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THE NORMAL OFFERING.

THE BRIDGE TEACHERS~ AGENC'Y.c. A. SCOTT & CO., Proprietors, Boston and Chicago.

One fee registers in both offices. Agency Manual free to any address.We have secured a large number of positions for Bridgewater graduates, to whom we shall be glad

to refer you for their opinion of the efficacy of our work.Officc.: 110 T.'clUoul SII'CCI, Ho.ton nnd ~Il \Vnbn"b Avc. Chicago.

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State Normal School,

BRIDGEWATER.

This Institution' is one of the six State Norma]

Schools under the direction of the Massachusetts

Board of Education, and is open to gentlemen not

less than seventeen y~ars of age, anc! ladies not

less than sixteen, who desire to prepar.c for'teach-

ing in Common or High Schools.

It has two courses of study, one for two years,

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begins Thur~day, morning, September 6, 1894.

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BRlDGEWATER.

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ALBERT G. BOYDEN, Principal. Agellt {Ot' CllOdwicl.,,, (lelcbt·...e.. Slcnlll J~nllllfh·y.

Vol. XV. State Normal School, Bridgewater, Mass., May, 1894. No.4.

l:='ress of Hen.ry T. Pratt, Bridgevvoter, Mass.

Published monthly during the School Year, by the Lyceulll of thel~rid~c\V:lter State Nonna} Schorl]

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ASHORT time

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OUR morning exercises have revealed to uswith what careless eyes we see. What nUIll-berless familiar objects do we pass daily, thinkingwe see them! We realize how superficial and de-void of thought that seeing has been, when we at-tempt detailed and accurate description.

This habit of inattention prepares us to ignorenew and wonderful objects as well as the old fa-miliar sights and sounds. Everyday, in Nature, issomething new. How Illuch we lose of the beautyof this wonderful world if we go through with in-observant eyes!

Wake up! open your eyes! and when they areopen, use them to some purpose! The habit ofobservation is an infinitely valuable one, and whatbetter time than youth and springtime to beginits cultivation?

*.. *

DOES the approaching holiday mean to usmerely a period of immunity from schoolwork, a day for rest and recreation, a period ofidle en joymen t ? Do we fail to grasp the tenderer,subtler significance that it commemorates?

To our elders, associations are not wanting ofof the days when our strong and powerful country,then shaken by internal influences and dividedagainst her own best interests, brought to thefront, as a last desperate sacrifice, her chosensons, the fathers of her children. the hope of herloving hearts.

Of the struggle and pain and bitterness our fa-thers knew, we cannot conceive; but we can rev-erence their memory and aid in the perpctuationof the principles for which they bled and died.

Throughout our broad and prosperous land, onMemorial Day, we remember them, and, remem-bering, the heart of man reconsecrates itself anewto his country, the land of freedom and union,"lOW' and forever, one and inseparable."

LECTURE ON HAMLET.

[Brief Resume of ir. Henry A. Clapp's Lecture uponShakspere's HamIeL]

HAMLET is the first play of Shakspere inwhich he shows an acquaintance with grief.Mr. Clapp's argument is based mainly upon thoseof Gcethe and Schlegel. He terms Hamlet thcwork of art of all the arts.

ACT r. 7famld till' eilos/'li A7'ellger of Ills fatller.The duty of detecting crimc and punishing the

offenders. Statement of the story of the play.The rhythm and influence of the language are mostimpressive, august and magnificent. An intervalof time between the two acts of from five to twelvedays.

ACT I I. HamId tile Miserable Man.

Hamlet has done nothing, planned nothing toavenge the death of his father. Hamlet is dan-gerously attentive to Ophelia. Hamlet feignsmadness, extremely nervous but reason never dis-placed. Three months have passed and no at-tempt has been made to do the duty which isparamount. Hamlet has repulsion and distrustfor uncle. Devotion and tenderness for the per-sonality of his father is expressed in the famoussoliloquy, "0, what a rogue and peasant slaveam I, etc." In his doubt caused by reaction fromthe confidence in his vision of the ghost, Hamletplans the play to test his uncle.

ACT II 1. Hamid tile Falterer.

With the duty comes the opportunity always.Jsee poem Opportunity, by Edward Sill in anothercolumn).

