University of Wisconsin Superior - Gitche Gumee Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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GITCHE GUMEE 21 which defeated the notorious Blaine basket ball team. VVe were very much grieved by the departure of our beloved lf'resident, dur- ing the spring term. for his new work in Memphis, Tennessee. The class en- deavored to show its appreciation of what he had done for it by giving a banquet in his honor the week before he left. When our new Prexy. Mr. McCaskill. was interviewed and he actually gave permission for a junior-Senior. both classes were in a great state of excite- ment and many disputes arose as to the nature of the affair. At the last the more radical members compromised with those members who had been shut in the ehrysalis of no dancing for so long that they were not able to stand so strange an affair as a junior-Senior in the Su- perior Normal sehool. The result is to be a small and more select affair. These are some of the important items ni the history of the class of '07 up to the time when the Gitche goes to press. but, we still have before us the Regents Exam., Class Day with its play and other exercises and Commencement lfVeek end- ing with Graduation Day after which important event, we shall no longer be members of the student class of '07 but of that steadily increasing organization, the Alumni of the Superior State Nor- mal school. Joicns. . This column is headed Jokes but don't be misled the pure food law does not cover this article. To show that other jokesmiths have troubles, we clip the following from the Ladies' l-Tome Journal: The world isiold, yet likes to laugh: New jokes are hard to find: A whole new editorial staff Can't tickle every mind. So if you meet some ancient joke Decked out n modern guise. Don't frown and call the thing a fake. Just laugh-don't be too wiseq Class l'oet-I left a poem here last The Gallant Fireman. week. entitled u Mr. VVhite-Very realistic poem was it not? Class Poet-Yes, sir, it was. I Mr. White-So I thoughtg I am afraid lt went to the fire. Mr. S-li-e-l-Now that T am graduat- thinks that l am capable ed my father of striking out for myself. Miss L-d-r-He must have seen you playing ball. , Papa-How is our john doing at col- legel Mamma--just splendidg his last letter Says he sings first tenor and plays second base. Members of the observation class have proposed the following for use in a class in beginning reading. lt was accom- panied with a picture of a dog with a piece of tinware attached to his eaudal appendage. See the dog and the can. The dog can go fast. So can the can. Can the dog go as fast as the can can? llc can. Does the dog make the can go? Ask the teacher questions. Mr. l'l-bdt--fAddressing rhetoric classj-I have no vices. I cannot be flattered. lilattery is the praise we hear bestowed on others. Mr. C-d-g-n's great great grandfather had just proposed: Said the fair one: Moike will yez always luv me wid all yer hart. ' Sure onless oi hov hart failure, re- sponded the gallant ancestor of our popu- lar business manager. Smith--Is your son making any prog- ress in college? Brown-Well, I dunno as he's doing a great deal with his booksg but when he gits into trouble he manages to be in company -with the boys of some purty prominent men. Superior has its ups and downs. Yes. Streets torn up and buildings torn down. I

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20 GITCHE GUMEE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '07, M. DONALDS AND H. MILES. In August, 1903, fifty verdant f1'eshies strolled up the campus to enter upon their duties as prospective teachers. Some were escorted by knowing friends who were quite willing to answer the various questions asked. But some of the more lonely ones came up with an air of bravery which was intended to show that no protection was needed. Mr. McNeill, our former president, thought it advisable to introduce his new llock to the harbor, and at the same time, to the pillars of the institution, so engaged the Steamer Newsboy for the occasion. This was the flrst of many enjoyable affairs. Time iicw by, and the blunders, trials, and tribulations of this class were many so many, in fact, that the worthy upper elassmcn published in the Gitche a list, Things a Normal Student Should Know. To say that the freshmen read them is putting it mildly: they simply pawed over them for weeks and at last decided it would be good policy to fol- low most' of them. Behold! the effect. Courage sprang at once from the fol- lowing of the resolutions and having waited a sufficient length of time for the sophomores to do their duty, the fresh- men entertained the class of 1907 at a liolloween party which will never be for- gotten by the guests. The sophomores later returned the compliment. Other than the making of the first basket ball teams by a few worthy mem- bers of our class nothing of interest oc- curred during the first year except the marriage of Miss Pauline Sherman. Thus the class of '07 was launched upon the turbulent sea of matrimony. The first event of interest in our sopho- more year was the entertaining of the freshman class of 1904. This was also the gala year for the organization of so- cieties, and the Arts and Crafts club Cdubbed Hearts and Grafts by the sour grapesj and the Tennis assot ition were organized. The Arts and -Crafts girls during their Sophomore and Junior years made a reputation for themselves as hostesses, and the tennis champions have been found in this class up, to the present date. We are sorry f?j to confess that the young lady, who was the instigator of the Cake Stealing, and the young man who ate The Cake are members of our illustrious class. In the spring the young man's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of love. was proven by