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Stevens Point, Wis. ./I

1896. ·-·.

OC>N'TE~S . LITERARY. ,

Living ............ . ....................... Page 27 A Ttip rhrough the Dells of the Wisconsin " 2'Z An Experience of a County Storekeeper. . . . " 28 Miss Murfree's Best Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 29 A Week of Sus~nse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 29 The Legend of the Live Oak............... " 29 The Difference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ~

EDITORI4LS. • . • • ••••• ••• •. . • • • . • • • • • • • . . . . . • . • " 80 The New Education........ ... .. ... .. ..... .. . 80

LoOALS. . General .... .. ... ............... . ..... . . .- . . '' 81 Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 82

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~TBLETIC. , . Battleball ........ -.......•.. : . ...... ...... .. P'!f 88 Prospects of Spring Athletics.............. ' . 88 Notes .... : ................................ " 88

ExCBANGES ••..•••••••••••• · •••••.•• ; .•••••• ,., " 84

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L. THE ' NoRMAL POINTER Volume I. STEVENS POI~, WIS., MARCH, 1896. Number 4.

LIVING.

Si11g a song of ice a11d snow. ,' in ·, a :ong of ~11mmcr hlou111 :

Sing of morning's golden glow. Sing of eYCning' s gloom !

S.ing of pleas111·e, si ng of pain. Of gaining Jo,·c :wd giYing :

' ing. oh, si11g a. merry strain Or j11 ·t the joy or Jh·ing i

i\1AXW~: u. J\I.TOll. .

. A TRIP THROUGH THE DELLS OF THE

WISCONSIN .

One fresh June morning. tt · the s111I was shedding its first gorgeon · rays OTE1·- U1e ea ·tern hills. three car­riages rolled away from Baraboo. From the merry pc:ds of laughter. and th ·01md of happy ,·oicc>s. one might ha Ye guessed that the occupants of these ,·chil')Ps were off for a day 's plea. 11r •. And from the hand boxe :J.11cl baskets which were ,·isiblc, it was e,·idenL that ti piC'ni e was to be a part of their program. After a four hours· journey <,,,·er . ancly roads. the party arri ,·eel at a pretty littl e village known as Kilboum. situated on the bank of the Wisco n in. It was then plainly tu be seen that a trip up the rin: r was the plan for the day : for with baskets and bundles in hand, they set out for the boat hou e. Upon reaching · it, they descended se ,·ernl long flights of stairs and suddenly found thl•m;.c>h·es on the landing. In front of them, lying ealmly at rest. were two pretty steamers.

The company hoarded the larger boat. .. The Dell Queen.· · and were soo n eomfortablyscated. Promptly at nine o'cloC"k, th whistle blew. and the boat began to mo,·c slowly and steadily up the rin•r.

The sun was warm. but a ('(>OI breeze bl e w. and m·ca­s ionally carri C'd a frPsh spray of water into the faces of the passengers. The ri\'er strctehcd out. blue and heautiful. before them. On the left there arose a high bank of stone. while on the right the hank was low. and o,·er it could be ecn tlw ,·illagc. These ;;ights were soon lost by a turn in the. ri,·cr. and the stream bcg:w to narrow. f.uddcnly, on hntl ·ides. great hanks of solid stone loomed np. and the pleasurr-sce kers re­alized that they were then i II the Defis of the Wisco nsin .

Through these rocks the water has bc(lll . nfsfilng for centuries. and has formed ni<·hcs. cave ·. and ·anyons: has cut pillars and shaped bould , .. to : uit its fancy. In ancl out it ha worked its way, lea,·ing in places projecting ledges from whic·h extend pcrpcndic·ular

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walls forty feet high. A)I :tlo!)g. the grny roek are gracefully hung with h:ue-hells and fc>rns. and on their tops grow the stately pine trees.

Some di tance up the Dells. the p:wty 's attention was called to au immen ·e roc k near the ea. thank. This pt·o,·ccl the fact that Nature's i11Ycnt,ions preceded tho e of mau. for there was :t ·tc>amhoat made years ago, and more s11b:t:tnti:tl than any of which Fulton ovor dreamed . A littl e beyond this. came a succession o.f boulders of nearly eq ual s ize, all of whinh pointed up stream. These resemble in. shape the hull of hips, hence this :pot is known as '·The Na,·y Yard.'' Fol­lowing this came ·' The r :wrows." Hero the whole ri,·c1· is forcccl into a hannel scarcely forty feet wide.am! through it the water rwhc · with great rapidity. It is ·aitl tlmt t'llC water here i · no,· r less t·han eighty f ct deep. Tn high water seasons boats dar not ,·c•nture through this ·lmnnel. The Indians arc fond of telling how thei r chief, the hmou,s Bhwk Hawk, w,hen pursued by hi . cncmi •s, ji11upcd into the river at ··The I arrows" and cscap ,cJ on the oppo ·itc ·idc .

As the ri\·e r' ttt that time was low. iL was considered :afc for the party to make the rcl,u1·11 trip. a di stance of aho11t ffrc miles, in row boats : ·o the steam 1· proceed­ed to tlrn head of the Dells. Ha,·ing landecl the compa­ny safely, the boat returned. The p •ople then found themselves on a :andy shore. with a high cliff on the north and one on the south. From the landing, a sl;ady path led tho party to one of the most bea11tiful'places to be fo und-" Witches· Gulch." As they proceeded up the path they noticed that the cliffs seemed to approach each other until they formed a narrow passage. Upon rcachi ng this, the path lea9s o,·er an elevated walk. All through the ·•G ul ch.'' at the b:1.~e nf the rocks. arc springs, and thcs an• the :our ·c of a <·lcar. shallow stream whi ch Hows through the •·(iulch." 0Vl'r , this stream it h:l.!! hec n necc. sa1·y to huiltl till' •levatccl walk . Entering the pas. age. o ne can .look up and see the 1·001. moss:rovered roc·ks rising for sixty f cl. The walls here are not perpcn<lieular, hut extend i11 a wave­like fas hion. and fi)I' a long distan ce the r,11:ks neal'ly meet o,·er head. tlw pat"h also being very narrow. As the party wended their way through thi s cool retreat. they spi ed a tnmhlPr lying on a ledge. ancl there in the rock a little howl has hcen worn . fn this a little spring lmhb!PS up rlcar and cold. and. filling th<' howl. runs o,·rr into the st.ream IJC'low.

Further on. the path makes :l sudden risu of, 11C'arly six feet. and there the water flows o,·er, making a 1Jca11-tif11l littl e fall. . Steps ham heen built o,·c r this: ant.! a Tending these. the party found thcmsch·ps in an opo11-ing of the <:lifTs. As it was cool and shady there. Lhc baskets were opened. and lines of th• poot <}:<pressed the scntim •nts of all :

28 THE NORMAL POiNTER.

"O ! hour of all hour,;, the most bll'S!;°d ll(JfJll ea rth, mes ·ed hour uf 1Jt1r dinner: '. ··

Th eff •ct on one's ap1wtit • of a boat l'ido and the ·ight or lunch baskets, is wpnderfhl '.

After the feast was ornr, they strolled throngh a short hall , akd found thcmseh·cs in an opening :it t he head of the "Gulch.•· Herc th1•y sat and res ted until the mid<ll c of the afternoon . They th1·11 retraced their steps through the ' ·Gulch ." admiring agai11 it,; wonder,;. Upon r •aching t he landing they walkl'd out on the pier which is built ornr the watC'r, to the 1•dgc of the south cliff. From there they co11ltl :c1· :u-ross aml up the rh·cr. The rh· •r alJo,·c is its usual width . with a low, sa11dy bank o n the west. On the c:l'lt the h:l11k i,; high and rocky for some distanc1•.

The ro,v-boats whi ·h had IJl'c ll brought 11p on th steamer w •re l<:ft at t.!.lc pi1·r, and in tllt'se the party •mbarkcd. As the c11rrcnt i,; swift t iiro11gh the Dells, the boats were allowed to drift 11111 i I •· 'old W atcr Canyon" was reached . There they w1•re authored. and the party began an nxploration of the '·Uanyon.'' The walls here arc high and arc not widely separated. For some di . tancc they gradually approach ca<-11 other 1111-til the cast wall turns abrnbtly anti l!!a,·c.'l a large open space. The walls at that sea ·0 11 wc• r • green with mosses and ferns ; and through the lowcl· part of the "Canyon'' fl ows a small s tream . After following the path 011 farther, the cliffs again co n fo rge, and resembl e very closely those of the "G ui ·h.'' In som • places the walls so nearly meet tha tt is with dinic11lty one push­es himself through. Suddenly the wall s seem to bulge on both s ides and the cavity formed rcscmhlcs a jug. This is designated ··Devils' ,Jug:· Many people ham taken pica.sure in carving their name,; there on the walhi. Beyond the jug, the difTs <!Xt nd in close prox­imity, and were com pletely C'o ,·crcd with mo ·sc · and ferns.

The "Gulch" and the "Canyon .. arc th• most hf'antiful parts of the Dells and when the river is high the watc·r ru. hes through these narrow channels with great ,·c­locity. Hclow the "Canyon" is ·•Artist's (;J en.·· a quiet little nook with high rocks on both 1;idc:1. Hrrc Nature has festooned the wall :! with cl •!irate ,·incs. and has scattered fl ower.,; and !caw•;. c1·crywhcr1•. and on•r it the foliage or the trees forms a kind of l'annpy.

