Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1898 volume:

NORFOLK HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING ip'll FT® .fforfollK High School. Published by Tb Senior Cl SSt 1898. :i si£ £8WI5i£ SS. SP. XidSic The Milestone. Editor-in-Chief, Literary Editor, Editor Wit and Humor Department, Finance Committee, Carroll Powers Edna Jones Edith Morrow t Herbert Daniei. I Kimball Barnes GREETING. Another issue of The Milestone greets you. In '‘ 2 the last edition was published. The classes intervening between that time and the present neglected to edit the yearly book and it seemed that The Milestone had been buried in oblivion. But the Class of ’98 has revived the former practice and has endeavored to publish an edition which shall lie worthy of our school and an honor to our class. We hope that each succeeding class will continue the custom, planting each year a Milestone along the highway of knowledge. For those who have aided us in our efforts, we extend our thanks, to the business men for their liberal advertisements, to the Board of Education, the Alumni and the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman Classes, for their hearty co-operation and interest, and to the Superintendent for his kindly suggestions and assistance. May The Milestone be a source of pleasure to all who read its pages and a fitting memoir of the Class of ’98. Greeting to the Alumni, A greeting to all the Norfolk High School Alumni far and near, anti a sincere, hearty welcome to Hi (’)ass of 'its just, received into fellowship! May it ever be a matter of pride to us all that our Alumni association is an honored and honorable body. It means something to belong to that little group five per cent, of all public school pupils, it is said-which enters upon the high school course of study, and more still to be numbered among the fortunate few who complete that course with credit. There ought to be in this a stimulus to all subsequent endeavor, and a force binding us together in loyalty to the school and to one another. We submit that it is possible and right for this interns: of each alumnus in all the rest to perpetuate itself. The success of one • is shared by every member. What can we say of our loyalty to the school? One and ali. we have come to the end of our high school course, lamenting that there must be a separation from friends and dear associations, but resolved that, at least, our interest in our first alma water should not cease. But yet, genuine though this resolution may have been, it is certain to be crowded aside unless definite stimuli are from time to time brought to bear upon it. First among these stands The Milestone. It was nine years ago at this time that five young people planted a Milestone, stood back a little to admire it, and then passed confidentially on. It was the thought of those pioneers that this was fo be the first of a long series of epoch-markers in the history of our school. There have been interruptions, but now the entire Alumni association greet with liveliest satisfaction The Milestone of 1898, and sincerely hopes that the revived annual may not again lie allowed to lapse. Our high school annual has manifold reasons for existence, prominent amomr them lieing the fact that through it alone is it possible for many of the alumni to keep in sympathy with the school or to preserve any sort of esprit da corps among themselves. Until there is a monthly high school publication those of us who live at a distance must depend upon the annual for much of what we desire to learn and to feel regarding our alma water. Every year increases this need. The annual would certainly be issued each commencement if the graduating class could feel in the matter as it is sure to do a few years later on. This is the alumni point of view. Superintendent and teachers will favor the annual from other considerations. The graduating class has its particular reasons for issuing the souvenir, and the under- THE MILESTONE. 6 graduates have still another set of reasons for desiring its publication. Parents and patrons surely welcome such a concrete example of the spirit and work of the school, and altogether we have a good strong volume in our shout, “Long live The Milestone!” Frederick W. Leavitt, Andover, Mass. @@ ALUMNI ROLL CALL. Class of ’89. Frederick W. LeavitL Andover, Mass., studying for Congregational ministry. Lilian Gerecke, Spearfish, S. I), supervisor of music in South Dakota State Normal School. Ethel D. Reid, Glasgow, Ky., stenographer. Edith Hays-Salter, Norfolk, Neb. Ida Batte-Whitehead, Beatrice, Neb. Qass of '90. Glynn M. Scofield, 150 Nassau street, New York, graduated in 1807 from Union College, Schenectady. N. Y., with the degree of B. E. Civil engineer. Lynn M. Scofield, Rotterdam Junction, N. Y.. graduated in 1897 from Union College, Schenectady. N. Y., with the degree of B. E. Civil engineer. Alie I. Johnson, Norfolk, Neb., teacher of first grade, Washington School, Norfolk. Neb. Qass of '91. Clara McBride - Reynolds, Norfolk. Neb. Lloyd Cobb, born May 28, 1874: died October 18, 1891. Qass of '92. Charles R. Hays, 309 South Linn street, Iowa City, la., student in the law department of Iowa State University. Alfred Gerecke, Norfolk, Neb., 1st Sergeant Company L, Second Regiment. Gone to the front. Edgar Gerecke. Stanton, Neb., Deputy County Clerk. Esther Nichol, Willowdale, Neb. Jeannette Nelson, Norfolk, Neb., teacher in Norfolk public schools. Charles H. Chilson, Randolph, Neb., real estate dealer. Jane Bawden-Seyinour, 2442 T street, Lincoln, Neb. Ruth Olney, Norfolk. Neb., teaching near Plainview, Neb. Pearl Mackey, Stanton, Neb., teacher in Bloomfield. Neb., public schools. John B. Barnes, jr., Norfolk, Neb, graduated from Nebraska State University in 1897 with the degree of B. A. and rank of first adjutant. Commissioned May, 1898, as captain to form company of light artillery. Teacher in Hoskins, Neb., public schools. Fred F. Teal, M. I)., 402 Bee building, Omaha, Neb. Qass of '93. Faith Winnifred Cobb, 89 Seventh avenue, West Cedar Rapids, la., first assistant in public library. Lyda Belle Pheasant, Norfolk, Neb., teacher in Grammar department in Bloomfield public schools. Emma Joanna Hagey, Norfolk, Neb., graduates from Nebraska State University in June, 1898. Ruth Matrau, Norfolk, Neb., teacher of Primary department in Norfolk public schools. Lucy Williams, Norfolk, Neb., THE MILESTONE. teacher of Preliminary department Norfolk public schools. Stella Isabella Chesnutwood, Norfolk, Neb. Frances Margaret Johnson, Norfolk, Neb., clerking in Johnson Dry Goods company’s store. Florence Neilson-McGinnis, War-nerville. Neb. Margaret Mae Morrow, Norfolk. Neb., teacher in public schools of Custer, S. D. Class of '94. Hoy Head, Norfolk, Neb., student in Nebraska Sta e University. Helen Grosvenor Mathewson, Wakefield, Neb. Valma Valentine Light, 981 0 street, Lincoln, Neb., traveling for insurance company. Expects to become an attorney at law. Edward G. Wilkinson, 1184 K street, Lincoln, Neb., graduates from Nebraska State University, June. 1898. Lisle Wilkinson. 1134 K street, Lincoln, Neb., graduates from Nebraska State University, June, 1898. Viola Jennings, Schuyler. Neb., student Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Neb. Phillip H. Stevens, Grinnell, la., sophomore in Iowa College. Hattie Mather, Norfolk, Neb. Class of '95. Maud Hansom. Cedar Rapids, la., student in Normal School. Will Hovee, Norfolk, Neb., student in Nebraska State University. Marie Miller, Norfolk. Neb. Ernest Klipphahn, Norfolk, Neb., student in Union College, Schenectady. N. Y. Hattie Alberry, Norfolk, Neb., teacher of sixth grade, Norfolk public schools. Mamie Matrau, Norfolk, Neb., studying to become a trained nurse. Class of '96. Arthur 0. Hazen, Neligh, Neb., instructor in short hand. Gates College. Neligh, Neb. Guy W. Barnes. Company L, Second Regiment, N. N. G., student at Nebraska State University. Floyd Freeland, Bakersfield, Cal., surveyor. Lelia A. Higgins, Spear fish, S. D., student of Spearfish Normal. Ralph Braasch, Norfolk. Neb., traveling in Europe. Nannie Remy, Craig, Neb., teaching near Warnerville, Neb. Ora Sturgeon - Beels, Norfolk, Neb. Edith McClary, Norfolk. Neb., studying modern languages. Minnie I. Norton, Norfolk, Neb., studying music. Class of '97. Sydney Robertson,Norfolk, Neb., student at Nebraska State University. Edith Mendenhall, Norfolk, Neb. Myrtle Weber. Fullerton, Cal. Pearl Reese, Battle Creek. Neb., teaching. Pearl Widaman, Norfolk, Neb. Harry Mendenhall, Norfolk, Neb., clerking. Roy Carter, Norfolk, Neb., student Nebraska State University. Jessie Westervelt, Tilden, Neb. Susie Thompson, Norfolk, Neb., teaching near Norfolk. Pearl Kethledge, Norfolk, Neb., clerking. Ruth Daniel, Norfolk, Neb. ALUMNI BANQUET H THE MILESTONE. Oxnard Hotel, June 4, 1898. Program. Welcome to Class of ’9K—Edith Hays-Sal-ter. President of the Alumni. Response—Herbert Daniel, '9K. Roll call. Banquet—John R. Hays. Toastmaster. Our Alma Mater—Nettie Nelson. “We will revive those times and in our memories preserve and still keep fresh, like flowers in water, those happier days. Our Girls—Harry Mendenhall, ’97,: “She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. Our Boys—Ruth Daniel, ’98 : “Then gently scan your brother man.” Our Guests—Mamie Matrau, '94. Welcome! A curse In-gin at the very root of his heart that is not glad to see thee. Our Aims and Professions—John B. Barnes, ’94. “In what e’re you toil, observe your tastes. He chooses best whose labor entertains his vacant fancy most.” The School Board—Prof. O’Connor. “And five good district fathers.” The