ug h J oy , 2d Li eut. Chas Tuck er. S! Serg·ent COMPA NY B

Yes,- he ha d lived t o shal1H! me .f o r m:y To l ame :n:Y pe n Ci l, and c o n fu te m y penT o make me own t his hin d o f prin ces peer, T his r a il-splitt er, 'U. tru e -b o r n kin g o f me n M y sh allo w j u d g m en: t I had lear nt t o h ie N oti n g ho w to o c c a sion:• ;; he i g ht h e r ose,· H ow his wi t :m a de h o me -trutli s eem m o re true, H o '\v, -iro n -l ike1 hi s temper g r e w b y blow s

How h u mble y e t h o w hop e f ul h e co ul d be: Ho w in good fort u ne and i n ill t h e s am e : No r bi t te r in s ucce ss , no r b o a s tf ul h e, Thir s ty for go ld , n o r feve ri s h f or fam e H e we nt abo u t hi s work- s u c h wo rk a s f e w Ever h ad laid o n h e a d a nd h ea rt and h a n dA s o n e w h o kn ows , w h e r e t h e r e s a t a s k t o do , Ma n s hon e s t w i ll mu s t h eaven ' s g o od g r ace co mm a nd; W h o t ru s t s hi s s tr eng th w ill wit h th e b ur den g r ow; Th a t God ma k e s in s tr um e nt s t o w o rk hi s w ill , If bnt t h a t w i ll w e c a n ar ri v e to k n o w , No r t am p e r w it h the we i g ht s o f g o o d o r ill.

So b e w e n t f o rth t o bat tl e, on th e s i d e T h at h e fe lt c l ea r was L ib e rt y s a n d Ri g ht' s A s in h i s plea s an t b o y h oo d h e h ad pli e d Hi s w arfare w it h r ud e Na tur e' s th wa rti ng mi g h t s -

Tb e unc le ar e d fo r e s t s, t h e u nb r o k e n s o il, The i r o n-bark, th a t t urn s th e lu m b e r e r ' s a xe , Th e r a pid , t h at o ' e r b e a r s t he b oa t man s t o i l Th e p r a iri e , h id i n g th e mazed w a nd e r e r' s tr ac k s Th e amb u shed I n d id n, a nd th e prow lin g b ea rSuc h we r e th e n e eds th a t h e lp e d hi s yo uth t o train : R o u g h c ulture- but s u ch tr ees l arge fruit may bea r, If but th e ir s t oc k s b e o f r ig ht g irth an d g r a i n So he g r ew u p , a d e s tin e d wo rk t o d o , And live d t o do it ; f o ur l ong- s uffe ri ng y ea r s Ill-f a t e, ill- fe e h ng, ill-re p o rt , li ve d thr o u g h, A n d th en h e h ea r d th e hi s s e s chan ge t o ch ee r s. T he t a unt s to tribut e, th e abu s e to pr a i s e, And t oo k both with the s ame u nwa v e rin g m o od :

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• as t r - tim . Th r is a g r a t f ac t a sur in t h e v r y in s tituti n it s I f. As th e bs e r va n c e o f t h e F ir s t d a y f t h e w k f r th e Sabb a t h is a d c l a r a ti o n o f t h e f a ct f th e r e su rr c ti o n o f J e s us C h ri s t fro m t h d ad, a n d so , is t h fo r e - m os t day o f t h w e e k , s o i n a m o r e e min n t d e g r ee is East e r -d a y t h e f o r e - m os t d a y f t h e w h o ] y e a r C hri s t m as m a y w e ll b e r g a r d d as a g r e a t da y , b ut th b i rt h o f t h e R e d e e m e r is o nly t p e fi r s t st e p in th e g r ea t wo rk of w hi c h th e r e s urr ec ti o n i s th e co nsumm a ti o n. With o ut th e r e s urr e c ti o n o f C hri s t th e r a l ob j e c t o f hi s co mi ng wo ul d h ave be e n mi ss e d.

Now th e r es urr ec ti o n o f Chri s t is n o t m e r e ly affi rm ed ?Y th e Eas t e r -s e r v ice but it is a lso t o a c e rtam d eg x: e e , p r ov e n to b e a f ac t.

.As a p r oo f, jt s :ra lu e d e p e nds l a r g e ly on th e d a t e in w hi c h It b e g an t o b e obs e rv e d. T h e first r ecor d of it w hich w e find in auth e ntic hi s t o ry is in th e s ec ond c e ntury, but ther e it app ea rs as a m a tt e r of controversy , as to th e pr op e r d a y f o r its obs e rvanc e, cl e arly pointin g t o a much e arli e r p e riod for ts first obs e rv a nc e , a nd which may run back to a tim e ve ry n e ar to th e of th e apostl e s . So s ee that as a proof it is of .much valu e . It 1s n o small matt e r, that w e have a day that back t o s o early a p eriod commemoratm g an e v e nt of so much importance to us. This w e may w e ll ohs e rv e with a sense of assurance and triumph; it .might not be wis e to r e st our f a ith upon this, as a sole evid e nce, that has come do w n to us, of this e v e nt.

There is another and far mor e convincing proof, in th e fact that christianity surviv e d the first century, at all, or perhaps we might rath e r say that christianity ev e r survived th e sh o ck it rec e iv e d in th e untim e ly d e ath . of its found e r.

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Th e t e nu e n c y ? f o n e ,p oe t is n at ur a ll y to fa ll n o w a nd th e n 1nt o th e sw ee t ly in si p id; of th e _ot h e r, . to w a n cl e r aw a y in to th e tang le d r eg ro n s of t h e g r o t e s q u e It is p e rhaps o n l y n atur ;d th a t u nd e r suc h condit i o ns th e o n e po e t sho u ld be p r o f o un d ly co n ce rn e J f o r b e a ut y o f f o rm, a n d th e la tt e r a l m o s t a bso lut e l y indiff e r e nt t o it. N o po e t has mo r e fi n i -; h e d b ea ut y of styl e an d e x q ui sit e char m of m e l ody tha n Te nn y son. N on e cer t a in l y ca n b e m o r e oft e n wa n tin g in g r ac e of fo rm a nd d e li g ht of s oft so u nd th a n M r. Browni n g . Th ere a r e ma n y p assages a n d e v e n m a n y po e m s o f Brow nin g w hi c h s how t h a t th e poet co ul d b e m e lod io u s if h e wo u ld ; b u t h e s e e m <; som e t i me s as if h e took a pos it i v e d e l ig h t i n p e rp l exin g t h e r<:>acl e r 's ea r wi t h untund ul so un ds . M r. B ro w n in g co mm o nl y a l lo ws th e st u dy o f th e pu r e ]y psy c h o lo g·ica l t o a bso rb too mu c h of h is m oo d s a nd o f his r:T e n b

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. . p p u la ri t) He is a g r eat poe t b y vt rf hi c omm a n din g g e nius , hi s f e arle s s irna in a t io n hi pe n et r a tin o· patho:. . H.e trik a n ir n h arp s tr in g . I n ce r ta m of. h is m o . h i p o tr is li k e tha t of the te r nbl e 1 ·r in t h ,, e ir d ld Scottis h ball ad , th e I -r that w a mad of the m u r dere d mai dn br a st bone, and "h ich told i t s fe a rf u l t r in t n 'th at w ould m e lt a h eart o f t n In t r n CTth a nd de p t h of p a s si o n a nd p atho , in ' ild h u mo r , in em otion . .:o f \ r ; ki n d, ti r . B r m n in g is m uc h s u penc:r t T e n n · on . T he Poe t L aureate IS th m re c o m pl te ma n M r. T e n n yson is b on I do u b t t h e m o st c o m p lete of the p oo f u n icto r ia' s ti me . N o o ne e ls e comb inat io n o f me lody, beau£ de c ri p ti on cu lt ure a n d pO \\ e r . H e ha s a n d s tr ength 10 xq u isite c o m bma t ion If a JU s t ·bal a nc e of p o et ic p o ' e r s were t o b e t h e crow n of a po t, the n u n do u bt e dly M r. T e n.n y s o n must b e procl a i m ed th e po e t o f o u r time . The r ead .er s e s t imate of Bro w ni n a or T e nn ) s on will pro bab ly be deci d ed b ; h is p r edil e cti o n for t h e hi g h e r <?r for the m o r e perfect art. Br owm n g s IS sur eh the hi_g-h er ai m i n po eti c a r t; but of th e a·r t w h ich h e e ssa y s , T e nn y s on is by m o r e t h e more comp l e te ma s t e r. Tenn ys o n h a s un dou b t edly th rown a way m uch o f his s wee tne s s , a nd h is ex q u isi te g race. of f o rm on m e re tr iAing s and p e tty co n c e it s: a n d pe .. ha ps a s a r etrib u t ion t ho s e poe ms of his w hic h a r e m os t fam ill ia r in the p opular m o u t h ar e j u s t t hos e tha t do ju s tice t o hi s ge n uine s tren_g- th a n d i n t e llect. Th e ch eap s e nt im.e n t of '•Lad y Cl ara V ere de V e r e ", t !1e yet ch eape r pat h o s of ' 'The May Q u een" , a r e in th e min ds of th ous a nd s , t h e c h oi c est r e presentat ion o f th e genius of the p o et ,.v h o w r o t e 'In M e m o r iam ", a nd t h e '•M or te d ' A r thur " . M r . Br ow n in ()' on th e b o t h er ch o s e n to cou rt the a ppr ova l of his t i me t erm s of s uch di sa dva ntage a s a n ora tor m ight b e wh o in sisted in add r e ssing- a n a ss f mblag e in some t o n a ue w h ic h they bu t im perfe ctl y u nde rs tood . o It i s th e fa ult o f Mr. B r mv nin g himself if h e has for h is o n ly a u d ien ce a n d a d mire rs , m e n a n d women of cul tur e, a n d misses alto -

. Tf-.IE N .RMAL C( J(/J::N g ethe r that broad public ' a udi n c t w hi c h m o st poets hav e c h os n t s i n g , a n d w hi I a ll true po e t s , on e wo u ld think, mu s t to r e ach w it h th e ir son g It is hand assuredly M r. T e nny s n ' s has by his t oo fr q u e nt c nd es c n s io n t drawm g r oom, and eve n t h e y u n g la di ·s' school , mad me n a n d w m e n t cu l tur f rg e t .for th m o ment hi s b s t t hin gs , 1n l c:ed.t t h im w ith no hi g h e r g ift th a n that f sm g 1ng" Virgini bus p u eris qu e. " n c qu a lity ou g ht to b e m e ntion d as c mm n to thes two po e t s , w h o h av s li tt l ·Is 111 co mmon .

Th e y ar e both abso l u't l y fa i t h fu l t ture a nd truth i n th e ir p ic tu r s f t h ·art h and its s ce nes and s ea so n s A l mo s t a ll h · gr at po e ts ev n of the p ast a g , cv n lnc ludi'Ilg Word sw o rth h i ms e lf w r n ow a nd th e n cont e nt to ge ne r a l iz e 1ntt.: r e ; t t a l · so me things for g r a nt e d ; to u s th - ir m n:ory or th e ey e s of ot h r s . r at h e r th a n th e 1r own eye s w h e n they h a 1 t o d s cr il c h a n ge s on l eaf, on s ky o r wate r. Jt is t h c h a ract e r ist ic of T nny'so n and B r own in g t hat th e y d e a l w ith natme in a sp ir i t f th m os t f a ithful l oy a l ty o t th e branc h o f a tr e ·nor th e c r y o f a bird. n o r th e s hif tin g co lo r s on sea and sky w il l b e f o und d s c ri b e d n their pag e s otherw ise th an as t h e e y e s<:. s for i t s e lf a t th e s e aso n o f w hich t h e 1 o t te lls In re a din g T e nnvson' s d es cript i o n of w ood land and fo r e s t sc e-n e s . one mi g ht a lmost f a nc y, that h e ca n ca t c h th e pecu l iar i ti es of -s o und in the ru st hn g a nd moan i n g of eac h se p a rate tr ee . _In some of M r. Brown in g' s p i c tur es of I tal1 a n sce n e ry eve ry d e tail is s o p e rf e ct th a t m a n y a o n e journeying a l on g an I t a li a n ro a d, a n d wa tch i n g th e l ittl e mou s e - co l or e d cat tl e as th e y dri nk a t th e s tr ea m , may f o r th e m ?m e nt a l m os t f e e l un c e rtain w h e th e r h e I S l ook in g on a pa ge of livin g r ea lity , or r eca lli ng to m e m o ry a pag e fr o m th e auth o r .of ·'The Rin g an d th e Book " .

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_C::... OLOMON, o n e of th e m ost h o n o red of C!2J m e n. o n e o f vvea lthi es t . m ost l <:> a rncd and wis es t o f m e n , t el ls u s t h at w isdo m 1s

bett r t h an rul J i ·s <tn I a l l h i n o- h a t h hea r t ma y cl ·s i re . cc r d i n <r t es o f m n - a ma n up n th · u th r . L t u s and str i v u t <<-•lw a n d <l..ftal t h ' - a r fo r a c rr · ·t a n . ,, - r, an i I a o d 's e s tim a t' , f t h ' l i,· , · f m n W ' ill n t c n s id r t h · t w me r l y fr m a human ·vtndp i nt bu t f r a sc riptur a l. \ II. wh is th · ·wi n ?" l\ll any ' ill a n " r, · 't h ' m a n \\'h derstanJ h ist r), . i n d a rt. wh o b his vas st r kn \\' I d,....: \ ri d c-u1, with " - rd . I a minds f m ' n r t f n a turte ll th " 111 all tr ) b t n · a n d ph ilo s phy - r XJ I t·e th ' oriel a b ut us. t - llin h o " fat· th e p l a n ts ar fr m th · a r t h , h o muc h t h y i ·h , tc. u h a non , th 1 op l. a ) is tho y o u r ea l!) t hi nk s ? tru e? o s Lh e man "h lea rnin g, always u s it mot ' is I)? rJ!

T h e n mu c h kno wl , ma n ) tim s, ma k ··me n m ad · (you n eed not b e a larme d, h owev e r,) a nd th n kuo w l e dl;-c is n ot alv, ays wisdom,.

H e who u se s the kn ov, l e d ge h e pos s sses for t h e b e st inter e sts of his soul, and the happin e ss of h i s f e ll ow ma n , is th e man of wi sdo m.

Ma n m ay not b e v e ry l e arned, rn a) b e poo r a nd humbl e, but if h e u ses that which h e h as for the glory o f Go d. t h e n he is w is e for ·'the fear of t h e Lo rd is th e b eg innin g of a ll true wisdom. "

'· L e n o- th of clays i s in her (wisd o m 's) right h a nd in h e r lift han d rz'clz e s and h onor " Vv who i s th e foolish m a n , you a sk ?

I s it h e wh o is taken to th e asylum, th e ''good n atur e d s impl eton ," th e one w ho by his clowni sh words th e crowd upo n th e s tr ee t ? No. n ot !alw ay s for h e m ay b e a c ultu r e d ma n - a m an of the tim e s - poss e ssi11 g a fine libr ary; influent ial and rich in this world ' s good s; a m an, wh o is sh a r p a nd s hr ew d in bu sin es s affa irs , read y to mar k quick l y t h e a dvant ages an d di sadvantage s

c o rnm r ia\ li f . but where he fails to e w i - i in t h r i ht u e o f his kn o wle dge w d w a lth , f r th hia h and noble interests f h i u l.

· ·Th f I h a th s aid in his heart there is n I. ' and s o all mora l qualities a n d the fi n r fib r f hi life a r e and dep i d . \II h

m n.

Th u -h h ' a " e althy, and p robab l y rn d b caus e h i tho u o-h ts were no highr th a n the thin g- s o f ea rt h, the L o rd sai d; ' i'h o u f ol, this nig ht th s oul sh a ll be requir d f th ee, th en w h ose thir .gs s ha ll th e s e b - "h ic h thou hast pr ov id ed? "

T all m e n , God has given gifts-such as bod) soul, li} t a le nts , tz'me, oppodttn z'ty a n d it i his pr i il ege to get kn owledge, which all hould do. but to ·crown all t he s e and bee a compl te m a n in the t ru e sens e , we should w z'sdO?n from on high, to di r ect us in ri o·ht pa ths. that \ Ve might use our f or th e highes t and lz.olz'est in terests ·of th e ne ve r d) in g man-t h e s oul.

For w hat wa s man created ? To be a m ere cab in e t, a store holds e for material only , filling u p his mind with thoughts of bu gs , sh e lls , co a l. rocks, tr ees flowers a n d even plane ts? Vla s he cr eated t o be co me a m e r e money m a king m achin e , to eat an d drink and s leep, and then die and b e forgo tte n? No, th is wa s not to be th e destin y of m an. but he wa s created for a h iglz er, holier and a nobler destin y . Men are placed in th_is w orld for a purpo s e , and that purpos e I S t o develop p u r e char acter, b y learning God ' s.la ws , and tht-n bein g true to t hose laws wh 1ch most conce rn his e t ernal .welfare has it s p l ace, and a nght •us e, and a s m e n strive to cloth e th eir bod ie s in raiment th at perish , so th e ) s h ould s tn ve to clothe their nev er d yino· ma n-the soul , w i th a ga rm e n t of pur ity , f o r as t h e chara cter is sha p ed a nd

fo rm ed is t h is wo rld, s o it w ill r ma in t a ll e t e rnity.

U n de r th e laws of Go d, m a n 's sp iri tu a l int e r e s t s s h ould be fir s t, a n d grea t es t. '' S " k y e fi rs t , th e kin g dom o f h av e n , a n d al l o t h e r th i n g s s h a ll b e a d d d . "

F o ll ow God's w a ys , · •f o r a ll hi s w ay s a r e w a ys 9 f p lea s a ntn es s a nd a ll hi s I a t h s an; p e a ce . " b e y t h e I ig h t you h 8.v a n d s o n w ill s e od i n a li thin gs , r th at his u n ive r s e is h a rm o n y, a n d a ll hi s pl a n s a r e p rfe c t.

If w e be li eve i n od, s ee k k n o w l e l g a n d w isdo m fr o m h i m t h n th e k e y o f n a t u r c has b ee n p la ce d ou r h a nd s , a n d hi s laws , t h ough hi g h a n d h l y , beco m s i m p! t u s by fai th.

A ll tru e fo u n d e r s o f s c i - n ee , w h h av e spok e n w ith aut h o r i ty, h av e b ee n s e r va n t s of Go d , befz' eve r s a n d d oer s o f hi s I-I o l y W ill.

Th e '' w is e m a n ," t h e n, n o m a tt e r h ow humbl e hi s s t a ti o n in li f <;: . is th e m a n w h o l ov e s Go d a n d s ee ks to lo hi s H o l y W ill.

Pau l sa id , '' I a m d e t e rmin e d n o t to kn ow a? yt hin g a m o n g y ou s a v e J es u s C hri s t and hun c r uc ifi e d. " H e was n o f a n a ti c fo r h k n ew Chri s t to b e th e cent e1" o f th e g r e a t c ir cle of a ll k n o w le dg e , b o th j i nzie a nd infin ite a nd i n hi m w as manif es t th e w ill. th e character a nd th e a ttribut es o f God th e Fath e r.

O n e h a s sa id; '·Th e n ob le st study of m an kind is m a n," a nd Christ was th e p e rfect m an. in w hom th e body, th e mind a n d th e sou l, had c o mpl e t e d e v e l opm e nt; a n d th e harmony b e tw e en th e divin e a nd human w ill w a s p e rf ect .

In him is th e only k e y to th e g r e at O't e rshado w in g problem of th e h e r e aft e r; for '' Chr ist h a s brought lif e and imm orta lity to li g ht through the gospe l. "

In Christ then, we co nclud e , is a ll true wi sdom It is yours for the asking S ee k tru e w isdom f or it is b e tt e r than rubies, and all th e thin g s that m a y b e d es ir e d by the 'h e a rt of m a n.

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\Vhat pity t h a t wh e n gTi e f s ;:u·e a e al t h e y ca n t b e b a lan c e d s o !

!'h e s c h oo lh o u se s tand s in nain s n o \v· th e b o 1 r - )'>!. 1av e s c •ter e d wsd e ;

A f e w a r e o ld a n cl ;; r a y lik e m e di e d:

And b1·o th e r Will i s o n e o f th e se ; laid

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a ' ' r m f ri e n d but th e m ot h e r l ove n turn d f ro m h im to h e r O\ n . b ab e i t w th a t Fri e d r i c h fo un d co ns o lati o n b r th r f r '' h m hi 10\ e was e v e r

but n e a r-ly a ll h;tv e

hi s cur-ly h ea d w ;ts

D o vv n by the brook , at f a th e 1·'s s id e , b e n e ath t h e will o w' s s hade.

The se b oo k s , quaint and qu ee r to y o u, to me ar c living- thsn gs ;

Ea c h a s t o ry o f th e pa s t, a nd e ac h a m ess ;t:;e bnn gs

Wh e n e 'er I s it, at ev_e ntid e ancl turn th e i1· pa ges o 'e r,

They s eem to s p e ak Ill ton e s that thrilled my h e art in d a y s of y o r e

Th e s c h oo l b o y o f t o - cla y w o uld lau g h , and throw th e s e old b oo k s b y;

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In n r l if e a n I ac ti v i ty f "ar l · y ea r ; n t o n l y thi , bu t it s h s un I . rs t a n lin , mp r e h e tL i n a n d s y m p<! th y f r !i t t! ' on o. We f ee l no s ur p ri s e wh n '' ' find t h s rmarl -s c min g fr m n o th r th a n t h hth r f t h e hi! l (r·ud n; fr m th m a n '' h r e c t> ni z c d th e \\ c.llltS o f li tt l e h ild r e n and su f.>p li e d fr e d m an d h a !J I in s th ro u h \\ I I e n g nd e r c cl, h ea lthful 1 lay · L t u s t urn b ac k a c e ntury lea f in tim e a nd pla c e o ur s e l v e in th e Thur in o·a n f o r s t is Ap ril in 17 82 ViJ c nt e r th e littl e Vdl c:Jg- e of Ob e r w e iss b ac h with its c l o s e huddl e d hous e s a nd c l e a r s kv ov e rh e ad. Wh e r e a r e yo u go in o· ? but to s ee th e cl e r g yman' s h o m e, wh e r e ord e r, n e atn e ss a nd a tend e ncy to the b e a utiful g iv e on e a f ee lin g of h a rmony. Her e th e baby Fro e b e l was born and Friedr ich. Before his first birthd a y h1s troubl e s had b eg un, for he had lost his mother. His fath e r, a s e em in o·ly wise but unsympathetic man coufided child to an ov e rwork e d servant.

For t e n years his_ tim e vvas spent in g aztn g out ov e r the bnck wall s of the buildin o- s about his hom e, wanderincr about in the fo0 rc st or list e nin g to the of the int e ll e ctua l people about him.

Wh e n the chi ld was four years old, his fath e r brought a new mother to th e hom e . It s ee m e d for a time the little f e ll ow had

a r \\' s a him a nd t

lll a nno)anc

\ h n h " a s t n } e ars o ld he e nt to with hi uncl e While in s c h oo l th e re r li z d m r f ull) the pr o c e s s o f c ru hin,.., th r a l li f f r o m the pupil and substit utin a o m thin g a rti fi cial.

ll. n xt h ar of him a s a f o r e st r ' s app r nti ce This work le d him clos e r t na t ur a nd t a u g ht him to underst a nd h e r b -·tt r. Th e f or e st e r " a s ov e r- c r o wd e d i t h \ rk a nd I ft th e bo y to do as h e lik e d. F r b 1 h a d ac e s s t o th e man 's bo o k s a n d b e ·an a c o urs e o f s lf e du c ation. H e era \ m o t o f his a tt e nti o n to natural e sp e c ia ll y b o t a ny. F a mili a rity, with th. e lif e ·1. b o ut him, I d him t o s ee th e a n a lo gy b et\\ e e n th e pl a nt a nd th e indi' idu a l. H e sa w t h e bro a d fr ee m a nn e r of livin g amon o· plants and wond e r e d why man was n ot g·i v e n the sam e opportuniti e s for d e v e lo pm e nt.

