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Nebraska City, Nebraska

STUDENTS

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Robb, o. D.

..!l Graduate Optician

At the h ote l pa rlor s in Pe ru every alternate F rid ay. Permane nt o ffic e with Dr . Ha rri s

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Nebraska City, Nebraska

STUDENTS

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F or Meals, Groce ri es , Co nfec tionery , P ie s. We stside of Court House Square.

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To b uY Yo ur Ch ristmas Pres ents is where yo-n fin d the Lar ges t Assortment, the La te st 1o velties, the Best Qua lit y, n nd t he Lowest Price , If thi s is wh at yon arc loo ki ng for , then yo u mu st go to \' o nn gs Boo k Store where you will see the lnrgcst line of Ho lid ay Good s eve t· put on dis pl ay und er one ro of. We ask yo u to co me enrly whil e o ur stoc k is co mplete . .

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Nebraska City, Nebr.

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American Beauty Corsets Coats' Cotton Thread

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HARMAN'S SHOP

For First Cl ass Barbering So uth sid e of Court House Square . Auhurn Nebraska

La die s' a nd Ge ntlem en' s Shoe s a sp ecia lty Store

Peru. Nebraska.

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ADDRESS OF HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

Delivered Before th e Studen,t Body at the Normal Chapel, November 5, J906.

The addr es s of I r on. \\ 'm J. 11rya n al th e chap el on ::\Ton rla.• , :-\o ,·. :i. was r epo rt ed hy Mi ss I va 1\I. Callin , onc of th e st ntl ents n( lhe Norma l shor thand <le par lmcnt :mel is given bc' o·.v. Thi s is n ot ve rbatim. as th :tt would h:t,·o h ce n to o bu t g i\·es l h• ! s nb slf! nco -o r what ::\Ir. n ryan s aid :

"I am al way s to spe al;: to studen ts, anll l lh in k m ::> re so with in lhe last fe ·.v months for I. ha ve h a:l a chan ce Co t' comthe oppot· t uni ties offered by our co un try wi th lh ose o!Ter erl hy other con nt ri os. The young men anrl women are lnfln en ce"d by th ese op po t· t uniti es before are o ld enough to pl an for th e ms elves. fathe r left me a l es son more va:uabl e than th e li tt le of t hi s w::>rld's be :'ore he di ed, a nd I was on ly twenty, he told me I coulrl a ff ord to be in the minority bu t I cou ld n ot afford to be in the wr ong. If I was in the wrong I would always find m ys elf in the min :Hity. Th at which is ri gllit has bacl' of it an et erna l an d inesista bl e p ::> wer. Goin g out in to the fi el d, exampl e, we find th e grain, but it wi ll not. ger mina te witho ut lthe wa rm s unshin e and the rain. · It mu st have thes e to bring fort h th e harves t.

·'I w ould n ot have the faitb in God if he were to furnis h the su stenance for our bo uies ancl no t men ta l food. But my faitb tr:. umplis in t hat which is t ru e and it b as b ee n ?;r ea tly increased in tb e l ast yea.r. hav e belief in the civilization tbat ta ught the d ev elo pm ent of U1e tmt bful na t ure. ! wo1tlcl define it as 1he physical, men ta l and moral cleY el :> pmeu t. Goduever made a. m !l-.>1 wise enough to draw a line between th ese>, bu t. m ai n tai n ed t ha t all should enjo y th •J benefit of inlte ll ectuali ty. N ine ty per cent o( th e Japanese can read a ncl write. Th ls in tellec tual awaken i ng has come as a surpr ise to the woT ld. Th e re is a new spirit awal·enin g in China al so. L ess than 1 ce nt of th e human race can w rilte in India, but eve n intellectual li fe is quicken· in g. In Calc u tta a reception was given to fo rty-fo ur young men who were goin g away to be ect u ::at ecl Th is sho \_Vs t:hat so me in· te r est is talt en in education. Tnrk e,y alsJ mu st ed ucate ot· find her se lf behind Am eric an sch oo ls are preparin g for a la rger work. Th ere is no nation in th e world o[ any adva!lcement whatever thrut ha s no t :in it the relig iou s elemen•t. Th ere is no n-lti on, howe ver remote, bu t h as felt th e i 'l-

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flu en ce of th e Ameri can civiliza ti on. 1'1 Russ ia I found th at our cos lltullon an d d t:l/ laratlon ha d b een read wl lh In t erest On o youth r ead It and hi s heant. was warm ed it. He felt that he wo uld ra ther be abl e to think of such sentiments as are embodh·l l nith ese lwo doc umen ts and to ha ve the freedom of t hi s co un try than to enjoy t.b c wealth of hi s father In a deSI><>tlc coun try Still In Russ ia, eve n though Lt Is conshle rNI one of the most despotic, there Is a sc nllment among th e peop le llt al JB more freedom. Our Id ea of govc rnm c 11 t. has tr uth behind l t.

"Before I went to the old wor ld 1 bart h eard people talK of lhe n egaUvc form of the gold en ru l e. r thou ght the two were qui te alike. I came to the co nclu sion that th ere was an lmmen!le tllffe rerice be twet! 'l th em; n egative harmfuln ess and pogltlvc hel pfu l ness. A marble st atue Is it is no t sul!i cl ent to say of a man that btl neve r tlld any harm to any one If r were called upon to describe the differ ence b "!tween n t' eg a tve harmful n ess and posl tl•tc helpfulne'is, 1 wo ul d do it by likenin g form er to a stagnant poo l which dra;o;s wawr from II . a the surroundi ng co untry a n.'! gtves no comfont to man ot· b eas t; p ositi ve helpfulness 1 Ilk s ened to the living s prtr.g which bl esses everything around it.

"Tb i e dea of Confuci us Is the Id ea or balan cing fav C , or s. hrlsts Id ea Is love yo ur enemies -and do d , ' goo co th ose who mi str ea t you. You cannot kn ow Vbn "' · · · ' "'" JUstice ts when yo m· h eat·t is revengeful Wb d . · y oes om r i'!li gl on g row ? Th ere is no other reli gion b esid e ou rs . W•hen our t·eJigi 1 d • on lS pace 1n contrast "';th Duddhi sm there is an diffieren ce. Our relig ion Is til"!

worlrl. Tl11 • rr· Is •· t•·1 na l 1 1'11 th IH' hl ncl l t. I a .- Jlf • \l •r lwfo1 •• t ht• !lf

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J)h ll anth ro p y.

"Onl y th r.:H' who h a\'f' fait h c-n n nccocl· l' ll sh mu ch,- fa l th ll H 1IH' old lln t·ky b a! wh o. If tlw Lon! to ld hl!lt to hi t hi s b e:\ 1

agai nst a s to n<· wa ll. ,,·p nt a nd dlcl il nn l a ske d no C'JII Cst lon s. Th P g" 1'l':lt rc vlvnl In

\Val es b ega n In a s ntall m c tl ng .•\ Jl tllc gi rl arose and sai d: 'If no on e el $' will s],ea k, I mu st. s ay th at I t O\'(' th e Lot' .J esus with a ll my lt <' al'l.' \\'ha t c nn n pN· son do? ): o on e ca n 1<' 11 Hu t. my frl we ar c no t. al w ay s 1 in ot11· mcns urln>: of infiu c ncc. So me lim es th e on es wbo tU we t hi nk h ave lhe m os t innu <' ncc h ave n o: so mu ch as the molh c •· in an ob scn1·c h om -•. i thi nk wo ove r es l1111ale wha l 1h e h ea d b n3 done and und e t·es t.lmnte wh at. Lhe henrt cn·t d o. Th e acltl cvcm cn t.s or t.hc hetut art' more wo tH.l e rful, oven tho u g-h lhc h ead b as g iv en us th e ile l cphone. by w hi ch we cnn sp ea k to a fl'l e ncl a Lhou sn tul m.iles away. Math e ma ticians L<! ll ns h ow •fa t· it is to til J f arth est s lat·, bnt no one ca n m eas ure ths Influe nce of a kind wo rd or act. How ma.u y of the hum an r ace will be reme mbered a Lhou s and yea r s? It is possible fo r each to a mo num e nt which wi ll l ast. Th e he at·•t r es ponsibility tba t r es ls upon us gr eate r than any other na tion h as born,•. vVe ha ve re ceived th es e thin gs and we mu st strive to pay our eno rm ous deb t to tim wor l d.''

Work thou for ple as ure; pa int or s in g or carv e, T he thing th ou lo vest, th o' the b ody s tarve. Who wo rkd for gl ory mis ses o ft the goa l; Who works for money car ves hi s very soul. W ork tit on fo r work 's sake , then , a nd it m ay be Th at th ese thin gs s hall be added unt o thee. -Kenyon Cox.

AHISTORYOFTHENEBRASKASTATENORMALSCHOOLATPERU.

IsBeing-Written by Prof.J.M.McKenzie.

Pmf .T :vi. M cKe nzi e, lhe fir st prin c ltln l or the StaL e Nor mal Sch oo l, ha s w ritt en a hi st ory of th e State No r mal Sch oo l at Pe-

l>r as ka her se lf, hav i ng become .a state it.stit ntion the same year Nebras l\ ;t was aclmi lte cl in to the union , l 8G7 . The be :! rn. Th e b oo k, which will be pub lished in w hi ch toda y calls us to our classes w os Januar y, wil l be illu s tTat ed and of ab ont ::1 00 va ges It will be of gr eat eclucation;Ll as It will de al wit h the car ee rs •>f ·many men a nd wom en who were e cluca kd at the Norma l and ha ve s ince atta ined di stinction i'll a ll lin es of the ed uca tio nal fi e ld of t hi s state. Su ch be in g i ts scope, it w:ll be a real history of ecl n catiDn in Ne br as k !:l . 1'hc work w ill al so h ave a pe dagog ical val'u e, as It will tr eat of the wo rk of prin c :pa ls ad te ach er s-givi ng the ir stro ng an•l weak poi nt s.

Th e Pe ru State N ormal is as old as Ne-

nm g on the mo rnin g th at the school boca me Ne brask a's first Nor ma l. Fo r some ti :-x:e th ere was mu ch d isc ussion as to wh ether the sch oo l he re was to b eco me a J'.:orma l sch oo l, State or R efo rn.1 Sch oo l. After much compe tition il was d ecide d to locate th e No rm al at Pe ru and the lTnlvers ilr at Lin co ln. To. Col. Major s and 1\1ajor Da ily bslou gs <th e cre di t of ' securin :; for Neb ra sk a a Norma l sch oo l so ea rly i• : h er hi sto ry. A ll f ri e nd s of -the No rmal wl11 wi ll be anxious to sec ur e Prof. McKen11ie's bool' as soo n as it comes fr om hte pre ss.

l'H OF. A:-;]) :IIHS J. ;\1. :\JCK E :"' ZIE.

TDE A UTE

W. D. Redm ond.

W.D. Redmond was born In Lee coun ty, Dlinol s, Feb. 14, 1870 He came wl lh h ill parents to Nebr·aska when he wa s bu t ou l! year old. Hi s boyhoo d was spe nt on a fa rm two anu on e·half miles southwest or C rPh Orchard, wh ere he he ru ed cau.Ie and work r•.l on the farm durin g the su mmer month s, an I attended sc hoo l In lhe winter unUI he w.• 3

eigh teen, when he entered the \V este tn Normal Sch oo l at Shenand o ah, Iowa. A rter two yea rs at Sbena!l doah, Mr. R ed m or l taught a coun t t·y scho ol fo r two years. I!e th en attended a Normal Schoo l '-lt Lincol n for one year. Mr. Redmond has bee n a successfu l. teach er and was one ye ar prla· cipal of sch ools at Crab Orchard, and fl)r fiv e years was Pl' incipal at Brock. In D ecember of 189 9 he re:;igned as principal or the nrock sc hoo ls a nd be cam e de puty cou.1 ty clerk of Nemaha co unty J anuary 1st, 1 900, w hl ch posilion he bei::I for two yea t·,;. On June 16, 1 902, Mr. Redmond was electt:ol regis t rar of the Peru State Normal, whi ch pcsition he sti ll holds.

At the beginning of the late ca mpai gn , Mr. R edmond was in du ced by his fg1·ie nol s to become a ca ndid a.te fo r the

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se a te d v er y ne at· th e chan C' C" I in our lltl l' IO:p l sco pal c hurch. In ft ·o 11 t of 11s sn t •1 s mall wonta n :1 th in lii :I CIC SllO\-f

Sh e was ve ry clarlc. hPt' far·<• was wl'l nkll••i a nd s he hacl while l ec •t h. All Ill•' r cs l of th b sal h •hi:Hl li S, n-:ncross the ai sle on the ot ht •r s id e or t!l t' c hu t·ch. \V-:Hl hin glon w as pren<:b· ing. ln hi s se rm on he s aid: "Look rt l' • \Vith hh Gcot·ge \Vashing lon -. potu tn;... as he s aid iL, to a co rn rr of thch ll t·ch behincl u s. Th e woman in fro •t. o( us sl ow ly l11rn e:l her IJ nrl y, an 1 her white teeth, lo :::> ked at the conh· pointed to lnvo ltm l arily, alm ost . I nudg !',l Anna , an d in s-t antly l:or go t th o in c id en t, nn•l was .on ce mo re inte r es ted in t·he se rmo.n. Pr e tty soo n 1 hea•·tl my f 1·i e n!l

At once I com1ected it wilh the t urni ng a round. I •t hinlc if I h adn't looked at A nn a I cou lcl ha ve c:::>ntrolled m yse lf, btu I did look at he 1·, and just o. : s he got ove r her lau g hin g sp e ll, I bur st ou t. I soon got ove1· i t, how eve r, and Wfl s a3 ain. li s teni ng to the sermon , when Slltl · de nly I felt t he pe w shaking with laug hte r. I bit my li ps; then set my te eth and clenched my fi st ; but in sp ite of n il l co uld do, when Anna was once 1110 I'C qui e-t.

I hnd to l:llll:h. Sho • :ll lll0\"('(1 tO lh<' <' ll d of th<• pvw anti I mo\"t•d to t he otlt<•r <•nd. n ext to tlw wall. T lwn I quit wit h a d ote rmin :lllo n not to l aud! any mort•. nut aft <• r so nH' 1 i nw wh <• n I ,..aw de:::perat ctTol"ls to <·out rol hl•t-sclf. tlwrc w:n; so f tt nny a holll it a ll. th at I b<'· to ag ain ju st abo ut the ti me stop pe d. l nc, ·cr la u ;.:-h <>. l h:ll"d er in a ll my life. A fte r chur C' h \\"l' n dtlwr l oo ked n l. nor spoltc to and wa lk ed alm ost fo ur hloc lt s without n w or d. .:l-

In a Run away.

IL was a lH•ant lfnl cla y in .l un e a bo ut ro ut· y <' at s :\ ly t wo c0usins and 1 l eft Pai rb ur y about o' clo ck in the mon :iu r: \\" e ha tl a te am of frac ti ous bron cl.w s, btll as they t ra,·e l <>li al ong :n an e,·en g::ti :, we li ttle or i t. Our d es t in nti.m "; as a co un tr y !; Ch oo l dist ri ct a bo ut twc l\·•! mil es fro m Fairi.Htr y. Ani\·in g at tho d i· r ec tor 's home, we were to ld t ll at ·he lt :l.l , to .J ansen, a to wn about t hree mi l es 11 ist ::n t. It ,,·as Yery ne ce ssary. howe ver . to the <lircc to t·, so we dec ided to driv·! to .Jan se n. A ll went We' ll nnllt we a ho ut r o::t dy to cro ss th e tmc l{ just gc ln :; into the to wn. A large box cat· s too J on Lh e Lr ac lc nea t· the cross ing. Ju st as ,., <: ne ar ed it, on e or the hor ses r ea red an:l t>lun ge d. Then the other star te d to 1"11'1 anti his m at e join e:l. vVith one bo u nd l nrses went ac r oss the tracl,, and then -.•i:il a s ucld en lu nge th ey star te d to ward t ll•! g ra in offic e. Just then the ba c l' c am e off th e IJu gg y, and we girls were thrown wi:.h awful vi ole nce u po n the gro und Caroli :t·.:! had h yste ri cs , s o, al though bad ly b rui se tl my self, I t oo k her to a neighb:nin g bOU!.F;) Later Cous in Geo t·ge, whom we thougi.t wa s k ill ed, cam e li mpin g t ow ard the ho twe. We were in a so ny 11li gh t. I wa s mor e hur t th an I at fir st im agin e d. It too k se\'· era! w ee ks [or me to ge t ove r my 11hysicul in ju ry, bu t .[ h av e ne ve r, from tha t day to

this co mpletely go tte n OYer the effect vE thl' fr ight. )f argnre te Lnmbart.

An H our of Trial.

.ne C' \·cn in g my brother and I were :n th e tnble stu dyi ng. In the ce nh•r of the ta Jie wa s a tall pnrlor l amp wi th a r e.l crepe pape r sh ad e on it. T hi:; lam p w as always top-h ea,·y, so we wete Yery car eful wh en carry in g or moving it. • Bot h of us arose from the tab le at th e san 1e t im e' th ereby t ippin g it ju st enough to to j tJll <' o,·er he lam p. Th e ch ina bo wl s cnl te ri ng kero se ne and fi re o\·er lhe double door s. ta bl e l eg and new ma t ting ju st Ja i'l th e da y befo re s ta r ted for clo thit. :,; on a cbait· near the fi re, reaching the •e ju st as the s had e ignit ed . t hrowin g a bur :J t or name in my ra ce . Backin g a war , 1 ru sh ed to the k itchen. sei ze d a bu ck et or wa t er and d as hed it promi sc uously in to t ile room. Th en, as the r oo m seem ed :t! i abla::c to me, I rushed to the we ll, b eg;m to clr:t w wa te r, and call " fire ." Mea•l· w hi le mama h ad t ri ed to rai se the wf n· dow to throw out lhe bmnin g shade, b u: failing to no so, had carr ied it a ro und the r oo m scatte r in g the em be rs as she wen r. :\l\· b ro ther, w ith presen ce of mind, ran into th e b ed r oo m, p ulled the com fo r ts frolJl the bed. wrap ped them arou nd the table l eg a ncl sm ot here<l out the bl azin g m attin J. Th e ker os ne. onl y, burned on the Dcr t"s eye-lashes and h air were s in ged orr nnd ma ma 's hand L>adl )' burne d, but loss w as sm all. The neigh bo rs cam e in to view the rema in s and hear the story.

A P ersonal I ncid ent.

One evening, at dusK, mamma and I w ero st an ·: ing on our b ack porch, watching the sh ades of eveni g deepen. We we:·e ta lking q ui etly, when a sho t rang out and we a bu ll et bu zz ing p as t o ur he ad s. \ :Ve w ere th oroughly fri gh te ned and lost no t ime goIng in to the hou se. 11\7e h ad so me neig \J.. bors who ha d gro wn very an gry becau se we cha se d their ch ickens fr om our yard , anJ they h ad t al,en th is m ethod to f ri gh te n n ll Th ey sa id they we re cl eani ng their gun.

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THE NORMALITE

Peru , Nebraska

A Moolhly Marezloe Published In l be lnlc reat• of ll4ucalloo

Published by

THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

Subllcrlption, per yea r

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Acl• crtitrlnr: Rntc11 furnlll hcr/ on npp/lcutlu n

ilppllclltlon mndc ll t the Jm&t omcc llt P eru, Xchr. for cnt r nncrn .• •ccoud c ln llll m fl il

Editorial Staff.

C. M.

LILLIE

J. C. MITC II ELL

C. B. MOORB

n. E. BNSON

DLA WATEI!IIO USE

N. A. BEN GTSON

E. K. Hl l lt ST

S·rERLJxc M t"rz

Editor-in-Chief

Assnciatc· Edito r· Literary l<c ligi ous Ath l etic

Ex\:haogc Al umni

Bu sin ess Man ager - Assistant Manager

Our Paper.

For so me u _ me the r\ ormal has fe lt ! 's n eed f ·• o a periodical d evote d to the in teresta of th e schoo l an c1 education In gen eral b e· llevlng that ' a paper so devoted wou ld create a helpful spirit in a ll de par tments o! our schoo l. So l'h • w " the bes t in terests or the sc hool In i v .e w, a co mll)i ttee was ap. pointe d to de vi se ways and means of launching a school journal Af•=r car e fu l dellbe z·at ion and planning 1 • a P an was ad· opted which was Inten ded to give us a paper worthy th e support of t he ent' h tre sc oo l and large and con stantly growing al i umn. 'T'h e plan adopted by the comml'tt ee proVId ed for an electoral board composed of represen tatives of every soci ety, class ani Inte r est in the school. Th e board m et according to plan and an edi to rial staff wa s elected. Tile staff at o nce proceede d to

s Jounu uuw 111 Y'>l ll 1.• th •· J •·.-ult. Ill lh JK, • Ill I , !< 11 1' , \\ to J.:·

Jlrf' H8 thr· 1han kH of Il l! · :<t a rr and mn n fllf•ll t ftll' th• · )I" a 1'1 y I ll HI' WI' hll\' re( !( •) \'! ·d fro111 11 ••· '' ,Jy. an I ror th urw.J iru ouH • upp lz·l h l\•·n u hy t hl• rnc ull-r. \ \'p k hall do o•\'l•ry lhi iiJ.: in our JKI \\ (.' r I m ak r· IIH· =-.: 1 III:ZII ' o• a !< liC' !' !i:l an I n c It to lht• H (')IIJ 11. an I W•• w ill lio, tr e\·l•r.onc wlll I nd tlu·l z· nz on zl 1111 I ma tt• rln l c& UJ >C' I'lit J Jll. 'J' Iz • pap t· z· IH•lt II J..::-1 lo lh t• and th {· a lutnul and \\ I' h opt • :uul <' XJ lCCt to IH' • I lK l llflll! •nc ·•· gz· ,,,. a nd In·. 1:1 lt• n w it h t l nstltutl orz trJ w lzl (·)z II •s I ts llllrniJI• ; loyal ty.

At th e or 1 h e· l ('g ls lat ure rnt'i ca l lawH r C' Ia tl ng 1o th (' c·('z·rlflcntlon <' tcachcrR \\'C• z·c· l la HH C' d an d hn vc n ow bt.>•' '• on tr ial for a 1111 11' 0\' !'1' a .v !' az·. The re 1\1 man.r l rz lhC' sta te who IJ P ii P V<' th z· shou J.l be s lll l fu1·th cr c h:uJ g-C' s m:td <· 1 h co m· ln g lt i;l !:l l al urC'. \\ ' hi! t·h C' rC' mi g-ht )H' so me imp r·ovc nz cuts mari e in n few Jn· st anc e!:! , we tlo u ol think it wi se •o nttemp am e ntling o nr pz·osent Ja ws on ce z·llficallon. 0u :· new J:.:ws izav c not ye t. been fu lly tcG::· e I. Th ey h ave be en s ul>j e ::: wcl to the tlo n n cces s al'i ly in ci de nt to a rad len! c han ge In the me thod or ce z·Ufi c allon \\' o have not had lime to ,·ea li 2e fu ll y the ID Ol'· . of tho new sys te m, a zlll mu ch th at '\' C n ow co ns id e1· as bad, may in time prov·• or bene fi t to o ur sc h oo ls and ten.ch ers

Doub ts ar<l n ow in the minds of many, Ol\11 by attemptin g l eg islation on our sch oo l Jaws at thi s lime might pro ve disast t·o11 s to wh ·tt has alre ady be en accom pli sher! for the goo·! or ou1· schools.

Today.

Lives of some gt·eat m en ren1i n l1 us

That we wi ll , if we a1·e wis e, L eave ou r mod esty be hind us

A nd got out and advet·tise -Judg u.

'l'h 1• hn si n ·ss nl :tn:tc:••nll'lll is N qlC'<'Indy gra tt•f nl to :'>l r. L ouis K noll nnd !ll•nj. Harri son fo 1· tiH'ir p!Tici Pnt work In solicit·

It ma y he of in te r Pst to nil to kn ow tlwt nt pres<> nt th <' ::-\ornmiil f' is on n s ure financ ial basi s.

As thi s i s.:;uc to pn•ss we h:wc n e'l.r· ly enough lllOIH'Y to pay for t he printing O( th c> pa per fot· the cn1 in• y C' nr.

\\"c> wo uld yo u to p atro ni ze o ur ntl·

Ye rli sC' rs. nrc a ll good. cl en n bu i3· n ess men and will tn•a l you t·i gh t. Alwnr s re ad CYer y atl \·e r lisc m enL in the pnp :::·.

Th oy will te ll where to get the b est thc least mon e y.

The new p arl imc n ta t·y Ia w ma nu nl by Prof. Gregg, ju st now be in g pub li sh ed, is u nique among s uc h wo rk s in scverttl importa nt res pe c ts. :It co n ta ins nn in g eni Cl uS gmp b ic in dex, which \vi thin the c ompa ss of a pa ge wi ll nn swer over 400 pn rlim cn ta ry que st io n s. T hi s p age h as rece i ve d gr eat p"t·nisc fr om such autho ri ties as Ge n. Rober ta aud Mrs. Fox. It is complete, s ys t emat ic and conc ise, in its pre scn tatio n of rules and the i nfor m ation on any topic is grouped in one pl ace. It supp lies an ab u n2ance of the fo rm s suita bl e to be empl oyed in pa rli mc nt ary pareli ce. It co nt a in s a gl ossa ry of the tec hnica l words and phrases clea rl y d efi n ed. It s system of led ge r index in g m akes it s in format ion read il y ac ccs s able. Iffor in stance one wis hes to kn ow the p ur pose, for ms, rule s, or effec ts of the mot ion to adjourn, by plac in g the t hu mb on the in dex let t er the boo k m ay be ope n ed at on ce to the propc t· pl ace Th e boo ld et is bou nd 111 l eathct·ctte, a nd conta in s s ix ty of mat ter. It m ay be bad of the author at 25 ce n ts a copy, post pa i d.

Ex ch an g-e.

The object of t il e e xchan ge department Is to k ee p in touch with wha t oth er schouis are d oi ng thro ugh th ei r PBJ)ers Since this is the first i ss ue of ou r paper, the ex chan ge Is just bein g st arte d. out the edito r to hn\·e so me in te r es t in g i te ms co ncerni11g ot h er SC'h ools in the n ext i ss ue.

SchOol

If T co ul d paint n picture And pn int it wi th colors tntc, I wo uld my time in wo rk snblime Pa in o ld Peru.

r would pa in t h ill s nnd ,·all eys. Th ose wi th their go lden shea'"""· The liltl c squ irrel with hi s s wi sh n nd s wir l, Th ose bea ut iful autumn l eaves.

Th ose kings of the s tately· fo rest, · :\.1 onarc hs of ag es pnst.

Th ose hill s, th ose r ocks and rill s,Gocl gra nt they may always las t.

\ \"c mix o ur e arthlY co lors, And call o ut· pn i nt in gs good; Out the God ab OYc wi th n heart of IOYc Mak es col ors that no man coul d.

He bas ta ken th e r arest col ors,

The ge ms of bc nv cn ly blue,

A nd pninted a pi cture inn aturc ,-

Wc call that picture Peru -s. R. DA R TON.

You may cho ose from :tll the colors

Tlmt now s tand tor co ll ege ra mo

Thor o's the or:w ge, \Jlacl•, tbe sc:ulet

Th ey' re suro to l•i nd tc flttmo

But tho o nl y 'l'h :tt nml•es o ur yo un g hearts ll gbt

As wo >< ing wit h ado r ation

Is tho pa lo \.>lt1 0 and tho whi te.

Th rfl ugh the fOt!r long years of college

l\ 1id tho sce n es we love so wo ll

Wh il e tho m ystic charm or knowledge

\V o ntlnl y seck to s oell

Or wo win o ur me ntal victo ries

As we s tl"lvo wi th all our might

We will n e'e r rorp;e t the pl e asu r es

Of tho pal o blue and the wh\ to

Wh en tho c:Lrcs or lito o'er t !tko us

llliu g li ng ra st ouJ· loc ks with g rrty

An d our d c:Lre st h opes fors al w us

Fa lse rad o away

Still wo b:mi sh care and s adness

As wo th \nl' or hours so bri ght

Aud r ecall th nso days of g ladn ess

' !\oath th o pale blue and the whi te. ·

II II

Philomathe an Society.

The Philoma the an Li tcrary S oc iety is o ne o ftb c o ld est, if n ot the oldest of it s kind in Nc hras l<a. Thi s society ha s ju st reaso n to be prouci of its rec o rd. And a great re spo nsibi li ty rests upon th e prese nt a nd futur e membe r ship to uphold the high literary standard set bv the cha r ter mcmb_ers and its supporters-since its orgrnizabon. The wo rd "Philomath ca n" means :·Love of Lcarning" -whi eh h as bee n, a nd ts, the motto of every Ph il omathcnn.

The soc iety began its work th is year w ith a very 1 1 argc m em :>e rs h1p of st rong and willing wor ker s. Th e soci ety wa s i ndeed lo rtun ate in its se lect ion of offi ce rs. It s presid ent sh owe d rare jud gm ent in hi s se lectio n of th ,. a e cun ere nt co mmi tt ees a nd as a ffi h Th g 0 ce r e is unsurpa use d. e p rogram · 1 . com m1 ttee 1as prepared a se nes of pro . grams upon the Eng li sh a nd Amencan po -t d • 1 e sa n Poet r y, with two speC1a pr og ram at 1 s -one a po liti ca l program .,.; time and the ot h er a Th ankst:. •Vtng progr 'f h b am. c program s h ave cc n marked b P Y stro ng and we ll prepar ed a pers. discus w ith 1 SIOns a nd ta l ks, intersper sed exec leot · 1 · mu slca numbers. Great pr aise IS due th mi tt f e program a nd mu s ic co mees or their su pcrinr wo rk.

Th ere is a st r . b . ong se nt un ent among th e mem CI'Sh lp of tb Ph 'l r e I oma th ea n soc iety 10r each member to r espond when ca ll ed u po n to' an)• duty Th' , II . ts e.'lce en t spmt IS sh own by the fact that I on y one unexcused failure since th . . b e soc1etv ega n tts regul ar prll g rams thi s fa ll. .

The s pirit of love of lea · · r nm g 1s gc ne1·ated _and nounshed in Ph il om at h can t he love of do in g. As long as thts spmt ex ists th is society shall be as it a lwa ys bas been-a p ower for goo d.

Everett Not es .

Few Am l'rica n !Ja,·t· posSCl'Std the sc holar s hip and tt' lll' lit<.·1·ary sp an t that E\'cn·tt and none is m orl' worthy th:t 11 h l· to hl· pl·rpctuntl·d as :tn exemplnl'_\' li tc r·ary ch:trnctcr. The Ev er ett litl'l':t ry !-.c•c il·ty has bo th t·ccci,•cd nncl r eciprocate d honor in IHIIIll', nnd t.h c sp iri t of the o ld m :tstl'l' of litcrnr.Y arts s ur\'i\·es in Ev<:rctt h all today.

Th e E\' l' r ctt so<.-il't_\' ha s gr·c:t tly pt·ofi tc ri during the <.·urrc nt yt.:ar by the spk ndid lil.crary rc·\'i v al n ow in pr ·ogress in the State No 1·mal. Th <: nll: mbl·rs hip now includ es o vl'r one hundn·d t\\'l' nty, rli\'idcd int o six c lns ses whil·h take tlu ·i1· ltlt' II S in giv ing the p1·ograms

In t.hc ex<.·cllenl wo rk of the soc iety thi:: yea r the " fliccr s and comm i tt<.·c m ember· des erve gr·cn t cr·edi t. Th e socie ty h ns been fo rtun ate in h av in g o flicen; wh o ::u ·c :1 ler t. re so urcefu l, cm: 1·gc ti c a nd dc,·o tcd. Th e pt·ogra m co mmittee h as d•>ne some s uperb wo rl< a nd the so li citi ng commillee h ::ts m ade an ext nt onlin a1·y 1·eeord. The m embersh ip ha s be en faithful aud l oyal to a dcgr·cc hi g hl y comp lim e nt ary to the society. T he p1 ogr·ams ha vc been va ri ed, but usua ll y cc n te r·ed about some hi storic eve n t, or so me li tera1·_v i dea. There h ave been pr esented sn ch themes as A Symposi um on Stude nt Life, the Yo r·ktow n S un-cndc t·, the Annive r sa 1·y of the Com i ng of th e P il g rim s, a nd German, Cuban a nd Pe ruvian pr ogra m s.

Th ere h as been an unu sua l numb er of persons ta l<ing part in th e pn>grams Th e soc iety h as in tn1t h be en a place for the lit et·ary imp rove me nt of th e many rn tber a place for the favored f ew to cnte J·tai n the man y.

c\·ery m eet in g of the s oc iety h as been la rgely attended an d the p 1·ob l cm is now of eit he r r est ri c tin g the members hip or e nl a1·ging th e ha ll. Gr eat is Eve rett of the Pe ru State Norma l.

Athenian.

As unto tlw ho.' :-; tlw t'ict•ronia•l Is. So u nto tlw l'irls is .\tlwninn.

Th e At h C' n la n S ocit-r y f,; t !1:s yea r ntlll er the> o tTIC' l' l' ": PrC'::..· dent, L OY<'ttc Ki nn t•y; \'i CC \l rt•s id t' IH Th ,·· ol a Linn. SN' r ctary. Carri e> DiN ri ch; 1 r casure r, Luna axcr

cl,l;:c by the so n ·ing of refreshmen ts, con· sl;:ting of milk and p umpkin pi e "lik e motht•t· n so d to. m ake."

Th e first of the se ri es of Jn te r-S ocie tr •lt•h:Hes wa s held in the hall of l\I uslc nmt E:q tr essio n. :\'o,·cm be r scYeu tee nt h.

The ,\ thenin ns were ab ly re pr ese n ted by :.\li sses Th eo la L inn, B ess ie F oste r au cl H elle Bo l ejack

Th e deci sion of the jud ges sto od on e fo t· .\ the n ::ln and two for Ci ce ronian.

But th er <' Is an ot her day and ano ther de·

Th e s oc l e>ly num hPrs tWl' H ty-six. and cal'!t bat e Sa turd ay e>ve nin l' 1 he> s e> !':it·is m eN in E, -. cr et ha ll fnt· I he pu t·1:osc• of tl ,•,·e> Ioping the>:r forensic power s.

Vi t al qu estion s. now at i ss uP. :we bate d, mu sic or a rea at·c scm cti m t>s en joy ed, an d each (l c ha lc is fo llow ed by ltl op en di sc u ss ion a nd a shnn Iln r linmen tan• dril l.

Gi rl s!

:C o you wa nt to naYe s::> me f un ?

r:e an Athe ni an when a t affy p ull or il pu mpl \in pic soc ial ·is on the pro gram.

Do yo u sec k lmowled gc?

Pe an At he ni an, and come and hear lead ing qu est ions or the clay di scti sse d ne f;· at i\·ely, affirm ativ ely and conc lu sivel y. De, yo u wa nt to le arn to t hink on yo ur f eet, ta lk to the po i nt an d !m ow wh e!l you get the re?

De an Ahe ni an, a nd come and h ear it d_o nc, then <lo it yom·self, and yo u w ill be leavin g Ev eret ha ll m urm ur in g "'t\l[y time has n ot h ee n spent in va in; ve ui, vi 1\i , vic!. "

Sa t urday eveni n g, tweuty -eight !l , the Athenian So ci et y w as "at home" to Hs memb ers, and fot· an hour the wa lls of E.r· cret ha ll were t·eso nant with m irt h.

Ghos tl y s tori es lent their gt·ewsome cha rm , and g am es, w hi ch brought ech oes of happy c hildhood, were pl ay e d.

The even in g wa s l)l·ought to a ha ppy

Ciceron ian.

Th e Ci ce ro ni an De batin g Soci et y s tar te.\ o ff on i ts y ea r' s wo rk w iU1 an enthu siasm ih nt bi ds fair to m eet wi th gr eat su cce ss

It pl ace d at its head as pre sid ent M r. E. R. C line, being himself a di stin guish ed de· hater a nd ent hu si ast for debating wor t\, an d we predict for Ci ce ro the accom plish· ment or e \·en greater t hings in the fu tm3 than h aY e b ee n acco mp lished in the pa zt.

Of the two in te r-s tate de ba te s he ld wi ;.h other ins ti t utions l ast year, Peru won and we h av e every reason to believe that th is year we w ill again be ab le to make a clean sw ee p.

E ach Sa turday e ve ning some live, up·t f) · da te questi on is di scu sse d in Phllo. hall bi s ix r egul ar de ba te rs, and fo llowi ng the d e· c is iou of the judges, the deba te is th row n op en to the hou se, a nd usuall y there is a r es p:m se from . th e d esciples c·f Cicero In t hi s free -fo r -all discussi on of ten mi nu t es, aft er w hi ch the society go es in to par li am en ta ry pra ot;ic e f or abo ut t hi rty min utes.

Ou r s oci ety has alw ay s tried to k ee p in mind the prim e obj ec t for which the Cice:-o nian De bati ng Soci ety was estab lishe!l , t ha t of establi sh ing an d cu l ti vati ng the fo;·. ensic pow e t· of the in divi dua l.

It ha s b ee n sa id th at to know a th ing is

TH E NORMALlT E.

a goo d bhin g, bu t it is st ill bette r to be ab le to give express ion to th at idea in l an g ua ge wbioh will app ea l to our hearers and them to see It in the same light that we •l o.

We have many peo ple in the wor ld i nd ay who h ave the abili ty to cl othe th eir thoughts In beau ti f ul language, wh i ch adtl s a po li sh to th eir e xp r ess ion, in appea lln;; to the emo ti ons, ra t her t han the reason lo;; powe r, of the individual.

Herein, then, lies the di fference b etw eon th e de ba te r an d the l ecturer or campaign orato r. Wh ile it Is an accompli ahment to be a mast er of goo d Eng lish a :t•l have a good, st rong v ocabu l a-r y, ye t the debate r •mu st ev er In mind the that h is oppon ent has ord in ary ab ili ty wh ich he must reckon.

The fi rst essen tial of- th e debater is a maste ry of the subj ect to be onl y fr om his poin t of view, but al so from his oppon en t's poin t of vie w. Th es e f aC LS the sh r ewd debat er will 1 k a way s eep 1 1:1 min d. As h . one as sat d, "learn yo ur o ppo.lent' s argum ent as we ll as he kn ows it himself, and b etter if pos si bl e."

Th e above f un dament al pr in ciple£ warn mani fes ted in the deba te bet ween the At henian and Ciceron ian Debating Soc ie ti es, on Satu rday even ing, Novemb er 17th, In Music an d Expression hall, an d we are all pro u.d of th e ab ili ty disp l ay ed by each de· ba t er

The po licy of pr otec tion was abl y reptTsen te d by Messr s. Gat es, Forsythe and Beuson, on behalf of the Ciceronian Soci er.y, and we are proud of yo un g desc ipl es of Cice r o.

"1'L • [ol ere ts so much go od in the worst of us, And so much had in th e b es t of us Th at it be h oves no ne of us ' To fi nd fault w ith th e r est of u s.

Jlssociations II

Y. W.C.A.

F ifty girl s have Joinf'd o11r :\ Jh ;s ion Stuuy Cl rcles \\"e ha \' <: tlln ·<· (" OIIJ'Ho•s thI s ycn rt ak in g up the s tudy •·c· HJH·c-tin•ly of JnJJU•l, A frlca , and I l onw :\lt ss io ns.

Th ere Is mu ch in lr-n·!-! 1 tai« 'JI in our 1\v '

Dible Stu rly cla sses thi s fa ll. Th total enro llm ent ha s rca ch<·d on(• hund n•cl t ltl rl)".

E\·ery Y. \ V. ' . ./\ girl s hou ld be in a Bible Stu dy cla s s.

Th e l atest co py of th may fo und in the R est H oo m. In I h li b rnr:·.

Ev ery Y. \ V. C. 1\. shou ld J'C nd "Tu A ss ocia lion Ci t•l in ll cr fo un d i f' th o X ove m be r issu e. It is g- nulrylng co kn ow that se ver al of o 11r g- i rl s h av e sub· sc rib ed fo r the a n<l ha ve it in th .-lt o ·;;: n rooms.

'l' he A ssoci ation girls arc now cnLhusiusti ca!Jy in te r es ted in o ur new r es t t·o om on lbe third fl oo r. Th e t·oorLJ co mmi Llee th e pape l'i ng an d the sta inin g or the fl oo r comp l ete d. A bi rt hday pat·Ly is s oo n to he a fe ature, for the neecls of th e room. \VIwn the fu r ni shin gs are se c ur·ecl we sha ll h ave one of th e pre tti es t a nd most co m fo rt abl e r os t ro oms of the sch oo ls of thi s s tate, a nd a room w hi ch o ur g irl s will appr ec i ate.

Tb e s piri t of God bas s urely ma nifes t': cl itse lf in o ur ·a ss oc ia ti on t hi s fa ll. Only fo rt y of our hundred a nd fi fty Y. 'vV. C. A. g iTI S of l as t y ea r r eturn ed to th e N orm:t l t hi s year. At the fir st Sa bba th afte 1·noon d evo ti onal se rvic e, th e me mb ership incr eased to on e hund re d. Thr ough earne st prog r ess a nd f·ait hful wo rk of om· me mbe t·ship co mmi ttee, our e nrolhn e nt is now two hundTe d, and the• m embe rs hip co mmi tte e hopes to h ave t hree hu n dt·ed g irls in oat· ra nk s before the close of th e yea 1·. We a ro l not anxious fo r n ame s, but we need th n g irl s to he lp us in ca rr y ing on the C bri ,;-

tlan worl• and tn a ss ist 11 s in our t' ffo rts tu make .J cs 11 s l'hri sl n•nl lo every gir l iu Lh ;s 1:\ orma l.

The Assoc iati on ts g:lnd t. o :\li ss Esther Cl ar·k, our a dvi !'l: t", with us agai n t hi s year. l\liss Clnrk':; inte rest in o m· wo rk , and her to the g irl s is an in s pirat ion to eac h Y. \ \" C. A. w 01·kcr.

' Vo n ow ha\'C :l Y. \\" . C'. .\ compo sed of fo 11r •f ' lllr a .t h '•J a:al en: nhH wo rkers, Il l isses Loy Ki nn•'Y. B<>sc;ic> Zink, llertlm Ta y lur t il'! Th 0·>1:l !... inn. rids q 11ar let is org-a n iY-cd espec ially to r t' t:u cr occas io nal se lectio ns at our dC\'Otio nal meetin gs. Out· Y. " ·· C. A. chor11s is .tl :>o gro w· in g anti contr i bute s mu ch to the su..:Cl'ss or o ur Sunday afte rn oon se rvi ces

l\li ss Eth el Si mo n<l s, st a te sec r etary t>f the Y. \V C. A. , spe nt a few day s vi si tiug our a ss:> cialion du r in g lhe lattet• par t •H Xov e mb e r. ll er vi;;;:t wa s an in sp i ration to our gi rl s. Du ring her s tay she gaYe a he lpful a:l dress on the opporLHni•ties of the Y. ' "· C. A. g ir l aft er s he leaves her co ll eg e, and es p :Jc ia ll y oC the infl11 en ce of a teacll .:r who is a s incere ch ri st ian. On Su nd ctY J\Tlss Simonds had ch arge of the Y. ,V C. A cl evotlon al se rv i ce, and the m ess a ge she bro ught the girls was one th at s an k d ee pty in to the h eart of eve ry associat ion gi rl. Dur in g her s tay Miss Si monds e ndea r ed t(• her Chris ti an per so nal ity ma ny girls who w ill antic i pate her ne xt visit to us.

Twen ty -Co m· g irl s compris ed our de l e!,; l.· tion to the Y. vV. C. A. state conv e ntio n a: Dethany, on Nove m be r 9th to 11th, i nclt13· Jv e. Th is was one of the most su ccess f t.l co n ven ti ons the Y. W. C. A. h as he ld in this state. Ou r del egation recei ved mu(:h spil'i tu al ben efit f ro m it, .a nd br oug ht ho rn e th e in sp i ration wh ich w ill gi ve adde!l str engt h to o ur Association in doi ng our l .• aster's work O ur de legation Included Id a Gratz, of L ync h; Co il a Potras, of L .v·

Wynn <', of Schuyl e r; Li l lian All en, of Xor lh

Bond ; Anna Jam es, of Omaha ; R ett!l

Ha ccly. or Ce n te r; Lillith "agener, "t .Uaw'So n; Can ie Di etr i ch, of S te lla; Be rt!HL Tayl o r. or York; Alta Strong, of Peru; B es· sic Z ink, of Stuart; Lena Hallett, of Pe r u; Elizab eth Hen derso n. of Slluo e rt; Nelli e r:cngsto n. of Faye Han ks, o: Geri ng: :\ l yrtle Kr ebs, of Scotia; L orette Kin :1c y, of Wymo re; Th eo la. Li nn , of NorUl

Be nd : Ad a Bohner, of Crete; .1\fargarut Fc .i d , of Omaha; Bess Fo ste r, of Sterli ng: Gertrude Coon, or Red Cloud; ' est a James, of 131 ue Springs.

On :\ lon .! ay e Yening, Kove mber tweni'ys ix th, iu Phlio ha ll , occ u rred one or the mo st en te rta!ning events of the seaso n. T l\.3 was a Little Girls' Social , given hy th e members of th e Y. "'· C. A. in honor of :\!i ss Et he l S in mo n ds, the state secre· <t.,t :-y cf t he a sso ciati on.

Each a ssoc iation member was req u este,l to come attired as a li ttle girl and her lunch in a dinner !)ail. Fro m seven U :l· til eight the gu ests ar r ive d, havi ng been t ran sfo rmed fro m the yo u ng l ad ies we see in the class·r oom, to l ittl e school girls ii t various stages of c hil dh ood. The curls a-a ·l braid s tie d with gay ribbons, the sh ort fro cks wi til sash es , the n eat ch il dish ap ron s, all seemed to ca r ry th e ir chil d ishnes s i nto the h ea rts of the gi rl s for the tU me be in g, and the !"t u ndre(l or more gu ests easily ente r ed in t,, tha ch ih lr sn's prepared for th em by th t) social co:nm i tt ee . The ltJn r. hes were ea te n in typica l schooi g u·! f'l s ltio'l , af ter. whi ch M:f's Simcu ds !ll.\' Pd "te!lcher '' an <l ju ve ni le reci ta tion:; :m•.l :- rmgs were re nd· ered by the g irl s. T he went home from t hi s socia l ! ':le :; ,o s:; ;t n ::vl !J ee !l .:me o! the most e nj oyo.l>le of this fa!!. T hi s is o nl y one llr m·my eJ; jnya Llle ev eni ngs the Y. W ." r . .\ . h ::1:; pl rtn ued fur ons; Lu cy Saxer, o[ Mt. Clare; Nellie i ts mem bers this year.

Y. M. C. A.

The Young Men's Chri stian Assoclatl •m Is one or the oldest soci eties In o ur schoo l. We all know what It stan ds for. \Ve a'l know what tt mean s.

We have come to that point In our life .t.l an assqclation where we can point with pride to our fo rm er achi eve m ents, and wu now can rejoice In our pros)')ects for the futu r e.

We are glad that so many youn g men have chosen the Normal as thei r hom e ro:the school year.

We know what go od t he n a,; done us and 11a form er stu den ts, and we are ass ur·ed that It wi ll help every yo un g man who takes an active part in it.

Many or you have come to Normal for the purpo se of b ecom ing a tra in ed teach er fo k ' r wor in the public sc h oo ls of the state of Nebra ska.

Then certa inl y you must becoru e an '1'tive wo r ker I h •n t e assoclati OJl, Cor lb e gol• -L tea cher of t d · 0 ay is a practical Chri s tinn Worke r.

Thi s r equirement I 8 one of th e mo st ef! senttal.

In Ord er to b . e Ju st to our se l ves to th 3 school board • ' and, -most or all, to th e chi' · dren Under our care, we shou ld now lear.1 to take an activ-e part In Chri stian work.

If you are in doubt, ask any of th e me tnbers of the faculty ask • · any of the men:b ers of the association and th • e an swer Wl li be invari ably the sam e, "Jor'n h t e Chri ->tian association if you wish to deve loped man." b 'l a fully

Now that our ' k .vo r on a Y. M. C. A. h ea dquar ters is we ll under way, we wi il soon be in a place to carry out t he full meaning of the word "Ass ociation."

Co me, yo ung men, and jo tn With us in our Sunday aftern n on m eeting

We, above all oth er or ganization s, weicome you to our memb ersh ip, fellowsh!.,1 and Chri stian l abor s.

Catholic Association . Thr· litnch•JIIh of the· <'athollt' faith ba ' the ('atludlc· .\ sso clntl,•r... Th e puqJOsc• of the· as..todatlon !'hn ll be tl promote the Kpil·lrual and >Hl<'h l we lro or thr.· ('a t hollc of lh !' State :'\U'· n}al School.

Th o asKOC'Iatlon rr wc·r s <' \ 'c•r y Sundar lr Everett h all. IJ I' \'o tlc,ual c•xl'reisP:-; cansb or pray crn <lllcl h,\'lli!I S. In onlc•t· to furtb "'r benefi t the uw mb c·rs, s hor·r ln st nrctlon m Chrl sll nn CatholiC' curT Pnt CaLhollc his to r·y and lit e ratur e will be by m embcr·s of the a HSO<'Iatlo n.

U nd er the au s pice s of the • a sHo cintlon , 1 r ece ption, a mu sic al . a nd st>vc r·al I ct u r<' ' are to be give n. ll owpvc r·. th e ulms no t be f ull y car r·! ed ott t thIs yea r, ns lh·.' orgaoi/\atlon is occ upi ed w ith p lan s Cor tllo differe nt de par·tm cnts or wo l'l< e xp ec ted to be take n up by Lhe HOcicly.

Th e a ssociation is also vc r·y mu ch Jnte:-este d in the er ec tion or a c hap el in Pe ru \\'hen Re v. Fath er Ro che r· eturns to Nobraska City dul'in g the ho lid ay season. co mpl ete a rran gemen ts wi ll be mad e tJ comme nce th e >vor·k.

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'l'h e Ath le tic Assoc i ation is planning a fin e rec e ption to th e fo otball boys at thu cl ose of the sea so n.

Th e athl e tic board is made up of three s tud ent me mbe rs an d four me mb e rs of the faculty This board d ese rves mnch p1·aiso for the way in which th ey ha ve stood baCI{ of the foot ball team t hi s yea r.

Presi dent Zink of th e Athl e tic Associ::t· tlon, was call ed h ome to l ook after lr, ;; fathe r's ranch. He w ill be back aftel' Ch ristmas. Vi ve Pre s ident Jam es b:.. <> charge of th e A ssoc iation during the ah· sence of Mr. ZinlL

P re s id t• nt DP17. el l of thc .\ thletic non •· I. tho tcn m. :\inch credit is due Coach Sh e rer ha s proven a strong. executi\"l• in direct in g the afrairs or tbe board.

Th e o utl oo k for b ot h boys' and glr!,;' bas ket hall is gnotl. A fin e schcdulc wi 'l soon he a nn o un ced throu p; h thesc

Th e Se nior clas s ha\·c cl cctc d the fol lo win g officct·s: Prcs id t• nt. Joln1 .\. \\'oo.Janl, Aurora; vi ce president. :\fyr lle K r obs Scotia; sec rc wry, :\1i ss G n ss ie K oc:tlc r, 13lu c Hill; an !l treasure r. :\l r. li: 1\. llurst. Aub u rn.

An o th er imr)o r tn nt fcat ure of athletics is the orga nization of tw o m eg aphon e cl ubsthe Lad lcs· i\l o:;a ph one C lub. and the i\l cu ':; 1\fog apho nc C lub Th ese admirabl e fenl ures nrc especia lly no ti ceab le in a clash on the g ri diron betw ee n the :--l o rma l an d so me vi sitin g coll ege f oolUa ll ten.m Th e roa r from the t hree hundred co -eds and f rom the two hun drecl m en and boy s brings forth the fa ct that th e Normal is patting yon on the back Co t· eve ry te n .l' anls you

'With a well organiz ed athletic al.'sociat ion, a str ong board , Joya l supp!1 rt of the students and the fa c ulty, anJ wit h a sp l end id athl etic fi e ld , carved out be tw ee n h il ls cover ed wit h the pr ime va l fo r e:>t::>, wh at wondeT tha t athl eti cs find het·e in t!1e Normal a re'a l h ome

Football p ract i ce star ted thi s season r.s soo n as Coach Sche re r a rri vecl,abo ut twe l•· ty- fi ve men tu rn i ng out for pr actice. A lar ge num be r of la st year's team gr ad u ate.! or fa il ed to retur n, th ere bei ng but tw0 men of l ast team on the gridi rO'l th is year, Captain Maga r and Ga i t. A mong th ose t urn ing out for p ractice wer e: Taylor, wh o pl aye d two yea rs wi th Cotner, who soon ci nched a place at tackle ; Ho u 3i'l, P hili ps, Zi nlt an d Otis Maga r, f ro m l a·;t year's scrubs, each maki ng a pl ace on tho team ; Tolhurst, f ro m El mwood High, gami ng a pl ace in the bacl< fi eld ; Ll oyd, Colli ns and Sw ense n mak ing up the r est oi

in bringi ng out from th is new material a team whi ch is a cr ed it to th e Kormal. Ko one but a ma ste r in hi s line could haYe acco m plisbed tb is.

.\t the b eginning of the schoo l year t he prospects for a successful footl>all te am wcrc rat her gloomy. Up to t hi s t ime t he b_ard of education had n ot y et been able to fi ll the va cancy of phy s ical cl ir -:lcto r, bnt this s ituation, whi ch look ed dark at first, tmne:.l out e xceedingly wel l. for t.h e b oanl succee d ed in fillin g the p osition by t he ayJWi mment of Dr. L. D. Scherer of the Uni\'C rsi ty of Chica go, a favori te player of Coach Stagg's 1905 foo tba ll team, ch n npions of the "Big r in e." He h as !Jlayecl ou that famo us eleven for four y ears, at center and at gu ard. Not only is he au ex pe rt footba ll coach, bu t also a basket ba ll and ba se ba ll coach as we ll. He h as cha rge of the n ew one of the la rgest and b est in the state, anl te ach es !>hysica l c ul t ure to over four h un dred stu clen ts. He is the b usiest man in th e schooL

It is comi ng to be more and more a recog nized p rin ciple in the world of t oday th at the all-roun d man is the fellow who mak es a success of li fe. It is the man who h as ath l etics and manual tra i ning together with h is geometry and l anguage who i ;; pushing thin gs to the fron t. With a view of gi vi ng greater en couragement to the ath letics of t he sch oo l, the Peru State No·:ma l Athletic As sociati on was organ i ze I. Last yea r the ath l etic board drew up a new c:m·::; titution, w hi ch i nsu res good, cl ea n ruthle ti cs. This was adopted by the associati:m at the begi nning of 1h is sch ool year, and n greater en th u siasm in manly athletics is the r esu l t. The re h as b een a marlt ed increase in the nu mber of boys in the Normal the l ast two years, esp ecially t his Ea ch succeeding year the memb er sh ip 'lf the Athletic A ss ociation has decidedly i n-

THE NOR:\ I AL IT E.

creased, un tl! this year we have four hundred memb ers, as compared wllb two hundred l ast ye ar.

