1911-1912 The Normalite - Issues 1-8

OGTOBER 1911

CLEVELAND'S FALL ANNOUNCEMENT

Our Ready-to-W" ear Department is showing more new and beautiful styles this fall than ever before. It will be a pleasure to show you the new things we have to o:ffar. Such as La Vogue Coats and Suits in any wanted style and fabric or Cohn Baer Berman Suits and Coats of Plush Velvet Caraeul, plain or ft:l-ncy tweeds made up in the absolute correct styles that are. sure to command your approval you will find that our showin of ""W"' omen's Apparel" by far the most complete in Nebraska Cit'5r.

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PERU

, NEBRASKA , OCTOBER, 1911

fountain by Class of 1911

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The accompanyi ng cut illustra tes the fine n ew drinking f oun ti a in left as a memo rial by the class of 1 911. Th e founta in was securd at a cost of approxi mately $100, out of fund s accm_:rmlated by th e class in excess of its needed expe nditures . Friends of the class and of the scho ol will be pleasd to kn ow th at a ll accounts wit h th e class of 1911 have b ee n closd, a ll mo ne ta ry obl i gat ions met , and there is st ill a s mall s um to be di sposd of by the c lass at i ts lun ch eo n to be held at th e Omaha meeting of the State T eac hers' assoc ia tion in No vember.

The State Board of Ed :.1cat ion made a form al acceptance of Fountain in a g ra cious letter to the class, and have met a ll expen ses incid ent to the proper setting up of the f ou n ta in a nd connecting it with th e water system. If th e members of the class of 19 11 c ou ld o nl y see th e bubbling wa ter as it i ss u es fr om th e fountai n, and th e i rresistable attraction it afford s to the man y passers by who in dulge , they wou ld be ab u nd antly paid for any sac ri :lce in leav ing thi s m onument to the school.

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State SJpe rintendent J. W. Crabtr ee, who w ill l eave Neb ra sk a in N ove mber, t 'l b ecome head of a Wiscom in Sta te Nor mal Sch ool, is to be th e guest of honor at a· r eception and dinn er to be given for him 8, at O:n ah a, by the Pe ru Alum ni Ass ociatio n. T he e vent w ill be he ld d ur ing the meeti ng of th e State Teach ers' Assoc iati on a nd 'it is expected that the attend ance of Peru grad :1ates w ill be large. Th e p rogram and t oas ts w ill be prepared with a view to pay ing hon or to Mr. Crabtree . On th e list of speakers already pre pared are Governor A ld rich, Presid ent H ayes of the S tate Norm al, a nd a ssist ant State Sup erintend ent Delzell who will become the head of th e ed•Jcational department when S•1peri ntend ent Cr abtr ee leaves. AItho Mr. Crabtr ee will be great ly missed in Nebraska, his many frie nd s wish hi m a ll success in Wi sco ns in.

A gr eat many Peru Alumni ar e am ong t hose ma king campa igns for co un ty su perintende nc ies t hi s fa ll. In a later issue we ca n annou nce the ou tcome of the cont es ts of " Our Scholars in Politi cs."

I ist in ter es ting to note that t he fa culty of the Wayne No r ma l includes t wo of Peru Alumni . Miss Sara J ewe ll , '02, is in the depar tm e nt of Geograph y, a nd Prof. E. E. L ackey ' 04, has charge of the work in agr icu lture.

Lo ui se M. Mears, '95 has recently pab lished a li ttle b ook "Th e Hi ll s of Pe ru" It pi ctures th e scenes that every per son in Peru has kn own and lovd , and makes a b eaut i ful so u ve nir of school days spent at the Nor ma l. . It is an accurate, histori cal acco un t of th e pionee r per i od a nd s tea m b oat d ays.

Miss Mears has ki ndly ded i cated "The Hill s of Peru" to her own class

Mi ss Mears has been grante d a leave

of ab se n ce th is semes ter an d is no w in Linco ln at the Uni versi ty.

A. J. Wi c kland, ' 0'?, who has b ee n aLtending th e S tate U ni veristy at Li n col n, is now worki ng for his Mas ters

Mi ss Ed na Ba r ne- , '10, won a b eaut ifu l go ld me da l at the d ec la:-na tory co nt est at Auburn Ch ata·Jqua . Miss Barn e · was graduated from b ot h the Department of Exp ression an d the te n co urse wh il e in P eru.

Miss Elizabe th Ma lla li eu '05 has given up for w :> rk , a nd h as r ece nt ly bee n ele cted to a d es ir able po Ition in the State L ib rary -i n Lin co ln .

F. D. Bro o ks, ' 07 , who h as bee n aL Bake r Universi ty, Baldw in , K amas du ri ng the pa st yea r, g oes to the Sup erintendency of th e Pu b li c Scho ols at Guthri e, at a salary of $ 1, 80 0.

P rin. Char les K. Mar se , '09 , of the Athens schoo l at Auburn, has go ne to Ca ldw ell, Idaho as instru c to r in Science and atheleti cs in th e High Sch oo l.

Mi ss Alma A. E astman 09 , has a gr ad e p os iti on in the Fo ur tee nth st reet bui ldi ng in Nebraska Ci ty

Mrs. Carlyle L oyd, '06 , of North Platte , Ne braska, is vis iting frie nd s and r elative s in Peru.

Mrs. Car l Bicke ll , n ee Mi ss li ma Ke nnedy '08, who h as b een li v ing in w es te rn Co lorado sin ce her ma rr i ag e wi II soon mo ve to Greel ey , Co lorado, wh ere she and her hus band h ave boug ht a home n ear Co lorado Co ll ege in Gr ee l ey .

Mi ss Ge rtrud e El y of '10, wh o succ essfully taug ht in Kimba ll Hi gh Sch oo l last · year, is teaching in Bea tri ce thi s year.

Mi ss Augu sta E. Ei seman , '02, h as been elected to supe rvise the No rma l T rai nin g department in th e new $8 0,000 H igh Sch oo l in Nebr aska Ci ty.

Miss SLe lla Gr aham , after spe nding h er Ya caLion in Pe ru and vicinity, h as agai n up her w or:.. in the exp r es::; i ) :1 d JP:l' '. 11 of t1 e O'da hom:l St ate Un iv.!r;:; i Ly, at o·, l·th-> :n::t City

Mi s Lillian Bamf,)r d. '9 7, \\'h o for a n tmb er of year,; bJcn a teache r in the DJ af and D.tm J Jn .;t it·Jte in Omaha. has h t; r p o:; ition and a si ;,, lar p -1s i t io n in S:. l\li ssou r i.

Miss Nanni e Wi lk in so n '02. wr i tes thaL she i :-; c:nj yin g her work teaching in Colo rad ll Spr ings , Colorado

Ar tlnr J am es 'O:l , w':1 o is in tl1 e emp loy o[ Lh e Armo Ltr Pac:dn gC o. L os

A nge les, Calif rnia ,spe nt se \·e ral we eks in P eru and vicinity, vis i ting fri e nds and relativ es

·is; a nd ii'r Jri c·, _, o .f t'1e c:a ;:;_;w; of '97 and '05, ):::n ding t:1 cir va cati on at home in r etJ rn ed to th e ir \ \' 0 rk in s :.:·, ):>L of S=ac tle,

Al:!:r ed '0 , of the 'id t i!y Hig:1 h a:; r .:md y fo r th e p .1 bl ic

a se ri es of fift ee n histo r ica l games, a: l on histo r ical top ic a nd M r. Ha nn a has u sed these gTe at su cces;;; in bot h sc hoo l a ;-,d club w.::n·:{, a nd fe els that they fi ll an ed 1cat iona l n eed. '

R1t h Br ow ne ll , ' 11, is K in der gar ten te :J.ch er in t he Whi tt ier S.::h:>:> l Li nc o! n.

Ma clde ' 05, and Lena Lar imer, '09 are tea ch in g in Tacoma, i ng to n. Mi ss W at kin s h as the primary w:>rk a nd Miss La rim er teaches L at in and Mus ic

On 23, at IVlo .md Cty , Mo ., Mi ss Ma ry E ll enber .{er and Mr. Wi l li am R !lSsel i '10 , ma rri ed. Th ey are n ow at home in But te, Nebraska wher e. Mr . Wh itfie ld is S .lpernintendent of th e schoo l.

Mr. B. R. Bed e ll and Mabe l Bowen of th e class of '09 were / marr ied in Augu st at Oxdoi n, Ka nsas Th ey are now at or fo rk wher e Bede ll ha :; char ge of the Science de partme nt in the H igh School. Mrs. Bedell is the K ind ergarten teacher th is yea r.

Sup erinte nd ent Edward Winifred Marcellus , '05 of Crete, and Miss Ada Elliott Corbi tt '05, pr in ci pa l of the Cr ete High Schoo l, we re ma r ried August 2, at th e brid es home in A in sworth. They are at home in Crete wher e they wi ll teach du r ing the co m ing year.

Ze li a Corn e ll Micke l!, '09 an.d Mr. H ar ry Roscoe Wil ey \Vere marr ied in Auburn Se pte mber -L Th ey wi ll make th e ir futu re ho me in Pe;·u, and w ill occupy the ho me. built by M r. Weav e rl in g.

l\Ir. Wal ter L. Best, '09, was married this summ er to Mi ss Ai me l Ross, a fo rmer stude nt her e. He is in bu si n ess at Te dd a, O:da homa, but is an xious to get back i nto school work.

Jewe l G. Good and Ella M. Bucke ndorf b oth of the caJss, '09, were marri ed Jun e 28 a nd ar e at hom e at Cr es ton N ebr as ka, where Mr. Good is p rinci pal of the Hi gh Schoo l.

Everett C. Wi lson, ' 10 , is at Long Pine thi s year exhi b iting hi s usual e nterpri se an d agg-ress ivene.:;s in t he schoo ls of th at pi ct uresque p lace.

Pr i ncipal Clar ey Neilson '09 , is at R ose land, Ad am s Co., aga in t hi s year He syste matized hi s time as a s tude nt and t hi s habit h as ca rri ed itse lf over hi s sch oo l work so th at he find s the t im e to car ry on correspo nd e nc e wo rk f or hi s furth er prof ess ional deve lo pmen t.

Mrs. Hope A bb ott Dorlan d, '0 6, whose home is n ow at Ano na, Fl or ida , spent the latter pa rt of t he s um mer visiti ng her p arents in Peru.

J. A. Eastw:>:>d ent ered t t.is secon :l yEar at Diller after a : mfTler oi i n.s i tute instr .lct. i >'1. is pres ident of the C, Teach ers' Asso cia t ion , a nd in i and o ;:H::r wa]s rad!a:.t!s a who leS) ne pnfc35 i ;nal i nftuence.

A:n·:m2; c:1e 'O G's new in o;; r S':ate Univ r i may be namd N.dssE!s Ethel Blake, I' m na Hawt3orne, Mess r s. William NtcGuy Williams, Martin Juss el and Floyd Gail. Th e la st two are doing grad 1ate wor:c

H arry '06, was director on the Los Ang"'les playgrounds during the pa:;tsammer . He has been in Ca li forn ia fo r some two or th r ee years and is highly plea5d with the west.

Harriett CartH, '06, is sr::en ding the year at home in Peru H eal th would n0t permit her teaching this year

Two of the '06's gra d uated from the Nebraska St ate Univer s ity la st spring; George Foster from the law course, and C!i ffo rd Hend ricks from a scientifi c con se. The former is n ow practicing law in So uth D akota, and the latter ret 1r nd to hi s place in the department of p.1ys i cal sci ence in the P er u Normal.

W. T. Davis, '06, has recently been electe d super in te nde nt of the schoo ls at His many friend.> are glad to hear of his go od fortune.

Charles We i gang and Bernice McHirron, both of the class of '06, were married at the bride's home in Pe nder the ·t1irtieth day of August: Their wedding t rip included su ch points as D enver, Colvrado Springs, Pueblo, Salt L ake City, Leadv ill e, Moscow, (Idaho), and Spokane , enroute to their present h ome at Wardner, Idaho.

Caroline Marriott, '06 spent last S ummer Schoo l at Pe ru doing specia l work preparato ry for i nstitute work. She is t eaching again at Wakefield t hi s year .

Ruth '06, is te:ac'1in p; in P t'l'u pu !-l ic sc:1o:> l this y.,.ar Thi ,; H rY pleasant for lV: i,;c; Scrnng- nabt i ng- hPr lo live at h orr:e and of the No r mal.

George L ee 'OG, is anoth er of fw al umn i wh o "t:1 o:; it n ot b es: L> r rrt!n t) li ve a'o ne so too"< un to hi ms e lf a wife.· · Mrs . Lee was f0 rmer ly I\(iss Mi ldr ed Kr eglow of Arapahoe. Th ey arc rH•W at h ome at wl-: ere l\111· . L ee is

Sup e rinte nd e nt of schools.

Ber tha v\'i lso n, '06, her A. B. degree last spr in g fr om Co nt cr. he took her major in Lat in pr ep arator y fo 1 • high school work .

J. F. Hendricks, '09, is en te ri ng- up on hi s third year as princ i pa l of the Dawson schoo l s. He sought to re dg n aL Lhe end of last year bat a sub sta nt ial iJ?crease in salary wi t:1 a r ee lect i on of hiS entire c0rps held him.

J ess is L. La nca!5ter, '07, is n ow liv in g in Pr ospy Alberta. She writes that she e nj oys th e north ern countn y, but is st ill loyal to h er old h ome and surround in gs in Peru.

Eleanor M cCune spe nt a part of the summer at Grand Fo rk s, North Dakota wi th h er sister Marguerite McCune Richardson. Th ey were both m embe rs of the class of 1897.

S in ce th e n ames a nd add r esses of the members of the imm ortal class of 19 11 a pp eard · in the catalogue bf th e n or mal t ha t was publisht in July , we do not reproduce the li st, as has b een customary to the most rece nt class in past years. Alumni n ot hav in g one of th ese catalogue sho ul d send to the r egistrar and secu re one. The following correc-

tions and changes of address sh ou ld be noted.

Cora Schwenker

L en ni e Snethen F. F. Adams

Pap illi on Albion Peru

A!ta Van tora Bell

1-..Lhcl C:1ambers

Ellen Fre deric!<son

J2nni e Muntz

Hi Id a Parson

Dale \Vhi tf ie ld

R "Jsse l Whitfi e ld

Jo :m Branigan

Et :1el M. Roddy

.Ja cob Sc:1ott

Bess ie Tibb et ts

Hastings Montana - 'Wa kef ield

Cook

W:1l th ill

H emingford

Butte A\·oca - All iance

Inland

Belden

Yarr ow Tyler, ' 10, hi gh sc:1o ol pr i ncipal at Syrac.tse, and Misses Grace Muns:>n, '01, and Mary M1J r .:l, '00, teac:1ers of the at Mee f ord, Ore ., w ere the stud ents tak i ng the work at the Friday Harbor, Was h., su mm er schoo l, PI·ofessor Duncan so n.

Grace '08, is attending schoo l at Lake Forrest, Ill. S he is doing some work in the Libra ry there, and a rran ging her co ur se the id ea of taking up Library work as a professio n later on. Miss Berry was an able assistant in the Library whil e here at Peru .

G!adys Majors Gale, '07, of Beatrice , ' Co ra Jack Windl e, 1898, Nellie Cole Pollard, '01 , of Omaha·and Maud Rays, '05 of Omaha were visiti ng friends and relati ves in Pe ru dUl"ing the summer. ,},.

A at Friday Harbor . H. B. Duncanson, '86.

By request the a uth or of these l in es has undertaken the pleasant task of relati ng some vacation thots and exp er ien ces Through an in v.itation fr om the Washington State University he spent the .s um mer at the Marine Biolog i ca l Station at Frid ay Harb or. Each m ember of the faculty de li ve r ed three lectures per week and each stud ent was pe rmitted to take as a maximum six lectures per week . Th e equ ipme nt of the stat i on consisted of one large building

fitted with labo ratories and lecture rooms, a commodious dini ng hall, fifty tents, and a numb er of boats, barges a::d dr edges . Th e dredgi ng outfit con sisted of a seventy - five h orse power steamboat carrying a steam dredge a nd trailing a large barge and five or six boats. Besides the boat crew from fifty to one hundred persons could be seen each morning on th e ir way to some selected place for dr e dging. The dredge consisted of a large steel frame we ighing about five hundred pound s to which was fastend a large bag- like net .· Thi s dr edge was attacht to severa l hundred feet for steel cable and was manipul ated by a steam engin .. It was shovd off from the rear end of the boa t and a sufficient amount of cab le was unreeld to permit it to sett le to the bottom. The boat was run at slow speed until the net fild at which the dredge was lifted and placd on , the rear of the boat. The co ntents of the net were placd in boxes and carried to the barge wh e re all mater ial was carefully sorted out and exam ind. While this step was in prog1·ess, however, the dre dge was again l owerd for a second load and the process was r epeated a ll day long Usually the boat returnd to the station for the night and all ma ter ials on board were disposd of r edy for the p ext day. At times the boat was out for three days, during which a camp was establisht on sh ore, where a ll except the boat crew ate and slept after the m ost pr im ative fashion . On some of the islands where these ca mps were establ isht the on ly in habi tants were Siwash In di ans. One of the most ples in g experi en ces of the seaso n was t he climb of Mt. Constitutio n, from the summ it of which cou ld be seen th e entire group of San Juan I slands, more than one hundred in nu mber.

In the Puget Sound disb;ict is without an e qua l in regard to its fauna and flora. Nothing short of a

su mmer would be suffic ient to in trod u ce one to th e" to il er sof thesea " a nd to att em pt a cata log w ould burd en the read er. Sea urch in s, 1::-arnac les, pec tens, star fish, cra bs , hydrozoa, seawee d s, kelps, ratfi s h, tunicates, seaanemones, squ ids, and s hr im p ::; consti tute onl y a b eg inni ng of t he list . Th e he rmit cr ab , wh ich emer ges from hi s hom e to recon no iter hi s str ange su rr ou nd in gs or the devor at ing crab, wh ich orna me n ts it self by pl acing upon i ts back a profu sion of se a weeds, tun icat es and h yd r ozoa, sugges ts tha t cu nn ing de vices do not belong to man alone nor the c li max of ornamentation r each t in the "m e rr y -widow ha t. ''

As i de fr om lectur es and other wo rk a collect ion was mad e r ep r esentin g, in some meas ure , th e fa una of Puge t Sound. It is the intent ion· to pr esent t hi s co ll ect ion to th e Nor ma l.

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The Need of Refo rm of Sp elling in the Public Schools.

The followi ng is a sp eech mad e, by Will iam H. Maxwe ll , L. L. D. , at the fift h. a nnu al di nner' of th e si mp lifi ed spellmg boa rd , Apri l 5, 19 1 1.

Mr. Pres id ent, Ladi es a nd Ge nt leme n. By and te mp erm ent I am d to Slmp h fied spe lling. F or a goo d bi t over fifty yea rs my eyes have become a :!to th e ordinar y form s of our Eng li sh wo rd s. I disli ke th e new for ms I . i nate thru f or through; and j di s like to wr ite t hat any one has not past an ex amination . Why, then, do I advocate the ,use of s imp li fi ed spe lling in the schoo ls?

Because I f ee l cer tain ·th at , wh en generall y us d, it w ill be found to be the cause of very gr eat indi vidual and socia l up li ft. H av ing b ecom e convinst that simp l ified spe ll in g is necessary for i ndividua l tmp r ovement a nd soc ial progress am ong the masses of peo ple in the

vast :1eter ge n eo:.ts population of our ci ty , I feel it to be a duty wh i c!1 I owe a nd wh i ch eve ry man who dcs i 1·cs Lhc i mp r ove me nt of his fe ll ow men, O\\'CS Lo soc iet y, to si nk in di vi dua l p redjudise s and to ad vo cate th at whi ch is for the welfa re oi a ll

My a tte ntion was fir st di r ected to this s ubj ect by co nside ri ng the difii cu lli es whi ch we ex pe ri en ce in teac :1i np; the va st hor d es of fo reners who seld'e in this cit y, to r ead and to w1 iLe Lh eEng-li s:-. language . In 1 90 0 the Immigr aL i un Co mmi ss ion ap po in ted by th e pr esident of the Un ited S tates made a ca r efu l analys is of t he 2600 the n in hi gh schoo ls of t hi s ci ty . Th ey found that .J di ffe re nt r aces, speak in g in th eir h omes, for the most pa r t, di ffe rent la ngu ages Ol' di ffe rent di ale cts of the Ea me la n g.uage we re fo und in ou1· high schoo ls. Th e.v Showd tha t th e high s c!1oo l stude nts 45 per ce nt were Am erican; 24 pe l· ce nt He br ew· 11 per cent Ge rm a n; 7 per ce nt ·and 13 per ce nt o th er national ti es Among th e. other n at ional ti es ar e in cluded Ita l ian, north; Ita n ian , sout h; Da ni sh, Non.veg ia n, R uss ia n, Swedish. Ou r high s ch oo l enro lm e nt has e ncr easd fr om 26, 000 to 36 0,00 sinc e. 1900, I have no r easo n to be li ev that th e prop or ti on of the va ri ous races ha ve materially c han gd s in ce t hi s census was made It mu st be t:eme mbe rd, h owever, th at the hi gh s cho ol studen ts con s ti t ute a small • se lect g ro up- th e s ur vi va l of the fit , if not of the fitt es t.

To see the for ener i> as th ey come from the st ea mers, . you must e nter ou r eve ning s ch oo ls or the special classes for teac hi ng En g li sh to foreners in o ur eleme ntr y sc hoo ls. Every w in ter we ha ve fr om 35 ,000 40 , 000 a du lt foreners in ou r evening s ch oo ls, who com e for th e s in gle pur pose of ler ni ng to spe ak , to read a nd to wr i te the En glish lan guage In one eleme ntry day sc h oo l have fo und

as many as 20 differe nt lan g ua g es or J ialect:> s poken by t:1 c c:1i ldr e n. It is n ot too muc:1 to more t:1an onet:1ircl of t"1 e p upil :> w:1o E: nter the pu blic s choo ls of th is city m J st te ac:1 Engli sh, n ot a the ir na t i,·a tu ng, b :1 t as a for en lan guage In no oth er city en this con tin ent, in no oth er city in the world, are the s chools confro nted wi th <;onditio ns w:1i ch ma ke it so clifri cu lt to do good schoo l wor!<.

Th e most im po r tant t hin g t :1 e American sch oo l ha s to do fo 1· th ese foren ch ildr en, wh om we are try ing to co n vert into Ame rican citizens, or eYe n fo r the c hildr en of America n b ir th, is to te ach them to read with in si ght and in te l li-. gence. R eadi ng is the a ll - imp ortant stu dy for the ma sses , beca '..JSe th is is a land of s elf-gove rnm ent . If he is to think for him self a nd to g ain infor ;nati on to gu ide his thou gh t, th e pupil must be taug ht as speed ily as po ss ible to master the p ri nted page "It is our po li cy ," sai d Dr. Harri s, ou r greatest educat i onal filo s ofer, "ra the r to de velope a bili ty tl1an to gi ve exhaust iv informati on. Th e pr in ted page is the mi gh ty A laddin 's lamp gi ves to the meanest ci ti ze n th e power to lay a spe ll on ti me and s pac e .'' He compare! ora l instruction to th e loading of an e mi g rant train wi th r eady -m ad e produc ts , and text-book education, wh ich dep ends upon the power to r ead, to the shipm ent rather, of machinery, app l iances and too ls by w hi ch the se products may be won fr om th e wi ldern ess by th e piomer himse lf. If , th en, it be g ranted , as I th i nk it mu st b e, that the confer ri ng of t he power of se lf-he lp u po n any.ch il d is the greatest boon wh ich e ducatio n can co nfer and that th is boon is conferd th ru giv ing him power to extract info rmat ion and thou g ht fr om the printed page , it fo ll ows that any d ev ice w hi ch enables us to save time in the teaching of read ing b eco m es not only an ind ividual

bLtt a socia l and nati onal bl essi ng. I r egard the difficulties of lerning o ur arbitrary and unsc i ent i fie ways of spellin g words as the least part of the trouble. Th e real di fficulty li es in lerning to read. teache r knows wi th what joy the child prece i vs a new wo rd wh ich he can make out fo r h imse lf by interpre t ing its fonet ic elements, 9-nd wi th wha t consternation he beholds a word w hich t hr oug h ·its di sr egard of fonetic r ule or a nal ogy, he is unable to pronou!1Ce until he is to ld. It is clai med that fo netic spel l ing Eave from one to two years of schoo l t im e for the average ch il d. Certai n it is that Ge rma n children are at least two years ahed of ours in their scho lastic - atta i nm ents. Thi s is chi e fl y b ecause th e German langu age consists mai nly of words that are sp e ld as they ar e sou nd ed . I am not cer ta in that th e i ntroduction of fon et ic spe llin g wo ul d save t wo years f or our children, because there are othe r causes as well as ar bi tr ary spellin g that r etard the pr og r ess of Am e ri can chi ldr en, as com pare! with German children. I am quite con fide nt, howe ver, that at l east one year might be sa ve d by the u se of purely fon e tic spe lling.

L et us suppo se that the child h as learnd to spe ll f onet ically "puff" a nd "m ·Jff. " He r eceivs wi th consternation the inte lli gen ce that "rough" and "enough" are not spe lld ruff and en uff, and when he learn s th at "dough" is not duff, but br ed in the making, and that "cough" is not cuff or co, but the malady that so often affects hi s nose and throat, he nat ura lly loses a ll faith in ass oc iat ion and analogy.

Ou r scholars have pointed o ut that the sou nd of e in let is r epresen ted in seven differ ent ways: by e in let; by ea in h ead ; by ei in hei fer; by eo in leopard ; by ay in says; by ai in s aid; and by a in many. And that is not all. Ti': e so und of lon g o is represented in thi r teen

different ways: So, !:oat, r oe, oh, door, soul though, low, owe, yoeman, sew, hauttoy, beau. And you can find more. In all such cases, and their name is l egion, all analogies fail; no r.1le is possible. The loss of t: me, bad as it is, is not the only evil which r esu lts to our public sc ho ols on account of ou r unscienti fic spe llin g. The me:nor iter process rend erd necesary in le rning to read and to spe ll prodaces disbelief in r easo nin g as a mea ns of lern i ng an d a lack of confidence in infer ence Th e r es ult of fallin g into ridi c ul ous mistakes by depending upon r easoning or analogy in spellin g, is to the chi ld timoro us about r easoning in arithmetic, geographfy, hi story and grammar. The habit of depending up on memory exclusiv ly in spelling engenders tne habit of depending on memory in every othe r study, and so retards progress in teaching children to think for themselvs. If we had te xt books in which every word cou ld be sou nded as it is speld, it is no t to o much to say that every one of th e 700,000 children in the public schoo ls of this city would be enab led to advance in hi s studies at least two grades beyond the piont which he reaches now before he is compeld to leave schoo l, a nd would have larger powers of thinking and doing for him self. He would be more val uable to himse lf and more valuab le to the community.

Not enough attent ion, I think, has been given to the means by which s implifi ed spel ling may find a place in the public schools In an arti cle publish t about eight years ago by Professor Brand er Mathews he says that the way to get simpl ifi ed spell ing into the schoo ls is fir st to ed ucate public opinion Hi s aphosism that" with the s pred of knowledge there will be a weakening of prejudis" is unquestionably true; but it is a very slow process: Possibly it is the only plan by which any reform may be

acco :r plisht in our great unh·Nsitics . which are nothing if not con se n·ati,·: b .A t the pu b lic schoo ls as pire lo le ad r ather than to follow public opiniun. In a persusa i v" L ette r to T eacher ·· rece ntly publisht as a c ircu lar of Simplified Spe llin g Boa rd , Professo r ah·in Th omas has shown how t eache rs may heg in to lead public opinion, by teaching and pra ctis ing n ow what they w ill u clupl so me day.

Wh en a reform has be en introducetl in the public schoo ls, if it is· tr ue r eiom1, no ma tter h ow much oppos i tion may be encounte r ed at the start, pub li c opinion invariab ly corn es to its suppo:·t in the end. Such has been the hi sto ry of eve1·y great reform estab lisht in the public sc:1oo ls during the pa3t h alf centu ry.·

When Horace Mann adv ocate d the abo! itio n of corpora l puni s hm e nt in Mm:sach usetts, he was denounsL as a he1 et ic and sent i men ta l ist . Yet f'<>r yea rs corpora l punishm ent has b ee n un law£...11 in our city schoo ls and ev ery attempt to resto re it has been defeated thru the inOue nce of public op inion . I can, myse lf, recall that when we first establ ish t, thirty years ago, hi gh schoo l in Brooklyn, we did n ot dar e to give it the nam e of hi gh schoo l because of the almo st uni ve r sa l oppos ition . of the tax-pay ers to be in g taxt for what they cald hi gher edu catio n. any po liti ca l party that attempted to abolish the hi gh sch oo_ls wou ld be swept o ut of power at the n ext elect ion by an indignant pub li c opin i on. Pr eci se ly is the hi s tory of th e kind ergarten movem ent ; the rnovem ent to s afegar d th e he l th of scho ol chi l dren by the u se of play , physical train ing, athletics, and medica l exami nation; tl:'.e movement to elevate the teaching profession by requiring professional training, a nd by appointing and promoting teach e rs on merit; the m ovement to teach li terat ur e in elementry schools w hi ch has r es ulted in the estab lish ment in the New York

pub li c scho ols of the largest circulating library in the wor ld - ne arly 7. 000 . 000 vo lum es a ye :1r: the mo,·ement to p'.It the \\' ll'>le ch ild to sch oo l by t eaching drawing and man u1l tra ining; the mo,·eme nt Lo estabEsh trade or in d..1st rial ed .1catio n; a nd la st of gr eat pu b!ic t :> ca re for c :1i ldren wh o arc def ec i tv men ta ll y or phys ic a lly, as t'1 2 sem i-i m!Jec il e. the de f, the dJm, tt1e blind, and the c ri pp led . All these m ovemen ts have h a:l t:he same history. Some ref01·mer commen st the wo rk. It proved it s wo rt h by actual trial. It began with opp :>s i tion of th e pu 1Jl ic. It h as proceeded wi th co nsta nt ly in cr easing effic ien .::y and ha s been accorded cons tant ly in creas ing sup p ort . SJ it wi ll be wi t'1 si m:J li fie::l spe ll ing. T,1e fi r5t t'1i ng to do is to sec ure premission from the Board of Education to tea ch it in o ur schoo ls. Ther e, if it wi ll r ea lly ac.::omp l is:1 w:1a t we b2li ev it will accomplish - if it wil l save a year's tim e a nd labor in lemin g to re ad a nd wr i te , if it wil l turn out our ch i ldr en be tt er equ ip t with that p owe r of r easo nin?; un cl e r5 t andinz wh ic:1 is n ecessa ry to every citizen in a land of se lf-governm ent, if it will assist our child r en in le rning to th ink and so to be se lf-rel iant, if it will make each c!1ild a mor e eff ic ie nt human b ei ng- for that is the ultimate test to wh i ch every sc ho ol refo rm must be the work in the sc h oo ls w ill educate public op inion , it wi ll r ece iv the enthus i astic support of ci ti ze ns of eve ry class and k ind Simplified s pe ll ing wil l rep eat the history of the kin der garten and the hi O'h sch ool of ma n ua l train in g and physical ing.

RULE S FOR S l:\ 1 PL !FI EO SPE LI.I NG

Th e following are the rules un der which the simplifications containd in the I i st are groupt. They a re condenst from the circulars men tio nd , and are ar-

r angd in the alfabet ic order of the letter or lette rs. or the s1.1.ffix , affected .

·Rule' h ere m e:: n> s impl y a reco mm , !•dation that app li es to a numb er of word s ha v in g th e sa me irreg ularity of spe lling.

To facilitate acceptance it wa s d ee md exp e di e nt in some cases to r estrict the rul e to a l imited n .1 mb er of the wo rd s in the cla :;s. Any one wi1o chooses to extend t:1e rule at once to al l th e word s of a g iv en is of co u :- se fr ee to do s o.

Aft er ench rul e is gi ven a l ist, ei t he r of a ll the words a ff ected ( if they are not man y), or of a ll th e w ords me ntione d in the o ri g inal rul e, or of a few examples of th e la r ge numb er coverd by the rul e. In the la t ter case "Ex." ('Examples') is prefixt . and "etc." is add e d. If t he offic ial r eco mm en d at ion appli es to all w .:> rcls containing the letter , sequence of let ter s, or suffix, affected, in the pronun ct ion indi cate d, the word RULE is printed in capitals . For so me smal l classes and for iso lated am e ndments no rul e is he re given.

1. a e, or e not. fina l. RUL E: Choose e. Ex. : Anesthetic, chimera, era, es thet i c, e ith e r, medieva l, paleontology, etc .

2. -bt , w ith b silent. RULE: Omit b. D et, dettor, clout, i ndetted , re douted , redoutable.

3. ea pronounced as sbort e. RU L E: Dr op a. Ex. : Heel, spred, tred, thret, we l th, dre mt, ment, pl esa nt, etc.

4. ea prounoun.ed as a, before r.

RULE: Drop e. Harken, hart, harth .

5. -eel or 'd prono u nced - d. RU LE: U se simple d in a ll cases (reduc i ng a double consonant) . Ex.: A im d, armd, burnd, cl ee md , dimd, feld, fild, h angd, r aind, st ird, vei l d, etc,

6. -ed or -t, the preceding si ngle conso nant being- doub ld before -ed (- pped, -ssed) and left si ngle befor e -t (-pt , -st .)

RULE: Choose -t in all cases. Ex.: · Dr i pt , dipt, dro pt, stept , stopt, bl est, prest, mist, blus ht, wa s ht, loc kd, packd etc

7. -e nce or -ense (Latin - en sa). 'RULE: Choose !ense. D efense, offense, pr etense. Also I i cen se (Latin -entia).

8. -ette or- et RU L F: Choose -et. Ex.: Coq uet, epaul et, etiquec, omelet, quartet, quintet , septet, sextet, etc.

. 9 gh or f. RULE: Choose f. Draft n ot draught.

10: -gh s il e nt : (1) -ough or -ow (pronounced au). RULE: Choose - ow (pronounced au). RULE: Choo:;e -ow. Plow. (2) -ough or -o (pronou n ced o) . RULE; Ch oose -o. A ltho th o thoro boro -boro (i n p lace names) furlo (3) -ou gh or -o ( pronounced u): Through thr o' thro. RULE: Ch oose thro, but advan ce it now to thru .

11. - ce unstr est, pronuon ce d -is RULE: Spe ll -is. Ex.: Artifis, coppis, cornis, crevis, edifis, justis, n ot is, serv is etc.

12. -ile unstrest, prounoun ced -i s. - RULE: Omite. Ex. : Agil, futil, ser-v il , etc . Retai n ile when the i is n ot pron ounced short .

13. - ine unrstest, prounouncd in. RULE: Omi t e. Ex.: D eterm in , eng in , d octrio, exam in, genu in , im agin, pristin, etc Retain -ine when the i is not pronounced short.

14. - ise un strest, -is. RULE: Omit e. Anise, mor tis, practi s, promis, treatis.

15. -i se or -i ze (from Gr eek), s uffix of verbs . RULE: Choose -i ze. Ex.: Civilize, criti cize, exo rci ze , legali ze, organi ze, etc.

16. - ite pro nounced -i t.

RULE. Omit e. Ex.: App0sit, d efi n it, infinit, o pp osit, preter i t, etc. R etain -ite when the i is not pronounced short.

17. -ive unstrest, pronounced -1v .

RULE: Omite. Ex.: activ, adjectiv, detectiv, moC: v, na civ , progressiv, etc .

18 - II or-1 (-i ll or -il ). RULE Choo se -1. Distil, ful fil, instil; li ke un;ti l, compe l, i mpel, etc.

19. -11- or -1- (-i ll - O J' -il-, -ull - or -ul -) before -fu l or -n es s. RULE: Choose -1. sk il fu l, wi lf ul, du ln ess , fuln ess

20 . -mb wit h b s il en t. Om il b. Crum, dum, lam, lim num, thum.

2 1. -mn wi th n RULE

Omit n. Autum, co lu m, so lem.

22. oe, or e, not f in al. R 1J LE: Ch oose e. Ex.: Ecume n ica l, csopJ-. agus, ph e nix, subpena, etc .; l ike eco nomy, so lec ism, etc .

23. -our or -or. RULE: Ch oose -o r. Ex.: Ard o r, cand or, cl amo r, co lo r, favor, flavo r, hon or, hum or , labor, ru mo J·, tumor valor vigor etc.·, also, ar bor, . ' '

ha rbo r, neig hbo r. e tc.

24. ph or f. RULE: Ch oose f. Fantasm fanta sy fantom ·sulf ate, sulful ·; like fancy, fr;ntic, coffer , coffin, etc., whi ch or ig inall y h ad ph.

25. ph pronou n ced f. RULE: Use f. Camfor , ci fer; alfabet, diafram, pamfl et; au tograf, bi bliografy, bi og r af v, fo nografy, fotografy, paragraf, te l egraf , telefo n e.

26. -rr or -r. RULE: Ch oose 1'· Bur, pur, like c•.1r, fur, blur, sl ur, spur, car, far , fir, stir , ec

27. -r e or e r. R UL B: Ch oose -er. Ex.: Accouter, cen ter, fi'Jer, mit.e r, niter, sal tpeter, scep t er, sepulcher, so mbe r, specter, th eate r, etc.; li ke diamete r, number, etc .

28. s or z (in the roo t ). RULE: Choose z. Appri ze, co m pr i 'l.e, e nterpri ze, ra ze, surpr ize , teaze l. (S ee also rul ei 5).

29. s medial , s il ent. R ULE: Drops. Ai le, il e, il et, iland.

30. -'.le s il ent, after -g. RUL E- : Om it -ue. Catal og, d ec al og , demagog, pedagog , prolog, l eag, harran g, t.m g.

3 1. -ve after I or r. RU L E: Omit - e. De lv , shelv, twe lv, se lvs, ca r v, c .:rv, n erv , se rv, d eserv, reserv, starv , etc.

A Word to A ll.

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We somet i mes need to be protected from ourse lves especia lly when we have become so ve r sat il th at there are so many in ter ests and attent io n. of the ca p ab le clamori ng for our time Thi s is especia lly true student who is always in de mand as an orga ni ze r and a dmini stl·ator in a ll soc ieties a nd c lubs to which he chooses to ally himself.

H aving these f acts in mind Presi dent H ayes thot wise to appo int what has been de3ignated the "Committee on E nterta in ments ."

It is n ot the purp ose of this comm i ttee to r esort to prohibi tory measures if it can be avo id ed, but r athe r to act in a coop erative way toward a r easo nab le a dj ustment of the soc i al and oth er events of the schoo l that n·ot onJy just is may be secured for a ll but pr otection as we ll.

With th is issue- of th e Normalite there comes in to the editorial office a new boar d of managers. It wou ld be folly to d ec lare at this time what we w ill achieve ; bu t there are certain principles by wh i ch we hope to be governd. In the first place we rea li ze that thi s is a per iodi ca l by a ll the stu de nts, f or a ll the stud ents, and we count it part of o ur duty to keep i ts news colums divided proportionate ly among th e var ious organi zat ions. We hope also to avo id making th is j ou rn al th e organ of a ny particul ar indivi dua l or go up of indi viduals, and ab ove a ll things ·to prevent the pape r from becoming a med i un for "get ting even" w ith any oppressors , rea l or i mag ine d. Nor is the paper to vo i ce the wi ll of the opprest; we h ope rather to h earld so ngs of h ope, visions of gr eat er thn i gs to be, and mesages of constr uct ive progr ess . Wi th these i deal we enter upon our duti es in r esponse to the will of our constituents.

One of t':l e m os t co:n me ndable en te rpri ses und er taken by th e Alumni Assoc iati o n, is i ts con te mplated a ct i on in connecti on wi th th e publication of Dr. J. M. Me Kenzi e's Hi story of Pe ru. For many years th e a lumni and fri e nd s of old Peru, have fe lt th e de s irabil ity of having wr i tten and authe ntic hi sto ry No one is better qual i fid to wr i te s uch a hi sto ry , than Dr. McKenzie, wh o was the fir st pres ident of the s choo l. Th e spirit of tru e loya lty and ha rty coo pe ration t hat h as ever characte riz d th e acti on of th e Alumni Asso cia tio n, ca n fi nd no m ore wo rthy mean s of e xpress in g itse lf t han in a ss uming th e finan cial respons ib i lity co nn ec ted with the publicati on and di st ributi on of the hi story. It is to be ho pt th at no alumnu s, or for mer s tude nt, will fail to avail him self of the privil ege to bo ost for th e His to ry of Peru. The bene fit accruing to Dr. Mcke nzi e and the Association wi ll be mutual. ,;1.

Th e teache r sho uld form an integ ral part of the co mmun ity in whi ch he li ves , taking an ac ti v inter est in a ll that per ta i ns to th e we lfare of soc ie ty.

H is partic ular , funct i on is the education of the y oung; unless he br eath es the bre th into hi s sch oo l, he w ill fall far short of hi s mi ss ion In ord er to become imbued wi th the proper s pirit, he must co me in co ntact with hi s fe ll ow ci ti zens, meet ing th em in th e ir eve ry da y affa irs, and s hould eri ng his s hare of th e respons ibili ti es that devo lve up on all.

Th e citi ze n ow es much to s oc itey . It is not that he share in the paym e nt of taxes for th e s upport of gov e rnm e nt; he should mee t every obli g at ion b P. it pol iti ca l, moral or finan c ial, and the teacher by r eason of hi s be ing a teacher is not exem pt fr om th e ordin ary duti es devo lvi ng up on an y other ci t iz e n.

Can the farm er say, "b eca u se I f eed

t i;e wo rld, I am to l:e excuscl f rom al l c1v 1c duti es"? B eca u se Lh e lawyc1· gi ves full va lu e for t!'le w a::>;e l·cccivcl is he releas t from hi s o bli g1.t ion :; Lo Lhc co mmunity? Th e mini ste1·s of Lhc (: os pel loo k fa ithfu ll y af te r th e s pi 1· i Lua l welfar e of the ir n oc ks, bu t wh o w i II th ey have done a ll t hat is 1·cq u i r, l of th em by s ci ety ? And s:> wiL h m<! n in a ll pr ofess ions a nd o ccup at io n :>; ea ch in addi tion to hi s spe ci al mi ssio n. mu st share in the co mm on affairs of all , if he wo uld be cald a tru e ci ti ze n.

Th e Lect ure Co urse thi s yea r wi 11 be an un usa l ly strong one. Fi ve splen cl i d num be rs h ave b ee n sec m·d, r ep r csc n Li ng th e best tale nt of on the Am e 1· i ca n platfo rm. None of us can affo 1·d Lo mi ss thi s rar e tr e at. We owe it to ou r se lv es, we owe it to o ur o wn se lf i m !wvvemen t to tak e ad va nt age· of th is m ag ni fice nt oppo rtun ity . It . is seldom ind ee d th aL one can he ar s uch an array of fin e tal<.: nt o utside of a large city, a nd when one d ocs, it c os ts ful iy as mt:ch as th e wh ole Icc t ure c ou r se at Pe ru. We have an exa mp le of thi s in th e LeBrun O pe ra Co mpany which ap pea rs in Lin col n thi s y ea r, th e general admission b .:! in g exa ctl y as much as on e ti cket to o ur e ntir e co ur s e. There is abso lute ly noth ing in o u1· s ch oo l life t hat wi ll g ive the sam e meas ur e of up li ft and ins piration for an e qu al e xpe nditure of t im e. But th e Le ctur e Course is d es ig ned to do more, and wi II do more, th an amu se and ente rta in Ab o ve r-.11 else th ere will be som e th in g to take a way, som e thin g that wil l be of last ing be ntfit, s om e thing that wi ll gi ve cultura l re fin ement to th e mi nd a nd hart. It is to be ho pt th at every s tudent in sch oo l wi ll plan to at te nd th ese lec tur es It will be tim e we ll spe nL, mon ey we ll invested th e in ves tm e nt will yie ld a lar ge r r eturn than any sLoc ks or bo nd s you may eve r o wn.

On e of th e st ro nges t forces in keepinJ t.h e evJr in :: rea:>ing st r eam of students c:> mi n?," Per clWJrd is the feeling that the pr .:!.; lig t'1 e sc:l)Oi has w ill bz a m:1terial ad,·dnt·lg-.! tv t:1em. One often hear.; the re mark, " [ w ant Per.1 of me. W .! ar e pr Ltd of bi 3. and want P t: r J wri large in Neb r aska's e ducati.mal hist1 ry.

But w:u1t ha s gi ven Peru her fair n am e? Is it not her a! :1m;1i? £ ,·ery sJc::e:;s that cJmes to a Peruv ian a dd s to h er hm!!. Wh eneYcr cJll ege or uniY ersi sy fin I; oJr c Jnt i.uing tl1e ir an I nn'<inr r. sJp eriJr r ecJ rd, t he mal pr cj Jd i .; no rma l s c:1 Jo l.s is wea:<e ni nJ. \VI1 en eve r an aiJmnJ · w Jr:<;; Oclt a hard pr Jb lem, or a c1 teve:; s uc ::e3s in any fi e ld , he fl ashes "P e ru" upon lhe clo ud s.

It : .5 fortunate that most of our alumni re al i thi 3 r ec ipr ocal re la tio n,hip. May it s pread unt il eve ry w ill h av e con st ant ly in mi nd hi s re spons ibility to hi :; Alma Ma t er, an d by every pr ofes si ona l movem e nt keep a P er uvi an beacon li ;J":1t bu rn i ng on eve ry hill top in Nebraska . "Wo r !< out some truth of n ature each yea r if you would li ve a life of gr eatest servi :>", is a thot gi ven us by the n oted, Eng li .s h Statesman, Gladstone . Is not Per Ll an ideal place, and thi s a good year to fo l low thi s suggestion added to on es grzater usefu ln ess f or next year?

Th e :;e be atifu l aatum days a nd go r geous wood s in vi te one to wa lk s, where m ay be fou nd wild fl ower s, nu ts and leave s un known to other se cti on s of Ne br aska . A ha nd flow er pr ess carri ed on one 's ratn hie t hr u the woods , is very Ii ttle tr ouble, and preservs fl owers an d ler,ves perf ectly fo r fu t ure use. A paper ho rn ets n es t secu red thr u ones ow n effo rt; a kit of clay f or c lay worl< from th e red clay l.:ank near by; a col lect ion of dffere nt wo ods, will make some sc hoo l in western Nebraska t he happy possesso r

of valua ble mat :!r ial for st'.ldy, next O:!tobe r.

E ach pers on dreams of the t im e w:1en beaut i es and wonde rs of the worl d will r e,·eal th emse lves to hi m, thra tr ave l. It is tr ue, fr e que ntl y the m ost in g- siJhts are ve ry cJmm:>n 5->, the associated hi ;;tory is the gr eatest c:1arm. The most an cie nt rui ns offer rar est opport unity fo r thot and i mag inat i on

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To know south eastern Nebraska thoroly is very va luab le in fo rm ation to a t eache r in the State. No m ore i nteresting place ca n be vis ited than tl1e ne i ghboring vi l lage of Br.)wn :;ville. T here m ay be see n the eviden ce of great a mbitions of fiT.st settlers . A few of the found ers of the vi ll age l ive there and gladly recount to in terested visito rs, inci dents relat in g to t he lives of the n ote d c ili zens of th e St.ate who were former r es i dents, also those even ts that m ade the ear ly history of Nebraska, in the t im e of the und erg rou nd rai lr oad . A da y spent in Nebraska City the home of J. Ster ling Morto n, and a vis it to the State B lind in st ituti on are wo r thy mot ives for a vi si t. The lo cation of the fir st coal min e and the su rroun ding bluffs, together with the Mi ssou ri ri ve r are a ll worthy of a stude nts stud y and in vest!gati o n.

Th ose fo rm er studen ts wh o have past fr om here in to educa ti on al acti vities retur n at ti mes, and always r efe r to the last ing impr ess ions mad e upo n them by these co mmo n t hin gs about u s.

In pr oport ion as he exp lor d, kn ew and li ve d in hi s s urroundings, n ot si mp ly sta id prepa ri ng for li fe , he now i nspires th e li ves of ot her s.

Jan e Addams states, " It is easy to become a dupe of deferd p ur p ose be li eving that one is preparing for some th in gs to come. Let us th is year gai n power in Ji vi ng woich will insu re the r ea li zat ion of a succesful future, full of h appy memor ies, in ear nest sea r ch for

knowledge afforded us by "God's Out of and therefore pr op ose s to fo ll ow the doors.''

Readers of this paper have observed that the spelling herein emp loyed is the va ri ety known as "simplified spelling." This advance has been enterd upon after deliberation, and has been made possible by the courticies extended by the Simplified Spelling Board. Readers who care to know more about this whole movement, or who wish a copy of the li st of 11 00 word > now in clud ed in the latest rec:>mmendati ons, can be accommodated by writing to the Simplified Spelling Board, 1 Madison Avenue, New Yrok City. P ersons in Peru who may wish a copy of this circu lar may secure the same by calling at tl-te registrar's office. Any one who is interested in constructive English shou ld send for a copy of Calvin Thomas' '' L etter to Teachers,'' one of the most masterful pieces of argument to be found any where.

It is said that over in f orested Africa the natives' path s from place to place are unreasonably crooked. This is explaind by the fact that when a tree falls across a path the natives go around the tree and continue in the paths thus made long after the tree itself has decayed and ceased to be an obstruct ion. It is enough fo r the native to know that the fath e rs trod that way. Not very different is it in the matter of our Engli sh spelling. We have a ll been Africans more or less in o ur orth og raf y. When a straig hten ing of the orthografic paths is proposd a popular appeal is always made to prejudi s. Reason is all absolute ly on t he side of the proposd reform. If only enuf of us cut across, we can soon make a path such as ot hers will be wi llin g to follow. Sha ll we be led by prejudis or by re ason? The Normali te ha s faith in the rule of inte lligence am ong the teachers of Nebraska, path of reason.

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Faculty Co mmittee up on Enter l.:'l. inments submitted th e fo ll o win g reco mmendations to the F acu l ty at its cal d meeting Se ptember 2 6, w hi ch was adopted unanimously:

1. That all public fun c ti ons, in cludin g socials , shall ha ve the sa n ct ion of this committza for

2. Plans for canva ss in g the sLue! en L community with ticke ts sho uld be su bmitted to thi s committee for a pp rova l.

3. That Monday ni g ht of each week be s et apart as "Club Ni gh t" a nd Lhat the Science German a nd Latin Cl ubs , ha ve regular mee tings at th at tim e.

And th at the last Tu esd ay evenin g of each cal e ndar month, so fa r as possi bl e, be kept open for the Dramati c Club.

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4. That events of a so ci al na tu re shou ld receive the approval of thi s committee at l east thre e day s befor e th e function is to be held.

5. Sch e dule for regular annual or s emester fun ctions sh ould be submitted to this committee at least one month in advance of the presentation.

6. Sche d:.1les of reh ears als not provided for in th e cu r ri c .1lum mu st be arranged for wi th this co mmittee.

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Beck :- Construct a se ntence with th e word ''defeat'.' Pupi I :-Soap and water is good for de feet.

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Staack:-! can cook, having ba tchd for six weeks once. Mi ss C. -I want to marry a man who can cook.

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Hu sh, littl e d oggie, Don't yo u cry; Youll be a weinerwurst By and by.

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Senior Notes.

Junior s of ::do r mer years have returned in unu sua lly large numbers to be grl'cluatcl with class of ' 12.

Ste l la Fairchild , Goldie Applegate, N. E. Nipp e rt and Merle Sw:m are am ong th ose who are to comp lete the ir wot·k at the entl of the first semester.

Acco r ding to the n ew plan of the enter ta inm e nt committee, sc hoo l duties will not in te rfe re with social obligation s for se , ·eral co nsecutiv e evenings . Th is ch ang e should prove a bened i ction to the busy sen io r.

The se ni')r class is beg innin g to take defi nit ac tion in orga ni zi ng for the year. Com11ittee> hav e been appoin te d to to be up on· by the cla c;c; . Thi s p la n has hi the rto provd to be an effect iv meam of fa c ili tat ing cla ss affairs.

The seve ra l cla ss es again have the privilege of ho lding sepa r ate chape l exe r cises on ce ·each wee k. Th e sen iors h eld the ir first m eet ing Sep te mber 27, at whi ::!h t im e t hey li ste nd to a short talk by Professor De!zell. Ra y Lund y was a me mc er of the l'!ormalite board and May Fudge was elec ted seni or class r eporte r.

L ast yea r our class n um berd less than a h me mb er s, but it is a m ost n otab!e fact Lhat out of that numb e r, a l::Tf'"l r perce nt has re turnd fo r graduati on th 'l n ever b efore in the hi sto ry of t he ; choo l. Th ere is n ow a t otal enro lo£ one hu nd red. twenty fiv e and it is exnected that th is n .1mber will have in ::r •asd to hundr ed fifty by the begi nn i ng of the seco nd semester.

As Jun iors we took spec ial pride in hE- i ng so ab ly r epresented in a ll forms of <l t i-tle : icc; var i ous other sc h oo l en t"- rJ.·:· d. T.1at so m o. ny of ou r m ost eff ie-

ient ath letes have returnd is indicativ of the fact that we are to have a pr oin in ent place in the same activ i ties this year.

At a m eet ing of the senior cla ss held Wed nesday night .September 26 the follow ing persons we re chosen as officers for the year : Presi d ent, R. E. Bail ey of Oakland; Vice - president, J attie Hendr i cks of Nelson; Se cr etary Edna Sharp of Beemer; Tres lll·er H. H. Moyer, of Fa irfi e ld I owa . With t hi s splendid corps of ene rgetic offi c es the Saniors feel s ure of a very successful a nd enjoya bl e year.

Saturday morning, September 21, was se lected as the t im e for the first soc i :1l affair of the year At six-thirty o'cl o ::k all sen i ors armd with a cup and spoo:1, assemb ld in front of th e chapel, and fr om there wended t heir way to a woody sp ot west of town. Several who had gone ahed to build a campfire had a very sad experience. They do adm it rath er reluctantly that handl es of cans are affected by he at even tho ti ed to a pole of generous dimensions a nd the coffee once spild is gone for eve r. M ter the usual games a nd gymnast ic exhibiti ons all were ready for brekfas t. Professo r De lze ll 's happ in ess a nd heltb were despaird of for some t ime. Each senior came away feeling so meth ing of the sp ir it of loya lty and good fe ll owship which prevaild.

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Ju nior C lass.

Our cl ass , one hundr ed f orty strong is four times its so phmore promise.

Mo st of last year's members are back a nd , of course, many n ew fac e .

We are a cosmopoli '. an bunch a man from Way ne, Chri stemon; one fr J,n In diana, Dust man ; t wo fro m th gr eat pla in s r eg ion, Mew hi rter.:; ; and !VIiss Moo re from I owa.

A good ly bunch of OGr J. nior boys is

found up:m the f oot- ball fie ld each eve ning. Among them are Rou se , Sim, Christensen, the Mewhir ters, Hend ri ck, Tyson, and D eBo l t. Th e pr ospects are ve ry fov .) rabl e for a goo d str ong class basket- ba ll team.

T headv iso r t:> the cl 9.::nd Ltrin:r i ts s:>p homo re year , Mr. Chire C:>rn ell, h;t3 bee n cald to the leadership of t he U ni ve rsi ty band. The class is great ly pleasd to learn of hi s being r ecent ly honord by a pl ace up :m the recep tion committee for Preside nt Taft

At seve n o 'cl ock We dnesday eve ning, September 27, the v ill agers li vi ng along seven teenth street were brot to the ir doors by the chatter of many vo i ces a nd the tred as that of a host. From the ir doors they could see a lin e extending two bl ocks in length, three or four a br est. It was the Junior class start ing for the woods for th e ir "get acquai ntparty. Cha irman E ll e nb er ger a nd hJ s comm ittee were in the van. Ther efre shment comm i ttee, wi th t he campfires, around w hich lar ge gro ups gathered to toast weenies, became th e center of attraction with story h our following close u po n refr eshments . Few wi 11 forget soon that great circle around the campfire and the harty laughs th at ar ose after each story. After another ser i es of games some of the b oys started "Go odnight L adies" and al l took that as a signa l for " g:>:>dnight." A royal time, yes, and warra nt for the name • 'a I i ve bunch."

The Ju niors met We dn esd ay evening, October4, and elected the followi ng o fficers: N. Tyson, president; G. H. D eBo lt , vice president ; Grace Te ich , secretar;y Charles Li vely, tresurer; Frank Ellenberger, Norma li te board; A. Wick la nd, sergent at arms; Phi l Rouse, yell leader.

The ju nior claSs is the largest in the

Nor11al, a 1:))ut one h und r ed mcm ber s, and with the capab le oflic-cr s Lh ·y h ave elected they ought t•> ha\·c on e of th e st rongest clas.:;es in the hi sto•·y of the Norma l.

Th e J un ior s' coat of ar m:;, a g-o ld 'I :i with in a gold horsesh oe and a hrnwn backg ro und, fl oat in g majestical ly o\·er a ll , wi ll lead them on to vi cLory.

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Not es .

Mr s. Nettleton, our esteem<.! class advi se r, whose prolongd visit in the cast ended last week, is a ga in with us . Th e class exte n ds i ts harti est greet i ng-s to her.

T he for mer memb ers of the cl ass · J..l are espec ialy g lad to we lcome a cons i der ab le n·Jmb er of n ew students who have e nterd o ur ranks. We de plo re the fact, h owaver, that severa l of th ese who we re w ith us as fre s hm an ha v() f ou nd it ne cessa ry to leave sc h o::> l; in sp ite of thi s fact o ur e nro llm ent exceeds that of last yea r.

A spec i al m ee ting of the class was ca ll ed for the purp ose of orga ni zat ion on S epte mber 29. Th e fo ll ow in g ofTice •·s were chosen Roland Wi ckam, Pres .; Bessie Cura n, Vice Pres.; Ruby Hu ff, Secretary; Marsha ll Jon es, Tresurer; Cass iu s Ke ndedy, Norma li te Board; H c.ze l Jo hnson, Norma li te Re porter.

Judg in g from the m ate ri al we sha ll make a good sh ow ing in athl et i cs th is year. Severa l of the b oys ar e go ing o ut for fo otbal l. T hi s fa ct is m ade manifest by the numb er of black eyes , espec ia ll y Wear's.

Freshman Note s.

T he Freshman held the ir fir st meeti ng W ednesday , Septemb er 2 7, at w hi ch

tin w the foll o wing officers wer elected; Hal Gla ..;g-d w. prc.; idn ct; Le na Cole , secr etary : J osephine Ho lm an . vice pr es id ent ; C! ar en ::e H owie , Ver ne Chatelai n, of the Normalite Boa rd; Ralph Han ks, sergent at arms .

Wc are very g-lad to t ha t Pr Jf::! :3Jr ;n' b e:! n c:n3e n for adY ise r. Th JS f.>r he h'1 3 pnYd him se lf wor chy of pla ce and w il l und o uted ly c mduct t:1e c :ass s ucc ::!sfully th r uout i ts career.

W.,o clne -;clay 4, the fr eshme n held i ts fi rst pi cnic in the ev2n in g was m:>s t e nj :>yab ly sp ent pl ay in g all so r ts of gam es and the n wi en ies and ma r .:;h -mell ow;; on th e e nd of a forkd stick in o ld camp st ;le. Of of r ules laid d ) Wn by o·Jr s.1perio r .>, the class t1 )k partic.1 lar care t:> b .:! in Peru by 9.30 o'c l ock .

T 1 ain er Class.

Tr a in 2r3 tw en ty four

Th e outlook th is yea r is b ette r t han form er ye ar.

Th e Tra in ers held th e ir fir st sepa ra te cb.:>3 ch1.pe l We :lnes::lay 8, in r .:>:>m T. 308 . Th e devotional exerc ises were led by Mr s. Crawfo rd, our advio3r.

Mi ss Bessie Arm s tro ng ha s been elected r epr2se n tat iv for th e Norm 9. lite. Oth er office rs will be·ele:!t ed at o ur next m eet in g.

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Mi ss Jon es was cald home on a cco unt of th e deth of her br other Th e class extend s its sy mpa thy to Mis s Jones.

Miss B ess ie H op:dns enjoyd a vi s it her fath er one day du ring the seco nd wee k of sch oo l.

Th ere ar e a n um ber of trainers of form er yean e nr o lld 83 J unio r3 and Seni or s.

Miss Witty a memb er of l ast year's class is t eachin g at Hebron, Nebraska. A ca rd r ece i vd states she is getting along ni ce ly.

Pr eparatory Class.

Th is yeg r a new class was added to the State Normal, by a state law which cha nge d the entra nce r equiremen ts so as to let mature stu den ts register in the pre pa ratory cour se, prov iding they have completed the course 'in the ir ho me school.

Th e pr epar atory class is now · composd of thirty five m em bers with Prof essor We e ks as adv iso r.

For Thm s da y October 5, the class had pland a h ay rack ·ride and a picnic dinn er at B Jck Creek . A heav y ra in compe ld the class to ho ld i t<> picnic in it s m eeti ng pla ce, I. 30 1 and 303. Th e fir ,:;t part of the evenin g was spent in games, gett in g acquainted and learn ing class and yells At six o'clock a supper was servd on an im pr ov isd banque t tab le after which a f ew mem be rs resp:ma ed wi th a few toasts.

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Everett literary Society.

With over one hundr ed n ew members in add iti on to a large num ber of tho se who were with us befo re , the Everet t Lit erary Society commen cd a new year of a ctivi ty

Whil e we are to l ose Pr ofessor Cornell fr om our so ci ety yet we are glad to wel co me Mi ss W oo ds who has been esto fil l hi s plac e and who is very ab le and comp etent to dir ect the affa ir s of a L iterar y Society.

At the fir st m ee ting the following officers we re eleCted; Phil R ouse, P res id ent ; Car l Over to n, Vi ce Pres id e nt; Maud Mil -

ler, Rec or ding Secretary; Sara J ewe ll, Correspo nding Secretary; R. E. Ba iley Tresurer; He nr y Schott, Sergta nt at arms; Cathe rin e Gr ee nl ee, mem b :;!r of Nor ma li te Boa rd; Frank Adam s, Cr it i c; H. H. Moyer, Attorney;:Ma ud Mill e r, R. E. Bail ey , R owe na Brannaman , Mr. R')se, a nd May Shi ve ly. Trustees.

Th e me e ti ng on September 29, was devoted to an inform al r ecep ti on Co n ve ntional games were playd in order that a ll mi g ht become acqua int e d. Durin g the evening a sh ort musica l progr am was given. Dr. House sa ng t wo se le cti ons

Li ght ref r es hmen ts we re servd during the latter part of the eve ning.

We as E ver etts are ve ry enthu s iastic over the b eg inning wh ich has b ee n ma de and h ope to e njoy a very plesant and successf ul year.

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Philoma th en

Th e first meeti ng of the Phil oma th ea n society was held Septem ber 15. Th e officers f or the sem ester we re elec ted, after wh ich Dr House enterta ind the society with several mu sical numb ers Th e remain d er of the evening was spent in ha ving a soc ial t im e and getting acq ua in ted with the n ew members. After the refr esh me nts were servd th e plesant eve ning came to a close. ·

Th e members hi p of th e soci e ty is rapid1y in creas ing, ·and a goo d h elpfu l year is looked forward to.

The motto of the wciety is, "Phi lomatheans respond to Du ty ."

Following is the program given in Phil o H all Septemb er22;

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Miss T eo ch I ntroduction of New Officers, Pres id e nt , Mr Clemen ts; Vice pres idn e t, Mi ss Reed ; Treasurer Mr. Novak;' Recording Secretary, Miss Wri gh t; Correspo nd i ng Secretar y, Mi ss P eterso n; Ser-

ge ant , Mr. J ohn so n: T ru secs i\ 1iss Mil le r, Mr. Wickl an d, Mi ss Hcn cl t·ic ks Voca l S :> lo Mi ss Cou rl right A Welcome to Phi lo Pn>fc! s 1r Delze ll Re ading Whi st lin g Solo

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Latin Clob .

On Se ptembe r 1 9, t!l c Lat in met for the p u1 ·pose of org an iz in g·. AL Lb e mee tin g Ste ll a I• airc hi ld wa s elected pres id e nt and Ce ce li a Ho e hn e, sec r eta ry a nd tr easu r er . The offi se rs elec ted Lh en gave impr o mptu, sp ee ch es, ea ch pr.Jm ising loya lty to th e org ani zation, and as ko ur coop er at ion. Thi s ye ar o nl y a clL 3. tin' stu dents are allo wed member shi p in the c lub. We are sony th at this rulin g exc l ud es fr om our socie ty some of t he Caesar pupi Is wh o we re desi rous of uni ti ng with u s. Ou r wo rk pro mi ses to be very helpf u.l and inter es tin g, as Miss Clark wi ll gu id e us al o ng s:_:)ec ial lin es of !:> tudy and w ill offe r many suggest ions th at wi ll be of se rvi ce to th ose inte nding to teach Lat in.

Our ne xt m eet ing was he ld October 2. We fir st had a short bu s in e ss m ee ti ng , durin g which the Norma li te re porter, Haze l Taylor, was elec t ed . Th e remaind er of th e was sp e nt in playing a La tin game s imil ar to ''aut hor s," an add i ti o na! fe atur e be in g th at th e pr in ci pa l par ts of the verb mu st be· given before th e d es ired card is wo n. Be for e adjourning we sang , "Dominae, Nox Bona ."

The Latin C lu b wi ll aga in asse mb le Octobe r! 1 6. The fo ll ow in g progra m will then be gi ven : Li fe of Caesar Cather in e Gree n l ee Ca esar as a W arri or a nd Statesman

Ste ll a Fairc hild Caesa r, th e Writer a nd Orator

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Ca (S2 r in Li lure Edna harp Par ewcll 'm:.r · · Dominae.1 ox Bona" A ll me mb e rs s'1ould be present .

D ramat ic Clu b.

Th e fir st Dramatic C lub me et in g wa s he! d Scpt.ember 2n, at whi ch the f ol lowin g oflis ers Qlccted : Fr ank El le nber ge r, pr ..:!s id ent; l\f i ss Be rtha R ee d, vice pr es id e nt; T1Ir. Shc.we r, tresJ re r: Mi ss Bulah Rad •r. scc r ctar:' ; l\I L Over ton, se r ;rcan

Wh en Lhe met Octobe r 2. the following co m m i ttecs were app o in ted: Program -Mi ss l\1 :\T tle Re ed, chairman , Ivl i ss May G las;sow . l\I r. Ben J ones. r oom , Mi ss Alta \".'ells cha irman , Mr. Hal Glasgow, Ca ss i us Kenne dy.

At the se::o nd me e li ng nin eteen names were present e d, whi ch were add ed to the rol l.

W atch fo r '' Th e B ur g lar, '' Tu esday eve nin g, Oc tobe r 3 1. .JI.

Ger man rJ ub.

On Wed n esday eve nir.g, S =ptember 20 th e Ger man Club elected th e fo ll o wing offisers: Be rth a Lam be rt , pr es !de nt ; Anna Me rm et , vi ce pr es id en t; Frank Adams, sec1·etary; Mr. Staack, tres •Jre r; H aze l Jo hn s::> n, pianist; Eb ba Wal st r om, Normal i te rep o rter. Th e enth •Js iasm sho wn indi cates a very pr o fitab le yea r for th e c lu b. The meetings wi II be he ld eve ry two weeks on the usual even ing. All who are int er este d in Ge r man are irivi ted to be prese nt.

Th e fir st r egu lar m ee ting of the German Cl ub wa s hel d Mon d 9.y , October 2. The prog ram wa s opend by si ngin g several good ol d German songs Th ese were fo ll ow ed by a few re mar ks by the pr es id e nt exp laining th e b as is up on whi ch th e Club woul d mainta in thi s

y ea r. For the evenings e nte rtainment the Cabinet had pr epard a good o!d fash i ond " Kaffe Kla th ." Th at every one en te rd in to the sp iri t of the occas ion was manifested b); the enjoy m ent receiYd fr om playing " Thal er, Thaler .. , Durin g the r ef reshments th e club listend to a we ll re nd e rd so lo by Miss Teich.

Mar ..;a rent Saek i3 teaching Ge!·man at Cha dron.

Eva P oe ll et a last year 's grad i! ate is teaching ge rm an at Blan chard, Iowa

Lenore Mue hl eis, ·u, has the German work at Blue Sp rings. She will r ead a paper on "The T eachi ng of German ," before the German sect ion of the State T eac her s' Ass:>ciation at Omaha th is year. .;/-

A gricult ural Society

B e::ause of the tim e that has been requird to arrange the various soc ieties into an association of sc i ences, a nd on account of the time needed f or the formulatio n of plans for the meetings of the vari ous clubs of the Normal , the Agricultura l Soc i ety did not ho ld its firs t meeting till Oc tober 8. At t hi s meeting it was unanimously voted to join the ,S tate Norma l Associati on of Sc ie nces , officers were elected, and a program fo r the · evening meeting was arrangd.

Th e Agricultural Soc!ety is open. to any one i nterested in getting fr esh info r mation on the newe r p hase3 of the great fi e ld of k nowledge. Picn ics and excur si ons ar e always a feature of the soc iety, not the least Int erest in g of whi ch will be the "a nn ual h us king" bee held in the gymnasi um in late Octobe r. Thi s is a real h usk i ng bee with real corn in t he shock, r ea l red appl es, re al pumpkin pies, and r ea l boys and girl s in the ga me a nd pe rh aps some real red ears of co rn.

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Y. M C. A.

The firs t m eet ing for the yea r 19 11-1 2 was he ld on Sunday Septemb e r, 18, in E ve rett pa ll, with L. A. Wickland as leader . The tim e was spent as a get acqua inted mee ting in wh ich eac h ona prese nt told who he was and where he was from making the m eeti ng one of great interest and never to be for gotten by all prese nt.

TheY M. C. A. is und er a very comp etent list of office rs, who are we ll ab le t) make thi s the m ost profitab le y ea r fur · this work. They are as follow s: Pr es ident, L. A. Wickland; Vi ce Pres id e nt , Chester Darrow; -R eco rding S ec retary, Charles Li vely; Corresponding Sacr etary, E. C. Beck; Tresurer, Warren E. Burre ll e; Ad viso r, F. M. Gregg .

One of the long lookt for annual events of Pe ru Norma l is the Stag pa r ty given by th e Y. M. C. A. The party given t hi s year was one which will linger in the min ds of prese n t, even af te r the cobwebs of da il y toil and pass ing years have spe rd themselves over our brains. We will not f orget how the race between Lively a nd Dorsey came o ut, nor h ow the human horse race was l ost After a ll the h ea t-ty laughs were over sp ee ches by so me of our Y. M. C. A. pushers were gi ven. Space w ill not permit the ment ion ing of the good which was thrown out in these speech es All of thi s was for the outer man but the Stags never forg et th e ca ll of "innerman" which caused each wi th hi s cup and spo on to pass tne cooks' depar tment when coffee, sa ndwiches and "wienerwurst" queld the fee ling causd by laughter and exercise.

The acquaintances of th e Stags were not forgotten as shown by the met i ng on Sunday Septembe r 25, when a g oo dly number gatherd in the Everett Hal l.

Th e m ee t in g wa s led by Mr. lh: nd ri c ks who carr ied int o th e m eet in g Lhe spi rit of the tim e by a Lal k, ''Ge tLi ng inlo the Gam (! ." Th e m_c Ling w as n:nd C' t·ed more in teres ti-ng b; a solo fr om the ever read y mu sici an. S·mfo rd In tere st in g fiv e m'n .tlc La l ks we re giv en by different m .:! nt her :::; Lc ll ing of th e:! in Am •ri ca

Th e maeti ng on l w as led by Profes£or Gr .? gg . Thi s mee Lin g- lik e the rest was very in ter est ing as we ll as inst ru ctiv, sh ow in g us how Lh (! nY>ra b which w e. ho ld today we re inh ri te d by us.

Th e Y. M. C. A. Den in th e c hap el bu ild1ng zs to be rem od el d and fi x·. up, m ak ing a genera l c ommittee and •·est r oom f or all Y. M. C. A. and all i ts friends.

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Y. W. C. A.

Twe nty fiv e fears ag o the Youn g VI/ oman's Chri s ian Associa ti on was or gan.: ized in th e Pe ru State Normal. At twenty fiv e years of aga the ave rage iQdidua l is just beg innin g to be of re al u se to the wor ld and to him ,;elf. Whil e every year of o ur exesten ce has be en u sef ul and activ e, we feel that in th is, the twe nty fifth year, we are in po si tion to better m eet the needs of the you ng women in our Norm al th an eve r before in the hi sto ry of the ·organi zat io n. The outlo ok for the year could n ot be b ette r; th e spirit of good f ellowship a nd in terest in the Associatio n among the girls generally is most e ncou arging Our activ m emb ers hip nu mbers 175 and every day sees the add iti on of new me mbers . A ve ry consertativ estimate to pl ace on the ultimate numb er we will have within a few w eeks , would be two h undred . Counting our · affili ated membership or gani zat ion, of which we are j ustly proud, in numbers we w ill reach nearly

th e t:we e lrJ ntlr e I nn r\ d ur i ng the year. has at last been fi ld. by the secur ing of a Be in g the larg es t or gan izat ion in the in- co nvenient, tho small, rest room. offis stit•Jt ion na tur al ly t:1e biggest th in gs and form e rly occupied by the r egistar, has large -; t rc:;u lts w: ll be expec t ed fr om us. been furni s ht wi th almost entirely new Th e work of it s a· ;oc iat ion a nd it s influ- f.urnitur e, and the walls appropriately encc will be n ex te n ded and ti nted and dec orated in cream a nd s tr en gt h E. nJ th is y ea r be cau se of th e se r- bro wn, the color scheme of the room. vice o;: Lh c s tu de nt secr eta ry, Frances The Associat ion feels grateful to the Wil la rJ Blake, a pp o in ted in Marc h of L adi es' Art C lub for i ts presentation of a last ye ar. magnifici e nt "Sisti ne Madonna", a nd

We are ha v in g sple nd id n oo nday to Miss Mears fo r her g ift to of" The pra/ er m ee tin gs th ese d ays, and a go odly lost Sheep." Th e se ct ional bookcase preNo more pr o fitabl e expend- by the Cab ine t of 19 10-11 , occui ture of th e tim e fr om twe l ve to twe lve pies a place Jn the r oom . Th e hours twe nty ea ch da y can be made than to go whi ch the room will be open for u es, are to T301 and jo in in the good thi ngs 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. every day w hi ch the facult y memb ers and studen ;-) we ek , S un days mcluded. Every gi rl IS pre se nt. urgd to make use of the Rest ·r-600 01t.