The comp.my took lea,·c of the "Canyon" ahont six o'dock, and having ,·is itcd t.h,~ ··(;Jen.·· tlwy tloatcd on through the Narrows p~st thf' ··Na,·y Yat·d. ·· ex plo­ring nichrs in the great wall s. a11d finally ,·isitcd "Boat ':.11·c." This is large enough to admit two hoat. and i hardly fonr feet !/igh. It has hccn said that the water in this cave will burn . Hcmcmheri.ng this. nwl anxious to try the ex p rimcnt, 011 • of the gentlemen s tirred the water vigorously. and then dropped a mat1·h into it. He was not rewarded for his tro11blf' for his match went out.

The s un had set. and the new moon had risen. when the boafs drifted out of the ca1·e: and as tllC'y g<'ntly floa~d down the rin•r in the pal e 1110,rn~ht('it. wa.'!. with gr •at ati faction a111l a scerct lnngirrg to 1·ome again, that the weary people took tllC'ir la!!t lingering look at the Dells.

)[A)IE E. )[YEl<>i.

AN EXPERIENCE OF A COUNTRY STORE­KEEPER.

Some year: ago, when I was a young man, I wa · cn­gagl·d in s tore-keeping in a country village near the · •ntrnl part or the s tate ; and a the bu inc ·s ,~as not

cxtc n. ivc. I k •pt my own books, and did the largc1· • part or the work ahout the sto re.

One dat·k, misty c·,·ening, I was d etained longer than usual o,·c 1· some aceount ·, and it was well 011 toward midnigh t I, •fon· I was ready to go home. Emry one h:ul long s ince left the store. the hou c in the little vii­lag<' ,<·rrc :i.11 <lark and gloomy, ancl I wa appar •rltl¥ as m1wh alon a. if I were in the mid: t of the. 'ah:i.ra. J str·pJH·d to the safe. whi <" h was near :i. window in ,the r11rt her t·orn r of the room , to put away my money. All at om·c, the feeling came ornr me that l was ob­sctTCd : some one was wat1·hi11g me. I stopped in front of th• safe a nd glanced ncn ·ou: ly abont me. Hy the two dim lights I had kc•pt burning. the interior of the rn<un could he SC'Cn with tol rabl e di ·t inctncss. The rowfl of tin dish pans, hung overhead, flashed hack my image rl,is tortctl out of all proportion ; the mi ce ·c·uttlcd among the barrels or sugar a1Hl mola sos ; the littl e girl in the ach·ertis ·ment of BobhiWs Universal , ·oap Powde r looked down at me in a fri endly w:iy ·rrom h •r position on the wall. Evf'ry thirig was as quiet and undisturbed :u; 11 ual ·: but still I fcl I knew­that human 'yes were watching me. A cold shudder ra11 o,·rr me. r ca,;t an apprchcnsi,·e g lanee at the window near me, but my eye: met only th• blank wall of darkness outside. l has tily thru::;t the money into the : afc. c losed the door. and turned with a g ha tly feeling of terro r toward my. rlcsk at the othc1· c11d of the sto re. I dared not stay in t he bnilding, shadower!. as I need ed no assn ranee that it was. by unserupnlons persons in whose bands my life would be as nothing. Still Jes: dared I ,·enturc 011t,;id11 into what seemed to me e rtain death. So will ne rvous t rror grow upon a man when once he has s uccnrnbcd lo it !

' At last. in sheer desperation. I we nt to the case of po ·kct kni,~fot: I had no weapon wit.Ii me), selected the largest and sharpest, opened it, and c-lntching it with the grip ,,f n -man who •xp •ctcd t<, e ncounter death. bl e w out my lamps. and . tarted for home

, through tl11: 111111 ky night, so dark that 1 literally cou ld not sc , my hand lwforc me. A 1·old perspiration s tood on my for ·head as I ldt the s teps of the store, for every monwnt I cxpcl't<·d to he a.ttaekc,I. Hnt u·othing ramc. I n ·al'hccl home in safety. and sank exhansted into a clrair. worn 1>ut with the s train on my nerves. I cxe­eratl'<l myself for a eonsummatc coward, and went dis­j!IIStcd t" bed. .

The next morning I went down to the store very . . '\.,_ early. and round. no t mm·h to my surpnsc, that the

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had llf•r n forced. the store entered and ritled , the sa fe l,low11 open and · the mon ey taken. Outside the window r di !!rov~rcd on the damp ground the tracks o f the men who hat! stood there with thei r eyes fastened upon me as I put the _money in the safe.

s1,,·r ral WPeks later they WC're detect ,I, arre. tell and hrought to trial, a111l confessed to having watched me that night. thc:r firs t intention being to attack anrl stun nr kill m •: but o n scC'ing that I was apparently unsus­f)f'1·ti11g. they had dceid ·d to let m • go ' in p<:aec.

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MISS 'MURFREE'S BEST BOOK.

Harn yon read The Proph t of the Great .'moky .Mountains·: If not. do so :Lt your earlie t opportnnily. l t is worth your while. ;\lis,; ;\l11r~·cc ha · excelled her­self in t his pieturc of the rHuTow, half star'.Ved cx i;;tcnee of thcl<.lwellers i.J1 th l' mountain r 'gions of Tenn t•ss •e. Slw has drawn with the line hand of one wh o know · the pleasirrcs. the hopes. th e fe:1J·s. t he stn1,igl<'S tha t en te r into their nn,;ophi ,;til'atcd li,·cs. -

Her description of the mountain st·cnen · is ,·i,·id in its imagery. and exqni ·ite i11 to uch. Thi · ·littl r pa,;,;a,i • in portr:Lyal of the dawn is worthy of a pot•! :

'"The honr had not yet don• with wil t' ht•ry . Thl' rose-red l'loud was in the t·ast. and the wild red rose had linrl<t its hnd . A mocking bird s prang fTom its nest in a d og wood t ree, wi th a sci ntillating wing ancl a soaring so ng. ancl a ray of snn-light. like a magi,· wand fell athwart tlll\ lanclscape. · ' .

One of the . trouge:t, as wel I as the most path rt it·. points in the story is the mountain prcac:ht• r' ,; ,·om hat with his rel igions clouhts, imagining, i11 the simplicity of his ignoran ce, that Ire is the only one who has enr e xperi enced their horrors. With intinite :wgnislr of soul Ire wrestles with his skeptic:ism, hi: hrart wrnng with pain, •·and thedcYil all the tim' a-huntin' of him like a panidgc on thP mountiug."

His rnde cloqne nee is touching as he h11111hly conf :s­cs hi s defection to his horror st1iil-krn co11grcgatio11 , and it moun ts almost to grandeur in its nnt ntored digni­ty ash· denounces thfl_i:QJ]spirntor.-. i11 who:c <Time he is forced to be a partner.

·· Li s ten ter me," he said , with that enthusiasm kind­ling in hi s ryes whi ch they honored som •times as the , light of religion. ancl' ometimcs re,·i lcd as fn•n;i:y. ·· Y<:'11 repent o· yer deeds this nigh t! An· the jrclg­mint o· the Loni II foller ye! Yer fathcr·s gray hairs will go down io :nrrcr tcr the graYe. hut hi s mind will die before his"bocly. An '. omc o ' you-uns will languish in jail. an ' know thetlcspairo' the hars. An' h • that is hrnYest ' mongst ye will mark how hi s shadrler dogs him. An ' ye will strike ycr hands tcrgcthcr an ' say · That the day hc<l ne\·crdawn cd, that th<' nigh t had nev­er kcm fer wc-un ! ' An ' ye'I I wi ·ht ye had diNI afor • ! An' but for the coward in the blood ye won lei takn yPr own life then ! An' yc'll look at the gra,· · before ye, an' hope c;i: ,tall ends thar !'"

His heroic: self-sacriticc at the last awakens in onr's soul ·a new admiration for the man's ·harneter, d<!,·cl­opcd as it is .through prayer. struggle and solitary ,·igils in the mountain fastrH·s. • .

All thi s, with the "lo,·c affair"' wo\'cn into the story, the petty politiC'al chcm ing. the ingenuity of the · •· moon-shiners·· in eluding the dreaded raidrrs. makes tire book an intrresting one. and well worth rPading.

A WEEK OF SUSPENSE.

Ahout a month after lc>a,·ing·h,;m1c to attcrul sc:hool at X - . I rec-ei\'ecl a letter eontaining the startling news that one of our family c:irclc had mysteriously disap· pearccl. One e ,· ning after supper be h3d staR;cd out with the ostensible pnrposc of making a c-all ; and as he often return ed after all the rest were asleep. no anxiety was felt at his non-appearanc·c, a lthough the family reti red an honr later than usual. But on the

followiug. morning when he failed to take hi ac us­tome<l plaC'e at breakfast. th y ,,·r re so:n cwhat a la rmed; and my father. on tini shing his cotTc •, wen t to tho r oom of the d linqnent one to sec if Ir w r' ill . Im\1gine th• eon ·trrnation when it was found that th room wa~ e mpty aucl had noL he1•11 oc ·upied th night before!