In r 79 9, Fro e b e l e nt e r e d th e i.111iv e r s it y of Jun a Through le nding his co ll ecre funds he bec a m e in :I e bt and _was put prison \\h e r e h e r e m a m e d fo,r mn. e w e eks. Bei 11 alib e rat e d h e r e turned to his h ome to a farmer but soon th1s was not l11s sp h e r e . L e a v in a th e farm h e r e turn e d to his hom e his fath e r. In a bri e f tim e his fath e r di ed and a_t tw e nty- o n e h e was l e ft fr ee to mark out h1s own cour se

. H e to of hi s childho o d 's d est r es and H e did som e work suffici e ntly sat isfa ct o ry to br'111 o- h' tl d . b lffi 1e n ec es s a ry e r e e nttals. S c arc e l y we r e

th e s e s ec u r e d th a n they w r l os t. ISc o urag e d by wh a t th e n se m e d a g r e mi sh e accep t ed a p os iti o n w i th run ·r In his o rmal sc ho o l. Th r s u it f hi s life a t sc h oo l- ' 'a b it f g r a m m a r , s o m e a rithm e tic, g e og raph y , a nd g m t r y " We r e s m a ll· b u t h kn ew h w t t .a c h himand h e ' h a d r e co g niz e d r e qui s i t es f r hig h e r d e v e lo m e nt. H sa 1d, ' ' r m my first l es s o n it se m s to m e , I h a d n ·v r don e anyth in g e ls e and t h a t I w as 1 o rn f r that v ry thin g .' '

R e alizin g hi s in a bi l ity to g iv hi s pu p il s b e st, h e so u g ht th th . tim e s affo r d d. H s tud1 e d w 1th P e s t a l ozz 1 at Yv e r d o n, a t th e Uni ve r s it y of G ttin g- ham a n d th e n a t Be rlin. In 18 13, ju s t a s h e w a s r ea dy to b eg in wo rk, th - ca ll fo r s o l d ie r s swe pt ove r Pru ss ia . S o l oy a l w as h e th a t h e r e mark e d h e cou ld n e v e r s t a nd b e f o r e c hildr e n as th e .ir t e a c h e r kn o win g h e had f a ile d to se r ve d hi s co untry w h e n s h e n ee d e d him. In th e a rm y, h w as . c l os e l y a ssoci a t ed w ith L o nge th a l and M idd e nd o rf. At th e cl ose of th e wa r th e thr e e rturn to B e rlin t o study tog e th r.

But Fro e b e l w as ca ll e d hom e by th e d ea th of hi s broth e r. H e r e at K e ih a n, h e took up th e e ducat io n of hi s broth e r' s s on s.

M i dd e ndorf join e d Fro e b e l as thi s sc h oo l grew and l a t e r L a n ge thal was w ith th e m. . ln 1831 Fro e b e l we nt to Frankfort h oph e might th er e g a in m ore ad h er e nt s to h1 s syst e m of t eac hin g . Her e h e l ea rn e d of th e supe ri o r adva nt ages for th e p r omot i o n o f e du ca ti o n in Switz e rland. H e th e r e and began his first t e aching_ o f httl e childr e n. Soon h e r e tt1rn e d t o K e tl a n and founded a school for littl e c hildr e n. In this school h e b ega n carrying out th e thought th a t th e , child is th e plant, th e school th e garde n and the t eac h e r th e ga rd e n e r. From th e se th o u g e ts g r e w th e n a m e Kindergarten.

Early in this fo undati o n we find the Baron e ss Von Bulow ad vacating his cause . It was at Li e b e nstin e she first saw Fredrick F r o e bel.

] th e work w as a ttractin g th e a tt e ntion of Europe, th e kind e r ga rt e n was pro-

hi bit cl in P r ussia as da n g ·rous ld w i th hi s w rk th is \\'a s a I l o w n

I n g ·n l ured by l ; r ot' b('l. I l i fri n d ur ge d hi m t ·stab li s h a 11om· kin d r <Ya r t n

b ut Lh is f ·I I far s h o r t [w h at h · d · ir d

1 I h ad workc·d \\'ith t h · h o p · f r a clin g a ll hun nn ity and I r i ng i ng· f r t h a b tt r g ·n ·r a ti n f c i t iz ·ns I u t thi s was d ni d him . W i th t hi s shad \\' c >n s t a n t l y b him. h · p ass 1 p ·ac fu ll y c.t\\' a y , o nl y a s h r tim h is scvc n Li •th l >ir t h l a y I y p r hil it in g th kin d r g a rt n t h o· , . _ . rnm ·rlt _ h a I br oug ht i t i n t t h m s t 1 r mIn n c It h a I y ·t cc 11 pi · I. T h tr u th w hi c h lay i n t h · p r in i1 lcs t h r in w rk I ut , h a d r ac h d th · t hin!· r : f t int ag- .

Lessons on tl1e Violet .

MI 1E L. T O !{ M

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1'-.:/ p lant s ; h o w th - y o- r w, wh r th )

li v e , a n d w h e n t h e y I l osso m. vV h a ' l e a rn e d ve ry_ p r etty littl e s n g s a bout th e m. T hr s m o rn1n g w e w ill s in o- th o n w e l ea rn e d a bo ut th - vi o l e ts.

vi o l e t s o p e n y o ur l e av es , Th e s parr o w ::; ar c c hit-ping, u ndc t· th e e ave s

'l'hc g r e at wann

'!'h e s ky is a ll b l u e , My s i s t e r a nd I are waiting for yo u, So ope n y o ur l e av es , lik e g o od fl o w e r s , d o !

vi o l et s , o pen yo lll- e y e s, O h, d o you n ot h e at· th e bustle and noise?

The littl e n e st builders

W o rl< o'e r o ur h ea d s ;

The cuckoo i s ca llin g , "Make n1 e a bed" Y e t th e r e you li e s l e e ping - Say, are yo u 1d ead?

Do es anyon e know whether th e viol e t s hav e y e t op e n e d th e ir ey e s ?

Th e violets h a v e opened · th e ir ey e s.

Thev are in bloss o m.

you are ri g ht. Th ey ar e in blossom, and quite a troop of littl e blu e-eyed fri e nds are waiting- ju s t o utsid e th e d oo r. you may ask th e m 111. Giv e on e t o eac h

TilE R.JIJL

m mb · r f Lh(' ·lass \\"h n is r ly to gi , · me th · nanw of this l'ttlt · friend?

Thi is thc , ioki .

\\h r • d y ou SlljljH lSt I io1nd her?

I think yuu fnund lwr in the " ' d r 111 th e m ad \\·

H w many han· l' \ Tr s 'l'n th ' \ ·i I· gr O\ in g in the wood nr in tlw 111 ··HJ \\'?

\ ln , .c s ee n the , .i t I ·t OT <•\\ Jnn· in t l ' :-, .-. ' o d an I in thC' nw:1dt w w many parts h ,ls the , j let?

T h viol ·t Ins r oots , :t ·m I ·a \ · s and b lossoms .

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The v i okt n c('ds n u t : to <re t fo d f r it .

I n th · e n Is f the r >ots ar l i tt l ' , litrl mout !1s . T hese drink the m o istu r ' ut [ the JT u n d, an I I i t t t h diff · r ' n t parts r t h e p l a nt o yo u k n ow o f 111 y t h c r 1 !a n t that h a r o t s lik th · r ot s f t h , .i I t?

T h r o t. · J f t h st r a w ! ·ny a r li k · t h . o f t h v i l e t . Th ' grass ha s r t lik • t h r oot s of t h e vio l ·t. y t h ' s t r a \Y b e rry, t h :--.-r a ss. m el th v io le t h n ' J i b r ous r o l.. \ \ h a t k ind f r oo t s h as th e Yi olct?

Th e v i o l t h a fi b r LL r oot .

\\Th a t T O \\' S cl ii·cct l y fr o m th · r o t s?

Th e I av es o-r ow cl ii·e ct l) f r o m t h r oo t s .

Of wh a t u s a r c t h e l e a v e s?

Th e v i o l e t br e at h e s t h1 ·ou ::; h i ts 1 av e s .

L e t u s ex amin e cl os e ] v o n e o f th le a \ e s of th e vi o l e t . vV h a t wi il you say a b o ut it ?

Th e l e af of th e v i o l e t i s g r e e n. It h a s a l?n g p e ti o l e a n d a blade It is s1mpl e . Th e l e af o t t h e vwlct h a s a mid. r ib. It has v e ins a n d v e inl e ts. Th e m a rg in of th e l ea f of th e viol e t is n o t c h e d . .

Do yo u kn ow of a n y o th e r p lant vvith le av es lik e the l e av e s of the viol e t?

r h e l e av e s of ge r a nium are simple. They a r e g r ee n. Th e y h ave petioles. Th e y h av e v e in s a nd v e in l e ts, but th e- shape is n ot th e sam e .

Now w e a r e go in g to e xa min e th e flower. What p arts s h a ll w e e xp e ct to find?

W e w ill e xp e ct to flnd th e calyx, th e coroll a , the stam t: n a n d th e pistil.

t k e on e f th e fl o\\·e ·s o u fi n d a ca l y x? a l rx It is a r e n a nd has u fi nd co n e rnin o· t he c o rolla? f t h v i o l t p urpl It s t a m e ns . ar th e st a mens to th e n d f th t a m n is a knob, and k n b i a po ,,· l e r . This powd r falls p i t il a n d h I p s t o mak e th e s e eds \\. fi n d a n) pi t il s in th e ' iol e t? fi nd n e pist il in the 'i o l e t . r ,, h a t d w us th e v io let? u e th e littl e 'i o l t to make boquets. are ni t o e to mamma to put in h r r o m. Th e ) a re nic e to wear . And th ) m a k e us happ y to l ook at 0 , ,, e ' ill sing th a t littl e song that beins- ' ' w a k e says th e sunshine e tc. " b S ong-

" A \Yak e' , sa id th e s un s hine, " ' T i s tim e t o g e t up \.w a k e, pr tt y vi o l e t a n d s w ee t butt e rcup \ V h y yo u ' ve b e e n s l ee p i n g th e whol e winte r lon g; H a rl>! H a rk! do u t yo u h ea r? 'T i s the blu e -b ird' s fir s t s on g

" A wak e " , bre <tt h es the air from th e blu e s ky abov e , " Awak e, f or th e w o rld i s a ll b ea ut y and lov e \Vak e littl e c hildre n , s o m e rry and clear, All ! w h a t we r e th e s prin g -tim e , if y o u ":e r e n o t her e ?"

April.

Sometime s s u n s h i n e S o m e tim es t· a in , Littl e Apri l ' s h e r e _?.g ain , Now th e t e ars a r e on h e r f a c e, NovY the s tnil es are in th e ir pl a c e, N e ver sur e from hour t o h o ur Wh e th e r s hin e or wh e th e r s how e r.

Easter Lilies

Eas ter lili es pure and s we t On his altar-stairs we l ay, Embl ems lov e ly, meet f the ri se n life today

Easte r lilies wing- you r be ll s " He is ri sen !" l et t h e not es I n a thou ·and frag-rant swe ll Burst from out you r waxe n

The Vi olet.

When birc hen bud beg-in to sw 11 An d woo d s the blue b i nl' s wa r bl kn w Th e littl e violet's mod<Jst b e ll Peeps from the year s l eave b l w.

Dandelions.

Green s lend e r sta lk s among th e s p 1 i n g- i n g- g- r a ss, Th en golden blos o m s r es t aw htl e _and 1 ass , L e avin g u s g l obes of g ra yts h text ur e lt g- h t _ L 1 th vind' s b r eath a nd the se h ave taken llt g- h t. o. e •

The Earliest Cr ocus -·-

One go l den flam e h as clov e n The dingy ga rd e n c l ay, One g-o l de n g l ea m i s woven

At h wa rt the g l oo m y day, A d hark! the br eeze i s brin g in g- a On e s ndd e n b ird not e , nn g tn gFrom fa r away.

S 0 11 se t in d ai nt y o rd e r, 0 1" A s erried go l den tn e, A ll down the ga rd e n bord e r, Th e crocuse s w ill s hin e, At l as t the spring i s s i g h t ed, 0 cro l d e n l am p i s li g ht ed n e <> • T o g iv e the s t g n

Birds i n Spring.

Hark, how th e bird s twit t e r For th e j oys of th e s u mme r s un. Th ey b egan th eir n:tating a month ago,

And th.·ir· n ·... ting- will '-""n IJ ·done. But th • hird ha-. ;L g-lackr w k<•m · \\'hi ·h h '11 -.i n !.(" in hl· ,, ha\· · h •arc!" him u;.-in r.:- itO\" 'r, ln tlw tree" fof'lorn ,r I ·aye,..

Pussy Willow

Soon t'l'li will bud tl11· •nap!' tr e;-., And hilt<• hinl. will l• · :-i n g- ing-. Andy ·lllJW ta,..,.,l'l,.. in the hr 'CZe

H · ft·ont tin· popl;u·,.. -.wi n g-i n g-

i\JHI 1''1:-.)' will lh ..: :O.Iay-llow •t' li

Tip()lt it,.. 111 0-.,.,y pill!J\\", lint )"!Jtl 111u-.t co1n · th · fi r st of all,

" :0 111 · J-'u,.,,..y! Pn;, ;-. y \\'ill.m·! "'

\ g-ift l(J hildr :It d •a t·, '!'h e d o wny fir,.,tJing- of the yea r, " 'u111c l-'1 1""Y! Pu,.,,.,y \\' I low!'· The s ft voic es i n t h e fi e ld s a nd w o ci s

Th e ti nk l of · o l 1·i ll s set fl-ee,

Th e d ri p f 1· •n b o u g- h s o n la s t yea •·'s I ;Lv es, A n d w hi s p e n; ft· o 1n so d. b u s h , a n d trc Bu t, o h! til e s n tlclc n fi :L-; 1! of wi n g-::>

' e t· sp:.Lc e:-; of the s nnl it ] ;u t c !

'I'h e !t ea r t l ea p s u p at o n e c le a t· so n g; 'l' ll e b lu e bi t·ds!

Th e ir flut e d c< u o b-, r ippl e clow n ' Th e b t eeze , a j oy unt o t h e ea r!

Th e ;; p a t·k l in g- bt ·ool<s a 1e l a u g hin g o ut , And g ra s .· - hl ades tw inkl e fa t· a n d n e aL

Ft o nJ s m o k y tl plan cis , s t ee p e d i 11 s un , And da rk wit h w in t e r 's wast e a n d r;Lin , A thrill of l if e n o w see m s to s ay,

"T h e b lu e bird s !

Th e b lu e birds h ave co m e aga in! "

Pa l e wi ll ows s h ow th e ir rni s ty gT ee n ; Fr o m b u s h a n d bo n g h pink bud s o u tp -e p ;

It see 111 s as i f the s k y dr e w n e ar

To ki ss th e ea t· t h fi- o 111 wint t-y s l ee p ;

T o h ea r that c l ea r , exa ltant so n g _

Whi c h n e v e r kn e w a touc h of pai n , N ow th a t w i th pt·o tni ses of s prin g,

Th e bl u e b ir d s !

Tl1 e blu e bi r d s hav e co m e h o rn e apa in!

State In ticucc

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0c:... I C Prof. · orton has h 111 the "2J stale. he has hlTll u .· ing his intlucn to un i fy the <·d uca ti (ln;d i nlen ·:ts ""hi ·h In · • be n m r o r kss i nlkpend ·nt tlf 'a h oth r. TIH rc ha s lw t·n no >rgani · >nn ''tion I <.;t\\' ·e n the . -t:ttl' :\onn al anti any oth r scho< I in tlw stat<'. lt ha: b n hi· aim t bring about sul·h a n that county supcrinlcndl'nts, 'll)" upt?rint '11dents and prin ·ipals c f high sch 1 I· ,,·ill u-' th e ir in f1u n ee to S<'tH.l us th ir ml t arn . t an I b st t 'aclwrs and g-raduat an I w will in turn pia "l our graduat Ill th 'it· sch Is as t ach '1' !\t the fall me f th, ity. up 'rint nd nts an I p ri n ipals. 'han ell r ·ld , Pr f. r t >11 and 'ri ntcn l nt ar wer app in tcd a co mmitt <>' tl .. f r a tat, I n st itu lc l I h 'ld in th l' ni , - r i t · bui l ) in in Lin co ln. Th arrang: m n t havt: b·, n in part l_ ·rf ' 'ted and in obta in 1 r min c nal tur r s th In st tlut \\"Ill I ' J u n ;3 t h to J u l y as _ will then 1 o n t h Ir '' ay t 11 \ r t n 1 th e , t tiona I Ed u a ti o na! . s iat i n a n d t h ' ir se r v i · 'S ca n b e bta in d f r a no min a l s um . Th e 1 hn is d \ t\ve k t a prin c i pa l 's m cou nt y s up c rint e n l n t a n u in s tit_ut c in t n_ltor s m e t in g , a n d o n e w ee k to c 1ty s u p nnt c n dents' m ee t in g· ; eac h d - I art m e nt b in g pr f' s i d e d ove r b y a m a _n ab l in th e lin ·. t th e sa m e tim e t h e r e '" d 1 b e c lasses f o r w ishin o· to t e ac h in hi g h s c h oo l s. g r a mm a r a ncl prim a ry g r ades, a l so fo r th ose wis hin g m e t h ods o r t o p r e pa r fo r t e ac h e r s exa min a tion s . Th e in s titut e will n e cess it a t e th e g i v in g up of o ur su mrn e t· sc h oo l this y ea r as it h a s th e g ivin g th e Univ e r s it y summer sc h oo l, but 1t w ill mor e , than co mp e n sat e th e l oss . It w ill p u t t h e Normal S c ho o l -in touch w ith a ll th e se e du ca ti o nal int e r e sts as th e m e mb e rs of o ur f ac ult y h ave a ccept ed th e invitation t o t ea,c h in th e In st itut e lt w ill w ith out doubt brin g m a n y st ud e nt s t o t hi s s cho o l fo r n ex t y e ar . Of cou r se th e e nt e r pr i s in g t eac h e t·s of th e sta t e \v h o a r e go -

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Ph i l oma thea n S ocie ty

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CrO \\ d th a tr th e campu utmo t capacth pres id nt w e r e xtatatio n d b ) th k n w no by th oc i ty t h e past u h a n int e r es ting charrs a nd fr ie n ds th at th m ea ur es - will b p nn g t e rm.

ellingt onian S ocie ty .

\ llin ·tonian op e n s es si o n proT rl.I11 iv n Mond ay e v e nin o , :\la r ch b b b , ,, a \\·ell ea rn e d out . In part first of t h p r crram M iss A ll n' s · •Myths of Gr e c "a nd M is s Canon's ''My ths of Rom e" w r p a rticu lar l y good. _

Th e t a b1. a ux a rr a n ge d b y fo ur of th e society gi rl s " e r e g r acef ul a nd e ffect ive . _ In t h e seco nd part of th e program t h e exe r c is e s'' r e unif orm !) go od. M is s R eym a n was very int e r e sti n g in h e r r e citat io n , ''P h a e t o n. "

The program was closed b y a d e bat e bt wee n 'Ii ss Bu r gess a nd Iiss Pitt a m. Th e d e b a t e s h o \.ved th a t th e ca r ef ul tr a inin g th e s.oc ie t y is h av in g is at last b ea rin g f rui t Th e qu e stio n , " \ i\T as hin o·ton a Myth" was ·we ll a n d jud g in g from m e rr im e n t it exc it e d , s o m e w h a t a mu si n g l y h a ndl e d.

''T h e sub j ec t chos e n f o r n ex t t e rm s wo rk is Au s tr a li a, h e r P as t , Pr e s e n t a nd F utur e ,,

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MI S ELI Z A C . M RGAN, Teach e r of Lit e r ature Rh e toric, Gen e ra l Hi s to r y a n d Phi) Bi o i O(JtJ.

H B D CANS , 13 S ., A M., Te ache r of Bota ny Ge o loy y an d Zoo l oy y.

HERDER'!' BR WNE LL , Teache r of Chem i st r y Ph y s c s and As r onom y

G. W E L L I S, B. A , A M Teache r of Mat h e matics ancJ La tin

M I SS F L RENCE L WR I G HT , Teacher of Ora l a n cJ Wri tte n Arith me ti c

M I S N I E Mc L A I N, 13. S ., Teache r of United Sta e s His to r y a nd Geog raphy

MISS MA RTHA W I NNE , Te ache r of Lan gu a g e a nd Gr am m a r

MRS . E . B . CROWE LL . R d Drawin g C u /1 Gov e r n m e n anti B onk Keet>in y Te 2c h e r of e a ng,

MiSS ANNA 13. HER I G , • · 1 • of ani/ Sup e rin t e nde n t of P ra c tice Taao h 3 r of Pnn.t P <J>

MISS FLORENCE G . BENNETT , Primary a nd K nde r g a r t en

MISS ;\'I A TTIE E LLIS, Pr e pa r a ory De p artme nt.

BOU C HER , Teache r of Voca l and In s tru me n ta l Mu s c

I D I LLA J E F F ERY, Li b r arian.

J O HN BLANKENSHIP. J a ni tor

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-' ti cs of fc r estlc·ss vi raska a nd ha p lant ·J millions of tn·cs c n h ·r 1 rai ri ll c r i nhabitant s f<.:ltthv 11c·cd of that v · Lati o n, t which they had 1><:<-11 accusto m , di n t h ·i r ·ast 'I' ll hom s . Th ey fe lt th · n d f s 111 ' thin g to cntw in it s ·If in to th · ru:o. a r c ·ss s f t h ·i r hardy bu ·c li e liv ·s. T h g r 'a L c har ac l rist ic CJ[ the g rc : rt infant c mmonw ·alth o f :\ brasi--L is c r ·ativ · n r y, a n 1 th ·r is not h ir g so s u gg·cst i' of thi a th e g r ow i plant 0 1· tr · · . 1 ' ·I ra s k a i d ist in ctiv ·ly a c 111111 0 11\\'('a)t h of a n dm e n. Th ·y g in to pan n ·rsh i J , as i t , r e , w i th n atu r . T hey g i , ·e to h r, a ll wh i h th y d o n o t g iv · t o their C !. T hey ask fr o m h e r a ll whic h th ey d o n (JL ask fr m t h e ir

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ld s; tan t d ar to u s. a r th th cold and reator touc h e it r . I t bur t it pri n la pse o f) e ar s in moti o naut · it tand a n d g r O\ s un til at la t a k m ulder in · and mo ss -gr o\Y n tho wh o a \ it in i ts y u t h u r i hi n o- , ar · ·one a n d a r f o rn . L i k ' i \\ pl a nt th s pri n o·y s aplin l·. It thriv and t v\e rs to\ ard h a · n a a n mbl m f ur effo rts. It e e ntu a ll) mak th i arth ' ha t i ts f o n d s t inha bita nts h p tha t i t h ould b a va s t and s p len did h m f r a h app ) peo pl e I t s ta nd s a s a monum n t f in du s try peace and ha p p in es s It i al most a s Ia t i n o· a s tim e i tself

• , paiuter of the f rui t and flowers!

W thank thee f o r t h) wi e 4esign, \\ h er by tho e huma n hand of our , In n ature's garde n "' or k w i th_ thint;.'