Begi nning wit h th is s ch ool year the Youn g Wom ans C hri s tian Assoc iati on in- 'l.Qc .;f. ,.. .& augurates a new sche me of Sunday me etin gs. The first mee tin g of the year was an informat ional meeting about the assoc iat ion, its organization, manageme nt, and purpose. Thi s m eet ing was led by the Pres i dent, Gertude Smith A st rong Bib le Study Rally presenting th e Wh y, Wh e n. and How, was master ful y carried ou t by Mabel · Swanson, Bible Study Cha ir ma n, th e seco nd Sund ay. Th e Ass oc iat ion is offeri ng in each of three churches exceptiona ll y va luab le co urs es, Miss Stoner hav ing in charge the work at the Methodist church on the book of Genes i s; The wo rk in the Foreshadcw in g of Christ is und er the direction of Proffessor Delze ll at the Baptist Ch urch a nd Rev. Ho ll ingswo rt h .i s giving wor k in a teac h ers ' Tra ining Course at the Chri st ian church. Some t wo hund red or more gir ls are enro ld in the var iou s Sunday sc h ool a nd Bible classes. This number does n ot co n st itu te half the g irl s in scho ol. May we n ot h ope to double number in the immediate future?

A l ong fe lt want in the Association . A. ·. "

On September 24 , the N. C. C. A. met and elected offisers for the coming semester Th e following per sons were chosen by the Association to fill the different offises : Mt·. Dominick Kan tor, president; Miss Con way, secr etary; Miss A nna Sugrue, v ice-president; Mr. Charles Novak, tr esurer and business manager; Miss Ha tt ie Prosch asca, chairman of program comm ittee

The assoc i ati on in vi t es all stud ents of the Cat hol ic faith at that the entire society work i ng with thi s co rps of offisers may be a most s uccessf ul one.

The N. C. A. enjoyed a visit from Rev Fath er Dowd of Nebraska City on Thursday, September 21. Father Dowd is great ly intereste d in us and is pu tt ing forth an earnaet effirt to have a new Ca tholic Chu rch estab lisht :n Peru.

Miss H ey is attend ing the Co lum bian School of Express ion in Chicago.

Th ere are about one hun dred fifty st ud ents r eg isterd for Publi c Schoo l mus ic who are anxiously antic ipat ing the lesso ns in the n ew r oom over th e Li br ary .

Judging by num ber of dicipl es one sees practising art of rh ythm and accent , there w ill ne ver be a dear th of people to sw ing the ban to n in Nebraska .

Th e class begun work ve ry un eve nly qualified but the people to whom sig ht r ea ding was a new pr oble m are vo l unta ril y bring ing the classes n earer an average a bili ty by do ing a ce r ta in amount of ou tside work befor e each lesso n.

It is to be hop t t hat eac h taking the work for the second semester wi ll be able to actually w<e bo th th e baton and pitch-pipe, and conduct th e class at least once bef ore the en d of th e ha lf ' year.

The beg inners' orch estra wi ll hold i ts first reher sa l Wedn esday evening, October 4, at seve n o'cloc k. There are seventeen instruments r egistere d at he pr esent ti me .

The aim of thi s organi zat ion is to teach the fundam enta ls and to interest as many people as p oss ibl e, who have never had any exper ience with an in -· st rume nt.

Each mem ber has gone into th e wo rk wi th th e und er sta ndin g that he r eceiv

class in struc tio n, and in n ea rl y CH' I'Y inst ance the stude nt has giYen c ,·idencc of the s in cer i ty of hi s h:-· se ndin g var io us dis t ances for an in st r um ent. Any student wi10 may wi sh Lo g-eL a in this way will be we lcv md Lo the tho it is to th e pup i l' s adva nta g-e Lo jo in as earl y as p oss ibl e.

Th e Peru No rm al Orchestra und er Lhc effic ient lead er sh ip of Profe sso r Smith has made a fine start in i ts work. Al l th at is nec ess:ny now to mak e the orches tra as goo d a one as Per u ever had is a few more exper i enced vi ol in players . Any one who h as ever done orchestnt work w ill be glad ly w elcomd by t hi s organi zat i on Wor k w ill soon b eg- un on the two se lect ion s, "Will iam Tell " nad ''Th e Poet a nd th e P easant . ''

Th e Glee Club or gan ized d ur in g the seco nd w2ek of sc h oo l at pr ese nt has an e nr'o ll ment of twenty-four m embers . Th ere is a goo d d ea l of n ew materia l in the club t hi s year, but unde r the comp etent lea d ersh ip of it s dir ec to r, Dr. H ouse , it is rapid ly getting in to good work ing orde r. Co ntrary to the cu sto m of prev i ous years, th e c lub is try in g the p lan of eve nin g reher sa ls and so far it h as succeeded very we ll. Th ey h ave b een working on th e t hr ee follow i ng sele cti ons: Over the Hi ll s at Earl y Mor n, Tumbuc too , by Adam Ge ib el, and Ancho rd by Michael W atso n. Miss Grayce Te ich is th e ir accompan ist

Just in Of Tiimc

We have r eceived our n ew line of J ewe lry and would be pl ease d ha ve yo u look at the n ew sty les wh eth er yo u buy or no t. L et us do your repai r work. We guara ntee to pl ease Charges are as reasanabl e as first -class w ill perm it. ASK AB OU T US

II II

By E. . Beck

Ca ptain ... ha,·c r. the leade r of o ur gr id iron wa r ri or s, is a man stand ing fiyc f eet ni ne i nc!1c s in hei g ht and weighing 185 po ·.mcl:; . His pos ition is that of lef t tackle. He h::t h ad con i dcrabl e footba ll e xp e ri ence, this be in g hi s third y ea r wi f1 the No rmal s. "Cap'· e ndeared h im se lf to a ll f oot ball enthusiasts when he ga i nd s ixty yards in thre e co nsec:.ttiv down s again st K ea rn ey la st fall. His pr owess wa s r ecognizd all o\·er the circu it last yea r, and his name appea rd in the Al l-N ebr aska line- up He is a hard, hed y player, a "peppe ry" leade r, a loya l cow or ke r, and a jo l ly co m panion . He s hin es no b ri gh ter on the ath let ic fi e ld than he d oes amo ng the fe ll ows . He deser ves ou r ai d; so help the team by ch eerin g the captain.

Da il y s in ce Mo nd ay, Septem ber 11 , Coac h Th ac ker h as h ad a bun ch out carry in g the ba ll. Th e " tr youts "' h ave b een gi ve n a st iff wo r ko ut a nd any m an w ill pr ofit from the exe rci ses gi ve n.

Sign al p ract is and bucking h as been used the past two weeks . Th e o ld men who have do nn ed the s ui ts are "Cap" Shaver, "P in k" Renfr o, L undy Baz il S im s, "Pewee" Ralsto n, "N ip " Nippe rt an d Gi fford . The new men m ak in g a fa ir sh owi ng are, 'Ho n" Sc h ott, T yso n, L. Mew hi rte r, Chri ste nso n, DeBo lt , He nd r icks, "Wab" Ralston, Roetger, C. M cwhi rter and Beck.

Th e Athl et ic Assoc ia ti on he ld its m eet i ng September 19 , and elected th e fo ll ow in g offi sers: W. E. Ni pper t, preside nt; Jo hn W ear, Jr. , vi ce pres id e nt ; Glad ys T ay lor, secretar y; "Sharkey" Moye r. treasurer; Bertha La mb e rt and Ba s il S im s, me mb ers of b oa rd ; E. C. Beck, Norma l ite repor ter.

We hm·e a prom ising outloo k for a winnin g girls' basket ball team this fall.

··Pi nk' s' ' toe is still in working orde r. T!1e man wh o o:1t- panted Frank and won a place on the All - Nebraska EJe,·en. sp iral s the ba ll down the field some fifty yards per effort.

The schedu le for foo t ball to d ate is :

October 7, second U ni vers i ty at Peru

Oc to ber 14, Neb r aska Ci ty H. S. at Pe ru

October 20, Doane at Crete. oYember 3, Cotner at Peru .

No ,·ember 17, T ar ki o at Aub urn or T arkio.

No,·emb er 30, K earn ey at Peru.

Coach· T hacker b egan h is work at Mich i ga n State A£;I·icultural Co ll ege as assistant u nde r Coach Brewer After two yea rs of tra ining under Brewer, he left to coach the Traver se C ity high schoo l, work ing the re fo ur yea rs. His t eam was the champ ion of Michi gan , and were not even scord aga i nst the last two yea r s. -Omaha Da il y Bee.

At a m ee ti ng of the Athl etic Boar d, Bazi l Si ms was elected manager of footba ll , E. C. Beck rr.a r ager of b"SkPt bal l and Sa nfo, '' ffi (

A r ousi ng t\. -. 'f-Ja)i >:lJ.IIY was held in chap el F ri day mo rn ing, 29. Over three hu ndred st udents b ought seas.on tickets.

T wo hu ndred fa tr coeds b ravd the sto rm of Sat urday evening a nd pa rtic ipated in a r ea l g irl s par ty That Pe ru has a ba nd of g irl s with good vo i ces was shown thru out the evening. They provd themse lvs mentall y eq ui pt as we ll. But whe re they di d them sel vs justis best was in the last st un t, that of eating water me lons. Every gi rl left at the proper ti me with a sp iri t of congeni al ity and good w ill toward al l.

II [ocal an d II

Mi ss B randson e nte rd up on her duties t wo weeks late, by reason of the d eth of her br other.

Mi ss Cu lber tson was ca ld to Co lorad o the last week in September by the de ath of h er brother-i n-l aw. the act ion of the faculty, in t ha t most of us h ave l ost more or less t ime and so me have been stung in past yea rs.

Mi ss Fer guson , of the domest ic scie nce _department, has a good e nro ll ment, and is well equ i pt for doing her work in the most approved fashi on in her new quarters .

By recent actio n of the fac ul ty .a ll agents f or sub scription b ooks and li fe i nsurance are denid th e I iberty of the State Normal grounds f or sol ici tat ion purposes. We, the students, appreciate Dr , McKenz ie spoke to us in chapel one mo rnin g b efo re leav ing f or hi s home i.n Californ ia He to ld us of some of hi s owp experi ences in getti ng an e ducation. We al ways appreciate hi s tal ks , for he makes us f eel t hat we have m uc h for which to be th ankful.

Mi ss J ennie Adams, who \-: as been c hi ef secretary in the offi s of th e state superintendent, with her m other, were the guests of Professo r and Mrs. Beck over Sunday. Miss Adams. was appointed to th is position when Professor Beck was deputy state superin ten dent.

P rofesso r Weeks was one of the tw e. n ty-n ine r epre sentatives and officia l de legates to the National Conser va ti on Co ngr ess held in K ansas Ci ty, Sept. 25 -28

a pap er on "Conserva ti on of Sui! '' fo r the state rr eeti ng t'-. is w in te r.

W. E. Burre ll e has spe nt a we ek in T exas on bus in ess .a nd in Old l\:cx ic s ight see in g, r ece ntl y.

Ma t ri culation fe es of $5 e ach fo1· new stud ent for the Septembets of l' l' C.:l r.t years are as fo ll ows: 1 908, $f-'50 ; $875; 19 10 , $650; 1911, $ 10 20.

Professo r Gr egg h as just '-'\'l'i Lten a wan ty -flve th :ns 3. n:l w :> rd a1·: ic le o 11 Parli ame ntary L aw for the Cyc lopedia of Am er i ca n Go ve rnm ent, a t hr ee vo lu rr: e work, n ow co ming fr om th e prEss of D. App leto n & Co. Th e wo rk is e dited by Al bert Busbn el H art of Har va rd U ni vers ity.

Mrs. Nettleton s: h oo l two weeks late on of the need of more exte ns ive r ecuperat ion wh i ch s!-:e se c :.: rd in th e mo nt ain :; of Co londu . All are glad to kn ow that she h 2s r ;ga ind h er and is at he 1· wo rk vi gero;:sly . Her cl ::>ss . s were by M iss H ey, who was as ;i sta nt in that department la st year.

Mi ss Eleanor Lally, who h as b ee n in th e U ni vHsity of Ntbraska for the pas t year, expec ted to re tcr n to u s, b :1t she h as b een mad e the l- ed >f t':1e tra ining d epartme nt in th e State Non -ra J Schoo l of Wi sco ns in, at Mi l wa .1 k ee , Per .: vi ans regret t hat she co•.1 ld not hav e co nt in d to la nd her in spiratio ns in Old P er--1 , b ut rejo ice in th e larger r eco.:?; n i ti :m which is hers.

There were tw elve h und r ed de legates and many .thousands in atte nd an ce at every sessi on of this m eeti ng. Professot· Weeks comes back more enth u siast ic than ever for agricultura l ed ucation . Ilr. Weeks is a m embe r of the Nebras:m Cons ervat ion Congress, and will prepare

At chape l of F rid ay, Octo ber 6, th e Pe ru st;: de nts were e nter ta ind in a most un:q a nd i ns :r :.1ct iv m ::: nn er l 1y Pr ofe ssor Dt:ncanso n. H av in g teen t ngaged in bi ologica l at Fr id ay Ha l)or during the last s·.:.mm er he \HS a: le to display many un !q ue a nd s'.rL.i ng spec imens of di ffer Ent forms of life . To fail to he ar s .1 c'n taLs sho :.ll d be c nsid ered one of JcssE.s a st'.lde nt ca n h ave .

DR. B. L. SHELLHORN

Residence Phone 6

Deposit yoar money with us for the s ch ool vear and pay y our bilJ.s by check s. You tho s h ave a pl a ce ofsEifety ror your money and you gain a va luahle bu siness experience in caring for yo ur account.

n. S. n. ror tbe

Watches Rings Baceleta Lockets Pin a Chains Charm

Candies Nuts Fuita

Stationery Strings for Muaical Instmments

School Supplies

The only place to get your repairing done, wh ere sutbfactioo is guara nteed. Where yoa don 't have to pay for gold and get pure bras s. We keep the best, sell the best and give the best.

Search tbe ga mut of human wants and you will find no gift so acceptable as Jewelry. Good jewelry ia a heritage that is banded down from generation to generation, and an enduring remembrance oftbe giver.

Bring your broken Look at our prices. Special prices the year round. No 11pecial sale day . ]. e. £batdain • -

N.S. N. Nove lties S eal Pin s Fo bs S il v erwAre Cut Glu ss

Spc::c t a c I c:: A And 8 day and al a rm cl o ck s Fo untain Pens China Plain and Hand Painted Post Cards

PERU STATE B' ANK

Appreciates and solicits the trade of Normal Students

Wm. 1ynon, President

C. R. Welden, Cashier L. T. Cox, Asst Ca11bier

Deposit your money here and check it out as you need it

THE 1911 ATHLETIC NUi\'lBER

CLEVELAND'S FALl ANNOUNCEMENT

Or Rea.dy -to- W" ear Department is showing more new and beautiful styles this fall than ever before. It will be a pleasure to show you the new things we have to oft'-ar. Such as La Vogue Coats and Suits in any wanted style and fabric or Cohn Baer Berman Suits and Coats of Plush Velvet Caraeul, plain or fancy tweeds made up in the absolute correct styles that are su(e to command your approval you will find that our showin of "Vl' omen's Apparel" by far the most complete in Nebraska Cit·}:r . Prices are Reasonable Students bring me your work I'll do it right.

VOLUME

VI.

PERU, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER, 191L

.Color song

At the faculty meeti ng on October 31, the following was adopted as the Color Song of the Peru State Normal School, bein g a revi s ion of the old Wh i te an d Blue song.

r. ·

F ling abroad our Normal colo rs

To th e free Neb ra ska bre eze , Bl end ing Heav ' n's own white and az ur e With the soft green of the trees! Whil e ou r loya l harts and voices

In pride and j oy unit"e, As we sing Peru 's devotion

To the pale blue and thee white.

II.

Thru the year·s of sun and shadow, Mid the scenes we l ove so well, 0' er o ur ba r.ts our dear old colors Still weave t heir magic spe ll; And wh erever life sha ll call us

We'll strive with a ll o ur might, To uphold the brave tradition Of the pale blue a nd the white.

III.

Wh en the cares of life o'ertake us, Mingling f ast our locks with gray, Wh en o ur d earest hopes forsake u s, False for tun es fade away, We sha ll banish pain and sadness , By mem'ries fond and bri g ht, {)f the o ld Nebraska Normal

And the pale Blue and the white.

NUMBER 2

THE NORMALIT E

Athletics

By Pr of. R. W. Th acker.

When we stop to think of the pop ul arity of f oot-ball and its hold on the ' publi c, especially the great schoo l-going even the mos t skep ti ca l of us must admit that it has won a place, and an important place too, in schoo l activi-

s in gle part, and one of the gr eatest ho nors that cou ld come to one of these ancients was the laure l wreath that ca me as a prize for having won a plac e. It will be r eca ld , too , that he was not forgotten by the people but was reme mb erd as a hero and hi s prowess to ld to s ucceed ing generat ions.

Thi s is a ll familiar to us, a nd yet we

Prof R. W. ThAcker C oach , an d Physica l Director for Men

ties. And it is necessary for those of us who are connected w ith ed ucati o nal movements, e ither directly or indirectly, to see that it is k ep t in i ts proper p lace a nd t hat it may be usd to f urther the interests of th ose concernd in t his particular kind of sport instead of injuring th em or the in s titutions they represent .

The study of hi story is not quite compl ete without a study of the different games of older races. All of us are familiar w ith the great Greek games and with t he great care w ith which contestants f or the differen t events were traind, some of them training for years for a

do not r emember of hi sto r y's te lling us th at the reaso n th e hoards of Persi ans, who out numberd th e Greeks over · be· whelm ling ly, fe ll b efo re them, was cause they were not a p eop le wh o had gam es . The littl e army at Marath 011 came h ome v ictorious partly because

been ta ught to endure, abstai n, to De COOl, to Work aga inst great oddS and to work togeth er .

As we come up to the present time il1 history, we find m any in teresting th i ngs in studying the sports of the different

peoples who have f rom time to time occup i ed t he center of the stage. The games change · in nature from the ki nd that require ind ividu al strength and a bi li ty to those games in wh ich the ou tcome of t he contests depends u pon the work of several partic i pants work in g in unison. The ogreater and more power fn l the peop le, the greater is the opportu nity f or team wor k in thei r games.

One of the oldest team games is the Eng l ish game of cric ket, a game wh ich req ui res a good eye, phys i ca l deve lopment , and a sma ll amount of team work. T hi s game has a great hold on the Engli sh peop le, an d I migh t say, h as had an i mpo r tant p art in makin g them a great peop le It might be inter est in g to note th at long before he became a so l dier, We llington was a gr eat cri cket player, an d one of the rea so ns N apoleo n met defeat was th at he was engagd in battle with an undefeated cr i cket player.

We might go on th is way indefin i tely. We might study the games of the different races, of the races today ·that are hold in g imp or tant places in the. affairs of the worl d and we wou ld find t hat the gr eatest peop les are th ose wh ose games require the tra in ing of the body; games w hi ch req u ire temperance in eati ng a nd dri nk i ng; th at req ui re more or l ess menta l al ertn ess, and above a ll , games that r eq u ire team work. By team wo rk is meant the a bili ty of a gro up of men to act as a u ni t and at just the rig ht t ime to acco m pl i sh some feat In al most any team game there are a lways a certa in few who seem to share the glory of a vi ctor y, who owe their su ccess to a certain oth er few who were in the fray with out any th ot of th emselves and .made poss ible a victory.

Coming b ack to foot-ba ll, we fi nd that it requ i res speed, qu i ckness of hand and foo t and eye, disc ip li ne of the body , end uran ce, j udgment, and a genera ls hi p of forces not f ound in any other game It

also requ i res ··the greatest amount of team work, for the whole team is needed in every play to make it a success . Many times we hear the'crowd cheer a br ill iant play and loud ly applaud a man for advancing the ball , when they either do not know or do not stop to think that the man with the ba ll would have been thrown for a loss had not ten other men th rown them selves i nto the play with not a thought of their own glory, tomake his b rill iant feat possible.

Foot-ba ll , h aving th ese many features, deserves its popu lar i ty. It should be said that it is a game in wh ich on ly those who are phys i ca ll y fit should part ic i pate, and any time a coach or tra i ner allows a ph ys i call y unfit man to play, he is bringing d iscred it on the sport by the censure th at comes from critics, th at it is br utal. If a ll foot ball teams were str ict in t hi s regard and u nder the charge of th ose who were able to keep p layers in condit ion, much of the fee li ng a ga inst foo t-b a ll would be unheard of T here is another si de to this discussion, and th at is the effect of foot-ball, and ath letics in general, on the student body in any insti tution. No one ;who h as ever att ended an educat i ona l nst i tuti on where th ere was no student spirit, whether it be over foot-ba ll or any th ing else, need be told of the need of having .so m ethi ng to be enth usd over . When the students of an institut i on are a ll interested in one phase of college life, and t hi s par tic ul ar th ing pervades the class room, to some extent, and the campus is teem ing with it, time goes quickly; and if the enthusiasm is a helthy one the lessons come qu i ck ly and the drudgery of many a h ard task is r emovd .

There is n oth i ng that will take hold of a student body as the spi r it of a good and w in ning foot-ba ll team . Many are the lessons to be learnd from the loyalty of a crowd to i ts team; l essons that can we ll be ca r ried i nto after life with good

effect It has heed d emo ns trated so oft en t hat it wi 11 hard ly bear rep eat in g here, bu t every one who h as had an y experience wi th ' athletics knows that it is next to imp oss ible to do much in any lin e of athl et i cs with a co ld or "in di ffe re nt crowd on the s ide lines. It is well to remembe r, then , that the s tude nt body has no sma ll s hare in the success of the team that represe nts it, and each st ud e nt ought to feel a personal interest in the team. Each live student in any scho ol ought to fee l tha t the team is hi s or her team and to f ee l that i ts success dep=nd s almost as much on the att i tud e the indi vi dual stud ent takes toward the team, as it does on th e abi I i ty of the team itself.

Every in di vidual in any stu de nt body ought to fe el ash amd (or be mad e to fee l ashamed) to stand on the s ide l ines at a game and ask the name of an y playe r of th e team representing hi s sch ool. Each i ndividual s tud ent oug ht to know fr om day to day just wh i ch man is play ing a partic u lar posi tio n, a nd to kn ow h ow we ll he is play in g it.

With a f ee ling like t hi s ru nni ng thru the student bod y every member of the squad w ill feel compeld to do his b est, and doing hi s best w ill bring h onor and victory to hi s school and also to the rooter who made hi m g et busy .

Much can be sa id for an d aga i nst football; that it is given too much atten i on; that it occup i es a more prom in ent place in sch oo l activiti es than it dese r vs . A great deal can be said al so in favor of th e game: that it h as been the m ak ing of some man who, unt il he had dond a foot-ba ll suit, never t rul y fo und him se lf , and finding him self capable in t hi s line, spurd hi mse lf on to greater activ i ty in other I i nes.

In closing, I should like to say that the men who are tryi ng for p os itions on the P er u team, are as manl y a bunch of men as I have ever met, and deserve the sud-

port of all. Each one d oes hi s besl' win or lose , an d lhaL is a ll t..hal can be expected of any m an.

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Jtlumni II

Much cr ed it is du e G. H. Wi lliams , 'OB, pres id e nt of t..he Alumn i A ssoc iati on, for the e xce ll e nt pn>gram he h as arrangd for the Pe ru A lu m ni ban qu et to be he ld at the R ome Ho lcl, at.. W ed n esday ni gh t, Novem ber 8, dunng the State Teachers Association.

Executive Comm i ttee, of w hi ch ML Wtllia ms is C hairm an, h as plancl to mak e t hi s one of the m ost su ccessf ul ba nqu ets ev.e r h el d by the Assoc ia ti on. Mr . William s wish es it to be exp t·essly und e rstood as h as been th e cu stom of the ' · - II past, th at t hi s b anqu et 1s open to a fr ie nd s of Peru; n ot on ly to Alumn i but to form er st ud en ts and a ll wh o are interested in the we lfar e of Peru.

Th e gu est of · hon or at th i s. banquet wil l be Preside nt J. W. Crabtree, '8 7, of the Wi sco ns in State No rm al at Ri ver Fall s. Amo ng the speakers wi 11 be Govern or A ld rich, Superintendent Pe arse , Pr es i de nt of the National Educat ion Assoc iati on, State Superinte ndent Del ze ll, '93, Earl C line, '07 , and our ow n Pres ident H ayes Dean Rouse wi ll be Toastmaster.

The pr ice per· pl ate will be one do ll ar. Th ose d es irin g pl ates r eservd sh ou ld wr ite to the Secretary of the Alumni, Rome Ho tel, Om aha , Ne braska. 'Ihe plan adop ted thi s year wi ll be to n umbe r the reservations in order of th eir be in g r ece i vd which wi ll i nsure a plate for every one hav in g a r eservation . A ch eck or money order sho uld accompa nY e ach reserva ti on. Thi s is done in order to prevent th e A ssoci ation from l oss, as each pl ate call s for a dollar fr om the assoc i at ion by th e hote l auth or iti es . R eservation s ca n be mad e until We dn es-

day n oon, November , t hu s mak in g it Yery imp ortant that you write early s:> as to be nssurd a plat e.

Th e fir st m eet ing of t he Lin coln Pe ru C lub this yEa r took place at th Universi ty T e:11 ple, on the eve nin g of October 14. Bes id es be in g a r eun ion of P eruvians , it w as a fa rewe ll mee tin g to State S uperint e nd en t Cr abt r ee, '87, on the eve of hi s de partur e for th e Ri ver Fa ll s, Wi sco ns in, State Normal School. The ret irin g pre si dent of the Club, Myrtle Hiett, '09, a nn o un ced the numb e rs on a sho rt pro gra m. Th e guests of honor wer e Sclper in end ent Crabtr ee, '87, Dr. Ge or ge H oward, ' 70, a nd Mrs. H oward. Th e Pe ru s pirit, c har acteri zd by Dr. Howard as that " famil y s pirit " inauguTa te d by its founder, Dr. McKenzi e, was ma ni fest in the h arty r espon ses wh ich greeted eac h numb er on th e pro g ram . Th :l program brot forth ge nerou s tributes to S::tp er int e nd e nt Crabtr ee fr om State Aud itor, Silas Barton, Dr. Howard, Pr ofe sso r He1·bert Bro wn ell, and Guy H. William s, ' 06. A pian o se lec- ' tion was giv en by Jo hn B. S loat, ' 10, a voca l numb er by A. J. Wickland , '07, and a r ea ding , "Out of Doo rs in Peru," by Miss Mears , ' 95. Th e progra m was conc l ud ed by appre ciativ remarks from Su perintend ent Crabtr ee. A socia l time and refres hme nts followd in th e b eau tiful parl or.;; of the Temple. Th e n ew offi·cers for 1911-1 2 are : Pres ident, Mi ss Mayme J ackson, '03; vice pr es ide nt, Mr. Willi am McC :mn ell , '0 5; secretary, Mi ss Ru th Brown 811, '1 2; tresur e r, Mr. R. 0. J ackso n, '10.

De lla Borst, '98, had a pl easant a nd in tere s tin g yea r teach ing in Alaska d .a-in g 190 9- 10 . S!l e w as e mp loyd by th e gove rnm ent Indi an servs at Seld ov ia, Al aska . Seld ov ia is locate d on Cook's In let, where the oc ea n steamers take on passe ngers ::tnd fre ight fo r Cook's Inl et and the inte ri or of A laska.

Agai n the offis of state s up er in ten dent of public in str uc ti on ha s fa ll en to one of our worthy Al umni . Th e man y friend s of Super in tendent Jam es E. Delze ll congr atu late h im on hi s good fort un e, and fee l th at th ere is no one in the state b ett er qual i fid for the pos iti on. Super intend e nt De lz e ll is a memb er of the class of '93.

Dr. D exter D. Ashley, ' 90, of New Y ork Ci ty, ha s ex hibited hi s usual interest in hi s Alma Mater and writes that he does n ot want to miss re ceiving any of th e numb ers of th e Normalite. The Normal and old friend s are pr o ud of Dr Ash ley and are pleasd to know th at th o so far away and in such a bu sy life as hi s ca llin g d eman ds, he has so keen and d eep an interest in Old Peru. We hope to publi sh later an account \vritten by Dr. Ash ley of the early military compa ny and th e foot-ball bo ys of '87-'88

Mi ss L. Nemaha Cl arke, '0 9', super_i nte nd ent of pub l ic ins truction in Nemaha County, was in Pe ru one d ay recentl y. Mi ss Clark is a candidate for r e-e lection. Sh e is well qualifi ed for the position, a nd h as been an exce edi ngly popu lar and s uc cessfu l su perintend ent.

D ur ing the recent visit of the state b oa rd of education to Peru , President Crabtree of the Riv er Fall s, Wi sco ns in, Stat e Norma l Scho ol, gave an interes ting pap er on " Th e Women of the N. E. A." d·Jring the chapel hour. Pres id ent

Crabtr ee's many fri end s always we lcom e h im into our midst and the Normal Yell a nd chautauqua salute wer e given in his hon or.

Messrs. Frank Je nnings, ' 11 , Claude Hu tchin3o n, and 0. L. Steph ens, ' 11, of Fairbury , were in P er u to see th e gam e b etwee n th e Normal a nd the seco nd Univers ity team. John so n, ' 11 , prin ci pa l of one of the wa rd sc hoo ls o:f Auburn, wa s a]s) in Peru.

F. E. Morrow, '90, and Mrs. Morrow, 91, have e nterd upon the ir third yea r at Cent ral City, the former as s uperi ntendent and the latter as principal of the hi gh schoo l. Mr. and Mrs. Mo tTOW with th eir yo ungest son vis ited Pe ru last summer after many years of work in the state.

Mi ss Ida Ru tledge, ' 07, r es ignd her position in the Centra l City high schoo l at the end of the fi rst month. Cupid did the work.

Elli ott D. Martin, '95 , is s up e rvising princ ipa l .of the 'Li vermor e, Ca liforn ia, schoo ls. He has a fine acre ranch on which he spends a part of his extra ene rgy During the s ummer , he wi th hi s wife and two small so ns, Frank a nd P erry, had a delightful auto mobile trip ove r the greater part of Ca li forn ia. He is the proud possessor of a ''Regal'' car .

An na Church, '87, is hav ing a plesant a nd profitabl e year studying at Oxford, England.

Gordon Beck, '10, came down fr om Lincoln with the second Uni vers ity team , October 7, f or a short visit with friends and parents.

Mr. and Mrs. T. S. VanVleet and ci:ti ldren, Beatrice and Axtell , who have been liv i ng for abo ut four years at L os Angeles, Ca lifornia, have r ecent ly movd to a 1arge ranc h at Moata , Nevada, about mi dway between L os Ange les and Salt Lake Ci ty . They are de li g hted with the country, scene ry, water and cond i tions in general , the climate be in g s imilar to that of Southern

There are four fam ili es on the ranch, some of them eastern college graduates

There are- ten children of sc hool age, and Mrs. VanV leet h as consented to be the teacher . Mr. VanVleet was a member of the class of '93, and Mr s. VanV leet will be rememberd by her marry fr i en ds as Bessie Majors of the class of '9L

Emma Marquat·dt, '05, ta u g-hl hi slo t·y and germ an in the Mind en high school last yea r and s pent b el' s umm er vacat' on in Ca li for ni a.

Anna D ow Rollins, 'OfJ , wa<; ma n·i <:! d during the s umm er to a DL C la:·k 0f Ne li gh, Ne br aska

Lil a French, '08, was ma rri ed at hm· home in Auburn, Nebras ka , OcLob er 11, to Char les Rice of Scottsb l uffs. They wi ll spe nd so me time in Co lot·acl o, before locat in g in Scottsb luffs .

H. Clyde F ill ey, '99, a nd Mi ss Creta Warner of R oca, were marri ed Octobe t· 11 at the home of the brid e's paren ts. M;. F ill ey was gradua ted fr om the vers i ty of Ne braska in ' 03, a nd too k ht s M. A. d egree in '11. He is now an adjunct professo r in the un.iversity sc h oo l of Agr i cu l ture. Mrs. Filley was former ly a st ud ent in the Uniyersi ty of N eb ras ka a nd was grad uated fr om the Art In s titdte of Chicago in '10, Th ey w ill be at h ome at 2537 S street, Lin co ln , Nebraska · after November l. ' '

Hallie P et ti ebo ne, '03, is teach in g this year in Salt L ake Cfty. Sh e was a. successful teacher in th e Osceo la high sch oo l l ast ye ar, bu t we nt west for her mother's he lth. Sh e is de li gh ted with the west and e nj oys her wo rk th ere .

Au gusta Ei senman, class of '02, was granted th e Bachelor of P hil oso phy de· gree by Chi cago Univers i ty durin g the s ummer s chool. Sp ec ial hon ors were conf er d with th e d egr ee f or general work. and effici ency in the German d epartment. We re joi ce that Mi ss Ei senman 's ear n est, hon e3t , e nd evor h as rece i vd so me of the reward that it de se rv s.

Jo hn E. s tud y ing law at the· Univers i ty thi s year.

Mrs. Be ll e Stro ng D eeri ng, '0 5, is li ving on a· ranch n ear Yuma, C_olor ado Mi ss. Lola Stan dley, '9 1, h as co m-

men ced her t hird yea r of teachi ng at Ch este r, N eb ras ka.

T. L. Richard so n. 0"5, h as mo,·ed to the far west a nd is now pri nc i pa l of a scho ol ne ar Tacoma, Washingto n.

Ottawa J. St and !ey , '94, is now located in Denver, Co lor ado, wh ere he is president of the Denver I rrigatio!1 and Rese r vo ir Co mpan y.

E ll a P et tib one Br owder, '02 , ha s given up teach ing for a pl esa nt home at Albi o n, Nebraska. Her two sma ll daug ht ers occ up y t he gr eate r part of her ti me.

Cha rl es Richard so n, '98, is now located at St. Mi chaels, Alaska, where he has a good posit i on as teacher of Indian s at _ that place. Mr. Richardson has fully recoverd his helth a nd is e njoying his work . He was marrie d in '07 to Miss Eda Ellerh u sen of Chi cago.

Su pe rin tend ent F. D. Brooks, 07 ', of Guthrie, Okl ah oma, wi II be kept bu sy with seve nty-n i ne teach e rs under hi s supervisi on, fifty wh i te and twenty-four colored ones . Guthr ie is a grow ing town in a growing state, and we congratulate them on choos i ng Mr. Br ooks as their superintende nt.

Virg ini a Bye rly, ' 08, wh o has been te aching the past f ew years in the English departm e nt of the Nebraska Ci ty high school, resig n ed her positio n to accept a sim il iar one in a townshi p high schoo l in Tribune, I):ansas .

Pau l Stoe hr , ' 11 , p rincipal of the Impe ri al Sch oo ls, was th reat end with typhoid and was compe ld to r es ign hi s positio n. He is fee ling much better now and may take up school work aga in th is year.

Miss Anna Marti n, '09, sister of Super i nten dent Martin of Nebraska City, is teach i ng in the English departm e nt of the Nebr aska City high schoo l

Lo ui se Mears , '95, was in Auburn October 2, to attend a meeting of the st ock holders of the Ne maha County Bank

Florence Ki te is teaching the rural sc h oo l of Di strict 64 this year She fini s ht out a term the re last spring, and was elected this fa ll wib a good ra ise in sa lary

Es tella Graha m, '9.5, h as sold her farm near Howe, Nebraska , and expects to locate pe rmanently at Weatherford, Oklahoma.

Florence Fairchild, '94, has left Nebras ka , and is teaching this year at Bakers fi eld, Ca lifornia.

Ne ll ie Davidson, ' 09 , who has b een very ill in the Memorial H ospi tal, Omaha , is now at her home in Auburn The class '09 as we ll as h er many fr i ends are glad to he ar that she is regaining her form er he alth . ·

Al ice Lin tz, ' 11 , has f or so me time b ee n tak i.ng treatment for her eyes at a h ospital in Omaha . Fr iends will be glad to hear that she is able to continue h er work at Joh nso n, Nebraska.

Ruth Dav is and Zula Pembereton, '09, are teaching in the Seattle public schoo ls. Miss Dav is has the work and Miss Pemberton the thi rd and fo urth g ardes.

Ruth Moor e, ' 09, is p ri ncipal of the Harrington bu il di ng at Beatrice, Nebraska.

Floy H ummel, ' 07, is t each i ng her second year in the seco nd p ri mary at Humbo ldt, Nebraska .

Vesta L ively, '09, h as comm ensd her third year as assistant principal at Dawson.

Gladys Maj ors Gale, '07, and her small daughter, Cia i re Frances , of Bea tr i ce, mad e a short visit in Peru rec• ently

Be ll e Bole jack, '10, is at her home this year and teach es a cou ntry schoo l about three miles from Dawso n.

Ethel Hum mel, '07, is s pending her second year at the Uni versi ty, and wi ll receiv her diploma in Jun e.

Elm er Seeley, ' 09, ca ndi date of th e fus ion party of Nucko ll s Cou nty -for th e superintende ncy of sc hoo ls, was marr ied in Septemper to Mi ss Glad ys Fair, of Hardy, Nebraska. Since graduation Mr. Seeley has held the superintendency of schools both at Stapleton and Hardy.

Superintendent J. D. McMill e n, _ '11, has organ ized an athl et ic associati on at Western, Nebraska, the first in the hi story of the school.

Geo rge Bless in g, now a resident of Auburn writes us that he is a subscr ibe r of the Normali te and is st ill lo yal to Peru . Both Mr. and Mr s. Bless ing (Grace Tolhurst) were members of the class of ' 07 Mr. Bl ess ing is a ca ndidate for th e county s up erintend ency of Nemaha county thi s fall.

J essie A. Rani s, '09, is at present stennogTapher for the A. A. Cooper Milling Company, Humboldt, Nebraska. On October 14 he registered for a homes ted at Gregory South Dakota . Mr. Hari·is won for himse lf a host of friends wh il e in th e Normal and a ll wish him th e b est of s uccess

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There are now 153 0 members of our Al um ni Asso ciation . Among this nu mber are many educators of prominence scatterd over various parts of thi s sta te and nation.

A ll but thirty four of our memb ers are li ving; percent are l iving in Nebraska and eig hty perce nt of th is number are in the te aching profession; twen ty percent of those teaching are holding college and normal professor -

s hips, or arc of ciLy s ch oo ls. Of t hi s nJ.mb cr of gTaciualcs, 1168 ha ve taught two years or mure after graduat ion . Th e chi ef aim of lh c A lu mni ,\sso<.:i ation is to pr omote the wei fa re of Lhe sc hoo l by loy al and en thus iastic su p porL. Th e plan of ass is ting gr aduates in ing go od p os i tion s h as not o nl y bee n successfu l here, but has attracted attention and prai se from other sta t es The Alumni A sso ciation ap po in ts a secreta ry as manager and prov i des him with funds for carrying on the work. Each me mber pays a fee of fifty cen ts , whi ch is largely used in plac in g t eachers. Prof ess or W. N. Delze ll , ' 94, has b ee n the efficient secretary for a number of yea r s, and to him much of the success of the pl an is due. Th e foll o win g a re very e nco Ul·aging stati st ics to the Peru gr ad uate: The average hi gh sc h oo l salary paid in Nebraska to f our year uni vers i ty accred ited high schoo l t eac he rs is sl igh tly over $67 00; to three year acc r ed i te d hi gh sch oo l teachers, s li g htl y over $58 .00; whil e th e average salary to Pe ru graduates of the class of '11, wh o are located it. high schoo l p os iti ons, is s lightly over $74 00.

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Omah a P er u Club .

The Peru C lub in Lincoln has been of so much plesure and profit to the P er u alumni a nd form er s tudents, that a s imilar one has been recently form ed in Omaha. On October 20, at the in vi tation of Professo r W. N. De lzell, '9 4, S ecretary of the Peru Alumni A ssociat ion, forty former stud en ts of the Peru Normal met in the par lors of the R ome h ote l and or ga nized the •"Omaha Peru Club." Prof esso r Delze ll acted as te mpo rar y chairman, and Miss Mary Fit ch as temporary secretary. The fo ll owing committ ee on const itution and by-laws was appointed: T. W. Blackburn, '78, Mrs.

Ho rn and Mrs. Agn es Jack Winkl e man , ' 94, Jud ge Martin Langdon , '75 , and Mi ss Hatt ie Pic kard. '03.

Th e fo ll o win g wi ll act as a special co mmi ttee at the Pe ru banqu et to be he ld No\·cmbcr I-\ : l\ [i ss Bertha H an clryx, Mi ss Je nni e l\ lc Duwc ll, '0 6. .i\ Iiss Ton e Chappel l, ' (Hi, .i\T i:;s France.> Hales , '1 0 T. W. Blac kb u rn , '78, and Jud ge Langel n, ' 75.

J. W. Mil le r, '01 , wa s elec t ed pr es ide nt of th e c lu b. and l\Ii ss Bertha S :! hi ck, '0 9. secr e ta ry.

A ll ar e de li g ht ed wi th th e id ea of the Om a ha Pe ru C lub a nd of the f utur e tr ea ts in sto re fo r th e m. Th e fir st eve nt of great importan ce w il l be the Pe ru banq ue t, on Nov e mber 8, during· th e Nebra sk a Sta te Teach ers' Ass oci a ti on in Omaha.

Mu ch credit and thanks ar e due to Profess or Delze ll bo th for th e formation of th e Omaha Pe ru Club and th e delig htful ban qu et that we may s oon atte nd .

Fo ll owing is a li st of those prese nt at th e first meeting of th e Club :

Emma Blakely Ma g uer, ' 97, 4823 Ca pito l Ave nue.

May Bamford H orn, '97, 4812 D odge stree t.

Agnes Jack Winkl eman, '9 4, 815 N. 43d street

E li zabet h Bratt Baldw i n, '97, 28 14 J ackson street.

Lilian Bamford, '97, 4812 str eet.

Eula W es t er , '10, Papillion , Nebraska.

Le tty M. Eby, '07, 1908 , Capital Avenue.

Mary A. Fitch , '8 3, H amilton H ote l, No. 701.

Frances Hales , ' 10, 3415 North 24 th stree t.

Je nni e McD o well, '0 6, 3029 Mand e rso n s treet .

Orpha McKi trick, '0 5, 2214 Cap i to l Avenue.

Ve rl e W illi ams, '06, 2509 Emmet

s tr ee t.

l\Iinni e E. He ndryx , ' 04, 2624 Ca ldwel l st r ee t.

l\Iabel Gor ml ey, '09 , 511 South 24 stree t.

Hilda Wilke '0 9, 823 South 73 str eet.

E dna Wilke '1 0, 8 23 South 73 str ee t.

Ethel Roge rs, '06, 4340 Maple str ee t.

Bert ha I. Schi ck, '09 , 5 11 Sout h 24 str eet.

Ma ude E. Shipherd, '9 8, 48 11 Da venport str ee t.

l\I abel Sh i ph e rd , '11, 48 11 D avenport str eet

Edn a Sn e ll, '09 , Benson, Nebraska.

Mami e Mo sek, '09, 2tH 7 Sout h 13 s treet .

R ose Fi ola, '0 5, 23 14 South 12 street.

Le na McCu ll ough, '09 , 2609 No rth 22 stre et

Ma ble G. E lli ott , '95 , 2023 Ohio street.

lone Chapp el, '06, 516 North 23 s tr eet.

Ma rt in Lang don , '75, 2126 North 34 street.

J. W. Miller, '01, 4943 North 36 s tree t.

Edna Walroth , '04 , 1824 Corby street.

Cass ie F. R oys, ' 00, 2609 Bristo l street.

Maude A Roys, '05, 2609 Bristo l str eet.

Dora Roys Gilbert, '0 0, 2605 Bristol str eet .

Dora Dav idson, '86 , 2218 North 29 s tree t.

Eva G. Norton, '03, 4114 Cum ings str eet .

J. J. O'Con no r, '73, 1022 Georiga avenue.

T. W. Blackburn, '78, 409 Paxton bl ock.

Winnifred Du s tin Bart, '0 5, 624 North 33 str ee t.

Hatti e Pickard, 0' 3, 1017 North 34 str eet.

E. H. Koch, '11, P ap illi on, Nebras ka

Ne br aska Stat e Teac hers' A ssociation

Amo ng the nam es on the program of the Nebraska State Teach e rs' Association to be h eld in Omaha, November 8, 9, 10, 1911, are a number of familiar nam es from the Peru Alumni Association. J. W. Woodard , '07, treasurer of the Association, Superintendent George E. Martin, Nebraska City, pres ident of s uperintendents and princ i pa ls mee ting, also for a talk, "Re lation of Manua l Arts to the General Curriculum." J. C. Mitchel, '07, principa l of Hast i ngs high schoo l, paper on "P layground Move ment for Girls." C. M. Penny, '07 , a talk on, "Why do our Stud ents Break D own with the Strain of Work?" Professo r H. B. Duncanson, '86, President of the bio log ical section. Mi ss Nemaha Clark, '0 9, sec retary of the county supe rinten den ts ' meetings Dean E. L. R ouse, a di scuss ion on ''What is a Profess ional T eac h: er?" Professor Frank Reinsch, Lincoln, talk, "German in the Grades." Superintend ent A. E. Hilde brand , '01, Ho oper, "What the Grammar Grades may do in Agricultural and Indus trial Work." Mi ss Virginia B yerly, '08, secratary of the l iterature department. Miss Bertha Henderson, Nebraska City, secretary of the physical science dapartment. Arthur Gilbert, '10, Crete paper, "Physics in the Hi gh Schoo l. " Superintendent Geo r ge P. McGrew, '08, Si lver Creek, "Economy in Science." Superintendent H. H. R eimund, '07, president and Olga Gereke, '09, secretary of the Northwestern District Association co nference. Superintendent L. A. Qu i vey, '93, Cozad, presid .=mt of the Wes t Central District Association conference .

Other Peru nam 1s on th e prog ram are Dr. House, literature; Miss Ellis, hi story; Profess or Whitenack, German, Professor Gregg, argumentat ion, high scho ol, and biology.

ll II

The Ath le ti c Ass oc iati on gav e an upto -d ate play on Novemb er 4.

"Pink" and 'H on" offic iated at a hn sket ball ga me between the Geneva high schoo l and th e Crete hi gh se ho ul al Crete, Octob er 20. Th e game was a real con t est, CTete winning by a sco re of 22 to 19. Ge lwick coaches the Gen eva t eam and Gilbert the one from Crete.

Th e officia l seaso n record of the Nebraska State L eag sh ows that Ward McDowe ll' s batt ing average is .335. He was the b est seco nd base man in the leag, fi elding 956. George St eve ns, known to Pe ru v ians as ''Steve ,'' fi elded . 955, a nd was the leag's premier pitch er, winning eig htee n games and los ing si x, an av e rage of . 750. ''Mac'' advances to Class B. We cannot say as to ' 'Steve '' but we do know that he h as great efficiency, having J.jrovd it.

The girls are try i ng out for bas ket ba ll. Qui te a numb er of aspi rants hav e begun to practi s. Mi ss Cur r an see ms to be the only player of last year who is trying out.

The seco nd team played the Norma ls on Octob er 14, after the Ne bras ka Ci ty boys canceld their game. "Ecker sa ll" and hi s squad gave the Normals some r ea l live ly f oo tball. Th e score at the cl ose of the game w as 26 to 0. Th ese l ight, gr i tty players of the seco nd te am deserve favorabl e comment, be ing the chaps that take the knocks of the fir st squad

Mo re season ti ckets h ave been so ld thi s year than ever before. The s tud ent body made a sh ow i ng by purchas ing thr ee hundr e d. The jun i ors held th e hi ghest percentage of pu rc h ase rs

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The rornhu skers Freshme n Play.

Th e fi rsl f oolball game for Peru in 1 912 r esulted in a defeat, th e sco re being ll - 0. The Nor mal s clear ly out-p layed the Un iversi ty Fr eshm e n, but luck and wei2; ht pr o \·cl wi n ning f acto rs for the U ni versi ty . Si ms , Lundy, and Re nfro did well for P eru, w hi le Beck and Allen s tare! fJr the visi tors.

Af-ter fou r minu tes of play, Meyer br oke thru left tackle fo r a forty yard r un a nd m ad e a touch do wn. The quar ter e nd ed with a sco re of 5-0 and th e ba ll in th e Cornh t:sktrs ' te rrir ory.

Th e seco nd quar te r wa s a rc ;> et iti on of th e latt er part of the fir st Th e ba ll was n ea r the Un i ve rs ity goa l. "P ink d id so me fin e t ackl in g. In th e t hird quarter th e ball wa s push t dow n the fi e ld to within strik i ng distance of a touch dow n, wh en Halli gan grabd_ an attempted fo rward pass and r aced one h un dr ed yards down an ope n fi e ld and made a to uchdown. Th e goa l was ki ckt, making th e sco re 11 to 0.. Pe ru cou ld h ave drop kickt a num ber of tim es durin g the game but to ti e the ga me or win to uchdowns wer e ne ede d. The fo urth -quar ter was h ard fought bu t no chang e of sco re wa s made. Lin e up.

S eco nd Univ ers ity

And er so n L. E.

Meye r L. T.

Fouts

L. G.

A ll en C. Fouts

Pitts

Mastin

R. G.

R. T.

R. E.

Ga l lant ly Q.

Beck

R. H.

Halligan (captain) F. B.

Hawkin s L. H.

Officia ls- Vacek of Magor of Nebraska .

Normal s

Sch ott

Shav er (capta in)

Ni ppert

Gifford

Mcwhirter

Lundy

Ral ston, Beck

Snyd er

Sim s

Ludka

Renfr o Creigh ton and

Doane d efeats P eru.

Fif teen men journeyd with Coa ch Th acker to Crete , October 20, to meet the Doane Tigers. The score of 4 1-0 in Doan e's favo r ca me as a surprise . The T; ge rs o utpla yd the Normal s, who fo ug ht hard. Th e No rmals rece ivd and star ted lik e wh irl wind-s, gain ing fiv e yads at a d ow n unt il with in twe nty ya r ds of Doan e 's goa l when a fumb le lost the ball and Doane wad ed thru Peru the r est of the game. The Tiger s are heavy a nd fast and can run a strong i nterference. Lundy did exce ll ent work for Per u, ga i ning wh en carry ing the ball and tack li ng wel l. Shaver worked admirably, a nd Re nrfo's pun t ing was above par if one considers a ll the difficulti es.

Kret i snger and Korab ga ind consistently for D oa ne, and Wi l kin so n, th e speedy quarte r, drop ki ckt two pret ty goals . Adams at center, ch argd effecti vely. Doane w ill undoubtedly ru n some one a h ar d nice for the pennant.

Lin e up :

Doan e Normal s Rice, Mo or man

L.E. Meyer, Tyson, Beck

Iqng L.T. Shaver (captain)

Mickl e L.G Nippert

Adams

Balis

C. Chr i stenson

R.G Mewhi rter, Schott

Bronsc. n (captain) R. T. Gifford

Di cken so n R.E. Jones

Wi lkenso n Q. Renfro

!Cretsinger

Gobb le

Korab , Higb ee

R.H

F. B.

L.H. Sims Lundy Ludka, Ra ls ton

Referee, E lli ott of Nebr as ka; umpire, A1 nJld of Doaen.

Our Foot Ball Slogan: "Dele nda es t K earney."

THE N ORMA LITE

Pe ru , Nebras ka

A Monthly Magazin e Publish! in the Interest of Education

Published by the Sta te Normal School

Subscription 75 cent s per year. Single copy JO cents Adverthing ra tes furnish ed on ap plica tion

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EDITORIAL STA FF

G. S. Hansen '12 ... ... .... ... . ......... Editor in -c hi ef

Charlot te Cooley '1 2 te Ed it or J. W. Wea r J r. '14, Nlanag cr

DEPARTME NT EDITORS

Mary E Tynon '98, Aiumni

Merle Swan '12, Class

Mat th a Greenl ee ' 12 Society

Charles Lively '13 Ciu b

:vlabel Swanson '12 Reli gious

Gr ace Tiech '! :-! ... ... ............ : ............... ..... . Mus ic

E. C. Beck '12 .. ............................. ..... Ath let ic

BOARD OF MANAGERS

F. M. Gregg Facu l ty Gra du ates

Ray L undy '12 Sen ior

Frank Ellenbe r ger '13 ] un ior

Bessie Ar mst:ror.g . ...... ... .. ................. . ..... Tr ai ner

Cassius Kenned y '14 ... So ph omo re

Vern Chatelain ,15........... . ........ .. ..... . Fresh man

H. D. )..!a rtin Preparatory

Catherin e Green lee '12 . Everett

E. C. Bec k ' 12 Ph il o mat h can

Wro. R oe ttger '13 Y. M. C. A. Y. W. C. A.

S ughrue ' 13 ......... ... . ...... ... .. N. C. C. A

M. Sm ith . Dr amat ic Club

I laze! Ta ylo r' 13 . La t in Club

Ebba Wah ls trom' 12 ..... .. .... ... ...... Ge rm an C lu b

R. C. Reck '12

At hl etic As s oci a tion

Ch este r Da rrow .. Cice ronian

Th e Normalite is the mirror of the stud ent body and the Alumn i. It wi ll therefor e re flec t th e id ea ls a nd st and a rds th at pre va i I am ong us.

So if this pub li ca ti on is to gi ve to i ts read ers hi gh id ea ls and lof ty sta ncla rd s of scholars hip a nd co nd uct , h ow ne cessa ry it is for us to be " ta ll, s uncrown ed me n, wh o I i ve abo ve lhe fog in public duty and pri vate th ink in g .'' Espec ia ll y sJo we urge a br oad, ge nero us spirit to be in ev id enc'3 in all co nte sts Let us not st oo p to pet ty qu a rr eling a nd fo ol ish, se n se less remar ks, but rather take th e high er view point

In a contes t be twee n tw o sc h oo ls, but on e ca n win .· If we ar e ·victo ri ous, let us rem e mber wh o gave to us th e o pp o rtunity of be in g vi ctor s. Witho ut the other team su ch hory or co uld not have been ou rs. An y on e can be optim is tic and gener ous in th e ho ur of tr i ump h, but it do esnot n ecessa ril y repre se nt intel lect, moral powe r, or chara cter. But to be a good l oser requ ires a gr eat amount of a ll t hr ee . Let us demonstrate th at we posse ss t hi s pow er, r emember in g th at when a man can die hap p il y there is always h op e of r esurrectio n.

Th e di scu ss i on of ath let i cs as a form of education is an ever in teres ting t op ic The theme attracts us b eca u se it n ames an imp ortant phase of the work we h ave chosen in com in g to P er u.

Th e physical tra ining of men and women is.not purposcl mere ly f or bodilY devel opm e nt , but rather for moral cu lture. We hold as o ur i deal, not a game with a lar ge score in our favor, but a game won or lost by clea n playi n g. We expe ct our athl etes to be of such char acter that we may point with pr id e to anY one of them and say, "He is a Peru stud ent ''

Self contro l a nd coop e ra ti v work ar e

two of li fe' s valuable les.., ms which may be lea rnd on l!w fi e ld P0r so nal d ist i ncion must saerifit'l'd fnr team honors. Whil e we are in sc :1 Jo l. all of us cannot t ake p r. rt in the ::ctual but eve ry On .! n:<1y b.! of sen·is.

It Ins said thal. ot!1er things being equa l, the tc .1m a crowd chee rin g it on , w:ns the g-am e. L et us rem emb er, th en, th :1t the w innin g of a game de pend s as m uc h up on the cro wd ed side li nes as upon th e playe rs.

B. S. Rad e r.

Movin g Pict ures in Education

Mill ions daily s it entr ance d before the cin ematorgaph ic scree n, when the ir attent i on, wi th hardl y an effo rt on the ir part, is n ot o nly at.tracted but even held for a compa r atively long t im e. Of th ese million s man y arc sc!-lo ::> l boys and gi rl s.

The scho ols of Nebraska sh ou ld ava il themselves of the offerd in many towns of utili z in g the m ov ing picture fo r the pr ese ntin g of in struc t ion in subjects vital to so ci e ty. By sc h oo ls cooperat in g with the management of moving picture theaters, instructiv as well as entertainin g pi ctu r es cou ld be gi ven. The fo llowin g is a program that G eorge L. Voorhies of the Chi cago Princi pa ls' Cl ub gives in th e Pe dagogica l Se minary: Industrials: (a) Fo o d; e. g., Wheat, harvest i ng, millin 5, ba:-:ing. (b) Cloth i ng; e. g., Cotton; picking, gi nnin g, weav i ng. (c) Shelte r; L umbe r; loggi n g, milling, building. (d) Tran spo rtation; Ra ilroads; survey ing, b:.li ld ing, runnin g.

Nature: (a) Plant growth; see d, pl ant, flower, fruit. (b) Anim a ls; egg, embryo, in fant, adu l t, adu lt activit:es; fi sh hatcheri es, ost rich farms; e tc. (c) Mi nerals: e. g., I ron mines, smelt in g, st ee l mills.

Trave ls: (a) Scen ic country from train.

(b) Ocean life on Steamer. (c) Views frJm aeroplanes and odd modes of trave l. (J). Touring; Alps, can yo n s, Co n go

Art: (a) Panoram ic trips thru noted m use um s, parks and cities (b) Conof pa intings , scu lptures, tapestries, buil d in gs An ni ve r sari es; l a) Parades coronat i ons, Mardi Gras, Ve i led Prophet .

Drama : (a) Classic plays · by noted casts .

Ath letic : (a) Field spocls, ball games, ro wi n g, races, dri li s, exercises.

Professor F. K. Starr , Chi cago, pr :: sses his appreciatio n of the educationa l va lue of the moving pictul"e in the fo llowin g passage:

I have see n Niagara thunder over her go rge in the noblest frenz y ever beheld by me n. I have watcht a Qu eens land river und er the white li ght of an Austra lian moon go swirl ing and whirling t hr u s trange i sland s lur king with bandico ot a nd kan ga r oo. I know h ow the Ch i naman lives, and I h ave b een thru the h omes of the Japanese. I h ave marveld at the daring of Alp ine toboggani sts a nd admir ed the wonderfu l skill of the No rwe gian Ski-jumpers. I have seen ar mies upon the battl e fiel d and the ir r eturn in triumph. No b ooks have taught me th ese wonderful things; no lectu rer h as pictur ed them; I s impl y dr opt i nto a m ov ing picture theatre at var ious mome nts of leisure and have learnd mo1:e than travelers cou ld see at the cost of th ousa nd s of dollars and years of j ou rn ey .

On account of the pressure of advertising and the n ecess ity of getting the Normalite out early, th e readi ng matter h as b ee n made somewhat brief. T his brev it y, h owever, will be mad e up in the next iss·1e and our readers may loo k forward to a large r magaz in e next month.

Can I Afford to go W with Jolin? Wh at sh a ll I do about th e m any other r; at tract i ons Pe ru h as to offc t· ? Shall I By Prof. L. B. Olm st ead. I jo in a club or se veral clu b s? Sh a ll I

Aque3 ti on w hich co nfronts eve ry ea rn- take part in de bat ing, cho t·us, p: lee club, est s tud ent is that of ge ttin g th e max i- ba nd , or orch es tra ? H ow muc h Lime mum g ood fr om the yea r' s work here at have I fo r re ad ing ge ner al I i Lc t·at ur e the N ormal. To thi s en d every st ud ent nove ls, curre nt peri od i ca ls, and n ewspashonlg s it down wi th pap er and pen an d pe rs? Pu t on your p ape r the re la t iv write o ut hi s es ti ma te of the rela ti v va l- · va lue of these t hin gs as th ey affect yo ur 1Je of every sch oo l acti vi ty tha t is ca llin g tim e. for hi s thot and ener gy He shou ld de - There are ma ny st ud c nLs who p;i ve no cide just how ma ny of th ese acti v iti es time to rel ig ious work. Th ey sh ou ld reshould have a place in hi s wee kl y pro-membe r that in the co mm ·.m i ty in which gram, and just what portion of hi s time they are soo n to be cald to teach, they .he can spend on ea ch with th e grea test wf ll be expec ted to take some pa t·t in its benefit to himself. re li gious work If th ey ar e to b eco me

Should any time be gi ven b a thl eti cs l eaders in th e co mm un it :y th ey mu st aifnd oth er form s of physical re creati on? ess aril y have a part in its re li gious acso , what athleti c r ec r eat ion and h ow ti vi ty , an d th ey, ther efo re, ca nn ot a ff ord t im e? Some s tud ents app ea r to to mi ss that p ar t of th eir tr a in ing· wh il e g1Ve mo re time and attention to a thl e ti cs here in sch oo l, for th at r easo n alone. t !:Jan to th e ir studi es, but a greater num - An d t hi s is· but one of many rea sons. ber neglect th e ir physi cal well be ing for H ow much t im e ca n m os t pr o fi ta bly be other i nte r ests ; but what pr ofiteth it a spent in th e Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A ., studen t if he gain the wh ole world of N. C. C. A. or chu rc h ac tivitie s, w hil e know ledge and lose hi s own he lth ? E ach in Pe ru ? then, ·shou ld spend su ffi ci e nt

Now yo u ha ve on yo ur pap er before tJ h . · me m P YS i ca ] recreat ion to keephi s body yo u, a record of a ll the ti me to be a ll ota fit pl ace f or a keen mind ." It ted to th ese vari ous sch oo l activ i ti es. certam ly is n ot t b. · 1 H h · ·s o Is m terest to gi ve l ess Add th e co umn. ow muc tim e I time to thi s matter. Is it to hi s ad van- le ft for stu dy? Is there at le ast an hour tage to give more than th e s uffici e nt and a ha lf ea ch d ay for th e preparation a mount? So put on your pa per the kind of each lesso n, with an ha lf ho ur an? of phys ica l recreation yo u for the hard est one? Some st u de nts t hm k It to yo ur best inter est to take. see m to f ee l that th eir ent ire time What ti me shall be gi ven to so cial ac- sho uld be spent in stu d y, and oth ers, untiv iti es ? Is it to my b est inter ests as a co ns cious ly , perhaps, are li vi ng by th e p: ospecti ve teacher to join a li te rary so-motto, " Don't let your stud ies i nterfere and spend my tim e in pa rti c ipating with yo ur coll ege co urse ." Ne ith er e xIn Its progra ms? Wh at tim e have I for treme is ri g ht or jus tifi a bl e. Th e in fo rclass part ies and other s imilar soc ial ma tional value of yo ur stud ies does n ot The yo ung woman should dema nd yo ur e nti re t im e, but it mu st be dec i de h o:n much tim e she can most a dmitted that th ey are en titled to the profitab ly spend w ith her · g irl fri e nd s maj or pa rt of it. So, re ad just yo ur and her gentl emen fr iend s as well. Any time schedule, if n ecessary, to make yo un g man h as s imilar questi ons to your studi es th e c hi e f, b ut not the onlY so l ve . Put t he so luti ons of these pr ob- aim of yo ur y ear 's work. It m ay be lems on yo ur p aper. n ecessary to omi t some of th e act iviti es

in w hi ch you would l ik e to a pa rt. bu t yo ur lessons o ugh t not to be neglected b eca u se John wa n ts yo u to go walking with him , or Ma ry wa n ts you to come ove r and make fudge .

Conse r vat i on ists te ll us time is one of ou r most va lu a bl e asse ts and sho uld not be sq uan dcrd aim less ly. So let us gi ve a few mome n ts ser ious thot to this eva lua tion of our di ffere nt sch oo l a ct iv iti es, an d endevo r to see th em in th e ir true pe r spect iv. Then by ch oos ing pr operl y the th in gs th at wi 11 make us we ll r oun d ed m en a nd wome n with p W'e, kee n; wholeso me mind s in helthy bo di es, we may hope to gain the m ax imum goo d from ou r yea r' s wo rk.

A N ew M ove.

For so me tim e it h as b ee n r ecog nizd by the differe nt sc ience in te r ests of the sch oo l that it wo uld be an advantage to a ll if a confede rat ion of the sc ience orag nization s could be.for md so th at each depa rtm e nt might g et the br ed th that comes from the di ff ere nt in teres ts so coalesced. As a result of t hi s se nt ime nt, a conference of the in str uctors in the various scien ce de partm e nts, bi ologi ca l, phys ica l, ph ys iological ; agri cu l tW'a l a nd domestic, r esulted in th e formati on of a plan in accord wi th t hi s idea . The plan formall y ado pted an d inaug urated is as fo ll ows:

1. .That a confede ratio n of th e various scie nce orga ni zati o ns, Biolog ical Semi nar, Ph ys ical Scien ce Confere nce, Agr i cu ltural an d Dome stic Sc ience Cl ub s, b e· f ormd a nd ''Th e Sci ence Confere nce ''.

2. Th at an app li cant to qua li fy for me mbership in thi s organiza tion must be a me mb er of on e of the regular scie nce soc iet i es . . 3 That thi s m ee t every Monday evening alternati ng w ith the

meet in gs of the departme nt so cieti es which it confederates

4. T hat the officers consist of a pr esident, vi ce-p r es id e nt, tr esmer a nd critic , to be elected by qua lifi ed members of the Assoc ia ti on.

5. Th at th ese offi cers are to be n om inat ed by a senate consist ing of the adviser and one st ud ent r epr esentat iv from each subordin ate so ci ety It is pr ov ided that th ere sha ll be th ree nomi nees for each offi s.

6. Th at ten cen ts per sem ester const it ute the me mb ers hip d ues of the Asso ciat ion.

Aside from· brin gi ng th e depa rtmen ts con cernd toge ther a nd giv ing studen ts s pceia li zing in sc ie nce op portu ni ty f or closer with all phases of sc ien ce , the co nfeder at ion is fo und to so lve other d iffi c ulti es that have h eretofore b een a so urc e of annoyance. One of th e ch ief of th ese is that throw in g the m eet ings of a ll the s ub -soc ieti es "up on the same eve ning of the week pr events stude n ts di ssipat in g their ti me a nd ene rgi es by giving too· mu ch at tent ion to severa l in ter es ts. Th us s tudents wh o become ca n be d epended up on to act with gr eater i nter es t.

II R I i g i 0 u s . II

Y. W. C. A.

Fra nces Will ard Bl ake.

That th ere is an u nu sual sp ir it of earn estness and se arching after the better t hi ngs of li fe pr edominating among our yo ung p eople thi s year, is p lai nly man if ested by th e Bibl e stud y stati sti cs gi ven below, which are the r es ult of the wo rk done by Mi ss Mabel Swanso n and her e ffic ient co-wo rkers. We are justly pr oud . of th is showi ng a nd g lad that so many of o ur gi rl s f ee l th e n eed of bei ng as we ll i nformd in Bibi ca l kn owledge as

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Nobody th at we kn ow of We k now yo u can n ot fai I to e nj oy a visit to our Store and Gree n Hou ses

Ii Y o ti Require

for any f unct io n or fete we sha ll be h ap py to supply th e flowers or to t ake full char g_e of the fl ora l a rra n gem en ts.

in any lin e of their actual sch oo l work. Out . of four hundr ed gi rl s e m·o ld in the sc hoo l there are more than 250 wo rkin g in some kind of Bibl e study wo rk at the various churches in town.

On e of th e many f un ct ion s of th e Yo un g Womens' Chri s ti an Associat i on is to make daily I i ,.i ng better and more practical. To Lhi s en d o ur Assoc ia tion has arranged to offer thi s year at the Sunday m eet in gs a seri es of L ectu r es on practica l subjects, s uch as mann er s, morals, soc ial form s, se x and hygiene. On October 29, Mi ss Kath e rin e Wo ods g ave th e first of these talks on "Th e Co urtesies of Every da y Life ." The s ubj ect wa s not ge neralizd upon, but rather dir ec tly treated a nd made to app ly to spec i fie and definit cases That the g irl s appreciated this frank sta tement of cond itions, and fe lt that they be nefitted in a pe rmanent and pract ical way, s howd itse lf as they r ose in a body at th e s ugges tion of Miss Snove r, who was pres i ding, and he artily and unanimously thank t Miss Woo ds ior what she h ad d one The e ducati on of no ind iv idu al is comp lete w: thout cu l tu ral development; and the one who c'onsiders t hi s unimportant and unnecessary will find h im self poorly prapared for real li ving.

.;J.

Y. M. C. A. W. D. Roettger.

The meetin g of the Y. M. C. A. fo r October 8, was a most interesting one. It was led by our very ab le coach, Mr . Th acker. Th e lin e of thot was, "How a Young Man can best Exe rt hi s En e rgy." Mr. Thacker brot back to us th e thot that many of the gr eat co nflict s, e ith er on the athletic field or on the battl e field, were wo n thru th e praye r offerd perhaps by the captain . He emphasizd the fact of the amount of good work which (!an be don e by a schoo l if all of its

yo ung men we re Y. M. C. A. worl er.>.

One of the rou s in g time s in the histo ry of theY . M. C. A. was conducted in th e form of a contest which was begu n at noo n Octob er 12 , and lasted till the fo llowing Saturday n oon . The Y. M. was divided into two equal parts, under the captainships of Mr. Noel Tyson and Mr. Charl es Live ly. Dur i ng the time given the <' Ontest · ragd hot and bevy, each s id e trying to be the guest of honor at the oyste r and bean fe ed which had been pland for the Saturday ni ght fo ll owing the contest At the end of the contest it was fo und tha t Lively had twenty -five follow er s, and Tyson only twenty-two, thu s giving the honors to Li vely, whose side was entertaind by the losing si d e. We fe el very grateful to Mr. "Wab" Ral s ton for the fine oyster soup which he prepard.

N. C. C. A.

Gertrude Sughrue.

On Sunday morning, October 8, Rev Father Dowd conducted mass at Mrs. Jack's r es idence. His sermon was very interesting and was apprec iated by all who heard i t.

Father Dowd announces that hereafter we sha ll h ave ma ss here every third Sunda y. Thi s announcem ent was rece ivd wi th much plesure, as it is an advantage wh i ch. Peru students have not enjoyd hel'etofore.

Mi ss Francis Ke ll ey, a member of the N. C. C. A., went home Fr iday even ing, October 21, for a visit w ith relatives over Sunday, returning Monday morning

Su nd ay, Octobe r 29, be i ng the day of our regular visit from Fath er Dowd, ma ss was ce lebrated at ten o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Jack . The sermon on "How we Shou ld p ve," was both inspiring a nd he lpful.

II Witb II

Senior Notes.

Mae Fud ge

Margaret Wil son recently e nj oy d a visit fr om her fath er.

Mi ss Gates, of Sc otts Bl uff!' , e nterd th e Sen ior class th e s econd week. of Octob er.

Mae Mill er visi ted in Fall s City from October· 20 till the fo-ll owing Monday.

As a result of having bee n mi s taken for a memb er of th e facu lty, th e di g nity of the sen i or preside nt has b een cons iderabl y increast.

Profe ssor Delzell, our adv i se r, mad e a business trip to Omaha, October 20

. Several me mb ers of t hi s y ear' s class mte nd to contin ue the ir educati on in other instituti ons next year.

The de mand for more e ffici e nt teachers seems to have b een h eeded by th e seni ors as indicated by the fact that so large a number are taking some s pecial line of work.

The State Teachers' Association w ill be attended by an unusually l arge number of seni ors. A few w ill rema in in P:ru during the vacation, whi le ot hers will go to their hom es

foll o win g Se ni or s: Ha rl ey Sh av er, Wa rd E. l;J ipper t, Ly nn Gi ff ord, He nr y Sch ot t, M. P. Renfro, R ay Lun dy, and Roy Rals ton.

Mr. El le nb er ge r a dv i see; th at a ll se ni Qrs carefu lly r ea d th e ir pl ans b efo re s ubm i tt in g th em to th e t 1·ai nin g te achers. Th ere is danger of fi I i ng unn ecess ary material a nd ex tr emely e mb a rr assing si tu ations m ay r es ul t.

At chap el, We dn esd ay, O cto ber 25, two co mmittees were a pp o inte d. On e is to arrange for th e d evot ional exe rcisEs at th ese m ee tin gs, and the o th er is to plan the soc ial ev en ts of the yea r. The latter co mmittee has b ee n in s tructed to make arra ngeme nts for a Ha l low e" en party.

1

At a specia l meeting of the cla ss it was d ecided to have' a Pe ru vian board of managers. T hi s board consi sts of th e class tr esurer, th e pub lis hing manage r a nd the ad ve rti s in g m anag er

The third week in October find s the seni ors that teach in the grades anx iously awaiting their ass ignme nts in the trai n ing s cho ol for the second quarte r.

The fi rst qu ar ter clo ses Tuesday, November 7.

The Pe ru Sta te Normal foot ball team has n um berd amo ng its me mbers t he

N earl y •a ll of the re cent sepa rat e ch apel pe ri ods hav e been devoted to the ele ction of the pers on s who ar e to edit tr.e 1912 Peru v ian. Th e ea rn es t and unt i ring e ff orts of th e no minating co mm i ttee ar e res pons ibl e for the fact th at so co mp e tent a corps of workers ha s b ee n chose n. , The fol low ing pers ons con s titute the staff thus far: C. A. An ders on , e dito rin-chi ef; Mae Mill e r, Grace Miller a nd Maud e Be rry, ass ociate e ditors; E. C. Beck, publi 3hing manager; Harley Sh aver, sub s cript ion manag e r; W ard Ni ppert, assistant s ub scr i ptio n manager; M. P. Renfr o, adv er ti s ing manag er ; Percy Lapp, ass is tan t adverti s ing manag e r; S. J. E ll enberg er a nd Ogda Magnu sson, cale ndar editors; Sara Je well, view photographer; Sanfo rd Cle ments, cla ss p hotographer.

J uniot Class.

Sadye E. Jones

The Junior class has now been organized comp l ete ly and is a ll re dy for work. Th e new officer s h ave alre dy

shown gr eat and we e xpect t hi s to be th e y ulr ye t.