Thinking that ht· nrn,;t ha m b •en det.ain d at one or t he rwighhors. my broth •rs wcr · nt to make inqnirie whil e the l'Pst .·l't ahout thPil' usual duties. At noon they ret urn ed. ha dug h ' ant nothing of the missing one.

Sacl, indPPcl. wa ·th ' party that gath red around the di1111 !l' tahle. Instead of eati ng. plans were p •rfected for a n10n• extended sran·h. whkh began that,. ry hour aml 1:Lst·<'d three days. The whole ucighborhood was in t·on1motio11 . and all a;:si,; trd in the can·h. whi ch prnn•d a frnitl e. s onr.

As T eo nld d o noth iug to assi st. my paronts thought it hcst fnr me to rt•mai11 where l wa . 1 att nded SC'hool to tak t• up my time•; hut my thought · were ev­er 11po11 our loss. l ,·ould ireither study nor sl · •µ, :111d hN·amc f:ti rly wi Id .

A ftrr a wee k of ngoni;i:ing sn ·pensr. I de ided to di s­obey my ptU'l"l1t: aud ntk' the noon train ror home. Just a,; I had eomc to thi ,; decisio11 a me ·sag contain­ing the followiufr was hnncl cd to me : .. Hurra ! the old yrllow t·at, has <·onw hack !'" ELIZA IH:TII JON ES.

THE LEGEND OF THE LIVE OAK.

' Among I.ht• many hc:urtifnl tr'cs whicl adome<l my un cle 's Southern home was a magnili :cut li,·c oak, drnpc•d with rlingin,i Spanish mos ·. Jt was not, how •\' t.ll'. for its beauty or digni ty t hat it was nspecial­ly notiecahlc. as thcr • were many other fine trees 011

the place. \Vhat mad e it interesting was a curious for­ruation of two of the largest branchcR which had grown i II to a pcrfc('t ·i rl'l e. On inquiry one is told an old Jnclian legend eo11c:cr;1ing that eirde. The story runs that 011cc many ycarc ago there li \'Cd hero a mighty chi ef of a gr,•at tribe. who .tho' \' Cl'Y w,aJthy, valued his daught er, l\Iajella, ahorn all his other pos c :ions. She ,,·a. most hcantiful. and had many suitors; but th e 0 11 • whom she preferred was scorned by her haugh­ty fathe r . Whe 11 he sought the hand of the maiden in marriagr. the ehi cf was exceeding wroth , and pointing to the Jim oak which stood near. s wore a mighty oath that when the hrnnehes of the tree were united into a pcrfcl't ring then. a ud then only, might he elaim Ma­j Ila 's hand . 'The lornr;: were in des pair ; but that night there <:amc a terrible tempest. and when the morning dawn ed th• branchrs of the great tree were in some mysteri ous 'way formctl into a perfect l'iug. The old chief ,·01ild not di sn•gitrd t hi s manifcs.tation of the· Great Spirit, aud rnlnNantly co nsented to the union . Th• lrgt· rHI tells no more: hu t it is supposed that Ma­jclla and tire hra,·p·Jin•d h:Lppily evP r after. as the fairy ,; torif's say. L. D 1J~

THE DIFFERENCE. t ~ showed my Jm·e my fond, true )wart. r Aud asked if she'd he min e. ',

Till death' s sharp dart should both us part.::. She answered me, "Adi. ncin ! ..

showed my Joye my new bank-bnok­Ah ! t hen I touc·hcd her :orrl !

She drooped her head and softly . aid. "At'h, liPtwr Fr 11nd , ja wohl ! "

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THE NORMAL POINTER.

MARCH., 1896.

~ Puhli ~hc,1111 onrhlv duri n!! th o f'C hnol vcnr ofr cn month hy the stud c nt ,:,1 or the StrtLc Norin a! SC ht1o l. S1P,;c n~ Pol 111, \Vl :i

Kntcrcd at th e Pu stoni cc :1 t :,1c·1c 11 ~ Potut, \V 1~ . • a! t:cco nd•c1:t ss m:uLCr .

Tt:rms of S11i>sl' ripl'i \111 - iiO t'l'11l ,; pt•r y ear i11 adntn L'C.

ANnn{w LA1u,1N . . . . . ... .. .. . ... . .. ... . .. .. . . .. Ednur- in- L:ldcf MAllUAtC.ET As tDt UN .. . . ••.....•. . .... . . ... .•.... .. Ll rnrnry EUitor .H:I.IZAH ETH tl O:'H:K . . . . . . . .. . . . .. , . . . ... . ... .. . .. E!<chall!!C t,; ,ti1or

JOIIN ' t'. C LY.)t~NT• . . .. . .. .. • . . ... · .... ... I.Ocll l li d lto r . L M"4L IE • . .Kv ~uTs .. . ..... -A 11Jl c l lc lidi1or H. L. GArtl>Sl'! ll .. .. .. . .. . ... .. . ....... .. ... . Bnttlnl'8::J )lnua~c r

1'"Lo1tF:xot: A. PHAY , t . AS8 i@Lant. D11 si nc$~ )t"uu~crs E . 11\ PtuEIIIT, ' . . .. . . .. .. . .. . .

" - - --- - - - .. --- Ad<lrC@ti nit btuincti~ lc t l cr~ to th e Rn !-il n1·1it1 Munugcr.

Corrcspondcucc ~o licl 1cd from old scholurs. Hender~ t1 11 tl subsorlhcrti arc rcs pccti\'dy rcquc ~lcd to pu1ro11i xc

our uch1crtisc r::1.

' The age of illustrat io n is 11 0 w with 11", a11d we mus t illll>'ti-at<' if W C OX JC('t_ to hold Lh<' attc n t in11 of ,VOllllg a11d o ld . 1f i t is trn c tha t the ligh t whi c h e nte rs th e eye photographs o n th• rctin:i the i111ag • whi c h it. ·re­cch ·os am! so cu n,·cys the image hy molcl'11iar al'ti o n to th o l.Jrai11. the n we <·:tn readily unde rstand that ill11s­tmt io11s r ca('hi11g thl' hrnin t hroug h tho p~·o al'tually afford a phys i1·al lia:-is l'or pc rl'e ptiu 11 a11d m l•mo ry. Thi · vie w of the re l:ttio 11 of t h • image on t he ret ina to the aeq11!s it io11 o f k11uwl cclgc cxpl;'iin s t h!' l':tl110 of the sto rco pLi l'on and it:< pi 1·t 11n• · to till' wo rk uf mental furni s hing. · Thl· whole range o f ·L' i •n titie r esearc h 1·:t11 he illus ­

t rn t<'<l hy th P la11tcrn. ur Stl•reopti eo11 wi t h its appli1111-eos. Thc r • is 110 r •a so 11 why ' \' l' ll i11 g ra111mar SL'hoo ls the wo nd e rful res ults of re.· •an·h nmy 11o t lw i-how 11 to t he avPrage pupils. thus awake 11i11g t·h • d or111a11t ei1ri­os it y wh k h will nmk!' s tudy an ard c 11 t p111·s11i t o f knowl cdg<· insl P:td ol' a dn•:1r.v ta: k. A mo,; t ~>r­tant; ligh t is now thrown 0 11 r c ltttl·tl s tudi1•,; hy th P 11 ·c of the t<' reoptieo n . ::;nppo ' e Lhat :L t·lass ha\' (' hefo ro th ' Ill a photogrnph of so mt• l'ity in l.11dia whc•r;. u 11 c 1·an see in t hl' s tret't :L re ligi o us prm·ps ·in n. and alo11g tho ,-i d es of th <' s tn·l' t- th1· mi11gl cd an·hit t'l' llll'l' o f an­cie n t temples :llld nwdern edifit ·es. Along the \\'all s of I hP gardt•n s a rc the ovPrh:lllgi ng hnt111·hl'S of tlu• ,lndi:111 foliag •. aml the :rninml life o f India is r epre­sented hy he n• and then• a11 e le phant o r a 111011key. and t he st ra11ge types of rnt:1·. and th e ·trangl'r 1· 11 ·to m s ofdrcss e 11gago the ,,·011dPri11g at te 111io11 o f t he pupils. H e r• we h:\\' ' not a m l•n• lesson in geography. hut hi s­tory a s \\'Cl!. The tnral e ffe1·t of the <f£!.lll' i · rnany sid ed. and fas te ns it : plf 0 11 th!' m e moh· withou t t lu~ l:t­hurcd tas k o f ll'ami11g- hy role a halt! s tatem e n t u f the faPt . that s u!'h a11d s 111'11 a l'ity is thl' c·ap~lal o f a <' ' r tai n di s t 1·il't .

En•n :t s m:ill lan tern wi t h a s mall stock o f we ll se­let11·tl ,·iews i · :i p ay ing i11 ,·est111l·11t in the hand. o f t he 11':u·h t• r w ho d •lights tu sec his pnpils <·harm ,tJ wi th fresh atq11i s itio11,; 11o t acq ui red liy painful e ffo r t.