One of the best sch ed ul es the Normal has ever h ad was arranged for t hi s wear. ThJs, In a grea t m easure, Is au e t.o the C.l· ergetlc way in which our new manager R • oy Smi t h, pu shed t hin gs wh en he on ciJ got hold of the oars. Gam es were arrange 1 with the leadin g of sta te , t"Y.:> of which the Normal had never pl aye d be· na 1 1 ' me Y. D oane an d Dell c vue C·JI· eges.

Below Is th e sch e dule an·' u re s ult of for the season:

maklns:; a l'lnk and to J'('JlOrl llt a lall•r •Ia tl•.

\\'lth our ll•·ld flo Hlo• 1l nnd 3 oo•,man to Ut kt· •·han·•· or It nnd It In ,,.,. would ll:t\'o•. wp arc snfe ln saylnf.;, thf• rink u the Klatc.

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eniors .

)ll ss L oy<·tle \' is ll<•!l In Ver d.>'l In O ctober

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Neb. Cit H Normal. P la ttsm: th. S. vs. Normal 0 to Hi D u vs. Normal .

oane vs. N ormal c ............ 10 to b reigh t on vs. Normal Bellev ue vs N 16 to · ormal 10 Peru (t to own) vs. Normal Nbc O to e · i ty H. S. vs. 2nd team 2 d . . .. 5 to n · Dntversit W · y.................... 4 to eepmg Water Academy ....... ::: 6 to u 5 0 37

A movem ent is skating 1 b on foot to organiz e a 1 c u · Th e A<th letic A ssocia tion P anning to flood k the at hle tic fi eld for a s ating rink.

A. meetin g or held Tb Athletic association wa a · ursuay evenin N t he propos·t· g, ov. 22, to 1 IOU Of flo {!' and oonv 0 tng th e athle tic fi eld the . t ert Jn g it in to a skatill!g rink for W'!n er Dr. Scherer propositi t pre >ented th o on o the assoc· t' ska.ting 1 k ta l on, and to ld h ow r n s Were . CW made Ill the parks at cago wtt hout dam age to the ground s He sai d tlh:at p C · r es rabtree had kindly o£· £ere d to furni sh th e wat er for floodin g and to ligllit the field with I • e ectncity. Prof De.zell also voiced t he ti sen ment of Dr Sch er er. The only qu es ti · on now tefore the a ss oc1atwn is to consid er th . e p osstbllity or fl ooding the field and to d evi se m eans for carry ing out the work. A committee appoin t ed to f urther cons i der pl ans uf

M oss rs. II a tTI Ho n nnrl 1•: .I Kno ll SJ>e::t lasl Sat urda y ln :" 0l 11·aska C'lty.

i\lll ss Ka te ll cpp<: rl cu spe nt se ve ral d ay s with fri ends in :K c bra sk a City Slcps hav o b ee n lai{ C' I1 w hi ch will rcsn ·l in Lhc pu b li c at ion of a S •ni or Annua l tlt i:> ye ar

Mi sses Macie Va1·ne r· an (] Edi th Catc:1· p61e paid a visit lo the ir· hom es in in Octob e r.

Mi ss Helen Sl o!:ls of No 1·lb ne ncl, he1· M iss Th eo la Linn, for seve :·nl days l as l we e k.

Mi ss Lilli e vVah ls t1·om was ca ll ed ho mo to atte nd the fun e1·al of he t· l itt.l e si ster. Novemb er 13.

Mi ss Helen Dys<.ut e njoy ed a vi sit f rom h er mothe t·, an d Miss Gillan, of Aui.>UI' P, l ast Sat urd a y.

Th e class of 1907 attenrled the fun e ral or th e father of one its me mber s, Wad e Blxl•)', on November 2.

Our c lass advi se r, Prof. Searson, at t en•led a m ee ting of th e Schoolmaste rs' CI11b in Lincoln, Novem ber 9th.

The Nebraska State Normal Schon! boasts a Senior cla ss numbering 151. This is thought to be th e larges t Senior class in any normal sch oo l in the United

:'-li ss .\ fa ry ,,·a,.; t-lcct<'ll to n P•l· ::ll l::;s Crc ma Ku l }l wa s detain ed at slt i un as tPach t• r in lhl' Elli ott sch oo l. L 'u - hom(' in \\'y more, In Oct obe r, because of th!.! coin. Sh e> IH•:;a n hP t· wu1·k th c>n' :- of he 1· mot he r. ] !lth.

The Sc>niu rs. at Olll' of the ir class m c,•tin gs w er e h onon•d hy a ,·islt fnl oll th state board of c>c lu c:Hion Short tnl" s we re g-h·en hy lh c> mc mb c:> I'S of rhc l>onr.l.

On the or October 3 1. the S cloior s. in gho s tly rob es WCIHled thei r way 1v th e gy mna sium to cc:>lc>br:ne ll nllowe 'en in the good ol cl .\ dm i ss i on Wd S ga in PJ by a pa ss wo rd. \\'hen the g uards w ct·o pa sse d they fou nd th e abo de or the s piri. s lig hte cl with n um erous jack-o'-l n nte rn s. en tertainm ent or the c\·enin g b egan wi th <> g ra nd m ar ch. La te r th ere w as a f nnc 1. t1 pr ocess ion in hail es, :m el m ess a ges from th e dead, among wh ich wer e the ex1Je ri en c1 :; of the sp irits fo r me r ly lm own as Mi :>'.s Xeide 1·m eyer and Penny. Refr eshmen t:, of do u gh nu ts , vi ckl es , ap pl es and cider w e:·•l se rv ed to a ll pr esent. and the ; .of th e eve nin g was spent in rem in i scen ces ot the ea rthly careers of the gu ests.

Th e fo ll ow ing res o lutions of ·sym pa t hy h av e b een ado p ted by 'the cl as s of l !J0 7:

·wher eas ,. O ur Heav enl .y Fathe r, in Hi·; Jove and m ercif ul ldn <l ne ss, has d ee m ed 1t b es t to c all from t hi s earth the si ste r of our m ost est eem ed cla ss mate, Lilli e Wa h ls trom, ther efore lJ e it

Reso l ve d, 'Dh at we, the Senio1• cl ass of the Ne braska S tate N01·mal School at Peru, ex pr ess to her o ur d eepest sy m pat!1y in her ho ur of so now; and fu rther

Res ol ve d, Th at a. copy of th ese r esolutions be se n-t to Mi ss Wahl stro m, and al s:) th at a copy be pu bli sh ed in th e Wahoo J•Hpel'S.

He len D ysa 1·t, Re na Han ey, Grace Hu ghes, A. J. Wicl,lancl, C. R. G ates:

Juniors. ·

Class colors are Old Rose and O Jiye Gr c:>e n. Th e cl ass ye ll is t oo lo ud to gi>t! here.

Th e pr esent Jun ior class, cl ass or 1 90'3, is the largest Ju nior cl ass eYer re gis te re:I at this school; the en rollme nt n ow stan.:!s at 13i.

The clas s o fficers are: Mr. C. 0. Oline, pres i dent: ::lf r. Stel llng l\filtz, vice den t; :\!i ss E li zabeth Hender so n, an d ::\l r. Burr ell Raines, treasurer.

Hallowe'en \\'US cel ebrate d lJy the Juniors

In the woods. Th ey gather ed at dark on t he ath letic field and marched in a body to a se cluded g!en. .-\. big bo n fi re made t he races and h earts of the joll y Junio:s nn e! the wo o ds echoed wi th songs and ye: ls unti l the screech ow ls, i mps and bl ack cat!! co ul d be b eard in the distan ce, ad di ng mu ch to the at mosphere of th e o ccasio n.

T he \Vitch of E nder was aroused f ro;n her ha un ts to co me a nd pr oph esy for lu cky au cl luc kl ess.

Re fres h ments con s:Sted of apples, c ider anrl p um pk in pi e. Every one ate an ext•n pi ece of pie fo r the disa ppointed ·Senio:·c;, wh om, we are sorry to say, ex pected •but di:ln 't get an y.

As the fi re died away, and al so the celt: > of the schoo l an d class yells, the returne d, fee li ng so in vigo rat ed ove r th t3 pl eas ures of the even ing that they di d fear the Senior gh osts that we re p acin g thl3 ca mpu s like sen tinels in the ci ty of t ha dea d.

Sin ce Hall ow e' en the Ju ni ors have been ve ry (]uiet, but still wa te r r uns deep an•l so does the s piri t of the Juni or cl ass.

&st Second year Class in the H I.S ' to i"V of ., Thn· • nr·w t ahlt• l4 ha\' t• lu ·.. n adtlf'd to th

the Schoof.

CIH•mlf·al l:tlllll":t!lll y. Th•· lops u( the tnblt <: su'rh ere are eigh ty ot us-energetic, strOll{; arr· or Jl!arr· gla ,.-,. , c-11 s 1;-.o.

PP<>rters or our cl ass and '" e Stat<> mal School 'l'hl "'' :-\(•w c·hnlrs \dth anns nnd bl·b I · s year, under the b acks h:&\'(• J" "' ' '"'''" plac •·d In th" cla:S,:· eadersh!p o!

tJ our class advi sor, )Trs. X r••- rooms ()f J> r,Jfn. flan. 1·:111 " and S cnn; 'l I eton, and Pre si dent Denni s, we arc sho·v·ng • .Aft<•r ll Hin,.; f•nrrrp C'lralr·.-1 ::-;o lon g th t.' nt:' very strong cl "With unJ t ass spirit Our m otto Is. on<•a arr· ,.;n•arl.r appn·c-fall·tl. mu Y th ere Is strength." Artl'r ch carefu l di sc uss ion ant meeting T In a vcr·y fmpor !Pins f , uesday, we decided to ado,lt or the class embl em.

Mr. Gordon Beck ha ving h ' our cla ss ·, sue gr·eat ab!llly n ever have to b th orrow as a f1 nancler, refreshm ents fr nt e oth er cl asses to In tbi serve at parties Ct" · s one particul ar ' so we know we excp l m cl asses In sch oo l.

Prof Brownell h 125. as a chem istry class ?t

Prof. Searson I Cass co unt ectu r ed to th e teach ers or Y, Saturday, Novern be•· 24

Prof. Beck

• · b was recent! ut Is no w b Y on t he sick li s• a le to m t ., Ml ee a)) his cl asses - ss Helen ha In the ln termedtat s accepted a Posltio rl M e grades at Ellk Cree lc '6SSre. Pen · and L J I{ ny, Mitchell, A. J. W!c klan ·I non attended b Supernntendent • t e m eetin g of the s: and Prt I ' tron at Lincoln 1 0 nc Pals Assoclan ctober

Three hundred ne w r evolving h been placed in tb 1 c aiJ·s ha ve! e 1br ary , 1 1 decided improvemerut ' 1 ch makes a and adds much t appearance of the inter· o the 10r.

Prof. Gregg has just rece i ved from the Nebraska State F . a d iploma a•r, Which t t that at the l ast fai r, in the exhibit f s a d · o schoo l gar enrng, by co llege uni ve rsity th N ' or normal e ormaJ secure d fir·st pr·e rni ' um. Prof. Gregg dese rves rnucb credr"t f or preparin g su ch a cr·editable exh ibi t.

A.L. and F. ('. \\ 'll linm s. r c-!w ntnth •c•H of D. ('. I f(•al h &. ('o., and It· vcr, l!urclt·llf' & C o. , r·c·s JH•r·t h·c•ly, re cent!. vl s ftc cl the ;\.'()rmnl. and lmr h g a,·r In lng talks while· hc-r·P.

:\Jt. Vcr·non hall Is so on to h:tv c n Jnur· dry, wh e re th • yo nn g wo n H·n can do lb£1r ln<.llvfdu al laundry wor·lc TII IH Is n much n ec tl cd fmpr·ovc.: ment and on <• which tb • young ladl es wi ll no dnnhl fully

Ralph .Jackso n or Up land, had the mls· fortune to br c al< ar·m whi le c xcJ·ci s! n cr In th e gy mnas!nm t hr·cc w cc l< s. a go F or so me tim e some of th e hoys ll a ve mnd e !l a pr actice to go i nto the IJa l co n.r and ca tch ho ld or the sw in g in g l"in g-s and l eap from lb e rai lin g. Jt was in lJ·ying t hi s tll nt young .Jackso n m et wRh hi s a cc id e nt At l ast rep :J r·ts the yo un g man wa s gett! n;; al ong ni ce ly with cv cr·y pr·o::;pcct of r esum· ln g h is wo 1·k afle l' C hl'i s tma s.

The h eat:i ng plant of th-e Nor·mal is in· adequate to the n eerls or the schoo l. Be-fore Ll•e n ew chape l librar·y w ere compl e te d, the capacity "lv as su ffi cient Now wllh the two new buildin gs to be h ea ted, the he ati ng •-acili ties are much overtaxed. We h ave su ff ered som-e f1·om the co ld thus earl y, and Lt is to be e xp ected with the n::l· vent of pe rm ane nt co ld weath e1· the prob· l em of h eatin g w ill )jecome still mor·e se· ri m1s. It may be th at chapel exe rcis es wi ll h ave to be di spe n sed with durin g the colu period of w in ter Such an exped•i ent w 11l n ot on ly be in co nven ien t, but a po sLtl ve l oss of one of the m ost hel pful i nflu ences of our sch oo l life.

T he cla ss in The ory of F.ducntion num· bel'S l·IS Sl..' lli or:;. E:ach meml.>cr or thl' class in adclition to hi s or her work on the th esis, is <'X p eel e el to r ea d one cducntion.'l nr li c lc each w eek an d present a su mHtary or the s am e at the :.'\l o nd ny m orning c h1 ss.

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\\". T. '06, is meeting wi th success as pri n cipal at Elmwood.

F'rauk B ixby '05, is principal at Rising Ci ty :m el Jil\es hi s po sition wel l.

In ho nor or :.'\fiss Johnson, who W.\3 soo n to len ,·e Peru to fill n position in Lin col n sch oo l s. :'lfrs. X ettl eton entertained th e yo ung Indies or the Y. W. C. A. Bib!e st udy c las s at her h ome, \Y e dn es day eYening, N'oYe mb er H. The e ve ning was en· joyably spe nt in fortun e·te lling. Dain ty :.'\Trs. '1 a\\'fo rd returned ntu :·· r efr eshme n ts were sen·ed da y from :\ t kin s..> n. X eiJ wh ere she hac! b ee n ca ll ed tltl.' w e{'k IH'e Yi ous o,· the se riou s il ln ess of hr si ste r. Th e illness of th e l at Le t· JH' O\'C(l fatal. her de ath and burial occulTin g last w eek. :.'\It·s. Crawfo;·.l ha s the s ympathy of a large number of fri e nd s in h c1· l oss .\I rs. C'ra wfo rd's mother and li ttle ni ece r et urn ed from Alkin s•>ll with he r.-P e ru Po int er.

On Saturday e\·ening, l'\oYeml> er 3, at the gh ost ly h ou r of eigh t, there asseml.>l f:,t in the h all s of o ur pretty new for yo ung l adies, Oal\ Gle n, a of mas que rad ed gu ests. to en joy the usu ?. l fu :t a nd fro li c or Hallow e'en.

The gue sts were led t hrough dimly ligh ted ha ll s, and were accosted by li tt le a ut.nmn l ea f ]a -lie s, who 11 iuncd a bbreviated pa ste-boa1·d pumpkin s on lllem and to l•l th em to a dvance to th e second fl oor Het a in one of the r ooms w as the very eml.>le :'l t of )Vitchcraft, and an o ld wi tch pr ophstej a fut ure well worth livin g.

The Misses Hamilton and Hile man t ra o.:;ro rm ed their pr etty quarters into a veritable had es, and m any of the members o! th e gentler sex nearly fainted as tlle sl{eieton gave them a h earty bu t icy ha:1tlsh ake.

After the unmaski ng the us ual generou s Hallowe'en repast was se rv e d, on the fir ;.t flo or, in a pr etty al cove draped wit ll tho Normal colors.

As the ligh ts in the ha ll acr oss the way b egan to dim and darken, the guests bade "good night" to the kind h ostesses and cl epa •·ted, all decl a ring that an exceptiona11.1" goorl evenin g had b ee n sp en t.

E. R Schieman, '02, is filling his fo tu·th year principa l of the P etersburg school;;,

F. J. :\funday, '02, is serving his first ler m as cotm ty su perintendent of Furna s co nn ty.

Edna Fai rch il d, ' 04, is giv in g enti re satisfacti on in the t hird grade of the Albion sch ::ol s.

Gertrude Hanl{s h as char ge of the first prim ary at A rlin gton and is m eeting with marked su ccess.

F. L. McNoun '05, is principal at Arlington Arlington w ill soon b egi n the erection of a $20,000 school buildin g.

B. C. Hendricl<s '06 , is superintendent of schools at Pend e r. El sie Gray '05, also teach es in th e Pender· schools

Th e p rin cipal of the Lexington High sch ool is Julius Gilbert, '06. M.- Gilbert writes th at be enjoys his work to the fullest.

G. G. Gill.> ert, '04, teacher of mathematics in the Wah oo sch ools, wa s a Normal visitor November 23. Gus has many f riends iu Peru who are al ways glad to s ee him.

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Ch ange able weat he r-Blizza rd s and Sn ow. H ow about th ;-t t Su .: t or Ov c.: t· ·oat L l' t us se ttl e th e ques tion of th e place to buv . If yo u wa nt an d the best th nt s kill can pro duc e, take our advise, be on-the sa li.: si de, th e pl ace is Clcve lattCI' !:i. The kin d the b e:;t th at H ea d a nd Ha nd ca n pr o du ce. Sty l<: s th at an: the top n otc h of a nd good fo rm . En ough sa id . Ca ll a od sec. La di es coa ts and sl<it·b; al g re atly redu ced above go rcg ard lesR of t he ir r ea l wo rt h. Eve ry coal is one of s bes t morl els-n ot an old coat in the lot. lt is up to yo u. A chnn cc to sn,·c Just a ha lf Dress goo d s-la test styles. We co ns id er o ur se lv es fortun ate in sec uring the large asso rtm e nt of fin e Chi ffon Br oa dcl oths in bea utif ul co lors in cl ud i ng th at vcr_y po pul ar n umb er Bra nd y Wine a nd Mar oo n. We ca n su pp ly yo u with the le ndi ng s tyles F tn .goo ds at a ll t im es. Remem be r o ur Holi da y St oc k. Hi gh es t in Qual it y and m P ri ce

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THEINFLUENCEOFMUSICINTHEFORMATIONOFCHARACTER.

By II . fl Rc:illwn d. J'rin cipn l E merson

Th e present epoch is gre .tt activit y in e du c ati on al circl es Th e d es i· de ra t um a p e·rfcc l ing of o ur c urmc ul a, wh ere by e du c ati on ma y m eet the eX· i gen cies of th e t im es along the lin es c,r science, li tJ;! ra t ure. mu sic. <Hl. etc Th e bene fl cien t influ en ces of fre e in s tituUo :ts. h as ta ught us to l oo k 0 11 th e c hild as possess in g e min ent poss ihiliti es fo r the futur e, r,nd wort hy of lh•e heHI Ill educatio n; anLl h ow to ob ta in t hat best is the a im of our m oder n me thod s o·f leachin g. B eca u se A th e mani f old co mpl exn ess of man' s n atu:·e many el emen ts mu st enl'ell' in to his rzrln catio n to the b es t t·es tll ts

Toll e de gree of abi li ty atta in ed in any Jepartm ent of finally d·e pencls upon e ffor t. No m atter wh at m ay he argu ,'rl from the c ultured s id e, thi s fa ct re main s. that the o nl y t•eal tr a ining onr? r ece i ves at l eas.t from an e du catio nal standpoin t, is from ind epen:lent effo r t. H owever, the ceall y vi ta l principal of e du ca ti on li es back of t hi s qu estion o.f "efi'(Jrt" and cono :? l"lS th·e m €' an s by which t hi s e ff ort was arou s-3 rl •and the ma te ri al u po n which it is ba sed In short, " Th e co ntent of a ll our is bas.erl upon ex pe r ieno :, anrl the quali ty of out· ide as d epend s npo1' the qu ality of the thin gs by w hich we h ave b ee n in·flun ced." 'Vh at, we m ay as!{, is .the of ed uca tion ? ls it t he mere acq uirin g of [ia cts? R athe r, is it not the a djustment of "man " t1 hi s env iron !Tl en ts and making hi m a fit In strum ent fot· se rvi ce by develo pin g in hi rn the nhy c; ic!'l l. th 12 a8sth eti ca·l a nd th e Pf.ht ca l l i t. 11-'J t th eref'l re. a c::J pkms deve l op m ent nf all the sn ul CJUa li ti es inher ent

in man, and which make him fit to li ve a ud grap pl e wi th the of li fe? If, th an, th e so ul quali ties are to be developed ; wh at pla usibl e excu se can we offe r for rel eg-ating mu sic to rani' of in fer ior studies'? is one of th e great arts, and art is a uni ty. Music is t he express ion of feeling a nd ·em otion t hru the m edi um of certain fot·ms and elemen ts, and each of th rese pha ses is a co mpliment of th e other, n ot a co n lrad i ct:on. To educate th e child mu si cally we must r cognize th1e- sepa 1·ate f un c ti on of e.aoh of th ese two phases ln mu sic and in aH branc-h es of kn ow leJge It is n ot sufficient for t ho se mo st d eep ly co n ce r ned in the 1:;-d u catio n of th P. c hil1l to say t hat th•eir pup ils do t hi s or t hat with dis pat ch. For is often accomplish e:l at the pri ce of na t tll'al a nd h ea iUt· f ul d eve lo pm ent So, when we say th at a c hild ca n ,,2acl rapidly, it is n atural that we sJw uld inq uire in to the pro cesses by wh ic!J h e· h ::ts Jea me cl ancl should test ca r efull y the qua li.ty of m aterial on wihich his stud y has b ee n b ased, t ha t we m ay satisfy o urse l \n.: s the work done will stand the test of art education for the child.

Th e n otion Pl·eval ent tb a exten t, th at songs are to be l earn ed by drioJlin g day after day in sca l es and notes, is an roneous one. T eacn ers so aften hoaVIe the ch il dl'en s in g the so n gs. e ach cla y in muoh the £arn e ma nner th at a parrot ta lks. 'l'hat i s. th ey s in g with out conceptive Th ey a1' e un inter estin g to the child b€'oa u se th ey mean nQth ing to him Some d escil) l es of . t hi s me th od argue that chllrlren be ta ught to b ecJ me in terest.ed

THE NQR,\;lALITE

in th,ese t-echnical 10rms and that th ey will learn to enjoy th e ir s ight· reading exerc ises 1t is a well-known that the effor ts of ch!Jdren ca n be so :JIrl!.clted , and th eir worK so s tlmul abed that :they have a kind or en j oyment or performIng a ta sk r egardl ess or the re al 1n tcr e:;t. or benefit it may be to th em. Thi s th'e nalunal in te r es t of the cblld by tcar:IJi ng him to be satisfied, or at l eas t, re s ign ed to thln gs th at are In reality dl stast.eful ':> hi m. Tbl s Is a of m a•·tya dom, which, wh en analyzed, Is n othin g but sor· di ·J selfi sh ness Jn the end th-ere Is no triumph, no ascend ency Th e power th uB gai ned is narrow , se lf-co nta in ed , and se lfish. It l acks th e l argene ss of right ll vJng and tr ue foz el!ng. It is of a low order ll ke the material upon which it Is b ase:l, l acks every of the arti s tic.

ln di sc ussing the developm ent of character, th-e qu estion, per force, 1·eso1veB i tse lr lo t? a con si deration of th e ph ys fc,.d, aesth etical and the e thical, of which l et us first exam in e the m erits of the a es th icaL A ll •aesth etic emo tl ous ari se f rom the sense expressions of si ght and When we say an object is beaut iful or th:tt ce :·taln so u<!ds ar e harm onious, we ex p ress an aesthetl.c jud gmen t, which r.ac ulty of subject iv'e di scernment we ca ll taste. F e'!l· in gs or P1'21lsure are pr imaril y caused by the stim ulation of the se n se organ s or o;aght anu h eari ng; th us we say beau t iful co lors, brilli ant lig hts, melo di ous as when li stenin g to toru e quality I' simp le or comp l ex relativi t y. Th·e1·e is a marked differenc e, however, b etween th e I l easant and the beauti ful; fo r t:h·e ic senti rn1ent is se parab le fa·om i ts excitin g ca.ns.e. but the purely sensuou s f eeli ng is a to it. agreeable in su gar is very dafferent t()o agr eeabl e In a mu alc ch o rd and the b ea u ty of an archi te ctu r.ll structure does n ot lie In th e sto o·es but in the arrangement. '

Th e Msthetic wa s given Its high est expression bv the But tbeil· id eal r"ached out beyond the merely se nsuou s. ob ::nr vatlo n l ed th em to ea ger·Jy catch the tr ue meaning or nature. Thi s fact is indicq.ted by Pan. wb o to the Greel\, ni'l not represe nt the objective whoh, bu t th<tt in clefi nit2ly ne utl'al gro und wh ich !nvo l ved the subjcti ve. He embodi•e d th e thrill of th at in spirin g sileno: of the fo r es t an-1 the p ortent ious ru stl e of the l eave'l. P <tn w aq fur·tber representecl as play in g th e flute. He made him s :·lf audib le on th e sevrPede rJ pipe. So al so came the mu s ic of the brook ancl th•e to un ta in; bu t the m eaning we mw::t attach to it was n ot the ob -

of tl u· fountain hut the sub- Je ctive 1 "N ai d" Into :l I I l l • X'tl I ,:, I 11' j cctlvc w • <· 1 · • · 111111 wt ul. This "Mu ae '' wh IIH· \\ t •l 1 thet· • 1 th·tt the ract cl arly d<:lnuJL.tr.t ' 1 1 •I s plrltu Ll lc lllt.al or the (; I' (•its \;·a;-;, su bd CVt•JopnH:IIt tran Hill lllt·t I < f 't nym•lh )) · 1111' IIIIl S (' J ' • jccll\'lly or ll lolll )

or u mu:w. h"ttt·s 1 In• a _st he tlc. \', h il t· mu s.c· c· u l• . ,· . n I !lc nuliCul. I H I l11· HH • 1 ' whl .:h l !i a IJ\1 Is s lmultn.n eo us I II 0(• (• th ai l li S r I \\' c• can H .-, rnt• <·thlcal. A ec · with til ('HI l> atlll ll ()I , 1·• 1 Jcm eut til<' •• i n;.; of "o u ;:;ht n<·:u.; JH l.t Is hincll ng Ill of the mo ral b II t_i lllt•ut.. I tl ; <. "Catego ric all an .! is w ha t '" l.l s c·.u s

IIllJl Cl'ali\'C ." . liiH• t il t• civi l Jnw, t::; 'I he moral Ia\\' un liS f.J rces, but I li S h\' (' X&I ol lll )

I .1, o u on . :. I n ot "Do t hi s. r j l Is "II • th is ,tilt l ·u by &.; I • f • li n ••s a.l I CL I' a. \ Vc a s.-;v c:atu c· cn .lin 1 \r 1,111 is cx tcn :i "'.l acts and th IH acts on sc ' ·<· a good nct • . h ( l'H. \ c H I I • t :> II•· - a.:l l Ill u. II the plcas llrllb" tl C: l' we r cca to dJnc to an 1. ' . I it illl ih.!l ls us fe l ing;; it g'U\'1 lb. ,lll c. of th e :H lt ll ' '· wi sh to do th e ri ght r le't l' ll r<' 1 · in g fe "l in 6H o P < • • • ·t tt·Lini ng tli S vi du ll that I I\ • • It bec omes c 1 ·t •t il th e agencl l'S I I \' 'e n au st ' n I» L oo tl J::: fty Jl an, ·. will t ow :t r .i s th e g · th at wi ll inc lm e the vc a· the mind. !t \lu s lc ha s f;re at p owe a 0 1 co ntrol c;. · C:J lll'a" es a nc so oth es, an! nHl t es , en t' . c chief me n:• , Sch ool son g<; affonl one o letnJ;::tUo n ::tl of di rC u ;:; ing ,Uu 11 tho: brav ery, mcnts 1\"at:o nal so n gs L and re ll gi 'JII · 1 y·tJLy indus l'Y < be patrict ism 0 ' ' .• this fa ct and · An I a l ?ve g in t :> !n ,.tll In to b t i ll musac, tl ld1 comp reh•2 nsicn of th e es tl bl ows to th o h·1 ve de alt d ea 1 ·• i nd ee d we c r • "popu laa· and shn llo,v great s ubterfu ge ol lch infests so man y. of mu sic, so-cal led.' w 1 w ill l esseu the b ·s·· Lak ew as.e w·e 1 th e o ur Ol TII" • • " b y. wa y o . f . " canned mU SIC . d €S II'e 01 graphophone.

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A ll the pent up f ee li n gs H·1W th·e ir n atwnal an s. given O ll l' v• : ins when \\'!' the bl ood cou ases , 1 d Ban ner" (If " Th e Sta a· Utla ng e f nnY h ea r " In -d ee r! the progpz ss o "A mea·i ca. • f civ ili zing agenci e:> al ong the Ji nes o . . Ar.. ex1 ·ts p ·ogr ess In mus•c. o-r t hi s

1 · J ew ish hasto r y. llJ JD g pa rall e m I T z.a ti on the IHLl'll rud er state of J ew as 1 c.1va 1 <. "' w h d but three st rin gs As th ey aclvano _ fi ad t he number in ca, e ased to seven, n · d the! •· bi "'h- fi ll y wh en th •2Y attame "' both in ci vil .and ':s lms we see th e numb er or stnugs J,l· to thirteen. But .wh en Isr ru:l be gan to r etro g rade th e n umber again decr eased until d evo ted to thr ee a ga in. A IJ that W IIS

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noiJI· ot tht' t: 1, ·pk lit,• and charact •r was lmpnrtccl to lll PII lh<• mu sic or th harp of in who><<' pn•:.:l'lll'<' the wild •!H hn •a st wa :.: calm<'d lnd cc cf , we ma y look to lh ' fo un tnl n -hcad or ali wi sd om lllld trut h for a fuil ca n ce of the \'al u t> or mu siC'. For rNIII th ese wo rds. th<' i1a rm on· l es of n Iff<.• w el l sp 11 1: " An ti I hPnrd a voice from h !':\ vt'n ii S t h • , ·oicl' of many waters .... a 11 d I h C'arcl tht• \'olce of hnrvcrs harpin>; with tl wlr ha rps. .\ nd lh<'Y Sllll f:" ns It '''e lP, n nP\\' \ nd no lll ' lll co uld loam that hill tlw hundred and forty and Four tiHln s nncf wh ich \\'{' r(' re· d ee med fro m tlu· "arth ." I lt•r <' W <' s • the manifold lll Ysll' J'!Ps of 1hl' h ere a fl •r u·a !H· rn ittecl lh rn

A ga in , let nw rc pPnt. th at the n•ry be st or a nation's a nd lh <· lndh·idnal's llfl' is tins

SO Often lOid i II SOII g'. And Whl•n W ,' r eC'lg'· nl zc thi s nnall t' r ahl t' f act and plael' mu s iC' ns a prcsc rih Ptl. and 11 01 a prosC' ril H• d

C()ttrsc In o ur sch ools, and accord it its Jli'Oi><'r Jllnc<' then ind eed h ave " -e mad e a <ll•cldt•d st ep to w ard advancement in our \'Ur lou :; CutTiCIII a.

Do<'s anr hi story wrl t!Jen· by man a1Iord a. d escription of U1e lon g in gs, the the ideals. the of any peoph•. tl!Ot thnt which is so i ntimately con· n cct •d wl 1It so n g, wh ere I srael in captivity mo urJH< his f!l llen es tate: '·By th e wnte•s or ilaiJylon. the t we sn t down, ye a, .ve wh en we rememb ered Zion. '\V e o ur h arps in the willow trees in the mi thereof. For they that carried us awny <'HPth ·e req uired of us a song; and lh l'Y th at wa ste d us requir ed or us mir th, he tln dR it n ecess ary to c rowd hi s w ay thru :.:ty ing-: 'Si ng us one- of U1e songs or Zion.' oil ow shalf we sing th e L ord 's song · in a strn nJ.:e land ? If I for get th ee, 0, Je t'li Sil· lem. let my right hand forget her c unnin :;. 1f 1 clo n ot 1·emem ber th ee l<! t my · tong.te 10 lhl? r oor of my mouth."

APICTUREOFPERU.

Th e tour i st ma y c limb the Ve rm o nt hill s. or tho dre am<'r •·es t bcn:zalh th e s hade or California tre es, or the IO\O? r of p;rand e ·t:• m ay gaze u pon :-.l lagara, and li ste n to ils mi gh ty J':>ar, bu t th e st ran ger wh o vi sf! s· the spot wh ere P·2 rn. Neh r asli.a, wa s foun t!· ed many yea rs ago. cares n ot to s ee hills mor e plct n•·z-s que than tho se of o urs, an· cient as the s un; no1· c an trees in any land h es tow mone sat is fying- shade .than th ose u pon old N -o nn a l' s cam pu s; the waters 0f cannot l.>rin g m ore pleasing mu sic to t:-<tr t han the placid of our Mis· !!-1 ttri. Peru, lik e the anci ent city of T'<> mrn ;; Is l.>ullt on seve n hills. and tho heanty of its scenet·y can n ot be strange r, coming to Peru in ea rly Septemb er. ma y well imagine that ·h.e has re.'lch cd the pa radi se of Nebraska. If he d eR i1ns ete l'ing upon a co urse of in tell ec· tu al Im p rovement, it is very probable t hat on hi s ani va l he find s the same locomotive that b ore him t0 hl s d estina t ion h as brou ght man.v others who at' <!' to hi s co· suffere rs In th e arena of men t al combat. As he stPps out upon the station platform a mass cf new -co mers. On •e figlll·e is In e vi rle11ce than ·a ll lh e t·es t. Thi s fi g ure is fonncl to represe nt a per so nage of ag ree able mnnn ers anrl slavish co nr tesv.

an cl who bears d1 e n ame of "Happy: Dil· Jon.'' Th e protec tor of his o: phalon Is h· bel ccl ''Expressman,'' and he i s. al ert in makin g eYeryb ody comfortable, . at the satllle time contt·acting to t ransfer all per· and all ba ggag<e to any part of th e c ity. Perch ance our stranger Prefer·s to jomney on fo ot th nt the ci ty to his te mp o· •·at·y ·abiding place He sets. out with a multilnje prec eding and following him. p eo pl e, everywh ere, yet not a face familiar. As he prooeeds thru the main th or ofa n? no skyscrapers co nceal the he a v· ens from his view; no noi se of street or huny in g cal.>s confus e his he aring. He ascends a slope. A s tat ionar y men·agerl e arou ses hi s courosity. He W•tl find on latet· investigation that it represents a salmn· g uncl! establishment where bit'd s of para· di s·e break the mo notony of quiet days.

A few. ste ps farthe r. h1e spies " Old Cn· r os.ity Shop," and· ''Pat 's head projecting thru the do orway pe ering up and do wn th e street to attract purchasers. The posto!· flee, rl eser ted now, on ly t-e vl ves In his mem· orv the Image of ·U golden-haired maid en, l ef.t behind , wlw pi'Omis ed to wri te ev e•r da y. Tom o now he wlll visi t t hi s oltioe to · ward eVte ning. and che pi cture it will th en n•·esent Is a multitude of lads and lass es,

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TUE NOl<MALITE.

in side and outside, waltlns wi th tyes and anxious n earts fo r t rue dlstrlbution of th e mail. Th e po sto f!lce w indow ope n s. Our strange r advances among othl!r stalwart lad s, and soo n re treats, tenderly placing a bit o! sache t-scen bW. statlone,·y within hi s Inner coo.t pocket. He walk s briskly to his room and di sco v ers tha.t the mi ssive as&u res him she r-e-ma in s fallbCul and !:hat the hours h ave length ened in to day.s since his face she sees no more. H ad glanced to right or left on his r etr eat, be In!ght hav e seen the Impulsive malden, -unli ke hi s fellows-sink Into the wi nd ow EJ;:at before Ieavin s th a. p osto fiice, has til y open with a hair-pin , an edve l ope b ea rin g her address In a firm masculine scraw l anrl r apidly scan the pases to the ad j ectives hi;.r sw ain ha s been abl e to utlll te

in exp r essi{)n of his faithful afiecllon. all t hi s· he sub se quently lz-a rn s in a daily pictu re at the postofiice.

But he procee ds on his journe y, ca.s ually gl ancin g .tbru the book store window where at Intervals during the y ea r he w ill come to Invest in history paper upon which pen the res ults of hours of brain str en u· t ty Across t·he street stand s the banlt, whtch may wel com-e. him in months to C.;me as he shall walk in to s well hi s purs e a check from home. l:llowly his wav wended up a saeond ascent. He ?u ses se t on hiiJ s wh>ere they cann ot oe l1 1{! · ho · • uses set 1n ho u ows in ob scurity· hou ses f · ' o an stzes and' styl es of archl t.Je t ure, with roo ms to r ent alJ the way the basement to the atti c.

Ou.r Dd estrian alr ea dy ob se rves t hat in mtenest of hi s ph ysi cal equilibrium, it IS well to keep his eyes fixed upon his pathway, loes t at any moment he may come in con tact with a stair-cased precipice, or d euncomfortably an abrupt declivity. He. tolls on patiently. At l ength th e Acropolis of Peru is reached, and the Nebr aska Parthenon, tho not Dor ic In Its styloe of a rchitecture, meets the teyes of our pedeqtrian. He stops-and In ecstacy be gazes There stand s b&fore him, No rm al Hall, th e most antiquated stru cture on th•a- campus

To the ri ght is the Cha pel, which has a place awaiting him. To his l eft Science Hall, In which durin g the ens ut ns year he will receive a squ i nt of natuna-'s wond erfu l creation. Within a stone's t hrow is an e di· fl ee known as th e "New Lihrary." He looks up at t:he lo fty trees t oweri ng toward the clouds an d d ecHtnes t hat bran ch es n ev. -er grew more gr aceful. His eyes drop to the vel vety su rface bemeath, and a ssert th at grass was never more richly gr-ee n. He is awakened from his enchantm ent by th e

mu slc::tl riJIJll of t lH · fountain' s s pray. For a h is mln ,l r esorts to s pcculntlon on the ruture. Aln·ady I H· Hl'CS tlr so me str u ggles In stor • l ot· hln1, and battl es hl be lost or won. II • sta rt s on. Jl ls sU.:JlS quick n until hi s t ·wplJI'ary home fot· Lhe year )s rcac h ccl. Tit · fin ds him a sc ' JH.IIng the sll' JIH ltllo :\onnal ll a ll. ll cro he I':: Ill ·rs u po n a s<. a son of II H' ll t al aCtl \•lty. He likens th e s pa c10 us hn ildi ng to th e Mys tic .\1aze, and amid 1 he n lulti_tu dc, h .! gropes about, end<.•a\'Oi n ).; lo find a, B7. u: J!:1.1 con so led in cll sco n: dn g ot h •r pilgrim :> as hin ts 1!'. \\'f tllin a Cew cln :.·s he uon s a nll lita ry uni fon n. is intr od u ced to a cyan id e ja r. an !·l m;u·.·IH•s _fo rth b: come the of hul tP rflt cs b01 n et:>,

I f ·1 few week s

ad Ull lll bl ebu s. A l Lh l• '· IH 0 • · hi s mind Is a conf us ion of llaml ct in nn ,n· se ct n et Ophelia in a cya nid e jat·, Co l eoptera a p,p ea rin g u c-rot·e Frau le in HYJJI OII· o ptera as D ip tcra's g 11 os t on a h igher v 1 t· Th e fi n;t semes ter clo scll, 0• gNH a 10 11. · • t l eav in g him In don l)t if he ha.;; a n11n.a 1 le tr th e a ll , and he vcn ll t t·es to wo nc 1 • Aen eid Is infll cli ng a ps yc hul og acn l pr ess ion up n hi s gynts 111 know s tha t "Ga ll ia est o:nnas cla vt sa partt·es tre s ," and inf et·s t ha t th e or hillin g bool<s In the m ay be 10 1 1 rr ·s me thod Is ca li zell in pm ca f g a tH . ' ts t'l found too gene t·a l when lt c a tte mP • 1 1h •tt a cat h ns IH·ove by s in es an ll co-s n es ' i t ex 11r essiOol· t en tafi s and hi s eaoc ut oH ool ess he Is t·e prov:ed [oy· di sturbin g . H' . fo rlll'' l' hi s neig hb ors in th e l tbra ry. .'s grammati ca l l<nowl ed ge is ro nnel macc Uinto as he l ea rn s t ha t certain ve l·bs such! . s W R ·nes Fr es Ware, Wade, Fo ster, a ss, al • ot Re id Linger Ro.l.Jb a nd Wy nn e pa rtal< e • ' ' IJ f He Is prop e rtie s he neve t· kn ew e :> I e. al so taught In Peru N ot·mal th at th le HI· '''h ·te Gr-.a cn. je ctives, Moore, Yo un g, n 1 ' to Stl·ong and Low e are too n earl y pe rfect · arrow ad mit of compa ri so n. Hi s pt·evwus Ih _ id e·a that Coo li es c am e from t 1I•3 Ori ent :., overthrown wh•zn he di scove rs .one inten se ly Cau cas ian. In th e public scbo ro be was ta ught that el evations of land in anim ate, but here he sees Kno ll s hi s own ey>e-s moving about every d ay. does not have to go fa rth er east to upon the Saint, L aw r ence, nor acro ss tho ocean to fin d En gla nd The seniors tell him they have evoe n found the la nd of Go· shen on thi s sidle· o•f th e Mi sso ur i.

He is -e n ab l •e d to di scove t· a Coon di sh!· terested in the r ace qu es tion, a P. ennY vn l· ued at th ir ty ce nts; P ay n es th at are ures ; a Tt·otter th at n eve r gt·aced a tracl<; a Blank tha t occuni es · s pace; an nn· l:na te ·J House; two Beaches a tb ous.:n: I

miles rront IH 't•nn: a llt•tTy that is ,. way s in seaso n; Silt' pards who du not h erd lamb s; a Zl nk that Is n ot a mlnl•t·:tl; .l Pa ge t ha t wa s nl'\·t·r l'twlo,.;t-tl within :\ book. unci a man who drl'S:'l' :-: in ft•mininc appare l: and h<• ,..,. s H ays wh n thi.• sky ts c loud ed, and a l'\' l'r prcs..'tll.

Th e yea r a. l van cps rapidly and our obse rn:r ca n no t long-Pr ht• t :> rnte tl a st rnn!!;· e r, bu t has g rown to h<' a part of the ln stltu llon In which he nlO\'l'S and lin's. H is Inven to ry of th e pa st months t.J him many fam i li ar pi ett t rl'S lit' will ncn•• Corget Pr.s id nt C'r ah trl't' H>' lH' him in his o fTi f'l' aftl't· clay. cv ':'r ren cl y to a ss ist su liH' tt·o tt llled sl tHicnt , o s moother sai l in g-. II <• think s or. thc

Heg istrar as a bu sy man \V ho sm il es as oft en as he ca n; \\'hos t' pa ll• n f!C' ca nn ot h C' s urpasse d, Th o 'tis so h:t tTH >iSC' d: Wh o kn ows eac h :'\o rm :tlite by n11n 1e

A nd ne'er doth h t' forg"t'l th e sam e.

The h ea d of th e m :t them a tica l drp:tdmc:n t he rr me mbet·s thu s:

Pr of. J Tow le's ma t hen ta t ical fa ce ls g arni shed by a H e' ll te ach ou all you n t' cd w kn ow.

I•f yo u' ll te n cl to

Upon th -e h•? a .1 of a not her dc pa rt men t mu ses:

Mi ss Elli s l nves ) te ll her ' 'f o ll,s."

A nd th ey de li ght to he ar Th ose n ever-endin g hi story jok es no th s imple a ncl sevene

He b as a Jlc r ce pt of Prof essot· Hart, as he si ts up in f ro nt

Anrl rend ers goo d ad vi ce ; Hi s wo rk is m:)l'e than ju st a st un t, No on e wo ul d m is s it t or C\ 11r ice.

An d h ea d or the Eng ti sh d epartment he portray s:

Mr. Sear so n a ssumes no ai1·s, Though co rru gate d ban gs he w te a rs ; When b efore his cla ss h e's 'bout to ri :o0, He clea rs 'Il ls t hrof t ·and bli n ks his eye:-; ;

In to hi s p ock et shm ·es his thumb , A si gn of som zt hin g good to com e.

Our fri e nd s mind now fli ts to occasio ns th at at·.e i mpri nted u po n hi s memory, as .the f ootball seaso n, wh ere the Pe ru team won fo ur ren owne d vidor i es; the rous i.l g deb abes where oratory and .argu ment so fo rcible as to sh atte r the w ind ow the Phll oma th ean an d soc ie ti es , wheneh is hnn ge t· for li terary c ulture was the r ec eptions in the gy mn .as-

itun nnd ot h er social functio ns where the ga m es of hi s boy hood dny s we re rev i ved. Th e incr>e·asin g nffi nits or ce rtai n yo un g men ror certain maid ens has n ot escal>')d our observer's oti ce, .and he h as distin ct· ly imaf:ed a double quartet that b as l eas ed the , -ern nda of :\l oun: Ve mon Hall.

Jlow distinctly he pictu res th e hall of !\I t. \ 'ernou

\\'h ere r osy cheeked mai dens do stu dy a nd play;

\\'h ere g irl s n e'e r k ee p late h <Xtrs, bu t are up in th e morni ng

A ll ready for cl asses at dawn of day.

I row di stin c tly he pi ctm >es tl1e hall of M t. \' e rnon,

\\' hen Su nday nrriYes and a ll qui et's the hu m;

Th:e bringin g or "C o mps"-curosity

And each girl wo n derin g wh en h .e r t urn wi ll co m e.

l row di sti nct ly he Ili ctures the ha ll of l\R Vernon,

\\'hen win ter d ra ws nigh a nd sn ow covers the ear tJ1 ;

The g irl s are see n b obbin g, w hi le sleig hl.} zll s m ake mu sic,

An :l jo in in creati ng the fro lic and mi rth.

l row cli sti nc:Jy he pi ctu r es the ha ll of M t. V E:> rn on, \Vh eu spri ng d ays are here a nd a ll'.> ch ee r fu l and bri gh t; Th e bi rds chant the ir so n gs on the Hall ':; char min g ca mp us

A nd ev.ery gir l's ho eart Is me rry and Jl g ht.

Ho w di s tin ctly he pi c tures th e hall of l\l:t. Ve rn on,

Wh en s ummer d ays co me a nd vac ation's at h·an d;

The r oo ms are d ese r te d, and the ha lls are a ll sil ent,

Fo r th e girls are then sc a ttJ2ned thruo nt C' ur broad la nd.

Th e year cl oses Th e sa me l oco m otive wh ic"ll bore o ur stranger th ith er, b ea rs o ur f ri e nd away ,-richer menta ll y, ph ys i ca ll y, an d p urer spir itua ll y.

In years to co m e, wh en he h as ' ne:tth many sk ies. and feasted his vision u po n n-a tu re 's m ost exquisi te IYest ow ment ;;, he w ill o fte n re fl ect upon his pi cture of P er u, where the s un shin es a li ttle bri ght· e r; wh•e t'Z the air breath es a little freer ; where s tud e nt co m pan ionship Is a ll t tl e dearer than upon any other earthl y spot.

THE NORMALITE

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Publ is h ed by THE STATE NOR MAL SC HOOL

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S·rE RU Nr. M II'I'Z

E rl i tot·-i t1-C I1ie f :\ :<soc i::tl t' Ed itor Li tct·ary

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As s is ta n t M :w a ge t·

At th ls fi2 US::m of the year ma ny co mn:it· t ee mee t! :Jg.; are bein g held, a ll of w ht ch the tl :ne of mem bet·s, eve n. wh -e n held pr :Jn1j)t ]y on lim e. nut wh at IS tb e r.sul t wh·en me mb ers are fr om ten to fif· tren min!! P.3 l at ? in ani vin g'? A ll ap· p:; !n tmea ts sh" nll IJ :J p r::J mp tl y m et, for th e hablts we f :J rm n•Jw will he ch•amcte r· lslic -r r o ur a cto n wll'::m we lea ve school. " !F you h av e th e slow ha bit, Jet it go."

Th e fi r st i ss ue oE our p:1per se ems to ha ve bee n well r eceived by our M•any wor :s of co mm .en da ti on h av 2 co m ·e to us, whil e f ri ent).) y cr:J'i ;):s m 'h as ·b ee n fr om v arious so u rc es. Th e department co · ltors and corr espo nd•c n ts d•:se rve m uch credi t f'J r th eir wo rlc vV e nee cl co rres pon cle 'l ts ft'011 each cla ss and each or g-ani z:t.· ti Ofl :n sch oc l and wit•h such aclrl itions to our working f:> rc e the paper w ill be gJ,eatJv lmp ro:v ecl. Cl asses n 'O t re11 r ese nte ll should s£e to it tha t th ey have a c on eele el e:! or .ap poi nte:! IJ efore th e nnxt i ss ue.

It is desi re !or power and h-nowled ge b eyou\! o ur capa city which cau ses us to fa ll. \ \' e on:-r-est imntc our cat>ab ili tJcs; and failto accomplish w hnt we thi nk we ought. WP !!'! ' '" np in d es t1alr " I\:now t hysel f."

All th l' studen ts of t he Norm al joined i.l Pr<! s iden t r abtr ec a :\Ie rry Cl! rl stma:; br him wi th ca lib rary ch at!·.

P rC'sidl' nt Crabtree's though ts are -nlways flr:::t and the b est for his stu den ts and U1ey, in th is mnn nl'r too k "r ca1 pl easure :n th ir 1\ jlpt ° Cintion of his reody Ill' I

\\'ith our new lib mt·y co m pleted anrl ll !!h ted so th at we u ow h ave, both d ay a nd n i l!h t. on <! of the b est r ead in g r oo ms of th e Rlate it wo u ld be well to consi der car>eful· ly Ru ski n's w ords abo ut r ead in g: ·'Do yo u kn ow th at if yo u read t hi s you can't 1hnt'? As li fe is sl10 rt and the quiet ho urs bH t fe w. we sho11l d spend no tio1e in r en d· \·a JHl' less b :>o ks.''

There has just b ee n i ss ued from this sch oo l the ccn sti tu ti on of t-he National An t:- Ci ga r ette a nd To ba cco Lea gue Thi s cons ti t ution is the b as is of a pl an to l)Ut the we h ave long b ee n teach!n;;, in to The f oll o wi ng pr eampl e sets forth in a general w ay thoe pu rp ose of the l eague.

Belie vi ng tJhat in the re fraining fr om the u se of tob ac co in any fo rm men in th e te a ch ing pr ofe ss ion have a more wh ole· some in r estrai ning yo uth from the u se of ci garet tes and to bacco; a nd be· lieYi :\g th at it is th e du ty of eve ry teac h er to set such an exam ple b ::! fo re his sch ool, as w ill tend to th e pu pils to em ulat <! th e hi gh es t moral, in tellectual, and ph ysi cal i deal s; we t il e studen ts of the Sta te N o:·· mal Sch oo ls of the U ni te 'l S tates, do h P.reiJY fo rm our se lves in to an associ ation, th e chief Otbject of which So1.Jall be to disco nr· age .and proh ibit the u se of tobacco amo 11 g th ose who a ne to b eco me teac her s, principals and supet·in tendents in the publi c sch oo ls of o ur stat es, and ror our gov ernment do ad opt the fo Jiowiog consti tu tion and by-la ws :

We a !'e gl ad that o ur sch oo l h as take11 th e ini ti ative ·in this ma tte r, a nd we hope othe1· state no rm als w ill qu ick ly follow.

THE NOI<i\J ALIT E.

II Jtssociations II

As the year of 1907 progresses, m ay the success anu growth of each associ ation be such that oe acb Individual may me rit that approval from above, "well don e.''

With th e f ee lin g that a new year h as begun tll e Chrislian a sso ciat ion s h ave, wllh renewed e roargy and pers everance, ta ken up their work !or th e remaind er or the year.

Thi s Is ln di!ed for <the anvironm ent an!l 1 ' mora so ul of s uch orgJn· lza ti ons brigh tens anti bene fits th e life of the stud ent with a harmony In kn owing ancl with lhe life us that can oi>tal ne:l thru no oth er source.

_Tthhe members of each asso ciation hav P WI unlirln ' lh g work, a!lvan ced lh2 work r1 f tb a asso ciation until at th e prese nt rt.l me c records or the ft rst se m ester show ·,t m arked atlvan vlot ce over the WOI'k o! any [lre- IS seme ster in th hi elations. e story of the asao -

Jl.

Y. M. C. A.

One of the · · a sso ciation for asp irations of the up of a r oo m f s year has been the IHti ng It Is now or association In readin ess 1 - · open in g will occt J an l the formal 1r anuary 13.

One of the most e j rear to the y. M C 0 oyab le tr.eart:s of the en by P rof. A. was the "talk" gi v[ore the Christma 1 th e. l ast Sund-ay I.J ep f B s vacatiOn ro rownel! -a l ways h . va lue and one that 1 as a m essage ,lf s practical.

Arran gements d I <an nual state co n venti e egates to rt.he 27th !urn bus, February 6 be ·held at C.:>'fh e l'ollowlng men ' ave b een mac] :'! fl cfa l d-e l ega t es : were elected as ofMess rs. C. B. M oore C Swen son, Grant, 0 J · ?lin e, Bert • · 1. Akers.

Om first m eeting of th ma1·ked su ccess, bo th a-s toe was a tend·ance and th e genuine Y. M large shown. · C. A. spmt

R ev. Tyl er conducted the m eet'ln mo st able way g In a f Afitftthe close of th e m eeting t he nam.:s o een members w;ere add ed to the membersb1p li st, wh i ch bad alre-ady e xceede d th e number of any previ ous year.

Y. W. C. A.

TIH • ''T\\'1• 111,\' t·a c·t <Ill .Janu· ary lith. c· .l.tpan an I tla• hrl:5· tian work thc·n· aflonl•·d a \ aluahlt• nmolll\t or lnforma :i Ill I I th < s. \\hI all ntlcll.

Th e• lllhll' and :\JI!u; ion study cl nsscs tHI· jo u rnc d two Wl'f'k s lu·fon· t !11• h olidays. Th e work In the• :> <· <"l:a ss •·s w:1s l't ' Hil lll • tl wl:h ln crca Hc I ;wal at the · Ju or the new year.

