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1iie Normalite

October 190;1

Hart Schaffner & Marx

Half the Fun

of co ll ege life is lo st for the man who is n't co rrecty dresse d; for correct dress .s esse nti al to a feeling of '! a se and fr ee dom. You may ha ve a good suit; if no t, or if it isn't rig ht, you nee d a nd ought to have o ne of our

Hart

Schaffner ®,Marx

Stiits

The style is perfect, the 1uality is absolutely the finest, if you buy here we will see that you have a faultless fit. We sell your b est dressed cla ss mates, and we save them m oney. Come over any day, we will tak e care of you wh e th er you buy or not.

THOUGHTS FROM TRIP ABROAD

By Pr esid e nt Cr ab tree

A summer sc h oo l of European travel was a n ew thought to m e. What could seem more i dea l than to tak e courses in painting , sc ulpture , a rch· aeology, architecture and socio lology in a univers ity on vv_h ee ls, havin g the whole of Europe as its l abo rator y. A term of ten weeks in a well organ · ized schoo l is always worth a year of miscellaneous s tud y. '

Our ves sel, the Cymric, wa s a twin screw fr eig ht stea me r. the upp er d ec ks bein g elegantly equipped for a few hundred passengers . Whil e express steamers make the voyage in less time, thry are made for spee d and are necessarily so li g ht that they offer only slight re s istanc e to the waves. · Sea-si ckne ss on express steamers. is quite inevitab le even on rea so nably smooth sea Not so on a vessels like the Cymric, · carrying thousands of tons of live stock and produce.

Some hundred and fifty h ead of fat cattle, and hundreds of tons of wheat formed only a part of the Cymric's freight for Liverpool. With this heavy load of freight, the vesse l reluct lantly took notice of even the larger waves in the rougher sea near the end of the voyage . · The roll i ng and pitching was just sufficient in a slight storm to accommodate tltose • who fully expected to be sick and the

few ot hers anxious for that experie nc e. I was satisfi ed w ith the s imp le touch of un certaint y that came to me l ate r, while crossing the English channel in a s mall l ight vessel.

England is the home of our civilizati on. Th e hi s toric and literary associations of Great Britian appea l to Americans more than any other nation . Our inte rest , ho weve r, gathers around no Parthenon, and the thought of the nation is seldom expressed in awe -in sp iring monuments or in tangib le products of any kind. Shakespeare's hom e is a chief point of interes t, yet not a si ngle artic le in it is absolutely known :o have bel on g ed to the g re at po et. There is nothin g significant at any of the hom es of the men who made England. The i ntere st is in th e s pot where where they l ived and in the . place where they labor ed, ra ther than in bein g able to see the the they have actually don e. The traveler is of course inte res ted in the Engl ish cathedrals, the ruined abbeys, the castles, but the thought that countries on the continent present still better attractions of this kind has a tendency to hasten the journey

Paris exce ll s London in beauty. In fact, Paris is the most s plendid city· in existe nce , the product of ages of culture and absolute devotion to ,

the beautiful, the repository of art for the entire world.

The scenery of the Rhine is tiful, though on ly ' slightly superio1· to . that of the Hudson. 'T'he chi ef cqarm of th e Rhine is found in its castle s, exceedingly numerous and picturesque. There is a disappointment, however, in failing to find that not one of these castles figures in hi s· tory : or is anyway connected with a noble cause. They are on ly attractive as a part of the view from the river. The best natural scenery in Europ e comes on cro ss in g Switzerland ov er the Alps on the way to Italy. Thi s is well enough described in school geog-raphie s, but never fully appr eciated without actually seeing it yourself.

Italy pi·esent s deeper phase s of mterest than England, France, or Germany , Venice, Florence, and Rome show specimens of architecture painting and scul pture, direct the hands of the masters, often in place as the artists themselves l eft them. England appeals to us in history, literature and art because we are Engli sh, but Italy appeals to us through a universal art because we are men. All good civilization has come through Italy and Greece.

The real climax comes on reaching Greece. Mycenae rose to power and fell into before the days of Homer. Tiryus had flourished and had passed way before Mycenae. But strangely neither of th ese citi es so m any centur i es before Ch rist disappeared without leaving in tangible form ample evidence of its civ il ization and greatness. Proud Athens Uves to tell us more that we crave to know than any other city in the worl d. She presents painti ngs, scul pture architecture; not only these, but most scenic effects that can

im ag in e d. No wh ere e lse is there s uch wi tc he t·y of li g ht and shade as pl ays in the h ea vens at s un se t anywh ere in Gr eece, a nd espe cially at Athens. Th e go r geo us tint at Ve nice and th e brilli a nt colors of s un s et on Pik es ' P ea k see m pal e a nd cold as compar ed w ith th e dail y as pect of the se a and sky of eve nin gs in Greece.

We found th e pe ople courteous, cu l tur ed and content in e ach of the countri es vi s ite d. Not th e s ame protpe rity as in Am e ri ca, yet astabi li tv in a bu s in ess t hat we ar e seeking re ach. Mor e po ve rty than in our co untr y. Still it is difficult to find worse po ve rty t han e xi sts in places in New Yo rk Ci ty and Chica g o. Laborers not so we ll cl o thed and f ed but appar e ntly happier. The chi ef advanta ge in Am e ric a is in opportunity rath er than in be tter and more des e rvin g e ffort.

I fe el mor e charitably inc l ined toward s the people of Europe as a res ul t of my trip. Being on their ground I cou ld see some things more nearly from their s tandpoint How often we change our opinion of a person after becoming better acquainted with him. Differences between nations as between individua ls ear not so much due to rea l malice as to fai lure to get each other's view point.

The courteous treatment received in every city causes us to ho ld a more kindly attitude towards each one than before . A kindness extended to U3 by a Turkish Prince has even modified our fee l ing towards Turkis h royal ty Pr i nce Aziz Nassan finding our party of two hundred in distress, our vessel having been grounded for at least twenty-four hours, kindly took us on his beautiful yac h t, served the enti re party to a fine free l unch. carried us twentv mi l es, putti ng us • • aboard the only vessel that could

make th e co nn ect ions with the Romanic at Napl es fo r o ur voyage home. The Universi ty s umm er sc h oo l of travel off ers no a po l ogy wh atever fo r th e expr ess ions of f ri en ds hi p fo r t hi s worth y Prin ce

My tri p ha s not o nl y led me to

t hink more highly of the people of ot her c oun t ri es but it ha s led me to a ppr ecia te more hi g hl y the people of o ur own country. The more I tr ave l a nd the more I se e of other n at hm s, th e more hon est pride I feel in Ame ri ca a nd in Am e ric an institutions.

LITERARY

Joh n H:lllna

PHILOMATHEAN

The Philomath e an Literar y s ociety held its first meeting· of th e year on the evening of the 27th of Sep tember . It was a be autiful ev ening and the hall was crowded.

In spite of the fact that this was the first meeting of th e year and the school had hardly begun, the program was a most excellent one. Every person on the prog ram responded with that whole-hearted , enthusiastic spirit which characterizes the members of the Philomathean society.

During the business meeting the following officers were electe d:

Pre s ident, Fred 0. Zink; Vice-president, C. 0. Oline; Recording Secreary, Miss Grace Berry; Corresponding secretary, Miss Martha King; Treasurer, Mr. E. P. Hodapp; Librarian, G. H. · Lanphere; Trustees, Miss Ethel Berry, Miss Bessie Zink, Warren Burrell.

. On the whole it was a very encour- · aging beginning and indicated one of the most profitable and progressive years in the history of the society.

The second program of the society was given on the 4th of October. The

numbers were v ery good. The pantomime, "The Doctors, " was espe cially well rendered and the applau se which followed showed that it was gre a tly appreciated by those pres ent.

On the 11th of October t he societies gave their annual reception to new students . On account of the pleasantness of the evening and .the reputation gained by the societies in t he new year, the halls were by far too small to accomodate the crowd that attended. After short but excellent programs, the members of the societies and formed in line and marched into the hall , w here they met, and in doubl'e file marched .down and upon the campus . Th e n, while band played the college song, the two societies marched around the campus and into the gymnasium. where they joined in doing justice to the refreshments that were waiting them.

This joint reception aroused a better and more friendly spirit between the two societies, for, while each society should maintain its individuality, there should also be a fr a te:nai feeling between them and both might well remember that they are, or at least should be, co-workers in the cause for which they stand.

IEV ERE TT

List of offic ers:-

IPres i dent, Mr. C. W. Smi t h; Vi cepre sident, Mi ss May Jon es; Co rr esponding se cretary. Mr. Be nj a man Row an ; Recording secr e tar y, Mi ss Hazel Beck; Treasuer Mr . Ra ym o nd Sims, Mr.· Be rt

Sw enson; Attorn e y-a t-L a w, Mr. Go rdon Beck; Critic, Pr'Jf. F. M. Gr egg; Tru st ees , Mr. Edward Collin s, Mr. Russ el Spafford, Mr. Oak l ey James.

Th e w ork of Ever et t So ci ety h as , under th e leaders hip of Mr . C. W. Smith, s tarted out s pl e nd idly. Th e enthu s iasm of its me mbers h as reached a high er pitch than ever befor e and are lookin g forward to a ve ry delightful year' s work in li terary l in es . It known th at a ll member s of th e :CJ.ety w ill have the greate st oppormty for lite rary growt h, becau se the program committee is compo se d of stron g members who have s hown great interest in planning a course of :vork for th e semester. Ne ither do es It lack in support as many of i ts memb ers are back and th e s ohc1tin g · ' · . comm1ttee ha s s ucce ed ed

Ins trum e nta l So lo- Mr. Hum phreys Octob er 4.

_ In st ,·um e nta l So lo-Miss La rim er.

Read i ng -Mi ss Du nl ap

: Debate: Quest ion- Reso l ve d th at m ind h as done m ore fo r civi li zat ion than mu scl e.

Affir m -M r. Jess Ha rri s.

De ny-M r. Be rt Swe n so n.

Ma nd ol in So lo- M r. Charles Rost. De utsch Sp r ac he- Prof . E. A. Whi t e· m ac k.

Whi st l in g So lo- Mi ss Ada Phil ips. Th e pr ogram fo r Octobe r 18, will be of a c urrent eve nt n at ur e a nd in · te n se ly in te r est i ng, j ud g in g fr om fo r mer occas ions of a l ik e na tur e.

Th e seeds of Eve r ett pr osperi ty w hi ch we re sow n l as t yea r by such wo rk ers as Ro st, Cl in e a nd Hurst, and ot hers have an ex ce ll e nt prospec t of g ro w in g into somet hin g p os itiv ely bea ut i ful und er th e pre sent admini s trati on.

A sh ort pro g ram, fu ll of g ing er and e nthu si as m, was re nd ered Octob er 11 , c on sis tin g of th e fo ll o win g numb ers:

R ea din g-Mi ss Dun lap.

In strum e ntal So lo- Mi ss Sa die Jo y.

E ss a y-Mr. Hi l l.

R ea din g- Mr Gross.

After thi s the re ce ption w as given in the gy mna s ium m addm g greatly to i ts enrollment' n ew s tud ents

m k • many of whom will strong and ard e nt workers

th . at th P. reader may know d mg of t he quality of the work be in g

IDE BATIN G

J. E. Mor ga n

two program s which have CICERONI AN" 8 een rend ered w ill be ci te d· Debat ing is th e art of .influencin g ept ember 27, 1907 · others to acti on It is d eveloped, Instrumental S 1 Reading- M· 0 o-M. E ll enberger. not inherit ed. It is devel op ed by th e 1ss May Jones practical u sag e of th e principles of Vocal Solo- Mr Roy s· · arg umenat ion Ina s much as one can IdnLstru.mental Duet- Beck an ar ime r. not be come a farm er by merely s tudyV in g ag ric ul tur e, no r a l aw yer by simp ly ocal Sol o-Miss Blankins hip . stu dying l aw, nei ther can he be com e

Waymarks-Prof. F. M. Gregg . a de bater by mere ly s tudying Trombone Solo- Mr. Gordon Beck. principles of argumentation. He mu st

be able to put those princip l es in to use. He mu st l earn to pr ese nt hi s thoughts l ogically and forc e ab ly w hi le on his feet. He mu st dev elop the power to influence other s without wh ich no man has ever be com e gre at . Every man of today who hold s a hi gh position hold s it becau se he wa s able to influ ence other s to acc e pt hi s ideas.

In this day and age there is a gr e at demand for peop le who can pers uade others to action. The developm e nt of this power is the direct object of the Ciceronian Debating Society. To know how well it accompli s he s it s object you have but to ob s erve tho se who have taken active par·t in it. Compare the members of the argumentation cla ss, who take active part in Cicero w ith the ones who do not, and again you have a very forcible illust r ation of the efficfenC'y of Cicero. The future of Cicero is .insured by the fact that all of th ose called on for Saturday night's debate responded although . all were very busy.

A cordial invitation is extended to all young men of the schoo l to become members of Cicero.

I ATHENIAN

IThe Athenian Debating Society is composed of g irl s who have for their aim, the development of qu ick thinking and se lf-confid ence in express in g th e ir thoughts. We int end unde r the present administration to make the year one of the best in its history, and wit h persistent effort and persuasive eloqu e nce to defeat the as piring Ciceronians With good foresight the members of last year elected the followin g officers:

Pr es id en t, Hil da Mill e r; Vic e -presi dent, Zo la Z in n; Sec r eta ry, Mru·y

See li g; Tr easurer, Luc ia La s cer; C riti c, Bess ie Foste r.

Pro mi ne nt qu est ions of th e day ar e di scu sse d at eac h m eet in g and e nth usi as m of te n ri ses to a grea t heig ht G id s who are d es ir ous of ha v in g a gr ea t d ea l of f un as we ll as ge ttin g he lp f ul info rm at ion, and drill in pa rlim e ntar y la w s hould join the Ath e nian S oc iety. You ask if it pa ys? Ask any Athenian who has de vel oped from a timid, tremblin g s peaker to a g ood debate r, and one who is able to spe ak intelli ge ntly on any s ubject, and you wi ll be a ss ured of th e good of Society.

All gir ls in s choo l are cordia ll y invited to join us, and thus promote a good cause.

Y. M. C. A.

C. C. Berk ey

TheY. M. C. A. held th e ir open in g session Sunday afternoon, September 29·, wi th an enth u siastic cr owd of young men. In s pite of the disagreeab le weather, forty -thr ee were present) t hirty-five of which became members. At the second meeting-, one week l ater, twenty-fi ve more were enrolled.

Every member of the foo t ball team is either a member, or has promised to become a member, of the Y. M. lJ. A. This is indeed a go.od show ing for the Athletic Associ ation .

Arrangements are being made for a permanent Y. M. C. A. room in the building. When arrangements are completed, we w ill have not only a place ip which to hold our meetings, but also ·a room for study and rest.

A Youn g Men 's Bibl e study cl ass is being orga ni zed Pr of . Brownell. "Th e Life of C hri t" will be taken as the st udy fo r the year

Mr. E. J. S im ond s, State sec retary of the Y. M. c. A. led t he m eet ing October 6, and gave a sp le ndid ta lk on "The Great Custom Official." He also suggested a unique and in fo rm al way of gett in g acquainted. Ev ery young man to ld hi s name and the place from wh e nce he came. One of the mo st e nthu si ast ic r eporters wa s "Scliott-shot from Sh ic kl ey."

Y. W. C. A.

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tle.: E. Kr .: hs

lOn the fir st Fr i day afternoo n afte r schoo l opened theY. W. c. A. gi rl s gave an "At Home" in the As s ociation parlors to which a ll g irl s in school were inYited Tea and wa.:ers were served to the gu ests at sma ll tables. A spec ial effort was made by the Association g irl s to meet all the new girls, and many pleasant acquaintances were formed

Althou gh the first Sunday of the semester was a rainy day, our devotional se rvice was well attended. Th e service consisted of a Welcome meeting led by Miss Be ss ie Zink, presdent of the association. At the close of the m eeting , nearly every girl present at the service, who was not alrea dy a member, filled out an application bl ank for me mbership.

The work of the Y. W. C. A. has an encouraging out look for the year. Every cabinet member was present at the first cabinet meeting. The leader s of the association are a ll earnest , faithful gir ls, who are willing to put forth their best efforts to make this the mo st fruitful year our association has ever known . There is a

gr eater numbe!' of old members than at the be g inning of any preceding year, which mean s g reater strength in ou r '' ork in g power. The large numb er of new girls of sterling chri st ian type who ha ve joined us will aid gr eatly· in making our association a gr eate r influence upon the s piritual li fe of our schoo l.

A n ew committee ha s been organi ze d to h ave charge of the planning for persona l work among the g irl s.

Thi s com mi ttee bears the nam e of "Perso nal Workers," and wor king with Mi ss Eli zabeth H enderson as chairman , good results are assured.

The twe nt y minute daily prayer me e ting s held by the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. ha ve a lready proved a sp iritual h elp to many of our students . It is g ra ti fyi ng· to the associations that so man y· have made attendance at this little prayer me et ing a part of their dai ly program. The chairmen of the prayer meeting committees have sh ow g ood judg ment in selectin g· subjects t hat to uch our every day li fe.

TheY. w. C. A. State conve ntion w ill be held at Crete this year during the first thret:J days of November. Mis s Myrtle Krebs of our association, has been asked to occupy a place on the program. It is hoped that The Normal may have the banner delegation again th is year. Every Y. W. C. A. girl who can find it poss ibl e, should attend this con vention.

The membership committee is exerting an untiring effort these days to acquaint the girls with the benefits of theY . W. C. A. We do not see k a large membership for the purpose of hav ing a long list of names on our Y. W. c. A. records , but we are very anxious that all may share our christian fellowship .

A pretty potted fern add s to the cheerfulness of our Y. W. C. A. parlor. This fern is a gift from Mi ss Zola Ziml,chairman of the -room committee.

We have been very fortunate in securing Prof to t each our Bible Study class in the Christian 9hurch this year. The course offered by Prof. Rouse is planned to meet th e need of more efficient Sunday School teaching.

About fifty girls have already joined the mission study circles ; thi s year, -two phrases of home mi ss ions, in Africa and Japan misSIOns.

Our Young Women's Chri s tian Associatipn was repre se nted at the Student Summer conference held at 8olorado, in September, by the Bess ie Zink, Ethel Berry, Bessie Fo ster, Lucia' Saxer, Anna Leeper, and Lillian Allen.

is a mo st picturesque lonestled between the mountams and bordering Ute Pas s forming an h. h ' amp It eater whose slopes are studded with pines, fir s, and silver spruce. Pe eping out standing out out , are bouiders, cliffs and fairy combin t· f h . a IOns o t e everlastmg rocks.

th The spirit which prevailed during . ten days spent amid such beautiful suroundi'ngs was th t' .c • "d . a gomg asi e mto th · . e mountams for prayer and qmet heart searching.

The hills, the streams th h' . . , e w Ispermg pmes, all declared Gi'ory of God.

Miss Conde, our national secretary Miss Ruth Paxton, of the Student unteer Movement, Dr. Wilbur, of Kansas University, Dr. Work and Dr. Bailey were among those who brought helpful messages to the three hundred

young women ga th er ed the re from nin e nei g hb or s tate s, for the purpose of learnin g to li ve the more abundant life, as told in Jo hn 10:10, the new assoc iation m otto . The girls from our Normal who e njo yed the privilege of be ing th ere fee l a new interesta nd r espo ns ibility for the associa tion work during the coming year, and wish to make th e purpose of the conterrence our purpose-Doing His Will as the one sat isfy in g mi ssion of life.

On Sat urd ay eve nin g, October 5th, th eY. M. andY. W. C. A. gave their r eg ul ar a nnual rec<."ption. Th e g uests assembled in the chapel, where they enjoyed a half ho ur' s program. Prof. Brownell a nd Miss E sth er Clark very ably prese nt ed the advantages and opportunities afforded by m embership in an association. At the close of the program, the g ue sts were asked tn pass to the gymnasium, where the remainder of the evening wa s spent in an informal manner. Refreshment s were served, consisting of fruit, punch and wafers.

Catholic Christian Association

The Catholic Christian Association met and elected the following officers for the ensuing year:

President, Miss Fight; Vice-president, Mr. ' Gibney; Secre ta ry, Mi ss Schmitt; .Treasurer, Mrs. Jack. Miss Lally has been appointed association advisor.

The course of study for the association is riow under advisement, but has not as yet; been definitely planned. Rev F. Feeney of Auburn celebrated mass at Mrs Jack's residence on Saturday morning , October 12.

MUSIC

IIn the person of Professor Aller, of Franklin Academy, the Normal this year can boa st of a music in structor of rare ability. Although Professo r Aller's reputation ex tends far and wide, he uncon sc iously recommends himself in presenting to the students of the Normal the Euphonium Quartette, of which he is the originator, and who hav e come here for a s hort course in trainin g under hi s supervision, before startin g on their musica l tour.

A few mornin gs ago the quartette favored us with a short program of that kind of mu s ic which make s a rare treat for the stude nt s, and which was certainly well worth the li stening.

Professor All er ha s ·'tackled'' the band with the same spir it in which he enters everythin g---= brimming over with enthusiasm. Although the band is fewer in number than last year, Mr. Aller has arranged the parts so nicely that th e band ha s already proved itself worthy of remark, and such an organization in this school is surely to be appreciated.

Both me n's and l adies' glee clubs · have teen organized, and although their work has not as yet been made public, we predict bright futures ·for them.

The music department is to be a very strong feature of the normal this year . Over eighty s tudents are enrolled in th e regular training course, and the number· of private pupils is greater than ever before.

What's the matter with the chapel orchestra?

PRESS ON!

By William Thomas McElroy, Jr.

There is no wreath for those who sit and wait,

Who pass not eager through each opened gate.

Press on, press on and the rest to fate .

Press on!

There is the hill to climb, the race to run,

The hei g hts to scale, and brave deeds to be done-

Wait not , press on until the prize is won.

Press on!

Press on, press on; we are not here to play,

To let our hopes and longings drift away,

But here to toil-so forward to the fray.

Press on!

The world needs men who dare-brave men and strong- ·

To build up excellence and tear down wrong-

Pre ss on and make life an heroic song.

Press on!

Pause not. faint not; fame is the after· math-

Add thy best work to that the world now hath, And leave but deeds of glory in thy , path.

Press on!

Mi ss Krebs, who presided over the meeting before the Y. M. and Y. W. reception the other night, s uggested that the fac ulty and their wives lead the way to the gymnasium below, where tbe refreshments would be served The call was immediately responded to by Mr. Gross.

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lEDITORIAL NOTES

ITh e new Model High School just organized by the Normal is one of the most important and far reach in g changes 111ade in re cent years in n ormal sch ool trai ning in the west . More and more the high sc hool s are lo oking to the normal school for trained teachers. Last year the supply of trained tP.achers was not equal to the demand. To meet this d emand, the Model High School was estab li sh ed to train teachers especia ll y for this work. Sup e rintendent Rouse deserves much credit for the excellent work that is now being don e by this department so soon after its organization.

As we are pre par in g to send forth for th e year th is fir st iss ue of the No rm a li te, we mu st pau se to t hink and cong ratulat e th ose of the staff of la st ye ar for ma kin g it po ss ibl e fo r us to e nt er so vi go rou sly upon th e work at th e op e nin g of the se as on.

Esp ec ia ll y may it be sa id of Mr. Penn ey, edi tor-in -c hi ef, a nd Mr Hurs t, th r. bu s in ess manager, that th e ir fa i thfu ln ess and loya lty fu rnish in sp 1nn g e xamp les to th ose, who th is ye ar wi ll earn e stly str·ive to pe rp e tu ate the s am e high s tandards and lo ft y id ea ls as we re set fort h by th em last ye ar

Ev e ry e nt e rpri se is undertaken with some purpo se in view. The Normal ite is not an except i on to this rul e. Th e motive wh i ch induced st ud ent body to und er take it, 1s the ed u cat i ona l progress of Nebraska.

Many qu estions come to the thoughtf ul men a nd women of tod ay as they l oo k upon the past; as th ey study the present, a nd as th ey a nti cipate the future. It is but ri ght to lo ok up on the future as a p rodu ct m ade up of the past and the present. If the f uture be a compos ite qua li ty, w hat are the factors which compose it and make certain w hat it shall be?

How are the home s of today preparing for the sc hool s of tomorrow? Or, again, it is wise to ask how are th e h omes a nd th e sc hools of today preparing for the citizenship of tomorrow? To aid the Peru Normal School of Ne bra s ka to be a ll it ought to be to the people who maint a in itto aid the young men and women who its halls and enjoy its advantages, to mak e the mo st of th e ir t im e and opportunities, and to aid those who go out to the people wearing her badge of honor The Normalite has been establililhed.

SENIOR SCENES

Gmcc.: Ber ry

One hundred and tw enty two student s hav e register ed as se ni ors twenty eig ht of wh om are n ew dent s. We anticipate th at the class of 1908 will be one of th e st ron gest that ha s ever go ne out from the ormal.

On th e even in g of Oct. 9 th.. the se nior s he ld an in forma l party in P-hilo Hall.

Ev ery se ni or ca me with the inte ntion of b eco min g acqua in ted with every other me mb er of the class , and when, at the close of the eve nin g, p ape r and pe ncil were gi ve n to each and th ey were in s tru cte d to write the of th ose th ey kn ew , the long h sts of nam es th at each one s ubmitted to the jud ges s how ed that the party had b ee n a s ucce ss .

Two beautiful pennants wer e offered as priz es to th e persons havin g th e larges t lists of nmne s. After careful con s ideration the judges awa rd ed th e priz es to Mr . Oline a nd Mi ss Clara Shires.

We are plea sed to no te that one of , our would· be -seniors, Mr. Dennis is holding a responsible po s ition m western Nebraska.

JUNIOR JINGLES

G. D. Je nk ins

Juniors, be faithful to your class

At the first m eetin g of the year the class elected a re pres entative to the Normalite board, and it was di s covered that the enrollment in the junior class wa s the largest in the history of the school.

It is indeed a thing to be proud of-

lar gest irs quanti ty, not beaten m s pirit, an d, as we believe, greatest in quality.

Th e second meetin g was held Octobe r 6, for the purpo se of electing officers. Mr. Albert Swenson was el ected president by an overwhelmi ng ma jority and to the satisfaction of the e ntire cl ass. ,

Mr. Swen so n is acquainted with all who are acquainted with Peru, for he h as r es id ed here some time, a nd has al ways proven himself a bi g hearted. goo d natured ge ntle man.

He is a f ri e nd to everyone. and we w ill certa inl y agree with Profess or Beck w hen he says, "Mr. Swen son' s mind a nd are as broad as hi s s hould er s." With such a leader, the class of '09 is sure of a brilliant yea r.

At a second m eetin g October 7, the fo ll owing offices were filled: -

Vice Pres id e nt, Miss Reed : Secre· tary, Mis s McDermet; Treasure r, Mr. Helm s. I

A r eception was gi ven Wednesday evening at the home of Professor and Mrs. Beck, the advisor of the junior class. Nearly all members were present, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.

This being the first event of the season, it was begun by a general hand s haking and hence getting acquainted . A s hort but excellent prog ram was then given by members of the class, after which lig ht refreshments were served.

After an interesting talk by President Swenson, the .class expressed their appreciation of so delightful an even ing, and adjourned to their homes.

Be !t ever so sublime

There's no place quite so fine As the top of the smoke-stack for "1909 ."

"Though it really should come down," Said a senior with a frown, It's destined to stay there safe and sound; For the working men today Just as if it were but play Came and hauled the scaffolds safely to the gronnd.

We are glad to state that five members of the regular football team are juniors.

Lives of great men all rem in d us We can make our lives sublime If we only do our dutyGraduate in 1909

The sophomore class began work this year with an enrollment of ninetythree, about forty being new s tud e nts.

Althou gh we regret that many of our former classmates were unable to return for this year'·s work, we are glad to kno w that the ranks hav e been filled with so many new students, who have wisely chosen to cast their lot with the class of 1910.

We also feel that we have cause for rejoicin g in the fact that Mi ss Ellis has been appointed as our class advisor. Undei her supervision, we look forward to a bright and prosperous year for th e class.

11). addition to a loyal class and the best class advi sor in the we have a most excellent corps of officers who were inaugurated October ninth: They are as follows:

C. Gordon Beck, President; Mary Ellenberger, Vice Pre sident; Lauretta Conn, Secretary; Roy F. Lee Treasurer; Carl Schott, Sergeant-at-arms.

Every s tudent is interested in a "Normalite" Subscribe now.

FRESHMAN FRILLS

Ruth Browne ll

ICla ss officer s in the freshman class ar e:

Mr . Sutphin, President; Miss Oliver, Vice President; Miss Aden, Secretary; Miss Witt, Treasurer .

The fre s hm en think that as they mu st lo se their Hart they are g lad to lo se it to Professor Gregg. We hope he may safe ly pilot us through our seni or year.

There are n ow seventy -four in the freshmen class . · This is a good si ze for a c la ss , we hope it m ay not decrease.

PEOPLE YOU KNOW

Mi ss Nellie Wynne, one of the popular senior g irl s, shortly after regeresting was, on account of sickness, c ompelled to return to her hom e at Schuyler, Nebraska . Sh e is expected to return next se me s ter and finish the work of the se nior year.

Mr . E. L. Uptegrove, who for many years has been the proprietor of the Corner Drug Store, in this city, has rece ntly sold his bu s iness to Mr Burris, of Falls City. Mr. and Mrs. Uptegrove will retire to their ranch in western Nebraska.

Mr. John Hanna, of Auburn, has recently registered in the senior class His laten ess is due to his being called to fill a vacancy for a short time in the Auburn schools.

There have been several changes made in the faculty for the year, and we are well pleased with the spirit in which the new members enter their duties. They are as follows:

Prof. Rouse - Supt. of Trainin g department.

Mi ss Lally- Trainin g teacher.

Miss Lucas - Dept. of Elocution and Oratory

Miss Mear s-Tra inin g teacher.

Prof. Bengston - Physics, Ch em istry and Geography.

Prof. All er- Dept. of Music.

Miss Rulon- Librari a n.

It was one year ago Oct. 9 that our esteemed friend Mr. A rthur Bailey, of Brock, searched th e main building endeavorin g to discover in which room the campus was l ocate d. We are pleased to note hi s adva nc e al ong that line .

President Crabtree has r ecentl y responded to an invita tion from Kearney, where he was requ este d to spea k before the students of th e new state norm a l.

Landlady - (Peepin g sus piciously into Snowden's room- "Mr. Snowden , do you sweep und er the bed?"

''Snowden- (Sh eep is hl y)-' 'Yes' m·, it holds so much more than the dust pan.''

Mr. E. J. Simmons, state sec retary of the Y. M. C. A., who is always ready with an interesting talk and a list of good jokes, was one of the chapel speakers this month. ,

Mr. August Eggenberger has al- · ready made a demonstration of the new hot-air h ea ting plant which he has installed in his room for the winter. News Item - Mr Eggenberger is rooming with Akers.

Miss Effie Abbott, an alumner of the normal, expects to spend the winter at her home in Peru. Miss Abbott is well known among the students and we are glad to know that she will often .favor us on our literary soci e ty program.

ATHLETICS

B. E. Swenso n

Th e Athletic Association met and or ga ni ze d Monday , October 7th. About two hundred persons were present to take:the initial step for ins urin o- the s uc cess of Athl e tics in the D • Normal for this year. The tion r epeate d the s tand it ha s taken for cl ea n athletics during the past two yea r s, thus he lpin g ra ise the sta nd ard of athletics throughout the state. Th e fo llo w ing officers were elected: Pre s id e nt , 0. W. James, Humboldt; Vice-president, E. E. Pe ru; S ecr etar y, Glen Sheely , Seward; Tr eas ur e r, Ja me s Phillips, Yuta n. Miss Cornell, Verdon, and D. L. Carlson of Shickl ey, were elected members of the athletic board. Leon Hill of Geneva will r ep re se nt Association on the Normahte Boa1d for the coming year. With cient corps of officers, th e associatiOn hopes to produce an intere st in athletics that w ill be the envy of every school in the s tate.

om: enterprising foot ball manager, Fred Zink, has at last succeeded in completing the foot ball sc hedul_e and herewith begs leave to submit the same to the s tudents of the Normal and to the public .

October 19 Normal vs Tarkio ' D at October 26, Normal vs oane Crete.

November 2, Normal vs 2nd University.

November 9, Normal vs Plattsmouth.

Novemb er 16, Normal vs Bellevue at Bellevue.

November 23, Normal vs Amity College

There will also be on e or two games

fOr the 2nd team but as yet n ot hin g has been definitely a rran ged . STATE NORMAL

go in g throu gh the ir h eavy line for seve n yards .

VS UNIVERSITY

Considering the propo s ition we were up again st , the boys pl ayed a g_reat game again st the State Uni,•erof Ne bra s ka on September 2 8th. With but a wee k' s practice and se veral new men on th e sq uad , they m ade a showing aga in st the Corn hu sers beef. We were out-weigh ed 40 to the man. Th e Uni ve rsi ty were confident of a hunpomts and this was almo st cut N m two. Score 53 to 0 lin e -up· ormal

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Kroger Collins

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nor NOTES OF THE GAME

Anderson ou '' up well. He i r nev.: end'' showed fast. s learnmg the sig na ls

Harvey did w . the center rush onf dhers m st em min g L · 1 es 0 t e "Uni Giants " mco nand J · 4ll the time ames played the game heavier went their the second team Just as If It was Vand e rford h' going through h · Is us ual g ame the man before getting eral times. p ay started, sev-

Stewart made good his . of last year that f " . reputatiOn h d ;, 0 g nt and leve l ea edn ess by making the be every opportunity st of s}).owed up we ll at full back m the Univers ity game, once

Co lli ns played a sa fe ga me . Several time s he wa s the on ly one left between the man with the ba ll a nd the goa l lin e, and o nl y on ce did he fail to get hi s ma n.

Phillip 's oppo ne nt towe red above him li ke the smok estac k above the heat in g pl ant, n eve rth eless 'J immy' knock ed the foundation fro m under him seve ral t im es .

It is u se l ess to say that Ma nager Zink played a good ga me. Fred went into the Un i versi ty bunc h ju st as he goes into eve rythin g else , "with the best h e's got ."

He lm s, McReyno ld s and Re fro were subst i tuted in to th e ga me a nd showed them se lv es wort hy me mbers of the s quad.

THE MEGAPHONE C LUB.

Th e M egap hone c lub h as organi zed with Dave Carlson as president and le ader. Everybod y get a megaph on e! Join the c lub a nd ye ll for the boy s.

One hundred and fifty g irl s and boys hav e registered for physical tra inin g und er Dr Scherer

About $100 worth of foot ball goo ds has been added to the equipment this year.

Prof. Scherer is proud of hi s gymna s ium floor - it has 1·ecent ly been tr eated with two coats of varnish.

Scherer's dog "Murphy" has been trying to re gis ter with the faculty, but un less something happ e ns to help him out he will have to stay another y ear with the senior s-Mumford is doing all that he can to help him out

We now have 25 men out for practi ce. Amon g the n ew ohes who are mak ing a good s howing a re Rockwell, Pool e,- and Akers.

THE CL A SS OF 1907 --- WHERE IS IT?

PLA C'F. .POS I'l'lON

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0nH1ha 1tH t·r Benson, C E 'elso n Supt>rintenclent Beynon, Abi .............

1 o up Ci ty

High Sc ltuu l Blan kinsb ip , L ucy \Yinn e bago Prtmar.v Geu. vV

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Randolph .........

.. l:Tramt u ar Brooks, W. G ............................ llat t smo utb ..

.. Princip I High c buol Brucks, F. D ..

igb t n Suo e riut enrl• Dt, Buck les, E S. J \Vav e rl y Super inr Laum

AI H"m e Bur n tt, B ss.....

swo rtb I lome Uarhart, El izabeth

Fif tb •.;rarlt> Catchpol e, Edith Oxfo rd Primary Mar ie E

Wakefit>ld

Pet ersburg..

Eighth and N in tb Grarte.; gaar. 0. E.·

Uh n·T' E<Lr l M

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Osceola

Sirtn e.v

... Plat tsmo uth .............

High Sch, ol

Princ i pa l High a··gt I Annie Lincol n.. Pnm ;II ,V r)'uB, Ge r trude

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••e r, Anna Oscecda Gnt llttu ar

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ar. , 1vntn. York. Pnm ary • rwm, Grace.

FF•earnn, E li zabeth

State D ni versi ty.

Oma ha

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.. Gra ef , •edde, Be n,on Eighth nrade and High Sc br;o M in nie West Point Fifth a• d Sixt h G; ces Gates, C Ray

Li ncoln

1\'1. P. abr ie l, Lena S Ash l and , "'ura Nan A tte ndio g University of Neb r aska

g ilb e rt, Al bert H

Fremont

Brock

Lyncb

p , Sy lv1a R. St. Edwmd

Fans Oity

Hank' Fa la

s, aye

Henderson, L. H

Hehnke Ella M

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I arD?an, Ozo

Jarnson, BenJamm

Kat heryn

Kmney, Layette

Kn ·ll, Geo E

Knoll, Louis J

Ko hl er, Gu ss ie

Kob l er, U M

Kob l er, Mae N

Krebs, M

Kruse, Berm ce

llus, Uarulloe

Hoste rm an, Clar a

Hudson , Katherine E

Hurrbes, G rac e

Humwe J, t e

"' E b 1

H umme l, Fi{uy

Hurst. E

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Hu. rst, Ca. lsta A

Hayes, 1\:IIOnle

James, Anna

J Add R

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Jobns .. o, Ida

J ames, Vesta

Lonn eker, Adab

L

Loudernll cb. 'V irginia

Mann, 1\'la

McClung, Ellen

Third and Fo urth McGavock, Alice E Wi

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te ndent McGee, R R

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nte nde nt Mttcb e ll , J. C

Tblrd Grade lYiun s11 n, ltuol

Sc ience Ne tr 1 Myrtle

N ieae rm e yer, Carrie

Null, Dess ie

No ll, William 0

Or d

Dawson

Fifth Grade

Principal

.. n. S. Noyes Hess ie .. Ne ls u 11

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Obbo n, ll a B

Dubois

P ilger

Oleso n, Be rtha West Poi nt

Pen n ey , C. M Oak l and

.. P rltnary

Superintendent

Pb!ll ' C G p I P )rus A

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Weste

Pu rinton , Flora . Ta ble Roclc.

Ra!Jge, Be rth a Ste rling

P rinolpal

Eighth Grade

Re id , Estella : fi'alrbury.. H. S.

Ri tc hi e, Jenn ie

Spen cer

Rogge, Rbova Weste rn

Rutledge, Ida Li ncoln

jhft h Grades

Grades

Supe rinten de nt Ryan , N. W

Shaneyfelt . Pearl.

Shepherd, L. Maude

Greeley

Havelock

Red Cloud

tleventh Grade

Primary

:Higb School S lth May K

O'Neill

m ' s h'z''

Snyder, ara

Far m ing Smith, Roy

Sbwkley

First PrJ mary r.ray lor, Be rtb

Principal Taylo r, Elbert

aiJd Seventh Grades Thee, Anna

'roiburst Grace

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Tubbs, 1 "e

Second Pr imary -rr Mac1' e L

varner,

Wade, Cora

Wagey, :Pearl

Cambrldg

Princip al Waggoner, Lilll tb

and Fourtb Grades WHblstrom, Lillie

Second Grade wass Jessie

Omaha.

Kinderga r ten waterbouse, Ula

Columbus

Primary We ldon Carrie Gordon.······

Wheeler, J essie

Primary ' M J boson

1 e,

Wilkin so n, O li ve

Wi c kland, Artl.lur T

Woo dard , Jol.l"n A.···

Yo ung- D. J

OJ ar k Do•a.

Sc bnela man • ay.

W age y, Pea t!!.

rMILITARY

C. 0. O lin e

Ca mbrid ge

might be well to state some of the benefits. Th e a im of this instructiOn is n ot to make professional sol diers, fo r there is a hi gh er a nd nob ler en d in view -i e-the product ion of perTh e fir st drill of th e Cadet Compa n- feet men, or at least to attain as ie s was held Mond ay , Se pt e mber 30. n ea rl y as poss ible that id ea l.

· At th e so und of the bu gle ove r fifty A ll the drill s a nd exerc ises are men, eager to b egi n a n ew yea r's espec ia ll y adapted to th e of wo rk in mili ta ry ta c tics , asse mbl ed a fine ph ys iqu e, and what IS mo re in the gy mnasium. When the com- desired th an t hi s? Tho every mand 's , "Fall in ," "Line up " we re is brou g ht into action , the str ain IS given by our commandant Prof. C. F. _ not spas modic a nd unequal, but Bec k it is t ru e that a l arge number g entle and even, thus develop in g the of the men, raw recuits as it were, whole ph ys i cal system g rad ua ll y and almost "fell in ." To be s ure , t he uniforml y. In a dditi on to a gr acefu l lin e up was not the best, but no w, carriage, perhaps th e gr eatest ben:after two weeks of drill s the sc h ool fit is de ri ve d from be in g placed. m of th e sol di e r: position, rest s, f ac in gs , pos itions of res pon sibili ty , wh i ch salutes, steps, ma rchin g, a nd m an u.al create in the cadets se lf-r eliance and arms, a m arked change c an be n otice d quicke ned menta l activity. on the n ew me n, especially w hile it ha s not failed in betterin g the older men, as well.

Th e co mpani es ar e robb ed of a large number of men who are ex pending their surplus en e rg,y on th e girdrion, but the se husky boy s will join the ranks at the close of the foot ball season. We extend to them a mo st hearty welcome, and on ly regret that the y' were unable to open the year's work with us. It is unnecessary to enumerate the many benefits of military drill to those who have taken it, or to those who have had the opportunity of seeing th e marked benefits manifested in those who have drilled but to thos e lo whom this work is new, it

An expression of ·condolence presented by the faculty and stud ents of the State Normal School at P eru:

Realizing that sorrow has and darkened the home of our friend and co-laborer, W. K. Fowl er, by _r emoving the devoted and l?vmg mother and further r eahzmg the Imp oten cy of wo rds at a time, we fee l that we can do no l ess th an to our symp a thy in this sad hour, with the hope that out o.f p resent nes s light may come and the family circle be reunited in a glad hereafter.

Committee: - C. F.Beck, Mattie C. Elles, Myrtle E. Krebs , D. L. Carlson,

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Th e Sch oo l

If I could pa int a pictu re , And pa in t it with co lors tru e,

I wo uld spe nd my ti me in work s ub li me Pai nti ng old Pe ru. '

I wo uld pai nt th ose hil ls and va ll eys • fi e_ld s go ld en ;h eav es , fhe litt le sq ui rrel w 1th h1s sw ish and sw irl Those bea utiful a utum n leav es . '

Po e lTt

Th ose oa ks of th e stately fo r est, Monarchs of a ges pas t.

Th ose ru gged h ill c;, tho se roc ks a nd rills, God gra nt th ey may a lways last

We mix our ea rt hl y co lors And ca ll o ur pa in ting good; Bu t the -Go d ab ·we with a h ea rt of love Makes co lors th at no man co uld.

He h as tak en th e rarest co lor s, The ge ms of h eave nly b lu e, An d paint ed a pictu re in na ture, -

God bl ess it , old Per u.

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The School Poem

If I co uld paint a picture, And pa i nt it with colors tru e. I wo uld sp end my time in wo rk• su bl im e, Pa intin g old Peru .

I wo ul d p:1 int th ose hills and va ll eys, Th o se fidds with th eir go lde n sh ea ves, Th e littl e sq uirr el w ith hi s swish Th ose be:1utifu l aut u mn leaves .

Th ose oaks of th e s tat ely forest , Monarc hs of ages pas t. Th ose rugged hill ", those rocks and r ills, God gra nt th ey ma y a lwa ys last.

We mix our eart hl y colors And ca ll our pa in tingigood; But th e God ab')ve with a h eart of· lo ve M akes co lors th at no man co uld.

He h as taken the rarest co lors, .__.. The ge ms of h eave nl y blu e, A nd pai nted a pictur e in na ture,God bless:it, old Peru. . , .., .

-S.

R. BARTON

VOL II

PERU. NEBRASKA. NOVEM BER. 1907 NO.2

ATHLETIC REMINISCENCES

N. A. BENGSTON

That "time is on the w in g" wa s forcibly ca ll ed to the attent i on of the writer when he was in vi ted to wr it e briefly concerni ng the l ater hi sto ry of athletics in the Nebras ka State No rmal School at Pe ru. It do es not seem lon g s in ce we atte nd ed ch ape l exer -

Th e Norma l Hall and Dormitory were the on ly buildings of pretentious si ze ; the pr esent Scien ce Ha ll was r eprese nted by a sma ll frame building, the l owe r floor of w hi ch wa·s occupi ed by th e Library , and the upper rooms for cl asses in Ph ys i ca l Cultui·e. The

ci ses for the first time and h ear d Dr. Beattie w ho was then Pres ident, sincerely and kindly express hi s wishes for a good year: Yet nearly a decade has passed since that time.

Those of us who came in the 90's found sc hool quite different in many respects from the one we· now know.

Chapel and Libra ry Buildings and He a ting- plant were only hopeful dreams on th e pa rt of tho se most sanguine of the school's progres s.

To the greater part of the students of those days, the lack of a suitable field for athletic sports was keen di:::>appointment. The only level

enough for foot ball and base ball was on the ''bottoms'' northeast of the depot, and there absence of school control made it difficult to carry on games satisfactorily. Hence about the only sport left was footracing, and well we remember the excitement of some moonlight nights "after Philo" when our favorite s would be pitted against other in life and death struggl es m_foot on Normal Avenu e. We might give detailed description of some famous races run at an hour when the honest folks are supposed to be asleep, but will forbear because of the embarassment it might cause some of prominent school men to have then· early Normal escapades thus called to their attention.

With the increased interest in athletics among secondary schools throughout the state came the realization that if the Normal School should do its full duty by its students it must provide for the various of athletic contests. In the beginning of the school ryear of ,1901-2 the s cheme for the building of the pres-

ent Athl e tic Field was put into operation. Too much credit cannot be given Profs. Howie, Whitenack, and Porter who, with the sympathet ic co-operation of Dr. Clark, bore the burden of executive and financial respon s ibility. There was no fund that could be drawn upon to pay for the expen se of co n structing the field. But the money necessary was guaranteed by the se men personall y and the work was begun early in October. 1901. Space forbids details of that eventfu l Saturday when every young man in school, includin g members of the faculty, appeared at 7:00 a. m. in overalls on the s lop es of the hollow east of the building and began to make ''dirt fly." Then it was that a certain professor pulled up a fullgrown oak tree, roots and all, and rolled with it down into the hollow.

The ladi es, too, had a part in the building of the field for didn't they prepare the dinner for the men? And such a dinner! ' Tis true that the

school hqd no "Domestic Science" department at that time but it was when everybody felt that "the old New England sty le is good enough for me .' ' That day was a good beginning, and from th en until nearly Thanksgiving time fr om five to twenty teams were kept constantly at wo rk. That was the beginning of our Athletic Field. Since then it ha s been improv ed and enlarged until it is without question one of the best in the central west .

The same year marked our advent into organized athletics. The first football game played upon the field was upon the date of its dedication, Thanksgiving Day, 1901. The opposing team represented the Falls City High School. This was the first game played in Peru which was attended by the general student body. only a few students knew the game Prof. Porter was gi ve n a chapel period to explain a few of its mysteri es. That all the points were not even then fully understood was proven somtime later when a prominent member of the faculty was heard to

remark, ''Why, I thought a coach had wheels!" But the dedicatory game was a success, for our stalwarts · won by a score of 30 to 0. Although it was confessed that the opposing team was not st rong, our victory was looked upon as a prophecy of greater success to follow . That year and for severa l yea rs later, victory in college games was not hoped for. If the high schools of Lincoln and Omaha could be h eld to a low score it was marked ·as a notable achievement. Compare t hat humble posit i on with t he one we now hold, and an idea of the progress made may be had. Then we hardl y dared to put ourselves in the same class with the stronger high schools; now we are within reach of the championship among the secondary colleges of the state. The membership of that first football team may be of interest .

Jesse Harshberger ............. · .Center

George C. Rader, Righ t Guard

H. A. McConnell , Left Guard

C. M. Penney, Right Tackle

C. M. Grubb, Left Tackle

H. H. Huchinson . ........... Right End

M. M. Murphy ........ . ....... Left End Harry Bradford ...... ..... Quarterback

THE NOR:".IALITE

B. B. Hurst, Capt Right Half

0. H. Sears ...... . ..... . ...... Left Half

F. ................. . Fullback

Prof. George N. Porter ......... . Coach

If the list is scanned it may be noted that it was a group of men of whom the State Normal s hould be proud not only for what they did as football players, but also of their records since leaving school.

The autum of 1901 also marks the beginning of basket ball in this in st itution. A number of class teams

bra s ka may be conq u ered this year and t hu s give us the college championship of the state. Only a few of the ea rl y incid ents in our athletic career have been given When we call to mind that organized athletics in this s chool date s back on ly six years we may well be grat ifi ed at present condition s. Six years ago our football a nd baseball teams did not rank w ith the be st high schools, and our basket ball team was an unknown quantity. Now our football team is

were organized among the ladi es and severa l closely conte s ted games were played. Miss Ilma Kennedy was a m ember of the first sc hool team chosen and had the pleasure of first team membership until her graduation in 1906, a period of five years. In girl' s basket ball the schoo l has an enviable record. During the s ix years the game has been played, th e first team h as been defeated but s ix times, three of these defeats being by the State University. It is our hope that even the Uni vers ity of Ne-

everywhere counted one of the best in the state, and in its general playing ability is probably champion outside the University; our baseball prospects are better than ever before, and in g irl' s basketball we concede no superiors amon g Nebra s ka colleges . But l et us remember that the present prosperity was made possible by the sacr ific es of the pa st . Let us give much credit to the pioneers who blazed the trail. The students and teachers of fl ve or six years ago gave sp l endid support to teams of very

mod erate play in g abi li ty. Th ey not only s upp orted the ga m es but th ey did it so lib era ll y th at they could gi ve to us w ith out enc umbran ce, the best at hletic fie ld in Nebraska, and a gene ral equipment seco nd on ly to the Un i-

ve rsity. in the li ght of t hi s loya)!ty sh own in the pa st, sh ou ld . we not e nt hu si ast ica ll y s upport our sc hool at hl et i cs i.n suc h a way that legacy we bequeath m ay be even gr eate r than the one we r eceived?

ATHLETICS

B. E. SWENSON

For the fir st time in the hi sto ry of the in s titution the Peru State Norm al defeated the famous Tarkio eleve n. L ast year we were unabl e to sec ur e a game w ith Tarkio. Dur in g th e two preceedin g years o ur boys were defeated by decisive scores. Excitment is at a great heig ht. Everybody is jubilant over the re s ult of the g ame. It is acknow !edged by the s pectators to have been one of the most int eres tin g game s ever w itn esse d on the Normal Athletic field. Th e ga me started promptly at 2 :30 and fo r the first half the ba ll sw a yed back a nd forth across the center of the fie ld At no tim e was e ither goa l lin e in danger of bei ng crossed. The seco nd half opened by Tarkio kickin g to Zink w ho carried th e ball forward 10 yar ds. A few more pl ays and the ball was n ear the center of the fi el d; on the next play Tolhur st broke thru the entire lin e, dodg in g the defen s iv e quarter rac in g the whole of s ixty yards for a to u ch down . Co llin s kick ed goal. Swe n so n kicked off to Tarkio and th ey we re unable to return the ball b ut a s hort distance. Tarkio was unable to make the necessary gain and was forc ed to punt . Normal made good return. By mea,.n s of the forward uass and trick plays the Norma lite s stea dily worked their way toward T ark io' s goa l and Tolhur st was

agai n se nt over for another touch down. Swenson kicked off and Normal was again steadi ly gaining wh en the h alf ended. Score 11 to 0.

Lineup.

Normal - - Tarkio

Co llin s .. ............. }e.... .. ... Davis

Jame s ................ Jt . ............ Ward McReynold s ..... ... Ig ....... .. ...... File Swenson c c Weaver

Cook . ....... ·...... ... rg .. . ..... J. Poiter

Lincoln ....... . --- r.t .. ·""" .. . .. Ca lvin Helms .rl W. B. Porter

Renfro qb Moye lc

Zink ................. rh ........... Morran

Tolhurst fb Bowan

Stewart . ....... . .... !h .. ......... Murray

Normal-Doane ga me. ·

October 25, 1907. was another ga la day at the Norma l, for that "day w ill go down in to history as the t im e wh en the Doane Ti ge rs we nt down to d efea t at the hand s of the Peru "Schoo l dad s ." Th e Ti gers outwe igh ed the Normalites ten pounds to the man. This game illustrated the f act that un der the n ew rules beef does not count for every thin g. The Normal boy s are fast on their feet and put up an interfe rence that is s im ply h ard to sto p. Th e ga me was more deci si ve th an the score s howed, because the Ti gers got the ir l one touchdown as the r.es ult of a mi sJUd ged forward pass, and when the

second half ended Peru was ready to send the ball over for another touchdown. Tolhurst again pl ayed a great game and the cool head of quarterback Renfro was also in a l arge measure re spons ibl e for the s core. Everyone played well, in fact Normal has 11 stars on their team. Score 11 to 6. The forward pass was work ed successfully five times, and only once did it fail.

Normal- 2nd University Game.

The score in the Nebraska vs Normal game of 53 to 0 ha s been more than wiped out by the defeat of 2nd University team at the hand s of the Normal eleven. The 2nd Univer s ity

team is composed of almost as much beef as the first - their left guard was unhaltered by Cook seve ral times n ot la st summer but this fall-more definitely, November 2, 1907 from 2:15 t0 3:15 p. m. Summerhalter tips the scales at the modest figure s of 247. They had severa l other heavy men, among which were Otis Magar Normal fullback la st year; of Bellevue fame. Their defeat was due in a large mea s ure to their lack of team work and their fumblin g, and al so to the cool heads and good interferences put up by the Normalites. This game demonstrated to an appreciative grand stan d that th e Normal

team is compos ed of el even stars. Thi s make s the third stra i ght game for the boy s. Score 10 to 5.

Line-up.

Normal University

Co llin s le .. Magar

Jame s ...... ......... lt . .. ... .. ... Temple

Stapleton . .. ....... lg ... Summerhalter

Swen so n .. ....... . ... c . ........... Elliott

Coo l<. rg Williams

Lincoln rt Pearson

Helm s .... .... ... . .. re . .......... Benson

Ren f ro .. . ............ q .. . ..... McCarthy Zi n k. . . .

. . . ........ rh ...... ..... Ha s kell

To lhur st .... . ....... fb . ..... ...... Frank Stewart ...... .. ..... lh ... "Str yc hnine"

Nebraska City vs 2nd Norm al.

The Nebra s ka State Normal of Peru, Nebraska, ha s de velo pe cl the be st 2nd team this year that it has ever h ad. This fact was est abli s hed November 9, 1907, when that illusriou s bunch made the pu rple and go ld "Skidoo" back to Nebra ska City, to the time of 23 o. Everytime Cartney went thru the lin e for six yards, the ''Ever Ready Owl Quartet" would play "Break the New s to Mother"he kept the Quartet busy. The first touchdown was made in two minutes flat. It just took Cartne y four downs to s hove the pig sk in across Nebras ka City's goa l line. Magar and

Guil foi l played a fast ga me at ends and further more Gu ilfoil kicked three goa ls , everyon e that he tried.

Wright executed sev era l of tho se famou s "Swen s on act s" by di vi ng over center and e ntan g lin g hi s arms around Nebra s ka Ci ty's quart e rback.

Stoddard pl ayed a g re at ga me [at tack le, nor mu st we fo r get to mention th e h ead work of our own quarterback, Parriott.

Lin e up.

Normal Neb r aska Ci ty

Magor re

Stoddard ............ rt

Jennings ........... rg

Wri ght . ... ... ... . .. . c

Lee .......... . .... .. . lg Un ab le to se-

Harrington .. . ..... .. lt cu re Guilfoil ......... .. .. . le

Parrio tt ....... .. .... . q

Rockwell lh

T. CaT tne y .... .. ... rh

I. Cartney fb

The Athletic Editor of the Normalit e wis h es to be quoted as author i ty for the statement that t he "Cong regatio nal's of Crete are a dandy bunch of ente rtainers. Th e boys were gi ven a reception after ga me, consi sting of a short literar y program wh i ch was give n in the chap el, afte r which ·we were escorted to tbe parl or of Gay lord Hall, abode of the fai r er sex who attend Doane College Here we were made to fee l at h ome and as a re s ult met a good number of the stude nt s. May the " Ti gers" pro sper a nd may they be second to the Peru Norma l in ath letics is our earnest wish.

LITERARY

John H anna

IPHILOMATHEAN I I

During the past month, the Philomathians have been doing ·some excellent work a lon g litera ry lin es. The programs h ave b een not on ly enterbu t also in structiv e.

On October 18th, one of the spec ial feat ures of the eveni n g's program was a pantomine, ent itl ed '' Th e Model School" in which eig ht Seniors and Juniors dressed up as primary pup il s, and wi th Mi ss Miller as teach er, proceeded to r ec ite a r eading l esson in the second reader. The action s, the manner of r ea ding, the al ertness of

Ithe chi ldren , the m istakes and mis · c hi ef were a ll r endered in a way w hi ch showed that these stu d ents must have a keen memory of ho w they behaved in the ear ly part of their sc ho ol car eers. The critic teac h er ad d ed to the r ealness of it all. It is need 1ess to say that the audien ce was kept in a continuous roar of lau ghter . We wou ld not feel justi fie d in leav in g this program w ithout p assin g a complim ent on the splendid music furn i shed by the "Owl Quartet,'' composed of Messrs. Raines, Beck, Fairc hild and Williams. We trust the· "Ow ls" w ill come and "hoot" some more in t he near future.

On October 25th another pantomine

was the most attract i ve feature of the program; th is t im e, how ever, a farce of a wide ly different nature, --" Advertising for a Wife." The leading part, that of a rich bachelor, wa s taken by E. P. Hodapp, who sh owed great sk ill in choos in g a li fe partner from among so man y you ng ladies of s uch varied tal ents, ages, dispositions, and Mr. Hoadapp, by cleve r acting, k ep t the li s tene rs m a constant uproar.

Th e program gi ven on November lst, cons i sted of music, papers. stumpetc ., w hi ch were app r oto elect ion time. Those deserv mg of spec ial m ent ion are two papers, one by Miss Van_!Ckkl e on "R etiring Judge Sedg- Wic " d h "Th t e other by Mi ss - on R e Li fe and Character of Judge eese . ''

Thee · 1 venmg of November 8, was and profitab ly spent in enmg to the excell e nt program made up of . W th essays, talks, mus1c etc I ref ' '' Mi ss the Southern States. H . IS, w ho IS at the h ead of the Istory dep t fu l t d ar l'Dent, ha s m ade a carestat:s u Y of t.h e conditions in those the co n sented to s hare rn b ts of th 1s research vv ith the ern ers of th · · mo st IS soc1ety th rou gh a L excell ent address on ''The Ch ' ld abor Pr bl . 1 0 em 111 the South ." This Wa s fo ll ow d b ' 'P . e Y a paper on the Iesent Co d't ' b M. n 1 Io ns in the Sout h '' Y ISS Ketrid ' Quartet ge The Phi lomathian L h ' composed of Messrs R eed amp ere Hod ' ni s hed app and Williams, furtion s f very appropriate selec. o southern melodies. Miss Wittwer rendered a pi ano so lo which showed unusual skill and musica l ta lent. The program ended with severa l duets on the vio lin and banjo These se lect ions were taken from that

cl ass ica l val' iety common ly desig nated as th e "South e rn Ho e dow n."

Th e s oc ie ty has be gun a series of prog l' am s wh ich ar e to be g iven througho ut th e chool ye ar . Under th e dire cti on of Profess or Delze ll and and th e lc acl crsh ip of Mr. Zink , the wo rk is bei n,g· car ri ed on in a mann er that is not on ly comm e ndabl e but is hi ghly gT atify i ng to its members.

IEVERE TT

And st ill th e go od work g oes on ! Ow in g to the exce ll ence a nd ingeniou s nature of the J1rogram s which have thu s far be en r enrle r ed by the Ev e rett s, the ha ll has been, with ve ry few except i on s fi ll ed to overflow ing with wide -awak e, ent hu siastic audien ce s.

Everything points to a pros per i ty never befor e re ach ed in the hi story of the soc iet y. Thi s condition is brought about, we bel i eve, by the perfect sp i rit of cooperat i on which is manifest between the members a nd the program committee; also by the new plan of prog ram participat ion, which i nsures to eac h member a fair chance to part i cipate in the ente rtainments given by the soc i ety .

Our membersh ip ha s i nc r eased wonderfu ll y and it is with regret that we find it to think of limiting our numb e rs on account . of i n· suffic ie nt room.

Society wor k is a very esse ntial part of every one's sc hool tr ain ing, so let each on e, wh eth er Ev er ett or what-not, do hi s part to make a success of the Literary work.

We are glad to we lcome the State Univ ersity Journal amo ng our exchanges .

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION

Th e Nemaha Co un ty Sunday Sc h oo l Assoc iation he ld a conve ntion in Auburn November 4- 5. w hi ch w as attend ed by a l arge num ber of tude n ts and citizen s of Pe ru. a nd is sa id to hav e b ee n one of the b est conYent ions in th e of the a ss oc iat io n. Amon g the thirty m· mo re pe op le repr ese n te d on the prog; ram were A Bible r ead in g, by Mi ss Luca s of the exp r ess ion departm en tof the No rm al: a paper on "Normal Tr ain in g fo 1· Su nda y School T eac her s" by 1 r ofe ss or E. L. Hou se; an add1 ess on 11 A Graded Course of Stud y fo r Sch ools ," by Rev. Tyler of th e Pe1·u lV.L E. church, and an addr ess on 1 'S und av Schoo l Standard s" by th e Rev . Weidon.

The Sunda y School s of the county were r eprese nt ed by n ea rl y a hundred deleg-ates, in a ddition to a goo d l oca l att endanc e. Not a lit tle of th e s uccess of th e convention was due to Profess or Greg-g, pres i dent of the Assoc iati on.

ITHE OAK GLEN PARTY I

In respo n se to the quaintly worded in vitations:-

"Listen to what the fairie s say:We inv i te you, dear friends, to come to our den, · Next Saturday ni g-ht - It's up in Oak Glen.

The hour for meeting is sharply at ei ght, November second will be the elate."

A merry crowd assembled anticipating a deal of fun.

They were not disappointed, for

the fair i es, elves, gob lins, g hosts and witch es wh o had taken possession qf Oak Glen contrived to keep the g uests m ov in g a nd guess in g.

Some of the g- uests wa nd e red away in to Had es where from the sounds wh ich ens ued we jud g-e d th at they were m eet in g so me ill d eserv fld punis hm ent.

Th e mu s ic of the " Dome s tic Scie nc e ba nd " proved a ve ry pl easing di,·ersi on, the yo ung- ladies, s howing co ns id erab le s kill in manipula t in g the ir in st rum ents.

At a late hour we relu cta ntl y bade the ' 'Oak Glenners "good ni g-h t" wis hing- in our inm ost h ea rt s th at we mi ght often spen d an evenin g in so pl easa nt a w ay

I I HALLOWE'EN AT MT. VERNON

IHa llow e'en evenin g, t he Mount Vern on g irl s, upon entering their dinin g -ro om, were happi ly s urpri se d to find it change d into a bower of be aut y. Th e ch ande li ers we re decorated w ith bri g ht autumn foliage , w hi ch gave a soft li g ht over al l. A Jack 'o lante rn g rinn ed from a bank of l eaves in the r ear of the room. This deli g htful s urpri se was planned and carr ied out by Mrs- H. Bedell and Miss Mesa Bedel l, who mu st have felt repaid for their efforts by the h appy faces and the appreciation of the gir ls.

From all appearances our Gymnasium must not be sufficient to supply the wants of all, since seven of our boys found it necessary to wa lk to Auburn r ecent ly in order to take exercise. Or perhaps it was due to the stringency of our Banks. Which, now? ,.

jl,ormalttr

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Editorial Staff

JOHN T. AKERS EDITOR IN CHIEF.

J. HAROLD WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

J. E. MORGAN, JOHN HANNA Literary

C. 0. CLINE

MYRTLE E. KREBS

B. E. SWENSON -Athletic

BESSIE FOSTER

W. N. DELZELL Alumni

GEO. P. McGREW, BUSINESS MANAGI:R.

H. HAROLD HUMPHREYS, ASSISTAI'T MANAGER.

' EDITORIAL NOTES

Does it ruffle you to have your opinions controverted? Then you had better seek help. You are not yet ready to face real problems.

A most effective greeting and cordial welcome was accorded Prof. J. W. Searson by the students on Monday morning, November 11. This was Mr. Searson's first appearance upon the rostrum with the faculty this fall. It seems almost needless to say that the students had absolutely refused to believe any guilt of Professor Searson as he has won the confidence of all by his superior teaching ability and strength of personality. The applause was significant not

only of high personal regard but the attitude of the school toward the action of the district court in finding hin1 innocent and in the board of edu· cation so completely exonorating him.

The first issue of the Normalite this year seems to have been well re· ceived by our readers. Not a few words of commendation have come to us, while friendly criticism has been given from various sources. All of the department editors and correspondents are to be highly corr1plimented for their efficient work, and deserve much credit from whatever success it may have been. And especially we wish to thank the members of the faculty for their loyal and enthusiastic efforts for the success of the magazine. With the combined efforts of both students and faculty, we hope to experience a howling suecess.

H M B. Reese, the recently on. elected judge of the Supreme Court of Nebraska honored Peru with a visit in the course of his campaign and gave the students a non-partisan address at the chapel hour. He sketched in clear and forceful style the growth and expansion of the American nation. Those parts of his address dealing with his first hand knowledge of Cuba were particularly full of interest. Of Nebraska's history for the last quarter of a century he spoke as did Aeneas of the history of Ancient Troy ''A large part of which I saw and n1uch of which I was.''

Judge Reese is a man of splendid physique, alert, clear, brained, energetic and a true gentleman of the old school. His address here was highly anjoyed and appreciated by all.

DEBATING

J. E. Mor g;m

CI CERON IA N.

The Ci ce r onia n debating soc iety ha ve el ected n ew officers for the fa ll term as follow s: Pres id en t, John Han na; Vi ce Pres i dent, Ru sse l R. Spafford; Secretary , L. R. Hill ; Trea surer, August Eggebe r ge r; Critic, John T. Aker s; Prof. J. W. Searson was .e lected as soc i ety adviser .

On October 12, the quest i on, Reso lved, that the ·water power of N iagara should not be u se d for facto ry purpose s, was ab ly di scusse d. An invitation was extended to the Athe nian Soc i ety to vis it the Ciceron i ans Saturday evening, October 19. questio n discus se d was : "Reso l ved in vi ew of concess i ons g ranted durmg th e la st f ew yea rs the Ru ss i an are not jus tified in re vo ltm g."

Oth er quest i ons which the soc i ety ha s de bated t hi s month are : "Res olved foot ball ga m es are bemficial to coll eges ." "Reso l ved that labor Unions are detrim e ntal to the pro speri ty of the U. s. :" "Resolved that Sunday cl os in g laws in metropolitan c iti es shoulrl be repeal e d.''

On November 23, The qu estion "R eso l ve d that the wel fare of the u: S. dem and an im mediate en lar ge me nt of the Navy ," w ill be di scu sse d. Everybody is in vi ted to atten d.

The pro g ram committee of Ci cero IS p lani ng on h avi ng a specia l feature the co nsi st in g of a "City Council. Thi s program w ill be i nten sely in terest in g and very in structi ve

Subscr ib e for the Norma li te.

ATHENIAN.

The fir st meet in g of the Athenian Debating Society was held on October 25. At t hi s me eting fifteen new members we re rece ive d. In respon se to the in vitat ion of the Ciceronians. we a djourned and attended their debate w hi ch was both· interes tin g an d profitable.

On Sat urd ay, November 9, occurred o ur fir st debate . Th e question for di sc u ss ion was-"Reso lve d, that the Teddy Bear fad is detrimental to the id ea l Chi ld life." The affi rmati ve was maintained by Miss Mary Seeli g, Lucia Saxe r, and Anna Pederson. Th e n egative by Mi sses Bess ie Fo s ter and Zo la Zi nn . The meetin g had been we ll an nounced by an attr acti ve po ste r of a Teddy Bear. a nd a lar ge aud ie nce was present Th e debate was a li ve ly one and was he a rtil y enj oyed by a ll. Th e decision was rendered for the n egat i ve .

INormal Catholic A ssoc iation

Julia H. Van Oriel

Father Feeney, of Auburn, celebrated m ass at Mrs. Jack' s, Nov. 9.

Under the dir ection of Miss Lally , the association ha s begun their stud y of the Life of Chri st, us ing Fath er Maas, text. Th e wo rk is outlined for each Sunday' s lesson, and note books are to be k ep t. Thi s s tud y w ill no doubt prov e interes tin g and hi gh ly ins tru ctive.

R ev. Fath ers Feeney , of Auburn, and Henn esy, ofManley, made aq uick automobile trip to Peru on Oct. 21, stopping long enough to visit the different departm ents of the school and meet seve ral members of the facu lty . In ad di tion to the regular form of exerci ses on Nov . 3, the followi ng

papers were read befo re the assoc iation: Vestments U sed at Ma ss-M i ss O'Connor; The Ro sa ry -Mi ss Fight; Indulgences-Miss Van Drie l.

Th e assoc ia tion now h ave th e ir n ew h ymn book s. Choir practice every Thurs da y even in g at 6:30 , in Ev erett Ha ll.

About twenty memb ers of th e a ssociat ion drove to Auburn, on Oct. 27, to attend ma ss . After serv ices. the crowd was most pleasantly ente rtain ed by Rev . Father Feeney. Th e parochial sc h ool was visi ted, and a very enjoyable day was passed by a ll.

Resolu tions of Condol ence pas se d by members of the Nor mal Catho li c Association at P eru :

Whereas, it has pleased the a ll- wi se Fath er to r emove from hi s fam il y and friends the fath er of our a s"i ociate, Mr. Gibney; ther efore be it

.Resolved : That we_expr.e.c;s cr:r deep sy mpathy and commend him :') r so lace in hi s hour of gr i ef and ·toss to Him w ho alone can comfort the depressed. Be it further

Resol ved: Th at the se r eso lu tions be read in the Cath olic Association meeti ng, that a copy be se nt to Mr. Gi bney, t hat they be published in the and Voice.

Comm it tee:

Hattie Fight. Mi ss La11y.

Julia H. Va nDri el

Vi ce pre s id ent; Pearl Kr ebs, Secreta ry; Fred Rockwe ll , Tr eas ur e r; Earl Bec k, Se r gea nt- at-a rm s.

On Ha ll o w'een eve, a Tra in er class party was he ld in Everett ha ll. The r oo m had a gh o.·tly a pp ea ranc e, JackO'Lant e rn s be in g see n g rinnin g fro m va riou s da rk ened nooks and cor ners. A pr og ram, co nsis ting of mu s ic and gh ost sto ri es was g·i ven, a nd many i nterest in g ga m es we re played. Refres hm en ls sui table for the occas ion wer e se r ved. .Ju st as the li gh ts went out , the Trai ne1·s de parted, feeling th ey h ad fu ll y .enj oye d the eve nin g and not r egT et in .C!: the ir walk throug h the pou ri ng ra in.

We T1·ainers, uncl e 1· th e protecting care of M 1·s. Craw fo rd, the beloved advi se r, are endeavoring to be· the stron .C!;est class in the hi s; ') ry of the No rm a l.

Mrs . Ri ckard, of Bennett, was here dur in g the ill ness of her daughter, Ne lli e.

Mrs H. J. Bake r, of Cook, vis ited wi th h er daug·hter over Sunday.

Mr. Rockwell was r ece ntly call ed hom e by the ill ness of his brother: a former Pe ru s tudent.

Miss Gr ee nburg was call ed h ome Thur sd ay on acco un t of the dea th of her gran dfather .

Severa l of the Tr a in ers the it· s hort vacat i on at hom e. enjoyed

Fortune te ll er-When yo u ma rr y yo u wi ll see the e nd of t rou bl e.

L ater-Young Hu sband-! thot you sa id I would see an end to my troub l es wh en I marr i ed and they have just begun.

Th e t raining class h as an enrollment of about fo rt y flve, but makin g up -in quality is w hat they Jack in quantity.

Officers of the training cl ass are : Ray Pool, Presiden t; Mi ss Hend erso n,

Fortune te ll er- I meant the first end

L et us mind ou r bu s ine ss and wo rk for se lf by wo rking for the good of a ll .

I

MUSIC I

Th e ab ili ty of Pro fesso r Aller must be stored up within him, as it ha s spread out mo re and more, until we can now boa st of having- a more enthusia st ic mu sic de partm e nt t han any si mil ar in st i tut i on in the st ate. So great hav e b ee n the demand s of the students for a knnw edge of mu sic, that the department is ove rflowin g, and m any mi g ht ha ve b ee n turned away, had not th e ass i st-a n ce of Prof. Loeb of Nebra s ka City, b ee n offered. Prof. Lo eb is ce rta i nly a marve l in his li ne of work, and hi s ability is appreciated gr eat ly by the large numb er of s tud e nt s in hi s c la sses and by Professor Aller him se l f. Th e " Normal Orchestra,'' under hi s direct i on , is kept con s tantly at work, and we hop e -s ometim e in the near f utur e to h ea r them in so me mor e public place than the ir Saturda y afterno on s' rehear s al.

Profe ss or A ll er h as be en ca ll ed from hi s work s evera l t im es in . the past f ew weeks, on account of s ickn ess .

What is probab ly the most popular mu s ical organizat i on this in sti tution ha s ever affor d ed is non e than the Owl Quar t et.

The organ i za tion in i tse lf is unique, and include s four of the most tal ented as we ll as enthu si astic musicians in the sc hool.

Not on ly doe s the ir re putation touch the utmo st corners of this vic ini ty, but is rapidly reaching out toward a State fame, havin g a lready rec e ived mention in th e dailie s of some of the l arger cities.

Thrice have th ey appeared before th e li terary inclined pub li c, and t im es too numerou s to mention upon the athlet ic fie ld in time of battle. They

ha ve proven themse lves a necessity on the gridiron, and their harmonious sou nd s echo to and fro in the va ll ey, exp r ess ing the true patriotism and lo ya l ty of every h ea rt seated upon the bank.

Th e per s onne l of the quartet isBurre ll J. Raines, Clarinet.

Herbert R. Fairchi l d, Cornet.

C. Gordon Beck , Baritone.

J. Harold W illi ams, Tuba.

The appreciation of the Ow ls' work is s hown h ea rtil y each ti me th ey appear. and their work surely meets the need s of thi s in s titut i on .

I Department of Expression

IThe Board of Education ma de no mi sta ke when they ele cted Mi ss Ame li a Luca s to be the head of the De partment of Expression. By her winnin g pers onality , her scholarly atta inm e nt s, her unu sual in te rpreti ve powers and her g reat teachin g abi li ty s he h as already won an enviable plac e in t he affections of t he st ud ent body .

Mi ss Lucas is a g raduate of t he Emer son Sch ool of Orat orY and t he Curr ie Schoo l of Express ion, both of Bo ston and the Co lu mbia Scho ol of Oratorv of Ch i cago. Sh e has been the friend of Mis s Mary A. Blood, the famous p rinci pa l of the Colum bia School of Oratory.

Mi ss Lucas h as taught for several years in some of the best schools in Illinois.

Arrangements are be il: g mad e whereby cred it for expressim: done in the No rm al, is to be given 111 the Pl jnci.pal s.cbool s of the country .

The D epa rtment of Express ion h as arran g ed for a several rec i tals and l ectu r es to be g iven durin g the ye ar.

Following is the calendar of attractions already secured.

Miss Mary A. Blood, November 18.

Miss Lucas, December 19.

Miss May Jones, February 29.

Miss Dunlap, March 13.

Henry W. Southwick, Dean of the Boston School of Oratory, May ?.

[ A JOlNT FESTIVAL

IThrough a drenching rain, beset on every hand by fantastic and terrible demons, a crowd of Junior and Senior boys, finally reached the Gymnasium on the all Hallowed E'en, nineteen hundred seven. With a feeling of relief they filed into the rocm. It was decorated most artistically. Great festoons and branches of oak had transformed the room into a veritable out of . doors. The huge iron posts were htdden by shocks of corn but as the boys soon learned these were not only shocks to be found there that night.

the lights were extin-

erwon the booby prize and received a toy drum which he tried to play the remainder of the evening. After the grand march the girls unmasked and took an opportunity to wax sarcastic toward different young men who had failed to recognize them.