E. F. P.

On e t>f t h<' hcst o ppo rtuni t ies fur d crnlo pmc nt, i11 e i­d e 11t a l to thl' .' l'hool. bn t Oil() that is o ft.e nc. torn rl ookod. or all o ,,· t• d tu pass 1111impro ,·cd, is fou nd in t he Are na. I t i,; ll l'Pdi l'SS to r!'fe r to th e indil'idual be11l'f'its to be dt•rh·L'd from thi s sol' icty. Wt• a ll kn o w how rn.luabJc it i · tu hPahle to <'xp,·ess o ur t ho ug h ts beforo a n a udi­c 111·e: :iud we a ll r c•:di:w tha t. in a lll'p111Jl ie, a kn o \\'l­edgl' o f p:u·lian.1e 11 ta ry law is almost indi ·pe n:ablo. And yl'l 0 11 !'om paring th e 11u111h ' 1· of studo11t · µre. c n t :lL tl u· m ecti ugs uf the Aren :-t wit·l1 t he numbe r of s tu­d1•11ts i 11 t he SL' hool. o r c n •n \\'ilh th e nu111horholo ng i11 to the sol'i l•Ly, we find that ruany a rc 1illo\\'i11 g t his c x­l'c ll1·11 L :u ll·:lll tagc to d r ift hy .. W e u 1do ubtcdly h:wo n11 P of the plt•as:wtt•st · and hL·st li g h ted rooms in tho stalt• in \\'hi l' h to hold our me, tin gs. a nd c ,·e rything that i-m·h :t sm· iPt,\' rcquirl',; is pru,·idPd for us . I t o nly n·nmi ns for us to tak • 11 p t ho w o rk , aml make it te ll for good in t he fu ture. Th is is \\'ha t 111a11y of t he stu­d 'Il ls arc• d o ing. \Ve h:wo had t hi s Yl'ar a series of ox­l'el lc nL li te rary prngr:u11 .- presc11l ed \'C ry c r edi tably by the me n, bor,;. :u1d t ho ug h t h • w o rk has IH •o n done by a fPw, rhc,;c fe w ha\'C r C't:c i v d the hc 11olit of it. By the t•ll'u ri ~ o f th 11t•,,· E xecu t i,·c Co mmit tee, we have a i-

r r;:uly e njoyed t wo ,·c r y inte r• ' t in g and instrnC\tive prugrnm s dur in g t he prese n t t 'l')ll , and jnclging by th ese. tllC' ad,·a11tagos to UC' d ri\'C:d fro m t he socie ty will intTea~o in t he future. As wa · said f'ro m tho rus­trnm once t hi s yea r. ·· The work of a lite rary society, faithfully pe r fo rmed. is equal in , ·:due tu :111y study in th e t·nu r sc, •· a 11d the s tude n t wh o take. ath·antage of it g l'l s just su m11l'l1 m o r e o u t of his Normal L'ourso th a n thl' o ne who fails to se i;r,e th e opportunity he r e prese nted. H . ·. P .

T H E NEW EDU C A T ION .

The l' it y of Chi cago is agitated by a q11estio 11 of ,·ital impnrt:lll l'C to L've ry pe rson who is inte res ted i11 t he s 11bjc1·t of publi 1· Pd11L"at io 11 . The 01·eas io n o f it i the nff1•r 111ad1• hy the Cook Co. c,, 111n1i ss io ne r s to gi,'e to th t• 1·ity of ( 'hi,·ago t he Cook COLLll t,Y Normal c huo l, wi t h t·Prtai11 la111b . The 1·pa ·011 for t hi s offe r i.-; Lhat t he sc hool is 11 0 longe r profitahl e to Coo k Co., owing to it~ d t'1Tt'aSt! in ,; i;r,e 1·a11s1•d by a11111•xatio 11 of s uburb · to th e ,·ity. It i~ a qu estio n of the adoption of tho ne w (• d11!'al io 11 0 1· th<' r t•te n tio11 of th o o ld . I t is u f natio n­al i Ill po rt :wt·!' . C hi l'ago hci 11 g 111 ·re ly t hu sto r m cen tc r . ·

The• strnggl!• in ( 'hit-ago . i: lie t wee11 t ho co nscrvati,·o el,•nH•11 t - t he s1,lwol-111 e11. th e• old- fa shio1icd pcrlagogu •s­and th e pare nts who SP<' tha t •· t·ho 1·o m1110 11 schoo l·· l:tt·k 1·ommo 11 Sl' II S<'. a11d th v. t t he p111.Jli c sl'!wul s lae k p11hli1· s pirit... Last SL•ptc111he r :L ·co mmittee which ;1pp1•al!'tl to t. hc editors of so m<' of t ho dailies for ,mp­porl of tlw Nurmal ,,·t•t·c told t hat they could not afford to :uln1l·ttt(• it a:< no ne l'Xt·cpt prof'cs ional m e n !'O.rc cl a ho ul t lw ~l' hoo ls. N o w <' Ye ry ne wspaper in t ho t· ity 1·pg11 larly dt•,·o tes s pacl' to ·elt0 ,I ne ws. This looks ho pd11l for it indi cates an a wak c ni11g of in te rest in lht· s ul.JjL·t·t : and th:it all tlw i11tc lli ge11!' in t ho t· ity

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will he brought to bea1· upon thr question. Bnt the que.,t ion :Lriscs : WiU th,• :,,/ onnal. if accept ed, conform to the city s1: l10ol sys t.1' 111. o r will t he cit,v sc hoo1s be remodclll'd on the m·11· s,·~tem ·: Th,· i'I' onual. en­trcnch,,d behind tlw hl•st\1tl•llig,•11ce throu~l10ut the land. i:s not likely to yil'ld : anti !he fri ends of the o ld

L. sy:tem k i n : 111t11·h al : takl' in th e outcome. It s ac,·ep t· :u1 ce means tha t Chi1·ago has tl c te rmi ned L<> ~dUl':ttc he r ehildreu al'1 ·on.ling t11 tlw new ide:ds: it · n ·jcction, that· sh,· has det,• rmincd Ltl stand liy the old.~

Ac1·ordi11g to till' old ~yste111. it· is assumed that the c ·sc ntial foundation of good l'itizen~hip is the ability to rl'ad, write, and ciphl'r . Thi s assun1pLi on is n1adc in fal'e of th e fact tha t n •(y f1•w of the inmates of our jails, and houses of u11Tcdi"11 an• 1i1ithout t hcs,• aceom­plish111e·nts .

Nothing, pcrhaps, ,·an t•qual a good honw in the in­lluem·e. whi ·h mak e g11od 1·itiz1•n:i1ip: lrn t the ne:tre.,t appro:.wh tol't good honH· is :L good s1·lwol. This is pretty' clearly ·hown by :t rc1·ord or tl·n tlwnsantl 1·hil­drcn cd 111·:ttcd in t he kind,•rgarten.· o f San Fr:tnci 1·0. whi ch may Im r;11t11d in The Arr n:t for l\·lan·h. page Ulii.

H e rc proof is gi1·e n tha t Lhe threL' R 's do not form the bas is of good ei ti zP nship : hnt rath,•r that the 1•du­cat ion whi eh must ,·omntcnce at :L 1·e ry Lcncre r age. IUtlSt l'O llllllC'lH·e with mat te r adapted to the ahiJ.ity of the l'hild. This the i\' oi-iual system doc· in the model depart11H·1~ts : and the same principl l' lips :1.1 the bot­tom of in~trm·ti on throngl1011t the e ntire c:011rsc- thc prin l'ip le of good l'itizenshi p. the ne w 'ed uc:a1ion .

C. ,J. E. H .

LOCAL. L-~__J

.GE N ER AL .

The ollh-l'rs who h:11·1· hccil elPl'l l·d tn <ro1·ern the d estini es of the An•n:t for th· res t of this year arc Allan l'ray, presid!'n t; El n1 Pr Frohm:ul,•1-. 1·i1·e presidcn t ; J\liss i\lahe l l\kKl'c. sc1· n•ta1·y : Hng h Almy. Lrea:11rcr; ,James l'hillips. lkl k i\fr(;n•gor and Flon•tH'(' !.'ray. cxccutini connuitt ec. In onil•i· to in spin• the n1 r m1Jers to heller ll' ork it ha · h •c• n d ·tcnni1H,d in a measure to reo rganize th e SU1· ic ty. Na mes ha 1·1· hit herto bee n add ed to LIH· roll ll'hcn th e pl'rso ns 1h,•ms('}n•s had li t­tl e in te nti on of helping t,, s nst·ai n the s1)('i1•ty hy Lheir ow n cffnrts ll'hen pla1·Pd npon the program by t h1• cx-1·1·utiYe com u1i ltee. Ir. is fl'lt that t he soci1•1y i: now in a pnsiti,,n to sC' le1·t those ll'hom it wi s hc•s a: . m.e mbcrs inst ead of goi ng ahou l begging for new rc,Tuits . '11 11-scq uent ly a 111'11' pl edge of 1m•1uh,•1 ship has l>ce n i1wor­porated into the 1·onstituti,,11 by whi,·h m·L"·y n11:mlmr aflinns hi s ll'illing ncss t·o do wha ten•r ll'o rk is n•q11est­t•d of hi 111 hy the ,•x,·1·11 ti 1·l' <·om mi Ltct• 111il 1·~s c• xcu:ed l,1• the ;,ol·i •Lr . ~hould a mrmher rl'f ;;se to app1•ar two ";. n10rc con ~t·t· ulin· ti n;es ll'hen his name i., placed on programs. i'1 c. on motion , may he expel led from the so1·i<'tY br :t tll'o·third ,·otl'. A ne w rcgis lf'1: of n1 em­he1·s i1:ts. bee n made out Ill ,,·hY,h i:1Tc- sPere tary has t1·an sferred all names of studc11ts no longer in attend , anc:e. hut to whi l'h all JJl'l'S •n t stmlrnts mnst :1.flix their own si j!natnn:s aft e r taking th e plP<igl' of n1t•mhr rship

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I t is to be hoped that the ot:ic ty will conti nue to grow in usdulncss and ))O\\' Cl' in re ·pon:e to the in1•r 0 a ·cd ea rnestness on the par t of a fl'W. It i ' no so mm·h in nu1!l))cr · th:tt growth i:; requi red as in dclinit,·ness of Jlltrposc.