On account of lhc fact that th e chairs nave bee n re mO\·ccJ fr om t he bal cony of th e gymna siu m. th e Juni ors we re ob li ged to ho ld th e ir cl ass chapel in the D rama t ic Cluh r oo m '> on We dn esday, October 18, and aL;o on October 25. We lik e the ch ange , and hope we may be permitted from now on to om· cla ss c ha pel in thi s ro o m.

A bit oJ i nfo r mati on \\a s impar ted to the te ache r and me mb ers of th e zoo logy cl ass la st we ek, when Miss O rt i nformd them that certa in worms ha ve th e ir hab i tat in "damp wate1·."

The J uniors arc proud to know t hat :th ey th e high es t percent in se llin g footba ll tickets; they are n ow await ing the five dollar p ri ze that is to be awa rded them.

We und e rstand that Mi ss Thornton feels gTeat ly relievd s ince re.ceiv ing th e i nformat ion that ther e is a cl ear a nd exa ct distinction between psychology a nd the " hart ake ."

On e of o-ur Juniors, Mr. Sn yder, after severa l da ys i lln css , le ft for hi s h ome in Traverse C ity , Michigan, O ctober 14. We regr e tted very to h av e him lea ve class, as he was one of t he most val uab le me mb e rs of th e foot bal1 tea m, and was p opu lar with hi s cla ssmates.

P rofesso r J ean l ed the devo ti on al exercises of the Juni or class chapel, October 25.

At our last cl as3 meeting a new commit tee of ei ght was selected by the pres1den t, Il: r. Tys on, to make some new · and yells for the J unior class. Tho se on t he comm itt ee are: Mr. Rouse , chairman, Messrs . El le nb erger, Wh i t:fi e ld, Ramsey and Mis ses Aile en Wri g ht , Ort, Edith Cornel l, and Anderson. We

e :-..-pect to haYe some rousi ng good songs and yells within a short t im e to ma ke it in teresting- for the rest of the classes in chape l. Th ese songs and ye lls wi II be original, and not taken fro m .the "Pr oclamati on of the Se ni ors ."

Pr ofesso r He ndricks. our class adv iser, atte nd ed the Nemah a County Sunday Schoo l Co n vent i on in Auburn, Oc tober 25 and 26.

To make our chapel more interesting, our pt·esident h as selected an e nterta inment co mm itt ee to prepare a program for each ·Wednesd ay. Those on the comm i ttee are: Mr. Ch ri stenso n, chairman, Mr. Wickland, Misses Williams, Hendricks, and Blackman

R c.solutions.

Ina smu ch as o ur H eavenly Father in hi s infinite wi sdo m has cald from t hi s ea rt hl y hom e t he fa t her and ot her d ear ones of our classmate, Miss Fl ol'en ce Peti·i ng, we, the members of the junior Cla ss of the Nebraska S tate Normal School, pass. the fo l lowing r eso lutions:

Reso lved, That we extend to our \ fri e nd, Mi ss P etri n g, and to the oth er me mb ers of h er famil y, our sincere sy mpathy in the ir so r row.

Reso lv ed, That we, recognizing in our Father an ever pr ese nt h elp, do commend tbem to hi m for conso lati on R es olved, That a copy of these. r esoluti ons be sent to th e papers of Nebraska ' City and Pe ru, and to th t;l Normal i te. .;).

Prepara tory Class.

Halbert Marti n.

Th e next ti me the preparatory girls are en te rtaind, th ey sh ou ld. get di sm ist before 10 p. m. , (especially those who ·stay at the dormitory.

Miss Sadie Jon es has r etm nd to

school after an absence of two weeks We are glad to have her in class again.

The Mi sses Wileman were cald home to atte nd the funeral of a fri end. We hope they will be back soon.

Our class leader, Mr . Weeks, we nt to attend the Nemaha County Sunday School Convention, October 24 and 25 .

. Our class charterd a special car of the C. B. & Q. railroad, Saturday Octob 21, and visited th . ' er S.d. e coal mme near Wood 1 mg On a · · b · rnvmg we were directed Y our advisor p f · ' ro essor Weeks to th coOw path which led to ;ur · nour w creek f ay we stope near a or our dinne fte proceeded r, a r whtch we on our journey to th Here our wi . e mme . places of se advlser pointed out the greatest inte t w climbd th h' res · e then several above the mine where By thi s t· 1 tons were made for pictures. tme the car was and we 11 wattmg for us day hada b came borne feeling that the spent. een profitably and plesantly

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T 1 aincr Class.

B . essie Armstrong.

The trainers have I as follows : Hazel ected officers de n Th arp . e, Pres ident; We ltresure r; Ll oyd Gr imes ,

The class 1 ong, secretary. white. coors are cardinal and

The class re ets Birdi e Robin gr the loss of Miss son, wh o has left school.

The Train ers are stud . . gr eatest ar ti s ts d . Ymg some of the of work is take an _s mgers. This line n up 1n the el peri ods. separate chap-

Mi ss Hazel Frye :\ent S b 22 t h unday, Octoer , a er home,

Th e Trai ners had a H 1 a lowe' en party, Octob er 26.

High School.

Ra chel Rad er.

Octo ber 4. the te n th grad e electe d the foll o win g o ffi ce rs for the year: M ilton Blankens hi p, pr es id en t; Margue l"i te Mou l to n, vi ce pr es id en t; Ma r gnxet Ralsto n, sec r eta ry; Orv ill e Ra lsto n, tr est:rer ; Ern es t O ve rton, sergea nt-a t-a rm s.

On the seco nd W ed n esday of Octobe r, a m ee ting was he ld by the nin th gr ade , Vi cto r Jon es wa s elected pres id ent; Wal te r C hri ste n so n, vi ce pr es i de nt; Edna ,S ims , secre ta ry; Mar ga ret Jo n es, tr esure r; a nd L ester Dil lo n, se r gea ntat-ar ms

We dn esday morning c hape l was led by Mil to n Blankens hip. Lau ra Mackp rang gave a v io lin so lo, and Mar ga r et Ra lston a vo ca l so lo.

Lul a And e rson was ca ld home beca u se of the illn ess of her gra nd fat her.

The tenth grade held a b rekfast in the woo ds, Sa turday, Oc to b er 7. Th eY left town at 6 :3 0 and returned at 9 :00, after s pending a ve ry pl esant tim e.

Mrs. Shellhorn and Mr. Ba rnes we re vi si to rs in the hi gh sch oo l, W ed n esday , Octo ber 18.

Fran c is Co oper, who · h as just recentlY r ecoverd fr om typho id f eve r, h as b een co mpe ld to drop his wo rk be cause of his helth.

Th e ninth grade he ld a s upp er in the woods, October 28.

We dne sday, October 25 , Victor Jones led chap e l. The foll ow ing short program was giv e n: Piano Due t, Ka th e rine Shellhorn and Eva Dillon; clar ionet so lo by Lester Dill on, and a v ocal so lo bY Margaret Jones.

Bryan Emmert, br other of Wilb e r, is enrold in the ninth grade. Hi s home is in South Dakota.

Philomathean

Freda Peter son.

An inter es ti ng footba ll program was give n October 6. Thi s is the first of i ts kind ever given in o ur soc iety. The main featm·e of th e eve ning was a footb ::t ll contest betwe en Ba rn ey and Br ownvill e, the gam e be ing presen t ed as it w ill be pla:; d in 1 950

Our memb en h ip is ever in cr eas ing; if it co ntin ues to grow we sha ll have to increase th e size of the ha ll.

A pl ay will be given at the end of this semes t er

Following is the prorgam given Friday , No.Yember 3:

Piano Solo Clar ence Howie Vocal S) lo Mrs. Homer House Appr eciation of M us ic Miss Clark Mu s ic Brass Quarte t Musical Reading Mi ss Glasgow Violin Solo Profess:> r L oeb Music M ixt Quartet Poster Sale.

On Frid ay eve ning , October 27, one of the most unique program 3 of the year was conducted in th e gymnasium in the form of a Hallowe'en party. Every one, who cam e maskt, enjoyed a most piesant t im e. The various fortune te lling booths were p op ul ar ; the w itch es dance provd to be a m os t winning f ea ture on the program. Every one had the opp ortunity to visit the co ming eternity . Hades was exce ll en t, a nd many decided to ma ke that th e ir fllture dwelling place. Heven was m ost elaborately d ecora ted, and h ere the little fairi es servd refreshmen ts Th e most striking feature here was the "Bridal Pair," and none wh o saw them will forget the superb adornments worn.

Everett literary Society. Ch ester barrow.

Our soc iety is giv in g some delightful pr ogram s. Th e foll ow in g are our more r ecent on es :

October 6.

V oca l Solo

R eadin g

C larin et Splo .

Mrs. H owie

Miss Sn owden

Lester Dillon

Tom Thumb (G e rman) Professor Whitenack

Pian o SoloOriginal S tory

Piano Du et

Jessie Snover Opal Lintz

Gladys Tay lor and Rowena Branaman buring the evenin g. the men from the universi ty, who ou the n ex t day were to m eet o ur bo ys on the fo ot ball field, cam e in . T wo, Captain Halligan and Gord on Beck , on our in v itat io n talkt about the coming game. It will be remembe rd that Mr. Beck is one of our past presid ents. Mr. Best, another former Ever ett, spoke bri e fly on the s ubj ect, "The L oyalty wh ich we 0 Ne our So ciety."

October 13

Piano Solo H aze Fr ye

Essay (origin a l)

Sara Jewell

R ead in g - Josephine Giltner

Vocal Solo Professor House

Addr ess - Coach Thacker

Pantomi me "A Flirtatious Daughter"H. H. Moyer, Helen Osbourn , Mamie

Houser, Frank Ellenberger, Carl Overton, Jam es Dorsey, Harl ey Shaver and Ray Lund y.

Th is littl e pantomime was an am us ing represe ntation of t he unplesan t s ituation caused by th e many 'suitors of a certain yo ung lady visiting h er on the same evening.

Octob er 23.

Violin SoloReading

Piano Due tt

Ruth Mahler

Mi ss Smith

Martha Gr eenl ee, Catherine Greenlee

Address - - Professor Hendri cks

Vocal Solo Miss Griffin

Pi ano Solo

Jokes

Rena Keith

May Sh ive ly

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Grayce C. Tei ::h.

The Glee Club has un:l er take n a very a mb iti ous ch orus thi s month, en tit le d, "T he Vik ing 's Farawe ll, " by John H. Knowl es . Alth ough th e expe nditure of a gr eat amount "of ener gy and patience w ill be necessary before this ca n be successfull y pr esente d, yet th e c lu b f ee ls that t he se lect ion is we ll worthy of i ts best effo r ts . Th e b oys are also wo rkin g on a charming li t tle lu ll aby by Alb e rt W. No ll , ent itled "D oan Ye Cry, Ma Honey ," an d two other songs of a di ffe rent natu re, "Marching, " by H. Tr oter e, and " Creole Love Song, " by F. H. Sm ith.

Mus ic l ove rs of P eru should co ns ider themselves very fortunate in deed to have with them thi s year the House Qu a rtet, of first tenor, Mr L. A. H Ickland, secon d tenor, Prof essor Ross ouse, fir st bass, Dr. House and seco nd bass,. Mr. C. A. Ande rson Thrs quartet IS now regis terd with the N ati o na l Lyceum Bureau at Lin coln, N ebras ka , under the name of th e H ouse q uartet of the Peru State No rmaL Any of our readers de · · s 1rmg any inform at ion or wish i ng to s ecur e this quartet sho ul d co mm uni cate with t hi s b ureau.

The students who are tak ing pub li c school music as a fi ve point elect i ve subj ect, are helpi ng the N ormal School cl.a sses . . Va ti ous cla sses of about six pup!l s ha Vlng about the same relativ degr ee of abi lity ai·e or agnizd a nd assistants traind to gi ve the me mb ers of these cla sses i nd iv idual in s truction. The voi ce of each st udent in t hi s wo rk has bee n t ested and class i fi d and it is to be ho pt that next se mester each person w ill be able to regi ster in a class of e xactly the right g rad e. Any one who exp ects to teach mus ic sh ou ld .know it in its enti ty

II [o cal ar.d

Percy La:Jp

Mr . J. M. Howie's ll11J Lh c 1· from Bloo m:l eld, I owa, spent the nvmth of Oct ob er with him.

on· the mo rn ing of OcLo be r the studen ts of th e No rm al e nj l.nl a short bu t ve ry ab le a ddr e ss by 'hancellor Oschgar of C otn er un i ve rsity, on the su bj ec t "P owe r. " '

Pr ofessors H ay es and We eks see m to e nj oy "d uck hunti ng" and th e duc ks don't see m to mind it.

Th e fo llow ing me mb ers of the facu lty have b ee n ca ld u po n to a ss ist in cou nty t eachers a ssoci at ions: Pr ofesso r Ro use, L od ge po le, October 2 1; Prof esso r House, Fa ll s City, Octo ber 24; and P rofess or Gr egg at Fa irb ur y, Oc t obe r 28.

Dur ing the chapel ho ur , October 24, P rofe sor Hoyt di scust th e co mets. His tal k was ve ry in st ru ct iv and ente rta ining. We are alw ays s ur e of a trea t when P rofess or Hoyt sp eaks to us.

The Pe ru st ate No rma l is now offe rin g ex tension cou rs es . Those i nterested in any lin e of edJcat io na l wor k may ob ta in i nfo rm at ion in reg ard to s am e by ma il , by ad dres3in g the r eg ist ra r, Peru St ate No rm al Scho ol, Pe ru , Ne braska.

Mi ss Th omas , from W ash in gton, wh il e vis iti ng Mrs. Ne t tl eton, gave an exce llent in chapel w hi ch was very mu ch e nj oy d by a ll. · The pr eceding evening, Mi ss Thom as wa s the gu es t of the Dramatic Club in the n ew expr ess}on roo m ove r the l ibrary.

The Sta te Board of E ducation met in the adJ11ini s trat ion bu iding on e eve ning the first of the month. Th e fo ll owing mo rnin g at chape l four me mb ers of the B oard gave short talks to th e s tud e nts. A ll were e njo y cl . very mu ch, espe cia ll Y the a ddress by J. W. Cra btr ee .

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DR. B. L. SHELLHOQN

Residence Phone 6

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DECEMBER, 1911 -

Cleveland's Gh ristmas •••Chimes•••

In buying Christmas presents select something I, useful. Our ready-to-wear Department is showing more and new beautiful styles this Xmas than ever before. Such as La Vogue coats and suits in any style or fabric or Cohn Baer Berman Suits. We carry by far the most complete line of women's and men's apparel in Nebraska City.

VOLUME VI. PERU , NEBRASKA, D ECEMBER , 1911.

NUMBER 3

PERU F.0 0T-B AL L TEAM, 1911

Chri stenson, Tyson, ;..1 cw hir ter, Coac h Thacker, Ludka Wickham, Gi fford, Lundy, Shaver, Sin'is, Sch ott1 Rahton, Renfro

B. Cl ifford He ndri cks

Every student has some place to fill in our Norma l sc hool life. There is no den y ing it. If not, he had be tter get out, f or one so short s ighted is bu t a han ger-on, r etardi ng the progress of th ose who have recog niz ed their places. That place is not altogether between th e two lid s of a book e ither. Not so long as there are o th er students and there are facu lty members in th e in s ti-

tution Even in a college re duced to the lowest t erms, placi ng a stude nt on one end of a l og and one of hi s teachers upon the other, he has hi s e nd of the log as well as hi s book to atten d to.

In this type of co ll ege the student • would have to fill every place belong ing to his particular end of the "l og ." Not so in the complexity and mu l tiplic ity of our school's organizations. One studen t should not fill every place und er s uch condit i ons. Each student sh ould find some one place and fill it. Y es, really fill it in a ll i ts capacity . Fill it so

th oroly that it wou ld be nl ise d to a leadin g place in the sch ')::> l. IL is n'>t the place , but the o ne in the place th al gi ves it prest ige Wh o tl oes not know of insta n ces wh ere a man h as hard ly been placed in a p os it ion befo 1·e all connected wi th that positi on beg in agp: r css iv wo rk. Ju st as Roseve lt' s election to the governorsh ip of New Yo t"lc or to the pr esiLl ency of the Uni te d S ta tes me:wt "something do ing" in th ose. pa rti cu lar offi ces , so th ere are those - and th ey s hould be man y-in our sc h oo l who, if they accept a place, make tha t th e busi est place in sch oo l. A nd how do th ey do i t?

Th ey are w illin g to go ahead . After the y l ea rn wh'lt is to be '(and th ey make it a point to find out if they do not kn ::>w) they not on ly d o, but see that o thers un der th e ir dir ec ti on do.

They do n ot lean upon a fac ulty p rop.

All h ave s een the man w ho h as' 'tur n ed his ankle" and fo r a time had to u se crutche 3, and have rejoi ced with him when he could lay them as id e. These lead ers h ave laid asi de their crutches and stand up on their own f eet Th ey do n ot n eed a faculty member to speak for them , or to direct for th em . Th ey are glad to h ear suggestions, but can get along with out th em if th ey do no t come .

Th ey u se the "follow ·up" plan. If they put a man or wom an at a cer ta in work they k eep their eye in that directi on until it is d one . Th e w orker is ma1l e to f eel th e re s pon si bi I i ty fo r the task not on ly by the d ema nd f or resu lts, but by the friend ly in terest of his superior.

Th eystay persistent ly wi th their work . If it is to se ll ti ck ets , t hey not o nl y se ll f or th e first ten minut es after the an -

PROF. 1:! C. HEXDRL CKS.

no un cemcnt is made. bul throughout d ay t hey wi II 1 e found at e \·ery odd mome n t, "yen di ng- llw ir wares." If it is a mem bership campaign for a literary soci et y, a a ssoc iation m· a club, afte r the h eat of th e contest there wi ll be a ' 'follow up '' ca rri ed on t hroug h out the life of th e p o:> iti on.

Th ey have th e nack of r ece ivi ng a "turn-d ow n" s milin ·ly. D efeat d oesn 't th riv in the fa ce of a ge nuin e s mil e.

He takes to cove r up on i ls fi r st ap pea rance "Sunny Pi ce," boys ' sec t·etary of the Lin co ln ci ty Y. M. C. A. , h as suc h a s mil e. It isn't a sign th at he is "easy ." but r at her that if he seeks your sen·is yo u w ill be eas"y ."

Th ey gi ve extra t im e. T hat can be done wi th out disa d va nta ge to stud ies if e ach find s hi s or her place, n ot places . Th ere is i nvar iab ly cx tt ·a t im e r eq ui red, if th e "fo ll ow u p'' plan is use d. If the o utc ome is to be bette r th at us ua l, then more tim e th an usual mu st be gi ve n to it, eve n th o it niay mean ri sing ea rli er on Sa turda y mor nin gs .

Th ey have a nd show the " nailprin ts ."

On e man of thi s type, a numb er of yea rs a go, was ac costed by a do ub ting m em ber of hi s wor kin g fo rc e t hu s: "If y ou'll show me th e nail pr in ts in yo ur ha nd s I' ll be li ev you ar e w hat yo u cla im to be." Th e re quest was gra nted, for th e one in q ues ti on was g en u in e. Such e vd en ce is oft en dema nd ed of th e chairmen of o ur co mmittees. Wh en th ey ca n show ma rks of se rvis, th e ir co mmitt emen r espo nd

Ea ch st ud e nt sh ould reme mber that if he d oes not r es po nd when hi s pla ce ca ll s h im, th at that op por tu n ity is g on e, th e thin g is not done a nd the s ch oo l and th e student body h ave b ee n de ni ed so me th ing whi ch th ey sho uld ha ve had . E ve ry s tudent wi th the leas t s park of s pi rit ab out him pr of esses to be loy al to our s ch oo l, ye t how many acce pt p la ces of tru st a nd a ll ow th e o ppor tu ni ties so ent r ;J.sted to

the ir use to go by unu sed, a nd consequently deny the ir school that which she rightfu lly sho uld have had at th e ir ha nd s. Are you in a pos ition as pres id e nt of you r class, of a so ci ety , a clu b or th e cha ir ma n of so me committee, however seem in gly unimpo rtant ? Wh at ha ve you do ne to ma ke the plac e a so urce of profit to the sc hoo l? How much have you put yo ursel f out to ma ke it count? Get bu sy wi t hin yo ur o wn s ph ere and the mor e yo u m ove about in it the larger it will beco me unti I yo u wi II be s urpri sed to lea rn th at in as mu ch as ye h ave been fa ithf ul in a few thin gs ye hm·e a ri se n to ru le r sh ip oYer many.

Yes, yo u are da lly ing with yo ur fut ure when you "let t hin gs s lid e." If you a re willin g to sit b ack a nd let oth ers go ahed here in s ch oo l acti v iti es , yo u w ill be w illin g to take a second pl ace in all l ife to come. In the choice here in sch oo l yo u ar e choos ing a life of lea de rs hip or one of me diocri ty. "For so me of us, it wil l be no ea sy ta sk to find o ut that place ; we have to se t ourse l ves to th e ta sk with ca re a nd persistency, even th o we kn ow that God the Fath er will in the e nd r eward our eff orts and show us the way ." · The fi nding of our place here in schoo l sho uld be taken as se ri ously as th e qu es t for our life wor k, and when we recog ni ze our place then it is ours to acce pt it. "Those who ta ke up th e t ask wi th joy are wr itten d own as vict ors in t he book of E te rnal Va lue and often on th e roll s of me n. Those who refu se the t ask at the very m os t ca n o nly be medi o cre; tho they see w hat is los t, th ere is only left a se co nd place for th e m.

Of who h ave taken up the ir tas k with joy, th e fo ll ow ing c li ping from th e "Dail y Nebras kan" sets forth a for cefu l ex ampl e.

"Kid " Wed ge is s ick in Sa n F ra ncisro. A di s patch yeste rd ay fr om th e coast c ity st ated that Wed ge had b ee n fou nd

sick in a poorly furnisht r oom , an upsta irs room in the r ough district of the city, in the ne igh bo rh ood where he is shedding hi s life blood to help save men from lives of de bauchery and r ui n.

"K i d" Wedge was once a welterweight champion boxer. At that t im e he li ved in Omaha. He became a slave to t he drin k habit whil e in that city, later reforming and deciding to get an .e ducati on a nd save men fr om ruin. • 'Kid '' came to Linc oln and enterd th e uni ve rs ity, where he was helped by theY. M. C. A. an d the ministerial union f or a few days unt il he could find work. He was soon a changed man. He workt at "any o ld t hing" f or many days, but when he got in better he lth he was able to get better jobs.

Wedge made many fri ends in the uni vers i ty. He told the sto ry of hi s loca l life to students, and whi le a s tud e nt in the U. of N. we nt ou t on Sunday to preach at var io us small churches near the city . He was willing to do any sor t of honest work that he might earn money to a id the d ownfa ll en manh ood of the cities It was while at Nebraska tha t he decided to give hi s life to the rescue of men of the s lums.

San Francisco has felt the effects of his personal work He has saved men by the wholesale, stra i ghtened them out, cloth ed them, pa id f or their mea ls when he could only affo rd one meal a d ay, and fought sickness with the co urage of a patri ot . And n ow in hi s i lln ess e is being cared for at a hosp it al wh ere he, wi th the as isstance of nurses and d octors, is fighting against detb . Hi s life is almost burnd out because of hi s efforts to save men from morta l d eth. The cold on his lungs keeps him gasping for breath.

His many friends, men whom he has saved from sin, tip -toe into the r oom where he sleeps, to look upon th e man who has been their friend. A month

ago some of th ese same men reele d into hi s quarters dir ty and drunk , but he ch ee rd them, fed them, gol them j obs and mad e hon est laborer s ou l of commo n drunkard s. ·w edge is c np:ap:t' d Lo be married, but hi s sickn ess is so expensive that th e w edding festivities be far in the future.

"B ut I' ll come o ut of thi s all 1·ig-h t," is the messat;0 h ;:: S(;nt ls Lo hi s many friends, with Lhe sa me cheery optim ism with w hi ch he chee r .:; np; men Lo moral vi cto ry. "Kid" is kn o wn in San Francisco as the "fi g htin g pas lor, who makes men out of animal s ."

We cannot a ll be "Ki d" Wedges, for hi s is not th :: task fo r all, but we ca n at least sh ow hi s sp iri t. We can see k as earn estly to find ou r task and by the help of God we will find i t. A nd whi le we w ?. it fo r i ts di E: covery we can wait indu str i.) u.:; ly, loo ki ng upon every trust we accept (and we sho uld not accept too many) as an opp o rt unity to r ende r a servi s that only we as individua ls ca n re nd er. An d so wai ti n g, yet wo1·k ing, impr ov the ti me. In do in g so , tru s ting in Go d for direc ti o n, for he does d ir ect m en and wome n, in such matter s and respon ding to the call with a who le life serv i s, we are teachin g the world a reli gio n conv incin gly co ncrete.

H oyt : I am tempted to give a test . Student: Yi e ld n ot to temptation .

Thr ee degr ees in m edica l treatment: P os itiv, i ll; compar at i v, pi ll; su perl ati v, bi ll.

T each er : What is the future of "I g iv e."

Tommie: '' You take.''

Prof. J ean : What kind of leaves has an electric light plant?

Nippert: L eaves of absence.

Mi ss L ambert : H ow do you like Gym?

Mi ss Weddle : Jim who?

II Jtrumni II

Repo rts ha ve come of the s uccess of K atherin e Hank s, express ion g-raduate, '09, wh o is teac hi ng t hi s y ea r at No rth Bend, Ne br as ka.

Byrne Mar ce 11 u s, '08 , has re coverd fr om a seve re attack of app e ndiciti s and is r egisterd in the law de pa r tment of th e Univ ersi ty of Neb ras ka.

J ose ph P. Gi llil an, '!)2, wa s elected tres urer of Nema ha Cou n ty, t hi s fa ll.

Mr. Gi l lil an and family haYe m ov d fr om Peru to A ub u rn.

Mr s. Matti e H. Gr egg Dafo e, ' 92, of Te cums eh, Nebra s ka, visi ted in Omaha d ur in g the the State T eac hers' Assoc iation.

Lo la E. Standl ey , '9 1, afte r t eaching in the Pe ru public sc h oo ls fo ur year s, spent t hr ee ye ar s in the sc h oo ls at Tabl e Rock and Fa ll s City, four years in Univers ity Pl ace sc h ools, and is now t ea chin g her fifth yea r in th e sch oo ls at Chester, Nebraska.

Walt er L. Best, '09, ha s begun work as prin c ipal of th e Pleasa nt Dale sc h oo ls.

Wil la Adam s, '06, who h as been teachin g for seve ral yea rs at Santa Monica, Ca li forn i a, r ecen tly re turnd to Ne braska wh ere she und er went an opera ti on for append icitis. Mi ss Adam s wa s in Om aha during th e Sta te T eache rs Assoc iation and s ay s she is redy to e nter s cho ol work aga i n.

Arthur B. Ge lw ick, '11 , hi gh s choo l teac her at Geneva, spent a f ew days in Pe ru durin g vaca ti o n.

H. Clyde Fill ey , '99, who h as be en assis ting in farm management at the Un ivers i ty farm at Linc oln, ha s b ee n made perman e nt pr ofessor ther e by the unitversity rege nts.

Th e Alumni a ssoc iati on, at its annual bu s in ess mee ting .at O ma ha, thi s year, mad e two d epartures from i ts routine cha nn el of e xi sten ce which should be know n by a ll alumni. On e of these shou ld be of very v ital i nter est not only to all alm uni but to all friends of the P er u No r ma l. Th e fi rst of th ese changes was made n ecessa ry by the gro wth of om or ga ni zat io n. For the past two years S ec r eta ry-Tres m·er Del ze ll has been bea ri ng m ore tha n his sh are of th e association's r espon s ibi liti es . Th ese dema nd s ha ve so hevi ly drawn up on his tim e that he cou ld on ly by the gr eates t effo rt perform the duti es pertaining to the secretary -tr es m·er 's o.ffis a nd also of the teachers' bm eau. While Professo r Delze ll has cheerf u lly and faithfu ll y attemp ted to meet these demand s, those kno w in g the si tuat ion dema nd eq that he be r el ie vd of one part of this work. Thi s was accomp lisht by an amendme nt to om con st itution pr ov idin g th at there sha ll be a secr e tary -tresm-er and a bur ea u secr eta r y, both to be chos en from Alumni r esi de nt in which was u nanimou sly adopt ed. Professor Delze ll' s broad acquaintance with su perintendents and sch oo l boar ds of N ebraska mad e it qu ite a ma tter of course that he s hou ld be r etani ed as t he bureau' s secr eta ry. B. Cl ifford He ndri cks , of the Normal, was se lec ted for th e secretarytrestuersh ip.

Another advanc e. w as made at the Omaha meeti ng when a m ot ion by C. M. Penn ey to the effect that a comm i ttee of ten be appoint ed to secure one hundr ed fiv e -do ll ar pledge s fr om our alumni to be paid in th e event th e secre tary tr es urer is un a ble to rai se fiv e hundr ed dollars from du es wi t hin the n ex t year. - A lre dy the major part of th ese names has b ee n securd and Superint end ent C. B. Moore and his committee by th eir aggr ess iv work assur e the ir success in the canva s. At first t hot it may seem an im-

possible ta sk to r aise s uch a sum but when we stop to consi der that in our membershi p of 1600 or mor e there certai nl y ought to be 1000 who are onetenth as l oya l as this gr oup of one hundred, the und ertaking becomes .much more reasonable. Our alumni assoc iation, to just ify its ex istence, must do somethi ng; and to do so me th i ng it mu st have that with which to work. Th ere is a work to be done. To do it require s an expendi t ur e w hich when it bas to be advance d fr om the private in cc me of th e tr easurer with no certainty of ment r esults in wastefu l economy . Wit h this fund of five hundre d do ll ars assured, the work need not be so bampe rd.

W. L. French , '97, professo r of the agriculture depa rtm ent of the Univ er si ty, had an inter esti ng and ins tructiv exh ibi t at the recent land show held in Omaha .

Gertrud e Coon, ' 07, of Red Cloud. was elected county super inte ndent of Webster County th is fall. Mi ss Coon recently visited in Auburn at th e home of Rev. and Mrs J. H. Salsbury.

Ruth Wortman, ' 11, is hav ing exceptiona l success as bed of the domestic depar t mEn t at Amity CollEge, I o\\' a.

E mm a Falte r, '10, is successfully teac hi ng her second year at Grafton, Nebraska. Elizabeth Falter , '1 1, is having a plesant and profitab le year teacbibg in the high sc hoo l at Ti lde n, Nebraska.

Jo seph Goldstein, '10, who is taking the co u rse in law at th e Uni ve rsity , is winr;ing fame as a de bator.

Es ther Blankenship, ' 10 , was in P er u the first of th e month on acco unt of sickn ess at home. She has r eturnd to Broken Bow whe.re she is teachi ng her seco nd ye ar.

E. E. La ck ey, '4, who co mpl e ted h is work at the Universi ty la st ly e ar , is now prof essor of agricul tu re at Lhc W ay ne normal.

The officers of th e Alumni Ass uc ia t ion for the com in g year ar c, Sup c rinl e nde nt A. J. Stoddard, Ne wm an Grov e, preside nt; Supe rin te nd e nt Fred Mo n·ow, Centra l City, vice pres ident: P 1·ofess or De lzel l, Pe ru, bur ea u secre ta r y; Prof e sso r B. Gi fford H end ri cks, Peru, se cr eta ry tr es ure r; Dr George E. H oward, Li nco ln and Judge Le tlo n, Lin co l n, trustees.

A very n ot icab le num ber of me mbers of the e ar I i er c las ses was in atte nd an ce at th e P er u banqu et this year, It was a ·very pl eas ing s ight to see tl .osc who are beginn ihg to show the g ra y, sitt in g beside th ose just fr om our h <J li s and to note that if anythin g th e olde r on es we re the happ ie r. As so me ex pr est it. " It is great to be long to a fratern i ty h avi ng over si xteen h undred me mb ers .''

A numb er of th e -Pe ru alumn i liv ing in I owa t oo k advantage of the n ear ne ss of the Om aha m ee t ing to I owa by attending the State T each ers' Assoc iat ion this year and ren ew i ng o ld acquaint a nces. Among th ese were S J. peri nte nd e nt C. E. Humphreys, '01, of Denin so n, I owa ; Ben jamin B. Hurst, '0 5, and wi fe , Mr s. Helen Walworth Hurs t, of t he s am e class

A h opefu l sign for the al umn i is not i cable in the tend e ncy to organ ize P er u N ot only are b oth th e Linco ln and Omaha Clubs flour is hi ng bu t a number of other pl aces as Blair, Crtte, Fa irbury, are ta lki ng of such or ga ni zat i ons. One al umnus sa id , ''Why n ot have a County Pe ru Club? In my county th ere are some three or four princ i pals who are Per u g raduates and I am su re favo r such a mo ve .'' Y es , that is true not only of that but of many count i es. Further, th ese clubs are no t confined necessar il y to Pe ru graduates but any one who ha s ever b ee n a stud ent

at Peru m ay b eco me a member Th e sec r eta ry of th e )Cia lion would be on ly too gla d to h ea r from those in te rested in formin g suc h a club an d a ssu r es al l such hi s m os t har ty con p·•rali on in sac h work. Wri te C liffo rd He m!J·i cks at Pe ru about it.

J. W. Miller, 'O J, is th e ed ucati o nal secretary of the Om a ha Y. M . C. A. He is also pr es i dent of the Om a ha Pe ru Cl ub. Hi s kindly r eg-a rd for Pe ru thus shown is shared by hi s wife who was Ze lJa Willi ams, '02. Mr. Mill er 's work ca ll s to m in d the fact th at no sm all number of our alumn i ha ve tnrnd the ir se r vices in to act iv C hri st ian channel s since leaving Pe1·u. Amo ng these are the names of He nr y Me nke, '90, who has a pastorat e in Iowa; Th eo do 1·e L eger, '90, mini ster at Mi dva le, I da h o; George McMich ae l, '95, genera l sec re ta ry of the Y. M. C. A., Miss ou la, Montana; Chas . D. Metca lf, '96, min is ter at Snyde r, Nebras ka; Eugen e Maxcy, '00, Meth odist min ister at D ill e r, Ne braska ; J. C. Dillon, ' 01, miin ster at Butte , Ne braska; Cha rl es McVey, '02, ev ange li st, Ha rd y, ·Nebraska; an d Bert Swenson, '09, who is prepari ng him se lf for Y. M. C. A. work at Spr in gfie ld, Ma ss

A very successfu l and profitable tea chers' meeting was he ld at L odge Pole, Cheye nne Co un ty, on Octob er 14 . To Super in tendent W. S. Bostder a nd h is effic ient corps of t eac hers much of the s ucc ess is due It is interesti ng to note that th e L odge Pole facu l ty is composed near ly e ntir ely of the P er u Norma l a lu mni. W. S. Bo s td er, ' 10 , Mrs. Bostder, nee Ethel Meyer, '03, Pear l Meyer , '0 5, a nd Sus ie Harmon, '11. State Superi ntendent J. E. Delzell, ' 93, and Dean Rouse of P er u gave inter esting and i nsp i ring ta lks. J. A. Han na, '0 8, pri ncipal of Sidney hi gh sch oo l gave an interesting demonstration of hi s hi story card s.

Edna Millay , '09, of Gregory, So uth Dakota ,_has r etm nd to h er home after a sho rt Yi sit with friends in P eru.

Mab el Had sell , '09, the newly el eceted co unty superintendent of Boyd co un ty, has r et urnd from a short visit with friends in Peru.

Mi ss Loui se Mears, '95, who is attending th e Uni ve rs ity at Linco ln t hi s semester, rece ntly made a s hort business u·ip to Peru Her attr ac tiv a nd i nteresting little b oo k; " Th e Hills of Per u" is now on sale her e.

Th e Peru banquet dur ing the Nebraska State T eachers' As ociat ion , gi ven in honor of Su per intend ent Crabtree , was a gr eat success an d afforded a de li g htful evenin g for a ll present. Three hun dred a nd forty-five plates were s ervd. Professor E. L. Rouse was toastmaster and Govt""r n or Ald ri ch, Su perintendent P earse, Superin tend ent Crabtree State SuperintE'ndent De lze ll, President Hayes and E. M, Clin e r espond ed.

It i:-; interest ing to no te th at a number of o ur a lumni have been e lected as co unty superint end en ts of public instruction, in var ious counties of Nebraska. A mon g these are Elmer S ee ley , '09, Nu cko ll s County; N ema ha Clarke, '09, Nemaha Co unty; Gert rude Coo n, '07, Webster County; Mabel Hadse ll, ' 09, Boyd County.

Carr ie Hanson, '11, of th e Barada p ubli c schoo ls, wri tes that she is enjoyi ng the Normal i te and is looking for wa rd w ith plesure to each new numb er.

Cl yde Hu tchin son, ' 11, princ ipa l of the sch oo ls at Alvo, spent a f ew days visiting relatives a nd fr iend s in Peru during the r ecen t vacation.

Albert Gash, '08, is su per intendent of sch ools at Wil sonyill e, Nebraska. Mrs. Gash wi ll be reme mberd as Alta Strong of the class of '05.

Frank J en nin gs, ' 11 , of Fairbury, was compelld to g ive up hi s schoo l wo rk for some t ime on account of an accident receivd whil e play ing foot ball.

J. D. McMillan, ' 11 , supe rin te ndent of schoo ls at Western, was in Peru the first of the month. The Western schools were closed at the tim e on acco unt of scarlet fever.

Paul Stoehr, '11, has aga in commenced teaching. He was recently el ected to fi ll a vacancy at the Burk school near Howe. Mr. Stoehr ha s fully regaind hi s helth, a nd the sch oo l board is fortunae to secure his services as teacher.

The many friends of George N. Foster, '06, will be pleasd to Jearn t hat he has won a place on the deba t ing te am at the University of Chicago. Mr. Foster wi ll be rememberd as one of th e promine nt de baters wh il e here in the Normal. He was also on the debat ing team both his juni or and sen ior years wh ile in th e Uni versi ty at Li ncoln an d was grad uated from the law department in ' 11. He was also winner of the Th eta Kappa Nu honors .

Rob ert Ray, '06, an d W. W. Ray, '02 , hav e given up teaching for the present and are traveling for an Omaha lumber company.

Blinn 0. Helms, '09 , s ci e nce t eacher in th e high schoo l at Wee ping Water, was quite severely burnd about the ha nds and body by th e exp losi on of an al co hol lamp in the schoo l laborato ry.

Sta te James E. Delzell addrest the N ance County teach e rs at Fu llerton, Octo ber 28.

On th e progr am of th e Ot oe Co :1n ty teachers a ssoc iation held at Syracuse, Octo bea 21 , we find th e fo ll o wi ng names fr om the al umn i: Vi tali zing in Hi story, Princ ip al V. E. Ty le r; The new City

Ce rti ficate, Sup e rin te nJ e nl R. R. McGe e; Exp r ess ion in R ea di n_g in th e Lower Grad es, C la ra H eacoc k; T ea ch er and Sc h oo l Bo a rd, Be una Vist a L ee .

II igioaus II

Y. W.C. A.

The second in th e se l'i es of pr act i ca l ta lk s w hi ch th e a sso ci at ion is o ff e ring this year, wa s given by D ea n Rou se , November 2. App r oximate ly tw o h und red g ir ls and wo men gath erd in th e high sch oo l a sse mb ly ro om and avai ld the mse lves of the o pportun i ty to hear d · · "H IS me ss ag e Dean R ouse ha to g1ve 1 n Id eal of Womanho o d." In hi s frank, ru gged s im p li ciy, he st ood up bef ore us a nd ta lkt tactfu lly, but plainly, the t hin gs th at go to make w .) ma nh oo sw ee t and he a·..1t iful. His wo rd s were im press iv and long to be remc rnb e rd. Eve ry gi rl who he ard t '1e m co ul d not but go away wit h hi gh er id eals of h ood and a firm er r es o !v to make ideals real, in ev e ry d::ty I ivin g. . . f the Miss Gert rude Sm1th, pr es 1d ent 0 Is If association, en te rta incl th e c:a b1net g. ,.,. .·v 1l1o at a s ix o'c lo ck lunch e on, Thanksg l even ing.

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Our associat ion h as just ha d a . , . . I t . cre ta t) • from th e tern ton a rave 1 n.2.· se . 11 g Miss Vi ola Mm·sha ll ; her s ta y ext e nd 1 011 from November 30 to D ece mb er 5. n' · ·on e Friday, Dece mb er 1, tne as soc 1atl in t erta ined in her h onor at a k en s ingto ncl' ' )0 ,. Everett Hall , from 4 :30 to 6 :00 o c. th e The In terco ll eg ia te comm i ttee, under 11 . er soab le d1rect10n o£ Sa ra Je ,v e ll , 1 111 P t's t ated very effectivly, a Ci1in se s n J departur e f or Ame n ca and h_ u· JVf ll Y Miss Amy Bak er, Gra r:e 1-leJ • j( een Shively, Anna John s0 n and A ud · J · d · ·i r 8- Wright, co mple te y cap t! va te r-- ,.... il1 " f I, 1 ie nc e in the 'r 1 v 11 8 s, ladi es . At the ui t:, e see

Miss J ewell sa ng with sweet appreciation a J apa n ese lov e so n g. Mi ss Marsha ll wa s as kt to spe ak to th e girls fo r a few m in ates on the g-ene ral pha ses of the as soc i ati on work. Among other thin g-s she told us th at Peru was the third larges t s tud e nt a sso ciati on in the . ter rit :> ry, and tha t ou r o wn State Univer .s it y ranks fi rs t. Th e ser vi ng of a dainty fragrant t ea and w afe rs closed t:1e ve ry pl esa nt afte rn oo n.

Sat-.lrda y, D ece m ber 2, co mm ittee wi th its ch ai r man met Mi ss Ma rs hal l in th e r es t r oo m and co nsul ted about the work, ga inin g n ew plans and su ggestions, for th e re maind er of the year. At 2 :1 5 on Sund ay , th e hi gh sc hool asse mbl y r oom was fild to ove rflowing to hear Miss Marsh a ll t a:lk on '' Vi sion and Se rvi s. " Ev e ry minute of th e talk was inter es ting and helpfu l. Th e co ming of the te rr i ror ial secre tary always m eans a rej uve n at ion and q ui cken ing of the e nli fe of the assoc ia ti on, and Mi ss Mar shal l's vis it h as b ee n no ex c ept ion to the rul e. A ha ppy select ion h as b een m ad e in placing Mi ss Mars ha ll in c harge of the as s ociati on work in Normal s ch oo ls. She is sy mp at he tic, appr ec iativ of the work don e, r edy to help, and per so na ll y int er es ted in every g irl she m ee.ts. Monday, D ece mb er 4, we were again favord by h av in g Mi ss Marsha ll talk to us.

Our Committees h ave b een doing sple ndid work th is yea r. Why? On e big r easo n is tha t the chairmen are v ita ll y i terested in their work, and h ave m ade thin gs so inter esti :! g for th e members that th ey cou ld n ot he lp but be gl ad to ass i st in the g1·eat work of the associa ti on. Among other · things, each committee cha irm an h as e nt erta in ed her com;,ittee in a li tt le i nforma l "at home."

N.C C. A.

Ge rtrud e Suglu·ue.

F ather Dowd was un a ble to con duct our se rvices on November 1 9, so the m eet in g was he ld in the Catholic r est r oom.

Th e N. C A. h as r ecentl y organized a Kens ingto n fo r the purp ose of- furth ering the soc ial in ter ests of th e soc iety. Me et in gs are he ld every F ri da y afte rnoo n at 4:30 o 'c lo ck in the r est room.

As th ere we re quite a numb er of s tudents who spent their vacati on in Peru, we we re ab le to h ave the m eeting of the Ken s ington on Friday aftern oo n, November 1 0, and our regu lar m eet ing on the f0ll owi ng S unday morning.

Y. M. C. A.

Th eY. lVI. C. A. m ee ting of D ecember 3, wa s l ed by Professo r J ean. He sh owd us h ow the i t.fluen ce of one perso n cou ld affec t a group or even a who le v icinity. Thi s was one of o ur most in terest ing Sunday afte rnoo n m eet ings.

When we stop to think of the vast si ze of th eY. M. C.A.moveme nt compared to its age , we fee l proud that t hi s sch oo l has a l itt le part in th e forward ing of th is mo ve me nt thr uout th e wor ld.

On November 19, the m eet ing was led by Mr. Ander so n, one of th e stud ents. He gave us an outline of the gre at work wh ich the Y. M. C. A. m ovement is tak- , ing o n, it s grow th and size.

On D ecember 17 th eY. M. andY. W. Associations expect to hol.d a joint meetin g w hich is to be led by Mr. Rouse. A rare treat is e xp ected and every young man s hould ava il h im self of th e opportun ity to attend.

THE NORMA LITE

Peru, Nebraska

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EDI T ORIAL STAFF

G. S Hansen '12

Bditor in -chi ef

Charlotte Cooley ' 12 Edit or

]. W. Wear Jr '14 : Bu s ine s!' Manager

DEPARTMENT EDITORS

Mary E Tyn on '98 , .. ........... ... ......... ..... Aiumni

Merle Swan ' 12, Cla ss

Ma t th a Green lee ' l2 Society

Liv ely '13 Ciub

Mabel Swansnn ' 12 Re lig ious

Gr ayce Teich Music

E. C. Beck '12 Athl e tic

H. Shave r' 12 Excb ange

BOAR D OF MANAGERS

F. M. Gregg Faculty

Ray Lnndy '12 Senior

Fran k '1 3 ......... .......... ........ .. .Juni or Bessie Tra iner

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H. D. \llartin Prep:uatory

Cathe r ine Green lee 'l2 Everett

E. C. Beck ' l:L ........... . .. . ...... ...... Pbil o matbean

Wm. Roet tger '1 3 Y. M. C. A. Y. W.C A.

Ge rtrud e Su5hrua '1 3 N. C. C. A.

Sus' M. Smith Drama tic Club

Hazel Tay lor '13 . Latin Club

Ebha Wa hl st rom '12 , German Club

E. C. Beck 'l2 .. .... ........:.... . Atbletic Association

Ch este r Darrow Ciceronian

Men and Religion Forward Movement

This greate st of m ode rn m ove ments had its ince ption in th e mind of a co llege s tud e nt. Hi s n ame is Harry Arnold. H e, by "th e ir ony of fate" has b ee n s tricken, but not fatally, with tubercul os is and mu st be but a s pectator of most of the activity.

Fred B. Smith, of wor ld -w id e Y. M. C. A. fam e, is the ca mp aign lea de r. "The Men and Religion forward movem en t is an e ff o rt to make rea l th e churches' program f or Jesus C hri st an d all me n," says Mr. Smith. We thus see the great purpose of the m ove me nt.

In over one hundred of th e large r cities we ll trai n ed spec ia li sts ha ve he ld great ma ss ralli es. Th ous ands of sma ller towns hav e caught the spi rit a nd wi th intense e nthusias m h ave he ld s imil ar meetings. The mo ve me nt is r ece iving recognition in every section of the United States and Canada. Th e dai ly press has given much space for the announcements of th e campaigns, perhaps the most ever given to any religious movement.

Community Extens io n, Boys Work, Evangelism and Bible Study are s ubjects which the vari o us t ea ms have e mphas ized in unprecede nted sty le. Th e campaign has b een unus ually successful in r eaching laboring men. Men of all castes and classes have been l ed to see that Christian work is a thin g big enough for th e ir mo st masc ul in effor ts.

Four far reaching results will accrue from thi s m ost g iganti c and s ignifican t mass play of Christian men : .

1. The quickening of th e lives of thousands of men and boys.

2. N ew VIS i ons will come to the churches . The men wi ll be put at so mething definite The boys will not be so di s mally negle cted

3. A greater appreciation of the Bible and a rene wd interest in Bibl e s tudy

4. The campaign is a preparatory

schoo l, tra inin g the c hut·ches to wo rk togeth er th at Wi thin lh e n ext score of years, th ey wil l be so uni ted that they can s uc cess ful ly la un ch i nto th e Wo rld 's gr eates t camp aign of mi ss ions and evan ge li s m.

Truly thi s m ove ment is one se nt of God.

Aust in J. Ho llin gs wo rth. .JI.

The Boy S cou t Movement.

Chas. R. Wee ks.

Dr. W in fi e ld S. Hal l told us in chap el last we ek that a human be in g, in i ts develo ;:> me nt from b oy ho od to manh oo d, go es t:uu a ll t he s tages th at th e race has in c .:> ming up fr om sava ge s to civili zed bein;;rs

Am ong th ose who are not ps ycho logists, we often hear th is e xpr ess ion: "Boys wil l he b oys,'.' which is on ly another way of ad mitt ing our be lief tha t boys mu st p ass thru a barbarous period in th e ir dev elopment.

Many teachers fa il in sch oo l discipline because of lack of apprec iati on of the fa ct that there. is a barbaro c1s peri od in a boy or g irl 's li fe, w hi ch is roughly by the age s of twelve to eigh te t: n years. During the e ar li er part of t:lis period a hel thy boy h as hi s ow n of mo ra ls and i dea ls of what life

To him life means about what it di d to th e Ame ri can In dian as we found him; a life of fr ee ac t ivity; of app rop ri at i ng every th ing at h and to his own se lf gratifi cat ion; a strong but disorganized l ove of nature, and h er manifestations t:wu hi s env ir onments and fellow beings

We belie ve th at any man who did no t pass thru t hi s s tage of life is now a dummy or a ph ys ical wrack; he certa inl y is n ot a phys i ca ll y and intellect ua ll y develop e At t hi s period of a c.1 il d's I L.! the awal<Lning a ml deve lopm e: nt of phys ical qca li ties that dete rmin e hi s L:tur e sta te of manhood . e mP. hasises

to hi s mind the physical sid e of life.

Ha ving bee n reminded of these facts we are r eady f or a sol ut ion of the problem of the so -cald bad child. We canno t change h im at t hi s stage of l,ifefor it is his ve ry God -given na bre and it wo uld be fo o li sh to atte mp t to do anythi ng ot her than dire ct these energ ies , until the intell e ctual control m:serts i tse lf.

Th e Boy Scout movement, agricult ure and indus trial traini ng are tlt a m an:; w .! have today of tiding th ese b on over th is crit ical peri o d. in pi oneer d ws h en· v ironmen ts of near ly every boy offe1 d oppo rtunity for the exercis ing of ba rbarous te ndenci es in for est. .stream and prai r ie, to no "grown ups" s orrov·. But the boy of the conges ted nei ghborh ood of today m ust get the activ ity at the expEme of o·Jr moral code, on street, in garden or chicken coop

Th e boy scout movement consi ;; ts of takin g a gr oup of boys thr u th e ir na t ural acti vities, gu idi ng them around wrong and weaving moral and relig io .1s concepts into their fun, thru a s ort of "sugar coated pill" method

We 1-iave n oted that boys organi'le them sel ves in stinctively i nto a so;_ v' tri be or gang. This is ta ken advantage of in organizing .Co y Scouts. Six or eig ht boys form a· " Patrol, named after some animal. 0 Jr patrols are "Eagle and Buffalo". Each patrol is led by the natural tribe le ader cald a partol leader a nd he has an a:;sistant ca ld a co r pora l. S ev .:!ra J pa t ro ls form a ''troop'' led by a ''S cou t Master," a man who is inter ested in . hoys and can truly lead the boys in th eir sco .1t craft. A leg islative bod; cald th e "cou ncil," compos ed of inte:r ested citizens, back up the b) ys and t he Jt mast er in their work. Ab ove all is t..e na tiona l council wh i ch co mm iss.icns sco .. t ma ste rs and charte rs lo cal cot nci Is

To be a scout a boy mu st be twelve years old; l earn th e scout laws ; be ab le -to tie four standard knots and take the scout oath

laws may be sumd up th us: A boy scout must be tru stwo rth y, loya l, helpful, fri e ndly , courteous, kind, obed ie nt, cheerf ul , thr ifty. Afte r pass in g thi s exam inat ion he becomes a te nd erfoot and is r edy for sceo nd class sco ut work. To reach thi s d egr ee he mu st know elementary first aid and bandaging; si gnalizi ng in se maphore, Mo r se or Meyer alphabet; take hi kes at specified rates of speed, build fires in the open with no more than two matches, coo k witho.ut

ordinary u tensi ls, ea rn a nd dep os it one dollrar in the bank , and know s ixteen points of th e compass. To pass from this class to a first class scout a boy must be able to do twe lve addi ti ona l o utdoor feats, including knowledge of plants, birds and animals, interpretations of maps and to sw im fifty ya rd s.

From this a boy may go on progressing till he has grown into the next stage of development where his inter est in these things is lost for interests that appeal more to boys between the ages of eighteen to twenty-two.

E very school teacher would do we ll to prepare him self to become a scout master the boys of his village.

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The New Cover Design.

The cover desi gn for Th e Nor ma li te for the remainder of the year comes as the result of the contest enterd in to some weeks ago. Tastes wi ll di ffer as to i ts artistic merit, but "th ere is no disputing about taste ." We feel co nfident however, that the d esign wi II much more fitly represent the Peru Normal than any of i ts predacesso r s, and that as a thing of beau t y, it w il l be a source of delight as long as it is used.

The following persons subm itteJ d e-

signs in the co ntest: Mira Dav iso n, Minni e Foster, May Glasgow, Earl Newman, Sa rah Ray, Orv ill e Ralston, P ink Re nfro, Ulden Th rap, W. D. Fulton, Haze l Johnson and Myrtle Reecl . The designs of the last three nam ed were rega rded by the committee as the most promisin g, tho it was unanim ous ly agree d that the work of eve ry co nt esta nt had art i st ic me rit .

On a res ub mi ss ion of designs by the three successful co n testa n ts, th e w or k of Mr. Fu l ton was accepted, but prizes we re awarded all three. Mr. Newman, Peru 's expe rt draf tsman, prepat·ed the wor k finall y for the zi nc etch in g-

Th e comm i ttee of a rt jud ges, Mi ss Mutz, Miss Goshe n, and Mrs. Cr awfnrd, ha ve th e thanks of Th e Norma li te management for th e ir val u ed serv i ces.

Th e New Bo o k.

Fi fty years fr om now (that is i_!) 1961), -I my g ran d ch il dren w ill be r ead in g thi s copy of the delightful "H i ll s of Per<I ," by L ou ise Wilh e lmina Mears which, fres h from the book maker and charming in its dainty ne wness, lies before me on t hi s D ecembe r afternoo n in 19 11.

Th e ti tie page m odestly a nn ou n ces a " geograp hi ca l and sk etch ;" but the b ook is much more and much better than m ere geogr ap':ly and hi stor y; it is traditi on, a nd life and beauty essence; it is dreams, a nd faith, a nd l oya lty to th e dea d, ·and st ren gth for the achi eve me nt for tomJ tTow An ins tituti on is li ttle more or other than the s um of i ts t radition s: hen ce t hi s r ecord of lege nd a ry Peru, adeq _· ate and ace rate and sy mp ath et ic as it i s, C)n s tit u tes th e b est possible ex ponent a nd ep i tume of th e cJ i ture and of t '1e a·.lthor's alma mate r.

Fo ll ow in g t he in tro-1 eight chapte r s, ver ious ly .. led ' 'Pe r .1 in

Steamboat D ays," " India n Hi ll," "The L as t Landm a rk ," etc ., fi ll up . one hundred and eig ht pages of sto r y, description , myth a nd filosofy, a ll spa rkling with life, ri ch in hum or, keen wi th ins ight and tin te d with the warm colo rs of p oe tic fancy. Th e b ook is we ll ca lculated to de li g ht Peru dwellers past and prese nt, a nd to s timul ate the hi s toric sen se of th ose hundreds of yo ung Nebraskans who sh al l be s tud e nts of th e Normal.

Typ og rap hi ca ll y th e volum e is be autiful , abounding in we ll print ed pictures of our sce nic lan cls eap es , and b ea r ing on th e cwer page a charmin g e tching of "Th e Old Ma in Build th e work of Mi ss Mutz.

H. C. H.

(Th ese b o::> k::. are on sa le at the local dr ugstores , and we take pleasure in reC)mme nd ing Lhe book as a hi g hly appropriate C hri st mas prese nt to Peru Al umn i and old tim e a nd n ew t im e dwellers in Pe ru. - Ed.)

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Pi n k: Do you kn ow any good joke, gir:s?

rJl iss Branaman: The Junio1· class.

According to Milton: Yout!-1 - "P r aad i se ."

Marr i age -' 'Para lise Lost.'' Wid ower-' 'Para' 'dise R egai ne d."

Lady: I thot yo:J. were a ventril oqui s t.

Rugged Man : I was, and a good on e, but my voice go t so strong I cou ldn 't th row it.

Some rul es to be observed:

1. If hungry take a roll in bed.

2. If yo::t want to wr ite and are short of pn per, take a off the b e::l

3. If yo:1 shoJ ld the bsd a little b GZi an 1 you 1 ld h ave a night t"1 e mar e t::> th e bJggy and c!riv .:: a way.

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E. C. Beck.

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Springfield Y. M. Training school defea ted Holy Cross, 12 to 0. Harvard d efea ted the same team only 8 toO . The Springfield eleven boasts of two Peruvians, C. P. Schott and "The Swede". "Swede" is making vthe easterners take notice this year.

Miss Rader has twenty five tryouts working out on the floor every even ing at 5 p. m. Four good teams could be chosen from these tryouts, which fact m eans that Peru shou ld hav e a w ining girl's basket ball team.

Have you read what ' 'The Wesleyan' ' h as to say about Kearney's c:t!lmpiomhip cla ims? Read the last paragrap h. The W es leyan El even, by the way, captured the co ll ege championsh ip, havin g d efeated Doan e,· Cotner, Bellevue, Grand Island, and Hastings.

Bl y nn Helms' We ep in g Water b)ys cam a down to g ive the Normal.; a game. The reservs playd the first half and playd the High 's to a st':l nd .;ti.l. Th e score stoo d 6 to 6. R)u ge , H enJrick, Roettger, and M Jon es did sp:end id work for the reser vs. The Normals we nt in th e last half ancl scored 39 poi n ts. "P ink " scored one pretty drop kick. The reservs will probably play this team later. Helms has a game squad .

Coach Thacker attended the State Intercollegiate At hl etic Assoc iation meeting at Lincoln.

Peru can boast of two as good tackl 3s as has any 1911 Nebraska Co ll ege team . Mr. Sporting Editor wi ll have to think twic e before omitting Sh aver and Lundy fr om the All Nebraska El e ven

Peru Normal 29. Cotner 0. Friday, November 3, is the date of Peru's triumph over Cotner. The Bull Dogs were outp layd in every department and sh owd form in the third quarter onl y The game wa s :mard by much wrangling and the suspens ion of two play ers. Each P!'!ruvian deservs menti on Ogden, Mylar, and Strain showd up we ll for the Bull Dogs.

The ball was stedil y ad vanced to Cotner 's five yard line where Peru was he ld. Ogden attempted to punt but wa s blockt and Sims fell on the ball . for a touchdown. Renfro kickt goa l. L undy and s.haver were soon sent thru in a series of hne plunges "Cap" scored a touchRenfro kickt goal. At the begmmng of the second quarter Renfr o went OYer and kickt goa l. H er e the Bull Dogs braced and held Normal scoreless until the fourth period. In thi s period after " Cap's" twenty yard run Ludka it over and Re nfro kickt goa l. undy dupl i cated Shave rr's trick and "p· k" m went ove r. He mist goal. Score 29 to 0 ' Line up

Cotner

Pe ru

McCl eery re Schott

My lar rt L d M un Y, ewhirter, Tyson

Gri gs rg Chri stenson

Sq uires c Gifford

Lat tim er, Shultz Jg Nippert Gardner, J es ter, Lattimer It Shaver

Charlton Je Wickham

Stra in qb Re nfro

Bri tt, J ester rh Ralston

Ogd en lh Ludka Humphry fb Sim s, Lundy

Refe r ee-Mago r of Nebra ska. Umpi re- N. a gor of Nebras ka.

Ti me of qu ar ters- fifteen and t en min :1tes

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Peru Normal 13. Om aha Univer sity 6. Bef ore a crowd of enth us ias tic a l_ mni,

th e Norma] !;l d efeate d the U ni ve rs ity of Omaha at Creigh to n Fie ld. No thing but s traight f oot ba ll was u se d. Re nf ro , who was s uffe rin g with an inju re d kn e<> , was o ut of th e ga me for Lhree quarters and Ludka ge nera ld Lhc tea m.

Paul Se lby rec ove rd a p un t, af te r a fumble and sco red O ma ha's o nl y to uch down. Parish ki c kt goa l. Lu nd y dragd and e luded tack lers for for ty fiv e yards in th e seco nd qu a rt er and sco re d. Ludka kickt goal. Th e ha lf close d wi th the ball on Omaha' s two ya rd l in e. P er u braced up in th e se cond h alf . Omah a held Peru for do wn s ne ar th e a goal but wh en Parish sta rted a 1·o und th e end he was tackl ed for a safety. Re nfro gave th e team n ew life in th e las t pe ri od and se nt th e ball d :> wn th e fi e ld at a te lling rate. Sim s carr i ed it ove r. Renfro mist goal.

The stars for Pe ru were Lu nd y, Re nfro, and Sims. Th e Oma h oa ns m ak ing a good sh owing we re Pari sh and Se lby.

Omaha Lin e -u p. Peru

Re el re. Wickh am Salisbury rt. Lu nd y Streh low rg. Christen so n Fran dson c. Gifford Jorgenson lg Nipp ert J. Sebly lt. Shaver Parsons Ie. Sch ot t Pari sh q. V; dka, Re nfro Dow rh. Ral s ton P. Se lby Ih. Jon es , Tys on Solomon fu. Sim s Referee, McKay of Pe nn. State; urnpire, Nickersc n of Coe. Tim e of quarters, ten mi n utes.

K ea rn ey is '' De stroyed".

Again Kearney met Peru a nd aga in the Blue and White was vi c to ri ous Th e crowd was at the h ei ght of exci te ment at ev ery peri od. Ke i cher tea m h ac a grea t zd va ntage and the ga me w as e\·l nl y conteste d. Penalties g alore were in fl icte d.

Often wh en Pe ru was within strik ing distance she was penalized . But at a cr i tical mome nt K ea rn ey r ece ivd her penalty a nd th e ball was plact on the five yard Un e.

Renf ro and Ca ri ag were sta rs at t he quarter p os iti ons. Lundy and Shave r, P eru's demon tack ler s, were the co ns istent ground ga in ers. Sims and Lu dka shone in th e back fie ld. Burfo rd , K ea rney 's cen ter was a to wer of st rength, as was "Chick " Ware ham .

Per u re ce ivd and tore o ff a .pair of good plays, o nl .v to be pena li zed. Re nfro p un ted. K earn ey mad e big g-ains. Cariag to ok th e ba ll on the thirty yard line and dro pt one be tw een the bars. Sch ott r ece i vd a pass and Ralsto n turn d th e e nd for ten yards. Pe ru was penali ze d agai n. The quarter e nd ed with Peru on K earn ey 's fi ft y ya rd lin e. S core, Ke ar ney 3, Peru 0.

Peru punted . K ear ney recove rd a pu n t. Car iag attempted a pa ss but Wickham intercep t ed . Pe ru was forced to punt . Cariag fa iled on drop. Shaver made tackle run a nd the half e nd l'!d. Score, Ke arney 3, Peru 0. · P eru receivd. Straight football and pena l ti es made the greate r part of this quarter. Car iag made ten yard pass to Essert. A punting ·duel t ook place

The quarter e nded wit h P er u on Kea rn ey 's twe nty yard I in e. Score,. K earney 3, Peru 0.

Ren fro failed on a drop Kearney p un ted a nd Per u r et urnd wel l. Th e ball was pu s ht to Ke arney's fif tee n ya rd line. Kearney was penalized ten yards Sims t ook the ball twice and we nt over . R enfro kickt goal. The re ma ining seven minutes found the ball in Pe ru' s territory with Pe ru ever ho ld ing. Cariag faild on two drops The whistle bl ew a nd Peru had won. Score, Peru 6, Kearney 3.

Pe ru Schott

Shav er

Ty so n

Gifford

Ni ppert

L undy

Wi ckh am

Renfr o Ral ston

Ludka

Sim s

Lin e-up Kearney

I e. It. I g. c. rg. rt. re. q. rh . !h. fb

Referee , P ot t er ; ju dge, H ow ie.

Do sse t W. Randolf

R. Rand olf

Burford

Dryden

J. Randolf

Brow n Cariag

Essert

Schott

Wareham

umpire, Kearns; fie ld

On November 17 the Weep ing Water b oys d efeated the reserves 34 to 11. Injuri es featured the game. Davis playd th e star game for Wee ping Water. Mewhir ter r ece ivd a broken rib.

On D ecember 1 the class Olympics took place on the athl et ic fi e ld and were carried on in fin e sty le, end ing with a sco re of 45 for Freshm en and Juniors a nd 55 for th e Sen iors and The following scores were made: ·.

Cros s country run six miles, Krebs, Junior 5 points

F oot ball rush, Freshmen a nd Juni on:, 30 po in ts.

Tug of war, Seniors and Soph omores, 10 points.

100 yard dash, Seni ors an d Sophomor es, 5 points.

H evy we ig ht b ox ing, Seniors and Sophomore s, 5 points.

H eavy weight wrestling, Seniors and Sophomores, 5 poin ts .

L ight weig ht boxing, Juni ors and Freshmen, 5 points

Li g ht weight wr estling, Ju niors a nd 5 points.

Fl ag rush, Seni ors and Sophs, 30 points.

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Atheni ' .:l·

Stell a Fairchild.

a great i nterest is being taken in debating is shown by the u nusual ly lar ge number of girls in attend ance each evening an:l the wi llin g response from eac h wh en plac <a d on the program Th e Ci ceronians invited the girls to debate wi th them on November 4, on the question, R eso lved: that unrestricted suffrage be granted to the women of Nebraska. Affirmativ, Stella Fairc hi ld, Rena Ke ith, Francis Hughes. Negativ, J. C. G. S. Han sen. The girls sbowd great appreciation by the enthusiasm with wh i ch they en tered into the debate.

The program for November 18 : Vocal solo, Lelia Courtwrigh t. Debate. R eso lvj: That Sunday baseba ll shou ld be Permitted in towns of 2000 or over s ubj ect to majority vote . Affirmativ Cecelia Hoehne, Mabe l Du er; H t:len Os bourne, Opal Li ntz.

The following program was gi ven November 25: Debate, Resolved, that there sho uld be an annual f ee of five dollars payable by every State Normal student for th e support of athlet ics. Affirmativ , Elizabeth Varner. Negativ, Dalna Brown. Reading Opal Lintz. .)}.

Ciceronian. H. Staak .

Th ose who attended the program on November 4, li stend to a highl y interesting debate . Th e Athenians e nd evor ed to convince the Ciceronians that women should vote The questi on was, ReS'>Ived : That the rig ht of unrestricted suffrage sh ou ld be extended to the women of Nebraska. On account of the in-

terest manifeste d, it was de e md adv i sable th at th e two soc ie ti es co ntinu e to hold jo in t d eba'tes. A cc or rl in gly on the eve nin g of November 25 Lh e Ath e nians and Ci ceron ians d ec ide d to ho ld jo int m ee tings on alternate Saturday ev e nings, the first jo in t m ee t in g being Dece mber 9. Th e Ciceronian society m eets eve ry Saturday evening fr om seve n to eight. All boys, whether me mb ers or not ,shou ld com e; th e par li am en ta ry dr i ll be in g b oth inter est in g and i ns tr uct i v.

Mr. Bun·e ll e: So ci ety is divided into three classes : th e rich, the p o01·, an d those who go to church.

Everett lite ray Sorciety.

Chester W. Da rrow

On November 10 Mrs. N et tleton gave a recita l for our soc i ety . Th e sh ort character ske tche s read in th e Ge rman, Negro a nd Iri sh dia lects along with the touchin g story of "Tim othy's Ques t" mad e th e ho ur one of ke en e nj oyment. It is we ll at this point to expr ess appreciati on of the work done by the committ ee who d ecorated the h all for the f ootball reception, wh i ch f ollowd th e program. Fo ll o wing 3-!e th e numb e rs given in the rec i tal: Part I. "D ial ect ic Sketches, " "Unverstarndi s h, '' Cook; "Barbery Fr i tchey ," An o n. ; "An Easter Symbol," Stuart; "Wher e the F ol ks am Gon e ," R il ey ; "D escr i ption of the Grip, " D oo ley ; "Mrs. Casey 's Exp er ience ," Ano n. Part II. "Ti mo thy 's Quest", by Kate D oug las ,Wiggi n. In four scen es . On th e followin g Friday the evening was spent 1 "With American Authors." Vi o lin so lo, Ro y Norris ; Thoreau, Mr s. Adams; Sidney L an ie r, Martha Gr eenlee; Jame s Lan e Allen, Sara J ewe ll; Vocal So l o, Mi ss P eterso n; Frank Stockton, Hel en Osbourn; Charles G. D. Roberts, De lma Brown; pia no solo, Miss Blume.

Philom a thean

Fr ed a P ete n ;o n.

Pr ogr am fo r Oclob c 1· 20 : Pian o Duet, Misses Zinn and Baker; r ea ding Miss L am be rt; whi st li ng du e t.. R ac hel a nd Beu lah Rad er; pap er, Mi ss Swa n so n; pantom im e, "T he L ast R ose of Summer," Ebba Wal st ro m, s un g by Mi ss Co urtw ri g ht; r ea ding, Mi ss Coo ley ; voca l solo , Ada lyn Blank ens hip; "Ma id of the Wi sh ," Beula h Rade r.

Pr ogram fur Nove mb er 17: In s trumen ta l so lo, Eva D ill o n; so ng, "Baby's Boa t," five g irl s; r ead in g, Mi ss Arbl c:de; wa s hin g <.!ri ll , sc h oo l chil dr e n; d•Jet , "T he Dai s.v," Opa l Elli s and H el en Dye; m,)del te acher, 1\_iss Rh od es, ehild rcn, Le il a Co urtwri !,; h t, N. m.d e Bc n y, J alL ie H end ri cks , Helen Gri ece , Ma r ga r et A nd er so n, Cn a rl es No vak , Arth•Jr A nd L" r so n, Ear l Beck. Wil li am Roe tt ga r, N oe l T yso n.

Pr Jg ram for Nove mbe r 24 : Piano solo, I·h ze l J oh nson; voc al Mi ss Griffin; tr agic come d y, "T he Ri va ls, ., Ca ss ius Ke nn ed y, Walter C hri ste ns on, Bryan Moo re; pan t om im e, "A n Old Swee thea rt of Mi ne; '' br ass quarte t, B lain e R ee d, Haro ld Verne H ad ley . Arthur Longfel low; Life and Work of Ril ey , Mi ss Iml e r; re ading, "Th e Bea r Story," Wi lso n; "Th e To wn of Tail h o'," \\'altt. r Chri s ten so n. Af ter th e pr og r am s ev er al me mb ers gave ch oice s el::: ctions from Ril ey .

On Friday, November 30 , we were carri ed in to th e year 19 31 by a gatherin £ of th e fvllowing Ph il o math e an s: J. W. Wear , bv:: s of Tammany Hall ; Grayce von ri val of Paderiwi s ki; G. S. H anse n, co mic editor of the Ch i cago Ledge r; Ann a Sny de r, famou s r eader; H. S <.aak, of S .- aa:<, A rmo "J r Co .; B. C. Hmdricks, pr esi de nt Fr L• n ch Acad e my o · S :! ie nce; V. s ccesso r to S> .s a; W. D. wc iali st Mayor or

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La tin Club.

Monday , November 27, an i nstructiv program was g iven by the members of the V ir g il class, as foll ows : Li fe of Vir g il , B ess ie Fagg; Life of Aeneas, Amy Bake r; tran s lati on, (a ba nquet scen e) Frances Nevins; Myth ology , Rena Kei th; Lit erary Value of Aene id , Cece lia Hohne.

The program committee is pll:ln i ng a soc ial ev en ing at o ur next meet i n:;

Miss Cla rk h as pro mi st to gi ve th e Latin Club a talk on "Rome," soo n after the holidays.

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German Club

Th e Ger man Club's fir st m eeting afte r vacat ion was he ld November 20. Afte r the s in g ing of a few so ngs, Mi ss Gri ess, the C lub' s new bres ide nt, ex pl aind th e eve ning's e ntertainm e nt. Thi s cons ist ed of a guess ing gam e of the great men of Germany. Th e Mee tings so far have b ee n keenly enj oyd and also of ed :J cat ional va lu e to every German stude nt. Th e harty cooperat i on and r edy respo nse c f a ll me mbers indi cated a great progr ess iv sp irit in the soc iety

Heard in Ge rman Clu b: Martha Johnson excla im s, "Ich hab e ein deutscher Mann ''

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H ea l th and Efficiency llub.

Pearl Strand

A He lth and Efficiency Club was organizd Octob er 16, the pu rp oses be i ng to give opportu nity for pr ese nting matte rs of vita l importance, to cons id er r ecent adva nces in sa ni ta tion , and to enco ura ge h yg ie nic li vi ng amon g th e stud en ts of • th e Sta te No rm a l.

The officers elected were, Prof esso r Gre_gg, pr es id ent; Wi lmah Hanks, secreta ry; and Pearl Strand, Normalite rep :> rter.

At t hi s fir st mee ting Mi ss R a.der gave r esults of pers ona l in vest i gat ions as to th e p erce ntage having spinal curvature in th e Lincoln schools. Sh e fo und that out of one hun dred univers ity gi rl s, seventy-six per cen t had spinal curvature in some f orm; forty-fi ve percent of one hundred high schoo l gi rl s; and 293 grade school girls were suffe ring fr om thi s trouble.

Mr . Thacker gave an effectiv talk on suggestiv effects of patent me dic i ne adand how people b eg in to Jmagme they have the disease describd by the artfu l adverti ser. Mr. Thacker has mad e an exhaust iv study of patent medicine advertisemen ts in co nnect ion with hi s work in s ociology, and prom i ses to give us at a later me eting, the r esul ts of one thousand repl ies to "cure all" advertisements.

At the second meeti ng of the Reith and Efficiency Club , Dr. Sh e llh orn talkt on the causes of deformiti es or curvatures of the sp ine, and the probl em of the sch oo l in prevent ing s uch bodily derangem en ts. He also s ho wd how a deformi ty of the sp ine brot about cer tain diseases as that of spinal tuberculosi s, which is incurable.