J.;v{'ry a st>ncla t i m gir l s hould 1\ f f!O i pr a.rc·r c·a,c·nll ar. T wo tl <l Zl' ll ha,·e o ln ·:uly bc·c n df s ro ·•· I of an I a n <'''' onl ·•r wl!t lw s< nt in sn ou. Th t·s eal p nclars Will h2 h (•) p ru 1 t , ,,.,11. 1 nwl<i n o ut· dail y ni blc r eadi ngs JU'ofitaiJI<·.

memh ·1·s of th<· c:>lll· mi:1tec W('l"' vc.ry hu s.r gi rl s just h l' f 1rC the ho lida ys. Th c y sC' II l g:·l·c·tings to all th e a s-soc ia ti ons in the st at e• '!'h eY :ll· s0 mad•• a lar ge on i<'l' f 'l l' and sofn pi li 'JW lo p s, w hi ch \\'l 'l' <-' d i:·qnsr tl of \ 'NY r ea dil y.

1\ t the IJ egi ll !l in g or 111 is n f' \\' y<': lr we t<' · so l ve to st l'i vc fo 1· gl'( at C' r in o ur

Y. \V C. A. wo r l< ltK Ul W C' h av e yet real· ie r! L e.l u fl., as a s!;oc ia t inn m:ll\ e ou r inuivl<lu al li ves co unt for mm". s pi rltu niJy, t hi n y ;a ar t han lh C' Y ha ve c•vc· r done IN· fore, a nd by so tl em on s L!·al c th at our re li gi on is •a rea li ty to us.

· \Ve a1·e son·y t:> Jose o u1· t 1·easurc l·, .111 ss Th eo la Linn , who IHLS ta l\ _n n p'l· s!•tio n in the Nc b,·asl••a City sch oo ls. ,\s cha irm an O[ th e fin ance C011111litt ee, 1\liSS Linn l1 a.s an •z ffi cient an rl fai t h[ul wori<C l' Her vacancy will be fill ed by l\1i :>S Ne lli e Ocngsto n, wh o wa.s r ece ntly ele ct ?cl by the •a ss ociati on [ :J r th e nn·e xpir e cl te rm.

On D ec e mb e1· 9th wa s a mc ogn it ion ser· ..J/ vi ce tor o ur new m emb ens, wh ich was one J cr th e m ost in s pil·ir:g m eetings of <the yc:u·. Mi ss Elizab e th chail·nHlll of th<e memb en:hip committee, Jerl th e sc ,·vico a nd welcom ed the n·ew me mb•? l'S in to our Towa rd ,the cl ::::•se of the meetin g, whi le the pi a n,i st pl •ayed sof tl y. ''Ne<l"· e1· My G od to Th ez ." the g i1·1 s who h nv e joi ned the a sso ciat ion this ye a1· for the t1 1·st ti me, m arched in Hn e to the fr -:mt ·lf the r oo m and \'vere e ach p1·esent..:: d an n5· soc i ation con stituti:m by th e me mb ershi p comm i tte e. At this time we have a hunt!· r ed an d fifty .me mbers who have ·enro!l crl with us thi s yea r fo1· th e fi1·st Y. W. C. A. worl<, ·malcing o u1· mcmb c 1·s hiv now ov::r two hundre d.

Th £'

Cathol ic Association.

Plt•t'l ion nf otTil' r:< of 1lw ar.socla tlon wa,- II I I In 11, <'"Ill h··r. T'w o ffit•t·rs wt·rt· •·lt·<·to·tl: l'n·"i.t nt.

Ry an; \'i C't· p l'f•sido•nl \11 "" sccr c ull'y, r: 11· asur.•r. Kc ll<' Y.

Hc v. F ln tH'Y of \11 h 11 rn. i ll'ltl sp•·· \'I Ces In l't•rn Sa 111rd ay nr ornin l.! D t'<'C lll hl'!' l::i , at lh {' ho nH' of \Ir s I at· I;, tor I h • i ll" I·

Cflt Of til l' lll!'llliJ ' I'S of lht• _:-.. OI' Il l :l i l'a ti hlli l' a ::.socin 'lon. Fa tlw r \\i ll h ol d :<Pr· \'Ices In !'(' I'll Ol l<' t' al'i1 mnn1 It fo r tl u.• 1· • cr or t hl' r.

Athenian.

Slw h lS pr,)SIH'r nrs art \\'hen sh £' wi ll pla y with n a"on and tJi;,; C :l lll',;(' , An I w :: ll !' he e:tn p1 I'S II;HI P. -Sh ai;t•s p an •.

:\lu ch In len st ha s IH• 11 manife ::;l .:> d :n the soc lo ly th is _\'( ar :11 11 1 \\' (' a n' co nfi dent or 'Its C .nt in \I:VlC t• ll lldl'l' t lll' a hit' ment of cur Il l' \\' o ffi <'• n ;.

1'h eo la :\1. L ynn Yi cc·pr csi ci c! tt cr o ur ac c<' p led a p :> si li on m the :"\el>ras ka Ciiy Ly nn w as one or our· m osl .a ilhf lli and abl e wor;;: e,·s and will be gn: ally mi se I by the soci<'t y.

On Dec e mb er 1:-th the A•the nian s-:>c ie:y el ec ted lhc for the e n· s ui ng lwEI \'C \\'U>io;; : P resident. Be ll e Bole· j ock; vic :J·prcsiclen l: Van\Vyni;J ;:- ; scc r el.nry, \Vilm a Cl in e; 'lre :15 ure r. Lilli n:1 A llen; cr iti c. :vlary K. Smith.

Len ora La: .vrcn::e. Belle Bol e jock •an d Mau de Yo lut :n w ill re pr esr n•l t.he At! lcn ians In th,z. pr eli mi n ary cit: ba t es Th e two Al hc nian s w ho e ntered the pr el imin· ari es last yea r b oth wo n plac es on the lntcr st a te, and a su ccess o::: qua 1 to t hi s is anU::ipatetl !'or t bis yea r.

G:iceronian.

The se co nd in tor- so ciety d•e-bate was he ld in Mu sic anrl Expres sion h all on Sa t urday. eveni ng, Dcce miJ er 8th, 1906. Th e question debated was:

Reso l ve d. That C ub a shou ld be annex c cl to the l J. S.

TIH' wn s ably maintained H ya n. a nd Hanison, whil e 1ho' .\ were ably represented on the m't.:atl \' e s ide by :\risscs Blankenship, K n•hs an t! mith . winning lhe the ju,l l!<'$ ))y a vo te of one fo r the aiiirmnth·,, an 1 two fo t· th e

Tl11 • wa s \' Cry ably di scussed by both ::; hit's which showEd Ute good, system at ic wo rk in the preparation. There \\ : 1:-: no qu il>hlin!! oYer the spec ial issue and at'1 1 :> ill l' :;howe ll the ir roodiness to de bate tht' >II st rictly on its m eri ts

in the elect ion of officers f or the wiutP. r tt•rm \\'. Ryan w as E lected pre.:;ido' nt and J. T. _-\ke rs re·el ected rary n·HJ t r£' nsure t· of tb soc i ety. In the L• h •c ti ,m of :\l r. Ryan to Ute presidency <'f 1Itt> l"iccron inn ebnling society we b '3 \·e m; Hi t' no mi stak e. A lth ough a new stud e nt \I r 1\. ,·an hns show n b,· his ncti\·e wo r l;: .1S ;1 ;ll'h:ILC'r and fnithfni membat· of C icero 1h :1t ht• is lh<' r ight man in the ri ght pla ce

Th ere is n cl ecp in te r est in the debalir.g worl\ or' the sch oo l. anrl in terest it'!· Cl'l' ases as th e Lim e for the preliminary j<'· L.t , l' 5 at whi ch tim e Ule cout l's: nn ls for the in le r -state will oe ch ·.;rn.

e\·: ry m em ber of Prof. Searson';; t!Pba in !!; h as e:ltered the pre limin· :u i r,_ , a n.l a l arge number ou ts ide the lnti r:g- ba\·e r eg i st ered an d the co ntests throu gh:mt promise to be very in· ll'l'es ti ng. 'flu ? to ta l numb er r egi stered is thirty -: hrce--o ne more t han regi ste red al th e nn l\·ers ity.

l• o il ow in g is the list of questions and de· h:t lc rs:

Rc so l\' cd, That a po rti on of o ut·nn ti onn l 1·evennc !' h ould be rai se d by l ay in g a tnx on inh er it ed wea lth .

A!Ti rm at!vc : L?n or e Lawr en ce, .J. <\. Geo. Bl ess in g, Wan eJ\ S. Cool;:. Negative: Augu st Eggenberge r, S. J•'. :\In tz, .T. C. 1\litch e ll , Geo. l!,;. Knoll.

H.ezol ve d Tha t th r ee -fm uths or .a jno' shoul.l be ;1\ ack! competent to re nd er a ve r· cl i ct in oall crimina l cases.

Affi r ma t ive: C. i\1 . Penny, Maud Yocn m, Ellen Fr edrickson ., E. K. Gross.

' eo:;-1.t ive: D. "· Young, J oy Mor gan, R. D. Mn t.7.. Earl Klin e.

R eso l vecl, That lhe system of di rect primn,·irs sho ul d rcpla oa th e caucus a nd con -

VtlntJo n system In the no mlnnlJOn of co un ty an st ate officer s.

Affldmative: Earl Hadsell, Lewis Col l.l, C. E. Den so n, C. G. Phillip s. Negative: W. L. Dunton, ;\l. \V. llya 1, J. T. Akers, P. B. Ruch.

That th e while Citiz ens or the so uth ern states are justified in tak in g all measures 'to m ai n tai n the ir p olitical supremacy.

Affirm ative: Vera ill. Cr av en T.:r Snowde E , r. A. N n, '· K. 11urst, Dol ejock. 1 eg>atlve: C. P. Patter so n C n M ,.. Chas G A • · · oor..,, · · mmo n, Louis J. Kno ll.

Mr. Albert Gilb e rt.

II

[itmry Socitfits II

The

Philo mathean Reunion

th The Philomath ean pr·ogram committee aa arrange(] a New Y ea r 's reunion program to be h.Eicl J anuary 1. was arhan'd to give -this maUl21' entire! In to the D s of former Phil omath ea ns Professor uncan son of tb I Mrs Jo e c ass of ' 86 presided, and as S .e Yt of the first graduating class acted en• ary Thl ' ' s pr og ram was uni que ln talks, 'I he part consis ted vf ma t he g fla mlm scence s -by ex-Ph iloans, r eading ette f r'Jm Philomath ' rs ana m essages th e United S E}ans of diffen;mt parts <•f f:las Th t-ates, w ho sent th eh· gr eet• <> • 1! soclet b of Miss L _Y ad secured the serv i c-Js g Bld l of Kan sas City who ave readin gs rro "B • Briar Bush f m es Jde the Bonn1e program Mis or the second part of th e a}Ji li ty. She is Bell is a reader of rare on e tiillJ"- w s a graduate of 1871, and at mal a member of the State Nor-

The Philomathe Invi tation to th Ean society extended an with t.hem i soci ety to jorn M' n hstemng to the r eading by I SS Bell, ana at ll a-cgss both j ourn ed to th M societies acle uslc and Expres s! h II 'I'hi s m eeting will 1 b on a · I o ng e reme mbered .JY a I present and it Is h oped that th establl slmu by the -soci ety thi e cu s tom lag N y s Year·, of havew ear 's Reunion progrnm, w lll be contmued. In all the letters react d givert by former Philomatheans • than talks spi rit wa h • e same s s own t hat Is in th e society at th'e present time-tb!l-t every tru e Phll oma th ean, when ever ca lled upon is ever r eady to respond to t hat call. '

A F ew Extract s.

Taken !rom a few of th e letters by th e p resl dPn t of th t· Ph ilomathean s <>clety, to be •·cad at th e :--= cw Y ear 's Reunion program:

":-.icw Year 's Vh ••lomaUl e an s. In who se prog r ess I am alway s Tel egram recci veC! from :\ I i ss Es te ll e Grnh am. '96 , \\"-2 ath e rfo rd. Ol<l aho mn.

" It would me g•·c nt pl c Hs ure to atte ll d your re unj on Philo night, .January J 907. It would carry me back thirty a nd more, to the 1•'.-iday nigh ts rf "II •··h,..n I wa s a •'h i!,J.tl:tth an. Miss Ly di a Be ll wa H at t ha t ti111 c u me mb e1· cf soc ie ty , a nd as sh e is to i.J c pr ese nt at y our m eeti n g, r am s ure you ca n :; p are the of us .' ' C. \V. fllacl<bur n, '7 8, Omaha , N bra s ka.

"From he•· prairi es , he 1· fel'tile valley s, her m agnificent l'ivc•·s, s ul>lim c wa t -z rfnll s and he •· glo ri ous mountain pe ak s, Mon tana send s gr eetings tn ll1'3 'L ovc •·s of Le arnin g.' " J. II. \¥alk er; '87, Mi ss o ul a, 1\luntana

"Cf all th e fo nd me mories ha ll ow ing ou•· alma m at12 r, the fond e st a1·e those eve nin gs In lhe h :l lls of th e P hil o's. Our home Is now at Rockyfonl, Colon1. do, the Iar.<l r.f perne tu al M•·. and Mrs. T. P. Do bbs. '94, and Mrs. Bel le P·a•l'ldlll rst Eld · er, '98.

" It was with pleas ure th a-t 1 r·ecelved !\ st atin g t hat th 121·e would be a. J·eu ll· ion pr ogram of L11 e P hil o math ean soc ie ty, on Fl'iday evening. J·a'11ua 1·v a, J 907. Althou gh I shall be many m. iles a way from you , I shall be with you in thought, nt l east. On Dece mber J 2, UJO o, l ohaged 111 )' signa tur e from Mi ss Minnl•e I'•:·y to Mrs. Fr e derick V. Phinney.'' M•·s. F•·ede ri cl< '/. Phinn ey, 1900, Wallace, Td·aobo.

"vVe chl!:'ri sh in memory the Philomathean soc iety and long to be 1H'2S'e nt at th e re uni on." Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kin g , '95, '9 2, K earn ey, Neurasl<a.

"I send the be st of wi sh es to a.J I alumni atld pre sent me mbe1·s." Libbie Henry, '97, Ithaca, Nebraska

"I wish T cou ld b•: with you instead , of send in g a le tt er, but t hat is not pos s ible. I am teaching in Denver a nd I -Iilce my worl( ve ry much. And now, be cau se you are b!'a s lcans, and becau 513 you ar e Nonnalites, and esp ecially bec ::.n se :: - :J :!re Ph il o's, I

wish to In sc rib e Jl•'r"•lll:tlly a,; Y<lllr friend." Serep la Crnbtrc 0. '! '" · :.!Ill F r:lnklln slN>ct, Den\'er C'olora.Jn

" To the Phll onwthcan,;:

From California. land of ll ow,•r,;, At pr esent dre nclwd with hc •a ,·i••::ot of ::;howers,

for mal gr eeli ll !;>' I c•xtPntl 'ro former class ru atC' se h ool rna t l.' fl'il'lltl

Who gather in th e Phi lo hall And answer to the roll-eall. As by-gone day s pass in In spirit I am st ill with you. And bid you with n h l'art s i11 cer0 God speed th roug-hou l th<' coming- y ear

That In your ran l;s 1 co un t as Is joy to Ch ar l oltC' tl al\'or sl' rr.''

Oakd al e, Cali for n ia. D Pc. :.! !1. l !JllG.

:\l r. Ray Gates. who \\':l S r P<'Pnt Jy C'lect£',1 prin cipal of the sC'hools wa s pn•sent at the 1·eunion m iug-. li e wa s es p ecIa ll y welcome by hi s f C' IIow m emhe: .; :\T r.

Gale s wa s el ec ted prP si l c• nt at. ;' •<' h t• gi'tnln g of lh•e fall te rm It wa s thru hi s work , together with that oi th<' C'XCt• l· lent prog r am co mmi lt ,' <'. that th e of l hl s fall h ave re achPd such a hig-h st: udi· ani. \Vhil e the soc i C'l Y fPlt th • l oss of :\l r. Gates \\'hen he wa s callc• cl to oth er ar ul l1i gher fields o[ Ia I.Jor. it wa s fort unate In h avin g so sl rou g- a \'i ce·JP':os itl ?nt ,, s Rena Han ey , who hns l\cnl the \\' Jrl' up to the hi gh sta ndard set Ga tt-s. Miss Ha11 ey is an wo rk 0r :r n<l a dcvo lie d P hil om alhea n. ll i :; large ly U;··u h l' r efforts that the re union progr;;111 wa s a grand su ccess.

.:J.

Ev er e tt S ociet y.

A question is o fle n asl<ed \Yhy st u dee • ,: who have done gooll class wo l'l< <. om et inws mak e a failut'C in al'ter li fe, arHl s0 me stu!le:lts who h ave n ot di f; l i:1;; ui shed th em· se l ves In cla ss worlc have m C't \Vt! l great success. Careful inquir y in :; > th e his tor y of such cases wi ll discl ose lhc fact tl1.1t the st ud ent w ho m eets wi lh th P. ll Ccess In life is the stu dent who does good cla ss wot·k and wh o also wa s a factor !n the life of the scho ol which he att':lncled He appli ed hi s knowl ed ge in evl'r Y o pp ort uni ty Th e purp ose or li terary 3:1Cieti·3S Is to provid e one av•en ue fo r the apv:icatiun of knowledge Th e stud ent wh .1 acl· or such t hings is the on e who makes an impressio n upon sociel.y ill latr.r years Th e student who negl ect,; op-

pnrtuni:y whitt• in school wi ll be f·mn1 in o.ll<'r Yt•ars to be wond e rin g why h' is not nw ,•t with thC' s uccess tltal oth e rs hn Ye. .\ lar;;e of the studenl!' tww in nttt•n l:mc.- at the Sta te X or:nal r.re reco:;nizinf: this fact. :\lore of th em to rl'<'llplizc i t. Th e student wh o docs n ot is \\' Orki ll f:' ,.:q u !\ rC']y agai n st O[ th E' [Und n· m0 ntal factors or sociology.

Th l' litt'rnry society spirit w as t.:n•:\l<'r than it is at the }>resent time in the tnte X ormn l. two socictiC's haYe th,• g-reat e st membership in the history o! t h C' ::ochool. The programs of cadt .lf t.he :<,lt'i,•t i l'::; h:we l.J e>,? n marked by st rl' lll!th and in s trucli \·e rht'J'(' is :t friend ly ri ,·a Jry l.Jetl\ ecn the two s ' <'i ti C';; , wh lch sho uld exis t, yet l.J oth sn· C'it•ties h:t\'C lnkut pai ns to sh ow to each o1h l' r professi ona l courtesy Tiw Sl'ntim C' nt prc \'ail s in th ese societi•!S t'.lat thl y sho u ld work tog eth-e r in ever y pos,.:ibl<' way to prom ote the highe st Jl'.>:>sil.Jle I it t rnry s pirit in the sch oo l. 'l'o e nd t ill'Y h:we :urangcrl for a join t literary p o·o(lhe lln le of th is p rogram to l.J€ :m1\'lUII ' l' tl 11 e xt mon t h). Th e pe rform ers un this progra m 111\\'C alr eady b eer; ch os en a'ld ar c e arnestly at w ork in the ]Jr epa rati on o£ what is beli e Yed will prn\'e to bo !.n C' gr eat· ._ :;t li te rn ry l' \'ent of the y-ea r.

The E,·erl'tt soc i ety, in i ts Cbr i stmn5 ;; rog-ram this yea r, departed from the cu : to m or other ye ars in th at it rend er ed the usual litera ry prog ram on th e l ast Frid ay ev cm· in g before the mid -w in te r vacatio n, a:1 d rend er ed a sp ec ial C hri stm as pr og r<llll n :1 \V ecln es day evening preceding th e ndj;J\1111m en t for the holid ays

=--. otwi ths tanding a largely a tten de> d Chri stma s pi'Ogram at one of the ch urch es in tow n t hat evening, Ev-er ett hall was pa cked with a body of eage r listeners who were re ward ed with an evening of a ppeopri ate el oq uence, poetry a nd son g. Th e pr og ram committe<e d ese rv e<; crerl!t for its en te rp rise.

Th e pr ogr ams for the new y 13 ar h r.ve sta r te d out well. On account of the sitting of the state l egislature at th is. t hm·e w as present ed on Ja nuary 4, a ve :-j' rrulital.Jle ev en in g on studi es in Neb ras l{a Ci l'tcs

Ot her· prog rams, e qually timely. a re arran ged (or th e r emaining !<'rid ay throughout the mouth of Januar y. Th ese will be gi ve n in success ion by the vari vus program classes in to which th-e ::oci ety h as b een di vi d ·e d.

The society regrets the los!! from it s ranks at tbl s time of Miss Maxw t! ll , ' Vbo has taken up work in the school '.! ,,r Ch ey E:nn e, Wyoming, and of Mr. Earl H ads cl, who becomes principal of the sch ools of Hyanni s, NebMska. Thre society rej:li'!es 111 the r eturn to It-s numbers of Miss Fruucc.! Dlak e, who served so elllcieutly as th e !:OCle ty' s secretary l ast summer.

With the close of the preJent the present set of officers will retire. Mr. Clayton Rost has served ruost emci en tly as president. His unti r in g en ergy and enthusiastic devotion to the inoores t <> •.'f soc1ety h ave reflected honm· upon the offlee and ha'Ve explained in a creditable d egree phenomena l expan s i•JO or th e society during his administration The .other officers have beeiY uncomm .1.11v faitafu l ln the discharge of the ir several ;luties. Miss MeGa:vock d es.erves espec ial mention for the splendid artistic work !:!he ·us d.me in preparing the weekly Senior.

Miss Lillith Waggener spent the holidays at her home in Dawson.

Miss Lillie Wahlstrom re turned to h er schoo l work Dec ember 3.

Miss Mar garete L am bart bas been el ected princi pal of the West Ward schoo l at Hol drege.

Mrs. C. N. M iller of Wymore visited her friend, Miss Cren-a Kulp, for 'a of days recently.

Mi ss Elizabeth Ca rhart spent th e mas holidays with. :relatives at Osmond Neb., and Mapl eton·, I owa. '

Mr. A. J. Wlckl oand attend ed the corn contest in Lincoln D.ecember 11-16 a.t which place the Normal quartette furnisberl the music.

Miss Theola Linn spent January 5 wil!l fri end s at the Normal. She ls teach in g the 4th and 5th grades in the I {Jelll.mey scho,11 at Nebraska City

Misses Alice McGravock, Ullll. Waterhouse, J es sie Wass, Caroline HomeUus, Elizabe th F ea ron and Mabell e Kinn-e ar spent the (;hri s tmas hQiiday s at their homEs in

· \ 'arn r and J•;c)ith catchpo le spc:nt the Ch holidays at the ir h omes In Sterl ing.

::W r. Ear l 11-a d s<' ll has IJC•(·n <• I •ct d to the pri ncl pal shlp of th e ll yn nn ls sch oo l at n sa l ary or $90 P"r mont h.

R. G alf•s h is w or k as pri nci pa l of the P ilg-e r· sch oo l ;.; , D ece mber 1:1. \ Voo d ard sn t:ce cds _, ,, c:a. te s as an :J. ssi sttant In 1hc dcpa r·t mcnt of oa t :.!.le l'\o rm a l.

Elizab eth h as ILc n clec tPd as a tea che r of tlw in the publi c s ch oo ls of Che yc rm c. \\ 'yu mrng. OUwr states as we ll as ).l c hra sl<:t t ca cb'!! t'S tra in ed In our :-\o rrn a l.

1.'h e Seniors hcl<l st: , ·cr·al irupo1·tan t class m ee tin gs befor·e the ho li cl ays At the last on e, Mr·. Penny, in behalf of the clas s, prese n te d our c lass a dvi se r. Mr. S<>rtn;o n, wi ch a be auti ful cut gla ss di sh to 1·em in d blm of th e jolly lim es we spent

Af l:u a vi sit to th e co al min e and n t ramp in th e hill s, Mr. Ge or·gc Kno ll and Miss W·aterbous e su cc eeded in s moking out a coo n from a hollow tr ee Aft er a down the hill , Mr. Knol l ldll ecl "th e bar" and t:h·ey br oug ht the vi c tim to town to prove the sto ry of the ir a cl ve ll't ure.

Mrs. N et tleton gav e a Thank s givin g prf)gram ' on th e aft e rnoon of 0: ove mb er 28, in Music •and Expre ss i on Ha ll , for the members of tbe S·enior cl as s and the Mod Cl l Schoo l. It was .a ve r·y •en te rtainin g program, as well oas a h el pful on e, giv i ng su ggestions to teachers 'fo r· entertainments in sch oo l s.

Dr. Roach of the St. Paul church, Lincoln, bas accepted the in v itation of tho Senior cl ass to deHver •the Baccala ur>e•llto sermon on M ay 19. Dr. R -oach is one of the most noteu pulpit or ato rs irr the we-;t, and the Seniors have r eason to co ngr utnl ate tllJ!:' mS2l ves on securi.ng hi s ser vi ces.

The following r eso l uti o ns were •adopted by the· class at a me e tin g held 19 t h:

Resolv ed, That it i·s the sense o·f the senior class th at we do h ereby -exp n ::ss our s incere tha nlrs an d appre ci.rutio u to Miss Gmjhen and tbe Model School for the most excellen t pr ogram given in o ur beboalf on Tuoesday -e vening, Decemb er l 8th, l 906. ,Be it further t1-:at we exp r ess ro

Mr s. Ne t tl eto n uu r :uul appr<'cl .l· tl on fo r the Thnnk sl' h·in l' Pn>l't·am .n :'l luslc nn!l E xpn•ssion ha ll. :llld wp funh 'r reco mmEnd th :ll a copy hP to Goshen nn cJ =" e lll<'t on. .1. C. itchell. I::. !\. II u r st, Co mmitt ee.

Th e l<' ach er-s n.tte nd ed the State T each er s' a ss ociat ion in L incoln, D <!· ce mlnr 2G -2 ': :'lll sses :'ll yrll l.! Kreb s. Loyetta Ki nney , :'ll arl'art'te L amiJart , Gra ce Di ll on, :'l larie :'\J ac h in . :\da Ba it· ncr: :'l! css rs. L 1. Kn o ll. Knoll. :'lll lche ll , Pe nn y. l;aiJl S. Hu rs t, Ryan . lla r ri snn. \\ 'oo d ard, \\' etch, Wi c kl a nd a nd Gilb e rt .

:'l'lr. Woo danl rece n ll y r·eceh ·ect Lhc follow in g reply from :'ll r. B rya n in res pon se to an Inv it ati on {o the class orn.tor. ':'\lay 23:

:'\Jr John A. \\' oo <la r cl Peru.

1\I y de ar Mr. ·wooda rd : I th a nk you for lh e ve ry kind in vita ti on which you e xtenrl on behalf of the cla ss and 1 am glad to say tha t yo ur co mm enc0· me nt co m es •at a tim e whl en 1 sha ll IJ e <l t home, and T tak e pl eas ure in a cce pli ll !;.

Plea se prese nt mr co mplim en ts to the class a nd ass ure them t ha t r a pp n:clate the honor whi ch they !lo me.

Very t rul y yo ur s, W. J. D H.YA \1

Juniors

Th e Juni or cl ass pr ese nt'e d th e ir class aivlse r, Prof Howie, with ·a la rge Mi s sion rockin g chair for Chri s tmas It was sented to him by th e cla ss on his way ro the bui ldin g. He w as carried to th e campu s on the chair, he adln.; a proces s ion of th e who le Junior cl as s.

Nove mber 28 , 1906, the Juniors ma r ch ed jn to chap el with w avin g pe nants, to th e of the Juni or band A-fter th e regul ar chapel ex er ci ses they de livered an int eresting pro gra m. Th e fo llowing was re ad by Mr. Moor e, wh ich Je xpr es ses true s pirit of th e class of '0 8:

TWEN1'Y YEAR S HENCE AS VIEWED ny A JU NIOR.

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I can't believe it' s true

\\' hy , it see ms hu l y es te rd ay

\\' hen I w as in co llege at Peru

\' i \'i d arc my reco llections

Of th e co ll ege life of the cla ss of •· ' 08,"

Thnt I ca n't bcli c \' e my " life 's clock "

\\'h en it te ll s me it is beg inning to count me la te

r\ m I o bo y no long er?

I wonder if it a dre a m.

Tw e nt y ye nr s s inc e I was a Juni o r?

How dccc pt i\' e truth s so me times seem.

Yes. s in ce th e tim e I was a Junior

Tw enty y ea rs hn\'e s lipped in between.

till , up on rcfi ec tiou , I kn ow a ll this is tr ue

An d th e p eo pl e wh o uow are do ing things we re the ·• '0 '' s" at Peru.

In th e a utumn of 19 0 6, we were the class of a ll ,

Whether it be in the clas s room , or " Col-: lege Li fe " in Chapel .ijall

Since then o ur rise has b ee n steady an d tru e

By hon es t s tep by step

As o nl y the '' Class of '08" ha d,

B ac k in ''Old Pe ru .

\Ve 're sc atten:d abroa.d, ' tis true, But thru lhe len g th n nd bread tb of the lnnd

\Ve are kn own by wh at we do, " Sui g en eris, " no ble and gra nd.

You ask were th e re other classes?

Oh, yt: s, bot h studious and full of mirth

But not as the class of '08 were, Whos e fame reac he d r ound th e earth.

There was a cla ss before us , I a lm ost "fo rgot to tcli"-

'Twas the cla ss known a s" '07, "

And they we re al ways r aisi ng-

Th eir vo tce s to h ea -cn for •· '07 " Or ''gulping" down a sell

Some are livi ng even now, In th e ir humble sort of way; 'J •

Some are repairing the "Peru railroad ," O thers are ma l( ing bay

TfiE l':ORMA LlT E.

Now John Magor is a water b oy

For the C?icago footbaiJ team, While Tolhurst acts as it s coach, An? is the best Chicago ha s see n.

Penney is now a news-b oy

For the New Yo rk Sun, While" '08 Rost" as edit or Is making things just hum

Dave Carl son is the "A ll-Am e rican pitcher,"

Now w hat do you think of that?

l<uy Sm ith a dmires this ch a mi on And goes along to carry hi s bat

Miss Krebs in "Y. W ."

At the loca l branch at Peru Declares to her feiiow

That "she doesn 't kno w what to d o" Since their a udit ori um wi ll not be T- ' o acco mm odate Natio nal Secretary Henderson ·

A few of the cl ass of ' 07

Were always humming a tunc

But when comp a red with C oo ley's singing,

Was as a weed b eside a "tree in hl oo m ."

Hur st was a bu s iness managet· On ''The Normalite."

He now help s Mutz on the Ch'tcago Her- ald, -

Running errands day and night.

fn Congress Senator Akers, th e orato r of the age, Beckons to Gates with his finger , for he is his Congre ssional p age.

I haven't all th e statistics, I can't teiJ you eve r ythingOnly the things of s peci al account Will in my memory cling.

Do you know who n ow is president of the great college, Yal e?

Well 'tis no ot h er than Oline of ' 08 , bra in y, hearty an d hale.

lli s s ecretary 's n ame i:-; \Y uudanl, :t m ost excellent nwn :

Wh o docs a ll th at C>linc wi !' hl'!', wt itin g o ut c:ac h a nn ou ncl' ll1l ' llt :tnd plutt.

An o th er thing I no tl:d ju!--l tht :-; fa ii'Twas th e ta les to ld by two \':de co ll cgemc:n

Con ce rni ng th e se: t so n' s footbal l.

Th ey were ta lkin g to thc it· n clp;t.

A man in yc·:t rs gt'U\\' 11 gt ·:ty, Th e: man wh o a rl \·ise d th e clns :-;

Wh o arc now ma l<ing h:t y.

Il c used to tea ch us En g li !-< h

And he did it ' 'm igh ty fin e,''

But n ow he write s o ut \'Ct'!'l'!'

Th at bt·in g do llar s fot· C\'c t·y line. lie 's in a better bu s incss n ow

Th an when coa c hi ng in ·o7

For thrn hi s future w;t s un cc·t·tni n,

B ut n ow h e's sur e uf I l ea \'l' ll

The bigge st and the be st , is a ll Lh n t n ow rC'ma in s;

The one wh o thought and wo d.;c d, nnd never spa red his pain :-;.

He coac h ed the cl ass

He a dvi sed in a ll th e b est; He was in it thick or thin ,

He wa s in it to the l as t.

N ow I'll ju st tell you h ow s uch sm·cc!'s co uld b e,

It was a ll brought to u sc bv the ' 'A dvi so rship of Howil· '' .;J.

Second Year.

Most of us are b ac K to good o ld Pe ru, r ead y for sch oo l wo rk , aft er spe nding a Me rr y Chri s tmas and a Happy New Ye J.t' at h ome.

We dnes day, the l·ast clay of sch oo l !.>e· fo re vacat ion·, was th-e, b es t d ay of th e year for all secon d y ears- it was lh e day Cor our "coming ln.". On th at morning, about chapel t ime n ot a second y .aar w as in si ght -all se at s we re vacant. Aft e t· the first son g was sun g an d Pr es. Crabtr c'?· a nno un ce rt that th e "ab se nt ones" appNl.r, th e

I' 111 :

middl e d oor of lht· '''11d1 !1.1•! '"''· :· b ee n u se d for ''a,.. "''' IIIII.! ••1• a '1'!1•· first on es whn man·ho d 11111 lnrrn•·d an a· .• :1 with lhe cla ss colors oil ,.;JILIII l'all•'"· T:1o• firsl on • to ma rc·h 1l1r11 '' ,,,.. I •,, .,.. I k•t · nl s, hold in,.; a ' p• 11.1 11 ' I h• :-!r.qw nf un:· clas s pin; h was folio\\" I all 11th r memb ers d nulllo· flJ, t:l•' arch, to mu sic ".\ l art'h d •· :"tril.' play,•d ny Prof. ll e wl t. lh<• JI 111 lilo· 11IT tht• sta..:,• and up a nd down aC'It ai ,.;J , -'1 :t ll ti m ·. car nation s of th1• <· •lnr >: t'l't'alll aa I cherry-wen• to •·ad1 llll'lllilo r t>i lh•' fa culty as a tol<€' 11 of t n>:ll the cla ss .\ ft. •r rt 1111r "'' a1 :-:. all r• · maln cd •111r !'Ia""' Y• lis thct\ h ad th e whoil' sc·h oo l join tr :< in th<' sch oo l sc ng and S('h oo l 11.

II

Jllumnu

II

Th e annual I' L' IIIII O II of S1a :" :" or rnal \ 1nm nl at the St a te Tt •a ('ht•r s ion in Lin co ln was a n1 ·rsr lllllls lr:lll '· :tj •Y:t hi•· n(·· ca slon. C lasses 1Jf 1!IIIII '" 1!llll w. rP .1! 1 we ll rep 1·es en t.<'< l. s.1 was 1ltt• class of '(1 6, wilh il s of 1110."<' than -s ixry nl <'tnlr r ,; Th t• 11 1. "i lime s pa st w pn • cHII• ·d up wh vn wp l!umpnr ' ys, \\'i l li:t rtts . S in ci\lon . \\ '. \\ '. Hay, Sch e imann a nd <· llll'rs of 'Il l and ir , close con rcren c£' 111 · don• ••f p,•a···· has hc co mc in!l ii i' JIIi al s in cc· llH• d:t ,·s of 111l' fam ous can :!-l'll !; h of 1!111 1. T 1 m :t l;l' 1lt;• memory of ")' old en rno n• r·paJ. Pr,•f. Por ter w as aga in wi th us ad .ioi"<·d us 111 our yo uthf ul glee. ' l'li C of '(! l a: lll '02 wi ll ev er rcrnenrht!l' hint as lh<' it· CO II !tf!2 ll or and f ri en :l I;• ca ll s<' h<• l:;L! <' nll'. l lo :rn· derstan d nu <'d s.

Th e crownin g eve nt w as. of co n rs<'. 1h c· banqll'Zt, whi ch wa s s<'r v.d in 1hl' con tm o•lious d inin g room of 1lw Lind <' ll. -'! o r<' 111 111 two hunured gu c!;t.s le.l l' rPs. C. l\cl so u ·and Dr \\'. :\. Clnrl;. lii< 'll banq uet hall pro mp lly nL p. 111.. Thursu ay, D ecemb er 27 'OG. \\'h en t il-: excellent me nu had b ee n sc rvotl. Pr o f. \V :'\. Delzell ar ose a nd, in hi s c hara C'te ril:;J ic pleasing mann er an <l wit. pil ot ?d the program of the e \· e ning. Space fo rbid s inuividual mention; th e n 11111 he rs we re al l good Toa sts wore g iv en hy D r. C larl<. D!'. Lud den a nd Prof. Se ar so n; ntu s ic Pr of and the P <'rll Norma l quartette. · To tho se who may r ear! this and we re n 'lt pr ese nt t hi s y ea r·, l et us s 11gg('st the wisclom of l<es ol vi ng lo C()nH' next year. Pla:rs for next y1e ar 's rc uni .l ll are lr ein p; lai <l n ow nnrl i t. will hP "lwt1Pr f.ll n 11 PVP r ."

\t th , hui:-: tw:<s h eld at Lin·!,•ll hnt, 1. n t'C· mllt>t' :!Sth. ' Ol;, the fo llowing nfrit·,·r>: WL•r,• ('"-'Ctl'tl: Sup t. .Per cy Aa.1:11:<. •. Oxford. !Hlcsident : Mi ss R nchuel Fairchi ltl , ·n::. ::;p t:' ll CL'r \"i C.."-p rc sident : )! bs \ lk,• 1,\tllllb, '!lti PPru. ll'cnsm·< r: Prof. \\'. :-= . 11, lz,•ll. 'lll. Pt>ru coresp.>ndin g :" \. lll' n!!st o n. '0:!, Linco_l n, r eco r d·ary.

Thll>: lht• t..•ar Sl:\l'lS OUt \ '<i'I'Y prOtnlSlllf>. \ ·u ,ll• r tlw or Prof. Del ze ll lhc To•:tl'llt'r:< ' llun an will be in m ost e xcell <! nt hand s. and with thC' co-ope r ati on or :\ onnal aln11r ui. s plt>udi<l art? n:<sur e d.

II II

Tl h' L'X<'han gc dcp:11 tmon t h as starle<l · and "'<' hn\·1;' a sc !C'ct n um lle r or exchange.,., a ltho as Y•'l nre fe w. \ Ve we lcome t he Ill'\\' a nh·a I and will lle Y·2l'Y gl ad to wclc l!llt'

Th .• X on•!ub er numll er of the Pu r pl e ant! c: o ld i::; <l ••dic ntc cl to the "\" e tera ns of th e <.:ridiro n." and co n ta in s short wri te -u p an <l pi rl tr l'." or th ese ye te rnn s.

I wa11 t a dog co lla r, " s aid the custom er. "Y <'r. sir.' ' r',' p lied the a llscut -Qlind ed mun hPhin d tlw cou nte r. "Wh at si ze slli rt .•lo we ar '! "- E:x.

Th e \ o lan ie co n ta in s a vs t-r fin e ar t icle, "Th e Po wer of Imagin atio n .'' which ev e .-y stud ent oug ht to read.

:\11 the bird s nre ga ily s ingin g, Th o yo u'rl t hin k ' twoult! m al\e th em blu e

To wal;e ea ch l>l•e sse cl m orn in g \\'i th the ir lli ll s nil ov er (d ue) de w. - Exchan ge

Th e Sandburr of York colle ge has b eg un a se ri es of articl es on "T went ieth Century

Am e rican C itizen shi p; ' whi ch a re e xceedin gly goo d. lt spe al\ S w ell for the colle;;e wJ ven s uch q u cs tio ns ar e discu ss ed. ·

One ol the b est stories among the e xc hang- es is "Steve ," wh ich is f ou nd in th e O cto ber number or the Couri e r.

Young i\Iasher (t o co nrlu ctor)-" ls th is i\"nn h's Arl' full )1e t?"

Co n rl ucto r-"A II bu t the mo nl\ ey Jum p in."- Rx

Among .thle ex!!h<anges r eceiv ed wa s I' uck. We should ·! eel honor'ed bbat one of such national r eputati on sho ul d with us. This might m ean also that o ur p ape r is so wei ghty that It n eeds livenin g u p.

In· all the -exch anges the Y. M. -and Y. \V C. A. associatio n work is m entione d. Th e ed itor is gl ad that th es e a rc playing such an important pa rt in the various schools and co lleges

"Now paratus s:um," 'h e said , Risin g wi th a troubled l oo k. "Sic es t sem per," dixit Prof., Scrlpsit "Mihil" in h<ls book. -Exchang e.

Th e D oane Owl h as a good -a r:tlcl e on "Mythol ogy. " R ead it an d r eview yo ur mythology

In l ook i ng thru the va riou s excha n ge3, the word Phllomathean is aften see n. Thi s s:ems to be a very popu l ar n-ame foT so ci et•c:-s· We are not the only orues who admtre thle name.

Th e Nor mali te says what it t hinks a bout -exchan ges and th we would ·be gl ad to h-ave e pape'rs do the sa me abo ut u s.

Words from the di ctio n ary -A t hi e""' ' A m ode b · d rn unch of mu sc l es, un able to spli t woo or sift: ash A ern es pp endicitis: A modld costi ng about $200 mor e than th e O ·L'9.'S IOned St I li ui omac 1-ache. Alcohol: A q d good for preserving almost anyth in g except secrets.-Ex.

Wh en watoh-hand s in concert say, That now g lides away, And be-ll s ..cn_eir ech oes pl ay To N meteen-seven a we lcome l·ay M.ay Y? ur glance of proud Bid adi eu to days we ll s pent, And a grip of fa ith· intent

Grasp the s'till b ette·r se nt.

-Exchange.

\\" e Ul'<! lnform l!d 1hat !' hi lips, t·ighl end or lh• Xormal team of j !11)7. ha s bee n DlCD· li oucrl as a fav or ahlc· cancl id ate fot· an end po s lll on on the All X t.!br as ka f oo tb all eleven.

Th e Xebraska l ntL·r-co lh, gial' b ase b all ague meet s at Lin co ln t hi s m ont h !or th e arrange ment of a sc h cr l11l e of g-a m es to :.>c pl ayed amon g the sc hoo ls n ex t s pring. Thi s l eagu e co mpri ses Doan e, \ Vesl eyan, Cotnc 1·, Ct·eig hton anti the Xo rm a l. R epr esc n t.allves of each l! am will lhcre a nd sc h ed ul es of goo d ga m ,• s wt1. be l oo k ed aft e r. R oy Sm lt:1 of tlw :'\or ntal Is se creta ry - ll'C;asur er of t he· l 1' a g- 11 c. Thi s l ea gue was or ganiz ed last ye ar and wa s a de cid ed su cc s3, as befot·e this. th e ba se ba ll ga m es were m ostly with th e neig hbo rin g t own s, and so me tim es a game with th e sch oo ls. Thi s te ague in sures us g am es wi th t he i ea iing co ll eges of th e st ate and gre ater Is th e P<.'!:H tl l. Tn e pr os pect t or a g oo d t ea m in the s pri ng is ve ry favo:·· ab le.

II toea I and

Prof. Br ow nell wa s n ot ab le to m ee t hi s cla sses the fir st we ek aft er the ho li day s

Stone r, Sa tu rd ay, Jan u ary ::..

Sk ating is go od when it l al< es a notion to fr eeze up and, \\h en it dJEs, th m·e ar<' many th-at tak e advantage or t hi e situ ation and take a good t urn u pon the ice.

Miss B rid gie McAnll e of Oma:ha, vis i te d with old frie nds in Pe ru the fi i'St w ::iek .:f· ter the ho lidays, and tool{ din ne t· with Miss Ston:z 1· at the Hall on Th urscJ.a y, Ja nuan· 3. Miss McArd le was a Mt. ver n on girl whi le attending schoo·l h ere fo ur ye ars a go

At sev·an o'c lo ck ' l'nesday eve ning, D il· cemb er 18, th e gir ls of Mt. V12r non Hall :>.S· sembl ed in the parl or to wish Miss S to ner a Ms rr y Chri s tma s and a H appy New Y e:tr b ef ore l eaving fo r .the ir vacati on. As .1 token of TeiTIJ: mbrance th ey le ft with ]l or a be autif ul sq u are of Armen i an la ce wor 1t:

Prof. Sh erer and wife spent th1e. h ol'd ' th I t· • I ays WI re a •ves at Brook fi eld Linn c t M Th • o un v, o. ey re port a v•ery pl e.asant tim e. ·

Fred Zink h<as retur ned to schoo l aftJe,r ll n absence of two months, l ooking af-te r hi s fflther's r anchi ng interests in H olt county. Gl ad to see yo u ba ck again, old b oy

Th e Tr eb le Cl eff {! lub, u ncl er the supPl'· vi sion of Pl'Of. Hewitt, assisted by M.aclc Varruer an d Mary Ellenbe rg e r, accom pan ists re nd ered a can tata, en t-it led, "Th-e Gard en of Fl owe rs," T hursday evenin g, De cemb 9r 1 3, in the ch ape l. '.I"h is wa s the fir st can · tata of th1z s eason.

Llttl o ll e riJ crl Hrmvn PII. child or Prof. Brownell. wns tak t• n , ._, ry sick with pneumonia IJ pfon• ('hrl s tm :u; nnd is s till v ery ill. \\'c al l hn p ·• thnt his :e· covcrr m ay he rap id

:\ll sscs Fl oren ce Jud d and .\ da L Pnnnt<l of Verdo n, .:"\ eh ., ,·isit<•d old ntl'l school ma tes at thP .:'\ ormal , at urday n11 rl Sunday, D ecem h .• r S and !l. :\! Iss .I \Ill ,! nn 1 :\! Iss 1.-eonanl ar e l l'aeh rs 111 the )m b::c scho ols or \'enlon. :\ll ss l.eonanl wa s .t memb er of the ckl s sps of s.i x c::;·· and .\1 i ss .lu lei wIll rPtn rn to Pe ru ne ...: t year to fi ni sh h er c·c> nn; <' s.

Through t he l<indt H•ss of .\!I ss Tl os m -::>r , the hand-work or t hP child t· n of t he kinct<:!rgarte:l was ar :isti c: tl ly ar r ang- ed nn<l rla ccd upon ex hibit ion w tlw m <' mhcrs .1f the se n ior, j uni or and trai nin gM onday afl zr uwltt. D ece mb er 17. SonH' very goo·! wo rk wa s di s play e d. Th ese ar c nt> po rt uni li es f0r new ic! C' as nlon gthoe or ar t wor l; in flit· pn hli c school s and should be se ized PH' ry in cl iYidU ·ll wh o is to teach. If wa s pl easin g to note with wh at intct:est the ex h ibit w as visited.

Sho rtl y h cro rc th <· ho li da.,·s we wer e f avo red ona morni ng nl wit h a mu sical pr ogram by th e Nor mal nuartet t e. Thh nu ·1.rlct l2 wa s or gani z8 d t-he YJear of 1905-190 6, a nd st ill bea rs the n ame of belong in g to th e No rntal. of I ts fo ur m emb ers o nl y one is at pr ese qt h er e In sc hr oJ. The me mb ers of the quarare :\fess rs. Ha ll ett Re i muncl , \Vic l;:l an u and O'tra<l ov ec. :\ l r. \ .Vick land is a memb er of the pr ese nt senior class, and the oth·=r th re e are gra·lu ates or the Normal, M ess r s. Heim nn cl a nd v 't t·adovec be· longin g to the cl ass of ' 06, a.11<l Mr. l ctt to the c lass or ' 05.

Th e At hl eti c assoc i ation gave a t·ece ption In rh•e· Dece mb e t· 1!1, in ho n.:>r of the f oo tba ll pla ye rs or th 1e season of 1906. 'l'hc ro om wa s d eco m te d ve ry prettil y With th e sc h ool CJ!ors, pennants and m cganhon es , great •·e mind et·s of ·ent hus iastic football ga m es. Mane th an two hundr ed memb ers of the associatio-n wer e present. Mr. Pen ny, as chai rm an of th1e r ece pti on cn mmlt t ee, .and Mr. Olin e, as chairman of the r efr eshm ent co mmi ttee, pl aye d their parts well. m ak in g the evening a Vle ry su ccess ful on e. As a pa rt of th e pt·ogram, Dr. Sh er er and m embe rs of the first an d second t ea:n s w P.re f'...-1.l!l? rl n p:m to g;iv e sh m't talk s.

l h·irl'sltm e ut.;; served w ere cocoa and w afct-s.

Tht ' pupils of Ute School. under thl' of tJte crit ic teach ers, a nd I l.ly Pror. Hewit at <the pia n o, renn Christmas cantata e nti t led, " San· n ccess." in the CJtap el Ule eYening <J f D t•cemher 1 '. BoU1 tonche rs a nd pupil s are c l' rt:tinly to l.l e co mplim ente d on Ule sucCt' :<::;iu l re nd CI'i ng ol' th is program. The p:u·, n ts of pupils a nd t he Se nior c lass, were l w:wred gu ests of the eYeni u g, r eceiving compli ment ary tick ets

Th e c nior and Trai nin g classes were iHYi tcd to attend e xhibit of the a rt wo rk oi the Eight of the M ode l Scho o l, \\' cd n esday <a f te rnoon. December 19, in tha primary room. lt n ecessaril y must m ean a dent of e x-tra wort;: for the teacher in ch :\l'ge to arrange nn e xhil.lit of U1is kind of wot·k from so m -a ny gra d es, and Mi ;;s :\lut z. "·ho ba s ch arge of Ule art work •Jf th e :\Iodel Sch oo l, deserv es cr ed it fo r arraH gi ng Utis exhibi t. Th e work pu t up for di splay \\' as m ainly the Oll ri stm as work of th e c hil dren. Afte r the each chil d rc c; iY ed his or h er pie ce of work , w hich hac! b een mad·e in cl ass with a vi<ew of pre£e:1 ti ng t so me one as an Xmas gi ft.

One of the m ost pl easin g soc ial f ea tUI'P.S of the sea s::> n was a r eception given just b efo re Ul e ho li days in' Ulle gymnasi um, to the f acul ty a nd stu dents by the mili tary c nd ets A unifo rm ed recept ion com mittee st oo d at the en tra nce and co rdially r eceived th e gu ests as th ey entered. A mi li tary program was re nder ed la•ter in the ew.ming, 'O f voca l selections by th e Normal male qua rtette , al so tl1e Norm al la di e::; ' and !'€&dings by Miss NiedeTm eye r and Mr. A lb ert Gilbert. The ca<l ats re t·fo rm ecl seve r n.! •·s tunts \' demo nstNlti ng t.he mili t ary cu sto ms of form er years. Refr eshm en ts consist in g of ha rd-tack ami bla ck coffee were ser ve d by th e cadets a.t · t he fr o nt of an army tent.

Ch ristmas was ob se rved by .the M·stll'Odist Sunday scho ol by an .app .;o pri a te program ou the eveni ng of Wed n esday, Ule 19th. Th e program was g iven ilr two section s. '1':1e fi rst part was mad e up of songs 'and r ec:itat ions giv·en by the diffierent cl ass es. T!1e secon d part w.as coinpos ed of exe rci ses f<Jr t he Ch ri stmas g iv i ng of .the differ.en•t chsses Th e gifts from the differe nt clas!:; ,; S wePe g iv en to Hom es , O rph a nages •a nd s i.m· il ar pl a ce&.

THE XUI<.:\1.\LI TI'.

Tbe custom or giving In thi s murm e r· Chri stmas tim e Is a tlew on e•, bu t a g,,o 1 one, and we hope It will contluu <: tn gr•>\.J and gl adden the h earts or m or·r· each s :.t· son.

Gr ace Cul bertson very pl easa n lly en te rtained her Sunday school class S.lturday evenin g, Dece mb er l 5tll.

Mi ss Stell a Bor st took dinn er wit h :.\JI :;s Stoner, Saturday, J an u ary 5. .JI.

Boo ks They Ou ght to Read. " The Vi rginian ,"-ill:rtha Olson .. "We Two, " -Mr. 1'3lcssing a nti Mi ss Tolhurst. 'S he''-0. J. Youn g.

"Beside the Bonnie Rriar Bush ,"-J. C.

r•, ·u f. :-; :tl Oil I i 11 < 111 ' l'IH' I i \'1' c: !:t HH I: "II .w ·,, 111 ' HI Jllltl(' u att• I'U I HJr'r

THEMODEL HOTEL

Rates, $1.00 Per Day Mitchell.

Acro ss from the Po!'tofficc, So. Aub urn , r·;eh. Th e Life of Bri gham Young ,"-A. J. Wickland . G B. McEU1A NEY , P rop .

FEBRUARY. 1901

'l(estaurant ana Short Order

We also ha.'Ve a good line of Chocolates and Bonbons W. B. Rains , Proprietor

Bart. L. Shellhorn, M. D.

Cf?..esidence, !sf house north of Mrs. King's, Pho ne 6 Of fice o<uer Barnes Drug Co., Phone 31 'PetU, Nebraska

'Dr. D. L. Redfern IDenttst

cAuburn, Nebr.

wfzen you have bag'" gage to transfer you 'l:bant it done by a reliable firm. We hav e a business to maintain and ?:Dill treat you right . Livery and Feed Barn

L. R. Dillon - ----3"oy W. 0. D. Graduate Optician

c:Af

LYNCH & COMPAN Y

Are sh owi ng the 190 7 Spring Styles

Suits

1bart, $cbaffn er & Mar r M alte, of ao ur se

Which M ea ns All W oo l, and All Ri g ht

It' s an Easy Matter and it's Worth Your Wh ile to be we ll Dresse d N ew Sprin g Hats, Sh oes a nd N eckw ea r, t oo

W estof CourtHouse LYNCH & CO. Au bu rn, Neb r as ka

Page a Gelber!

nroce ri es and Oil, Conrect ione ry IJanay, FruHs, Cide r, et c. Sta· tionery , T ablets ,Sch o(IJ Su pplies, etc. Also Fres h Po rk, Hom ·made ana Lard.

We h ave opened up a :: :: ::

Short Order House

L un ch es or mea ls at all h ou rs. Reduced rat es for partes of 10 or 12 per so ns dE: s iri ng oys t er stews. Gi ve us an order.

Page B Gilbert

Free deli very. p, one 7?.

The Dentist, 'Dr.

Linn

Gua rantees his work. Cal l and see b im be fore b av inl{ those t ee th fixed . Pbo1e No. 415

South Nebraska

Cf3e Ready to Write

An y and at any ti me. A mode rn essent ial is a Fo un ta in Pt: n. A so urce of e nd le ss sa tisfact ion if it be a g ood on e. Ma ny IJeOple who need a Fo un tai n Pe n have as .ret fai led to ex pe rience t he aid that one re nder·s. We are age n 1. for th e

flWoor e' s Non-leakable

Fount a in Pen

The one that w rites rig ht a ll of th e ti me and gives s ti s fact ion t( > i ts u se rs.