\rcd1wsd:1.y c1·cning, Febru:try 2U, Prof. Perry of Pratt Jns titute. Brooklyn , lcl'tnrell in t h • a ·scmbly mom, o n th e ruins of ancien t Egypt. to an audiem·c uf nearl y ·ix httndn•tl J> ' r~on ·. largely co m po ·cd of student s of the Normal and p11bli,· ·1'11 001 ·. Prof. l'c rry rN· •nLly spt' nt a yrar traveling in the Nile ni.1-ley, and h:1.v-in g t;iken it 1·:tm<' l'~t with him , he was ahlc to hring bad, many hcautiful photographs. Thes' he has had ' prcparl'd for the strrco pti ,·un and wh en pru­,:e 111 cd o n the sn·l'l·n t hey 11·1•rl' a 1·cry important factor in th, in tl'rn ·t which his talk :L\\':tkened . He des,Tibcd many customs of thl' modern Eg)'.pLi :w s \\'hit'h he o 1-:ervcd in his tran·ls. bnt by 1·ompa1·i ng tne realities of the presen t day ll'ith th r s1·1·nes portrnyetl on the anl'iont l(•mpl •s and tom hs we liud ,them to hare bee u but litt le modi li ed . Thursday morning l\lr. Peny wa ' pr• nt :ti t'lll' opening exen·i,;(•s aml ga1·e the t udcnt · :t lif t 'en miun tc talk ou lh c iullur nl' l' of drawing in thi' 1·0111-uwn s1•l10ols.

Tlw lol':t l orntori1·:tl t·ontest· to decide who shall rep­rcsc ul this sl'hool ·at the Inter-No rnml Orntorit:al Coll -te·t to be held at White1vatur. i\fay 15, will h • given in the assm nbl.1~ room. April :l~ . This will b • t he ·eeo nd Friday e1·ening af ter th o spring t·eee.; .,. Four or tirn h,t1·c already d c:ded to enter bnt 1~1:tny more should ,lo so. "'"1.'hc greater opposition th:Lt the winn er of the home contest ha: . the he tter prnpar 0 d will he be to meet hi s rintl : in the final stru •glc. A · t he expense of se ndin g t he d elega tes d •n1lves upon each ·chool, it will b • neeessary to prol'ide :t s nHLll admission fee for the local cout.cst. 111 estimating t he merits of t he ora­t ion the wri tL<' JL omtion will<: un t s ixty per cent., and t he deli1·ery and ex pr 'ssiou for ty per cent. The :judges fo r t he White wate r contes t will ·prob;1hly be t he three following wPII known educator.;: Hon . \-\[ . J . Turne t· or Milwaukee. l'rof. J. J . Blaisdell of B loit Co l,lege, :rnd Prnf. D. 1:3 . Frankeuberger, l'rofc.~sor of El ocntion at t·hn U nirnrs ity of Wiseo nHin .

ThP ne t prot·t'c•ds t hat t:Psultl'd from the entm·taiu-111cn t. ·· Li 1·i ng l'i1·t11rrs .. has hl·<·n in 1·estcd i u a full size• hust of HPn11es hy l'rnxite le,; and i II a r •Ii f t·ast of a l\ladonna .antl ehild for th e primary room. The pnw,•cds from tlw Pe rry lecture, about $40, \\'ill prob­:tbly Im spent in t.he pureh:tse of a eoll e,· t ion of photo­grn.phs of European works of al't. A s mall sum from t he read ing room fund will prohahly ill' tlen)t •d to sc­l'lJ 1·ing S!lmcthing in plaster to detorale the lihrnl'y .

Friday cYening. March U, the qncstion as to whether or 110 th e l\lonruc Dm· trin e applies LO the Venczm•lan 1·ontro1·cr: y was dHhated in the Arena. The a llfrma­tin: \\':tS argued hy o ·Hrien and Manz and the nega­tirn hy Cleme nt.,; and (;rim111. The allirmatil·c \\' On. The othe r t111 rn he rs on the progrnm for that evc ni ng wt•re an in:tntlll l'ntal solo hy i\liss Knhl. a reading by l\lr. En•rts, a

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ntl a song by tlw male q11artctte.

A ue 11· erss pool Ii.ts be •n huilt out on t he northeast ,·orner of the square a nd ,·onnel'led with t he Se ll'age ~ys t1•m of the l111ilding. S •1·eral limes dm·ing the

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wiutcr tho ·owago bas 01·crllowcd onto the ba8Clllent tloor, which nc<'cssitatccl the· shu tting off of the bath­rooms. The new sump is cightce11 fcut wid e and twenty deep, and is calculated to Le slillicicnt to dispose of all water . lt will cost about $000.

L.

P ERSONA L.

Miss Rose Appluton has wi t hdrawn to tca<'h.

Over the te lephone: "~b y J sec thu President :t minute Y " ..

R egent and Mr: . Raym ond e11tertaincd the faeulty Fri<lay Feli. 28.

ln roo.m 21: " Lend me yonr rnlcr. Want to make a free band drawing."

Pres. Pray wa · a juclgc at the Inter:coll egiateOrator­ical contest at Ripon, Friday.

'-' A convincing reasn n : " AM is less t han AB, bc-

cau c AB is g reater than A l\L ''

Mi ·s Efomb th Ganlincr of . 'pcnccr was co mpelled to withdraw on accoun t of her health .

tudent-" I can 't make pie." Prof. - " Put a roof 01·er two posts.·•

John 0 . Hill Jms withdrawn. a,n<l is now tca<'hing , school iu the town of Phillips, Price Co.

In the gym : ·~ Turn your toes dowu, or you'll he turni1.1g them up the f-irst thing yon know.•·

The Culver lJoys. wj10 have been ha1·ing the scarl et fever, have rcco vered-srrtli cicntly to be out again .

Prof. Sanford d elivered an add re. s before the teach­ers' institute at Mar hticld Friuay Cl'ening, Feb. 28.

Frank ' al te r, who has been teaching a district school near Chippewa Falls, has ngain rcsuruecl his studi es.

During the month Prof. ylvcstcr has co11tl1u!t:cd in­stitutes at Ph!infield , Ccntralia,l\la i;,~htield, :,1J1cIViroc1ua.

Extra co pies of The Normal Pointer may he had of FrCJ1ch, Campbell & Co., or atVosburgh·s N •wsAgency.

Tom R. Johnso n wa. called to hi s home at Black River Falls, Monday Mar. 0, by the serious illness of his mother.

Pres. Pray visited the Oshkosh Normal Friday of las t week and also attended a meeting of the Hcgcnts held· at the same place.

Miss McDonald of Green Hay and l\lrs. Ethel Rood are taking the conr e in vocal music under l\liss Linton as special students.

The rece ntly enrolled stmlcnts nrc C. J . Drnry of Kewaunee; J ohn M. Gngc of Packwaukc •; all(( fda Gustafcl'Son of Plover.

During the month a small collec tion of about forty specimens of birds an<l small mammals Wl'rn purchased from Mr. J . M. H ollister of this ('ity .

Prof. R. B. Dudgeo n, upcrinicndent of the l\ladi ,;on schools, vi itcd the cla s rooms as an ofli('ial g uest Wednesday and Thursday of last week.

One morning recent ly Miss Kathcrincjfooct--farnrcd the students with a piano ·ulo. and rc1·cil'i11g their hearty applause. responded with an cn2ore.

If yon need a supply of shirts for spring, don't for­get that F.A. Wier haJ an elegant line of colored 1,osoms.

11 gligecs, so ft fronts, and unlaundere<l, from 50c up.

Munday of last week tbe chool. of Grand Rapids were di. mis eel and the corp of teachers, numbering t'cn in all, came up to Yisit the public schools and the Normal.

l'ruf. C11lver fini sher! his course of" lectures on geo­logy at the Normal Friday e1·ening, Fcurnary 28. He a];<o tini ·hcd liis co11rsu on t he same s11bject at Phillip·, . l\lan·h 18.

A human .; kclcton. a Yc1·y mu ·h eulargcd mod I of t h ' c•xlcrior and inlcrio1· car, and a plaster ca t of the brain are amoug t'11 e new cnrio . in the biological lalJOratury.

Prof. J . N. Wilkinson, superYi or of practi<'C in the State Normal at Emporia; l{an ·as, who is making a to11r of in : pcetion of the Wisco nsin Normals, was a l'is­itor Th11rsday.

