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VOL. G. SAN FI<br />
Rex<br />
It was Indian summer; ft<br />
lantic to the Great Lakes,<br />
Bay to the pine barrens oj<br />
rolled one vast-sea of flame,<br />
lars outshone the sycamores,]<br />
qutshone the poplars, arid the|<br />
eclipsed the niaples; tt\e face<br />
was veiled in purple haze th:<br />
the wood-clad hills.-itemed si<br />
and the rocky slopes—all th|<br />
and roughness softened<br />
like banks of violets. Nal<br />
to strive to reconcile'tfie-eartJ<br />
of birds, and butterflies, and<br />
to the approach of cold and<br />
one dazzling burst of oriental]<br />
In the midst-of: this fairy<br />
the edge of a little meadow,<br />
arch's grave, a lowly mound, :|<br />
ing more of dignity arid sola)<br />
many a stately .column;-/ '<br />
resting place of a forest kii<br />
tury or more ago. and >of lat<<br />
been the battle-ground of<br />
species of the forest. - He]<br />
beach and poplar and iaapl
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THE LOWELL<br />
then pushed timidly forth a small taproot,<br />
and two wee leaves in a tight little<br />
bud, which turned toward the light and<br />
expandeu enabling the root to go deeper<br />
and ths stein to rise higher and put forth<br />
more leaves But ere that first year<br />
had passed the battle of life was begun.<br />
Other plantlets found a home on the<br />
much disputed spot, and now sought to<br />
crowd each other out At first the swiftgrowing<br />
aspens quickly gained the mastery,<br />
but, .xke many another rapidly<br />
acquired kingdom, it was as quickly<br />
lost; ihe shade-enduring beeches and<br />
maples pressed through and over them,<br />
casting them into shadow; one by one<br />
the aspens drooped and died. But the<br />
oak still clung to life, driving his roots<br />
deeper still and raising his straight stem<br />
as high as he could ; then he waited.<br />
broad, dome-like head ; mighty roots<br />
spread forth upon all sides ; the great<br />
trunk swelled and swelled—the little<br />
sapling was now a very king.<br />
And now there followed a period so<br />
long that the life of man is but as a day<br />
in comparison Yet there was very little<br />
change for the oak. Year after year the<br />
willows, shining in brightest green and<br />
yellow, heralded the approach of spring ;<br />
then the trees awoke and a misty greenness<br />
spread itself over the forest; and<br />
in a few days deepened into a solid mass<br />
of color. Especially beautiful were the<br />
changes on our friend himself; unfolding<br />
a faint pink, the leaves quickly turned a<br />
light greenish grey, then yellowish green,<br />
being all the time covered with silvery<br />
down, the tree having the appearance of<br />
being seen through a silken veil<br />
<strong>The</strong> weaker saplings were choked off, <strong>The</strong>n came a time when the fields were<br />
beavers thinned out the remainder; two covered with gorgeous flowers: blue, pur-<br />
maples and a beech were all that surple, red, pink, white, and yellow; the<br />
vived, except the overmatched oak Day banks were lined with golden buttercups<br />
by day these three labored on in the race and water-cresses where the butterflies<br />
for sunlight, increasing their height at played; in the glades the rosebushes<br />
the expense of everything else; the lower _ flowed in every shade of pink and red ;<br />
branches, buried in shadow, died, few while the crickets and bees kept up an<br />
new ones were added, the trees grew unceasing chorus from sunrise to sunset.<br />
steadily weaker. <strong>The</strong> beech climbed<br />
above his competitors, stopped his upward<br />
growth, and spread his branches<br />
abroad to drink in all he could of the<br />
coveted sunshine <strong>The</strong> maples, still on<br />
the hunt for light, passed the beech,<br />
(moral—when you're on top don't stop<br />
work), but now one of them sickened,<br />
and fell out of the race at once.<br />
That winter the weaker maple was<br />
blown down and the beech went to<br />
strengthen a beaver dam. And lo ! revived<br />
by the flood of light let in, the oak<br />
began to rise; for years the oak and<br />
maple battled for the spot, but the oak,<br />
the bulldog of the vegetable world, hung<br />
on and won. <strong>No</strong>w he began to develop<br />
into a perfect oak ; great rugged branches<br />
shot out almost horizontally, forming a<br />
One year the crickets were unusually<br />
loud in their song, the sun beat down on<br />
the panting earth for days and weeks,<br />
the grass and flowers withered, the<br />
streams ran low. <strong>The</strong>n the atmosphere<br />
grew black—an odor of smoke became<br />
noticeable, and grew steadily stronger as<br />
time passed. By day a blood-red sun<br />
poured a feeble, crimson light upon the<br />
stifling woods ; by night the northern<br />
sky shone with an unearthly glow; from<br />
day to day the atmosphere thickened till<br />
at last the land seemed wrapped in woolly<br />
fog ; the heat was greater than ever—a<br />
low rumbling filled the air, and powdered<br />
ashes formed a gritty coating on<br />
everything. <strong>The</strong>n came the fire: first a<br />
band of moose, then a nock of turkeys<br />
and a few quails—the rumbling meantime<br />
growing to a roar scarce<br />
then a storm of ash^s and<br />
by a gale of the fire's own<br />
starting new confkigratioj<br />
they fell It was not a w<br />
like a prairie-fire, that is<br />
minutes, but a slow, stead;<br />
tree-top to tree-top, not £a<br />
overtake the fleeing animals<br />
would shrivel up with a ijl<br />
crackers, sending a great bl<br />
titude of sparks into the h<br />
the tree would burc like]<br />
hours perhaps, the crash of|<br />
Ing the din of the fire.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following day came<br />
when the storm was over,<br />
ing down from a clear<br />
beheld a dismal sight Fit<br />
soaked ashes, forests of cl<br />
ened trunks standing .-gau<br />
with only their main limi<br />
lying singly or in heaps, li]<br />
.-a-battle-field.- Our friend<br />
sadly, losing air his leave;<br />
badly scorched ; but standij<br />
the rest, he escaped the ft<br />
fire ; and as he possess*<br />
vitality of an oak he ultij<br />
ered. And no\y he ; sough]<br />
disaster to g^&l account]<br />
specjes were for the mos)<br />
and a glorious; opportunii<br />
to plant an oak forest, T<br />
following was a:"seed >j<br />
scattered his : acon:s far a]<br />
winged poplar seeds cainj<br />
and another vegetable batt<br />
but the oaks would not be<br />
may guess the outcome<br />
Another cycle passed,<br />
grove surrounded 1 the an<<br />
was winter; and the trees<br />
their furs when a figure]<br />
furs, emerged fc>m the ea
; the great s!$<br />
a period so''-M<br />
buta^a;day. : -^ : fl<br />
Lfter : yearrfte: 7 ^<br />
it ^g^een^nd-;..Vv:<br />
:h of spring; y C^<br />
ful<br />
:kly;-tatmeeffa;;^<br />
owish<br />
,veil^- : "' : '>V^;;^;<br />
lefields wefe:<br />
T II K L O W E L L<br />
growing to a roar scarce a mile away,<br />
then a storm of ashes and brands, sped<br />
by a gale of the fire's own making, and<br />
starting new conflagrations wherever<br />
they fell It was not a wave of flame<br />
like a prairie-fire, that is gone in a few<br />
minutes, but a slow, steady march from<br />
tree-top to tree-top, not fast enough to<br />
overtake tire fleeing animals. <strong>The</strong> foliage<br />
would shrivel up with a noise like lirecrackers,<br />
sending a great blaze and multitude<br />
of sparks into the heavens ; then<br />
the tree would buru like a torch for<br />
hours perhaps, the crash of its fall swelling<br />
the din of the fire<br />
<strong>The</strong> following day came the rains; and<br />
when the storm was over, the sun looking<br />
down from a clear autumn sky,<br />
beheld a dismal sight Fields of watersoaked<br />
ashes, forests of charcoal, blackened<br />
trunks standing gaunt and bare<br />
with only their main limbs left ; others<br />
lying singly or in heaps, like corpses on<br />
a battle-field. Our friend had suffered<br />
sadly, losing all his leaves and getting<br />
badly scorched ; but standing apart from<br />
the rest, he escaped the full fury of the<br />
lire; and as he possessed the usual<br />
vitality of an oak lie ultimately recov- r<br />
ered. And now he sought to turn this<br />
disaster to good account. <strong>The</strong> rival<br />
species were for the most part killed,<br />
avid a glorious opportunity was given<br />
to plant an oak forest. <strong>The</strong> third year<br />
following was a "seed year," and he<br />
scattered his acorns far and wide ; the<br />
winged poplar seeds came floating in,<br />
and another vegetable battle took place ;<br />
but the oaks would not be denied,—you<br />
may guess the outcome<br />
Another cycle passed, a sunlit oak<br />
grove surrounded the ancient tree. It<br />
was winter; and the trees were clad in<br />
their furs when a figure, also clad in<br />
furs, emerged from the eastward woods,<br />
carrying something that shone like a<br />
piece of ice as it seemed to the tree.<br />
With this he struck the tallest, straight-<br />
est and best trees, among them the oak ;<br />
straightway our friend felt a pain i^s if<br />
a gale had torn off a limb. A sound of<br />
chopping and the crash of falling trees<br />
proceeded from the point whence the<br />
furry figure had come. It ceased ; and<br />
other fury figures came forth, accompanied<br />
by animals like moose, but with<br />
branchless horns. <strong>The</strong>se monstrosities<br />
fell to beating those individuals that, had<br />
already been saluted so rudely. Four of<br />
these creatures assailed the oak, cutting,<br />
cutting on every side and filling him<br />
with such agon" as he had not known<br />
since he was roasted in the great fire : he<br />
shivered with pain, and swayed, and<br />
groaned ; then he staggered, recovered,<br />
grew weak again and went down with a<br />
roar that was heard for a mile : others<br />
came up hacked away his branches and<br />
loaded him upon the little wooden things<br />
the big moose drew, and hauled him<br />
through the woods to the river. Here<br />
he lay in a da>;ed condition among piles<br />
of pine, oak.!, walnut, and maple, until<br />
•*l\e spring freshets came down; then<br />
they lashed him between two big pine<br />
trees and floated him out among the<br />
rolling, grinding, pounding logs. <strong>The</strong><br />
river was free from those obstructions<br />
that render,western rafting so difficult,<br />
and the descent to tlie mill was without<br />
incident; arrived there they were run in<br />
behind a big boom, fished out, sawed up,<br />
and stacked to season. This was near a<br />
sea-port town, where there was great activity<br />
at this period : ships, big and little,<br />
were chased in, from time to time, by<br />
vessels constantly cruising off the port;<br />
sometimes a sound like thunder came m<br />
from the sea, and people looked anxious ;<br />
again handy little schooners and brig*<br />
would come sailing up with stately chips<br />
taken at sea ; once a heaty vessel was<br />
towed in with shivered sides and broke:*<br />
masts ; her shot-torn flag at half-mast,<br />
and reddish, black streaks descending,<br />
fiom her scuppers and still wet.
All this time our friend's remains were<br />
slowly seasoning and getting ready for<br />
their future career. In <strong>No</strong>vember they<br />
were hauled to a great yard where ships<br />
were- being biittt and repaired. Here,<br />
with din of hammers and rasp of saws,<br />
in fair weather and foul, by sunlight and<br />
torch light, something grew—a prostrate<br />
beam, a grisley skeleton, an echoing bull,<br />
a perfect ship ; the shed erected as u protection<br />
against the winter storms was<br />
taken down, the ways were greased, and<br />
she stood ready for the launch.<br />
One sunny day in April, with a great<br />
bouquet of columbine, red and white<br />
and blue, at her bow, and strings of<br />
bunting decorating the poles marking<br />
the places of her mas is. the red wine<br />
streaming over her sharp, white cutwater,<br />
the Wasp, iS, glided down the<br />
ways while cannon roared and people<br />
cheered, flung the sparkling spray from<br />
her stern in a cloud, and swung to in the<br />
basin. <strong>The</strong>y had worked night and day<br />
to get her finished, and now lost no time<br />
getting her down to the "hulk" and<br />
making her fast there. Great pines were<br />
swung aboard with the assistance of a<br />
powerful derrick on the * hulk'*; these<br />
were stepped on the second keel (the<br />
second pair of beams put down) and<br />
passed up through the lower, gun, and<br />
Npar decks. <strong>The</strong> upper masts and rigging<br />
were added, provisions and ammunition<br />
put aboard, then her battery and<br />
crew, and she was ready for sea Our<br />
friend the oak ? Oh! he was everywhere<br />
; the knees that braced her decks<br />
and sides, the blocks that steadied the<br />
mast foot, the boards that covered her<br />
ribs the heavy timbers of her guncarriages,<br />
the furniture in the captain's<br />
cabin,—he had contributed to them all;<br />
nay, the very figure of the Gorgon's head<br />
upon her bows had been cut from his<br />
heart—wood formed when be was warring<br />
with a dozen foes and everything but perseverance<br />
against him<br />
THE LOWK L L<br />
Well, on the first day of May, 1814,<br />
sh^ sailed from her native city, Poitsuiouth.<br />
on that ever memorable cruise to<br />
the East and South. It is needless here<br />
to repeat that story ; how she terrorized<br />
the coasts of Kr.gJ.ind as none had since<br />
the day of John Paul Jones, how she attacked<br />
a fleet of ten conveyed by a ship<br />
of the line, how slia wrecktJ the Reindeer<br />
in nineteen minutes and sank the<br />
Avon in an hour, and filled the neutral<br />
ports of Europe with her prizes. In her<br />
mid-career of conquest, she sailed down<br />
to the line—and that is all we certainly<br />
know.<br />
However, this we also know : H M. S,<br />
Terrific, (what awe-inspiring names those<br />
English ships have). 96, put into Lisbon<br />
on <strong>No</strong>vember 9th. 1814. under jury main<br />
and mizzen masts, and leaking badly;;<br />
her captain dead, <strong>10</strong>6 of her crew killed<br />
or wounded ; this is the story her people<br />
told: On the evening of the 5th, while<br />
going south before a half gale, the<br />
sky being covered with fiyine. broken<br />
clouds, through which the moon shone<br />
at intervals, a misty whiteness appeared<br />
on the weather quarter, coming up rapidly—it<br />
took the form of a large brig.<br />
<strong>The</strong> English ship hailed, and getting no<br />
response sent the stranger a ball; for<br />
reply the pursuer wore a bit, bringing her<br />
guns to bear, and a sheet of reddish yellow<br />
lightning burst forth that revealed<br />
for an instant the foam piled about her<br />
bows, her crowded decks, and lastly<br />
an American ensign blown straight out<br />
from the gaff And now followed as<br />
wild a battle as was ever fought on land<br />
or sea; the brig from her raking position<br />
battered the stern of the battleship with<br />
very little danger to herself as only a few<br />
pieces could be brought to bear on. her.<br />
An explosion forward set the Englishman<br />
on fire, his decks were wet and<br />
slippery despite the sand poured upon<br />
them that instantly turned from white<br />
to red. <strong>The</strong> dead were piled about the<br />
guns so as to impede their w<br />
cockpit was overcrowded,<br />
blocks came hurtling down<br />
boats were stove and guus ci<br />
the rigging was cut to piec<<br />
unsupported masts went crash<br />
board. <strong>The</strong> wind and sea<br />
the moon was completely h<br />
sea and sky began to assume<br />
the rivals' decks ;. for the forebrig,<br />
in falling, was swept b><br />
of a carronade, and caught<br />
clung to the vessel and the r<br />
seized upon the main matt.<br />
American's were fighting und<br />
of fire, while fragments of bi<br />
Amy<br />
" Here he comes again !<br />
he'd either wake up or stoj<br />
And Amy Archer frowned<br />
ingly at an individual who<br />
making his way along the<br />
toward the house on whose ><br />
pretty Amy sat sewing.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re had always been a t<br />
standing that Amy should n<br />
Martin, for, even when laey<br />
together as children, their fu<br />
had been planned by their t<br />
papa's, whose farms adjoir<br />
was new seventeen and I<br />
twenty-one, and one day it<br />
that, acting on his father's<br />
Dick had calmly asked Am3<br />
thought they had better g
ay, 1814,<br />
ty, Portscruise<br />
to<br />
sdless here<br />
terrorized<br />
had since<br />
tow she at-,<br />
by a ship<br />
the Reinsank<br />
the<br />
the neutral<br />
In her<br />
filed down<br />
e certainly<br />
: H MS.<br />
lames those<br />
nto Lisbon<br />
jury main<br />
ng badly;<br />
crew killed<br />
(her people<br />
5th, wliile<br />
gale,;the|l<br />
loon sh-^<br />
js appeared! '^?<br />
arge. ;<br />
r*"OT.r« -•<br />
feddishyelr<br />
about her ~j|<br />
land lastly^ \<br />
traightout<br />
followed: as<br />
•ht on land -<br />
position<br />
Jeship with i<br />
ionlyafew<br />
;ar on^here<br />
English- -<br />
e r wet: and<br />
about<br />
so as to impede their working, the<br />
cockpit was overcrowded, spars and<br />
blocks came hurtling down on deck,<br />
boats were stove and guns dismounted,<br />
the rigging was cut to pieces, and the<br />
unsupported masts went crashing by the<br />
board. <strong>The</strong> wind and sea were rising,<br />
the moon was completely hidden, but<br />
sea and sky began to assume the hue of<br />
the rivals' decks ;. for the fore-mast of the<br />
brig, in falling, was swept by the flame<br />
of a carronade, and caught iire, it still<br />
clung to the vessel aziu the rising blaze<br />
seized upon the main mast. Soon the<br />
American's were fighting under a canopy<br />
of fire, while fragments of burning can-<br />
T 11 II L O W K L L<br />
vas and cordage fell like a kind of magic<br />
snow about them ; the hull took iire and<br />
all the crimsoned sky was filled with<br />
mimic stars. Meanwhile the brig, helpless<br />
now, lost her vantage grouud and<br />
fell under the broadside of the Terrific,<br />
for three minutes she held on, blazing<br />
above, filling below, every shot that<br />
struck her scattering glowing brands<br />
in all directions, but still firing the few<br />
cannon she could use : then a great flash<br />
pierced the heavens, men and guns and<br />
burning beams went up, the great seas<br />
broke over her—and the rooon shone out<br />
on a wreck—strewu ocean.<br />
MORTON J A MCDOXALD, '02.<br />
Amy's Answer.<br />
14 Here he conies again! I do wish<br />
he'd either wake up or stop teasing."<br />
And Amy Archer frowned disapprovingly<br />
at an individual who was slowly<br />
making his way along the dusty road<br />
toward the house on whose shady porch<br />
pretty Amy sat sewing.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re had always been a tacit ui;^rstanding<br />
that Amy should marry Dick<br />
Martin, for, even when they had played<br />
together as children, their future union<br />
had been planned by their enterprising<br />
papa's, whose farins adjoined. Amy<br />
was now seventeen and Dick nearly<br />
twenty-one, and one day ; ,t came about<br />
that, acting on his father's suggestion,<br />
Dick had calml>' asked Amy when she<br />
thought they had better get married.<br />
Sprightly little Amy, to whom Dick's<br />
lazy habits were a source of constant<br />
annoyance, resented the young man's<br />
manner of broaching what she termed,<br />
" the most important question of his<br />
whole life," and, though she had not<br />
tbe slightest idea of refusing him ultimately,<br />
she had looked thoughtful and<br />
had replied, "I'll tell you tomorrow."<br />
<strong>No</strong>w the fact that Dick had not been<br />
"teaming" and that there was small<br />
chance of his ever "waking up M was<br />
the very thing that troubled Amy most.<br />
She resolved not to answer him that day<br />
either.<br />
Possibly if Dick had hastened a little,<br />
'Mis giving Amy less time in which to<br />
reflect on his short-comings, the isere
might have been very different, but then<br />
poor Dick's laziness was forever bringing<br />
trouble upon him.<br />
Meanwhile Dick sauntered up to the<br />
Kate, slowly withdrew his hands from<br />
the depths of his pockets, carefully unlatched<br />
the gate, and as carefully closed<br />
it after him. and, replacing his hands in<br />
the inevitable pockets, came up to the<br />
jK>rcb. where Amy was sitting. She had<br />
been watching him and could not help<br />
remembering how Jack Wilton 1ml<br />
leaped that same gate when he had<br />
called on the previous day. <strong>No</strong>, Dick<br />
certainly should not. be answered that<br />
day either.<br />
She responded to his drawling " Hello<br />
Amy," with a cool " good afternoon,<br />
Dick," and, with Increasing displeasure,<br />
watched him dispose of his six feet of<br />
manhood in a comfortable if inelegant<br />
manner. Dick pushed ms hat on the<br />
back of his bead (Jack would have removed<br />
his hat.)<br />
'* Xice and cool here on the porch,*' he<br />
remarked<br />
44 Yes," replied Amy.<br />
" Awfully hot outside though."<br />
•Yes. 1<br />
'• Makes a fellow feel more like sleeping<br />
than any thing else.'*<br />
"Of course"<br />
<strong>The</strong> tone in which Amy spoke these<br />
two words caused Dick to look inquiringly<br />
at her, though he had to change<br />
his position somewhat to do so. But her<br />
eyes were fixed demurely on her work<br />
and Dick again ventured :<br />
"I say, Amy, have you thought it<br />
over ? \\- .<br />
•' And-er-well, what do you say ? "<br />
'* I must think some more."<br />
"You're mighty slow about it/* he observed.<br />
* J Oh ! no, Dick. It only appears so<br />
to you because you always do things in<br />
such a huvxy."<br />
T HE LOWE LL<br />
Again Dick looked mistrustfully at<br />
her, and then recalled bis feet from their<br />
restful position and slowly mounted upon<br />
them.<br />
4 * Well say Amy, will you tell me tonight?<br />
We're to go to Nellie Tomson's<br />
party you know.' 1<br />
11 Yes, I'll tell you on f he way home,"<br />
replied Amy. and she thought to herself:<br />
"He's getting interested. I'm glad I<br />
made him wait."<br />
Dick departed then, and Amy shook<br />
her little fist at his retreating figure.<br />
" Yes sir," she said, " I'll give you an<br />
answer, and I know what it will be if<br />
you don't do something real spry and<br />
lively before then "<br />
* •> * *<br />
Nellie's party was a brilliant success<br />
and everyone seemed to realize it except<br />
Dick Wh< « the dancing began Amy<br />
pulled him through the first dance in<br />
which he succeeded in leaving- an impression<br />
on evei body's toes and in<br />
fatiguing himself so as to necessitate a<br />
good rest So he surrendered Amy to<br />
Jack Wilton and subsequent partners<br />
while he nought a. secluded nook and<br />
was soor. in the land of dreams.<br />
Meanwhile Amy was having M a perfectly<br />
gloriouf time M and was bestowing<br />
unusual favors upon Dick's numerous<br />
successors with the hope of striking<br />
jealousy to the heart of that provoking<br />
youth. She decided to ignore him completely,<br />
but finally his prolonged absence<br />
from the festive scene caused her<br />
to forget \\ir resolution and she started<br />
to look for him. She found him and he<br />
awoke with more alacrity than w?s his<br />
wont to find Amy standing over him like<br />
an avenging goddess. She made him<br />
dance twice in succession with her and<br />
then presented him to a girl whose conversational<br />
powers had put to flight all<br />
her admirers. Poor Dick! he slept no<br />
more after that. When the party broke<br />
up, ha?f an hour later, he was such a pic-<br />
:>iEH<br />
tare v\ abject misery that<br />
to say " yes IJ when he as)<br />
But when he inquired U<br />
h*_r deliberation as calmly<br />
asked her opinion on the lj<br />
generous resolution petisln<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were jogging alonj<br />
Dick's spring wagon and<br />
Amy that a short sermon<br />
propriate as a prelude to h<br />
she gently explained to Di<<br />
his laziness which had<br />
defer her answer so long, aj<br />
upon his good qualities,<br />
some excellent ones,) pr<<br />
what a good fellow he<br />
would only " wake up<br />
ally, just as home came<br />
concluded her little lecturj<br />
•* And now, Dick, if you v\j<br />
more life into your action<br />
your hands out of vour<br />
say "yes" Dick.
tstfuliy at<br />
from their, "j^<br />
inted upon [<br />
tell me to-<br />
Tomson's '<br />
ay home,"<br />
to herself^ r<br />
my shook. $i#k§<br />
igiire. r v/_ir^S<br />
n-eyouan" 1u",<br />
will be if<br />
spry end W;<br />
* • :: ' %%BL<br />
nt success'- - jfij0i f<br />
e it except, Jf;g<br />
jan Amy :;"."H<br />
dance in " ":,!;.§<br />
tg- an.,ini-S<br />
n was his 7p ;.<br />
r him ""<br />
'hose cqnfligbtattsl. H—and be<br />
never will," she said, as she blew out the<br />
light.<br />
MAROAkET McKKNNlK, 'OI.<br />
To the Wise Men of <strong>Lowell</strong>.<br />
Olit you wise and uoble Middlers !<br />
And you Seniors wiser still!!<br />
With your minds so crammed with knowledge<br />
That there's little room to fill,<br />
Dc not .'.corn us senseless Juniors,<br />
Do not stare with owlish eyes,<br />
For you too wen: stupid Jtmiori<br />
Ere yoc rose to learning's skies<br />
, you may, at books and lessons,<br />
Solve deep mysteries perchance,<br />
But lei as live while yet we may,<br />
In blissful ignorance.
c 'v<br />
<strong>10</strong> T H K L O \V K L L<br />
An Englishman vs. a Mule.<br />
'.7 Tale of the Yeiemite.<br />
ire is the only spot in California<br />
that comes up to ihf brag." wrote<br />
Ralph Waldo Emerson in the Guardian's<br />
register in the Valley. As to the truth<br />
of this remark I will no*, vouch, but that<br />
it meets the requirements of an ideal<br />
place. I think will be admitted by any<br />
tourist who has had the good fortune to<br />
enjoy the scenery.<br />
<strong>The</strong> staging to the Valley is very safe.<br />
so safe in fact that we w !«?ied for a robbery<br />
or an accident, which luckily, I<br />
venture, did not take place. After tr.A<br />
first twenty-six miles to Ahwahnee the<br />
road is shaded and the traveler never<br />
tires of looking at the immense pine and<br />
cedar trees that line its sides-<br />
After seeing tne principal points of inu-rot<br />
from the floor of the valley onr<br />
\ »rty decided to take their farewell look<br />
from Glacier Point. Accordingly early<br />
one morning, at least early for the eirJ*<br />
oi the party, we left for the foot of the<br />
trail that goes by the way of Vernal and<br />
Nevada Falls. Near the Happy Isles<br />
we found a band of gallant xnules ready<br />
for their riders. <strong>The</strong>se we mounted and,<br />
accompanied by a guide and Mr. X. who<br />
fcas spent forty years in this region, we<br />
bade farewell to the level.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trail led up the side of the canon<br />
of the rushing Merced, surprises in nature<br />
uwaiting one at every turn. My animal,<br />
the only horse in the band, tried to po.ss<br />
the slower mules at every turn. In one<br />
of his efforts to take a short cut, I happened<br />
to touch the bea«i of the gentleman<br />
in front of me. He was inclined to<br />
throw out his hind legs to the displeasure<br />
of his rider.<br />
<strong>The</strong> question was put to Mr. X, "Did<br />
you ever haw: any troublesome mules ?"<br />
<strong>The</strong> old gentleman thought a moment,<br />
and then replied in a de!il>erate :naxuser.<br />
*• Well. I reckon we did. I recollect<br />
oii^ that was a regular f?end <strong>The</strong>re<br />
were onlv f«o men whotould ride him<br />
and be kntw it One of 'em a big nigger<br />
from Tennessee useil to sit on him with<br />
arms folded and a pipe in his mouth and<br />
have a fiuv time. <strong>The</strong> more the male<br />
bucked the harder he got spurred, sometimes<br />
till the blood ran down his flanks.<br />
" Well. sir. a couple of years ago an<br />
English army orncer ran down from San<br />
Francisco to see the Valley. He met<br />
some of his friends who were coming<br />
out and they cave him a lot of advice.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y told him about the hotels and<br />
trails and added if he wanted to get<br />
a good animal he ought to strike for the<br />
guides' because they had the best of<br />
everything- Of course he swallowed it<br />
all.<br />
• ; So one day when he and a party<br />
started up this trail Hm fallow cp.nse uj><br />
to me with some little toy spurs tbat<br />
might do for a hobby-horse and says,<br />
says he : ' I'd like to have that mule.*<br />
pointing to *he guide's. I had given<br />
him a good horse, but he wanted that<br />
mule. I didn't suppose he'd kick'about<br />
this; T didn't know what to say I<br />
passed it off—told him he was all rwht<br />
and that the mule wasn't as good. But<br />
those friends had told him about our ways<br />
and he knew the mule was the best.<br />
Well, fiir I talked with that fellow, but<br />
it wasn't any use—those fellows are stubborn,<br />
wors'n mules some of "em. I had<br />
to gi e in. I couldn't scare him. I says,<br />
says I. well you can ride his:, and I don't<br />
care if he puts you out of business.<br />
"Well George, the nigger guide, he<br />
saddled him and we started. We went<br />
along all rwht for a hundred yards, I<br />
reckon, but then the mule stopped suddenly<br />
put down his head and sent him<br />
in! the
into the dust. He didn't hit hard so he<br />
picked himself up and got on the mule,<br />
which hadn't moved from the time the<br />
saddle was empty. <strong>The</strong> next time the<br />
Englishman was ready for him, so he<br />
lit in the saddle after clearing it by two<br />
feet. <strong>The</strong> old mule was surprised ai-d<br />
looked kind of silly, but the officer was<br />
more confident of success. But he could<br />
no more ride that animal than a streak<br />
of lightning. <strong>The</strong> old boy made a quick<br />
buck and sent the iran into a pine tree.<br />
When he struck the ground I thought<br />
he was a goner. <strong>The</strong> mule, he stood<br />
there and shook his sides, while the<br />
party cried, 'Stay with him!' 'Stay<br />
with him!;' "When he came to and<br />
saw that grinning mule, he knew<br />
something was UP, or rather down. As<br />
soon as the tourists found that he was<br />
only a little stirred up, they began again,<br />
'Stay with him ! Stay with him!' He<br />
T HE L O \V K L L<br />
looked as if he'd been kicked, and I guess<br />
he telt so. I says to him, S3ys I, * Can<br />
you ride him ?' He didn't answer I<br />
asked him again and he finally acknowledged<br />
he guessed he couldn't, in a kind<br />
of dubious tone He got on the horse<br />
and I never had another word out of<br />
him. I've found out that it takes a<br />
mule to persuade an Englishman; I<br />
never could do it. He never beard the<br />
last of it though."<br />
After a day of riding and scenery gazing,<br />
our party climbed off their animals<br />
and walked to their rooms ia a new,<br />
forced style. <strong>The</strong> view from Glacier<br />
Point was graud to say the least, but we<br />
liked the scenery from the floor of the<br />
valley better. It was with sad hearts<br />
that we started for home next day, then<br />
fully realizing the extent of the works of<br />
Nature, which we were fast leaving for<br />
those of man. '03.
12 THE LOWELL<br />
Mrs. Johnson's Tea Party and<br />
How It Turned Out<br />
(A story with a moral)<br />
For two whole months Mrs. Johnson<br />
had been planning her tea-party and<br />
she had never before in all her life anticipated<br />
anything with so much pleasure.<br />
Such excitement! Oue would<br />
think she was preparing for her silver<br />
wedding.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were to be twenty guests and<br />
the invitations were printed in the latest<br />
style. How proudly and with what<br />
satisfaction did she gaze at each one<br />
before placing it in its envelope ! She<br />
reread the last one three times, in her<br />
hurry forgot to put the proper stamp on<br />
it, and as a result of her carelessness<br />
Miss Doyle had to pay one cent when<br />
it was delivered to her the next morning.<br />
Nevertheless Mrs. Johnson intended<br />
to show Mrs Smith and Mrs. Bryant<br />
how to give tea-parties. Hers was to<br />
be no common affair. It was to be<br />
talked about in society for a good long<br />
time as the swellest of the season. Each<br />
guest was to be presented with a souvenir<br />
which would prevent her forgetting<br />
in a hurry this grand occasion. Such<br />
were the reckonings of Mrs. Johnson.<br />
So she went to work and decorated<br />
the parlor with greens and on the day<br />
of the party robbed her beautiful garden<br />
of all its flowers. All the morning<br />
she was busy; one minute arranging<br />
the flowers in the parlor, another minute<br />
in the kitchen telling the cook to<br />
be sure to fill the sugar bowl or not to<br />
forget to use the new cream pitcher.<br />
And then again she would be instructing<br />
the maid to send Johnny out to play<br />
as soon as he should come home from<br />
school, so as to keep him out of the<br />
parlory and to st:e that be did not have<br />
all bis little playmates assembled on the<br />
front steps. She got so excited over it<br />
all that she even told Bridget not to let<br />
the tea burn.<br />
<strong>The</strong> party was set for two o'clock but<br />
Mrs. Johnson was ready before half past<br />
one. She is one of those people who<br />
never like to waste a minute if there is<br />
anything to be done, so she put on a<br />
nice white apron and went down into<br />
the kitchen to help Bridget. But she<br />
was more of a nuisance than a help to<br />
the cook. She tried to do so much<br />
that she accomplished nothing. She<br />
began by breaking a cup which, as luck<br />
would have it, happened to be one of<br />
the new set she had bought especially<br />
for the occasion. <strong>The</strong> question now<br />
was how to manage with nineteen cups<br />
and saucers for twenty people. It<br />
would look rather queer if there were<br />
just one cup different from all the<br />
others, so Bridget, who had become<br />
accustomed to such problems, went out<br />
in the garden, scrambled over the low<br />
fence, and explained her position to<br />
Mrs. Terry, her kind-hearted neighbor,<br />
who only too willingly lent her ten<br />
cups and saucers. This settled the cup<br />
and saucer problem. <strong>The</strong>y would" use<br />
ten of each kind.<br />
Whila Bridget was attending to the<br />
above matter, Mrs. Johnson, of course,<br />
broke a few little odds and ends such<br />
as pie-plates, butter-plates and glasses;<br />
she dropped the kettle of boiling water*<br />
scalding the cat so that it howled for an<br />
hour, and when Bridget came in was<br />
just applying the last drop of sweet oil,<br />
which had been intended for the salad,<br />
to the burns she had inflicted on the<br />
poor animal. But this was by no means<br />
the greatest calamity of the day, for as<br />
Mrs. Johnson was about to leave the<br />
kitchen she slipped on the wet floor,<br />
spraining her ankle and cutting her<br />
hand on a small piece of broken glass.<br />
<strong>The</strong> maid immediately telephoned for<br />
a physician, who came, pronounced the<br />
case a serious one, and told his patient<br />
"IB<br />
]«<br />
ilw<br />
^1<br />
-^ ^^<br />
|M<br />
that she would not b^<br />
a very long time. Ti<br />
unfortunate woaian c<br />
blocks: aw£y> but I<br />
whether she; scream<br />
fright, or because hh<br />
her teji-party.<br />
Two o'clock carceant.<br />
She rang the 1<br />
the racket in the hou:<br />
of Peggy In the yasrd<br />
nor the cook heard i<br />
guest mrist have rung<br />
a dozen times and w<br />
when the physician<br />
He told Mrs» r !Bryant<br />
siid plight and she<br />
there to answer the<br />
the other guests of t<br />
was the outcomeof h<br />
planned butlli-fated<br />
Moral—Don't ,-i^<br />
when you are excite*<br />
EhtA<br />
As the steamer ,wa!<br />
Calais, an English pa:<br />
to a Frencfe friend,<br />
whick the Frenchma<br />
rrnce of any^faiagu<br />
responded, "Tanks.. 1<br />
" Yacob, where di<br />
spegdaclca?" * -<br />
M .Right under youi<br />
"Don't pe so<br />
You shouldn't drifle<br />
Ex.<br />
M&uter—How is<br />
handing your friend]<br />
best cigars ?<br />
Mary^I canft tel!<br />
for I am sure I cove)<br />
(Servant to milk<br />
you conie s i l
JV*<br />
nottfj<br />
%v2<br />
»'cl2ckb|<br />
^haifp^;<br />
put on<br />
own<br />
But<br />
a<br />
sc<br />
ig.<br />
be one<br />
ition ,n<br />
feteen<br />
sople: \<br />
fhereVwerV<br />
all tke"<br />
!d become^<br />
went 6ti£.<br />
|er the low;<br />
lositlon<br />
neighbor,<br />
I the.^al<br />
[ed on<br />
h no meaiii<br />
^ay, for as \<br />
]eave"the<br />
: wet floors<br />
^tting<br />
ft en<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
that she would not be able to walk for<br />
a very long time. <strong>The</strong> screams of the<br />
unfortunate woman could be heard two<br />
blocks away, but I am still doubtful<br />
whether she screamed from pain or<br />
fright, or because she could not have<br />
her tea-party.<br />
Two o'clock came. So did Mrs. Bryant.<br />
She rang the bell, but owing to<br />
the racket in the house and the barking<br />
°f ^ e ggy io the yard, neither the maid<br />
nor the cook heard it. <strong>The</strong> impatient<br />
guest must have rung the bell over half<br />
a dozen times and was about to leave<br />
when the physician opened the door.<br />
He told Mis, Bryant of her hostess's<br />
sad plight and she kindly remained<br />
there to answer the bell and inform all<br />
the other guests of the trouble. Such<br />
was the outcome of Mrs. Johnson's long<br />
planned but ill-fated tea-party.<br />
Moral—Don't try to help Bridget<br />
when you are excited.<br />
ELLA SONDHEIM, '04.<br />
As the steamer was just starting from<br />
Calais, an English passenger shouted out<br />
to a French friend, 4t Au reservoir !*' to<br />
which the Frenchman (with equal ignorance<br />
of any language -but his own)<br />
responded, "Tanks. 11 —Ex.<br />
4i<br />
Yacob, where did I lay down my<br />
spegdacles?"<br />
M<br />
Right under your nose vater."<br />
u<br />
Don't pe so indefinite, mine son.<br />
You shouldn't drifie mit de old man.—<br />
Ex.<br />
Master—How is it that I saw you<br />
handing your friend in the kitchen my<br />
best cigars ?<br />
Mary—I can't tell for the life of me,<br />
for I am sure I covered the key hole.—<br />
Ex.<br />
(Servant to milk man)—Phat makes<br />
you come so airly of late; you used to<br />
come behind before.— Ex. '<br />
Municipal Politics.<br />
Another municipal election has come<br />
and passed, heralded by the usual frequency<br />
of the candidate's glad band<br />
and the incessant clamor d" the small<br />
boy for election cards. On <strong>No</strong>vember<br />
5, three tickets were submitted to the<br />
consideration of the voter. <strong>The</strong> average<br />
citizen knew about twenty per cent<br />
of the nominees and in such cases he<br />
did not fail to vote for his friend or<br />
acquaintance. Wheu be was unacquainted<br />
with the candidates, he voted<br />
in most instances with his national<br />
party.<br />
This fact leads the patriotic citizen to<br />
enquire concerning the advisability of<br />
nominations being made by the national<br />
political parties. Although many of<br />
the better class do make a non-partisan<br />
choice, yet it is well known that the<br />
great majority of voters cast their ballots<br />
on strictly party lines. This mistaken<br />
idea of party allegiance in municipal<br />
elections ought to be destroyed.<br />
It is just as logical as the idea that a<br />
white Southerner must always be a<br />
Democrat, and a negro a Republican.<br />
It is a blind following of party with<br />
little regard to principle or the character<br />
of the man. An amusing instance'- of<br />
this absolute submission to qrve's p?.rty<br />
occurred not long ago on the occasion<br />
of the first nomination of President Mc-<br />
Kinley. <strong>The</strong> Californi? delegation<br />
went off in high glee shouting for<br />
Allison and silver; they returned a few<br />
weeks later just as happy and shouting<br />
just as loud for McKinley and gold.<br />
It also occurs to the observer of municipal<br />
elections that the politics of a<br />
man make no difference with regard to<br />
his qualifications for office and that it is<br />
just as unreasonable to vote for him because<br />
he is a Democrat or a Republican,<br />
as to vote for him because be is Irish or<br />
Dutch, or married or single.., A man<br />
will make just as honest and consclen-
tious a County Cleik or Recorder<br />
whether he believes in gold or bi-metalism,<br />
free trade or a high tariff One of<br />
our able Mayors, Mr. Sutro, was a<br />
Populist.<br />
And, again, the municipal election<br />
can cut no possible figure in the questions<br />
which divide the Democrats and<br />
Republicans. To decide the questions<br />
which affect the municipality only,<br />
would it not be far better for the citizens<br />
to form purely municipal parties,<br />
which would stimulate interest in municipal<br />
concerns?<br />
Although it appears on the face of it<br />
that the Legislature should encourage<br />
such parties, hitherto they have signally<br />
failed in so doing. Only recently they<br />
have enacted a law which destroys the<br />
good influence of the <strong>No</strong>n-Partisan<br />
party, by preventing a candidate from<br />
being nominated or endorsed by two<br />
parties. It is to be hoped, however,<br />
that in the near future this law will be<br />
repealed and the desired reform effected.<br />
;•;,-:., M. "E. HARRISON, '04.<br />
James C.—" I'm going to raise a flower<br />
garden next year."<br />
Harry T.—"Why?"<br />
James C— M So when I don't know my<br />
lessons I can bring a boquet."—Ex.<br />
Teacher (explaining the engine):<br />
11 This is the fly wheel. What is its use?"<br />
Bright Pupil: "To keep flies out of<br />
the machinery.—Ex.<br />
Soppy Sam: "I say, Bill, they say<br />
the Boers have captured the Isle of<br />
Dogs."<br />
Beery Bill: "Muzzles an' all ? »—Ex.<br />
What evidence have you that the<br />
minstrel was good ?<br />
Spectator—<strong>The</strong> seats were all in tiers<br />
—Ex.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
"<strong>Lowell</strong>" Managing Committee.<br />
High Se?iior—Mr Ferham: Miss Mc-<br />
Kennie and Mr. Lucey {President).<br />
Low Senior Latin—Mr. Young.: Miss<br />
Oliver {Secretary) and Mr. Linforth.<br />
Low Senior Greek and Latin—Mr..<br />
Clark: Miss Steen and Mr. Selig.<br />
Higr Middle— Mr. Crofts: Miss Markle<br />
and Mr. Vos Burgh.<br />
Low Latin Middle—Mr. Walker: Miss<br />
Mangels and Mr. Horan.<br />
Low Latin Middle B—Miss Cox: Miss<br />
Belvel fmd Mr. Huyck.<br />
Low Greek Middle—Mr Per ham: Miss<br />
Wighttaan and Mr. Waizman.<br />
1 la—Mr. Stokes: Miss Kaiser and<br />
Mr Kenyon.<br />
lib—Mr. Criitenden: Miss Anderson<br />
and Mr. Bush.<br />
He—Mr. Longley: Miss Aune and<br />
Mr. Montgomery.<br />
la—Mr. Koch: Mr. Long and Mr,<br />
Sheppard.<br />
Ib—Mr. Kelly:<br />
Mr. Solmonson.<br />
Ic—JIfr. Kelly:<br />
Underbill.<br />
Id—Mr. <strong>No</strong>urse:<br />
Mr. Middletbn.<br />
U—Mr. Schmitl:<br />
Faymonville.<br />
Miss Crawford and<br />
Miss Kellogg and Mr.<br />
Miss Garood and<br />
Miss Slack and Mr.<br />
If—Miss Hodgkinson: Miss Mowbray<br />
and Mr. Prosser. \<br />
<strong>The</strong> members of ^bis committee elect<br />
the heads of the staff, receive advertisements,<br />
subscriptions, contributions and<br />
school notes, and audit the reports of tie<br />
Business Manager.<br />
Too LATE TO STATE.<br />
{Read aloud.)<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a young fellow called Tate,<br />
Who dined with a girl at 8.8. '<br />
But I cannot relate<br />
What the fellovr called Tate<br />
And his tet-a-tete ate at 8.8.—Ex.<br />
A green little student in a green little way<br />
A green little melon downed one dxy<<br />
And the green little grasses now tenderly wave<br />
On the green little student's green little grave,<br />
—Ex.<br />
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THE Lowii<br />
A, neatiily published by the »tu<br />
".,,/- , High School<br />
EDITORIAL ST<br />
' i Monte A. Dernhovci'•'/•>"<<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
H. L. WoUenberg^w, ,•; X<br />
Robert H. Van Santi Jr.,'03. : N<br />
ASSISTANTS:<br />
, ; Carolyn Fbwle, Soclet<br />
Joseph Lucey, Dcbatic<br />
W. R. Dc Leon, Athle<br />
BUSINESS ST<br />
R. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald, '02, Bus<br />
.'••' ; ASSISTANTS:<br />
.,. John W. Waikec<br />
F, A. Linforth, *6i.<br />
Rd VanSloun/ov .. v<br />
Stud ems,graduates, faculty, 01:«<br />
are icyited to contribute articles<br />
: Entered in Post office at San<br />
C^s Mail Matter. '• >/ • ::<br />
1 • • - : ll.,;^.>.,?^8a<br />
W - Z>e/ay in rl reasou<br />
|j \ JippQaraniebf- Lowe]<br />
H- "Tfee LoiveW: reni^rl<br />
m • ";'••• •' Vl • ••" r -%>-^? r ; .<br />
«<br />
M<br />
Class of 1902 did not me<br />
tion until some time in S<br />
|» of the other claaseshavi<br />
a., their class; officers'; ^thj<br />
M ciety was unuSnaily -3<br />
w dc^n to work;;the. A<br />
^S did cot take place nut<br />
HK the ^hool terin hW ]<br />
M now .when the whole<br />
pi over, when. High;, ^ch<br />
g*j| bay, and country scjibo
ft ^*^t ••ii.ii•.1*;<br />
Miss-Mi<br />
Wketi<br />
'ham: Miss<br />
aiser atfdi<br />
Andersonn<br />
'Aune andj<br />
and Mr.,<br />
iwford and?<br />
r THE LOWELL<br />
THE Low 1 LL.<br />
A monthly published by the students of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High School.<br />
EDITORIAL STAFF.<br />
Monte A. Dernham, 'ox. Editor.<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
H. L. l *VoIlenberg, '02. Lawrence Buflford, '02.<br />
Robert H. Van Sant, Jr., '03. Nina Hlow, '04.<br />
ASSISTANTS:<br />
Carolyn Fowle, Society Editor.<br />
Joseph Lucey, Debating Editor.<br />
W. R, De Leon, Athletic Editor.<br />
BUSINESS STAFF*<br />
R. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald, 'oz, Business Manager.<br />
ASSISTANTS'.<br />
Johu W. Walker, '02.<br />
K. A. Linforth, '02.<br />
ART<br />
Kd Van Sloun, '02.<br />
Fred Tatum, '03<br />
SditkX,incoln,'02.<br />
Students.graduates, faculty, and friends of the School<br />
ureinviied to contribute articles of interest.<br />
Entered in Postofflce at San Francisco as Second-<br />
Class Mail Matter.<br />
Delay in<br />
Jlppearance of<br />
"<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong>"<br />
For some unexplained<br />
reason everything at<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> seems to be<br />
remarkably slow this<br />
year; the Senior<br />
Class of 1902 did not meet for organization<br />
until some time in September; none<br />
of the other classes have as yet elected<br />
their class officers; the Debating Society<br />
was unusually late in settling<br />
down to work; the Athletic election<br />
did not take place until ten weeks of<br />
the school term had passed by ; and<br />
now when the whole term is almost<br />
over, when High Schools across the<br />
bay, and country schools in the interior<br />
bnve issued [be second and third numbers<br />
of tb?ir monthly magazines, when<br />
many of us are already planning our<br />
Christmas holidays, the first number of<br />
THE LOWEIX has finally succeeded in<br />
making its appearance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cause of this deplorable delay is<br />
as mysterious to the present staff as to<br />
all the rest of the school. For thelast<br />
three years the staff has been self-perpetuating,<br />
but this year after the June<br />
graduation either no one was appointed<br />
to continue the management of the<br />
paper, or else those who were appointed<br />
neglected their work. At any<br />
rate not until the early part of October,<br />
did the new committee—elected by the<br />
pupils of the various class-rooms—provide<br />
for the organization of a staff.<br />
And then the work required to set THE<br />
LOWELL going has been the work necessary<br />
to start an entirely new paper;<br />
for, barring its name and a few fanuliar<br />
cuts, THE LOWELL this year, is practically<br />
a new paper, without a cent in<br />
the treasury to begin with, and under<br />
the control of a new and inexperienced<br />
management.<br />
But in spite of this<br />
New fact the present staff<br />
Management will endeavor to do<br />
its best, not only to<br />
carry on successfully the work begun<br />
in previous yearsy but if possible to"<br />
raise the standard of the paper and<br />
make it more representative of the<br />
whole school. As regards the latter,<br />
a large step in this direction bas already :
16 THE LOWELL<br />
been taken by the organization of tbe<br />
managing committee, containing delegates<br />
from all the classes, whose duty<br />
it shall be to represent on the paper,<br />
the interests, of their respective classes<br />
in such matters as subscriptions, contributions.and<br />
school notes, and to elect<br />
the heads of the staff each year and see<br />
to it that the papei be promptly started<br />
at the beginniug of each term. If this<br />
plan is faithfully carried out, all such<br />
difficulties as have occurred this year,<br />
will be avoided in the future, the staff<br />
will always contain a number of experienced<br />
members, and the paper, instead<br />
of being invariably obliged to start over<br />
again, will be enabled to follow out a<br />
continuous policy and improve year by<br />
year.<br />
Our aim in publishes<br />
.#
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* . . , , ' -.••"'•''•'~*-^-
high purpose is either in the heart of<br />
each of us, or is trying very hard to get<br />
in.<br />
" Perhaps the most exacting test of a<br />
person's strength is his power to regulate<br />
himself. Self-control moves hand in<br />
hand with the control of others. He<br />
who can control hitn.;e;f and others has a<br />
great capital; it is as certain as human<br />
affairs can be that life in such a case is<br />
worth the living." In the same paper,<br />
the "Streets of Cairo," describing that<br />
interesting spot at the Pan American, is<br />
deserving of commendation. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
much color and feeling and motion. On<br />
reading it, one c*r» almost see the characters<br />
before him. <strong>The</strong> cover of the Aegis<br />
for Admission Day is appropriate and<br />
worthy of notice. Cuts always help a<br />
paper, both inside and out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> manager of the Tocsin, from Santa<br />
Clara High School, says that their school<br />
comes to the front in their county simply<br />
because they put their whole energy into<br />
their school affairs. That is the right<br />
school spirit. <strong>The</strong> Tocsin is a neat little<br />
paper, though without an illustration<br />
from cover to cover. A quiet poem,<br />
which seems to be a rare occurrence in<br />
high school journals, adorns the first<br />
page. A commendable feature is the<br />
presence of a class of articles such as<br />
11 <strong>The</strong> Real Question of High School<br />
Life; 11 "Silent Influences."<br />
Miss B—"<strong>No</strong>w that we know all the<br />
heroic qualities of Hercules, can you tell<br />
me any of them we have lost?"<br />
Mr. Cherington, '03—»Intelligence"<br />
—Ex. (Mr. Cherington was formerly of<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>.)<br />
Olla Podrida comes to us with an<br />
article on the strike which ended a month<br />
or so ago, written from the scab's standpoint<br />
Evidently the writer has had experience,<br />
and he has represented it forcefully.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong> Skirmisher says: "Exchanging<br />
and the exchange column keep in touch<br />
the different school papers and form a<br />
great stimulus for improvement. <strong>The</strong><br />
value of a good exchange column cannot<br />
be overestimated." 'La Senorita' might<br />
have been improved considerably by<br />
lengthening and toning seme of its bald<br />
statements of action. It has a fairly<br />
good plot. <strong>The</strong> letter from a traveler is<br />
very interesting and a good feature of the<br />
paper 'Along the Verde* is quite well<br />
written, but the incident of the hot<br />
springs seems incredible.<br />
He took her dainty litile hand—<br />
She let it passive He;<br />
But with her left she made a swing,<br />
And biffed him in the eye. —Ex.<br />
We are sorry that the printer left out<br />
the first few pages of the Comet, from<br />
Reno High School; the paper is recommended<br />
in several of our exchanges.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cricket, from Belmont school, is a<br />
recommend able little paper. <strong>The</strong> cuts<br />
of the foot ball and tennis teams add<br />
much to its appearance U A Story of the<br />
Red Dog Mine," is a very simple and<br />
well-written little story, with a first-class<br />
point.<br />
Experiment in physics: Given one<br />
laboratory filled with boys, to this add<br />
three pretty girls. <strong>No</strong>w prove that all<br />
the boys will turn to rubber.—Ex-.<br />
Would it be out of place to comment -<br />
that the Silver and Gold of the University/<br />
of Colorado has a green cover.<br />
In the Recruit there is also under the<br />
head of "Table Gossip, 11 an article on<br />
table manners which can give offence to<br />
none, is very good, and is written in a<br />
readable style. It consists of a conversation<br />
between a chair, a napkin-ring, and<br />
various other table articles.<br />
<strong>The</strong> High School Bell has some interesting<br />
articles. <strong>The</strong> " Hints to Freshmen<br />
1 * are very amusing<br />
<strong>The</strong> LOWELL would like to]<br />
print a cut of its high school b\<br />
the front page, as Bloomii<br />
Charleston, 111., do; bui it w.j<br />
only a sorry sight in. compai<br />
<strong>The</strong> following poem, from t]<br />
of Anderson Academy, speaks<br />
THE GREAT WHITK WHXTJ<br />
Oh ! who has been in the frozen n*<br />
Where.the great white whiteness]<br />
Where the <strong>No</strong>rthern lights throug 1<br />
nights<br />
Shine clear in the <strong>No</strong>rthern skie«<br />
<strong>The</strong>re the chill wind through<br />
Exulting that he is free ;<br />
Loud his piercing shriek frc"n thi<br />
peak t<br />
Rings over the frozen sea.<br />
<strong>The</strong> great star bear iu the Souther]<br />
WWD the robes of winter fall><br />
Leaves his far, dim heights to tl<br />
lights<br />
And to the Kitiiwake's call.<br />
<strong>The</strong> foot of m%n on these whitened<br />
Through their silence ne'er hath.<br />
And the fleecy cloud with its crystf<br />
Alone reigns there with God.<br />
<strong>The</strong> September number o|<br />
from Koitt's, contains some<br />
stories, "Silas Jones,'' for in<br />
bright, breezy little tale; evidei<br />
by a boy,.for what/girl wouli<br />
heroine fall in love at firstrsi]<br />
"homely duffer with light<br />
flushed face and Httle sqainl<br />
<strong>The</strong> " Story of a Wheels welj<br />
and shows a good imaginai<br />
October number has also beei<br />
it is not so good a number<br />
September.<br />
History Teacher— ;< What<br />
life did the bankrupts of Enj<br />
Scholar— u <strong>The</strong> police sta]<br />
"<strong>The</strong> Ruin to Koami" in<br />
for September the sixth, is a<br />
It is quite out of the 01$<br />
well written. <strong>The</strong> issue date*<br />
the thirteenth contains act<br />
things. " My-California Coi<br />
York," is very clever.
d form a<br />
[ofits.bald<br />
a;;feirly^<br />
traveler is ^S<br />
tureofthe<br />
Luite well ^<br />
the<br />
swing,<br />
:r left out t<br />
[omett from<br />
is recom- t<br />
iges. .<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
ipleanji^<br />
first-class *'<br />
con^e«a^^<br />
•fingi<br />
<strong>The</strong> LOWELL would like to be able to<br />
print a cut of its high school building on<br />
the front page, as Bloomington and<br />
Charleston, 111., do; but it w.uld make<br />
only a sorry sight in comparison.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following poem, from the Recruit,<br />
of Anderson Academy, speaks for itself.<br />
THE GREAT WHITE WHITENESS<br />
Oh ! who has been in the frozen north,<br />
Where.the great white whiteness lies?<br />
Where the <strong>No</strong>rthern lights through the <strong>No</strong>rthnights<br />
Shine clear in the <strong>No</strong>rthern skies.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re the chill wind through a silence sweeps<br />
Exulting that he is free ;<br />
Loud his piercing shriek from the ics capped<br />
peak<br />
Rings over the frozen sea.<br />
<strong>The</strong> great star bear in the Southern sky,<br />
Wnen the robes of winter fall,<br />
Leaves his iarf dim heights to the <strong>No</strong>rthern<br />
lights<br />
And to the Kit'ti wake's call.<br />
<strong>The</strong> foot of man on these whitened fields<br />
Through their silence ne'er hath trod;<br />
And the fleecy cloud with its crystal shroud.<br />
Alone reigns there with God.<br />
—Raglan Gtascock.<br />
<strong>The</strong> September number of the Owl.<br />
from Hoitt's, contains some very good<br />
stories. "Silas Jones," for instance, is a<br />
bright, breezy little tale; evidently written<br />
by a boy, for what girl would have her<br />
heroine fall in love at first sight with a<br />
" homely duffer with light hair, red,<br />
flushed face and little squinting eyes? 1 '<br />
<strong>The</strong> " Story of a Wheel" is well conceived<br />
and shows a good imagination. <strong>The</strong><br />
October number has also been received;<br />
it is not so good a number as that of<br />
September.<br />
History Teacher— %t What station in<br />
life did the bankrupts of England hold?*'<br />
Scholar—"<strong>The</strong> police station."—is*.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
"<strong>The</strong> Ruin to Koami" in the Occidental<br />
for September the sixth, is a good story.<br />
It is quite out of the ordinary and very<br />
well written. <strong>The</strong> issue dated September<br />
the thirteenth contains a number of good<br />
things. "My California Cousin in New<br />
York," is very clever.<br />
" Excuse me, Miss/' said a junior to a<br />
senior as he trod upon her dress. "I<br />
can always catch a train when I don't<br />
want to."—Ex.<br />
"Say, Papa, wasn't it the Spaniards<br />
that settled this country? "<br />
"Yes, my son, that's what my history<br />
used to say/ 1<br />
" Weil history's changed; now it's this<br />
country that has settled the Spaniards/'<br />
—Ex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> High School Register for September<br />
is well gotten up. "SomeThoughts<br />
on Essay Writing" Is quite worth reading.<br />
tc To Err is Human/' in the Student's<br />
Record, and "A Gridiron Duel" in the<br />
same paper, both savor of second-class<br />
matter and we would advise the authors<br />
that if they cannot be original, let them<br />
at least adopt a style worth reading.<br />
"<strong>No</strong>w do you understand," shouted<br />
the infuriated professor, as he hurled an<br />
ink bottle at an exasperating student.<br />
"Ithink I have an inkling,' ; the bespattered<br />
student replied.<br />
I arose with great alacrity<br />
To offer her my seat;<br />
"f was a question whether she or I<br />
Should stand upon my feet. —Ex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> commencement number of the<br />
Searchlight is very good.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Owl from the Fresno High School<br />
is fine. <strong>The</strong> stories are clever, tiba paper<br />
is one of the best we have seen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spice, for September, contains<br />
little worth' reading.<br />
*' What is a foot ball coach?" *' Ambulance,<br />
I guess."<br />
It seems that other schools are havrcg<br />
the same experience as <strong>Lowell</strong>; note the<br />
following:<br />
Seatle High School in 1905: a wilderness<br />
of baby carriages, go-carts, nurses,<br />
bibs, infants and babies. S. H S in<br />
1901: almost —Ex,
2O<br />
EDITED BY JOSEPH LUCEY.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Debating Editor has much to say ford, Mr. Dernham, and Mr. Lucey. If<br />
this month. Of course it is only natu- <strong>Lowell</strong>ites have any enthusiasm left<br />
ral that a debater would have much to after the football season we hope they<br />
say at almost any time. But as this is will use it on the 13th.<br />
the first edition of THE LowEtL this<br />
As the last few days of a Congressional<br />
year, and as the occurrences of the last<br />
three months must be chronicled in this<br />
session are marked with the hurry and<br />
single edition, the editor has, therefore,<br />
scuffle of legislation, so our last business<br />
an abundance of topics upon which he<br />
meeting before the summer vacation was<br />
may exercise his vocal organs.<br />
marked by the excitement attending the<br />
important motions adopted. After lis-<br />
Realizing that a reader occasionally<br />
tening to a very lengthy debate, the So-<br />
becomes tired in perusing such a historiciety<br />
decided to withdraw from the Decal<br />
reriew, the most impo: :ant and inbating<br />
League of California. This acteresting<br />
facts will be stated first, hoping<br />
thereby to induce the reader to continue<br />
tion was prompted not by any ill feeling<br />
to the end.<br />
existing between <strong>Lowell</strong> and the League<br />
for no such i?.l feeling exists, but by a<br />
On the 13th of December <strong>Lowell</strong> and<br />
careful consideration of our best inter-<br />
Oakland High Schools will hold an inests.<br />
While in the League <strong>Lowell</strong> was<br />
ter-school debate. <strong>The</strong> debate, we are<br />
obliged to debate with such schools as<br />
most pleased to say, will take place at<br />
Stockton, San Rafael, and Lodi, schools<br />
the Auditorium of the Girls' High<br />
with which we have, absolutely no inter-<br />
School, San Francisco, Such a relief<br />
ests in common. Of course such debates<br />
after our tedious journeys to San Rafael.<br />
were both inconvenient and fruitless.<br />
<strong>The</strong> question will be: Resclved : That the<br />
You champions of the League might<br />
present freedom of the press should not be<br />
ask: •«Debating Society, what have<br />
restricted. It was submitted by Oakland.<br />
you done since you withdrew from the<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> will choose the si^c It has now<br />
League?" » Well,» the Debating So-<br />
been some time since these schools have<br />
ciety replies, -we have arranged a de-<br />
met in a struggle for forensic honors,<br />
bate with the Oakland High School, and<br />
which fact will make victory all the<br />
in the future we will arrange a similar<br />
more sweet to obtain. Our team will<br />
debate with the Berkeley High ScfacoL"<br />
probably consist of three of the follow-<br />
<strong>The</strong> Constitution of the United, States<br />
ing : Miss Steen, Mr. Boericke, Mr. Har-<br />
owes its success to the fact that the<br />
rison, Mr. Selig, Mr. Lisser, Mr. Bufframers<br />
of that famous document de-<br />
pended not upon the imagmai<br />
of their own fertile brains, bi<br />
founded the framework of thi;<br />
men * upon the foundation of e:<br />
<strong>The</strong> new Constitution adopt*<br />
Society and drawn up by Me:<br />
ham and Deguire augurs welj<br />
future; for that, like the C01<br />
of the United States, is the resi<br />
perience, and not a theoretic<br />
men;. <strong>The</strong> most important<br />
the lengthening of the term<br />
Previously officers were electee<br />
ten weeks <strong>No</strong>w they serve foi<br />
term. This change insures coi<br />
and stability.<br />
AT the first election tinder the<br />
stitution the following officers v<br />
en: President, Mr Lucey; Vice-<br />
Mr. Dernham; Secretary, Mr.<br />
Corresponding; Secretary, Mr.<br />
To those members of the scl<br />
have been so kind as to read ti<br />
thus far, the editor feels oblige<br />
a reward. <strong>The</strong> reward is<br />
toy; it is ;*5>meiiiing substai<br />
High School one of the £ro<br />
solved before graduation is this]<br />
Work. Acquired, ^0/find ir r -<br />
do it. Some persons gifted<br />
science of mathematics are abl<br />
this problem in their junior ~y<<br />
they are few, alas! too few. In<br />
die year another small number ij<br />
with this*'-happiness. <strong>The</strong> sfr<br />
chemistry sometimes come, upon]<br />
solution. But the great mass<br />
seniors with this awfel problem<br />
fronting them. ?STow,. of cburso<br />
such a load on one's shoulders<br />
disagreeable tiring. And so.as
[usiasrr*<br />
hope<br />
rending the?<br />
After U<br />
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22 THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong> officers of the Senior class having<br />
been duly elected, we hope they hive<br />
not forgotten that it has been the custom<br />
in this school for the Senior class<br />
to give a Senior dance sometime in<br />
December. We remind them of it because<br />
we want the dance this year to<br />
eclipse all former Senior dances.<br />
Alpha of Gamma Eta Kappa, since the<br />
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detail by all who were there.<br />
An afternoon tea was given by Delta<br />
of Alpha Sigma at the home o: Anita<br />
Wieland, 2020 California street, just after<br />
school opened.<br />
Delta of Alpha Sigma gave a picnic<br />
in honor of their three new members,<br />
Saturday, September r6th. <strong>The</strong> trip<br />
around the Bay on the McDowell was<br />
taken, after which the party landed at<br />
Angel Island where the rest of the day<br />
waa pleasantly spent.<br />
Miss Eunice C. Jeffers entertained<br />
Delta of Alpha Sigma at her home,<br />
Saturday afternoon, October 26th. <strong>The</strong><br />
Alumni girls of the Sorority assisted Miss<br />
Jeffers in receiving *he younger girls.<br />
Delicious refreshments were served after<br />
a most enjoyable afternoon.<br />
Miss May Morton, an Alpha Sigma<br />
girl of this school, is now attending<br />
Stanford University. Miss Morton is<br />
pledged to Kappa Alpha Tbeta Sorority.<br />
Mr. Hal Sander, a prominent member<br />
of Gamma Eta Kappa, is pnw attending<br />
the Lyceum.<br />
Mr. Baker, the new Physics teacher,<br />
formerly of Sacramento, is an honorary<br />
member cf <strong>The</strong>ta Chi fraternity.<br />
Mr. Robert H. Van Sant, formerly of<br />
Berkeley High, is now at <strong>Lowell</strong>. Mr.<br />
Van Sant is also a member of <strong>The</strong>ta Chi.<br />
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Hereafter we shall inclu|<br />
head, all matters of gene)<br />
terest and news of such<br />
tioos as are not provided U<br />
editorial departments.<br />
Oar school this year ha;<br />
number of changes, for thi<br />
of the four year course<br />
new laboratories, new clai<br />
teachers. In addition to<br />
sorry to say. some of cn\<br />
have left us.<br />
Mr. A. E- Kelloffg, the<br />
of OUT English Departed<br />
raids principal of the H<br />
mar School. Mr. Kellcgj<br />
member of the faculty si;<br />
is needless to say that all<br />
of our school very much<br />
lost $0 able a teacher and<br />
with this school for such<br />
We echo the sentiments<br />
in wishing Mr. Kellofcg si<br />
new position.<br />
Another one of our fi<br />
miss this year is Mr. P.<br />
head of the Depaitmei:<br />
Mr. Toirpkiss has gone t<br />
two years' graduate work,<br />
turn by the end of that tii<br />
in the meantime being tal<br />
S. Baker, former head o<br />
department in the Sacr;<br />
School and a graduate of tl<br />
of Califcr&U of the class ol<br />
Mr F. E. Perham. f?:<br />
tenda&i of schools in Sai<br />
Co., and a graduate of _.<br />
now taking the place in<br />
Department made* vacact<br />
B'tanchard. who after rt<br />
degree of Pb. D. at Ham<br />
appointed principal of<br />
Grammar.