U on. Pe ru; t e rm ex p ir es 1896 H o

Be n k e lm a n , t e rm ex pires 1898

li eve i n t ea c hin g t h e i r c hil cl r ·n t o be , n ea r to n a tu r e' s h e art. Th e y r ea l ize t h at to p l a nt a tr e e o r s hru b to c a r e fo r i ts y o un g l i fe t o b e so l ic i tous clur in cr t h e sco rc hin a b c:;, s ultr y clay o f s umm e r l es t it w i t h e r a n d d urin g th e b itin g , pi e r c in g co l d, l e s t i t f r e e ze , a n d di e, t o t a k e t h e n e c e ssa r y p r eca uti o ns t o pr e ve n t th e s e c a la m iti es ' , a nd a t l a s t to fi n d a r e wa r d by s ee in g th e o bj ec t o f t hi s

ca r e put fo rt h b u d s and k a v es o f 1 ro m is e is

Tt s m s inh r c n h is m th r n::ttur \\'ith man t f r h 1 • f ncl f ll f f him . or hi m s h catt ·r. WI ove r th with th i r m iles u 1 I f r \\'11 s pri n g w i th it s l 'a £ a n summ r \ ge n r us aut um n "i th i t l a I n b ug-h . T h r a r th h i l l s and ' ·:til \ ' \ r dant wi th g r a s; ther · a r th · tr e · \\ ith their f l iage , d n e and g r - n; th r a r th rg o u s f) \ rs in ri h n a n d p r fu i n a l th m a r i n s o f th s t r am a n I in th wo o d s ; t b r a ·c th "' f n ·i d la)"S ; th t h e b ea min g s u n shin e , th ' n tk ze ph y r T h 1J is t h e f. n i \ e l o r) tle s ad n s s, r l so l e mn ap, "a ] t o th t h e r e p o s of n a tur e , : .vhic h e xci t s te n d r thou a h t s i n eve ry b r east. A s tre tch of r e posin g in t h e t \\ ili ght o f a b e a u t if ul e ve ni n o·, se ttl e s a spirit o f p a c e u po n t h e h ea rt , un f ett e r s th e t h o ug h t s a n d t h e n1. i n d t o so r e a l of t m a j tica ll y towa rd its Cr e a tor. In t h is p e n siv e n e ss , we see 'g r and e ur in se a a nd. sk y; we f e el t h e e m otions w h 1ch th ey r a ise , an d h a lf m o r ta l, h a lf e t h e ri a li z e d, f o r ge t w h a t we a r e in th e cont e m p l at i o n o f tha t of w h ich .../.; e a r e a p a rt - a s mal l p a rt Th e m e mo ri es w h ich p ,e ac e ful rur a l s ce n e s ca l) up q. r e n ot• of t hi s ·wor l d- llO t of i ts t h o u g h ts a nd, h op e s . Th e i r b e nig n infl u e n ce t e a c hes u s t o ha ve kind t hou g h t s of th o se a bou t u s , t o we ave f r e sh g a rl a n d s for

Th n pla nt t he t ree . L e t its pure str ong lif r v iY o ur jaded hea r t, amid t he c ares and sor ro .ws and h un ge rin g of t h is bu s y \·\oriel L e t i t be in ou r li ve s a s -the str ai n s of u·e n tl e m usi c, th e s o unds of r ippli1;g wa ters t h e odo rs o f Ro w e rs . L e t i t r emin d u s of th e t ho ug h ts an d s ce n e s wh ich s hou l d b e in t hj s life , but which ar e e v an e s cent a nd v anish l ike. a br e a t h -.b rie f -m e mories of a h app ie r e xiste n c e, wh ich no volun tary exer ti on of th e -mind can p ro du c e . Let it r ec a ll l o n a buri ed r e coll ec ti o ns . Let i t ins till int o o u r m i nds a n d t e nd e rn e s s into our h eart s. i.t .m ake o u r c har acte r . pu r e, and ou r d tsp o stti o n s u nn y . L e t it str e w t he field s o f o ur t h o u g h t s with frao-rant b l ;::, o sso ming fL.::_,w ers oi trut h a nd justi ce . Let i t m ake o ur wa ys ge ni a l. Le t it mak e all o ur p at hs pe a cef uL ·

THE O R WAL COU RIER

Let th e r e be a d e li g ht fu l e x pans io n of th e heart at this th e opening jubil e of na ture. Let u s join in the r e v e lry go in g o n in our g ro ve a n d va le . Let n at ur e 's mis s iv e s invit e us forth to e njoy th e virg in b e a uty of the ye ar , befor e its freshness is e x h a l d by the h e ats of sunn.y summ e r. Let u s nj y this Apr il festivity with a ll it s capr ic sthese la ughi n g a nd c rying days, wh e n sun and shad e seem to run in b illow s v r th e land sc ap e, sudden show e rs co ur s e ov r the land an d gi ve t o all natur e a gr e n r smile, when bright . sunbeams c h as e th e flying cloud, and turn its drops int o diamonds. L e t a ll this sooth e ou r o rdinary car e s and a n xi e ties.

Occasionally disastrous fires, as it w e re, w ill run along the bord e rs of our li v e s a nd the ir ground w ill be bl ac k with ephemeral charcoal, b ut this soon p asses away, a,nd ftom this same black g r o und, fl o w e r s of truth and pu rity lift th e ir d e licat e fo rms, a nd bush wi th their b e auty. So l e t us not despair for out of hum a n soil in du e time w i.JI spri ; g spiritual flowers not yet see n, and oth e r fruit wi ll grow whos e s ee d is in its e lf, and which only grows and ripens in that human soil. Jhus th e gory, frightful fields of Waterloo are covered by the lili es of peace. Th e humble spots wher e our lov e d on e s lie sle e ping are str e wn with b e autiful flowers of memory. In our check e r e d ar e a of human ex p e ri e nc e, , th e seasons are all ming.l e d, as it w e re. Fruit and blossom

hang Seed time harv e st are in th e sam e mom e nt, until we ''cross the river" and sow in unseen fi e lds. Let us th e n b e worthy guests in this tenement of clay to which .we pay a bri e f visit here on ea rth.

"Swee t nature many a th o ught 'I I s wedded unto the e as he a rt s a re wed, Nor s h all the y fa il, till, to it autumn brou g ht, Life' s gold en seed rs s hed."

Th eses .

ff !\la r c h 2 all that th

. ooz e w a s t h fi r t s 1 e ak r v nm g . H r s ubj ec t wa s ''H i t ri a l Monu m nt s ." Th tr a tm nt of thi u bj <=: ct s h o w e d th sp ak e r wa s a p g rv n to r fl c t1 o n a nd c nt m p la tion. Th essa y wa s r e pl e t e w i t h ibli c a ] a nd hi sto rica l a llu s io n s . Th e narrations it contain d wer s u cc in ct a n d e xact. · Th e discussi h s h ow d th e sp e ak e r t o be of an inqui s iti\ as _ a to acq uir a ll th at I S poss1bl e to b e acg. UJ.r e d. Scholarship wa a mark e d ch a ract e n s t1 c of the essay. Th truths d e duced were con se r vativ e a nd useful. Th e d e liv e ry · was e asy, natur a l and a rac ef ul Th e effort was appreciated by the T eac hin g will n e ver b e ex perimental with Miss Goozee.

Mr. I. E. Standford was the second speaker. subject, "Opposition a N eqe ssity. " His talk was choi ce and strong. It show e d conv1ct10n_ on th e part of th e speaker. H e existing conditions industrial. social and political with truth and clearness. His style of composition was e pigrammatic, fanciful, int e ll e ctual and powerful : speaket seemed to hold his opini0nS tentatively. H e was fair and ma a'nanimous in thought: thinking hims e lf allowing others to think. The e ffort was a very cr e ditable onP. and was typical of the thought of a generous, large hearted, sympathetic, minded man : Th e r e was nothing borrow e d nor forc e d about it. Th e speaker gives eve ry · promis e ot being <. n

ab l . us fu l an s iona l c a r fi s e r, u b j e xi st i n rate an pe r e x pr es i n a co mpr h n stu di e d a n a nd c Th e r Th s a k r h \

i i i tlt m n in hi in g c o nditi n , th a t ' ill 1 , im lu b l in th f u tu r . lVI i J dy p e rti n a ity v hi h i strong Am ri an c II Th fourth sp ak Co llin s Su bj ct G r ac hi Th pap r ' a hi t ricall) a wort h y o n e 1' h n a rr a tions an c it a tions we re recit e d 1n a n e asy, co n r satJO n a l manne r th a t was v ry pl as in g The facts stat e d we r e n o t co nt stabl . Th th o u a ht \Vas conc e nt ta t e a nd undi v id ed . Ther e was an e n tire absence of r e missn ss in preparatior.. Th e was lo g ic, ther " as truth in th e e lucid a tion of th e th e m e . M iss Collins poss esse s that t ac t, 1 atience d evo tion to duty. wh1ch 1s so · charactenst1c of the tru e t ea ch e r. There is a ''waiting nich e" in th e prof es sion for Miss Collins.

Th e fifth speaker, Miss Elsi e Bixby had for h e r th e me, ''Hostility to New Views. " She began her talk by cl e aring- ground; accom_!]lishing this by a con · cise statement of existing conditions as they pertained to her theme. Her study of the subject had been searching and exhaustive and fruitful. Her assertions were and defiant. She with convictiOn and she spoke w1th unctiOn. Th e re was no contingency in Her mind concerning the truth of what she had to say. She was not censorious, nor was she circumspect. She valiant. .She was log1cal, f,orceful, · reasonabl e . · She impressed one as being not . unly able to think a thou,ght, but to act upon

Bi:xb) ga v e ev idence of r linar · t ype . r was i\'Ir. R o bert C. ct " 1n H o nor Prefe rring One

The sp ak r b e li e ' e? that the hi! phy is th e altru1st1c phllospana ea for all the of th b d p liti c , a nunci a ted. A tamdia rit ; ' it h th ' er high es t forms of human th u h t ' as id n ee d. Ther e had been a ar h f r law- uprem e lav . Th e re ' as a Ia ificat io n o r , e ry da y truths. The th u ht ' as practic a l, it o ershot nobody. Th r wa n barkin a of the tre e s abo e y u r h ad, ' hil th e trunks b e low remained un ca t h d. Th discussion ,. as such as uld at n c in c it e contro ersy, but contr v r upon a ' r y high plane. Th e subj t " as thical, eco nomical, christian. It wa b nefic ia l. M r. Ord 's d e li ery v. as th e in ca rn ation of ea s e, and sua it y . H e is bl s d ' ith a h app ) fac e tious dispositio?, , hi c h ' ill strew ros es as well as thorn e s 111 his path'' a) as h e journeys through lif e . • Th e se speaker was 1iss Nellie G. Go ld r subject ''Woman in Lit e rature. " M iss Golder shm•ved a disposition to follow a lon o· current and popular lines of thought in sdection of h e r subject. She charact e ri ze d exa ctly ex isting conditions as they pertain to the sexes. She and e nunciat e d truths from past h1story. Sh e displ aye d rare judgm e nt in the selection exa mples for illustration. She made a fair pr e sentation of the life an'd work of p e rhaps th e few most famous women. H e r d e livery was unruffled, simple and placid.

The e ighth was Miss Minnie L. Storm, subject, ''Our Achillean Heel. ' ' Th e subj e ct was unique. It sounded well; it was suggestive. Its treatment was admirable. It was neither overdone nor underdon e . There was no diffuseness about it. The discussion was historical in characte:-; it was scholarly and complete. The composition was · rhetorical, scientific and e pigrammatic. There was determination in every line. T-here was an elt::ment of certainty about it, this was evinced by th e speak e r's frequent reference to high authority to sustain tr_uths set forth. Tne paper

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w as c h ee r fu l i n sp i r it. I t was ad m n it r y . It was w ell po is e d, p ot e n t a n d f ro li fi c . I t presaged, in t h e s p e a k r , p ow r f a v ·r y hi g h ord e r.

Th e nint h s p ak e r was M r . J. J. Kin g Hi s subj e ct was ''Th e I r 1 e t 1ity £ th Am er ica n R epu bli c . " Th is ff rt wa s a n orat o ri ca l Adon is . I t was i n im it a le a n leimi x t u r e o f fac t a nd f a n c y, th a mu n ee f a we ll s to r ed m ind I n th - s nt im nt f a no th e r , th e r o c k o t w is d o m a n l 1 q u n ee h a d b e n s mi t t e n an d abu n d a n t s t r a m s f truth b u r s t fo rth Th t a l k was rh t o ri ca l and hi s t o ri ca l. I t was po li s h cl a n d w 11 po is ed . It was p o ig n a nt a n d p li t ic . Th r w a s n o th in g a e o l ia n about it T h - r wa s n pr ecoc ity abou t i t . It w a s n ot a n ffo r t o f a n ed u ca t d p e t a r d T h e t a l k d m n s tr a te d th a t th e s p eak r' s p r o n - n ss wa s to f !l ow cl ose l y th e tre nd o f t h t im s in t h o 1 h t, a nd t o utiliz e hi s m e n ta l p ow r f o r t h s 1ut io n of z"mpo r tan t prob l e m s . T hi s ff r t w a s th e p r e c u r s o r o f a b ri ll ian t c a r - r f o r M r. Ki n g . . Th e t e n t h s p ea k r was M is s L id a _M a 1k a , s ubj e ct , " I ndi v idua li ty " M is s M a 1k a IS a w rit e r wi t h m a rk e d indi v idua li t y , a n d a s p ea k e r w ith p l eas in g p T h_e r w as nothin g g ro gg y · a b o ut th is s p e c h , - It he r in e omp os iti o n o r d e li v e r y .. I t ': e - ds n o d e f e n se ; it r e qu ir e s n o , n co nm m; s p a k s fo r it se lf; its i mp r e ss io n was e n c h a n t in g a n d la sting . I t w a s m e nt a ll y esc ul e nt . 1t was a r g um e nt a t ive, w e ig h t y r in g in g .. w as n o in se nsa t e e up h e mi s m a b o ut It . T h e ! e was e up h o n y in t h e d e li ve r y a n d h a rm o n y in t he c o m p o s it io n . . T h e r e n o it y n o r pagea ntr y a b o u t it. M iss M a 1k a r equ ir e s n o p a n e gy r is t.

T h e e leve n th s pea k e r w as M 1ss Va n No s tr a n . . H e r s ubj ec t _was ··Co m n;e r ce Th is s ubj ec t is o n e o f th e v e r y t ha t a gov e r nm e nt h as t o d ea l w1th In t h e tr ea t m e n t o f t h e sub j e c t M iss V a n N ostr a n sh ow e d a fa mili a rit y w ith th e ve r y b e s t tho u o- h t o f t h e g r ea t p hil o s o phi c mind s, p a s t b a n d p r ese n t o f th e w o.rl d . T h e e s s a y was a sc h o la r l y on e. T h e s t y le was cl e s tin c tl y cha r a ct e r is t ic o f M iss V a n N o s tr a n , n a i v e a nd suav e T h e r e wer e n o Rig h t s o f t h e i n1a gin a tio n ; th e r e was n o p ie ti s m . T h e Ia n-

• guag · us d was pur , g ·ntl Eng-li h Th li scuss i n was fan ·Lhical , '<.: n m ica ! natur · . Th · ·ff · t vf such a s tu 1y a Ii anN st r an ha I mack of h r th · m i m sa l u t at r ) J ust su h thought is n w n ; I t I · I us out c f th' laby rinths f fa l h ods, h ·r 's i ·s and isms Lhat · u rn s r ib -day . :\I iss \ a n JSlra n is n th ns i ·nt ·< us, th or ug h st ud ·nts h av · ·v r m ·t. Th ·r · is n th i n f h a r la t a n a ut h ·r. Th tw ·I th sp a k •r w ·ls s ti n , su bj ·ct. ''Th ' n r · i ty . " T h su bj e;c t was n t a tri t n , n r w as it tru n ca t ·d I y it s t r a t m nt T h

Sj ak r m a I n o a t ·m t o tu m if th i ng . J I · was c ntJnt t un s h a th, u n va r ni s h cl tr uth, Jr m it s s a bb a rd r Th r was n r a t r ica ! u 1 h

1ng . T h r · was n th i n vo. 1 o r u ·:tb u t th · -·xpr >sse.: l in t h p a p r. Th •r w as II g n 1ty ; th r was ca n I r in th el i -

s i n. T h r ' as h'ig- h r d r f t h u ·ht s h w n. T h S j a k , - w a

a n y vaga r y r m a n i :t. H w as s ar bin fo r t r u th a nd h e w =- d r ig h t t o t h · lin a · it v r.

M r. a lcs t i n h as a m i n d t h a t b e l n s s I h

to M r P a l s t in e , a n d h e n e v r wa its f 'r

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T h e la s t s r ca k c r wa s M is s Sad ie

S mith . H e r s u b j c t vva s "Fo r Va lu e R -

C(-: iv cl W e t o Pay . " T h e s p ea ke r s h owe d p r e d di c t Jo n fo r e co n o m ics in t h

s l e ct io n o f h e r s ub j ec t. T h e r'e was a v e q hi g h o r d r of th o u g h t s h o w n in h e r essa y.

T h e r e was n o e x tr avaQ"a n ce o f l a n o- u ao-e no r • • ff '-' r b b o · ac t s . f h e r e we r n o m e n-

t a l b le s in th <=: p a p e r. E ve r y t hin o- a dd u c e d vva s e x p li c a b le M iss Smith is a t h o r o u g h s tu d e nt a n d a n e xp e r ie n ce d . s k illf ul t e ac h e r. S h e w ill b e a cr e d it t o th e N o rm a l. · L oc a l s .

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B r ow n e ll a ff o r cls hi s st ud e nt s in a n d ad va n ced P h ys ic s · a p o p po rt uni ty t o Linl o a d th e m s e l \te s th rou g h th e m e d ium , of a n exa min a t io n

Th e u r d n th e m Pr of . IIi \ fo r s e e ra } da His a s nc hi a b l a n d

P r o f un ca n s se n io r cl s n P log ic a l s t a n d p o i nt fro m th p r ac t ic Th e s ni o rs w r r in t h e m o c h o l

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t m n - f Th s ec n d d iv is i n of t h tr a in in o- c l as s bega n th e ir w or k in t h p r a c ti c p t'1rn nt wh e n th se ni o r s quit. T h y, t o th numbe r o f 35 r e ig n s upr e m th e r e , until sc h o o l cl os e s in Jun e It is h op d th e \ ill pe rpe tu a t e th e g o od wo rk of th e Se ni o rs , th e work of whom in thi s d e pa rtm e nt v a s e r y comm e nd a bl e .

Peru now hqs on e of th e nobbi e st little post offic e buildin gs in this s e cti o n o f N ebr a ska. It i s a n orn a m e nt to th e v ill age a nd a great conveni e nc e to the po s tm a st e r a nd th e patrons of th e offic e Mr. Phillips is to b e con g ratulat e d on his enterprise.

Edward Johnson, a member of the first year class has to his home in Omaha .' His g e nial brother, Fr e d, is yet one of us.

Ted. Price made a visit to Omaha recently to see the ; •folks." ·

The members of the second year class have made a specialty of Taxidermy the past winter. They have many fine mountperhaps than any class in school In the Ia:st few

Mr. E. 0. Garrett made a business trip recently to Lincoln, Omaha, Council Bluffs and other points in Iowa and Nebraska .

Joe Lapierre still gives the Everett society the benefit of his talent. An Everett open s e ssion without Joe would be perceptibly impaired.

'IV a r e b lad t o a nnounce that M rs. Bouc h r is n a l s c in g .

r. D a l y of th e second Elem e ntar y \ e r eg r e t to s ay, has not e njo y ed his 1 r o bu s t he a lth lat e } .

ny of th e S e niors are already inquiring b ut p s iti o n s for th e ne x t scho o l y ear. o rn e f ' a r e alr ea d y in a f a ir wa y to sec ur fa irl y lucr a ti e and d e sirabl e positions.

T h ir g il cl as s h a s again taken up its \ o r k , af t e r a r e spit e of about one month.

l\1 iss Fl o Hutchinson recites v. ith the e m r s m ir o- il.

M iss 1e nni e B o rst takes ·an acti v e part in th lite r a r ' ' o rk of th e Philo. Her ex p e rie n c a s a s o ci e t w orker and as a t ea ch e r m a k es her a n e ffi c ie nt m e mb e r.

Th e r e h a s n eve r be e n a time in the histor y of th e school during the last fi v e y e a rs , in w hich such clos e attention to school w ork and such h a rmony among the students is found a s at the pr e s e nt time.

Occasionally th e ruddy face and sturd y form of John N e al is seen upon the streets of th e village. 1ohn seems prosperous and cont e nt e d with his bucolic pursuits.

Chas. Neal of the cla,ss of 'g2 , we are informed , has completed his law course at the law department of t;_he University and at the · pr e sent tlm e is with his brother Frank, at Auburn.

We call the attention of our readers to the report of the '•fifteen" submitted at Cleveland, about a month ago, elsewhere in , this Issue , you will find an editorial on this report, which will bear careful reading. After readting which no aspi-ring can_ afford to. miss the pe 11 usal of th1s report Itself. · It 15 a masterpiece of a master mind.

Mrs. Crant;ner, of the South Dakota W. C. T. U., state lecture r of that commonweal.th,_ spoke chap e l to a larg e and appreciative audience Tuesday e ve nin oMarch I 9· Her subject was the "Issu e s the Day," and in her estimation of cdm s e

th e lea din g issue of t o d a y was th "L iquo r Ques ti on " H e r s u b j c t w as ab l y di scus s e d .

All young gen tl e m e n co n t mp la t i n g th w riti ng of t h e ir inniti a J C app ly fo r i n s tru cti o ns t o a y o un g g nt l m n e x p r t in th tra in i n g cl ass .

Hu e s t is & S t v e n so n' s nt a l P a r] r s , ov e r C iti ze n s Sta t Ba nk, w ill b' p n ev e ry Frid ay a n d S a turd a y

F i r s t Y e a r Boy s, w h a t a b ut t h a t f o tb a ll ga m ?

Th e wo rk of th e P o l it ica l c on my c lass h as b e e n unusua lIy s t i n g a nd va l u a b le d u r ing th e t e rm n ow a b o ut it s cl ose

Fro m th e a m o unt o f r h a r s in g t h a t is b e ing do n e n o w , we wo u i d think th at t h e flood -gate s of o r a t o r y wo u l d bu r st w b n t h e t id al h our a rriv s

W e n o t e'd th e a bs e n c e o f t h e H o n Ch u rch H owe a t th e .las t " B oa rd " m t i n . We mi ss ed him ve ry mu c h H e h as co m t o be re g ar d e d as i nd ispe ns ab l e to t h o rm a l.

Ou r ''di s tin g u is h e d ' ' res i d ent m e mb e r o f th e ''B o ard , " Hon . W . E . M a j o r s , si on a ll y vi s it s th e sc ho o l. H e se m s _ consc1 e ntiou s in th e d is charge of h1 s d a 1 : d fo rm a lly ex e r c is es hi s offic ia l p r e ro ga t i v e 111 a f a th e rl y way .

E d w a r d Wad e a nd J o hn B l oo min g d a le , fo r m e r s t ud e nt s o f th eN o rm a l. a tte nd e d t h e op e n se s s io n of th e f v e r e tt . . O ur o l d stud e n t s w ill c o m e b ac k occ asiOna ll y . T h e y a l way s bri n g t o min d th e e x p e r ie n ces o f fo rm e r d ays .

M iss Trail p a id h e r s is t e r a vis it r e c e ntl y .

