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THE NORMAL POINTER. Volume II. STEVENS POINT, Wis., JANUARY, 1897. l umber ( .
IN THE TWILIGHT.
01·e r the d11,;ky 1·erge Of Lhe quiC't sea. Slowly I watd1 l' m crgo The .· il n•r rim Of the l"I' 'Sl'en t lllOOll : pal e, <l i Ill The ·o ft stars, one hy o n e. \\" ith holy gleen. !:;t eal o u t and light t he ir lamp.
Fo r day is done.
Th e te mpl'sts are a leep: Only the balm Of some l"Ool e 1·ening ll'ind l{1111l cs tbc l'alm: Th e listening e:1. r of ni g h t Can catch no sou nd , San' whe n . in sl umbe r bo11nd. E:uth t11rn s and s ig h :
Peace rules Lhe d eep .
Aye. pea ce '. a crnss the dark ::;rar-pa1·e 11 s ky The night queen ·s sih·er ba rk (,ocs gliding by: Wi t h 111urm11ring fa int. the streams Drowse as th ey ll ow 1n their hid l' hannels: slo w Do wn-droopi n g d e w s Slid• fr om t he hea1·e 11 s . like gleams
Of lol'e-lJo rn dream .
Frai I breaths of 1·iolet. Of roses fair. Shy hint" uf mignonette. Hi,w thro11gh th• air Frnm un ecn gard e ns. tlwreHe n cath 111.1· icet. Ah uw '. how at the ir s pell ~wi l'L fan eies ri ·e '. \\' hat t<Jlll·h i ng ·ym pathies. \\' h:ll gr,ldt•n · 111 e11wri •,; '.
A 1111 t ho nghts ho11· s w eet:
THE LAST DEBATE.
Th e llll'L'ting:- of th,· L iterary soe i •ty w e re held in the high sC'iwol lrnilding in a room o n the sceo'nci tloor w e ll titted for Sll(·h u se 011 a1To1111t of its size, scat:-. :Lll d must important of all. it · proud possession of a larg<' ,·handclit•r hanging from the ee n tc r of the l'eiling and at least fou r neat appL•aring si d e-la mps. l'al·h crn c s 11pple111e11tl'd h,r a :-hi11ing tin reth•etol'. Th e,; · lanrp:-. as 1
11~ 1 as t h e n •.,t of till' h ni ldin).!. wPrc l':tn•d fo r h.1· the janitor. an a1·t·n111 111 1H lati111,! sort of pc•r :-0 11. ll'ho macl c hi s li 1·i11g liy :-all'in).! ll'oocl ll'h il,• ill' ll'a:- fn•,• from ja11itur lt1t.l' . Hi s one · faili 11g ll'a" th,• l, 11·,· fm· the l'Up. whi C' h . ho11·p1·l' r. ht• 111•1·pr allc . 11·p,I h i111,.,•11' to inclulgc in during- th ,• :-l'hool 11·,·,·k. though hi' 111:ul,• up !'o r lo ·t time o n Sat urda,r:; and :,,1111cl:1y,. .
Ea,·h 111or11i111,! during t in· ll'intl'r h,• ,·oulcl liL· fn1111d d o wn in th e ha,;en1,•11L thnnrinl,! ll'11ncl i11to till' huge• flll'll:ll' eS t ha t s 11pp li,•d th, • ,<("h11nl ll'i[h h1•:Lt :11111 fn•sh :tir. After s!' h ool hi s s 1n•l' pi11g- and cl11 :-ti11g wa:- earri cd 0 11 ll'i t h 1·: ryin g d l'gn'L'S of l' tlic-il' 11 c·y, ,;11111,·ti 1111•s oce11pyi ng him an hou r a11d a half. sl' lcl11111 111 on• tha 11 t w o--tm, n·s.
H e wa · a fricud alike to th l' t t•:u·hl'rs a11cl ,;t ud e 11t ,;. hi willingn ess c mkarini:r him to tlw forn11•r a11cl hi s partial d c:L1"11 ess to t he latt e r . Il l' 11' :ts u,"·"r ,·pry (·an•ful in h is ob,;errnti o 11 s of what ,1·a:- goin l,! llll i11 t he hall · and hase m •11 t. a11d as h, • II Pl'l 'I' l'l'JH>l'l1•cl what h1• n e i t h <• t· ·aw 11nr h<•a nl. lw ll' as l'SJJl't· ia lly Ii keel hy t h • large 1· boys of th e s, ·hnlll.
These IJO,YS ll'Cr c thl' main s tay of t 111• 1.itt •rary ,.o,·iety a n d t·h e g r a 11cl d Plia t,•s thl'Y ind11l g,•cl in 11·<'n' a p11-te n t f:wto r in cl1•n•lopi11g l:tll',Ye rs. jiu l:r,·s a11cl polit i .. al s p eaker,;. Th,~ l,!l'Cat,•st rintlry c•xisted lll'L11·cp 11 thl'SC ·t11 clc11ts and th e re we re in t hl' s,wicty t 11·0 w,:11 defin ed factions.
R eL"og n izccl :ts Lill' 11•:ulPrs nf Olll' of lhPs1• fal"I io ns w e re Lwo hoys. jus t th,· o ppo.,ill' i11 111 ost of thl'ir trait s and \\' e ll li tled t" work lugeth1• r "n any d e liat <' . a, O IH!
was wirty :i.11cl fasd 11 ati nl,! in his s p,•P<·h a11cl 111a11111•r,.. a nd t he o t he r ,:ap:Ll ,l e of ge1 t i1 11,! to the hottlllll of :t
s 11hjrc t by harcl s tudy . (;<·o. F- - hacl a n•p11tatio11 as a smooth talk,•r wh,, rc·1·,· r h,• wa, k11ow11 . 11 1· had l, .. ,• 11 11 puzzll' Lo 1:1·1·ry t1•:wlH•r ll'h11,;l' n•1·itatio11 s h, • hacl al te11d l'cl . and enul d cl n 1110.,L :111 .nhi11g a11cl s till argu1• hims('lf o u t of lh t• clilli,·ult.\' . ,J :u·k II-- ll'a" 11·1•11 lit· t,•d to IJL: a11 aicl!'-cl1 •·c·an1p to s lll·h :t jH•r,;on . II ,• was the li; acl,·r of his 1·la:-s. \\'I'll lik,•cl loy the • tc· :w lll'rs. IJII L h:tppy 011ly 11:h<·n ht• clicl llCll ha1·,· to \\'Ork too hard fo r his ho 1111rs. li e• l'P1·tai11l.1· 11111 :-1 han• i 11l 11• r itc·cl 111os t of hi,~ ahiliti <'s /.,r hP alll':t,l'S hacl ti11H' t" t:d,I' p:trl i11 all the t r i,· k :- a11cl j11k1•s 1·111111111111 lo all ,,· .. II 1·,•g11lat,•cl high :-1'!11)(lls. and still r l'taiy hi, po:-itio11 :tl 1111· 111•:111 of hi s ,·l:tss. Tiu• fal't ion hc•acl,•, I liy t lu•,c· l 11'11 l111y, ll'as fast gaining :-upn•11ra,·y i11 the· li 111 • .,f cl,·liatilll,! ll' i1t· 11 Lill' othe r :-id,• ll'a, gn•atly rc· i11f11rc·c· cl li.1· tlll' aclcliti.,1 1 t;, t hPir ranks of t 1)(' 1u·11· g ra111111ar ~,·11<1111 tc·ac·l11·r. ll'ho had lJ1· 1·11 i 11cl1 11·f'cl tr, j"i11 the· l. it1·rar.1· s•wit·t .l'. s lip · po:-ecll,r f.,r the· p11rp11,;1• 11f s1n ·11 1.Ql1C'11i11g it. l,111 rc •all.1· fill' the pnrp11:-c• ·of aicli 11 g I ill' 111 hc•r ,;iclc· .