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THE LOWELL<br />
School New<br />
Hereafter we shall include under this<br />
head, all matters of general school interest<br />
and news of such school organizations<br />
as are not provided for in our other<br />
editorial departments.<br />
Our school this year has undergone a<br />
number of changes, for the introduction<br />
of the four year course has necessitated<br />
new laboratories, new classes and new<br />
teachers. In addition to this, we are<br />
sorry to say, some of our old teachers<br />
have left us.<br />
Mr. A,. E. Kellogg, the former head<br />
of our English Department, has been<br />
made principal of the Hamilton Granimnr<br />
School. Mr. Kellogg has been a<br />
member of the faculty since 1886 It<br />
is needless to say that all the members<br />
of our school very much regret to have<br />
lost so able a teacher and oue identified<br />
with this school for such a long time.<br />
We echo the sentiments of the school<br />
in wishing Mr. Kellogg success in his<br />
new position.<br />
Another one of our faculty whom we<br />
miss this year is Mr. P. T. Tompkins,<br />
head of the Department of Science.<br />
Mr. Totnpkins has gone to Harvard for<br />
two years' graduate work, and will return<br />
by the end of that time, his place<br />
in the meantime being taken by Mr. M.<br />
S. Baker, former head of the science<br />
department in the Sacramento High<br />
School and a graduate of the University<br />
of California of the class of '95.<br />
Mr. F. E. Perham, former superintendant<br />
of schools in San Bernardino<br />
Co., and a graduate of Bowdoin '82, is<br />
now taking the place in our English<br />
Department made- vacant by Mr. M. E.<br />
Blanchard, who after receiving the<br />
degree of Ph. D. at Harvard, has been<br />
appointed principal of the Hancock<br />
Grammar.<br />
Miss S. M. Kingsbury is studying at<br />
Columbia college; her position in the<br />
history department is being filled by<br />
Mr. J. A. Longley, former principal of<br />
the Palo Alto High School, a graduate<br />
of the class of '96 of Stanford, and a<br />
post-graduate of Harvard.<br />
Besides these, Mr. G. H. Stokes has<br />
been added to our faculty. He was<br />
formerly a student in this school and<br />
graduated from U. C. in 1890. Prior<br />
to this term he was principal of the<br />
Marysville High School. And last, but<br />
not least, we have the pleasure to report<br />
that Mr. F. W. Koch, former instructor<br />
in science at Oakland High,<br />
is now a teacher in the same department<br />
at <strong>Lowell</strong>. "<strong>The</strong> Asgis" of the<br />
O. H. S. states that the students are<br />
very sorry to have lost Mr. Koch, and<br />
those of us who have become acquainted<br />
with him at this school can well understand<br />
the cause of their sorrow. Mr.<br />
Koch takes active interest in Athletics,<br />
especially the track. He is a graduate<br />
of U. CM having been a member of the<br />
class of '96.<br />
Senior Class Meeting.<br />
At a meeting of the class of '02, held<br />
in Mr. Clark's room early in September,<br />
the following class officers were elected:<br />
L. Bufford, President; Miss H. Steen,<br />
Vice President; Miss E. Moses, Secretary<br />
; Bates, Treasurer. <strong>The</strong> first was<br />
elected by ballot, his opponents being<br />
H. Wollenberg and W. De Leon; the<br />
others were elected by acclamation, as<br />
there ws.s only one nominee Miss<br />
Steen, last year's Vice-president, presided,<br />
in the absence of the President,<br />
who has left school. Previous to the<br />
election, Mr. Clark said a few words,<br />
and after him Mr. Tompkins made a<br />
farewell speech. It was his last day at
school before going on bis leave of absence.<br />
He seemed to be as sorry to<br />
leave the work among us as we were<br />
to have him go. Another meeting was<br />
held Oct. 31, to discuss the senior dance.<br />
About 55 were present. <strong>The</strong> president<br />
was empowered to appoint a finance<br />
committee consisting of three, with himself<br />
as chairman, and an arrangements<br />
committee of five., with himself as chairman.<br />
A contribution of one dollar was<br />
settled on to be paid by each member<br />
of the class who wishes to attend the<br />
dance. Bufford, Bates, and Miss Oliver<br />
compose the finance committee. <strong>The</strong><br />
arrangements committee had not been<br />
appointed when we went to press.<br />
Athletic Association Election.<br />
Ac election of officers for the Athletic<br />
Association was held Tuesday Oct. i,<br />
'01. One noticeable feature of the<br />
election was the lack of rivalry for the<br />
offices. Five out of the twelve officers<br />
were unanimously elected.<br />
Those elected were :<br />
President..«. J. LUCKY, High Seuiur<br />
Vice President Miss FOWLE, High Senior<br />
Treasurer DEGUIRE, Latin Middle, A<br />
Secretary DARLING, Latin Middle, B<br />
A. A. L. Repr VAS BURGH, High Middle<br />
Football Manager...MIDDLETON, First class, D<br />
Track Manager JONES, Latin Senior, B<br />
Baseball Manager JYELEON, Greek Senior<br />
Swimming Mangr WALKER, Latin Senior A<br />
Tennis Mangr ROSENBERG, Latin Senior A<br />
Bicycle Mangr THEOBALD, Latin Senior A<br />
Basketball Mangr...Miss STEEN/, Greek Senior<br />
Under these officers and their management,.the<br />
school and school athletics<br />
ought to prosper. Although just at<br />
present football holds tBe center of the<br />
school stage, swimming, baseball and<br />
tennis seasons are not far distant, and<br />
,owell ought not to have it said that<br />
the only branch of athletics she Is superior<br />
in is football.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
Alumni Association.<br />
<strong>The</strong> L. H. S. Alumni Association was<br />
founded by the graduating class of 1898,<br />
both to help the school as much as<br />
possible and to bring alumni together<br />
ODce or twice a year. So far it has given<br />
two dances. <strong>The</strong> first dance was successful<br />
as far as a dance goes, but financially<br />
the association barely came out<br />
even. <strong>The</strong> second dance was very unsuccessful,<br />
financially and otherwise.<br />
<strong>The</strong> association is now in debt on<br />
account of the poor support it has received<br />
from alumni students. Such a<br />
state of affairs is certainly deplorable<br />
If the seniors of each graduating class<br />
would join and add new life and vigor<br />
the association would be a success<br />
This is the way only a very few of last<br />
year's senior class have done, which<br />
speaks very poorly for <strong>Lowell</strong> spirit<br />
<strong>The</strong> expenses of the association are<br />
slight, the advantages considerable; In<br />
conclusion let us quote from a letter<br />
received from an officer of the association<br />
u An Alumni Association cannot under any<br />
circumstances be a success unless the student<br />
body of the school or institution is behind it<br />
I would say to the seniors and to those who are<br />
soon to be seniors, be proud of your class and<br />
of yourself, but above all be proud of your<br />
school. You have one of the best, if not the<br />
best school on th-. coast. All your graduates<br />
do well iu college and several of them nave<br />
been honor men, which is a great distinction<br />
f there are over two thousand students over<br />
here.) You are the men and women who must<br />
build up school spirit, your teachers can't do<br />
that for you, neither can the alumni, although<br />
they will try to help you. That part rests with<br />
you and when you do build up such a spirit<br />
both the school, the students and the Alunni<br />
Association will prosper and there will be a<br />
certain fellow feeling which must be felt to be<br />
appreciated." >•.;<br />
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attention and the rooter'sygoii<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>. Upon a select six 01<br />
last year's eleven the presen*j<br />
been formed; and~ under^t<br />
or Mr. Castlehoun—an^exthe<br />
team has developed a:s]<br />
tific game. <strong>The</strong>ing<br />
148 lbs;^the' backs espt<br />
but these latter all are hard',<br />
ners. As far as iope g ^<br />
win her sr-b league and Berl<br />
her league. That syiil then h<br />
and Berkeley \ agata^ja* fig)<br />
Still,, according t.0 dope, ; tosj<br />
to win, but doping football<br />
uncertain pi anything^eise/;'<br />
A line as to individuals. £t-<br />
^Herrin and ^^<br />
liable players.<br />
Both arei<br />
ing up interference ^<br />
on punts. Both are ratfcer<br />
lers*. ^rrin is a plu&£:fo<br />
player, 'who, if necessary•$coi<br />
punting. Both ends^are fairlj<br />
ground gainers.<br />
Kidd and Keegan at to<br />
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strong bucker; jand a demon f<<br />
holes. He has a disfigurinj<br />
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Football at present takes up all the<br />
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average thirty-seven yards. His place<br />
kicks are nearly always reliable.<br />
Vos Burgh, (captain) the other half, is<br />
the same—perhaps a little improved—as<br />
the half of two seasons ago, although<br />
in the formation on end runs there is<br />
little or no interference (as <strong>Lowell</strong> now<br />
plays). Vos Burgh still sticks to whatever<br />
there is, nearly always for gains.<br />
In crossbucks he is also successful.<br />
Montgomery, sub-half,is a good ground<br />
gaiiier and a valuable man behind the<br />
lice in defensive play. Graham, subfull<br />
and half, is an excellent punter,<br />
biters strongly, and shows up well in<br />
defensive work.<br />
As a whole, <strong>Lowell</strong>'s team is stronger<br />
in offensive than defensive play. <strong>The</strong><br />
practise games which she now has coming,<br />
however, wil] do much to help this.<br />
Berkeley's team is the reverse, stronger<br />
on the defense.<br />
Coach Castlehoun and <strong>Lowell</strong> High<br />
School are to be congratulated on their<br />
team.<br />
LOWELI, vs. ST. MATTHEW.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first league game <strong>Lowell</strong> played<br />
was with St. Matthew. <strong>Lowell</strong> won<br />
(although everyone expected a close<br />
game)bjUhe comfortable score of nineteen<br />
to nobbing. <strong>Lowell</strong> won by superior<br />
team work, greater speed and good<br />
head work in running the game.<br />
But nineteen: First 6—touchdown<br />
and goal by Hamilton: then 6—touch-<br />
down by Middleton, goal by Hamilton;<br />
then 2-safety on a kick blocked by Kidd ;<br />
finally 5-field goal from 38-yard line by<br />
Hamilton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> teams came on the field about<br />
2 :45 p. M. It ;j«ras seen at once that St.<br />
Matthew's was about five heavier, and<br />
her backs greatly outweighed <strong>Lowell</strong>'s.<br />
At 3:00 p. M. Hamilton kicked off 45<br />
yards to Smith, r/ho ran in 5 yards. St.<br />
Matthe;v failed to make the distance and<br />
punted on the third down.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> then commenced a series of<br />
bucks and end runs that carried the ball<br />
straight down the field : bucks by Hamilton<br />
through center and guard; end<br />
runs by Vos Burgh, and bucks by Middleton—Kidd<br />
assisting often—through<br />
the tackles.<br />
In less than eight minutes Hamilton<br />
went over for the first touchdown. <strong>The</strong><br />
goal was easily kicked.<br />
By much the same tactics <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
again scored in short order. After Vos<br />
Burgh had made a 20 yard run, and an<br />
out of bounds trick play had partly succeeded,<br />
Middleton and Hamilton bucked<br />
in turn for four and five yards respectively,<br />
and then Middletown went over<br />
for another five points. Hamilton also<br />
kicked this goal.<br />
That finished the scoring for the first<br />
half. Coach Castlehoun had told the<br />
team to score twice in the first half So<br />
they did and tben eased up. <strong>The</strong> half<br />
ended with ball in St. Matthew's possession,<br />
near the middle of the field. •<br />
In the second half, Montgomery played<br />
right half, Vos Burgh's ankle having<br />
been hurt and it being unnecessar}' to<br />
play him. In this half, though <strong>Lowell</strong>...x<br />
scored twice, she simply held St. Matthew<br />
down.<br />
At one stage, after an interchange of<br />
punts, St. Matthew got the ball OE her<br />
own i-yard line. Howard dropped back<br />
to punt, but Kidd broke through and*- 11 ,<br />
blocked the kick, Hoppin fell on the -*<br />
ball, but behind the line. Thus the -<br />
rooters—quite a good many for a va-<br />
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cation crowd—had another chance to<br />
make themselves heard.<br />
Later, Hamilton made a beautiful place 'i<br />
kick from the 38-yard line. What<br />
wind there was blew against him, but -<br />
the line held Ion ? enough to get the ball<br />
out safely and over. Toward the close<br />
of the half there was a kicking duel<br />
between Hamilton and Howard. Both<br />
were good, but Hamilton's better judgment<br />
and placing won out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team plaved well<br />
offensive woik they wei<br />
good. <strong>The</strong> holes in tbe<br />
large enough to bubbly!<br />
through. <strong>The</strong> mass piaj<br />
bucks work well, especial<br />
thew's left guard and ts<br />
and Pfcikerton being u|<br />
plays directed against<br />
over plays were used 1<br />
but St. Matthew's lad<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s had.<br />
<strong>The</strong> line held well on dj<br />
the center trio being<br />
and being well backed 1<br />
Montgomery, and Mid(<br />
three dkl excellent defens<br />
the second half Falk st<<br />
tun St. Matthew's effe<<br />
affair around the end.<br />
Vos Burgh was alwa;<br />
ends. He made one n<br />
15-yard run. .; Haniiiton'J<br />
nearly always good-for<br />
his punting was,very gdl<br />
averaged 36 yards. Mid<<br />
in bucks than end runs,!<br />
eral times he skirtedyards.<br />
<strong>The</strong> e^ds had hard worl<br />
half, running down 61<br />
were weak at the eiid^:one<br />
of the pluckiest garni<br />
while. Tizough ba^Jy<br />
the game out. Both • hi<br />
ma ie several very pretty<br />
tackling is low and<br />
sure.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s second game<br />
This game, although<br />
r7-0— was a disappoint<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> students.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s defensive w<<br />
appalling and her pffej<br />
ragged, Lick came thrbugj<br />
and again in the -first hald<br />
couid brac^. up enough to
<strong>The</strong> team plaved well together. In<br />
offensive woik they were particularly<br />
good. <strong>The</strong> holes in the lines were often<br />
large enough to bubble an automobile<br />
through. <strong>The</strong> mass plays and crossbucks<br />
work well, especially on St. Matthew's<br />
left guard and tackle, Samuells<br />
and Pinkerton being unable to stop<br />
plays directed against them. Tackle<br />
over plays were used by both teams,<br />
but St. Matthew's lacked the force<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s had.<br />
<strong>The</strong> line held well on defensive work,<br />
the center trio being especially strong,<br />
and being well backed up by Falk,<br />
Montgomery, and Middleton. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
three did excellent defensive work. In<br />
the second half Falk stopped the only<br />
run St. Matthew's effected—a 15-yard<br />
affair around the end,<br />
Vos Burgh was always good on the<br />
ends. He made one io-yard and one<br />
15-yard run. Hamilton's bucks were<br />
nearly always good for the distance and<br />
his punting was very good. His punts<br />
averaged 36 yards. Middleton was safer<br />
in bucks than end runs, although several<br />
times he skirted around for five<br />
yards.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ends had hard work in the second<br />
half, running down on punts. Both<br />
were weak at the end. Herrin played<br />
one of the pluckiest games seen in a long<br />
while. Though badly used up he stuck<br />
the game out. Both he and Baldwin<br />
male several very pretty tackles. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
tackling is low and hard, and generally<br />
sure.<br />
LOWELL VS. LICK.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s second game was with Lick.<br />
This game, although <strong>Lowell</strong> won,—<br />
17-0— was a disappointment to many<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> students.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s defensive work something<br />
appalling and her offensive work very<br />
ragged, Lick came through the line time<br />
and again in the first half, before <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
could brace up enough to stop them, and<br />
THE LOWELL 27<br />
the paucity of rooters was a di>grace to<br />
the school.<br />
Well, Lick kicked off and Hamilton<br />
ran in ten yards. <strong>Lowell</strong> was carrying<br />
the ball straight down the field when<br />
some <strong>Lowell</strong>ite was careless, was caught<br />
offside and the ball was given to Lick<br />
on <strong>Lowell</strong>'s 35-yard line.<br />
Cavanaugh's following place kick was<br />
blocked by Kidd, and Herrin fell on the<br />
ball. Again <strong>Lowell</strong>—very slowly—went<br />
down the field on end runs, mingled with<br />
a few bucks.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n Middleton made a io-yard run<br />
and next Vos Burgh bucked three yards<br />
foi a touchdown. Hamilton—the bali<br />
was new and unfamiliar—missed the<br />
easy goal. That made five points in<br />
ten minutes.<br />
After the kick-off, Vos Burgh made a<br />
30-yard run. <strong>The</strong>n—Oh ! Shades of Departed<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>ites—<strong>Lowell</strong> lost tkt. ball<br />
on downs. Lick was better on defensive<br />
work than offensive work, however, and<br />
the half ended with the ball on Lick's<br />
45-yard line in <strong>Lowell</strong>'s possession.<br />
In the next spasm Montgomery played<br />
Middleton's half. In this half the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
line braced up a little and put up a trifle<br />
better defensive play.<br />
Hamilton kicked off, but Bartell soon<br />
picked up a fumbled ball by Lick and<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> once again began a series of runs<br />
down the field. Even then they nearly<br />
lost their chance. <strong>The</strong> ball was badly<br />
thrown and fell to the ground. Herrin<br />
saw it in time to save it to <strong>Lowell</strong>. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
Vos Burgh rose up in righteous wrath<br />
and raced goalward for thirty yards, thus<br />
waking up the grandstand. That made<br />
eleven to Lick's nothing.<br />
A little later Cavanaugh fumbled a<br />
punt. Baldwin galloped up, seized the<br />
buffeted pigskin and with a clear field<br />
before, with hair waving wildly in the<br />
winds, with Lick's <strong>10</strong> 4-5 sprinter behind,<br />
madly raced past the ribbon bedecked<br />
damsels in the grandstand, 75
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yards to a touchdown, Hamilton kicked<br />
the goal. That made 17.<br />
A little while later MacKinne did the<br />
same thing, but <strong>Lowell</strong> again was offsidef<br />
so he walked way back. That was<br />
all the scoring.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> had a good chance again to<br />
score. <strong>The</strong>y had worked the ball steadily<br />
down the field to the <strong>10</strong>-yard line.<br />
Lick was tired and could not hold<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> any place in the line. But after<br />
a 5-yard buck Vos Burgh fumbled, Lick<br />
captured the ball, and the last hope of<br />
further scoring had fled.<br />
Cavanaugh outpunted Hamilton; Vos<br />
Burgh fumbled; <strong>Lowell</strong> was held on<br />
downs; <strong>Lowell</strong> lost a touchdown on offside<br />
play; a small, sleepy set in the<br />
grand-stand; these are a few of the<br />
things that makes a person filled with<br />
school patriotism and love of good football<br />
feel like severely chastising somebody<br />
or something even though the<br />
school did win.<br />
LOWBIX vs. PALO ALTO.<br />
<strong>The</strong> third game was the easiest of<br />
all,—thirty to nothing! <strong>Lowell</strong> outweighed<br />
her opponent eight pounds to<br />
the man, and in team work the proportion<br />
was even greater. Middleton's<br />
knee being bad, Montgomery played till<br />
his knee laid him out, and gave Graham<br />
a chance to astonish everyone by his<br />
punting. One of his kicks, counting a<br />
15-yard roll, amounted to 65 yards. His<br />
actual punti'ug averaged 40^ yards.<br />
Spalding's Athletic Goods are Standard<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s defensive work was an improvement<br />
on the Lick game, and Paio<br />
Alto on receiving the ball from Hamilton's<br />
kick-off was forced to punt, her<br />
bucks piling up without gain. Palo<br />
Alto's ends were found weak, and after<br />
a few runs, Vos Burgh made 12 yards<br />
on a delayed pass to the 3-yard line.<br />
Keegan was brought back and bucked<br />
over for the first touchdown. Hamilton<br />
kicked the goal<br />
After the kick-off, Hamilton punted<br />
35 yards to Buelna, the little Indian<br />
full and quarterback. He fumbled, and<br />
Herrin, who happened to be exercising<br />
near by, stole the ball and ran down the<br />
field behind the goil post. Herrin ran<br />
50 yards. <strong>The</strong>n Himilton came up to*,.<br />
him, took away the ball and kicked it<br />
over the goal post. That made 12 points;<br />
Later Vos Burgh and Graham executed<br />
a neat double pass that brought<br />
the ball to the 8-yard line. Vos Burgh<br />
then in a crossbuck scored a few more<br />
points. Hamilton kicked and made .it .<br />
18 points. Again, MacKinne got the<br />
ball on an ill-accomplished trick play<br />
by Palo Alto and ran 30 yards for a •<br />
touchdown. Hamilton woke up and"<br />
kicked the goal. That made 24 points^<br />
so they stopped for the first half an^:to ",<br />
get a few mouthfuls of lemon juice. ' : ?'<br />
<strong>The</strong> second half was made shorter by ;<br />
ten minutes and was an admirable chance^<br />
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For three consecutive plays,<br />
caught the runner, and he was<br />
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it. Graham broke through<br />
and caught the runner behjm<br />
That Barteil scored wasi\<br />
was not istoded and was real<br />
thiug to do. Palo Alto was trl<br />
so hard, to break I/Owell's<br />
were wer.viog out their fullbj<br />
ing him. In a mix-up Btiriell<br />
of the ball, dug his way oiit,<br />
anyone knew why, had pat the<br />
and thirty five yards betwee<br />
and danger. Hamilton was so<br />
he scarcely kicked the goaL<br />
About this time; the'team<br />
30 points, the umpire got hue<br />
his whistle and everybody wejj<br />
Academic Field>Z>!<br />
Before quite a good-sized cro<br />
won the fall meetof the Acaden<br />
at Emeryville, Saturday, Oet<<br />
Ukiah won with 45 points, Oa<br />
second with 39, and Berkeley<br />
20 points. " : 5<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> had several entries,<br />
few of these competed. H.<br />
first year student, wbri^Lowe<br />
point, running a pluclrry ;thi<br />
half-mile.. Hazelljs young<br />
ought to tnake a good point'<br />
fore he leaves -schoolSg^<br />
fourth in the high-juirjpi reacl^<br />
2 j£ inches. Gibson -and^ST<br />
competed on the track, along<br />
beuhaur. ' :<br />
George Jones, on whom<br />
was pinned, failed to matei<br />
Weller had his own way in-tl<br />
throw and shot-put. ;L ;v-<br />
Three records were broken;<br />
U. H. S., ran the ibo-yard dasj<br />
seconds, and the 220-yard<br />
breaking two long standiiij
tage of this in several spectacular plays.<br />
For tbree consecutive plays, <strong>The</strong>obald<br />
caught the runner, and he was in different<br />
places each time. Falk's end was<br />
tabooed after several attempts to circle<br />
it. Graham broke through several times<br />
and caught the runner behind the line.<br />
That Bartell scored -vas a mistake. It<br />
was not intended and was really a mean<br />
thip/r to do. Palo Alto was trying. Oh !<br />
so hard, to break <strong>Lowell</strong>'s defense and<br />
were wearing out their full back bucking<br />
him. In a mix-up Bartell got hold<br />
of the ball, dug his way out, and before<br />
anyone knew why, had put the goal post<br />
and thirty five yards between himself<br />
and danger. Hamilton was sc surprised<br />
he scarcely kicked the goal.<br />
About this time, the team had scored<br />
30 points, the umpire got hungry, blew<br />
his whistle and everybody went home.<br />
Academic Field Day.<br />
Before quite a good-sized crowd, Uklah<br />
won the fall meetof the Academ»c'Lea«ue<br />
at Emeryville. Saturday, October 12th.<br />
Ukiah won with 45 points, Oakland was<br />
second with 39, and Berkeley third with<br />
20 points.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> had several entries, but only a<br />
few of these competed. H. Hazell, a<br />
first year student, won <strong>Lowell</strong>'s single<br />
point, running a plucky third in the<br />
half-mile. Hazell is young yet and<br />
ought to make a good point-winner before<br />
he leaves school. Adams was<br />
fourth in the high-jump reaching 5 feet<br />
2>J inches. Gibson and Turner also<br />
competed on the track aloug with Sb.oebenhaur.<br />
George Jones, on whom great faith<br />
was pinned, failed to materialise, and<br />
Welier had his own way in the hammerthrow<br />
and shot-put.<br />
Three records were broken. Hagans,<br />
U. H. S., ran the <strong>10</strong>0-yard dash in <strong>10</strong> 2-5<br />
seconds, and the 220-yard in 23 2-5,<br />
breaking two long standing records.<br />
THE LOWELL \29<br />
Weller did ihe 220-yard hurdles in 26<br />
2-5 seconds.<br />
Jottings.<br />
*' Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee,<br />
At all his jokes, for many a. joke had he."<br />
His jokes he carried in a little book,<br />
And every day he slyljr took a look;<br />
Picked out an ancient jest and watched to see<br />
<strong>The</strong> one who would not laugh, and gave him D.<br />
With apologies to Goldsmith and others.<br />
V. P. E. '02, (protesting about his<br />
mark,) "Well, I got the translations all<br />
right:"<br />
Prof. W-l-e-r, (thoughtfully) "Yes?<br />
Well they only cost you two-bits !"<br />
"I have a few more points to touch<br />
upon," said C. Marks as he scrambled<br />
over a barb-wire fence pursued by his<br />
opponent's savage bull dog.<br />
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By order of Ungewitter,<br />
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Whose hearts should beat as one,<br />
Those two little innocent juniors,<br />
Harris auJ Harrison.<br />
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New teacher (upon suddenly receiving<br />
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VOL. 6. , SAN FRAN<br />
SPECTATOR PAPER NO.<br />
Sir Roger and<br />
While visiting with Sir Rpgei<br />
erley at his city house last<br />
uing, the knight spoke, in tte<br />
our remarks, about the strides .<br />
made in educationf^and; exp<br />
desire to visit one o& the<br />
academies, .assuring me ik&t•- he<br />
been at; school since His<br />
then proceeded to give<br />
discourse pn the value pfeducai<br />
modern educational iiistftUtio^<br />
full of gpod'argument; was^His"<br />
tiori' that I was greatly :'suxpn«il<br />
he told me he had it frefc<br />
that proved to be Modern E(li<br />
>yell informed^ and; 'thoroughly<br />
paper. TJaen returning to his<br />
proposition,' he said that he si<br />
very glad to have me with' him<br />
a yjsit to some school, aid d*<br />
to select the one that should b<<br />
an example. On ,running over<br />
ferent ones, as I could see nr<br />
coald compare with <strong>Lowell</strong> Higl<br />
I named my' choice, and it beinj<br />
able to Sir Roger, we decidedout<br />
our plan on the succeeding
VOL, 6. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, DECEMBER, 1901- <strong>No</strong>. 2<br />
SPECTATOR PAPER NO. 4711.<br />
Sir Roger and the<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong><br />
While visiting with Sir Roger de Coverley<br />
at his city house last Tuesday evening,<br />
the knight spoke, in the course of<br />
our remarks, about the strides we had<br />
made in education, and expressed a<br />
desire to visit one of the modern<br />
academies, assuring me that he had not<br />
been at school since his boyhood. He<br />
then proceeded to give me a lengthy<br />
discourse on the value of education and<br />
modern educational institutions, and so<br />
full of good argument was his conversation<br />
that 1 was greatly surprised, until<br />
he told rue he had it from a magazine,<br />
that proved to be Modern Education* a<br />
well informed and thoroughly reliable<br />
paper. <strong>The</strong>n returning to his original<br />
proposition, he said that he should be<br />
very glad to have me with him and on<br />
a visit to some school, and desired me<br />
to select the one that should be best, as<br />
an example. On running over the different<br />
ones, as I could see n one th at<br />
could compare with <strong>Lowell</strong> High School,<br />
I named my choice, and it being agreeable<br />
to Sir Roger, we decided to follow<br />
out our plan on the succeeding day.<br />
Spectator Visit the<br />
School.<br />
Accordingly the next morning w<br />
started forth, and after a slight delay<br />
occasioned by Sir Roger's having to<br />
stop and advise a blind beggar to whom<br />
he gave a coin that he ought to go to Dr.<br />
K , an eye and ear specialist, whose<br />
circular Sir Roger had been examining<br />
that morning, again we started out and<br />
boarded a car, for Sir Roger has now<br />
overcome his fearfulncss of street cars.<br />
He talked all the way to the school about<br />
the good that could be done by the doctor<br />
he had mentioned, if the beggar<br />
should follow his advice; But as I<br />
afterwards" observed the beggar to wink<br />
at another, who stood near by when Sir<br />
Roger was giving his advice, I concluded<br />
that the doctor would not aid this<br />
particular blind beggar very much. However<br />
I -V1 not mention my reflections to<br />
the old '• ./:; "T that we were then arrived<br />
r- -..•;• '.' • ; latlOU.<br />
I may , . t it was with a slight<br />
feeling of uneasiness that I rang the door<br />
bell, for, as you know, Sir Roger is much<br />
behind the fashions in dress, and his<br />
peucliarities are so marked that I feared
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lest some should smile or make fun of<br />
him, for some American boys will do<br />
such things, though perhaps thoughtlessly.<br />
But if I feared any such thing<br />
my fears were partly dispelled when a<br />
bright youngster opened the door and<br />
respectfully conducted us to the office of<br />
the head or principal, and after leaving<br />
us there withdrew without making any<br />
sign that he had observed any peculiarities<br />
in my old friend.<br />
We were received cordially by the principal,<br />
and on making known our business<br />
there he insisted on accompanying us<br />
about the building. He then explained<br />
the work of the different departments,<br />
and I may say that he made everything<br />
very clear to us. It would take too long<br />
to tell what we found out. but I may as<br />
well speak of a few incidents that occurred<br />
while making a tour of the several<br />
classes. For instance I shall tell<br />
what impression the Latin class made on<br />
Sir Roger.<br />
Sir Roger listened very attentively to a<br />
recitation and at its completion begged<br />
the teacher that he might ask a question<br />
of the class. I was in much pain for my<br />
companion, for although I have a fair or<br />
even excellent knowledge of Latin, I was<br />
not aware that Sir Roger knew a word of<br />
that language. But much to my joy, the<br />
old man acquitted himself well; for he<br />
simply asked them to translate a line he<br />
quoted and expressed himself as well<br />
pleased with the translation he received.<br />
Sir Roger afterwards told me in the<br />
club that he had happened on that sentence<br />
in one of my papers and had committed<br />
it to memory until he could find<br />
out the meaning, but had not had an<br />
opportunity until this occasion.<br />
We also listened to n. geometry class<br />
that recited exceptionally well, but as<br />
Sir Roger wished to hear a history recitation<br />
that was bein^ carried on at the same<br />
time we did not stay very long. <strong>The</strong><br />
history that was being recited was Eng-<br />
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lish, which mightily pleased Sir Roger,<br />
whose knowledge of English history is<br />
great. He was especially gratified at an<br />
explanation of one of the latest acts of<br />
Parliament, for it accorded exactly with<br />
some observations of his own. But when<br />
some one, in telling about a famous battle,<br />
did not lay enough stress upon certain<br />
points that the knight considered<br />
very important, Sir Roger shook his<br />
head gravely, which so disconcerted the<br />
pupil that he sat down in some confusion,<br />
which was dispelled, however, by Sir<br />
Roger's remarking to the instructor<br />
that if all could recite in such a manner<br />
his class must be of remarkably high<br />
standing.<br />
As we left this room I noticed that Sir<br />
Roger's actions were rather queer, for he<br />
was taking snuff in great quantities and<br />
then smffing in the air and then taking<br />
more snuff. Our conductor noticing this<br />
smiled and said, "Perhaps you did not.<br />
know that we have a chemistry laboratory<br />
in the building." I could not make<br />
out what connection Sir Roger's actions<br />
could have with a chemistry laboratory,<br />
but just then I noticed a peculiar odor in<br />
the air and then I knew. Seeing our interest<br />
in his words, our friend conducted<br />
us to this laboratory. We both were<br />
very much interested in the work that<br />
was being done, but Sir Roger took the<br />
most interest because all was new to him.<br />
He asked many questions of the young<br />
man who was experimenting at a near by<br />
table and I could not help smiling at the<br />
earnestness with which he attended to<br />
the scholar's explanations. He watched,<br />
carefully, the process of generating hydrogen<br />
sulphide, and was delighted to find<br />
out the nature of those odors which he<br />
had previously noticed. Just then the<br />
bell rang for recess and excusing himself<br />
for a few minutes the principal left us<br />
standing by an open window facing the<br />
school-yard.<br />
After we had stood there for a few<br />
minutes, Sir Roger remarks<br />
intended to read •& little on<br />
of chemistry, for that he conj<br />
great thing to be well versed<br />
portant matters. He then<br />
gazing out the window for a f)<br />
called my attention to the sev<br />
tions of the pupils. Some xv<br />
ing over text books, 'othei<br />
round and talking, while<br />
were watching a game that<br />
played by four boys with<br />
rubber tennis bait and a: si<br />
It was hand ball, a game thi<br />
popular; among young ir,en j<br />
and as I make it a point to<br />
with, all the doings of the<br />
able to explain the 'game t<<br />
fairly ?7ell. At that moi<br />
ended and the principal &jj<br />
us. /<br />
He then remarked that<br />
visited the English class yet,<br />
up the staircase to this^cl;<br />
have forgotten to mention thi<br />
of the students seemed<br />
Roger and myself as if the^l<br />
the reason for which I<br />
Bijjt the English,-class expl;<br />
Tiiey were engaged in -tellti<br />
Jbtoger and myself since the:<br />
ing on some of ray papers<br />
written some years past- 'Sis<br />
amazed at the manner in<br />
cited, "telling all my stprie<br />
'scarcely \ omitdngf a siggle<br />
knight inquired of a! "j<br />
time was required to^gaii<br />
ficiency, and the answer^<br />
both. I almost regtetted'<br />
and papersjor young heads<br />
much time over, until Sir<br />
soled me by saying that my<br />
very creditable worl^ am<br />
them no ham. Haying si<br />
a!* the morning in our visit,]<br />
to say %ood-bye ?to the pi<br />
thanking him for his cou]
minutes, Sir Roger remarked that he<br />
intended to read a little on the science<br />
of chemistry, for that he considered it a<br />
great thing to be well versed in such important<br />
matters. He then turned and<br />
gazing out the window for a few minutes<br />
called my attention to the several occupations<br />
of the pupils. Some were pondering<br />
over text books, 'others walking<br />
round and talking, while still others<br />
were watching a game that was being<br />
played by four boys with the aid of a<br />
rubber tennis ball and a smooth wall.<br />
It was hand ball, a game that is rather<br />
popular among young men now-a-days,<br />
and as I make it a point to be acquainted<br />
with all the doings of the hour, I was<br />
able to explain the game to Sir Roger<br />
fairly well. At that moment recess<br />
ended and the principal again joined<br />
us.<br />
He then remarked that we had not<br />
visited the English class yet, so we went<br />
up th" staircase to this class room I<br />
have forgotten to mention that a number<br />
of the students seemed to regard Sir<br />
Roger and myself as if they knew us,<br />
the reason for which I could not see.<br />
But the English class explained it all.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were engaged in telling about Sir<br />
Roger and myself, since they were reciting<br />
on some of my papers that I had<br />
written some years past. Sir Roger was<br />
amazed at the manner in which they recited,<br />
telling all my stories in detail,<br />
scarcely omitting a single fact. <strong>The</strong><br />
knight inquired of a pupil how much<br />
time wa.5 required to gain such proficiency,<br />
and the answer astounded us<br />
bot 1 *. I almost regretted writing stories<br />
and papers for young heads to spend so<br />
much time over, until Sir Roger consoled<br />
me by saying that my papers were<br />
very creditable works and would do<br />
them no harm. Having spent nearly<br />
all-the morning in our visit, we decided<br />
to say good-bye to the principal, and<br />
thanking him for his courteous atten-<br />
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tions we were just about to shake hands<br />
with him, when we both, Sir Roger and<br />
myself, received a severe shock, the cause<br />
for which was as follows :<br />
As we stood there in the doorway,<br />
about eighteen husky young men, attired<br />
in red stockings, padded knee<br />
pants, red sweaters with great white<br />
Us on them, leather helmets, and a<br />
great deal of mud, jumped off the car<br />
and made a rush for the doorway where<br />
we were standing. Sir Roger and I retreated.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Vnight was so surprised<br />
that for a minute he could not speak, but<br />
then he gasped—"What were those?*'<br />
I answered that they must be foot ball<br />
players and then turned to the principal<br />
for an explanation He said that I was<br />
right, and that these boys, who had just<br />
been out practicing in preparation for the<br />
final game for the championship of the<br />
academies in this State, constituted the<br />
school team and the substitutes for the<br />
same. He then explained the value of a<br />
foot ball team for strengthening school<br />
spirit and in making manly, self-reliant<br />
fellorrs, after which he presented us with<br />
complimentary tickets for the coming<br />
game and begged us to attend it Sir<br />
Roger and I accepted the ticket and<br />
promised to go, for we were both anxious<br />
to see how the game was played now-adays.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n we bid the principal goodbye<br />
and started homeward.<br />
All the way to Sir Roger's house my<br />
friend sat silent and thinking, which was<br />
very unusual in him. Finally be broke<br />
the silence and said, "Yes, I see how a<br />
foot ball team might strengthen school<br />
spirit," then "a great thing, a great<br />
thing these modern schools; if I had a<br />
son, he should go to <strong>Lowell</strong> High<br />
School.*' I am still in doubt, as I was<br />
at the time he spoke, as to whether this<br />
remark was caused by the impression<br />
made by the school or by that made by<br />
the foot ball team ; perhaps my readers<br />
can tell.
But the remark that accorded best with<br />
my own feelings, was spoken just as I<br />
parted with my old friend at his door.<br />
"Don't you think that it is a shame<br />
that <strong>Lowell</strong> High School should have<br />
such a poor building when it is so great<br />
an academy ? " was what he said I did<br />
not answer him, for I had been musing<br />
on the same tiring myself, but I thought<br />
just exactly as he did. It is indeed<br />
shameful that such a dilapidated old<br />
wooden shack should be the only fate<br />
of such a high school. I wondered then<br />
and I wonder now that it is used, but<br />
perhaps there is an excuse for it's use,<br />
that I have not heard of. When I had<br />
read so much about <strong>Lowell</strong>; had heard<br />
of different men. graduates of <strong>Lowell</strong>,<br />
who had won renown in the world; had<br />
listened to great orators, literary men,<br />
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lawyers, in fact many professional men<br />
and had heard them proudly say that<br />
they had attended LowdL I must confess<br />
that I was bitterly disappointed when<br />
I visited the school and saw that all its<br />
greatness was held in an old, broken-*;<br />
down frame building, that does not even<br />
(but this is only rumored) keep out the ':,<br />
rain and thus makes it dangerous to the<br />
health to attend school. It is indeed disgraceful<br />
that such a condition of affairs<br />
should exist, and I am sure that my.<br />
readers will join with me in wishing<br />
that in future years, not far distant, one<br />
may point at a fine stone building, beauti-<br />
:• ai<br />
ful in every detail, and proudly say,<br />
"This is <strong>Lowell</strong> High School." -^<br />
THE SPECTATOR, •''£<br />
(HARRY W. DARLING, '03)<br />
RIP VAN WINKLE, THE SECOND.<br />
After the battle of Bull Run, when the<br />
whole country was holding up its hands<br />
in dismay and breathing hard in the first<br />
realization that the war was not, after<br />
all, to be a picnic for the <strong>No</strong>rthern<br />
troops, I together with many other doctors<br />
and surgeons, rushed into Washington<br />
from distant cities. Some of us went<br />
from strictly patriotic motives, some out<br />
of sympathy for the poor fellows who<br />
were reported as lying sick and wounded<br />
in the streets of the capital until church<br />
and school buildings were turned into<br />
hospitals to shelter them. Some of us<br />
went because we were young, and felt<br />
that we could gain more practical experience<br />
legitimately in less time than<br />
would be possible any place else.<br />
I'm afraid I was of this latter class. I<br />
had just been graduated, and there was<br />
scant chance for much practice for me<br />
in New York City for many a year to<br />
come.<br />
After attending to many other cases, I<br />
was taken, one rainy night, by a kind old<br />
negro woman to her cabin on the edge of<br />
the city. She catne to me in tears:<br />
"Doctah, I des wish't yoh come an' \<br />
see my Rastus. He 'pears mon's'ous '<br />
cur'ous, an' he act des like he 'str acted";:<br />
At her cabin I found her son, a tre- t<br />
mendous fellow, as black as coal and<br />
evidently an athlete, with no evidence<br />
of a wound upon him, but with a tendency<br />
to bear off to one side as he walked, ^<br />
an apparent inability to talk, and possessed<br />
of a persistent effort to march arid<br />
keep time to martial music, which he<br />
could not do.<br />
Aunt Jarnina. as she called heiself<br />
and asked me to call her, told me that<br />
her son had always been strong and<br />
healthy, and that when he left Washington<br />
with the army he was perfectly<br />
sound and " des like de res* of de folks ;<br />
but dey fetch him back to his po 1 ole<br />
mammy des like yon se<<br />
an* I des skeered plumb<br />
dat I is;' r . I examined J<<br />
and could find not the^J<br />
matter with him, and hali<br />
was shamming. :<br />
<strong>The</strong> room was white i\<br />
noticed a streak entirely<br />
was so evenly drawn that i|<br />
attention; but in the stii<br />
those days I really paid<br />
trifling a case as John's<br />
ently trivial an indicati*<br />
level streak oa the<br />
was still talking. M De<br />
table an' cheers is in de<br />
dat Rastus he des runs inti<br />
dey dose to de wall. 'Pes<br />
'bleeged t' skim along cl*<br />
he kin. Dat dar streak is<br />
scrapes along ail day an' ni<br />
somebody's sittin' holdin 1<br />
in lilii-puist, like yoh is<br />
and inexperienced as I \VJ<br />
not give meacdew^an<br />
mina and Rastus after<br />
fling advice and/remedy,<br />
knew to be wholly inuocu)<br />
Other men and other<br />
my attention, and % m<br />
heard of Rastu* again<br />
Virashintjton. Since thi<br />
devoted myself to the bra:<br />
fessibn which has prog;<br />
Jdly perhaps—surgery,<br />
years in Paris and in^G<br />
war, and, it was not tmtil<br />
back in Washington,<br />
national conventiontbere|<br />
were taken ,to.?yarious'pu5<br />
among which, was a little<br />
and insane negroes. v :<br />
In cue room, as we \i<br />
door I happened to obsei<br />
washed wall a wsll-woi<br />
so level and circling thj<br />
fectly that it called to; in;<br />
which I had wholly forgi
mammy des like yob see him, doctah,<br />
an' I des skeered plumb outen my wits,<br />
dat I is." I examined John carefully<br />
and could find not the least thing the<br />
matter with him, and half believed he<br />
was shamming.<br />
<strong>The</strong> room was white washed, and I<br />
noticed a streak entirely around it that<br />
was so evenly drawn that it attracted my<br />
attention; but in the stirring events of<br />
those days I really paid scant heed io so<br />
trifling a case as John's and so apparently<br />
trivial an indication as was that<br />
level streak on the wall. His mother<br />
was still talking. " De reason dat all de<br />
table an 1 cheers is in de floor, doctah, is<br />
dat Rastus he des runs inter all of 'em if<br />
dey close to de wall. 'Pears like he des<br />
'bleeged t* skim along close up as eber<br />
he kin. Dat dar streak is whar his elbow<br />
scrapes along all day an 1 night 'cet>* '.vneii<br />
somebody's sittin 1 hoidin' his haa't-r feelin'<br />
his pulst, like yoh is now." young<br />
and inexperienced as I was, even this did<br />
net give me a clew, and I left Aunt Jamina<br />
and Rastus after giving some trifling<br />
advice and remedy, both of which I<br />
knew to be wholly innocuous.<br />
Other men and other matters claimed<br />
my attention, and I neither saw nor<br />
heard of Rastus again while I was in<br />
Washington. Since that time I have<br />
devoted myself to the branch of the profession<br />
which has progressed most rapidly<br />
perhaps—surgery. I spent several<br />
years in Paris and in Germany after the<br />
war, and it was not until i38— tbatl was<br />
back in Washington. We had an international<br />
convention there at the time, and<br />
were taken to various public institutions,<br />
among which was a little asylum for poor<br />
and insane negroes.<br />
In one room, as we were passing Ihe<br />
door I happened to observe on the white<br />
washed wall a well-worn streak drawn<br />
so level and circling the room so perfectly<br />
that it called to my mind a vision<br />
which I had wholly forgotten. Indeed I<br />
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could not place my impression when it<br />
came to nit. I simply was stopped and<br />
drawn to look again into that room v/hen<br />
n;y companions had passed on. I had a<br />
va^ue idea that I had seen it before, bi-t<br />
I knew that I had not. and was about to<br />
rejoin the others when there appeared<br />
from -behind the door, which had been<br />
opened as we passed, a powerful black<br />
rnan who had the vacant look of idiocy<br />
upon his face. He was walking slowly<br />
a:id- apparently aimlessly around and<br />
around the room, always bearing to<br />
the left, and with the left elbow of<br />
his otherwise whole coat worn completely<br />
away by the constant friction<br />
against the wall. Memory was coming<br />
back to me, and slowly taking up the<br />
threads of the war days when one of<br />
the resident physicians who had missed<br />
ine returned, said, as he joined me at the<br />
grated door:<br />
** Strange case. He has been like that<br />
for years. <strong>No</strong> one knows why. He is<br />
perfect!y harmless, perfectly helpless as<br />
to taking care of himself, and he walks<br />
day and night, and always bears to the<br />
left. If we let him go out he'd bear off<br />
to the left and go in the river or the<br />
fire or lose himself in the woods. He<br />
never talks, although we have never<br />
found anything the matter with him.<br />
He eats and sleeps pretty well. Strange<br />
case. 11<br />
"I'd like to try an experiment on<br />
bim." I said slowly. "I have an idea<br />
that I know something about what his<br />
trouble was. If Fd known as much<br />
twenty odd years ago as I think I do<br />
now,. I guess he'd have been a useful<br />
citizen all these years."<br />
" I'd like to try it now— : f it isn't too<br />
lale," I said a^ain, really speaking as<br />
much to myself as to my companion.<br />
<strong>The</strong> resident physician laughed.<br />
* 4 You're a perfectly hopeless guest,<br />
doctor," he said. " I believe you'd<br />
want to experiment on one of our own
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delegates if you didn't get a new subject<br />
outside e^ery day. But if yon are in<br />
earnest I reckon there'll be no trouble<br />
this time. This is a charity place; and,<br />
so far as I ever heard, the fellow has no<br />
friends but an old mother down town,<br />
and she'd never know but what he died<br />
a natural death."<br />
"I hadn't exactly thought of murdering<br />
him, 1 * I retorted, dryly. "I know<br />
where this trouble of his began, and I believe<br />
now that I know the cause. If it is<br />
not too late, I believe I can help him.<br />
That is all. Isn't it worth trying ? "<br />
Before noon the next day we had Rastus'<br />
small room looking like a hospital<br />
operating chamber, and the great black<br />
frame lay on the table under the influence<br />
of ether. Five of us stoodjaround him,<br />
and I told them my theories and plans.<br />
My colleagues warmed to the idea and<br />
the work. I cut open the right side of<br />
the thick skull, and sure enough a splinted<br />
piece of bone from an old depressed fracture<br />
pressed into the brain. I lifted it<br />
dressed it with aseptics, and replaced<br />
skul! and scalp and placed him in bed.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n we set about reviving him. We<br />
-svcrc all intensely anxious to know what<br />
the result would be, and five note books<br />
were ready in five hands. Presently Rastus<br />
opened his eyes and stared about him.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n he asked—?nd it was the first articulate<br />
word he had uttered for over<br />
twenty long years—" Whar did de army<br />
move to yisterday?"<br />
I was too excited to reply, and no one<br />
else appeared to grasp the full meaning<br />
of his question. Presently I said:<br />
"Toward Richmond, Rastus, but .you<br />
were hurt a little and had to stay behind,<br />
and we have been doctoring you. You<br />
are all right now. How do you feel ? "<br />
"Fus rate, thankee, sir; fus rate.<br />
Which side licked yisterday ? Ourn?'*<br />
"Yes Rastus. But you must not talk<br />
now. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow."<br />
When we got out of the room I came<br />
near fainting from sheer excitement over<br />
my success. We got out under the trees<br />
as quickly as possible and held a quiz in<br />
speculative philosoph}'.<br />
Where had Rastus been all those twenty<br />
years? Had he thought anything? If<br />
so what? Had he lived for twenty years<br />
on that battle-field, or had he gone to<br />
sleep there and never wakened till now ?<br />
Had he dreamed? If so, of what? Would<br />
he be able to recall any of it ?<br />
I staid in Washington a month to watch<br />
his case and ask him some of these questions,<br />
but he never understood one of<br />
them. <strong>The</strong> battle of Bull Run had been<br />
"yisterday" to him, and if he had<br />
dreamed it, the dreams had taken flight<br />
at the touch of the knife and fled from<br />
the lifted skull.<br />
When he began to walk he had no farther<br />
tendency to trend to the left. His<br />
health, which was always good enabled<br />
him to recuperate with great speed from<br />
the operation, and he is today supporting<br />
Aunt Jamina by driving the carriages of<br />
the best known Senators at the capital.<br />
I still look upon Rastus as about my<br />
most valuable piece of stage property (so<br />
to speak) in surgery. Little by little he<br />
is beginning to see the changes that have<br />
taken place around him since that fatal<br />
day twenty years ago. He can hardly<br />
realize that he is free,—free to go<br />
where he pleased, and free from the<br />
cruel master's whip. He can not see<br />
what makes the electric cars move along<br />
so swiftly without'any visible means of<br />
locomotion, or what makes the electric<br />
bell ring when you pressja button. To<br />
him, all of these are unsoluble mysteries<br />
and works of the "debil," as he expresses<br />
it. But Rastus will no doubt<br />
in the future be brought into a 'closer<br />
contact with these so-called works of<br />
the "debil," and then they will no<br />
longer be so impregnable to his mind<br />
PAUL MATTNER '04.<br />
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territory of British<br />
pay from the<br />
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twelve feet deep every.*
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"![ ic THE LOW ELL<br />
lii<br />
!l<br />
At the Downtown Club the other<br />
evening, Ames, Barnes, the youngest<br />
aad most promising, Coombs, the practiical<br />
and Donnelly the Irish, all newspaper<br />
men of the more expensive order,<br />
entered into a conversation.<br />
"It is rather amusing," commenced<br />
Ames, who had his own ideas and<br />
theories for everything, i4 to note the<br />
development of the short story, that<br />
ever? one of us, no matter what we pro*<br />
fess, works to become known by. Between<br />
the four books of Xenophon and<br />
the four pages of magazine print is quite<br />
a difference.<br />
"It was not so very long ago that<br />
three volume novels were in high favor."<br />
" Imagine dragging Richard Carvel,<br />
ot any other cf the modern swash buckling<br />
heroes, through three volnmcs of<br />
battle, murder and sudden death, syncopated<br />
with soul-ban owing love .jceneft,"<br />
interposed Barnes.<br />
"But," rejoined Coombs, "the adventures<br />
that occupied Richard for the<br />
conventional 180,000 words, ia the hands<br />
of the three volume historian, would<br />
stock a library."<br />
"Its a digression we're digressing,"<br />
said Donnelly, who retained bis dialect<br />
and brogue in conversation, "which is<br />
misleading."<br />
"<strong>The</strong> development, as you all know,"<br />
continued Ames, "is popularly attributed<br />
to the advancement of facilitous transportation<br />
and commercial growtlt.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> business man of to-day is an<br />
intelligent being. He devours his daily<br />
paper with his breakfast, but wants other<br />
reading. He can not sustain interest iu<br />
a story that he can pursue for only half<br />
an hour or so at a time, riding to aad<br />
from his business.<br />
"This, then, is where the short story<br />
writer gets his chance. He figures that<br />
a man can read so many words per five<br />
A SHORT STORY.<br />
minutes; he multiplies that by four or5<br />
five—gets about, S,ooo—and within thatj<br />
limit, he condenses his ideas.<br />
" But here again he differs from the old]<br />
writers. <strong>The</strong>y, with rigid formality,<br />
carried one on to the bitter end, leai<br />
the reader no opportunity to use his o*«£<br />
discretion or imagination. Among<br />
cent writers—Kipling especiallv<br />
dition is stated and the rest is left<br />
yon to solve.<br />
"But to go back. Sometimes<br />
thoughts compressed, are sad mui<br />
often times humorous, less often witty,<br />
and very often idiotic. But nevertheless^<br />
with the aforementioned number, the;<br />
aspirant and inspired individual transmits<br />
his thoughts, and i^ter his MS* to<br />
the Editor"<br />
14 And has it returned with due apolo- *<br />
gies for lack of space," finished Barnes,*<br />
feeling some manuscript in his<br />
pocket.<br />
"Seeing," spoke up Donnelly, m<br />
the movement, "that our darling boy<br />
his masterpiece tucked away from has<br />
and it being of course a short st<<br />
probably a poor one—but no matter,<br />
ing this, to ease the chafing of his poet<br />
inspirations, we will suffer, witl<br />
doubt, and permit him to enthuse at!<br />
length. So go on."<br />
And Barnes, thus cordially invited^<br />
took out his story and read as follows:<br />
Horace was an emotional young man j<br />
of nearly twenty-two, for whom an 11<br />
appreciative Fortune had made it<br />
saury to discontinue his college courseand^<br />
seek the shekels of trade Horace was"<br />
possessed of an artistic temperament, indicated<br />
by a total lack of business ability<br />
which manifested ir«v»lf in his musicalJ<br />
ten encies.<br />
Horace was a player, whom in former<br />
years, his instructors had developed a»$<br />
accomplished organist* Nati<br />
ace sought a livelihood by thi<br />
was so fortunate as to secure<br />
small but wealthy Episcopal<br />
the western portion of his<br />
one and then several Sunday 1<br />
he gave such satisfaction that<br />
tion became a permanent<br />
lucrative enough for present<br />
<strong>The</strong> organ, though small,<br />
of a competent builder, and<br />
than ordinarily fall-toned and<br />
It soon beccme Horace's feal<br />
his music—charch and<br />
revel in the works of hu &<<br />
every Wednesday evening,<br />
employed to pump the<br />
days, was always happy to<br />
penny or more.<br />
So life went on for Horace<br />
jarring, nerve*jougling days ii<br />
store where he was employed,<br />
Saturday eve rehearsals, aud<br />
Suttdays, were amply cotnptnsj<br />
his Wednesday evening* 1 pi<br />
joy.<br />
Until one Sunday<br />
Horace was wrapped tip in<br />
<strong>The</strong>tj ounc a great joy an<<br />
sorrow.<br />
<strong>The</strong> church was dim, lighn<br />
that emanating from the altar,<br />
candles, silhouetting the<br />
acolyte?, shone through ti^<br />
cense By the mirrc; out<br />
Horace could ^e kneeling in j<br />
front pews, a nun on either si<br />
just a simple dainty face; colt<br />
far southern clouds are at bri<br />
set3, with just a pathetic<br />
tiou of a drooj. to the sensii<br />
Rather widely set apart,<br />
uncertain color, heavily<br />
mounted by well defined eyebr*<br />
out with Innocect and n<br />
Her forehead, white and<br />
mounted and surmounted by<br />
dark melting hair.
trom<br />
musin£8,f<br />
umber,"tliel<br />
idual trans^<br />
shed Barnesi| i<br />
accomplished orgarist. Naturally Horace<br />
sought a livelihood by this aid, and<br />
was so fortunate as to secure a trial in a<br />
small but wealthy Episcopal church in<br />
the western portion of his city. After<br />
one and then several Sunday's playing,<br />
ho gave such satisfaction that the position<br />
became a permanent one, besides<br />
lucrative enough for present needs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> organ, though ^mall, was the work<br />
of a competent builder, and was more<br />
than ordinarily full-toned and expressive.<br />
It soon became Horace's habit to take<br />
his music—church and otherwise—and<br />
revel in the works of his favorite masters,<br />
every Wednesday evening, A Small Boy<br />
employed to pump the organ on Sundays,<br />
was always happy to turn an extra<br />
penny or more.<br />
So life went on for Horace. <strong>The</strong> souljarring,<br />
nerve-jougling days in the music<br />
store where he was employed, the trying<br />
Saturday eve rehearsals, and exhausting<br />
Sundays, were amply compensated for by<br />
his Wednesday evenings' pure unalloyed<br />
joy.<br />
Until one Sunday afternoon service,<br />
Horace was wrapped up in his music.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n came a great joy and a greater<br />
sorrow.<br />
<strong>The</strong> church was dim, lighted only by<br />
that emanating from the altar, where the<br />
candles, silhouetting the priest and<br />
acolytes, shone through the haze of incense.<br />
By the mirror on the organ,<br />
Horace could see kneeling in one of the<br />
front pews, a nun on either side, r. face,<br />
just a simple dainty face; colored as the<br />
far southern clouds are at brilliant sunsets,<br />
with just a pathetic little suggestion<br />
of a droop to the sensitive mouth.<br />
Rather widely set apart, the eyes, of<br />
uncertain color, heavily lashed, surmounted<br />
by well defined eyebrows, looked<br />
out with innocent and reverent gaze.<br />
Her forehead, white and low, was surmounted<br />
and surmounted by a wealth of<br />
dark melting hair.<br />
It was the face of one who inspired the<br />
beholder with an undefined pity ; a face<br />
that made the beholder think of his own<br />
imperfections.<br />
In this Horace was absorbed; on account<br />
of this he finished the service with<br />
his mind on anything but his music.<br />
All the week he thought of that face, ana<br />
wondered why he did; thought of hex,<br />
and asked himself to what endt grew<br />
with a fearful suddenness to worship lier,<br />
and wondered at his passion.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n for several Sundays, she, with<br />
the same nuns, attended the afternoon<br />
service. Sunday after Sunday, at the<br />
same time Horace looked down, and his<br />
heart jumped and his hands became unsteady.<br />
He lived on in hope and fear.<br />
Would she become, herself, a nun, or<br />
was she simply finishing her education<br />
under their care ? Was she there for a<br />
catise% with the nuns, or was it only for<br />
a time?<br />
<strong>The</strong>n one Sunday he was permitted to<br />
know. When Horace looked down that<br />
afternoon lie ssw again that simple,<br />
dainty face, the sensitive mouth with<br />
just the suggestion of a pathetic little<br />
droop; the eyes large and wide apart, of<br />
uncertain color, heavily lashed and eyebrows<br />
well-defined; the low, white<br />
brow—, but the flood of that wonderful<br />
hair was damned, as were Horace's<br />
dreams, by the nun's hood and veil; the<br />
nun's hood and \ eil.<br />
Long after the church was emptied,<br />
long after the noisy acolytes had gone,<br />
long ages after she had departed, Horace<br />
stayed and idly played. Tlie small boy<br />
accustomed to working after service, for<br />
the extra penny—or more—sleepily kept<br />
the organ full.<br />
Horace played on in the candle lighted<br />
church. He thought of the past few<br />
weeks and his musings found utterance<br />
on the keys. He began low and slowly,<br />
regular major passages. <strong>The</strong>n opening<br />
out he flooded the church with deep
12 THE LOW E LL<br />
full, melodious, long-sustained harmony.<br />
Suddenly on the upper register, he entered<br />
a disonance, wild, unusual and<br />
poignant. Slowly his other hand stole<br />
to the upper register. All the force<br />
sank away, as one by one iLc candles<br />
in the church burnt out By sweet full<br />
chords, with nothing to base them, no<br />
heaviness but his deep pedal tones, Horace<br />
interpreted.<br />
Soft aud loud, how swelling almost to<br />
strength, now dying to whispers, yet<br />
ever higher, clearer and more ethereal<br />
did his translation progress, until when<br />
no further beauty seemed possible, with<br />
a gasp and sob, the instrument became<br />
hushed aud silent, under his hands.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Small Boy had fallen asleep.<br />
"Ah! it's the boy that has the<br />
imagination," began Donnelly when<br />
Coombs interrupted with:<br />
" Imagination ! M (and here he made<br />
that sound generally spelled Pshaw).<br />
" It may not be known that this youth<br />
Barnes was detailed on a church fair recently,<br />
where dainty damsels in dazzling<br />
dress, served refreshments, while an<br />
eJdeny gentleman in the church practiced<br />
on an organ that at one stage of<br />
the day, ran out of air."<br />
W. R. DE LEON, '02.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spectre of the Mirror.<br />
That you may credit what I am about<br />
to write, I must inform you that I am a<br />
most practical person ; to be sure, I am<br />
possessed of a passion for pitchers, of<br />
every size and shape—not of the baseball<br />
variety, however—and a reverence<br />
for all antique heirlooms, a most valued<br />
relic of mine being an oblong mirror,<br />
which belonged to my paternal greatgrandmother.<br />
How often have I gazed into its glassy<br />
depths, and wished it could speak, or<br />
else leL the shadow;/ faces it had once<br />
reflected, pass like fleeting sighs over<br />
its surface!<br />
My collection of pitchers grew but<br />
slowly, for the demands on my all too<br />
slender purse did not admit of many<br />
outlays other than for necessities.<br />
Of course, by rights we should have :<br />
been in better circumstances, but the<br />
most valuable portion of my grandfather's<br />
estate had gone by error to my<br />
father's elder brother, who, on account<br />
of his fondness for wild-oats, had been<br />
disinherited in favor of the younger son,<br />
my father. But no will of any description<br />
being forthcoming, Uncle Meredith<br />
claimed, as eldest, the greater portion of<br />
the estate, leaving father just enough to<br />
exist on in a genteel manner.<br />
Grandfather had owned some land in<br />
America, In the state of Pennsylvania,<br />
which he received in payment for an old<br />
debt. This land fell to the lot of Uncle<br />
Meredith, who disposed of it before his<br />
death to a wealthy corporation which<br />
later developed valuable oil wells on the<br />
property.<br />
One memorable time, I was enabled<br />
by small economies to add a pitcher of<br />
most antique shape to my collection;<br />
that evening, after it had been accorded<br />
due admiration from the family, I<br />
stepped across to the unlighted parlor,<br />
intending to put my pretty purchase on<br />
the hanging cabinet with Us mates.<br />
Being short of stature, I mounted on a<br />
hassock, and had just deposited my<br />
pitcher when I wsfcs astonished to see a<br />
glare of light apparently reflected in the<br />
glass of the cabinet. Naturally I turned,<br />
and beheld the old mirror opposite full<br />
of a brilliant white light, which fact, as<br />
you may suppose, was startling, even to<br />
a practical person. Fascinated, however,<br />
I still gazed while the glare became<br />
more settled, and I saw an indistinct<br />
figure, which I well knew could uot be<br />
the reflection of any real object. I could<br />
see it move slowly across the face of the<br />
m<br />
mirror, then a tall dark obj<br />
before it at which the fignn<br />
turning its head looked at<br />
the expression was vague,<br />
me aa evil one; then<br />
something like a whisper of j<br />
and I, though a practical pq<br />
back to the family rooraia<br />
nerved condition, to be gr<<br />
clamations from one and a]<br />
mother immediately appliet<br />
my nose so effectually that<br />
saiions confused ghastly im]<br />
"<strong>The</strong>re now," said my<br />
"I knew that would bri<br />
color; you'vej'asfcbeenovei<br />
self, and goodness knows bj<br />
caught some horrible dif<br />
about those old stores just<br />
of an ugly old pitcher."<br />
called upon to defend my la]<br />
and was so spared further c<<br />
my unstrung nerves.<br />
All the next day I puzzi<<br />
what my practical sense<br />
merely a delusion--a trick<br />
n&tiou—though I well kne|<br />
war, wholly occupied with<br />
question. Nevertheless, th<<br />
ing found me in the dark pi<br />
of the old mirror, determine<br />
ber that I was a practical<br />
would watch attentively evei<br />
of the apparition. >; Soon<br />
change in the hitherto darij<br />
the glass, it seemed more lj<br />
translucent fo«? whiph grai<br />
lighter*'and brighter until<br />
was as if I were lcokingrw<br />
as a doorway, into.another<br />
I failed to recognize.<br />
nerves as steady as the chi<br />
back would allowj I watel<br />
take discernable forms,<br />
family portraits, hung oi<br />
while between them stood<br />
fashioned secretary, and II<br />
see the glitter of it's bras
mirror, then a tall dark object loomed up<br />
before it at which the figure paused and<br />
turning its head looked at me; though<br />
the expression was vague, it seemed to<br />
me an evil one; then darkness, and<br />
something like a whisper of''tomorrow,"<br />
and 1, though a practical person, rushed<br />
back to the family room in rather an unnerved<br />
condition, to be greeted by exclamations<br />
from one and all, while my<br />
mother immediately applied her salts to<br />
my nose so effectually that bodily sensations<br />
confused ghastly impressions.<br />
"<strong>The</strong>re now," said my dear mother,<br />
"I knew that would bring back your<br />
color; you've just been overtaxing yourself,<br />
and goodness knows but you have<br />
caught some horrible disease poking<br />
about those old stores just for the sake<br />
of an ugly old pitcher." At this I felt<br />
called upon to defend my latest favorite,<br />
and was so spared further comment upon<br />
my unstrung nerves.<br />
All the next day I puzzled myself over<br />
what my practical sense told me was<br />
merely a delusion—a trick of the imagination—though<br />
I well knew my mind<br />
was wholly occupied with the pitcherquestion.<br />
Nevertheless, the next evening<br />
found me in the dark parlor in front<br />
of the old mirror, determined to remember<br />
that I was a practical person and<br />
wouM watch attentively every movement<br />
of the apparition. Soon I noticed a<br />
change in the hitherto dark surface of<br />
the glass, it seemed more like a white<br />
translucent fog, which gradually grew<br />
lighter and brighter until before long it<br />
was as if I were looking, with the mirror<br />
as a doorway, into another room, which<br />
I failed to recognize. <strong>The</strong>n with my<br />
nerves as steady as the chills down my<br />
back would allow, I watched the mist<br />
take discernable forms. Two pictures,<br />
family portraits, hung on the wall,<br />
while between them stood a large oldfashioned<br />
secretary, and I could even<br />
see the glitter of it's brass knobs. I<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
must confess I did jump and came near<br />
calling some of the family, when I distinctly<br />
saw the figure of a man, his back<br />
towards me, walk to the secretary and<br />
after turning out the contents of an<br />
upper shelf, pick out a bundle of papers,<br />
which he pushed far back into what I<br />
supposed was a pigeon hole. <strong>The</strong>n turning<br />
around he showed me a face so full<br />
of venom and hate, that to tell the truth<br />
I forgot the reputation I had to maintain,<br />
and simply collapsed in an undignified<br />
heap on the floor, never daring<br />
eyen to look at the mirror. As soon as<br />
strength returned to me I crept upstairs,<br />
there to think over my strange experience.<br />
Surely, distorted with malice though<br />
it was, there was something familiar<br />
about that face ! So I searched through<br />
the albums and finally recognized it in<br />
a picture of Uncle Meredith, the ghostly<br />
shadow of the spectre of the mirror ; the<br />
vicious expression was lacking, but the<br />
likeness was unmistakable.<br />
That same evening I held a " council<br />
of war" with my father, relating my<br />
experience, and from the description of<br />
the ghastly room he recognized it as the<br />
family sitting room in hit- old home,<br />
where the old mirror and secretary were<br />
placed directly opposite one another.<br />
My father also being a practical person<br />
agreed with me as to the purport<br />
of the message, evidently sent by some<br />
friendly influence, and so, behold me a<br />
few days later bound for Liverpool—<br />
second class to be sure, but going all<br />
the same on a hunt for that relic of<br />
shelves and desk, which had fallen to<br />
the lot of some distant relatives.<br />
After a tiresome unearthing of Cousin<br />
This, Aunt That, and second cousin <strong>The</strong><br />
Other, I found that that branch of the<br />
family in whose possession that much<br />
desired piece of mahogany was supposed<br />
to be, had moved to the States.<br />
Dismayed, but not disheartened, I tele-
ill<br />
graphed for some money to pay the expense<br />
of a cablegram to a barrister friend<br />
of ours who had moved to the States,<br />
asking him to bunt up the old relic and<br />
send it to Liverpool as soon as possible.<br />
Meanwhile. I was compelled to put up<br />
at a second-class hotel until the desk<br />
should arrive<br />
In due time I received a notice from a<br />
steamship company that a desk awaited<br />
me at the dock warehouse. I immediately<br />
hastened to the dock and after much<br />
trouble I had my treasure loaded on<br />
board a wagon and sent up to the hotel.<br />
I insisted on having the cumbersome<br />
piece of furniture in my room, and that<br />
evening I began my hunt for the papers.<br />
I felt I had no time to have the creeps,<br />
but systematically searched each capacious<br />
pigeon hole, rapping sharply on<br />
all sides for the orthodox hollow sound.<br />
I had almost given up in despair, when<br />
withdrawing my hand from one of the<br />
little divisions, my knuckles struck<br />
something metallic on the upper side,<br />
and now, all aquiver, I pressed and<br />
pushed this way and that on the metal<br />
plate, which I was now convinced<br />
guarded the secret receptacle. This<br />
supposition proved to be correct, for<br />
finally the metal slid to one side, and<br />
inserting my hand fai back I pulled<br />
forth a thick parcel of yellow papers,<br />
which no sooner had I grasped than my<br />
hand seemed paralyzed by an icy grip,<br />
and floating before me I saw the malignant<br />
countenance of my unworthy uncle,<br />
w' 0 thus mado a last effort to deprive<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
his brother of his rights. Even I felt<br />
overwhelmed at this experience, but,<br />
fortunately for me, just then I heard the<br />
fat landlady pass my door, puffing vigorously<br />
from mounting the stairs, and that<br />
was so human a sound that I was able<br />
to control myself, and going close to the<br />
light, found, though too eager for a thorough<br />
examination, that amongst several<br />
legal looking documents, was the last<br />
will and testament of nay grandfather<br />
which had been lost for so long !<br />
As you may imagine, I didn't sleep<br />
much that night, but started off the next<br />
morning with my precious parcel, leaving<br />
all necessary directions for the shipment<br />
of the desk to London. I telegraphed<br />
my father to meet me at the<br />
station. After a tiresome journey I arrived<br />
in London and found my father<br />
there with a cab. We consulted a lawyer,<br />
who gave us a cautious opinion<br />
that the will might be of some value.<br />
It is needless to dilate upon the legal<br />
proceedings that followed, and I am sure<br />
I did not understand them, but what I<br />
do know is that finally the corporation<br />
holding the land in dispute agreed to<br />
compromise and make ample settlement<br />
of my father's claim, so that we shall be<br />
wealthy all the rest of our lives.<br />
<strong>The</strong> supernatural part of the affair I<br />
am unable to explain, but if it was the<br />
doings of some friendly ghost, I should<br />
be willing to thank It personally, for<br />
now I can indulge to the utmost in my<br />
passion for pitchers.<br />
VANCE PHILLIPS EDWARDS, '02.<br />
We all looked eagerly I<br />
issue of the LOWELL this tern<br />
before, I suppose, had it been<br />
so completely under the aus]<br />
entire school. Besides, it<br />
late, which made us impatien<br />
again, it was advertised—?in<br />
tent—in the most up to-d<br />
(except for pictures). I thir<br />
not disappointed ; indeed, I<br />
wish the little magazine<br />
Well, with "Rex Silvar<br />
"Amy's Answer 1 ' what mq<br />
want at once? And if yov<br />
keep on supporting the £<<br />
only with dimes paid but<br />
more necessary—with thin<br />
you will have a school papezj<br />
best in the land in size, just<br />
ity. And by the way—anc<br />
parenthesis—when you buy<br />
pair of shoes, go to some deal<br />
a card in our magazine, and<br />
the clerk that you saw t&eij<br />
LOWELL ; it will let him kal<br />
pays to ?pend money in sell<br />
which will make the Busine:<br />
feel good all over, which wi<br />
Editor get more room for<br />
and poems-—stingy fellows, \<br />
ness Managers, they #oul<br />
the paper all ads.—which<br />
veritable literary boom in th<br />
which is all very much like<br />
that Jack Built, only truer,<br />
a word of parenthesis more,
ttiil<br />
:io;<br />
ii$0£&0<br />
We all looked eagerly for the firut<br />
issue of the LOWELL this term, for never<br />
before, I suppose, had it been published<br />
so completely under the auspices of the<br />
entire school. Besides, it was very<br />
late, which made us impatient. Besides<br />
again, it was advertised—in chalk posters—in<br />
the most up to-date fashion<br />
(except for pictures). I think we were<br />
not disappointed; indeed, I heaid some<br />
wish the little magazine were bigger.<br />
Well, with '* Rex Silvarutu " and<br />
"Amy's Answer' 1 what more can you<br />
want at once? And if you will only<br />
keep on supporting the LOWELL, not<br />
only with dimes paid but also—even<br />
more necessary—with things written,<br />
you will have a school paper up to the<br />
best in the laud in size, just as in quality.<br />
And by the way—and this is a<br />
parenthesis—when you buy a hat or a<br />
pair of shoes, go to some dealer who has<br />
a card in our magazine, and whisper to<br />
the clerk that you saw their ad. in the<br />
LOWELL; it will let him know that it<br />
pays to spend money in school papers,<br />
which will make the Business Manager<br />
feel good all over, which will help the<br />
Editor get more room for your stories<br />
and poems—stingy fellows, these Business<br />
Managers, they would like to see<br />
the paper all ads.—which will create a<br />
vertable literary boom in this school,—<br />
which is all very much like the House<br />
that Jack Built, only truer. And just<br />
a word of parenthesis more,—get your<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
fathers and uncles and the rest to see the<br />
wisdom,—why. yes, the positive necessity—of<br />
advertising in the LOWELL unless<br />
they would fail in business inside of<br />
a year.<br />
But I was not ordained tG for the praise<br />
of commerce. Let us turn to att.<br />
When I read a newspaper or the like,<br />
I generally begin at the end, the other<br />
end. So "Jotthigs" first. Net much<br />
to say about them. Harmless if not too<br />
personal or too empty. <strong>The</strong>se are decidedly<br />
above the average of their sort,<br />
I think. <strong>The</strong> column should be very<br />
short, for real humor is hard to convey.<br />
For Athletics, I am glad to see it written<br />
up not only fully but also clearly and<br />
with spirit. School News is well done.<br />
It is a department that is cared for largely<br />
under other heads, but ought to find<br />
matter for a column or more of general<br />
interest, I misb track news, by the<br />
way,—some recognition of the yeoman<br />
work doue with rake and shovel behind<br />
St. Dominic's Church. And what is the<br />
matter with the Forestry Club? Here<br />
is a new institution grown up like a<br />
mushroom; only more permanent, I<br />
warrant. Forestry is in the heart of<br />
every true Westerner. <strong>The</strong> club ought<br />
<strong>10</strong> see itself in every issue of the LOWELL.<br />
Society and Debating are old friends.<br />
I notice a lightness of tone, a kind ofeasy<br />
familiarity, in the account of the<br />
latter, that refreshes. It used to be more<br />
digr.ined even than necessary.