Th e Ev e r e tt S ocie t y h e l,d i t s o pe n s e ss io n fo r th e wint e r t e r m F ri d a y e v e n in g , M a r c h 22 I t fn ll y s u s t a i n e d it s r e p ut a t io n o n t h a t occas io n . T h e pr og r a m pr ese n t e d w as va ri e d in s tr u ttiv e a nd w e ll r e n de r e d . I t wa s app r ec ia t e d b y a l l. A f e a t u r e s of t h,e e n t e r ta inm e n t we r e s u c h as ·we s e ld om s e e in o ur sc h oo l e nte rta i nm e n t s. It is r ea ll y

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P e r u i s t h a v - n c r two cr o t ia l br ick bu i ld in gs e r c t e d i n ti1 a r r e li a b l y i n f rm d .

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Mi ss Wr ig h t a n d M r s r ow e ll h a \ as is t e d th e P h il o durin g t h e p a s t t vvo t rm .

M is se s H e r ri g a nd lVI cL a in a nd Pro f. B r own e ll h ave w o rk e d w i t h th e W e ll in at o n ia n.

M iss e s W i n ni e a n d J e ffr e y D un ca n so n h av e w o rk ed w i t h Soc i e ty

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M is s K i tt ie S u c h y wa s favo r e d wit h a vi s i t f rom h E" r s is t e r d u rin cr t h e c los i n o· cl a ys • 1::> -,o f t h e w 111 t e r t e rm.

R ev . B e d e ll is d e l i v e ri n o- a s e ri es of S a bb a t h e v e n i ng l ec tur e s on th e M osa ic T a b e rn a cl e a t th e B a pt is t c h urc h . H e d e mo ns tr a t e s th e utt e r f u t ili ty of . eve n co n ce ivi n o· t h a t a n y thin g o th e r t h a n D iv in i t y co ul d

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t r t h a t w it h t h i n k J a s . . l z - 11 " is a l1 ri o- ht . i$ n o ' - rvin,...: h 1s n d ) a r th e r a s p ri n c i p a l of s c hoo l s J. t a n ! ) , o f t h clas s o f ' 94, i s lik ''a ll ri ht " s t h p op l of L a wr n ee th mk.

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T h e s e occ a si o n a l s pr i ng day s ' " e exp er in ce n ow a n d t h e n . .r em i nd _ u s of .th e be a utif u l ' s pr i n cY wea t h ei·, whi c h w ill s oo n be u p o n 0 T h e rc: i s n o term o f s c h ?o l: e q u :1. l to . 1 h e sp n n g t erm, f o r soh cl enJOyme nt. · ,Th is is th e t e st i mon y of a ll o l d s t ud e n t s

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T hursday , Mar c h 14 ; Mr. B . hor n a n d Miss M ary B a rn e s Both bn de a n d g r oon1 a.:e o l d stud e n t ? o f th e Nor m a l.

T h e g room IS n o w 91. f u ll - fl ed ge d d o c to r , fr o r;n t h e

Mecll ca l U mv e r s 1t y a t · St. · J o e , M1ss o u n .

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1\II i M in e r a C ra ngle s pent s eve r al d a y s in P e ru , re c ntly, v isi t i n o- her sister, Miss Am l ia Cra n gl e , of t he T r a inin g cl a ss.

' T h e Y . M. ·c. A . h eld it s an nua l m e e ti ng f o r th e el_ ctio n 0 f office rs £o r the en su i ng y a r abou t t h'e first of M arch . :vrr. H . D . Sa iiJ.S , of t h e S eco nd Y e ar cl a ss wa s e le ct t> d P r e si d en t; M r. F. P . M ajors o f th e sam e c1ass vva s e lect e d Vice -P r e sid e n t; M r ; Willis Ro gg e of the F irst Ye ar class w a s e le c teeL C o rre spondin g S ecre,t ar y ; Mr. ] . W . J aylor, Corr e s ponding S ec r e t a r y , a n d M r . Ch a s. V es t , Tr e a s urer, T h e s e o ffi cers ass u m e their d u tie s a b o ut th e fi rs t of next S e pte m be r.

Th e S t a t e B oar d of E d u ca ti on m e t here Ma r ch for th e .- p urp o se o f cl e a r ing u p a n d a u dit m g . a ll . m a t t er s o f b usine ss p e rt a in ing t o t h e sc h od d ur ing t h e la s t t w o fi scal ye a r s: T h e stu d e n t s e njo yed t h eir visit · to th e cha p e l. apprec ia t ed t he s p ee ches . m ade t h ere .· T hey were ,P le as e d t o m e et

!:""Ion. H. R. C o r be tt, o ur n e w St a t e S u p e rInt e n de nt of 'Publi c Instru c ti o n. Thi s, w e be l ieve , w as hi s fi rst vi s it to th e s ch oo l in hi s o ffici a l ca p acity. Th e stu de nt s of t h e N ormal will fi nd a warm fri e nd in him.

W e noti c e a gre ate r int e r es t mani fe sted b y th e s t ude nts o f th e No r m a l in m a tt ers of relig io n than e v e r b e f o re. Th e g ood wo rk a l o n g thi s lin e d urin g th e pr ese n t sc h oo l J:ea r i s wo r thy of un q ualifi e d co m m e ndati o n.

P r of. o rton h a s mad e a numb e r o f vi s its t o Lin c oln this pas t w int e r in th e int e r e s t o f th e No rm a l. In v ie w of th e univ e r sa l h a rd t im es, t h e l eg isl a tur e has not illi be r a l to th e No rm a l , in th e way o f

Jn o . Smith, a form e r stud e nt of th e sc h o ol t eac hin g on e of th e b e st u n g rad e d sc ho o ls In S a un de r s county.

J osep h Dillon , a graduate of th e El e m e nt ery co urs e is now teachin g succ ess fully n e ar U nadilla in Ot<;> e county.

No w and th e n w e are r e mind e d th a t t}:l e re • I • 1s ye t s uch a g am e as football. Oc c a s iOna lly s o m e a s pirin g yourig men of o n e of th e class e s issu e their ultz'm atum - to th e school.

M r. W. E . R o berts, a formP.r m e mb e r of th e p res e nt S e nior class was a visitor in P e ru during the closing days of la s t t e rm. His ol d fri e nds we re glad to s e e w.e und e rstand that h e is in the mercantile busin e ss w ith his father at Arlington, N e b.

M r. and Mrs. C. S. Jones, • of Auburn, Nebr., members - of. the class of '93, were present at the Theses e xercises .

M iss Ma g gie Gillilan home Theses.

Miss Anna Butt of the First Y e ar class who w as ill recently, returned home with h e r '·moth e r before the close of the term.

Mr. W. S. Da'venport, was a Thes e s visitor.

B oth Sunday schools ments Sunday, Ma ! ch 24, gav e entertainin churches.

M is s Lillian Trud e , of Council Bluffs, was a Normal visitor during the clo"sing days of last t e rm. Bein g a

h r h r m a n y fri n s a nd a qua i ntan w r gl ad t s e h r.

M r . and Ir s . W. t rh o ut of th e c la ss f '93 w r e 1n t wn during Th ses

M is s Liz z ie K f th e c lass f '9 , wa s a v is it r , Th s s . 1ss K l te i on e of th e ffi c: i nt teac h r s i n th . sh la n d publi c sch o l s . Chas. a l, of th la s s f '92, was m t own , T h e s s .

H n A K. a n o udy a r occas iona ll y s e n on th s tr ts of P r u. u n de r stand th y m a k th i r h om a t p rese n t w it h H n. Wm il y, w h o li ve s in th c.oun tr y a f ew m il s f r om th is pl ac .

M iss M am ie Ca r n y f th e Tr a inin g cl as h ad vi s it o r s d u r in g t h c l os in g da y s o f last t e rm.

M r. a n d M r s . G ri ffi th , of Pa wn ee Cit y, f a th e r a n d m o th e r of M iss O li ve G ri ffi th of th e S e ni o r cl a s s, w e r e in P e ru , Th eses . '

Mi ss F ranci s Meade r , a f o rm e r s tuci e nt , w as p r ese nt at th e Th eses exe rcises.

Wm. M cK a y, a form e r stud e nt no w a stud e nt a t th e S t a t e U niv e rsit y, a v isitor dprin g th e closin g d a y s of th e winte r t e rm.

Miss e s Dot All e n a nd Mabel Gooze e wer e fa vor e d 'Y ith visits from th e ir mot he rs Theses.

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A s a r es_ul t I am, pa mf ull y Impre ssed w i th ' th e be lie f t h at o f th e s o-call e d pluloso f e d u c a t io n now c l amoring fo r th e att e nt ton o,f tea c h e rs'" ill n e v er prove a h elpful gmde tn schoo l work; and this is especia ll y t rue of wha t ma y be ca ll e d the p h ilo s op h y of psycho l o gy . Wh a t e l ementa;- y te ach e r s m ost nee d is a clear kno w l ed o·e 6

of phy s :·ca l fact s- th e pi il os phy facts I er ng beyond th, g r as p f m r y r s. Th · work f many a rn st ac lv :: r s is I a lly by att mpts t ap 1 l y i n th ·ir t ·achmg all lll- drgcst d th eo r ies and SJ ·c d ati n s, and spec ially hil s hi e syst rn s on some ''n w psych 1 gy. . "

" syc holo gy , " says Pr [ ss r M insl ·nbtrg of a r vard un i v " r s it y, ''has t pi ck c ut som of 1ts best fru i ts for th e w r k f ·cluJ cation; but this canno t b · d o n , ! y t h · way, by t achers w h a r dil ·ttan t s in 1 syc holog_y Th e ne part of tea c h J rs - th sup · rfictal neS-\vi ll d cieve th -·m s Ivcs 1 y ·m pty phras e s, or w ill tortur _ th · J o r hi l lr c n I Y useless xpenm nt s . Th' Ja r g r· p art - th · arn st and s in cere t eac h r s-w i II £ ·cl s 11 th at all those laws of a 1 1 c r ccp t i n a nd a ll th ose wood cuts of 1 y r ami.cl a l ga n g I io n c ·li s do n ot h lp them a b it. Th y w ill n t 1 cb ett e r t eac h e r s b y s u c h kn w l l_ g · JU St as th y wou ld n ot b e co m e b e tt r pr anis t s by know in g h ow man y a has . Th e y w ill beco m e d isa 1 p o i n t d 1 11 th rr psycholo g ic a l stud i s " I would not be und erstoo d as w is h i n g t discourag e pedagog ic a l i n qu i r y o r t h e s tud y of th e ph il osophy of e ducat ion, o r v n s r ulativ e philosop h y A ll ea rn est s tudy rs h elpf ul to a teac h e r, eve n w h e n th e: k n ow ledge ga i n e d ca n n o t be di r ect l y 1 11 sc h oo l work It r e su l ts i n g r ow t h i n m e nt a l pow e r , and keeps the m in d i n q ui s it i ve, a l e r t, st i mul a tin g . T h e caut io n is a tt. m1 to app l y i mp e rf ec tl y und e r s t ood 1n sc h ool work, a n d e spec ia ll y i n t h e s ub Je c t rn g of t o un s k i ll e d ex p e r i m e nt s. I t I S f e a r ed t h a t so m e o f t h e c hi l d r e n in o ur sc ho o l s is w e ll n ig h c n mtn a ! It h a s l on g b ee n h e l d a n d o ft e n ass e r t e d t ha t t h e o n l y t ru e t es t of a m e t h od o r d e v ice i n t eac h i n g i s i t s ac t u a l u s e i n s cl! oo ! r oo m. No t e s t h as b ee n m o r e mt s lea d 111 g Th e so rri est s tu p i diti e s in t eac h in g h a ve b ee n support e d by w h a t h as a succ e ss It is m arve l o u s w h a t httl e c hild r e n ca n b e l ed to do by a n e n thu s ias t i c a n d s k illfu l t e ac h e r. W h o h as n o t w itn e ss e d t h e h ig h es t int eres t , a n d e v e n e nth u s ias m , awake n e d b y dev ice s th a t v io l a t e e v e r y t ru e princ i p l e o f c h il d t r a i n in g ? Nea r l y e v e r y

ba I nwth d ,f u·a that h;1s h .u l it. d 1. • in \111 ·ri ·an s hool s h ,ts bt'cn ·omnwnd • n th ·ground that · •it works w el l.·· \\'h il many f th · old r utirws Llws c mm ' ·nde( w ·r · stupid. n o a kw qf the n '\\" C \'l' e-

Cl,r · p s iti n:ly silly

J t is on ·e led t int <·\"<·ry ru · princ ipl or m ·thocl of t ·a hin u- "'ill w rl· we ll in nra• !"' tic· under cond/1/olls ; hut 1h' -a di , I t ·..,t Ji ·s h ack of pr.l · Li t..T an I sh uld int r1 r ·t 1 rae ic" . Th e su1 r nw qu ·stio n in •1ucation is not what ·hi! ln·n C1 llt do, but 'i(ha• tll f!)' UIIJ:l?t do tw of th · im1 nant funti ns I th · sci l' nc · >f p · Ia ro )-y is 1 prL • ch ildr en fr om th · ·xp(' rim ·nt T and h'

cJ< ·v ic ·-maker

Th ·fac t is that both p ·; ych I o·) :1 tH.I p h ·i I gy have alrca l y pic! · ·d out 11 t t liul ( th h cs frui ts as a gu id . in · lu ·a i n.

Su I j e c t i v · p s) ·h I () y, Lh c p s y ·h o J ,... y f c n sc i u s n e ·s, ha s furn is h ·d th e basis f r a m Lh d f t ac h i n cr - a I as i b m o li fi c d, b t t _i s not Ii i- l y t I · upp lanted; a nd ph ys1 I o y h J.s t hr wn a ·l•ar l ig ht u pon its J h ys ica l c n lit i n s - in lud ingsucb fa cLs as t h e p hys ica l o ncl i t i n s liH.l Jim its of; tl n t ion , s m i- 1 c.: r p l i n '<t n d m m ory. t h e or sc h I l i fe o n th ' ()TO\Vth, h a l th, ·:t n d v ig . r o£ Lh · I o dy, t . · What t ·ach r s i m1 e r ative l ) n e el is a I ;1r k n ow l c cl g o f t h e i mm cl iatc n ds a nd p ri nc i 1 lcs of t ea cl i n g- . T h e y m ::t k c . o r ry wo r k i n t h e a 1 p li cat io n f . ul t i m a t e o r I h il so phi ' e n d · of d u ca t ro n. vV h at is n _ -c.l d f o r t h ir p r ac t i ca l g u i la n e is t l w s cie n ce o f t lt e t aclting- th p hil oSO J b y o f e d uca t io n. P hil oso ph y s e k s bu t d o ··s n o t a h va) s fi nd, ul t i m a t e e nd s a n d p rin c i p le s , a n d th ese a r ' t oo fa r r; e m o've d a n d t oo ge n e ra l t o s e r v a a p r ac ti ca l g ui d e t o t h e a v e r ag e t ac he r.

\ i\T h a t , fo r xa m p l e , co ul d s u c h a t e a Gh e r d o w i t h th e ul t im a t e p rin c ip l e (i f i t b o n ),

• ·The e n d of m o r a l t r a ini n g i s t o rp u t m e n in r ig h t ,-e l at io n t o th e un i v e r s e ? " Th e e lem e nt a r y t e a c h e r n e e d s t o k ee p hi s f ee t o n of s im p l e fund a m e n t a l prin c ip le s

THE 1 0 R 1AL CO R!E f

In 5 h o o f Da i l it h l h u,., e hy h e r a rag-g 'd h cg-g-a r ,..u" "i n g:

A r un d it ,..til l t h e ,..u ut ac hs gr w. n d b l a k b tTy , ·in,,_ ar' runni n g.

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T h c f ee t tlt ;Lt, :-:1 w t - It o 1 \\ c n t s t nu ing- o u t t playing!

L o n g- yea r·s ag-o a u n It n e v •- it at s' ttin g-;

Lit u p it · w est r n w i n d w pa n e;. A n d I w ea v ' s i y fretti n g.

I t t o u c h e d t h t a n g- l e (l go l d e n c ur l A n d b t-o wn e y e · f u ll f g- r i v i n g, f o n e wh o s ti ll h e r st p s d l a y d \ V h e n a ll t h e s !t oo l w a s l e a v i n g

F o r n ea t· h c t- ,.; t oo rl t h e li t tl e b o y H e r c hil d i - h f a v o t in g l e d : H i s cap p ull e d l o w u p n a fac e W h e r·e p t"i d e a n d .· h a m e w e r m i n g l ed P u hin g with r e.· tl es s f e e t th e n o w T o t- i g ht a n d l eft h e lin g-c t-e d , A s r e s tl e ss l y h e r tin y h a n d s Th e b lu e - c h ec k e d apro n fi n g-e r e d.

He s a w h e r li f t h e r e y es; h e f e lt

Th e so ft h a n d' s li g h t c a r e ss in g

And h ea r d th e tt·e mul e o f h er v o i c e A s i f a f a ult co n f es sin g-

-

Practice and Prejudice.

ia l f a r e st p rf ec t th e \::::/ ' ri d h a ' r kn o \\ n , ' a s ' o en o f il k '' fi b r o f ur in c ip i nt r e p ubli ca n i 1 . in titu t i n a nd c ust o ms ; a nd a s · fr m th e h a nd s o f o ur fo r e f a th e r s i t with a f ee lin g f r eve r e nti a l · m atT ni fice n c . In this a\\ e ' e li b u t timul a t e d b in e nr y d v l o p m nt a n d im p r o vid , thr o ug h th e mi c r o co p e t h u ·ht, \\ e a r fr o m ea r t o v r in a thr a ds not ge nuin e , hi c h b a ut a nd w a k e n it s tr e n g th. d £ th r ace dem a nd th a t th e s t hr a d b pl ac d . Thi s ma y b e d o n e b t h p ac f ul wi t h d r a w a l and r e pl a c e m e nt of r fo rm , or b ) th e dan ge rous , d e stru c ti e r a v e llin a n d r c o nstruction of re o lution ; b u t 11 r b th e ' 'out g r ow " pro ce ss of • ·c n n at ism ··

In t h e li b r a ry o f J-I a r va r cl U ni v e rs it y a r p ic tur es o f eve r y g r a du a t e s in c e r 7 5 2.

"l'nt so n ·y th a t I s p e lt th e w o r d : I hat e to g o abo v e yo u , B eca u se " -th e br o wn eye::; l o w e t· fe ll ,' Bec au se, y o u ::; e e, I l o v e yo u. " S till m e m o r y to a g t-a y -h a ir e d man That s w ee t c hild- face i s s h o win g.

D e a r G i r l! th e g r asses o n h e r g r ave H a ve fort y y ea r s b ee n g t-o win g ! H e liv es to l e a r n , in l i fe s har d s c h oo l , How f ew w h o p ass ab o v e him L a n 1e nt th e ir tr i um ph and hi s l o ss Lik e h e r-b eca u se th ey l o v e him.

-Joh n G . W h i ttie r .

A n e w rul e h as g on e into e ff e ct at \ Vill iams r e quirin g att e ndan ce a t go p e r ce nt o f th e c o ll e g e exe -cis es .

A n d h n o ur p e o pl e b y on e f e ll s tr o k e r p l a c d th e bla c k thr e a d of sla ve r y with t h a t of n e g ro c it ize nship , we g r ea tl y f e a r th a t Br o. Ru ss e ll wo uld hav e stood amon g t h e c on s e n a ti v s . shoutin g •R evo lution " with o p e n m o uth; propo s in g that e a ch in lividu a l b e lef t to htms e lf t o outg ro w th e instituti o n. That such action m ea nt w r e ck a nd ruin t o th e w hol e fabric Ay e, ind ee d th ts £s a n ag e of e volution , but of e volution with r a dical t e n d e n ie s ; att e s t th e Jap a n e s e, a nd als o th e la te politi ca l histor y of our c ountr y '· I a m r e ad y to st crnd by th e common s e ns e of th e c o mmon p e o g le ;" says Br o Rus s e ll. Ar e common p e opl e s tandin g i n th e c o n s er v att ve part y 111 En g la nd o r Am e ric a toda y ?

H as a n y thin g eve r b ee n wrought d e trim e nt a l to wom a n . b y th e so - ca ll e d w oman' se mancip a tion c r a nk s ? On th e oth e r h a nd has sh e n o t untold wr o ng and b e e n deb a rr e d o f n g ht thr o u g hout th e hundr e'd s of e ars of th e r e ig n of co ns e r va ti s m as t o h e r condition?

That wom a n is bound by th e bond s o f man ' s own f o r g in g . Th a t b e c a use of m a n 's

THE 1VON /1/ r1 l

w \ h as c I y

NIEN . incapacity t appr e c iat tru wo m a n is w illin g t d e g- rad h a peacock-show, fashion h r h at and h gar m e nts, a n d distort h e r b dy, - :n ak · a fo o l of h rs .... l f,-t p.:tnd e r to his whim s . May th m e n for g i ve y ou Br . Ru ss II. sure l y th worn n n ev r will!

W w is h to say a w rd in r ·ra rd mistak n n o ti n of s m f 0 ur w s t rn p e op le , th a t a p e rs o n ' ought t sp :.. n d a fe w y ea r s in th e E ast r in Eur p e f r th e cu l tur of b .... tt r soc ie ty and in s tituti o n s . Wh e n an easte rn la n d:; in · ur r ·gion, w e hail him as a p(op h tin I s r ae l ; we sp r e ad our ga rm e nts in his w y . and b i d go d sp :: ed to hi s pr 0 r s , 1ntil w e find that hi s sup e riors cu ltur is I :..1t th e foppe r y o f a dud e , o r hi s ad va n e - d th r y a ''.fake". u r soc ia l form s a nd · dr ss mu st have a strong odo r a !aj"ra 1teo is e , our 1 o li tic d views must e m a n ate from o ur ast e rn d e magogu es, a nd o ur id eac; of e ducation are f a ll a c ious exce pt as th ey co in c id e with thos e o f ou r g r eat New York educa t o r s Away with suc h a virtual tyra nny! With what supreme mu s t Fr e nch vi e w our s ill y tracin g afte r, catc hm g u p a nd followin g h e r eve ry cha n g e in s tyl e o f dress a n d so c ia l f o rm! Th e sturdy com m o n f o lk of England and Scotla!ld have n_e_ve r sought th e inno ·vations of their m e trop o htl ca l ce ntr es but in a great m e asur e h a v e . m a _int c: in ed th e ir own m a nn e rs. custorY}s ar:d Jn st lt utwn s. And w hy today d oes th e anstocrat1c seek to ass oc iat e with th e country m a n? Why does th e Queen of Bntam spe nd a part of eve ry y e ar at amo n g h e r lowl y subjects in th e h1 g hlands of Scotland?

L e t u s stay at hom e a nd make our own soc ie ty a nd ,L:e t us be pendent. L e t us thmk anet 111 v e nt for outse l ves. L et u s or ig in ate, a_nd apply ?ur own soc ia l , political a nd th eones; in;t ead of wast in g o Ut- tim e and energy s tudyin g and trying to e n g r a ft u r:_c:n our p eop l e th os e whic h are utt e rly for e ig n to our very constitution .. - Th e n will our easte rn n e ig hbors see k th e hi g hlands of th e for a ben e fit, a study and a pl e as ur e no oth e r part of th e wo rld affo rds. As tt ts,

a p c p i h av · n t h i n g f r i 'r th 'Y go t lwy s · · l>u t t h · mi f th i r wn

s t 1 r jud ice i n th ·

[ r R u ss ·I I, lh · I usin ·ss

s u l-s avin g; I ut ught n t

m ea n sa l va i n f ro m n a r ro .v n ss

a n d ig n r an t sup r stiti() n .

th m ra I

Th e Old Class.

w o ft Il -

That r at h ,T h r las,· in Ltri t n mber

nti wh :-.t d o r aig h i n liue

And c h a r g d at sUt n cl anJ lit ralnr w it h d '1 11.