Before· his arri1·:d Ji.,11,,r, hacl l11•r·11 c·as.1·. l,111 ,rh, ·11. at last. tlu· pr.,gra111 ,·11 11111, illc·c· a111101 1nc·c•cl 1111• <·1·,·11t of th<• ~ •a:-011 i11 the· f11r111 nf a clc•l1atc· IJC'Ll1·c·c,11 the · CJ!clc•:-t 1,.1_1· i n tlw :-1·h111>l a11cl tlll' ~r:1111111:tr ,c·h1111 l ll'ac·lll'r 1111
n 116 THE NORMAL POII~lTER.
11111• sidt•. a11d ( ;,•m-i..(•· :i 11d ,la<"k on I h<' other. thing: be).(:tll 111 look d nnht1'11l.
All would ha n· l!"IH' w,•11 hatl the qne:tion hc!'n one 011 whi ch (; eorp:' :111d Ja1·k were a lready well read, hut· for ,;o nw 11nknc,w11 reason the Pommittce had t'11os<>11 tlw 1110111e1n,111s questio n of the stahility of our l!ov1•1·n 111, •11 L and 111 prt'parc for that mean t. a great ,lt·al of hard work . To ma ke matters worse. the rnpnlili<-:rn,; ,,·pn• 1r.,·i111! '" in tlnencC' the election by an 11n11s11ally larJ!t' 1111111iiPr of C'a111paig n spee1•he . all of whii·h had tn hf'. :1tt1•11d1•d to hy thosP worthy st tt., d1• 11t ,; .
:-; 0 wlw11 tlw d:1 .,· arrin•d on the eve ning of which till' d,·h:t11· w:1,; 111 t:tk,• pla,·e. hut l(ttle 1u·e~ rntion had ht•<•11 111:ull-. :-;, ·hoc,) <·lo,;l!d in tllP :,fternonn and ,. ,·,·n· .. 111• hnrri, •d h1111H ' 111 g ,•t ready for the enrn t . ' l\n; l,c,\',; :11 0111• r .. 111:1i111•1l. Omi wits !ward to re-111ark 1,." th,• othC'r : .. W,• \l lJST win . nme way. Let': ,; to p tlw llll'l'ting ...
:-;11 it was d1•t1• r111 it11•d that the re should be no meet· i11~ 11f th,· Litl'rar.,· ·"wi1·t~· t hat nigh t. For two boy 111 work 11 111 a pl:1 11 for {lclayi ng the meeting wa .,0111Pthi11g h rt' tofnn• 1111kno wn . bnt, t.hc determined w:n · i11 whil-h lioth tip-toed down in to the h:iseruent an;l 1·1·awl1•d llf'hind th <' fnrn:we was vitlen ·e of its S IU'('t'SS:
Th!' ,;low m,,,·1• 111C'nf,; of the janitor eoukl be plain-1\· lward a,; he li11i~lu·d ;.: weepi ng the room ;:; above, ,;,w II\· rn11• . At l:1,;1 Ill' had fini : h •d all a nd with a fin al in11k at 1h1° fnrn :u·,· tr) see t hat all was -well, ha,;t,·111"d hc,1111' 111 n•t 11n1 latPr and ligh t the la,mps for l ho ,;11l'icty .
;\IP:rnwhilc thP 1w11 huy,; were b,1.y at work rligging a hnll' in ollu 1~ur11t•r uf the basement. I t wa a sim-
_ pll' 111a ttl'l' to run 1q,,;t:1ir,;. 1·ol1Pet a ll the chimne~• • and plan• t h1•111 ill th1• np1•11i11J! . And when the ch r t wn thrown on•r t hem a ,,·,,pk ·.- sear<"h ronld not have ren~al, •d tlll'ir prt-',;1•111·, ·. The boys seemed perfeetly happ,,· a,; · tlwy crnwh•d 1111t thronirh one uf the window,; anti walkt•d h•i,;nrPly homeward . their mincl. 1111 wo1Til'tl u ,·er th,• su hj1·ct fu r rlehnte.
TiH• i,;l'lu•mc would proliably ha,·e ;;ncceedetl if chim-11 •v,; hurl no t bf"1•11 "" ..t11•ap. bntas it w:is. when the tleh:t.tPrs s t1·ol)Ptl ,low11 , .. wa rt! the ,!<'hoot house nbuut ,:ao 111 sell how dark 1111• l111ilding- c·o11ld look. t hey foun d it brightly lif!ht l'd a11 tl a lnrgP audiom·<' ·as~emhh •d . It wa;: tuo lat,· tn h1wk oul. so ho th unt c rP.cl 1.hi• d,,h:11,• wit h :i- " lrt1st -to- hl<'k " dct.cr111ination to \\'in v1•1. Bu t dPliatin).( without prC'paratio n i,; np hill w11rk . TIH•i r ,·hai.rri II at dl'f1•at wa,; lc;;scnC'tl. ho wcn ,r, h\' th,·ir fort11111• i11 i.r•·ttill).( out of the other tlillicnlt,y: r."w n. rigid s1•1tn·h wa,; in,;tigatPtl for thP parties who ,tol~· tl;1. ,· hi11111 <'.,·~. II Pn' again the worthy janitor ,,a 11w to t 111' l'l'"t'll< ': wh,•11 . 11 11 t hf' ~C'rnnd day after. the lost ,·him1i1•y, w,·n· fo1111d. 11caLly pla<'<'d 011 one of the tahlt•,; in till' phy,;i,·,; lali11ratory. it was hintt•d that the janitor had 1·lt•a111•d t h,•nt tJ 11• n • and t hPn forgot tl' n wh1·n· h, · had ll'ft t h1 •111 . T hi' fa,·t t hat 1•e1·tain pec1rli1u· 11d11r, had l11•e11 ,,·,•111 .. ol in th c noi ghborhnod of hi s ·1in•:1th f1H' ,;,,,·,•ral da_,·, j)rp,·ions. sett Jt, tJ the l)lles tion .
1(1, did not lo~,· hi, po,ition. howenll". and it was 11f1,•11 n11ti, ·1•d i11 th<' 1,·rm, following t hat the janito.1 w:1,; a lwa.\'>' ,,·,·II ,pok, •n of hy th,• h•adl'r,; on thl' lo,ing
side of t he ruost interesting debate of the High School Li terary society . HUGH c. ALMY.