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I think I discern a new tendency in<br />
the Exchange column. I hope so.<br />
Kindly comment; criticism, if you like,<br />
but deliberate and never hasty j and<br />
above all cullings of the best in our<br />
contemporaries; these make the department<br />
worth while. I do not mean pick-<br />
Ings only from thejokt olumns of other<br />
school papers, but the best of editorial<br />
and other serious contributions, like that<br />
from the sEgzs. I picked up a copy of<br />
the Owl (Fresno High School) not long<br />
ago. and saw in it as leading article a<br />
kind of kble so well thought and so well<br />
wrought that I wished every one here<br />
could read it; perhaps too long to reprint,<br />
perhaps few would read it—let the<br />
rest die in their sins,—the point being<br />
that just as in the world of grown-up, so<br />
in that of amateur letters, the editor's<br />
scissors are the great sower of ideas. A<br />
man's grains of wisdom and fun must be<br />
scattered wide to produce the hundredfold.<br />
So sometimes could we not afford<br />
to reprint even the whole of an exceedingly<br />
good thing from a contemporary?<br />
And nothing, absolutely nothing, so encourages<br />
aspiring talent as to see that its<br />
efforts are so enjoyed as to be here and<br />
there reprinted. I would not, of course,<br />
make our paper a rehash, like the country<br />
weeklies with •' patent insides" of<br />
"boiler plate 1 ' but simply give a recognized<br />
department a broader office. All<br />
this but carries out the ideas of the<br />
introductory paragraphs of Mr. Bufford<br />
and Miss Blow.<br />
<strong>The</strong> editorial columns are their own<br />
defense, and will doubtless so continue<br />
I hope they will always be read and<br />
heeded, especially by would-be faultfinders.<br />
I should like to see in every issue articles<br />
or topics of the day. -Municipal<br />
Politics- is well done. I wish I knew<br />
the author; he thinks. More and more<br />
the participation in social and political<br />
affairs is becoming generally intelligent<br />
We who are young shall see great things<br />
in this seething land of ours,—greater<br />
even than our fathers saw. For them<br />
we must prepare. Judgment—the will<br />
to weigh, to give up "opinions," to<br />
change the mind—is all but our rarest<br />
political virtue. I think to read and<br />
write with patience on topics of the day<br />
is one best way to win that virtue.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w the literary end, the beginning<br />
(if you have had forbearance to travel<br />
thus far backwards in this stuff of mine).<br />
I see that the "Timkins 1 Tea Party" of<br />
a year ago has had a second descendant.<br />
It is good, too. I can't make a respectable<br />
jab at it anywhere. <strong>The</strong> title of my<br />
department had better be changed to<br />
Commendation, or else a more competent<br />
critic secured. That is a particularly<br />
happy stroke of satire—unlabeled, like<br />
all good satire—where, after learning<br />
that Mrs. Johnson's Tea Party was to be<br />
" talked about ia society for a long time<br />
as the swellest of the season/ 1 we are<br />
then told, "each guest was to be.presented<br />
with a souvenir which would<br />
prevent her forgetting in a hurry this<br />
grand occasion."<br />
I think the Yosemite yarn would gain<br />
in unity and hence in "point" if the<br />
first two paragraphs and the last were<br />
cut off. It is the man and the mule we<br />
are interested in, after all. <strong>The</strong> episode<br />
itself is spirited and life-like.<br />
I have but one objection to the lone<br />
piece of verse in this issue. Ttie word<br />
tl senseless" is ill-chosen. It is ^ico^<br />
strong. Find a word that hits off the<br />
difference in age, for instance.<br />
It is not a hard hazard that "Amy's<br />
Answer" is as good of its sort as<br />
the author's well-remembered "Jamie,"<br />
which a very keen university instructor<br />
told another member of our school faculty<br />
would be well worth a first section<br />
as a college theme. Barring an occasional<br />
excess of adjecthe, as in the<br />
phrase li sprightly little Amy," which<br />
sounds amateurish, this sket
episode?<br />
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x8 THE LOWELL<br />
terms of office continue throughout Mr.<br />
Schmii?/s term, are firm supporters of<br />
the chief. <strong>The</strong> Mayor has power to remove<br />
a commissioner for cause, but the<br />
man to be removed may contend that<br />
the cause is insufficient, refuse to go<br />
out, and carry the matter to the Supreme<br />
Court. Since a decision never comes<br />
down from this court in less than two<br />
or three years, the Mayor would go out<br />
of office before a settlement could be<br />
reached, and his only recourse would<br />
be to put the commissioner out by force,<br />
pending a decision. But in this event<br />
there would be danger of a repetition of<br />
the famous St. Louis case, where the<br />
police refused to oust the commissioner,<br />
and there were two commissions, each<br />
having its chief, with the department<br />
about equally divided between them.<br />
Here would be a chance for the supervisors<br />
to take a hand and impeach the<br />
Mayor, as only fourteen votes are required<br />
for conviction and fifteen men are<br />
not of the union labor party. And then<br />
indeed we would have a pretty kettle of<br />
fish.<br />
( However this is but idle speculation<br />
for there is little danger of things coming<br />
to such a pass, but it is evident that<br />
the struggle which is bound to come will<br />
not be a pleasant one. It leads us, however,<br />
to enquire into the cause that makes<br />
such a state of affairs possible. We find<br />
that such a turmoil would be the direct<br />
result of the labor party's present endeavor<br />
to control the police department,<br />
so that in case of another strike the nonunion<br />
men may not again be accorded<br />
such protection as would help cause the<br />
strikers to lose. Inasmuch as tbe teamsters<br />
3^e evidently satisfied with their<br />
hours and pay, this strike would be a<br />
repetition of the old nne to force nonunion<br />
men out of employment. Thus<br />
we see that the political struggle which<br />
is inevitable is indirectly an outgrowth<br />
of the attempt to prevent non union men<br />
from working. I recognize the fact that<br />
the main object of the labor union is just;<br />
the betterment of the condition of labor,<br />
but in order to maintain their organization<br />
they are forced to adopt the policy<br />
of keeping non-union men out of employment,<br />
which is altogether unjust.<br />
Taking this policy in the abstract<br />
there would be as much justice in the<br />
Free Masons, the Odd Fellows, or any<br />
organization of like character adopting<br />
a resolution that none but members of<br />
their brotherhood should work. <strong>The</strong><br />
jnly argument in favor of it is that the<br />
end justifies the means; but where the<br />
evil effects of the means are so marked<br />
and where they must be endured for so<br />
long a time, not even such an end as the<br />
betterment of the condition of labor can<br />
justify them.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se struggles between capital and<br />
labor are founded on misconceptions;<br />
the true interests of both parties are<br />
mutual, and capital can no more survive<br />
without labor than can labor with*<br />
out capital under the present social condition*.<br />
Before their relations can be<br />
rightly settled capital must learn that it<br />
owes its existence to labor, and labor<br />
that capital has many rights it is bound<br />
to respect. I do not presume to say what<br />
should be the exact relation between<br />
these two great factors, but I will say<br />
that this relation can never be properly<br />
adjusted until we have co-operation between<br />
employer and employee.<br />
" When none are of a party,<br />
And all are of the State;<br />
When the great man helps the poor,<br />
And the poor man loves the great,"<br />
Until then let us close our eves to the<br />
evils of our surroundings and dream of<br />
the rnillenium.<br />
THE " THEORIST,"<br />
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THE Lowi<br />
A monthly published by *he at<br />
High School<br />
HDITORIRL, «<br />
Monte A. Dernham, '<<br />
ASSOCIATES<br />
K. L. Wollemberg, '02.<br />
Robert H. Van Sant, Jr., '03.<br />
4SSUTAKT«<br />
Carolyn Vowle, Sorfft<br />
Joseph Lucey, Debati<br />
W. R. De Leon, Athl<br />
BUSINESS S'<br />
R. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald, '03, Bu<br />
ASSISTAKT-i<br />
John W. Walkc<br />
F. A. Lin forth, 'oa.<br />
R. S, Gnrfxj<br />
Kd. Van Sloun^*o7.<br />
flRT DBPHHTi<br />
Students.gradttates, faculty, HU<br />
are invited to contribute articles<br />
Entered in Postofflee ot San<br />
Class Mail Matter,<br />
We are in a quant<br />
must be written; To 01<br />
be to neglect all traditi*<br />
a breach of precedent, a<br />
custom of our predecess;<br />
spiracy of vile and w:J<br />
department editors) seei<br />
formed against us, for t\<br />
have exhausted all the<br />
been intended for the e<<br />
which the editor hr;d be<br />
paring and carrying cj<br />
note book ever since<br />
THE LOWRLX ; they<br />
treated these subjects s<<br />
with them so succcssfi
THE LOWELL.<br />
EDITORI<br />
A monthly published by the students of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High School.<br />
EDITORIAL STAFF.<br />
Monte A. Dernhara, 'ox, Editor.<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
H. T« Wollenberjf, W. Lawrence BufTbrd, 'cr.<br />
Robert H- Van Sant, Jr., '03. Nina mow, '04.<br />
ASSISTANTS:<br />
Carolyn Fowlt, Society Kditor.<br />
Joseph Lucey, Ccbatlo.ff Editor.<br />
W R. Dc Lcoa, AtHelic Kdit&r.<br />
K. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald,'02, Business Manager.<br />
John W. Walker, '02.<br />
V. A. Lhiforth. 'oa. Fred Taium, *'.<br />
K. S. Grayrigge,<br />
ART DBPARTfOENT,<br />
Kd. Van Sloun/02. Edith Lincoln. '02.<br />
tpo fiiPMlty, and friend* of fheSchool<br />
are invited to contribute articles of interest.<br />
Entered in Postofrlce at San Francisco as Second*<br />
C\*.»* Mall Matter.<br />
We are in a qunndary. Editorials<br />
must be written. To omit them would<br />
be to neglect al! tradition; it would be<br />
a breach of precedent a violation of the<br />
custom of our predecessors. But a conspiracy<br />
of vile and wicked men (the<br />
department editors) seems to have been<br />
formed against us, for these individuals<br />
hare exhausted all the topics which had<br />
been intended for the editorial page and<br />
which thti editor had been carefully preparing<br />
aud carrying about iu a little<br />
note book ever since th-2 las.t issue of<br />
THE LOWEU ; they have, moreover,<br />
trea.ted these subjects so skilfully, d^alt<br />
with them so successfully, and covered<br />
them so fully—some have even gone far<br />
beyond the strict limits of their departments<br />
in order to accomplish their evil<br />
designs—that nothing whatever can be<br />
added.<br />
At the outset we had<br />
Football. intended to eulogize<br />
the football heroes and<br />
glory in their victory—it was a victory,<br />
for <strong>Lowell</strong> still retains the championship.<br />
But the Athletic Editor has doae<br />
it all. Even the Debating Editor has<br />
devoted most of his space to the subject<br />
of''Football," (by the way be sure to<br />
read what he says about it). But nevertheless<br />
on behalf of the other members<br />
of the staff we take this opportunity to<br />
congratulate the school upon its invincible<br />
;eaai. and on behalf of the whole<br />
school to congratulate the team for its<br />
glorious success, the result of hard and<br />
conscientious training—may it be the<br />
forerunner of numerous victories and<br />
many other championships in future<br />
years.<br />
And then the Debating<br />
Debate. Kditor! Of course, we<br />
had planned to tell all<br />
about our coming debate with Oakland ;<br />
how eagerly both sides are preparing,<br />
how enthusiastically the whole Oakland<br />
High School is goicg to support its<br />
tea;n next Friday evening, bow every<br />
number of the Oakland Aegis that comes<br />
to us ccntains sctne dread item about the<br />
approaching «trfi£gle, what a shame it is<br />
the students of <strong>Lowell</strong>, who prid-s themselves<br />
in attending a High School the
2O THE LOWELL<br />
best in the; State,—in all respects but<br />
outward appearance,—that these students<br />
should have in the past given<br />
debate so little support and encouragement,<br />
whether by helping to build up<br />
the society and make it represent the<br />
school, if not in quantity at least in the<br />
quality of its work and its membership,<br />
or whether by attending inter-school debates<br />
and showing their interest and<br />
giving their support in that manner.<br />
Every country High School, every commercial<br />
and every evening school with<br />
which we are acquainted supports debating<br />
with far more fervor and interest<br />
than does <strong>Lowell</strong>; and supremac}' in<br />
debating is afar better test of the relative<br />
standing of a school than supremacy<br />
in any physical achievement. We were<br />
going to point out how necessary it is<br />
for <strong>Lowell</strong> to change its attitude towards<br />
this branch of the school and give debiting<br />
the support which it deserves and<br />
which we know <strong>Lowell</strong> can give. But<br />
then the Debating Editor has covered all<br />
this too, and has done it far more effectively<br />
and to the point than can be expected<br />
from any of our weak efforts.<br />
We said something about<br />
Architectural, the outward appearance<br />
of Lowel!,—yes, the less<br />
said on this point the better; all of us<br />
know it only too well; as for outsiders<br />
our new title-cut tells the story. And<br />
here again one of our assistants infringes<br />
upon us. for we were going to show how<br />
you can get your fathers and friends to<br />
help us in soou being able to secure a<br />
new and more attractive heading for the<br />
paper. But tbe School >7ews Editor<br />
has himself given an account of the<br />
coining bond election and the proposed<br />
appropriations for a new building and<br />
site for the <strong>Lowell</strong> High School, Think<br />
of it! <strong>The</strong> dreams of our ancestors will<br />
soon be rtit.liz.id/ But you must get all<br />
your male friends over the age of twentyone.<br />
v>'ho are citizens of the. United States<br />
and otherwise eligible to vote at the coming<br />
election, to cast their ballots in favor<br />
of <strong>Lowell</strong>.<br />
And now we promised<br />
Commercial, the Business Manager to<br />
write a stirring article<br />
upon the financial condition of the paper<br />
and the assistance on the part of all<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>ites necessary to make it a business<br />
success. But cur Critic, though<br />
we only asked him to write a criticism<br />
of the last number, lias gose ahead, and,<br />
to carry out his share in the conspiracy,<br />
has deliberately written an editorial oa<br />
that very subject. To tell the truth,<br />
however, we thoroughly agree with all<br />
his sentiments in this matter. We cau<br />
merely refer tbe reader to them, and<br />
thank the Critic for expressing them so<br />
well for us. Only one thing may be<br />
added: Perhaps not many readers of<br />
THE LOWELL are aware of the fact that<br />
it is possible to secure a life scholarship<br />
in one of the leading Business Colleges<br />
of San Francisco and at the same iime<br />
help to make THE LOWELL prosperous.<br />
Speak to the business manager about it.<br />
Indeed, as far as our financial standing<br />
is concerned we cannot complain Last<br />
month the paper sold splendidly; ia fact,<br />
we were short of copies, did not have<br />
enough for our exchanges and advertisers,<br />
and had to refuse many would-bee<br />
purchasers. As a result we are quit<br />
a bit ahead this month, and enabled to<br />
buy new cuts and half-tones, and add<br />
(at least for this issue) four pages to<br />
the size of our usual edition. <strong>The</strong><br />
paper may consider itself fortunate in<br />
having a Business Manager, this year<br />
who, while extremely careful and conservative,<br />
at the same time realizes that<br />
the business department is by no me^ns<br />
the chief feature of the paper.<br />
We should like to say a<br />
Poeticm. word about the v^rse that<br />
is handed into us; this<br />
month there was plenty of it—most of it<br />
probably intended for<br />
but only a small propj<br />
In this issue the Criti<br />
the pyc-r choice of a<br />
poem ic the last numl<br />
edge that the fault is<br />
not that of the poet; b<br />
was handed to us, th<br />
was so poor and. so ai<br />
both grammatically a 4<br />
we could hardly hel;<br />
word "senseless" in<br />
So when you hani<br />
your poetical inspirai<br />
they are faultless, at<br />
meter, especially meti<br />
are a busy and hard<br />
pie, and when we cor]<br />
sider merely the numl<br />
the accent, we have no<br />
tion to the poetical<br />
of meaning, and so i<br />
opportunity to chop t<br />
Everv<br />
Current of var:<br />
Events. shoul<br />
articli<br />
the day This raotiti<br />
tributors gives his op<br />
able political resu!<br />
strike. Who will '<br />
tide ? Perhaps you<br />
the sentiments expr<<br />
if so give us your<br />
we cannot be respousi<br />
of our contributors.
m<br />
probably intended for the josh column—<br />
but only a small proportion acceptable.<br />
In this issue the Critic comments upon<br />
the poor choice of a certain word in a<br />
poem in the last number. We acknowledge<br />
that the fault is entirely our own,<br />
net that of the poet; but when the stanza<br />
was handed to us, the line in question<br />
was so poor and so absolutely incorrect,<br />
both grammatically and metrically, that<br />
we couid hardly help substituting the<br />
word "senseless" in correcting it.<br />
So when you hand in the results of<br />
your poetical inspirations, be sure that<br />
they are faultless, at least in rhyme and<br />
meter* especially meter; for we editors<br />
are a busy and hard hearted set of people,<br />
and wheu we correct a verse we consider<br />
merely the number of syllables and<br />
the accent, we have no time to pay attention<br />
to the poetical and artistic shades<br />
of meaning, and so do net give us the<br />
opportunity to chop up your poems.<br />
Current<br />
Events.<br />
Every month, as r, matter<br />
of variety and interest, we<br />
should like to print some<br />
article on a question of<br />
the
EDITED BY NINA UUOW AND H. L. WOLLEXBHRG<br />
It :s in ihe Region of Everlasting<br />
Torture. Here Ixion forever turns his<br />
wheel, Tantalus yearns in vain for one<br />
drop of water, Sisyphus roils his stone<br />
ocer its fruitless course r,nd the v'ulture<br />
gorges himself on the giant's liver. But<br />
these tortures are as inSes compared<br />
with the awful punishment that the gods<br />
are meting out to a gvoup of Pallid<br />
Shades. Never could they be recognized<br />
as the once proud Exchange Editors<br />
of the upper world. <strong>The</strong>y are confined<br />
in a dark and bristling cave. Stirrounding<br />
them on all sides are Song,<br />
sharp scissors, which keep up a courtaat<br />
clipping and ruthlessly butcher any.<br />
thing which comes near them. <strong>The</strong><br />
roof is cove cd with these shears, the<br />
walls are made of them, the poor shades<br />
can move neither to right nor le;t.<br />
From divers holes and recesses in the<br />
chamber come sounds strangely familiar<br />
to our cars. Lo ! soaie malicious devil<br />
has stored up everlasting phonographs<br />
with all the awfuJ exchange jokes with<br />
which insolent Editor ever abused the<br />
feelings or his readers. From a i opening<br />
in a wall comes a deep voice:<br />
* 4 What did Lot's wife turn to ? " And<br />
the answer—- To rubber"—lo\lowed by<br />
an unearthly, rusty cackle, accompanied<br />
by J great snapping of the scissors and<br />
the groans of the miserable Shades.<br />
One after another the oldest of the<br />
old chestnuts are sprung on those suffering<br />
editors, and when the list is gone<br />
through they start in again at the beginning.<br />
Take heed! ye Exchange Editors,<br />
and mend your ways, lest you, too,<br />
may follow in the footsteps of your predecessors.<br />
Oar faculty will appreciate:<br />
" And when yon stick on convenutinr's hnr*<br />
Don't strew jour pathway with those dreadful<br />
urs!"<br />
—Olizer Wendell Holmes.<br />
If dress doesn't make the man, it goes<br />
a long way in that direction. ID an<br />
amateur, or any other journal, the essential<br />
is literary value, but if ihat is present<br />
clcthed in bad taste and poor type, much<br />
is detracted from the excellence of the<br />
paper. <strong>The</strong> Walking Lcafy from Montour<br />
Falls, might profit by this suggestion.<br />
It is difficult to distinguish the<br />
first page of reading matter from the<br />
opposite one of advertisements. Again.<br />
are the students of the Seattle High<br />
School BU lacking ia artistic ability that<br />
they cannot get up a better looking cover<br />
lor Whims than the present one?<br />
On the other hand ma<br />
changes are much enl<br />
artistic covets, good pa]<br />
and good arrangement.<br />
Argus, <strong>The</strong> High Scl<br />
College Barometer, icd<br />
worthy of commendation<br />
CARD<br />
"My Queen? 11 foadly<br />
infatuated youth.<br />
•'My Jack!" softly<br />
blushing maiden.<br />
" My Club !" angrily<br />
servant father.<br />
"My Spade! 9 * sadly<br />
grave digger.—Ex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Critic* from New<br />
a pretty good little paper,<br />
by a Grammar School, t<<br />
an article ou the French<br />
worth reading.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Olyvtpia Hi Sdu<br />
adopted *he phonetic syi<br />
as suggested by the C<br />
Education. <strong>The</strong>y print<br />
in defense:<br />
' : It is not improbable t\<br />
ihoi it a violation of<br />
the spelling of Chat<br />
began to give way to tl<br />
later day, but 'the worli<br />
tho we are nut so pi<br />
matter as to accept aJ<br />
still you may catalog \\<br />
our program is not<br />
our thoi is that it is hi tij<br />
a somewhat thoro c]<br />
Pedagog may not, thru tl<br />
have trouble with the<br />
frw simple words or any]<br />
from them."<br />
We are sorry we hav*<br />
vtry similar before, or<br />
44 A Pair of Red Stockinj<br />
from Longfellow High<br />
Maine.
On the other hand many of our Exchanges<br />
are much enhanced by neat,<br />
artistic covers, good pap^r, good type,<br />
and good arrangement. <strong>The</strong> High School<br />
Argus% <strong>The</strong> High School Register, <strong>The</strong><br />
College Barometer, and many others are<br />
worthy of commendation in this respect,<br />
CARD TALK.<br />
"My Queen? " fondly exclaimed the<br />
infatuated youth.<br />
''My Jack!" softly responded the<br />
blushing maiden.<br />
" My Club ! " angrily muttered the observant<br />
father.<br />
"My Spade!" sadly wept the local<br />
grave digger.—Ex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Critic, from New Haven, Conn , is<br />
a pretty good little paper, and published<br />
by a Grammar School, too. It contains<br />
an article on the French Revolution well<br />
worth reading.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Olympia Hi School Review has<br />
adopted the phonetic system of spelling<br />
as suggested by the Commissioner of<br />
Education. <strong>The</strong>y print the following<br />
in defense:<br />
u It is not improbable that some people<br />
thot it a violation of good English when<br />
the spelling of Chaucer and Spencer<br />
begau to give way to the spelling of a<br />
later day, but 'the world do move, 1 and<br />
tho we are not so progressive In this<br />
matter as to accept all of the changes,<br />
still you may catalog the facts that tho<br />
our program is not that of a reformer,<br />
our thot is that it is hi time to introduce<br />
a somewhat thoro change so that the<br />
pedagog may not thru the whole course,<br />
have trouble with the spelling of these<br />
few simple words or any of those derived<br />
from them,"<br />
We are sorry we have read something<br />
very similar before, or we could enjoy<br />
" A Pair of Red Stockings," in the Quill<br />
from Longfellow High School, Sanford,<br />
Maine.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cherry and White, from the Williamsport<br />
High School, has an unusually<br />
good collection of short stories; " <strong>The</strong><br />
Professor's Masked Ball" is the best.<br />
<strong>The</strong> story entitled u Mr. Smith Makes<br />
Muffins," is nothing very original, but it<br />
is well written, and that covers u multitude<br />
of sins.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Heraldo, from the West Denver<br />
High School, shows enthusiastic school<br />
spirit, and the illustrations are fine, but<br />
we would advise fewer personals and<br />
more literature.<br />
We were interested in looking over<br />
<strong>The</strong> Distaff, published by the Girls'<br />
High School of Boston. Its tone is<br />
grave as becomes Boston High School<br />
girls. We feel a twinge of conscience<br />
when we learn of the thorough " housecleaning,'<br />
1 which the Distaff Editors<br />
gave their Editorial Room.<br />
Little grains of powder,<br />
Little drop3 of paint,<br />
Make a lady's freckles<br />
Look as if they ain*t,—Ex.<br />
We wish to congratulate the Acorn,<br />
from Alatneda. on a very well gotten up<br />
little paper. <strong>The</strong> department under the<br />
head of "Book Reviews" is a fine idea,<br />
one which any paper would do well to<br />
imitate. <strong>The</strong> art department does very<br />
good work. "'Thoda' <strong>Vol</strong>unteer," the<br />
opening story, is quite well written, but<br />
Jack Ashton is a little too good to be<br />
human. <strong>The</strong>n, in all the football stories,<br />
the hero wins the game for his college;<br />
if he would only lose it once in a while,<br />
it would be refreshing. However, we<br />
prophesy that this paper will prove the<br />
old maxim, "Great oaks from little<br />
acorns grow."<br />
When we see the really good papers<br />
that students of High Schools get tsp,<br />
we sometimes wonder that the University<br />
of Nevada cannot make their Student<br />
Records, little more well worth reading.<br />
• > . . •
<strong>The</strong> story, "Forgetful, Un for got ten," is<br />
certainly a very poor attempt. <strong>The</strong><br />
hero must have been a very wonderful<br />
creature, for •' He walked toward the<br />
bookcase, head downward." u <strong>The</strong> Story<br />
of a Bear" would be much better if the<br />
point were a little clearer, and if the<br />
bears had been brought upon the sceri<br />
in a more realistic mannei*. Those bears<br />
might as well have been lame puppies,<br />
for all the excitement they arouse in the<br />
reader. <strong>The</strong> students of the University<br />
of Nevada, are, however, capable of worse<br />
things than the Record. Here are some<br />
of the adventures of their football squad<br />
in 'Frisco, as chronicled by the Record.-<br />
"Albert Wolf was looking around the<br />
office at the hotel. Glancing to the<br />
side, he saw a little room about six feet<br />
square, in which sat a man reading a<br />
paper. Albert wanted to Investigate, so<br />
he walked in—when, lo! the man took<br />
hold of a rope and pulled him and the<br />
whole thing right upstairs. All Ajax<br />
could say was: ' Well, I'll be.' Thinking<br />
he had found the strongest man in<br />
San Francisco, he wanted to know on<br />
what football team the modern Hercules<br />
Teacher :—" What is the largest river<br />
in Italy, Leo ?"<br />
Leo :—" <strong>The</strong>-<strong>The</strong>- -<strong>The</strong><br />
Leo's sister:— u Say POy Leo."<br />
Leo (quickly) :—"Sapolio."—Ex.<br />
" O ye low-down scrubbies, 1st years "<br />
Is the Middler's ceaseless call.<br />
When he meets the wearv Freshman<br />
In the class or study half<br />
<strong>No</strong>ne to laugh at have the Freshies,'<br />
<strong>No</strong>ne o'er whom to lord or sneer<br />
Till they turn to young eighth graders,<br />
Don't you wish that you were here ? "<br />
_ A SCRUB.<br />
Prof, (to High Senior caught playing<br />
with a microscope).—*• Well, SaJz. trying<br />
to make a nickel look like a twenty<br />
dollar gold piece ? "<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
played—but he does cot know on what<br />
floor he got off."<br />
u Coach Steckle was asked if he wanted<br />
to chute the Chutes. ' Mo, I didn't bring<br />
my twenty-two with me.' '*<br />
" Patrick J. Quinn entered a streetcar,<br />
and after several minutes, took out<br />
his watch and looking up at the register<br />
that marks the fares, asked the conductor<br />
: ' Say; is that the right time ? J A<br />
long pause, during which Pat looked<br />
decidedly puzzled, was broken by his<br />
repeating: 'Is that the right time? 1<br />
A smile even broader than the one<br />
usually on the interrogator's face went<br />
the round of the car as the conductor<br />
pulled out his watch and said: " It is<br />
just 2 : 30, : to which Pat said : • That's<br />
the funniest clock I ever saw. 5 Faith,<br />
faith, Pat."<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manitou Messenger, from St Olaf s<br />
College, is one of the best exchanges<br />
we have seen. <strong>The</strong> Exchange column<br />
is good. <strong>The</strong>re are scattered throughout<br />
the paper numerous and well selected<br />
little poems. If we cannot produce<br />
these ourselves, it is well to clip good<br />
ones. <strong>The</strong>y raise the tone of the paper.<br />
Heard in Room 7, 11 A. M. :<br />
" Principal parts of ges si.?"<br />
" Gesso, --."<br />
"I guess so. Sit down."<br />
A bang, a rush, a fearful roar,<br />
<strong>The</strong> ceiling must have kissed the floor<br />
But soothe your fears, and ease your cares,<br />
Tis Bailey flitting down the stairs.<br />
"It's qo use," said the janitor, as he<br />
took down the clock in Miss Cox's room<br />
to repair it,"1*11 have-to work over time"<br />
Certain low Sem\, ,s seem to realize<br />
the necessity of reading between the<br />
lines in order to properly understand<br />
Virgil.<br />
During the past few<br />
tion of <strong>Lowell</strong> has b<<br />
Football. As regards<br />
student body towards tl<br />
no complaints to offer,<br />
that the school should I<br />
support football during<br />
son. We have turned<br />
ing numbers for each<br />
yelled ourselves hoarse^<br />
victory. We have,ai<<br />
every way possible.<br />
<strong>The</strong> championship rei<br />
We all rejoice at .the-pi<br />
<strong>No</strong>w that the strugglj<br />
are over, let us turn our<br />
matters of school; intej<br />
that IyOwell is not enl<br />
one pursuit. Just as<br />
sity of studies likewise]<br />
sity of interests. At<br />
day we are busily engi<br />
gunpowder and other<br />
the Chemistry Labbraj<br />
period we employ our<br />
edge in assisting thi<br />
through his Gallic, a<br />
period of the school y<<br />
spare time, not meriti<<br />
ters, to encourage fool<br />
period some other<br />
attention. Everyth<br />
deserves support at I<br />
happy system,of
During the past few weeks the attention<br />
of <strong>Lowell</strong> has been monopolized by<br />
Football. As regards the attitude of the<br />
student body towards the team we have<br />
no complaints to offer. It is only proper<br />
that the school should enthusiastically<br />
support football during the football season.<br />
We have turned out in encouraging<br />
numbers for each game. We have<br />
yelled ourselves hoarse in our desire for<br />
victory. We have aided the team in<br />
every way possible. <strong>The</strong> season is over.<br />
<strong>The</strong> championship remains at <strong>Lowell</strong>.<br />
We all rejoice at the outcome.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w that the struggles on the gridiron<br />
are over, let us turn our attention to other<br />
matters of school interest. You know<br />
that <strong>Lowell</strong> is not entirely devoted to<br />
one pursuit. Just as we have a diversity<br />
of studies likewise we have a diversity<br />
of interests. At one period of the<br />
day we are busily engaged in preparing<br />
gunpowder and other high explosives in<br />
the Chemistry Laboratory. At another<br />
period we employ our advanced knowledge<br />
in assisting the mighty Caesar<br />
through his Gallic campaign.. At one<br />
period of the school year we devote our<br />
spare time, not mentioning spare quarters,<br />
to encourage football. At another<br />
period some other sport demands our<br />
attention. Everything has its turn, and<br />
deserves support at its proper time, A<br />
happy system of co-operation.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
EDITED BY JOSEPH LUCEY.<br />
While the pigskin was being kicked<br />
about the field, while the half-back has<br />
been shouting seven-eleven, etc., while<br />
team work was being developed at 16th<br />
and Folsom streets, the Debating Society<br />
has been regularly meeting in Mr. Clark's<br />
room, likewise perfecting signals, developing<br />
team work and selecting a team.<br />
It has.patiently awaited its tura for popularity.<br />
Its turn has now come and it<br />
demands the attention and support of<br />
all true <strong>Lowell</strong>ites.<br />
Next Friday evening, <strong>Lowell</strong> will hold<br />
a debate with the Oakland High School.<br />
Debate to be held at the auditorium of<br />
the Girls' High School in this city.<br />
Question. Resolved; That the present<br />
liberty of the Pres* should be restricted.<br />
Afftrrzalive. Negative.<br />
Oakland High School. <strong>Lowell</strong> High School.<br />
Mr. Culver<br />
Mr. Weston<br />
Mr. Clay<br />
Miss Steen<br />
Mi 1 . Dernham<br />
Mr. Lucey<br />
<strong>The</strong> following points are to be taken<br />
intc; consideration in judging the debate:<br />
1st Argumentation. 2nd. Team work.<br />
3rd. Delivery.<br />
It is now six years since these schools<br />
have met in an inter-school debate.<br />
Consequently each team is very eager to<br />
be declared victor. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> team<br />
has left nothing undone in its preparation<br />
and at present feel quite confident
26 THE LOWELL<br />
of victory. Judging from the reputation<br />
Oakland has for debating, we are<br />
assured they will contest every inch of<br />
the way and do their level best to score.<br />
A battle royal may be expected.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gallery is to be reserved for rooter?.<br />
Before and during the debate there<br />
wiUV'.be ample opportunity for yells.<br />
Oakland rooters have already organized.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y promise to be at least two hundred<br />
strong. Considering that the debate<br />
takes place in the city, <strong>Lowell</strong> ought to<br />
be represented by at least three hundred.<br />
Wear your red caps, practise your yells,<br />
the team will do the rest.<br />
An election marked with sharp contests<br />
for the various offices took place<br />
last Friday afternoon. Mr. Marks, High<br />
Middle, and Mr. Selig, Latin Senior, drew<br />
up their forces in the battle for the presidency.<br />
Amid the roar of cannon and<br />
the clouds of smoke, it was difficult to<br />
tell which side held the advantage. At<br />
length Mr. Selig was seen riding forth<br />
bearing the spoils of victory, Mr. Degiure<br />
was elected vice-president; Mr. de Mam-<br />
•lel,- secretary; Mr. Hoey, corresponding<br />
secretary. With these officers the society<br />
ought to have a successful term.<br />
We hope it will, and we say it can, provided<br />
only the school gives it reasonable<br />
support.<br />
,_ Pleard in Physical Geography.—Prof.<br />
—" Will potatoes grow in dry ground<br />
without water? 7 '<br />
Freshman.—" Yes."<br />
Prof.—"What is your theory?"<br />
Freshman.—" If you would plantonions<br />
near the potatoes they would<br />
have such a strong effect that it would<br />
make the potatoes 1 eyes water. M —£xt<br />
• " I saw a mau drop fifty feet from a<br />
window today."<br />
"Was he killed?"<br />
"<strong>No</strong>, they were pigs 7 feet"—£x.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outgoing administration takes<br />
this opportunity to thank the faculty<br />
for the encouragement it has given the<br />
officers in their endeavor to build up the<br />
society. We hope that their good offices<br />
will continue under the new administration.<br />
SOCIETY.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Senior dance will be given on<br />
Wednesday evening, December nth, at<br />
Cotillion Hall.<br />
<strong>The</strong> members of the Arrangement Committee<br />
are: L. Bufford, the president of<br />
the class, chairman; Miss Sol ley, Miss<br />
Steen, Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Pike and<br />
J. D Jones* who will act as Floor Manager.<br />
We all know that tinder the management<br />
of this committee the dance will<br />
be the bestSenior dance ever given. <strong>No</strong><br />
pains are being spared to make it a perfect<br />
success. Yankees Orchestra will<br />
furnish the music.<br />
Saturday afternoon, <strong>No</strong>vember 30th,<br />
Mrs. Catherine Ede' and Miss Ede gave<br />
a tea in honor of Mrs. William Ede,<br />
formerly Miss Catherine Anderson, an<br />
Alpha Sigma girl of this school. Miss<br />
Anderson was recently married to Mr.<br />
Will Ede> who also is an alumui of this<br />
school.<br />
A RECIPE.<br />
To a good big dose of Cassar,<br />
Mixed with a little Greece,<br />
Add a small Deserted Village<br />
Our knowledge to increase.<br />
With a cake of yeast to raise it<br />
Right in the lab o'er there.<br />
And now and then a little art<br />
Combined with patience fair,<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are ingredients which if stirred<br />
And beaten long and well,<br />
Make up a good high junior.<br />
Try it. Time will tell.<br />
E. S.f '04.<br />
Teacher.—"What were the ancient<br />
Romans remarkable for?"<br />
Pupil.— •'<strong>The</strong>y understood Laiin."<br />
Every one of us<br />
is one thing that XJ<br />
new and suitable sch<<br />
a <strong>Lowell</strong>ite enters<br />
to ancther High Sc!<br />
were walking out of]<br />
But at last the rei<br />
desired need seems,<br />
Some time in the<br />
election will »be in<br />
Supervisors has alre:<br />
upon the matter of i|<br />
Bond Issue $ 150,0*<br />
High School buiL<br />
Committee and the<br />
Utilities and the J1<br />
jointly, have decide<br />
the Board of Supei<br />
• tlonal $<strong>10</strong>0.000 for<br />
in the Bond Issue,<br />
tion will probably]<br />
remains with the<br />
of the school to do<br />
secure its adoption]<br />
creaking walls, 1<<br />
stairs and corri<<br />
rooms, and rattlin<br />
thing of the past.<br />
Thanks are esp<<br />
N. B. Greensfeldei<br />
schu, a committi<br />
league, for their<br />
behalf.
mm:<br />
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• "V^'V'K-'V<br />
.;T •>virV<br />
'iSS<br />
; • • ><br />
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Every one of us knows that if there<br />
is one thing that <strong>Lowell</strong> needs, it is a<br />
new and suitable school building. When<br />
a <strong>Lowell</strong>ite enters his school after a visit<br />
to another High School, he feels as if he<br />
were walking out of a palace into a barn.<br />
But at last the realization of this long<br />
desired need seems to be close at hand.<br />
Some time in the near future a bond<br />
election will 'be held. <strong>The</strong> Board of<br />
Supervisors has already passed favorably<br />
upon the matter of including in the new<br />
Bond Issue $150,000 for a new <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High School building. <strong>The</strong> Finance<br />
Committee and the Committee on Public<br />
Utilities aud the Judiciary, acting conjointly,<br />
have decided to recommend to<br />
the Board of Supervisors that an additional<br />
$ <strong>10</strong>0 000 for a new site be included<br />
in the Bond Issue. <strong>The</strong>ir recommendation<br />
will probably be adopted, and it<br />
remains with the members snd friends<br />
of the school tc do all in their power to<br />
secure its adoption at the polls. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
creaking walls, leaking roofs, narrow<br />
stairs and corridors, cramped classrooms,<br />
aud rattling windows will be a<br />
thing of the past.<br />
Thanks are especially due to Messrs.<br />
N. B. Greensfelder and Charles Bundschu,<br />
R committee of the Municipal<br />
League, for their earnest efforts in our<br />
behalf.<br />
Forestry Club.<br />
A new society has lately been formed<br />
among the Juniors of this school, known<br />
as the "<strong>Lowell</strong> High School Forestry<br />
Club." <strong>The</strong> purpose of this organization<br />
is the study of trees: their growth<br />
and propagation, conditions necessary for<br />
their existence, and their value to man.<br />
<strong>The</strong> officers elected under the constitution<br />
adopted at the first meeting are:<br />
President, Mr. Bailey; vice president,<br />
Miss Wilkie ; secretary, Mr. Brittan.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second meeting was very successful,<br />
there being a large attendance. Mr.<br />
Koch delivered an interesting address<br />
on the way in which nature provides for<br />
the distribution of the seeds of trees and<br />
plants.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next meeting was held December<br />
5th; the subject, "Timber Pines," was<br />
well discusstd in six different essays.<br />
Mr. Baker and Mr. Koch helped to make<br />
the meeting very interesting by small<br />
talks.<br />
Another meeting will be called the<br />
first Thursday after vacation, and all<br />
are cordially invited to attend. Having<br />
meetings but once a month and imposing<br />
no dues, the club hopes to induce a<br />
great many to join. Active membership<br />
is restricted to members of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High School, but associate membership<br />
is open to anyone interested in forestry.
<strong>The</strong> End of the Season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> football season at <strong>Lowell</strong> is in all<br />
probability finished—as far as could be<br />
ascertained before going to press—as it<br />
is still undecided whether the Berkeley-<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> tie will be played off.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> has a team to be proud of.<br />
She won her sub-league without being<br />
scored against—what matter if it were<br />
easy ? She was defeated only twice.<br />
Both times by the Santa Clara team in<br />
practice games, once by a field goal and<br />
once by a questionable goal and touchdown,<br />
and finally, she played a glorious<br />
tie with tho equally victorious and unequally<br />
li^ht Berkeley High team.<br />
(Berkeley weighed <strong>10</strong>0 pounds more<br />
than <strong>Lowell</strong> 1 .)<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> team has played many<br />
games this season, practice and otherwise,<br />
Her squad was small to start<br />
with and did not increase as the season<br />
progressed. At no time during the year<br />
did there turn out at one practice enough<br />
men to form two elevens<br />
<strong>The</strong> rooting for the first two or three<br />
games was very poor. <strong>The</strong>re were no<br />
rallies and speeches in the hall as in<br />
former years. <strong>The</strong> Rooter's Club was<br />
started by a handful of Juniors—may<br />
their school lives lie along pleasant<br />
paths!— aud a few upper classmen, and<br />
was considered for a time as a huge jest.<br />
And for once, mirabiie dictu / " <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
EDITED BY W, R. DE LEON.<br />
luck, 1 'that evil synonym for ill fortune<br />
and non-succeps* seemed to deseit us.<br />
And so we reared a team through<br />
many difficulties that in our old age,<br />
2. e , the end of the season, is a comfort,<br />
a blessing, and a source of pride to us.<br />
MISSION—POLYTECHNIC—LOWELL.<br />
On one and the same afternoon, with<br />
only two or three hours for the task,<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> undertook a feat that, until its<br />
performance, caused football players and<br />
sporting men in general to smile; you<br />
know that kind of smile. Sometimes a<br />
professor, after a parlicu arly lack-lustre<br />
lesson, will call one up. This deed was<br />
none other than to meet and vanquish<br />
two teams in one afternoon, one of which<br />
expected to score.<br />
Luckily <strong>Lowell</strong> played this one first.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arrangements were to play one fifteen<br />
and one ten minute half with each<br />
team. <strong>Lowell</strong> first lined up against thit<br />
Mission High School.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> won the toss and took the ball.<br />
(<strong>The</strong>y kept doing the latter all afternoon<br />
!) On the kick off. Mission ran in<br />
5 yards and then by consistent bucking<br />
advanced 25 yards. <strong>The</strong>n she was forced<br />
to punt. <strong>Lowell</strong> dreamily advanced the<br />
ball to Mission's 5 yard Hue, when some<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>ite dropped the ball, and Mission<br />
fell on it. On the kick-out Vos Burgh<br />
nabbed the ball and ran 35 yards to a<br />
touchdown. Hamilton kicked goal=6.<br />
<strong>No</strong> further scoring wasj<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s defensive work'<br />
yet.<br />
Heron (last month cal<br />
nevvtheJess the same "<br />
punts; one of 4.0 and tl<br />
yards, and Vos Bur >h on<br />
and was hauled along for<br />
r :W'<br />
In the second half<br />
that they were realty<br />
Mjfi*»2ton soon after tli<br />
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byFalk,\-an 35 ydrdsy<br />
play Middleton ran 15<br />
down. He also kicked<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, *,2 ; Mission, o.<br />
Soon afterward, Fa<br />
and, aided by Graham<br />
a touchdown—the Ion<br />
any of the games Lowe<br />
year. Score: 17-0.<br />
After Middleton and<br />
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<strong>Lowell</strong>'s defensive work was the worst<br />
yet.<br />
Heron (last month called Herrin, but<br />
nevertheless the same bird) made two<br />
punts; one of 40 and the other of 4^<br />
yards, and Vos Fur.h on a punt ran in,<br />
and was hauied along for 52 yards<br />
In the second half <strong>Lowell</strong> realized<br />
that they were really playing ball, and<br />
Middieton soon after the kick-off ran 45<br />
yards around the end. <strong>The</strong>n Kidd, aided<br />
by Falk, ran 35 yards, and on the next<br />
play Middieton ran 15 more for a touchdown.<br />
He also kicked the goal. Score :<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, 12 ; Mission, o.<br />
Soon afterward, Falk caught a kick<br />
and, aided by Graham, rau So yards for<br />
a touchdown—the longest run made in<br />
any of the games <strong>Lowell</strong> has played this<br />
year. Score: 17-0.<br />
After Middieton and Baldwin each had<br />
made a 45-yard run, Keegan was brought<br />
THE LOWELL 29<br />
ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR LOWELL.<br />
back and bucked over for a touchdown.<br />
George again kicked goal and that made<br />
23.<br />
That ended the spasm as far as scoring<br />
was concerned. Heron punted very<br />
strongly throughout the game making<br />
one 40-yard and two 45-yard punt<br />
Middieton made his debut as a goal<br />
kicker and made four out of a possible<br />
six goals during the afternoon<br />
After a short breathing space <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
took on the Polytechnic aggregation.<br />
During the two games nearly every man<br />
that has appeared regularly at practise<br />
this season played, and most of them<br />
this game.<br />
L well kicked off. On the second<br />
pipy Morton—Polytechnic—pulled out<br />
of the pile and put 75 yards between<br />
himself and the rest, making a supposed<br />
touchdown. But the quarter-back had<br />
been guilty of a forward pass so of<br />
course Morton walked Hack.
<strong>Lowell</strong> was continually offside. Poly<br />
could dc nothing and <strong>Lowell</strong> had the<br />
ball nearly the whole time. Middleton<br />
made t.wc; 40-yard runs close upon each<br />
other, and Kidd bucked <strong>10</strong> yards to a<br />
touchdown. Middleton kicked goal,—<br />
6 points.<br />
Baldwin, Middleton and Kidd were<br />
responsible for the next touchdown ; that<br />
made the score read 12-0.<br />
Just before the end of the half, Vos<br />
Burgh made a 50-yard run. but <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
was offside cgain.<br />
In the second half <strong>Lowell</strong> carried the<br />
ball straight down the field and soon<br />
scored. <strong>The</strong> goal was missed, but the<br />
score stood 17. That was all the scoring.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rest of the half was spent in<br />
punting. Quigley catching one of these<br />
ran it m 48 yards along the side line,<br />
St. Johu—a Mission man—in the second<br />
half of his game was laid unconscious<br />
by a severe blow just below the<br />
temple, but after sundry medicinal administrations<br />
he recovered.<br />
<strong>The</strong> attendance was fairly good, but<br />
the rooting was poor r perhaps so because<br />
there was little need of it,—but that is a<br />
poor excuse.<br />
SANTA CLARA *«•. LGWBLI..<br />
This Santa Clara game was a great disappointment<br />
and so not alone because we<br />
were defeated. It was not a league game,<br />
so of course it did not affect our standing.<br />
On that day, Berkeley High and Napa<br />
played the game to decide which should<br />
meet <strong>Lowell</strong> in the final, and as <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
had no game that day, the League managers<br />
asked the team as a favor to play<br />
the Santa Clara college eleven for the<br />
benefit of the McKinley fund. <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
promised, and on a wet and soggy field<br />
were defeated, 6-0, by a team that outweighed<br />
them over eight pounds to the<br />
man.<br />
Santa Clara was greatly assisted in<br />
this game by the umpire, a Santa Clara<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
graduate. <strong>The</strong> touchdown that they<br />
made was hastened by his suddenly remembering,<br />
on the third down when<br />
Santa Clara had tried ineffectual!}' to<br />
get past <strong>Lowell</strong>'s 4-yard line, that one—<br />
he did not specify—of the <strong>Lowell</strong> men<br />
were offside. So he considerately presented<br />
Santa Clara with two yards; a<br />
proceeding, by the way, not authorized<br />
in foot ball guides or rules.<br />
But perhaps it was well to lose. It<br />
certainly seemed to inspire more earnest<br />
practice for the final game. <strong>Lowell</strong>'s<br />
great fault in this game was rambling.<br />
Perhaps the state of the field and ball<br />
had something to do with it, but there<br />
were superabundant facilitous repetitions<br />
of the deed.<br />
McGee was the whole Santa Clara<br />
team himself. He ran and bucked himself<br />
out of his head, and it was his<br />
efforts (and influence with the umpire)<br />
that gave Santa Clara her six points.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> did fairly well on offensive<br />
work considering the heaviness of the<br />
opposing team and the field, but her<br />
defensive work was done almost exclusively<br />
by Falk and Hamilton. Ctttter,<br />
the punter of so much renown, after receiving<br />
a bruising blow midway between<br />
knee and ankle, on the part where his<br />
guard ought to have been, retired with<br />
dignity to the sideliue and gracefully<br />
criticised the punting.<br />
A few lines above appears the statement<br />
that <strong>Lowell</strong> played a fairly good<br />
offensive game. That is true when you<br />
consider that the backs had to do it all,<br />
generally speaking they received but<br />
small help from the line. On end runs,<br />
many a time and oft the opposing halfback<br />
not only got near the man with the<br />
ball., but broke through in time to throw<br />
him back. Vos Burgh once wa? thrown<br />
back <strong>10</strong> yards but through no fault of his<br />
own.<br />
Hamilton tried a place kick toward<br />
the end of the first half, from the 40-<br />
yard line, but the ball<br />
one of his own men hasi<br />
anguarded spot. So M<br />
and so did <strong>Lowell</strong>'s ch<br />
likewise fall,—all in a hi<br />
In the second half boi<br />
danger, but no score WJ<br />
As a benefit game i<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were nearly 500<br />
quite a crowd coasidi<br />
Saturday afternoon an"<br />
ant one for several da<br />
were more numerous<br />
but from lack of expei<br />
they knew not how to<br />
game.<br />
But as an exhibition<br />
if it had been a little mi<br />
trifle more scientific, it<br />
exciting, but so many<br />
time and wind, that i<br />
rather depress.ng.<br />
BERKELEY VS.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final game was d<br />
(I beg the English tea<<br />
pardon, but literally it<br />
But few thought for a<br />
pectod worse. Berkeli<br />
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and so did <strong>Lowell</strong>'s chance of scoring<br />
likewise fall,—all in a heap.<br />
In the second half both goals were in<br />
danger, but no score was made further.<br />
As a benefit game it was a success.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were nearly 500 people present—<br />
quite a crowd considering it was a<br />
Saturday afternoon and the first pleasant<br />
one for several days. <strong>The</strong> rooters<br />
were more numerous than vociferous,<br />
but from lack of experience, no doubt,<br />
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game.<br />
But as an exhibition of foot ball—well,<br />
if it had been a little more speedy and a<br />
trifle more scientific, it might have been<br />
exciting, but so many men layed out for<br />
tune and wind, that it was as a whole<br />
rather depress.ng.<br />
BERKELEV VS. LOWELL.<br />
<strong>The</strong> final game was a howling success,<br />
(I beg the English teacher's and others'<br />
pardoii, but literaiiy it was rather noisy).<br />
But few thought for a tie and many expected<br />
worse. Berkeley a\-eraged nine<br />
pounds more to the man and played<br />
every whit as speedy a game as <strong>Lowell</strong>.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High turned out in full force<br />
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than shout at a <strong>Lowell</strong> gain. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
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<strong>Lowell</strong> gained or not.<br />
Kern kicked off to Vos Burgh who<br />
ran in 35 yards, but on being tackled<br />
fumbled and lost the ball. Berkeley<br />
then slowly worked the ball down the<br />
field. Bucks were found safer than end<br />
runs and by bucking Pluiutcer they made<br />
good gains. <strong>The</strong>y advanced to the 35yard<br />
line and there were forced to kick.<br />
McQuestin punted high and short and<br />
Kern touched the ball as it came down.<br />
McQuestin rushed up and seizing the<br />
ball ran over for a touchdown and subsequent<br />
goal Score: Berkeley, 6; <strong>Lowell</strong>,<br />
o.<br />
On the kick-off Keegan caught Plummer<br />
in his tracks, and Berkeley soon<br />
punted. <strong>Lowell</strong> got the ball on her own<br />
30-yard line <strong>The</strong>n Middleton electrified<br />
the grandstand with a 20-yard run,<br />
and on the next play Vos Burgh added<br />
to the shock by a 30 yard run around the<br />
other end.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> advanced to Berkeley's 35-yard<br />
line where Hamilton missed an attempted<br />
field goal. On the kick-out Berkeley<br />
again got the ball and advanced it <strong>10</strong><br />
yards. <strong>The</strong>n on a buck they fumbled<br />
and Vos Burgh picked up the ball and<br />
following Falk's interference, ran 70<br />
yards along the sine line for a touchdown.<br />
Hamilton though sadly bruised<br />
kicked the difficult goal. Score: Berkeley,<br />
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<strong>The</strong> rest of the half was evenly con- but few holes to be torn in it. Falk and<br />
tested. Keegan played the game of his Hamilton dlu excellent work backing up<br />
life and broke through and around the MacKinne and Edwards, where many of<br />
mighty Pluramer almost at will. Heron's the bucks were directed,<br />
play with Kern was pretty to watch. Hamilton had a kick blocked and Ber-<br />
Nearly every time Heron either dodged kcley got the ball on <strong>Lowell</strong>'s 35-yard<br />
or turned in quickly, Berkeley's cra*.k line. <strong>The</strong>y advanced it to the rs-yard<br />
half, all the while keeping a steady com- line where <strong>Lowell</strong> took a big brace and,<br />
zaent on Kern's play. after three downs, the ball. Tbey soon<br />
<strong>The</strong> first part of the second half was worked it back again and despairing of<br />
played in Berkeley territory and the last a touchdown, tried a field goal from the<br />
in darkness and on <strong>Lowell</strong> ground. Mid- 42-yard line, but missed. Berkeley once<br />
dleton alone could buck with safety and again got as far as the 2O-yard line, but<br />
once or twice Hamilton, Keegau making the expiration of the time mercifully<br />
the hole. But Berkeley also had trouble saved the tired <strong>Lowell</strong> boys further<br />
bucking. <strong>The</strong> line could not make holes work.<br />
for them ami it was only by Patton's short <strong>The</strong> features cf the game were Mcjumping<br />
bucks and Kern's and Mayo's Questin's punts, averaging with one exforciful<br />
plunging that they gained at all. ception 48 yards, Kern's bucking, Vos<br />
<strong>The</strong> ends, Heron's particularly, were not Burgh's long run and Heron's, Keegan's,<br />
often tried. <strong>Lowell</strong>'s line held wonder- Falk's, and Hamilton's general all around<br />
fully considering the weight and allowed play.<br />
In the record below, crude as the compiler well knows, will be fennd the<br />
work the team has done in all their League games, (also including the benefit<br />
game), as seen from a spectator's standpoint. <strong>No</strong> record has been carefully kept<br />
of yards gained and lost—school work forbade that, but just a few interesting<br />
facts are collected.<br />
RECORD<br />
PLAYER TOUCH DOWN RUHS GOALS PUKTS tin vds.)<br />
15-30 3*over Missed Kicked Av. Blocked L<br />
Vos Burgh 5 3 7<br />
Middleton 3 * 4 5 2 4<br />
Reegau 3<br />
Baldwin 1 1 2<br />
Falk 1 .... 1 ;<br />
KWd 1 1 1<br />
Heron 1 .... 1 434<br />
Mac Kinne... . 1 1 1<br />
Barthels 1 .... 1<br />
Hamilton 1 ! n m t 50<br />
Grabam 40 48<br />
Average kick off (Hamilton), 47 yds.<br />
Punts, blocked (by Kidd), 2<br />
" u (by Hamilton), 2<br />
Safety (by Kidd), 1<br />
Field Goals (Hamilton), missed, 2; kicked, 1.<br />
Total number points scored, 112.<br />
Basket 1<br />
After much trial an*<br />
ell has at last succeeds<br />
ket-biil leatn. Miss Si<br />
has t ^n hard at work tj<br />
and as a result the tej<br />
most efficient coach,<br />
regulrly, Mondays ad<br />
the Girls' High Scho^<br />
ning of next term, it<br />
trained and coached toj<br />
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All the girls should<br />
the practices, and nex<br />
during the match ga<br />
team to victory, for a<br />
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It was a merry party of<br />
itself coixxfortably am<br />
the yacht 1'bartbea."<br />
was beautiful. <strong>The</strong> sui<br />
and the sea sparkled,<br />
waves lapped softly<br />
against the sides of t]<br />
made her way through<br />
laughter made the time<br />
exceedingly tfght-li£arte<<br />
During the merriment,<br />
leaned over the £tde<br />
water with satisfaction ,j<br />
tendency to dr^sr.yshe<br />
space. Her XTs^ncl,, Maud]<br />
ing her sileii v ^itither<br />
and asked w};\ .made<br />
choly." L<br />
"Maude," said;jnorali<<br />
faces beneath the water<br />
laugh for I am sure I do.'<br />
Maude laughed gayly<br />
friend remarked] ft Coralii<br />
tion will be the death of\<br />
Coralie sighed witi<br />
resignation, for she had<br />
being laughed at .-far;<br />
marks. Nevertheless,<br />
turned again to look at th<<br />
she stood up to rearranj
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VOL. 6. SAX FRANCISCO, CAL , JANUARY, 3902. <strong>No</strong>. 3<br />
Coralie.—A Fantasv.<br />
It was a merry party of five that seated<br />
Itself comfortably among the cushions of<br />
the yacht "Darthea." <strong>The</strong> morning<br />
was beautiful. <strong>The</strong> sun shone brightly<br />
and the sea sparkled, while the little<br />
waves lapped softly and musically<br />
against the sides of the boat as she<br />
made her way through them. Fun and<br />
laughter made the time fly and all were<br />
exceedingly light-hearted.<br />
During the merriment, CoTRlie Mason<br />
leaned over the side and regarded the<br />
water with satisfaction, and having a<br />
tendency to dream, she was silent for a<br />
space. H^r friend, Maude Taylor, noticing<br />
her silence, put her arm around her<br />
and asked what made her so "solemncholy."<br />
. "Maude," said Coralie, "do you see<br />
faces bsneath the water? You needn't<br />
laugh for I am sure I do."<br />
Maude laughed gayly and shaking her<br />
friend remarked, " Coralie, your imagination<br />
will be the death of you."<br />
Coralie sighed with exaggerated<br />
resignation, for she had become used to<br />
being; laughed at for her strange remarks.<br />
Nevertheless, several times she<br />
turned again to look at the waves. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
she stood up to rearrange her cushions<br />
and remove a jar of pickles that was<br />
rather uncomfortable to sit on, having<br />
been placed there by one of her mischievous<br />
friends.<br />
While so standing and looking a<br />
moment more upon the water, the boom<br />
swung around, causing a scramble to<br />
duck the flying canvas.<br />
Coralie was struck and was thrown<br />
forward, and too late to save herself,<br />
before the eyes cf her terrifed friends<br />
was thrown into the water, with a<br />
startled cry for help, Dumbfounded<br />
they saw her go, but when they beheld<br />
a pair of flashing arms ornamented with<br />
jewels and chains rise up to meet her and<br />
draw her tenderly downward their consternation<br />
was crowned.<br />
Preparations were immediately made<br />
for the rescue of their companion. But<br />
Coralie was being borne gently downward,<br />
with her head resting on some<br />
one's breast, her eyes closed, and her<br />
breath going quickly beyond her control,<br />
yet she suffered no bodily pain.<br />
Voices spoke to her, and at last, when<br />
she opened her eyes, she saw before her<br />
faces of surpassing beauty. She, who<br />
had risen to meet her, possessed a face<br />
the like of which had never been seen
t <<br />
on land. Great waves of raven black<br />
hair fell away from a broad, snow white<br />
brow, banded simply with red coral.<br />
Great black eyes, with beautiful brows<br />
and lashes, lit a pale oval far^, and. the<br />
parted red lips showed the whitest even<br />
teeth. <strong>The</strong> neck and arms were heavy<br />
with precious stones, but plas!—the<br />
body terminated in a fish's tail.<br />
In rising wonder Coraiie turned to her<br />
companion and her eyes met other faces<br />
of great though varied beauty. She<br />
seemed powerless to speak. What was<br />
the matter? What had happened?<br />
"Why was she not struggling as all<br />
drowning people do? But nothing<br />
could she ask, and at last turned to the<br />
beautiful woman beside her with an appealing<br />
glance.<br />
"Dear maiden, question and wonder<br />
not. Your coming has long been expected<br />
and eagerly by me (at which the<br />
attendants bowed their heads and murmured<br />
in musical chorus, " Your sweet<br />
Ladyship") for reasons I care not to<br />
explain," she continued. " <strong>The</strong>se will<br />
be your companions, and when you<br />
come from their hands you may go<br />
where you will—with a few exceptions.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se will be explained to you. You<br />
may go now."<br />
Instantly the attendants surrounded<br />
Coraiie and she was led away toward the<br />
entrance of what seemed to be a sunken<br />
ancient castle,standing there like seme<br />
phantom house to her blurred sight.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w almost in decay, the water worms<br />
had eaten their way through the pillars<br />
and walls, and the massive gate-lamps<br />
were bearded with moss and sea weed<br />
Through the entrance and up the once<br />
magnificent hallway they led her, shaking<br />
with sobs which at last had come to<br />
her relief. Opening a door they passed<br />
into a large room, surpri&ing a school of<br />
brilliantly colored fish which swam away<br />
out of the half opened window for all<br />
the world like a flock of saucy sparrows.<br />
THE LO WELL<br />
Creeping water-vir.es had grown around<br />
the window-frame and a faw tendrils<br />
had crept boldly along the inner walls<br />
with here and there a cluster of pale<br />
white blossom*.<br />
Coraiie sank languidly on a great chest<br />
by the window. Instantly busy hands<br />
let fall her wealth of light brown hair<br />
and began to weave strands of pearls<br />
through it. <strong>The</strong>n her arms and neck<br />
were bound with chains of pearls and<br />
coral and when she roused herself she<br />
had been transformed into—a mermaid,<br />
like the rest, but how much more beautiful.<br />
How strange and unreal she felt!<br />
Yet how much easier it was to glide<br />
about through the cool water where she<br />
wjuld, except that the strictest watch<br />
was kept ever her that she should not<br />
venture near the surface. For the cause<br />
of all her trouble was that she possessed<br />
the love of one for whom the mermaid<br />
queen had sighed in vain, and whose<br />
selfish love had caused the disappearance<br />
of Coraiie J<br />
Time went by, and with it the severe<br />
strictness of her keepers relaxed. Daily<br />
she prayed for release and being powerless<br />
to help herself abided her time,<br />
wandering through the ruins and wonders<br />
of the evercbanging seabed, yet<br />
always lifting her eyes, heart and prayers<br />
upward from which direction, alone, she<br />
knew hope and relief could come.<br />
Often she noticed shadows of boats<br />
passing over head, and one in particular<br />
seemed more stationary than the others,<br />
and became almost a companion to the<br />
lonely girl. Once an unguarded moment<br />
offer, d itself and Coraiie, in desperation<br />
and rebellion, swam quickly to the surface.<br />
Imagine her joy when she discovered<br />
that the shadow belonged to<br />
none other than the " Darthea," from<br />
which she had taken such unwilling<br />
leave some time before!<br />
Gazing long on the "Darthea" she<br />
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once more sank beni<br />
watch jealously the a<br />
day by day. So^iet<br />
saw another shadow s<br />
ryard the "Darihea" a<br />
she sped away up to<br />
hold—a pair of sp!<br />
bowed, with the heat,<br />
hands,—the whole n<br />
infinite sadness*<br />
With a great throb o<br />
and a bewitching smil<<br />
she swam after the b<br />
head and flashing shy<br />
above the water, sh&jft<br />
the dying rays cf th<br />
jewelled fcaiicL / ;.<br />
Softly and without<br />
around to the front o<br />
gazed lovingly en the<br />
closed eyes and bare hcj<br />
"Austin V* On the<br />
the evening 1 b;eeze it s<<br />
name were spoken, ah<br />
opened his eyes and rain<br />
a dream, fearful lest<br />
might cease.<br />
"Austin!" Again
THE LOWELL<br />
ence more sank beneath the surface to<br />
watch jealously the comforting shadow<br />
day by day. Sometime afterwards she<br />
saw another shadow stealing slowly toward<br />
the "Darthea" and in great alarm<br />
she sped away up to the surface to behoJd—a<br />
pair of splendid shoulders<br />
bowed, with the head resting on the<br />
hands,—the whole man a picture of<br />
infinite sadness.<br />
With a great throb of joy in her heart<br />
*nd p. bewitching smile on hto* fair lips,<br />
she swam after the boat, b*r jewelled<br />
head and flashing shoulders gleaming<br />
above the water, shading her eyes from<br />
the dying rays of the sun with her<br />
jewelled hand.<br />
Softly and without haste she stole<br />
around to the front of the boat, and<br />
gazed lovingly on the sad face with its<br />
closed eyes and bare head.<br />
"Austin!" On the gentle breath of<br />
the evening breeze it seemed as if the<br />
name were spoken, almost. <strong>The</strong> man<br />
opened his eyes and raised his head, as<br />
in a dream, fearful lest the sweet sound<br />
might cease.<br />
"Austin!" Again it came. This<br />
time a little l.oMer and a little more<br />
pleadingly. At last he saw her for she<br />
had raised herself and was poised on the<br />
edge of the boat <strong>The</strong> dying light<br />
framed her and her dripping hair seemed<br />
to rob unnatural color from the departing<br />
sun. Quickly he reached her and<br />
stretched cut his arms to take her, but<br />
slowly she slipped back out of his grasp<br />
into the water.<br />
Once more she spoke his name and<br />
opening her arms invited him to come to<br />
her, using only the language of hex<br />
expressive eyes. One second only he<br />
looked, devouring the picture before him<br />
with strained eyes lest the vision might<br />
fade away, but the next, had bidden<br />
adiet: to all and was gathered in the<br />
waiting arms of Coralie,<br />
* * » * « »<br />
<strong>The</strong> next evening the village paper,<br />
the Crier% came out with the notice that<br />
Austin Wallace, arising young lawyer,<br />
had committed suicide while despondent<br />
over the loss of his fiancee, who had met<br />
death by drowning some weeks before.<br />
Neither of the bodies had been recovered.<br />
PUNCH/' '05.
PHILADELPHIA.<br />
A PLAYETTE—In One Act and Two Scenes.<br />
BY MORTON J. A. MCDONALD.<br />
DRAMATIS PERSON.?:.<br />
Abigail Longstreth.<br />
Benjamin Longstretb, brother of Ab.<br />
Pike, a sentinel.<br />
Silas Ward, a Continental.<br />
Samuel Early, "<br />
Sergeant of Guard.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Relief Detail and Foraging Party.<br />
A<br />
SCEXJ<br />
Time—Summer, r<br />
Scene—A hail in t]<br />
in Philadelphia, at bj<br />
antlers over mantel.<br />
Hater Abigail, i<br />
bunch of keys, enter<br />
^ifh letter, and r<br />
Ab.—Back so soonl<br />
what ails thee, brothj<br />
strange!<br />
/to/.—<strong>The</strong>e would<br />
if thce was drafted by<br />
who dare<br />
Ab.~Hush! Sonn<br />
efcr.<br />
Bm —What does<br />
—Well, perhaps theei<br />
you, I'm to be force<br />
ject too, to raise my<br />
rightful king, and sh\<br />
fellow-men, to break<br />
and become an outca:<br />
for these—these—canj<br />
word f<br />
Ah.—But must<br />
Ben.—<strong>No</strong>, I may r<br />
like a dog.<br />
Ah.—Why not proc<br />
Ben.— <strong>No</strong>w, Abigail,<br />
impossible; o^ewou!<br />
dred pounds gold, at<br />
are almost penniless 1<br />
pious—h'ra (at sigi<br />
course, our worldly<br />
nigh all stol—a—co]<br />
" Cause."<br />
Ah.—<strong>The</strong>n we will<br />
will be peace in the oij<br />
slow ; let us go back.<br />
Ben.—And thee knoi<br />
ble too. Have not tl<br />
just returned, been stoj<br />
But I can't go to the frfamine<br />
and cold, the<br />
I'd die. And the 5gh|<br />
the shattered limbs, th<br />
the screams of the dyi
SCE5TE I.<br />
Time—Summer, 1776.<br />
Scene—A ball in the Longstreth borne<br />
in Philadelphia, at back large fire-place,<br />
antleis ov?r mantel.<br />
Enter Abigail, from left, jingling<br />
bunch of keys, enter (contra) Benjamin,<br />
with letter, and ranch excited.<br />
Ab.—Back ?o soon Benjamin ! "Why,<br />
what &ils thee, brother ? <strong>The</strong>e looks so<br />
strange I<br />
Ben.—<strong>The</strong>e would lock strange, < • ,<br />
if thee was drafted by these cursed rebels,<br />
who dare<br />
Al\—~Hush I Someone will hear thee<br />
else.<br />
Bin —What does that matter?—h'm<br />
—Well, perhaps thee is right; but look<br />
yon, I'm to be forced, and a loyal subject<br />
too, to raise my hand s^ainst my<br />
rightful king, and shed the blood of my<br />
fellow-men, to break the laws of Cod,<br />
and become an outcast from our Society<br />
for these—these—can't thee give me a<br />
word?<br />
Ab.—But must tbee, Benjamin ?<br />
j#*tf.—<strong>No</strong>, I may refuse and be shot<br />
like a dog.<br />
Ab.—Why not procure a substitute?<br />
Ben.—<strong>No</strong>w, Abigail, thee knows that's<br />
impossible; one would cost me an hundred<br />
pounds gold, at the least; and we<br />
are almost penniless since these impious—h'm<br />
(at sign from Ab)—of<br />
course, our worldly goods were wellnigh<br />
all atal—a—confiscated to the<br />
"Cause."<br />
Ab.—<strong>The</strong>n we will go away; tlieie<br />
will be peace in the old home at Hounslow;<br />
let us go back.<br />
Bat.—And thee knows that's impossible<br />
too. Have not the Maitlands but<br />
just returned, been stopped at the lines?<br />
But I can't go to the front to endure the<br />
famine and co!d, the weary marches—'<br />
I'd die. And the fight—the awful din,<br />
the shattered limbs, the spouting blood,<br />
the screams of the dying, mud look! the<br />
TH£ LOWELL<br />
horsemen—a great biack cloud sweeping<br />
dowt, now the hot breath of the beasts,<br />
they burst over us—and I'm down, down<br />
among the flying hoofs, backed, slabbed,<br />
trampled, crushed—O! I can't go, I<br />
can't go !<br />
Ab —And thee shan't, Benjamin, Listen,<br />
we are juit of a size, we look alike,<br />
there is & bright fntcre for tbee with ti.y<br />
uncle in England. I can but ill support<br />
and care for mother; I'm only & girl.<br />
I'll take thy place and take thy name;<br />
thee will go, with mother, to Honnslew;<br />
and<br />
Ben.—But thee would be detected,<br />
Abigail, then but it might be done,<br />
perhaps. <strong>The</strong>e is a good girl. Abigail,<br />
a very good girl. <strong>The</strong>re! thy mother<br />
calls thee. I'll see thee presently. (Exit<br />
Ab.) If her courage holds, and she<br />
play5 her part weil, why—I'm all right.<br />
(KXIT.)<br />
SCENE II.<br />
Time—Middle of February, 1778 (evening.)<br />
Scene—Valley Forge, in middle forcgrnnnd<br />
a c«tnp Sre, two Ccatiscaiali<br />
seated before it, blankets drawn about<br />
shoulders, and feet bound m cJctb,<br />
clothes in rags; sentinel standing a, Httie<br />
back, similarly attired. In distance,<br />
snowy bills and camp fires; sunset glow<br />
on sky-line; to right, hut; to left, ditto<br />
with padlocked door and barred window<br />
; at back, cannon covered by canvas;<br />
snow on everything.<br />
Retreat sounds.<br />
Pike.—'<strong>No</strong>tber day froze, same's I'll be<br />
if they don': change guard purty scon.<br />
Ward.—If it feels like me, it's starved.<br />
Early —Mebby tue sun's deeserted like<br />
them fellers in TrumbalTs regiment.<br />
Ward.—<strong>No</strong>body's blamin 1 them nucb;<br />
they'd no bread for three days an' no<br />
meat for five; jes 1 flour an* water, an*<br />
not too much Soar.