The 'Barnes Drug Store

'l.Tour n oblem', h In bu yi ng to til e .I. c .LI best va l ues at the most r eason able p ri ces. Ca ll ;.nd ex a mlm e o ur stoc k of l> ent's F urul sbln gs, Gra ni te. Tin and and Groceries Wea re su re we ca n fur ni sh the sol uti on of yo ur prob lem. Gi ve us a trial.

W. W. Ma rdis & Co.

I sl Door South of P. 0. P hon eNo. lS '

MISS E LIZA MORGAN

For tw e nty-five ye ai·s Pre ceptress at the State Normal, Peru.

LEAVES FROM SHERL OCK HOLMES

BY AGNES R. AK SMIT

Lysle Wilson, a young lawy er, was prov ided hi m se lf wilh gla sses , len ses, found murd ered in hi s''offi e one morn- t est in g ch arts and o lh er ne ce ss ary ing by Mr . Bro wn, who had hi s office articles. in rooms adj oining ' Wi lson' s roo ms. Every one who came to h ave hi s Dr . Brown had last seen Mr. Wil- eyes test ee d, wa s asked to ha nd hi s s on at three o'clock in th e a ft ern oo n name to an a ss is LanL in the front of the prev iou s day, wh en he had r oo m. When a s ma ll man w ilh a t hin spoken to Wil son at th e h ead of th e sa n dy mus tache and li ghL r edd ish ha ir s tairs just a short di stance from Wil -and eyebrow s came in and r eg is te red son' s office do or. No one see med to as Jame Stroff, the a ss i sta nt sh owe d h ave seen the law yer after that until him to a cha ir oppos i te the do ubl e th e morning followin g when hi s body doo r of the t es ting r oo m. He to ok was di scovered on th e floor in hi s th e li st of nam es Lo the opt ician a nd office . in a ca r ef ul ma nn et· po i nted out the A ha ndkerchief with th e in i ti als J. man. S tr off wa s watc h ed closely by S. embro idered in red in on e corn er, b ot h me n. He wa s a very ner vo us was fo und on th e fl oo r. It was n ow man, loo ki ng with a q ui ck glan ce at remembered that John Stone, a fr iend th e d oo r eve ry tim e it opened to adof Wi ls on' s had b een in the office in mi t a n ew comer Wh en hi s t urn th e morning of the prev iou s day . came to have hi s eyes tested, the deMr. Jones t hrough th e hall - tect i ve not iced hi s eye las h es Th ey way heal'd lo ud ta lkin g fn Wli son 's were 6£ th e same col 01• as that of th e ?ffice ab out the time John w as las t £o und on th e g la sses. After t estIn. He now r eni emi:> eretl that he in g hi s eyes , the d etect i ve had him at. the tim e he h ea rd it, try on so me among oth er s, a wyer Wi lson had a qua t.t'el w ii)l th e pa ir found m th e r oom of the John Sto ne was th er efore m-u ma n. Thi s pa ir fitt ed persuspi ciOn ed and accu sed of the murd er. f tl no w p ull ed out a handDetective Strong arri ve d and 1ec_ K: f "' t ;,.., e th e pr esp irati on on I examm ed th e room he picked up cf Ie h OdVv · "eti v ee St r on g no. f 1 ' a .1s or.e ea -'?e"- · ... the handke rpmr o es off floor n ear the ti c.ed 1t was J ust rl.ered man t abl e. On exam i ni ng .he f ound fo und n ea r tm1 \ th e I an eye la sh on one oi. t • • Wil- . the same Wi <;le , in so n was n _ne ·. m1bal s J. S. emb ror de r OO _ 1n 1 ever kno wn to ha ve -<me .col'l"' r. St ro ff was agked If h e. I ga ss es. He was a dark . •-,ti h. be { Olre It e answe rblack eyela shes Th. man With ll __ use d e k ft th em s omeli ght re dd ish coior e;telash wa s a e d, "yes , ... ). a fe w days ago dark a man a . n one was as wh ere or · <>m." As he g ot.up ti ve f It Ss Wil son. Th e d ectec - and I can't find . r oo m, e sure tone was not th e man to go out of th ..__" . •l( up a papers a nd ha nd -bill s th Stron g pr etend ed to "\ d handm ., rival mto the ci ty on the com'· esar-kerchi ef fr om the a urday of Dr G rt mg at- Strotf th e on e fo und 'w·h. 11 eve ' · no s an opi t · 'd " In 1m "Y es ocu li st who w ould a nd 1Yoku t hi s I b.t. t hat d ey es on oo e at It a d ·a: ay fr ee of charge, and fit gla ss- that is my hank erchi e P" ,_ es. He rented r ooms put up a sig n, fonc e a rre sted and at th e t ri al h e. esse d he was gu il ty. c -

PICTURES OF THE PAST

Th e following- exl racl is taken fr om Prof. J. M. l\ l cKinzi H isto ry of the Ne bras ka talc Normal al Peru . It mi g ht. be we ll lo m ent ion lhal Pro f. McKin zie wa s Lhe fi r. L Principa l of th e s choo l. SOCILAL CU LTURE.

If the fin ish <' d o ra lo r sta nd s pr eem in ent amon g men as ha,·ing the greatest pow er Lo mo,·e and ca rry away with him the ma sses ; Lhe ed mu ::;t tak e Lhe palm for holding, i nt er est in g, pl easing , a nd in st ru ct in g the per so ns gather ed to e nj oy a so cial se a so n.

There is an art in profitable co nversa tion, t ha t few re ali ze and fe wer try to lea rn. Th e ab ili ty to sit down by a per s on and h old hi s indi Yidual attent ion, de li gh ting and int erest in g him , is posse ss ed by few, and fewer realy se t them se lv es to s tudyin g and cu l tivating the art

By man y it is ca ll ed a natura l g ift; but there s hould be no good rea s on why brilliant sc holars n ee d be tame and unintere sti ng when ca ll ed upon to ente t·tain and intere st others, by drawin g on their wonderfu l store of knoweledge; it is all because they have not learned the a rt of using freely in conversat ion their hidden stores .

It ha s al ways seemed to us that every Academy , Co ll ege and University, sh ou ld have a Special Chair for the teach in g of the art of plea s in g and profitable conversat ion . The lack of this power in the great mass of intelligent men, makes it n ecessary to invent plays, and gam es, and dances and operas, to a id the soc ial gathering to pa ss the t im e; whi le none of these t hin gs delight anyone so much as in s tructive, pleasant, conversation.

With these th oughts in mind let us

look at t he ea rl.r condition of the schoo l. \Yhil e teac hers in' an institution of learning may hav e proper ideal of oc ial Cu lt ur e, and perona lly the proper methods of reac hin g their id ea ls, there may be c ir cu ms tance s t hathind ers them from adoptin g uch m ethod s in the beginnin g- of the ir work.

Wh en young people come from home so iso la te d that Yery few soc ial gathe rin gs are poss ible they have no id ea of ma kin g s uch a gatherin g an in te ll ectua{l treat, and were the teacher at o nce to tr:r to make th em s uch, Lhe stud e nts would hav e no desire to attend, so there mu st be so me means of overcom in g tim i dity and reserve, a nd so me thing mu st be introduced, that a ll ca n und er stand readil y and in w hi ch a ll ca n ta ke part

Th us so me s imple play or tr ick may get the attention of a ll , and a ll feel perfectly: free to take a part in it.

In one of the fi rst soc ials the Princ ipal offered a do ll ar to any pupil, lady or gentlema n who wou ld break an egg on the floor with a water pa il , tub or ha lf bu shel mea sure; the Principal to put the egg on the floor. Soon, quite a bri gade of yo un g men and women stoo d ready with water pails to smash the egg. The principal th en proceeded to put the egg on the floor very cl ose in one corner of th e room. This was a new tri ck to them, and it broke the i ce at once, while the egg remained who le, and a numbe1· of simil ar things were suggested by the students themsel ves and tried, until a song was suggeste d and some read ings were given, and the s tudents were permitted to u se their own methods for a time, which generall y con sisted in quiet conversation, and walki ng about the room .

TilE NORMALI TI!

Such socials were given occasionally, but the organization of a Students' Society soon began to wear off the timidity and give confidence in discussing simole questions.

MORALS.

As a rule the students who entered the school in its early days were young men and women of pure minds and of !:!ood morals. Very few young men had ever been addicted to the :Vine cup.; and few indeed indulged m profamty or vulgarity. The subsequent lives of these students have proved to have been well grounded in the principles of true moraltiy. While the standard of the school was high and excluded any who had not a good few ever applied for adrr.nsswn who could not easily prove their fitness in this regard.

The "religious character of the members of the faculty was a warrant to the people of the inculcation of Pure morals .

. The evening prayer meetmg, which many of the pupil s atgreatly aided the teachers in precepts of the highe st morahty. It is a crown of glory to the schools today that I·t has ta' d . ' susIts reputation for high moral prmciples, through its long and u sef 1 career. u

INot they court the public applause get their names joined in stable wedlock with fame, but they who sco:n that and ask only for their own soul s approbation and the praise of God.-Theodore Parker.

If the cabinet of the body is so curiously wrought, what is the jewel?Thomas Watson.

Music in the Normal

In th ese da ys of ad va n ce d education, no teach e r' s eq uipm e nt is cons id er ed co mpl ete without at lea st a speakin g acqua in ta n ce with the artof mu s ic . The mu sic de partm e nt at Peru offers wo rk n ot o nl y in the very beginning of mu sic but the more adv-anced part, s in g in g, ch or us work , band and orchester pr act ice a nd within the la st two yea r s, a pi ano de partme nt ha s b ee n s tarted w hi ch has for its aim, not th e mere maid ng of piano teachers but a rti sts as we ll. The s tudy of the art of mu sic is cons id ered by leadin g e ducators to be one of the be st thou g ht d eve lope rs in our curriculum today , and sh ould be studied, if not for i ts own sake a lone, at lea st for it s st imulatin g effect on the thinking powers. Th e music department is re s ponsible for so me of our most pleasing e nterta inm ents, and we are promi s ed two in the nea rfuture . 1st, the annual band co n cert by the State Normal Band and the opertha ''Crowning of the Gypsy Gueen'' by the students of the d epartment The band concert n eeds no specia l mention, as these concerts are an annual affair, and are looked forward to with a great deal of pleasue by those who have heard them in the past. The program which will be gi ven at the next concert will not fall below the standard set by ·the band on previous occasions of thi s kind. Reh earsals of the h ave been under way for the last week or two, but the exact date of its performance has not been definitely decided. The cast of characters is an exceptionally strong one, and, supported by a chorus of fifty voices, will no doubt ''Crown the Gypsy Gueen" to the queen's taste.

Literar y Societies

PHILOMATII EAN C IETY.

New officers h m· be en electe d and in stall ed for th e second se me ter and the exce ll ent wo rk cl one last se mc ler will be cont in ued t hi s se me le r. Tho se who did \·al iant se n·ice a officers and me mb en; of diff ere nt co mmitte es durin g th e fi rst part of lhe year will be found doing the ir duty in the rank s with the sa me ea rn e tn ess a nd en thus ias m. Th e new office r were chose n with r ega rd to the b est interest of the s oci e ty and the me mber ship is to be co ngr atulated in it s wise se lecti on. Th e follow in g were elected :- Pres ident, C. B. Mo or e; vi cepres id ent, R. D. lVI u tz : se <.:reta ry. Miss Myrtle Re e d; tr e asurer, S. F. Mutz; tru s te es, Mi ss Timmerman a nd Messrs Oline and Ak e rs.

The program committee of the first semester de se rv es es pecial prai se. This committe e con sisting of Misse s Bahner, Wahl strom. Waterhous e and Messers Mitchell and Youn g, was a strong combination for st ron g and vigorous work. They formu lated a plan for systematic work alon g instructive lines. The y planned their work for the good of the memb ership and not for the enterta inm ent of the visitors. Miss Macie Varn er as the chairman of the Music Committe e deserves especial commendation. That important part of eve ry program, the musical numbers which may be called the dessert of every literary program, never failed to be fur ni s hed by this committee. Mis s Vr a ner aroused such interest in the work along mu sical lines that the very best talent in the sc hool was obtained for these programs. The new committees have been appointed by President Moore,

who promises the same excellent work fo r this em este r.

EVERETT SOCIETY .

BYe r ett soc i ety is aga in fortunate in t he elect ion of its offiers, the follo wing haYin g been elected to serve dur in g the seco nd semster of the chool y ear- Pres ident, Earl Cline; Yi ce -pr es id e nt. E. T. S. Buckles; reco rdin g sec r etary Florence Nye; corr espo ndin g secr eta r y, Miss Ellenberge r, tr eas urer, 0. W. Jam es; sergea nt-at-arms , Elbert T aylor ; critic, E. K. Hurst.

In con n ect ion with the program of Fe br. 1, the program posters for the se m este r we re sold at public auction. Pr ices ran ged from 15 cents to $1.50 eac h, the tota l amountin g to $6.40.. Ir a Rhoten makes an uproarously successful auctioneer . The posters were fo r the most part prepared by Miss McGavock , and consitsed of pen and ink sk etc h es a nd water color drawin gs . The soci ety counts its elf fortun ate in hav in g among its memb ers an arti st of such r eal ability, and one who is so loya l to the so ciety of her choice .

As usual , excellent programs have been re ndered since our last report.

On Jan. 18, there was given a strong progrrm on Civic Righteousness; Jan. 25 a superb evening with Robert E. L ee; Feb. 1, a miscellaneous prog ram preceding the prel i:rl1inary debates; and on Feb. 15, the birthday of Linco ln was worthily celebrated.

We record with satisafction the effect upon the soci ety of the change in the plan of membership in the society. "Once an Everett, always an Everett" is giving the society a strong, perpetual and loyal membership such as was impossible to get in the good old days of "off and on"

membership. With a full memb e rship that could be counted on t hi s seme ster' s literary matters s tarted o ff without interruption. We congra tulate our si ster society on comin g to a like requirement and upon th e fa ct that according to the con s titution of both societies anyone who ha s b een a member of one s ociety cannot b ecome a member of another.

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The two literary s oci e tie s of the are the oldest studen t org anizatiOns of thi s in s titution.

In the early hi st ory of t he sch ool Friday night of each week was set apart for these soci e ti es to hold th e ir me etings. There is al ways s omet hin g more potent in any org anizat ion th an the work demand ed by its and its by-law s Th e ha ll m which the meetin gs are held behallowed by time and th e mghts upon w hich its meetings are bec?me s sacr ed. The mem hership of different years are molded by the duti es performed, in to one w?o gua_rd s the entrance of that hall Wi th. a Jealous eye and the nights of meetmgs as inv iolable .

!t is ind eed incourag ing to the fri end s of the societies to know t hat wh en Frid ay night come s that with both soci eties it is soc iety ·fir st and then ot her oragnization s aferward

Th ere is a movement on foot. in both societi es to decorate the respective hall s with new paper, new curtain s, everything new but the old hall s and the old so ciety enthu sias m w hi ch li ke good w ine g rows bette; with age .

A joi nt program h as bee n a rran ge d by the Everett and Philoma th ea n soc ieties to be g iv en in the Norm al ch apel on Satur da y ni ght, Febru ary 23, as fo llows :

Pi ano So lo- Mi ss 1\facie Va r ne r (P)

Miss B ess ie La ri mer (E>

Es say-Ei berl Tayl or <E>

Miss Ber tha Ols on (P>

Rea din g-Miss Sy lv es ter (P)

Miss Glady s Major s (E)

Orato n-Claylon Rost (E)

Lo ui s J. Kno ll (P)

Vo ca l So lo-A. J. Wi ck la nd <P)

W. G. Br oo ks (E)

Exte mp oran eou s Sp ee ch-E. C lin e (E )

J. Mi tc he ll (P ) ([([

As One Boy S ee s It .

I'm go in g to state some si mp le facts

Co n cer ni ng lab r atory

I'll try n ot ma ke it ve ry l ong

'T w ill be no fa ir y sto ry.

Its awfu l n asty wo rk to do

You ge t yo ur fi n ge rs so1l ed

And ·if yo u h ave yo ur b es t cl o_th es on

Yo u m abe 'll ge t 'em sp ml ed.

Yo u'v e got to ha ndl e dirt y wor ms

And cut th e t hin gs in two

It mak es a fe ll ow f eel qu it e qu eer

The shivers run ri gt h th rough.

And th en we h ave to ta ke dow n notes

On eve ry thin g we fi nd

I think its aw ful s ill y wo rk . d

But of course I h ave to mm ·

It hain't im pr act ic al f or b oy_s,

But wh y, the pret ty maid ?

Th ere is no u se f or s uch ab u se

To le arn th e butch e r' s trade.

We kill and ope rate upon

· Th e g ra s hopp er and fr og ,

Th e be e tl e, s pid e r, fi sh a nd d ove

Th e cl a m, the cat and d og .

0, many are th e li ves

And pr ec ious blood IS sp i lt

Bu t st ill t hi s awfu l wo rk goes on

Wi thout the sen se of gu il t.

L et every man r ise in hi s st r ength

Deno un ce this dreadfuf deed

U proot the labr atory scheme

And let the s tud e nt r ead .

NORMIE C. WI CK LAN D.

Cadet Ca ll

Officer s of the Cadet Co mpan ie.: Pr of B ec k, Co m mandant. Co mp an y A. ompany B. A. J. Wichl and, Cap 't A. H. G il be rt E. K. Hur st 1st Li eu 't . B. Ha rri ··on C. Olin e 2nd Lieu't. B. Ra i nes

Yo u wi ll n ot i ce th at tho e, who h ave had mili ta ry d rill the longe st are the on es who li sten mo t eage rly fo r the soun d of the bu p; le . which call s them to their du ty, eYery Tu esday a nd Thur s da y night at 4:30 .

Does t hi s not pr ove th at as the wo rk progr esses, the in te r est mcr ea ses?

Just come out and try it for yo u rself!

Th ere are st ill a few idle guns in the ar mo ry a nd th ose e xp ec ting to take up drill in the sp ri ng sh ou ld see Sar ge nt Beck or Sargent M ye r at o nce , fo r the fi rst th ere, wi 11 be the fir st se r ve d.

Get in no w a nd pre pa re for the ou_t do or w ork , w hi ch w ill begin s oo n, takin g up the "ex te nd ed o rd er" d rill.

With no di s paragment to fo rm er N. S. C Batta lian s, we mu st say ; th e prese nt Ba tta lli an h as a tta in ed gr eater pr ofici e ncy in the ma nu al of arm s and in th e va ri ous evo luti on s, than an y which h av e pr ece eded it.

Thi s rema rk a bl e progr ess is du e larg el y to the fa ithf ul per fo rm an ce of dut y by th e ca d ets .

On e cann ot but n ot i ce th e gr eat differe n ce in th e ap pe aran ce of the cadets when th ey fi rs t " li ne -up ," and the ir be arin g at th e pr esent ti me.

Th e conclu sion t hat must be appa rent to even the ca sual obser ve r, mu st be an a ffi rmat i ve ans wer to th e questi on, "Does it p ay to be long to the ca det s? "·

An a nn ua l feature, whi ch was es tabli heel t his y ea r, is the r eception te ndered by the ca de ts , to the faculty; mention of whi ch is ma de in a fo rm er numbe r of the No r ma li te.

An e\·ent wh ich is eag erly antic ipated, not o nly by the cade ts , but by the wh ole t ud en t bod y, is the lVI ilita ry pla y given ea ch year.

Thi s ye ar w ill be pr es ented " Th e S py of Ala nta " a t hrillin g mi li tary dram a in five ac ts. It is thought t hi s will be p;i , -e n so me t im e in Marc h.

Th e culmin ati on of the y ea r's work is, the a nnua l en campmen t. Th ose who pa rticip ated in t hi s ev ent last y ea r are m os t ea ger fo r the t im e to ar ri ve to "go in to camp " t hi s year. Wi th the e xp eri e nc e ga in ed the ca dets will derive much pleasur e and profi t.

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Ath letic Notes

lDa ve Ca rl s on of Shi ckl ey h as b een elec te d ba se ba ll ma na ger fo r the co min g y ea r a nd a g oo d sche dul e of ga mes is nearly com pleted .

Our -ru stlin g a nd en terpri s in g foot ba ll ma nage r, Fred Zink of Stuart, is a lready at work, f or gam es fo r n ext season.

Bas ket ba ll pr acti ce for th e cl ass teams is in full sw in g, members of the fir st team are n ot a ll owed to try o ut . Th e fir st years h av e a goo d team and are fi gurin g on clea nin g the slate . Th e 3rd y ea rs are makin g fi ne progr ess and when th e other clas s es beat them, th ey do n' t.

T he No mal opened i ts bas k et ba ll seaso n January, 18 with a do uble h eade r. Th e No rm al vs Hu mboldt A thl et ic A ss oc ia ti on and No rm al Girls vs Syrac u se Girl s. Be low is the lin eup fo r the boys.

NORMAL HUMBOLDT

Gifford center Petrashek (capt) Brooks left forward Morr is Eggenberger right foward Ri ce Gait (capt) left guard P oo r Hou se right guard Humm el Uumpire, Scherer

Referee, Edward s (Humboldt)

Score keepers, Cline and Jam es

The fir st half was close ly co n tes ted and resulted in a score of 16 to 14 in favor of the Norma l. In the s econd half, the excellent traiuing of o ur boys began to show and they Ji tera lly playe d Humboldt off of their f eet. The final score was 35 to 20 in favor ?f the _Normal. The tea m is fortunate 111 havmg for its leader , t he most leve l athlete in the school, Captain Go1t.

The Normal defeated Auburn Hi gh School to the tune of 50 to 24. Most of Auburn's points were made from free throws from fouls .

Prof. Sh erer with the following Players, Manager Gilb ert, Cap't Gait; Eggenberger, Sims. Hou se and Gifford went to We sleyan, January 24 and played them a good g am e The first half clo se d with a score of to 14. The final re su lt was 34 to 26 m favor of Wesley an Eg d fi · generger rna e 2 eld g oal s. Brook s 3. s· 1 G 't 1 B ·' ' ' Ims ' ai . rooks mad e 12 f re e throws .

On their way home th ey defeat d Nebraska City Hi gh School, 43 to Th e foot ball _team, Pre sident and Mrs. Crabtree we re t he guests of P;o,I- Scherer and wife for dinner at 6 o clo_ck Sat urday evening, Janu ary 26 . Dmner wa s s erved in four courses by the Misses Brown and Malay of Oak Glen, tas tely dressed ·in the school colors. Thi s event w ill be long rememb e red by tho se present, for we were right ro yall y entertained. A novely of t he dinner was the pen and

water co lor pi ct ur es . by lo ca l ta lent, of th e boy s sho win g the ir r es pecti ve po sitions, laid al each plat e. And as fo r th e di nn er, an yo ne wh o has seen Sc herer on a t rip kn ows how much th ere wa s to eat. The eve ning was spent in d is cu s fi i ng the pa st foot ball seaso n a nd f oot ba ll in ge n et·al. Coach Sch ee rer ga ve us an accou nt of hi s at hl etic ca r ee r. w hi ch w as g reatly e nj oye d by a ll Ca p t. Ma ge r in behalf of the te am, in a few we ll ch osen word s, pr ese nt ed Co ac h Scherer w ith a Norma l s ouv e nir so fa pi ll ow as a token of the es t ee m in wh ich he is held by th e b oys This is the first year the No rmal has h ad a r eg ul ar coach a nd hi s ·work is gre at ly appreciated. Be rt Sw enson of S hi ck ley wa s elected cap ta in for ne xt yea r.

Th e pro s pects for a g ood team for n ext year are fin e. We Jos e on ly two players by gr ad uati on, Capt. Magor and L. G. Tayl o r.. The re st w ill be back a nd with the se toge ther wi th se veral good men on the s econ d tea m and the n ew one s that will come in we ho pe to put a winning team in the field next yea r.

Profesors Howi e a nd Scherer atte nd ed a meeting at Lin co ln, January 12, called for th e purpose of see in g what cou ld be done in the matter of perfecting an organization for the. contro llin g ath l etics . Members of the fac ulty of n in e or ten of the l ead in g school s of the state m et h ere a nd drew up a set of b y-l aws for the governmen t, of th e organi zatio n w hi ch will be considered by the different sc hool s and if satisfactory , th en w ill be signed and become- pe rman.e nt. Th e rul es a nd regu l ation s are mod ele d upon t ho se of the "Bi g Nine" and hav e th e sa me purpose in v iew i. e., or ga ni zed athletics Th e old base ball

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The staff greatly appreciates the ready. response the students and facullty have given to our requests for items of interest .

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Push is a good th in g when applied to ou r studies or useful work and should be commended; when applied to getting out of a crowded hall after an entertainment it is ungentlemanly and should be held in check.

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We are glad to note the interest manifested by se.vera l members of the faculty in movements not connected with the but which make for the betterment of the community. This is the true spirit of the real teacher, and he is the best

teacher wh o can reach ou ts id e a nd beyond hi spec ial work and be of help to othe r

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Ru kin ay th at th e diffe renc e between the me re bo tani s t' knowled ge of plant and a great p oet' s or pa inter's kno wl edg·e of them, is t hat the one n otes the ir di stin ction for the s ak e of swe lli ng hi s he rbarium , while the ot her obse rv es them t ha t he may ren de r the m Ye hi cles of e..-xpress ion and e mo tio n. How do you regard them?

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R ece nt ly we h ea rd on e of our best stud en ts compl a inin g of the unreasonab le amoun t of work a ss igned in a cert ain s ub ject; t hat in ord er to g et over th e ass ig nm e nt in the time devote d to it , th e work had to be hasty and s uperfi c ial. Poor students will s hirk wh en a less on is too long and will not worry much, but the consci e ntiou s s tudent vvho strives to thorough ly cover the work and fails, f ee ls discoura g-ed.

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Too often we hear it said that we come to school to prepare for life and it s work . Our school work is life and the sooner we realize it the better it will be for us. Only those who learn while in school to meet discouragements with a cheerfu l heart will be ab le to do so in after life. The defeats we meet here and the successes we enjoy are but forecasts of events that are sure to come. Unless we, who teach and expect to teach, realize fully the r·elation that should exist between the ta sk we assign to the student or pupil and li fe, as he experiences it, we fai l in our work in direct proportion as our school work fai ls to have a rational connection to outside life.

President Crabtree inform s us that a number of students, having failed in one half of their work, have b ee n sent home . In a few cases so me have been re-in-stated by the faculty board and have a few weeks to improv e. It is thot by the faculty that s tud ents are better off at home, if they will no t do the work required. To us the action of the pres ident and faculty seems just to an concerned. Our school is for the purpo se of fittin g students for the work of teaching in our state and other states. Tho se who do not carry at least half of their work are either incapable of doing so or else do not apply them se lves. In either case they should not be in school to hamp er tho se who are capable and who will take advantage of their opportunities.

Proposed School Laws.

Sen ate Fil e No . 50 pr ov id es for a compul s or y e du ca ti o na l law which will comp el c hildr en betwee n theages of seve n and si xte0. n to att e nd sc hool the e ntire tim e th at sc h oo l sha ll be in sess ion in the di s trict of the ir residenc e durin g the year Thi s bill , if pa sse d, w ill r epea l the o ld compulsory law, wh ich re quired c hildr en between seve n and fift ee n to a tte nd sch ool two-third s of th e time the di s trict was requir ed to hold sc ho ol d uring the year in order to sh are in th e s tate appo rti onment. It w ill thus be that thi s bi ll is much more s weepmg in it s s cop e than an y thin g that has before be en attempted.

Senate Fil e No. 65 by F. W. Phil· li ps provid es fo r the establi s hin g ?f not less t han thr ee nor mor e t han siX junior n or mal s chool s at, Al_liance, McCook, Val e ntine and 0 Neill, and Athletic Notes. at not mor e than two oth er places to

(Conti nu ed from Pa ge 4 6.) be determined by the s tate SUperinleague was disbanded and base ball tendent of public in struct ion. simply becomes a part of this larger

Hou se Roll No. 72 by Cone of Saunorganization. It will control foot der s provides for a fund for ball, base ball , ba sket ball, track li s hing librari es in every sch ool meets, and other ahletics. This trict within the state. The fund IS brings about a mu ch needed ·reform to be rai sed by setting aside annuallY in the athletics of the state, bringing from the general funds collected for it more in the hands of the faculty the use of the district the s um of ten and t hu s closer to th e school and last ce n ts for each pupil as s hown by the but not least, Prof. Howie was elected last school censu s. Thi s is th e pre sident of theo rg anizaion. We are move so far as we know, for a umg lad of have this honor come our way. form 'method of establishing libraries

The Girls' Basket ball team of the in all our school s. Many teachers. of State played the Auburn hi gh th e st ate ha ve do?e much, by soc J.als school g irl s team at that place Fri- - and oth er en t erta mm ents, to prov 1de day even_ing, February 1. Th e game temp orary funds , but we n ee d someresulted m a score of 31 to 41 in favor thing t hat w ill m eet expenses of Peru . In the fir st half the Auburn and keep the fund growmg and th.e girls played the best w hile in t he above bill seems to make such prov1· secon d half the Peru g irl s played s ion. mu ch the best. It was a good ga me If yo u ar e int erested 1n see mg anY and a ll enjoyed it. Thi s is the second of th ese bi11s passed it wou ld be well game the g irl s have played thi s sea- to write to your senator.and rep r esenso n, w in n in g both game s. · tatives s tating yo ur d es ires .

IReli gio us

Y. M. C. A.

On Jnau ary 27, theY. M. . A. m et wtih the men of the Baptist church for men's m eet in g. Re,·. D en on of Lincoln led in a most exce ll ent mann er and the meet in g was one of the b es t of the year.

The Normal was re pr ese n te d at the state convention at Co lum bu s by l\I essrs. Moore , Olin e, Ak ers, H esse lt in and Swenson. Pr es Moor e h ad a place on th e progr am and re ad a pap er on "Financ es ." Th e b oys wi ll be entertained at the home of Miss Ly dia Turner , of Co lu mbu s, a me mb er of the cla ss of '06.

By request of the State Co mmitte e the Bible cla sses and Cabin et ha ve had their pictur es tak e n. Th ey will be t ransferr ed to ste ri o pticon s lid es to show in a r epresentat i ve way the Associati on work in Nebra s ka Co lleges.

Mr. Mumford ha s assist ed the Room Committee in many respects in bettering our room. Mr. Mumford h as indeed the true Y. M. C. A. sp iri t.

Trea s urer Oline as chairman of the Finance Committee and Correesponding Secretary Carlson are pushing a rou sinsg campaign for swe llin g our budget.

Roy Smith, chairman of. the Membership Committe e never fails to say a good word for the Association to a ll "new" men upon en tering school. Our membership has now passed the "ninety" mal'k.

A. J. Wick l and, chairman of the Reel igious Work Committee is continuall y on the '' l ook out'' for someth ing special for our meetings. He made the arrangement for Rev. Den-

ton and! promises u a tr eat f rom Rev. i\li lle r in the nea r future. Arrangem en ts are also be in g mad e for State ec re tary J. P. Bail ey to be with us wi t hin a fe w w ee ks.

A the As soc ia tion year n ea rs its clo e eYery A ociat i on man seems to put fo rth an ext ra effort to see that it m ay be close d in a mo st succ e ssful mann e r.

Th e- A soc iation r ece i,·ed gr eetin gs in Janua ry f rom Mrs. Hou ser, whom the g irl s will reme mb er as Mis s Corwin. ou r f orm er state sec re tar y. Miss l\Iaude Boyd, our A ssoc i ation preside nt of la st also remembreed us with a m essage for the new year .

Seventy-fi,·e stud ents are enrolled in the cla ss in Old T estam ent Poetry , offe red by Pr ofesso r Sea r son of the Engl ish d epa rtm ent in the Normal. Thi s stud y is g iv en comp lim e ntary to the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.

Our membership committee gave a se ri es of fiv e o 'c l ock r eception s, in Phi lo Hall, to the g irl s of the respecti ve classes during the openin g days of the semester. As eac h girl en tered the door , a part of a Bib le quotation written on a s lip of paper was give n to her , and she was requested to find the g irl who had the s lip on which was written the r emainde r of the quotation. After a sh ort social hour, the g irl s seated themse l ves a nd li ste ned to short address concerning the associat ion, by the chairman of the membership committee, Mi ss Elizabet h H ende rson; our assoc i ation advisor, Mi ss Esther Cla rk ; the pres ident, Miss Myrtle Krebs and other members w ho e ncourages the g irls to join with us m carry i ng on our Master's wor k. Li ght refre shm e nts were served to the g irl s and a ll went hom e feeling a cl oser bond of fe ll ows hip than before.

Senior Notes

Mi ss Letty Eby has joined th e rank s of the se niors this semester.

Mis s Ada Bahner enjoyed a vi s it from her father, January 30.

Miss Crene Kulp visited at her hom( in Wymore, January 26-30.

Mr. M. W. Ryan visited Nebrak sa City on important business, January 31.

.Miss Margarete Lambart is m eetin g with marked success in her work at Holdredge .

Miss Lucy Bowen , of Lincoln has entered the Normal and is a memb er of th e senior class.

Miss Ida Johnson has been elected to a position in th e Alliance school s. She began her work there January 7.

Class Advi ser J. W. Searson attend ed the meeting of th e Schoolma ster' s club in Lincoln , February 1.

The sen ior class has decided upon Peasely and White of Nebraksa City as the photographers to take the work for th em.

Dr. J. A. Beattie, fo rmerly Presiof the Normal, addressed the semor class r ecently on •'F t . Ed . , ac ors In .ucatiOn. Hi s talk was greatly enJoyed by all members.

Mi ss Eli zabeth Maxwell is pleasing th e p.atrons of the Cheyenne schools, as ev idence. by the fact that her salary has been mcr ease d five dollars per month, and a promise that she s hall hav e a more desirable position in the city next year, has been g iven her.

The senoir class has entrusted the planning and ca rr ying out of the Class Day exercise s for commencement to Mrs. Nettleton, and have appointed the following committee to

do her bidding- and to a ss ist h er in any mann er in the work. Mi sses Lilli e ·wahl st ro m. Anna Cogil an d Bertha Oleso n, M ess r s. Harrison, George Knoll.

We are plea se d Lo n ote th at the youn g men of the c ni or class have b ee n ve ry act ive in th e org anization of th e Ant i- ciga r ette and Tobacco L eag ue. It is h oped that this will b eco me a n at ional or ag ni zation among Norma l Sch oo ls a nd with t hi s end in vi ew the me mb ers o£ the loca l League elected Mr. L. J. Kno ll Natio nal S ecr etary .

The Sen iors ha ve d ec id ed to publish an Annu al and the fo ll ow in g hav e be en el ected as ma nage r s: Mr . Clin e and Mi ss Kre b s, mana g in g e ditors; Mr. F. D. Brooks a nd Mr. L. J. Knoll , busin ess manager s; and a board compose d of the following perso ns: Mi sses Lucy Blank ens hip, Ruby Clark, Bertha Ol e son, Carrie Dietrich, Mar · garet Fedde, Carrie Neid e rmeyer; M essrs . G. W. Brooks, A. J. Wickland, B. Harri so n, and George Knoll. The me mbers of the class of 1907, will celebrate St . Valentines' birthday with a party in the gy mnasium. Th e wonderful originality an poetical ability po ss essed by these members will be dul y shown forth on that occasion. A committee composed of the following has been appointed by President Woodard to complete arrangements: Messrs. Penny, Smith, Miss es Lillith Waggener, Lucy Blankenship and Ada Bahner.

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The true way to be humbl e is no t to stoop till you are smaller than yourself , but to stand at your real height ag ainst some hi g her nature that s hall show you what t he real smallne ss of your greatness is. Phillips .

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The Juniors have been ha v in g a great many class m eet in gs late ly. Wonder why?

Mi ss L ett ie Eby h as left th e Junior ranks and n ow takes on the dignified ·airs of a se nior.

Miss Kath e rin e Laughlin r etu rn ed to finish h er Junior year after be in g out of school s in ce November on account of sickness.

The Junior class feels hi g hl y honored in being asked to participate in the erectin g of an an nu al to the se nior cla ss but after du e delib er ation and aforethou g ht it was deemed unwi se to accept s uch a propo s ition on acco unt of the great amount of wo rk the class has taken upon themselves for the coming semester.

The basket ball season opened with a double game, the b oys playing Humboldt and the fg irl s playing the Syracuse high school girls. The game resulted in a score of 30 to 12 in favor of the Peru girls. The line up for the girls of Peru was as follows-

Olive Wilkenson, Center.

Grace Hughes, Right Field.

Edith Phillips, Left Field.

Mary Hoadley, Right Field, (Capt).

Nannie Gariel , St. Field, (M'gr).

Gladys Majors, Second Center.

The Peru girls simply out cla sse d the Syracus e girls in team work and throwing goal.

And yet, women, you could make us so much better if you on ly wou ld. -J erome.

The finest fruit earth holds up to its maker is a finished man. - Humbolt.

On the mornin g of the eighteenth of January, the third yea r class made their grand de bu t, by a very artistic and imp os ing march into chapel; it was o ne w hich a ll agree did credi t to the Third Years and to their worthy adviser, Prof. B eck.

The large , purple a nd gol d ba nnn er of the cla ss was proudl y borne by Mr. Jesse Harris.

Throu gh the two side e ntran ces of the stage they march ed in s ingle file, a nd with a lmost military percision, formed in two rank s, facing the school.

Th e cla ss song was sung, after which eve rybod y was delighted by the P.loqu ent rendering of the following poem by one of the prominent member s of the class, Mr. C. L. Westcott. Some classes wave their flags and yell

Like sin, to beat the ban.d, Whil e othe rs stand and look hke-we ll

The're rather short of sand

The Juniors and the Seniors, b oth

Have made a pretty show

The second year's also came for th, And they were not so slow.

The Seniors came in first of all One hundred fifty strong. They fairly filled t his classic hall

With laughter and w ith song.

The Junior class also came out

And nearly took the cak e

With pretty marches round about For sure.. they are no fa ke.

The second year class n ext

Carnations pink and white

They handed to th e faculty

Who think that class all right'

Thi s third y ear cla ss is not so big

As others here-a-bout

But let that pass, don't act the pig

Give them a chance to shout.

And when they shout, just keep .ri g ht still

And listen as you shou l d. What they're about, they have the will

To pitch in and saw wood. Say, talk about your football , Or any other game, The th ird year class, tho' rather small, Gets there just the same. There's big Bert Swanson And little Johnie House Slug them all you want too, It mox nix ouse.

And when it comes to leaving · Lessons of great worth, They have a mi ghty yearning

To conquor all the earth. We can't relate it all, dear friend, Wherein this class doth shine Just watch it to the very end. This class of nineteen nine.

We now are young but when we're old '

And all our school days past We'll keep the purple and the In memory to the last.

After making the chapel res ound with the class yells, the class marched the stage, in as proper and becommg as they 1h ad marched upon It .

Reaching their seats they patrioticaly and with rousing zeal gave the Normal yell .' Having worthy representat ives in the class room social circles, and athletics, the year class of seventy-five members, assembled under the purp le and gold banner of the class of '09, stands as one of the foremost classes in sc h ool.

cl e ar of the sh oa ls of int e rnal strife and class dis co rd , we w ill e xa lt our cla ss to fir st pl ac e in b ot h co ll ege place and a thl et ics and wh en we launch our s hip in 1909 . u po n Lh e g radua t ion pl atfor m, and go out in to th e w01:ld . we w ill mak e i l be ll er for our havm g li ve d in it.

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Training Cl ass.

Pr es iden t, Mr. Fra nk P ec k; VicePres id e nt Mr. R oy Dyk es; S ec re tary,

Mi ss Ne lli e Syl ves te 1· ; Treasur er.

Mi ss Lil yBa nk s.

Cla ss colors -Nic kl e and Pink.

Cla ss Mot to -To be ch ose n.

Cla ssFlow ers- To com e with sprin g.

Cla ss Yell - Will be given l ater.

Cla ss not es -

Mi ss Bu sch rece ntl y e njoyed a visi t from her fath e rr .

Th e Mis ses Ne l son e njoyed a visit from their moth er rece ntly.

Miss Gettie Snowden recently visited in her home at Dun_bar over Sunday.

The Trainers were very pleasantly entertained by the Y. W. C. A. Wed · nesday even i ng, January 31.

Miss Clysdale fe 11 during the sli.Ppery weath er and sustained a injury in the shape of a broken wnst.

We are glad to we l come back Miss Laura Young who wa s call ed home last semester ' by the death of her brother.

Many of our number respond to the Athletic Roll of Honor and we hear repeated the names of Swenson · '

Miss Nora Hami l ton has returned to her work, after being detained at home for severa l weeks, with an at· tack of the whooping cough Philips t Collins, House and veterans of foot ball fame.

We are few in numbe r, it is true, but united by the bonds of a strong class spirit, with our purple and gold banner at the mast and our wise and prudent adviser, at the helm, steeri ng

At a recent meet i ng of the class, resolutions of sympathy were adopted and a copy sent to Miss Eva Ait who was called home by the death and illness of h er mother. She has the sympathy of a ll in her sorrow

News Notes

lWe are g lad to re port that li tt le H er bert Browne ll is now out of dange r.

Supt. Ca rrin g ton of Nemaha county is pres id e nt of the Sout hea ste rn Nebra s ka T eac her 's A ssoc iat io n.

Prof. F. M. Gregg is engaged to work in th e Boyd co unty teac her' s in s titute thi s com in g s umm er.

Mi ss Anna Cog il has be en offered a pos ition in the Lincoln Sc h oo ls but preferred to remain here and co mplete her cour se.

Mi ss Ke ll ey a nd Mi ss Sc hl ee gave the childr en in the primary gr ades of the mod el sc h oo l a sleig hin g party, 'l'hurs da y afte rnoon February 7.

Misses Loomi s and Mutz gave an informal r ecep tion to s ome l ady members of the fac ulty, in th e Oak Glen parlo rs, the evening of January 26.

President J. W. Crabtree and Profs . W. R. Ha rt, J. W. Searson , S. L. attended the m eet in g of th e Schoolmaster's club in Lin co ln, Fe bruar y 1.

.Dr. Beattie, now of Co tn er -and a former pr esi d ent of the Normal visit ed Peru the seco nd week after the holid ays and addressed the studurin g chapel hour, Ja nuary 10.

'Professo r Beck h as a go od plan of placing a fundamental p edagog ical .fact on th e board before his cla sses every few then durin g each recitat ion he makes so me s pecific application of the fact .

Messrs. E. K. Hurst and Sterling Mutz h ave don e s ome exce ll e nt work as ma nagers of the Normalite. Their li st of advertisers is stro ng. The stude nts of the No r mal w ill s how their

app r ec iation by patronizing the adrertise rs of t hi s paper.

On e mornin g, the fir st part of ary, we we re favo r ed with an inter esting and in structiv e ta lk by R ev. Miller of Sherbrun, New York. Rev. Miller, together with hi s wife , is spe ndin g the winter wi th Prof. Brownell and fam il y. Mrs . Brownell is a daug hter of Rev . a nd Mr s. Miller' s.

Ch ai rm an W. N. Delyzell annonuces R ev. John Watso n, well kno wn as "Ian Mcaclaren" auth or of " Bonnie Br ier Bu sh ," as among the s trong attract ions of the Summer Sc hool Lecture Co ur se. Th e Chi cago Glee Club h as also b een adde d to the cour se

Every ed ucato r of Nebraska w ill be glad to lea rn that Superintendent C. G. P ea rs e of Milwaukee has been r ece ntly re-elcet ed for a noth er term of three years without a di ssentin g vote . Many w ho attend ed the Normal last s umm er reme mb er w ith pleasure th e excellent seri es of lectures g iven by Mr. Pearse before the Summ er Schoo l l as t summer.

The fi r.st of a ser ies of public r ecitals to be g iven by the private p upils of the Departm ent of E xpress ion was g iven by Mi ss Mae Jones, thP. evening of Janu ary 10. Th e program consisted of a sk etch of the life of Paul L awrence Dunbar together with r ea dings of some of hi s best poem s and productions , Miss .Ton es gr eatl y plea sed her audience .

Mi ss Bertha Range of Lancast er county, formerly a student at Peru but who ha s be en attending the State Univer s ity for some time, h as eel to this sc hool to g raduate with the cl ass of 1907. She is a very strong .stu dent and w ill make a valuabl e addition to the Senior class w hi ch now numb ers 156.

THE NOR MALIT E

About one hundred seventy-five people from Peru, members of the faculty, students and citizens were present at the rendition of the play, "Macbeth," at the Overland Theatre in Nebraska City, January 15. Madame Modjeska, who is the leading actress in the troop that presented this play, is probably the best actres s in the part of Lady Macbeth on the stage at the present time.

At the close of last seme s ter, Mrs. Nettleton's class in Advanced Reading gave a reciatal in Music and Expression Hall. The program consisted mainly of selections taken from the class work of last semester and wa s very well rendered . The high standard of the se programs is shown by the large attendeance they always receive. ·

The first number of our Lecture Course since the Christmas vacation wa s given by Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker, Thursday evening, January 24. She read to us in her masterly way the popular drama by Henry Ib s en "P , eer Gynt." Many of us heard Mrs. Baker' s reading of the drama "If I were Kin g ," last year and were looking forward with great pleasure to the treat we expected and did rece ive.

Miss Jos ephin e Messiner has done s ome Vf!r.Y e fficient work in the library. In addition to her regular dutie s as librarian , she has cataloged nearly 400 books complete and has added 1000 new cards to the card catalogue. This work has greatly incres ed the usefulnes s of the library to the students. Mi ss Meissner is certainly a worker in the true sense, and her work is appreciated.

It now looks as if President Crabtrees' prediction on simplified spelling is soon to be realized. He says the

pe opl e de mand it a nd that it is comin g. Th e la st Sc h oo lma ste r's Club Ji sten ee d to a sc hola rl y di s cu s sion on th e s ubj ec t by C han ce ll or Andrews of the State U ni ve rs ity Chancellor Andrews' co nclu sions be ar out th e pre diction of Pr es id e nt C rabtre e.

A In s titu te convened in Peru la st Saturday, holdin g a morning and afte rnoon sess ion. Honorabl e Ge orge S. Chri s ty of Jo hn s on gave an address at each se ss ion on Horticultural s ubj e cts. Local ag riculturists s pok e upon diff ere nt pha ses of farm problem s. Prof. Fre nch of the State Normal s pok e on th e qu es tion, "Does your cow pay her board?'' Prof. Beck of the Normal School was instrumental in sec urin g thi s institute for Pe ru.

The third number on the Normal Lecture cour se was given by th e Cleveland Ladies' Orchestra on Saturday evenin g, February 2. The concert wa s listened to by the la1·gest hou se of th e season . For two solild hour s, the Orche s tra rendered selection s which could not have been mor e pleasing to the large audience. Th e violin, trombone, and cornet solos were truly fascinatin g, and the numbers giv en by the cornet quartette were veritable dreams. The mu sic was as varied as the moods of the s oul, and as charming as the hea1·t could wish. Prof. Metsdorf as leader of th e Orchestra showed himself complete master of his art. But the star of the evening was Mr. Frederick Irving as baritone soloist. The showed their appreciation by thetr persistent applause and repeated encore s. Mr. Irving is certainly an artist of rare talent and his music interpreted through his admirable voice and responsive soul could not but charm.

TheTh e fo ur th and last of the se ri es of preliminary d ebates wa s held in Music and Expr ess ion Ha ll fo r the pu rpo se of choo s in g r ep r ese nta ti ves fo r . the Int erstate Debates to be he ld with Washb urn Co ll ege, Ka n sas; Warrensburg State Normal , Mi sso uri ; and the State Norma l School , Ceda r Fall s, Iowa.

The de ba tes began with unu sua l enthu s ia sm and in cr eased as th ey prog res se d.

The fir st of the se ri es t oo k place on Wednesday evening, Fe bru ary 6th. The question was: Resolved, a portion of our n ational revenuP. s hould be raised by levying a tax upon inherited we a lth . Th e affirmativ e was maintained by Mi ss Len o ra Lawrence, Messrs . J. A. Woodard , Geo. Blessin g and W. S. Cook. The ne g ati ve by Messrs. Aug ust Eggenberge r, S. F. Mutz, J. C. Mitchell a nd G. E. Knoll. The logic, togeth er with the wit and humor displayed, gave spice to the debate and the large and enthus iastic audience inspired the s peakers to put forth their best effort s.

The second of the series of debates was held Thursday evening. The question discus se d was: Resolved, That three-fourths of the jury should constitute a in all criminal cases. The affirmative was ably maintained by Mr. C. M. Penney, Miss Maud Yocum and Mr. E. K. Gross . The negative by Messrs. D. J. Young, Joy Morgan, R. D. Mutz and Earl Cline. The debate was characterized by the enthusiasm that was manifested by each speaker, which showed the able and careful preparation e ach debator gave to the question.

The third debate of the se ries was

he ld Fr id ay eve nin g. Th e question u nder discuss ion wa s: R eso l ved, That the system of direct primaries s hould r ep lace the ca ucu s and convent ion syste m in the nominati on of county and state officers. Th e affirmative wa s ma in tained by Messrs. Albert Gilb er t, Lewis Co le, C. E. Benson, C. G. Phillip s. Th e neg ative by W. L. Dunton , M. W. Ryan, H. A. Snowden, P. B. Ruck. Th e debate was very inter est in g a nd the argument produced by both s ides \Vas clear and stron g.

Th e fourth of the series was held Saturday eve nin g. The question und er di sc u ss ion was: R eso lved, That the white citizens of the Southern states are justifi ed in usin g all peacable m eans to mainta in:th e ir political supremacy. The affirmative was upheld by Miss Vera Cra ven, Mr. J. T. Akers , Mr . E. K. Hurst, Miss Belle Bolejack. The nega tive by Mess rs . C. P. Patterson , Chas G..Ammon and Louis J. Knoll. The enthusiasm reached its h eight in this de bate. The speeches were especially good and well argued, notwi+-hstandin g the di sadvantages the debators were at in being compelled to do individual work. During the deliberation of the judges the band played severa l stirring pieces, which along with the interest of the audience showed that Peru was certainly in .

After a half hour of anxwus wa iting the following thirteen tives were selected from the thirtytwo contestants and r ead in alphabetical order: J. T. Aker s, Belle Bolejack Earl Clin e, E. K. Hurst, G. E. Kn?ll, Louis J. Knoll , J. C. Mitchell. F. Mutz, C. M. Penn ey , C. G. Ph1ll1ps, M. W. Ryan, J. A. Woodard .. (I.([

No man can be provident of his time who is not prudent in the choi ce of company.-Taylor.

IAthenian

Misses Gratz, Goida, Linn, Hend erson and Redfern have recently joined the Athenian ranks, making a total enrollment of thirty-two.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it ; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; t hi s is knowl edge .Confucius.

The principa l feature of the Athenian meeting on January 26 was the · open di sc uss ion and the parliamentary drill which followed the debate. The question under di scu ssion was: Resolved that all Normal stud'ents s hould be high school graduates. Each Athenian seemed to have pronounced views on the subject, and as each seemed anxious to express her opin i on

so me exce ll ent exte mporaneous debatin g wa s enjoyed . Th e Athenian s e njo ye d a h ot ly contested deba te on .January 19. The que s tion wa s: R eso l ved that coll ege fra te rniti es are a men ace to co llege li fe. Th e affi 1·mati ve was maintained by Mi sses Kr ebs . H ousto n and Blank, and the ne gat i ve by Misses Kinney, Smi th and See li g, who wo n the decisi on of th e jud ges by a vote of one for the affirmat iv e and two for the negativ e.

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Nature ha s wr itt en a l etter of credit on so me me n' s faces w hi ch is honored wherever it is presented.Tha ckeray.

There are two sc i ences w hich every man ought to l earn: Fir s t, the sc ie nc e of spee ch; second, the more difficul t one of s il en ce . - Socrates.

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LETTER FROM PANAMA.

Prof.Beck recently received a letter n ea r futur e a nd we will be able to from D. C. O'Connor, Superintendent s end for more of our t ea ch ers from of Education in the Canal Zone. Mr the sta t es O'Connor is a Nebraska man and we "We have at th e prese nt time, in believe our readers will be intere s ted course of ere cti on, fiv e new s chool in what he has to say. We are in- buildin gs. It will prob a bly be two or debted to Prof.Beck for the following thr ee mo nth s be for e th es e will be extracts from the letter: ready for occupancy .

"In regard to your. desire for some "It would be difficult to find a information concerning the work on great er mi x ture of rac es than upon the zone, I take pleasure in stating th e Is thmu s. On e would be s afe in that when we consider the many sayin g that in the ve in s of some of difficulties that stood in the way of the children there flow s the blood of the organization of a school system the Spani sh nation, Italy, France, here we have some reason to feel China, Afric a, England, Germany, proud of the system that has been the United States and almost every established. A year ago this month state of Ce ntral and South America. !he first small beginning was made Every color and almost eve ry shade the matter of establishing a school , of color that can be found in ex amples smce then thirty six schools have of the human race anywhere can be been opened At the beginning it found here upon the Isthmus The was necessary for us to limit our prevailing type, however, is a mixture selection of teachers to Jamaicans of the Martinican, Jamaican, China , and some few Panamanians. The Native Indian and the Spanish. I Isthmus has been full of Jamaican speak of thi s becau se it effects very schoolmasters but we have found it greatly the nature of the work that possible to employ fewer of them we are capable of performing in the now, and more American teachers. schools. Some of the children are At the present time we have eleven .bright, vivacious, apt to learn; this Jamaicans and twenty-one American is particularly characteristic of th e teachers. Most of the latter whom types of children that would reprewe have employed have friends or sent the Spanish, African, French relatives on the Isthmus with whom and Chinese. Others are quite slow , they find quarters. Tlie greatest less apt and very much le ss intelligent; is the matter of providing these find their types among the repsUitable quarters for ladies. The resentatives of the Jamaicans and villages and camps along the line ef Native Indian·s; with these, much mor e the canal are constructed primarily patience must be exercised in teachfor the purpose of room' for ing them the rudiments of an educabachelors and for families and on tion . They seem to be more paraccount of the pressing necessity to ticularly apt in writing and in drawprovide for the actual workers of the ing and seem to like this work. canal, the space for families and for · · ''Th e Spani sh language has been bachelors is very limited. Conditions, the prevailing language here, most however, are likely to improve in the of our teachers know only the English

language, so thal we ha, ·e qu i te a field for de te rmi ni n.g the qu est ion wh ether a te ach er kno\\' i ng only the Eng li sh l an guag-e can do ucce sfu l work in a s r.ho ol \\'here the children know nothin g bul a lan g-uage fo reign to the teac her. Th e work that <:ome of our t ea chers arc cloi ng in thi s respect ful ly pro\·cs th at a good teache r ca n tear.h ch ild ren in a foreign tong ue with success and sat isfact io n.

