Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1909 volume:

Sisturii By LULi HE class of '09 is a class of talent: but its talent does not consist so much In soaring brilliancy as in the steady labor which accomplishes Its ends. It Is a class of bravery, although none of Its members has ever felt called upon to climb to the moon with a pennant: but rather to hitch his wagon to a star , and l� e truly great in every day life. So if its history should sound uninteresting it is localise of the very work which has brought It to its present standing. It was a momentous day indeed when 'OP entered High School. As we marched in from the Eighth tirade, many were the jeers and jokes of the Sophomores. A whole year had passed since they were Freshmen and so it was their right to sneer. How we trembled with fear as we passed the awe Inspiring Seniors, not even daring to ho| e that some day we might occupy that coveted position. Rut this shyness soon wore off as our days in High School Increased: for we began to learn that we were not held in at isolute contempt, even though the upper class men chose to make us feel so. Every one did not recognize the sterling quality of our class at once, but it was soon discovered that there was latent talent among us. The first hint of the awakening of our friends to our excellence came through a former teacher. ne day at rest in the hall she informed us that our class was considered the lx«st of all that had ever entered the N. II. S. nw was a relief to Its Instructors. Their faces always brightened when they came to our recitations from the wearisome Sophomores or Juniors. Work was our watchword and we followed it so closely that when the midterm examinations came upon us we were well prepared and not one but passed through them safely even Herman and Algebra. And so, each day learning a little more, our first year wore awaj and we became Sophomores. During the summer vacation some of our numlier decided that an education required too much lalwr and persistence: so when school was called again in Septemlsr only a part of our former numt er were left. Professor I’elsma having resigned in the middleof the first semester we suffered the ordeal of changing teachers . Hut, owing to the excellence of Ilf 'Oil EBY the new teacher and the indomitable courage of the class, the examinations were passed creditably. Geometry and Botany were now taken tip and Latin and German liegan to be a little more Intelligible. Thus we went on. finishing old studies and taking up new until the tlrst three years were over and we Itecame Seniors. Physics now liecame the order of the day and we found t he experiments hard but extremely interesting. At the middle of the term we finished the course in English and took up Civics instead. During this year we attempted the establishment of the Echo. We adopted this plan liecause we saw the need of getting the patrons of the school more in touch with its workings. In proportion to its recept ion among the townspeople have we succeeded. We feel justly proud of this innovation and only liope that those following may profit by our successes and failures. Our memlieis also have taken part in athletics and helped to preserve the honor of the school in this line. Mir course in High School has lieen a happy one. We have played pranks as all others do, but have prepared our lessons with zeal. Sometimes the way lias seemed rough and hard: but. knowing there's no such word as fail we have kept on to the victorious end. From twenty-three in the Freshman class our number has dwindled to eleven. One member of our class died at the beginning of the second year. Some have mover! to other towns while others have left school that they might follow business lives. Four are now married and two are teaching school. Those who remain are still toiling on hoping to gain more knowledge along the |tatlis that lie lie fore them. Some will continue their school life, while others will dropout of the active struggle for learning. Rut not one will cease to learn, for in these happy school days a habit has l� een formed which will cling to us forever. Wisdom! we bless thy gentle sway And ever, ever will obey. We are loatii to leave the 11 igli Scliool and we will often tie lonely for the pleasant acquaintances we have formed here. Hut it istliefateof all to leave childhood days and take up life wit li its joys or sorrows as it may Ik-. So: “Like some low and mournful spell We whisper but one word farewell. 1! A n V K Y M I L I. K |{ jINCE the dawn of that momentous morning in early May 1890, when Harvey tiixt decided to explore that wonderful place called the earth, he has been destined to greatness. lie could not he induced tostop within the boundaries of his beautiful farm home or even at the village school: but. having fathomed the depths and climbed theheightsof these, he has gone on through rain and sunshine, dust and mud. never stopping, not even with the presidency of his class in High School or the third-basemanship of the team. The class expects great things of Harvey. A ffrui rirutif By HARVEY ERE luis lx� en no other time in the History of the World extending over tux years, when nations have been so deeply Interested in their scientific discoveries as now. Many different courses of discovery and invention are I -ing pursued. Some men devote their lives to ex|� erimen-tal work witli chemicals, others to that with electricity, and some to that with Astronomy. We can easily see what it would mean financially to adopt work of this kind. Years of education and preparation are needed. Expensive lalx ratories must lie supplied, or experhnentid ground must lie secured. Many who devote themselves to this work have plenty of money of their own to start with: others are supported by their own governments. Some are sent to foreign countries for the Ixmefit of colleges. An estimate as to the value of the discoveries made by these men can not I given. Every year many new inventions are gotten out: much cheaper methods of making things are discovered: better use is made of by products that help to advance Industry: or taken along chemical lines, elements are found that can lie used in some practical way. The work of some of these experimenters liecomes very interesting. Take for example Moissan. with his electric furnace. He lias succeeded in manufacturing artificial diamonds. The furnace he uses consists of two liricks of quick lime with a groove on one side of each, so that when placed one on top of the other these grooves form a cavity. The lower brick also contains a longitudinal groove to receive the two electrodes which lead to the cavity. Into a rarlMUt crucible Is placed 200 grammes of Swedish iron and a sufficient amount of sugar charcoal to cover it. The crucible is then placed in the centre of the furnace: the electrodes are arranged and a current of aliotit fifty volts of electromotive force is turned on. The furnace Is heated to a tein-| erature of .Tiou degrees Centigrade, which is equal to � .'W2 degrees Fahrenheit, from three to six minutes. Then the current is quickly turned off. the lid removed, and the crucible is plunged into a tank of water where its contents undergo high pressure. The diamonds are then gotten from the refuse by a series of chemical actions which take nearly two weeks. Some of the reactions are those with hydrochloric acid: then with nitro hydrochloric acid, and lulling in sulphuric acid. The diamonds thus produced, however, are not large: hut at this age there n ir Disruurrirs MILLER Is little doubt but that a way can soon be discovered to make diamonds weighing several carats. Rubies are also made. Other famous discoveries have been made by Joseph Priestly noted for discovering oxygen: and Sir Humphrey Davy, an Knglish chemist, noted for discovering the relation chemicals have to electricity. A not her practical discovery was made not long ago which involves the little toy concern called a Gyroscope. Louis Brennan, noted for being the inventor of the tor| edo used in the British navy, has utilized this principle of the Gyroscope in the operation of a railroad. Ilis theory which Is now developed into a realization of a truth, has l een worked upon for over thirty years. Not that necessity demanded this invention. but for the realization of his hopes; and being supported by the Knglish government in his experiments financially, he has completed that w hich might s eni impossible. The gyroscope consists essentially of a disk revolving on pivots within a ring, having on the line of prolongation of its axis on one side, a bar or spur with a smooth notch l� eneuth to receive the hard, smooth |wint of an upright support. Tims placed, when the disk is not turning, the whole falls, of course, like any heavy liody unsupported. If thedisk is rotated rapidly while the axis resting on the support Is lieing held in a vertical | ositioii, no pecul-iar movement then occurs: but if the upper end of the axis be set free, the whole, instead of falling as would lie ex|iected, commences a steady revolution in a horizontal circuit aliout tin |M int of support. The toy gymsco|� e runs thus for nearly three minutes. The first complete experiment was withasingle rail track andacar. which had a pair of two wheeled motor trucks. The wheels of the trucks were placed one behind the other like a bicycle. Two electric motors were provided to turn the four wheels, all of which acted as drivers. A closed compartment was placed in the forward end of the car in which the gyroscopes were situated. Two gy roscopes were provided in order to maintain the equilibrium of the locomotive, these lieing in the compartment having a partial vacuum. The purpose of the vacuum was to allow the gyroscopes' wheels to revolve for some time after the current had lieen turned off. The gyroscopes rotated in opposite directions at the speed of T.VM) revolutions jier minute. The weight of the gyroscopes was •’� | er cent that of the whole machine. Such a locomotive when set in operation ran on a single rail, up steep grades, took sharp curves, and ran along a suspended cable. Instead of lean- mg oul wlien going round a curve as would Ik expected by the law of centrifugal force. It Inclined to the Inside: and If a weight was put to the side « f tiie car. that side rose instead of sinking. Other locomotives of tills ty| e have l� een built since. The size of the gyroscopic wheels varies with the size of the locomotive. The advantages of the single rail system are that of the tremendous economy, the cost of steel being just one-half: and the present massive bridges would Ik discarded. For tem|M rary work, a single wire hawser stretched across a ravine or river is all that is necessary. It Is claimed that the swaying of this hawser will not disturb tlie Iwlance of the cars, and that the strongest wind will not blow them off. For permanent work a single row of piles with a rail on top will lie sufficient. With reduced friction in the mono-rail system, the cost for fuel will lie le� . Another advantage will Is that steam, oil. gas. or electricity may Ik used, as best will suit local conditions. The gyroscope has also lieen put to practical use on vessels. Soon the rock inn decks on a stormy ocean will lx a thing of the past. This has lx en found to lx true by experiments. It was first tried on a German torpedo boat by Dr. Otto Sclilfck. The dimensions of this tioat, which was controlled by a gyroscope whose wheel was .{ feet In diameter, were alio tit llu feet in length, and eleven feet in width, and it had a displacement of fifty-six tons. The success of this new discovery has attracted the attention of a firm In Kngland who has knight the right to build vessels with the gyroscope on. One can easily see what a smooth and level deck would mean on our kittle ships in time of war. Such are examples of our great men’s dally work. We might describe the new ly invented wireless telegraph which Is used now by all sea going vessels, and the experiments which are being made to use the same on moving trains: hut these are sufficient to show tlie wonderful realizations which can be attained only through the workings of science. s 12 va TII Florence, it is quality not quantity: her quiet voice bespeaks that fact. It was a blessed breeze on March 3. 1891. which ushered in the news of Florence’s arrival. She spent her younger years here in Nappanee. When nearly ten years old she moved to Berrien Springs, Michigan, with her parents, but like Lula came back to Ik with us. She has l een one of us during our entire High School course, nor has she l een among the least. In love for the N. II. S. and “Naughty Nine”. Florence is hard to excell. fflallarr’a Sph Sur By FLORENCE MILLER OW when Jesus was lx rn in Betlielem of Juda a in tin days of Herod, the King. hehold tliere came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. Saying. 'Where is He that is lx rn King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him’.