An opportunity is given Hamlet by the proofof his uncle's guilt displayed in the play. Hamlethas one great lack an achieving will; his power isall for thought and none for deed. Many a per-son, like Hamlet, has to account not for activeachieving wickedness, but slow achieving virtue.

ACT IV. Homlet tile .lI1'rwal luciler of action17t otllers.

Hamlet is personally in favor with the people,but the king is not. Laertes is an ordinary, com-mon place man, without the spiritual qualities ofHamlet, yet responds immediately in avenging thedeath of his father.

Ophelia's nature is shown to be strong in hercapacity for loving. No other one of Shakspere'sheroines could have loved such a man as Hamlet.Tribute to Ophelia. (Mrs. Jameson's Women ofShakspere.)

.-\CT V. Hamid tile Procrasti7totor.

Hamlet has achicved nothing since he took hisoath. Hamlet is sent to England but by accident

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rcturns and his duty confronts him. Only whenpersonally attacked is he arou~ed to action.

The play closes with di~grace. Dynasty ofJl a III leI has been destroyed an d II amlet standsas the supreme type of a powerful lIltellect WITH-OUT AN ACHtEV1NC WILL.

OPPORTU ITY.

Thi~ r bGheld or drea'11ed it in a dream;Th~r,-, spr~ad a elolld of rlllst along a pJ;lin.i\ dd underne~th th~ cloud, or in it, ragedi\ furioll' battle and men yel1~d. and swordsShocked llpon sworeb and shields. i\ )lJince's banner\Vav~r d. then staggered backward. hemmed hy foes.i\ craven hung along the battle's edgeAnd thought" I [ad I a sword of keener steel-That blue blade that the king's son hears-hut thisHlunt thing! "-he snapped and flung it from his handi\ nd lowering crept away and left the field.Then came the king's son-wounded, sore besteadAnd weaponless-and saw the broken sword.II ill buried in the dry and trodden sand,And ran and snatched it, and with battle shoutl.ifted afresh he hewed the enemy downAnd saved a gn~at cause that heroic d~y.

Edward .R01lJlalld Sill.

COLLEGE HAZING.

OF course everybody has a general idea ofwhat has happened to the newspaper-adver·tised college student who has been "cruelly"hazed and there are many" true stories of collegelife" that picture the struggles of the fresh Amer-ican boy at the hands of his wise young mates.

Few who have not had the experience can ap-preciate the cruelty of the torture inAicted bythese irresponsible college boys. The inhumanpran ks that are sanctioned by" college custom"and are covered up by "class feeling" and "col-lege honor" are purposeless travesties on thehorrors of Torquemada and his Spanish Inquisi-tors.

To understand how such wanton interferencewith personal rights as the Tufts College Stack-ing Case can be tolerated by intelligent youngmen requires special training. The barbarousmurders at Cornell are looked on more as unfor-tunate accidents than premeditated crimes by thegreat body of undergraduate students. Why arethese things so?

Let us look at some of the practices in an act-ual college experience. A young man enters col-lege. He has dreaded for many months the try-ing ordeal of those examinations he must pass toenter. There is a great rising of spirits as he re-ceives that \I'elcc,me certificate of admission. Theexultation of success abides with him to the dilythat the hackman deposits him at the door of hisnew home. He has heard from his friends glow-ing acc, unts nf the athletic prowess of his newassociates and loves to be a part of them. Butnot at once.

lie is one of a large class, unfamiliar, in mostpart, with the events that are to make up his newlife but expectant, now that those dreaded examsare over, that everyone will be glad to meet himhalf way in cordial help.

Soon he is alone with his new life. A fellowclassmate drops in. He has heard rumors of whatthe class above him proposes to do. Exaggeratedtales of evils prepared for these unlucky novicesare spread about. These are talked over and thepleasing prospect clouds. A day or two passes.Some member of the new class appears with acane, or becomes conspicuous for wearing a silkhat or a bright red neck-tie. It is made a classmatter, perhaps, and the new class is called on totry physical strength with the class above it. A"rush" takes place. Both sides always claim thevictory. Nothing is settled finally. The upperclass takes the matter into its own hands and be-gins individual treatment of the offenders.