"I would li ke lo h <:1\'e you or i\Ir. Crabtree recomm e nd one first·class teac her who wou ld be wi llin g to co me to the Ist hmu s so m et im e b et\,·een t hi s and the fir st of J ul y at $ 0 pe r mo nth. It is our de s ir e to g- et a fi r st -class teacher fr om eac h of the No rm al Schools an d we wi ll st m·t wi th Pe ru. "

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Mt. Vernon Reception.

At Chap el on th e mornin g of Fe bruar y 22 th e entire sc h ool was ex te nded an invita t ion to att e nd a rece ption at Mt. Vernon Hall in the afternoon from 1: 30 to 5 p. m. The guests were instructed to come in three sections according to the lette r of the alphabet with which their n ames began.

To many of us this was a glad surprise for we have often wa nted to visit the Domitory and here was our chance. When the time arrived for our section to go we lost no time in reaching Mt. Vernon. In the ha ll, just as we entered, we were recei ve d by a line of young ladi es dress ed in Colonial style, and from this time we felt as if some fairy had touched us with her wand and transferred us to the good old days of a century ago. All around us were decorations in keeping with the day we were met to observe; bunting and flags were hung and festooned on all sides. We

were us hered on toward the dining r oo m, at the ent rance of which stoo d 1iss tone r with a g roup of Mt. Vernon girls . and here our we lcome was mad e t ill more cordial , if s uch were pos ibl e. Passin g in to the s pa cious dinin g r oom which was beaut ifully de corated we we re served to punch and wafe r . vV e were informed that l\It. Ver non orch estra wou ld g ive a concert in tw enty minut es, and as we haY e h ea rd un st inted praise of the me rits of th is comp any \V e decided to rema in for the co nc ert. Promptl y at the ti me announ ce d the yo ung ladi es of the orch estra made their appearan ce on the platform. Th ey were recei ved with a storm of app lause, which was g raciously acknowledged by the acco mplished leader, Miss Be r tha Anne Taylor. Th e concert b ega n and we were held a·s if in a tra nc e by the wondrous harmony. Th e first numb er ended , the large audience was breathl ess for several seco nds , then with one impul se burst into prol onged a pplause. Th e graceful bow and sweet smi le of th e leader told us, better than word s, that we were yet to h ear music still more wonderful. Then with movements whose el egance be ggars description, s he began to respond to the music within her, and so graceful and suggestive were her movements that we caught the first sweet strains of the music before the orchestra began playing. The different members of the company deserve special mention but space forbids. It would not do, however , to fail to mention the whistling s olo by Madam Bates, and also to give spec ial commendation to the musical gen ius of Miss Zoe Harmon.

After the concert we were given the freedom of the lower floor and here we spent a pleasant half hour.

Several contests were held and priz es were won by the following person s.

First prizes were all roses. Tho se receivir.g first prizes were:

Mr. Lardins Ellenberger, Mr. Applegate, Mr. Arthur Wickland, Mr. Don Young.

Those receiving the booby prizes: Mabelle Kinnear- hatch et tied with red, white and blue ribbon.

Miss Banks- George Washington book let.

Mr. Gross- Gentleman's cane with national colors.

Mr. Ray Whitfield- paper flag.

Altogether the reception was one of the most unique we ever attended, and we congratulate Miss Stoner and the ladies of Mt. Vernon upon their splendid entertainm ent, assuring them it will be long remembered.

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ArtExhibit.

The Art Exhibit was the tryst for ?tudents, faculty and friends during Its four days stay in Peru. Music and Expression hall was transfo rmed into beautiful art gallery The room is adapted to this purpose, well li ghted and its ample stage gave excellent opportunity for displaying small framed pictures, pottery and bric-a-brac.

The exh ibition just closed is the largest and most interesting one we have ever had. The collection included about 800 pictures, more than there was room to hang, even after adding two small rooms to this large hall. The price of the collection reached over $3,000.

There has never been such splendid interest on the part of students and friends. 'J'he students spent every spare moment in the gallery studying the pictures, w ith open note books,

jolting a su ggest ion from a picture, or a thought from so me art talk, to help them in furt her s tudy of the subject. Th e s tud e nts hav e s hown that the ir in terest exten ds beyond th e bri ef pe ri od of the exhibition by purcha s in g- b ea ut if ul Lhings for their hall s so that they m ay e njoy them continua ll y.

Th e Philomath e an Society will place in it s ha ll th e "Evo lu tion of the Book" by Jo hn W. Ale xander. It ha s ch ose n the large si ze carbon print. It will be framed in a long pan el, and when placP.d on th e wall will gi ve a bit of frieze l ike d eco ration, that w ill add a s pecia l ch arm to t he hall.

Th e yo un g women of Mount Vernon Hall were very happy in their choice of "Ionian Weath e r" by Alma Tade ma. Thi s picture is very char acter is tic of the artist . Here he gave another evidence of his wonderful power to expose the qua litie s of marble. Th e picture is exquisite in its coloring and very refined in drawing. This picture in coloring will give variety, and greatly enhance the whole effect of the picture scheme of the g irl s' parlor.

Many pictures were purcha se d by the teachers, students and friends . Some pieces of foreign pottery, and fine art gl ass will remain in Peru. Not all of us can make a trip abroad, so appreciate having these things brought within our reach collected by a man who h as made this subject, that of art coll ecting, a study in foreign land s for a number of years, Mr. Whitmore of Omaha.

Thi s exhib ition which is given annually by the Fortnightly Art Club, is now being lo oked forward to as one of the very interesting and pleasant features of our schoo l year. Though the admission fee is small, owing to

the la1 ge attendanc e there will be a sum s uffi cient to purcha ·e a lar ge statue in pla ste r, or two or th r ee fine pictures to cont inue the de cOl·ation of th e chapel. Th e frieze of the Parthenon over ou r st a ge represents the earn in gs of two e xhibits. No one who e nters the ch apel can fa il to be im pre sse d with th e powe r fu l dig nity and beauty of t hi s w onderful piece of s cu lptu r e. Lorado T aft , who ca rri es a sl ab of thi s f ri eze with him on hi s lec ture tou r s, was Yery much plea sed to find t hi s sl ab in i ts own setting on ou r stage

IPHILOMATH EAN SOCIETY

The program committee h as opened the second sem ester with exce llent program s. So far th ey hav e proved to be not on ly e nt ertaining but instructive as well. Th ese programs s how t hat th e committee is putting forth every effort to arouse the interest of each member of the society in literary work.

On Friday eve ning Febru ary 15, several of the m embers rendered an excell ent li ttle farce ''The Bicyc lers.'' The cast of characters were as fo llows :

Mr. Thadd e us P erkins-H. Williams

Mrs. Thaddeu s Perkins- Dai sy Shepherd

Mr. Eward Bradley--Benj.Harrison

Mrs. Eward Brad ley-Bertha Oleson

Mr. Jack Barl ow - Fred Zink

Mr. Robert Yardsl ey- G. Hesseltine Jennie , the maid - Lena Hallet

Mr. William s, Mr . Harrison and Mi ss Sheph erd, repres en ting the principle characters of the play, rendered their parts in a ve ry natural and pleasing manner.

At t he public auction held before the ope nin g of t he program on March 1 t, t he posters u se d during the first semeste r w ere auction ed off to the hi gh est bi dde r.

Th e committee on pi cture dec01·ation too k ad vantage of the exce ll ent oppo rt unity offer ed by the Art club and pu rc ha se d, for the soc iety the EYolut ion of the Book painted by John vV. Alex ander. Thi s in cludes the Cairn, Oral Tradition, Egyptian Hierogl yp hi cs, Picture Writing , The Manuscript Book and the Printing Pr ess.

On the eYeni ng of February 1st the society, in stead of rend ering a program as us ual , gave a social for i ts m embers . Short ta lk s were given by the n ew officers. The pr incipa l feature of enjoyment for t he evening wa s the proposing for hea rts but in many cas es mi ttens were given instead. Li g ht refre shments were served.

EVERETT NOTES

Washington's birthday was duly recognized by Everett Society on Friday evening, February 22, and an excell ent patriotic program was rendered The members certainly showed their patriotism and th eir l ove for this most honored statesman by the l oud app lau se which followed each number and by the large crowd which turned out The hall was crowded to overflowing in spite of the fact that there was a game of basket ball pending at the gymnasium.

Lincoln's birthday was also celebrated on Febr uary 15. Every American citizen is always glad to hear more about these two gr eatest of

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American statesmen, who hav e aptl y been called the Father and the Sav ior of our great republic.

The Everetts did not hold a m eeting Friday evening, March 1s t, but i nste ad attended the Art Exhibi t which was certainly grand. A bet ter and more complete exhibition of Art has never been shown in Peru. On e cannot see such a collection of pictures every day, hence mu st make use of an opportunity when he ha s it. Th e progams were not only pleas in g but instructive. No one can fully appreciate the ma sterpieces without see in g the original s, but those who have seen them can help us to see their beauty and to lea rn the lesson which each of them ha s in s tore for us.

One would think, with the great excitement of the ba sket ball gam es now on each Friday evening at the interest along literary lines would lag but thi s is not true. Everett Hall is filled with eager li steners each Friday evening, and all ears.are strained to h ear that con g lomeratiOn of wit and philosophy which marks the high standard of Everett's programs.

CICERONI AN DEBATI NG SOCI ETY

. The Ciceronian debating society, smce the state legislature has been in se ssion, has b een discussing some important measures which are now pending before the legi slature.

The first bill of importance discus se d was the two-cent passenger rate bill which has recently pass ed both house s of the state legislature. The bill was discussed by a fu ll house of Ciceronians, who gave some very

va l uable in fo rm at ion co n ce rning the m easu re.

The re matn 1 ng measu r es which hav e b een discussed s inc e were the Ji brat-y b ill, w hi ch prov id ed t hat ten ce n ts sh ou ld be set as id e fo r eve ry per so n in the stale of sc hool age for th e purpo se of acqui rin g- a c irc ulat in g li brary.

Thi s b ill was ab ly di sc u sse d by seve ral me mber s of the soc ie ty, some of whom h ave h ad wi de expe rin ece in sc h oo l wor k and und er ·tand the n at ure of th e wo rkin gs of these librari es .

Th e last a nd m ost e nthusiastic m eet in g the soc i ety h as en j oye d s ince the ho lid ay vacat io n, was that of Saturday eve nin g, Mat·ch 2n d.

Th e bill und er di sc u ss ion wa s that of ch ild labor now pe ndin g before th e leg is latur e. N ea rl y eve ry member of the s ociety exp r esse d hi s views pro and con on thi s bill with fo rce and vim which added gr ea tly to the intere st of the me eting-.

The follow in g spea ke rs have been grouped in squads for t he inter-state and inter -coll egiate debates.

The Mis s ouri groupMr. Cline, Mr. L. Knoll, Mr. Mitchell, lY,[r Phillips

The Kansa s groupMr. Akers, Mr . Benson, Miss Bolejack, Mr . Ryan.

The Nebraska groupMr. Hurst, Mr. George Knoll, Mr . S. Mutz, Mr. Penney.

The names in the group, are arranged alphabetically and without regard to th e positions to be assigned on the debates proper.

Th e a nnu al band concert by the State No r ma l Band. gi ven on the 26th of F eb ru ar y, was a d ec ided s ucce ss so far as the progr am wa s concerned. It was sa id by m any who haY e hea rd th e band on s imil ar occas i ons to h a,·e bee n the best con ce rt eve r giYen by our ba nd. T wo of the se lect ions played "T ann h au se r" and " Coronation March '' are ve ry se ld om see n on the program of am ate ur band co ncerts , and the fact th at ou r boy s pl ayed them we ll , plac es them in the front ra nk s as ba nd m en

Thi s rema rk a bl e pro gr ess is du e lar gely to the work do ne by Prof. Hew itt as we ll as to the fa it hfuln ess of every member of the ba nd.

The solo by Mr s. W hi te n ac k was very mu ch auprec iat ed as we re the giv en by Mi ss Este ll a Ba t es .

It is to be reg ret te d h oweve r th at a large r nu mber were n ot pr esent.

The b and is entir ely se lf supportin g an d th ese concer ts are gi ve n w ith the i dea of buyi ng n ew mu sic a nd in s trumen ts . At the pr esent tim e th e band is in n ee d of seve ral in stru men ts a nd they had h oped to r ea li ze enough at th e co n ce rt to at l ea st parti a ll y r ep len ish the ins tr um en ts b ut wit h an a udi ence of less than 200 ve ry li ttle can be do ne n ow . Th e ban d h as ·been. gen erous duri ng the pas t yea r, playmg for the deb ates, f oot ball , e tc . exp ect in g o nl y a go od support at t his tim e.

Stud en ts, wa ke up a nd r esol ve to sh ow yo ur in terest in the ba n d's welfa re by d ec id ing n ow to attend th e n ext band co n ce rt.

Th e new Dom est ic Sc ie nce La borato ry is now co mplete d a nd at this wr i ting the yo un g la di es of t hat department h ave had t hr ee week 's of e xp e rie n ce in the A rt of coo kin g. The labor ato ry is located in one of the eas t r ooms of the b asement of the ma in buil d in g, a nd is fi tte d to a ccommodate si xteen lad i es at a t ime.

Be s ides the s pec ial eq uipme nts fo r eac h in dividual th ere are china cupba rd s, supply cupb oard s, a sink, a lar ge ran ge, a nd a s upply ta ble. The hours for r egul ar work are fr om 1 :30 to 4 :30 on T ues day a nd Thursday after noo n s. Th e fi r st 2 weeks of pr act i ce we re spe nt in the stud y of su gars a nd the t hi rd wee k in a stud y of sta rch es . Miss L oomi s, who is th e in str uctor of t hi s department, is a grad uate of the Manh attan Co llege of Do mes tic Economi cs of Ka n sas . Sh e is also a fo rm er gradu ate of our ow n Norm al sch oo l. Th e you ng ladi es of this d epartm en t repo rt t hi s study as ve ry in teresti ng and f asc in atin g.

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Footst eps.

Can angels h ea r men 's f oots t eps? If th ey ca n, L et every man sta nd up and walk, and be a m an.

Not onl y let hi m h ave man' s st ren gth a nd si ze , But let him kn ow and f ully r eali ze, T hat hand and heart and mind make up the ma n.

Th at t hi s is God' s, n ot men' s or an ge ls' plan; Th en let hi s foots t eps fa ll on an gel ea rs

As ma n' s, not man's in fe ri ors . - M. de L eon Imus.

A 1 • Mthonth 1 1Yt MagaZJf.nE e dPubli.shed n e n crests o ucalJO n.·

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Editorial Staff

C. M. PENNEY • LILLI E WAHLST ROM •

J. C. MITCHELL

W.G BROOKS

A. H. GILBERT

C. B. MOORE

B. E. SWENSON • ULA WATERHOUSE • N. A. BENGTSON

E. K. HURST • ST ERLING MU TZ

Edit or -I n -C hi ef

• Assoc i ate Ed Itor DebntlnK L ltem ry Military Relig ious Athletic

• Alumni Busin ess M anager Assl st:mt ,\1nnarcc r

EDITORIAL NOTES

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b A soft answer turneth away wrath ut a soft snap never made a m ' the next sixty days than. pa1gn f . . e camor POSitions for the co year will be on. mm g

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Does it ruffle yo u to h ave yo u opmiOns controverted? Th r better get under cove; y en you had · ou are not yet ready to face real proble ms .

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The stud.ent who does not attend his class functiOns and who does not tt . t h' a end nor assoc1a e 1mself w ith th . . some of e orgamzat10ns of the school f .1 to get the benefit he should s f h . h 1 1ve rom IS sc oo hfe. Show us the yo ung man or woman w ho is loyal to

hi s or her cla ss , \\'h o is a wo rker in s om e so ci ety or a ss oc iat io n, and we w ill sh o·w yo u the s tud ent who will be a le ad er a nd a power fo r goo d when s ch oo l d ays arc ove r.

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Rece nt ly we h ea rd a youn g l ady s ay- "My f ee l m ove me more than my t hi nk e r." Thi s wa s in r ep ly to the re mark by a fe ll ow student th at the yo un g lad y thot of th e co mfort of ot hers. Thi s wa s a ca reless remark and is qu i te lik ely e ntirely fo rgotten by th e on e who mad e it, yet we wond er if we were to be frank with our se l ves if we wo uld not often have to say: "M y f ee l mo ve me more than my t hink er ."

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Many of us who visited the art exhibit, rece ntl y he ld in Mu sic a nd Expression hall, cou ld not help fee li ng a se n se of obligation to the l adies of the facu lty a nd the tow n who h ave worked so patiently to create an interest in art in the minds of our students and the ci tizens of t he town

Sometimes we h ea r it said that women are narrow and one-sided, but after visiting the art ex hi b it and talking with members of the Art Club we have con cluded that m en can well take a l esson fro m the progressiveness sh own by th e ladi es.

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Our r eaders probab ly wonde red at the number of typographi cal err ors in last month's i ss ue of the Normalite. We were very sor ry to have t hi s occur and the following ext ract from a letter from our pr in ters w ill fully explain: "We are in receipt of your l etter of even date and in reply we beg to say that proof was n ot read on Normal ite in th is office la st month. Wh en proofs were recieved thi s part

was ove rl ooked in our hurry to ge t it on pres s and it \\·as sen t to co m pos in g

room without be in g r eacl. We will see that thi s do es not occ ur again."

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At the r ece nt m eet in g of the Na tiona! Super in te nd e nts' an d Principal s' As soc iation at C hi cago , Pres ident Crabtree of thi s sc h oo l di sc usse d a paper on the s ubj ect , '' Wha t Fraction of Pupi ls in Seconda ry Sc h ools Fail to De rive Comp ens at in g Advantages Th erefrom," by Pr in ci pa l W. J. S. Bryan of St. Loui s. Pre s id e nt Crabtree's discussion wa s stro ngly comm ended by Dr. Bani s who u se d it as a basis for a repl y to a paper r ea d before the assoc i at ion. In hi s discu ssion President Crabt r ee s how ed that boys and g irl s are rec eiv in g a compensating advantage that is n ot apparent while th ey are in sc hool.

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Preparation of Normal Students.

Entrance Preparation of Present attendance:

Number admitted on comm on school diploma

82

ALU.MNI NOTES

Number admitted on ninth and tenth grade preparation and on teacher' s 1st and 2nd grade certificates ..........

.259

Number admitted from accredited High Schools on 23 to 32 credit points ......... .. .. ...... ........... 322

Number admitted from other Normal schools and colleges. .

. 80

OFFI CIAL REPORT PERU STUDENTS .

Some of these have no horne el sewhere so that Peru is their hom e while attending school. Th e re are only about fift een P er u pupils, str ictly spea king, below the tenth gra de e ntrance requirements

F. W. Ga il , ' 06, is meetin g with s plendid success at Exeter.

Alice Purinton, '03, is taking a sc i entific co urse at the State Univers ity.

Frank Stockto n, '0 1, U. of N., '07, is a member of the faculty of th e Lin co ln Hi gh School.

Wm. E. Shuman , ' 00 , the former famou s Ciceronia n is now a hi g hly successfu l lawye r at North Platte.

We urge upon a ll a lumni to prompttly r epo rt vacancies to the Bureau Co-operati on is the key-note to success.

Next m onth we sha ll repo rt chang es for next yea r. A lum ni w ill do us a favor to r eport its elect ions as ea rl y as po ss ible.

Miss Mabel L. Brid ges h as an important position in the Lincoln city school s, and, of co urse true to 1902, is hi g hly successful.

George E. L ee, '06, is having a very su ccessful year at Western, Nebraska. He is planning to attend s ummer school in Peru this year.

Grace Hooper, '01, ha s remained tru e to h er early ap pare nt natural bent. She is preceptress of an academy at Carrier, Okla.

In northeast Nebraska the Normal is repres ented by Gail e Cochran, '06, at Newca::;tl e. From r eports at hand her success in the schoolroom is ass ured.

0. J. Standley, '94, w ho h as b ee n the efficient principal at Riverto n for two years, ha s resigned to accept a pos ition with a lar ge bus in ess corporation in De nver.

Papilli on ha s the reputation of

having one of the be st co ndu cted schools of th e sta te. Super in te ndent Slothower 's, '97, work certainly deserves the commendation gi ve n i t.

The work of the T each ers ' Bure au is on in earnest. Rem ember t ha t Prof. W. N. Del zell is very anx iou s to know your want s and wishes, so fee l free to write him concerning them.

All a lumni re joice in the splend id :epo:t of the schoo l given by the LegIslative committee. Such a re port is certainly a co mplim ent to Pre s id ent Crabtree and we know he dese rv es it

E. W. Marcellus, '05 , has su cceeded m developing one of th e b est hi gh school basket ball t eams in the s tate at He is almo st persuaded to claim s uperiori ty over his alma mat er.

The popular city supe rin tend ent of North Platte Pau l Goss ' 97 h 1 • , , as reY purchased con siderab le s tock m the North Platte Bus in es s Co ll ege The sch ool is well located and strong school men connected With it.

ouW. W. Waters, '98, is of r body who has succu mb ed to the charms of the Business Co ll ege We acre) glad t.o n ote that hi s sc h.ool at o umbus Is meet · · h . . . mg Wit mcr eas mg prospenty.

Grace E. Mun·son '05 . fi h' h • , 1s ms mg er second year as Sc ien ce t eacher at Geneva. She is fortunat . h . em av mg an opportu mty to work . f h b m one o e sc hools and also school buildmgs m Nebraska.

Tobias. has a popular and efficient t eacher m the person of J . MD , e nm e c owe ll , 06. Miss . McDowe ll was fGo.rm 1 ; rlby tkh e center on the Norm al Ir s as et ball t ea m. H er work Is as strong as ever.

John F. Johnson, ' 03, is clerk of the county co urt at Geneva, Ne bra s-

ka , On e of hi s important d ut ies is to fill oul I ice n ses to wed but so far he has ne g- l ecl e cl him se lf. John alwa ys was un se lfi s h.

Th e c hair of Che rn is try at Cotner U ni versi ty is n ow fi ll ed by Wm. A. Dob so n, ' Ol , wh o r ece i ve d hi s earl :r trainin g al Pe ru. His wife is the win so me yo un g- lady who formerly cu rbed hi s yo ulh [ul pra n ks at the Norm al, Ma1·y McFarl an e.

Ord has a hi gh sch oo l noted for the numb er and lo.va li ty of its boys and Sup er in te nd ent E. E. How e, '99. is "one of th em." T hu s the boys look upon the ir SuJJ e t·in te nd e nt as a cowork er a nd fr ie nd , and a su cces sf ul sch oo l is th e on ly res ult po ss ibl e. ·

Northw es t Ne bra ska has q ui te a del egation of Norm a li t es , amo ng the numb e r, Frank Re in s ch , '06, High Sc h oo l Pr i nc ipal at Chadron a nd Guy W illi am s, also of '06, Gr ammar G rad e Princ ipa l at sa me place. The h arm ony betw ee n the men and counb:y seems to be mutual.

SENI OR NOTES

Miss Crene Ku lp s pent severa l days at her hom e in Wymore last wee k.

Miss Kathryn Hudson enterta in ed Mi ss Ve tta Loy, '06, of Wymore this week

Mr . Edward Wickland of Valley vi sited hi s broth ers during the la st week.

Mr. Alb ert G il bert and si ster, Mi ss E va, spe nt Sund ay with t heir parents at Johnson .

M r. Geo r ge Bl ess in g h as b een elected ass i stant managing editor of the Se nior Annua l.

Mi ss Edyth Catchpol e and lacie Varn er visi ted at their homes in Sterling, February 22-25.

Mi sses Lena and Nan Gab ri el enjoyed a visit from the it· siste r. Miss Loui se of Ceda r Bluff s.

Messrs. Albert Ga sh and Lee Henderson spent Fe bruary 22d to 25th at th e ir homes in Auburn.

Mr. Noll of Ore\ r ecenlly Yi s ited hi s so n and daughta, Mr. \i\ illi am Noll and Miss D ess ie No ll.

Mi ss Florence A lmqui st of Wahoo , visited h er friend, Mi ss Lillie Wah lstrom sevP ral clays la st week.

Mi sses Helen Dysart and Re na Han ey spent Fe bru ary 23 and 24 at Mi ss D ysart's hom e n ea r Auburn . .

Mi ss Adah Bahner h as accepte d a position as sevent h and ei ghth gr ade teach er in the sc h oo ls of Douo·las b Wyomin g, at $70 per mo nth

Mr. L. J. Knoll one of the business mana gers of the Senior Annua l is spending the week in Omaha and Lincoln see in g to the business int erests of the Annua l.

Mi ss Anna Cogil ha s been elected to the position of eighth g rade teacher in one of th e Lincoln sc hools. Mi ss Cogi l is the second member · of the cla ss of '07, to go to the Lincoln schools.

Mr s. Nett l eton and the comm i ttee on Class Day exerc i ses have chosen a Shake s pearian play for the Senior class play This is the first time that a Senior cl ass has undertaken a Shakespearian pl ay for a part of its commencement exercises.

The Seniors have been very busy meeting Mr . Peasley, the class photographer. Mr. Pea s ley was assisted by the committee on class pictures by arranging a s chedu le that des ignated the time th at eac h person was

to go. Th e group pictures of the ca bin ets of t he different organ i zat ion s in school were taken Saturday.

Th e Junior-Senior b oys basket ball game was played March 1. The Sen ior lin e -up was Aill-thur Wicklancl, ce n te r; George Knoll, Lee H ende r so n and Earl Linger, fo rward s; Albert Gi lb ert and Roy Smith, guards . The ga me was a very hard one yet the sp iri t of the two t ea ms was of the Yery best throughout the entir e game. The fina l score was 18 to 10 in favor of the Seniors.

President John A. Woodard of the Sen ior class lef t fo r Fremont, February 26, where he took up his wo rk as principal of the hi gh sch oo l. The class g ranted Mr. Woodard a leave of ab senc e as he will be back to g raduate with the class . Miss Myrtle Krebs v ice-pres id e nt of the class will perform the duti P.s of president during his ab sence. In order that t he memb e rs of the class might s how Mr. Woodard their apprec i at ion of hfs inter est and e nthu siast ic work as pres id e nt of th e class , they p re sented him with a beautiful cut glass water set.

St. Va l entine entertained the Senior s in the gymnasium in a very un i que fashion fr0m 7: 30 to 10:00, February 14. Upon arriva l each person recei ved a h eart wh i ch revealed the forma l it i es of the eve nin g. Th ese formalities led to mu ch merriment as they de mand ed that each person be called by hi s or her given name. Beino· desirous of hearin g St. Val entine's"' message a ll turned toward an improvi s ed postoffice, where mi ssives characte ri st ic of the day were received The se s howed the poet ica l ab il ity and or iginal i ty of the members of the class. The r ema i nd er of the evenin g was spent in playing vari ou s

games that were characteristic of the day.

Peru, Nebraska , February 11, 1907.

Whereas, God in His infinite wi s dom has seen fit to remove from thi s earth the mother of our esteem ed classmate, Earl J. Hads ell, Therefore, be it resolved that we, the members of the Senior cla ss , extend to him our sincerest sympathy in his bereavement and commend him to the care of the loving Father who doeth all things well. Be it further re solv ed that a copy of these resolutions be pre se nted to Mr. Hadsell and published in the local papers .

Committee, Grace W. Dillon

Lucy Blanken ship

E. K. Hurs t.

LUNIOR CLASS NOTES -I

.The class in Zoology is just beginnmg the work with the microtome after sufficient warning from Prof: Dun:an son that carelessness would result m the amputation of a fi dd nger, or su en death. There are about one and seventy students enrolled m this work.

It was the privilege of the Junior Class to the honor of dedicating the new building on the eve of February 14, 1907. The party of Juniors gathered in the lower rooms which were prettily decorated in class colors and red hearts. There were many styles of real valentines present, as each guest represented some valentine. Among the many varieties were four of the aristocratic black race and three of our Japanese

prese nt, and one r ea l Ame ri c an hobo. A lit tle tok en of reward was pr ese nt ed to Mi ss O pa l R oss and M r. Bureil Ra in es fo r the pr ett iest cost um es . Mi ss R oss w as dr esse d in cre am c ol ored crepe pap er spa ngled with go ld he art s. Mr. Ra in es in a white s uit with red h ea rts l oo k ed lik e St. Val e ntin e him se lf. Ref r es hm e nt s of heart-s hap ed i ce cr ea m a nd Na bi s cos wer e se rv ed a nd se as onabl e ga me s pla ye d. Th e eve nin g w as one long to be reme mb ered by eve ry Junior, who will hen ce fo rth hold a li tt le de arer claim up on th e libra ry b uildi ng The only di sa pp o intin g f ea ture of the whole ev e nin g wa s that o ur cla ss advis or, Prof. Howi e, co uld not be with us on acc o unt of th e illn ess of his moth e r. But he rem e mber ed. the cla ss with a lett er of gre eting which wa s re ad by the pre s ident and cheered by the whole clas s.

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TRAINER NOTES

Miss Gussie Drum has been kept in several days with a severe cold.

Mr. Ray; Poole was so unfortunate as to fall and sprain his ankle recently.

Miss Taggart enjoyed a visit from her mother over Washington's birthday.

We all miss Miss Edith Peterson, who is suffering with the scarlet fever.

Miss Eva Alt was pleasantly surprised with a visit from her father recently.

Miss Irma Norris was unable to be at her classes several days on account of sickness.

We are sorry to lose from our number Miss Jeannette Nelson who was

forced to r et urn h ome on account of sickne ss .

Mr. H. B. L ew is of Wymo re ca me in Friday eve ni ng fu r a short ,·isit with hi s siste r. Mis. f\ I aude Le wi s.

Miss Grace Ri ck etts who went home for a short vi sit r ece ntly, w as una bl e to return to s ch oo l, as her br ot her was taken s ick wi th the m eas l es whil e she was th ere and her home placed und er quarantin e. We s in ce rely h ope she may soon re turn to u s.

At a recent m ee tin g of the class , resolution s of sy m pa th y we re ado pted and a cop y of them se nt to Mi ss Emma We ibl e, wh o w as ca ll ed home to attend th e fun e ral of her siste r. She has the symp a th y of a ll, in her sorrow

Early on th e eve nin g of St. Val e ntine's day, the Trainin g Cl a ss as sembled in Philomath e an Ha ll , for a jolly good time. The hall wa s beautifu ll y decorated with the cla ss colors nickle and pink and Cupid had l eft many pierc ed hearts behind him as was p lai n to be se en .

Ask any memb er of the Training class if they ever replied to an offer of marriage, and they w ill be forced to "Y " f C 'd say, es, or up1 gave every maiden a chance to accept or refuse such an offer on that evening, and to the young man who wrote the best offer o£ marriage and the young maiden who wrote the best acceptance, a shower of hearts was given. Mr. Harley Shaver and Miss Mabel Banks were the favored co upl e. After an evening of merry games , refreshments , consisting of ice cream and wafers, were served and the cl ass adjourned a ll agreeing that this had been one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season.

ATHLETI CS

Fe bru ary 19t h the Normal defeated Be ll ev ue Coll ege at Bellevue in one of the fastest ga m es of th e sea son . The tea ms were even ly match ed and a hi gh g rad e of ba sket ball was played t hr oughout the gam e. The game was a tie wh en t im e was called. The Normal g ot th e fir st goal. Score , 26 to 24

Great inte rest is being shown in the cla ss game s now in progress here at th e Norma l. The Normal has bette r cl ass spirit than any other college in th e s tate a nd a liberal amount of it is di s play ed at each game. The 1st-Years defeated the 2nd-Years in a hard fought battle by the score of 17 to 12. This is the line -up : 1st-Years . 2nd- Years.

Renfro (c) ..... forward .. .. .. ·. · .. Beck

Cartney .. ..... .. ... '' ..... ...... .... Jones

Burrel. center Wrighstman

Hileman guard Lee McMillen '' Rockwell

March 1st occurred the annua l Senior-Jun ior basket ball game Class spirit was at its height. Each occupied res e rved seats on opposite sides of the court . Megaphones, banners and pennants were used to advantage. Neither side lacked encouragement and' the Juniors fought to the finish. Score 16 to 12 in favor of the Seniors. The line-up. Juniors. Seniors.

D. Carlson (c) ..fo r ward.·· ······ " Lmger

G. Carlson. · ·· ······ .. .. . .. Henderson

Coole center Wickland

James guard · Gilbert

Major " · ·Smith

The Wesleyan Univers i ty basket ball team came down February 15th and after a well contested battle sue -

ceeded in defeatin g th e Norma l boys by the close score of 34 to 29 . Th e Wesleyan "bu nch" hav e fi ne tea m work and claim to be th e fa stest i-n the state.

We long for spring to come so th at the ath letic fi eld ca n be use d. In doo r work on ly be used for devel opment; It takes outdo or practi ce befo re any mark ed r esu lts can be no ti ced . Norma l wi ll have men r eg istered m the fo ll ow ing events: Shot-put di scus, hi g h-j um p: broad -Jump , pol e-v ault, 100, 220, 440 880 ya rd s run , and maybe the m1le run.

Th e neces sary ath leti c supp li es for tr ack team h ave arri ved. Thi:. Is the fir st attempt to have .o rgam zed trac k wo rk here at th e No rmal, but with our new gy mn in wh · h t as JUm, . Ic o start the w ork earl y, th ere IS no reas on why the Norm al ca nn ot out a track team whi ch she ca n . of . Work has alr eady star te d m puttmg the shot an d po le vault' Pr of . Scherer is well pleas ed e pr ogres s so fa r made in the 1 Th wor c ball fo r a_ w innin g base Norm al h Is year IS the bes t the as ever had p·t h catc hers are d .1 · I c ers and Gym Th bai Y work mg out in the . ey egan over a month a and are fast r ou nd ing · t f go b . m o orm Th oys are wa iting anxiously f . . the weather to get a l ittle wa . Ol e for the mud to d Im er a nd ry up, so as t t out on th e athl et ic fi eld C 1 ° ge Sh . kl · ar son of IC ey, Normal' s " fa vor ite" 't 'h f 1 t · h . PI c er o as year, IS s owm g for m befor e. Ben son, of Odell a as never th . . h . n ew man Is year, IS ere with the " oo d , He has s peed an d a ' 'bunch of g s. . curves " that w ill prove to be the und . omg of many an unsuspect ing foe . Rh ot th " h en e sout pa w" fr om Una dill a is . ' h . 1 f ' In · Is us ua orm. Among the catchers

we can mention, Hu rs t, Hend erso n, Car tn ey , any one of which w ill make good. Frank Ga it, the b es t fir st baseman· in the leag ue last year, is in sch oo l a_nd anx iously wa it in g to get hold of the ''mit ." S wan is bac k for t hi rd ba se. Am ong the other good ma te rial are, a il or s, Pa rri ot , E gge nber ge r, Br oo l<s, Powel l, St ua rt, Lin scott, a nd many ot hers. C apt . S mi th is we ll plea sed with the sit uat ion and is loo king forward with eage rn ess to the t im e wh en the b oys ca n beg in o utd oo r practi ce Ev ery on e is well plea se d with t li e outlook. Th e No rmal has arranged a very s at isfactory sche du le with the sc h oo ls co ntroll ed by the In ter -Sta te At hl etic Co nfe ren ce . Requ es ts for ga m es h av e al so com e fr om Wat-r cn sb urg Normal a nd s om e of the neigh bo ri ng tow ns: Below we pr in t schedule as arrang ed : Creighton vs. No rm al, at Peru, Apr il 27

Doan e vs. No rm al, at Pe ru , Ap r. 30. Cotn er vs . Normal, at Pe ru, Ma y 13. Be ll ev ue vs. Normal, at Peru, May 17.

Wesl eya n vs. No rm al, at Pe ru , May 21.

Ret ur n gam es w ill he play ed with eac h tea m on the fo ll ow i ng d ates , May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, in the fo ll ow in g ord e r: Be ll ev u e, Creight on, Wesleyan, Co tn er a nd D oa ne.

Th e No rm al has one of th e fa s test Gi rl s Bas ket Ba ll te am s in the state Th ey ha ve n ot been d efe ated th is year. Th e fir st aca demy ga me wa s played at Pe ru , Feb r. 22-L inco ln A cad emy vs. Norma l. Th e s up erior ity of ou r g irls was demonstr ated to an appr eci at ive a udi e nc e by the o ve r wh e lmin g d efeat of the Li nco ln " Preps" to the tun e of 58 to 10. The lin e-up:

Norma l. Aca demy. Hoadl ey (c) .... gua rd .. .. . .. . Crancher

Gabri el ...... .. ..g uard ........ Ande r so n Wilkin so n .. . ... ce nte r ... .. ..... Da w lte r Maj ors . .. . .. .. 2d ce nl er .. Pack w ood (c)

Hu gh es ... ..... fo rward ..... .. .. .. l\ I i lle r

Philli ps .. ... .. fo r wa rd .... . .. . ... Bro wn

Th e Girl s Ba ·ket Ba ll te am of the Sta te No rm al s ta rted on it trip Mond ay eve ni ng , Fe bruary 25. We played Neb1·aska City e Yenin g, and the gam e r es ult ed in a co re of 49 to 9 in favor of th e Pe ru g ir l . Th e n ex t mornin g s om e of th e g·irls vi si ted the Bl i nd Ii1st itut e wh i le others visi te d th e hi gh s choo l. A ll had a goo d ti me and were treat ed o. k. Tu es day afternoo n we s tart ed fo r Elmw ood a nd when \\'e a rri ved the fir st f ace we saw wa s th at of Mr. Dav is. Tha t even in g the Pe ru girls wo n 21 to 8. Had a joll y goo d t im e and wa s tr ea ted w ith a ll d ue co ur tesy and res pec t. Th e next momin g f urnish e? mu sic for pa rt of the mo rnin g exerc1 ses . Prof. D av is join ed us a nd seem ed to fee l at hom e w hil e s in g in g the Normal s on g. We s tar te d for Lincoln at 10: 30; a nd on th e train we furni s hed mu sic for the re st of the pa ss en ge rs. We cannot v ouch for t he enjoyment of t he other s, but we enjoyed it. Wh en we playe d Lin c oln Wednesday eve nin g we felt · mor e at home on the floor , it bein g more like our hom e field. Th e score was 39 to 7 in favor of Peru. The Lincoln people treated us as we had been treated every place before . Wednesday afternoon we took the train for Syracuse; althou gh we were somewhat tired out we had an excellent game which resulted in a score of 51 for Peru and 21 for Syracuse. At eve ry ,;,e were shown the same courte sy and respect that we would expect to show them, and will, when they play the return games here. Happy, but tired, we returned to Peru Friday ·evening and received due reward from the school.

" Th e ble ss in g, of some of our Professo rs wo n the g ames f or us ."

By On e of th e Team.

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Pa rt of ou r drill p er iod is now gi ve n ove r eac h even in g pr acticin g sp ec ial feat ur es of " Th e Sp y of Atl anta," w hi ch w ill be given about Ma r. 30, 1907.

Mr. Clarence K esler, who was 2nd Li eute nant in Co . I, of th e Na tion al Guar ds fo r fo ur years, vis ited our r eg ul ar dr ill Tu es d a.y evenin g Fe bruary 19 a nd spo ke very hi g hl y of the work done that evening. We con s ider t hi s a gr eat complim ent and value it more becau se it com es fr om on e capabl e cf judg in g. He al so promised to r eturn on the ev ening of the Mili ta ry play. _

SY N OPSIS OF INCIDENTS.

Ac t. !- Home of Farmer Dalton. Fort Sumpter fired on and call for 75,000 men. Quarrel of old friends. Breakin g of home ties. "Country fir st and love afterwards." " Yacub Schneider organizes " on e little gompany." Enlisting. Little Willie. Presentation of the flag to the regiment. Parting of loved ones.

Act . II-Union camp by night . The letter from home. Inspection of the reg iment. A brave man required. The Confederate Camp. "A Spy," "Do your worst, you cowardly traitors." No chance of life. Pete (the negro) makes himself useful. The pursuit. Firing on the left. The Rebel squad. ''They have killed the best man in the Union army ''

Act. III-Return of the spy. The enemy's line in motion. Long roll and general engagement.

Act. IV-Battle field · by night. The traitor forgiven. Edwin and Willie Dalton made prisoners. Act. V.-Andersonville with all its horrors. Maud's terror on beholding her husband. Recognition at last. Villainy of Edward St. Clair Death of little Willie. The Re s cue. Act. VI. - News of Lee's s urrender. Return of boys and joyful meeting of loved ones.

Willie. - Ned why do you belong to the Cadets? ·

Ned. - Ha! Such a que stion.

Willie. - Please tell me because rna said I could drill too when I am old enough.

Ned. - It's· !'lO I'll be a great big man like Capt. Wickland.

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Observations of little Willie has gone away, H1s face we'll see no more· For what he thot was H 2Q ' Was H2so . The reason is very plain, I think; W?y a debater in water will not sink. Hls head will float on waye and tide. It has so very much wind inside. '

Waiter-·:;vm you have pie suh ?" Is it compulsory?"

W.- No sah! It am ra spberry."

Does a pioneer always eat pie?

Prof. Hewitt at Chorus - "Now all your parts so that we can all get 1t down pat (Pat). Ask Penney for the JOke.

Dorm. Parlor. (Voice s heard in djoining room.) a

1st Girl - "Do you know that you man?'' ng

2d Girl-"Yes, isn't he a soft one."

1st Girl-"I should say he is! Why, you could throw a custard pie thru him without breaking the crust."

NEWS ITEMS

Prof. Fr ench spent S und ay , March 2nd , with hi s m ot her in the coun t ry. E. K. Hur s t, Lee Hende r so n and St e rlin g Mu tz we re A uburn visit ors Sa t urd ay , March 2 nd.

Mi ss es Ma bel a nd Op al Ro ss enjoyed a visit fr om th e ir siste r, Mrs. Grund y, of Br ow nvill e.

Pr of. H. B. Duncan so n spe nt a few da ys at Linc o ln, th e fir st of March and atte nd ed th e Gove r no r' s banquet.

Th e teachers and pu p il s oft he to wn s ch oo l vi si te d th e ar t e xhibit in Music and Ex pr ess ion Hall, Friday afternoon, March 1.

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Prof. Gr eg g of the Bi ological departm e nt at th e Norm a l, ha s closed dates for Au gust In stitute work in Antelop e, Madi s on and Wayne counties .

Mis s Iva Catlin, who has completed the Comm e rcial Course in the Normal has accepted a position as stenographer in the State bank at Mil f ord, Nebraska.

Prof. Gregg conducted the Epworth League meeting at t he Methodist church one Sunday evenin g in February and gave an unusually intere sting talk.

Miss Hope Abbott of Peru, who is a teacher in the primary department of the Humboldt schools, spent the month of February at horne recovering from a seriou s illness.

Miss Ruth Hamilton entertained her friends of Oak Glenn at supper one evening the past month. They all unite in pronouncing Miss Hamilton an excellent cook and ho s tess.

An order' of singing boolcs has arrived from Germany, and after this Prof. Whitenack's cla ss es in German

will spend one period e\·ery one or two we eks in the s in g in g of German songs.

Profe sso r Delze ll. i\Ii s Schlee and Sup 't Carrington attended the Educational Rally at Nebraska City the last Saturd ay in F eb ru ary. Th ey r epo rt an attendanc e of about GOO teac he r::., pab·ons, and hi gh sc h ool pupil s.

It is reported that Mi ss Eth el Blake, g raduate of ou r Commerica l Department a nd rece ntl y elected as a stenog raph er to the Tebraska Tea cher, is makin g a goo d r eco rd for h erse lf and for the sc h ool.

Among the soc ial fe atures given in honor of St. Valentin e was an old fashioned dress party, g iv en by Misses Edna Millay and Bernice Brown of Oak Glenn to the g irl s of Oak Glenn. The evening was very enjoyably spent.

The graduates and former Normal students at Peru are planning a reunion at the East Central Nebraska Teachers' A ssociation at Fremont April 4, 5, 6. This is expected to a rousing meeting . LaFollette is one of the attractions.

Prof. Carrington is arranging for a very interestin g program to be rendered at the Teach e rs' Association in Beatrice, April 4, 5, and 6. Among the speakers are such as Superintendent Coo ley of the Chicago city schools, and Superintendent Kern of Winnebago county, Illinois.

Mi ss Ethel Kennedy, a former graduate of the Normal and who has been teaching in the Cambridge scho ols, has had to g iv e up her work on account of poor health and is now at her home, south of Peru. Miss Kennedy spent Sunday. March 3rd, with h er sister Burtis, who is attendin g the Normal.

The German Club met Saturday

eve ning , February 16 and r eo rganized fo r t hi s semester's work. Edward Gross was elected president Among other noticeable features is the '·penny -b ox." Th ere is a one cent fine for speaking in any language but t ha t of German while at the club. The Club meets once eve ry two weeks at G:45 p. m. on Saturday evening.

At hi s re ce nt visit, Professor E. H. Barbour of the state university suggested that the sha le overlying the coal ve in at the Peru mine could be used, together with the lime-stone bed to the westward. for t he purpose of making a fine quality of cement. Th e coal would furnish all the fue l necessary. Following his suggestion a company ' of local cap itali sts has been temporaril y organi zed to look into the advisability of estab li s hin g a -factory . It l ooks therefore as if a new cement factory mi g ht rapidly follow the new canning factory in process of erection.

The lecture by Lorado Taft, March 4th, was one of the best of the course and was both instructive and in te resting. Mr. Taft took the audience into hi s confidence and told how the sP-ulptor does his work. To many the lecture was a revelation and the pleasing manner of Mr. Taft made all f ee l perfectly at home. Mr. Crunnelle who assists Mr. Taft is also a sculptor of no mean ability and hi s clever modelin g brought forth hearty applause . This number was a fit close to the art exhibit held just before.

The afternoon of the day before St. Valentine's day, an exhibit was made of the valentines prepared by the chi l dren of the Model School as a part of the Art work for the month of February. The exhibit was held at the main building and was open:to the Senior and Training classes . It was well vi s ited a nd it is Slll"prising

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to see how well children can co nst ru ct and decorate with color, bru sh a nd pencil if given the proper g uidance. Exhibit s of thi s nature are in val uable to any one that expects to teach, and it is pleasing to note that our s tudents consider them such.

President Crabtree a nd Prof. Sea rson attended the Nat i ona l Principal s' and Superintendents' meetin g at Chicago the la st we ek in February. Pres id ent Crabtree has been hi g hl y upon a pap er read by him on that occasion Th ey returned to Peru Saturd ay morning, March 2.

The secon d of a ser ies of recital s was g iv en by Mi ss Wilma Clin e, a of the Department of ExpresSi on .. the evening of February 21 , in and Expression Hall. Miss Chn e is a strong read er and gave some excellent work. Th e prog ram was a patl'iotic one and was as fo llows :

Reading, '' A Man Without a Country," Edward Everett Hale "A Soldi er of. the Empire, Nelson Page .

Readmg, " Dikkon 's Dog ," Clara Lundt. Y. M. c. A.

IOn. March 1st was held the annual electiOn of the officials for the com · official year. mg

On F eb ruary 24, Rev. Miller add r essed the Y. M. C. A. in a most able way. Rev. Miller is a gl'aduate of Hamilto n College, N ew York,

The Association is arranging to send our worthy president, Mr. Akers to the Pre s idents' Conference which will be held at Crete the latter part of this mGnth.

On Fe bru ary 17 the delegates fro m the S tate Co n ve ntio 11 which was held at Co l umbu s gave the ir re ports in a mo st a bl e way b rin g in g mu ch e nth us iasm an d s piri t f1·om g- r eat A ss oc iati on lea ders to o ur o wn loca l orga ni zation.

Th e A sso ciat ion is i ndee d fortuna te in obta inin g· the men it h as fo r it m ea ns to the Asso ci at ion a s uccessful year. Th e fl am es of A ss oc iation e nthu siasm arc eve n now br ig htenin g an ew a nd th e men are ''plac in g th e ir sh ou ld ers to th e wh ee l" to mak e the wo rk for th e Ma s ter worth y th e te rm " th e wo rk of men."

The offic ers elected were as fo ll ows:J. T. Ak ers, pr es id e nt; Dav id Ca rls on, vi ce ·pres icl e nt; C. 0. O lin e, r ecordin g se cr e tary; Gr a nt He sse ltin e, corr es po ndin g s ecr e tar y; Be rt Swe ns on, tr eas urer.

Y. W. C. A. NOTES

JMiss Grace Curtis G lenn, w ho h as taught in a girls' sc h oo l in Jap an for 3 year s, expec t ed to be with us for a few days in February, but clue to the illn ess of h er father, her plan s h ad to be changed. We were g reatly di sappointed, but yet hope she may visit us before the year closes .

TheY . M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. had a ser ies of topics f or noon - day prayer meetings a short t im e ago b earing upon th e sentiment of the A ssoci ation song, "Bl est be the Tie that Binds.'' The thought of one stanza was u se d eac h day, and the whol e s on g was memoriz ed by the prayer meeting peop le.

As the time dr ew near for the cabinet of the past year to di s band, the members reflected upon a year of the

greatest spiri tual deve lop ment th ey had ever e nj oyed . Th e ca bin et of the past ye ar wa s co m posed of g irl s of hi gh Ch ri st ian id ea ls and their effor ts were f ai thf ull y co n sec r ate d t owa rd f ur the rin g th e r ea l Assoc iati on s piri t am ong the gi rl s. The futu re of th e A ssoc iation is ass ur ed, as the n ew cab inet ch ose n for the coming y ea r is co m pose d of ea rn est spiri tual g irl s wh ose h ea r ts are s un·endered to our Mas t er 's wo rk.

Th e Y. W. C. A. held its a nnu al el ection of office rs on March 5. Th e Ass oc iation ha s gr ow n so large in memb er sh ip that it d ec id ed the w ork d eserves a ge neral s tud ent s ecr eta r y. Mi ss Myr tle Kr ebs, w ho ha s se r ve d as pres id ent of the A ss oc iat i on during th e past year was ele cted to th at posit ion, tho a se ni or t hi s ye ar, Miss Krebs w ill re tu rn to do some po st gra du ate w ork next y ea r. The other office rs electe d we re Mi ss Bess ie Zink, pres i dent; Miss Ethel Berr y, vice -presiden t; Mi ss Ve r na Snell, recordi ng se cretary; Mi ss A nn a Leeper, co rresp ond in g s ecr etary; Miss Eli zabeth He nd erson, tr eas ur er . With t hi s ca bi net of earn es t christian g irl s to p il ot the work of the Assoc ia ti on f or the comi ng ye ar, its sp iritu al gr owth is assur ed.

The Roo m commi ttee condu cted a ca nd y sale dur in g each evening of the prelimi nary debates Und er the su pervision of Mi ss Lilli an All en it prov ed a sp le ndi d s uccess. Pa rties of g irls s ou ght some ki tchen a nd made ca nd y du r ing vacant peri ods each da y. The social comm i tte e arran ge d a very attact ive booth in th e hall ju st out side Mu sic and E xp ression Hall. Mi ss Le tti e Eby designed a fittin g po ster to ad v ert ise th e occas ion. Th e girls a ll w orked faith f ull y but fe lt comp ens ated fo r all thei r lab or. The sales amount ed

to al most fo r ty do ll ar s, a nd the proceeds ena bl ed our n ew p arlor to make a start to ward being furni shed.

Our new Y. W. C. A. parlor on the t hird fl oo r of Norm al Hall is now open to a ll g irls in sc h oo l who wish to r eso rt there to r est . On Monday, Febr uary 11th, the memb ers of the A ssoc iat ion dedi cated th e p arlor by a pr aye r m eet in g at 4:30 p. m. On Tu es day afterno on the r oom comm i ttee held a r ecept ion betwe en the hours of two a nd fi ve o' clock, to wh ich a ll the g ir ls in sc h oo l w er e invited. Ca nd y was ser ve d to the gues ts. Th e r oom co mmi ttee has ce rtain ly b een enter pr is in g t hi s y ear. By fai thful e ffort , th ey have succeeded not only in p ap ering the wa ll s and poli s hin g th e fl oor, bu t h ave partia lly fu rni shed th e room. The several commi tt ees of the a sso ciation cont ri buted to p ur chase a leather cou ch and miss ion ta bl e. The cabi net presented a pretty bible; t hu s the room is in fai r way to w ard de veloping into a h om eli ke pa rl or, and best of all 1t IS fi ll ed with th e Associa tion atmosph ere.

On e of. th e b es t m eetin gs of this y ear con sisted of our Mess age i ng on the la st Sunda y afternoon m Februa ry. Each memb er had been as ke d to bring a sh ort mes sage to the m eetin g. Telegraph blank s had been se nt to man y· gi rl s who are now out teachi ng and th ey to whom blan ks were sent respon ded with a hearty message wri tten in terse telegram s ty le on t he bl a nk s. of a m essage sp ir it we re sung •. and each girl pre se nt r esp ond ed w1th a message, mak i n& hour a. sour ce of help an d insp iratiO n to every one .

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Old Maid (pUl'ch as in g mus ic)"Have you 'Ki sse d Me in t he Moonligh t?' ".

Clerk-" No -o-o -o-o. It must h ave been the other clerk."

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EXCHANGE

"The saddest words of tongue or pen. Too many women and too few men.''

The greatest courage is the courage of silence under unmerited censure. - Ex.

The "Alumni -Echo" of Wayne, Nebraska came for the fir st time this month We bid you welcome.

We wish to welcome "The Nugget" of Lead, South Dakota. It contains some good articles in its literary department.

The February number of the is given entirely to th e Alumm. It must be gratifying to the Alumni to be thus remembered

Professor (to small boy) - "How dare you to swe ar before me?

Pupil-'' How did I know you wanted to swear first? "-Ex .

c?ver design of the "Doane Owl _Is particularly attractive. IS a very interesting article m e paper explaining the cover.

The ::v?lante" has a clever little Little Anni e's Bear Story," the style of James 1tcomb Riley's poem "Al , B St ,, ex s ear ory.

The " Ha stings Collegian,, one of our new exchanges contains an excellent exchange department. It also sugges.ts a fine scheme for obtaining advertisements.

One of the most interesting exchanges of the la st month is th · Mut? Journal" which tams goo d readmg material and also explains some of the work of this school.

The literary department of the "Purple and Gold" is exceptionally

good this month. An Orat ion," Queens E li zabeth and Victor ia," wo uld we ll re pay the reader.

An exc h ange w hi ch s hould be espec ia ll y va lu ab le to all stu dents of a Nor mal Schoo l is the "Sc h oo l J ou rn a l" of Pawnee county . Nea rl y eve r yt hin g it co n ta i ns is of ble va lue to teac h ers .

One of our new excha n ges is the Mukwi s to, '' the sc hool paper of the Southwestern Nor mal School, Weatherford, Ok lahoma. It contains some very good li te r ature and we ll selected jokes. We are glad to welcome t hi s paper of a sis ter Normal Sc h oo l.

Th e fo ll owing was cop i P.d from the Omaha High Schoo l Register. "We ha ve received as one of o ur new exchan ges, the 'Normal ite' of the State Normal at Peru It s hows t hat it is in th e hand s of good man age m ent A few jokes would gr eatly help th e paper." We are always g lad for' s uch good and just cr it icism s on our paper. ([([

Paragraphs from Profess or McKenzie - Equipments.