— Matthew 2: 1-2. Such is the text from which (ieneral Wallace com|iosed the first lxx� k of his masterpiece Ben llur. His intention, at the tieginning. was to write a short serial fora magazine hut for certain reasons this idea was abandoned and. Instead of ending with the birth of the Saviour, the narrative was expanded to comprise his whole life, from Bethlehem to Calvary. It is not known what led General Wallace to write the book nor why he list'd the life of Christ in a work of fiction; but lie himself states that he “had reached an age in life when men usually begin to study themselves with reference to their fellow-men”. He had never read the Bible, and although not an infidel, was inditTerent in matters of religion, lie resolved to make a thorough study of the Bible, and it was in his preparation for Ben llur that he was converted. Book One deals with the meeting of the three wise men on the desert of Arabia. Having had divine summons. they had come from their homes in the east to find the Christ Child. While pursuing their course across the desert, the star which had thus far led them on their journey, suddenly disappeared and they entered Jerusalem to inquire after the Child. Herod, linking. advised them to search in Bethlehem and. as they departed toward that village, the star immediately reappeared. It guided them until they reached the cave where they found the child lying in a manger. Twenty-one years passed after the meeting of the wise men when Valerius Grains entered Jerusalem as Procurator. Ben llur. a Jewish lad of seventeen. in a conversation with his Homan friend. Messala. was stirred by the desire to accomplish great works for his people. He resolved to become a soldier and his mother, a lovely, strong-minded woman, consented. When the new Procurator entered Jerusalem Ben llur was attracted by the music and ran to the edge of the roof to see the ruler. In his eagerness he loosened a tile from the edge of the roof and it fell ti|x n G rat us. throwing him from his horse. A riot ensued and at the instigation of Messala, the Homans entered the Inuise. drove out the servants, and t«� ok Ben llur’s mother and sister prisoners. Ben llur himself was taken to Is a galley slave. While on the way t « Home he and his guards itassed through Nazareth where a lad gave Ben llur a drink of water from a nearby spring. Ben llur looker! into the face of the lad. a face shaded by looks of chestnut hair, a face full of holy purpose. Thus Ben llur first met the son of Mary. After three years of ceaseless toil at the galleys. Ben llur was adopted by Quintus Arrius. whose life he had saver I in a battle with pirates. Soon Ar-rius died, leaving Ids adopted son a vast fortune, and Ben llur. on the way to Antioch, heard of a rich merchant. Simonides, who hail lieen a servant of Ben llur’s father. Ben llur called on Simonides who would not lielieve his story but sent spies to watch Ben llur to see if he were worthy of his father’s name and fortune. Malluch, the spy, followed Ben llur to the (J rove of Daph-ne where Ben llur was attracted by the driver of a chariot, lie was,a Homan. handsomely proportioned but with a haughty cynical face. Ben llur knew him at a glance: he was Messala. All Ben Hur’sold hatred sprang to life. He resolved to revenge himself. Ben llur heard of a chariot race that was to take place in six days: he knew that Messala was a contestant, and he knew that Sheik Ilderini had four splendid Arabs which he would In willing to enter into the contest. Ben llur went to the Sheik’s tent and was promised the Aral . It was here that he met Balthasar, one of the wise men. and he heard the wonderful story of the Christ-child. Balthasar maintained that the King Would rule the spirit-world but Ben llur resolved to spend his time and fortune in raising an army to help Him win ill Kingdom. Simonides had satisfied himself as to Ben llur’s true worth and lie offered his fortune to him. Ben llur refused to accept it. lie also refused to accept the servitude of Simonides and his daughter Ksther. At last the day of the race arrived. The circus was crowded. Simonides, hist her. Sheik llderim. and Iras, daughter of Balthasar, were present and wore Ben llur’s color. When the charioteers ap| eared there were cries of ••Messala! Messala!” “Ben llur! Ben llur! The first round was made with Messala at the head. During the second round Ben llur overtook the Homan, who. rising in his chariot gave Ben llur’s horses such a cut as they had never lie fore felt. The people were indignant. the frightened horses dashed forward, but Ben llur had them under complete control lie fore the next round was run. The sixth round was made without change of position until Ben llur fell a little behind Messala. The Homan was exultant and was drawing in his horses for the final turn when Ben llur. making a dash forward, caught his wheel in that of Messala and the latter’s car fell to the ground. In the fall M« ssala was injured and. as he had 15 staked his fortune on tlie race, Ben Hur's vengeance was complete. He dashed on and reached the goal. The race was won! Ben Hur immediately left for Jerusalem where he sought vainly for his mother and Tirzah. When a new ruler had entered Jerusalem the women had lieen found in a secret cell of Antonio Tower hut they were lepers: their lips and entire skin were parched and dry while the hair of both hud turned white. Thus when Ben Ilur sought them in Jerusalem, they were occupying the tomliK of the lepers outside the city-gates. Three years Ben Hur spent in raising an army for Christ who had ajs peared in Jerusalem immediately after Ben Hur's arrival there. One day as Christ with his followers, among whom was Ben Ilur. entered the city they were surprised by a cry from two lepers standing by the roadside. The crowd would have stoned them hut Christ, heeding their appeal, approached them and tinding them of great faith, healed them. Ben Ilur saw the miracle and after a prick glance at the women he sprang forward crying: “Mother! Tirzah!” Thus the family of I!urs was reunited and Ben Hur followed Christ more closely than liefore. Balthasar and Simonides had come to Jerusalem and were occupying the old palace of the llurs. One evening as Ben Ilur passed through the gate lie was attracted by a crowd of priests and soldiers, in the midst of whom he lie-held Judas, one of the chosen disciples. Ben Hur followed the crowd to a large garden where he liehold the Nazarcno l� etrayed by Judas into the hands of the soldiers. The trial occurred that night and on the day following Ben Hur tried to gather his army to force Christ's release. The army had deserted him and it was with a sorrow ful heart that he followed Balthasar. Simonides and Ksther to Calvary. The party halted liefore ;i low hill. Surrounding the hill, on all sides, were faces, three million faces. On the summit of the idll stoed the Nazar-ene, pale and silent. Ben Hur gazed at the suffering features. He knew that I all this could be cl tanged by a breath: yet that breath was withheld. And standing thus gazing at the spirit face. Ben Ilur was tilled with a profound peace, he seemed to hear the words of the Nazarene: I ant the resurrection and the life.” The crosses were raised with their human burdens: suddenly a hush fell upon the people as they heard that divine exclamation: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do!” It grew dark as night, still there were mookings and jeerings. One of the thieves turned to the Saviour saying: “Lord. remember me when Thou contest into Thy kingdom.” Simonides started: immediately his vision cleared. He comprehended that this Kingdom was not of the earth. Then as in a dream, he heard the answer: “Verily. I say unto thee, today halt thou Ik with me in Paradise.” The Nazarene’s sighs Itccume great gasps, his fare lighted as he exclaimed: It is finished! It is finished!” Then a few seconds later: “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.” Thus the end came. Ben Hur looked at his companions: Balthasar was prostrate and still. Ben Ilur called. No answer came. The good man’s spirit bad accompanied his master’s into Paradise. Five years pass and we find Ben Ilur the head of a happy family. He has married Esther, daughter of Simonides, and has lieen more than ever prosperous in his ventures. He wished to devote his fortune to the Cliristian cause and at the suggestion of Simonides he built the San ('aiiocto Catacomb. the refuge for Christian Martyrs. General Wallace displays great powers of expression. He holds the attention of the reader to the close ami his description of the cross has proliably never lieen excelled. Is it any wonder that lie was converted while writing the lnM� kV t; immigration uui altr (jpurstimta it Smtolnra By CARRIE SLOAT 'HR immigration question lias been one on which the t'nited States government has spent much time and money, and it lias been stated that it is next in importance to the liquor question. The million that came last year and the million that will undoubtedly come this year places upon the American people a res|K nsihility and duty. If we do not want foreigners to rule us we must lie quick to act and Americanize them. It lias lieen said. “The amazing thing in Americans is their utter indifference or supine optimism. They have looked very hopefully upon this great problem and passed It lightly by. thinking the matter would adjust itself, hut the continual coming has made it a very serious problem to solve though many are trying to find a solution. We need to take a trip with some of these foreigners starthig at their foreign home and finally landingat Hills Island, in order to know more almut this subject. The examinations they are forced to take, are very exact, before they leave their country they answer a long list of questions, tilling out the official record which the law requires the vessel masters toohtain. and deliver to the government officers at the entrance |x rt. If the answers are satisfactory they are given a card with their name and numlter of their group, which is then placed upon them in plain sight. Then tlie ten days of travel, mingled with all kind of distress and trials add to the unforgetful experiences of the immigrant. The next examination is when the inspection officials come on iioard to hunt for infectious or contagious diseases. Those that pass satisfactorily, are then taken to the pier, and thrust into the midst of confusion. The sight at this point is wonderful. Families try to keep together, crying children add to the confusion of tongues: all sorts of people, with all sorts of luggage are ail trying to make the landing first. As t hey pass down the gangway the numliers are taken by an officer with a mechanical checker, and then tbey pass into a somber building. Here the confusion increases and very often the dockmen guards are forced to liecome severe. Finally the inspector reaches them as fast as possible and they are hustled along in a throng to a barge that is waiting. The next step is Ellis Island, whose great buildings look inviting. Out of the barge they are sent with the crowd to the grand entrance. The officer on the stairs, familiar with nearly all languages, calls to them to show their health tickets, which are usually carried in the mouth. I� ecause their hands are full of children or luggage. At the head of the long stairs they are met by a uniformed officer who takes the tickets, glances at them and stam| s them Ellis Island. Counting the quarantine officer as number one, this makes officer numlter two. s they reacli the head of tlie stairs they pass into .1 large hall divided into equal parts: directed by an officer they are turned into a narrow passage where they meet officer numlter three, lie is the first medical inspector. As they pass him. one by one. they are.stopped only for a moment. They are given some sharp glances, for lie is looking for favus or contagious skin diseases, lie usually nods and places a chalk mark on them. About thirty feet farther on. they are met by officer number four. He has a towel and a small instrument in his hand, and a basin of disinfectants. As they pa.s one by one. he applies the instrument to the eyes, raising the lids and quickly putting them down again, lie is looking for the dreaded eye disease. He also marks them. As they move along some of their companions have been marked differently and they are sent to a different railed off space, known as the detention pen, where they have a more rigid examination. After resting awhile In a large, room they inarch single file to officer num-lx rfive. As each person's turn comes they are asked a lot of quest ions. If their answers are satisfactory they are tagged “ K with “It which means they are bound for a railroad station. After having their railroad ticket stamped, and tlielr money exchanged for Cubed States money: they are guided to the station and put on the train which takes them to their assigned places. Thus they are left to their own wishes in the land of America. If we were to gather these throngs of people that have already come to America by nationality, we would have twenty-two Italian cities of ten thousand people: a single city nearly as large as Hetroit of branches of Austria-Hungary: four Herman cities of ten thousand people: six of Scandlnav-ins: one of French: one of Creeks: one of Japanese: six and a half of English: five of Irish: and nearly two of Scotch and Welsh. Besides many more small villages of other nationaHtes. Some one who was watching them pass as they went from Ellis Island asked. Why. where do they all come from. It was answered.“from northern and southern Europe, from Austria-Hungary. Italy. Russia. Assyria, and from all the countries across the oceans. These different people come to us mainly for three reasons. (1) Attrac- l!� lion. 2 Expulsion. .'{) Solicitation. The attraction comes from the I’nlted States, the expulsion from the Old World, and the solicitation from the great Transportation lines and their emissaries. Sometimes one cause is more potent than another, depending on the time they come. Sometime ago when the religious persecution was active in Europe, America got the result when it reached Rivington St.. New York. In Italy military services are enforced, taxes rise, people are crowded and then comes poverty. The result is they come to America where high wajfw and steady work is assured. The average wage of Knglund is fifty cents a day. Itussia thirty: Italy sixteen: Hungary twenty: and I'nited States atiout one dollar. Thus we see one reason why they come. If a new mill or factory starts up somewhere in the country, it is only a short time till it is known abroad. The transportation lines are making their work sureand publish these facts as much as |x ssihle for their own gain. The immigrants like the freedom ring that those who have lieen here take back. A Hungarian going back to his native country said. I love the old home, hut I love America more. Stay in Hungary? Oh no: I do not even want to die there: but if I do. I want them to wrap me in thlsshroud.” pulling out tlie stars and stripes. These people have felt tlie uplift of our American free institutions, and they want them for themselves. One of these great questions which the government has to deal with, is that of the distribution of the Immigrants. The masses that crowd to our cities live in unhealthy places and do any work they can get. thus making it a serious matter. If some plan could Ik devised so that they would make good and just citizens, our country would Ik blessed for their coining. Ex-President Roosevelt-said, The need is to devise some system by w hich undesirable immigrants shall lie kept out entirely, while desirable immigrants are properly distributed throughout the country. These that crowd to our cities come in contact with the tenement-house evil. In these buildings, perhaps little lietter than rat-traps, are massed swarms of human lieings. the herding of wlmle families in a single room, in which they sleep, eat, cook and make clothing for contractors, or cigars that would never go into men’s mouths if men saw where they were made. Mr. Robert Hunter makes the statement that there are three hundred sixty thousand dark rooms in Greater New York. Then again the immigrant is the victim of the sweat-shop peril. Sweating is the system of sub-contract wherein tlie work is let out to contractors to Ik done in small shops or at home. The contractor is an organizer and employer of immigrants. The success of such work depends u|h� ii the cheap-« st help, no matter whether it is made in a clean or a dirty place. Another peril is child neglect and lalmr. which means illiteracy, stunted IhkIv and mind, and often w reckage of life. The sight of the throngs of children who are in these tenement districts, w ho know little of ago.xl home, have scanty and irregular meals, and whose surroundings are dirt, foul atmosphere and speech.disease and vice, bring l� e-fore our minds a pitiable sight. Rut perhaps worse than this is the traffic for the la� or of children. In this enlightened country of ours there are over one million seven hundred thousand children under fifteen years of age who are com nailed to work in factories, mines