Watch, now, newcomer. Your enemy will beupon you when you least think upon it. He isdaily armed and hourly in wait for a victim. Yournew hat or your fresh linen he will ruin byempty-ing a water-jar or so on your head as you pass be-neath a hostile window. Watch for ropes stretchedacross stairways. A shining list of petty annoy-ances will keep reminding you that you are youngin your school.

Soon the hour comes for hazing. What is itthat makes hazing so dreaded? It is the knowl-edge that you will be macle an object of ridicule;that your experiences will cause others to laughat you because you will appear ridiculous.

What is going to happen?Our young friend rooms alone. About ten

o'clock in the evening he is awakened by a knock

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on his door. A familiar voice asks for a glass ofwater or some small accomodation. The door isopened to admit the supposed friends. A dozenor twenty rush in and take possession of the room.Notice, hazing lacks manliness or courage forthere are always overpowering numbers for theinvaders.

Two courses are open to our friend as soon ashe has been asked to stand on his head and singa duet. He can attempt to comply or refuse. Ifhe refuse, he must submit to further personal in-dignities unless he threaten with some dangerousweapon. There are ten chances of his doing thething that will result in future discomfort to him-self, if he refuses to "perform" for his tormentors.

Our friend stands on his head and tries to giveWhite Wings. The blood rushes to his head. Heis in a ludicrous condition. He at length dropsdown to the floor amid the approving shouts ofhis visitors.

The wash-basin is produced. It is filled withwater and our young friend is compelled to sitrdown in it and accept a pair of toothpicks withwhich he is bidden to "pull for the shore." Howfunny it is, for tlte spectato1'S!

But rowing soon palls on the taste. The re-mainder of the water is turned down our youngfriend's back, completing his discomfort. If heplay on a musical instrument this must be pro-duced and he must give them a tune. Our friendsings and is compelled to stand on his table andsing" Three Blind Mice." The ornaments he hasplaced around his room are discharged at him ashe sings. He is in luck if his ink bottle or shoepolish be out of sight-Lucky, too, is he if hisbox of books is unpacked or in another room.

Next he is made to repeat sentences which re-flect on his intelligence and are not polite to hisclassmates; he must extol" his persecutors. Ourfriend is bidden to say, "Freshies want their Ma."

He says, instead, "30phs, Sophs, want theirMa." The crowd that, up to this moment hasbeen good natured, suddenly turns.

Rough hands seize our young friend and pulloff his clothes. The blacking brush or ink bottleis brought into use. Our friend no longer has awhite back.

He is taken up in the arms of his new acquain-tances, who, before leaving, take down his bed,

put sulphur flowers into his stove and empty ashesover the floor and borne to the nearest pump. Acold stream of water is turned upon him till thevictim shivers with cold. SC'1I1tily clad he hastensto his room His thoughtful friends have poureda pail of water upon his bed. I t is soaked through.The fumes of sulphur fill his room. He spendsan uncomfortable night. It is several days beforehe recovers from these attentions.

What is he to do? Grin and bear it. "CollegeSentiment" backs up these practices. Membersof the faculty, even, say that these little inconven-iences will help make a man of the victim. Per-haps they do. They are, nevertheless, cruel andun just.

These experiences are a part of the memory ofone who endured them oat without protest. Hedid not invoke the law, because the law daresnot interfere in such matters. A watchman atPhillips Academy at Andover who was thoughtmeddlesome in these affairs some years ago wasincontinently dragged to Andover Great Pond andcooled off under its fleecy waves. He did not re-port it to the faculty, because he felt it would bedishonorable to "give away" any of "the boys."His protest, was made to the members of his ownclass and a vote was gained to omit hazing thethe following year.

There is no remedy against these practices solong as college faculties give a semi-acquiescencein these things. A few y"ars ago, young Choate,the son of the well-known criminal lawyer of NewYork, was visited in his room by a number ofundergraduates and treated to such indignities asdescribed. In addition to this, a mock prayermeeting was held; he was lectured on hell andtold that nothing could save him fro111 that place.Insanity was the result and he left college for anasylum. It is not many years since young Floydcontracted typhoid fever from his unexpectedbath under the pump of Amherst College hazersalld died as a result of his experiences.

Public opinion has been another factor in con-tinuing the life of these practices. They havebeen explained by those who say; "boys will beboys" and condoned far too much.