A TRIP TO A LOGGIN.G CAMP. ·
It wa a heautiful day in winter , when a party of eigh t ·tarted for a visit to n logging camp. We left on iin early morning t rain, a nd after a ride of about an hour stopped at ·the station where two double sleighs were wa iting to take ns to the camp.' The sleighing was good , .and the sun was bright enough to keep us warm. so that our dri ve of seven miles seemed very ihort. We stopped three mil es from the camp with fri ends who were going with us. and at e leven o'clock the three sleigh load_. again started out. The road was narrow and win linj! . .shu t in on both sides by the thick pine woods. every hrnnch of which was loaded with t he soft white snow whieh had fallen the night before. Not a sound cnnld we he:1r save that of onr own sleighbell . and now and then a call . from a distance to tel l ns of n load of log which was coming through the woods. Soon we sa\\' smoke from the chimney of a distant camp. and <'Oming in s ight of it we sa.w a house built of logs 1\1\d standing a lone in the midst of the hick woods. We went in side where about forty men
were at dinner. They paid u no attention whatever, but 11niekly finished their meal, a nd were soon at work again The table was now set for us, and it was very diffe rent from the ordinary dinner table. It was covered wi th oil C'loth and set with t in plates and cups. But this was almost forgotten when we began eating-, fur I think you would rarely find a dinner so well cooked. After d inner we rested and looked about the camp a while. The walls were the same on the inside as on the outside uf the building. with two or three small windo ws. In one end of the room was, a large stove. a nti back of it on the wall the shelves where all the cooking utensils were kept. Two long wooden tables fill ed the centre of the room. These, the long ben ·hes· each ide of t hem, a nd in fact nearly all the other fnrni s hin11:s of the camp were made by the men in only a few days. These are not moved, but in every camp new ones are made. In the other part of the Pamp which was separated 'rrom this by a small space 1•m·eretl on~r with a roof, were the bunks 11.long the sidE>s of the ro,)111, leaving only a few feet between in the 1·ente r of the room. It seemed to us that one mnsL he rnry, ve ry t ired Lo ·leep well there. After examining e\'e rything we started on our journey. We visited one more t·amp and reached 0111· friend's house in time for a si x o'eloek dinner. Here we spent the c,ening with pietnres. musi<' a nd games, and started for our t,rnin at twelve o'<'lo<"k. This drive of seven miles 0 11 n brigh t moon-light nigh t ended one of the pleasant •,u chws l ha,·e ever spent.
' . J . FLORENCE A. PitA \' .
ONE OF MY PUPILS. I ;:;aw him fo r the fir.,t t ime early one winter morn
ing ns l was ,•oming up the path to the school-house. He St'emed to be abont se,en years old, but I found afterwards that he was nearly eleven . He made an
· odd figure as he s tood on t he front steps with his hands bmied deep in his t ron ers pockets, and his cap pulled
I down so low .that only part of his nose and his mouth wcrl' visihle. T clon· t helie ,·e he wnre any thi ng that
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was originally made for him. The coat came down to his ankles and must ha,·e belonged to hi fath er . On one foot he wore a shoe that ecmcd to· fit fairly well , and on the other a rubber o la rge that he had it tied to hi foot wi th a 1·opc. A: I came up to hint he rai ed his face to me, a nd ·I s traight-way fo rgot the oddity of hi appearanc.e; for I only saw the thin . pale face, and the large, shining black eye w\th their appealing look.
MAHrn B. JC Bf: 1w.
LITERA R Y NOTES. '-'
Gladstone· · daughter writing of her fa ther 's habits, say : "He usually ha three hooks on lw.nd at once. of various degrees of solidity. the c,·cnin g one probably being a novel. Aristotle. St. Aug11s ti 11 e, Dante. and Bishop Bu tler a re the a uthor wh n have most intlueuced him; so he ha him ·elf writlen. Once in bed. he neve r a ll ows hi mind to be cha rger! wi th businc;, of any kind. in consequence of which he slee p · tbe ound a nd healthy sleep of a child. fl'nm the moment his head is on the pillow un ti l he i· called t he t1 cxt morn .. ing. This ab. olu te power over hi s thoug ht·. won by lonf a nd strict ha bi t.· of self c!"l nt rol. must be O..]lJLui
t he principal cau e of his frcshncs · a nll youth. As an instance, be went home in the early morning after the
· defeat of the Home Rule bill of 1880, a nd slept a · usual his eight hours."
" I t was , ery good fortun e, '· ay- Mr· . Ficlll , ··to be once in Rome with Mrs. Stowe, where she came uu cxpectedly face to face wi th an xhibi tion o f the general feeling of reverence and gratitud u towanls herself. \','e bad gone to the room of the Brother: Ca tcll ani , the workers in gold. Mrs. 'towe was full of cntJ, 1sia'lm, and we lingered long o,·e1· t he things whi cL the brothers brought forward to ·how. Among them was the bead of an Egyptian . lave, caned in black onyx. While we were enjoying it. one of thu brothers said to Mrs. Stowe, ·Madam, we kn ow what yon have been to the poor slave. We a re ourselrns bu t poor slaves still in I taly- you feel for u ·. will you keep th is gem as a light recogniti on of what yon ha,·e don e?' he took
the jewel in sil ence, bu t her eye- were fill ed wi th tears, and it was impossible for her to speak. .. .
Of the great cla ics Dan te i perhaps least read and least known , ince inherent, ditlicnlti es of both la nguage and poem aru ,·ery trouble. ome to the translation. Prof. Norton has gh·en a ve rsion' of the great Florentine's manifold d ream whi ch i;- a tri umph nf simplicity and clearn e s. He has escaped the main diffi ulties by choosing prose as his mecl ium which by hi · t reatment not only make· the poe 1T) comprehensible, but i itself poetically bea utiful in its <·ombin cd grace and strength . Equipped with this book a nd Lo,vell 's masterly e say upon Dan te. a ny one may walk with the poet through the l'i rcle. of hi: infinite imagi nings, contident of a co rnp:tni on hip always fill ed with profi t and delight. A fe w n m tos hould lie r ad in Longfellow's metrical translation, by way of comparison, and the chapter upon Dante in Mrs. Oliphant' . ·•Makers of Florence" will - r m as a pleas -ant ace om pan i 1nen t.
The Ru\". J ohn J . Han ·ey was n<>t a handso m~ m:rn :
in fact, ome peo ple .!ll!ght emu have ca lled him plain. He was ta.11. but r:ither angular, and his clothes. always blal'k and solemn as befi tting hi s tation, lacked that mu ch-ad mired " hang," ample, yet caressing, o cha racteri stic of the l1abilim nts of urban society . His ·qua.re strnight shoulders were surmounted by a wellImped heacl, in whi ch the curly blond hair was a lways
. moothl y lirush'ed . His nose wa. huge, appar nt ly to atone for a ligh t tle ticiency in the way of chin . A feeble mou taehe. of the same blond hue. as hi hair, ·erved only to accen tuate the lines of his mouth a lready much too pr minent becau:c of the large upper lip. Yet behind his gold-rimn1ed glassc his blue eyes cnt for th a kindly g leam, and under tho iekly moustache hi lips wore a mile that wa very attractive. Though his pa rishioners may not have thought him ha nd omo, they strongly re en tcd a ny in inuation a · to hi being the contrary, and ome were known to take the tancl thaL " Pat"On H:11·vey'' was " real good looking." Be that as it may, they loved him incercly; and when he left, them, to become a foreign missionary, they long lamented his departure. averring that •·Par on Ha rvey was too nice a m an to be wasted on them heathen Africans. " M. ASI-D!UN.
GEMS F RO M OLq THINKERS.
The tongue i held in honor by such mllu as reckon words of more account than deeds.
- OPHOCLE , B. C! 4 0.
They who wish good to their fri ends, for the. fri ends' sake, are friend in the highest degree.
- AHI 'TOTLE, B. C. 884.
Knowledge is the food of the soul. Must they not be utterly unfortunate. whose souls are compelled to pass through life always hungering.
- PLATO, B. C. 427.
Men resemble the Gos!, · in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures. CICE ltO.