and fields. The greater part of these children are immigrants, and thus they are crippled, deprived of a fair education and a fair chance of life, because their lalxir is cheap. What will the Tinted Statesdo with these people? It is common for one man to swear at them, the semi-Christian to do everything but swear, and the Christian of three-fourths or seven-eights grade to regard them as unworthy a place here or of receiving am spiritual help from American churches. There is only one thing that our country can do with safety to itself make American Christians of the newcomers. We should l e guided in part h.v patriotism, but even more by a spirit of Christian duty. Weowethe debt of love and helpfulness to those that come, as well as a debt of loyalty to the nation. i — i| ll,e seat fartherest l� ck in the Senior How ‘our young est and our fairest sits, t rimful of jollity and good hu-mor. Flossie Is a studious girl: not one to lie found at the foot of her class: and capable of a hearty laugh over even a Physics experiment. Milford is her native town. She was born November 5,1891. For several years it has been her lot to keep the registration hook at our Public School Exhibit, she has tilled this place heroically in spite of her desire to preside over the punch-bowl. ®br tfalur By FLOSS has been said that the decision of a single individual has more than once changed t lie current of the world’s history; and that, too, not only for an hour, but for centuries. Strangeit is and almost unbelievable that only a moment’s hesitation and then finally the decision—and the future course of the world’s events has been changed: but all history gives examples of this kind. We now call such periods epochs, and look to the actors as makers of destiny: but it is only liecause we, coming years and years after them, can look Uu-k and see the results of their decisions. They who lived in those periods did not realize that the great clock of heaven had Just then struck for a change on earth, nor did the actors themselves know that for centuries the world’s progress would turn on their very act as on a new axis. For, as some one has so lieautifully expressed it, “The revolutions on earth, like those of the heavens, swing on unknown centers: and it is only when the periods are complete that men recognize the extent of the change.” Take, as an example, that poor Genoese wool carder's son, Christopher Columbus, one of the greatest men the world has ever produced, if we max measure his quality by the effect of his discovery on the future ages. Did any of his neighbors or friends even dream that so much of the world’s progress depended on his decision to explore an almost unknown sea. in a vain hope, as they thought, to find a new route to the Indies? Did they ever mock him or Jeer at him when he tried to tell them his new and strange ideas aixmt the earth, and how he intended to sail around the earth and not across it? Even Columbus himself did not suspect, even for one moment, the wonderful issues that would result from his keeping of I hat decision. But how much tlie world lias been lienelitted by that very thing: for who is able to tell how much the world has l� eeu influenced and helped t better things along religious, commercial, social, and political lines, by the aid and example of the I’nited States? In fact, what would this world have been It be bad given up that decision, simply liecause no one would lielieve him at first, or was willing to give him aid! Think bow much humanity has tieen forwarded by our advanced ideas concerning free institutions, free religion, the equality of man. ami our system of national government. These few facts only serve to show bow much was involved in one man’s decision. Nor did Martin Luther, that almost unknown man at the time, even imagine, when he decided to publish his own ideas against some of the acts of I’ope Leo. iu his ninety-live theses, and tack them on tin doors of that nf Drriimut IE YOUNG college building, that lie. by this act and a few similar ones, would start one of the greatest religious revolutions ever recorded. He perceived in Ids mind only that they were wrong, decided to stand for tlie right and history itself will tell what the result of his decision was. .lust two hundred and fifty years later a different sort of a question came up. and like all other great questions. It demanded a positive decision liefore it could Ik finally settled. Neither did John Adams its originator, fully realize what the result of his standing so boldly against the unjust, tyrannical laws Of our mother country would finally lie. Little did he think that by his stand and influence, he would originate one of the greatest movements ever started in this country, a movement which would finally result in the great Revolutionary War. Rut on account of tills very decision, we are now able to point, with true American pride, to the Declaration of I nde| endence in which is recorded that almost Immortal resolution that these united colonies are. and of a right ought to lie free and independent states. That decision led to the beginning of a new nation, a new political revolution, a new era of civilization, with tlie people as ruler. Napoleon decided to make his country the leading country of all Kurope. He did It. ('aesar resolved to Ik first in Rome, and second to none anywhere, lie liecamenot only the leader in Rome at the time, hut lie came to lie looked upon in history as one of the greatest men of all ages. Lincoln declared, while yet a mere hoy, that one man had no right, either by tiie written law or by the law of right and wrong, to bold another man in Itoudage. As lie ! eeame older, lie decided to do his part towards altering the condition of slavery in our country. At times it seemed as if he never would get this accomplished. Many others faltered in their decisions to help him, hut he kept rigid at it. through all the dark days of the Civil War, until lie finally saw Ids desire realiz.ed. In fact, all history as we know it to-day. is only a record of the doings of such men of decision, and their results. They It Is who are ahead, and wlm are aide to rule over their fellow-men. Difficulties and dangers and hardship are simply obstacles, the overcoming of which only show their true greatness the more clearly. They do not stop at defeats, but rather look at them as incentives to greater effort. Others can stand back and complain that their circumstances or environments prevent their success. They, with truer hearts and greater courage, tower over these difficulties and come out from the struggle only stronger and nobler than they were before. Look how that poor.stuttering, backward, shrinking youth finally liecame the great Demost henes of Athens. Every obstacle seemed to to placed in his path, every difficulty was to 1m overcome. It seemed as If he never could In an orator. What miserable failures he made of it when he first tried to address the populace of Athens in the toma. How the crowd Jeered him and scoffed him. Hut his indomitable w ill would not be downed, lie had decided to Im a great orator and he would be one in spite of everything. Ills fellow-men must look to him its someone great in their midst. Day after day lie kept at it. speaking for hours to the waves on tlie seashore, in order to accustom himself to speaking in tlie midst of the turbulent assemblies in the city. We all know the result: how that after a long time of such effort, he was able to move vast crowds of men at his will: and how. finally, he became known throughout the world, and how the title of Great was annexed to his name, a title which lias clung for all these twenty-two centuries. These are only a few examples, yet they show the true value of decision. Some one has said that, “decision Is one of tlie most conspicuous elements of victory in every undertaking. A wavering mind never accomplishes anything. liecause decision itself is the Incentive to action. And tlie decision once made, victory will lx the end oft lie labor if the proper effort is put forth to accomplish the end. Let. us then not slop at trllles. Were not others hindered soV” I � KOSJ JlHANKIK always was timid. From thetiine she was a tiny trirl in pinafore and sunshade, swinging her shining’ din-nerpail on her way to the Berlin scliool, to that day in ftafilMaa Septemtor, four years ago. when we lirst knew her as one of the “Freshman Girls“. and ever since that, she has lieen the same quiet lassie, ready for a lark with the others in the lead, or contentedly tilling her small corner” among the Junior toys. She was torn August 8. 1890 at the pretty country home where we still find her. Iflhittirr. dbr JJnrt of Jfrui Englattb By FRANKIE MINER JKW England has produced Its great scientists and its great men of invention. The latter have helped to Increase wealth in tlie way of manufacture which they have brought to tin notice of the entire world. It has produced historians, w ho have brought the rising generations — to contact with the works of their forefathers. We l' liavt- mil and Inanl -I I In alm. .in- ;ind lives of these colonial men; of their struggles with the Indians. French, and Dutch; and of probably their greatest light their hat-tie against the elements. But w ho could portray the st ruggles, sufferings and customs of the rural life of tlmse colonial men lietter than a poetV No other poet has ever, in the history of America, brought some one section of the country lie fore the eyes of the literary people as has John Greenleaf Whittier. Whittier haslwen called “The Burns of New England. Burns portrayed the rural life of Scotland: in like manner. Whittier pictured the rural life of New England. Brander Matthews says. “It was the scenery of New England he loved liest to paint in his tiallads; it was the sentiments of New England lie voiced in his lyrics: it was his steadfast faith in New England that gave strength to all he wrote. At a gathering in honor of Whittier. Bark-ham said. “He is the Boet of New England. His genius drew its nourishment from her soil; Ids pages are the mirror of her inward life. As a poet of New England. Whittier had little competition, except from the fact that Imngfellow loved the eastern sea and shore and often made use of the legends of the province. In Lowell and Emerson, lie had worthy compeers from the fact that the one made New England sentiment immortal by Ills imaginative expression: and the other has spiritualized New England thought. But Whittier is pre-eminently the poet of New England: because while there may lie as much human nature in high life as in the lower walks of life, yet pictures of the fireside, the roadside, and the farm are dear to the common people and this fact decides Whitter’s standing. As has tieen said lie loved to portray New England scenery. Here is one passage describing a scene by the roadside which causes one to Imagine lie smells “the heliotrope , “white sweet clover and mignonette and feels the wind of a drowsy New England summer: “Along the roadside, like the flower of gold The tawny Incas for their gardens wrought. Heavy with sunshine droop the golden-rod, And the red pennons of the cardinal Mower Hang motionless u| on their upright staves. The sky is hot and lia .y, and the wind, Wing-weary with its long Might from the south, I’nfelt: yet, closely scanned, yon maple leaf With faintest motion, as one stirs in dreams. Confesses it. The locust by the wall Stalls the noon-silence with his sharp alarm. A single hay-cart down the dusty road Creaks slow ly, with its driver fast asleep On the load’s top. Against the neighboring hill Huddled along the stone-wall’s shady side. The sheep slmw white, as if a snow-drift still Defied the dog-star. Through t lie open door A drowsy smell of flowers gray heliotrope And sweet clover and shy mignonette Comes faintly in. and silent chorus lend To the prevailing symphony of peace. “Snow-Bound is considered Whittier’s greatest production and allies him most closely to New England farm life. The |H ople are only awakening to the appreciation of the lieautlful scenes of the simple life described in this I mem. Burroughs lias avowed it to lie the “most faithful picture of our northern winter that has yet lieeii put into poetry. He descrilied an old-fashioned American rustic home, which Is native to no other country. ••Snow-Bound has often lieen compared to “Cotter’s Saturday Night. of which Burns is the author. What could lie more lieautlful than some of the scenes In this winter idyl? For instance in the passage in which he descrilies a winter evening in his old home, every one feels the vivid simplicity of description. “Shut in from all the world without, We sat the clean-winged hearth about. Content to let the north-wind roar In liuffled rage at pane and door. While the red logs liefore us beat The frost line back with tropic heat; And ever, when a louder blast Shook beam and rafter as it passed. The merrier up its roaring draught The great throat of the chimney laughed; The house-dog on his paws outspread Lay to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette oh the wall A couchant tiger seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet. Between the andirons straggling feet. The mug of cider simmered slow The apples sputtered In a row, And close at hand the basket stood With nuts from brown October’s wood. in choosing the theme Whittier did not choose one that he knew nothing about but choose one that was nearest to Ids heart. The Winter Idyl is correctly named: he was a lover of home. How tieautifully he pictures to us his father telling Ids stories of adventure: the loving mother relating the stories of Sewall and t’hakley: and Ids uncle who was “rich in lore of Helds ■ and brooks;’’ the maiden aunt, the elder sister and Ids other sister “Lifting her large sweet, asking eyes ’ But while Whittier was the truest singer of wayside and homestead life, lie was also, more than all others, the poet of the sentiments and convictions of the New Kngland people. This is forcibly illustrated by his anti-slavery poems. He stood as a mouth piece for New Kngland in her protest against tyranny, lie wrote with prophetic fervor, “The burden of a prophet’s power Fell on me in that fearful hour; From off unutterable woes The curtain of the future rose; I saw far clown the coming time The tiery chastisement of crime: With noise of mingling; hosts and jar Of falling towers and shouts of war. I saw the nations rise and fall. Like fire gleams on my tent’s white wall.” In this he extended his territory and Iwcame the‘‘Prophet Bard of America.” However, by some critics he has been thought to have tieeu so very local that for this reason he has never Ikhmi as universally known as Longfellow or some of our other singers have been. Time only is increasing the popularity of this great man. It was his sole pur|x se in life to help make the world better and as some one has said to have his name, like Hen Adham's. enrolled as of one that loved his fellow-men.” Edmund Clarence Stcdman wrote of him. before his death. Our eldest living poet, then, is canonized already by his people as one who left t � silence his personal ex| erlence, yet entered thoroughly into their joy and sorrow: who has l een. like a celibati priest, tlie consolor of tlie lieartsof others and the keeper of ids own. who has best known the work and feeling of the humble household and whose legend manifestly is pro aris et fools. ’ s EH TjTKN miles even day, going to and from school, has Alonzo driven since liKk')- ,ut we never hear him complaining of S8K8S3 ,lis ot: on tl e contrary. l|e always has a cheery word or a ® °“ smile: in short Alonzo is an optomisl. Ills education previous to ids High School work was obtained in a country school near his home, lie was bom August 2. 