Witches and Clairvoyants in their booths revealed the fortunes and hidden mysteries in the lives of all who patronized their haunts. The most popular booth, however, was the one in which several young ladies served coffee in tin cups, while Russell Spafford and Forrest McAdams supplied the crowd with doughnuts from the end of long canes.

The lights winked for closing all too soon and eJ·e long the Junior-Senior party was an affair of history.

Much credit is due C. 0. Oline and B. E. Swenson, presidents of the Senior and Junior classes respectively for initiating a custom which will insure a friendship between the Seniors and Juniors instead of the bitter rivalry and jealousy common in most institutions.

Iguished. In the hush which fol- J the piano began sounding

SPECIAL SPIELS

;Ierd mysterious chords. Soon the : oors were heard to open and from thhe o 1 pened portals there issued a The students that were unclassified g ost _Y_company, clad in white each met and organized a class, under the apparition bearing aloft a t ' name of "Specials.'' The following fearful 1 s range and officers were elected for the yeard . and chanting a mournful Irge as It proceeded.

President, Mr. Alva Grubb; SecreTa be brief, the boys were delt"ghted tary, Miss Alma Barber; Treasurer, at the Cl Miss Laura School,· Class Colors, Old ever masking of th . G p M G e girls. Rose and Gray. eo.. . c rew as master of cere- Th I . d . If e c ass cons1 ers Itse very formont_es announced that a prize would b h tunate in securing Miss Lucas as . e t e young man guessing the class adviser, and under her guidance Identity of the most· ghosts. Earl we will have a happy and profitable Meyer guessed seven out of two hundred and received first prize, a box of bon bons; August Eggenbergyear.

The class party given Hallowe'en evening in Philo Hall was a success

in every wa y. Th e guests wer e m et at the door by Gh osts , who had a welco me for eac h one. Afte r a ll the guests had arr iv ed, the gh osts di sappeared, a nd we re see n no more. The fir st part of th e eve ning- was . spe nt in h av in g fo rtun es to ld a nd and te llin g gh os t sto ri es . A sho rt p!·ogram was re nd er ed , afte r w hi ch re fre s hm e nt s we t·e se r ve d. Mi ss Wittw er wi sh es th at th e cla ss would h ave a par ty very ofte n, as she lik es dou g hnu ts a nd app l es.

MILITARY

OFFICERS

Commandant Pro f. C. F. Bec k.

Captain-C. 0. Olin e.

1st Lieu't- C. Go rd on Beck.

2nd Li e u't ·-Benj. H. Rowan.

lEt Sargent - Ear l M eye r.

2nd Sarge nt - Benn ie Bedell.

3rd Sargent - S. D. Ell e nb er ge r.

4th Sar ge nt -E. R. G ro ss .

5th Sarge nt - Victor Truck e n.

Bu gler- A. J. Ba il ey .

Corpora ls- E. R. Bu rk ey, Archie Ho sterm an, Harold Stro ng a nd Chas. Moulton, and if space wou ld permit, every private d eser ves of mention fo r the faithfuln ess that h as been sh own during th e fe w week s of drill. All the company l acks n ow to render it scarce ly discernabl e from the r eg ular state militia is the so ldi ers att i re, but mea s urem e nts ha ve been taken for n ew s uits and caps so wit hin a s hor t time, it w ill present a ve ry respectable appearance.

We sha ll be compe ll ed to drill in the gymn asi um , a ltogethe r, durin g the w inter months. This, ho wever , is an exc e ll ent place for the work. an d th e outlook is very enco ura g in g,

espec iall y, wh en we h ave every reaso n to be li eve, from the wor k done the men now , that for the same len gth of t im e th e compa ny is better dri ll ed th an any company that has preceeded us. Thi s is due to the patie n ce and close attention to ord ers of:the men in the ran ks.

New a dditi ons are bein g made eve ry even in g, and an ot her enco ura ge ment li es in the fact th at the t im e is approac hin g when the footba ll boys w ill join us. We know that th ese boys wi ll enter into the Cadet dri ll with the sa me pu sh, ener gy, and ent hu s ia sm that ha s characteri zed their work a ll fa ll on the g rid iron.

IIY. M. C. A. J

C. C. Berkey _I

" When bad m en comb in e, the goo d mu st a ssociate , else they w ill fall, one by one, an unpitied sac rifi ce in a contempt ibl e str uggle ". - Bu rk e.

Our Y. M. C. A. h as gr own r ap idl y durin g the l ast month , no t onl y in numb er, but also in e nthu s ia sm and in terest. By the efforts of the prese nt corps of officers, the association wor k is be in g ca rri ed tr iumph ant ly to succe ss in a ll of its pha ses.

We are ind eed fortunate in securin g Professor All er to l ead in our s on g serv ice s. It h as been truly sa id of him that he sings from the heart and w ith much Both hi s presence a nd he lp aid mu ch in our meetin gs

The noonday prayer me etings are well a tte nd ed by Y. M. C. A. members. These twe nt y minutes t aken as id e from the student's every day routine, is a gr eat source of strength. We feel that these quiet moments of prayer and meditation a re greatly

beneficial in the religiou s l if e of the student.

On Sunday afternoon of October 20 David Car lso n gave a r epo rt of the Lake Geneva conference, to w hi ch he was sent as a delega te from this sch oo l. In his talk he gave us a splendid di sc ription of the eonf er ence and the help f ul i nfluence it had upon him and the s tud ent body a ss e mbl ed th er e. He sta te d that there we re 634 in atte ndan ce, among them s uch men as John R. Mott, A. J. E lli ot , Scott Hall. Dr. Zwe mer, Dr. Winfi e ld, Pres id ent Hu gh es , E. P. H ill and Bi sho p McDowell, who gave hel pfu l and in spir in g addr esses t hroughout the conference

IY.W. C. A.

M yrt lt.: E. Krebs

lTh e Assoc iati on memb ers hi p ha s a lr ea dy r each ed two hundr ed , and the memb ers hip committee cont inu es to receive new nam es eac h wee k.

Th e meeting on R ecognition S und ay was led by our Vice-Pres id e nt, Miss Ethel Berry The serv i ce was fu ll of sp iri t. At it s clo se each ne w member passed to t he f ront of th e where s he was pre sented a constitution of the Y. W. C. A. The new and old member s then form ed a chain reaching around the room , and clo se d the service by s in g in g the Asso ciation hymn ''Bl est Be the Tie That Bind s .''

The F inan ce Committee had a very successful candy sale at a recent football game. The s upply of candy was exhausted long before the candy purcha sers were satisfi ed . Y. W. L; A. home-made candy is always in demand at Peru Normal.

Miss Zola Zinn and her faithfu l com-

mi ttee are ke ep i na· o ur Y. W. C. A. parlor so chee rful a nd t id y that man y g irl s find co m fo rt in go in g the re to rest. A new Doane Co ll ege pe nnant has b ee n ad d ed to the pennant corne r.

The Mi ss i on St ud y clas ses are no:v we ll or gan ized, a nd the attendance ver y regular. Ou r mi ss ion inter est 1s gr ow ing rap idly at Pe r u.

N ov e mb er 11 to 15, in c lu si ve, was ob se rv ed at o ur noon·day pr ayer se rvic es . as the Wor ld' s Week of Sp ecial pra ye r was eac h da y fo 1• th e eli fler ent mJ SSion moveme nt s over the wo rld. More nick els Lhan us ua l came in at the call for th e "W or ld' s Ni ck e l. "

Mi ss Eth el Sim o nd s, W. Y. C. A. s tate se cre ta ry, w iII spe nd a few with ou r a ss oci a tion s oon. The are in anxiou s a nti c ip atio n of her VlSJt.

Th e Bib le cla ss at th e Baptist c h.urch, which wa s orga ni zed lat ely, and !S und er th e effic i en t dil' e ct ion of Professor De l ze ll , is incr eas in g in e nrolment eac h Sabbath.

011 Nov. 1, 2 and 3, occ urred the s tat e conv e ntion at Crete. Our de le· g-ates cons i ste d of Gt:ace Zola Zinn , Mar y Seellg, Corm e Porte r, Lau ra Porter, Mab el Swan s on Stella Lull. Mi ss E st her Clark vv ho IS a non -res ident memb er of th e s tate com· mitt ee of theY. W. C. A., accompanied our del egat ion, and in a most ab!e manner sub s tituted on the program 111 place of Miss Myrtle Kreb s, who was unable to attend the convention. The delegates received and brought back much spir itual inspiration from the m eeting, and were deli g hted with the Christian hospitality shown them by Y. W. c. A. gir ls of Doane College .

On a Sunday in the near future we shall have the privi lege of hearing their r epo rt.

ALUMN I

W. N. Dd1c:ll

What "C upid" has do ne durin g the pa st twe lve months or more. is gr atifying to th e wors hi pers of th at li tt le h ea rt god. He ha s bee n loo kin g after th e Alumni of o ld Pe ru and ha s s tru ck ciow n m any of the fa ir and a few of th e wise . Amo ng the number are the fo ll ow in g:

0. J. SLancll .;y '!l -1 \\ atkin s '!l"i

Della HorsL "!1 '-' 1: r al Whit e 'H!l

A li ce Jewel l. .... 'tl:.! \\'. \\".Ha y .. ..... '0:.!

C. V. \V Illia. nt • .... '0:.! Al-!1111' \\' unner ....

Yi na Dal to n 'll:l .1 I•' l ., hn ,.;ttn ·o:l

R css ie Loran ce 'tl:l M. ·o:; Nelly \\' illia1 n ,.; 'P:! E ri na Fai rch il d "lH

IT··lc 1 WalworL h. 'lH l' er cy :\clams 'II;)

O live I l ttrn ·n.:; Bcn j. llur st "03

Lil lian 1>. Nca' ... . ·o.·> n · .t ,.,..; ' OG

IT.,, C Al >b t oLt "lli i Ju lius 'OG

Rnb t! l"l, B.ay "Oi i Ph ·och E' She pp 1r rl. "Oii Ida ·u-; i ss W 131 e;;s in g. '04 Whom did a ll these marry? It is enough fo r ye w ho are not we d to kn ow that yo u must loo k elsew h ere for you r m ate .

If yo u kn ow of any of the Al umni ': ho have r ecen tl y married not m en tw_ned in th _e ab ove li st, w ri te the of the Al umni department and he Will see that the no tice is g iv en next mo nth.

Th e Alumni of Peru was in P.Viat the recent meeting of the P:·mcipals and Superintendents at Lmco ln.

Do not forget th e Annua l Re union of t he Alumn i at the State Teach e r' s A ssoc i at i on during holi da ys. There will be the Ba nqu et and the hand shaking, and the elect ion of officers for next year.

Mrs. Hannah (Roberts) Van Wikl e '87, ha s a daughter in the present senior cl ass.

Dr. Geo r ge Howard, Professo r in

the State Univers ity and Mrs . Anna (l\Io rehead) Joy, were the fir st gra duates of the Pe ru State Normal. They gr aduated in 1870

Mi ss J enn ie Borst of '88 is makin g . great s uc cess in the R eal Estate busine ss in Seatt le, Was h. Mi ss Anna Bor st is a successful teacher in the Seattl e Publi c Schools.

Cha s. J. Pierson is a teacher in the Kearney State Normal.

Th e A lumni and fo rm er students are pay in g- fo r one of the large windows of the n ew Bapt ist church in Peru.

Th e Falls City Hig-h School was fort un ate to secu re E. K. Hurst, of '07, for its principal.

Among the sc hool org-a ni zations that he is managing succes sfu ll y, a re the Boys' and Girl s· Athletic Association, the High Schoo l Band and a high sc hool pape r.

Mr. Hurst's motto is ''Order and Organization!" He is enth usi astic in prai se of hi s schoo l and Superin te ndent Toby.

Mi ss I va L. Beck, '04, pr in cipal of the Centra l School of Fall s City. has m ade an exce llen t record as pr in cipal. She is assisted this yea r by Mi sses Ca rh art and Haney . both of the class of '07. Superintendent 'T'oby is enthusiastic in hi s prai se of the wo rk of both.

Fred Ha ll ett, '04, who was ele cted prin cipal of St. Pau l Hi gh Schoo l last fall, h as made go od , as he always has done.

F orest Rodabau g h, '04, is attend in g a technical scho ol c.t Pittsburg.

Superintendent Per cy Adam s, '05 , of Oxford, says that no man can do his best work un less he is married. Sup e rin te nd ent Dav is, '06, who is showing the Beaver City people, says Adams is ri g ht. Neither can und erj , .,

stand how their bachelor friends can succeed.

Superintendent F. L. McNown, of Arlington, reports a fine new school building in progress.

Miss Marion Livingston begins her third successful year in the Nebraska City High.

ISENIOR SCENES

Grace Berry

The old saying that ''History repeats itself is probably true, but as there are exceptions to all rules, the Senior Class of '08 lays claim to the one exception. Other classes may come and go, and follow along the beaten paths, but in our class, the outsider finds an element of the original. In proving this statement, we refer you to the fact that we are the first .class in the history of the Nebraska State Normal, to elect the same president for its Junior and Senior years. Another distinction which we claim. is that of uniting with the Juniors in the celebration of Hallowe' en-this event being always two distinct functions. We will go down in the annals of history as Class who always were doing something extraordinary."

A meeting of the Senior Class was calle? October 21, for the purpose of electing for the coming year. Mr C. 0. Ohne, president during the by an overwhelming maJority. This is certainly proof that the class knows a good thing Yv hen they find it, and we all realize and appreciate the true and manly spirit with which Mr. Oline works-not only with, but for his classmates. Mr. George P. McGrew, also a capable and worthy

leader, was elected Vice-President. at second meeting October 24, the · following officers were chosen: Miss Corinne Porter, secretary; Mr. B. Raines, treasurer; Seargent At Arms, Edward Gross; Yell leader. J. Harold Williams. This forms a strong corps of officials who represent the most loyal class to be found in the Ne· braska State Normal.

Miss Elizabeth Currie of Friend, Nebraska, entered the Normal as a Senior, October 31. She is a former student of Bellevue College.

The ''Pi'' Girls spent Saturday October 26 in Auburn with one of our former classmates, Miss Blanche Frerichs. Miss Frerichs is teaching a rural school near Auburn.

Miss Bessie Skyrme who has been sick at the home of Prof. Gregg, has discontinued her studies and returned to her home in Tobias, Nebraska.

I JUNIOR JINGLES

G. D. Jenkins

I

"A good name in man or woman is the immediate jewel of their soul.

Who steals my purse, steals trash. 'Twas something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'Tis his, And has been slave to thousands: But he who filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed. ''

-Shakespeare.

Since Chapel has begun in earnest, the junior and Sophomore classes have realized the fact that there are no weak lungs in those classes, but both have agreed that the Seniors have never fully developed their lungs-at

least they can never make them sel ves heard

It need not be to ld, 'Tis Pu rple and Gold;

And if you wou ld be patri otic, Be bold.

Buy a yard of both Purp le and Go ld , And wear it, don't put it in yo ur poc k et.

''If at first you don't s ucceed try ' ' try, aga in .''

How about th ose exams? If you h ave fallen be low the "death" li ne d , b ' on t e down-hearted but return to you r class with re n ewed energy that says for itne l f, "I will conquer for the strife is but begun ," and ·with that sentim ent of h eart and mind success is s ure to be yours.

A meeting was ca ll ed Nov. 4th, for the purpose of a rrang in g for the financial part of the Hallowe'en party. An assessment of 25 cents for eacn member was voted fo r t hi s purpose. It was also d ec i ded at thi s meeting to reta in the co lors of la st yea r, but to change the design. Accord i ngly a committee of three was appointed to determine upon the question.

Loyal ty to you r class is a prime necess i ty and Mr. He lms r eports that most of the class have already s hown their true loyalne ss by their immediat e response to the assessment.

ISIGHTS

Succe ss is one of the many id ea ls of every Soph omore.

The sp irit of the c lass is demonstrated every morning in chapel.

We are sorry that a worthy Sophomore in th e pers on of M. E. Carr, ha s withd rawn hi s name from our roll and

ta ken his departure for Ca lifornia . During the sh ort t ime he was wi th us, he s howed that he was a scholar and a person of high morality. The class wishes him success in whatever he ma y und er take.

On the evening of Oct 31, 1907, the Sophomores held an in fo rmal class party in Philo a nd Everett ha ll s. Nearly every Sophomore wasp rese nt. The main object was gett in g acq uain ted. As soon as every one present h ad m et ever yone else, they partook of tasty r efreshm ents, after wh i ch they were possessed with the idea of yellin g. So they suggested a yell, and to cap the climax, ye editor of the "Sop homore Sig hts" was chosen as leader. At the given si gn th ey yell ed and ye ll ed till the buil ding fai rl y creaked , and gr oaned. Then they r etu r ned to th e ir re spect i ve rooming places feelin g th at their fir st cl ass party was a s ucce ss .

It was Oct. 31, the day was dark and drear y· towards even in g it began to rain and it rained all night lon g. It was on th is ni g ht that the Sophomore s had a most memorable e'en party in the l ower part of the library. Th e majori ty of the class bein g present sho wed the loyal ty of ' Th fo re the Sophomores as a class. e . tin look- part of the even mg was spen in g at and stu dyin g the apparel of t:e different persons disguised as ghos _s. ' d · er In We owe much to our cla ss a VIS helping to enterta in the cla ss the l atter half of the even in g. After refre shm ents we all departed, each one feeling we ll r epaid for be in g present.

Th e Sophmore Class adopted the followin g resolutions in behalf of o.ur bereaved friend a nd classmate, M1ss Odu s VanCamp, on acco unt of the death of h er mother, whi ch occurred November 5.

Since in Hi s Wisdom, it h as seemed be st to our All-wise Fath er to take away the beloved mo th er of our friend and clas s mate, Miss Odus Va n Camp, f rom her family and friend s, therefore be it r esolve d-

That we, th e members of th e Sophomore Class of the State Normal School at Pe ru, extended to Miss VanCamp our heartfe lt sympathy in her time of grief, and comm end h er for consolation to Him who doeth all t hin gs well, be it further resolvedTh at a copy of these re soluti ons be sent to Mi ss Van Ca m p. and be publi shed in the Nor ma lite a nd in the Johnson News.

Committee Mattie C. Elli s

I sabe ll e Gabu s

G. Harold Lanphere

C. Gordo n Beck

FRESHMAN FRILLS

I

Ruth Brown ell

I

IOn one of t he bright Saturdays of October, the Freshman cla ss had a p icni c in a beautiful li ttle glen northeast of town.

The indu strious yo un g men h ead ed by Prof . Gregg, class adviser, soon h ad two roaring fires w hkh werr not only good for cookin g bacon and boilin g coffee but also for toasting fingers and toes.

While the com mittee on refreshments were preparing lunch the g irl s and boys played "Dare B;se " Blind Man's Buff, a nd other games 'in w hich Prof. Gregg sh ared w ith as much jest as any.

Thi s was no ordinary supper ''ready made" but was cooked on the spot. If you could judge by appetite t he cla ss certainly need no tonic s. As for fra g ment s -there were none.

B efo re di spe rs ing , the c la ss made th e fg len rin g wi th ye ll s a nd s ongs. Th e deepen i ng sh adows saw the fre s hm en we nding the ir way homeward, ch ee red a nd invigorate d by the ir fine o utin g.

We are gl ad to we l co me Mr. Burrel: b ac k into o ur ra nk s again

The Fre s hm en cl ass boasts of t he on ly expert l ady whistler in sc hool.

Mi ss Myra D av ison enjoyed a vis it from her m ot h er l ast week.

Ru sse ll Stuart enjoys the repu tati on of bein g the best spe ll er in cl ass.

EXCHANGES

Bess ie F os ter

The exc h ange editor may work with her pen

Till the e nd s of h er fingers qre sore Wh en some one is sure to remark with a j est Rats! How sta le! I' ve h eard t hat befo r e.-Ex.

An ounce of loya l ty is w orth a pound of clev e rn ess .

The fir st number of th e Purp le an d Gold prop h es i es a prospero us year. We wish to thank them for their exchan ge.

The Crim s on Rambl er is one of the finest College papers we have ever seen.

Umpire- Foul.

Bright Freshie - Where are the feathers.

Umpire- This is a pick ed team, s ir.

"Johnnie, how is it you s tand so much l ower in you studies in January: than yo u did . in Decemb e r."

' 'b h, everything is mar k ed d own aft er the holid ays , you know mother." .

We extend a hearty wel<;-ome to all people of Peru to visit our bookstore.

the Beautiful Cloaks and

We are showing the handsomest line in Southeastern Nebraska. All sold at loweSt prices.

Books Recently Added to the Library

SOCIOLO GY

Co mm ons -Trade U ni o ni sm and L abo r

Problems . ............ . .. . ...... a:n- c 73

Clark-Distributioo of W ea lth n:j8 -C 54

Har r is-N ights with Unc le Remus.. .... ......... .. .... J 3983 - fl n

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Harri so n & Woodso n -K in derga rt en Buildi ng G ifts ::$722- IT 24 K

Nati o na l Educational Assoc iat ionF iftie th Anni vers ary Vo l ume. 3706 -N 21

S'1IENCE

Blllio gs- Di seases of tbe Digest i ve ::>ystem ..

. ...... 6Hi2 B 49

Ch ambe rli n & tla li sb ury -Geo i<Jgy ... 550-C :J5

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Sick an d Co nval esce nt

. 6 H·F 22 r

Fox- Diseases of tbe Eye. . . . . . . .. u177 ·I•' 8:3

H ilgar d- S 11 i Is. . .... .... .. ... .... .. Q;j 1·II 54

Mou lton An In tr oduct ion to A strnr.omv ......

.... ... 520 M 8G

T ay lor -Agricu ltur al Econ mics rno T 21

LITER AT URE

Brooke- ni s ury of E-trly English Literat ure . ........... . .. . .. .... 829 -B 79

Bro wo E:- 11 V icto rian 81

D ana - T11e R ouse b ul d Bu tJI• r

P oet ry R 82108 I l 19

Harris"n The 1 IJOice of llo ,.ks 824 - T1 2-1

L uc-ts-A Hotok tJf Ve r -e ........ .. J 82 1-L !J6

Myers-Sci en ce and a Future Lif e .824 - "' 9\:1

Mo rl ey -Critical 'M isce lla ni es ... .. .. 82

Pater -G reek Stud ie::: 8::!4-P2 7 g

Saintsbnry -S I10 rL Hi s to ry of Eo g li sb Li terature... 8 20 Sa 2

Scudde r- Li fe of the S pirit in Mode rn En g\ i ,h Poet ry ... .... 82 1 Sc u 2

Steveoso o- V irginl bus Pue ri sque.824 S T H v

Swin· urn -Se lecti uns from the P oe tical WMks 82 1. 86 Sw G

Ward -A B.i st.. ry of En g\ ish Dramatic 822 W 21

GE0( -J RAPHY

Adams Co mm r cia l Gengraphy 910 Ad 1 c

Kir by & Kirby-Aunt Ma rtha 's Corner t up board ..... . ........... .... .r 910 K 63

NO \' ELS AND S TOR IES

Andre ws - Ten Boys Tao 2 T

A u stc n - En llna Au 7e

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Bl ack mu rc -A Iicc Lorraine ... ....... B 56 L a

Bast le- Prid e of .J e nni co U 2: p

Crock ett -T he Lilac. 'u n bon n et

C rocke tt - 1\T en (Jf the ..\T •JSSb ogs

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Doyle -A Stu dy in ....: ca rl ct

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Ilope -T ri sL rarll of Bl ent II 20 t

.ro hnson - Bi g Bl'l •th r . _ j .r 64 b

Ki pl in g-Li fe's H and icaps K 62 1

K iplin g -'l'h e L'gllt TIHI. t Fa iled . .. .. K 62 11

Kip:ing -S r,Jdi cr Sto ri es .. K s

L cve r- ..\laurice Ti e r-na y L 57 m

Macd ona ld - Donal Grant ... . ....... l\114 do

Mere rl i th- A cl v, n tu r es of rr arry Ric hmond M 54 a.

?I Tcred i tl1 - RIJnda l'l c uli 11 1-f •••••• • •••• l\I 5-l r Cuck 'lo Cloc k . ... j M 73 cu Brirl" l\'1 78 j

0 11 va o t-Bob, '"'"n of Batt.l o· - 01 b Cln isl n1 ·'s Uaru l j R 44

R ufli ni-D ct... r A nt ro ni o ... .. ......... R 83 d

S teel -H o sts or 111e L"r cl St 3 h

Stee l-Th e Potter 's Thumb St 3 p

Stevenson - Th e 8\;lcl;: A 1row ......... St 4 b

StevensfJo-New Arabian N ig- h ts .. . .. St 4 n

Steven s on - :::i t. Iv Ps St 4 s

Ward - Rober t ElsmPr,... W 21 r

We ll s -'.rhe Invisi• -le Man W 4G i

Wells- When th e Sleeper ·wakes W 4G w

Weyman -A Ge ntl em,tn of Fran ce W 54 g

W eyrna n- My Lad.v Rotha . W 54 m

Whit i ng-No fi J l1n S tr eet ... . ..... W582 n

Yonl!e -C aged Li on Y 8 ca.

Yo n gt> -0 11 ap let, of Pe arl s Y 8 c

Za n gw ill - Cilildren of the Ghet to .... .. Z 1 c

rhompson & Peery

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Thompson & Peery

Auburn, Nebraska

Cleveland's Sell to Satisfy

Men's Hi g h- ar t Clolhing-Hirsh Wickwire make. Perfection in hand-m ade clothing is found in Hirsh Wickwire. Comparison convinces the particular people. Ask to see the clothing without a fault.

Men's Hats-Snappy styles in Roswelle, Kingsb ury, No Name Hat a nd Stetsons.

Inter-Oc ea n Shirts- Made in thi s city.

Ladies' Appmel-Ladies' Coa ts. 15 sample coats close out at 25 per cent discount.

Ladies' Skirts-Entirely new showing of the new and popular s kirts. 3 2 Gored and French Voile.

<Dress Goods-New novelty s uitings. Pa ttern pieces $1.00 per yard.

Shoes-Peters, District 76, and Kirkenda l's. Good shoes to wear.

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PHOTOS

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Sun fl owe r, Au nl y N oyes and Villa ge School sh oes Th <.: best mon ey can bu y.

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YOUNG, The Shoeman

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f.Mandelson 's Department Store

Dry G oods , Carpets , Clothing, S hoes, Clo afts , Suits and Hat s.

South of the Normal School]

Is the place to get your Groceries, School Supplies and Confectionery, also Fresh Sausage and Country Lard.

NORMAL A VENUE RESTAURANT

We hav ¢ fitted up a Dining Hall in the Basement and are prepared to serve meals, hot and cold lunches cocoa, pies and cakes. To a group of ten we'll serve oysters at reduced prices. Give us a trial

Tho Man Behind Tho Shoo

Gaskill Music Co

Pianos and Organs

Te rm s to Suit

Phonographs $1 down , $1 per week

Orders for Slz eet Mu sic p romptly fill ed

NEBRASKA CITY::: NEBRASKA

Marshall Bradley Drug Co.

Dru gs, Sundri es and Cam e ra

Supplies

Comer 8th & Central five ., Nebraslea City

joy W. 0. D.

Graduate Optician

cAt the Hotel P arlo rs in Peru each a lt e rnate

Pumartert l Office w ilh Dr Harris Saturday Aubum, Nebraska

Students

crt..ose r th They Neecl 1 fJ 1 . Attention

Com<! to me ami I will put T hem in Good Condition

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Plumbing, Hot a nd Steam H ea tin g. Estim ates Given.

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Dr. E. C. Reed

Physician ancl

Surgeon

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Laundry ca lled for Monday a fternoo n. Ladies' and G en ts' Clothing to be pressed and cleaned will be ca lled for at req uest durin g the week.

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dJ.uburn, Neb. V. V. VANCE

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Office ove rS . V. Vance 's Store Phon e 95 PERU, NEBR.

1iie Normalite

DECEMBER. :: 1902'

You Know How Important

All-wool is in clothes; it's the highest possible standard of quality; so high that lots of clothes makers don't live up to it. We like to sell Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes be.. cause they're allwool and no ques.. tion about it.We feel safe if you buy these clothes; we know they're right in ev... ery way; and when we sell them to you we know you'll be satisfied.

(l (l Prices reduced on Co

every suit an over.coat, to close them out before invoicing. They must be sold. · .·

Domestic Science in the Peru Normal School

A lice M. L oo mi s

The introduction of Domestic Science into thi s school was decided upon in the summer of 1906, but President Crabtree had an ori g inal plan in regard to the work. It may have been suggested to him by the large proportion of girl s in the school who board themselve s. Hi s plan was to have this work of preparing their own meals count as laboratory work. To facilitate this plan a house was built which contains eleven living ,rooms and nine little kitchens - two of the kitchens being double oneseach situated between two living rooms. Each kitchen and a half of a double kitchen contains a gasoline stove and some of the heavier utensils.

The beginning of the year was not altogether propitous, for the house CQU}d not be finished before the girls moved in and it seemed as if more than the usual number of unexpected things happened.

The two credits given in this course are not altogether for '' being able to eat ones own cooking." There are two lecture periods a week in which various questions are taken up. Of course there is the regular work in regard to the pr,et>aration and serving of food such as is done in any cla ss in Domestic Science. Sometimes a dish is prenared before the class , and . occasi9nly the second year class pre"

par es an article which does not require too much time, such as omlet, custard and gelatin Since all the cla sses in Domestic Science meet in the laboratory in the basement of the main building, it is easy to make use of anythin g which the laboratory class has prepared in its two hour period .

The question is often asked if one person does the buying of groceries for the whole house , and plans .the menus so that they are all alike . This buying of and planning of menus is really the thing that a girl is le ast likely to have done at home and which can not be done very practically in an ordinary laboratory course.

The girls buy and prepare what please. A few fundament-al dishes are to be well prepared some time during each semester. The menus that have been prepared f?; a day or a week are handed in occasiOnally and are criticized in class. · · t ·n the bills 1s always a great var1e Y 1 . . . of fare and often in the mdividual ones. f th"

One of the disadvantages 0 18 work is necessarily associated with one of its greatest advantages. A girl who is not interested will ably not get as much benefit as 1_n a course where only two or three th1ngs are prepared week in a labora-

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tory but under direct s uperv1 s1o n. This difficulty will vani sh as the work is better understood and only th ose take it up who wi sh to get s om e thin g outof it.

Such a one will get much more than is possible from any ordinary laboratory course for she has an opportunity to cook a greater var i ety of thin gs and to keep on cooking them until she is satisfied with the res ult. There is the advantage of frequent marketin g and opportunity to work out ma ny little questions, such as the use of marrow instead of butter in cake making, the value of the much abused beet·sugar and the pre s entation of eggs. The work has been aided by the samples that have been sent us, such as pure beet sugar ve g etable substitutes for meat, ge iatin s, goods, cocoa and cheese of kinds, besides various utensils.

Another of the problems arise s from the very d"ff t . . 1 eren prev io us expenence of the students, but the re s ult of the pa::;t work would seem to sho.w th at it is not safe to take anythmg for granted as being known to every one. A good cook was known to pour away the greasy t . h" h . wa er In w IC a chicken was boiled just once. Another student in the 1 b t • a ora ory course. p laced some cold water in the fireless cooker and when she was to wash dishes was a little surprise.d to find that the packing of shavmgs had increased the temperture of the water.

This course in self boarding is open to any youn?" l ady who is boarding herself and m the secona year's work includes serving of dinner, lun cheon, and breakfast, and whatever else is given in one year laboratory course in college.

A few words =might be said about

the equipment of the r eg ular laboratory. Th e depa r tme nt w as f ortunate in getting a lm·ge r oo m fo r thi s purn ose. There are wo rk ta bl es fitted up for si xtee n st ud en ts . Next spring gas w ill be u se d as fuel, but now the is done on al co hol l amps or on th e ran ge , w hi ch de mo s trates s omethin g of the di sadv ant ages of the use of ve ry so ft coa l a nd oc cas ion ed smokin g spe ll s. Th e laboratory is quite we ll b ut in expe nsi ve ly fitt ed up. The la st acq ui stions are a diu ing tab le and the tab le lin en and china. The n ext t hin g we are ho pin g to get is a sm a ll r oo m fo r a dinin g and class ro o m.

Th e classes in thi s course meet on two day s of th e we ek, one hour in the mornin g for recitations and lectures and two in the afternoon. cookin g. Th ere is no ne ed of writin g much in re g ard to this course, for Dom es tic Sc ie nce laboratories are not uncommon and the work is much the s am e in all. Thi s l aboratory was re ady for use la st February and so has not been in operation a year. The Dome s tic Science work here has had the us ual diffiulties of a new subject in a curricu lum but among many favorable things there has been one , factor in particu lar that often is still being sought in schoo ls where Domestic Science has been taught for for years . This is the cordial cooperation of the instructors in the other scienc e s. What has been done seems very lit tle in comparison to what maY be done. All such things as courses in sewing and practice teaching in the Model School are on ly dreams of th e future. The instruction ·of Domestic Science into the s chools of Nebraska will doubtedly be intimately connected with the growth of this department in the State Normal.

YOUR

lIs lucubrat ion pr ofitab le fo r students? We ll, th at d epe nds. By the way, yo u a di ct ion ary? Is it handy? D oes it at t hi s mome nt abound in pul ve rul en ce? If s o, that betray s bad in te ll ectual as we ll as bad domes tic ha bits.

But to th e qu est ion of " lucubration." Have yo u "d ug u p" that di ctionary yet? Old John T odd, the author of a fam ous st u de n t's manual = -:·:;

PROF. GREGG

used by your gra ndfathers, de cl a res that in th e int er est of g ood memory one should '' se i ze th e mom e nt of excited curios ity on any subj ect to sati sfy one' s doubts .''

We ll, how a bout "lucubration" by thi s tim e? Do yo u say it is not g ood , ta s te to u se bi g w ord s? Is n't that a pretty po or excuse f or y our s till s it · her e, ge ntle reader, and not g omg a fte r th at dictionary'!

"' When yo u w ere s ix years old you kn ew 200 0 w ord s. When you graduate f rom the Peru State Normal you sho uld be as hamed to know fewer than 30, 000 word s, and it would be no very great matter to your credit to kn ow even 40,000 word s.

If you sha ll ha ve been so favored by for t un e as to have made a straight run thru a ll th e gra des you will have r ea ch ed y our twentieth or twenty first yea r at g radua t ion, g iving you fourtee n years in w hich to get 28,000 word s-2 000 word s a y ear, si x words a d ay ! Thi s means that you are to get six new word s today and remember the six you g ot y esterday, and the s ix the day before that, and the s ix b efore tha t, a nd so on. Not that you are to ge t ex a ctly si x words every da:v a ll th r ou gh the y ears. Better than that it is to g et all the new wo rds you come upon , be it one or be they a dozen. In s hort, y ou should acquire th e di ction ary habit. This is the ha bit of lookin g up every wprd you find and hear w hos e meaning, spellin g, pronunciation, or ori g in you are in doubt abou t, and of developing a fe elin g of intell ectual guilt when you fail to do y our duty toward the unusual word. In doing this you will ne ed to wear out one dictionary compl etely and the backs .off of one or two others.

The re is still another valuable means of expandin g your vocabulary, that is in the quest for synonym s m ord er that you may express yourself with exactnes s. Suppo se you want to say som ethin g to th e effe ct that the applause that follows every announcement of a class di smi ssal or a vacation is more or less idiotic. Now the word idiotic s ounds rude, hars h, unge ntle, and its use would be yery unwis e, ho wever truthful you may think it is. Look you now for a synonym

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to the word idiotic and see how differently it all sounds. ''E v ery announcement of a cla ss dismi ssa l or vacation evokes from students uproarious, enthusiastic, fatuous applau se! " Is lucubration profitable for s tudents?

IMUSIC

IThe Girls' Glee club, under th e dir ection of Prof. Aller, is now full y organized and working with eig hty voices. The work now is cent ere d around the standard cantata, "Fishermaidens," by Henry Smart. Mr. Aller meets the club each week for rehearsal.

The Boys' Glee club, whic h has proven very successfu l. meets every Monday evening. Most of the rehearis devoted to school songs and . Jingles. Work will soon begin upon the cantata, "The Viking's Farewell ," by Knowles.

We must not fail to mention the enwork being done by the Ph1lornathean Ladies' Quartet, represented by the Misses Berry, King, Reed and Henderson. They have appeared but once in public but we h "h , ave opes for the future.,,.

The Everett Male Quartet is exceptionally strong in its particular line· work, and is certainly to be comphmented. The personnel is as follows: Ralph Grubb, first tenor; ALva Grubb, second tenor; Van Kirk Maxcy, baritone; C. P. Schott, basso.

''Santa in L>ollikin'sFlat,'' a Chri s tmas cantata by J. H. Fillmore will be gi1ve:nt by the Model school on December 17th. The' chon;ts has a list of aver one hundred voices, and each of the eight grades in the Model school

is r ep r esente d. Prof. A ll er, wi th the aid of the va ri ous training teachers, is dr illi ng for the ca ntata.

The ba nd ha s it s music und er good h ea dw ay for the annual concert, whi ch is to take place t he latter part of Marc h. Mr . Hartington, of Neleigh, is a we l co me me mber ·of the band, be ing so mewhat of an expert with the pi cco lo .

Th e Ow l Q uartet filled an engagement on the program of the Nemaha County T eache rs' asso ci a tion, held in Auburn Dec. 13th.

IVery Early Records

The early records of the school contain nothin g uncommon, or schools of thos e early days, but much that seems stran ge at the present time. The following are taken from the secretary's records:

''Fall term 1866. First term of Peru Seminary commenced August29, 1866 in room s formerly used for a . saloon near Wright's tavern. The average attendance was about 30. Thompson's higher arithmetic was the only higher branch pursued."

"Thursday, December 13, 1866. The fall term was held in the principals' house, the new building not being completed, and 20 were in attendance the fir st day. Two students, William Daily and Calvin Hutchinson, attended a dance and were expelled, but having comp lied with the· requirements of the board of trustees the)' were re-instated.-D. C. Cole, Secretary. ''

"Clayton Cowles received a public reproof also for the part he took in the affair, and another rule was added to the list. The following is the list of rules:

THIN GS REQUIRED

.

1. 1-'unctu a li ty in a ll s chool dut i es .

2. Resp ec tfu l obe dience to teachers.

3. Di li ge nt empl oy me nt of t im e.

4. Attend a nc e at c hurch on Sabbath unl ess excu se d.

5. D eclam at ion and compo sit ion every two we eks unl ess e xcu se d.

THING S FORBIDDEN.

1. U se of profan e or v ul ga r language.

2. U se of intoxi cat in g liqu or as a beverage.

3. Play in g- ga m es of chance.

4. Attend in g ball s or danc in g pa rties.

5. Unpermitted assoc i ation of the sexes .

6. Corres pondence between the sexes, writing anythin g derogatory of the character of each other.

7. Leavin g· school wi thout permission.

8. Loun g in g about stores or saloon s.

OTHER RULES.

To r et ire at or before 10 o'clock.

Rise or before 5 :30 in the mornin g.

After the rules were laid before the school so me five you ng men, thinking them too hard, came to the princ ipal and ask ed him to take their names from the li s t. After further con si deration four of them conc lud ed to remain, but William Winters l eft."

John Dundas a nd Alice D aily were· on the Roll of Honor li st for good conduct and hi gh scholar ship .

THE STATE TEACHERS I ASSOCIATION

As us ual, the members of the faculty and students of the State Normal School at Peru are taking great in-

terest in the coming session of the State Tea s hers' Association. Preside nt A. H. Waterhouse of that association in structed Miss Katherine L. W oo ds, who is secretary of the association, to open an enrolling stat ion at Peru. Miss Woods, ass i ste d by Ex- pre s ident Searson. opened the advance enrolling stat ion and a large number will undoubtedly res pond with advance enrollments. The enrollment t hi s year ca rries with it the privilege of hearing s ome m ostexce ll ent talent. Th e Choral Concert on Christmas ni g ht by Thoma s Kell y and hi s choir of Omaha , even ing lectures by the gr ea t educator, Preston w. Search and that great 1:ader, Governor Hanl ey, of Indiana, are among the leading attraction s. Other lectur es by such leadin g educators as Pres . Storm, of Iowa State College, Supt. Davidson, of Omaha, Suot. J. L. McBrien and C hanc e ll or Andrews will offer additiona l attractions . · The annual banquet g iven by the alumni of the State Normal Schools will be a pl easfeature as will also the many mal class reunions planned for. t. IS week. No Normal student asp mng to professional di st inction can a!ford to miss this week of real professiOna l in spiration.

The names of those w ho enrolled at first announcement of the advance e nrollment just as the to press are given below. . Th1s WI indi cate a large advance enrollm ent from Peru.:

J. E. Morgan, A lbert Peterson, Sarah E. Dunn , ·Myrtl e M. Krebs, J. E. Gibney, Lucy Bowen, John Geo. P. McGrew , Harold W1lhams, A. F. Lucas, Elizabeth Crawford, Grace D. Culbertson, C. F. Beck, Nellie May Sc}:llee, Louise W. Mears, E sther A. Clark, Herbert Brownell, Mrs. J w. Searson, J. W. Katherine L. Woods, J. W. Crabtree, Eleanor Lally, E. L. Rouse, W. N. Delzell, H. B. Duncanson, N. A. Bengtson, F. M. Gregg, J. T. Akers

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TH E NORM ALI TE

LITERARY

John H anna

ALONG THE RAILROAD TRAC K AT PERU.

P HILOMATHEAN

The-excellent prog ram g iv en by our soci ety thi s se mes ter ha s re sult ed in attracting such large a udiences th at the hall been greatly over -... crow ded. .This ha s made it ne ce ss ar y for th e society to take so me action to overco!J1e the conges ted condition of the hall and insure ample room for all its member s. In vi ew o£ thi s fact the soci ety at their mee ting decided that no one exc ept memb ers and th e ir outof-town friend s would be admitted to the prog ram, except on S{>e ci al occas ions .

Friends of Philo w ill be glad to learn that preparations are under way which will transform the appearance of our hall. With a new coat of paint and beautiful wall pap er and mould-

in g, our ha ll w ill ·ind ee d present an a sse mblance of t ru e holiday a ttire . Th e prog ram gi ve n on Nov. 22d wa s as follo ws :

TOPIC- "THE FAR EAST"

Musi c . Orchestra

Re adin g .. Nellie Stalder

Talk - Cu s tom s of Japan .. Belle Glover

Vocal Duet .. Mi sses Willi ams and Zink

Chalk Talk ..... .. .. . ....... Martha King

Talk- In Th e Turki sh Ha rem .. ... .... . : Glen Sh eeley

Re citation Miss Dunlap M Abbott

Vocal Solo . ... .· .. .. -. . . . . . ISS .

Pi a no Duet .. Mi sses Gip s on and French

The mu s ical sel e ctions and readings were very g ood and th e talks deserve special me ntion, as th ey were excellent and far above the average.

As th e next me etin g came during

Thank sg ivin g holid ay s, a ,joint program was gi ven by the P hilo a nd Everetts, in Phil o ha ll.

The prog ram re nd ered on D ec. 6th con sis ted of "A Game of The program was as foliows:

Piano Du et

sses Browner a nd Wallace Short Sketches.

Bryant ...

Ste ll a Harris Van Dy ke

.. Georgia Ne ibuhr Whittier ......... Marguerite Mo hrm an Stowe ....... .... .............. . A nn a Gun

Lowell Em ma Gr ee nwo od

Piano Solo ....

The read er' s attention is directed at this t im e to another program, w hich is of great impor ta nce from the fa ct that it is t he first program of a ser ies of six, w hich are to be give n by the diff erent 2"rb up s of which the soc i ety is· co mposed. Thi s may be cal led the "Group Contest ."

Uroup 1, Prof. F. M. Gregg ..... ... .. Com miW•e man.

J•r og rnm

U.S. Senate es. Voca l Solo H. Harold Humphrey. I

Th eO pe uln!'( S ess ion of tho sounte.

Ca ll to orde r .. .. ... ... .. : . .... VIce Prt>s ldent Falrba nks. Inv oca tlou -( re ad ) Re \·. Ed wa rd ErPrett Bale. Swea rin g In of now Senntors Sena te Cl erk

Re ading or Lll e Pr es ide nt 's Me ssage Senate Ole rk

... . ... F. H. Mizera

. .... Martha KingEmerso n

J. F. Cooper ................ . W. S. Coo k

Edward E verett Hale .. .. Lena Ha ll ett

Loui sa M. Al co tt

.. ... Eva Pulver Alice P. Cary Fl oren ce Stephenson

Piano Duet ··· ·····-Mi sses Wit tmer a nd S ta lder

A spec ial Christmas program w ill be g iven on the la st meeting of t hi s se mester.

Lovers of mu s ic w ill be de li gh te d to know that an excell e nt program of spec ial mu s ic will be g iven on the first Friday aft er Christmas holidays.

Enough ca nno t be sa id in praise of the go od work don e by our mu s ic committee in fu rni s hin g the s oci ety with hi gh class mu s ical numbers.

EVERETT.

When a ha bit is acquired it is ge nerally hard to get out of it. - For in sta nc e, Ev erett ha s gotten into the habit of rendering exce llent programs· and it seems to s ho w no signs, so far, of gettin g out of the ha bit

The program on November 22nd was as fo llow s: In s trum e ntal Solo. . .. . . . . . . . ........ MI ss 1'" e llle Ross . Financial Methods of U of A Mr. J. E. Gibn ey. Evere tt Quart et Messrs Gr ubb, Schott Maxcy ,G rubb. Present F in anc ial Cond ition Mr H. Ste phens. Instrumental Solo Miss E. Dillow. Jlstorlca.l C rl ;; ls l no!' ln:J. nB of U. :I. of A.Mr. A. Gr ubb

Hes olutl on s of Respect In Memory of by nnd Pe ttns of Alabama Senato rTell er. Doraue e Jones.

A Gene ra l Snss lon or th e Sena te. tiurke tt on "Irrigation" . ... ..... .. ..Van 1\l rk 1\Ia.xcy.

Br own on "E las tic Currency' ' : Archie Hoste rm an. l:!cvorcdgo on "Chil d Labo r" .'r. E Gibney. Uolh·er on "!\l o. Hlver Nnv l!tatlon " Mill on 01·e. Tlllmnu on " Neg ro Suff rage" Glenn Je nkins

W hl s tllu g Solo Ada Phillip s. III

Sess ion of a Se nate Commit te e. Hill Pn dor co ns id e ration. a Nati onal Prohibiti on Am e ndmPnt..

A ddr ess by Rnrah L Arn old Allee Sims. A<ldress by Mrs. Catt Maxcy

Addre ss by Matti e Cook Ell is ..... Cella Whitton. Addre ss by lnrrle Na tion ...... . .. .. ..... . Eleanor Witt. This prog ram present ed a vivid picture of the mann er of procedure in our National Senate. ·

DEBATING

J. E. Morgan

CICERONIAN.

On Nov. 23the question: "R es olved, that the welfare of the U. S. demands an immediate enlargement of the Navy " was very ably di scu sse d, it be ing' th e most enthu sias ti c debate that Cicero has had this year. The climax however, was r eached on Dec. 7th the club gave their ' open session, consisting of a h ear ing before the city council of Peru . Peru

was represented as bein g a cit y of about six thou s and inhabitan ts.

The program wa s as foll ow s: Mr. C. 0. Olin e, thru hi s attorn ey , Mr. J. E. Morgan, had appli ed for a s al oon licen s e. Th e licen se had b ee n remo nstrated ag ain st by th e followin g: A committee re pre senting th e W. C. T. U. ,- which the Ath e ni ans were ve ry kind in furni s hin g us-consis tin g of the Mis ses Hickey , He nder so n and Chittenden, Mr J. Har old William s repr ese ntin g th e Mini ste ri al association, and Mr. J. T. Ak ers r ep resenting th e Civic federa tion. · Mr. B. E. Swen s on , repr ese ntin g th e Bus ine ss men' s league, ve ry abl y pr esented the ben e fit of th e s al oon fr om th e bu siness man' s stand point. Mr. G. P. McGre w acted as may or. Mr. L. R. Hill as city cl e rk, and Pr of. J. W. Sear son as city attorney . Th e purpose of the program was to bring out arg um ent on both s id es of the hquor_ there by showin g th e supenority of th e temperance arg ument. To know how we ll thi s w as accompli shed y ou w ould but have to con s ult t hose who were pre sent. In fact, the al·guments Pres e nted by the re mon strator s would hav e made e xcellent ma g azine articles in themselves. Their points were broad, we ll grounded a nd well maintain e d. Mr. Morg an, thru hi s exc ellent presentation of the law on the b. t d th h su JeC , an ru Is strong argument bas ed on the character of th e applicant, and the strength of character and judgpre s ented by the sign ers of the petit10n, s ucceeded in tying _ the vote of the council , their vote be in g nine for and nine again s t. The may or then cast his vote again st which ind e ed any mayor worthy of hi s po s ition would have don e. Th e reby the license was defeated, and , I t.

the fact brought out t ha t t he righ t al way s t ri umph s.

Th e re were seve ra l exce ll e nt argum ents wh ich d es er ve spe ci al me ntion , but i na sm uc h as s pace w ill not permi t t hi s mon th, we hope n ex t iss ue to mak e furt her.mention of th em.

ATHENIAN.

Old Ath eni an' s wa ll s r eso und ed the ec ho of Fl etc he ri sm on Nov . 17th, when the qu estio n, "R eso lved tha t Fl etc he ri sm is not pr a cti ca l, " was disc u sse d. Th e affi rm at i ve was mainta in P. d by th e Misses Bog ardu s, Ma? el Bay lor and Sad ie Gr ee n. Th e neg ati ve by Miss E li zabe th He n de r so n Hil da Mill e r. Th e d ec is ion was I.n f avo r of th e n egat i ve. Mi ss Loomi s ga ve the g irl s many va lu a bl e points on the s ubj ec t, w hi ch were g reatl y appr ec iate d.

On Nov. 23 d, th e qu es ti on, "Res ol ve d th at co r poral puni s hme.nt sho uld be abo li shed," was a bly di scu sse d.

On No v. 30th - ow in g to th e fa ct that a gr ea t many of th e g irl s spent the Thank sg iving vac atio P. at hom ean open di s cu ss ion wa s he ld on the qu estion: "Res ol ve d that s hould be gi ven th e rig ht to vote m Ne bra s ka." As it wa s a matter of perso nal opinion the debate was very . enthu s ias ti c.

In order th at the program may gi ve culture, as we ll as stre ngth in argument, mu s ic and re adin gs are irefr e quently g iven a place on th e gram. A s pecial aim of th e club _IS that the me mber s may become familiar w ith parliamentary procedure, and to thi s end, time is g iven at each meetin g to parliamentary drill . ·

Man's d es tiny is not to be dissati sfied, but to be for e ver un s atisfied.

AT HLETI CS

B. E. SWENSON

Quite a numb er of Normalites and citi zens of Pe ru accompanied the 2 nd team to Nebraska Ci ty Th a nk sg ivin g Day . A ga in the "scr ub s" were succe ss ful in gett in g the sca lp s of the "Purple and the Go ld ." The Nebra s ka City team h ad the ir r egu lars out this time and sh ow ed the effect of hard trainin g s in ce the ir vis it to Peru. In one of the most int erest in g and hardest fo ught battles that the City ,gr i diron ha s ever end ur ed Capta in Magor and hi s eleve n aga in carried the "p i gsk in" ac r oss the Nebraska · City goal lin e. Both teams played great ball and it was not un t il th e midd le of th e seco nd half that the opportunity cam e for the Normal to score. Zink was se nt through the l ine and in the pile up that followed, the ba ll was fumbled and it rolled out from the pile, the '' Ev er Ready" Parriott picked it up and scooted 15 yds for a touch down. Gui l foi l easily kicked goal. Peru was again steadi ly gaining when time was called Cartney and Magor starred for the Normal; Templin and Bone for Nebraska City. Final Score 6 to 0, line-up: Normal Nebraska Citv Magor <C) .......... re ... .....

Stoddard

Jennings

Wright .

Lee ...

rt ... .. C. Anderson

rg ... . ...... Topping

.c ...... .. . Swogger

... . .. .... ]g ...... L. Anderson

Zink It Gilmore

Gibney ... .. ... . .. ... le .. .. .. . .... Aldrich

Parriott q Temp l in T. Cartney rh Bone

Guilfoi l ............ . Ih ..... .. Hawley <C)

I. Cartney fb McMillen

The Normal clo s ed the most successful Reason in the history of the insti -

tution here Nov. 23 , ' 07 by playing the Crete Y. M. C. A. team to a tie sco re of 5 to 5. The Crete aggregation re minded one of the beef of the University, and t he heavy field was exactly suited to their sty le of play, a nd exactly opposite to what we des ired. The five center men of the Crete line averaged 190 lbs, so it was ne xt thing to impossible to ga in throuo-h their line. The success of <:> the forward pa sses and end runs was greatly interfered with by the soggy condition of the field, hence the low I sco re. Lin e -up:

Normal Crete

Helms .. .. . ..... re ............. Dutch

Stapl e ton .. .. .. .'.. .rt ...

Lincoln, Coole .... rg .... .

Radmacher

.. ··· Kobes

Swenson ............ c .... .. .... ...... Luke

McReyno l ds .. : ..... lg ..... Kersenbrock

James ............... It .. ...... .. · .. Allen

Collins ...... ... ..... I e .......... ·· ···Buck

Renfro q Denison

Zink ................ rh ...

Stewart lh

· Schrock

Cartney ............ fb ... . .. Kersenbroc

For the first time since foot ball was introduced into the Normal, "Our boys" are recognized as ''Champions of the State." The Nor. bl re mal team has made an envia ecord by winning every game that she has played this season. except our first game, "our practice gan:e," the State University, and we believe that right here lies the success of the team this year. We not only got some valuable plays and training from University bunch, but also gamed g rit and endurance that proved the undoing of every team that we met afterwards . Not only is the first

team to be complimented upon their success, but also the "Scrubs" for their faithfulness and perseverance shown by them in coming out for scrimmage against the regular s. We have the best coach of any of the secondary colleges in the state . Thi s fact has been more than proven by the way he ha s succeeded in developing a "championship team" from the material on hand at the beginning of the year. Our seaso n opened on the Saturday following the opening of school and yet we he ld State University, "champions of Mi ssouri Valley," to 53 points. From that time the progress o£ the t ea m, under his g uidin g hand, was both and sure. The State Nor mal Is to be. congratulated upon securing the services of such a re sou rc ef ul man.

Over four hundred do11ars worth of gy.mnasium apparatus has been reand installed, making our gymnasmm the largest and best equipped of any of the secondary schools of the It compares very favorably With of the State University. Here Is an opportunity for every student to get h · 1 . . - P YSICa t ramm g such as colle ge men of a decade ago had not the. of gaining. Physical trammg is especially to tho se who intend to go out into the state t.o teach for the . t d t· . . • m ro uc Ion of athletics mto the high schoo l has been the of carrying many a ?oy and g irl the grammar grades mto the semor class that c ·t· 1 , • ri ICa penod of one s school days. Let us prepare for the future, let us impro t . . ve our oppor umties.

Basket ball practice began Dec. 3 and a good bunch of material is turning out for practice. It is hard to say, just yet, what the Normal will do in basket ball this year, but the

prospects for a winning team are very favorable. Eggenberger of last year's tea m is the only one l eft ove r, Schott of Shickley, "the find of th e season," ha s one place ci nched . He is a little the fa s test playe r the Normal has seen for so m et im e. Col lin s a nd ·Beck are sh ow in g 'up fine at guards and Wri g ht s man, M ye r and Cartney are m ak in g eac h ot her '' go s ome" to land place. Ca rl s on, Renfro and Lee are also playing the ga me. Th e financial si de of the game is in sured by the el ection of Fred Zink of Stuart as m anager of the basket ball te.arn for thi s seaso n.

MILITARY

C. 0. Ol ine

Normal , Normal, Normal, C! C- a, C-a, d - e - t!

Zip, rah, zip - rah - boom!

Normal Cadet s!

Give us room!

We ne ed room, and we get i t, hence we have room for more in the company . Young men join the cadets and share with us this one privilege, not speaking of the many benefits derived from the work as enumerated in these columns in the first issue of this year's publication.

When asked why they. do not take cadet work, so many of the boys make the excuse. ''We do not ha ve the time," yet many of these, selfsame, "not time fellows" are seen in the gymnas ium from two to four hours every day without any definite object in view- just a musin g themselves. All cadet drills are g iven with a special en d in view. Why not join the cadets? Answer rather, ''Not enough backbone to straighten up ,'' or choose the better way and join the ranks .

We are exc ee din gly pl ea sed at the way so man y of th e foo t ba ll b oys are takin g hold of the wo rk , bu t we st ill have room for the rest of the s qu a d. Among th e foo t ba ll b oys who ha ve entere d, M r. Lin co ln , a nd l\Ir . Stewart, rankin g am ong the best drill ed men in th e s tate , de ser ve s pec ial me ntion , ha v in g b ee n me mb ers of the stat e militia fo r some yea rs.

The compan y is about to ta ke up ''exte nded o rd er" in the Sc h oo l of the Compan y, h av in g n ow beco me qui te profici e nt in the Sc h oo l of the So ldi er and Scho ol of th e Sq uad, as well as in the easier mov eme nt s in th e Sc h oo l of the Comp any.

Th e n ew uni fo rm s h ave at la st come and ar e w ith out ex cept ion pe r fect fit s.

Our bur gle r, A. J. Ba il ey, h as b ee n call ed away to accept a go od p os iti on in on e of Nemaha co un ty' s sch ools, ho weve r, we hav e b een f ortunate in bein g abl e to fill th e va canc y. by th e appointme nt of J. Harold Willi ams, on e of our b est ba nd bo ys and a promine nt me mb er of the fa med ''Owl Quartet te. ''

Th e cad ets are lo okin g f or w ard w ith gr e at pl eas ure a nd s ati s faction to the annual reception giv en to th e s chool shortly after the holid ays Thi s fe atur e ha s hereto for e pro ven to the school that the cad e ts are enthusiastic e ntertain ers.

Hunk·a-dory, hunk-a dory, hunk-ador y, ve tch!

je ct in biology. The subjects cons id e red at th e meetings are such as ar e now engag in g the attention of biologists and th at have no_t to any e xte nt found their way mto text book s.

At th e first me eting of the Pr of. Dun ca ns on di scu s sed the _subJec of m os qui to tran s mitted illu str at in g hi s le cture with stereoptican vi ews. .

At the second m eetin g Mi ss Loomis · f "Food Adultert ook up th e s ubj ec t 0 ble ations ," affordin g a hi g hly piofita evenin g. . t

At the meetin g on the 25 th Idns ' Profe s sor French will di scuss ''Mo ern. Pl a nt-Br ee din g," and will t ake up "Recent . on, I to t he Th e ory of Immumty.

Nebraska State Normal School, Pe ru , Ne b.

Gentleme n:- . t now

We're th e boys that make the noise!

Normal School Cadet s!

We hav e call s JUS I f . rural schoo s for more t eachers or bl e to tl we are a in Cahforma 1an our s chool s uppl y. of California are granted d it bas ocwithout ex amm a twn an O'radt ·haps so me o cured to us th a pel . bt }ike to uates of y our s chool mig Id be · · 'f th eY cou come to Cahforma I \{now of ·t· If y ou a ssur ed of po si wn s. · h · . names d 'll nd us t eu any such an WI se much and addr esses we vte;Yrece ive obli ged. We wo uld I e and would a copy of y our c atalogue hers to you

A biological s eminar has been organized for the curr e nt s chool ye ar, be g lad schools at an y tim e. . e ndard and many maintain a hi gh antlY located. of them are ve rY p eas . Thanking you for anY. service y ou . m eetin g every other Monday evenin g from 7 to 8 o'clock. The se meetings are op en to all s tudents who are taking or have tak en some electiv e s ub -

may re nd er us, we remam, yours Respectfully, John

B. Stearns.

J}ormalttr

l@eru,

A Monthly Ma gazi ne Pub lished in th e Interests of Education.

Published by Th e State Normal Sch oo l.

Subscripti on soc per year. r oc per single co py. Adv erti sin g rates furni shed on app licati o n.

Ent ered at the Postoffice at Peru ,N ebraska as sec ond c lass matter.

Editoria l Staff

JO HN T. AKERS. EDITOR IN C HI EF.

J. HA RO LD WI LLIAM S, A SS OC I AT E EDIT OR.

J. E. MORGAN,

JOHN H ANNA L ltem ry

C. 0. O LI NE Mi lit ary

MY R TL E E. KREBS

B. E. SWEN SON - Ath letic

BESSIE FO ST ER E xc han 11:c

W. N. DELZELL 1\ lumni

GEO. P. Mc GRE W, BUSI NES5" MANA GJ;R L EON R. HI LL , MANAGER

EDITORIAL NOTES

The money stringency is no w over, and the stud e nts are happy with s miles.

Th e Nebraska Teach ers' Association w ill h ave a good representation from the- Normal this year. It will be one of the best in its hi story. Let us Q'O and li s ten to some of the b es t talent in th e country .

Since Mr. H. H. Humphreys , assi s tant business manager , owing to hi s s tren uou s work in school, found it necessary to resign, Mr. L. R. Hill was wisely el ected by the board to fill the vaca ncy made by the former's r es i gnatio n. Mr. Hill is a young

m an of s pl e nd id ab ili ty, aler t, e nergetic and is pr ov ing him se lf to be the right man in the ri ght place .

Did you h ea r Fr e nch E. Oli ve r? If you did no t, th en yo u miss ed a tr eat. His su bject , "Man th e Masterpiece," wa s on e of th e be st things eve r heard in Pe ru. He fir st took up the matter of the cr e at ion of man in the li ght of the evolut ion th eo ry. sh owing conc lu si ve ly th at man cou ld no t have been a de sce ndant from a nim a l. He then wen t on to the fact that ma n' s in tell ect ual capac it y, hi s moral poss ibilities and hi s sp iri tua l opport uni ti es make him the c t·own in g effort of the Creator' s wo rk. We h ope to h ear him aga in so m et im e.

INEWS ITEMS

Cha rl es Wei ga nd, cl ass of ' 06, is attending Idah o State Univers ity.

Mi ss Ro sa A. Tynon, '06, is spending the ye ar at h er hom e in Peru.

Mi ss Mears, of the trainin g dep artment, spent the Th anksgiving vacation w ith h er moth er, in Auburn.

The Mis ses Mabel and Opal Ross, who attended th e Normal l ast yea r, were greeted by a jolly crowd of fr iend s as the y passed through, Thank sgivi ng mornin g, on their way home to Brownville, where th ey spent th e ir vacat ion .·

Mi ss Sarah Edie, who g raduated from the Commercial Department l ast · year is experie ncin g a howlin g success as Principa l of the Commercial Department of Pawnee Academy Pawnee City, Nebraska .

Subscrib e for the Normalite.

I SENIOR SCENES ·.j

Et hel Sne ll

After enjoying the Oliver l ecture on the evenin g of Nov 25th. the se niors se dately betook themse l ves to their re spec ti ve rooms. But near the time, the do l eful hour of midni g ht was tolled, those same sedate seniors stole forth again and wend ed their way to the chape l, where P rof. Howie welcomed eac h by the li g ht of a lantern . Within, a tran s form at i on was soo n wro ught by the s killful h ands of the seniors. Two immense shocks of corn on e ither side of the stage w ith pumpkins here and there, caused:one to fee l that ' 'Thanksgiving draweth near." Th e ble nding of the class color s was secured by combinin g th e old rose and olive gre.en with the s tage draperies and on the

green curtain han g ing from the arc h above, l etters spelling "seniors ." In the s mall wee hours of the ni ght the seniors r eturned to their rooms, to rea sse mble in the gy mnasium at chapel time n ext day. As the strains fr om the sen ioT orch estra filled the ch apel, ou r littl e junior friends ceased their ye llin g and turned their wondering eyes on the advancing ranks of the sen i ors, each of whom a '08 pennant. After marching through the aisles th ey formed in ti ers on the stage and gave their song, " What's the Matter With Sen 's ." On leav ing the stage they thru st their pennants into the shocks a nd m arc hed to their seats. The above program was carried out.

THE NO RMALI TE

Mr. Hanna, from "The Histo ry of Nati ons," Vol. 736, pp 8 00-875, co mpiled by Eth el Berry , A. M., pr ofessor of his tory in univers ity of Cali fo rni a; J. Haro ld William s, B. A., A. M., D. D., Ph . D., G. G. D. of Heid leberg, Ge rm a ny; Hi lda M ill er , A.M., Ph.D :, G. G. D., who occ upies th e chair of hi sto ry in Ha rva rd college , re ad the cl as s pr ophecy , co mple te up to date , 1927 , fo r w hi ch space w ill not p ermi t us to p rin t.

The fact th at Mr. Aker s w as dr e ssed as a farm er ad de d in teres t to hi s readin g. Th e seni ors h ad n ever r ea lized th ey had so man y thin gs to be thankfu l for, t ill Bessie Fo s te r told th em it. Th e clas s, fac ul ty, and se mor ad vi sor , were toa st ed in by the Misses An derson, Z in k, Shires , Green, Be rr y, K etrid ge Mill er , .Lull a nd R eed. Th e g;acef ul wavmg of their pennants as th ey s aeach in tu rn, pr o¢i u ced a pl ea smg effect .

Th e h ave cer ta inl y pro fi te d by th eir t eachin g a nd obse r vation in s ch oo l, jud g in g by th e way .. e oze n" r en d ere d th e Th an ksgiv in g Acrostic . Ea ch had a l etter of th e w d "Th 0 "! a nksg iv in g" in old oh ve gr een a nd rec ited in a chi ldi sh ma nn er th e fo il

T . f ow m g. IS or t each ers, so kind and so true

Wh o u phold th e hono rs of th Wh . t the Blu e. e 1 e

H is for so mu ch loved by a ll

Whose a vo irdupoi s yo u' ll . t 11 • ag r ee , IS no sma .

A is fo r app l es , so mu ch liked b

But we a ll li ke mu ch bet ter 0 Y me, · , ur ow n d ear Crab tr ee .

N is for Normal - th e best in th e st t . Wh f d a e, ose a rn e 1s ue mu ch to the clas of '08 . s

K is fo r Krebs-of th e cla ss of '07

Wh o 'd be able to ri se if we 'd furr{i sh the le aven.

S is for so pho mor es , we s ur ely wi sh th em we ll,

But wh at their f utu re fat e may be, ju st now we ca nn ·>t te ll.

G is for Gos he n, who makes us feel le ar y

Wh en we ch an ce to come late to hear cl as ses in the ory.

I is for I ndian s, who li ve at

Who are a fr aid to play foot ba ll with the b oys of Per u.

V is for vi cto ry our foot ba ll boys ha ve ga in e d,

And we, as l oya l se niors, their praises wi ll proc laim.

1 is fo r ink that we waste on our plans,

But it chan ges color in the c ritiC t eac hers' hand s.

N is fo r noi se w hi ch the tra in ers try to make,

For of a ll the ye ll s in sch oo l t hi s surely ta k es cake . .

G is for gre etin gs t he s en iors brm g to you -

We h av e spe ll ed Th a nk sg iv in g and n ow we w ill s kid oo !

S uc h wa s the marc hin g i nt o Chapel of th e cla ss of '08- Nov . 26, 1907 -a nd lon g w ill it be re mem bered by all those pre sent on that memor ab le m ornin g.

Mrs. R. B. Al dh am of Gr ee nfi eld , I owa, spent a few d ays r ecently 'her sis ter, Mi ss Ge rt rud e Eas ton.

Miss Lenora ,P age has wit hdr av: n from our ra nk s to acce pt a. position m the eighth grade at Wa yn e, Ne bra ska Mi ss Page wa s an ea rn est worker amon g h er cl ass m ate s, an a ss istant in the d epartm e nt of Eng li s h, a nd a y oun g lad y of hi gh sta ndin g. We wish her succ ess in' her work.

As th e fi rst nin e wee ks have end ed, many things have t ak en pl ace among th e teach ers in the mod el s choo l. The s eniors ar: e n ow ni cely s tar te d a nd are e nj oy in g their n ew w ork.

want to attend the Annual \JJ Convention, to be held in Lincoln, D ecember tw enty-sixth to January first, nin eteen hundred a nd eight. You will be concerned about your appearance before that convention, for

<!tlotpe!3' pelp make tpe 1nan

An appea rance of prosperity in clothing ha s help ed many a man to a high er and be tter po sition , and to attain success is th e aim of all.

mrte can pelp pour appearance '

Our stock of Clothing, Hats and F urnishinas is one the largest and best 0 ' known in the state, for quality and correct style.

0.00 to $30.00

JUNIOR JINGLES

G. D. Jenk in s

Senior enli g hte nm e nt was great ly dimini s hed when on a r ecen t fi eld excurs ion on e of th em, u pon s ee in g a farm er' s w hi te h ogs excla im ed, "0 , se e the sh eep ."

That the Juni ors are amb iti ous wa s fully ma nifested Fri day mornin g a·t Chap el when, up on n otic in g th at the Seni or seats w ere vaca nt, they supp ose d th at the tim e had come fo r th em to occu py t hi s h onorab le po s ition. Imm ed i ate ly an exc h ange was mad e and th ough th ey did n ot re ma in

Senior s a gr eat w hil e, a ll felt hi gh ly elat ed in be in g a ll owe d to pr es ent as Senio rs so ea rl y in the1r sc ho ol career .

Keepin g in close contac t with the n eces sar il y increases th e class sp mt. Do y our part by at te ndin g yo ur class mee tin gs .

We w ere to notic e tha t, in accord a nce Wlth Pr esid e nt Cra btre e' s r equest, ev ery J uni or was in hi s seat at Chap el hour Tue s da y mornin g Dec 3rd, read y to go to work w ith that eagerness whi ch is a characteristic of th e class . We a re also g lad to note that all spe nt a very e nJ·oy bl t . a e vac a- IOn.

Se nior da y at th e Chapel . was lnde ed g rand: but we li ve in ho pes that so me da y m th e di sta nt fu t ure may ex ce l a ll that ha s g one befor we e us. What's the matter with Howie?

He 's nothing but a speck, · When we hold him in contras t Wi th our ow n beloved B eck.'

Probabl y the best note that could be ente r ed thi s month is, " Eve ry one is so bu sy .that he hasn't time to wr ite notes ."

SOPHOM ORE SIGHTS

c. P. LhOtl

' 'Th ere is no time li k et hepresent." Impr ove i t.

It is gr in d. g rind a ll d ay long , but the So ph omor es wo rk to w in .

On Nov 19 th tl, e Sopho mor es held a cla ss m eet ing to d ec ide up on colors. As no d ec ision co ul d be re ac he d, a comm itt ee of six was ap po in ted by the Pres id ent to loo k in to th e matter, and ge t the opinion of the class .

The old saying is. "A ll thin gs come to hi m wh o waits." At l eas t th at is wh at Art hu r J. Ba il ey thinks, he got a po siti on of te achiug a ru ral scho ol. Here's suc cess to yo u. B ai l ey

If a ll the God s shou ld come to me , An d ask in w hi ch class I 'd li ke to be, Ill te ll yo u wh at to them I 'd say, I' d r at her be a Sop h omore any day

Be nni e R owan h as be en su ffer in g with the e nl ar ge m ent of the lowe r j aw for th e p as t wee k or m ore . Ch eer up Be nni e, we sy mp a th ize with. Y.ou.

After eatin g a lar ge Tha nk sg1vmg dinner H. M. Stephens sa id, "Demosthen es is de ad; Ci cero is dead; Webster is de ad; a nd I ' myself' am not fe eling very we ll.''

Dill Cole inform s us th at he is thinkin g s ome w hat of sta rtin g up a " bakery ."

The re are still s ome mem be rs in our cla ss who per sist in takin g a " holida y" occ as ion a lly .

We Sophomor es feel it ou r dutY to compliment the Senior s on th ei r e ntranc e into Chapel. It must h ave taken lots of time and pract ice, so we e xte nd the following to them.

The Se niors we mu st c omplimen t, Th e way th ey into Chapel we nt, The re they marched to a nd fr o,

A Great Assortment of Desirable Clothing and Furnishing Goods

-Q'"O R men, yo un g fe ll ows a nd boys . We are showin g for this season .1--l a line of s uit s from th e m edium grad es to th e ve ry hjgh est class of cloth es to be h ad. We ha ndl e the d epend a ble Ha rt Schaffner and Marx

sui ts a nd overcoats. Not only a few from w hich to selec t, but a representativ e lin e of all the new stylish models thi s large wholesale estab lishment manufactures. <I For the young man we h ave added a line of college clothes £ at prices, $ 18.00 to $25.00-the n L" // system . We will be very glad to ha ve th e particular young fellow look at this lin e of up-to- dat e ciothes.

For Christmas Presents

We are showi ng th ese useful gifts

Suits, Overcoats, Trousers, Cravenettes, T op Coats, Shirts, Underwear, H ats, Caps, Gloves and Mitts, Mufflers, Collars and Cuffs, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, Hosiery, Suit Case s, Trunks, Smoking J acke ts, Fancy Vests

We pay railroad fare both ways on $10 purchase or more

City, Nebraska

Like children, twenty years ago.

Round and round the room th ey stalked,

When all at once the l ea ders balked , And up the ro s trum s teps did go, Like Freshie s twenty years ago.

When up the ro s trum st ep s th ey 'd climbed,

And in the open they were )jn ed, They then began to s in g and sh ow , As people did, t wenty years ago.

Then down the steps a ga in they went,

Follow ing their dear old preRid e nt. They march ed around to find their I row,

As t hey did twenty years ago.

But take the Se niors as a class. Th ey stick together in a ma ss

But we are w illing to confess , To wish the Seniors great s ucce ss

II

FRESHMAN FRILLS

Huth Brownell

In the eve nin g of Octobe r 23, the Fr es hm en m et in Mus ic a nd Express i on Ha ll for the purpose of gettin g be tter acq ua in ted w ith each ot he r. The r oo m was tastefu lly decorated with Arbor Vi tae and Bittersweet. Th e cla ss co lors were tw i nc:>d a round th e p ill ars, makin g the ro om .ve ry attract i ve in deed . Th e ways for gett ing acquaint ed we re many and original. It was th e unanimou s op ini on that th e refre s hment s were fit fo r eve n Sen i ors. After a g rand march a round the ha ll h eaded by Pr ofessor Gregg, th e cla ss di sperse d, fee lin g the purpo se for w hich they had come was acco mpli sh ed Al so , that as one good time d ese rve s ano ther, we s hould have a party again as soon as possible.

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Ho dear to our hearts is the cash on subscriptions, When the ge nerous subscriber presents it to view; But the one who won't pay us eerrefrain from description, For perhap s, gentle reader, that one might be you.-Ex.

The purity of knowled ge, is better than the innocence of ignorance. -Sel.

The man worth while, Is the one who will smile When everything goes dead wrong.

We welcome the ''Envoy'' to our Exchange list.

At the close of an excellent article

I

in the "Doane Owl" on poetry and art is this little verse: ''Tho' critics may bow to art, And I am its own true lover, It is not "art" but "heart'1 that Wins the wide world over."

A hug, energy gone to wai st.-'-Ex. Teacher. - "Give the pr incipal part of dico. ''

Stud e nt.- '' Dico decere' '-someone in the back of the room, ' 'Dock.''

We are glad for th e opportunity of getting acquainted with the staff of the Bellevue "Purple and Gold" from the excellent group picture and interesting writeup of the individual members.

The "Spa rk s" exc h ange ed i to r deser ves congratulations for the unique and ori gina l design wh ich heads the exchange column.

"W h at is the be st wa y to tell a bad egg ."·

"I don't kn ow, but I wou ld su ggest that if you h av e anyth in g reall y important to tell abo ut a bad eg g, why, break it ge ntly ."

He. ·- "What would yo u do if yo u were in my shoes?''

She.-"Shine 'em."

What is the difference between the Princ e of Wale s, a bald he aded man and a monkey's mother? The Prince is an h ei r apparent, the man h as no hair apparent , a nd t he monkey is a hai ry parent

Th e article in the Western Union Journal on education by Prof. Brittner is certainly worthy of careful r ea din g and t hough t. He says: "Educatio n is not a cour se in 'how to li ve', but it is a co urse .in actua l real li v in g a nd t hu s a development of the best cit i ze n ship."

One of the jolliest and ind eed shrewdest business men that the business manager h as met in his r ambles is Hy res, the "book man" of Nebraska City. Mr. Hyr es h as an ad in this paper and t hin ks that the Peru Normal is a ll rig ht.

Who says the Juni ors ca n 't stop a t rain ?

Ask Mr. Klima and Miss Heim.

ftormal

If I could paint a picture, And paint it with colors true, I would spend my time in work sublime, Paintin g old Peru.