Miss Stoner occup ied the remainder of the hour in discussing helthful clothing from the hyg ie nic and sanitary vi ew poi n ts, considering the climatic co nditions and the age and occupat ion of the individual.

We hope later to hear more fr om Mi ss Stoner on the subj ect of hyg ieni c clothi ng.

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Physical Science Club.

The Physical Science Club is an org an-

iza ti on which offers an oppo rt u nity to s tudy the phen om ena th at ar e close ly re lated to matte 1·s treated in class but for whi ch the1·e is no tim e in lhe cla ss p er iod It se r ves as a pl ace for lh e intro ducing of physica l advance s, the enjoy ing of th e spectacu lar aspecls of the ph ys ica l sc i ences, as we ll as h aving a s oc ial fu nctio n.

Th e Club m eets every o th er Mo nda y ni gh t, or a lter nate ly with the Sc ie nc e assoc iat io n. Every Ph ys i ca l scien ce me mb er sho uld also be a member of t hi s a ssoc iation. Th e fir st sepa ra te mee ting of the c lu b t oo k place October 16, a nd the fo ll ow ing o ffic ers we1·e elec ted : Chares Novak, presid ent; Alta W_e ll s, vice pres id e nt; Elli s Fry, secreta ry; Alb in John so n, rep o rte r. After th e elect ion of officers th e c lu b h ad the pl es ure of ob se rv ing some inten se ly interes ting ''demon str ati ons in l ow temperatur e ." Mi ss An na Sug h rue and Prof esso r H oy t pe rfo rmd the ex pe rimen ts By mean s of l iquid ammon ia they broug ht abo ut several in ter esting t hin gs due to fr ig id te mperature, vi z. : the freez ing of cranb e rri es , r oses, wate r, mercu ry, and th e absorption of ammo nia gas by water and by ch arcoa l over mer cury.

At o ur second me et i ng, October 30, Prof esso r H oyt p erform d a se 1·i es of experiments w ith water, br in ging out seve ral facts conce rnin g_ this liqu id that m any wou l d, no doubt, hesi tate to b eli eve by merely be ing to ld about it.

Th e third m eet in g, Nove mb er 20, was given over to Professo r He ndri cks, and, as was expected, imm en se ly instructiv and in ter esting . The subj ect tre ated was "Th e w et her man' s secrets." Professor He ndri cks was ass i sted by Mr Novak, wh o oper ate d the stereopt icon s li des, th e professor offer in g the necessary e lu c idat io n.

Dr <Hn at ic Cl ub

Susy M. Smith .

On T ues day en.•ninp:, November 2 th e comm edietta, "When Greek Meets Gree k," was np:ly presented by the fo ll o wi ng cast: Mr. , chofield. 1\I r. Ray Lundy ; T orn Akland Mr Hal Giasgow; Mrs . Sc hofi e ld , Miss l\1 inni e F oste r; Et ta Winn ingham, Miss Al ta \\" illiam s.

Th e " Kl e pto m an iac'' mak es her fir::.t app ea r ance n ext mo nlh.

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Se nior No tes .

J ess ie Modlin r ece ntly ente r ta in d hPr m other who was on he r way to Kansas Ci ty

Mi ss Ge ib, of Sp ring fi eld, Neb r aska, vi sited wi th Gert ru de L. S mi th a sh ort ti me the latte r part of Octobe r.

T hose of t he class who are to be gradu ated at the end of th e semester have b eg un wri tin g th e ir th eses .

Madam Rumor has it that Mr. Dor sey is very we ll infor md in r egar d to the co ntemplate d r estr ic ti ons go ve rn in g the soc ia l ob li ga tions of th e Seni or b oys.

S in ce vaca ti on the d evo tional exe rci ses of sepa rate c ha pel have b ee n cc n :l ucted by me mb ers of th e se ni or cla ss . Ge rtr ude Sm i th led th ese exe rci ses, We dn esd ay , N ove mb er 1 5, a nd Arthu r A nd e rso n, the fo fl ow ing wee k.

With th e d es i1·e of sec ur ing the b est poss ib le talen t, a com mitt ee has bee n appo int ed to se le ct or ato rs to deli ve r th e co mm en ce ment a nd ba ccala ur ea te a ddresses . An o th er co mm i ttee h as b ee n instruc ted to mak e necessa ry arrangemen ts for th e a nnual Senior play to be gi ve n com men ce ment week .

At a spec ial class m eet ing he ld No -

the Peruv ian staff were elected.. The names of those ch oses are as fo ll ows Mabel Swanson, r el igi ous editor; Alta Wells . sen ior ed i to r; Lydi a A dams, art editor : R. R. Ra lsto n, cartoonis t; Martha Gr eenlee, litera ry edi to r; Bertha Lambart, soc iety ed i to r; Henry Moyer, editor of fu nny d epa rtme nt ; ·ca therine Greenlee, orga ni zation e di tor; Hazel Tay lor, alu n: ni ed i to r; Ray L und y, a thlc;:t ic ed i to r; He nry Schot t, Wa rd Nippert, and An na M. J am iso n, additional ca lenda r ed i to rs; Cinn a Burch, ste nogr ap he r.

Th e m os t e nj oyab le eve nt in whi ch the Se nio r class has th us far pa rti ci pated was a hard ti mes pa r ty gi ven in the admin ist r at ion b ui ld in g on the eve ning of November 1. Each m em b er wa s to come dr es t in o ld cloth es, a pri ze be in g offered to the one who loo kt the worst. A more tatterd and d est it ute loo king cro wd wo uld be ha rd to fi nd. Mar ga r et And er so n, as a typ i ca l re pr ese n tat ion of th e I ri sh wash woma n, carri ed off the pri ze . Th e playi ng of o ld fashi on ed ga m es , toge th er with other en ter ta inment kep t the com pany in a riot of merriment and jo ll i ty thr uo ut th e evening. App r op riate r efreshm ents consis tin g of doug hn u ts, ap ples, c ider and pu mpk in pie were servd, af te r which a fl ashlig ht pi c tu re was taken of the gr oup , that each might ha ve so met hin g to remi nd him of the plesurable eve nt.

At class chap el, Dece mb er 6, th e cla ss d ec ided t hat the serv ic es of Mr s. Ne tt leton should be securd as coach for the se ni or pl ay . We are to be co ns ider d for tunate in thus obta ini ng such valuab le help to prepare thi s imp ortant co mmence me nt f un ct ion.

Jun ior Cl as s.

Sadye E. Jones .

A remedy for th e blues: "J us t loo k ve mb er 22, th e rema in ing m em bers of at a Junior ."

Junior class chapel was held in the balcony of th e gymnasi um on November 15. M. Chri stenso n led t he devotional exe:! ises . On Nove m ber 22, Mi ss H endricks led the devotional exerci ses, and a solo was re nd e red by l'ICi ss Edith Corn e ll, which was appreciated by a ll.

Six ty-o ne members of the class have mad e application for Junior certificates. It is to be hopt that the possess ion of s uch a certificate will not tempt anyone fr om completing hi s norma l cour se unl ess absolute ne cess ity requires it. Th ere is a better cert ifi cate and a correspondingly be tter position at the end of another year ' s work.

Th e House quartet departed for a week's tour over the state November 29. We are proud to cla im L. A. Wickland, one of the members of t hat organization.

· Resoluti ons of sympathy were drawn up by comm i ttees se lected for the purpose, occassiond by the deth of th e brother of Mi ss Edna Ekwall, and of the grandfather of Miss Harmon. Copies of these r eso luti ons were sent to our bereavd class mates, but we wish h ere to record agai n our concern for th ese our friends

Miss Beaver after course. Blackman r eturnd to h er hom e in Ci ty, Saturday, November 25, having completed her junior

One of the plesantest events of the season occurrd on Wed nes day evenin g, No vember 22, when the Juniors assembl ed in the basement of the libr ary at e ight o'clock fo r a so cial time. Th e ro oms were decorated in the cla ss co lors, brown and gold. Games and contests were am ong the e njoyments of the evening, but the chi ef source of pl esure was the arrival of a sen i or who had l ost hi s

way. Th e Juni ors kindly took him in and so h osp i tab ly ente rtaincl him that he could h ard ly be pers uaded to tak e his de par t ure. Near the clo se of th e e ve ning he jo in d the rest of hi s cla ss mates who acted as gua rd s at the win d ow s outs id e. Excel le nt refreshmen ts br o ug ht the evening to a cl ose

Juni ors' un gua rd ed c:ayings :

Mi ss Goshen: Gi ve us an ex a mp le of an after image .

Mi ss R ey nolds : In the drawing class we loo kt at red for two minutes with our eyes s hut, and then o pend th em an d saw gr ee n.

Prof essor J ea n (o n botanica l classi fication:) I susp ec t if I should loo k into some of you g irls' b ur eau drawe rs, I would find yo ur hand ke rchiefs piled in one pl ace; ribbon s n ea t ly fold ed in a nother place; gloves h ere , a nd othe r articl es of wearing apparel e ach by itse lf in its own pl ace.

Stude nts: Laughter

Professo r J ea n: Students, I mean th is in earnest, but you seem to take it as a j oke.

When Mr. Mewh ir ter reads hi s zoo logy lesson, we all know it: but wh en d oes he do i t?

Mr. E ll e nberger has chang ed his tune of "Go ld en Hair" to "I Wonder What nex t? "

Mi ss Goshen, exp l aini ng the fort ifi cati ons of the castles of the n ob les, askt what dan ge r th ere was th ere in the en emy' s tr y ing to cr oss th e fortificat i ons

Mr. Staak : They wo uld make a goo d target to shoot at, th a t' s alI.

Nigger, Ni gger , ho e- potatoe, Half pa st alligator, Ram-bam, boom-ba, Nigger chicka, wah, wah, Juni ors! !

Sop h omore .

Ha ze l John son

Th e separate class m eet in g- of October 25 , brot ve ry sa d n e\\·s, the r t>sig-na i on of Mrs. Nettl eto n as uur cla ss ach ·iso r. It is i mposs ibl e to exp r,•s:; ou r re g- ret in t hi s mat te r. Mrs. Nettleton has b een our advi so r si nce our enl ranc e i nto the Norma l and has cl one so mu ch in Q'Jr beha lf th at we are grca i nd eble cl to he r. Whil e we fe el grie Yd to lose her, we cannot b ut o:.1 rsc lv .:!s fo rt u na te in th at Miss Ellis h as kin dly co nse n te d to take her plac e.

In th e me mor y of every Sophomore li ves th e hap py r ec) ll cct ions of th e O ctober pic ni c in Neal 's pa s ture. The customary games we re playd and j ol li ty reig nd S:.li) reme. Suppe r elegan s wa s served in th e glow of the r ed campfire. Lat er Mrs. Ne ttl e to n fa vo rd us w ith two exce ll ent readings. Th ese w ere fo llowed by ex hibi tions of or ato r y, class songs , and the good old ye ll , "S-S-ophoo-o mo- r-r-r es- Sophomo r es . '' . Th us cam e to a c lo se our fir st s oc ial eve nt of th e seaso n. Another so cia l f un ct i on in th e fo rm of a clas s par ty is be ing pla nd for th e n ear futu r e, t owa rd wh i ch we are loo king wit h plesure.

Mi ss Coo ley and Mi ss A rbuckl e, members of the Senior clas s, h ave b ee n visi tors at o ur se pa rate chape l. Both re nde rd r ead ings whic h were gr eat ly e njoyd.

At a m ee t in g of the Sophomor e b oys, Nove mb er 2 0, Jo hn Wear was elec ted captain of th e basket ba ll te am, and Ro land Wi ck ha m, m anage r. Th ey report a goo d sh owi ng f or th e com in g sea so n.

Sweat ers in class co lor ar e n ow be i ng wo rn by a maj ority of our bo ys . They are w hi te with "C 14" in o li ve gr een upon them .

Nine Sophomore s ha ve s ucce e ded in ma king th e footba ll te am s. Ludka, B. Jon es , Mey ers and Wi ckham, th e fir s t;

M. Jones, Albin, L awrence, Do?ovan and Kni sel y, the seco nd. .11-

Hi gh School.

Rachael Ra der.

Si h·ea and go ld! Te nth gr ade.

Ye llow and Blac k! N in th grade

On W ednes day, N ovember 1 5, four m em bers of the te nth gr ade de bated the ques tion. Reso lvd, that fo o tba ll is preferab le to baseba ll in co ll eges Affi rmati v, Martha H oa dley a nd D ean Sm i th; n egativ, R achae l Rad er a nd Fra nk Da llam. Th e judges d ec id ed in favor of the n ega tiv.

De lma a nd Ada Ha rmon we re cald home b ec ause of the deth of the ir gra ndfather.

H. S. '13, is the e mb lem on th e n ew sweaters wo rn by members of the ninth gr ade

Hi gh s ch oo l in s pector, A. A. Ree d was a we l co me vis itor, November 23

R oo m su pervi so rs ass ignd to the high sch oo l for th e seco nd quarter are, Mi sses Neo la Par so n, Minni e Sublette and M r. Burr e ll e.

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The glee cl ub is a host thi s year innumbers, a nd th e ta lent is not to that of oth er years. Th e evening reh ea rsal plan lets in the at hl etic b oys, who love to sa) ye the ir wou nds by voca liz in g th eir request to "Co me, pretty maid, with me to T im buctoo ." .

The barit one secti on u pon which so much depend s, ha s in it three f or mer me mb ers, Haro ld Hu mp hr eys, Geo rge. Han so n and Frank Ellenberger. The bassos are so man y that ·we don't tr y to count th em. Th e first tenors are few but choice, a nd as the writer of thi s column s in gs s econd t enor thi s year that sect ion can't be gracef ull y co m mented

up o n. Interes t in th e rehear sa ls is intense and sustaind

At the annua l May F esti va l to be held in the chape l on tbe twenty - thi rd of next May, t he chorus w ill pr esent Fe l ix Mendelssohn 's "Hymn of Praise." Wo rk h as already b een begu n in the preparati on for this event an d Dr. Hou se is confid ent that he wi II be ab le to sec ur e w :> rld fam ous art i sts for the occas io n.

On e hundred and tw en ty -six stud en ts are r eg iste rd for choru s this semester and they ha ve b ee n working hard and l.ave accomp li s hd a great deal during the month. "Lady B ird',' by F. H. Cowan, and "0 , Hush Th ee , my Bab ie," by A. S. Sull ivan, are t wo sel ecti ons upon wh ich th ey have be en working

Do the st udents kno w:

That Pres ident Hayes si ng;;; a low C to ma ke the windows rattl e?

That Mi ss Mutz bas a very swee t and sympathe tic alto vo i ce ?

That Mi ss Goshen alwa ys s in gs the chapel h ymns w ith precisi on and e vident enjoymet?

That Mr. Gregg 's ten or is mu ch be tter than the average?

Query: Wh y not h ave a faculty quartet?

II [ocal and

Th e House quartet le ft Peru November 24, make a co ncert tour over the state , lasting abo ut ten d ays

Professors Thacker and Jean, a nd Miss es Austin and Rade r and Pre s id ent H aye s, wit nest th e Nebraska Michigan gam e at Li ncol n, November 18.

Miss Fe rguso n enter taind th e s tudeu ts , D eecmber 5, during the chape l perio c;l with a short lect ure on paper bag coo king. A special in v itation was te nd e rd th e students to vis it th e domestic scie nce laboratory on some or Thurs day.

Je sse Hend ri cks c am e in lo w itn ess the K earn ey game a nd vis it wi th hi s br othe r, Pr of essor He ndrick s of t. he physi cs d epa r tment.

Pr ofe ss or R. H. Hou se mad e a pract ical dem on s tra tion of lhc u se of I i te rature for op e ning exe rcis es in pub li c sch oo l wo rk during th e Ch ape l pe ri od, November 21.

Professor Ho yt, of the ch em i st ry depar tm ent h as ju st returnd fro m a bm; iness trip to Sa li na, Kan sas. Pr ofesso r H oy t wa s former ly a teac h er in the Kansas Wes le ya n Un i ve rsi ty at th at pl ac e.

B ecau se of the class olym pic s he ld on Friday, 1, the student body recei vel an extra day of vacat io n. Most of the st ud e nts rema in d, but a few made th emse l ves co ns picuou s at the co ntes t by th e ir absence.

Th e Norma lite w ill be r eady fo r ma i lin g b et w ee n the tenth a nd fiftee nth of each m on th for th e rest of the year. S ub sc rib ers sh ou ld reme mb er th at a ll s ubscri pti ons are du e b efo re th e i ss uin g of th e January nmub er an d sh ou ld re mit for s am e to the bu s in ess mana ge r.

Professo r 0 I mstead h as acce pted a gove rnm ent p os ition in th e Bu reau of Weights an d Standards We are glad he nas r ece iv d s uch r ecognit ion, but sh ou ld like to h ave had him re main at Pe ru. Mr: Olm ste ad h as r esig nd his po s iti on her e, di sp osed of hi s pr ope rt y, and has left for W ashin gto n, D. _C., where he b eg in s hi s n ew wo rk th e middl e of Dec e mb e r.

Th e new ro oms of the art d epa rtment over th e library were g iv en a "house warming" , Novemb er 14. An ex hibi t of genu in e Japan ese ar t pi eces fo rmd the art settin g of the ro oms , and t ea and wafers were se rvd by th e yo un g ladi es of the de partm e nt wh o f or thi s occas ion we re gow nd after th e fa s hi on of th e far orient . Th e affair wa s in c ha rge of Mi ss Mutz, h ed of the art de partm e nt ,

and an un common J_,. in lt• r t•sli ng- talk on Japan ese art was m ade b.'· l\ 1iss H alsto n a de partm ent assislanl. '

On N ovember· Pr ,ft•.-;sn r F. :\I. Gr egg a dr es t lhe studL'n t ho d.'·. during th e ch ape l period nn the topic of · ·Scienti fic Ma n age ment." Thi s is one of a seri es of talk s t,t) be g ivt•n fr nm tim e to tim e at the ch apel.

Th e Comin g of Dr. Winfield S. Ha ll.

Mond ay, D ecember -1, is a day to be reme mb ered as on e of the m ost vi tal h· he lpf ul da ys in the cu rn:nL year Opini ons will di ffer sl ig- ht ly on thi s, but a ve ry lar g-e major·i t.'· of s tudent s, fac u lty and v illa g-e rs are un i fo rm in expr ess ions of gra ti t ud e to D r. Ha ll for hi s fo ur addr·esses on sex hyg iene. It is a so me wh at n ew fie ld for· academ ic ins tru c ti on, but one th at ed ucators th e country ove r fee l must fi nd a place in our pub li c sc h oo l cu rr ic u! um s. We must pr ov id e drinking fo un tain s of t ru th r ega rdin g th e vi ta l t hin gs of li fe insted of pe rmitting our b oys a nd g irl s to g·o to th e puddl es of th e ba ck all ey to sa tisfy th e ir t hirst for info rm at ion th ey are entitl ed to ha ve .

Dr. Hall a ddr es t the s tud e nt s at the chape l hour on th e '' P sych ology and Pe dagogy of Ad olesce n se, " cr o wd ing in a te rm' s wo rk in pe dagogy in s impl e and yet e ndurin gly viv id pa ra gra ph s. At th e se ni or co nfe ren ce ho ur he spo ke to Profe ssor We ek' s Boy S co uts in the pr esence of th e se ni or class , on so me things a b oy s cout sho uld be and kn ow

Fr om 4 :30 to 5:30, Dr. Ha ll spoke to ove r 600 ladi es, yo un g and o ld , on the th eme, "A Ph ys ician 's M essage to hi s Dau g hte r." It was a ca ndid, clea n, sc ie nt i fi c, gentl e manl y tr ea tm ent of a de licat e but va s tly imp ort ant to pi c.

Th e a ddr ess to men in th e eve nin g w as hear d by a ll th e yo ung men of th e sc h oo l a nd many men from the to wn. Spea k-

in g on "Th e Young .Man 's Pro bl em , Dr·. Hall presented some r;1atter th at ,,:as a r eve lat i on to his hearer s, and that ca r:not fail to be direct ly he lpful to eve ry one pr·ese nt and to m :l lti pli ed num bers yet to be ben e fited by t. h ose pr esen t.

I t. wi ll be inte r est i ng to Peruvi ans to know that Dr . Ha ll got hi s boyh ood educat ion a few m il es w est of Min er sv ill e, and th at h is mo th er taught one of th e first s choo ls in Neb r as ka at 1\ Iin ers Yill e. (then Otoe Ci ty) in 1 57 L at er Dr. H all taught in the s ch oo ls of Adams coun ty and becam e co un ty su pe ri nten dent there. Becom in g i nte r ested in biol ogy , he comp leted the cl assica l and med i ca l cou r ses at No rt hwes te rn U ni ve rsi ty and the uni veri sty of Pe nnsy h·a ni a, a nd late r on took an M. D. a nd Ph D. at Lei ps ic , wh ere he specia li zed on the s ubj ects of foods a nd nutrition. He h as held se vera l important positi on s, and is at pr esent d ea n of the N orthweste rn U ni ve rsi ty Med ica l co ll ege, Chi cago He gi ves uni ve rs ity le ctu res fo ur days in th e w eek and spe nd s Sund ay in va ri ous c iti es lec turing on sex ques ti ons before

Y. M. C. A. 's an d ot her such or gani zati on s. L ast yeru· he a ddrest 50 , 000 p eopl e.

Pe ru h as b ee n ex cee dingly fo rtunate to ge t so dis tin guisht a man, and great th a nks are du e to th e s tate and na ti onal Y. M. C. A., through whose e ff or ts this pri v il ege cam e to th e lo cal ass9c iati ons in Pe ru. .;f.

Map es w as bu y in g a comb . Cle rk:

Do you w ant a narro w man' s co mb ?

Mapes : No. I want a ,com b for a s to ut man with rubber tee th.

How to ki II a coll ege pape r: In s ted of s ub scri bin g, borrow y our neighbo r 's. Be a para si te.

Th e Pe ru Norm al Quar te t thi s year is co mp osed of Prof esso rs P ower and Rou nd Hou se and M essrs. And erso n and W ickland - On e of th e s tate papers.

When You can't get what you wan t

In School Supplies, Groceries or Candies try at The Avenue Store. They make a Specialty of having what you want. Yowl' S Fo1· H usiness

F. A. Golgnazicr

In Receiving FLOWERS

-there is alway.s satisfaction espec ially if they were chosen from our Christmas Fl oral exhibits. We have some of the dainti est and most perfect blossoms that could be gathered-Chrysanthe mums, a ll kinds of potted plants, Wreaths, Holly, Mistletoe and seasonab le flowers are h ere in beautiful di splay. Some little fl oral tribute from our st ore would prove a most appropriate remembrance

G. E. Berthold

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For Graduate or Bride

A j ewe l ry sto re is th e best place to find somethin g dain ty and n ove l for th e g ir l graduate or brid e. A MATTER OF SENTIMENT

How im portant to gi ve h er some thing of intrin sic va l ue that she wi 11 tre asur e with prid e for a li fe tim e. Don't fail to see our stock of diamond s, watches clocks, s il verware cut gl ass or ch in a.

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Jewelry the Gift o fGifts It's So-For a gift ought to be somethiag more than the mere presentation of so mething wo rth ab o ut so much The aesthetic se nse ouj;tht to be reco g nized the fitne ss of the gift to the occasion to be considered. Thus you always find ==========I Christmas •nd jewelry I=========== insepara ble. c. C bate I a in

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THE JANUARY, l91-2 .

IN ·DUSTRIAL NUMBER

Go to Cleveland's During l9l2 THE

SAME AS 1911

You can find the best in LADIES and :\-". GENTS wearing appearl. You will find our ready to wear Department the most (., ..... .. . complete and up to date in Nberaska 'r ...c. .:

• We thank you for your gener- CitY . . ous patronage during the past year and invite your inspecition of our 1912 stock.

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VOLUME VI. PERU , NEBRASKA, JANUARY, 1912 NUMBER 4

manual training and Education

F. C. Smith, B. Sc.

More prog re3> h as b ee n mad e in the past half ce ntur ; than in an y ot her per iod of thre e ti mes i ts lengt h. Th e Pyramid s r epresent the labo r of hundr eds of men for sco res of years but we build a skyscrape r in a few weeks Columbus wa s month s in cr oss in g th e Atlantic, but we make the trip n ow in a f ew days. Le wi s and Cla rk spe nt several months on their fir st j our ney to the Pacific, but we m ake the trip now in a palace car in four days. On e hundr ed ye,ars ago communication was sl ow but now we talk direct ly with any part of th e known world. Th e ea rth and its el ement have b ee n co nqu e rd ; the li g htning has b een mad e s ubse rvi e nt to man's wish a nd the bird men are n ow conquering air. We ha rdly kn ow what to expec t next. No thin g seems too great fo r ma n. Thi s sa me hal f century shows as great progress in e ducati on as in science, co mmerce or tran sportati o n. · Fifty years ago th e children of the poo rer c lasses receivd a ve ry m eager sch oo lin g. Th e boy who did not exp ec t to ent er th e profess ion s fe lt littl e n ee d of e du ca ti on an d th e g irl that studie d farther than the r eade rs and arithm e tic w_s th e exce pti on. To day our com pul so ry e dacation laws ar e bringing le rning in to every home . Ci v ili zed nations spe nd millions

of do ll ars to train their youth into inte lli gent c iti zenship . But more radica l than these changes has come an a ddi tion to the modern curr ic ulum. Education is n ow a imin g toward a traind hand as we ll as a cu ltur ed mi nd. To th e o ld tim e course has b een added the indu strial scie nc es, in c luding agriculture, dom estic sc ie nce and m anua l training It is the purpo se of this paper to di scuss the place of the latter.

Manual cannot s upplant th e other branches of e ducati on. It can only supplement. Mod e rn educators r ea lize that th e stu dent n_eeds th e s tudy of language, m athe mati cs, hi story and s ci e nce to give him cult ur e and to tra in hi s mental powers. But mode rn educators al so rea li ze tha t the purs uit of the se branches alone d oes n ot comp l ete his ed u ca tion or fully fit him for co ntact with the world. Tw e nty years ago the te ac her in s tilld in th e boy's mind th e i dea that he mu st become a pr es ident , a statesman, a po et, or a so ldi er. Th ey tau gh t him the past but ignord th e pr ese n t. It was ben ea th the ir dignity to study th e structur e of the eods , or Ero : k' yn bridge, a lth o it was evdience of hi gh scholarship to be ab le to describe in detail Caesar's brid ge across the Rhi ne. Wh en he lef t co ll ege he e nterd a wor ld he cou ld n ot und er,

THE NOR MALIT E

sta nd Hi s fe llow citi zens spoke no La tin, carried no jave lin s, f ear d no conquering Al exand er, an d had cease d to ta lk of Mary, Qu een of Scotts. Co lumb us had a lredy di scovere d America. Peo pl e no longer we nt on crusades a nd the holy altars had cr umbl ed to ruin. Men di d n ot see m sane and the onl y place that was home to him was bac k in the covers of hi s co ll ege boo ks. He a s tr ange t· and they took him not in, he was naked and they clothed him not , he was hungry a.1d th ey fed him not So he went bac k

must do so meth ·ng so we ca n se nd o ut more yo ung peo pl e who ar e w illin g a nd a bl e to wo rk at th e Lr acle s. It is u nju st ttJ e qui p ou r sch oo ls with un e xce ll ed fa c ili ties for cla ss i ca l e duca tion and e ntirely to fo rget lhe i ndu st 1· ia l. Th ose who ar e fi tted for ma nual labo r sho uld be be tter tra i nd f or their own wo rk. It is n ot the obj ect of man ual tra inin g to te ac h sp .. c ifi c t rad es a nd to t urn out s ki d and e xp erienced wo rk me n. I ts obj ect is rather to give thoro dr ill in th e elements of the pr odu ctiv pursu its, to

to s choo l teaching what he had b ee n ta ugh t. It is not enough to in str uct a youth in the co mm on br anch es alone and th en leave him. If our edu cat io n can inc! ud e more of the modern a nd the practical our boys need not be so helpl ess when thrown upon the ir own r eso urces They need not f eel strange at th e f orge or work bench or be hi nd the counter se lling good s:

The present tend ency is too g reat for our pupi ls to go out as cl erk s, b ookkeeper s, age nts and office seekers. We

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lay a goo d fo und a ti on on w hi ch the f uture t rad esman can build. It al so afford s th e b oy an o pp o rtunity to test hi s aptness fo r in dus tri al labor Few b oys e nter s ch oo l w ith de fi n ite id eas of wh at they are best s uited to b e. Man y of them leav s choo l with just as v ag ue i de as of th eir f utur e. Manual tra ining gi ves these stu de n ts a chan ce to find them se lvs. Bef ore he h as fini sht thi s course the s tud e nt kn ows whe th er or not he ca n be a good ar ti san a nd en joy it.

Bu t the bene fit s of manu al tra ining

M ANUA L Tn AINI NG DEJ'AR T ?.! EN'f.

ar e not l imited to the stude nt whose f uture is tha t of a trad es ma n, any more than are the bene fits of L at in and Greek ent ir ely fo1· the st udent who ex pects to d evote his li fe to int ellectua l

T here arc ma ny bene fi ts wh ic h acc r ue to every pu pi l wh o en te rs the Man ua l tra ining develops the co rrelat ion bet wee n the bra in an d the mu scles The stu de nt le rn s to ac t as we ll as to th i nk. He ga in s, not somet hin g to do, but th e id ea of doing· so methin g. Wh en he leavs s::hoo l hi s ca ll in g may be th at of a dr aftsm 'l n, car pent e r, or cler k, or it m ay be that of a mi ni ster, t eac her, or law yer. Bu t in any case he is fi tted to bring to it th e best act iviti es of his head, h is he art a nd his ha nd s.

Pi cture to you rself tw o boys, br.:>t h ers , e nte ring hi gh sc h oo l in th eir ea rly t ee ns. G :ve to only one of t he m the ad vantag es of ma nu al tra in ing. Place t he m si de by si d :! in the sc ien ce lab :> rato ri es an d S3e w·1ich gets m)rc fr .:> m h i;

Th e ma nu al tra in in g b oy sees thin gs in the appa atus and ope r at i ons th at hi s br Jther wil se3 Put th em in th e c lass and h ow mu ch m::> re r eadily wil l one gr as p th e pr oble ms , h ow much more clearly w ill he exp la in a co mplicated fi g ur e. When th e teach er expla ins a pr oblem or co ns tructs a piece of a ppara tu s b efo re th em th ey see it w ith differe nt eyes an :l from differe nt menta l images On e is pr epared for r esu l ts and q uick t ::> in te rpret phen omena wh ile t he o th er s ugges ts at rand om. On e c .:>nstr ucts a pparatus inte lli gently beca us e he und ersta n ds cons tru ct ion a nd can see a thing in its p ar ts . The o th er's id eas are vag ue and his efforts are co nf used a nd helpl ess. S ::> me sc:1oo ls are wi se ly re qui rin g a prelim in ary cou rse in nnn .ta l train ing before th e physic al scie n ces ar e attem pte d.

In th e man ua l tra ining shop the boy w ith s tro ng m ec ha ni ca l inc lin ations, bJ t wh o is slow of sp eec h, has an e qu al op-

por tu ni ty with the boy wh ose spee ch is r edy an d wh os e memory is goo d. He can exp r ess him se lf in a pi ece of work. He ca n see exact ly wh at he is do ing and ca n mes ure th e r esu l ts wi th his ow n eyes Th e b oy wa n ts to see r easo ns and r esul ts. There is an appea l for him in th ings whi ch ar e tang i bl e.

It has always been a pr ob lem h ow to maintain in on r b oys an i nter es t in sch oo l which wi ll keep them t here thruo ut th e course. On e superinte nd ent writes t hat of 108 w :-10 en te rd hi s pri ma ry grades 20 fin isht the gram mar g rade, four r eacht the so phomore yea r of th e hi gh sc h oo l, a nd onl y one gr ad uated. The report f ro m another lar ge city sc hoo l shows th at n ot ha lf of th ose fini s hing the gra mm ar grade en ter the hi gh sch oo l a nd not t wenty per cent of th ese ever gra du at e. One supe rin ten de nt offe rs the fo ll owi ng data:

Se ve n ty p er cent of th e boys who leave schoo l be fore r eaching th e fifth grade leav fo r these causes:

Withdra wn by ill ness and deth . 05

Dr ive n away by p overty .10

Th ose who wi ll neither s tudy nor work and will shun a ll d ecent so ci ety . 10

Th ose put to work by se lfi sh paren ts d es i ri ng th eir wages .10

Wi th drawn to e nter pr ivate s choo ls . 10

Withdrawn b ecau se they find school dull , tiresome an un pr ofitabl e .45

Th e lat ter class find in s ch ool ne ith er th e st i mu lus of a st ro ng inter est no r the pro mi se of ad eq uate rewa rd in th e way of va luab le pr epara ti on for the work of I ife. They consi det· mo re pro fit a bl e an app renti ceship in a mer ca ntile or ma nuf ac t•J ring estab li sh me nt.

Th ere is no do ub t b :1 t that half of a ll th es e wi thdrawals c::> uld be preven te d by well or ganized fr ee ma n ua l t rai nin g schoo ls. Many paren ts are now ta kin g th ei r boys out of publ ic sc hoo ls and p ayi n.s a3 mu ch as a h•Jnd r ed dollars a year tu it io n for them in ma nual training schools. Wh ere t hi s wor k for ms a pa rt

of the regu lar scho)) curriculum the r eports differ greatly fr om th :>se quoted above. One superi ntende nt wr it es, "O f the seventy -nine boys who t ook ma nual training last yea r, seventy-five r emain eJ i:1 schoo l at the end of the year. "

From paren ts SJ ch r eports as t:1 ese CJmein:

"My boy was neve r so in te r es ted in s:.:h ool, n eve r s t·Jdied so har J, an -i had so m'Jch to te ll ab ::>ut hi s sc:10;:> l work as now."

Thi s work n:> t only be b oy in schoo l but keeps him out of misch ief both in sch oo l and out. Th ere has n ot been a Saturday s in ce I began this work t1at I have n ot ha:l req uests to a ll ow ce rtain pupils to spend their od d in the shop. The fir5t da y of the Christmas vacat ion twe nty-fiv e , Is spent the entire day in m1n al tra ining room making prese n ts f or their parents and fri e nd s. Nearly eve ry b oy fits up a s up plem en tary shop at ho me where he spends hours of his ti me. Hi s mind well as h is hand is occupied and temptati on does n :>t find a li stening ear or an idle hand. If manual trai nin g can t hus interest a b oy in hi s legitimate work is it not serving a great purpose in day education? The secr et of the Boy Scout movement lies in the great inter es t crea t ed. If mai.l nal train ing could do n ::> more than inter es t boys in sch oo l work it wou ld be worth a place in every sch oo l curriculum.

Not only must pup i ls be inte rested in S:! nool activiti es but they must also be interest ed in labo r as such. · They must le rn i ts dignity and its necessity. Th ey ought to lern to th ink, bu t they must !e rn to work. Both results cannot be accomplisht by any one course of study. Theory alone will not create in you ths a d es ire to work, to accompl ish something with their own hand s. If we want to teach a b oy to sw im we do not give hi m a book of instructi ons and calculate th e

ene rgy of hi s eve ry No r do we si mpl y tqk e th e yo un r.rst \.·r Lo the por.d and throw him in , Lc lli11 ! him to sw im or di e. But we c: h )\V him how it is don e, and und er in te ll ig-<.: nt he is soo n abl e t ;:> s wim a nd c nj iJ y it. S.> wa mu st cra ate an in te r e;L in ma nu al lab ::> r we m 1st give t hL' c hild ex periof hi s own . Th en if his effo r ts are card il ly go..1 id ed he wi II soo n de ve lop in to a sk ill fu l an-] u sef.d me mber of s ::>ci ety wh o is not a,h am ed o1· afra id to use h is han ds. the manual ar ts is not with ou t its infl u l; n ce on the est hetic part of th e boy. Tr:.1Lhfu ln ess is developt be ca u se the r es u It of eve ry actio n is r ec ord ed in hi s wot·k in co ncr ete form. Ev ery slight is evident in the final r es ·JltAccJ r acy in li ttl e th in gs becomes a ha bit. An 1 th e st ud e nt ler ns to app t·eciate a nJ b ea .1ty.

Finall y, manua l training w ill make of o ur b oys be tter c itiz ens. Th e ir pursuits in after life may not li e amonz practi ca l things and yet th ey can n eve r be as impractica l as th ey mig ht ha ve b ee n w itho ut this ear ly tra in in g. Every citi zen sho uld be ab le to ·disc u ss with inte lligence the_ prob lems hi s city m eets. He sh ould und e rstand labor prob lems and have definite id eas for public improvments. In a certai n co::mty in I owa the county co mmiss io ners let a cont r ac t for a hun dr .d thousand dollar bridge Wh en it was complete a nd the co ntractor ca ld for hi s mon ey th ey found that no prov ision had b een made for approac h es Th e coun ty fo und itse lf w ith a b ri dge worth a hundred thousand do ll ars o ut in the middl e of the str eam, but w ith no means of reach ing i t. If these men had le rnd to co n str uct and menta ll y to visua li ze resuu l ts th ey could not hav e mad e such a mistake. L et us trai n citi zens capabl e of co ntro lling our affairs in telligentally

We do not cla im that ma nua l tra i ni ng is the onl y i mpo rta nt part of ed ucati o n, nor that it is a pa nacea for a ll of its

ailm ent s, bu t we do c!aim cure for many of its di sea ses . that it is a We must recogni ze its i mp ortance in modern ed ucati on and admi t th at a tra ind mind is in e ffi cient wi lh o ul a sk ild hand.

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Dome s tic Art in the Second ary Sch oo ls.

Myrtle 1' er p: uson

Ever s in ce Fr oebel t aug ht th at we shou ld tra in a c!1 il d's n atural act ivi ty if we woul d harm o ni ously d eve lop hi m, hand wo rk ha::; b ee n gi ve n a new mea n-

somethin g of l ife-l ong u se to him . It was not ma ny yea rs until materia l re s ults we re forgotten and an attempt was made to tra in the bra in an d th e w ill thru th e ha nd

If we e xp ect a sewing course to add to the menta l and moral st rength of a child, if we hope to cr eate in him a d es ir e for the na tu ral and beautifu l, we must cons ider fi rst of a ll the child. with the yo un ge r pupil s of .the seco ndar y schoo l s, we nee d to require some practis on the st itches befo re b eg inni ng a garme nt, but

DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEP.A.RMENT

enough to !e rn the movments necessa ry to make th ose s titc hes. Tireso me repetiti on w ill ne ve r produce s kill in thoug ht or ac tion. Let those littl e fin ge rs work ov er someth ing that is consi derd by them as worth do ing, wearin g appar el for a doll for instance , and the ir littl e bodi es w ill quiv er with interest.

The sew in g required in th e first four grad es m ay we ll be named ha ndwork. Th ere are so many fi e ld s fr om whi ch thi s hand work may be select ed , th at it

in g. Th e us ual for m of hand wor k th ru - the practis shou ld be conti nued on ly long out a ll n ations is sewing. This co mes so close to the natural inte res ts of ch il dr en that in the past two ye ars sew i ng ha s come to be con s id e rd an imp ortant par t of the public s cho ol course. Its introducti on in t') th e se condary s cho ols was fo r ut ilita ri an purposes . G ir ls did not !ern to sew at hom e, a nd becau se it was fe lt th at they n eeded th e information, th e sc hoo ls tr ied to r eme dy th e wTo ng. Even fr om thi s stan dp o in t th e work much to re commend it , for the ch i ld has

THE NORMALITE

is never necessary to confine the work to one branch of indu s try. Th e common occupations are always s tudi ed in these grades, and excellent opportunities are afforded for developing lessons along these subjects; coarse sew ing, weav ing, r affia work, carding, spinning, dyeing; calico printing. In these g rad es, boys and girls should be together in a ll of th e ir work. The work may be given by the regular teacher in so many forms that it is interesting to both sexes. Later the girls may continue the work in a group by themselves, while the boys take up another phase of hand work s uited to their interests . A spe cial teacher will probably be required for the hi gher grades, or perh aps a supervisor wil1 be appointed whose duty it is to inst ruct the grade teachers.

Domestic art in t he fifth and sixth grades deals with work with dolls. The sewing includes the articles n eed ed for a do ll 's hou"se, such as mattresses sheets, pillowcases, and curta.i ns as' well as doll's clothing. Here we rr:ay well begin work in color and des ign, and such lessons should contin ue thruout the e ntire course. From the s imple work of ornamenting a li tt le mat or book cover, we proceed to the more elaborate designs for hats,shirtwaists, and hou se decorati ons. We may expect s impli city in results, harmonious combinations, and correct placings to be attaind on ly very gradually. Many children w ill never !ern to make a beautiful des ign , but they will !ern to appreciate proper ly constructed articles. Whatever is demanded by. women in the ir buing, th ese are the things that the in dustries are go in g to produce. If we do not desire to have o ur home furnishings v ulgar, o ur clothing common-p lace, or o ur sh ap e crowded with poorly cons tructed things, we sh o uld so educate the children that the art of eve ry day li ving w ill be improvd It is not wise nor indeed usuall y possi -

ble, to teach advanced dr c>'s making in th e seco nd ary s ch o ol s. How ever. it is desirable to te ach g ir ls in th e s eventh and eighth grad es to c ut and fit the simp le garm e nts that they we ar. It would s urpri se us to !e rn the la rge percentage of chi lei ren who le a, s chool as soon as the compul so ry s <.:hnol ye ars are over. They are fitted to do only un s kild labor, yet th ey mu st become wage -ea rners . It is difficut for th em to ern five dollars per wee k, a mere I i vi ng wage in the ci ties. If th ey begin hom es of their on they nre not econo mic fa ctors for th ey do not think clearly and sho poor management. What a help it wo uld be if they could clothe them sel ves e co nomica ll y. Thi s qu est ion fac es ev ery teacher in an indu s trial cente r.

From the equipment and fund s at hand each teach er must cho ose for herself the drafting sys tem th at s he wi 11 teach. Some are far beyond ot hers in me ri t, but the sy s tem is onl y a mean s to an en d. We want to prod uce thinking s tudents. It is n ot sufficient to s how a gir l how to draft one s hi rtwai s t, or how to make one hat. If we stop to te ach th e reason for each step, the method is nec essa ril y slow, yet it pays in the end. We want t he g irl s to be ab le to cre ate ot her garments, or to chan ge or readju st materials to s uit the human forms, or to adapt clothing to current sty le. It is a commonplace saying that patterns ar e sold in the market at such low pr ic es th at it is a waste of ti me to teach drafting, especiall y so as girl s are very apt to buy the patterns they n eed after l eav in g school. If the teaching of drafting is to be a dictati on exerc i se, and the result to he only a pattern, then the obj ect i on sh ould be given carefu l con s ideration. If th e proper methods are used by the teacher in prese nting the draft, drafting is not a mechanical process. As a r es ult · of le rning a drafting system, g irl s s hou ld have a knowledge (1) of the proper

met h -:>ds of takin g mes ur eme nt 5, (2) of the relation of these mesJ r eme n ts to a patt :. rn, (3) of the relation of the lines to the h uman and they sho ul d be abl e o )r o-l uce a patte rn that wi 11 exactly fi t th ;:! form w ithout maki ng alte ration s.

If the work of the lowe r grades is ca rri ed on, in the se ve nth a nd e ighth g rad es the g irls sho ul d be ab le to draft and m::tk e pl ain und e rw ea r and a seven go re sk ir t. W i th seve n years of tra ining in the art of living, . is a gi rl not better I for li.ie, no m atter what her vocation is to be ? How may we expect a wo:n :111 to th e ea mstress,the dressma ker, or th e millin er if she h as no kn ow lEdge of the fun da me ntal s of co n struct ion?

Man y are eva ling the question of ind•Js t rial e duca tio n on the ground of cost o£ equ i pm ent anJ maintenance. Th e initia l cost and the year ly maintenance of a sewing cour se va ri es in different cities. Some times it is des irable to e limin ate a ll expense and th e m aterials may be brot from home by th e child r en, and th e work taught by the r eg ul ar grade t eache rs. Thi s m ethod has some drawback s and the res1,1lts are n_ot as satisfactory as if th e work be plac3d in the hand s of a If the ma terials are prov ided "by the board of education, the children may be taught to s hop wisely by all owing them to choose from sampl es th e materials to be u sed Courses of s tudy may be mainta i nd at a cost of ten to twenty cen ts per capita per annum. Many sch.oo l boards a ll ow a teac her ooly a cent per term, and the r es ults ar e surpri s ingly good . In the upp e1· gra:ies wh ere the full sized ga rm e nts are mad e, each child fu r ni sh es her own mate ria l. If students of do metsic art ar e ena b"l ed to he lp themse lves, and at the same tjme are inc l ined to he lp oth ers, if t hey are made appreciat ive of the army of womel'l who work, th us bettering industrial co n-

di tion s, then every g irl Ehould be igv€11 an opport 'J nity of domes tic art in the seco ndary schoo ls.

Miss Carpenter, directing s in g ing:"When the so ul s of men are dying for a l ittl e bit of love,' do you ha ve it girls?"

Agric ul \ur e.

The P eru Farm er s' Insti tute wi ll l:e he ld in Peru on February 27 and 28; in conjunction wi th thi s in sti tute will be held the ann ual corn show in wh ich the st udent s of the agriculture depa rtm ent are particu larly in te r es t ed. Th e sco re card which is here r epr esented is used by the i nsti tute in grading the corn on e;:: hibiti on, a nd the same system of rati ng wi ll probably be u sed elsewher e. One pa,rticu larl y good feature of thi s c u·d is that it tell s the student just to loo k for , in th is way e nablin g him to go about his work systematically a nd wi th thoro under s tand i ng of wh at to do We be li eve th erefore that the pul:lication of this score card w ill prove an efficient help to the stu dent of agri cultur e, and wi ll also. be instr umenta l in placi ng many Peruvi a,ns in the wi nnin g c la ss

Th ere are many di fferent kinds of corn score cards, the chief difference be ing in v1lue of po in ts a nd in ar ran geme nt. For teach er .:; and pe1pils we believ e th e arrangemen t gi ven here to be b est. For, first, it sets out clear ly the chi ef· points ; seco nd, it minimi zes the " fanc y po i nts" and emp!-lasizes the points t ha t the pra ctical farmer h as found impor tan in in creasi ng Qi s yie li per acre; third. It agree3 w it :, th e Nebra s ka Corn l mprover:s standards and . with Nebras ka Boys' and Girls' Bu ll etin No. 20.

Co rn Sc o re Card

WHAT TO L OOK FOR

I. flulicntiun of Bree£lin(J sho uld be i nproved by br..-c ding f Po iuls

S lt UJJ I! oj' EfL1·

{ Like cattle and l i\'e SLu ck COJrn \

Wi ll vary wi th va ri ety, cars should not tnpcr fr o rn bu tt to tip, rtud c ircu.n1f\.·r· en cc sh ou ld he o/.&. of length of c:nr, n.H·nsn:-ed V.:1 wa y fron1 All of ll!c t hi A exh ib it l oo k lik e cl ose relat i ves. E11r s hou ld be full 111 c c:ntral poruun. tu cliCHtt n gstrong consti tuti on. Cntfr um 5 po int s accordi ng to dc.en:c ur 1{1 )'111: /.'1

Sbonld bt-· SIJ as to fit with eac h ot her so as tn :.al l O\\' no \V HS t<.: of 0 11 l' Oh. H ence t hcy mn t t apc:r fr om (•rown to ti p wi th th c: p:n·u ll -:1. ':\II kerncJ s be ot nearl y nne s ize in o rdc:r to drop eve n ly 111 pla nL 1111;. '- til I :! po ut t J 11r cacb ear wi th di trc rcn t sbapcd kernels.

Cu lur ttf

Kernels sh on ld be u nil nrm in culor Cut on c. tcut h point for eac h kerne l that is on· co l or.

V olor oJ' (.;'oiJ , All cobs sbould be uuif,,nn co l or. Lut fl for wh it e coh in yc!lo \ \' cn 1'n or ree l cO\) in white: co rn-u nl ess a ll arc one co l or. This indic a tes too wi de \'U ri a li on tor ,L.:"u utl !; l' ctl.

TijJ:J uu cl IJtttl ···•·•

Tips fill ed we ll wit b u nifo rm kern el s. not to o nor too fl at Add togetbc r a ll pr otru din ){ tip • a nd cu t 'h poi nt fur each i nc h. t:u t '11 point fo r t·aeh ll n t ti o. Btltts wi th even rr.>w• nf kerne ls swelling ou t bey o nd the cob en d. Cut y" pu in t fo r <"nc b poorly fi llet! and l(. , po int for each flat butt.

II. A rtrup til•il it !I. 2.; J>o ;, , fs

V orn mu "t be so adapted to the zone in wbicb it is grow n, that it wi ll co mp letely fill, " gr o.w tbe l ongest t im e p oss i ble an d yet mature befo re frost.

Stze of Em ·....... }bkkness and indicutc..· Jntenesc in maturi ty. The :-4 taud a rd for rs in,cbes; \Ve.o;tern iuc-hc s. t; ut 1 Pu inl f or c:a r dev i ating !I:! i nch fr o rn thi :i standard.

ll ipeJtf"H..,__

Indicated bv of on c ob and ofcol ot·. l tnn1nture ker nels are i:spt to ul-cHk o ff in r crn o vi ug. <.:ut 1 po in t for cuch un'r·• pc..· ca r. F illiurf nf I (P1'1t t!l.ot

· Kernel s shou ld be medium deep , in s trni g-ht r ows wit h jo st enough !'\pace bt•t\\'l'C I1 tbc r ows to dry ou t we ll and wi th no •pace bel ow. Rcrol chaffy crowns indicate ltt tc Cut '12 po i nt for each fau lty car. The ker nels sho ul d be 85 percent' of we i ;;: ht of

III. G?·ow·i ng Powe-r ffnrl Sonnrln e:<s, 2/:i /'oint -;

Tbis iO>tbe tbing most import a nt to the a,·cragc fa rm er to - day, for a poor sta nd must mean a l ow yie l d. It is tbc co rn of I tow \'it a lity that r ots most during cold sp rin g-s.

SotirUt!l of Cwr n on Cu i•. .'

lnd1causmattl rity and bcnce grow i ng p ower. C ut '12 point for eac h ca1· sh owi ng beTe. '

P.re ,,,z,,, fro,., ,. I·n.Jrt'111

Cot accord in g to wh at von tbink tb c grow i ng powe r is injured.

Cowl ltinns of Hult : .

We b.avc found th r ougb ge rmi nat i ng tests, tb at kernels. ,,·ith wri nkl ed ;bltahty or \VJII n?t grow 1h to 5 ]JOi n ts 3cco rdin g to s eri ousness, r ez11c n1 be rin g at co rn tbat w1 ll not gr ow IS wo rse tb an t>sclcss.

CO I"Ltli tinJlS of f.: P. rnt , .•• Long, deep a nd broad with sk in tigbt oily and brigh t Sma ll , Pa le or germs "'!Can low ,·i tal ity. Cu t each ea r sh owi ng wca l<ncs s bc rc 1 poin t. If car is dead

Ctlt as btgh as 10 points.

IV. Un ijrwmit!/. 25 Points

!bis the point amate u rs miss mo st in send ing c;xh i bits to tbccorn Thto hc>< t wu,· one ear, tben ge t ea rs th at rnHtc h tt in C\·cry way po ss ibl e. Like n ess of

I1td Pi tl(tfiQ11> , A ll kernels sboa ld be in dented the same. Cut lh po mt for each car .. smoother th an ::rour type ear.

Co t,,., .•....

See "Color" under l.

Si ::e

T a;c two kernel s fr om one row 011 each ear. They shonld be. of the an Cot '12 pom t for eac b ear that has kernels not u n1fo rm wit h rest of sa mple .

.Sh pe Cnt 1 point for eacb car n ot ba,•ing k erncl8 of un iform ty pe.

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II

L. Ne mah a C!ar!<. '09, co:.mty su pe rint en 'c nt of N emt ha Co un t y, ha s purcha <;ed a new l\h wel l run abo ut Miss Clark is fa st le:r n ing to manage th e machin e, whi ch wil l 'b e a gre at t im e saver in vi :; itin 6· schools.

L:uise W. Mc 'l r .:; , ' 95, in addition to her stu di es at t 11c U ni ve rsi ty, is acting as assi s tant in sl r Jcto r in the department of geography.

El sie Fi sh er 'OG, who h as b een teaching in the public sc hools s in ce graduation, been give n a year's leav of ab sence and i:.; study in g at the Ar t Inst itut e in C hi ca.-:ro thi s yea r.

L 1i s Hill, ' ':1 7, is taking a r es t and vacation at her home n ea r Wah oo, this yea r. For th e past seve ral years Mi ss Hill has been teaching at Bro ken B ow, Nebraska She is plan ing on visi ti ng old fri e nd s and associations in Pe ru before the sch oo l year is over.

Gertrude Wat so n, '0 9, is enjoying h er work as eight h g rade teacher in the Omah a publi c s ch oo!s.

J. W. Lang, '10, was el ec ted county s uperinte nd ent of Thurston County this fa ll.

Florence Kite, '10, teacher in District 64, r ea li ze d $21.00 on the proceeds of a box s upper given by her sc hool.

The many fri en ds of Grace E. Munson, '95, w ill be pl eas d to h ear of the excelle nt recor d th at she is making After graduation her e, she wa, pr i ncipa l of the Geneva h igh sc ho ol, after wh i ch she s pent two years in the University at Lincoln, where she recei vd Phi Beta honors a nd was gradua ted. from the co ll ege cf arts and sc ien ces , with A.' B. degree La st sprin g she was elected to a fe llows hip at We ll es ley Co ll ege, where s he is

now cnj oy :ng t:H! wonderfu l tr eats that such a s choo l affo rd s.

Ethel Ke nnedy, 'O.t, t each er in Di st rict o. 17, recently a patron 's day , which was we ll at t end ed by the mothers of the c hildren. A good part of the afte rn oo n was devoted to r eg ular schoo l wo rk, aft 3r w hich an interesting program w as gi ven a nd refreshments servd. A plesant time was r epor ted by a ll.

Burtis Ke nn e dy , '09, and Mrs. Nettleton of th e Norrral f acu lty, spent a par .t of the Ch ri stmas Ya cat ion with Mr. and Mrs. Ca rl Bickel, of Gr eely, Co lorad o.

Mrs . Bickel will be r eme mberd as Iln:a Kennedy of tha class of '06.

Winni fred Perkins, ' 11, was recently elected c ri tic teacher of the . fifth and s ixth grad es in the practis depart:nent here. Th e vacancy was caused by the resignatio n of Miss Haze l Web ste r, wh o was m arr ied on New Y ea r's d ay Mis ; Pe rki ns h as spent a couple of years as a student her e, and wo n fame , both for her sc:> lar sh ip and as a debater. Mi s, P erk in s' man y friends welcome her to Pe ru.

and Mrs. T ay lor Conkle were visi ting relativs and frier:d3 in Peru , Thanksg iv in g tim e. N.:" r. C :> nk le was a member of th e class of '9 7, and Mrs. Conkle will be rem e mb e rd as Fl orenc .: Gib so n of teh class of '99.

Allen J. Ca rm an, 'O fi , a nd wife ha ve mov d from Uni on, Oregon, to P eru, whE>re the y will rJn a ca ndy stor e. Mr. Catm2n is an e xp ert in the manufa c tur ..: of can ::ly.

Dr. and Mrs . Jo :m B. Jack of Chicago, Co ra J ac:c W ind e, '.)8 , of Wymore, an d Agness J ack Win:deman, '94 , of Omah a. s pent Thanksgivin g in P erJ with the ir parents, Mr and Mrs. Da v id Jack.

Mr s. Jo hn J ack will be as :: ki nd e rgartn er of ' 01.

The many friends of Mi ss Elva E. Rulon, '96 , and Mrs. Me rle David so n Byer s, ' 03 , w ill be sorry to hear of tl:e deth of th eir sister, Mrs. Will Vance.

Prot H. B. Duncanson, '86, gave the people of H owe a treat r ec<nt'y in the form of an illustrated lectu re on " Life in Puget S :>u n:i." T:te lan tern views were fr om photographs taken by hi msf:!_ lf during hi s outing last s umm er.

H azel and Harry of the c·asses of '09 and '06, Santa Ca lifornia, are enjoy ing an extended fr om t':1eir mother and small s isters. Mrs. Beck and c3ildren will be gon e severa l months.

Fred Ebert, '11, J. D. Mc'11, Western; Belle Bol e jack, 10, Dawson; Arthur Gelwick '11 Geneva; George Stephens, · ' li , Br oken Bow; and Richard Co le Omaha· were ' ' the vistors in Peru T nanksgiving t 1me.

. Edna Hadley, '09, who has been teachmg the Past two years in Bakersfield Cali fornia, was marri ed Than ksg ivin; eveni ng to a Mr . Richard E. Ashe, of that place. They will make their home near Bakersfield on a ranch ownd by Mr. Ashe.

The Peru public scho ol gave a program and box supper December 18 th , at which $ 27 ·70 was realized. The teachers are, principal, Sadie Gl asgow; intermediate departmen t, Ruth Strong, 06; and primary department, Rose A. Tynon, '05.

Clara Marquardt, '06, is enjoying her work as second grade teacher at Havelock this year. Miss Marquardt spent the past four years in the scho ols at Weeping Water, Nebraska.

Mae And erson, '06, after a year's leav absence, has agai n taken up her wo rk in the Li ncoln schools

Sup't R. R. McGee, '07, accompanied

th e Sy racu se Athelt ic basket ba ll tea m to Pe ru to vi sit th e o ld sch oo l and witn ess o ur b oys win a hard fo ught battle.

N ot is: Any news i te ms or info rmation conce rnin g Al umn i mem be rs w ill be f.1lly apprec ia ted if se nt to the Alum ni e :l itor at Pe ru. This wi II n ot o nl y give us inter es tin g matm·ial t ha t wo uld not be f o'.l nd oth e rwi se , b '.lt wil l simpl ify c :) Ji ec t ing mat e rial. Kin dly se nd us items ab out you r se lf and fri e nd s.

Car ri e. M. Deit•·ich, ' 07, writ es fr om Me etul se , Wyom in g, th at she pre fers th e land of corn and h ogs to th e cow land as a plac e to in str u ct th e youth.

Mrs. H ope Ab bott Do rl and, '0 6, has returnd with het· hu sband ancl two sons to Florida.

Miss Ly dia Be ll , class of '71, is n ow in L os Ang eles, Ca lifornia, 1 624 Hy penar Aven ue. Miss Bell' s )l ome was forme rly in Pawnee City, Nebras ka

J osep h Go ldstein, '10, stud e nt at the State Universiyt, w on a - place on the Iowa debat ing squad. Mr. Goldstein is n ow in hi s junior year in the L aw sch oo l.

G. H. Williams, '06, who is in the L aw Schoo l at the State Uni versity, has been chosen as a member of the nigh t y: M. C. A. school.

Throug h the thoughtfulness of Mr Chas. and Mrs. Bernice McHerron Weiga nd, both of '06, all of the class of 1906 are remember ing th e ir si ck cl assmate in t hi s New M ex ican city during the Christmas sea son

Saturday , Dece mb er 16th, saw the first County Peru C lub organized, at Auburn. Thus Nemaha Cou nty h eds what is h opt wi II be a l ong li st of county Peru clubs. The organization resu l ted in the election of Principal Evans of Auburn as president, Miss Alice Li ntz, '11, Johnso n, vi ce -pres id en t, Miss Esther Kennedy, '05, secretary , and Principa l

Th omas Lang of H owe . tr esu re r. An exec u tive commi ttee consist i ng of Principal Ru sse l Jo hn so n '11 , Auburn, cha irm an, Miss Jam es , ' 11 , Br ock: Miss Nicko , John son; Princ ip al ad ie Glasgow, Per u; Miss We ihrn er, Bro wm·ille; Pr in ci pa l H. C. Dallam , '11 , Nemaha; Pr i ncipal Grif. R ee d, J J li an : and P rincipal Th om as L ang of Howe. It is proposed that the c lub sh all h ave a meet ing and so me fun c ti on at eac h c::m n ty a ssoc iati on m ee ting.

Burea u S:!cretary

S.ecreta ryTres urer He ndri cks , Pres i de nt Stoddard, and Chairman Moo r e, of t he commi ttee of ten met at th e State Hou se on Saturday, D ece mb er 23d, to co nfer re lati ve to Pe ru Alumni bu s in ess . A ss i stant State Superin te nd e nt Penn ey was also in the conferenc e. Seve ral m atte rs of importance are before the assoc i ation this year, among them th e e nco urage me nt of the publicati on of Dr. McKenzie's Hi story of th e Peru Norma l, the ra is in g of the five hundred do ll ar fu nd as a hasis for financ ing th e associat ion dur i ng the com in g years, and the encouragement of the formation of P er u cl ubs. Fi fty -seven 9f the one hun dred nam es for the $500.00 guarantee have alredy been secured. It is go ing to be a certa.inty .

Florence Kess le r, ' 06, of Si lver Ci ty, New Mexico, is very ill with ·stomac h and l ung troubl e.

Miss Mear s, who is to be wi th us again next sem ester, was in P er u a wh il e du ring the h olidays That the au thor of I " Th e Hi ll s of Peru" w ill be on our faculty again .is a most ple asant fact to a ll Peruvians .fl.

The Linco ln Peru Club

The P eru C lub of Li nco ln h eld its second m eeti ng of th e year on the eveni ng of Dece mb er 1 6th, in t he parlor s of the Uni vers ity Te mp le. Th e occasion

was a \·err e nj oyable one. A short formal program co nsis ted of the follow ing numbers : Vocal Solo Trombone So lo

Mrs Clare Cornell Mr. Gordo n Beck R ea ding Mi ss Bernice O'Keiff Vo ca lS olo Mr. Eugene Heath Th e P er u co lor so ng was e nthus ias tically s ung. Pri n ted cop i es of the color so ng, r ev isd ve rsion, we re a gift to the Club fr om the cha irman of th e program committee .

An infor ma l pro g ram , cons isting of e xtemporan eo us sp eeches, elicited much m errim e nt. Th e foll ow i ng persons respond ed with appreciativ remi niscences of Peru: Mi ss Julia Van Dri e l, '09, Robert Ra y, ' 06, Mi ss Mary Crawford, '04, Guy W illi ams '06 , Miss El izabeth Curry '09 Ralp h 0. Jackson '10, J. E. Gi bney '0 8, C. M. Penny '07. Mi ss Ru th Br ow ne ll '11, and Eunic e Mutz presided at the table.

To F. M. G -Vale .

So h ru:d it is lo l et yo u go, our friend; We can not but mistrust some foo li sh end Takes you to ot her pastur es strange and new, When yo u are nee ded so in Old Per u!

Our herts are bleeding, and our sad tears fall; It reall y see ms we can't bear up at a ll; But yet we' ll strive our co urage to r eta in

If onl y summer finds yo u her e again - R. H. H.

Summer Night

I ' The day is fu ll of pu ls ing li fe; Bo ld sense bedim s the s piri t's sight. I grope for Th ee in purple haze And floods of amb i ent go l den li ght.

The n ight comes down and h ides the sun, And to! Thy heavens! Majestic sight!

0 God , I fee l th ee a ll day long, But cannot understand ti ll night! - Li lian Chas e House

THE NORMA LITE

Peru , Nebraska

A Monthly Magazine Publisht in the Interest of Education

Puhlisht by the State Normal School

Subscription 75 cents per year. Single copy JO cents Adve rtising rates furnisht on application

Eoterd at th e Posto fll co at Per u. 1\ e hra:. l;a. as second class matt er

EDITORIAL STAFF

G. S. Han se n ' 12... . .............. . .... Edito r in -ch ief

Charlotte Cooley '12 Ed i tor

J. W. Wea r Jr. ' J4,

DEPARTMENT EDITORS

Marydl_Ty ll on '98, .............................. Aiumni

Merle Swan '12, Class Ma 1tha Green lee ' 12 Soc ict .v

Charles Lively '13 Ciub

Mabel Swanson ' 12 Rel igio us

Grayce Teich '! :-! :VI usic

E. C. Beck '12 Athletic H. Shaver '12 Exchange

BOARD OF MANAGERS

C. F. Beck , F ac ul ty Ray Lundy ' 12 S.,ni or Frank Ellenber,eer '1 3 ....... .... .. ........ . .. . ..... Juni or Bessie Armstr or.g ......... . ... ... ................... Tra ine r Cass iu s Kennedy '14 Sr>p h omo re Vern Chate lain ,l5

H. D. .\llartio

C atherine Green lee '12 Ev., r ct t

E. C. Beck '12 Ph ilo ma th ca n

Wm. Roettge r 'l3 Y .\1. C. A.

Y. W. C. A.

Gertrude S ughrue '13 .... ......... ... . ....... N C.\. A

Sus.' M. Smit b . Dramatic Cluh

Ha zel Taylor '12 1.atin Club

Ebba Wahl s trom' 12 Ge rman Club

E. C. Beck ' 12 Ath letic Association

Chester Darrow Cicero nian

The maj or spac :! of Th e Norma l ite is gi ven over thi s month to the exaltat ion of indu s trial e·lucati o n. La s t. month the reli gi ous pha se of stude nt li fe at Per u was pre se nt e d, and next month s i ss ue will d evote i ts leadin g to the subjects of debate and cr '_ory. The Normal ite en d ev ,)rs in t.h e c.JU rse of its yea r, to prese nt a ll s id es of stu de nt li fe in the State Norma l, and to jus tify i ts cla im to bei ng the or ga n of th e i n st i tution in a ll its w:1e ne ve r t hi s jo urna l fa il s in i ts mi s_ion or is n eg ligent, or see min gly unfair, be s ur e to see the editor s, r cpo r te t·s, or adv ise r about the matt e r. If, how eve r, the re porto 1·ial or other writers h :i \·e done a particularly good piece of wo rk, be as s il ent abo ut it as the s ph in x. To say anyt hi ng at s uch a time mi ght ad d a new gl e am to the eye, incr ease the ela s ticity of th e step, or e:_pand the ches t with a new glow of hope. Be an exa mpl e of s toic p hil osop hy and thus re nd er life as jui ce less as .the d ese rt cac tus.

The in dustri al wave in ed u act ion is unlik e a wave of water, in that it increases in vo lum e and force th e fart h er it sp r eads fr om i ts center of sma ll beg inni ng. The prospect is t ha t it wi ll soo n beat upon a ll educati ona l sh ores, and perhaps s ubject to a wh olesome immersion the "unwas ht" advocates of a pur ely intellectua l educat io n. Efficiency, intelligence, and morai I ty are the t hree great words in modern e ducati o nal aims , and the particu lar advantage of e duca tion fo r e ffici en cy is that it contribufes toward the establi s hme nt of a s tron g moral cha racter. It may be that we n eed al re:ly, h owever, to be cautio us lest in our en. thusiasm for the new in ed ucat iQn we surrender some of the priceless things in the o ld educat ion of the in te ll ectua lists . To accept the ·new becau se it is new is as irratio nal as to d isca rd the o ld

becuase it is old. Meantime, it will be not o nl y safe but wi se fo r an eYen larger proportion of o ur st ud ents to elE-ct the cJ urses in manual training and domest ic science

The Path of Re aso n.

Th e No rm alite, a mo nthly magaz i ng p 1blisht by the No rm al Sc hool of P ..: ru , Ne bra s ka, has come o. tt for s im pl:fi:!d spe llin g. In th e October numb er o 1r l :ttest cir c ular, No. 25, "T he Need o · Refo rm of Spell !ng in the Public Sc:,o ols ," oein t'1 3 add r2S3 of Or. Maxw Jll , cit y s..t pe rin e nJ en: of s chools of N .' W York, is print ed n3a rl y in full (pp. 6- J) lti sfo ll o wecl by the "rules of s·mp li fi ed spe llin g-" (pp. 7-10), and by an ed ioria l (p. 14), fr om which we c )PY th ese two paragrafs (corrcet in g sJ me overs ights in print):

"It is sa id that over in forested Africa the nati vs ' path s from pl ace to place are unrea s onab ly croo k ed. Thi s is e cp la ind· by the fact that, when a tr ee falls across a path, the na t ivs go around .f 1e tree; and cmtinu e in the path thus m lde, l ong mter the tree i tself ha s dec3.yd and ceast to be an o'J!:. truct i on It i \enough for th e n at i vs to know that their fathers trod that way.

"Not ve ry differant is it in the matter of ou r Eng li sh spe lling. We have a ll b :!e n Africans, more or l ess, in our ort"lografy. When a stra iten in g of the ort'l ograf ic paths is proposed, a popular a;>pea l is always made to prejudis. Reason .i s all abso lu te ly on the si de of the proposed r eform. If only enuf of us cut a:!ross, we ca n soon mak e a path sucb as others wi ll be willing to follow. Sha ll we be led by prej ud is or reaso n? The NJ rmal ite has fa ith in the rule of in telli gence among the teachers of Nebraska , and th erefore proposes to follow the path of r easo n." But alas, if t hi s sort of thing prevails, the path of reason w ill l ose "its charm of sol itude.

Th e Ne braska State J ou rn al of Li nco ln , Neb ., has an ed ior ial, September 14, 19 11 , which be in s thus:

' ·Simplified s pell i ng is here to stay Th ere is no gett in g away from it, a nd why s hould we des ire to? Th e present sy stem is a rbitrary and unr easonabl e-a w asteful u se of letters that spe ll noth in g, an d a dd n othing to the dignity and importance of the wo r ds they render cumbe r so me and h ard to l ift."

And ends thus:

" It is pre tty hard to come to it all at o nce , but the tide of spell ing reform is ns mg, and two or three generat ions he nce the boys a nd g irl s wi ll laugh at the syste m of spe lling th eir foo l-forefathers were so relucta nt to break away from. ''

We do not a dvi se any one to use the word "fool'" as a descriptiv adjectiv for the present forefather s. In tl;le first place, it is clearly i mp oli te to "present company; " and in the seco nd place it is I i kel y that the peop le of two or three generation s he nce w ill be cherishing some follies of their , own. For efathers in eve ry age must h ave been pretty foolish fe ll ows-look at their posterity!

But this statement f rom a dail y newspaper of good standing is one of the s ign s of the times. "Si mplified spelling is h ere to stay. There is no getting away from_it, and why should we des ire to?" - Simplified Spell in g Bulletin.

James W. Crabtree, late State Superof Public Instructi on in Ne•braska , has b een elected a member of the adv i so ry council of the si mplified spelling board. He has also been r ecen tly ele ct ed president of the state normal sch oo l at River Fa ll s, W is. Thi s makes two presidents of normal sch ools in Wisconsin who are members of the simp l ified selling board or of the advisory counci, namely, Charles McKenny and James W. Crabtree .- Simplifi ed Selling Bull e tin for Dece mb e r.

II Witb

. Se n ior Class .

II

Ye ll Lead er Beck has introduced a numb er of new and unique yel ls which have pr ov d quite a s uccess.

Th e Se nior s this year are to be congratu lated upon the progress thu s far in the work in their functions as a class organi z ation. Profiting J:>y the exce ll e nt exampl e of last year's class the c lass of 1912 has comme nct its work even e rli er. Now the Senior Annual-The Peruvianis being pus ht in every de partm ent. Th e editor - in-chief and th e editorial s taff have the work thoroly organ i zed and th e board of business has its work not only outlined but has the contra cts let for the engraving and printing, and are now securing adverti s ing. The se nior play has be en chosen and the ters are being selected . The play this Year wi ll be the "Pipers." This play ranks among the strongest of mo dern dramas. Peru will have the honor of being among the fir st schools of the west to give this play . Mrs. Nettleton has been employd as coach. She will have co mplete charge of the selecting of the cast as well as the coaching This wiill insure the success of the g reat entertainment of the year. The committee on commencement speakers bas been at work fo: so me time and if i ts plan is successfu Peru will again be given a rare intellectual feast. ·

Girls and boys basket bal l classes have· been orgainzed, and the seniors hope to be a factor in the inter-class games.

A ll this work of the senior class has been done without any fuss or fe thers and without interfering with the oth er school functions.

The fo llo win& seni ors will graduate at th e clo se of the first semeste r: Goldie Applegate, Anna M. Booth, Stella Fair-

child, W. D. Fulton, Anni e L. Ke nn ed y, Eli zabet h Powe rs, l\ Iedc Swan, Darl e T ay lo r, Le li a Th omas

Mi ss Matt ie In go lsby , of las t yea r' s juni or cl ass, was r ecently elec ted to a p os iti on at Lod ge Pole.

Elizab e th Powers has been elec ted inte rm e di ate teache r at Pla in vi.. w. .:1-

Junior Notes

Sa d ye E. Jon es.

Th ere are a n•Jm be r of J ..: n io rs wh o hav e signed up fur the d ebat in g pe rlimina ri es . We f ee l a, if Mr. Li ve ly's a nd

Mi ss Keit h' s tal ks in chapel urg in g every one to jo in pre li m in ar i es h as had a gre at e ffe ct up on the stc d_nt body to pa rtake of t he m.

Seve ral me mb ers of th e Juni or c lass were quite in e vid e nce in the play of "Barb a ra Fri etc hi e" g iv en in th e chap el on Dece mb e r! 4 and2 0.

Many of the Juni or g ir ls h ave b een try ing th e ir luck in pl ay ing b asket ball in the last few we eks. Th ey ar e all wo rking hard and we kn ow that so me of them wi ll make th e fir st team, wi thout a do ubt.

Junior' s unguard ed sayings:

Mi ss Gos hen :- Mr. Hann, What attitud e did Comeniu s take toward l ife when his wife and cihld died and all his property was taken a way?

Mr . Hann: - He kept on a goin' .

The Junior Engli sh clas_s informd by their instructor that ''Everyone can have 'their' own opinions .'

Sop hom?re N otes. Hazel Johnson.