Teachers—Quartette. Words by Edith Mendenhall, ’97. Song, by Alie Johnson, '!M ; Ruth Matrau, '92; Minnie Norton, '99; Stella Chesuutwood, '92. “And gladly would lie learn and gladly teach.” Our Country—H. C. Matrau. “The land of the free and the home of the brave.” “ ’Till we meet again.” “And good luck go with thee.” Responses. Autographs. g7 OVaM History of the Class of '98. MABLE FRANCES COLLAMER. Amid the merry pealing 6f school bells, on the first Monday in September, lst)4, a large class of bright pupils entered the Norfolk High School. As usual a grand rush was made for the back seats, but as “two masses of matter can not occupy the same space at the same time,” we at last decided to sit where we could. We were model freshmen, bearing patiently the tyranny of tin seniors and the slurs of the juniors. Our work, which was taken up and completed at different periods during the year, consisted of arithmetic, book-keeping, algebra, mental arithmetic, composition, grammar, civics, German and Latin. Never has there been a freshman class to equal that of 94. Every little while, we had to “orate” much to our dismay, and as we worked and toiled to make the room beautiful in our class colors, pink and white, all the credit we received for it was a remark read to us from the sophomore paper: “The room looked beautiful last month in faded pink and dirty white.” We were fortunate in several things: First. The eighth grade occupied our places in the room and re- ceived a bounteous share of slights, etc., from the upper classes. Though we recited every day, our number was so great that each individual recited every third day and like other bright freshmen we studied every third day. Time passed and the patient freshmen became sophomores. This is, perhaps, the most trying year in the high school, for a sophomore does not care to associate with a freshman and the juniors and “noble, potent and reverend” seniors do not care to notice him. We studied algebra, rhetoric, general history. Latin, zoology, and geology, and so smart did we become, all the other classes wore blue “specks” to enable them to bear the brightness. Certain days were set apart for feasting and various are the eatables partaken of in that one year. Also many short visits to the city became necessary to the sophomores during each day. The fall of ’% found us in our places as brilliant juniors, ready to take up our work, consisting of worrying the freshmen, ignoring the sophomores, assistin': the seniors and extolling ourselves above all others and incidentlv studying. Our studies were geometry, geology. botany. Latin and American literature. Much sport was obtain- 14 THE MILESTONE. ed from the botany class, for that study necessitates long rides into the country, though it doesn’t necessitate that tramps should scare the little girls of the class. Many pleasant memories will we carry with us of our junior year. Especially the class parties, fifteen in number, given by the different members of the class. Special parties were two, one given by the juniors in honor of the seniors, and the other in return by the seniors for the beloved juniors. We also banded ourselves together as the ‘’Junior club” for mutual benefit. We had officers and committees and arranged programs in a business like manner. During the year a system of self-government was established which was carried out nobly by our class. It also seemed necessary to the English division, on account of the seniors, to have afternoon prayer meetings intermingled with song services, varied occasionally by a private circus. The culmination of our junior year was our class day program, which was rendered at the last of the year, and which gained for ns an everlasting reputation as artists. It was one of the finest programs ever rendered in the Norfolk high school, so it is said. Of course we do not say so, because we are a very modest class. The Class of ’9S, composed of seventeen members, stands at the head of the Norfolk high school. We are the tenth graduating class, and the largest ever graduated from the Norfolk schools. When we entered the high school we were between forty and fifty strong, but many of our members have been removed from us, and our number has been reduced to seventeen. However, we remem- ber the saying, “Quality, not quantity.” Many have moved away, some teach school, others are engaged in different kinds of work. Several are married, others would like to be. Never have we lost a classmate by death, for which we are very thankful. Our number has been increased from time to time, especially in the last few years. The studies pursued and mastered are geometry, astronomy, botany, English history and literature and Latin. As a class we will always be noted for our musical ability, industry and push. Perhaps this is due partially to our motto, “Industry Leads to Success.” We have organized an orchestra and maintained it, given entertainments and raised money for a piano fund for the high school. Our name should go down in the annals of history as a bright and shining light to future classes. Most of us are musicians of no mean rank. Though we are mostly inclined toward instrumental music, it is said that when the seniors sing all the earth trembles and the little freshies clap their hands, for the sound thereof is like the rushing of mighty waters. Our dear boys are noted for their angelic dispositions and their great desire to escort the young ladies home from parties. Their delight is bob-sled parties. The girls are in the majority and the leaders of the class. Their delight is oyster suppers and short talks on dress. So proficient have they become in the subject, they have discussed and exhausted it several times during the latter part of the year, much to the delight of the boys. During our four years of school THE MILESTONE. 15 we have had three superintendents and ten different teachers, four of whom have taught for two years, and yet we live; that is, some of us; others have been borne home on blotters. The past year has been one of great enjoyment, though it seems as if every other week was devoted to examinations. Now the time has come for us to say good-bye, and with feelings of regret and sadness we leave our school and its associations to go into the wide world to tight our battles. YVIwn another autumn comes, and the school bells ring for the merry troops of laughing children, a feeling of loneliness will seize us when we realize that no more will we gather together as class-mates in the dear old school. Our places will be tilled by others, and as the years pass we will be forgotten; but we will never forget the happy school days of youth. With our favorite Howers carnations, pink and white—in our hands, we say together, “God bless us all!” Farewell! @@ Class Yell. Hip-boo-Rah- Ra h Hipty ate Norfolk-Norfolk Ninety-eight! Class Colors. Fink and White. Class Flower. Carnation. Class Motto. Industry Leads to Success. Salutatory. C. LENA MILLS. Ladies and Gentlemen: Your bright and smiling faces assure us that you are pleased to again witness another graduation exercises of the Norfolk high school. On behalf of the Class of ’9S, I extend to you a most cordial and hearty welcome to this, the tenth commencement of our high school. This is the largest class that has ever greeted you on a similar occasion. and we bid you welcome. Tonight seventeen young men and women step out from the common public school into that greater and wider school, the world. No class has ever yet experienced a more profitable high school course, nor had a brighter future before them. We feel confident that so talented and energetic a class as this, the Class of ’9S, will fill some of the best and highest positions that the great world offers to wide awake, fame-seeking young men and women. Each one will go forth and tight the battles of life, as did the gallant knights of old, with bravery, honor and success. But should we fail to reach a high standard, or to meet with great success, it will not lie a lack of faithful and earnest labor But we will do our best to become worthy men and women. Again we bid you welcome. “My Country, ’Tis of Thee.” No words ever written or spoken are dearer to the human heart than these. It matters not if it be in the sunny land of Scotland, under Italian skies, or on English soil. It seems very strange, indeed, to us, liberty loving Americans, born upon a free soil, that the tenants of England are so true to their country. Many of them are compelled, from year to year, to live in houses of one small room, containing seven or eight occupants. The poor wife, whether in delicate health or not, lives without almost the common necessities of life. The children have scarcely sufficient clothing to protect them from winter’s cruel breath. The lords lead a life of ease and luxury, yet they are no more country-loving than are their tenants. But should it not be thus? Though strange it may seem to us, is it not their native land? “Man, through all-ages of revolving time. Unchanging man, in every varying clime, Deems his own land of every laud the pride, Belov'd of heaven o’er all the world beside : His home, the spot of earth supremely blest. A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. THE MILESTONE. 