Love is the crowning g r:i.ce of humani ty, the holiest right of the soul , the golden link which binds us to d uty and tru th, the redeeming principle that chi efly reconcil es t.he hear t to life, a nd is pro1~hetic of eternal good . PETHAltCH.
In a certain city not a thousand mil es from ' teve ns Point. there is located a Normal School ; this s<'hool has at its head a wide awake progressive faculty, the member of which never lose an opportunity to widen their information. It so happened that a · two of them were pas ing by a meat market. one day, they glanced in at the open door and ·aw an animal covered with ··hlack fur." They stepped in ·ido to examine it more closely. 'l}reir exclamations o f ad miratio n and wonder we re ruany. Finally. the obliging propri etor asked them if they wi ·heel to pnrchasc anything ?, They thanked him, saying tbat they only wisberl to look at the bear. After som' fifteen minu tes had p
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assed in ·pecul ation. about the "bear," th,ey were greatly amazed to learn that he had been killed on a fa rm a short di tancc from the city, As they were about . to leave the shop the proprietor aid: "Excuse me, ladies, Lhat is a black CAu· ! " It is needless to say that the ladie did not advise t lwir fri ends to go down to ee the hear !
118 THE NORMAL POINTER.
Tl{E NORMAL POINTER. JANUARY. 1897.
Published monthl y durin!Z the school year often month s by the students or rb e Statu Normal Scht1ol. tevene Point, Wis.
Entered a t the Postoflice at Stevens Poiut, Wis . , ao eecood class matter.
·------Terms of ub c~·iptio~=-50 cen ts pe r year in advance.
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our advertise rs.
Our Local Editor's withdrawal from school i the occa. ion or not a little regret on the part or hi s fri end -particularly the members of hi s class. and the e~ ito:ial staff. Though the vacancy i II the latter orga111zat10n has, we think, been very happily fill er!, we are sorry to have lost him, and hope that when he return next year, as he promi e to do. The Pn!nter may be ~o fortunate as to have him restored . tn one C'apacity or another, to its ·taff or 0 di ~ors.
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Among the beatitudes most familiar to the readers of The Pointer is this one : Bles eel are the people who help to make t hings go.'' A perso n who attends the Arena must be ympatheticnlly inclined toward those who are not numbered among the BLESS lm . The way in which the business meeting i cairied on i · no complimentary to the young ladies. We should be the last to admit that the young ladies are not perfectly C'apablc of taking part in the meetings. for there are llouri. hing ocieties in other school s com· posed entiroly or ladies.. Why is it rhcn '? Perhaps because or indiITerencc : perhaps becau e of timidity ; be this as it may, we arc mis ing an opportuuity for training in pa rli amentary u age that we can nor well aITorcl to neglect. It does not matter if we do not aspire to he pre ident of a 11l ub or society or any kind. In these clays when women occupy . o niany important positions, in order to be (·onsidcred intelligent. we should be able at lea ·t tn stand on our feet and make a motion, or discuss a quc tion. To· do this requires practice. What if our motion is ··ntlt,of.order ·• '' We will gain th xperience whiC'h will be,useful at other times and in other plaC'es where ignorance is loss ex· cusable. The call upon our t ime for th ings that mu t be done leave little time for tho things upon which per cent! are not reckoned. h n~e too many or us neglect the lit erary work . Hut shall we be atis ti ed to do only the things we must ? If we arc• not memhcrs of
the ocietv, let us join ; if we are, let us do our part to make the ·meetings what they should be,
LILLIAN AttNOIT.
A shameful example of a Senior's heartless conduct toward n verdant and unsuspecting Junior was brought to our notice some time ago. But lest any one should jump at conclusions we hasten to correct any idea t~at the occurrence took place in this school ; far fro)ll 1t; here a Senior would scorn so low an act. In the northern part of the State, t:wever. ~ear the border line, there is a school where the en1ors are not such as ours and here the evil deed was perpetrated. It seems that' the Juniors in the school had, according to the common custom, selected a goodly motto, by contemplation of which . to stimulate themselves to even greater achievements than those that Juniors are wont to accomplish This motto was, in good plain English, "Something Ahead !" The haughty Juniors. however, were not content with this, but desired a more impr~s: sive form of expression. One of them accordingly. in not too publi c a manner, requested a learned. bnt as it afterwafd transpired, unprincipled, Senior to translate it into German; which the-Senior obligingly did. Thtl motto was unanimously adopted by the guileless Juniors. and at the earliest opportunity displayed before their sage superiors. What was their amazement and dismay to find that instead or being awed into silence, the eniors laughed them to scorn with many a gibe and jeer ! And, as you may well imagine, great was their righteous wrath toward the obliging studePt of German when they discovered his scurvy trick, for this was his translation-" Etwas ein Kopf ! "
In The Cent-ury for January 1897. there is a story by Hamlin Garland which every one should read. It appeal,i to every person in whose breast there beats a human heart, for the story is so thoroughly human, so essentially true to life that it cannot but arouse respon· sive emotions mall readers. But only those who know something of the• life in the country towns of Wisconsin can truly appreciate the delicate, subtle, ~xqu isite touches or realism- •·veritism·• Mr. Garland chooses to
' call it - that make "A Woman of Modern Tyre," a s tory to be revelled in. It is this very localism that many or Mr. Garland's critics inveigh against, with so me justice, perhaps; but, we or Wisconsin. have no complaint to make. We recognize the types we see in the story. we have seen them daily in the flesh; we know how pitifully tru' to actual 1:onditi?ns are those described; we know the hopeless stagnat10n of the exi tencc to which Albert Lohr was fated. It is all life to ns. the more so as we realize that things could not harn been any different in the end than as Jhe story show them.
It is gratifying to those interested iu our school to note the readiness with which our students are employed as teachers, and the high dcgret. of success that ee~s to be theirs in the discharge of their rluties.
We regret The Neenah Argosy's unfortunate experience wifh prize stories, but a moral might be drawn therefrom.
The struggles or the Seniors over thei r pin and yell are really pathetic.
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~ . GENERA L . I
T he holiday vacation has conic a nd gone. A majo rity of the students who sp nt their vacatio n out of the city have returned in the be t of health and good ·pirits. Work in all department wa. resumerl on Tuesday. J an. 5th. There seems to b crnn g reater eam estness in study than before vacation, but it is impo ible to decide whether this is due to ew Year 's re olu tions, or to the near approach of quarterly examinatio11s.
The Seniors miss three of their number · since the holi lays . Mr. Phillips has accepted a positi on as fir t :issistant in the Eau Claire High ' chool. He will teach German and Latin . Doubtles , he will do good work in this department as be has made languages hi specialty fo r several years. Miss Nettie Stewa rt is tcaehing in the 4th grade in one of t:.he chool · of Madison. Mr. Almy who has so ably fille I the position of Local Editor of The Normal Pointer, ha · a school in Neills· ville.
Pres. Pray. Professor Collin . Cul,er, anford, Spaulding and wift, Mesdames Elliot and Bradford, and Misses Faddis, Linton, Quinn, Stewart and Tanner , attended the State Teachers· Convent ion at Milwaukee Dec. 29-30. Mi s Lin ton read a paper before the co nvention enti tled " Why Children boulcl Learn to Read Music.''
On the last morning before the holidays, the school was pleasantly surprised by a 11111 ical program prepared _ by l\Iisses Lin ton, VosBurgb, Kuhl and Furro. Sever al numbers were presented by the model sc hool. An octette of young ladies from the eighth grade, and a sex~ette of il~ rm ediate pupils rendered pleasing elections. Mrs.(fuilntl<ling and Mis · Curmn, a nd Misses Gro S and Corcoran, appeared i 11 piano cl uet . M J'S.