I wo uld pain.t th ose hills and valleys , Those fields with the ir gold en sheaves , The little squirrel wi th his swish a nd swirl , · Those beautiful autumn leaves. .

Those oaks of the stately forest, Monarchs of ages past ; . Those ru gge d hills, those rocks and nils, God gran t they may always last.

We mix our earthly colors, And call our painting good ; But the God above with a heart of love, M akes colors that no man could

He has take n the rarest colors, The gems of heavenly blue, And p ain ted a picture in natureGod bless it, Old Peru - S. R. Barton.

Th ose R.ocks and R.i ll s of Old Peru

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Men's High-art Clothing- Hirsh Wickwire make. Perfection in hand-made clothing is found in Hirsh Wickwire Comparison convinces the particular people. Ask to see the clothing without a fault. ·

Men's Hats-:-Snappy sty les in Roswel1e, Kingsbury, No Name Hat and Stetsons.

Inter-Ocean Shirts- Made in this city.

Ladies ' Apparel-Ladies' Coats. 15 sample coats close out at 25 per cent discount.

Ladies' Skirts-Entirely new showing of the new and popular skirts. 32 Gored and French Voile.

Dress Goods-New novelty suitings. Pattern pieces, $1.00 per yard.

Shoes-Peter's, District 76, and Kirkendal's. Good shoes to wear.

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Can fit you out in the latest styles in Gents' Clothing. Spend your vacation in one of those suits and overcoats that will make you feel proud .

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Peru , Ne bra.sfu.

"Lots of men wo uld i:la ve their footprints

Tim e's ete rn al sa nd s to grace, Had they gotten m other' s slipper

At th e proper time and place."-Ex.

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JANUARY 1908

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Cop y right 1907 by Hart Schaffner & Marz

AN ALASKAN DOLL STORY

[A Geographical Story for Primary Grades]

By Louis e W. M ea rs

The story begins in a ba s ket, a round bright-bordered ba s ket, made by an Indian woman in Alaska. Lift the lid, and you will see a queer little dolly, unlike any of yo ur s, I am sure.

How lonely she must be, far away from friends and hom e! She will never ag·ain see the land from which she came . Listen to her story.

I am a littl e stranger, an ugly little stranger, perhaps you think, but a small dark-eyed child in Alaska once thought me beautiful indeed. She was g lad when s he s aw me, and spoke Indian words to me. Thi s stiff ye llow dress of mine is made of the inn er skin of the walrus, and I was once proud of it, and of the red yarn with which the seams are sewed. This belt of fur and this head-dress were taken from the mink, and the soft

fluffy feathers at my throat came from the eider duck.

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I I I I I I j.

The walrus, the mink and the eider duck live in Alaska. The walrus is a very large anima l, of the seal family, and it has strong ivory tusks. It uses these tusks to defend itself from other animals, and to dig shellfish from the bottom of the bays. Perhaps you have seen some pretty articles made from the ivory tusks, like a ring or a charm. The hunter kills the walrus for its oi l and hide s, al so. As it lie s on the ice in the sea, or on the snow-field, it looks much l arger than the seal.

Have you ever see n an e id er duck ?

Of course not, for y ou have not b ee n far north amid st the ice and s now, but you have see n a picture of one. In Ala ska, where the s umm ers are s hort and the day s are lon g, thou s and s of these birds build th e ir ne sts amon g the rocks, and hatch out their young. Upon their brea sts the softest white feathers grow-softer than anything you can think of- called eider down, and with this down the mother bird lin es h er ne st. Hunter s often strip the nest of the down, and sell it for large prices. Did you ever sleep under an eider down coverlet? How warm it is, and yet how lightly it rests upon your tired toes!

If I should tell you how the hunter spent his days upon the ice and snow and rocks geting my dress of furs and down, you would hear a wonderful story. The hunter was an Indian a.nd it was hi s wi.fe who covered m; little rag body With this funny dress. Far north, in Sitka, Alaska, these people have their home.

Sitka is on an island in the sea, among many other island s, not far from the mainland. Here the governor ha s hi s home, and here I have seen sh ip s, large and small, come into the beautiful harbor. Some s top to bring the mail; some bring s oldiers and others wait in the harbor while passengers go ashore and visit the town. Every summer many people

sa il to Ala s ka to s ee the beauties of that country . A vis it from one of th ese trave lers ch anged the story of my li fe.

I ca me fr om a co untr y where t here are many mor e Red men than white me n. Th e tiny town s ar e built close to th e sea , a nd when a s hip arrives , th e Indian v ill age rs are waiting at th e wharf with their ware s for sale. Th e vi si tor s are eager to buy, and the Indian women have mocca s in s, baskets and o ther hand-made things s pread upon th e g round for s how . They sit on th e ir feet in a so l emn row. quietly waitin g for s ome traveler to buy. The men offer totem pole s for sale (wood carved to look lik e bears, frog s

and eagles) That is why Alaska is s ometimes called the "Land of the Totems." The Indians also make s trange spoons, w hich they have hammered out of s ilv e r. These handmade spoons are much liked by the visitors.

Summer is the busy time for Indian me n. They are then away from hom e, catching the salmon and working in the canneries. It is then that the fish come from the sea into the fresh-water streams to spawn, crowding in close and hard. If the Red man in Ala s ka does not work in t he s ummers, he must starve in the winters.

In the forest by the sea, I s pent my la st day in Ala s ka. It was a

su mm er day, when my li ttle mi st res s and I sat und er the pine tr ees near Sitka. A b ea uti fu l large s hip had land ed in the ha rb or. The pa ss enge rs were wa lk in g here and there about the town. Two ladie s were fo ll owing a path in the forest, and we saw th_em com_in g o ur way. We kep t Yery still, for little Red c hildr en are usually quiet and watchful.

"See these littl e Indian s, s it t in g here so q ui et ly!" said one of the ladie s, and she came up close to u s.

_How the dark eye s of my little mi st re ss gazed at the st ran ge r s! And how softly and politely s he an swe r ed the lady's quest i ons!

"D " o you go to sc ho ol, little g irl ?" Yes, M'an1."

"Te ll us w her e you go to sc hool little girl." '

"We go to the Mission s cho 6l "

"Who made y our doll?" .

"My moth e r."

"Would you se ll it litt le gi rl ?"

"Yes, ' M'am." '

"For h ow much ?"

"Twenty· five cents."

"O h! I want to buy yo ur doll then. Here is the money. Good-bye, little girl.''

And in a moment the littl e brown had gi ve n me away to the white lady. Surely my little mi stress co uld no t h ave s topped to think what it a ll meant, that Rhe was sending me away to be a stranger in a strange land . As I lie in my ba ske t no w I listt:n for the sou nd of the sea, I Wish for the touch of t wo brown hand s.

Lie still, littl e Dolly, and dream, In your furs and feat hers w hite, Dream of the forest and frozen stream, Dream of the lon g, lon g night.

Do you hear the s almon and the herrin g,

Ru s hin g up the seaward flowin g stream s?

Do ) ou see the miners bearing R oc ks that g lint and gleam?

In our far-awa y home , li ttle Doll y, There aTe many things str:ange and n ew,

You h ave told us a true li ttle stor y, And our he arts gi ve welcome to you.

We read much surprise a nd indeed a little amusement a r ece nt editoria l from the "Purple and Go ld." Bellevue, relati ve to recent difficulties in the football schedu les of the two sc hool s- Peru and Bellevue. The editor of this paper wishes to say that there h as been at a ll times in this sc hool the hi g he st rega zd for Bellev ue and particularly for the Bell ev ue Indian s. We believe in spirited enthusiasm in athletics both in college and in th e high sc hool and feel that the d ay h as pa ssed wh en schools s hould be es tran ge d b eca use of honest differences. We hop e that the rules will be so arranged next year that we m ay be able to play this game _and thu s settle any questions that might h ave arisen in th e mind s of friends of the se schoo ls.

We wish to call the attention of our readers to the advertising in this issue particularly that from this town. You note that every man in the town has a card m this pap e r. Most every business hou se ha s an ad of some size . We very much appreciate this patronage for it is from this mean s, large ly, that we are able to publish this paper of w hich we are jus tly proud. As students we can help. Patroni ze these me n. Tell t hem that you know that they adverti se in the NORMALITE and everybody will be happ y.

RA LPH GRUBB

Spec ial s

A H. VANDRIE L

N.C. C. A.

ALL IE BAKER

Tra in ers

Y. M .C. A.

G. D. JENKI NS ETHEL SNE LL

Juni ors

NORMALI TE SPECIAL REPORTERS

Seni or s

RU TH BROWNE LL Fres hmen

JULI

C. C. BERKEY

MARY SEELIG

THE NORMALITE STAFF

JOl-IN T. AKERS.

John '.r. Akers, 'OS, Editor-in-chief of tho No rmnlit o, born in the Old Dominion States where he early gained promine nce as an o ra tor and .L\-ftcr a few years' work m the pubhc sc h oo ls he decided to fol_low Horace Greeley's famous maxim, and come to Nebraska. His life at Peru has been a succesl:;ion of honors a nd high achievements By his brilliant oratory, his splendid character and oTeat personality, he has gained during his at the Normal a preshge that Is en vi able . Severa] times a delegate to state an d national meetings of the Y oun o· Men's Chr i stian Association, a memof the 19_07 debating sq uad and IS an ex-president of the Philomathean Literary Society and the Ciceronian Debating Club. He is now president of the Yo ung Men' B Cl1ristian Association and Editor-in chief of the N ormalite.

J. Harold VVilliams, the Associate Editor of this publication, first saw light in the village of Ainsworth, Brown county, Neb., some years ago. His schoo l days were

J. HAROLD WILLIA:MS.

spent in the Ain sworth pub?-c sc hools oTnduat in!!: from that m' o H stituion ·with the class of '06. e entered the Norma l in the fall of 1906 and now is one of the strongest members of the Senior class.

Mr. \\' il li ams is a man of marked literary ability, a good conversationalist, possessing a good supply of original wit . Among the responsib le posit ion s heretofore by Mr. Willlams might be mentwned, Editor-in-chief of his High School Annua l, and proof-reader O?- the Omaha Daily News during his lasdt vacation He is also a member an promoter of that famous musical orknown th r oughout Southeastern Nebraska as the Owl Quartet.

Mr. Morgan is a nati ve of J:md, Neb. It is truthfully sai d of him that he has become one of the most popular fellows that bas ev er attended the Normal and altho u gh an under classman, he is an tionally strong student, a pohshed ora tor, an excellent a ready and pleasant conver satwnalt: su +uapn+s LtaAa +S1

.J. E. '.\1.0RGA?'-:.

friend, an ac tiv e and effi ci ent worker in the Y. 1\L C. A., mem her of the executive comm ·ittee of tlt e Stat e Stud ent Vo l unt ee r Union, pr esiden t of the Cice r on i an Debat ing Club and also Debating Editor of the Normalite.

If tim e an<l oppo rtunity afford , Mr. Morgan ''i ll becom e on e of the l eading sc h oo l men of the s tate.

Born in Auburn , Neb., graduated from the schoo ls of tbat city, became a succe ssful teacher for one year, and Mr. Hanna, although a very _YOung man, lt as many acem;nph shment s, possessing rare ab1hty along many l in es . He has a.ll the natural endowments of the orator, widely read , a s tudent of the

n<• s. II <· is :t \ 'f' rilabl c 111a gic ian in s 1•(·c r-lt , t• ntpl o_,· in g the c x_tempore t ll<·tltods. \\ ' itl t all lti s gtft s and l! ;;-; O\'(' t'\\' lt c lm i ng spo ntaneity, in o nl< ·r· to (• nlat·gf' lti s , .o< ·aiHrlarY: he 1s a (' Hr<·l" ul st trdPnt o l" tir e cli c twn1 I <> is a k('(•Jl de bat e r, ha,·ing " ·o n ltonor s sp \·<·r ;t l tinr es in the Soutl t(•;t sfp rn High s(' It()() I I )(· I> at iII g· I ;( 'H gu ('' and as edi to r- in - (' lti e l' o l" tlt c S<'nrl et and Gn·cn <Jf' 1\uhurn lli g-h Rcltoo l pr eside nt of tlt e .·\ Li ti C't ie .Assoc tation of' tit<' s nttt(• S(' IJOo l.

Sitw e <• n! C' ring tlte No rmal th1s fall as a Se nior· lri s progre. s llas h ee n llliiJ'\ ' ('IO II S. Ir e \\':l S electe d e <li to L·- in -C'lti <" l' of the Se ni or a 1. is c x. - pt·<'sid e nt of tlt e Ci ce roruan De bating· ( 'ltth , and is 110 \\' Lit era ry Ed i tor o f' tlt c 1\or ttt n li te.

C. 0. OLINE .

c. 0. O li ne, l\ir.il i tary editor of Norma li te, was h orn several ao·o in north e rn Nebras ka. Belllg 11 m 0 an of tru s tworthy c hara cte r, we ha ve a cc epted hi s s tat ement to. the following: "I am a graduate of Lvnch hio·h schoo l, have attende Bellevue College one year, and the N onnal thr ee y ears.''

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l\fr. O li ne is prominent in every pha se of co ll ege li fe. His have he en too num e rous to ment10_n. At pr ese nt he is of the Mi lit ary Company, President of the (

JOH N HANNA

and a devotee of Demosthe -

Pub li catio n Board, Secr eta ry Young -:\ Ien 's C hri st ian .Assoc iation , and Pres i dent of t he Senio r Class . He is the only person in th e hi s to ry of the sch oo l who ha s b ee n pre ·id e nt of hi s c la ss quring bo th .·C' ni or a nd year s.

B. E. Swen so n, our mo st worthy sporting e ditor, is not directly from Sweden, but hail s fr om Shickley th e la nd of spo rt s. His square:

B. E. SWENSON

broad shoulders and his stronol ol ar appearance gained for h1m a place in athletics the very day of his arrival at Peru. Nowhere in the entire school is there a man who could represent athletics on our. the same spirit and ab1hty whiCh characterize Mr. Swens on. His magni:ficient work on the gridiron is familiar with every boy of school age in the state· and hi s increasing pop ularity landed him as the president of the Juniors-the class that always has high ideals and aspirations for the future .

Since coming t.o Peru three years ago from her home, Sterling, Neb., Miss Fo s ter has been pr omin ent in the vari ous activities of the school. She is an efficient member of the Athenian debat ing soc ie ty, al so an

actiY e worker in the Y. W. C. A., the su ccess of our noon day prayer meetings over whi ch she has charge be ing evidence of h er ability. Owing to her ch ee rful di spos ition and w innin g manner her friends a re number ed by her acquain tances . Mi ss Foster will attend the State university next y ear and we predict for her th e same success there as s he has m et with here in the Norma l.

Our Alumni Editor, Prof. W. N. Delzell is too well known to adm it of much comment. Not only is he lmown here in our

PROF. W. N. DELZELL. school but throughout the state as a prominent educator.

Prof. Delzell has been principal and sup erintendent of some of the

l\IISS BESS FOSTER

be st school s of th e s tat e, and so suc· ce ssful wa s he as a te ac l1 er ihnt he was elected to th e l1 ea d of th e departm ent of Co mm er ce in th e 1 e ru State Norm a l. His gener os it y, liberality, winnin g way:, ha ppy and optimi s ti c di sp os iti on and pleas ant manner s hav e wo n for him th e of all tbe in lh e N ormal.

nE Q. P. M cG REW

GEORGE P. M'GREW-Bu s iness manager for the Norma lit e, is a graduate of the Auburn High school. his graduation he has attended the University of Nebraska, the State school a_nd has taught the buddmg youn g m our ne ighborin g state , Io wa, at Ft. Des Moine s two years. In this state he was of at Eagle one year. Was prmcipal of th e schools at Trenton two . He is now fin ishing his c?urse m this s choo l with the cla ss of Althou gh he wi ll finish the reqmre?- c?urse in thi s semester, he w ill remam m school during the s econd semester, the better fitting him s elf for the work he wish es to take u in the future . P

He is now assistant in,...the- ph • YSl CS and chemi stry laboratories N" th d h , In gra e teac er m Algebra, and vice president of the Senior cla ss , be s ides be i ng the ab le : manager and staff art ist of this paper.

Th e pr os pe cti ve future of Mr. McGrew is th ai of be in g a s chool man. He h as alr ea dy met and so lved many of th e e duc a ti o nal prob lems that confront the t ea ch er in a ll g rades and will e nt er hi s c ho se n work with e ffi c iency.

Bo rn in the Stat e o f' Ne w York, :;\ fr . IIi II p osses ses s om e o f'_t he chara c:t i. ti <·s of t l10 Hoo SC' \·elt JS ill typ e, in U1:ti l1 e is fil'ltt, e ourng-eo u and an i ndd'ali g al de IC':tcl <' r in all t)Jc gTea i p1·o hl ems tl_tni (' onl'ront bun fo t· lti s c·o nsi(le rnt to ll.

Mr. II ill J'<' <·<' i, ·ed lti s c nr ly e ducati on ai tlt e Oltiown s <" lt oo ls, grncl u.,i in"" front il• c s nm e, aft er \\7 hi ch he ilt e Stn te uni,·ers ity for one ye ar , al so th e fo ll o win g year, for on e se m es ter at J n Sh l U1 e Stat e J\ gT icul inrn l c · He gT<1d11nt es ft·o nt tlt e N ormnl tl.ns ye ar, be ing one o f' tir e in hi s cla ss , _fi_llmg _as he d oes , his pr ese nt p os ri1on w1th

L. R. HILL.

credit to him se lf and honor to the publication. B es id es the re o·u lar N onnal c our se t ln s ye ar, he the commercial s horthand work also, making hllll an ex ceptionally strong Senior. He is a good speaker, a keen deba ter, an activ e, enthusias tic and tirele ss w ork e r.

E. U. BUfl.KEY.

Mr. E. H. Bud\: CY fir st h eard of at G il tner, Neb .; and after a few years of expe rim e nting, his foll\:s th ought that he might possess s ome of the teac hing ab ility, so he was graduated from the Giltner hio·h scl!oo), taught fi ,. e ye ar s, t\vo prm c1p al of the H en der so n · h io·h _h as attended the umve rs1ty for one yea r, al so York College the follo\\·in g year. Came to. the No r mal l ast su mme r and is th1 s year a membe r of the Senior cl as s, ass is tant in the Ch emical a hard wo rk er in the hterary and debatin g socie ti es . Also Mr. Burk ey h as set th e ex ampl e t? th e o th er b oys hy makin g a practi ca l demon st ra ti on that '' s ino1e bl esse dness '' is not the be st way<=>to s pend one's Se nior yea r in school.

He \vas r ecentl v ca ll ed from the Board of rrru s tees of th e N o rma lite to fill hi s pre se nt pos i tion as Assista nt Bus in ess Manage r of this pub li cation .

Mi ss Myrtle Krebs came to the Normal three ye ars ago, and from the ve ry fir st im pressed t he faculty and s tud e nts as he in g a r emarkably s trong person, of hi gh ideal s a nd ennob l ing purposes. Miss Kreb s ta ught some years, e nt er ed the Normal as a Junior, gra duated in class '07, vi ce preside nt of the cl ass .

1\liSS MYRTLE KREBS.

Sh e wa s pr esi de nt of the Y. W.hC. A., b esides holding many ot er positions . She entered the schoo l again thi s fa ll as ·a po st graduate and wa s el ected general of the Y. W. C. A., placing tlns org::mi zation upon a firm ba si s. t

She wa s c all ed to fill an po s ition in the Lincoln schools th e Chri s tmas vacation. We di ct fo r her un parall eled su ccess Ill the t eachin g profess i on.

MISS ETHEL BERRY.

Mi ss Ethel Be rr y, a tea cher from Tekamah , Neb. , F . memb er o£ the Cla ss of '08. th e pa st two ye ars she h as b eeh.a 1tendino· the Norm al, durin gf'Y <=> · d v -r1en "' tnne she h as g ame man Sh e a nd b as be come ve ry popu laly unois an ac tive m .· 0 af \ ¥o me n' s Ohn sban A sso CiatlOn, h so one of th e mo st active and ent usi as ti c members of her cla ss . t d to She h as been r ecently Kreb 3 t hi s position to succeed Pubwho fill s a pl ace in the Lwco lit School s.

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Junior- (who ta es. teac hing? What is mean t by from Cook - That' s easy,the to d 1 Jumor -I don t under stan . Cook-We ll teach all you know' then what don't kno w.

ATHLETICS

B. E. SWENSON

Prof of the Athletic Board; -is p(Qving himself to be a strong officer.

Prof. Delzell has·- received some flattering offers from ·several of the Indoor Baseball clubs of the state but he assures a Normalite that his strength to the teant cannot be ''measured in money.''

Manager Zink, of the Basketball team, is working up an excellent echedule which he hopes to submit to the students and to the public in a short time.

During the first part of December the of the faculty organized what Is known as the Faculty Club. The purpose ?f this organization is explained in lts name, but we might add that it has the purpose, also, of takin some of the conceit out of the when they go so far as to imthat- they are the only tea school. mIn

On December 14th th f we.d delightfully ent and Crabtree in

In ":hich they Tarkio and e. Issourians from spectators m_t:rested bunch of could be made · 1wo touchdowns utes on a minAfter spending a half hci e. cussing the ups and In disseason, we were invited t of the groaning with viands such a table Mrs. Crabtree knows how ·only pare. To say that the boys 0 · pret J'rof. Scherer, did justice was before them would be p tt· "t "ldl M u Ing I m1 y. r. and Mrs Crabt t t · d . · ree er us many interestmg experiences wh1ch came to them as a result of their trip

this departing (/'rabtree each of the hoys "·ith a rose, .tpe l?:eamty and f "Thicb rell1CJJJ het·ed. - giving: the Noruutl yel I and. vo,ving tbat they 'vould heat 'rarkio again next year the hoys departed for the ""here the reception hy the .A.thletlc .A.ssoeiation \Vas already in progress.

'rhe reception tendered by the Athletic Assoeiation was voted to be one of the 1nost unique and best carried out, that has been the .Jot to fa] I to a foot hall team at Nebraska State N or1nal for Inany years. The first part eonsisted of a literary proand 'vas unde1: tl.1e direction of J. 'r. Akers, that In Itself would insure its success. The boys, in response to 'J1oastinaster 1\.kers spoke as gratefully and gracefully as only football boys can. At the conclusion of this part of the program the company adjourned to the gymnasiuln where the boys were called upon' to run signals for last time as a tearn. .1\.fter drawing· partners by means of footballs handed out for the occasion, we proceeded to make one last long grand march which resulted in bringing us by the grandstand, fro1n which was handed a bunch of refreshments. 'Ve were just through when sud· denly the lights said they would be out in five minutes-we beat them out.

The first basket ball game of the season occurred Friday night, Deeember 13th, when E. K. Hurst brought up his bunch of Falls City girls and started to demonstrate to us how basketball is played in Richardson county. They came awfully

near sh ow ing u:-; to o, so ncar that we can reme mber the ciTe C't::; of it yet. But ne ,·0rth c less ou r gi rl s played a gooJ gn 1110. Yon nm t remcmhcr it wa!-: o ur fir st game and the gi rl s wen' to ea ch othe r. lt is th e o pinion of the ..:-\.thl nt ic Ed i tor that the Fall s C ity bun ch "·ere fn:-;ter thnn anY te ;lm the No rmal met la st ye ar and they have been all fal l. "\\-h en the finn] s moke el cn r ed awn,· tile score stood to 1+ in fn,·or of the Norma l. 'l'h e line - up:

Normal - - Fa ll s City

Phillip s f . De wa ld Blanl, c nsbip, France. f . Vo c gel e in Sh €e ley c. .

Le yda Edwa rd s, l\l sDc rmc t. 2c.

Lury Sp illn er g Pars Kenn e dy g Yocam

As a preliminary to the Norma lFall s C it y Hi gh School ba s ketball the 1!-,a c nl ty Indoor Baseball team defeated the mu ch vaunted Seni or team of tl1c same o rd er in a fa st a nd interestino· o·ame the t f :,:, 0 une o · 8 to +. The game was f ull of spectacular plays on both s id es. Delze ll brought down the oTandstand b t . 0 y WC? p lay s as a result of w ln ch h1s se r vi ces are a lr eady sought after by the leading mdoor baseball t eams of the state. the batting rally m the l ast mnmg hy driving one to the l eft field fence when Burkey final ly recovered ball from und:-r one of the radiators, and the e:xh ad died down, Brownell was found s tanding safe ly with Hanna on third, an d two of the faculty p laye rs had c ro ssed t he mm. Beck twirled fo r the faculty as he had never twirled before. E ggenberger made several trips from his position as catc her o ut toward the umpir e,- ju st as r egul a rly Be ck went fo rth , basketball rule b ook in hand, to s how him that according to Arti cle VII Section 29 of the revised rules Vance was

us ino· good judgment. The line-up : Faculty- --Senior Scherer .... . ...... c .. . ... Eggenberger

I3 E> t·k p Carlson

Howi e lb James Del ze ll 2b Zink

Bro wn e ll 3b .. H anna

Be ngt s on ss Sp a ffo rd Gr eg g ss Hodapp \'\"11 i te na ck rr. Hill

:\rnmfo rd If Burkey

On December 19 '07, the footba ll boy s were agreeabh· ente r tained by Pr of Scher er. Ea ch of the boys \Yas pr esent ed with a fo).l, with the initial " P'07"-Plg-skm boat ers of '07-,in memory of work done up on th e gr idiron t h1s year. T hi s tok en will , in d ecades to c ome, call ba ck to memory pleasant recollection s of th e ba ttl es lo st and ibe victories won on the Normal At b leti c fi eld, and will be a signal to fight th em oYer again . These fo bs nre great ly appreci ated. . Pink Renfro was elec ted captam fo r the coming year. Our ner vy li tt le q uar te r ba ck ha s well-earned th is h ono r, and in our opinion he occupies the best position on wthe el eY en for directing the t eam. e lose by oTacluation Zink, James, · o ' T l Cook and Stap l eton, and also ahurst fullbac k on the All -Nebraska team,' but nevertheles s with our pre s ent coac h in ch arge we ho pe to put anot her pennant winning team in the field next yea r.

During Chri s tm as v aca tion, a numb er of the a lumni of the school challenged wh at was here of our basket ba ll team for a game. The a lumni team, composed of former Normal "stars" su ch as, Beck, Hadse ll, Williams, Li nger anct Don Young, had their eyes opened, but we dar e not re peat th e sc ore.

Life is sh ort-onl y four little letter s in it-Three quar te rs of it is a "lie" and ha lf of it is an "if".-Ex.

History of th e Philomath ea n Lit era ry So ciety

MYRTLE M. KREB S

(Note-The wr·it er of this artic le is indebted to Mrs. A. K. Go ud y, Mrs. Anna J oy and Pr es i dent Cr ab· tree for facts co n ce rn ing th e ea rli er h istory of Philo.)

The Philomathean Literary Society of t he State N orllJa l cl aims the di s tinction of be ing the olde st l it e rary soc iety in Nebras ka. Takin g a r etrospective vi ew tltrouglt hist ory, we di scover Ph il o in an embryonic s tage almo st a half century ago. In 1 865, t wo years before the school be cam e a s tate i nst itution , the organization of Philo occurred, th e i nit i ati ve st ep ha v inCY been by Mr. Perry Mart i n, student m school at tbe time of the organizati on of Philo.

The s ociety was or ganized for the purpose of ad:ran ce ment, and acqmnng a practJ.Cal und erstandmg of parli amentary u sages. The of the_society consis ted of a. pre s rdent, v rce pre s id ent recordmg secr etary, co rr espondin o· t reasurer, librarian cr if lh and trustees, a ll of whom' were c"> to serve one term. Each 1 hrlo year was divided i nto threo term s. In 1 906 a chan ge was made to the semeste r pl an M r::r Rob e t d · r. .J.enr y r s as the fir st presi d ent of s oCiety. Du r ing P hilo' s fir st year the schoo l enro lled fifty s tudents. Twenty of that nu mber were members of Philo 'rh e . · SOCI- ety gave a program each w 1 Each member _a ppear ed upon e:hc. pro gram m two weeks. says, mu s ic a nd a debate were mcluded as feature s of each program. Jy.ru ch attention was gi ven to rule s. Stud ents drd society wo rk w·ere grven cred rt as fo r any s ubj ect

p 11rsue cl in Ll1 e 1·egu lar c nrr icu lum . 'l'lw at te nd ; JJw e ll\· tl 1e me mb ers at th e ,,·eek ly pro:,.!,T[un s wa s co rupluS(J t T. 'l' l1 is J'nit l d'nln ess learn ed by P lli.lo nJ :-t! IJ cans in the ea rl y .h is tory of tl1 c soc ·i (• t ,. l1ns ciJ<Hil cte rized tl1 e n1 tlJroug iJ ·:ti l th e years and ha s I "A tr i, ·en to 1 IC ex prt> SS LOll, J::' JJilu matiiC•; Jrt ne ,· er fail s to r esp ond io tl1 e c·;JJI of' d111 '··"

Open s0ss iun s h eld

Jma.ll y. ' l'l1 n Lo\\- Jl sp eop le enJoyed un a.d i , .e pn rl i 11 tl1 c soc iety wo rk. As tl 1e yc nrs by , tho se stude nt s wl10 l1nd ntt e nded ;mel gr ad ufr orn tl JC Stnte No rmal and ,,·ere l oc ated in P er u and vic inity eont inuC'd nn n ct i,· c in tere st in tlle suc; iety \Y O rk.

In 18 ()7 the seh oo l b ecam e a State in sti tution nnd as it s gr owtll incr ease d from tl1at time mo re rapidl y, Phi lo gr ew in pr opo r tion . Fol' a nu m bcr of yea rs afte r the or gani za tion of the Ev eeett So ci ety, (1 872 ), Ph il o was_kn own as the se ni or soc i ety, hemg com1?osed c hi efly of me mb ers feom the h1ghel' classes in t l1 e N o rm a J.

Th e num her of vis itor s at the P hi lo pro grams was not limited unt il 1 893 when t il e atten d ance gr ew so Jaro·e that t l1 e hall would not seat all d es ir ed to att e nd, and it was found n ecess ar y to i ss ue ti ckets to prevent the o ve rcr ow ding of the l1all . Th e natur e of the wo rk of the Philomathean soc i ety ha s b een altered slig htl y fr om y ea r to year to m ee t th e need s of the m embers . Howev er, th e program s re tain th eir hi gh st an da rd s of excel l ence in mental effort . One ye ar, r ec en tly, was d evote d to a care ful s tud y of t he drama of " Juliu s Caesar," and on com ple tin g th e st u dy, the p lay was

g_i,·en by th e :-;oe ie ly in Op en S esSlo n. Se\·eral , ·c;n:-; a go.

debatiug o (· ic ti e · wcr o q.!;t:mi z ll in the Norma l wh it·h ha ,' e nabl ed Philo to eli c ard lh wor k, and d C\·ote more t im tn th o lh t· f ea tur es of' li le r:n ,· e 11 llnr e.

Upon th e ca ul' Phil o appear nan1 cs ol' JH'r :-;tl ll:' wh11 ba ,·e g ain ed p o:siliun of prom ine nc· e. .\ n wng I h o:-;c member s nw,- he Jlll'lllinn Pd ll o n. 'r . J. Majo rs, \v lt o ha s heltl e\·eral office s of r es pon :s i hi 1i l_,. in X c hrn s kn , at one ti me a mem her ol' th e ·ta tc l egi ;:; la tur e, an d ln.lcr Lie ul cnnut Go,-_ eruo r. A 11 ot lJ el· l 0a di ng- nl c mhe r of Phi lo in i ts ea rl ier l1i sto tY i :s D. 'r. Hayd e n, a o t: no t'e , loc n teJ. in Nebraska Ci ly n t th e pre se nt tim e. l\ 1i ss L yd ia Be ll. fo r mnuy years \Y ell kn ow n a::; a r eader, \\::t 3 au e nthn sinstic Phi lomn tb ean. Mi ss Nanni e I .J e,Y i:s, a po pul ar t eacher in th e 01na ha pnhli c sc h oo ls and well kn own a::- a. wr i tc r of s kil l in pr i ma ry \Vo rk , wa s a Ph ilo matbe an durin g her student l ife at Peru A. C, Troup \Yho ha s sen ·ed as di s tri ct j ud ge , Atto rn ey Bln c kburn of Omaha, Attorne y Hu gh Dobb s of Be at ri ce and J. P. A. Black, pres ide nt of a Ha st in gs bank , were among the l ead in g me mb ers of the P hil omatheau soc iety du rin g the ir st ud e nt da ys

P hil o c ontinu es to ascend tlw scale. Th e numb er of member s fo r thi s y ear is a hundr ed forty That numb er do es not in c lud e the hu ndr e ds of lif e me mb ers in di ffe re nt part s of our s tate and ot h er st ates . Attendance of memb ers at tho weekly p rogr am is no l onge r compulsory, but ea ch member fee ls keen ly hi s respo ns ibili ty l oyalty, and when F ri day ev e l?-mg appr oache.s, from of habrt, he betake s hr ms elf to Phrlo .

S ub scr ib e for th e Norm a lit e.

EVERETT

Th e fo ll ow in g· sketch

I n- an oiLl friend of the soc tety will dtluht be o£ in te r est to t he _reader · 1! l:c ing my pr iYilege to be m Peru on t·he lOt h o£ Jn n uary, I much plt'nsccl when im·ited bY a to :ll tc n<l the ente rtain ment bJ. 1!J Lit e rar y Somety that e ,·e t1,i n g;. \Y e th e of F\·crc tt Hall abou t t :1:::>, wde . ] · n1 • Tlen were met bY an us tel. .r 3 \ l lo bolouo:e d to th e society, proo · b · l.l -wed to du ec cl n c ard winch e s 0 l · · t t ll e same th e u her e xp a mmg <1 • ' . f . d eanmo· me, ti me t ha t lu s n en ' lll c h o 1 b t ,.,a ::; n ot a stud ent in the sc doo ' tt ud plm !n !i?n w e. were bothn at:Sl n ,.,s ttLn g fnend. dm it ted plan at i on we were 1e asea ts. nnd sh o-wn to co rufoi tal? of a rrl,he fi rst thino· that I n oti ced tpif 1 o th beau u • ic uhr in te r es t was e ·1· a L ' b 11 an d eel lllo l •fl l)e r· on t e wa s . . t he • ' t b o· clurmg \Yhich b ad be en. 11110 r ese nted C ll ris tma s vacation, and Ptu re in.n ow, a Yery att ractive p iC

d eed . f tudents .A. str eam ;nd soo n l·el1t po u nno· mto the ha 1 an ' o scar ce y c r noti ced th at th e re was those who nn occ u pied seat Amon g . f the t . 1 a nu m bet o • cam e I al so no rcec l tlrat of · · f ·mec < f ac ul ty . I wa s ill 01 Beck· Mi ss t hi s nu mber , Pr of C. F. had bee n Go shen ·and Miss Lu cas,. 1c at the · d . to cle c1c e . ch osen as JU ges, t wh1ch c lo se of the Gro up the of the six gr oup s ha 1e

be st program "' he door was Pr omptly at I :3 °. t t of t he soclo se d and the ord er, a ft er called the of w ln ch be ca ll ed 01 1 t bus me ss th e minutes of as

m ee ting of s ome tby .. 8 were next '.rhe fo ll owmg num 81 ·cellent mannei. rend er ed rn an ex

In st rum e ntal Ro lo ..... l\1i ss Di ll ow

Reading ...... Mr. A. Egge nb e rge r.

Reading-From Ri I ey, M r. A f. Ui ll.

Vocal So lo .. .. .......... 1\ lr. Batl t.

Reading ..... . ... i\1 iss 11ay .Jone s.

Baritone Solo, Mr. H. R. Ji;air c l1ild .

Reading ............ . ... I\ 1iss Sim :rhe wa s ar r ang ed by I\'fl ss May .Jones and was a eo ntp lete suc cess in eve ry deta i I.

Aft er five minut es ' r ecess a busine ss sessi on wa s ca ll ed to '" lJi ch a large number of the memh ers r eVar i ous plans !'or i mpr o vmg work of the soc iety and for the ball m ore at r act i ve , if posst.ble, than at pr ese nt , were discu sse d and upon by t lt e memafter wh1ch the m ee ti no- wa s adJourned. 0

DEBATING

CICERONIAN.

1Tl1e Ciceroni an D eba tino· Soc i ety e ely officers for the term :.s _o ?WS: P_resident, ,J. E. M oroan, Vlce pres1dent J D Je 1 . se cr etar ·\_ ' · · < n \: m s; t y, .c ugust Eggenbero·e t· ·

L. Mizera; critic, · " ·. I he new officers hop e to make then· administration perous as that f tl PI o 1e outo·mno· ffi cers ha s be en . · b. · o 0 -

'rhe . were inv i ted to meet wtth the Athen 1·ans J 11 Th · on anuary · ey li st ene d to • 11 d' · · a very CJ l Isc u sston of the question, Hesoh ed! That ru ral schoo ls sho ld b con s olidated. u c

. ''Che prelim inary debates have JU St been opened for reo·istrat· A b h . o lOll . num er ave reg1stered as this goes to press. By next i ssue we will be ab le give the names of who registe r and their respective qu estwns .

ATHEN I AN.

'rhe .1\ tl1cnian J )e bati ng Clu b cordially ill, ·if<·:-; nil g·irJs ]n sc hool to tl1 c m ee ti ng-s lt 0 lrl every Sainrday e \·eni ng af H :OO in n;,·er ett IIa ll.

'I'I H• (' lnh did not m eet De c. I-!, in <.ird er· f l1at 111 emlJ<'rs miglJt at· te nd tl1 e g-ames play ed ju the gymna s iur n O ll l lta t e, ·en ing-.

A YrunJh e r· of.' out· gi rl s ar e expect · to e nter the l 'r e li nti nary De· hnt es lit is yea r.

On .Ja11. J 1 tl 1e qu es tion, "Reso l v< ·cl , 'l'hat rm·a l sch ools should bo ('(JJi so lid at e cl ,'' ,, - as di scus s ed . ::M issli'ost<·l· <111<1 1 I a n·is main ta in ed tl 1e nlli n n;t! i \'( ', and :Misses S eel ig- anrl 'l' ni'Ji er ne gati,·e. The gi rl s s tart0d o nt tl1 c L e; 1p Yea r all 1·ight cx l< ·rHiinp; an im ·itati on to t l1 e Ci('<' I'Oll ians t.o nt tem1 thi s me etmg.

The fo ll ow ng art icl es are spec ia ll y prepared for the Normalite in response to a request of t hi s office. We hope to publish from ti me to t im e §lrt icl es of t hi s char acter. Read them over- th ink them over - respond.

It was a gene rall y accepted idea of the past that the product of normal training was in ten d ed fo r gr amma r grade teaching. T oday a feeling is ra p idl y gr ow in g, that the uni vers i ty product must ha ve training in t he gra de s be for e it is best fitted for high school teaching.

-Supt. W. M. David so n .

In no res pect s a re super intend ents more apt to e rr than in over doin g the bu s in ess of s upervi sion. T oo close a fixing of programs and too exact a prescripton of method s te nd to r ender the teacher a mer e machine, tak in g

the life out of her and makin g all her thoughts turn up on wh at th e s up e rintendent d es ir es . We ar e urg in g, so far as the pupil is co n ce rn e d, th e utmo st dev e lopm e nt of spo ntan eit y; but thi s quality is eve n more import ant in teacher!';. It ou ght n ot to be re pre ssed. There ou g ht to be a reas onably broad marg in bo th in pro grams and in method s within whi ch th e word to the teach er should be: " Go ah e ad in your own wa y a nd do yo ur be s t. You will be he ld r espo ns ibl e o nl y for results, not for obe di en ce or di s ob edience in the matter of fine rule s .' ' More teachers po ssess potential ori g inality than we think. Give th em a chance to deve lop thi s wonderful resource and th e quality of th e tea c hing will rise apace.

- E. Benj . Andrew s.

A chief elem e nt in the su cce s sful work done by g raduates of Normal school s has ever be en their ability to use effectively whate v er knowledge they have po s se s sed In the Normal school the common branche s have been re-studied for that most important end,-a skill in selectin g material for teaching purposes, and an ability to adapt it to whatever conditions might be met Thi s has proven a prime es s ential in the profes sional preparation of teachers for elementary schools. A like re v iew of the subjects likely to be taught is neces s ary in the training of teachers for secondary schools. Probably in no other pha se of professional w ork can the Normal school so well claim s uperiority. Th e "view-point of the te acher" is th e very atmosphere in which the work of the Normal school is done.

The teacher who is "a lessson ahead" doe s well enough in story, but is out of place in high school work. A wider range of learning

than for g rade teaching is demanded, and No rmal schools can provide this in larg er degree than at present. Two ye ars in the University, if not as yet indi s pensibe, is greatly to be d es ired . Whil e so much alike in spirit and in a im, so different in other respects is the fitting of teachers for elementary a nd for secondary schools that reco g nition of this by difference s in dipl om as prop e rly follow s.

-Herbert Browne! ·

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Old Peter Cary, the pioneer students' drayman of Peru , met with a serious accident re cently as he started up town wi th a load of frei g ht and e..-xpress . The hub of hi s struck the de pot platform, throwmg him betw e en the horses. In the run. ht away that followed, Mr. Cary's ng leg was broken in two places beloW the knee . He was hastily taken a hospital in Omaha, where, notwith· standing his advanced age, he went the very painful operatiOn ° having his leg amputated be low the knee ars Mr. Carey has been for manY ye a familiar figure in Peru. EverY stud t har - dent knows him as an hones ' . working man and no student, student nor Alumnus can hear of t sad accident without being move with sympathy for poor old Mr. Carey.

. h A lumni As-

At a m ee tmg of t e time soc ia ti on of th e N inago, it was to m co i pO to the to th e cons titu tio n a w ho e ffec t th at th ose of be ttrE' al r eady en o·aged Ill teac 1 t' giv en t he of the b ed s ition s. ·we wish ?ornm en · action of the ass omahoJ?- as .an ta1 step in th e ri ght for the p rotec ti on of the tramed teacher .

o·rmalitr

Monthly Ma gaz ine Publi shed in the Interests of Education.

Published by Th e St a te Norm al School.

s'ub sc ri pti on 50C per yea r. I OC per sing le COpy Advertis in g rates furni shed on app lica ti on.

Entered at th e Posto ffice at Peru. N eb ras ka. as second c lass matter.

Editorial Staff

JOHN T. AKERS. EDITOR IN C III F.F. J. HAROLD WILLIAM S, ASSOC IATE EDITOR

J. E. MORGAN, DebatlnP.'

JOH N HANNA Lit era ry C. 0. CLINE M ill1o ry

ETH EL BERRY

B. E. S WEN SON -Athleti c

B'ESSIE FOSTER

W. N. DELZELL Alumn i

GEO. P. MCGREW, BUSINESS MANAG I::R, LEO N R. HILL. ASS ISTAI'T MANAGER

E. R. BURKEY, ASSISTANT MA NAGER ,.

EDITORIAL NOTES I

"D id you have a goo d tim e vacation ?" is the popu l ar q ue s tion now.

'l1 he Outline of P arliamentary law gotten out l ast yea r by Pr of. Greo·o· i :=: meeting w ith mo re than cess. 'l,h e bo ok is now in u se in th ree s tate four colleges and a of h1g h school s. A second e d1hon w ill so on be made ne cessary.

While the stud ents have been away en jo ying the Ch ri s tmas holidays, the engin eers a nd workmen liave been hu s il y en gage d in completing the in s tallat ion of th e new h eating and el ectric pl ant, so tha t

tit re r0 main .· no n eccs i ty for s tntini n g- Ute 0ye. in the library or b e('(H nin g ton f:tmilinr with the radial on; in thC' ha ll a nd in c hapel.

Un •nl Jll C' II ar p often p ubli cly at( at· k( •< l. ( ' l1m1 ce ll or E. Benj. And1' (' \\' S is \\':l lll (' <l by the \\To rJ d Herald w !Ji <·lt in an e di to rjnl attempts fo jJcJi son pnh li c aga in st tl1i s g-n•al <>dm:ator. lt hns abo ut tl1 e s :tll t<' <·l'fed as wltcn a popgun L1 : Il c·l st ri k cs a st ee l pl ate .

fn an c dif o rial of Ia ·t m onth's isof tlt C' J 'ttrpl c nncl Gold, we r ea d \\' i tl1 s urpt·isc and also Jtl C' II L in sn bst a nce , that 1t was a uniYe r sa ll y ac kn ow l edged fact that hitter ·rce lin o·s s till ex ist b etwee n tl 1e t\\'o ou a cco unt of t he f oot hnl l h o"·l or la st fa ll. v'\Te have no hitl er f ee ling s tow ard IHt L we s till s ti<"k to the ronst1tn1ion.

A 111a i kin cos tin g $175 ha s lately h0 cn il11 po t·tecl fr om Pa_ris and bas been set up in t lt c ph ys1o logy r oom of tl w sc ·i en ce lmildin g. Thi s model o f' lmnwn anat omy is two-thi r ds life size f ts cx te ri oi: exl tibits i mpo rt<.t nL de tail of th e mu sc ular and circ·ulato ry !-;ys tem s, a nd int ernally it JH' O\·i cl cd wjth <"a r efull y modeled <.1rgan:-; t l1 at nr c l' Ctn ovab le. A n· lancc at tl1i s mod el will soo n corsnc lt popul ar mi sconcept ions as t il e loc ati on of the h ea rt, stomach de- ., and in man y otl 1er r espe.cts wi IJ gr eat ly fa c ili tate the teachwg of physio l ogy.

Pr es i dent A. H. Waterhou se of the State Teachers ' As soc iat ion ce rtainly wo n tl1 e h earts of a ll the present at the r ecent meeting. J-Ij s 1n anne r as a pr esiding offi cr was di gn ifi ed, co urteo us and affa hl e. Hi s plans p re cee ding the sess i on we re so effec ti ve tha t the

enrollment wn · in cr eased n ea rly three hundr ed henmd thn l of any preYiou s meeting: of the As ociation. The ta le nt wa of the best durino· e\ ·en· meetino· and th e whol e 1:> • ::-. sc sion \\aS one o(' lru e profes s ional uplift and in s piration to eYery teacher wlt o h eard the addr esses g iv en . Go,·ernor IlnniY al one was worth a whole A. soc i'a tiou. '.rile l arge del ega lion from Peru were pl eas ed witlt C\·en· featur e of the Association and e·,·erv one is outspoken in 1) rai se of President Waterhouse, wlto ha s lon g b ee n one of tb e be st friends of the State Normal.

The C la ss of Hl07 are to bP. con g ratu Ia t ed upon tlte s ucce ss of th e ir recent reunion-dinner held durinn· the State '.reac hers' Abo ut si xty nt embe rs of t hat c la ss di1:ed · tog:et_lter in the on1 inary, or pnn.tte dmmg· room of the Lindell Ho.t el on Thurs day eYen in o· durino· the Assoc ia tion. ·,.rhe ion preceeding tlte dinner \vas held jn the parlors he neath cla ss and Normal co l ors, and a rio·ht merry and time was enJoy ed . After a seven-course dinner in the oL"C1inary, Toastmaster Penn ey fittingly introduced a numof sp eake rs ,,·ho c onfes se d pub ·· hcl y then· pr ofessional sins of the fu·st month s of sc h oo l. \Vit, wisdom a nd eloquence we re co-mingled to the gr ea t delight of all . Class Adviser, Professor Searson, Mrs. Searson and daughter \Vil ma and President C. 0. Oline of the Class of J 908 were g ue sts of the class on th at evening. JTift y-fo ur members of the class attended the Normal Alumni Banqu et which followed later in the eve inn g.

No announcement has created more enthus iasm than that of Presid ent Crabtree r ecent ly when he an-

nounced that GoYernor Hanly haa ; consented to deliYer the Commencement Address before the students and friends of the State No rmal School on June 2 of this year. ' en r th e Ron. W. J. Bryan dehvered a classic address, bringing w·ith him also the talented orator, Georo·e Fred Williams of Massaclm who also spo ke at the exercises The last commen cement ''as a most notable occasion the hi sto ry of the schooL President Crabtree bas been complimented from eYe ry s id e fo r bringing before the st udents and friends such national talent as that engage d for our commencement occasions. nor Han ly will certa inly mamtam the high average of our commencement orators. No teacher of the state, who heard Governor at the State Teachers' will fail to rejoice with us over this rare good fo rtune. Every ''ho attended the is already fired w1th enthusias over the l;rospects . Governor H!in]v is undoubtedly the greate_st 1ml)assioned orator ever heard I_n N bra ska. His . address at L1ncold was a masterpiece of eloquence an stirring conviction

l\fr. J. J. Brittell, of Gresham, list ed amono· the new students. Jd · Britten is old st ud ent of the ormal, and his many friends welcome him hack.

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l\Iiss Evelyn Van Wickie JUSt .recently returned to school, .havmg been forced on account of siCkness to re main for a short time at her horn e in York.

Profes sor French, who left some time before Christmas for St. J oseph 's Hospital in Omaha for an operation on his foot, has 1:eturned to his duti es. The operation was successful and the professor will s oon be able to walk without the aid of crutches.

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JUNIOR JINGLES

GLEN D. J ENK I NS

How well do we reme mber tl re line s of that famous old song and mother pay all brlls and I hav e a ll the fun," and near are th ey irnpr esse d upon m our be loved co ll ege days, but 1f we have spen t our tim e in r eal infun such as wou ld leave a la st mg rmpre ssion up on our hearthen are we convinced that our tm:es of pleasure have not been in vam . Such was th e overest imab le enthusrasm wh ich caused the asof the Junior cl ass in Mus rc Ex pr ess ion hall Friday, December for we ll did they know that th_err Chapel day was fast approa chmg, which day must needs be _with unending success . Mter some very valuab le from Prof. Beck, all were wlllmg to get a pennant and cover th e fi les. A committe e of fift known as the Sunshi ne Com_ mrtt ee, was then appointed to arrange a program for the comincr event which a ll other cl asses much pleased to was not far off On the fo ll owmg Monday evening the Juniors were called together at the Chapel for the purpo se of rehear s ing the program, and well was it rendered; but bel ieving it preferable they we re ca ll ed togeth er

<•n ee rtr or·e on the fo ll o wing evening !.'or a sc <·orll l and la st rehear sa l, aftl'l' "· lri clr tir e d eco rati on committee ],egan i ts pr epa ration s fo r the fo lIO\\-i ll g- mo rni n g. \V e cln es clay morn · in o· at half past fou r found these a rJ cnt workers aga in n t their whi ch was co mp lete d by breakf_ast tim e. R :15 of tl ris s ame mo r mng fo und tbe .Juniors asselll blecl in the Gymnasium, each h olding '09 pennant nncl eager ly ye t patiently awaitinn· t ir e Ch ape l h our.

In m ea ntim e many were the op i nion s r ega rding the dat e_ of our appea r ance. Many wore chsposed to fb: F rida y, December as t.he time, hut great was then· surpnse wh en on entering Chape l \¥ednesclay, D ece mb er lHth, the ir eyes cla7.zl ed by th e sple ndor of Jumot d eco rat i ons. Su s pended from the curtain rod aboYe the stage was the word ".funior s" spe ll ed in enormou s ly la rge Purp le a nd G?ld letter s. Overhangi ng the JuJ?-101' row were lono· line s of our glonous colors the s tage re c eived likewi se du e attent i on. As so on as a ll in tbe Chapel were qui et the Junior Dand l ed by For es t McAdams souncied forth the strains with whi ch one hundred fifty Junio rs kept the pace. The march was

form ed in th e <:nnna :-; ium below and pr o<:ec ded to tit e fr om th e re ar of tl1 e t·no nt. l"pon up on lit e lit e .J. l'. X,I, 0, H, :--; \\' ere funn e d. Th e fir ·t s on g wa:::; th en s ung-. al't er \\ hi ch th e wo rd wn :-; :-; pel led, eneh gro up pt·ono nn ei JW j l ::; r c:-; p cc tiY e lC'ttcr , and a ll pron o nu e in.,· tile wlt ielt "·a · e nd ed Yc ry

J e.·:-;c g iYin g th e !J E'l'l o d.

_ so ng led hy \\ wa s tltt•n rc nd e r<' L1. fol lowed by th e IC'a tlcrs hip of o ur c ntltu sw :-; tu· Collin ::;, whi ch would c \· e nlln ,- e :-; q ucl chcd th e Sopltonl ur es . 'I'IH • Band wa :'i ag·nin to and thL• ). l :tr l' lt til e s tage ,_ led by .2\ 1i s:-; Le na L:ll ·imcr wn s . md t•ed \\'C'I I <':llTi cd out aud 11 0 Un ng c ould hm ·0 lllatll• n more gra ce ful app e nr a nv c than did tlti ::. \Yeud cd

tl_1e1t· Ill an<l ont nntono· th e \ fl cr <'o ns id t•ra ble m_g, _th e loyal .Juni ors were found w1th m tlt ei •· mma l ro"- "·It ere anher so ng antl the No rmal Ye ll \Y ere g' l\ e n, at tlt c (' lose of \\'hi c lt all were 'l'h c ior Annnn I Priutmg Pr ess , as ann o un ce d h,- Pr es iSw en so n, was ne xt 'brou g ht forth. and wa s ind ee d on e of th e mo st mt er esting fe atur es of the progn Jm. Run hy Ben Bed e ll and fed by G. D ..Je nkin s we were ab le to pro du ce th e fir st sec tion of th e :i\Iannal w hi ch wa s re ad bv R. B. Sim s. A.ft er be in g a::;s ur e cl so me thing be had if lt e wo uld f ee d, G. D. Je nkms t oo k tlte re ad e r' s p ositi on and v olum e a ft er vo lum e sec tion after sec ti on, the l\lanual app eared b efo re th e N ormalit es to the o-re at s atis fa c tion of all pr esent. Tl1ese se cc on sisted of s hort p oems concernmg th e memh ers of th e Se nior cla ss and th e ir neig hbor s, and were cl ose d by a po em e ntitl e d, Ten Little Senior Boys, whi ch ind ee d showed gre at talent , wit and humor

ou th e pnrt of it s c omposer. But_for th e la ck of pa ce it would be prmte d. hut be tt er would it llav e been co nltl YOU haYe heard it fre sh from th e Pr.es

Xex t th e I re s wa s made to produ ce so me p ec ial Junior wlti eh co n i ted of Som·emr Po st e nn is. co ntainin g the pi c tures of the Xo nnnl Buildin gs and th e Pr ese nted th e Cla ss of 09 . , w·h irh "- ere pr e en ted of th e sch oo l. After further gnnd- ·r 1 · ns were inn·. more be nutt n sp eclllle . ht fo rth. Th ese were bn g , -e ll o ''" ro ses whi ch '' ere presented to th e memb ers of tlJ e fa culty. The \Y Ork of Pr ess wa s now antl w- e m ce rcly h ope tlJat 1ts 1 duet s in th e futur e JUa y eYen exc e t hat of th e pa s t. Ch el

T im e nd ed Junior Da y at ap_ and Jon o· will it be rememb ered :::- t Lon o· Wl th <:> Ji, ·es of nll pr esen. . holed we reme mb er our lead els w I . I tf 1 a mornlno' ns throuo·h so de 1g l u t' q ;::, c1 p ar telal so a ll to 1·<-mts n ot otmttm g Btha{u\:s, wh om '' e ow e our gie atest. for the and whom we gre ates t honoi to int er es t and l oy alty be ha s s bo\\ll our c la ss . 1 f I emo ries l as t, Long m ay o ur yo ut 1 u m

As with j oy our h ea rts do pl ay Ov er the lin es of .an cie nt past, d R ec all in o- the pl eas ures of Cha pe l a y. "' 't l bri "" h tes t hu e, Lon "" m ay th ey s lnn e WI 1 "' bl e ., - tl · · c ol or u •

As the h ea \' ens r eta JD 1e 11 f ··ends so tr ue Remi nd ing us of ou r 11 •

A nd of our sc h oo l-d ays at o ld Pe l u.

As au ex press ion of th eir appred- ll t counsel an ciab on of th e exce en B ]- as !!·uidance of P rof. C. F. ec '"' t d o J · ·s pr esen e cla ss ad vi ser, the um ol t' 1 him w ith a ha nd som e sec IOna book-case .

'Ti s not the g ift but tl_l e gi;rer; . ':rhe g ift without the g ivel: lS baie. Junior Se ntun ent.

J ud o·in o· fr om th e ex pr ession s of our we f ee l c onfident that

our Ch ape l exercis es "·ere far superior to those go ne be f' or e.

'lve wish to expre ss our thank s for tl te kind treallllen L rece i ve d from the oth er cla sses dur ing our practise for C hap el day and wi sh to a ssure them tl1at no .Juni or w ill be g uilty of trying to in terr upt the ir plans.

Vile were glad to say tltat in tht! Basket Ball t ea m th at de[ eatecl Fall s City, there wer e six .funior s. 'J'hi.s was the :first "Gir ls' Bask et Ball'' team

SENIOR SCENES

Etht:l Snell

The class of '08 has decid ed to follow in the foot s teps of ou r predecessors and pnlJlish a Senior Annual. 'rh e editorial staff e le c ted. De c. 7th and 11th are as fo llows : John A. Hanna, Editor-in-chi ef · Anna Ketridge, Associate Ed itor·'J. Har. ol d_ \iVilliams, Bes sie Cl as.-; :m. P. Hodapp, Hilda Mi ller, Literary and Debatino· Editors· P. A.. Boose, Sarah Athl etic Editors; C. C. Berky El izaHenderson, Re l igious Editor s; F.velyn Va_n Wick] e, Society Editor · Mar t ha Kmg, Editor of Mu s ic and Art _De partment ; David L. Carl son , :Manag e r; L. R. Hill AsSI?tant Manager; Fred Zmk, Subscnphon Sol i citor.

A.ft_er enjoying very pleasant Senior was ready to lus work Tu es day <. an. tth and on each face one could read the New Year's resolution-to forth_ every effort and work w1th a w!ll, thus conquerino· each obstacle that may present and make the most of the short time whi ch remains before us.

Abo ut thirty of the senior class att ended the State 'reachers' Asso -

ill l" inc·o ln during the holida \·s. 'l'lti s ki t t<l of e nt eqJ ri se is in kee ping- wil11 lit e sp iri t of t ru e prof ess io nal <• ntl tlls ia .· m for wl tich the Xo n 11a l Sc·ltoc d s tand .. EYery Senior f0lt tlta1 lit e f t·ip wa. · worth far ltt (• t·e titan it ('Ost, as it g av e an exc c·llc·nf upport 11nit .'· for ench oue to li tC ·C't tlte sc lt oo l lll en of til e <t ncl to he :t t' s ont e o f' f lt c hcs t ta leu& c·,·er Jn ·ottg·ltt to Neb r aska du rin g n Nlat c 'l'c ac·lt crs' .1\ ss of'int ion.

'J' Itt ·ce (J r lit e Se ni ors lt m·e accepte(1 po si tirms o,·e t· Ut e s late , Miss fn e;r, f f a\\·1\ i li S lt a\ ·ill .!.!,' b ee n electec l prin c ipal of. t lt e Fa idi e lcl High Sc h oo l, :\ I iss l i;s tiH't' \\' n ll ace tal;: in g tlt e Pt·i ttta r.v cl e parLnt e nt at Fai.rl,u t·v an d J\ 1iss Zola ;';inn the IntertJte di al e gr ade at lj ni o n. The se young lad i es 'vere earne s t, active worker s and ,,.i I l he rni ss ecl not only l1 y the ir <; lassmales but hy a ll who met t hem .

ISIGHTS

Sophomore s, go in and do you r best. it wi lL be the key to something b et t er .

Junior day at the chapel was great affair and was ce rtainly well

reme mb ered, but we ha, ·e hopes for th e fu tur e.

Afte r a g-oo <.l long ,·acation whi ch one each op lt omore 1£ ba ·k aga m and is b eo·iunin o· t'·e ,, '- • ;:-. ::> u wdll lit e '' \\-o rk and Wlll" S [H l'J t.

M r. _G o J·do!l H ec k: m;1cle a bu si n ess t r1p to -'ih· de:-: i ring ru rth er matr on abo ut tlt e nw tle r :-:ho nld ask Go r don

So ph omor es IJ a,·e alr e ady o rgn m zed a ba sk etba ll t ea m. We good lllat e rial a nd there JS no the p en nant sho uld not wm ·e a ll its :-:pl e nd or ou r te :.mtl111 s Ye ar ,-, \ Vc ar c so 1·;·y n ote th at l\Ii s'3 Iawncy ha s h <.'e n cl e ta i n ell at her ] JO lli e aevount of th e d ea th of her g ra!ldla the r. 'l'h e c· la ss ex tend s th en ·. sy mpa t l1 y to l\ .1 i ss Ta\nleY a nd relatL , ·es m tl1e it· hcn o- a,·emenf.

_ :"'- me mb er of o ur class, aft el . hemg JH the Ge rnwn class a wlule was b oa st in g that he kn ew t l1 c wo rd ''q ui ck '' 1u ea nt in and l1 e tak es pride in usm g_ th e wonl iu hi s co n ve rsatio n. U pon lookino· UlJ the wo1·d ,, . 1 ,, . b ()lll c '- 111 tl1e ,·ocabulnry we are ab le to und ersta n d.

. \Vh en ye eel i tor of the Sophomore S1ght s wa lking down the si dewalk a f ew days ago he smv tw o young men stan ding on a co rn e r. Th ey wer? gesturin g, apparent ly in co nvers ation, and w hil e passing, he ove rh ea rd C. C. Ro st make the foll ow in g s tatement-''I spend so much tim e bui l ding- a ir cas tl es that I h ave nothing l eft to my dream s real. ' '

Th e powe r has b een swi tch ed to ih e new power hou se just completed , a nd the li ght and heat h ave improved in1rne n se ly. The new machin ery is well pl aced and runs perfectl y smo oth and even.

IFRESHMAN FRILLS

Ruth Brown ell

One or two addition s h ave been made to o nr c la ss since Yacation. n re co rdiall y welcomed by a ll.

O"·ing to th e painf ul accid ent i' n.fl'ere d by Mr. Peter Cary, our <: lasc::ma te, Ez ra Car y has been compe ll ed to Jea ,·e sc h oo l. We hope his a h se u ce i onl r tempo rar y.

Before the ho lida ys tlle Fre s hm en met in and Expr ession Hall fo r a good time Tlle r oom was decorated in go ld and w hit e, the clas s co lors. .Alter numerous ,!'!Jlm es :mel am us ements an vYster su ppe r wa s se n ·ed. At the cio se Pr of. Gregg was pr esented by LL e c la ss pr es i dent with a token of the c la ss sp iri t. The members of tho class app r ec i ate the Ne_w Year's oTeeti n o· whi ch came to us m • ::::> ::::> f P f Gr·eo·o· ih e cr rc ular l etter ro m ro · oo ·

TRAINER TRINKETS

Alli e Baker

We are glad to we lcome Mi ss Martin to our cla ss ranks.

Mr. Ea rl Beck ha s been elected ye ll; master. What will the trainers ye ll. Listen.

Mi ss Gribb le, of Seward, her sister, Mis s Grace Gribbl e, durmg Thank sg;ivin g vacation

Mrs. Crawford, our class adv i sor, vis ited th e Io wa State Normal at Cedar Fall s la st month. She has told us many interesting thing s abo ut the work there

Mr. Ray Noble, of Star, Nebr., Mr. Francis Kinsley, of Fall s Ci ty, memb ers of th e Training Class of '07, writ e friends of th eir work in schools

near their h ome s. Success to both of these young m en.

We are gl ad to welc ome the new s tudents who ha ve joined our rank s.

We ar e ba ck aga in after o ur ha ppy vac ation, eager to make thi s Ne w Year a profita bl e on e.

Miss Nelli e Rickard ba s a ccept ed a po siti on as teacher near her l 10m e, Benn e tt, Ne b. She wa s one of t lt e s tr ?nges t Train ers and we regre t losmg her. We a ll wish her tlw greates t suc ces s.

Mr s. Crawford enterta in ed us at her home hefor e C hri s tma s vac ation. The e": ening _wa s mo st e nj oyabl y_ spent m soc tal c onv ers ati on and m the play ing of v ar i ou s gam es . were se rv e d, a fter we depa rted v ot i ng o ur cla ss aclv1 ser a r oy al ent e rt a in e r.

Th e_rrrain ing Cla ss ad opted the foll owmg re sol ution s in beh alf of ou_r be rea ve d friend and cla ss ma te Ml ss Rebe cc a Rutter , on a cc o un t of the death of her fath e r:

- S ince in His ·wisdom it l tas see med b es t to our A ll -wise Father to a way th e belov ed father of our fnend and classmate, 1v[i ss Reb ecca Rutt er, therefore be it

R es olved: ?-'h at w e, the members of the Tramm g Class of the State Norma l at Pe ru, ·extend to Mi ss Rebec ca Rutter our heartfelt s thy in her tim e of oTi ef anclympad J f b , COlTImen ter or con solation to H' w ho do e th a ll thin gs well. Be 1 ft further

That a copy of the se r eso lutJ on s be s ent .to Mi ss Rebecca and be publi shed in the Normahte.

Luella Witwer Edna W Dkie, ' C. Roy Bixler, Ma r guerite Stubbert Committee.

SPEClAL SPIELS

lblrh C. Grubb

'l'lte lll <.' mh cn; of the c la ss It a\"(' IC' ft s r·ltool. 1\l i. ses 1\let<·a ll' a 11d \l<•r c- l t<tnl an d :J ies sers, . !!lilfs and . \rtcl c!rso n. 'l'he cla ss regTC't s tlt (•it · l<·tt\·ing·. bu t wi sh th em s w·<·pss in ll i<· ir llC \\ loc at ion.

'l'ltc r <><-<' Jdi on r <' <'<' lltl y g i\ ·en by .\ 1iss I , uc·a s is : 111 t•\· cnl t lt nt w ill lon g· he n' rll<'rllhC'rN1 l it e cla ss . o11 0. \\"a s d n• ss cd as a c lt i ld anrl ht ·olt g·lt t n to_\- \\" lti C' It <·au sc d mu ch fnn and lang·ltlt>l'. C:am es we re pb t.\"(!d, ull!·ing \\"lti<' lt <l n in t:-· re\\"('!"(• S('l"\"C'd. \ \"Jt en the l10 nr c·antC' to dc pn rt al l d ec larerl t it at tlt c ti nw lt nd been e njo y ab ly spe nt.

'l'lt c c· la ss pt·C' s <•n le <l lo }\ Ji ss Lu<' :l S a b eau til'ul (' ltri stt na s pr esent, as a tok en of t'C'lltC' llth r<:uw e and este e m.

MILITARY

C. 0. Ol in e

C ommandant Be ck ha s made arl' ;tngcmcn ts wh ie lt Fe bru ar y 22 is be in g he ld for t he annua l r eception.

.Jud g ing from the number of men out to dri ll th e fir st ni g ht afer t he holiday vaca ti on, the n ew wor k p ro mi ses to be e ven better th an th at of last yea r.

Se v eral new me n h ave en ter ed the sch oo l to t ake up wo rk w ith us during the remainder of the y ear . To th em we ext e nd a hea rt y welcome to join the Ca det s.

One c redit wi ll be gi ven to tho se who join no w. Do es it pay to the work 1 Perh ap s not 1f the cr edit is th e on ly in c enti ve , fo r the cr ed it

may, pe rhap :.; , be more ea s ily obtain ed in 0 111' oth er \Yay; bu t re ad the ben e fit s of <lrill in the Oc tob er edition of thi s publi c ation and decide for you r sc l r wheth er or not it pay s.

"'Without rene ctin g on anyon e, the writ er tak es th e I i berty of s aying that the Cadet work , while doing a great de al of go od at pr ese nt, \Yi ll De\·er lli Call wh at it s hou ld to the stud e nt s and .·e h oo l until it is mado strictl y c ompul s ory a: in th e State U niv ers ity . Makin g it compln s ory would mean more companies, moro men in th e rank ::; , mo1·e offi ce rs and more dignit y atta ched to such offic es , mor e comp e titi Ye drill, nnd hen ce a gr e ater in ce ntiYe to first cla ss wo rk.

r-Y. M. C. A.

IC. C. Berke y a mistake in the December issue, the Y. M. C. A. items were omitted, and so a few w ill appear in this is s ue.

J. E. Morg an was s ent as a deleg ate by the Y. M. C. A. to the State Students Volunteer convention which was held Jan. 9-11 at Li ncoln.

We have recently added to our membership ro ll , the names of Mr . Harpster and Mr. Curry. students who have recent ly en te r ed the Normal.

Miss Anna Leeper was chosen to repre s ent the Christian associations of the Norma l by an address at the dedication serv i ces of the Baptist church, he ld Jan. 12.

Although Fred Zink is a very bu sy man along oth er lines, yet, he never fai ls in his position as an enthusias tic Y. M. C. A. worker. Being cha i rman of the re l igious committee, a re-

s ponsib le place, he sacrifices ti me and ene!gy for the good of the young men of the a ssociation.

On account of the disconnection of the heatin g plant ft om the us ual places of meeti n g, theY. M. andY. W. C. A. he ld a jo in t meeting in the ch ape l Dec. 15 . The yo u ng men had the pl easure of listen i ng to a spl end id mis s ion study program prepared by the Y. W. C. A. Several very interesting papers were read

To Pre s ident Crabtree we acknow led ge much credit for the interest that the young men, as a student body, take in our as sociation He is himself a member and urges young men to not neglect to take the advantage of the helpfu l christi an influence while th ey are stude n ts. He will lead one of our meeti ngs in the near future.

There is an effort being made on the part of the religious committee to secure Dr. Loveland of Omaha, pastor of the First Methodist church in that city to g ive an address some durin g the year. Dr. Loveland IS without doubt one of the strongest pu l pit orators of this country today. If the committee is successful in getting Dr. Love land to come to this place and g ive an address under the au s pices of theY . M. C. A. we may consider oursel ves fortunate indeed.

Did you attend the jo int meetin g of Su nday, Dec 1? If you did n ot you missed a treat in not heari ng Rev. Henry Will iams, D. D., of Des Moine s, Iowa, speak on the subject, ''The Kingdom of God.'' Although Dr. Williams wa s suffering from a s evere co ld, contracted during his recent strenuou s work, he spoke with power and eloquence, hol ding the rapt attention of the audience throughout · his entire address He is secretary of

tlie American Foreign Missionary. Union for the states of Iowa. Nebraska, and Wyoming. He is an earnest, conscientiou s and devoted mi ssionary worker and is always anxious to speak to students, telling them of the marvelou s pos·sibilities that await them, and arousing within them an inten se desire to make their live s cou nt for Jesus Christ, where it is mo st needed. Special music was arranged by Mi ss Ketridge and Mr. Lanphere, led by Prof Aller. The mixed octet very ably rendered two beautiful selections, which aroused within us sublime and inspiring thoughts.

Y. W. C. A.

M

yrtl e E. Krebs

The Intercollegiate committee se nt appropriate Thanksgiving greetings in November to our s ister associations over the state.

Our state secretary, Miss Ethel Simonds, visited us the first of the month. She met all the committees of the association during her vis it and had charge of the devotional service on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 8th.

The delegates who attended the Y. W· C. A. state convention at Crete early in November, occupied an hour on a recent Sunday afternoon with ?"leanin gs from the convention, bringmg us many helpful suggest iom.

The members who spent the vacation in Peru enjoyed a "Grandmother soc ial" on the afternoon Thanksgiv ing day. Each g irl , With h er mending and lw1 ch boxes, made her way to the Y. W. C. A. parlor and all present • spent a busy and enjoyable afternoon. The Room committee, on a recent

even in g, e nte rtained the cabinet in tH e Y. W. C. A. parlo r, from4:30u ntil 6 o'c loc k. A very pleasant socia l ti me was enjoyed; the members of t he room committee proved themselves abl e ho stesses. Cocoa and nabiscoes were se rv ed to the guests.

More than the us ual interest was manife ste d during the World's week of pray er . On the Sabbath at the beginn in g of the work, Miss Esther Clark ga\·e a sho rt talk uefore t heY. M. and Y. W. C. A. in which s he explained the purpose of tlie World's week of prayer, and the use made of the "World's nick e l."

Rev. Mr. Henry Williams, secretary of the American Baptist Missionary society, who works in the field _of Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas, VIS· ited the Bapt i st church of Peru, Sunday, Dec. 1st a nd addresse_d the young men and women in Music a nd Expression hall during the hoUl·of the devotional service of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. Mr. Williams spoke earnestly of the large vis ion of Jesus Christ, and made a strong appeal for helpers in spreading the message of Christ throughout the earth.

At the regular devotional hour on Sunday afternoon of Nov. lOth, we had the pleasure of li stening to t he report of the delegates who attended theY. W. C. A. stud ent conference at Cascade, Colorado, la st summer. 'T'he r eports were full of christian ininspiration, and the girls who gave the messages rendered them in the true conference sp irit. Reports were given by the delegates as follows:

"The Trip and Recreations," by Miss Annie Le eper; ''The Place of the Association in the College Girl's Life," by Miss Ethel Berry; "Missions ," by Miss Bessie Foster; "Bible Study," by Miss Lucia Saxer; Prayer, by Miss Bessie Zink.

The-Y. ,V. C. gladly consented to postpone their Sabhath afternoon meeting January 1908, to attend the afternoon serYices at the new Baptist Church 'vhich was dedicated at that tiine.

On Decen1 ber 12th a Christmas bazaar w·as held in the lobby of the Chapel. The decorations were the school colors-blue and white. 1\:Iany pretty things had been made and ·were all sold. llon1e n1ade candy was also sold. The Bazaar was n decided su(lcess in a financia 1 way.

In the last "?eek of Decetuber our Noonday Prayer nfeetings cor:sist-· ed of Chrisbnas su Different phases were taken up each day. We were n1uch encouraged by the large. number each day, and the IntereHt nulnifested. Our athas been very good since the vacation, which is encouraging for the beginnino- of New Year. 1:)

11:iss 1Iyrtle I<::re bs our efficient and general has gone to Ltncoln to accept a position as teacher in that place. She has been g:reat help to our Society by her w1lhng and helpful assistance, althou,gh "-re shall miss her we w1sh her success in her new work. has helped us so n1uch that we l{DOW she will be faithful our calls for workers.

Sabbath, Dec. 15th occurred the :!irst of a series of Missionary 1\feetWe are intending to take a tr1p around the world to study the people and their religious advantages. This first meeting was in Japan, and we were much interested, as we were taken by one of the girls to Japan and told about the country and people. Many very 1nteresting things were told about this strange country, and we are expecting another treat in the near future.

With the coming of the New our Cabinet has undergone several changes. Miss Zinn, chairman of the room conunittee, .has accepted a position at Union, Neb., and Miss Ethel Robb takes her place. Miss Zinn and her faithful committee hnYe worked hard to furnish our parlor, and we are sure Miss Robb be as faithful. Miss Hawkins, chainnan of the Bible Study Comnlittee, has accepted a position at Fairfield, Neb. :hiiss Jessie Robinson succeeds her. The Bible Study Con1n1ittee is one of the most important committees, and needs a strong Christian girl a.t its head.

Normal Catholic Association

Julia H. Van Oriel

A goodly number of books been presented to the .Association by generous friends. Several more l1:-1 v e been promised and the Association hopes to have a good library to grace the new rest room.

Through the kindness of President Crabtree theN. C. c. A. is to have a rest-room in the main building. eral repairs and improvements will be necessary, but the association hopes to be able to enjoy the advantages of the rest-room shortly after the Christmas vacation.

Thursday afternoon Dec. 12, under the auspices of the N. C. C. A., Father Daugherty of the Apostolate at Dubuque, Iowa, an address in Music and Expression hall, subject being "Confession." Through the kindness and courtesy of .the instructors, all classes were dismissed during the address and an exceptionally large crowd was in attendance.

-During the hour and a half that ·Father Da:ugherty spoke he held the

closest att ention of J1i s nndi cn c:c wl1i le he se t forth tl1 c teac hin g-s of the church on tl 1e qu es ti on of Co nf ess ion The A ssoc ia tion f ee ls lh al they h ave bee n ve ry fortunat e in b ein g- a bl e to lnwe li'atl1e r Daugl1 e rt y de li ve r an add r ess l1 er e, and ll·ust he lll ay come aga in at so me fnlur e date.

Mter hi s address, Fatl1 er Daugh e rt y met for a short tim e with the N. C. C. A., w l1 en l1 e ga,·e an in terest ing talk on the work of th e A ssoc iat i on.

ALUMNI

W. N. Delze ll

Lenore Page , '08, recently elected at Wayne.

Myrtle Krebs, '07, recently elected at Lincoln.

Li dia Bell, ' 71 , elocution i st, Kansas City, Mo.