\'\ e di d n t ·p a 1·c t h in w hi h Ill' w r d w r c c l a d;

Th I a n o f rrows lid n o t 1 I ) h io- hfi v r wa lt /. , I 1t hi . 1 ·eli I th e f s t i v iri s f a we !di n er C;J. Si n. h i p w r mini s t r ed t i ts ' p i ·as ur · .

W ·m u st f r pr ·s ··nt pi ad

a s t ju s t \ h a t is th rt h ric

a g in s t C;J. r ds a nd d ::t n c in o- ; b ut b m nt c a n b :.:: u r ged th ·

ca nn t b u r g d with 'q u tl f

1 I as u r ; r icl i n g a n :.1 I , t t i n g ?

ca r d s that ca nn t b ur ge d w ith aga in s t c h k e r s o r ch ·ss ?

W e a :r r e Br . Ru s t h at w oma n 1 -:;, '

·ha m p e r e d by th •-; tablis h ed rul s of s ie ty", a n d that th h ost ilit y o f t h e - c hurch towa r l am us m e nts is 'of s u1 e rstiti o n a n d prejudi c e ". W a ls o agr ee t h a t th - re m ely m 11st c om e throu g h co mm o n s e n a n d educat io n, b ut w h e n this co mmon se ns a nd e du ca ti o n is bodi e d fo rth by se>me r ef o rm m ov c.. m e nt , l e t u s n o t s tand off an I howl till th e w e lkin rin gs with shouts of '·Re voluti on" , a nd tr emb le with th e f ea r that it m e a n s th e dest r uct io n of th e e ntir soc ia l fabric L e t us swincr int o th e va n of 0 thi s o n ward sw ee p of r a dical a crcr r ess ion. th at bb g r ea t active for ce in ou r p r ese nt c ivili zat io n. Rom e truly was not built in a sin g le day. But n at io n wh ose hi s tory is a history of r ad ic a l m eas ur es is toda y, at a n age of some hundred years youn ge r , g reat e i- than Gre e ce or Rom e e v e r attained to b e

We g a n : t h m ea n i n g- f t h t x t by all th' lig h t w

Dut till I f a r til n es wit w r t' the li n e - w f 1e'

W o ul d s a r c h a ,· r g- n ized til i r w rk i n D i t ri t Numb e r Tht·

u t id e th n o w w ; l'-; s 111 t h an w inte 1·' thick-laid cln s t ; 'rh e t o r nt it ntad e t h e w i n e! w sp a k a t e Y ry u dd n gu t;

D r ig h t \ •ig-lt-h lh thr w 11 p l ea a ut w r d; wh 11 t ra ye l e r w h o u lcl pa s s ;

1' h tr e e · al o n g- th e r :J.d ·to d hi Ye r i n g in t he ir c i a s

D e youd, th e white -b t·o w ed o l t a gcs w r· n e tlin g o ld and cl u nt b

A n d far away th e mi g- h ty w rids :: m ::d b :! k n i n g u t o

C011 t e -

1'h e wondr o u s world of wh i h w e nn ccl wh at had b e n a n d mi ght b e ,

In that o ld-f ashi o n e d reading- cl a · of Di tri c t Number

Three

We too k a hand at h istory - it::; altars, pi res and fl ;une_And uniformly mbpro n o u need t h e most i mp o t·tant name We w a nd e r ed thro u g h biog r aphy, and gave our fa nc y pl ay,

And with some sub j ec t s f e ll in love - "good only for o ne day;"

In r omance and ph il osophy we sett l ed man y a p o int, And m ade what poe m s we assailed to c r ea k at every jo in t; A nd m a n y a u thors th a t w e l o v e, yo u wi th m e w ill ag r ee, '\Vere first tin1e i ntroductd to us in Di st r ict N umber Three.

Yo u recoll ect Susannah Stnith, the t eac h er's sore d i stress,

W h o stopped at any pause - a so rt of day e x press?

And ti mid yo un g Sy lv est er J ones, of inc onsistent sight, \Vho s tumbl e d on t h e easy words, a nd re ad the hard o n es ri gh t ?

Anct Jenni e Green, whose doleful voice was always clothed in black?

\ od Benny Bane who e every tone, he mnnnured a s in f e ar

(

Hi t n ue i - n t -o timid n o w: he i au auctioneer. ). And a.u t y W o d wh e voi e was ju t eudeavonug har d t h an e,

And l ea pe d from h ar e t o fie r cely hrill \Y i th mo t surp r i in ra uge;

Al hi i t r Mary Ja ne, o f ull o f prudish g l ee, • · · t Num·

Ala s! th y'r- b o th iu highe r c h ool than D1 tnc b e r Thr e

vari o u - v oice c o me, th o ugh long the years have r wn o d un d un mm n l y di tinct through m e m o ry 's teleph n e · _

And m e a re full of m e lo d y a nd bring a sense o f cbeer. Au d m e an mit th e r ock o f time , and summ o n forth a t ear:

ut ne sw e et \' i e om s bac k to me, whe n ever sad I grieve

And ing a song, and that your, 0 p e erl ess Geneviev e!

It brigh te n up the o lden t imes, and thro w a sm.ile at lne-

A ilver star a.mid the c lo u d of Di trict Number Three. -Ha t-pe r ' s Jlfaga zin e

fttodern Ma r .v.els.

FRANKL. STANTON,

\ Vha t' s the w o rld a c o min g t o A feller 'd like to know , \Vhen t h ey re makin' ice t o order And a manufacturin' snow. The cities, they're·g o ne out o' sight, 'pea r s just like a dream, . F o r wheu they h a ve a cloudy night Th ey ru n the stars by steam.

And here's the lightn in g with a song Proclaimin' man is boss, And all the street cars skimmin' along Without a mule or hoss.

An d here's the ringing telephone Which never seems to tire, But takes a man's voice free o' charge Across six miles o' wire. '

Wh a t is th e differenc e b e tween th e old n o ve l a n d the n e w? I am as k e d. Here is a s e nt e nc e wh ic h will ju s t a ns wer the q u estion: ''In th e o ld fiction t h ey m ar ry in th e l as t chapt e r a nd liv e happily eve r afterward ; in th e n e w t h ey m arry in th e first cha pte r a nd li ve unh a ppily ever afte rw a rcl. - London

Jl.fillion ,

A nd Samu e l Hicks, wh ose t ones i nd u ced t he plasterin g a ll to crack ?

And Andrew Tubbs, whose various nt ou ths w ere quite a !> h ow to see?

A l as ! cannot find them. n ow in D i strict Nu mber Three.

A nd Ja s p er J enck es , whose tears wo uld fl ow at each patheti c word,

(H e 's in the priz e -fig ht now, a nd hit s them ha rd, I' ve h e ard;)

And here's the blessed phonograph, Which makes y o ur memory vain, And, lik e a w o man when you talk Keeps talking back My! How the w o rld i s moving o n Beneath th e sun a nd moon, I ca n't h elp thiuk i n g I was b o rn

A hun dred years t o o soon.

Bu t when I'm gone, praise be to G o d, It -..:ont b e in the night, F o r my grav e will s h ine like glory I n a br ight e lec tr ic light.

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Obse r vatio n Sto r y on the Maple Seed.

1.. MAE V A V LE C: T.

I yo u wh a t w h av t ta l k . ab o ut thi s m rnin g , I 1m ag m y u w tll s a y, ' Wh at qu e r li tt l thin gs !" L pk! h w man y h av e s n th e m b for ?

W e h a v s n th m g r w in g on th m ap l t r es .

Wh o kn w s w h a t th y ar ?

Th e y a r map l e s ds, ( .. iv a pa 1r t eac h c hild ).

H o w m a ny s e ed s hav e yo u?

W e ac h h :1Ve two s e e d s .

Wh a t is th e r e curi o us a b o ut th way th · y g r ow ?

Th e y s ee m a lw a y s to in p a ir s . O f w h a t d o th e y mak e y o u think ?

Th e y loo k like butt e rfly win gs

Why d o yo u suppo se th e y hav e w i n g s?

Th e y h a v e win g s so th e y c an Ay, lik e th see ds o.f th e d a nd e lion.

Y es ; and w h e n they ar e ri'p e. Mr. Win d co m e s along and snatchin g th e m from th e o ld tr ee, carri e s th e m far and wid e .

L e t u s n o ti c e th e see d m o r e clo se I y. Y o u m a y t a k e o ff it s g r ee n coa t. w ·h a t see d which w e hav e s tudi e d do e s this .l ook lik e?

It looks l ik e th e bean

R e mov e its n e xt c o at. Op e n t h e s ee d . · What hav e you l ea rn e d abou t it now?

Th e c o a t I hav e just t a k e n off is whit e .

It is thin a nd tou g h l ik e th e c oat of th e b e an. In s id e of th e b e an i s th e littl e b a b y IJlant . This thi c k part of th e s ee d is food for th e Ga b y pl a nt ·

Wh a t oth e r see d s hav e w e notic e d whi c h furni s h f oo d in thi s w a y ?

Th e co rn , p eas, a nd- b ea n s furni s h fo o d in thi s way

Now w-hil e y o u draw th ese l ittle s e e d s wi th th e i r win gs , would you lik e to h e ar th e s to r y whi c h th e y told t o m e? Her e it i s : (To t h e t une , "The Birdi es ' B a ll " ) .

• a r · li t l e 111a p l · D a n i nS(, si n J(i n J(. i n h e hr' ;-. ; N o w <> ur w i ll S('- a r c a pr tty K r n S o y o u 111 ay kn o w i i:-. a rty :-. pr i u g- .

S o 11 w ·:-.h a ll h · h o th bro wn a n d dry. P l a y tim o v e r aw ay w · fl y \\ 'II o n th w i n d o ·1· hill a n d g l 11, Th 11 w • :-. ha l l 1 <· p ti l l c a ll s ag-ai n

Qu ee r Nature and Her Fairies.

T a m o rni n g d n

I' E A I< L R O K\\ ( H >l l b u s llin g 1n I r u s t lin b Lh r - \\' a i a tu r ' s fa i r y - la nd t h at H w m a n y t hi n r s t h c.; r \ u ld t h · v ·v ·r cr t i t a ll ) b

L a dy l'\ a tur , wh o 1s s o·o d a nd w is a n d a l way s k n \\ s ju st h ow Cl n d wh n ev e r y thin g s h o ukl b · d o n ca ll d h e r fa iri s t o h r a n d I. ·' ;rOOd m o rnin , m d a r s . a r yo u a ll r "a I y f r wo r k?''

Th e la inti y fairi e s f o rm "d a p r t t y nn a r o un d t h c.; ir qu e n a n cl.a n s vve r e d, •·\ · a r r e a d y Wh a t s h a ll w • l o fir st? "

ea r . . kind Q u ee n N a tur sa i \\ ith s mil e •• S in c e y o u ar a ll s o \·v illifl g t o w rk. you m a y c hoos e f o r yo urs e l v e s wh a t ) Oll wi l l d o F ir s t of a ll w e mu :; t coa x s o me l ittl e sprin g e r s f r o m th e ir wintr y b ed: i n th e e a r t h, f o r th e c hildr e n. \\ ' in d- faiq what will y o u dt> t o h e l1 ? "

A nd Wind - f a iry sa id :

"\Vhat will I d o ? Oh , h o, h o , h o !

I'll puif o ut my c h e e k s l i :e t h i s and bl o w , I'll sca t te r th e l ea v es th a t li e o n th e gro un d, And whirl th e m round, a n d r o und anti r o un d; I'll bl o w t h e sn o w -c l o u d so far o ff th e t r a c k

•Twill t a l<e him t ill n e xt wint e r t o fi nd th e w a yb a c k !

I' ll whi s tl e s o liv e l y a nd l ou d and clea r 'fhat th e s l ee pi es t blo sso m wiil s ur e l y he a r , And co m e tro o ping up in pi nk and whit e, And th e d ear littl e c hild re n will s h o u t with d e li g ht !"

G o, my win s om e \tVind - fair y." cri e d

Qu ee n Natur e , · ' y ou w ill d o yo ur pa rt we ll

I a m s ur e . Co m e h e r e . s h y lit t le s un be am, what c a n you do to h e lp? "

"1 ca n' t d o tnu c h , " sa i d <; h '! with a s i g- h

"I'll com e from m y h o rn e i n th e g r eat b lu e s k y

A nd t o u c h th e plac e w h er e th e fl o w e r s l ie l ow,

THE \ ( R 11 L C

n d I w ly, hut " UI" ' l ;.- p ·r>-ou a cl e h e m o r r o w

n d l h fi r s t w hit e hi s 111 tha t I -

CC J in ,. up w it h a » lll il ·at 111e

I 'll k iss ti ll it cJ k n w wh a t - h i nk

n d a nd bl u >. lt c ,.. a da i n y pink "

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Jn flu e n c R a i n r d o?' '

t t u r m hit h e r. h t in y t hin

t i n k lin rr k a ina tu r an I ·an a tt r d mu 1s :

'·D w 11 w wil l p at t •r w i th a t a p t a p t a 1 !

wak l itt l bl "" 111 · f 1· 111 y ur w i n r y n ap s p 1 in g- bn: 7. C is b l w in g- a n d s u n b a nt i h e r e A w a k e l it t l bl u ,- ,.; 11 1:-; lt SJ i · n c ar , o m , h ast n til e a r c w ai t in g f r y u \V ' 11 s in • to t h e bl osso m :-; , t it at · w h a t do ."

, d a r h a in - d 1·o l : , " aid th '· in g ) ur 1 1c tt) to t h H u n. a n d t h ey "'ill s ur e ! ) a w ak e \\ ay da n ce d t h e fai 1i un. \ 1\ ind a n d R a in, a n d wh - n t h e c hildr n \\ "' nt i n to t h w oo d t p l a y , in t h , '' 1l rr ;, mon th f

May ," ev e r y m ossy ha n k w a s starr d \ i t h d a int y ,.v hi t e a nd p ink b io s o m \\ a i ting t o mak e so m e bo d y h app ).

May

Wh e n Apr il s t eps a s i d e f o r M a y Lik e dia 111 o nd s, a ll t il e ra in-dro p s g l isten; Fres h vio l e t s o p e n e v ery day , T o so n1. e eac h h o ur, w e li ste n .

- Lttey Larh o m

The Approach of May.

Th e dais i es p ee p fr01n e v e r y fi e l d T he vio l e t s s w eet t h eir o d o r s y i eld, Th e purp l e bl o ss o n 1. pain t s t he t h orn, And s tr e atn s refl e ct t h e blu s h o f m orn Th e n l ads a nd l asses a ll b e g-ay , F or t hi s i s N a tu re's h o lid ay.

Apple Blossoms.

Appl e Bl osso nts, buddi n g, bl o w i n g , I n t h e so ft M ay air;

C u p s' o f s un s hi ne overflow i n g-, Flak e s of f r ag r anc e , dr i ft i ng-, s n owin g ,

· Showerin g everywhe r e

R I ER

Dandelion.

D a.inty l i ttle da ndel i on m ilin g on the lawn

I epi u "' tb r ouo- h t h e dewy night , 'i a k iu g w i t h the dawn

Fai r y littl d a nd eli o n In t h e ir m i t y hro u d , P a s i n f r o m o u r i g h t away L i ke th umme r cloud

Pretty littl e dande lion l e pin .r iu t he g l n , Wh en an ther y e a r r eta r n Th y will o m e aga in.

- From Little ougsfor L i ttle S ingers Spring Blossoms.

B l w w in ds aud waft t hro ug h a ll the r o om s. T h e n o w-fla k e o f t he c h e rry bloo m ! B l '' wi n d a nd bend wit h i n tny r each Th fie r y bl o o ms o f t h e peac h . - Longfello w .

What Robin Told.

H o w do t h e r ob i ns bu ild their nests? R o bi n R edb r e at to l d me.

F irst , a w i s p o f a mb e r hay

In a pre tty roun d th ey lay ; T h e n some shred s of d o wny m o s s F eath ers t oo and b i t s o f m o s ,

W o v e n with a wee t , s w eet s o n g, Th is way , th,_at way, and acro ss ; Th a t 's what R ob i n told me \ Vh ere do t h e r o b i p s hi de their nests5 R o bin R edbre a st told me.

Up a m o n g- the lea vel'- SO deep Wh ere t he sunbea m s r ar-ely cr e e p L o n g b e f o r e the w inds a r e c o l d Lo n g b efore the le av e s a r e B r ight eyed stars wtll p e e p and s ee B a b y xobins, one, t w o , th ree ; T h at's what R o bi n t old me.

L i t tl e g r een hunt e r tn m eadows of a ir ! B u sy, blithe bu zz er ' mid odorous flo wers! A re yo u a bird , say, o r somet hing more rare K in t o t he butte rfty ? - flirt ing- wi th bo w e r; K issing , caressi n g them, Billi n g them, p r essing them, All t.h e da! lon g thr o u g h t h e blue balmy h o ur 1 Bng h t ltttle , hght l ittle, slight little hu mm e r Lover o f sunshi n e aud lover of sum mer !

THE NORMA

THE NORMAL COURIER.

BUSINE.SS DE.Pf\RTM E NT.

A d ve ti s ln g R a t es . P e r i oc b , in gl e co lumn , s in g l e in s e r t i n SOc Spec ial rates f urn is h ed on appli c a t on o Bus ness M ana ge r s

J J. KI N I. E S 'l AN F R 0 , Du s in ess M a n •q;e r s

STATE NORMAL S C HO O L. FACULTY

A . w. N RT N , A. M., PtH NC H' AI, , Teach e r of Ethfc a Logf c and t h e Sc ienc e and Art of Te n c hin(J

MISS ELIZ A C M RG A N, PHP. CEP'.C H.I ·:ss , Tea ch e r of Lfte ra t ur e , R h e t o ri c Gen e ral Hi s t o ry a n d

H B. D UN A NS N , B S. , A.M. , Teach e r of Botany, Ge o l og y and Zoo l og y.

HERBERT BR W NELL, Te ach e r of Ch e mitrt ry, Phy s i c s a n d Atrtronomy

G W. ELLIS, B. A. , A M ., Te a c h e r of Mat h e mati c s and Latin

MIS S FLOREN C E M. WRI ' H'l' , Te acher of Ora and Writt e n Ar i h meti c.

MISS JENNIE McLAIN, B .S , Te ach e r of United State s Hi s tory and Ge ography

MI S MARTHA WINNE, Te a c h e r of Language and Grammar.

MRS E B. CROWELL

Te :: cher of R e ading, Draw ng, Ciu/ 1 Gouernmen t an d B o oh Ke e pln !J.

M I SS ANNA B HERRIG, of of and Sup e ri n t e ndent of Pr :lCt lc e.

M I SS FLORE N CE G. BENNET T , Pr i mary an d Kind ergarte n.

M I SS MAT'.riE ELL I S, Prepa r atory De p art men

F R ANCOIS BOUCHER, Te acher of Voca an d In s t r um en t a l Mu s ic

IDILL A J EFFERY, Lib rar i an

J O HN B L A NK ENS HIP, J a n i to r

BOAR D OF ED U CATION.

Hon H. R. Corb e tt S u pt Pu b. In s. ex -u.ffici{', Lin c o ln

Hon. J o s S Bartl e y State Tr e as., ex-offici o, Li nco l n

H o n.

B. E. B. K e nn e dy On1a h a; t e rm expi t" e s 18 97

Hon J. T. Sp e nc e r. Dak o t a City; te ; m expit·es 18 9 9.

H o n Churc h H o w e Aub u rn; t erm exp i re s 1895

Hon. W. E Majol' s . P e ru; te r m expi r es 1896

H o n. J S. We s t. Benk e l m an, te r m expi r es 1898

OF F IC E RS OF THE BOARD

B. E. B. K enr..ed :( . . . . .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . P resi d en t.

H. R. Co t" be tt ' Secre t a r y

J osephS Bal'tley . : T l' eas u reL

EXEC U TIVE COMMITTEE.

Ch urch H o w e W . E . Ma j o t s . A . W . No t·ton

E O J T O R.I AL.

Natur e s lnflue n c

(fJi\ s p r i n g c orn ·s h ;1c k ;tga in \\'ilh th l ·a\'' S. tlw l , ird s a n d th - 1- aant d r s , \\ · an · r ec alle-d t c t h · ·h I f at u r ·. l u ri n g th ; \\' ill r \\ · h a I a pa rti al aca ti n . I t is Lntf' \\ <· sa \\ :\l o t h r a rt h b la n k t ' I an I p u t to r '-., t \\' i th a ll h r df o rmi t i s as \\'(' II as I) ' <ll tti ·s w r ;q p d in s p tl ss w hit e a n d th o u g h · h " a t u h of t h 1 i v i n 1 '\' ·r , a n 111 a I· · a II 1 11 r saw n ic· ty f ·a tur · in · h r h a n li\\' rk th e s !l wfl a k c and t h · ic c r 1 s t a l. \ 1 l oo k ' cl up in to t h · d e ·p Glu f t h \ \ int r' n ig ht w ith it s my r ia Is of fi r ·s a n l w r fi ll ·cl with \\' 0 11 1·'1' a nd a \\'· at i t s g ra n d ur and i mm c n s i t v Th e s tr o n o· l 'i r in o· \\i nd J .-.. i f p s s i I l · nn d e o 11 r i n s ig n i fi c a n 111 r r e a l t o u s Th · co l d s la n t i n g su n b ·am p e rh ap s br o u g ht th e: t h o u tT h t t h at a t som ti m e t h e s u n h ims e l f w i l l uTow co ld a ni a ll t'a r t h 's c h i lcl r n p e ri s h . H ut cl urin o· w i nt e r' h ou r s \-v e d i d n o t s ec o n l y s o m b e r a n d ov e rp ower in g IJ i c t u r s . Fa rth 's b rilli a n c y s h o n in milli o n s of f r ost g e m s a nd h r j o llit y crO J p e el o u t in t h e ga m b o l s o f c hil d r e n a nd t h e fr e a k s o f th r e l e m e n ts. So t h e vacat io n h as n o t b ee n unmi x e d wi t h t e ac hin gs . B u t th e v e r y app t·oac h of s prin g s e e m s t o in sp ir e u s wi t h h o p e a n d t o im pe l u s t o ren c -vv e d s t ri v in g Li fe, p u s hin g- o ut on eve ry h a nd , appea l s t o u s 1t s va ri e t y a nd multip li c ity a r e w o n d erful. A n infinit e powe r m a nif es t s it se lf, infini te in th e vas tn ess o f it s o p e rati o n s , in fi iJ lt e as' we ll in th e minu te n e ss o f th e d e t a il s o f e ve r y pa rt. \tV h o d oes n o t

f ee l hi ms e lf a s ubj e c t o f d:sc rimin a tin g ca r e fr o m thi s a ll- p r e se nt p owe r wh e n ea ch leaf

a nd s p ea r of g- r ass h as b e e n fas hi o n e d so

p e rf ec tl y y e t individu a lly.