8 THE LOWELL<br />
Pike.—<strong>The</strong> army won't last another<br />
week.<br />
Ward.—An' when ye see an over-fed<br />
Tory like that un in the guiard haouse<br />
it's a strong temptation, sure.<br />
£ar(p.—-What's be held for?<br />
Pike.—Spy* He'll be "surspended,"<br />
as the Massachusidge men call it, in the<br />
xnornin'.<br />
Early.—'Res like little Longstreth,<br />
don't you think?<br />
Ward.—Aout side he is, an' inside he<br />
ain't. D'ye s'pose he'd dew what Longstreth<br />
did last three days we'd meat<br />
rations ?<br />
Pike.—I dida't hear. What did he do?<br />
Early.—Gave his share to the Hospital<br />
; made me feel like a hog to eat mine.<br />
Ward.—It didn't affect your appetite<br />
though, Sam. You wasn't here, Pike,<br />
when Pennock's regiment went to mutiny.<br />
Well, sir, Longstreth goes over to<br />
their camp, barefoot, (the ice had cut<br />
his feet; an' there was blood everywhere<br />
he stepped;) an' he goes abaout among<br />
them fellers an 1 talks, an' talks; an*<br />
bimeby the news gets aout that Pennock's<br />
men ain't goin' to mutiny no<br />
more. Tell ye what, it takes more grit<br />
to be cheerful yourself withaout clo's<br />
an* victuals, an' pay, an' make others<br />
b'lieve they're so, too, than to kill a<br />
whole regiment in a battle.<br />
Early.—He can fight, too, Si. You<br />
remember, at Brandywiiie, when the<br />
Hessians charged the battevy on the<br />
hill?<br />
Ward.—Sure, they marched so solemn<br />
an' looked so big, we thought all Germany<br />
was comin', an 1 put aout.<br />
.Early.—Pike never saw the Dutchmen<br />
"on parade' 1 or he wouldn't laugh.<br />
Well, anyway, what I was goia' to say<br />
was, Longstreth stayed behind to fire a<br />
cannon that happened to be loaded, an'<br />
blowed such a 'tarnel big hole in thefr<br />
line that the Dutchmen 'jes stopped an'<br />
stood there till we went back an' chased<br />
them off.<br />
(Red glow has faded from hills; camp<br />
fires numerous; stars appear dimly in<br />
after glow.)<br />
Pike.—Whilst ye're iaikin' ye're lettin'<br />
the fire a out.<br />
Early.—Don't get enough heat to repay<br />
a feller for the trouble of choppm 1<br />
wood. I'm goin 1 to keep warm by ttirnin'<br />
in. (Exit Early through right hut<br />
door.)<br />
Ward.—I'll keep ye company till they<br />
change guiard.<br />
Pike.—That won't be long; for here<br />
they come.<br />
(Enter sergeant with relief detail;<br />
they change guard and prepare to<br />
march.)<br />
Ward—I don't envy ye, Longstreth,<br />
but keep the blaze up an* ye'il be all<br />
right.<br />
Pike —Pleasant dreams old man, an'<br />
don't freeze. (Exeunt)<br />
Longs —Br-r-ruh I 'Tis the bitterest<br />
night this winter ; how pleasant 'twould";<br />
be to sit by the fire in the old library,<br />
now, with the red light shining on the.:<br />
bright andirons and brighter faces. <strong>The</strong><br />
dear old faces. Poor mother! Prudence<br />
wrote me last that she was very<br />
low ; that night ride, in the storm, must<br />
have been just simply frightful. (A<br />
pause ) And Benjamin, I wonder where<br />
he is tonight ? So strange a freak! He<br />
always was on the King's side, but he so<br />
disliked the army ; and HOW (speaks<br />
slowly) he has some position in the<br />
trans— (Starts and straightens up.)<br />
How abominably cold it is I I was half<br />
asleep. (Stirs fire and settles down<br />
again ; moonlight streams from right<br />
across Longs, and over guard house at<br />
left. Ben looks cut through barred window<br />
; taps sounds in distance.)<br />
Longs.—Only nine o'clock ! it seems it<br />
must be two, at least. (A pause.) It's*'<br />
;HI<br />
W<br />
m<br />
I<br />
u.<br />
warmer now, dear Beni<br />
looks out again.)<br />
£en.~-Asleep, surely !<br />
diers, these rebels! boastij<br />
ing, and running away,<br />
of window, then throws<br />
them; they break loos<<br />
Longs, stirs, Ben hesitat<br />
out)<br />
Ben.—So, egad ! I thouj<br />
the free air under different<br />
I'll go straight—stay a bi<br />
friend's hat and coat wil<br />
hide this gaudy coat oi<br />
proaches Longs, with<br />
raised ; sees side face, st<<br />
Here? Abigail, Abbi? I;!<br />
girl's cold, Sekd! (Sits<br />
She did it for me, me<br />
And I was so worthy !<br />
till tonight how worth<br />
with death before me, Is|<br />
different light Here coi<br />
pdrty; I'd better com<br />
A;'small group ofraen's<br />
one of the hotels of New<br />
Vue/^ature of their disc*<br />
have supposed; them to<br />
a further study would ~<br />
to the conclusion"'that"thi<br />
ists. <strong>The</strong>ir talk was<br />
the gases in tie earthi<br />
•*>at the earii^ust cont<br />
those now known to ch<<br />
some urtlis most noted<br />
sembled to hear the stor<br />
Cortland, who claimed<br />
prove beyond _ doubt. %b<<br />
many unknown'-gases'.<br />
When ,t?aey were all re|<br />
Cortbnd began, as:;foilo^<br />
Oxford I became ifitexestei
warmer now, dear Benjamin ! (Ben<br />
looks out again.)<br />
Ben.—Asleep, surely ! gallant soldiers,<br />
these rebels! boasting, and sleeping,<br />
and running away. (He tries bars<br />
of window, then throws his weight on<br />
them; they break loose with crash ;<br />
Longs, stirs, Ben hesitates, then climbs<br />
out)<br />
Ben.—So, egad ! I thought I'd breathe<br />
the free air under different circumstances.<br />
I'll go straight—stay a bit I our drowsy<br />
friend's hat and coat will be of use to<br />
hide this gaudy coat of mine. (Approaches<br />
Longs, with window bar<br />
raised ; sees side face, stoops ) What!<br />
Here? Abigail, Abbie I say. Why the<br />
girl's cold, dead! (Sits on snow bank.)<br />
She did it for me, me of all people.<br />
And I was so worthy ! 1 didn't know<br />
till tonight how worthy I was ! But<br />
with death before me, I saw myself in a<br />
different light. Here comes a foraging<br />
party; I'd better conceal—but why<br />
A small group of men sat in a room in<br />
one of the hotels of New York. From<br />
the nature of their discourse you would<br />
have supposed them to be scientists and<br />
a further study would have brought you<br />
to the conclusion that they were chemists.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir talk was principally about<br />
the gases in the earth. <strong>The</strong>y believed<br />
that the earth must contain others than<br />
those now known to chemists. In fact<br />
some of the most noted scientists had assembled<br />
to hear the story of F. Sylvan<br />
Cortland, who claimed that he could<br />
prove beyond doubt the existence of<br />
manj r unknown gases.<br />
When they were all ready F. Sylvan<br />
Cortland began, as follows : "While at<br />
Cteford I became interested in chemistry<br />
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F. SYLVAN CORTLAND.<br />
should I hide ?—but I must take that<br />
information to Howe—(Hesitates, then<br />
creeps under shadow of canyon ; enter<br />
foraging party.)<br />
First Forager.—Hello! look at the<br />
guard house !<br />
Secoftd ditto.—And look at Longstreth J<br />
Third ditto.—He'll catch it.<br />
Lieutenant in Command.—What's the<br />
matter here ?<br />
Third Cant.—Why.Longstreth's asleep<br />
at his post.<br />
First dittoy (Saluting, and deliberately).—Leftenant,<br />
Private Longstreth is<br />
froze dead.<br />
Ben, (stepping from shadow).—<strong>No</strong>,<br />
he was dead, but now he lives in very<br />
earnest I'm not worthy to bear that<br />
musket, Lieutenant, but give me another<br />
; and let me prove what I say.<br />
Lieut.—We'll see. Give him a gun,<br />
corporal. Fail in !:' Put him in the<br />
middle, there. March! (Exeunt.)<br />
Curtain,<br />
and finally made it my major study.<br />
When I had finished my course there,<br />
I determined to corne to America to<br />
continue iny ,,study of chemistry. Accordingly<br />
I took passage on a ship bound<br />
for some point near the St. Lawrence<br />
River. We set sail from England on<br />
May 20, 1892, and were soon out upon<br />
the ocean.<br />
"We had been at sea but a few days,<br />
when a violent storm arose, and in the<br />
confusion that followed several passengers<br />
were drowned and the life boats lost. <strong>The</strong><br />
storm continued all night, and the next<br />
morning it was found that the rudder<br />
had broken away and that there was<br />
no way of guiding the ship. We drifted<br />
about helplessly for a few days without<br />
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a sight of !?nd or any hope of rescue.<br />
About noon on the fifth day there came a<br />
sudden tremor, ?ud a moment Inter we<br />
were borne along by a strange current.<br />
<strong>The</strong> current must have flowed northward,<br />
for it became colder and colder. In fact<br />
on the third da}*, the captain became uneasy.<br />
In the distance were large icebergs.<br />
'We will be dashed to pieces,'he<br />
cried. <strong>The</strong> life boats had been lost and<br />
all we cotild do was to wait for destruction.<br />
Night was falling fast and the icebergs<br />
were coming nearer.<br />
At last darkness settled on ?.ll sides.<br />
Every moment we expected to hear the<br />
crashing of timber, and at the same time<br />
the cold was becoming almost unbearable.<br />
About midnight I noticed that it<br />
was beginning to get warmer. We had<br />
as yet neither seen nor heard anything<br />
farther of the icebergs, a fact which I<br />
could not understand. <strong>The</strong> air began to<br />
get thinner and breathing became more<br />
difficult. At last my breath came in<br />
gasps Mj ? head seemed almost bursting<br />
and my cheat was racked with paia.<br />
Finally I lost consciousness.<br />
When I came to I heard cries of surprise<br />
and wonder. We were now ou an<br />
open sea, there were no icebergs in sight,<br />
and it was as warm as a day in June.<br />
<strong>The</strong> atmosphere, though easy to breathe,<br />
seemed somewhat peculiar.<br />
" We were still carried on by the current,<br />
and drifted in this manner for about'<br />
a week. At last we sighted land and<br />
when we got near enough to see, a small<br />
island lay before us. It was entirely<br />
black with the exception of a white<br />
building of some sort erected on a high<br />
mountain. We drifted ashore and with<br />
cries of joy the crew leaped upon the<br />
beach. I viewed the island with no little<br />
wonder, for as far as I could see it<br />
was composed of a black substance like<br />
rubber. We were puzzled by the nature<br />
of the ground, but nevertheless were glad<br />
to set foot on land once more. Many<br />
sorts of vegetable life flourished, but the.<br />
fruit and plants were unlike anything I<br />
had ever seen. We built several tents<br />
from the sails of the ships, and as there 1<br />
was nobody else on the island, we determined<br />
to live there until we should be<br />
rescued. <strong>The</strong> nature of the ground was<br />
practically the same all over the island,<br />
but the thing which now claimed ray attention<br />
was the building on the mountain.<br />
In company with the captain I set out<br />
to examine it. It was built of some kind<br />
of white stone—which I afterwards found<br />
out was marble—in the form of a circle<br />
around the crater.of a volcano. In the<br />
interior, I noticed, there was no floor.- •<br />
All around were little holes and mineral<br />
springs. This led me to suppose that<br />
the island was formed by volcanic action.<br />
We then returned and had supper on<br />
some of the plants and fruit.<br />
About midnight I was awakened by a<br />
slight rumbling noise I got up to investigate<br />
and found out that the vcicsno<br />
in the temple had been in action. Early<br />
next morning I set out to the temple, because<br />
I wis curious about the action of<br />
the mght before. When first I got a<br />
glimpse, you can imagine m5 r surprise<br />
upon seeing that the temple had idrnot,<br />
black ! I could riot understand how this;,<br />
had happened. When I arrived there.I<br />
found everything else the same as on th^<br />
day before I puzzled over this problem<br />
for a long while but could come to n.9..,<br />
conclusion. This surprise was mild to<br />
the one I received the next day when I<br />
saw that the temple had turned red !<br />
<strong>The</strong> sailors had also noticed this remarkable<br />
change and their minds were<br />
seized with fear. We could not sleep<br />
that night and when the next morning<br />
the temple had turned green the sailors<br />
declared that the place must be enchanted.<br />
I will not bother you with<br />
further details, but I will say that these<br />
changes took place every day. Finally<br />
i<br />
we got used to it and<br />
ing,<br />
I, being a scientist, cj<br />
xnust be sdriie explanaj<br />
tery. <strong>The</strong>refore I mai<br />
spend a night in the t(<br />
ning.'I made'iny way<br />
my watch. About mi<<br />
mild disturbance in tin<br />
cano, aud while it laste<br />
clew to the mystery.<br />
During the action cl]<br />
formed. <strong>The</strong>se settle*<br />
the temple and fonne<<br />
carbon. This, howev<<br />
explanation for the<br />
resolved to remain,<br />
gas arose. 1 As soon<br />
tact it turned the carbi<br />
the final solution of tl<br />
exists gases unkno 1<br />
no gas has yet'-yTtjee<br />
change the color of<br />
' One day ]?• notice*<br />
color of the water: sum<br />
almost i<br />
. eartiiqnake.<br />
came panic-stricken<br />
upon which they were<br />
ing wliite and the<br />
mass of glittering<br />
followed earthquake<br />
wvenched from its foi<br />
rap^ly; along by a<br />
time of this outburst<br />
pie and perceiving 1 tbei<br />
that iiii turned the'<br />
collected some in a<br />
h ad with" me. . On all<br />
foaming andL boiling J<br />
but the island, kept<br />
speed every moment,<br />
colder and again the<br />
Again -I.lost consci*<br />
more found : myself
we got used to it and it became interesting.<br />
1, being :t scientist, could se^ that there<br />
must be some explanation for this mystery.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore I made up my mind to<br />
spend a nigLt in the temple In the evening<br />
I made my way there und started<br />
my watch. About midnight I uoticed a<br />
mild disturbance in the crater of the volcano,<br />
and while it lasted I got iny first<br />
clew to the mystery.<br />
During the action clouds of soot were<br />
formed. <strong>The</strong>^e settled on the iralls of<br />
the temple and formed a black coating of<br />
carbon. This, however, did not give an<br />
exp*anation for the other colors, and I<br />
resolved to remain. Very soon a peculiar<br />
gas arose. As soon as it came in contact<br />
it turned the carbon blue. Here was<br />
the final solution of the mystery. Here<br />
existed gases unknown to chemists for<br />
no gas has yet been found that will<br />
change the color of carbon.<br />
One day I noticed a change in the<br />
color of the water surrounding the island,<br />
almost immediately followed by a violent<br />
earthquake. My compaaions now became<br />
panic-stricken for the very.island<br />
upon \vh;di they.-.vere standing was tuning<br />
white and the temple had become a<br />
mass of glittering gold! Earthquake<br />
followed earthquake until the island was<br />
wrenched from its foundation and borne<br />
rapidly along by a swift current. At the<br />
time of this outburst I was near the temple<br />
and perceiving the source of the gas<br />
that had turned the temple into gold, I<br />
collected some in a small water flask I<br />
had with me. On all sides the sea was<br />
foaming and boiling. Night soon set in<br />
but the island kept on increasing its<br />
speed every moment. It was getting<br />
colder ant* again the air became thinner.<br />
Again ? lost consciousne£3 and once<br />
more found myself upon the sea I had<br />
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left so long ago. But the island was nowhere<br />
in sight and I was floating on a<br />
small piece of a light,spongy substance<br />
which I judged had separated from the<br />
island. Where the others were I did not<br />
know nor have I found out since.<br />
Almost dea;I» I floated for a day or two<br />
on my peculiar craft, when I was rescued<br />
by a sea captain who happened to spy<br />
me. I soon recovered my health and<br />
landed at New York. <strong>No</strong>w as a last<br />
proof that my story is true I will show<br />
you a gas that can turn marble into gold.<br />
You remember that I collected some of<br />
the gas in myilr.sk." As he said this he<br />
drew from his pocket a small water flask.<br />
This seeuied to be filled with a colorless<br />
substance.-- Ke placed, the fiask on a<br />
table.'and produced a small piece of marble-<br />
He uncorked the flask and held<br />
thn marble over it. As soon as the gas<br />
catae in contact with the air it turned<br />
brown, but the piece of marble rem?inevi<br />
the same. He gave a cry of astonishment,<br />
M It should have turned into gold!"<br />
One of the men now said, *' <strong>The</strong> -gas contained<br />
in that bottle is nothing more than<br />
nitric oxide, which was turned brown,<br />
when it came in contact with tUe. oxygen<br />
'in the air forming nitrogen peroxide."<br />
A look of relief came ov^r Cortland's<br />
face as he said, "That explains another<br />
mystery. <strong>The</strong> atmosphere of the island<br />
was not composed of ordinary air because<br />
the gas in the flask turret black and then<br />
formed the gold. In order to prove my.<br />
story there must be found a : gas or compound<br />
of gases that will support life and<br />
yet turn nitric oxide black."<br />
<strong>The</strong> men slowly filed out of the room,<br />
and not a word was spoken- And until<br />
such a gas or compound of gases can be<br />
found, the story of F. Sylvan Cortland<br />
must remain unverified.<br />
BARE, '03.
Hi<br />
Down through the countless ages,<br />
In the ceaseless round of Time, .<br />
Sounding and ever resounding,<br />
Come echoes c£ deeds sublime.<br />
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LEGENDS.<br />
Urging the youth to aim higher,<br />
Showing the heights he should scale,<br />
Teaching him never to falter,<br />
Teaching him never to fail.<br />
Scorn not the legends, O scoffers,<br />
T'or laugh at the heroes of old,<br />
Fighting their battles so bravely,<br />
Striving for howr—not gold.<br />
Living a life full of valor,<br />
Sowing the seeds day by day,<br />
Reaping the fruit of their labors<br />
In gold that wiii never;decay.<br />
Ballad of the Lazy Student<br />
1.<br />
Up here in the hall I am<br />
For a Latin "ex" to cram,<br />
I know I'll flunk on that exam<br />
Oh ! I wish that I were somewheres else.<br />
II.<br />
-Students round me hard at work<br />
Some of them who never shirk,<br />
Others like me, smile and smirk,<br />
And wish that they were somewheres else.<br />
III.<br />
For on through the countless ages, __^^<br />
With tbe ceaseless round of Time, T<br />
Down to the shadowy Future,<br />
Goes the memory of deeds sublime...<br />
Across the aisle there sits a boy<br />
To whom it is exceeding joy<br />
With smaller boys to tease anc\ toy<br />
'Till they wish that they were somewheres<br />
else. »O2.<br />
E CRAWFORD, '05.<br />
-mm* >-;*•:::•-.* .t&}.\<br />
^<br />
"m<br />
scritic<br />
lot either?to tearto<br />
less jiixiduction^l<br />
superlatively bad, oi<br />
skies that whfch<br />
goodv Those arfctl<br />
he has no dearth of<br />
no lack of inspiration<br />
when adjectives<br />
one another in theii<br />
expresision ' the<br />
tightly to<br />
However<br />
him who 3r<br />
for we finfi<br />
its freedbm<br />
the way of<br />
19 siniply;a^<br />
duction,: better'<br />
of its<br />
than nutnerons<br />
gone by; nota^g^<br />
other<br />
so good, ti^'itf&e&<br />
month<br />
under auspices t»nusi<br />
whole ^hobl^aB<br />
time had been<br />
of<br />
editoi- : Gt.:^bJ<br />
that v a<br />
on a<br />
remark<br />
lt]
m m<br />
I<br />
Happy the critic when it falls to his<br />
lot either to tear to a tatter some luckless<br />
production which happens to be<br />
superlatively bad, or to applaud to the<br />
skies that which is extraordinarily<br />
good. Those are the occasions when<br />
he has no dearth of things to say and<br />
no lack of inspiration in saying them;<br />
when adjectives come tumbling over<br />
one another in their eagerness to find<br />
expression, and the pen must be held<br />
tightly to prevent it3 running away.<br />
However no such fortune comes to<br />
him who reviews December's LowstL,<br />
for we find as its chief characteristic<br />
its freedom from anythino startling in<br />
the way of either virtue or defect. It<br />
is simply a good, honest, average production,<br />
better than many other papers<br />
of its kind—considerably, better, in fact,<br />
than numerous other LOVTKLLS of years<br />
gone by ; not so good, however, as some<br />
other school publications—not nearly<br />
so good, me fudice, as the LOWELL of a<br />
month ago.<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember's LowflLL wa3 published<br />
under auspices unusually happy. <strong>The</strong><br />
paper had been reorganized <strong>The</strong><br />
whole school was behind it Ample<br />
time had been given lor the preparation<br />
of manuscripts. Everyone, whether<br />
editor or contributor, was on his mettle<br />
to do his very best Small wonder then<br />
that a standard should have been set<br />
on a plane somewhat higher than can<br />
be always appoached. So our first<br />
remark concerning this December issue<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
would be that it has done very well<br />
Indeed to be as good as it is and to fall<br />
no farther behind its rather remarkable<br />
predecessor-<br />
<strong>No</strong>w is the time when the editor must<br />
work. <strong>No</strong> member of the school who<br />
has ever shown the least talent for<br />
writing should be allowed to rest until<br />
he has sent in his contribution to his<br />
school paper. I suspect that in most<br />
cases the teachers will co-operate by<br />
recognizing worthy efforts and letting<br />
them take the; place of equivalent school<br />
exercises. Thus as rapidly as possible<br />
such a stock of stories, verse, and essays<br />
should be collected as will keep the<br />
paper supplied for months in advance.<br />
Imagine the Century or Scribners soliciting<br />
its material from month to month,<br />
only as it is needed for the next issue.<br />
Yet that is the kind of hand to mouth<br />
existence most school papers attempt to<br />
lead, and that is the explanation of so ,_<br />
many inferior numbers. So, Mr Editor,<br />
look around you. Hunt out all our<br />
authors in embryo, and fill the pigeonholes<br />
of your sanctum with articles<br />
waiting to be published. As sooa as<br />
you are able to ''decline with thanks"<br />
on account of the overplus of material<br />
on hand, just so soon will there arise<br />
an eagerness to gel' into your paper<br />
which will result in a positive flood of<br />
contributions.<br />
But I am reminded that I have beea<br />
assigned the office of criticising last<br />
month's LOWELL, and not of lecturing
the editor thereof. So, begging his pardon<br />
for this long digression, let us<br />
hasten to the task in hand. <strong>The</strong> worthy<br />
critic oflast issue has fort stalled me by<br />
doing what I should have liked to do<br />
myself,—beginning with " the other<br />
end" of the magazine and wriggling<br />
through it backwards. So, just for the<br />
sake of being different, I shall try for<br />
once to start in with the 6rst page and<br />
gallop on through to the last. <strong>The</strong><br />
first thing we notice is the title-cut;<br />
and in spite of the prominence it gives<br />
to our poor old building, a very effective<br />
title-cut it is. But we wondei why the<br />
artist should have described our little<br />
magazine as "a journal devoted to<br />
school news and athletics, 1 * thus leaving<br />
txnmentioned what always has been<br />
and doubtless always will be its chief<br />
characteristic—its purely literary features.<br />
First of all appears Sir Roger, that<br />
lusty old gentleman whom Mr. Addisnn<br />
tried to kill nearly two hundred years<br />
ago, but who has, nevertheless, every<br />
now and then bobbed up, serene, aiive,<br />
and well. Several times he and his<br />
friend the Spectator have been heard<br />
from 5n the LOWELL, yet, to my mind,<br />
they have never appeared to better advantage<br />
than in the present number,<br />
paper 4711. Its chief excellence is<br />
neither in its style, for that is by no<br />
means faultless, nor in its unity or compactness,<br />
for several paragraphs might<br />
have been omitted to the general betterment<br />
of the paper. But overbalancing<br />
all these, and making a really<br />
charming essay, are the touches of the<br />
Addlsonian vein, and the keenness with<br />
which the dear old knight has been<br />
caught and reproduced. <strong>The</strong> episodes<br />
of the blind begger and the Latin recitation<br />
might almost have been found<br />
in the origiual Sir Roger.<br />
Rip Van Winkle, the Second, though<br />
clearly the work of a prentice hand, is<br />
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just as clearly a production which shows<br />
great promise for the future. I have<br />
shown it to several friends, each of<br />
whom pronounced it "interesting," and<br />
that, after a!L is the chief merit of a<br />
good story. <strong>The</strong> theme is a novel one<br />
for a school paper; the dialogue—always<br />
a difficu t point with beginners—<br />
is handled with tolerable facility; the<br />
problem is an interesting one and well<br />
presented. Such touches of crudity of<br />
style as the story shows are the natural<br />
results of inexperience, and will largely<br />
disappear with practice. So, if the<br />
writer has another similar story in<br />
mind, we hope before long to see it<br />
printed.<br />
Following the interesting photograph<br />
and still more interesting little description<br />
of page 9, comes the present editor's<br />
"Short Story " It is an odd aff.ir,<br />
that "short story"—a curious compound<br />
of essay, narrative sketch, and antic'imax.<br />
On the whole I am inclined to<br />
hkc the essay bent. Its setting and<br />
manner of presentation are rather<br />
unique, though at times it is marred by<br />
instances of carelessness in form. <strong>The</strong><br />
story itself is a little vague in purpose<br />
and uncertain in treatment; and I cannot<br />
help protesting against the "wonderful<br />
flood of dark melting hair," yet<br />
after all the article shows an ingenuity<br />
and literary facility both interesting and<br />
full of promise for stories in the future.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spectre of the. Mirror is of that<br />
class of stories which are sought for by<br />
the Black Cat and other magazines of<br />
similar aims. While the present critic<br />
confesses a general distaste for this<br />
kind of literature, still it must be admitted<br />
that Mr. Edwards has given us<br />
a rather readable and interesting story.<br />
It is a question, however, whether the<br />
interest is not due more to its human<br />
than to its superhuman elements. <strong>The</strong><br />
construction of its paragraphs is clearly<br />
open to criticism, nearly half of them<br />
being composed QX a<br />
each. <strong>The</strong> writer of thi<br />
fact, oil who are begini<br />
into the literary field, w<br />
consult some manual<br />
paragraph constructionpie,<br />
Scott and Denney'j<br />
work upon the paragr,<br />
port ant unit of prose<br />
tremely liable to gross<br />
early mastery of it canm<br />
ly urged on young writ<br />
fair to add that some<br />
story show clever maaa,<br />
example, the insistence 1<br />
on the somewhat dubio<br />
is*'a practical person."<br />
I remember that, wh<br />
was first inaugurated a<br />
meat of Criticism" iasti<br />
quisitive individual put<br />
lem, "Who shall crifcicl<br />
So far this has been ior<br />
in the field of self-critici;<br />
out whole volumes of 4<br />
identity of Mr. Critic hi<br />
changed. But now, urn<br />
cent system of rotation o<br />
by past editor Dernha:<br />
critic is given a glorious<br />
rap the knuckles of I<br />
However the utter imp*<br />
ministering even the n;<br />
be at once apparent to<br />
has enjoyed with^i th<br />
ful, suggestive, and altoj<br />
productions of • l T.,R^ik<br />
Passing therefore to tl<br />
"Political Results of the<br />
myself inclined to wa<br />
thusiastic. ;-If it weifenjj<br />
son are "odorous," as<br />
used to say, I should<br />
pronounce It the best thii<br />
And all this I sayi»isj<br />
that personally lam ia'cli<br />
with many of its atatenn<br />
excellencies arc its thi
eing composed of a single sentence<br />
each. <strong>The</strong> writer of this paper, and, in<br />
fact, all who are beginning to venture<br />
into the literary field, would do well to<br />
consult some manual which treats of<br />
paragraph construction—as, for example,<br />
Scott and Denney's excellent little<br />
work upon the paragraph. This important<br />
unit of prose writing is extremely<br />
liable to gross abuse, and an<br />
early mastery of Jt cannot be too strongly<br />
urged on young writers. It is but<br />
fair to add that some touches of the<br />
story show clever management, as, for<br />
example, the insistence of the narrator<br />
on the somewhat dubious fact that he<br />
is "a practical person."<br />
I remember that, when the LOWEIX<br />
was first inaugurated and its "Department<br />
of Criticism" instituted, some inquisitive<br />
individual put forth the problem,<br />
"Who shall criticise the critic? 11<br />
So far this has been impossible except<br />
in the field of self-criticism, for throughout<br />
whole volumes of the paper the<br />
identity of Mr. Critic has remained unchanged.<br />
But now, under the magnificent<br />
system of rotation of critics devised<br />
by past editor Dernham, the present<br />
critic is given a glorious opportunity to<br />
rap the knuckles of his predecessor.<br />
However the utter impossibility of administering<br />
even the mildest rap will<br />
be at once apparent to every one who<br />
has enjoyed with me the kindly, helpful,<br />
suggestive, and altogether readable<br />
productions of "T. R. K."<br />
Passing therefore to the next article,<br />
"Political Results of the Strike?* I find<br />
myself inclined to wax a ;rifle enthusiastic.<br />
If it were not that comparison<br />
are "odorous,'* as Mrs. Malapiop<br />
used to say, I should be tempted to<br />
pronounce it the best thing in the paper.<br />
And all this I say in spite of the fact<br />
that personally 1 am iuclined to disagree<br />
with many of its statements. Its chief<br />
excellencies are its thoughtful views<br />
regarding a possible (though very improbable)<br />
situation, its temperate and<br />
judicial attitude toward those possibilities,<br />
and the clear-cut, well- worded<br />
treatment of the subject in hand. <strong>The</strong><br />
last two paragraphs of the paper I think<br />
particularly good. And right here I<br />
not only would re-iterate what Mr.<br />
Kelley said last month about the healthfulness<br />
of an intelligent consideration<br />
of contemporaneous affairs, but would<br />
also suggest to our young writers the<br />
whole broad field of essay and criticism,<br />
as territory which they may most<br />
profitably cultivate. Stories are all well<br />
enough in their way, but many an individual<br />
who is temper-mentally unfitted<br />
as a story writer, might doubtless<br />
do excellent work along other lines of<br />
composition.<br />
When I pronounced the essay of<br />
"<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>orist" the best thing in the<br />
paper, I had for the moment forgotten<br />
the Editorial page. Of this I can oniy<br />
say that it is of a very high order. Its<br />
style is easy and fluent; its matter is<br />
timely ; as a whole it is bright and readable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> marginal topics, which I believe<br />
MT. Dernbam was the first of our<br />
editors to have adopted, are well chosen,<br />
concise, and suggestive Oa tbe whole<br />
I believe it may safely be said that the<br />
LOWELL editorials of the past term have<br />
easily equalled or surpassed the editorial<br />
work of many far more pretentious<br />
publications.<br />
As with the chief editor so, in most<br />
cases, with his assistants. <strong>The</strong> column<br />
of exchanges is interesting, as usual.<br />
To this department the former critic has<br />
given much good advice, so much, indeed,<br />
that there seems little need of<br />
adding more. One thought has come to<br />
me which may be worth recording,namely,<br />
that the exchange column<br />
might well be treated under two heads.<br />
reviews, \n which comment is offered on<br />
other publications, as a whole or in
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part; and clippings, (inserted without<br />
comment) through which the LOWELL'S<br />
subscribers may read the best aud<br />
brightest thoughts from other j-chools.<br />
Furthermore, to these latter items I<br />
should not subscribe the indefinite<br />
**£x." but would give them additional<br />
interest by showing from what pap^r<br />
they are taken. And right here I must<br />
commend the jokes that are reprinted in<br />
this issue, and the excellence of their<br />
selection. A keen sense of humor those<br />
exchange editors evidently have, and<br />
that is one of the finest things in the<br />
world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> "Debating Editor" makes some<br />
interesting points, which come to us<br />
with all the more force as, on re-reading<br />
them, we recall the glorious victory that<br />
was so soon to follow. <strong>The</strong> * Society<br />
Editor 1 ' and Editor of athletic news are<br />
also represented. <strong>The</strong> latter has given<br />
such a clear and concise resume of the<br />
foot ball season as will alone make this<br />
number of the LOWELL worth preserving<br />
for futore reference. A department of<br />
School News has also been added, which,<br />
as at present conducted, seems to fill "a<br />
long felt want" in representing the<br />
miscellaneous unclassified activities of<br />
the school.<br />
<strong>The</strong> present critic is aware that he<br />
has already far over-stepped the limits<br />
of space that custom has decreed to be<br />
rightfully his. He also feels the inevitable<br />
shortcomings of an article produced<br />
at odd moments and under stress<br />
of many distracting influences. Still<br />
two or three bits of advice to editors<br />
and contributors are shut up in bis<br />
mind demanding utterance before his<br />
pen is laid aside.<br />
First, always do the proof reading for<br />
your own material and do not rest satisfied<br />
until every error of spelling or<br />
grammar is corrected, and every comma<br />
is reposing in its proper place. This<br />
volume '&{ the LOWELL is clearly better<br />
tfauu most of the previous ones in that<br />
respect, and yet there remain many<br />
compositors* errors which detract sadly<br />
from the appearance of the article that<br />
contains them. Secondly, never yield<br />
to the temptation of letting "personals"<br />
creep into the pages cf our paper. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
constitute the greatest blot on the<br />
average school magazine. <strong>The</strong> effects of<br />
such items are cheapening, and every<br />
one printed lowers the tone of the<br />
publication which contains it just that<br />
much. This is not a newspaper nor a<br />
s*ieet of gossip, and it can afford to contain<br />
work of that nature no more than<br />
can the highest class literary magazine.<br />
And finally, but not least important,<br />
where, oh where are the poets? <strong>No</strong>t a<br />
single bit of verse worthy the name of<br />
such in either of the last two Issues.<br />
Try your hands at this, ob ye contributors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> secrets of rhyme and meter<br />
are not hard to master., and the exercise<br />
will do you good. So let us hope that<br />
in this, as in other particulars, the<br />
LOWELL of next term will still continue<br />
on the upward grade.<br />
c. c. y.<br />
r<br />
THEL<br />
A monthly published by<br />
High<br />
EDITOIUHj<br />
W. R. De Le={<br />
AS30CJ<br />
H. L. WoIIeaberg, : 02.<br />
Robert If. Van Sant» Jr., *oj<br />
AMI<br />
Carolyn Fowl*<br />
Ha?*! Steen,<br />
BUSINESj<br />
K. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald,<br />
JLBt<br />
John W. Vi<br />
F. \. Li.i/orth, '02,<br />
Kd. Van Slouc, '02.<br />
ART PBPJ<br />
Students .graduates, ficulj<br />
are iu tiled to contribute ai<br />
Hitcred in Post office at]<br />
Class Mail Matter.<br />
Change in '<br />
Management.<br />
different managers<br />
beg a little element<br />
delay, caused by s1<br />
after vacation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> business<br />
paper is still under<br />
results show tbest<br />
hands. For the fir;<br />
paper has come into<br />
free from debt but<br />
This, of course, mi<br />
has appreciated the
THE LOWELL.<br />
A monthly published by thi students of tht<br />
High School.<br />
EDITORIHL. STAFF.<br />
W". R. De Leon *os, Editor.<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
H. L. Wotlenberg, '02. Lawrence B afford, '02.<br />
Robert H. Van Sant, Jr., '03. Nina Blow, '04.<br />
ASSISTANTS:<br />
Carolyn Fowle, Society Editor.<br />
Hnrel Siren, Debating Editor.<br />
BUSINESS STfipF.<br />
K. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald,'02, Business Manager.<br />
ASSISTANTS:<br />
John W. Walker, 'oi.<br />
F. A. Ltnforth, '02. Fred Tatuci, '03<br />
K. S. Grayrigge.<br />
ART DEPHRTLQENT.<br />
Kd Van Sloun, '02. Edith Lincoln, '02.<br />
Students.graduates, faculty, and friends of the School<br />
are invited to contribute article* ofiiilerr*t.<br />
Entered in PofttotHcc at San Francisco as Second-<br />
Clatts Mail Matte..<br />
With this issue the<br />
Change in LOWELL makes its<br />
Management. first appearance this<br />
term under slightly<br />
different management. We desire to<br />
beg a little clemency in regard to the<br />
delay, caused by starting in the work<br />
after vacation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> business management of the<br />
paper is still under the same hands, and<br />
results show these are very capable<br />
hands. For the first time in years, the<br />
paper has come into new hands not only<br />
free from debt but even with a surplus.<br />
This, of course, means that the school<br />
has appreciated the papers as good, and<br />
it will be with the purpose of trying to<br />
maintain the standard of the past few<br />
months that we will do our best.<br />
Course<br />
of Study.<br />
By this time the new<br />
course of study has<br />
had a year's test in<br />
this school. With the<br />
exception of a few, the concensus of<br />
opinion is that it is a vast improvement<br />
over the old. In the first place, the<br />
student is given an extra year within<br />
which to complete his studies. <strong>The</strong><br />
cram as much-as you can hold system is<br />
greatly modified by this extra time. A<br />
majority of the High Schools in the<br />
State, we are informed, have, also, the<br />
four year course, or, at least, are planning<br />
for one.<br />
Formerly, in this school, the student<br />
had to complete his proscribed English,<br />
Algebra. History, Science or Greek and<br />
Higher Mathematics in three years.<br />
This meant earnest and steady application<br />
to work for satisfactory results.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w, he finishes these same studies,<br />
covering the same ground, so easily that<br />
Botany, Biology and Physical Geography<br />
are added.<br />
When the Senior and Middle classes,<br />
that are now, entered <strong>Lowell</strong>, they had<br />
two new—absolutely new—studies thrust<br />
on them, Latin and Algebra. In the<br />
former, five recitations, and that meant<br />
then five lessons assigned, and four<br />
Algebra were required to be well conned<br />
for the coveted "S." If the pupil had<br />
been allowed to spend all his time on<br />
those studies for a week or so, until he
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had acquired a solid foundation or some<br />
comprehension of the work, it would not<br />
have been so bard. But his five periods<br />
of English, thre^ of History and two of<br />
Drawing forbade that.<br />
But now, the entering student has<br />
only two Algebra recitations per week<br />
and four Latin. English and History<br />
are assigned in tbe same proportion.<br />
And one recitation a week in the different<br />
branches is not assigned for.<br />
Another great change<br />
Change in has been that in the<br />
School Hours. school hours Heretofore,<br />
the school day<br />
was divided into Eve periods of three<br />
quarters of an hour each, and two half<br />
hour periods, ti:30 to i2M , and i :oo to<br />
i :3o Those pupil* that lived twelve<br />
blocks or more from the school, were<br />
excused at ten minutes before twelve for<br />
lunra <strong>The</strong> French class was forced to<br />
complete its work in the half hour<br />
period in the afternoon.<br />
But now, with six full periods per day,<br />
a full period for French and Germa^<br />
and ample time for lunch for those living<br />
at a distance, school work progressed<br />
much more smoothly<br />
~<br />
T ° the n *<br />
w classes<br />
cT<br />
ma V'^ said a word<br />
dosses. or so. You have a<br />
course<br />
Mr<br />
fin.<br />
fore<br />
tins<br />
'mi<br />
Our list of exchanges is steadily increasing—about<br />
fifteen new papeis have<br />
arrived since tbe last issue of the Low-<br />
KLL. Among these are five papers just<br />
issuing their first volume. <strong>The</strong>y arc:<br />
tbe Columbian, from Columbia City,<br />
Indiana; the Denver High School, from<br />
Denver ; the Oahuan, from the Hawaiian<br />
Islands; tbe Sequoia, from Eureka, Cal.<<br />
the UnicorpAxi our own city, Miss West's<br />
school. <strong>The</strong>se papers are all promising,<br />
and we welcome them and hope they will<br />
succeed<br />
Already Denver High School has an exchange<br />
coluzan, and we trust that the<br />
others will sooa follow this good example;<br />
exchanging \$ of great benefit<br />
to an editorial staff, especially a new<br />
one We would suggest that Unicorn<br />
devote ;:sore space to editorials. Unu<br />
cam and Columbian are both gotten up<br />
by yonng ladies, even to the business<br />
department.<br />
A few words in general to our exchanges:<br />
Take the suggestion given<br />
to the Bwze if your conscience (and<br />
you surely I-iave one—or ought to) tells<br />
yen that it is applicable to you. This<br />
15 the case with many of you. Still<br />
others do not even have an exchange<br />
column; one editor remarks, "What is<br />
the u^e of exchanging tf you do not hare<br />
an exchange column?" Of course it<br />
benefits you ju*t as much, but nobody<br />
else. However, have an exchange column<br />
that Is worth something, or perhapei<br />
it is better to go without. We try to<br />
have ?t!ch a column; if you think we<br />
fail partially or wholly, please offer criticisms,<br />
fluid we wi3J try to improve.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Interlude is an interesting paper<br />
of thirty pages gotten up and edited<br />
solely by the students of a Cleveland<br />
giila* totlioo!. I; L> fall of short zi&Azs,<br />
mostly a page or less, with a sketch or<br />
two interspersed. Much moie school<br />
spirit is displayed than we of LowBtx<br />
are accustomed to. Among other things<br />
they have assisted poor families at<br />
Thanksgiving time and are preparing<br />
to assist in the kindergarten work<br />
among the poor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Oak of Visalia High School is<br />
on the whele a credit to a school of its<br />
size. A well cut ten legend is one feature.<br />
We like to be fair \v our criticisms;<br />
we bear ill-will to none; we only desire<br />
to benefit others if possible. It seems<br />
to us that the High School Echo of Mt.<br />
Clemens is an inferior paper. It is only<br />
the first number of the second volume
that we speak of, but nevertheless, their<br />
standard should be raised and probably<br />
can be. <strong>The</strong> editorials are too short, but<br />
display the right spirit. <strong>The</strong> feature<br />
that seems to lower the paper most is<br />
the presence of five pages, out of fourteen,<br />
of poor josh, illustrated with "yellow"<br />
drawings.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Breeze from Los Banes raay be<br />
criticised on two points: lack of editorials<br />
and failure to deal more specifically<br />
with the exchanges which it receives.<br />
Generalities, or comments such as "<strong>The</strong><br />
'Aurora' is among our exchanges this<br />
month," "<strong>The</strong> 'Adjutant* contains some<br />
exv.-ticnt stories," do the papers spoken<br />
of ;.c«Ie or no good, and this should be<br />
one of the aims of an exchange department.<br />
<strong>The</strong> poem, 'oo Christmas/ is better<br />
thau many stanzas seen in high school<br />
papers; the sentiment is right. But the<br />
system of rhyme is somewhat new to us.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dec»r: :Srr number of the Orange<br />
and Black \< vv.-;ty good. It contains a<br />
• "sugar coated'rUV a
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guy<br />
MM<br />
'&&*?>?tih<br />
77ie <strong>Lowell</strong>'Oakland Debate.<br />
Naturally enough, at the beginning<br />
of a new term there is a great deal to be<br />
said upon debate as well as upon every<br />
other subject, but all else must be relegated<br />
to a back seat until that best of<br />
all news, our victory over Oakland, has<br />
been disposed of.<br />
As you all know, or ought to know,<br />
on the eve of the last day of the term,<br />
December 13th, the debating teams of<br />
Oakland and <strong>Lowell</strong> High Schools confronted<br />
each other in the Auditorium of<br />
the Girl's High School in this city, in a<br />
struggle for forensic honors. A good<br />
sized audience was assembled, besides<br />
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EDITED BY HAZEL STEBN.<br />
the rooters of both schools, who monopo- *<br />
lized the gallery and vented their enthusiasm<br />
in the usual ear-splitting<br />
fashion. <strong>The</strong> familier yells came in<br />
quick succession, each sharper and<br />
louder than the last, until—all was<br />
hushed in sudden silence as the two<br />
teams; filed out upon the stage. Mr.<br />
Selig, the president of <strong>Lowell</strong> High<br />
Debating Society, with a few appropriate<br />
words then introduced as chairman of<br />
the evening, Mr. Nelson, the president<br />
of the Oakland Debating Society. Mr.<br />
Nelson lesponded in a brief but interesting<br />
address, at. the close of which he<br />
announced the subject of the evening,—<br />
Resolvsd, that the present liberty of the<br />
press should be restricted. Affirmative<br />
—Oakland High. Negative—<strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High. Mr. Culver, the first speaker of<br />
the affirmative was then given the floor<br />
and opened the debate amid the cheers<br />
of the people from across the bay. From<br />
then on f r two consecutive hours a<br />
pitched battle of words was waged by<br />
the opposing teams, at the end of which<br />
the judges retired from the scene of<br />
action. <strong>The</strong> other two speakers on the<br />
affirmative were Messrs. Weston and<br />
Gray. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> team comprised Miss<br />
Steen, and Messrs. Dernham and Lucey.<br />
As soon as the first speaker on the<br />
affirmative outlined the plan which he<br />
and his colleagues had adopted in their<br />
debate, the <strong>Lowell</strong>ites realized how<br />
much more deeply they themselves had<br />
studied into the question, and all doubts<br />
as to the outcome were dispelled. Although<br />
each speaker delivered his argument<br />
with telling effect, the star of the<br />
evening was undoubtedly Mr. Lucey,<br />
the third <strong>Lowell</strong> debater. His logic,<br />
his delivery, and his fieiy eloquence<br />
took the house by surprise, and the<br />
judges also, I feel confident in asserting.<br />
He hammered his opponent unmercifully<br />
and left not a shred of their argument<br />
standing. <strong>The</strong> sweeping manner<br />
iu which he rebutted every point Oakland<br />
had made was irresistable. and<br />
resulted in burst after burst of hearty
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applause. <strong>The</strong>n with a comprehensive<br />
summing up of the entire argument of<br />
the negative side, Mr. Lucey closed his<br />
debate. <strong>The</strong> affirmative had yet seveu<br />
and one half minutes for rebuttal, which<br />
Mr. Culver made the most of. As he<br />
finished, the judges retired, but returned<br />
in less than five minutes, so complete<br />
had victory been for the one team, defeat<br />
for the other. <strong>The</strong> re-appearance of the<br />
judges was the signal for a spontaneous<br />
outburst from the rooters, and it was<br />
sometime before Judge Gibson secured<br />
a hearing. Even then the only word<br />
heard was L
On Wednesday evening, December the<br />
eleventh, the Senior Class of 1902 gave<br />
its dance at Cotillion Hall. <strong>The</strong> decorations<br />
consisted of greens arranged about<br />
the platform, about which was "'oa" in<br />
a horseshoe of electric lights. <strong>The</strong> decorations<br />
were noticeable for their simplicity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> invitations were neat and<br />
pretty, also the programmes, which had<br />
printed on them—"Senior Class L. H. S."<br />
and the order of the dances.<br />
Taking it altogether, I think the dance<br />
was a perfect success in every detail, and<br />
better than any other Senior Class of<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School has ever given.<br />
We owe the success of the dance chiefly<br />
to the committee, which managed it so<br />
well. <strong>The</strong> members of that committee<br />
were: L Bufford, chairman ; Miss Steen,<br />
Miss Solley, Mr. Pike, and Mr. J. D.<br />
Jones who acted as floor manager.<br />
On the afternoon of December 26th,<br />
Miss Ottilia Gilliland entertained Delta<br />
of Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi at her home, 127<br />
Sixth avenue. During the afternoon<br />
games were played and refreshments<br />
were served. At a late hour the guests<br />
had to hurry away to catch the train, but<br />
each one went with the feeling that she<br />
had spent a very pleasant time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Annual Convention of Lambda<br />
<strong>The</strong>ta Phi was held in Stockton on the<br />
3rd and 4th of January. Besides delegates<br />
from the chapters there was a large<br />
throng of Lambs from all over the State<br />
present.. <strong>The</strong> visiting girls were entericihied<br />
by a large dance on Friday evening.<br />
<strong>The</strong> decorations consisted of smilax<br />
and Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi pennants in<br />
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SOCIETY<br />
the sorority colors. Over the orchestra<br />
hung the sorority monogram in electric<br />
lights<br />
<strong>The</strong> convention met on the morning of<br />
the fourth, adjourning at twelve and<br />
meeting again at 1 :30. After adjourning<br />
at 3:30, the delegates visited the<br />
points of interest of the town. After the<br />
evening session of the convention a reccp>ion<br />
was given at the borne of Mis. c<br />
Blossom Simon.<br />
Alpha Sigma fraternity gave its annual<br />
dance Friday evening, January 3rd, at<br />
Turner Hall, Sacramento. <strong>The</strong> hall was<br />
beautifully decorated with long strips of<br />
pink ribbon with im tnense pink satin bows.<br />
A large basket covered with sniilax and<br />
filled with pink carnations was suspended<br />
from the ceiling with pink ribbons. Over<br />
the platform was "Alpha Sigma" in<br />
white electric lights. Palms were artistically<br />
banked around one end of the<br />
hall. Couches heaped high with cushions<br />
were scattered around the hall instead<br />
of chairs. Several of the city girls<br />
went up to Sacramento for the dance and<br />
had the best kind of a time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> active chapter of Delta of Alpha<br />
Sigma fraternity gave a dance Friday<br />
evening, January <strong>10</strong>th, at Century Hall.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hall was very beautifully decorated<br />
with palms and most exquisite woodwardia<br />
ferns In several places graceful<br />
clusters of bamboo were artistically arranged<br />
with eucalyptus in blossom Repeated<br />
and enthusiastic encores indicated<br />
that the evening was thoroughly enjoyed<br />
by all..
THE LOWELL<br />
SCHOOL NEWS<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> reopened on Monday, January<br />
6th, but only those poor sinners who<br />
have enjoyed their vacations cramming<br />
for condition Exes were obliged to remain.<br />
We hope that they all passed and<br />
that none are " fallen by the wayside."<br />
In the week immediately following<br />
the close of school about two hundred<br />
grammar school pupils were examined<br />
for entrance. Three new classes hare<br />
been formed of those who entered. Mr.<br />
Koch is authority for the statement that<br />
these new <strong>Lowell</strong>ites are, on the average,<br />
at least two inches taller and ten<br />
pounds heavier than those who entered<br />
last year ! This is a ^learu of hope and<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> may yet be saved from the necessity<br />
of an infant ward !<br />
<strong>The</strong> student body at <strong>Lowell</strong> keeps en<br />
increasing and the Faculty in proportion.<br />
<strong>The</strong> only thing which doesn't<br />
keep up in the race is the building, but<br />
that had to drop out long ago. <strong>The</strong><br />
complete enrollment this term is about<br />
six hundred and fifty.<br />
Mr. Stokes, who came to <strong>Lowell</strong> last<br />
August from the Marysville High<br />
School, has been appointed Head of the<br />
Latin Department. He has been, and<br />
continues to conduct the Senior classes<br />
in Latin. With this appointment the<br />
Heads of Departments are as follows •<br />
l nsUsh Mr. Young<br />
f! St0 ? y ' -•• Mr. Clark<br />
Classical..... .. ..Mr. Stokes<br />
Mathematics Mr. Crofts<br />
Science • /Mr.Tompkins<br />
(Mr. Baker, acting)<br />
Oa the first day of school Mathematics<br />
and English met on barefaced equality<br />
smiled, and passed on.<br />
During vacation Mr. Baker moved<br />
over from across the biy-whether because<br />
of the recent accident to the ferry<br />
boats or so as to gain time to correct<br />
physics papers, we do not know.<br />
During the first week of school the<br />
program for the Senior class was so full<br />
of conflicts that students were obliged<br />
to "take their choice 11 of studies, and,<br />
naturally, always went to the hardest<br />
one. This accounts for six members of<br />
the A physics section being present at<br />
the recitation on Wednesday. <strong>The</strong> entire<br />
disturbance was due to a desire on<br />
the part of some ambitious Seniors to<br />
take more studies than could be crowded<br />
into a day of six periods.<br />
Mr. Walker now dispenses hospitality<br />
in Room n, next to the library, and<br />
Mr. Perham, its former occupant, has<br />
Room i on the first floor.<br />
Stoves have been set up in the Physics<br />
laboratory and ventilators put in,<br />
as the builders overlooked those rather<br />
necessary fittings. But even so the Fates<br />
were against us and the pipes bad to be<br />
changed because the soot bothered the<br />
neighbors. <strong>No</strong>w, If the coal holds out<br />
we will try to keep the temperature<br />
above 49 0 , its former reading in the<br />
morning.<br />
As soon as the work gets settled down<br />
in regular routine, the nominations for<br />
the offices of the Athletic Association<br />
will be made and the usual semi annual<br />
election held. New pupils are urged to<br />
join and old ones to become really active<br />
members of the Association. We won<br />
the football championship and we will<br />
not be behind in other events. <strong>The</strong><br />
baseball cranks have turned out already<br />
and there is promise of a very fine team<br />
with many of last year's players and<br />
new ones. <strong>The</strong> swimming prospect is<br />
good, but more ought to turn out and try<br />
for the team. But above all things else<br />
pay your Athletic dues and buy the<br />
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Many of the students<br />
who are in no way conne<br />
LOWELL staff enjoy readiri<br />
and have no opportunity<br />
It is not practical to keef|<br />
LOWB&L room and lend<br />
students personally, so h<br />
will be placed on the table<br />
hall oa the top floor, and,<br />
disposal of the students,<br />
taking any, however, is<br />
return them in a reason ij<br />
not take many at a time, 1<br />
every one an opportunifj<br />
them.<br />
Elated by their great s\<br />
last effort in the social lin<br />
Seniors are thinking alrea<br />
farce, or some such affair t<br />
customary commencemen<br />
other schools. But it's<br />
vague scheme as yet an<br />
need not fear that the Sel<br />
another day as they did la;<br />
Forestry Cli<br />
<strong>The</strong> Forestry Club con<br />
per, and although only<br />
old, takes rank with the (<br />
ticns of the school^ in :<br />
activity and interest of<br />
Without seeking new m«<br />
way and even ( tliscouragi<br />
who did not show prpmis<br />
good active members, tb<<br />
mounted up to "iighty-two<br />
<strong>No</strong> regular meetings'<br />
as yet, but a business meed<br />
to order in Mr. Koch's rod<br />
day afternoon fur the elec<br />
for the ensuing term. Th<br />
somewhat delayed,; by <<br />
gentlemen who were pro<br />
their remarkable parliam<br />
torical tf^ents too nrach.<br />
officers were elected:
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Many of the students in the school<br />
who are in no way connected with the<br />
LOWELX. staff enjoy reading Exchanges<br />
and have no opportunity of doing so.<br />
It is not practical to keep them in the<br />
LOWELL room and lend them to the<br />
students personally, so hereafter they<br />
will be placed on the table in the study<br />
hall on the top floor, and will be at the<br />
disposal of the students. Any student<br />
taking any, however, is requested to<br />
return them in a reasonable time and<br />
not take many at a time, thus affording<br />
every one an opportunity of reading<br />
them.<br />
Elated by their great success in their<br />
last effort in the social line, some of the<br />
Seniors are thinking already of giving a<br />
farce, or some such affair, in lieu cf the<br />
customary commencement exercises in<br />
other schools. But it's only a very<br />
vague scheme as yet and the Faculty<br />
need not fear that the Seniors will steal<br />
another day as they did last time.<br />
Forestry Club.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Forestry Club continues to prosper,<br />
and although only a few months<br />
old, takes rank with the older organizations<br />
of the school in respect to the<br />
activity and interest of its members.<br />
Without seeking new members in any<br />
way and even discouraging applicants,<br />
who did not show promise of becoming<br />
good active;members, the roll-call has<br />
mounted up to eighty-two.<br />
<strong>No</strong> regular meetings have been held<br />
as yet, but a business meeting: was called<br />
to order in Mr. Koch's room on Wednesday<br />
afternoon for the election of officers<br />
for the ensuing term. <strong>The</strong> business was<br />
somewhat delayed by certain young<br />
gentlemen who were prone to exercise<br />
their remarkable parliamentary and oratorical<br />
talents too much. <strong>The</strong> following<br />
officers were elected: Mr. P. Bailey,<br />
president; Mr G- CarQpe,vice president;<br />
Miss J- Wilkie, secretary and treasurer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Forestry Club is a very good<br />
thing and deservesLmcre attention frcm<br />
the higher class students.<br />
Minstrel Show.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High won the Academic Football<br />
championship, but now that the season<br />
is over there are some outstanding<br />
accounts that haven't been settled up.<br />
It would be a very great drain on the<br />
association to meet these bills and would<br />
not leave funds for the support of the<br />
other sports—baseball, swimming, basket<br />
ball, field day, and tennis. A plan<br />
has been originated to kill two birds with<br />
one stone,—that is to give everybody an<br />
evening of amusement and at the same<br />
time pay off the football debts. <strong>The</strong><br />
boys of the school, helped by some<br />
alumni will give a minstrel show. We<br />
all saw and enjoyed (or ought to have)<br />
the minstrel show last year, and this one<br />
will be better. All the available talent<br />
in the school will be employed by some<br />
alumni and outsiders will assist them.<br />
Mr. Steve Douglas, ex-<strong>Lowell</strong>" football<br />
player and end man, will probably coach<br />
the boys and certainly bring out tie best<br />
that is in them.<br />
Everybody in the school ought to encourage<br />
and help this project just as<br />
earnestly as they would cheer a football<br />
team on to victory. A football team is<br />
an expensive luxury, but if we want one<br />
we must pay for it. <strong>The</strong> students can<br />
help out in two ways. Any one who has<br />
any talent should volunteer his services<br />
and everybody should buy tickets aud<br />
attend. School spirit was considerably<br />
aroused by our victories on the gridiron,<br />
and it ought to come to the front in this<br />
emergency with greater strength than<br />
ever. Let us make this the best minstrel<br />
show, financially and artistically, that was<br />
ever given by <strong>Lowell</strong> or any other school
<strong>The</strong> football season is over, no further<br />
games being played after the tie<br />
with Berkeley <strong>Lowell</strong> still keeps the<br />
trophy and the championship, Berkeley<br />
having failed to take them away. This<br />
makes two consecutive championship<br />
teams <strong>Lowell</strong> has had. Many of last<br />
year's team played on the one this year.<br />
With the assistance Mr. Yost gave them<br />
last year and the thorough coaching of<br />
Mr. Castlehoun this season, they managed<br />
to defeat and whitewash teams far<br />
superior to them in age and weight.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team played a game that depended<br />
on its usefulness in speed.<br />
Close, compact, slow-working formations<br />
were seldom used; the team was<br />
entirely too light. But with the loose<br />
end run formations and with backs quick<br />
to see an opening and "cut in," the<br />
team succeeded in holding its own with<br />
the best of them.<br />
As for the make-up of next year's<br />
team, nothing definite can be said. If<br />
only more under-class men had tinned<br />
out consistently to practice, some forecast<br />
might be made. As it is, the only<br />
thing that can be said is, that Bartheils,<br />
Falk, Hamilton, Heron, Middleton (captain),<br />
and Montgomery remain, for a<br />
certainty, of the regular squad. Kidd<br />
has left school, and Vos Burgh is not<br />
certain to be here the whole season.<br />
Baldwin is not going to return here.<br />
Still, this is a good foundation, and<br />
the rest devolves on the school.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> was to have played the Santa<br />
Cruz High on Christmas, but that game<br />
fell through on account of the reluctance<br />
of some of the boys to leave their happy<br />
homes. <strong>The</strong>n they were going to show<br />
Petaluma what a scientific exhibition of<br />
football looked like. But four of our<br />
prided wide awake heroes out of a possible<br />
twelve, showed up at the ferry in<br />
time for the early boat that was to carry<br />
them to the above mentioned burgh, so<br />
Petaluma was deprived of her expected<br />
treat. ,<br />
But swimming, baseball and track are<br />
soon due, while tennis looms up in the<br />
distance. <strong>The</strong> football games, with one<br />
or two exceptions, drew big crowds.<br />
Why cannot the swimming and baseball<br />
draw as well as football ? Taken up in<br />
the order named, read and see for yourself<br />
why they should.<br />
Swimming.<br />
Ever since the last swimming meet<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> has cherished the idea of winning<br />
this coming meet. Poly has been<br />
really our only hindrance and to beat<br />
her, the bo> r s have been working* hard.<br />
In the sprints <strong>Lowell</strong> has Captain<br />
Hamilton, Van Court, an Olympic 220yard<br />
sprinter, just entered here, and<br />
Valktnan. In th*. 440-yard, John<br />
Walker—manager—has J<br />
the past few monthsj aucj<br />
ought to make a stroa<br />
race. In the half, Kan:<br />
both strcng swimmers, vi<br />
cannot keep her end up<br />
ing on places and once<br />
show, <strong>Lowell</strong> ought to<br />
points to wiu out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> races come off t;<br />
February.<br />
Sasebal<br />
Nearly all of last yea'<br />
main, and although tha]<br />
did not make such a gi<br />
the material was good,<br />
other than in the team's<br />
Kodgekinson and Scatej<br />
to fill the places of tl|<br />
something of a task.<br />
Boom (captain), Graharj<br />
ton, Scheelme, <strong>The</strong>obal<br />
Among t^e promising flj<br />
little, O'Conneli,'Waizej<br />
At this early stage<br />
legitimate or accurate li<br />
on the probable make-<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no position'on<br />
fixed or certain for an;<br />
Places will be given onj<br />
if a person finally plays<br />
light to do so will be<br />
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Walker—manager—has been hard at it<br />
the past fc-w months, and he and Hamm<br />
ought to niake a strong bid for the<br />
race. In the half, Hamm and Abbott,<br />
both strong swimmers, will see if <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
cannot keep her end up there, and relying<br />
on places and once and a while a<br />
show, <strong>Lowell</strong> ought to pile up enough<br />
points to win out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> races come off the first week of<br />
February.<br />
Baseball.<br />
Nearly all of last year's team still remain,<br />
and although that team as a team<br />
did not make such a glorious showing,<br />
the material was good, and the fault lay<br />
other than in the team's original ability.<br />
Hodgekinson and Scatena have left and<br />
to fill the places of these two will be<br />
something of a task. Those left are De<br />
Boom (captain), Graham, Green, Hamilton,<br />
Scheeiine, <strong>The</strong>obald and Woerner.<br />
Among the promising new men are Doolittle,<br />
O'Connell, Waizeman and Wroff.<br />
At this early stage of the season, no<br />
legitimate or accurate line can be given<br />
on the probable make-up of the team.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no position on. the team that is<br />
fixed or certain for any player yet out.<br />
Places will be given on merit alone, and<br />
if a person finally plays on the team, his<br />
light to do so will be won by his superior<br />
playing.<br />
Last year's team tried to-Jo without<br />
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a coach, for financial reasons. As a<br />
resul-., there was no incentive for clean<br />
playing during practices, and co order.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was too much skylarking done;<br />
in fact, it was all fooling and no practice.<br />
Taking into account these things<br />
and also the beautful team work displayed<br />
in the games they played, it<br />
would seem that a competent coach was<br />
necessary for good results. Consistent<br />
team batting, also, rests a great deal on<br />
coaching, and no team is ever steady in<br />
their play unless their team work is<br />
steady and reliable.<br />
Another important thing: last year<br />
De Boom had ail the pitching to do<br />
himself. Even in a High School team,<br />
that is by far too much for one man.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are others in this school that are<br />
able to pitch and pitch well. Those<br />
fellows are the ones the team wants.<br />
Of course, the first several times you<br />
come out, you won't be able to do a<br />
thing, properly. You'll fumble and<br />
throw wild, will fan the air and fall<br />
over yourself and everybody else. But<br />
stay at it, and if you don't make the<br />
first team, the exercise and out-door<br />
work can surely do you no harm.<br />
<strong>The</strong> other schools in our sub-league,<br />
Polytechnic, Lick, Mission, and St. Matthew,<br />
are not so very much to be feared.<br />
St. Matthew is. perhaps, the best of<br />
them. (Hudson, the Oakland pitcher,<br />
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If by any means we slionld win our subleague,<br />
we would be in th? finals with<br />
our old antagonist, Berkeley High, who<br />
retains her last year's team entire, which<br />
won the championship.<br />
A good many people—and I hare even<br />
heard <strong>Lowell</strong> students utter such heresies—think<br />
that baseball is not interesting<br />
to watch. But just supposing that<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> and Berkeley should be playing<br />
a game for the championship of the<br />
Academic League of California; that<br />
the score at last of the ninth inning—<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> at bat—should be Berkeley—4,<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>—3 ; that <strong>Lowell</strong> had one man on<br />
third and one on second, and two out;<br />
that <strong>Lowell</strong> batter had two strikes and<br />
three balls; that he was a good batter.<br />
Would you consider this state of affairs<br />
with unruffled mind? and if said <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
batter should knock out a two-bagger,<br />
would you calmly lean back and complain<br />
of the weather?<br />
To conclude: baseball prospects are<br />
about as bright as possible considering<br />
the early stage of the season. <strong>The</strong> team<br />
is a good one and a game-winner. But<br />
to win the championship, it must have<br />
the whole school behind it,in the grandstand<br />
as well as iu the<br />
Tennis.<br />
With Rosenburgh and Gardner still<br />
with us, tennis prospects glitter with<br />
superabundant vividness. <strong>The</strong>se two<br />
racket wielders won the championship<br />
for us last year and ought to do the same<br />
again this year.<br />
But these two players may have gone<br />
back somewhat in the past year, and<br />
when they graduate in June, tennis will<br />
be at a low ebb. So anyone who is at all<br />
clever with the racket, let him, by all<br />
means, turn out at the call of Captain<br />
Rosenburgh, whenever he may give* that<br />
call.<br />
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Track.<br />
At the last field-day, <strong>Lowell</strong> did not<br />
do much on the track or field owing to<br />
all interest being centered in football.<br />
But several clever youngsters were developed<br />
—and one upper-class high<br />
jumper—as was muscle and appetite by<br />
some others shovelling, weeding and refixing<br />
the track at the school lot; all of<br />
which showed the proper spirit, and, as<br />
before said, some ability.<br />
With what talent the football squad<br />
can contribute, and what is already<br />
known, and what can be further developed<br />
under the coaching of Mr. Koch,<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> ought to do better than she did<br />
last fall. How much better depends<br />
entirely on the students themselves.<br />
Inter*class Relay.<br />
Mr. Koch, anxious as ever to get a<br />
track team that will do credit to the<br />
school, has formulated an idea for discovering<br />
the sprinters iu the school. It<br />
is this; that each class room is to organize<br />
a relay team to contest for a trophy<br />
(probably a silver cup.) <strong>The</strong> races will<br />
probably occur Friday, January 24th,<br />
This will in all probability show up the<br />
strength of the school as far as running<br />
is concerned. For particulars, see Mr-<br />
Koch in room 16 or thereabouts.<br />
VS. DUMMIES.<br />
On Saturday afternoon, January nth,<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> played her first baseball game.<br />
It was an evenly contested practice game<br />
with the team of the Deaf and Blind<br />
Institute, at Berkeley—familiarly knovm<br />
as the "Dummies"—which team two<br />
years ago won the amateur championship.<br />
As a practice game it showed up<br />
several players of whose ability the<br />
captain had been doubtful of.<br />
Doolittle—second base—made good.<br />
He hit strongly, stole bases and fielded<br />
cleanly. He is rather<br />
but far too valuable a<br />
on the team.<br />
<strong>The</strong>obald, after tw<br />
found his position at<br />
his first year in the ini<br />
ing to first is clean aa<br />
greatly improved.<br />
Graham batted well<br />
old position—short—w<<br />
game. Graham, lately<br />
first base, likes it, at<br />
enough that probably<br />
fixture there. O'Conm<br />
is expected, will probal<br />
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ing and finishing tbe<br />
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cleanly. He is rather small for second,<br />
but far too valuable a man not to have<br />
on the team.<br />
<strong>The</strong>obald, after two years' playing,<br />
found his position at third, this being<br />
his first year in the infield. His throwing<br />
to first is clean and his batting has<br />
greatly improved.<br />
Graham batted well and played his<br />
old position—short—we!! throughout the<br />
game. Graham, lately, has been trying<br />
first base, likes it, and plays it well<br />
enough that probably he will become a<br />
fixture there. O'Counell, of whom xnach<br />
is expected, will probably play short.<br />
Hamilton and De Boom did the pitch- •<br />
ing, Hamilton going in at the fifth runing<br />
and finishing the game. DeBoom<br />
caught him, and the combination proved<br />
a good one, DeBoom is valuable anywhere<br />
in the infield, and when Hamilton<br />
pitches can play either second or behind<br />
the bat. Hamilton when not pitching<br />
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will probably play second. He is tall<br />
easy to throw to and when he has<br />
familiarized himself with the position<br />
ought to put up a strong game.<br />
One thing was proved: the infield<br />
with a little practice and team work will<br />
be like a stone wall. It will, undoubtedly,<br />
be the best infield the school has<br />
had in years Graham, Hamilton, <strong>The</strong>obald,<br />
O'Concell and DeBoom will prob*<br />
edly constitute it, and if not CVConnell,<br />
Doolittle. <strong>The</strong> outfield now needs only<br />
to be developed to have one of the best<br />
—if not the best—teams in the league.<br />
Among outfield candidates figure most<br />
prominently Waizeman,Wroffand Green.<br />
But it is in the outfield that the team, is<br />
weak, and where every position is open<br />
to any one who turns out to practice.<br />
That the team will probably be a<br />
heavy batting aggregation was proven<br />
by the fact that <strong>Lowell</strong> made eighteen<br />
hits off a far from bad pitcher.<br />
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VOL. 6.<br />
A<br />
" Halt! " sharp and c)<br />
order on the cold;, wintei<br />
village of La Burgoynej<br />
ten miles from Park.<br />
kets hit the coW grou:i<br />
lieutenant who had char]<br />
stepped to the door of<br />
which they had stoppc<<br />
with the hilt of his swoi<br />
times. It was opened b<br />
himself who inquired wh;<br />
of him. "We are Ioo3<br />
Gomte who has escaped fr\<br />
and it was said that lie w;<br />
vicinity," answered the H<<br />
"I have seen naugbt o!<br />
had I should have hotlfi<br />
diately, as I am a Royalist<br />
of my hat to the tip of raj<br />
the innkeeper falling on bi|<br />
During this conversatioi<br />
faultlessly attired had comej<br />
of the house and was watcl<br />
a sneer disEguring his h;<br />
tenance. " At your old tri<br />
Kenneth, I see/ 1 he said,<br />
on, a few minutes.<br />
Upon hearing the voi«
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VOL. 6. SAN FKANCISCO. CAL . FKHKIANV, <strong>No</strong>. 4<br />
ALII Affair of Honor<br />
" Halt ! M sharp and clear rang out the<br />
order on the cold, winter air of the little<br />
village of La Burgoyne, situated about<br />
ten miles from Paris. Thud ! Fifty muskets<br />
hit the cold ground. <strong>The</strong> young<br />
lieutenant who had charge of rhe squad<br />
stepped to the door of the inn, before<br />
which they had stopped, and rapped<br />
with the hilt of his sword three or four<br />
times. It was opened by the innkeeper<br />
himself who inquired what they wished<br />
of him. "We are looking for M. le<br />
Coaite who has escaped from the Bastile,<br />
and it was said that he was seen in this<br />
vicinity," answered the lieutenant.<br />
*' I have seen naught of him and if I<br />
had I should have notified you immediately,<br />
as I am a Royalist from the crown<br />
of my hat to the tip of my shoes," sai- 4<br />
the innkeeper falling on his knees.<br />
During this conversation, a young man<br />
faultlessly attired, had come from the back<br />
of the house and was watching the scene,<br />
a sneer disfiguring his handsome countenance.<br />
" At your old tricks again, eh,<br />
Kennethl I see/' he said> after looking<br />
on, a few minutes.<br />
Upon hearing the voice the young<br />
soldier raised his head and, perceiving<br />
the stranger, recoiled a step exclaiming,<br />
"Victor ! what are you doing here ? "<br />
"Is that how you welcome your loving<br />
cousin ?" said the other, smiling; " let<br />
us go into the inn ; I wish to settle a little<br />
matter with you."<br />
Victor Denton, a young Englishman<br />
who had come from London to help the<br />
uprising against Louis XIV, had been a<br />
brother to his cousin, Kenneth Heurod,<br />
until he discovered that he upheld the<br />
royalty; from that time on, they were<br />
sworn enemies. <strong>The</strong>y were rivals in<br />
everything : feucing, boxing, horsemanship,<br />
and lastly but not least, love, both<br />
wishing for -the hand of Josephine Maynenne,<br />
a young French girl who was the<br />
daughter of the chamberlain to the king.<br />
<strong>No</strong>where could you find two men more<br />
evenly matched—both handsome, cultured,<br />
and well educated. Josephine<br />
laughed at then), but she *!:«..wed a<br />
slight preference to Kenneth. Victor<br />
knew this and hated him all the more<br />
for it.<br />
Let us follow them into the iun and<br />
see what transpired there. •' We must
come to some understanding." * aid Victor,<br />
'' either you or I must leave the country.<br />
Which will it be?"<br />
'You will be forced to go, Victor, if<br />
you do not stop this plotting against the<br />
King."<br />
"If I must leave I will carry your<br />
blocd on my sword. Do you for a<br />
moment imagine that I have forgotten<br />
the blow vou gave me ? Xo ! Ami by<br />
the eternal I am here to return it with<br />
interest." Saying this, Victor arose and<br />
struck Kenneth a stinging blow across<br />
th^ face with his glove Kenneth sprang<br />
to his feet, drew his sword, and stood on<br />
guard saying, "I have neglected my<br />
duty too long, I must be off. Mark de<br />
Sant my second, shall meet you at your<br />
earliest convenience " Both lnea with<br />
the custom so peculiar to the French race<br />
bowed to each other and Kenneth left the<br />
inn.<br />
That night all arrangements for the<br />
duel w:rre completed. <strong>The</strong> men were to<br />
meet in the garden of M. Essinee at sunrise<br />
the surgeon bringing the rapiers, the<br />
chosen weapons It was to be a contest<br />
to death and would begin just as the sun's<br />
rays flooded the garden. All parties interested<br />
were sworn to secrecy.<br />
<strong>The</strong> morning of the twenty-second of<br />
December was cold, dark, and dismal.<br />
Both men and their seconds were on the<br />
ground at five minutes of six. Exactly<br />
at one minute to six the surgeon raised<br />
his hand and they fell into position just<br />
as the sweet chimes from the church of<br />
the <strong>No</strong>tre Dame were wafted to their ears<br />
by the cold wind. <strong>The</strong> blades met.<br />
Hardly had they parried ten seconds<br />
when the watch at the gate gave warning<br />
that a company of French Infantry<br />
was coming to protect the house from<br />
attack by a mob. Quickly the blades<br />
were concealed ani when the soldiers<br />
arrived at the gate they found the men<br />
chatting as if they were the best of<br />
friends<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
To their chagrin a guard was stationed<br />
at the gate ; ' Well " said Victor<br />
' our friendly contest is delayed I<br />
hope ray darling cousin will continue this<br />
little affair as soon as possible "<br />
•'Ak! I have it, f said the surgeon.<br />
* to-night both gentlemen can meet at<br />
my home: no one will be present but<br />
my half demented brother who imagines<br />
he is the greatest inventor alive. In the<br />
hall there is plenty of room for you gentlemen<br />
to have your friendly bout. Are<br />
you willing?" i( We are/' said both as<br />
if in one voice.<br />
Promptly at eight the swords crossed<br />
and for half an hour neither had the advantage.<br />
Suddenly an old man tottered<br />
into the room and upon perceiving the<br />
two men laughed aloud crying, "and<br />
this is what they call satisfaction."<br />
* * Well my eld dog can you sbow us a<br />
better way," said Victor, relaxing'his<br />
efforts.<br />
"That I can." said he;
•'•.' •'•"•:^>.tJ<br />
leffiSyl-r^<br />
*<br />
^-^T<br />
"I am willing/ 1 said Kenneth, stepping<br />
forward.<br />
"I also,' 1 said Victor.<br />
Taking a strong rGpe he bound Kenneth<br />
to the pillar at one end of the room<br />
and Victor at the other. His eyes were<br />
bright, his cheeks (lushed, he forgot his<br />
tottering gait and stood erect. He<br />
placed the box on the table, touched u<br />
spring and it began to strike, tick, tick,<br />
tick.<br />
Each man watched the other ! <strong>The</strong><br />
cold beads of sweat dropped from their<br />
brows. <strong>The</strong> old man chuckled to himself;<br />
he seemed to have forgotten that<br />
such men ever existed. Tick, tick, tick<br />
struck the machine. <strong>The</strong> old man seemed<br />
to remember where he was. " You are<br />
brave/' he said, " very brave."<br />
<strong>The</strong> tension was awful, the machine<br />
had struck three hundred times, but ntill<br />
it went on with the regular rhythm which<br />
was each second bringing these men to<br />
their death—three hundred, three hundred<br />
and fifty, four hundred, four bun*<br />
dred and thirty-five—neither man stirred<br />
a muscle ; the old man started to leave but<br />
he came back, some strange fascination<br />
seemed to hold him to the spot—four<br />
hundred and seventy-five, four hundred<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
and ninety, four hundred and ninety<br />
three, four hundred and ninety-four.<br />
'* You are too brave to die/ 1 he said, " I<br />
must, I will save you." Taking the<br />
box he threw it with all his impaired<br />
strength through the witidow. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
was a flash, a roar and all was blank.<br />
% * •£ :•:<br />
People hurrying to the scene found<br />
two young men stunned but unhurt ; but<br />
they also found the body of an old man<br />
under a heap of debris. He had given<br />
his life for them.<br />
* # * *<br />
<strong>The</strong> cousins met a week later. " Kenneth,"<br />
said Victor, " I am going to England.<br />
You have proved yourself the<br />
better man. Won't you shake hands ?"<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir hands met, and then with some<br />
sudden impulse they embraced each<br />
other sobbing like two children. <strong>The</strong><br />
next week Victor left France<br />
# * * *<br />
A month later a certain young lieutenant<br />
of the French army, who had just<br />
been gi'ren his comniL-^ion as captain was<br />
wedded to a certain young lady at the village<br />
church of La Burgoyne.<br />
L. KUTXER, '05.
THE LOW ELI,<br />
O'Driscoirs Reprimand.<br />
At the memorial services hci-.l at the<br />
Mechanic's Pavilion in honor (»!' tr.jr late<br />
President Wm. McKinley. many bluecoated<br />
policemen couM easily \yo seen,<br />
as they stood up while ths spectators<br />
were obliged to sit down. During a<br />
most pathetic prayer by the Rev. Dr.<br />
HutsinpiUer, a sergeant of police on duty<br />
noticed Tim O'DrLscoll, a late acquisition<br />
to the force take oJT his helmet<br />
and keep it off during the entire<br />
prayer<br />
<strong>The</strong> next morning, Tim was ordered<br />
by this same sergeant to report to the<br />
chief. O'Driscoll was very much surprised<br />
at this command, but was wise<br />
enough to hold his tongue. When ho<br />
was brought into tbe presence of the<br />
chief, he was asked :<br />
"Xarae."<br />
"TimO'Driscoll. 1 *<br />
" Sergeant, what is against this man?"<br />
41<br />
He had his helmet off while on duty,<br />
sir."<br />
" Sergeant, proceed to explain the<br />
case. 1 *<br />
" Mr. Chief, this officer, Tim O'Driscoll,<br />
on the 19th day of September, in<br />
the year 1901, while on duty at the<br />
Mechanic's Pavilion, removed his helmet<br />
aud kept the same off his head for<br />
the space of eight and a half minutes,<br />
which as your honor well knows—"<br />
"That will do, perr&ant, your statement<br />
is very exact. <strong>No</strong>w officer 139,<br />
what have you to say for yourself?"<br />
"I am an Amencan citizen ana I think it<br />
the duty of every American to do as I did."<br />
Naturally, the chief was nettled at this<br />
sj»eecht but turning to the sergeant, he<br />
said, "Sergeant, what would you advise<br />
me to do in this case?" <strong>The</strong> sergeant<br />
immediately had enlargement of the parts<br />
above his neck. He assumed ft tragic air<br />
and -.aiu, tl I think a reprimand before<br />
the force would be advisable."<br />
4 * Very well, you are dismissed/'<br />
<strong>The</strong> next time the force was assembled,<br />
the chief called O'Driscoll to his side.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n in a clear voice said " Police<br />
officers, you see before you, Tim O'Driscoll.<br />
the only officer on duty at the Mc-<br />
Kinley memorial services', who had character<br />
enough to remove his heimet during<br />
a prayer for our late lamented Tresident<br />
Wm. McKinley. Officer O'DriscoI!, i<br />
thank you in the name of San Francisco.'*<br />
As soon as the command, '' company<br />
dismissed," was given, a b5g policeman<br />
yelled, "Tray chairs fer Tim," and<br />
they were given with d will.<br />
A Street Car Incident<br />
While traveling on the street cars I<br />
have noticed so many circumstances that<br />
have provoked the laughter even of the<br />
most sedate persona, that, in the hope of<br />
interesting my readers I will now try to<br />
relate the one which I think Is about the<br />
most amusing of them all.<br />
C N. H., '05.<br />
One day when I was coming up on a<br />
car o^ the E. street line a gentleman<br />
boarded the car at M. street and before<br />
coming inside asked the conductor to<br />
stop at D. street. <strong>The</strong> conductor courteously<br />
replied that he would do so and<br />
in a few minutes the gentleman was set-<br />
tied comfortably in<br />
opposite me. Before<br />
blocks he was .snoring<br />
dent amusement of all<br />
pleasant, sleepy srailj<br />
most angelic aspect<br />
whatever of the
tied comfortably in the corner directly<br />
opposite me. Before we had gone many<br />
blocks he was snoring gently to the evident<br />
amusemeLt of all the passengers. A<br />
pleasant, sleepy smile gave his face a<br />
most angelic aspect and left no doubt<br />
whatever of the delightful visions that<br />
the dreamer was indulging in.<br />
Suddenly the oar gave a tremendous<br />
jerk, the ciuse of which was afterwards<br />
proved to be a brick vrhicb had probably<br />
been placed on the track by some mischievous<br />
boy or boys. <strong>The</strong> violent shock<br />
abruptly roused the sleeper and oh! what<br />
a change ! <strong>The</strong> smile as abruptly disappeared<br />
and tbs peaceful picture was transformed<br />
into a most formidable reality.<br />
He jumped up and angrily called to the<br />
conductor, "Didn.t I asV you to let<br />
me off at D street ? VVAat is your number<br />
? I shall report this matter at the<br />
office immediately/'<br />
"Well," said the conductor with re*<br />
markable self-control, "you have six<br />
blocks yet to £o before you get there.<br />
Er-won't you please allow the lady to<br />
pass," 3-S the last mentioned arose to<br />
leave the car.<br />
He stepped aside without as much as<br />
excusing himself to the lady nmi «
T H E I. O W K L I.<br />
wide world, with the possible exception<br />
of Paris, where there i* any demonstration<br />
like this Sin Francisco has her<br />
regular Saturday afttrnoon acd evening<br />
promenades. Those are as nxed as the<br />
day itself, acd it was probably from<br />
these that :h? New Year's celebration<br />
sprang. Certain it is that several years<br />
ago—six or seven—a demonstration disstiuctly<br />
laigex and more noisy than tbe<br />
ordinary New Year's racket as celebrated<br />
in other cities, was made here. From<br />
this it has steadily grown Ufltil at present<br />
over rtue half the population of San<br />
Frindsco, at one time or another, is on<br />
the streets New Year's eve.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is absolutely no plan formed or<br />
cairied out—and here it differs from tbe<br />
Paris celebration. Everything is spontaneous,<br />
and in that very spontaneity<br />
lies tbe lift and fun of the affair. Ju;st<br />
at That time the parade starts or where<br />
can not be ascertained. All any one<br />
knows, is tb?t about niae o'clock, /rom a<br />
few walking oa the streets at seven, an<br />
enormous concourse has swelled whose<br />
members make noise in proportion to<br />
their spirits and as though their future<br />
salvation depended oo the amount.<br />
For p. "b.Ur thp affair threatened to<br />
fall into the hands of the L sodium element.<br />
Two years ago acd last yemr, i ;.. New<br />
dear's '9^-1500 and 1900-<strong>10</strong>01, were<br />
very rough. One trick, particularly.<br />
then found many victims. Men acd boys,<br />
e*en women, would take an evergreen<br />
twig and tickle tbe passers-by. From mere<br />
tickling, this grew te brushing the twig,<br />
with its sharp and stinging leaves, across<br />
the face with varying force. But at the<br />
recent celebration , *o*-'o2, the police<br />
—aad, by the way. they are stationed at<br />
frequent intervals -.11 along the liae of<br />
march—put a stop to this and other similar<br />
tricks.<br />
And this. I believe, involved the only<br />
mention of tfce paiade before December<br />
31st made in the papers. And then they<br />
only said that no svntcbts would te<br />
allowed on the stree's.<br />
An inuovation this year was tb i confetti.<br />
Heretofore, the celebrant, coafiaed<br />
themselves to masks, paint, smlcbcs<br />
and horns. But this year, great quantities<br />
of the tiny bits of paper were s*en,<br />
and many hours were spent in trying to<br />
extract them from hats, Lair aod boas.<br />
For more ladies were on tbe streets this<br />
year than ever before.<br />
<strong>The</strong> line of march is rather strictly<br />
marked. On Market street, both sidewalks,<br />
and even the street, are jammed<br />
from Powell to Keainy. A few go above<br />
Powell, some as far as Eighth, but these<br />
constitute a small minority. At Kearny.<br />
the strollers change their course and fill<br />
that street as far as Sutter, then countermarching,<br />
return by the f.ama route.<br />
Time and again dc they go over tbe<br />
same coarse ^and the whole line of<br />
march isfilled e-erywherecontinuously),<br />
or perhaps a little rest is procured by<br />
entering soffit restaurant or cafe, but any<br />
complaints are reserved for the following<br />
day.<br />
<strong>The</strong>xe are two steady streams of burn<br />
am tv on each of the sidewalks; one<br />
stream slowly fiows Keamyward and the<br />
other toward Powell. It is of no use to<br />
try to pick your owa way. Follow the<br />
crowd you must, and any attempt to do<br />
otherwise is 1 aligned and jeered at by<br />
the crowd. In case one should wish to<br />
enter a store or building, he starts edging<br />
in half n block away. Gradually he gets<br />
closer to the inner edge of thr sidewalk,<br />
and finally reaches the desired point.<br />
Many pratiks are played on ihe sticet<br />
abd much good-natured banter is passed<br />
back and forth. I .emember one fellow<br />
who had a long stick—about a yard<br />
long—with a string about one and cnehal<br />
fleet long attached. On the end of the<br />
string he had tied an imitation spider of<br />
immense proportions. 'Walking akng.<br />
this humorist would<br />
over t.he head of som<br />
him—preferably a wot<br />
an enormous spider h<br />
face, would ;nvoluntai<br />
haps, scream, at whlcl<br />
mightily pleased and c<br />
it on someone else.<br />
About eleven o'clcd<br />
theatre goers join th
u<br />
fellow<br />
this humorist would extend the stick<br />
over the head of some one in front of<br />
him—preferably a woman—who, seeing<br />
an enormous spider hovering near her<br />
face, would involuntarily jump or, perhaps,<br />
scream, at which the fellow was<br />
mightily pleased and encouraged to try<br />
it on someone else.<br />
About eleven o'clock, many of the<br />
theatre goers join the throng, and the<br />
noise steadily increases. From halfpast<br />
eleven to two or three minutes<br />
before twelve, the noise is deafening.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n everybody watches the "Chronicle"<br />
clock, and on the first stroke of twelve<br />
it seems as though the infernal regions<br />
themselves had broken loose. Horns,<br />
cow-bells and dinner-bells, megaphones,<br />
buzzers, clackers, yells, syrens, steamwhistles<br />
of factories and of boats on the<br />
bay, every conceivable instrument that<br />
can possibly make noise, all are combining<br />
to make a pandemonium that<br />
reigns absolutely. In the cafe"s, men<br />
and women, forgetful of dignity and<br />
social status, blow horns, or at least,<br />
pound their hands on the tables; orchestras<br />
and bands blow themselves purple<br />
in vain attempts to be heard. One of<br />
the newspapers, this year, hung out from<br />
its building and lit strings and strings<br />
of firecrackers, each string; containing<br />
thousands of crackers, that sounded<br />
like a steady roar of artillery in a sham<br />
battle.<br />
But soon, for such a noise could not<br />
possibly last long, the uproar appreciably<br />
diminishes, people begin to go<br />
home, the crowd on the street thins<br />
down, cafes are emptied, and the streets<br />
are soon in possession of the rougher<br />
and tipsy class. At two o'clock nearly<br />
everyone has gone except those intending<br />
to " make a night " of it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next morning the papers devote<br />
some space to the celebration, the small<br />
boy horn-peddler on the street counts<br />
his earnings with happy eyes, the street<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
sweepers groan at the work before them,<br />
the restaurant keeper balances receipts<br />
against broken furnishings, and the tourist<br />
and sight* seer go away and tell their<br />
friends of the doings of those "crazy<br />
Califoraians." Nevertheless, they are<br />
glad at heart that they have witnessed<br />
that novel fete.<br />
"SCRIBE,"'02.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Alchemist.<br />
During the middle ages certain wise<br />
philosophers evolved the theory that<br />
the life of man could be extended by<br />
the use of a mysterious and potent fluid<br />
known as the " Elixir of Life." It was<br />
for this, under the name of fhe "Fountain<br />
of Perpetual Youth, 1 ' that Ponce de<br />
Leon sought in the New World. About<br />
the same time equally wise men announced<br />
to the world that the baser<br />
metals might be converted into unalloyed<br />
gold by the use of a potent charm called<br />
the " Philosopher's Stone." <strong>The</strong> desire<br />
to discover the one or the other of these<br />
charms seized all Europe and in every<br />
city of importance, men, having more or<br />
less of a knowledge of chemistry and<br />
calling themseh r es "alchemists," retired<br />
into lofty towers or underground<br />
chambers to conduct their investigations,<br />
each hoping that he might be the favored<br />
one to discover these wonderful<br />
secrets. In the course of their experiments,<br />
many important principles of<br />
chemistry were discovered. Thus poisons<br />
of all kinds became known and<br />
poisoning became a "fine art," so to<br />
speak. Poison was hidden in rings, in<br />
gloves, in keys, in handkerchiefs, and<br />
even in door knobs. Poisons were discovered<br />
whose action was slow and<br />
whose action was swift; those which<br />
were painless and those which caused<br />
excruciating pain. So, when a man<br />
wished to rid himself of an enemy, he<br />
sought an alchemist. It is in this period of<br />
Mediaeval Europe that our story Js laid.