Richard F. Neal, '94, is a stockman at Peru, Nebr.

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Rosa Bouton, '81, is professor at the University.

<3. F. Lear, '94, is super i ntendent at Wakefield, Nebr.

Al ice Hitt, '76, is a drawing teac her at Omaha public schools.

Cha s. B. Letton, '79, is Ju dge of Supreme Court of Neb r aska.

J. S. West, ' 81, is a prominent lawyer at Burton , Okla ho m a.

"J. F. John son, '03, not marri ed a fa l se alarm.'' (Prof Bengtson). '

T. W. Blackburn, '78, is a prom inent law ye r and politic ian in Omaha.

Capitola E. R ee d <Mrs. Graves) , '82, is practicing medicine at Peru, Nebr.

Ellis E. Good, '87, is bank ca shi er and prominent politician at Peru.

Ottawa J. Standley, 94, is secretary

of Denver Irri gat i on Co ., Denver, Col.

E. 0. Garrett, '95 , is age nt of Ameri ca n B oo k Co., northern Nebr .

Jessie Metca lf, ' 92 , and 0. l\1. D ea kin s marri ed Dec. 3, Auburn, Nebr .

Hu gh Dobbs, '75, Beatrice is oneof the mo st prominent lawye rs of Nebra s ka.

J. P. A. Black, '76 . is president of the Fir st National Bank at H ast ings, Nebraska.

C ha s. Wagond, of '06, is st ill seeking knowledge in the State University of Idah o.

A few m ore of ''som e of the who's who" will be mentioned in the February note s.

H. B. Duncanson, '86, has been profe ss or at the State Norma l School since 1892.

Ray Gates, who is becoming prominent in M. P. R. R. service , vi sited the Normal.

Albert H. Van Vleet, '84, is professor of Biology at State University , Norman, Okla .

Dora Wyne (Mrs. Hesseltine), ' 83, owner of the Hesse l tine fruit farm, Peru. Nebraska.

'07 banquet state association a roaring success-fifty of that class attended the Normal banquet.

A member of Grafton sch ool board said, "Prof. Ray is one of the best sc h oo l men in the state ."

Bertha S. Bl oomingdale, '87, is teacher of Eng l ish at Grand Island High School at Grand Island, Nebr .

Benjamin Harrison, '07, has school spirit of Bridgeport so high that another teacher had to be added.

It is reported that Earl Cline asked a Sidney High sc h oo l boy to decline the word ''will,' ' and he began to de-

THE cline to decline, \Vhen he sa\v in Cline a will to incline him to decline ",viii."

Susan W. Norton, '94, is teacher at State Normal School at Madison, So. Dakota.

Because of a mistake in the December issue, the Y. M. C. A. items \Vere omitted and so a fe\v \Vill appear in this issue.

''Columbus'' has made a ne\v dis-. covery; three excellent teachers-Miss Molm, Turner and Waterhouse-all recent Peru graduates.

George E. Howard, '70, a professor of the State University of Nebraska is considered one of the greatest historians in the United States.

"That man (W. G.) Brooks is certainly a wonder, I hope Plattsmouth High school can keep him for years,'' so says a prominent lawyer of that city.

James W. Carbtree of the class of '87, is president of a State Normal which had a larger graduating class in 1907 than any other State Normal in the United States.

John Winters, '78, is agent for the American Book Co. He is considered one of the best book-men working for that company. He has a beautiful home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

EXCHANGES

the students. Hereafter these exchanges will be placed in the library after the Editorial Staff are through w·ith them.

Miss Culbertson: "Give the longest sentence you can.''

Freshman: "Penitentiary for life.''

The coYer on the Football Issue of the Purple and Gold us as be in 0" one of the most origmal and designs that have come to our desk. \\T e would like to have seen it in colors.

The Courior, Monmouth, Oregon, hrinO"s with it a waft of ocean breezes :nd a whispering of pines that does one good. We are glad to exehange and hope that may find wholesome Ill a breath of Nebraska air. ·

The Value of Good Resolutions in the Union Journal,LeMars, Ia., presents the Ideal Spirit. The Exchange Editor IS a firin believer in making New Resolutions even though they often get cracked or even broken.

The Normal Messenger from Bellingham, Wash., is among our exchanges. In the Y. W. C. A. column we find 1\irs. Nettleton, Peru, is doing active work In association. They are Ill having so willing and efficient a worker with them. \

IWe have several copies of

Fremont Rustler at hand.

paper shows that ther are keeping up the spirit. o_f their name." We -----------------' like their origtnal . The A man who makes a spectacle of Death of the Basket Ball IS cerhimself is easily seen through. tainly original and unique.. Would Never laugh at a man for his pug that we all had more poetical gennose. There's no telling what will turn up.

The Sentinel, Lima, Ind., is full of good reading and we are glad to welcome it on our exchange list.

The Normalite has arranged to place its exchanges in reach of all ius.

The Bowen Blade, Nashville, Tenn., has reached us with its Merry Christmas cover. The editor certainly makes no apologies for criticisms. Although the truth often hurts, we are sure they will be

i aken in th e kin dly s pi rit in wltich they a re gi ven . Their pape r is in terestin g and we ll w ritt en 11p, hut we mi ss the soc ial and re li gions co lumn s w hi ch oug lt.t to lt a,·e a jJi a <..:c in eve ry school paper.

In the Football i ssue rJf th e Bel levue P ur ple and Go lcl Ute e dit or ha s ge ner ou sly commented Olt Lhc uopl eas nnt contro ve r sy betwe en Pe ru Qnd Bell ev ue wi thout cas ting bl a lllc on a nyone whatsoe,·er. \Vc f ee l li ke join ing with them in r egret over il te m1d r eac hi ng out ouT hand s across the cha sm 1n symbo l of r enewe d fe ll owship . vV hil c Presid ent Wad s wo rth is at Bcll c n1c and Pres id ent Crabtree at Pe ru no seriou s misund ers tand i ng can ex ist.

INormal School Alumni Banquet

IIThe reuni on and banquet of the Normal Schoo ls Alumni was a su ccess in every sen se of the wo rd. r1.:he was held in the spacious dtmng room of the L indell Hotel where plates were arranged two hun\l r ed fifty. Mter an enJo yable soc1al reunion in w hich songs,. ye lls and glad hand s hakings prevm led, long proce ss ion h eaded by Pr es1dent and Mrs Cr abtree Toas tm aster Ludden and Govern o; Shel don marched to the clinino· room belo w. The table s were tjfuJly decorated w ith fern s and cut f.l owers an d were arranged in "E" shape to a cco mmodate the larcre number de s ired to attend. Great 1s due. Profes s or BengtE".on for h1 s work m clecoratino· th e parlors a nd Alumn i room, to P rofe s so r W. N. Del ze ll for his exc'e ]J ent se rvice s as mas ter of cer emonies . The fo llo w ing_ is th e prog ram of t oasts as fittmgl y introduced by Toas tmaster Ludd en and

t·cs pcm d e el to i 11 t It e u su u I happy ,·cin cd' lite· ;tl'l e t·- clin n ct· !:>pcai;:er. l·'ollow in "· is Lit e pr o nTam renc1en•cl: ,..., :--

"T he Chi ef Facto1·- Sha pin g the Publ!c l' 1·of. II P1·bc l'l Dr ow nc ll, Pe ru "The T oul'!t of a \'an hdtNI Ifnnd"

l'rn f. C. A. :\ lurc h, Ke arn ey '!'rontiJfrnc So lo c:uy II. \\"illi am s '06, Chadron. "0111· .\ l11111ni lis ()pporlunily

Su pcr in t r· n dc ·nl Perry '05, Adam s. "({p c• p a C.:nin ''

Supc•1·in lc nd c.•nl Ida i\L Do ss c rmnn '07, 1\: r·a ni <'Y ·

( N ew Ye ars Gr eeti ng I

Mr. an d Mrs. Cr ahtr <: <:

\\ 'c fini s lt t' cl Lit e old h oo k at 12 p. 111. yc ·s 1c J·cl ny "\Vc JJn,·e al ready opened our new book , the next one (Jf tl 1e se t·i cs, It pr om ises bette r t hin gs tltnn tho old book of 1907. J.ts "fir st se nt cn(·cs ref er back ve ry ofte n to cOI't ai n page s of the old h oo k l mt ca uti on against even glanc in g at ce rta in o tl tet· pages. Vif c are to go ba ck to the old l esso ns th at gi ve a s piritua l up li ft, a r esolu tion for 190S to ho more charitab le, more un se l fi s l1 , mo re gentle, sy mpathetic, kind , forgiv i ng and in s l10rt more C hri st- like in ou r conduct. \ Ve arc not o nl y to di s regard and not re-read the ot h er pa.ges but to paste the 111 to get her and effaca from memory in every possible way a ll th at rema in s of the unpleasant, tbc di sq ui e tin g and d isappointing and a ll that h as a te n dency to lessen our r egard for and co n fidence in other s, and above all to 'vipe out a ll reco ll ec ti on of the th in gs that de.pre ss and darken in any way the bright er vision and the larger vi ew of human lif e.

Mrs . (Wil coxen) Tru e, '85, is county s up e rintendent at Fairbury, Nebr . t

Lincoln Business College Lin c oln, Nebraska

Off ers th orough. prac ti ca l cou r ses

111 Sho rth and , T yp c "-ri ri ng .

B oo kk eC j)i n n·. Te Ieo-ra:--. phyan cl

You n ee d a bu s in ess e ducation , and you s hould ge t th at e du ca tion at the Linco ln Bu s in ess Co ll ege b eca u se i ts equipment is fir st -c lass in eve ry department. In s tructor s are s pecia lists in their lin es. Rates of tui tion very reasonab l e; w rite for cata logue No. 27.

Th e Fo wle r Pu blis hing Co.

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Th e New Sta nda rd En cyclopedia & Atlas12 lar ge vo lum es, 55,00 0 articles. Th e bes t r easonably pr iced encyclope dia. New, uptodate and acc urate.

Th e Standard History of th e World10 large vo lum es , magnificen t cha rts. Lat est an d grea test gene ral hi story published. Compl eted August, 190 7.

Th e World 's B es t Music8 lar ge volum es, 2,200 p ages . A libra ry of musical mas terpieces.

Th e Book/o ve r's Shakesp ea re40 hand y volum es, over 7,000 p ages

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I 36 No. I I th St., Li ncol n, Nebr aska, for specim en pages, terms etc., of any of th ese publication s.

jlorma l

foem 1

If I c ould paint a picture, And paint it with colors true, I wou ld spend my time in wor k sub lime, Paintin g old Peru .

I wo uld paint those hi lls and valleys, Tho se field s with their golden she aves, The littl e sq uirrel w ith his swish a nd swirl, Those bea utifu l a utumn leaves

Those oak s of the stately forest, Monarchs of ages past; Those ru gged hills, tho se rocks a nd rill s, God gra nt th ey may always las t.

We mix our earthly colors, And call our painting goo d ; But th e God above with a h eart of love, M akes co lors th at no man cou ld He has ta ken th e rares t colors , Th e ge ms of heave nly blue, And painted a pi cture in na tu reGod bl ess it, Old Pe ru . -5. R. B arton

Th ose Rocl< s and Rill s of Old Peru

Some of the Latest and Best Books of the Publica-

tions of the American Book Company as Fallows:

Brooks Readers, in eight b oo k se ri es or fiv e book senes.

Hun ts Progre ssive Sp e ll er in one or tw o pa rt s.

Milne' s Progressive Arithm e ti cs , a thr ee b oo k se ri es.

Natural Geo graphi es, in two or fo ur book se ri es.

Steps in Engli sh Grammars, tw o book se ri es.

H oe nshe ll New Gr a mmars, two book serie s.

McMasters New His tori es, tw o book series.

E ggles tons New Histori es, two b oo k se ri es.

Ov e rton' s Physiolog ies, thr ee b oo k se ri es.

Milne' s Algebras and Geom e tri es.

Hart' s Essen ti als in Histo ry , a four b oo k se ri es for hi gh schoo ls.

Blaisdell' s Composition, Rhetori c.

Hoadl ey 's Ph ysics an d Clark & De nni s' Ch em istry.

L eavitt' s Outline of Botany and Pea rso ns La tin for beginn ers.

Thi s li st of sc hool te xt boo l<s sh o uld se r ve a <; an ideal o ne for the sel ec ti un of b oo l, s for any sch oo l. If in ne ed ,,f an y b oo ks, wri te to me ab,ut it.

J. F. WINTERS, Agent; Lincoln, Nebraska

TOY W. 0. D. GRADUATE OPTICIAN cAt the H otel Parlors in Peru each alternate Permanent Office wlllr Harris Saturday Auburn, Nebraska

Nemaha County Bank Auburn, Nebraska.

Will appreciate your bu sines s. We refer you to our reliable patrons for reference A. M. Engles, Pre sid ent. KAUTZ Fre ad Lampe, Sr., Vic e President G. E. Codin g ton, Ca sh ier. NEBRASKA CITY. NEBRASKA Miss E lizabe th T yno n, Asst. Cashier

A cid er mill, inte nd ed to p ri nt a se nior annual. This is a sa mpl e of what it will do: "Old books to read, Old wood to burn, Old jo kes to crac k By th e JU N IORS." Address all Comurzications or Apply to

Nebraska City Laundry Nebraska City PantitoriQm

ELMER H. JENSEN, Agent

Laundry called for Monday afternoon. Ladies' and Gents' Clothing to be pressed and cleaned will be called for at request during the week.

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Normalite

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You Hear Talk The se Days Abo ut Econom y

t] Maybe you' re being economical y ourself. It's a good thing; we believe in it; bu t it's best to be clear as to what economy is.

C1f Economy isn't buying cheap stuff because it's low priced; nor paying too much for good stuff because it's good. Real economy· is measured by comparing what you get with what it costs; a question of proportion, not price .

(jf That's why you ought to buy Hart .Schaffner & Marx clothes; they're all-wool; perfectly tailored; correct in style. You get better value and bigger returns for your money in these goods than in any other.

LYNCH & CO.

Auburn, Nebraska.

Dear Students and Friends of the Peru Norma l:

as Lon gfe ll o\v says in " The Tales of t he Wayside Inn ," it is always cl imb-

In re spo n se to a reque st f rom the in g a li tt le higher to command a more ed itor of the Norma li te I w ill e nd eavo r perfect view of the bay where every to te ll yo u so m ethin g of the "Sound var i ety of a craft is to be seen. With Co u ntry" and the Norma l sc ho ol the waters of the g reat bay on one where I am teac hin g this year . s id e and the moun ta ins a lmost en cir-

One of the th r ee state normals of c lin g it fr om anot her, Bellingham has Washington is l ocated in Bell in gha m. an unusually beau tiful location LookThi s li ttle city of about 3,000 peop le is . in g off toward the Can adian li ne built ar ound the beaut i fu l Be llin g ham (fifteen miles away) we can see the

DAISY D. NETTLETON

Head of De partment of Expression, on leave of abse n ce, re turns next se m P.ste r.

Bay a nd run s up the hill, but in s tead of "sitting down to rest" a nd saying, "I go no farther up come wh at may,"

, Selki rk s, a mountain r ange snow covered no w and g li s tenin g in the sunlight like million s of diamonds. Off toward the north west across the bay we catch a g limpse of the Olympic mountains in Washington. Mt. Baker (10,827 feet) the pride of the of mountain scener y, stands hke a white-robed sentinel to guard the ci t y. Mt . Chuckanut (1,100 high) the giant of the hills that skirt the city, is t hree miles away and makes a good climb for a da y. A party of teachers undertook to get to the top of Chuckanut one Saturday in the ear ly fall. After severa l years of pr actice in climbin g the hills at Peru, I fe lt equa l to anythin g that was suggested, but after the g uid e h3;d us fully sixteen t im es, "there IS one more hard climb ," I found It was a greater climb than even "P ike' s Peak" at Peru afforded . We were full y pa id for · ou r heroic efforts to get to the top, howeve:-. As the day was a clear on e, vi ew of th e Puget Sound, Chuckanut and B_ellin g ham bays the Selkirk s, Ol ympiCS and Mt . Bake;·, to say no thing of the beauty of the green clad hill s beneath us , was perfectly :tnagnificent. We had little difficulty in getting

do wn. for the de sce nt is quite easy compared to the ascent. I am eger to try a real mountain trip, when eac h traveler carries his pack on hi s b ack w hi ch contain s food and a blanket, and sle eps at night under th e open sky. In thi s wes tern country the pedagogue is often [a woodsman as well. He goes out to his cabin in the woods on Friday and comes back in a day or two refreshed and ready for the routin e of the s chool program . tThe men are not the only ones who are priivileged to enjoy thi s vigo rous recreation, for the ladie s have th e ir cabin s and often build them the mselv es . I have been invited to vis it at a cabin near Lake Whats om about s ix miles from the city was built by two of the teachers of the High Scho ol. It is sa id to be a model that would do credit to the "House Beautiful:"

A membeF of Norma l facu lty has a littl e cabm up in the wood s eleven miles from a town w hi ch she has. named "Hard Scrarr'tble." The name, though very suggestive, does not tell of half the scrambling necessary to reach it. ,

I !flUSt tell you of our trip to the Reservation, which is five miles from here. Fifteen of us hired a wag<?nette for the day in the fall to go "sight We drove fir st to the Lumi Ind1an re se rvation and spent ?f the da y in and t[te Indian V·lllage. They li ve in crude little along the bay, and surv i ve fi shmg and . farming, doing very httle of for they have not though the Indian mclmatwn to live with as li ttle work possibl.Ei!. They have a great to bemg the subjects of kodak pictures, so we had to keep the kodak s out of s ight until they had ceased to sus pect us.

We an old Indian squaw .who .was Sittmg under a pear tree, weavmg baskets. She did very little of the talking and laughed at us when we tr i ed to make her understand that we wanted to buy a basket. Once we stopped to take a pict ure of a group of Indian children, but before , we could finish, a squaw appeared and

with her ap ron sh ooed them in to t l1 e hu t.

Th ere is an Indian mission sc hool n ea r the r es ervat ion where several hundr ed ch ilclr en are be in g e du cated. Som e how the c han ge from the old life to the n ew has not m ade strong as m any of th em are affl icte d with the w hit e plague, and the tr ib e is fast di sapp ea ri ng.

Th ere ar e a gr eat man y new and in terest in g t hin g s- here, but the bay is the mo st fascinating thin g in the whole country to me. Everything must face the bay or it h as the po siti on with t he wo rld. When 1t 1s im po ss ibl e to hav e the front toward the ba y they bUJld lar ge porch es on the b ac k of the hou se . .I h ope yo u know th e geogr ap hy of th}S northwest country bett er than I d1d when I ca me, and kn ow t hat the Bellingham Bay is an ar!TI of Puget Sound . It is ninety miles the . Pacific ocean proper.. is land s which have thri vm g httle v llla ges on them are here and there on th e bay. The JOUrney Seattle to Belligham by steamer IS a ni ce little voyage of four or five .. and the produced thruogh the and. a round the is lands, IS a t hnllm g. one -espec ia llv to one who h as hved almost a li fe time inland.

Bellingham has one of the finest harbors on the Pacific coast. Th e water front is lined with lumbP.r mills where four and five hundr ed men are employed in each . , and shipment is made of one m illi on of lumb er by rail and. water, .durm g a s in g le day. . One s hmgle mill here is said to be the l argest under one roof in the world and the scho oners carry lumb er from mills to many of the foreign countn es. .

Bellingham is famed. far an d w id e for its lumber and shmgles. but of st ill wider scope is it s r enown as. a salm on center, for here we h ave . m operation the larges t salmon factory in all the world . Th e canmng season is over now, but during the fall as many as 80,000 sa lm on were dispo se d of in one da y. The total sa lmon pack of Bellingham Bay amounted

to 337.000 cases in 1907, and the payroll of the Pac i fic Ame ri can Fish er ies for the yea r is n ea rl y a quarter of a million dollar ·.

Now ju st a li l Lie about the Norma l h ere and then I'll stop -fo r the ed i to r ha s b ee n eno u g· h to limi t me to a ce r ta in nurn be r of \\" Ord s.

Th e sc h oo l is on h· abo ut se ven \·ears old and h as an attendance of t hr ee hun dr ed st ucl e nL s. ancl a \\" e ll eq ui ppe d buildi ng all und er one r oof. \\·h ich is as large as the ma in bu il ding and the Scien ce hall at Pe ru. An annex is be in g- bu il t, about half the si ze of y our main bui ldi ng· Th ere is also a well eq uipp ed gymnasium at the re ar of the b uildin g, and a home -lik e. cosy domi to ry fo r th e g irl ::; a fe\\" feet awa y.

'l'h e int e ri or of the class r ooms is

very at tra ct ive. Nearly everyone has b ea utiful fe rn boxes in the windows. The hall s are kep t lookin g cheerful by pl ants, also. These , with a few ca r efu ll y ch ose n pictures and pieces of statuary give the entire building a \\"h oleso me appearan ce. We have a facu l ty of twenty-fo ur, a ll trained for the ir s pe cial "ork in so me Ea stern college. Man y of them are from An n Arbor . I am gett in g acq uain ted with new peop le, a nd am bein g gr eatly benefited in t hi s mild , balmy c lim ate, but I hav e mi sse d t he ent hu sias m, loya lty and kin d appreciat ion which are cha ra cte ri st i cs of Peru st ud ents Wi th best wi sh es to Peru friends fo r a successf ul , happ y year durin g 1908, I am , Sincerely yo urs, Dai sy D. Nettleton.

HISTORY OF EVERETT SOCIETY

1\\ AR Y A. TYNON.

Some littl e t im e afte r the Ph il om athea n soc i ety was org anized. n ee d was felt for a for the y oun ge r me mb ers of the Ne bt·aska State Normal. It wa s under the influ e nc ce and l ea der s hip of Prof. Albert Nichols that the littl e band organized and cho se the name of that noted orator and statesma n, Edwin Everett-a namP- that sig nifie s all that is loya l, upri ght hon es t and pure-a christian philanthropist and statesman. In hi s long public life as Pres ident of Harvard Univer s ity, Governor of Massachu s etts and Se c retary of State, he was a man never to be found wanting. A patriot whose sc holars hip, statesmanship and eloquence were eve r for the s ervice, glory and interest of his country.

It is unfortunate that the first record s of the society are not to be found, but from all reports we judge that it was organized in 1872 or 1873. The earliest records found show that the society had the usual number of officers- President. first and second Vice Presidents,Recording and Corres-

pondin g Secretari es , Li brarian , Tr eas · urer , Critic a nd Tru stees; elected at th e be g innin g of each term and continuing t ill the secon d Friday of the su ccee din g term, g overned by a const itution, se t of By -Laws and Roberts' Rul es of Order. The scho ol year at this time was di vi ded into three term s, Fa ll, Winter and Spring. The society met each Friday evening in one the class rooms and it was not until 1885 when the new a ddition or so uth part' of Normal Ha ll was built, that the Philomathean and Ev erett societies were given the halls they now occupy . Literary advancement and Parliamentary practice have ever been.the object of the society. The of the day, both politi cal and civil been di scus se d and nearly all subJects -Literature, History, Art, Sc ience, etc. have been usP. d to advantage . Diaiogues, pantomines, recitati?ns, essays, book-review s oratiOns have had their place. Music has ever been a welcome and pleasing number. Current History and Debating have

alway s b ee n u se d to gr eat adva n tage in the soc iety wo rk , es pec ia ll y in the da ys when the course of st ud y wa s not so co mpl ete as n ow

Many of our most i nfluentia l and n ote d c iti zens of today, n ot on ly in Nebra s ka but over the whole wor l d, with g rat eful and pl easa nt memo ri es, look back to th e pro fit a bl e ho urs spe nt in Ever ett H al l. It was here that th ey dev elop ed that power a nd ta lent that ga ve them fa ith in them sel ve s and pow er to overcome the batt les b efo re the m. Not few were the oratori ca l, politi ca l and scie nt i fic quest ions di sc us sed. and the powe r gai n ed in co n ce ntration of thoug ht

MARY A. TY NON

and ease of m anner, ca n be g ain ed only unde r s imil ar cond it io ns. Th e s ociety ha ll s off er many op port uni ti es that the class r oom never can Everett was cons id ered a Junior soc iety unt il about the year 1849 . At th is time a n umbe r of th e boys and g irls d ec id ed to stay w it h the soc i ety and were g radu ated fr om the Norma l fi.rm and loyal Ey eretts . Since thi s t 1me Everett s oc1ety h as b ee n on a the Phil omathea n and man y mterestmg contests and open sess ion p rogr am s ha ve been gi ven . Th e soci et i es h ave eve r be en on t he bes t of ye t each trying to be just a h ttle better th an the other.

Th e L il crary s oc i ely hi s to ry of the Neb ras ka. 'lal c Norma l s choo l wou ld be s ca r ce ly complete without mentionin g lhc \Vellin g lon ian soc ie ty T hi s soci e ty wa s iz ed at lhe beg innin g of lhe \Vi n ler lc rm of 1893 a nd named in honor o[ ou r on na l pres id e nt at th al ti me-·Pr of. A. \V . Nor to n. The th r ee socic li cs we re of e qua l ra nk, thi s gi\·ing more r oom a nd time fo r Li tera ry wo rk a nd Pa rli ame n tary pr aclice . A .Jun io 1· so ci e ty . was or · ganiz ed about l hi s Lime fo r the young er me mb ers of the No r ma l. The se last two so ci et ies howeve r were sh o rl- 1i \·e d.

The Eve t·ett s oc iely ha s e\·er bee n n oted for its po we 1· to do, and a num · ber of finan c ia l su cc ess es haYe been accompli sh ed Lectures and musical e nt er ta inm e nts h ave b ee n give n by outs i de la lent the proce e ds be i ng used in and beautifying th e soc i ety ha ll.

There has al ways been or les.s s hiflin.o: f rom Everett to Ph il o un t il about thr ee yea rs ag o, when with the ass i st an ce of Pr of Gr egg a n ew constitution was mad e, and an ag r ee ment th at "Onc e an Eve r ett, always an Ever ett." Thi s puts the so ci ety on a firm er bas is and d oes away with the i dea forever, th at the Ph il om athean society may be a m ore ad va nced soc iety. To Prof. Gr egg the Everett society owes mu ch of i ts succ ess a nd hi s va lu able ass t stanc e has ever be en a nd is, gr eat ly apprec iate d.

An i nterest in g feature of the at pr ese nt is a se rie s of co n tests-S IX in numb er- th e first of which was gi ve n Fr i day even i ng, D ec . 6. Three me mb ers of the facu lty , Mi ss Luca s, Mi ss Go sh en and Prof. Beck , have b ee n appo inted jud ges . Needle ss to say eac h g roup is s tri v in g hard to be vi ctor ious.

Th e e nro llm ent at pr es en t is about one hund red thirty . Owing to t hi s cr owded cond iti on, m easures were take n q uit e rece ntl y, a ll ow i ng ea ch me mb er to in vi te but one perso n, th at per so n to be not a member of the s choo l. From a ll appearances m eas ures w ill soon h ave to be tak en for mor e room, f or the ha ll at th e p re sent time is not lar ge enoug h. Th e soc i ety h as

never been in a tnore prosperous condition, and \Vith hearty cooperation and \Villing \Vorkers, \Ve may rest assured that it \vill long continue to live, gaining ne\v laurels for itself, and bringing both pleasure and _Profit into the lives of many students In the years to come.

I EVERETT

A COLONIAL EVENING.

Mandolin Duet

........ Messrs. Rost and Harpster

Blue La\vs of Connecticut ....

.... ...................... Miss O'Conner

Vocal Solo ............... Mr. R.B. Sims

Old Virginia Talent

Miss J. VanDriel

IWe are sure that the friends of the Everett Literary society \Vho are also readers of the Normalite are a\vaiting anxiously the results of the ·Group contest, a report of \vhich \Ve shall submit to you in this issue.

The program for Jauuary 17, \Vas of a very unique and interesting nature, consisting of a play, "Exibition of the Deestrict Skule of Fifty Years Ago.'' Some of the interesting features of the play were:

Instrumental Solo Miss Hazel Beck

Debate: Resolve that the old fashioned deestrick skule afforded a better education than the modern school.

Affirmative ........ Mrs. C. W. Smith

Negative ...... Mr. Harrison Burkey PLAY.

Cast of Characters.

The Skule Master ...... Mr. A. G. Reed

Jining Skule Mistress

.. Miss Ada Phillips

Rev. Parson Brown .................... Mr. S. M. Dillow

Square Abraham Buckwheat

Vocal Trio

Messrs. Hein,Dillow and Phillips

In1promptu Speech ........ Miss Craven

Tableau ............. Old Colonial Home

This program was gotten up by Mr. C. Schott, and is one long to be remembered by those who were present at its rendering.

There remains only one of the six contest prorgams, of which we have said nothing, i. e., the one, \Vhich \vas rendered on the evening of January 31.-Miss Stella Dil1ow, Committeeman.

PROGRAM.

Music.. .. .......... Normal Orchestra

Home Life of the Eskimo ·······

................ Mr. Victor Trucken.

Original Poem ........ Stella Washburn Essay ''Glimpses in Faculty ........ Miss Mary Ditmer

Solo ............. Miss Bessie Washburn Essay ''Amusing Things in the Miss M. Ellenberger

Home Scenes Tableau

This program was last in the test but not least, in other words It was a close rival for first place.

We may say in conclusion that we as a society are very greatly pleased with the results of the "Group Contest.''

II suckle Miss B.

PHILOMATHEAN

Among the scholars were the Irre- L---------·------pressible Twins, Bubby, PatriGk O'Flinn and others too numerous to mention. Mr. Gross is to be thanked for this excellent program, for it certainly proved a great success.

We shall give in full the program which was rendered so excellently upon the evening of January 24, and which without doubt deserved first place in the contest and to which the judges have awarded first place:

On Friday evening, Feb. 7, that most interesting little play, "The Mouse Trap,'' was to an overflowing hall. Following were the characters :

Mrs. Somers (a stylish young widow) ..... Mildred Porter

Mr. Campbell .......... G. H. Lanphere

Jane (waiting maid) .. ·......... .. .................. Bessie Henderson

Mrs. Lou Bemi s (ca ll er)

. .. . . ......... ..

. ..... . . Clara Shir es

Mr s. Cm·win (ca ll e r) . .. ... ........ .

. ........ ..Lyla V. Fr enc h

Mrs. Mill er (ca ll er) ...... A li ce Gi pso n

Mrs. Roberts (ca ll er) Ot is Lor anc e

All of th e characters are to be comp lim ented for th e ab ili ty th ey sh owe d in act in g the ir part s, an d es pec ial ly Mi ss Port e r, the le ad ing fema le charact e r,and Mr . L anp here, the leadin g ma le character, for th eir case and gracefu ln ess upon th e s tag·e. We arc h op i ng that th ese sa me cha r acter s an d others may favo r the s oc iety aga in soon

At the bu s in ess m eet i ng th e sa me ev enin g the fo ll ow in g officers were el ected f or the seco nd semester : Pr es i de nt, G. H aro ld L anp he re, Gres ham.

Vice·president, E velyn VanW i ck lc, York.

Secretary, Marga rite Mohrmon, Ge neva.

Co rres pondin g Secretary, Ly la V. Fr ench , Auburn . . T reas ur er, L. R. Hi ll , Geneva. Libr arian , Mi l dred Porter, Fa irmont.

Serg eant- at-a rm s, Ea rn es t Zi nk, Peru.

B oa rd of Tru stees , Coo k. Ste ele C ity; Burrell, Pe ru; Meyer, Per u.

To lis Lcn to a man who know s more about his su b.i ect than any othe r livin g man is an in spi ration. Such, however, was the pri v il ege of the stud e nts last Th urs day e\·cn in g at the lecture deli ve red in chapel by Dr. H. B. Ward, cl ean of the mcd ical de par tme nt of ou r Stale Un i vc 1·s it ,v. Dr. Ward' s specialt\· is the stud\· of' animal parasites pr of !'uc i ng· di sease in man . Hy the use of lant ern \· ie\\' s th at in them se lves were mark s <Jf' <u·t. he ma de cl ea r t he caus es ()[' a nurnh er o[ the ill s t hat h uman llesh is kin t oo . It \\aS a r eve l ation trJ m any o f' us t ha t the "P oo r So l utes" of lhe South land are sal low - sk i ntwcl, ane mic and .· hi ftless because or th e attac ks of th e "h ook wo1·m'' or the alim en ta ry tr act Th e exac:l n atu re of the in t he wi t hat afll i clc rl the wa nd ering- Isr ea li tes was made dear as we re man y ot he l' m allc rs of eq ual in te r es t . Dr. War cl was J" e cenlly elec ted to the lmp e l' ial Soc i ety of Ru ss ia, a s cientific or g·an izat i on that has admitt ed onl y twe lve for ei.o: ners to it s ra nk s, a nd among th ese are o nl y four Ame ricans .

ATHLETICS

8. E. SWENSON

Carl Sch ott of Sh i ckl ey was el ected capta in of the boys' b as ket ba ll team . Sc h ott is well verse d in the " in s" and "outs" of the g ame, h av in g play ed upon the S hi ckl ey te am for two se a sons, and being it s captain in hi s Senio r year . He is one of the fastes t forwards that the Normal has ever seen and fu rth er more, he is a n atu ra l lea de r, on e w ho when he know s he is ri g ht does n ot h es itate to sp eak his conviction s. We predict a successful

Th e Normal boys' bas k et ball team opened the season h ere Jan. 18th by d efeating the fa st Humboldt Hi gh

School, cham pions of sou theastern Nebraska The results obta in ed demo ns trated ve ry nicel y the s uperiority of th e Norma l t eam. Schott olayerl a great game at forward, thro w in g 26 out of the 40 point s. Beck also showed us that he is th e making of a fast gu ard At the clo se of the game Scorekeeper Hanna announced that the score was 40 to 27 in favor of th e "Boys."

As a pre limin ary to th e Humb oldt and Normal game, the Seni or Girl s' Indo or Basketball team afte r very careful maneuverin g succeeded in makin g one more tr ip aro und the

diamo nd th an the Ju ni or b unc h of sa me Branch, las and Or de r. The fir st inn in g: wa:::; nuwked b,· h ean· s!ugg in g: . and lo ose fie ldi ng· on both Sid es; t hi s was tl_1 e en iors' i nn in g. at the _close of w h1 c: h the score s tood 8 to 5 111 fm·or of the en ior Afte r t hi s the Ju nior :::; look a br ace but were un ab le to overtake t _h e l ead ga ined by up pe r 111 the fi r st i nn in g. After th e_ ft rst mn t ng bot h side put u_p an arttcle of ba ll se ldom see n outSi de of lhe le agu e. On account of l ac k ?f lime lhe wa · fix ed at five mni ng s.. \\ 'h en the game was ?,ve r t h. e. J_un10rs we re he ard to ay : 0 h, !C 1t cou lcl on ly ha Ye lasted an ot hey r ound ." a nd the Se nio r :;, are th an kf ul th at it didn't core 10 to 9; um p ir e. Vance .

LI NEUP

. J uni ors

Se ni ors

Fran ce c . . Gipson Gl <:>ve r p Zink ............ 1 st .. ... . ...... Sh ee ly

G 1l bert .. . . . . . . . ... 2nd .... ... .. . Lo ran ce

P asco . ... ...... .. ... 3 rd ... . .. . ..... S hi r es

B ee k · · · · ss Th aye r

Kenn edy .. ... . .... . ss ....... . He rr in gton Andr ews rf Hick ey

Wahlstrom . If Snyder

The fir st of the se ri es of o·ames fo r cl ass wa s here Jan. 24t h as a s1de 1ssue of the Cotner g am e. Th e were the b est ac tors 111 t h1 s pre liminary c on tes t, n eve rth el esR the Fres hm en we re in the g am e all the tim e a_nd it w as only at th e last ca ll of th e w hi st le t hat th ey ackn O\:' Icdge d them se lves def ea te d. Both s1d es playe d f as t bal l. Am ono· " t " l b ,, s ml f?;l t e me nt ioned L eean d

Red Sc h ott for th e So p hom o1·es and Cartn ey _a nd "Pink" for the Fr es hmen. Fma l sco re 23 to 13 in fav o1_· of the So ph omor es .

On e of the b es t and m os t i nt er est in g ga m es of the seaso n w as 1Jlayed he re w _h en the Co tne r Uni ve rsi ty gi rl s sa 1l ed m to tow n a nd sta rted to show us h ow the g am e is played in the su burb s of Lin co ln. Th e ga me was clea n and was c ha r ac teri ze d by of the us ual "rag ch ewmg. Bot h tea ms did s ome exce ll ent w ork bu t our g irl s had a shade th e be tter of the ga me as wa s shown by

the ir more a cc urat e pa ss ino· and t hrow in g fi eld goa ls. At the close of the ga me th e sc or e loo ked li ke this: 23 to 10 in f av or of t he Norm a l.

LIN EUP.

No rm al Cot ner

P hi IIi ps I J lVI. Bri tt Fr ance i ·· ·· f ·· · I Fair ley

Sh ee ly c Ro se n be r ger B eck . 2nd c E. Br i tt \ri tt 1 1 H olmes Ke n ne dy I ··.. ··.g.·· · ·· -1 R ee d

On J an . 2-! the No r ma l boys we nt do\\·n to an honorabl e defP.at at the hands of Co . E of Shena n doa h, Ia. Th e Cadets h ave played togethe r fo r 5 years and are cons i de r ed to be the fastest tea m in the state of Iowa . The ga me was played on a slop in g floo r, wh ich was a "n ew on e" on the boy s. Neve rtheless wh en the fi nal sm oke h ad sett led a li ttle, the bu ll et in b oard showed the fo ll ow i ng sco re- 43 to 18, in fav or of Co . E. You r infe ren ce fr om th ese statemen ts sh ou ld be th at the Norm al h as a stron g t eam.

A nd again the Un i versity of Nebras ka h as go ne ba ck from Peru fee lin g ch ag ri ne d a nd di sappo inted. Th e auth ority fo r t hi s sta tement came to th e At hl etic Editor as the resu lt of a game of b as k et ba ll pl ayed here Feb6t h b etwee n th e 2n d Uni and the N. S. N. S. The boys h ad been practicin g hard f or t hi s ga me and h ad deve lo ped so me team work that was even a s urpr ise to themsel ves . They started ou t in whi rl w ind fas hi on an d had ni ne po in ts to the ir cred it before the Un i r ea li zed th at the ga me ha d started . It was th e pr ett iest an d clea n est gamP. t hat h as b ee n se en on th e No r ma l floo r for s om e time. A ll of the boys played star ball. Swe ns on vv as take n out of the ga me on ac coun t of a wrenche d a nkl e a nd E gge nb er ger took his pl ace Th e b ovs ought to be r.o ngratulated u po n th e ir victory. S co r e, 42 to 22 . LIN EUP.

Norm al U ni ve rsity

Sc hott, c I_ j A. C. Schm i dt M eye r 1 ··.f.·.. · I Flowe r E gge n ber ge r c Parrott Tolhurst I I Long B eck i ········.g · ··.. ·.. ·· ·I Schmidt

As an int ro duc tion to th e U ni ve r-

s ity game the Sop homores defeated the Freshmen Girl s in the mo sl i nteresting and !:{arn e of in door baseball ever s een in the No l·mal sin ce the time wh en Delze ll became "famo us ." Th e ga me wa s fu ll of exc itement and wa s gr eat ly enjoy ed by those on the s id e li n es . Weave r of John son brought the hou se to it s fe et by linin g out a home run Wh en th e noise of the ba ttl e had ca lmed d ow n a li ttle Schere r announ ce d to th e a nxi ous spectators that th e s core wa s 12 to 7 in favor of the S- s-oph -o-o-om o-r-r -rcs'. The winners w ill now ag ain st th e Se niors for cla ss champ ions hip .

IDEBATING

J.

E. Morgan

CICERONIAN

Th e Ciceronian d eba tin g c lu b is pas s in g.through an e ra of un para ll eled pr ospen ty. Th e soc i ety h as d ec id ed to questions g iv en fo r the pre hmmari es as long as they last On J.anua ry 11, the "Par ce ls P ost" question was After the debate the th r own open fo r general discus s io n and ov er a dozen spoke di fferent phases of It. So mtere s tmg did th e di s cus si on become that the t im e gi ve n wa s i nadequate the discussion had to be c!osed wh il e a. nu mb er we re yet des irous of upo n it h as just adopted a new con s titutiOn th ere by putting 't a . fi b . 1 upon more rm .a s1s than before.

Th e Athemans met wi th us 0 J 25, the navy question ab ly dISCussed. Th e ot h er· "pr· 1 . , . . e 1n1Inmy que s twn s w ill be discussed . the ir orde r. m

PRELIMINARIES.

debates, wh i ch determm e who wi11 r epresent the Norm al intercolle gi ate d eba t es , w ill co me off about the fir st week F eb ruar y. The g roups and questions are as follow s:

Group 1. Resolved, That the Meye r parce ls post recommendations sh ould

be en ac ted i nto Ia\\'.

Affirm ali ,.e N egative ;\lr. I·:gg-e nb er gc r l\I r. Akers l\ Ti!'=s T urn er Mr. Bo oce :\ Tr. C. C. Hc rk cv l\Ir. Hill (;ro up 2. f{es oh·cd, Th at the true int er ests of th is c oun try will be conse r ve d hv a s ub s ta ntial incr ease in the stl·cng lh. of ou r na, ·y.

Aflirmal i ,.c Ne g at iv e

Mr. S mi th

Mr. Tl arri nglo n 1\Jr. Gibn ey

Mr. C'. P.

Mr. l\ Tih era J\Ti ss Mi ss Va nDr iel Cro up !3. H cso lvc d, That the Uni te rl • tal es g o\·e ,·nmc nl would not be j us ti fied in pa ss in g· an y financial measu rc in \\.hi ch th e g-o ,·e rnment, b eco m es a g ua r antor of depos i ts

Affirmali ,.e N ega ti ve M r Hanlla Mi ss Nlille1'

Mr: Farich il d M r. J. McMillen

Mi ss .J ones

Mr. Swen son

Gr o up 4. Re sol ved, Th at the unio_n of a ll re li g io us sects th at ba se the ir creed s up on the H oly Bib le be s up er ior to the present s ecta rt an system in promoting ri ghteou sn ess Af-firmative Ne gative

Mr. McGrew Mr. Hodapp

Mr. E. R. Bur k ey Mr . Peter son Mis s Yocum M r.

Mr. Morgan Mr. Jenkms

ATHENIAN.

Moot ses si on of senate, repr es enting U. S. se na te 20 years henc e. Th e Senate Chambe t·s were cr owded wit h the f ri ends of the senators at the ses si ons held on Saturday even · in g, Feb. 8. A wor d of we lcome and e xp lan at ion of the natm·e of the sen ate was gi ven by Se n ator El izabeth Hender s on fro m I owa, aft er w hi ch the members of the s enate wa l ked i n, clad in the attire of the "New Vice President Mill er ca ll ed the sena te to orde r, and the cle rk, Senator Bogardus, called the roll. Senator L oomi s of New York the n cond u cted the ch apel s ervic es , r ead in g th e pas s age conce rnin g Sampson and De lil ah. A petition was then r ece iv ed fro m th e "M e n' s Suffrage Association," as kin g the resto r at ion of their anc ie nt birthright,

a nd the priv il ege of propo in go n L eap Y ea r. The se nat e mo ,·ed t hat the gent lemen be a ll o,,·ed to pre e nt th i.s pet ition in pers on. and er ge ant of Arm s Peder son from Te xa co nduct ed l\I i ze ra and G ibn ey, att n ·ed In fl-: ll s and bo ,,·s. :o the r oo ms. Th ey . with much tJm i dn.ess and nc n·ousn ess , m ade path et ic app ea ls in be hal f of thei r down-trodd en br ct hcm. Th e questio n wa s th en put before the se nat e. and Green of l\1a ss ac hu set t . eehg of. and C t·apel1h oft of .spo ke in fa Yor of the w hil e Se nators Blan che of New .Jer se y and Ped er so n of exas h eart! ly opposed it. The wa s ca ni. cd to refer th e petitiOn to the committee on u se le ss se n ate p apers, and the we ep in g men were fr om the room.

The ord er of bu s in ess was, ''A 111 the form of a r eso lu tion on child labor, '' pre s ented by Senator fr om Nebraska . The co mwas that the men k ept the at hom e to as sist in the hou s_e ":'o rk, the y be in g kept bu sy over back fences and attendmg k ens in gtons

Senators McL ean of Browne r of Oregon, Mab le Ba il or of Ke n tuc ky and 1'\ebe!· of debated ab ly in f avo r of the and th e re so l ution was ea rn ed by a l.arge majority.

_. Senator Ba i_I or of Kentucky then ina bill e nti tl ed, "An act to provide that a ll l eg al te nd er co in s of th e p. S after co in e d, sha ll bear th e m scnphon , 'In God 'vVe Tru st.' " Bai l or of Te nne ssee, Sh ee ly of Rhode Isl and, Harri s of Ok l ahoma , Wal s_trom of Washing-ton and Vicespoke on t hi s que stion( both s id es be in g s trong ly a nd forcib ly supported. The ayes and noe s were then ta ken G5 vot in o· fo r and 3 a ga in st. ' o

senate th en adjourned , after WhiCh the se n ators sh oo k ha nd s wi th all f riends.

"You h ave o nl y see n the b eautifu l s unri s e; may some of you be privileged to see the glo ri ous noontide of rul e, w hi ch w ill on ly s ink 111 the west when time is no m ore ."

·-Ath en i ans.

S. P. Q.R.

No rm a li tus Beni g ni ssi m e.

Latini s angu lum co n cess i t. Gratias igna s se ferve utendo be ne conab imur. Qua Ye qui squ e, c ui omnum n omen est ca rum. sua m partem fortunae Latin i Ang uli conf er at.

A Matse Anser e. Joh annes, Johanne s. t ibi cin e natu s, Fu git pern i citer porcum fu r atus, Sed porcu s voratu s, Joh a nn es dela tus, Et pl oran s pe r via s est fur fl age ll at us.

From the Library of P oetry and So n g.

Th e pr ogram of the L at in club for January 25th was a trip to Greece Afte r the open in g so ng, Gaud eamus, Mrs. Crabtree gave a de li gh tf ul acco un t of her recent visit to the lan d of art and beau ty. . ..

From the embarking at BrmdiSI, to th e resc ue of the s tranded party at Corfu by the Turki sh prince, the cha rm of t he story was unbrok en, an d places and cities before kno vv n only in books beca me viv idl y r ea l as we saw in im ag in at i on Co rinth , Aro·os At hen s and De lphi, eac h Wit 0 • its ow n wea lth of assoc ia tiOn s. d

Th e members of the Latin club an their gu ests of the evening, the stude nts of the Latin department and the facu lty feel d eep ly ind ebted to .Mr s. Cr abtree for he r kindne ss a nd w ill a}ways rem e mb er with the ir visit to Greece unde r her g uidance.

Prof. W. N. Del ze ll w ill go to Eur ope thi s s ummer.

Mi ss Audra Mo ss spe nt Saturday and S unda y at her home m Ashland, r et urning Monday

Mr. J enk in s vis ited at hi s hom e l ast Saturday and Sunday. .

Th e Farmers ' In st itute held m Mu s ic and Expres sion hall Feb. 7-8, was well attend ed and m any helpful t hin gs were sa id. A numb er of the professors we re on the program: French , Gre gg ,B P.ck, an d Mis s L oo mis. Th e latter gave an exce ll ent paper on th e s ubject , '' Th e Firel ess Cooke r .''

jlormalitt

1-@eru.

A Monthl y M agazin e Pub li she d in th e Interests of Ed uca ti on.

Pub lished by Th e State Norma l Schoo l.

Sub sc ript ion soc per yea r. 1 oc per -. i c•1py Adv erti sing ratc:s IJil ap pl ic•li<lll

Enter ed at th <: PostoHi cc at Peru . f\c.:l, r:a .., l<. a. ;1.., class mallcr.

E ditorial Staff

JOHN T. AK ERS Eu iT OI< '" C1111 r. J. HAROL D WIL LI AM S. El> l l<JI<.

J. E. MORGAN.

JOHN HANNA

C. 0. OL INE

ETH EL BERRY

B. E. SWE!\SON BE SSIE FOSTER

W. N. DEL ZE LL

E. R. BURK EY, M As.-.<; u;.

C. W. SM ITH. ASSISTAI'T MA :-oAGEI? l. it t·r.ar y Mllll .o ry 1-lcli s,: irJuo.; J\ lu m ni

G. D. J E!\K i l'S. ASS ISTAI'T MA NAGE il.

EDITORIAL NOTES I

Th e pr inci pal of the Dis trict Hi gh sc h oo l has req uest ed th at a ll girls who attend .th at should have p oc kets m ade m th eir dr es se s. For var io us reaso ns we suggest th at Prin ci pa l Cr abtree m ake the sa me req ue st of th e Norma l girls.

T he beg innin g the ir work with e nth usi as m t hi s se mest er . Som e are bette r at one t hin g and ot h ers bette r at som ethin g else. Tr y to find out what yo u are best Rd apt ed for and th en foll ow t hi s lin e of wo rl< to a succ essful an d trium p hant fi ni sh and you w ill h ave do ne hum a ni ty some good .

Ea ch num ber of th e Nor ma lit e w ill co n ta in an ar ti cle of in te r est by a

me mb er of lhc facu l ty a lum ni a ssoc iation o1· fr om so me ot he r so ur ce of inter est \\' c ta ke pleas ur e in pub li s hing in th is numbe r a lelle l' wr i tte n by Mrs. 1 ell le lon, d c:-:c ri pl i ,·eofBell ingham , ancl lhc s urround in g be auli ful s<..:c ncry.

Our s cho ol is faYored in be in g aiJie to SC'<: urc s uch ex ce ll ent lalcnl from lime lo lime fo r chape l talk s. JJ1·. i\. K Wins hi p l ike s the N c)l' ma l Yc ry much an d ha s promise d Pr es id ent C' l' ahli'<.'C lh al he ,,· ill to mak e a Yisil to t hi s plac e onc e eve ry year. IT e sp oke on lhe su l.J.i ect , "The Bo y Ame ri ca's (:r ea l es t Pr ob lem ," pr esent in g· as Dr. W in sh ip is ab le to do, th is i nte r est i ng in a most sc holal' ly and ma ste rfu ll y man ner. T hat sp ec ial fe at ur e of c hil d st ud y known a :-: lhe ·Labra tor y Method" wa s to the s tu de nts of P sy cholop: y the mo st in te r es t in g: p ha se of hi s lectur e. He denounc ed wilh mu<.: h emphas is th P. th eory of D1·. E lli ott of Ha r va rd, who has ad voctcd the plan of plac in g wh at the fut ur e occ u pa ti on of the b oy sha ll be, i nto th e hands of th e t eac her for him to dec id e.

LO G ALS

Mi ss La ur a Po rt er, who h as bee n teac hin g for the pa st month at Union, visited at h er home in Pe ru Saturd ay and S un day. Mi ss Po r te r is do ing exce ll ent wo rk as a teacher and w ill grad ua te w it h th e cl as s of '08.

C li ff or d Hend ri cks w ill be in atte ndan ce at the S umm er sch oo l a nd wi ll ha ve eh arg·e of a s ec ti on in the che mi ca l l abor a tory . Glad to h ave Mr. He nd ri cks with us aga in thi s s umm er .

Pre s id e nt Cle mm ons of the Fr emont Co ll ege, rece ntl y pa id the N orm al a visit a nd s poke in chapel on th e s ub jec t, "Th e Thr ee E' s. " Mr. Clemmon s is a fo r ce fu I and ener get ic sp ea ker and hi s addr ess was e nthusi ast i ca ll y appla ud e d.

SENIO R SCE NES

ETHEL :\ ELL

Great in te r est was ar ou e el in chapel the mo rn ing· th e s en ior girl c hallen ge d the .Juni or :-; lo a ga me of in doo r ba seba ll to be aft er th e bas ket ba ll ga me \\"i th Hum bo ldt at mday e ve ni ng, Jan. Hilh. l:. xe i le ment \\" as at high pit ch at Lh e close of Lhe t hird i nni ng when Lh e sco re s tood 9 to 9. An oth er ha lf i nnin g· wa s wh ich ch an g ed the !::ico re 10 to !) in fm ·or of th e Se nio rs.

U· r ah -rah U- rah - rah

U-ra h- ra h

Se ni or s!

Kat he t·i ne ·w ill is, \\'h o ha s b ee n for so me time wi th ap pendiCl tl s, wa s t ak en to Om aha to the S wed ish Imm anu el hospi ta l where she has und erg·one a su ccess fu l oper at i on . L ate st r epo rts are tha t she is do i no· ni ce ly. "'

K at herine La fli n wa s ca ll ed home

Jan . 13 th on acco un t of the se ri ous ill ne ss of her br ot her, who pa ss ed away a few day s aft er her a ni va l. Fra nk Booce wa s ca ll ed to Fa ll s City beca u se of the deat h of his brothe r. Th e cla ss s in ce re to eac h of th ese 111 the ir affl i ct ion.

Th e demand fo r tra in ed teac hers is b eco min g g rea ter eac h ye a r. and a numb er of Seni or s h ave a lr ead y o·one fo rth to pa rt ia ll y s at is fy these "' dema nd s. Among th es e l at ter are La ur a Po rte r, who h as accepted a po sition ne ar U ni on and has go ne to co mplete th e term. Sh e held t hi s po s iti on last Annie L ee per has acc e pt ed a po s1t 10n as fir st pr im ar y in th e Ha vel ock sch oo L Mr. Woodard vvho is s up eri nte nde nt of th at s chool, wa s on e of last yea r's gr aduate s of the Peru Nor ma l.

Miss Grace Os te nb erg, who h as b een att end in g th e State U ni ve rsi ty fo r the pa st two ye ars, ha s jo ined th e Se ni or cla ss an d w ill gr ad u at e with the cla ss of '08. We are glad to we lco me st ud ents of u ni versi ty e xp e ri -

en ce to ou r class . as they make en th usi ast ic a nd helpful Seni ors.

Geo . P. McG rew we nt to Li nco ln a fe w da,·s a o·o wh ere he wa s i nteres ted in s om e e duc a tio nal wo rk.

l\ Ir. L. R Hi ll has b ee n confin ed to hi s r oo m f or a few da ys on a cc ount of ill n ess, bu t is now able to again res um e his work.

Se\ era ! J un ior s, among whom are A nna Gun Glen Sheeley an d A. G. R ee d h av e' r eg i ster ed as Seniors this se meste r.

.Mi ss Ne lli e Wynn e, who was compe ll ed to ret ur n to her h ome ea rl y last fall on a cc oun t of ill hea lt h, h as recov ered and re turn ed to the N orn}a l. She w ill fi ni sh the wo r k, g rad uatm g with the class.

Mi ss Effi e Carlson, w ho has. bee n s uffer in g from a very s en ously spraine d a nkl e fo r the past two week s, is ag ain ab le to r esum e .h er wo rk.

Plans are a lready be mg for med., to make the co mi ng comm enceme nt vhe b es t in the hi sto ry of the school. The cla ss has been e xceedingly fort unatf in hav in g se c ured Gov ernor fianle y 0d In diana as the ir or ato r. His met ho of e lim ina ti ng gr aft fr om the .Sta te House wa s bot h bo ld a nd s en s atlOn a l. As an or ato r he is co ns id.ered even more eloqu ent th an W. J. Br ya n.

Mrs. Ha n na h VanW ickle C?f York speut Sat urd ay and Sunda:y 111 P er u visitin o· her da ugh ter who 1s a member of bthe Senior cl ass . Mrs. Va nWi ck le is a graduate of tJ: e Peru Normal, h av in g gra dua te d w1th the cla ss of 1887.

C. H. Ket rid ge, of Eva n ston, Ill ., who has cha rge of of the R etailer" in the M1 SS1SS 1PP 1 Lumb erman, s topp ed to VISlt h1s daug ht er, w hil e 01: Ins way fro!n Om aha to Kansas City, where he Wi ll give an ad dress at the L umb e rm an's A ss oc ia ti on .

Mi ss Leta Hutchin s on , who becau se of ill ness s pe nt severa l da ys at her

TilE NORM:\ LITE

home in Omaha the past week, has returned and again taken up her studies.

SENIOR ANNUAL.

On Monday morning, Feb. 3rd, the Senior class, represented by Edward Hodapp, presented to the school their plans for the annual to be published by the class of '08 this spring.

Several speeches were made by members of the class, explaining in detail the value of the proposed annual. A number of the faculty made speeches in behalf of the school.

It almost needless to say that the class book for tnis year will far exceed any efforts of previous years. It will be edited by one of the most enthusiastic and loyal classes that has ever attended school.

The class· in Theory is rapidly winning renown for the bright and intelligent answers given even to the most perplexing questions-

Miss Goshen-"How can you tell the exact distance from here to Mt. Vernon Hall?" Burrell Baines''From having traveJed that distance.''

JUNIOR JINGLES

G.

D. Jenkins

Eight to nine; Wasn't that fine?

Thus the Seniors say. They weren't aware our girls were there For JUSt a moment's play. So they took it to heart And before they'd depa'rt Safe!y to trundle beds; With stiffness like starch They joined in a march ' And revealed their expanded heads.

It is with pleasure that we notice the names of so many Juniors attached to the list of Preliminary debates and although it is impossible for ali to win, we feel assured that many benefits may be derived if we but put forth our best efforts to the accom-

plishment of that for \vhich \Ve have entered.

The invitation to the class to attend the recital given by Miss Lucas was very gratefuiiy accepted. The·recital \vas indeed excellent and was greatly appreciated by all.

Mr. B. E. S\vcnson, president of our class, has been elected n1anager of the football squad for the coming year. l\1 r. S\venson is one of the best football men in the state and will surely lead the gridiron boys to unbounded success. We Juniors wish him the best of success in his new office.

The .Junior boys' basket ball team is becoming quite efficient in the game and \Viii soon be able to compete with and \Ve \vill hope defeat all opposing teams.

We wish to congratulate the Sophomores upon the dignity and ability manifested by then1 on Chapel day. Their class colors were surely very beautifully arranged and their program was most excelle.n tly rendered. "Truth crushed to earth will rise again.'' Likewise will credits of those who "flunk," Increase if. they only have the "spunk."

I

FRESHMAN FRILLS

H uth R row nell

I

With the coming in of the new semester there was instituted in connection with the Freshman class a modification of what is known among educators as the Princeton Preceptorial Plan. This plan provides for a group of class tutors, each of whom in turn acts as a preceptor to a group of Freshmen. The plan was origin· ated by President Woodrow vVilson at Princeton for the purpose of combining the advantages of the university with the small college. The plan is said to have accomplished a revolution in the scholarship of Princeton men.

TRAINER TRINKETS

Several more students have joined the Training class. We are glad to see our number increasing.

Miss Ollie Focht of Sidney, Io\va, is visiting this \Veek \vith her sister, Miss Pearle.

The Trainers \\·ill have industrial

work this semester and all are looking

forward to it with pleasure.

On Saturday, February 8th, \vill occur

the first meeting of the ''Trainer's Club." This is a ne\v plan for the

Trainers and under the leadership of its president, Mr. Bixler, they feel that much pleasure and profit ·will result from these \veekly n1eetings.

The raised floor in the new observation room is quite an improvement over the room previously used. We can both see and hear the work of the children much better.

SPECIAL SPIELS

Ipart of the evening. At ten o'clock the guests \Vere called into the dining room \vhere a bountiful supper was served as only Miss ·and Mr. Barker kno\v ho\v to give. All had a good time and \Vished the two young people a happy "good night" or rather a ''good morning'' and went their way to their different homes, wishing that such joyful occasions would come more often.

IIMUSIC

The annual concert, to take place next month, is now attracting the entire attention of the band. They are drilling and practicing toward that end with great zeal and enthusiasm, bent on making it the best ever given.

The Sophomore Male quartet, which was organized and trained especially for Sophomore Day, is certainly to be highly comn1ended. The quartet is

now likely to become a permanent organization, and the Sophomores are to be congratulated upon the talent Ralph c. Grubb which exists in theii class. The members of the quartet are: G.

Several new students have entered the Special class for the rest of the semester. To these \Ve give a most hearty welcome and hope they will enjoy being in the class.

Mr. Joseph Kelley has been elected class leader and under his leadership the class will soon be heard from.

Professor Delzell has a new plan of getting the class in typewriting to work. He gives a penny for a prize to the one having the best typewritten letter. Miss Gubser has been the lucky one so far.

Miss Alma and Mr. Stanley Barber gave a reception to the Special class on Thursday evening, Jan. 23, at their home on Stanley street. All the girls took advantage of Leap year and came out, except Miss Purcell, who forgot to come, but it is generally known that she has been provided for in the future. Games ·.vere played the first

Harold Lanphere, 1st Tenor; B. H. Rowan, 2nd Tenor; J. J. Brittell, Baritone; Carl P. Schott, Basso.

Recently an exhibition was given in chapel by Prof. Aller and ladies' chorus. They gave a selectiOn from "The Fishermaidens," a cantata by Henry Smart, which they are to give about the middle of May. They make an excellent showing, and gave us a feeling that the time for their cantata cannot roll around too rapidly.

A novel exhibition was given Jan. 31 in Philo in the way of a piano trio. by the Misses French_, Mohrman and Gipson. The bein&" dressed alike and so perfect In their movemade a beautiful effect.

The Young Men's Glee club came forward in chapel the other morning, .and gave an enthusiastic yell, letting us know that they are "still in existence. ''

IC. C B (;r l<(;y l

Th e first m ee tin g of th e New Y ea r was lead by Rollo F os not, the s ubj ec t bein g. ''Th e P arab le of th e Mr. Fo sn ot , in hi s ea rn est, sm c:e re way , brought s impl e truth h ome to us very fo rcibl y.

Mr. Morgan re turn ed J an. 12 from the St ate St ud e nt s Vo lun t ee r conv enti on, fi ll ed to th e br im with e nst hu· siasm. On Jan. 26, he gave the Y. M. C. A. a sp le ndid report of the happen in gs of th e cove nti o n. Th e fo ll ow in g is a sh ort ske tch of hi s t ri p as he ha s wr itten it:

My trip as a delegate re present in g· the Y. M. C. A., to th e Stude nt s Vo lunt eer con vent i on, whi ch wa s he ld at Lin co ln on the 9t h, lO th and 11th of J anuary, was very pleasa nt and profitabl e. Th e exceptiona ll y beau tiful w inter weather added much to i ts pleasa ntn ess The convent i on throughout ;.va.s perm eated .bY a true spir it of Chnsti an fello ws hip and th e mi ss ion ary sp iri t was ve ry hi g h. Am ong the goo d thin gs we h ea rd at th e conventi on was a s eri es of lecture s on Ch in a, Indi a and J apa n by Dr . Fulk erson, .who spent t we nty years as a m ed JCal m1s s 1on ary in tho se co untri es. T wo lec tures by D r. D ye on Afr ica, al so a r eturne d mi ss ionar y, a nd a lecture on .Porto Ri co by R ev. Van Fleet, m1 ss iona_r y in th at countr y. Th e s pmtu al upllft ob tained at co nvent ions of thi s n ature is of a kind th at w ill benefit one t hrou g hout and enab le him to li ve a be tter life for h av ing r ece i ve d it . My gre ate st regret was th at more m em be rs of our Y. M. C. A. could not ha ve b ee n oresent a nd hav e r ece i ved th e m essages th at were so forcib ly brought h ome to me.

Fe b. 2nd, Professor Searson had the af te rn oon meetin g and as a consequence a large attenda nc e of theY. M. C. A. was pr ese nt. His s ubj ect, "Th e Unknown God," was so very i nte res t in gly and ent hu sia st ically di scussed th at ever yo ne pr esent dec l ared

it to he one of lhe b es t m ee t in gs of the ye a r. ta k es a great i nl cr csl in lhe C hn st1a n. associat ions of llw 1 o rm a l. As of th is fa ct he is o fl' e1·inp; fo r th 1s se me ster, a t;our se in O ld Te s lame.n t poetr y as cc!n1p ! i men _to the lian or gn n Jzal Jons J h1s cou rse IS i nd ee d a pri\·il ege lo lh e st udent s a1Hf a cl a ss is in att e ndance

Y.W. C. A.

Th e se t; o ncl of lhc m is:-; iona ry m eet · ing·s of the Y- W. C._A. o cc urr ed 2Gt h, 1D 08. Th e lnp. was ,t o. C hm a and wa s ve ry i nlc r esl Jn g·. fh 1s plan of is very f ul, as \N e lca n1 p; re at man y. t hm gs about mi ss ions in othe r co untne s.

A ve ry in ter est in g- social t im e .w as he ld by the Bib le st ud y co m1mttee Jan. 24th . Th e g·irls were br ought more clo se ly tog·e th cr and a g-e n era l inter es t was sec ur e d. Re fr es hm ents were se rv e d.

Mi sses Gun n and P ederso n. are ne w memb ers of o m· Cab in e t, M1 ss G u!ln in the place of Miss a nd lVI1 ss P ede r so n in th e place of M1ss Fo ster.

We are gl ad to we lcome se vera l new m embers to our soc i ety . e arn est ly in vi te n ew s tud en ts to .10111. Pa rtl y for the plea s ant timE!s.w hi ch we h aye , espec ia ll y for the sp 1ntual goo d whiCh you w ill rece ive . . The cabinet a nd the r oom r ece i ve d int er es ti ng lette 1·s from Mi ss Zinn. We ar e glad to hear of su ccess at Union, N eb r., and w1sh h er th e b es t of succe ss her eaf ter.

N.C. C. A.

J uli a H. V: 111 Dri t:l

M ess rs. H ea l ey Ge rkin , Ke ll y, Murphv and Fi sh e'r and Mi ss Gra ce Oste nb'e rg h ave 1·ecently joi ned th e N.C. C. A.

Mi ss Fig- hL was ca ll ed h ome o win g to the illn ess of her m othe r who I , , we are ga d Lo state . ha improYed so mu ch Lhat i\ I Fi ght has her work her e, a (te r an absence of a week

R ev . Fath er F' ee n ey of Auburn, \Yill cel e brat e ma ss at i\ Ir s. Ja c k' s re side nce Fe b. 1:3.

Th e assoc i alion is espec ially fo r tuin haYin g· i\ 1is:; as the ir ad vi se r. Unde r her g·uidan ce the wo rk h as been slead ily pu ::. hed lono· and an inl f' r esl in it ar oused in each me mb e r. To he1· unt irin g and unfl aggng zea l Lhe success of the N. C. C. A. is due.

Th e a ss?c ia tion r ented a piano and h ad 1L pl aced 111 the re st room.

New song- books haYe been o rd ered !O s upp ly Lhe O\\'in g- to mcr easccl mcm bcr ·hip.

Mr. E. A. (;el'l-:in \\'as called home sh ort ly , a f_ter the hoi ida ys by the de ath of h1 s b1·ot her.

Pe ru, Neb r. , Jan . 21, 1908.

Wh er eas, Go d in Hi s infinit e wisdo m ha s see n fit to rem ove fr om thi s ea rth the brother of ou r estee med me mb er of our assoc iati o n, Edward Gerk en.

Ther efo r e, be it r eso l ved tha t we the members of the Norma l A ssoc iati o n, ex tend to Edward Gerken our s inc e rP- st sy mpathy in hi s time of grief.

Be it ful't h_er r eso l ved th at a copy of the se r eso l utwns be sent to Edw a rd Gerken, and be published in The True Voice and The Normalite.

Alice L. Chase

Eleanor G. Check

Margaret G. Hickey Committee.

ALUMN I

Mis s E li za C. Morgan, for more than twenty yea rs was the loving preceptress of Mt. Vernon Hall, now resides in Roche ste r, N. Y.

She is enjoying her u sua l good health. When writing to her Ne braska friends s he always remembers

Old Pe ru by the express ion of the de epest in te rest in the welfare of the in st itut ion where she spent the b es t pa rt of her life.

l\I iss l\Iorgan is r emembered by her thousands of friends as a lady whose li fe was con se crated to her chosen work. Her pure life, her cul t ured war s, her motherly love and ki ndness, and her sweet chri st ian spir it will alre main as an in sp ir at ion to those stud e nt s who attended the Norm al during· th ose t\\'enty yea rs. Her influence will cont in ue to li ve and in cr ease t hro ughout a ll t ime.

l\Iay ma ny y ea rs of happin ess be added to her life is the wish of all the Alumn i of Pe ru.

l\liss Ma ude E. T eaga rd en, '05. like a ll g·ood alumni ha s ord er ed the No rmafit e. Miss Teaga rd en wi ll uat e th is year from the Science of Kan sas State Agnculture Colleg-e, Manhattan, Kansas.

Superintendent Am os T. Hutch inso n of Va ll ey , Neb., r ecently r ema r ked t ha t in a ll hi s life he ha s n ever k nown so b ea utiful and pleasant a month as the January just past. He was marri ed durin g the holi days .

The Lincoln papers r ecently announced the marria ge of Miss Ethelyn Bonam of Lincoln and Wenton W.· Buckle y of York. Prof Buckley JS associated with hi s bro t her, Pro;. C. W. Buck ley, '02, in t he York Bu s mess College. Both Professor and Mrs. Buckley were members of the of 1901.

Mrs. Elizabeth Bratt Baldwin, '95, and Mrs. Mabel Go zee Elliott. ' 95, _are happy and contented in the ir beaut1ful cottage homes in the city of Omaha

Th e Red Oak pap ers r ece n tly announced the death of Capt. H erbert C. L ane . Capt. Lane graduated from the Peru Normal in 1888, served with honor in the Phllippine war as captain of a company of Iowa National Guard s.

Mrs. Hanna (Roberts) VanWickle, '87, of York, spent a few days visiting her daughter, who is no w a member of '08 class. Mrs . Van Wickie is an enthusiastic supporter of the Normal training fo r teachers and she believes

th e place to sec ur e the Normal trainin g is at h er Alma Mate r.

Th e officers of th e Alum ni el ecte d at the ann ual m eet in g at Li nco ln are: Pr es id e nt, Cli fford Hend ri cks, '06, Pen de r.

Vice Pres i dent, Myrt le Kr ebs, '07, Linc oln . Tr P.asure r, E. E. Lackey, ' 04 , Sy r acu se.

Secretary, W. N. De l ze ll. ' 94 , Pet·u .

Ed ith Van Mi ddl eswort h, '94., is now su p erinten d ent of the Norma l tra ini ng dep art ment of th e Wes l eya n Un i versity .

IEXCHANGES

Bessie F os tcr

IAdverti se- and th e wor ld is with yo u; Don ' t-and you 'll be alone; · For the U. S. A. w ill n eve r pay

A cent to th e "Gr eat Unkn ow n."

" Wh y is a bald head like H eaven?"

''Becau se it is a br ig ht and s hinin g pla ce a nd there is no part i ng there .''

A cour se in tr ue love n eve r r un s smooth; neither d oes a c ou rse m L atin.

Freshm an jo k es are gett i ng sta l e, Pun s a nd par od i es , too ; Bu t wh en that' s a ll exc han ges gi ve, Wh at can the e di to r d o? -Ex.

t1 In tell ige nt s tud ent (pi c kin g up a Caes ar ) -Oh m y, l atin is easy ! I

wi sh I had La k cn iL; look he r e-' 'Fo r ty duc ks in a r ow," (fo t·te dux in aro).

·'Pass us s ome jam ." (passus sum jam). "The bony l egs of Caesa r" (b on i l eg-es 'a esa ri s) .

Th e "CoyoLe" (S i oux Fa ll s) h as a very su ggcsL i ,.c <:ove1 ·.

Pr ide goeL h be f01·e a fa ll Eve mu st hav e been a ft·ig h L. - Ex.

SLu dc nL: "I wa nt the ' Life of Ju lius CaP. s ar.' ''

Li brar ia n: "B r ulu s is ahe ad of yo u. ''

"Th e 'No rm ali te' .f rom Pe ru co nta ins so nw fi ne mat e ri al."-Purple and Go ld, Be ll ev ue.

Th e se lf mad e man was spea kin g. H.e sa id, " My fat he t· was a ra i se r of h ogs. Th ere wa s a large family of us -" and hi s vo i ce wa s dr owned in the app lause

If at fi rst yo u do n't s ucceed, bo rrow an old n ote boo k.

Mi ss Bess ie Foste r, ou r exchan ge ed it or, wa s r ecent ly ca ll ed h ome on acco unt of th e se ri ous illness of her fa th er She wi ll n ot li kely r etu rn fo r the seco nd se m este r, b ut will be in the class of '08, as she comp l ete d the r eq uir ed wo rk at the end of the fi r st se m es ter .

Mr. Arc hi e Dorsey has jo i ned the Fr es hman class thi s se m este r. We h ope he m ay en j oy h is wor k among us.

N eb raska City Laund ry Neb ras ka City Pa nti torium

E LM ER H. jEN SEN, Age nt

Laund ry call ed for Mon day afternoo n. Lad ies' and Ge nts' Clo thin g to be pressed a nd cleaned will be called for at req ues t du ring the wee k.

TELE PH ONE 183

CJJr. D. L. Redfern

IDen tist

Office in Hetzel Bloch

lP bo ne 9 0. Ehtb um, 1Fl e br .

PE RU. NEB RAS KA I s d

Cal l and ex am i ne our line tu ents of Gent's Tinware, Ch llla\\ ar e, Grocer· ies a nd Suit Case s. . . . . . . . . W. W. MARDIS & COMPANY

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Compared to perfect teeth-the necessity of perfect mastication cannot be overesbmated. We make a specialty of putting teeth in perfect condition, and where they have to be extracted we remove them by a scientific, painless method. \V e furnish new sets at the lowest prices consistent with first-class work. .. .. .. ..

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Peru, Nebraska

Dr. E. C. Reed Physician and Surgeon Peru, Nebraska. DR. N. S. HARAJIAN A. B., D. D. S.

JDentist

Phone

145 Obc Manderson's Store 8Vehraska. City, Neb. Marshall Bradley Drug Co. Drugs, Sundries and Camera Supplies Comer 8th 5o Central ./lve., Nebraska City

Call if in need of dental service. Examined free· All work guaranteed to be first-class, and up-to-date, in every particular. PERU. NEBR.

DOVEL Plumbing, Hot and Steam Heating. Estimates Given.

Orders for Cut Flowers Promptly Filled Nebraska City, Nebraska. crt.. 'T' th They Need -.I fJOSe 1 ee Attention Come to me a.ncl I cw{!l put Them {n Goocl Conclit{on West Side Cou,.t House Square L L E tz .Auburn, Nebr.

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Dry Goods, Carpets, Cl othing, Sho es, Cloaks, Suits and H ats.

Ne braska City ,

W ill appr eciate yo ur bu sin e ss . We r ef er yo u lo o ur reli able pa trons for ref eren ce . · · :.

!\. M. J·:nglc- s, P re siden t. fr ca d La mp e. Sr .. Vice Pres ide nt.

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Sh or t Ord ers a nd Me als at aU H our s

Come and we wi ll tr e at yo u ri g ht.

The Eye Specialist Will Be in Peru in the Near Future

Nebt·aska City, N ebraska Pe ru, Nebraska .

Auburn, Nebraska

Uust South of the Normal Sch oo l] We are better prepared than eve r before to supply our customers. St ep in and look over our sto ck of Groceries, School Suppli es, Candies a nd Drink s. As fine a line of valentines as any in t own.

Be the First to See the Newest Spring Goods We Are Now Showing Full Lines Of

Whit e Goods , Emb r oide ri es, Laces, · Hosiery, Underwear, Belts, Hags and Novelt ies, a ll first to . show new thin gs. A visi t to our store will pay you. . . . .

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The Fowler Publishing Co.

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You need a business education, and you should get that education at the Lincoln Business College because its equipment is first-class in every department. Instructors are specialists in their lines. Rates of tuition very reasonable; write for catalogue No. 27.

We Wish To Extend

You a co rdi al invitation to come to th e Corn er Drug Store when in n ee d of any thin g in th e drug line. We will give you prompt and co urt eo us tr ea tm e nt and w ill sell yo u only fisrt class good s. We make a sp ec ialty of sc h oo l su pp li es of all kind s. We also carry a compl ete lin e of S pa ldi ng 's a thl e tic goo ds. Ag en cy for Waterman Ideal fountain pens, Ea strnan s k oda ks und s up p li es, [ull y g uarante ed. · Burress Drug Company , Pe ru , Ne braska.

