Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1892 volume:

NORFOLK HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING NORFOLK HIGH SCHOOL. U ? 5 . 92. PUBLISHED BY TIIE SENIOR CLASS, 1892. directory Boat’d of Education. Ira G. Westervelt, President. E. G. Heilman, Vice-President. John R. Hays, Secretary. C. J. Chapman. C. W. Rraasch. C. B. Durland. Teachers. J. A. Hornberger, Superintendent. Miss Ivy Reed, Miss Rose Weinlander, Mrs. E. 1 Hornberger, Miss Minnie F. Allen, Miss Lillian Watrous, Miss Clennnie Morrison, Miss Laura Brome, Miss Mary Hyde, Miss Lizzie Rees, Miss Minnie Gregory, Mr. W. W. Shultz, Miss Eva C. Nye, Miss M. Louise Swaynie, Miss Fannie Brome, Miss Tentie Kepler, Miss Edith Hays, Mr. E. H. Shultz. Mrs. P. E. Mason. Ivanhoe Club. [Meets with Supt. Hornberger every Tuesday evening. John B. Barnes, Jr., Chas. R. Hays, A If. Gerecke, Fred Teal, Edgar Gerecke, Lucy Yost. Nette Nelson. Ruth Olney, Chas. F. Chillson, Jennie Bawden, Maggie Morrow, Essie Nichol, Clara McBride, Pearle Mackey. The Gymnasium. Fred Teal, President. Chas. F. Chi 1 Ison, Treasurer. members of the Bicjh School Senior Class. Colors: Black and Gold. Motto: Forward. Flower: Scarlet Geranium. C. F. Chillson, C. R. Hays, Ruth Olney, Essie Nichol, Edgar Gerecke, John B. Barnes, Jr., Alf. Gerecke, Jennie Bawden. Nettie Nelson. Fred Teal, Pearle Mackey. Junior Class. Colors: Apple Green and Fink. Motto: Per Aspera ad Astra. Flower: Wild Rose. Winnie Cobb, Stella Chesnutwood. Leo Egbert, Josie Hagey, Fannie Johnson. Ruth Matrau, Kate Nichol, Florence Neilson, Lyda Pheasant. Storrs Mathewson. Harry Mast. Lizzie Kellman. Sophomore Class. Colors: Blue and White. Motto: Upward Still and Onward. Flower: Wild Pea. Susie Carter, Lizzie Davenport, Viola Jennings, Sophia Lundquist, Maggie Morrow. Mattie Martin. Eva Wright, Gertrude Roach. Grace Matrau. Millie Hanford. Hattie Mather, Clarence Salter, Maude Marks, Valma Light, Helen Mathewson, Leslie Leavitt, Mary Miller, Will Powers, May Olney, Roy Read, Annie Parker, Wynn Rainbolt, Sarah Sprecher, Ned Wilkinson, Lisle Wilkinson, Ervin Gerecke, Lucy Yost, Joe Pheasant, Prank Yost, Frankie Warrick. Freshman Class. Elta Lowe, Mamie Matrau, Nellie Williams, Maude Ransom, Lillian Furgason, Edmund Bargelt, Grace Eble, Willliam Carrabine, Hattie Albery. Oscar Carrabine, Etta Shield, Talcot Olney, Lida Carberry, Horace Eiseley, Winnie Miller, Bud Powers, Iona Hartley, Frank Osborne, Ora Sturgeon. Clarence Smith. AhUmNi Class of ’89. Lillian M. Gerecke, Ethel 1). Reid. Ida M. ttatte, Edith Hays- Fred W. Leavitt. Class of ’90. Allie [. Johnson. Lynn M. Schofield. Glenn M. Schofield. Class of ’91. Clara McBride. Lloyd Cobh. Alumni Association. Edith Hays, President, Fred W. Leavitt, Vice-President. Genn Schofield, Secretary. THE + MILESTONE. VOLUME IV. NORFOLK, NEBR., MAY 27, 1892. NUMBER I. GREETING. 4 Volume four of The Milestone, the High School Annual, makes its appearance. Custom places its publication in the hands of the outgoing Senior class, and the class of 1892 essays the task so well done by former classes. In its pages will be found something of the work, the fruits of years of toil in digging and delving in the records of the past, the many volumes of quaint and curious lore. The Seniors, as editors of the annual, desire to thank those who have aided in the work of preparation, especially the business men. who by their liberality have made its publication possible. In years yet to come as The Milestone brings back memories of days gone by, may we all remember the days spent in Norfolk High School. men of One Idea. L. Peahle Mackey. One idea of our own used with energy, with time spent on it will bring success. Some one has said: “One good idea of thine own is better than a thousand from Helds of others sown ” We have several things we wish to do at the same time; here is great danger of failure. One thing at a time, and that well done, will bring success. How much of a success would Edison have made of his phonograph, if he had tried to invent several other things at the same time? Could he have given the attention neecessary to carry his thought to a successful issue? History shows that society has passed through many revolutions, and with each revolution, certain underlying principles have been brought into a clearer light. Even education, itself, has been lifted a round higher through the man of one idea. There once lived a man who was anything that came his way. He tried first one occupation, then another, and was continually changing his woik. Did he make a success? Far from it, as even his best friends confessed. While, if with what talent and time he had put on all these, he had put on some one, he would have been successful and taken a place in the front rank among men. As This TIIE MILESTONE. it was, he was “Jack of all trades and master of none: is the way with a great many people. They attempt too much and fail to do anything well. Take the one who has chosen a certain occupation, if he possesses steadfastness of purpose, and will persevere in whatever he undertakes, success. as a natural result, even though it come at a late day, will surely reward his labors. In all the professions of modern time we see, more and more, the man of one idea, who has concentrated all his energy upon one thing. When we tind a successful man, one who towers above his fellow-men, we tind one of this kind. In the profession of law there is the one that makes a specialty of criminal cases, another of civil cases, and so on through the different departments. Men who cannot do well in this way, were never meant to be successful. The profession of medicine is noted for the number of its specialists. These have large practices and all are making money. The time was when a physician treated all the diseases that the human flesh was heir to; now we have a specialist for nearly every disease, and he puts in all his time in studying it. Look at the colleges and you see that it is the man of one idea who obtains the most prominent places. There we have the professor of mathematics, of science, of language, and of arts. If one man were to try and teach all of these, he would do but poor work. There are some people who claim that the man of one idea is of no use as a public benefactor, because he is so wrapped up in himself that he cannot find time for any one else. If this were so how would we obtain our scholars and learned men? How would the young of our country be educated if it was not for the man 12______________________THE MILESTf)XE. of one idea? Let us, then, clioose our occupation, pursue it carefully, and bear in mind: “Lives of great men all lemind us, We can make our lives sublime: And, departing leave behind us. Foot prints on the sands of time.” Booms. There are many different kinds of booms. Some are harmless and beneficial, while others are radically different. Some of the first class are: A boom of logs used by lumbermen to keep the logs from floating away, and to have them conveniently near the saw-mill; a boom is set up near dangerous places along a river to aid pilots in keeping the channel; ships carry booms to which the bottoms of the sails are fastened. The candidate for office also has a boom. When his chances for election are very slim his boom becomes what is known in politics, as “boomlet, or a small sized boom. But when his chances are very good he has a fine, large, full fledged boom. We Americans are great people for booming. Our tendency is to push things through hurriedly, violently and to do things with a rush, even to