17 VVliat love is there higher or greater than love of country? A man’s first, duty is to his country. If it were not so, our fathers and brothers would not break the home ties to protect the land which gave them birth. Ah, no! Of what material is a man made who cares naught for his home land? He is as Shakespeare says of the man who has no music in his soul, fit for strategems. treasons and spoils.” “Breathes there the mail with soul so dead. Who never to himself hath said. This is my own, my native laud! Whose heart hath ne’er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand!” It is, indeed, gratifying to note the patriotic spirit shown on the part of the young American at the present exciting crisis. When it appears we are to protect and shield this land we are pleased that such an universal spirit is shown. When our government declared war why did our boys become so enthused ? They left fathers, mothers and sisters to join the ranks. Do they wish to gain fame and honor? Yes; but the love they have for their country is far deeper. Patriotism is the strongest. It stands out more distinctly in their natures than notoriety. Yet, some bright, intelligent Americans are almost devoid of patriotism. It was said, were we to engage in war it would promote patriotism. Hut would not this be rather dear means by which to instill it? Every one should possess it, Americans above all. Old Glory should never be unfurled but each one should feel proud that it is the emblem of liberty, and, “forever to wave o’er ihe land of the free and the home of the brave.” Why is such a feeling of sympathy manifest with our down-trodden sister nation? For over a hundred ye rs we have tasted liberty. We have been an independent nation. We have found our republic government to be the best, and, as a civilized and moral people, we would gladly see other capable nations enjoying freedom. We would have them sing as do we: Sweet land of liberty.” Sweet because our fathers died for it; sweet because it is our native land. Sweet are its rocks and rills, but sweeter still because it is the land of the free! Free! yes, free! That is the cry of the oppressed island. Their native country is far too dear to their hearts, and freedom far too sweet to be ruled and oppressed by another nation. And as this same nation has already shown us hostilities Strike—for your altars and your fires. Strike—for the green graves of your sires, God and your native laud. {g® Enthusiasm. MAGDALENE SIEGLER. The essential element in every great undertaking is expressed by one word, and that is Enthusiasm.” It contains the true secret of nearly all the wonderful successes which have astonished the world. It solves the problems of nearly all heroes whose achiev-ments are recorded on the pages of history, and w hose names will live forever in the remembrance of mankind. In the past. how’ few’ people do we find w ho have risen IS THE MILESTONE. to any distinction or gained any reputation and become truly great, who were not enthusiastic? With what great enthusiasm was Columbus inspired! Consider the disheartening difficulties and vexatious delays, the doubts of the skeptical, the sneers of the learned, the cavils of the cautious, and the opposition, or at least the indifference of nearly all! And then the dangers of the unexplored ocean! Is it by any means probable he would have persevered, had he not possessed the earnest enthusiasm which was characteristic of the great discoverer! Think of the conflict with Spain now! There hasn't been such a great excitement in the senate for thirty years, as within the last two or three months. The senators became so enthusiastic over the subject that they could hardly await the time when the president should declare war. What is it that compels so many of our boys to leave their homes, their parents, sisters and brothers, their sweethearts, to go to war? Is it not their enthusiastic love of their country? They are so enthusiastic that they forget the dangers they will encounter. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country. During the Revolutionary War, a British officer visited with Fiances Marion. After partaking of a meal which consisted of baked potatoes, salt and water, the British officer said to Marion: How is it that your soldiers are satisfied with such simple meals? Our soldiers have much better meals than yours, still they are never content.” Marion replied: “Our soldiers are fighting for their liberty!” The British officer said In would resign: he did not care to tight such brave soldiers. These soldiers were enthusiastic enough to endure all the hardships, just, to attain their rights to see their country free. The Declaration of Independence would not have been signed so readily, had not some of the speakers been so enthusiastic. Patrick Henry, in his speech, said: (live me liberty or give me death!” The earnestness or enthusiasm of the speakers carried the day. Charles Dickens said: “There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent and sincere earnestness.” What was it that induced Harriet Beecher Stowe to write her great book, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin?” Day after day she saw and heard how cruelly some of the slaves were treated. Her enthusiasm to help the slaves became so great, that she began to write her book, hoping that she would move people to sympathize with the negroes, thus helping them to obtain their freedom or at least to be treated more like human beings. You all know what good this book has done for the negroes. So it is in everyday life, the enthusiastic people rise to the top of the ladder, while those who do not care, remain where they are. or slowly descend. In the school it is also true. The earnest, enthusiastic pupils gain the highest ranks. They are the leaders of their classes. and. as they step into the larger school of life, they never cease to advance. Kmerson justly said: “Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.” Economy Essential to Progress. NELLIE VIOLET DINGMAN. The labor problem is the most THE MILESTONE. 19 important consideration that can engage the human mind. It underlies all others. It will be contended that the problem of the soul and its future destiny must necessarily be of infinitely greater importance than those of this worid But it is evident that the destiny of the immortal soul is decided to a considerable degree by conditions that environ this life of the mortal body. Can it be said that a life of poverty and ignorance, of constant struggle against hunger and cold, is equally as conducive to piety as conditions that contribute to a life of comfort? Must it not be admitted that millions of those who live in Christian countries are forced, through bad economic conditions, to live lives that are low and degrading, that compel them to cultivate or ( ven understand the higher aspirations of the human mind? But we have testimony from both the materalistic and Christian schools of philosophy. One is that the economic conditions of a people correspond, with absolute exactness, to their social and intellectual conditions. For instance, we cannot imagine the human race attaining any high degree of civilization before the discovery of the art of producing fire. Before such discovery men subsisted upon fruits, nuts and raw flesh; their homes were caves in the mountains, or other crude kinds of shelter. With the discovery of fire the art of cooking began, men changed their abodes from the darkness of the dismal cave to the light of day. Architecture assumed proportion which never would have been attained without the aid of artificial heat. Its dis- covery must have marked an epoch in the history of mankind The change from bone and stone tools to bronze and later to iron, must have made an enormous change in the economic conditions, that found expression in a corresponding improvement in the social and intellectual improvement of the race. When we contrast savage with the civilized races of the present we are at once struck with the difference in their mode of living. The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah still plow the ground, as their ancestors did thousands of years ago, with the crotch of a tree drawn by an ox. Their intellectual conditions show little change Coming home to our own time and people, we discover a great diversity of conditions. Poverty and vice, poverty and ignorance, poverty and low degraded ideals are inseperable. I am of course speaking of the average. Once in a while a few, specially gifted with great will power, energy and perhaps genius, will raise themselves from depths to fame, but these are exceptions. The evidence is conclusive; that the existence of poverty among large masses of people is incompatible with the attainment of any high ideal of moral or intellectual elevation. It may be said that no problem concerning the welfare of the people or humanity can adequately be solved until the conditions of men are more nearly equalized Is it- true that nature is niggard; incapable of furnishing her children with means necessary for a wholesome and complete life i Has earth lost its old time fertility or has the population so pressed on 20 THE MILESTONE. subsistence that there is no longer a plate on nature’s board for anew comer, who comes to an unbidden feast? No! nature is not niggard, nor has the fertility of the soil lessened, nor has the population so increased that the land is insufficient to furnish all with an ample sustenance. Besides science has enabled us to increase the fertility of the soil. There is land in abundance to support, in plenty, fifty times the present population of the earth. It is said that the soil of England densely as we think that country populated, is capable of maintaining a population of two hundred million, while our country could support in plenty the entire population of the earth. Aristotle declared that slavery was necessary because only through the poverty of great