It goes farther costs l ess than other well!mown brands and IS BETT ER b ecause the d ough made with it d oes not r equire as r api d mixin(! or as hot an oven . ABSOLUTEL Y Man ufactured by E. M. Cf-IASE CO ., Nebra ska City, Neb. FO R SALE BY Y OUR GROCER

cAt th e Hot el Pa rlors in Peru ea. ch alte rnate

rmarrcnl O((lcc ·w ilh Dr. H.Jrrl s Se1f urda.y Auburn, Ne braska

. THIS season we're strong on the new models in sack suits. If you want to see some of the most swagger styles ever made in Men's Clothes just come in here some day and ask to see dne of our

·Hart Schaffner & Marx

Varsity models; there are half a dozen

styles in the Varsity line; some

-one of them will be sure to suit you.

I THE IDLER

Somewhere in a pr i mar y plan bo ok is a li tt le rh yme u se d to teach the beauty of ind us try. It is a rh y me so preg nant with m ea ni ng- that it s pi ercin g t ruth strik es h ome to the h ea rt of every ne'e r-d o-we ll. It in sp ir es the h one st work er. It is a rh yme for college it is fo r eve ry body. Hear It:

"An id ler is a watc h th at l ac ks both h ands.

As use l ess if it -goes as if it st and s ."

Th e watch wit hout hands do es not do the work for w hi ch it was mad e ho wever perfectl y constru cte d a nd deli cately adju s ted its parts . It does not tell tim e, no m atter h ow accurately . it r:un s. Ever yt hin g is the matter It !llay u se a ll the ener gy of It s mam-sprmg- bu t i ts work is va lu el es s. Add littl e i nd i cators and th is li ttle m ec hani s m, w ith the s ame en ergy , ma y be mad e to do serv ic e.

The gr eat wor ld h as ge ne rally conde mn ed th e lo afer who daily s its on an u12-turn e.d dr-:Y g ood s bo x, expectora tmg With un errin g aim into a n ea rby ant hole. Thi s man w ho pretend to work is dubb ed Idl er, but he is the la st of th e idler tnbe . We mu st jud ge human indu stry by hi gher sta ndard s. Th e man in pos i tion w ho k ee ps busy but who, hke the watch w ithout hand s gets nothin g of valu e done is

Th e builder who hi s and stre ng th but fail s to work out the arc hi tect's plans, is an idler. Th e professor, who thou gh he may fairly w ork hi s h ea d off, gets no perma ne nt resu lts, is an idl er. Many a teacher flutt ers a iml ess ly around her cl ass room worryin g her life and

By Prof. J. IV. S ea rson Departm e nt of Lite ratqre and English

t hat of her pupi ls away. Her friends say, " What a hard worker!" Time a nd re s ults say, " Idler."

PROF. J. Vf. SEARSON

Motion is not work ; actin g ish n ecessaril y doing . .The poor lo ses practically aUIts energy IJ' f . t" A vast armY of the wor. s workers are. da}lY puttmg fort h their fine st energies m re s ultless effort . La wyers w ith no zeal establi s hin g jus ti ce·, preachers Wit hout unction, doctors who cure r ath er than pre vent di seases, and t.each ers soul s are not. infu sed With the ·s pn·!t of e ffectiv e serv i ce- these, the1r

kind, form a more dangerous idl er class than that of the whittl ing gossi ps of the dry goods box. The se resultless workers da il y add to the sum total of the wor ld' s mistake s under the cloak of we ll- doing.

But leave me now . Let me sit quietly down to meditate for a time I begin to discern the true meanin g of Jerry En si gn's words: "Fifteen years ago I was a prominent student in a great western univers i ty. I was cl ass president, editor of the co ll ege paper, member of the base ba ll a nd foot ball teams, prominent officer in leading literary society ,acti ve worker in the economics club , co ll ege settl ement worker, ed itor of a co ll ege annual, champion in the orator ica l cont est, and v ice pres ident of the Y. M. C. A. I was too busy to read or to think for myself, too bu sy to help other s, too busy to get anyth in g done well. They all ca ll ed me a hu s tler. The fact is, I didn't concentrate. I bungled everyt hin g. And I was alway s t ired out." On hi s ow n co nfe ssion, .Jerry Ensign was an idle r. In mv meditation th is truth break s in upon me: "Wherein I fa il to conmy best thought upon essen-

ti al work or to center my best energies toward a goa l wo rth while, there in am I an id ler." I wou ld rather h ave a stude nt in s pir ed with an allcompelling de sire to do acc urately a few th in gs wo rth wh il e than that he be an indi ffere nt worker along many lin es . If one wou ld not co me fa r short of hi s rea l pos si bil i ties. he must here an d now lea rn one of li fe's supr e me l esso ns and, each day, get so me thing worth whi le well done.

MAKE THIS A DAY

''T hi s day is yo ur s; your work is yo urs, The odds are not who pays you r hire; The t hin g accomp l ished- - that endures If it be w hat the days r eq uire. He who ta k es up hi s daily round, As one n ew armorP.d for t he fray, Tomorrow st eps on so l id g round. Make t hi s a day .

"T he d ay is t hi s; the time is. now; No better hour was ever hereWho wa its upon the when and h ow Rema in s forever in the r ea r. Thou gh yesterday we re wasted stuff, Your feet m ay st ill seek out the way, Tomorrow is no t soon enoughMake this a day.''

ATHLETICS

B. E. SWENSON

The fact that the Normal ra nk s hi gh in athletics of the secondary coll eges throug hout the state, ha s again been conc lu s iv ely proven by the success of our gi rl s' bask et ball team thi s season . The Normal g irl s h ave not been beaten th is year, and th erefore we hon or our g irl s as "State Champ ions" of the sma ll er co lleges. They defeated both Cotner and Wesleyan by dec isive sco res.

One of the most beautifull y demonstrated games ever enacted before an appreciat i ve audience, occurred in the Norma l gymnas ium on February 14th, when the far-famed We sle yan girls' basket ball team roll ed into

mtown, t hr eateni ng to c inch the state penaant. Th e r esult s of the game pro ve d that over-confidence h as been, more th an on ce, th e cau se of defeat. Th e game was very in terestin g throughout . The Norma l g irl s as us ual did themse l ves justice. This game gives the Normal a strong hold on the pennant. Score 43 to 21.

The Sh enandoah team which was to hav e come over on February 21, for so me unknown reason fai l ed to materiali ze. The boys h ad been pract i cing espec ia ll y ha rd f or the Shenandoah fe ll ows, vowing vengenace for the defeat w hi ch th ey gave us over there earli er in the season. The boys felt

very much di sa pp o int ed fo r th ey believed they could h ave beaten them on our own fl oo r.

To take th e place of the Shenandoah game, Manag er Z ink sc h ed ued a ga me with th e Nebraska Ci ty ath letes for the next Friday ni g ht. The ga me proved to be a rou gh and tumble uninterestin g game, the Norma l winnin g out by a score of 25 to 7.

Throu gh some mi s under sta nding on the part of the manager of the York College ba s ket ball team in reg ard to a date with the Normal, that team came into town Friday the 21st. Having a game with the Ne braska City team that ni g ht, we could not play them, but we played them a benefit game the next day at 2:30, but owing to lack of proper adverti sement and being a daylight game, it refused to pay out. The York fellows have a good team, and one of the squarest refere es in the state of Nebraska. The Normal m anagement is very s orry that this happened and regret very much that they were unable to get a better crowd. The score was 34 to 5 in favor of the Normal.

Enthusiasm and class spirit has been at a high pitch here in the Normal for two weeks; every alternate day a class game and once in a while a double header. The lower classes were matched against each other and the upper classes pitted each to each, the climax being reached when the Sophom<:>res defeated the Junior boys, and agam when the Junior girls redeemed the Junior boys by winning out over the ever-crowing Sophomores.

The dates and scores of preliminary games are as follows. We would like to give special mention of each game but space forbids.

Feb. 19 Junior and Senior

Score

Senior Boys

D. Ca rl son l

G. Carlson f Cook

Jame s l Gash f c Freshmen Boys J 1Cartney Renfro gMurphy Freshmen Girls j Brundson f 1 Hanks

Senior Girls

Gipson l Jo seph

Harris c Wells

Herrington J Aden

Porter l g 1 Farmer

Glasgow f h nant

Th e Sophomores t e pen confrom the Junior boys m a closely6 tested game by the score of 9 to · Both teams were aupported_ by enthusiastic bunch o; half, a field goal was . d ed until the a nd the game was un eci e Two referee 's w histle was blowh arne field goals WOl;lld havule d·on l but the Jumors co 1 howthem. The sunp {s s Lee ed us where traimng coun for and Jennin gs played thd for the "Sophs," Cartney an the ·

Line-up: "Sophs"

Juniors j Wrightsman

Sims l f 1 - Schott

McAdams ) Jennings

Swenson c 5 Rost

Cartney l g 1 Lee

Helms f ver the

The Junior _Girls won Sophomores m a neverthe· game by a score of 0 !nterestin g less the game was full ff 1 • start to and spectacul_ar romwon out. finish. Agam trammg u ported, Both classes were loyall). s shrnen on the Junior s and a rli ned upon one side, those remauhi_ng starred for the other. Blankens is no quesanbd the Juniors tion m our mmds uJ t the "penare all ''stars." They go nant."

boys ................ ... . 17 to 10 Juniors

Feb. 22 Junior and Senior girls .. .................. 16 to 1

Feb. 22 Sophomores and Freshmen girls . ........ , 27 to 13

Gilbert l

Glover f

Andrews

Pasco

Delzell l Spillner f

Line -up sophomores . { BlankenshiP . Weaver Weaver Lintz

The line-up for the Seniors and Freshmen is as follows: .· f c 2c g { Lynch Huff

'l'he Normal has cl osed its ba sk et ball season and base ba ll :: is now in order. The pitchin g sta ff h ave da il y work-out s in the gy m. Th e "o ld :r:eliable" Dave Ca rl so n is aga in here "with the good s" in the b ox. Dav e is captaining the tea m t hi s yea r and the pros pects for a w inni ng team never looKed bri g hter in the hi s tory of bas eball in the N orm a l. Sc h ott, wh.o pitched w innin g ba ll on th e Shickley team la st ye ar will no d oubt make good on th e pitchin g s ta ff. Both catchers of la st ye ar, vartn ey and Me Adam s, are anxiou s to get out on the field. Helm s, a form er Nor mal s ta r is in scho·)l thi s year and w ill be with his mitt on " second " Th e Sportinst editor of thi s p ublic a tio n hopes to take place at fir s t, Eggenberger for third, Beck a nd Pa rri ott f?r and Tolhurst, Zink, Co l- Wrig htsman are pr omment candidate s for p os ition s in the gardens. We hav e practi cally all old men to start with thi s year and we see no reas on why we should not make somebody "go s ome" to win the pennant .

b An excellent baseball schedule ha s for the coming s ea s on . ed for Ig games have been provid- f by the Interstate Athletic conerence. Practice games w ith AuCity and other g ood earns . will be arranged for Below fwe prmt the schedule as or games at Peru:

Doane vs. Normal April 29

Kearney vs. N May i Wesleyan vs . Norma'l May is Bellevue vs . Normal ' Ma 29 ·

Cotner VS. Normal, r .

The will leave on its tri Ma 18, pl.aymg return with the mentioned.. Kearney Normal is a !lew this year and great interest . Is bemg taken in this game.

Mr. Wade Bixby of '07, cam e over from Auburn to (help) play in the band.

Supt. Rouse returned March 2 after visiting Normal school s in Chicago and other points in the ea st.

lDE BATING

J. E. :'>l flrg: tn

AT H EN I AN

On F eb . 22 Lhc qu esL ion, -R esolved: " Th at Lhe Un i te d States governm ent w ill not be j usL i fie cl in pass i ng any fi n an cial measu re in which th e gove rnment b eco m es a eli r ec t g uaranto r of dep os i ts " - was di scusse d. Th e affi rmati ve was ma in tai ne d by Mi sses L oo mi s and Wa lst ro m, alld the neg ati ve by Mi sses Peder so n and McLea n. The Ci ce ronians joined the At hen ians la te r in th e eve nin g, a nd Mr. B urn s a ss isted the affi rmat i ve , and Mr. McM illi an the n egat i ve , in the discu ss i on . The question, R eso lve d, " Th at th e U ni ted Stat es g ov e rn me nt shoul d protec t i ts fo r est s,' ' w as da te d fo r Fe b. 29 bu t when the c lu b a ssembl ed the d ebater s requested th at an ope n discu ss ion be a ll ow ed, as the que st ion was so one-s id e d. This was grant ed , a nd a large n umber took part in the

At th e recent ele ction· of officers, th e fo llowin g we re ch osen : Mis s Chitte nd en pr es id ent; Mi ss Wa ls trom, pr es id e nt ;. Mi ss Lo omi s, critic; Mi ss B lanche Ba1l or, secr et ary; Mis s Ped ers on, S. of A. :;;.Th e girl s of the w ell re pre se nt ed in th e p rehmm_ar1es by Mis ses Green, Chase, Chitt enden, VanDriel Mill er and Yocum. The Athenian' Debatin g club feel s p roud of it s work thi s year, as the most of th e se are Atheni an g irls.

CICERONIAN

J. J. Brittell has been ap p ointed as the repre sentativ e of s oci e ty on the Normahte nubhcat10n board for 1908.

Everybody in v ite? to come out and hear the mtere st mg di s cussion s held in Cicero.

PRELIMINARIES

The preliminary deb.ates were held in Mu s ic and Expr ess iOn hall on th e 2,3, 4 and 5 of March as outlined in

last issue. Tho se winning places on the inte r-coll eg iate teams are as follows:

J. T. Akers, Peru.

C. C. Berkey, Davenport.

E. R. Burkey, Peru.

Mi ss Chase. Schuyler.

J. E. Gibney, Elkhorn.

J. A. Hanna , Auburn.

L. R. Hill, Geneva.

Glen D. Jenkins , Stella.

G. H. Lanph e re, Gresham.

J. E. Morgan, Upland.

B. E. Swenson , Shickley.

Julia VanDriel , Malmo.

A characteristic of the debates which was introduced this year for the first time and which it is hoped will become a permanent feature, was the support · which the different speakers received from their respective classes in the way of special yells, etc. There is no doubt that this support is a great encouragement to the debators.

Large crowds attended the debates and were no doubt profitably entertained. To win a place on the debates is one of the greatest honors one could obtain in school life. Not only as an honor is it to be desired, but those participating whether they win places or not, receive a benefit in increased capability for a larger success in life which cannot be obtained in any other way. It is hoped that next year larger numbers than ever will enroll and thereby receive this benefit.

The judges of the debates were Professors Ben gston, Ellis and Rouse.

An interesting debating controversy is bei·ng carried on between Columbia and Cornell univ e rsities. Cornell placed a woman on the squad to de· bate against Columbia. Columbia at first refused to debate, but being bound by contract, finally decided to retaliate by placing a Chinaman on their s quad again st Cornell. In our inter-coll eg iate debates in the, west, women are as welcome as men, if they win their places.

Mr. Dierk P. De Young, a university g raduate who has been [traveling in South America, is the gu es t of F. A. Boose.

I

EVERETT

THE CONTEST

On the evening of Feb . 15, the annual "Philo-Everett Contest" was rendered to a large and enthusiasic audience. The program of orations, piano solos, descnptwns, readings , a symposium and vocal solos.

Mr. Glenn D. Jenkins, the Everetts in the oration certamly made our hearts swell with pride and admiraton. His subject, ·:9?nserya- . tion of Natural Resources, IS a hve question and one that every citizen of the United States should be conversant with. We predict a future as an orator for Mr. Jenkms.

Miss Lena Larimer, ClUr most excellent pianist, rendered the ed Witches' Dance," by Pagamm , m such a proficient manner that she was greeted by a universal burst of applause.

"The American Girl,'' a by Miss Grace Bogardus, was O!Igmal and elegant in style, present mg to her hearers a very true picture

Miss M. Mae Jones has acqmre . m this school a very enviable reputatHIOn as a reader and impersonat9r. , , er rendering of "The Death Disk, by Mark Twain was about as near perfect as she make it- because, friends and fellow Everetts, you Miss Jones did not wish to cause Philomatheans to precipitate fu se ly from the eyes. · In w hJCh the Everetts would no -doubt a soaking. As it was Miss 9nfs 1 rendition of her subect was s_o skill d that it brought first smiles an laughter, then tears and sadness. .

A symposium, a dhcussion of the questiOn, t. e Ru ssian Revolutionists .Justifi.ed 111 Revoltng ?" was given, m wh!ch J. E Gibney another of Everett s orato.rs and of her .best. de baters, stoo d for the s ide of the question. The symposmm was undoubtedly one of the -excellent features of. the evening's contest. In

the years to come, we , as Ever etts, exp ect to numb er among o ur and old me mb ers, po ets, w rit ers. l awyer s; in f act , we predi ct bright future s for many of ou r pre se nt number.

On ly one eve,nt of the conte st program re main s yet to be exp loi ted. Th e last but in no wi se the lea s t. It was th e voc al so los, "Fidd le a nd I" and "A DrPam:'' s un g bv Mi ss Adalyn Blank ens hip. Th ose who liav e h eard Miss Bl an kens hip ne ed no descrip tion of her s in g in g. To oth ers we wi ll say tha t th e d epth and ri c hne ss of melody and the perfect exp_ress ion which she put into her se lection s marks her as an expe rt in voca l produCtion s ,on e wh om th e s choo l ma y be proud of, and whom the state and nation may .we ll be so me da y. ·

In adequate sp ac e li mits .us to m erely description of the contest .. Everybody was to jud ge for The m os t of us hav e deCided In favor of the Ev erett co nte st ant s.

We feel. that the prosper ity of th e soc1ety Wl ll continue on the in crea se and wish to i nform our fr i ends who r ead . .t h_e Norma li te as to our li st of ne w officer s for. thi s se me s ter:

_Gle nn D: Jenkin s, Ste ll a. V}ce pres id ent, Grace Boga rdu s Ne hg h. '

Recording secretary,Julia VanDrie l '

Correspo ndin g secretary , Lena Larimer , Peru.

Trea s urer, Russell Stewart Co urtland. '

Attorney, A. J. Hi ll , Silver Cr eek

S_argeant ·at ·arms , H. M. Stephens Juhan '

Board of trustees - Harri son Burkey, Davenport; J esse Harris, Shubert · J E. Gibney, Elkhorn ' ·

NOTICE

Students who subscribed to the buildin g fund of the new Bapt ist Church may pay them sub scription s to J. D. V. Bishop at the Barnes Drug Store

By Order of Commi t te e.

PHILOMATHEAN

H dc.: n F r:lll ( c.:

Pre side nt L anphe 1·e ha s t aken hold of hi s wo rk ex c ee dingl y we ll , showing him se lf to be an exce_ll en t ti ve . He ha s u se d go od JUdg me nt m the appointm e nt of st r ong comm it· t ees .

Phi lo ha s had exceptiona ll y st rong pro grams t hi s pa sl ·emes te r. prog ram s h av e b ee n at:ranged fo r t h1 s ent ir e se m este r fo ll ow mg the ge neral pl an of last term . Thi s cla ss of wo rk is h eavy , but the h ave al way s b ee n not ed for then· s trong work.

La st year P hi lo bou g ht a fine copy of a lar ge pan el picture:, " Th e Evo lution of th e Boo k." cost mg n ea rly $_50. Thi s yea r soc i etJ: has spe nt a S I!flil ar amou nt m pape n ng the wa ll s with a beaut iful gree n in a pa J! el effect. A comm i ttee ha s been appo int ed to purchase curtain s fo r the ha ll. After the d ecorat ions a re compl ete d a re now under contemp latiOn, ha ll wi ll be one of the fi n est soc i ety ha ll s in the we s t.

Pro fesso r W. N. De lz e ll, the P hilo adv iser, is plann ing to take a party to Europe thi s s umm e r. u nde r the auspice s of th e Un i vers ity Bur eau of trave l. A lr ea dy so me stron g teachers have jo ined his party . Su ch l ectu rers as Lorado Ta ft , Dean Sw ift and Dr. Powers w ill a ccompan y the party . . .

Ex-P re si dent C. R. IS m akmg a r ecord as a teach er of and Engli sh in the Oak land hi gh s chool.

PHILO-EVERETT CONTES T

No r ma l Chapel, February 15. Pro g ram. Instr umenta l Music . ..... .... Sel ected Orations

"S even Wonders of Am erica n Inv enti on" ... .. . .. .. E. P. Hodapp, P. "Conservation of Natural Resource s" Glenn D. Jenki ns, E. Piano Solo s "Cele brated Witches' Dance!" Pagan ini ...... Lena Lanm er, E. '

Til F

Tarantella, Il e ller .. ... Witt..wer,P.

A Chapter of ).ly Lif e. John A. Hann a, P. E

The American ;id. Bogardus ·. Re ading s

The Death Di sk , l\ 1ark Twain ....

... l\L :\l ae .)ones . E. The Kin g's Pardon l\lr::;. G oodwin ........ .... \V inni e De lz e ll, P. ympOS ll\111

Are the Ru ss ian Re Yolutioni s ts Jutified in Revolting ?

Negal ive, .). E. P.

Affirmati ve, J. E. libney, E. Vocal Solos F iddl e and I, Arthur A Dream. J. C. Barllelt . . . . . .. ... Ada lyn lak ens hip , E. Voices of the W oo ds Rubenstein Good Nig ht , Li tlle G irl, Good Ni gh t, Macy

The·program was a comp l ete succes s, and wa s we ll atte nd ed. As t here were no jud ges , no d ec i.si ons were niad e, each st ud ent go i ng away proud ly feeling that hi s soc i etv h ad won the contest .. · honor Qf t he dis· .w ere g tven lDAll who listened ttngUl hed . feel indebted to to Professor ru et d in structive him fo r a pleasant an ·n vis it us eYening hop.e peru Pro· again. Durmg hi S s t) ·tained at the f "' · Bar·ber was en et R L · esso r " 1 t l\Irs . . home of his daug 1 er, · Latin depart-

IGrace Be rr y, P.

March 5 in chao el the 1 b, s in g ing ment the ifhchrisbian Sol· . a loud applause d1ers' m latm. ei the sc hool t hey r eturl}ed After song also tn latin was given m so ngs the school ) e. the common latin. Such events !n d by all and program are mu ch that departare also of much help lease d to be ment We wou ld be P d partn'lent. ·. th G rm an e · su rprised by e e l ol song lS . t the sc 10 By spec1al reques below: BUM

CAERULEUM ET AL

E col oribus legati\ nore stant, Qui pro scholae coccun1, Ater, cro ceu m, atq dant. H aec sane flanlmam · ta quae

Sed sola soCie s,. det

Nobis lev laamore,

S. P. Q. R.

D. R. GROVE E. BARB ER .

On Thur s day evenin g, F ebru ary 13th, Professor Gr ove E. : Ba rb e r, h ea d of the Latin d epartm e nt of th e State University, gave an illu s trated l ecture on Pompeii in th e chapel, w hich was filled w ith an attentive and ap · preciative a udi e nce. Th e stereopticon views of Ve s uvius and Pompeii were unu s ually fine , and together w ith the sp ea ker' s cl ear explanations and de scriptions gave a vivid impre ssion of th e buri ed city . The mem· bers of th e Latin department were especially h ap py in the vi s it of Professor Barber a nd after the l ectur.e tendered him' a r eception in the society halls. These were d ecorate d, one w ith the University sca rlet and cream and the other with the. Normal pale blue and white, and durm g the evenin g both the Uni vers ity and Norma l

Ca nti ta ntlbu s cumt album. Est caeruleurn e · scholae

Per quatuor caras, Apud scaenas frustra

Dum causa a rcanl .

S equ irnur sc ientias.

Aut mente

La borantes

Gaudiurn non ?rn1 Jbi

Nos caerulei eta · quuntur,

Cum curae conse e nt cana ' Et su }inquunt, Spes optirnae nos falsae; Atqu e fortunae pellemus, Tamen m ae roreJl!

Meditantes ammo d . t hors Felices 1ese1 et alba.

Sub caeru eo --. h as b een con-

Miss Jessie tonsilitis. fined to room m Mrs. Grtffin of . 'tin g her ne1ces , Peru a fe w days vt si Ethel and Grace Ben·y.

MILITARY

C. 0. O LI NE

The Cadets commemorated Washington's birthday by giving their annual reception to the sch ool on that date. The gymna s ium was appropriately deco rated for the occasion and a very patriotic atmosphere. The pil!ars were wrapped w ith the red, white and blue, and the basket ball goals were not recognized as for under one goal, with the natlon.al fla g as a background, hun g the. picture of George Washington, w_hile under the other goal hun g the P!cture of Martha Washington. Both Pictures were and artistically draped With the national colors. true beauty of the red, white and ue was out on every s id e.

on the program to make this r eception a su cces s.

Owing to the g rowth of the company of late, a n ew co mpany has been organized. Severa l changes have also be en mad e in Company A. The officers of the two co mpanies now sta nd as fo ll ows :

Prof. C. F. Beck, Comma ndant.

Co mp any A Company B

C. 0. Oline Capt C. Gordon Beck

B. H. Rowan 1st Lieut. R. Stewart

B. B. Bede ll 2nd Li e ut.

Sg't. Major, S. D. E ll enberge r. Q. M. Sg't., Archie Hos terman.

E. R. B urkey ' 1st Sg 't Victor Trucken

w ri en across t e handle in w hite ink .

A souyemr was given to eac h one m the shape of a blue hatchet tbi ed small bow of w hite ribon, and With "N s c ,08 , 'tt h

f The crowd having gathered , attenIOn was sounded and a grand march basd announced with mu s ic by the an . After the march a sna prog_ram was rendered as follows ppy Mu sic

Music

0. Lincoln 2 nd Sg't M. Sanders - Lechliter 3rci Sg't W. Burrell

W. S. Coo k 4th Sg 't E. R. Gross Chas. Moulton 5th Sg't P. Renfro

D. Whitfield

Milton Dye

B. Barnes

Corpora ls R. Whitfield H. Berkey R. Jones

LEAP YEAR PARTY

Band R d

M' Drill

Male Quartette ea mg

Iss Dunlap Fancy.

Squad A

Company A rnerica.....

B d

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. a udience was then asked to smg beans, beans bean '' prepare therp for 'the s, so as to that were to f 11 refres hm ents n • 0 ow . As the s on g wbaS sung, the h ps of everyone could e to s mack f or the be a ns th t were m store for them. · a

The refreshments consisted of bean and hard tack. One youn lad cla im s .that s he actua ll y found beans m her soup, and that it was "love ly." At any rate, everyo ne e nJ oye d the refreshments and pronounced the Cadets fine cooks.

Thanks is due to those who a ss isted

With thei r characte ri s tic or ig in a lity Mi sses Rodabaugh, Abbott and Shaw planned a mo st de l ightfu l Leap year party for a few of their frie nd s on February 3.

Unique in vitati ons were sent to the yo un g ladies with inv itations enclosed for the you ng me n. A ll were requ ested to come in primary costume which req u est was carri ed out in both the letter and sp iri t. The ga mes of the evening, as we ll as the r efres hments, were in accord w ith the pr im ary id ea . All of th ose who attended jo in in pronounc in g the ev ening one of t he most e njoy ab le of the schoo l year.

Thos e pre s ent were : Misses Zink, Huff, Bertha Reed, W illi ams. Ten a Gunn, Ethel and Grac e Berr y; Me ssrs . Zink, Akers, Lanphere, William s, Sm i th, H ill a nd Hodapp.

ETH EL SNELL

SENIOR SCENES m

' Mrs. B. F. Gri ffi n a nd lit tle - daughter . Rh ea of Tekamah, h ave been spe ndin g a few days with t he Mi sses Grace a nd Eth el Be rr y.

On Febru ary 12 th, th e Se ni or class held a St. Valent in e's pa r ty in the gmynasium, whi ch had b ee n ad o rn ed with ru gs , cus hion s, etc . Th e evening ·Nas s pent in pla y in g o ld f as hioned gam es and h av in g a joll y g ood time. · Be for e go in g home the Se ni ors were serv ed to re fr es hm e nts c on sis ting of thr ee c our ses, punch, wafe rs and good nature. To oth ers planning refres hments we refer you to Professor Ho wie or Fred Zink for th e receipt of th e punch se rv e rl

-David Carl s on, Mi ss es Edn a and Gr ace Beac h went to Blanc hard , Ia. , to atte nd th e we ddin g of Mr. · Roy Smith a nd Mi ss Cali sta Hurst, which occurred Februar y 12 at the hom e of th e brid e's fa th er. Mr. a nd Mr s. Smith ar e both gra duate s of th e c la ss of 1907 Mr Carl so n a nd th e Mi sses Beach re turn ed to Per u Friday, acc ompany in g the brid e a nd g room as far as Ne br as ka C ity. Mi ss Grace Beach ha s b ee n ma kin g her si ste r an extend ed vis it s ince th eir re t urn . ·

Mis s Ea s ton and Mi ss Dunn s pent Sunday, February 8, at th e ir home s.

E. R. B urkey , of th e Se nio r cl as s, is the s milin g f at her of a bouncin g boy. The n ew me mb er of the Senior cla ss was born Februa ry 5 th, a nd is named J ames Har old .

THE PE RUVIAN

A pri ze of a Se nior Annual was to be gi ve n to the pers on s ubmi t tin g the mo st s ui ta ble name fo r th e annu al before We dn es d ay , Fe bru ary 26, at 6 o'cl ock. Nam es we re sub mitte d in se aled env elop es co ntainin g th e nam e of th e pe rson s ubmitt in g the same. En ve lop es were da te d as r ece iv ed, so th at in case two per so ns sub mitted th e winnin g nam e, th e p erso n fir st

s ubmittin g it wou ld be dec lared the _ w inn er.

A comm i ttee , consistin g of one memb er from each class , Prof. Sears on , representative of the facu!ty, the cla ss ad vis ers , Professors Beck, a nd Miss Anna Ketridge or the Annual s taff , opened d eciding tha t the name, Peru vian , presented by E. R. Gross, was a ppropriate and suitab le. He Will th erefore re ceiv e the prize.

We are proud to note the fact sixtee n Seniors were on the prehminal'Y deb ates and that many good aryd stron g points were brou g ht out m th e ir s pe eches.

Mrs. J. B. Douglas d ays visitin g her s ister, Miss Ethe Rob b.

P ROF J. M. HO WI E.

On Fe b11uary 28, the cla ss rry et, a nd w ith a unanimous _vo te dectd ed to , de di cate th e Semor a nnual, th e "Peru vian," to Prof essor J. M. Ho wie, class adviser of the cl ass of

At a conference held Monday Miss Mears 2"ave a very beneficial ta lk on the subject, "Geography., On Wednesday Prof. E. L. Rou se gave an in structive and int e re s tin g account of h is visit to the Ch i cago Normal s.

JUNI OR JIN GLES

Glen D. Jenkin s

So nigh 'is grandeur to our du st·

ISo near is God to man ' When duty whi s per s l ow, "Thou must;"

Th e youth r epli es, "I can., - Em erson.

Have you a duty to perform which h as been neglected ? If so carefu ll y r ead the above quotation. '

:r'he J unior ba s ket ball team s cer· ta mly deserve great h onor. Alth ou gh th e boys we re unable to conqu er the l;lSky in the cla ss chamhgame, they manife s ted great a I I Y w en, 'neath the rumb le and Soar: of the Sopho m ore "roote rs " the emor squad was defeated b'y the score of 17 to 10 We feel that th ough the boys l ost the pennant ta!lle, bth ey sho ul d fee l h onored by emg eaten by. such worthy oppofu nts. we ca n s ur ely say th at e op showed great team wo rk whi le on field. Our boys' ball team cons is ts of R- B Sims, I ra Cartn ey , Forest B. E. Swenson Blynn Helm d Jfmds Ph illipps.' T hese boys fi s an a good sh ow for m aki ng th e rst tea m n ext year.

After losing the boys' t game was st ill one hope for nown m the basket ball li ne Th t was to defeat the girls' tea ms· of th other classes. Th is was accomp li shed v ery po li te ly_defeating the Senio rs w1th the very h beral score of 16 to 1 and soon afterward defeatin g the "Stars" of the Sophomore cla ss by the sc ore of 24 to 4. Th is s ure ly sufficient ev idence th at the Jun i or gi rl s ar e far s uperior to any class team in the Normal.

Th ose of the g irl s' ba sket ba ll te am are: Mi sses Mc De rmit t, Dil lne r, Andre ws, Gi l bert, (; love r, Delzell and Pa s co- We, th e cla ss of 1909, wi sh to congratu late th ese ba s ket ba ll conqueror s upon the ir m ost e xcellent s uc cess an d hope th at lhe ir in the fulure will be cr ow ned with equa ll y hr il l ianf r esu lt s.

J. A. !:-Ian is was ca ll e el home Tue sda y eve nin g, on accou nt of the deat h of hi s aunt. We wi sh to e xtend to Mr Hani s and relat i ves o ur sy mp a th Y in the ir h ou r of gn ef.

Th e Junior s are to he co ngrat ulated upon th e inter est sh ow n re pr ese nta tiv es in the pr eh mma n es It s ur ely sh ows t hat cla.ss for th e upli ft ing o£ 1ts md 1v1dua l me mb er s.

R. B. Sim s and B. E. Swens on were se nt as delegates from th eY . M. C. A. of th is plac e to theY. M. C. A. co nven t ion he ld at Norfo lk l ast mont h. . b

Th e Va le nt ine pa r ty, g.1 ven Y the J unior cl ass on the evemng. of Feb. 12. was i ndeed a d ec ided success. Nearl y a ll member s we_re present and a ve ry enjoyab le evemng was. spent Var i ous ga mes, together the w ri ting of per s onal poem s, constitl!- ted the am usement of the . eve nm g. Lu sc ious refres hm en ts of Ice crea m and cake were se r ved, and a goo d ti me in gene ral was had unt_il den h" a ll was darkness, remm dm g the ·merry crowd th.at li ght man did not be h eve m k eepmg l ate h ours.

P res i dent Swenso n is now a mem-ber of the first b oys' b asket ball team of th e Normal, h aving bee n pl aced in that po s it i on si nce the contest of the class was dec ided.

Profe sso r W. N. Del ze ll is pla nni ng to take a party to Eu rope under the auspices of the Un i versity Burea u of Tr avel. Such noted l ecturers as Lorado Taft and Dr . Powers and ot hers who have ta k en th ese tr i ps many ti mes, w ill accompany the pa r ty and gi ve in str ucti ng lectures so that a ll can un d erstand the teal mean i ng of the great scenes in the land s passed throu g h.

SOPHOMO RE SIGHTS

C. P. S CHOTT

S OPHOMORE CLASS

On the mornin g , of Januar y 2 7, 1908, Mr. qrabtr ee wa s as ked to read the followmg invitation from the Sophomore clas s, which he gladly to do. The inv itation was wntten m a poetica l sty le and re ad as follows:

To kin? Pre s ident a--,... d Facu lty, The1r WlVe s and sw e ethe a rt s who e 'er thev be.

To all S<:!ni01: s di g nified, Th And JOl_ly Juniors at th e ir si de, e Tram ers, Fres hmen, a nd 9th Grad e too

We bicl non e of y ou skidoo , And from chap el tomorrow don 't stay away , for th_e Sophomor es in g lad a rray , W1ll the1r c ol ors th en di s pl ay , Com e out kmd fn e nd s, w hil e yet yo u 1nay,

And with us cele brat e, the day .

Thi s wa s written a·nd compose:! by a pers on in our cla ss, a M_r . F. Aden. We certainly a pp r ec JatE:: d thi s and feel proud to kn o\V that we have a po et in our cla ss .

After our d ea r l' e:d the invitation, ever yo CJ e w as 1n sn.:;pe nse and did not seem to take the m atte r se ri ous ly. n eve r the les.:; the foll ow in g mornin g the classes . facu lty and fri e nds found th emselves comfortabl y s eated benea th sca rl et a nd whit e, t hu s pay in g to the Sophom or es Th e decorat ions s impl e bu t e ff e cti ve : in f act the a2m of th e cla ss was to keep eve ry thm g as far as poss ibl e fr om elabo r ate . Th e program was lar ge ly m us ica l. It in-

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J. HAROLD WI LLIAMS, ASS OCl -' TE EDIT OR J E. MORGAN, Deb:llin?. JOHN HANNA Liter.a ry

C 0. OLINE Mi lit ary ET HEL BERRY Reli gious

B. E. SW ENSON - Athl etic

CLARA SHI RES E xc ha nge

W. N. DELZELL Alumni

E. R. BURK EY, Bust Ness M-'N-' GbR

C. W, SMITH, ASS lSTM\T MM<-' GER

G. D. JENK INS, ASSt STM\T M-'N-'GER.

EDITORIAL

There are always some peop le who are happy at the defeat of th ose about th em Are you one of those persons?

Reformed spellin g is grow i ng more popu lar than ever . We n ee d a reform in spell i ng . We ought to have a reform in spe lli ng . We will have a reform in spP ll ing .

Seniors, get ready to apply for a good position for the com in g year Remember th at preparation, untiring energy and cease les s 9eyot i on to duty are the neces sar y requ isites to successful teaching. So if you do not posses s the se , do not lower the standard of the profession by entering it, but do those things for which you are best prepared.

When attending a debate or liste ning to any other pub l ic speaker, you can , by your facia l e xpression and genera l attitude, ins pire the speaker. Or, if you do not have tho se pleasant qual i ties about you, w ill .help to UJ! · nerve h im and dampen h1s ent hu s iasm. Be an opt imis t.

We wi sh to ca ll the attent i on of our ma ny sub s cribers to the fact we always appr e ciate he lp and ass 1stance. So if you should happ en to be exceedi ngly lucky, s uc h as beiryg to a good position, get_tmg etc ., just te ll us about 1t and we Wi ll be on ly too gl ad to publish the same

Hon. A. L. Bi xby , fami li arly know n th roug h out ' Nebraska as the Poet Laureate of Ne braska, h as to gi ve one of h is ce lebrated add r esses at the c'osing exerci ses of the su mm er 'sc h oo l on Au gust 7. Secretary Luth er P. L udden w ill also be pr eseht to l ectu re. It is pl an!1ed to have for mal clos i ng exerc ises wyo l vi ng several programs of exceptiO nal interest .

We wish to say a word of pra ise and commendat ion for those of ou r facu l ty who seek to keep Thi s is done, not by staymg m the cl ass room day after day and year after year and never getting out .and see i ng what ot h er schools are dom g. Th e T ra ini ng department has as 1ts h ead a man who is develop i_ng th is work in a remarkab ly sp l end 1d mann er. Our pres i de n t, after: attending the variou s nat i ona l educatiOna l meetin gs always h as an in spiring m essage to br in g to the sc h oo l.

Every teacher shou ld cult i vate the habit of clear forcefu l expresson. Teachers need to form i ntell i gent conv i ct i ons and to deve lop the power to expre ss the ir conv i ctiol}S forcib ly. Deba:ing work and work m extemporaneo us speak i ng is of i nestimable va lue to every teac h er . Clear, i ndependent . logica l think i ng and natura l forcefu l expressio n are sur e to resu lt.

THE ): Q R:\tALrT E

No deb ater can acq uir e th e art of provin g a pa in +- clea rly a nd co nclu sively with out beco mi ng a more e ff ective teach er in th e clas s r oo m. Th e most e ff ect iv e work of every t ea ch er is oral. Th e co nv in c in g, th e sy mpathetic tone, th e cle ar illu s trat ion all sprin g from th e pow er to t hink and express in th e c la sh of arg ument, or m th e more de lib era te speaking of ordin ary lif E>

SOPHOMORE SIGHTS

(Co nt in uc tl from Pac e •• )

eluded the cla ss s ong , composed by; Jacob Schott , was s ung with the usual enthu s iasm for which the Sophomor.es are Next the class lead a mihtary color drill by their president, Mr . C. G. Beck. Another sp e cial fe ature of the program wa s th e Sophomore quart e tte composed . of Mess rs . Lanph e re ' Rowan , Bnttell and Schott , who responded to We certainly feel grate ful to M1ss Ellenberg er in the manne,r sh e helped us at the piano, and certamly want to e xpress our thanks to he r. Afte1 giving a yell led by C. P. Schott, the class marched off of the sta ge to their seats. Then followed the rousing song, "Our Ne : The class was ag ain led m their old but rousing yell and the program was ended. Much of the of occasion was due to the kmd and patient adviser, Miss Ellis and to. the appreciation of attentive audience.

Lanphere, J. McMillen and C. P. Schott

Homer Wrightsman has signed up for baseball and has already begu.n 1f0 throw horrible benders, especia Y '' outs.''

Miss Edwards had the misfortune to break a small bone in her · · the gymnasmm. whIle exerc1smg m h to It was thought best to remove er her home. h .

Our class co lors wave in all t fueui f ch a success glory because o su . our boys basket ball season. nof the or girls have taken part m baseball. championship ga!Dest first. Now let us begm a e h FreshThe boys befat bt sket ball, men boys m a game 0 a t the then the Sophomore girls base Freshmen girls in b Juniors ball , then our. boys. ea n the Sophfor the champwnship, the hmen in a omore girls beat the is a string game of basket ball. I be proud of victories that a class lank back to of, and whenevet: they of bonthis time, it is with a took est pride to think .thaf1°£ the cham· a prominent part m a 0 ·arne bepionship series. Take · we tween our girls and the n confess we were be.atfn, 0b t neverof height and the theless we feel m art in the of takmg champiOnship game. . . than their we made a better school first opponents. Thisd fosuch a class. has reason to be prou 0

Miss Odu s VanCamp, who was a <?f our cla ss last semester, VISited fnend s a few days this last S week. We ar e always glad to see our

Iclassn;<l;tes, and certainly appreciated the VISit.

FRESHMAN FRILL

Ruth Brow nell

Mrs. Rolla Fo snot was called home a few days la st week, on account of h hose parents moved the de ath of his g randfather. Miss Forsyt e, w Oakland, Iowa, here the Freshman H. M. Stephens is again shaking has reg1stere Wih may enjoy her hands with old friends. This is class. We hope s e rather remarkable after his misfor- work among us very much. tune. On th e ev ening of the ninet eenth of We are glad to know that -we had February , the Freshmen met for a three representatives on the pre limi- little social tim e. Many g ames were nary debates in the nam es of G. H. played and stories were told and all

Til E KORMA I.I TJo:

we nt away r efr eshed, read y for wo rk aga in Mond ay.

Miss Ed ith Sh aw, who has b ee n troubled with her eyes , has bee n o ut of sch oo l for the last few d ays . Sh e h as the sympathy of her cla ssm ates.

Prof Gregg , our class adv ise r, deli vere d hi s illu s trated lecture, " Nebraska 's Geogoli cal Story " to an a p· preci ati ve aud ience at Be ll wood on the even in g of Fe bruary 28.

Man y of ou r Freshm en are ta ki ng of the help offe red by the P ri nceton prece ptor ial plan, and apits pr ivilege s. '' Mo -mo-m or , Ga -ga-gan , Mo r gan!''

"I ntercoll egiate de ba te! Th at' s where Morgan shin es of l ate!"

T he Fres hman class is keepi ng it s ranks well fi ll ed this semeste r, and it is our ambition to go th ro ugh the semeste r w ith no one fa llin g out th ro ugh clas s failures. With Miss Cu lbertson to in stru ct us in Eng li nh, Miss Elli s in ge neral hi s tor y, Mi ss Wo od s in La tin, a nd Pr of . Bec k in algeb ra , tea ch ers who are sy mp a th e ti c, ski ll f ul, and omni sce nt in the ir s ubj ects, we count ourselves most favo red a nd happ y in our opportuniti es.

Mrs. Pa lmer, of Shubert, spent Sa turd ay and Sunday in Pe ru vis itin g her dau g hters , Mi sse s May me a nd Gr ace. ·

Mr s. Co le, of Benn e tt. has b ee n vis itin g h er daugh ter , Mi ss Add ie: · Mi ss Ethel M. Smith is reported as bei ng qu ite sick. ·

Mr . J. D. R ee d. of our cla ss, ha s de pa r ted fo r Cali fo rnia , where he i nt en ds to sp en d the remaind er of the w in t er .

A re cep ti on wa s gi ven to th e ne w Tra in e rs , after th e firs t program of 'T he Traine r s' cl ub ." Th e evenin g w as enj oy ab ly spe nt in gett i ng ac-

quai nt ed. Li ght re fr es hmen ts we re se r ved and we de pa r ted just as the li ghts we re dyi ng out.

Th e T ra ini ng class hav e bee n studyin g the gr eat artists the last few d ay s, in or der to th oroug hl y en joy t he Art ex hi bit. We are loo k ing fo r wa rd to th e lecture s of Dr. Powe rs wi th gre at pleasu re.

MUS lC

Th e So ph omore male qua r tet seems to be as greatly in demand as if th ey we re co nn ecte d with so me ly ce um burea u-a nd we w ill n eve r t ir e of hear ing th em.

Prof esso r J. W. Bix by, of th e Ho we hi gh sc hool, gra du ate of '07 a nd fo rmer so lo cornet ist of the b a: nd, h as be en s ec ured to tak e pa rt in the a nnua l ba nd concert, and is making regu lar t ri ps he re fo r pract i ce .

Profe s so r A ll er has assi gned par ts for th e musical canta ta, " Queen Esth er "w hi ch w il l be given co m me nc ement week . Th e wor k is progr ess i ng ni ce ly wi th abo ut seven ty-five voices.

Th e orch es tr a w ill gi ve th eir an n ual co nc ert on March 18. · It w ill be u nd er the di rec tion of Professor L oeb , of Ne braska Ci ty , and an ex ce ll ent program is be in g p re pared. T hey w ill be .a ss isted on the pr ogra m by voca l so l os by Prof ess or and Mi ss Blank e nh sip.

After a lon g per i od of d eep slum be r, the Owl qu a rtet came fo rw ard aga in recent ly a nd p lay ed befo re the prelimina ry debate s. Deb ater H an na remark ed th at it ca ll ed hi s mind bac k to old footba ll day s.

It was ind ee d a rare tr eat to have th e pleas ur e of liste ni ng to the "Prin ce of Vi ol in ists," Ca rl Herma nn , w ho accom panied D ur no, the m ag ician, Febru ar y 26 . Mr. He rma nn is a mar ve l in hi s lin e. Hi s inte rpr eta tion of "Th e Holy Cit y" was greatly ap pr ec i ate d, w hi le hi s va rious im it at ions ca ll ed f ort h vo lumes of lau g hter f ro m th e a ud ience We ho pe s om et ime to be ab le to aga in hea r hi m.

Y. M. C. A.

Th e rall y of the Y. :\I. and Y. \V. C. A., occ urri ng unday. February 16, wa s well attended and Ye ry much enjoy e d. Th e prog r am w as as foll ow s:

. ............... Mal e Qua r tette a nd Prayer Mi ss Clark

Voca l so lo 1\Irs. Brow ne ll Th e Duty that Li e I e xt ... lVIr . Greo·o· Voca l so lo ............... .. . Mr. Aile";

What a Re li gious Li fe Imp els O ne

Do and t() Be Mr. Brownell

V10hn so lo

Mr. H odapp

dered fine se lection s at different interva ls throughout the con vention . One of t he most interest ing features of the progr am was an address given us by Step hen Jones, one of our internationa l Y. lVI. C. A. secretaries , who works a mong the Indians, himself being an Indi a n. We gr eatly regret that more of our young men were not present at th is co n vention and h ope to be ab le to se nd more repre · sentat i ves next yea r."

Y. W. C. A.

Th e 28th annua l conve nti on of the TheY. W. C. A. elected thei1; new Yo un g Men's C hri st ian assoc i ations vfficers February 12. Th e g irls have of Neb r as ka was he ld at Norfo lk been wi se in ch oos in g t he following Fe bruar y 13-16. Mess rs. Swenson office r s: La nph er e, S im s and Britten were Pres id e nt , Miss Nelli e Dorsey you ng men se nt a del egates by t he Vice pr es id ent, Miss Almeda Hill. Normal. Th ey r epo rt an in str uctive Treasurer Miss Dora Kaffenberger. PJ'Ofitabl e and e ntert a inin g time. secreta r y, Miss Dora l ast three m eet in gs of th eY M. C. Andrew s. h ave . been s pent li ste nin o- to the Corres pondin g secre tar y, Miss mtere s t1n g re p orts of · the Maude He nd erson. Th e fo llowin g is a much condensed Representative on Norma lite board, report of the co nv e ntion w ritten by Mi ss Ennis Boyer. one of the delegates in beha lf of the General secretary, Bessie Zmk . del ega te s

The association has no t had a ''We be lie\"e th' t' t h general secretary un t il last year, b Is conven Ion o ave whei1 MI'ss Myrtle KI·ebs was electe d h eeldn .one of the most succe ssfu l ever e m the state. The Y. M. C. A. for that place We are glad t? have was very evident from the be - Mi ss Zink remain on our cabmet to gmnmg and both delegates and speak- again fill the pos ition w hich has been ers g re:v more enthusiastic as the va ca nt since Miss Krebs left school. conventiOn proceeded . Some of the The assocation girls held an ind oor which we had the pl easure of fie ld meet in the gy mnas ium on Febhstenm g to were 'Dad' Elliott of ruary 8th. The very New York, one of America' s greatest unp leasant outside, but mside everymen, also Drs. Jenkins,'Conley, Lo ve · thing was cheery and comfortab le. land, Henry of Om a ha, and Pr esi dent Some of the impor tant eve nts were Turner of Ha sti ngs college . We can- the race s in w hich many took part, not here dwell upon the addresses of the gypsy fortune teller' s +ent, Punch an y one_ of th ese great men, but can and Judy, the Red the can dy on ly say that among them were s ome booth s. Des pi te the mcl emenc y of of the g reatest men of our country and the weather, a large c_row d attended yve W<;re greatly benefited from hav- and all seemed to en JOY the m se lv.es. mg hs ten ed to th e words of these A fr ee lu!l ch was .serve d. Th e. girls me n. The music also is to be very of the Social and Fmance comm1tte es hi ghly commended. We were favor -are certainly to be congrat ulated upon e c;l by havin g thr ee mal e quartettes, , the su ccess of th is fi e ld VIZ:. Bellevue, Central City and an A recep ti on was held m Ph il o and Indian qu a rte tt e. Each of these ren- Everett hall on February 29 for the

THE NORMAL I TE

new members, who have joined this year. One of the interesting features of the evening was the in sta llati on of the new officers, who received the emblem of their office from the outgoing officers, and an - explanation of the ir _ work from Miss Clark. Each one present received a souvenir of the evening, cards containing the date and hand-painted violet.s. The amusement of the evening was a contest in writing poetry about certain kinds of apples. The prizes were the B. A. P., L. A. P. and N. A. P. We were much interested in finding out what these prizes were. The B. A P .. was the Big Apple Pie, the L. A. P. the Little Apple Pie and N. A. P., which most received, No Apple Pie. Refreshments consisting of punch and we re served.

The Missionary committee held a reception in the Y. w. C. A. rest room on February 27 for the mem hers of the Mission study classes. Games were played, refreshments served and all enjoyed a general good time for an hour or more. We feel that one of the best ways of equipping ourselves for serv ice after we leave school is through the study of the Bible and Missions.

We regret very much that. Miss Bess Foster cannot be with us this last semester, but are glad that she has successfu ll y comp leted her work, and is considered a tr raduate of '08.

N.C. C. A.

Julia H. Van Oriel

A candy sale was held in the lobby of the chapel Feb. 14. The receipts will be used to purchase chairs for the rest room.

Delegates from the Catholic clubs of Peru, Fremont, Wayne and the University of Nebraska, met in Lincoln, Feb . 15 and formed a federation for th e purpose of uniting the various Catho li c associations in their social, educationa l and rP.ligious work. A const i tutoin was drfated and adopted and the following officers ele cted :

Pre s ident, Mr. J. F. Co upe, Linco ln; vice president, Mr. P. F- Sauntry of Wayne; sec r etary , Miss Hattie Fight of Peru; treasurer, Mr . P. A. Tomek of Fremont; adviser, Rev. Fath er O'Connor of Crei ghto n Univers ity. A sta ndin g comm i ttee was then elected, Mr. Wm. Whelan to se rv e until October 10, Miss Lucy Clark 1909, and Mr. P. F. Sauntry until 1910. Thi s committee with the adviser made out the course of study to be pursued.

The N. C. C. A. is now enjoying th e ir new rest room. Through the tirele ss efforts of some of the members and friend s, the room ha s been transform ed from an unused class room to a most comfortable rest room. Window seats and a book case have been put in, the floor s tained, the walls tastily papered and altogether the effect is very pleasin g. Among articles that have been donated by friends are a beautiful rug, the of Mrs. Jack of Peru. a fine library tablP. from Mr. John Fight of Plattsmouth, a beautiful picture from Father Hennes sy of Manle y, and a number of books from Father Bradley of Plattsmouth.

On Friday evening, Feb. 27, theN. C. C. A. gave a reception for its members and a few friends- A few musical numbers were given after which Father Feeney of Auburn ga_ve a short address, which was heartily enjoyed by a ll. Punch ar:d wafers were served and the eve mn g spent in social conversation. Every one enjoyea a pleasant time and .hope·s that the next socia l m eeting w ill not be far distant.

USHERED BY TAFT

An excellent little pleasantry has leaked out on the Nebraska party to the Washin gton meeting. It was so good seve ral members of the party told it on themselves. Pr esident Crabtree, Sup. John A. Woodard of Have lock, Supt. E. J. Bodwell of Norfolk, Supt. R. J. Barr of Grand Island, Profe sso r Luckey of the State university and others entered the War building one morning wh il e see ing

the sights in \V a!: hington. A large, smoot h -fac ed man of g enial aspect met them in th e co rridor s of the great building. Th ey asked him how they could se cure s ome on e to g uid e them about. The bi g man with a genial face volunt e ered to show them the building in pers on. They as ked him many question s. Some one asked if they would be perm i tted to vi sit the office of the se cre ta ry of war. The big man s aid he never showed visitors through the building without introducing them to Secretary Taft. Just at this mom e nt the party happened to meet the Hon. W. E. Andrew s of the treasury department who overheard some of their strange questions and in surprise he explained, "Gentl emen, you have the honor to be shown through this building by our next president. Permit me to present to you Secretary Taft.'' The genial secretary of war smiled all over in token of his enjoyment of the joke.

SPECIAL SPIELS

Ra lph Grubb

Mr. John Juilfs came back the first part of the month for a visit at the Normal. Mr. Juilfs was a member of the special cl ass the first semester.

Mr. Virgil Wymore, of Pawnee City came in for a visit to his sister, Miss Clara Wymore.

Miss Percell went home for a short visit with her parents the first part of the month.

The class party given Valentine's evening was a success. The following program was given:

Instrumental solo Miss Alice Maxey

Welcome to new students ... President Response Miss Eva Sayels

ILOCALS

IMrs . Strayer is the guest of her daughter, Della this week.

Miss Edna Edwards has gone to her home in Fullerton, to recover from an accident received in the gymnasium, resulting in a broken collar bone

Miss Schlee visited in Tecumseh Sunday, March 1.

Supt. C. E. Benson of Nelson was recently re·elected with an increase of salary. The and generally are well satisfied wtth hts work.

The Ladies' Fortmghtly Art club have arranged for an to given on March 9, 10 and 11 m Mus1c and Expression A fine collection of reproductwns of the masters will be on J?r. Powers president of the Bureau'of Travel, will give a noted art lectures. Many from · burn and other towns will attend.

Prof. Gregg addressed an tional meeting at Bellwood. Neb., rtday evening, Feb. 28.

The Latin chorus under the tion of Pro.fessor ward Christtan Soldiers.. . latin Pale Blue and The Whtte, m at chapel mornmg, !-1arch f these songs cellent latm renditiOn Mo. Clark rewas the text used. tss · ceived many hearty congratulations side and some were heard from every ''Wh Professor Aller to remark, y, ·f h could make them sing Choctaw I. e tr d , The exercises were umque Ie . 1 and very successfu

Instrumental solo .. Miss Anna Percell ALUMNI. .t M.... Miss Lucas 1 ::.. · _______

ass 1s ory . . . . . . . r. Ralph Grubb '-

An original instrumental solo

. Miss Eva Sayels

After the program, various games were played for the remainder of the evening.

OUR

,ASSOCIATION .

Our associat on is being strengthen ed year by year. The excellent work done by President Percy Adams and

Secretary N. A. Ben g sto n to make our organization a factor in the te ac hin g wor ld was shown at o ur last s tat e assoc_iation in our rous in g a lum ni meetm g. We hop e to cont inue t hi s good wo rk.

It is oot th e l arge numb er of s tudents now enro ll ed nor the multitud e of tea chers who assemb le here in th s ummer that make the Nor mal schoo l, but it is the g raduate body who s ti ll belong to thi s in st ituti on n ot o nl y in name but in sp irit.

O_u r dip loma s are on ly cert ifi cate s of hf e me mb ers hip in our Alma Mater w hich cet tifi es· to ou r l ife' s in tere st in her wel fa r e. ··

The desire of the executve board of _alum ni is to so or gani ze th e a ss othat th e r eco rd' of eac h alumnu s w ill be k ept on permanent fil e from year to year in a s pec ial filing ca se pu:rchase.d for thi s purpose. this m VIew, cards are bein g s ent out to e ach alu mnu s to fill out and retu!n to the secreta ry. Each alumnu s Is to give a sh ort account of h1 s dom gs s in ce graduation.

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1895-Mrs. Lydia Maika Munkers ottage Home, Chadron. Neb. '

1896-Mrs. Urse ba Pratt Fairheacl Cottage Home, Sy racu se, Neb. '

1896 - Mr s. Jes s ie- Robb Holt, Cottage Home, Grand Junction , Co lo . 1897-Mrs. Vinetta Co nkl e Miles Cottage Meadow Grov e, Neb:

1897-Mrs. Anna Sutt Maguire Cottage Home, De Witte, Neb. '

1898 - Mrs. Anna Ca mon La urence Cottage Hom e, Lin coln, Neb . ' 1898- Mrs. Ida Wade Bloomington Cottage Hom e, Nebraska City. '

1899 -N ora Moore Griffiths , Cottage Home, Preston, Neb.

1899 - Florence Gibson Conk le Cottage H ome, Lincoln , Neb. '

1899-C lifford Catlin, expert che mist, Phoenix. Arizona.

CJJr. D. L. Redfern !Dentist

Of fice in H etzel Block J)bone 90. :.auburn, 1Rebr

1899 - Warren Catl in is atte ndin g th e Co lnmbia Un iversi ty

1900 -L ue ll a Wo ri ck is boo kk ee per at Pe ru Sla te No rm a l.

1900 - Willi am S hum an is one of North Pl att e's most pr om in ent la wye rs.

1901 - Su pt. A. E. Hi ld e bra nd, Gr et n a, Ncb ., is making him se lf a fac to r in the sch oo l circles of Ea ste rn Ne bras ka.

1901- R ev J. C. D ill in is p as tor of the M. E. c hur ch, Long P in e.

1902-S up t. Fr a nk M und a y, of Furna s co unt y, one of Ne bra s ka's mo st popu lar co unt y s up e rin te nd ents, a nd hi s br id e, fo rm e rl y Miss Grace Courtr ight, ha ve tak en an e xtend ed trip to Wa s hin gto n, D. C. Som e of Supt. Mund ay 's bach elor fr ie nds s ay that t hi s is the fir st tim e he wa s eve r kn own to co urt ri ght.

1903--Mi ss Edi th W. Pur inton, Port Town se nd, Wa s hin gto n, i's plannin g a tr ip a brnad thi s s umm e r.

1904 -Miss Mam ie Mutz is atte ndin g the C hi ca go U ni vers itiy .

1905 - Mi ss Eve lyn D. H esse ltin e is attend in g the State Univers ity at Lin co ln.

1905 - E. W. Marce llu s is attend in g North wester n Univ ersi ty.

1906 - Harry D. Beck is attend i ng Medical Co'll ege at Omaha.

1906 -H. J. Brode rson and F. H. Rein s ch ar e attending the State Uni versity.

1907-Roy Smith and Mi ss Ca li sta Hurst were married on ValentinP.'s eve. They will make their hom e near Shickley, Neb., wh ere Mr . Smith has a large farmin g int erest. This item w ill be a gre at surprise to their ho st of N ormal friends.

The "Coyot e" (Sioux Falls, S.D.) s how s that the sc hool is much interested in the ri g ht kind of athletics.

Watch For Opening Date of the

S pec ial Invitation to the Normal Students

Attend O ur S pri ng Op e ning - Extraordinary Va lu es of I nt erest to th e Studen ts

Fo r the Lad ies

Si lk c hi ff ons a nd fo ul a rd s.

Si lk ti ss ues and j ap s ilk s. Pe rsian law ns a nd Fr ench bati stes. L in on D'l nd e and fin e dim ity. Exq ui sile s howin g of rich s had ing and ble ndi ng of co lors. We ca n please yo u wi th tho se dai nty ti ssues, mo st any co lor , d es ign or fi g ur e. Sp ec ial for the s tu de nt s bene fit, 7 Sc qua li ty 45c and 35c quality 25c.

For the Gentleman

Sty li sh vog ue ties. Fancy dress shirts. Fine dress shoes and slippers. Hirsh Wickwire handmade clothing. We .onl y ask that yo u come in and in sp ec t our line. Comparison alway s makes a sa le for us.

For yo ur own good give us a ch ..n ee. We se U to satisfy.

Deposi t yo ur money with us for the semester or for th e school year and pay your b ills by checks. You thus h ave a place of safety for your money and yo u gain a va luab le business exper ience in caring for your acco unt.

Spring Opening

(l Everv department is full to ov er Ao win g wi th fr e sh spring sty' e s.

(l We offer our patrons th e be ::. t clo thin g. h ats a nd toggery the country produc es.

(l Com e to see th e many new ha ndsom e ga rm e nt s, we have many exclus iv e novelies.

(l No store t:ver had a warmer welco me for you, and your visit will afford us th e gr e at es t p i• asu re.

J. Siehl, The Old Reliable Clothier

707 Central Avenue. Nebraska City, Nebraska .

I The University Publishing Co. ! IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE II CRABTREE SPELLER"

is th best effo rt that has ye t b ee n made to furni h a \..) spelling book that will make the most us e of the pupils time and effo rt. It gives words whi ch present difficulties to the learn.er but does not give words which are found only in the spelhng book. President Crabtree believes that the words which ?o not present some difficulty to the student should not ?e m spe lling book as they are learn ed incidentally. in conwtth other work. While words usu a lly found only m spelltng books sh<;>Uld not take the child's tim e when th ere are so many commonly mtspelled words that need to be mastered. This is a real spelling book which economizes the childs time. It does not mix spelling with composition or pictur e study or phonic work or reading, but st rik es boldly at th e main is : ue for th e spelling period namely secur in g a maste ry of the common words most often mispelled. Th e book is now in press and will be r eady about March 1.

I The University Publishing Co., Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Th e man must be wh o will lose hi.s tee th that na tur e ha s given him, wh en we c ould sa ve them by o ur u p- to-da te methods of cro wn ing and brid g ing th e m. Don't lose yo ur tee th by ca rel e ss ness , but h ave th em a tt en ded to in tim e by a fir st- class artis t like Dr. Ganson Ne braska Ci ty

Be in Peru in the , Near

H. H. Cotton

· FLORIST

Orders for Cut Flow ers Promptly Filled ·

Nebraska City, Ne bra s ka .

Nemaha County Bank

Auburn, Ne bra s ka .

W ill app rec iate yo ur bu sin ess. We refer yo u to o ur re liabl e pa trons for refe ren ce

A. M. Eng les, Pre sid ent. Frea d La mpe, Sr., Vi ce Presid en t. C. E. Co din Rton, Cas hi e r. Miss E li zabe th T ynon , A sst. Cashier.

OVERLAND RESTAURANT

, Short Orders and Meals at all Hours

Come and we will trea t you right.

Ck ll if in need of denta l ser vice. Exam in ed fr ee- !j All wprk,;g ua r,a nt·. ed to be firs t- class, and 11 ,uphn:datei eve ry particu lar.

Dr. E. C. Reed

Physician

and Surgeon Pe ru, N eb raska

Nebraska City Laundry Nebraska City Pantitorium

ELMER H. JENSEN, Agent

Laundry call ed for Monday afternoon. L adies' and Ge nts 1 Clothing to be pressed and cleaned :! ·. ::! , be ca lled for at req ue st during th e week.

In fashionable ladies1 tailored su it s and jackets for spring are here, we are showing a big line of dress skirts in the latest sty le fabrics including voils and taffeta silks.

LONG GLOVES

{ We caA you now with all the leading colors includin g browns, m all sizes · • $1.00 to $'2 :00 per pair in fabrics, and $2.00 to $3.50 in kid s.

Mandelson

The Normal A venue Store

' \V c fi ne a lin·· • f cand ies, pos t ca rd s, sc h oo l :. su pp li es . fruit s. fr es h \·ege tables . g- r oce ri es and drinks as any in t ...; wn. ::: ::: ::: ::: :::

RICE PAGE, Prop.

The Fowler Publishing Co.

Stand a rd Refere nc e Bo oks

The New Standard Enc:yc l op edia & Atlas] 2 lar ge vo lum es, 55 ,000 articles. Th e b es t r easo na bly price d encycl opedia . Ne w, uptod ate a nd accurate .

The Standard Histor:y of th e World] 0 large vo lumes , m agnifice nt c hart s. Latest an d gr ea test general hi story published . Comp leted Augus t, 1907.

The World 's B es t MusicS la rge volum es , 2,200 pages. A lib rary of mu sica l m as te rpi eces.

The Book/over's Shakespeare40 handy volume s, over 7,000 pages .

W rile The Fowler Publishing Co .I 36 No. I I th St., Lincoln , N eb ras ka, for specim en pages, te rm s etc. , of a ny of th ese publications

Lincoln Business College

Lincoln, Nebraska

Offers th(lr ough, practical cou r ses ln Sh o rth a nd, T ypew riring, Bookkeeping. Tel eg raph ya nd Pe nm a mhip.

You n eed a business ed ucation, and you shou ld g et that ed uca tion at the Lincoln Business College because its equ i.pment is f irst·class in . every depa rtment. Insb:uctors are spec ialists in their lin es. Rates of tuition · very _r easonab le ; write for catalogue No. 27.

We Wish To Extend

You a co rdia l in v it at ion to co me to th e Co rn er Dru g St ore when in n ee d of any thin g in th e drug line. We will give you prompt a nd co urt eo us tr e atm e nt a nd w ill sell yo u only fi srt cla ss goods. We mak e a sp ec ia lty of sc h oo l suppli es of a ll kind s. We also carry a co mpl e te lin e of S pa ldi ng' s ath letic goods . Age ncy for Waterman Ideal fountain pen s, Ea s tman s kodaks un d s upp lies , fully guaranteed.

Burris Drug Company, Pe ru , Neb ra sk a. PHOTOS

cAt th e Hotel P:trfors in 'Pe rcr ea ch a. fferflBfe S,1trrrd,1y

NEBRASKA C IT Y. N ESR ASKA

Puru:. CREAM TARTAR HAKING POWDER

It rfchs costs l ess than othe r wellknown bra nds and IS BETT ER b ecause the d ough made with it doc s not require as rapid mi x inl! or as h ot an oven.

GUARANTEE D ABSOL UTELY PURE

STUDENTS

Perm.1ncnt O{{tcc •w illr Dr H .uris Auburn, Nebraska

DR. C. A. McNUTT DENTIST

Manufactured by E. M. Cl :.'\SE CO ., Ne bra ska City, Ncb. F OR SALE BY Y OUR GROCER TOY W. O. D. GRADUATE OPTICIAN

Gold worl.: a srec ia lly - l' ho nc 101 O ffi ce o ve r p N b k co rner Dru g St ore. er u, e faS •3 ELMER DOVEL P lumbin g, Hot and Steam H ea ling. Estimates Give n. AUBURN. NEB

Old Ph one 486 New P hone 145

O!Jer Mandelson 's Department Store 2N ehraska City, Neb.

If you want a meal, Lunch, Cakes, Pies, Cocoa Coffee, Home Made Bread or oysters, you can find them at the No rm al Restaurant, one block north and one block east of the Normal School. Board by day or week. PHONE II I---FRED GILBERT, Proprietor.

"'lhe Normalite

College men are said to be the smartest, most critical dressers and that's one reason why Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes are very popular in college towns. These clothes are not made for college men only; if you never went to college, that's no reason why you can't dress in style.

We're ready to show you or any other man the best clothes ever seen in this town; they're Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes fabrics, perfectly tailored, accurate in style, correct in fit.

Best money's worth of clothes you ever saw.

Copyri gh t 1908 by We Can h • Hart Schaffner & Marx s ow you suits in many styles from $18.50, $20 up to $25. HATS, SHOES AND SHIRTS

' BLUE MONDAY"

Bv c. L. R OUSE up,..ri nt.:nJt:nt Tmining Dep:trt me nt.

Di d iL e\·cr o •e ttr Lo You h w nbs urd it j s, Llln l llu nw i1i t- ha al.lowed L\q) of t:lt S' \"l: ll of the w ee k Lo h e<"'l) lli C ti t of unavo ry c pi lh L. 1 l 1' nnn o ur Y lT infan cy, " ·e lta vc hen nl of :Blu e rvf o ndn y '' und ' l3 1aek l', ri lay.' Pr oba bl y o ur fir ·t im pr es ions wer e, t lln t [o nda.v \Ya s co rr ec tl y Fr om tl1 e ti me we Lo tld le ab o ut the s lo p1 y kitchen, we IJa \·c kn o wn t hat' m other is n o" t t h.e sa ti1 e on .Mo nday as other da ys 'eltat tlti s s aiu e sp irit m ove d up on th e 1·cs t of tl te famil y, i eviden ce d hy t l1 e p roY e rb , ' 'a s hor t gra ce, " \v hi ch br e\ ity 1s ecru a ll ed onl y by th e n1ea o·erne ss of th e fa re pro v jd e d. Not with spoi li ng th e fi rs t working day of . th e we ek, s om e ha ve pla ce d a up on· a ll initi a ti ve on Friday, and wou ld ' 1i.tera ll y for ce: t he world \\T hole clay, to plod along · w1th JU St the old thi.n o·s. . 0 clay s mi g ht be di scu sse d f1:0m m any s tandj)Qirit s, but we s hall co nfin e our ob s er v ations to of J\IIonday, as it apph es to the teacher and s tudent .

. "Tl1is .is a ty pjcal Monday's les·.s on.'' ''I wi sh there we re no week ·end r ec e sses .'' ''E v erything goes wron g on :Mond ay ,'' and s imilar re mark s are too of te n in the mouth of the t eache r. Us ua lly, the blame i&. )aid upon the Th e tea e hel.' forgets that trui sm of school

ma na ge ment tha t the r eg ul ar occ urr ence of a g iYen condi tion is u nr ign of misman agement, a.n:J t hn t <1 11cw po li cy is im pe rative. Re mark lik e th e fo ll o·wi ng sho w l'lwt th e c hild see · th at th e fa ult is bc \d Jc re at lea tin pa rt:

··I en n o·e t a lon o· with my t eacher ,.., \'I d " "0 · cver r- da v but 1\ on ay. UI te nci1e r ge ts alon g a ll rig ht after he o·et tm:ted but l ook ou t for 0 ' t• Monda y." Irish P at's ob se rva Ion £nel s an echo in many hearts, "I wi h there was n't no fust day to th e \r eek."

It is to be exp ected t hat th e c hild shall com e to school on· Monda y w ith hi s mind £Jl ed with ev eryt bj.uo· but sc hool affa irs. It IS ural th at the less ons studi ed on J!nda y· but not clinched by a tiou' should have "slipp ed awa. It th e teacher 's dut y to so her work as to draw the _v agTan mind b ack not to force It. The days should s tart with th e. n;tost cl1eerful songs,. the spinted opening ex ercis es. _It. should a day of rev iew s. Tbi s IS the loe.Ical day for them. It is th e time to a ioo k at the work' of the pr eviOus w ee]T It' wlllres tore fac ts t hat have to fad e . Tt will . connect the work just cover.ed, t_he ad-. v ance at the bm e when 1t 1s J?O St n ee ded. Mond ay should be the day :foi: na tur e s tud y l essons. This is the fo r map -dra win g, illu stra-

ted le ssons , convc r :atio n cxc rci.·c ·, written lessons up on the cxpe ri enes of tbe r ece ss ju st closed \ Vjth so n .e such program, 1here i · no r caso n wlq th e d esr iscd fir st day shou ld not become '' F>unny ::\1 onday" for yo ur scl 10o l.

Do not wony ahollt what to uo 011 li r}day. T lm ve long thougl1t it poor Judgment to slacken spee d on Friday . 8t eam is up to fu ll rr e.sur e, and tl1e macl1in e s hould do it s best work at the end of th e rnn.

So much for tl1e teacher and tl 1e pub li c sch ool, hut w hat of the student in the high schoo l and in hi gher in st iution s of Can they do anytl1ing to help poor ohl aq UUIII un...'1 a rn PU!lt<>q U'ULU {) 111

](' ss on s is o1 11 · t·c·gul;lr tnsk o ur hu s itw ss , if .'·r,u pl<•n s C' . J l nxo we atl\ · nwr<• rigid u, fHir su it on unda ·,. tltall t lr<• labo t'<'l' or the bu.itws s man ? lk c·; tiJ s • it is a s il e nt pro c·ess a11rl <;<t il l> c <' :uTi od on _und('r c·o,·c•r, is it an_, mor e Just rfi ahiP ? \\'<• arc• n ol c·r.vinp; ont Cor the r c•t ur11 o f' tIt<' hill<' Ia\\' f.;ahhntll, hut \\'C' do IH'I i <·, C' witl1 \\ "i llmr C raft, UraL SuJIC )a ,· s lwul <l h(' n cla)r of r cs.l and spirilunl ac tivity. \\"1 1c 11 w<' sp (' ncl ou ,. Rnuclay aftern oon ancl ('\"('11 i 11 p;s at work we ca nno l ho pe' to to on r tasks the n ext in g-oo d fo rm Cor t l1 e work of tlw c·lnss r OOlll.

Preparation of

Here, 1 betieve, it js largely the fault. On Friday, posb ecause of the poor training at above, we think we are entJt1 ed to a little re crea tion. We negle ct usual study hours or tJm e to literary or is largely filled WJth prom1ses that we wlll at th e n ext begin our studieR Witl1 s?me;, lt is entirely fill ed with "extras. Sunday comes w ith lessons unprepared. The temptajon to spend th e Lord' s day in study is too great be r es isted. Grudgingly, Wlth some compunctions of consCience, we half prepare the nel esson_s. Is there not somethmg mcons1stent, with the student wh? so pl ans his work that he has no hm e for spiritual thino-s on the day set aside for that r:rh e prevalence of this policy is too genera l. Often we hear members of our Christian associations unblu shingl y say th ey must hurry . h ome to get less ons, cram for this or that examinatjon, or work on some report. The se s ame s tudent s wou ld be horrified to find the citizens about them engaged in their usual voca tions

Pe rmit me to sngp;c ·t a pro g rayn w l1 crel> Y we ma:r rlo our part m 111•1 l··,n 1\f o ndnv n s unn y clay . Pre< \ ,..., • • ht d par e l essons m: mg

Ratn rela y mo rn mgs .ru st as . thoubh tl 1c ,·c we re no re st cla y .. GIVe Satul'(ln y afte rno on to plJ ys1ca l r eet·ention nn<l out-door _sp o rts. Plan vo ur lit er ary and soc1al event s for Rn tm·clny evenings On Sunday , nttencl a number of r.eli o- iou s se rvi ces , clomp: yo ur part tn th em helnful to ourselves ancl o th er s. Spend a part of tl1e clay in r ea ding from th e Book of Book;o3, and from th e great authors through whom God s peaks to us . some time out under the. slnes, not in hilarity and fn:rob.ty, but for the nurpos e of e nJo ymg the h andiwork of Him who love s all both great small. .Retire early Sunday mp;bt,. conscwus that yo u are ready ph ys1eal1y and mentally for the day, a:no instead· of a restl ess night W1th troublesome dreams of half prepared le ssons, there will come swee t re st with visions of a bnght, happy Mond ay .

Mi ss Nellie David son visit ed' her cousin, Mi ss Ivl a.ude He rford, of Nebraska City.

'Ph ' lnt 'l'(•ollig-ia l l' ll hat i u o· ·quacl s _an• lt.·tl·ll ' .o ot.. 1·c pe<'tJY qll l'sf ion :-;.

The 1\li s!::> ouri q u c::;t ion i,; H •'Pilat Luc l.Hihli • muni ip al ut!IJLJ ·s, wat ,.. l1ghl trcet-railway s t ek ph o nl' · s h::tll be und er · th.e d1rc ·t up e rvi ·ion and o ntrol a iss _ion , with power to en1_L s nndmn·s, appoint ed by the munJCJpa_l aulho1·i tie . ' l'h e Ne bras.<1 u estJo n i::;; He o h·cd, That mull! '!pa l cc;mtrol. s u1 en·ision of the pub! te utJJJ tic ::;, "·ater lio·ht .

to. o '\Il ers hip of t1 e.' e. u tJ h tJ cs. The Kansas H eso l ved, That the comform of Government in of the fir st cla ss w-ould be supcnor to o ur pre sent mayorality system .