The strong C(,jlege sentiment that covers upand hides these matters needs a change.

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The Cornell affair, the Dartmouth disturbancesand the Tufts college riots deserve attention fromall and especially from those who have the educa-tion of youth in their care. There should be aconcerted effort towards making this cruel corner'of boyish human nature a useless organ.

HERRICK.

BY THE OPEN FIRE.

YOU may talk as much as you like about thcmind's increasing activity: but I will insistthat sometimes it seems to me as if that unceas-ing activity were doubled-nay! even tripled.One of thesc periods is when one is silting by anopen fire.

By the phrase" open fire" I do not mean oneof those miserable, starved-looking little contri-vances carefully cooped up in a grate, as if itcould not be trusted to burn for itself. I meantwo or three large hard sticks roaring away behinda pair of ancient andirons, and finally fairly roar-ing themscb'cs out-into a beautiful, brilliant glow.

Ah! that is the time for dreams. In the firstplace there are the andirons! old ones they mustbe, you know, or the charm will not work. Thoseold balls! how many hands have polished them.If you lean forward you can see yourself in theirpolished surface; nor are you the only one whoseface has been mirrored in them. There is yourgrandmother: they showed her when she wasyoung and rosy cheeked. There! if you look, youyou can see her short-waisted cretonne gown,her dainty buckled shoes, ana powdered hair.Why grandma was a very pretty girl once, wasn'tshe? and a bit coquettish too, I fancy; see thatlittle patch and the rose in her kerchief.

And who is that beside her? The andiron isbright; if you look sharp perhaps you can recog-nize him. A young man! with powdered queue,knee-breeches, and a perfect shower of snowyshirt-frills. Well, I fancy he's no stranger: you'llfind his very counterpart in the old portraits inthe hall,-grandpa! sure enough! Perhaps byand by )'our granddaughter will see )/O/lr picturein the brasses :-will it be as pretty as your grand-ma's, I wonder?

But why look forward? Open fires are retro-spective. Turn to the glowing coals. The blaze

is all gone now. Far back in that tiny cavern, asnake darts his wicked forked-tongue in and outand hisses.

Over there is a tiny grave with a little head·stone-perhaps it is Little Nell's. And just be·side it rise" snowy summits old in story." Kenil-worth? yes, possibly; and here in this chamberpoor Amy Robsart lived and down that stairwayfell~but no! that is too horrible.

Here in this hollow lie the Niebelungen treas-urcs with the serpent coiled around them: his coldeyes fairly glisten, as we look upon him.

Just at our feet yawns a chasm; it looks like-yes il is! the very one which opened in Rome andclosed again above the head of her bravest youth.

And in the centre rise the turrets of our Castlein Spain. See those mighty towers and battle-ments, and those gardens scattered around it,pleasure parks and woodlands. And through theopcn portal, halls of stately beauty are seen stretch·ing away to infinite perspective. Oh those cas-tles, and the hours on hours wasted in their build-ing!

Wi th a low sigh the fire falls apa~t; down topplethose insecurc battlements and the castle is nomore. With a sigh we too awake, and hold ourhands to the dying fire. Farewell beautiful castle,and farewell to dreams and dreamers! H.

BASE BALL.

BRIDGEWATER, APRIL 28, 1894. The regularball season was opened today by a game with theBoston English High School team of the Inter-scholastic League.

The visitors put up a very fair game except inthe fourth inning when their infield got" rattled."The Normals on the other hand could not seemto stop or catch a ball, the outfield especially play-ing as if they were tired.

Ward and Nagle played their posi tions well andWard led his side at bat, For the home teamthe batting of Reynolds and Morrill were theonly features which put life into the game andgave encouragement to the spectators.

Parker, Carroll and Hutchings are very farfrom last year's standing but will probably 1mprove. The score:

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NORMI\LS.