Hun ter closed the program by a vocal solo, " 0 ! Holy Night !"
Room 30 has een many animals sla in lately in the intere t of science, The Zoology classe ·pent hours searching for the amoeba with little result exee pt the cul tivation of a pati ent spiri t; but, as they ad vanced in the animal kingdom, material became more abundant. They have persevered in their pursuit of scientific knowledge until now the Batrachia no longer disturb the recitations by their melancholy croaking " All, all are gone!•· The Te tudinata will oo n be sacrificed, and then naught will be lef t but the sleepy opossum. Soon the cla es will go forth in a scientitic spiri t tol earch for cats. All law ful means are to be employed to procure one; but' it is reported that, in case of failure, the .members of the Psychology classnone of whom have a conscience- will aid their,fell ow students by resorting to questiouable means to gain that sought-for prize.
The Arena has accepted a challenge to debate with the Li terary Society of the uperior Normal. Eaeh society will be representE,d by three of its best debaters. The debate will take place ome ti me in May. The s ubject has not yet been decided upon.
The young ladies base form ed two teams to play in-
door tcn ni under the guidance of Profc . or nh· r . They will meet Saturday :tfte rn oo 11 s. "Team fo r l>a ket and battl' ball will be oq;::rn ized oon.
The four Latin classes had a comp titiY te"' t in the conjugation of L in ,·orbs. latl'ly. The begi 1111ing class stood highcs . Co11 s tant, e nclc:i,·or . hnnl study, and excellent instnr l'tion enables one to ont ·trip all others- the Hornce class included .
The Board oi Ex:unincrs \\'ill' I.Jc here abou t the 10th, to x·tmine tho ·c who ex pert to tini. h ithcr cour. e. A class of eight will tak till' examination for certifica tes from the Elcmcntar.v 'ours•. Mr. Phillip:< is expected to be prcsPnt to take the xamination fo r a d iploma of the 1·ompl cte cotn· c. Mis. ' tcwat't will take her exami rrntiou in Madison.
A new ma"'a;r,i nc. The P ·ychological Review, has been rcccirncl in the libra1·y. I t is publi ·heel bi-monthly, and ed ited by J . Mark Baldwin a n I J . i\k1(ccn Cattell.
Tra ,·elling li bru ri cs ha ,·c a rou cd much in terest and done good work iy th fanu houses and schools in country di tricts. Iis Tanner is the orig inator of it plan whi ch will a. i t and extend the work of the li brari~or a long t ime i\Ii " Tanner ha Jj en prepa ring libraries of picture which a 1·c ncal'ly ready to be ent out. Reproductions of the work of great masters, ·ketches and picture · by the best a r tists' of tho present day, are coll ected and mounted on g rey bristol board. This colo r is chosen because it look: well on a ny wall , In a pocket on the back of each of these i a la rge card telling about the picture a nd it· a r tist. Some of these will be sent to the country and distributed to the different famili es. They arc a llowod to keep a picture fo r a. week, and then to exclmngc it for another. The school house will also receive its share. By these picture an appreciat ion of the best in a rt will h , (awakened, a nd an in terest in the events co nnected with the picture leading on to a study oi.th li tcrat,ure and history of the time ol'\.tl-t arti t Some pietur s will be pres ' ntcd to the se hools near ' tevens Point. A library is being coll ected for the use of the Normal students. and one wi 11 be begu n . 00 11 for the Publi c Li bra ry. Too much cannot b said in fa. ,·or of i\li ·s Tan , ncr 's plan . i\Iany who ha1·c spent some ti me in country schools and farm hon. cs, wi II rcali:r.c how thei r aesthetic sense and love of art has been cl warfcd by checl'less Slll'l'Ollll(lings, .. a nd will gladly welcome a cha nge fo r the better .
A new rul e in regard to text books is bei ng enforced . The ·tudent who ·deface · a rented boo k by pencil mark or otherwise. is req uired to purchase the.book. The sc hool i · not desirous of coll ecting the autogra phs or
, · cari catures of its student . nor of ha Ying original aids to translation in the (;erm-£11 and Latin book .
The"Psychology club had an interesting meeting lately, The subject was ". 'elf-Co nsciousness. " a nd was well d is1: ussed by Miss Berg.
PERSO N A L.
Miss Hatti e Long, s pent her vacation at Winona.
A num ber of new maps have bee n rcccil'Cd in Room 28.
The Foru m is making a study of Russia, a nd Russian Ni hilism.
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Mis Melis a Durkee a 11d J a me,; l'a 11l sn n h:t,·c wi thdra w11 to teal'h .
Miss Mati<' Patch has withdrawn accoun t of ill health.
fro 111 sc·hool on
The Are na de voted o n<' mcelin g to a di s('11s, io11 of t he Presiden t ' · 111essagc.
Professo r Sy lvL·ste r is at pre;;ent in Home where he will rema in for so me t ime.
The Octette rond cre,1 one o f t hei r pl ca ,; ing st.I •ctions at morning cxcr<'i ses la te ly .
Mi s McClc ll :w . o f Phillips. re1·1·1ul ,v spent :t week wi th her fri end l\l iss ',m ith.
T o be let to the hi ghe t bidder- The con tract for the SC' ni or yell . T o be oon:tructed without rh~.me o r rl'a. on. Th!] C'n mmitlce reserve t he ri gh t to reject any
1· or all bids.
I l\lis · Mari on l\laxfield and J ose ph Baker , both of ·
I whom lm,·e bee n teachin g in Aulrnrnda'. o, v is ited fo rm er school-mate la te ly. Th •ii· T hoo ls .are closed a t pres
' en t, beeause of an e pi le mi t' o f measles.
Among the more recent vi. ito r · are Profe sor ' imonds of t he Hig h School : Dr. Creighton of St. Pa uls .M. E. l'hun·h : i\li ss i 4 ttTo of Green Bay : ir. Virnm, Mi ses Krnm. Dill e a nd Ei l'he; :\!rs. Maxfie ld and Mis · Doty,
Frnnk pringer . who a tte nded th • Nonn:11 la,;L year . ' i: teaching c·hool near Alm ond .
t· ity .
Three fo rm er " Norrna litcs" spent t heir vaca t ion in thi s l' ity: Mi s E the l Ba rk er. wh o teaehcs at Penningto n, Wis. : Mis: l:frcmrn cr. a teacher in one o r the Profes o r Mc·Ca ·kill will de lin•r a il•t·tttn· 0 11 ·· E,·o-
lu tion •· be fore t he Fo n1111 ;;non .
Mr. Pri ee. one of th Se11i 11 r,;. rcec•nt l.v had th e mi sfortun e to cu t his ha nd quite liadly.
Prof. Livingston, of Sparta . on ·' of tlt t• Board o f Vi sitor . spent a fe w days in Sl' huol lately.
Miss Elizabeth Sten•n s wil. r •,·upcrntc :1ftt> r the ex~ amina tions a t the home o f he r s istp r in Appl e ton .
Etta Frost, Lottie Ho rnn . .Noli :t Onan , Thomas Han nifin. and J . W . Gardn Pt'. h:1.ve 1·ct:ent l_y e nlere I . chool.
ome of the students rel'e ntly ·aw :rn ill11 ·t n1.tion of the fact that "the wi ckNI ,; tand ( ·: ) in s lippery plaC'e ...