On October 23d, 1867 ; the Nebraska State Normal first opened i ts doors tp studen t s. The equipment of the school consisted of a large commodious brick buildin g, e ntirely desti t ute of furnishings, except desks and seats in the ass embly room. The front yard was littered with debri s, accumulated in the erection of the building.

The fa culty consisted of two teach:. ers, the Principal and Prec eptresp. Their equipments were their old lege text books, a few volumes of liter ary works, and the · text books to be used in the s chool. Th e ir apparatus, a' sma ll mi c roscope, a g lobe, a nd a few writing charts. It would seem a pi ece of audacity for teachers w ho

. had given no s pe ci al attent ion to r ea l Normal work , or had no o pp ort unity to prepare themse l ves fo r it, wi th no access to any so urc e of in fo rm a tion , to accept the control of a S tate In st itution, purportin g to pre pare y oun g .rpen and wom en to teach in the public ' schoo ls by the b es t No rm al m ethods. When we now loo k ba ck upon the wor k that s hould ha ve be en don e, and realize our want of pre paration, we wonder at our pres umption in accepting the po s ition. The on ly excu se we can pre sent is t he g enera l low condition of educatio n throu ghout t he state at that time , a nd the a nxi ety in many places to find an opportunity to acquire, at lea st an ac ade mic educatio n, or a preparation to enter the State Un i ver s ity.

True, these teache rs had fo r s everal years be en connected with the upper Iowa Un ivers ity as instructors and also h ad some s uccess in bu ildin g up :an academic school at Pawnee City , and were doubt less qua lifi ed to carry on a si mil ar sch oo l at P eru; but to run a fully equipp ed Normal school was a hazardous undertaking.

Now, as we have just seen , t hey were not requi red to do so, for the institution h ad no equipment whatever an d was only a Normal scho ol in name , h ence the teachers considered -themselves ab le to give fa ir instruction in the branches required to be · taught, and their own personal experience as teachers gave them a preparation to suggest p rinci p le s a nd methods to the you ng people, that would g reatly aid them in their future work. ·

Then, too, as the sch ool incre ased in r esourc es and prov ided better :equipments in the way of books and apparatus, the teachers felt they were able to advance in knowledge an d ability, to k eep fully a bre ast, or even

ah ead of the requ irements of the s ch ool and to grow in strength and re s ource s.

Th e lack of eq ui pment was not so hard for the teachers, however, as for th e pup il s, w ith no diversity of aut hors on the subj ects they were s tudy in g, they h ad to memori ze facts g iv en in th ei r teA-t books, with no me a ns at hand to str engthen and support the facts s tated Hence students became bookish, and gave as a reason fo r thei r belief in anythi ng, " The says so," or " The teacher says so." .

Let the student of today attendin g the No rmal school , as it is now, di vest the schoo l of every source of h elp except hi s text book, how barren and dreary wou ld his school days appear.

Thi s chapter cou ld be greatly exte nded , but sufficient has been said to sh ow someth in g of the struggle those h ad to make, who acqui red an education, as well as those who a id ed them in its acquisition , in the early days of the sch oo l.

1\uwitzky, Cailor

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urn for Livery, Fee d, Etc. The F acuity and all citizen s of Peru cord ially in vit ed as per a bove. Thankin g you in advance, I am Yo urs truly,

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Aod tM 1'8 mous WrHCb Wtokwlre n andmade ClQtlll ng- Rigbt) /n s r.ylG- Jn price Call 11.M BeGus.

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wizen y ou fz ave bag,"'" gage to t ra nsfer you '):bant it clon e hy a t'e lta ble firm. We have a bus in ess to mainta in and "#Jill t t'eat you rig fzt .

Livery and Feed Barn

L. R. Dillon --- ---,, ffoy W. 0. D.

Graduate Optician

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THE S. E. N. E. A.

Th e a nnu al of the . E. :'\. E. A., held at Beat ri ce, April 3, 4, a nd 5 was a su ccess in the su pe rl at i ve d eg-r ee.

There wa s h ardly a disappo in tme nt on th e whole prog ra m. Nea rl y eYeryt hin g was ca rri ed o ut as sc he dul ed., with prompt n ess.

The declamat o ry co nt es t \ Vednesday evening was ente rt a inin g to say th e leas t.

The go ld m eda l was, afte r so me diffic ult y on the pa rt of th e ju dges in r eac h'ing a decision. awa rd ed ::\ Ii ss l\I umf ord of Bea tric e who r ec ited ' 'Th e Acto r' s S tor y."

The as soc iat ion prop er he ld is fir st m eet in g Thursday mornin g at 9 o' cl ock. Supe rint e nd e nt 1\IIcB ri en wa s un a bl e to be p resent b ut th e p la ce was filled by Dep-uty Sta te S upt. Bis hop.

Pro f. Searso n gave hi s far famed lectur e "G i ve th e Boy a S quare Deal. " It wa s certainly a " taker. " Peru s tud ents in th e audie n ce rather fe lt very pro uct an d cou ld be h ea rd re marl.;;in g "You kn ow h e's fin e. I ta ke st udi es und er him. "

Yes, we we re pro ud of a ll of o ur profess ors ou t t her e.

A va lu ab le lesso n was bi ve n by Pr in Geo Mar tin of Ne bra ska City, in hi s pap er on "Sc h oo l Room D eco ration ar;d Pi cture S tud y."

In fac t th e whol e cl ay was flooded with goo d thin gs . Su pt. 0. J. Ke rn of 'W inn ebago Co un ty, Ill. , gave hi s illu strated lecture, "On th e Fro nt Li'n e of Co un try Sch oo l Improv·ement," in the even in g. Hi s pict u res were fin e and the

lec ture as a whole was spl en did . Th e: wo rk S upt. Ke rn h as accomplished ifl! hi s co un tY is won derful.. Friday morn·in g at nin e o'clock the six hun dred teachers gathered at the m ee ting pl ace for another da y's feast.

S upt. Fulmer of Beatrice, gave an e xce ll en t pap er and th en came Prof.

PROF. J. W. SEARSON

Gregg's l ectur•e, " Th e Mi da s Touch." He p·reach ec). th e gospel of "do t hin gs," and we of Per u kn ow that he is one of tho se rare fe ll ows who pra ct ice wh at they pr e ach. Prof. Gregg is an ab le sp eak er an d by hi s s trikin g p erso nalit y makes hi s pr ese nce k ee nl y fe lt by an a udi en ce .

Supt. Kern again <le li vered an illu strated lectu re on New Agri cul ture and the Co untr y Sc h oo l. " In thi s le ctur e

he broug ht hi s di sc u ss ion do wn to a prac ti ca l an d ba sis.

Prin. Ludd en's paper on ··The Cigarc tti st .' ' is d c:st: n·in g- of spe cia l me nti on lt w as a t t: rri bk pict ur e but a le ss on wel l to be lea rn c: d by boy. He offered ath l<: ti cs as a po we rful fac tor in the so lu ti on of th e probl e m.

\\ 'e ar c so rr y we ca n n ot gi ve special me nt ion to each papa for th ey were a ll g oo d, bu t s pac e for bid s.

One of th e sp ec ial f ea tures of tlie who le m ee tin g wa s the con cert giv en by i\ li ss Et hel Re ed of A uburn , Friday cv e ntn g. :\ I iss H ee d has few e qu als as a solois t. I-T er voice is beautifu l. smoo th a nd ri c h. and w ith th es e qu a liti es she s in gs fr om hc1· very so ul. She h eld he•· aud ience enra pt ur ed during th e wh ole of th e pr o g- r am.

S upt. Cooley' s le ct ur e was a sc1.1 olar-

PROF. F. M. GREGG

he increased th e te ac her s' id eas of his ste rli ng qualities.

In the afternoon Pre s. Car in gton announced:

"Prof. Beck is here." (Applause.)

"S upt. Crocker is here ." (Loud Applause.)

"P rof. Ludden is her e. " (L ou der applause.)

"S upt. Dill is here."

(Very loud app lause.)

"B ut Pres. Crabtr ee couldn't possibly come."

(Tumultuous applause.)

What could it have meant? A 1 . . pp ause IS as much a ha bit as anythin g else. But Beck wa s th ere an d we kn ew it He is as we all know, a practi ca l man and a logical thinker, and in hi s pap er on "Th e Re la ti ve Val ue of A rit hmetic,"

PROF . C. F. BECK

ly discussion but wo ul d ha ve b ee n better appre ci ated by the audi e nc e if it h ad not b ee n r ead. His sub ject was "The Phylosophy of \ ,Yo rk. " He would ha ve

work for th e pka s urc in the work and not for futur c kis urc. The idea of wo rkin g now for le is ur e in th e future is an illu sion.

The mee ting cl o. cd with c\·c ry o nc feeling as tho th ey h ad been do ublv repaid for th e tr ip.

P rin. Ceo. E. :\f a rtin of th e :\cbras ka City Hig-h ch oo l. is p reside nt for the comt ng year.

" Kid."

Toledo, Oh io. Jan. 10 I907·

Editor Corr-e ct En gl is h:

I note a gr ow in g te nd en cy to usc the word " kid'' whe n SJ)Cak in o· of a YOnnrr ,..., - 0 child. I correct my c hildr en for r efe rring to one an oth er as " kid s,·· b ut th ey tell me th at even th e teachers in the ir schoo l u sc t hi s wo rd; in co n sequence , I am powerl ess in the matt er of co r rec ting my c hil dren.

Please let me k now whet her is any autho rity for th e correct use of th is word, and ob l ige.

A lVIOTHER.

Answcr.-"K id " or " kid s'' is r eco r ded in bot h Ce ntur y a nd S tandard as slang. - He n ce, no teacher or parent should a ll ow wo rd to be u se d in th e sc hool r oom or in the h ome.- By Request.

JuniorReception.

Upon th e eveni ng of Marc h 23, the an nu al ev·ent of the Juni or Class en tertain in g the fac u lty and se nior s was commemo rat ed in th e Temp le of Fame. Promptly at eig ht o'clock the g ue sts arrived at the ch apel and wrere greeted by bea utiful st ra in s of mu s ic as g iv en by a Nc br:as ka City Orch es tr a. The stage an Orien tal cou rt which wa s

graced by the qucen·s throne. 'Vhil e imag mm g what wo uld be in keeping with th e s ce n e. the court. lad ies and gen tl ema n, fil ed slow ly a nd maje s tica lly to th eir r espect i,·e pla ces abou t the thron e. the qu ee n e nte red, att e nd ed by two pages, r csp le ndant in Oriental cos tum es. Th e co ur t acknow ledo-cd her pr ese nce afte r w hi ch she promi se d a cr own of fame to the dese n·in g of her kin gdom. l\Ia ny and various ce le brities of the world , each: in t ypica l dr ess were ca ll ecU be'fore Hle r l\Iajc s ty. br iefly to ld her of the ir merits, and then retired to th e ir places in the co urt , which soon beca me a Hall of Fa m e. "'hen a ll h ad entered the queen exp r esse d h er in a bilit y to d ecide to w hom the cro \\'n was due. Thi s do ubt was soo n di spe ll ed by the so und of happy childr e n' s vo ices and th e ent ran ce of 1\Jo ther Goose and her train. Af ter a c hil dish pl ea for l\ Iother Goose , it was un animou sly decid ed and l\Iothe r Goose re cive d the cr ow n.

In the int e rval fo ll ow in g a grand m arc h was fo rm ed; led by the qu ee n, the au es ts were escorted to th e rece ption 0 'd room in th e rry mna s ium. Here am t :::.. flow er s, b ea utiful f estoo ni ng, and mu si c, th ey were accorded th e p ri ve lege of greeting each of the e ntire cast of ous characters. Dainty b oo th s, from wh ich delic ious orange she rb et and wafers wer e se rved , g raced thr ee s id es of the r oom Invit in g nooks a nd cozy co rn ers were in evidence a nd were full y apprec iated by th e gu es ts. In th e cou r se of the eveninrr th e ente rt ained we re pr eo sen ted with arti s ti ca lly decorated cards, r ep r ese nting the spirit of the occas ion, :which were ca rri ed away as so uvenirs.

Each and every one who assisted in the e nte rtainin g de serve specia l praise, and wou ld sp ace ad mit specia l mention co uld be made of a ll.

Recital.

A very large a udi ence a sse mbled in Music· and ex press ion ha ll the eve ni ng of A pril 2 nd to li ste n to a r ec ita l by Mi ss Ma r ga ret Dun lap. Miss Dunlap is a me mb er of the depa rtm en! of expr ess ion and gave the third of a seri es of recital s pl a nn ed fo r by th at depa rtm ent. Th.e prog r am consisted of r ead in gs of c uttin gs made from va ri ous po pul ar boo ks as fo ll ows:

"T he Cou rt of Boyv ill e," W illi am Allen W hi te; "A V ill age Goss ip." Ka te Dou glas vV iggi n; "So nn y's C hr is te nin ," R uth McEnrcy Stuar t; "A De nom in at iona l Garde n ," A li ce Hega n Rice; " Ji m Fenton 's Wed di ng," J. G. Ho ll an d. Miss Dunl ap's st rong p oi n ts as a r eader are not o nl y exce ll e nt enun cia ti on and artic ul ation but al so th e way in w hi ch she makes th e ch ar acters she p rese nts l ive, in ot her wo r ds, her clea r cut impe r-

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Philo.-Everett.

Th at we sho ul d be proud of o ur tw o literary soc ieties and r ega rd th em as of no sma ll importa nce in the cultural tr a ining of th e school was f ull y demons trated at th e join t program of th e two societ ies give n on th e eve ning of Ma rch 8. W hil e th e p rog ram in a sen se was a co ntes t between th e sister so ci eti es, ye t a ll disag r eeab le f eatures that are a pt to a ri se fr om inter -soci·ety con t ests were eliminated. No jud ges were ap pointed a nd e ach i nd ivid ual was l eft fr ee to fo rm hi s p riv ate opin ion as he saw b es t. Th e wisdom of such cour se was cl ea rl y a[5par en t after th e con tes t, for in m ost insta n ces it wo ul d h ave b ee n diffi:cult to say w hi ch of t wo nu mbers \vas the bett er Professo r H ow ie was chos en as Chla irma n for th e eve nin g, a nd as s uch pr esided w ith dign ity an cb g race.

The pr og r am wa s o pened by pi ano solos by \"arner , r eprese nt in g P hil o, and Lena La ri me r of Ever ett. The app r ec i at ion of the audience was sh ow n by it s app lau se Fo ll o wing the pian o so los Elb ert Tay lor, r:pr ese nt in g- Eve re tt. read an essey desc rtbing l ife as a boy sees it in Peru. The essay was full of \\"i t and hum or and reflec t ed muc h cred it u po n its wr iter. :Mr . T ay lor was fo ll o wed by Be rth a Oleso n of P hil o, who pr ese nted a s umm ary of th e yea r 's wo rk of th at or ga ni za ti o n. He r essay was \\"r i tte n in th e sty le of Chronicles and wa s int e1·estin g as it was uniq u e. .After the ess ays l\fisses Slp·ester a ncl rvfajors r epresen tin g P hil o a nd Everett, r es pect i ve ly. gave hum orous r eadi n gs in w hi ch the spec ial ta le nt s of each were we ll disp l ayed. Clayton Rost, of Eve r ett, n ext ap p ea r ed a nd de li ve r ed an or at ion wh ic h was re ma rkable in its o ri gi na li ty o 1· intro du c ti on. M r. Ros t sh owe d rare ski ll in th e a rran geme nt of hi s th oug ht s and ke pt th e a tte nti on. of hi s a udi en ce at whi te h ea t. Fo llow mg M r. Ros t, L. J. Kno ll for th e P hi los, deli ve red an or at ion, "Ame ri ca's D es tiny." T hi s was a m as te rful effo rt . Mr. Kno ll sh owed h imse lf to be an or ato r of m.u chr for ec and po li sh. His vo ic e was rich and full and hi s dict ion al mos t fa ultless, w hil e the th oug ht in it s l og ic al a rran gemen t broug ht co nvi ct ion to th e audience a nd m ade eac h indi v idu al glad he was an Am er i ca n. A. J. Wick land for P hil o, and W. G. Br ooks for Eve rett, e ac h sang a so lo. Bo th we re :-xce ll ent a nd it wo ul d be hard to say wht ch was the be tte r. Mr. W ick l and with h is cl ea n ri ch tenor a nd M r. Br ooks with hi s ' full, deep ba ritone, gave th e ir r esp ecti ve so ci e ti es r easo n to be pro ud of th e m. Pe rh aps th e mo st int er esting numbers on th e prog ram wer e th e ex tem po r aneo us speech es by E. K. Hurst of Eve rett, and J. C. M it che ll of P hil o.

Eacll wa s g i,·en hi s s ubj ec t after he had taken th e fl oo r. Bo th sp eec h es we re spir ited , forceful and log ica l. Th ey were so we ll given that :wy onc not acquainted with th e circum s ta nc es wo uld have be li eved they were th e produ ct of carefu l s tu dy and pr epar ati on.

The program was fa vo rab ly co mm e nded by all wh o were fo rtun ate eno ugh to attend and it is to be hoped it w ill become an a nnu al cu stom of the two societies.

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"The Gipsy Qu een ."

What is g en e rally co nc e ded to be the best en te r tainme nt ever g i,·en by the s tudents at the Sta te no rma l. ,,·as the ope retta " Crown in g of the Gyp sy Qu e en ," on Ulle even in g of Ma rch 20, und er the direction of Pr ofesso r Hewe tt.

The o pera was s un g to about 6oo p eople, w hich speaks well for the intere st take n in the department of music.

Th e music of this op ere tt a is of an unu sua lly hi gh grade, an cL was very well s ung by the ch orus of so voices sh owincr ' b faithful work on the part of the chorus m eml:ie r s.

In the prologue, :Mrs . Nett leton 's work as th e witch was decided ly eff•ec tiv e, s he seemed to e nter thoroughly into the part, a nd she, with her fiv e compa ni o ns, made the casting of th e spe ll abo ut th e camp, weird an d gruesome.

As to the "star" of the opera, hon ors mu st be divided between E. K. Hurst as Prince Cristall an d C. M. Penney as Pat, th e Irish coachman, each one s howmg d ec id ed dramatic tale nt, a nd a full appreciation of th e pos.si b ilities of his part.

As Qu ee n of th e Gypsies Miss Lo tti e Cooley proved fully adequate to th e dema nd s of th e part, her s ingi ng and act-

ing in the ' ·Farew ell " scene, being parti c ularly effe ct iYe.

A. ]. \V ick land as King Romais was at hi s be st. as hi s so lo " Spr ingtim e," was one of th e hits of the eve nin g. Th e pa rt of :\nn e ttia. the Ame rican Heiress, s ung by Ca rri e G. Ne id ermyer, proved th at she po ssesses not o nly mu s ical but dramatic ab ilit y to a ma rked degree . He r actin g was clever ind eed. \ V. G. Broo ks as Henr y Townsend, her fiance. was a typical Ame ri can l over and sang hi s solo, "If love be True,' ' with much fee lin g. Alice as Diana . Pa t' s Gypsy sweetheart , certain ly ca u sed th at Irishman 's h eart to p alpitate in the us ual manner.

Last but not least the Misses Wate rhouse, Fearon , Cu lp , McGavock, Opa l Ross. Mabe l Ross, Sylvester and Laude rmil ch as Tambourine girls, executed th'c pecu liar fi g ur es of th e .tamb ourin e drill with a .g,r ace a nd pr ec is ion that \>VOn h earty app lause.

Everything co nside red, this operetta was an ambiti ous und e rtakin g, but its successfu l pPesentation prov ed that tho se taking part were equa l to the occasion.

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Peru, Neb., Mlar. 26, '07.

·wHEREAS God in Hi s infinite wis-. ' . dam has seen fit to remove from thts ear th th e moth er of our esteemed frie nd a nd classmate, L. A ugu sta Shepherd. Th er efo r e, be it resolved that we, th e mem bers of the senior clas s extend to her o ur sincerest sympathy in her ber eaveme nt and commend her to the car-e of the loving Father, wh!o doeth all thin gs well.

Be it :furth er resolved that a copy of these r eso lutions be sent to Miss Shephe rd a nd also be published in the Norrna lite.

Ma ry K. Sm ith. Committee Bessie M. Dunham. Katherine E. Hudson.

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[ EDITORIAL NOTES

We saw some beautifu l picture s at the ar_t but for real b ea uty comb in ed Wit h In s piration an d life give us a view of the you ng ladies ready for work in our new Dome stic Science labratory.

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Speaker Nettleton obj ected to stopping leg islati-:e clock an d compelling offiCial s to ce rtify to a li e in ce rti fying th at a ll wo rk had been done before noon on April 4· Hats off to Speake r Nettl eton.

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We a ll hav e "off days" and p erhap s they are unavo ida bl e, bu t we beli eve if we took more r ec r eat ion of the prope r kin d th ey wo ul d become f ewer and fart her betw een. Off days are gene ra ll y the

resu lt of ove r-i ndu lge nc e in work, or re cr ea tion. Oh ! for a "IV! idas Touch" that will g iv e us th e h appy m ed ium

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Exce ll e nt spirit is being sh ow n by our se ni ors a nd others in app lying ·fo r positi on s. In but few in s tanc es have the re b ee n tw o applic a nt s try in g for the sa me p os iti on. Th is is as it should b e. Th ere arc p os ition s enough for a ll and a good hea lth y dema nd for te ac her s, pr in cipa ls, and superint e nd e nt s, so by proper care and a l ittl e pa tience a ll will fina ll y s ecu re go od p os itions and without u se l ess frict io n.

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The e dit or recent ly vi s ited th e Dom estic S ci en ce Labratory and observed th e ex ce ll e nt work be ing done by Miss Lo om is. Eig ht yo un g lad ies dressed in n eat long ap 1·ons we1·e takin g notes at two co n ve ni ently a JTanged tab l es. Two r ec iep es we re di sc u sse d a nd dis he s pr epar ed fr om th em. We we re th en se r ved by the ladie s a nd h ave since be en tr yi ng to t hin k of so m et hin g th at wo uld exp ress in wo r ds the i mpr ess ion we r eceived. Supt. Kern at th e Bea tri ce meeting said just what we have be en wan tin g to say: "A better clay is com in g; we h ave too long been co n side rin g a ba lan ced ration for our li ve stoc k, bu t n ow, thanks to d omest ic scie nc e, att e nti on is b ei ng g iven to a b alanced ration for the man."

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"Do yo u th ink th ey approved of my se rm on?" as k ed the newl y-appointed r ector, h opf ul th at he h ad m ad.e a good impress io n.

"Yes , I think so," r ep li ed his wi fe ; " th ey we re a ll n odding ."

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Troubles spn- in g fr om idl en ess, an d g ri evous toils from n ee dl ess ease.Fra nkli n.

EIL OMA THEAN SOC I ETY I

A S t. Patri c k' s pr og- r am wa re ndered by th e soc ie ty on :\ l arc h fift een th.

Iri sh wit wa s th e fc::tt ttrc of th e pr og r am for th e eYe nin g. 1\(r. Ryan , be in g a typi ca l Tri sh man. am u se d the soc iety mem ber s for se Ycral mi nutes with hu morous sto ri es and jo ke s co n ce rnin g hi s cou ntrym e n. ::.roo re did equa ll y as we ll and hi s stories w ere e nj oyed by all.

One of the be st a nd m ost in s tructiYe prog ram s given thi s seaso n wa s th e Brow nin g prog- r am !\[a rch 29th . St ude nt s of th e Bro wnin g- c la ss too k pa rt and rend ered the ir par ts in a ma nn er th at showed c areful prep arat io n. A pape r on th e life of 1\ (r. and l\I rs. Bro wning wa s pre pared and r ead by Mi ss Myrtle Kreb s. " Th e Pat riot" a poem on l if e was r ead by Miss Han ey The in te rpretations of "E vdvn Hope'' wa s o- ive nby Miss Fedele a nd " Th e Boy and the Ange l" a nd "Two in th e Campagna" was given by Miss 01amb ers. A r eadin g "My Last Duc he ss" by Miss Niede rm eye r. Voca l and in s tr um e nt al musi c was furn ished by membe rs of the soc iety

E VE RE TT NOTE S

The cr ow nin g eve nt of thle seaso n for the li terary soc ieti es occured Friday even in g, Ma rch 8. An eve nt looked forward to by every mem ber of Everett and we suppose by th e P hil omath ea n 's as we ll. Th en it was that th e a nnu al society co ntest occurr ed . In former yea rs it was cu sto mary to have judges to decide w hi ch soc iety re nd er ed the b es t

numbers on the pr ogr am; but thi s yea r it was dec id ed not to have any appo inted ju dges but eac h li stener be hi :; ow n jud ge \\"1th Prof. H ow ie presiding and filli ng the chair to o 'e r fl o wing, an except io nally goo d pr og ram was rendered; and afte r li ste nin g ;,,·ith ope n-mouth ed as to ni sh me nt to the ma g ni fi ce nt essay so forcibly deliv ered by l\I r. Elbert T aylo t· and imm e diate ly preceeded by the sw ee t s train s of l\Ii ss La rim er 's piano so lo there "·as not one in all that vast throng but w ent h ome full y co nvi nced that Eve rett h ad done well in ch oos in g it s re pr ese ntat iv es . And then ca pping th e climax with l\ Ir. E. K. Hurst's burst of exte mpo ran eo us eloque nce no one co uld but adm it that E ve r ett has talent, e \·en as we Eve r ett's must admit that P hil o. has some v ir tue.

An interest in g progr am on and nniY ers ity life and educati on was give n at Ev er ett, M arch 15th. Some intere s tino- f ac ts co ncernin g th e advance in e ducational lin es in Chin a and Rus s ia were given in two papers on th ose trie s and al so so me of the p eculiariti es of Engli sh s tud ent life at Oxford U niv ers ity. It is we ll for us in ou r mad ru sh to ad vanc e, to pau se lo ng enough to see wh at o ur fell ow nations are doing. Suc h in s tru ctive papers along with th e good mu s ic , a nd a few jokes always prese nt at Everett, furni sh one an even in g's e ntertainm e nt and in va ri ab ly send one home with a Ji ghit h ea rt and an i ns pi ration to do and that n ev·er :fa ilin g des ir e to r etu rn.

Th e even in g of Ma rch 29th was gi ven over to th e t eleph one a nd tel eg raph. Two exce ll e nt papers on the tel epho ne and t elegra ph told th e aud ience of the ch ief inve ntors and discoverers along those ' lin es and probed into the ve ry foundatio n of these t wo modern devices. B ut th e cro wnin g number of th e evening ce r-

THE NOR MALI TE

ta inly was a talk by Mr. Homer Mathlews, exp laining wireless teleg r ap hy as pe rfected by M arco ni . M r. Mat hews h ad th e in strume n ts th ere and it wa s an obj ec t lesso n to a ll ,pre sent. To see th e o ne instru ment r es po nd to the click of the oth er when there was no co nn ect in g m ed ium except th e a ir, is a marv el and a l esso n like th is will be lo ng reme mb e red by a ll who see it. M r. M athew s is to be cong ratu lat ed on hi s successfu l explanati on of w ireless telegra ph y.

Eve r et t al ways h as a tr eat. Jo in her and ge t on yo ur fe e t.

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CICERONIAN DEBATING SOCIETY

Th e Ciceronian debatin g soc iety h ave ele cted new o ffi cers for th e s pring te rm as ·foll ows : Pr es ide nt, Be nj am in Ha rri son; Vice-Pr es id ent, Ira Rhoten; Secr etary , Gra nt H esse ltine.

The debating work of th e Cic ero ni an society has kept up with excep tion al e nthusiasm unti l the last two or three weeks. This tempo r ary fa lli ng off in th e attend ance of members of th e soci ety is due to the many ot her en t ertainment s in progress w hi ch are so common near th e close of the sch ool yea r.

Cice ronians let us not for get th at it is in the soc iety th at we mingle toge th er and discuss living qu est ions as we can in no oth er place , with the same :fr ee dom th at we do in ou r ow n soc iety hall s. R emem ber that it is her e, that we meet for the mutual goo d of a ll , having in m ind on ly th e d eve lopement of the forensic powe r of th e in dividua l, and this ca n only r ea ch any degree of pe rfection by long and continued practice.

The va ri o us bi ll s of int eres t whic h have be en passed by the s tate l·egislature are s ti ll be ing discu ssed with th e

u sua l ent husiasm a nd v1m co mm on to Cice ron ians.

The bill und er di sc u ss ion for Sa tu rda y, Apr il 17t h is th e st ate \\ id e primmary bi ll whi ch has ju st b ee n pa sse d by the sta te leg is latur e and signed by the Gove rn o r.

A ft er eac h de bat e a li ve par li a mentary d rill is i ndu l ge d to the deli ght of al l.

Th e Kan sas and i\f isso ur i deba ting s qu ads ar c h ard at wo rk on their r es pe ctive qu es ti ons. The l\Ii isso uri que stion is. R eso lv ed, Th at a po rti on of our Nati ona l r eve nu e sho ul d be ra ised by levyin g an inh e rit ance tax on inh e ritat ed w ea lth. The Ka n sas ques ti on is Reso l ved , that t hr ee -fo ur ths of a jury sho uld be mad e co mp ete nt to re nd er a verdic t in a ll c rimin al cases .

Nebra s ka ha s the n egat ive si de o'f both th es e qu es ti ons.

ATHENIAN SOCIETYl

The com in g of "varm days and a multip li city of o th er dut ies are apt to divert o ur mind s fr om s uch s tr e nuous wo rk as the "noble a rt of argum.e nt" to other and li g hter pursuits. But the Athe nian s till re main s fait hful , n otwithstand in g th e fact th at se vera l t hi ngs hav e oc cu r red in the l ast mo nth which confl icted w ith the ir m ee tin gs . Some time ago it was deemed advisa bl e to divide the ho ur of m eet ing a littl e different ly fr om wh at it h as b ee n h ereto for e. Thirty minut es is now given to the d eba t e, ten m inu tes to business, and tw e nty minutes to par li ame ntary drill. This la tt er is to be taken up in a sys te mat ic way and m ade a subject for study as well as :for di scussio n.

At a r ece nt bu s in ess m ee ting it wa s decided th at the officers of l as t quarter

sho uld be he ld over ior th e te rm . Thi s in s ur es a g-oo d liv e socie ty until th e cl ose of sc h oo l.

An inv it ati on w il l he ex te nded to the Ciccro nian s to th t: .\ tht:nian Sa turd ay e\·ening. .\ pril 13th . The qu es ti on is: ··R c:sol v ed th a( wo men teac hers sha ll r ecei ,·e th e sa me sa lar ies as men." Mi sses • o xe r. Houston and S mith will h ave the affi'rm at iv e ::md Misses Fo ster, Tubb s and Gr at y. th e negative s id e of the qu es ti o n. :\n open di scus sion will fo ll ow th e deb ate .

LATIN CLUB

Th e La tin club is an orga ni za ti on of the three hi gher class es of th e K o rm a l. The purpose is to g iv e a back gro und to class work and to brin g the s tud en ts into closer to uch with ea rl y Ro man life. Its organization is in tru e Roman style Th e three cl asses of the people the pleps, eq uiti es and kni g hts, are represented by the t hree classes. Th e o fficers corres pond in duty a nd nam e to those of the Roman Repub l ic

The meetings are he ld bi-we e kl y on Saturday even in gs in Mus ic a nd Expre ssion ha ll. A program of :Songs and biographies, prese nting th e Roman life, is g iven e ach evening. A matt er of sp ec ial in te r es t at the i as t m ee tin g was a ta lk by Professo r Del ze ll.

ALUMNI NOTES

J ess ie McAndrew, 'os has b ee n reeiected assistant prin c ipal at Ainsworth at an in cr ease of salary.

Grafton h as ex presse d it s apprec iation of th e e ffi cie nt se rvices of ]. E. Ray 'o6

by re -electing him at a salary of $810 per year.

Lill ian Jew e ll ' 03 a nd Lore na Lewis "o6 hav e b ee n re-elec ted to their positi o ns in th e Stan ton sch oo ls.

T. L. Richardson '05 is principal at hi cldcy and is meeting with su ccess in st rai g ht en in g o ut a rather c haoti c cond iti on of affa irs.

ara h Jewe ll ' 02 h as bee n r e-e lected at ca ttle. \Vas hingt on, at a sa lary of $840 per yea r. whi ch is an increase of 15 per ce nt ove r last ye ar.

Co ra H ill ·oo, h as b ee n re-elected Principa l at Sh ubert at a sa lary of $85 pe r m onth. S uch a complim e nt is ce rtainl y an e ff ect iv e and g ratify in g exp r ess ion of appre ciation.

Kimball ha s one of our strongest P rim ary t eachers. lima Kennedy 'o6 ha s fulfilled our ex p ec tation s of her success and h as proven herse lf a most efficient work e r.

Gr and Island ha s one of the best hi g1h sc h oo ls in the state, and soon will also ha ve a s plendid building for th e ir sch ool.

Pe ru is we ll r ep r esen ted by Miss Bertha Bloo min gdal e, teacher of Engli sh, and Mr . ·c. H. Ratcliffe, teach er of Science.

It may be of .especial interest to a nun11ber of our b ody to note that both' of ' the state agents of the American Book Companies are Alumni of th e Stat e No rmal Scho ol. lVIr. \i\Tinte rs in one of our e arly gr ad uates bein g a "me mber of th e cla ss of r878. Mr. E. 0. Ga rrett was graduated in · r895.

St. Pau l, Neb ra s ka , ha s a number of N or ma lites on it s staff and their work is be in g given · mu ch pra is e. Mi sses Woodbury ' os , vV es tgate 'os, Temp lin 'os, and Fre richs ' os are t eachin g there and all seem to have b ee n success fu l. Th e "'os Quartette" certainly do honor to their class .

THE NOR1.-fALIT E

T. P. Bea ll 'os ha s bee n honored by r e-elec tio n by unanim ous vote of th e boa rd at in cr eased sa lary for hi s third yea r at Diller. S upt. Bea ll ha s bee n g iv en abso lut e control of the sch ool m anagement eve n to choice of teachers, and he h as " mad e good ." He has bee n given valuable a ss ista n ce d uri ng the pas t yea r by Lulu Pasco 'os a nd Elva Larr owe 'o6

A g lance through t he A lumni di r ec tory shows that we h ave a large nu mber of N orm.alites at Seat tl e, Wa s hin gton. Among the numb er we find the n ames of

O lli e S. Schram, '79, Je nni e E. Borst '88, Frank J. Ord '88, An na B. Borst '94, J. W. M ill er 'o r, Mr s. J. Mi ller '02, Mary L. Spencer 'or and Sa rah C. Jew ell '02. Vv e wo uld su ggest to these that a N. S. N. S. club would be both profitable and en j oya bl e.

SENIOR NOTES

l:v! iss Cr ene Culp spe nt Satti rd ay with - her aun t in Neb raska City.

Mr. D. V. Young has b een called home as his father is seriously injured.

Miss Be rtha Range is spe nding th e week at her h ome n ea r Lin co ln.

Th:e fo{ lowF.ng re sol t\tions of ;sy mpathy ha ve been adoptedl by the class of 'o7:

Miss Alice McGavock is e njoying a vis it from h er siste rs, Misses Lila a nd Eorant ha.

Miss Vene Kinney of Ve rd on visited wit h h'er ne ice, Layette Kinn ey over Sunday.

Misses Margaret Fedde and Ozola Ha r man h ave been elected to their positio ns ,for n ex t yoear. Miss Fedde wi ll h ave sixth gr ade work in the Benson

sc h oo ls and ).Ii ss Ha rman int e rmediate work at \\l akefie ld.

\"irginia Loudc rmil ch wa s ca ll ed to Ge n eva to atte nd the fun eral of her aunt , 29.

:\fr Jo hn 1\ \V oo darcl h as be en ele cted s up e ri nte n dant of the Haveloc k sc h oo ls at ·$ 1200 pe r yea r.

W. G. Brooks h as bee n elec ted as principal of the hi gh sc h oo l at Pl atts mouth, at $1 oo pe r m ont h.

A. J. Wick land h as bee n el ec ted at Gr ee nw ood for th e co min g yea r at a salary of $100 per mo nth .

Mrs James G. Kruse of Creigh ton r ecently spe nt a week wit h her daughters, Misses Laura a nd Be mi cc Kr u se.

Miss Ruby Clark h'as gone to vVisner to fill a vacancy in the third a nd fo urth g ra des for the 1·emainder of the yea r.

Pr esident ] o hn A. Wood a rd and C. Ray Gates att ended th e Ju nio r-S enior rece pti on a nd spe nt S und ay with fri e nd s.

Miss Flora Richards who was call ed home on acco unt of th e illn ess of ·her fa th er \ V.i ll not return to sc h oo l this year.

Th e Se ni or A nnu al is in th e h ands of the pri nte rs and it is expected that it will be r eady for distribution by May rsth.

Miss Gu ssie Koh ler e nt er tained! Miss Je nn ie 'o6, of T obi as a nd Miss Lorena Lew is 'o6 of Stanton, last week.

Peasley and vV hi t<e brou ght th e first order of th e Senior pi ctures cl ow n Monday. In gene ral, th e work was very satisfactory.

1VIis s Elda Bacon ha s b een el ec ted to a posit ion in the se venth grade at Alli ance. She is m ee ting with marked s uccess in her work.

Pro f. H. N. Del ze ll is th e bu sie st man

in s ch oo l as he is the right h and h elper of every Se ni or in see ing th at eac h will ha ve a good p os iti o n.

Ea rl H adse ll has b ee n re-el ected to h is p os iti on at Hyanni s. Hi s wo rk ha s b ee n ve ry sa ti sfac tory as is sho wn by hi s raise in sa lary of $5 pe r mo nth for the comin g yea r.

C. Ray Ga te s ha s b ee n re-e lect ed pr inc ipal of th e P il ge r sc h oo ls. Th at l\Ir. Gates h as b ee n su cce ss ful at Pi lge r is shown by his sa lary being incr ease d $ 13 per mont h.

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SECOND YEARS

"For a thou sa nd yea rs an o ld man sat Be fo re th e gates of Paradi se . And while one sho rt na p he s natched Th ey ope n ed a nd clo se d-was he .,,, WI Se!

It is sa id that "O pportunit y kn ocks but onc e. "

Mi ss Verna Lapp s pe nt va ca ti on at her home, U nadill a, N eh.

M r. Sa rdin s Ell e nb er ge r on account of farm work le ft sc h oo l for hri s home near Es kin·, Mo., :Ma rch 5th.

The Seco nd Yea r cl ass p ar ty he ld in Mus ic and Exp r ess ion hall, Nlar ch 16 th prov ed a s uc cess and on e of th e mo st e njoyab le time s the cla ss h as ever h ad. The be st f ea ture of th e evening was a short pro g ram as follow s : Pi ano So l o, M inni e St rawler ; Dani sh So lo, Mr. Trukke n; Reading "Timoth y's Qu es t ," Mrs. Nett leto n; vV hi s tlin g So l o, Miss Ada P hillip s; The Id ea l Nor malinfo rmation co nce rnin g which, inquire of Pres. J. B. De nni s or Miss Carrie Fry. Th e me mb ers of co mmitt ees on ente rtai nment and d ecorat ion su rd y d ese r ve great pra ise :for th e ir management of thi s e nt erta inm e nt.

Y. W. C. A. NOTES

The Interco ll eg iate sen t Ea ster greetin gs on so uv e nir p os tals to a ll the other as sociat ions in the sta te.

Th e trea s ury of th e a ss ociation now co nt a in s oyer a hundred do lla. r s, and o ur Budge t pledged for th e yea r ha s all b ee n pa id. 1\ Ii ss E li za beth Henderson o ur capa bl e new treas urer is alPeady wi th her com mitt ees planning for the Summer Confere nce fund.

The Y. 1\ L C. A. a nd Y. \tV. C. A. he ld a j oint d evo ti ona l se r vice on Ea s ter S unday in 1\I usic a nd £;-;:p r ess ion hall. l\Ii ss Stoner led the se rvic e, ch oos in g for h er s ubject :' ·The l ew Life." Thi s w as an esp ec iall y impress ive m eet in g. Spec ial mu s ic was prepared for th e se rVICe.

Tl te Ea s fe r s un/ri se prayer me eting w hi ch h as becom e a cu s tom in the N ormal Y. \tV. C. A. wa s he ld at s ix o' cloc k on the· mo min g of Eas t er Su nday. Due to the chill y a tmos ph ere th e se rvic e took plac e in P hi lo Hall. Prof. Gregg very ably led th e m ee tin g. choos in g for th e s ubj ect "Inumortality."

The mi ss ion s tud y circl es h ave closed for thi s ye ar. There wa s mu ch inte rest mani fe st ecl in th ese cl asses thr oug hout the s tud y. The Ass ociation ha s built up its int e rest toward very sple ndidl y thi s y ear. \tVe hop e th at nex t yea r ev ery Y. Vv. C. A. g irl wi ll be a me mb er of a mi ss ion s tud y cla ss or circle .

On Saturday evenin g be fore Eas ter, und er th e of th e assoc iations, was give n a l ec ture on th e "Pass ion Play' ' by Prof. Dunc anso n. Thi s elrama of th e last cl a ys of our Lord , was see n by Pr ofesso r and Mrs. Duncanso n in 1900 w hi le in Ge rm any, and the inter es ting mann er in w hi ch Pr ofes-

so r Du ncan so n reviewed th e ·fea tures of t hi s wo nde rfu l play was gr eatl y a ppr eciated by th e many s tud en ts , fac ul ty, memb ers, a nd oth ers wh o h ea rd him.

Th e work of th e new Y. W. C. A. ca binet is now orga ni zed, and the wo rk comm enced for th e n ew o fficial yea r. Th e o utlook is especia ll y f avo rabl e. W ith th e consec rated gi rl s we nave ch osen as leaders for thi s yea r, th e assoc iati on sp irit mu st re main s tron g. Ve ry large thin gs are be in g pla nn ed by a ll th e committ ees, and high ide al s are to be so ug ht, by every ea rn est Y. W. C. A. g irl.

On Tu es day even in g, Ma rch 19 th , fr om ha lf past ·fo ur unti l six o' cl oc k th e mi ss ion s tu dy cl asses were ed at th e r oo ms of Miss Esth er Cla rk ?ne feat ure of th e eve nin g was the te llmg ?£th e benefi t r ece ive d fr om th e pa st yea rs s tud y of miss ion s, by each g irl present. Cocoa and nabi scos were se rved, _a nd the g irl s went to th e ir hom es th at kind red ti e th at bind s us all tn chri st ia n fellows hip.

The place of the mee tin g of th e Y. W. C. A. W•ester n St u dent Co nfere n ce h as been changed fro m Water loo , I owa , to Cascade, Co lorado We h b · ope to e a bl e to five or six delegates thi s yea r. G trls, let us b ag in to f 1 tl . · ee en 1USIas ttc ab out attend in g t hi s . conferen ce Ten clays ca n neve r be sp ent more pr ofitabl y.. trip to Cascade w ill be a splend1d fo r ou r N'ebraska g irl s, and the s pmtu al he lp r ece ived ca nn t b . o e estimated. ·

ATHLETICS

Th e nor.m al clo se d' its ba sket ba ll season Ma rch 25 by play i ng the last of th e ser ies for the ch ampion sh ip of the sch oo l

Th e pen na nt l ay be twee n th e 3rd yrb oys and the Se ni ot· men, a nd juni ors an d 2nd yrs fo t· the girls. The se niors were co n fide nt of be in g ab le to shake th e pen na nt in the face s of th e junior s, but th ey fa il ed to r ecogn ize t he t ea m wo rk of the 3rd yea rs until th e ga me was ove r; th en th ey ow ned up to it li ke men. Ca rtn ey did some sta r in gua rd ing by holding th e ;fast se ni or for wa rd to one goa l.

Meye r did so me exce lle nt wo rk in fr ee t hro win g fr om fo ul s.

Sco re 31 to 12. Li ne up:

3 rd yea rs Se ni ors

Meye r .... f. . . . . . . . . . Kno ll

Co ll in s ... . .. ... .. f. . . . . . He nd er son

Swe n so n (Capt.) ... c. . . . . . . \Vic kl and

Ca rtn ey _ g ... ... -. . . S mi th

R ay ..... ... . .. . g .. Gi lb e rt (Ca pt .)

The ju niors de f ea ted th e 2n d yea rs by a sco re of I 9 to I 2. The 2nd yea rs pl ayed fa st ba ll bu t we re at a di sadva nt age on acco unt of the w inn ers be in g so mu ch ta ll e r. The juni ors also pl ayed th e ga me and as a r es ult are r ecogni ze d as the pe nn an t w inn ers of the g irl s.

Lin e -u p:

Ju niors

2 nd ye ars

Z imm .. _ .. f. . . . . Bla nk ens hi p

Bae r . . . . . . . . . . . f. . . . . . . A nd er son

Sh ee ley . .

c.

. L ee

Po rt er .. ..... 2n d c. . . . . . . . . . . Huff Glasgo w · g .. Ly nch

The a thl e ti c fi eld is bei ng i mp r oved t hi s spring by h av in g the no rth e nd widened w ith a view of p uttin g in a 12 foot ci nder t rack, w hi ch w ill be pl aced there in the n ear f ut u re. T hi s is for the track wo rk f or ·w hi ch pr act i ce w ill b eg in soo n. The low pl aces on th e fie ld are al so bei ng fi ll ed u p, a nd the diamo nd sm ooth'ened d ow n.

Base ba ll pract i ce h as sta r ted in ea rnes t. A l arge amo unt of mater ial is on hand and it is h oped to de ve l op a good t eam thi s year . We h ave from 30 to 40

men turnin g o ut for pr ac ti ce night. Ba ttin g and fielding is th e o rder of th e day , but th e. us ual pract ice w ill beg in next week. Prac t icc games ha ,·e bee n a rranged for wit h City Reds '' an d with A uburn and it is al so ho ped to ge t a ga me wi th hub ert.

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NEWS ITEMS

Miss Este ll a Bates e nj oyed a vis it fr om her parent s th e 23 rd a nd 2 -+th of March.

J. H. Ha ll of V-e rd on att ended the "Gypsy Qu ee n" at Pe ru. th e 2oth of March.

Mr. R. L. Co nn of Pana ma , Ne br. , mad e hi s sis ter Laur e tta. a sho rt vis it in 1\1[arc h.

Prof. French e nj oyed a vi s it fr om hi s sister, l\•fi iss Lulu Fre nch, Sa turda y, March 23d.

Miss Iv y vV.ell s of Ba rn ey was compelled to leave sc h oo l March I I th to care for her sick m othe r.

M.'r s'. Lydia Hayes of Lin coln has opened a n ew bo a rdin g hou se in th e o ld Good pr ope rt y on No rmal Ave.

Mr C. La il ors who is a m embe r of th e Com mercial d epa rtment at the no rmal visi te d hi s h ome in Ve rd on, th e 21st of Marc h.

Pro f. J. W. Sea r so n h as co mplet ed plan s for the er ect ion of a n ew home on hi s l ots one bl ock no rth of th e No rmal gro und s.

Edw in Rogge, a form er st ud e nt of th e no rm al, ma de hi s sis te r, Mi ss Rhova , a short vis it l ately. Mr. Rogge is n ow li vin g in \ iVyom in g.

The fo ll o win g atte n ded the m eet ing of the Sc h oolmaste r club in Oma h a, 1\IIarch

7· Pres ide nt C ra bt r ee , Profe sso rs Ha rt, -ca r so n. Beck, and Delzell.

Pro f. Ha rt r ece ntly r ece ived a le tt er from th e su perinte ndent of Henry cou nty. Jo \\'a, as kin g him to co nduct in stitute the re the co ming s ummer.

Dr. E ..-\. \Vin s hip. Pr es ident J. Vol. C rabtr-ee. and Pro f. a nd Mrs. V.f. R. Hart. too k s upp er at M}ount Ve rnon Hall th e evening of · Ma rch 27 th.

l\ [rs. Dai sy D. Ne ttl eton and Mi ss 1\Ieiss ner, the librarian , spent a few days \'i s itin g in Yo rk during the vacatio n. l\I rs. - e ttleton also vis ited in Lincoln.

.-\t hi s r ece nt \'i s it to Peru , C. L Coon, su pe rint en dent of Clay Cou nty, add r essed th e s tudent bod1y in chapel one mornin g on th e topic, "01aracte ri s tics of a T ru e T eache r. "

An e xhibit is bein g pre pared by Prof. S. L. Ca ldwe ll , of th e De partm e nt of Dra win g and Penmanship, for the James to wn Exposi tion to be held thi s s umm er at No rfo lk, Vb..

Rev. Coo n of Grand Is land made Pe ru a sh ort vi s it so me time ag'o a nd led in th e devotiona l exe rcise at chape l one mo rni ng. Rev. Coon \vas fo rm er ly pastor of the Baptis t chi1rch at Peru.

D uri ng Prof. Gregg's ab sence one w ee k in Marc h, Prof Delze ll cond ucted hi s class in Sen ior Geograph y a nd gave some ve ry profitable points conce rnin g th e s tu dy and u se of the globe in the sc h oo l- room.

Featur es of interes t at th e S ummer Sess ion of the nor mal are th e fo ll owin g: The C hi carro Glee Cl ub, th e St ci ke lb erg :::> Qua rtette of Lincoln, and Rev. watso n (Ian MacC iaren) aut hor of "Th e Bon-nie B ri ar Bus h."

Unde r th e direction or l eaders hip of R ev. Gate s, a se ri es of meet in gs were he ld · in th e Metho di st churc h th e week pr ecediti g Easter S unda y. Rev. Gates

was fo rme rl y pa stor of th e Me th o di st church of Pe ru a nd is now livin g at W es te rn, ·Nebr .

S upt. E. L. Ro u se of th e Plattsmo uth' s ch oo ls recently made th e no rm al a vis it. He gave us a ve ry ex ce ll ent ta lk durin g cha pel exerci ses, say ing that a te ach er goin g. o ut before th e public will alwa ys be tes ted in three thin gs, promptn ess, pati ence, a nd gr ac e.

Th is sprin g th e primary de partm e nt of th e Mo del Sch ool are editin g a pa per c:mtainin g nature s tu dy wo rk. Th e pape r is tw o pages in lengt h a nd 'is edi ted o nc e eve ry t wo tweek s. It is call td th e "S prin g News" a nd is un de r th e d ir ect ion of Miss Ne lli e M ae Schl ee

The sad news of the d ea th of hi s mother reac hed Pro f. Hart on Mond ay a ft e rn oo n, A pril 7. Pro f. and Mr s. Hart le ft Pe ru on Monday afterno on for Mt. Pleasant , I ow a, th e lat e home of the de part ed. Th ey have th e s ince re sympathy of all th e ir fri e nd s in t hi s th eir sad hour

M r. Chas McVea y, tr av eling evangelist a nd s in ger of the C hri s tian C hurch , vi s ited the norm al lately an d favored us with sev eral mus ica l se lec tions at ch ape l the mornin g of Ma rch 15. M r. M cVey is a mem ber of the class of '02 and was also at on e time prin cipa l of th e Anti och s ch oo l of Aubu rn , Ncb.

Re v. and Mrs. M ill er, of Sh e rid an, _Tew Yo rk, who hav e been sep e ndin g th e e ntire w int er w ith th e ir da ught er, Mr s. Drow nell , a nd f am il y lef.t for th e ir hom e Monday, Ma rch 25. Rev. Mill er ha s bee n a plea sa nt ca ll er at th e no rmal an dl ha s also a ss ist ed th'e pastors of tli e r es pect ive churches durin g hi s stay h ere.

l\I r. G. H. Knox , p res ide nt of Per so nal Help P ubli s hin g Co ., of D es l\Io ines, Iowa , vis ited Pro f. How ie th e la st w ee k in Ma rch. He is th e au thor

of the tw o b oo k s, "Re ady l\ I oney" a nd "Tho 't s th at In sp ir e ,' ' and is also as far as know n th e m os t r ap id ca lcul ator m the wo rl d. He \\' aS a former pu p il of Pro f. Ho \\'i e at th e Co tn er U niv ers ity.

The advanced class in ag- ri c ultur e wi.11 have char ge of th e school ga rd en thi s s prin g. Th e plot a ss igned for th e purp o!" e h as b ee n pl ow-e d and wo rk has b ee n beg un. A gre at deal ha s al so been do ne to wa rd th e so w in g- of s eed s a nd the tif y in g of the ca mpu s. Pro f. French IS to be co mm e nd ed up on th e e ffi cie nt work he is do in g in th e ag ri c ult u ral depa rtme nt .

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An un expect ed tre at was gtven us . last w ee k in Marc h by Dr. E. A. \¥ tns hip ed it or of th e New Engla nd Jo urn al ' · 1 el of E du ca ti on; wh o spoke to us In clap one eve nin g on th e to pi c, of Pe r so na lity. " D r. Win s hip IS a perso nal .fri e nd of Pres id e nt C rabtree , and had se t aside a cl ay ex pr ess ly for the · 1 · ncl th e no rmal pur po se of pay lll g 11111 a a v is it. A very lar ge a udi en ce asse mbled to hear Dr. \iV in s hi p sp ea k, f or th ey kn ew th at whatever wo ul d be th e j ect of hi s ad dr ess it wo uld co ntam a m es sa ge that th ey could not a ffor d; to lose.

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KANSAS-NEBRASKADEBATE

On Friday ·evenin g, May l Oth, occurred the first debate between Holten college, Kansa s, and the Nebras ka State Normal sc h ool at Peru.

The que st i on discu ssed was, ''Resolved, . that three-fourths of jury should be made comp eten t to render verd icts in a ll crimina l cases.

Th e question was affi rm ed by Messrs. Miller, Morga n a nd Moorehead, for Kansas, and denied by Mr. Ryan, Miss Bolejack and Mr. Benson for Nebraska.

Th e dec is on o£ the jud ges was un an imou s £or Ne braska, m ak in g the seco nd vi cto ry for Peru No rmal over Ho lte n.

Th e Neb r as ka tea m d eserv es gr eat credit for the able mann er in w hi ch th ey h an dled the ir quest ion, sh ow in g a co mpl ete ma ste ry of the ir s ubject.

Prof. Searso n, our coach, cannot be comp l im en ted in too h igh ter ms for his un t iring e ffort s in th e intere sts of the team, and the State No rm al school h as ju st r easo n to be prou d of our ab le and e ffici e nt coach .

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MISSOURI-NEBRASKADEBATE

Friday May 17, occ urr ed second i nter-coll eg i ate debate held m Peru th is year. Thi s t im e the contesting team s were representati ves of the Missouri State Normal, of Warrensburg, and of our home sc hool.

The que stion discus s ed was: '' R esolved, That a portion of ou r national : eve nue should be raised by a tax on wealth ."