N will debate the affirm atlve st de of the 1\'I i ss ouri and Nebra s ka que.·tions and the n eo-ative side of the Kan'sas que s tion. 0

ATHE NI AN

Athenian gi rl s·have been having interestlng debates the pa st month.

Altho.ugh each girl is extremely busy w1th her work the meetin()"s 1 b . ' b 1ave ,een well at t ende d.

One .evening the question of Cocducahon was discussed. Feeling that such a good opportunity to express th e ir v ie ws on this s ubj ec t tp the ma sculine gender should not 15e lo s t, and si n ce the yo ung· men w ere no l ess desirous of hearing the discussion, th e Athenians tender ed the Ciceronians an invitation to li s ten to the debate.

The judges decided that we should h ave co - ed ucation.

Annie E. tephenson, of fJ in co lq, ha been visiting with l\1 r . rawford , ou r cl ass Adviser.

}fr. aud 1\[r . Tidy, of Kansas Cih·. Yi ited Mi s Della Hollenbeck fo r·a few da · s Bullock, of Lincoln, who is takino- :\li Hnlon' place for a tim e. i teaching us how to establi h a rural school library.

rr he members of the Training Cia were presented with the bull e tin of the No rma) School. Thrs bulletin wa pre pared by the menlbc r of the Training School ment . It contai ns many beauti!ul poems and s uggestions for Spr.lllf w or k, also li s ts of books for pupil and t eacher. EYery Tramer will appre cia te this littl e bo?klet whim they get into actual bus.llless of teaching.

:L\[i ss CJark wis hes us to correc t 1a th • Nor mas tatement in mon s the i te in w llich she rs spoken of asd . writer of the two songs rend ere s: chapel by the LatiJ?- stud ent s. o1 says th e Latin ver sron of the sono· is her's but that she doe s b , • f ''On- know who wrote the Lahn o ward Christian Soldiers. ''

The s tud ent s made their annual 10-cent cont ributio n for th e po rt of "Hope Non;nal," a Chinese o·irl now m the bn ls school at E.ach yea r the s tud ents contnb ut e thrrty dollars. "Hope Normal" graduates from the school next _y ear. Her real name is Wang Sa1 N a. The con tribution this y ear was gene rou s enough to afford h er some extra expense mon ey .

LIT ERARY

EVERETT

Corn e friend s, Jet us reason t oget he r. 'l1lt e ques tion for discussial?- w ill he;. fs lit er ar l wo rk wo rUt

lH claimed for or gam zat tons, they d eve lop along It ncs that ntak e for mfl .uen ce and e ffi ciency. Ca n Lit is cl a1m be in the li g ltt of the. w?r ld th at JS a ctua ll y don e by We beli eve that it cnn. Let us gtve you a few concrete amp les

lt jn Ev ere tt Hall th at we dlSC?vered the pow er an d err m l eadership of C. W. Smlth, :rhe ·honored Pre sident of th e Y. C. A. or gani zat ion of th is place Ihe members ·of hi s s taff (;. Moulton Vi ce Pre sident: " R' yYhltfield, and L. Fo snot; Secretar y, are also promment workers in Ever e tt . 'rhe of tbe Reading and Rxpr ess ton Department f tu · ?Chool, Mi ss NL Dunl ap and Mae Jones h ave been openino· our to tl1 e fact that they h aveb very r .emarkable power s al ong .t h e s e hnes . As a re su'tt of the talent shown by them in society Prof esso r .Geor ge All er ba s the fola mon g our humber to parbc1pate m · the ''Q u een Esther ,, C. P. Schott, King Ahasueru s; F. G:regg, Mor d ecai; Adalyn Mordecai '3 Si ster; BenJamm a h eral d; Van Ki rk Maxcy, Harbonah; J. C. · and J ess.i e Harris , Page s. ' We w1sh to menhon the fact jn thi s connec tion , that we, the Ev erett s have found it very profitable have memb ers from every fie ld of ac tivity in the school, and will .mention in thi s articl e, ·th e name s

cd' SO ll iC' of' 0 111' lll(' ll ll>C l' S WUO are )ll ts ltill g- ollt<'r of the !WIt oo I.

Ill' t he· :\o t·nt:tl (' ntl l(J ii e

Liot t, \\' (' c·la i 11 1 i 1:-; I ' rv s id e nl , J. E. <:i iHte,·. as one ul' o 11r lll osl br iiJj ant

IIH' Jil l ,(. rs.

l•'< nlt· o l' o tll' were c}rosen on Lit<• d< •hat in g- sqti: td , li en D . .J eno11 r Prp s id e 11 L· .J. E. Gi bney; B. Nwcso 11 , "·It o is Pr es ide nt of ti H' .) 11 11ior ( 'l:ts s, and :i\ li s Jul ia \ a 11 l) ri <• l, 0 111 ' e;.;:('<·ll <' ttl sec r et ary.

Of' tl1t' l1<t skel Ba ll team, \,. c· lai 111 ( '. P. S<·l to t.t , who is also a me mh er or t lt e "Normal QuarL<'Lle"; C. (L Be< ·k, Pr es id ent of the S oplt omore 'la !-:is mtd me mb er of tl te fam ous "Owl Quart e tte"; H. 1 'o lltu !·st; E. l iJ . Co !l in s; A. 0. Eg·gCl t be r- ge r nnd B. K Swenso n, of at ltlet i · fam e. Of th e girls first l:asket ha ll team, Hazel B eck, El8001' \Vitt e, Bertice Ke nnedy and F, st lt er Bl anken ship. preside nt s of the 1Tt·esl nnan and Ninth · 0 r ad e cla sses , E . .T. S utphin a nd F. E ll enb erg er h ave cas t their l ots witl1 us a nd from th e ir enthu si asm nnd wo rk, we do not h es itate to .predi ct a b rilli ant fut ur e for th em.

:Mr vVade Bixb y, Everett's farf amed co rn e ti s t, after a prosperous year as prin c ipal of · the Howe schoo ls ,b as retu rned to us, and we arc again pe Tmitted to . enjoy the tlw illi no· musi c. w hi ch i ssu es forth h fs ·sk ilJ fully ins trument. We di sc ov er new talent at eyery meetjng of the socie ty. V: ho · c an tell what may be hidden away in a h uman .persona lity, waitjno· for a chan ce to come forth and asto ni sh the wo rld with it s great· We believe :firmly jn the affinna-

ti\· • s id • or t It \' qiiP :-' 1 io n put in I his i: .·u •. and it i:-- tt ll l' d P:--in• to ma k' Th • :-: <wit ·t ,. a:-: mta•h like , a :-; }•w-:-: i hi<·.. In nt ltt• 1·

W • wi:-:lt to <' ;tt·l 1 :11 1\ 1 P\'l' I"\"0 1H' f 0 111' ll H' I1; 1H •1' :-' :1 t· lt :11 1Vl' lO an d <' \"<' 11(\1 :1 1h· It• hl u :--: :-- <H il nut in lu h anlil"ul tll:t-lllttHHI a1Hl w om anho od. "I , (.' lid :1 Itt' I pi II)-!." It a nd . cr Lt .- . '

PHILOMATH EAN

The Annual Alumni Rcuni<.n

'l'lt c J>l1 i lo11t a ll te: 111 :--: <H·it'l ,. wa .· fir .·t or ga 11i z<.•d :1:--: :1 •ic h· in "·ill! \\' il:--:un Presi d c• ul. . \pril II ,,·ill h <.• the ann i,·er :--:: 11 _, . ul' llw inc tH 'porat10 11 of' lit e l)ltilnt n:tlhl' :lll :--:o cie t,under tlt C S l:t l<• J:I\\'S or :\e hrn sk ;l. At t ltat l illl l', <lt>o i ')-!." L' ll ow anl was Pn:s icl c 11 l o f' tltP s <wi ch·. is 11 uw ktH l \\' 11 as J)r. G '0 . FJo wa rd , nn e u l' _·\nt C' rit·;l 's l'am ou :s a nllt ors a ncl i11\ '0.:--: tignt o t·s in the field of' i nslilulional lti:--:t nn·. nr Howard ltn s <·on se ll t<.•tl t n l.> c wi the P ltil om alh e nn s in t lt 0ir r eu nion. cx. -1>r C's i<kn t heen invited . to he. pre:--: cnt. Th e progra m 'n il he g- 1ven l l\· the lo e nl a nd vi sit ing- almnni and ·c·x-tn c 1nh er s of th e Ph i lomatlt ean socie ty . of t lt e pr o min ent me mb ers of the soc_ie ty ar e 'r . J. Mnjors , of I e rn; Hugh Dohb s, a succ es s ful l awy er of Beatric e; .T. P. A. Bl ack, President of First National Bank at Ha:.:;tings; 'I'. \Y. Bl ackburn, a lawyer of Omaha; H. B. Duncanson, Professor at Peru; J. W. Orahtr ee, Pr e sid e nt of State No rm al Scho ol of Peru; De xter D. As hl ey, one of New York City 's roo st di stingui shed ph ys ici ans.

A ll these h ave gain ed more than Joca l prOininen ce. The number s in ce that tim e who h ave been successful is on ly too fam il iar to the r ea der of the N orma lite.

' [' h 'I. I a trick Program fo r ·h 1'' was a follow : .. of tile Gr een.'' I. of t. Pat ri ck-Ge rt r Hd c 8at on. Lri 8h i s Lally. . 'l'h e range nud

Ur ec n. . , \\.L' tH.l II Philip , ou Darnel 0l \mn c ii--J. E. 't he Lri sh Le ag-u e ( ll en-Fem).:\l nrgarel Hiek ey. , ong-" B Waters, :Miss 1. :11 h·. d "M n ia log- u e--:Mr. an H. Don le,-. ou t. Pa tnc k s Day- · \\ _ . ::McReynolds.

Lris h \Yi t-0. C. Berkey. l r i - h llteloclies - Sophomore

Q un rt ttc. , p .0 'l' he }I u ic al Compo er s 1 P.Tctm for 20 w1:1s _as ln s trum e ntal olo-Sop lll a I -

\\' ('!' Sketch, Paderewsb-LY 1 a French.

8k ctc h Bach- Oo rin e Porter. , B . Yo cal olo-Grace err)- n• t" f ro= H e a c1 i u g-, " erena a Fuller "\ enetinn June" by .Anna - Effie Abbott. . IGn 0' Tnstrumenta I Solo - 1\[artba .. 0

S k e t c h, Mendel ssohn- Cauie

Hn sto n. 01 . Won Sketch, Be ethoven- IOcl er. . · StalTn s trnm enta l So lo- :Mwme der. of Mu"Representati ve :Masters sic ''-Edwa rd P. Hodapp. on Seeing Effie 's nare:sant the proO'ram will recall P. Ab o f · d of MISSm emor ies to the 8 d 'th her, b ott who were associate wWl ·e 'attendino· school b ere. ' e al. o dmo· tbe year _gl ad that shde o· an aca t h ome an IS a d o ti.ve part in th e Philo SoCiety. 't For Apri l 3 the comm1 .t ee arranged the followmg Apnl Fool pr ogram : Inst rumental Solo- W. S. Cook .

Ori g in of AlJ ril F oo l- .f. '1'. Akers.

Read ing-L eta Hu tc l1i son.

::\ Ju si c-Tr ob iG Clef C lub.

Orat io n, "J. l an if c.- talicJII S or t il e H eavens"-J.ame s J?J,i lli ps. :vi us i c- "Sc r eec ], Ow'] Qua rte tt e .''

Head in g-1 Juv icl Carls on.

::\lusic-"Jf ando li n Kh d> jJan to mim e- f:l cien C' e ss is lanl s. 'r J, is pr ogram wa s in k uu pi ng with the an cient c: u stO ll l S. Onu or tl 1e b est se ll s was the ''O ra lion '' "::\Jan ifes tat ions of U1 c jJ e av ens '' h,· .Tam es P hili ps, 'v hi c: h pr ove d lo no otl1er t l1 an ''Tw inkl e, Tw inkl e, litt le Sta r. "

Lou is Kn o ll , one of last yea r' s mo st promin e nt me mh ers of ti1 P soci ety, was a vi sitor of th e soc: ic l)· 13.

IATHLETICS

B. E. SW ENSON

ITl te No r mal clos ed its bask et lJa ll se ason here Marc h 6th by feat in g th e fa st ·w es leyan te am by a sco re of :34 to :23. 'rlti s ti es tl1 c l:\ orma l an d \¥ esl eyan for Stat e C harnpion s ll i p, o ur b oys be ing d efeated by th e Me thodi sts ea rli er in th e se ason. Both t eams were in Px,ce Jlent co nd it ion and played s tar ball thro ug hout the game. The offi c ial s were good, and both s id es fe lt they got a sq uar e d ea l. Th e fe els that they have the be st right to the pennant becau se th ey won a game when both teams were at th ei r best, i. e ., at th e close of th e seas on . Coach Scherer is to be congra t ulat ed up on the t eam deve l ope d here thi s year . Th e Norma l h as one of the be st ph ys i cal directors in the Missouri Va ll ey.

D. L. Carlso n, of Shickley, h as been el ected manager of b ase ball

l'cJ r Uan· w :1 s 111 ann gc r Ia ·t year a11 d no\\· looking up pr;wti c

g:IIJI('S witl1 \' c·ln·;1 ska ('it_, and .J o]Jn :-: on.

'l' ll c· l'ol d :-: n; q• illt <· rl' c• IT<'d n liltl u w it l1 IJ;1 sc • l ,;tl l l•l'<IC 1il' <' h 11 t 11 0\\' t l1 r hu Jwl1 is l' a =-- 1 r ol lll(lill f?," in to f'o r111 TI Jc· =-- 1:1IT "·ork is go in g to II(' ;1 st ro 11 g· l '" rt ol' our t c• nJil t lti !-i \' (•<t r. Sl'l lcdt <JII d d ::-l t< 'llll <·rs tiJ:t! ar C' sinq ,J _, . IJ:Ird l'nr <JIIl:ltt'llr s to wi tl1. \Jr· \d;1 111 ..; ;11 11 ] (';t r\11 (' \. <II'' cloi11 .!.!.' firw w o1·k lH •IJ illd til<' .plat e, <I IIII :J )'(' 111 <'111 in :1 h rc lin e to ;1 j) O\\' l' l' nt tl 1inl. :tnd l 'arriotl nr c '"" ·'·i11 g Ill<' g; IJ JH '. <..'n1llnin C' nll ·\\·i tl1 tlH• \\ ork f';I J' ;I('( 'U IIilJ Jis ]J C' d.

'l' c• J111 is to h<· til t' f<l\·<ll·il<' g ;IIJI(' :llllOllg" ( liP bo n-; <liHl al .\ tc•Jmi"s c ou rt l1as 1•<·<·11 fi;-;0 (( 11p in tilt' g_,. 111nn s inm n11d :111<1 tlJ< ' <·o tld of tlt e clo l'llli to l·,· in <·on sh 111 t li S<'. \\' itlt a ,.i(•w 'or n·!IH'd., ing thi s o,·erc·m\Y dc ·d c·n11dit io11 it b ee n sn gg<•stl• d tllid- tlln' <' Ill'\\' c·ourt!'l he hnill rH•:1r tl1 <.· nnd t lt c pro s pe ds of tl1 Pi ,. <.• :II' ('Ompl cti on is an fc1et. Reve rnl te nn is c·lnl Js ,, ill ll <' o rganiz ed and the olcl g a1n c "·ill go n re nov a tion.

MILITARY

C. 0. O LI NE

IA 11U111her of o ur bo ys are l eaving dri 11 for b ase ball , co nsequentt th e compani es h ave decr ease d somew h at in number:,, but the intere st is st ill hi gh.

Th e Normal Ca d et Band wi 11 soon begin to drill with us on th e athl etic fi eld for dr ess parade, guard-moluJ.t, etc. Both companies have in veste d m white ice-

CfCHlll lrou :-;p r :-- Wltit·lt will -.:hO \Y f( well in l':tn('\· dt· ill.

'l it e nt wut ·k t !tal is dt)l\ he re 1s pr on·n hy li t<' r n that o ur ho.' ·:-; wltu an• lll<'mh l" of the <: u:lt·d :-; . ,. 't' j,·c ll dut·ing in :p <"lion at :\ hnt"ka 'ih· on )htt· ·h (i. ( ht <.• ol' t It<.' wi·it s :t : l'ollo\\'s: ·

" n '\I n n·lt ( i. :1 hun e It of o ur to lh <' Xati onal

''' <' II t t <. :\" <.'h t·n:-;k<t 'i h· for Jll. ' Jl<'rl io n td' ( ( · o( tha t pla c·c. ' llti :-; is llllt.' nt' lit e larg-e t and ('()lllJI<llli Cs or th X bra s1m ( l n a n Is.

Ou r wltat tlt e xLt·ninitt g gd h t' t' "' for Lh c lll. \\' l' t'<.' d0t ai led f r all of.' tit <.' lllO\'e Ht cnt:-; and dtd <·t'<.• di L to th e tns<.:d\·<.':s aml the guard.

'' .Alt er iw-;pc t io11 "' were n ·cd to :tlld were r oy all y· tit<.' lGlk l-5 lnb llnlit Ut e !tours o l' tlt c n in·ltt. ':·?rc gt Yt'll l'nll lo b ea uc lub t·oont s, and w ill n ot soon It <.• ho s pi La I tendered us.

LJ e ut o n:tn t NLcwnrt \Ya s our el tapc ron, nnd as sue h. ca n't be h.cat. During i nsp oet i on, Stub Purl'I Ott h ad Lo W<'a t' l i' r enc h h eels to come up to t lt c regulation height, hut he go t tho se Fre nch li ce ls, 1r-; a 1n , ·stcn·.

" \Viii HCJ1f ro 'va s pr omoted to Corporal, but that was not all he got, for he also got the sma ll-p ox and has b ee n under ths weather ever Rin ce ''

The boys are all looking forward to the encampment of the guard at :Fort Ru sse1l \V vomin o· so me time \ ' • 0) jn hugust.

Some time ago it was n eces sary for the cap tain of co mpany A to tiSCertai n ho w man y n1en were marl·i ed in hi s company. He asked a ll that were, to st ep four pace s to the front. Serg't. Burkey imme diatel y obeyed orders a nd stepped to the

rro nt. Then to be ur e that all under st oo d hi m. he told tllo e remaini tw: to go I'our 1 to tlle rear if tIt " r ingle. Lieu 't. Bedell a Jon held hi ground. Tlle capto in approached him .a nd asked wh et her he married or not . · ·Xo. r. · · wn th e repl r. The s nm re pon e gi \'e.n to th e q ue tion whether be wa single or n ot . "\Ye ll. nre you then." t h capta in r eto rted . Benni e replied. "I"m co urtin ' :llabel." Th e '·fell out." . Li en 't. tewart, during tlle illsp rt ion at Kebrn ka act' id e ntalh · hot en tirely- tllrough th e bo h: o that the bullet ca:me on t nN1r' hi ba ck. · pon bemg qn ::;t ionc =I a to b ow it t hat h en rt wa n ot pie r ced h:- the , ho t. he r ep li ed that lti h ear t in hi throat about that t im e.

..::.\.bout the second wee k in l\Iay, th e Cadet o·o out on their annual 0 t ure e 11 rn mpm e nt in the Clayton pa s . he hY een Peru and Nebraska. City Thi s i an pl ace, and boYs are lookmg t? . e tir1 te with a great d eal of anttCJpation.

The fo ll owino· m embers of the fa c ult...- a ttendel the meeting of t he Sch oo l l\Iaste r s' Club in Omaha on F ri daY evening, l\Ia r ch 20th . Pr esid en t· Crabtree, Profes sors Brownd ell , Be ck, Del zell , S ear son. Ron se Super intendent _Da vrdson, of Oma ha . read the l ea dmg paper. Superi ntendent P ear s, of 1\hl wauk ee, and Superintend ent Cooley, Chicago , were special for the evening. The was a memorable one in the hrstory of the club .

Principal W. G. Brooks, o£ Plattsmouth High S chool, spent a couple of days with friends .

SENIOR SCENES

ETIIE L SN I: I.I

The Junior-S e nior Ba ng uet

TLat we we re i ndeed de li g lJ ted w ith the Jun i or Banqu e t, is a llli ld way of s tating it. \ Ve had l1card of it, talk ed of it , and even dr ea 111 c cl 'of it for wee k s; s ti JJ o ur a nti c; ilJation s had not prepa red us for tl1 e event it se lf. 'r he even ing was pl eas ant, and we a ss emb led in tl1 c Chape l parl ors about eig l1 t o'c lock . Here we w ere met b\· tl1e .Juni ors and to ge th er marc.: l1 ccl to tl1e banquet ha ll. As we ente red tbe r oo m a be aut ifu l ." igl1t met onr eyes. Th e l1 a ll was de c orated wi th .Juni or and Sen ior clas s co lors ta stef ully mingl ed witl1 th e "pa le blue and .the w hit e ." '-Che de corat ive e ff e··t was greatl y enh anced lJy the n se of sch oo l and class pennants whic h were ar ti st ica ll y a rr an ged a bon t th e room.

The tables were ananged in the form of a doub le swast ik a and were in d eed b ea ut ifu l with the ir d ecora ti on s of ro ses and ca rnat ions. Mt er be in g seat ed at tbe tab le we were serve d with a magnifi ce nt c ourse banq u et wh icl1 , needle ss to say hearti ly e njo ye d. Fu ll y as pleasmg as the b anquet itself were the t oasts w hi ch followed . R. B. Sims acte d as toastmaster a nd introdu ce d the speaker w ith a few well cho s en remark s. The fo ll owing t oas ts were given:

Our Gu ests, Bert E. Swe n son ; Bump s, Grace Bogardus; Id eal s, Juli a H. Van Dri el; Guide Pos ts J oh n A. Hanna, jr ,; Joys vV e Ta ste d, Prof. 0. F. Beck; Our Al ma Matar, Ethel Berry; We Owe Tll e World a Living, G. D. J enkins; Sh a ll I Miss Th em, Prof. J. M. Howie; Sm il es, A. Mary Dittmer; Our

II .. <' < >. <>I i Jl t': 'l' l1 v ('alli 11 g-. I 'J'( ·s 1. \\ ·. \l't t· 1· g- i,·i11 g· tl 1v <'b1ss a nd :-; iJ JgiJI,l.!.' t l 1<· <·< , II<·!.!.<' s u11g " ·e d epa rt(' d. fI t is l1 ;1d illd t>c·d b ee n CJ II (' of tlt e lll <'lllii i' ; Jil] (' ('\ '(' Ill S 0 1' O lll' l i, ·<· s. nnd tl1 e .Jnnio r· nil :O: III '('(• :-; s ;111d ll:lj>jlill (';-;:-; , \'un \\ 'i c·klt' l1n s r et nm C'Ll

•t f'f<> r a· Io ri o· ;Jh sv nc ·t· n tld ag;ain takJlj) IJ (' J' ' • I (; nw e 'I' IJ; J\'C' I' ;Jdc.·d as _ \ ss 1sta nt J>riJJ<·ipnl in ' tl 1c· (; r <'<' II Wood sr h oo l liJJd er l 'ri n l' ip;JI \\' i C'kl<111d on e w eek d11rill"' Lll <' iiiJI <'SS o l' th e reg ul ar . tt> ;t<· 11e r. sa,,·s tl1 e ex pen encc : tl o JI <' w l1i C' ll s ll <' W<t s worth lJ Jc• w<·c•k 's " ·o rk J>nri11g tl1c' \d tl1 <.' Se niors jtllr<'II<I SC' d "S IIn\\· "\ lc lliO I' in l" wl1i C' I1 is to he pr<• s<' llt t> d h:· the C'];t ss to tf1 e SC' IH>o J.

Etl1c l Ho hl> SfWII t :--e: er ul cln .n; at ll CI' IJ o iii C i11 ('nth ()J'(•IJ<tl'<l. '\!, · Ynnn o· a J'onn P t· g-nclnnte of • i':"'' ' I. t lt c X onu tl <tlHl 11 Iso o f' t lt e l 'n iv ersi t,· a<lch csse d t l1 c Sen ior geogr::tp ll \· ' <'lass F ri cla.'· lllorn in g, l\ larch 20,' on l1 is travel s in The ta lk \ 'll:lS ve 1·y im.;t t·nrtJ ve, ns well as ver v i nt er est inp: .

:i\ li ss Edith Lnf-lin , of Crab Or<' hard , spent seve ral days vis iting l1 er sis ter Kath e rn e.

:Miss Iva :Maud Dunn, of Syracuse, Neh., spent seve r al day s visiting her si ste r Sarah She favored t l1 e s tud ents wit h se veral readin gs during t l!e ch ape l period. Tlwv were well rende red and deserv. in g of the a ppl ause which fo ll owed each se l ect i on.

Mi ss El i zaheth Foster spent n. few day s in Peru the past week visi ting fr· i ends and al so to a tt end the .Tuni or-Seni or BanCJn e t.

. '. 0. ()Jirw :-;pt•nl \' C' t·al daY s 1t1 Llrwo ln tlrl' \\"L' •k . ·

L. 1{. Ifi ll \' Pral Lb:·- iu ma l1a on :JI isst•s nn<l ::\li llcr w nt to :\<'l>r·:r:-;k a (' it, · 'aturda:· in llrt• intt-r·(';-;f ul' th e J> rn,·inu.

Alta ol'

Keb ., SJ H' Ill :-;en.•r·al da,·s in Pe ru Yi .· itin g IH•r· l n·utlll'd II ;H.old. he

wa : a<· <·o nJ pan i0d ll\· J>lr oc he ne ll al:o l'ron1 .\ in ;-;\\·ortlr. who her :isle r· It t' I.

'l' l• c n 'e itn l gi ,·en b:· :Jli ·s gar ct l>nn l:q> \\ .C' dn c::; d:t,· :.\ l are l1 · :2 :) w:ts ind ee d. • 'l1 c gn n• lit <' l'nll n\\· ing; old hallad s:

"Sir l ':rtr·i('k :--;pl'n s.'' ··Katlteri n c .Ta n f' a r i t'. " \ II <' n . \ . n a I0. '

' 'PI1 c Tw o Si:-;t('r:-:. 13 inn o ri e" : nlso t lr c f' o ll owi ng· s lt nrl st o ri 0 '"T'h e RoY t lJ <tL \\ ·:r s S<':tr C' t 0' TYin " and "Br 'c r \\ .o il' G r·:w0.'" Th eY '" ere c n.io.YC'd 'n il and :' lt o uh1 t h'e ta le nt w lt i(·l• .\I iss Dunlap pos esf!e:

IThe gr ea t est soc i al event of the sch ool yca.r took place in th e Norma l Chape l Parl ors Friday evening :Ma rch :27tlt , "·lten two of the larges t c la::;scs in the hi story of the Pel'U No rmal partook of a banquet wl ti ch ·would do credit to any institut ion. \Vith no di s paragement to fann er events, it is safe to say that never was tlt e re such an el aborate " orjal function he ld at Peru as place on that memorable evening.

Thi s was du e partially to th e fact th at these cla sses were much l arger than tho se pr ecee ding, but we feel pleased to believe that they r eprellent a portion of the b es t products wl1ich Jehra s ka can produce.

The invitation to attend the re-

·i tr1l. gi ,·en :i\liss Dunlap , was indeed ,·e ry g ratefull y accepted by the J uni or . :Jiiss Dunlap is an exce ll nt re ad er and we all app recint such au im·itation.

Th Junio r la s pic tlll' e was taken I. B. of .c\.uburn, 'l1uesthl\-. llarcb Uth . Pr0ofs have arri ,:cd, sh owin g excellent results . How we ll the en iors appreciat0 1 the banq uet \Tbich was tendered t h m. wa Lt own Tu es day morning, :Jlarch 31 t.. when we were each pr e e nt ed with a beautiful carnation.

Let us then be up and doing, \YitlJ a heart for any fate, Sti ll ac bieving, still pursuing, Le arn to la bor and to wait.

-Longfellow.

is a motto that should be u se d as a st andard by every one, and anYbodv that is determined to JU[l ke a mai:k in life mu st govern t h cmse h ·es accordingl y.

l\Iis s LTU ch is ba ck in school again , after b eing de tained at her home fo r some time, on a ccount of sickn ess .

\Y e wer e glad to know that :Miss Edward's injury did not prove as se riou s as was expected. She was out of scbool a f ew days .

Mr. F. D. Hughes says he spent a very pleasant vacation at home, for one objection which was, that his father believed in the motto, "Everybody work s but fatlJer ."

Durino· the smallpox scare a b 'l goodly share of the pup1 s vaccinated and as a result vf th1s, they carri eel ' their anns in slings. As has b een seen, of them are not entir e ly over it yet.

TilE NOR MA I.I TE

Some time back, the Sophomor es arrangd thems el ves on tl1 e fr o nt st eps of the main buildin g, in o rd er tbat th e photo g raph er co uld tak e the ir likene ss , so that th e s am e might he ent ered in th e "Pe ru- · vian.''

Our class is not o nl y proud , hu t

IHJ<l Sts or ti l(' f ad t ll:t l \\'(! !Ja,·e L\\' 0 dJ: I Jt l pi o ll s ll ip l<·:tll iS i11 th e lin e of :tf IJi c· li c·s, Jlilii H'h· : 'l' l1 e HoYs' Ba sket tc ·n n 1. :t11cl t!J r G i1 :ls' Bn.e t (' <IIIJ. .\ s <t r •JJ l<' lll hnln ·c of liti s. till ' c·lass ha s d Pr ·ided to !Ja,·c th rir pi1·turl's (' opi t ·d up o 11 a pa ge of Ut e' '• J> C' J'tt\ inn. "

FRESHMAN FRILLS

RUTH

A pril fir st is us ual ly considered a day for jok es, but th ose wbo s aw tb e Fr eshm en "c om e jn" on that m orning, a ll agr ee that j t ' vas no joke, but on e of th e pleasa nt eve nt : of th e se m es ter and a go od s end- off for the sprin g v ac ati on.

Th e clas:c:; had d ec orat ed t l1 e el w 1th a can opy of it s co lors, wlnt e and go ld, wh ich mad e a fin e ba ckground for th e g irl s w ho 'v e rc> dresse d in whit e with go ld sas lt es, as th ey g ra cefully performed an appropriate drill.

young men of the cla ss in s oldierly s tyl e maneu ver e cl th e ir cane s de c orated with whit e and g old in a trul y mil itar .v manner. The drill s were int ersperc ed with v er ses of the clas s the la st verse of th e s ong bemg r ese rv ed for the end. rrh e s on o· C> "·as compo se d by ::\Ii ss Pau li ne Aden, who hid s fair to be the cl as s po et ess and cov er her self and cla ss of 19 Jl with gl or y.

Tt is wi th real appre ciat ion that th e c lass acknowledge s it s indebte dn ess to thei r ad vis er Prof G1·eo·,)· • bb1 who spar ed no pam s to as sist the cla ss in it s efforts. Al so Mi ss Gunn , with out whose a id we could not ha ve gotten along .

On e me mb er of our class , Mr . Renfro, wa s unable to take part in

th e o wing· to a pr e vi ous e ngnge n1 c nt. 'l'lt c c la ss Ut ink s Utc ir so ng whi ch fCJ II ()\\' S is S lli' C o l' f> C' (' Oi ll ill g i ll lll lOI'ta l i[ it fi nd s i ts wa.'· i11 to print t lll' Ollglt Ut e pag·es of tlt e 1\o nnnlit e.

Class Son g, Apr il 1, 1908

As F'r es h 111 <.: 11 11 ow 1\' c (' 0 11 1e lo yo u, \Ve're here 10 mak e o ur ho i\' d 'ye do, \V e '\' e st udi ed ha rd th e wh ole yea r thru Lan g ua ge, hi sto ry, Z. Y, X, A nd to ou1· t eac hers a ll bee n t ru e, Lu cas, Culb e1·lson , l:!;lli s. vVo od s, Beck, Our col or s, whi le and g old en hue , vV e 'r e alw ays proud to b rin g to vi ew, Fr eshm e n. Fr es hm en, F' 1·esbm e 11.

)Jext ye a1· we all sh a ll So ph omor es be , " Wi se fool s" ou r et ym ol ogy

De lze ll 's c urves in g eo m et ry.

We wil l try to imi la te, :'vla cb et h. g t·eat C ea sa r, chemi st ry \V e will get into our pale.

As at hl et ic s, to g, we "S oph s'' yo u' ll see, But Scho tt wi ll no t o ur l ea der be, So phom or es, Soph om ores, So pho m ore::;

A nd th en w e' ll t al\ e the Jun ior r ow , \V e' ll s urel y try to make a sho w,

A nd to the la b 't·a t or y go

For t he wondrous mi cr osco p es, \•Vhere pl eas ures min gle fr ee wit h woe, A nd canin es l ose the ir hopes.

Obs e rvin g c hildr en do just so,

Eh•c·tlng "h;l t ",. 11111st '' oultl know J 11111 o J's. .I 1111 i o rs. .lunln r ,...

In :\tn t ••n 'I•·\ •·11 "• •'II :-'. • nlur,;

And old•·•· "b• 1·. don't

Our pi.111H 111a.' n ot :lL:I't'• ' \\'ith lh•· t·t·itlc-s' ••sti ru.tt,•.

But 1.; •· ·bs. H IIIIH•'· :\ lt'a rs and St:'h1(•( • \\ ' Ill ht•lp 11,.;

Tlu·n 01 11 t u l•·.lt'h w,· :Il l ,.;ha II be

T he world awaits n1 1r hrillla tu·y.

St• n lo r s. St• nlor '. S ••n lor ,;.

.\ nd no\\', g·c,o tl 1'1·iv1H I:-: nt ll' thank ;;; t (l \' ( lll

Jo' o1· .\ ' !11.11 ' ki 11cl gT;II'I' ill tlti:' 1'(' \'iC\\'. \\ '<•' II l1i <' ''"''I' ltliiHltTn\\. to < >nr n nd ltnpp,,·

\ncl t<•ll tlr t• :-; tun· nt' 1\' J'tt

\\ 'itl1 it :-: \\:t> nl th t) t'

ll<l ll l( ':-; .

Tt' s .\ pril fi1· :-: t ;ll td \\'(' :-; kido o.

So llo\\' "·<· hid \' ll tt n II ndil'll 11'n•:-; llltl< 'll. · l·'t·t•s ll llll' ll. .Fr cB hJt l<'ll.

Iexp ri n ee::- makin g tlt e m eetiHg- n ,. ry helpful oue to the boy ·. \ \' l' "' Ne n fH , ·ored by a se lect i on from )Lr. Lansi ng.

\\' n otie that Pr ofe or Aller i:' to he the delegat e to re pr esent I he tulcnt n ociation of th e Norlllnl at the pr s id e nts, co mmi tteeHH' ll an l facnlh- to be h<.' ld at Yo rk. .\pril 10-12.

Th e s tn tisti of tb e Yo un g :Men 'B t ' It r i;;;t ia n ti ous of Ne bra ska l'nr YNll' bow Pe rn a rankfir t 'of a ll th e co ll ege of the uui,·er iti e exc lud ed . \\ -c indeed fee l proud of our Y. ::\1. C' -\. O ur wo rthy pr es id ent nnd oflicc r of tb i Yea r cn n feel thnt th ,. ha, ·e a ccoml1li c;;hcd n w or k. for th e Y. :\L C. A. r ea hz e thnt t-Il e\- hn,·e "o vk ed ha rd and cl one e,·c rd1ino· in th e ir power to nw kc a s;oc iation mo st helpl'nl to th e t nd e nt s of th e Normal.

Y. M. C. A.

C. ( . . 8 r. I' Y

,, )Ii ss Vibbe rd. the Genera l ec r e--------· I-nn- of the Y. \\ C. A. of the U nt-

Th e Y. ) 1. C .. \. c ll',: tcd ne \Y o fTif't'I 'S l\ 1n n·ll -Hit. 'l'll c lt an: c·IJos t•Jl t l 1c t'ollo\\·iug ollicer::;: Pr cs id<•nt- l'. \\ -. :::-in1 i th. Vi ce Pt ·t•sidc ut - Cl wrl e::s ton.

' l'l. <'ct !:' llt 't• t·- .1. tt e ll. Hc (' ord i ng us s e 1 \VItiLfiPid. . F ('ol T t' S JIOilcling os not.

.\It ·. N iii Jo n s, otiL' Gene r nl Secretar,, ·, \\'<I S \\'itll us ag nin , aud led the m ect i ng J' C('e ntl , -. E,·e lT one gT<' at 1.'· <•n .io.\'t•d ll is ta lk. His s ubj ec t, ''' l'l1 c of tl te Emerge ney to on r Ji, ·es,'' wa s very .._\ fter hi s \'CIT inter est ing Ln I k, C\ 'C LT one join ed in giv i11 g o1·igi1ml tlLOllg lt ts ':mel per-

, ·cr.s ih- at Lin co ln , wa s with _u s l'rolll to Her YISi t. fr om whi ch "- e tru t nm ch good will rc ult, wns a so ur ce of help and Moul- i11 s piration to us. Th e Sund ay C' rnoon m eeting ,,-a s one conlcl n ot help but d ee pen the s plrit nnlit Y of e'e rr girl "ho h eard l\ li ss 'Vibbard' s ea rn est nppeal. Rhc is int er este d in th e Stnclent Vo lu nteer nwYemcn t·, mu1 ilr she "n s her e, fi,·e gi rl s from onr .A ssoc intion pledged themselve s for thi s work· Misses R ebecca Rutter, Eth el Nellie Hettie De nni s, Blanche Colhn s and l\Iinnie Sa ll.

The memb ers of the New C nbin et hav e begun ehe ir work "ith much (Conthmed on Pn.f!'e 13)

ftormalitr

teew,

A Monthly M agazin e Publi shed in the Int erests of Ed ucati on.

Published by The State Norma l Sc hoo l.

Subsc ripti on soc per year. roc per sinl-:1 ..: co py. Adverti sing rat es f urni shed on appl icati rJ n.

En te red at th e P os tofflce at Pe ru. \t·con J cla ss ma tt er.

Editori al Staff

JOHN T AK ERS. E utT CW tN C 1111,1-. J. HAROLD A!>SOU ATh Etll t CJ «

J. E. MORG AN.

J OHN HANNA

C 0. O LI NE ETHEL BERRY

B. E. SWENS ON CLARA SHIRES

W. N. DELZELL

E. R. BURKEY, BU!>18ES!. MII:<IIGI-R.

C. W. SM I TH, ASSISTIIr-; T

G. D. JENKINS. A5SI!>TIINT MA NII GJ; II

EDITORIAL

Dcba ti nJ: Lit e rar y Mlllt nr y -Ath let ic Exc h.1nl(c .\ lumni

IEarly Indication points to a "bumper" fruit crop fo r this section of the state, and every known sign indicate s a "b ump e r" e nrol lment at the No rmal Summ er School.

r:rh e r ecen t sma ll -pox excit ement in the v ill age, due to the fact that two ve r _, mild cases we re reported and jri:lmediately quarantined, h as chid down as qui ckly as it sp run o· in to e xi . tenc e. It is customary tho se who do not stop to th ink, to conc·lude that the re may be verv great da nger in havi ng' two ve ry in ild cas es of :mall -pox in th e vi llag e, but tho. e who r ea l ize the very great pr eca ution that is con stantl y

l;rk <'ll tu tn·e·,·c·nt t ir e s pn•;HI of c·onlngi()ll of' ""·'· ki11d, kilO\\- tlr;r l HO

.Jic• r <·< ·Ill of' tire· stlldt·nt:-; :11·t· s nl'c r

l!e•n• I 11:111 t IIC ·,· \\'o uld he· at t lr ei r

·IIIHrr<·-; . \\ ' <· pl eas •d I o note I lr;rl I Ire · !-. I nrl e nt s \\' PJ'V qn i<'k to C' onri C' IIIIr :t ft (' 11 11 tf S I 0 lllflg ll if\ tJt e :1 111 1 llr;rl al l is q ll i<'t. witl r 11 0 Jli 'OSJI<•c·l s of' :t 1'11 rl lr<·r SJll'<'ncl o f' t It <I is <·II S<•

l)r<•s ide·Jrf ./. \\ '. ( ' rah lrec

h <·<·JI s ign;r II_, . lrcJJ I()n •d h_,. h <'i ng ll llf l lr inrn11 :-. l.' · s <·l <·•·l< •d ;rs :t .iudg-<' in tl •P l11 f< ·r-s i: rI" \" S<'lrool I>;rnd D<·h;rtin!!,· e·o nl <'st ,,·lri c· lr lr c·ld i r1 D<•l(;rih. nt tlr<' .\"ortlr<·rn Illi nois \"onnnl Sc·hool I lr i s Il l(til I lr. 'I , lr i s Is () II (' () r t lr gr<·at<•sl t·\·<·lrl s of' it s kind nn ro n gl ll( ' :\ur JJr:ll Sc·lrools ol' I lrC' l'n iled St nle• s, ;r nd t II<' .in cl g<'s <1 n• SP IPdN1 onh· \\'ill1 t il <' ,-<·n· gr <':ll<•st vn r0 . . . ' <IIIII llr <' ll olrl\ · l'n>lrl tlro s<• \\·ho <Ir e Cfll.<llific•cl t·o <lo su<·ll l'Xl lt• rt \\'OI··k. ( hr r Xo n11 :r.l lr m; h e<m ·iro lror (' d i11 l11t> (' lrni<' t' of' J> n•s i<l c nt C rn htn·e UJHh·r l11P S<' t·oncl ition s.

Pr es id e nt G eo r ge E. ::\lartin, of t ir e Soutl r<•a ste rn T en<·lre r s' c: intion ,,-l ri l' lr <'onvenccl at He ut r irc tir e fin;t of Li te n wvilr, dc s 0n •cs a SI> C<' ial ll lcdal l'or th e <>x<·ollent 1ll<l ll1l.c r in \\'l rie·lr he plannC'<l nnd C'Ollduc·tcc1 the affai1·s of that gr eat u::;soc iat iou, al t lr ough ti re So uth eas te rn ...-\ sso<·ia tion lra s p: r ow 11 lar ge !· tl1an tlr c Stat e T ca <'11 c 1·s' .A s soc iatio n ,, as so me .'· c ar s ago , yet Pr0 sicf0llt :\ Jarlin C'oncludec1 tl otai I o f' tl1c meeting· \\'i th a 1nastcr l1 aml. Hi s achni nistra tion wa s one of the mo st s uccessful in the 'histon· of the assoc ia tion fro111 everv Princi pal ::\fmtin !'s one of :.:l e br as ka 's st ron gest and 111 ost progTcssive publi c schoo l men nnd we are pleased to n otice t lmt he is to he with the Nor ma l aga in

'I II E XOR :-. IA LITE

to :t=-' :' 1:-' t I ll th • • •ss ion .

tlr:tt th<· tinw ror th intcr·o iiC' g Jat{' d <.' ha t ing- c·tlllf t' st:::

Jl •ar, I II<· st utl t>n l s :IJ'l' h •om in:!

lllO J'(' <ll ld 111111"<' illll'l ' l'Si t> d in thL'

Hl(' (' ( 'S S (lj' I III I' {l •;tJIIS. \\ 'c• IJ H\'( h;H1 a g-oo d. •·<·<·nn l ht·rt>tnt'on•. and ,,- (' <.ll'C an X tt llt:-. tn lll<li n l:till tltnt r <'on.l :-;t ttd l' lll ought to le •I a kc •v tt Jll' t'S illt<t l i ntl•t·<':-:t ·-in iniPr vollt•!...!, i: t1,. dPI ,; tl i n g. Tit<.' st n\\'IJ u !tis colic•!!· . i ·

II Ot o nl ': dot tt g· a gT C': lt d <.•al l'n r ?"'" !--' <'1 1-l l< ,·l· l <l J lll tt 'n t. h ut It<.' is d 1,. all fl!l\\'l' l' to uph old il r< h: ltll l<' J' td Itt :-: t·n ll <•g <' 'l' hc I S llJl l l: >t ·t : tt<' lt 41 Pl l<' d<•:-:C'n·C':-: is the wlr olt• -:-· t nt l<·d ttpp< lt'l n l' 1'\'l't'\' mcmIJC'l' o !' tl r<· l':t l' ttlt ,·. and t lt P.c nthn1'1 1- IIJil't' <tl i on o l' \' C' lY tnde !l _1. \\ 'it lt S l!l ·lt S ll flJl O !'( Ol ll' dtha 11 11 t!,' t P<tll ts t to s('< ll 'C' a dd itional , ·i!'I OI 'i<·s in t iJ C' l'ot·c ll si<• fi el d.

Y. W. C. A.

( Co nl ill ltt'd /rout l'c !J:c· 11 )

Splrl t <tnd L' l1 Lln tsi<t s nt , "-hich

s ur ·es for th e• .\ ss oe iat ion a su cces sful \ 'C'H r.

13 C'ss F' ns tet·, \Yh o w a. com11C II cd to l eH\'<' s <" lt nn l se , ·era l w eeks ago, wa s It I'C last. \YCc k on a vis it. led o ur pra ye r rn eetJn g, a nd. ·we were glad to see l1 er ag:11n. w ill fini sh her CO ll i' SC Ill S lll11 111 E' l' sc h oo l.

S nndn y aft e rn oo n, March 29, OCC lllT_cd th0 th ird of o ur Mi ssio uar.v in Y. \Y. C. A. Thi s w as on Tnd rn, nnd \\ ns led lJy :Mi ss Lu cv Bo: v? n· \V c lt ea rd of the tr eatment of wom en ari d mi ss ion ar i es of a ll of \V lt1Cl1 e llln h as iz ed th e n ee d of wo rk in t lt is fi eld.

'rhe Y. l\ f. and Y. \V. C. A. will l10 ld a jo int m ee bno· on E aste r Da -.r E ] . 0 G '• _a r y l ll th e mo rnin g wi ll be a sunn se prayer me et in g, Jed by Prof Rou se , and in the af te rnoon a '

meetiug Jed lri Lu cas Th ese beco me one of .t he pl easot the c ll oo l, to t ho e ll hO ha , ·e bee u here yea rs.

N .C . C. A.

JULI A H. VAN ORIEL

\r lri ss O'Hern of ', • .., . ' 1o ux 1ty, a a new m em ber of on r ocia tio n.

_\ bo ut t llen h· memb ers of the N. l. . ..:-1. . droYe to A uburn , hlarch :2:2. to atte nd 1\Ia ss.

.:\! is Eigh t, pr es id ent of he N. C. . A., ha bee u ca ll ed to a p osition in t it G rauel I land High Sch ool as t enc her of hi stor,:.-. :M iss Fight ha s h ce n a ti re le w·or ke r in the in te re::-t of th a ociati on, a nd w ill be mi eel here. Th e b es t wishes of a ll go \Tit ll her in her n ew p osi ti ou w hi ch we kno''" sll e w ill :fi ll mo ·t cr ed it a bl y.

Two bea ut ifu l pic tur es were purch ase d durin o· th e .Art exhib it fo r the re t Hoffman 's Christ a nd the D octo rs wa s pur cll ase d by d on at ion from me mb ers and generous fri en ds of th e associa ti on, aud C au se's Ad or at ion of the Sh ep he rd s \\as presen te d by til e 1\Iisses Ma rg ar et a nd Mo ll y Tynan.

lS. P. Q. R.

C on vivi um Sen io rum et Jun lor um

No rm al is es t omni s d iv i sa in pa r tes qu a tu or, Tiron es, Soph omor es J un io r es, et Sen i ores ; quarmu i ll u stri ss imi Junior es ..Apu d Juni or es lan ge sap i en tiss imu s est Swe ns on . I s, C. F. B eck co ns ul e, jndu ctus se nt entia hu ma n-

itatis rat ionen 1 c un1 s oc ii s ad acc ipie nda s Ben jo r es fec i t; el He ni o ri bu s p er. u as it ut a. d. V Kal. 1\ pri lcs ad g)'lJ , na s iu nJ ven i r ent .

Hora co n st itu ta om iJ e.· in capcllum convene runt ct in crcdi bi lc lcni tate, ita ut oculi s, in utr am part C! JJJ ce dere nt, jucl ica ri 11 0 11 p ossc nt , ad g ,n1ma.- ium i te r f cce ru n l.

Ibi. om nes, sub cono p eo r osco et v irdi, atq ue caer u lco ct ai iJo , atquc purpur co et am ·eo, ad ta hul as sc se der unt.

Dum du lcis mu si<·a s up er c apita Hui tav it, qu inqu i cs r eccnt cs eiiJariae ad co n vi vas et l 10s pt cs lat ac ct po .- t eas prop in atio n es pronunttatae s unt.

Tum, carmine .Judi can a ta ct ciamo re exc lamat o, omni s mu lti tuclo laeta mane domum dispc rsit.

Vetera Prov erbia Reformata at

C ae sav ini s

Roma di e non aed ificat a est.

Aves pennae una cong rc ga nt . :i\.[oll e r espons um iram avc rt i t. fe l es ab es t mu r es Jud e nt. b1 est. vo luntas, ibi est via.

a qu ae altae cu n unt . l est, qu od pu lcsh rum fa cit.

O ptl.m e qui post remo rid e t. AprJles 1mbr es :J1"ai as fl or es effc runt .

.Amor pecu ni ae r ad ix o mni s ma li

Lap is vo luh ili s nu ll um mu seum co ll igit.

Stu l tu s vir et sua p ec un ia mox di viduntur.

l't ramulu s fl ec t atur , sic arbor i nclinatur. '

Cinqu e nu hi es t ar gent ea in te ri or pars.

Ho n:o sa pi ens sicca die su um umbra culum portat.

L orut io es t arge nt ea s ed sil entium es t a ure um. ag ni :mi mi eode m can ale fluunt.

Acclamatio Ludi

Eia, eia, ei a, ia!

Ludu .-, l udu s, Neb ra s ka !

'I'IJC latin d<'JI <t r1Ji l(' IJ! af'l<•r t!Ji :-; wi ll IJ:t \'t• a !-> <· r i<•:-; (II' prog J'otlll S. 'I' ll

first \\· i ll I Jc· g·in ·ll J,,, 1l1 c• ('i<'C ro c· ln ss .\ p1·i I 11 wi II I'O II sis1 o f' ;1 Jlr <J g'l' <tl ll i11 \\-l1 ic·l1 \\· i ll h e> re ll -

d (' r <· d !->( '\ "C •r;t l SJH•(•c·JJC 'S <1 11 <1 pn rl s

o f' li t<• SIJ< •c•r· ll< ·s ul' ( 'iC"c· r n. Y<' r.'· in1c· r <• sli ll g" JI<IJH• J·s ,,- ill ;Ji :-; o h l' pr cp;lr C' d. 'I\\ (, \\ c·c•ks f' r nttt lllnt dn lc

LIJc• \ 'c• rg il <' l<t !->:-; "· i ll gin• <1 progr nlll i11 lliJ IIo r (If' V ir gil 's \\' ri l in g-s. So t JlC' rd' tl tc• JllJJ III,c· J·s o1 1 th e progTHIII \\'iII IH•. 'l'lt c> St Ol'\ ' o l' , \ c•tl(•:t s. 'l'l1c • (; Iori fic ·;Jt ion. of J{ () Jll <', "Vi r gil's o lll l'r w ritin gs. (•t<'. 'J'I 10 Jl ('X f pr ogT<llll \\' ill h<· r c• JHic> r C' d l \\'O \\ 'C•c•J.: s 1'1·om Ut e V ir g il rlnt 0 1>.'· t l1 c• J,i, ..,. c·l;1ss in IJ OJJor of' ll 11r; 1<' <''!-> w ri t i ll g·s. Th ese Jli 'O .!.!,TH ill S \\·ill IH• <':'\C ·c •C' din gl:-- · intc•r c•s tin g· ;t JHI II <'I p f' t!l to ll tn :-;c t·nkIn tin, ;mel for t l1i s t' C' <t SO il t lt c.\· "·ill l 1c II 0 ld in :tnd sion TT:tll , so ;til n1"t0 1Hl wl1 o ill tl1 0. la tin rleprtrllll P IIL 'T h C' f'iC p1 ·og- r nm s wi 11 l1 c cl i f'I C' r011 t fr om th e rg nl ar plnn n 11 <l w ill he h et ter h eC'n m ·c· c nl'l l c·ln ss \ \ri ll haxe som ctl lin !!· to \\'m·k for. R ill ('(' nll w ill 1111 t -f'or t l1 tll<'ir l1 0s t 0ffods nnd he <1 id c rl h\ · cx <' c ll cn t tL• ncher s, the La tin (" Jul; w ill finis l1 t l1 c ycn r w ith gr ea t Sll CC'C SS .

ILOCALS

P ro fe sso r Br ow nell rPnd one nf t l1 e le ad in g pnpct·s on tltP pr ogr mu of ti l(' Routll cas tcnt 'Cca e lJ c• rs' r\ ::>SO(' intio n. He at te nd ed tl1 e ent ir e m eet in g·.

iss' TYa Dnnn, of 8:---,. acn se, visi ted 118 1' siste r, iss Ra nt nunn , at tlw Xo nnal. She ga\'C nn ex ce ll e nt re ad ing in ch ape l.

Ot ili a e nt Prt ained her sister of T ceum sel1 ::\ f m·rlt 19. regu lar s prin g \·arntion exte ncl ed from 1\pril 2 to April () in

tl,, llll'llllwr:-: nf t ht' fal'lll -

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• ' lltH ' I'i Il l l'lldt•ltl I'· .· • , . lm · · · · ' " 'lilt:-: . ot I· ·Hrti lt' :\ onnal nn 'l't•l "' • - :I (' C. I • I- • • s ttid<'nt · · -·> tnd thL' !" Ill ('ll:lJH 'I II • 1-

S ll <·<·vss nl' 11 ,. · 1 :--pn ,e nl Il 'l• ll L'< I Ill' .'\.lll'lll:tl 'l' t·:till illl'' in M --. • lOll ,.; '1'1 I' ::""

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\I i ss .\1 1•• 11 ,.. 1 t • (.. tic ·p l <•:t <·l ll.'t · :tlll l' d th pra e'1' :-. (I ll'l' dl'Jl 'l ·( t ll ('S< l:t \' (' , · • I llH' ll Oil jl . \ ( II I II ,. :\ I '1 I' I 1- t I L I (' Jt OIII (' ol' :\j ,.....·, -: ' I' I · _I I. :lt e\'{ •lli 11 · \I' :. 1 \.. lll g'. ()u nng th :-- · I SS .\ J t'' ll' " j >J J t lll g :H·<·onl t t . I' I • . . < 'n <'r<'::;ten n citi es 11' 1' '. t:-:tt to 1 . . ' .I l' I' \\' h I I 1 . t r t> s ltnl vn t . . v 1 t nm " r es \\ l' l'l ' S( 'l '\ '(' ll

.. Ed it It N 11 · .

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lt c• 1· ll ot nt• . c,·a1ch r et urn ed to ,-., Il l' ' ('\' 'I J'tc .J lll g' sc>l ll( ' tit nc• lll 'I'C :-'.. 't. tl sper':u- tc r Fcl . B ' tst 111 ·)· 1er sts' .J 11 " ccc l1 ,...,

Yo un o· ;.\\- 1 s cv c1·n 1 <1n , .H 1:"o••• 0 00 I Jake, s pent ..., T. · · · 'ts t tl n p; hc1· d·:t u o·]1te 1· \ IVIClll. :::::> ,

:Mr s. ,J ack so n f F.· d len sc•d LI H' .:\ ('( ·' t uen , I H l ,1(1 C'Otf-ln·e fo. tl C: OIIIlll "' \'(> 'll' 'I I • l te n 1 • 11 1 :--J_. ' · H.' 'n moY e to Pc• lll lt' wtLI 1 r · w ill 1 . 1 lCl' :·m mly, nud 1 ' <. te r c l11l dren in th e No r·ma .

Pt ·ofc sso t· Ben gt s on \Vhitel ta t' ''·c:nt to Be:; tt ·ice whe re t lt e,wel·c· .P H1 o·es · l ' · tl t . ,1 :-- 111 a c eh at c he twccn ta sc t oo l and Fn lis Ci tY

1\ lt ss f-lC' lt ro e cl er oftl. S · Clns · 1 . 1 ' te e nwr ' · H, ta :-; )ecn ele cte d to ·t· at \Voocl H' , . f' ' a l)O SJ ton n e1 or n ext

'u1 rint e nd eut L. J. Kno ll , of l_luc pent two at the o nna l 1 n que t of a teaclle r, aml o·nye an ex ce ll ent ch apel talk.

:.\Li Lambeth. of yrac u e, 'isit d h r ra .t\.nd r ews anJ ll t'l n Fra n ce . :.\larch 1 . Mi ss Lamb e th -will enter the No r ma l next r.

) I Da "i of :.\ [H na ,,a , Ia .. visit ed her dnu g ht er, :.\ Largaret , se\eral

:.\L iss :J lar g:a r et Oher n, of ioux e nt ered a a new stu dent in th e ro mm rcial d ep artm ent of the X o nna I r ece u

The \.l pha Delta Girl s in it i ate1i two ne \,- me mb er i nto tllei r club Snt n rday. :.\ l arch 2 . A bi g f eed antl g·ood tim e wa enjoyed by the ixteen g·i rl

\Y i ll Beith, of Uurdo , S.D., th e of :Mi s Mabel Bowen .

Prof e or A ll er -went to Crete I, "·here he vis ited hi s parent s.

:J I is lela B. Vibbarcl, Secretar y or Y. ,, -. c. .:\. at the niY ers it;- , wn s he re 1\[arch 13 to 17. She g a,·e helpfu l talk to th e girl s aucl the m ee tin g wa s cond ucted bY Iter. Mi ss Vibba rd ba s ' 7 elT p .l eas ing ·ways, and made frie nd s durin g· her short s tay her e.

:i\Ii ss Katheryn Kapp erlen, of '07, n o"· teachi ng in th e Beatrice Sc h ool s, Yi ited fri end s fo r sev er al and wa s the gu es t of :Miss El]a Re in h art while here.

i ss Co ra E. Clark vis ited her sis te r Ste ll a and fr iend s over Snn-

:Misses Grace Bogardu and Hil:Mil1 er to Nebra ka C ity :Mn r ch :20 m m ter es t of the Pernv wn.

:JJi ss K ee ., of :Jc bras ka 'i ty , , ·i sited her sister, He nri e tta, sc ,·eral day. ·. ·

:J[i ss l il loren ce VVil e y, of 11, all s Ci ty , a member of last year's .Junior Cla ss, an d wl1 o is now tea ·!Jill;!!; nea r l1 er home, wa. · tl1 e gu es t of :\J a ud c Y ocum a ml fri e nd s, a ncl at te nded tl1 e 8e ni or-.Juni or Ba nq1 1cL

:il fi ss La ura Po rt er visited l1 •r home in Pe ru , a ncl att e nd ed Ll1 • Banque t. :JJ iss Porter is Leac hin g at Uni on , an d w ill gra clll at e wi lh the elm;: in the sp ri ng.

:JJr. F. B ec ka r cl, of Utica, Ne hr ., spent a few cla_, -s "- it lt l1i s daug ht er, \Vi ll1 cm ia, of t l1 e J un ior Cl<1 s. :Jf r. Bec ld' o rcl a rr a r. ge d to l tave l1i s da ugl1ter jo in Pr ofcs .·or Delz ell 's E nr otJe an Jll:tr L_,- his summe r.

Co mm en cement we ek "·ill be of unu s ua l jnt er es t t hi s yea r. AIu mni nj ght wi 11 be on e of t l1 e imp ortant feat ur es . A lum ni from all o Yer the s tat e are pla nnin g to he pl: esent. The pr og r am S OOJ?- he pu bh she d. A s pec ial nob ce w1ll be sent to each a lumnu s.

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It is g rati f\ in g to sc·c· t l1 e alumni re pr c·se nt cd in U1 c s an te lar t7e pro.J>O ttion in t il e :-:c c·tion a ssoc 1H ti lt' st a t(' as t ha t win ch lms fo rtl 1 sue l1 gc nPJ'n I, fa,-.ora hl c c·onn 11 ent at t lt e S tnt c T ea cher s' ..Ass oci at io n.

to $7 . 50

Hats t etson Roelof's, T ige r, Ch ampio n and th e R & T. , in all the nobb y sh apes, at $2.50 to $5.00 \ Vc :t rt· no \\' -.h n\\' in g th e mo :>t O.:<•mp le tc:: lin e of furni:>hing goods we h ave ever ca rr ied. hirt :- , Und c:r \\ t·:tr. ;\l c..: k\\'c:tr . 1-l o :::ic r y. et ..: . Ynu m:ty co nsider yo ur time well spe nt if in St·:tr..: h ot gooJ : tnJ turni:-hing::: if you visit

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Special Invitation to the Normal Students

A tte nd O ur Sprin g Op e nin g-E xt rao rd in ary Values of Interes t to th e Stu dent s.

For the Ladies

Silk chiffons and foula rd s.

Silk tiss ues and ja p Silk s. Persian la wns a nd French ba ti stes

Lin on D'lnd e a nd fin e dimit y.

E xq uisite showing of ri ch sha din g and bl e ndin g of co lors. We ca n please yo u wi th th ose da inty ti ss ue s, most any co lor, d esign or fi gure. Sp ecia l for the stu de nts bene fit ,. 7 5, qu ality 45c and 3Sc qua lity 25c.

For the Gentlemen

Sty li sh v og ue ti es

Fa ncy dress shirt s.

F in e dress sh oes and sli pp ers. Hirsh Wick wir e h and made clo thin g. We o nl y ask th at yo u co me in a nd in spec t o ur li ne. Compa ri so n always makes a sale for us.

For you r own good give us a chance. We se ll to satisfy.

F. W Q Cleveland & Son

Ne bra ska City , N eb ras k a.

When Next

In Nebraska City don't fa il to vi sit the new Jewelry a nd Op tic al store. You w ill be h eartily welcome a nd yo ur visit w ill be a pl easure. Your visit will be no obligation to purcha se a nd tru st you may call and see our be autiful di spl ay.

E. C. Ernstene

Grand Hotel Block JEWELER OPTICIAN

We Solicit Accounts

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Normal Students

D eposit yo ur money with us for th e se m ester or for th e sc h ool y ea r a nd pay your bill s by ch eck s. You thus h ave a place of sa fe ty for yo ur m on ey a nd you ga in a va luable bu siness e xp e rie nce in ca ring for your acco unt. Citizen

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Spring Opening

CJ] Ev ry depa rt me nt is full to overfl owin g with fre sh sp nn g styles .

CJ] V../ e o ff er o ur pa t ron s th e b es t clothing , hat s a nd l ogge ry th e co untr y pr od uces.

CJ] Co me to see th e many new ha nd som e garmen ts, we h ave m any e xclus ive n ove lti es .

CJl No store ever had a warm er welcome for you, and yo ur vi s il w ill a ff o rd us th e grea t es t pleas ure.

J. Siehl The Old Reliable Clothier

70 7 Ce ntral Aven ue- Ne bras ka C ity, Neb ras ka

The University Publishing Is Pleased to Announce

The Crabtree Speller

01-1 IS b th e best effort th at h as ye t bee n made to furn i5h a s pelling b oo I< th :tt w ill mak e the most use of the pupi ls time and effort. It g; i ves words w hi ch pre se nt di ftic ulti es to th e lea rn er but does not g;i ve wo rJ:; wh ic h are fou nd o nl y in th e boo!<. Pre side nt Crab tr ee be li eves that the wo rds which do n ot prese nt so me difficulty to the stu dent sho uld not be in the spe llin g boo k as th ey are lea rn ed incidenta ll y in con n ec ti on w ith o th er work. W hil e words us uall y foun d o nly in spe llin g sh ou ld not tal<e the c hild 's tim e when th e re are so many co mm onl y mi spelled wo rd s that n eed to be ma stered. Thi s is a real spe llin g book wh ic h eco no mi zes th e c hil ds t ime. It do es not mix spe ll in g w ith co mpos i· ti on or pic ture st u dy or phon ic wo rk or read ing, but strikes boldly at th e ma in is sue for th e spe lling peri od, na me ly sec urin g a ma st ery of the co mm on wo r ds m ost of ten mi spe ll ed. Th e b oo k is n ow in press and w ill be r eady abo ut March 1s t.

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Carries a full lin e of gr ocer ies, fruits a nJ co nf e cti o ns .as well as ice cr eam and co ld d rink s. Come a nd t y th e m.

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You n eed a busin ess e ducation, and you should get that education at the Lincoln Busines;,; College because its equipment is first cl ass in every department. Instructors are specialists in their lines. Rates of tuition very rea sonable; write for catalogue No. 27.

We Wish To Extend

You a cordial invitation to come to the Corn er Drug Store when in nee d of anything in the drug

We wi ll give yo u pro mpt and courte ous treatment and will sell you on ly fi s rt cl ass goo ds. \V e make a specia lty of school supplies of all kinds. We also ca rr y a co mplete lin e of Spalding's ath letic goods. Agency for Wa terman Ideal fo unt a in pens, Ea stman s k oda ks und supplies, fully guaranteed.

BURRIS DRUG COMPANY, PERU, NEBRASKA

DR. C. A. McNUTT DENTIST

NEBRA SKA CI TY NE 3 RASKA

H. H. Cotton FLORIST

Orders for Cut Flo we rs Promptly Fill ed Nebraska City, Ne braska.

Gold work a specialty-Ph one 101 Office o ve r p N b k c..;ome r D rug Store eru, e raS a

Nemaha County Bank Auburn, Nebraska .

Will appreciate yo ur business . We refer you to our reliable patrons for reference.

A. M. Engles, President. Fread L ampe, Sr. , Vice Presid ent. G. E. Codington, Cashier. Miss Elizabeth T ynon , Asst. Cashier.

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Dr. E. C. Reed

Ca ll if in ne ed of dental s ervice. Examined free· All wo rk gua r an t red to be first-class, and up-to-date, in every part ic ula r.

STUDENTS

Physician anc/ Surgeon Peru, Nebraska

If you want a meal, Lunch, Cakes, Pies , C ocoa Coffee, Home Made Bread or oysters, you can find them at the Normal R estaurant, one block north and one block east of the Normal School. Board by day or week. PHONE Ill---FRED GILBERT, Proprietor.

Jhe Normalite

THERE'S always some snap to our suits. We're out of the rut-our suits are always different. Come in and try

· on some of the new comers for. Spring wear. If we can't give y.,u a nmade to order n fit and a nmade to order n tailoring style

·we won't take your money. It's a revelation to some men to see how. readily we can meet their every requirement. Suits at . $1 $15.00 $20.00 and $25.00

· On every count in every phase, we are inclined to believe

· this series of Suits will satisfy every man who keeps his hands in ·his and says "show me."

J. Siehl.

Hats and Toggery

707 Central Avenue- Nebraska City, Nebraska

Is. Pleased to Announce · Crabtree Speller

HIS is the best effort that has yet been made to furnish a spelling bool< that will make the most use of the pupils time and effort. It gives words which present difficulties to the learner but does not · give'words which are found only in the spelling book. President · Crabtree-believes that the words which do not present some difficulty to the · student.shou!d not be.in the spelling boqk as they. are learned incidentally in connection wtth other work. While words usually found only in spelling should not take the child's time when there are so many commonly that need to be mastered. This is a real spelling book "Yh1ch the childs time. It does not mix spelling with compositJor:t Of pJCture study or.phonic work or but strikes boldly at the mam Issue for the spelling period, nam·ely secunng a mastery of the common words most often m1spelled. The book IS now in press and will be ready about March 1st.

The University Publishing Co., Lincoln, Nebr.

THE SHAW JV! EMO RIAL

H , ll cz ttic· Cook Ell is. Dt·partment of Hist ory

On the si(k' of the histor ic 1:n s ton ( ' ommon and oppo::;ite th e Slalc !l ou se . Sl. ( ,aud en 's "S ha w's l\lcmol ·i al." It \\"a S unYeiled in 18 !)(), an d coJnllll' lll nratl'" the heroi sm o f' ( 'ol oncl ( ;uulcl 'ha\\' and h!s lll·a n.! n 'gT t> Lro ops. \\'ho ga \' e ther l1 vcs to tlw cau se of lhe Un i on at Fo rt S. C. . on Juh· 1 . 1863 . No t· is it a hi sto ric m onu'me nt m ere ly; sta ndin g as iL d oes the gr eatest ac h i evemc n t of any Ame ri ca n sc ulpto1· it is no l ess a mo num ent of a rt. . .I ?t'. 11 . II. l' owe r ::; ;:'Ly S of it, th at 1t Js th e .t?.T Ca LesL t hin o· in Bo :s ton is of it se lf' e 11 ou .e: h to...., make the City famous.

In · 'Of li ci al A rm y R eg iste r" of the Civ li il is ::; h own th at n eoTo troop s su sta in ed actua l cas ua lti es"' in two hundt·eu fi fty -one ba tt l es a nd do ubtl ess too k part in m any mor e. To th ose c nmm a ndin<r th em the ir fighting qualiti es soo n so l ved, and _were th e pe r sons b est to .JUdge the m. It was lik e askm_g wh et her mer, \v ith black eyes or 'Y 1th blue eyes mad e the be tter so ld1 er s. Pe rh aps th e best ans wer giVen by Ge n. Se xton afte r reCe ivm g a lon g ser i es of que s tion s about them fr om s om e benevolent committe e. He bade hi s sec r eta ry draw a. pen ac ross a ll the questions and wnt e at th e bottom of hi s sum''T h ey a re int en se ly human." 'I h c:; y were s imply hum an , capab le of fati gue and ardor courao·e and cowardice, of g rumbling re g ardl ess of rac e, co lo r and previous c ondition of serv i tu d e."

\\'h at Napo leon r.a ll ed " Two o'clock in the rnorning co urage" is a t hin g that belongs to the minority of so ldi ers in a ll rac es , a nd is probably no mor e abundant a nd yet no rarer arnong black so ldi ers tha n among whi te

This ho\\ ever m ay be confid a ntly state d. that two p ecu li ar traits gr ey.r out of th e ir s tate of servitude. Th eir loca l kn ow ledge ma ri e of them capab le gu id es to the army of invasion, and the treme n dous s take s of freedo m for themse lves and their fami li es'a nd say what you w ill they a ll d es ired thi s and it ga ve them a p ec uliar st imulu s apart from t hat of the white soldier.

Amo ng the negro regiments ?f th e o-r ea t C ivil War non e is d ese rvmg of h onorabl e mention than the ga ll ant Fifty-fourth Mass ac hu se tts office red and lead to the front by a wh ite man-the brave young Col. Shavv

Robt. Gou ld S ha w was. born m Boston, Oct 10 , 1837 H1s father, w ho se home was on S_taten Is_l an d after 1848, was a promment p hilanthropist and promoter of reform s. Shaw gr ew up in an atmosphere that wa s not only co nduci ve to a nd the hi gh est refinem e nt, but to patriobsm. He entered Har:vard m 1856. Foresee in g tim es for hi s co un try he e nli sted m the r eo·ime nt and departed for Washm gon April 19, 1861. By August, 1863, he had ri sen to the r ank of Capta in. He passed unharm ed through battle after battle, a nd in the sprin g

of 1863 he was commissioned colonel of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts. the first negro regiment sent to the front from any free state. The young colonel prompted by a high sense of duty, accepted the appointment a few days after it was made, and returning to Massachusetts he began the work of filling the ranks and drilling and disciplining them in camp at Rearville. This was done against the pride of an aristocratic mother who felt that her son was above leading a regiment of negroes.

On May 28th of the same year he marched through Boston, at the head of his colored troops and the scene presented is said to have been one of the most thrilling of the war. The 54th acquitted itself well in all its engagements. On July 18, 1863, an attack was ordered on Fort Wagner, S. G. The assault was made about 8 o:clock. and was participated in by the 54th being formed 1nto two hnes, Col. Shaw leading the right wing in front. "We shall take the fort or die there!" he exclaimed and in the same spirit his men fol: him up rampart under a terrible fire, until the summit was reached and there waving his sword the young hero fell. The regiment' with its ranks reduced to less half its numbers, was then withdrawn and the brave colonel's body was left to be "buried with his niggers." An offer was made to have it recovered and sent north, but Col. Shaw's father requested that it be left in its honorable grave, and not many years later the sea, by its encroachments, washed away the common trench that was the grave of officers and men.

In October, 1865, a meeting was called by Governor Andrew of Massachusetts to appoint a committee to select an equestrian statue of the late Robert Gould Shaw, colonel of the 54th Massachusetts. Let me quote from the report of this committee:

''The monument is intended not only to mark the public gratitude to the fallen hero who at a critical moment assumed a perilous responsibility, but also to commemorate that

great event \Vherein he \Vas a leader by which the title of colored men as citizens was fixed beyond recall. In such a work all \V ho honor youthful dedication to a noble cause and wh·l rejoice in the triumph of freedom, should have an opportunity to contribute.''

Such is the object of the memorial aH expressed by the committee among whom were Senator Chas. Sumner. Edward Atkinson and I-Ienry W. Longfello\v. Mr. Atkinson was to serve as treasurer. Within the next five months some $!3,000 was raised. This was invested and later re-invested. Both chairmen, Gov. Andre\v and Chas. Sumner, dying, the interest lapsed. By 1876 the fund had reached $7,000, by 1883 it ha? increased to almost $17.000, wh1ch seemed a sufficient sum with which to proceed. Augustus St. Gaudens was suggested as the sculptor. His famo.us statue of Admiral Farragut had JUSt been finished, and was so greatly admired that the comn1ittee made an immediate contract with St. Gaudens. This contract was executed in 1884. The money was then placed at interest and finally reached a total of $23,000. It was to have been completed in two years, but as the artist . worked on it his conception grew until he devoted a part of each of the twelve best years of his life to the great work. It unveiled in 1896.

The land just in front of the State House in Boston was first chosen for the Memorial, but it was later changed to the terrace opposite the State House and within the lines of Boston Comrnon. The site was prepared by removing 50 feet of the wall enclosing the Common on Beacon St., and building out the terrace into the space beyond, making it level with the street, the surface of the Common being here considerably lower than the street. The plateau thus formed is held in place by a retaining wall. A stone bench surrounds the base of the monument.

The figure of young Col. Shaw on his horse heads to the right of the spectator, he is riding at the side of the colored troops who march in the

same direct ion. (Jverhead floats a bol i zing- Victory. beckonIng the ier:-; ,,.i th her left hand

On the face of the pedestal are the follo\ving inscriptions: and carrying- in her rig-ht the laurel branch, and a bunch of poppies, symbol of death. In the arch of the frame above are th i r·ty-four caissons are by the figure of VJctory) each containing a star. These represent the thirtv-four states belonging- to the Union. To the .of the 1loating- figure is the inscription, "()nlnia relinquet servare the tnotto of the C soc1tety of the Cincinnati, to \Vhich

J o · Sh,nv by right of descent be- onged.

The dimensions of St. Gaudens \Vork are 14 by 11 feet to the top of the It ts executed in bronze and is 1n half and relief.

9ol. Sh.a\v Is depicted \vearing cam· PaJg!l U!ltforn1 \Vith the fatigue cap. hts right hand, 'vhich is extended he holds a naked s\vord.

IS ead ts se:t proudly erect, with American features, his expression Is noble and renosefuJ. On before hin1 are the holsters 0 Ing h ts Pistols, and his ]eft hand holds the bridle reins. The horse is strong and massive, a truly American steed, nervous and alert. The officer and horse are on the grim but light- hearted march to the front.

The movement of the rank and file Is maintained superbly. We can_ almost. hear the martial music to which their feet are keeping time. Lo.ok at the drummer boy and the grizzled old man in the front ranks then at one who is third from nearest .In the first row of soldiers, and at him who comes just behind the horse and the next one with the Arab cast of features. See what a variety N of type and expressions are shown_ ote the rhythm of the march, the arms and legs. How the figure on horseback dominates the whole yet how essential is the presence of the troops! How unified and with what force is the genera] effect brought to one, making him feel its grandeur! Truly it is the artist's dream of heroism and devotion cast in enduring bronze!

Robt. Gould Shaw, Colonel of the Fifty-fourth regiment of Massachusetts infantry, born in Boston, October 10, 1838, kiiied while leading the assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863.

Right in the van on the red ramparts' slippery swell, \Vith hearts that beat a charge he feU Forward as fits a man .

But the high soul burns on to hght men's feet

Where death for noble ends makes dying sweet. . .

To the Fifty-fourth regiment of the Massachusetts infantry.