»i-<br />
I.O THE LO \V E L I.<br />
If necessity had forced anyone to be<br />
on the Grand Canal in Venice on a<br />
windy, rainy night In December, 1519.<br />
he would have seen a light, single-oared<br />
gondola glide out from one of the innumerable<br />
small canals into the Grand<br />
Canal. Its only occupants were the<br />
gondolier, who rowed the gondola, and<br />
a tall, cloaked figure iu the stern. <strong>The</strong><br />
passenger was, as we have said, completely<br />
enveloped in a long dark cloak,<br />
the ample folds of which he held up<br />
before his face with one hand as if to<br />
shield it from the wind and rain, but at<br />
the same time it served to conceal his<br />
face from the gaze of inquisitive persons.<br />
Every once in a while a powerful gust of<br />
wind would tear the cloak from thegrasp<br />
of the unknown and the ruddy,<br />
flickering light of the torch, fastened in<br />
an iron ring in ths prow, would reveal a<br />
suit of rich crimson velvet and would be<br />
reflected from a jeweled hilt of a valuable<br />
sword hanging at his side. He was<br />
evidently a person of high rank.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gondola continued for about half<br />
a mile up the Grand Canal and without<br />
warning shot into a small canal at right<br />
angles to the one which it had just left.<br />
Under the skillful strokes of the gondolier,<br />
the light craft darted in and out in<br />
the maze of waterways, shooting up one<br />
and down another In a manner calculated<br />
to perplex anyone who might be following.<br />
It was evident that the man in<br />
the cloak wished his destination as wel!<br />
as his identity to be unknown.<br />
With a skillful movement of his oar,<br />
the gondlier brought his craft to a standstill<br />
before a small lauding in front of a<br />
forbidding looking house. <strong>The</strong> cloaked<br />
figure stepped out and the gondolier,<br />
with another stroke of his oar, sent the<br />
gondola into the middle of the canal and<br />
was soon lost to view. Bending before<br />
the tempest like a reed, the unknown<br />
groped his way up the steps leading from<br />
the landing and gave a peculiar rap on<br />
the massive oaken door. A black mute<br />
opened the door and beckoned for him<br />
to come in. He stepped into a corridor<br />
paved with tiles and lighted by a single<br />
Qambeau or torch stuck into an iron<br />
bracket fastened to the wall. <strong>No</strong> sooner<br />
had the stranger crossed the threshold<br />
than the massive door swung to with a<br />
crash and he heard the clash of the bolt<br />
as it shot into Its socket and the rattle<br />
of the chain as it was fastened to its<br />
hook in the door post. Taking the<br />
torch froui the bracket the black slave<br />
again beckon d to the mysterious<br />
stranger who seemed familiar to him.<br />
Through a labyrinth of corridors and<br />
passages his guide led him until they<br />
came to a trap door. Raising this they<br />
descended a long flight of steps and continued<br />
their way down a long passage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> passage suddenly ended in what<br />
appeared to be the stone foundation of<br />
the house. <strong>The</strong> mute drew from his<br />
girdle a long iron pin. This he inserted<br />
in a crevice between two stones iu the<br />
wall, and a section of the wall slid to<br />
one side exposing a door which they<br />
opened and the unknown entered.<br />
He immediately found himself In a<br />
large underground chamber lighted by<br />
a number of wax. tapers. <strong>The</strong> walls<br />
were hung with rich tapestries and at<br />
one end of the apartment was a long<br />
bench littered with crucibles, retorts,<br />
test tubes, bellows, and many similar<br />
objects. Above the bench were several<br />
shelves of bottles, jars and boxes bearing<br />
mystic characters. la the center of the<br />
room was a crucible over a copper brazier<br />
filled with lighted charcoal. Bending<br />
over the crucible and watching its<br />
contents with wrapt attention and with<br />
his back to the door was the figure of a<br />
man in a long black robe. <strong>The</strong> contents<br />
of the room, the brazier and the crucible,<br />
revealed at once the occupation of their<br />
owner: he was an alchemist.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mixture in the crucible, which<br />
the fire had heated<br />
that of molten meta!<br />
oif a bluish vapor<br />
nauseating odor. Ei<br />
m oment had arriv<<br />
stepped to the row o:<br />
work bench and lo<<br />
top shelf. <strong>The</strong> coctj<br />
sprinkled on the mix]<br />
Immediately the blue]<br />
and a delicious<br />
the disagreeable od<<br />
heaved a sigh of re]<br />
from his work. He<br />
of his visitor for thl<br />
stranger had thrown<br />
He was a tall, well-bj<br />
thirty-five, drebsed ij<br />
rich crimson velvet,<br />
sword hung from his<br />
dark hair and eyesjj<br />
Italians, and there<br />
sion about his moutft<br />
pride and haughtinej<br />
noble. <strong>The</strong> aSchemisi<br />
tor for a moment as if<br />
pierce him with his<br />
he said, i( Ah, it is tin<br />
telino ! Thou art hen<br />
thy time."<br />
Giovanni<br />
reputation of being tfr<br />
lous noble in Venice,<br />
ing among the peoplt<br />
alike that to become a]<br />
telino was to sign'.youi<br />
rant, for he was a dangi<br />
had the power and tin<br />
evil. Lord Antonio Mi<br />
brother, whose title an<br />
eted, had died sudde:<br />
suspicious circumstanci<br />
corao, the fifteen-year^<br />
tonio, the only other he:<br />
and title; had djsappe;<br />
had been tried by thi<br />
Ten, but nothing ever 1<br />
was ten years before
they ^^r<br />
d *S*wto<br />
the fire bad heated to a ruddy glow like<br />
that of molten metal, now began to give<br />
oiT a bluish vapor accompanied b>' a<br />
nauseating odor. Evidently the critical<br />
moment had arrived. <strong>The</strong> alchemist<br />
stepped to the row of shelves above the<br />
work bench and took a box from the<br />
top shelf. <strong>The</strong> contents of this box he<br />
sprinkled on the mixture in the crucible.<br />
Immediately the blue vapor disappeared,<br />
and a delicious spicy smell succeeded<br />
the disagreeable odor. <strong>The</strong> alchemist<br />
heaved a sigh of relief and looked up<br />
from his work. He now became aware<br />
of his visitor for the first time. <strong>The</strong><br />
stranger had thrown oil his wet cloak.<br />
He was a tall, well built man, of about<br />
thirty-five, dressed :n a court suit of<br />
rich crimson velvet, and a jewelled<br />
sword hung from his belt. He iad the<br />
dark hair and eyes peculiar to the<br />
Italians, and there was a crafty expression<br />
about his mouth. He had all the<br />
pride and haughtiness of a Venetian<br />
noble. <strong>The</strong> alchemist gazed at his visitor<br />
for a moment as if he were trying to<br />
pierce him with his keen gaze. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
be said, ll Ah, it is thou, Giovanni Martelino<br />
! Thou art here a full hour before<br />
thy time.'<br />
Giovanni Martelino! He had the<br />
reputation of being the most unscrupulous<br />
noble in Venice, and it was a saying<br />
among the people and the nobles<br />
alike that to become an enemy to Martelino<br />
was to sign your own death warrant,<br />
for he was a dangerous enemy who<br />
had the power and the intention to do<br />
evil. Lord Antonio Martelino, his elder<br />
brother, whose title and wealth he coveted,<br />
had died suddenly under rather<br />
suspicious circumstances and little Giacouio,<br />
the fifteen-year-old sou of Antonio,<br />
the only other heir to his property<br />
and title, had disappeared. His uncle<br />
had been tried by the Council of the<br />
Ten, but nothing ever came of it. That<br />
was ten years before the time we are<br />
T H E LOWELL II<br />
writing of. Since then, Martelino had<br />
had many quarrels, but in those days it<br />
was easy to find a bravo, who, for a fewgold<br />
pieces, would dispose of troublesome<br />
enemies. <strong>No</strong>w, he had quarreled<br />
with Francisco Mocenigo, the son ot the<br />
Dcge himself. <strong>The</strong> cause of the quarrel<br />
was Olivia Alletto, the most beautiful<br />
woman in Venice and the daughter of a<br />
powerful noble. Martelino and Mocenigo<br />
had been rival suitois for the hand<br />
of the beautiful Olivia, but the young<br />
Francisco was the favored one. Hark .'<br />
Marteliuo is speaking.<br />
li Yes, it is I, Belasco, and I have<br />
come before my time because I thought<br />
that the time would make no great difference<br />
to you, while it would to me, 1 '<br />
"You said at our last meeting that<br />
you hated the young Mocenigo and that<br />
you desired revenge for the manner In<br />
which he had supplanted you intheaffections<br />
of the fair Olivia. Am I right?' 1<br />
"You are indeed right," said Lord<br />
Giovanni, his dark eyes lighting up with<br />
wrath and his haad unconsciously grasping<br />
the hilt of the rapier by his side in a<br />
way that boded ill for the object of his<br />
anger. "Francisco Mocenigc must die,<br />
chough he were the off-spring of a<br />
hundred kings; for with his presence removed,<br />
I would again be the accepted<br />
lover of Olivia Alletto; I, who have never<br />
been foiled in my plans, will not be foiled<br />
now. I desired to be Lord Giovanni<br />
Marteliuo and I am l,ord Giovanni Martelino<br />
; I desire to be the husba;:d of the<br />
lovely Olivia and I will be her husband."<br />
At these words a shadow crossed the<br />
face of the alchemist, a baleful light<br />
gleamed in his eyes and his hand clutched<br />
at his robe, but Martilino, engrossed<br />
with his own wrath, failed to notice<br />
these things In a moment they were<br />
gone and he said,
T H E LOW E LL<br />
brave's knife with few questions asked/*<br />
said Martelino, ''and if be were killed in<br />
this way, suspicion would rest on me,<br />
for who has more to gain by his death<br />
than I. <strong>The</strong> Ten, who have been indulgent,<br />
would then be obliged to convict<br />
me, for Mocenigo is a favorite of the<br />
people and, though the Ten are strong,<br />
the people are stronger and in a matter<br />
like that even the Ten must bow to the<br />
will of the people. But there are other<br />
ways more sure and less dangerous.<br />
Through your art are you not familiar<br />
with all kinds of poisons and drugs and<br />
with ingenious ways of administering<br />
them ? My pian is this. To-morrow<br />
night Lord Alletto will give a banquet<br />
at which the I
T H E LOWE I, L<br />
none, including Marteliuo and Mccenigo. which came off and then took from his<br />
Filling bis glass, Martelino arose and belt a vial, some of whose contents he<br />
proposed Olivia's health. All the guests, applied to the mouth and nose of Marte-<br />
including Mocenigo, drank the toast. liuo. He gasped and opened h:s eyes.<br />
Several other toasts were proposed and Bending over him he saw a man whose<br />
drunk and then without warning Mar- face strangely resembled the alchemist's.<br />
telino gave a groan aod fell to the It did not belong to an old man, hon?-<br />
floor, his glass broken into a thousand eirer, but to a young man of about<br />
pieces. Almost at the same moment twenty-five. Martelino suddenly turned<br />
Mocenlgo also fell and his glass was also pale. <strong>The</strong> young mar. said :<br />
broken.<br />
Kl<br />
Ah, you recognize me, Giovanni<br />
As SJarteHao fell, the elderly servant Martelino. I am your nephewt Gta-<br />
who had passed the glasses rushed to como, whom you sold into slavery to the<br />
his aid and, with the help of one of the Egyptian merchant, and my murdered<br />
attendants, carried him into an adjoin- father has vengence on his murderer,<br />
ing room. When he was alone, the eld for I interchanged the goblets."—<strong>The</strong><br />
man gave a pull at his long white beard . Recorder.<br />
i.<br />
List to the wild waves roarings<br />
And the voice of the wind froui the sea,<br />
'Tis the wind and the sea conversing;<br />
Oh, what may their subject be !<br />
II.<br />
<strong>The</strong> wind with its voice sweet an3 solemn,<br />
Is telling its tale to the sea,<br />
How it rustled the trees in the meadow<br />
And swept o'er the vale and the lea.<br />
III.<br />
How when 'twas blowing landward<br />
It '...'lpcd a vessel to port,<br />
Or hutnm'd to the rc»t)css biliows<br />
Of the other deeds that it wrought.<br />
IV.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the sea with its voice loud and roaring-<br />
Told of ships lowered into the waves,<br />
That played with the mast's broken fragments<br />
And laid men in their watery graves.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wind and the Sea.<br />
How it rolled its waves ou go3den sand.<br />
Cast its treasures ou the sbore,<br />
Hew the laden waters rusU'd back, with spoil<br />
To hoard with its hidden store.<br />
VI,<br />
When you hear the wild waves reariug<br />
And the voice of the wind from the sea,<br />
*Tb the wind and the sea conversing<br />
And that may their subject be.<br />
VJ i.<br />
Oh, tnou wanton, whistling \vin
<strong>The</strong>re is little need for ihe critic on<br />
this occasion to indulge in general advice.<br />
I have only to refer the editors<br />
to the columns of my predecessor in the<br />
January number, and with the colloquial<br />
reminder, '<strong>The</strong>m's my sentiments," my<br />
duty is done.<br />
1 lesire, however, to utiHze this opportunity<br />
in a more specific way. Everyone<br />
concedes that THE LOWELL is one of<br />
the most valuable of our school activities.<br />
It should not be something separate<br />
from the work of the class-room. It<br />
ought to reflect our best and noblest<br />
work in every subject, and be a record of<br />
all forms of organisation and association<br />
that have their center and their home<br />
within the school. It should do this<br />
from the pupils* point of view. A paper<br />
rondncteri by the teachers would die, as<br />
a plant without roots. On the other<br />
hand, it is right that the teacher? should<br />
have a part in the conduct of the paper.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir guidance should be recognized<br />
here as everywhere throughout the<br />
school.<br />
THE LOWELL can make improvement<br />
by calling forth the best efforts of the<br />
pupils; it can be further improved by<br />
receiving the more genera! and careful<br />
attention of tbe teachers. Thus upon<br />
the vital question of "copy/ 1 my predecessor<br />
urges the editors to "hunt out all<br />
our authors in embryo, and fill the<br />
pigeon-holes of their sanctum with articles<br />
waitimr.t-) be published." I wish to<br />
add that the teachers must assist in this.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y should put the editor upou the<br />
trail of these authors that are to be.<br />
Especially the teachers in the English<br />
Department should discover individual<br />
literary capabilities and makesuggestions<br />
for their employment iu the LOWELL'S<br />
cause. With an impulse of this sort,<br />
there would soon be flowing in upon the<br />
LO'VELL office a never-ceasing stream of<br />
descriptions, narratives of adventure,<br />
sketches, stories, lyrics and even epics<br />
and dramas. <strong>The</strong>n would the editors become<br />
editors indeed.<br />
So much in the line of advice. Iu<br />
the direct criticism of the January issue,<br />
I shall content myself with very brief<br />
comment upon the particular articles.<br />
T :e number, as a whole, makes a very<br />
favorable impression. It proves to me<br />
that we are fri no danger of retrogression.<br />
When the banners of <strong>Lowell</strong> are passed<br />
on from th
THE LOWELL<br />
what sentences really ought to be! Here<br />
we have three verhs strung together in<br />
a cumbrous series, the phrase "was<br />
thrown" needlessly repeated, and adverbial<br />
modifiers sprinkled ia regardless<br />
of consequences. Here is a suggested<br />
improvement:—'Coralie was struck and<br />
thrown forward. With a startled cry<br />
for help, she fell into the water, before<br />
the eyes of her terrified friends/ ! I hope<br />
that the writer will notice tbis suggestion,<br />
and revise the whole story in like<br />
manner, for that is the way to cultivate<br />
the talent of which the story gives evidence.<br />
"Philadelphia 11 shows a spirit of as-<br />
should do all he can to encourage the<br />
writers of page 12, and gratefully ac<br />
knowledge his indebtedness to them.<br />
My commendation seems £0 increase<br />
as I turn the pages. Following the<br />
skillfully written and interesting pages<br />
of ray predecessor, are the very praiseworthy<br />
editorials. * like the notice<br />
given io the New Cou^e of Study. Cer*<br />
tainly, it is not what I should have<br />
written; but this is what tl*e editorial<br />
13 for—to give the student's view of<br />
school life.<br />
<strong>The</strong> remaining departments iu this<br />
number have been kept well up to the<br />
high standard established in the recent<br />
piration I am glad to see. Being an issues, and I have but two suggestions<br />
effort h* the historical vein, it Is especi- to offer. One is to the " Exchange Edially<br />
welcome to the present critic. My tor,"—that in mentioning the vrriou?<br />
appreciation of it, however, compels me papers upon which he comments, he<br />
to note two faults. First, I don't think give very definitely their geographical<br />
that Quakers of the revolutionary time origin. For Instance, I do not know the<br />
were generally illiterate, and I am sure particular nativity of Grange and Black,<br />
that none but illiterates vrould have per- or Red a^d Blue, and am nlled with<br />
sistently used "thee" in the nominative wonder as to where ail the colors come<br />
case. Secondly, I am almost sure that from. My other suggestion is to the<br />
the author is wrong in building his play "Athletic's Editor," and to the effect tbat<br />
upon a case of compulsory military ser- he keep his use of technical terms soirevice.<br />
<strong>The</strong> revolution was not fought what within bounds. Of course, he<br />
out on that plan.<br />
must use them, but letj him not be<br />
"F. Sylvan Cortland" is the best writ- guided here by the vicious example of<br />
ten piece in the magazine. Mr. Bare's the ordinary newspaper reporter, lest he<br />
sentences are dear and forcible. He become unintelligible to the reader who<br />
has learned one important lesson well,— is not an expert.<br />
thatof using ;&>r/sentences. J commend<br />
them as a model to all contributors aiid<br />
readers. <strong>The</strong> story itself is ceriainly i<br />
mystery, but I like it for two reasons—<br />
its originality, and its evident relation to<br />
the author's recent acquisitions in Chemistry.<br />
This is just as it should be; the<br />
literature of THE LOWELL should grow<br />
out of the school work.<br />
And now to close with a final word<br />
intended particularly far the Editor and<br />
his chief assistant*. Judging from the<br />
January number I am, convinced that<br />
you do not use your editorial authority<br />
sufficiently. I assume now, that you<br />
know when words are correctly spelled<br />
and properly used, thai you have a keen<br />
appreciation of concise and vigorous<br />
<strong>The</strong> page devoted to "Legends," is sentences, and that you have a cultialso<br />
commendable. <strong>No</strong>t all will dare \ ated laste in the propriety and ade-<br />
try their powers in this lime seriously, quacy of expressions'us^d to the thought<br />
but I am sure that those who do, are to be conveyed, If you have not these<br />
well p3id for their attempt. <strong>The</strong> editor qualifications, then be diligently getting
them, or possibly some others would<br />
serve belter in your places. Bat having<br />
these qualifications, display them in<br />
your work. Don't he afraid to correct<br />
blunders in the contributions sent in.<br />
Go even further ind change words or<br />
phrases wb^xe you see that improvement<br />
can be made. If the manuscript needs<br />
revision, call in the contributoi and<br />
show hiQi how to do it, or get some<br />
teacher to instruct him. If you do your<br />
duty .THE LOWSLL will not have such<br />
blemishes as appeared even on the first<br />
THE LOWElL<br />
Our<br />
When Mr. Schmitz, the Union Labor<br />
candidate, became a contestant in the<br />
triangular race for the mayoralty, the<br />
majority of the people, especially those<br />
who rend our so called conservative<br />
newspapers, predicted an easy third<br />
place k>r the nominee of the lately-pacified<br />
strikers. <strong>The</strong> assignment of Mr.<br />
Scbmiti: to so Important a position by so<br />
large a portiou of the voters of the city<br />
o.-ght to have been sufficient to convince<br />
the most sceptical that his chances<br />
were excellent, but the spirit of calumny<br />
asd "yellowism " which had been quiescent<br />
for a time suddenly aroused itself<br />
in our local papers. Inspired by this<br />
spirit, they began tc spread defamatory<br />
reports concerning Mr. Schmitz's infidelity<br />
to the cause he represented and<br />
endeavored in every way conceivable to<br />
alienate the few votes the laborers might<br />
cast for their candidate. One of our<br />
journals after a great amount of logical<br />
deduction and conclusion demonstrated<br />
(to itself) that a musician was not a<br />
workingman and therefore ought not<br />
to receive the support of the laboring<br />
classes- Another enterprising sheet<br />
discovered that the nominee of Uailtd<br />
Labor once worked in a machine-shop<br />
where none '* but scabs " were employed.<br />
page of last month's magazine, rcr<br />
illustration of my meaning, please consider<br />
what kind of a composite being<br />
was it, that " party of five that<br />
seated ilsetf" or, what possible object<br />
there could have been in " a scramble to<br />
duck the flying canvas," or, in fact, anything<br />
else on board the yacht. I nold<br />
the editors responsible for these defects.<br />
You most correct them, if TJIR LOWELL<br />
is " to continue on the upward<br />
grade."<br />
F. H. CLARK.<br />
Mr. Scbmitz regarded these slanders<br />
with the contempt they deserved and<br />
even the mass of the people became disgusted<br />
with the thinly veiled calumnies<br />
of the papers representing the other<br />
candidates. Tht libelous attempts of<br />
the anti Schmitz journals were the<br />
immediate cause of the heavy vote<br />
polled for the musician in those districts<br />
which wei'e regarded either as distinctly<br />
Republican or Democratic.<br />
After the election the same persons<br />
who had unwittingly caused the elevation<br />
of Mr. Schmitz to the municipal<br />
throne, said, in order to excise their<br />
previous abominable policy, " Yes, Mr.<br />
Sehrakz is now Mayor but we will see<br />
how a man inexperienced in public<br />
affairs and who has never commended<br />
himself to the populace beyond dispensing<br />
fairly good music at a local theatre,<br />
will control a municipality of three hundred<br />
and fifty thousand people." <strong>The</strong>y<br />
spoke of the evil effects of h s election<br />
on the recently conciliated strikers ard<br />
the contempt in which we should be<br />
held when it was seen thsitwe bad ciio. c -<br />
en a mayor who was unable to cope with<br />
the responsibilities of his office.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w that the new Mayor has had the<br />
management of affairs for a mentn or<br />
tr<br />
two we, the uapreju<<br />
people, are entitled<br />
its and demerits. L<<br />
state of degeneration<br />
what a condition of<br />
our municipal head h|<br />
In the beginning ii<br />
going to be a oa&-si<<br />
It looked as if Mayoi<br />
to ignore Capital a<br />
preference to Labor,<br />
the result of this su]<br />
custom of the Mercb;<br />
tender a banquet to<br />
and for the first time<br />
organization a mayoi<br />
An ample and public<br />
but the newspapers<br />
<strong>The</strong>y gave their own<br />
sence and such lies<br />
the campaign were aj<br />
few days after, a coi<br />
Unions was held. TI<br />
this and a volley of<br />
called for III.<br />
It seems to me th;<br />
sence of the Mayor wi<br />
was still in the right,<br />
did he owe to the m|<br />
done all in their poi<br />
election, and why sin<br />
place where there<br />
vidual but wished Mr.|<br />
controlling the orche*<br />
bia <strong>The</strong>atre instead ol<br />
of San Francisco ? Bi<br />
a well-known fact tha|<br />
due to circumstances<br />
no control.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next crime c<<br />
Mayor was the appoi;<br />
his friends to official]<br />
crime and the one men!<br />
the entire extent of Mr]
HF\ * J<br />
two we, the unprejudiced portion of the<br />
people, are entitled to judge of his merits<br />
and demerits. Let us see to what a<br />
state of degeneration and civil strife cr to<br />
what a condition of prosperity an
THE LOWELL.<br />
A monthly pubU*bed by the tu<br />
High School.<br />
HDITORIRu<br />
W. K. Dc Lcoa o», Kd*tor.<br />
of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
Robert H. V*n Santf Jr..'03, Editor Pro. Tew.<br />
ASSOCIATES :<br />
H I.. Wollenberg, '02. 2.nt»retice Bufford,<br />
Nina How. '04<br />
Cs'olyn Fowlc. Society Editor.<br />
Hs**l Stftn, Debuting Editor.<br />
BUSINESS STAFF.<br />
R. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald,'«, Bu*ine»*<br />
W. Walker, '01<br />
F. A. Untorth. '02. Fred Tl||||fn ,c.<br />
G
All these difficulties will be obviated,<br />
however, by saGtber winter, when pupils<br />
may study iii a modern building and<br />
*' think of tbeir rnarcies(?)"<br />
Doctor K. Benjamin An-<br />
Free School drews, President of the<br />
Books. University of Nebraska,<br />
makes a strong plea for<br />
tree text books in public schools. He<br />
points out that in such cities as Boston.<br />
New York and Philadelphia this system<br />
has been found to be most advantageous<br />
to pupils and economical to their tax*<br />
paying parents.<br />
Although all States provide schoolbook*<br />
for the use of the indigent class,<br />
it is generally very embarrassing to families<br />
and principals to determine who<br />
come in that list. Many families go<br />
without necessities rather than have<br />
themselves thought too poor to purchase<br />
the needed books. In some cases<br />
they go so far as to take their children<br />
out of school thus depriving them of<br />
merited instruction. Evidently a link<br />
is missing in the chain of good education<br />
; one added oa this principle would<br />
increase its strength.<br />
We are convinced that in the course<br />
of improvement to the city's school system,<br />
a. step in this direction would receive<br />
the hearty support of all.<br />
Since the beginning of<br />
Contributions, school in last July, the<br />
editors have had a hard<br />
time to get enough material in the way<br />
oS" stories and poems to barely fill up the<br />
required number of pages : is this right?<br />
Is it the fault of the staff? If so, the<br />
paper should chauge hands.<br />
But don't be too hasty in judging your<br />
staff to be incompetent, for they are not<br />
the ones who write all the material You,<br />
you <strong>Lowell</strong>ites are responsible for that<br />
dtpartment.<br />
VVhat have you to say when ALL the<br />
contributions submitted (worthy articles<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
to be sure) have to be published regardless<br />
of their bearing upon matter fit for<br />
a school paper?<br />
TbLs state of affairs is not the most<br />
desirable to the management, not most<br />
naHering to a school of six hundred or<br />
more, bright, intelligent, patriotic pupils.<br />
<strong>The</strong> high literary standard raised by<br />
our predecessors cannot be borne forward<br />
worthily by us under the conditions<br />
existing.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>ites, flock to your standard, if<br />
you do not want it trampled on, if you<br />
do not want the paper cut down to onehalf<br />
its size. This month is the time to<br />
show your worth.<br />
Let every member try for the prize<br />
competition. If you win first prize, you<br />
are amply rewarded for your efforts. If<br />
the second falls to you, your time was<br />
not spent for nought. If you win the<br />
third, you have gained experience. If<br />
you do not win, go to work with this<br />
word ringing in yonr ears, "If at first<br />
you don't succeed, try, try again."<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a movement on foot to organize<br />
a quartette in the school. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
some good material in <strong>Lowell</strong> and we<br />
ought to get a good one. Anyone desirous<br />
of singing in this quartette may<br />
learn particulars by handing their name<br />
into the LOWELL office. When so doing,<br />
state your name, also range, whether able<br />
to read, .",nd any previous experience you<br />
may have had.<br />
Gr-y e to Hartman (his partner<br />
in Physics). "Yes, I'll cut Greek on<br />
Friday."<br />
Prof. Walker (standing by unnoticed).<br />
"You will? We'll see about that!:<br />
I'm on to your game! 1!! \<br />
Grayrigge vanishes and does not cut.<br />
Ask Grayrigge & Edwards about the<br />
divorce proceedings in Mr. Walker's<br />
court. (Low Senior Latin.)
<strong>The</strong> "Glimpse of Old Santa Fe' f in<br />
<strong>The</strong> X Rays is very well written. It is<br />
not everyone who can write a description<br />
of that sort and avoid having it<br />
sound like a guide book. "Ben's First<br />
Appearance" is just «s clever as it can<br />
be. It is one of the best stories that we<br />
have seen. Does it not seem that the<br />
department, under the head of "Personals<br />
ncd Locals," takes up a lion's share of<br />
the pap-r, and that poor "Exchanges"<br />
comes out at the little end ol the horn?<br />
We have befote us the Recorder from<br />
Spnngfield, Massachusetts. <strong>The</strong>re doe*<br />
not seem to be very much to say about<br />
this paper; it has uo faults which protrude<br />
themselves out, it is not a marvel<br />
of good work; it is just an average<br />
paper, an average of the better class.<br />
Evidently " '03 and '03* f have been<br />
studying the Ancient Mariner—they<br />
bave the action characteristic of that<br />
poem in their own attempt. We have<br />
taken the liberty of reprinting the prize<br />
story in the same issue.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ja£ob Some Monthly is a publication<br />
that seems different from most of<br />
our exchanges. An address delivered<br />
before a fraternity of Vassar College, on<br />
"Five Evidences of an Education/'<br />
papers on several of the faculty, are<br />
noticeable elements. Tfce whole get np<br />
of the paper is creditable. A selection<br />
of wit acd humor, better than the average,<br />
is fonnd on the last page.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Georgetown College Journal is<br />
among tbe best of al! our monthly<br />
visitors. Hardly a criticism can be<br />
made on the topography in any part of<br />
the journal. <strong>The</strong> staff may be justly<br />
prond of their work. Here whrt may be<br />
traly called poetry, as far as we can<br />
judge, can be fonnd. <strong>The</strong> exchange<br />
column is one of the best which comes to<br />
as; it is written well and shows work.<br />
It seems like coming into another atmosphere<br />
to read other papers after this<br />
one.<br />
Ye Record contains a surfeit of<br />
"Locals," "Personals," '-Miscellaneous/'<br />
and very 'ittle else. <strong>The</strong> opening<br />
article, however, «'s very good. All<br />
students of Rom?c History would do<br />
well to read it.<br />
We prescribe fewer tales acd mere<br />
gray matter for <strong>The</strong> Imp.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Colombia Literarj Monthly opens<br />
with a fine essay called "<strong>The</strong> Humanism<br />
of Charles Read" <strong>The</strong> paper contains<br />
an unusual number of very good<br />
short stories.<br />
<strong>The</strong> December nai<br />
Review has seme gi<br />
ibe paper is almost o<br />
<strong>The</strong> Christmas au<br />
sm is very good; t<br />
fine and the paper<br />
quite a prosperous :<br />
notice tfcat very littl<br />
to the Exchange coli<br />
<strong>The</strong> High School .<br />
burg contains a good;<br />
Quincy Adatas. calle<br />
THE SOSC OK<br />
Let weaklings shun tbe<br />
I^t j;ray-beard* tiX by<br />
Rut you and I will w ; nU<br />
And breast tbe temped<br />
For on the pond an4 tbej<br />
<strong>The</strong> ice is brightly g!<<br />
And thithef are flocking<br />
And maidens of lo*tly<br />
Give me life, gire :i<br />
to die<br />
When lover* are laiij<br />
«Vy,<br />
And over the river «:<br />
ot Use lanelui *teel.<br />
Come, fair on*% would'st<br />
A cheek like tbt bloom I<br />
An eye with tbeglet-m^<br />
Tb*? ^racc of the *rl» &<br />
<strong>The</strong>n come, set's away to<br />
Where tbe ice is bright 1<br />
And we'll skate UU tbe K<br />
Comes over tbe wbiU.<br />
Give me life, give m<br />
die<br />
are Ui;<br />
And over the river<br />
Of the tuuefc! &ieei<br />
UALL<br />
WAS THIS A G»:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nc^ York T,<br />
the seeming barbarity<br />
language, the bill of<br />
elaborate banquet «1<br />
Dclinoaico's recently i]<br />
King Alfred's mill)<br />
This greit King of<br />
u years ago; 11
m<br />
m<br />
ffw l£.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong> December number of the Stecie<br />
Review has some good stories in it, tut<br />
the paper is almost one-fourth ads.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Christmas number of the Crimson<br />
is very good; the illustrations are<br />
fine and the paper as a whole presents<br />
quite a prosperous appearance. But we<br />
notice that very little attention is given<br />
to the Exchange column.<br />
<strong>The</strong> High School Argus from Harrisburg<br />
contains a good article upon John<br />
Quincy Adams, called " Belles Lettres."<br />
THE SONG OF THE SKATERS.<br />
Let weaklings shun the cold,<br />
Let gray-beards sit by the fire,<br />
But you and I will wiute* defy,<br />
And breast the tempests dire;<br />
For on the pond and the river beyond<br />
<strong>The</strong> ice is brightly gleaming,<br />
And thither are flocking the stalwart youth<br />
And maidens of lovely seeming.<br />
Give me life, give me life, for I care not<br />
to die<br />
When lovers are laughing beneath a blue<br />
sky,<br />
And over thf: river conies ringing the song<br />
Of the tuneful steel, as they glide along.<br />
Come, fair one, would'st thou have<br />
A cheek like the bloom of the rose.<br />
An eye with the gleam of a summer stream,<br />
<strong>The</strong> grace of the wind that blows:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n come, let's away to the frozen bay<br />
Where the ice is brightly gleaming,<br />
And we'll skate till the glow of the setting sun<br />
Comes over the white floor streaming<br />
Give me life, give me life, for I care not to<br />
die<br />
When lovers are laughing beneath a blue<br />
sky,<br />
And over the river comes ringing the song<br />
Of the tuneful steel, as they glide along.<br />
HALI. STOXER LTJSK, '04.<br />
—Georgetown College Journal.<br />
WAS THIS A GOOD DINNER?<br />
<strong>The</strong> New York Tribune gives, in all<br />
the seeming barbarity of the old Saxon<br />
language, the bill of fare used at the<br />
elaborate banquet which took place at<br />
Delmonico's recently in connection with<br />
King Alfred's millenary celebration.<br />
This great King of England died a<br />
thousand years ago; the menu does not<br />
resemble our modern ones, and only<br />
boundless faith in Delmonico's could<br />
have emboldened the many distinguished<br />
guests to partake of a portion of li Jnncate-Kboracum"<br />
or of "Sweta-Borys-<br />
HeS;" in fact, the only recognizable<br />
name in the whole list is "Apollinaris, n<br />
which in a double sense is familiar in<br />
millions 01" mouths, but even that is not<br />
a modern word, as good St. Apollinaris<br />
died many centuries before King Alfred<br />
was born.<br />
<strong>The</strong> unique menu is given as :<br />
Aef en-Mete.<br />
Ostren.<br />
Hiaf. Browuis.<br />
Raedic. Olea. Myrtan.<br />
Hyrsting Solle.<br />
Beore. Braede. Juncate-Eboracum.<br />
Boletus,<br />
Praede-Crustulata Pisa-Aelfreda.<br />
Sweta-Borys-Heb.<br />
Fugele. Acetaria. Jely«<br />
Juncate-Plomme. Confytes.<br />
Cyse. Knutu. Fruyte.<br />
Apollinaris. Ater-Potio.<br />
<strong>No</strong>t many years ago, there was a veteran<br />
teacher in the Boys 1 High School,<br />
who often made his classes wince under<br />
the lash of his bitter sarcasm and ready<br />
wit. One day a little, half-starved, yellow<br />
cur strayed into the school, and the<br />
boys thought that they saw a chance to<br />
express their feelings toward "Fussy,"<br />
who was busy in another room. <strong>The</strong><br />
frightened mongrel was picked up,<br />
quickly fitted with a pair of large wire<br />
spectacles and placed on the teacher's<br />
chair. " Fussy'' entered the room,<br />
walked up to his desk, calmly surveyed<br />
the work of his pupils, and then,<br />
turning to them, pleasantly said: " In<br />
my absence, I see you have held a business<br />
meeting and elected one of your<br />
number chairman.* ? —<strong>The</strong> Argonaut,<br />
"I am going to practice law." 1<br />
"You may get out of practice: why<br />
don't you try medicine ? n<br />
u I might get out oi patients."— Yale<br />
Record.
Ji Word To JUL<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a universal belief, undoubtedly<br />
founded on truth, that moralizing<br />
is the bogie of all young people, whether<br />
kindergartuers or high school students.<br />
Yet the Debating Editor feels a<br />
wee bit prosy tonight, and, in spite of<br />
the grave danger to be incurred thereby,<br />
is inclined to give herself up to her<br />
mood. And the reason for this unwarrantable<br />
state of mind ? Why, to be<br />
sure, this is the month of February.<br />
And does not the very mention of the<br />
word recall to your heart that on the<br />
twenty-second of this month is the<br />
birthday anniversary of our noblest<br />
aud best beloved patriot, George Washington<br />
? <strong>No</strong>w the cat is out of the bag,<br />
and you begin to share my mood, I feel<br />
certain.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n let us repeat that name, George<br />
Washington, for at the thought of him<br />
who bore it, every pulse must bound<br />
with love and reverence and even the<br />
most indifferent must feel an impetus<br />
toward better things. Indeed, it is impossible<br />
not to recognize the vast difference<br />
between the broad, unselfish life<br />
he led, and the narrow, selfish lives we<br />
lead. And it is a comparison that<br />
forces us to see ourselves in our true<br />
light for a moment, though a moment<br />
only. Straightwaj' a flood of timely<br />
excuses and apologies comes rushing<br />
in to wipe out our disgrace, and we<br />
breathe self complacently once more.<br />
Yet why cannot the inspiration cf a<br />
moment last a little longer? Is it because<br />
we of the twentieth century are<br />
ashamed to be earnest, because we feel<br />
it beneath us to strive after a broader<br />
and higher field of activity ? At such<br />
an accusation, we would all loudly and<br />
indignantly cry U AV Having, then,<br />
admitted thus much, let us look abcut<br />
us for the means of raising ourselves to<br />
a higher plaue.<br />
And it is just here that we turn to<br />
the Debating Society and wonder why<br />
we have not thought of it before. We<br />
must not deceive ourselves, though, by<br />
supposing that the Debating Society<br />
stands in any particular ueed of us. It<br />
is just the opposite. We need the Debating<br />
Society. For it is right there in the<br />
Debating Society that we can broaden<br />
our minds, train our intellects, and receive<br />
an impetus toward better things<br />
by arguing the questions of the day<br />
and seeing the social and political problems<br />
to be solved by us later on in their<br />
true aspect.<br />
MEETINGS OF THE MONTH.<br />
Since the last issue of the LOWELL,<br />
the Society has been holding its regular<br />
Friday afternoon meetings with encouraging<br />
rescilts. <strong>The</strong> debates have been<br />
interesting in themselves, and well handled<br />
by those who participated. Although<br />
the attendance has not been all<br />
that could be desired, still it is quality<br />
more than quantity that counts in this<br />
instance. <strong>The</strong>refore, as long as those<br />
members who do put in an appearance<br />
continue to work earnestly, the Society<br />
will continue to flourish.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seventh annual<br />
<strong>The</strong>ti Chi fraternity<br />
this year. If was the<br />
and very successful i:<br />
pecially in the dance<br />
All the arrangements foj<br />
with exceptionally goi<br />
Alpha Chapter of Oak]<br />
On Friday evening,<br />
Gamma Chapter of Pi<br />
ternity gave its ami tial<br />
Hall. <strong>The</strong> hall was vel<br />
ated with garlands and<br />
From the ceiling- hung<br />
filled with brakes, and<br />
hall was the fraternity<br />
and blue electric ligl- ts.<br />
Gamma Chapter of<br />
THE TRIALS OF<br />
Arum virunique cai<br />
Is the Latin scholai<br />
H2 S O<<br />
<strong>The</strong> chemists all al:<br />
•X*—i<br />
Gives Mathematical<br />
Tangents naturally<br />
Are trials in geonn<br />
English kings and<br />
<strong>The</strong> History studei<br />
Shakespeare aud tl<br />
Bother his Senior<br />
Tu fact life at sch<<br />
Isn't what it's cracl
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<strong>The</strong> seventh annual convention of the<br />
<strong>The</strong>ti Chi fraternity was held in Oakland<br />
this year. It was the largest on record<br />
and very successful in every way, especially<br />
in the dance which preceded it.<br />
All the arrangements for this were made<br />
with exceptionally good taste by the<br />
Alpha Chapter of Oakland.<br />
On Friday evening, February the 7th,<br />
Gamma Chapter of Pi Delta Kappa fraternity<br />
gave its annual dance at Cotillion<br />
Hall. <strong>The</strong> hall was very prettily decorated<br />
with garlands and wreaths of greens.<br />
From the ceiling hung Japanese lanterns<br />
filled with brakes, and at one end of the<br />
hall was the fraternity pin in red. white<br />
and blue electric ligr ts.<br />
Gamma Chapter of Alpha Sigma fra-<br />
THE TRIALS CK A STUDENT.<br />
Arma vimmque cauo<br />
Is the Latin scholar's wo*? ;<br />
H3 S O»<br />
<strong>The</strong> chemists all abhor ;<br />
X'—i<br />
Gives Mathematicians fuu ;<br />
Tangents naturally<br />
Are trials in geometry ;<br />
English kings and dates<br />
<strong>The</strong> History student bates ;<br />
Shakespeare and the plays<br />
Bother his Senior days.<br />
In fact life at school, you see,<br />
isu't what it's cracked up io !K.<br />
W. SULTAN, '04.<br />
ternity gave its dance at Cotillion Hall*<br />
Saturday evening. February the 8th.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hall was very artistically decorated<br />
with greens. At about half past ten<br />
delicious refreshments were served. <strong>The</strong><br />
monotony of the waltz and two-step was<br />
varied with a grand 'right and left."<br />
Everyone agreed that this dance was,<br />
without exception, the greatest success<br />
of the season.<br />
Delta Chapter of Alpha Sigma fraternity<br />
has initiated Edith Josephine Whitney.<br />
On Thursday afternoon, January the<br />
13th, the active chapter of Alpha Sigma<br />
fraternity was delightfully entertained by<br />
Edith Whitney at her home 011 T,ng;iru<<br />
street. Refreshments were served after a<br />
very enjoyable afternoon.<br />
DON'T READ THIS.<br />
We don't want to buy at your store,<br />
We don't trade there any more.<br />
You'll be sorry when you see us<br />
Going to some other store.<br />
You can't sell us any stale goods,<br />
We have opened wide our eyes,<br />
We don't want in trade at your store<br />
'Cause you do not advertise.—Ex.<br />
If an S and an I and ar O and n U,<br />
With an X at the end spell Si*,<br />
And HU E and a Y an-.! E spell I,<br />
Pray, what is a speller to do?<br />
Tnen if also an S and I and G<br />
And an HKO spell cidc,<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is nothing much left for a speller to do<br />
But go and commit siouxeyesigherl.—JSx.
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THE LOWELL<br />
SCHOOL NEWS<br />
<strong>The</strong> term's work is on in dead earnest.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first school month was completed<br />
on Friday, Jan. 31, and consequently<br />
the following Tuesday was a Red Letter<br />
Day for many a poor sinner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Minstrel show that was mentioned<br />
in the last issue, is still booming. <strong>The</strong><br />
chorus has not been organized yet, but a<br />
good orchestra has been made up among<br />
the boys of the school. It consists of<br />
twelve or thirteen pieces.<br />
It was announced to Mr. Croft's class<br />
that they would have a certain recitation<br />
in Room <strong>No</strong>. 7 on that day. When<br />
the appointed hour arrived they arose<br />
and started in quest of <strong>No</strong>. 7. After<br />
wandering fruitlessly about the building<br />
with Mr. Clark in pursuit, they<br />
were finally herded back to their own<br />
room—<strong>No</strong>. 7 !<br />
<strong>The</strong> nominations for the officers of<br />
the Athletic Association were made on<br />
Friday, Jan. 24. On Tuesday, Feb. 4,<br />
the election was held in the LOWELL<br />
editorial rooms. <strong>The</strong>re were no nominations<br />
for the officers of Basket Ball<br />
manager or Tennis manager, as those<br />
officials were elected at; the Fall Election.<br />
<strong>The</strong> total vote cast was 3S9. Last<br />
year it was 415—and the year before<br />
430, This is not a very great falling<br />
off, but the school has greatly increased<br />
in numbers aiid there ought to be a<br />
corresponding increase in the membership<br />
of the Association. <strong>The</strong>re are now<br />
six hundred and fifty students in the<br />
school and at least five hundred of these<br />
ought to belong to the Athletic Association.<br />
It seems to us that some good<br />
rousing Athletic meetings, such as used<br />
to be held in '99 and '01, would bfing<br />
about the desired state of affairs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> foUovTi^g are the officers elected:<br />
President, Bufford ; Vice President, Miss<br />
Fowle ; Secretary, Magnin ; Treasurer,<br />
Montgomery ; A. A. L Representative,<br />
Vos Burgh ; Foot Ball Manager, Heron;<br />
Track Manager, G. Jones; Base Ball<br />
Manager, Middleton ; Swimming Manager,<br />
Abbott.<br />
Forestry Club.<br />
Two meetings of the Forestry Club<br />
have been held since the last issue of the<br />
LOWELL. <strong>The</strong>re are now ninety-six<br />
members in the club, and all active.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting on January 31st was one of<br />
the most successful in the club's history.<br />
Both Mr. Koch and Mr. Kelley spoke<br />
concerning the Sequoia, the subject of<br />
the meeting. Various interesting phases<br />
of the matter were treated, including the<br />
history, first discovery, species and only<br />
home of the Sequoia which is California.<br />
Mr. Kelly spoke especially in reference<br />
to the lumbering of the Redwoods,<br />
and Master Slruiig illustrated how the<br />
very hugeness of the Sequoia is a safeguard<br />
against the ever destroying axe.<br />
<strong>The</strong> efforts of the government to preserve<br />
the Redwoods were also mentioned.<br />
A business meeting was held in the<br />
Assembly Hall on Thursday, February'<br />
6th, and two amendments to the ccnstitution<br />
were proposed. Only one, however,<br />
was accepted, to the effect that a<br />
plurality rather than a majority was necessary<br />
for the election of officers.<br />
Mr. Koch is very well pleased with the<br />
progress of the club, but regrets that more<br />
upper class men do not belong. We think<br />
we can explain this on the ground that<br />
they have not had him a» a science teacher<br />
and consequently are not fired with<br />
the enthusiasm for natural science which<br />
he never fails to arouse in his pupils.<br />
Prize<br />
We have decid<br />
a chance to be rev<br />
ity. A prize stor:<br />
arranged, Messrs.<br />
Kelley having con:<br />
<strong>No</strong>w, students, is<br />
with your English<br />
Terms.—All st<<br />
than one thousau<br />
three thousand<br />
submitted, become<br />
LOWELL. <strong>The</strong> w<<br />
and the papers h<br />
school form. Arti<br />
twenty-seventh oi<br />
one, three and five<br />
INTER-CLASS<br />
Mr. Clark has<br />
take place before<br />
the members of<br />
classes. <strong>The</strong> pla<br />
ted is that each<br />
separate debate,<br />
take part, that th<<br />
be selected, froixi<br />
these six shall ht<br />
the championship.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Constit<br />
Lot<br />
<strong>The</strong> constitutio<br />
LOWELL managem<br />
last been drawn uj:<br />
the efforts of Mr.<br />
ellites would do we<br />
selves with its -prcr<br />
CONST<br />
LOWELL MA<br />
1. Managing<br />
management of T<br />
vested in a --"M-ana<br />
2. How Elected,<br />
Board shall cons<br />
from each classL e<br />
class; such electio
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Prize Story Contest!!!<br />
We have decided to give the students<br />
a chance to be rewarded for literary ability.<br />
A prize story competition has been<br />
arranged, Messrs. Young, Perham and<br />
Kelley having consented to act as judges.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w, students, is your chance to "shine"<br />
with your English teacher.<br />
Terms.—All stories mubt be not less<br />
than one thousand and not more than<br />
three thousand words. All manuscripts<br />
submitted, become the property of THE<br />
LOWELL. <strong>The</strong> words must be counted,<br />
and the papers headed in the regular<br />
school form. Articles must be in by the<br />
twenty-seventh of February. Prizes of<br />
one, three and five dollars will be given.<br />
INTER-CLASS SENIOR DEBATE.<br />
Mr. Clt.rk has arranged a debate, to<br />
take place before the Society, between<br />
the members of the two high Senior<br />
classes. <strong>The</strong> plan that has been adopted<br />
is that eacb class shall first hold a<br />
separate debate, in which six are to<br />
take part, that the three best shall then<br />
be selected from each class, and that<br />
these six shall hold a final debate for<br />
the championship.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Constitution of <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>/ 0<br />
<strong>The</strong> constitution which guides the<br />
LOWELL, management committee has at<br />
last been drawn up and adopted through<br />
the efforts of Mr. Dernham. All <strong>Lowell</strong>ires<br />
would do well to familiarize themselves<br />
with its provisions.<br />
CONSTITUTION<br />
of the<br />
LOWELL JMJtNJtGIJUGBOJWP.<br />
1. Managing Board —<strong>The</strong> general<br />
management oi THE LOWELL shall be<br />
vested in a " Managing Board."<br />
2. How Elected; Term of Office.—This<br />
Board shall consist of two members<br />
from each class, elected by vote of the<br />
class; such election to take place on a<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
day appointed therefor^by the Principal<br />
of the School sometime within the first<br />
three weeks of the school year (beginning<br />
after the summer ; vacation), and the<br />
metubsrs so elected shall bold office for<br />
that school ye&r (ten months).<br />
3. <strong>No</strong>mination.—Prior to^every election,<br />
each class teacher shall nominate<br />
and submit to the class the names of at<br />
least four candidates for membership on<br />
the Board. (Additional names may be<br />
placed in nomination if submitted in<br />
writing by any member of the class and<br />
seconded by at least ten members )<br />
4 Mixed Class —When a room contains<br />
two or more classes of different<br />
grades, each class in that room is en titled<br />
to two representatives.<br />
5. Winter Class, etc—Classes entering<br />
after tb
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26 THE LO \V E L L<br />
Board for a term of ten months, such<br />
election to taite place at the first regular<br />
meeting of each school year.<br />
9 Meetings—<strong>The</strong>re shall be regular<br />
meetings of this Board six times each<br />
school year; the first shall take place as<br />
early in the term as possible at the call<br />
of the Principal; the other regular meetings<br />
shall be called by the President of<br />
the Board; one after the week's vacation<br />
in October, one immediately before and<br />
one immediately following the Christmas<br />
vacation; one after the week's vacation<br />
in March, and one preceding the close<br />
of the school in the summer.<br />
<strong>10</strong>. Quorum—A quorum shall con*<br />
sist of a representative from a majority<br />
of the classes.<br />
u. Special Meetings.—Special meetings<br />
may be called by the President<br />
whenever occasion therefor may arise, or<br />
upon the request of the Editor or B usiness<br />
Manager or ten members of the Board.<br />
12. Duties —<strong>The</strong> duties of this Board<br />
shall be: (a) To elect the Bditor and<br />
the Business Manager. {&) To receive<br />
aad audit the semi-annual reports of the<br />
Business Manager regarding the distribution<br />
of the magazine and receipts and<br />
expenditures, and to provide for the disposal<br />
of any surplus funds. (xc) Tomake<br />
rules and suggestions to the Staff in regard<br />
to the general character and policy<br />
of the paper, (d) As individuals, the<br />
members of this Board shall perform<br />
such duties regarding contributions,<br />
school notes, subscriptions, the selling of<br />
the paper, advertisements, etc., as may<br />
be assigned to them by the Editor or<br />
Business Manager.<br />
i$. <strong>The</strong> ManagetnentoJ'the Paper shall<br />
be divided between an Editorial and<br />
a Business Department, the marcbers of<br />
which shall all be active students iii the<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School.<br />
14. <strong>The</strong> Editorial Department shall<br />
be under the direction and control of<br />
the Editor. He shall appoint five Staff<br />
assistants, and these shall be so chosen<br />
that as many grades of the school be<br />
represented on the Staff as is consistent<br />
with the greatest efficiency of the department,<br />
not more than two being members<br />
of any one class, or year. He<br />
may also appoint, special editors for<br />
Athletics, Debate and Society.<br />
15. <strong>The</strong> Business Department shall<br />
be under the direction and control of the<br />
Business Manager. He shall appoint<br />
not less than two nor more than four<br />
assistants, at least one of whom shall<br />
not be a Senior (or 4th-year student).<br />
16. Art Department—If desired there<br />
may be an Art Department consisting of<br />
two staff artists, who shall be appointed<br />
by the Editor with the advice and consent<br />
of the Business Manager.<br />
17. Election.—At the last regular<br />
meeting of the school year an Editor and<br />
a Business Manager shall be elected for<br />
the ensuing year. <strong>No</strong>minations shall be<br />
made by a <strong>No</strong>minating Committee, consisting<br />
of the Editor and Business Manager<br />
and three members of the Managing<br />
Board, appointed in advance by the<br />
President. Other nominations may be<br />
made in open meetiag. <strong>The</strong> election<br />
shall be by ballot<br />
18. Removal of Assistants—Upon the<br />
approval of the Principal, the Heads of<br />
Departments shall have power to remove<br />
any of their assistants for cause, reporting<br />
the same to the Managing Board at its<br />
next meeting.<br />
19. <strong>The</strong> Managing Board shall have<br />
power to suspend or remove the Editor<br />
or Business Manager tor cause, such suspension<br />
or removal requiring a twothirds<br />
vote and the approval of the<br />
Principal.<br />
20. Vacancies in the offices of Editor<br />
or Business Manager shall be filled by<br />
the Board by special election. Vacancies<br />
in any of the other offices shall be filled<br />
by appointment by the head of the department.<br />
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21. <strong>The</strong> Business<br />
have full jurisdiction<br />
volving the finances<br />
only in those matters<br />
the finances of the pi<br />
inents shall not be pi<br />
the last two pages of tj<br />
literary portion of the<br />
consent of the Editoi<br />
shall leave spare for a)<br />
the Business Managei<br />
place before or after th<<br />
2 2. All Disagreenn<br />
arising- between headsl<br />
shall be decided by tin<br />
Managing Board, subjl<br />
the Board, a two thj<br />
necessary to reverse tl<br />
President. All disagj<br />
putes arising between<br />
Managing Board and<br />
arise regarding the int<<br />
plication of this Constr<br />
thereof shall be decidei<br />
of the School.<br />
23. <strong>No</strong>thing in t]<br />
shall be so construed<br />
validity of anyone's<br />
Staff or Managing Bo:<br />
year 1901-02, provided<br />
held that positiorTat<br />
adoption of this Cohstii<br />
tion the validity of n:<br />
or Staff, or any member!<br />
to the adoption of this<br />
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Track.<br />
With the advent of Professor Koch,<br />
there has been a marked increase of<br />
enthusiasm towards track sports. More<br />
boys turn out every day, making quite<br />
a showing in the school lot. All of this<br />
energy has been kindled by Professor<br />
Koch, and nearly every day finds him<br />
with the boys giving them pointers and<br />
encouragement.<br />
Lately to test their abilities he proposed<br />
an Intei-class relay race. <strong>The</strong><br />
teams were to consist of four men each,<br />
selected from the different class rooms.<br />
As a result of this plan quite a sum of<br />
raoacy was raised sad a cup purchased<br />
by patriotic <strong>Lowell</strong>ites, to be given to<br />
the winning team. Through the kindness<br />
of Mr. Christy, the University of<br />
Cilifornia cinder track was procured and<br />
the race run off Saturday, February first.<br />
Six teams, twenty-iour men in all, ac.<br />
companied by quite a crowd ofenthusi*<br />
asts, crossed the Bay. <strong>The</strong> race was run<br />
in two heats, first and second place men<br />
being eligible to the final. <strong>The</strong> preliminary<br />
heats left Mr. Walker's, Mr. Critten<br />
den's, Mr. Clark's classes and a mixed<br />
team in the field. <strong>The</strong> final was run<br />
neck and neck by Mr. Crittenden's and<br />
Mr- Walker's classes, the latter winning<br />
to the tune of 2137. Good work was<br />
done by Tatum, Morse, Brewer, Yost,<br />
Schwartz, Haber and Brignoli. <strong>The</strong><br />
winning team was made up of Morse,<br />
Tatum, Iappman and Brignoli.<br />
Tennis.<br />
<strong>The</strong> followers of the racket turned<br />
out in fine style for the Tennis Tourna.<br />
ment. Nearly every class-room had its.<br />
man. <strong>The</strong> games were started promptly<br />
at <strong>10</strong> 130 on Saturday morning, January<br />
25th, and the boys went to work with<br />
plenty of <strong>Lowell</strong> zeal. Gradually, as<br />
the men thinned out, the games grew<br />
fiercer, bringing out championship material.<br />
Gardner played his usual winning<br />
game. <strong>The</strong> work of Beyfuss, Cassell<br />
and Ames was especially commendable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> games resulted as follows:<br />
S. Levy beat M. Eisner 6-0; Beyfuis<br />
beat Maryenski 7-5 ; Blaakenburg won<br />
from Pike by default; Bovard beat Wallace<br />
; Brown beat Speyer 6-4 ; H, Brown<br />
beat Ruggles 8-6; C. Gardner beat L.<br />
Gunst 6-3; Seligwon fromKobbeby default<br />
; Cassell beat Eisner 6-4; Beyfuss<br />
beat Levy 6-3; Gardner beat Beyfuss<br />
6-3; Gardner beat Brown 6-1; Ames<br />
beat Blankenburg 7-5; Cas*dl beat<br />
Selig 6-1; Cassell beat Ames 6-3;<br />
Final, Gardner beat Cassell 6-0.<br />
Thus the team will be made up of<br />
Rosenburgh and Gardner, with Cassell,<br />
substitute.<br />
Baseball V<br />
On Saturday, January 25th, the Baseball<br />
Team journeyed lo St. Matthew's<br />
to play a practice game with the team of<br />
that school.' Two years ago, the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
team returned from the same-school hav-<br />
'ng suffered a c:<br />
hands. <strong>The</strong>refor]<br />
hope of victory<br />
awaited the out<br />
close and excitin<br />
and <strong>Lowell</strong> was<br />
with victory, no<br />
margin by whic<br />
But contrary to<br />
the game proved<br />
tory for <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> batting ofl,«<br />
of De Boom were<br />
for this score. Tl<br />
team this year is<br />
aging. In the fii<br />
against the "In;<br />
they secured eig]<br />
their second gai<br />
less than twenty-tj<br />
Graham secured<br />
ing a home run,<br />
bagger, and two<br />
Spalding'a Athletic<br />
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Ask your rci<br />
niQff else, c<br />
Street, and<br />
Athletic Uniforms th<<br />
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Here is something<br />
Pro<br />
Co<br />
which will be glvei<br />
February 28th. Oi<br />
istt will positively 1<br />
the price of admij<br />
?anjos, andGraebe:<br />
in the Grand Opei;<br />
played during thai<br />
reserved seats at 50I<br />
N. B. <strong>The</strong> 5 '
'ng suffered a crashing defeat at their<br />
hands. <strong>The</strong>refore, it was with a great<br />
hope of victory and revenge that <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
awaited the outcome of the game. A<br />
close and exciting score was expected,<br />
and <strong>Lowell</strong> was prepared to be content<br />
with victory, no matter how small the<br />
margin by which they won might be.<br />
Bat contrary to the expectation of all,<br />
the game proved an overwhelming victory<br />
for <strong>Lowell</strong> by the score of 21 to 3.<br />
<strong>The</strong> batting of <strong>Lowell</strong> and the pitching<br />
of De Boom were principally responsible<br />
for this score. <strong>The</strong> batting of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
team this year is certainly very encouraging.<br />
In the first game of the season<br />
against the " Institute for the Deaf"<br />
they secured eighteen hits, and in this,<br />
their second game, they obtained no<br />
less than twenty-two safeties Of these,<br />
Graham secured five clean hits including<br />
a home run, a three bagger, a two<br />
bagger, and two singles. Scheeline,<br />
THE LOWELL 29<br />
Hamilton, De Beam, and O'Donnell also<br />
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to secure two hits off his delivery.<br />
On the whole, while the game was not<br />
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Matthew was the only team which<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> greatly feared. In fact, <strong>Lowell</strong>'s<br />
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than they have been for years.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> plays the Institute for the Deaf<br />
a return game Saturday, on the grounds<br />
of the latter team, and a victory will<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Scooi<br />
Just as the 5:30 fei<br />
ing Goat Island, Dick!<br />
kick himself nsentall.<br />
a voluble French nur.si<br />
on his seat and asked<br />
little fellow did not fa<br />
she went below to loo!<br />
Emmons had grinned<br />
But with the pier g«<br />
nearer, he was begin]<br />
willingness.<br />
<strong>The</strong> youngster's con:<br />
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"From the cut of<br />
your age is about a qj<br />
began Dick raising a<br />
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say your name is ' Ahj<br />
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" Li you're through<br />
—thanks awfully—I'll<br />
Richard Emmqns, atyoj
VOL. 6. SAN T FRANCISCO. CAL , MAKCH. 1902, <strong>No</strong>. 5<br />
<strong>The</strong> Scoop of the Delta Epsilon Kappas<br />
Just as the 5:30 ferry-boat was rounding<br />
Goat Island, Dick Etumons began to<br />
kick himself mentally for a fool. When<br />
a voluble French nurse had placed a baby<br />
on his seat and asked Dick to see that the<br />
little fellow did not fall overboard, while<br />
she went below to look after the. basket,<br />
Ernmons had grinned a cheerful assent.<br />
But with the pier getting dangerously<br />
nearer, he was beginning to regret his<br />
willingness.<br />
<strong>The</strong> youngster's conversational powers<br />
were limited to the usual baby "goo"<br />
talk, but Dick had a "kid brother" of<br />
his own, so he was wise for his age and<br />
generation.<br />
"From the cut of your jib I guess<br />
your age is about a quarter past two,"<br />
began Dick raising a solemn forefinger,<br />
which the baby at once made a grab for<br />
and began to suck complacently. " You<br />
say your name is ( Ahdoo '—that sounds<br />
like Chinese, but I've a sneaking idea<br />
you're fooling me, and your real name<br />
is Eddie or Albert, or something less<br />
heathenish than Ahdoo."<br />
"If you're through sucking my ringer<br />
—thanks awfully—I'll present myself-—<br />
Richard Emmons, at your service, Junior,<br />
First Prize<br />
2£<br />
,K. C, <strong>The</strong>re's a jinks on at the frat<br />
house to-night and sonny., if you'd ever<br />
been to a D. E. K. smoker, you'd understand<br />
why I'm keen to get back tonight."<br />
1 Ahdoo' evidently did not understand,<br />
for he set up a little »vailt that ended in a<br />
gurgle of delight when Emmons dangled<br />
him ''ride a cock horse to Banbury cross"<br />
fashion.<br />
41 Say,'' asked Emmons. when the baby<br />
was once more sitting contentedly at his<br />
side, "why don't that nurse of yours<br />
come back?" Ahdoo stuck his fist in<br />
Dick's eye for an answer. 4i That's it/'<br />
said Dick, a cold horror settling on him.<br />
"she saw t'je green in my eye. too, and<br />
thought she could work you off on me.<br />
But I'm not such a lobster. I'll give her<br />
two minutes to come back 'and then Pll<br />
duck you overboard."<br />
Ahdoo saw fit to ignore this threat and<br />
calmly played with Dick's match-box.<br />
Dick thought of oil the stories he had<br />
read of unwelcome infants thrust upon<br />
unsuspecting strangers, and groaned.<br />
<strong>The</strong> slip was about two hundred yards<br />
distant when he suddenly hit upon a plan.<br />
He would leave the baby, go below and<br />
in the Story Content.