the extreme. Having looked to the harmless kind of booms, let us now turn our attention to the other kind. Every town has its boom. Sometime the boom comes when the townsite is first surveyed and platted, or it may come later, but at some time it is sure to appear. With the boom comes a species of business man. known to us as a real 14 T1IK MILESTON E. estate boomer. He strives and works for the success of his project. There are two different kinds of booms as applied to cities and towns, namely: A manufacturing boom, which is to encourage and cause the erection of manufacturing enterprises in the city. A real estate boom is gotten up to aid the sale of land and lots in the immediate locality. Manufactures seldom come to a place without inducement of some kind. Foreign capital, ever shy in seeking investments, dares not hazard the undertaking without local aid and the assumption of some responsibility by the resident citizens, not only to help the manufactury about, but also to unite local interests to it. This aid is given as a bonus and consists of the subscription of either money or real estate, or both. To this bonus every citizen is urged to contribute. If he does not he is thought, no matter what his position or financial standing is, to be close and unconcerned about the future welfare of his city. When a manufactory is built, if it proves to be a paying institution, and can be kept in legitimate operation, employing a certain number of men, then the boom is entitled to so much credit. Suppose the enterprise proves to be a bad investment and the manufactory is compelled to shut down because it does not pay expenses; then the bonus is lost, all the foreign capital is lost, and the people who were employed by the institution are left without work and are compelled to seek employment THE MILESTONE. 15 elsewhere. Business comes to a standstill and a general collapse ensues. The real estate boom is even worse than this. It is generally accompanied by manufactories. People are attracted to the place by the boom, see the unnatural activity which it brings on, believing it to he the true state of activity that exists at all times, are induced to buy real estate and homes. Then the boom bursts, employment gives out, the price of real estate falls away down below its original standard and the people who have invested are compelled to sell at a sacrifice; thus losing money or to hold onto their property with nothing to do. Business comes to a standstill and the people experience what is known as hard times. From this kind of a boom and its burst, it takes a town years to recover; in fact many towns have never recovered. The best example of this is the town of Pithole, Pa. Oil was discovered there and immediately there was a great real estate boom. People flocked there from all parts of the state and bought property. It became a large town; had street cars, free mail delivery, large hotels, fine opera house, city water and, in fact, all the improvements which make up a city of modern times. Then the boom bursted, and today there is not a sign, not a thing, to intimate that once there flourished in that place, a thriving city. Even the railroad has been taken up. We draw our lesson from this, for indeed there is a lesson and it is this: Every boom has its relapse, just as sure as all action is equal to reaction, and we. the people, each individu- THE MILESTONE ally and all collectively, should do our utmost to hinder and discourage all sorts of booming. 1VIUD. Jane Hawden. A teacher once asked her class for a definition of dust. A diminutive maiden answered: “Please, ma'am, it's mud with the water squeezed out.” It is well known by the average small child that mud can be obtained by mixing water and dust. What wonderful pies, puddings, delicious cakes, in fact every thing ever made by careful housewives are concocted by the little ones in their play-houses. As the child advances in years, outgrows mud pies, it begins to have an ab-horence for mud. It forgets how joyfully, after a summer shower, the harefeet had sought the muddiest parts of the road, and thought nothing of soiled garments till met by mother’s reproachful look. The animals, however, do not work in the mud for amuse-ement. Whittier speaks of “The black wasp’s cunning way, mason of his walls of clay, ’ and also tells us that, “The muskrat plied the mason’s trade, and tier by tier his mud walls laid.” Different animals, as well as man, use mud as an application for wounds and bruises. Those who have had experience will remember how readily mud, when applied to a hornet or is THE MILESTONE. wasp sting, will relieve the pain. Much as we dislike inud we should be inconvienced if there were no way of having the soil and water unite. Not only the birds build their nests of mud, but from time immemorial man has been living in homes made from the soil in one form or another. Perhaps caves wfere the most common. This kind of dwelling has played no small part in history. How' many royal heads have found a safe retreat in caves? Though King David died in such splendor, yet a cave afforded him a hiding place from the enraged Saul. In later history, when Scotland’s enemies were seeking the noble Bruce, he rested secure in a cave, across the opening of which a spiders web served for portcullis. The ancestors of the Pueblo Indians dwelt in caves in the mountain cliffs. Here they passed peaceful, happy lives until discovered by the Spaniards. Their homes were reached by rude ladders, which could be removed, making them secure from all intruders. The adobe huts of the southwest are examples of man’s ingenuity in the use of mud. Some of these huts have been standing for more than two hundred years. You are all acquainted with the “dug out” as seen here in the west. Little by little they are passing away, yet they formed dwellings for the hardy pioneers. In their places are to be found more pretentious yet not more happy homes. The children of Erin’s Isle would fare badly on cold fresty mornings if Mother Nature had not provided the extensive peat bogs for them. These bogs have been forming TFIE MILESTONE. 19 slowly through countless ages and are now doing their part in Nature’s great plan. Among the North American Indians mud forms an important paid of the apparel. No matter what the business of the Indian, whether to Helds where glory waits in ambush with countless scalps for her favorite, or where a dusky maiden, surrounded by invisible cupids with fiery darts allures him, or when mourning the departure of his friend to the Happy Hunting (tround of the Hereafter, he always finds some soil of suitable color to express his purpose, so that “He who runs may read.” In California is a tribe known as the Digger Indians. One of the peculiarities of this tribe is its fondness for the blue soil of this region. It is said if a child commences to eat the clay, the habit grows as does the opium or arsenic habit. The child may be deprived of parents, home and playmates, yet if given the blue clay will be perfectly contented. The settlers say: “Once a clay eater always a clay eater.” Have you ever considered how dependent we are upon the dust of the earth? The most wonderful of all its products is man. “The Lord Hod formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” Even the last resting place of man is with the earth. Man, with his wonderful achievements in the literary and scientific world, will return again to the dust from which he sprung. “All that tread the globe are but a handful to the 20 THE MILESTONE. tribes that slumber in