Th e latest social function of the Sophomore class was in the form of a childre n's party, he ld in the administration builqing, December 2 . The usual hour for a chi ldren's gathering , from 4 to 5,

was not cons ider ed . Th ere is no need of desc r iption for there could be no swe e ter, more ],)\·able group of yo ungsters. Th e r uo m.: W<! rc appropriately d ecto rc pn ' ·cnt a nurse ry. The games of c hi It! h.10d. and a short prog r am, in w:1ich nurse ry rh;•m es we r·e re cit ed, kept th e crowd m ..! ITil y e nle r·tained . Refr esh nen t:;, 't · milk, anima l co oki es , s ti c!< ca ndy, and .>ra nges were ser vd , bi bs having bee n cardu l ly adjusted. A flas hlight pi ct ure w 1:: taken and th e jo ll y par ty dispe r st. Pap er· do ll s we re sold as so uve nir s of t hi :; eve nt during se parate cha pe l, 13 So me went as high as 65 ce n ls

A note of th anks was r ece i vd fr om Mrs. Nettleton f Jr the pill ow pr esented t ') her by th e S0ph omore class . Th e pi II ow was nud in the Sophomore cl ass co lor s.

On acco un t of ill he lth , Mildred H aw ley has b ee n co m pe ld to di sco nt inu e her school wo rk for so me tim e.

Ali ce Ga rver R uby Hu ff spent the Tha nk sg iv in g holi days at the fo rm er 's h ome in Sa beth a, Kan sas.

Vi olet St. John h ad the plesure of a vi sit fr om her moth er an d I i ttl e siste r on D ece m be r 14

By a large major i ty, Jo hn Wea r, Jr. , was vo ted th e No rm a l' s b est r ooter, and as a co nseq uen ce of th is f act he w as a warded a han dso me pi ll ow.

We are glad tn wr ite th e name of Mr Dolezal on o ur cl ass ro le. .;;.

Fr es hm nn Notes.

Our We dn es d ay morni ng chapel exe rc ises we re held in th e Cha pel on D ecember 6. Clarenc e Ho wie led t :-te devot ional exerc i ses , and a program, cJ n3ist ing of a piano so lo by Corri nn e Whit fi eld and a musi ca l r eading by Th elma Hanks, were greatly apprec iate d. On D ecember 1 3, ch ape l was he ld in T 1 06 J o-

seph i ne H ol man led the d evo ti onal exercises, and two nu mb e rs, a corn et solo by Ver ne Chatela in , a nd a pian o so lo by Cla r enece H ow ie, we re e nj oyd.

The capta i ns and managers for our ba sket ba ll tea ms have b een electe d. Th ey are as fo ll ows : Mr. Ludka, ca ptain, and Mr . Emert manager. For the g irl s t ea m, Co ra B rnn sdon, captain, Thelma Ha nk s. man ager.

Vesta Lew is h as bee n forced to gi ve up her schoo l work on acco unt of an operatio n fo r app en dic itis. We are so rry to lose Mi ss Le wi s from o ur class, and are glad that she is ra pi dl y recoverin g.

H ave you h er d a bo ut the Freshman pa r ty? If not just ask a member 0f the class to te ll you abo ut i t" an d wa tch th e exp r essio n li ght up hi s f ace as he enthusiast i ca lly relat es to the pl esu re of that eve nt. It was prev iously decided that a comm ittee should di vide th e class in to gro ups, or fa mi lies , th en the va ri ous fa m i I ies sh ou ld choose the ir names an :I the char acter each fam il y was to re pr ese n t. On the eve ning of Dece mber 15 • a ll gathe rd in the adm ini str at ion bu i ldf ·1 de- in g dres t as the ra nk of the arm Y man de d. R ich and poor, old a nd yo u ng, were ag r eeably ming li ng toge th er when a lar ge f am ily of wes t er ners a;:>pe rd , awing th e St ett sen hei mers, Brown s, and other fa mili es, i nto momenta ry q ui et. h ever Th e c owboy cousins wer e, ow • 't bl fur wa rml y we!co m i. a nd g-a mes su r a e all were e nj Jyd. lf a vis itor had loo kt in up on our ha ppy ba nd he woul d have fou nd it diffic ult to recog nize in the se date elde rly ge ntle man wh o held us in ch eck, o•.: r adviser, Pr of esso r Sm ith. Tim <! en .tf was taken fr om th e va rious f or t he serving of delicious r efrero hm en t:>.

T rdiner Cl ass No tes.

B ess ie Ar mstr ong. At th e close of the fir st quarter the

Uni ted States history class had a r eview of a ll the work up to date. Up to thi s ti me we had stud ied the se tt lement of the orig i na l col o ni es, th e co loni al wars and the Revoluti onary War . Each member of the class was assig nd a topic which he was to be prepar ed an able to dramati ze . He would se lect so me character istic of th e peo pl e's dress, customs , ways of farming or form of re li gio n, etc. Take for examp le, Virg ini a: Th e pe rson who had t hi s top ic se lected so me event during its se tt le ment. Th e topic selected was soc iali s m. Thi s was presented in two acts. Th e fir st act wa s the assemb lin g of the peop le w ith the ir harvest to be placed in the common store house. When these products were plac ed there a number of lazy men went up and help t themselvs to many th in gs Th e second act was when Governor D ale did a way with thi s custom and gave eac h Perso n a piece of ground and a hoe so he could get to wo rk. Th is rev i ew provd very interest i ng and he lpful to membe rs of the class

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Philomathea n

Freda Peterson

Th e program of D ecember 8 was ve ry unique in character. Here it is: Piano sol o, _

Rena Sch ott an d Harri o tt Glasgow Pantom ime: "Modern a nd Medieval Ballad of Mary Jane. ••

Debate: Resolvd, Tha t the human foot is gradually grow ing large r.

Affirmative, A. 0. J oh nson

Reading, Negative , J. C. Chri st ianso n

Current Events, Vocal So lo

Mi ss Johns ton H ansen and Slaak J oy Cum mings ''Old Ma ids Tea Party." Program, December 15.

Pian o Duett

Reading Al ta Wi lliams

Quarlct wi lh so lo.

T yson, Li vely, Berlha Heed a nd Le li a CoU1·tw1·ighl : C'harlotlc Cooley, so loist Re ading Mrs. Nettleton

Chri st i mas Pl ay

Th e Philo open sess ion p lay t hi s year is ''The C lim be rs .' ' by Clyde Fi tc h. Th e cast h as been W(wking hard, and we antic ipate witne ss ing an e xcellent play at the e nd of the scmestel". Th is play wi ll be freC' to the public a nd lhe soc i ety hart il y in vi tes C\'CJ·yonc lo ta ke advantage of thi s o pp orl uni ly to become acqua in ted with the soc iety and i ts wo rk

Everett L it er ay Socie ty.

Chesle r W. Dan·ow.

Thi s yea r we have a gre at addition to the soc i ety in ou r Evc 1·c ll Ot·chest ra. Thi s is a comb in ation of our best mu si ca l ta le nt. Now, eac h l"r iday eve nin g, in addition Lo the r egulm · numbet·s, we are en te r ta ind by ch oice se lect io ns of orches tr al mu s ic. There a t·e nine members: Mi ss B1·ana man, Prof<'sso r B eck, Ve rn on Kreb s, C ur tis Ram sey, Ea rl Newma n, Clare Mewhit·Ler, Ruth Ma ll er, Mi ss She rw ood, and Mr . R ose Thi s orc hes tra pl ayd· in publ ic for the fir st tim e on Novembe r 24, at that even ing's program .

On Dece mb er 1 we h ad a pr ogram by the past, prese nt , and future Ever etts. Thi s was div id ed i nto three pa r ts , the Ever etts of the different yea rs eac h having a part Thi s was a m ost int eresting eve nin g, especia l ly as r espects the old Everetts. Th ei r re mines cences, th ei r sto ri es of ea rl y soc i ety, a nd the le tters r eceivd from some fo th ose who were among the fir st me mber s, all added to the ples ure we re cei vd.

Chri stmas prog ram for D ece mber 15: Chr i stmas Carol, Anna Booth, Be rn e tta

Peter so n, Roth Mahl er, Anna Fletche r,

Lyle Me whir te r. Roy R alst o n, Ve rn on Kreb s, Fran kE ll en bc r g-e r. Read in g Alic e Gan·er Pian o Solo o rrinn e \\"hi tfie ld Chri s tma s ami So me Chri .:; t ma s Custo ms i\1i ss Riggl e Violin So lo Ru th Ma hler Boys' New Ye ar'::; R eso lu tions- Elli s Fry e G irl s' New Yecu· 'sMiss Mar s hall

Christm as Caro l Farce, ''T he R etu rn of Ch ri st m as .''

At a bu s in ess m eet in g some time ago the soci ety d th at we s hould get Mrs. t·l c:n1ch play for o ur r egu lar se mi-annual open sess ion. Th e play to be s tage d is 'vVin ston Chu rc hill 's " Titl e Mart." Thi s sto ry is littl e sho rt of clas sic, awl wi th Mrs. Ne ttleto n 's e ffici e nt drillin_g- a nd mana ge me nt it \Viii be a play wel l re prese n ta tiv of ou r society. To help defray the expenses which so amb iti ous a pr oduct ion w ill n ecessa ril y in cu r, o ur so ciety wi ll, for the first time in hi sto ry, char ge an admission fee to i ts open ses sio n. We feel that by a means of an adm ission fee, we can stage a play of hi gh li te rary me rit in the b es t and most effect iv e manner.

.;J. Ciceronian.

H. Staak

Th e Ath en i ans e nd e vord to outdo the Ciceronians in a joint debate, which was h eld on Sa tu rd ay evening, December 9. Th e program was opend by a ·piano so lo by Mr . Humphr ey s, afte r which th e fo llo wing subject was di scus t: R eso l vd, That men and women t each ers s hould have equ al pay for s imilar work

The ques ti on for December 16 was: Resolved, That th e stan ding army of the United States sh ou ld be in cr east . Dr. House was present at thi s sess ion and gave a sho rt ta lk in which he pointed out some of the improvme nnts of the d ebaters s in ce the beginning of the semester.

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Physic al Science Club.

A lbin 0. Joh nson .

Our last me etjng, D ecember 11, 19 11, was giv en over to our president, Chas. Novak. He labord under the assump · ti on that in case anyo ne was inc lin ed to be ske ptica l as to the truth of certain form ul as, r epresenting certain physical law s, such person sho uld be show n. He very dexte r ous ly put before the a udience, in a clear and concise manner, and exp lanation and de monstration of acce lerated motion. T aki ng the formulas gi ven in our text book, he provd their accur acy by actual application.

L atin Club.

Haze l T ay lor.

Saturday evening, D ecember 16, abo ut twenty-five girl s assembled in Miss Clark's r ec i tat i on room f or a soc ial gathe ring. Latin gam es wh ich r eviewd us both in vocabul ary and principal parts of verbs furnisht amu sement t he greater part of eve ning. While the r efr esh·ment committee was busy with chafing di sh es, the others sang s uch Lati n son gs as "Milites Christ ia na." As soon as lun cheon was servd the li g hts warnd us that we mu st di sper se

Mi ss Clark (in Vergi l class) :-H ow do yo u translate ' 'gemiti i ?' '

Mi ss Greary:-I read that "with a groan.''

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German Club

Th e most enjoyab le event wh i ch the Cl ub has thi s year partaken in was that of a Christmas entertainm e nt, gi ven in the gy mnas ium , December 18. Seve ra l b ea utiful so ngs were sung, after wh ich

each member resp onded to roll-call with a "Weinachts gedicht." A piano so lo was given by Mi ss Joeckel, which cl osed this part of the program .

Following this everybody vi e wd th e tree which held some s mall reme mbran ce for each. These con sisted of s uch articles as toys and pictur es Later in th e eve ning refreshmen ts s uited to the season were servd. Coffe e, br own bread, "pfefferkuchen" and candy composed the met.u. This made a ve ry fitting clo se, tending to increase cons id erab ly the Xmas spirit.

Darmatic

Susy M. Smith.

Tuesday evening, Decemb er 19, the members of the Dramatic Club gave thr ee scenes from "Romeo and Juli et ."

The same evening the fo llowing cast presented '"The Kl e ptomani a c:" Mrs. John Burton, Mi ss Magni son; Mrs. Valeri e Armsby, Mi ss Snover; Mrs. Charlie Dover, Miss Han-iet Glasgow; Mr s. Preston Ashley, Mi ss Giltner; Mi ss Freda Dixon, Mi ss Lambart; Miss Evalyn Evan s, Miss . Darle Taylor; Katie, Mrs. Burton' s maid, Miss Hazel Jonhson. The interest many have in . the work of the Club was shown by the large number of people in attendance at thi s mee ting.

On January 30 the next regular meeting , will be gi ven two s cene s from ''The Mercha:1t of Venice," and "The Psychological Moment,' '

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Y.W . C.A.

FrancisWillard Blake.

We are having s uch s tr ong Sunday m ee t_ings , it is a di stinct lo ss to miss any of the m. Dece mber 10, Miss Mari e

Cross led a ve ry in tc.: r <..!st in g s ong and praise se rvi ce D ecembe r 17, ou r C hri s tm as m ee li n g- wa s ll! cl by Miss Corde li a Gr am li c h. Cc.: r tain ly it was one of th e b es t pl an d, b <..!s t ca r ri er! out, most "C hri s tm a ssy' ' me eting-s eve r held by th e Ass oc ia ti o n. Mi ss C: raml ich show d herse lf a very co mp etc nl , ca pab le ta lk e r. On e strong part of th e m ee ting was the takin g p art in th <..! S<..! rvis of many g irl s, wh o, o rdin a ril y, ha ve liLL ie activ wo rk in th e A ss ocia ti on. One of the many a im s of th e Assoc ia ti on is to re ach out a ft er and touch th e I i vcs of ju st as many girl s as p oss ib le a nd in as ma ny ways as p oss ibl e.

Our noo nd ay pt ·ayer m ee ti ngs are a so ur ce of mu ch in te re st a nd str ength in th e sch oo l life. Miss Cl eo Hal e wo rks hard and lo ng to mak e the m at tr act iv. Her goal is to ha ve T ::101 fi lu every da y. Let us he lp her reali ze it.

Th e Assoc iation des ir es to ex tend to every girl in th e in st i tu ti o n, t hru th e co lumn s of th e Nor mal ite , the wi sh for a s pl e ndid New Y ea r, fu ll of th e oppo rt unity of se rvi s for "o th ers, and ab un da ntly rich in a ll th e bless in gs life affo rd s.

Grayce Teic h.

Mi ss Carp e nter' s bi g c la ss in sig ht reading is really ge ttin g so me wh ere. It is a sight for god s and men to see all tho se boys gro wling aw ay on the ir domi -so l-do's, but they ar e do ing t he wo rk in a right manful f ashion. After a ll there may be men en ou gh in he ven to sing ba se Oh, yes, t he Glee Club is working! Just now it' s a s ail o r' s cantata in three parts, with a g reat s ur g ing swi ng to it that o ught .to thrill th e hea rt of any old tar in the audi e nce with a mighty yerning for the "b rin y spr ay " and the "tumblin:s se a" and al l th e r est of those nautical affair s.

Th e quartet rep o rts a perfectly beautiful trip over eb ra :;ku in c ludin g m any so ulful m ee ting$ wiLh h omes i ck Pe rU\ ian s. Why, at Il on per, th e Pe ru t eac hers and the r cs L of th em gave the boys a late supp er (r athe r h ard fo r mi dtl le aged men to d i p:est) and th e meet i ng la ste d unti I th e q uarLel had s ung e\·er ybo dy tired, and Mi ss Eames h ad re cited twice and th e h ote l people we re gap in g some thin g sham ef ul.

Th e band b oys are quite as fa ithful an J persistent as ev er. Of cou r se we hated to lose Pr ofesso t· Co rn e ll, but l oo k at hi s succm;::;o r! Fait hf u ln ess and diligence that' s th e trick!

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E. C. B ec k.

Ba s il Sims was elec ted b aske t ba ll captain for 1911 -1 2.

Th e fo ll owing men were awa rd ed initi als in foo t ba ll. Capta in Harl ey Shaver and R oy Lund y, tac kl es; J. J. Chri s tianso n, W. E. Nip pert , Lyle Mcwhirter and Neol T yso n, gua rd s; L. B. Gifford, cente r; Hemy Schott and R. B. Wickham , e nd s; M. P. R enfro, quarter b ack; Lo ui s Ludka and R. R. Ralston, half backs; and Ba s il S im s, fullback.

At the r ecent ele ction of a 1912 football capta in, Basil Sims, full-back was se lec ted. S im s is a junior, and has pa st up t hrough th e g rades . He is a t·es id e nt of Pe ru, and is as well known to the town sp eop le as he is to the students. He ha s b ee n a tow er of st rength in Peruvian ath le tics for some years. He p layd fo otba ll in '09, '10, and '11, basket ba ll in '09-10, '10- 11, and baseb a ll I in th e su mm er of 19 10. Sim's work in the fall 's football has been very fav o rabl y comm e nted upon by th e pap ers becau se of the f act that when he hit the lin e he hit ha rd . Although he has some

e xcee dingly h ard po s itions to fill, we expe ct him to pilot a winning team n ext year.

Th e Athletic As soc iation gave the 1911 football e leven one of the best recep tions ever given to an athletic team in this inst itu tion. The members met in th e basement of th e library at eight o'clock and spent a jolly socia l hour. A boA'ing bout was e ngaged in and some talks were gi ven. At nine o'clock those present, led by Pres ident and Mrs Hayes , marched to the gymnasium, where a three course banquet was servd, and speeches were made by s everal members It was a very pleasnt even ing.

Peru Wins the Opener .

With but one week 's practis the Pe ru s urprised the basket ball enthusiasts by taki ng a hotl y contested game from the Syrac use Athl e tic Club. This victory

D:\ SI I.. S IM S, 1912 FO OTOALL CAPTAIN

pr ophesi es much for Pe ru in basket ba ll thi s year. Th e g am e was close t hru out - there be in g a grea ter differen ce in th e scor es at th e e nd than at an y o th er t im e.

The first ha lf was hot, e nd ing 13 to 12 in fa vor of Syracue. The seco nd ha lf was a repetiti on of the firs t, and with but two minutes left the score boar d read, Sy racuse 22, Pe ru 20. Th e Normalites imm ediate ly braced an d sco ured 9 po ints, tha nks to Sch ott a nd O ver to n, winning the game 29 to 23. Ref eree- Magor Umpire-McGee.

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Teach er :- If you take a Littl e R ock out of Arkansas, a Boulder o ut of Co lora do, a nd a Granite o ut of Ari zona , Can you make the Dev il in U tah?

·Pupil :-We he rd the exch ar ge of a gun.

If a cy cl one is a w ind is a milli ona ire?

If th e backfi e ld ca rri ed th e ba ll all the time, would the lin e buck ?

If a hobbl e skirt would fr eig hten a t eam of hor ses wo uld a harem s care m?

If a man got kicked on hi s sore shin would hi s fo otball ? ·

Gr andma: - What are you doing in the pantry'(

Willie:-! am putting s tuff away.

At orch estra pract ice. Prof essor Smith :-N ow , everybody, "Put Your Arms Ar ound Me. ''

Dr. Hou se:.:_Gi ve me an ex ampl e of a dou b le n egative.

Juni or -I don't know none.

N orma l Stud e nt :- If a boy ki ssed me on the fo rehead I would certainl y call hi m do wn a bit.

Be ck :-H ow did t he qu a rtet ge t al ong at Blue S prin gs?

And erso n : House was full a nd e nthusi astic

B eck:- Which one.

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Th e ad va ncPd cla !-is in dr amat ic art pr esented the se con d ad of FiLc h' s play "Barbara Fr i eLchie'' in ch ap el Tues day mo rnin g, Dece mb er 1!H h. The wo rk sh owd excelle nt trainin g a nd di li ge nt w ork and th e only 1· •g-reL the s tu den ts ha ve is th at the r es L of Lhe play w ill pro bab ly not be gi ve n.

Prof esso r Gregg lefL Pe ru Dece mber 30 for Ch icago, w:1ere he wi II e nte r the U ni ve rs ity of Chi cag·o Lo t ak e up wo rk in psychology t.nva rcl hi s d oc to r's degree. Mr. Gr egg is a ve ry e ffic ient ins tru ctor and while we regr et to h ave him leav us, we are glad Lhat he is a bl e to ta ke t hi s o pp o rtu nity to p ursue hi s spec ial lin e of w or k.

Pr es id e nt. H ay es spent the we ek pri or to va cat ion in Li nc o ln aLte ndin g a m ee tin g of th e Boa rd of E ducation and the pres id e nts oft he St ate No rm al Sc h oo ls.

Once or twice a yea t· the st ud e nts ar e offer d an o pp ortuni ty in pri ze essay co nt es ts. Th e fi rs t ch ance thi s yea r was put before th e sch oo l on D ece m be r 14 by Mrs. R. H. House, wh o p rese nted th e ma tter of essays on th e topic , ''Vo te s for Women." These es say s were d ue Janu a ry 10.

Whil e m ost of th e s tud en ts went home during th e ho li d ays, several st ayd in Peru and ava ild th em se lves of th e opportun i ty to wor k up on the ir de bates.

Thirty nin e r eg iste rd f or th e pr e li m inar y de bates thi s y ear, which is a few more than last yea r. Th ese de bates will b eg in Janua ry 30 a nd co nt inu e for th e rema ind er of that w eek. It is re markabl e to note th e sma ll numb er of se niors who have e nter d for th ese de bates.

Th e model Sc ho ol re nd e rd an e xce ll e nt Christm as pr ogram Thurs da y aftern oon , Dece mb er 21.

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Deposit your money here and check it . out as you need it.

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VOLUME VI.

Cheste r Darr ow, G. C. K<mnedy, G. S. H an,e n, C. A .-\.nd !r so n, A. J ohns'>n, J. W. Wear, Jr. Fran cis Hugh es, E thel Darl e Ta) lo r, Rena Ke ith , Ltli a Co ur tw ri gnt

Fr om th e nurnb e1' that t oo k p art in the p1'e limir1ary de bates, whi ch took -place from January 30 to Feb r ua ry 3, eig-ht we re ch ose n to repr ese nt the Peru Normal Sc h oo l in th e inter -sc h oo last ic contests again st Way ne and K earney In add iti on to thi s, fo ur were nam ed as r eceiv ing honorab le me ntion as d ebaters.

The Wayn e te am, w hich de bates at Pe ru, will consi st of C. A. Anderson, Rena Keith, Le lia Courtw ri ght and Cass iu s Kenned y. The te am tha t go es to • Kearney is mad e up of J. W. Wear, Jr., Ethe l Johnso n, Da rl e Taylor and Chester Darrow. Th ose r ece ivin g hon orab le ment i on are Opal Lintz, Fran cis Hughs, A. 0. John so n and Geo. S. Han se n.

in School

H. C. House ,

How many person s read the c:mtributed articles in the Normal ite? We ll , it w ill be safer to skip thi s on e than n 10s t of th e m, for it is going to be not onl y dr y but di s agre eab le.

A year ago I wrote a paper for thi s perio di ca l, naming all th e ad van tages I could t hin k of, cla imd and ac tua l, of o ur syst em of interscho ol debating Why repeat? We a ll know the li st, "deve lops self -confidence, '' '' increases know ledge of publi c questions," "tra in s the l og ical facu lty," "ca ll s out a manifestation of sch ool spir it ." Doubtl ess there is a mesure of truth in a ll these c la ims · but granting all, there are two distinct' flaw s, not to say evils, attendant upon schoo l debati ng as practis t, wh ich the wi se teacher will not fai l to have in mind , and to offse t so far as persistent and intelligent effort will ena bl e him to do so.

Th e fir.5t of th ese faults, and o ne forwhi ch there appears to be no ab sol ute remedy, lies in the fact th at the young debate r is forc ed to take for himself and to urge upon others a biast vi ew of th e s•.1bject he treats. The e xam in a tion of fa cts with an eye not to the di scovery of th e tr uth but to the bo lsteri ng up of a prede termined judg ment is a thing whi ch science scorn s and justis must inev itabl y depl ore. An e ffici ent and s uccessfu l debate coach once confe st to me in a pri vate "I do not fe el that our work is de ve lop ing s cho lars; but I f ear that we are going to succeed in turnin g our b oys into a se t of sh yster lawyers."

No w if the danger of schoo l debating set fo rth in the for egoing parag raf seems to so me to be r ather theore tica l than actua l, a so rt of a cade mic hobgoblin, Jet

me ad va nce to my n·tmu cr two , wh ich w ill be f ou nd tr> be nn such " st uff as drea ms are nnde of,'' bu t a vi impo rtant matte t·, an casi ly rc c ' gn ized and s ini ster fact, brook in g no e vas io n. I wi sh to di sc uss no w, the bare-faced pl ag ia rism, th e co nscien ce lc s,; anrl unb lu s hing appr o priat ion , wi th uut qu ot ati on marks, of i deas, o ut ! i nes , fr a sc s, pa rag rafs, and ent ir e ve rbat im arg um en ts a nd th e mes, wh i ch o ur sys tem of debate preparat ion winks at, reco g ni z es as an in evitab le commonp lace, and finall y e ncourages a nd recomm e nd s.

• 'What's that noi se out there on the campu s? "

"That's th e hi gh S(! ho :> l s quad from A -, in charge of th e lady principa l, com e over to get 'mate ri al' fr om our librar y. ''

"What's th at s tud ent abo ut , be nt ov er yo nder big bo ok, tongue in cheek, founta in pen as cribb le? "

"He's ge tt in6 id eas for th e pr e lim inaries .''

Wh en th e ni g ht of yo ur hi gh s ch oo l debate c :> mes , th e pub li c is e ntertaind by th e spect ac le of l itt le g irls in short dr esses discours in g flu e nt ly on s hip-s ubs idy or in com e tax, topi cs wh i ch can by no poss ibility hav e any rea l, natural inter es t for th em; s taggering at th e pronunciation of word s to o bi g for their littl e ton gues ; turning many a nobl e senatorial period, and ri s ing to lofty c limax of s tern convicti on and irr e fragabl e log ic.

Now the redy defen se of th e sc issorsand-pas te m et hod of debate for the immature is the g lib ques tion, "W hat mor e can you expect of children? You s urely don't require them to ha ve the ir own

i deas on na v_,. in crc a:;e and closed shop! " Weil, no, lo tell the truth, I don't. But I am hone:;t ly ex e rci sed o\·er the i dea of send i ng young people to the b oo ks for the ir id e as, their £ra s es, the very min ute wo rding of speec h es which no one but th ems ch·s will e ,·er pretend th ey got by th e i1· ow n effort. I am n ot yet 1'edy to e nd ow a chair of plagiar ism, or to advo cate eJucat ion along Fagin lin es of tend er lite rary pick -p ockets.

For look where we ar e gett ing with our everla s tin.tr I i bra ry me thod of o ri g inal c ompos i Li o n! Ou r stude nts are unw ill ing, many of th em , to writ e the ir own cla ss thcm as , and the average se ni or has no n ::>t ion wi1aLevc r of m ak ing an original "t h es is , Th e first and in ev itable qu es tion, s!1 o :1ted by th e class in cho rus, up ,; n th e an nouncem ent of a new s ubj ect for th eme writ in g is "where ca n I get on tint?" Th e stud ent"s ow n bra in and hart and experience an:! is the las t place to whic :1 he l o::>ks for id eas . Fur eve n in the in terpretat ion · of li tera ry classics, we get n ot our own Jo hn and SJe, but Hu dson and Ro lfe, and Sn i der an::! Stopfo rd Br ooke, till I fee l li ke telling the li brari an s to burn al l the c::>mme ntari es We can't study Shakespeare for our se lvs so long as a s in gle "help" on the shelvs. D :> you n ot find co n diti ons s imil ar in your hi story of ed ucati on and botany? It seems to me I hav e heard complaint about made to order exa min ations and borrowd herbariu ms. Much may indeed be attrib uted to the familiar barbarities of human nat ure, but I suspect n ot a lit tle of th e mi schi ef, where it is particu la rl y unashamed a nd matter of fact, is du e to standards set up and habits formd by our w id e open me thods of gett in g up debates.

But you are say in g, ca n no t one read and ponder and r eflec t, ass imila te an d then write? Yes, if he o nl y wi l l. I have always under s tood th at it is not what you

eat but what yo u digest that does the good. It is the raw gobs of imperfectly mast icated and unalterd wisdom that I object to in the stu dent 's speech . And, mind you, what th e boo ks a nri magazines fail to d o, in the a rrang ing, shap ing an d apportio n ing of material, the "coach" is expected to mak e good. Conscience in h im, po or s la ve , is at a discou n t. Th e sch oo l expects results, and nat urally cares I i ttle as to h ow much of the accur ate correlation and choice rh et oric of his pupils' addresses is to be attributed to the craft of the teache r' s brain.

I desire to be frank and fair, and I pu t the que s tion to the mind and conscience of eve ry thotfu l a nd s in cere teacher, alumnus and student of Peru. Is it not true that there is, in our d ay , an amazin g and de pl ora bl e la ck of in depen d ence in the literary effo rt of h igh sc':lool and c ::> ll ege students; and do not the p op ular me thods of debate preparation foste r the h ab it of rei ian ce on the bo oks? And is it n ot th e gr ea test of piti es, when our fine in ste d of promoting thotand '·efl ect i on a nd se lf developm e nt, become agen cies for th e weakening of ·scholars':1 ip and the softeni ng of mor al fiber?

To be su re, no teacher in hi s senses would discourage library study as such. I wish o ur students would use the b ooks ten times as much as th ey do , and in the ri g ht way. But the un censo red, unchecked u se of books and magazines as "mate rial" (odious word!) and the cli pping of cho ic e frases and even whole paragrafs for use, witho ut quotation mar ks, in a st uden t's theme, spells deth to real sc hol arsh ip a nd the decay of character.

Now perhaps my read er (provided I have on e) is aski ng whether any thi ng effect iv can be done to improv e condition s, shor t uf th e abolition of i ntersc:1olast ic debates. Oh , doubt less th e evi ls can be mitigated; doubtless they have been mit igated in many instances

by individual t eachers, who have pe rthe need of r e::fo rm

R ecom mendati on number one : T he bj ects chosen fo r d eba te n ee d not a ll be t ec hnical and th ose on which on ly spec i al is ts h ave a ri g ht to an op inion. Class work in d eba te, espec ia ll y, may conducted without frequent resort to books or per iod icals of any sort. And I beli ev it is a mi stake to th in k t hat eve n t'1e gene ral public can be in te r ested cn ly in governme ntal subj ects . I am n:> t in f avor of a r eturn to the old lyceum favorites : Th e Cow ve r sus th e H or.se, an I Pursu it ver sus Possess ion: ne ithe r do I be li ev we sh ou ld confin e ourse l vs to Di s- armament and Rec iproc ity. Th ere are questions affecting education, eth i cs and soc ial condit ions ., on wh ich our st ude nt ou ght t :> have hi s o wn opinio ns an:l a "l;)o ut wh ich his uninstructed views would prov n ea rly as val uab le as th ose of the expert, and a good d ea l fresher and more in teresting.

R ecommend at ion number two : Debaters shou ld be taught what is hones t and what is dishonest in I i l:irary r esea r ch .

T:1e followi ng shou ld be encou r aged: fir st, read in g and n ote makin g for rea l infor mat ion, in d efiniti on hi story and st atistics; seco nd, r ead ing' of a general onl y, no n otes, for id eas, op inIons , inspiration; th ird , cita tio n of autho_rity as suc h, by exac t quotat ion, for whtch cred it must be expl i cit ly g iv e n. Quotat i on wi thout cred it is stea ling.

Recommendat ion number three: The wo rk of the coach shou ld be reduced to the minimum and made as general as possible . Here is a weak place in the present system. It is a great pity when an interschool debate becomes merely a battle of wits between i nstructors . P rofessio n alism in athl et i cs is pa lp able and rather eas ily done away, compared with coach ism in debate. L et the teacher advise, exhort, in spire; but Jet him write as little as may be a nd dea l spar-

inp:l y in min ..i t !! a nd

1 hope the foreg-o i ng- pr <.)ac h ment wi II not be regard ed as me re i m ·ecli \", large ly ma li cious I intend no thing loca l in th e appl i cat ion of my c lta1 ·ges. Jf there is blam e it is widely di s tr i buted and m"J!: t be s'1m·ed al ike students . teachers a nd pJblic. I am in tt: r ..!stc d in Lhe deve iC\ pmc nt of i nd cpc ndc nt thi n kin)7 So far as dc l:ati ng fa t he procc s<, I am fo r it.. So fa r as d ebat ing in i ts pre se nt form disco •.1 rages the pr ocess, I am as again st it . I wish I knew what our Pe ru Alum ni are thinking and cxpc 1·i cnci ng- in co nn ectio n with th eEe nn tle r .,; .;L

Sp e ll ing R efo rm.

Time is di s cl os in g that the spe lli ng reform movm cnt is buL a stud ied, 01gan iz ed efrort to pr ocure j ust what lik e ly to be br ot about sJo ner or late r th ru modern syste ms of teaching. Th e spe llin g ref ' ll"llkr wou ld construct words of just suc h I ette rs as are deemd necessa ry to express the sou nd s t hat comp ose the word. The mode rn syste m of t each in g, wh ich h as to get along without th e aid of the o ld-fashio nd cou ntry spel lin g schoo l, is m ov ing toward the same end

An inter esti ng expe rim ent was rece ntly co nduc te d by Pr ofesso r Beal l of the Kansas st ate ag ri cu lt ur al co ll ege to di scover just what g1·ound th ere may be for class ify in g t hi s as a nati on of poor spe llers. He prepa red a I ist of co mm on word s fr om the fifth r eader u sed in th e sc h oo ls of Kan sas a nd s ubmitted th em to various groups of stude n ts Deta il d data were sec urd on th e mistakes made by 112 sc h oo l an d· col lege studentr Th e r esult is gi ve n: On ly one wor d, "meas ur e, " wa s spe ld the sa me by all. The wo rd "v ill a in, ' was mi st by ni netytwo .- Exch ange.

Or a tor y.

Da isy D. Nettleton,

E ve ry n at ion and every period of hi st ory h as had i ts oratory and it s or ato rs. In th e ea rl y nf Gr eek h isto r J', fo rensic oratory ha I i ts beg inning '''hen me n, in orJ <! r t11 r egain e> : ate wh ic h h ad cl:.Irin g tl-Je reign of a d es po ti c r ale r hnrl t) g-o CJ.l r ts an :! plea d for th :! ir A cco rdi ng to i de·1s of citi :;;en >h ip each nnn m J St be his o wn la wy er I mm =n.se di ffe r ences of ab i lit y o cc urd th en .a s n ) W. Th e smo th easy ta l ke r soJ n sec 1r€d hi s 1-Jst wh il e hi s tJn J;ue ti e:! n3igh 3o r had no re dr ess w:m teve r. Th e h ard pra ct ic al de man ds of j us tis an d eq •.1i ty came to m ake men speak fvr their ri g hts and of thi s grew the art of oratory. Dlu·ing the pe ri od of tha Media eva l Preach ers and the Pr eache rs of Crus ad es pu lpi t orat ory had it s begi nnin g. A ll so r ts of mechani ca l devic e3 were us ed to se care va r iety of expr ess ion durin g th is ti me . '' L augh h 3re ," "Cr y he re," lVI op forh e:td," were w ritten on the mar,Jin of the sermon as a g uid e to the or at or. The orat ory of th e refo rm ation was m :.1ch more spo ntaneo us, fo r t hi s pe ri od gave the for cefu l, f earl ess Luth e r, the pun gent , or ig in al L atim er and the veheme nt Knox . Co lo nial o ra tory bor e the s tamp of a tr eme ndou s ear n es tn ess and ent husi asm which kin dl ed the fir e of battl e of many a fi er ce deb ate. Th e ti de of Ame rican oratory which had b een ri s ing for more th an a centur y, r eached its full fl oo d in th e eloq uen ce of Sannel Adam >, Th om as J efferso n and Patrick Henry, th e gr eatst colo nial orators. Con gr ess ional or ato ry may be app lied to th e efforts of a body of men who found a fi eld of gre at activity in the leg isla ti v h all s. Ran do lph , Cal ho un, and Cla y we re r geat congre 3s io nal orators. Th e per i od pre-

ce ding the Ci v il War was a very impo rtant one in the hi s tory of American o rator y. Grea t i ss ues confronted the pe o ple for the uni on was about · to be s e,·erd. T he ora t or had a problem on hi s nart an d a convict ion in hi s s oul and bu rn::\ to offer a so lu tion of th e problem and a reli ef from hi s conv ict ions. Thi s pE"r iod brot forward th e clear, log i ca l elfect i vne ss of Wen de ll Philli ps and tl .e deep im pr ess i vo ess of He nry Ward "Beecher.

But th e hi gh water m ark in Am!"ri ca n o ra to ry wa s reacht at Ge ttysbu rg, · when a gr ea t h ar t ed servant of the people, with no thot of oratorical effect , voiced in s im ples t te rm s a gr eat nati onal id ea l. Lin cJ ln' s oratory will las t for eve r, beca t.:s: of t he s im pl ic ity and earnes tn ess We are tol ::l that oratory is one fo rm of outward exp ression of th e inn er life of t '-le rac e. Tendencies in li fe d ete rmine te nd encies in or ato r y, then each peri od h :l.S h ad its pecu li ar persona liti es an d oratorica l form s. Th e age in whi ch we li ve is a commerc ial age. The orator mu st meet the demand s of the age by th e use of clear cut , dire c t, s imple art fvrms. Th e e ffort that is successful t od ay is free from oste ntat ion, and tell s a s im ple th ing in th e s impl es t way po ssibl e. N ever were men w ith co nv incing power n eeded more than at th e present tim e. Corrupti on and s hame have ent3rd th e n at i ons door's, th e imp o3 ters are here in eve ry form ; c rimin a lity of the wors t type is pract is t; pu blic offices are won by intri gue and bribery. In s pite of a ll t hi s d egener at ion, Amer ica l oves the genu in e and · substantia l a nd abhors th e im postor and the make believ Th e Amer ican audi en ce de mand s that an indi v id ual sha ll talk to it and not or atori ze ; th at he s hall s peak co ll oq u ially anj give his heare rs the hones ty a nd tr uth of hi s har t; that h is m essage carry a cert ificate fr om th e so ul; t hat the thot is genuin e a nd the spea ker s in cere.

II Jllumni II

AmonJ t he Alumn i who spent Ch ris tm ::t.> vaca t ion or vis ited in Peru during the hoi idays wne Maud e Brun sdon, ' 11, wh o has s ci ence in the Wymore hi gh sch ool; Charlotta Flack, '09, prim ary at J ohn so n; R. B. Bede ll , '09, csience at Norfolk; Mrs. Mabel Bowen Bede ll '0 9 kind ergart en at No rfolk; Princ ipal' Ear'! Meyer, '0 9, A lli ance high -scho ol; Katherin e Han ks, ' 09 , North Bend; Iva Glasgow, '08, He mingford; Ali ce Lintz, '11 , J oh nson; Ethel Robin son, '11, Decatur ; H. C. Dallam, '11 , principa l at Ne maha· B ess ie Longfe ll ow, '10, She lby ; E sth·e:· Bla nken sh ip , '10 , Broken Bow; Gr ace Brun sdon, ' 11 , Howe; Blinn He lm s, '09 , Wate r; Eid so n Pe ttit, '11, M indt n; J. G. Sch o tt, '11, Inl a nd; Mrs. Glady s Majors Gal e, '11, B eat rice; Ca lla Hanks, ' 07, Ge orge to wn· Dal e Whitfi eld '11, He mm :n :rford; Ru ssel Whitfi e ld' ' 11 , Butte ; Clyde Hutchinso n '11 Al vo : c ' ' t laude Hutchin so n, ' 11 , Fairbury; Mrs. Et hel Dye Jorn, '02, Lus hton; Florence Dye, '02, Cr ete

. Mrs. Ali ce Da ily Goud y, '75 , is spendmga pa rt of th e win te r in Sprin g fi e ld Mo., wi th her sister, Mrs. Anna Da il ; Farnsworth, ' 79 She reports the co ld qu i te as intense as in thi s part of th e cou ntry.

Miss Ra di e Joy, '03, has b een secur ed to ass ist in th e ma the mati cal departm ent here durin g th e re mainder of the yea r.

Jose ph Goldste in, '10, and Ira Cr ook '11 , s tud ents at th e State Uni versit y: were in Peru , Saturday, Ja nuary 20.

A s ma ll so n is the cause of much happiness at the home of R ev . and Mrs. Wieneke of A ub urn. Mrs. Weinck e wi ll be re memberd as Pat ty Ma tth ews, '11.

Miss H ar ri e tt Carter ha s returned to

Pe ru , af te r a vi sit wi t:1 her si Lcr at Naponee, an •l f ri ends at Conk.

F ra nki e c:, ur ch, of D es Mo in es, spe .. t Chri s ta ms \·acalim. w ith i .> ters nea r Ne bras ka Ci ty .

Pr in c ipal D. H. Web er of S:1u !:>ert wa s in Per,I, Sal urd ay, Jan u<;I y 2 0.

Ju li us G il be rt, ' () ' j, of John so n, wa s in Pe ru sev eral d ay s la st week, vi s itin g old sce nes and fri ends.

Mrs. Ad ene S im Ne wton. '08, of Denve r, has been visi ti n g· f 1·ie nd s a nd relati vs in Neb ras ka C ity a nd Pe1·u Mr an d Mrs. New lon are pl a nn ing on locating in Texas Lhi s s prin g.

R oy Gibbe 1·so n, '09, h as b ee n elec t ed hed of of th e sc ien ce depar tm ent at Aurora, a ve ry des irab le p os iti on.

Th at o ur A lu mni mem be rs are in dema nd as teac her s, is sho wn by the fa ct that num ero us cal l:;, that come fr om various pa rts of the s tate for te ach ers.

Of th e me mb 2rs th at fin is ht at the e nd of the fir st semeste r, the follow ing are a lready loc ated in d es irable pla ces S te lla Fa ir child, eig hth gr ad e at Fa irbury; E li za be th Po wers, s eve nth a nd eig hth grad es at Pla in vi ew, Ne bras ka; Go ldi e A pp leagte , e ighth grad e at Fa ll s City; A nna Both sceo nd a nd third gr ad es, Fa ll s City; Haze l Ward , seve nth and e ighth g rad es at Ch es te r.

Me rl e Swan has b een offe rd an eig hth gr ade at Has tin gs at a sa lary oi $ 60 , but pr efe rs to s tay in Pe ru and wo rk for her d egr ee .

Cece li a Wehrs, '11, has g on e from Chester to B rid geport whe re she is ass istant pr i ncipal of th e h igh scho ol.

Fr a nk Maj ors, '96 , of Pe ru, went to York rece ntl y to atte nd the St ate Chicken Show, and to ex hi bit so me of th e fin e chi ckens that he rai ses at his home here.

Jud ge R. F. Ne al , '9 4, of Auburn,

h as b een appo i nlecl a deputy county jud ge , to ac l in lhal capacity if for any r easo n th e county judge is unable to offic iate .

M. A. Sams, '!)7, ha s g-iYcn up t cachi ng for th e prc s cn l and is tra Ye I i ng for th e Ke mp er T homas 'o .. of C incinn ati . Ohi o. He r epo rts lhal his brother, E. E. Sa ms, '95 , is h av i ng cxc ' ll e nt su ccess as an atto rn ey in Paws uska. Okla.

Bess ie Stu ll , a kind erg-a r tn er of '02 h ad a d el ightful w csle m t ri p thi s fall' takin g in lhe we ·tern and Hawaiian Island !> . A ft er a sho rt vi s it wi th friend s and re lati,·s in A uburn , she and her mo th er h ave relurnd to L os Angel es wh ere th ey will spe nd Lhe w inter. On th e ir way lh cy had a de li gh tful visit in Bi ll in gs, Mon tana, wi Lh Dr. a nd Mrs. Kate Stu ll Wal ters a nu s mal l so n.

Th e ma ny fr ien ds of Fr ed Ebert, ' 11, will g la d to h ea r t ha t he has quite recoverd fr om hi s rece nt mi sfo rtun e, a nd h as re turnd to Pan ama, Ne br., wh ere he has again beg un hi s sc h oo l duti es. During Chr istmas vaca tio n, he we nt to New York to see abo ut some pr operty and o ri hi s re turn s topt at C in c inn ati, Ohio. Whil e on hi s w ay to the de pot abou t eig ht p. m. he wa s s lu gd and robd. Wh en he became conscious he was in the Cincinnati city h osp ital. His jaw was broken a nd he had r ece ivd a numb er of s calp wo und s. Hi s go ld watch, twenty seven do ll ar s in money a nd a box conta ini ng a new su it of clot hes w ere taken. Hi s rai lro ad ti cket an d a few cen ts were left in hi s p ockets Mr. Ebert s ur:mises that he was fo ll owd by a man of whom he had as kt th e way to the s ta tion, but no trace of the gui lty one co uld be found. Mr Eb ert says that he was g iven exce ll e nt car e at the h osp ital a nd that a ll hi s bills were pa id by th e city.

Mi ss Ne maha Clark , '09, s up erinte nde nt of p ublic in st ru c ti on in Ne mahacounty, has return ed to her wo rk after

an enfo rced illn ess. yacati on on acco unt of

On the program for the Clay county t eac her s' asso ciati on held at Harvard , we notis the names of P ea rl Shaneyfe lt, '07 of Han·ard " Ei ghth Grad e Hi s, ' f ory," and Princip al J. G. '11, 0 I nland , " High S choo l Athlet 1cs.

State Sup e rinte nd ent Delze ll , ' 93, has app o inted Sup e rinte nd e nt W. T. Davis of l\I cCo k, principal of the juni or normal at for th e s umm er of 1912.

Super in tend ent L. F. Garey, ' 09 • of Vall ey bas or agni zed a Va ll ey Ma le Qu artet which has m et with such s uccess th ;t it gave a coup le of numb ers on a pr og ram in Omaha a short tim e ago .

Sup erinte nd ent C B Moor e • ' 09 • of Oceo la, is sti ll Joya l to hi s A lma Mater and inte rested in t he de bating work. He h as offerd a go ld medal for the best debater in theN ormal this year.

Superinte ndent J.D. M cMill en, 'll, of Western is making qu ite a mov to' 1.d . f the Weste rn ward the con so 1 a t10n o d · t Both th e and seve ra l r ural 1stnc s. sta te and d ep uty supe ri n tendents ha ve b een down to assist in h is good work.

Lois Hill '97 has taken a pos iti on at L eshara, for the rem a inder of th e year.

In the Chi cago Daily Mar oo n, JanuarY 20 is an inter es ting a ccou nt of Chi cag?'hs ' w1t affirmativ and negat tv de bates . . d N rtlnves tern Mi chigan at Mandel., an ° b at Evanston , in which Chicago lost y · · · George N. two un an im ous de ctston s. . Promtnent F oster '06, one of our form er . d eba t e,rs was on th e Chicago affirmatlv t ea m Mich iga n, at Mandel. All claim that Chicago was equa l in me nt but not quite the equa l of Mtch t· ga n pol is ht de lve iry. Roth t ea ms had power fu l cases a nd well formu lated argume nt. Some claim that Chicago had th e de cision two to on e. Th e qu es tion was,

res olvd, that the re ca ll shou ld be ad opted for a ll elect iv state and municipal officers except judges. Prof. Gr egg, who is at the Chi cago University th is sem es te r, had the ples·1re of hearing the debate and reports Mr. Foster the strongest debater of the evening.

Olive Griffith, '95, a missiOnary from Jubbelpace, India, was in Pe ru the first of the month and gave an interest ing lect 1re at the Christian church on her work and experiences in that far away land. Miss Gr i ffith also had a unique colle ction of curios .

Misses Edna and Mary Barnes came in from Ho oper and spen t Christmas with their parents near Peru.

Mrs. Graca Tol hurst Blessi ng '07 of Auburn, has gon e to Elmwood for a t with her par ents.

Rev. Eugen e B. Maxcy and fami ly from D ill er spent a part of the Chri stma s vacati on with his parents in Peru.

Mi ss Frances Meader, '97, is trav e lin g in Nebras ka , organizing Wom en's Foreign Mi ss ionary societi es . Miss Meader recentl y ga ve a talk to the Epw orth Leag ue in Auburn.

Th e many friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. H Re imund , '06, w ill be sorry to hear of the deth of their li ttle son, wh ich occurd recently at Alliance .

Lee Redfern, ' 10, principal of the B ro wnv ill e school , was in Peru, January 27, to hear the fourth numbe r of the le cture co urse by Frank A. Cannon, on ' 'The Modern 1\:lormon Kingdo m. ''

Rex Truman, ' 10, and Martha Giltnhe, ' 11, of the high csholo at Stella brot ' th e ir de bating sq uad up January 27 , a nd spent th e day at work in the library . F ra nk Je nnings, '11, of Fairbury , was in Pe ru Jan uary 26, to see Prof esso r Weeks, of t he agr icultural depa rtm e nt here before sta rting the new ag ricu l tur-

al co urse that he is lo have c :1 ar ge of th ere. Mr. Je nnin gs is sl i ll lame fr om th e acc id ent r ece ivd last f al l in f oo tbal l, but has mi st o nl y fh·e clays of sc h oo l.

Sup e1·intend e nt J. W. La ng, '10, of Thur ston co unty, visi te d se ve ral days in Pe ru recently.

Mary S te utev ill e, ' 00 , wh o te ac h es in Sioux Ci ty, Iowa, spe nt Chri st mas vacati on wi th her paren ts in Bro wnvi ll e.

Mary McCun e, '0 4, of Julian, has gone to Pa lmy ra to t eac h th e re maind er of th e year. Mi ss McC un e has spent save ral sea so ns in Chi cago at the conserva to ry of Mu s ic, taking vocal work.

Po rfesso r Geo rge Mc Gre w, '0 8, of Silver Cr ee k, spe nt Chri s tmas in Auburn wi th hi s mo th e r, sisters and li tt le daughte r.

Tw o of o ur Al umni , Mi sses Marie Fr e rich s, '97, and Augu s ta Fre richs , '0 5 t ea ch ers in Seatt le, a re mourning th e' deth of the ir m other, w hi ch occ urd recently in Auburn. B oth daug hte rs we re in Auburn to atte nd the fun e ra l. After th e prese nt term Au g us ta wi II te ach in Thayer co unty.

Mi ss Co ra B. Hill, ' 00, is e njoyo ng her posi ti on as a ss i sta nt pr i nc i pal of the Univ ers ity Temple hi &h s ch oo l, Lincoln, this being her s econd year in that po s iti o n.

Miss Mary Heacock, '05, a nd Helen Heacock, ' 10, are living in Lincoln a nd attend ing the Uni versity. They are espec ia ll y activ in the Peru club. Th e club also receivs loyal s upp ort from a numbet; of city teachers , among wh om ar e Miss Mab el Bridges, '02 Mi ss Myrtle Hye tt, '09, a nd Miss Maym e E. Ja ckson, '03.

Judge Charl es Le tton , ' 79 , of Ne bras ka Supreme Court, sets a fitting exa mpl e of loyalty to Pe ru Alumni in t aking so me of hi s valuable time to a tte nd a bu s in ess

m eet in g of the Alum ni offi ce rs in the state s up e ri nlc ncl e nL' s office during ho lidays. All a bmni of Pe ru we re last fall when he st ·Jod fir st in the li st of big maj or iti e· aft er

An ot her of our number who has turn ed to th e fi eld of the po li ti cal work is J ose ph Gi llil a n, '92, el ected county tresurer of Ne maha co unty by a good maj or ity, autumn. Mr. Gi llil an was on e of the speake rs on the pr og ram of the Nebraska Co unty Tr eas urer s' Association, he ld in Omaha , Ja nu ary 23-25

Gertrud e Ely, '10, is pr in c ip al of the west ward of Beat ri ce public schoo ls. She w.Jrks with ei ght teach ers in h er c':t aracterist ic ent:113ia-;t ic nn.nn er a nd consequ e ntl y r epo rts her work ve ry

Sup e rinten dent C. B. Mo or e, '09 , of Osceo la, is in auge r ating a work that is not di st in c tiv, but promises a n ea r appr oach to secu rin g the cou ntry b oy hi s ri g ht s to equa l oppo r tunity with his ci ty cous in , for se lf im pr ovement. Saperintendent Moore cal ls the work "O s ceo la Hi gh Sch oo l' s Extension Course." Th ose of th e a lumni a nd former Peru stud ents who would li ke to reach out a he lpin g hand to rur al sch oo ls in their v icinity wi ll find Superin te n dent Moore's · plan s full of suggestions.

H. J. Broderson, '06 , is in ·Corne ll , at Ithi ca , New York, this year, workin g f or his doctor's degree . He secured hi s mast er 's degree la st year at K ansas State Univers ity. He writes th at he thinks he will have a ll th e wor k don e for the Ph. D. by commencement of th e s prin g, 1912 .

Ow i ng to the r es ignation of Miss Mm e Ja ckson, William M cCo nn e ll , 06', is now pr esi dent of the Linco ln Peru Club. Th e last m eet ing. w hil e n ot as large as others, was quite their equa l in sp iri t and good fee lin g.

Albert G il be r t, '07, w:1o finishes hi s course in the Ag r ic ·lltn r al co ll ege of ou r State Un i versi ty, h as been ca ld to a positi on in the an im al h usba ndry of the Perdue university, Indiana.

G. H. Neil so n, ' 10 , is principal of Sturgi s, So uth D akota , high schoo l, and teaches the sc ien ce work. He fi nds the work ple ntiful but agreeab le. "Sou th Dakota," he says, "is much different from Neb r as ka."

Art hur Gi lbert, '10 , is hi gh sc':too l teach er of sc ience at Crete. From hi s e nthus iasm over ih s basket ball ·team, which had in ea rly December been beaten but on ce , one would judge th at it was seco nd on ly to h is teaching work. He presented a paper before th e physical scien ce secti on of the last State Teachers' Associatio n that brot forth much di sc ussion.

.;f. Re sol utio n s.

Ina s much as our Heavenly Father in hi s infinite wisdom h as call ed from th is earth ly h ome the fath er of our classmate, Mr. Chas. Moulton, we, the mem bers of th e Juni or Class of th e Nebraska State Normal School, pass the fo ll ow ing resol utions:

R esolved, that we extend to our fr ie nd , Mr. G. Mo ulton, and the other me mb ers of hi s family, al so to hi s aunt, Mrs. Crawford of the Peru State Normal, our 'sympathy in th e ir sorrow.

Resolved, that recogni z in g in our Father an ever help, do comme nd them to Him for consolation.

Reso lv ed, that a copy of these r esol utions be s ent to Mr. Chas . G. Moulton and to th e Normalite.

Signed by L. A. Wickland, Ethe l Hale, Alta Williams, R uth Ne lson, Wm. Ro ettger.

THE NORMA LITE

Peru, Nebraska

A Monthly Magazine Publisbt in the Interest of Education

Publisht by the State Normal School

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EDITORIAL STAFF

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Ch arle:; Li v. ly '13 ................... ......... ......... Club

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Grayce Teich 'I :-{

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Athl e ti c

H. Shaver 'L2 Ex c hnngc

BOARD OF MANAGERS

C. F. Bec k , Facultv

Ray Lundy '12 : Scnio.r

Frank Ellc:nberger '13 .' Ju n ior

Bessie Armstror.g .T rainc r

Cassius Ke nnedy '14 : : Sr>pho m,.rc

Vern Chate l ai n ,15 .......................... .. Fr<·shm an

H. D. :\11 arti n Pr<pll ra tory

Cather ine Green lee '12 Everet t

E. C. Beck '1 2 Phi lom athca n

Wm . Roettge r '13 ........................... Y. M. C. A. Y. W. C. A.

GertrudeSugbrue '13 ... .................... N. C. C. A.

Sus.v :\1. Sm ith Dramatic Cl ub

Hazel Taylor '12 1. atin Club

Ebba Wahlstrom '12 Gc r man C lu b

E. C. Beck '12 ....... . ............ At hl etic Assoc iati on Chester Darrow C iceron ian

1' he week beg innin g Jan ua ry 30, was gi ve n e ntirely ()ver to the preliminary debates, as eight de bate rs to bechosen to re prese nt lh e !::c hnol in the inter-co lleg-iate c mLcsts \\'i Lh th e Wayne Norma l a nd Lhe Kcam ey No r ma l. Thirty- ni ne r egisterd fnr th is t ry out, a nd a ll but a few did what \\'as ex p ecte d, namely, pr epa re for the eve; n ing- ass ignd . Th e few who faild to appea r th er eby los t an exce llent opportun i ty to become so mewhat tra i nd in publ ic speaking-.

Th..:se prelimina1·ies, wh i ch ar e he ld once eac :1 year . place before each member of stude nt body a c hance to do tw 0 things: fir;:; t, try for a place upon so me represen tati v team; an d seco nd, to make him self familiar with so me of the pr i nciples of sp e aking before an a udien ce

Th e place u pon a team ma y not appeal to everyo n e, b.1t it is an h:m .) r w hi ch is hard to est im ate a nd is a I eg i ti mate goa l t ') ward whi ch to strive. If th e fir st opportu ni ty is n ot th e sceon d, b eca us of i ts imp o rtan ce, ca nn ot be overJo ok t. Every pe r so n in the te aching profession, at so me tim e or other in his car eer, is ca ld up on to app:'ar b efore an au di ence in some capacity, th erefore every st ud ent sh ould if p oss ibl e, ava il himse lf of the opportu nity for practis w hi ch th ese preliminaries offer. So n ext yea r, eve ry st ude nt who poss ibl y can sho uld regi ster for th ese pre l iminar i es .

Mi ss Fudge: -I m ove we adj ou rn as we are inv ited o ut to a fud ge party. ·

Mr. Jo hn son :- Mr. C hairm an, I obj ect as I d'o n ot be liev it ri ght to leav one Fudge party to attend an o ther.

Miss Keith :- Boys ar e d es irabl e but n ot essent ial.

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Ju ni or No tes

Seve ral new m(:mbe r :; h::n ·e been added to the Ju nior c ia:;::; Lhi s semeste1·: some are s tud en ts cn lc ri ng the or mal for the fir st t i1 ne. Th e c la ss now numb ers about one hundr ed s ixty, an d is the larges t class in Lh c sc h oo l and we hope that th e e nr ol lm ent will co ntinue to be as gr ea t Lh P se ni or yea r, fo r we un de r sta nd the m aj or i ty of th e clac:s inted r etu rni ng n ext yea r to co mplete th e ir wo rk befo re le achin g.

J unio rs, hav i ng- fini sht th e ir m idyea r exam i nat ions, arc sm iling aga in. A ll see m to be startng ou t anew on the second se m este r 's wo 1·k, wi th an attem pt to make eac h o pp or tu ni ty th ey have co un t for more th an eve r before.

A Co mmi ttee was ap po in te d by the cabin et o ffi ce rs to an·ange th e juni or mate ri al a nd spac i ng for th e Pe ru via n. Our class had th e b es t sho win g in the Pe ru vian last yea r, a nd we h ope to kee p up o ur goo d r eco rd t hi s yea r. Th ose on th e co mmittee are as fo llows: Mr. Chri sten so n; cha irman; Messrs. Krebs a nd Yo un .;: man, a nd Mi sses Ke ith a nd Gri ece.

Th e juni ors were g la d to ha ve a second ca ll fr om the ir worth y seni or friend, Mr. Beck, at c la ss c hapel, J anuary 24.

Mi ss Mears:-"Mi ss Edith Corn e ll , name th e plan ets .''

Mi ss Cornell nam es them.

Mi ss Me ars- "Whi ch of these do you know th e m os t about?"

Mi ss Co rn e ll -" Mars."

Dr. Skinn er, who is at the he el of the phys ics depa rtm e nt of th e univers ity at Lin co ln, h as ask t Mr. Hendricks to make an applicati on for a pos iti on as a ss ista nt in t hat d epa rtm e nt. The pois tion carri es with it op po rtuni ti es for ha lf tim e

stude nt wo rk . B ecause of the excell ent chance offe rd for advancd stud y, Mr He ndri cks gr eatly r egr ette d hi s in ab il ity to accept Th e juni ors aTe proud of the fact th at t hi s pos iti on bas b een o ffered the ir <'lass adv ise r. They r ea li ze wh at such an opportuinty m eans, but ar e, nevertheless, glad to kn ow that he has d ec id ed to re main at Pe ru.

Seve ral of the juni ors were in ev id ence in the Phil omath ean play given on Ja nuary 25. Th e juniors are pro ud of the ta lent shown by so me of t he me mb ers along that lin e.

Word h as b een receivd of t he deth of one of ou r fo rm er cl ass me mb ers, Ve ra Snyder, of Auburn. S he had bee n in ill helth fo r some t im e a nd had fi na ll y been r emov d by her parents to Texas , wi th th e hope th at th e change of cli mate would bene fit he r. Her d eth occw·d three wee ks ago and th e body was br ot home for burial. Mi ss Snyder will be b est rememb erd by the few me mbers of th e c lass wh o s tarted in as n int11 graders here at Pe ru.

Prepa

ratory Class.

Th e preps ha ve organi zed a g irl' s basket ball t ea m a nd have challenged the tra in ers.

R ev . St itt spo ke at the prepar atory co nv ocation on life in En g land. Prof essor Sm i th g av e a very in t eres ting ta lk on·hi s exp erience in Montan a.

The prepa ratory class ·ost two of its members at the beginning of t hi s se mester, Miss Bertha Smith, wh o we nt home be cause of s ickness in the fa mil y, a nd Mi ss Maz ie Whi s man, who fin isht the work she cam e here to do.

Sophomore.

Th e sophomor es re maini ng in P er u

ce lebr ated th e fir st day of th e year 1912 by coas tin g d own Standl ey hill.

H azel Jo hnso n spe nt th e Chri st mas hol i days with frie nd s in Su tto n, Nebr.

M il dred H aw ley, who was ill fo r so me t ime, resumd her schoo l duti es after the Ch ri st mas vacati on.

Vio let St. John and Ru by H uff spe nt Jan ua ry 20 and 21 at th e for mer 's home in Nehawka, Neb r aska .

Miss Osbou rn and Sarah Ray have succeeded in mak ing the first bas ket ba ll team. Miss Osbourn was elec t ed as manager of the sop homore seven.

We have a good show ing in the preli m inaries th is yea r. Nearly one- th i rd of the tota l nu mber re igsterd are sop homor es.

We, as a c:ass, are indeed to lose sever al of our number who have go ne into the juni or class fo r the seco nd semest er. However we are pleasd to we lcome a consi derable number of new studen ts in ou r midst

Miss Snyder enter taind the class during separate chape l exer ci ses on December 10, 1911. At a later . d ate Ber t Dressler red th e ''Sophomore Breeze'' The witty remarks a nd good j okes provokt a genera l r oar of laugh ter.

T rdiner Class Notes

Miss Ni les has left schoo l. She is _teach i ng in the northern pa rt of the state .

Miss An·na Davis, who -was with us during the first semeste, has left for an extended visit in Cal i forn ia Wh ile . there she will stu dy music.

On the evening of Ja nuary 18, th e trainers met at the home of Mrs. Crawford and we nt for a sleigh ri de. Every one had a joll y ti me and e nj oyd Mrs Crawford's big box of candy.

II II

The number of Exchanges r ece i vd fer Ja nu ary were very few. It h ard ly seems p oss ible that the Ch ri s tmas ho li days cou ld p oss ib ly h ave been so co lrl as to hav e "frozen them all out."

Try to

Do a ll the good yo u ca n, Whenever yo u ca n

To as many p eo ple as you ca!l .

It is pleas i ng to note th e number of high sch oo ls that are pub li s hi ng sch oo l papers. Severa l of these, amo ng them those r aceivd fr om Fr e mo n ta nd Kea rney, are fi ne product io ns, sh owi ng gr eat labor and in terest in th e sch ool.

Teac her-Wh at is it that causes us to stumble and fa ll by th e way?

Sma ll Girl-! it is the h obb le skirt.

Defi ni tion of the fiv e se nses : "T he five se n ses are sneez i ng, so bbing. cry in g, yaw nin g, co ug hi ng, By the sixth se n se is ment an extra one w hi ch some fo lks h ave. This is sn or i ng ."

Teacher:- Now can so me one te ll us the di ffere nce be t wee n weeds and fl owers?

Wi lli e: Weeds· are the ones that wa nt to come up and flowe rs are the on·es that don 't.

Mary had a li tt le co ld

Th at started in h er hed,

A nd everyw h ere th at Mary we nt

That co ld was sure to spred.

It fo ll owd her to sc h oo l one day, (There wasn' t any ru le)

It made the childre n co ugh and sneeze

To have that co ld at sc h oo l.

The t eac h er t ri ed to dr i ve it out, She tr ied h ard, but- ke rch oo!

It didn 't do a bit of good , For caught i t, too.

-Schoo l Boa rd Journa l.

II ana Clul's iJ

Ph tl oma th ea n

Phil os Lw n pr og- ram s ju st pr e cedingth e cl ose of Lh e w <: re of a ,·e ry ent e rtaini ng· nalut·c. On J an ua r.\· 29 Lwo uni qu e pan l nmill! e.;; ,,·ere fi rs t, "His o ld , W-.! elh e ar t s.' · aPd c::eco nd "Her o ld Sw 1.•e lhearl s. ·' The ce were inte nsely in le rc:s ling- at'd re:ni nded many Pnil omaL hean s of nld Lim es

On ,J anua ry 1 !), lh <.! pr o.!! ram w as of a ba :; ket bal l n:tlur e. d Je to th e fact that th e fir .; l g irl s' game of th e se<:: san wa s to be pla y cl i nt ned i a te ly aft er th e soci ety. f e:1t ur 03 of t:1 e ga :11e we re dis playd.

Th e open S<.!!'>s in n play of th e .\·ear \\"as given in lh e C'hape l, 'Ihur.s day e \·e ning, J anuary 25 Tl.c house wa s cr o wd ed and th e :asL wzs ab le to the at:d"ence for th·ee a nd a h ::1 lf ho .:rs. "T he Cl imber s," u nd er the dir ect ion of Bertha Reed, was le arnd a nd prepared for lb e in but littl e over two weeks . This is th e re .:mlt of PhilomaLh eans li ,·in g up to th eir mo tto, "Re 3pond to Duty."

T he fo ll owing office rs were elected on J amwry 26, for the second sem ester: G. S. Han se n, president; Chas. Novak, vi ce president; E di th Corne ll , r eco rding sEcre ta ry; Lei ia Co urtv.rri g ht, cornspondin g secretary; A. 0. Jo hn son, trasurer; H. Staak, sergea nt-at-arms; J. W. W ea r, Grace Te ich and Josep hin e Ort, trust ees Imm e diate ly followin g th e elect i on of officers a reception was give n tJ th e members of the play cast and the out go in g officers.

t ve rett I iterary Society.

Our first progra m of 1912 was a leap year of which the girls were in char ge It was as fo ll ows: Pi ano du et, Miss es Edna and Lillian

Hank s; debate, Resolvd that women s hould propose; affi rmd by M isses May Shively and Bessie Fagg, and denied by Ward Ni ppert and Phil Rou se ; Leap Ye ar Opportunit i es, by Unde-n Tharp. After t hi s part of our pro gram, there was a farce ca ld "A Leap Year Conference." The following took par t: Sara Jewell. Pauline Sublette, Catherine Gr eenle e, Ed na Fuch s, Ca lTi e s:,erwood, Dalna Brown, Frances N ev in<::, Maud Miller, Berneta Peterson, Mrs. Adams, DorFuchR, Rose Geary. Th ese gentl emen. th e Bachelors of Chappyv ill e, also t) ok pa rt: R. E. Bailey, Mr . Hahn,Dressl e r, Mr. Adams, Car l Ov erton, Jam es Do rs ey, M r. R ose, Lynn Gifford . fo ll o\\" i ng Friday P.\·eni ng was given over to a boys' program Pi ano solo, H. H. Humphreys, Th e Everett Ga "! ette by Mr. De Bolt, and a voca l solo by Frank E ll e nberger. The r est of the time we were enterta ind by ow· Ce lebrated Negro Minstrels, who are known as Ward Nipp ert , Phil Rouse . Ra y Lund y, SterHn g Whitfi e ld , Ly nn Gifford, Clarence Ca r ter Vernon K re bs Or v ille Ralston, Wil li n :n Dn ovan, Maxshall Jones and Willi am A lbin.

F or some t ime Phil R ouse and ClarEnc e Carter, under the direction of Professor Smith , have b een working on a new pos_ter box for the So c iety. It is of solid oak, with the wo rd EVERETT in ra ised let t ers above th e door.

Everett li ste nd to a ch a lk talk, which n Fri- was we ll given by Earl N ew man, o day evenin g, January 26, 1912. After thi s th e election of office rs was compl ete ct: H. H. Moyer, pr es id ent; Cecelia H oehne, vice pres id e nt; Id a R iggl e, r ecordin g secr etar y; Rachial Wittwer, co rrespo nding secreta r y; R. H. Bailey, trasurer; Jam es Dorsey, ser geant at arm s; G. C. DeB olt, attorney; Maud e Miller, re porter ; P. K. Lapp, L ynn Giffo rd , Ra y Lund y, Trustees .

Ath enian .

On January 6 the Cicero nians a nd Ath enian s met to debate th e ques ti o n, R eso lvd, that state coll eges and univ ersities should be prefe rd to th ose und er deno min alio na l control. Th e Ath e ni an debaters were Mi ss He ndr icks fo r the a ffirm ativ and Mi ss Ga r ver for the negativ. The b oys wh o were to have re pr esented the Ciceronian·s fa il d to a pp ear, so Mr. Li vely wa s chosen to re in fo r ce the affi rmativ, andM r. Bail ey was ca ld upon to susta in th e arg uments of th e negati v.

Most of the Athen ians were work in g indu stri ously to pr ep ar e d ebates for th e pre il i mn a ri es, so that on January i s, it was arrangd to h ave extem po raneous speeches On accou nt of the g irl s' gymnas ium e ntertai nm ent, o nl y a few were prese nt at the meet ing. The A th enians a nd Cice ronians th en met t oge th er a nd pract ist parliame ntary law.

On January 20 th e Ciceroni ans a nd Atheni ans met t ogeth e r. Th e qu es ti on f or debate wa s, Resov ld, that man ual t ra ining should be sb ust it ut ed fo r athlet ics in our schoo l. No one was askt to put spec ia l preparation on the su bj e ct, but each one was req u ested to co me prepa rd to s tate hi s vi ews on the subj ect. It was decided th at t he chair ap po in t t wo leaders to choose sid es a nd d eba te the questi on. Mr. Johnson and Mi ss K eit h were chosen , and the fo ll ow i ng sides we re se lected : Affi rm a ti v, Misses Ke ith , Osbo urne, Lintz a nd Kraus and Mr. Fry; negativ, Mr. J ohn so n, Misses Sm ith, Fud ge and We ll s, a nd Mr. Bure ll e. No one had pre pard argumen ts f or the d ebate, but each one ha d some ideas of his own toe ontribute to the di scu ssion . On th e whole the discussion was more am us in g than ser ious, but the instructiv element was by no means neg lec t ed

Ciceroni an.

Th e Athenian s met wiLh us on the eve ning of J anua ry :ZO, in a ju int debate on th e quest ion of Lhe feasib ili ty of s ubs ti tuti ng manua l training for athlet i cs in our col leges.

On Satu rd ay evening-, Jan ;.;a ry 27, the soc iety met bu t. as mo sL of Lhe me mbers were prepar i ng fo r the pr <:>limina ry debates, no q ues Li on was d isc u st. Elect ion of o ffi ce rs fo r the second semeste r a nd the transact i on o£ othe r busine ss was the eve nin g prog r am . Th e fo l lowing office rs we1·e elected: Alb in J ohnso n, pr es i dent ; El lis Frye, secretary and tr eas u rer; M r. Dr ess ler, soc i ety edi to r. The office of r epo r te r wi ll be fi ld by the se cr eta ry.

.;J.

Phys ica l Sci en ce C lu b.

Th e last meet i ng of the Physical Sc ience C lub , Jan ua ry 1 5, 19 1 2, vas a most int ense ly i nterest in g one. Mr Geo r ge Hanse n gave a c ar efu lly pr epared talk on "Ce les ti al E vo lution," in wh i ch he showd him se lf th oroly fam i liar wi th many of the as lr onom i ca l q ue:;t ions wh ich ari se in any celestial evo luti on theory . In f act , so m uch so that hi s hea rers were led to r ig:1tly infe r that Mr. Han se n is " star gaze r. " Hi s main ta lk had to d eal w it h L ::J ckyer 's Pla netes i ma l H ypoth es i s, show in g th e fa cts co ncerni ng t he pla n etary sys tem w h! ch th e Ne bu lar Hyp othes is of Lapl ace d oes n ot a ccou nt . He also touc ht u po n the tid al evo lut ion of satelites as ex pl aind by .Darwin and h is th eo ry as to th e ultimate e nd of th e ea1·th; a lso a fe w fa cts were sho wn w hic h w o:1 ld te nd to show di sc r epe nc i es in Dr. see's th eo ry of the capture of sa tel lites . ;/-

La ti n Clu b.

Mon d ay n igh t, Jan u ar y 1 5, Professo r Dunca nso n' s room was fi ld wi th L at in studen ts to hear Mi ss Clark gi,.r e a ste re-

opti co n on the many i nter est ing si tes w'1i ch she \·isited wh e ni n R ome

Th ose presc n t w<: re g-i ven as co ncrete an id ea of cla ss ic Rome as pi ct ur es and suggestions arc ab le to fu rni. h. Th e ho ur set ais ·le fo r th e club m eeting p ast too quickl y. Th e a udi en ce left determ i ne! to s3e Rome for Lhem se lvs if the op po rtuni ty eve r permi tt e d. Miss Clar k f ul fild her inten ti ons by im partin g to us, for t eac hin g pur po ses , a be tter concept i on of R ome

On Fe bru ary 5, th e Latin Club wi II hold an infor ma l m ee t in g, ex ce pt in g a sho rt time which will be spe nt in the elec tion of office rs for the seco nd semeste r.

About fourte en ha ve regi s terd for Ovid thi s semes te r.

Agric u lt ure.

At the last meeting of the Agricultural soc iet y, th e fo ll ow in g officers we re elec t ed for the coming semester: Sanford Clemen ts , pr es id e nt ; Warren Burrell e, v ic e pr es id e nt; Rena Ke ith, secretary, and Elamorer, tre s urer.

Th e last meet ing was addrest by Mr. J. D. Graves, hi s su bj ec t be ing th e teach er 's rela ti ons hi p to the f ar mers of her sc hool district

Th e N or mal Agri c ultural soc i ety will cooperate with the farm e rs in making Peru Farm er 's In s titu te a l ive m ee ting during th e da ys a nd evenings of F ebruary 27 ·a nd 28. Many good spea kers of th e state will talk on agricultural s ubje ct s. A dome s ti c sc i ence de monstration will be a f ea ture of the pr ogra m.