S I<br />
hunt up the nurse—if he didn't find her—<br />
well, it was no affair of his, and Dick tried<br />
to walk unconcernedly toward the steps.<br />
"Papa 11 came in childish treble, and<br />
the next instant an indignant drone thrust<br />
the baby into Dick's arm : 4 * Just like a<br />
man to forget his own baby, 1 ' she remarked<br />
sarcastically. Blushing hotly,<br />
Dick stumbled down stairs, Ahdoo's<br />
arms clasped softly around his neck.<br />
<strong>The</strong> maid was nowhere to be seen among<br />
the elbowing crowd, impatient to leave<br />
the boat. <strong>No</strong>r coulcl he catch sight of<br />
her cap and apron, though he helplessly<br />
watched the Oakland and Alameda passengers.<br />
Just as the Berkeley train was<br />
pulling out, he jumped on, the baby asleep<br />
in his arms. When the conductor called<br />
out " Berkeley," it was without an<br />
anxious heart, though a crainped arm—<br />
for the baby was heavy—liiat Dick<br />
walked towards his college home.<br />
A square away was a French laundry,<br />
and Dick, who never forgot to sing out a<br />
cheery word in his daily passing, was a<br />
favorite with the good-natured Frenchmen<br />
and the little Gastons and Maries<br />
that swarmed over the place. Surcl}"<br />
they could tuck in another baby somewhere<br />
for one night. After an interchange<br />
of much Franco-American, Dick<br />
made it clear to Madame Gallois, that it<br />
was not a bundle of soiled clothes, but a<br />
real live baby he wished her to take.<br />
" Mon dieu ! zat is a new stunt I''' exclaimed<br />
Madame. She had lived ten<br />
years in the college town so that her<br />
English vocabulary was confined to<br />
siring expressions picked up from the<br />
boys. But though he used the vernacular,<br />
sprinkled with the little French, at<br />
his comniaud, Madame would not listen.<br />
Even bts last dollar proffered, pleadingly<br />
did not make a dent in her resolution.<br />
"Ah, la, la, la,—I know you bad boys<br />
up some tricks.*' She shut the door in<br />
his face with a laugh and Dick heard the<br />
key turn.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
It was now nearly seven and very<br />
dark.<br />
"It's up to me, 1 * groaned Emmons;<br />
" I'll have to see it through, I guess/'<br />
As he neared the fraternity bouse, the<br />
clatter of dishes told that his fellows were<br />
still in the dining room. He waited until<br />
Sam, the Chinese cook, was in the pantry,<br />
then like a thief he stole into the<br />
kitchen, ran up the back stairs and into<br />
his room. Luckily his room mate was<br />
away, so if the baby only would sleep<br />
peacefully there was some hope he would<br />
get it out of the house in the early morning<br />
and escape the banterings of his comrades<br />
should they discover his dilemma..<br />
<strong>The</strong> baby interrupted these hopeful reflections<br />
by waking up and beginning to<br />
whimper.<br />
" <strong>No</strong>ne of that, sonny," muttered Dick,<br />
in a low, thick voice, that startled the<br />
child into quiet. "I've stood by you<br />
through thick and thin, and it's not very<br />
decent of you to squeal now." Ahdoo<br />
blinked tearfully, then wailed again.<br />
"It's hunger," said Dick, "my own<br />
tummy tells me that. Thank goodness,<br />
those Indians are making such a racket<br />
down stairs, they can't hear you if you<br />
do exercise yout lungs a bit. I'll make<br />
a sneak for some milk."<br />
<strong>The</strong> baby drank the milk and cracker<br />
and even showed a willingness to dispose<br />
of some of Dick's mince pie. But a •vision<br />
of his own little brother after a pie<br />
orgy,-"stayed-Dick's generous impulse.<br />
" 'Spose I'd better undress the kid,"<br />
ruefully soliloquized Dick, and he clumsily<br />
set about the task of taking off the<br />
baby's things. Even to his untrained<br />
masculine eye the apparel seemed costly<br />
and fine. <strong>The</strong> baby squirmed under the<br />
operation of being folded into Dick's<br />
pajama jacket, but once iu bed, he rolled .<br />
over and was soon sleeping soundly.<br />
Ten minutes later Emmons nonchalantly<br />
strolled in the front door, his explanation<br />
being that he had missed the<br />
.'• 4<br />
t<br />
m ^<br />
early boat. 3b<br />
guests came am<br />
tobacco smoke, n<br />
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"Stein Song,<br />
the boys, and Die]<br />
was always demai<br />
led to the piano,<br />
ond verse, there<br />
wailing sound, th;<br />
cat—but the song<br />
"Cats—scat! g<br />
Dick hugged rue<br />
tried to finish. B 1<br />
terrupted, and tJ<br />
sprang to then* fe<br />
"By Jove! !<br />
"sounds like a cat<br />
the bed rooms."<br />
Bob made a dash ft<br />
thing on the stai;<br />
power to move or<br />
stant he found, his<br />
came piling into th<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a littta<br />
the stairs, one hand<br />
ister rails and the!<br />
pajama jacket<br />
faces, he gave a how<br />
have toppled over<br />
little chap and carri<br />
<strong>The</strong> baby was nc (<br />
suddenly his eyeiit<br />
a joyful cry of "pa<br />
arms to Dick, who<br />
took the child. ^P<br />
igain. Dick coltaj<br />
while the boys peppi<br />
tions.<br />
"See here/ 1 he<br />
as well own up about<br />
it into the house<br />
ceeded to relate h<br />
Ahdoo. "Idon'tknj<br />
youngster belongs toj<br />
fellows need amasa<br />
guess the D. E.'K's.<br />
"But pelting: him
early boat. Shortly after the invited<br />
guests came and through a haze of<br />
tobacco smoke, rollicking songs tripped<br />
on the heels of side splitting stories<br />
"Stein Song, Stein Song" chorused,<br />
the boys, and Dick, whose rich baritone<br />
was always demanded for this song, was<br />
led to the piano. At the end of the second<br />
verse, there was heard a peculiar<br />
wailing sound, that might have been a<br />
cat—bat the song died on Dick's lips<br />
" Cats—scat! goon " the boys cried.<br />
Dick hugged the hope to his bosom and<br />
tried to finish. But again those cries interrupted,<br />
and this time several boys<br />
sprang to their feet.<br />
"By Jove!" Bob Jones exclaimed,<br />
" sounds like a cat had gotten into on^ of<br />
the bed rooms.' 1 <strong>The</strong> cries came nearer.<br />
Bob made a dash for the hall. But something<br />
on the stairs robbed him of the<br />
power to move or speak. <strong>The</strong> next instant<br />
he found his voice and all the boys<br />
came piling into the hall.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a little child toddling down<br />
the stairs, one hand clutching at the banister<br />
rails and the other holding up a<br />
pajama jacket At sight of all those<br />
faces, he gave a howl, let go, and would<br />
have toppled over but Jones caught the<br />
little chap and carried him into the room<br />
<strong>The</strong> baby was now yelling lustily, but<br />
suddenly his eye lit on Enimons and with<br />
a joyful cry of "papa" he held out his<br />
arms to Dick, who glowered fiercely, but<br />
took the child. ' 4 Papa ! '* cried the baby<br />
again. Dick collapsed in an armchair,<br />
while the boys peppered him with questions.<br />
"See here," he sputtered, "I might<br />
as well own up about this kid. I sneaked<br />
it into th;* house myself." and he proceeded<br />
to relate his experience with<br />
Ahdoo. " I don't know who the blamed<br />
youngster belongs to, but if any of you<br />
fellows need a mascot for your frat, I<br />
guess the D. E. K's. are willing."<br />
11 But pelting him with raillery—" Are<br />
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there any more at borne like it ? " : 'Here*s<br />
to Etumons, walking the floor with Dickie<br />
Jr. And singing 'Where did you get<br />
that kid ? " <strong>The</strong> guests linked arms,<br />
marched out of the house and left Dick<br />
to the mercy of the D. E. K's<br />
# * * *<br />
When Harold Fletcher, an Alpha Delta,<br />
reached his room he found Phil Cook, his<br />
room mate, snoring pearefully.<br />
"Wake up, Cookie, old man/ 1 said<br />
Fletcher poking him, "and 1*11 tell you<br />
the joke of the season M His hilarity<br />
made Cook sit up.<br />
"Well." he rejoined sleepily, it must<br />
be a fine joke to be worthy waking a fellow<br />
up for.* 1<br />
"It certainly is! Ha, ha!"<br />
" Hm !" snorted Cook and turned over<br />
again,<br />
"Ha, ha!" roared Fletcher, pulling<br />
off his shoes<br />
Bang ! came a pillow from Cook, others<br />
following in its track, and by the time his<br />
ammunition was reduced to the mattress,<br />
Fletcher was in condition to tell the story<br />
of Dick Emrnons bringing a baby to the<br />
D. E. K. house.<br />
'Jove I " cried Cook, jumping out of<br />
bed and piling into his clothes, " Fletcher,<br />
you've given me a tip on the biggest<br />
scoop that ever happened in this jay<br />
town <strong>The</strong> Examiner '11 raise me large<br />
chunks of salary for landing this/ 1 and<br />
before Fletcher realized it. the front door<br />
banged and Coo& was hurrying toward<br />
the telegraph office.<br />
Phil Cook was the college reporter for<br />
the Examiner, but heretofore his details<br />
had been confined to the conventional<br />
college happenings-. Like all the other<br />
city dailies, when there was a big story<br />
in Berkeley, a special man was sent over<br />
by the Examiner to do the case.<br />
Earlier that same evening a reporter<br />
and an artist l*zd walked in on Cook and<br />
told him the news of a ts^sterious kidnaping<br />
of the baby son of Mr. Hill, the
ailroad magnate. "We've traced the<br />
child to Berkeley," said the reporter,<br />
"but we've lost, the trail. "You're on<br />
your own ground here, Cook, and you<br />
ought to be able to help us. Your reputation<br />
is made with the chief if we can<br />
land this story."<br />
Cook had tried his mightiest but not a<br />
clue could they find. <strong>The</strong> men had gone<br />
back to the city on the last boat, satisfied<br />
that it was a false clue that had pointed<br />
to Berkeley as the hiding place of the<br />
missing child.<br />
<strong>The</strong> knowledge that he had found the<br />
child, for he felt sure that the D. E. K.<br />
baby was the missing son of Mr Hill,<br />
sent shivers of delight through Cook.<br />
He would not be regarded in the office<br />
as a scrub college reporter after this.<br />
<strong>The</strong> absence of all light in the telegraph<br />
office brought him back to reality with a<br />
jar. It was too late to telegraph his<br />
scoop—but there was still the telephone<br />
office and he rushed madly for that, startling<br />
the sleepy operator out of her chair.<br />
11 Give me the city editor" called Cook<br />
when he was connected with the office.<br />
' IIc!!o ! Tve got a bij; story. Iv'e<br />
4 'Too late 1 ' cut ia the voice at the<br />
other end, " we're on the presses now."<br />
and there was the click of a phone hanging<br />
up.<br />
•Connect me again" roared Cook to<br />
the, operator. This time be yelled his<br />
news without any preamble into the surprised<br />
ears of the editor.<br />
*'Kold the line/ 1 came back in excited<br />
tones, while Cook could hear the editor<br />
giving orders to hold the front page for<br />
a top head<br />
M What does the fraternity want with<br />
the money?" came from the other end.<br />
"Money," Cook vaguely repeated,<br />
"what money?"<br />
•'Why, the ransom of course/' thuu<br />
dered the editor, irritated at the precious<br />
noments he was losing.<br />
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•'Why, I don't know about that"<br />
Cook faltered, but an imprecation muttered<br />
at the other end gave him au inspiration.<br />
"Good, good," answered the editor<br />
and hung up.<br />
But when Cook, half an hour later,<br />
crept noiselessly into bed, without awakening<br />
Fletcher, he was not so sure that<br />
his inspiration was wise.<br />
# * * *<br />
"Ahdoo," said Dick Em icons, the<br />
next morning, "you're a gentleman and<br />
a scholar. I quite approve of you,<br />
though I don't go so much on that nurse<br />
of yours. But you've gone lip ten in. my<br />
estimation for sleeping like a top, instead<br />
of kicking up a fuss. I don't know just<br />
which part of your clothing goes on<br />
what, but we'll make a stagger at it,<br />
sonny."<br />
Ahdoo was seated at the head of the<br />
breakfast table and the D, E. K.'s were<br />
so taken up with him. that they overlooked<br />
the morning paper until the<br />
Chinaman poked it under Jones' eyes.<br />
4 * Good Lord, boys " he yelled, ''look<br />
at this!' 1 <strong>The</strong>re, in screeching blackface<br />
type, clear across the front page was<br />
printed:<br />
3:30 A. M. AFTER WRITING THE FOL-<br />
LOWING ACCOUNT THE IDENTITY OF<br />
THE KIDNAPPER OP LITTLE ADOLPH<br />
HILL WAS DISCOVERED BY AN SXAMI*<br />
NHR CORRESPONDENT. JUST BEFORE<br />
GOING TO PRESS THIS PAPER POSITIVE.<br />
LY ASCERTAINED THAT THE MISSING<br />
CHILD IS BEING HELD BY THE DELTA<br />
EPSII.ON KAPPA FRATERNITY OF THR<br />
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. RICHARD<br />
HMMONS, A PROMINENT MEMBER. OF<br />
THE FRATERNITY, IS THH CULPRIT WHO<br />
SNATCHED THE CHILD FROM ITS NORSE<br />
ON THE FEKKYBOAT. IT IS SUPPOSED<br />
THAT THEY STOLE THE CHILD IN THE<br />
HOPE OF RECEIVING ENOUGH RANSOM<br />
TO BUILD A NSW FRATERNITY HOUSE.<br />
Below followed an interview with the<br />
nurse who declared that, while taking<br />
the child to meet his father, just returning<br />
from a long trip, some one on the<br />
ferry boat had snatched him from her<br />
-";§<br />
t<br />
arms ; the distr<br />
was painted ; and<br />
tectives. all agr<<br />
the motive, filled<br />
<strong>The</strong> other mi<br />
practically the sa;<br />
appearance of the<br />
aminer disct»<br />
the baby and the<br />
posed kidnappers.<br />
Before the boys<br />
the account the d(<br />
tie "Ahdoo" was<br />
arms, while the<br />
ial air was swept<br />
joy.<br />
•' You'll have to<br />
detective, after the;<br />
EmmoDs' story and<br />
her arms around<br />
him before all tl<br />
you are telling the<br />
to confront the nun<br />
<strong>The</strong> French mi<br />
pletely and confess<br />
ted with friends on<br />
too late to find her<br />
* *<br />
*' Brace up, Coo]<br />
Alpha Deltas, "it<br />
the paper missed ii<br />
business. You foui<br />
and that was the<br />
landed a scoop, an<<br />
the D. E. Ks."<br />
But when the D.I<br />
ceived a handsome<br />
with a note fcopin<br />
money " would bui]<br />
house in Berkeley,<br />
after ail, "Ahdoo''<br />
Xappa scoop<br />
Report of Corn*<br />
Story Co*<br />
<strong>The</strong> committee<br />
LOW&LZ. Maaagerne]
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arms ; the distracted parents* distress<br />
was painted ; and the theories of the detectives,<br />
all agreeing that ransom was<br />
the motive, filled the rest »f the page.<br />
<strong>The</strong> other morning papers printed<br />
jjractically the same account of the disappearance<br />
of the child, but only the Examiner<br />
discovered the whereabouts of<br />
the baby and the identity of the supjK>sed<br />
kidnappers.<br />
Before the boys had finished reading<br />
the account the doorbell sounded and little<br />
"Ahdoo" was safe in his mother's<br />
arms, while the railroad magnate's otficia!<br />
air was swept away by his parental<br />
joy.<br />
" You'll have to come along," said the<br />
detective, aftsr they had listened to Dick<br />
Emmons' story and Mrs. Hill had thrown<br />
her arms around his neck and kissed<br />
him before all the boys. " Of course<br />
you are telling the truth, but you 11 have<br />
to confront the nurse with your story."<br />
<strong>The</strong> French maid broke down completeh<br />
and confessed that she had chatled<br />
with friends on the lower deck until<br />
too late to find her neglected charge.<br />
* * * *<br />
'Brace t!p( Cookie, old boy, 11 said the<br />
Alpha Deltas, "it wasn't your fault that<br />
the paper missed its guess on the ransom<br />
business. You found the kid for them<br />
and that was the big thing. You've<br />
landed a scoop, and it's a rich joke on<br />
the D. E. Ks."<br />
But when the D. E. K fraternity received<br />
a handsome check from Mr. Hill,<br />
with a note hoping that the tl ransom<br />
money " would build the finest chapter<br />
house in Berkeley, it was decided that,<br />
after all, "Ahdoo M was a Delta Epsilon<br />
Kappa scoop<br />
BERTINK WOLLENHERG, *O2.<br />
Report of Committee on Prize<br />
Story Competition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> committee appointed by the<br />
Management to decide upon<br />
the relative merits of the stories submitted,<br />
presents herewith a partial report.<br />
<strong>The</strong> competition we consider to<br />
have been a very successful undertaking.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stories handed iu (over<br />
twenvy in number) were especially<br />
credi table considering the comparatively<br />
short time allowed for their composition.<br />
At least half of tbem are of more<br />
merit than the average story in the<br />
average issue of the LOWELL- With a<br />
few more contests of this kind the<br />
editors would doubtless ac^cire a stock<br />
of matter that would do tuttcb towcrd<br />
solving the problems of their position.<br />
<strong>The</strong> judges regret that a full report<br />
cannot be presented at this time. Each<br />
one of them has made it bis business to<br />
read carefully all the stories submitted.<br />
Upon cotring together to cast their<br />
votes, it was found that all three were<br />
independently at agreement as regards<br />
the awarding of the first prize. However,<br />
It was found that there was sufficient<br />
difference of opinion respecting<br />
the otLer two prizes to render advisable<br />
a re reading of the next best six or eight<br />
stories. This re-reading th* committee<br />
has been unable to do in the brief tiuze<br />
allowed for its decision, and they accordingly,<br />
in justice to all concerned,<br />
feel that they cannot yet make a complete<br />
report.<br />
<strong>The</strong> awards of the second and the<br />
third prize will accordingly be announced<br />
in the nest issue of tbeLowsix,<br />
at which time also something may be<br />
said as to tbe points of excellence in<br />
subject or composition npon which a<br />
decision of this kind must always be<br />
based.<br />
As a matter of suggestion to some of<br />
the writers who, following the lead of<br />
numerous cheap magazines of the day,<br />
have gone far afield in tbe selection of<br />
their subjects and the manner in which<br />
they arc treated, it might be noted<br />
that the undisputed winner of tbe first
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prize has placed bet story in a purely<br />
local atmosphere and treated it in a<br />
thoroughly natural and easy way. For<br />
these and ether obvious reasons the<br />
committee is pleased to announce as the<br />
winner of the first prize, Miss Bertioe<br />
Wolletiberg, in a story of Berkeley life<br />
entitled, "<strong>The</strong> Scoop of the Delta<br />
Henry F. Ashtoa was a well-known<br />
Boston lawyer and by his practice had<br />
accumulated a large fortune, with which<br />
he and his wife li??d comfortably together<br />
<strong>The</strong>y had an only son, Frank,<br />
the pride of their hearts, who was all<br />
that they rould wisb except that he<br />
lacked somewhat that quality of selfassertion,<br />
although he was by no means<br />
a coward. In his characteristics, Frank<br />
was directly the opposite of his father<br />
in nearly all respects, inheriting his<br />
mother's nature. From early childhood<br />
he had been of a retiring disposition,<br />
extremely =earitivcf asd r-ccscd to dislike<br />
pushing himself forward to any<br />
publicity whatsoever. In school when<br />
he was teased or bullied he submitted,<br />
refusing to fight back, if he could possibly<br />
do so. His father, a stern and exacting<br />
man, not accustomed to bend to<br />
the wishes of others, secretly hoped that<br />
Frank would overcome his timidity In<br />
tLc course of time, es he wished to band<br />
down to him the practice he bad so successfully<br />
built up, atid accordingly Frank<br />
had always the ***st education possible,<br />
botli physical and inoral. In endeavoring<br />
to help Frank along and make a man<br />
of him, Mr. Ashton bad been somewhat<br />
too severe and thoughtless at times,<br />
causing Frank to be a trifle a/raid of<br />
him, which estranged the son from the<br />
father as time went on, although deep<br />
down in his heart there was a father's<br />
A Serious Joke.<br />
Epsikm Kappas."<br />
Respectfully submitted to the managers<br />
and readers of the LOWELL,—<br />
C. C. YOUNG<br />
TRACY R. KBXXBY<br />
P. E. PERHAH<br />
Committee of Award.<br />
love for his son and an earnest and loving<br />
regard for Frank's welfare Neither<br />
Mr. Ashton nor Frank realized the truth<br />
of this estrangement, until in Kter years,<br />
Mr. Ashton had great cause for regret<br />
Frank stead well in his studies, &?a<br />
as the time came for him to enter college,<br />
he dreaded the ordeal somewV.t,as be<br />
bad heard some exaggerated or extreme<br />
stories of hazing- At his father's command,<br />
however, he went and at first<br />
got along well except that he was occasionally<br />
jeered at for his lack of spirit.<br />
Once he created dislike fc* breaking op<br />
a scheittl O'L wild hkuiii% on u fcliow<br />
student, as he felt that it was his duty<br />
and no great excitement or publicity<br />
ccnld result. His enemies resolved on<br />
revcug? and consequently, one day as<br />
Frank was walking alone and farther<br />
from the college than usual, a band of<br />
hazers, surrounding him, forced him to<br />
follow them to a seclnded place near by*<br />
Here they met a similar band who had<br />
brought another victim to the same spot.<br />
This other victim, whom Frank recognized<br />
as a student named Terrill, held a<br />
slight frudge against liisn because of<br />
a former quarrel over some trifle. <strong>The</strong><br />
hazers knew this and by various remarks<br />
and taunts forced Tcrxill to f iUcfc bis<br />
opponent. All Frank could do wa* to<br />
defend himself and the fight commenced.<br />
Neither were good fighters but Frank<br />
was quicker on his feet than his oppon-<br />
1<br />
t, and besides th<<br />
which added to<br />
spectators. Once<br />
opponent a good<br />
and fell. It hap]<br />
struck his head 01<br />
dtr^d nncoascions<br />
ing the crowd to ,<br />
the same time pr<br />
approaching Aft<br />
and excitement<br />
she leader of the<br />
and solemn tone:<br />
"Dead! Yes,<br />
Frank Ash ton,<br />
<strong>The</strong> effect on<br />
He lost his nerve<br />
withont stopping<br />
was ssyiug.<br />
"Dead? Oh, no<br />
dead. I did not till<br />
made me doit.'<br />
He hurled malt:<br />
accusing them of<br />
<strong>The</strong> crowd, bavicj<br />
taught to acquiesce<br />
all things, slowly<br />
Terrill* still uocon]<br />
Ju*t before Frank<br />
leader turned to hii<br />
" A*htoa, I knOTr<br />
to kill aim. We<br />
accident aad st> it<br />
<strong>No</strong> blame will be h<br />
Frank, on being<br />
&whtle between<br />
then walked quick);<br />
eyes gazing wildly<br />
been allowed to go<br />
the event, for if he<br />
have seen that the<br />
merely temporary,,<br />
lieved what he had<br />
as if it n*4 been tbe<br />
soon aa he had rea<<br />
vrrote a short letter fc<br />
him that he had<br />
college and wished
mm<br />
'"in<br />
ent, and besides the ground was slippery<br />
which added to the amusement of the<br />
spectators. Once when Frank gave his<br />
opponent a good blow, Terrill slipped<br />
and fell. It happened that in falling he<br />
struck his head ou a rock and was rendered<br />
unconscious for a short time, causing<br />
the crowd to gather around him at<br />
the same time preventing Frank from<br />
approaching. After much murmuring<br />
and excitement tliere was silence and<br />
the leader of the hazers ..said in a low<br />
and solemn tone:<br />
" Dead ! Yes, dead to the world! and<br />
Frank Ashton, you have killed him."<br />
<strong>The</strong> effect on Frank was startling.<br />
He lost his nerve completely, and spoke<br />
without stopping to think of what he<br />
was saying.<br />
t4 Dead? Oh, no! don't tell me he is<br />
dead. I did not kill him—no I no! you<br />
made me do it."<br />
He hurled maledictions against ttx-i,<br />
accusing them of the terrible crime.<br />
<strong>The</strong> crowd, having being previously<br />
taught to acquiesce with their leader in<br />
all things, slowly walked away, bearing<br />
Terrill, still unconscious, with them.<br />
Just before Frank was left alone, the<br />
leader turned to him and said:<br />
lt Ashton, I know you did not intend<br />
to kill him. We all knew it was an<br />
accident and so it shall be reported.<br />
<strong>No</strong> blame will be laid on you.*'<br />
Frank, on being left alone, brooded<br />
awhile between anger and remorse, and<br />
then walked quickly to his room, his<br />
eyes gazing wildly about. He had not<br />
been allowed to go near Terrill, during<br />
the event, for if he had, he surely would<br />
have seen that the unconsciousness wa^<br />
merely temporary, and so he really believed<br />
what he had been told/end acted<br />
as if it had been the dreadful truth. As<br />
soon as he had reached his room, he<br />
wrote a short letter to his father, telling<br />
him that he had had some trouble at<br />
college and wished to return home im-<br />
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mediately. While waiting for an answer,<br />
he prepared most of his clothes for<br />
departure and kept to his room during<br />
the interval. In a day, which seemed a<br />
month to him, he received his father's<br />
reply and found he had misplaced his<br />
hope. Mr. Ashton, who supposed that<br />
his son's trouble was of small consequence<br />
as it had generally been, wrote a<br />
stern and peremptory letter, ordering<br />
Frank to stay at college and finish<br />
his education under all circumstances.<br />
Meanwhile Frank had received a short<br />
note from the leader of the hazers, saying<br />
that the matter had been entirely<br />
hushed up and no one suspected him of<br />
the crime. But it was not a thing to be<br />
taken lightly by a boy whose nature<br />
was that of Frank's, and as he could not<br />
go home and face his father, and the<br />
surroundings caused the event to brood<br />
upon his mind so much that he could<br />
not stay where he was, there was only<br />
one course left open to him. <strong>The</strong> next<br />
day he was missed by his friends and his<br />
parents were notified.<br />
His father and mother were distracted<br />
with grief, his father more especially as<br />
he blamed himself for his son's disaptrance.<br />
Although, they were overcoii<br />
r v^ith sorrow, nothing that could<br />
be
IO<br />
wished to write oace to their son, that<br />
he would be in a certain place within a<br />
certain time. <strong>The</strong> address given was a<br />
town in South America, and just enough<br />
time was allowed for a letter to go and<br />
come. <strong>The</strong> letter also said that if word<br />
was not received in the time stated, their<br />
son would never be heard of again. Both<br />
father and mother wrote at once, besides<br />
sending agents down to bring Frank<br />
home, and begged him with all the language<br />
in their power to return home at<br />
once. But fate was again against them.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ship, which brought the letter up,<br />
was unavoidably delayed for a few days,<br />
and Frank did not receive his parents'<br />
letter and was never heard of again for<br />
many years.<br />
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Long afterwards, Dr. Felton, an intimate<br />
friend of the Ashtons and who had<br />
known Frank since childhood, was traveling<br />
in Europe. At a dinner given by<br />
some of his American friends at Paris,<br />
he met a brilliant and handsome young<br />
man, called Lewis. He pondered to<br />
himself concerning the man, wondering<br />
where he had seen his face before. Presently<br />
he thought of Frank Ashton and<br />
the more he thought of it the more<br />
he became convinced of his identity,<br />
although time had changed his features<br />
much. He invited Lewis to his rooms,<br />
enjoying his company and brilliant talk.<br />
<strong>The</strong> likeness preyed on his mind and<br />
finally one day in the midst of a conversation<br />
he suddenly said :<br />
"I know you muat be Frank Ashton !<br />
If you are, for God's sake, tell me so."<br />
Lewis was visibly startled, and seeing<br />
that concealment was no longer possible,<br />
broke down completely, confessing that<br />
he was the same Frank Ashton. Felton<br />
gave vent to his joy and then told him<br />
of the sorrow he hid caused. Ke said<br />
that the leader of the hazers had gone to<br />
Mr. Ashton and confessed the foul trick.<br />
He told Frank that Terrill was still alive<br />
and how he had been deceived. Lastly<br />
and worst of all, he told Frank that his<br />
father was dying and that it was plainly<br />
his duty to return home immediately.<br />
Frank then saw his folly and the trick<br />
that had been played upon him. He<br />
promised to hasten home and Felton<br />
wrote the joyous news of his coming,<br />
Frank arrived when his father was<br />
dangerously sick and was forgiven for<br />
his madness in running away. Frank's<br />
return was the btst medicine possible<br />
and bis father mended rapidly and lived<br />
a few years longer. He saw that time<br />
had accomplished for his son what he<br />
could never do. Frank was now a fine,<br />
brilliant man with no lack of selfassertion<br />
and strength of character.<br />
His father always blamed himself for<br />
Frank's running away, but the experience<br />
he had gained was something<br />
that he never could have obtained at<br />
home. He succeeded to his father's<br />
practice and became in time one of the<br />
ablest lawyers in Massachusetts.<br />
A. AMES, '02.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hying Minstrel.<br />
William Black, the well known American<br />
minstrel and singer, died last night<br />
in a Chicago hotel, of cancer of the<br />
throat, contracted by incessant smoking.<br />
He leaves a large fortune of more than<br />
five hundred thousand dollars which<br />
will go to the State treasury as he had<br />
neither wife, children nor relatives in the<br />
country and no will has been found.<br />
He will be buried tomorrow afternoon<br />
at the N Cemetery.S. F. Daily<br />
News.<br />
Billy Black lay dying in a Chicago<br />
hotel surrounded by all that wealth<br />
could buy. As he tossed restlessly on<br />
his bed in the darkened room, he reviewed<br />
in his mind all the deeds of his t<br />
iife, and unconciou:<br />
brightened as he thoi<br />
deidsof his youth ai<br />
he had done nothing<br />
had to feel ashamed,<br />
years of his life, In<br />
name and a fortune<br />
his acting; hehadgaj<br />
fortune by his OWJ<br />
though it must be<br />
tune—that much soi<br />
had guarded his ini<br />
"What more can<br />
soliloquized* and noi<br />
but he did not fear<br />
then, does he He th(<br />
restless? He has<br />
children for whom<br />
made; every comfoi<br />
whole soul is filled wi<br />
if I could only see mj<br />
again for the last til<br />
could die in peace; if<br />
them sing, watch th<<br />
die happy." In his<br />
and his nurse came t<<br />
bed, and said to him<br />
"What is it you w<<br />
minstrel show? <strong>The</strong>n<br />
at present. What! hi<br />
your room? Well, wel<br />
the request of a sick<br />
your death blow: the<br />
ment would kill you, 1<br />
ously, when she realizj<br />
"Bring them here, bj<br />
he cried, raising hims<<br />
''bring them here," h<<br />
see them, hea-r—thsank<br />
down on the pillcj<br />
the effort and the excii<br />
<strong>The</strong> nurse carefully<br />
him his medicine, and<br />
come quiet, told him<br />
minstrel company of<br />
bad opened up at th|<br />
with flushed face he li;<br />
she hi I promised to set
THE LOWELL<br />
life, and unconciously his pale face<br />
brightened as he thought that in all the<br />
de:ds of his youth and of his manhood<br />
he had done nothing of which he really<br />
had to feel ashamed. In the fifty-three<br />
years of his life, he had achieved a<br />
name and a fortune by his voice and<br />
his acting; he had gained this name and<br />
fortune by his own unaided efforts,<br />
though it must be confessed that Fortune—that<br />
much sought for goddess—<br />
had guarded his interests.<br />
''What more can man wish for?" he<br />
soliloquized, and now, he was dying;<br />
but he did not fear death. But why,<br />
then, does he lie there on his bed, so<br />
restless ? He has neither wife nor<br />
children for whom provision must be<br />
made; every comfort is his, yet his<br />
whole soul is filled with longing. "Ob<br />
if I could only see my fellow minstrels<br />
again for the last time, then, indeed, I<br />
could die in peace; if I could only hear<br />
them sing, watch them dance, I could<br />
die happy." In his grief he cried out,<br />
and his nurse came to the side of his<br />
bed, and said to him gently :<br />
"What is it you were saying about a<br />
minstrel show? <strong>The</strong>re is one in the city<br />
at present. What! bring them up to<br />
your room? Well, well, that sounds like<br />
the request of a sick man. It would be<br />
your death blow: the noise and excitement<br />
would kill you," she added seriously,<br />
when she realized his earnestness.<br />
"Bring them here, bring them here 1 !"<br />
he. cried, raising himself upon his elbow,<br />
4 'bring them here," he pleaded, "let me<br />
see them, hea-r—th-e-m—'' and he<br />
sank down on the pillows, exhausted by<br />
the effort and the excitement.<br />
<strong>The</strong> nurse carefully covered him, gave<br />
him his medicine, and when he had becoiue<br />
quiet, told him that the famous<br />
minstrel company of George Parkman,<br />
had opened up at the Opera House;<br />
with flushed face he listened, and when<br />
she hi 1 promised to see the manager of<br />
the company, he rested easier and soon<br />
fell into an "neasy sleep.<br />
* * * * *<br />
After Parkman had greeted his dying<br />
friend (they had once, years ago, been<br />
partners in a minstrel organization), and<br />
told him of his pain and sorrow on thus<br />
meeting a fellow-artist whom he had<br />
not seen for many years, he aaid to him:<br />
"<strong>No</strong>w, old man, is there anything<br />
that I can do for you before, be—now?"<br />
And Elack answered, speaking with<br />
difficulty, "George, I know it is much<br />
that I ask of you, but it is my dying<br />
request,"—he stopped for breath—<br />
"If it Is within my power it is<br />
granted, 1 ' answered Parkman.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n Will cried out, "Pick out your<br />
finest minstrels, bring them here, and<br />
let them dance and sing for me, then—<br />
then—I will die happy 1"<br />
* * * * *<br />
What would the dying minstrel have<br />
given to have been able to join in with<br />
the chosen minstrels, as they sang his<br />
favorite song,—<br />
"Oh, we are artists of the cork so gay,<br />
A merry, merry life we lead,<br />
We take all day to spend our pay.<br />
And for banks we have no need,"<br />
<strong>The</strong> dying minstrel's eyes sparkled<br />
with delight as he watched the movements<br />
of the dancers. His thoughts<br />
went back to the time when he had<br />
danced as they now were doing, when<br />
he had made a name and fortune. He<br />
sat propped up in bis bed and gazed at<br />
them, his face flushed with pleasure and<br />
excitement. <strong>The</strong> dancers exerted themselves<br />
to do their best; realizing the<br />
pleasure they were affording the patient,<br />
as well as the oddity of the situation.<br />
Imagine a large, handsomely furnished<br />
room, in one corner the bed of the dying<br />
man, near the doort the nurse and doctor,<br />
and in the center of the room, six blackened<br />
minstrels doing their turn as if<br />
before the footlights !
I<br />
m<br />
Parfcman, the manager, sat by the foot<br />
of the bed. Fifteen minutes, thirty<br />
minutes passed in this way, and no<br />
change in the condition of Black. But<br />
soon his shining eyes began to fade» his<br />
face paled and he slipped down upon<br />
his pillow. Parkman made a sign to<br />
his performers, who quietly left the<br />
room. Black made au attempt to speak<br />
bat failed. He smiled feebly, pressed<br />
the hand of his friend, and with dimming<br />
eyes gently slipped from the present<br />
into the great unknown beyond.<br />
* * * * *<br />
<strong>The</strong> few who attended the funeral of<br />
Billy Black wondered at that happy exrression<br />
on his quiet face—the expression<br />
so seldom found on the face of those<br />
who have passed away.<br />
E. HARTMAN, '02.<br />
Ji Timely Picture.<br />
1.<br />
<strong>The</strong> great world of London was in a<br />
state of intense excitement. Newsboys<br />
were selling extras which told how on<br />
the preceding night the dead body of<br />
Charles Brown, a respectable business<br />
man. had been found where he had evidently<br />
been murdered, in a small alley, a<br />
few blocks from his residence in Hackney.<br />
Near the body the police had<br />
found a small antique Turkish dagger.<br />
It had fresh blood stains upon it, and<br />
this, together with the character of the<br />
wounds found upon the body, served to<br />
show how the murderer had done his<br />
work. It appeared that he had attacked<br />
his victim unaware from behind ; and<br />
although the number of wounds inflicted<br />
and the condition of the ground showed<br />
there bad been something of a struggle,<br />
it must have been a noiseless one, for no<br />
one could be found who had heard any<br />
outcry. <strong>The</strong> murderer had been able to<br />
escape without being seen or heard by<br />
any one, leaving as the only clew by<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
which the police might hope to trace<br />
him, the dagger which he had dropped<br />
in his haste to get away.<br />
<strong>The</strong> police had arrested on suspicion<br />
Thomas Johnson, living in Kensington,<br />
the head clerk in the wholesale hoube of<br />
Dawson & Company, where the deceased<br />
was also employed. He was staid, honest<br />
and temperate, and although a man<br />
of somewhat unsociable and sullen disposition,<br />
and of a violent temper when<br />
provoked, none of his acquaintances<br />
thought him capable of the awful deed<br />
of which he was accused.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were, however, certain circumstances<br />
that were hard to explain upon<br />
any other hypothesis than that of his<br />
guilt. He and the dead man had had a<br />
quarrel a few hours before the murder,<br />
resulting in a scuffle in which Johnson<br />
was worsted and he had left for home<br />
vowing vengeance. Johnson's landlord<br />
identified the weapon found near the<br />
body as an ornament which had hung on<br />
the wall in Johnson's room, and which<br />
was no longer in its accustomed place.<br />
He gave information to the effect that he<br />
had seen said man leave his lodgings in a<br />
highly excited frame of mind about half<br />
past seven in the evening and return in<br />
a great hurry about half past ten.<br />
Johnson at first took his arrest rather<br />
coolly, but when he read the papers and<br />
saw how strongly all the circumstances<br />
pointed to his guilt, his coolness gave<br />
place to consternation and then to despair.<br />
He had about reached this last<br />
condition when he had a call from a gentleman<br />
who introduced himself as Mr.<br />
William Smith, a barrister.<br />
He was a man of about thirty-five or<br />
forty, industrious, patient^ and (to use a<br />
popular expression) had a "long head. ri<br />
His one great maxim was "A case is<br />
never hopeless." If a man had an apparently<br />
difficult one, he was always advised<br />
to go to Smith. After introducing<br />
himself, he said :<br />
•.'V<br />
" Mr. Johnson, I<br />
case in the newspape;<br />
it over, I have com<br />
that you must be inn<br />
to offer you my legal<br />
hope of any comperi<br />
the pleasure I will e*<br />
an innocent man "<br />
"I thank you ve]<br />
kind offer," replied tJ<br />
"I do not hesitate to<br />
not fail to repay you<br />
tunity."<br />
11 How did you sp<br />
murder ? " asked the'<br />
ney.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> newspapers:<br />
formed you that I bej<br />
ing-house in Kensiuj<br />
employed as head cl<br />
Dawson & Company<br />
have been unfriendli<br />
maii, a bookkeeper a]<br />
and to his assistai<br />
During the day BroW<br />
solent to me. I rep<br />
and he struck me ii<br />
me down. This natu<br />
angry, and I started<br />
five. When I was<br />
joined me and walk(<br />
pretending to sympat<br />
presence at such a t<br />
aggravate my anger.<br />
at my lodgings, he c<br />
uninvited. However<br />
twenty minutes and<br />
After supper, spmewl<br />
and eight o'clock, I<br />
walk, partly to cool dt<br />
feeling excited and aii<br />
some liniment for my<br />
ing out I met the Iain<br />
I returned in about :<br />
work 01?. some phoU<br />
pastime I am-•.strong<br />
maLing a flashlight pi<br />
•which had been chanl
" Mr. Johnson, I have read of your<br />
case in the newspapers and after thinking<br />
it over, I have corue to the conclusion<br />
that you must be innocent. I have come<br />
to offer you my legal services, not in the<br />
hope of any compensation, but only for<br />
the pleasure I will experience in freeing<br />
an innocent man "<br />
"I thank you very much for your<br />
kind offer/ 1 replied the grateful prisoner.<br />
"I do not hesitate to accept it, but I will<br />
not fail to repay you at my earliest opportunity/<br />
5<br />
u How did you spend the night of the<br />
murder?" asked the business-like attorney.<br />
11 <strong>The</strong> newspapers have probably informed<br />
you that I board in a small lodging-house<br />
in Kensington and that I am<br />
empio3'ed as head clerk for the house of<br />
Dawson Sc Company. For a long time I<br />
have been unfriendly to the murdered<br />
man, a bookkeeper at our establishment,<br />
and to his assistant, j cities Phillips.<br />
During the day Brown had been very* insoleut<br />
to me. I replied quite sharply,<br />
and he struck me in the face knocking<br />
me down. This naturally made me very<br />
angry, and I started home promptly at<br />
five. When I was leaving, Phillips<br />
joined me and walked home with me,<br />
pretending to sympathize with me. His<br />
presence at such a time only served to<br />
aggravate my anger. When we arrived<br />
at my lodgings, he came into my room<br />
uninvited. However he left in fifteen or<br />
twenty minutes and I had my supper.<br />
After supper, somewhere between seven<br />
and eight o'clock, I went out for a short<br />
walk, partly to cool down—for I was still<br />
feeling excited and angry—partly to buy<br />
some liniraeut for my bruised face. Going<br />
out I met the landlord on the stairs.<br />
I returned in about an hour and set to<br />
work on sonae photography, to which<br />
pastime I am strongly devoted. After<br />
making a flashlight picture of my room,<br />
which had been•• changed that very day,<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
I proceeded to develop it Finding myself<br />
short of some chemicals, I ran to the<br />
drug store to get them. On my return<br />
I again met the u-ndlord, locking up the<br />
house for the night. Next morning, on<br />
my way to tlie of5ce; 1 brought the negative<br />
to the photographer's to print.<br />
When I arrived at the store, Mr. Dawson<br />
was engaged and before I had been at<br />
my desk fifteen minutes I was taken into<br />
custody. Those are the facts as I remetiir.tr<br />
them."<br />
With his acate legal perception, William<br />
Smith understood the case immediately.<br />
He asked his client about the<br />
much talked-of dagger. Johnson replied<br />
that he did have such, a dagger, that he<br />
had bought it for the decoration of his<br />
room, that he had not missed it nor could<br />
he account for the detectives' not finding<br />
it.<br />
Smith was surprised to see the prisoner's<br />
arm bandaged, and inquired what it<br />
meant. He was told that in making the<br />
tVshlight picture, Johnson had been<br />
careless and had got his hand burned<br />
when the powder ignited.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lawyer then asked for the photographer's<br />
and druggist's addresses. Having<br />
obtained these., he left the prisoner to<br />
his thoughts<br />
Iti a few days he returned with discouraging<br />
news. On the night of the<br />
murder a special clerk vfhom he could<br />
not trace had been employed in the drug<br />
store where Johnson bought his chemicals<br />
However he. bad obtained the<br />
photograph and would use it to the best<br />
advantage. On his second visit Smith<br />
told his client that the case as yet looked<br />
very blue, but, however; he would do his<br />
1 -st and never lose hope.<br />
II.<br />
\'. ). on was deeply interested in<br />
tii. trial. Even' stray piece ofnews<br />
o
nanvi of Smith and that Smith had spent<br />
night and day on the casa but could<br />
make little of it, On the other hand the<br />
rumor went round that the prosecution<br />
had evidence which would surely break<br />
down any barrier which the defense<br />
might set up.<br />
On trial-day a motly crowd was gathered<br />
in the co\?.rt-room, ranging from<br />
powdered solicitors to the very .scum of<br />
the metropolis. <strong>The</strong> usual forms were<br />
gone through ; the prisoner p*eaded not<br />
guilty, demanded ft jury trial'and the<br />
jury was impaneled.<br />
<strong>The</strong> evidence for the prosecution was<br />
consistent and conx'incing.<br />
First Thomas Shaw, a special officer,<br />
testified that he had discovered the<br />
corpse of Charles Brown about 9. 30,<br />
lately murdered, and had immediately<br />
notified the police A few feet from the<br />
body he had also found a small dirk 01<br />
dagger of unique fashion, about a foot<br />
long.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n Mrs Brown, the wife of the deceased,<br />
told how he had left the house<br />
about S : 30 and how she had not heard<br />
from him since.<br />
It was also made to appear in the evi<br />
dence that when arrested, the defendant<br />
hud his right arm bandaged as if it had<br />
been hurt in some way ;. and the back of<br />
the hand showed a scar.<br />
Next Mr John Dawson and others in<br />
his employ testified that the prisoner on<br />
the day of the murder had quarreled with<br />
the deceased and after coming to blows,<br />
had left 1 in anger and threatening ven<br />
geance. >,<br />
James Phillips corroborated the testimony<br />
of the preceding vrkness and added<br />
that he had walked home with Johnson<br />
and had tried, but had been unable to<br />
calm him.<br />
Finally the prisoner's landlord, James<br />
Cobson, was called up und told how he<br />
had moved the prisoner's room from the<br />
back to the front part of the house the<br />
LOWKLL<br />
very day of the murder ; how at 7 :30<br />
on that night he had met the prisoner<br />
rushing out-of the house in a highly excited<br />
condition As usual he had gone<br />
down stairs to lock up the house at half<br />
past ten whet; lie met ihe prisoner com<br />
ing in with a great rush and sav/him<br />
burry up-stairs to his room. This witness<br />
also identified the dagger as the<br />
same one which had decorated the wall<br />
in the defendant s room and it was then<br />
introduced as evidence<br />
Counsel for defense had made many<br />
efforts to break down the testimony of<br />
the prosecution by cross examination.<br />
Especially did he question the last witness<br />
about the time ; but he gave the<br />
lawyer no satisfaction - for he said he had<br />
noticed the time in the illuminated Masonic<br />
Temple clock opposite and testified<br />
further that the clock kept correct time.<br />
When the defense was called upon to<br />
bring forward its witnesses it placed the<br />
prisoner on the stand on his own behalf.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n he told the Court his story with<br />
which the reader is already acquainted.<br />
In his cross-examination the Crown<br />
Prosecutor called attention to * scar on<br />
the. witness* hand and asked what was<br />
the cause of it, to which the witness<br />
promptly replied that it was originally a<br />
blister caused by the powder used in<br />
making a flashlight photograph giving<br />
him the same explanation he had given<br />
to Smith<br />
To corroborate his story they also<br />
placed the photograph on the stand. He<br />
identified the photograph as one printed<br />
by him from a negative left by the prisoner<br />
the day after the murder. <strong>The</strong><br />
Court then allowed the photograph as<br />
evidence, for what :r might be worth.<br />
When all the" testimony was in, public<br />
sentiment was plainly against the prisoner,<br />
and it*was hard to see how he could<br />
hope to escape conviction. His only<br />
hope lay in the argument. Would that<br />
avail him anything? During his ad-<br />
:<br />
• ' l<br />
dress to the jury, tli<br />
skilfully reviewed<br />
side and closed witlij<br />
for the defendant's<br />
<strong>The</strong> whole couri<br />
when the young<br />
was noticed that<br />
ent than for weeks<br />
ing be eagerly clutt<br />
he held in his hand.<br />
" Gentlemen oftb<br />
mit that the evident<br />
my client is very COJ<br />
however, must in<br />
evidence is entirely<br />
that no direct testim<br />
guilt has been produj<br />
to rest my whole arj<br />
but while the Crown,<br />
ing his eloquent retn|<br />
thing which I had<br />
This something \vi\)<br />
to make and to si<br />
raent, but also to dl<br />
confidence the acqii<br />
man. But meanwhi<br />
member two facts<br />
evidence of the pros<br />
the prisoner's cffeci<br />
day of the murder<br />
front part of the hoi<br />
ness Cobson noticed<br />
out and coming in<br />
clock on the Masoi<br />
Bear in mind also<br />
committed in Hacknl<br />
It was later than hs<br />
deceased left his hoi<br />
and it was eariier tl<br />
that is the time whej<br />
<strong>The</strong> defendant's lodj<br />
ton, at least five mi<br />
from the scene of th<<br />
not, by any availal<br />
tween the two pis<br />
to the other in a<br />
view also the defend<br />
corroborated as it i|
T il K LOWELL<br />
ss to the jury, the Crowi: Prosecutor<br />
skilfully reviewed the evidence on his<br />
side and closed with an eloquent appeal<br />
for the defendant's conviction<br />
<strong>The</strong> whole courtroom was hushed<br />
when tbe young barrister arose. It<br />
was noticed that he was less despondent<br />
thasi for weeks and that while speak<br />
ing he eagerly clutched the photograph<br />
he held, in his hand. He said ;<br />
" Gentlemen of the Jury : I must adrait<br />
that the evidence produced against<br />
my client is very convincing But, you,<br />
however, must in turn admit that that<br />
evidence is entirely circumstantial and<br />
that no direct testimony of the prisoner's<br />
guilt has been produced. I had intended<br />
to rest my whole argument on this fact,<br />
but while the Crown Prosecutor was mak<br />
ing his eloquent remarks. I noticed something<br />
which I had overlooked before.<br />
This something will enable me not only<br />
to make and to strengthen this argument,<br />
but also to demand with perfect<br />
confidence the acquittal of an innocent<br />
man. But meanwhile I want you to re<br />
member two facts brought out by the<br />
evidence of the prosecution, namely that<br />
the prisoner's effects were moved on the<br />
day of the murder from the back to the<br />
front part of the house, and thrt the wit<br />
ness Cobson noticed the time of his going<br />
out and coming in from the illuminated<br />
clock on the Masonic Temple opposite.<br />
Bear in mind also that this murder was<br />
committed in Hackney about nine o'clock.<br />
It was later than half past eight, for the<br />
deceased lr-'t his home alive at that time,<br />
and it was earlier than half past nine, for<br />
that is the time when the body was found.<br />
<strong>The</strong> defendant's lodging was in Kensington,<br />
at least five miles, in a direct line,<br />
from the scene of the crime, and he could<br />
not, by any available mode of travel between<br />
the two places, go from one point<br />
to the other in a half hour. Keep in<br />
view also the defendant's owi"- testimony,<br />
corroborated as it is by the scar on his<br />
hand and by the testimony of the photographic<br />
printer and it must be conceded<br />
as clearly established that the negative of<br />
the photograph which has been admitted<br />
in evidence was made by the defendant<br />
kimscir in his own lodgings and that<br />
therefore he was in his own lodgings<br />
at the time it was made, whenever that<br />
was.<br />
* v Carefully bearing all thes*? facts in<br />
mind, look, gentlemen, on that photograph.<br />
Look, I say. and see what no<br />
one else but myself has noticed and what<br />
I have only noticed for the first time a<br />
few minutes past. <strong>The</strong> Masonic Temple<br />
clock over the way, which told the hour<br />
when the defendant left his room the first<br />
time and the hour when he returned to it<br />
the last time tells us also in that photograph<br />
(for it appears as a. part of the<br />
photograph itself, the window shade<br />
being open at the time), the hour when<br />
the photograph was taken Look with<br />
me gentlemen, once more at this photograph<br />
and by looking closely you will see<br />
in very minute but clear characters, the<br />
image of that clock indicating the hour<br />
of nine. Gentlemen, it is of course.unnecessary<br />
to add any more. t:<br />
Five minutes later the jury returned<br />
with the unanimous verdict ** not guilty."<br />
[NOTI^—Further investigation by the<br />
detectives proved that Phillips was the<br />
guilty man. He had stolen the weapon<br />
from Johnson's room-on the occasion of<br />
his visit on the evening of the murder-<br />
But that, in the language of my esteemed<br />
contemporary, Rudyard Kipling, is another<br />
story.]<br />
OWEN BIXLS.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trolley stops; an Irish lady and<br />
ten children climb in.<br />
Conductor—Are these your children,<br />
madam, or id it a picnic ?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lady—<strong>The</strong>y are my children and<br />
it's no picnic.—Schoolmaster.
MR. EDITOR:<br />
I come to the tesk of criticising the<br />
LOWBLL as one who, in the past, has<br />
doubted the usefulness of high school<br />
publications, and who still thinks there<br />
are serious objections to their existence<br />
in the smaller schools. But I have become<br />
convinced that, in a large school<br />
such as this, they are an important and<br />
useful factor in school life. <strong>The</strong>y help<br />
to compensate for the loss of the closer<br />
intimacy between pupil and pupil and<br />
between teacher and pupil, which is the<br />
blessing of the smaller schcol; and, when<br />
properly conducted, serve to bring the<br />
varied elements into closer sympathy<br />
and promote the feeling of common<br />
interests. Where the school paper does<br />
this its existence is justified, and it<br />
seems to me the LOWELL has succeeded<br />
in doing this better than any other school<br />
paper of which I know, It is not the<br />
organ of any clique or faction, but represents<br />
the whole school. It depends for<br />
its interest not upon the trivial personalities<br />
or attacks upon individuals, which<br />
spoil so many otherwise good school acd<br />
college papers, but upon a dignified attempt<br />
to engage the better interests of its<br />
readers. May it continue to pursue its<br />
present course.<br />
I wish to add a word to what my predecessors<br />
have said on the subject of<br />
crontibutions. Prof. Jos. Le Conte used<br />
to say that he derived more good from<br />
the preparation of a Icctuie than any<br />
student ever did from hearing it. If<br />
this is true of so profound a thinker,<br />
and one so familiar with his 'subject,<br />
how much more so is it of the pupil who<br />
after careful study and thought upon<br />
some subject in which he is interested,<br />
commits his ideas to writing, and so<br />
delivers his first message to his fellows<br />
through the columns of the LOWBIX.<br />
<strong>The</strong> State educates for better citizenship<br />
and rightly expects those to whom it<br />
has given largely in the way of education<br />
to make large return by contributing<br />
tc an enlightened public opinion.<br />
IH the future it will be the high school<br />
and college graduates who will be called<br />
upon to lead their fellow men. If this is<br />
true, they must have experience in writing<br />
for newspapers and speaking from<br />
the public platform. Viewed In this<br />
light, it is a privclege and an opportunity<br />
which no pupil should neglect to do his<br />
part toward making the school paper and<br />
schcol debating society a succc ss.<br />
To be of value, a criticism must be<br />
sincere. In Sunday's Examiner Mr.<br />
Brander Matthews lays down a number<br />
of rules for critics, and among other<br />
things he says: i. Form an honest<br />
opinion. 2. Express it honestly. If,<br />
in performing my duty in accordance<br />
with these rules, I shall say anything<br />
which seems severe, let it he remembered<br />
that it i' said only wjth the hope of being<br />
of service to those who have wiitten<br />
for the LOWELL, or may conUwplale so<br />
doing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> opening story, "An Affair of<br />
Honor," is r\ good first attempt. Of<br />
course there is always a question in<br />
writing on any subject how much we<br />
have a right to borrow from orher<br />
authors. True, the*<br />
under the sun, and<br />
suppose, to find a paj<br />
like, for every story<br />
where a piece of work<br />
own, I would suggej<br />
rigid a* possible wit]<br />
score of originality,<br />
from our own observ;<br />
tion and as little froi<br />
possible. <strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
kind of borrowing, bj<br />
ways be given where<br />
one would think of<br />
modeling his orations<br />
and Shakespeare hims<<br />
He in turn had innj<br />
tors, some of whom<br />
literature to the worl(<br />
the imitation of Addii<br />
in the LOWELL a<br />
how ridiculous it wouj<br />
the author attempted<br />
that he was imitating.d<br />
then, is to sail under<br />
state frankly what we<br />
<strong>The</strong> language and a<br />
Affair of Honor " are<br />
to a few characteristic<br />
mar, but I suspect t)<br />
the main incident of<br />
reading. I find a nui<br />
tions, due doubtless to|<br />
of the writer, which<br />
effectiveness of the stoi<br />
is also careless as, foi<br />
sentence "<strong>The</strong> man w|<br />
he is the coward." Yi<br />
faults the story is a<br />
again, Master Kufc<br />
attempt is sute to bel<br />
first if you will give<br />
tion to details.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next two artit<br />
personal observation ai<br />
of origiuality. Thou«<br />
order, they serve the<br />
they are intended. (l
m<br />
m<br />
T HE LOWELL<br />
authors. True, there is nothing new<br />
under the sun, and it is possible, I<br />
suppose, to find a parallel, more or less<br />
like, for every story in existence. Yet<br />
where a piece of work is given out as our<br />
own, I would suggest that we be as<br />
rigid as possible with ourselves on the<br />
score of originality, drawing as much<br />
from our own observation and imagination<br />
and as little from other sources as<br />
possible. <strong>The</strong>re is a perfectly legitimate<br />
kind of borrowing, but credit must always<br />
be given where credit is due. <strong>No</strong><br />
one would think of blaming Cicer for<br />
modeling his orations after Demosthenes,<br />
and Shakespeare himself borrowed freely.<br />
He in turn had innumerable immitators,<br />
some of whom have given worthy<br />
literature to the world. We all enjoyed<br />
the imitation of Addison that appeared<br />
in the LOWELL a lew months ago, but<br />
how ridiculous it would have been had<br />
the author attempted to conceal the fact<br />
that he was imitating. <strong>The</strong> main point,<br />
then, is to sail under honest colors and<br />
state frankly what we are attempting.<br />
<strong>The</strong> language and arrangement cf "An<br />
Affair of Honor " are the author's, even<br />
to a few characteristic mistakes in grammar,<br />
but I suspect that he has drawn<br />
the main incident of the plot from his<br />
reading. I find a number of imperfections,<br />
due doubtless to the inexperience<br />
of the writer, which detract from the<br />
effectiveness of the story. <strong>The</strong> grammar<br />
is also careless as, for instance, in the<br />
sentence " <strong>The</strong> man who first weakens,<br />
he is the coward." Yet in spite of these<br />
faults the story is a good one. Try<br />
again, Master Kutner, your second<br />
attempt is sure to be better than the<br />
first if you will give more careful attention<br />
to details.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next two articles are based on<br />
personal observation and bear the stamp<br />
of originality. Though uot of a hr'gb<br />
order, they serve the purpose for which<br />
they are intended. " O'Driscoll's Repri-<br />
mand *' U an interesting incident, rather<br />
interestingly told. Yet an apology from<br />
Tim for his infraction of rules would<br />
have seemed more modest in a "late<br />
acquisition to the force*' acd s. more<br />
politic speech from the chief would have<br />
been more conducive to discipline without<br />
detracting from Tim*s credit. <strong>The</strong><br />
expression "<strong>The</strong> sergeant immediately<br />
had enlargement of the parts above the<br />
neck" is rather meaningless, and savors<br />
of the milder form of cheap slang so<br />
prevalent on the streets. To the author<br />
of "A Street Car Incident" I am moved<br />
to repeat the old adage, * 4 Brevity is the<br />
soul of wit.*' <strong>The</strong>re is much in her<br />
stoiy that is unnecessary. For instance,<br />
the first paragraph contributes nothing<br />
toward the writer's purpose and a large<br />
part of the remainder could well be<br />
omitted.<br />
<strong>The</strong> criticism is full of good suggestions,<br />
as might have been expected from<br />
the pen of one so thoughtful and full of<br />
patient interest in the welfare of the<br />
student? as the last mouth's critic is<br />
known to be. In "Oar Mayor" Mr.<br />
Hellman has ventured into the forbidden<br />
realm of politics, bat he has handled his<br />
subject with skill and tf.ct and, though<br />
he says a good many things worth hearing,<br />
he has avoided the objectionable<br />
features so apt to creep into this sort of<br />
literature.<br />
41 San Francisco's New Year's Eve<br />
Celebration" is well described by a<br />
keen and thoughtful observer. "<strong>The</strong><br />
Alchemist," judged by its merits, is<br />
worthy of the flace given it in the<br />
LOWELL, yet I could wish for that<br />
happy time, so fervently prayed for by<br />
the editors, when copy will be so plentiful<br />
from the pens of local authors, that<br />
the scissors' editor will be a superfluity.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is music and a degree of poetic<br />
insight in 4i <strong>The</strong> Wind and the Sea," but<br />
the parts are of unequal merit. <strong>The</strong><br />
first four stanzas are raiher pleasing to
the ear and contain a poetic idea. <strong>The</strong><br />
other stauzas add little to what has<br />
already been said, they lack spcafcaneity<br />
and the verse is strained and unmetrical.<br />
This maj* seem severe criticism<br />
on so good an effort, but the poet<br />
must learn to stop when his inspiration<br />
has given out.<br />
<strong>The</strong> editorials are well written and p.re<br />
on timely topics. <strong>The</strong> work of the exchange<br />
editors has been uniformly good<br />
during the past year and the " Exchanges"<br />
iu the present number are no<br />
exception. <strong>The</strong> criticisms, if a little<br />
severe, are always discriminating and<br />
backed up by a plentiful supply oi the<br />
'-gray matter" prescribed for the editors<br />
of a certain other paper. I have<br />
little in the way of criticism or suggestion<br />
to offer to the editors of the ether<br />
departments. <strong>The</strong> material furnished<br />
by them is apparently accurate, interesting<br />
and in acceptable English. I might<br />
offer two "don'ts," however. Don't call<br />
the teachers •' professor 11 and don't use<br />
the expressions " quite a few," ll quite a<br />
number," etc.<br />
In conclusion I wish to emphasize<br />
what Mr. Clark said in the last issue<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
about the responsibility of the editors<br />
for mistakes of every description found<br />
in the pages of the paper. As illustrating<br />
the privileges consequent upon this<br />
responsibility, I quote from "Literary<br />
Friends and Acquaintances," by Mr. W.<br />
D. He well:, at one time an assistant<br />
editor on the Atlantic Monthly: "As<br />
for the author of' Uacle Tom's Cabin,'<br />
her syntax was such a snare to her that<br />
it sometimes needed the combined skill<br />
of all the proof-readers and assistant<br />
editor to extricate her. Of course,<br />
nothing was ever wzitten into her woxk.<br />
but in changes of diction, in correction<br />
of solecisms,in transportation of phrases,<br />
the text was largely rewritten on the<br />
margin of her proofs. <strong>The</strong> soul of her<br />
art was present, but the form was so<br />
often absent, that tvhen it was clothed<br />
on anew, it would be hard to say whose<br />
garment the cut was of in many places."<br />
If the editors of the Atlantic Monthly felt<br />
privileged to take such liberties with the<br />
text of the greatest novel ever written<br />
for a specific purpose, surely the editors<br />
of the LOWELL need not feel diffident<br />
about the free use of the blue pencil on<br />
copy submitted to then:. G II S.<br />
THE<br />
A monthly published by thj<br />
High Sci<br />
BDITCWAL,<br />
W. R. De Leon<br />
Robert H. Van<br />
H. U Wollenbcrg, '02.<br />
Nina Bit<br />
ASSIS7 A;<br />
Carolyn Fowle, S<br />
, Del<br />
ft. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald, 'c.\<br />
ASSIST;<br />
John W. w«<br />
F. A. Liu'orlh, '02.<br />
Gco. Middleton, '04.<br />
ART DBPAI<br />
ltd Van Slouu, '02.<br />
Students,graduates, faculty<br />
ttjciuvueti lo contribute arl:<<br />
Entered in Povtofllec at<br />
CUM Mail Matter.<br />
New bar<br />
Organizations, his<br />
bee!<br />
little chance to critic]<br />
boost and encourage<br />
general. This past m<br />
the beginning of seve<br />
namely, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Chess ai<br />
and <strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Can*<br />
It seems very stra<br />
this character have m<br />
past, take the Orchj<br />
example. Tbere is<br />
the Coast we might s|<br />
of musical talent eq
THE LOWELL.<br />
A monthly published by the student* of the<br />
High School.<br />
EDITORIAL STAFF.<br />
EDITORI<br />
W. R. De Leon *aa, Editor.<br />
Robert H. Van Sant, Jr., '03, Hditor Pro. Tern.<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
II L. WcHenberic, *02. Lawrence Bu fiord, 'oa.<br />
Nina Blow. '04<br />
Carolyn Fowle. Society Hditor.<br />
Hazel Steen, Debating Editor.<br />
BUSINESS STAFF.<br />
K. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald, '01, Business Manager.<br />
John W, Waiter, 'ox.<br />
F. A. I. in forth. '02. Fred Tatutn, '03<br />
H<br />
great many difficulties would have to be<br />
overcome, such as framing a tongue that<br />
could be both spoken and written. This<br />
is no easy matter when one considers<br />
the dissimilarity of the characters; compare<br />
the Greek and German for example.<br />
Think of eliminating Anglo-Saxon<br />
gutterate to suit the Italians; yet all<br />
this must be done.<br />
But, says M. Boilack, this language<br />
would not take the place of existing<br />
languages, only act as a medium, a<br />
second tongue as he terms it. It would<br />
be impossible to conceive of a language<br />
so elastic as to pass for our current mode<br />
of speech.<br />
<strong>The</strong> secondary, international language<br />
will not be literary to any degree bat<br />
capable of expressing scientific and commercial<br />
terms.<br />
Of the two ways of creating a tongue,<br />
deriving it from existing stock, and producing<br />
it artificially, the Utter being<br />
the only practical method. With this<br />
in view M. Bollock has created one, "La<br />
Langue Bleue," French in name. It is<br />
composed of twenty letters, none having<br />
more than one sound. In Paris there is<br />
a society whose aim is to hit upon some<br />
medium of speech and to it within the<br />
psst year have adhered over fift> other<br />
societies and chambers of commerce.<br />
<strong>The</strong> nation which invents this will be<br />
famous for time immemorial. Fancy a<br />
Scandinavian and a Mongolian in an<br />
emmigration detention shed, conversing<br />
at first sight, yet our children may witness<br />
such a phenomenon.<br />
*MMdlm der School News, the<br />
Class Pin. middle dass } m of<br />
ganized—a little Previous<br />
say old <strong>Lowell</strong>ites ; but they have<br />
the right spirit. <strong>The</strong> motive seems to<br />
have been a class pin. Accordingly a<br />
committee was selected to get designs.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y performed their duty well, <strong>The</strong><br />
leading jewellers submitted designs ac-<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
companied with bids. <strong>The</strong> class did<br />
tbeir part and selected the prettiest<br />
—a torch with gold handle and a red<br />
flame surmounted with a white scroll<br />
with L H. S. '03, *ery plain but<br />
artistic in its sirrplirity. Bot here there<br />
was a hitch. <strong>The</strong> pins were ordered at<br />
$2.25 each, on their merits on jjaper.<br />
When they were delivered to the pu;;c<br />
lasers uniformly long faces were worn,<br />
carrying with them the expression<br />
"buncoed b'gosh. n As some described<br />
it, the gold would pas^ for brass and tbe<br />
enamel for cheap glass. If any more<br />
are ordered, they should be finished in<br />
red gold for tbe handle and deep red<br />
enamel for the flame. We should think<br />
that the jewelers, for reputation's sake<br />
would be willing to make the desired<br />
changes if properly approached, without<br />
any extra expense. We are sure that<br />
more pins would be ordered after the<br />
alterations.<br />
announced in tbe Feb-<br />
"he Prize Story ruary LOWBIX, has<br />
Contest turned out to be a<br />
great success, so thiak<br />
the editors. Numerous inquiries came<br />
pouring tn, Inter followed by manuscripts<br />
from writers who had deemed<br />
the LOWELL too insignificant to publish<br />
their works. Evidently the $5, $5 and<br />
$1 proved a great attraction. Some of<br />
the generous said that they would turn<br />
the prizes over to the Athletic Association—very<br />
foolish indeed. Why not<br />
let the LOWELL give the funds as it has<br />
always done?<br />
But now, to be serious, <strong>Lowell</strong> ought<br />
to be complimented on her showing as a<br />
whole, over twenty copier, being submitted.<br />
With these on hand we ougbt<br />
not to ran shor+ in April, but still do not<br />
let this assertion diminish your energy*<br />
for your copy may be better than those<br />
received.<br />
We consider Miss Wollenberg's story<br />
by far the best of anything in its line<br />
that thf: LOWELL has handled for a long:<br />
time, and are glad to award her tbe prize.<br />
—X —if jrri<br />
In looking over last<br />
I was surprised to<br />
carelessness the Jacob<br />
been misspelled Some<br />
I offer this as an a<br />
needed, and hope that<br />
again.<br />
Whitns, from Seattl<br />
you on your new covei<br />
not mention it oursei<br />
numerous exchanges<br />
meat on your old c<<br />
careless mistakes in t><br />
appearance of the p<br />
fug-a-tive instead of fi<br />
also some criticisms<br />
Breaking of the Tab<br />
good, the adjectives<br />
generally well chosen<br />
short. However, in t<br />
there is needless rep<br />
sentence, "the sun w<br />
second, "the departiu<br />
the third, "Its crest<br />
illustrates my point,<br />
paragraph might \<br />
merged with the fifl<br />
fourth would have inn.<br />
In the fourth paragn<br />
of general clearness, o<br />
to make clear tLe spe<br />
on the second page a
m<br />
I<br />
EDITED BY L. BUFFOUD AND<br />
In looking over last month's LOWELL<br />
I was surprised to find that through<br />
carelessness the Jacob Tome Monthly had<br />
been misspelled Some and not corrected.<br />
I offer this as an. apology, if one is<br />
needed, and hope that it will not happen<br />
again.<br />
Whims, from Seattle, we congratulate<br />
you on your new cover. Though we did<br />
not mention it ourselves, we noticed in<br />
numerous exchanges an adverse comment<br />
on your old cover. But inside,<br />
cureless mistakes in typography hurt the<br />
appearance of the paper ; for instance,<br />
fug-a-tive instead of fug-i-tive. \\ e have<br />
also some criticisms to offer on "<strong>The</strong><br />
Breaking of the Taboo." <strong>The</strong> idea is<br />
good, the adjectives and epithets are<br />
generally well chosen, the sentences are<br />
short. However, in the first paragraph,<br />
there is needless repetition ; in the first<br />
sentence, u the sun was sinking/' in the<br />
second, "the departing sun's beans," in<br />
the third, "Its crest sank from sight,"<br />
illustrates my point. <strong>The</strong>n the second<br />
paragraph might better have been<br />
merged with the fifth ; the third and<br />
fourth would have made an introduction.<br />
Iu the fourth paragraph there is a lack<br />
of general clearness, owing to an attempt<br />
to make clear the specific points. Also<br />
on the second page a recasting and com<br />
BLOW.<br />
bination of two or three short paragraphs<br />
would be an improvement. In the fourth<br />
sentence the modern road seems but of<br />
place. Do "chivalry," which relates to<br />
mediaeval times, "phalanx," reminding<br />
one of the ancient Macedonian supremacy,<br />
and "clansmen," a Scottish term, all<br />
belong to the early Hawaiian tribe? We<br />
think not. But our pen has run away.<br />
We do not wish to discourage the writer*<br />
but on the other hand to encourage him,<br />
as with practice he wilt do well. We<br />
should not be obliged t:o make these<br />
criticisms, the Whims* editorial staff<br />
should have done so and had the article<br />
recast before printing. You will find the<br />
same criticism of our own work in the<br />
LOWELL for February.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Breeze (L-os Banos, Cal.)- shows<br />
the right spirit in the February exchange<br />
column. We are sorry we have misplaced<br />
the number containing the poem<br />
(a verse in a single line) in question.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sonnet has fourteen iambic pentameter<br />
lines, with the following rime<br />
system : a, b, b, a, a, b. b, a, in the first<br />
eight lines ; the last six lines may be c,<br />
d, e, c, d, e, or c, d, c, d, c, d, or several<br />
other arrangements ; in the best sonnets<br />
the last two lines dw not rime in a couplet,<br />
as that attracts attention from t.ie<br />
rest of the poem. As well as we can
I<br />
I<br />
8L<br />
22 THE LOW K L L<br />
remember, we do not THINK that tbe<br />
poem in question was of this form.<br />
We like to have the TufIonian > from<br />
Tufts College, Mass., to exchange with<br />
us. <strong>The</strong> Deceml>er number contains some<br />
vtxy good material. *'A Freshman Invitation*<br />
' is clever, a biography is an<br />
unusual and pleasing feature, and "<strong>The</strong><br />
World Beyond the Fence 1 ' shows the<br />
author to be observing and thoughtful<br />
in a different line from that frequently<br />
seen in our exchanges. <strong>The</strong> February<br />
number is equally good. u Up the Assabet"<br />
pleased us particularly. Only one<br />
criticism. Where is the exchange<br />
column?<br />
Did you get onto that banana peel at<br />
the foot of the stairs?<br />
"Yes," replied the office boy, "I<br />
tumbled."—Ex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> College Barometer from Corvallis,<br />
Oregon, is a fine paper. It contains<br />
some very sensible articles, the cover is<br />
good, and the opening story is both<br />
original and well written.<br />
<strong>The</strong> commonplace cover of the Baker<br />
City High School Nugget does not belie<br />
its contents, with the exception of the<br />
M Exchanges " which are very well writ-<br />
ten.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lynn Classical High School GazeHe<br />
presumes a good deal in calling itself<br />
"classical," when it contains very little<br />
besides school and athletic notes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> High School sEgis from Oakland<br />
says, in the February number that " < he<br />
management intended to make this s£gis<br />
the best ever issued." It has certainly<br />
succeeded, for there is not a more original<br />
or bettex arranged paper among our exchanges<br />
for this month.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>No</strong>rthern Illinois seetns to labor<br />
under the altogether false delusion that<br />
the "Exchange column" should contain<br />
jokes and nothing else.<br />
" It's all up with me," said the umbrella<br />
'•How so?" asked the needle.<br />
11 It was this weigh, IT began the scales.<br />
11 Shut up," retorted the umbrella.<br />
(l Nit," replied the yarn.<br />
t( Oh, come off," said the mitten.<br />
" Hit him," said the hammer.<br />
11 1*11 stand by you," said the ezseL<br />
" You can count on me," said the slate.<br />
"Take that," said the pill.<br />
" It's all over now," said the ceiling,<br />
"I'll keep shut hereafter," said the<br />
umbrella.— Ex,<br />
<strong>The</strong> monkeys, our ancestors, were<br />
educated in the higher branches.—Ex.<br />
HE KNEW<br />
Teacher.—"Name one important thing<br />
that did not exist a hundred years ago"<br />
Johnny Thickneck (promptly). "Me! 1 '<br />
DEFINED.<br />
" And what is diplomacy ? " asked the<br />
almond-eyed youth.<br />
l( Diplomacy," replied the mandarin,<br />
11 is the art of making concessions."<br />
Hollingsworth.—" Say, Brannaxnan, as<br />
you T re a farmer, how can you tell the ?.ge<br />
of a turkey?"<br />
Brannamau.—" By the teeth, sir."<br />
Hollingsworth—"<strong>No</strong>w, that sounds<br />
a lot like a farmer, doesn't it? Don't<br />
you know a turkey fies no teeth ? "<br />
Brannaman.—" Well, you big geeser,<br />
Jhave." /<br />
NATIONALITY OF BACTERIA.<br />
Some newsboys had overheard a discussion<br />
among several doctors,<br />
"Say," said one, "what are those<br />
things the doctors call ' bacteria ? ' "<br />
"Oh, they're some kiad of French<br />
things. <strong>The</strong>y come from Paris and are<br />
called ' Parishes.' "<br />
" Oh, no ! <strong>The</strong>y're German, and that's<br />
why they call them * germs," said another.<br />
.•<strong>No</strong> that's not rig:<br />
up a third. ^<strong>The</strong>y're<br />
Dr. White call them m]<br />
TO CORRBSPOJ<br />
| Laureate.—Good u:<br />
i use of the phrase" the<br />
7 remember that the day]<br />
S. Weller, Sr.—<strong>No</strong>,<br />
fied in referring to<br />
merely becaus-* he liv<br />
Chautauquan .—Tbe |<br />
pass a satisfactory homj<br />
peare's Hamlet is to<br />
1 guide to Strat-ford-ou-<br />
"TllK RETURN Ol<br />
11 1 really am obliged to ><br />
ri\ my book.<br />
It moves me much to lool<br />
t no more to look ;<br />
I It 'minds me of the early<br />
i to you,<br />
• When life was young an<<br />
: this oid book was nl<br />
; "How well does memory<br />
it shone;<br />
<strong>The</strong> day I saw it, coveted]<br />
my own;<br />
And vividly I recollect v<br />
Admired it, then borrow<br />
away.<br />
And aow it coiues to me<br />
of time,<br />
Wearing the somewhat<br />
beyond their prinii<br />
Old book you need a res1<br />
upon the shelf,<br />
Just try and hang tog<<br />
through myself."<br />
A London aewspa]<br />
in all seriousness<br />
agery" of the Irish<br />
struggle for home n<br />
the blood-thirstiness<br />
towns and country
1<br />
I?<br />
1<br />
I<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
"<strong>No</strong>, that's not right, either," spoke<br />
up a third. " <strong>The</strong>y're Irish, for I heard<br />
Dr. White call them * mikerobes.' "—Ex,<br />
To CORRESPONDENTS.<br />
Laureate.—Good usage permits the<br />
use of the phrase " the night falls/ 1 but<br />
remember that the day breaks.<br />
S. Weller, Sr.—<strong>No</strong>, you are not justified<br />
in referring to a writer as a pig<br />
merely becaus; he lives by his pen.<br />
Chautauquan.—<strong>The</strong> best way to compass<br />
a satisfactory home study of Shakespeare's<br />
Hamlet is to buy an illustrated<br />
guide to Strat-ford-on-Avon.<br />
"Tin: RJ-:TITRN OF THE BOOK."<br />
" 1 really am obliged to you for bringing back<br />
my book.<br />
It moves me much to look whereon 1 thought<br />
1<strong>10</strong> more to look ;<br />
It'miuds me of the early time when it was lent<br />
to you.<br />
When life was young ami hope was fair, and<br />
this old book was new.<br />
"How well does memory recall the gilt that on<br />
it shone ;<br />
<strong>The</strong> day I saw it, coveted it, and bought it for<br />
ray own ;<br />
And vividly i recollect you called around that<br />
day,<br />
Admired it, then borrowed it, and carried it<br />
away.<br />
And now it conies to me again across the lapse<br />
of time*<br />
Wearing the somewhat battered look of those<br />
beyond their prime.<br />
OKI book you need a rest—but ere you're laid<br />
upon the shelf,<br />
Just try and hang together till I read you<br />
through myself."<br />
—c.x.<br />
BLOODCURDLING NAMES OF IRELAND<br />
A London newspaper writer points out<br />
in all seriousness that the " natural savagery<br />
"of the Irish peasantry in their<br />
struggle for home rule might be due to<br />
the blood-thirstiness of the names of their<br />
towns and country districts. Many of<br />
these places are named "Kii" something<br />
or another— 11 Kil" in Irish meaning<br />
church—such as Killarney, Killaloe,<br />
Kildare, Kilkenny, Kilrush, and Kilruddery.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Londoner, while traveling<br />
in Ireland, was considerably startled<br />
on hearing at a railway station the following<br />
conversation between two wildlooking<br />
peasants.<br />
"I'm just afther bein 1 ove.* to TCilpatrick,"<br />
said one.<br />
u An' I," replied the other, u am afther<br />
being over to Kilmary."<br />
u What murderers they are ! " thought<br />
the Englishman. "And to think they<br />
talk of the : r assassinations so publicly!"<br />
u And where are you goin' now, Jim?"<br />
asked assassin <strong>No</strong>. 1.<br />
"I'm goin' home to Kilmore," was<br />
<strong>No</strong>. 2's reply. <strong>The</strong> Englishman's blood<br />
curdled.<br />
"Kilmore is it? 11 said the other.<br />
a Faix, you'd bether be comin' wid.me<br />
to Kilumaule."<br />
<strong>The</strong> frightened Englishman went no<br />
farther on his journey. He waited at<br />
the station for the next train back to<br />
Dublin, and returned to England by the<br />
first boat.—Popular Mechanics.<br />
Ji Translation.<br />
[/Eneid Bk. IV ; II. 522-528.]<br />
Over the earth the night brought gentle sleep<br />
to the weary;<br />
Stilled were the restless waves, the murmuring<br />
forest was quiet;<br />
Silently meanwhile the stars in their gliding<br />
courses were rolling:<br />
Stilled all the land, and the birds of beautiful<br />
plumage;<br />
Some on the lakes that lie all placid and wide<br />
in the darkness,<br />
Others in open field in ragged bushes low<br />
dwelling ;<br />
Under the silent night in sleep all creatures<br />
were resting,<br />
Freed fruin their cares at last, with hearts forgetful<br />
of troubles.<br />
(J. SPRATT, in the LOWELL, January, IS-JS.)