I\ll R IlJl Til PO 1\ E

Carroll, c ... ........ 6 2 2 3 2 2I-Iutchings, ss ........ 5 3 2 2 4 2 4Morrill, 2b ........... 6 2 4 4 3 0Lavender, d ......... 6 0 0Reynolds, 3b ........ 5 2 3 6 3 2 3Parker, lb ........... 4 0 0 0 TT 0 2Nickerson, p ....... 4 6 3Hill, If. ............. 4 3 0 0 0Daniells, rf .......... 3 T 0 0 0

Totals 43 14 13 16 27 14 16Innings 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

English High 3 5 0 5 0 5 0 3 0-21B. N. S.............. I 0 I 5 2 2 0 1 2-14

Earned runs-E. II.. 3; B. T. S., 3. Two-base hits-Reynolds (3), Ward. Three-base hit-Long. Home run-Ward. Stolen bases-English High, 15; B. N. S., 7·Double play-Lamprey, Dakin and \\'ard. Base on balls-Long, \;Yard, Aldrich, Lamprey (2), Hutchings, Parker,Nickerson, Hill, Daniells (2). Hit by pitched ball-Nagle,Aldrich. Struck out-Dakin, Connor, Aldrich, Carroll,Monill, Lavender (3), Parker, Nickerson, Hill (2), Daniells.Passed balls-Long (4), Carroll (4). Wild pitches-Nick-erson (3). Time-2 hrs. Umpire-F. \V. Swan. Scorer-F. A. Tibbetts.

*Carroll out for not touching first base.

BRIDGEWATER, MAY 5, 1894. After sending toseveral of the adjoining towns for a game todayour manager succeeded in getting the Titicuts,who furnished us with the most interesting gameof the season thus far.

The Normals seemed to have come to life againand succeeded in making only two errors, both inthe second inning, while their hits and their op-ponents' errors came at the right time.

The visitors strength was in their bat ting andtheir pitcher, who was the main stay of the wholeteam. With three men on bases in the sixth inn-ing he ran out of his box twice and caught one ofthe men each time.

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Lavender showed great improvement O\'er lastweek and Reynolds played his usual star game,while for the visitors Murphy and O'Donnell ex-celled in the field and Cushman at the bat.

The score:

Carroll, c............ 4Reynold -, 3b . . . . . . . . . 4Hutchings, ss. . . . . . . . 3Morrill, 2b........... 4Parker, lb........... 3Nickerson, p , 4Lavender, If.... .. .. .. 3Hill, d............ .. 4Daniells, rf.......... 3

Totals 32

Cushman, 2b.. .. . .... 4Murphy, Ib.......... 4Marshall, If.......... 4O'Donnell, p......... 4Richmond, d........ 4Pratt, rf............. 4Carver, c............ 3Leonard, ss.. . . . . . . .. 4Hayward, Geo., 3b . . . . 3

Totals 34 6 12 17 21 22 10Innings I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Nonnals 0 I 3 0 2 0 3 x-

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The fielding of both teams was not what itshould have been, Reynolds being the only onewho played ball as it should be played.

The score:NOR~tALS.

All R BJI J.B PO A E

Carroll, c ............ 6 2 5 3Reynolds, 3b ......... 5 2 4 4 3 4 0Hutchings, ss ........ 5 2 0 0 3 3Morrill, 2b ........... 4 2 3 3 6Parker, lb ........... 5 3 1 r 9 0Nickerson, p ......... 5 2 2 8Lavender, If .......... 5 0 0Hill, d .............. 4 2 2 0 0Baker, ri ............ 5 0 0 0 0

Totals ............ 44 14 15 16 27 17 10

NEWTON HIGH.

All R nil Til PO A EDuane, 3b ........... 5 2 0 0 5Brown, c ....... .... 5 2 4 2Lesh, ss ............. 4 2 3 0 5 2Paul, Ib ....... ..... 4 0 0 0 12 2Cotting, 2b .......... 4 0 0 0 0 2Johnson, If. ......... 4 0 0 0Cobb, d ............. 3 0 0 0 0Bates, rf ............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 2Lyons, p ............ 4 II 0

Totals 36 5 5 7 *23 22 I IInnings r 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

B. .S 4IOI 106x-14Iewton High o 0 I 0 4 0 0 0 0- 5Earned runs-B. N. S., 2; Newton, I. Two-base hits-

Brown, Lesh, Carroll. Stolen bases-B. N. S., 16; 'ew·ton, 7. Double play-Lyons, Paul and Duane. Base onballs-Lesh, Cobb, Paul, Bates, Hill, Reynolds, Morrill.Struck out-Brown, Lesh, Cotting, Cobb, Bates, Lyons (2),IT utchings, Nickerson, 1fill (2). Passed balls-Brown 4,Carroll 2. Wild pitches-Lyons 3, Nickerson r. Time ofgame-2 11IS, 25 min. Umpires-Hayward and Twombly.Scorer-F. A. Tibbetts.