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0n January 18, 1912, was he ld a short b us iness m ee ting of th e Dramat ic C lub to elec t officers for the second semester. The foll o wing wi ll se rv thi s term : Frank

Ellenbe rge r, pres id ent ; Cassi us Kennedy, vice pres id e nt; Grayce Teich, secretary ; H. Shaver, tr es ur er; Noe l Tyson , tru st ee .

Th e next r eg ul ar meeting was ca ld for Mond ay, January 28, at which was give n one sce ne from "The Merchant of Veni ce," and th e " Psychol ogical Moment. " On acco unt of Miss Rader 's illness, the scene from Sh a kespeare, of wh i ch she was manager, was postponed.

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Our Associat ion has recent ly be en streng thend by the addition of several n ew me mbers from the new students. We glad ly welcome them, and invite all young men and women of the Catholic fa ith to jo in us

Und er the direc tion of our new corps of officers we hope to m ake our fell ows hip t oge th er during thi s se mester a m eans of help and ins pirat ion.

Mi ss Niederm eyer, one of the me mbers of the N. C. A ., b as go ne to her home in Frem o nt , expec ting to r etu rn to Peru to comp lete her Normal co11rse during th e summer sc hoo l. She will be gr ea tly mi st by her fri end s in the assoc iati on.

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Y. M. C. A.

The Young Men's Christian Association on December 10 was led in a very able ma nner by o ur goo d friend , Rev. W. E. Da rrow , upon the s ubject, "The Glory of Yo ung Men." The gr eatest glory is our being a bl e to say, "I have done some thing for so me one ."

Our meeting of December 7, was led by our ins piring ch em is tr y ins tructor , Prof essor Hoy t. He spoke to us on the s ubj ect, "C hri s tian Manhood. " Th e

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m eet ing was was ve ry in terest ing and attendance good .

We were pain ed at th is mee ti ng, however, to learn that whil e the yea rs of 1 911 and 1912 wer e chang ing pla ces, we were to lose our beloved adviw ·, Profess or Gregg, whose pla ce was hard to fi lL Professo r Jean was announct as ne w adv iso r. Th e You ng men fe el that he will pr ove an effic ie nt man in this capacity.

Our fir st meeting the new year was led by the Rev. Mr. Stitt. His top ic was "Pop u larity ." It was a msot inte rest ing meeting.

On Jan uary 21 we again had the gr eat ple3 ure of to ou r esteem d Coach Thacke r. Hi s ta lk was a hart to hart talk, as 'o ne amo ng us and not one abov . us. This was o ur meet in g day for electiO n of officers, which was taken up after the talk. Th e officers elec t e:l were as follows : Li vely, o ur fai t hful ex- record ing sec r eta ry, was elected to th e p:e5 ide nt 's chair, which place he wil l ocCJpy in a most ex ce ll en t manne r. The other officers are: Chester Darrow vi ce president; Alfred Ni el so n, r eco,rding secretary ; J- A. Chri stmso n, co rresp:md i ng secretary ; :;tnd Noel Tyso n, tresurer.

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At the Jan uary kensington Mrs. fRoss gave a very inter esting and practical talk on "Land scape Painti ng ." The subject was appropr iately chose n because of P er u' s natural sce nic bea uty. The s uggestions given to aid us in mor e tru ly appre ciating and und erst an ding painting, and the beaut i es of natur e about us, were such that every gi rl who heard the talk, was made more k eenly alive to and observant of th e great outof-doors, seen e ither in reality or on the canvas. Because of the bitter co ld

wether the attendance wa s sm all, b ut. the usual happy and alnws phere of the a ss ociat i on pe:n·:.1d l!d Llw spent togeth e r.

T he a ssoc iation at Peru is \' Cry oft en fo r tunate in b3 ing- abl e lo th ru th e local churches speakers of no te a nd ab ili ty. Th e com in g of Miss O li ve Griffith, a rct urnd mi,..s innar.v fro m India, made it po ss ibl e for w; to h ea r her at ou r Sunday aftemoon nwcli nf!·, Ja nuary 6. Mi ss G1·iiTith b 1·ot an in sp irin g message di rect from th (! fi e ld. She is at horne on a furlow at pre se n t, and ex pects to sa il for I ndia in Se ptemb er, 1912 Sp ec ial int er est ce nters ar ou nd Mi ss Gr i ffith beca.use of her uci ng- a g raduate of our own Sta'c No r ma l in 1 H95 , and her horn e be ing- n f: ar P awnee City, Nebraska. Th e First Chri st ian Chur ch cf L inco ln ha s the ho nor of having a foreign mi!"s ionary on i ts s taff of workers, Miss Griffith be i ng enti rely s•Jpporte d by thi s ch urch.

Mi ss Dora Kreb s gave a he lpful, e>ting ta lk to the g ir ls, Jan ua ry 13, on t'1e subject, 'The Life of F'aith." "The Temptati ons of a Co ll ege Girl's Life" was very practica lly di sc u st by Mi ss Frances Hughes, Januar y 20. Miss Hugh es askt a large num be r of the gi rls b talk on what th ey co nsi de rd the m os t common te mpta tions. Among the li st talkt ab ou t were, Sunday st u dy ing, iack of r espons ib ili ty in r el igi o us affa irs whi le away from h ome , self is hness, dishon esty in exam in a ti on s, and ness in sp eech. Good mus ic is always furni sht at ou r aft e rn oo n thanks to the unremit t in g zea l of Miss Ruth Nelso n a nd her music committee , wh i ch is a s ub - di vision of the religious meetings comm i ttee .

We are e nter ing up on the second a nd last se meste r of th e sch oo l yea r. What we may not h ave done th e past Ee mester is now b eyo nd r eca ll , bu t we so me

ei ght ee n weeks in which to do th e t hin gs whi ch \\" C did - n qt for t he firsl e ight ee n w ee ks

a few of find time g irl s who fou nd it imp oss i ble to join tr.... Asso ci a ti on fo r the fu ll y ea r, we e xte nd anot her opp:> r tuni ly to a part in th e many good lh ings lh e associatio n will offer to me mb er .,; du ri ng the clo s ing mo nth s of ::;c ho ol. Th e m em be r·sh ip f ee for th e r emain tl er uf the yea r is o nl y 50 ce nt s. No bette r exp e nd i tu re of tha t s mal l sum co u ld be mad e to si gn up for Y. W. C. A.

To the new g irl s wh1 h a\·e j ust en terd s :!hoo l, the a sso ciatio n ex t ends a wa rm \ve l.com e. We sha ll be glad to have y·ou en ter our I i fe as a ssoc iat ion g ir ls ·a nd he!p. us in wha tevcr way you fin d time, an d in tu rn find help and add ed st re ngth fro m th e close r

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Pr es id ent H ay es and Pro f esso rs He nd ri cks, R -,u se an :! Delze ll , we nt to LinC) ln , F eb r uary 2, to atte nd a meet in g of th e S(! h oo l maste r 's Assoc ia ti o n.

Dr . Sc h er me rh o rn, a mi ss ionary fr om India , addr est th e stu dent body on Ja nuary 29 . He had spoke n at four mee tin gs on Su nd ay , but n eve rth eless, he he ld th e undiv ided a tt e nti on of every st ud e nt.

Mi ss Mu tz, at chap el, on Fe bruar y 1, to ld us about the Lin co ln me mori a l, a wo rk of ar t by Mr. Fr e nch , which will soo n be un ve i ld up on th e state capi to! gro und s. S he d escri bd it so full y that an y one co uid pictur e th e s ta tue as it wi II a pp ear.

The chape l exerc i ses w hich a re given eve ry Tues da y a nd Thur sd ay are a so ur ce of much int er es t. Recently Mi ss Ke ll y's pu pi Is dr ama ti ze d seve ral of Mo th er Goose's Rh ym es for us .

Mi ss Mea l'S h as again enterd upon her

dut ies as in st ru cto r in geogr aph y, and also has the in soc ial psy"c hology

Spec ial groa ns were . in a few ago when Pres id e nt Hay es announc t that her eaft er ro ll call must be t ake n at class chape l.

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Th e No rm al qu int et won its second game when it n1et the Alli a nce hi gh sc hoo l, on Ja nuary 3. Th e Pe ruvi ans had just r et urnd to schoo l, co min g fr orh a ll quar te rs of Ne bra ska, b'ut neverthel ess th ey playd a goo d ga me: Ea rl M eyer, fa i'no us in Per uvia n basketbal l and te nnis, coa cht the visit in g tea m a1:d had d eve lopt a f ast, cl ea n t ea m. Th e d us ky ce n ter was a ·marv el for sheer al ertn ess and ag ility, shoot ing into th e air Iik e a r ock.- t. Each Pe ru man req uires special me nti on . Cleme nts d id the fan cy goa l S:! hott an :l Renfro the fi e ld wor k, and S im s and Sh aver th e defensiv work. Me wh ir ter was given a tr you t at gua rd. Krebs a nd Li vely we re wo rk t o ut at for wa rd. At th e last ca ll of the w hi st le the r ead, Pe ru 3 3, A llianc e 5.

Scho tt , Re nfro, Me whirt er,· Sim s, Shaver Li ve ly a nd Wickh am jo urni ed to ' t S hena nd oah, Ja nu ary 26 , where they me Co mp any E on th e b as ket ball fl oor Th e b oys s tarted off we ll but it soo n deve lo pt into a we ll kn ow n S henandoa h g am e, that of roug hing. Th e Norn:atit es were tr od d en und er foot a nd recervd the s mall e nd of a 20 to 41 scor e. N ° di sco uragee mnt need be felt s in ce eac h man did we ll. Wait un t il March 4, when we see th em in Pe ru.

Coach Thacker t oo k hi s baske t ba ll t ea m to Oma ha, Jan uary 12. Th ere P eru pl ayd Oma ha Uni in th e fir st in terco ll eg iate game. Schot t, Shaver, Cle me nts, Sims, Li ve ly, O ve rton a nd B eck

mase the trip The Normalites started the scoring immediately after the whistle announced the game and before three minutes had elapst that ClemantsSchott combination play had scord 14 points. Omaha then stedied and a good game was playd Sims and Shaver never let their forwards out of their sight , while Lively playd like a veteran.

_ Clements did the star goal tossing The half ended Peru 26, Omaha 7. Omaha playd the defensiv game with "saddles and spurs" during the second half. This half was rougher and more fouls were cald. Schott showd up well on the dribble. Overton was given a tryout at forward Score Peru 36, Omaha! 5.

The girls won their initial game when they defeated the South Omaha gir ls at Peru, January 19. The gir ls made a good showing and give promis of a winning team. The first half was much slower than th e second and fouls were cald repeatedy. Ort threw two field goals and Meyers one. Berger secured two fouls. Score, Peru 6, South Omaha 2. Miller replaced Memfee. Miss Rader, wi shing to give all a tryout, placed Fagg at center, Lambert at forward, and Inks at guard. This half was fast and exciting. Berger started by getting three goals in rapid succession. But Peru came back strong and were soon leading. Ray playd ·a star game at guard, as did Ort at forward Each play er deservs mention. Tne final score read , Peru 24, South Omaha! 4.

Miss Rader should be congratulated upon the success of the mid-year gymnasium exhibition. Everything was successful.

Class basket ball has begun. A semische dule has been fixt and some regulations have been made. No player parti c ipating in two full college games is e ligibl e. Inte r-collegiate rules will be used .

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Are you a "mon o ton e?" If so , stop it! Miss Carpe nter is positivly fo rnenst the habit of s inging tun es on one pitch . Some of us might hope to escap e her clutches , but her army of unders tudi es can't be do dgd.

The writer stro ld into a mu s ic room the other day, led by the s ound of voices that were strugg ling with tr o ubles of their own. The re wa s a gii: li sh enthusiast on a ricke ty chair making littl e cheeps to a couple of docile and aspiring lads , and the lads were getting somewhere! Not instantly of course ; not at a bound, but ste dily, ne vertheless. With the larger classes the story is the s ame; mistakes, galore, but plenty of patience, and abundant effort, and a gent le onward march. It is proper for us a ll to rejoice. Maybe America will turn out to be a singing nation yet.

Your s cribe ha s recently re turnd from the happiest ad vance age nt's trip of hi s eve ntful life. The Glee Club is to visit three of our best suburbs and return to Peru for a w ind-u p concert on March 8. The agent's reception at Nebraska City, Stella and Falls City was so kind ly that he is still feeling the glow of it. The Club will sing at each place under city school auspices, and can have unlimited opportunity to spread abroad the Peru spirit. And really, isn't it a fine thing, the Glee Club's chance to help the boys and girls of neighboring cities to turn their faces toward a school of this sort? Just being decent and friendly and kind w ill help a lot, even when one can't be so very smart. It will be strange if the Club's trip doesn't turn a good niany young hearts Peurward.

MissAustin gave the students a chance to hear three of her pupi ls at chapel recently. They wereM iss Keith, Corinne Whitfield and Clal rence Howie. They all made made a most excellent showing.

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Wbat lU orld s to Pbysical

W. F. Ho yt

The wi ses t man of th e anc ient wo rld was emphat ic in hi s convicti on that "T here is nothing n ew und er the su n."

That a ssertio n may have b ee n th e acme of wis dom 1 000 years B. C., but it is the acme of foo li s hn ess in 1900 yea rs A. D. Scie n ce has almost li ttera ll y given us "A new he aven :-< and a n ew ea rt h" s in ce th ose wo rds were u tte rd. I nd ee d Solomon, Ar is tott le, or the Pil gr im Fathers wou ld find li tt le that was n ot n ew, we re th ey to r ev is it th e ea r th tod ay . Disco very and th e gr owth of k now ledge are mak in g s uch rap id s tr id es , that a sco re of yea rs alm ost s uffic es to r evo luti on ize s ci en ce. To parafra se the poet , " Time makes anci en t lore uncouth, The y mu st u pwa rd st ill , and o nward, Who would keep a brest of Truth.''

In fact, as i de from re li gion , the degr ee of mas tery of sc ienc e is the chi ef th in g th at di fferentiates th is cen tur y and o ur civi l ization from a ll others, and is the ma in di s tin g ui s hin g fe at!,lre in the nations and rac es of the pre se nt. Th ese seem very sweeping s tatement s, and they are, but th ey can be eas il y and abundantly verified . The ancient Per-" s ian s, Greeks , Roman s and Saracens were high ly e ducat ed in a ll but sc i en ti fic ma ster y, but t.hi s e ducati on a nd civili za -

tion, great as th ey were, did not sav th ese pe opl es fr om cons tant terro r of overwhe lmi ng hordes of ba r bar ians, and a fin al overthrow by them . Contagious di seases, plagues. sco w·ges , swept over the eart h unch ec kt Today the savage is a he lpl ess bab e in th e hand s of scientific man. Inf ect iou s di se a ses ar e checkt and e rad i cated by sc ientific methods and cures . Europ ea ns of the eig hteenth century were fairl y e ducated in their own est i mation and accord ing to the id eas of so me mode rn e ducators, but their acco mp lishme nts and methods of do i ng the wo rl d 's work their mod es of transportatio n, were as cr ud e as those of their pr ede cesso rs 2 000 years before. The Chinese today are educated It is sa id that th ere is rar ely a coo ley even who cannot read and write hi s language. These peop le have a splend id equ i pment of character and abi1ity, and th eir countr y is marvelously s upp li ed with all the reso urces of mode rn civ il i zation and power, but they do not have th e sc ie ntific know led ge necessary to utili ze these resour ces, and in con se que nce th ey are a backward race and a he lpl ess na ti o n. Given tw e nty-five yea rs of sci entific education, the Chris ti an religion and a free governm e nt , and Chi na wou ld inev itably

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become the mightiest nation on the g lobe Germa ny 200 years ago was overpopulated acco rding to th e dict um of its phi losophers and economists. Germany t od ay with many times the population of th at period is far fr om overcrowded. I ts rap id increase of c itizens is th e hope a nd pride of the em pire t oday Sc i ent ifi c mastery of nature diss ipat es the ni gh tmare of overpopulat ion that has opprest the earth heretofor e. There are approx- · imately 1 ,500 ,000,00 0 people in th e wo rld at presen t. It is confidently predicted that the United States alone will have and eas il y s upport that many inh abitants with in thr ee or four hundr ed years. Revers the picture and try to imagine what would occur if all that sc ie nce has done for the hum an r ace th e past 20 0 years were obliterated and fo rgotten t oday . Mankind would speedi ly starv and fall victim to hard ship s a nd disease until th e popu lation of the eart h arrivd at or near "th e normal of those tim es and conditions

What I am tr ying to emphas ize is that s ci entifi c mastery of nature and natural law is absol utely essent ial to the ex ist ence as we ll as to the comfort and con venience of the race as it i s. I ndeed our prese nt rapidity of progress is necessary to keep pace with the grow ing needs and de mand s of mankind .

Confining ourselves to th e f ys ical sc iences and the past f ew decad es, we find that the telefone is a littl e over, and the electr ic li g hting and electric traction a little less than three decades o ld. What would th e wor ld do without th ese conven iences? Wh en our nation al fl eet was on its voyage of circumnavigation of the world, the vessels we re in cons tan t communication, tho at times sca t ter d and invisib le, by means of w ir eless telegrafy During the dangerous passage of the Straits of Mage llan, though th e f og and in ter vening is land s and mo untains hi d each vesse l from the others, the

fl eet came out into the Pacific in perfecr alignment. As it wa s approac hin g- the re nd ezvo us on the west er n coast of Mexi co, a nd the fl eet had not been s ighted for several days, the welcome news of the fleet' s safe ly ami nearness to port was flasht across the conlincnl and the G ulf to Key West. The miracl e of t hat da y is the co mm onp lace of thi s. Oc ean stea mers now keep in co nsta nt communication with land on th ei r voyages across th e atlantic and will soon do so across the Pacific, the gr eatest st r etc h of oceand ese rt. The other day K ey West "picked u p" a message from H awa ii, and Berlin has s ucceeded in sig na ling th e United Stales, and even So uth Ameri ca Wireless telefony is a probabil i ty , and electric transmi ss ion of ligh t a s trong poss ib ili ty of the ncar futu r e. If this last hope is rea li zd it will be p oss ible not on ly to talk with a distant fr i end, but to see him as well.

Impor ta nt a dvances h ave recently been mad e in co lor fotografy. A new applica ti on of f otog r afy to i nv is ibl e radi ations, incl udi ng not o nl y the X-rays and rad io-act iv ity, but the infra- red and ultra- vi olet r ays of the spectru m, is g ivin g some wonderf ul results. Al lied with th ese are what is cald monochrome fot og rafs or f otog rafy by. a particu(ar pa rt of the spect rum. It is now possb l.., to fotog r af the s un fo r instance by I ig ht of its hy dr ogen, hel ium, sod ium or calcium light alone. Thi s h as opend a new fi e ld for in vesti gat ion. Th e kinemetog raph and its app li cat i on to the m ov ing pictur e ha s already accom p li sh t wo nd ers and is d es tind to pl ay a much .g r ea ter part in soc ial and ed u cationa l circ les .

Ju st now i nv isi bl e radi a ti ons i nc luding radio-activity is attracting w id e sp r ead attenti on, and discover i es along this line have alredy pr ofoundl y m od ifi ed o ur conceptions a nd th eor i es . The l ight it sheds on X-ra ys , electric ity, che mica l f orces, the nature of matter, is marvel-

ous. Only a f( ' \\" yent·,.; ag-o :\I r. Edison bewaild th e m_,·:-;Ll!ry of electric ity , and d ec lared, '"T iw more I st..1 dy and e xperiment with iL. th i.! le,;s I fe el I r ea lly kn ow ab nu L i L. · · El ect ricity is sti ll a my stery. as are the I i fc functions but th e ph ys ici:·L. lik e the biolog- ist wi th the myste ry of life. ha :; run dmi; n electr icity to i ts ultima te units. th e ions, electrons or corpu sc les th at compose th e ato m. We have aL lca sL a pr incipa l as incontrovertabl e as Lh c di ctum of the bi olog ist in "Th ere is no li fe with out pr e-exist ing li fe". It is as fo ll ow s; '" Th ere is no electricity with o ut atom ic dis in tegation ," fo r electr ic ity is the im pelli ng force th at r es id es in the elec tr o n. 'fhi s cle ars up th e m ys tery of th e product ion of elect ri city by f ri c ti o n, h eat, chemical act io n, a nd elec tri c or m agnetic indu ction, because all these pro cesses are atten ded by more or l ess of th e co n st ituent atoms. The in varia bl e accompanim e nt of p os itiv wi th an approx i mate ly eq ual amount of ne gativ electricity is thus accou nted for. Che mical a ffinity, magn e tism , a nd the X-t·ays are rati o nall y exp laind by thi s th eo ry. We have b ee n ' 'go ing some ," Mr. Edi so n, s in ce you mad e th ose re marks.

A clear state ment of the electro nic th eory of matt er may be gi ven as fo ll ows: All matter is mad e up of exceeding ly sma ll particl es cald molecules. These molec ul es are the s mall es t possibl es particl es to reta in a ll th e propert i es of th e orig in al s ubstance, and they are held togeth er in ma sses by a f orce cald cohesion. Mo lecul es in turn are made up of cons iderab ly s mall er particles cald atom s. Th ese a toms do not reta in a ll th e properties of the o ri g inal m atter a nd rare ly, if at al l ex ist alone, but are comb in ed and held together in mol ec ul es by a forc e we call che mical affinit y. Tn e atom finally is a d ense clu ster of infi nitesimal particles charged with n ega tiv and pos itiv electr i city. Th e former are be li evd to re-

, ·oh· around th e centra ll y loca ted p os itiv electron s, to w hich they are attracted by electri cal im puls ion. Th e atom is t hus n ot an indivisible pa rticl e, but an immense group of electrically charged ions. It is not a pass i v, in er t mass, as Dalton taught, but an act iv thro bbing system i nst i net with ener gy, unthot of. Those who 1ike to speculate and drea m ha ve ca lc ul ated that the re is e nergy e nuf lockd up in a coup le of po und s of coa l or a brickbat to dri ve a battl eship acr oss the At lant ic if it were a ll utilize d! A brickbat ri ghtly directed ha s long been known to drive a man a considerable di stance, but in this case it was energized by an outs i de fo rce. Whether we shall eve r be ab le to unlock and utili ze this intra-atomic fo r ce or not, we know at least wh ere it is and something of its amount. Is not a ll t hi s sh eer theory , w ith o ut definite proof? Cur iously enuf, tho the atom is imm en se ly larger th an th e ion, and h as b een known for a much longer tim e, we ac tu a ll y kn ow a g reat d ea l more about the ion t han we do about th e ato m, beca use of its ele ctric charge. One of the m ost sta rtling d ed uctions of th is fert i le th eory is that the electrons of a ll kinds of matter are essent iall y id entica l, so that the differences between hydr ogen "lver and oxygen, carbon and su lfur, Sl and go ld , li e simply in th e different n umber of electrons in th e atoms of th ese elements, and possibly the ir arrangement in the -atom, and their tions. May not th e atoms of th e h ev ter and more complex elements be broken up into th e lighter and more s impl e atoms of other el ements? That is exact ly what is going on a utom a tically and constantly in the disintegrati on of the ra dium atom, yi eldin g for in stance, hydrogen, helimn, li th ium , neon , argon , krypton, xenon, with atomic weights of 1, 4, 7, 20, 40, 80, and 128, r espectivly. Sir J. J. Th omp so n has recently accomplisht so me wonderful r es ul ts by passing the

alpha particl es give n off by radium ' and other radio-active substances thru oxygen and var ious elemental gases, finding unkno wn atom ic combi nati ons of these gases and also traces of many other substances includin g two hith e rto unkn own el emen ts with atomic weights Of 1. 5 and 3 r espec tively. He s uggests that t hi s wi ll ultimately di sp lace th e spectr osco pic method of analysis, · s in ce it shows not only var ious elemen ts, b ut the ir ato m ic weights at once. Hi s exper iments furni sh an explanation of the fact that many elements show numerous spect r oscop ic l ines. The a ssociation of radio-activ substances, and of such elements as ir on , nickel, and cobalt is eas il y understood as the result of atomic di s integration and the consequent formation of the related elements. Someth i ng like the I in es of descent discovered in biology are thus indicated

One of the chi ef difficulties with th e nebu lar hypot hesis a nd other attempts to arrange neb ulae , stars, p lanets, etc., into a sysetm of pro gr ess iv de ve lop me nt, was that th e spectroscope r evea ld onl y from two or three to ten elements in th e nebulae, and from twenty to f orty in th e sta rs including o ur own sun and over eighty in the so lid and coo ld Not a s ingle element was discoverd in neb ul a, star or s un not · found in the earth but much fewer of them. If as is beli evd, the su n and other sta rs are but condensed portions of nebulae a nd th e planets further condensed and 'coold portions of the sun , or at least of the sa me origi nal nebula, why are not the sa me number of eleme nts found in a ll h evenl y bodies? The electro ni c theory eas ily explains this di screpancy. As the nebula cools and condenses into a s un or star and these condense into planets, the changed condit i ons of condensat ion and heat allow increast number of elemental atoms to form from the di sper st electrons. Put oppositely, if our ea rth

sho uld "melt with fen·c nt hea l" and become su n-li ke or a nebulou s mass, then the number of elements proper to its s tate of deve lopment wo ul d be fo undand no others. Thi s last is not h ypothes is si mply, beca use lhe proc ess has be en carefu ll y observ d seve ral ti mes in the soca ld new or tempo rar y s tars. In o th er wo rd s, the processes of cr eat ion are not yet ex hausted or do rm ant, but God is st ill bu sy in hi s work s hop, the s tan:y uni verse, cr eat ing not on ly n eb ula , sta r, so lar syste m and planetary wor ld, but the elements as we ll.

Th e physi cal sc ie nces to uch every fase of the wor ld 's act iv ity, and their eco nom ic va l ue to m ankind is s imp ly incalcu la bl e. In the r ea lm of manufacturing they have alredy created and co n se rvd u nto ld m ill ions of do ll ars. Cons er vation of waste ene1·gy and materials determ in es success _o r fa ilur e in an age of st ren uous competition. Th e sc ie nt ic farmer is winni ng out in the st ru ggle fo r ex iste nce in agri cultur e b eca u se of hi s k now led ge of the nee ds of so il and cr op, and pr in ciples of co nservation. In th e preparation and preservat i on of fo ods, domestic sc i ence ge ts its da ta fr om th e fys ica l scie nces. In th e rap e utics or the art of hea li ng, the fys i ca l sc ie nces div id e the ho nors with bio logy Th ese two br anches of know ledge are n ot s impl y co-ord i nate , but are inseperable. Many of the socald li fe processes are undoubte dly chemical, a nd some chem ical proce sses see m to depend upon li fe act ivi ty. An illu s tration is the process of fer me n tat ion, w hi ch here tofore has been considerd to be of two kind s: organ ic, cau se d by yeast or bacteria, and inor gani c, caused by so me chemica l r eage nt ca ld a di astase Bu etschli , a Germa n inv est igator, in an e poch - mak ing expe riment sh owd that yeast and bacte rial fe rm e ntati on depend upon so me dia stase prepared by ce llul ar activi ty, a nd no t upon the ce ll s themse l vs. Anti se pt i cs and an esthetics h ave r evo l u-

tionizcd :1nd s aved co untless li ves .

Prof. W. \V. l ng- c. D. D. of Cambrid ge, England. has sumd up th e act ivi ty and tl o min an c\.' llf in the world of thot and c n:l t• a\·or. in a rece nt art icle in the Homi k·Lic Re view, as fol lows : "Of a ll branch L•s of h Jman activity, natural se ic nce is pe rhaps th e only on e whi ch just n ow is in a Lhoroly he lthy conditi on. Not only is iL mak in g progr ess year b.r ye ar, bul its sp iri t is ho nest , candid and di s inlu 1·cst ed ''

A Bi olog ica l Pro blem.

H. 13. Dunc ans m.

Wh ile teach in g a class in physio logy, Lh e autho t· of this art icle as kt the quest.ion, "Why s hould a man stand er ect?"

Among the man y r ep I i es came Lhese: "M an sh ou ld st an I ere ct in o rd er to fac.ilitate re sp irati on ." "l\Ian s:wu ld ere ct because it is a he lth f ul position;" and so me othe r answers eq ually good. The t·e al sig nifi cance of an upright p:>sit ion h as sca rcely dawnd up on many of th ose who mes ure the matter in th e t er ms of s tandard te xts in phy sio logy. Byrequest we have·undertaken toanswer th e question indir ec tl y and in compl J tely; yet with a de g- r ee of lucidat i on s ufficient to suggest th e ele ments of th e pro blem wh ich chalenges th e wis do m of th e ages to find i ts pat allel.

In concept ion of ve rtebrate forms of li fe o ne may trace wi th un e rrin g accuracy th e l in e of march from th e days in which th e waters brot forth its life until man wa s gi ven dominion over every livin g th in g. The amphioxus lives in the sa nds al ong the sho re of the Mediterranean sea . In this littl e fi sh we re cogni ze one of the lowest of the vert i brate animal s; i ts s pinal cord ends in se ns ibly in fron t and re ar, on intimati on of a brai n be ing pr ese nt. By a careful ana ly .; is of ve rte br ate typ es of l ife one may

redily recogni ze a close relationship existing between the position of the spina l ax is and the de gree of brain dev e lopment. Th e position of the amphioxu s is horizontal. and in tracing the fiv e great ph y la, fi sh es , amphibi ans, reptil es, birds, and mammals, we recogni ze an ascending se ries from a hori zo ntal to a pe rpe ndicular p ositio n and a c :> rresponding series from th e brainless am phioxus to th e high es t mammals, in \vhich the culmination of both position and hrain devel op ment has r each ed its cl imax. It is not o ur purpo-.P. to e nter up on an extended discuss ion in suppo rt of our pr e mi ses; the pheno mena is pr esented in an open b oo k whi ch I i es before eve ry st ud e nt of nature . The si mp le facts in th e case ar e, that th e hi gh est degree of bra in d eve lopm e nt and inte lligence r eq uire an upright positi on and that any p os ture co mprom is ing thi s prin c ipa l must soo ner or later ex perience a loss in mental powers. It does not matte r wh ether it is the bowd h ed of the s lav e und er the la sh of the ma ster or th e cr in g ing att itud e which accompanies debased thots and improper m ot ivs; t .e pena lty is paid in t he dwarfin g of fysical , menta l and moral power s. The deve lo pm e nt of the spec ial senses ch ara cteri zes the an i ma ts as th ey pass thru the quadrant of ninety d eg r ees, or from th.J hori zo ntal to th e upri g ht pos iti on. Th ese spec ial se nses are th e essenti al found ation f or t hat intell ec tual d ev elopm en which characterizes man, an upright animal capab le of d eal in g with problems of th e past, present and future. It is hi s he ritage to liv , mov and hav hi s being in the r ea lm of high er intel lectual acti vities and, with hi s face to the fut ure, bask in the hopes a nd achievments of th e race. Or , on the o ther hand, he may with bowel he d, dro oping post ure, condem nd conscience, turn hi s fac e backwards, re trace and re trea t along the lin es of ancestra l d eve lo pm e nt into a I ife of se ns ual i ndulgences.

It is the decr ae of the architect of your being and it is the ultimatum of nature that man should stand on tw o feet with hed erect an:l lo :>k the w.:>rld S::juare 'n t'1e fa::e , pr.:>m)te:1 in h is tie3 by p·.rre m ot i vs and cl ean

ll Jltumni II

Alumni Life

Some of our most alumn i have suggested that the e.:;tabl is hm ent of a life membership roll w:mld be quite worth w:1 il e for our as.:;oc iati on. I, myself, thoaght it might see m that th is wou ld threten the future finances of the organization , but a second thought convinces me otherwise. The fee of five dollars plact upon interest at six percent r ealizes for the association thirty cents e1ch year. If one would stop to th in k of t'1e experuie involvd in c:>llecting our annual fee, not only for postage, but the printins;, stationary and clerk hit·e as well, you will see that the thirty cents in terest is not far from the n et r et urn f rom the fifty cent dues. If count in expense involvd in send ing out statements from which qo return in the way of d::te.:; is re::eivd, one can see that the · fi ml net return f or the fifty cent dues may even fall below the interest up:m the life f ee .

Anot':le r argument that might be used arainst it is that the annual letter notifying the alumnus of his arrears would bep him in touch with the parent schoo l. Would it not be much more effect iv if insted of having to send him one or two duns for his dues the assoc iation would send out to him each year a circular giving something of the work of the assoc iation and te lling of the growth and advancement of the school? A dun is not the highest typ e of connecting link between the alumnus and his Alma Mate r. It is of interest to know what some of

our promin e nt alumni th in k of th is matte r. Judge Cha rl es B. Lc Lt.' m said, "I be li ev the sugge;;t i on of c 1·ea t ing a l ife m embersn i p of th e a ss '> :::i ali on anrl fix in g th e me mb ers hip fe e at flv f' do llm·s is a good one. I know in my own case, I wo:.t ld ra ther p::ty fiv e d 'l llar;; at on ce than to be cald up :m ev e t·y y l.) ar." Mi ss Grace C ulbe rts1 n, a ss oc ia te pmfes sor in the Peru Nonnal "I be liev th e life me mb er .s hip ro ll will m ee t wit h th e approval of a large num be1· of ou1 · alumn i. I ,myse lf, am very m·1c'1 in fav or of it."

S1p t. A. J . Sto:Idard, Pl ' i!" id e nt of our a ssociati o n, says, "I si n :::e rely in th e life me mb er sh ip plan , and if we decide to carry it out shall b ecome suc h a memb er at once as so on as the oppo rtunity is offerd to me, and I b? iiev we wilt find a great many oth ers of the same mind." Supt. F. E. M orr ow of Central City says; "This m:>ve has my approva L You may count upon my fee before the end of th e school year .'' Dr. Geor ge E. H oward writes, · "I be li ev it may be wise to e.:;tabl ish a life fee in your Alumni Assoc iati on, still is not five do ll ars t oo sma ll'? Perha ps ten dollars wo uld be wi ser. H owever I am n ot sure that th e large fee would be practical.' · It wou ld seem that if these older and m ore conservativ of our m embership favor such a mov, it certain ly should re ceiv the suppor t of the younger. alumn i. And with their support, leaving the institution as they are at th e rate of about one hundred fifty per year, it ought, before long, to e nd ow the a ssoci ati on with suffic ie nt funds to give its officers an opportunity to turn their attention to the movments of a constructiv nature rat h er than using their time for collecting funds to insure m ere ex i stence.

The Omaha Club is one of the most progressiv and up-to-da te organ izations of i ts kind in our me tropoli tan c ity.

Th e val e ntin e and banqu et he ld in honor of Pr es i dent Ha yes , was a d ec id ed success present S..!vcnty - fiv e me mb ers we re T. \V. Blackburn of the class of '7 8, wa s toas tm aste r. Be fore intr o duc-· i ng Pres id e nt the speake r of the ev enin g, the ga,·e short talk s: Bert ha S che i ck . " 0!) , l\Tr::; Nell ie Co le Po llard, '01. Fran ces Ha ll and Attorney Fam sworth of lhe 7 0's A sho rt bus i!'lessn •eet in g was held, wh en it wa s decided to f ou r meet in gs a yea r. The success of thi s ora g ni zation is du e to th e loya l s.1p;.> rt of its me mb ers hip and esp zcia ll y to it:; pr es itl cn t, J. W. I\! iller, ' 01. anti se:: r ota r y, M iss Be rt ha Sch e ick. T. W. '7 , is the lea ding cand id ate fo •· the no min at ion fv r congr ess on th e rep.1b li can tick et . Th e Peru Cl ub is planing to in c lud e the Per 1vians in So uth Omaha and t he su no·.md in g town s in it s or ga nizati o n. If thi s is done th e me mb ers hip will rea ch th e tw o hundr ed mark.

Man y of the e arly alumn i ar e purchasing copi es of th e "H ills of Pe ru. "

Som e of th ese persons h ave not see n the old sc h oo l for fift ee n or twenty years. As id e from the alumni, me mb ers of the Neb ras ka State Hi stori ca l Society are securing th e book for hi sto rica l p:1 r poses . The sou th easter n cor ner of th e s tate is not with o ut i nter es t to N eb ra s kan s, if we m ay j udge fr om the li st of purch ase r s, am ong th em the chief attorney of the Un ion Pac i fic railr oa d, the pr esident of the N eb ra s ka State H ort i cultura l A ssociation, and th e ge nera l passe nger agent of th e .Hurlin gt io n.

Th e Un i vers ity Al umni of Nemaha County were e nt er tain ed in Auburn Saturday even in g, Feb r uary 17 , at th e home of Be rt ha John so n of th e class of '9 5. Professo r H. B. Duncan son, ' 86 , pres ident of the a ssoc i at ion, was there, also Mi ss Lo uise Mears, '95 , and Cl ifford

H endrick s, '06 T he next meeting will be he ld in Pe ru at Prof essor D uncanso n's home.

Eleanor Rogers, '97 and mother will mov in a few days fr om Aurora , Nebr aska , to Fayette , I daho. Miss Rogers i, st i ll loya l to her Al ma Mater and has wr i tten for a copy of "The Hi lls of Pe r u" .

Estelle Graham, '95 , and mother are pl esantly located in Ok lahoma City. Th eir ad dress is 600 East l Oth street, Ok lahoma Ci ty.

Princ i pa l D. H. Web er, '10, of Shubert , and his home talent co mpany, gave a play in Nemaha r ecently ent i tled "Am)ng the breakers" The play was greatly appreciated by th e Nemaha people.

Supt. Geo . E. Mart in , '08, of the Nebraska City schoo ls gave an in te r est in g and instructiv ta lk our r ecent art e xh ibit, on " Art in th e Public Schoo ls."

State Supt Jam es E. De lze ll, '93, atte nd ed Patrons' da y exerc is es at Dill..! r and add r es t th e meet ing .

W. D. Fulton, '12, who fi ni sbt at t :1e end of the fir st se mes te r, is now at be u nive r sity at Li nco l n.

D ar le Tay lor, another midw in ter graduate, has decid ed to stay in Peru and work for her degree.

E. 0. Garrett , '95, of Fremont, genera l a gent fo r the Amer i can Book Company, is one of th e best kn own and popular a gents in Nebraska The I owa No rma l Mo nthly for D ecember , devo ted two pages to say ing good th in gs about him.

Miss Morgan's man y alumni fri e nds w ill be plea se d to hea r th at she is sti ll inter ested in the Norma l and Peru . H er address is 278 Alexandria street, Rocheste r, New Yo rk.

Harry Joh nson, '10, is d oing goo d work as a meinber of th e e nter ta ining

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>m mittee for th e Peru Club in Lincoln.

Augu sta Freri eh s, '05, has r eturnd t > Sea ttle where she ha s again r esumed her schoo l work.

Raney M. Medl ey, '02, who is t eac hin g at Ulysses, has had a painful a nd qn i te a seve re acc id ent . She first sp raind h e> r ankl e, and late r, while attempt ing to go up sta irs on crutches, fe ll and br oke her co ll ar bone, as we ll as receiving num e rous br ui ses .

Mrs. Me rl e David 3on Byers, '03, of Dorcheste r, Ne braska, r ecentl y spent a week in Peru with her sister , Mi ss Elva E. Rulon.

Ca rri e H esselt ine, '04, is takin g this yea r off from t eaching. At present she is in Per u wi th her mother and brothe r.

W. H. P atchin, ' 06, is e nj oy ing his work in the Bellingham, Washingto n, state n orma l schoo l. T wo yea rs ago Mr Pa tchin or ga nized th e norma l hi gh scho ol there and at pr ese nt is s up er visor of alge bra, hi sto ry and p hysical geogr aphy. He also has charge of the glee club. Th e normal schoo l is known all ove r the city for good order and system co mbin ed with high class work . Fifty percent of the work is done by practis teachers .

Ethel Blake, '06 , who completed her work at the Un i versity of Nebraska for the A. B. degree, Febr uary 1, has been elected to teach mathematics in th e Co lumbus high schoo l th is seco nd semester .

The many fr ien ds of Be rt Swenson '09, wi ll be please d to hear that he been elec t ed hed of the phy si cal e ducati on de partment in the River Fall s, Wi sconsin State Norma l. Th e appointm ent was made upon the r ecommen dati on of Pres J. W. Crabtree

John Ray, '06 and Arnold Kuenn in g, '11, are two of the unfortunate Uni versity st ud ents that have been in the sa nitarium with typhoid Mr Ray has go ne to hi s home in Grand Island , but from

last reports :\Ir. Ku cnning is st ill in the San i tarium. He expeels lo leav soo n fo r hi s hc•me at Cook, Nebra s ka Both Mr. Ray and ML Kucnnin g- hav e mi st so much that it wi ll be almo st i mposs ible for the m to compl ete t: 1i s yea •· ' ::; work at the un i versity .

State Superinte nd en t Ja mes E. Delze ll , '93, wa s a welcome visitor in P er u, Fe bruary 2 1. He g-ave the stu den ts an interes ting add t·ess during- th e chapel ·period Th ursday mo rni ng .

Supe r intendent Mabel Had sf!l l, '09, wi ll ho ld the Boyd county teach ers' inst itute fr om August 19 to 23

Bertha De twile r, '12, has acce p ted a positio n in the Lin coln schoo ls .

Bess ie St ull, '02, was marr ied in L os Ange les, Ca li fo mia , Fe bru ary 10, to M r. Fra nk Er nest R obi n so n of that place

Mildr ed An de r so n , '09 , is a ve ry sue cessfu l kind er garten t eac her in the L inco ln schoo ls.

Ruth Br ow ne ll , ' 11 , w ho is teac h ing in the Whitt ier build ing, Li ncoln, acted as kind er ga r ten di r ecto r for so me t im e thi s winte r, during the ab se nce of the r ea l director.

Alu mni Sloga n, "A new st ud e nt for every a lumnus."

L. F. Garey, '10, supe r inte nd e nt of the Vall ey sc hoo ls, is well pleasd wi th h is work a nd r epor ts indica te that hi s woi·k and commun i ty are we ll pl easd with him. He has si xty -one people in hi s hi gh sch oo l and am ong hi s hi gh s cho ol organ i za ti ons are to be fou nd a glee club , a b oys ' bask et ba ll team and a g irl s' bask et ba ll t ea m.

J. E. Morag n, 11' , ·superi nte nd ent of Bloomingto n s cho ols, has been r ee lecte d at a sa lary of $ 1080 He h as th oro ly reorgan i zd the sch oo ls at Bloomington, and h as been in st rum ental in sec ur i ng a much more sat isfacto ry equ i pment for

the sch ool. Il e ha s been espec ially workin g- upon lhe org-an i zat ion and managemen t of llw c hihh·en 's p lay grou nd activiti es . ll i :-; hi g- h school is publ is hin g an annua l.

'. F. Whil e. '0 7, supe rinte nd e nt of Tr en to n :,;cho :)l:-; is pr es i dent of the soJthw es lc rn Teacher's A ssoc iaa tio n. He is one of Lhe fi r st to wri te c:m ce rni n g- Lhc new sLmle nt for the nornml he is go ing- L) s.:m d ne xt au tumn.

Th e Nema ha Cot Pe ru C lub , the fir .:;t c lub to nrg·ani ze f0 r an e ntire cou nty en tc rtaincl lhe vi sit in g teac hers at th <" Pe ru m ee t in g- Fe b ruar y 2 -1, by taking th em th r 1 th e labo r ator i es of the ind Jstt· ial dep :t r tme nt s of the No rm a l.

Th e me :nbcrsh ip of th e club to date is Mae Relf , Opal Ball , P ea rl Ship ley, La ura Du s tin , W. L. Evan s, R. C. Jo hnso n, Flo rence Joh es , Mamie Craig, Kathr yn Shepa r dso n, Ethel Stoddard, Fl o And er so n, and Fr i Slag le, all of Auburn, Blanch e Je rau ld, Br o ck, Gra<' e Brun sdon a nd T. L. Lan g of How e; Burti s Kenn edy a nd Ethel Ke nn e dy of Brownvi li e; Paul S to e hr, Ste ll a; Floy Sto ll s, Ne maha; Es th er Nicho l, R. B. Sim s a nd A lic e Lin tz of Johnson; Sadie Glasgo w, Ruth St ron g, Loui se Mea rs and B. C liff ord He ndri cks of Pe ru. Mi ss Eth el Ke nn edy wou ld be pl easd to r ece iv the nam es of all the a lumni or former Peru s tud e nts who are inter ested in buildin g up th e club.

Victor Trucken, '1 0, prin cipa l of th e Longfe ll ow sch oo l, Fa lr bury, wa s operated on for append iciti s, January 16 .

Mari on C. She ll e nberger, '!14, and wife, of El y, Nevada, speut a day in Peru recently. They were on their r etu 1·n fr om St. Jo se ph where Mr. Sh e ll e nb er ger had gon e as a delegate from N evada to the Bri ck L aye rs' A ssoc iati on. Mr Shel le nb e rger wa s delighted with the many changes f or i mpt·ovment that he

sa w in the No rmal an d urroundings

Thi s is his first trip to Peru s ince hi s gr aduat ion , e ight een yea rs ago.

Th e many fri e nd s of Th oma s L. Fisher and l\lrs. Florence Fisher Dor t, '85, will be so rn· to hear of the deth of their ; nd sister 'vvhich occurd in Ca lifo rn ia Mrs. A. Kenon died on January 7, and Mr. Fi s her di ed a few da ys la ter. Mrs. Ke nto n was buri ed in Nemaha Ci ty, while Mr. Fis he i· was buri ed in th ei r famil y lot in the Peru cemetery.

L ast month there appeard in this magaz in e a rti cle on i nter-school debating by Dr. H. C. H ouse . Thi s perhaps can:e as a su rpri se to many d ebat ing enthus iasts and o thers wh o had not thot of particular mann er of debat ing to whi ch Dr. House r eferd. Th e article came out in a strait forward mGlnn er to all and could no t fai l to reveal to many the d t l · from "danger li ne " It is a goo 1111 g time to tim e .to hav e such fac ts point 'd out to us in order that we may • 1 · ht r oa d o ur steps and sta rt out on t 1e ng . h · de ·iraule anJ to atta in that wh1c 1s a • pr oper ed ucat ional 1

At th e time of publicati on some e in w n1c h doubt was felt as to the manner . h th e ar ticle would be . r eceivd by . htg d b t . en th ustasts. schoo l people and e a mg d in general· but that it was t im ely an ' 1 tters r e- fi tti ng has bee n ev id e nced by e h ceivd as to i ts worth . People over t st.a te have exprest their appr eciat ion . 0 the truth and wa rn ing set forth , betng 'I I' to expr e5S g lad to fi nd so me one WI mg · hi mself and gi ve to the world Id eas, alredy -kno wn, but wh i ch f ew dare to br eath e.

Now, if debat ing coaches and others co ncernd will onl y take heed and adopt some method as suggested by Dr. House, th ere is no r easo n why r ea lly effic ien t, origina l and forceful debaters cann ot be prod .teed by the high schools.

THE NORMA. LITE

Peru , Nebr aska

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E. C. Beck ' 12 r. Athl e ti c Assoc iat ion

Chester Darrow Cicero ni an

Th e L inco ln Memo r ial.

Mamie f {. Mu Lz.

Th ere is to be pl acL in the cily of Linco ln in the eal'l.v sum mer of lhis yea r, a bro nze m emo rial to Lhat he ro of ou r co nti nent, Ab raham Lin coln. It is to be a portrait statue, plac t upon the sta te house gr ounds in an m·chit cctu ral set ti ng sa id by cri ti cs to be un su rpa st art istica lly by any simi lar m'1n :.un cnt i11 Ameri ca . Th e sto ry of the memor ial is in te r est ing to Nebr askans.

Th ere u sed to s tand on h ouse ground s an i ron sta tu e of Lin co ln, sa dly wet he rworn . In co mp ari son wit h si mil ar monum ents t hi s sce md sca rcely fittin g the ci ty of Lin co ln a nd the gr eat state of Nebraska. It wa s left to Mr. Waite, when he wa s d epu ty sec t·eta ry of state, in the admi ni strat ion of Gove rn or She ldon, to sta rt _the movment w hi ch resu l ts t oday in a me m or ial w hi ch honors th e man w hose namP. ou r ca pi ta l ci ty bears. Mr. Wa i te formd among th e s tate house offic ials a Li nco ln Memoria l A ssocia ti on, and an o ld so ldi er h im se lf, bega n ta kin g s ubscr ip tions amo ng hi s co n> r ades ove r th e s tate.

As the plan b egan to take f orm, and to a ssu me f, t·eate r proportio ns than at first see md p oss ibl e, it b eca me n ecessary to br oade n the fi e ld of wo rk. P l'Omine nt Nebras kan s, and peop le in terested in the a rt develonme nt of o ur state b eca me a pa rt of th e m ov men t, ban d in g themse lves t ogeth er in a n ew as soc i at io n. F. M. Ha ll a nd hi s w ife who h ave be en cl osely a ssoc iated with him in his wor k, are Norma l s tud en ts of e arly da ys.

T hi s co mm ittee decided tha t scul ptu re would be the m ost e ndu r in g form f or the mem or ia l. Mr. and Mrs. H all vis ited th e s tudios of Amer i ca' s l eadin g sc ulpt ors, with th e result that D an iel Cluster Fre nch was askt to unde rtake th e wo rk .

Mr. French s ubmit ted a s ma ll mode l in plast er wit h blue prin ts sh owin g the

ar cni tecl unt) Sl'Ll in g, in Janu a ry Of )ast y ea r. So g- t·cal wa s the e nthu sia sm of th e co mmitl ec fnr lh i :;, risi ng to its height at a ha nqu clg i,·en in l\I r. Fre nc h 's honor, that lh e model wa s ca rri ed ac r oss fr om th e uni,·er,.; ily lib ra ry wh e re it had b ee n cx hibi ted lo the b anqu et r oo m.

Wi th t. hc artist ch os en an d the pl an of wo rk d et erm in ed upon, th e comm ittee tur nd i ts a tte nti on to sec uring fund s. Five thousand w as su bscr ib ed by the city of Lin co ln , and th e balan ce of a t ota l of forty thous and do llar s co vered by p riva te s ubs cr ip tion or a ss um ed by. the assoc iation.

The fi gu re in bron ze is now co mpl ete d and was ex hi bi te d las t month in the scu lp to r 's Br oo kl yn s tudi o.

Th ose who h ave seen it speak in hi gh prai se of its artis tic mer it and con gratulate Lin co ln a nd Ne br aska up on secur ing the latest wo rk of t hi s great sc ul pto r.

When in pla ce the s tat ue w ill s tand at the ce nter back of a board ter race abo ut t hir ty by seve nty f ee t, just west of the s tate house a nd facin g the str ee t. Two magni fi ce nt br on ze la mps ma rk the street corn ers or the te rrace for mi ng a part of th e a rc hi te ctur al scheme. Supporti ng the fi gure at the ba ck is a gre at ma rbl e slab up on which is in scribed the Ge ttysbu rg addr ess

Mr. Fr e nch is s aid to have t aken t hi s ad dress as the k ey note of his fi g ure. It po rt ra ys th e gre at Li nco ln stand ing, garbed in the long fro ck coat of the perj od. The hed is bared and bowd un til the c hin al most touch es the ch es t. Th e hands are claspt at fu ll length in f ro nt. Th e whole att itud e is one of profo u nd th ought. In a s tudy of th e model the eye trave ls ag ain to the face. It is th e face of the Lin co ln we kn ow and lov, ki ndly, stron g, se amd wi th ca re, and sa dend by the sorro ws of hi s time. Yet w ith a ll t hi s it ins pi res a f eel ing of co nfid e nce, that no matt er wh at t he labor or the c ost, a ll wi II be we ll in the end.

In Li nco ln Pa rk , Chi cago, t here stand sthat m atch less s tatue of Linco ln by St. Ga ud ens. It po rtrays Li nco ln as the victor, b earin g his laurels in great h umility an d yet withal the Li ncoln who ha s overco me.

Th is L inco in is the one near to the g ri efs and sorrows of hi s peopl e, Li nco ln th e bu rden b earer.

Mr . French h as given us in th is hero ic fi gure in bronze the essential pe rsonal side of th e ma n. Hav i ng on ce look t upon i t, vis it ors w ill go away f ee li ng th at th ey have stood in the presen ce of th at great sp iri t. They will f eel also si ncere adm ir at ion for th e m an wh o h as th e in te ll e ctua l power and the sk ill of hand to produ ce such a wo rk of ar t.

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The May Festiva l.

T[l e old saw, "D on't p ut all vour eggs in one b asket ", has of la te been r ev isd to read, "Pu t a ll y our eggs in one basket-and watch that bask et. '' We h ave i nd eed put an amaz ing numb er of eggs in to our M ay F estival b ask et. T wo program s, afte rn oon and evening, are to be pr ese nted at a little more tha n the c os t of a high priced win ter lecture co urse . And it is believd that the ar ti st ic va lue of th ese two concer ts w ill far ou tweigh that of any avera ge ente rta i nm e nt B et ter one s up er lat ivly great musici an, wi th his noble ideal s, fi nisht a rti stry a nd bur ning insp irat ion, than a host of mediocre or mere ly "g ood " enter ta iners, to wh om we gi ve ear, plac i dl y or protes tin gly, and whom we fo rget befor e th e we ek is out .

But the May Fes ti val prorgam is far more and far other th an mere hired a muse me nt, of h owever hi gh ord er. It is the cul min ation of the year 's e ff or ts in the fi e ld of voca l mu s ic. E ve ry dr il l class in rud ime nts that ha s b een co n ducted; every pr ivate voice lesso n gi ven;

every chorus or glee club rehearsal, here in find s publ ic expression of its value and success The F es tiva l r eg isters the soc ia l and artist ic ideal s of our s tud e nt community as no other agency can do. When a ll the cities and v il lages of so uth easte rn Nebraska get to send i ng groups of hear ers , as th ey m us t ult imate ly d o, and have alredy don e in a me su re, they will here find a true ex presof Peru cu ltu re and effic ie ncy.

Mr. Baltz is th e m ost po pular te nor of Kan sas City. He ha s s un g th e te nor parts In th e Hy mn of Prai se in a nu mber of cities throughout the mid-w est . Our gr eat s tar attraction fo r this year, and the on e who wi II mak e Peru the most e nvi ed community in Ne bra s ka for one day, is Mr. Da vi d Bi s ph am, of New York , her alded eve r ywhere as America's " Greates t Baritone." If , as some claim, an artist 's me rit ca n be mesu r ed by the

On the even i ng of May 23, the day before commencement, th e chora l society, assisted by Mad a me Loui se Orm sby, sopran o, and Mr. P.C Baltz, te nor, will si ng Mendelssohn's great sacred work , the H ymn of Prai se Madame Ormsby wa s formerly so loist with the Mi nneapo li s Symphony Orchestra, and of the Thomas Orchestra, of Chicago. She has appeard as soloist with the May F est iva l societies of t he greatest cit ies of the country.

pr i ce he can command, it wi ll be i lluminati ng to know, in t hi s connection, th at Mr. Bispham's serv ises cost us mor e than did all th e supe rb ta le nt employd for last year's -F esti val. Great bo th as si nger and actor, a gen i us of rarest order in the art of i nte rpretat i on, David Bisp ham holds an e nv i ab le po si ti on in the world of musi c. His operatic tri umphs th ru several years at the R oyal Opera , Covent Garden, London, and at the Metropol i tan

Mr. Dav id Bispham

Opera. 1 C \\' York, ha,·e ne,·er be en eq uald by an ,. ol h cr American bar ito ne In the fi e ld of orat o rio. co nc e t·t and ong r ec i tal he is ici, Ji i zecl by mu sic lo,·e rs on bot h s id es of lh e ALianlic . Hi s adm ir, ers are lcp:inn. Y et . hi:; is 11ot the art th at d azz le,.; I ike the !:3npnt no Co lo r atura of a Pal ti; hut gTc ater than that . it is th e art wh ich thrill s, ele ,·ate ..:, in sp ires, becau se of its drama tic fo rce and s in ce ri ty, bredlh anrl n ob i lity of style, a nd a m ag ica l ,·ital quali ty w hi ch makes hi s re ndi ti on s li\· in the me mo ry , tr esurd, n en.: r to be fo r gotte n.

ML Bi s ph am wi II appea r b oth afte rnoo n a nd eve nin g, g ivin g, with his pi anis t, th e e ntir e afte rn oo n a rti st's r ec ita l a nd sing in g sp ec ia l numb ers at ni g ht. '

Admi ss ion to e ith er of th e co ncer ts will be seve nt y- fiv e ce nt s; seaso n tickets (two co n ce r ts), one do ll a r. A spec ial tra in wi ll le av Pe ru at 10: 30 p. m., for Fa ll s Ci ty. A sp ec ial for Nebraska City will be a na n ged fo r, later.

Alumni, form er st ud e nts, and fri e nd s of th e sc h oo l liv in g at a dis tance from Pe rLt wh o inte nd to be pre se nt for the Fes ti va l, w ill confer a fa vo r by no tifying Pr ofesso r Homer C. Hou se, who wi ll rese rv se ats for the m.

Prof . Howie :- What is· th e matt e r, Li ve ly?

Live ly :-Mi ss Varner wanted me to s it by her a nd I di dn 't want to.

Prof. Howie :-Le ap year does n't a lways he lp the gir ls, does it, Miss Var ner ,;J.

At the Ga ller y.

Hou se :- Ty so n is the bigge st fe llow of th e bunch , but he is n't he re.

Mewhirter :- He's bi g, but I can l ick hi m.

Hum p hr eys :-Pe rhap s, but you wou ldn't be fit to have your pi c tur e taken after you were thru.

II and elubs ll

Ph iloma th ea n

On the eve ning of F eb ruary 9, the new ly elected officers were in s ta ld. Mr. Clements introd uced t):te new pres ident , Mr. Ha ns en, wh o responded very i,·ly. Each of the other officers was ca ld u pon for a speech; thru th em all th e upp e rm os t thot was the wi lling ness to work for Ph ilo. Then fo llowd: Piano so lo, Mi ss Schott; Curr e nt Eve nts, Mr. Wear; Tr a its of Character of Linco ln, Mr·. Hale; Cabin scen e· Messrs. Liveland, Wi ckland, Beck, Ralsto n, H anso n, Abrams, Ty so n, and B. Jon es

Th e program committee appointed for th is se m es ter is ha rd at work, a nd judgin g fr om th e en te rta i nme nt of Fe bruary 16, it is ev id e nt that it inte nd s that th e inter est of Philomath eans shall keep on gro wing

Pr ogram , Fe bruar y 16 :-P i ano du et, Flore nce Wri g ht and Delia L ea th erbur y; Re citat ion, Walter Christenson,; Voca l so lo, Mr. Abrams; Readi ng, Soc ial custom s and origin of St. Va le ntine's Day , Albin Johnson; vocal so lo, Hele n Holma n; play, "A Mys tery," Bertha Darl e Taylor Sanford Clements, Albi n Christen so n·' Maude Berry. Th is li tt le ' · d erits come dy was very charmmg, an m speci al comm ent An atmosfere m ystery held th e attent i on of th e a udience thru out the performance. Th e play was characte ri s tic of St. Va lent ine 's Day . With the ass ista nce of ''Rose'' • th e yo un g ladies succeeded in k eep i ng the ir adm i rers in d ee p suspense ; however, we are pleasd to record, it e nd ed hap i ly.

Program, February 23 .- Th is program, fo ll owing the anniversary of Wash ington 's birthd ay, was of a patr iot ic nature. Each number showd car e-

f ul preparation and was _very pleasing fo the listeners. On e nter ing the ha ll, ach person was given a ittll e souvenir hatchet, with the in sc ri ption, "Philo, Fe bruary 22.'' piano solo, Gertrud e Smith; curent events, Mr. Youngman, Mr. Ne il son, Mis5 Cr oss; reading, Et hel Hale; patriotic drill, Dorothy Morgan, J osep hine Ho lm an, Mamie Byerly, Ella Zinn, Nevada L ew is, Harri et Gla sgo w; brass quartet, "Stars and Stripes ," Blaine R eed, Verne Hadley, Haro ld Chatelain, Arthur Longfe ll ow; pantomime drill, De li a Leat herbury, Mary P eck, Gertrude In ks; Song by George and Martha, Otis Gregg and Margaret Fisher.

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Everett 1 iterary ociety.

"No profit grows where is no plesu re taken In bri ef, s ir, study what you most affect." Come out fellow Everetts , and enjoy ' a evening of entertainment each Friday night. -

Our open session play was well give n February 10, to a crowded house· in spite of the twenty five cents which, was charged and contrary to the expectation s of many.

Friday even ing, February 16, an excell ent program was r ender d; among the numbers was an interest ing talk by Miss Goshen, on ''My School Days," also a reading by Dr. H ouse in his interesting manner.

February 23, the program cons i sted of dramatized songs and several instrumental so los: Mi ss Curran, Mi ss Th or pe and Mr. E. Overton gave " Han s, Gretel and I." Eight of ou r girls sa ng " Th e Maidens of Japan," an old ma id son g, "A Bird in te aa'dn' hh" was su ng a nd dramatized by Bernita Peterson, Violet St. J ohn and and Maude Miller. Messr s. Moyer, DeBolt and Bailey r epresented Indian bravs, and Miss Gale Darl in g

r epresented the In dian ma id in "Re:l Wing;" Miss Fletcher anu Mr. Kre bs gave "Sc ho ol D ays"; Mi ss Snowde n sa ng an "Indian Lull abye" for u s; Miss Blankens hi p's solo, "T he R osary," deservs h ono rabl e ment ion, as do the instrumental so los by H azel Fry e a nd Corinn e Whitfield.

Our society will be we ll represente d in the Peruvian t hi s year, as over one hu ndred membe rs ha ve r eported at the gallery to have pictures taken

Here are some c lip pings from the Eve rett Gazette:

Somebody says, Mr. Dor sey l ik es rice. How about it J ames?

Popular exp r ess ion - Th e long a nd the short of it Pe t·so n i ficd, M oye r and Pre ll.

Mr. Ra lston: I'll put my a rm s around you . Miss Fro hn e r: I'll be hel'd if you d :> .

Miss Brannaman at th e f otog raf gallery " A ll the ot hers ar e stand in g close toge ther; Mr. Ba il ey ought to stand close r to me ." (Mr. Ba i ley timidly movs nearer.)

Mr. Moye r f ea rs that because of his popularity, the camera wi 11 be bro ken if he h as his likeness sh ot very many more times

We su ppose e verybody enjoyd themselvs at th e Gaye ty ( Everett b oot h at the carnival) Th ose Chorus gir lswe ren' t th ey great?

F ysica l Scien ce Cl ub

On Febru ary 12, '12, the Fysica l Science Club h ad the plesure of li steni ng to t. wo inter esting ta lks by two of our more advanced sc ience students, Miss An na Hazen and Mr. R. W. Rose. Th ey gave a ge n er al hi story of the world's first known and mos t noted fysic i sts, na mely: Arc himedes, Bayles a nd Newto n.

On F ebruary 2 7, Professor H oy t ad -

dres t the c lu b. He g-a\·e one of t \: e m os t in te r es ting La lk s n[ Lhe ye ar . His topic was , ' 'C aves of Ken lucky an d I nd iana."

Th e has pa id se \·eral \·is its to caves and sh ow d h im se lf thoro ly fam ili ar with the su bj ce l. He h ad n um erous specim ens of ca ve f01· m at ion, su ch as s talag mi t es . s La lac Li t l'S . f orm ations, a3 we ll a· nume rous lan te rn sli de s showing di O:erenL vi ew s of Ma mm oth, Wya ndotte a nd ·colossal cave g.

Dr am ati c Club.

The dram a ti ic c lu b held a sho rt r eception on the a ft e rno on of Febr uary 20 , at whi ch Mrs. Ne tt leton was pr esented with a ll of th e kitchen utens il s she coul d p ossibly n eed in her new home at Mesa, Arizona. A ll of Mr s. Nettl eto n 's fri ends hope· that th e m uc h n ee ded r es t a nd the change of cl i mat e wi 11 pr ov very benefi c ia l to her. ·

Th e regular m ee t in g of th e dram atic cl ub was p os tp oned fr om Febru ar y 27 to Mar ch 5.

At the m ee t in g of Mar ch 5, were given two .scen es f rom Shakespears' "As You Li ke It." The s ame eve ni ng th e modern play, "T he M ys ter y, " w as presente d. Th e C lu b is pl easd to welcom e Mi ss Ferguson into its mi ds t. Jl.

Cice ronian.

The Ci ce roni an s were th e gue st s at a leap year party gi ve n by the A th en ian Debatin g s oc iety in P hi lo ha ll, Thursd ay evening, Febr uar y 29 . · Most of the guests h ad g ath e rd by 8 o'clock . Many a mu si ng and e nt e rta in in g g am es were playd. H art s and mi ttens were past to each of th e ge ntl emen to be given as an swers to p ro posals from those of the fa ir er se x. Mi ss Ho e hn e s ucceed ed in w inni ng the gre atest n umb er of ha rt s, t eceiv ing a b ox of candi es f or her s ue-

c ess . The g am es were foll owd by dainty refr eshmen ts Th e gues ts were then e ntertaind by a vo ca l so lo by Mi ss Le li a Co urtwri ght and an instr umenta l solo by Miss Rena Kei th Mter the enterta inme nt Mr. Albin Johnson , pres id e nt of th e Ciceroni ans, e :-.:prest the a ppr eciati on of the so ciety. Mter the li gh ts had wi nkt the gues ts ma de the ir departu re, hav ing e nj oyd a pl esant eve ning.

The Cic eron ians took one page in the a nnua l, and have h ad their pictures taken, ni net een me mbers being i ncl ud ed in th e gro up

Ou r meet ings of late h ave not b een we ll atten ded , be ca use of confli cts in d ates w ith other organi zati ons. We are planing s om e exce ll ent top i cs for d ebate for our fu tu re meet ings. All men are invite d, whether memb ers of the so cie ty not . German Club

The fo ll ow in g pror gam was ren d er d on Febr u ary 9 1: Song, Soci ety; Life of Goethe, Helen Greiss; Talk on Fau s t, Prof. Wh itenack· Gr etchen 's Lied aus Faust, Bess ie Er lkon i g, Claudia Greiss ; Poe m, Hei de n R osl e in , Joseph ine Holm an; So ng, s oc iety; Li fe of Schi ll er, Mr. K il tzer; Li ed, Des Fescher knob en , Miss Nogel; Po em, E bba Wahl s trom; Li fe of He ni e, Mae Schi vely; Poem, Eva O 'B ennon; Die L ored i, Miss Sub le tte; Song, Cl ub On March 4, the following was the prog ram : Song, Club; Po em, Dora Fu ch s; Sto ry, H aze l Jo hnso n; Story Nora Cast or ; P oem, Al ice Lawrence; Play; M inute speech es by memb er s of the soc ie ty

Latin Club,

Mo nday, February 5, the Latin Club elected the fo ll ow in g officers fqr the second s emes ter : Pr es ident, Cec e li a H oehrne; secr etary a nd tresurer, Re na Keith,

ch airman soc ial comimttee, Ethel Johnston.

At our m eet in g on Fe bruary 19, Lat in proverbs were made th e lea din g feature . We were each given a li st of " pi ed" qu otations, as, "Disinst c ite iti am," and "Labom v in cia or it. " A lth o our menta l ability was sted ily taxt in the attempt to tw ist the sy ll ables i nto translatab le L atin, we e nj oy d the task very muc h.

Miss Cro ss claims that the bar ber cut Midas's hair with a sword . Ask her f or deta i ld part i culars

Athenian .

At a special bus i ness meet in g of the Athen i ans the foll ow i ng officers were elected: Cecel ia, H oe hn e, pre s id e nt; D alna Brown , vi ce presid en t; Ja tty H endricks, secretary; Laura Krause, tresurer; Rena Keith, Normalite r epo rt e r.

A joi nt meeting of the and Ci ceronian soc iet ies was he ld February 17 The qu estion for debate was, Resolvd; That a republican form of government would be detri menta l to China at the present ti me Th e affirmati v were Miss Gi lbert and Mr Hu mphr ey Th e negativ, Miss Kr ause and Mr. Burelle. The large number of Athen ians pr esent evidenct the fact that the girls' inter est in the debating has not decreast and we h ope to keep up the enth usiasm thruout the year .

The following program was g iven February 24: Resolvd, that the Negro s hould be disfranchi sd . Affirmativ, Miss Due rr. Negativ, Mi ss Dill on.

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E!lis :-G rimes, yo u had a g irl at Stella. Grimes:-Yes but don't! et May kn ow

There was once in the army a Col. , Who kept a large book ca ld a jo l., To be red when he'd die , And bad gone up on hig h(Or else to the regio11s info !. )

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Senior Class.

The an nual ch eck ing up process has been go ne thru wi th . All Lhose who e xp ec t to r ece iv rli ploma!; at the r egu lar commencem e nt, May 2-l, h ave endu red t hi s pa rt of the red tape of schoo l with M r. Overholt in or de r !.hat the boa rd of ed u cation may ,·,pass se n tence the re on."

Thi s yea r' s class certain ly deservs much cre dit for the mann er in which the Peruv i an is bei ng managed. E,·er yth i ng is progre ss in g nicely, n early all the pictures h ave been taken and the advert isi ng an d gene ral ed i to ri al w01·k is deve lopin g in fin e sty le . And to think that all this is go in g on whil e all ai·e vv onder i ng "what the Peruvian is do ing so ly ."

Thi s is the seaso n in w hi ch the se ni ors ar e beg in i ng to thi nk about posit ions for n ext yea r. Th o Nebr aska wi ll ne ed every sen ior in its corps of t eac hers next yea r, no one is worrying as yet about future. We are confident that Per u' s reputation and st ud en ts are sufficie nt to warrant an excellen t pl ace fo r each one.

Th e th eses, un de r the dir ection of various fac ulty me mbers, are b egin in g to be handed in , tho but few h ave thus fa r been s ubmitted. Each sen i or shou ld rem emb er that hi s di ploma cannot be iss ued unless hi s thesis ha s been past on .

Th e se ni or class officers ha ve so or ganiz ed the roll call th at no t im e whatever is taken from the ch apel pe ri od to perform thi s duty. Qui e tl y, while busine ss is in progress, th e nam e of each m embe r present is bein g taken.

Th e class was in no sma ll d egree i nco n ven ie nct by the r esignatio n of Mrs. Nettleton, s in ce she was.to coach the senior class p lay. H oweve r the committee

on play management wa s fortunate in secu rin g Lh c sc n· ises of l\Ii ss R uby F erg:Is on to lak e up the wo rk. The delay wi ll mak e Lhc cast Wl>rk \·ery hard to prepa re Lh c annual dr ama.

Miss l\Iag-n u sso n \\·as cald ho me seve ral w ee ks ago on account of h er m '> t !le r· s We ar P. glad to h ea r th at her m ot her is 110\V im pr ov in g, a nd tha t Mi ss iV1 a g·nu sso n w ill pr o babl y be with us again Lhe la st quarte r.

Mi s" Goldie Applegate completed her wo rk at lhc end of th e fit·st se m este r and is now teaching at Fal ls C ity.

S te lla ht irc hild is teaching at Fairb·u ·y, wh ere she is h avi ng very good success. Ma ri e Cross s ub st it uted at the pl ac e fo r a sho t·t ti me at the b eg innin g of th e se m este r.

Haz el Wat·d has accepted a po sition at Chester She e xpects to co mp lete her work here dur in g Lhe s ummer schoo l.

Miss es Ke nn e dy and Nati on have co mpl eted the wo rk r equ ir ed for grad uat ion. Miss Ke nn e dy re turnd to her home in Allia n ce, whil e Miss Nat ion went to Des Mo in es to vi sit a short time befor e r eturning to the sa me p la ce.

Junior Notes

Th e junior cl ass ha s past th e fo ll owing reso lu tions:

Wh er eas it ha s pl ea sed our H even ly Fa th er to r emove to hi s home in H even th e gr andfath er of our es t ee md cla ssmate , Pansy Cole , be it th erefore

R esolvd , by the membe rs of the junior class of the Pe ru Norma l, in specia l meeti ng asse mbl ed, that we exte nd to our fri e nd in th is ho ur of affiicti on our s inc e re and h artfelt sy mpathy, and be it furt her

R eso lvd, th at a copy of th ese r esol utions be pr inted in the Norma lite a nd

the Pe ru Po inter, and al so be presented to Mi ss Co le.

Signd by th e Comm ittee, Ani ta Smithers, L. A. Wickland , W. M. A lbin , Bernita Peter so n, Ernest Gi lb ert.

Sop homore.

On March 1, the sop hom ores made a sco re of 3l to 9 in their game aga in st the fres hm e n.

Th e min strel sh ow prese n ted by the so phom or es at the ca rni val during th e afte rn oon a nd evenin g of March 2 provd a dec i ded success. Th ese dusky members of th e class br ot in a co ll ect ion of $23 .66.

Bert Dr essler e njoyd a vis it from hi s fath er on February 8.

Fred M. Yers r esu m:l hi sscho ol duti es, Fe bruary 22, after an illn ess of several days.

E lli s Frye mad e a visit to hi s home on Februar y 17.

Cass iu s Kenn e dy re turnd to school, on Febr uary 28, having bee n snowbou nd at hi :; hom e for a numb er of days.

Al b in John so n e nj oyd a visit f rom a fo rm er coll ege friend, Me rl e Eggert, on February 29.

Sus ie Sm ith of the seni or c la ss f avo rd us with an exce llent reading during the separa te chapel exe rci ses on February 14 · Th e so phomor es are ind eed proud to me nti on that as a r es ult of th e pr e li minari es , John Wea r and Cass iu s Ke nn edy hold plac es on th e de bating t eams. On e of o ur n umber receivd hon orabl e menti on, while severa l others were of cred it to th cla ss

Ro la nd Wickham is th e proud possessor of one of th e sweate rs presented by the Athl e tic Assoc iat ion for the faithfu l

servis rend er d on the gridiron. John Wear r eceivd a Pe ru pi ll ow for being the b est .rooter at the Norm a l.

Th e sophomo re boys gaind a d ecisiv v ictory over th e hi gh schoo l basket ball t eam on Fe bruary 1 6. The score was 29 to 6 in o ur favor. Broth er e:.ga in st brother - Marshal Jon es fo ught against V. Jones, and Carl Over ton against E. Ove rton.