18S7. Shr JFurrr uf Saint By ALONZO OVERHOLSER ERSTKR defines habit as being a particular state of body or mind, or the aptitude gained by continued practice. It may also l� e defined as a bundle of memories or tendencies to act again in a way in which one has acted l efore. Hai -it. like a scientific experiment, is not acquired in a moment and without thought, nor is it at once completed. Like tlie experiment, the tirst trial is the most difficult one: but by frequently practicing an act it liecomes like a re-liex action: the act may Ik |K rformed without at once arresting the knowledge of the operator. Though man is sometimes inclined to notice the so-called bad habit only, and Lliose which have no direct relation to Imdily wants; yet by continually practicing a certain act, it may Ik good or bad. a habit is acquired. It is a known fact that the foundation of habits, with but few exceptions, is laid in youth and if permitted to remain until the age of maturity, tlie habits acquired will cling to the victim throughout life. Why Is It that a habit Is so easily formed in youth? It is due to the flexibility of the nervous system the cells of which are chiefly com|K� sed of protoplasmic mat ter. We are not acquainted with any other sulistance which is more sensitive to the most delicate stimulation, or which Is-tter retains modifications due to past experiences. Hut the sensitiveness and plasticity of nerve cells are gradually lost as the child grows older. If a past action is thus retained by youthful nerve cells, we readily see that the same action will Ik repeated rather than a new one invented. The nervous system of a small child is like a smooth sheet of |� a|K r. The paper may Ik creased in any desirable manner and folded: but should a crease tie incorrectly made It can never be entirely removed: but the paper will have a tendency to fold in the former crease. The same is true of the child. It may Ik properly or improperly trained, its early actions crease the nervous system according to their character and pave the way for the future. Nerve cells in youth are like freshly mixed plaster of | aris or like freshlt mixed cement: and like them, they soon lose their plasticity. Roughly shaking, the plasticity of nerve cells is inversely pro|)ortional to their age. Actions practiced in youth make a path in tin nerve cells as does a workman’s trowel in a cement construction. If nerve cells have a tendency to act as they have acted liefore, this same path will l� e traveled the second time. Every time this path is crossed it Incomes more distinct and finally its name is habit. Hy the time that the furrow of habit Is plowed through the nervous system. the protoplasmic cells have lost their plasticity, and then it is as hard a task to remove It as to remove initials from a moulded liar of Iron. We do not question the truth of a statement made by a famous w riter when lie said. “He that overcomes habit Isa hero. Habit is oftentimes impulsive and not voluntary. Il not only affects the one wlm possesses it. hut it also lays liold upon Ids ass«K iates. If a character stricken with evil habits could Ik banished and Ik cast upona lonely uninhabited island, as was Robinson (’rusoe, and could not come in contact with the civilized world there would be comparatively little lost. Habit would have but little force in tids case and would meet its Waterloo” with but one victim. Hut from the first days of life man is surrounded by Ids fellow-lieings. and being a natural born imitator, beat once begins to imitate the actions of others. This brings aliout impulsive habits. The continued imitation by which a child comes to learn the language spoken by its parents is impulsive, not voluntary. Persons are known to have lK come confirmed stammerers from early association with one who stuttered. One boy cannot pitch marbles in the presence of others without inducing some of them to assist him. One by one they follow Ids example until U|x n every street comer can Ik seen scores of lioys so deeply engaged in tins childish contest that they forget all about the errands upon which they were sent. If habits can lie formed by impulsion, bow fortunate are those children who are compelled by intelligent parents, to take certain steps which lead to the acquisition of correct habits. They may not understand why they are compelled to do certain actions, but such children will And out later that they have a wonderful mechanism properly fashioned for their bands. They will grow up, not to Ik slaves of evil habits, but U'ariug the stamp of g MKi character. Honesty and sobriety will Ik their motto. Such are bound to make a lasting mark in the world. In their hands may lie trusted the reins of the nation. They will leave many helping foot-prints on the sands of time and their works will follow them. Many of our great men such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were characters of this kind. On the other hand, many young men aredlsmisscd from positions because habits of civility, self-rest mint and punctuality were not ingrained in tlie nervous system liefore their value was know n. The sooner tbat the idea is exploded that a child should not Ik taught until it can see the why and wherefore of things, tin l� etter it will Ik for the world. ;;i Fortunately It seems that the most vile habits are at Arst elective, and the one who possesses them has made his own choice, although he Is seldom aware of the approaching danger until it is upon him. A young man may at first control his voluntary habits, lie may la master in tlie start, but at last he will lie slave and habit will clinch upon him; not to perish with the setting sun. but will follow its victim until death. The man who enters for the tirst time a saloon and drinks his tirst glass of foaming liquor may lie unconscious of the terrible destiny awaiting him. At tirst he drinks only one glass: but soon he tarries until he has liecome intoxicated and has lost all Ids hard earned money hy gambling, and then he meanders dow n the street w ith no bread to take to his starving family. Those who once honored him now disregard him: he loses his position: his family becomes broken up and scattered abroad: his health and strength disappear, and only the pitying grave waits to receive him. Investigate, If you please, the criminal cases of the present day and you will find the majority of cases arc the result of the force of habit, principally that of drunkenness, which Is the underlying germ of many other hahits; such as dishonesty. I Kid temper and untruthfulness. It does not stop with this: hut it preys upon the nervous system and mind and brings atmut various diseases. It is said that whiskey has killed as many American Indians as the white man's gun. This hahil still reigns supreme over them in the western reserve. Habit is like a small stream starting from the mountain top. Its course could easily Ik changed at lirsi as it slowly seeks its way around the rocks. I’pon its journey downward it is entered by small t r I binaries which hasten its speed and increase its force. It gradually enlarges and becomes more powerful until it reaches the valley, a mighty rushing torrent. It is hut little at the tirst. hut mighty at the last. :e I ’ %J33| jf ( )IS. our able editor, was bom in Nappanee March 19, 1891. Her leadership began in the grades and has continued during her High School course. She was an active par-ticipant in the Junior Girls’ Kscapade after the H. S. Kx-hihit of 1908, and has always upheld the White and Green. She is an ardent lover of literature and takes high rank in all her classes. A (Sruup uf S’liakraprarr’a Itlumru By N. LOIS FRAZIER AKESPEARE presents such various types of womanhood: women of humble birth, and women of palaces: women of refinement, and women whose coarse and uncouth natures render them repulsive to even the most gallant: women youthful, and women who have far spent their years: unwomanly women, and women whose loveliness, sympathy, and strength of character win for them the approval, yes, the admiration of the Shakespeare loving world. And he presents them from a pen portraying the unbiased opinions and keenness of insight into character which do characterize and will continue to characterize him. So varied indeed aretlie |� ersonalitiesaml types, that, once lietngconvinced they are naturally penned, we exclaim with Virgil, “Oh. various and changeable is woman.” Not wholly true is this liowever.and Shakespeare pens equally well the constant and the inconstant woman. In Juliet, he portrays the most striking figure of his conception of youthful womanhood. She seems a beautiful hud just opened in the warm, spring sunshine, enduring only for a day: then, caught by a chilling blast is cruelly blighted, and sinks hack again to her cold earth home. She is only a girl, but | ssessed of the passions of a woman; tried by the threatened displeasure of all the ('apulets: and proving her worth by her daring. We smile at her very girlishness when first she meets Romeo at the ball: we grow to understand her while hearing her midnight soliloquy from the chamlier window; and we are moved to love and pity her as she receives the crushing news of Romeo's banishment, and closely following, the command that she become the bride of Paris. Womanlike she craves the sympathy of a close friend and t rustingly confides her secret to her nurse. Determined “to live an unstained wife to her sweet love she is willing to risk even the doubtful vial, with Its tragic outcome. A melanclioly pathos pervades the whole beautiful tale, “For never was a story of more woe. Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. “Frailty, thy name is woman. quoth Hamlet, and that frailty is truly verified in his mother. Gertrude of Denmark. No virt ue shown in her is capable of counterbalancing the baseness which allows her to unite In any sort of proceeding with so questionable a character as Claudius. Truly, at their marriage Claudius was not known or even suspected to have l� eeri the murderer of her kind and loving husband. Hamlet: but the haste with which the marriage gayeties follow the funeral services is out of keeping with form or even decency. Not only is she untrue to the memory of a thoughtful, considerate husband, now sleeping by the hand of the one who lias usurped his throne as well as assumed his domestic affairs: but, by the vileness of her very act she shatters the confidence and respect rejiosed in her by her son. doubles her offences, and liecomes much less a woman. She displays a truly feminine grief at the death of (fphelia. and a feminine impatience with Polonius. as she demands. More matter with less art. Her great redeeming feature is her love for her son. however erring that love may have been. Her love for him is so sincere as to blind her to all the tricks of Claudius, endangering his safety. Vet with all her love she lacks that intuition which marks the wisest mother. The riddle of Hamlet's madness is unreadable to her, ami even she, who should lirst of all have solved it, is deceived by him into lH-lie iug it to Is the malady of love. She has a stinging conscience, and it is wounded to the quick when Hamlet ho justly unbraids her for her too hasty marriage and disloyalty to hisdead father. At the last poor Gertrude is the saddest victim of her own misdeed, she dies brokenhearted, having taken of the cup poisoned by Claudius himself, for whom she has sacrificed her virtue, her son, ami her all. Perhaps we know or have met with but few women of the temperament and disposition of Lady Macbeth, and are skeptical as to whether or not Shakespeare has treated her Justly, but undoubtedly there are mam of them who. If given the opportunities w hich were given to Lady Macbeth would not l e vastly different from her. And why are they different? Perhaps. Iiecau.se so few women are queens: so few women have at their command the lives and fortunes and atfairs-of-state that came under the sway of that miserable woman. They are different simply because they have had no opportunity for being like her. Only think of the untold tragedies to-day in which a woman figures, notwithstanding the humble positions most women occupy. What then if all were queens? The whole drama is a play of conscience and Lady Maclieth is without doubt a more tortured victim of that relent less conscience than is her husband. Whatever else Lady Macbeth is. she is not a coward. She knows the power of her superior will, she knows how weak and Insufficient is Macbeth’s determination: and spurred on by love of exercising her superior powers and an overpowering ambition, she takes the lead with Maclieth following eagerly liehind her: having once reached the top of the hill Maclieth needs only the touch of her hand to set him rolling at a pace which she can never keep. But she is a woman in spite of herself, she cannot kill the sleeping king for he seems to resemble her father. She urges Macbeth to the deed, and w hen he falters she pushes him on while she shrinks back in horror. She sustains her busliand till tlie thread of her life suddenly snaps under the strain, and she knows only remorse as a reward for all her struggles. Naught's had. all's spent. Where our desire is got without content.” Shakespeare has given us in Portia an example of steadfastness and unchanging devotion that is not easily surpassed. How we admire her respect for the wishes of her dead father, even though it may mean a life of disappointment: the patience and honesty site displays at the opening of tlie caskets. She enters our horizon in gloom, how could it lie otherwise, with those clouds of uncertainty hanging close almut her? But soon the sunshine of love breaks through the darkness and transforms her in- to a perfect woman. Having accomplished her duty, she Is Imppy in her reward. In tier, Shakespeare seems to have combined all the virtues and comparatively few of the vices with which womankind is beset. She is unselfish: note how she bids Hassanio leave her when he is needed to be of service to his friend. See her ready wit ; and on the call for action, her self-reliance: the admirable handling of her case in court; the reserving of her own power till last, giving Shylock a generous opportunity to reach the nobleness she would have him reach. She confirms her loftiness of thought In her remarkable plea for mercy. when she declares: “The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. • • « It is an attribute to God Himself, And earthly |N wer doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Then Portia had that other side” the faculty of humor: her roguishness when chatting Bassanio on account of his disloyalty, and her perse verence when insisting on the ring make her a delightful character. A true and noblewoman is Portia, in the language of Jessica, the rude world has not her fellow. ft F LOS S I E T LOUSE ggSlffitK may all learn lessons of diligence from Flossie fora y;v M3 busier jf|r| is hard to find. She has taken several studies besides the regular course, and lias performed well her l Q Oa many home duties. Flossie first lived In St, Joseph county where she was lx m September 12, 1800. This home was several miles from where she now lives. She and Harvey and ( larence attended the same village school in their earlier years. Flossie is a general favorite; perhaps because of her studiousness and quiet ways. iQeatting uf Srirrrss By FLOSSIE CLOUSE these days of struggle and toll, of competition and strife. ft) in the midst of success and failure. It is well for young men as well as older ones to pause at the threshold of their calling and ask. What is the meaning of success in life ? Shall these questions lie answered according to the usual standard of tlie world, Seek wealth and gain a large fortune, and you will never In lacking in friends or enjoyment,” or shall it he answered from a larger and broader standpoint, which has its foundation in righteousness and its end and purpose in the well-being of man and his eternal welfare? Shall we till life's place with an altogether selfish purpose, and seek wealth by any means, or shall our dealings he such that they will Ik fair in the sight of man? Shall our lives Ik measured altogether by the dollars we have gained or by the general good we have done in this world? All history is but a story of human life. And every person is fond of t he stories told of those brave men and women w ho helped to shape ami fashion this world of ours. But what of those forty or more trillions of people who have perished whose lives, or not even their names, are recorded in the annals of history? Should we say that they hud lived in vain, or rather to no great end or purpose? About one hundred millions of men and women have lived and died in tin- United States since the discovery of America. Vet out of that vast number only fifteen thousand one hundred ami forty-two names are handed down to us by tliose who compiled that extensive and most valuable ••Encyclopedia of American Biography. Shall we lx enrolled among the few or the many? If among the few, shall it lx from our noble deeds, and honorable acquirements which shall gain us an esteemable place, or shall we be swallowed up by that vast horde of common oblivion? It is indeed pitiful to think that so many people are found so weak and vain that their names are not deemed worthy to Ik entered along side of those that have gained eminence. Some most noble names are in the galaxy: names that will lx honored for centuries. Then again, there are others who serve only as beacons to warn us. rather than models by which we can build. The Homan historian Tacitus, that learned story-teller, says. The principal office of history I take to l e this: to prevent virtuous actions from l)eing forgotten and that evil words and deeds should fear an Infamous reputation with posterity.” Again we ask what does success mean? To many, perhaps most, it means the gathering of land, gold or stocks. America has many such successful men. Fifty years ago there were but two millionaires in the United States. At present. New York alone hits more than three thousand such persons. Three times that number are in the country, some of whom reckon their wealth by scores of millions, and there are great armies of men that reckon their wealth by the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nearly all of them began life in poverty, and we should call them successful in one sense. Vet the mere accumulating of money is not the standard of true success in life. The evils ascril ed to riches, are not due to wealth itself, but to the way in which it is used. He who uses his money for the welfare of others as well as himself, we can say is successful in life. Some men are always in the need of work, and it is the business manor the millionaire that employs these men and helps them to earn PkhI and clothing for their families. Vet the millionaire must stop and think it is these men that help him accumulate his wealth: for life is too short for one man to have earned such a vast amount as a million dollars. The average wages of the toilers in civilized lands is not fifteen cents per day, and even in the United States it is not quite a dollar |M r day. And the man that earns ten dollars jht day is a very great exception. Vet if Adam had lived to this hour, and had earned ten dollars |x r day. and had forked every day including Sundays, for all the past six thousand years, and bad never s|H nt so much as a cent, he would have earned only a quarter of .lay Gould's millions. This man as well as others are said to have earned their scores of millions within a dozen years. But it could never honestly Ik done, if one (terson were to work for fifty years every day, Sundays and all. for live dollars per day. and never spent a cent of it for any household or |x rsonal expenses, he would have earned but ninety-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Again, bow long do you suppose it would take one person to earn Jay Gould's eighty millions, if he were to work every day without stopping for Sundays or holidays and could save every penny of Ids wages? Just one hundred and nine thousand five hundred and eighty-nine years. Then where do you suppose such large fortunes come from? Mostly from the labor of other men. Many a widow's and orphan’s allowance has been swallowed up by the rich broker. Mr. Vanderbilt, the richest man in the United States, died a few years ago, leaving a large fortune of more than four score millions, and all accumulated within a brief space of forty years. As a small lad he lived'in poverty, having none of the modern conveniences existing today. He did most of his study ing at hpme, for he had to work during the day time. He attended an a academy only a very short time. He next became a surveyor, tanner, and local broker in succession. He sold out his latter interest for eighty thousand dollars. He then moved to New York, and was there known as a successful stock broker, and later as the wizard of Wall Street. On the other hand, let us take Andrew Carnegie as an example of a successful business man. Kvery day he gives away thousands of dollars to maintain public libraries and lalioratories while the extent of his private benevolent gifts is unknown. He, too. started at the Ixrttom of the ladder but he worked industriously at different occupations until he became president of the Atlantic Ohio Telegraph Company. Later he became interested In oil, and today owns the largest factories in the world. His public gifts have been A l estowed upon large cities, although some of the smaller cities have been remem lie red. looking at these men from a worldly standpoint each is eminently successful; judging from a standpoint of real worth to mankind which is the more successful? Hut we are not to think that the mere acquisition of wealth and reputation is the sum total of success. We have taken these examples simply localise the world today judges success in that way. True success is more than this, and in our seeking for It let not our aim lx in riches or pleasure; but let our real purpose be righteousness and our goal, the kingdom of Heaven. L V L A E ft Y ULA is our artist, in more ways tlian one. She can sketch a pretty landscape or smooth out the wrinkles that are f ound to arise in class differences. She was born in our home town January J. lxtd. and has been with the class all through its grade difficulties and High School trials, with the exception of the Junior year which she spent in Argos. She has done excellent work as Exchange Editor on the “Kobo . Three cheers for Lula! Srnriurs iit IDar By LULA EBY we were little children stories of bravery and during e told to ns. Stories of how men faced the foe and •cl their country from disgrace. How we admired the •iotism and fearlessness that led them to the front, v we wished that we were men that we might show valor. But it is not men alone who have achieved e. Although they are few in comparison to the thousands of men who have won laurels, yet we may count the deeds of women the more brave liecause of the very modesty which keeps them from publicity. “The every day life of woman is full of difficult demands. grandly met: and these are none the less heroisms because they often occur in some obscure corner, where they are not looker! upon as anything remarkable. When war ravages the country women do not always shrink Into their l e-loved seclusion, hut are up and to arms in spirit, as much as the men who defend the flag. Although they cannot shoulder the musket they can do fully as much. Men are needed and it is through the brave sacrifices of women that they are often permitted to go. It is the women who take care of the sick and wounded and who woo them kick to health, after they are already at death's door. There have been many notable examples of this type of womanhood, but two stand out before all others. Every one is familiar with the name of Florence Nightingale, yet prolxibly the are few who fully appreciate the greatness ami goodness of her work. She was Iwm hi Florence, Italy, but was reared in England, and while yet a little child sltowed traits of kindness and gentleness. In her early youth she was often seen among the |xx r and lonely doing her utmost to bring comfort and cheer Into their lives. Iler father gave her an excellent education and she was highly accomplished. At the age of twenty-eight she entered an institution at Kaiserwerth, for the training of nurses. Shortly after her training was ended she was sent with several other nurses to Russia to relieve the suffering of the soldiers. Here her patience and skill were tried to the highest degree for the work was new to herself as well as to all the other nurses. Indeed the amount of work site did and the g«x d results she obtained with the lack of facilities, is even remarkable. On her return to England she was presented with a costly diamond by Queen Victoria. It was even proposed to give a reception in her honor but she shrank from this and sought the retirement of her home. Not content with having thus aided the soldiers on the Held.she set alxnil writing Hints on Nursing” that every one interested might profit by her experience. In this lxx)k she made clear the unsanitary condition of the hospitals and even suggested ways in which many defects could lx remedied. Florence Nightingale was an example of highest rank, as truly aristocratic in character as in birth and |x� sition. Being trained as she was in the greatest luxury and exclusiveness she shows her true greatness in her care for the poor and lowly. She was a Perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and to command. Vet not more so than was Clara Barton, a daughter of New England. Both were filled with a desire to do good in the world and took this way of accomplishing it. Each merely did the work that lay lx fore her and seemed not to realize that it was anything extraordinary. Clara Barton was born and reared in Massachusetts, and the early part of her life was spent as all other children's lives. But when she was eleven years old her brother received a severe injury and required nursing for several years. It fell to Clara's lot to do this and she did It splendidly for she was adapted to it by nature. After this she taught the district scliool for several years and was very successful, her kindness and gentleness winning friends for her everywhere. Later she accepted a position In the patent office at Washington and was here when the Civil War broke out. Iler sympathies were at once enlisted, and. having resigned her position. went to work trying to make things more comfortable for the hordes of soldiers here. It was her custom to go with the provision boats to the army and bring kick the wounded men to the liospi-tals. The g xxl she did for them was unbounded for she not only brought them relief but wrote letters to their home friends ami distributed the provisions which were sent to them. For a long time she was unable to get I -yond the lines and when she made application was refused: but at last after trying again and again she was allowed to go among the soldiers and carry on her work on the field. It mattered not to her whether a man wore blue or gray, she thought the one as worthy of aid as the other. Sometimes she worked at night or even in the rain that soldiers might lx taken to shelter. And so she went on through the whole war. working with courage and endurance. At the close of the war Miss Barton was apixdnted to corre£|x)nd with the friends of the missing prisoners, and for several years she gave all her time and energy to this: but her health failed and she went to Geneva to regain it- 43 Here she met a society of men under the name of ‘‘The Red Crow,” who ere doing the same � rk she had done in tlie Civil War only in an organized and more effective way. They were protected by a treaty of neutrality which had l eeii signed by nearly all the nations of Europe. For some unknown reason, probably neglect, the United States had not signed this treaty. Miss Barton saw the necessity of such systematic work, “to oppose the arms of charity to the arms of violence, and to make a kind of war on war itself.” and resolved to make It her personal duty to gain admittance in America for this society. While she was in Italy the Franco-Prussian War broke out and she was again called to the front. But this time things were different: for there were trained helpers, and every where that the Red Cross was. there was cleanliness and plenty as well as comfort and relief. I After the war was over she was delayed some time l efore she could re-turn to America. But as soon as (tosslhle she used her influence in having the treaty ratified which would provide for the Red Cross Society in the United Stales. In this country where wars are few the jurisdiction of the society ha been extended to cover fires, floods, and |h s tllence, thus doing good in every possible way. Surely such lives are noble for they have helped not only those who fell in the fray, but those who fell on the moral battle-field and were in greater need of aid. Not every one can till a life-time with such noble deeds nor has every one such opportunities. But how many there are who have chances without number and never make use of them. So many spend their hours sighing for a life of happiness when they might make their own such if only they would seize the opportunities to benefit others. 