Practice teacher on diacritical mat·ks : " This mark i'i l'allc•cl the ('a rct."

Brigh t boy: " Why didn't th');, call it tumip ? ·•

Pres. Chalmers of the Platteville Normal spent Fcb­i·11ary 10, Yisiting the school and in a speech ·d elivered to t he :t.ud cnts a t morning exercises. he paid a high tribute to the !3iblc as a literary production .

At dif-Ternnt times of late Geo. Patch has kindly brought :omc of his works in pa. tell to hang in tho different i'ooms of the. building. Mr. Patch i · an ama­teur art i ·t of marked ability r~nd ha: painted s·everal rnry good pi eces.

F. A. Wi e r has re ·civcd his spring line of i10ck ti •s, and the boys say it the only real swell line in the city. There arc certainly some ,·cry neat clfcct.r; in Do Join­vill •s. T ecks, club ties, 4-in-Jiands, and Kenton hows for that now collar ; and the latest novelty, an adjus t­able bane! bow in all colors. Prices from 15 c to $1.00.

l\liss Anna Wright ·pent ·c1·eral , days in Madison clnring February, in attendance at the District Cohrnn­tion of the Epworth Lcaguu, as a delegate from the loc·al society of the M. E. church. This was the Ji!'st tim.c she failed to . .respond to roll call on aeeount of ah cncc or tardiness s ince the s ·11001 tirst opened in '04.

The hi-weekly rhctorieals gi,·cn on Wednesday after­noo ns arc a pi ca ·ant and protitalilc ·iuten'tlption to the week 's hard work that mo t of the stude nts thoroughly appreciate. Wednesday, March 4, the fol­lo wing young women and men appeared: Misses Lewis. Ashmun, Appleton, Hart, Jones, H cidka, Meehan, and Hurn ·; and Mes ·rs. M. O. Hill , J . D. lieek. L. S. Everts, H. , ·. Pen-y, and A. L. Larkin . A so lo wa: sung by Miss Linton and se,·eral sougs ,,•ere rendered by the school in chorns.

A Jong and interesting article written by Prof. Syl­U>Ste r. on the anthropometric system of the school, rceP ntly appeared in The Milwaukee Sentinel. Several ent macle from photographs taken by Mr. Sylvester wcrr reproducc<l. showing very clearly the tendency which improperly adjusted scats and desks have to de­form the pupils who . it in them. 'pinal curvature is a lmost sm e to dernlop in the quiet, low spit·itcd child who d ocs uot take enough rollicking. vigorous out door rx«' rl'i sc to shake o fT the e\' il e ffects of th1!"fa1ilty seat.

THE NORMAL POINTER. 33

r------------- ----1 ATHLETIC.

L_""~-----J BATTLEBAL~

L. Battleball i · at pre ·cntcreati 11g a111111u:11al a1110 1111 t of i11tcrcst: the pri11c-ipal soun·c of exl'ilcnl<'nt lll'ii1g the determination of the ·uu studt·nt tn def Pat tli!.l.liC' whu e 11tere1l in ·05.

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Early in the season th C' first years pit·ked fro111 among Lbci r n umb •r se1·c 11 of the must promi~iug mt•11 and organized a team whit·h liy steady prat"tit·t· hcc·ame ,·c ry skilled in the game, a 11cl after thoroughly dt·feat i 11g any other team the first year stuclt·nts 1·otlld org:111-izc, they looked for 11 c1i· worlds tu co11q i1cr.

A challenge was then profTerecl 011e of thC' se1·011 d year ·c1·ens whid1 materialized i11 two wclJ fuuJ.!ht t·o n tc ·ts, yet filt h tlecidecl 1·ictorif's for the fi r. t year team. The :piri t of superiority 110w ra11 hi gh among the thus far c1·er victorious firsts. and deeming thcm­s ·Ires i111·in eiblc, they chall enged any team tht• s •c·mul year st ud c11ts cou ld organize.

Of cnu rSC the Sl!('~Jlld Years Wern II OW Oil their re­putatic~ t wo stwcc;:inJ games had liccn lost hy o ne of the scurnd year teams. Gctt i ng togt·ther seren men, who it was thought would put up a strong 1·011-tC'st. they met the worthy tir:·t · and for the first time that team got a taste of th • defeat thPy h;td hefore brcn so gra ·ious ly d ealing out to th , ir opponents. As one game is not a derit:l+ng point a date was imnwcliatcly set for the second. but again t he firsts were doomed a nd the core of games stood- two to the cr •dit of the · first and two in favor of the seco nd year.

The teams Jin • up as follows: First year. Alhan, Horton. Mill er, Almy. Gunderson, B1•ach. i\lan;,; . Sc1·­oll(l year, Thoms, Dowsett. Hlerw1Jc, E1·p1ts, Lees. Peterson, S pringer.

Al tho.ugh the total s1·or of games is equal. the tirsts ha1·e been unabl e thus fa r to defeat the t1•am now rep­re ·en ting the second )'Car. a nd while t he ·11pc riority of the second year is not absolute. yet t!!' latc.,t o rgan ized team has 110 game agai nst its rec·onl. ·

T he strength of the first year team lirs pri111·ipally in t hro wing. while the second s a rc 1·:JH!<:ially s lro1:g in bl,,eking. '

PROSPECTS OF SPRING ATHLETICS.

The Athl etic Association he ld a me!'ting \V1•cln1!sclay. February 20, for the pnrposC' of c·onsidPring some of the prepa ratory details of spring athletic·,;. At this meeting John Lee and H . S. Perry wPn· el•·cted re­spcetil·cly managers of the hascball and font ball de­partments.

Last spring the association was unablt· to organize a satis factory bas~hall team fr1Jm the matc•rial the asso­l"iati1Jn afford<!d . although .somo weak attem pts w1•rn made in that line, hut this i- pri111.( s prospec·ts arc ,·c ry promising as many of the students who entered during the winte r will prove a val11ahlc aicl. bQfh Qn LIH' clia­moncl anti in the track ath lctics. Bbth ~ t ht• team.-; will be reorganized as soon as acti1·c prat"tir · makes a c·hoi<:c of the many applicants ·possiblc. :\lan.v of the su rrounding schools ha\'C already been c1,rn·.~pond('(] with and while as y •t no definite date has 1,N•n tix1•cl

upo11. ma11y possibh· arrang 11u•11rs arc now 1111d r eon­,:iclt• ra tion.

The track team of this ;;pring :ti ·o promise to do so me ,·cry fair work. for the •xperi<'n<·e of last year 1·ot1ph•d with LIii' numhl•r of new compento1· · ha awakl'ned 11nn,rnal i11t1•n•,:t in that line. \·Vith on x­c·eption 1hr old t!'am is all in school and th:tt w akn wi l I don htlt•;;;; lw OVl' rhalau <·ecl hy better work along oth ·r lin<'s.

TIIC' 1ixc•1·uti1·1• eo111111it1L'!' i · now :ll; work ma.king ar­r:111g1·111 L01?rs for a honv• lic•ltl L'nntest, which will proh­ahly 111 :itrrializc at.out thl' 111 icldh• of i\lay. ancl present the following t·ontf'>'ts: ·tancUug anti ··r11nni11..,. hroa!l and high jumps. hop step · anti jump. polo nwlt. tho 100. 220. 440 yard. half. and mile rnns. 120 yard hurdl • mi le wal k. ha111111C'r-1 hrow, ;:hot-put. and bi _vl'lc race . . \rith these C'o nt<·sts in 1·irw many of the yo1111g men an• al pr1•sent l'arrying on a systl' m of ligh t training,. taking the prope r C'Xl'rPis' in the gymna:ium, and only wait fnr a lilll1• hare grou nd to do 011t, lom· work.

Spt·L·ial gymnasti1· c•xcn·ises. C'Onsistinj! of rope 1·a11lt­i ng.l'lnli swingi ng. and d11111b lwll pra!'ticc. arc at presen t progr •ssing in pn•paration for an ex hibiti on to he held some time during th• 111011th of April. In I.hi · c11te r­lai11mcnt th e you ng ladies. as we ll as th• yo.mg men will parlieipatc: thr former mak ing light gym nastics a QJJC<'ialty. while: the you ng nwn will t urn their spccinl allP11tio11 to heavy work . The· entertainment will prcsL·nt 1·la. ;; work in wand, dnmh-h II. and elnh move­ments. while indi1·id11al a!'lion will be given scope i11 th• difT<'r<'nt contest progranwd. whi h will ·on ist of standing a nd rnnning jump . . parallel and horizontal bar 1·a11lt ·. an d othC'r lin t's not y ·t delinitcly decided 11pm1. It is prohat,lc that nwal :incl in. trum •ntal sc­lec·tions will rilso aid in c·ompl<'ting the program, at :my ralc the e las:cs will work to tim C' o f mu. i(· .