EDITED BY HAZEL STEEN.<br />
Mock Trial.<br />
One of the most interesting programs<br />
presented in the Debating Society during<br />
the past month was the mock trial<br />
held on February i7rh. Unlike previous<br />
attempts, which have for the most<br />
part come under the jurisdiction of the<br />
criminal courts, this was a civil suit,<br />
and therefore did away with one of the<br />
most prominent features of former trials,<br />
namely, the selection of a jury. Mr.<br />
Bufford occupied the judicial bench in<br />
the absence of President Seeli* <strong>The</strong><br />
attorney for the plaintiff was Mr. Harnson;<br />
for the defendant, Mr. Schlesinger.<br />
Tne opportunity for displaying cleverness<br />
in cross examination was made the<br />
most of by the opposing counsel. Ac-<br />
Qovaxng to the requirements of the case<br />
several of the witnesses were obliged to<br />
sustain characters on the stand. An element<br />
of humor was introduced into the<br />
strictly legal conduct of the case when<br />
any u these witnesses forgot their parts<br />
In illustration of the foregoing, one<br />
when asked his name, was obliged to<br />
cor-ess that it had slipped his memory<br />
As the time for the adjournment of the<br />
court dre* near, both lawyers e«rt-d<br />
all their remaining energy, each hopimr<br />
to win his case. However, when the<br />
final pleas had been delivered, the-judge<br />
rendered a decision in favor of the defendant.<br />
<strong>The</strong> case itself, though clearly conceived,<br />
is too complicated to be here<br />
stated in full, and unless so stated, it<br />
could not be understood. Mr. Clark,<br />
who was present, advised that, after it<br />
has been more carefully developed, it<br />
should be repeated. <strong>The</strong>refore, in conclusion,<br />
I shall say that all those members<br />
who were not present the first time,<br />
should, if the trial is given again, by all<br />
means hear it.<br />
Senior Class Debates.<br />
In conformity with the plan stated in<br />
the February LOWELL, the two senior<br />
classes have held Lheir separate debates<br />
before the society. <strong>The</strong> questions, selected<br />
by Mr. Clark, dealt with phases in<br />
the history of the United States closely<br />
related to the work then being done in<br />
both classes. Mr. Young's class held its<br />
debate on February 14th. <strong>The</strong> question<br />
was, Resolved, that in the election of<br />
Lincoln to the presidency in 1S60, there<br />
was no danger to slavery in the southern<br />
states sufficient to justify secession as a<br />
preventive.<br />
Affirmative. Negative.<br />
Miss Wollenberg, Mr. Van Sloun,<br />
Mr. <strong>The</strong>obald, Mr. Maryenski,<br />
Mr. Haas, Miss Harter.<br />
<strong>The</strong> merits of the debate were decided<br />
by thrce judges selected from the other<br />
class, who gave victory to the affirmative.<br />
However, the real object<br />
determine the two best s<br />
to a committee of the<br />
named Mr. Van Sloun a<br />
A week later, Mr. C!a<br />
its debate before the so<br />
question, Resolved, that<br />
reference to the protectio<br />
tion of the system of nej<br />
enacting of the Fugitive<br />
1S50 was a mistake.<br />
Miss Scribner,<br />
Mr. Boericke,<br />
Mr. Seelig,<br />
A Nutshell \<br />
VOL. x.<br />
A winning will<br />
A sunny smilq<br />
A feather ;,<br />
A tiny talk,<br />
A pleasant wuj<br />
Together.<br />
VOL. II.<br />
A little doubt<br />
A playful pou<br />
Capricious ;<br />
A merry miss<br />
A. stolen kis*<br />
Delicious I<br />
VOJL I] I<br />
You ask mam<br />
Consult papii,<br />
With pleas<br />
Ami both rep<br />
This rash eve<br />
At leisure<br />
He doesn't know his Hi<br />
And Latin he always hj<br />
Ke always bluffs in Scit<br />
His Histo.y knows no d<br />
In Algebra he is put do<br />
In Drawing he gets " i<br />
He knows not how an<br />
Pray, reader, are you hi
T H E LOWELL<br />
However, the real object of the debate, to<br />
determine the two best speakers was left<br />
to a committee of the teachers, who<br />
named Mr. Van Sloun and Miss Harter.<br />
A week later, Mr. Clark's class held<br />
its debate before the society, upon the<br />
question, Resolved, that considered with<br />
reference to the protection and preservation<br />
of the system of negro slavery, the<br />
enacting of the Fugitive Slave Law of<br />
1S50 was a mistake.<br />
Affirmative. Negative,<br />
Miss Scribner, Miss Kendall,<br />
Mr. Boericke, Mr. Graham,<br />
Mr. Seeiig, Mr. Levy.<br />
Nutshell <strong>No</strong>vel.<br />
VOL. I.<br />
A winning wile,<br />
A sunny smile,<br />
A feather;<br />
A tiny talk,<br />
A pleasant walk,<br />
Together.<br />
VOL. II.<br />
A little doubt,<br />
A pinyful pout,<br />
Capricious;<br />
A merry miss,<br />
A stolen kiss,<br />
Delicious! !<br />
VOL. III.<br />
You ask mamma,<br />
Consult papa,<br />
With pleasure ;<br />
And both repent,<br />
This rash event<br />
At leisure ! !<br />
V. BM 04.<br />
<strong>The</strong> decision was rendered in favor of<br />
the affirmative. <strong>The</strong> two best debaters<br />
chosen were Mr. Boericke and Mr. Graham.<br />
At some future date, these two<br />
victors in each class will bold a joint<br />
debate to discover the foremost debater<br />
of all.<br />
<strong>The</strong> great interest taken in these debates<br />
by the two senior classes has been<br />
most satisfactory. In both instances, the<br />
room was filled to its utmost capacity by<br />
students who preserved admirable order.<br />
How advantageous it would be to the<br />
society and students alike, could this<br />
interest be preserved !<br />
Rags, Rags, Rags.<br />
Mr. Baker asked for rags,<br />
Anything from sacks to bags,<br />
Mr. Baker got them not,<br />
Whereupon he boiled red hot.<br />
Mr. Baker raised a fuss—<br />
Bat he did not swear or cuss—<br />
Simply said we could not work,<br />
If we did our duty shirk.<br />
Mr. Baker waits in vain,<br />
Thus renews his threat again,<br />
<strong>The</strong> class arrives—the rags do not—<br />
How hard, how hard is Baker's lot!<br />
Mr. Baker got 'em bad.<br />
Said that every lass and lad<br />
Must bring their rags that very day,<br />
Or else they'd have to stay away.<br />
If all the class would stay away,<br />
We would have a holiday,<br />
That is what we all desire—<br />
Put your rags into the fire!<br />
He doesn't know his English,<br />
And Latin he always hates.<br />
He always bluffs in Science,<br />
His History knows no dates.<br />
In Algebra he is put down,<br />
In Drawing he gets " 1>,' !<br />
He knows not how an " S " looks now ;<br />
Pray, reader, are you he 3<br />
Is This You?<br />
r<<br />
He always takes a bac •' ^t,<br />
(Goes 'way hack and sits down)<br />
Although at this the teacher<br />
May give to him a frown.<br />
He knows, though, when the lesson<br />
Does not extend so far,<br />
He knows when 3.15 comes,<br />
'Tis time to take the ca r.<br />
K!: ,09'
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k<br />
SOCIETY<br />
On Saturday evening, February the<br />
twenty-second, Washington's Birthday,<br />
Delta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Sorority<br />
gave a "bal poudre" at the home of<br />
Lillian Aitken, 3663 Washington street.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ball room was very prettily decorated<br />
with large American flags. Under<br />
each gas fixture was one of the sorority<br />
pennants, and around the fixtures were<br />
long sprays of ivy. Most of the girls<br />
wore Colonial costumes, and with the<br />
powered hair the effect was charming.<br />
A delightful little supper was served at<br />
about eleven.<br />
Daring the past month Delta of <strong>The</strong>ta<br />
Chi has initiated Louis Brewer, George<br />
Middleton and Duncan H. Davis.<br />
Gamma Chapter of Pi Delta Koppa<br />
Fraternity has initiated Dan <strong>Vol</strong>kmann,<br />
Miss Ottilia Gillilane entertained<br />
Delta of Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi at her home,<br />
127 Sixth Avenue, on the afternoon of<br />
February the twentieth. <strong>The</strong> dining<br />
room was prettily decorated with daffo-<br />
•Jils and ferns, and everyone had a very<br />
pleasant tiue.<br />
<strong>The</strong> members of Delta of Laoibda<br />
<strong>The</strong>ta Phi were the guests of the Misses<br />
Alice and Marian Burr on February the<br />
twenty-second, at their home 1722 Vallejo<br />
street. <strong>The</strong> games, decorations and<br />
refreshments were appropriate to the<br />
day. All enjoyed themselves immensely.<br />
Miss Elizabeth Lee gave a luncheon<br />
in honor of Delta of Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi<br />
on March the first, at her borne in Mill<br />
Valley. In spite of the rain all the girls<br />
had a splendid time.<br />
EDITED BY MISS CAROLYN TOWLE.<br />
On February the iourteenth, the Phi<br />
Alpha Sigma, a new Sorority lately<br />
founded at <strong>Lowell</strong>, gave a delightful<br />
evening in honor oi their two new members,<br />
Verna Ray and Cornelia Hinchman,<br />
at the home of Gertrude Gorter, 875<br />
Chestnut street. Being an occassion to<br />
which the girls responded with unusual<br />
warmth, Saint Valentine put ij his<br />
claim, especially in the supper room,<br />
which was resplendent with pink and<br />
silver hearts. Charming souvenirs were<br />
criven which were characteristic of both<br />
:he Sorority and Valentine's Day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following Thursday, a tea was<br />
given in honor of the same new mem<br />
bers at the home of Elyza V. Zobel, 1308<br />
Pine street.<br />
An interesting engagement that has<br />
just been announced is that of Miss Lyla<br />
JeauueUe Vincent and Clement Calhoun<br />
Young.<br />
Miss Vincent is the daughter of Mrs.<br />
Jeannette Vincent, and is a young- lady<br />
of more than ordinary scholastic attainments.<br />
She is a member of the Kappa<br />
Alpha <strong>The</strong>ta Sorority of Stanford, and<br />
is of the class of '03.<br />
Mr. Young is well known in cduca-tional<br />
circles in this city. He is at the<br />
head of the English department of the<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School, and is president of<br />
the San Francisco Teachers ; Club. <strong>The</strong><br />
marriage will take place some time this<br />
month at the home of the bride's mother,<br />
2015 Golden Gate avenue.<br />
<strong>The</strong> LOWELL extends congratulations<br />
in behalf of the school.<br />
n — ' - 1 - - ' * * • * '<br />
Dacatti<br />
A teacher once told<br />
a composition about<br />
M^st in my School Lj<br />
littie chap wrote a pap<br />
Perhaps more of us f<<br />
but don't dare to admj<br />
we all are very hap<br />
does come. On Man<br />
day) begins a week 1 ;<br />
very strenuous Hie w<br />
school year. But to<br />
still fuller, we will ai<br />
on Wednesday, Thurs<br />
the week preceding,<br />
ers' institute will be<br />
days. Truly the god:<br />
School<br />
February, 1902, a\<br />
new phase in our Hig<br />
that of an orchestra<br />
of some of the boys<br />
Minstrel Show cat;<br />
establish a School <<br />
to provide the music<br />
ment. but also to o<br />
nent body. A few<br />
men took the matt'<br />
and met with reman<br />
teen players being prj<br />
time of three days.]
IfiSISG<br />
Vacation I<br />
A teacher once told her class to write<br />
a composition about "What I Enjoy<br />
Most in my School Life." One bright<br />
little chap wrote a paper on " Vacation! "<br />
Perhaps more of us feel the same way,<br />
but don't dare to admit it. At any rate<br />
we all are very happy when vacation<br />
does come. On March the 24th (Monday)<br />
begins a week's respite from the<br />
very strenuous lite we lead during the<br />
school year. But to fill our cup of joy<br />
still fuller, we will also have vacation<br />
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of<br />
the week preceding. <strong>The</strong> annual Teachers'<br />
Institute will be held on those three<br />
days. Truly the gods are good to us !<br />
School Orchestra.<br />
February, 1902, has brought out a<br />
new phase in our High School activities,<br />
that of an orchestra. With the efforts<br />
oi'sorue of the boys to have a successful<br />
Minstrel Show came a movement to<br />
establish a School Orchestra, not only<br />
to provide the music at that entertainment,<br />
but also to organize as a permanent<br />
body. A few of the upper class<br />
men took the matter into their hands<br />
and met with remarkable success, sixteen<br />
players being procured in the short<br />
time of three days. At the end oi a<br />
week a " director " had been chosen out<br />
of our own number who not only understands<br />
his work but surpasses the greatest<br />
expectations of those who chose him.<br />
Under his leadership the boys have been<br />
doing fine work, their efforts being pervaded<br />
with an enthusiasm which means<br />
success. It has been decided that the<br />
orchestra is to provide a considerable<br />
part of the entertainment at the Minstrel<br />
Show. <strong>The</strong> playing is rapidly getting<br />
down to concert shape due partly<br />
to the influence of its director and partly<br />
to the excellent material which he has<br />
to handle. Rehearsals are held twice a<br />
week at the boys* houses, where, after<br />
practise, pleasant evenings are spent.<br />
Musical incidents are often related by<br />
the " director,*' which on account of his<br />
experience prove very instructive. Any<br />
one desiring to join the orchestra should<br />
make application to the manager. <strong>The</strong><br />
instrumentation is as follows:<br />
1st Violins:—Goldsmith (director),<br />
'03 ; Siebenhaur, '04, Kergan, '02, Levy,<br />
'02.<br />
2nd Violins:—Kauffman, '04, Behlow,<br />
'03.<br />
Cellos:—Pollak. '05, Abramson, Newfield,<br />
(manager) '02.<br />
Piano:—Barthels, '04.<br />
Flute:—Schweitzer, '06.<br />
Clarinet:—Spadiua.
••* n<br />
if<br />
Cornets:—Baue, '02, Cline.<br />
Horn:—S. Field.<br />
Pruai:—Tuneson.<br />
M. N., '02.<br />
Athletic Constitution.<br />
It is oow a little over two years since<br />
the present Athletic Constitution was<br />
adopted. It was printed in the LOWELL<br />
for February, 1900, and the whole school<br />
became familiar with it. <strong>The</strong> present<br />
seniors were then juniors. Consequently<br />
there are now three classes in the school,<br />
or four-fifths of the entire attendance,<br />
who have never seen the constitution.<br />
For their benefit, as well as for the benefit<br />
of those seniors who have forgotten<br />
about it, we have reprinted Article X,<br />
on Fines, Dues, and Assessments, as<br />
follows:<br />
SECTION I. <strong>The</strong> dues of this association<br />
shall be ten cents for each of the<br />
twelve calendar months. Dues become<br />
payable on the first of each month, and<br />
must be payed on or before the last day<br />
of each month, else they become delinquent<br />
and the member owing becomes<br />
subject to the fine mentioned in section<br />
3 below. But the dues for Julj r are not<br />
delinquent if paid at auy time during the<br />
following August.<br />
SEC. 2. But at any time any member<br />
who is not delinquent in his dues may<br />
by the payment of fifty cents in advance<br />
receive credit for six months' dues. Also<br />
such payment if made in August (the<br />
previous July's dues being unpaid) shall<br />
give credit from July 1st to January ist,<br />
inclusive. <strong>The</strong> treasurer .shall give a<br />
receipt to those who pay in accordance<br />
with this section, showing on the receipt<br />
and on the accompanying stub, from<br />
what month to what mouth dues are<br />
paid.<br />
SEC. 3. Wnen dues become delinquent<br />
(as per section 1) a Sue of five<br />
cents shall be added for each month for<br />
which dues are delinquent and unpaid.<br />
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SEC 4. When a member has become<br />
delinquent in a month's dues he shall be<br />
notified by the treasurer. If he fails to<br />
pay the next month, or after he is delinquent<br />
two months, he shall be notified<br />
again, and unless by that time or before<br />
he has paid the two months 1 dues with<br />
the accompanying two months 1 fines,<br />
his name shall be reported to the Board<br />
of Directors and the offending member<br />
dropped from the association by that<br />
body. He shall not be eligible to rejoin<br />
the association except by paying<br />
fifteen cents for each month that has<br />
elapsed from the month he has last paid<br />
for to the month when he rejoins.<br />
SEC. 5. Any member who wishes to<br />
resigr: from the association shall hand to<br />
the Board of Directors a written resignation.<br />
If the dues of the member are<br />
fully paid up, including the month in<br />
which the resignation is handed to the<br />
Board, it shall be accepted by the Board.<br />
Any member who has thus resigned<br />
shall be eligible to rejoin the association<br />
by paying &VG cents for each month that<br />
has elapsed from the month he has last<br />
paid for, to the month when he rejoins.<br />
SEC. 6. <strong>The</strong> dues of a member shall<br />
commence on the month in which he is<br />
elected by the Board of Directors and<br />
shall cease on his graduation, or on his<br />
leaving school before graduation, except<br />
in case of the ordinary vacation. Should<br />
he re-enter the school after being absent<br />
at least two month?, exclusive of vacation,<br />
his membership shall be resumed<br />
without payment for the intervening<br />
months. But should he be absent a less<br />
time than above mentioned dues must<br />
be paid for the time absent. A senior<br />
who graduates shall pay to the month<br />
after which he receives his diploma, at<br />
which time his membership in the association<br />
shall cease.<br />
SEC. 7. When deemed wise assessments<br />
may be proposed by the Board of<br />
Directors, and presented by a committee<br />
J<br />
of their number to ii<br />
of tha association for<br />
rejection. Wben ad<br />
thirds membership ofj<br />
assessments shall be<br />
payable. Those faments<br />
shall be ci<br />
bat any member op!<br />
when they are levied/<br />
without receiving a<br />
member of the associ:<br />
Dancing<br />
Some of the "younj<br />
have organized a di<br />
meets on Friday aft<<br />
Farreirs cotillion hj<br />
Bush. <strong>The</strong> meetinj<br />
able. Students of<br />
dially invited to join<br />
any Friday afternoon<br />
We urge the students<br />
zations of this kind<br />
ment of school life<br />
dents into sccial coni<br />
which is an essential<br />
spirit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fores;<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Forest<br />
pering under the g<<br />
Mr. Koch and Mr. KJ<br />
of the various membl<br />
club has many draw)<br />
bright future is antici<br />
At the last meeti:<br />
that the. trip to Ber<br />
trees of the Universi<br />
poned till some other<br />
elected for the mana;<br />
were Mr. Koch, M:<br />
Cooper. Other mi:<br />
brought up which<br />
dispute.<br />
Chess<br />
Daring last year ;<br />
chess players in the
I<br />
of their number to individual members<br />
of the association for their acceptance or<br />
rejection. When accepted by a twoihirds<br />
membership of the association the<br />
assessments shali be declared levied and<br />
payable. Those favoring the assessments<br />
shall be expected to pay them,<br />
but any member opposing them may,<br />
when they are levied, refuse to pay them<br />
without receiving auy discredit as a<br />
member of the association.<br />
Dancing Club.<br />
Some of the " young folks '' of <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
have organized a dancing club which<br />
meets on Friday afternoon at Professor<br />
Fan-ell's cotillion hall, on Polk near<br />
Bush. <strong>The</strong> meetings are very enjoyable.<br />
Students of both sexes are cordially<br />
invited to join or come to lock on<br />
any Friday afternoon after school hours.<br />
We urge the students to join,since organizations<br />
of this kind increase the enjoyment<br />
of scboo* life and bring the students<br />
into social contact with each other,<br />
whi^h i« aa essential to a lively school<br />
spirit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Forestry Club,<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Forestry Club is still prospering<br />
under the good management of<br />
Mr. Koch and Mr. Kelley, with the help<br />
of the various members. Although the<br />
club has many drawbacks at present a<br />
bright future is anticipated.<br />
At the last meeting it was decided<br />
that the trip to Berkeley to study the<br />
trees of the University grounds be postponed<br />
till some other time. <strong>The</strong> officers<br />
elected for the management of this trip<br />
were Mr. Koch, Mr. Kelley and Mr.<br />
Cooper. Other minor subjects were<br />
brought up which caused unnecessary<br />
dispute.<br />
Chess Club.<br />
During last year several enthusiastic<br />
chess players in the student body organ-<br />
THE LOWELL 29<br />
ized a very successful chess club, which<br />
held its meetings under Mr. Walker's<br />
hospitable roof in Room 1. Numerous<br />
tournaments were held in addition to<br />
the regular meetings of the club, and<br />
the members obtained much enjoyment<br />
and instruction from the organization.<br />
<strong>The</strong> success of this club has led to its<br />
reorganization under the name of the<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> Chess and Checker Club. Regular<br />
meetings will be held every Monday<br />
at 3:15 in Room 11, where all devotees<br />
of these games will be welcome. It is<br />
the intention of the members to arrange<br />
fov a tournament with some other High<br />
School at an early date. Drawing for<br />
places in the local tournament will soon<br />
take place and all interested in chess or<br />
checkers should sign the membership<br />
roll at once so as to participate in the<br />
first contest*<br />
Minstrel SLotv.<br />
<strong>The</strong> date of the minstrel show ;s not<br />
positively set, but it will take place some<br />
time at the end of this month. Judging<br />
from present prospects it will be an undoubted<br />
success. Some half dozen successful<br />
and very encouraging rehearsals<br />
have been held at Cotillion Hall in the<br />
afternoons. Steve Douglas, ex-<strong>Lowell</strong>*<br />
ite football player and end man, is training<br />
the chorus, in which about forty<br />
students are singing.<br />
A number of boys have turned out to<br />
compete for the place of end man.<br />
Douglas thinks there is enough good<br />
material to have three men on each end.<br />
That certainly ought to keep the fun<br />
hopping. Besides the minstrel show<br />
proper there will be a second part to the<br />
entertainment. This will consist of various<br />
numbers, musical and otherwise.<br />
Any one who can do auy keen stunt<br />
should let the manager, George Middleton,<br />
know, and ^ct a chance to make<br />
himself famous.
in<br />
'ii<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Camera Club.<br />
A new society has been organized by<br />
certain members of this school, known<br />
as the "<strong>Lowell</strong> Camera Club." <strong>The</strong><br />
purpose of this organization is to study<br />
photography in all its branches. <strong>The</strong><br />
members of this club have great advantages<br />
because they derive actual benefits<br />
from it. It is the intention of the promoters<br />
to hire and establish a dark room<br />
for the use of its members. <strong>The</strong> first<br />
meeting was very successful. Active<br />
membership is restricted to the members<br />
of the <strong>Lowell</strong> High School. vStudents<br />
desiring to become members will receive<br />
necessary information on applying to<br />
any of the following committee: Mr.<br />
Mattner, Miss Scribner, Miss Welsh,<br />
Mr. Blanckenburg, Miss Bloch and Mr,<br />
De ManieL<br />
Middle Class Meeting.<br />
A meeting of the three Middle classes,<br />
namely the Greek and two Latin Scientific,<br />
was held February 6, 1902, for the<br />
purpose of organizing, electing class officers<br />
and adopting a class pin.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting was called to order by<br />
Mr. Kelley, who, after a few remarks,<br />
suggested that a chairman pro tern, be<br />
elected. <strong>No</strong>minations were declared in<br />
order and as Mr. Fletcher received the<br />
IN ENGLISB.<br />
Prof. K —What are the chief religions<br />
of India ?<br />
1st Pupil.—Buddhism.<br />
2nd P..pil.—Mohamedanism.<br />
3rd Pupil.—Paganism.<br />
HEARD IN LATIN.<br />
Prof. X e— "What is the imperpect<br />
Indicative active of sum ? "<br />
B ai—'- Eram. eras, erat, eramus<br />
ERASTUS. erant."<br />
(8 m is now known as Rastus).<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
requisite number of votes, he acted as<br />
the chairman.<br />
<strong>No</strong>minations for permanent offices<br />
were then deJared in order. A number<br />
of candidates were nominated and as a<br />
result of the election the following were<br />
successful in the various offices: President,<br />
Mr. Darling; vice-president. Mr.<br />
Falk; secretan*, Mr. Dillon; treasurer,<br />
Mr. Koran.<br />
<strong>The</strong> president then took the chair and<br />
brought up the subject of selecting a<br />
class pin. A motion was made that a<br />
committee of three be appointed to visit<br />
the leading jewelers to get designs<br />
selecting the prettiesr and submitting<br />
them to the class. Those appointed<br />
were Miss O'Connell, Latin A., Miss<br />
Gortei, Latin B-, Miss Lyons, Greek.<br />
<strong>No</strong> further business being on hand a<br />
motion was made that the meeting be<br />
adjourned.<br />
A second class gathering was called<br />
February 13, 1902. <strong>The</strong> first matter<br />
brought up was the voting on a class<br />
pin.<br />
<strong>The</strong> designs having been submitted a<br />
vote was cast and by a large majority a<br />
pin representing a torch was adopted.<br />
Mr Horan, who ^as elected treasurer<br />
at the previous meeting, sent in his<br />
resignation. Another ballot was cast<br />
for the office of treasurer and Miss Gorter<br />
was elected.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting then adjourned.<br />
HEARD IN HISTORY '05.<br />
Miss PJ—w—n—(After a discussion on<br />
heretics) " Henry the 6th was a heretic."<br />
Mr. «*—gi_y_'«in What respect ? "<br />
Miss B—" He had fits/'<br />
Vic Levy (in L. Sr. Latin) translating<br />
"<strong>No</strong>t only! Well I don't know what<br />
" culpatus " means ! "<br />
Prof. Walker—'* It means blamed ! "<br />
Vic (translating)— u <strong>No</strong>t only the<br />
blamed Paris " ! !<br />
This has been a b;<br />
letics, the inclement<br />
both games and coi<br />
team has made one c]<br />
ing retired in favor<br />
fuss, though apparej<br />
handle a six-footer, d!<br />
well. He handles volj<br />
and has a nasty littll<br />
lobs and drives out<br />
reach. If he should<br />
play <strong>Lowell</strong> need not'<br />
<strong>The</strong> swimming cap]<br />
there is no news for<br />
true that another tryj<br />
no changes in thu V.<br />
suited. Reports fron<br />
ball and track are a]<br />
that we. can do is<br />
weather, a successful<br />
day and baseball gam)<br />
Track<br />
With the help of -<br />
cst taken in making .<br />
be a c: edit to <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
Every Monday, Wedi<br />
tweair *"• thirty be<br />
hard at work at the si<br />
Saturday, March 8.,<br />
class field-day on thj<br />
track- <strong>The</strong> events h<br />
lows: 50 yard dash,<br />
yard dash, 440 yard
\ZX<br />
^ • • i<br />
This has been a bad month for athietics,<br />
the inclement weather defeating<br />
both games and contests. <strong>The</strong> tennis<br />
team has made one change, Cassell haviug<br />
retired in favor of Beyfuss. Beyfuss<br />
though apparently too small to<br />
handle a six-footer, does so remarkably<br />
well. He handles volleys with accuracy<br />
and has a nasty little habit of placing<br />
iobs and drives out of his opponent's<br />
reach. If he should be called upon to<br />
play <strong>Lowell</strong> need not fear for hei honor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> swimming captain declares that<br />
there is no news for this month. It is<br />
true that another tryout was held, but<br />
tin rhnng?? in the team's make-up resulted<br />
Reports from baseball, basketball<br />
and track are also indefinite. All<br />
that we can do is to pray for clear<br />
weather, a successful Bay county fieldday<br />
and baseball games.<br />
Track News.<br />
With the help of Mr- Koch the interest<br />
taken in making' up teams, that will<br />
be a cudit to <strong>Lowell</strong>, bas not subsided.<br />
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday,<br />
twenty or thirty boys may be found<br />
hard at work at the school lot,<br />
Saturday, March St there was an interclass<br />
field-day on the Berkeley cinder<br />
track. <strong>The</strong> evcuts iu order were as fellows:<br />
50 yard dash, <strong>10</strong>0 yard dash, 220<br />
yaid dash, 440 yard dashti'j and 1 mile<br />
runs, 2 mile run, 120 yard hurdle, 220<br />
yard hurdle, pole vault, and high and<br />
broad jumps.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outlook at present is encouraging.<br />
Of course we do not expect to beat<br />
Ukiah Oakland, or Berkeley but if we<br />
mdke fourth place we can at least say,<br />
"Well next year."<br />
We will lose Adams, Jones and Haber<br />
this June, but we will still have the<br />
majority of the boys with us next year,<br />
and if they keep at it we will have men<br />
who have had experience.<br />
We are all glad to hear that Vos<br />
Burgh is out; this gives us a chance iu<br />
the broad.<br />
Also Middleton has developed into a<br />
fine fifty and hundred yard dash man.<br />
If some of the other fellows would follow<br />
his example and show their faces at the<br />
school lot as much as Middleton does, it<br />
would do them a lot of good.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are a good many other boys<br />
w?io deserve praise for their good work,<br />
among them Schwartz, Hazell, Siebenhaae,<br />
Gibson, Montgomery, Brewer,<br />
Selig and others.<br />
More attecticc should be given to the<br />
development of jumpers. With a few<br />
exceptions hardly any one gives anytime<br />
to this event.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Acadamic Field Day will scon be<br />
here and we mast make one more plea.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>ites, flock to your colors. Where
i<br />
is the rooting team which did such good<br />
work in the final football game? Is it<br />
to be said that after <strong>No</strong>vember we fell<br />
asleep and did not awake till the next<br />
foctball season ? <strong>The</strong> uoys need your<br />
support. Let everyone come. You will<br />
not only be doing something for the<br />
school but you will be giving yourself a<br />
day that you will not forget for a long<br />
time to come. KUTNBR.<br />
Baseball News.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is nothing definite to report on<br />
Baseball so the writer has to content<br />
himself with general topics. <strong>The</strong> fel*<br />
lows are all assigned to positions now<br />
and are working diligently, and results<br />
of their work are showiug plainly. Have<br />
you seen the fellows' new suits of fine<br />
gray flannel with a red LOWELL across<br />
the chest, red and white stockings and<br />
gray caps with red bands ? Tb*.y show<br />
off fine out in the field ; and they seem<br />
to be lucky too. Two overwhelming<br />
victories have been won under them, one<br />
with St. Matthews 21 to 3, and another<br />
with Anderson xS <strong>10</strong>3; fine scores con-<br />
uC C«i<br />
been practicing and the ability cf their<br />
opponents > A word about practice *<br />
More men should turn out for practice.<br />
L}weK is the only high school tesm of<br />
any importance in the State, where two<br />
teams do not turn out for practice, and<br />
there is no excuse for that with our 500<br />
fellows<br />
This makes only one practice game a<br />
week, i. e. on Saturday with some other<br />
school for the team, and that is surely<br />
not enough. So turn out And practice,<br />
if you can play at all. And before I<br />
forget it, oa the 13th of this month—<br />
that is Thursday—there will be a game<br />
between <strong>Lowell</strong> and Cooper Medical<br />
College at 16th and Folsom Street<br />
grounds. <strong>The</strong> admission will be only<br />
ten cents, so everybody ought to show<br />
up, you will get a fin't game fox your<br />
money too. And again, <strong>Lowell</strong> has the<br />
best chance she has had for a long time<br />
to win the championship, and if whe fails<br />
the only reason that may be urged will<br />
be that of lack of practice; so don't be<br />
bashful about coming to the park and<br />
helping the team.<br />
<strong>The</strong> base ball team added one more to<br />
its string of victories when Anderson<br />
Academy went down in defeat by the<br />
score of 18 to 3. <strong>The</strong> game at first was<br />
rather slow, owing to a drizzling rain<br />
which made fast work difficult, but after<br />
playing a few innings, <strong>Lowell</strong> struck<br />
its gait and from that time until the last<br />
man was oui, the Academy never had a<br />
ohanc:, being outclassed in batting,<br />
fielding and base-running by our fast<br />
team. De Boom struck out the first six<br />
mec and then retired in favor of Hamilton,<br />
who had Anderson at his mercy<br />
throughout the game. In De Boom,<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> has perhaps the best pitcher iv<br />
the league, and with Hamilton to help<br />
out, it can readily be seen how strong<br />
the box is. Among the features of the<br />
game was the team work of the infield,<br />
in<br />
himself by several difficult catches. <strong>The</strong><br />
outfielders played their territory like<br />
veterans, while the hitting of the whole<br />
team was most satisfactory. <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
certainly has a bright prospect of winning<br />
the base-ball championship if the<br />
team is a<br />
on, like heroines o<br />
strength as they thou<br />
whose name they m<br />
Under the guidance o<br />
been there before, the I<br />
slowly made its way u<br />
which the leader said<br />
gymnasium. Beating <<br />
the door with the uni<br />
teen umbrellas, they<br />
admittance. With es<br />
they watted, but rcce<br />
A second and moresk?<br />
of the umbrellas was <<br />
cess, for straightw&j<br />
their heads was thruci<br />
angry voice called on<br />
you want?"<br />
Alack and alas, th<br />
been crue'Jy misled.<br />
halt before the Boys<br />
wise discouraged, tL<br />
backs on the scene of<br />
Spalding'8 Athletic Good;<br />
A. G.
Hearst Hail, When the girls left this<br />
side of the bay, at <strong>10</strong>:30 o'clock in the<br />
morning, the storm had not yet broken<br />
forth, and as a result, the trip across<br />
was a pleasant one. But it was a totally<br />
different state of the atmosphere that<br />
they encountered on reaching Berkeley.<br />
Through a driving rain they began<br />
their pilgrimage from the station to the<br />
College, with hearts and lunches growing<br />
limp together under their drippiDg<br />
umbrellas. Still they bravely plodded<br />
on, like heroines of old, gathering<br />
strength as they thought of the school<br />
whose name they must not disgrace.<br />
Under the guidance of a girl who had<br />
been there betore, the bedraggled column<br />
slowly made its way to a large building<br />
which the leader said was Hearst Hall<br />
gymnasium. Beating a loud tattoo upon<br />
the door with the united force of fourteen<br />
umbrellas, they sternly demanded<br />
admittance. With exemplary patience<br />
they waited, but received no response.<br />
A second and more skillful Manipulation<br />
of the umbrellas was crowned with success,<br />
for straightway a window above<br />
their heads was thrust up, and a gruff,<br />
angry voice called out, "Well, what do<br />
you want?"<br />
Alack and alas, the poor girls had<br />
been cruelly misled. <strong>The</strong>y had called a<br />
halt before the boys' gymnasium. <strong>No</strong>wise<br />
discouraged, they turned their<br />
backs on the scene, of their humiliation,<br />
THE LOW EL I, 33<br />
and with heads erect, passed on to the<br />
real Hearst Hal*.<br />
Ah, the difference between the warm,<br />
comfortable interior and the miserable<br />
weather outside! Spirits rose with the<br />
thermometer, nrd finally left it far behind<br />
when the game commenced, and<br />
continued with briskness and liveliness.<br />
Our girls put up a much better game<br />
than was expected from their comparative<br />
inexperience. <strong>The</strong> utmost friendliness<br />
prevailed throughout between the<br />
two teams, due to the game being only<br />
a practice match. At the close of the<br />
contest, the College team cheered right<br />
heartily for <strong>Lowell</strong>, who responded with<br />
a vim that would put the boys to shame.<br />
<strong>The</strong> players took the following positions<br />
:<br />
FIRST HALF.<br />
Center, Gladys Meyer.<br />
R. Goal, Anita Beyfass.<br />
L. Goal, Edna Young.<br />
R. Guard, Josephine Kendall, (Capt)<br />
L. Guard, Jessie O'Connell.<br />
R. Side Center, Eva Moldrup.<br />
L. Side Center, Grace McMillan.<br />
SECOND HALF.<br />
Center, Gladys Meyer.<br />
R. Goal, Anita Bey fuss.<br />
L Goal, Edna Moses.<br />
R. Guard, Gertrude Cavitt.<br />
L. Guard, Helen Edwards.<br />
R. Side Center, Mabel Meade.<br />
L- Side Center, Olive Fairchild.<br />
SpalcUng's Athletic Goods are Standard Spalding's Baseball Goods are Offical<br />
A. G. SPALDING & BROS.<br />
Athletic Outfitters<br />
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Aslc vowr retailer for our goods. If he will not supply you or wants you to buy somehlng<br />
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AthleHc Uniforms that are Correct Tennis and Golf Outfits tbat are Up-to-date
34 THE LOWELL<br />
For information about the battle of<br />
Hastings, see Hoeber.<br />
Some <strong>Lowell</strong>ites Who Jire<br />
"Bugs! /"<br />
Any one wanting proof of this statement,<br />
will just visit the entrance to the<br />
building, near the laboratory. <strong>The</strong> LOW-<br />
ELL Bug Staff, under the direct management<br />
of Ronald, commonly known as<br />
tl Brick" Graham, Chief Bug, his assistant<br />
A. H. Abbott, not quite so bugs,<br />
and Louis Meyer, just a little bug.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se well known young gentlemen<br />
will endeavor, as they have done before,<br />
to entertain all spectators, during<br />
the following hours:<br />
From about 8:30 to 8:50 A M.<br />
Also during the recess period.<br />
From 12:30 to 12:50 P. M.<br />
Admission Free. All are invited? ? ?<br />
L. R. M., '05.<br />
A SPECTATOR.<br />
IN HrsTORY.<br />
Prof. L—:—y—Tell me something<br />
about the battle of Agincourt?<br />
S d—At the beginning of the battle<br />
the French had 11,000 men; they<br />
had 32,000 killed, and 16,000 went<br />
away.<br />
LITERARY CONUNDRUMS.<br />
What gives John Howard Payne?<br />
When Robert Burns Augustus Hare.<br />
When did Mary Mapes Dodge? When<br />
George W. Cutter.<br />
Where did Henry Cabot Lodge ? In<br />
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Fo:<br />
Zrieutenaut Gettyson<br />
one of the most populi<br />
Tenth Regiment. He<br />
some, and gay; as a con<br />
friends and acquaintani<br />
associates often wonden<br />
tor his lx>on companion:<br />
ant John Stewart insU<br />
more like himself in ma|<br />
For the two were diss<br />
every respect. Stewart<br />
quiet, while Gettyson wa<br />
a brilliant conversational<br />
ferred his own society<br />
est gathering, while the<br />
in the club and ball-root<br />
standing these dissiml<br />
tastes, their friendship \<br />
broken.<br />
This bond was<br />
love of Lieutenant Gj<br />
friend's sister. Except}<br />
was alone in the world<br />
had died when "his sistd<br />
self were little more than<br />
early in life Mary : had<br />
care of oniv her brother
VOL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Apart, 1902. <strong>No</strong>. 6<br />
For Sake of a Sister.<br />
LiciiK'iuiut Gcttyson was regarded as<br />
one of the most popular officers in the<br />
Tenth Regiment. He was young, handsome,<br />
and gay : as a consequence ho had<br />
friends and acquaintances galore. His<br />
associate-; often wondered why he chose<br />
for his 'v'^t! coiv.^^ni^n So rr *T^ j ip:it*Miant<br />
John Stewart instead 01 u person<br />
more like himself in manners and tastes,<br />
For the two were dissimilar in almost<br />
every respect. Stewart was taciturn and<br />
quiet, while Getty son was loquacious and<br />
a brilliant conversationalist; the one preferred<br />
his own society to that of the gayest<br />
gathering, while the other delighted<br />
in the club and ball-room. Yet notwithstanding<br />
these dissimilarities in their<br />
tastes, their friendship was firm and unbroken.<br />
This bond was strengthened by the<br />
love of Lieutenant Gettyson for his<br />
friend's sister. Excepting her, Stewart<br />
was alone in the world <strong>The</strong>ir pareats<br />
had died when liis sister Mary and himself<br />
were little more than children. Thus,<br />
early in life Mary had been left to the<br />
care of only her brother and her<br />
friends. <strong>No</strong>t that they were dependent<br />
on them, for their parents had left enough<br />
to send the l>oy to West Point, and to<br />
enable Mary to live almost :n luxury<br />
until she should be married. But the<br />
knowledge that he was all that remained<br />
to his sister in this world H.:H tniirh to<br />
make Stewart the steady, self reliant man<br />
that he was. <strong>The</strong> welfare of his sister<br />
should l>e of paramount interest to him ;<br />
bis own should count for nothing. This<br />
was what he early instilled into himself,<br />
and it grew with his years until it was<br />
his all-absorbing passion. He loved her<br />
with the purest love that can exist in<br />
this world, and to do anything which<br />
might cause her pain seemed to him the<br />
greatest of sins.<br />
In consequence of her brother's devotion,<br />
Mary had spent in her nineteen<br />
years a life full of peace and happiness,<br />
undisturbed by any outside influence.<br />
She, like her brother, was of a quiet and<br />
tranquil disposition, capable of feeling<br />
the deepest emotion without lietraying it<br />
by any sign. Although his sister was<br />
pretty and attractive, Stewart, "with a
jealousy which might be forgiven, hsd<br />
avoided introducing her to his brotherofficers,<br />
and she was as totally unaquainit-d<br />
with the ways of the world as she<br />
was when a child In fact, =he had<br />
never met but one of his friends, and<br />
that was Gettyson. Toward him as the<br />
constant companion of her brother, her<br />
feelings were like those she might have<br />
fcr some near relative, and her innocent<br />
nature saw nothing in the frequent visits<br />
he would make them.<br />
But the truth was not lost to her<br />
brother. He saw the heart of his sister<br />
slowly but surely filling up with love for<br />
his friend, to the exclusion of her love<br />
for him. <strong>The</strong> discovery cost him many<br />
a bitter pang, but he was wise enough to<br />
see that in time it must be so, and unselfish<br />
enough to do nothing to stop it.<br />
Moreover her lover was his dearest friend<br />
and brother-officer, and although Gettyson<br />
was by no means a paragon, yet<br />
Stewart saw that his love for his sister<br />
was honest and sincere. He bad no fear<br />
that hers was being thrown away on one<br />
who did not deserve it. And with these<br />
reflections he became reconciled to bis<br />
loss. 20 ulicii CtUyaou told him of his<br />
eternal devotion to his sister he could do<br />
nought save give him his best wishes for<br />
his success.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course of true love ran smooth in<br />
this case, and in a short time Stewart<br />
had occasion to ngratulate them both<br />
on their engagement. Both were bap) ,y,<br />
wrapped np entirely in each other. But<br />
this was not to be mere transitory bliss,<br />
for Mary's heart was net of the fickle<br />
sort. She had given it entirely to Gettyson,<br />
and had given it to stay. Her love<br />
was of that deep-seated kind, not given<br />
to emotional display and ostentation, but<br />
in which her whole soul partook, and<br />
which! if lost, must destroy her very life.<br />
This was in the winter of 1898. <strong>The</strong><br />
war with Spain had been declared, but<br />
as yet the regiment to which the young<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
lieutenants belonged had not been ordered<br />
into active service. But early in May<br />
word was received to prepare for service<br />
in the Philippines Amid the cheers of<br />
an enthusiastic crowd they set out on<br />
their long journey—the first regiment to<br />
go to the Philippines. <strong>The</strong> parting of<br />
Mary Hum her brother and iovif had<br />
been painful and affecting to each, but<br />
each rejoiced that their service would<br />
probably be short. Little was it thought<br />
that one of them would never return<br />
again.<br />
After the long sea-trip and the organization<br />
in the Philippines the two lieutenants<br />
found themselves engaged in the<br />
attack on Manila. But tbeir really dangerous<br />
part in the campaign did not<br />
occur until after Manila had been captured.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n they were called on to<br />
repel the attacks of the native* against<br />
the American outposts This duty was<br />
much more arduous than it would seem<br />
at first thought. <strong>The</strong> Filip ; ?*os never<br />
dared to meet the Americans in open<br />
fight, well knowing that the superior<br />
science and tactic* of the latter wouM<br />
give them no chance oi a victory But<br />
in the contest inland amongst the bnisb,<br />
the natives, by surprises and ambushes<br />
frequently worsted small parties of the<br />
Americans. Some of these attacks were<br />
characterized by the greatest savageaess<br />
and brutality on the part of the natives,<br />
the bodies of the dead often been mutilated<br />
past recognition. It was found<br />
that the leader of these atrocities was a<br />
half breed Spaniard who went under the<br />
name of Moya Ecya. He was the most<br />
skillful, the most successful, and the most<br />
bloodthirsty of all the chiefs of the natives.<br />
He combined the heartless cruelty of a<br />
Spaniard cf the worse type with rare<br />
skill jn military tactics. To waylay and<br />
catcli at 2iis own gsune ibis chief was the<br />
task which the captain of Company B, in<br />
which Lieutenant Gettyson was the second<br />
officer, set before himself. <strong>The</strong><br />
co:rpany, consisting o<br />
started out at night to p<br />
where Moya Ecya WE-<br />
How the latter ever<br />
it has never been foun<br />
in wait for the Ai<br />
marched along, tvith •<br />
^hooters he ambushed<br />
trapper caught in his o<br />
.-is were the union:<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was no sign of<br />
when suddenly a buist<br />
every bush and men ftl<br />
prise was complete.<br />
in the darkness and<br />
who we«e not captm<br />
lieutenants worked «3<br />
organize the flying t<br />
impossible. With eigh<br />
were seized, and thi<br />
l>een tied behind the*;<br />
broken English to m.<br />
they did, and after pr<br />
seemed an endless di*<br />
baited in front of a *'<<br />
ordered there & ?aas9 th<br />
But no sleep oune to t<br />
the soldiers, and it j<br />
quick. True, he wo<br />
shoulder the chief re<br />
was the burden of hi<br />
Vet his blood boiled<br />
that infamous rout*<br />
should run, and from<br />
there was some excut<br />
not used to the oottnl<br />
attack. *-Giveus«Joi<br />
trrrtxl the lieutenant i<br />
"and iktml* 9 Thtu<br />
thought struck him ti<br />
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no respect for the ri;<br />
Why, he might not ev<br />
<strong>The</strong> thought sent a ?<br />
through him. Aod I<br />
busy on her the rest oi
THE LOWELL<br />
company, consisting of some sixty men,<br />
started out at night to proceed to the place<br />
where Moya Ecya was last heard from.<br />
How the latter ever became aware of<br />
it has never been found out, but laying<br />
in wait for the Americans as they<br />
marched along, with about forty sharpshooters<br />
he ambushed them. Never was<br />
trapper caught in his own toils so neatly<br />
as were the unfortunate Americans.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was no sign of danger, no alarm,<br />
when suddenly a burst.of fire leaped from<br />
every bush and men fell thick. <strong>The</strong> surprise<br />
was complete. AJJ order was lost<br />
in the darkness and confusion, and all<br />
who were not captured fled. <strong>The</strong> two<br />
lieutenants worked desperately to reorganize<br />
the flying troops, but it was<br />
impossible. With eight or ten men they<br />
were seized, and their hands having<br />
been tied behind them were ordered in<br />
broken English to march along. This<br />
they did, and after proceeding for what<br />
seemed an endless distance were finally<br />
halted in front of a couple of huts and<br />
ordered there to pass the rest of the night.<br />
But no sleep came to either.<br />
Gettyson thought of the behavior of<br />
the soldiers, and it galled him co the<br />
quick. True, he would not have to<br />
shoulder the chief responsibility; that<br />
was the burden of bis superior officer.<br />
Yet his blood boiled as he thought of<br />
that infamous rout. That Americans<br />
should run, and from such a foe! Yet<br />
there was some excuse; the men were<br />
not used to the country nor this mode of<br />
attack. u Give us another chance.' 1 muttered<br />
the lieutenant under his breath,<br />
"and then!" <strong>The</strong>n like a flash the<br />
thought struck him that he might never<br />
have another chance Had he not fallen<br />
into the hands of Moya Ecya, who had<br />
no respect for the rights of prisoners ?<br />
Why, he might not ever see Mary again.<br />
<strong>The</strong> thought sent a sharp dart of pain<br />
through him. And his thoughts were<br />
busy on her the rest of the night.<br />
Something like these were the refiecttions<br />
of Stewart. He, too, knew that<br />
that there was little chance for him to<br />
come out alive Likewise there was<br />
little chance for his friend. <strong>The</strong> last<br />
thought sent a shiver through him ; him,<br />
who thought of his own death with calmness.<br />
For what did it mean to Mary?<br />
He knew, that it meant all, that if her<br />
lover died she. too, would die, for neither<br />
her brother nor anyone else could take<br />
his place. And then a great thought<br />
came to him and he thought on little<br />
else until morning.<br />
<strong>The</strong> morning came, a calm, beautiful<br />
day, the whole air fresh with life and<br />
gladness. But the unhappy prisoners<br />
were in no mood to appreciate it. Early<br />
they were summoned to appear before<br />
the chief himself. And his words were<br />
not calculated to comfort them. In a<br />
harsh, sneering voice, yet in excellent<br />
English, he spoke to them<br />
"Are these the invincible American<br />
soldiers, who never fled before any foe?<br />
<strong>The</strong> soldiers of the greatest and bravest<br />
nation in the world? For such they<br />
appear weary and worn out But they<br />
shall have rest soon. Shall they not?"<br />
he said, turning to a native at his side.<br />
<strong>The</strong> latter grinned expressively.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se words confirmed Stewart's worse<br />
suspicions Mechanically he counted the<br />
men in front of him He was the tenth ;<br />
Gettyson. next to him, the eleventh.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y had led the line as it came out,<br />
but, as it now stood, were the last<br />
"You dogs/ 1 continued the speaker,<br />
gradually working himself into a rage,<br />
"you dogs, you killed two of my men<br />
last week. Answer ! Did you not ? "<br />
<strong>No</strong> one replied. All knew that the<br />
two he spoke of had been taken while<br />
savagely mutilating the slain. <strong>The</strong><br />
Americans had had no mercy. But to<br />
say anything now would be worse than<br />
useless.<br />
"Yes, it is true. I swore then they
THE LOWELL<br />
should have revenge. <strong>No</strong>w I have my<br />
opportunity. We shall see how you<br />
Americans can die What! You do not<br />
tremble? Will this make you? That<br />
half of you shall be shot nowt and the<br />
other half go back in safety to your<br />
camp. Aha ! Hope is stronger than<br />
fear." He laughed harshly as he saw<br />
the men who had eyed him before without<br />
flinching with the courage of despair,<br />
now that a chance of escape was offered<br />
begin to show signs of fear. He paused<br />
a minute.<br />
'* Which half? I am not particular.<br />
True, I lose one man to be killed if we<br />
begin counting with the second, but I'll<br />
make that my own private stake. Ycu<br />
see this coin ? It is one of your own. I<br />
shall throw it in the air. If it comes<br />
down with the face of the woman uppermost<br />
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and eleventh men will be shot. ]f the<br />
eagle is uppermost, then the others will<br />
be shot, and the rest go free. 'Tis a<br />
pretty game to be decided by one toss."<br />
With these words he threw the coin up<br />
in the air.<br />
• With eager look? the m^n followed it.<br />
It went high, turning over and over,<br />
flashing back the sunlight into the eyes<br />
of those whose fate it was deciding<br />
<strong>The</strong>n it fell—and the head was on top.<br />
It meant Gettyson.<br />
A low murmur of relief and despair<br />
arose from the men Through it Stewart<br />
heard his friend's voice, striving to<br />
be calm, speaking to htm. It was alia<br />
blur to him. He distinguished the words<br />
* ! Mary" and -forget" and now and<br />
then a passionate appeal, but he answered<br />
not a word. He was busy loosening one<br />
hand from his cords.<br />
Meanwhile four sharpshooters had<br />
come forward. <strong>The</strong>* first one to be shot<br />
was ordered to advance. He was little<br />
more than a boy, but his step was firm,<br />
and his last words, "Boys, remember<br />
we're Americans," had only a little<br />
tremor in them. <strong>The</strong>n he fell, pierced<br />
by four bullets. <strong>The</strong> men after him had<br />
been ruthlessly shot down in short order.<br />
All had gone to their death with calmness.<br />
If they had behaved cowardly last<br />
night, they made, up for it now. <strong>The</strong><br />
last man before Gettyson, a grizzled old<br />
veteran, stepped out. All eyes were<br />
turned toward him.<br />
As the shot rang out, Gettyson felt a<br />
grip like a steel vise, on his shoulder. It<br />
was irresistible. Stewart, with one arm<br />
free, swung him quietly over to his own<br />
place, and stepped like lightning into<br />
Gettyson's before he had a chance to<br />
resist<br />
"Next!" rang out the leader's voice<br />
• Be good to her, Getty ion, she deserves.<br />
it." he said simply. <strong>The</strong>n lie stepped;<br />
forth briskly, with a quiet smile on-his<br />
lips. Gettyson had been speechless till<br />
now. He Iheu sprang forward, screaming<br />
''It's a mistake." Instantly two<br />
stalwart Filipinos overpowered him and<br />
forced him back into the line, putting a'<br />
gag in his mouth, as he still continued to<br />
exclaim.<br />
Stewart took his place. He saw the<br />
glorious sun in the heavens, and knew<br />
that the rifles were being raised It<br />
seemed hard to die, for the world is<br />
beautiful when one is young. But then .<br />
the face of his sister, wreathed in celestial<br />
beauty appeared to him. He smiled,<br />
and felt an overpowering billow sweep<br />
over him, and then he fell.<br />
BOERICKE, f O2.<br />
Solitary Con<br />
As Mr. Livingston H<br />
at the city prison regaj<br />
home, a plan of escape es<br />
His futvtre home- was-ps<br />
peculiar building of lits!<br />
structed. It was comple<br />
and had but one story, oj<br />
door. This building wj<br />
citizens of Sprihgviile<br />
solitary confinement,<br />
could be worse than com<br />
a cell as they had desigrj<br />
only meant to scarjE peoj<br />
small iron cagewaisys<br />
small iron pillars about<br />
<strong>The</strong> prisoner eri^red : . t|<br />
opening w one side wH<br />
then closed by Lan atitq<br />
afterwards would oijiy<br />
a day to give the "prisojl<br />
to let him reach: iput<br />
meals from tlie small?^<br />
matically; giving the'p<br />
to escape/"' THe prfio:<br />
never sawi; a liuman^fa!<br />
human face ever saw hii<br />
cell would be Ms^<br />
of Mr. Livingston" ^j<br />
it was feiind^ necessar|<br />
dergo this horribly P^<br />
<strong>The</strong> more Mf; HdSno!<br />
the more he sn$ed§!; I<br />
yet so perfect/ : ^<br />
<strong>The</strong>re :were tfcf^<br />
the authorities had not <<br />
secreted them iii; his n^<br />
procured a pencil^and<br />
wrote a nbte ; addressed<br />
the prison. It-ranvasfoj<br />
MR. WIKSLOW, Wardei<br />
DEAR SIR ••—I<br />
fayor of'">^<br />
of timein'studv. •- :p.>:a
THE LOWELL<br />
Solitary Confinement of Mr. Livingston He.<br />
As Mr. Livingston He sat in his cell<br />
at the city prison regarding his future<br />
home, a plan of escape entered his mind.<br />
His future home was perhaps the most<br />
peculiar building of its kind ever constructed.<br />
It was completely built of iron<br />
and had but one story, one room and one<br />
door. This building was built by the<br />
citizens of Springville for the purpose of<br />
solitary confinement. As no punishment<br />
could be worse than confinement in such<br />
a cell as they had designed, perhaps they<br />
only meant to scare people by it. This<br />
small iron cage was supported on four<br />
small iron pillars about twenty feet high.<br />
<strong>The</strong> prisoner entered through a small<br />
opening in one side which opening was<br />
then closed by an automatic door and<br />
afterwards would only open three times<br />
a day to give the prisoner fresh air and<br />
to let him reach out and procure his<br />
meals from the small shelf outside. <strong>The</strong><br />
door immediately closed and locked automatically,<br />
giving the prisoner no chance<br />
to escape. <strong>The</strong> prisoner once inside<br />
never saw a human face again and no<br />
human face ever saw him. for that lonely<br />
cell would be his grave. But the crime<br />
of Mr. Livingston He was so terrible that<br />
it was found necessary to make him undergo<br />
this horrible punishment.<br />
<strong>The</strong> more Mr. He thought of this plan<br />
the more he :>miled. It was so simple,<br />
yet so perfect He started to carry it out.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were three or four diamonds that<br />
the authorities had not discovered and he<br />
secreted them in his mouth. <strong>The</strong>n he<br />
procured a pencil and some paper and<br />
wrote a note addressed to the warden of<br />
the prison. It ran as follows :<br />
MR. WINSLOW, Warden.<br />
DEAR SIR :—I would like to ask one<br />
favor of you. I have bpent a great deal<br />
of time in study. I am about to accom-<br />
plish the results. Such a secret as I<br />
hold would change the entire finance of<br />
the world. By a process in which I only<br />
use physical means I cau produce a perfect<br />
diamond from the carbon contained<br />
in a small block of wood. Please let me<br />
have just one tiny piece of wood and in a<br />
few months you shall have a small diamond,<br />
perfect and flawless.<br />
Respectfully,<br />
LIVINGSTON HE,<br />
It would only have been natural for<br />
the warden to entirely ignore He's Setter,<br />
but so many brilliant achievements have<br />
been accomplished by convicts that he<br />
did not think any harm could be done,<br />
by granting such a trivial favor.<br />
So it happened that when Livingston<br />
He entered his cell he took with bim a<br />
small piece of wood that caused him to<br />
smile whenever he saw it. Probably the :<br />
largest gathering of people ever known<br />
in Springville assembled to see-Mr. Livingston<br />
He climb up the iron pole of hi*<br />
home and crawl in through the door.<br />
<strong>The</strong> door was locked and Mr. He would<br />
never more hear a human sound or see a<br />
human face. His food was placed on the<br />
shelf by means of a pulley and the same<br />
means removed it after he had finished<br />
his meal <strong>The</strong> cell was not watched by.<br />
the guards for escape from it was impossible.<br />
Everything worked very well for the<br />
first few months and the warden had forgotten<br />
all about *he block of wood. But<br />
one day when the empty plate was returned<br />
there lay a small diamond and a<br />
message scratched on the plate that bore<br />
the words, "Send another block ; I will<br />
make another diamond."<br />
<strong>The</strong> warden was dunit> v Mth astonishment<br />
at what he saw and would not b^.r<br />
lieve his eyes uutil he had tlie stone ex-
amined and it was proven to be perfect.<br />
Another block was immediately sent and<br />
when p.nother diamond came at the end<br />
of the month, the warden immediately<br />
applied for a pardon. Another block<br />
was sent and the warden waited,<br />
Meanwhile, as Mr. Livingston He<br />
placed each diamond on the plate and received<br />
a block of wood, his smile spread<br />
to amazing proportions. His plan was<br />
to obtain two or three blocks of wood and<br />
place them m the groove where the door<br />
of his cell locked. By doing this the<br />
door would not lock and yet to those outside<br />
it would seem as if it did. <strong>The</strong>n at<br />
night all Mr. He would have to do would<br />
be to quietly raise the window and creep<br />
out.<br />
So when he got the third block of wood<br />
he made up his mind to go that night.<br />
When he returned his supper plate to<br />
the shelf he quietly dropped the pieces of<br />
wo 3d into the groove. Soon the door<br />
closed, but the crunching of wood told<br />
Mr. He that his plau had worked and he<br />
would soon be free. His convict suit did<br />
not bother him for he had friends in the<br />
village, and furthermore he intended to<br />
come back<br />
Mr. Livingston He was a great think-<br />
er. That was why he decided to come<br />
back. He had conceived another great<br />
plan. He would build a whisky still in<br />
•that prison and by boring down one of<br />
thi poles he could .-asiiy lead cway the<br />
distilled liquor an-i make an enormous<br />
sura After a few years some one else<br />
would take his place and he could live in<br />
comfort all his life. Tonight he would<br />
tell his friends and gain their help.<br />
Gradually he would complete his distilling<br />
outfit and by means of the blocks<br />
could leave and come, back when he<br />
wished. His plan was immense and his<br />
ever ready smile grew and grew as he<br />
kept thinking how future geuerations<br />
would regard him, for as soon as he died<br />
another man would take his place and so<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
on for ever. His smile gradually grew<br />
to a chuckle as he thought that future<br />
generations of Springville might think<br />
that they had found a second Methuselah.<br />
At last the time came and he opened<br />
the window. It was pitch black and no<br />
one was near. He let himself out of the<br />
window and quickly slid down the pole.<br />
You can imagine the surprise that Mr,<br />
James King showed on seeing his old<br />
friend He. But you cannot imagine the<br />
joy that took possession of him when<br />
Livingston He told his plan. He was<br />
wild with expectation.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y sat up late that night forming<br />
plans and when Livingston He, closely<br />
followed by Mr James King, left in the •<br />
early hours of the morning, he carried<br />
with him a small drill to bore a hole for<br />
the pipes. He slowly climbed up the<br />
pole and tried to raise the door. It<br />
would not work ! <strong>The</strong> door had smashed<br />
the wood and had locked itself!<br />
In vain did Mr. He try to open it. At<br />
last, tired out, he stopped. Bay was fast<br />
approaching and Mr. Livingston Heknew<br />
that he would be captured. But<br />
Mr. Livingston He was a great thinker.<br />
Beneath him stood Mr. Jimmy King<br />
waiting for the signal to come up. Slowly<br />
and surely did Mr. Livingston He<br />
poise the drill point downward. A moment<br />
later the Jeed was done. He slowly<br />
climbed down the pole. <strong>The</strong> body of<br />
Mr Jimmy King lay stiff at the bottom.<br />
<strong>The</strong> deadly missile had done its work.<br />
Mr. Livingston He quickly changed<br />
clothes and disfigured the dead man's features.<br />
As Mr. Livingston He slowly walked<br />
away his perpetual grin broadened<br />
into a smile as he thought that on<br />
the morrow the warden would .find the.-.,<br />
dead body and bewail the great diamond<br />
secret that was to be forever lost to the<br />
world.<br />
BARE, '03.<br />
Wi<br />
One day, not long" a<br />
ent, in my office for<br />
word from the, ,supe]<br />
"Crowfoot Gold Mine<br />
the city representative,<br />
which had at first give]<br />
paying richly, had<br />
far as could be disepvei<br />
tirely ;v : "-;-<br />
Here indeed was a<br />
dreams of a fortune Ifprj<br />
remained ore enough<br />
running it would just 11<br />
True, I had a few th<br />
the bank, but what^<br />
who had expected^to<br />
millionaire? . v:<br />
While I sat at'ihydeS<br />
end of a cigar \vhicbt in|<br />
I had forgotten ito light,<br />
and a young:- man canie<br />
My visitor announced<br />
Watson knd .,in reply t<br />
what assistance I coMlii<br />
a small box on'iny des<br />
ceeded to open<br />
small instrument which<br />
see consisted of hothing';<br />
delicately balanced-'on<br />
having some el< *<br />
destined to revolutionise<br />
will infallibly indicate<br />
I could hardly believe ij<br />
have been the strangest<br />
this man had come to<br />
his instrament-waS'inblt<br />
Still I was incredulou<br />
doubt thatxo<br />
for the stranger<br />
c6? *V from 7 his pocket ;saic!
THE LOWEL I,<br />
Watson's Gold Finder.<br />
One day, not long- ago I sat, despondent,<br />
in my office for I had just received<br />
word from the superintendent of the<br />
" Crowfoot Gold Mine M of which I am<br />
the citv representative, ttiat a vein of ore<br />
which had at first given great promise of<br />
paying richly, had abruptly ended and as<br />
far as could be discovered terminated en<br />
tirely<br />
Here indeed was a sad ending to our<br />
dreams of a fortune for though there still<br />
remained ore enough to keep the mine<br />
running it., would just barely pay.<br />
True, I had a few thousand dollars in<br />
the bank, hut wh.it was this to a man<br />
who had expected to shortly become a<br />
millionaire?<br />
While 1 sat at my desk gnawing at the<br />
end of a cigar which in my despondency<br />
I had forgotten to light, the door opened<br />
and a young man came in.<br />
My visitor announced himself as John<br />
Watson and in reply to my inquiry of<br />
wb.at assistance I could bei'to him, placet!<br />
a small box on tny desk, which he pro*<br />
ceeded to open Taking therefrom a<br />
.small instrument which as far as I could<br />
see consisted of nothing but a paper tube<br />
'delicately .balanced on two pivots and<br />
having some electee wirevconnected to it.<br />
'•This.' 1 said he. "&'; an' instrument<br />
destine:! to revolutionize/the world for it<br />
will infallibly indicate the presence of<br />
gpld""<br />
1 could hardly believe my ears. It must<br />
have been the strangest coincidence that<br />
this man had come to my office where<br />
his instrument was most urgently needed.<br />
Still I was incredulous and I do not<br />
doubt that my face showed my skeptisisra,<br />
• for- the stranger smiled' and taking a gold<br />
coin from his pocket: s.r/d. ''To convince<br />
you I propose to make a demonstration<br />
of the use of the instrument.'*<br />
I at once suspected that probably, the<br />
coin was prepared, possibly it was Iron<br />
and would affect a magnet \v? th i n the<br />
instrument so I took a gold coin from<br />
my purse and bade him use it in lieu of<br />
his own. He put his own coin away,<br />
smiling as he did so.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n he placed my coin under one end<br />
of the tube and lo. and behold, the tube<br />
tilted downward so as to point to the<br />
coin <strong>The</strong>n he moved the coin under the<br />
uplifted end and stowly but surely, the<br />
tube turned so as to point to the coin.<br />
For several minutes he kept shifting !;he,<br />
coin while the tube always pointed in the<br />
right direction.<br />
To say that I was pleased would be<br />
putting it too mildly I was so overjoyed;<br />
that I could have seized the inventor and<br />
waltzed around the office with him,<br />
yelled, jumped around, or in fact done<br />
anything to demonstrate my joy.<br />
But I did none of them. Instead I<br />
turned to Watson ami demanded his<br />
price for the invention. .*<br />
"Ten thousand dollars. 1 ' replied he.<br />
At the time I was too excited to notice^<br />
tire smallness of the price of an instrument<br />
which would disclose millions of<br />
dollars worth of buried gold^ -<br />
" Done ! " exclaimed I,"and immediately<br />
wrote out a check for the amount.<br />
I was however, cautious enough to ask<br />
for an explanation of its use and after he<br />
had given nie a receipt for the amount<br />
departed.<br />
In high glee I i?eut for the directors of<br />
the company which operated the min*%<br />
but somehow all were busy and unable to<br />
come until the following morning. -,•.<br />
'•' r: .11
IO THE LOWELL<br />
You may he sure that I slept very little<br />
that night. In the morning the directors<br />
appeared at my office and showing<br />
them the instrument I started to explain<br />
its use. <strong>The</strong>y were as skeptical as I had<br />
at firs?; been and to prove to them its value<br />
I proceeded to test it.<br />
But it refused to work. In despair I<br />
sought some way of making it work<br />
when of a sudden a pararHne plug fell<br />
from one end, and with it a—dead fly.<br />
When I realized how I had been swindled<br />
I nearly fainted.<br />
Tho wonderful instrument was merely<br />
a paper tube inclosing a fly which trying<br />
to escape always climbed, acordiug to the<br />
custom of flies, to the top, its weight<br />
causing the delicately balanced tube to<br />
tip so as to point to the coin which must<br />
always be moved ?»o as to be under an<br />
uplifted ^nd.<br />
Detectives were put on Watson's trail<br />
but he had cashed the check and disappeared<br />
and was never seen afterwards.<br />
PAUL LACHMAN. '02.<br />
— i"
THE LOWELL it<br />
<strong>The</strong> Captive Lion.<br />
<strong>The</strong> show was o'e;, the people homeward gone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lights were out and sileuc*;r.igued supreme.<br />
Within his iron cage, close to tks. bars,<br />
His grent head resting ou his ^tant jaws,<br />
A captive Monarch of the Desert lay<br />
And pined, while through his mind a vision<br />
passed.<br />
Ah! 'twas a scene to lift the soul froiu earth.<br />
To teach the mind to long for higher things.<br />
While o'er the desert fell a holy hush<br />
That e'en might tame the fire in savage breasts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sun had setbek'.ad the western hills<br />
That loomed up rugged 'gainst tbe crimson sky,<br />
Wbile far to eastward, like a tiny bark<br />
Upon the boundless deep, an oasis clear<br />
Where grew green palms and vines, might be<br />
discerned,<br />
With solemn grandeur o'er this region wild<br />
One monarch ruled \X\ undisputed sway.<br />
From out a cavern in the western bills<br />
<strong>The</strong>re strode a tawny lioa, king of beasts,<br />
A moment paused to sniff the calm, cool air, ,<br />
To cast his eye o'er his dominions wide.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n with a roar like thunder of the gods,<br />
Tossed his great bead as proud as human prince<br />
Ami started off across the burning plain.<br />
Th«r Tiuxm had risen ere he reached the pOGl<br />
Where be was want to slake his parching thirst,<br />
And softened into lines of beauty wierd<br />
Tbe jagged peaks and crags oi* distant stlls,<br />
<strong>No</strong> sound disturbed the death-like stillness<br />
when<br />
This monarch of the desert bent Kis head<br />
And plunged it deep into the brackish pool.<br />
He raised his massivt bead and star ward gazed,<br />
As if in very ecstacy of life 0<br />
Shook back the tawny mane from out his eyes,<br />
And, like a 'thankful prayer to the Almighty,<br />
<strong>The</strong>re rolled out upon the evening biteze,<br />
A deep-toued, oft reverberating roar.<br />
<strong>The</strong> echo ceased, the monarch turned lo go<br />
When, with a snarl of savage pain he fell<br />
Into a pitfall man had dug for him.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gray dawn breaking in the east now failed<br />
To wake him; and the sun to warm his limbs<br />
<strong>No</strong>w chilled in death. He lay forever silent.<br />
A.NYO1NNETTE CRAWFORD, '0$.