* 'ickerson declared out in the eighth inning.

AN OLD TOPIC.

FOR some months the pages of our magazines,the editorial sheets of our newspapers andeven our recent novels have been filled with thediscusssion of what one well-known publicationcalls the "Woman Question." The phase of itwhich has aroused most interest in the East isthat of suffrage, the declaration of its unconstitu-tionality by the Supreme Court of the state andthe circulation of petitions requesting that theword" male" used as a qualification for voting be

stricken from the constitution Old argumentsh~ve been reanswered, new ones have beenbrought forward and there has come a realizationof the strong and rapidly growing public senti-ment in favor of giving women the right to vote.

The attitude of the majority of women towardthe suffrage question has been subjected to a con-siderable degree of misapprehension. It is not awild desire to purify politics, nor to bring aboutan immediate Utopia by female legislation, neitheris it a sense of un bearable oppression that leadsto this demand for the right to vote.

In business, in the professions, in all depart-ments of labor women are subject to the samelaws as men with the same rights of property andbusiness transaction, and accorded the same rec-ognition under the law. The law protects them,educates them and demands from them obedience,but refuses to grant them a share in the legisla-tion to which they must conform.

Such conditions have come many times in thecourse of history and have always been met inthe same way. There is but one difference, thatof sex. Under such circumstances, there can beno question of the right of women to vote; thatis undoubted. But the question most mooted atpresent is, can this right be exercised without dan-ger to the government.

Those answering in the negative affirm that toto give the ballot to women is to produce a largeclass of "sentimental voters." These will, theysay, in their desire for purer politics and betterlegislation overthrow institutions, upset theoriesand end by becoming the easy prey of wily poli-ticians.

To this there seems to be but one answer. Theday of the woman whose knowledge of life isgained from weakly sentimental novels, whoseideas range no farther than her own immediatesurroundings and the petty gossip of the neighbor-hood, the day of the woman ignorant of life andits meaning has passed away. This is the time ofthe woman educated physically, mentally andmorally, who steps into the world side by side withher brother to face under similar conditions thesame problems of life.

In every department of work she must meetthe same questions he meets, answer them muchas he answers them and learn as he learns to re-

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duce theories to practical rules of life. The curefor sentimentality is realities and these the nine-teenth century woman faces as constituents of herdaily life. Practical knowledge and power is thefirst essential to her success.

Will woman li\'ing day after day in the world oflabor make no use of their manifold experiences,no account of the lessons life has taught themwhen they confront political questions? Willwomen comi ng through ex periences of life d iffer-ing not widely from those of men, living under thesame political conditions give answers to pol iticalquestions less practical than theirs?

The question is being even now answered inthe negative by many of our legislators. Theprogress of the mO\'ement through the storm ofridicule which greeted its beginning, through theperiod of discussion has been sure and steady.The acceptance of its principles has already takenplace in some parts of our coun try and is ncar athand in many others.

What will be the changes, if any, slowly broughtabout in politics and legislation after the ballothas been given to women, it is impossible to know.But of one thing we may be assured, it is not bythe vote of women that government" of the peo-ple, for the people and by the people," shall bedestroyed upon the earth. E. F. A.

COINCIDENCE.

Tr-I ERE is a strange coincidence which comes,time after time, into our lives. One oftenhears a remark to this effect. "Wasn't it strange,I had been thinking and pondering about some-thing one morning, and later in the day I cameacross an article upon the very same thing," or,instead of an article, "someone else had beenthinking about it too and spoke to me about it."

In whatever manner this h;]ppening is ex-pressed, I am sure you have all experienced thesame thing. Perhaps you have been thinkingupon a certain thing for a long time. It is certainthat the same thought will come to you again froma different source. When it does come, shall younot feel how closely we are bound to one anotherin daily life? It almost seems as if some kindredspirit had communed with yours, and, after find-

ing out the secret doubts and perplexities, leavesto express somewhere and in some way the an-swer.