In a fast game bet ween the sop homore and freshmen g_irl s, on February 17, the score was 23 to 5 in fa vo r of the energetic gr ee n and wh ite socks. H oweve r, th e score of 14 to 9 on Febr uary favord t he junior girls.

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On accou nt of the illness of Father Vogel man and th e fair that was to be g iven in Nebras ka Ci ty, Fath er Dowd wa5 obl iged for a ti me to give up his mi ssion at Peru

The fa ir given by the me mbe rs of the St. Mary's pari sh was the greates t soc ial and fi nancia l s uccess that has ever b een in given in Nebraska City. The success was due to their lea de r, Rev. Father Do wd.

Father B ess inger w.i ll in the fut ure have charge of St. Mary's par ish Father Dowd has returnd to h is miss ions at Peru, Dunbar and Syracuse .

Mass was ce lebrated at Mrs. · Jack 's residence 3 by Rev. Father Dowd. The sermon render d was apprec iated by a ll w ho h eard it.

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The annua l election of officers in the Young W omen s' Christian Assoc ia ti on, March 1, r es ulted in the following corps be i ng chosen to serv un t il March 1, '13:

Pres ide nt , Ar ta Dr ap c•r; \·icc pres id .:mt Eth el Jo hn sto n; tr cs ur cr , Rub y Simpson; se cre tat ·y, E lh el Hale; corr espo ndin g sec re tary, Elma Zin n: ch ai r ma n reli gious me et ings, Nel li e Simp so n; missio n ch ai r man, Ve rna Dillo n; n oo nday pray erm e eli ng c hairman , 8ll en Bo lejack ; soc ial, Dor o th a Fuc hs; ro om ch ai r man, Clarin da Gri ess. Th e a dd ition t( the advi sory committ ee of Mi ss ibbie Br anson a nd Mi ss Myr tle l•'crgu s on was also con s ummated at thi s Lim e.

A three cour se one o'c lock lun cheon se r vd under th e e xpe rt a nd sk ild manage e mnt of the dom es ti c sci ence d epa rtme nt, was gi ve n 9 as i nsta llation l unch eo n fo r th ese ne wly electe d o ffi ce rs. A un iqu e a nd intet·es t in g group of a ft er di nn er speeches in w hi ch the i te ms o.f f oo d co ns titu ti ng the menu, were adop ted for s ubj ects was ca rri ed out Th e N or mal sc hool orches tra added further plesu re to th e occa sion by furnishing music th ru out the se rv in g of the me nu. Mrs. R. H. H ouse ve ry effic ient ly and gr ac iou sly presided and in tro du ced the speakers who each in turn de li gh ted the audience with wit, facts, and fun, each bringin g to her h ea r ers a m essage of strength and goo d cheer. Th e at mo· :-fere of the occas ion was helpfu l and educational in the hi gh es t se n se Any gi rl wh o can ava il h erse lf of s uch an opportunity may well consider her se lf fortunate. Th e precedent se t by last year's cabinet in making th e in stal lat ion of th e n ew offi cers an epoc h in th e assoc iation year, is h ighl y commendable.

Teac her :-Me nt i on th e name of so me we ll known Greek.

Pupi l :-Geo rge.

Teach er :-Geo r ge who?

Pup il: -! don't kn ow the rest of his name. He comes to our }:louse every morning carry i ng oranges a nd bananas .

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A fin e new haLing cage h as been instaid. Th e boys h ave a daily pract is sch erlul c and arc making u e of it. Th e cage sh ould h l'lp lh e halti ng- mater ia lly. Th e ba se ball sc:1e cl nle h as be en draf ted anJ so me gnnd g·ames h ave b ee n secu re d. Am es wi II cl nubt lcss be here at co mmen cement. A majo rity of last yea r 's te am will he be sides some exception al ly go ,, d material.

In lh c fa s le sl an d cleanest game playd this year on nu r fl oo r, Th e lonna! def elted M idl an I Co ll ege of Atchison, Kan sas, by a s..:o re of 32 to :r7. Both n, w ere exc.J i lent in d efe nsiv pia:-·, and both teams playd we ll. Th e first half was excee din gly close, three points ba in g th e gr •al ·st d iff eren ce in score. Ju st before th e wh ist le bl ew Gree n t os t a goal and the s cor er a nnouncd Peru 13, Mid la nd 12. Pe ru playd stellar ba ll in the fina l period, whi le Midl a nd . b eca me sJmew hat di so r ga ni zed Pe ru's team work b egan to sh ow . Midland's guardin g ke pt th e sco re low, for Peru seemd eve r coverd

Th e cla ss basket ball has b ee n i nteresting so f ar, and much e nthu s iasm is manifes ted. Th e juni o rs and sophomores e ac h hav e two good teams. The high school girls ar.:J putt i ng up a good g am e. .;J.

The T ri p.

The Norma li tes took a tr ip of fo ur days b eg in ing F eb ruary 20, play i ng a gam e of ba sket ba ll every ni ght. Th ey encounterd the York Co l lege lads fir s t, and wer e th ere defe ated in a rough and tumbl e gam e by a score of 21 to 11. Thi s part i al ly atones for the overwhe lming d efea t York receivd at Pe ru.

Th e Aur o ra lad s ne xt met the b oys and after forty minu tes of exceeding ly

hard play the .sco,·er annou nct Peru 24, Aurora 2-L The tie was playd off, and Cleme nts threw a goa l wi nni ng the game.

On the evening of Washington 's Bi rthday , th e Ong Athletic Cl ub pl ayd the boys in the clean es t and fastest game of the seri es . The boys say they were treated· fine. Pe ru won the game 31 to 26.

As a fina l th ey met Gelwick's Geneva Bravs. Th e game was fast and i nterest ing. Ge lwick has a bevy team which knows the game. Just before the whi st le bl ew Schott shot the ba ll to Renfr o, who tost it thru the basket, winning the ga me 22 to 21. Three of these Ge neva sta rs may be e xpected at Peru ne xt year

South O maha W in s.

Th e Peru Norma l gi rls playd South Omaha high school at Omaha, Fr i day, Fe bruary 23. The gi rl s were tr eated as guests of honor; n ot as riva ls for basket ba ll hon or s. The game was playd at four o'c lock. The size of the floor, coup led with no "o ut of bounds" pr :>v d to o much for the g irl s. Th en they cou ld n ot so lv those ;.tee l hoop baskets. So u th Omaha was sure of victory. The Pe ru gir ls fe lt confident of at least making them earn th eir victory. T he first ha lf ended 8 to 8. Both teams playd to win in the se cond per iod. The team work and dodg i ng of the Peruvians br ot from the spec t ators. So uth Oma h a, however, had the marg in on the marg in on th e scor ing, and wo n 18 to 1 5, j ust as Peru tost an uncounted goal. Def eat, by any m argin, from a courteo us opponent is not so very bi tter , and can be mad e a so urce of energy and e ffort for fu ture games . .JI.

Peru 60, York 22

ln a g ame be tw een P er u and York, Pe ru won her se cond college game de-

feati ng th e U. B. Coll ege lad s by a score of 60 to 21.

Th e g ame was rath er ruff, tho one team was no wor se than the other. Sch ott playd a g oo d floor game, be ing after the bal l all the time. Renfro and Cl ements did the fancy goal shooting. Si ms and Shaver playd their usual he dy defensiv game. DeBood play d a fine game for the visitors, throwing some nice goals and playing a good center.

A carn ival wa s he ld in the gymna s ium, Saturday, March 2, for the benefit of athl e tics. The various classes and o rganizations fur ni s ht the entertainments. Altho the snow cont inued to fall a good crowd . was present. Nearly $200 were taken in but probably only half of this is clear.

The Gayety and the Orpheum furnisht theatr i cal am usement for the pickn i ckers, and each was well worth the pr ice of adm iss i on The Jungletown Minstrel Company put on a goo d entertainm ent to full hous es . The post card motion pi cture show furni s ht fun fo r many. The Wild West e ntertainment p ictured the real wes t.

Ramsey 's African Dip provd a good s:mrce of amu sem ent as did the Y. M. C. A.' s "Hit the Coon" The striking ma chine and the ro ulette were well patr onize d. Th e Wonderland shooting galle ry provd a success. Fortune tellers were in abunda nce.

Supper was se r vd to the crowd . A hu ge candy booth occup i ed the middle of the g round s. The Dutch booth of the train ers, the i ce cream stand and the pop corn venders kept the jolly picnickers refresht. A police court was on the gro und s and all was kept in ord er by a po lice fo rce. Couples were marri ed and di vo r st Thi s will probably be an annual event . It should mean much for athle ti cs , b es id es be ing a great day for fun

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Mt. Ve rnon D ay ce lebra ted on t he eve nin g of F eb ru ary 22 . T hi s a nnu al fun c ti on was most elaborate ly plan d a nd co ndu cted. Of th e b oys to ok advantag e of th is o pp o t· tunity to vi sit "Our Home ," in as mu ch as few se ld om ava il th emsel ves of the b e" uti es of the 'go r geous pa rlors of Vernon Ha ll.

Th e art e xhi b it was helt.l Feb ru ary 2022 in T 30 1 und er the manage me nt of th e Ladi es Art C lub. Th e a ddr esses were in s pir in g and in s truc ti v; b ut the p ictu r es, re pr od uc li ons of th e wo rld' s b es t art, we re grand to see and s tu dy

The No rmal came n ea r no t ha v in g a ch apel buildin g, Fe bru ary 23. Abo ut 7 :30 in th e mo rn in g th e ch apel wa s di scoverd fi ld with s moke, the so urce of which wa s in the north east corn er of the buildin g, betwee n th e ch apel fl oor and the ce iling of th e gy mna s ium. Aft er th e fir e was e xt inguisht, inv est ig ati on di sclosed that th e cause of the fi re was a short circu it.caused by tw o li g ht w ir es havin g b ee n br oug ht in to con ta ct t hru jarring duri ng bas ket ba ll games No great amount of dam age done.

Mi ss Rub y Fergu so n of B osto n h as b ee n se cured to take up th e wo rk of Mrs. Nettl e ton wh o was forct to r es ign because of ill helth. Mr s. Nettl eton g oes to Ari zona to liv, and we under stand w ill take up a h om ested there. Mi ss Ferguson, sis ter to our ins tr u ctor in domest ic sc i ence, was in Peru for a tim e last spri n g, and t hus w ill be known by mnay former Peruvians

Pres id ent Hayes and Dean Rou se attended th e mee ting of sup e rintend e nts at St. L ou is the last w ee k of Fe bruar y·

Govern or Aldrich was e nte rtaind at the Normal, March 13, and th e s tud e nt s at chapel Thurs day m or nm g.

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Educational cf music

Char lotte Coo ley , '1 2.

Mu sic was c:msiderd ve ry i mp or ta nt by the GreBks a nd was i nclud ed in th e li beral ar ts of the Ger man s. Du ri ng the eig htee nt h c ent ury a sno bb ish att i tude was ado pted t ow ard it by so me the edu c ators. A few of the school men, and st i II more of the pa trons ye t re tai n this atti tud e. Th ey cons id er mu sic at b es t only an impr ac ti cable e mbe ll ishment wo rthy to adorn only a society girl but n eve r a man of po s it io n.

How eve r the gre ater nu mb er of e ducato rs to day have co me to rea li ze that music is a ve ry im por ta nt factor in developin g th e i nt e ll e ctua l, the social and the m ora l man.

In the beg ining a ll e duca ti on was vocat io na l w ith ne cess i ty as the teache r. In ou r fi rst schools onl y s ubj ects th at were im media te ly us ef ul we re s tu di ed. W rit in g was given a place in o rd er that the th ots and de ed s of men might be reco rd ed; readin g in order that these might be rene wd . To these were added as com merce gr ew, those subj ects wh ich wo ul d ma ke man u sef ul to the ind ust ri al wo rl d. Some ca n remember when, in the d eve lopm ent for ou r own schoo l sys tem, the "thr ee R's" were cons i derd the o nl y s ub je cts w or th y the s tudy of a ma n. T oday we hav e the fi ve

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esse nt ials and the vocat ional tra ining s ubjects . It is o nl y recently that s oc iety has become poses t with the i dea that the sch oo l shou ld be so orga niz ed that he w:1o com es out of it sha ll not on ly be an e ffi cie nt work man but also a va luable me mb er of so cie ty a nd a better man morally. In order that our schools may de vel op a man, cul t ural s ubj ects must be gi ve n a pla ce in ou r course of study.

That mu s ic is c ultural, a nd th at it has an in te ll ect ual, socia l a nd mora l va lue, together wi th the f act that it is un iversal ma kes it in d eed a very potent factor in e du ca ti on. It has been sa id that music is the u ni ve rsal lan g uage of the so ul , express ing the emotion s of man th at cannot be tran smitted to others by mere word s. It has been keepi ng pac e with th e spred of know led ge thru a ll the a ges of civ ili zat ion and where it once expr est the emotions of a r ud e peop le, it has come to be the vo is of our highest as pi rat ions a nd idea ls.

The hi st ory of mus ic is th e ep i tom e of the h ist ory of civ ili zat ion . Music is a uni versal ar t by vi rtu e of the fact that it is und erst ood by a ll na ti on s. It d oes not beco me necessary fo r us to s tu dy and master th e German language or the Rus-

si an language to un de r stand the mu sic of these nat ions. "We f ee l th e fe r vo r of th e Ge rm an pie ti sm and d og ma ti c aus te ri ty of Luth e ri sm in the ca n tatas of Se basti an Bac h and the pass i onate cry of enslaved Russ ia is echod in th e bi tter stra ins of O'Charkowsky."

The reaso n for the uni versa l un de rs tan ding and apprec iat ion of music and the u se of it as a commo n mea ns of expr ess ing the em0t ions is that it is an insti nct more hi g hl y deve lopt in so me ind ivi"d uals than in others as are most of the inst in cts

In Per u there are abo ut 200 studen ts in the p ub lic school music cla sses Th e first semester there were bu t eight who were app are ntl y to ne de f. Th e seco nd semester th ere are none who cann ot d isting ui sh betwee n the d ifferent to nes Altho th ey can not as ye t s in g me lod i es they can s ing differ ent ton es tr ue to pitch . There are no mo not ones in the mode l school. Wh il e it takes but a co mparat ivly short ti me f or you ng chi ld re n to lea rn to di sting ui sh betw ee n so und s of differe nt pi tch the mat ure s tud e nt ' \ must apply h imse lf dili ge nt ly to ga in bac-:c his al most atrof ied inst inct. Of co·.1r se some have better vo ises than others and some have a keener sense of rhyth m, and thru h eredi ty have thi s so ng in sti nc t more de ve lopt. Some ch ildren have onl y the mer es t rud im e nts of th is tende ncy, however, f ro m what I 1ave learnd t hru obser va ti on a nd rea ding, I f ee l sa fe in say ing th at there is no nJ rmal chil d th at ca nnot learn to sing.

In or der th at we may all become possest with the idea th at mu sic is a ull ive rsal ar t, that it is instinctiv , I wish to di scuss b ri efly the Doctrine of I nstinct.

An i nst i nct is a t en de ncy to act in a fixt, au tomatic ma nner in r espon se to a given st i mul us. Inst inc ts are primar ily se lf protecti v a nd are devel opt th ru natural se lec t io n for the pr eservation of t he life of the org ah ism or speci es. If

th ey are de ve lopt for the pr ese r vat ion of the or gan ism they may be le rm d in div id ual; if for th.- p1·otection of the spe, cies, soc ia l.

Of th e form er we h ave the fo ll ow in g: Dodgi ng wh en so me objecl co mes nea r us, or when we hear a loud noise; fea r of h igh places , of water; of fire; the cryi ng of i nfa n ts; the p ec ki ng of bir ds . We can rcd il y see that th ese h ave d eve lopt th ru generat ions fo r lh e pr eser vat ion of the in dividua l.

Of the latter (th e socia l in st i ncts) we have : loveof one's ki nu; the grega rious in stinct, show n in on e 's des i re to go where the crowd i s. The vo is, one of th e princi pa l eleme nts of song, is also . a soc ial in st in ct . This from which and by whi ch tui ti on and P.ffo rt has develo pt speec h, is t. he most va luab le possess ions of soc ial ma n. All gr egar ious a ni ma ls h ave a vo is, for exa mple, the moo of the catt le, the bl eat of the sheep , the clu ck of th e hen.

Rh y th m, the ot her eleme nt of so ng, is a so cial·inst inct "A ll senl".i ent thi ngs r espo nd to rh ythm . Th e rab b it in the woods faced by the m etr i ca l sway ing of the snake's hed an d b ody , f al ls in to a drun ken torper, and loses a ll powe r of motio n. T he ba by s in ks in to slu mb er with th e pers i stent dr onin g of th e lu ll aby. Th e orator of the n egro c amp m ee ting w ill r ouse hi s he ar ers to th e last degree of fre nzy by th e rn"er'e so norous re peti ti on of-

"J os h ua fit de battl e of Jerico An ' de wa ll s come a tumblin ' d ow:: ."

The r easo n that p oet ry has so mu ch stronger app eal "than pr ose is th e respon se of the hum an race to rythm.

Everyth ing we know in nature a cts in ryt hm ic se qu ence . We have speci fic examples in the m ove mn ts of th e ea rth, giv in g th e r ecur in g seaso ns a nd day and night; the m etrical sway in g of any suspend ed ob j ec t; the rythmic vi br a tio ns of

so.md, of h eat , and of light, and evan of o:u ow n he art beat .

Sin :s ing, w!lich is th e v.:> is a!"ld rh•;th m d eve lo pt by e rort and tuit ion, is als ) a s:>c i!ll and be::o me a mlst p :>t mL an I c .:pr d;s iv wly of c ;:n n mica t in g th ot a !"ld F ro 11 th is s:> nJ h :ls dev c!l:>p t a rt i fici al :.m rnuisc) Tha is c:>n :t r J :! te cl SJ th 1t it ca n ba to im i: ate s of th e h.1 m'1n v:> is. In Lh i m.J s ic th e r hythm is r 3t:J.i nd. b eca .1s it is an i:nti n! ·;, is th e of we ar ts to learn. It can be ap pr e::i a te:l b/ th >5 3 wh n Jt st •.di ed it at a ll. Tn e un s kild in mu sic c:tn imm ed iat e ly d ete ct a di sc.) rd. C!ln un ed ucated in En g li sh s:> red il y realiz e mi stakes in gramma r?

On e kn l W.> n Jt hing of time in mu sic f ee ls in 3tan tly th e br eak in rh y thm wh en th e pe rfo rm 3r hes.i ta tes ev en fo r the sp::tce of a secJnd. H :ts the m atnemat ic ian a!"l y in st; in ::t iv f ee ling whi ch tell s h im of e rrors m 1de in th e s :> lving of pr obl em 3?

Mus ic is inb o rn within us. Thru i ts st udy can be la id the n !ltura l f o:mdati on for many of our e:lu cat iona l su bj ec ts.

Mu sic is hi sto rica l. In it are given th e mora l, .soc ial anrl inte ll ectua l hi sto ry of th e race. We can tell to what peri od of civi li zation a pe op le belongs by t he ir mu s ic In ou r sch oo ls we n ee d m us ic represe nting all th e pe l'i ods of ci vilization. For th e mu s ic that app eals to the child in hi s d eve lopment, changes as he relivs in his life that of his race. Dur_ in g th e periods of savazery and bar b arism when he l oves to play soldier and Indi an , the s trongly rh y thm ic mu s ic appe al s to h im. Dur i ng the age of chivalr y, he en j oys s ongs of l ove, and for brav e and darin g d ee ds. Then he li kes son gs_ that exp ress d eep emotion and fe eli ng. During a ll periods of life do songs of nature, of the sunsh in e, the ra in, the tr ees, the birds and flow e rs,

an appea l for the :;e have playd up on the soul dur i ng all t'.le ages past. To t':l e de velopt mind , th e more in te ll e:.: tual and more in tr i cate music

M us ic lays th e foundation for the stu d'y of the appreciat ion of I i terature; for in 's ing ing one naturall y gives the thJt in te rpretat ion in quality and v :> bm a of tone and in fac ial and bodil y expr e3s ion. To sinz on e m:1st read into hi .> o wn mind th e and fe eling of the C)mp ose r. T.:> si ng well one m:1st learn of th e f ys iology of the enti re body with spec ia l attention paid to th e voca l cords, t he s ::mnding c:tvities and breathing or. gans. He m :J.st lea rn to care for the helth in general for one must have st rength to h ave vo is contro l. Pr ope r breath i ng mu st be learnd

Mus ic is an imp ortant part of a f ys ical class. It would be alm os t imp oss ibl e to cnnduct a class in gy mna sti cs with o ut th e rh y thm of the music, or the on e, thre e of th voice. The popular i ty of th e folk gam e and da nce is du e to the fact t hat they require rh yth im cal b ::> dil y m ovment and are accompan ied e ith er by vocal or in strumental mJsic Mu sic in the s ubject of melod ies ent ers t ha t fi e ld of fys ics which bas to do with so und. Music is being used by f yiscians i n the tr eatment of the mentally diseasd. Thru the stud y of muisc one do es n ot only to uch upon the subjects of h istory, l iterature, fysiology and hygiene, fys i ca l culture, fysi cs and medicin e, but he gains a knowledge of the fundame ntal s of mathemat i cs. To sing a mes ure conta in in g a dotted n ote we mu st just as s ur ely a dd and su btract as in ma ki ng change in th e stor e. In th e study of harm ony th e probl e ms to be so l vd are q ui te as i ntri cate, require just as much thot and co n centrat ion. as do those in calculus. One must be exact ly accurate. All the intell ec tual d eve lopment and trai ning in exactness, m emory,

o'J;erv ation and j ud ge-n e nt that a re der ive::l f ro m the st:.1 dy of t he hi gher ma t1-Jema tics may be gain::! fr om the of mus ic, t oge th er w ith th e e nj oyment to stu dents not o nly at th e time but afte rwa rd s as well. He can bep th e t oo l by mean> of whic h li e has ga i nd thot power a nd use it for his o wn e 'lj oyment an-:! th at of his frie n :ls, whi le in after life, with but few ex ce pt ion s, t he al ge br a, ge ometry, the ca lcu lu s, thru he has lea md t he art of clea r t :t inki ng, are of no va l ue to hi m. For th e acc omplishment of soc ia l a im s m·Js ic has b een u sed thn oat th e developme nt of ci v il ization becau se of its in flue nce .

When the peo ple of the savage races to war up on th e neighh :n·i ng tri be, th e first thing th ey did in prepa,r ati on was to give the war song a nd dance. Their voi ces sou nde::l t0they st ep t in r hy thm ic tim e; ha rt s bea t t oge the r. T1ey uni fie J by t1e so md an :l rh y thm a'li fe lt an::l a cte d as one man. T hi s u ni!:y was f )r the of th eir soc i?. l gro c p.

When c ivi li ze j nat io ns dcelare war and t'1e call is for vol :n :! ers and me11 go fo rth to wa r, wh y h ave th P. ba nd pl ay? BeC'a usP. the martial m us ic st irs up w ith in its hearers the same d es ires and th e sa me f ee li nzs ; they arc led to a ct t ogethe r as on e gre at for ce . T he appeal of lh e fif e and dr um and th e b3t tl e so ngs is in s tan t and cann ot r esi st i t. It h as b ee n sa id th at the music of Ya nkee D ood le, and th e Mars ai lles, an d rh y thm ic tram p, tramp of the sol diers have won more battles tha n h as all the pa triotism.

The mediaeva l Ch urch r ea li zed the value of m:.1sic in unify in g the mass anj m ade great use of it. T oday it is still con::; id erd very impo rtan t. For as t hey s ing they br aa the in u ni so n; th ey th in k the same th en the p ri est ca n

ence t;, em as easi ly as th o they bu l

m an . N ot o nl y is th is used by t:1e ch:.;.rch b ut al so by o th er wh en eve r it is necessary fo1· one to in fh :: ence the m any by hi s words . It is ve ry d es ir abl e tha t in a there be unity of spirit,· th erefo r ..! a for music in lhe sc h oo l.

Music makes its strongest a pp eal t :> one th roug h the emotions. One is fi r st of a ll mad e to f ee l the m essage t he m:lsi cia n has to giy. Th en the rh ythm suggests motion to him and• he is led to actio n. Every one has noti ct the . pe rf .l r ma n ce of strongly rhthmic m us ic t he · tcn :l ency of th e a ud ie nce to kee p tim e i t, r es .1lt ing in a gene ra l tapp in gof feet and of h eds . Th e so und to th e e-no tions and the r hyt hm i mp els one to d ane'. B ec ::t nse of pr oj:) riety wetr y to inhibit th e m ::>lb ns s·Jggeste :l by the m us ic. But e \' en th :> we sl p wess a ll bodi ly m ,vment s, th e mi nd w ill d :t n!9 of re li gio :1 3 cr· ot:1er .1 dic es a ga inst acsion. In o rd ::: r t> U"ld erstand h :> w s:> :m !s ca n so sti r on e, wa have o nl y to c :> ns ir! er h :> w cl osely and movm en ts ar c a s,)c iated.

It is n 'l tural fo r a ll anima l li fe from t'1 e Jo·.vest t :> t·1e hi ghest, to expr Pss f ee lin JS by We have t.l e qu iverin _; of t:l :! of th e am oe ba w:1en it is l by some o!,th e lea pi ns of the d og to s:1ow his j oy; t he jJm ;> in s an l s\i pp ing of h appy c '.1il dr en.

P syc:1olo gis ts t eac '.1 t:1at vi gor.:> us bodily m) vm e nts ar e t:1e in ::; t in ctiv compan io ns of h ap:;>y energ et ic fe e- lin gs. If th is be SO, it is n ot di fficu lt to S3e th at if th e suggests th ese rrl)ve mn ts, it will a ro u se in t he h earer a d e:> ire to i mita te t he :n. When we ar .:l s aJ w? d ,:> n ot make quick ene r ge ti c movemen ts Our Ro rrow whi ch is a "so rt of weariness of the har t" mak es all our mo vm e nts slow and un w illing. We f.nd fr om ou r o wn

ex :>.,l"-.!11:!.:!' L'rtt c_ui ck m..tsic m'lke-s us f ee l hap;JY . w 1i lc mus ic t:1at. u-; lo bc:!o ma &1.1. We ar c by grea : r ap idity of m·..1 sic of ton ':! s and alt :1 o s it.ing quite sli ll hr cai:'ll ess .· Slow even state ly mu sic till ;:; minus wi th nable lb:rulnr m ..ts ic on and on gives an i of great p:)\v · Pr and on' fee l.:; c.:t:nt .Jl..! of d !lin:?; great and deed s. 1'11e pro :!?SS oi p::>ing g rad tally f::nt e•· an; faste r wi t:1 i n t' r e::ts,.•Jiu :11e act!'; up on L·1e b:> ly as d a slimulant Wz q.1iet e; and r es t2d by m .1:;ic w·1ic·1 god •Ja lly g ..>e.s slower an ·l slowar an ·1 S.)f ter an:l s,ft e r. We h av .:: in m a \·vis that sp ea k-; t? .and in :I Jen ce.; P.v.ary emot io n. And as it has b ee n tr ..tl y sa i tl t:1at t:1e ennt ions govern th e mo ra ls of t:1e human raca we can r c:li ly f1 aL music may be used in fles::l A f.1r t:1e "Outl oo k" say.;;

'·T,,e cry for m .J re e[e ctua! m ra l instruc ti .)n in the schoo ls f .) r a b et ter m!)ra l outp ut fr m th2 sc h oo ls is wax in g more a nd m n·e·'in sis tent. It is po in te d o.1t that crim e and ·insa nity a re on t:l e in crease and are th e pri ce we ar e paying for th e in c::> mplc ten e:;s of our educat ion. Th e m ::> ra l fvr the pr esent generatio n is un equa l to the' mo ral overstra in of oa r mode rn li fe Llam e for it a ll js by so me ·who write for . th e pla ct upo n the public schoo ls. Wh il e it is i mp oss ibl e to place the blame for im perf ect e ducati !l n on ly on one of th e many ed u cat ional age nci es, it must be adm itted that the pub li c schoo ls are in some mes:.1re r espo ns ible for the gr avely un sat i sfactory co nditi ons." We as te achers must . do what we can to solv thi s problem.

T he morals of th e h uma n race are gove rnd by the em o-tions. Th e emot ion s of the ch ild are th e rea l ch il d and make up thr ee fourt hs of hi s li fe. He is a crea-

hav i! n:J t L1lly a;serted th e ir sway. He is tht'refore to be add r est th1·u his emotional nature. Music me ets this demand. It wa s the first ar t thru which sought to e..'-'l>ress his emotions and h as at last been foun::l to be imp ortant in the train in g of these. In making chorus m:Jsic, one nnst habitually subordinate him :;elf for the good of t he group. M usic, is the expr ession of our emotio ns in rhythmic order if it become a par t of the be ing may implant the ger m for h abitua l rythmic order in all li fe and c:mduc t.

All children love to sing-. They sing naturally of the b eauties of nature, the birds, the trees and flowers, of j oy and co n tentmen t, of love and ki ndn ess, but never of ha te, malic e or env y. Th ey si ng of the bl acksm ith, the f armer, the shoemaker, an::l develop a feeling of go od will for the laboring man. Th ere is also de velopt a fee ling of fellows hip toward their classmates who s ing wi th them for as Gottecha lk says, '.' It is di ffic..tlt not to treat as a friend one whose vo is h as b een u nited with our own, in a community of pure and joyful emotions."

It has been sa id that the moral advancement depends upo n the growth of '-l he Chr ist i an i deal of the brot herh ood of man. If choru s develops this brotherly feeling a nd if up on th is feel.in g d epe nd s the mor al advance ment, it is not difficul t to see that music has a moral value

The fir st du ty. of. one who teach es mus ic is to train the child to have a taste f or goo d music . In so doin g we are t eaching hi m mora ls, "for," says Ru s"taste is n ot only a part and index of moral i tv, it is the only morality·."

A pe r son of no d eep emotions is satisfi ed wi th the di me novel and the coon song But we know from experience that th e dime n ove l fiend can be taug ht t ur e of impul ses . Re aso n, and co nscie nce to a pprec ia te Browning and Shakespeare,

So it is with the lover of co on so ng a nd rag time. lf Ids emotiona l nature is deve lopt rig htly he can en j oy and apprec ia te th e mu s ic that tells of the high_€s t id eals and as pirations of m2 n. Th e tas te mu st be so traind th at th ese so cald popular s:mgs, such as "Gr iz ly Rear," "Ang le Wo rm Da nce ," a nd "Bil ly," wi ll not find a res ting place on th e pian o. It is to be· deplored that m :.Js ic, the idea l me ans of exp ress ing lofty and beau tiful th ots, is u sed for a cov e ring for evil and m akes it pos> ibl e fJr th e s:1ggestivn ess, ob seni t:y and v:J lga rit y of th e lowest dives of o t: r American ci ties to enter our cultw.:ed 'h omes . That th ese are su ng in oJr lead ing th eate rs before of appla uding men a nJ women ma ke thE:m no less horribl e. It only add s to the alredy r es pons ibilities of th e m us ic teache r, that of seeing that th e taste of the next gen erati on will be so traind that they will not app!a ud mu s ic.

J. Stanley Ha ll says , ''Every song i ntr od'.lced into th e sc:1o::> l have a mo ral and a est hetic j•Js tificati on a n:i s ho :.1 ld be admitted only after carefu l d el ibe ration for good a nd saffic ient reaS) n. T hen an:i onl y th en will m us ic be re:;cued from and given its rightful commendable place in the curric'J lum of the schools as the r ig h tfu l trainer of the f ee lings wh ich three f ou rths of life ."

Da rwin says, "Up to the time I was th ir ty I derived gr eat ple s ure f rom Milton, Byr on and Word sworth. Mu s ic gave me intens delight . But later in l ife I could not endure to r ead a li ne of poe try and just los t my taste for mus ic. My mind see ms to have become a kind of machine for gr i nding genera l laws out of a large collection of facts . If I had my life to live over again I would ma ke it a rule to read som e po etry and li ste n to good music at least once a week. The loss of these ta s tes is

the loss of happin ess and m ay injurious to th e int e ll ec t, and more proba bly to the mora l cha ra cte r by e nfeeb li ng the e mot io nal pa rt of the c':laracte r."

Martin L 'Jt her says , "Mus ic is a di sciplinary mi st r ess that makes peop le ge nt le, te nd e rh arted, sw ee t man erd a nd rati ona l.· ' Here we ha ve th e d eepes t, kee nest think ers of the wo rld t est ify ing to the moral value of mu s ic. Th e mu sic of any· period re fl ects the inte ll ect ua l, the soc ial and th e moral l ife of the people at that t im e. ln it ar e re co rded th eir high est id eals and noblest thots. It is an inh eritance which ev ery child has a right to de mand fr om th ose who educate hi m. Th e re is no oth er s ubject in the curric:il um th at is as br oad as that of mu si c; fr om st udy of it we m3y gain know ledge of hi story, lit erat:Jr e, f ys iology and h yg i€ne, fysics an':! mathematic s. It t each es b o:1 i ly contr ol a nd gi ves all fo rm s of ment al act.iv ity, m c:! mor y, reas oni ng, co ncznt rati o n, clear, kee n, conci se th i nk in g. · It is an im po r ta nt fact or in the accomp li s hm ent of soc ia l aims. It is the m os t potent means by which to i nflu e nce th e mora ls of th e h :1ma n rac e.

R ome grew to greatness by adapt ing whateve r found use fu l among the nation 3 .wh i ch s he conquerd So may we attain greatness by i mplanting into our scho ols whatever of good, or helpfu lne ss, or usefulness tha t we may find, and we lding the who le for developin g be tter so cial and mo ral ci tiz e ns.

Ap ril 20. Nippe r t: - "What's the matte r, Cle m? You look down and out."

Clem ents:- - "! ate too much of the 'prest chi ldr en' la st nig h t."

The cows are in the medow, The sheep are in the g rass; But a ll th e si ll y lit tle geese Al:e in th e fr eshman class.

II

Jliumn i II

Th osl' who haY t> r ece i,·d the 1 orma l calal•l.l! f •1· 1!lll anti 1912 ha\·e noted man .- acldn.!S ·cs haYe a quest ion mark, ti111:-; ( "!). after them. Th ese addr cs,;ps han• be en f•1' 111d to be i ncorrect. L ':! Llcn; :-il' nl th<.•rc h:we been r etur nd. An .•; alumn·t:-; will confer a distinct favo r up ·m h i,; .r\lnn :\ f alt•r. \\'h o knowing the of lhe,;e pt' ople will sen d the addt ·e:-.:-;e:-; in tq llw oOh; to either B. C li ff ord H t• ndrick s or W. N. DelzP\ 1. The onis w iII g- la dly P\"L'n pay postage upon suc h cummunical i ons rat her t han notrec eiv th em . May a s uggestion be made?

Will Lhc r ca de t· of this take the abov na med cala lop:, ri ght now, and run thru and wri Le any ad dr esses which he ca n con·ccl up on a posta l card and send it i.1 ?

D on't it off, for just as s ure as you do, you'l l fo r ge t it. "Pr ocrastination plays havoc!< wi tb any mov e ment ." ;1-

Wh ere Are You?

This is a qu est ion that is often askt of eve ry alumnus afte r he Jeavs th e No r ma l. His friends hjs t ea chers and even hi s en em i es wi sh to know his where abouls Just a f ew days back a le tter was r ece i vd by the alumni offis fr om a to wn in Cal i fo rni a ask in g for the addr ess of a m an who was activ in of the Normal in i ts earl ier da ys

Th ere are seve ra l reas ons why e very alumnu s s hould k eep the al umn i offis noti fi ed of hi s wh ere abouts First, a ll of the norm al that are se nt to alumni ar e se nt by addre sses in th e alumn i o ffi s. Se cond, it is very des ir ab le th at the addre sses plact in the Normal cata log sho uld be correct. Thi s ca nn ot be un less the offis is always no tifi ed whe n the a lumnu s chang es hi s a ddress. Third, the al um ni offis fr om time to tim e se nd s o ut matter of ge ne ral in-

terest to all alumni and this is sent only to addresses known to be corr ect.

Maud e Berkl ey Birdsall, '9 1, of. Alexandr ia, Teb ra ska, writes: "Now our cla !?s is 'of age' and we feel our resp onsibi l iti es ." Such pushes the a sso ciation and the Normal forward as nothing e lse can

Activ life member ship roll upon Apr il first, 1912: J. W. Crabtree, '87, River F alls, Wisco nsin; Lou ise W. Mears, '95, Pe ru; B. Clifford Hendricks, ' 06, Per"u; State Superintendent James E. Delze ll , '93 . Linco ln ; Jundge Charles B. Letto n, '79, Li nco ln; Professo r H. B. Du ncanson, '86 , Pe ru; Miss Rosa Bouton , '8 1, Un iver sity farm, Linco l n.

T. L. Lewis '77, is judge of Super ior cou rt in San Diego county, Ca li fo rni a.

A. H. Gilbert, '07, compl eted a course in o ur Uni vers ity agricultural college last Ja nu ary, and is now professor of fa rm mechanics at Pm:due Un iversity school of a gr iculture, L afaye tte, I nd

Mrs. Li ll ian A ll an Oln ey, '07, is a hom e mak er in Colon, Neb raska. Sh e is ti ll ke enly inter es ted in Peru alumn i affa i rs.

Ursula Schmidt, '02, considers th e west a sp le ndid field for t eaching effort. She ha s b een there for the past fow· years. Her pr esent a ddress is No. 443, 2d av e nue, Twin Fa ll s, Idaho .

Arthu r J. Wick land, '07, is do i ng grad u ate work t hi s year in Engl ish, with a m in or in botany, in t he Un ivers i ty of Nebr aska. He receivd the A. B. degree fr om th at inst ituti on in the summer of 1911 and the B. Ed from P er u at the same tim e. He ha s a sc holarship in English a nd litera ture with D ean Sherman this year.

C. B. F. White, '07, was elected superint endent of Cambridge for the next year last November , and is to be one of

the McCook Junior Normal facu lty again t his s umm er. Hi s five years' se rvis at Trento n ha s witnest the growth of the hi gh s chool from a non-accredited tenth to a fully accredi ted twe lv grade h igh schoo l. He writes that a ll Peru a lumni who have workt at Tr e nt on have been very successfu l.

Mrs . Ol i ve Ol so n Schram, '79, is now a home mak er at 919 , Mad ison SL., Seattle, Wa shin g ton.

Winnifr ed Perkins, '11, is intermed iate training t eacher in the Peru Normal training school. Th ose who knew her as a studen t are prepared to expect th e news that she is "making good" in her position .

Mr and Mrs. C. M. and Richard Pe nny, '0 7, are now found at 2401 P S t. , Li ncoln , Nebra ska. All thre e always give any alum nus who ca ll s the "glad hand" to one of the "homeyest" homes in Lincoln. Mr. Penn y, as most of ou r al umn i kn ow, is chairma n of the sta te examining board.

Alice Loo mi s, '96, is on her t hird year of serv is as instru ctor in home econ omi cs in the Universi ty of Wi sccms in It was she who made the se lf boarding dorm itory at Peru the success that it is.

Rev. Wm K. Loofbourrow, '76, of Grundy. Ill. , he lpt to se t out th e trees now growing ar ou nd th e No rmal traini ng b uild ing. He has kept him se lf from ''arrested development'' by a ser ies of home stu dy courses in scie nces, th eo logy, and law, and is now taking a course in I i terature.

T he Phi Beta Kappa honorary schol ars hip fraternity of the Nebraska Un i versity recently announct the new me mb ers from the class of '12. Out of th e list of thirty eight we are pleasd to see the names of several of our a lumn i: Rebecka Tinley Everso le, '0 8; Emma Eve-

lyn Ha nth o rn, '06; Eth el J ane Pu r inton , '95.

Grace F. H oope r, '0 1, is not teac hi ngt hi s yea r. She is st ate sec r eta ry for Juni or E nd e vor so ci et i es . She is t hinkin g, however of r ee nte ri ng th e: t eac hing r ank s ne xt yea r.

Es telle Graham, '95, wri tes fr om Oklah o ma Ci ty (60 E es t 1 00t h St .) to encourage th e alumn i o ffic ers to take up th e matter of th e pub li catio n of Dr. McKe nzi e's hi s tory Th e officers would be glad to h ea r from ot hers regard i ng that matte r.

Many of the alumni wh o r eme mb er with s in ce rest regard th ei r fo rm er teacher, Mi ss Florence M. Wr ight, will be int Erested to kn ow that £he is now in Gree n vi lie, Tennessee, as precep treEs in th e Was hin gt .:m and Tu sculum College Th e young women of t hi s Ech oo l <.:re to be co ng ratulat ed up on their oppo r tu nity to be a sso ciated with Mi ss Wright.

E. L. Uptegrove, '97 , of Sidne y, Nebraska , has fil ed as a candidat e for the nom in at ion by the r epub li can party, fo r state se nator fr om the twe nt y s ev e nth sena t or ial district. Since se lli ng ou t his drug bus i ness in Peru, Mr. Uptegrove ha s been a stockman and ranch owner in Cheyen ne county Wh en not on the r anch he a nd his fam ily r es id e in Sid'Mrs . Upt egrove will be r ememberd as Laura Kime, also of the c la ss of '97 Mr. Uptegrove's fri e nd s wi sh him success

Supt . Russel Whit field of Bu tte, Nebraska assisted by hi s wife, Mary El lenberger Whitfi eld, and other ta le nt , recently gave a delightful and success ful musi cal program at Butte. The proceeds are to be used in start ing a ma nual traini ng and agr icultural departm ent in the Butte schoo ls.

Re ad Professo r W. N. Delzell's "T hot

Dr op.-; '· in Lhe r <!cenL numbers of th e Nebras ka 'l'cac!-lc l·.

E. R. '0 , forme rl y pr incipa l of s cho .d .,; aL Hender so n and ... t Eato n, Color ad o, is now teac hin g at Auror a, Mi sso'.l 1· i, his par .: n ts li v.

Clyde Fi ll ey , '99 , h ad a pr o min e nt plac e on the pr og ram d urin g the far me rs' in s ti tuLc hcl I here las t mo nt h. He also ga ve the s Lucle n ts an inte r est in g talk on "Practi ca l Ed 1catio n" one nu rnin g d urin ;:t the ch ape l pe ri od.

Pr ofesso r J. B. De nni s, '1 0, of Verdn n, and Pr of e ss or D. H. Webe r, '10 , of S:nb hr t, wi th t'1ier hi gh sch oo l debate rs r ece ntly spe nt a S atu rday in our li b rary.

The many f ri ends of Mau de and Gr ace Br un s-lon, '11, w ill be so rr y to he ar , of t :-t e d<!t h of the ir fat1e r, wh ich. occu rrd Tu es cJa,·, March 28, at t he ir home S:mt hw cst of Pe ru.

Ml-s. A nn a M oo rehead J oy, ' 70 , is takin g a deli gh tf ul r est a nd va ca tion t hi s win te r. For some t im e she has bee n in C hi cago visi tin g h t! r so n, Guy, of th e cla ss of '97 . Mr s. Guy J oy w ill be r emem be rd as Ed ith Hutchin so n, ' 96 B efo re re tu rnin g to P er u, Mrs. J oy expects to spe nd so me t im e with relat i vs in Oklaho ma an d New Mex ic o.

Ma mi e Cr awford , ' 0-1 , who for so me tim e h as b ee n a teac her in th e En g li sh depa rtm ent of the Sta te No r ma l at K earn ey, is att e nd ing th e Ne bras ka State Un i ve rsi ty where she is work ing for her doc tor's deg r ee.

Cl eo Wo nd er, ' 09, fo rm e rl y of Nelson, h as b ee n elec ted to teach Lat in in th e Ne br aska Wesl eya n U ni versity.

Id i ll a Je ff ery Wa ll ace, ' 93, for seve ra l ye a rs libra ri an h ere, h as a very pl esant home at H ast in gs, Nebraska. Sh e is ve ry mu ch i nter ested at p resen t in th e care a nd e du cation of her tw o s ma ll sons.

Su pt. J as E. Eas t woo d, '09 , of Dil ler h as bee n re-ele cted wi th an incr ea se of sa lar y.

Bl anche V. Toland, '0 5, form e rly of Auro ra has charge of th e new comm ercial d epart ment in the Brok en Bow s ch oo ls.

Ray C. Ga t es, ' 07, form erl y of Neb raska Cit y, but now of Bla ir , h as r ece nt ly b ee n offerd a co uple of goo d pr inc ip als hips. The Bla ir board bas ra i sed hi s sa lary as an in du ceme nt to s tay .

J oseph Goldstein, '10, a law s tud e nt at the Uni vers ity, won first ho nors in the oratorica l con test held recently in Linco ln . He is now e nti tled to com pete for th e s tate honors in a conte st to be held at Cent ra l City, Nebras ka.

We noti s a n umb er of al umn i nam es in t he Ne braska delegation that atte nd ed t:-te d epa rtme nt of s up erin tende nce m eeting which was held in St. Loui s, Febr uary 27-29 : Su pt. W. E. Ma rcell us, '05, Crete; State Su pt. J as . E. Delzell , '05, L in co ln; D ea n E. L. Rouse , '08, P eru ; L:>U ise M ea rs, '95, Peru; Sup t. McGr ew, '08, Silver Cr eek; E. 0. Garr ett, '95 , Fr emo nt; Geo. Carrington, '0 3; Pr es. J. W. Crabtree , '8 7, Ri ver Fa ll s, Wi scons in J osep h Go ld ste in, ' 10, came d ow n fr om Lin co ln r ece ntl v and aucti oned off E veret t's pos ter s. Gold s tein ga ve a short ta lk in chapel wh il e here.

J oh n Bran igan, '11, pr i ncipal of schoo ls at Avoca , has been o ff e rd a te n do ll ar rai se, but has decid ed to a tt end th e sch oo l of for es try at ouT S ta te Unive rsity.

Hora ce M. Jarret t, '9 1, is now Judge Ja rr e tt of Cha nd le r, Ok lahoma. He is s ti ll i nter es ted in his Al ma Mater an dr ecently wrote for a co py of the " Hill s of P er u .' '

Sup t. Geo E. Mart in, '08, Neb raska City, a nd Carrie Ni ede rm eyer , ' 07 , of Alli a nc e are instructors in the Jo hn so n

County inst itute to be held at T ec um seh, Augu st 5-9.

It is intere st ing to note the number of alumn i nam es in th e juni or norma l faculti es f or the su mm er of 19 1 2: Al lia nce- H. H. Re i mund, '06, Cr awford; Geo . Martin, '0 8, Neb r aska C ity. Gen eva - J. A. Woodard , ' 07, Hav elock; E. M. Cl in e, ' 07, Lin coln; l one Chap e ll , '06 , Om a ha. MCcook-W. T. Davi s, '06, McCook ; Margaret Dunlap, '09, l\CcCook; C. F. White, '07 , Trenton; J. C. Mitchell '07 Ha s tings. North PlatteL. A. '9 3, Cozad; Maude Molly·neaux, '06, North Platte; G. H. W illi ams, ' 06, Lin co ln ; P. M. Whiteh ea d, ' 96, Got he nberg. Val ent in e-Ch ar les S. J ones , '93, Ord; Jul ia Vandri e l, '03, L incoln; E. W. '05, Crete.

Ethel Blake, '06, teacher of math ema tics in the Col :: r.1bus hi gh schoo l, s pent her week of vacat ion w ith her sister in Peru. Thi s is Mi ss Blake's fir st visit to Peru s in ce gradua tio n, a nd she was hig hl y pleased with the many improvm ents in and ab out the Norma l.

Bes ides regular work, Professo r De lzell an:l Dea n R ouse are kept b,.tsy with the Per u al umni teachers' bureau. Not is of vacancies are daily recei vd and applicatio ns are dail y sent

Arthur B. Gelwick, '11, of Geneva and Rudolph F. H ave lka, '11, of Strom sburg sp ent Sunday in Peru with fr ie nds recently . Both had been in Lincoln with th e ir teams at the basket ba ll tournament. Gelwick 's team held Omaha to a score of 30 to 28, the har dest game Om a ha playd.

E. E. Good , '87, recently attenrled ·a meeting of the executiv committee of the Southeaste rn Nebraska Bankers' Association at Li nco ln.

Myr tle McGrew, '9 8, ha s b ee n elected princi pal of the Antioch sch oo l, Aubu rn, to succee d Profess or Evans, who goes to

Shubert as cashie r of the b ani· at t hat place.

Frank Bixby , ha :; b ee n re-ele cted to the superinlcmlency of lh c at Blue Hill, wilh an increasl s alar.\·.

Pr ofe sso r H. B. Duncan so n, has be en in v ited to re turn lo th e l\lat in c Biological In s titute at Fritlay Har bor, Was hingto n, this su mm e r, lo deliver a course of lectu r es. Prof esso t· Duncan so n was de li ghted with his work a nd trip last su mmer.

- A. J. Stoddard, '10 , who was r ece nty elected to a pos iti on in the model hi gh schoo l in the Peru State Norma l, has d ec id ed n ot to acc e pt Mr. Sto ddard has gi ven exce ll ent sat isf action at Newman Gr ove, an rl h is schoo l b oa rd h as gi ven him an incrt ase in s alary as an ind Jcement to stay with them.

A. E. Hild e brand , 01, pr i ncipal of sc h :.wls at H oope r, has r es igned hi s p os ition. With hi s fa mil y he ha s left fo r Bloom ingto n, Ill. , wher e he will hav charge of one of th e lar gest and be:.- t agricultu ral pap ers in th e st ate . M r. Hildebrand has b ee n a ve ry successfu l sc h oo l man, and altho he will be mist in t he educat iona l fie ld in Nebras ka, his ma ny friends pr edict gr eat s ucc ess for him.

$2 . 00 br ings t:1e Peruvian, Vol. prepaid, to any ad:lress V.,

N ever use "shal l" when you should u se "sho uld, " and neve r use "s h ou ld" when you shoe1 ld u sc "sha ll." In sh or t, we always £ay "should" when we should, and never say "s hal l" wh en we should say "sh ould." Is that pl a in enui?

A man who s lips on a banana pee ling, then arises and with o<I t waste of words or ru ffle d te mp e r, remov es the pee li ng so that oth es may not s lip on it, is a Christian.

Pe ru. N eb raska

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Music should be taught in the high school and be gi ven eq ual credit witr. other subject3. Tn e re are three cla sses of st ud e nts who would be espec ia lly by t hi s. Th ose who give up th ei r m us ic for the h igh school ; those who ieav the high s ch ool for mus ic , a nd those who try to do both and make a success of ne ith er.

Th e fo ll owing is a li st of subj ec ts for which credit is given in some of our easter n schools:

Genera l chorus practice; girls' chorus; b oys glee club; orchestra ensembl e; band practi s; pri vate music lessons; harmo ny or th eo ry of music; history of m usic; musical appreciation.

Of course it is neither practical nor probable th at any of o ur h igh schools oats ide of the cities cou ld offer al l of these subjects. But every schoo l sh )J ld r eq ui re at least two of the m; general chorus and mu sic appreciat ion. In gene ral choru s the stud ent would be gi ven oppo rt u ni ty to lear n to i nterpret and s ing th e best mus ic. In mus i ca l appreciat i on clas s, cou ld be culti vat ed such a kn ow ledge of music as would enrich the menta l and emotional na tm·e Th ere the str uc ture of the di fferent forms of mu s ic s hould be exp laind from the simpl es t me lody to the mos t di fficult fugue. H owever, the chi ef aim of t hi s class should be to t each the pupil to li sten inte ll igently and to give hiin a real acqua in ta nce wi th the masterp ieces of music. F or th is purpose, the v ict orola is of gr ea t importance. Thru it the best music of a ll forms may be brought to th e c lass Some hi story and biography may also be given as the composi tions of di ffe re nt composers are stu died .

We find that the se two cla sses wo:.1ld do muc h in doing a way with the po pulari ty of the trashy music of th e coo n song and rag tim e and would be a great he lp in tra in ing the t astes of the stud ent

for the good music that wou ld make him better inte llectua l ly , soc ially and mora lly.

Na tive S ee d Corn.

The Nebraska Experiment Stat ion h as just i ss ued Bull etin No . 126, ent itl ed "Nat ive Seed Corn." Th is bull eti n di scusses the relation of nat iv vege tation to cl imate and soil, and the tal l prair ie grass r egion is contrasted with the "sho rt grass" regio n.

As a ru le each large corn g rowing region has a so mewhat different type of cJrn , the ty pe bei ng the result of adapt9.t ion to the pecu l iar e li mate and soi I of that region .

It has been the comm on practi s for farmers in Neb r aska to secure see d corn from regions several hun dred mil es east or southeast of Nebraska, from secti ons quite different in cl i mate and so i l. Experiments have shown that se ed corn thus brought fr om a distance seldom yi e lds as we ll as our best acclimated vari fhwevP.r, corn brought fr om a di .t an ce im;> r oves in yie ld from year t::J year. as it b eco mes be tt er ace! i mate d.

Al so it has b een a common cu sto m for farm era in western Nebraska to secure s=e-1 cJrn from eastern Nebraska or st'3.te:; to the east. Co-operativ ex periments in wes tern Nebras ka with a large number of farm ers have s hown the nativ western corn to yield about 25 per cent better than corn just bro ught from the easter n portion of the state. Wes tern farmers should not attempt to grow the d eep -grai nd types , but rather th e broad , shallow -gni.ind types, with rath er large cob.

This bulle t in may be had free of cost by resid ent s of Nebraska upon applicat ion to the Nebraska Agricultura l Exp er iment Stati on, Lincoln, Nebraska. E. A. Burne t t, Director.

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Elber t· Hubb a rd , of the Ro yc roft ers at Ea st Aurora, N ew York, is a rath er naug hty a nd imp ud e nt fe llow a nd hi s ar e ofte n quite pr·op e rl y shoc kt by hi s unconv e nti onal ways of say i ng t!1ings. Bu t he c hal enges the attention of us all by an u tter ance so fu ll of pith a nd sagac ity that it see ms as if th e ve rit ab le goddess of wi sdo m had plact her kind fi nge rs up on hi s i nkst aind ones and g uid ed them thruout a parag raf or tw o.

"I n pi cking you r fr·i e n:J s," says the sage wi th th e eccent ric ha ir, "s ound yo :1r A. If th e othet· fellow amw er.;; B, pa ss him up." Acc:> rding ly t!1 e wise per so n hunt s till he fin ds a fe ll ow being who responds to his A wi th a r eso nan t and mel low C, and th en th ere is esta blisht st raigh tway a basi c; for a friendsh ip.

Th ere are a f ew e nthu si asts in the world (e i th er of matt er or of sp ir i t) like Sidn ey La nn and Mi ss Ca rp e nt er and I, wh o be li ev and in si st that th e re is a cl ose c:> nn ect ion b etwe en m us i ca l ltar many and g oo d ci ti ze nsh ip . We .bel iev that learning to si ng in harm ony he lps th e sou ls in to all so rts of harmoni o us attitudes; t hat it pays one up to hi s resp onsib ili ty to soci ety ; that it sJ bdues hi s te nd ency to consid er him self ac cou ntab le to nohody else.

The morning stara did we ll to si ng toge ther. If each had ra ised his vo is without reference to the r est , the music of the spheres WJuld h ave been a horrid farce on that morning when the sheph erds turnd their face s towards the stable at Be thl e hem.

Each afternoon of this pens iv sp ri ngtim e, the campus awakes to the sound of girls' voices s ing i ng ge ntly and ca lmly fr om a ce ll like room of the train ers' buildin g. Each student is striving, n ot

to be he ard as an in i dvidua l, but to ad d to the grand su m t otal of the wo rld 's harmo ny . To acc o mpli sh suc h a res ul t, one mu st lea rn that the diffe re nce bet .vee n F anrl F sh arp is a matter of extreme i mp c)l·tance, altogether a del i cate and defin i te affai r.

At annthe r h ou r, th irty boys who hav ll 't befo re th ot much about the supreme clL;ty of being har mon io us, are worki ng a wa y on a twenty page chor us, and lea rni ng- to si ng it,

"JusL e xact ly ri ght , you kt .ow, In the land of thus and so ."

And t:1u s we pr og r ess t ogethe r and who shal l sa y but tha t Divi ne Inte ll igen ce rejoic es in our hard won vi cto ri es in the d ir ec tion of u ni ve r sa l har mony?

Y. W. C. A.

Our assoc ia ti on has been favo rd wi th tw o visi ts from the te rri tor ial scer eta r y, Mi ss Viola Mars ha ll , b ot h visi ts cove rin g almost a w ee k. Beca use of the si ze of o ur asso ci at ion and the extent of our wo rk , Mi ss Mars ha ll fin ds it n ecessary to re main with us a lonf,e r pe ri od of t im e th an is gi ve n m os t of the assoc ia ti ons of th e te rri tor y. A pri I 3-8 were th e dat es of Mi ss Mar sha ll 's seco nd vis it On b ot h Thursday a nd Frid ay Mi ss Marsha ll addr est th e s tud e nts at N oo nd ay pr aye rm ee tin g, on th e ex ceedingl y inter estin g ph ases of assoc ia ti on wo rk now hav ing its beg innin gs in th e rural sect ions of our co untry . F rid ay af tern oo n a ke ns in g tun w as gi ven in her At th e Su nday afte rn oo n meeting he ld in the hi gh sc h oo l a sse mbl y r oo m, Mi ss Ma rsha ll spoke in her usual effect iv a nd ch a rmin g ma nn er on "Th e Persnoal Touc h." No one ca n q uit e es timate the gr ea t goo d M iss Mar sha ll is do ing as she goes about he lpin g a nd in s piring g irls in th e ir wor k of th e Yougn Wom en' s Chri s-

tian Assoc iati o n. The Pe ru Associa ti on is in deed fort un ate to have her so long a peri od of tim e. \

One of th e m ost impress iv and bea utif ul se rvices ar range d for by t he Christian Assoc ia ti ons, is th e sunri se pr ayer meet ing held on the campus E aster morn in g. In the mi dst of so much natur al beauty, the words of the speaker, R ev . J. H. St itt , who ad d rest us Apri l 7, sa nk cl eep i nto t he har ts of the lar ge gathe rin g of s tu de n ts and f acul ty members who asse mbl ed on northern slope of th e camp us at su nr ise . The State Normal Quarte t, in i ts rend iti on of "St ill , St ill with T hee," ad d ed just the ri ght touch of so lemni ty and b eau ty to th e occasion.

IJ Witb

Senior Class.

As the a nnu al cl ass play, the sen iors w ill gi ve " If I we re Kin g" wr i tten by J. H. McCa rth y a nd dra ma tized by M iss Ruby Ferguso n, teac her of expr essi on at th e Pe ru No rm al and co ach of th e class pl ay . The cas te is worki ng h ard a!'ld reher sa ls are fr eq ue nt in ord er that th e drama may be rend erd in th e best poss ibl e manner.

Th e class , the s cho ol, a nd tho:;e -w ho in tend to be in Peru duri ng com menceme nt wee k w ill be fortu nate to hear Hon. W. J. Brya n wh o has been secured to de li ver th e class ad dress . We were in doubt for so me ti me as to whether th e servises of Mr. Bryan could be secure d; but word was r ece ivd the latte r part of March that he wi II be here.

We hope that a ll se ni ors w ill not have th e mi sfortune in sec uring a posi ti on as did Mr. E. C. Beck. He secured h is pos iti on a ll ri g ht bu t was sn ow bound at Red Cloud f or one wh ole day and then in or der to r each Peru was f ord to wa lk

from Julian thru the mud and snow .

The member;; of th e c la ss are securing exce ll e nt places. Th ose elected thus far are: E C. Beck, superintend e nt, Riverton · Kather ine Greenlee, assistant prin- ' ci pa l, Riverton; G. S. Han sen, superintendent, Edi so n; P ercy LapJ), superintendent, Utica; Mae Mi ller, pr i mary, Ut ica; Le il a Co'.lrtwright, hig h sch ool pr in ci pa l, T re n t-:>n; Grace Mi ll er, scie nce Leacher, Tren ton; Frances H ughes, man, Di ller ; Ly nn Gifford, high school pr in ci pal, Syracuse; Gertrude Smith, Latin and Engl i sh , Tilde n; Harl ey Shave r, manua l tra ini ng and at hl etics, West Point; Amelia Benson, interme diate, Chester

Rev. Mr. Sh eppard of the First Co ngregat ional Church of Linco ln, w ill deliver the baccalaur eate ser mon t his year

Juni or Cl ass

The jun i ors have the hon:Jr of class ch amp ionsh ip of the girls' basket ba ll, they h avi ng won every class game . The e'fort put forth by each indiv idual member is worth ment ioni ng as they put up a strong fight against their opponents . Th e ability of the boys showd their aopreciation for the new sweters and socks, in the class colors that had been purchast for them by the class Altho two games were lost, thus losing the c'-:a -npionsh ip, we fee l gratefu l towards fB team for the ha rd playing it did and t he interest take n in each class game in he lping to make us victori ous.

Several of the juniors have taken gr eat in the snap shots for the Peruv ian. Almost any day a juni or may be seen with his camera, taking some very ''I ucky s hots'' on the campus, or elsewh e re. The enthusiasm shown by th ese i ndividual s is worthy of mention ing as it c:hows true class spirit and a d es ire ot

he lp out with undertaking- nf the class

Priz es were awarder! fo r the snap shots taken. 1\Iiss R.t th .J ones won lhe fir;:;t and Mr. Vernon J<r eb:> . th e sec.> nd and third

Maude Ph e lps h as again n•sun1cd her sch oo l wo rk after severa l day:-; absence on account of illn ess .

Th e cabin et officcn-; Wl'rc ke pt ve1 ·y bu sy ma!< i n.!4" pr e para Lio n,; fo 1· the banq ue t whi ch was ln l.w g-iH•n April 19. The he el chairman ;md all the committees we re se lectt! d and all of them were fa i thful in their parl of the work.

Word has been re:::e i vd th at M r. Moulten, who was ca ld home on accou nt of the det h of his fath"e1·, will r et urn h ere for the la st quarters' work

Nine juni or girls, who are tak ing the domest ic sc ience com·se, e nlerta ind their gent leme n fr iends at a leap yea r luncheon on Thur sday aflernoon, February 29th, from four un t il five p. m. Th e lunch e on of two courses which pr epa red by th e you ng them 3clv.:; . l_i'rom all r epo rts Lhe lu ncheon must have bee n delic iously goou as it has be en sa id t:1e young men we 1·c unab le to sing at ch orus that even in g.

The j un i ors are feeling proud over the new class pen nant th ey rece i vd from the ath l et ic board some ti me ago , given as a prize for se llin g the larges t numb er of foot ba ll tickets . It he lpt to dist ingu ish the juni ors from othe r classes in the panora mi c view t aken.

A note found in the library read t hu s: Mr. Gifford :- Please start so m thing; I am dying of ennu i.

Miss Hu'sto n: - You had better expla in th e last word.

Miss Go shen (in psyc h ology class ):Mr. Mcwh ir ter, to r emem ber t hi s psych-

ology class, wo uld it be a pe rce pt or a mem ory i mage?

Mr. Mewhil·ter :- It \\"Ou ld be a perce pt. as will rem embe r it for two or thr ee year :;. If it were a memo ry im age we w ou ld forg et it in a w ee k or two

Miss Gos h e; n :-I ft>e ) flat e rd.

T oe clac:s at it s m ee t in g Apr il 3, pa st reso luti ons of s ympathy ·owin g to th e de th of th e b1·o th er of Miss Maude Phe lps.

T.1e j ni or cb ss h as the lar gest writeup in Per :.:;v ian ever p t.:t in by one cla ss

Sc phcmo re Notes .

H urrah for th e i nvincibl e sopho more b oys' bask et te am, c hampi ons for 1912! Our b oys w on this wJrthy title after s ome hard fot ga m es, espec ial ly those with th e jun io rs and se ni or s. Th e game with th e jun iors wa s th e closer of the two, r esulting in a ti e, 26 to 26 . The ti e wa s playd off and Mr Wi ckham r eli evd the si tuation by throwing a goal. T he game with th e se nior s ended with a sco re of 24 tol 5. The me mbers who playd on the boys' t ea m were Jo hn W ea r, capta i n, Ro land Wickham; John Baker; Mar ,..h ,. l J ones; Fr ed Meyer; Carl O verton; Ca ss iu s Ke nn edy.

Our girls were not quite so successful but fi11i s ht seC'on d h owever . Th ose playing on the g irl s team were Bessie Cur r an, Helen Osbo urn, Rub y Huff, A li ce Garver, Ame l ia Clarey, B ea trice Bl ythe and Be ll Ha ll.

The s op h omore class is r ep resented in the Gl ee Cl ub by the fo ll owing: Carl Overton , Cass ius Ke nnedy, J. W. Maxey and Em e rt Don ova n.

Bess ie Curran was visited by her two baby broth ers on March 2.

We are all a nti cipa ting a good tim e in

the near futur e ,a par ty hav ing arranged for.

Alb in John son had the plesure of a vis it fr om hi s friend, Erwin Jami son, of Ainsworth , Nebraska

When the P er uv ian comes out n ote th e uniqueness in the so phomor e write- up. Some class.

Fre s hman Notes .

Wh er eas God in his in finite wisdom h as seen fit to remov from this ear th the father of our estee md cl ass mate, Co ra Brun sdon, therefo re be it , R eso lved, that we, the members of the Freshman Class, extend to her o ur s in cer es t sympathy in her bereavment and commend her to the care of the lovin g Fath er who doeth all things well.

Be it further r eso lvd th at a copy of these reso lution s be presented to lY. i £s Brunsdo n a nd a copy publisht in th e Norma li te.

Committe.

Every one is back to schoo l after a very plesant vacation, a nd all are starting in again, with renewd v igor and enthusiasm.

Plan s are being made for a class "th eater party" at the Crysta l. We are anticipat ing a go< d time. Our last social f unct i on was in the form of a sle i gh ride, which was th e jolliest ever

Th e freshm en certa inly have sh ow n some true sp irit thi s year S ee their fine wr ite - up in the Pe ruv ian.

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E very one has his troubles Even Dean Rou se ass ur es us that he cannot get hi s ba bi es to sleep before eight o'clock up on an y spec ial occas ion, such as the banqu et .

T eacher: - What are the children of the czar cald? Pupil :- Cza rdin es . Ex.

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Everett.

Th e Friday eve nin g before vacat ion fo und E ve rett Hall qu ite crowde d. A g ood pr og ram wa s gi ve n, af te r whi ch a p oster sal e was he ld. Mr. J osep h Go ldste in of t':1e S tat e Un iver3ty ac ted as a uct ioneer for the sale. He pr ovd to be t he sam e Mr. Goldste in th at we kn ew wile n he was a Ever ett wi th us, a lways redy to r espond to most any ca lling. Bes id es se lling th e p oste rs he ga ve several r ea din gs which p !easd all of us. We hope he will come agai n.

Program for Apri I 5: Music, Ev er ett Orches tra; reading J ose ph ine G i Itn e r; pan to mim e, Elli s Frye an -J Be rt Dressle r; piano duet, Edn a Han ks an:i Maude Mil ler; E vere tt Gazette , Helen Osb:>Ur ne; essay , Mod e rn Sa ra J ewe ll ; mus i c, Everett orchest ra. ness meetin g.

Fo ll ow ing are q '.lotati ons from the essay , Mod e rn Gall antry by Sara Jewe ll ?

"G alla ntry is th at poli te and cou rteO:.lS tr eatme nt and con s id erati on wh ich a you ng man sho uld gi ve a lad y, w·1e t :1 er she is yo un g or old, pr etty or homely.

''S e1 p pose for exampl e, we go wi th a yo ung lady of ou r s cho ol to her cl a sses •for a da y. In the mqrnin g as she is on her way to chapel :-h e mee ts a youn g man. One wo uld expect him to ti p hi s hat and gi ve her a plesan t go od morning, but greates t of dis ap po intm en ts, he rl oes not. Insted he blurts ou t a lo ud hell o and by th e way hi s hat clings to his hed one cou ld think that gr av ity was especia ll y gr ea t there.

"Then, as ou r lad y tak es her pl ace in chapel what does she see ahed of her but r ows of hum an be ings-a pparently s pineless- hav ing the form of of a hors esh oe Thi s e ff ect was brought ab ou t by

pl ac in g th e he el on the b acl< of one sea t a nrl th e fee t on t.hc I ac'< of th e one in fr ont . A ca:;u al ob se rver rni g :1 t. pi ty th ese apparen tl y spineless we ak or defo rm ed beings, bu t. an hour later if he were to go lo the at:1l etic fi e ld he w ul d see t. he s am e cro wd te ar ing up a•1d do wn , wi th not hi ng at all th e ma tte r. At t. hr ee o'c loc!< she m.tst go t:> the labor ato ry. As :·non a;; sh :.! is s eated a strong odor of se n-sen re ach es he r. lt is extremely o bn ·>xi o s and ::: pon look i ng aro und tJ sec w:1er cl i l fr om, s 't e sees a b oy ac1·oss f t·om her take the las t one fr om hi s pac kag-e. Wh il e she is bus il y en ga.ge -:1 in ad j '.ls ting her micr oscope, a n :> ise like the crack in g of g umbo when a wago n g o!:!s th e J. it in w3t wethe r, fa ll s up on her ea r. Turning her hed she sees a yo·.mg man ch e win g gum to th e be at in g of his fee t on the fl oo r.

"You ca n thi nk of man v othe 1· ways in wh ich yo un g men of to day lack ga lantry. I har dly kn ow why this sh ou ld be so, whe th er the g ir ls are to blame or no t. It see ms tha t men are so stro ng fysi c.:all y th at it. sh ou ld m ake them stronge r in every olher re ::: pect.

"I f the g irl s do not cJm mand eespect th e you ng m3n sh ould h av e stren glh of charac te r en·Jf t.o gi ve it any way ."

Philoma.thean

On Ma rch fir st we were gi ve n an unus ua l en te rtainment. Th e grea te r par t of the pr og ram was Indian in character and con sisted of a panto mime repr ese ntIn g " Th e Famine of Hia wath a ." Ha l Glasgow wa s very st ron g in th e part of Hi awatha; , a nd·Helen Ho lman, as Minnehaha, r ep r esen ted a ch ar ming Indi"an ma iden . T he part of _Nokom is wa s we ll in te rp r eted by !1.1: aud e Be rr y, a nd Mr. Lively, as M inn ehaha's fat her, the old ar row ma1{e r, made us a splendid O ld Indi a n. The " Fam in e" an d "Fever"

were pa r ts taken by Ruth Jones and Grace D_ nlap. Be twee n gcenes a gi rl s' quartet " ang s·.: ch popolar song::; as " ilver B l is" and "Arra \ Yanna" and iss Schott en te r la i ml us with I ndian electi ons.

G ran ted Lhal the prese ntation of pl ays requires mu ch hard work and time, st ill th ey ar e a sou r ce of gr ea t en j oyme nt to th e " Th e Ame ri cans" g iv en by fr etht:nen Philomath ea ns ·on the evening of 1\r ar ch eight was es p ec iall y bri g ht and breezy r eflect in g a great d ea l of ar t istic ab ility on the part of the playHs. There were other pleas in g n .<mloe rs: A p iano du et by Mi ss Lambert an :l l_ i ,; s Hard en; a com ic r ea ding by Mi5s Ke lso n, and a tuba so lo by Mr . L ')ngfe ll o w. Han cock gave a pape r cJnc :; rn ing current eve nts un de r the h <=:ading "W h o' s Wh o and Wh y ." Thi s of the soci ety programs ha s b een r :..: nn ing for wme time a nd has he lpt those who do no take time to re ad the da ily pap e rs, to k ee p in to uch with l ive t op ics of the d ay

Th ere was no Phi lo m eet in g on the of March 15. It was imp oss ibl e to avoid a co nfli ct with a ba :;:k et ball game and the Hu ssars so both soc ie ti es agr ee d to postpone th e ir programs f or a w eek Th e Peru boys won the game, and the Hu ss ar s prov ided an unu sual m us ica l tr ea t, so we cannot but f ee l repaid. ·

The pro g ram whicli was carr i ed over from March 15 was gi ve n Fr i day March 22, to a cr o wd ed h ouse. · The enterta i nme nt had pland along I rish · lin es in honor of St. P at rick' s birth day. Mr. And er so n ope ned the program wi th a beaut i ful pian o so l o, wh i ch was hartil y en co re d. Fo ll ow ing this, Mr. Roettger and Mr. Han se n imp er so nated "Pat and Mik e'' in a hum orous mann e r, throwing severa l s harp pointed wittic isms at m embe rs of the a udi en ce Mi ss Cornell

sa ng • '0 Con•e to me, Mavourneen, '' wi th Mi ss Rh odes as accompanist, after which Freda P eterson1 Ebba Wahlstrom and Mr. Novak presented a little Iri sh play " Th e TraYeling Man." Contrary to expectat ions there was a sadness thruout it that provd, however, to make it ve ry pleasing.

The program of Ap r il 5, the b oy 's pr og ram , was of a ver y entertaining ch aracter. Clarence H owie playd a piano so lo , Dr. Hou se gave readings from S,idn ey Lani er and Messrs. Hansen and Wi ck land each gave a yoca l solo. Th e play, "A pri l F oo ls" given br Messrs. Staack, B. Jones and Christenson, wa s full of fen fr om sta rt to fini s h.

Agri c ulture .

On F e':l ruary 26 th e Agricu lt ur e Club gave a t' ecep tion to the students. All report ha ving had a good ti me. Games w ere playd, flashli ght pictures were taken. A ta ffy pull was one of the enj oya bl e events of th e eve ning. Many n ew members were added at · this meet in g. Th e soc iety was divid ed into four groups in order ot get group pictures for the Peruvian. March 11, the club met and the fo ll ow ing pro g ram was gve n: Subject, Spring Gardening. Preparin g the Grou n d, Mr. Lawrence; Sele cting the S ee d, Miss Fore man; Planting th e Seed, Mr. Burre ll e.

· The program of the fast m eet ing, April 8, was very i nte resting. The s ubject wa s co rn. The fo ll ow i ng were on th e pr ogram: Mr . All e n, History of Corn; Mr . Ramsey, Se lectin g Seed Cor n; Mr. Weeks, Th e Seed Corn Special.