masses of people was it possible that a few could have leisure and seek knowledge and thereby promote human advancement and intellectual and moral growth. Is this the same reason that would justify poverty in our day? No, for science and invention, steam and electricity, have increased the productive power of labor, more than one hundred fold since Aristotle’s time. If heshould revisit the earth and was informed that one man could now produce as much as a hundred could in his time would he not say. “Then poverty is no more?” In the primitive ages the superior savage captured and ate his adversary From this state man has advanced; he consumes only the things which he produces. Man began to acquire political rights, he commenced to have some voice in shaping the conditions that environed him “Economy is the poor man’s mint.” “Labor with what zeal we will, Somethin still remains undone. Somethin uncompleted still, Waits the rising of the sun.” Comforts in heaven; and we are on earth, where nothing lives but crosses, care and grief. ®[f§ Queens, Crowned and Uncrowned. L. LUIKART. It has always been a rule with every village, town, state and nation to make one person ruler. Menez, the first ruler of the people and the strongest of all the Egyptians, founded and built the nation over which he ruled. A king is supposed to be a person of great strength and ability, yet many kings have ascended the throne who were incapable of ruling a nation, but these generally have, by their subjects, been forced to abdicate Men of strong minds have need of a stronger mind to govern them. Of all kings recorded in history only those of good and strong character have had glorious reigns. The same is true of queens. England has prospered and become a strong nation as much through the aid of her queens as of her kings. Queen Elizabeth was a good ruler for England. Her reign of forty-four years was more profitable than any for years before. She has been called vain and frivolous, yet hs a queen she was strong and self-possessed. and her period was one of advancement. England has never had a better ruler than Queen Victoria. She lots strengthened the nation far more than any of the preceding rulers. She has educated and THE MILESTONE. 21 helped the poor No matter arises that is too small for her wisest consideration. She reigns justly and well, and richly deserves the crown. What ruler has there been in all history of greater courage and steadfastness than Zenohia, queen of Palmyra? Consider what the world owes to Queen Isabella of Spain. When the king refused Columbus aid for equipping a Heet the noble queen exclaimed: I pledge my jewels to raise the money.” Let it he remembered that it is to her foresight and generosity that we owe the discovery of America. Although the queens of history have made for themselves a name lasting and respected, there are numerous other women who, though uncrowned, have the grateful love of thousands of people worth more than any crown the world has to ofFer. Wrhat queen ever charmed a mass of people as did Florence Nightingale by her rare voice and her work of humanity. Queen Victoria has done no greater work than that noble woman. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who, in the fulness of her heart, did with her pen so much toward emancipating a race. Nor does Frances Willard, so lately a benefactress in our midst, deserve less credit Although she received no earthly crown for devoting her lifetime to overcome the greatest evil of the age, we fully believe she now wears that glorious “crown of life” which the Master has promised to all who are “faithful unto death.” But of all women, cowned and uncrowned, none deserves more credit than that woman who rears noble sons and daughters. In- stances are too numerous to he noted by the world, but Bradicea, at the head of her army, did not have more to contend with than the woman who hears up under the great trials of poverty and sickness and works night and day to educate her children. No king or queen, emperor or president, is more powerful than the hard-working mother, for “ The liaud that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.” fy?Tl frfol ttgngfj “Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place Like Home.” HERBERT SPENCER DANIEL. ‘‘ Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. ’ ’ That song, written so many years ago by John Howard Payne, has echoed through the hearts of every home-loving people on this side of the globe. While homeless himself, a wanderer midst life’s pleasures and palaces, there was that something, the aching and longing in his breast that could only be supplied by the loving ties of home. And in after years, wandering through foreign lands, would often hear as the shades of night returned, the mothers singing their little ones to sleep by the same song which years before had sprung from his own heart. Home! What other word in any language conveys a meaning so laden with sweet and precious memories? It vibrates through one’s being and makes melody through all the weary years of life. The more humble, the more precious, the more sacred the ties; for all THE MILESTONE. 22 they possess lies within those small bounds, home. To some most likely it recalls the meadows, the woodland of their childhood, the old barn in which could be heard the voices of happy children. Or, to others, the little cottage among the trees, the doorstep, the old kitchen where the loving mother trod, who was ever ready to soothe their achings and their pains. And I fancy some see the little orchard back of the house where they laid her frail form to rest among the apple trees and violets. Time lays his heavy hand on the old house, the surroundings of childhood, and summons from us our beloved and friends to deposit them in the earth, whence their coming. Hut never can its corroding hand efface them from our memory. And as we draw nearer to man’s common destiny it affords us great pleasure to look back upon the scenes of childhood, upon the paradise of our life. It seems as though the Creator gives all a taste of that purity which we are all striving to attain. As with Adam and Eve ere the fall in the Garden of Eden, so it is with the youth in the Eden of life. And yet those walls that enclose the place of our birth cannot contain all our home love. For who is he whose heart does not swell when he hears the name of his country? A fairer land was never kissed by a zephyr, or by an ocean bathed. The birthplace of liberty, the cradle of genius, “the land of the free and the home of the brave ” Tho only nation on the globe that observes strictly the divine rights of man: “That all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Yes, and this old world who has nurtured us from birth, and who at last shall claim this form as her own. shall receive her share. She is of tried friends the most true. In trouble, trials, sorrow and pain, is ever at our side: and yet at some time, like all who have gone on before. we will address her in those stinging words of the poet: “Goodbye, proud world, I’m going home.” Home! that place of the Christian’s longing, with the angels and archangels; the only true home, when we shall have returned unto the Father’s house as a little child, weary of the trials and vexations of the day, seeking counsel, sympathy ami repose. tgutSu Universal Laws. FANNIE NORTON. All those studies which we ••all the Natural Sciences are but the results of observations made by men who have studied out and proved certain laws which govern all things in the Natural Universe. There is not an act or movement in all the realm of nature which is not governed by a certain fixed and immutable law which has existed and must continue to exist throughout all the ages of time. Not a particle floats at random or as a unit; not a leaf grows or falls save according to rigid general principles of science. All chemical elements have their modes and measures of combination to which they steadfastly adhere. The great processes of vegetable THE MILESTONE. a:t and animal life proceed after the same forms and steps from age to age. The germ in the tiny seed, which is dropped in the soil and nourished by the moisture that falls from tlie sky or rises from the earth, soon bursts tin walls of its prison cell, and obeying the law which commands it to seek the light, pushes aside and overturns lumps of earth many times its own size and weight. The bee follows by instinct only natural laws when it builds its cells iu hexagonal form and in its store of honey has brought together chemical elements that blend in a harmony of sweetness. The stone beds of the world are formed and modified in certain ways which are the same now as they were countless ages ago. Even the weather has its own methods. Day and night succeed each other every twenty-four hours; the seasons never change their order. Kepler’s laws relating to the shape and orbits of tin planets, and Newton’s laws of motion wherein he contends that a body set in motion will continue to move forever iu a straight line unless another force is applied, and that the planets lose none of their original velocity but move with the same speed which they received at the beginning, are as operative today as they have ever been. The planets rush round one sun encircled by their moons, on tin4 same orbits in the same times and with the same causes of acceleration and retardation as of old. Even comets, erratic as may seem their orbits and periods of appearance, are governed by the same fixed law which regulates the movement of all the solar systems. That very law which molds a tear And