Handlmll ha: rl't·Pntly .hct•n int.roclm·Nl in the gym­nas ium :rnd 1,icls fair to become vP1·y popul a r . Two adjoi11i11!! c·ourts arc 1·halkNI upon the tloor. one side 1Jf tlw fon•mo:·t acljoi11ing th' wall. Eriuippcd with a · te1111i ,; hall. e:u·h player takf's a position in on of the 1 wo <'O llrl s . .' J'h c m·1·11p:111t of the <'!J llrl nearest the wall, who is known a-s a scrn•r. l101111cls the ball upon the {lonr :wd str ikl'S it with the pal m of his ha ucl in s ut'h a manner that it wil l rchound in to hi s opponent's 1·m11·1. The poi nt of the gamn is 110w to c·n.use the ball with ,•ac·h rd,01111<1 In fall somewhere· withi u· the clo11lilc: c·onrt. (':tc-!1 playt•r stl"ikiug in turu, I.he one first failiug. lo,;ing both the· point. and tlH· next Sf! n · •.

Why is it that a great number of the stnclc u ts, who ar , lirm t,c1i1)1·cr'! in athletit:s and han, :it times tasted 1rai11i11g th 'lllS h ·es. shrink from those short pleasant walk: rec·ommcncl1•cl hy the sc,icnce tl'achl'rs? Yet who 1·011ld cxpt•1·t a pPrson treating snc-h a giant subject a.s cn,l111io 11 ,,r cl1•ali11g out milliPJns of yl'ars as if they we re !mt s,, mauy sf'c•,rnds. to ha 1·e a clear t·!Jn<·eption of thl' !'nd11ra1we of a p •lly mortal.

· Ew·ry Saturday aftcruoo n thu Normal gym11as ium is thP sN•11f' of 1·ario11s athlutic· fl'a L~ pcrformecl t,y stu­dc·uts whr, tak<' this mean ,; nf ridding thems •Ives of th eir ~11rpl11,; e1wrgy .

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34 THE NORMAL POINTER.

A foolish vi rgin- a bloomer gi rl wit,}i, no oil in the la1'.P of her bicycle.

For fifty years no smoke1· has graduated from Harvard with the honors of his clas .

Hereafter degrees will be given to women stndents at the University of Penn ·ylvani a.

The doors of the River Falls Normal chool are now opened on Saturdays from 9 to 12 a. m. ·

An Englishman, upon hearing the cackling. in a oul­try yard, exclaimed: "Oh ! this is really hen-chanting !"

The li terary society of Ri ver Fa lls will hold their pre­limina:-y oratorical contest the fir t Friday of next term.

Harvard has the large t attendance of any college in Ameri ca; and the University of Paris. of any college in t he world. -

The first college paper printed in the United tates· was at Dartmouth. College, with Daniel Webster as editor-in-chief.-CooPE I( Coum1m.

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The report of the Princeton foot ball management for the past seas 1 s 10ws expenses aggregating $19,785.64, and receipts J.mounti,ng to $26,579.81.

The girls of the Eau Claire High School are now taking a course in ti]' Swedish system of physical cul­ture. Prof. Swanecck of Stolls college is the instructor.

A great number of foreign women, principa lly Amer­ican and English, are studyi ng at the University of Gottingen. At some lectures the women outnumber the men.

Prof. Charles E. Hite of the Unive1·sity of Pennsylva­nia is to conduct, in June, another Labrador expedi­tion, of which a number of college students will be members.-THE MAROON .

A vi iting committee has been formed at the-Univer­sity of Chicago for the purpose of looking up the young ladies of that institution who iire ill. and in­forming them of theit· work in the class room.

John D. Rockefell er has given to the Unh·ersity of Chicago $7,000,000. tephen Girard gave $8.000,000 to Girard College, Pa. Leland tanford donated to the Leland Stanford Jr. Unh·ersity $5,000.000.

One third of the Uni versity students of Enrope die prematurely from the effects of bad habits acqnired at school ; one third die from lack of exercise; and one third govern Europe.-THE CHE CENT C---

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The new official catalogue of all the li ving graduates ~ of Yale. just pu bli hed, shows a total number of 8,800,

,/ divided as follows: AC'ade1111e, ii,202: cientific chool ,

1,624; Law chool, 922 ; DiYini ty chool, 137; Medical School, 425.

The Greek government has granterl the Ameri.can school at Athens the privilege of excavating the site of Corinth ; thus placing the sch·ool on the same level with the French, English, and German antiquarians.

' Casper Whitney thinks th·at the grounds and build­ings of the University of Wisconsin are the most beau­t ifully located of any he ha seen . He says, also, tha t the gymna iiun, for practical purposes, is the best in the country.

President Andrews of Brown, in an anriual report, ays: "For those in perfect health, arid trained to it,

footba ll is safer than either yachting, 01· gunning. Rowing appears to be iHany times as fatal; so is base ball ; even tenui is wor e." '

The Physical Cul tu re Department of the University of Chi •ago is soon to be the owner of a unique coll ec­tion of works on athletics. The librnry was the prop­er ty of Mr. Harry D. Wrigh t, deceased, formerly Presi­dent of the Philadelphia League Team.

Delegates from Michigan. Minnesota, Illinois, Wis­consin, Chicago, Purdue, and North-western met at the Palmer H ou e in February, and adopted rules for the better regulation of athletics in western colleges. These rules will not go in to effect un t il Oct. 1, 1896.

In the high school's throughout the .Badger state only three have teachers of physical culture who are hlr~d and paid by their respective districts. ·J'he instructors are Miss Edna Dunning, Green Bay ; Mr. Otto Mtteller, La Crosse; and Mr. J . Rettech, Madison. ·

- THE KODAK.

Several n ew exchange· ·on taining much of merit have been received this month . Among thelll are The ReYiew. Baraboo; The Chronicle, Brooklyn, N . Y. ; High School Jun to, Ea ton, Pa.; The Carroll Echo, Waukesha, Wis.; Mankatonian, Mankato, Minn.; and The Students Journal, R eedsburg.

The government of J apan rcc.ognizes but one Uni­ver .;ity as such. thi s being called the Imperial Univer­sity. It has a faculty of one hundred and twenty-five member : and about eight hundred students. Nearly all instruction is given by lectures; and the standing is determined by fin a l examinations which are made more severe than in American Universities.

For the Foot Ball Team :

We take great pleasure in making the acquaintance of Vol. I .; No. 1 of The Normal Pointer, from the Nor­mal School, Stevens Point, Wi . With the editor-in­chief, the, athletic editor, and the business manager, all members of the last season's football team, it cer-

. tainly ought to prosper ; and if rnshing will enable them to reach the goal of success among the journals represent ing institutions of learning, they wj ll ce'rtainly make a. touch down and kick goal in the first half, and fin a lly be in' the lead ·when time is called in the last half.

-THE }~AU LAmE KODAK.

THE NORMAL POINTER . 35

NOTE. - The. e s tories were to1rl by the tea~·hers to L. pupils of the Third and Fourth (;racies as a language

lesso n. and afterwards rrprodnl'ed. - tirst ora,lh·. ::wd then in this form : ·

1 HE WONDERFUL WEAVER._.-

OnC'e upon a tinw the peo pl ~ thought that there wa a beautiful g irl who could wea'~·'c anything. Her mtmp wa · Arachne. Men ca-ue from all parts of th e wurhl to see the thin"s that she wo1·t·.

One day a · s he ·at in tl1 ' sun ·an .. l span some one said : ·• Who taught you to spin ? ·· ....__

"No one taught me, ·• ·he ~aid . " Perhaps Athena. the quee n of t ill' air, t:rngh t you.··

said tho per~ n . ··Bah !" ·aid Amchn e. Then she lou~ed up and · in tho door saw a woruan .

The woman said ·• I am Athena. the queen of the air. and l have heard your boa. t. Do yon s till mean to say that yon ran weave better t han L ·? •• ·

Arachne·s faee gre w pale. nnd she ~:iid .. Y cs.· · " Then," said Athena, •· in t hroe da.v,; from now yo11\

shnll we:we on your loom and I on mine. If ·you have the prettiest work I will ne ver n,;e loom 01· ·pindlo or distaff again as long n, the world shall la<it,. And if mine i · host . you ·h:111 ne1·er spin or wca1·e again as long a you Iii· · 'he whole world :hall i·nul'' and see us, and great Jupiter who ·its up among the elomls shal l be the judgc. Do yon ag ree to thi s·> "

"I agree." said Arachn e . .. 'Nhen the people saw what a be:111tiful thiug she had

made. they said, ' · No wonder the gi ··I hoa ted nf her­self... And Jupiter hirnself 11 odde<I.

Then Athena took the white tent of the sumnrnr clouds and tlie color of the tlowers ancl began to ,1·ea1·c.

Athena's work was best: and when Anwhn e saw it she put her face in her hands and wept and wept. and said ··Oh ! how can I li rn'? how can I lirn'1

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Wh en Athena saw the poor maiden she took pity on her . he touched her with her spear whil'h she ·ome ·times c;uried with her, and changed Aradrne into a spider whieh ran and made a. web in a shady p)aC'e in the grass. R un1 W ADU: WH, Third Gracie.

THE LITTLE FAIRY.