its bosom. Earth that nourished thee shall claim thy growth to be resolved to earth again.” Prof. J. A. HORNBERGER, Superintendent of City Schools. Norfolk. The Australian Ballot System. Fred Teal. Many attempts have been made to advance a new system of balloting. The demand for this had been growing for a good many years, and honor yet remained for the country that should bring forth a perfect ballot system. It seems strange, that of all countries, Australia should have produced this. To Francis Dunton, a member of the Australian legislature, do we owe praise and honor for originating this plan. There are two great evils against which the ballot box must contend. The first is the intimidation of the voter. Under the old system, men who were dependent upon a candidate for their daily bread, were sometimes compelled to vote for him under penalty of being discharged, the candidate in many cases standing over him while he deposited his ballot. The second evil is the buying and selling of votes. Some unprincipled men demand pay for their votes from their own party candidates. And. in turn, there are some unprincipled candidates who influence votes by means of bribes. These things the Australian Ballot System lessens some- THE MILESTONE. 22 what. To remedy the first evil no one but the officers of election and those engaged in voting are allowed within one hundred feet of the voting booth. There is no way of telling how a man voted, except by his word of honor, and that from a man who has accepted a bribe certainly is not worth much. Thus is the second evil done away with. Besides doing away with these things to a great degree, this system offers many advantages. The names of the candidates are all on one ballot, and the cross-mark must he placed after the choice of the voter. In this way he must consider each candidate separately for whom he wishes to vote, and must display intelligence in casting his ballot. Here is shown the need of education, as a voter must at least know how to read. Another great advantage is that the voter is entirely alone. He is handed a ballot by an officer as he enters the booth, and must fill it out without a suggestion from anyone. As “engineering’ is not allowed at the polls, it is evident that the campaign speeches will have more effect with the populace. More care will he taken in the campaign, as it will have to be one of education. One criticism of this system is that too much time is consumed by the voter in casting his ballot, and by the judges in counting them. The chief cause for slowness in the last elections was the unfamiliarity with the new mode. The question of counting the votes every hour is being agitated. When the ingenuity of man has overcome these imper- THE MILESTONE. 23 fections of this system, there will be a perfect one. When we are able to know, at the approach of night, who has has started on a trip up the briny stream where all defeated candidates go, then will it be universal throughout the world. The Touchstone. Centuries ago there lived a king who was very fond of gold. Although his coffers were full, he was always wishing for more. At last Bacchus granted his wish which was that everything he touched would become gold. How delighted he was as he walked through the castle to see everything he touched change instantly into gold. His little daughter t ame running to meet him. How horrified he became when upon taking her in his arms she was immediately transformed into a golden image. He hurried at once to the god imploring him to remove the golden touch. This was done, and the king was happy once more in the possession of his living child. The ancient (Ireeks believed that somewhere in their country was a buried stone having the power of changing into gold anything with which it came in contact. Diligently they searched through many generations, but the wonderful stone remains a hidden treasure unto this day. What is the touchstone of to-day? Has not America solved the problem by establishing her free school? Our fair Columbia realized that education is a safeguard THE MILESTONE. 25 of liberty. By instilling truth and justice into the hearts of her boys and girls, she has raised a generation which made her a power among the nations of the world. In its widest sense education involves all the agencies by which a man is influenced for good or evil from the cradle to the grave. “His feelings are to be disciplined; his passions are to be restrained; true and worthy motives are to be inspired; a profound religious feeling is to be instilled and pure morality inculcated.” This culture makes the hand mobile, the touch sensitive, the nervous system vigorous and active, and the mind strong. Long ago did manufacturers discover that intelligent, educated workmen are more profitable to employ, even at higher wages than the uneducated. Among the girls in a large weaving room in the east, was one who was well educated. Long arms and strong muscles are advantageous in weaving, yet this girl though short and slight always wove the largest number of pieces and drew the largest pay. What made the difference? Was it not the mental culture that taught her how to save her strength, how to concentrate her thoughts? Is there an employer who does not prefer the educated man? The extra amount of work done is not the only respect in which an intelligent workman is superior. Will he not be able to more fully understand his business? This being true, how much better will he execute his duty to his employer. Then there is a satisfaction of being surrounded by inquiring, active, thinking minds. THK M1LBSTON K. 2� How impossible to enumerate the advantages resulting from the employment of intelligent men. If this cannot be done, how vain must be the effort to describe the gain to the workman himself. The increase in wages is the least and lowest reward of mental culture. The whole being is enlarged and exalted: the scope of view is widened; the objects of interest are increased; the subjects of thought are multiplied; life is more filled with emotion, and man is raised in the scale of creation. Too many have the idea that to appear well on the stage of public life, a man must spend a certain number of years within the walls of some college. This is an accomplishment not a necessity. A man who has spent his best years in pursuing classic lore, lacks that common information that he can get only by association with his fellow men. He must stand shoulder to shoulder with the honest, wide awake, noble-minded man who is struggling with the trials and temptations of the world. Only by communicating with others do we know ourselves. For “there is no school which so trains and disciplines the mind as contact with mankind. A life of solitude is a life of selfishness. To every human being belongs his fair share of manful toil and human duty. Can this be neglected without severe loss to the individual himself? He must go out into the world, find his particular sphere of duty, and then work. In so doing he will educate himself in that patience, diligence and endurance which shapes and consolidates the character. Adversity is the touchstone of character, and as we deal THE MILESTONE. 