4 was in 1891. May 27. that a t iny girl with bright eyes and golden hair first made her presence known. She answered to the name of Vera and Vera it has lieeii ever since. Indeed we are puzzled to know how we should have gotten on wit hout her. for she has the happy knack of adapting herself to the places where she is most needed: she has made herself a necessity to us all. JHurk anil lark By VERA MILLER we not as American people believe to a certain extent in either pluck or luck? It has been slid that our failure, our fame, our fortune, our | osition or our success in life is de| endent on these attributes. A certain professor has said: “It is as well to lx� lK rn lucky as rich.” Risk nothing win nothing. “It is more by hit than good wit. ' “Fortune is a fickle Jade.” It has been of comparatively recent date that these sayings have been classed among our common provcrljs. Our ancestors for centuries were g« od. religious, loving people, and when they told their children of the Godless realities of luck, they did not imagine they would foster aetheism. The ancients Indieved in luck. They did not think anyone would In able to accomplish anything with mere pluck. They believed the gods or idols would grant them their wishes by luck. Not only did the ancient people foster luck but some of our neighboring countries of today are good examples of this. Some of the most distinguished ones arc Spain. Germany and France. The English think everything is linked with luck. Their maxluiu Is, “It is better to In lx� rn lucky than wise.” No scholar, no philosoper, no chemist has proven to us that things work out by luck. Luck has never ln en defined, h is an undescribable immateriality that conies to every person at some stage in his life, but he cannot tell from whence it comes. The world and the jx ople of this age have developed to such an extent that they do not take things to be true that are merely told them. They have to In first shown that it can In proven. Here is where luck has lost its hold on the people of the 20tli century. If the world were a Pandemonium and things were done without any law. then we would turn our attention to luck. But as it is now laws on every side, we cannot see how such a game of chance would In able to creep into any corner of this great universe. This game of chance is like a man playing blind-man's buff among our great laws. Luck is a littery. Some people idle away their time loitering around waiting for their turn of luck to come. They dream of the great things they will accomplish when luck turns up. With great expectation and great trust they build their mansions. Their only anticipation is in a “shuffle” of luck in their favor. They dally pray for luck to give them something they can claim, something that does not belong to them. Some men of a higher moral character, who are lielievers in this capricious game of chance. first try one experiment then another only to end up in a great disappointment. IIow many people Of today believe that luck won the greatest tiattles of our greatest commanders, Na|ioIeon, Washington or Wellington: or gave the vast wealth to Rockefeller or Rothschild: or wrote the Aeneid or made Lincoln a man of great fame, or gave Fulton, Whitney. Morse or Franklin ability to ascertain their discoveries or inventions? Few indeed are the people of today that believe in this mysterious spirit; they lianish the thought that it is a magnificent lottery, a grand scheme of chance or a great game for winning riches. It is not luck that plays this important act in life, but mere pluck. The phenomenon of this pluck Is energy. Then with pluck we can strive for that long sought for success. By another phenomenon it has lieen shown that It Is entirely hopeless for anyone to try to accomplish anything without pluck. Very seldom a line of glory is traced in which some suffering Is not intermingled. Is this not pluck despite the fact that every one would say It is l«ad luck? The synonymous terms of pluck are energy, courage and bravery. Energy is the invincible determination or pur|x se. Tills quality Is able to accomplish anything. Energy should never stagnate. Energy and courage work together. They have proven themselves to be two of the highest genii. The foundations of courage are the great expectations, intense anticipations and consciousness of worth. Courageous people are always successful. Every person possesses this internal or inherent power whether he exerts it or not. In some people it lies dormant and inactive. Did not those generals mentioned above posses these qualities? It is certain they did. If they had not possessed them, where would their names lx in history? We would know nothing concerning them. Fortune and fame flows so freely to some |x r ns that everything turns into gold as if they had the same power as King Midas. Crowns of honors are heaixx! upon their heads. Other persons stand in the background watching them with keen anticipation as they rise. They exclaim, “Surely that person is lucky. Now perhaps luck will favor me some day.” Every person has more or less the same thought that some day the right thing will turn up. Everything will turn out all right in the end. We do not stop to consider, in these crowded days, that these persons 17 surely had some qualities, by which they climbed to the highest round. After they have assumed their vast riches, we see them, only at the top. How did they get there? Merely placed there? No. indeed: they have iieen on the same level with us; but by some hidden secret, sticking to it by means of pluck, they have come out victorious. It is true that some of our most noted men at some time or other in their lives fail in a certain project. Some of our best skilled generals lose an important kittle: or by a single signature some business man loses a million. While the man of no renown or fame accomplishes the project: and the unskilled general wins the I Kittle: and the |K or man the million. These people have not Iieen given credit for their knowledge. Perhaps they have bad double the knowledge and capacity for accomplishing these things, but they had remained dormant and were just aroused when the right opportunity presented Itself. Thus by just sticking to this one quality and mastering it success is reached. Fortune so sways the destinies of men, placing gold in the hands of some and trouble in the hands of others. The influence of pluck is felt everywhere for the blindest, the most purely instinctive effort of mere pluck has somewhat of a lifting power and deserves our greatest attention and admiration. Any form whatever of courage. energy and bravery helps to raise the whole tone of life within the range of its influence In proportion to the amount and the quality of the things we have to endure. Luck and Pluck diverge into labor. With mere pluck, lal� or is assumed. Lalx r Is one of the greatest words in our vocabulary. LaU)r is what has made the world what is today. Education, intellectual or moral, of every person depends on his own individual labor. With pluck this is assumed. If a man has pluck, he is said to have good luck: but with no pluck he is not lucky. If with pluck we strive for everything, we will need to have no fear of this mysterious spirit, for luck will surely follow. S wmmm WjvsJ ffLARBNCB has proven himself a successful Business Mana-ger for the “Student” as well as for the “Echo”, and both rasSraffl publications owe much of their welfare to Ids manage-ment. Clarence was bom September 7. 1888, two miles north of Nappanee: he took his grade work in a rural school, and we, during the four years that we have known him. have found him a genial classman. The class wishes him all success in whatever work he may take up. fcarlu (Cnluuial Cifr nf Amrrira By CLARENCE HERR the fifteenth century every nation was struggling to get a portion of the newly discovered territory. Settlements had l� een made in the south, hut the severe attacks that had l� een made upon the settlers by the Indians made it im|M ssible for them to stay permanently. In 1585 Raleigh an Englishman, sent out one hundred and eight emigrants under Ralph Lane who was to act as deputy Governor. The new colony was not well chosen. Those who composed it were a kind that would not work. They had little understanding and less discretion than was needful. After less than a year’s trial of the country the emigrants returned to England. In 1(507 England again determined to settle Virginia, sent out the London Company most of whom were classed as gentlemen; that Is. persons of good family who had not lieen brought up to manual lalx r. When the settlers arrived the weather was warm. They built no houses, but liver! in rude shelters marie of branches, or of old sails. The provisions they had brought with them had partly s|K lled and the river water was unwholesome to drink. Many fell ill with fever. During the hot summer the mortality was terrible. By September half of the settlers had died. The few that were able to Ik; about, had all they could do to take care of the sick and dig graves. In the autumn matters somewhat improved. Log huts were built and the settlers marie more comfortable. The Dutch claimed the territory w hich is now New York by the discovery of Henry Hudson it liMW. The Dutch finding from Hudson's report that valuable furs could be purchased from the Indians at enormous profits l e-came very anxious to establish sufficient population in the region to keep out all intruders and granted a charter intending to favor emigration. The charter gave to any member of the Dutch West India Company who would take or send out fifty settlers within the next four years, the right to a large amount of land along any navigable river or bay in New Netherlands. Such a proprietor was to have the honorary title of “Patroon.V The patroou who liegan a settlement at once agreed to do three things: To pay the expenses of the emigrant’s passage from Holland; to stock a farm on his estate with horses, cattle and all necessary agricultural implements at small rent and free from taxes; and to provide a school master and a minister of the Gospel. In return the emigrant bound himself in many ways of which the three following are the principal ones. He agreed to cultivate the pa-troon's land for ten years and not leave it witltout iiermlsslon; to give the patroon the first opportunity to buy all the grain and other produce he might have to sell: and to bring all disputes about property and rights to the patmon’s court of w hich the patroon himself was judge. Such a proprietor was richer than many a German prince. He was at once owner, ruler, and judge. He not only had a population of white settlers who were servants and laborers, but the promise of the Dutch West India Company of as many negro slaves as they could conveniently provide him. There was no one to contradict the patroon’s will. He was clothed In autlrarity which even the governor could not envy; for he was monarch of all he surveyed. in 1(� 74 the Quakers came to America and purchased New Jersey from two Englishmen. The Quakers immediately made a treaty with the Indians which was so satisfactory to the savages that they declared that if they found an Englishman sleeping in the path that they would not molest him. Ill the same spirit of good will the friends granted self government to the colonist. The people levied their own taxes; made their own laws; and all settlers enjoyed religious liberty. In many of the colonies people were being punished for their religious t elief. In the Massachusetts colony Roger Williams had lieen banished for his Itellevlng in religious freedom or. as he called it. “soul lilierty.” No one said he. “should be bound to maintain a worship against Ids own consent.’’ To say that, was to strike directly at the law of Massachusetts which required every man to attend public worship and to pay for its support. The same year, Mrs. Anne Hutchinson a woman of remarkable ability, attacked many of the Massachusetts clergy about their religious belief. She lectured and preached every week, and her influence was so great that a company of soldiers refused to march because their chaplin did not agree with Mrs. Hutchinson. The general court decided that Mrs. Hutchinson was as bad its Roger Williams, or worst , and compelled her to leave the colony. Later the Baptists were forbidden to preach in Massachusetts and were punished when they refused to o!k v the command. I’p to this time only a narrow strip of land Irardering the Atlantic had Ijeen retained to civili .atlon, and even this small section possessed few of the comforts of the period, as compared with the mother country and other nations of Europe. Agriculture was little Draught of beyond the compass of a garden patch; the trades were very few, and carried on by itinerant jobbers, who went from house to house, carrying their kits of tools, to perform such work as might he offered. There was little encouragement for the artisan, hut less for the agriculturist. Prowling lands of hostile Indians were still a 51 constant menance to material accumulation, so that settlers were compelled for mutual protection, to conduct their several enterprises conjointly and thus live in a condition of semi-communism, which prevented in a large measure tlie extension of settlements and the redemption of territory from the savages. Hut this adverse Influence was largely compensated for by the fact that, while money was scarce, fur bearing animals were plentiful: and while dangers and difficulties were very great, these very conditions excited that innate rugged nature which slumliers in tlie breasts of those peacefully situated and made heroes out of what would have lieen otherwise an efflminate people. The common currency of the time was peltries and the almost invariable food of the early settlers was meat of wild annimals, victims of the chase, rifle or trap. Association with dangerous surroundings soon destroyed all feeling of fear as it invariably does. The evolution, so to speak, of brave men in the wilds of the At lantic slope was as natural as a metamorphosis in the insect world: but their valorous deeds excite our admiration none the less, and no patriot will ever tire of reading the wonderful stories and marvelous adventures of those strong hearted men who blazed out the first highways in the reclamation and settlements of our own (iod blessed country: and in rehearsing the sacrifices which they made, every true American will feel for them the same pride as he feels for the great soldiers whose victories have made our institutions Imperial table. (Clans (A JflrMro By FLOSSIE CLOUSE and FRANKIE MINER jjTINCE that bright day In September, Just four short years ago: We have loved our Alma .Mater. And we’ll miss her now. we know. We’ll miss her now we know. With her our thoughts shall l e: And for love of dear old High School We'd lay us down and dee. Miller, Throne and Voliva. And don’t forget Miss Kismann: Let’s give our Profs, a rah! rah! rah! And strive to climb tip near them. We are Seniors eleven Left standing all alone. All our fairer companions Are married and gone; We remem tier our frolics, We’ve had our share of fun, We reflect on our zeroes And love every one. N ineteen-nlne. nineteen-nine Laurels gay and praises, thine; Year of fame, year of fame. Herald we thy name. Farewell Freshmen, Farewell Sophies. F’arewell .1 uniors. We’re going to leave you now. (Class {form By FLORENCE MILLER and CARRIE SLOAT t i'IIS is the class or Xineteeiwiine Our motto s “Right Mokes Might,” I.a France is the flower of our class. Our colors are green and white. In numlter we're eleven strong. Three lads and lassies eight. And some of our accomplishments We'll endeavor to relate. In Physics, English and History. German and Latin, loo. We've shown what eight brave lassies And three brave lads can do. Our High School course we've all enjoyed, The playtime and the work, We sometimes vex our teachers Hut ne'er our duty shirk. We've tried to U an honor To dear old N. II. S. And admonish our successors To love her none the less. To our teachers we would give All praise that them is due. Hut we know our attempt is futile. If you knew them, so would you. We recognize our follies. Hut we beg you'll grant us grace: Could you find eleven classmen WIki could occupy our place? Then give three cheers for Nineteen-nine. The light green and the while. We'll try to lx; true to our teaching And our motto “Right Makes Might.” 