Perhaps you ha\'e not understood an explana-tion which has been made. and you keep it inmind for days, pondering over the meaning.Sometime, by some inadvertent remark the wholething will become as clear as day, and it is im-pressed upon the mind never to be forgotten.

Ever since the world began men have had thisexperience. Men separated by half the globe andliving amidst entirely different scenes and sur-roundings, have produced the same thoughts sim-ultaneously. Men have produced the same in-ventions and made the same discoveries at thesame time.

Look wherever we may, we find this fact ofsimultaneous repetition of thought. Our thoughtsare nothing but the thoughts of Ad;]m and Everolled up in the accumulation of ages, and comingto us bit by bit.

We are bound closely to our neighbors, closelyto those from whom we are separated by space,closely to those from whom we are separated byti me.

There is nothing new under the sun. Evenour first fathers made nothing new, nothing wasoriginal, not even sin, for the fallen Angels hadsinned before them.

There is said to be a duplicate of every personin the world. Certain it is that, although we maynever come across our double, we have foundparts of ourselves, our thoughts, and all our pos-sessions duplicated around us.

One day when an illustration came to me of thedouble in thought, causing me to wond~r whatthe mystic something was which caused the coin-cidence, this remark was found from the pen ofO. W. Holmes: "There are about as many twinsin the births of thought as of children. For thefirst time in your lives you learn some fact orcome across some idea. Within an hour, a day,a week that same fact or idea strikes you fromanother quarter. It seems as if it had passedinto space, and bounded back upon you, as anecho from the blank walls that shut in the worldof thought. Yet no possible connection existsbetween the two chambers by which the thoughtor fact arrived. E. s. P.

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LYCEUM.

MAY I I, 1894. The regular meeting of theLyceum was held this evening. In the Sec-retary's report special mention was made of theadmirable and scholarly manner in which 1'111'.Clapp treated his lecture on Hamlet. Followingthe Secretary's report the Prudential Committeesubmitted its report for the next Lyceum.

This being the last meeting but two in theterm, a committee was elected to make nomina-tions of officers for the ensuing term. The fol-lowing were elected to serve upon that committee:Miss Comstock, 1'111'. Babcock, 1'111'. Hayward, MissDrew, Miss Sawyer, 1'111'. Brown, Mr. Winter.

Debate-Resolved" That the American news-paper is the best educator." Affirm, 1st, Mr.Brown, 2d, Mr. Burke. Neg, 1st, Mr. Carroll,2d, ~ r. Grover. General debate, Mr. Swan. Theresolution was not adopted, the vote standing sixin tlw affirmative, and twelve in the negative.

ENLARGEMENT.

THE Legislature has passed a bill appropriat-in,g 75,000. for the extension of the Normalschool building to provide suitable accommoda-tions for the m:J.nual training department, thekindergarten, and the different grades of themodel school. These additional accommodations

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PROGRAM.

Piano Solo, Miss SearsDuett, Cornet and Trambone,

I'llessrs. Ferguson and BassReading, Miss EvansSong, Mr. HerseyReading, Miss KendrickPiano Duett, Misses Richards and Allen

Before the debate the President made mentionof the tendency on the part of members to leavethe Lyceum at the conclusion of the musical partof the program, stating that this was not on ly dis-courteous to those taking part in the debate, butalso tends to lessen the interest in this very in-structive part of the program. It is to be hopedthat the members will remain during the entireprogram.

had become a necessity from the growth of themodel school, the introduction of kindergartentraining, and the need of a suitable industriallaboratory, which has thus far been located in thebasement of Woodward Hall. Some of the roomsin the Normal department are crowded and re-quire larger accommodations.

The work of enlargement will be begun as soonas the working plans can be completed. The ex-tension will be on the south end of the buildingand will not interfere with the regular work of theschool. The public appreciation of Normal schoolsis a matter for congratulation.

PERSONALS.

-'92. Miss Catherine T. Meagher is teachingin a private school in Philadelphia.

-'94· Miss Mary J. Drew has an ungradedschool in Plympton.

-'92. Miss Hattie B. Shaw has a position InEast Dedham.

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-'93. Miss Edith Packard now te,lches in theorth Grammar school in Hanson.-'93. Miss Lillian Worth has a school in

East Longmeadow, Mass.-'93. Mr. George A. Keith has resigned his

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-Miss C

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