The soc iety voted to se ll flowers t hi s spt;ing as th ey did last year to pay fo •· the ir space in the Pe ru vian.

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Coa ch Tha cker and Ca p ta in Lund y are putting the base ball tryouts thru a thoro training. Batting, fielding, p itching, base running, and throwing are all given their · attention. Th e pr os pects for a thr ee tim :! penn :mt winn er are go od. Five of last year 's champs are out in su its. The pitching de partm e nt wi II be s tron g and fo ur good men want to do the receiving.

Manager Clemants has hi s sche dul e fi ld. A total of seven teen games wi ll be playd, with Ames as the climax. Th e following is the sc hedule :

April 18, Tarki o at Pe ru.

April 25, Kearn ey at Peru.

April 26, Wes leyan at Peru.

April 30, Cotner at Peru.

May 7, Be llevue at Peru.

May 2 3, Doane at Peru.

May 14 , Be llevue at Be ll evue.

May 15, Doane at Crete.

May1 6, Cottner at Cotner.

May1 7, Wesleyan at Wesl eya n.

May 18, Kearney at Kearney. She nandoa h, Tarkio and Midland wi I be schedulde b es ides Amity at Amity.

Peru en ded a successful ba sket ball seaso n by overw helming the Omaha Univers ity quinte t. Because of th e s now stor m the vis itors nid not ar ri ve unti l Friday. The game was normal' s from the beg innin g. Clements getting the knock off, and then the ball remaind ours until two was sco r ed. Schott seemd to be able to hit the basket from any pos ition and repeated ly brot the crowd to their feet Shaver, Sim s, and Renfro deserv all the praise receivd, w hil e Mewhirter scored f our goals in his five minutes of play. Th e game e nded with Peru 62, Omaha University, 19. Altho next year W€ lose· Schott, Cleme nts, Re nfro, and Shaver; Sims and

Mewhir e r, with the pick from th ese fast class teams sho uld make a w innin g team . Sims' ba sket bal l quintet clo-e d a success ful seaso n. Th ey won nin e of el<'ve n game:;, w in ning eve ry game at home. The g irl s won two of th e ir three ga m es Fo ll o win g is th e sta nding of the cla >s teams :

irl s.

Class

Juni ors

Sofom or es Fr eshm en Hi gh sc hoo l Se nior

000 Th e class contes ts were finisht in March. Th e ju ni or g irl s h ad easy tim es after th e ir defe at of the sofomo r es ea rl y in the seaso n. These sofomor es ha \re developt into a fa st t eam The juniors c lin cht th e ir hold on the ship when they defeated th e Se niors 17 to 6. Th e game was enthus i ast i c, altho the ju ni ors had the victory from the firs t. The memb ers of the g irl s' ch amp ion ship t ea m ar e the Mis ses Peter son , Hal e, Fuch s, Holman, Co rn e ll and Ph e lps.

Three thri IIi ng- contests sett led the boys' championship . Th e sofomores defeated th e juniors in a mo st exc iti ng game . Th e first half found the juniors one po int to the good but the sofo m ores came back s tr ong and tied score in the final period. T he tie was playd off and won when Wickh am s hot a ba sket The score stood 28 · to 2 6. The sofamores next met the sen i ors and in nearl y as exc itin g a 'game won by a sco re of 24 to 1 5. Thi s gave the sofomores s upremacy . The jun iors met the seni ors in

the fi n al gan1c and tho the senio rs were expected to mak e a p oo r show ing, they pl ay d the bette r game and won 29 to 1-l Much e nthu s ia sm wa s st ird up. The m em bers nf Lhe boys · champ i on team are Mess rs. Wi c!<ham . Ove r ton, Bake r, Meye r, Mar sha ll Jon es, an d Wear.

Th ere wi II be the largest write up of at hlet i cs in the Pe ruvian th is y ea r that h as eve r b ee n gi ve n. An account of every garnr, sh ots of in div idual foot ball men in act io n, a nd pictures of the gam es in pt·og r ess at c riti ca l period s-a ll in Pe ru vi an, Vo l. V.

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T wo panoram ic Yi ews will appea r in th e Pe ruvian , one of which will app e ar but thi s one time.

Pr of esso r F. M. Gr egg was in Pe ru durin g vacati on for a few days. He adr es t the Helth a nd Efficiency -C lub Mond ay evenin g, March 25 . He re turnd to Chicago the latter part of the week to fini sh hi s wo rk at the Uni versity of Chicago.

De an E. L. Rouse was in the northwester n part of the s tate the first week of Apr i I, a tte nrl i ng t ea ch ers' associations in t hat part of the Rta te.

The teach e rs of th e Normal and seve ral of the s tud e nt s attended the southeastern N"ebras ka Teach e rs' Association at Be atrice, March 7 to 29. Many of the students went home and th ose living north of the Platte Riv.er experienct di fficuty in returning

The H uzzar s, the last number of the l ecture course, was gi ven March 15. This wa s an excellent number and wa s greatly apprec i ate d.

At chap e l, April 2, G .' S. Hanse n, on behalf of the glee club, presented Dr. House w ith a silk watch fob, mount ed

wi th so lid gold and appropriately engravd, as a token of regard for the h elp and work he has given as director of the club .

Hon orab le W. A. Sell eck of Lin coln add rest th e students April 4, on the topic, "Student Qual i ficati ons." Mr. Selle ck is one of the leg islators of the state wh o is inter ested 'in educati on

The fo ll ow ing announcements were red in chapel, March 23 : "Miss Wil so n will lead Y. M. next Sunday afte rn oo n. "

''P os ter sa le at Everett tonight . J oseph Go ldstein of Lincoln w ill auct ioneer. You will miss an oppo rtuni ty if yo u bear Mr. Goldste in."

I · Charl es Li ve ly has b een chos en business manager of the Normalite for the ne xt year and Mi ss Helen Osbo urne e ditor in chief. This will make a strong s taff , and shou ld the issue beco me a weekly one, as is be ing pl and, the P er u Normal wi ll hav e a strong scho ol paper, undoubt edly much s tronge r than ma ny sch oo l maga z in es

Th e Farme rs' Ins titute was held _here at Peru March 22 and 23. A large numb er ·of s tudents attend ed these tures .

The d emocratic and republican student voters of the Normal organizd sepa r ate political clubs, Monday night, April 15 , to di scuss issues perta i ning to the primary elect ion. These clubs each h eld a meeting on the follow i ng Wednesday to discuss the var i ous candidates f or n om ination.

The junior-senior banquet was he ld in the gymnasium, Friday evening, Aprif 19. Plates were laid for three hundred tw e nty persons. An excellent menu was served by the domes tic s cience depar t ment; the toasts were origina l and full of humor , and every one present enjoyd e specially t he In sh folk lore by Profsesor Delzel l. The classes e ntel'ed the oflnquet

hall at 8:30, and Saturday morning h ad arr i vd before al l was over.

In the Peru v ian co nt es t th e s ofomores gaind fir st place, heading th e li st by 101 percent of purchases of the scho ol annua l. Editor Anders on sent the du mm y and copy to th e pr in ters on Apr il 17.

In the debate s that plac e on Apri I 12, Peru is actua ll y the winner in the , contes t. Peru won at hom e by a una ni mo us dec ision; Kearn ey won by a two th ird s maj ority at Kea rn ey, and Way ne by a tw o th i rds majority at Wa yne. Thu s, of th e ni ne judges, Peru had th e deci si on from four, Kearn ey from three and Mayne from two. So aft er all we n ee dn't fee l part icu larly bad.

s id e ri ng the propo si tion of build ing a cottage."

Miss Fergu so n, afle r tr yi ng the fa i nting sce ne in the se ni or play :-"I r at her ilke th at act ."

Shaver :-· 'S o do l. ''

At th e Ba n que t·

Tyso n :-"1 ha ve tak en spec ial pa in s this year to consu lt a se nior befor e taking any move or stand up on anythi ng ."

Fair Dam se l :- "1 think it a perfect sh ame for yo u boy s to co me to th e ju n iorse ni or banquet a nd not br ing a g irl •v hen th ere are so man y here .' '

Albin :- "You see they are not a ll as Several students went to Aub urn Apr il ni ce as yo u. " 18, to see "Tedd y." Some of them, ;olhoweve r, we re shipwr e ckt on the wa y and had to be towd b :: me .

To be a plu cky lose t·, and th en put fo r th a s tr onge r e ffort ne xt tim e is what Prof . Hendr i cks: - "! ha ve bee n con- makes a man.

To Our Many Peru Patrons

WE I NVITE YOU TO OUR STORE, WHERE YOU WILL ADM IT THAT WE ARE SHOWING T HE H ANDSOMEST LINE OF L ADIE S' CL OAKS, SKIRTS, AND DRESSES , IN FACT A LL KINDS OF GOODS THAT ARE USUAL LY CARRIED IN A FIRST CLASS DRY GOODS STORE. ALSO A FIRST CL ASS CARPET AND RUG STORE ALL GOODS GUARANTEE D AS TO PRI CE AND QUALITY. L. W csscl's Sons & Gom NEBRASKA CI TY

We Solicit the Acco unts of Nor ma l §t v. dents

mo ney with us fo r 't l t ' ; ) <: 1 and p ay yo ur bill s by ch eck s. You th us h ave a of s afety 10r yo ur mon ey and you gain a va l uable bu si ness ex pe rie nc e in ca rin g fo r your aceo uut.

CITIZ ENS S T T E B A l\T l{

I" Because I have my Fountain Pe n, Watch , J ewe lry and Sp e ctac le work done by J. C. Chate la in, he is the on ly m an th at can do it to please me a nd my pocket boo k."

HEN IN ne ed of a Watch, J ewe le ry, Fou n ta in Pe n, Sc 100 Fob, Sea l a nd Class Pi ns , Sp ectac les , Ca n dies and Scho ol Suppli es-! ALWAYS GO TO T HE N. S. N. S. J l:WE LRY STORE. Why do I pa tr oni ze t he N.S.N .S. Sto r e? Beca use I can buy and have my work d one bet ter and chea pe r th en anywh ere else, and a lw ays find the p ri ce to be fair an d just to ever ybo dy I he

"Be cause he is al ways he re and alwa ys r ep laces everyt h ing sa ys he will without extra c os t to me.

I"And because he does not cha rg e me fo r ev ery li ttle j ob as Jew elers do. other I

"And so I .recommend the N. S. N. J ewe lry S tore to eve ry . student.

-A ST UD EN T. L

P er u

Appreciates and solicits the trade of Normal Students ..

Wm. Tynon, Pres ident C. R. Welden, Vice Pres ide nt R. W. Ca s hier Ba nk

Deposit your mouey here and checl{ it out as you need it.

ClASS NUMB ER

-'-''--We are Headquarters for---

ladies' Garments For 6ommencement

We are showing an elegant line of Messaline and Taffeta Dresses in the new evening shades suitable for Reception and Banquet wear al so beautiful white Dresses in sh eer Linaire , Voiles and Marquettes for Graduation . An inspection of our line is cordially invited.

F. W. &levelland & Son ' Nebraska City,, Nebraska

We have Hammocks. You should have them Our price Suit all purses, GOME AND SEE.

VOLUME VL

PERU. NE13RASKA, MAY, 1912

Jun ctio nof a normal

By W. N. Delze ll.

At one time the no rma l schoo ls th ot it to be s uffic ie nt to t ea ch their students th e s ubj ects to be ta u t, and when a s tude nt had fin is ht the pr escrib ed course to ·dec lare him qua li fi ed for work and turn him lo ose to his fate, any knowledge of how to t each other th an the theoret i ca l know ledge. Later a few tr i ed the exper ime nt of a mod el sc h ool, where the hed teac her wou ld te ach a class and the s tudent would be r eq uir ed to observ. Th is wa s a great step in the right d ir ect i on, but it was soon found th at an oth er step , and a very i mpo r ta nt one, n ecessary. No matter h.ow muc h th eory a s tu dent h ad , no matt er h ow much observ i ng he d id , he sh ou ld have some actual work in putting hi s th eory in to pract i ce in r ea l class room work, u nder the di rec't ion of a sk ill d t each er. A few of th e sch oo ls in the East st arted wh at they ca ll d the ' 'tra ini ng sch oo l, ' • wh ere the· s tudent wa s requi red to t each under su pervi sion. Insted of hi s be ing the one 'to observ, he l ear nd h ow to teach by teach in g. Th ese s tudents imm ediately provd th eir worth over th ose who were taut th eoret ica ll y. Per u was one of the ea rl y schoo ls in t hi s country to adopt the tra i ning sc hoo l meth od. Thi s depar t ment h as grow n

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unt il it is the ch ief departm ent in the Norma l, and the great s uccess acqu i red by the graduates of Peru thruout Nebras'ka , and the .great demand . for Peru tea chers is due mo re to the exce ll en.t tra i ning than to any other one department of work. They are taut b ow to do a de finit e th ing in a definite way, to carry out the plan s of ot hers as we ll as to fo rm ul ate and car ry out th eir own definite pl a ns; to know what to do and how to do it before entering the class room. One of ou r most prom ine nt superintende nts sa id he would prefer a Peru gra duate wi th one year 's tra i ning in teach ing to a co ll ege graduate with two years' experience in pubic school work. Anoth er super in tendent of one of our {a r ge city schoo ls said that he believd t hat the great su ccess of Peru graduates was due more to their training schoo l work than to any ot her factor. He conended his remarks by Eaying: " When I make a req u ire ment of my teachers to dci a line of work in a defin i te time, the plan is al ways done and carried i nto effect by the Peru stude nts, without an excepti on." A Normal stude nt, who prepar es a dai ly plan to subm it to the tra ini ng schoo l t eacher fo r cr i tici sm and carri es out th is de fin ite

plan in the class room dai ly for a whole year, naturally w ill do the same thing when he e nters hi s own schoo l r oom - at least if he do es not, he wil l fee l that he should.

It is seldom we find a Peru graduate f ailing in this part icular po int . WiL h the growth of normal tra ining t:1e function of th e Norma l ha s br oade nd. It has been foun d that it was not onl y nece3sary to prepare teachers but to sec that th ese traind produ cts had a cha nce to teach in ou r best schoo ls. Ten yea rs ago, P er u had no orga ni zd sys t em for l ocating teachers. Th e fu nc tion of be schoo l was to gi ve th e student a good train i ng and th en let h im searc h for a pos ition. Of course me mbers of the faculty and the hed of the sch oo l ass i ste d indi viduals but the work ::t s a syste m was not treated wl10lly and purely as a s choo l function. Th,e th en arose, wh y should we educate and train mater ial for th e public scho ols of Nebraska u nl ess th ey were put into comm u nicati on with this material? At that tim e a bure au was organizd bv the alumn i association u nde r the leaders h i-p of Professor N. A. Beng tson, then sec retary of the alumni , to ass ist the al um ni in se curing po s iti ons. The work of th is bureau was not very extens iv, due to the fact that m os t of the graduates succeeded and were either promoted in their own sc hoo l or th e ir reputat ion gaind them prom otion in other schools upon their merits without the aid of the bu reau. It was th e work of the bureau to look after t he unfortunates wh o lost their p os ition by some mi schance or fa i lure It was th en that Pres ident Crabtree suggested a plan whereby the se ni ors would be con.:; iderd, in fact, members of the Alumni, so that aid could be given them when aid was needed. Bas ing h is theory upo n the fac t that if the state spen t so large sums of money educat i ng the young men and women for the pub lic sch oo ls, it was

nuthing m ,re t!1an right l hal a mati c organization shou ld be form d so as t'J ac:]uaint the sc h ools th r uout Ncbras!<a wi th lhc prod uct here in Peru. In 1 900 , the annual sa lary of t he te ache 1·s located by t hi s bur ea u was $16 ,000. Eac h year the re has been a deci de d increase unli I now th e ann J al s alary of th ose located is ove r $ 10 0,00 0. Pr es i dent Hayes e ndo rst Pr es ident CrabtreE:'s plan · an d enterd i nto th is wo rk with hart and so ul. While he wa s s upPrin tenden t of th e A lli ance puldic s choo ls he teache rs r eg ul a rl y fr om Per u thr u t)le bu r ea ::t, and kn ew the wonh of su ch an from a supe rin te nde nt's sta ndp 'Jint. Sinc e he has been pres i denL of the Norma l he h as don e all in his p owe r to fJrther the funct ion of th is org aniza tion. As a of this organizd eff•> rt t:1e average of the of Peru was stc dily incr eas t. Th e ave rage sa lary of th e t eac he rs who hi g:1 sc·1'>0 l p )Sit ion s last yea r was ove r $7-1 , w:1 ile th e ave r age salary of accrl!dil ed high sc h oo l fo ur yea r cou r se il' on ly $6 7 plus, showing t(lat the teach e rs from Peru are gett ing $7 above the a ve rage In 19 05 the a ve rage sa lary of the t eac :1ers in gr ad es go -. i ng o:1 t from P eru was sl ig ht ly over $50; in 1911 the ave rage sa lary of the teach e rs in the grades is ove r $55 . T hi s is part ially d ue to the in cr ease in teache rs' wages gene ra ll y, yet the ave r age wa ges of th e grade teachers, outs ide of Lin col n and Omaha, ·for gr ade wor k at the pr esent time is on ly sl i ght ly over $50. Th is wi ll expla in wh at orga ni zed effort has d one . By the first of May this yea r th re e-fou r ths of t he entire teach ing force of the se ni or cla ss were located. In 1905 o nl y one-fourth was loca t ed by May 1. The qu estion is be i ng ra i sd by man y, wo ul d it not be we ll for each of th e Norma l Schoo ls to h av e a depa r tme nt exc lusivly devo ted to, l ocat ing te ac he rs and to look i ng after the su ccess of the

gradu al cs wh en th ey l ea \· th e Norm!!. !.

S:n :.:..! a s La te no rm al is e st:J.b li ·h t an d ma intai nd n ol alon e for t:1e benz fi t of i ts stu d en ls, hul for th e ben e.1t of the ci t iw:w their c hi ld ren to norma l tr a in cl Le ac hcrs, it is o nl y and ri g ht t hat th e f un ctio ns of the Nor ma l sh ou ld be cx tc ncl c cl to the s upervision of the gr ad uat es in their act iv work, a nd a d epartm ent devoted to this wo rk e stablisht.

A bla nk h as been sent ou t by the bw-eau eac h ye ar for t he pa st fh·e years to Lhe S!..i peri nt en de n ts of sc hools, inq uir ing into t l-w an d th e worth of th e Peru te ach ers d ur ing the ir fiT st yea r of servis, und er hi s s up e n·i sion. Thi s is us ua ll_,. se nt out at the close of t he fi rst St! m es ter. By that time a teacher has prove! h im self a su ccess or he has demonst rated hi s we ak qu alit ies.

On e h und red fi ft y tw o bl anks were r eturn d t hi s ye ar. Not a ll of the bl anks were fi ld out in f ul l, yet there were enuf to sh ow the re maT ka bl e record of la st year's clas ::; The r epo r ts sen t b ack show clearly the ad van tage of Nor mal train in g·.Th e fo ll ow ing are the questions with th e su mma ry of an s wers receiv d:

1. Is the wo rk in general sat i sfact ory?

Y es, 142; No, 1 0.

2. D oe s this te acher co -oper ate in ca r ry ing out yo ur plans and sugges tions"? Ye s, 14 1; No, 9.

3. Ab il i ty as a di sc ip linari an? Exce ll ent 63 ; Goo d, 7 3; Fa ir, 3 7; P oo r, 4.

4. Ab ility as an in s tru c tor ? E xce llent, 41; good 76; Fa ir 28 ; P oo r 4.

5. Is there careful prepara tion for the da ily wo rk ? Y es 14 5; No 4.

6. Do outs id e affa irs in an y way int erfere wi th th e sc hoo l work pr oper? Yes 3; No 1 46.

7. Ar e as soc ia ti ons and pr ofe ss i on al m ee tin gs atten ded r eg ular ly? X es 1 34; No 4.

Thi s Pe ru plan has not b een th e work of a d ay, nor has it b een th e work of one

indi v idual, but it has been brot ab o ut t hr u se ven :r ears of lab or thru the ·un ited efforts and concerted acti on of the ent ire fa cu lty and the al u mn i. Each on e of th e Peru faculty has cont ributed his her to war d maki ng this plan a success .

II

Jllumni II

Per uvi<J os at Au rora?

A ,·ery pl esa nt li ttle b anquet was ser vd thru a loca l comm i ttee consist ing of Mr. and 1\Irs. R. H. G ib berson, '09 and '10 , Mi sses Louise Murp hy, Be ll e Glover, '0 9, Ve tta Loy. ' 06 , and Edna Beach, '08, for Pe ruvian s in attenda nce at the Aurora teachers' a sso ciat ion. Aside from the g oo d t hi ngs to eat, the after diinner part was not neglected as the follow i ng progr am sh ows:

C. B. Moore, '09 , Toast Master, Osceola. Readi ng , Mr. Sh ock, Au ro r a. Toast, '' Twixt ''

Mi ss May F ran k, '0 9, York "Memori es," M. F. Stanley, Aurora R ead ing,

Mrs. Bar ba ra Cardwell Gibberson, '1 0, Aw-ora.

"Old Peru ,"

Mi ss Ne lli e Dor sey, '09, Havelock . Pr es i de nt She ll of Yo rk Coll ege made a few r emar ks

'"T wixt Our selvs ."

Miss May Fran k, '09 .

I' ve oft en wo nd e rd why- the word "Pe ru" sho ul d be an open sesame to th e fr ie nd ship of e ntire strange rs It may be th at an intan g bl e bond is for md becau se we a ll atOne peri od of u ur hi stor ies have fe lt the same j oys and experien st the so rr ows. It is hard to determ in e whethe r we are more u nited by th e lof pa st wo es or pas t ples ur es . Bu t t ribu lati ons have a way

0f creating a very close sym pa thy, so ou r interest in each ot her may be due to the fact that we ha ve been fe ll ow suffe rs. Each of us has endu rd e nuf li fe agoni es to draw us t oge th er, if we were as far apart as ca ndidat es runn in g for the same offices. I don't want to dis turb your peace of mind by too man y harrowing recol lect ions, but I must men tion the one bes ide wh i c}:l a ll other Pe ru tri als pa le into i nsig nifi cance. Eve :1 n vw I shudd er as I re peat the dr ed fr ase, "critic teacher." Are any of you so brav e that yo u can h ear th ose wor ds witho ut a r em in sce nt tr emor? And isn't th at one -nemory alone s uffici e nt to place us in a ;)ass by ourse lv s? Surely none but gra dJates of P eru ca n appreciate th e exact meani ng of blue pencil marks on wee kly p lans, ni g htmar es of lessons , o utlines a nd blackboard s ins crib ed with chalk lege nds reading: Mr. Swen son, 2:03; Mi ss Wehrs, :45; and Mi ss VanDri el, 3:00 0ne fo ll ows close up on the oth er, you nofor th e hed executi oner was abl e by !ong practis to di spose of h er vi ct im s wi th neatness a nd dis patch . Many were the ambitious yo uths and maidens cut down fro m the ir pinnac le of se lf esteem :n the s hort space of one h our. Ca n't you aga in f ee l the sensation of impe nding d oo m which yo u carried with yo u to co n.'erences? And don't you remember how you ru sht out after th e ordea l, seeking :;:>me b osom friend to whom you co uld ; ay the things you wou ld lo ve to have ..;a id to critic teacher- and didnt ?

In my box of Peru re li cs , I have th e '\u tomatic comforter wi th whi ch I use d ,a soo the my wounded feelings after a ·anfe r ence . I came acro ss it th e other cl ay and the s igh t br ot back so many t. cenes of the pa st that I became quite .nelanchol y:

A tender memory, that is a ll, But it fi ld my eyes w ith tears

As I drew fom ir ts hidin g place

A memento of Peruvian years.

Re luctanlly f bro t it forth,

Of y outhful joys th e s um.

My he art ach t wh en I lo okt at itA wad of ch e wing gum

But j ok in g as id e, we ar e co mra ds in mor e ways than just the reme mbrance of similar expe rie nc es Ou r A lma Mater st ill e xe r ts a p owerf ul influ ence over o ur lives, and we sta nd tog ether in our lov e for Peru, her lofly aim s an d no bl e id ea ls. Y es an d we love the se tting w hi ch has made Pe ru famous. Wh y, Pe1·u wo uld not be Peru, witho ut her glo ri ous views fr om " Joy's H ill " a nd ''Pikes Pe ak," and her v.e ll trave ld roads arou nd th e sq uare to the cem ete ry and do wn to th e ri ver. All th ese for ses as we ll as our r egard fm· h er ha ll s of learning combin e to hold us und er her spe ll no m atter how far in the past our coll ege day s may have been.

In conc lus ion I sha ll s ubmit a few ver ses in which I have tr ied to d ecsri be the Per u that I reme mb e r.

IN OLD PERU.

O' er th e di stant hill s a purp le haze, On neighb or in g heigh ts, th ere's a ri o tous maze .

In tint s and shad es, go ld, r ed and brow n. Right nobly e ach we ars her r esple nd e nt cr ow n .

Each app le tree dai ly more l owly be nd s, The slu ggish Mi ssouri more slow ly wends, F or Autumn herself has come to woo, And cl a ims as h er ow n our old Peru .

Wid e s tre tch es of s no w on surrou n ding hills,

The t rees are fro s ted mir acl es, For nat ur e, in fan tastic w him , Hangs di adem pe ndants from eve ry lim

The river's a ribbon of s ilvery w hite Gleaming afar in th e va l ian t li g ht, Th e brown earth' s blanket ed, hidd en from view

In the w inter time at Old Peru.

Awa:,e ning li fe in tr ce.3 and fl o ;Yer s, Or ha rd s, pink bloss ms ar e fa irr bowers Come one by one the dr e amy days

To br· ing ne·.v be a".ltJ to th e wo.) d)and w ays.

Th e in s is te nt note of th e whi p-p o:> r- will fo rt h an an ·.v0r from eve ry hill; Tne who le glad earth is created anew

By th e br·eath of Sp rin g, in Old · Pe ru.

Gertr ud e Warr en, '0-:1 , and Frank H. Ci,amb e rlain, of Lin e In , were marri ed Fa bruary 17 in Omaha, a nd are n ow livin g in Lincoln. Mis s Wa rr en ta:Jg ht succ essf ull y in th e public schoo ls of Nebraska Ci ty, Beatric e. a nd Om ah a. !<'or the last thr ee ye ars she h as been teacher of manual training in the Clifton Hill a n-:1 Ed ward Rosewater sc h oo ls , Omaha. Al tho she w ill be mist in sc hoo l work her many friends wish her much n ess .

Mr s. Emma Blak e ly Magn er a nd Mrs. May Bamford Ho rn e ntertaind at Mrs. Horn's r esid e nce, 48 12 Dodge St., Omah a, Saturady afterno on, April 6, in honor of Mr s. Cora Ja ck We ndl e of Wymore, wh o is vis i ting her si ste r. The aftern oon was spent in ta lking over old P er u d ays, whi le a u umber of o ld Peru pictur es added zest to the occasion.

- An interesti ng postal was receh;d from G eorge Merrill of the cla ss of '94. Mr. Me rrill is a coa l d ea ler and farmer at Stea mboat Springs, Co l or ado. He is s till inte rested in teaching and spends considerab le time in the educat i on and discipl ine of hi s three fine so ns He in vites hi s alumni friends to visit him during July and August. He says h_e livs in the land of snow, and that the fin est s trawberries grown are raisd in that part of Col orado.

Our library has re cently had a ce lebration, and the li brary staff is pleasd to announce to its many Alumni friends that the Nebraska State Normal Lib rary at Pe ru is now fully catalogd. This

great work was commenct eleven years ago, und er th e direct ion of Miss El va E. Rul on, '96 , who has been hed librarian since '9 8. To her' much of the credit is due. Th e library is classified according to the D ewey system, which is the best system known at th e present time. This is ou r s ixth year in the new library building. We n ow have e ighteen thousand, four hundred forty three volumes. The library h as never b een in a more fl ouri s hing condition and a $900 order of n ew b ooks will soon be r ece ivd, and on tht:! s hel vs before summer schoo l.

Superintendent L. F. Garey, '10, of Valley, has made an exam inat ion of the pupils of the public sch oo ls there, emphasiz in g these points: sight, hearing, speech, and mann er of breathing of 258 enroll ed he finds six whose srght rs affected two with defecti v hearing, three with speech and six mouth bre ath ers. The parents of those whose sight is affected hav e been askt to have sa me examind by an oculist. These a re handicap s that many teachers over look .

Mi ss Ann aL. Pain, '11, is now t eaching the fir st prima ry at Mer idian, Id aho. She says there are now twenty Peru graduates in Idaho. They are thinking some of organizing a Peru Club there. She is contemp lating returning to Peru this summer for summer school.

Emma Fe rguson, '09 , is also tea ching in Meridian, Idah o. She h as been reat an increase of salary.

Maude M. Hend erson, '10 , is now teaching high schoo l history in Dallas, South Dakota. Her home is Hamill, that state.

Estella Graham, '95 ; of Oklah oma City, form e rl y teacher of expression in the normal, is much interested in the publication of Dr. McKenzie 's Hi st ory of Peru Normal. She feel s that the publi cation of that work wou ld be a worthy

undertaki ng for the Alumni AssociatiOn.

Je ss Harri s, ' 09, is in th e em pl oy of 0. A. Cooper and So n of Humb oldt. l-Ie is the bigges t l ittl e man in H umbo ld t. Many of the class of '09 reme mb er his pl uck and determ in at i on to fin ish with the cla ss in spite of his brok en li mb whi ch gave him much troubl e.

Gle n D. Je nk ins, '09, is cashi er in th e bank in Hu mboldt. He is s ti ll taking activ i nterest in th e affa irs of the alum n i.

Wi nona Proper, '10, is t each ing English and pe nman ship in the El li o tt bu i lding in L in co ln s ch oo ls. Her siste r ha s the fourth gradP. in the same bu i ld i ng . She se nds word that E ll a Ric hard s, '10, is to return to Great Fa ll s, Montana, an other year.

Sara E. Dunn, '08, South Omaha this year. is teachi ng in

Gertrude Easton, '08, is her fat her in h is abst r act offi s in Te cum se h. Grace Ostenberg, of th e same cla ss , is n ow Mrs. Grac e Fuer ste in and living in Leshara.

Clara Shires, '08, Meade, Nebra s ka. is a teacher in

Char les A. Tucker, '97 , is teach in g .· and proving up on a half sectio n of governm ent land in Montana. He expec ts to retire from the teach ing work n ex t His hom e addr ess is Floweree , Mon tan a.

Ethel and Lota Baer, '10, wi ll teach in Merna the coming year.

Vera H oeffel i n, ' 08, is to have the first grade in Columb us.

'"A new s tudent for every Al um n us." Let th is be the slogan of every alu m nu s for the fa ll of 1912. Peru rec og nizes that her greatest so urs of st rength is in her army of graduates and form er s tudents. Wh en we consider that these are

found in every vi ll age and to wn in Nebra ska, we do no t wonde r lhat new s tuden ts con tin ue to e nr oll fr om the r em ote co rn ers of the sta te : nor are we s urpri se d that the old sch ocJI co nt inu es i ts unres trict ed g rowth during th e pass i ng of the yea rs.

Mi ss Bertha Sc h ick , ' 09, s ec retary of th e Oma ha Pe ru Cl ub, writ es, "A new st ud ent for every alumnus. We are doing our be s t. '· Suc h messages ar e apprec iat ed hy Pr es id e nt H ay es and all r"ri ends of th e No rma l. Let us ma ke an effo rt to have both t hi s s umm er s:! hoo l and the r egu lar s chool yea r the largest atte ndanc e th at the s choo l has eve r kn ow n.

J. F. H os ie, Ph M., '9 1, heJ of the dep a rt ment of Eng lis :, of the C hi ca go Teach er's c ol lege , h as r ece ntly publi s l)t a bonk "The El eme ntary Cour se in Engli sh ;, wh ich wi ll be of great va lue to of that s ubj ec t. Pr cf. H"o sic is also man ag·ing e dit or of a n ew ma gaz in e, "Th e En glish . Jo urn al ," which is the officia l o ragn of th e "N a ti o nal Co:mc il of T each ers of Eng li sh ," which orga n izd in Ch icago D ece m ber 1, 19 11. Pr of. H os ie is se cretary of that organ ization

H il da Mi ll e r, '0 8, fo r merl y scien ce t eacher at Ce ntral City, but now a student at the Ch icago Uni vers i ty, wi ll r ece iv her. B. Sc . degree in June. Mi ss M ill er has made a specialty of ch emistry in a ll its fa ses and is we ll prepard to teac h any th ing in. that line.

Pr i ncipal Le e Rob e rts and Glen Jame s, both of the cla ss of ' 11 , an d now h igh sc hoo l teach ers at Brock , r ece ntly brot a nu m ber of t he ir grad uat ing cla ss to Peru and s pent th e ·J ay in the li brary working·on ora ti ons.

J. C. M it ch ell, '07, pr i nc i pa l -of the Ha s tings high schoo l, has b ee n r ee lec t ed and his salary was rai se d to $ 1,5 00.

F. L. McNow n , '05, has be en ree lec t-

ed s uperinlc nd e nl at I orth Bend. Nebrask a. A. J. Lodclard. '10, h as sig nrl a contract lo slay in ewma n Gr O\·e two years I o ng-e r.

. E. B enson . ' 07, wh o has been t eachin g at the Univ ers ity at Lincoln ha s be en electe d superintend e nt of Le xington sc h oo ls.

Supt. F. E. Mo now , '90, h as b ee n reel cct.c.:d at Ce nt ral City, Neb r aska

P1·incipal J. H. Bmwell , '96, has bee n r ee lec t ed at Leigh for the co imn g y ea r.

Ceo. D. Ca rrin gto n, '03, formerly sup er inten dent of pub li c in structi on in Nema ha co untv, r ece ntly mad e hi s re lati vs a nd f ri e nd s in Aubu rn a short vis i t. Mr. Ca rrin gto n h as for some time b ee n trav e lin g for the Sm i th h eat in g syste m, with he dquarters in Mi nn eapol is .

Mr. E. H. I<och, '11, h as been r eel ec ted supe rinte nd e nt at Pap illi o n, wi th a sa lary of $ 11 5 per mo nth.

Mary McGrew, ' 00, principal of sch oo ls at Lo uisvil le, h as been elected s up e rin tend en t at that place for the comin g year.

Lillian Smith, '94, h as been li vi ng in Kansas C ity s in ce graduat ion. Her ad· dr ess is 926 Ha rri so n Str eet. Mi ss Smith is loyal to h er A lm a Mater a nd writ es th at she is de l ig hted to see th e name s of t hr ee of t he class of '94, on the Norma l s ch oo l f ac ulty: Mi ss Grace Cu lbe rt so n, Professo r W. N. Delze ll and Mi ss Edith Va nMiddl eswo rth

Ira Crook, '11, is the proud possessor of a new automobile w hich w ill be of ' gre at ass i stance to him in his li fe ins ur ::. ance work.

Th e twenty- sec ond annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sci ence met in Lincoln , May 3 and 4. The foll ow ing alum ni me mb ers were on the pr ogram: Pr of. H. B. Dun ca n so n, ' 85, "V est i gra l or ga ns and some related probl ems."

Pr of. N. A. Bengtso n, '02, "Corre lat icn of Pl a tte and Misso ui·i Val ley li mestones ." Prof. Loui se Mears, '95, Geographic influe nces in suotheastern Nebrask a." Pr of. N. A. Bengtso n is vi ce pr es id ent of the ea r th sc i ence sect i on.

Richard Cole , 0' 9, who was r ecently g raduated from course in fa rmacy at Omaha , has accepted a position in a drug store at Duncan , Arizona.

All a lu mni m emb ers r egr et the untimely deth of Miss Mary Em erson of the class of '79, whi ch recentl y occurd at the J ones hot el at T ecumseh.

Supt. Geo. P. McGrew, '08, bas been r e-elec ted at S il ver Creek but bas not accepted the p os i tion.

Supt. W. T. Davi s, '06, has been r eel ected at McCook for another term of three years

Pr of. Victor Tr uck en, '10, who has b een teaching in Fa irbury t hi s year, will teach in D es Moines, I owa, naxt year.

Supt C. F. Wh ite , '07 , of Trenton, has b een elected superintend ent at Camb rid ge for the co ming year.

Supt. C. B. Moore, '09, has been ree lected at Osceo la with an increase of sa lary. This' is Mr. Moore's fo urth year ther e.

Supt. C. F. Lehr , ' 95, has been reelec ted at P ender for the com ing year.

Supt J ewe l G. Good, '09, has been reelected at Cr eston.

Prin. W. C. No ll, '07 , o( Fairmont h as b ee n electe d superin tendent at McCoo l.

Supt J. D. McM i llen, '11, who has been at Weste rn this year, h as been elected pr in c ipal at Sidney.

Supt J. H. Sl oth ower , '97, has been re-elected at Have lock.

Supt G. E. Mart in has been re-elected

at Ne bras ka City and persuaded to remain another ye ar.

Lilli an Galbraith, '11, has been elec ted to teach fif th and . s ixt h grades in Bee mer . Bess ie Bowlus, 11, will teach in the primary departm ent at the sa me place.

E sse Teich, '11, has been re-e lected kindergarten teach er at Wayn e.

Rachel Fairchi ld, '03, grammar cr i tic teacher at the Wayne Normal , has· been grante d a leave of absence for the - su mmer schoo l. Miss Emma Morrell of the class of '97 , has been chosen to t ake her place. Miss Morre ll is principal of one of the grammar schools in Lin co ln

Aida Gray, '06 , has been electe d principal at Hooper, and Lotus Krause ' 11 high schoo l teacher. ' '

Mary Steutevill e, ' 00, w ho has been teaching in Sioux Ci t y, will t eac h in Des Moines this coming year.

"D . reammg of You."

Talk about a dream ing,

You don't kno w_what yo u sayI never had an idea

Till just the other day. I stept across th e ha llway To speak a word or two

And there I found my Just dreaming of you.

He sat before a table

With books and around I judged that he was reading, '

But later on I found Si x hundred ha ppy faces

A stand ing ,right in view

And then I knew my ne ighbor Was dreaming of you.

He s howd me many picturesHe had them by the score

He told me of yo ur interests · Of his own specia l four ' '

Hi s home and work and classes , Th e town of o ld Pe1·u;

In al l he s ho wd m os t clearly

A long i ng for you

H e's s ur e a faithfu l wo rker-

Thi s m an acro ss th e hal l;

He's a lw ays in a hurry-

He wastes no tim e at a ll.

And ye t th er e's some thin g te ll s me

Howev er he may d o,

Th at fir st amo ng his wi sh es ,

Ther e 's longi ng for you.

H e's on a leav of absens

To stay away six mo nth s, He te ll s me very brav ely,

And then, qu its al l at o nce.

His vois gets rich ly me llow , Hi s words grow slow and fewMe thinks that he is dr eaming,

A longing for you

So so mehow I 've a fee l ing, Within a week or so,

As soo n as comes vacati on My ne ighb or We st wi ll go .

That th ot, I kn ow, inspire s himH e's not at all so "b lu e" -

The time is fast approaching;He 's coming to you.

He's making pr eparat ion! see it every day."

I think he's gettin g anx iou s, Altho he doesn't s ay.

Hi s face is growing brighter , His st ep is firm and true; I guess as if I knew it, H e's corn ing to yo u.

Yes, ta lk about a dreami ngYou 're lu cky in a friend, Who plans for you and labors-

Hi s efforts know no e nd.

Hi s hart is big and lovi ng, He'll give you proof an ew, For fa st as train can sp ee d hi m ' He 's com in g hom e to you.

0. P. Pitts, F:. M. Gregg's n eigh bor, U. of C.

'' MJ r bl e Ha ll :; .' '

"I dr eamt I was in ma rbl e ha ll s." In th e e csta cy of a ch·eam the poet was borne to the habitat ion of the o pul en t. But in t. his twenti th cent ur y th e citizen and the schoo I chi ld of th is democr at ic agri cu l tu ral sta te may dail y ha bituate ma rb le ha ll s. On the N eb ra s ka pra iri es , wh ich prod uce the ir glo ri ous cr op:;, but yield n bui lding stone. her so ns and daugh te r .;; ma y trav er se tru e marble ha ll ·. The state has res po nded to the ar chi te et 's argum ent in be half of fi re p rot ct ion, s anitat ion and dep3i te e xp en se .

An d what is. more be aut i fu l th an marbl e! Crysta l! in e, s pa rkiln g, cl os e gra in ed an d de li ca tely ve in d. As b ea uti fu l as b ird 's eye maple, or the mo st exq ui s ite etchin g on wa ll s, and yet more e nduring th an a ll th ese !

An ge l o's "To mb of Me di ci" is co ns iderd the most beautif ul r oo m in the wo rld. I ts w all s of ma rbl e slabs as va ri ed in co lo rin g and as b ea ut if ul as any pa in t in gs in the wo rld

Wo uld an It a li an, with hi s i nn ate sense of be auty , m ar one of th ese s hinin g s ur face s? No ! Th e Ita li an is born with love for th e be au t iful. The humbl es t p esa nt f am il y wa lks thru th e ga ll e ri es of Fl oren ce , a nd th e lo ok of ve ner at ion u po n th ose fa ces te ll s its ow n st ory Willi am D ea n H owe ll s fin ds am ong th e Ita li ans "Th e Democracy of bea uty." Th e littl e Italian imm igra nt is sl ow to l ose thi s in s tin ct even un de r the ove rwhe lming influ e nces of Ame rican life.

Let us hope th at th e Am erican y ou th ·will, before a mu ch lon ger tim e, catch th e s piri t of be auty in hi s s urr oundin gs, as th e gene rou s ha nd of th e state continues to pr ovi de th em fo r him.

When old men en gage in remini scen ces th ey oft en r ecall th e n ays of' th e littl e red scho ol house, where th ey whi t tl ed

away the seats a nd scrib bled ov. r the wall s. The present day sch ool bJ il ding is pr act ica ll y fr ee fr om such vandal i·m. How do yo 1 acc ount for this change?

Th e student of the t im es a'Ja !.l t him for a ps yc hologi ca l exp lanation of t hi s be tt e rmen t. One exp lana ti :> u _off er d is that the c:1il dr en of to iav, be mg more acc ustom d to I JX lr ies in the homes , h ave lea rnd to r espect good f urni sh ings .

If thi s be tr ue, t hen we m 1st con cl ude that the van da l a remn ant of whi ch st ill ex ists, co mes enti rely fr om the homes of t he poo r, an1 we know to be un tr ue.

Others ascribe the up ward tren:l to superi or teachers. If t'!l is be the h igher instit uti ons, su ch as t he Um ve rsity a nd the Normal schoo ls, should be co nspi cuous fo r th ei r e quipmen t un blemis ht a nd in tact. d I t ·s offer

A nd yet anoth er ex p ana 1on 1 . -that th e u sers of our fin e publi c bu ddings have com e to r ea li ze th e se nse of ow ners hip and the rela ti on of the tax f Here payer to the ou tlay o mon ey. aga in an in consis tency co nfron ts us. If ]' ze that he the tax p ayer has co me to I ea 1 is ch ea tin g him se lf when he des pods _a public build ing, why should not our cap itols a nd co urt houses be models of conser va ti on for who sh o uld know more ' · co ncr etely of p ub l ic expenditures the law maker a nd the t ax payer?

As a matter of f act, where do we fi n_d, the b est kep t build ings? Th e answer IS - in the public scho ols, here a nd th ere, where t each ers a nd patrons h ave cr eated the se ntiment up , a nd things clean! Bea ut ify a nd protect . Pride is a powerful motiv. The sense of ownership is another saf egard. The s pir it of th e leader in co nservat ion says, "Thi s is yo ur property, paid with yo ur money . Help to keep It ri g ht. ''

Loui se W. Mea rs.

THE NORMA. LI'rE

Peru , Ne braska

A Monthl y Publisht in the Inter est of Education

Publi sht by the State Normal School

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In ord er that th e No rmalite ne xt year might be a pap er fitting o ur sc hool and be truly re pr ese ntat iv of Pe r·u s ch ool li fe, th e sub s cr ipti on pr ice ha ;; been rais ed to on e d olla r per ,vea r.

During the pas t year, owi ng to financial circumstances, it has b ee n abs olutely imp oss ibl e to issu e the m agaz in e as it sho uld be, ha v ing the d es ired amo unt of editori al a nd ne ws ite11s An ot h er feature, w hi ch had to be di spe nst w ith, and whi ch is esse ntial if th e paper is to be what it should, is th e mattet· of cuts. It is to be lam en t ed th at we have been unabl e to have pictures of the ath l et ic team s, b asket ba ll , base b al l an d track, and other organ iza ti ons suc h as the glee c lub , choru s, sc ien ce clubs, a nd agricu ltural department. in th e Normalite this year.

It is in view of t hi s that the action of th e board was take n to rai se the subscript ion to one dollar; a nd it is h opt that Peruvians wi ll co-operate with the new staff next year in making the Norma lite th e best sch ool paper in th e sta te.

The most difficult day's work that will be und ertaken by any youn g man or woman will be th e clay she tri es to get a do lla r without earni ng it. The law of recom pens is as fixt as th e law of gravitat ion. "Va lu e r ece i vd" is jus ti s and unless jus tis is renclerd to b oth parti es to a transaction, wrong is don e: Young p eop le up on the t hresho ld of a business or professiona l li fe are not fu ll y equipt for the s tre nuous exactions thereof unless they h ave acq uired some principles which li e at the foundati on of right liv- . I. mg .

Among the many pr in ciples a few w ill be r ecald here These are n ot gi ven in the order of their imp ortance, but as they occur to mind. To whatever station of life one m ay be cald , he sh ould reme mber that oth ers have rig hts. Fail- I

ing- lo r ecog- ni r.c thi ·. th e r ea l jo ys of life will be dimtl.

A d is t· gan l for lh e rights of oth ers begel ::; a s pit·iL of which leads to S •.IC h C\' cnts as no ti st in th e pr e ss disp al ch es r ece ntly in Lhe ca se of th e Alie ns of Vir gin ia. who shot dow n in op en co urt l.1 c j ud gc who pa t a dese rving sentence; th e shct·itr wh o atT e sted the p ri sone t·; and lh c prosecut ing attorney. Thi s sp iri t of law les ::; ne.ss is appare nt in many dir e ct i on s. Managers of gr eat corp ,)l·at i ons de libet·atPiy se ek to control gov ct·nme ntal agenc ies t hat stand in the way of thci 1· unla w£ tl enterp ri ses. Co ntru l of Jnb l ic officia ls by the use of money is as viei ous fundam e ntally as attempts to int imidate them by the di sPlay of d ea dl y weapons·.

. The blow ing up of b il cl i ngs by or ganlZ <> d b ct• o t es ts anoth er shock in g exa mpl e of t hi s sp irit of law less ness which is abroad in the land. E xampl es by the hundreus might be c ite d. Suffice it to say, th ey all sp rin g from th e same or iginal cause , viz.: se lfi s hn ess and th e disr ega rd for th e rights of ot he rs . T hi s littl e pr e ac hment is e mphas i zed at this time, because ma ny of you s hall soon s tand be for e a community of young p eoPle, and sha ll t eac h by precept and examp le. Yo ur teaching sh ou ld not be, and d ou bt less will not be co nfined to t , ext b oo ks . The gre at lesso ns of l ife are n ot f ou nd wi th in the pages of books

You s hould kn ow the so cial and moral condit io ns of the age in whic h you l iv, the te nd e nci es of the ti mes, and should be fu ll of zeal to correct any ev il s th at appea r. Too much i nd i ffer e nc e to small matters in th em se lvs of li ttle import , tending towards law lessn ess, shou ld be ch e ckt with a firm hand 'I nsti ll a rever ens for au thority . and r espect for· th e rights and prop e rty of others, and You w ill do muc h to subdue that s elfishness which later in l ife see ks and o btains such wro ng fr om d es titution , pa laces

bi l t on poverty, societies found ed on stan·ation. And in t his co nnection we may add, have and require r espect for other s. One who disregards the opin -· ions of others b eco mes a bigot. If there is a ny characteristic m :>re than another th at causes fe ll ow men to lose r espect for another, it is that spirit of "I ," "me," " min e," which con s tantly asse rts i tself in the say ings and doings of some people.

If one has ta lent, it will s how itse lf, and it wi II not be n ecessa ry for the po ssesso r thereof to sou nd it with a .megaphone fr om th e house tops Rea l mer it is ev id e nt to all and wi ll 111 du e tim.e be r ec og nize d. Modes ty is a great vir tue and should be prac tist. "In peac e ther e's n ot h in g so bec omes a man as modest stillness and humi li ty."

That necessa ry element in one's makeup , for "complet e livin l!:" ab:>ut wh i ch so much has b een said yet whic:, must always be kept in mind, is includ ed am ong the f ou ndation pr i nc i ples in connection with this article. From the act ions of some, there see ms to be an effo rt to see j ust how cl ose to the I i ne of honesty they can ve nt ur e wi thout be ing tec:tn icall y dishonest. A littl e se lf exa min at ion along this l in e wi ll surprise some. It might be a good idea to "take stoc k" of our in clinat ions and do a little repa i ring before th e rent becomes an irreparable breach. In th e great crushing sorrow wh ich overs hadows the nation s, <;a used by the t ragic sinkil')g of the Ti tanic wi th so many precious· I ives, should we not pau se long enuf in the ma d rush of bu sy life to i nqu i re " What is it all for ?" Th e world stands a gas t at the destruction of life in this gr eatest of sea hon·or s; ye t thousands of h uman li ves are being crusht · out a nn uall y in the swet shops, factori es, 'm ill s, and mines of thi s and other co un· tries, by the demands of the various lines of th ese i ndus tr i es, and th e great mass of human ity tak es no more th an passing notes of t.he human sacrific e.

Ambition, gr eed, power , posit io n, is · the goa l of tho se who so li g htl y di sregard the rights of others, an d who c limb to di zzy heights upo n th e dying bodie s who slave for th em.

Is it w ithi n th e prov inc e of your duty to mankind to study into the conditi ons which perm it this state of affa i rs? Are yo u in any way respons ibl e f or these conditi ons? Yorr may say, "I am not respo ns ibl e for the socio log i ca l condit ions a> they have exi sted or as they ex ist toda y,'' but yo u wi ll be r espons ibl e fo r tom o:- r ow and the future. You have wi thin yo ur power the s haping of dest i ny . Will you rise to the occasion or w ill yo u ta b in th e oar3 and idl y drif t? But it takes a m'ln to s tem the current. ''Mollycoadl es" are at a di sc ount, but men a '1d wome n who can face the cry ing ev il s of h our and bravely defe nd the weak and defenseless, are needed as never bef)re.

Everett.

On ac:!nnt of th e junior-senior banquet Apri l i9, t:1e Everett program was postpone d till Saturday ni g ht, and quite a n·1mber were pres ent in sp ite of the ra in.

For th e past se mester E vere tt has been e nde avor ing to make its prog rams more t ru ly literary . Th e real purpose of a soci ety s ho uld never be ove rl ookt, a nd it is a mi s taken notion that li g ht programs must be g iv en regularly.

T he follo wi ng is an ed i torial wr i tten by Dr . House for the Everett Gazette: "It ha s bee n wittily sa id that th e goo d is oft en th e enemy of the bes t. No less sadening, h owever, is the re fl ect i on, often forct 'u po n us, t ha t th e better is th e morta l ene my of the merely good. I cannot ha ve my fin e house, with i ts sp le ndid col-

onades a nd lofty dom e, i ts wide c ::> rridors and rich , s hinin g dra per i es, wi thout giv ing up th e h umbl e co ttage th at I lo ve so .we ll , i ts qu iet n o::>k, its' la tti st windows, and th e bi t of su nny ga r de n wh erein r oses grow. I wo ul d at tain to manhood' s pl ace and powe r, then 1 must forever part with th e j oy of careless yo uth, th e g lor y and th e gle am of c hil dhood fancy. Or agai n, if I wo uld have the wi sdom · and e nj oy the cro wded memo ri es of the aged, I must be co nte nt to lose the poise and of midd le li fe. To reach my h ome imm o rta l I mus t fors ake t hi s d ea r m ::> r ta li ty . To en te r h even I must turn my back for eve r on the un spea kably nea r and intimate d elights of homely Ea rth.

Thi s yea r I am a schoo l g ir l. Next yea r I sha ll be a teache r. The idea ! W.1o wi ll care to hi re me? Who wi ll want a sch oo l gi rl for th e teacher of his chil :1 re n? But th en mx b year I sha ll no t be my pres-=nt se lf. I sha ll be that o ther and greater me that I am res olvd to beC)me, and I s ha ll n ever aga in be th e r oistering, s lan gy, irresponsible student that I am thi s year. I shall be se ri ous and S:3vere. I s ha ll h ave p ur poses . I s hall exerci se control, an d have my ow n work to do and n ot anothe r' s. Pe rha ps I'd be tter begin now to be th at othe rthat teacher per so n. L et me get u sed to the idea, and cultivate the manner. I know it w ili hurt. I dred it- but '' th e he tter is the mo rtal enemy of the mer ely good.' · I w ill begin at once No more slang, no more s ill y and senseless laug hter, no more slight ing of lesso ns a nd try ing to dece iv th e t eacher. I am the te acher Afredy I f eel in imag inati on the change comp lete . Good bye to 'g irlh ood. H ow much I re gret it ! stay ! I am not ·so s ure but t hat I sha ll e njuy my n ew se lf better th an my ol:L Off w ith tne ol d; . on wi th the n ew !

I AM q ui te r es igne d. Let th e better BE the mortal enemy of th e merely good .

1 mu st ancl wi ll not des ir e the aban cio nd good so long a::-: th ere is t hi s p rese nt. better to en j oy .

Ph iloma t hean

Th e Phil om ath ea n oci ety wi sh es to ann ou nc e t.hat its open sess ion m ee t ing wi ll be he ld in the ch ap el, th e last w eeK of s ch oo l. A mi scc llan eo u pr o gram w ill be pr ese nted at that tim e. A m os t co rdi al invi t at ion is exte nd ed to every one

Be fo re the op ening of the su mme r sch oo l t hi s so ci ety will place a br onze Plate , eight by ten in ch es in size, and bear in g an ap ;>ro pri ate in sc rip tion, u po n the lar ge stone w hich co mm emor ates the sp ot of th e fir st co mm en ce me nt e.:xercises of th e Pe ru State No rm al Sch oo l. Thi s ac ti on ha s long b een di s cu st and it now is a ma tter of prid e to know th at it has bee l)brot to thi s co nc lusion.

Frida y eve nin g, April 12 we hono rd Japa n by pr ese nt in g numb ers " Ja pa nes ey " in ch arac te r. Le li a Court ri g ht sa ng a cha rmin g lit tle so ng of a lonely do ll fr on1 t hat country, so jo urnin g in th is. Fo ll o win g w as a play, " Th e Flower of Ye dd a ," gi ve n by Ve rn e Chatela in, De lia Le th e rbur y, Lur a He ndri cks a nd Edith Co rn e ll. If a pl ay may be ca ld dainty, thi s one wa s. A ll the spe aking Was in rhym e; and th e parts we ll inte rpr e ted. B ecau se of the Way ne -P e ru debate, th e pr og ram w as short.

April 26 was th e d ate of th e n ext m ee tin g. At thi s tim e a musi ca l and lite rary pr ogram was gi ven. J osephine Rh od es and Grayce Te ich pl ayd a piano ·duet and were har t il y e ncore d. Mr. Maxcy re ad us a c uttin g from Peck's Bad Boy. Mr. Maxcy h as much natural ability for thi s work, and hi s re nditi on of thi s se l ec ti on cald f or th a g rea t deal of e nthusi as m. Mr. Wi c kl a nd a nd Mi ss Co rn e ll sang a due t, ''0 , That we two Were Maying," in a pleas ing ma nne r,

after which Mr. Nielsen r ead a h umorous pi e ce , " Since Mary's J in d the Cl u b." A few of the Wesleyan base ba ll men we re pr esent a nd expr est a fee ling of fe llo wship toward Peru.

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Dram a tic Club.

Th e March meetin g of the cl ub was pos tp ond un ti I th e Tuesday foll owin g spring vacat ion, as on the r eg ul ar night so ma ny members were out of town.

Tu esday evenin g, April 12, the two far ces, "A B lind At ta chm ent" and " The Ope n Gate " were very cle verl y given.

On account of the concert th e April meetin g was p ostp ond until May 7, at which time " Engag in' Janet" and "The Troubl e at Satter lees," two modern pla ys, were gi ven.

Th e annual play thi s year was ' 'Strongha rt ,'' a coll ege drama. Thi s was given th e eve nin g of Ma y 11 in a very fitTh at Miss · ting a nd s triking manner Rub y Ferguso n is an coach, was ev id ence d by cess of th e p lay

Fysical Club. excell ent the sue-

The Fys ical Science Clu b met on th e eve nin g of April 15 , and li ste nd to a talk by Mr. Willi am Roett ge r on fot ografy·. He ga ve a ge neral historY of fot ogr afy, ma ki ng menti on of a few of the sc ienti sts wh o h ave con tri bu ted much to t hi s art. He al so showd qu ite a number of lantern slides ill ustra t ing various fa ses of hi s talk. Th e talk was m ost int er es tin g fr om start to fi nish.

Th e club w ill meet but once more t hi s semes ter, when Prof essor H oy t will direct us a ll up to th e observatory to spend an eveni ng with th e telescope .

In clos in g, the member s of the cl ub wish to thank especi a ll y P rofessors H en -

dr i cks and H oyt, as we ll as severa l me mbe rs who h ave ta !<en most acti v par t s, for mak ing it possible for us to be pr ivilegd wi th th ese m eet in gs, whicl1 have pro ven m )st beneficia l as well as ente rta inin g.

Agricultur:!.

Saturday, Ap ril 27, th e agr icultur al peop le acco mpani ed by the geografy s tuden ts, to ok th e a nn ual Arbor D ay fi e ld trip to Arbor lod ge at Nebraska Ci ty. F orty - five st ud en ts under the leadersh ip of Mr. Weeks and Mi ss Mears, left P eru on th e 7:20 train Saturday morn ing. Und er th e dir ec tion of Mr. Ertel, man ager of the Kin g Drill manufac t uring plan t the st ud en ts were sh ow n t he complete operations for the making · of fa rm machi ne ry, beg innin g with the draft i ng and mode l ing r oo m, going thru the mold i ng depart men t, w'oo d d ep a rtme nt, and assembling r oo ms. To test a new pai r of sca les a ll of the field oarty were weighed at once, we igh in g 5550 po unds. The Kin g Fa lfa m ill s were next vis ited. Here Mr. Sim gave the party a th irty m inute talk on stock foods , afte r w hich we st arted in with ba led al f alfa and fo ll owd it thru the fo ur sto ry factory and saw it co me out into a car billed for Birmingham, Ala)ama, redy for s hi p ment . After a >hor t visit to the castor fact ory a nd sh irt fa ctory, the ex curs ioni sts went to Arbor Go dge where the comm itt ee , comp osd of :v1iss Prochazta, Miss Beckman, Mi ss Darl ing, and Miss Wi lli ams, servd an exce l!e nt dinner on th e Morton law n. After !inn er, the fo ll ow i ng Arbor Day program was renderd: "Morton's Family," \1: i ss Mears. "Sp irit of Arbor D ay," 'lev. A. J. Ho lli ngswort h; "L ife of J. )te rling Mor ton ," Mi ss L eath erb ur y; •'Selecti on an d Arrangement of Flow!rs," Mi ss Wa !k er; "Beautifying th e j:!hool Grou nds," Miss Magnusso n. In

th e abse nce of th e la st two th e ir pape rs were read by Mi ss .Jewe ll and Miss Bechinan. After t hi s Mr. D wye r, land s cape gardner of Arb or L otlge estate, to ok us on an in struct iv trip th ru th e barn s, s ilos, · gre en hous e, gar dens, and lawn s of Ar bo r Lodge. T he fin al p lOi)gra m was held at th e sta tu e in Mo rton Park at 4 :30. Th e excu rsion dis mi st there at five o'c loc k.

Mo nday night , Apr il 29, th e· Ag ri cultur e Club had charge of the pr og r am of Gen era l Sc ie nc e assoc ia ti on, a nd Mr. S im r ave the club a most exc0 1l ent talk on "H ow the United. States F ee ds her Li ve S tock ''

II Witb 11 ·

Senior Class

The cast of the se ni or play, " If I Were Kin g, ., was i nvited to gi ve th e dra ma in T ecumseh some time dur ing M ay . H owever it was n ot co nsi derd exped ie nt to do so fr om many v iew poi nts, so th e play wi ll be re nd erd onl y in Peru . Th is play wi ll b!! gi ven in the Normal ch ape l, . Wed n esd ay even i ng, May 22 . Everything is pr ogress ing ni ce ly an d it is h opt that every t hing w ill go off s moothl y.

At senior chape l, May l, the quest ion, "Reso lvd, Th at Rooseve lt should n ot ha ve offerd hi mse lf as a ca ndida te for nom ination on th e repub l ican ticket," was de bated by Bec k, for th e affir mati v, and Mo yer for the n ega ti v.

It h as been ar ran gd so th at th e Pe ruvi an w ill be redy for di s tribution about May 15. This issue will prov to be a "grand old book."

The t eachers' b ur eau is certai nl y a busy department. Professor Delze ll has had hi s share of pl ac in g se ni ors. Pe rhaps because he is our advi sor he h as bee n in strum e ntal in ob ta ining s uch g oo d places for th e m embers of his class.

A ycat· from nnw the mPmbe rs of ou r clas 3 \\"ill he fini;.;hing- theit· first yea r of as alumni memb e rs of the Nornl'll. It hanlly p oS3 ibl e that the two year.; her e at Pc r.J h<n-e flitted by so soon an .l t hat in a fe\\" \\" ee ks we shall be C.Hlducling schoo ls of O\\"n. It is th en we sha ll l ook back and long for th e normal d ays to return again; but w0 hav e somcl h ng to do, a nd it is ou t· duly to g-o forlh a11LI gi ve to th e wor ld of wha t we ha\"e recei vJ her e. 1 w,m·ler how many will r egret n >t tak en some activ part in school w,>rk o t· ha\"in g fa il d to attend t) ,:;ome seem in g- ly sli g:1t du ty.

Jun io r Cla ss.

Th e juni o rs wer e quite sur pri se d in Ch ap el Mo nd ay mornin g, April 22 , wh en each one wa s pr ese n te d with a carnation by th e se niors, as a token of th e ir est ee m. The exp r ess ion on each fa ce show J their appr e ciation of the gift.

The juniors numb e rcl among the list of de baters in th e inter co lleg i ate debates . Chester Da rr ow went to K ea rn ey whi le Mi ss Rena Kei th de bated h ere helpt · 'd est r vy " the W ay ne d ebate rs . Th ese p eop le d ese rv cr e dit for the -hard wo rk th ey h ave put for th in helping us to w!n over o ur opponents in th e£e debates

Glasa chapel has b ee n rathe r in te r es ti ng lat ely for the jun ior s, as ma ny extra n umbers h ave b en furn is ht as an am usement by var ious members of the class. The class co ntains so me very fine ,, 1 ,, cran <s on parl iamentary law, who show their knowledge of th ese laws by appying them in th eir proper places when n eg l ec ted by others. One person , es pecially, prid es h im se lf on al ways havto start things.

M ess rs. W ickland and Ab r ams rend e rd a beautifu l du et on Wedne s da y, April

10 , whi ch was appreciated by all h ear d it ..

l\Ii ss Lillian Ru sse ll , who is attending the Wesleyan Uni ve rs ity, visited over Sunday, April 28 with Mis3 Cecil Thornto n.

It has been tolrl. on a bunc}l of juni or d omestic sc ience g irl s that after clearing up the j un ior- se ni or ba nq:I et on Sat urd ay, Apri l 20, t hat each girl was allowd t invi te gentleman friend to have lunch \\·ith th em in he lping to eat up th e "r ema in s" of the banquet . Th e "remains" consist ed of coffee, sandwiches and o li\·es . One young lady seem d to think there was so nnch of th e "remain s" left th at she to ok adYantage of leap year by in v iting two young men.

It h as been s tated that a cer ta in you!'lg man of the juni or class is qui te an exper t in making up sig ns. such as "Wanted a wife " and "It l)ays to advertise." Th,ese b ee n plas t .on the 0uts id e of this you ng man's wlndow- so j unior girl s beware!

Mi ss Cy nthi a Gilb ert r eturnd here to her schoo l duti es Apr il 18, after making a \"i si t to her home in Creighton, Nebras ka She we nt home for the purpose of seei ng her brother whom she had not seen for eight years He is th e American vice consu l fr om Nanking, China , and had r et urnd to America f or a shor t vis it w hi le atte nding to busin ess matters.

Mi ss Da rl e Taylor:-M r. Tyson, you hav e been s kipping Chri stian Endeavor t oo m uch lately.

Mr. T.vso n (looking rat h er d own in the mouth) :-I know I have, Mi ss Taylor , but you know the time is getting so short now.

T he s choo l year of 1912 is draw i ng to an end and each juni or has already beg un to loo k with r eg!'e t toward th e parting with fri ends and classmates . We are making a ha rd effort to

keep all the jun i ors here aga in n ext year , an d to bri ng in as many n ew ones as poss ible, that the se nior cla ss may num ber 200 or more next year, and we fee l that o ur e ffort s wi II be s uccessful. E ve ry junior shows the ri ght s pi ri t in making th e best u se of .hi s oppo rt u niti es wh il e here in P er u, an d we wish to extend our harty an d bes t wi shes to th ose who exp ec t to teac h nex t year, bu t hope tha t th ey w ill feel it their duty to return to P eru some tim e and compl e te the course.

"As the time is growing as th e pr es ide nt of the class s tated, he advi ses each to fo ll ow in hi s f oo t steps an d take many and long fi e ld excursio ns ove r Peru before go i ng home.

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Y. W. C. A.

At the North Ce ntral Te rrit or ial Y. W. C. A. Confere nce held in Lin con April 12-14, Peru h ad the se cond lar gest delegation at the conference outs id e of the Linco ln scho ols. Our assoc i atio n was represente d by th e foll ow ing seve nt een girls: Misses Arta Draper, Eth el Jo hn ston, Elma Zinn, Verna Dillow , Claudia Grei ss , He len Gre i ss, Rub y Simpso n, Ellen Bo lejack, Dorothea Fuc hs, Bess ie Clove r, Beatrice Bly the, Frie da Schultz, Mary Hill , Am y Baker, Me rl e D raper, Esther Clark, Frances Blake The conference was addrest by strong nati onal a nd te rrit or ial secretaries . The m eetings were ins piri ng and helpful t hruout Mi ss Mary Hill , from our de legation, gave a to ast at the co nf erence banquet on, " After Li g hts at Ca scade, Co lorado." Great good w ill accrue to the Peru Associ ati on, not alone this year , but n ext ye ar, b ecause of th e attenda nce of so many g irl s at thi s confer ence

Apr il 28, the girls wh o at t en ded th conier ence at Cascade, Co lora d o, la st s umm e r, carr ied out a m ost su ccessfu l a nd uni que sce ni c tr ip from P hi lo Hall to th e sea t of the co nfe ren ce r etu rn. Mi ss Jewell acted as "t i cket agent," Mi ss H il l as "condcuto r ", Mi!:is Hale, "po rt er ," Mi ss Blak e, ''g uid e," a nd Miss Swan so n '' Ove r see r '' for the re turn tr ip. Ti ckets fo r the tr ip were so ld at 20:0 p. m. at Phi lo Hall a nd th e t ra in left at 2 :1 5. A f ew per so ns mi st th e tr ain at 2: 15, but th e party k in dly took them ab oa rd at the fir st stop

Peru 5, Ta rkio 0.

Pe ru , t wi ce college ch amp ions of Nebra ska, ope nd tre seaso n by s)1ut t in g out T ar ki o, 5 to 0. Ta r ki o had been b ea ten by the State U ni ve rs ity th e pr ecedin g da y after ten innings, so if con 1pari so ns are al lowd, we mi ght w in fr om Nebraska.

Clemen ts was in th e box fo r Peru an d allowd but four scatte rd hits. But one man reacht third. Lundy caught an exce ll e nt g ame. Withrow , Tarki o's catcher, sh owd a te rrifii c whip a nd b atte d we ll. Th e No rm als h it we ll and playd the be tter ga me at a ll st ages.

Th e Norm als lost to the Aub urn Mink s by a score of 9 to 3. Sch ott p itcht a good g am e but in a coup le of innin gs he lackt s upp or t. Pe ru playd as good ba ll as Auburn , barrin g two innin gs. Scor e: · P er u 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-3 Auburn 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 9

Kearney 2, Peru 5.

Kear ney was d efeated by Peru , when wo n hi s uphill fi gh t, April 25. Luck seem d to break ag ains+

P eru unlil the s ixlh. after which it was all Pc1·u. Lu ndy hil lik e a demon, smas hing th e ba ll ve ry tim e up. Essert hi t we ll for th e Ke arn ey No rmals . core:

K ea rn ey

Pe ru

Batte ri es- Clem e nt s and Lu ndy . McClur e and De va l.

W es l eya o Win s.

Th ose Methodi st s lu gge rs won a hard hit t in g gam e fr om the Normals by a score of 9 to 2. Wi ck h am was a bit unsteady, but pi t cht a good game . Lundy cut the thievs o ff at second with apparent ease Scor e:

Wes l eya n

Batte ri es- Wickham and Lundy. Chamb erla in and Garey.

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The jun i or gir ls' ba s ket ba ll team wa s pr ese nted a pennant fo r class champ i onsh ip.

Grimes, Pe ru 's fa st 100 yard das her, was elected track captain.

H. W. Shav e r, captain of the foot ba ll tea m, wi ll coach the lads at West Point; S. L. Cl eme n ts, Peru's crack pi tcher, wi ll trai n the A lli ance hi gh sch oo l b oys; and M. P. Ren fro, stat· quar ter b ack, w ill coach the· boys at Nebraska M ili tary Academy in 1912 - 191 3.

Forma l an no un ce ment of the m arr i age of Mi ss Fran ces Bl ake and Supt. J. E. Morgan, of Bloom ington, wh i ch takes place in J un e, was made Apr il 20.

Pr es Hayes was absent for severa l day s the seco nd week of May attending to schoo l affa i rs. A ll pl ans for the May Fest i va l, which takes place May 23, are being pu t in to with the greates t enth usiasm.

Twe nty eight e ntries were made for the tennis tournament th is year. Boys' and girls' singles and doub les and also mixt do ubl es are schedu led

Th e band concert, April 30, was excellent. Th e fi rst pa r:t of the progra.m consisted of orchestra l music by the Normal orchestra, whi le the second part was re ndered by the band . Miss Ferguson's r eading wa s someth ing gr an d to bear. Blaine Ree d's cor net so lo displayd what ha s b een done in individual work here in Pe ru with band instruments .

On Monday morn i ng, April 29, C. A. And e rson was prese nted with a go ld meda l, given by Su'pt C. B. Moore of Osceo la to the best de bator of the Norma l.

Prof. F. C. J ean h as been elected as a per manent member of the facu lty to ceed Mr. E. S. Heath, who wi l! contmue h is work at the uni ver sity.

On Sat u rday, April 20, Professors De!ze ll Overholt Whitenack and the ir ' ' d d the wives and also Dean Rouse, atten e . , . L' oln ThiS Sch oo l masters ' Banquet at me · was the even ing cald ladies' night. t of the Um- this meeting Dean Davenp or versity ofl ll in ois gave an address on d t " "Vocatio nal E uca 10D.

Professors How ie and attended a meeting of scient ists m Lmco ln, May 3 and 4.

T ennis seems to be the main feature of schoo l for many. At a ll hours o.f the day the courts ar e in use by enthusiasts.

Peru wo n first place in the mil e run at the Omaha track mee t. As a resu lt of t hi s a s il ver trofy cup was brot home, Apri l 29.

Rev . A. J. Ho ll ingsworth addrest t he students at Chape l, Tuesday, May 7, on "Pub li c Speaki ng." He pointed out pla in ly the r eason that students shou ld take such work , fit t ing themselves for conversat ional publ ic speak i ng .

AHernoon a nd Evening - MAY 23? 1912

Send orders for Reserved Seats- Season Tickets $1 to HOMER C. HOUSE :: Peru, Nebr.

:\lr P. C. Baltz T\:nor

Mr. Da v id Bispham Bar i tone

). l adatn Lo uise Sop r ano

Drs. Ha rajian & Vacek Resident Dentists

Office ove r B urris S tore .. Residence Phone 12 .. Office Phone 27

DR. B. L.

PERU R es id e nce Phone 6

Office ove r R exa ll Store Ph one 31

Frontier Hotel

European Plan NEBRASKA CITY, NEBR.

Rooms-50c , 75c, $1. 00

Cafe in connecti on NEBRASKA

Joseph K repela

Merchant Tailor

Call See My New /912 Spn"ng Samples

Suits a nd 0 '1-'erco a ts Cleaned a nd Press ed

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Suit s clea ned a nd Pressed

PHO NE :.411)

50th Anniversary

Just a half ce ntury since Mr . Lewis Wessel which to day is pr oba bly the o ldest dry go ods store in the state of Ne braska .

In co mm orati on of this ev ent we are di splaying th e newa st .up -to-da te stock of any in Nebraska City. Gi ve us a call when in the city we are s ure to please yo u:·

W c Solicit the Accounts of Normal Students

Deposit yo ur money with us for the school year an d pay you r bill11 by check s. You thus h ave a pl a ce of safety tor your mo ney and yo u gain a val uable expe rience in caring for your account.

CiTIZENS STATE BANK

A Parting Word from theN. s. N. Jewelry Store

BUY YOUR PRESENT DURING THIS MONTH IN OUR STORE

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Neck Chains

Bracelets

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Barr Pins

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Are The Best Always .

Commencement will soon be here, it is to be in May the month of flowers. A new world in which you must make you decision; the turning point of you life. We are glad that we can meet you and now wish you God speed Be honest with mankind truthful to your calling. Remember the blue and th e white, a symbol of truth and peace, yea to s ucceed in life the Blue and the White mu st predom inate in all your future actions. Thanking you for all your favors we are your friend-

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Peru, Nebr.

P eru State Bank

App reciates and solicit s the trade of Norma l Students.

Wm. Tynon, President

C. R. Welden, Vice President

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Deposit your moaey here and check it out as you need it.