bids it trickle from its source, That law holds the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course.” So beyond our own solar system, in the ten thousand other systems, in which our fixed stars are central blazing suns, it is still the same law law everywhere. The contemplation of those laws which govern every atom of the universe must bring to the mind thoughts of their infinite author. “The laws of nature are the thoughts of God,” and we. the creatures of God’s wisdom and bounty, should learn from those laws to more deeply reverence Him who has numbered the very hairs of our head and Who, though infinite, market!) even the sparrow’s fall. The World’s Ingratitude to Living Genius. CHARLES A. MADSEN. All that mankind knows of invention and discovery, all that civilization boasts of science and philosophy: all that we enjoy of music, poetry and art, and all that we know of political economy, we owe to Genius to Genius, that God given power that lifts a man out of his narrowed sphere and makes him the brightest star in the constellation of God’s cieation. Time, place and action may with pains lie wrought, Bnt Genius must 1m horn, and can never 1m taught.” So it was with Socrates. The genius, which graced him at his birth, made him one of the most intellectual lights of the world’s history. The intellectual characteristics of Socrates, through 24 THE MILESTONE. which he influenced the whole subsequent course of human thought, may he stated under three heads: Subject. Method and Doctrine, lie was the first to proclaim that the proper study for man is Man, human nature and human duties. Socrates continued incessantly discussing human affairs, investigating what is piety; what is impiety; what is the honorable and the base; what is the just and the unjust? Men that knew these matters, he accounted as good and honorable; men that were ignorant of them, he associated with slaves. In this way Socrates set the people to thinking and by making them think they were being educated. In 399 B. C. an indictment was laid against Socrates, accusing him: First, of not worshiping the same gods which the city worshiped. Second, of introducing new divinities of his own; and third, of corrupting the youth. The penalty for which was death. There were three peculiarities which distinguished Socrates First, his long life passed in contented poverty and in public teachings. Second, his strong religious persuasion or belief that he was acting under missions and signs from the gods, of which he believed himself frequently the subject. Third, his great intellectual originality, both of subject and of method, and his power of forcing and stirring germs of inquiry in others. To hear of any man, especially of so illustrious a man as Socrates, being condemned to death on such accusations as that of heresy and alleged corruption of youth inspires, at the present day, a sen i-ment of indignant reprobation, the force of which I have no desire to enfeeble. The fact stands eternally recorded as one of the thousands of misdeeds of intolerance, both religious and political. As we trace the growth of science and philosophy our thoughts naturally turn to Galileo, the creator of experimental science, lb was the first to place before the people the following contributions of physical science: The relation between space and time in case of falling bodies; the three laws of motion; that air has weight; the invention of the telescope, and many various and noble discoveries with which he enriched science. Encircled by the lustre of these sublime discoveries he wrote and published the expositions of his opinions. Hardly had these been issued when the book was given over to the iurisdictiction of the Ecclesiastical Court, the Pope having been led to believe that he had satirized him in his productions under the title of “Simplicity.” As one who is careless about scientific truth, he resolved to punish Galileo. the audacious philosopher, and he was summoned before the Court of Inquisition to answer to the charge of heresy. After a long wearisome trial, the judge condemned Galileo to an indefinite term of imprisonment and he, like many other great and noble men was allowed to die in poverty. At the opening of the Uevolu-tionary War there were many eminent and wealthy men, who. for the love of liberty, willingly sacrificed their wealth, political preferment and life itself. We speak in admiration of gallant heroes such as Putnam, Green and Washington. We admire the excellent . motives which animate such noble characters as Franklin, LaFayette and Warren. lint, of all the great men of the THE MILESTONE. Revolutionary Period, no one stands out more nobly or more imposing than the self sacrificing character of Robert Morris. And the fate of no man appeals more to our sympathy than the fate of this great financier of the Revolution. Nor is there a more forcible illustration of the nation’s ingratitude to its benefactors than our nation’s neglect of him in his old age, in sickness and want More than once he rescued Congress from a seemingly fatal crisis, by borrowing money on his personal credit. The $1,600,000, which enabled Washington to carry out his last campaign against Cornwallis was raised by the sacrifice of Morris. Without his timely assistance the army would have disbanded, British arms would have been successful and our liberty and our independence crushed forever. At the close of the war Morris had nothing, having advanced all his wealth to the government in the cause of liberty. In return for all this the government induced him to take as payment a large tract of land, uncultivated and covered with thick timber. The land was not worth one half the money that the government had received from him, and as the notes which he had issued became due, he was not able to meet them. And thus the man that saved the nation from bankruptcy and British rule died in a debtor’s prison. The world has ever been full of ingratitude hut we regret that this one dark blot has been allowed to soil the pages of a nation’s history, otherwise so pure and white. Lessons of Life. CARROLL POWERS. There are thoughts, events and 25 circumstances in the life of every one that mould and develop his character. Early in life these lessons begin and yet w hen youth has faded into age, each still sees where improvements might have been made, where lessons might have been learned. Sitting at the knee of bis mother, gazing into her loving face, the child hears from her lips truths that wield a lasting influence on his life. Moulded in the yielding clay of youth are pure thoughts, high standards and noble aims. Happy is he if impressions thus received be not marred by contact with the world but hardened by the sun of maturer age into the unyielding rocks of a manly character. Youth is a fertile soil and seeds dropped over its surface if left unharmed spring into strong and vigorous growth. All honor then to mothers, guarding with the care which only love can give, the virgin soil of each young life. Fortunate are they who early in life learn the lessons of honor, purity and truth. With growth in years, the capacity of observation1 and depth of understanding expand and open as a thirsty bud drinking in the dew and sunshine. Then each for himself, must learn and apply life’s lessons. A varying panorama stretches before his eyes from which to draw and incorporate in the developement of life’s fabric, lessons small and great. Nothing is so insignificant, nothing so great which may not hold some nidden meaning. To him who in the love of nature holds communion w ith her visible forms, she speaks a varied language. In its many modes and guises, there opens up a world of truth, truths that are simple'and truths so great that the comprehension is 2K THE MILESTONE. taxed and even imagination stands abashed. Look! yonder in a throng of listening people. Men of strange dress and manners surround a speaker on whose calm, majestic face shines the light of love and wisdom. List to the words he speaks: “Consider the lillies, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet 1 say onto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the held, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you. 0 ye of little faith.” How simple the lesson,and though uttered centuries ago, the light of modern science but strengthens the application. Physicians are beginning more and more to realize the evil effects of worry and the blessings of a free and easy mind. A spider taught Robert Bruce, as he sat in his prison cell, the lesson of perseverence and as a result Scotland breathed again the jiir of freedom. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise, which having no guide, overseer or ruler, provideth her meat in summer. and gathereth her food in harvest.” Such are the little things in nature that speak to the observant mind. But nature in her grandest and most awe inspiring phases, also claims our attention. Gaze at the myriad glittering hosts of heaven, think of the enormity of space through which ranges system upon system, each single member passing through its orbit with unerring precision. What harmony, what perfection and what sublimity! Does it not speak the existence of a master’s guiding hand and teach to man belief and reverence? Thus nature plants her sign-posts by the road of life. But man learns most from man. In the page of history stretches before us the lives of those now passed away, around us is a world of fellow-men. We see the pit-falls into which others stumble, or the steps by which they rise, and passing through the years, learn to avoid the one and mount the other. Thus life to each brings its own lessons, some bitter and some sweet. “Tis checkered shade and sunshine,” but to him who learns its lessons well, the shadows pass like clouds from off a summer sky, leaving the sweet abiding peace of a life well spent. Valedictory. To us, now entering the conflict, of life, the past has been a time of preparation. Our minds and characters have, in a large measure, been nourished and developed in in the public schools of our city. And now, as we leave behind the schoolroom, we wish to express our appreciation to those who have been interested in and have aided our progress. To the citizens of our community, we extend our thanks for the opportunities and facilities which we have been able to enjoy by their generosity. Members of the Board of Education, Gentlemen: To you we extend our thanks for the conscientious and judicious method which you have pursued in the accomplishment of the trust reposed in you and which to a large extent lias made our school life happy and successful. May the knowledge that you have aided in the development of so many young lives be some compensation for your labors in our behalf. And now to you, our superintendent THE MILESTONE. 27 and teachers, in parting we address been the time. Hut these sweet our gratitude. You have been ties must loose and we mmst enter sympathetic, patient and interested each the seperating paths of life, in our welfare. We have felt that Hut where e’er in life we journev, you were not only our instructors to place however high or lowly, but that you were our friends, may ours be lives of purity and And now we say to you, farewell! honor, such that all may say for us and may the class of ’98 be ever life’s lessons have been truly held in kind remembrance in your learned. thoughts as it shall ever hold sweet memories of you. Classmates, to- Aud now lnu come the time to part— This friendly grasp release, We pass the open threshold Where common interests cease. But like sweet distant music Will flout back from the past, The memories of our school life, Sweet thoughts through life to last. in hand through the spreading fields of knowledge. Sweet has been the companionship, happy has i ogeiner we nave passed tlie years upon the course, advancing hand Prof. O'Connor's Address Young Ladies and Gentlemen ok the Class of ’98: It is with feel- ings not unmingled with pleasure and pain that 1 undertake to address you in these the closing exercises of your public school career. Emotions thrill the heart as we revert to the past and note the progress of each of you from childhood to young manhood and young womanhood. Through summer’s rain and sunshine, through winter’s storm and snow, your zeal for improvement, for culture and learning, has inspired you to exert noble energies to reach the present goal of your ambition. These, ennobling virtues a desire for self-improvement, devotion to duty and an ambition to excel, added to patient labor, energy and love, produce a charm whose spell can not be broken except through pain. And the pain produced tonight is such as devoted friends feel for each other, w hen with clasped hands they say good-bye, perhaps for the last time. So far. all your life, perhaps, has been basked in sunshine and serenity. I trust that the future has in store for each of you only such trials as will test the truest manhood and womanhood of each. Do not hesitate at obstacles in your pathway; surmount them. Do not fret and pine because of disappointments; brush them aside. Do not mourn because of recreant friendships: cling the more closely to the friends you have. Some one has said that a land without ruins is a land without memories; a land without memories is a land without history; the land that wears the laurel crown may be fair to see; but twine a few sad cypress leaves about the brow of any land, and though that land be barren, beau-tiless and bleak, it becomes lovely in its consecrated coronet of sorrow, and wins for itself the sympathy of the heart and of history. Crowns of roses fade: crowns of thorns endure; the triumphs of night are transient, they pass away and are forgotten: the sufferings of right are graven deepest on the chronicles of nations. Likewise may it be said of men. They who 3ass through life as through one ong continued day of sunshine, unclouded by the disappointments of adversity or the sorrows of misfortune, can not understand the loveliness of the laurel crown, nor the tender sadness of the cypress wreath. Tonight you are garlanded with the laurel crown crown as nobly won as any that ever adorned a victor’s brow. The memories of this night shall cling to you as the fragrance of fresh blossoms. May they often recur to cheer you in life’s pathway. There is another suggestion we might be pardoned for offering at this time. It is this: Do not allow the talents you have been culti- THE MILESTONE. 29 vating since childhood to languish. Each member of this class is capable of contributing more than the average to the sum of human action. Develop those divine powers; they are a precious gift from iod. ( ne person in 10,001) w it h-out a college education attains eminence; one college bred man in forty reaches the same distinction. Secure a college education. Do not cherish the feeling that you are now fully prepared for life’s duties. You are not. Do not conceive it possible to succeed in the practical nisiness of life without special and careful preparation; it is not possible. If you desire to become a blacksmith, do not imagine you can enter the shop in the morning and make a horseshoe; you can not. If you would become a successful merchant or farmer, you must serve an apprenticeship at the counter or on the farm. If you choose to become successful as a lawyer or a physician, you must make special preparation for the profession. So, also, if you choose to follow the profession of teacher, it is most essential that you begin a course of special study and careful training. Whatever the objective point fixed upon, fortune will co-operate with labor, zeal and intelligent persistency to attain. All these years—and may the practice continue you have been students of books. You are henceforth to become students of the mysteries of life. In this study your best teachers will be found among those who received their own education in the unrelenting school of experience. Such instructors are worthy of honor and respect. If ever you may be tempted to make display of your advantages, remember Socrates, who, as a rebuke to those vain friends who prided themselves on their wisdom, picked up a handful of sand from the seashore and exclaimed: •‘All the wisdom of all the ages is as this handful of sand to all the sands of the sea.” My friends, I congratulate you on whatever of success you have achieved. Strive to make more complete the education you have begun. And as the years draw on be not unmindful of the earnestness and sincerity of those who, as parents, citizens or teachers, have labored to mold each of you into a noble character. And be especially grateful to Him, the divinity and loveliness of whose life, made all these things possible unto you. THE MILESTONE. SUPT. I). C. O’CONNOR MISS SARAH L. GARRETT. MISS WINNIE K. HARTLEY. MISS MYRTICE E. MYGATT. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. THE MILESTONE. 31 S. G. DEAN. D. REES. H. C. MATRAl’. H. G. BRl'EGGEMANN. J. C. AID. P. T. BIRCHARD. BOARD OF EDUCATION 82 THE MILESTONE. Congratulatory The records of the Public Schools of Norfolk from 1878 to 1898 illustrate what great changes and development are not only possible, but have actually transpired during the short period of twenty years in this new, and rapidly growing commonwealth of Nebraska. In 1878 our schools comprised 70 pupils, presided over by one teacher, and meeting in a frame school house costing about $700. (This building may still be seen, although altered and improved in appearance and occupied by Mr. Hoyer as a photograph gallery.) At the present writing (1898), we have 1300 pupils under a superintendent and 23 teachers, gathered for instruction in four large, well furnished brick, and two frame school houses, costing $45,000.00, which now do not furnish sufficient room for our rapidly increasing attendance, and will be supplemented during the present summer by the erection of a new four-room brick school house, and a two-room addition to the Grant school, to cost $11,000.00. Such great progress and growth seem indeed marvelous, and are indicative not only of the material advancement of our beautiful city, but of the deep interest of our people in the education of the rising generation. No person familiar with the possibilities of urban growth and improvement, can fail to see that the Public Schools of Norfolk are, and will continue to be. a most important factor in the growth and prosperity of our city. Mr. Milestone: We salute you. and through you extend our hearty congratulations and appreciation to the superintendent, teachers, parents, pupils and alumni of our Norfolk city schools. The Board of Education. Norfolk, Neb.. May, 1898. ANNIK MCBRIDE. Plant life depends essentially on two things: the sqil in which it is rooted and its invironments. We will therefore liken the Class of ’99 to a tree, young, vigorous, and sending forth many branches with buds and blossoms in their season, and we trust the years to come will show that the fruit will be worthy of praise. So far as your historian is able to learn, she herself seems to have been the first little shoot to pop out of the ground of the Norfolk public schools to take her place as the first