H e is n e , ·e r a l o n e ·wh o h o ld s co mmun ion

with n a tur T '1 · llo\\ c r 111 \\' · a n m e adow . . m ) S .' ' S, f rn: . t: , . n m I on a dam1 \\' :d l ur g T t ll l im· i n 1 p I. and Lh : tur d y T ·:. uf lw f r :t a r' cu mpan i n r 'ady to lis ·l os e I ll' \\ and 1 I a n t thin gs T h · n tiH' I i rd-; < n d h , S , I u<-r butt r f1 i s flit t i ng ab o ut f o r a n rtuni t ) t < m Ld · · a q ua i tnan · '.' T h th e c l u Is. til · th e u n · ·t g·t , t o th e n c a k in d I lore n t le a rn· I i n h oo k s

But h w f \\' Jf u s I ··u ·n t r I IT'lL ny f t h b au tiful l ·ss tt s . )ur ttt nt i n ,,·a . no t a ll cl L t il ' 111 i n ur hi ld h cl a n I s e qu ntl y \ \' · p ;1ss ' cl th m . I .-\ncl in ju s t t h · p r po r t1 n t hat t hi · do n a r th l i , · 'S f m ·n ,, ant.l ba rr e n c m p ar ·d \\'i th , , ·ha t r h y m i ) ht h a , · · b ee n T 1 a r ·nts a n d t 'ac h ·rs i t h ' cllig-htfu l uuty f t o th litt l this most in t j r· s ti n g- b k pr · pa r I ing l y by atu r · · h a nd. T h ·y \\'i ll n le arn t o s - e a nd - ll JOY h e r· b 'a ut i f r th ·m se l vcs . 1\ nd t h y \\' i ll g r o w br oa d and st r ong a n d b e n e o l -·n t , b e h o l lin ()' t h 10\ of t h e A li i at h e r in His wo nd - r f ul wo rk

Birthday Greeting.

PEA R L TU,; CK W OO D

Oh t hi s great eat t h g l o vvs wit h s un s h i n e, A n d t h e b e e::; and bi rds a n d fl ow e r :;,

Sca t te r rnu s i c, ::; wee t ::; a n d p e t f um e Till th e f r ag- r a ut ::; t.nnm e r h o u n; Bu t ea rth wo ul d ! o ::; e it s j oy th e m i nut e, Th a t th e t·e w e r e n o i n it! '

Th e t we nti e th o f Ap ril was Pr of. N o r to n 's birthd a y. A lth oug h th e day W <lS Sa t u rd ay a n d full uf a n t i cipa ti o n s f o r pl ay, a n d N ur s e Na tur e h a d ju s t o p e n e d a b eau ti f ul n ew p i c -

Lur e b oo k full u f sp rin g b ea uti es- p age a ft e r page o f f r es h g-r ee n g r ass, g r ea t tr e e s bur s t -

in g in bud a nd bl os s o m, f e rns a n d m oss in th e woo d s with b ri g ht littl e b l' osso m s n es t -

hildr n ' s t h at

\\'11 th e m : · y e : i cl th t il 1i s . ms . Ea a r fi nr u ll d th m. , \ b ut nin pro c i o n st ar t e d Th c hild r n i n ·ro u p of t w o s thr e s a n d 1\· · tn t )u· d u p th e hill to th e Norma l Huil d in,. :, · h b a ri n · hi off e rin o· Som e \\' ith da int k et. m e rfl O\\ in CY with b ink , '"hit ' a n d b l u e , \\' it h - h e re and t h ere a fl a h f reel. Ot h ers '' it h a r mf ul s of flo "r , a lmo t mo r e th an t h ey co u ld car r y . Th n ther e \\ e r e bo uq u ets innum e rabl e . p p i n to P rof. No r to n s sit t in o· room h b n e t mk o f F <ti r y- la n d F lm Yer., e , · I') wh e r e, b u n c h e s o f t h e m , h eaps f th m Tab l e, m nt l e , pia n o, bow- \\ indow I ad cl w it h flo ,ve rs , a n d th e c hi ldr e n , b l s t h e ir d a r , bri g ht f aces, a n d sw e et, · un · ' ic e s , c omp le t e d th e " hol e w ith th - ir pr e se n I t '' a a h appy l it tl e .... s ce n e of l ov e and t ru s t ' hi c h b ot h th e c hil d r e n a nd Pr ofes s o r o n o n w ill l o n o· c h er is h in their m e mor y Locals.

Mos t o f the stud e nts \vho we r e o ut of t own d urin g v a ca tior_1 r e turn e d on Tu es da y , Ap ril 2, f o r th e s pnn g t e rm Th ey s ee m ed t o , h ave e nj oyed th e i_r bri e f r e st , a nd we.r e r eady to co mm e n ce th e 1r s ch oo l wo rk aga in.

Dick Nea l , o f t h e cl a s s of '94, n ow a st ud e nt in th e l aw d epa rtm e nt of th e S t a t e U nive r s ity . spe:- n t h is vaca ti o n h e r e w ith hi s f o lk s .

Fr e d Va n M iddl eswo rth , w h o is t ak in o· a n e l e ctri ca l c ours e a t th e vacati o n a t h o m e, · as did C lint o n No n o n.

\ V ill Gae d e, of J o hn so n , a tt e n d e d Th eses

THE N ORMAL C R/ER. a nd Sund ayed w ith h. I d f 1s r I tiv es , H. M . WI ears an a mily.

A Day" co n e r t a nd nt rt ainm e nt w a s g1ven t h . S day e vening Ma the aptTis t tftn· ar c 3 1. h e sub) ct r th e even tn g was . ur t f 1 · t " Th . un ry r 1r1 s . exe r c tses we r e patriotic in S J irit. Th e att e nd ance \"as d d · · · • go s ptt t h r ;:un y v ·na n d e nt rt a inm nt w as app r c iat I. fh. e c tton tak e n w ill bed vot d t ward buddin g c h apels a t n dy point s in N braska .

Mis s E lli s S J ·nt th e vacat i o n 111 w ith h e r s ist r. maha

W R. u sse l 1 i vey, w h o I ft sc h oo l 1n e bruary to r turn h o m e . go in g from t o Lincoln t o study m ed ic in e w i th Dr. Pam e, h as g iv - n u p t h e t ask and rturne d hom t o work o n a f a rm.

. Maste r F r ank Balman, who p e ,·fo rm d h1s. pa rt .so we ll in th e f a r ce g iv e n by tt s ''o p e n s e ssion, "sp e nt hi s va cat 1o n w 1th h 1s par e nts in Omaha.

Th e No r iJla l is b ec omin g b e tt e r kn own eve r y d ay now. Th e r e is h a rdly a cl ay durin g which we do n ot notic e vi s i tors from Ne braska City, At.:burn, N e maha, Browny ill e , Te c umseh and many points mor e distant.

Th e seas on for se r e nadin g has com e rollli.d · aga in. We a r e r e mind e d fr e quently of thi s by p a rti e s out e nj o yin g th e ms e lv es. Th e now and th e n g iv es some delightful mUSIC.

M r. Mes n et , cashi e r ot th e bank at Julian. spe nt Sunday with fri e nds h e r e r ece ntly. H e apprec ia t es th e mu s ica l s, '·ope n sess ions," and l e.ctur e s g iven at the Normal.

W e h e ar nothing mor e of foot ball. Base ball has t a k e n it s plac e . Th e customary cla ss a nd cou r se c h a ll e n ges -vve h ea r r ea d no w a nd th e n in th e ··Ne ws It e m s " in c h ape l. Thi s i s a ga m e which i s unu s u a l l y w e ll ada pte d for and b e n e ficial to co ll ege boys.

The Philomathean soc ie ty r e newed its orga niza ti on for th e sp rin g tern1 Friday eve nin g , Ap ril 5· It b ega n it s work this t e rm

.Thi s s. c ti o n h a s b e n v is i t d by bo un tif ul r a tn s month o f A 1 ril. Th y ma k P e ru a n d Jc tnt ty n e o f th pr tti st pla ce 1n b1 a s ka at this s e aso n of th year.

Th e I c ti o n h e ld h r · th of Ap ril, t o e lect v ill ag tru st ee s , was th m ost cxc itin a a nd in ter . s.tin g in tw y ea r s. Th e r

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Geo . Elliot is the only no ve 1St pa int such English p eop le as th w 0 · d Tulli vers J. u s t a s th ey a re.

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s o m n. arti st i fau It. Mrs . P y r, or t ling Fl r ·ntin s in • 'P m b .' n e v r was or c u l d b ' a 1\I a rk T a m w 11 r. v\ lll \\ith th ib:li ti es , a n d d l ig h t in th m, b au th a r so amusing a nd s f f nta tic humor But Mrs Poys - r li' and knows an Aunt 1 ·o·, a n d p o r li ve r 's causes an d h ol s a n d li tt l fear a n d pitifu l r ason i n cr s a r e animat i n g hundr d s of Mrs . Tu lli ver's a ll ov r En la n d . G oro·e

Ell io t h as in fuse d int o the no e l s o me Ime nts it n ever had b efore; a nd so thor ou 0 ·ly in f used th e m tha t th ey bl en d '" i t h all the othe r mat e rial , and do n ot fo t·m anyv. h e r e a sol id lum p or mass from t he rest. Ther e are philosoph i c a l n ovels' ' Wilh e lm Meister," f01· e xampl e - whic h ar e we ig h ed down a nd l oade d '"' ith philosophy and which th e world o n l y admires in sp it e of th e philosophy . The r e are politica l nove ls- Lor d Beaconsfield ' s fo r ins tancewhich are only in t e lli gible to thos e w ho make po lit ics a n d po li t i cal p e r so n a lities a study, and w hi <;: h v ie wed. me r e l y as s torie s , would not be wo t·th ·sp eakmg about There are no ve ls with a great di r ec t purpos e in the m , such a s '•U ncl e T o m's C a bin ,_" or "B lea k H o use , " or Mr. C h a rl es Reade 's "H a rd CasK " But th e s e a fter all are o n l y magnificent pamp hl et s, s pl e nd idly illustrate d diat ribes. Th e d ee p phil osop hi c thought of G e or ge E lli ot's best n ov e ls - qu i e tly su ffu se s a nd illumi nates th e m every wh e r e The re

The Voice of the Silence.''

WU.LlA!\I WINTER.

Bri ght u the pa.rkliu od to -day

The v uthful nuu u er g l eams; Th r iu th outh win d s play, Th l uwberou w odland dreams

In ld n light 'neath clo u d of fleece, Mi d bird on wild

Th b lue Potomac fl o ws , in peace, wn t the 1 eaceful sea. ·

N e c h fr m the t o rmy past Alanus the placid v aleN r aunon r oar, n o r trumpet blast, N o r shattered oldie rs wruL Th r nothing l eft t o mark the trife, The tr i umph or the pain, Where nat ure to her general life T a ke· back out lives agai n

* * * * * * *

Nor time nor chance, nor c hange can drown Y o ur mem'ries proud and high.

N o r pluck your star o f conq uest down From g lory s death less sky!

F o r evenu ore your f ame s h all bideY ou r valor tri ed and true; An d that which makes you r country's pride May well be pride in you

On moun tain slope in lon e ly g len , By fate's divine command, The blood of those devoted men H a s s a n:ctifi ed the land! ·

The funeral moss-but not in griefWaves o'er their hallowed r e st; A nd not in gri ef the laurel leaf · Drops on the hero' s breast!

fo r the slain, when nature's gift Of all that man can be W astes, like the shattered spars that d r ift Upon the unk nown sed.!

Tears w h en the craven sinks at last,N o deed of valor done;

But no tears f o r t h e soul that passed When honor's fr ight was w o n .

H e t akes the land of heave nly f ate, Wh o lives and dies for t ruth !

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Fo r 1 · L 111 0 th e H o ly An ge ls w a it , 1 r e alm s o f e ndl ess y u th!

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W tth e v e rl as tin g bl oo m ;

And lo v e and bl ess i n g make th s h e •n

Of g lory r o und h is tomb

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Wrh r e , s afe fr o m e v e r y ill , t h e y pa s r o s lumb e r s w ee t and l o w ' N ' e ath r e q u re rn s o f th e m urmu c i n g g- r ass

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H AR IS is e a s ily th I a lin g e du- c a ti o n a l t h i nk e r o f th e w o rld. th e r h av e a t ta in e d e min e n c e in s p c i a l ti e s, ad mini s t r a tion, in lite r a tur e ,1n p s yc h o lo g y, m m y th ology, in a uth o r s r i p, in e ditor s hi p , and i n popular · sp e e ch; but no o th e r m a n of th e c e ntury h a s a tt a in e d su c h e du c a tion a l emin e n ce in all of th ese dir ec ti o ns. H e is , not only Un i t e d Stat e s C o mmi ss ion e r of Educ a ti o n but h e has g i v e n th e bure a u ov e r wh ich h e pr es id e s, inte rnational di s tinction not h e r e t ofo r e suspe ct e d. As a g rammar schoo l t e ach e r in St Loui s in hi s youn g manh o od , h e show e d s u c h tal e nt that in th e s a m e c it y h e w a s promot e d to th e po s iti on of a ss i s t a nt s up e rint e nd e nt a nd s up e rint e nd e nt, a nd wh e n h e h a d round e ci out a car ee r of twenty - thr e e y e ars and r e tired from the s e rvice, public spirit e d c iti ze ns of St. Louis pr es ent e d him w ith a g o l d m e d a l costin g $ 5 00 a nd a pur se of $ I ,oo o. Only thos e who kn ow how diffi c ult it is for a g r a mmar schoo l t e ac h e r to b e se l e ct e d for ass is tant sup e rinte nd e nt, for a n a ss is tant to b e sel ect e d a s sup e rinte nd e nt , for a ny m a n to b e h o nor e d a ft e r tw e nt y - thr ee y e a rs of continu o u s s e rv i ce, ca n und e r s t a nd the administr a -

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18 70 th e Sta t e U ni v r s it y of M is s o uri a ;:l\ him th e d _g r e e L . L . D . Hi s thirt rport s as s up e rin t e n d e n t r e m a in th mo t phil oso 1 h ica l c it y sc h oo l l o c um n ts o f th U nit e d Stat es . h a s o n two o c as ion s c on fe rr e d up o n h im th e hi g ·st h o nor e v e r g iv e n a n y e duc a to r o u t s ide h e r o w n r ealm 18 7 5 h e was p r e s icl t:·nt of th • Nati o n a l E du ca tion a l Asso c ia ti o n • a n d in r8 89 1 2 ), w a s app o int e d . by Pr s id e nt H a rnson t o th e p os i ti o n o f c o mmis i on e r o f e du ca ti o n, to whi c h p o s it io n h w a s r e - ap point e d by Pr es id e nt Cl eve l and in 893 . His "J oun'la l of Sp e cul a tiv e Phi.losophy " i s th e m os t e l a b o r a t e H t> o-e li a. n public a ti o n in Am e ri ca .

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Qui c kly r e c a llin g h r s 1£ s h sa id, '· ut w h e r e is Ja c k, My J o y? I d o n t s e him. "

Ma ri e l o ok e d a t h e r m o th e r with a h a pp y smil e a nd a ns we r e d, '•H e is n ' t h e r ; 1 I ft him in th e woods. M a ma, Ja c k talk d wi t h m e this afte rno o n, hav e you tim e to h a r th e s tor y that h e told m e ?"

''I h ave al wa ys tim e for y o u my d a u g ht e r;" and th e m o th e r sat a nd took h r baby in h e r lap, f o r sh e saw in th e f ac o f h e r child a n inspirati o n fr o m Gr ea t H ea rt of th e unive rs e, whil e th e httl e lov e r of life w as g ath ering f e rns and fl o w e rs; a nd th e culture d moth e r-in s tinct kn e w th a t w h a t th e littl e on e would sa y must b e s a id a t onc e or n e v e r. Th e flam e must n o t b e qu e nched l e st it burn but fe e bly, if it e v e r burn again.

'•Tell me, little girl what J t o ld. you; I'll r e st and liste n; my work will walt fo r me. ,

'•I was tir e d mama, and sat down by J ac k to rest. My ros e s were so pretty and so sweet that I wanted some on e to s ee them, and th a t th e y w e r e s':' e et and pr e tty. I was all alon e , and- don t tell I crie d b ecause I w a nte d som e on e , rzg ht a w ay:" to see my flower s . · , I wished for brother Willie. You know, my mama, he loved flowers just as well as I do. Don't you know how p a p a us f a c es in th e pansies. - Papa love s the b1rds a nd flowers too.

Don't cry mam a !. I th a t Willi e g ath e rs flowe:s of some kmd

Don't you ' b e h e v e he do e s , mama?

'•Y es , my bl ess in g , I b e lieve that som ewh e li e , our Willie g a th e rs flowers of som e

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I'm a g r a t b ig g i r l. " ca u s y ou a?' e m) b a b y, if you a r e a ' g r a t b ig r irl ' - s ix y a r s lc.l. o n m · sw th a r t w it h y ur sto ry. '' " T h n ma m a, I w as a im st h a 1 py . fori s m d t m t h a t J ac k wa o rr y fo rm a nd th a t h e wa s c ryi n u- too . I w i1 d hi fa c a n d I w ir d th e p ulpir a n d t h e n I aid . o n ' t l e t us c ry a n y m o r J a ck. b ut ju t lo o k a t m y blu c b li s, and s m e ll th es ro s . · Th e n I la y do wn w ith my h e a d c l os to J a ck a nd w e b o th s m li e d o f th e How rs , · a n J ac k sa id, m a ma I kn ow ' t,, as J a c k th a t sa id it, 'They a?'e so s w eet ' - H e didn't say word that I c o ul d h e ar, but h e s a id wo rds th a t I f e lt, you know. A nd th e n I l a ug h ed . -rzgllt out l oud, it see m e d s o fu nny t o b e t a lkmg t J a ck, a nd s m e llin g of flo w e rs with him."

"0 m a m a ! I w as s o g la d, wh e n I wa all alon e . not to f ee l on e bit a lon e !"

'•Wh e n you w e r e a littl e g irl just like m , w e re you e v e r all al o n e, mam a, and didn t f ee l alon e a t all, at a ll? "

A ga in th e moth e r's fac e b e c a m e a r ev e lation. A li g ht fr o m th e '·Fa th e r o ' light, " m a d e it r ad ie nt whil e sh e said,

"Yes, tny ble s s ed, o ur goo d Father

N eve r ' lll eav e u s a ll a l o n e ; In th e tp.o sses , in th e bee s hum

In a ll life H e build s His thro n e "

And h e r h e art a dd e d :

''Our F a th e r whi c h ar t in h e av e n, I th a nk

Th e e for th e bit of h ea v e n th a t ' s c o m e d own

to earth in this g ift , - my b e lo ve d c hild

Thou didst l e nd our b oy for just a . littl whil e , an d w e did try to quick e n a ll hi

ns t th y 1 r ·svn · · . spa r· u r li ttl · gid di\·in own h - art , T h · I m -0111 : O \ n h a n s h Y wi II don • h av "no t i n ' a nd h r k in gd m wh e n nc t h h a u ds o f t h it . th e r a r n o pla n.

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'•Why m a m a ! was n ' t t h a t th r) ni cest thin g th a t h e co ul t 11 m e . w h en ' twa s ju t t h e thin g I was c 1·ym g f or?"

''Y es, c h ild , it was . I o nl y th o u g ht pe rh a p s h e h ad sa i d m o r e , a n d I w a n t ed to h e a r · all. "

Mari e drop p e d h e r eye s a m o m e n t, a nd wh e n sh e hf t e d th em, bo th ey e s an d lips a polo g ize d.

'•I think, m a m a , t he s to1·y I w a nted y ou to h ear was mor e a b out m yse lf t han Jac k. "

' ' A n d t he s to1·y yo u w i s h ed most to t e ll m e, s we e t h e ar t , was th e s t ory I w ish ed most to h ea r. "

Th e li ttl e sh a m e- sh adow ga v e pla c e to mod es t c on fi d e nc e . It t a k es bu t a w o rd from a cau t i o u s , judi c i ou s par e n t to lig ht e n or l a d e n t h e h ea rt o f a ch ild.

''If it h a d ,n' t b e e n fo r Jac k , ' t h e r e wo ul dn't h a v e b een th e funn y pa rt t o t ell ; an d so, m a ma , i t s ee m e d t o m e it w a s all J ac k's s t o r y . , . '

I sa i d, ' •J a c k, you n e v e r: spo k e to me b e-

L t me go t o meet l\ll i "'ill a tte nd th e N a tio n al Educ a ti na l o ia ti o n a t D e nv er, afte r w h ich s h e in t e nds to \ isi t p o i nts of intere st a mong the R oc ki s . M iss . Bra tt, o f d i e pre s ent s e ni o r cla ss , will accom p a n y h e r.

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M r . Ru ch, a member of t h e Train in g class of '94, wa s a v isitor a t P eru Ap r il 23 . Mr. R uch h as fin ish e d a se ve n mon t h ' s t erm of s choo l n ea r S huber t , N e b. W e are all glad s ee h is pl ea sa nt, ea rn est fa ce amo ng u s aga m .

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Th e la di e s o f the se n ior cl a ss h a ve gymn astics in t h e · arm ory on T ue s d ays · a nd T hursday s. Mi ss H err ig co n du c ts t he cl a ss It is much n e ede d a n d c o nsequentl y h i a hl y a p p r e ciate d . W e b elieve s o m e of u s0 a re r e a ll y " learn ing to walk . " T he i nt e rm e d ia t e g rou p s o f th e p ra cti ce d e p a rtm e nt cam e o v e r. o ne da y la st w e e k and sh ow Pd us h ow th e y can perform t h e var io us evol uti o ns . Th e y di d very we ll in deed and f rom th eir fac e s e njo ye d it q ui te a s much as we did who wa t ch e d th em .

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@fH s tudy o f as li d s h u ld b- f >II w · I Y th e m a kin g f th s a m f rm M oldmg IS th e as i s t a nd m s t sa ti s facto r y m ea n s of r pr o du c t ion . .I n th · m !din g , fa c t s w hich ha v e c om e und e r c1 s r vation in s tudyin g th m d I, w ill b c l a rly s h ow n in th clay wo rk. In th a t th os point s w hich w e r n o t gain e d w ith s u ffi ci nt cl e arn e ss may b e s h own in th cl a y . e ach ch il d shou ld h a ve a mod I b e f r e him. As th e clay i s mold e d , it sh uld b e compar e d w ith th wo o d n mod e l. Th e child shou l d l e arn to s ee hi s clef ct and r e m e dy th e m quick l y .

The s o lids studi e d in Form. ar th e typ e s of formation in th e natural wo rl d . Throu g hout n atur e we find th es e forms m od ifi e d to ' . g r e a t e r o r l e ss d e gre e , constant! y occ urn n g . One imp orta nt fact o r in Form study s h ou l d th e r e cognition o f m od ifi e d t yp e s . N ow l.1 e r e is grea t e r op portunity for this companson obs e r vat ion possible, tn a n in clay m o ldm g

Aft e r th e sph ere has b e e n studied and r eproduced in clay, th e n mod e lin g a roundsu ga r bowL a basket, a baloon, a top. or a d e corat e d ball com e s in naturally . In th e vegetable worid, we find th e apple, cherry ' and g rapes for r e production.

Modifications of the hemisph e r e are th e Esquimau x house, a parasol, toad stool, bird's nest, half apple or orange Based on th e 'cube, a variety of bo xes, books, safes, inkst a nds and buildings may be made.

By combining two or more type forms a va st fi e ld of possibilites is s ee n. For example, tak e the e leph_ant. Havin g an elipsoid f or the body, cylinder for the l egs a n_d trunk and cones for th e tusks and a fair amo u'nt of careful manipulation, th e clay

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You m ay think this littl e animal which we call the mol e wou ld n o t be h ap py in hi blind lif e und e r g round, but h e is one o f th e happi es t lit,tl e creatur e s I hav e e v e r seen. H e lik es to work and v e ry bu sy ma kin a th e walls of his hous e strong so that th e b rain will not w as h th t' m down

Wh e n h e finds his prey h e throws himseH eage rly ul?on it and seems _to. e njoy the struggle with 1t : As soon . as 1t IS dead h e b e g ins to eat with g r ea t relish.