Miss Mo11tgo111e ry spent se veral days in Chi cago th e fir t of the month . going down to at tend her lwnt hcr · wedding.
CI:. es have liet' n fornwtl to prn<'t,i<'e drill itnd fan y s tep for the Uy111nasittm exhibi t io n to bf gi,·cn in Febrna ry. .
'Ir. Bee k has h 'L'n a hsenL for s<' ,·cra l days 0 11 at·1·01m t ~ the illm?ss or i\·lrs. Be<·k. who is now somewhat impro,·ccL
A stra11gc fa l't in BihJ i·l'a l his tory broug ht out recent ly l>y a Senior -- ·· :'frh111·had11 ezz:U' was <·h :111gc•d into ::ui ox. ··
Would it no t be Wl' ll fnr lhu;<t• who s it in th e no rthwc. t corner o f the Asse mbly Huo111 10 rl'·o rgan ize t ill! A.,W. P. L. S. ·:
Miss Su therland . of Ea 11 l' lain•. ha: rl't11rn 1•d to s<·hool af ter a u ahsonl'C ,,f se n •r:d WL·P k:< c·:111:<cd hy thl' :criow; illnes~ of her sis11•r.
An open q11est ion- " \-\"hy do1•s tl11• heginning (; •rnm11 class fail to apprel'i ate l\lark Twa in ',: tri :lis in i<' :t rnin g the German lang uage ·: ..
Mr, William Hawley Smi th will d(•lin• r a l1•1·ture here Feb. 18th. Ho will be n•metnl ll' red a,: th e :lllthor o f ·· The E,·ol11ti o 11 of Dodd ...
Prof. G. E. Cul n• r sp n ·<'cl 0 11 tht· examin ing hoa rd for State .ft•ar-11<•1 .. · <·1• r1 i ti ,•:ft,•,: d II ri 11 g t lw ,·:u·a l ion. ta king Profe or Sy ]lrp,;tc· r· s plat·P.
Ma ny of t he s tmll' 11t ,; a ,·a ill·d th em,;pl r c,: of t he oppor tuni ty of hcari ng Booker T . \Vashi11gto11 0 11 ·• How to Soh l' th<' .\' cg ro P rol.>!1• 111 ·: ..
Mr. Webb of th<' ,Ju nio r <'ia,:s h:L~ 11 111 n •t 11r11 <'d siil<'e the holidays.
P. S. - Oh. yes! He ha• too.
1 ~ehools of ~heboyg:.111 : a nd :\lis. Ma me 'ollins, who teal'i1es near (; Jidde u. Wi ·.
Would that the Norm al tnclcnts h·a cl fo rm ed , or would fo rm a reso lu t ion to p:1y theirclol>t this mon th! The Point e r wishes to carry 1rn it bus ine son th e s ilve1· ha H·cloll a r basis. hu t it will be impo sibl e to do t his unl ess its rl ebtOI' ettlc for thwith.
Mi ss Stewa r t was called to E lkhorn, a few days s in ce, by the seri ous illn e s o r he r tllnthe r. who a t last reports, was no bette r . During Mi · Stewa r t'· absence, Professo r pa uldin g taug ht the Horace and Cae ar el11,5ses, l\lr. Larkin the Virgil , a,;d Mis· McDill the begin ning c lass in Latin .
The Second Quarte r encls Jan . 22nd. The third qu::wtor bcgins J a n . ~5th. Ma ny new ola ·es will be formed . Germa n and Latin classes and General History will coutinuo un til the e ncl of they •ar. Psychology , which wi ll be fini sh cl in live weeks, will be foll owed by History of Eclucatio 11 wh! ch is a ·tirteen weeks ·tucly.
Profc ·,;o r i\lt'C:.tskill ha rece ntly recei vcd :.i calend er from his fri end Ur. Wheet. It i no ordinary cal end er d eco rated wi th wate r co lo rs, or wi th ver cs un the sea.su ns, but por t rays on its pages skcde tons in the scenes uf en ' ry-cl:ty Ii fe . The facifil ex pres ion of so me o f t hese is wonderful to behold . Joy and so rrow, you t h and old age ar • ·cc11 0 11 th •ir coun tcn:.inc·e ; or, r,uher. 011 t hc fra me-work of their fa1·cs.
J t is not oft,1• n t ba.t a. r onna.l Profc sor is eaug ht n:tpping. The s tude nt·· have always supposed tha t t hei r tcal·he r,; Wl' rc a bo,·e all .. weari11 e$s of the tlesh' ' in their zeal to a l'C1ui re a n<l illlpa.rt kn owledge : bu t the ill usio n ha bee n broken . . Severa l of t he Seni ors ha p . µe ning to ente r a rcrita t ion room. one a fte rn oo n about t'o 11r o·<·l oc:k. were h:tppil y urpriscd by the . igh t of thei r wo rthy Pro fPsso r e njoy in g t he ' ·bca1·y honey-dews " f s l11mlw r ... Ho was rel'lining g r:19<? f11ll y upon a rel' ita ti on seM. :i G ' nna n di ctio nary under ·hi s hca.cl. a nd a n intcirosti ng ( ·: ) magazin e o pen in his hand . S udd,· nl y he awokt•. an d taking in Lhe ·itu:ition a t a g lance, •xc·laim 'LI. in ,·on ··tc rnati on. ·· Diel l nore ·: .. A · to th at. opinion,; differ. Grl'at inflnenc·c has bec n lfroug ht to ht'a r upon tho Profcs o r, hu t he refuses to d isc lose t he na me of the ar ti1·l e which prod11 ·eel su1·h dee 1> sl um ber. He ays it \\·a <·a u~rd by hi s <' icar l'on:cienco, whi <' h hr a rh·i,e,; all who a rc tm nbled by inso mni a. t() ,· ni l i ,·:1t,· .
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Secretary Bradford of tb~ Athletic association is in receipt of the following communicatio11 from the SC('·
retary of the Lawrepce Uuiver ity Athle tic assot'iation :
Secretary Athletic· Association, te,ens Poin t ~ ,wmal, tevens Point. Wis. - Dear Sir: I · ham bee n instr_ucted, a~ s~cretary of the.Lawrence Univers ity Athletic assoc1at1on, to enter rnto orre. ponde ncc with your association in r feren ce t0 a Field Oay to be held between our two colleges either in May or Jnnc. dates and arrangements to be made later. Will yon pica c bring .the matter before your as ociation and let me know·as·soon as possible how they feel regarding it.''
Yours respeetfully. ALLE~ H . J ,UIE ,
ec'y L. U. Athl etic Ass 'n .
Thitl is the tirst communication. relating to the Field contests, that has been received this sfla on . The la. t contest between out· school and Lawrence Univers ity was held in Stevens Point two year" ago. and if one is al"ranged for this year it will no doubt he held at A.ppletion. A return date will doubtless be arrnnged for with t~e Oshkosh Normal, at 0 5hkosh, a t he ('On tes t with that school last year was held in our cit). We hear, be~idcs this, that Winona Normal is trying to arrange for a trip and would like to meet our track team. if possible. This presents a po sibility of three Field Days in one season , more than it seems advisabl , to undertake. The matter will be acted upon, however. by the athletie as!lociation, and the date or dates :et for some time in May .