27 with the difficulties, trials and temptations that beset us, so will our whole after life be colored. In this age and in this country, whosoever will may drink at the pure fountain of science. The apprentice can by proper improvement of time, lay in a stock of knowledge which will enable him to stand at the side of those who have grown up in the full blaze of a college education. Far better is his prospect at the start, for he has the common information without wb eh a man is a poor helpless animal. Education is not obtained without hard work. “Digging for pure water is wrearisome, but when we once come to the springs they rise up to meet us.” As every grain helps to fill the bushel, so does the improvement of every moment increase knowledge. By acquiring a good education we shall have our reward in the rich stores thus collected which will always be at our command. As the touchstone reaches out further and further, imparting its power to every one, so our knowledge as we add to it still attracts more and more as it widens the realm of thought, broadens the intellect, gives virtue to virtue and strength to strength, for “to him that hath shall be given.” Coliseums. Edgar Gbrbckb. Rome was not built in a day; neither were the lives that guided her to the position of “Mistress of the World” of short duration. What sums of money; what hours of toil; what years of time must her structures have cost. The walls, after two thousand years exposure to the elements, still tower toward the skies in all their mysterious beauty. There they stand! The Senate House, the Forum, Circus Maximus, and the Coliseum, tit representatives of the glory of Rome, whose will was law. at whose shrine the nations paid homage. Could the gates that pierce those walls hut speak, what tales they could unfold. They could tell of armies going forth to conquer the world; to defend the imperial city from destruction; of heroes returning to be crowned with laurels and hailed with joyous acclammations, and of triumphs and gorgeous pageants. The Senate House that once re-echoed with the eloquence of Cicero and the dying groans of Caesar, is a stately ruin now; THK MILKSTONK. 29 the Capitol, with its magnificent temple, no more wiJJ hear the praises of its heathen gods; the Coliseum looms a frowning monument, magnificent still in its massiveness, o’er the graves of the brave gladiators slaughtered in the arena. The ruins of those structures seem to say: We are the glory of the departed Rome which for centuries ruled the world.” America, my country, thou art young. Beside old Rome thou art hut a beardless youth. Thou hast yet thy coliseum to build, and will that monument be the wonder of the generations to come ? Will children point to arenas where lives have been sacrificed to make an American holiday? Will the tale of thy life be one of bloodshed and crime? Build ye, then, countrymen, not of stone, brick and mortar. build ye not monuments that will tell of your slavery to sin and oppression, build in purity and truth, work to the good of generations to come. Purify your ballot boxes; purge your politics of the filth that is collecting to choke the workings of a just and upright government; extend your public school system; build hospitals for the poor and sick, enfeebled and distressed. Build, we say, your coliseum of good intents, noble purposes and worthy deeds. Choose perfect stones for its broad foundations, lay the corner stones securely, build the walls high, smooth and beautiful, and the generations to come will have cause to bless you. and your coliseum will stand through all ages to come. Take to yourself the words of one of our poets: THE MILESTONE. “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last. Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast. ’Till thou at length are free. Leaving thy outgrown shell on life's unresting sea. The Inhumanity of Civilization. Kshik Nichoi Civilization is the state of being refined in manners from the grossness of savage life. The nineteenth century is preeminently the age of civilization. The Creeks and Romans thought the same of their era. Rut though they were far superior to their immediate predecessors, many of their commonest customs are termed gross barbarities to-day. We are horrified at what was then termed the magnanimity of allowing prisoners of war to fight for their lives with each other, or with bloodthirsty beasts. We elevate our noses in dainty disgust at natures that delighted in witnessing such things. We cry shame on those who, though by turning a thumb might have saved a life, yet sat unmoved, or showed their pleasure in shrill cries while the executioner did his work. How much better are the prize fights of to-day, in which men (not the untutored savages from the wild) brutalize their natures, and either disfigure each others’ bodies or watch some other person do it? We do not torture and madden dumb creatures and then turn them together until they tear each other to pieces. THE MILESTONE. but is it any better to sit and watch men beat nervous and highly strung horses straining every nerve to reach the goal? All this merely to prove that one horse can travel a mile in one-sixteenth of a second less time than it takes another. Ladies have expressed their disapproval by “dear me, isn’t that too bad.” when a horse was driven to death. The newspapers are tilled with sporting news, and the boys eagerly read and talk familiarly of it. There is one custom of American women that is an inhumanity in more ways than one; that is wearing birds on their hats. There seems to be no excuse for this custom, for it is not useful and surely not ornamental. Is there anything graceful or pretty about the attitude that a bird is commonly made to take on feminine head gear? It is usually fastened firmly on its breast with its feet sticking stiffly back and up at an angle of sixty degrees, and its wings in such a position such as no bird in its senses ever did get its wings into. Often its head is twisted awkwardly to one side and its eyes stare glassily, or, worse yet, it has no eyes at all. Its beak wears the indescribably pitiful look of dead birds, or is wide open as though the poor little creature were gasping for breath, or trying in vain to utter its agony. All this is excruciating to an ornithologist or a lover of nature, as a false note to a musician, and therefore an inhumanity: for anything is an inhumanity that causes unnecessary pain. To those well informed on the habits of birds there needs to he said nothing regarding the injury this practice does to the agriculturists. THE MILESTONE. 33 and through them to all humanity. For do not the birds destroy the worms and slugs, that if left alone would destroy our crops? And there are thousands of these bright-eyed workers slain every year for no other purpose than for hat decoration. How desolate this world would he without the happy songsters themselves. Do you ne’er think what wonderous beings these? I) � you ne’er think who made them and who taught The dialect they speak, whose melodies Alone are the interpeters of thought? Whose household words are songs in many keys, Sweeter than instruments of man e’er caught? Whose habitation in the tree tops even. Are half way on the road to heaven. Gneatness. Charles R. Hays. The desire for distinction is universal. At some period in life all entertain thoughts of becoming great and strive for that end. It is not easy to say in what greatness consists for men’s ideas are as different as their faces. With some, power is greatness, with others wealth, and still others notoriety, fine dress or stately mansions. It needs no argument to show that wealth and greatness are not synonomousr. “There is no real use in riches except in its distribution.” Mere accumulation does not require a great amount of sense, neither any of the qualities that go to constitute true greatness. It is not those whom history records as truly great who have been the wealthiest. Tne great of the world have not b en the wealthy. They have come from homes of poverty and have been lifted up from the depths to fame. It was the humble rail splitter of Illinois who became President and and the barefooted boy of the tow-path who reached the White House. Mere authority is not greatness. “Men are given power not that they may look great with it. but THE MILESTONE. 