1 (Class {Iruphrry By VERA MILLER K more the path of the class prophet has been turned to the cave of theSlby! by wliom lias lieen revealed the future of the class of 1909. This time the Sibyl was more than ever under the s|k 1I of the god: her rage was even more enthusiastic than formerly: for she fully realized the vast importance of ray mission. The more she struggled to disburden her soul of the mighty god so much the more he wearied her foaming li| s, subduing her ferocious heart, and by hearing down her opposition, molded her to his will. At last the hundred spacious gates of her abode were opened of their own accord and poured forth her responses into the open air. 0 thou who hast at length over passed the trials and tribulations of a High School course! yet greater trials in the world await thee. The class of ItMK) will attain success, dismiss that concern from your heart, but their mettle will Im tried. However it is not given unto me to disclose in detail all the tests of courage. strength and virtue through which the class will pass: for these things will lie revealed in due time, but I shall pour into thy waiting ear the things which are of immediate interest and importance. Alonzo who has show so much skill as an amateur photographer will lie found the manager of a largest udio. His work will he of an exceptional high character and lie will be the recipient of many rewards in the way of medals and other tokens of merit awarded at Art Kxldhlls. Florence will become an expert stenographer and will attain great distinction in the Held of mathematics. She will especially distinguish herself as an accountant. Her life long desire to visit Switzerland w ill at last lie realized. 1 a) is will begin teaching in a district school, lint this will not In a large enough Held for her. She will liecome the head of a literary department in a school and will lie noted for work done in the line of language and literature. Harvey will l found on one of the best Improved farms in Northern In- diana. Ills home and farm buildings will be of the latest style of architecture and will lie equipped with all appliances in the way of electricity for running household and farm machinery. In fact all that Harvey will have to do will i� e to push an electric button and the work will lie done as if by magic. In the West in a small town, will reside Flossie Clouse. She will go to this western town to engage in the profession of teaching, but after only a few years of this kind of work, she w ill ally herself with another and a higher calling requiring a life certificate. Frankie will always lie noted for Ws housewife. To her liome the class will always enjoy going whenever they return to their home town to visit. She will lie the hospitable mistress of :i lieautiful home just north of town. Classed among the Red Cross nurses will heanother of thy famous numlier. This will lie Lula. She will be sympathetic, and skillful to such a degree that her services will Im greatly in demand. Indeed she will bid fair to become another Florence Nightingale or Clara llarton. And meml ers of � ! will long for the touch of her soothing hand whenever illness overcomes them. At the head of a suit department in a large city store will be found Carrie. A large iiumlier of clerks will Im in her charge and she will Im an authority in the prevailing fashions in ladies garments. Flossie Young will Im another of our numlier who will follow the profession of teaching and she will rank high. While following this profession she will meet her fate and will become the mistress of a lieautiful home where she will preside with dignity and cook on a tireless stove. Clarence lietter known as “Iten Herr will finish a course in some university and afterwards will take uptlie profession of law. lie will liecome famous in this profession and his services as a legal adviser will be in demand all over the country. As for thyself, the bearer of this message, a happy fate lies in store for thee, already a part has lieen revealed, the future holds the rest. Depart in peace! Forrest Stose, President. Kutli Fisher, Vice-President I lean Whiteman, Secretary. Helen Nold, Treasurer. Joy Franklin. Gladys Johnson. Herbert N'eher. Mahle Guiss. Ruth Price. Ray Smeltzer. Pearl Wei an-. Freed Miller. Enid Thomas. Clem Brow n. Gladys Lopp. Bernice Freese. Willis Wilson. nphumnrrfl Motto: Rowing, not Drifting. Colors: Tan and Blub. (Ofturrs President, Amzy Anglemyer V Ice-President. George Nokl Secretary. Marie Varian Treasurer. Henrietta West (Hassir (Enmmrntfi Chloe Yoder- Too wise to live. Lloyd Slagle Pm from Missouri and you have to show me.” Maude Beyler On her way to fame. Howard Prickett Hoys, I tell you we’re going too fast.” Marie Yarian Little, but mighty. Clara Painter Those lustrous brown eyes. Carl Plough I'm game. Estella Dunn She has done what a good Dunn should have done. Mabel Lamb As gentle as her name. Hilda Hoh Black hair, black eyes, but a white heart. Amzy Anglemeyer Deutsch fur mich. Henrietta West Happy as a lark. Bernice Miller Just see that smile. George Nold—“See if we care. To tiik Skniors: And now dear Seniors, we must bid you adieu (skid-doo) with the best wishes for your future success in life, from the Class of Nineteen Hundred Kleven. ahr Alumni Ammatunt abr Aiuuirialimi By CLARENCE T. POLLOCK. 05 every town of any prominence whatsoever there Is usually found, as an adjunct to the High School, an Alumni Association. This having been deemed a necessity for many years, and since we can boast of a town and a High School of more than ordinary importance, which are never found behind the times in any particular, such an association was formed. Although it is yet in its infancy, its |hm-manence and continued growth are assured facts, on account of the interest that has been taken in it by so many graduates. 'I'he benefits to lie derived from a society of this kind are many and varied. It can Ik made an aid to the High School in numerous ways hut more especially an inspiration to the present students to continue and to complete their course. The Duke of Wellington once said that the battle of Waterloo was won on the playground of Kton. This is true of all the l� ttles which we may meet in our every day life. Kadi graduate has no doubt found that they are met with much less hesitancy and won with greater ease on account of his previous training in the High School. In order that the Alumni Association may In an Inspiration to the younger generation we are striving to make it a society to which it will not only Is a pleasure but also an honor to belong. While each graduate who “hitched his wagon to a star has gone forth a better man or woman, many have not yet attained the height of their ambition or reached the goal of their Ideal. Hut we do mini-l er among our ranks men and women who are attaining |xisltlons of importance in the affairs of the nation and world, wliose examples can lx followed with safety. As a student in the High School goes through the several degrees from I-reshy Freshman to Silly Sophomore to .lolly .lunlor and to Sedate Senior he assumes an attitude of superior wisdom and erudition to the classes below. So does each Alumnus having gone through all the trials and tribulations of school life assume the same attitude toward the present classes. And It Is to l e hoped that each one will feel it Ills duty to lielp raise the standard of the school or to assist any of its students in the way of advise or any other manner possible. After leaving school, mid all the high-sounding praises of commencement are over, and we have settled down to the hard grind of every day life it is good for us not to give up all the pleasant memories of our school life, hut to renew the friendships made and cemented in those happy days. For this purpose the Alumni Association is unexcelled. Through the medium of our annual banquets a degree of social intercourse may lie maintained which will lie of lienetit to all memliers. At such times the older graduates may liecome acquainted with those of later classes, the old pranks and escapades may be talked over, and the quarrels, between persons. Iietween classes and between student and instructor, which at the time seemed to attain such enormous pro|Kirt ions, may Ik forgiven and forgotten. In conclusion. I hope that the faces of many more graduates may lie seen at our next Umquel and that in succeeding years these banquets may liecome a Mecca, the pilgrimage to which will lie looked forward to with the greatest of pleasure. fHilttarg {irafraaimi By I it a Lonoaxkckkk, ’98, 2nd Lt. 2nd Inf. )MK time liefore or about the time of leaving High School or College a young man should and does consider his choice of professions. Ills personal desires or “natural bent” have much to do in tills selection. Many times the latter is so marked that Ills choice is obvious. Often, also the latter is not so plainly apparent so the young man looks about him and considers ills line of work for the future. Each profession has its own inducements and disadvantages. The military profession is one tiiat should lie entered only in case the young man loves it and is not afraid of work, privations and many sacrifices not demanded of one in other w alks of life. As conditions are now one lias many opportunities of travel. One meets many different peoples. It is necessary to devote a part of his time to the study of his profession as well as to routine duty. 58 Part of Ills service is in tlie field, in garrison and in foreign parts. Field duty is out door training: garrison work is. in the main, routine and theoretical: wIdle foreign service is often tlie most ditlicult and dangerous. It is when the soldier goes on foreign duty that he suffers the most privations. A soldier's work Is not always done at the going down of the sun. He must Ik always ready for any duty that may arise, lie must Ik able to take care of himself. If necessary he must be able to cook his own food, build his quarters or care for sick and wounded. For a young man who likes the world, there is no better profession. It has the advantage over most others, that much of one's time must I outside. so that with care one will Is healthy and also happy. Much might Ik written on the subject but when a young man Is thinking of his future he must consider himself as well as his choice of profession: whether he would Ih fitted for it. Nothing is so annoyingin lifeas to find that one is a “square peg in a round hole.' J ahr Path an £urrrss By S. I). Hbckaman. ' K5. 1. U. '07. '08. ijtliKN asked to submit an article for publication In this year's High School In Annual, I found n rather difficult to choose a subject. There are so many different topics of interest worthy of much discussion in this “hurry-scurry generation. Perhaps a few general impressions gained by the aid of educational facilities in the schools of Indiana would not Ik amiss. High School recalls to one's memory hard work. Jolly times, pleasant associations and good friendship. New ideas of a larger world germinate in the mind of the High School student. The Immediate result and effect of the training offeree! there is to relieve the boy or girl of some of the narrow prejudicial conceptions of the moral, material and spiritual world and to develop in them an approach to conservative truth and fairness. What book knowledge you may have attained Is of less importance than that mental drill w hich enables you to master other difficult problems in the practical world. I trust that none of you are, or may Uroine. “machine-made products. One should never Ijecome Old in spirit. Beal success is not attained o by stooping from a higher to a lower standard among men. hut rather by honesty and integrity. The path to success lies in clean healthful thoughts, having an open and receptive mind to strive after truth by aid of knowledge gained. In other words, good, hard, painstaking work is the key-note to all successful ends. It is the making of a genius along any line. But the High School “grad’ has made hut one of the many steps toward a higher education. Ills college or university course, should he desire to advance in Ids schooling (and let me say that the way lies open to practically all wIm wish to avail themselves of the opportunity in old Indiana . will lie hut a continuation of High School. There he will encounter keen Intellectual competition. College students, as a rule are representative of their respective High Schools. They are the so-called “stars’ who often fall to ••star”, hut are sometimes compelled to “stare.” A college training usually relieves one of a certain self-importance which occupies the minds of nearly all High School graduates. It limits one’s supply of wisdom to a few well-grounded principles which, properly adhered to. place the retainer on envious grounds of advantage. I trust you will pardon personal reference to my brief experience in the practical application of a nine year course in Indiana schools in the land known as tlie (Ireat Southwest, which experience prompts me to make the foregoing remarks. The Southwest, and more particularly goodly Oklalioma. affords an excellent field for work of all kinds. Here are people from every state in the Cnion. good, had and indifferent. The young High School products with “empires in their brains” can do no better than take a look down through this promising land where once roamed the wild buffalo, the hungry coyote and fleet-footed jack-rabbit. This is the place to “blaze a new trail. The once noble Red Man is fast (tossing into oblivion. The chief and his squaw of the newest generation now march abreast instead of single tile. Magniticient cities are springing up everywhere. Now is the time to “fall on the ball” and make a “touchdown. Vet. my dear friends, after all. the real Hoosier. with tender memory and touching, heartfelt sentiment often says to himself: ••The winds of heaven never fanned. The circling sunlight never tanned. The borders of a lx tter land, Than our ow n Indiana.” Shr Alumni finstrr Class op 1$9K Mrs. Bessie Coppes McKay. Reeves Place. Station ('. Cincinnati, O.: Mrs. Bertha Pratt Tremaine. Mrs. Jeannette Mel linger Stout-enour. Goshen, Ind.; Ira Longanecker, Ft. Thomas. Ky.: Mrs. I ella Cop|� es Mutschler. Mrs. Lillian Coppes Inks. Mrs. Nora Early Shively. Grace Miller. Treva Rickert. Charles Swartz. Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind. Clash ok 1M 9: Mrs. Flora Culp Peterson, Pomeroy. Wash.: Mrs. Ida Sloat Yarian. Colorado Springs, Col.: Mrs. Drusilla Wysong Stuckman, Klm-mel. Ind.: Aaron Jacobs, Detroit, Mich.: Charles Wilson. Ashland, Ky.: ('has. Yoder. Goshen, Ind.: Floyd McKntalTer. Indiana| olis, Ind.: Raymond Rupp. Kendallvllle. Ind.: Marvin Coppes , Harry Whiteman. Chicago, 111.; Ida Weyhurn. Matte Weyburn Pippenger. Park City. Montana: Harley J. Rickert. Joseph Dennis, deceased. Class of 1900: Mrs. Maud Franklin Huff, Racine, WIs.: Mrs. Kdna Wones Coppes, Mrs. Lillie Yoder Kahler. Alanson, Midi.: Chester WLsler. South Bend, Ind.; Clyde Early, Cheyenne, Wvm.: Clarence Beghtel, Chicago, 111.: Clarence Frasier, Chicago. III.: Roscoe Sensenich. South Bend. Ind.: Mrs. Myrtle-Coppes Rickert. Ethel McEntaffer. Arthur Hartman. Melvin Hartman. Class ok 11� 01: Clara Gray, Portland, Mich.: Muriel McLauglilin, Elkhart, Ind.: Mrs. Myrtle Hostetler Marshall, Lagrange. Ind. Class ok 1902: Mrs. Grace Tinlsman Wilson. Ashland. Ky.: Karl Freese. Dinah Frazier, Mrs. Nora Stahly Lape, Ida Blessing. Beulah Tilman. Mrs. Clare Whiteman Sundstrom. Chicago. 111.: Herbert Weygand. Class ok 1903: Louis Jacobs, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edna Mosiman. South Bend. Ind.: Monroe Mellinger. S| okane. Wash.: Ixigan Reinoehl. South Bend. Ind.: Dilnian Heckaman. Shawnee. Okla.: Irvin Copjies. Chicago. III.: Mrs. Ivy Hartman Lehman. Limon, Colo.: Nora Rusher. Mrs. Ida Rarig Weygand. Jacob Yarian. Myrtle Stuckman. Jesse (iood, deceased. Class ok 1904: Melvin Byler. Northwestern Cniversity. Chicago, III.: Harold Coppes, Floyd Eicher. Indiana Cniversity, Bloomington. Ind.: Vernon Gillett, South Bend. Ind.: Julius Jacolis. Detroit. Mich.: Grace Kant . Pansy B. Kantz. Dinah Hartman, Bernard Pollock. Chicago. III.; Mrs. Ixitta Lamb Pepple. Class of 1905: Grace Baer, South Bend, Ind.: Win. Beghtel, Chicago. III.: ('linton Cain, ('liicago, III.: Elva Garlier. Goslien College. Goshen. Ind.: Winifred Fleugel. Winona Lake. Ind.: Arthur Price, Mrs. Ella Teal I Stanley, Elkhart, Ind.; Burton Cline. Burton Yarian. Ladoga, Ind.: Mrs. Flo Wilkinson Swinson, Syracuse, Ind.: Mabel Hutson, Mary Murray. Maliel Prickett, Clarence Pollock. Edgar Ringenlierg. Indiana Cniversity, Bloomington, Ind. Class ok 1906: Hilda Baer, South Bend, Ind.? Carle Guiss. Chicago, 111.; Curtis Miller. Merle Gwin. Anna Newcomer, Ida Pippenger, Iva Stall I.v. Belle Wilt, Elbe Weyhum, Joy Whiteman, Lester Weber, Edward Wilson. lass of lt 07: Claude Coppes. [Tniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Midi.: Dessa Evans. Elkhart, Ind.; Clayton Blessing. Harry Uuideman, Indl ana Cnlverslty, Bloomington, hid.; Grace NelT. Harold Johnson. Hugh Whiteman. Chicago, III.: Ora Gulss, Ahneda Miller, Richard Johnson, Bessie Beghtel, Harry Price, Mrs. Nellie West Fahlstrom, Mrs. Bonnie Wilson Reinoelil, South Bend, Ind. Ci.ass ok I1HW; Roy Berlin, Chester Walters, Raymond Walters, Ruby Fidlor, Gladys Stutsman, Milford, hid.: Forrest De frees, Vernon Culp, Ralph Stose. 1!mis-i«hhi Makkiaoks Amono tiie AH MNi: Nellie Clare Whiteman. 02 and Mr. Edward Sundstrom. r Chicago, Oct. l.j, OH: Bonnie Wilson. '07 and Mr. Morton Reinoelil, June 13, «8; Berneatha Hartman and Mr. Harry Price. Oct. II. ’os-. Amye Baytot and Mr. Ira Longanecker, ’98. Feb. hi, ’09: Beulah Anglin and Mr. Ora C. (iuiss, 07, April II. '09: Ruth Tonies, of Chicago and Mr. Win. O. Beghtel. '05. May 1. 09. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stuckman have announced the engagement of their daughter Myrtle to Harry E. Bickel. of Goshen, hid. The wedding will take place Thursday, June 3. Miss Dinah Hartman will lie married on Tuesday June 15. to Floyd Sla-haugli. of Nappanee, Indiana. ebr Animal Uaiuiur! anb Ihumiriu . ffraaimt gTlfE first annual banquet of the Alumni Ass H iation was held at theCop- pes Hotel Tuesday evening, Dec. 29. Phis. h was a success in every way except in |K� int of numbers, there lieing present hut fifty persons. A dance was given after the feast which was enjoyed by many. The second annual hanquet will lie given Monday, Dec. 27, 1909. The price of this lianquet will lie the cost of the plate plus a small sum for expenses. the committee having arranged to hold the dance separate. Invitations will not lie issued to graduates who are not paid up members of the association. On Wednesday evening Dee. 30. 19ns a meeting of tlie Ass iciation was held for the purpose of transacting business and electing ofllcers for the ensuing year. The following ofllcers were elected: Clarence T. Pollock, '05, president: Pansy B. Kant . '0t, vice-president: Joy Whiteman. ’06, recording secretary: Mabel L. Prickett, 05, corresponding secretary; Vernon Culp. 08. treasurer. Social Committee: Marvin II. Coppee, '99. chairman: Mrs. (’has. Mutschlcr. '98: Mabel Hutson, 05. 0 . tJ.Of C fty .' if f ji rr 'j (? fir .0 f iff . ' sf iff 'i . . . ' •rmuj iff '. frff ff.t ffftf - ff yf. . . iff fj f $t• iJn fji j) f t • ft r. imre. '. f f ttt .' ' 4 iYy. .jfr' tej ' ? tytuM- r i , r fe, y frfft A « C et u tu C f t u i. TO doubt but that you desire to reach success along financial lines as well as attaining a high position in educational circles. Here are three simple rules that will lead you ti financial success: First, EARN all you can honestly. Second. SAVE all of your earnings that you can without harming your moral or physical condition. Third. DEPOSIT your earnings in the First National Bank of Nappanee SAVE JOBBER'S PROFIT By buying Your Furniture of us. When you fully understand, you will appreciate the situation in which we are placed: liecause. as a buyer of Furniture, you receive a direct benefit therefrom. We are located in a city where Furniture is extensively manufactured. By buying this product direct from tlie factory, we save you the joblier’s profit, transportation charges, and expense that would be incurred in getting the Furniture ready to put on the floor if received by freight. This factory makes a strong line of tied room suits, odd dressers, chiffoniers. buffets, serving tables, sideixiards, dining tables, parlor and library tallies, and kitchen cabinets. By handling tins large line of well-made Furniture, we are able to show you an excellent assortment that cannot lie equalled anywhere at the prices at which we offer them. In buying only a few articles you effect a saving worth while; if you need a whole outfit tin saving will represent a neat little sum. Since moving into our new building we can give you Iwuetit of another saving that of excessive rent. Wo want your patronage and if we obtain it. the merit of our goods and the method of selling will certainly retain it. May wo have the pleasure of showing you our store? We will do It any time it is convenient for you and extend you tin same courteous treatment as if you came to buy. Nappanee. EF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THU COPPE8 PI I AHMACY YO U 11AYENT SEEN THE BEST EQUIPPED DRIX STORE 11ST NORTHERN INI). The line of Cigars, Confectionery, Drugs, Sundries, and Toilet Articles is as complete as you will find in any of the larger cities. You can always get what you want when you want it at the COPPES PHARMACY. N. A. LEHMAN, THE SMALL BOYS You saw last Sunday with new suits on, were fitted from the handsome spring patterns that J. L. NEHER, The Tailor, Has been making. Did you notice the fit? It was just right the same way with the price. He still has a nice line of suitings for you to select from, and invites you to call m and inspect same, and get his prices. J. L. NEHER. cThe Tailor. J. S. MCENTAFFER NOTARY PUBLIC REAL ESTATE INSURANCE LOANS Nappanee, Indiana. THE NAPPANEE PRODUCE COMPANY RETAILERS OF DEALERS IN FLOUR. FEED SEEDS. GRAIN. HAY STRAW. FARMERS i TRADERS BANK NAPPANEE, IND. Established in 1884. CAPITAL $40,000.00. TOTAL RESOTREES OVER $275,000.00 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. STATE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL. GENERAL BANKING. LOANS ON APPROVED SECURITY. We combine safety with satisfactory service, (live particular attention to the business of farmers. We invite you to open a check account with us upon our merits for strength and for lil� erality of treatment of our patrons; or. if you prefer, ask for a 3 |� er cent, interest-bearing six months' time certificate of deposit. safe: deposit boxes for rent. Particular young men have learned that it pays to wear clothes that are up to the minute, and have an assuredly correct fit and becoming shapeliness. Such clothes are made to order by Ed. . Price Co., merchant tailors, Chicago, at a price equal to that asked for store clothing. Ask us to show their fine fabrics and take your measure. Today. Design 556 One Button Novelty Sack SAMUEL I . COPPKS. President. IIA11HY B. GREENE, Asst. Cashier. HARVEY K. COPPES, Cashier. FRED E. (X)PPFS, 3d Asst. Cashier. D. Rickert Sons. Had Eyes Many Times Cause Stupid Ciiildrkn. EXAMINATION FREE! Claude R. Stoops, f vs yrofZ Z r Z.i fr ttj'f f u f Z y r i ien f tr frt j t jt?Z if jiy • J , f'Zf-yj' f t .}. ZaZi. Z te Zs.tZ uZf(ZZZZ tej, ,' Ztt . 'Zjf.t Zrj Z u (r f ry r.tZ. Registered ptictan. r-0. .. ZZ ZZry j . V ■ZZwsZm FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE Till] ATORIUM THE BIG DOUBLE SHOW JEWELRY ▼ In many new ami exquisite designs. Neck chains at a wide range of prices. When you get a hat here it Is tlie result of a lot of thinking, a lot of work, a lot of “management”—the management Including all that we do to protect you on style and price. .C. t Fashionablff Millinery. fi South Main Street. $ is ON EVKRY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY NIGHT. :{,000 FEKT OF FILM. Pictures Chanced Nightly. WATCHES For ladies and gentlemen in gold, silver and gun-metal. We repair all jewelry, clocks and watches with the utmost skill. Stones reset and old jewelry remodeled. E. Newcomer Son FANCY SCREEN; MADE AT HOME Per nis desiring to purchase screens or other articles of my line of novelty goods will find them for sale at N. A. Lehman’s Furniture A'tore. I manufacture many useful articles, such as umbrella holders, clock shelves, magazine stands, wall pockets, plate racks, hat racks. lx ok shelves, music cabinets, easels, costumers, jardinere stands, writing desks, and shaving stands. GEORGE L. LAMB, NAPPANEE, IND. An Educational Center. A man without an aim in life is like a ship without a compass. It means failure liefore the voyage is half s|H� nt. In huying a suit of clothes, the name “STERLIXt� ” to the purchaser, is the same as the compass is to the mariner a safe guide. There is a reason w hy this line Is distinct from all others. They are designed and made by master artists. If you want la Im sure you are right, always have the best, watch for tlie “Sterling ' la-liel: a small thing, to Is sure, hut a great thing to find. A handsome line of gents' furnishings. Special attractions in the KOK-RK(T SHAPE shoes, the only guaranteed patent leather. Add these to your wardrobe and you w ill always look prosjierous. plus energy and push will mean success. HARTMAN BROS. C. W. JOHNSON PURE DRUGS. CHEMICALS. WALL-PAPER. PAINTS AND SUNDRIES Experience Tells! Call and he convinced. Money s worth or money hack. Phone 24 W. B. Rensherger Company, 7% 12? Dealers in Furniture, Carpets, and Hugs. (|,m|,|e guarantee. When in the market for 3?Sr anything in our line, make us prove the above guaran- tee. Nufsed. W. B. Rensherger Company. Young, Wddmoyer Anglin, RETAIL BUTCHERS. Home-dressed Beef. Veal. Pork, and Poultry. Home-made Bologna a Specialty. South Mam Street. Nappanee. Ind. Telephone No. 53. Send your linen to ‘JAe Nappanee Steam Laundry. 1 A AklH VI YOU CAN MAKE MONEY Ml Y I MV addressing | . o. box If IV I 1 • 08;{ NAPPANEE, ind. SAMPLE FREE. AV'«r� N BEAUTY Sl� - 153 k Uim:oo Cor .at Co . t akers CALLIE PETTIT MILLINERY. Complete Stock. Latest Styles, Satisfaction Guaranteed. Also handle the American Beauty Corset. 117 West Market St. Nappanee, - - Indiana MILLER LUMBER COAL CO. ---DEALERSIN-- LUMBER, BUILDING MATERIAL, CEMENT, PLASTER, WOOD AND CDAL. PHONE 137 OFFICE OPPOSITE FLOUR MILL. Howenstein-Burtacli Co. --DBA LESS IN- HARDWARE. STOVES AND RANGES. SASH AND DOORS. PAINTS AND OILS. PLUMBING, TINNING. AND ELECTRICAL WORK. STRYCKER SON, PROPRIETORS OF LIVERY, FEED, AND SALE BARN. RATES REASONABLE. NAPPANEE, INDIANA. . . ■J ‘. ■ '' ' 'r' l f '. Arrhitrrt ) WHEN IN NEED OF A BUGGY OR SURREY. DO NOT FAIL TO CALL AT THE Nappanee Carriage Factory AND SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY. SAMUEL MILLER. Our South window for up-to-date Clothing and Men’s Furnishings-the sort of Clothing that makes you look up-to-date. H. C. FIDLERS CASH STORE DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THE BEST VALUES IN SHOES AT THE EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE, E. B L O S S E R. SITV VALPARAISO I E ACCREDITED VAL.PAKA1HC , INI )IANA. One of the LARGEST INSTITUTIONS OF LEARN ISG in the United States, will open its Thirty-seventh year September 21, UtOlt, with the usual increase in attendance. In 1873 the school had 3 departments. 4 instructors and an annual enrollment of 210 students Now there are: 25 DEPARTMENTS 1T( INSTRUCTORS and an annual enrollment last year of ISO? DIFFERENT STUDENTS The reason for this remarkable growth is 111 tlie fact that the Institution is constantly increasing its facilities, strengthening its courses of study and offering additional advantages, without making the expense to tlie student any greater. DEPARTMENTS: Preparatory. Teachers’. Kindergarten. Primary, Pedagogy. Manual Training. Scientific. Biology, Civil Engineering. Classical. Higher English. German. French. Spanish, Italian. Elocution and Oratory, Music. Fine Art. Law, Pharmacy. Medical, Dental. Commercial. Penmanship, Phonography, and Typewriting, Review. Each department Is thoroughly equipped. THE. DENTAL DEPARTMENT: Recently acquired by the University, is the well-known Chicago College of Dental Surgery, one of theoldest and l est equipped dental schools in the country. Dr. Truman W. Brophy. Dean, Chicago. Illinois. The expenses are made so low that anyone can meet them. Tuition $15 per quarter of 12 weeks. Board and furnished room. SI.70 to $2.75 per week. Catalog mailed free. Address. H. B. BROWN, president, oi O. P. KINSEY, vice-president. Calendar: The new year w ill open September 21. 1909: Second Term. December 14. 1909: Third Term. March 8. 1910: Fourth Term. May 31, 1910.