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events has begun and all authorities upon athl etic are being read i.n connection with the training, a Ii. t of some of the best books upon athle tics in th e library will aid ;;ome in the'.r work . Following arc some of the best works:-
Track Athletics in Detail. Athletes' Guide. Amateur Athletic Union of the U. S. College Sports. True Story Book. Boys' Book of Sports. College Athletics- National Ed . Ass'n . Of these the Athlete's Guide, S~aulding's Handbook.
and Track Ath!etics in Detail. a coll el'tion of t~rtic l •, upon training and the like by the editor of the Athletic Department of Harper's Round Table. are probably the best. The latter i illustrated by in tantaneous photographs of the athletes in ac tion and gives a very clear view of the correct and incorreC't position s in the different events.
Just before tbe holidays an entertainment was gh·cn for the benefit of the A. A. , an intere ting feature of which was the exhibition of Mrs. Jarley·s wax ,~irks.
- Miss Kate Smith t..-iking the part of Mn;. Jarl ey . · A number very highly appreciated was the rea<ling hy Mrs. Bradford as were also the solo by Miss Lin~on. and the club swinging by Mr. Will Bradford. The net receipts will go a long way toward ettling the hil l. of the association.
The folln ll'ing fJllib · in · ome way found its way into t be ed ito r· · hand . . and to be m·e fhatwould-he players o f tlw grP:t t game might be ~rried as to the bad cff Pl'l.s. it is reproduced here with apologies to the (' 0 111 po. Cl' :
Wh en a you ng man from the rural d~stricts To a eollcg1! in town would go,
He should hewarc of the game called foot-ball ·c ausl' it has bacf effec ts you know.
And when he goes honic in vacation, l s a.sk<!d to loo en the oil round the corn,
"' He'll li!11l the sport diffet·s from foot-ball A. · played from the side lines-with a hol'll.
T o those who clisconn tenancc the wanly game of foot lmll this l0 li1-ping from The hicago Inter Ocean may be of intC'n·st as affording proof upon their side of the que ·Li o n :
Pr •s itlcnL Ha1·pcr, in hi. addre s at chapel exercises yesterd ay morning. declared tha.t the records on the cxamin C' r '. book for the past quarter showed conclusively that Athletics interfered seriously with the student's University work, and that hereafter the rule prohibi ting , n_y student. behind in his studies, from participating in athleti c sports would be rigidly CU.U)r ·ed .
" At the la.st convociition exercises,' ' said Dr. Harper, "l made the announ cement that only one out of our twenty rcpresentati\·es on the athletic tield had failed to co m uµ to the standard in his class-room work. I made the s tatement with a good deal of pride, a.':! there had been a great de1il said upon the subject lately, an_d 1 had hoped all fall at the end of the term to be able to show by the records that a man at the University of Chicago could engage in athletic contests and keep up his s tn .i ' ·. and do both well. Instead of this, I find by the complete r cords from the examiner's office, which ha,·e ju t been handed in, that so large a number of the members uf the foot ball team have failed that I am l'Ompell cd to state directly the opposite of what I had wi shed , and say that athletics do disturb a man's
niversity work. .. Howe ve r. I wi h to ca.II attention again to the recent
:1ctio11 of tlin far ulty along this line, and say that no man ll'hO has an unsatisfied condi tion agai nst his name, will be allowed to play foot ball or base ball, nor will he permittHd to join any or~anizli.tion representing or hearing the name of the University."
Thi s a11 nouncement, together with the statement that the rnl c would be rigidly adhered to, created quite a. stir a111011g the s tud ents, as its enforceiuant will probably wcakPn the basr. ball anrl the track teams IIH\ll' riaJJy.
A proj C'l'l tha.L is giving rise to much discussion in Athlc til· l'ir('l cs is the plan of Dr. Harper and architect Cohb, for building a huge glass pavilion many acres in exte nt. in whi ch hase ball , foot hall. and similar games 1mi.r h(• (·: t rTied on during the winter season : As yet no d efinite :~ep: have been taken, aud it is possible that fu 1ul~ ,·an11ot be raise<I for t he purpose: but the idea is a n inter•sti!.% one, and if it were carried into e tT1wt would form a prominent land-mark in the pro-g rl's,.; of Athl cti<·s. .r
Tlw n1id -win tPr Athl etic Contest u, be hfl ld next 11H>11th in 1hc gymna inm, will douhtless be very enterta in inf! to tlrn,w interested in in-door sports. as the trai11i11g has bm· n eanicd 011 for some time. and both
, t he you11f! men 11nd thr young ladies of the Athletic A~s< wiat ions ll'i 11 takl' part.
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The Wi consin Times comes to us in a new and improyed form.
The U. . is the only country in the world that spend more on Education than on war equipments.
Downer College received a medal from the authorities of he Columbian Exposition for its dis.play of school work. ·
Greater proficiency in the use of Engli h. as to syntax and pelling. is hereafter to be required :fo1· admission to Harvard.
$100, 000 has been raised as an endowment fund for Lawrence University. Four new professorships are .-ccured thereby.
Calcutta, Inditi, i a great educational center. It bas 20 collegbs with 8000 students. and 40 high schools wifh 2000 tudents.
The world is moving. You can either move with it, or sit on the corner and watch the proces ion as it pa ·se by. - UNIVERSITY COURANT.
A H.u . . ian College has recently been opened in Minncapoli . The dedication e~cises were conducted by Bishop r icholas of the Greek church.
One of the requirements of one seeking college honors at Amherst is that his college expenses during the prev ious year have not exceeded $510.
Among new li,e exchanges which we welcome are The High chool Recorder of Ellsworth. Wi . . the Chester Acauemy Record, of Chester, Pa.
Iu Germany one man in 218 goes _to college; iu Scotland one in 520; in the U. . one in 2000; and in England one in 5000. - COLLEGE DAYS.
The Normal Badger for Dec. contains a brief pedagogic hi story of the fac ul ty of that institution . Each dcpai;tmcnt hows careful. pain taking work.
Princeton, Harvard. Cornell, Columbia, Leland Stanford, Penn ylvania, Michigan and Wf cousin univer ities publish daily papers.-Tm,: MACALESTElt ECHO.
1 amhridge university has passed a statute by which it rutty d(lprh·c a graduate of hi degree and the pril·i-1 ges of the university in case of miscondncL.
- EXCIIA!\GE. ~
Pre . Harper of the Chi1·ago i very fond of mu ic, an(! is an ac omplishecl musician. Notwithstanding the great amount of work he performs he stili finds time for music.
upt. J. A. McDowell of Millersburgh, Ohio, was eleC'tcd to congres in N·ovember. Mr. foDowell i · a teacher of long experience, and has the honor of repre. nting Pres. McKinley's di trict.
The last number of The Janesville Vedette offers appropriate criticisms upon Wisconsin school exchanges. It contain cuts of its churches and school buildings. It is a well gotten up high school paper.
Mr. Al •xancler MacDowell has, within the last year, been called to ·accept the professorship of music in Columbia University, N. Y. He obtained his musical educati·on chiefly in France and G~rruany.
The t rustees of Cornell have decided to establish a coll ege of architecture, offering a degree of Bachelor of Architenture at the end of a four years ' course, a degree not hitherto conferred in America.-EX?HANGE.
The Century for January contains an a.rtiele on Helen Kell er that is well worth reading. She has acC'omplishetl more than many who can both hear and see. There are in tbe U. S .. to-day, 89 schools for the deaf and 0000 pupils in attendance.
The Macalester Echo of t . Paul, Minn.. is a most excellent college paper. The December No. contains a qut of the senior class together with a spicy des~ription
I ~ the members individually and ,iollectively. The exchange colnrun is exceptionally good.