35 that they may do good with it. The peasant with a heart at ease is greater than the proud tyrant who holds in his hands the fortunes and lives of his subjects.” Greatness is not indicated by titles borne. Nero was a king, but his bloody place in history is marked with treachery, debauchery, tyranny and murder. James Buchanan at one time held the most exalted title known among men, but his subservience to the slave power and seeming indiffereuce to the perils of the nation show him as wanting in the qualities that go to make up the greatness of a Washington or the sterling qualities of a Jackson. There are those who mistake notoriety for greatness. Hideous suicides and horrible crimes contemplated, cause to Hit through the minds of those whom, for charity’s sake, we call insane, visions of startling head-lines over sensational accounts until the desire for notoriety overwhelms the mind, and the horrible deed is done. The cowardly assassin that stole up behind Abraham Lincoln—that man exalted above all other men next to Washington—doubtless thought far less of the crime than of the notoriety given him by his base act. Guiteau fired his fatal shot, and the nation mourned for Garfield. Cranks and fiends, like death, love a shining mark. We are apt to think of greatness as on a shining mountain afar off and unapproachable. But Gray says: •Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower Is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” Florence Nightingale, though devoted to her home of 36 THE MILESTONE. comfort and luxury, forsook it and became a ministering angel in the hospital of war. One of the greatest and tender-est of women, she issued her orders with that calmness that comes of certain knowledge of what is best to be done. If red tape interposed, she cut it. Out of boards, camp kettles and blundering Turks she created laundries, kitchens and surgical appliances. When we had wounded soldiers to heal and military hospitals to serve, patriotic and benevolent women of America thought of Florence Nightingale and hastened to offer assistance. Her name and example belonged to the race which she has honored, and it was the magic of her name that broke down prejudice that might have proved unsurmountable. Alice Cary says of this: “True worth is in being, not seeming. In doing each day that goes by Some little good, not in dreaming Of great things to do by-and-by.’' Greatness does not come without effort, without labor and without expense. It tloes not come without cost yet none are too poor to obtain it. A hammer may be a small article, but it is nevertheless useful, and once led a man on to success and fame. David Maydole was a blacksmith who made his own hammers. He was troubled, because for all he could do the iron was too hard, or soft, or brittle; so he began to experiment that he might find a remedy for these and other defects. He acquired greatness because he did his work the very best he knew how. The fame of his hammers spread, and finally his business was to make constantly the best hammers ever be- THE MILESTONE. 37 fore made. Naturally his first thought when he found his business increasing was to apply machinery; but he at last discarded it. for he found a superior hammer could not be machine made. He made his hammers by hand, the secret of his success being, that he always made the very best hammer he knew how, and today the best hammer made is the Maydole hammer. After all it is not what we do but how well, that entitles us to the paludits of men. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” Merit consists not less in doing well than in doing at all. As it is the drops that make the ocean, so it is the apparent trifles that make the great aggregate of life. The man of five talents was commended, and because he had been faithful in few things, it was promised he should be made ruler over many things. An elevated purpose is ennobling, but we must work np to it by the difficult path of daily duty carefully performed. The truly great are not alone those widely known, but in the humbler walks of life. There are thousands unhonored and unsung, whose lives are a constant benediction full of charity and goodness. While greatness may procure a tomb, it is goodness that should write the epitaph. Titles conferred upon such as have no merit are at best but a royal stamp on base metal: “Do noble things, not dream them all day long and so make life, death, and the vast forever, one grand, sweet song.” Pandora’s Box. Ruth Ouney. In Mythology is an account of Pandora—the first w oman. Had it not been for Prometheus, who stole his fire from .Jupiter, woman would, probably, never have been created. Jupiter persuaded Vulcan to construct a woman who would have power to vex man. The gods each presented her with some quality which wTould help her in this mission. She received a box containing all of good or evil which might befall man. She was told never to open the box. Each day she would gaze upon it, and listen to the voices from within imploring and commanding release. At last she opened the box. and they ‘Took to themselves wings and departed” for ‘‘greener fields and a warmer sky;” all except Hope whom she managed to retain. We once had a strange experience with Pandora. One evening a little envelope broke in upon my revery. Tt was opened, and this message from her was read: “Be ready to- night to spend the night with me.” At the appointed hour I saw a queer little figure in the doorway. We started, and THE MILESTONE. 39 after a time drew up by a gleaming palace. Entering the hall we were met by the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She led the way into a store-room where were many boxes. I noticed one particularly tabled “Forward; The Illustrious Eleven; The Class of ’92.” On one corner of it were two large stars of gold and ebony, one having five points and the other six, joined by a double link. As I gazed, the sound of voices was heard from within. My hostess said with a smile: “In this box are concealed the fates of your class.” She moved one of the stars a little and whispered a few words, when a small figure appeared. She said she was the fate of our Esther who was noted for her wonderful butter and cheese which were exhibited at the World’s Fair in 1S93. Her butter there showed the latent genius of a sculptor. One package was a bust of President Harrison. Another was the statue of his little grandson, while with these noted personages was the bust of our honored Superintendent. Her cheese were models of the White House, the Sugar Factory and the High School Building. Tables were adorned with her unique and perfect flowers. She finds her ideal life as mistress of a prosperous Nebraska dairy farm. A second fate now’ appeared, and greeted me with a smile which seemed strangely familiar. She told of our gay, gentle, little girl whom wTe had always supposed would do something grand. From senior she turned teacher; then entered a school for nurses, and later studied medicine. When 40 THE MILESTONE. a call came for more medical assistance in the African mission field, she was one of the first to respond. When her health compelled