The m o l e has a b ea utiful co a t of fin e fur and he always tak e s gn; a t care to ft very clean. I :vond e r if God this b ea utiful cov enn g b e caus e he IS blmd and if he tries to show his thanks by th e way he keeps it.

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Li l y th o.: a. ll e y , e t a ll y ur b e ll · a- t"i n g- in g- ,

hi no.: Mak e y o ur c l ea r e::; t ,_ s w e t ·t him c Whil e y o ur prai c I'm in g- in K; Fit e tn b l e m of a li f t h at · pu r L ik e that of o ur cl e a t· a ...-i o ur , Who, \-vh e n on earth wa a lw a y ;,; kn wn

By hi s l ow ly , m ee k b c h avi • , Help o th e r s to ob e y hi · wi ll , And your mi ·i on yo u ll f ulfill.

D e ar biu hin g- R o eb ucl , On your green thron e s it ·n g, Luring bdght- wing e d butt e rfli e s Th a t through the a ir are flittin g- , Turn a li s t e nin g ea r t o tn e ,

And w hil e I b e nd a b o v e yo u A littl e sec r e t I will t e ll:

You know th a t w e a ll l o v e yo u, But if you'll thr o w your th o rn s a wa y, W e 'll lov e you n1.ore than w e can say

Lowl y Httle Butt e rcup, In the g ra sses hidin g, You are p ee pin g o ut at tn e With g lanc es so confiding.

I know yo u're j ea lou s of th e r es t And w ai t for me to prai se you. So from your tan g led nest of grass T en derly I rai se yon.

I'n1. s ure yon stole thi s color fine From the golden, bri g h t;_ s unshin e. -

Flower s , lovely Flowers, Every;Vhere th ey're g r ow in g ,

L et m ee what it Y u a ll lo Y the flow rs, f ne f our prettiest i it rs th ' :v ild-r ose . u p n tim , "as nic stories b eg in r ' in the h ed e. by th e ro ad side, a "il -r e . She v-. as perfectly cont nt h r , "' ith no fe a r of n a ughty bo ys harmin · h r, or of bei"ng brok e n b th e tr n o· \ in cl . n m rnin · sh had a very un\ e lcom e i it r, th rud · \ incl.

' • od m rnin , pretty ros e , " said the , ind ' and pray wh) try to hid e · ) our b aut) h e r ? Come v ith me, and I will 1 lac y u wher you will b e admired by all. you must get very lon eso m e h ere."

1 •I do not wish to go with you," said Iittl wild-rose, "a nd as for friends , I have plenty, and nev e r ge t lonesome."

1 •What friends h ave you , pray t e ll?"

"Well , chiefly two:

The hoo ey- b ee an d th e s parklin g dew When ni g ht sits s till 'wi th folded wings, And bu she d is th e sound of livin g thin gs, Th e dear littl e comes to s t ay With me till the e a rly break of day, When a s up beam chases thi s friend away : The bu sy b ee, with hi s so ber vest And cheerful hum , i s my g ues t. Sweet f oo d h e f anc i es, and therefor e I Pr e p a r e for him a goo d su pply. Well pleased· h e sees my t em ptin g cup, And has t es ·to drink the nectar up."

'So you se e I have no need to be lonesome. ·B e sides these friends, there are oth_ers; th e -ro_bin, and blue-bird, the bri g ht

1'1/F , O N 1/ !L CO 'NIEN . b e aut ifu l ins c t s , a nd th l e a d a v ry h a 1.£ s m a ll r fl w r s . f y I h e r " . I 1

Butthe rud ew in . • sa 1 t1 r s J. th e w ild-r ose 's 1w as . n t sa t is fi ·cl w i Lh t e rmin e d s h an a t lo n , f r h wa s clon e stron g r e ath 1 n o t s t a Y th r W i h aw a y to to w n. ' 1 p i uck cl h r , a nd n w

Poor littl e r o s Th r o ug h_ f o r th e li tt l Ao urn y th e wmd r e ach e d town ll ow l r a r w a s th e st e m . ' a t 1at r

" is th is , I'm s ur I h a rm, s a td th e w i nd , 'wh r r ose ?" I S

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SE E DS AND F RU l TS h ave you ?rou g ht schoo l today to h e lp us m o u r readin g l e sson?

I brought a s many kinds of s e e d s as I could ge t. '

T e ll us what kinds you h av e and I shall wr ite the name o f ea ch on e upo;1 the board.

This one i.s wheat, this is oats a nd this i s rye.

Who has other kinds of seeds?

I have some b ea ns and peas.

Yes. Read th e ir n a m es from th e board.

Did you ev e r see b ea n s grow in g in th e ga rd e n ? Tell us h ow th e y look ed .

There w e re five or s ix , and som e times mor e, b ea ns in one green sh e ll. One e nd of th e shell was fasten e d to th e vine .

Som e on e may t e ll m e what we call this s h e ll.

W e call it a pod. Y e sterday I found a l ong pod in th e · woods with coffee - beans in it.

If you had l eft th e coffe e-beans m the woods, what would have h appene d?

L ittl e trees ·would h ave ·g t own up. _

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'•S o m e see ds, such as th e bean and th p e a . are f o und in p o d s . " ·

Wh e r e are oth e r ' s ee ds found? R e a d th n ex t s e nt e nc e and you ca n t e ll m e

'• Som e s ee ds, such a s nut s, are found in hard sh e lls. "

R ea d about s till a n ot h e r kind.

'•Som e s ee d s, lik e th e seeds of th e plum , th e app l e a nd th e orange, are fo un d insid of the fruit ." _

\Vh a t do yo u u s e some seeds for? R ead the n ext sentence.

'•We u se some s ee ds for fruit suc h as wheat, oats, ry e , peas and beans."

You m a y r e ad somet hin g abo ut th e w e ig ht of s ee ds in th e n ex t sente n ce .

'•S o m e seeds a r e h eavy a nd to th e gro und wherp th ey grow . " R ead a bout some oth e rs like t he m a pl e- s ee d.

''Som e seeds hav e w in gs, b y which th ey flo a t in th e a ir from p l ace ·to p lace "

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Fast app ea rin g , br i and h e r i n g

L o! th e blo o m s f r h a n d f a ir

Ch id in g n e v e r eu nilin g e v er, How t h eir fragr a n ce fi ll s t h e a i r

The Grasses.

O ut in the bea uti f ul s urnm er w eath e r We are g rowing to-d ay

Wav10 g and nodding o ur heads to ge th er, All i n a h a ppy way.

Standin g close u p beside eac h other Making a carp e t srt eet

To please the tired eyes of th e mother Or the children's dancing fee t.

Jus t bec a u se we are cotutn on blessings

:Will you o u.x work despise?

N ay, fill you r h eart with reve r en t g u essings

As to our ways so wise

Birdies.

What does little bird ie say In her n es t a t peep of day?

"Le t me fly," says little birdie "M h ' ot er, l e t m e fly away ."

Birdie, rest a longer, Till the little wings ate stronger So she rest s a little l onge r, she fli es away.

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I brio « fre h howers fo r the thirsting flowers Fr 10 th s as and the treams; 1 bea r light shade for the leaves when laid In th i r n oonday dreams.

Fr m my win gs are haken the dews that w ak en Th weet buds every one, W hen r ocke d t e rest on their mother's b reast, As s h e dances about the sun. I wield th e flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the g re e n plains under. A nd t he.n again I dissolve it in r ain, And laugh as I pas in thunder Raindrops.

EVA .!\. H B ARNES,

Hear th em patter, tinkl patt :r. On the roof, o n nr lny h l\1 a n y r ainprop , ·aily d n t J ust above my tiny b d; H o w they ch atter to a. h other O f the good they mean to do, T ho' nutch sport Utey're alway havin , Yet t o duty ever true.

They will bring the l eaves and grasses Forth from Mother N a ture's store, A nd the morning sun will show us Wonders, wro u g ht the g re d enwoo o'er- Sweet M ay flowers w ill be b l ' . • In oss omVw l e ts so dain.ty b lue · Eve r y thin g rejoic i n rrl a.'d Q nes O 'er the w ork t hose r aind r op d

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H o n. J" T. Sp enc e r . . .. . D akota City ; . t e rm e x pir e s 1 899 .

H o n. Churc h H owe Auburn; t e r m expire s 1 895

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b st in it s a n d at t h e s a m tim e , l a bo r as to tr a n s m it i t - a li t tl e s tr o ng r th a n it ca m to u s, i f p oss i b l . If w h av s u cceeded in do in g t hi s w e f ee l a m p ly rward e p f o r ull t o il a n d ca r e If we ha i1o t, we can only sa y th a t th e task has b ee n b e y o n d our c ap abiliti e s. In d iv idu a lly w e fee l that th e y ea r ' s work h as b e e n v e ry su gge stive and benefici a l. W e ar e g lad that in a sm a ll w a y , we e nj o y e d th e opportunity to contribut e our mit e to on e of th e g r ea t forc e s that is assistin g to mold public opinion and s e ntiment, into that which is hi g her and better.

T HE C o u RIER f ee ls und e r l a sting , obli gations to thos e who h a v e contribut e d to it s columns. Without their contributions, it never could have attained its present place in the of its readers.

In closing we thank all for their Hndl y forb ea ranc e and support, and w e sinc e r e ly th e incoming mana g ement success a! l alon g th e lin e

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T h e tr ee s , n o t ret u c t a n tl y , g i v e u p t h c i r m an t i e,

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A u d l o n g t o pt-e se n t h e r a g- tf t of g-r e at w o rth.

A t fi rs t a h e l d in th e o r c h a rd;

Th e A pp l e, P lu m, C h e rr'y an d G r a p e - v in e were th e r e ;

'W h a t thi s tok e n of f.ri e n d s hip s h o ul d b e was th_e qu esti o n , Ju s t ho w to pre s ent i t, by wh o m ·wh e n a nd w h e r e.

A t l a s t th e y conclud e th a t a l a r ge d e l e g a ti o n C o nvene in th e f o r es t to r e p r ese t:i t a ll ;

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Th e w ind wi'th n ew vi gor will cunnin g l y catch it, And to ss to the Earth i s waitin g to fold ·

In h e r s o delight e d s h e i s to r e c e i ve s uch a t -r e a sur e ;-

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ill t h t J a n ua r y ' ill n ot b rin n if ul illus t ra ti o n of t he ne w } ear ? T h \\in · d ch ru b r pr e s ntin g th raa ia nt \\ ith h o pe, exul ta nt b · r · d . o f a ll ob':i e rv e rs, ar-ah a ) sa b e nt ol d w ornvi us fuln e s s p a st-stea ls a \ ay th had \ b a ck O" r o un d. Did o u e \ er u r fi kl I \ fo r th at ch e rt1b o f the a r p a u s t o t hink h o w this a nishur e t o il d t h a t t h e n e \· chil d might h a \ fo r it h e rit age h o nor and a dmira tion? Do yo u c h ri s h a simil a r p ictti r e in your h a rt s, Juni ors ? Is it thus im a gination is p a intion for y ou t o ni g ht? And do e s th a t brilli a n t ur e in th e fo r egr ound wav e your b a nn e r? W S e niors , · too , . ar e stud y ing th e \vo rk o f a rt that y our im a gination · h a s . pa int e d f o r ) o u to.- ni g ht , -but how cliff r e ntl y d o ,\ re In your •·Summer Ni g ht's Dr ea m" y ou s ee but one -half of your pictur e, and · s·a ucy mi g ht s till sa y , crWh a t fools thes e mortals be! " L e t us r eve al your pictur e n O: w to public g aze. Th e r e stands th e Iittle g od, ca ll e d th e Junior clad in modern garb, ;;t nd stre tching himself to monopoliz e the ·whole scre e n. In a_fe w days his name will -b e chang e d! _' Lm ge r a f!lum e nt , Wing e d God, in your r a sh p1:e sqmm g , a nd t e ll me why your good S h ep he·r d has allowed you ·to ad v ance thus boldly:

· "My ·Shepft: erd is near by, " he replies, clutching violently at his trembling Ve st. - Ce a s e: to tremble, iptruding on e , or to gi :Ve d e fi a nce, for. would not challen g e to argum e nt th e mt e ll e ct · of an invincibl e-

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t-Vh zl ehead but, p r ay , w h y do y u cl in g thu s t o th at po n d e r o us o k ? y o u n ea nn g a b ea ut i fu l ' · ni o r a n w e r e books se r ve o nly a s foots l h ad- r ests .

T h e li tt le ] un io r , gazes f n d ly at th o k. A_h , I se e, h e t h e Psa l m s ( am s )! e w_J!I n o t With It A sweet li tt le for i g n g 1rl, I t h m k a H olla n de r, st u d ies it t o . !7 e r fi nge r h as traced r epeat lly t h fir st 1Mm e th e Psa lm s (Sa m s ), "B l essed is t h • an.

Now, s hift th e sc r ee n, J u ni ors , a n d l o k upon z:n uch n eg le c t ed pa r t o f y ur p ict ure, th a t d im backgrou n d wh r you r 1m ag m a t 10n ha s p a inted in r p ul s iv s h ades th a t r e tr ea tin g fi g- ure ,.- a n d ca ll ed h r th e th e _ s 1 ' Se ni o r Cl ass " In th e n e w li g ht o f] u st ice, se e a f a ir a nd d ig ni fi e d n o t s mk mg, bu t ri s i ng, - even asc e nd in g t o t h e cl o u ds . B e ho l d ! S h e t u rn s, a n d - - th ese an; h e r l as t w ord s : . Jt:mi o rs , y o u who are a b o ut t o be initi a t ed th e myste ri es o f th e l as t d eg r ee , acth e sy mb o ls (d u s t p a n an d br oo m ) of t h rs ·c ac r e d o rd er VI/eg o t o '•fin d w h ere Tru t h is Hi d ."

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Address of Junior Custodian, {@)AIR custodi a n of .th e s e nior cl as s as junior c u s todi a n I t a k e charge of th e a rticl e s b eq u ea th e d by th e mould e d c l as s of ' 95 to the mod e l class of 'g6. W e shall value them bithe g r e at servic e th e y r e nd e r ed y o u in r e mindin g you that you s hould e v e r k ee p in ord e r th e hous e in which you !i ve . W e a d mire the courage you m a ni fes t m b a ttling w ith what see m s to you g r e at and perplexing probl e ms and consid e ring your capacity it is no wonder that you are som e times n e arly o ve rcom e by the grea t r esponsibiliti e s thrown upon y ou. It ' is l ig ht you s hould f ee l th e di g nity of · you positiOn a nd t e nd e r your advis e to us.

W e w ill h ea d y o ur advic e , f or w e ·h a v e all b ee n taught to r e sp e ct our S e niors. And th e a dvic e as it com es from th e cl ass at this-· the c ulmina tion o f a mi g ht y e ffort to b e com e what ma n h as h a rdly d a r e d d r ea m of b ef ore,

\ r ·apin g Lhe r ·wan.l f h on t I t m u s t b ' a s u r c • f t ati fti n t y u w h h a · fin is h cl y u wh a r m n a r h [ all y t '-' 11 c tu a ll y . n fr m th I f sta ndin g u n a f uncl a ti n built en ce , f r a m c.l y th · r · ·z s b l w·in fr m th fi ·Id s f kn -. I " cl · , Ia I n" ith th ' r · d r f r J fin m nt a nd c td tur Y u wh o m i nd s nt r natur 's l ab r at ry r b h ·r f th s uq ri s "s sh h as in f r mank i nd; v h se I ie r c in int IIi nc t irs t h v ry f un at i n of · •Th i nkdo m. W h os e y e s i e rc th t rnal blu a nd r ead th myst r i s of the h ca v ns and aa zin g far clown i nto th va ll y of i n r a nc b e h l d t h e r es t of hu m a n it y groop ing a b out f or th at of w hi c h you hav . s u c h an a bunda n ce. Wh n y o u go fo r t h to stand befo re th e p eop l e of ta e stat e the r e w ill proceed f rom your m out h suc h wi sdom t h at will buil d for yo u a mi g hty wfa m e , a n d at th e nd o f a ye a r wh e n t ha t w i s d o m is exha u s te d th a t fam e will sudd e nly dro p a n d th e n the w e ll b a la nc ed juni o r w ill t a k e y ou r p la ce . Th e n y o u will c as t yo u rse lf b efo r e him t-o l ea rn of h im, '·R eme mb e r th ere co m e th a f te r y o u th ose w h ose s mil e s yo u a r e not wo r th y to re c e iv e ." B u t you h ave he lp ed us, w e will mis s your f a th e rly a nd a n d motherly ca r e , your sm ilin g f ace s h a v e b ee n a sourc e of g r e at h e l p, f o r a s w e h ave de lved for th e hi dde n myste ri e s that confr ont us o n e v e ry h a n d it h as b ee n a g r eat r e st t o l ook up o n s om e thin g li g ht. W e h ave ev ide nc e of g ood work d o ne: Th e 1 ' Sto rm" has passed,- you have made '•Good" b e tte r, found a tre asurer in th e •Garre tt" a n d will 's end a " R a y" of sun s h ine into th e state, but th e junio r s hav e a ' 'Lott" e qu a l t o your be s t.

N o d o u b t you f ee l (a nd w e do n o t b l am e you) th a t natur e who has d e alt so b o untifully with th e juniors h as slighted y ou but whil e be a ut y and g oodn ess oft e n go t t oge th e r y e t g ood d ee d o f t e n m a k e a pe r so n

· · Lwc i-; I r ·ckll· I n f 2 nd ' S a m · ' r a ,..: 1n 1 t h . a n d t a k

Th a u sh a lt co n q u e r th e m w ith a r o d of wood; a nd s h a lt b e to p iece s b y th e a n g : y pare n t.. B e Wis e th e r ef or e, 0! y e S e mors, b e ms stru c t e d y e j ud o·e s of nau g h t . . . 0 -

A short time ago I ch a nc e d to b e p a ss i n othrou g h of t h e woo de d d e lls th a t a r e n um e ro u s 1n this v i c in ity

It wa •:; a bea u t i£':1 1 ev e ning j u st aft e r suns e_t, on e o f thos e t i m e s tha t h av e mor e to do w_tt h th e prod u c ti on of po e tr y th a n n a t u r a l g tft . It was a t im e a nd p l ac-e tha t o n e wou l d ch oose who wish e d t o s,a y or w r it e

u l mank in d r \ r b n t h ,. I hea rd th e I a t ver e vVe'v e t ri ed t he t e ' I u th e s c h ool vea1 t h e v ry be t, As y e ars r o il b so a t, B u t wit l1 o ld Yd, we s o ofte n trj•, . Dl a J s w· u In c l o in o- h e r 1 oo n be ci a ed . T o think ch: we b ed 111a n y t e ar , And th e f n ee o·one IJ. Cttlty u n p uni hed b o r s tttn cr t h e 1 , C> "<LUI p > 0 !1

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T h e Denve r Meeting of the N E A (?,£ f r th e g n •r a l s ss i n s 1.!:1' o f th e at ic na l at io n a l ss o c iat io n w hi c h istomeetat l r, j u ly 9 - 12, ha s b n m ade ub li c, a nJ 1 ·av ·s no t hat th · m ·ti ng w ill b e one of great inw r s t an rl v a l u . Th · pr og r am rest ri cts ac h f th · t h r · · m orn in 'r to t h d is c uc;si n o f a s in g ! · s 11 j cc , a n d oppor tu n ity i s to b e e ra l di scuss ion u n ci r t h Th e t r ee t op ics th at ve b e p r sen t e d an d di sc u ss a r e :

1. T he Co-o r d in at i n tu d i ·s in F I m nt a ry E ducat io n'.

2 Th ut y a n d pp rtunity ch o ols in rom o t in g P a tri t is m a n 1 Citiz e n s hi p

3 · Th e In s tru c t i n and Im pr v c m n t f T a ch e rs no w at Work i n th c h l s .

T h e s e topic s a r e a ll practic a l a n d o f in t re s t to te a ch e rs of a ll g r a d s a nd in a ll s ctions of th e c ount ry. Pap e r s o n th fir s t topic ar e to b e p r se nt cl by Pr e S'id nt

G a rmo, of Sw a rth m o r e C ll ege . Pr £ s s r Jack mctn of th Cook C o unty rm a l School, and Profes s o r Cha rl es McM urry of Illi no is Norma l U ni v e r sity. Th e 1 ap r s on th e second t op ic a re t o b e by S u 1. e rvis o r M a rtin of B'Js ton , Principal J 0 11 n so n o f th Winthrop Tr aining School, C o lum bia. S . C. and by Sup e rint e ndent Ivi a rbl e of 0 m a h a . On th e third su bj e c t th e l ead in g sp e ak e rs a r e to b e Prof esso r A. D. Olin of Kansas St a t e U niv ers itv Pr ofesso r Earl Barn es· o f Stanford U Sup e rint e nd e nt J ones o f Cl evela nd, Ohio Ev e nin g addr esse s g e neral topics are t o be mad e by _th e pres1 d ent of th e association (who r e -mtr od uc es th e form e r custom of an annual pr e sidential address), Ch a nc e llor W. H. Payne of Nashv ill e, th e venerabl e Prof e ssor Jo sep h L e C onte of the Univ e rsity of California) Pr esid e nt Bak e r of the University of Colorado, a nd M r. Hambleton W. Mabie, ed itor of The O u tlook.

As an indic a tion of the repr e sentative c? aractero f th e program for th e ge n e ral sesSlon. it is int e r e sting to know that tw e ntyeig ht names appea r upon it, a ll but on e of

which ;u· · tho ., . of .t ·ti\' · ·ach r . h •·<.; ·. f our c· ·n arc· I fl • I in r ubl ic ch 0 w e rk, si.· in · or.nal an se · n in ·qJ) t ·(r(·s and uni, ·t ·rs it i ·: . Th t

stale·; if Tissc ur i lw i n ·lud •·d in th r pn·sr·n ·d by t w h · · spc akc · s, t .l sa -; by ,,.n, th·· eli . in· iv ·lr st ,l c·.; ' " 1r an.J h e I o mini< n d a by 1};1 I 11 all t"i : h ·· ·n sta s r · · ·n (•d

T h·; n:pr ·s•; n·ttion of \\'( m ·n pro · g- rrtmnv; is • rn d I. ·r han us u a I, ( (fi i dlr announ :<' d to d · ·li!1at 1 n r ' e t\" •

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In a i t i n to t h n , I a ss c iat i n a b b t 11 s . ss i n s f t: h a t 1 n a l un Edu cat i n (f r n Jul y 5 - ). anc..l tw of a c h f t n d r ·trtm n t s f ll o '

Th d · a rtm c m f Kin I , ·a r t n tio n , of -< 1 . m e n t-H y Ed u c a t i n, ?f co n 1arv r] 11 c a tion. of H ig- h r lu c a t! o n, of l orm a l Edu ::tt i n, of M u s i c E ducatwn. of Bu · in ss Educat i o n. and of C hild In of papers a n d dis c u s sions o n t or !cs of spci a l int r es t to t ac h e r s, by e min e nt m n and in eac h ed u cat io n a l 0 e ld.

Th e a ti o n a l H rb a rt C lub will_ a lso two ope n s e s s i o n s for th e dis c u ss io n of Import a nt t op ic s

Th e prog-ramm es cont a in n o f ea tw-es. but in d ica t e a conv e ntion wh e r e much h ard work will b e don e a nd much g-ood of the mo s t practical character acco m · plish e d - Jo urna l of Educati on . ' State Institute . _<:;...INC E Prof . Nort o n has b ee n J. n the @ s t ate h e h as b ee n usin g his to unify th e e duc a tion a l int eres t s, which ha ve been more or less of ea ch oth e r. Th e r e has be e n n o or g anic conn e c-

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Mu s i - A w n.y t th For Ev r e tt Q uart e tt e Intrdntr • ddre i ce Pr e ident, Lulu Mo es rati o n . .. .. .. . . ... .. . . . .. . . . .. ..... . ... . . . .... Pr s id e nt 0. H. H e rml e. i o lin Solo-"En R o ul a nt M a Boul e" : Myt:ta Hug g

Talk-The Rom antici t D o t Allen.

