University of Maine at Presque Isle - Salmagundi Yearbook (Presque Isle, ME)

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4 SALMAGUNDI The school wishes to express its heartfelt sympathy for Miss Fern Price, a member of the E class, in her recent bereavement in the loss of her brother. .-...--1-1 On Oct. 13, 1908, not only the school but the whole community was sa.ddened by the death of Amy M. Brown, a member of the Senior class. Miss Brown was not only a beautiful Christian young lady, but Wasvery clever intellectually. Her' class feels the loss of this bright, brave spirit very keenly. ' School Spirit. .----1 School spirit is that indeiinable something that makes us feel that this school is our school, that this is our Alma Mater, that our success is her pride, that her sorrow is our woe. It helps us recognize her worth, to be charitable toward her shortcomings, to remain loyal to her to the last, to work for her, iight for her, live for her and if necessary, die for her. It makes the student body a unit, it inspires the indi- vidual to honest endeavor, and lills every member of the student body and faculty with that kind of cour- age that goes hand in hand with unity, loyalty and good fellowship. I . Have you this school spirit? If you haven't it develop it by coming out of yourself, by doing your share in promoting school activities, and by meeting every school problem with the cheerful smile of the optimist. . Find out for yourself that the study of books is only a part of school life. Try for the school basket ball team, Write for the school paper, take an interest in the social life, be attentive to the chance visitors and the prospective student, work for a class part. In short do your duty to yourself and to your school, and some day you will find that you possess that priceless jewel-school spirit. Early Books. if Long ago when the savages used leaves of trees on which they etched rude images of the beasts they hunted or the arrows they shot, the first ' steps were taken toward the making of books. . The Peruvians, Chinese, and some of the negro tribes kept their earliest records by means of knotted 5 l 4 I anna.. .-...W , 4 -Arn... ' -- ...V .. .44-Q

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. Published by the Students of the Aroostook State Normal School PRESQUE 151.13 .- - - MAINE Press of the Star-Herald, Presque Isle, Maine EDITORIAL BOARD. Editor-in-Chief Literary Editor Local Editor Alumni Editor Exchange Editor Athletic Editor Stings - - Current Events Business Manager Assistant Manager MARY E. HALL EMILY D. BELLEFLEUR KATE XVELTS DELLA CI-IENEY KATHARINE SPAIN - KATE LORD - JENNIE ALLINGHAM PHOEBE BELL ETTA ACKERSON J. FRANK CARTER Vol. I F EBRUARY, i909 No. I 7 f -1.-.i env- ----W - Editorial Notes. Many, many years ago when New York was first -settled by the Dutch, Washington Irving, a young man full of exuberant spirits and literary fancies, gave vent to his effervescent energy by publishing a small periodical which he rightly named Salmagundi. 'This was formerly the name of an old Dutch dish which consisted of a mixture of spices, chopped meat, ,pickled herring, oil, vinegar, pepper and onions As our paper is a mixture of a variety of subjects, the reader can readily understand the significance of -the name which our periodical bears. As Irvingis object in publishing his magazine was for the purpose of uplifting the literary ideals of the .age in which he lived, so we, as a school can do no better than to imitate the example of so famous an author as Washington Irving. Thus, We do hereby make known to the world our object of this modern 4 Salmagundi just as the Writer of the former 44Salmagundi announced:-- ffsimply to instruct the young, reform the old, correct the town, and castigate the age? D We owe much of the success of this number of our paper to Miss Norrell and Miss Ackerson in get- ting such a goodly number of advertisements.

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SALMAGUNDI 5 cords. Strings of various colors, with knots of differ- ent sizes and variously arranged, contained the na- tional history of these peoples. As it is not the nature of man to be contented with these imperfect means of recording great events, the old book of perishable, green leaves was soon exchanged for one of tough bark, and this Was later discarded for more durable materials. Records which men were anxious to preserve were engraved on slabs of rock or cut into plates of metal. In some ancient countries may still be found tombs and monuments, on which are inscriptions, giving the historical events of these nations. The Egyptian, Greek and Roman scholars wrote many of their early works on rolls of parchment, or of papyrus, a kind of paper which was made from the outer layer of a tall reed found in the swampy parts of the river Nile. A common form of the book in Greek and Roman days, also, consisted of tablets of wood, ivory, or metal coated thinly with wax, on which the writer scratched the symbols of his thoughts with an iron or bronze bodkin, called the stilus. A The people of Mexico kept their early records on strips of cotton cloth, upon which were painted flowers, trees, animals and many other objects which had some symbolic meaning. The diierentcolors in which these pictures were painted also had some par- ticular meaning. . The skins of various animals were tanned into smooth leather which afforded the people a durable material for their books and documents. Out of this class of writing materials came the parchment and the vellum, which is still much used by lawyers on account of its lasting qualities. Parchment is made from sheepskin, and vellum is a liner material made from calf skin. Perhaps the richest specimens of the ancient man- uscripts are copies of the Gospels! written on purple vellum with letters of silver and the sacred 'names Written in gold. These were written in the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries. Drawing and painting were undoubtedly the earliest methods of conveying ideas in books, and still pic- tures and sketches aid in many of our books, at the present day, to convey a clearer meaning. r The link which connects such picture-writing with the use of the alphabetic symbols, lies V in the hiero- glyphic writings of the Egyptians. This working out of a system of writing, very curious and complex, was perhaps the greatest