her to return, she found a demand for her services; and by her gentle ways did much to soothe and relieve. Thus our dear Jeanette found her life woik a happy one. The next one to appear was our artist with his merry brown eyes. His first successful effort was the picture of a beautiful girl with brown wavy hair and dreamy gray eyes. She sat with folded hands while looking far beyond her surroundings. Do you recognize his model? He then went abroad to perfect himself in his art. One of his greatest works is entitled “The Eleven,” in which he has faithfully portrayed a happy group bending over a large “History of the World.” Next came our “Prince.” Instead of becoming a noted chemist as was expected, he became a master mechanic. After working along for sometime without attracting much attention he suddenly electrified the world by inventing a machine for traveling from one planet to another, and also a perpetual motion machine. Later he invented a hundred year clock. Thus he continued until his crowning success came in the shape of an instrument for telling a person’s thoughts and even their whole future. “Ah! here comes our Empress,” thought I. as another fate appeared. She began “I am the fate of the poetess”—then I was told that after teaching for a few years, the “Empress Jane” had suddenly been inspired by the muses. When a few 41 THE MILESTONE. of her shorter poems pleased the public, she resigned the birch and took up the quill. She wrote several poems in honor of national events. Her first long poem was entitled ‘The One Who was Left Over, and it was followed by many others. Following the Empress came the “Philosopher.” We all know how he looked below the surface, and so are not sur- ' - should become a scientist. He found the “phil osopher’s stone” for which others had so long hunted. He then discovered that Mars was inhabited. When he returned to earth he wrote an account of the people of this planet. Then, after studying about some of the other planets, he found that within a comparitively few years Jupiter might be visited in the same manner. This created quite a stir in the scientific world. Finally he wrote a treatise on “Flying Machines,” of which he was a powerful advocate. Our musician, after a thorough training at home, entered Boston Conservatory and took the course. She then went to Germany to study with the masters. She composed some wonderful productions for various instruments and occasions. Among others she wrote music for an “Anvil Chorus,” a “Tambourine Drill” and an “Indian Club Drill” for high school pupils. She often rendered some of her own productions to crowded houses; and, as was expected, “our priceless Pearl” was a great favorite in society. Our John became a popular lawyer; and was elected “District Judge” when quite young. He rose rapidly and was elected to the Senate of the U. S. Later he became minister to Japan. While there he studied the habits and customs of 13658632 THE MILESTONE. 42 the people and became a strong advocate of Japanese immigration to this country. As John always accomplished whatever he attempted he was the means of having a bill passed by Congress allowing and even inviting the Japanese to come to this country. Am I to be blamed that I stand slightly in awe of “his honor?” Next our Professor, with his tall manly figure, fair hair and azure eyes. He entered the State University and completed both classical and scientific courses. Then he traveled about to perfect his educationin literature and the languages. Upon his return he took the place of Professor of Modern Languages in the University. He was soon after called to the same chair at Yale. He wrote a series of text-books which were used all over the world. Oxford conferred on him the degree of I). C. L., and he received the title of L. L. D. from various colleges. Ah! my fair-haired friend, we always thought you “read much and was a great observer.” Giacomo improved his oratorical ability b lecturing on “Women’s Rights” and “Temperance.” He even interested himself in the Labor question; and later acted as superintendent of a beet sugar factory, which afforded a wide scope for a practical test of his theories, showing that sympathy between employer and employee would remedy many of the vexing questions of the day. With helpful and innocent entertainment ever convenient at the close of work, the temptation to seek the harmful, was lessened, and the expenditure was returned many fold in faithful labor. Thus “The Eleven” furnished a true philanthropist to the world. THE MILESTONE. 43 As the last fate appeared I told my hostess that I preferred not to hear her story, for all the others had been expected to make a mark in the world, but no one expected anything of consequence of ‘The Dreamer.” So my hostess dismissed the fate who stood awaiting our pleasure. Then my strange interview, with the beautiful and gifted Pandora, ended and I returned home as I had come. « “The Song of The Shift.” Charlie F. Ciiillson. It has been said that one-half of the world does not know how the other half lives, and, it sometimes seems, does not care. The highest success of a nation can never be attained where the welfare of the laboring masses is a matter of indifference. In Thomas Hood’s famous “Song of The Shirt” we find graphically depicted the condition of one overworked woman as she toils on until Death claims her as his willing victim. There, in rags, she sits! A woman—somebody’s sister! See her ply her needle: look at those gaunt bony fingers, worn nearly through with the incessant handling of the needle. Look at those weary eyelids swollen with tears that have long since ceased to flow—ceased because forbidden— forbidden because “every drop hinders needle and thread.” What does all this work represent? What are the wages for all this toil and suffering? Let the woman answer: “A bed of straw. A crust of bread .and raj?s: The shattered roof and this naked floor. THE MILESTONE. 4 5 A table, a broken chair, And a wall so blank, that a shadow. I’d thank. For sometimes falling there.” This picture is not a pleasant one. but it is the picture of thousands of women in our great cities. It is as true now as in Hood’s time. Recently the “sweating system,” as it is called, was investigated by the Massachusetts legistature,and with startling results. We find a woman working for two days to make a good suit of clothes and receiving fifty cents for her labor, working eighteen hours a day, or until she falls asleep over her work. If she lives far from her employers, she uses the street car, as she is not able to walk the distance. This leaves her forty cents for her work; not enough to keep body and soul together. Not only are suits made thus cheaply, but fine shirts are made by these poor women for about fifty cents a dozen. And is there no remedy for this oppression—can not these women strike for higher wages as their more fortunate brothers can and do? If they strike what will become of them? When the poor overworked girl pleads with her employer for enough wages to keep the wolf from the door, and begs for that w hich every day she rightfully earns and which belongs to her, too often the answrer a gruff refusal, or a suggestion w hich brings the blush of shame. This problem of the poor in great cities requires the careful thought of great minds, and statesmen are beginning to turn their attention to the matter. THE MILESTONE. 