Book Revi e w aud R eading William P arriott

Vocal duetMar ga r ete McCune, Gen e viev e Hu gg.

Talk-'l h e R eali stic School.

C. E. D anfort h.

R e ading from Silas Lapham . .. . .. ..... .. ........ . Molli e Tynon.

Violin Solo-Air V a rieNorton.

P a per-A Littl e Group of Mod ern Po e t s . .. .. . ... .

C. W Pott s

R eci t a tion-Countess L aura

Th om p s on.

Mu s ic-Quart e tt e Messrs Skeen, Dicka s on, C a ll en, J o hn on.

Wellin gton/an Op en Sess iOtJ.

Salo, C o min' h · Hy • /Va l/an •

Elizab e th Hr a. tt.

.1'( • J a tion- -A r a lia .•..

Am e lia Cr a. n g- lc.

Talk- Th · lt, lan Empire o f th e S outh P ad fi • .•..

L Ma · Van VI · L

A Family of Ahorigi n 'b •.

Mr. H a y , Mis:;es Hricll," ·and B a ll •r Pap r - C o lonizatio n o f Au t> tralia.

Gr a c e Ham11FJT1 1.

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Mi sdCii a yhart a nd H cctw r.

Indu s ric t>- (a ) Ma rin e cc upa t i CHI •

Ard e ll V a n All •n

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(c.) Grazing

W a lte r Cam p bell.

Home from · · · ·

M r Stone, Marti n, ay h <:L I ' , ]lj s h •·, Y ll" b' •

'Stoutenbo rou g h

Muaic- uitar and Mandolin d u e tt · · · · · · ·

Mis ses McL ain a n d MeG n : w

DiscussiQn-Both the Nati on a l Hi s tory a n ti th ·

Phy s iography of A u s trali<.t di sprovefo n ne r Co nt inc nt a l o n n cnection w ith Asi a.

{ Ag n e s Watt, Aff. P ea rl Matt h ew s

{ Mabe l Goo z e , Neg. L ettie L o tt

Open Session of tbe Junior S ociety.

B ass S o l o-Clim a x

St a t e Normal Band

President' s Add r es ·

of Inv e ntion up on Civiliza t i.,o

Z e ll a G Sears

R e citati on-'l'h e Old Mam M edit a t es ·· • · · ·

W a rr e n B Catlin .,

Ins tr u me ntal Solo - G r and Valse de C o ncert e · · · · ·

Ada Go o d .

Pap e r -Pro g aess in Mode s of T rave l.· ·· · - · · · · · ·

C ec il D. Yo u n g

R ecitation - Farmer a nd Whee1 ; o r th e New

i n var ·

M: ,V e rn a Snyde r.

Waltz-Mai d of Be a ut y · --: ··· ·

Ruth Ellis and Cecil e B o u c h er .

P a per-Me aes o f R e ckonin g Ti me .. . .. . . . . .. ... .

John C. Watt.

Paper-Mode s of Communic a ti o n (with sce ne s )

Walter R. Robb.

Mu s i c-Junior Quartett e, Th e r e 's Beauty Ev e ry -

w h ere ·

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P r of. J. H . Mi ll a 1·, e d it or , of t h e !'/or!ltw estern J-ournaL of Edztcat-Z:on, pat cl th l' Norm a l a v isit Apr il 2 3 a nd 24 : He ::::a' e u so m e ve ry h e l pful and su gges ti ve on th '' r e citation" or ' ' clas s exe rcts e, at Chap e l W e dnesday mon'ling. H e _ 'e mph as iz e d th e id ea of kn owing eac h puptl as an in dividual, not th e wh o le c lass as a mas . Durin g th e p e riod,. h e th senior and tra t'mn g classes 111 th e library h a ll.

''Th e publi c school on trial, " th e at ion for his remark s . H e satd th e gr owm · tend e ncy e spec ia ll y among well-to-d o pepie, is to s e nd th e ir chi ldr e n to p n schools. Th e public schools must b e mad so thorough, so pur e , so uplifting that pa r · e nts w ill not f ea r to send th e ir littl e on e s t them. And th e y shot,.dcl b e as op e n to th poor as to the rich . Th e pub lic schools sho u·ld b e a l a r g

Mr. J. D i ll o n , o f t r a ini_n g la f -1, 1 · h as r e turn d h o m e aft -·r h a \ tn tau ·ht dur- 1 th e y ea r n ea l· unadill a

Miss Ellis will teach methods in e o,_, raphy in th e State Ins titute in Lin c o ln . h then int nels to g;o to e r a n d, afte r th e N. E. A . will .spend t he summ 1· amo n ;;:,· th e Rockies.

Professors Norton , Dunc a nson and Brown e ll, a nd Mi :· s e s H e rri g, Benn ett, Ellis, Wright, W in_n e and M cL_ain w ill different sections of study In th e S tate Institute at Lincoln, Jun e I 3 to July 3 ·

Mr. D av id town marshal the village.

Gilliland has b e en e l ec'ted and stre e t commiss io n-e r of

Plans are on · foot for erecting a hall in Peru. It w ill prob a b l e be about 48x 6o feet.

Mrs. Jacl<. sometim e since return e d fron) a visit to her son and his w if e and h er claurrhter h A g n e s, m Chtcago. · · ·

M i !Jatti Taylor, of th e fi rs t year class , at t e nded a missionary con ference ·of th e M ) E church a t Tecumseh, a few clay s r M r. V st, a member of the seco nd year <class w e nt a s a delegate fro m the Ep worth . League of this p l ace to th e conferenc e , c onve nti on E L. at a few ago.

PrOf Ellis_ and famil y will probably - th e summer 111 C olo ra do of course t aktng 1in t h e N. E. A. at i The cl:=tss e s practi ce Mtss El ft s supe rvision , ptcn lc a week ago last Frid ay :afternoo n s poiled t h e fun.

On Monda y even in g, May 6, ·t ure of our course ·of · six was Jo hn T emple Georg ta, call e d '·Successor t o

de partm e nt, we nt for a But a rain y the last leeg ive n · to a G r aves, of the . mantle

a n d mi s s i o n o f H nry W " sp e a k e r. r b ' . r a y , ·h , IS su J c t wa s ''Th t e rn ap-ogu " J l · h · 9 · e ga n li S Sit a t1 o n a ..

1. · 1 o ut g 1v m g a 1 c t 1r f s 1 o 1t1 ca a n a t u t . 1 1 r e o a n a u eli n ee c m r s · l so a r g y f ] d ' r h · 0 a Jes. ut h h or t s · ' t e ttm e w h n th 1 d ' . · ht f f . e a 1 s wo ul d exe r c 1s · th · n g · 0 r a n c hl s a l o n g w ith th i r ot h r d ut1 e s . H e t h e k t n s o f our co 1ntr y , 1t s g r e a n e s s ou r c · · · cl d t bT o n st lt u tt o n, 1ts br a d t h a n a a .a 1 Ity a s th e fund a m e n ta l la w f s u c h a n a t LO n. H e k spo e o f o ur un d l s s rso urces a nd o ur 1· 1 · · · B t,_ h .} h I e r a ll1 StJtUti 0 11 S. ll w e we: av e s h h uc g r a t r e aso ur c sa n s c unp a r a le ll e d su cc e ss a s a n at io n w e a r by a n e n e my th d e :n ag g u . I e 1s f d · ' · , ..un In all cla sse s o f soci e ty a nd I? a.l. po stt.lOns fr o m th e ward o r pr c inct p o lltlct a n Wtth o ffi c ia l p o w e r to th s }fi s h hold e r 1n r e s p o n s ibl e po s iti o n s . I Is Inte r es t e d in s e lf a l o n e a lthou g h h e l a y s m a ny t o m a k e th e p e o p l b e li e v that h e IS Int e r e s t e d in th e m a nd the w 1· fa r e o f th e sta t e . H e us e s v e ry m a n s . h. e .s hort on a ccount o f no fati g u e , h IS d1 s c our age d by no r e buff no lab o r i s t oo gr e at wh e n th e . r ..... w a rcl of offic e is in vi e w. But w h e n th e obj e ct is ga in e d it is manipulated for the profit of the holder and not for the w e lfare of constitu e nts. Th e d e mag o g ue will pand e r to th e d e mands of th e vilest men and th e most dishon e st corporations. H e has no s ens e of honor or C?f prid e . H e holds th e on e prize before hiS ey e s, namely, official influence for purpos e s of self aggrandizement. What is ne.eded is hon e st men who will take e nough mt<:r e st in public affairs to b e inform e d on of public mom e nt and who will t 1me and effort in uns e lfish s e rvic e for th e ir c ountry. The r e are m a ny s uch m e n but not enough. W e r e ther e not som e , how e v e r at all times, th e affairs of state would suffe r irre parably and our nation a l structure woul.d so on tott e r a nd f a ll. Wh a t w e lS broad, ind e p e nd e nt thinkin g on th e par.t ·of ·th e m as se s of v o t e r s , a n d m a nly co n sct e n " tious voting, uninflu e nced by brib e s or politic a l h a rangu e . Th e l e cture by e ulog izin g io a btill iant and touchm g m a nn e r th e g r e a t a nd g o od m e n of ·our c ount r y, b o th

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Pr f . N o r to n add r - ss I b ri Ay th T a he r 's A ss c ia ti n of L a n cas t e r Co ., Lincol n la s t a tur day, l a y 1 1

r. . W. un sau l us , 1 r e si le nt o f rm ur In s ti t ut e, C hi c a g , will d e li v r the annu a l add r s s t o th e g r a du a tin g cl as s.

Pr o f. Norton o cc u p ie d th e p ulpit in th , ·M. E. church mornin g a nd e v e nin g , April 28th, in th e abs e nc e of Rev Gates.

Rt v. a nd Mrs. G a t e s a tt e nd e d a cours e f l e ctures to minist e r s b y D. L. Mo ody i11 Chic ag o, th e latt e r pa rt of A pril. Th y w e r e a bs e nt a bout two w ee ks. ·

Dr. Gunsaulus w ill d e liver the annual addr e ss to th e g raduatin g class ·at the State U ni. ; a lso a t th e Fre mont hi g h school.

Dr. H. A. Rowl a nd, pastor of the first B ap ti s t church , of Lincoln, will de liver th e baccal a ur e at e addre s s to th e graduating class.

M e ssrs John J a ck and G e o Gilmore , of th e cl a ss of '90 will from th e Rush M e di ca l Coll e g e , Chi cag o, this yea r.

John W e lch , a stu den t o f t:h e first e l e m e nt a ry class l a st year, h a s co mpl e t e d his first y e ar a t Ru s h Medi ca l Co ll ege , H e is now b a ck a t P e ru , vi s itin g .

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a ic n 1c , pl a c o n Prof ki n n · r as k a Llass e s. of th e 1a y 9- Th u bj t tu r w as p r s e n t d . is s p ec ia ll y int T stFir st I t it c om h o m t o y u t h t

h a ul::lr de a l in g with t h hil d; y u a r go o d, th e r fo r e x o u must t u h h i ul vitally. R e a d in a f UI·nish ppo r tuni ti -' f ,do in g t hi s Th e r e is mu h .cl iff r n in •ea din g ; what w e a r e we 111 to ou r ht rture . T a k e s o m e w01·d 0 1· p h r a s a n d cr i •h e xp e ri ne e whi c h it c a ll s up. f i t will vary g r e atly. S o in re a din , su ati•1e words a nd p hr a s e s will · m e a n m uch or littl e . to us a ccordin g t o our fo rm er lif e a n d thou g ht. Mod e rn li t e ra tur e t e n ds to c once ntra ti o n, to g i v in g s u gge stiv e wo r ds a nd phrases, le a ving th e r e ad e r to su p pl) the r e st from his e xperi e n ce s a nd ima g in a tion. This typ e o f writin g b e lon g s distin c t i vely to th e nin etee nth c e ntur y It g i v e s e ff e cts rn e r e l y , {urnishin g hi n ts from w hich th e r e ad e r m.a y suppl y t h e c a u ses An d this, Prof. Skmn <: r s!w.w e d u s , is a mo s t p lea sing part of r ea dm g , smc e we are so constituted that w e e njoy doin g a n d finding o ut thin g s for ou rse l ve s. A pa r t o f o ur wo rk as t eache rs is to h e l p d eve l op in th e child r e n a s e ns iti ve n es s to po e ti c p h ra s e s , a nd a powe r t o di sc e rn an d apo l y th e m ora l truth s co nt a in e d in a ll goo d lit e ·r a ture W e ar e to le ad th e m t o see th a t th e auth o r n o t o nl y wish e d to ple as e a nd t o instru c t u s ·bu t th a t h e h a s em bodi e d r e a l b e a ut y a n d li v in g

M iss nn a Mc Coy, Mr. S he llenbe r a e r , Mr. Dobbs . Mi s s Willa F is he r, M r. Mis s A nn a Bors t, Mr. Sta n dley, Miss Agn e s. Ja ck, a nd pr o babl y oth ers of th e cl ass of ' 94 will b e h e r e for com me n cemen t. Th at' s rig ht, th e m o re, t qe merri e r.

M e J a m e s H a y s of the cl a ss of 9 3 exp ect s to b e do wn f or comm enceme nt.

M iss Will a B runn e r, a cl assma t e in th e first year o f a nu mber o f the pre sent s en ior-cl a ss, h a s be e n r e -el e cte d as p r im ary t eaclie r in Bl a ck C c:Io., a t a s ala r y of $7 50 a ye a r . Miss B. IS be com ino- kn ow n in C olor a.do a s a p rim ary teac h e r. 0 H e r cl a s sm a te s W lll be p leas ed to k no w of h e r s ucc e s s.

lVIi.ss D e li a Slack, of t h e cla s s of 9 4 , wa s ma rn e d t C? Mr. Be nj a min H. R i tz, a t P or tl a n d, .?regon, on May 8 T h e ir '•At Home c ar? s , have b ee n r e ce i ved b y s ev e ra l of M rs. R e i t z s fne n ds h e re , who , wi th all

h r fri e nd s, J O i n 111 w is h in g h r n h r lwsa lo ng a n h appy l i f . Th ·i r h m · w dl be a t u m n e r, W as hin g t n .

A ll o u r a n d sc h o o l c mm 11 ity h av e e en d e p ly i n t r s t ·d a n d n t a l i tt l · c o nc e rn e d o ve r th ill n ss o f F a r ! 1 is h r, so n o f C o mm is s io n r is h r o f th is l ac . o u t t wo w ee k s ag o h t o k s ri u s ] y i I I af t e r h a v in g ea t e n so m 1 l og n ·L sa u sag · . In a ft! w day s th e c ase I e cam · c r i ti ca l an h is lif e was d es r a ir d o f . 1\. n ·x am i n a ti n of some of t h e m e a t d is c i s ·cl th f ac t th at s mall p a r t s of i t w r e a ff ct d by tr ic hi n a r. E . C . R ee d w h o m a d th exa m i n a i n and di ag nos e d t h e cas . 1 r o n u n c l th · i so r d e r t ri c hin a po iso n I e s uff e r d k · n I y fo r seve ra l d ay s T h e n c a m e a tu r n a n l a t r e s e nt, h e i s s l ow l y r ec v e r i n g h is n rm a l co ndi t io n . Hi s b r o th r Th o m as F is h r , o f t he c l ass o f ' 8 5, ca m f r o m L ib rty, th, is s tat e , t o /s ee hi m ; h i s s is t r Mrs . f th e sa m e c l ass cam ov e r fr m A u urn . T h e da n g e r b e i ng o v e r, t h e y v ry g l a d l y r e t u rn to t h e ir h o m e s.

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B a pt is t c hurc h of N bra s k a Ci ty ex c h a n gc d p u l p it s o n Su n day, May r 2. Mr Hous e I S s a id to b e a fi n e s p e a k e r a n d a f o r c e f ul o n e .

M r s . E . 0 . Garr e tt h a s gon e to th e h o m e o f h e r h usba n d's pa r e r1t s in Fr e m o nt, wh e r e s h e is v i s iti ng M r. E 0. is not h e r e and it is said th a t h e h as j o in e d h e r.

Th e dr aw south eas t o f th e N o rm a l buil din g is b e ing cl ea r e d out and m a d e r ea dy th e -fi e ld d a y sports. You m a y s ee or a fir s t pre p., a profe ssor or a dt g m fi e d s eco nd y e ar, a nd e v e n now a nd th e n a l a dy o r t w o w ith rak e or ho e o v e r s houl de r, h ea d e d f o r th e d r aw . It will b e ,a fine p l ace w h e n A rt h a s mad e a f ew mag ic to.uch e s; for N atur e has furni s h e d th e f.ound a ti?n for a g r a nd amphith e at e r around a a r e n a and ha s hun g ov e r it h e r cano p y of g r ee n b ou g hs full of sin g in g birds p o ss ibiliti es ar e bound up 111 that ravm e a nd w ho kno ws w hat cont es t s of s tre n g th an d skill w iil b e e na c t e d ther e , what l a ur e l s o f v i c tory w on? '

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i\1 rs . a v i s it 111 ·m l ·r I ·m • n La r r s . \ is h ard, m h i r g i r l s, ' i ll b · h r · l M r Vv . M i n ni · Th h d i s f t h •:: m t ' r y g a v a n ic · c r ·a m su pp ·r May 4 a t th J ·l m ni c Th a b ut f r ty - n d ll a r . .

fin d th a t 'cl th ro f. t o n a n l M iss H rr i , s t a rt d t b r a i ty . I t was a J e r f ·c t la y a nJ v r_ b y wa s h arpy . H w _ c u l l t h y h e l p b in o-, with I l u e s l-i ov 1· th m , g r e e n fi ld an f wood s , an d l.n:i h t wa t e r s a r o un d th m, a n 1 th e p l ea su r of v is i ti n g t h e N C it sc h o o l s b e fo r e t h e m ? O n a rn v 111 g w div id e d int o sq u ads and we nt t o d iffe r nt sch o o l s O ur· sq uacl s t opp e d at t h e fi r t sch oo l w e ca m e t o , t h e S ix th stree t. W w e r e in tim e to h e a r t h e u pp e r si nth e ir m or nin g so n o- It was b e au t ifu l. T h ' b • h m a ny cl e a r y o un o- vo ices t e m u·sic of th e so n g wa s i n s pirin g . · lVI ts s Smi t h . wh o m a ni p ul a t <::: cl th e orga n ev id e ? t ly s e th e s p irit o f music -:- nci l ea ds th e t f ee l it a n d e xpr e ss It. W e th e n vi s.tte cl h e r ro o m a nd h ea r d a c la ss r e c it e in an thme ti c · Som e v e ry fin e w ork for a s c h o o l ex hi bit l a y upon the t a J:l e s. T h e n w e we nt th

ninth gra de which, f or lack of r o om In th

·hi g h s c ho o l buildin g , is plac e d . . Th class w e r e stru gglin g w ith th e ·di ffic ulti e s of divisors and multi p l e s in al ge bra · W e v is. it e d th e e ig hth g r a d e und e r Mr. M orga n. Th e class r e vi e w e d quit e thor oughly th rul e s for c a pit a l l e tt e rs. In the fi ft h .grad

-work in r ea din g wa s go ing on. S pe ci a l att e nti o n was b e in g g i v e n · to e mph as is . Oth..

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d n da) n ::nYa rd to th Thi i th l a s t r a n d '' , a l u d ac e rd' iol i n l o must b h . e a n -· co ne pt io n o f Th p ia n o s o los f Mrs. . P . iaa ll ) p r ize d b y lo v rs pt a n · i i s H n ewk r l sis te r of l\ Lu l u IJ ar s, f a o r d us "' ith a b e a utiful s l o . a lv, a y s e nj o th e yocal s l e c tJ n o f M rs . B o u c h e r a nd Mis s Grah a m Th e ope r e t ta, T he G y psi e s ' C amp, \.va s a ch a 1:,....: , an d f o r th ose w ho lik e li ght , gay s e l ec tiOn s vvas ch ann in o·.

Youn g m e n s h o u l d b e c a r ef u l in escorti n g l adi e s to Mt . Vernon H all th a t th ey d o no t ge t s c ar ed a t • ' pus s y and th e broom w h ic h is s h o w in g h er out o f do or s " a n d ru n aw ay a s t w o yo u n g h opeful s a r e s a id to h ave d o n e n o t l o n g s i nc e .

Th e M . E . chu r ch is t o b e nl ar a ed an d this · s u mm e r ft w ill proba b ly l oo k lik e a n e w b u il din o· b o th in s id P- a n d o ut .

Th is i mp r o v e m en t\ s m uch ne d e d a s t h e p r e s e nt h ou s e is t oo s mall b y fa r to flCco m m od a t e th e large co ngre o-ations .

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T _h la di e s o f th e B a pt is t h 1r h h a g-a ntz e d a L ad ies id o c i ·ty w i t h Orton as r e s id e nt

s t: rrMr s . . R . mit r ece i v -·d w ord a s b rt t i m · t h a t m a nufac tur i n g s t t Jis lu n h 1s son -1n - la w a t Bl a i r bad b e n I ur n· l.

A ase a l l t e am w as p i k d ' P i n P r u lay a g am e with t h Au l u r n l ·a m. p r ov d t o b e m s t l y i m t r t · and ' ? c 0 n s e qu e n ce of th is a nd th · li m i t d practic e of th P e r u v ia n s . th y w r I But th e y go t so m e mo r e pra c ti c .

T h e E ve r e tt ice c r am sup r g iv -•n M a y L I , wa · n ot a g r e a t fi nanc ia l s ucc ·ss , ut ryon e e nj o y e d t h e c r e am and t h soc iabdtty.' I t is said e xp n s s ab so r b e d th p r ofits .

Mr. a n d M r s . Stanfo r d a n d M 1s s M i nni e Sto r m e nte rt a i n e d th e s ni o r c la s s r i d a y v ni ng , May 10, a t th e h om e of M r. and M r s S t a n fo r d. Ga m e s a n d pl e asa n t c o nv r sa ti on ll}ade th e tim e pass so q ui ck ly t h a t w e sca r c e l y r a li z e d it was g r ow in g la t e a nd th a t l eave mu s t be t a k n. D a in t y r e f r es hm e nt s we r e s e rv e d in t h e mid s t of ga m es . W e all we nt h o m e f ee lin g th a t o u r a n d h os t e s s we r e ve ry p l e as in g e n te rh a vin g g ive n u s a de li g htful eve nm g .

A v e ry larg e att e ndanc e is e xp e ct e d a t a lumni m ee tin g t his year. W e a r e r eJutc e d to h e ar it as we lik e to h a v e th e m r eturn a nd s ee ho w the Norm a l h a s gro w n.

Gra din g is no w b e in g don e pr e p a r a t or y to laying som e n ew sid ew alk. It i s tho ug ht that th e walk will b e laid on the .east sid e of th e stre e t leading north from the campus ...J\1 a lks wi11 b e l a id in oth e r p a rts of th e v ilth e y are unqu e stion a bl y n ee ded.

Th e fir st y e ar stud e nts ·must hav e a c oll e ction of fifty mounte d specim e ns, h a vin g a n a lyzed twenty-five. Th e y hav e e ach p r e sse d duplicate s of th e ir pl a nts which th e y ar e to g i ve t o Prof. Duncanson for th e l a bo ra to r y h e r ba rium.

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