the marriage of our star basket ball player, Clare VVashbnrn in March, 1905. The fall of 1905 fuond us Juniors- at last-and brought us eighteen recruits from the lligh schools of the State. With their help we made life pleasant QPD for the Seniors. On their class day they found their section draped in crepe, and at their exercises we forced them to leave the stage without having made their class song and yell heard. lt would not be fair to omit mentioning the gifts bequeathed to us by the aforesaid Seniors at the same exercises. ln-this year families were organized giving us a chance to enjoy a few more parties, spreads. sleigh rides, and picnics. Senior year brought us two element- ary graduates. Miss Scritsmier and M1'. White. During the year we all finished practice teaching. Again we breathe. Thanks be! Our Senior president, Williaiii Schnell, was honored with the presidency of the State Uratorical Association. Emory Harnden is president of the Quintilian the members of which proved, during the year, by the condition in which the Domestic Science Room was left, after their spreads that literary people are not practical. Miss Scritsmier, another Senior, was chosen to fill the executive chair of the Girl's Reading Club. The girls of the class proved their ability in the theatrical lineby several impromptu programs given in the as- sembly hall during the noon hour. This entertainment seemed to be enjoyed very much by the student body and those members of the faculty, who were lucky enough to be invited. Perhaps our greatest glory is that Billy Schnell, 'fReddy Conley, and Dutch Schmidt, three Senior boys were the star members of the team

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'22 GITCHE GUMEE PICTURES IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL. SADIE McMASTER. Among the many beautiful pictures which decorate the walls of the Superior Normal school there are some that are worthy of especial mention. Upon en- tering the assembly hall almost the first picture to attract one's attention is the Frieze of the Prophets which occupies a conspicuous place above the rostrum. This picture is a copy of the frieze in Sargent ltlall in the new public library of Boston, and was painted by john S. Sargent. The whole painting in the hall consists of a lunette, a frieze, and a part of the ceiling and illustrates cer- tain stages of Jewish and Christian his- tory. The subject is the confused strug- gle in the jewish nation between Mono- theism and Polytheism. In the frieze are the Hebrew people scorning the idols of polytheism and looking only to the one and unseen God for their inspira- tion and law. The frieze does more than illustrate the monotheistic and spiritual principles of the jewish religion. It has been fine- ly compared to a Greek chorus inter- preting and supporting the movement of a great drama. In the right hand panel the three extreme prophets are exulting in strong athithesis to the three prophets on the opposite wall, in the sure hope of a Messiah to come and relieve Israel of her Woes, and are pointing in the direction of the panels which Mr. Sar- gent has decorated with a painting of Christ preaching to the nations of the world. The central figure of the frieze is Moses supporting the Tables of the Law. On the right is joshua sheathing his sword, on the left is Elijah-the three forming a group by themselves. In looking at this picture one cannot but note the color-the arrangement of the light and dark in such a marked ways, yet so well balanced are' the colors, that the' harmony is felt throughout. Not only the coloring is so noticeable, but also the simplicity of the lines. This is shown in the arrangement of the straight formal folds of Mose's priestly gowns and the loose robes of the other prophets. . just to the left of tl'1C.,F1'1CZC of the l'rophets hangs Turner's The Fighting Temeraireu obtained as a result of the declamatory contest 1901. Of all Tur- ner's pictures in tl1e National Gallery of England this is perhaps the most noted. john Ruskin says of it: lt is the last picture he ever painted with perfect power. The subject of this picture was sug- gested to Turner by Clarkson Stanlield Qwho himself, had painted a Battle of Trafalgarj. . They were going down the river by boat, when the old ship, being tugged to her last berth at Deptford, came in sight. Therels a fine subject, Turner,U said Staniield. This was in 1838. Next year the picture was ex- hibited at the Academy. In 1902, another picture-one of Corot's beautiful landscapes-was hung upon the wall in the Assembly I-Iall. Carot was a French painter born in 1796. lflis fame was gained chiefly through his landscape paintings. ln the library hang six pictures uni- form in size and mounting, entitled the Evolution of the Booksf' The originals of these pictures, painted by john W. Alexander, hang in the Library of Con- gress. Mr. Alexander is an American artist of note, living in Philadelphia. The first picture, the Cairn, shows a company of men of prehistoric time raising a heap of boulders to commemorate some nota- ble event. Oral Tradition, the second picture, depicts the chieftain of the vil- lage, an Arab, relating his tale to an ab- sorbed group of listeners. In the third picture, entitled Egyptian Hieroglyphics, may be seen an Egyption workingman chiseling an inscription i11 stone over the portals of a temple. By his side, on the scaffold, sits a girl watching his work. in the distance rises a pyramid. The next picture, Picture Writing, shows us an American Indian painting upon a deer skin the story of his tribe, The Manuscript Book then follows. An interior of a monastery is shown of the Middle Ages. A monk is seen seated in the dim light of an arched window inscribing the events of the time in a great book. In the last picture of the series, the