member of her class. This popping out occurred in the yeai 1889. Of the other buds of promise who in that year were members of this class none remain. In the following year there were two additions: one who has faithfully continued to be the Law of the class; and the other, Ava Dolan, who was transplanted to a colder clime and not finding it suitable to her constitution returned to our sheltering branches: as did also Edith Parker, who joined the class in '91 and returned in ’98, the soil to which she had been transplanted being too poor. In '98 two more shoots were grafted on our tree. One we never desire to Hyde, and the other is so Master full we have no opportunity to do so. In the following year three new twigs appeared, Edna Stafford, Agnes Thompson and Laura Durland, the last of whom was also transplanted for a time, but was re-grafted on the old trunk in ’98. In '95 an- THE MILESTONE. !I4 other member Hook-ed onto our tree, but adverse winds shook her from our midst and carried her westward and we have seen her no more. The following year, saw added to our tree two buds, Winnie Jeffries and William Darlington; also returned to us Ava Dolan. In ’97 Eva Mihills, Delia Thomas and Ernest Bridge budded forth and completed our number. You will find on our tree fruits of many kinds. We have Masters, and yet we are all pupils; we have a Bridge to carry ns over otherwise impassable depths; we have Mihills to climb up or slide down on; we have Mr. Hyde and any number of Dr. Jekyls. Collectively and individually we have a strong Will; at least we all claim him, as he is a Darling. We have the Law on our side, and all the rest of us are in evidence. We are patriotic for we love Dur-land. We have two generations, Thomas and Thompson. Notwithstanding the shadows cast by the Barnes and Mills of the senior class, there is coming a Morrow when we will cast them in the shade. As the twig is bent the tree is inclined, and we hope that our class tree will be found growing tall, straight and shapely, its roots sunk deeply into the nourishing soil of knowledge, its branches spreading out wide and strong to the air of freedom, its top high above the little things of earth, touched by the sunlight, of faith, and the branches stirred by the soft breezes of hope. Class of ’99: Annie McBride, Edward Hyde, Frank Masters, Delia Thomas, Ava Dolan. Wm. Darlington, Ernest Bridge. Agnes Thompson, Anna Daw, Edna Stafford, Laura Durland, Eva Mihills. Winnie Jeffries, Edith Barker. NORRIS HUSE. The progress and advancement in learning, which constitutes the history of the ('lass of 1900. may be likened unto the River of Knowledge. which, though but a narrow and shallow streamlet at its source, gradually increases in size as it flows unceasingly onward, until, a great and foaming river, it empties into the vast Sea of Life. In September of 1SS7, there waded out into the shallow stream at this river’s head a number of little five and six-year old tots, who, for the first year or two, splashed along in th j clear, pure waters of Kindergarten, the current of which, though now seemingly slow and weak, was nevertheless sufficient to keep the little folks busy, since each day the stream swelled with new thoughts that came bubbling forth from the many minute tributaries. It was but a few years after setting out, that these children, their knowledge having increased proportionally, left the narrow stream and entered the stronger and swifter current of the creek, and here they found it more difficult to remain upon their feet and at the same time keep pace with the others, and it is very probable that some occasionally stepped into holes over their heads and were only rescued from an untimely grave by the assistance of the teacher. After having traveled for eight years along this course, which had now attained its greatest dimensions as a river, all the members of the party met one fresh May evening and. under a great but not green Wood, were banded together as a Class, the name of which, though its members may fade away, will exist forever, and ever as a symbol of industry and virtue. At that meeting Ray Hayes was elected president, Charles Remy secretary and Winnie Owen treasurer, all of whom gave splendid satisfaction during the ensuing year, at the end of which Norris Huso was chosen president, Maude Tannehill secretary and Otelia Pil-ger treasurer. Upon the resignation of Maud Tannehill. Maud Dingman was elected secretary. As has been said before the class had now arrived at the point where the river was greatest, for here we reached the delta where the waters separated into two courses, the English and the Latin, some tak- THE MILESTONE. 86 % ing one course, some the other, hut both remaining true to their colors of Old Gold and White, and thus far the largest class that ever entered the Norfolk High School, has succeeded admirably. But the history of the class of 1900 has not always been one of joy, for in the winter of our Freshman year, our ranks were decreased by the sad death of Miss Mamie Flynn, a bright and promising young girl just entering the Springtime of Life. And now, but two more years remain until the time when we shall have completed our High School education and then we will plunge into the tossing, surging and billowy depths of the great, unbounded Sea of Life, which. Providence permitting, we shall, one and all, swim bravely across, and, when our earthly work is done, finally meet on that unknown shore beyond. Class of 1900: Clyde Patterson, Bertha O’Banion. Maude Tannehill, Charlotte Kuhl, Nellie Schwenk, Clyde Hayes, Mayme Henderson, Otelia Pilger, Heman Walker, Jennie Dolan, Etta Hodg-etts, Otho Johnson, Meredith Daniel, Mamie Hoyt, Myrtle Templin, Fred Parker, Lota Blakely, Winifred Owen. Norris 11 use, Maud Dingman, Nellie Morrow, Howard Leedom, Alice Cole, Gay Stanton, Charles Remy, Alice Kennedy. JULIA REQUA. The history of the class of 1901 is not a wonderful narration telling of famous deeds done by our class, but consists only of facts relating to our school life. Our class was organized May 14. 1897. While in the eighth grade, with Miss Wood as our teacher, we were divided into two societies, namely, the 0. V. L’s and the Irvington. May 14th we had a class party at Orr’s hall and here elected our officers for the coming year, also our class colors and class yell, “Razzl-, Dazzle, Hum. Hum, Hum, Norfolk. High School, 1901.” This is often misunderstood by those who don’t care to understand. On Junior Day in ’97 our class was welcomed into the High School room by a member from the present Sophomore class and this was responded to by a member from our class. As a token of their best wishes they presented us with a wish bone tied on a card with the colors of both classes. Our motto, “Labor overcomes all things,” fits us well, for every one knows that we always dig out our knowledge for ourseives. Last fall our class was favored with a hayrack ride one moonlight night, and we visited part of the evening with our president, Harry Rembe. We had a delightful time but of course our hayrack broke down as they generally do, so we borrowed another from a farmer and resumed our journey, enjoying it all the more. As winter came on and frequent snows v isited the earth, we had a grand bob sled ride and quite a merry party we were to be sure, with our bells jingling and horns tooti ng. On St. Valentine’s day in ’98, Miss Julia Requa gave a very entertaining party Although the Fates tried to drown the Cupidic aspirations of the class, nearly all the members were present. Hut seeing nothing could daunt these bold spirits, the rain cleared away before they started for home. Our officers at present are Ethel Doughty, president; Eva Mills, vice-president; Effie Hall, secretary and treasurer; and Mino McNeely. associate editor. At the beginning of th term :is THE MILESTONE. there were forty members enrolled, now we have about twenty-five in regular attendance. We sincerely hope we can keep this number until 1901. Then, When we have reached our climax And the day of promotion is here, To have our orations and essays. Not one will have a fear. The church will lx decked with our colors, And carnations strewn all around, We’ll be the wisest graduates That ever walked ou the ground. Then we'll go to our duties Of teaching public schools. Of being merchants and fanners And handling all kinds of tools. Some will be patient husbands. Others loving wives, Pulling up hill together With never a jar in their lives. A few more I see in this picture Who have trod life's journey alone, I wonder what their thoughts can lx As they read this old Milestone. Class of 1901: Chris Anderson, Maude Clark, Mary Covert, Ralph Blood, Bessie Trasher, Nora Dixon, Clara Fritz, Lulu King, John Bridge, Hattie McKim, Ada Ogden, Iva Foster, Ethel Doughty, Julia Re-qua, Elizabeth Sharpless, James Mendenhall, George Davis, Edna Lawrence, Stella Luikart, Mino Mc-Neely, Eva Mills, Frank Davis, Eftie Ball, Harry Rembe, Ernest Jeffries. Wit and Humor EDITH MORROW, EDITOR. The Morning Song. I Music hath power to charm the savage breast.” )ur hearts indeed were hard. Were we not charged each school day morn, With ecstacy unmarred. n. In morn’s untainted atmosphere, There penetrates the air, A song that frees from every heart. Anxiety and care. III. Each singer then with conscious power, Lets forth his heart in song, The combination’s wonderful. It thrills the listening throng. IV. Did’st ever hear a lonesome cat. At midnight's stilly hour, Let forth emotions of his heart. With melancholy power? V. Did'st ever see a puppy dog, List to the church bell's gong. And then for love of melody, Give mighty yowls of song? VI. If. then, the love of music sweet. Is felt in brutish breasts, How then our hearts to hear its sound. Should swell beneath our vests. VII. Ah, let us then appreciate Each morning's melodies! Let's listen to the same song sung, In many different keys. Wliy is a Freshman like a can of rocks? Answer—Easily rattled. How do we know that Hamlet had a bicycle? Because he said, “Watch o’r my safety while I sleep.” “1,” the young high school graduate frankly admitted, “am looking for a snap.” “Well,” suggested the college graduate, “if you have the ‘ginger,’ it ought to be easy to find someone with the ‘dough.’ ” And the silence was awful. One of the Senior boys walked up to a young lady in the high school room and put his cold finger against her face. She looked up and said, “I’m not a furnace, neither am I a heating stove.” “No,” replied the boy, “but you can roast a fellow to perfection.” At one of the class meetings at which some important business was transacted, the vote was to lie taken by acclamation. After viewing the class for a moment the president rose and said: “I think you had better raise your hands because I can’t count your eyes (ayes i. —A Senior. 40 Accident Association. THE MILESTONE. Taken as a whole the class of ’9H has been quite a fortunate class but nevertheless during the four years of their High School life they as a class have been roasted a few (?) times, and blown up a time or two. Some of the minor accidents that have befallen individuals are: Walter, pocketbook fractured by “shooting craps.” Kim, struck with an idea. Chas., spinal column fractured in assuming the position of a soldier. Corl, injured by a falling shadow. Carroll, seized with lock-jaw while delivering an oration. Herbert, overbalanced by barber carelessly parting his hair on one side. The girls also met with several accidents of minor importance, among which are: One was seized with lock-jaw in chewing gum. Another was struck by her mother to help get supper. One was thrown from a horse, causing a fracture in the Latinius Translationephram. One received a compound fracture of the heart, caused by falling in love. And two had the misfortune to be seized with tits of giddiness, and one or two were threatened with tits of laughter. THE EVOLUTION OF THE “FRESHY. The life of the “Freshy” is very sad. It is. The way he’s bulldozed is too bad. It is. By “midnight oil” he siglis and groans And soon runs down to skin and bones. Poor tiling. The Sophomore calmly chews his cud; Thinking. “Beholds fair woman that she is good,'1 Winning. He rushes a girl, spends all his “rocks,’’ Makes a ghastly hole in “the Gov’nor’s sock,’’ Gets sent home. The Junior begins to feel his oats, He blows. And from his Latin forever quotes, He knows. The wheels in his head make a fearful roar. And the size of his hat is twenty-four. So brainy. But the Senior chump is the chumpiest chump ; He hums Of senate halls and campaign stumps, To come. How the heights of fame he’ll scale to the top: But he hits the ground with an awful whop! Poor Senior. THE MILESTONE. 41 Facts About Class of '98. Aggregate age, 3.114 centuries; average age, .184 centuries; aggregate weight, 1.0915 tons; average weight, .064 tons; aggregate length. .0175 miles; average length, .00103 miles. Other Facts (?) Laziest boy in the class.............Herbert Most scientific flirt.................Walter Most graceful........................Carroll Best natured.........................Charles Nightingale..........................Kimball Shortest man............................Corl Class humorist .....................Gertrude Class crank.......................... Fannie Pride of the ball....................Lena M The silent woman......................Lillie The shy lass ..........................Mabel The girl who never smiles............Lena S The bachelor girl .....................Edith Heavyweight.............................Edna Blonde ................................ Nina Second Mrs. Tom Thumb...................Cora Shortest girl.........................Nellie An Experiment in Electricity. Members of the Physics class completing a circuit. Everyone present shocked. Wise and Otherwise. Teacher in Physical Geography “What do volcanoes belch forth?” Small Freshman “Saliva, mum.” Teacher in Chemistry—“Have 42 THE MILESTONE. we such a thing as double salts?” Pupil- ‘‘Yes, double somersaults.” Teacher “Of what use is phosphorus, in the brain, in studying?” Junior “To throw more light on the subject.” First Senior “1 never did have a very good head for dates.” Second Senior I never did either, but I've always had a pretty good mouth for ’em. First Senior It may be nice to eat them, but I’d rather make dates.” The class of ’98 has, under the advisement of their teacher, found the “Saturday Blade” a valuable reference in Literature. Writing should certainly be taught'in the High School, for of the various laughable mistakes which occured during the last year two of them were as follows: In a couple of the examinations these questions were found upon the blackboard to be answered by the class: “Why cannot a person standing against a wall reach over and pick up a corn (coin) between his toes?” and “Describe the growth of the beau (bean) ?” Freshman -“Say what’s a delta?” Dignified Senior “I’m not real sure, but I think it’s one of the lower jaw bones.” And grating sounds a listening crowd endures, Rasped from the throats of bellowing amateurs. [High School singing. Whenever you ask a certain young lady of the class of ’98 which boy she most admires, she will involuntarily turn her eyes in the direction of her Burt. Teacher “What time of the year do the spring Hoods come?” Witty Pupil—“In the spring.” Teacher “Ah!” Swans sing Indore they die ; twere no bad thing, did some people die before they sing. [High School singing. The verdant Freshmen happy and gay Always have a word to say. The smiling Sophies, nice and sweet. Are always oh so sweet. Tile Juniors, happy and content. Their time ne’er ( ?) is idly spent. But the Seniors, chock full of fun, Are either talking or chewing gum. Jack and Jill went up the hill To draw a pail of water. But the things the said when coming down They really hadn’t onghter. The Algebra Student’s Epitaph. Made ill by X S, He died of D Z’s, As he sought in distress Unknown quaint-I T’S. In searching for X, Its val-U 2 know. On problems complex Much work he'd B-stow. He hunted for Y’s To higher powers raised. Till red were his eyes. And he was nigh crazed. X amples he'd do By 4-mule-A’s long, 2 find out when through His answer was wrong. With firm resolution Sucks-S-fnll 2 B, Again the solution He strove hard 2 C. He'd figure until 12:30, or 1, Then C with a thrill The problem was done. THK MILESTONE. 43 What great X-altation! How glad that he knew The grand information, What! X=2! At last when he’d seek Reap O's on his cot. He’d say in his sleep, X=2 wlmt ? He had little rest From this horrid strain, While doing his l est Sncks-S’s 2 gain. Yet always held he 1 I D A fast, X pectins 2 B An A B at last. And when school was done. He ho]s d for this prize 2 B known as 1 X C ding-ly Y’s. His health by D-grees B-gan then 2 fail, He ne'er was at E's, He grew thin and pale. Yet no rest he tcxik. But, spurred by his pride. He finished the book, And then—then he died. B-neath this white stone He now is at rest, Where X is unknown, Nor does Y molest. O readers B Y’s, B warned by his fate; Save your health and your I's, And don't sit up late. When problems U do, Go get U a key, Copy answers, and U Will find it E Z. ’Twere better 2 B Alive and uu-Y’s, Than a dead ex-A B, With a scholarship prize. U ought 2 B Y’s, And try to X L, U may B likewise 2 Y’s 2 B well. U C B 4 U A warning 2 save, X S brings 1 2 A premature grave. THE MILESTONE. Announcements. Eighth Grade Closing Exercises, High School Assembly Room, May 27, 8 p. m. Baccalaureate Sermon, by Rev. G H. Main, M. E. Church, May 29, 8 p. m. Senior Program, M. E. Church, Tuesday, May 31, 8 p. m. Junior Day Program, High School Assembly Room, Thursday, June 2, 1:30 p. m. Senior Graduation: Salutatory, Lena Mills. Oration, Chancellor George E. Mae Lean, University of Nebraska. Valedictory, Carroll Powers. M. E. Church, June 3, 8 p. m. THE MILESTONE. THE JOHNSON DRY GOODS GO. THE LEADING UP-TO-DATE MERCHANDISING HOUSE OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.. , Our Business is Growing! Buying in quantities for our two stores at the Big Mills' Cash Prices is what talks! Pushing Up Business and Pushing Down Prices is our every day motto. DRY GOODS, CARPETS, SHOES- AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO EACH DEPARTMENT. SEE US OFTEN. THE JOHNSON DRY GOODS CO THE MILESTONE. •ffi GEORGE DAVENPORT, LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE. Prices reasonable. Give us a call. Tel. 15. NO. 1J9 NORTH FOURTH ST. Sugar Gitg Cereal [Hills, MANUFACTURERS OF High Grade Flour and Cereal Goods..... Norfolk, Nebraska. Buy Your MILK AND CREAM of A. D. PRATT. Norfolk - Bicple- Works. S. E. BRACKETT, Proprietor. Tribune. Deere. Bird. Moline Special. ! Our wheels are ahead of them alt in price, finish and ' durability. Call and see them. Repairing is our spec-' ialty. Works in Pacific Block, Norfolk. Neb. Uhle the Grocer Hus just received an invoice of Califetnia ftuiU, Oranges a ad Lerneas. All Stocks New, Fresh and 6lean. PALACE MONEY TO LOAN CIGAR STORE, J. L. DANIEL, Prop. ON TOWN — PROPERTY. Finest Line of Imported and Domestic Cigars in the city. Circulating library in connection. 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