4H May the time soon come when the heel of oppression will be broken. When the oppressor will not be allowed to build palaces upon the bodies, as it were, of those less favored by fortune, and load his table with delicacies procured with the morsels snatched from the mouths of those suffering with hunger. Then will peace, happiness, and prosperity reign in this land of ours. ChflSS HISTORY. Alfrkd N. Gerbckk. Even great personage has his historian. The events of life are recorded. The class of ‘92, not less illustrious than its predecessors, must have its history. We present the following facts about its members: Jane Bawden was horn near Galena, in Joe Daviess county. Illinois, where she lived until 1890, when she came to Norfolk, and has since lived with her aunt and uncle. Her father used to tell her she was the prettiest and best behaved baby he ever saw. and that she would sit for hours and not make a murmur. She early started to school, but her help being needed at home, she was therefore not very regular in attendance. She had a small red cow which was her delight to milk and drive to pasture. In school she had a seatmate who was very fond of her. and when Jane did anything not liked by the teacher her seatmate was always ready to receive the same punishment. She has been with and for the class ever since she came among us. She was told by the teacher to sit with Josie when she first came to school, and since then THE MILESTONE. she has been well liked by the members of her class and school, especially the boys. Frederick Franklin Teal was born in the Hawkeye State at Council Bluffs. Here he resided until the age of three, when his parents moved to Omaha. When a small boy he fell down stairs twice a day for two successive days, but was fortunate enough not to receive any injury. He worked in the job rooms of the Bee for three months and also sold and delivered the Bee to the residents of Omaha. Never was a boy more completely filled with unbounded joy than was Fred on his twelfth birthday, when he donned his first pair of long pants. In the fall of 1889 he came to Norfolk and has since been an active member of this class, heartily co-operating with it in every undertaking. Of late he has become quite a base ball enthusiast and was lately elected captain of the N. H. S. B. B. C. Fred is also a bicycle rider of considerable note and has attracted no small amount of attention by his performance on • the piano. • Clara Jeanette Nelson was born near Orion, Henry county, Illinois. She early showed her mental capacity as also her physical powers. When at the age of one she was able to say her alphabet, talk quite plainly and to walk alone. She lived in the country on a farm, spending many happy days roaming over the prairies after flowers, or chasing the pretty colored butterfly or the blithe summer bee from morn till night. When quite a small child she had a very narrow escape from drowning. The cellar under the house was THE MILESTONE. 49 nearly full of water and Nette endeavoring to go down lost her footing and fell headlong into the drain. Her mother who was sitting on the cellar steps churning rescued her from a watery grave. Her parents moved to Iowa while she was yet a small girl, where she remained four years attending school during the short sessions of from three to five months during the year. In 1878 she with her parents came to Nebraska, where she has since lived. She entered the High School in 1SS9 as a Freshman and advanced to a Junior, when she stopped to teach school, but again returned last December and has since been a Senior. Edgar Herman (lerecke first gazed upon the light of day in Norfolk, where he lived until he had reached the age of twelve months, when he was removed to Madison. He returned again to this city at the age of six and went to school in a small building rented for the purpose of a school-house. His life has been very uneventful. He was always quiet and associated little with other boys. He has neither falllen upstairs or down into a cistern. He has a very strong desire for drawing and has drawn many maps of Nebraska, Madison county and of Norfolk. He moved to Stanton in 1890 and there attended the public schools, but in the fall of 91 he again came hack to Norfolk and joined the Senior class. Esther Nichol was born in New Sharon, a small town in the southern part of Iowa, where she lived until she was eight years old, when she moved to Nebraska. She was always a rather quiet, thoughtful child, preferring her own society to that of other children. In all her adventures, although she 50 THE MILESTONE. has had many narrow escapes, nothing more serious has happened to her than breaking her arm by falling from a lounge. After coming to Nebraska she spent most of her time for five or six years in roaming over the country in the open air and growing strong and healthy, and enjoying many of the sports adapted to boys, such as running and (‘limbing, in which she became quite proficient. One of the chief, amusements of her childhood days was that of cutting off her hair. No punishment that her parents could devise seemed to affect her in the least. She did it again and again. Not only did she cut her own hair but took great delight in cutting off the bangs of her sisters, and especially the curls which adorned the head of her little brother as well. Charlie Foster Chillson first opened his eyes near Marion, in Marion county, Ohio, where he lived until he was four years old. His parents then removed to Massachusetts and lived there three years. He, like many other members of the Senior class, was a very quiet boy and seldom is he seen smiling, but he is very fond of writing poetry, for which he seems to be adapted. At the age of twelve he, with his parents, moved to Kansas. While living here Charlie and his father often took a two or three weeks drive over the country in a covered wagon. While on these journeys Charlie was elected chief cook, and was compelled to get up in the morning, build the fire and get breakfast ready, while his father busied himself tending to the horses and other camp chores. After spending three years in the Garden State he moved to Nebraska, where he has since lived. His parents moved to THE MILESTONE. 51 Norfolk and Charlie entered the High School where he has ever been found with the exception of two or three months, which he spent in Randolph. Ruth Olney was born at Norfolk, where she has spent the greater part of her life. When two years old she, with her uncle, journeyed to Connecticut on a visit to relatives. On the way she was caught several times talking to the engine and cars as they went around the turns in the track and were visible from the window near her seat. When asked what she was doing she preferred not to speak on the subject. When she was seven years old she again went to Connecticut. where she remained for a year, living on a farm and spending many happy days with her aunt who was between eighty and ninety years old. One day she climbed over an old stone wall to see what was on the other side, and to her sorrow found a wasps’ nest. She, of course, went to her aunt in her bereavement, and on getting through with her mournful tale was told, “It served you right!” She also rode two colts while here, as she had a great desire for riding horseback. This she wished to share with someone so she asked her aunt to accompany her, but her aunt was a little too old to ride colts, so Ruth undertook to ride the colt; shegot it up along the fence and got on. but the colt not being used to such treatment, soon became unmanageable and Ruth was thrown to the ground where she remained for half an hour insensible. Very unlike most girls she was very fond of rodents, and among other numerous things which girls are noted for carrying in their pockets, might have been found 52 THE MILESTONE, in this young lady's pocket three or four dead mice which had been caught in a trap. At Ponca, Dixon county. Neb., was born, in the balmy mouth of September, our worthy member, John Beamont Barnes, Jr. He has always been remarkably bright, starting to school at the age of five years, at which time he could read quite fluently. While still a small boy, one day he accidently threw a lighted match into a haystack, and in hisown language: “My! how it did blaze!’’ As is customary with boys he helped himself to watermelons whenever an opportunity presented itself. Although not old enough to vote, still he is greatly interested in politics, and the most severe punishment that could be inflicted upon him would be to keep him from a convention. Among little children he is noted for always having candy in his pockets, and being of an unselfish disposition, children both large and small fare sumptously until the candy is gone. His later years have been calm and uneventful, especially since he has become a dignified Senior. When Laura Pearle Mackey was asked her history she answered by a letter which read as follows: “My full name is Laura Pearle Mackey. I was born at Rose Hill, Iowa, July 4. I am five feet three and one-half inches in height. The color of my hair is brown, and my eyes are blue. I have at the present writing twenty-eight teeth, one of which I am liable to lose at any time. I first entered school at What Cheer, Iowa, on September 1, 1881. I received a scolding the first day for showing too great an amount of musical talent. The first punishment 1 remember was being tied to a leg of a THE MILESTONE. 53 table, for running away and wading in a creek with my shoes on. The last I remember was staying after school every night for two weeks for talking in the hall. I moved to Stanton in 1882. where 1 have attended school until the past year.” In the year 1891 Pearle joined the class when they started out on their journey as Seniors. Charles Rolvin Hays was born at Nevada, Iowa. There he lived until he moved to Norfolk. Since then he has been attending the public schools of this city. In his younger days he fell from a fence and broke his arm. Through his great love for horses he has become quite an equestrian. He has been quite a traveler for one so young, having visited many eastern cities and other places of interest in the United States. Last summer he visited relatives and friends in Iowa and Missouri, extending his visit so that he missed the first few days of the fall term of school. He has ever been a courteous, well-behaved Senior as all will testify. £loyb Cobb. (£lass of ,()1. Born ittay 28, 1874. Dieb (October 18, (891 FOURTH COMMENCEMENT Norfolk High Sehool, Congregational Chureh, May 27, 1892. PROGRAMME: Music ..................................................Mr. Louis Zuelow Pipe ()rgan Voluntary. Invocation...............................................Itev. F. E. Written Music ..................................................Stringed Sextette Selected. Salutatory............................................... Esther Nichol The I nhumanit i� s of Civilization. Oration.................................................John It. Barnes, Jr. B nuns. Music ..................................................................Mrs. Mayer Vocal Solo. Oration ................................:....................Pearl Mackey Men of ()ne Idea. Oration...............................................................Alferd Gerecke The History of the Class. Music .................................................... The Owl Club Selected. Oration..................................................... Jane Bawden Mud. Oration................................................Charlie F. Chillson “The Song of the Shirt.” Music .......................................... Misses Cobb and Norton Piano Duet Oration.............................................................Jeanette Nelson The Touchstone. ()ra tion. ..................................... Charles B. II ays Greatness. Music ..........................................................The Owl Club Selected. Oration.........................................................Frpd F- Teal The Australian Ballot System Oration........................................................ Knth °lne ’ Pandora's Box—A Prophecy. Music ......................................Mesdames Collamer and Conley Vocal Duet. Valedictory............................................................Kd ar Gerecke Coliseums. j U8jc ..........................................Misses Cobb and Matrau Piano Duet. Address to Graduates ..........................Superintendent Hornberger Presentation of Diplomas ............................. Mr. John It. Hays Benediction.............................................. J. J. Parker Class Honors by Vote of Class The cuts in THE MILESTONE were made by the Norfolk Litho-Engraving Company. W. N. IIUSE. President. C. E. DOUGHTY, Vice-President. 1. M. MACY, Secretary. HURT MAPES. Treasurer. C. O. DODGE. J. A. HORNBERGER. NORFOLK, - NEBRASKA. The Boretl of Education—the pupils. NORFOLK FRUIT AND PRODUCE CO. AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. ,JAY HELPHKEY, Manager. Omaha prices duplicated with freight added. First door west of Pacific Hotel- Berries, Bananas, Vegetables, Apples, Lemons, Oranges. What she heard said of PROF HAYES, THE FAMOUS OPTICIAN You can Consult him about YOUR = RYES And how to take care of them. Thousands have been benefltted by having their eyes properly fitted witli Ills Australian Brilliants. All refractions of the eye properly corrected. Office at Hayes’ Jewelry Store, Norfolk, Neb. W A. SELDEN, NORFOLK TAILOR Largest Stock of Imported and and Domestic Goods in the City. g. f. Tut FURNITURE —AND— FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED. KIPRICES REASONABLE. NORFOLK, NEBR. CARPETS. NORFOLK, NEBRASKA. St LUINTER Manufacturers of and Dealers in HARNESS,SADDLES,COLLARS, Bridles, Whips, Fly Nets and Dusters. She never speaks, she only murmurs. J. E. DURLAND, fl BS HiBB||, lllDWijp ol � • Jusi Dealers in MILLINERY! Fancy Goods, Ribbons, LACES. GLOVES. HOSIERY CORSETS. Norfolk. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. NEBRASKA. MACY DOUGHTY, Bee Hive Photograph Studio, —Have just Received a— IA NEW LINE OF PICTURE FRAMES,[ Mouldings, Mats, Etc. And Have Fitted their Gallery with New Backgrounds and Accessories of the Latest Designs. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO GROUPS X BABIES. ALL WORK GUARANANTEED. SEE SAMPLES OK LARGE WORK. 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We visit the markets of New York City, and the east twice regularly each season and provide direct the most practical and fashionable fabrics in vogue. Especially see us or send for samples in Dress Goods, Silks and Trimmings. No ‘‘out of date’’ goods or trimmings are allowed to lay for a day in our stock. We devote great pains to our Curtain Department. Full assortment Lace and Chenille Curtains bought direct from the Importer. We invite the closest comparison of prices in this department with the largest dealers. Mail Order Department. Our mail orders have become a very important part of our business. We take the greatest care in till nig all orders and will b« pleased to furnish samples of any goods wherever desired. Absolutely one price prevails in our store. Our terms are cash. Respectfully, THE JOHNSON DRY GOODS CO,. 318 Main Street, Norfolk, Neb. s