The late General Francis A. Walker was fairly loaded with academic honors. The degree of I~L.D. _ca.me to him from Amherst, Columbia College, aud the Univer::sities of Yale, Harvard, St. Andrew's and Edinburgh. He received the degree of Ph. D. at Yale in 1875.
To the credit of Wiseonsin teachers it may be said that their State Association was the first to give a "library section " a permanent place on its program. The National Eel. Association will have a similar section for the first time at its meeting in Milwaukee next July . ·
----·----The st udents of the University of Wisconsin recently
enjoyed the very unusual pleasure of hearing brief addresses from eleven university presidents in one clay. The c gentlemen represenfed Universities as far east as Ohio, as far west and north as Minnesota., as far south as Kansas.
New Year Resolutlons.
Algebra: Be positive. Know when to eliminate yourself.
Grammar: Conjugate LIVE in the active voice. Geometry: Rub off your angle&. History: Consider your constitution. l)ysics: Imitate the thermometer in responsiveness,
bnt .an,id a va ·uum. at the top. Trigonometry: Avoid going off on tangents. Rhetoric: Work a11d happiness are oft.en synon
ymous.
Psychology: R 'member there was once a time when you were not wise.
Music: " There can be no concert in two when there is no co ncect in one. "-EllERSON
Gymnastics : Marking time is not progress. - THE KODA K.
THE NORMAL POINTER. 123
SIEGE OF TROY.
01H·P u po n :1 Lime 1hcre li 1·l·d in T ro ia. or Tro.l'. a king who h:td lifty sons. and :ts !ll:t11y daught<•rs. Onl' of hi s ,;0 11~. w hos1· name was Paris_. was 1·cry h:rndsnme. hut lae kcd l.J.ran•m·s~. and did 1111t l:tke an y ae li1·1( part i n war. \ '< •1111 ,;, th e goddPSS of 101·1' . prnmised that she would :eeurc fo r him th<· most b autif11l w ife in the world , who at that ti111c was k no wn tu lie ll c le n. thl• wife of i\l em•laus . He :t.<'l't>rdingly pr ' p:ired for a journey in to (iree1'l'. for that was the ho m of Helen . and a1Ti1·i11g at the hu 111e o f i\le11 e la11 ·. was g ree ted with k indness and e n tcrtt(in ed in the mo.' t ho ·pitable man ne r. Thi s. ho wever . did no t c han ge or interfere in the least wi th the purpose of 1.'aris. who was planning an •scape of Hele n a nti him ·elf. l\l ea11while. Helen. ha v-i ng been charm ed hy Ven us. was 1·ery much pleased wi th Pari s. and whe n he re vealed hi · plan of e lopeme n t to he r. she did no t hesitate a m o me nt. hut prep:tr m:1-her j e wels a nd preciu u: ·to nes a nd oth •r t reasu res, and during an ahsC1Jcc of i\le nelaus, they quietly lipped :tway. This "t i:rying o ff o f H ele n to Troy by Paris brought o n :t wa'l;. whi ch dragged o n for ten lo ng years.
this wa r-lik e display. bl:!rrayed him. for it ( 1s el'i d,•nt lhat rilihon s. la<·es. and oth_y r ~ul'h thing.-. wnnld b,• nwn• lil•:111tifnl to:~ 111:1ii1<-n· s L'.\'L' . a nd ha1· mon' i n1 ,•rl'SI fur lll' r. than a .,w11rd or :i. hPln11•t.
·P reparations for th<· wa1· 1n•n• m:1 ,• . '1•rh:1p,; om• of the most i 111 port :111 t i ndd,•n ts nf t h,• .- t'!!L' of Trnl' w:1~ th,• d1•:tth nf till' hra1·,• Al'h illc~. whi 1 ;,·as a gn•:;L loss to thl' (irceks. B,•fon• this lw was in hi~ tl'nl.
rag in g nn•1· the death uf his most IH•lon•d fri,•1ul l'atrnl'l n~. aml 1·0 11·i n~ Y<•11w•an<'l' to h is ,• 11,•111y . l1 (•1· t1ll'. for killin, him.
~o mc of Lhe b •st h •roes o f Tm)' werl' kill ed hy A,·hilles . h'i1t t he t im e of hi s cl t•:t t,h was not far off. Wh e n i11 battle he was .' trnl'k by a n arrow o f l'a ri -. whit·h. with t he help of Apollo. wa made to intli,·t a mo rta l wo11ml. He kne w that not hin g l'01Ild save him. :1.11d lw died a111 0 11 g pil es of e lll'lllies. whi eh had bePn st rnek
· down by hi s hand . A ,·o n test arns • fo r the body o f Al'hilles, whi eh af te r a hard battle, was wo1. hy th e Greeks. Fun e ral gam 'S wcr ' pl :tycd. and hy mn s we n· ·nng , a nd, Thctis t he mo the r o f A1·h illes. gan• sonw of t he most beautiful g if ts as pri..:es. Hi · a rn tt>1· was g ive n to lJlyss<'s wh o wa · de<· ided to be the most wo r thy of iL.
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PreYious to the'" m a niage of H ele n to i\I c nelaus. he r father thoug h t that the re would be trouble. for Hele n had umn v s ui to rs . a nd following the aclvic.e of the ·unnin g C ly~se ·. he :tsketl all t he princes of Greece to take an oath. to he lp the husband of He l •n. if he s hould get into t roubl e ::tbou t he r . A · we already kn ow, the e lopem e nt of He le n brought o n t he war. a nd accordingly preparation,; were mad e for battle. All t h• h •roes and prim· •s we re to take part in the h:tttlc. hu t there were so me o f the hest t hat re fu sed to do so. Ulysses re - .
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fu sed. no t because he didn 't haYe eourage. or laekell hrave ness. fo r he was 0 111• of th e bra 1·est of heroes a m o ng the (i reeks. lint havin g a wife and a baby. whi ch J
ho dearly loYetl. eould not hear the though t of sc1-::trn-1.i ng from t lwm . H e the refore pretended to I.J iu ·anc. 1• a nd yoking up a d o nkuy and :Lil ux together , we n t to pl ow o n the sea-shore. The messengers suspected thaL ,m1uethin g was wron g. aud . o '\me of the m took the bahy of Ulysses fro m the a nus of the uurse. a nd laid it
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in a fu1Tow , heforc t he team. say ing to himself that if l 'lysses was n ·:tlly i nsane. :ts he prete nd ed to I.Jc. he would not take a ny notil'e nf t he baby. but g•> on with hi,- plowing: hu t as t.;Iyss,•,; pi1·ked up th• bahy and kissed ii. he pro1·cd 1hal he was c ntircl.r sane. Th e 11111the r nf :\ t· hillPs. thought of the dan!!L' r that eo11 ld hdall her so n . aud so rd' 11 ,;cd to ha1·e him go. and dn·ssing hi111 up in a fc n1al,•s al tin•. se n t him to th• kin g:,; pala,·e. where he was to a,·t :ts a maid. Two messengers. disgnis,•d as peddlars. P:ll'h bParing a ~.tL,·hl'.I. in whi,·h thc1· had thl'iri-(O<Hls and wares. came along. and asked th·e 111aid,; of th<' pala ·P to <·xami ne thei r goods. One salcill'l co ntained fancy goods, such as maid e n, lo1·ecl to sec. whil e the other contain ed swords a nd helmets . While the other maidens we re admi r i1,g t he beautiful r ibbons, Achilles, without tak ing ::tny notice of the fancy th ings, jumped to examine the swords a nd he lmets. The interest which h e took in
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