There is a little fairy. she lives in a littl e glass tnhe, and s!ie has two s tori e. tu her house. and a little round ball below which is her ba.-cment. ·when it is ,·cry eold she runs way clown in her ba.-cment and looks yery warm and 1·osy. Peop le come out a nd look at her ,·ery often, and the furth er down she gors th e more they look at her. Ancl when sill' is ,,·ay down in her basemeut · people will c·o~ne ·and loo k at· her rross ly and say. ··Freezing!·· "Twenty 1 clnw '." And little hoys and girls will C'o me out all bundled np. and mak e s now men and snow ball s. a1fcl ha1·e a jolly time. and do not mind the eold one hit. Buy wl en Spring and Summer l'Ome. she <·reep. : lowly up. and kee ps rlimb­ing un t il she reaches the . eeond story . Then workmen go past with umbrellas oYer thei r hrads and wipe their faC'C' S wit.h. thrir h:u1dkrn·hiefs. And people look

:it her and say ·· Ninety '." or :, inety-ti1·e ! " W,,­men and children it round fanning ancl wearing their ' roole. t dres ' es. r ow we rail this little fairy ·• Qni<'k-ih·er. •· but her right name is "Merr ury." Ancl now

1 hall leaYe it to you who t his litt le fairy is. l\lARIO:<i Vo ·B ·1w H. Fourth Gracie.

FIRST GRADE.

Thr C' hildren were.a keel to tell wlmt they Ii keel to do mo:t. The fo ll owing are the a11s11· rs fnnnd on some of their papers:

l like to play best with my tire engin e : :tllll I like to help 111,v mamma. r like to play <·11tch .

LAWltF.N F. PAltK.

l like to play with my Brownil'S. JAmF. CONGDON_/\

I like to pla.y wit,h dolls. J lik • to help my mn.mma ancl papa. I like to play hall 1yith my brother .

• . NOIOIA STUA ltT.

I like to skate best of all. Coi,;ovE1t Mc Du.r..

I like . to whirl around . BEUi.Ali LA)ll'.

J like to go in tho gymnasi um. r like to play with the battl e ball. I like to swing on the rings.

F1tANK KF.T.l.L

J like to dress my dolls: I ha1·0 fo11t tlolls. - lnn and May anti (.'himt doll , and Eskimo cloll.

I like to help mamma. too. ~hl' i~ bette r . INA MAltTIN .

I likr .to sew hest of anyt.hing. GLAUYS PAttK.

I like to skate heeause l can go fast and race other boys.

And . ometimes l go np to my grandma's house. r EWTON MAltTIN.

l like to play house and play with my doll. Bec:tnse it is ni ce to play ho1i-;e. and doll.

Oun~ K1NG.

I like to help mamma. - EDITH Er.DttEDGE .

I like tn play b:1.ttle h:t ll an,d p!ay hou ,;e ancl paint. RUTl-l WA DI.F.!GH.

I like to cl o cli he., hel'an ,e r r·:tn have fun . HELEN Gil.LETT.

l like to play ball and fire . 8A)I. W ADU:JGH.

J like to play with Alfred'sd nrks. HAltOI.D L1TTJ.F. .

ANSWERS TO CONUNDRUMS IN FEBRUARY NUMBER.

1. l'ar nation . 2. Co w slip . 4. I~ande lion . 5. Goose berry , 7. Haw thorn . 8. Morning g lory .

3. Curr ant. 6. Tu lips. 0. Li lac.

10. Mari gold. 11. Hon ey su<"kle. 12. Snap dr:agon. 13. Fox glo,·o, 14. Mush room . 1/i. llee<'h. 16. Hem lork. Ii. Bur cloC'k.

The following named pupils garn th e first rorreC't answers:

(;1t ,DD1AH DEl'Alt'DIElO' - Mahc.: I Whitrock. Harold Wee k.

f:-TtlOIEUIATr: DF.l'Al!T)IF.NT- (;eor~e Atwell. Mar­garet Sont hwi°i·k.

P1<rn,11tr DEl'Altn1E:-.T- Harlo Bcnnrtt . Ruth Wad­leigh .

Willi e Leonard of the Intermediat e Department de­sen ·es m •ntion. for although he had one wrong answer, hi s rrport was the first hand ed in.

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Special Sale at

J. FRANK'S W e han• jus t recPil"ctl a lo t o f the linl'St HonH'·i\lad e

nuulies that h:v c 1·pr heen di splayrd in tlw 1·ity. ,.Tl:e;c t·a11diPS an• Honw-l\ladl' in 111y f:lt't o r.1· in l\ladi son . Wis .. th1°rc> forP th c>y an• 111:11IL0 fro111 t h1• lHll'I' 11mt1•rial. for thi~ 11·p1·k 1111ly II'( ' will ~I'll th,• for f11ll1lll"i11g pril·(•s:

p,, r I h .

Extra fancy Buttercups, any flavor, 2,c Home made Taffies, - 1 sc Chocolate Creams, best in the world, 2sc Chocolate Creams, very good, - 1 5" 1

French mixed candy, - 10c W l' arr t hl0 hcadq nartPrs for fitH· 1·nn fl01c14.u1u•n· . Tr\"

the m and y o u will bl' 1·1m1·im·1·d . H1~w111liPr tlil' /'l:u.'<. 1·ornPr Main and St1·0 11ir~ an•. H,·~p. ,1. FHANK .

Mixed Paint s. Varnis hes.

Hard Oil ,;.

White Lead. Varnis h Stains,

llrus hcs .

Frencb, Campbell & Co. Deale r s in

WHLL PHPER. Bo, k s. Pain t.s.

Pc riodil'al s . Window Shades. Stationer v . Pictures. ,

Fine C1infectionc ry. Artis tf S upplies.

40J Main St., STEVENS POINT, WIS.

Gross & Jacobs, GENERAL HARDWARE,

42G Main str eet. All o rde 1·s for tin and s hee t iron \\"Ork prnmptly cx­

l'l'Utcd.

C. · 0. D. Store, Main street.

Always leads in

NEW STYLES And LOWEST PRICES.

J. P. Rothman.

0. N. ALCORN, M. D. Specialties: Diseases and Operations of the

EYE, EAR, NOSE AND '!HROAT. Glasses g round to order to correct ast i~ma tism, weak eyes, etc. Officel 109-1 t 1 !'irrongs Ave ., over Taylor lfro~ . Drug Store . Hours. 9 to

II, 1 to 5, 7 to 8. K' . , STEVEN S POINT, WIS.

F. A. w ALTERS, M. D.

1.. PHYSICIAN AND SURG EOlf·, 007 Main t:.trect. Telephone 53. -

STEYENS POINT, - - - - - - WISCONSrn .

G. ROOD,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Telephone N·o. 25. .

Otiice and residence 523 Main street. STEVENS PO~ T, - - - - - - WlSCO~SIN.

F. A. SOUTHWICK, M. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Telephone No. 32. 040 Church street.

STEVENS POINT, - - - - - - WISCONSIN.

HADCOCK & ROOD,

DENTISTS. Office, 436 Main St. ALL WORK GUARANTE_ED. -F. E. WHEET, M. D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office over Taylor Bros.' Drug Store. Residence 412 Church Str eet. Telephone No. 2.

SPECIALTY OF HERNIA. ,

JESSE SMITH, D. D. S.

DENTIST. ALL WORK 454 Main stre,et. WARRANTED

•Dr. <..: . von Neupert, Sr. Dr. C. von Neupe1t, J r.

ORS. VON NEUPERT, PHYSICIANS AN.D SURGEONS.

447t Main Street. Telephone 81. ltesideuce, 020 Clark street. Telephone 03.

? JOHN PHILLIPS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Telephone 41. Otlice at residence on Clark street.

STEVENS POINT, - - - · - - I <W-ISCONSIN.

WRIGHT BROS. 452 Church St.

Expert VIEW ARTIS TS We make :1. specialty of intel'ior fl.ash-li~ht photos,

and our prices are most reasonable, A written guar antee with every order .

·:~Citizens Tonsorial Parlors.~ BATH ROOMS }

IN CONNECTION.

M. BERENS, Proprietor,

Stevens Point, Wis. • T elephone n B FINCH

;,:j "-· • • ' . .. Proprietor

City Livery Stabl6 And :aa;: L~,~:. Bag/I

First-class ri~rs and carcfo l d rive rs. Comer Brown and · N . 1 hi rd Streets, S tcvc ns_Poin t , \Vis. .

The Stevens Point Daily Journal ·gives · all the city news. If you have any job printing the Journal office can't do, you may as well send at once to New York or Paris.

James P. Dorsey,

BO~WJNG LIVERY STABLE 211 STRONGS A VE ..

Best Stock of Carria~• P and Horses in the City. First class Heane. H:a,·kli fu rni~hcd for \Vcdd ing and D riving Partie:5. Stevens Pomt1 Wi1.

CHARLES HELM, Florist.

Cut. Flowers, Roses and Car nations. All kinds of plants. Funeral designs a specialty. Greeilhonses near Normal Schqol, 1328 Main Street. Stevens Point, Wls.

Normal School Depository._;.

First National Bank. Students · are cordially

invited to call and make our acquaintance.

A. R. WE E K, President W. H. B uCKINGHA>I, Ca!!hier J AS. UEU,LY, Vice Pres. J . W. DUNEGAN, Asst. Cash. C. W. KAUXE I<, Book- A. J . K UJ AWA. Col. Clerk.

keeper . ·

Silk Shades, 100 Styles and Sizes will be closed out at ONE HALF the Re~r Price.

JOHN SHANNON. ,.

c.~KREMBS &. BRO., General Hardware Stoves, Tinware, Paints, Oils. Stevens Point, Wis.

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