The Missouri spea kers were C. H. E. L. Harri son and Loyd Kell y, hile Nebraska was represented by 3 C·1.C. Mitchell, L. J. Knoll and E. M. me.

b T?e was a co ntest from the and each s peaker on both Sides showed careful preparat ion and study. The affirmation laid down the that om· prese nt sysof natiOnal taxation is ineffici ent, and evas ive; that an inherItance tax was just, con stitution al and effective. Th e negative replied that such a tax wo uld be unju st, indefinate and ineffecti ve. Each speaker had --

fifteen minute s of t im e and five minu tes for rebutta l.

Pres Crabtree presided in an efficient manner, whi le Profe ssors Abbo t of Mi ssour i and Gr egg of Nebraska acted as time-keep er s. Mr. Crabtree, after the de cis ion of the judges , h ad been handed in , ma de several a nn ounceme nts and a wi tty speech , Whi ch ·kept th e audience in a state of me ntal suspen se . When finally the deci si on was announced in f avor of Nebraska the N ormal spi ri t burst forth with an un res trai ned de monstr ation of sati sfaction . The judges were W. H. Hayward , of N ebraska City; J ohn Dund as and F. W. Ha wx by, of Auburn .

After the deb ate, a reception was gi ven in Everett H all to the vis i tors, debators, judges and members of the faculty by the Athenian and Ciceron ean debating so ci et i es . The hall was decorated w ith potted plants and the colors of the two schoo ls. Lig ht refreshments were se rved an d an informal soc ial hour e njoye d. :

The vi s itin g debato rs and delegates impressed all with wh om th ey ca me in conta ct as be in g you ng gent lemen of the hi gh est ty pe and r e braska feels proud to ha ve had them as her guests. The Misso uri de b ato rs were acco mp ani ed by Miss Pe arl Mini c k, fo rm erly of this sc h oo l, but now at the head of the mu sical de par tment of the Warrensburg Norma l.

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SENIOR NOTES

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Miss Lottie Eby is enjoy ing a vi sit from her sist er.

Miss Be ss ie M. Dunham spent Sunday, May 12t h, at her h ome in Adams. Messrs . George and Louis Knoll visited their hom e in Crete the first of May.

C. M. Pe nney visited at his home in Albion over Sunday the first of May.

Mr. Clark, of Reserve, Kansas, spent May 11, w ith hi s son and daughter.

Miss Claire McDermet, a member of l ast year' s Junior class, is v isitin g Miss Ruth Brandt.

Misses Floy a nd Ethel Hummel enjoyed a few da ys ' vis it from th e ir mother, May 7t h-10th.

Miss Ada Bohner r et urned to Peru, May 11th, ar.d wi ll remain h ere until after commencement.

Mi ss Elizabeth Fearon entertained her sister an d Miss Eth yl Marshall of Omaha, the first week in May .

Miss Ilah B. Ohlson went to her h0me in Cambridge to vis it her sister, who left f or Virginia this week.

A, great many of the sen iors h ave cated in the ir positions for next year. Among who have been elected

to pos itions are the following: Elda Baco n, Allianc e; Ada Bohmer, Crete; C. E. Ben so n, s uperintend ent at Ne ls on; Abi E. Bry non, high school at Lo up Cit y; H. Glen Bro ok s, principal of Plat ts mou th high school; Dell B. Broo k s, Superin te nd enta t Creig hton; S. J. Buck les, principal at Waverl y; E li zab eth Carhar t, Falls Ci ty; Mar ie Ch a mb e rs, Wakefield; Rub y Cla r k, hi gh school at Osceola; Earl M. Clin e, princ ipa l at Sidney; Anna Cogil, Linco ln; Ann a DeBoer , Osceola; Carrie Di etr ich, Blue Hill; Grace Dillon, Be atr i ce; Bess ie Dunh am, Chadron; He len Dy sart, A uburn ; Vi vian Elarth , Yo rk ; Mru·gar et Fe dd y, hi gh sch ool at Ben s on; C. R ay Gates, principal at Pilger ; Albert H. Gilbert, Fremont hi gh sc ho ol; Rena L. Haney, Falls City; Calla Hanks, Upton; F aye Ha nks, Friend ; Ozola Harman, Wakefi e ld; Benjamin Harrison, Bridgeport; Lee Henderson, prm.clpal at Belgrade; Katheryn H epperlm, Beatrice; E. K. Hurst, principal Falls City hi gh school; Ida B. John son, Alliance, Mary C. John son , Lincoln; Fayette Kinney, Verdon; J. Knoll, superintendent at Blue Spr mgs; Bernice Krause, Red Cloud; Laura Krause, Creighton; Margaret L ambert, Holdredge; Earl Linger, Havelock hi gh sc hool; Eli za beth Cheyenne; Minnie McAd ams, s id e; Ellen McClung, Cedar Rap!d s; Randal R. McGee, principal at Sprm gfield; J. C. Mitchell , supe rintendent at Friend· Euni ce Mun son, Gen eva ; Carrie L yons ; Bessie Noyes, Nelson·; FlorenceNye , Dubois: Ilah B. Ohlson, Pilger; Calista Payne, Friend· Flora Purinton , Table Rock; Bertha' Range, Sterling; Estella Reid, F ai rbury; Rhoda Rogge, Western; Ida Rutledge, Lincoln; Matthew Ry an, principal at Greeley; Pearl Shaneyfelt, H avelock; Maude Sim, Red Clou d;

Bertha Taylor , Ocseola; Macie Varn e r, Stirling; Cora Wade, Alexandria; Lilli e Wahlstrom, Wahoo; Arthur Wickland, principal at Green wood; John A. Woodard, superitrtendent at Havelock; Dan Young, pr in cipa l at Yutan; Earl Hadsell, principal at Hyannis; Theola Linn, Nebraska City.

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lPHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY

The Evolution of the Book, purchased by th e soc iety so me time ago, now hangs on the wall of the soc iety hall and add s to the attractiveness o.f the room It is to be hoped that in time other pictures will be add ed to this excellent se lection. The commitee on qP.coration is to be cornmended on i ts power of perceivin g the excellence of thi .s artistic picture.

Th e sp rin g program was h eld in Music and Expres!:lion Hall on t he evening of April 12th. The read in gs , papers and music related to Spring.

An original poem, entitl ed , "The Campus Course," w ritten by Norm ie Wick land, was read. A flow er drill was another feature of the program, whi ch was gr eatly enjoyed. As a whole, t he program was appreciated by all and resulted in a snow s torm a few days later.

Th e Philomathean Society he ld its annual open session on the evening of May 8th, in the Chapel.

Th e program was opened by an overtm·e by the band, i nstrumental so lo by Miss Banks and vocal so lo by Miss Frerichs.

At the close of the mus ical part of the program a comedy in two acts "Naval Engagements" was given. It proved to be a gra nd success, for by

careful prepa r at ion the differe nt part icip ants of the did cre dit to their parts.

J. H ero ld W iII iam s as A dmiral Ki ng s ton a nd Ster lin g F. Mutz as Lie ut Kings ton, R. N., s how ed g reat tale nt and or ig in a li ty in the way in w hi ch they s urmount ed what appeared to be a gr eat difficu l ty. Havin g agr eed that if either married the br i de sho uld not be of an un s uitabl e age, th ey appear to dread m eet in g for the Lieutenant is about to marry Co l. Pontifex a nd the Admiral, Miss Mortimer. Ag es ve ry un s uitabl e.

After many amus in g incidents, it terminated in a change of partners, the Admiral tak i ng the "widow" and the Lieutenant the ''boa rding-s chool mi ss."

Mr. Williams a nd Mr. Mutz are t O> be comp lim e nt ed on th e ir acting and be in g so we ll prepared to me et such an occasion.

Mi ss Rena L. Han ey , as Mrs. Pont if ex and Mi ss Ne lli e Sy l vester. Miss Mortimer, s ho we d gr eat ab1h y a nd clever acting in th e management of the othe r's sweeth ear t, for they go t them to "let up" on t?e rnents, w hi ch tended to brmg a sati sfactory conc lus ion to "Nava l Engagements."

D. J. Young, as Short, the l and l?rd, and Mr. Aden; as De nni s, a wa iter , were the co mic al actors of th e ev enin g. Th ey k ept the audi e nc e in jolly sp irits.

Th e comedy was a comp lete success in every way .

"I have a position as blacksmith in a bakery.

"How's that?"

"Shooin g flies. "- Ex.

EVERETT NOTES

Everett Society gave a very interesting program on the s ubject of San Franci sco, Friday even in g, Apri l 19th

An excellent pap er on the des truction of the gr eat city by the earthquake and the fir e which imm ed i ate ly followed, was giv e n, te llin g of the horrors suffered by the people , who, destitute of food and shelter, were at the mercy of the r obbers and looters who at t im es frequent such places. Here inde ed did our country show its patriotic s pirit by the immediate re s ponse of all the other states in s ending s upplies and help to the suffering and dying. Another paper on ''San Francisco as it is today" was read show in g the re markable speed with w hich the city is being r ebu ilt. It now does more business daily than it did on the day before the disaster.

Everett has a number of good r eaders, among whom is Miss Hanks who gave a reading Friday even in g, April 19th wh ich wou ld do credit to any student of elocution. ·

Late as the se a son is, and hard as it is to get members to gi ve numbers on the programs for society evenings, Everett always has someth in g new and funny, a lon g with so methin g educational.

A little sp ic e with meat Makes it much better to eat.

Friday evening, May 3rd witnessed the last regular session of Everett for this s eme ste r. The program was mi sce llan eous. A reading from Riley "An old Sweetheart of mine" by Miss Loudermilch was appreciated by all. While the impromptu speech by Mr. Rost, calling forth ''a bear

story" which clearly demostrated that truth is stranger than fiction caused a roar of lau ghter an d loud applause.

Mr. Rost told how he, a few years since , while one winter in Canada, came across a bear while out hunting and how he for want of shot killed the bear, us ing as shot the frozen beads of sweat fro m hi s own brow.

The program was followed by a business meeting in which all records and business of the past schoo l years were comp leted leaving the book in a fir st class conditi on to hand over to the nex t sess ion of the society.

Everett Op en Session.

On account of the rush of on com ing eve n ts at the close of the school year it was deemed wisest to have the society Open Session as early as Tuesdav. May 7th. Accordingly on the of t hat day a cordial invitation was extended to all members of the school and their friends to be present at the chapel in the evening and witness the scene of a "Box of Monkeys ."

The play, a New England comedy .in two acts, by Grace L. Furness was beautifully rendered by the following: -

CAST OF CHARACTERS.

Edward Ralston, a young American, ha lf owner in the Sierra gold mine w. G. Brooks. Chauncey Oglethrope, his partner son of Lord Donchester .. .. '..................... John Major . Mrs. Ondego - Jhones, an admirer of rank .... .. Miss Ethel Hummel Sierra Bengaline, niece, a prairie rose-. M1ss Gladys Mayors Lady Gu in evere Llandpoore, an Epglish primrose · .. · . · · · · ... ..

Miss Margaret Dunlap

The program for the evening was as follows:-

Music

Vocal Solo

Cornet Solo

Normal Band

Miss Lottie Cool ey

Wad e Bixby

Play-" A Box of Monkeys"

Act I. Drawing room of Mrs. Ondego - Jhones' residence on 5th Avenue .

Music

Act II The same scene.

.. Normal Band

The play "A Box of Monk eys" was fascinating to say the least and was presented in a way that would do credit to a professional company. It is a laughable farce and without doubt everybody did laugh.

SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY.

The scene of the play is the drawing room of Mrs. Ondego-Jhones a resident of 5th avenue an admirer 'of rank.

Conversation en sues between herself and her niece, Sierra Bengaline a ,, .. '' prame ro se with far more slang western ways than English society polish.

Guinevere Llandpoore, an Enghsh primrose is coming on this very day to spend the summer with Ondego-Johnes who wishe s her mece to appear at her best and avoid the use of slang. In this she succeeds very poorly.

Mrs. Ondego-Jh'one s has no serhence is distressed but must hire the first applicant if at all suitable. Sierra is left to hire the servant. Her secret lover, Edward Ralston a young American, half owner in a gold mine which is turning out nothing but dirt, arrives and they have an enchanting time until Lady Guinevere Llandpoore the English primrose arrives. She becomes fascinated with the American slang, and, under the guidance and instruction of Sierra, she is fast becoming mistress of all the common phrases much to the disgust

of her h ostess, Mrs. O nd ego-Jhones. C haun cey Og le thrope, th e son of Lord a nd pa rtn er with Ralston in the go ld mine, al so a rriv es and be in g mi stake n by Sie rra for an ap p lica nt as a se r va nt is asked the usual qu estions mu ch to hi s embarr ass me nt , hi s bashf uln ess mak es the s ituati on a ll th e more comi ca l.

Th ey finall y r ea ch an uunder s tand · in g, and whil e the yo un g folks are en gage d in a g ame , th e h os t es s return s mi s tak es Si e rra' s lov er for a com e to apply f or a pos ition and hires him much to his chargin against his will , but be ing a stranger to Mrs. Ondego - Jhone s a nd not daring to identify himself he is helpless.

Chaunc ey Oglethorpe fall s desperately in love with Lady Guinevere, but is too bashful to propose. Ralston gives him instructions, which prove successful for when asked later how the plan 'worked, he repied "I d?n't know, I just shut my eyes:and dived in."

Mrs. Ondego - Jhones is on account of the familariy of her mece with the servant, but shortly a arrives stating the flourishing tion of the gold mine. Ralston IS identified and the whole affair ends happily. John Magor as the bashful lover showed fine dramatic ability. W. G. Brooks was a typical lover, bold as a lion, too proud to become .a servant even for his love's sake until forced to do so. As a porter he was very negligent of his duties and a tip was an insult to him. But as an instructor in amorous affairs he could not be beat.

Miss Gladys Majors as Sierra Bengaline, the prairie rose, would have astonished We bster , ·Nere he living, by the appropriate way in which she used slang. It would ( Cont i nu ed on page 112)

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Be loya l to yoursel f and th ere w ill · not be much question as to yo ur loyalty to your class and scbool.

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Professor Hart recently gave some excellent advice regarding the worry habit that it would be well to fo llow. He S'a id: ''There is no u se to worry over what you can't hel p; and it is foo li sh to worry over what you can help .

We have reached t he end of the school yea r and h ave ·recei ved our credits. But the cred its we recei ve on paper are not our real cred its; th ey may, or may not be representative of

our year's work. Th e real cred it is within the consciousne ss of the individual. If hi s work ha s been good he w ill be consc ious of a work well done; if the work is not good judged by the st udents ab ili y to do, he cannot have a clear conscience even t ho hi s recorded g rad es be exce ll ent.

Vacation is h ere. Many h ave made their plan s fo r the summer; othe rs are try in g to dec i de what to do. Th ere are th ose who wi ll come back to sc ho ol this fa ll and who will try durin g the .s umm er to earn part of next yea r' s expenses. To such there are variou s fie l ds open w hi ch fu rni sh leg it im ate emp loyment coup led with exper i ence of the greatest va l ue . H ere our s tud ent w ill find r ea l tests to manhoodand womanhood . The only question one n eeds to answer at pres · ent is: ''Is my contemplated employment of such a nature t hat I can devote my energies to it thru the summer and be a stronger personality morall y and mentally next fa ll ?' '

There are those who will spend the vacat i on at home . To these there comes a sp lendid opportunity to show their app r eciat i on of the sacrifices a nd efforts that have been necessary to keep them in schoo l.

Th ere is a third claEs, and we h ope small in number, who w ill fee l they are entitl ed -to mo re than ordinary consideration , and who w ill requ i re . extra space when they walk down,the street in the ir hom e town . Here advi ce fai ls and we can only say that it w ill be we ll for all of us to remember that the dip l oma and training do not m ake the man or woman, but that training cultivate and make larger a nd mor e u sefu l our manly and wo ma nl y qua liti es.

CADET CALLS.

"The Spy of Atlanta" gi ven on the evening of April 13 th wa s a gr eat s uccess in every r espect.

The play wa s a gre at und er takin g but the Cadet Battalion, a ss i ste d by the Mis ses Kreb s, Coo ly a nd Ne id e rmeyer , under the direc tion of Co mmandant Beck, certa inl y proved eq ual to the occasion .

The Cad ets tak e thi s m eans to thank the memb ers of thi s sc ho ol and fr ie nd s for their a id in making it a finan c ial succe ss.

On the eveni:lg of March 7th an audience of about 300 s tudents and friends g athered u pon the Athl e tic field to w itn ess th e Dr ess Parade given by the Ca dets a nd Cadet Band.

Things went off very smooth ly and all seemed to be we ll please d w ith the pro g ress the boys h ave made along that lin e during the past schoo l year .

While the Battali on wa s at "attention to orders" the. fo llowin g promotions were mad e. ·

1st Lieut . Hurst promoted to Adjutant

2d Li eut. Olin e promoted to 1st Lieut.

Sargent Beck promoted to 2d Lieut. The promotions were to take effect immediately.

The Cadet companies left the Normal building Thursday, May 9, at 3 o'clock for their old camp grounds on Camp Creek about seven miles from P eru, on the farm of Mr. Clayton.

We arrived at that place about 5:30 and to show what can be done by syst ematic work, the fifteen tents were raised and supper started at 6 :00. Lieut. Harrison was appointed civil engineer and quarter master. He

h ad no li ttle troub le in satisfyi ng the appetites of the hungry soldiers.

A te lep hone connected 'vith Peru was pl ace d in Head Quarters.

Strict 1\llilitru·y rules ·were observed. Th e Ord er of the day was as follows:

Re ville 5:30 a. m.

Roll ca ll 5 :45 a. m.

Mess 6:00.

Guard Mount 8: 00.

Batta li on Drill 10:00.

Company schoo l 11 :00.

Mess 12:00.

In spection tents 1:30 P· m.

Company Drill 2:00 . Dr ess' Parade 4:30.

Supper 6 :00.

Taps 10:00

Lieut. Oline was officer of th e Guard for the first and did very fait hful work VISitmg of the guard about 1 :30.

On Friday morning at Guard the fo llo wing officers were appomted for the day.

Cap ' t. Wickland. Officer of the Day. Cap ' t. Gilb ert , Officer of the Guard. Sarg't. Hendricks, Sargeant of the Guard.

Saturday as follows - ·

C 't Gilbert Officer of the Day t Har·ri,son Officer of the 1eu · ' ' f th Guard. Sarg't Meyers, Sarg t o e Guard.

Sunday as follows - of the Cap't. Wickland, Officer

Day: B 1 Officer of the Guard. Lieut . ec {, • f th Guard Sarg't Rowen, Sarg t o e .

All li ghts we re out by 10 :30 the fi . t . ht however there was ?ut 1 s mg f th boys owmg little sleep for most 0 e to the strangness of the .. About midnight Cap t W1ckland was heard s in ging.

"We're tenting tonight on the Old Camp Ground Give us a song to cheer

Our weary hearts a song of home , and the {?) we love so dear. "

All was quiet for a time and as we were about to be canied away into dreamland, we once more heard sweet strains of coming from Head Quarters.

This time it was Adjutant Hurst singing,

"We've been tenting tonight 1on the Old Camp Ground

Thinking of days gone by, Of the loved ones at home that gave us their hand,

And the tears that said good bye.''

Three boys attempted to desert camp Saturday to attend the ball game in Peru, but were captured out about one mile from camp and placed under arrest and marched back to the guard house where they were kept on bread and water for 30 hours.

On Satur<;lay afternoon there was a baseball game between the officers and privates , resulting in a victory for the officers 6 to 7.

A severe wind arose Sunday morning which made it very disagreeable for the boys, but regardless of this fact, there were about 150 visited camp. Among them was Mr. Clayton, who was the real thing, and could still give the boys some important lessons in dish-washing, etc.

The final dress parade was given Sunday, at 3:00, after which we broke camp and started for Per:u, arriving about 6:30.

This closes the Military work for this year and all the boys feel well repaid for the work done along that line this year.

Teacher-"What is space?

Student-I cannot tell but I have it in my head. "- Ex.

Y. M. C. A. NOTES

JTh e Y. M. C. A. was gr ea tly benefit ed by vis it from o ur St a te Stude nt Se cr e tar y, E. J. S imon s. Mr. Simon s a ss iste d th e A ssoc ia tion in formulatin g po lic:i es a nd b egan a camp aign fo r th e S tud e nt Confe rence at Lake Geneva.

On Sunday, Ma y 12th, th e meeting wa s g iv en ov er to th e men from the senior class . Mr. Penn ey conducted the service in a most abl e manner, and it was indeed an in s piration to all who att e nded In the pa st few meetings, the seniors have taken a special part and the can but feel their s tren g th and abihty.

TheY. M. C. A. will join Y. W. C. A. for a union service, Sunday, May 19th. Pres. Cra?tree will lead, and with special music we expect a royal good service.

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Y. W. C. A. NOTES

JThe different committees have been busy arranging their policies for the coming year. The policy of committee is stronger than the policy of last year, and each is by high christian ideals, toward which we shall strive to live.

The Y. W. C. A. budget for this year amounts to three hundred dollars. This is an increase of nearly a hundred dollars over the budget of last year. The Peru Y. W. C. A. contributed last year sixty-five dollars to the state work which was the largest contribution mad e by any association in the state. Our pledge this year is raised to seventy dollars. We have also decided to increase our contribution to

Mi ss ion s, and sh all contribute gene rou sly toward the further f urni s hings of the new Y. \V. C. A. par lor in Norm al Ha ll.

Mi ss Ethe l S im onds, our State Secr eta r y, visited o ur Associat ion four day s ea rly in May . She brin gs a ble ss in g to our Y. 'vV. C. A . , an d every g irl antici pates her vis it s. Mi ss Simond s h ea rtil y commended our week ly co mmi ttee meeting s wh ich have m ea nt so much durin g t he past year in streng th e nin g the pray er life of every memb er of the A ssoc i at ion.

Th e Y. W. C. A. g irl s, wh o go out to teach eac h yea r, by the ir contributions a ss ist our work mat e riall y. This Sprin g about eigh ty do llar s ha ve b ee n already pled ged by the g irl s, who wi ll teach n ex t yea r. The Y. W. C. A. sp irit of cheerfu l g ivin g do es no t e nd w ith graduati on in Peru Normal.

On S am·day, Ma y 11th, Mr s. Nettleton and h er Bib le Stud y cla ss enjo ye d a picnic in th e wood s. Th e g irl s returned h ome asserting that it h ad been one of the mo st pl eas ant days of their live s.

"The Violets of Lif e," was the subject of our devotional meeting on Sunday afternoon, May 12th. Miss Gertrude Coon led the service very ably, and the message that came to the girls present at that serv ice was a message which deepened our appreciation of the g ifts which God so lovin gly bestows upon us in the of flowers. It was decided by the gir ls to hav·e one Sunday each year, which shall be known in our Y. W. C. A. as "Violet Sunday," and on that day, devote our study and thot to God's love revealed to us in the flowers. '

The Summer Student Conference at Cascade, Co lo., is arousing much interest among our active girls. Th e

conference lasts ten days, between August 23 and September 3. The tr ip will be rl eli g htful ; and the spiritual benefits received from a Y. W. C. A. confe rence cannot be est imated .

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NEWS ITEMS

Mr. E. L. :Mumford of Beatrice made Pe ru a visit recently.

Miss Cec il Sheeley, secretary to the pres id en t, vis ited her home in Salem , the fir st of Ma y.

Supt. Toby of Fall s City v isited the Normal and a ddre ss ed the students at chap el one mornin g.

Mi sses Madge Bourne and Hel en Stowell of Auburn, v isited friends in Peru, Saturday, May 4.

Prof. Caldv.,rell has accepted a position in Brown's College Lincoln for next year. He will teach penmanship: Drawing an d Bookkeeping.

Th e Board of Education met in Peru, April 30. On this day chape l exercises were held at eleven o'clock inst ead of eight-thirty and the students had the gr eat pleasure of listening to short talks giv en by each member of the Board.

On Tuesday April 16, the citizens of Peru met and organized a City Improvement Club for the purpose of beautifying the village of Peru. The following officers were elected: President, Prof. C. F. Be ck; Secretary, Mrs. Fairchilds; Treasurer, Prof. F. M. Gregg; and Marshall, Dr. Hardajian . Arbor Day was set aside as a spec ial day to be devoted to the ge neral improvement of the town.

Pres. J. W. Crabtree will have charge of a party of superintendents,

teachers, and friends from over the state who will take advantage of the European Summer School of Travel. This party will sail about June 20th to be gone seventy days. Among the points to be visited in the tour are London, Paris, Cologne, Venice ; Florence, Rome, Naples and Athens.

The new State Board of Examiners, eonsisting of Supt. E. B. Sherman of Columbus Schools, Supt. C. A. Fulmel' of the Beatrice Schools and Miss Cora McConnel, principal of the Ashland High School, spent April 29 and 30 in Peru visiting the Normal with a view of determining the standard by which other Normal School• throughout the state will be judged in the matter of issuing Life Certificates to tea:hers. This visit was highly appreciated and much enjoyed by the student s and facu1ty of the Nor. The Board seemed pleased with existmg conditions and made a very favorable report. The f<:>llowing are s ome of the points contained in the report: _

1. Good class room work in every .<fepartment.

2 · Large amount of actual practice m teaching is very commendable.

4 3 · approve of increa s ed method mstruction.

4. Pleased to find so many colleges .and universities represented at the Normal.

Under the direction of Mrs. Nettleton five young ladie s of the Department of Expre ssion very successfully rendered th e college play, "A Man in the Case," Tuesday evening, April .30. The purpose of this undertaking was two-fold, namely; to furnish an -evening of true enjoyment and gather funds toward the payment of the new stage curtain which was used for the first time on this speeial occasion.

Th e new curtain add s g reatly to not only the app e ara nc e of th e rostrum but al so to th e aco us tic s of the room. Much prai se is du e t ho se who have 'a ss is ted in th e cau se to thus better condition s. Th e fo llo w ing is the cast of ch a ract ers of tho se who took a part in th e g ivin g of thi s play:

Mr s. Montre sso r .. Mi ss Ma ud e Yocam

*Enid Mo ntr es sor ....... .. ... .. .

. Mi ss Margaret Dunlap

Glad ys , a s enior of Radcliff e college Mi ss Ula Wat e rhouse

Madam Bogus ky Mi ss J es si e Wheeler

Aline Ro quet ... . .... Mi ss Mae Jones

*Dori s niece of Mrs. Mo ntressor ' Mi ss Wilma Cline

The Ladie s' Art Club of Pe ru rece ntly pr es ent ed the Sc hool with .a beauti..:ul s tatue of the goddess MInerva. A formal pres entation was made in chapel , May 7, by Mrs. w. R. Hart, president of the club. _Miss Pearl Kelley also g ave a very interesting talk upon the history of the statue and the mythology connected with the goddess Minerva. This piece of art is one of the several art decorations planned by the Ladies' Art Club for the adornment of the chapel. The statue ha s been placed on the right side of the rostrum. The Frieze of the Parthenon and a picture of the Sistine Madonna are decorations that have been placed in the chapel by this same club. The State Normal is fortunate in having among the lady members of the faculty and ladies of the town such an organization as the Ladies' Art Club, which, aside from making art a study for the betterment of its individual members, also takes upon itself to beautify the Normal Assembly Hall.

Thursday, May 9, the girls of the Domestic Science Classes, under the direction of Miss Loomis, prepared a

dainty lun ch and at 6:00 o'c lock betook them se lves to the w oo ds where they served lun ch to a gr oup of invited gue sts. Each had the p rivil ege of invitin g one of her fr ie nd s so th at there we re about forty present. The girls all think that Miss Loomi s is an excellent man age r.

The last numb er of the Pe ru L ecture Course was gi ve n th e eve nin g of April24, by Rabbi L eo n Harri so n of St. Loui s, Mo . He gave a bri ef history of the Jewi sh p eop le ref e rrin g to some of the common falla ci es , th r uout the world, con ce rnin g thi s ra ce and thus gradually l ed up to hi s s ubj ect for the even in g, "A Plea for Shy'' !he lecture was n ot on ly ve ry mstructive but also hi g hl y enterta ining w hen seasoned by the wit that Rabbi Harrison knows so we ll h ow to u se .

"Editing a paper is a gr eat thing. If we publish jokes, people say we are rattl e head e d; if we don't we are fossils. If we publish ori g inal matter, they say we don't g iv e enough selections; if we g ive them selections, they say we are too lazy to w ri te . If we don't go to church we are heathen· if we do, we are h ypoc rites. If wear old (clothes, they laugh at us· if we wear good ones, th ey say have a pull. Now what are we to do?

Mrs. Nettleton's Bible Study Class clo se d t he year' work by a picnic in the woods Saturday, May 11. Altho the wind was raging twelve of the girls were ready to start at 10:00 a. m. After traveling thru beautiful vales and over rugged hills, the open ravine where the far famed spring is found greeted the seekers. Fires were built and dinner prepared which was relished by the hungry picnicers and voted the best dinner they had tasted some time. Dainty cards were given each one present by Mrs. Netleton as a souvenir of the occasion.

EXCHANGES -1

The No rmalite before say ing farewell for the year to her sister colleges , wi sh es to thank t hem a ll for the kindl y he lp and criticisms recei ve d t hru t he Exchange columns. It has · been a pleasure always look ed for to co n the different school paperS:and we ha ve come in closer contact w ith the var iou s colleges .

Optimist-" Pleasant weather overhead."

P ess imi st- "Ya-as. Trouble is , so few p eople go in g that way. "- Ex

Ju st as likel y as not some one w ill say we sto le this exchange. So we did. "-Wheaton College Record.Exchan ge .

We wish to mention and commend to further investigation the beautiful four color cover of the Courier.

The literary d epa rtments of all the papers of our sister colleges are ve ry good and many of the articles s how excellent ability ,along this line The papers all s how a great improvement and show th at the interest always increas es toward the end of the year.

A soft answer turneth away wrath, but a short talk bringeth the librarian.

Minister- "Deacon Jones, will yo u lead in prayer ?" (Deacon Jones snores peacefully.)

Minister (loudly)- Deacon Jones, will you please lead?

Deacon Jones (suddenly awakening) - "It a in't my lead, I dealt "-E x.

A great many of the papers have their pictures of the debators staff etc. This is a very attractive feature.

Play-"A Box of Monkeys"

(Continu ed from pa.:e 1o•J have given any 5th Avenue lad y the "figgits" to no ti ce her disregard for conventions.

Misses Hummel a nd Dunlap al so played their parts as Mrs. Onde goand Lady Guinevere respectively, m a very str ikin g manner.

All together the play was a d ec id ed s uccess, and was hi ghly appreciated by all. The players are to be congratulated on their s ucc essfu l pre se n tat ion of the play.

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Resolutions

Peru , Nebr., May 14, 1907. Whereas, God h as seen fit to rem?ve the brother of o ur esteemed aud classmate, Kathryn Loflin. erefore, be it re s olved that we of the junior class of t e te Norma l School at Peru exhendbto her our s inc erest sympathy in er ereavement.

Be it further res olved that a copy of these r esolut ions b Loflin and 1 e sent to Mi ss N ' . a so a copy each to the orrnahte and her home paper.

Grant Hes seltin e Verna Snell ' Glen Sheely: Committee.

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NORMAL N EWiS FROM A LBI ON.

M r. H. C. Fill e ' U meetin with! y, 99, · of N. '03, is g grea t success at Albion and has been re-e lected fo tl . . r 1e commg yea r at an mcr ease in sa lar H y.

attJe Pickard and Eva N Orton '03 and Edna walwor th 'o4 ... E ' 1 · · are Vtsttlng t 1el WtllJam so n a nd Ed F . , na atrchild of 04 and Dolly Pe ttib one of ,02

Mi ss Hattie Pettibone of 'o6 h , w 0 teaches m Genoa, is spe nding her Easter

vacation at It er h ome in A lbi o n.

:.\ 1i!--s :\ da ( ;i) ,so n, of 99, who teaches in th e : \lbinn I figh 'c h oo l, h as been <:l e ctcd to a p o!' iti on in Engl ish DepartmerH of th e Se ,,·a rd Jl ig- h ch oo l at an in cr ease d sa lary.

:.\li ss V <:lma :.\ forehead , 'o6, teaches in Uan cro ft.

:.\1 r. ·a rl Krebs is wo rkin g in a drug s tor e in A lbi o n.

:.\ fi ss R ac hd Fai rc hil ds, 03, ha s been clcc tul pri nci pa I of th e pe ncer School.

:.\Ji ss TTa zc l D. ]o .\·, 'o3, is s tudying mu sic in Lin co ln thi s ye ar a nd ex pects to e nter th e 'o n se r vato ry of .lVIu s ic next yea r.

:.\ J iss R ox ie :i\ [ cG re w. '03, is finishing her fourth yen r in vVi sner.

.\[i ss E th el Ha nk s. 1\fi ss Kathe rint> Hick s, 'o..J., at·e s tud y in g in C hi cago U nivers ity.

lVTi ss :i\'[ ay me Craw fo rd , '04, graduat es fr om th e U. of N. thi s year and w ill then tak e up her work at Kearney Norma l.

l\1r. Ira Dye, '03 , is in C ub a, and expects to t·e main until 'o8, ·when he w ill re turn to Nebra s ka and r e-e nt er th e Univers ity.

Miss Eva A lli s on, '03, is s till in Oldah oma.

i.\lli ss Ethe lyn We st, '04, is teaching in Sa n Bernardino, Ca lifornia.

l\1isses l\ifayme Jackso n, Eva Norton, Be ss ie Wate rman, Edith Anderson, Kath e rin e Hantin g, Hatti e Pickard, of '03; Misses Emily Redford, Grace Griffith, Helen Hitte, E dn a Walworth, '04; Misses Ollie Horn, Fisher, 'os, a re t eaching in Omaha.

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PER U. EBRASKA , JU E. 19 07

THE COMMENCEMENT

Th e Comm en ce me nt exer ci ses at Peru were he ld in the Ch ape l Thur sda y at 11 a. m. Th e gr e at roo m wa s fill ed to its utm ost capa cit y, the a lumni and faculty of the State Nor mal sch oo l sittin g u pon the stage , w hi ch wa s beau tif ully decorated. The program began w ith a sel ectio n p lay ed by the Normal band fo ll owe d by the invocation, by Re v. Tyler of the M. E. church, and a ladi es' c horu s. It was th e goo d fortune of th e aud ie nc e to hav e the rar e opportunity of h ear in g Hon. George Fr ed Williams, the great democratic statesman of Boston , and the friend and gue st of Mr. Bryan, in a s hort addre ss before Mr Brya n' s lecture. He paid a g lowin g tribute to Mr. Bryan durin g (the course of his remarks.

Pres ident Crabtr ee in troduce d Mr. Bryan as the "greatest p ri v ate citizen in the world ''

Mr. Bryan began hi s address by making several humorou s remarks about Bo s ton but paid Mr . William s the di stinction of being a scholar in politics. The introduction of hi s di scourse dw e lt upon the importance of teaching, saying that th e t eacher's position was one of great respons ibility , fqr the result of th e ir example and training of the nation's children would be either the nation's curse, or blessing. · He e mphasiz ed the fact that teach ers were not s ufficiently remune rated; that th e ir compensation was not at all in proportion to ·.

th e ir res pon s ibili ty. He thought th at the real r eward w hich came to teac hers was in th at they made a lastin g im press ion upon the futur e and in the sat i sfact ion that ca n only come to th ose w ho do a large service. " He is great w ho do es the largest serv ice ."

Mr. Bryan announced hi s s ubject , " Faith ."

He told how faith had led Abraham 1000 miles away from his home into a new la nd to establi sh a new reli g ion and a n ew faith , the re s ult of w hich is th at 400 , 000 , 000 of people worship one God, a rac e of p eop le w hich h as not b een surpassed "All things are done by faith." P eop le came west because they had faith in the futur e of the country " Faith will d etermine wh ether or not y our li ves w ill be s uccessfu l. We must have faith in ourselves. We mu s t. believe first a nd try afterwards, havin g faith in the trying One ne.ver knows what he can do till he tries. Alon g w ith faith there must be ample preparation. There must be stren gth of body, stren gth of mind and s tre ngth of purpose.'' He re he took up th? subject of ci v ilization and gave an esting dis cu ss ion on denfir:g CIVlzation as being a "harmomous development of the human race, physically, m entally and morally.'' ''A perfect civilization would be that in which every c iti zen. was developed to his full es t capac ity."

Then he advised gr eat preparation

for doing the work of life. A flawles s preparedness and then emphasized the importance of a high moral purpose. "When you recognize in another a higher purpose than your own, raise your purpose." This thought concluded part of his lecture and as a s econd sub-division he advised in beautiful terms and illustrations to "have faith in humanity." "It is better to trust and be deceived than never to have trusted at all. When you learn people and understand them only a few deceive." He urged a democracy of the heart, great heart influence. ''It is a poor head that can't find a reason for heart work. 'As a man thinketh in his heart so is . he.' One's will change w1th reason but It is not easy to change ones sympathies. It is a"complete. change, a conversion when.sympathies are changed and education many times accomplishes this.'' He urged teachers to have faith in the community. When teachers are not popular they should look at self and n.ot at outside conditions. The entire self devotion to the interests of the people will be surely recognized by They can interpret a purpose noble and true.,, He told a of the Buzzard and the Bee to Illustrate the difference between the useful producer and the useless consumer. said the buzzard could no help bemg nor a bee, a bee- but man .m h1s sublime .creation was free to thmk and act and change · his purpose.

We should leave the world better than we find it; we must leave something to make the world glad that we lived . One can guard and hold the confidence of the people if he really lives for them . Live in spirit and in truth. ''They loved him for he first loved them. "

Part III. "W e mu st have faith in our form of g overnm e nt . Principles of gov e rnm e nt mu st be di s cussed. Our th e ory is the b es t the world has known. ''It is not pe i·f ect because it is admini stered by human beings." He made a ve ry happy hit when he said-wh en th e democratic party is in power he could prove by every republican that the administration was not perfect and when the republican party is in power no proof is necessary. Gov e rnment is like a composite photograph of the people. It reflects the character of the people. Each one shows his own citizenship; if his own conduct and citizenship is correct the government will reflect that perfection. . .

''Moulders of public opmiOn do not create the opinion. They simply take the raw material as they find it in the minds of the masses and put it into effective form."

All countries of the world look to us .for lessons in government "Democracy is the strongest, wisest and greatest form of government ." All countries are demanding government by the people. This theory of government is a growing one-it is our business to correct abuses and to seek perfection.

Have faith that things will come out well if the people have their way. Here -he digressed a little from his lecture. Speaking of his own career he said he came to Nebraska to practice law not for other purposes-showing how circumstances change one's purposes. He said he would rather be a private Americn citizen than the King of some other country.

Part IV. In conclusion he spoke eloquently on the thought "Faith in God. '' He thought here was a great difference between the person who wants to do right in the presence of . f '

others and th ose who wan t to do right in the presence of God. \\ e should beli eve in God for our own strength. Be li eve in the triumph of truth and right. We mu st have fa ith in God if we wou ld be strong to resist tempation. Fig ht for altho we ma y not wi n.

Forg et self a nd ex te nd our sy m pathy and he lp to hum an ity. Faith rests in a belief in God. We cannot estimate the power of a stro ng co urageous person who h as faith in God .

He then spoke a few words especially to the graduates, stating t hat

the great state of Nebraska had proYided and served them larg ely and now it was their's to go forth and serve it largely. Their faith in the in stitution of learnin g was justified. They must give their best ability now to the state.

Mr. Bryan he ld his audience in rapt atte nt ion durin g the hour in which he spo ke. After his address Ron. T. J. Majors pres ented the diplo ma s to 150 graduates, many of whom are to fill some of the best and most responsible positions in the state next year.- Nemaha County Herald .

BACCALAUREATE SERMON

At eleven o'clor.k on 8und ay morning, May 19, took place the Baccal a ureate exercis es for the graduating classes of 1907 at the State Normal at Peru. The morning proved to be a beautiful one and the chapel was seated to its utmost capacity. Friends and citizens not only of Peru but of Auburn and the neighboring country were present at the ex ercises.

Music was furni s hed by the Normal · Male Quartette and the Normal Chorus under the direction of Prof. Itewitt, Rev. Welden, of the Baptist church of P eru, read the scripture lesson and led in prayer.

The Baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Dr . Frank A. Roach of St. Paul "s Church of Lincoln. needless to say that Dr. Roach's sermon was the finest and grandest of its kind, as his sermons are always the best, full of mental and spiritual food. No member of the class of 1907 wl;to will make the ideal of living, as presented to him by Dr. Roach in his beautiful sermon , his own ideal of living , need go amiss the blessings of this life and the life to come. His 'text was 1st Cor. 12:31" Covet the best gifts; and yet show I unto you a more excellent way ."

Y. M. C. A.

On May 19th we held our last meeting with the Y. W. C. A. This ha s become an annua l event in the Ch ri stian As soc iati on work and eac h year our last meetin g is l ed by the President of the sc hool. Thi s year a spec ial prog ram was prepared for the occasion, there being r ep r ese ntati ves fl'om both Associations. It was a grand, good m eeti ng and with i ts fa rewell ton e was much enjoyed by a ll who attended. About four hundred were present.

The Y. M. C. A. has been very de-

s irous that a delegate be se nt to Lake Geneva t hi s year for here will be planned the work for all the College Assoc ia t ion s of the Middle-west.

David Ca rl son wi ll re present Peru at this co nfere nce th is s ummer.

Our " Hand Book Committee" is at work and promises us the b est hand book that Association has ever produced . With suc h an excell ent man as Mr. Zink to push it we feel that the hand book will more than keep pace with other progressive steps of theY. M. C. A.

Y. W. C. A.

On Field Day the Y. W. C. A. girls sold lemonade, peanuts, pop corn and home mad e candy, clearing· about th i rty five dollars, which amount now compl etes the Cascade Conference fund of a hundr ed dollars pledged by our girls.

Miss Henderson on closing the treasurer's books for t he yea r find s that the syste matic giv in g has been keptup remarkably we ll this year

At an e lection held to choose the delegates w ho w ill attended th e stu· dent conference at Cascade, Colorado, in August , the following five g irl s were elected :

Mi ss Be ss ie Zinn, Miss Bess Fo ste r, , Mi ss Ethel Berry, Mi ss Lucia Sax.er , and Mi ss Edna Beach . Four alternates were chosen consisting of Mi ss Vola Zinn, Miss Fay Timm er man, Miss Mnbel Swanson, and Mis s Anni e L eeper.

The Inter -collegiate Committee was kept bu sy durin g the closing week of school. Th ey di spose d of l arge number of pennants, and so me p ill ow covers.

Miss Vera Snell , our efficient secretary of the Cabinet, finds that she cannot re turn to school next year, and to our r egret, ha s thu s been compelled to resi gn her office. In her place the Association has elected Mi ss Mary Seelig who ha s been a very faithfu l me mb er of the Bible Study committee during· the past yea r.

Th e Y. W. C. A. is for t unate in hav in g severa l cabinet members who will remain during the Summer School.

The r eg ular annual joint d evot ional m eet in g was held in the chapel ·on the last Sabbath of the sc hool year President Crabtree l ed th e meeting, choosing for hi s s ubject, "Christian Fellowship.'' A large number of stude nts attended the m eeti ng which was very he lpful and inspirin g. Special mu sic was furnished by the Y. W. C. A. quartette a nd Normal male quartette.

The mi ssio n s tud y comTI?ittee has made it s order for mi ss ion study books

for next year' s cla sses . Thi s will e nab le the mi s sion s tud y wo rk to co mmence without de lay .• Th e commi tt ee has planned to rent th ese b oo ks to the members of the classes . Our Y. W. C. A. is pr ep arin g a Yery

LATIN

Saturda y eve nin g April "10 , 1907 occurred the culmin a tion of the enjoyment of the La tin C lub at th e State Norma l. At thi s tim e Mi ss Clark took a ll th e me mb ers of th e Latin classes on an ima g inal'y trip to Rome. Thi s remarkable tr e at was accompanied by a l ec tur e acco mpani ed by stereop i can view s illustratin g Rome past and pre sent . The very first scene repre s ented Rome in diagram showing the relativ e position of the wa ll , the famou s s even hills, the Tiber etc . During· th e time these were thrown on the screen the related in a most intere s ting manner the mythology concerning the foundin g of Rome , that is the bui l din g of the wall, the layin g of the city and the struggle for regal power.

The next scene s showed Rome as it was in the times Caesar conquered Gau l, and Cicero delivered his famous orations. Among these were scenes showing the temples of the Gods such as those of Jupiter, Juno, Minerva Castor and Pollox, the home of the Vestal Virgins and many others.

fine exhibit for the Summer Conference This exhibit will include some of th e be aut iful posters we have had durin g the year , and general features of the work as carried on by this as s ociation.

CLUB

Place s of public business such as the Colo sseum t he Senate chamber and man y came in for their full s har e of time

After this came modern Rome with its railroad s tations , modern ca r riages and dwellin g s, ev er present guide and the awful catacombs. Among the modern structures the church of St. Peters stands out most prominent and need s no comment here.

From the recent visit that Miss Clark made to Italy she was able to give that touch of life and reality to those scenes that made the hearers feel that Rome was material instead of my thical, an idea one is in danger of receiving from books.

All the students of the Latin Club felt that this had been one of the most enjoyable andlprofitable meetings:of i ts kind durin g the year. Those who expectto become teachers of this s ubject felt that this lecture had gi ven them a store of knowledge with w hich they might · make an interestin g backg round for many future lessons both fo r themselves and their pupil s.

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E DI TO RIAL N OTES

JFrequently we hear people discussing the standing of our school in variou s parts of the state. We now have a splendid ly eq uipped inst ituti on and a strong faculty. The reputation of the school rests mo s tly with the stu- . de nts w ho go out from here to teach. If our g raduates and students wi ll me et the problems presented to th em in the educational fie ld wi th a re sol ute purpose and firm determinati on to m easure up to the opportunitie s as they are presented, there will be but li ttle quest ion as to what the st'anding of our s choo l will be throughout the state. E very failure or success of a student of the Normal counts one against, or for, the stan ding of the school. Where will yo u be counted?

George Fred Wi ll iam s sa id in h is ta lk to the g raduates on Commence.me nt da y, that when he saw sour faced old maids who never sm il ed, attending a teacher's conventio n he wis hed th ey mi g ht be put on a pension and r et ired. We say Ame n to the thot su gges ted by Mr. W ill iams. The re is s ometh i ng wr ong, howeve r, wh en those wi th so ur faces ar e a ll owed to teach l ong enough to become old maid s; they s hould be retired earli er before they have reached the age of "no birthdays." Wh il e we are oppo se d to teachers who do not smi le , we are equa ll y opposed to practice of some people who are m the hab it of referring to lady teach ers of l ong and successfu l experience as "old maid s ." We r ejoice to know that a ll over the state and nation th ere are n oble women who h ave devoted their li ves to the wor k of teachin g and who care not for the ep i thet "old ma.id" so frequent ly bestowed upon th em.

Professo r Duncanson recent ly expressed hi s opin i on in no uncerta in terms regarding the tendency to make our courses of study in the high sc hools dea l too much wi th th in gs exterior to the student himse lf. He advocated phys i ology as a s ubject that should receive more attention, and be li eve d we sh ou ld know more about the mec h anics of the body than the con str u cti on of a worn out language. Many of the teachers present agreed hearti ly with Professo r Duncanson Socrates sa id ''kno w thy se lf" and we have repeated it for more than two thousand years. It is about tim e we begin to practice it, and as Oliv er We nde ll Ho lme s ha s said, "Look in upon thy wondrous frame ." If we will do this we can better appreciate the P sa lmist when he says, "We are fearfully and wonderfu ll y made.''

THE WORK OF LITERA RY SOCIETIE S

" On ce to every man and nation comes a moment to decide." This moment came to the new s tud ent as he or she entered the Norma l last fall.

Pe ru has two ex ce ll e nt li te rary societies,:the Everett and P hil om ath e an At the opening of s chool the old me mbers of these s oc i et ies put in faithful work, that they might sec ure a g ood ly numb er of new m emb ers.

Of course each society was the to h ear these peop le tell it- but it was up to the new fe ll ow to·make a cho i ce. Man:y ava il ed th em sel ves of the opportunity and beca me sta un ch supporters of e ith er Philo or Everett, while others thoug ht it best to r ema in without the pale of the soc i et i es What they missed th ey w ill never kno w unti l it is to o late to me nd their ways, while those w ho join ed and took part in the li terary work can never m eas ure the val ue whic h th ey have received from the ir year's work.

Th e liter ary work h ere is placed on an exce ll ent basis: ·

So many sch ools endeavor to combine the liter ary and debating work and t hus try to kill two birds with one s ton e; but P eru, h av in g caught the sp iri t of the age, special i zes along these two lin es.

Our debating :work has an evening of its own. Thi s work is carried forward by the two debating cl ubs, vi z: Ciceronian and Athenian. Also the l iterary work h as an of its own and is conducted by the two societies m ention ed prev iousl y.

Each soc i ety h as an advi ser f rom the faculty who has general superv ision of all the workings of that society ' s.

Thus in these t wo or ga ni zations the

stud e nt has an opp ortun i ty to develop th e li terary as well as the soc ial s id e of his li fe . It is not thP. "bookworm " th at m akes the g reatest success in life, but he or she who knows best, h ow to m eet men and women.

It has b ee n sa id that fifty per cent of one's co ll ege educati on is to be got outs id e of books. The liter ary soc iety is the place to get half of this fift y per cent.

We ca n't affo rd to spend ou r entire time di gg in g at our books We need re creat ion , and literary work offers a pleasa nt as we ll as a profitable m eans of securin g t hi s r ec r eat ion and rest.

When the rush for n ew memb ers had ceased the soc ieti es settled down to ha rd wo rk.

Vari ous pr ogrammes were gi ven , co nsistin g of voca l and in stru mental m u s i c, essays, extemporan eous speech es, r eadings , papers un current eve n ts , and ta lk s by President Cr abtree an d ot h er members of the faculty.

The committees h aving the p rogra ms in cha r ge sought to make them , in the main in keeping with the time a nd season of t he y ear e. g. · Th anksg ivin g, Chri stmas, P atrio tic, a nd Spring.

The program s were announced to the stu dent body by posters, arti stica ll y designed and executed and placed in thfl cases in Normal Ha ll.

The exce ll ent attendance e ach evening· affords ample proof the students enjoyed the program s.

The genera l publ.ic had an opportunity of see in g part of the work accompli sh ed by the se societie s, in the I nte r-Society co n test gi ven March 1st a nd the open sessions giv en May 14th and 15th

To n ew st ud P.n ts enter in g the Norm al

we would say "join one of the literary societies and get bu sy."

eith er one. fo r th ey are bot h the best. You can't make a mistake in joining

We ge t out of our sch oo l life just what we put in to it . '

EA RL CLINE

Pre s ident Ev ere tt Lit e rar y Soc i ety .

OFFICERS OF PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY.

NORMAL CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION

M. W. Ryan, Pres . Alice McGavock, Vice Pres. Carrie Niedermeyer, Sec

The Normal Catholic Association, through the foresight and kindl y ass istance of Pre s ident Crabtree , was organized in June of 19 06.

At this s umm er sc hool session the association began it s devotion al exerei ses with m embe rship of about sixty .

It has been the purpose of those interested to keep in touch wi th Catholic cu rrent even ts and to promote the welfare of the members, r eligiously and socia lly.

Many tr ips have been made to Auburn to attend mass there on Sunday, but the r egular meetings are held in Eve r ett Hall on Sunday, 10 a. m.

It is ou r hope th at the time may not be far distance w hen we may h ave a Catholi c chape l, in w hi ch church m ay reg ul arly be held.

Th e office rs for the past year have bee n: President, Mr. W. Ryan; Vice President, Alice McGavoc; Secretary, Carr ie Niedermeyer; Treasurer, Frances Kell y.

SENIOR NOTES

Mr. and Mr s. Woodard returned to Peru, May 22d for commencement.

Mr. Woodard w ill attend s ummer sc hoo l.

Miss Anna Elliott of Lincoln visited Miss Carrie Dieterich, May 16-21.

Miss Ethel ha s been el ected ass istant principal at Bancroft.

C. Ray Gates . attended the cla ss day exercises.

Miss Kinney and Mr. Arnold of Verdon spe nt Saturday, May 18, w ith Miss Loyette Kinney.

Mrs . Cline of Falls City spe nt several days with her son ana dau g hter.

Miss Elizabeth Maxw ell w ho h as b ee n t eaching in Cheyenne has returned to attend summer schoo l.

Miss ·Ula Waterhouse has been elected as assista nt in the kindergarten at Columbus .

Miss Maria Machin started for her home in Porto R ico, May 23. She w ill be principa l of one of Por to Rico's city schools next year .

Among the Senior fri ends and rela-

tives who attend ed the commencement exercises were the fo llo w in g: Misses Edy th and Cla ir e Kinear of Omaha; Mrs. J. G. Kause of Cre ig hton; Mrs. R. G. W il son and Mi ss Daily of Auburn; Mrs. Lonni ker of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. Hudson of Humboldt; Mr. Mann of Omaha; Miss Cl ara Koehler of Blue Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse of Omaha; Mr. Wahlstrom and Mr. H. J. Johnson of Wahoo; Mr. and Mrs. Laud ermil ch of Hastings; Mrs. Sattler of Plattsmouth ; Mr. Harry Reimund of Beatrice ; Mr. Otradavec of Trum bull; Mrs. Ku lp of Wymore; Mrs . Hepperlin of Beatrice; Mr. Buckles of Superior; Mrs. Wick · lan d of Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell of Eustice; Mrs. McGavock of Omaha Mr. and Mrs. H enderson of Auburn· Mr. and Mr s. Ben Hurst Mr. Hur st and Mi ss Mary Hurst 'of Westbor-

ough, Mi ss our i; Mrs. McC lu ng of Gree ley: Mi ss Ilah Tylor of York; Mr s. Varner of Ster lin g; Mr. a nd Mrs. Dunham and Mr . C has S hutl er of Adams: Mr. and Mrs. Munso n of Orl ea n s; Mr Lawrance of Omah a; Miss Lawrance of Cor nin g, I owa; Mr. a nd Mr s. Clark and daug hter of Re se rv e, Kan s as; Mr. Rut led ge of Auburn; Mr s. Farson of Omah a; Mi ss Eby of Hartin g ton; Mr. and Mrs. G ilb e rt of John son· Mr . and Mr s. Harrison a nd son of ' Dunbar; Miss Wilkinson of T ec ums e h; Mi ss L yd ia Ba rn es of Auburn· Miss Bey n on and Mr. Neff. th ose who spent the ir vacation at their home s and returned to summer sc hool are A. J. Wickland. Lo ui s Kno ll J. c. Mitche'l, Ethel Hummel, Bessie Dunham, Olive Wi lki nson Alice McGavoc, L ee Henderson, E.' K. Hurst and Albert Gilbert

CADETS

It · · IS md ee d a pl easure for us to look back upon the work done by the Cadet Batta1 1 · d .· on unng the past year, and we can safe ly say, w ith no disto former N. S. C. Battalions, that one during t hi s sch oo l ha s attamed gr eate st proficiency the manua l of arms and the varIOU S ev oluUons, than any w hi ch h d d . ave prec ee e I t. '

We that remarkable progress IS due to r,the increased int erest of the sc hool in general, the effi. ciency of the officers, and l argely to the faithful performance of duty by the cadets and most espec ia ll y to Commandant Beck

Th e Battali on in creased nearly 90 per cent over the former year, makin g it necess ary to have two companies,

A and B, and the Cadet Band of about th irty piec es

At the b eg i nn i ng of the yea r we first took up the s imple facing movemen ts, after this the squad movements wen taken up . Th e g un s were th en gi ven out and the manua l of arms was m astered by each member of the Batta l ion.