The 'vhite officers takiJ?g and honor in their hands In their. lot \vith men of the despised race, Improved in war, and risked inciters of servile insurrection. If

taken prisoners, besides encountering a11 the common perils of camp, march and battle. d

The black rank and file volunteere when disaster clouded the. Union Cause, served without pay fo: eighteen months till given that of white faced 'threatening I captured, were brave in actiOn, patienJ under heavy and dangerous lab?rs cheerful amid hardships and together they gave to the natJon an. the world undying proof that Americans of African descent possess the pride, courage and devotion of th.e patriot soldier. 180,000 cans enlisted under the Union flag In 1863-1865.

. Augustus St. Gaudens, the of this noble monument, ra!lks .JUStl.Y as America's greatest In th_1s field of work. He was bor.n In Dublin of a French father and Irish mother. He was brought to this country when a baby and with the exception of a few years of study abroad, has Jived among us ever since. Death claimed him last August, a¥d so removed the ranks of American their acknowledged leader, an artist moreover who rivalled the best in Europe. Whether his subject be Lincoln, Farragut, Sherman, Logan, Peter Cooper, or the marching forth of Shaw

with his negro regiment, one is made concious that they are not excellent portraits merely, but have that about them which assures one of the signifi· cance of the life's work of these n1en; with so sympathetic a thoroughnesH has the artist comprehended it. In looking at the Shaw Memorial the sculptor is forgotten, but his ideal dominates the mind of the gazer. Truly this is great sculpture.

IATHLETICS

B. E. SWENSON

IThe two new tennis courts have been completed south of the dormitory and steps have been taken to boom tennis as means of spring and summer recreation and sport. Tennis always reaches its height during summer school and with our two new courts and also the one south of the athletic field we hope to develop material for future contests. The have perfected an organization wtth Earl Meyer as president and A. G. McReynolds secretary and treasurer. The girls have organized a similar club and are prepared to meet all comers.

The Normal opened its baseball season at Nebraska City April 22 with the Eagles of that place. A very fast and interesting game was played. Schott held the Eagles to four hits and our boys outplayed the City fellows but were unable to connect the hits necessary. Rector Pitched for the City. Score 4 to 3 in favor of the Eagles.

The Bethel White Sox, imitators of the Comiskey's World Champions opened up the season at home April 25. It was an old fashioned slugging match and was characterized by heavy batting and loose fielding on both sides. Beck and Swenson were both credited with home runs and a twobagger was of usual occurrence. Schott outclassed the pitcher for the ''Sox." The final score was 21 to 7 in favor of the Normal.

The first inter-collegiate gan1e \vas }Jlayed here .:\pl"il with l>oane. The tean1 led bv the band and !'resident CrahtreP a·nd I Jr. B. L. Shellhorn, Peru's n1ernber of thP state board of education, to the grounds followed hv an enthusiastic hunch of rooters. ,.i'he batting hegan in first inning, the Normal piling up before thev retired. I )oane's pitchers all "tried during thL• game and they started the seeond ti rne before they found the best. Schott was effective at all titnes. Scot·c Hi to 4.

FollcJ\ving is the lineup.

Doane

South rf Harvey 1st HartweH ss Moore c Hallsted cf Wertz If Ward Radmnacher 2nd \Vendland p .Johnson p Medlar p

Norn1al Tolhurst Swenson Parriott McAdams Beck

Eg-gPn berger G. Beck Heln1s Schott

The Neb1·aska City Eagles played a return game here May 2. The game was a tie at the end of the tenth inning, score !) to 9. The game \vas called to allo\v the City boys to catch the train. Normal, Carlson and McAdams; Eagles, Rector and Baker. Nebraska City has since defeated Green's Nebraska Indians.

KEARNEY V8. PERU NORMAL

The first game of baseball or practically the first athletic contest of any kind between Nebraska's two normal schools will go down into history as having taken place on our field here Thursday, May 7, '08. The Kearney boys are a fast set of players and were in the game until the final round. Carlson had a shade the better of the normal pitcher in that he was more effective in the pinches. The game was minus the usual errors and that together with the even score made the game very interesting from a grandstand point of view. Cartney was back at his old place behind the bat, thus rnaterially strengthening the team. Pariott starred at the bat and McAdams in the field. Score 8 to 7 in favor of Peru.

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U n i \ 'C t·si L\· No rmal De bat e. Pe ru . .Nc b ., lvray S. lDO For the fir st Lim e the L o rmal m eets a tea m fro m th e Un i ve rsi ty.

Th e qu est i on of debate wa s. R eso l ve d, that muni ci pa l co ntrol a nd s up ervision of th e pub li c muni ci pa l uti l it es , \\'at er, s treet r ai l ways a nd tele phon es. is prefer ab le to munic il1a l ow ners hip of th ese utiliti es . The qu es ti on was affirm ed by C. C. Be rk ey, Be rt E. Swe n so n a nd Miss Ju li a Va nDt·ie l, re prese ntin g th e Norma l, a nd was den ied bv M ess rs. Ba t es, Har e and Hill s r ep r ese ntino· the univ ers it y c lub. debate vva s a tr ue co nt est throu g hout . It was point for point, l eav in g the aurh en ce a lm ost at a loss to kno w w hi ch h ad th e adva nt a ge Afte r the thund er of battl e had cea s ed and th e cl ea r ed a way , the deci s ion of th e .1 ud ges vva s re nd e red, giv in g th e deb at e to th e Uni ve rs ity by a s mall perc e nta ge . It was ind ee d one of the mo st ho tl y contes t ed debate s Pe ru ha s fu r s ome t im e. Th e judges were Pr_m. Evan s of Auburn, Supt. Dill of Wilb er and Judg e Pa rriott of Aubu rn.

PHILOMATHEAN

Anni ve rs ary Prog ram

Cor n et solo ..... ... . ..... J. W ade Bixby Voca l so lo Anna M. Ketr id ge Ta lk .. .. . .... ... ... Dr. Ge o. E. Ho w ard Violin solo .... .. ...... . ... E. P. Hodapp

Flower dri ll :\I u ic and Expres ion Hall , April 17.1 90

Thi · pr og ram was a gr eat succes s. The Ph il o oc ietv iss ued an invitation to the E ,·er ett to join the m in th is the ir a nniversa ry. Thi s im·itat ion wa s accepted and t he hall wa \\' e ll fill ed. Mr. T. J. Majors an alumn i memb er of the Philo soc iety pr es id ed over the prog ram. Mrs. Joy. c ia s mate of Dr. Howard , was present. Dr. H owa rd 's subje ct was. " The of Literary Work in Co ll ege Life. Hi s ad dr ess \\ aS most interesti ng and in stru ct i ve. After the progr am a cept ion was tendered Dr. Howard In Philo Hall.

May Day Prog ram.

In st rum en ta l so lo .... .. .. . Bertha R_eed Or i o·in of May Day Clara Shire s b. M' Focht R ead m g.................. ISS Voca l du et............. . .. ... .... . . . . . . . . . . .Alice Gip son, Marg uerite Morman . G en Ex tempo Sp eec h .. ········.Sadie. re M ay festiv iti es of oth er cou nt ri es , E rm a s

Vo ca l s olo .... ..... . .. .... Maude o{am Viro·in ian May Day ........ J. T. A \e rs b • I Gla saow Re adm g ........... .p f .. WvaL Talk ...... ..... ..... Io . . ·w d r

In s trumental s olo · ·Cl.eo on The Philo soc iety has decided t? P , se nt a Civil War ·drama , "The CriSIS, as the prin cipa l fea t ure of th e 0 I?en sess ion proo-ra m. The open sessiOn b h e been progr ams always _ g iven two or three we eks befOie com men cement. On account of of the alumni Philomath e an s wishm g a tte nd th e open It h as been arran ge d to ha ve It thi s year durin g wee k. . , The P hilo s ociety IS to be _Iepiese nted in the Pe ru vian by the picture s of the officers for t he two se m es ters. A short hi s tor y of the Philo soc i ety w ill al so be gi ven. Mr. E. P. Hodapp rep r esents th e Philo so ciety on the Pe ruvian staff.

EVERETT

We a re near the clo se of a ve ry s ucc essful year in soc iety work. Our

friends may well look forward for a fitting climax in the form of an open session program, consisting of the following numbers:

Piano solo. . . . . . ....... Miss Larimer

Reading ................... Miss Dunlap

Essay ....................... Miss Ditmer

Cornet solo Wade Bixby

Oration ..................... Allen J. Hill

Music .................... Mandolin club

Play Merchant of Venice, Up to date.

Portia ................... Miss VanDriel

Nerissa ...................... Hazel Beck

Polly Miss Kennedy

Bassanio ................... Glen Jenkins

Antonio .................. Bert Swenson

Gratiano ................... C. W. Smith

Shylock ..................... Carl Schott

Tubal. ........................ Ed Collins

Duke of Venice ............ Gordon Beck

Football players,etc. Interscenic music.

Vocal duet .. Misses Sayles and Phillips

Trombone solo ......... C. Gordon Beck

As has been said, we are expecting something great and why shouldn't we. Will not such talent as is represented in this program warrant such expectation?

6. "Waves of the Danube, "lvanovici Mandolin Club

7. "Darkey's Cradle Song," Wheeler ............ Ladies' Octette

8. "Toy. Symphony." Haydn .................... Symphony Club

H. School Songs, (a) "Quilting Party," (h) "Down on the Mississippi'' Arranged Part 2 (b).

rotechnical Display, InterlocutorGlenn D. Jenkins; Mystic OracleE. P. Hodapp.

1. (a) The Painless Dentist, H. n. Stephens and S ..J. Ellenberger; (b) Oration ..J. E. Morgan; (c) The Vices of the Arn1y, C. E. Rost, Ernest Zink, 0. Lincoln.

2. Acrobatics, (a) The Jig and Extras, Messrs. Cook, Meyers, Rost, Harris, and Zink; (b) Fancy Work, Kirk Maxcy, Frank Ellenberger; (c) Postscript, Messrs. Reed and Humphreys.

3. The Whistling Horn, Geo. L. Carlson.

4. Trouble of a Photographer, Sophomore Male Quartette.

5 "The Jolly Student Song," Zickel, Boys' Glee Club.

The :r::am renderJ l

May 2 by the Glee clubs, was indeed a rare treat, and a splendid representation of the musical talent of the school. It was another startling ex· hibition of Professor Aller's most efficient work in the Normal. Part 1. Cantata, ''The Fisher-maidens,'' Henry Smart Girls' Glee club. Part 2 (a).

1. "Courage, "Petrie .. Boys' Glee Club

2. Piano Solo, ''Alice,'' Ascher ............. H. Harold Humphreys

3. "Spin, Spin," Jargst .......... . Sophomore Male Quartette

4. "All For You," d'Hardelot ..... .................. Miss Blankenship

5. Hymns, (a) "Throw Out the Life-Line", (b) "Jesus,Savior Pilot Me,'' Arranged ........ · · ... · ................ Boys' Glee Club

. . . . Mr. Gibney and Mr. Hill

The following excellent program was given by the Cicero class before the Latin Club, April 11th: Song, Gaudeamus ................ . ........... Members of Cicero Cicero, the Man ............. Mr. Oline Cicero, the Writer Mr. Velvick Latin Oration.... Mr. Cartney Debate in Roman Senate between Caesar and Cicero on the punishment of the Calitianan conspirators ............... . .

The entire program was interesting and instructive and Mr. Cartney's rendering· in the original of the first chapters of the first oration against Catiline was especially full of spirit and fire. All who were present enjoyed the evening with Cicero very much.

On .r\ p1 ·i l llll' \'i n.!" il <:Ia...: ·entertained Uw L atin l·luh ·hy an even i ng with \' in dl. Th e fi r st nu mbe r of lh · pn>.!-!T am the sing in gof L au ri g- •1· In· m "mbe r of the \ 'i rg il and Li n· T hi s wa s fo l lm\'t •d t I)· E clogues a nd

G co rgi cs . :\I i :-;:-; T t>nn an l. Ne xt was tl w nf Uw .-\cn ieri in t \\' n pa rt s: 11 :u·f fiJ ·:-;t "i ms . Part s eco nd hy :\1 i ss i\ 1 ill •r . Th e Ae ne id a (;l o rifi calion of H. om 0. by R. B.

1.ms: Th e pro g- ram close d \\:-i th the Vn·g JI y •ll. re rum d on im os gc ntumqll l' Lng aturn.

Th e n f Lh e se 1·i es of cla s' programs :n il he an ,, ·cnin g \\' i lh Hora ce to be. g- 1ve n hy Lh Li , .Y cia :s, on the eve n1ng of May D.

Yc t cra Provcrb ia Rcf o rmata ab Cacs aris.

Nox stc lla s c 1T c rt

Pe rs pi cc prui squa'm sa li s,

Placicla c aqua e al tae c urrun t.

Verbun: prud enti es t amp lum.

Sutura In te mp ore novem servat,

Ad tu um ca rrum :ld iun ge, Exc 1de tuarn tunicam pro pa nn a.

Manus mul tae labor em Ie ve m fac iunt .

Es ce rtu s te esse accu ratum ind e procede.

Minima r im a maximam n ave m su bm er gat.

An g ip o rtu s est longus c ui est nullu s fl ex u s. '

Avi s in manu est tanti quanti du a rum in d um o.

Q ui amicus habere v ult, sese amicum pr aebe re debet.

Caput quod diadematem geri t so lli citum r ec umbit .

Illi, qui domus vitro ha bita nt Iapides ia cere non d ebent.

Diff erte numqum ad posterum diem quod hodi e facere pates .

Time ha s ten s on f rom wintry sce n es-

And yet no rapture thr ill s, For eve ry month that passes mean s

Another bunch of bills. -Ex.

e \·e ral of the Trainin g cla ss ha ve sec ured goo d posit ion s in grad ed ::c ho ol of the state.

I\I i s Gay Jon es ha s be en called home on a ccount of the dea th of her sister. a fo rm er s tudent of Peru. The class ex te nd s its s ympath y to Mi ss Jones and re lati ves in the ir be rea vement . 'rh e las t prog ram of the "Trainers lub " occu rred Ma y 9, and was enjoyed by a ll. It was as foll ows : In st rum e ntal mu sic ... Bertha Wagner Rec itat ion .. . .. ...Miss May me Palmer Story ...... ... .. . ... . Miss Se lm a Cu llin e Duet .. .. ... Miss es Gri bble and Palmer Recit at ion . . ....Miss Pearl F ocht E ss ay ... . .. .... . .... .Miss Elva Mart in lVI usic. .

Messr s. Ralph and Edgar Fm rc hil d, Beck and Healy

Our class h as taken up the '' Illin ois Co ur se of St ud y" w hi ch we fi nd very interesting, for we h ave seen of the m ethods successfu lly carr!ed out by Mrs. Crawford in observatiOn work.

Th e class h as enj oyed th is profitable school yea r under thP. of our effic ient teachers. We will n 9t fo r get the man y in sp iri ng nor will we soo n forget the WISe co un sel of Presi dent Crabtree as he ha s ta lked to us individually and at Chapel tim e.

The Do ane Ow l for March print s a s tron o- editorial on ' 'Keeping Engage · which contains this quotat i on from President Ro oseve lt, "Charge your mind made, so that yo u wi ll be.m more danger of for get tin g or them _than y ou w ould be of or slighting any moral or religiOUS Nev er forget that h onor and manliness require you to keep a ll your engageme nts or to make timely and adequate exp la nation."

jl,ormaUtr

lBeru,

A Monthly Magazine Puhlishcd in the Interests of Education.

Published by The State Normal School.

Subscription soc per year. JCJC per (opy. Advertising rates furnished on applkati,m.

Entered at the Postoffice at Peru. class matter.

Editorial Staff

JOHN T. EDIHIII IS CUIH. J. HAROLD WILLIAMS. ASSOCI AlP. Elliff Jll

J. E. MORGAN.

JOHN HANNA Litc:r.,ry

C 0. OLINE Millt..r\·

ETHEL

B. E. SWENSON -Athletic

CLARA SHIRES

W. N. DELZELL ,\lurnni

E. R. BURKEY, MA:-iAGI-R.

c. w. SMITH. ASSISTA:-iT

G. D. JENKINS, ASSISTA:-!T

lEDITORIAL

IOnly a very short time till school closes.

Peru is a bower of beauty. Enjoy her splendid scenery.

The Summer school promises to be one of the best in its history. Arrange, if possible, to attend.

We wish to apologize to our exchanges for the omission of our items for the last two issues, as it is claimed that the copy was lost at the office. Miss Shires, our Exchange Editor, always furnishes us with a fine collection of items and we are sorry indeed that her column has not received its proper recognition.

VVe hopP to n1ake the Connnence ment n ttrll bet· of t h<· 1\: orn1ali te the most interesting- one that has been gotten out this year. It will contain extracts frcnn the leading addresses for the week.

The Normalitc wishPs to congratulate the citizens of Peru for the encrgetie and active work t' hey arc doing toward the introduction of the public utilities that so vitally affect the \velfare of the students· as well as her o\vn citizens.

It is astonishing ho\v very thoughtless som<' scerningly sane people are. Son1c arc so ig-nornnt or ill-brecl that tlH!Y come stan1ping- into chapel after the progran1 has com· menced, 1naking thernselves as conspicuous as possible by heavy \valkingand by climbing over other people who are gentle enough to be prompt. Oh, fellow students, \vhen you are Ia te to an en te1·ta in tnen t you have a splendid to \.Vcllk on your toes, and, in behalf of the patient lecturer. \Ve beg you to take advantage of it.

SENIOR SCENES

ETHEL SNU.L

ISupt. .J. E. Delzell of Lexington recently called lVIiss Tena Gunn of the Senior class to a position as assistant principal of the Lexington high school at a salary of $75 per month.

The services at the Baptist church on Sunday evening, May 10, were under the auspices of the Senior class members who attend that church. This annual Senior service is a fixed custom in the church and the students appreciate the deference shown them in this annual service.

Miss Hattie Fight, who left recently to take up the work of teacher of History in the Grand Island high school, is pleased with her work and

is air •adv otr ..• 1 remaitlt l: t ,.tttc an nppt't·tunit,· tn

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• :\lt :-;s II · d ' \1'1'1 t a Y"' ·1 t It 1 • 11 g 0 11 ='Pent ·1 t'., ,,

• < l'l )(IJ\l \\ ' . ' 'Mi ss Fll· 1, 111 aketteld. I ' ,\ .t • IJllt•tt•t \ays in Li ncoln 1 · ='PCtll ::-: cn .> ral rs J.' I, , I h' w ....•ek . w.hil·· 1·.,-IPrsnlc of Elk Cr eek

I a. , S Jl ent llt·t· h . l' \\ ( . . . . 1' u. cr daughtt·t· l' :-; 111 e ru ,·i::;itinO' i\ u.• l; \. <-. Ir s. :\1 \I L' 1 • ]\ I . . . I r r :".. !

C) r S ]H'nl s c..•v• g I> Be nd. :\ 1. <. t.d \'l stl m g- h r not i ced el F'.. I 1·:\'l'll I he professo rs in :\ 1. 1 t•d .chan g' for . th lng l hi s ,· is ilt:-; s heha,·ior dur-

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O.hw. S Jl <;! ll l a r dl cc ', i\ 11 ss ll t• l ·n'(' \'l slt ln galy aft ' l'IH)c>tl l\ 1 one. On \\ cin esc c L' · m· Gll I L c ton ft·on1 1 [· · l. 1 r ea d a cla ss . Th , lhc King

Ciat e rl t hi s cl cls s hi g hly appr e-

M . · l.tt e lr•·tt · I' ' · H '-' - V'\ p I utehin so n . u : •e r anci Le ta h omes in a I c \\· day s at the ir 0 \iV ' 1H. d .n c dn es ch r • urmg the ·c • .> mornmg, Ma y 6th Hodapp, i 11 b pe t·iod , Edward to of the Se ni or class , ?/th e .Shaw a e half of tl :not tal. Mt ss Ellls in thfank ed the f_aculty and s tud e t;ts, 0. Sh aw's !i f a sk etc h of the picture, al so a bn ef d esc ription

J H e. · . · aro ld w· 11 . Jotn Prof D 1 ta ms h as decided to Eu · el zell' ropean tri s party for the Mi ss Et ·· p next s umm er. u _. tzabeth H d P the po s itio en e1:son ha s taken the Brock h. n as Latm tea cher in maind er of tl.:gh sc hool for the rebeen el ec t ed e .has a lready fo ll owing to that posttton for the year

The the ses . l . at the regu l .w 1 1 t ch are being g iven ciay s and Thar c as s periods on Tues · in g and in t are both inter es tas never s buftiVe. The Seniors now Goshen's e _ore appreciate Miss of c1 1 pr_actteal and loo·ical methods summeve_oping outl in es oand writino· ane s. "'

The facult · paid to a · Y _IS a of members the the se mors m running

1 l OPHOMORE SIGHTS I

c. P. CHOTT I

On 20th a cia s m eet in g was a nd 1t wa then ag r eed upon that " our e h·es toge th er and have on the n ext Saturday, .May .2, th. At an ea rly hour me mb ers beg an to a e mbl e on the librru·y steps, arm ed to the t ee th with t in cups , poon and raw potatoes. Every one m ea nt bu in ess . At 6:30 we formed in line and set out by the way of town "·here we purchas ed bacon , bread, butte r, etc. After re pl e ni s hing our s uppl) we again broke camp and JO urn eye d down along the rai lroad, \\'h ere we took a tie pa ss, go in g as far sout h a the ravin e that lead s up to the o ld Maxcy pla ce. , We arrived her e abo ut 10 o'clock, and imm ed iate ly bega n sea rching for a place to build our camp fir e. A s uitabl e place was found, and while so me of o ur worthy members bui lt ca mp fir e, others were busy cuttmg brea d, m eat, and ma kin g sa ndwiches, while s till others went to get water wi th 'vhich to boi l our coffee. A regular old t im e camp was now in readin ess . We hung a pail over th e fir e, which was filled with water and ground coffee, and proc ee ded to roast our bacon on forked stick s. Great excitement preva il ed while this was in pro g res s, and as u_sual , a camera fiend wa s present talong snap shots. After the meat was roa ste d and the coffee boiled , we proceeded to partake of the following - coffee, bread butter, hard boiled eggs, cook i es, cheese, bacon. sandwiches , pickles and potatoe s.

After this we struck out across the country, reaching home about 12 :30 o'clock - very tired , but feeling none the worse , taking in consideration th e g ood time. This event is something that will be remembered by each one present for many a day and every time we think ba ck the past, it will appear before us and bring pleasant re collections mind.

(Co ntvw cd on Pn.gc I I)

Th e Ea ster Sunri se pra ye r m ee tin g was we ll att end ed by theY M. C. A. We were fortunate in havin g a very pleas ant morn in g, and so he ld our servic es out d oors on the co ll ege front.

In th e aftfi! rn oon of Apri l 19 th e Y. M. C. A. andY. W. C. A. held a joint meetin g in Mu sic a nd Expression ha ll. The program was as fo ll ows: solo ................ . Wade Bixby Mu sic ·· · . Girl s Octette Scripture lesson .... . ..... c. w. Smith Prayer· ····· · · ·· Mi ss Esther Clark Bible topic ................ . ......... .

Y. M. C. A.

C. C. HI 1<1-; 1 Y

I .c·('1ll l' C'. s ub .i e c t . ' :\l ark s or a 1an"

IU•\·. L. <:. Le ggett , f) 1>.. pas to r Fir st f'n •s iJ.\ ' (t•rian church 1\ ll f llll' ll.

Thi s wa s one of tlw mo sl int er est in g m ee t in gs of the ;.·c.!a r. Th e l cclu rc by L{ev !.. (;. Le g·gett was very i nte r es ti ng ly and ab ly re nd ered. ft s eem s t hat it cou lcl n ot poss ibly h ave been more i mpr ess i ve fo r the boy s all we nl away from the m ee tin g fee li ng a k ee ner r espon s iuili ty of th e duti es befo re th e m.

Y. W. C. A.

MAHY S EI:I .IG

I"And Ye Are Not Your Own for Ye Are Boug ht With a Price.'' Speakers .··· Prof. Rouse, Miss Lucas Music.··

· Male Quartet

The program was greatly enj oyed by the large numb er · of s tudent s present .

For April 26 the program of ou r serv ic e was as follows: Song se rvice .... · .. L ea der, Prof. Aller Vo ca l so lo ....

.... Prof . A ll er Ta lk

T. H. Gill an, s ecretary Auburn Y. M. C. A.

Mi ss Ethel S im onds, our state sec re tar y, spent seve ra l day s with us thi s mo nth . Sh e led th e Sunday aft e rnoon m ee ting, Apri l 26. 1908 . Thi s is th e second t im e she h as been w ith us th is yea r, a nd we certa inly r ece i ve an in s piration fro m h er visi ts. Thi s was al so Vio l et S unday, wh i ch we h ave every year wh en the violets ar e in bloom, and th e s ubject of "Fr ie nd s hip' ' was very well chosen. Our Sunday afternoon meeting , May 3, was a mi ss ion stu dy on Africa. Mrs. Crawford was our l eade r. We are beco min g very much in tereste d in these trip s and are l ea rnin g much about th e mi ss i on wo rk in forei gn la nds.

Th e Easter service s we re a dec id ed su ccess . An ear ly mornin g prayer m eeti ng of t heY. M. a nd Y. W. C. A. was held, l ed by Mr. C. C. Berkey. Prof. All er led the mu sic . More th an

a hundred young- 11eople carne out to enjoy this early rnectiug. as the sun \Vas rising- and the birds \Vere singing so S\\·cetly. \Ve could thank God for His beauteous earth and rejoice for the return of spring. 1\liss Lucas led the afternoon \vhich \Vas very helpful.

SOPHOMORE SIGHTS

On April 2flth the Sophon1ore 1\fale q_uartet recently accepted an invitation to take part in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Can1p Creek church, about nine and a half n1iles nortlnvest of Peru.

On account of the death of the sister of Ralph .Jones. the class dre\v up the following resolutions:

Since in 1-Iis \visdon1, it has seemed best to our All Wise Father, to take a\vay the beloved sister of our friend and classmate Ralph Jones, therefore,

Be it resolved, that we the members of the Sophomore class of the State Normal at Peru. extend to Ralph our heartfelt sympathy in his time of grief, and commend him to consolation to Him \Vho doeth all things well.

Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Ralph

Jones, and Norma lite.

also be published in the C. Gordon Beck Thea Anderson G. H. Wrightsman Committee

I EXCHANGES-

CLARA SHIRES

1\fiss Goshen-"When was the revival of learning?" .

Mr. B.-" Before the last exam.,

The Courier, Monmouth, Oregon, contains a number of good illustra· tions made by the students. The paper is artistically gotten up.

The Peru Normalite for January is a very creditable publ.ication. Accept our congratulations for such a laudable issue.- Purple and Gold.

The Crimson Rambler, Tonkawa, Oklahoma, publishes in each number a story written by one of students. This paper has one of the nicest covers of any of our exchanges.

ANNOlJNCEMENT

I will open my studio in the brick for summer school. I will teach drawd ing and painting, both watercolor an oil painting. Mary E. Moore.

Suits Made to Order For CoiUmencement, See J.A. NELSON Nebraska City. Nebraska

The Big Store With the Small Prices

We handle clothing, shoes, men's hats, dry goods, carpets, rugs and ladies' ready-made goods. We guarantee to save you n1oney.

Mandelson & Goldstien

NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA.

I AM sho w in g many new id eas in j ewelry and Novelti es, suitabl e for comm en ce me nt g ifts, and it is a pl easur e for me to sh ow and price my stock. Meda ls and cla ss pins to order at reaso nabl e prices.

E. C. Ernstene

J ewe ler - Optician GranJ Hotel Bloc k.

D epos it yo ur mon ey wit h us for the se m es ter or for th e sc h oo l year and pay yo ur bill s by ch ec ks. You thus hav e a place of sa fety for your mon ey and yo u ga in a val u ab le bu sin ess e xp e ri en ce in carin g for your acco unt.

II. S. GA NSON

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(flT Our ad ve rti se rs ar e loyal a nd d ese rv e yo ur patron age . Reme mb er th e m.

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Exc l usive fancy grocer ies , imported and domest ic goods . Fres h fruits and vegeta b les recieved dail y. We solicit your pa t ronage . C hase & Sanborn and Monarch bra nds of teas and coffees.

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Office in Hetzel Block lDbone 90. :auburn, 1Rebr.

The Eye Specialist Will Be in Peru in the Near Future

Nebraska City, Nebraska ELMER DOVEL

Plumbing, Hot Water and Steam Heating. Estimates Given. AUBURN. NEB.

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ELMER H. jENSEN, Agent

Laundry called for Monday afternoon. Ladies1 and Gents1 Clothing to be pressed and cleaned will be called for at request during the week.

TELEPHONE 183 PERU, NEBRASKA

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For fresh groceries, fruits and candies. Ice cream and refreshing drinks. t] We are also agents for the Beattice Laundry.

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Ju st keep thi s place in mind wh en you ne ed any thing in th e dru g or sc h oo l supply lin e. We mak e a specia lt y of a ll kind s of sc hool sup p li es I li story pape r, hi story back s, ru lers, pens, ink s. dra\vi ng and l)oo kk ecp in g s up p li es a nd sta ti one ry. Wate rm a n' s Id ea l ro unt a in pen s sold on a strong g ua rant ee. Age ncy for Ea stma n' s k odak s and s uppli es We al so ha ve a f1r st-cb ss soda fou nt ain wh ere you w ill f.nd icc crea m a ll th e co ld drink s t hat Me usua ll y se rved at a soda founta in. Pre sc ription s fill ed l) y m en of ex pe ri enc e· and ab ility. All ma il o rd ers give n prompt and esp ec ia l allf'n ti on. · · ·

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DR. C. A. McNUTT DENTIST

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Orders for Cut Flowers Promptly Filled

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N.

S. HARAJIAN

A. B., D. D. S. RESIDENT

Call if in need of de ntal se rvice Examined fr ee All wo rk guaran t !'ed to be first-cla ss, and up-to-d ate , in eve ry pa rti cular. PERU.

STUDENTS

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Will app rec iat e your bu s in ess. We ref er you to our re li ab le patrons for refere nce.

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Dr. E. C. Reed

Physician and Sur·geon Pe rcr, Nebt· aska

If you wa nt a meal, Lunch, Ca k es, Pies, Cocoa Coffee, H ome M ade Bread or oysters, yo u can find them at th e Normal R es taurant, one block north and one block eas t of th e N orma l Sch oo l. Board by day or week. PHONE I I I ---FRED G IL BERT, Proprietor.

The University Publishing Co. Is Pleased

to Announce

The Crabtree Speller

HIS is tlle best effort that has yet been made to furnish a spelling book that will make the most use of the pupils time and effort. It gives words which present difficulties to the learner but does not give words which are found only in the book. President Crabtree believes that the words which do not present some difficulty to the student should not be in the spelling book as they are learned incidentally in connection with other work. While words usually found only in spelling books should not take the child's time when there are so many commonly mispelled words that need to be mastered. This is a real spelling book which economizes the childs time. It does not mix spelling w1th composition or picture study or phonic work or readinJ;, but strikes boldly at the main issue for the spelling period, namely secunng a mastery of the common words most often mtspelled. The book IS now in press and will be ready about March I st. :::

The University Publishing Co., Lincoln, Nebr.

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The Address Before the Graduating Class

l kh\'t"rl-J l'Y \V. E. ANDREWS, A\l.t. 1"' f••r ''"' l'nttt·.l Sl.llt'' :lt WAshington.

The• Hp•·c·i·1t wn 1 OI Jlll I ' ' of t ht• tt•adlt.'r wus llc•c Ill '·'IJc·h th · a mallllt'l' to dlscloso e II a I II 1" c • 0 f I l I l h 1 ••· Pat· ,,.,.·s in the BC ()() I' I )C I Ill Tl th · "' sl n•IY uf t•hlld life in r. lilt f o I clln , , , 1· 1 • 1 i 1 \"t' l ancl J'PII.-c·tivc• f·. 1 . . t•xpress\'e m 't ·" 11 1 "' 8 was un::ed us •t a •·r of illll ti • • Or tl II'" "'' nt•t·t•ssity on the part tc Tl bllltl · w st tuly or the sensl1 '111Cifiotls • 1 11 m . . · ' 111 ' ' 0 t tons nf the hudll :-;out lit's ., t t l f rut t 1 1 · ' '" uu•ulatlon of success1'1 II fot· I 1 affaii·H Tl c•:u " 1·sh i P in ed ut·atlonal I · '" llll•t hcHis of t•(l\ll'ation as disc OHl!c) ltv t ht• · • " 1 11 i Hgs of t host• who have won l-;Uc·c·"L'L' ., 1• 1 .., ., • " a ''"a v s 1 1 art••a· 1 .,., •., i \' i 11 r tl · \'t'l')' le llfUl, bnt benefit tht• 1 , •• 1 '" full nwasure of their thr·ouJ.d .''' 1 ' nntst. h•arn for himself 1 '' ' .u " 1111 ana lysis of the powers and t(•fldl'llt'il's f tlon .. 11 · 0 life. 1\lere hnita" I uot Sll tr • l<'t'. Ortginalit.y nnd indc·PUldPtH·p of t 1 part of u and action on the tt•aeht>r arl' to success tn the Hdl not l'oom

Add I'('SHi hi lllH;,lf to tllc..• ,,. 1 more particularly ' ,...r:u ttatin•,. tows: '"' <'lass, he s11olw as fol-

"ln thPS-" 1 . h e c osing hours of their Normal sc oo} trainit r gradwtt , lg, let us join with these ': h ' .cs in some rPflections that· may be el)lfttl for tl lc futttre. Today, emotions may h<' u ·n1rt Pd with conscious achievements. Tl 1 le < ays, tnonths and years of ·· fl'i(Hld} y 'lH"'O • t' • • "' cHt ton· and study together pass rapidly in review through the balls of n1en1ory · vr . · ,, e Inay call them rnetun-'s 1 'll 1 e t1 ·· · WI not ask that all of them J. lrown on the canvas for the observation of the . 1' · cllH lence, but each member or t h <' c 1as · tl · , • s WI 11n the privacy of his or ber own mind no doubt reviews at this moIl1<!1lt nwny incidents worthy of special portrayal. As the years increase in number thPse mental pictures will increase in

vahtt'. The thoughts of scltolastic hardsh it• will vanish but the achievements of intr•llt'('tunl victories will brighten and inin pleasure .:\ fter laying down some essentials in I ht> of a life of high efficiency the kl'l' hll'lll'd to a consideration of ideals in n'lntion to character. Speaking of buildl'rs nnd their models be continued as follows:

"Some chose the broad, ·fascinating fit>lds or commerce in the fond hope of seeuring great wealth. Some, with similar the great lines of transPortation over land and sea. Some devote their lives to agricultural pursuits and d amid vital forces in admiration of the signs of birds, the lowing of peaceful the ,fields of waiving grain, the leaves of the forest and the flowers of gardens, all expressing nature's message or good cheer and bountiful blessing. Some turn with delight to the quiet realms of literature, pbilisopby and art. Some, thoroughly imbued with a .;-pirit of humanity, de,"'te their lives to education, theology and philanthropy, while others seek the profession of the law an-d the realm of politics and eagerly long for the fame of statesmanship. Under such circumstances their chosen models are held constantly ln view. The characters and methods of the great captains of industry are passed under careful review. The midnight oil burns constantly at the shrines of the great philosophers, artists, lawyet·s, statesmen, educators and divines where they earnestly search for the secrets of success and fame.

"ln this connection it is appropriate to the question, what chosen models are revealed in the vision of each member of

this class? They have journeyed together for a time but from this point whither will the lines of choice radiate? The lessons of the past may become wise guIdes for the future. The great events recorded In the ancient, medieval and modern h !story of the race have been passed In review. They have intellectual glimpses of gr·eat armies marching to and fro under the commands of monarchs In the exeeutlon of kingly decrees. They have witnessed the struggling emotions of the raee from the dawn of liberty to the l'res(.?IJt hour. we ·have experienced extreme delight as we have watched the receding of tyranny and intolerance and the coming of intellectual, civil and religious freedom. We recall by name some of the great military heroes, statesmen, educators and desiners who have helped to emancipate the race from the thraldom of the past and lead it forth into the procession of the liberties of the l'resent. wise you have scanned the pages of literatur::, poetry and prose. The mind has been entertained, delighted, instructed and elevated by the songs or the voets and the eloquence of the orators of the world. A few lessons have been gleaned from the rocks beneath, the !Jowers and the foliage by the wayside and the stars above us. Though the words of Revelation we have studied God's dealings with men and forecast the future. In addition to these crusades of history, literature, science, mathematics, philosophy and revelations, we have learned a few brief lessons from that boolr of enchanting interest always present with us and open to our vision, namely: the soul with which God has endowed us. Its }Jerceptive expressive and reflective faculties, its sensibilities, emotions and volitions demand of us a more profound study in order that we may know ourselves to the utmost extent. Listen to the ringing words of the poet. "Know thyself, presume not God to scan." "The proper study of mankind is man." BY these words the poet does not command us to abandon all inquiry concerning the but he emphasizes our duty to know ourselves as to our native endowment and our capabilities to the honorable pursuit of life. In the presence of such thought what models do we see as the guiding stars of our lives? What is their peculiar nature? How high are

rlu•y'! \\'hilc_• thc·y Ill' f'Xalll'd, tlwy Hhould not lw mc·n· c·astlc·H in the air. In tlw micl!it of t hPHP inlc•ll<·•·tual, moral and spiritual lntluc·n<·c·s and fort'I'H ahout us, Jd the r<'flninJ; flrPs of truth <·onsume the drcms and l('a\'e orlly thf' in c·rndhlc_• of Paeh Jif<•."

.:\Jr .\ndn!WH c·Jos"d with a )11'1'oration anrl )Pft an lmprPsslon upon the rnluds of hiH audit•n•·e that th<•y had hc>en urulc·r the· sp<dl of a H)ll'a)\l'r with :1 I tlu•nw.

DEBATING

J. E. Mo1K1AN

I

The fourth annual N>lltPst in debate hetw<·<·n the Peru Stale School of .Kc!hraska and the \Varrenshurg State ="ormal Sc·hool of :\Jisl'wuri was held on I•,riday evening-, l!lOS iu the Auclitorium of the Normal.

The question of de hate was, "Hesolved That the Public Munieipal Utilities, water, I ight, street rail ways and telephones shall IJe under the direct supervision and control of a commission with power to enforce its findings, appointed by the Municipal Authorities." The following restrietions were agreed to: "The question is not to be debated from the standpoint of municipal ownership, nor to he interpreted as such, nor is the question to be debated as in favor of a commission being elected by the peot,le as offered to a commission appointed by the munieipal authorities. The question of debate is Municipal control and supervision vs. Private owneil:!h ip and control.

The question was affirmed by John T. Ahers, .J. E. Morgan and .John Hanna of Nebraska and was negatived by .J. M. McConnell, W. H. Mott and Dole H. Carnogey of Missouri.

The affirmative maintained that the utilities named should be under the control of a commission with power to force its findings, because,

1. It would secure greater democracy as a result of the use of the referendum.

2. It would secure greater economy and more efficiency in administration, for a. The commission being expert and having an accurate knowledge of the af-

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b. It • llllld lo o• II o•d ,\ \ 'lll t rt or nrb llratlon an d 11111. ··"'' lh•· puhlh- cos t of lllll<h li t l!:a l lu n. It ""llld •·llntl n:tlo • In :1 nrc r·o,., II to t loon ·'" "

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4. It '' ' I I >1 1 • th \' publi c r 1 .• " t ,,. """ "' 'tp:llll\' whieh the Jlrf'!.ll· nt l'•· g ndo · ha s nut do th'. 'f ' hr· II t I i • 1 "' I' ,,, .,.. 11 ,.: o•d t hc :lfnrmath·c W{! l' f' I·:. \\ ' l lt tll t'·.·· ... '1 ' . I II · .• lllll< 't pa :\f o nopoCH ,'' l•'t ·1 n!· 1' I · • : ll 's nu ,.; . "('it,. t'n1· the l)e oJI C '' ' · t it ,. "I t"""''' or thl' c iYi c fc d c· t·" 1 · ·. 10 11. t h• · :11·1 k it• i11 th.• "\\'o riel' s \Vo rl ( .. r . . '" :--.:n,.,. ,llh• •r 1 !1tl7 hy C harl es W. E liot 111 .,. ,.. 1 I · · 1 '' Ill nf llar v ard unh·ers ity , Cllllllr·d "(.oll\'<'l' llllll ' lll s II\' f\' \\'e l' and be t- te r n,,. 11 1 · 1111 Sl'\'l' l':t I ot h t• r :-< I he· 111 ., , 1 ., ,... ''' tu :ttn t ai tll'd that lhe utils hot I 1 • 1 ' 1101 IH· uncl< ·1· th e t• o ntr ol of a COlli Ill i ss inl l, Ill'<' :! \I S(' I. lt•'" ll h 1 · "' ' IIIII \\'Oilld h l' f·oo far rCill O\'ed fr0 111 th e h· 1 , .Itt< s of llll' p <' llp! c. 1 h0 lll:tintain:tnl'l' of the c ommis11 10 11 \\' Oltl I I 'l ' 1l' I oo ex p(•n si ve.

· · It is llllil l' cl and is too radi c al a refor·rll.

autho t· i I i cs u se d by th e negativ e co nst stecl 1 r· 1 • 1 lnt·qnt ly of popul ar mn.gaZ in C's 1 n 1 th • ' 1 I' Kan sas Ci ty Stn r.

Allho u g;h the Ncb t·asl'a sp eal •e rs rnnk ed rar ahov,• tll ,,,. . . t d <' " JSsour t an s 1n n. rgn1n en an IJL•('au sc or technicaliti es in th e s tnte nu •n t or th e que st ion, th e decision wa s givc11 to :\'li s souri. The question with r estriet ion s was stated by Missouri n.nd we re ng; r ee d to by Ne bra s ka. without any cha n g0, as a matter of courtesy.

Th< ) cl e bat e J· s we re accompa ni ed on th e ir trip lo Mi ss ouri by Mr. G. D. Jenkings, Mr. L. n.. Hill and Mi ss Alraeda Chase of the Knn sas-N c bra s ka De bating s quad, by Miss .Tuli a Van D1·i el of the Norma l Univers ity sqnad a nd by Mr. J. E. Gibn ey as alten1at e. All enjoyed a ve ry pl e asant trip.

betwee n th e Pe ru State :"\ urma l sl'!lOo l a nd th e Ho lton N orma l of Ho lto n. Knn sas, h ns be en ca uyN th e rc nso ns fo r en n ce lin g it lm ,. ,. n ot bt'l' n mnde pu bile.

IS. P. Q. R.

l.nt in l'lub c lo se d i ts wo rk Saturday !l t h. 'l'he in terest thr on g-hom t he year h ns b ee n g ood , a nd t1Hl8 t' \\-ho ha,·e take n pa rt in Its r egul ar in);,"S Jw,·c ie lt we ll r epa id for th e nnct c iTort thu s spen t.

Th e pr op; ram fo r i\£a y !l th was "An t;;,·,•nin g w it h H omce .' ' It wa s t he l ast of l ht- se ri es gh ·en th Ci ce r o, Ve rg il and Lh·y cl asses a nrt was h eartily e njo ye d by a II Jll'l ' Sl' 11 t.

T ht• fir st numb er ou th e prog r am was " Th e Ode to Fu sc u s, or ln tiger V itae," s un g- by me mb ers of th e Li vy an d Verg il da sses Fo ll owi ng lu is w as an in te r estin g s l, etch of J-IOI·ace by i'ofr. Ha rpster, a pr e! ty po e! ica 1 tm nsl ati on of the Od e to by l\fi ss Qu ad e, a good pr ose t ran slation of Satire IX, commonly called "Th e Bor e," bY Mi ss Robb , a nd a dramatic re nd e rin g in the origin al, of the same s atire by fiv e yo ung ladies. Th e ca st of c hara cters wa s as follows:

Hora ce Miss Wonder

Th e Bore Miss Chase

Fn sc us Miss Jo y Pner Miss Seelig .• ,· ss DillOW

Adv ers arius m The parts and the whole was ni g bl y app r ec iated by th e auJi en ce t

At the close of th e meeting all pre sen J'oined in s ino-in"' th e La tin ve rsion o! th e b "' ith sch oo l song anrt th e c lub w pl easa nt me morie s of the ir yea r toget her.

0 M d Venl.n"' May 25, Pr of esso r n on ay e o• and Mrs. Se arson e nt e rt ai ne d Mr. Se arso n 's S unda y schoo l class at t heir hom e. Th e eve ning wns s·pent in pl ay ing gam es . Th e Mi s ses .To se 1rh and By e rly assis te d in se rving rtainty r ef r es hm e nts. At a late hour the gu ests dep a rt e d, de cl a rin g Mr. a nd Mrs. Se ar s on to be id e al e nt e rta iners.

B. E. SWENSON

I I ATHLETICS I I

ON 'fltl P

The Normal base ball team under the direction of Coach Scherer, Hlarlcd on their annual ·trip May 19. The following players made up tlw team: McAdams, Cartney, Carlson, Helms, G. Becl{, Beck, Swenson Schott, Pariott, IIJggenberger and Tolhurst.

The Normal boys met their· first defeat of the season at \Vesleyan. The game was played ·hefore an enthusiastic bunch nf supporters and aJ.thongh one sided, was interesting to the end. The features of the game were the pinch hitting of the Methodh;ts and the eff<->ctive delivery of Farthing. Three scratch hits were all ·t:he normalites could find. Score was 9 to 0. Batteries for Normal, Carlson and Cartney; for Wesleyan, Farthing and Stringfellow; umpire, Enyeart.

The boys left immediately for the depot and took the 5:10 train for Kearney, via. Aurora, stopping over night at Grand Island. Grand Island is one of the prettiest cities in the state. Among its magnifieent buildings and institutions we noticed The Old Soldiers Home, The Grand Island High School and the Baptist College. We left at 1: 30 for Kearney through one of the ·prettiest sections tn the state .Just before arriving at Kearney, the following was composed and rendered in a fashion that left no one in doubt as to what was •to be accomplished that afternoon:

Just before the battle, Kearney, We are feeling sad for you

For well we know that in the conflict, We will hang it on to you.

The boys a11 swung on to the Normal diamond "feeling fitter than a fiddle," for again the second best Normal school in the United States was doomed to defeat. Schott, the Shicldey "amatuer'' held the fast Kearney bunch to two hits. Eggenberger played a great game in the field, accepting chances without a falter. McAdams also pulled two out of the weeds. Tolhurst led in the batting, getting two

hits out. of four t.im•·s up. St·on•, !i to 1. ( 1 1JJJ1in•, J>I'IHI<•I'J,:;l"afl. Lirw-up:

KParnt>y

J•;g-g-••fiiH'rg(!J' If. \\'a ll:wc Pariolt .......... ss. . . . . . . . . LC'afgn•n sw nsou J h. Strain JJ(')fiiH .•.......• :!h.... Rd11nitlt sd 1,,t.t. ........... p. . . . . . . . . Mc:\fahon c·. Donly Heel< ::h. 1-looly

Tol h 11 rHt ......... c·r. . . . . . . . . . . . Tool c)arus rf. McDonald

Thursday nrorning WI' find the team hastening from Kearney, Hastings, and Sutton towal'C1 the home of the "Tigers." \Ve arrived at Crete at 1:30 and after singing our little halla•1. ehangnd to suit the occasion, started for the grounds. Carlson oecupied the box for .the Normal and Wendland for 'Doane. McAdams opened up our first session in his usual style by slamming out a two lJagger, Cartney drew a safe one and "Mac" cantered home. Now followed a ser·ies of outs, and our side was retired. The Normal got two more seores in the fifth. Doane C'Ottld not get anything until the seventh, when .two of their men crossed the plate. Things lool{ed quite serious for the Normal, but Tolhurst's good mitt saved the day, pulling down a home run from the ban]{ of the creek. Score, 3 to 2.

Peru-

Want W<·rt1. fla• l• ·ln:wh ·• IJIIII h Wt•Jitl Ia llol

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S \\'t• ll H (IJI l'an·lot t

rkc·l, St·h 0 tt

lft·lnt s Tol h llt "R I

Total s Co t ll !'t· P:1 t' I1H'III <'r Ling; . M11rphv .f (',; l,p ,

lti c h< !Y S mi t: h Ogth•n Sl. t·ain :lh

Totn I,; Th1t R h il s :f 5 tb ! lllO R( Hll ('C(' I" 1 · · ss nl t t·ips e ,·er e nter ed upon ?Y th e Nonnn l, w inni ng; th r ee o ut of th e to ur I !=; t ' s P ny c d. This places th e Pe rn · a tl' Nonnal nt the h end of the Jnte rc·f'll l'l!." in.t<' L e:t•Yn <' \Vt't l1 - n per cc n tage or · · e r· 1::; a c lo se se cond. The trip . S:-l Co tn · P:J't'ni:J y e njo y ed by the !Joys a nd we

nr..• !! lad to h('ar the re port s co min g in fru m ttw oth,'r oi the ir gc ntl em:lllt't)lltlnt·t along the wa y. Pro f. Sc he rer b n'!'JHlll!'ihlt' fo r the l'x ee ll ent sp irits and llllltiillon or the boys and to h im a l:ll';;n .t mmtnt of rn' ci it is cin e for the sta ndin g l lh :'\ nrnwl ha::; in at hl etics lorlny.

rlt•llt•\' lll' too k uo th g am es in th e double lh' :H i •' l'. p la Yt ' cl h"rc Fridny .1nn e 29: th e tlr::t hy tl sro r C' of 3 lo 1. th e see on d, 7 to ·• In 1 ht' li rst gn me we g ot six hits :t!-!:ll n ::; t Bc li C' \'II C's fi\' e. ' rhe inability of tht' :--: o rm :tl 10 bum·h th ir hit s, cau sed t lh' lll to f!O do wn to defe at be for e an iuf,•rior t <'nnt. Th sC'C OtHl g am e except for om• hnd innin f!" wa s n good e xnmJ>le or th,• n rti rlc of ba ll. put up bY th e Normal tl':t m. hut this innin g !:::<1\"C Be ll e vue s uch n l t'a cl th nt th C'Y co uld not be o,·ert!tl< e n. n row II 0('(' 11 piN! Ut e box for Be ll e\·ue in th l' fir st and Ohman in Ut e se cond. Scho tt t wirl <' d th<' fir st on e for Pe ru nnd Carlson ha nd ed t h <' lll o\·er in th e second. CartII<'Y did th <' hlocldn g fo r the NorUla l and C ro ss mn n ha nrl lc rl the pad [or Belle vue. Oe ll c \' UC boy s aro n ra st b un ch and pla yed a ro n :; istcnt g aniO w hi ch is ha rd to beat.

C ol nN Uni versity wa s defe ated on I• ic lcl 's day by th e )Jo rm al in on e of th e fa st 0st g- n m<' S c, ·er· witn ess ed on th e Norma 1 al h Jetic fi e ld bY a s core of 2 to 1. Thi s tn alws th e second g am e won bY th e l'\o1·mn l fr om C ot n er. Batte ri es for Normal. Sc hott and Cartney. For Cotn er . Pn rm c ntcr and \\ ll ey. a nd L in g. umpires, Vru1ce Atte ndan ce, 4 00.

ncs ull s of Fie ld 's Dny.

Boy s: 100 yn rd dash, 1s t., Fred Ro clcwe ll , 2nd

E. E. Co llin s; 3 rd ., 0. W. J,a n1es

4 4 0 ya rd run 1st. E. E. Collin s; 2 nd,

S and ers: 3 rcl .Tame s.

SS S ya rd run , 1s t, Hutc hinson; 2 nd , Co llin s; 3r d, San der s.

M il e run . 1s t. F. 0. Boo ce; 2nd, Harry

Sa nd er s; 3 rd, Grant H esseltine.

Sh ot p ut. Jst, W. S. Cool' ; 2 nd , 0. W. Jam es; 3rc1 , E. E. Co llin s.

Di s cu s. ls t. Cool'; 2nd. Jam es ; 3 rc1 ,

Hamm e r. 1s t. .Tame s; 2 nd , Gash; 3 rd. Coole

Gi rl s: 50 ya rd clash. 1st, Hazel Be ck; 2nd, ( Contmu cd o1t Pngc 12 )

jl.ormalttt t9tru.

A Monthly Magazine Published in the Interests of Education.

Published by The State Normal School.

Subscription soc per year. Joe per single copy. Advertising rates furnished on application.

Entered at the Postoffice at Peru, Nebraska, as 5occond class matter.

Editorial Staff

JOHN T. AKERS, EDITOR IN CHIEF. J. HAROLD WILLIAMS, AssOciATE EBITOR

J. E. MORGAN, Debating

JOHN HANNA Literary

C. 0. OLINE Military

ETHEL BERRY

B. E. SWENSON -Athletic CLARA SHIRES Exchange

W. N. DELZELL Alumni

E. R. BURKEY, BUSINESS MANAGiiR. C. W. SMITH, MANAGER.

G. 0. JENKINS, ASSISTANT MANAGER.

IEDITORIAL

ICommencement is now ended. Peru changes population rapidly. The old students go and new ones come.

Preparations for a very large summer school have been made, a strong course of study is offered under the regular faculty, besides others of note will be here to Jssist in the work. The summer school has always been one of the strong features of the Normal, for in attendance are found those who are most enthusiastic in the teaching profession.

The editor now severs his .connection with the Normalite, but with much regret, for he has indeed en the work. Most especially does he wish to thank very kindly all those who have so patiently made his burdens lighter by !.heir untiring energy and ceaseless devotion to duty at all times and under all circumstances.

Jt;V(!I'Y nwmher of the statr has always dono his part well.

Tlw Bac(·alaureate addr·Pss, by CharwPllor BPnjamin :\ndrP\\'S was oPe of tlw most ahh! efforts that has been made in Peru on a slm ila r oec·aslon for HoJJw ti11w. His suhjeet, "The Lite and HPI'\'ic-f's of (;•·nPral was 1isterwd to with int••use fnh•rc•st. The ehanceJJor is a man of national und International reputation as a profound seholar and eminent orator.

SENIOR SCENES

ETHEL SNELL

The annual commencement exercises of the Xonnal were held from Thursday, .May 2Xth to Tuesday, June 2nd. Owing lo Governor Hanly's unavoidable detention in Baltimore where he is a delegate to the .i':ational Bishops Conference, the class consider themselves fortunate indeed to be ahle to secure Andrews to deliver the address. Mr. Andrews is the National Auditor and has a national reputation as a fluent and able orator.

On Sunday morning at 1 J o'clock, M.:ty 31st the baecalanreate exc1·cises of the class of 1 !lOS of the Peru State Normal, Nebrasl<a. were held in the chapel. Many friends, citizens and students were present and the building was filled to its utmost capacity. The sermon was delivered by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, of the State University, whose strbject was "The and Service of General

Every member of the class ·who accepts the lesson •brought before him by Dr. Andrews and who lives up to the ideals set forth, will lead a useful and beneficial life.

The Senior class gave as their Class Play Tennyson's "The Forresters" under the directions of Miss Amelia F. Lucas, head of the department of expression. Owing to the rain, it could not be given in the woods as were the intentions, but the chapel, after having 1been turned into a natural forest, served the purpose well. The fo)]owing were the characters: Robin Hood Chester 0. Oline

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llla•·h \\a rrt•n S. Cook

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l.t•nn U. Hill

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In t >e midst of his men, Robin Hood stands ns a lender sound in body and pure In lHlfJlOSe. Tennysons here reveals a mind turned to nature's music, a heart, joyous and faithful and ·hfs heroine, smilmg. tensing. sorrowing, commanding, gi\'t'S us an attractive type of true womanhood.

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Those who have recently recetved positions are. Marie Anderson, Table Rock; Gruce Bogardus, Tobias; D. L. Carlson, Sidney; Ruth Hnmelton, Cra:wford; Stella 11 {PtalnPr

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Stella Lull

.. R. Burli:ey ·"' .ufan. Kat P

14Jvelyn Van \Vickie h(•]

Harriss. Fairbury; J. A. Hannah, Auburn: :\lisses King. Kimball, Western, nnd Miller, David City; Mumford, Chadron: Saylors, Rushville; Sli:yrme, Valparaiso: Stella \Vnshburn, Aurora; Willis, \Vynne, Bellgrade; J.,yda Rewey, Rawlins, \Vyo.

01(] \\. 1 • Grac-0 Derry, Bertha Reed oman Citizen's \Vife Paia·i<>s. · :.1 ' 1·

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- amilton, ByerlY, Lorance · "., G 1 • ' Jin, HtPih.' ; asgow. May Glasgow, LafM t1tu for<l• ashburn, Tennant, Hallett, lens ,,,. 1· lat'Jl, Hanna Herington, Say, 1 c·o:x 0 now 11 t.· • • stenberg, Snell, Cone, Knn. u <·hin Tl Dan 01• nJ. son, hayer, "\Vynne, Mabel Hewey·. anc>he Bailor, Timmerman and

This ·play i edy It ' · s essentially a romantic comouti· , haH a forest setting with hardy •l \\ S hplr(Y •

• "llc] f . ' ht->RlS, TtarS, knights, WltChAS co ·air" · ing . H's, hvtng out their lives in keep• , WIth the tinte of Richard I. I he lovers M . or ·. • ar1an Lea and Robin Hood, even. Huntingdon, plighted faith on the w ang of Robin's banishment. Robin's 1 ood land life in Sherwood Forest the >nnkruptc>v f • , . 1 ·· o Martin's father, the unPomo advances of Prince John and of 10 Sheriff of Rottingham, lrept them apart until Robin obtained the money to Rir Richard Lea's debt and claimed ·ll"Jn 11 at the hands of King Richard, her god-fa th<-:>r.

It is a story of love, sacrificing itself to

The senior class was given a reception Saturday evening, May 22 at the home of Professor and Mrs. Harvie. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all and the class heartily appreciates the kindness and thoughtfulness of their advisor and his wife not only on this occasion, but all through· their college course, for no enjoys a cla-ss union and a jolly good more than the ought eights, especiallY since our time to be together is so short.

Mr. J. A. Hanna spent several days in Omaha the past week in interest of the Peruvian.

Mrs. Williams, of Ainsworth, mother of .J. H. 'Vii Iiams of the senior class, visited the Normal several days last week

Miss Glen Sheely has been elected to a position as teacher of mathematics in the Beaver City High school. IMiss Sheely ·has been a very successful student while at the Normal and expects to attend the summer session.

The last section of the theses was given Thursday morning May 28. It has been said by many who are most capable of judging, that the theses given this year were above the average ever given in the history of the school.

I

JOHN HANNA

LITERARY I

PHILOMATHEAN

The prog1·am of May 1 £; was as follows: Baritonn Solo Herher·t Fairchild

Reading ................ Robertl; Grace Huff

Vocal Solo Bessie Zink

Besides this a elass the ldnclergarten children, with Miss Helen Cone as teacher, gave the Kindergarten Circle and games. As a large number of the elass wer·e ldndergarten tead1ers, they sueceeded in imitating the ehildren very we11.

May 23rd the following program was H: ndered:

You are cordial1y invited to the ComExercises or the "Pleasant Dale" High School, l•,riday evening, May ::!3rd, Philo Hal1, at 7:4G.

March Corrine Porter

Salutatory .............. BJanehe Bailor

Oration-"Beyond the Alps Lies Italy" Fran 1{

Oration-"There Is No Smooth Road to Success" ........ Edith Crapenhof

Instrumental Solo Marguerite Mohrman

Oration--"Ciimb, Though the Rocks Be Rugged" ...........John Britte11

Oration-" A Rol1ing Stone Gathers No Moss" Edward Hodapp

Class Poem Corrine Porter

Oration-"The New and the Old" Leta Hutchinson

Class Prophecy Helen France

Valedictory Glen Sheeley

Class Song

Presentation of Divlomas

Prof. J. H. Williams

The Class Motto, "Ever Green and Ready," was arranged on the wall in the class colors, which were green and red. The stage was also decorated in colors and flowers, maldng the room look very pretty. 1'his program was given to the largest audience that ever assembled in Philo Ha11, while many were turned away on a.ccount of not having room enough. Every one went away well satisfied with the

way 1111•y had SJu•ut thP This 1,r·ogram was v••ry appropriafP, t h.laHt OIIP of the p•ar·. Hav GatP!i, a fOJ"IIJf•r prPHifiPnt or thP Ph iloma y, has IH'l'll P)ectt•d JH'indpal of the City HPhool at a salary of $1 !!f. a month.

Anuual OpPn Session, Chapr>l, Thu•·scJay, :!S, I !JOS, o'do<·l<. l'rogra 111: Adflr<•HB of \V<deonu•

Pr<'sid•·n I La 11 phPrP CIUHJS."

\Vinslon Churl:hill.

Cast of

HI.Pph<•n B a young Boston ian 1. J. Br·it.tPil

.Juclgn Whipp)<•, a St. Louis attorney, .John A. Hanna

Colonel Carv<.J, a :;;oul.hl'l'll planter, Mr>yf'r Hopper, htJsinm;s paJ'flWI' of Colonel Carvel Hay Poole

Clarenee Colfax, a young southernor, nephew of Col. Carvel ..... . ...........•..••J. Harold \Vii Iiams

Carl RitehPr, a young German, the .J udgo's elerl\ Leon R. Hi 11

Maurice Henault, a young man of soeiety J. G. Hesseltine

.Jacl\ Brinsmade, a young society lender G. Harold

Tom Catherwood, also in the social whirl Ernest Zink

Mr. Cart<>r, an abolitionist .. · .. · .• G. Harold Lanphere l•JphtJm, a colored servant of Cononel Carvel's Fred 0. Zink

Virginia Carvel, a young southern girl, Colonel Carvel's daughter

Ottis Lorance

Puss Russel, Vil·ginia's chum · · · · ·

Alice M. Gipson

Mrs. Briee, Stephen's mother · · ..................... Sara Dunn

Mrs. Colfax, Clarence's mot•her .................... '\Vinne Delzell Renault, a society girl

Ora Andrews

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EVERETT

The I !lOi-' 0 hnvo t nt ly been no •' Jinch-mnki ng period in tb e hi sto ry of l·:,· •reu eve rnl r eforms have h,•,, n made in the admi ni str ative p lan or I bl' society n nd mn ny excellent id eas have h.•,•n :ulnlll c('d and perfected in connec1ion wilh socil' ty work.

\\ \' mn_, me ntion the ''G roup Contest" :trul 1 h e" Ph ilo-E,·cre tt Contes t" as being of spe rin l interes t. Th en th ere was the rt'C'L'fllion gh·en by the Ev er etts in con necl ion wilh th e Phi l o's to th e sc hool nnd many othe r ente rtainm ents of spec ial n ote.

Th e l ast event or the year, but su perl'l'ding in e xc ellen ce any an d all othe r produ c tion s of th ycnr, was Everett's Open css ion pro g ram w hi ch was rendered on rit e c,·enin g of May 29 to a l arge and appr ec i:t th·e audi ence.

The program appeared in tbe last issue or th e .i'\o rn mlite but es pecia ll y do we call your attention to so me of the inter esti ng pha ses of it as rend er ed.

Th e cssnr br A. 1\fary Di ttme r was a c la ss ic in the form of "An Everett Propltccy. "

The oration on "'I'he Ang l o-saxon Race" re nd e red by Evere tt's stat· r ender ru.td imper·sonn ter A lien .T. Hill, is a pt·oduction w it ich deser ves a plnce in the wo r ld of li te r atu re ns a ge nt , ns al so the producer or it d eserv es n ·pl ace among the e loquent.

Th e ·pl ay e ntitl ed "Merchant of Venice Up- to -d ate," furnis hed the principa l pa rt of the entertai nm ent for the e vening an d was re nd ered with a considerable d eg r ee of cred it to all the partici pants in it.

Accompany in g the pl ay were the following- excell e nt mu sica l numbers with which the audience see med greatly please d:

Cor net Solo-\\Tad e Bixby.

P lano Sol o, "Valse Styri eme-M. G. 1 ,·

t 1·111 ,. 1 · r N.rcl tn g that s l1 e ca n n eve r · nve C 11t'

E ll enb e rge r. who al 1 rtx, is su r prised by B ri ce, lov (' 1 0 "" 1 t tC' ll s he •· or his l ong and s il ent t l<'r· rr hrp· 1 1·s 1 t · - er love for him at last ' ' o r· h l ast. a nd the "ct·is is" appea rs at 'l'h0 pin

1 ' Y wa s a su ccess. Eve ry acto r " 10 "' 1 ' 11 111 11 (' 11 l.n1.inr· ,,..,. ,. eo and practice. The o rnnriltc•o sh ows very ('fro· . mu ch s kill In th e 11' 0 or cha t·acters .

Voca l Duett-Misses Sayles an d Phi lli ps.

Tr ombone So l o----C. Gordon Beck.

Altogether we consider this last program of the yea r a gr eat success and rlese rv in g of con s iderab le ment ion in the anna ls of the soc iety-a regular epoc hmaking e ve nt in th e hi sto ry of the socie ty. Ever ett Li terary soc i ety has grown uu-

til at present we have one hundred and fifty members enrolled.

The work of the society will continued through summer school and we cordially invite any of the readers of the Normalite who may school ·here this summer and who are interested in society work to join our ranl<s and help us to make the worl< even more interesting and helpful. Let us erown the worl< of the year with a beautiful crown this summer.

LOCALS

EDITH CRAPENHOFT

Mrs. Dr. \V. A. Clark and daughter, Mariam, were t:he of Miss Ester Clark. Dr. Clarl< was president of our school for several year:; and since having been a prominent faculty member of the Kearney Normal. They have many friends in Peru w·ho are glad to see them.

After a fitting and excellent introduction by Professor J. M. Howie, Mr. Knox, of the Personal HeJ.p Publishing Co., gave an excellent tall< in chapel on versonalities. He incidentally stated that George Washington never saw an orange or was never handed a lemon.

Mrs. E. E. Thayer of Ashland visited her daughter Grace and attended the closing exercises of the Normal

Miss Glen Sheely spent Sunday in Nebraska City as the guest of Mrs. Dr. McVeau Edmonds.

::\1iss Edith Laflin came from Crab Orchard and accompanied her sister Katherine, who was ill, home.

On Thursday, May 28, the Kindergarten bad special closing exercises to which the parents were invited. T·he room was decorated prettily for this occasion.

Mr. and .Mrs. Beech of Shicl<ly attended the graduating exercises of their daughter, Edna.

Mr. Poole, of Rising City, visited hls brothers, Ray and Clarence.

On Friday, May 22, the Alpha Delta girls had a picnic. The "pig" money was used and those knowing how money

was raised wilJ I<UO\\' what a large picnic was possible.

SadiP Buser and Daisy Smith or Dawson w('re guests of Dillow.

Hogers of Omaha visited lwr sister, Grace Culbertson.

eame down from Lincoln TuPsday, and spent the day with his daughter, Florence.

:\Irs. Hill of Silver Creel\ visited her son, A. J. Hill.

;\Irs. J. Pulver and Miss Zolu Brown 'Jf Pa)'illiun were the guests of .:\liss J.Jva Pulver and attended the eommencement exercises.

Miss \Vhecler of \Vcstcrn spent some time visiting at the Sims horne Dunton of Denton visited her daughter, :\lyrtle, conuneuccment week.

Deputy Stale Superintendent Bishop ad£lrcssPcl the student body in chapel vVedJ·csday, May 27.

Miss Grace Lawrence of Brownville was the guest of .:\'lae Barnes May 14.

:vir. and Schott of Shickley visited their sons, Carl and Jacob, several days.

.:Vliss .:\'lary Wynn of Hamburg spent several days at the Normal visiting f1·iends a.nd arranged to come bacl< and attend summer school.

Mrs. Douglas of Tecumseh visited Miss Gu·trude and attended the Queen Cantata.

.Johnnie Kafferberger of Plattsmouth, spent several days visiting his sister, Dora.

Miss Farley of Yorl{, who is a sophomore at the University, visited Miss Evelyn Van Wickie several days.

Mrs. vVilliam Dunn attended the commencement exercises and . the guest of her daughter Sarah.

Miss Opal Lintz ·of Johnson, visited hnr sister Alice at Mt. Vernon Hall.

Miss Neva Zook of Auburn, spent several days, visiting her sister Dora.

Miss Ethel Saylors met with a serious accident, falling down a flight of stairs bacl< wards. She had a lamp in her hands and is very fortunate in not being burned, aH in falling the light went out.

NORMA LITE II

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!'-\. "- \\'ootlwar·d or llamhurg. Ia .• ntr•·r•cl•·cl the• gr·acltratlng and was u••... ,•. ' r I ,., • s o t•·r· clatrg-htt•r· I.Ptt:\.

\ r·r hrn· 11.-r·r·td, and dtlld of Coll•·gc• \"1 "'' · \'Is it ct ha King and nll•·ncJ I t I I c It• c· (' · · · one- of visited her daughr r· ll«'l•·ra and nttendt•tl the grndul• tl 11 "x" r C' I N" s.

llc•rTington and :\Irs. Dowen ot \\ at, n. ·ld t t I • ·l c•nc t>d thP commencement exs ancl wilt SJIPtHl the vneatlon In Peru " It h I h 4' i I' I 1 1 aug 1 tc•t·s. Ha rab and .Mabel. :\Jr·s \"1

· · · n ''"11 t of Sturgis. S. D.. visited HI 1 · 8 Pr, :\liss Carlson. during coruWt•"l'.

tl :\Ja·s. l•;,·p•·solp of Elk Creelc, attended 10 <'XPI'<>IsPs of her daughter, .:\1 iHs Heha.

i.ss :\1 ll' Yoen m of Falls City. spent S«'\'Qr·aJ «<ays visiting her sister, Miss M<ttHlc>, at Oak Glen.

Cn•nt• Cnltl of '07, is the guest of M L.Y<l.·t I>l"\V•'.'"' h \. ..._-., and ·will attend t o class I'Pllllion.

Blanc·h0 Fa·e 1·ichs of Auburn, visf'ric>IHh; and attended the closing exerc·rsPs M · · • • 1 ass Frerichs just finished a succcssf'nl t<'l'ln of school, and all who lrnew her YPar glad to see her back.

Miss Belle Bolejaclr of Dawson, is visiting. the Norinal, and is t•he guest of Miss Miss Bolejack has many friends hCI'p 'lll 1 . • • < ts remembered as one of our JH'Oillinent debaters of last year.

The Young men who visited the dormlto•·y Sunday, May 18, were compelled to for supper on account of the rain. 'l,h is saved an extra trip up the hill.

Mr. .John Kitridge, who came to NebrasJ\a City with his class from the Unity on an Advanced Botany and Foresti·y c>xe u rsion, came on down to and n1ade a short visit with his sister, 'Miss I'

.:\nnn. He is n member of the University Glee Club. and he rendered several fine \'ocal sel<'ctions at Philo that evening.

EXCHANGES

CLARA SHIRES

SERVING.

The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, \Vhose deeds, both great and small, .Are close knit strands of unbro.ken thread, \Vhere love enables all ·· 1'he world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells; . ·

The boo){ of life the shining record tells . -.MRS. BROWNING:

If they have got a baseball field

Up in the distant sky so blue, guess the stars are lmot holes in the fence

To let poor angel ·boys peep through. -Exchange. 's 'Vhen the girls say that a .. heavenly" they generally mean that a is of no earthly use ...,......Ex.

The editor with a gladsome cry, Exclaims, "My work is done. •• rro1 1e mana rrer with a weary sigh I 0 E Exclaims, ".My work is dun. - x. model is anything but a . i t He b'elieves that things might pesstm S • , be better, but that they are not and he s gofno- to see that there's a change.

(at library): "I want the life of Julius Ceasar."

Librarian: "Too bad, but Brutus was about nineteen hundred years ahead or you.••-Ex.

He who l\:nows not, and knows not that ·he lntows not. is a Freshman. Shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he I\:nows not, is a Sophomore. Honor him. He who knows, and knows not that he Iutows. is a Junior. Pity him. He who l\:nows, and knows that he lrnows, is a Senior. Reverence

(If it were only so, Seniors)!

ThB t·ain it ·raineth every day, Upon the just and unjust fellows, But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steal the just's umbrellas.

N.C. C. A. I

Nm•mal Catholic Christian Assot'int.ion.

On account or the Daecalaureate sermon Sunday morning, the dosing session of the N. C. C. A. was held in the afternoon at 2: ao. In addition to the regular exercises a nnmher of Interesting paperH on the Mass were reacl. The history of Mass, the vestments, mnoic and different parts of the Mass were discussed. SJ1eelal m uslc was arranged and the closing meeting was a suceess from every standpoint. The association views the worl< of the past year with no little pleasure and satisfaction. Miss Lally has been a great factor In the succeRs of the association and with her help we nope to mal<e the worl< for next year evPn n•ore successful than that for the year just finished.

ATHLETICS

( Conti1zued jrom PaJte 5)

Bess Shellington (tied) 3rd, Esther Blankenship.

100 yard dash. 1st, Becl<; 2nd Shellir.gton; 3rd, Pahl.

Running broad jump. 1st, Gilbert; 2d, Kennedy; 3rd, Pahl and Glover.

Running high jump. 1st, Glover; 2nd, VVeaver; 3rd, Bronson.

Base ball throw. 1st, Hanl<s; 2nd, VVeaver. 3rd, Forsythe.

Shot put. 1st, VVeaver; 2nd, Hanks; 3rd, Gilbert.

Relay race. 1st, Sophomores: 2nd, .Juniors; 3rd, Freshmen.

Boys: Pole valut. 1st, Hodapp; 2nd, Collins; 3rd, Cook.

Running broad jump. 1st, James; 2nd, Good; 3rd, Cook.

Rnnning high jump. 1st, Hesseltine; 2nd, .Jash; 3rd, Hutchinson, Rockwell and Reed.

The Sophomore girls defeated the Junors in a five inning game of base ball. Score, 14 to 8. Batteries, Juniors, Gilbert, France and Blaclc "Sophs" VVeaver and Longfellow.

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Normal Students

Deposit your money with us for the semester or for the school year and pay your bills by checks. You thus have a place of safety for your money and you gain a valuable business experience in caring for your account.

Citizen State Bank PERU, NEBRASKA

PHOTOS KAUTZ

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P ERU. NEBRA S KA, JULY, 1908. NO JO

Extract from a Pap er Read at theN. E. A.

/Jy Pr ofc.·s:::.or 11'. L. Freach.

I L t lt · p1 ·i ,- ikgc and the prcr oga li,·c of the Sc hoo l to d ete r· mine \\" h :tt. the :tg r·ic ultur nl wo rk iu the Norm RI ch ao ! sh a ll co nsist of. Th is is tn 1t.! of the re ln tion the Norma l ch ao ! s ustains to the publi c in sha pin g th eir educat ional policies a ud iu t raiuiu g th e teac h en; for th e pu hE c sc ho ols. It is the province of the Norma l Sc h ool tn se lec t 111 nte J·ial fr om th e wide a nd varied co ur ses of o ur high er in s ti t utio ns of and s implify, a rl apt u ud di sse min ate it acco rdin g to t he th e c hil dren to be tau gh t. As the mother bird goes fnn h in sca re h of foo d for her y ou ng s cru t ini ziu g, r eject in g, selecting, in lh c wi sdo m of m ot herh o od, "ecdin g her dc.: p •J•l e nt ones, so mu st the · 1 o n11 nl Sc hon! sc an the wl to le field of hum an Cll dCa\·or an d with a ll di li ge n ce a nd ca ut io n find th at \\"hi ch wi ll b es t supply th e n eeds of her cha J·gcs nud g ive it to them iu th e quan tity n n<lq u alit y and ma nn er b es t s uited to t h("i 1· co ndit! ns . '-

Ag J·ic uJ t :u; ne e in !ll tbl ic s ch ool!' lu sc ct s2 nnd uP'rierl. r bcli evc ifil is JWI 1·.- ttd lcd il .-: :l n he iJ .-ro•· t: ou rs e tlt :•r wt.' len d to t nt <: Lcac hiJ ll ins t<.·ad of th at stifl ed ., , ha nic:tl J"OIILin c whi<.:h, h; jt ,. ,)J ow cl:tt te1·i ng rin gs the death-kudl ' he interest an d c nLhu ,.: i :. ·.:.t ll .,f d tll " 1·und children for s chool wo rk .

In o rdc1· th at we 111 ake no mi sfi t in sel ect ing \vh at to Leacl.1, le t us apply the tailo1· '::; to the minds and experienc es of ou r country child t·cn. No h and- me-down c ou rse w ill do h ere, for it will be laid as id e as a mi sfit-d i scar ded at the ear li est po ss ibl e moment

Call to m1nd the exp erie nc es of a famil y for a day on t he farm. Ou t o fh ed at break of day. To the chores-to brea kfast-t o the fi eld s-each o ne to the wo rk be ca n do th e b es t. It is a verit able hive of t hrift and

THE NORMALI'I'E

indu st ry where there is so mething a cco mpli she d, so me thin g done and each one feels that be h as earned a ni g ht 's 1·epos c. Alread y the fa rm er ba s appropriated to him self many mo ckrn co nv e ni en ces and ho uyant with hope for better th in gs to come. He is ambitious for hi s c hil d ren to h ave opportunities for d evel opment co mmensurate with the de ser ts of a happy, ho ne st, ba ni working peop le and natmn ll y loo lts to the publi c s chools, but what do the children find on entering sc ho o l. Th eir teach er is a stranger to them, perhap s, and, in many ca s es h av in g hccn raise d in town or in city, is unfami lar with the co ndi tions uf the ir home li fi:. Even if she has at one time been one of them, she h as rc ce i ved her trnining, education a nd in spirat ion for teaching from sources e ntirdy foreign lo the country children. What subject in th e curr ic ulm bears rlirectly up on til<' interpretation and embelli s hment of mo dern life ? Wha t books tell the little farmer that his is a call ing in life wo t·thy of his highest am bitio n and may be fraught with health, wealth a nd ha ppin ess ? In s t(·od , bo th books and teac her hav e a tendency to sp.irit him away from t he scenes of hi s infancy, intere st him in ot her line s of acc ivity and by ign o rin g the condition s of hi s h ome life lead him to feel, by a nt:gativc of tcnching, that the place to achieve greatness is anywhl·t-c hut 1111 thl' fnrm. This is wrong, it is undoubtedly true that a people mu st lind in thei t· own eoviroment the mate ri al upon which to base their

To go from the known to the rel ated unknown is no new theory. To esta blish any other position than the ho me and the fa rm n's a common center up on which to turn the illuminat in g rays of eclucntionnl principles is unn atura l, distorting a nd productive of great ha rm to rural chi ldren . Wh at then wou ld be the mo st helpful and interes tin g lin e of ed u cat ional development for these boys and g irls? There ca n be hut one a ns wer. It sho u ld be s uch a lin e that will start th em to thinking about affairs. They should develop a taste for study and mvcstlga tion, a def:i •·(• to know a nd read a bot,,, and do thlllgs that pertain to the s uccess 0 11 1' of thcit· ho mes, ,,u cl ;tlHJ\'C all to t;:ease for their w ••rk and a pride in theit t':t llin g. Then thetr pleasur .• ho me-work will be qu ickened; the drearitw•. 0 •· dull farm Ia. bo r wil. c.k .ap pear, and the attraction s of town an d tity life will cease to lure-n ot because the l atte r become s le ss att ra ctive, but because the f ormer becom es ruore attractive.

Th ese people mu st of necessity if not lwm choice, foll ow agr ic ultural pursuits for a life work. Why not then place hefnre them the knowledge of thin gs with whic h they come in daily a nd life-long con tact? Illuminate a nd dignify th e strenuo us a nd too ofte n irk some lab or by tenc hillg the applications of the na tuml l aws a nd principles which undcrly sucfarm ope r ations.

It j ..., el i 1 n ·-. dng to how foreign the instrnction gi\crt in on r c:o mrnon 'l ho I t I I' f

• 0 :-. 1' o t a, ·cs n the JX:Oplt.• wh o n rteod s ubJect Ill at t I t I I '- I " lt tr nrc thetr lttH·e ne ,·er beheld an d grotc · · "' · andc..·l·d :trl' thc..·ir rnl.'ntnl n:: the.' ,. grind out the ir in •

Au iau: idc..·nt or two will illustrntc of t hree in a ri th metic, of I·

\\ •u:h I wa:- a wn:: a k-sso u in stoc ks a nd b on d s.

T wo WLT • f ,- · J 1 1' E 1· h I L 0 on: agn c c::c cnt. :'lttc t:tndlcd the ng 1 an guage r atirer poorly The: 11L ' Xt d:t,· the tcndtcr a::kcd: '' .1l nn ·, w hnt is m ea nt here by k " :... :\I · I'- I II : II 1 I . k t II " T · · · :t rY r·L·p 111 a cnr ncstn t'::s. ·• \\ c . t 1111 • co rn-s 11 ;s. he of th: tt Jra , ·c nc, ·cr vet h ad nn y p erso nal knowledge 0 f M rw k s ·t 1 I I I I I I "' I · • 1 < >o ne l ll t we 1nvc a I li, cd in m ost m ti m atc rc a tt on to nd t lr n t h nd bctu•r bee n nbont far as our, .. ,.. I L'O II t:C rtl C(. b :\ Iy t:·lt lr c.: r· t dl s how Ir e w :t:-; co m pc ll cci to ::tn nd cro uched und er a t::tlc Un ti l h e.: h.: n rn c.: d that a fu t ure co nti nac ncv is b est ex pressed by the Su hujnct· . . . "' r . t\ c.: Jl t'<:H· n t. bu t a m ercs upp os rt100 :tss um cd as n 1nct r eq mres the rndi c;t ti ,·c mod e. \\"h at a dc li n- hlful iu sp ir:tt iou tlwt mu st h nve bee n to hi Ill ·til I ,. I o • .l I d . · 1ft.: 1c.: cn r·cd fo r h orses. led h is h ogs. : mea wor >c 111 the fi cltl

\\'c.: wo uld fo1· a mor e.: r at io rwl or dcr of thiu gs . ro c tbnt eac h sc b 0 0 I d · t · r · · · h tl 1S net sho uld o wn a nd opcr ntc a 1n rtn tn co nn ectiO n w1 t rc sch oo l, main l< lin a herd of do me s ti c a nim als to the ptin cipl es of st oc i· · · fi h f' '- •·aJs Jn g :tnd d:tir y in g, or pro,·id e (l gard en or orc hnrd or t e u se o the public sc h oo ls. Tbi s wo uld be [IS abs urd as tb c ex istin g extreme. sho uld how eve r· g iY c such tra inin g Rs will eu :t bl c the s tud ent to en te r IIl lo a sy mpath e ti c und crst nndin g of the p ri nc ipl es u nd e rl y in g th ese opa nd u sc fo1· illu s tra tion the , ·ery t hi ngs fo und on the far ms nod tn lh e hnrnc.: s. 'Nc s hould te ach them the im po r tn nt fncts abo ut so ils , n ot 1 · 1 · t t c 1 l: ITIJ str·y, gl·oJ0 - • or ph ys ics. \V c sh ou ld tc:1c h them t tc rm por an facts nhout t lr l· do nH ;,t ic anim als, birds :1 nd ins ects-n ot It is th l· pc n ;o n nl i ty of the thin gs th at surro und co un tr_ · wbic l. th e c hildr en n t:c d lo kn ow, Wh t•n we fo rm n new nc qu a in t:111.. we rL n ot pr ocee d in any ant !J 1·opol og ica l ot·der to .w h nt .of a pe r so n he is. We no te.: hi s a ct ions, hi s co m ·ers at ion, h1 s ltk es and dt s hk es, We wa tch hi s pe rform an ces wh en s un-o un dcd hy co ndi tion s, th en th ose; hi s bu s ine ss t rnit s, his soc ial traits, nud t hu s Jt ts th at we co me to kn ow p eo pl e. ln ju st t hi s way chil dnm sh ou ld be led to th e t hi1.1gs of their hom es a nd s un- o undin gs , nurl the o nl y way to do 1t IS to bnn g lh em int o co nsta nt a nd s ymp athet ic Yisi tation w it h the t hin gs th at h nve an imp o rt a nt b ea rin g on the ir da il y liv es.

Th e illu s tr ati ve ph as e of t hi s wo rk is an abso lu te necessi ty. No tcnc h e, · ca n su ccee d without it :111d is no r easo n "h y sho uld not

u sc it. The so il from the sc h oo l g:.rd cn, the th e \'cgl tabll' S, and flow e rs-the dom es ti c an imals on lhc nearby fa rm s, bird s. the in s ects, arc all about, and arc themselve s th e open bo ok of na tur e with o ut lhc use of which the cl ass wo rk fall s s hor t of i ls ma rk .

We be lieve it is enti r ely possibl e for the an: ragc teache r h av in g h ad a r easonable amou nt of in st ruct ion to gr as p the meaning an J int e nt. of this li ne of work.

When ag ricu l ture h as r ece iv ed ha lf lhe attention thal is give n to a rithmet ic, gra mmar, hi sto ry , geogra phy, our te achers will be a ble lo present thi s s ubject with even gra ter e ffi ciency than th ey teach these subjects at pre se n t.

Te ac h them a little more abo ut plant r oots , and n ot !"O mu ch cube root. Let th em calculate the exc han ge of so il m oist ure and fertility for boun t ifu l crop production and a li ttl e less of exc hange of foreign cu rr ency. Let th em comp ute th e pa rti al payment that the unpr ofitab le cow gives in return for her feed a nd care in s tead of talting days to determine the exac t num l •cr of cents du e Jo hn Jon es on that mi se rab le note th at h :ts been hanging fire fo r the l ast five years. Do t hi s, a nd the obj ect i ve, tang ible, fir st ha nd mate r ial wi ll so vi ta li ze the co u ntry and vill age sc h oo ls that tiJ cy w ill no longe r ma rk ti me with de ad motion a nd be nn i so lated oper at ion foreign to the ex perien ces of co unt ry peo ple, but wi ll he " cente r for intelligent, constru ctive growt h for goo d in the comm uni ty. S uch education wi ll not dest r oy the appreciat ion of the farm er h oy for hi sto ry, literature, mathem at ic s and the l ike. It will gi ve him :t re lish for them. He will be as much delighted as of old to lea rn how the "caci<ling of geese saved Ro me," and the: cack li ng of a hen also sen rl s a thri ll of joy through hi s being as he thinks of an ot her prize bird fo r the next pou ltry s how a nd how the book s at the arocerv s how a bala n ce to hi scredit. o J

He wi ll wi ll learn th e story with as keen an apprec i ation as e ver of ho": the "nei?hing of the hor se made Cy r us kin g," and as the t)f his. ow n be asts greets him in the ea rl y tw il ight of :he. cn spy mornmg he: w1 1l feel a bo und of prid e for thi s mark of ap prec1atwn for ba lanced rati on and proper care he l<n 1 t ,. •r 11 isb OWS 10 "V 0 I• · '

"Th e l owing herd winds sl ow ly o'er the l ea'' as it d id for Thomas Gray, but th e cow s do n ot cease to be objects of interest wh en th ey re ac h the barn -ya rd gate The: fa rmer b oy lets down the b ars, houses and grooms them w ith a sympathetic ha nd, a nd as the rythrnic thuds r eso und from the mi lk pa il, be wh ist les a merry tu ne in uois o n, a nd wo nd er s w hether Bessie, B oss or Brin will win out in the friend ly contest for pound s of milk and pe rcent of b utter fat .

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Inquis itive ness.

By Edna D. Bullock, Lib rarian

Th e cliction n ric !-> m nkc this in tcrc ting distinction b et w ee n curiosi ty and "we nrc' urious' when we desi re to learn s om ething ne w; we nrc ' in quisitive' wh en we set to gai n it by inqui· ry or rc!--car ·h .· · Th e o ld time u sc of'·iaq ui sit i,•enes "shows it to h ave been n th ough now-a·d ay we more often use it as with pr·ying ot· me ddli ng. Thu s, l\I r. Justice Coleri dge said of :\l att h cw Arn o lcJ -·· IJi s wn s nu anx ious ly 'inq u is i tive' mind " a nd Gr ote , in pr dacc to Pi nt o sa id -" Th e num b t.> r of in tell ects , in d ep end· t nl , and ac ut e. is n lw nys r are,"

These few pnt·ng-rnphs arc to be taken as a plea fo r the c ul ti v ation of the h nbi t of inqui s itiv e ne ss, in its clnss ic sen s e. Th e child co m es to us bo th c ut·ious and in qui i ti , ·c. \\ e speedi ly d ull hi c uri osi ty by eva ding his q ue stions und er the i mp ress ion th At he is too vo uu a to und ersta nd , • b and bl ot out his iu qu isit i,·en ess by red uc ing h im n od hi s dn y 's wo rk to a fonnu l a, so th at he comc.:s to r egard th e p ur s ui t of the unkn own as not wo rth whil e u nl ess re qui red of him , with credi t on th e r egis· trar's b oo ks :1 S the ultim ate r es ul t of hi s efl.orts

Pt·oru the standpo in t of the libra ri an, there is more th au a shade of di sa pp o in tme nt in no tin g h ow few of th e st u de nt s wh o try to use our rea ll y fi ne, we ll ro und ed co ll ectiou of over 1 5, 00 0 vo lum es h ave succeeded in preserv in g th at g ift o fi nq ui siti '"en es s wi th w hich we are a ll more or l ess royn ll y e nd owed before we go to sc h oo l. Th e di c ti onary, for iu st nu ce, is used for se t t as ks in s pelling-but alas , how lit tle for the ha bitu al e nl ar ge me nt of th e s tud en t's perso nal vocabu lar y! The di c ti ona ri es of facts, hi sto r y, a llu sions, liter at u re , biography, anrl s imil ar wo rk s s tand idl e on th e shelves, as the st u de nt g lid es over refe ren ces to the "m an in th e ir on ma sk, " t he " bat tl e a bov e the cl oud s," "a t• · 1 '' d · bl h t 1 'n t se ptic s urgery ," th e" Des 1uo tn es pa n nn mnnm era e c•1 s , un-kn ow r. t hin gs. w hil e s urrounded w ith a ll the eq uipmen t for t.' ac:r re feren ce , and a libr at·i nn at ha nd who wo uld glad ly tell him how to u !'e th ese b oo k s.

No on e, nol eve n a Jihnlri an, can br en k the cont inuity of an effort to inv esti gate every uulolO wn tc rlll th at co mes to li gh t-b ut eve ry st ud ent co uld and sho uld sys tema ti call Y ad d :1 li tt le pu re inq ui si tiv ene ss to hi s d ay'!'< wo rk.

In the p ast few months I haYC n ot ice d a few. tbe act of "brows in g" in the libr ar y. So 01 e of t hese were Stmpl y enJo ymg the n ea rne ss to b oo ks, ot hers we re pla uuin g co urses of r ead ing for themselves, e ith er for pr ofess ional p ur po ses or gen eral c ulture. One, I h ave. fo und , li ten:tll y "fli t tin g frum fl owe r to fl owe r ," gath erin g a precious st ore of (Con tln u <! d o tt Png<! 27)

A Suggestion to ''The P owers T ha t B e" .

The fo ll ow ing is from th e cat al og of th e f" ni \ Tr!'it y of :\l lor : 1-. k: 1. :1nd to uch es u po n a subje ct ofgn:: tt impor ta n ce to the s tudent h l) dy o f" th i!in s ti tu lion:

"A la ntl lady roo min g women s tucl c nt s is exp cdc d to prr "· id1.· fn t· t lt vir usc, ti ll ha lf a ft er te n on rritl ay, and Su n day (."\"l" tling .... P I" !Ill two of th ese eve nin gs. a rece ption ro om p ro p l: rl y warme d and lig lt LL" d ••

For a numb er of yea rs past, an d especia ll y th l" sc iHJ ol h: t-. l1 t·· co me so la rge, there lws been mu ch c ri ticism adn:rsc com me nt on t hl· pa rt of bo th and gcn ll cm en in al te n<km:(· at thl" scho ol co n en nin g the pr ov isons made by m any of th e r oo min g houses wh en· l:1di,·s :tn· "q ua rt er ed ," for the rece pti on of the ir gen ll emen fri ends. \\"hl·n:n:r tl t l" two sex es attend the same ins tituti on, as they do ht·rc, t he re natu rn ll y ex ists frie ndly s oc ial re la ti ons bet we en them.

Und er the present s ys te m of renting cv et·y :1 va ila b lc in ch of sp: tcc . eve n to the wa rdr obes, it ofte n happens that there is no pl ac e wh at ever prov id ed for a ge ntleman to ca ll up on a lad y, or ev en for him to wa il f or her w hile she a dj usts her h at prep arato ry to le av in g th e ho u se , unk ss he goes to her roo m. So ciety n at ur ally tluo.ws up her ha nd s in holy ho rr or at even th e sugge s ti on . The res ult is that wh en he ca ll s to wl;e her to an e ve nin g ent e rt a inm e nt he mu st sta nd o ut s ide· ::t nd "w histl e". a nd wa it "o ut in th e ra in a nd the ha il a nd th e sn ow , out w hen: th e win try w in ds do bl ow" un t il "just a minute" h as e lap se d. whi le the la fl y pu ts on her wra ps.

The fa ilure to pr ov id e a r ecep ti on 1·oom in so many houses has led to such u nco mfor ta bl e pl a ce s as "L o ve r's La ne," th e fr o nt porch, tlte cha pel s teps , the by- pat hs of th e ca mpu s, a nd e ve n th e hi gh s id cw: tl!;:s, bei ng presse d in to service.

write r of thi s articl e has bee n up aga ins t thi s prop os iti on nnd · ; l,ercof he sp ea ks. It is ce rt ai nl y up to some one-the goo d Ia ncl; uo fa uc l ty, th e S tate B oa rd, th e "model s cho o l, " the e ln ss in ., '"fr • 0r any one who cnn brin g abo ut t hi s ref o rm to get cv ed ns tin gl_v bu !> .

Wh en the donk ey saw th e ze bra, He began to sw itch hi s ta il , ''\Vellln e ve r," was hi s co mm e nt , "H ere's a mu le that"s been in j ai l.

S ETAR C.

The Bryan Club.

Tlu · org:t ni z cd Brynn Club i gro wiug iu bot h uumbers nnd Th is orguni z ntion co unts iu it rucmben:hip so me of th e in the sc h oo l n nd se ,·ernl of the rising young schoo l men oft he !-> l :t tc.:. the · luh mnd e it s a ppen rnnce a great interest ha s been _ rc.:vi n:d bo th in Hnrli d:ttl'S n ncl pnrty policies This s pirit is uot co n t.n<.:d tn tile s tud c nt bo dy but cxtcnd l' C\·en to the frH:n lty . Dryan hu :i Ill au y fn llt1 Wl·r..; i 11 nu r :::ttttllller sc h nn l,-me n who bdi ,.e n ot on ly in the · · 1 pn n cq of dc.·n1 ocntcy. hut hn,·c unb o unded co nfidence in th e great co nlnl onc r

1 Olll' yn ttll t! 111:1 11 put it the o ther dny. ·'The who v ote d for Mr. Lryan in hi s fnrntcr- hn,·c los t n one of thei r enthn sin;: m for the lca ckr. Th ey will , ·nte for him ngnin :111d ;:t ill beli rve in him even th oug h he h as hc en twi ce dcfc.::ned.''

. Ury:ttt C lu u ,, ill ma k<' 11 close s tudy of th e pl a tforms of both pa rlt cs, t hu s pt·cpru·in g them sd v cs to gi \·e an intelligent disc uss.ion of their 1·<:sp e<.: ti tll lTi t ,... A big ckm on st r atio n is being pla nn ed for the evenin g of July 27t h, up on whi ch the princ iples of democ racy will be s et forth in such to convi n ce the m os t s keptic:tl reptbli .;an in the

'vV c lJclicn· that if the of dem oc racy depeucll·d up on the ball o ts of t he you ng men of Amer ic a, there is no doubt as to tue res ul t. Mr . Bry an many qurtliti <'S that appeal to young manh ood. H and· so_m e, enthusiastic, courageous aud brilliant, of m agnetic persona li ty , Wtth intensity of purpose, a nd prese nting mn s terful address, it is not s trange that he eom rnnnd s a large foll o wling .

The tn en who have seen mo re of the word-met more of life's reversesand as a resu lt have surrendered, to some ex te nt , their early ideals, tbiuk Mr. nryau 's id eas arc more or le ss impractic:1 l. But Mr. Bry an is sa fely Past the stage where his political enemies may ca ll him either a v ision a. ·v or a ciemagorrue . His unqualfied devotion to wh at he beli, .. ' right, his accepta n ce of both his former defeats, his estab , ,• tC' of a great paper to educate public sentiment up to his sta ndard o l•vic duty, the con sta ncy with whic h he has held up to the peop le their rights and powc 1·s, and, finally, th e recognition by both the grea t parlies of th e co rrectne ss of hi s views and the n car approach of their embo dimen t in our laws-the se things a ll c!i!'ti n gnis h Mr. Orynn from th e demagogu e and point to bim as a gre at coustructi,·e state s man lie hn s no more l oya l fo ll owers in the nation than the members of the Brya n Club of the Nl·hr·nska St at e Normal at Peru .

THE NORMA LIT E

Athletic s.

BASE BALL

Non.\tAL 3; 0K LAII O.\JA bl mA:-< s 1

The No rm al s ummer baseba ll team played il s o nly con te st of the s umm er , June 18, with the Ok lahoma In dinn !;. The Indi ans w ere sw ift and he a vy, and had bad a lm os t uninterrupt ed su cce ss befo re co ming to Peru. The Auburn City t eam had go ne down to defeat, 9 to 3. Oe u so n, one of the s tar pitchers in 1 90 7, wa s in the box fo:: the No rm n l. lie k ept the hit s we ll sea ttered, and the Indian s nev er had a ghost of a show to wm. Score by innin gs:- R H E

No rm a l...

0klahoma .............

Batterie s, Normal, Benso n and McAdam h; Ok lahoma, K ar bdlUrg a nd Daine s.

The Peru town te am with the ass ista nc e of th r ee of the No rm al boys played a game with the Auburn te am Jun e 1. The sco re "·as, Anhur n 3. Peru , 0. Bright, the Auburn p it cher, held Peru to o ne· hit.

1 908 , 1 3; 19 10, 8.

In a m ost interes ting and exc iting, and in a r ea lt y well -pl a yed ga rne. the girls of the el a ss of 1 908 wou the fin al indoor h aseball game fr om the girls of the cla ss of 1910 Lin e up : 1 908 1910

G ipso n c Phillips

Zin k p Longfell ow

Sheel ey ............... l b . : Andcrs on Hickey 2 b Nicklc VanW ick le 3 h Hufl

Lorance .......... ... . ss................ Bl a nk ens hi p

Herrin gto n . ss .J o nes

BASKET BALL

ALUMNI 20 ; 1 908 17

Befo re au i mmen se audience, w hi ch in it s vi olent enthusia s m, at ti me s r emin ded one of the concluding games of t he cha mpionshi p s eries, on March 10, the Al umni b as ket ba ll team was victorio us over th e fi ve r epre se nt in g the clas s of 1908, bv the s core. Lineup: Alu mni 1908

C li ne .. .... .... ........ £.. ..... ........ Carlso n, G. L.

Gash f W illi a ms

Coole c Wickl an d Beck g Eggenbe rger

Yonng g Carlson, D. L.

F ield g0a ls: Alumni 6, 1908 6; free thr ows, Alumni 8 (t hr ow n) 190 8 4; poi nt s awa rd ed. to 1908 1; fo ul s, Alumni,- 13, 1908 16.

Summer L yceum Course.

T n lo vc..-:-- of Sh nkl'!-Jll'H•·c a nd of <.lramnti • nrt Dena outhwick 's reading of K in g R ic hard Ill ,,·ns on o pp o rtunity for keen enjoyment and help· ful s tudy :--; O IIll" of thl· ch n rne teri tics of hi s work were its fiuifl h- tlll.: l·v id t: Jl lT of Ja,· i:.-:h cn rl' in thl· w orki ng o ut of the presentation of lh c 11 0 <kt a il to n :-; mall to clnim !iCrious nttcutiou; smooth ness of trans iti on f• ·o111 pu• ·t to port.. fr om pcr ·011 to person; acc urac y nod adequ ac y in itllp cn •l> nation: vi,·idnc ss of s itu atio n. In :' pite of hi s co ld, his fat ig ue an d l: tl·k t>f : tl·qun in l:t tl ct: w it h tht• c hn pc l. he o-1wc :IH lttlii S tt nl C\" c nin g.

Dl·a 11 • ou th wi ck 's gr cn t est po \'\·cr ho ne o ut iu the dream of Clnre nce and the murclc t· fo ll o win g, in th e cc ne with Qu een hlnrr.raret, in the scene • 0 Wi th the bi shops n nd the mn yo r, in the mob cries, and in the dream of l<ing

In hi s ha nd s n womnn wns al way s woman ly, a queen alWays queenly tho fut; ou s; through him King Richard appeared the iucnrnntc de mon that be wns , a nd hi s ove r- burdened cou s icnce gave its s inccr·e o ut cry "H n Yc m cr·cy,Jcsu!'' It is s el dom that such power, skill, tr uth nn rl ar·c bl ended in the reading of any individu al.

AMELIA

r. LucAs

.\IA'I'T S. H UG HES, D. D.

Whil e we we re di sa ppoi nt ed in not h av ing M r. Hu g he s the fi r st night he w as nd vcrti s cd; we wer·e we ll rep a id for the dela y when he did appear on the even in g of July 3rd. The l ecturer took as hi s subject the "Fine Art of Li ving." He poi nted o ut the difrere n ce between exi st in g a nd li'ring. Wh et h er we m ay have hitherto been num bered with tho se who exist or th ose who l ive, ce r·tain it. is th at si nce hearing Mr. Hughe s we sh ou ld all l ive and li ve be tter as a resu lt of ha ving heard his lecture. We too often m easure hum an progress by thin gs "We etmnot measure human progress by the to ot of the l ocomot ive n or the clang of tbe telep h one bell.'' Material improvement d ocs not spe ll hum an progress . The lect u rer spo lte of hi s gnwdfath cr· liv ing in a l og cab in w hile he lived iu a !mel house, hut unl ess he co uld butt on hi s m ode rn broadcloth over a more manl y br east th an his grandfather butt o ned his blu e jean s, be sho uld not be r·cfe rred to as one who b ad made hum an progress . In th e progress of life we sho uld disti ng ui sh between the forma l and v ita l. Wh at ·we appear to be is forma l; what we are is vi ta l. The h ea l thy gl ow on a ma i den's c he ek is vita l; th e cos m etic, to o ofte n poorly a ppli e d, is fo r ma l.

T'he l ect urer le ft with us th e thot tha t quality of livin g sh ou lcl be o ur aim r at h er than quantity. It is better to live a real l ove s tory th an be nble to write o ne for the Lad i es ' HomeJ ou rn a l. Tb eee nt rn l thot of hi s th e me wn s su ggeste d in the lin es:

Til E :\O IDI .\1. 1 rE

li e go o d, sw eet child , a nd let wh o will be ck \'c r. Do no ble th ings, n ot dr ea m th em a ll day long, And so, ma ke life, death, an d that ,·ac;t fo re \' er

One glad, sweet son g.

IIR US II -'r lll !

Pro mp tly at th e appo i nted ho ur l.J eforc a la rg e a udien ce 0 11 Th ursd ny July 9, Brush, the m agic ian stepped up on the c hnp cl s tn ge a nd be g an a continu o us perform ance of "m Rg ic a nd my ster y, mi rth and mus ic ''-the mu s ic being es pec ia ll y co n!< picu ous by it s absen ce .

Th ere is an o ld a da ge wh ich says:-You can fool part of the pe ople all of the time, a ll of the p eopl e pa rt of the t im e, hut not a ll the peop le a ll the time. Br ush demo ns trated th e so phi s tr y of the pr o, ·erb, as he fooled all the peopl e duri ng the entir e perfo rmance. He \\' aS pn rti c ul a rly brilli ant in hi s pl ay on wo rd s a nd convu lse d the audience tim e a nd a gain with his witty s ayin gs.

One esp eciall y good fea ture of hi s show was the en t ire ab s en ce of vu lga ri ty a nd su gges tivenes s. It wa s clean , high-cla ss , e nter tai nin g, amu sing, clear-cut m agic. lcge rd e nn a in , and blac k a t·t , all combined .

NEWTON GA I NE S.

Newt on Wes ley Gaines, the affab le, po li s hed s up erin t endent of th e Louisville s choo ls, is the on ly s peaker wh o has spo ken from our platform thi s yea r, who has not been full of hi s su bject. He was greeted by a large audidnce, capt ured it from his opening syllable and held it until the clo se of his perorati o n. Hi s su bject wa s "New Wine." He ta lked to the o ld a nd the yo u ng He plead for res pect of the n ew wi ne of youth, "th e n ew wine in new bottles ," he wi shed to s ee m ore yo uthful old m en, ' ne w w ine in o ld bo ttle s.'' a nd yet, he ca utioned tho se of the younger genera tion to take care lest t hr ough lack of ju dgement, or t hr ou gh s elfis hn es s, or -thr0L1gh over abundant ent hu sias m, they shou ld forget to respect t he w isd om of age, th ey sho ld bC' h ee dle ss of the "old win e in o ld bottles." S uperinte n dent Ga in es has a pleas ant vo ice, gracef ul manner, a nd an easy and vigorous co mm a nd of English . So me day, he wi ll s hin e on the national lyce um pl at fo rm

Mr. Olin e says th at wh en he ca lls on a yo ung la dy , he carries a.1ectio n in his he art, perfection in his manners a nd confection in his p oc k ets.

Philomathean Society.

The P hil o mnlhean 'o ci cly o ut promin ently as a lcnd<.T in lil c.T:t t·y w ork. aud the pn:s cnt s umm er oraa ui zat ion· shows no 0 cx ccpltn n lo the sp knclid r eco r d. Tlte soc iety is es p ec ia ll y favored with a sc ot·c ot· mur c of it s fo rm er t:dentcd memb crs who a rc completi ng the po st gt·a dualc cnt tt ·sc for the ir degree, en ciJ of wh om a id s materia ll Y in s ome.: f<.:al urc of Lhc w or k. -

Th <.: pn>gr·: lln s, which show thoug ht and origina lity, have bee n co us id ern lc of the m :1 ny nnd va ri ed tastes. Among th ose pro \'ided have b cc n pn >g rnm ::: dcY otc cl to mu sic, lite rature, po li tics , hum o r. a nd the d1·nn1a .

The JW Og t·nm of Jul y lOth, devoted to mu s ic was ve ry in st ructiv e as well ns hi g hl y en tcrta. inin g, each re nditi on sh owi ng the mark ed abili ty of the participant.

The evening giyc n to the hum orous progra m, as it may well be termed, de se rve s s pecial menti ou, s in ce it " took do,vn" th e bou se It "took in" lhc members a nd it al so " took out" the crowd, for it "too k ofr' the fa c ulty. No n eed to say w ith Rob er t Burns; "O h wad so !llC power the g iftie g ie. us To see ourse l' s as others see u s!" For had th e members of the fnc ulty been present, they wou ld, no doubt, h ave r ecog ni zed them se l ves ns others see th e m. From th e t ime Professo r White(?) ste pp ed up on the pl at form to announ ce his 2-o-3 until the las t t;n g in g re quest th at "a ll the tcnchers of Cnssco unt y, a ll who C\'Cr lived in or h oped t:n Ji vt· in Cass co unt y, a ll who eve r pa ss ed t hru or hoped to pn ss thr u Cass county, s hould m ee t under the Oak tree at the close of the cxc t·c1sc s. ·• " ·ns mari e, the a udi e nc e "vas k ept in •a cont inu ous burst of a pplau se

\ Vit h ::vir. Hen dric ks as critic-advi s er , a nd Mr. Pe nney as presi d ent, mu ch may bc n nticipnt ed for th e P hilom at benn s durin g th e s umm er If yo u wis h to be iu lin e. he a P hil omn thean .

Everett Soci ety.

Th e fo ll owing nrc the ofTice rs for the of 1 !lOR: 1· I\ t;r o"" · pre s id e nt ; R. R. Sr afTonl, \' it t: :\ l :ll" _v Ell cnbt·rgt· r. r n·o rdi ng sec retary; E. 0. Bl ack s to ne. tr <.:n sur er ; C. \V. Smi th. S ]. E ll e nb er ge r, sn rg ea n t-al -a rms.

The fir st pr og ra m of the Re aso n wn s gi n·n Fri da y eve ni ng. .I il l It' I :2 ·

Th e ha ll wa s p acke d to i ts f ull esl ca pa ci ty , :w rl an t·x<.:t< lknt w as re nd ere d, to the gr ea L e nj ny m c: n t of a II pn•<; t' ll t. The p cci: d :1 t t r:ll' tion was a r en din g by Mi ss Lu cas, hen ri of t lw dc pa rlmenl of ex

Ab o ut thirt y n ew m em hers were en ro ll ed a L the hu si nt·ss 111cd i ng ter the prog ram Thi s num ber se e ms sma ll a nd is s ma ll , the vast numb er of new st ud en ts n ow here at sc hon l. It is o ur pl:ln. hc•\\T\'e r, to let n ew st ud e nt s we igh cn r efu ll y th e me ri ts of o ur IJ cfo n· jo inin g, a nd the resu lt of the n ex t e \·ening's c nrol hnt nl s ho \\' -. dom oft hi s pl an. 0\' er fiftyn ew mc mb cr swt:r t en r<• ll e clju n l' l !lt h. The pr og ram of thi s ev en in g wa s mis ce ll an eo us. Th e whis tl ing so lo hy l' r of. White a ttract ed mu ch atte ntion a nd lo ur!

On Frid ay C\' Cnin g, jun e 26 , o ur sister soc it·ty, the Phi lom:1the: 111 , had th eir meet ing in <llld cx pre ss i<:n ha ll , w hi ch c hang<.: in ln l'e t.ing pl ace and a cur ious poster att rac t <'d man y p eo ple H owe ve r, the l ·:,·cre tts, tried and tru e, m et in th eir own much ador ed hn ll n nd \\ (' IT h appi ly ente rta ine d and in st t·ucte rl as well, by an ex ce ll cn t pr og rn m, the 111 os t st ri kin g nu mber of whi ch wa s a ta lk by Prof. Gr egg . Prof. Gregg h as a charac ter is tic way of s pe ak in g, a cha racter istic way of sta nding ur rath er lea ni ng w hil e sp eakin g, a nd a chara ct e ri stic way of say ing so111Cthi ng whi le speaki n g, and a ch a racte ri s ti c l augh to wi nd up wil h.

On Wedne s day, Jul y 12 the announcement was m ade tha 1 ;vi a tt. S. Hugh es, the delayed l ec tur er wo u ld be h ere F ricl ay evening, s un:. d ep r iv e r} th s soc icti<·s of their aceu st omecl even in g, \\' hi ch h :1. s gr ow n s<tcred fro m long us a ge . Ev eret ts ther efo re d ec i ded to give t he pn t r io t ic pr og ram whi ch had a lready b ee n prep[u·e d, on Thurs day c \' c ll ! n:.!' · Accordin gly on the ev e ning of the 2nd, Everl'tt ha ll was open, li gh tt:d, and people bega n c oming, amJ ow in g to the fact that the ha ll oppo f; i tc l ocked a nd a ll quie t, (l UI' ha ll wa s s oo n found much to o small to ar: co mmod ate a ll. \\" e were fo r ced to adjou rn to an d cxpr ess iotl hall wh en:: an au clicncc of some 300 were entertained by pa tri o ti c songs, patrioti c rea d ings, a so ng by Miss Truth Smith, a pa per on Ba chdors by Mr. Patc hin , and other n umber s.

On Fr i da y eve nin g, Jul y 10 , an excelle nt mu si ca l pro gram was rendered. The he arty coope r ation of the sch oo l a ud fac ult y with wo rk may be see n by the fact that we hav e oftt:n to th a nk members of the fa cu lt y fo r assisti ng in our pmgrams.

Yo

ung Women's Chris tian Association.

Tht: A -.'-nv i:\l i llll nc ti,·c work t hi :> um m er Goo d interes t is 5 ho wn in t ht· dt'\' <ll ion:d wh ich nrc Yt' r\' ht'l pful to th ose in attcod an "·c ·

HI Hnch c..: Collin:- wh o is chn ir mnu of tht' pra ye r-m ee tin g depart· tnc nt, vi :-- i tc: d ln:-:t w ee k.

\\" <> nl h ns h e: en t·ccc: i v cd from 1\1 isses t\ ln ud H c..' nde rson and And rus, nrc our tldc.. ' gn t c:s to th e Cn :::cn de Co nlc r eo ce, th at th ey are enj oyi ng their tt ·ip, and :trc g ettin g a :,.,.cnt ble ss iug from the co nference.

Th e N()o n-da ,. Pt·o ycr- nll'C ti n fl" h ns b ee n rueetin a in BIJ t hi s s um me r. Tb e o e n tt cncbn cc..· gnn d :-tnrl the meetings es pecia lly s trong.

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Young Me n's Christian Association .

Let's sc n·c..· . c\'C n in o ur recrea ti ou s.

\\' c' n .: n ot ma n y, bu t w e' re in lin e, just the sa me.

lJ i sc u ss ions so fa,. ha vc bee n vi tal a nd to th e po in t.

Mcu, do n't f(ll·gct th e Noo n -day Praye r-mee ting. If yon don't keep the mo rnin g watc h, at leas t s pend thi s twe nt y minut es up on yo ur better s elf

Jo in t me et in g of th e As socia ti ons on Jul y fifth und er the leaders hip of Pr o f. Bee I< was th e pa tri o ti e m ee ting of the y ear. Th e p rogram consis ted of v oca l so los bv Mr s. Whit en ac k a nd Mr . Re imund, corn et s ol o, Mr. B ixb y, so l o, G. Willi ams, a nd an adch ·ess on Pn triot ism by th e lea der.

So me of th e st 1·ong Y. M. men wh om th e s umm er sc h oo l has br oug ht arc: C. M. Penn ey , A. J. Wi c kl a nd , Jo hn H at z, W. H. Patc hin , Lee Best, E. E. Ode ll, an d Guy Willi am s. $ $

Normal Catholic Association.

Foll o win g a m os t p ro sperous year und er th e le nders hip of Miss Elean or La ll y, N.c. A. b ega n th e s um me r te rm o f1 908 with an ent hu siastic mem bers hip of fifty. Reg u!l=t r Su n day An d mic'l-wce k mee tin gs a re he ld for dev ot ional exe rci se s. Th e s tud y of t he life of Chri s t, His wo rk , a nd Hi s m cssngc to man, is bei ng p ursued In a do iti oo, to pics of general i nte r es t to the C lu·i st i au world are di sc ussed.

Tb e fo ll o wi ng o ffi ce rs were elected for the s umm er te rm : M arga re t Hi ck ey , Pres id en t; Mary McNa mara, Vice-Presi dent; Ad a O' Co nn or, Secre tat·y: Mr s. N f. C. J nt: k, T reasurer

THE NORMAL! E PERU,

NEBRASKA

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THE STAFF OF EDI TORS

j. A. IIA K NA, E<li lor.in -C hi cf

C. RAY Ed it nr

C. 0. OLINH Ca mpus E<li tn r

C. M. P HNNR V Ah11t1ni Edit r· PnOF I! SS OH P.M J':ll'ully .\th· i, cr E.. R. Ol ' UKRY,

We h ave a g reat S umm <: r Schoo l. You agn·c? or Felicitation \-n: a ll do. You kn ow why? !'resident Cr a hlr <.:<.:, yo1 1 say? S ure! With a wise exec utive, po pul ar because ol s in cer ity, hi s dignity, hi s sc h ola rly atta inm en ts , and kind ly int<:r<.:sl in the individua l, any co ll ege will be mad e great . The !acuity t oo? Ri ght again ! Our facult y is tl:e bes t there is. Str o ng, cnpab lc, enthusiastic instructors, every on<:. Like Pe ru, t oo , you say ? Ancl why sho uldn't yo u? You would be a queer morta l if you didn't Dr. Wi ns hip sa id t hat there was no mo re b caut ilul. inspiring, natural sett in g lor rt co llege in the United States You as k what we think of the st11dcnt body? V•l c thini< it sp lendid. We think the eight hundred teachers who have given up the t wo be st month s of their precious vacation , wlt o h an: h ra\·\.'d the summer's sco rching heat that they mi g ht gain new k nowledge, and r ece i ve new inspiration in orde r to better the bo ys a nd girls of Nebra ska in the days to come, are se lf- sac rifi c in g and n ob le. And so we repeat, "We have a gr eat Su mme r Sc ho ol !"

PERU NO IUlAL L\fi'ERAT I VELY NEEDS 1' \\'0 NEW Growth and Facilities. DORMITORIE s! Tw o hundred stu d ents we re denied admi ss ion to the Normal Scho ol this summer becau se of a lack of r oom ing acc om mo dati ons. L and l ad ies re nted par lo rs and sew ing ro om s, cl ose ts and s torage ro oms, and st ill the to wn co uld not accommodate the st udents. During the winter no t s ix furnace heated rooms in the wh o le v ill a ge

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lw "' ahh: and w illi n !! to pn y for comfor table a ccomm• •d:t t i• •n-. n-.t ynung nn e! all yo un g men nrc for ced to a cce pt small. l"",rl.'· lo w. r oo ms. a nd C\' Cll such "qua rtl't's" :t n "ft t 11 :tl a i U lll \ \'lt :t t h. t th1..· :\nrm: d dnn t.' to rem ed y ::m:h condition l> ? :\ ot h ing at a ll t i-. :tn o ld ::t nt c turc. fo rty-th r ct• yea rs old, a a girls' dormitn t y, ei g hty you ng In dies n nd in room" arc.: lll;_!:tg< d t ll tlltt h-: in :u l nt n cc , but "w hnl is it nmong so mnuy.'' (r I 't'l'll i -. tn l' IHilinuc to g'rO \\' , the s tu dents mu st be pro\·ided with l'' •tnf, n·tahk t' tHH ns n nd wh en su t'lt pnH' ision is m ndc th e you ng nll· n tllu:--t 111 •t be lkllc nt e co llcgl' with t\\' O· h un drcd stu dents h as fi111r P l.' rll wi th eigh t-h un dred st u de n ts ond d nss-r oo m rli..Tilllll ll • od :t ti• lll :' (O J' :1 thOII S:t ll d, hns 0 1/C do rm i to ry. th : tt :: uch cond it io n:> wi ll be rc me clie d. \\' c kn ow that t he p ct• t) k "( : tt'C t oo p t·o ud o ft h i:: gr eat t en chc rs ' co ll co-c to n ll ow ., Th e peo ple of th e \Ves t arc h l'l' t•nti ng tnw :1rd c:d n cnt ion:tl Ill inois in th r ee ,YI.' at ·:-: !-- Jll..' lll $·1·ii 0 .0 00 on the new i\ [ aco mb 1\o .-nl a l. Nebr as ka in fo rtyl w e, hn :-: $171 .00 0 on the !'ern No rm a l. N<.' b rn skn, prosperand is tt \\' nkc to the :; igns of the t im es , nud we do ub t n ot th:tl :11t ol hcr s um111 cr sc h oo l conven es Pe ru \vi ii hnve two new dnnni ; tncl t h:tt on(' of the se w ill be for yo uu g men.

\Vc know five stu de n ts Ill a tten dan t<.' at the s um -

Mine a nd Thin e mer school who bnve, to da te , l os t $ 11 in cash, tlu ·ec um bre ll as, o ne belt, two bo ok , t hree pcnt wu kni u oc ha t, t\\' O pa irs of rub bers, t hree te nni s ba ll s. one fo unt niu pe n, two no te b oo ks, and num erous nr ti cl cs of even less eonsc-

On you kn o \\' wlwt lw s b ec ome of the se art icl es ? They ha ve bee n sto le n! Not ·'so u,·cnircd '' or mislaid, but ta ken del i beratelY or s om e misguided indi v idu als who did not re tu rn them. "' a nd \vh o f tt' c, in pa t"l a ncc. "s ne ak thi c,·cs."

The gre atmnjnri ty of No rm al stude nt s arc honest as the d ay, bu t th e re ar t.: a fe w, wh o, o win g to u nwi se t rai11 in g, hcrcditn ry in s tinct s, s kl'J> y cn tl s <.: icn cl.' S, or pcn·crtcd te nd encies ha \' C not ye t lc:t ru ed to di ffercneia tl' h ct wee n mi ne and t hi ne.

ThlTl' bu t one t est to a ppl y, ''Is it m in e or is if not? Hit is not , no ma tt <.T what my pr ese nt n ee d m ay be, no ma tt er wb at I may have su fr [ 't" I<.: t·ed ft·om I wi ll no ne o 1 .

Gentle rea der, if we ha ve sinned in t hi s r es pect, if we ha ve in our gu i 1ty p ossession s undr y ar ti cl es purl o in ed from o ur un su sp ec ting neighbors. let us •·ight t hi s wt·o ng . and secr etly or ot herw ise be goo d eno ugh :1nd hon es t cnongh to r et urn wh at is n ot our ow n. L et us "Do it No\v."

, lltrt •. rd lk ndrid,-.. '06 fo r the two yt·nr::;superi utendcutofthe 1 '\ IJ.,.,J a pos iti un n s::i ·taut in th e depa rt men t of Ph.' "il·.tl ,.,t'lll'l'' .\It· llc:tulril·k:; in nddit iou ro his wo rk as nss istaot will l:tla· gt·:tduatl ".,,-);:in the Xonn:tl loo king townrd hi s degree

.I II :11·nld \\ ... :tnd J. ,\. ·o ·s. n res pl·nrlingthein aration ahro:td, hl·iug of Pr of Oel zdl's Eurnpenn pn rty

l..:ul•y Cl:tt ·k. ' 07, of the t\·:tdlt'r ·' bureau of the Nebraska l'eac ut•r, n·· Cl·n tl y dnys in i'.:ru ,·isiti ngfril•nd::and looking after busi· IH:s-.. . Fn -. tt'l'. 't l6 fot· t\\' O ye : trs princip nl at ll urdy, wi ll attend th e l llt vcrs i tv of the com in n· \' Cn r. J

Supt 1. C .\ li tchc ll , '07. of Friend reelected with nn in creas t' nf •·y. to $150 :1 month .

1-! ac l •l· l F :ti rchild. '() 3, s up crinl e nrknt of sc h oo ls at pence r, ts spcnrl111 g :t p: t• ·t !lt' h t· r vi::: it in g fr iend s a nd n·lati vcs in Terlton, Okl nh om :t.

E. E. l .:t, kl·,·. ·o-f.. It a:: rltts l·d his H'cnn d success ful vear ns supe rint<: ntl l' nt nf' :-: l·h 11 ; ds :tt Syrnc u sc.

Su pt. 1 .J . Knu ll , '07 , of Blu e been r eelected fo r Anoth er _\'<:at· at :t tl i nl'I'C: t sc in sn hry

.luliu :-: G iii.H:l'l, 'OG lot· the past two yea rs pr in cipa l of th e high sc h oq l at lt :ts b c(' ll ci C'ctcd s up et·i nte nd ent of the sc h oo ls at Newman Gt·ove r()( ' ne xt

C. E. '07. su pe rint e nd en t of sC' h oo l:: Rt Nd:: oo, r ece ntly spent s cv e t· nJ at t h ..: Nnnnal ,·isit iu g fri en d:; and ren ew in g ac qtwintnn ce,;

Be nj am in II:tn-i son. ' 07. lw !" r e.:ently b ee n cle.:tl'd princip al of the lti gh sc h nn l al at a s:d nryn f$!)0 .

S up t. \ v. T. vis. ' 06 ' of Hc:t n'r Ci I)'. , ::; n ne of the in s tru c tors in the Juni ot· Norma l at McC oo k. Mr. D avis hn !" hMI a success ful \' Ca r at Bea,·e1· Ci ty.

Eib en T 1-1 yJor, '0 7, hns lwc n co mpe lled to give up sc hool wo rk tempot·n ril _v on :llTnunt of \\' eak eyes. Mr. Tay lor was principa l of sc h ools at A lcx n ndri a l: tst ye:tr ann h is IC' nv ing sc h oo l wo rk nt t hi s tim e isH di stinct lo ss to the Alexa ndria

Fn t· the fi 1·st time in th e hi sto:·y of the sch oo l the Alumni arc ass igned a spec ial pl ac...: in the clwpe l. Th ey occ up y wh at is kn own as the "seni or r ow" beginn ing in th e fr o nt with the membe rs of the cla ss of ' OS and ex-

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te ndi ng ba ck wa rd in :1. fa n sha pe with Ll v: IJ r l)a cl end of th{· fa n o rn amen te d w ith fift y from the cl rts s of' OS.

As n ea rl y as we c an g et th e JWmc s th e four '<!·'· ' U! i, '07 a nd '08 , arc re pre!' cnlt cl hy th e fo ii ')\V in g p l·da gogs : 11 HI w il l

1905

F red Ha ll et t, prin cipn l hig h sc hool S t. l' all l; Sy h·i:t \I ill.: r, 'f' ol1 i:t s; Eve lyn Hesseltine, P er u.

IGuy Willi am s, Alli ance; \\'.I I. Pa td ti n. Cl i ffo rd :t nJ II. H. Re imun cl, pr in cipa l nf high sch oiJ I, Alli a nn:.

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C. R ay Gate s, pr incipal hi gh schold, .'\c hr :cslw C it y; E:trl L itt ,L:' t'f', sci en ce t eac her, Ha y cJock; Ea rl J. l! rtrl s cl l. s up eri n ten d en t A rl ington sc h oo ls; 8. M. Clin e, p1·incip al Sidm·_v hi gh sch oo l; Don J. You ng , pr in cipal Yu ta n sch oo ls; C. M. Pe nn ey , su pe rin tl:ndc nt Oak land sc hools: A. J. Wi c kl and, p rin cipal Greenw o od schools; Elsie n ac o n. ,\lli nncc.

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M ary j. And <' rson, a ss is ta nt prim:ip :d, Ta hlt· Mabe l,\ , B ai lor, Fa irmont; Gr ace A. Be rry, prim a ry , Oa ld an cl; El mer R. Burk ey, p ri ncipal, To bi as; Virg ini a Lc<· Bye rl y, English teac he r, Ne br as ka Ci ty hi gh sch ool; Geo rge L. Car lson, Laken; Da vi d L. Ca rl so n, Sidm ·y; Effie 0. Ca rl son, Kimb a ll ; W arre n S. C oo k, p1·incipal Alexa nd ri a school s; A. 0. E ggenb erge r, prin c ipa l We s ter n s ch oo ls; Bess ie Fo s te r, Bla nc hard , Iow a; Myrtle Gelwick, Tecum seh; Iva Glasgo w, Brunin g; Ma y Gl asgow Wes tern ; Tena M. Gu nn , ass istant pr inc ip al L ex in gto n hi gh sch oo l; Ann a Gunn , ag ricu l turn l co ll ege , Am es, Io wa ; H. Ha mi lto n, Cntwfo rd ; Jo hn A. Ha nn a, t ea ch er of Historv, Aub urn hi gh sch oo l; Ste ll a Har ris, Fa ir b ur y; In ez A. Ha wkin s, F;idi el d; Sarah M. He rrin gt on, Si oux Ci ty, Io wa; J. G. Hess eltin e, as sista nt to Profes sor D un ca nson; Ma r gar et G. Hi cke y, Omah a; Leon R. H ill , pr in ci pa l I3 ridgc port sch ools; Grace A. Huff, Oga la ll a; Anna M. Ke tr id g e, Bea tr ice; Ste ll a N. Lull, S hick ley ; B. C. Ma rce llu s. Crete; Myr tl e A. M cC ra y, Fa irbury; E!'pc Mc L ean, Fa irbury; Fra nk H. Mizcra , princ ip al Wa l thi ll sc h oo ls: C. 0. Olin e, pri nci pal of sch oo ls at Sholes: Lenora Page W ay n e; Al be rt Pe te rso n, pri nc ip al L oo mi s sch oo ls; H il ma ]. Pet er so n, Fa i rbur y; Ca rri ne P or te r, Wilber; La ura Po rter, Greely; Els ie L. Po rt er, Mind e n; Bertha Reed, Osceo la; E ll a Rei nh ar d, Pa wn ee Cit y; Licl a Rew ey , R aw li ns, W yo .; Glen Sh eely, Beave r City; Eliz ab et h H. Sky rm e, O hi ow a; ? thcl D. Sn e ll, Grafton; Bu rr Stapleto n, pri nc ipal Ne ba ·wka; Eve lyn Van Wic ki e, state un ive rsi ty Wy om in g; Bessie Was hb u rn , Long P in e; C at he ri ne Wi lli s. Fa irb ur y; Fre d 0. Zink , science t eac her, As hl an d; Bessie Zi nk, Osceola; Etta Crab tree , B ea trice.

:\II of ab u,·c, n few members of t he class of ' 08, who are fini lt i ng up thei r work, nre tnkiug adnt oce<l wo rk lea ding to th e degree O:u.: lu: lt lt' (If Eclta ·.ttiun. yo H t' clcin e, '0 5 is nss isting Prof. Howie

In tn the oft repented questio n." \\'h at has hecome of our iurtJ<.: tn r·:' . th t' nne:' '"'-' lo n pnrtin llist of former instructors is gin:n :\ ll·l(cnzic ... . .... .. ....... ....... .. ........... .... ......... .... Oa kdale, Ca lifo rni A Deu\' e r, Colorado

l 'n>fc %o r· E lli s ' tat e No rm al, Emporia, I<nnsas .\)iss Eli zn '. i\ l or·ga n Rochester, New York

.\1 i ss PIon·n ee W ri _g h l.. Los Angeles, California

Mi ss lltt bb:trd. (Mrs. Hn li) Binghampton , New York

Profe sso r E. Lippitt . ...... .. ................. In str n ct oriu music, Chillico the, Ohio

Dr. J. A. l3c n lti e Cot n t-r Uni ve rsity , Beth a ny , Ne bras ka

Mi ss A nn n He ni gg- St a te No rm al, Madison, South Dakota

Pr·ofesso r A. W. No r to n .... ........ ........... ... retired, Madison, So uth Dakota

Pro fe sso r Alb e rt Vnn Vlcet O kl a hom a University , Norman, Oklahoma

l\1 iss Evelyn Bir ss , (Mr s. Albert Van Vlee t) ........ ........ No rm au, Oklahom a Je nni e McLa in. (;\fr s. H. R. Co rb e tt) Kennilworth, Illinoi s

A li ce DR ily , (Mr·s. A. K. Goudy)

Peru , Neb r as ka

.P rofessor J. F. Hosic Cook County Norma l, Chicago

Pro fesso r VI/. R. Har:t ......... Agricnltural College, Amherst , M assachu set ts

Mi ss Waitc Normal University , Athens, Ohio

Pro fes so r· Gco. N. Porter . .. .. ..................

State No rmal, Kearney, Nebraska

Supt. T. J. Oliver, County Superintendent, Rich a rd son County, Nebra ska

Miss Ella Clark , (Mrs. We c kb a ck) .......... .......... .. ............... Crete,Nebraskn

Miss Pearl Minnick

Miss Ocean K. Daily, (Mrs. Cary)

Miss Jennie R. Paddis

State Norm a l, Kirksville, Mi ssouri

State Normal, La Platz, New York

Miss Ul a Sanders Rogers Acad emy , Roge rs, Arkansa s

Miss Emma Davi s, (Mrs. D. E. Willard) . Fargo, North Dakota

Miss Estella Graham Statc Normal, Wea therford, Oklahoma

Dr. W. A. Clark, - State Normnl , Kearney, Nebraska

Miss Barbara Maj o rs, (Mrs. Davenport) ......... ,................. Peru', Nebras ka

Miss M ara L. Furgcson ........... ... ........... ... .... .. .City No rmal, Joli et, Uli nois

Professor B agg Teacher of painting. Lincoln , Nebra sk a

Miss Eliz;abeth Bratt, (Mrs. Ba ldwin) ...... ..................... Omaha. Ne bras ka

Pro fe ssors. L. CaldwelJ. ..... Bro wn's Business College, Lincoln , Nebraska

Professor Francois Boucher Te ac her of Music , Kan sa s City, Missouri . DECEASED 1

Professo r H. L. Gran t, Profess or J. W. Fike, Florence Worley Demores t, Profe ssor Rob e rt Cuny. Dr. Geo . L. Fm·nh am.

Chapel News .

Chapel on on ly three days of the we e I< in s te ad of n·ery ri a y 11 ;.. 1.a l.

Monday, Wednesday and Fr id ay.

June 9 :-An exc ellen t addres s by Supt. J. L. l\l c fJrien Pre s. Crabtree encou r ages the new s tudent s.

June 17:-Prof. White s colds. All wh o h ad taug ht in Cass co unt y, who b ad liv ed in Cass cou nt y, who ex pected to te nch in Cas s county, who had p assed thru Cass county, rema in ed a fter ch ap el in fr ou t of th e s enior secti on.

June 2 4:-Prof. Gr egg g iv es ta lk on preacher 's son s, us in g E. M. C lin e as a model of perfection. All M il ton co unt y?? ? te a chc 1·s t·em aine d a fter chapel.

Jun e 26:-Ca ss county te achers make an ent hu sias ti c d emo ns tration. The s in gi ng led by Su pt Wickland made the ch ape l walls fai rl y ec h o.

July 1:-Augu st Eggcnbct·ger bec om es pop ul ar r ending an announcement. He is cheered to th e ech o. Prof. White s in gs 130 by special request fr om Prof Duncans o n. Sc h oo l joins in Tw o a nn ou n ce ment s of Mr. Penney's Express package. Du ncan son read s bo gus P rof. White scol ds aga in.

July 3:-Prof. Dun cans on in sists that a ll who wish theit· names to appear in public, paste them upon wa ll s of chapel. (Pen n ey blushes.) Abo an no un ces th at Nor mal Athletic(?) Association m ee t in r est- r oo m Sunday at 1 0:30 o' cl oc k for de votional exerc i ses Pt·of. Gr egg a nn o un ces tomorrow is tl1e glo ri ou s Fourth.

July 6: -Pres. J. W. Crabtree r et urns fr om N. E. A. a nd is lo udl y applauded upon e nt erin g ch apel. All t eachers who ha ve, etc ., in Clay c ou nty, meet i nS. W. corner of the ch ape l afte r exercises No b og us a nnoun cements re ad. Chapel very qu iet and o rd e rly.

July 8 :-Wilma Searso n sits on r os trum Pr o f. White fli es cle ar off th e ha nd le and stu d en ts sing like l arks. Extracts fr om Prof. Dunc a nso n' s announcement of Art Exhibit. "I liv ed in the sa me city with Bryan for six years a nd will vo uch th at he is a good l oo king m an." Tell s "coo n story" but s tudent s are mostly English. " Th e Re vi ew of Revi ews is th e best m agazin e publi shed .'' (Pr of. M artin g oe s to s lee p, la y in g hi s head ou hi s sho ul de r.) (Miss Kell ey a nd Prof. Schneider l ook sleepy a nd Wilma begins to cry .) " The la dies of the Art Club will give an exhibit of the best pictures, e tc ., the l ast of th e week " An excellent r epo rt of N. E. A. was given by Prof. French.

Jul y 10:-Bryan Club m akes an enthusiastic d emonstra ti on and is called do wn by Rev. Hussong in hi s scriptural (?) reading. Prof. Beck takes his u sua l n ap Last chance a nn o uncem ents arc read for the fourte enth tim e.

On the Campus.

l>id yo u cvc.-r noti ce how so me people rend the .·onnnlite? They sei ze it \vith eage r p ktl :w gcs nnd gla n ce at the locals nnd som e times think thu s: "0. dcnr! It d oes n't say n t hin a abo ut m e. lju st know the local cd i lor hn s a f.! r udgc m e. " xow if you w ish your name "in the pnpc r' ' plcn sc s uy so m et hin g r ea lly wit ty or do s om e thing great and the ed i tor!'! will be on yo ur trail to gi ve you n b qos t to ,-..·ard the pedestal of popul:lri t y. Pc nu cy . th e Alumni Edi to r, . ay a be tter w ay to b ecom p op ular is to hnYe yo ut· mn mmn s end you an express pa ck age of no value who tcvc t·, and th cu lea ve it at th e ex press o ffice a co uple of month s. Pr of. Dut H·n n so n cl:t im s th nt n be tter way is to p as te your name up on th e of the c hnp c l.

Jun e, .-Rcgis tr n li on Day: i\li ss Bowen, t oo bu sy to regis ter-so ts Benni e Ik dcll.

.I un c Do wen not quite decided what to ta ke-neither is Rc· nn i l'

J un c) 0. - l\li ss Dowen regis ters- so d oes Be nnie -Gre at mind s run in th e s om e c hnnncl.

Je sse He ndrick s:- " A fa int be at·t never won a fair Ind y."

Mi ss Cr a pcnhoft wo nd e rs why the y call her "Bird ie." Miss Sheely is cqunll y c uriou s about hein g ca lled ''Grnce." Where is the "intoxicated cow?" Don't tell.

E lli s (in hi s tory of Africa n SJa ,·ery) defe nding Ca lhoun -Well , I do n't ca t·c he wn s ns s incere as a ny mfln Blu shes.

Mi ss Sydne y Murph y of F"ran ldin Academy ha s charge of the instrument al music for the s umm er. Mi ss Murphy is givin g the best of satisfa ction. She w ill have .:barge of the sa me work next ye ar.

Prof. F. M. Gregg, one of our mo st enterpri sin g pro fe sso rs, h as been o ffered the positional' hearl of the department of biol ogy in tw o e..'=cellent s tate norm a ls oft hc we s t, hut bas declin ed ea ch of these positions preferrin g to remain in Peru. Thi s is but nnot h er ex a mple of what the schoo l mea ns to one wbo ha s been here.

Pt·of. S chneider [on Mrivin g lat e at the s upp er tnble]- "1 just g_ot away from a faculty meeting .' '

Ha nna :-" It be quite a reli ef to g et aw ay. I wn s at on e once."

Patchin has s ol v ed the probl em . He says that in South Dakota a man can get a home for the asking Hereis ago od opening for bachelors

Prof. J. W. Searson has been a sked to conduct the Sta te Reading C ircle worl• for ne xt year thru tbc column s of the Nebrn ska T ea cher .

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Prof. Fr en ch ga ve a dis cu ss ion on tht: :!lu bj lTl ''Agri c ult ure in :\o rm al Sch oo ls" at the r ece nt meeting of the N. E. A. in Cl evela nd, O hi o. s hort chapel talk upon hi s re turn was inten se ly int erest in g and to th e po in t.

P rof. N. A. Bengt so n, head of th e dcpartmcn t of ph y, hn !' h t:c n elect ed to the Un iv ersi ty as ass ista nt in Geog ra phy fh·. Con dra. We arc glad to sec him ta k<· this im po rt a nt !i t cp to wa rd s advan et·Jn t: nl

Pro f. Sc hn e id er go es to An n Arb or at the close of s ummer s css io 11 tn co mplete a course in th e l aw sc h oo l.

Miss Ston er:-" My un cle and aunt ccl eb r nt ed thci1· fi fty-e ig iHh \\T tldi ng a nni ver sa ry las t No vern ber."

Mi ss Pease.- "T h cy must be gett i ng awful t ir ed of eac h other ."

All the cou pl es sh ow a ma rk ed i nc lin a tion to fin i!:i h thei r ''s et" bcfo1·e s tud y h ou rs wh et her th ey a re play in g tenn is or no t.

Benn ie Bed ell [in ad v. Physiology ]-" We di dn't ge t a test for g mpe sugar. "-Surely he didn 't u se th e r oy al, no r the ed it o ri al "w .-.' ' wha t, th e n?

Cook (in adv. Physiology ] -"T he di ge!:i ti ve j ui ces iu th e intestines arc 'b o il ' (b ile), etc ."

Miss Am elia F. Luca s, as hea d of th e De par tm en t of Read in g, ha !:i more th an j usti fie d he rs el f in her work d uri ng the p as t yea r. She h as done a ll h er wo rk in a ch ee rful, pa ti en t and energ eti c w ay th at w in s.

The B oa rd of E du ca ti on could not poss ib ly gi ve Mi ss Lu cas a s uffi ciently st r ong reco mm e nd ation as s he cl oses her wo rk in th e No rm al at th e cl ose of su mm er s choo l, Owin g to her lar ge classes, she is bein g assist ed thi s s umm er by Miss from Arka nsa s, and Mi ss Dunl a p, ' 08.

Prof. Geo . H. All er, hea d of t he de pa rtm ent of mu sic, is on a yea r's leave of abse nce, gi vi ng priva te in Bo ise, Id ah o. Th e s ch oo l as a whole is ve ry anxious th at he re turn a nd es t ab li sh a conse rv ato ry of music as were his intenti ons

Miss Hos m er, head of th e l<ind er garten de part me nt , is resti ng for the s um m er in Fish Cr eek , Wi sc onsin.

Prof. H ow ie, w ith h is cl ass in su r vey in g is n ot o nl y g ivi ng th e el :tss pr actica l wo rk , bnt is s traightening ou t th e corner s, etc., of th e bl oc ks in tow n an d sec t ions in the co unt ry .

Mi ss Lo ui se W. M ears w ill spe nd th e la tt er part of the s um me •· in the lake a nd forest r egion of Minn e so ta and Cana da. Upon he r rc tum she ta ke s c ha rge of the depa rt me nt of geogr ap hy, vacat ed by Prof. Be n gtson.

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1.: 11 I l vc t·hnlt. :1 gr:td u :\te nf To r onto t: ni vcr:;ity, fo rm er s uperinl<: tllknt .. t -.. dtcto• l-.. :tt .\ -.hl : wd ami :\lin den. n nd n promine nt edu cator of -..t:•t•·. h:t-.. l ll·t·n of th e sch oo l. He is ' ·w-inning out" with thl' -.t tHknt IHHiy.

I 'r, -.ick nt L'r.tltllt'l.: the :;umm cr sc hoo l yet , wi th a rcgi stt·ati"n r11111dH'ring nn r hu ndn·d.

Tht· nt·w -..ttHk n t:- au n ilin g th eir lc ttt•rs in the wa tc paper bo xes, :and tl11.: 11 thl'\' \\'c nHlc r w ll\· tht' \' do n't g el anv m nil. . . . .

J tlllt.' t :; S11pt .\ .J . Wi ckla nd l:wd s in Pe ru nfte r a sueces .ful y ea r at Gn :<.' t l\\'cHHI. I It- i nllll t: di a tt•ly infatu ated with a li tt le bl a ck -ey ed :":c:.- m :tha 111 :t i dc..·n The m ·x t dny Pt·o f. mnkcs n ch npel talk on hl ack -\.·yc..·d .\ . .J .

I '• ·of. [in chc 111 i:; try da ss ].-"Two deme nts uni ted so that t h t: y :ac t : 1:- ont· a r:Hlic: d . .. 1 13 n wcn 8\.•cld l n r nd icnl?'' [Lau g hter.]

l 'nlf. in b egi nni ng French is progress in g ni cel y. Thi s is thc li rsl Frc 11 ch gin:n in the :"lo nn a!, a nd such great in tc re tis shown in th l' \\'n rk :; un•m et· th ut a rran ge meu ts have been made whct·<.· h _y t "·n n·:t nf Fr ench will he o fTercd as au dec li,·e herea ft er ;:\ T1•• c. :\ 1. l't:nm·y :-; pcut ::t plc as nn t, fi n e, ag reeable, deli gh tful , splendi d, jo yful. g 1·: 111 d, r npt ur ou s, s ublim e, m ag ni fic ent, imm en se , super h. s mi ling : 111 <1 in f'ntu: • ti ng fo' o ur th on the farm. Itj s n ee dless to s ay whose fnn 11.

l' a tc hi n [i 11 1 9 Lh Cc n l. Histor y] -' · Wh enever th e littl e sa didn 't bc ha n: th ey wn uld grab them and spa nk them on the spot ."

Gos hen, E ll is. a nd W oo ds will sp l..' nd th e mo nt h of Au gust among tl a: go ld fie lds and polar bears in Alas ka

Ne wt on Cl:11·k, father of A. M. Cla rk , is s pendi ng u- few weeks wi th hi s so n, who u tt e ncl in g the summer sess ion.

Pt·o f. L. 0. Sc hen.· 1• gi,·cs t wo kl:tures every rr iday to th e boys and g id s of the sc h oo l. Boy s at 3:4·5; gi rl s nt 4-:30. The s ubj ec ts treated an:: Da t hin g, Die t, Exc t·cise, a nd Gua rd s a ga inst Comm on Diseases Th ese a 1 c.: go o d, in te t·es t in g. a nd ins tr uct ive ta lks and the students will clo we ll to a v:t il the rn seh·cs of the opp o rtu n ity gi ve n.

Miss L ov e of the Ch ic a go C ose t·va to ry of Mu sic h as rh arge of the v oca l mus ic for th e summer. He t· excell ent t raini ng in vo ca l culture cs rcc i: tll y h t: t• for t hi s work

Mr. E. E. Mu mfo rd pl ans to take a tr ip in a cov ered wa g on t br u t he w<·s t fot· hi s wife's heal th Duri ng his ab se nce Bu rto n Gla sgo w and Pr ed Ehcr·t, wit h w ill ta ke cha rge of thejn ni tor work. .

Lost, st r ayed, or s tolen! A d oze n cri s p, fre sh. Fint.l<:r \\'ill please return sa me to one of th e No rm a li te s taff and r cce i,·e rcw:1r·d

The gymna s ium work is being ca rried on with great Unde r th e 10u p ervisian of Dr. Scherer more 1·eal e nthu siasm is sho wn in girls' ath letics th an du rin g any previou s s ummer sc h oo l.

Me ss r s. Hill, Hendrick s, [n ot profe sso r] Wi c kl a nd [n ot Arthur], Marcellu s a nd Olioe mad e a trip to Aubu rn. june 27t h. Th ey were caught in the storm on th e way home a nd we re C0 111 f.C ll cd to spend the night on the farm that Penney lik es so well. Up on e ntering the ho use n il removed their s hoes save He ndrick s, wh o had r easo ns of hi s •>wn for n ot doing so. Byrne consoled himself thru the ni ght by r ead in g '' Th at O ld Sweetheart of Mine." Thank s to Dysart s for t he sp le ndid treatm e nt accorded the bun ch.

Mi ss Helen F. Cone, '08, of Ash la nd, s pent the Fo urth with Miss Evelyn Van Wickie

Prof. Beck b as an enrollment of ne arly fo ur hundred in his cl nsscs . This large e nrollment in "Math" is due to his enthusiastic wa y of presen ting the s1,1bject

Don Young:-"Tbis is leap y ea r-my heart flutter s. "

Cook and one of hi s esteemed friends, Harry Rcimund , tre ated Mrs. Gray to a fanta s tic cl og dance on the front porch the othe r evening, but the l atter gave them no encouragement towards repeating the performance.

Cline [a fter sittin g up a ll night with the to othacb c] - "Gntcs, I'm a ll m; practica lly I'm dea d, but the o retically I s till live ."

Messrs . Reimund and Marcellu s arc suffeJ'ing fr om severe co ld s ns n result of ex po su re during th e recen t damp we a ther .

Prof. Gregg's Law manual ba s been accepted by Ginn & Co., as one of their catalogued public a ti o ns. The dem a nd for the manu al is growing so large th at he was no longer a ble to publish it himdf.

Miss Molli e Tynon is bu sy sending people out of the li brary these days.

Miss E_s ther A. Clark's class in Sallu st is int ensely interesti ng. She a Jm s espectall y to give a thoro gramma 1· review in connect i on with thi s work

Miss Bullock, who is taking cha r ge of the library work during Mlss Ru l on s absence, bas accer>ted a position as librarian in the Spokan e [Was h.] Ci ty Libra ry at a lucrative salary.

.\I r:-- of :\l ,·:llla Ohio is spen ding th e umme r with her son l'r of F 2\L l;n:gg

•'u pl. (;co E. i\ 1artin 's class iu g rn mm ar, num ber ing OYe r a hundred tc::t chl.-rs, (llll.' of the m•>:> l ent hu sias tic cl n.se in the s ummer sc hoo l.

2\ 1i ss 2\ 1 r. Z in k, this p npe r is p oo rly d iges t ed ." Ernt·st %i nk.-"Ycs. ilmnde me sick to w rite it .' '

I lo wi c :wei · pe nt a few day in Frem o nt in a tten dan ce at the St:ltc : un rla y Co n\·cntio n.jun c 12 to L5. The fo rmer rcprl.·sc:n ted the .\ I. E .:' und ay ch oo l a nd th e latter was :1 de lega te fr om tl11: Bn pti st S unday 'c h oo l. Do th g ny c g oo d ent hu sins tic repo rt s to thr Su nrl :t y. nl th e churches t bc fo ll ow ing

Pr o f. cl ass in supe n-i sion numberin g over t hi rty superinten:t nd is the ne xt t hi ng to renl ex p erie nce:

Su pt C co. E .\ I :1 rt i 11 of Nebra ska Ci ty is ·ched ul ed to del i ve r an a ddress before the Ut oc Co u nty Inst itu te ou the e ve nin g of August 7th.

i\ 1n;. \\' 1 I. Byc .-J y nf Frank li n, mother of hli ss Virgi ma Bye rly, '08, spent the fir st weeks of J ul y in Per u Yi sit in g her daug h te r.

Mr s. Cra wford n od Miss Krebs. nrc at te nd in g TrRinio g Sch oo l of the C hi ca go U ni ve rs it y d ur ing the s umm er.

Mi ss C 11 1b ert son spend in g her s umm er ta kin g spec ia l wor k in En glish :1t Ann Arbor i\ li c hi gn n.

The fo ll ow in rr me mb ers of th e facul ty will do in stitu te wo rkd nr in at he M b month of Au gu st , Sea r so n, Gregg. a nd Rouse, Mrs. Cra wford, a nd the Mis f;e s La ll y nod Schlee.

1VIi ss cs Elea nor La ll y and :\[ ae Sc hlee h ave ap p oi nted by the National Civi c Fed era ti on as me mb rrs of a b ody of fiv e-- hu n dred teachers to s tud y th e edu cati onal pro bl ems in Eur epe.

M i sR Alice Loo 111i s of the Dom est ic Scien ce Dep a rt men t ha s been honored w ith a Fc ll o \\' s hip in Co lumbi a U niv ersity, nn rl goes there on R l ea ve of absen ce to fini sh fo r h er degr ee.

An y one d es irin g to rope a stt·ay do nk ey w ill pleas e ca ll at Oa k Glen betw een th e hours of ten a nd t we lve p. m.

Pr o f. Whit e is co ndu c tin g a Norm al T ra inin g Art cl ass, numbering one hunred ed t hr ee s tud e nt s, abo ut d oub le th e numbe r expec t ed

He take s th e cl as s o ut int o the co untr y every Saturd ay for sketchin g.

S tu de nt (in sketc hin g class)-''Wh at sha ll I ca ll thi s pictu re ?"

P r(lf V\' hit e-'' Ca ll it ·Home'."

St ud c nt-"W hy ca ll it Ho m e. " .

Pt·of. Whi te -" B ec ause there is no place lik e it.' '

Exchan ge .

She that that she wo uld t ak<: a sb ock , when s lu: go t the sh oc k it wa s so s hockin g that she wa s sh ocked bccn us f: s h<: got such n s hoc kin g

ans wer did yo n gel ;t s tn the wate r up on edam ?"

Pupi l-"! ha ven't don <: Lhc clnm pr ol ,km."

" Doctor, my dau gh te r seems to be go ing IJiind. and she's ge ttin g ready for her wedding , t oo . 0! Dear m e! \\'hat 's to be do ne?"

"Go right on with the weddin g, by n il m ada m. lf an_vthing w ill ope n her eyes , marri age w ill. ''

First T eac her.-" Are you Hung( a )t·y' '

Seco nd Te ae ber .-"Yes, Sia m ."

Fi rst Teac ber.- "Co me h ere nn cl I'll Fiji. "

"I can throw a base ba ll fo ut· bl ocl;s . ··

"Well , I'm a profe ss ional mys elf."

"What, at baseball ?"

"No, lying.' '

PROF. G RE r.G

THE 27 lnquisiHveness.

lCH nt lo ucd irom Pngc 1>1

mind nn d trc : t:'u r cs, ngn in ::;t the lo ng days of to il that s hould and will come to us n il . C uri ous, in qui si tive Rlso , I mRrk it a matter of rescn rc h to wh dh cr the procc s w as one of momentary enjo yment or had nls o an Hod c rlyin g purp ose. 1\ o o ne, not even a libra ri an, can eve n imn gi nc my d elig ht in fi ndin g the re ao ''i nd epend ent, inqui sitive " in tdk..:t, (";tpab lc of t. hc e nj o yment. of the moment. a liv e to the joy nnd h cn u ty of t.hc wo rld as rec o rd ed in hook . 1\o rlull ho ur , though he li ve a c.:c n lt u·y, st. url cnt. Th e wo rld in bo oks, and out of them . w ill till hi s w:tking- ho ur wi th intere-t nod delight-and afrord s co n so la ti on for any ''s lin gs and arrows Q[ o utrageou s fortune."

Ther e is r oo m in the libr aria n's hear t for a va st concourse of s uch ti vc st ud cnt =- -nbs th at there sh ou ld be so mu ch unoccupied

gift! May o ur teachers contrive to !-':1 vc ln L·nch o rt c of us so me: s mall fra gmen t of o ur originnl endowment!