S everal dre ss -parades were g iv en upon the Athletic Field w hich the schoo l e njoye d ve ry much.

Th e annual encampm ent of four days was observed this sp rin g, 9-12 and a ll the boy s join us in saymg th at was s uperior to that of any previ ous ye ar.

Th e Battalio n is also very proud of the Military drama ' 'The Spy of Atlanta" which th ey pro du ced with

much credit on Mach 13. The audience was the largest that any Peru talent has ever enjoyed, the receipts were used in paying for the guns-procured at the beginning of the y ear,

al so for ten ts and enc ampment expen ses f d . Th e Ca d ets h ave the o omg thin gs we ll and th e _w ork m don e du r in g the e ntir e ye ar IS s uch th at th e sc h oo l ma y we ll be proud.

ALUMNI NOTES

Another member of the Alnmni Association has been added to the Faculty by the election of Miss Lulu Mears, '95, to a position :in the practice school. We are glad to welcome M\ss Mears back to the old halls again.

Wm. C. Parriott, '96, is now a full fledged attorney-at-law having been graduated by the law school of the State University at its 'last Commence!Jlent. May his practice be marked with success.

. has shown her ClatiOn of the services of Supt. P. M. Whitehead, '96, by re-electing him at an increased salary . We have but one criticism to offer, that is, he ought to get a wife to take good care of him.

A. T. Hutchinson,'97, has consented to remain at the head of the Valley schools another year. Increased salary and harmonious co-operation of parents are strong inducements to any teacher

Sup't W. T. Stevenson, '01, of R,ehas c?ncluded to engage in busmess. H1s work in the schools has been of the highest order and we are sure his business career will be equally successful.

Warren and Clifford Catlin have been visiting at their home in Peru during June. Warren has a position in Columbia University and Clifford has

been ve ry succe ss ful in industrial ch e mistry.

Mary E. Be ech e r, '05 and Iona C. Chapel , '06 have be en elected to position s in the Omaha schools. W. E. Marcellus, '05 goes to western University next Y?ar. brother . Byrne Marcellus, will fill his place sci e nce teacher in the Crete High School.

St. Paul has a pretty idea in selecting her grade teachers. Home teachers are given preference if they prepare themselves thoroughly and their worth by experience. On their teaching staff for next year they Allura Woodbury, '05; Ruth '05; Bessie Manuel, '06; and Addl: Shaustram of the Kearney State Nor1 '07 all of them home teachers rna' ' d ful of good qualifications an success experience. F. W. Hallet, ' 05 goes there as high school principaL Sears, '02, Helen Watt, '05 and Bessie Beddell, ' 06 have all been re-elected at Rushville. The success of teachers has done much to establish. a strong Normal School sentiment m Northwest Nebra!:!ka. Guy Williams, '06 has been promoted to high principal at Chadron, Frank Remsch the former incumbent goes to the University next year. These men have been markedly successful m their work

Rachel Fairchild, '03, remains as

high school principal at Sp e ncer at increased salary. Mi ss Rach el seems to have everything her own way at S_pencer.

F. G. Bixby, '05 wa s unanimou sly re -elected at Ri s ing City at a s ub s tantially increas ed remun e ration. Frank is making good and we bespeak for him further s ucc ess Milli g an ha s cho sen an alumnu s as their principal for next year. c.· A. Otradovec, '06, has the honor of bein g the fir st State

Normal gra duat e in that position. T. L. Ri cha rd so n, '05 , ha s just cl osed a ve ry su ccessful y ear at Shi ckl ey Th e tow n ha s ju st de cided to bu ild a new lar ge sc ho ol house and th e pros p ec ts are th at her sc hool s will soo n ta ke hi gh ra nk in th e s tate.

M. A lm e da Coc ke rill. '06 , sister of Mr s. F. M. Gr egg g raduated from the Ohi o W es ley an l) niv ers ity ·thi s year and ha s a ccept ed a pos ition for the comin g ye ar in th e Wi sner high s chooL

PRESIDENT'SRECEPTION---ALUMNIREUNION

. A President's reception was held m connection with the annual Reunion, Wednesday e vening, May .22. A which was open to· the was given. in the chapel, at eight o'clock. Prof. H. B. Duncanson acted as chairman. The inembers of the graduating class of 1907 were formall y received into the Alumni which Hugh J.Dobb s Beatrice addre ssed the audience on the subject of- "Early Times at the Normal '' 1 d" . . • ea mg up to pres ent exIstmg condition s. Mr . Dobbs is a member of the fifth cTass that gradu- ated from th N 1 . f . e orma . Music was by Me ssrs · Riemund and _in a vocal duett and Mr. H. Riemund m a vocal solo

The reception, held in the gymnas ium at the close of the program, wa s open to members of the alum ni, members of the SenlOr and Training clas ses and visiting

friend s. The pri v il ege was accorded everyone. of s hakin g hands with President and Mrs. Crabtree, Hugh J. Dobb s and me mber s of the faculty who do not exp e ct to be at the Normal next year. Th e remaind er of the evenin g was s pent s ociall y, forming new acquaintanc es and sayin g tender farewe ll s.

Refres hm e nt s con sis itin g of ,lemon sherbet, wafer s and dainty candies were served. The ev enin g was most delightfully spent and enjoy ed to the full est e4tent by all present. '

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VO L. I PERU. EBRASK , jU LY . 1907

SUMMER LECT URE CO UR SE

Th e initi al numb er of the co ur se was gi ve n June 14, by th e St ec kelberg Stri ng Quartet of Linc ol n, Ne bra s ka.

To all love rs of the b es t mus i cthe · mu s ic of the ma s te rs- th e eve nin g was a rich, rar e, treat . From t he mom ent the fi rst n ote wa s st ru ck, the li ste ners s at as if en r apt ur ed Tim e a fter t im e, the co mp any was forc ed to acknowledge the app lau se of the a udienc e, and the pr ogra m merited a ll the a pprec ia ti on th at was be sto we d upon it.

First, the quart et of fir st a nd secon d vio l in s, v iola and cello, then the leader, with his beautiful so lo s, fir.a lly the quintet, inc l udin g t he piano, rendered each of the numb ers wit h fa ultless technic and deli g htfu l express ion.

This orga ni za ti on, which ha s been creating much favorabl e eomment in the mu s ical world of l ate, is str ick ly Nebraskan, a ll of i ts memb e rs bein g either students or teachers at the conservatory of the State University.

The leader, Mr. Car l Steckelberg, is a young German, who ha s studied both at home and abroad. His appe arance and! his manners as we ll as his playing, to be a rea l mus ician.

The others of the company are like wise musica l artists of hi gh rank and charming personal ity.

We predict for the Steckel berg St ring Quar tet a nat i ona l popularity. ·

Second number: - Dr L. B. Wicke r-

s ham, of Des Mo in es , I owa . w ho lectured the even in g of July 2, is a clergy m an, who h as \V on fame, as lyce um enterta in e r.

Dr. Wickersham announced his s ubject, "Day Dreams," He sa id the fa mou s deeds of all ou r gr eat men we re only the f ruit s of the da y dream s of the ir yo uth. As an illustration of t hi s, he rel ated seve ra 1 incidents in the l ive s of I saac Newton , H en ry Clay and Abrah am Lincoln. He stated that t he ca r ee r of the indi v idual depended not on the pa r entage, but on th e day dreams. '' T he birth of the boy, the name of the boy · is an accident, so far as the boy is Un less you know more than the name and ancestry of a b oy, yo u do not know him ."

Dr. Wickersham divided hi s addr ess into three parts, answering the que stions, "Where did the day dream come from? What is the re lation between the dream and the reality? How may the reality be attained?"

He sa id in answer to the fir st, that the true day dream was i nsp ired by divine powm;; that it was the lon g in g of the soul engendered by divinity itse lf. "I be li eve every immortal so ul is the image of a di vi ne purpose and God has in His mi nd a picture of what He wo ul d have every one of us become.''

Answeri ng the s econd query concerning the re lation existing between dream and r ea l ity, the speaker ar-

gued that the successfu l li fe cou ld not exist :with out the day dream s of previous years.. Great deed s are but the resu lts of great dream s. ''The sequel of every li fe is the re sult of th e day dreams wrapped up in the sou l. We shall all become li ke that which we love the most ''

In t hi s co n nect ion Dr. Wick ers ham told the story of hi s own li fe; ho w hi s parents ha9 died when he was nin e years old, how he was left in the charge of an old uncl e, ho w he was forced to plow the fields when the handles of the plow we re as hi gh as hi s hea d. He told of uncl e's bru ta lity, of the blow s and ktcks be received and he told of hi s day ?ream of one da y sta ndin g in the pulpit and proclaiming t he "Word of God ." There was no need of tellin g bow. t rul y his dream h ad become a reality.

tu The third an d la st part of the le e. re -was the an swer to the ques' 'How may the r ea liy be a ttamed?" Briefly s tated .. hi s answe r was "Work " "Ed t' " he 'd .. . · uca IOn. sat IS not to save us from hard It is to fit us for hard work. are a gen ius fo r anythin g be a gen ms for wor·k " H ·u . · e gave several I ustrabons s howing h ow men who were not talent d b e not even cl ever had hgr eatly s ucces sful, simply f their per serverence and unIn conc lusion, aft er a . n;, resume of the add.re ss he sa.Id, I beli eve th at anythi ng in ,t he w1de world that is wo rthy th t lon g to do, is the th:t yo u have the ability to do it Ma you • Y every one me foll ow the promptings of. da y dreams wi th an unfittin g sp mt so that he may attain the fu ll me asure of fame and sat isfaction which belon gs to a l ife fille d wi th genu i ne success."

Supt. Q. J. Kern of Winnebago Cou n ty , Ill. , who was the entertainer Frid ay eve nin g, July 5, was in· troduced by Co . Supt. Ca rrin gton of Nemaha county, as the gr eatest county s up erin tende nt in the Un i te d States Sup't. Kern too k as his s ubj ect "A long Country Roads in an Educationa l Way." His lec ture was illu stl·ated by a large nu mb er of bea utifu l s tereoptican views of sce nery and an ed uc at ional pictures ta k en in his own county .

Hi s address was a plea for proper surroundin gs for the co un try child . He argued th at every ch ild ought to have the benefits of a go od teacher and a plea sa nt school r oom, with beauty in s id e a nd out . He s aid that there was a I i beral educatio n to be gained along a count ry road. IL was th e bu s ine ss of the sc h oo l to train the chi ld to ge t thi s ed uc atio n.

Sup't. K er n advocated the buildin g of school hou ses on sc i ent ific princ iples, the pl anting of trees and shrubs, artist i ca ll y arrang ed, on t he schoo l ground, the making of flo wer ga rd ens, th e decoration of the inte rior of the school house with pictures, stat uary and other things of beauty, the maintaining of rura l school l ibrarie s, th e consolidation of country sc hoo ls and the teach ing of agriculture .

Several illustrations were g iv en show ing new schoo l bu il din g in contra st with old ones in Winnebago county. The Super i nten dent sa id that the sc h oo l ho u se sho ul d be as ni ce as the best h ome of the district; that it was u nfa ir to the· boy from t he best homes to send him to an ugly shack and thus sear his mind to thin gs , probably forever

Sup erintendent Kern believes most heartil y in the planting of trees and shrubs an d in the artistic arrangement of the grounds . He showed

several plans which had b ee n prepared for him by we ll known landscape artists. The se plan s are g iY en eac h school in hi s c oun ty :and the resul ts in beaut ifu l e ff ec ts ar e a lr e ady noticeable. The m ost s trikin g b ea ut ies of the plan are th e a Yoid a nc e of straight lin es and the proYidin g of open place s. B es id es se tt in g out tr ee s and Sup e rin te nd e nt Ke rn urged every country te acher to star t a fl ower g ard e n. He r eco mm e nd ed planting the g old en gl ow , hyran ge a, and asters, especia ll y mentio nin g t he latter.

Each schoo l s hould hav e se ve ra l picture s. One or two fin e pic t ures added each ye ar will s uffi ce No school should hav e oth er th an fine picture s. The Superintend e nt fa,·ored suc h pictures as th e "Minute Man " ' pictures of Lincoln' s s tatue, "S ir Ga lahad and oth er s of li ke nature.

"There shou ld be a li bra ry in e very school," says Mr. Kern. To carry out this id ea he has in au gurated a system of trave lin g librarie s in his county wher eby each sch ool may have the advantage of a choice se lection of books. It is so arran g ed th at the same library comes to the same schoo l once every ei ghteen ye ars Each ch ild who reads six book s is given · a li br ary cert ificate by the county superin te nd e nt.

There is in Winnebago county a consolidated sc ho ol formed of three county schoo ls. Th e school offers a twelve grade course ai-ld does a ll that is done in any graded sch ool. The children are transported to and from school every day. This school h as been very successful and is sati sfactory to all concerned.

Finally Superintendent Kern made an eloquent plea for the teaching of

ag ricul t ur e where it belongs, in the country schoo l. While the teacher can not and should n ot teach much sc ience in the district school, no one can affo rd to neglect the making of a scho ol gard e n, the coll ection of seeds and flowers, a nd the study of com mon farm products. Each pupil shou ld le arn s ometh in g in a schoo l concernin g th e ene mies and friend s of the fa rmer, should learn the value of tr ees and flowers , should be aroused to th e n ee d of protectin g the trees f rom vandal s and te lep h one compani es .

Mr. Ke rn ha s org ani zed a boy 's expe riment clu b, takes an annual excm·sion with in terest ed ones to the Sta te Ag ricultural School and employ es eve ry ot her mean s in hi s power to b et ter the condit i on o£ the coun t ry child. Such is the success of his \York he is already becoming a n abo n al education al figure . The compl etion of his present term will mark the e nd of a twelve y ea rs service in hi s county

To th ose inter este d in ru ral prob• lems his lecture was one of the most practical a nd inspiring that has been h eard of in t hi s part of the country.

Th e L ectur e Course Committee ex· pects to have three more ments this s umm er, one of wh i ch w ill con sist of readings by the celebrated poet Edmund Vance Cook.

The man gers of the course deserve great credit fo r the sp lend id programs th ey have Besides being enter tain in g, eve ry number has fa di stinct educational value. EverY one com ing to Peru to school shou ld make their plans in advance to attend the Normal L ecture It is mi staken economy to be absent from any of them

THE FIVE ESSENTIALS

L ast year we could h ear nothing in Summer School or am ong school people but "The Five Essentials." Thi s year a change has come about and subject matter is not so m uch the question as essential ch aracter ist ics. Th e fo ll ow in g w ill gi ve our readers an i dea of what some of the super i ntendents and princ i pa ls attending Summer Schoo l regard as the five essential characteristics of the successful teacher:

John A. Woodard, Havelock :- 1st moral s, amiabi li ty, strong schol arship, strong di scipline, ability to interest.

J. C. Mitchell, Friend :- Morali ty . tact, scholarsh i p, power to i nterest, amiabil i ty.

C. ¥· Penney, Albion :-Sincerity, sympathy, simplici tty , indus t ry enthus iasm. '

. E. K. Hurst , Fa ll s Ci ty:- ProfeRSIOnal training, industry, enthu siasm, love for work, loyalty to powers that be.

Prof . W. L. French :-Big bank account, unquenchab le desire to help man, fair est i mate of ones abilIty, courage to st i ck to his line, thorough preparat i on fo r work.

Ge?rge E. Martin, Nebr aska City: hope, scholarship, power to msp1re, charity.

B. C. Hedr i cks, Pender:-Abi lity an? i nc li nat i on to wo rk. love for professiona l sp iri t, co-operatiOn, mterest in sub j ect matter .

Prof. F. M. Gregg :-Gen uine charSYlnetri cal know l edge, burning de s ire to teach, sympat hy, wi lli ngness to be forgotten.

C. F. White, Trenton:-Disci pli nary power, scholarsh ip, power to present subject, neatness in appearance, sympathetic personality.

H. H. Reimund , A lli ance :- Power to di sc iplin e, se lf- co ntrol, t idiness. ablity to quest ion in tell i gent ly.

L ee Best, Dakota Ci ty :- ;Don't go to parties, be carefu l about r efusing i nvi tat i on s, keep peace with ch i ldre n, play with ch il dr en when eve r po ss ible, go to Sunday sc h oo l. "'

Prof. N. A. Bengtso n :- Most anybody can k eep sc ho o l.

E. R. Burky :-H ave met l ots of teachers th at sh ou ld be was hin g di sh es.

When we ha d intervi ewed a dozen supe rin tende n ts and we conc l uded it wo uld no t be fan· to make d ema nd s upon the lady teachers without g ivin g them a h ea ring a nd we thot of Ma ry L athrop's ver se.: You hav e written my lesson of duty out; Man l ike yo u hav e questioned me. Now stand at the bar of my woman's s oul

Unti l I sha ll question t he e.

Carry ing out the spirit of the above, we ask ed a number of l ady tea chers what they as five essential characteristics of a good su perintendent or princ ial and w.e got the follow i ng rep l ie s: .

A li ce M. L oomis, , Peru :-Genuine Genuine ch aracte r, thorough educati on, executive abi l ity, understanding of h uman nature, i ndefati gab le zea l ·baced by good h ea lth

Ethe l Berr y, T ec u mse h :- Sincerity, (ab se nce of t wo -facedness, frankness, christianity, kn ow l edge of child nat ure , enthus i astic school man

E l1 a Hehn ke, . St. Edwa rd :- True ch ristian, we ll rou nded education, one who can yet l earn something, sympathetic, love for work.

T wo lad i es who wi sh thei r names t

witheld:-Po li t eo n a ll occa ion s, k eeps his shoes black (n ot fo r get the h ee ls) keep dan dr u ff o ff hi s coat co ll a r, chan gP. co ll ar when n eeded, bu t don't wea r fl ashy n ec kt i es .

P ea rl Sa hn ey fel t, Mar qu ette :- Sympathy ,fra nk n ess, we ll ro und ed ed ucation, chri stia ni ty. As k me next y ea r and I'll te ll yo u be tte r.

Helen L. D ys ar t, Auburn :- Co n ge niality, ne at n ess , self-p ossess ion, ent hu s ia sm, g ood e du cati on

Vern a Sne ll , Gre tna :- Tact, energ y, executi ve ab il ty, christian i ty, ch arity.

Myrtle Kr eb s, Sc otia :- (App li es espec ia ll y to coun ty s up e ri n te nd e nts)-

B ea ut y, l adies man, fine t ur n-out. fl atterer, gr after.

Fay Hank s, Fr iend :-sy mpathy, Yi gilia nce, co nscientiou ness, firmn ess, pat ie nc e.·

l\Ia tt ie Co ok E lli s: - Hi gh id ea ls, s ympathy, i ndu str y, tact, capac ity to lea r n.

A nn a T hee :-Miss Elli s expre ssed my se nt im en ts .

Pea rl \ Nagey :-Sy mpath y, hi gh ideals, br oad kn ow ledge of subject m at te r, executi ve a bili ty.

Edna Atwate r. A lbi on :- Courage, good mo rals, strong sch olars hi p, insi ght in to hu ma n natur e, p Ul' pose .

HIGH SCHOOL SUPERVISION

In Jun e 1903 Superi n te ndent C. G. Pea re of Oma ha, n ow su pe rin te nd ent of th e Mil wa uk ee ci ty sc ho ols, orga ni zed the fir st s choo l to gi ve in stru ction in the fie ld of su pe rvisio n.

Am ong the in st ru ctors we re s uc h men of note as State Superi ntendent· Stetson of Ma ine , Su perinte nd e nt J.

Gre en woo d of K an s as C ity, Su pe rIntend ent C. N. Ke nd a ll of In di a napoli s, in ad di t ion to ot her sch oo l men of promin en ce

Sinc e that time Ne br as ka h as followe d th e sp le ndi d pr ece dent set by Superin te nd e nt P ease by o ffe rin g in i ts s um mer school s, l ectu res and ro und tabl e di scu ss ions on p ro bl ems that superint end e nt s a nd prin c ip als h av e to meet.

Thi s s ummer 's cl ass in su pervision is un de r th e dir e cti on of Pr of . Rou se , recently ele cted to the pos iti on of sup ervis or of th e Model School Departm ent. Pr of . Rouse 's lon g a nd successful expe ri en ce in N ebr aska sc hools has made him a wise coun selor in all m atters of v ital impor tan ce to prin c ip als and s up er inte nden ts

Amo ng the topi cs discussed by Prof. Ro u se were:

I' ' Th e S up erin te n de nt a nd Hi s Sc h ool Board ," Hi gh Sch ool Co urse of s tu d y," "H ow to Str ength en the Wea k T eacher ," etc Th ese ta lks w.ere f ull of in sp irat ion as we ll as pr acti cal su gges ti ons.

Others who addre ssed the class were:

Prof. Del zell, County Super in tendent George Carring ton of Nemaha coun ty , Pr es id ent Cra btr ee a nd Superin ten dent Ga mbl e, recently elected S'J perinte nd ent of Plattsmouth schools. Space f orbid s our giv in g the m anY hell;)ful thin gs su ggested by the se me n. It is suffi cient to say of th ese se e ss ions th at not hing offer ed du ri ng our s ummer sc h ool ha s been of gr eater benefi t to a ttend ing princ ipals superint end e nts than thi s work m hi gh s chool s up ervision.

Kr ebs a nd Patchin stud y L atin on back s tep s of Norm al Hall. Krebs fo rgets cabin et meetin g.- fir st t ime in f our ye ar s.

A PICNIC

Wednesday afternoon, July 10, in accordance with their annual cu s tom the teachers from Hamilton county held a picnic which proved a very e njoyable feature of th eir summ er ir.. Peru.

Despite the incleme nt weather w hi ch prevented them from in the wood s, a very ple as ant time wa s enj oyed at th e hom e of Prof. and Mrs. Duncan son.

Those pre se nt were Frederic a Do rl and , Bell e Glover, E ll a Bl unk, Helen Blunk, Mi ss Dorsey, Pearl Shan eyfelt, Josephine Cole, Inez Eaton, Ve ra Fall, Mrs. Fa ll, Prof. and Mrs. Duncan son, Mr and Mrs. J, A. Wo odward, Mr. and Mrs. Burkey, Mr. W. D. Redmond, Mr. Trucke n.

SIDE ISSUES

on e g ave us the g ood advice -: Don t be a spoon for you will get b m t h; s oup, then you w ill be in everyod y s mouth .

A g irl at Mt. Vernon ma de the re"I don't like Peru, why I avn t meet a boy this summ er.

"Wh y is Mr Claar like En g land I wond er?" •

Th e only reas · h . on Is, e has a Ly on for hi s s tandard .

Mi ss Nettie Gilli s and her ' 'brother '; spent the Fourth at home.

Mr. Hendr ic ks enjoys a rec lin e in h1s hammock most of th e t' S t . h . Ime orne 1mes e JU St takes a Cline.

Mr. Gilbert feared that dete cti v es w ere on hi s track la st week . He to ld one fri end he wa s off for Auburn anothe r, ''Hom e to mother,'' anot h er: ' 'Down to Ve rdon. '' But the truth is he has just re turned from Daw son.

Mr . Claar is actin g as ass istant for ,

all yo un g la di es wi sh in g to tak e Campu st ry Lab oratory wo rk.

Th ose wh o atte nd ed Phi lo, Jul y 6, c ou ld n ot help not ic in g the great anxi ety sh ow n by Be rn Marsce llu s, and Miss Do rl a nd to sec ure one of the pi c tures w hi ch Mi ss M oo re made during her ch a lk tal k. We di s co vered t ha t there was only one th ey wan ted, It re pr ese nt s a shady n oo k. Be hind an umbre ll a sat a very ab so rb ed co upl e, ·'Ma ma' s d ar li ng ," w as li g htin g a cr ac ker be hin d them-Pe rh aps some one c an sup pl y the mi ss in g link s.

SENIOR PICNIC

On the a ft e rnoon of Jun e 28 th at about 5:30 th ere was see n a sse mb li ng on the campu s east of th e main buildin g a crowd of fift y- four h ap py fa ced g radutes of '07. The oc cas ion was a picnic. With we ll fill ed ba sk ets the y mad e th e ir way to th e se nior plot, a be autifu l spot of gro und in Bon. T. . J. Major' s w ood s w hich had been prese nted to this cl ass in th e ir Junior ye ar by Mr . Majors him self.

Aft er a s umptou s supper was served, two bi g ke ttle of fud ge were placed ov er an op en fi re. Th en th e picni ckers seated them sel ves in a semicircl e to be e ntertain ee d by a mo st excellent i mpromp tu prog ram con sis tin g of re adings by Mrs. N ettl e ton, the gue st of honor and by se ve ral of tho se pres ent, inters persed w ith s on gs by the cla ss , solo by Mr . Wi ckland and a duet s pecially .· improvis ed for the occas s ion by Mr. Hurst and Mr. Penney.

The f ud ge was soon done and th e joyous pi cnickers e ach with h is por· tion of f udge hied b ack to Norm al Hill, feelin g that thi s was one of the plea s ant occa s ions long to be reme mbered and wi s hing that all members

of the class might hav e been pr ese nt, for they were mi sse d bo th in number and perso n.

Tho se pre se nt were Sa rah Snyde r, Myrtle L. Neff , W. L. Dunt e n, Gr ace Erwin, C. M. Penn ey, Helen L. Dysart, Mary E. Mann, Eth el Humm el, Anna Thee, Ma u de S irn , L ena S. Gabriel, P ea rl Wagley, Mi nn ie C. McBes sie Noyes, Coi la Portra s, vesta Jame s, Car ri e Ne i dermey er Lettie Eby, Lenore L. Law r ence: Ozola H ar ma n, Ea rl A. Lin ge r, A li ce E. McGavo ck, Albert H G il be r t, E. K. Hurst, Art hur J. Wi ck land, D. J. Youn g, J. C. Mi tch e ll , L. H. He nderson, P earl , S haneyf e lt, Ge rt rud e Coo n, Myrtle Krebs, Marga r et Fe ddi e, Il ah E ll a M. He hnk e, Faye Ha nk s, VIrgmJe Loud ermilch , El da Bacon, Wade: Ch as Ammo n, Rub y Anme Cogi l. Th e fo ll ow in g mv_1ted guests were prese nt: Mrs. Da isy Nettleton, Mr s. J. A. Woodwa rd,. Mrs. Cha s. Ammon , W. H. Patchm, Freida Dor land and Be rn e Marcellres.

LETTER FROM IRA DYE

Guantanarno. Cuba , J uly 9, 1907. The Norm a lite, P eru , Ne br.

Dear Normalite -I w ri te to notify that after Jul y 25th my address w ill be Colon , Panam a, as I am g oin g down to "the bi g di tch." I se nd kind regards to my friend s at the Normal espec iall y Penney, Mi tche ll. a nd Bengtson, whose nam es I see on the edi torial staff . I fee l espec ia ll y proud of t he Normalite and Pe nn ey , b ecause I was ass ist ant editor and Pe nney :nas chi ef rn oney -b egger on th e fir st Iss ue, and I h ad the honor of in venting the n ame " Norrnalite ."

Wishing yo u a ll a cooler s umm er than I expect to spend, I am, y ours truly, Ira D ye, N. S. N. S. '03.

IDLE NOTES OF IDLE PEOPLE

In format ion bureau-Bess F oste r, 3 261.

Grant Lauphan attended Mrs . Nettleto n 's r ec ital alone.

Mi sses Forste r and Linn a re prepea r ed to do a ll kind s of pa in t in gFor part ic ulars ph one 3261.

Kathe rin e Willis kn ows every one in school.

Miss Gu ec k, who is ass isting Mi ss Stoner as pr eceptress , was r ecently di scov ered on the campus talkin g with a ge ntl e man during study h ours.

Th e s umm er sc h ool g irl s took up a coll ect ion to pay fo r h av in g De Bolt's s ide burns cut off.

Mi ss Kr ebs h as gi ven up Dormitory life t hi s s umm er, an d on account. of financial fai lUJ·e is do in g selfboa rdm g and ta kin g in Patchin.

Mi ss Snell is doin g the Best th is s umm e r., a nd we congratu late her.

Prof. Brownell in Ph ys i cs class : ' 7'' "Wh at is t ha t awf ul so und I h ea r· . 1st. Stude nt: "It is a cr eam separator in Prof. Fr ench' s lab oratory.

2nd. Student: "No, it is Mr. R eiround practicing a vocal so lo in Everett hall."

Hendricks: "Mitchell, do you like to rid e on the merr y-go -round?"

Mitchell: "No, but I enjoy the mu s ic."

Statement: Peru is a sphere.

Proof- Mr. H en dri cks and Miss Cli ne leave chape l after ente r ta inment a nd travel stra ight n orth in the same strai g ht lin e. After one hour and s ixteen minutes without turning th ey a rri ve at a point th r ee blocks south of the ch apel Q. E. D.

Woodard: "I am going to w ork." [Thi s is a joke .]

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EDITORIAL NOTES

The past few days have been too hot for hard study and almost too hot for campus enthu siasm.

When pupils asks too many questions in preparing le ssons it s ho ws that the work has not be en properly assign ed- this is a safe guess eight times out of ten.

The attendance at sum mer schoo l this year is not quite up to that of last year Last year many were here because the law required it, this year most of the are here of their own accord.

The marked increas e in t eachers' sa lari es during the past three years is

encouraging to teachers who are preparing th em se lv es fo r bette r position s. Whil e v;e reJo i ce in the better prospects in the fi e ld of teaching we mu st reme mb er that more i s, a nd sho uld . be expecte d 0f us than ever b efore . Th e teacher who as ks for hi gher p ay and mak es no professional advanc eme nt sh ou ld be retired.

With this i ss ue of the Normalite we close our l abors as ed itor-in-ch ief. Durin g the pa st ye ar we have tried to make th e pap er a s uccess . What eve r we h ave made in th e way of s ucce ss ha s b ee n largely due to the fa ith fu l work our a ss is tant ed itors and corre s pondents. We now leave the futur e of the paper to other hand s and h ope to see the Normalite become a pe rman e nt factor of the sc hool life at Peru.

When we li sten to political s peakers and r ea d the pet theor'ies of modern would-b e reformer s we ar e l ed to think of the truth of Emerson' s saying when he worte : '"Let us make our education brave and preventativ e. Politics is an after work, a poor patchin g. We are always. The evi l is done, the l aw is pa sse d, and we begin the up-hill ag itation for repeal that which we ou g ht to have prevented the enactin g. We s hall one day learn to s up ersede politics by ed ucation. What we call our 'root and-branch reform s of slavery, war, gamb lin g, int emperanc e, is only medicating the symptoms. We must begin higher up. namely, in Education.' ,'

In her talk in ·chapel last week Mi ss Kelly spoke of the farm hand s who build a straw stack in the archway formed by two rows of trees and thus hid a beautiful view from sight. How many of us are today building

str aw sta ck s in arc hw ay th at hid e from us the tru e a nd bea ut if ul? Th e stu de nt who misses ch ape l a nd .lhe splend id ta l ks we ha, ·e had t hi s ummer bu ilds a straw st ac k in the archway of pleas ant memo ri es \Ne li ste n to mu sic and fa il to ge t its cha rm; we h av e b uil t a str aw s ta ck in the arch way. We a ssociate with cla sma tes and tea chers and fa il to see th e ir b ett er qua li ties ; we h av e bu il t a str aw s tack in the arc h way. How mu ch pleas an te r li fe wo uld be if we woul d tear dow n the str aw s ta cks in th e arch way.

Y. M. C. A SUAIJ ME R 190 7

1 Some splend id fe ll o·ws are here thi s s um]Jl er.

2 Spec ial or ga ni zat ion of the as socia tion was e ff ecte d fo r s umm er scho ol.

3 A Y. M. C. A. base b all tea m was one of th e man y m oves of the seaso n.

4 T heY. M. del egate , Mr. D. Ca rlson, to the L ake Gene va con fe ren ce r e· p orts the co n fe ren ce to h ave b een an un qua li fied in sp irat ion.

5 N oon d ay pr aye r m eeti ngs h ave a l arger t hi s s umm er than at any othe r tim e in th e hi story of th e sc h ool.

6 "C hoi ce of Sch oo l Acti viti es," "Since ri ty in Chri st ian Work. " Paths of C hri s tian Acti vity," a nd "Good Citi.zens hi p" as subj ects gi ve som et hin g of an id ea of th e Sund ay afterno on' s meet in g of th e s umm er.

7 " Th e in spirati on from such a m eetin g [L a ke Ge n eva Co nference] cannot be ex presse d in w ord s. "-D. Ca rl s on.

8 A join t Y. M. a ndY. W. C. ·A., m ee tin g on june 3 0th .was on e of the m ost e njoya ble of the s ea s on. Sp ecial mu sic by th e Norm al Mal e Quarte t,

a ,·iolin so lo by Mr. H odap p and other mu ic le ad by a lar ge choru s, b es i deE an ab le add ress upo n "Goo d Citizens hi p" by Pr of. Bro wnn e ll \\ ere the esse nt ia l fe at ures of the pr og ram.

9 The last m eetin g of the y ear was a joi nt meet in g of the tw o as sociat ions with Miss E sther Clark as lead er. It was on !3 long to be re · membered.

10 Th e s umm er month s s ub ject the loy alty of the members of an associat iou to as s eve re a test as can m ost anyt hi ng. Yet it is enco urag in g to each afternn oo n to fin d a goodl y nu mb er of fe llows ou t in s pi te of the h eat a nd a ll.

11 How goo d to be wi th such, at such a tim e.

Mr Ca rl so n, delegate to th e Lake Ge n eva Con fe re nce, lead th e a ftern oon se rvi ce of Jul y seventh and ga ve an acco unt of so me of the gr eat though ts a nd incenti ves to be enj oye d at such g athe rin gs . On e onl y n eeds to see the names of such m en as A. J. E lli ot , John R. Mott, Dr . Win fie ld, Scott Ha ll , Dr . Zwe mer, Pr es . H ugh es , E. P. Hill a nd Bi sh op Mc Dowell upo n the prog ra m of such a gatherin g to kn ow that it h as b een one that d oe s n ot di e w ith it s close . Th ere were 634 pr ese nt at the con fe ren ce of w hi ch 552 were stud en ts , t hir ty t wo we re facult y" members , t wen ty fo ur were vis itors a nd t wenty six Y. M. s ec reta ries. Ne bra s ka had th e honor of se ndin g tw en ty one delegates to t hi s gatherin g and if th ey have s ecured th e in spira tion th at the Pe ru Normal del eg ate did, it w ill und oubte dl y mean much to th e Y. M. w ork in Nebras ka.

Y. W. C. A. NOTES

Th eY . W. C. A. ha s been full y alive during the e ntire s ummer ses-

si an. The fir st devotional serv ice was a Welcome meeting l ed by Miss Myrtle Kreebs, on the fir st Sunday afternoon. At the close of the meeting the girls present were invited to join us in our work for the summer. A large numb er re s ponded to the invitation.

On Recognition Sunday each member receieved a rose from the membership committees. At the close of the service the girls formed the Ass0ciation chain around the room, and sang "Blest be the Ti e That Binds.

Th e music of the Assoc iation h as been in charge of Miss Rub y Clark of. '07, during the summer. Through Mi ss Clar k's faithfu l efforts we have had so me of our most impres s ive me ssages come from the songs that have been rendered for us.

l'he Noonday prayer meetings have been full of sp irit durin g the entire The stu dents have sh own the ir appr eciat ion of the h elpfu ln ess of these meetings by regu lar attend:nce and partaking in the discu ss ions d Prof. Brownell gave a sp lend id at the joint patri ot ic meeting of e · M. C. A. and y w c A · t d • · · JUS mg the Fourth of J I . M R' k' u y. .I ss Ic Ie Thern es , who is acting chairman of the Intercoll . t . eg1a e committee for the su mm er has d I • rna e a arge or der fo r Y W c A . d schoo l penan ts . . · · · pms an

EVERETT SOCIETY

During the past school year we have been greatly pleased wi th the progress of Everett Society and the dev elopment h as not been retarded but advanc ed w ith the coming of the hot days of summer. The programs have beeu well attended and r esu lts have been mo3t grat ify in g as it is

the first time in the hi sto ry of Everett Soc iety t hat r egu lar week ly sess i ons h ave been held dur i ng summe r sc hool. The advancement of the society is due in g reat part to the foresight and executive abi li ty of our president, Mr . Hur st, who ha s proven him se lf wort hy of the office he ho l ds and who ha s been ge n erous in hi s expe nditure of time and ene r gy in advancing the interests of the soc i ety .

We hav e r eason to be proud of our new members who have lent the ir se rvice so g raciou sly in carryi ng out our program s and we st ill have wi th us, severa l of our "old" members who ha ve sh ow n themse l ves as ever, loya l and va l uable.

The program committee deserves spec ial m ention for the ir faithful work in giv in g to keep the publ ic each week a sp l endid program. These programs have consist ed ch i ef ly of music- voca l and instrumentalpapers, stor ies, recit at i ons and talks prepa r ed or extemporaneous. A uniqu e feature of the program gi ven Saturday eve ni ng , July 6 was an illu strated poem gi ven by Mr. W. D. R edmond entit led , "Cousin John's Ab lu m." Mr. Redmond impersonated "Cous in John ," a bachelor who in look in g over the pictures of his boy h ood friends in his al bum , told in rhyme the biography of each. The album was a sc reen hav in g two covered apertures and wh en the cover in g was removed the pi cture proved to be var i ous members of Everett who proved with out even a wink of an eye, in sp i te of the complimentary, and otherwise, tales to ld about them by "Cousin John," and regardle ss of the merriment prod u ced in the audience. Another treat is in store for us, "A Box of Monkeys," th at laughab le farce gi ven la st spri ng by Everett members, is soon to be reproduced

and the cast h as been working diligent ly the pa st few w ee ks. If we may judge the future by the present we predict for Everett. a brill iant one and we wish su ccess to those wh o g i,·e their se rvi ce and thu s pro,·e t heir love and loya lty to the soc iety of ,,·hich we may a ll fee l pr oud.

PH I LOMA THEAN SOCIETY

At the open in g of the summe r school sess i on the fo ll owing officers were elected to carry on the work of the soc iety: Pres i dent, H. H. Ri emund; sec r eta r y, Carr ie Neidermeyer; trea surer Clifford Hendrick s.

Th e program com mi ttee consisting of Fred Zink, My rtl e Kr ebs Mi ss King, and Mr. Penn ey the direction of an e nthusia st ic pres id e nt ha s prepared exce ll <:!nt programs fo r each Frida y eve nin g of the s umm e r, at which tim es the hall h as b ee n crowded . Th e committee and offi ce rs des er ve especia[ praise for the ear n est efforts put fort h in preparing th ese prog ram s for the benefit of the m embers and the entertainment of others.

After th e program on th e eve nin g of May 31, a reception was he ld for the purpose of meeting new mem· hers. After spending sometime in various enjoyments, refreshments were served by the social committee. The Norma l Qu ar tette has been a great source of pl easure to the so ciety during the summer. We all fee l very gratefu l to them for the plea s ure they have given us . ·

LOCA LS

Bell e Bolejack of Hu.mbo ldt spent severa l days at the Normal last week visiting old fr iends Miss Bolejack will teach next year . Misses Emily Peterson and Ethel Rogers of Omaha were renewing old

acquaintances in Peru last week Both of the young ladies were members of the class of '06.

l\Iargaret Fedde was recently called home on account of the illness of her mother. At last reports her m othe r was improv ing .

Maude Niss ley, Nettie Gillis and Mr . Neville spe nt the Fourth in Sterlin g.

Miss L yo ns spent the Fourth at her h ome in Omaha.

Miss Stoner and Mrs. Bedell gave a party to the g irls of the Dormitory on the afternoon of July 4th. A g ene ra l good t im e was had playin g croquet, nin e -pin, bean bag, etc. An out-door s upp er was serv ed at six o'clock . The g irl s feel deep ly indebted to the ladi es for the pleasant time had .

Prof. Gregg and Grace Hale attended the recent State Sunday School convention at Ha st ing. The y report a good meeting. Prof. Gregg gave a s hort ta lk in chapel, recouting some of the interesting events of the conv e ntion and said he believed every teacher would do better school work if s he wou ld teach a Sunday School class r egular ly.

W. G. Brooks spent several days in Peru the fir st part of July. He was on hi s way to Iowa, where he represents a pub l ishin g house at county institutes during July and August .

C. B. Moore is spending his vacation soliciting funds for the state work of theY M. C. A. Clyde is a hustler and we know he will do good work.

Helen L. Dysart recently spent severa l days in Peru visiting friends and doing some work in the library, preparatory to tak i ng up her duties as a primary teacher in .the Auburn schools this fa ll.

Martin Jussel left last Friday for his home in Frontier county.

w. T. Davis, '06, ha s been elect ed Super in tendent of School s at Be av er City

Eva Gilbert is visiting friend s in Peru and doing some work in th e Zoological laboratory.

Prof. Howie gave a ta lk in chap el on the morning of July 10, on the subject of our numerical sy stem. It was a s plendid talk and full of interest ing information.

Prof. Sears on's new house is e nclo sed and will soon be ready f or the plasterer s. It is well planned and will have every modern conveni e nce . When completed it will be one of the best re s idence s in Peru. Prof. and Mrs. Sear son are to be con g ratulated on their new home.

Marcia Kendrick has closed her work in summer schoo l and returned to her home.

Sev eral student s have received invi.tations to the wedding of Julius Gilbert, '06, to Mi ss Irene Young of Johnson. The wedding will ocr.ur July 24, at high noon .

Mrs. M. L. Goosman, nee Lelia Peterson, vi s ited friends in Peru last ;eek and attended the concert given YEthe Normal Quartette: dward Hodrapp went home la st week to complete arrangements preto P.ntering next years' SenIOr cla ss in S,eptember.

Work on the new power house is progressing nicely. The walls are now up to the second floor and the machinery is being put in place.

Editor-in-chief Penney and Business Manager Hurst were recently honored guests at a picnic of the class of '05 of the Auburn high sch oo l. E. E. Lackey, '04 , Supt. of schoo ls at Syracuse ,. was a Normal visitor last week. Mr. Lackey is doing a

g ood wo rk at Syra cu se a nd is fa st makin g a name among the yo un g sc h oo l men of the state .

Jul y 18t h P rof. Delze ll s pok e in cha pe l the "M essage to Ga rcia." It as an ex ce ll e nt t alk a nd fill ed wi th he lpful thou g ht.

Mr s. Daisy Ne ttl eton lef t Jul y 13th for C hi ca go vvhere she w ill tak e special wo rk fo r fi ve or s ix wee ks, af te r whi ch she w ill go to th e Pacific coa st to ·ta ke up her du ti es in a large in st ituti o n. Mr s. N ett leto n w ill be gr eat ly mi sse d by b ot h f aculty a nd st udent s, w hi ch fact was att es ted to by th e lar ge number of stud ents and me mb ers of the facul ty , w ho went to t he e arl y mo rnin g tr a in to bid her f arew e ll.

On th e morning of July 16, M.jss Pearl e Ke lley g ave a t alk in chapel f "PI · " on the s ubj e ct o Amon g other things, s he A man may be judged by his pleasures. In time s past y ouths were s poiled by lack of p leasure caused by improper restraint by Today yo uths are spoiled their pleasures. The reading habit mu st be fostered in the grade s." Those who heard Miss Kelly had a treat, and those who failed mi s sed an opportunity.

Supt. Dill of Johnson county was here last week and had charge of the rural school round table. Whi'e he:e Mr. Dill gave an in teresting talk m chapel one morning.

AFTER THE CELEBRATION

July 5- Prof. Hewitt has town and there is no informat iOn of his whereabouts.

Supt. Woodard is afraid to go down town.

Prof. Delzell's ha ir has turned gray.

Doc McGee ha · been e nt for to dre::;s the bu rn ed fin ge rs of Mi s Go,:hen an d Miss Ke ll y. And (thank good ness) th ere is n'L a m osqu ito left in tow n.

The wise Cr eator e nd ow ed eYe ry anim al in proportion to il r eq uir ements and n eeds . To ome He gave in st in ct, and Hi s ma ste rpiece, the much vaunlerl, two ·legn·ed II J n sat of the e arth,' ' commonly ca ll ed man, He en dQw ed with talent a nd a bra in. The latter to be lac ki ng in some, but we are a s ur ed by th e pysc holog ists th at it is th e re onl y it l ac ks d eve l opment. Newspape rs are apt to ta lk about need i ng mo re ind ustri es to gi ve our l aborers wo rk . The indo lent, dull human genus mule w ill neve r quiet his pace as long as hi s an im al nature is s at isfi ed to li ve from h and to mo uth and is con tent to ex ist as an in du strial par as i te It is the duty of everv sc hoo l teacher to st ir up th ese loafer.s around our to·wns, an d, as much as to get the m i nte r ested in wo rk of some k ind . We are n ot do in g our du ty when we pass them by w ith the thou g ht th at th ey w ill n ever amoun t to an yt hin g.

L et us do our bes t to sh ow them th at labor is a b less in g, as well as an honor, but to en joy t hi s bl essi ng one mu st not be scare d at th e ph antom of !abor , and to be a su ccess , no m atter m what avocation, it is the ir sacred duty to mi x a li ttle of th e gr ay ma tter in their h ea ds w ith a little common horse se n se , in ord er to beco me ind epend ent creat ures , and to escape the st ig ma of be in g hum an nonen ties and a di s grac e to God' s ·gr ee n foo ttool.

Th e hat w ill no w be p as sed.

1111USIC

Prof . H ew i tt sud denl y left us on July 5, to take up hi s n ew pos iti on at the music depa rtment, in Jackso nYille, Ill. Pr of. H ew i tt has been with u for two yea rs and the schoo l as a whole is sorry to see him leave, but r ea l izing th at th is is a pr omot ion for hi m, we wish h im the best of success in the futu r e. -

l\ I r. Wade Bi xby is now in char ge of the Norma l Band and the work is being carr ied on very successfully. He certain ly has the good w ill of eYe ry member in the band, and all are doi ng the ir best to h elp him out. Wade h as pl ayed in the ba nd .fo r six yea rs and has ta ken cha r ge du ring ab ence of the leade r at times, so he is \<"e ll deserv i ng of the pos ition

The Band Co n cer t, wh i ch was given in the ch ape l soon afte r the beg innin g of Summ er Sc hoo l, was en joyed very much by a ll who atte nd ed, r ega rdl ess of the fact that it was a very h ot eve nin g, and th at the m osq ui toes di d eve r yth i ng in the ir p ower to attr act attent i on. About 150 people we re loyal to the Band and a id ed in supp ort ing th e goo d cause, as we ll as to have an even ing of thorou gh enj oy ment. T he pr oceeds fr om th e con ce rt were to def r ay the gene ral Ba nd expenses and esl?ec ially to b uy n ew mu sic f or concerts duri ng th e su mm er. Prof. H ew itt , pn that eve nin g, gave us th e pr om ise of at least t hr ee " Open Air Concer ts ." Th e fir st of th ese t ook place some time a go and was witn essed by a large cr ow d of ent hu si astic li steners. The se cond is ex p ected to take place on Thurs da y evenin g, July 11. Th e stud ents ha ve been loo king fo r wa rd to it for some time and we are certain that they w ill not be di sappo inted.

Our school ha s bee n esp ecia lly favor ed alon g th e line of sp ec i al music

t hi s su mmer. Be s ide s the Band we have h ad the Normal Male Quar te t, who h ave placed a large part in k ee ping up the enthus ia sm durin g the hot s ummer da ys. Al so th e exce ll ent solos sun g by Mi ss R ee d of Auburn , and Mi ss Loom is, who is at te ndin g school at th is place, ha ve been gr eat ly ap p1·eci ated by th e s tud ent bo dy. In addit ion to thi s we h ave b ee n en te rtained by Mr. Sh e llh orn.

On e of th e m ost pleas in g fea tur es of t he ch apel th is su mm er h as bee n the m us ica l numb ers. Th e Norm al Male qua rtette ga ve two co n certs, sang many of the old so n gs fa mili ar to the students of l as t yea r. It seemed li ke old tim es to h ea r th e boys aga in. Miss R ee d of Aub urn r enderd a n umber of se lect i ons w hi ch we re ap precia te d by a ll. Mi ss R ee d h as the power to make her h earers feel what she is si ng i ng a nd t hi s powe · h · ' . r ls t e a 1m of a ll tr ue mu sic. Miss Ree d is one of th e finest singers in th e st ate; every one who heard felt th at th ey h ad heard s om emg worth while. Miss L oo mi s also fa vo red us w ith a solo and th e att entio n acco rd ed her atteste d to f act th at her wo rk was appreci ated. We al ways ap pre ciate those extra numbers and wish them to return an d fa vor us.

RE TR OS P EC TI ON

As one who cons at evenin g in, th e moo!)light all alone "'

A dr eaming of th e of the friend s that he has-k nown

So I revel in sweet 't ill ' in s hadowy desi gn ,

I s ee the Normal campu s, rand th at old s weeth eart of mi ne . How sublime this retrospection, for the visions that ar iseAre as glori ous as the m oon- beam s

- aye, clea rer than the ski es;

Ju st to li ve th ose dea r d ays over, wh at a lu xu ry div in e

Wh en I wande red o'e r the ca mpus with th at old sweet h ea rt of mi ne

A face of perfect beau ty ,-a f orm of girli sh gr ace

She stand s the re in the m oo n li ght, in her si mp le gown of lace ;

And I thrill bene ath the glan ces of a pa ir of h aze l eyes,

As glow i ng as the sta rli g ht , as tender as the skies.

I can see her in the ch ape l, gr eeting a ll her fr i end s so dea r,

Th e place we re first I m et her, at the beg i nn in g of the ye ar ;

Sh e, the one of a ll the se ni ors, w ith h er ma n ner so sublim e

Won my h ea rt fo r then -a nd al ways - that old sweeth ea rt of mi ne .

Th en to state ly old Mt. Vernon ca me my message to her h and,

And she an swe red -yes, she answe red just the w ay th at I had pla nn e d.

To soc iety we jo urn eye d-0 th at pleas ure wa s s ub l ime,

For th e fir st t im e in the pres en ce of that futur e lo ve of mine.

Oh just to be her lover, foreve r a nd a day,

And sh e fa i thfu l swee theart, ti ll her curly loc ks were gr ay;

And we sh ou ld be so happy in our cozy littl e cot

Hid in a n est of ro ses with a fa iry ga rd en sp ot .

But, ah ! my vision ceas es, I hear a step u pon the sta i r,

The door is softly opened, and my wife is stand i ng th ere :

O;.mystic l ove enchanted - Oh me mory divine , There I gr eet the li v in g presen ce .of th at old sweeth eart of mine.

CONTRIBUTIONS FRONI

UNCLE HIR AI\!

On e d ay when Geo rge Bl e in g w as a ve ry li t tl e fe ll ow he wa t he p ri nc ipa l actor in a ve ry dr am at ic scene. About 7 o'cl ock in the after noon hi s mot her s ent him out to pl ay and pa id no mor e at te ntion to hi m. Wh en hi s fath er ca me home he i nquir ed fo r Geo r ge a nd hi s m ot her said th at he was in the ya rd pl ay in g, but there wa s no Geo rge there. A e ar ch wa s at on cP. b eg un , an d th ey se ar ched the ba rn , cow shc d, gran ar i es , corn c ri b an d every place where a th ree y ea r old boy could go t op l ay Hi sfa ther became wo rri ed and hi s m ot her was a lm os t di s tr ac ted ove r het· lost boy . F in a ll y Mr. Blessi ng pas sed cl ose to the d oor of the c hi cken h ou se, a nd th e re wa s G eor ge, on a b un ch of hay, }V ith the eggs from un de r ha lf a d oze n hens scat tere d' aro und a nd und er hi s l egs . "Wh at are yo u do in g, Geo r ge ," asked his papa . "Me settin , p ap a.'' And no am ount of persu as ion co u ld get him to quit " se ttin ." He wo uld cry eve ry time hi s fath er w ou ld tr y to take him aw ay . Hi s fa ther off ered to get him a box and s ome eggs and tak e him ups tairs and let hi m s et. "No, me . haf to s et wit hens ,' ' an swered Geor g e, and the re he set until he went to sle ep .

Then hi s f ath er carried hi m in to the h ous e, but th e next morning he cri ed as hard as e ver to s et.

The l ast we heard about Ge orge he was st ill "s ett in" . (ty pe) w ith as much ent hu sia sm as he manif e sted in his earli er days.

SYNOPSIS.

A ni g ht of r estless nes s, Th e co min g dawnTh en quick ly com es the d ay; Th e battle's on wi th t ireless ness , As I la un ch on li fe's wa y.

I mo ve ou t with the tid e, Th e d ay is cl e ar-

And soo n I wave •·goo d b ye :"

I t ru st there is no f ad in g s mi le

To clou d the b ri ght blu e sky.

Th e noon tide h ou r is run ,

Th en comes d eclin eTh en bu t a si ngle sta r;

A nd ma y there be but h ope fo r me

'Wh en I ha ve crosse d the b ar. -AN ' 06 .

In wh at r esp ect d oes a ca ll er resemb le a lover?

First, he com es to a-dore.

S ec ond, he giv es the bell a rin g.

Third, he gives t he ma id hi s name.

Fourth, if he do es not fin d her out, hP. is ta ken in .-Ex.

Coll e ge Educ ation-A pr ofi ciency in boatin g, bas eba ll , fo otball , s wimming, runnin g, tenni s, fe ncin g and somet im es oth er branches of learn ing.-

Ex.

A MODERN POET'S REVERIE.

Lives of poets all re mind us

Th at when we th e bucket kick , Poem s will re main behind us That will mak e the publ ic sick

Dr.

·E.

C. Reed

Physician and Surgeon

Yay W. Robb? 0. D. Graduate

Optician

cAt the Hotel P arlo rs in P eru ea ch a lte rnate Sa turdayAuburn , Nebraska y. C. Harman's First Class CJ3arberin g

8Vlrs.}ack , Peru, Nebraska W,_estaurant a. nd Short Order General Store We also h a..'Ve a goo d fi ne of Ladies ' and Gents ' Fin e Sh oes Ch o colates a nd Bonbons W. B. Ra ins, Prop rietor

ITI The Normalite next year will be larger 'JJ and better than ever. in ·pour 50t 1, ' 07

(To the Busin es s Ma nag er)

llT J\ddress it just Business Manager as 'JJ the present management will evaporate