"Kv*/<br />
CWftOB<br />
<strong>The</strong> field of general criticism has been<br />
well covered by the previous writers in<br />
this department and what I have to say<br />
is largely in the way of passing comment<br />
and suggestion.<br />
<strong>The</strong> results prove the wisdom of the<br />
LowEtL management in instituting a<br />
prise story contest. <strong>The</strong> number of responses<br />
must be encouraging to the<br />
editors who have so often been hard<br />
pressed for "copy." This good beginning<br />
ought to develop into a well-defined and<br />
permanent plan for the advancement of<br />
letters in the <strong>Lowell</strong> High School.;<br />
Essays, reviews, poetry and other forms<br />
of composition should tind expression<br />
here as well as short stories. ,.<br />
In looking over the last five numbers<br />
of the LowELt one is impressed with the<br />
lack of variety in. the table of contents.<br />
Tae short story is always in evidence<br />
and there is an occasional bit of verse,<br />
but there is a serious lack in the line of<br />
essays, historical, biographical or descriptive.<br />
Generally speaking the stories<br />
arc lacking in local color. Too often<br />
they impress one as being as appropriate<br />
to a thousand other places as to the one<br />
chosen for the field of action. Give us<br />
stories of California, of San Francisco, of<br />
Mission Dolores and do not go to Boston<br />
or to Paris for scenes to inspire your<br />
pen. Exploit local history; picture to<br />
us some phases of the lives of our California<br />
writers—Edward Rowland Sill,<br />
Iaa C'Xilbrith, John Muir; or describe to<br />
us your experiences in climbing Monte<br />
del Diablo or in following the windings<br />
of Russian river- This is the land of<br />
romance. Here you can find themes to<br />
which you cannot fail to give a touch of<br />
life, a semblance of reality quite lacking<br />
in scenes so foreign to your experience<br />
as Alaska or South America.<br />
I rarely cross Polk street without<br />
thinking of "McTeague" and instinct,<br />
ively looking up the street for the sign<br />
of the #oid tooth once displayed before<br />
his office window. <strong>The</strong> story of u Mc-<br />
League" is not altogether pleasing and<br />
it is open to criticism, but upon one at<br />
all familiar with California life it makes<br />
a definite and lasting impression. <strong>The</strong> (<br />
author wrote of the people and the<br />
scenes right about him, and in sp doing<br />
he has used his talents in the most<br />
effective way.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> Scoop of the Delta £psilon<br />
Kappas" is a story of more thaa usual<br />
merit. <strong>The</strong> plot is well conceived and is<br />
developed in a natural and simple way.<br />
<strong>The</strong> character of Dick Emmons is that^<br />
of a normal, healthy young man. and he-' ; -<br />
is presented in every situation as acting<br />
in harmony with the first conception<br />
that is presented to the reader. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
an air of reality about the characters and<br />
incidents, a rapidity of movement and a<br />
local atmosphere that do not fail to _<br />
charm us.<br />
"A Serious Joke" is an improbable<br />
story, but has one good quality, that of<br />
being interesting. <strong>The</strong> sentence structure<br />
is often faulty and the thought is<br />
ft<br />
sometimes crude. It is<br />
ceive the condition of I<br />
''cried until she could ci<br />
"never lost hope/' '<br />
avoid frequent repetiti<br />
word and should be<br />
observe the unity of th<<br />
struction of sentences.<br />
'<strong>The</strong> Dying Minstrej<br />
and the incident quite<br />
of possibility. <strong>The</strong> aui<br />
closer attention to the<br />
<strong>The</strong> closing sentence, foJ<br />
in force and diiectnesj<br />
circumlocution. Say<br />
dead 1 ' rather than "tb*<br />
have passed away^ ?<br />
U A Timely Picture 1<br />
somewhat marred in '<br />
<strong>The</strong> writer has the si<br />
and dealing with less c<<br />
might produce a strong]<br />
<strong>The</strong> criticism is diri<br />
It possesses the qualit;<br />
which the writer reft<br />
cisms, given in so fried<br />
not fail to do great: goc<br />
standard of theXowi<br />
<strong>The</strong> editbripls are w<<br />
local interest, uulviss it<br />
"An- International Li<br />
"Exchanges" are critii<br />
and seem to be well ; '<br />
i^- ;:-.t,
THE LOWELL<br />
sometimes crude. It is not easy to conceive<br />
the condition of the mother who<br />
"cried until she could cry no more'' but<br />
''never lost hope. 1 the usual departments dealing with<br />
school activities. <strong>The</strong> interest shown<br />
in debating is worthy of note. Let us<br />
* <strong>The</strong> writer should join with the Debating Editor in the<br />
avoid frequent repetitions of the same wish that this interest may be preserved.<br />
word and should be more careful to This seems to be a period of expansion<br />
observe the unity of thought in the con- in the way of school organizations. <strong>The</strong><br />
struction of sentences.<br />
new aspirants for popular favor have<br />
t4<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dying Minstrel" is Interesting worthy objects in view and ought to<br />
and the incident qvite within the realm flourish. <strong>The</strong>re is danger, however, if<br />
of possibility. <strong>The</strong> author should give this expansion continues that the ener-<br />
closer attention to the choice of words. gies of the student body may be dissi-<br />
<strong>The</strong> closing sentence, for example, loses pated in the effort to maintain so many<br />
in force and directness by the use of divergent interests.<br />
circumlocution. Say "the face of the <strong>The</strong> typographical appearance of tke<br />
dead" rather than "the face of those who • issue under consideration is specially<br />
have passed away."<br />
pleasing. <strong>The</strong> cover in color and design<br />
"A Timely Picture" b.as a good plot Is a notable improvement over that of<br />
somewhat marred in the development. previous issues. <strong>The</strong> proof-reader is<br />
<strong>The</strong> writer has the story-teller's gift, still open to criticism. It might be well<br />
and dealing with less complex situations to call the attention of the printer to the<br />
might produce a strong story.<br />
inartistic attitude of the row of pansies.<br />
<strong>The</strong> criticism is direct and positive.<br />
It possesses tiie quality of sincerity to<br />
which the writer refers. Such criticisms,<br />
given in so friendly a spirit, cannot<br />
fail to do great good in raising the<br />
standard of the LOWELL.<br />
<strong>The</strong> editorials are well written and of<br />
local interest, unless it be the one upon<br />
u<br />
An International Language." <strong>The</strong><br />
"Exchanges" are critical in character<br />
and seem to be well timed. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
It would be more restful to the eye if<br />
the pansies did not appear to be standing<br />
on their beads.<br />
Tfaet&ne or the LCA'EIX is fine and<br />
sti'Gng, a fact worthy of special praise in<br />
the line of school journalism. With toe<br />
awakened interest in the way of contributions<br />
the editors will no doubt find<br />
time to make the paper more than ever<br />
before the exponent of all that is best in<br />
the life of the school. F, E. P.
THE LOWELL,<br />
A monthly published by the •tudents cf the<br />
High School,<br />
BDITOftlAI.<br />
W. R. D« r.foa '02, Editor.<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
S»t, Jr.. •, Biwinw. .M«na£er.<br />
ASSISTANTS :<br />
John W. Walker, '03.<br />
P, A. UnJorth, •
T HE LO W ELL<br />
We read of such plagiarism every day.<br />
Modern translators of the Persian poets,<br />
particularly, have a habit of consulting*<br />
closely, older translations. We read of<br />
this only recently, some little space being<br />
devoted to such a case in the Munsey*s<br />
for March, 1902.<br />
We hope that such an occuienoe will<br />
not happen to us soon again. In the<br />
first place, instead of helping the paper<br />
by Mich contributions, you tend to drag<br />
down ics standard. Other readers outside<br />
the student lx>dy or San Francisco,<br />
might also recall the poem as originally<br />
written for the "Library of Wit and<br />
Humor." So with any other u borrowed<br />
" article.<br />
It gives other papers and editors a<br />
chance to hold us up either for ridicule<br />
or contempt. Any school can issue a<br />
paper, bright, interesting, etc, by simply<br />
reprinting the articles needed of men who<br />
have no interest in or connection with<br />
the school, whatsoever. <strong>The</strong> Eclectic<br />
Afagazine^ which up to a few years ago<br />
was ranked as one of the finest of monthly<br />
magazines, printed nothing original. But<br />
credit was always given for every article<br />
We might issue a paper on this plan,<br />
but surely such a paper neither would be<br />
a representative school organ nor would<br />
it hold a very enviable place among its<br />
exchanges.<br />
Furthermore, leaving all personality<br />
out of the question, there are four good<br />
reasons why " A Condensed <strong>No</strong>vel"'<br />
should not have I>ec:t offered for publication<br />
x. Doing so was not at all honorable.<br />
2. It made no particular sensation on<br />
first l>eing resd and therefore failed as a<br />
popular poem.<br />
3 It shows no particular skill in<br />
writing or genius in poetics.<br />
4. Although, undoubtedly, it was<br />
worth w'^le printing when uuderstood<br />
as an effort of a High School student,<br />
yet, as undoubtedly, a woeful lack of<br />
taste was shown in selecting u A Condensed<br />
Xovcl" from a book like the<br />
" Library," where there surely are<br />
so many brighter, more worthy, and<br />
more deserving pieces of humor to be<br />
found.<br />
Tiie occasional addition<br />
New Building of a room or two in the<br />
yard, the crowding in of<br />
additional desks in rooms already well<br />
filled, the inconveniences of laboratories<br />
and recitation rooms, the utter absence<br />
of hat and cloak rooms— all serve to impress<br />
upon us how sadly in need of a<br />
new building is this, the largest, yet<br />
most poorly equipped, high school in<br />
the city.<br />
We had visions of something in store<br />
for us when the last bond proposition,<br />
which included a new building for u?,<br />
was carried ; but the Supreme Court decided<br />
that the issuance of bonds under<br />
the circumstance would be illegal and<br />
our hopes were dashed to the ground.<br />
A new bond proposition is new being<br />
prepam* hy the Board of Supervisors<br />
and <strong>Lowell</strong> will undoubtedly be included<br />
in it for a new building. But<br />
progress under a bond procedure is necessarily<br />
slow and it would be several<br />
years before a new building could be<br />
made ready for us. In the meat inj^<br />
what are we going to do ? <strong>The</strong> other<br />
new high .school buildings of the city<br />
have been built with money from the<br />
yearly tax levy. Why not raise the<br />
money for us in the same way ? It<br />
would need only an additional tax levy<br />
of less than a half mill on a dollar and<br />
the building could be ready in a year and<br />
a half. Let every pupil of the school interest<br />
the people at borne and send them<br />
in droves to the Board of Supervisors to<br />
demand a special tax levy for our new<br />
building.
i6 THE LOWELL<br />
It is the intention of<br />
those in charge to get<br />
JinnuaL out an "Annual.* to<br />
follow this issue and to<br />
be the last number published this term.<br />
We tvant to make it an annua! worth<br />
the name, T'-vo yttfirs ago there '.vas<br />
such a paper gotten up and it \i-as<br />
somewhat of a success. Of course all<br />
stories for this **Annual" must be<br />
"right up to snuff*' and for that reason<br />
we intend to withhold until then the<br />
second and third prize stories. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
will be many other stores, poems, etc,<br />
in the "Annual," and so we want every<br />
one who has an idea in mind to work it<br />
up and send it in to us. <strong>The</strong> date for<br />
the close of contributions will be given<br />
later.<br />
Mr Tracey R. Kelly,<br />
Jt Prix* Verse always on the lookout<br />
Competition* for anything that will<br />
advance the school or<br />
stndents in their studies, especially in<br />
the English branches, has most generously<br />
offered a pri*« consisting of books<br />
to the value of live dollars, to which THE<br />
LCWBXJ. will add cash prizes of three<br />
dollars and one dollar, respectively, for<br />
the second and third places, for the best<br />
piece of verse, to be printed in the Uicjudges,<br />
who thus will be entirely unbiased<br />
in their selection.<br />
Bon<br />
" O vnxd some pot<br />
To ie« ottrtclvcs<br />
Once again we<br />
lofty pile of excban<br />
parts of tbe United<br />
from Portland<br />
foid, Maine, represer<br />
of the country;<br />
Wash, the north*<br />
Aurora horn Juoa As<br />
west corner; bet V<br />
east has for as no<br />
nearest to this corn<br />
College Journal fron<br />
and the Academy Rec<br />
from San Antonio,'<br />
England states togc<br />
and Pennsylvania<br />
tions, as do the cor<br />
coast states, partic<br />
fornia. <strong>The</strong> hlanc<br />
represented by tbe<br />
WhiU from the Hai<br />
incladtag irreguUr<br />
embraces one hm<br />
papers.<br />
Among all<br />
nontb tbe Easter ed<br />
from Irving
EDITED BY LAWRENCE BUFFORD AND MISS N. BLOW.<br />
*' O wud some power the giftie gie cs,<br />
To see ourselves as ithers see us."'<br />
—ROBERT BURNS.<br />
Once again we are "up against" a<br />
lofty pile of exchanges coming from all<br />
parts of the United States. <strong>The</strong> Racquet<br />
from Portland and the Quill from Sanford,<br />
Maine, represent the northeast corner<br />
of the country; Whims from Seattle,<br />
Wash., the northwest corner; and the<br />
Aurora from Los Angeles. Cal., the southwest<br />
corner; but Florida in the southeast<br />
has for us no correspondent. Tiie<br />
nearest to this corner are the Georgetown<br />
College Journal from Washington, D. C,<br />
and the Academy Record&nd the Auistache<br />
from San Antonio, Texas. All the New<br />
England states together with New York<br />
and Pennsylvania send liberal contributions,<br />
as do the north central and Pacific<br />
coast states, particularly our own Cali-<br />
fornia. <strong>The</strong> islands of the Pacific are<br />
represented by the Oahuan and Blue and<br />
White from the Hawaiian group. In all,<br />
including irregular exchanges, our list<br />
embraces one hundred and fourteen<br />
papers.<br />
Among all these publications, this<br />
month the E3Ster edition of Irving Echoes<br />
from Irving Institute, San Fr&acisco, is<br />
as good as any, and probably the best.<br />
It is not only artistic within and without<br />
to an unusual degree, but the material<br />
within it has a high standard. One of<br />
the English teachers of <strong>Lowell</strong> High, on<br />
being shown this paper, remarked that<br />
out of the twenty-four or five poems in<br />
it, though hardly any of them were<br />
strictly good poetry, some twenty were<br />
better than anything he had ever seen in<br />
the LOWELL, with one or two exceptions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> correspondence is the most<br />
interesting feature of the papsr as far as<br />
we, personally, are concerned. <strong>The</strong> Exchanges,<br />
too, are written in an attractive<br />
form.<br />
<strong>The</strong> X Rays of Columbus, Ohio, is a<br />
creditable paper. Such articles as Manual<br />
Training at Annapolis are of a national<br />
and not local interest. More of thii<br />
class of articles would be generally acceptable<br />
all around, we feel convinced. <strong>The</strong><br />
items and facts in the Deparinent of<br />
Nature and Science are also of interest,<br />
especially to those studying physics.<br />
<strong>The</strong> class of reading matter in the<br />
Walking Leu/ from Montom Falls, N.<br />
Y., is not met with in all school papers,<br />
ai_-d is well handled; but an addition of
i8 THE LOWELL<br />
a little fiction would be an improvement.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fierce remarks about the LOWELL<br />
ia the Critic from Hopkins Grammar<br />
School, New Haven, caused general<br />
amusement to all who saw it, from<br />
the principal down. Will the Critic<br />
kindly forward to the LOWELL a copy of<br />
the course of study pursued in your<br />
school?<br />
A country editor, after a visit to the<br />
city, decided to try bulletin boards and<br />
next day the following bulletin was<br />
posted :<br />
9 A. M. Deacon Jones is very ill.<br />
9:55 A. M. Doctors in consultation<br />
over his condition.<br />
<strong>10</strong> A. M. Doctors give no hope of<br />
Deacon Jones' recovery.<br />
11 A. M. Deacon Jones is dying.<br />
12 A. M. Deacon Jones has died and<br />
gone to heaven.<br />
A wag who happened along added<br />
the following:<br />
1 p. M. Great excitement in heaven.<br />
Deacon Jones has not arrived.—Dictum<br />
EsL<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hillhouse High School of New<br />
Haven. Connecticut, published a very<br />
neat paper by the name of the Radiator.<br />
Perhaps the fact that the pages are not<br />
divided into columns helps this appearance,<br />
but it would not do so well for<br />
long articles as for short articles. We<br />
wonder how the LOWELL would look<br />
with this arrangement. One criticism:<br />
enlarge your exchange department.<br />
Our impressions of the Mid-winter<br />
number of <strong>The</strong> Blotter from Barrington,<br />
Mass., are distinctly favorable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> general appearance of <strong>The</strong> Cricket<br />
from Belmont is very prepossessing, and<br />
its outside aspect does not belie Its contents.<br />
<strong>The</strong> editorials are written in a<br />
bright interesting fashion, and the exchange<br />
column is excellent. If your<br />
chirpings would only take the form of<br />
a few good original short stories, Mr.<br />
Cricket, you could not be improved<br />
upon.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Comet for March has a very striking<br />
cover, sort of a moire taffeta effect.<br />
We are pleased to see that <strong>The</strong> Beacon**<br />
light shines as brightly as ever.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Eugene High School News has<br />
aspired to a continued story. It starts<br />
out in a very promising manner. <strong>The</strong><br />
exchanges shov very careful wori as<br />
well as ability.<br />
Jt Name For Your Wife.<br />
A laud agent's wife should be Lottie;<br />
All ministers have need of Grace;<br />
A shoe-maker cells his wife Peggy,<br />
Though homely it quite suits the place.<br />
A druggist should choose Ann Eliza;<br />
And Betty's the sporting-man's mate;<br />
A bachelor's choice should be Marie,<br />
Before its forever too late.<br />
A mail-man, of course, marries Carrie,<br />
A farmer for Tillie will quake;<br />
A fisher needs Nettie or Minnie;<br />
And Lena the fat man should take.<br />
A name for the wife of a lawyer<br />
Can plainly be seen by all eyes,—<br />
I'll leave it to you and your conscience,<br />
<strong>No</strong>w wouldn't the best one be I*ize ? "<br />
—HirSiS CUFFORD, '03, in Irving Echoes<br />
"Are you ray d<br />
asked, tendeily,<br />
"Iyam,"she re]<br />
fection.—Ex.<br />
TO A MARK*<br />
Of all the flowers thi<br />
<strong>The</strong>m art to me<br />
<strong>No</strong> king could<br />
His helmet to a*<br />
In gardens fair, and<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are from t!<br />
Of thee, and ope;<br />
Thy petals kissei<br />
Ah rose!<br />
I see thee now upon<br />
Thy modest heacli<br />
Making thy pel<br />
For richer gold I do<br />
Thy beauties<br />
Doth fade save<br />
[.VAN!<br />
Organist (to gn<br />
her): l Tm<br />
What were ybti<br />
Unmusical neigj<br />
ganic disturbance;<br />
<strong>The</strong> college<br />
<strong>The</strong>y eeemj<br />
For even wh<<br />
<strong>The</strong>y do it j<br />
AX]<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was once<br />
A ticket he took<br />
He'aaidJfAtl<br />
<strong>The</strong>y'll tak<<br />
Until then, in i<br />
Mr. L—-? "WJ<br />
tha when he camel<br />
R—i—ne (spttj<br />
him in the ice-ch«<br />
Mr, t—y, "<br />
cliffs on the coast I
$Sl<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
"Are you my own sweet potato?" he<br />
asked, tenderly.<br />
" I yam," she replied with heartfelt affection.—<br />
Ex.<br />
TO A MAP.KCHAL NISI. ROSE.<br />
Of all the flowers that bloom, dear rose,<br />
Thou art to me the sweetest and most blest!<br />
<strong>No</strong> king could wish for nobler crest<br />
His helmst to adorn. I ait and doze<br />
In gardens fair, and perfumes round me close;<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are from thee, fair one. I go in quest<br />
Of thee, and ope my drowzy eyes. Molest<br />
Thy petals kissed by sun's bright beams?<br />
Ah rose!<br />
I see thee now upon the garden wall;<br />
Thy modest head is swayed by zephyr's fan,<br />
Making thy petals in profusion fall;<br />
For richer gold I do not yearn. I scan<br />
Thy beauties rare; and muse how sad that all<br />
Doth fade save memory in the heart of man.<br />
—CARLOTTA M. VANCE, '02, in Irving Echoes,<br />
Organist (to grumpy next door neighber):<br />
*Tm sorry you have been ill.<br />
What were you suffering from? "<br />
Unmusical neighbor (acidly) : e 'Organic<br />
disturbances, sir."—Ex.<br />
<strong>The</strong> college men are very slow,<br />
<strong>The</strong>y seem to take their ease.<br />
For even when they graduate<br />
<strong>The</strong>y do it by degrees —Ex.<br />
A TRAVELER.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was once a man with a bucket;<br />
A ticket he took to Nantucket;<br />
He said, "At tbe wicket<br />
<strong>The</strong>y'll take up this ticket;<br />
Until then, in my bucket I'll tuck it.' 1<br />
Mr. L , "What happened to Jugnrtha<br />
when he came to Rome? "<br />
R—i—ne (sotto voce), "<strong>The</strong>y put<br />
him in the ice-chest! "<br />
Mr. L—y» " Drake says he saw white<br />
cliffs on the coast of California. About<br />
JOKES<br />
where did he find them, Mr. S ? :1<br />
Mr. S , " Iu England."<br />
Mr. L—y, " Where did he find them?"<br />
Mr. W—r (not called upon), "<strong>The</strong><br />
Cliff House 1"<br />
Mr. S—m—t, u How are vertical lines<br />
drawn in the picture? "<br />
Mr. Y-1-s-i-h, « With the ruler."<br />
EVEN SO.<br />
Little Elmer, "Papa, what is it that<br />
makes a statesman great?"<br />
Professor Broidhead, " Death, my<br />
son.'<br />
"MERRY Go ROUND.*'<br />
Ticket Agent—Will you have a round<br />
ticket, sir?<br />
Farmer Hayseed—Oh, I ain't caring<br />
nothing about the shape of the ticket.<br />
Just give me one that'll take me down'ter<br />
Pordunk and back ergin.—Ex.<br />
Pupil—Where is Atoms?<br />
Teacher—You mean Athens, Jobnay;<br />
it is in Greece.<br />
Pupil—<strong>No</strong>, I don't mean Athens; I<br />
mean Atoms—the place where people<br />
get blown to in boiler explosions.—Ex.<br />
"What are the last teeth that come?"<br />
asked the physiology teacher.<br />
"False teeth, mam," answered a boy<br />
on the back seat who had just awakened,<br />
—<strong>The</strong> Pythian.<br />
It was during the great earthquake in<br />
Charleston, S. C, some years ago, when<br />
every one was out in the streets and<br />
houses were falling, that an old darkey,<br />
scared half out of his senses, knelt down<br />
in the middle of the street and in a<br />
powerful voice commenced the following<br />
prayer: ''Oh-h Lo'd ! Come yourself.<br />
This is 20 time fo 1 fooliag or<br />
children. Come yourself."
THE PALMIST,<br />
A p&lmist I<br />
Who signs and lines explain;<br />
O maiden shy.<br />
Pray not my art disdain!<br />
A cheat am I<br />
As false as quick'niug sand,<br />
I'll tcl- you why—<br />
I fain would hold her hand !<br />
T. MILLER, '04<br />
—In Georgetown College Journal,<br />
DEAD SONG.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rain beats hard and the wind shrills high;<br />
Night and cold and a life-lorn wold.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rnid-nighl stroke is a-drawing night<br />
And the dead are coming up out of the mould.<br />
OU, who are these in leprous white,<br />
Who huddle by on a soundless flight ?<br />
Those be the souls that, died all nnshriven,<br />
Who ever are barred the fair portals of Heaven.<br />
Oh, who are these that flitter and fly<br />
With baby faces and half-born cry ?<br />
Those be the souls that christening had none,<br />
And never the mercy of Jesus have won.<br />
Ob, who is this, all naked and stark '<br />
That weeps alone in the wind and the dark ?<br />
That soul is your soul and you are dead<br />
And the rain-soaked earth mt&t be your bed.<br />
Ah, me I hear the cock crow shrill and high;<br />
Night and cold and a life-lorn zvold.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dead must away ere the dawn draw nigh<br />
And I must be rotting down under the mould.<br />
HARRY JAMES SMITH.<br />
— Williams Lit.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a horse—the tale is trite<br />
Named Pegasus, who, when he deigned to try,<br />
Could o'er the bills and dales wing rapid flight;<br />
To see which feat was thought by ancients<br />
quite a sight.<br />
But pshaw! who has not seen a great horsefly?<br />
—Ex<br />
"What are you saying?'*<br />
* 'Don't know. My tongue got across<br />
my eye-tooth and I couldn't see to<br />
speak."—Ex.<br />
Great men's lives remind us also,<br />
When tracks in the sand.we meet,<br />
Men who make the largest foot-prints<br />
Need not have the biggest feet.<br />
G. C. REID, f o2.<br />
—-In Georgetown College Journal.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
At a country fair one day a tramp<br />
was passing by the refreshment stand,<br />
whereon lemonade and other cool drinks<br />
were displayed. <strong>The</strong> day was hot, the<br />
tramp cired and dusty, the price of a<br />
cold lemonade ten cents, and the tramp<br />
had exactly three cents.<br />
He waited around, however, and<br />
pretty soon a young man came tap and<br />
asked for a lemonode. Soon he had a<br />
large glass of the drink in front of him,<br />
and was just about to quaff it, when the<br />
tramp stepped up and said, ''Excuse<br />
me, but I'll bet that I can drink that<br />
whole glass without its going down my<br />
throat. I'll bet three cents that I can."<br />
<strong>The</strong> young fellow laughed and said,<br />
"All right, I bet." So the tramp laid<br />
down his three cents, took up the glass<br />
and slowly drank the liquid, then turned<br />
to the young man aud said, "X lose."<br />
THE BIGGKR FAMILY.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was a man named Bigger, He<br />
met, loved and married a charming<br />
young lady. <strong>No</strong>w which was the bigger ?<br />
Why he was, for he was longer Bigger.<br />
<strong>The</strong> advent of a son caused great happiness<br />
in the family. <strong>No</strong>w, which was<br />
bigger? Why, the son, for he was a<br />
little Bigger, Finally the father died.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w whi.*h was the bigger? Why, he<br />
was, for he was (a) still Bigger. But<br />
the widow married her brother-in-law.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w which was bigger? Why, she<br />
was, for she was twice Bigger.<br />
THOUGHTFUL.<br />
President of Foreign Missions—How<br />
in the world did all these sofa cushions<br />
and fairy-lamp* come to be in this box<br />
for the Figi islanders?<br />
Miss Hairbrain (earnestly)—W-Why!<br />
I thought, with all their spears and war<br />
clubs, that if they only had a few cushions<br />
and jeweled lamps they could make<br />
such perfectly lovely cozy corners!—<br />
Puck.<br />
Jl Scarcity o\<br />
How unfortunate !'<br />
of the Debating Socj<br />
since the last issue<br />
that had to be carrier<br />
(?) accompaniment o|<br />
in the hall. <strong>The</strong> Frj<br />
there was no meetinj<br />
commencing on the<br />
day. However, in tl<br />
of a • meeting was ai<br />
the extenuating circ<br />
tended the loss. O<br />
vacation was still in<br />
lowing week a basefr<br />
siderately substitute<br />
meeting of the soci<br />
are, smiling hopefu<br />
that the report of on<br />
of March 14th, will t<br />
Jin Inn<br />
On the above men<br />
gram arranged was i<br />
Instead of the cus<br />
members of the facu<br />
ciety upon the subi<<br />
bate." Mr. Young<br />
subject first, spoke e<br />
structively upon de<br />
phases, especially st<br />
for an earnest, convi<br />
Kelly spoke next.<br />
V the correct method c<br />
and demonstrated 1
EDITED BY HAZEL STEEN.<br />
J$ Scarcity of Meetings.<br />
How unfortunate ! But one meeting<br />
of the Debating Society has been held<br />
since the last issue of the LOWELL, and<br />
that had to be carried on to the musical<br />
(?) accompaniment of the Rooter:-. 1 Club<br />
in the hall. <strong>The</strong> Friday following that<br />
there was no meeting, owing to vacation<br />
commencing on the preceding Wednesday.<br />
However, in this instance, the loss<br />
of a meeting was amply atoned for by<br />
the extenuating circumstances that attended<br />
the loss. On the third Friday,<br />
vacation was still in force, and the following<br />
week a baseball match was inconsiderately<br />
substituted for the regular<br />
meeting of the society. So there you<br />
are, smiling hopefully at the thought<br />
that the report of only one meeting; that<br />
of March 14th. will bore you this time.<br />
Jin Innovation.<br />
On the above mentioned date, the program<br />
arranged was an entire innovation.<br />
Instead of the customary debate, two<br />
memljers ot" the facility addressed the society<br />
upon the subject, "<strong>The</strong> Art of Debate."<br />
Mr. Young, who took up .the<br />
subject first, spoke entertainingly and instructively<br />
upon debating in its various<br />
phases, especially stressing the necessity<br />
for an earnest, convincing delivery Mr<br />
Kelly spoke next. He explained clearly<br />
the correct method of preparing a debate,<br />
and demonstrated the value of making<br />
briefs, strongly advocating the practice.<br />
When 3ie had finished the members, of<br />
the society entered upon an informal discussion<br />
as to whether or not this idea of<br />
devoting one Friday a mouth to the theoretical<br />
study of debate should be continued.<br />
Mr. Kelly remained throughout,<br />
giving his opinion when called upon and<br />
lending a helping hand now and then.<br />
Although the members present seemed*In<br />
favor of omitting the cut and dried debate<br />
unce a month for the new plan, still<br />
nothing definite was determined upon, as<br />
the ultimate decision rests with the Program<br />
Committee.<br />
A vote *>i" thanks was tendered to the<br />
two speakers of the afternoon.<br />
Our JZlumni.<br />
To these who are not convinced of the<br />
value or high school debating societies, I<br />
would like to say in a most superior 1 tone<br />
that Mr. Rothchild. one of the men who<br />
will support California in its coming-de*<br />
bate with Stanford, received his first<br />
training in argumentation right here in<br />
the <strong>Lowell</strong> High School Debating Society.<br />
In the past, we have sent forth<br />
many such men as Mr. Rothchild, to be<br />
a source of perpetual pride and honor to<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>. For their sake then, if for no<br />
other, each individual member must try<br />
to follow the high example our Alumni<br />
have set, and to maintain, if possible,<br />
ram the standard of the society they first<br />
identified themselves with.
SOCIETY<br />
An event of more than ordinary interest<br />
in school circles was the marriage of<br />
Miss Lyla Jeanerte Vincent to Mr. Clement<br />
C Young, which took place Saturday<br />
evening, March the fifteenth at the home<br />
of the bride's parents. 2015 Golden Gate<br />
avenue. Both Mr. and Mrs Young bsve<br />
had an intimate connection with LoweiL<br />
—the former as teacher, the latter as a<br />
pupil of the school<br />
<strong>The</strong> house was very prettily decorated<br />
for the occasion <strong>The</strong> ceremony, which<br />
was begun promptly at 8:30 o clock hy the<br />
strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march,<br />
was performed by Rev Bradford Xeavitt<br />
of the first Unitarian Church <strong>The</strong> bridal<br />
party contained, as luaid of honor Miss<br />
Vincent, a sister of the bride Ainos^<br />
the bridesmaids were Miss -Ba^m and<br />
Miss Mekeel members of Kappa Alpha<br />
<strong>The</strong>ta in xStanford University; MIPS<br />
Adams; Miss Young, and Miss Gertrude<br />
Holmes, formerly a Lambda of this<br />
school.<br />
Mrs. Young while at <strong>Lowell</strong> belonged<br />
to the Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi Sorority. Since<br />
her graduation several years ago. she has<br />
attended the Hopkins Art Institute of this<br />
city, and also the Standford University*<br />
She is a member of the Stanford Chapter<br />
of Kappa Alpha <strong>The</strong>ta. Mr Young is a<br />
graduate of the University of California,<br />
and belongs to the Berkeley Chapter of<br />
the Phi Delta Tbeta Fraternity.<br />
Gamma Eta Kappa held its twentieth<br />
annual convention at Fresno on Saturday,<br />
March the 8th. <strong>The</strong> delegates from<br />
the chapters around the bay went down<br />
in a special sleeper getting into Fresno<br />
early in the morning. <strong>The</strong>y drove around<br />
EDITED BY MISS CAROLYN FOWLE.<br />
T<br />
the town and surrounding country hi the<br />
morning In the-afternoon the conventiou<br />
met at the A. O. U, W Hall, delegates<br />
from nearly all of the seventeen<br />
chapters being present. <strong>The</strong> other chapters<br />
were represented by proxy. Several<br />
petitions for charters were granted, among<br />
them one from the De Witt Clinton fiigh<br />
School of New York City. Il was deckled<br />
that the next convention should be<br />
held at Stockton during the Christmas<br />
holidays. In the evening the Fresno<br />
boys gave a banquet, celebrating the<br />
twentieth anniversary of the founding<br />
of the Gamma Eta Kappa Fraternity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual convention of the Alpha<br />
Sigma Fraternity was held in Oakland,<br />
April the twelf h, at Woodman's Hall.<br />
After the business meeting a delicious<br />
luncheon was served<br />
In the afternoon the Alpha girls ;entertained<br />
the visiting sisters with the<br />
farce. * A Christmas -Chime.'' It was<br />
one of the largest Alpha Sigma conventions<br />
ever held.<br />
Alpha of Gamma Eta Kappa has initiated<br />
Jack O'Donneu, Arthur Jones,<br />
Paige Monteagle and Halsey Rixfoird.<br />
Miss June Schloss was hostess ct a<br />
luncheon given in honor of the Delta<br />
Chapter of Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi on April<br />
fifth, at her home 3804 Clay street. <strong>The</strong><br />
table was prettily decorated with marguerites<br />
and ferns. All had a most enjoyable<br />
time.<br />
Kenneth Heron and Louis Brewer,<br />
both members of the Delta of <strong>The</strong>ta Chi,<br />
have recently left school.<br />
Minstrel<br />
<strong>The</strong> Academic Fie!<br />
by this time has sub;<br />
are getting down to<br />
coming minstrel show<br />
Douglas' coaching,<br />
by Ernest Sultan an<<br />
man, with three other<br />
school, the show p<br />
worth the admissioi<br />
twenty-five cents).<br />
A large chorus,<br />
thirty, is being traiend<br />
men in their son<br />
being held as often<br />
to hasten the date<br />
All wishing to take p;<br />
George Middletoh<br />
find out about; these<br />
<strong>The</strong> auditorium<br />
School has been se<br />
strels. In fact, the c<br />
i\owv is the date on<br />
have a chance to di*<br />
Mr. Morton is to<br />
kindness to the b<br />
mission to hold th<br />
Messrs. Koch, Kei!<br />
their support.<br />
George Middletoi<br />
have the business<br />
should make a final<br />
tic success out of tin
Minstrel Show.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Academic Field Day excitement<br />
by this time has subsided and the boys<br />
are getting down to hard work for the<br />
coming minstrel show. Under " Steve'•<br />
Douglas' coaching, aided and assisted<br />
by Ernest Sultan and "Woody" Coleman,<br />
with three other end men from the<br />
school, the show promises to l>e well<br />
worth the admission price (probably<br />
twenty-five cents).<br />
A large chorus, numbering nearly<br />
thirty, is being trained to support the<br />
end men in their ^ougs. Rehearsals arc<br />
being held as often as possible in order<br />
to hasten the date of the performance.<br />
All wishing to take part should see either<br />
George Middleton or u Vic" Levy to<br />
find out about these same rehearsals.<br />
<strong>The</strong> auditorium of the Girls* High<br />
School has been secured for the minstrels.<br />
In fact, the only uncertain thing,<br />
now, is the date on which the boys will<br />
have a chance to distinguish themselves.<br />
Mr. Morton is to be thanked for his<br />
kindness to the boys in giving full permission<br />
to hold the performance, and<br />
Messrs. Koch, Kelley, and Young for<br />
their support.<br />
George Middleton and Victor Levy<br />
have the business end in charge and<br />
should make a Snancial as well as artistic<br />
success out of the show.<br />
One further notice we are requested<br />
to make.<br />
Any boy or girl in the school who in<br />
any way can influence a friend, relative or<br />
parent into subscribing an advertisement<br />
for the program of tLe minstrel show,<br />
will please let Victor Levy know. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are many studeuts whose fathers are<br />
almost as anxious to see the school prosper<br />
as the svudents themselves Those parents<br />
and friends are the ones whom we wish<br />
to give us an "ad." large or small (prefer;<br />
ably a full page) to look well .and attract<br />
notice on rhe artistic program the minstrels<br />
will have .<br />
NOTE. Just before going to "press we<br />
receive notice that the date of the show<br />
has been set for May 2nd, which falls on<br />
Friday. Also that Barthels, Morton, and<br />
Schwartz will show to best 'advantage<br />
their abilities in the singing line, and that<br />
Sam Levison, last year's interlocutor, will<br />
again act in the same capacity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> Orchestra.<br />
I had the pleasure of an invitation to<br />
one of the first rehearsals of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
Orchestra (March 14) and of another invitation<br />
to the last (April 12) and was<br />
surprised to hear the
3o! I found a full fledged orchestra —and<br />
of course I was astonished., but it was my<br />
own fault. I ought to have known better.<br />
Newfield, '02, was manager. I know, we<br />
all know, Mr. XewEeld's great talking<br />
abilities, which proved of great help in<br />
the formation of this organisation, which<br />
contains now some sixteen members.<br />
<strong>The</strong> success of the musical part of the<br />
affair is due to the splendid work of Mr.<br />
Goldsmith, director, who both by his<br />
baton and by musical incidents stirs up<br />
the enthusiasm of the boys. Yes, the boys<br />
will be the hit of the Minstrel Show. Of<br />
that I'm sure for with such an accomplished<br />
director, with such a practical<br />
manager and with such fine material an<br />
orchestra can be formed that will do<br />
LOWELL honor. <strong>The</strong> line up was g'.VQn<br />
in last momh's LOWELL<br />
Well. I think that's about all V-the refreshments<br />
can t interest you — and, as for<br />
the program, that's a secret y but I will<br />
whisper this to you they have some<br />
mighty fine airs, which sound somewhat<br />
like the Serenade Ha-le Ha-lo. <strong>The</strong><br />
Pasha etc. F. H.<br />
Foto News.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Camera Club, organized recently,<br />
is getting into working shape rapidly. A<br />
very efficient constitution has been drawn<br />
up and adopted by the charter members<br />
of the club. In accordance with this, an<br />
election was held for the ensuing 3 r ear,<br />
with the following results: President,<br />
P turn Suden; Vice-President, Miss<br />
Hazel Seeley ; Secretary, R. L. Rowley;<br />
Treasurer, Percy Converse.<br />
Mr. turn Sudeu has been acting as<br />
chairman during the infancy of the club.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w that the club is well organized it<br />
will begin active work. A dark room<br />
will be fitted up in a convenient locality.<br />
<strong>The</strong> efficiency of the club would be much<br />
improved by a larger membership. All<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
students or members of the faculty who<br />
are interested in photography are cordially<br />
invited to become members of this<br />
new social and scientific school club.<br />
R. L, R.<br />
Jflumni.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> High School Alumni Association,<br />
which was organized in June;<br />
'98, at its last annual meeting in February,<br />
elected officers for the ensuing year, and<br />
laid plans for several things which will<br />
greatly increase its usefulness and pleasure.<br />
Its officers are now busily engaged<br />
in carrying these out.<br />
On April 25th, a members banquet will<br />
be held at the California Hotel, and the<br />
indications are that it will be well attended,<br />
and many old friends meet again<br />
to recall good times at <strong>Lowell</strong>. It is the<br />
idea that this will be an annual affair.<br />
A committee has been appointed to<br />
work for a new building for <strong>Lowell</strong>,—we<br />
all know how badly it is needed—and<br />
they are getting to work so that ue ru&y<br />
expect some active evidence soon in the •<br />
way of mass meetings, petitions, etc. i-.<br />
Early in September the annual dance<br />
and reception to the new graduates will<br />
beheld. This is always looked forward<br />
to by members of the association with<br />
keen interest as an occasion for renewing<br />
old friendship which time aud circumstances<br />
might have weakened.<br />
It is the aim of the new Executive<br />
Committee to make the Alumni Association<br />
a real feature of <strong>Lowell</strong> High School<br />
interests; and they ask the co operation of<br />
the present classes in their efforts for the<br />
good of our common Alma Mater and the<br />
support of graduates of all classes in making<br />
it a live organization.<br />
&<br />
Chess and Che<br />
<strong>The</strong> interest that is<br />
Chess and Checkers C<br />
last month's issue as on<br />
ganizations recently<br />
being very encouragii<br />
giving promise of the p<br />
club, may moreover b;<br />
credit to the school,<br />
fore had but one atte<br />
direction and that was<br />
success that after a ver;<br />
to be abandoned. But<br />
the present club is ass<br />
well attended meetings<br />
ship roll, and above<br />
tic interest which is t<br />
itself Almost every<br />
difficult task of the<br />
chess and checker<br />
places in room n.<br />
meetings on Monda}*;<br />
essary to play games<br />
account of the lack of q<br />
ol sets to supply the de<br />
culty has been done<br />
by levying an assessme<br />
each member, whereby<br />
of boards and men ha<br />
<strong>The</strong>se will remain ii:<br />
times, and any one de«<br />
do so by obtaining<br />
Walker.<br />
On the Monday befo<br />
ness meeting was calle
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11<br />
T El E LOWELL<br />
Chess and Checkers Club.<br />
<strong>The</strong> interest that; is being taken in the<br />
Chess and Checkers Club, mentioned in<br />
last months issue as one of the many organizations<br />
recently set on foot, besides<br />
being very encouraging in itself, and<br />
giving promise of the permanence of the<br />
club, may moreover be said to do great<br />
credit to the school. We have heretofore<br />
had but one attempt made in this<br />
direction and that was met with so little<br />
success that after A very short time it had<br />
to be abandoned. But that the success of<br />
the present club is assured, is shown by<br />
well attended meetings, a large membership<br />
roll, and above all by the enthusiastic<br />
interest which is taken in the game<br />
itself Almost every afternoon it is the<br />
difficult task of the janitor to dislodge<br />
chess and checker fiends from their<br />
places in room 11, and at the regular<br />
meetings or Mondays it has been necessary<br />
to play imines in consultation on<br />
account of the lack of a sufficient numter<br />
ol sets to supply the demand This difficulty<br />
has been done away with however,<br />
by levying an assessment of ten cents on<br />
•each member, whereby an ample nutnlw<br />
of boards and men have been procured<br />
<strong>The</strong>se will remain in the room at all<br />
times, and any one desiring to play may<br />
do so by obtaining one from Mr.<br />
Walker.<br />
On the Monday before vacation a business<br />
meeting was called for the purpose<br />
of giving the club some regular form of<br />
organization. It was decided that while<br />
there was no necessity for a written constitution,<br />
it would at the same time be<br />
advisable to make some arrangement for<br />
the general management of the club.<br />
This was accomplished by appointing<br />
a committee to take charge of the arrangement<br />
of tournaments and all matters<br />
that cannot be attended to by the<br />
club itself, and also by the election of<br />
a secretary, who is to combine the ordinary<br />
functions of secretary and treasurer.<br />
Mr. Walker very kindly consented<br />
to act as chairman and will preside at all<br />
meetings We consider Jt due in a large<br />
way to his hearty cooperation and encouragement<br />
that the club has beeu so<br />
successful.<br />
At present there are about thirty members<br />
all told, and we greatly hope that<br />
this number will increase as time goes<br />
on. although it is much larger than we<br />
bad reason to hope for at first. Everybody<br />
in the school who knows how to<br />
play chess or checkers and enjoys playing<br />
them, or who would like to learn,<br />
should join, for in the first place we intend<br />
to hold tournaments regularly, and,<br />
if it can be so arranged, to carry on correspondence<br />
games or matches with other<br />
schools, and in the second place, it will<br />
always be an easy matter to find a member<br />
who will be willing and glad to show<br />
any one the rudiments of the game.
Track News.<br />
<strong>The</strong> season is now over. <strong>Lowell</strong> has<br />
done her best and now let us look at the<br />
result of her efforts. In the Bay County<br />
League, <strong>Lowell</strong> scored nineteen points.<br />
In a new league organized by the San<br />
Francisco High Schools, <strong>Lowell</strong> demonstrated<br />
that she was the champion of the<br />
city and in the Academic Field Day<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>'s score was eight times larger<br />
than that of last year. If we improve<br />
that much again in the fall season we<br />
are positive that <strong>Lowell</strong> will capture the<br />
Bay County if not even the Academic<br />
Field Day. About the Bay County and<br />
San Francisco Leagues there is very little<br />
to be said, but in the Academic the Fates<br />
were against us. In the first place Middleton<br />
our crack hundred-yard dash man<br />
who could have captured second n not<br />
first place in the Academic, was taken<br />
sick two days before the Field Day,<br />
Schwartz, our two hundred and seventyyard<br />
dash man who could also have<br />
taken, beside second place in his own<br />
run. perhaps third in the hundred, was<br />
informed, by some mistake, that the races<br />
were not to take place on that day, and<br />
consequently did not run Tatum, who<br />
has trained the whole season, had his<br />
ankle give out a week before, but he ran<br />
a relay lap for which he cannot be given<br />
enough credit, pulling up to second place<br />
and holding it lentil a lew yards from the<br />
finish when it was impossible for him to<br />
keep up. Hazei did not do credit to<br />
himself, but we hope he will be in better<br />
form the next season. Montgomery ran<br />
an excellent half-mile making second<br />
place and providing all goes well he<br />
ought to win first place next season Only<br />
a few realize what De Maniel has done-<br />
He has started the breaking of records<br />
which <strong>Lowell</strong> is going to continue in<br />
next year. He broke the record by fourfifths<br />
of a second but we think that hi<br />
could have sprinted and knocked off one<br />
or two seconds more. We are going to<br />
take it upon our shoulders to thank him<br />
in the name of the school and only hope<br />
we may have him with us for two or<br />
three years to come<br />
Among the other fellows who deserve<br />
praise are : Morse Haber Morton, Bufford<br />
and Siebenhaur. Vos Burgh ran<br />
the short lap excellently, but had the bad<br />
luck cf being fouled But as the saying<br />
is, "<strong>The</strong> dog on the bottom always<br />
howls fI and the best thing to do is to<br />
look forward and say "Wait till next<br />
time "<br />
Too much gratitude cannot be given to<br />
Mr. Koch for what he has done for the<br />
school and especially track athletics. Mr<br />
Koch has given up lunch hours recesses<br />
and even his entire afternoons very often<br />
to coach and help the boys. He has<br />
made it so that in place of feeling as the<br />
J..<br />
h<br />
zur.ners of two or th:<br />
u c> tJiat they were<br />
themselves than they<br />
everyone that compete<br />
the backing and supi:<br />
We remember—that<br />
•iaen Asbill two an<<br />
ran the hundred in TO<br />
school made a great<br />
ward, but beforehand<br />
Field Day, <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
scarce. Asbill train<br />
home, using the scho<br />
cipally on account o<br />
was in.<br />
Again, last year 1<br />
ceived a medal for<br />
hundred-yard dash,<br />
himself. Those two<br />
that the credit *vas<br />
and that the school ha<br />
in the least <strong>No</strong>w D<<br />
a record, the first of<br />
now is the time wh<<br />
school, should suppoi<br />
others who have sh<br />
track and field. M:<br />
this possible and. as<br />
hearty thanks to hin<br />
Baseball<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> basebs<br />
great improvement du<br />
<strong>The</strong> team has beer,<br />
will make "a strong bil<br />
ship<br />
Iri . a11 >rge cities thi<br />
twe leaders m their i<br />
chosen as the most<br />
Prof. Graeber is a nati<br />
commenced teaching iK<br />
running over ioo pupils,<br />
n
THE LOWELL<br />
runners of two or three years ago felt,<br />
u c.% that they were- running more for<br />
themselves than they were for the school,<br />
everyone that competes feels that he has<br />
the backing and support of the school.<br />
We remember—that is a few o{ us do—<br />
when Asbill two and a half years ago<br />
ran the hundred in <strong>10</strong> 3 5 seconds. <strong>The</strong><br />
school made a great deal of him after<br />
ward, but beforehand and even at the<br />
Field Day, <strong>Lowell</strong> supporters were<br />
scarce. Asbill trained himself at his<br />
home, using the school track little, principally<br />
on account of tbe condition it<br />
was in.<br />
Again, last year Turpin likewise re<br />
ceived a medal for his <strong>10</strong> 3-5 seconds<br />
hundred-yard dash. But he also trained<br />
himself. Those two record holders felt<br />
that the credit was due to them alone,<br />
and that the school had not assisted them<br />
in the least <strong>No</strong>w De Maniel has broken<br />
a record, the first of many, we hope and<br />
now is the lime when the school as a<br />
school, should support not only him but<br />
others who have shown ability on the<br />
track and field. Mr. Koch has made<br />
this possible and again we must give<br />
hearty thanks to him.<br />
Baseball JVotes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> baseball team has shown<br />
great improvement during the last month<br />
<strong>The</strong> team has been working hard and<br />
will make a strong bid for the championship<br />
De Boom is playing belter baseball<br />
than ever before, and besides, is a reliable<br />
batter.<br />
Scheeline catcher, is nmcL improved<br />
and this year promises to be one of our<br />
best men. Graham and <strong>The</strong>obald are<br />
guaranteed to l>e expert players. Hamilton<br />
and Doolittle are sure 6eldersf but<br />
still a little weak at ihe bat<br />
O'Donneli and O'Connor are fielding<br />
and batting in great style.<br />
Woerner is coming up in fine shape<br />
and promises to be a good batter and<br />
fielder v-rhtn the season progresses a<br />
little<br />
<strong>The</strong> best batting has been done by<br />
O'Donneli, De Boom, Sbeeline, O'Connor<br />
and Graham.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best fielding has been done by<br />
Scheeline, O'Donnell, Hamilton, O'Connor<br />
and <strong>The</strong>obald.<br />
LOWEU vs. COOPER'S.<br />
A game of baseball was played between<br />
the <strong>Lowell</strong> High School team and Cooper's<br />
Mt-dical College <strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong>s kept<br />
up their record as sluggers making a<br />
total of 28 frits.<br />
<strong>The</strong> game was interesting on account<br />
of the heavy batting and clean fielding<br />
on tbe side of the <strong>Lowell</strong>ites. De Boom<br />
was in the box for the <strong>Lowell</strong>s and to his<br />
great credit not a single clean hit was<br />
scored off his delivery. Scheeline caught<br />
well and threw accurately to the bases*<br />
<strong>The</strong> best fielding was done by O'Donnell<br />
at short. He promises to be one of bur<br />
best players.<br />
In aU large cities there fare a few men who by common contest are chosen as the representative<br />
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Prof. Graeber is a native of Newark, New jersey, where he received his muftical education. He<br />
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running over <strong>10</strong>0 pupils, about squally divided on the three instruments; viz.,<br />
riANDOLIN, BANJO and GUITAR.<br />
Having a large and select clientele, he hat made a practice of giving weekly rehearsals,<br />
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<strong>The</strong> players lhat distinguished themselves<br />
in batting TVCTC O'Donuell, O'Connor,<br />
De Boom, Graham. <strong>The</strong>obald, and<br />
Hamilton. <strong>The</strong> attendance was small,<br />
not more than forty people being in the<br />
grandstand. <strong>The</strong> score was <strong>Lowell</strong>. 29,<br />
Cooper's, 1.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, 19. 1 ick, /.<br />
In a game replete with errors on the<br />
part of her black and gold adversary,<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> settled he*- ^rits with L?ck by<br />
capturing the second game on Saturday.<br />
April 12th.<br />
As usual students of both school*; were<br />
scarce, so that the teams were placed on<br />
their merits without any encouragement<br />
from the bleachers. Poor Lick ! one run<br />
by Scatena. formerly of <strong>Lowell</strong>, and that<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> played a uniformly good game<br />
so lhat it was hard to star. However<br />
t! ! « batting of <strong>The</strong>obald, Graham, acd<br />
O f Donn^ll deserves commendation. As<br />
usual DeT^oni did good work with his<br />
arm, fanning out thirteen men.<br />
on errors, represented her score. For<br />
Lowe)? nineteen men crossed the rubber.<br />
Hamilton of Lick grew tired of pitching<br />
balls, so Umpire Delraas of the San<br />
Franriscos called everything a strike, to<br />
get through and earn his dollar. After<br />
this fashion the game progressed as far<br />
as the ninth inning when by mutual consent<br />
it was called off All the gate money<br />
that Manager RuggSes contrived to scare<br />
tip went to pay for a broken window in<br />
the " Hotel de Glassworks * f<br />
Basket Ball Jottings.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lowell</strong> team has had another practice<br />
garae, this lime with the young<br />
ladies oi the Y. M. C A. <strong>The</strong> march<br />
was played on Saturday morning, April<br />
7th. in the gymnasium of the Y. M. C A.<br />
building at EllLsand Mason streets. Our<br />
girls fought hard. <strong>The</strong> Y. M. C. A team<br />
plays by men's rules. <strong>The</strong>y knocked<br />
and tumbled our girls abont in ?. most<br />
unexpected fashion. But the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
players, though accustomed to gentkr<br />
treatment, rose to the emergency. Outweighed<br />
and outnumbered as they were<br />
(the Y, M C A. team put on tt**h players<br />
for the second half), they did good<br />
work and made things look lively for<br />
their opponents<br />
Wednesday afternoon, April 9th while<br />
the girls were at practice a photographer<br />
from the Evening Post took a picture of<br />
them to appear, together with an article,<br />
in the issue of that paper on the <strong>10</strong>th.<br />
Record of <strong>Lowell</strong> Baseball Team Season of $902.<br />
March 15— <strong>Lowell</strong> 29; Ccoper's 1<br />
March 15—<strong>Lowell</strong>. 29 ; Tamalpais. 6.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> winner of two<br />
between these two<br />
semi finals.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first game p<br />
LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong>obald, 3b<br />
Scheelinc, •*<br />
O'Connor. L f<br />
Deltoom p<br />
Graham, ib<br />
O'Donnell, s.s<br />
Hamilton. 2b . ...<br />
Dodittle, r. f<br />
Woerner, c. f.. .<br />
Total<br />
LICK<br />
Holmes 2b<br />
Whie Lf<br />
Hamil on p & s.s.<br />
Scatsna ss.& p. .<br />
Dteiele ib<br />
Meif r f<br />
Shubert. 3b<br />
Nsyior c f<br />
Southern, c<br />
TotaL<br />
Summary:<br />
Hamilton to Dietek*<br />
DeBoom, 13; by H;<br />
Umpires — Schlesingcj<br />
Teacher—How<br />
m*?<br />
Student—How<br />
to swear first?— Ex,<br />
Ihadadreatn the<br />
tW eccl<br />
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THB JOB<br />
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called
THE LOWELL 29<br />
LOWELX vs. LICK. <strong>Lowell</strong> won by the score 6—1. 0:1 the<br />
For one reason or another all the teams first Saturday in April.<br />
in the San Francisco sub-league dropped <strong>The</strong> main cause of victory was the<br />
cut of the baseball tournament leaving pitching of DeBoom of <strong>Lowell</strong>, He<br />
Lick and Low " J H the only two teams in struck out thirteen men and allowed but<br />
the sub league. four hits. Scheeline caught in fine style<br />
<strong>The</strong> winner of two out of three games and threw \vtll to the bases. On the<br />
between these two will qualify for the bases he has greatly improved, being so<br />
semi finals. speedy as to steal five bags during the<br />
<strong>The</strong> first game played between thena, game. Score as follows :<br />
LOW:.V« _ - A. B. R. S. B. B. V. P. O* A, K.<br />
<strong>The</strong>obald, 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 0<br />
Scheeline, c ;• 2 1 5 2 1 1 0<br />
O'Connor. 1. f V'A "1 4 1 1 1 I 0 0<br />
DeBoom p . /' 4 0 0 0 2 2 0<br />
Graham, ib. .., .; 4 0 0 X f. 0 1<br />
O'Donnell, s.s 4 1 3 2 0 2 0<br />
Hamilton. 2b 4 0 1 0 3 J 0<br />
Doolittle, r. f 3 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Woerner, c. f 2 1 1 0 1 0 0<br />
Total 31 6 13 7 14 8 1<br />
LICK ; A. • K. S. B. B. H. P. O. A. H.<br />
Holmes 2b '. " 0 1 0 0 3 1<br />
Whi elf **" 0 (» 0 0 0 0<br />
Hamil on p & s.s : .0 2 1 3 3 1<br />
Scatena s s. & p •* - "- 0 2 4 0 0<br />
Dietele ib •• 4. • " 0 0 1 -7 0 2<br />
Melf r f *: • 0 0 0 1 . 0 0<br />
Shubert. 3b SO 1 0 1 2 0<br />
Naylor cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 0<br />
Southern, c 3 0 1 0 2 0 2<br />
Total 34 1 4 4 19 8 5<br />
Summary: Two - base hits—Scatena, Scheeiine, O'DonnelL Double play—<br />
Hamilton to Dietek lo Southern. Hit by pitcher—Holmes, Struck out—By<br />
DeBoom» 13; by Hamilton, 6. Base on balls—By De Boom, 4; by Hamilton, 4,<br />
Umpires—Scblesingsr and Martin. Official'scorer—Victor Levy.<br />
Teacher—How dare you swear before<br />
me?<br />
Student—How did I know yen wanted<br />
to swear first?—Ex.<br />
I had a dream the other night<br />
When everything was still;<br />
I dreamt that each subscriber came<br />
Right np aud paid his hill.— Ex.<br />
THE JOB HK WANTED.<br />
Just after the fall of Bloemfontem<br />
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scarcity of civilians, to work the railway.<br />
<strong>The</strong> weary men were lying in<br />
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when a sergeant called out.<br />
"Any of you men want to put your<br />
names down as railway porters, drivers,<br />
stokers or for any other appointment<br />
connected with the railway ?"<br />
<strong>The</strong> silence was broken only by<br />
snores. <strong>The</strong>n one Tommy slowly raised<br />
his head and drowsily xnuttrrvd :<br />
'Put me down as a s'eeper."— Ex.
JUST COMMON CLAY.<br />
One of the passengers on the Kronprinz<br />
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' What do you think cf the Prince?"<br />
asked one of the party.<br />
It was her chance.<br />
"Think of him!" she blazed. tl I was<br />
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Baron von Seckendorf asked him what<br />
he wished to drink!'*<br />
"Well?"<br />
She continued, scornfully:<br />
"His royal highness, Admiral Prince<br />
Henry of Prussia, said: 'I guess I'll<br />
have a beer !' "—New York Times.<br />
A', the opposite ends of the sofa<br />
Tiiey sat with vain regrets—<br />
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Officers of Athletij<br />
A Song of the Sp*<br />
Thomas Leary, II<br />
A Hunter's Prayt<br />
Tbe Golden Popr<br />
<strong>The</strong> Billy Claim,<br />
'<strong>The</strong> Return of-W:<br />
Most Beautiful -W<br />
A Chronometric 1<br />
A Visit to Mount<br />
EcceEgof5./A<br />
Bill Perkins' Gh<br />
An Unsuccessful<br />
Ye Students Who<br />
<strong>The</strong> Minstrd Shd<br />
fr. 7/<br />
ii Banquet,<br />
Heads of "Lowel<br />
Editorial. .Ci- *« : .<br />
Ejccliaugat<br />
Debate..^.-*-<br />
Societies (with pb<br />
School News.....<br />
Athletics..^..:<br />
Cdiitai<br />
Resume of Athiei<br />
Account of Final<br />
Basketball Reviev
THE LOWELL<br />
PUBLISHED BY THE LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Officers of Athletic Association (Photographs) 4<br />
A Song of the Springtime (Poem), Miss I. Wtikit 5<br />
Thomas Leary, H. M. S., 5. HeUtnan 6<br />
A Hunter's Prayer (Poem), D. C. Donahoe <strong>10</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Golden Poppy (Poem), Miss A. Crawford <strong>10</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Billy Claim, Miss L IViikie ... ir<br />
<strong>The</strong> Return of Winnemucca (Poem), /. Bare 16<br />
Most Beaz:tiful Woman in History, Mr. F. H. Clark 17<br />
A Chronometric Tombstone, /. Bate 19<br />
A Visit to Mount Vercon and Arlington (Illustrated), A. C Busk 22<br />
EcceEgo, 5. //./03 25<br />
Bill Perkins* Ghost, CM Hildebrandt 28<br />
An Unsuccessful Experiment, Binbaum 29<br />
Ye Students Who Graduate in '02, A/. S. Badt 31<br />
<strong>The</strong> Minstrel Show, written up by Miss B. WoUenberg 33<br />
Criticism, Mr. Tracey R. Keiley 35<br />
Alumni Banquet, L. H. S. A. A * ... 3 6<br />
Heads of " <strong>Lowell</strong>" staff (Photographs) .. 37<br />
Editorial 38<br />
Exchanges 4 1<br />
Debate * 2<br />
Societies (with photographs) 4^-5*<br />
School News 52<br />
Athletics - 54~55<br />
Containing photos cf<br />
Football Team, '00<br />
Football Team, 'oi<br />
Baseball Team, '02<br />
Track Team, '02<br />
Basketball Team, f O2<br />
Swimming Team, '02, and<br />
Resume of Athletics<br />
6
T<br />
Officers of the Athletic Association.<br />
MR. LAWKKNCK C. BIKI-URD, President.<br />
Miss CAROLYN FOWI.K, Yice-President.<br />
MR. \\\ O. MONTGOMERY, Treasurer.<br />
MR. H. SCHRIEUER 'not in attendance) Secretary.<br />
VOL. 6.<br />
Soft<br />
With<br />
Whcr<br />
Tboacl<br />
'Ti§<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
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When<br />
t?<br />
Of<br />
Of gnrj<br />
Tl<br />
Whco<br />
Por<br />
While<br />
<strong>The</strong> committee to deci4c «a<br />
readiog tbe poems mbmiUcd for<br />
considered leactUulty. OfOttae<br />
-<strong>The</strong> Ketara af Wiar*anK««," ow, "J<br />
tbe fourw*» tb»«blworthy o»lfcep«i<br />
all were considered to have ateafc tk«<br />
are supposed to chow the pottfc<br />
not frr) them to be worthy rep^tsesUt<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore the committee 9*&<br />
, ; * (a) to print the . • xf<br />
t to be held st the begiaslaf of
• #<br />
it .. !.«! -.Ti?..-,.;. . .<br />
iiiSf•:: ;<br />
VOL. SAN FKANCISCO, CAL , MAY, 1902.<br />
Ji Song of the Springtime.<br />
1.<br />
Rain, gentle rain, as it ligbtly fulls,<br />
Soft spriug rain now lovingly calls<br />
Sweet l ? lora to wake from her sleep<br />
With a steady sound on tbe cold, bare jjrount<br />
Where a carpet of grceti will soon be found<br />
And dainty flowers peep<br />
II.<br />
Though dull without and dark the sky.<br />
'Tis brighter within to my drowsy eye<br />
As the fire logs warmth infuse.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tap of the rain, the rap on the pane,<br />
<strong>The</strong> wind-gust blowing again and again,<br />
<strong>No</strong>w causes me to muse.<br />
III.<br />
I dream of days when skies are blue,<br />
When hearts are glad and lovers true<br />
In the fields together roam.<br />
Of sunny hours in meadow bow'rs,<br />
Of gurgling brooks, banked up with How rs.<br />
That murmur and laugh and foam.<br />
IV.<br />
Oh fall, gentle rain ! and hasten the day<br />
When Summer shall brush the clouds away,<br />
To beckon growth and beauty.<br />
l 7 or youth will dream and idle seem,<br />
While all the works of Nature gleam,<br />
To gnide him to his duty.<br />
K Wii.Kuc, '05.<br />
<strong>The</strong> committee to decide on the priz«r p-ocui coiupetUion-Mr. Kclley, Mr. Vf>uak. -s.d Hi.<br />
re-ul-nK the -oeins submitted lor competition, chose four from the whole number, « h:ch en the whf.lc wight be<br />
considered least foully. Of these four, "A Song of Sp.injftime.' "<strong>The</strong> r.olden Poppy, ' -A Hunter* Prajer," Ami<br />
-<strong>The</strong> Return of Wiunemucca." one, "A Sou* of SprinKliine,"' war, decided on an the br*t. Huwrvn, rot onr - f<br />
the fourw«» tl.ouEhtworthy of r.he prize oiTerert by Mr. KeHey, «nd with the exception of "A Son* orspriugtlii r,"<br />
«1T were consldete-1 to have about the same degree of aieriL TKJt.inB into cou«der«l:u>, thr fuel thai ihe-. pce.nii<br />
ipPowd to show the poetic tilcrary ability of llie school, U.e commuter and a-.;.r.^EtS:«: cf the W
THE LOWELL<br />
Thomas Leary, H. M. S.<br />
Private Thomas Leary of the Seventeenth<br />
Fusileers was a curious combination.<br />
From the lime he had entered<br />
her Majesty's service the idea had taken<br />
hold of him that his principal duties were<br />
to get drunk and to spend his spare time<br />
and repentant periods in the guard-house<br />
As soon as he sobered up the first thing<br />
he always did was to swear a big- round<br />
oath to the effect that he was done with<br />
liquor forever and that not another drop<br />
should pass his lips. But this oath, like<br />
a number of other good resolutions, was<br />
cancelled as soon as a bottle containing a<br />
certain fiery liquid was presented so his<br />
gaze. Thus it happened that Tom served<br />
his queen, about three days out of the<br />
week, by holding- down the floor of the<br />
guard-house and keeping it from getting<br />
lonesone.<br />
On the other hand during his lucid<br />
intervals, Tom was as an attentive and<br />
obedient a soldier as you could find in<br />
the Kuglish army, and regarding him in<br />
this light Uie officers were disposed to be<br />
less severe with him than with other<br />
offenders ; so collisions between Leary<br />
and his superiors usually resulted in no<br />
harsher punishment than the retirement<br />
of Tom to his familiar abode of regretfullness<br />
and temperance pledges. In<br />
addition to this mediocre favor with his<br />
superiors, he was also very popular with<br />
his equals. This resulted from his perlietur.il<br />
good humor and his inexhaustible<br />
supply of yarns : the latter being the best<br />
means of gaining friends in an encampment<br />
'vhen-. after dark, nearly everybody<br />
does nothing. Another way in<br />
which he -aine:! the respect and esteem<br />
of h:s comrades was by his hii«e proportions.<br />
Tom was the " bi^est " man in<br />
the TV-'UK-- si;nnlini;- six fret two in his<br />
AwarJeci >c court prize in March coiitc.it.<br />
stockinged feet and weighing nearly two<br />
hundred pounds His fine physique and<br />
superior intelligence was often the cause<br />
of the remark, 'that it was a shame that<br />
such an admirable specimen of humanity<br />
should go to the dogs." As to his features<br />
Tom was not prepossessing, having<br />
the large rubicund features and "auburn* f<br />
hair so peculiar to the natives ofHibernia.<br />
But here I must stop describing<br />
him, for methinks I hear ray readers in<br />
embryo murmuring. -" What do we care<br />
what he looked like, I wonder if he<br />
thinks we never saw a red-topped Irishman<br />
; ' and wishing to preserve their<br />
patience for a time to come, I will hurry<br />
on.<br />
Early in the winter of 1S99 the Seventeenth<br />
Fusileers with a number of other<br />
regiments was ordered to the scene of<br />
activity in South Africa. When the<br />
time for embarking came it was discovered<br />
that Private Leary was missing".• A<br />
search being instituted our bibulous hero<br />
•AW found in an inebriated stupor in one<br />
.of the worst dives the town afforded<br />
He was forthwith carried or rather<br />
dragged onto the ship and doomed to<br />
spend five days and nights in the hold,<br />
on the wholesome diet of bread and<br />
water. At the expiration of the sentence<br />
when Tom appeared on deck he<br />
looked pale and repentant; the paleness<br />
clue to sea-sickness the repentance in a<br />
matter of course. For a certain obvious<br />
reason he did not break his pledge (which<br />
had been taken as usual) during the remainder<br />
of the voyage.<br />
On its arrival at Capetown, Tom's<br />
regiment was immediately ordered to the<br />
front to reinforce General Duller, who<br />
was marching to the relief of I,adysmirij.<br />
When the main army w ; . reached Torn<br />
•:• -o!<br />
could restrain himsel<br />
ceeded to make up<br />
more intoxicated tin<br />
in lieu of the regulai<br />
was confined in oni<br />
native abodes call*<br />
that night! and if \v<<br />
who have'been thci<br />
rainfall is not at all<br />
pened, this was an<br />
fall, and the roof<br />
slightly transparent^<br />
pleasant night sta:<br />
water and making<br />
liquor resolutions,<br />
being sober, he \vt<br />
the Colonel.<br />
" Private Leary,]<br />
4 * this getting drun<br />
opportunity will hi<br />
have been excusable<br />
place we need nouj<br />
headed men. <strong>No</strong><br />
more kindly, * c I<br />
worth any two mei<br />
you're not intoxical<br />
fight shy of liquor<br />
lift yourself from thj<br />
biit before you go,<br />
on your sacred<br />
from intoxicants<br />
paignV" Tom appej<br />
with the Colonel's.<br />
the required promj<br />
•withdrew.<br />
• • , • _ . - * • *<br />
On the advance<br />
necessary to cro?<br />
<strong>The</strong> opposite ban]<br />
held by the Boerj<br />
famous General D<<br />
too deep to<br />
only<br />
toon bridge. With<br />
was finally made<br />
across in the face<br />
enemy seeing the in<br />
ing in ft hand to
could restrain hims-jlf no longer and proceeded<br />
to make up lost time by getting<br />
more intoxicated than ever. That night<br />
in lieu of the regulation guard-house, he<br />
was confined in one of those luxurious<br />
native alxxles called kralls. It rained<br />
that night, and if we are to believe those<br />
who have been there, a South African<br />
rainfall is not at all sparing. As it happened,<br />
this was an unusually generous<br />
fall, and the roof of the shack being<br />
slightly transparent, Tom passed a most<br />
pleasant night standing knee deep in<br />
water and making and re-making antiliquor<br />
resolutions. <strong>The</strong> next morning,<br />
being sober, he was summoned before<br />
the Colonel.<br />
41 Private Leary," said the Colonel,<br />
"this getting drunk at each and every<br />
opportunity will have to stop. It might<br />
have been excusable at home, but in this<br />
place we need none hvt sober and clearheaded<br />
men. Xow, Leary," he added<br />
more kindly, "' I know that you are<br />
worth any two men in the army when<br />
you're not intoxicated and if you'd only<br />
fight shy of liquor I'm sure you could<br />
lift yourself from the ranks. That's all,<br />
but before you go, I want you to promise<br />
on yuiii sacred word uf honor to abstain<br />
from intoxicants until after the campaign.'*<br />
Tom appeared to be impressed<br />
with the Colonel's remarks, and. giving<br />
the required promise, he saluted and<br />
withdrew.<br />
:h * * *<br />
THE LOW E L L<br />
On the advance to Ladysmith it was<br />
necessary to cross the Tugela river.<br />
<strong>The</strong> opposite bank of the stream was<br />
held by the Boers commanded by the<br />
famous General l)e Wet. <strong>The</strong> river was<br />
too deep to cross by wading, and the<br />
only way remaining was to construct a pon<br />
toon bridge. With great ro^t of labor this<br />
was finally made and the army wa> led<br />
across in the face of a steady tire <strong>The</strong><br />
enemy seeing the impracticability of engai'.<br />
ing in a hum! to hand fight with a forte<br />
outnumbering them four to one, retreated<br />
to a line of hills or " kopjes " a<strong>No</strong>ul three<br />
hundred yards away. Although his men<br />
were worn ou* by fatigue and wounds,<br />
the British commander with all the stutvbornness<br />
of his race, led an assault on the<br />
naturally fortified stronghold of the enemy.<br />
<strong>The</strong> attack was Tepulsed and the<br />
vanquished " roineks " retreated to the<br />
trenches lately vacated by the Boers,<br />
leaving a large number of dead and<br />
wounded on the base and slope of tne<br />
range of hills. A steady fire was kej>t<br />
up by the enemy and there was no chance<br />
of recovering the wounded except through<br />
an armistice which General Buller distrusted<br />
to make.<br />
But let us leave this ancient history<br />
and turn our attention to our hero.<br />
From the first he had been where the<br />
bullets were thickest, and ?n this position<br />
he acquired a devouring thirst. H ; s<br />
water bottle was empty. So was the<br />
next man's. A third was also devoid of<br />
water, but he had something just as<br />
good. This able substitute was a very<br />
strong one and when translated into<br />
American it means fire water. Thus it<br />
has always been since the time of Adam,<br />
that, ivlicii one is Uyhig to avoid something,<br />
that something will persistently<br />
flash before his eyes especially when he<br />
has the greatest craving for it. (Th**<br />
crude manner of expression is the only<br />
originality in the above reflection.) Tom<br />
looked longingly at the bottle with its<br />
reddish brown fluid reaching to the neck,<br />
had a struggle with the Devil, was defeated,<br />
stretched out his arm, look the<br />
bottle, forgot his promise and drank<br />
<strong>The</strong> decease of the owner of the flask<br />
left Tom in full and undisputed possession.<br />
Hut double quick a'.tion prevent vd<br />
him frum '.'umplelmg :h;»t glorious state<br />
o! tidiness and juyfiwr.v 1 —; M> graphically<br />
and minutelv descrilci i.-v Burns in l.is<br />
immortal Tarn O'Shav.ter nor was i?<br />
until the withdrawal
trenches that the opportunity of emulating<br />
his worthy namesake was given to<br />
him. Tom immediately seized it (opportunity<br />
and bottle) and in a short time he<br />
began to see double.<br />
Meanwhile inspired by the hope of<br />
promotion and a Victoria Cross, a number<br />
of individual efforts were being made<br />
to rescue the wounded, but these valorous<br />
attempts were soon discouraged by additions<br />
to the number of stricken ones to<br />
be recovered. Thus these attempts<br />
ceased and all turned their attention<br />
to avoiding and returning the Boer<br />
fire.<br />
Colonel M. .owe of the Seventeenth,<br />
in the hope of encouraging his crestfallen<br />
men was walking up and down the<br />
trenches in full sight of the enemy. In<br />
the course of these dangerous perambulations<br />
he arrived at the southern end of<br />
the main trench where a sort of a subtrench<br />
had been dug perpendicular with<br />
the main one. On looking aiong this, he<br />
perceived that it was vacant except for a<br />
huddled up form lying at its termination.<br />
<strong>The</strong> breathing of this apparently wounded<br />
man could be plainly heard where the<br />
colonel stood. As he approached nearer,<br />
the breathing became more and more distinct<br />
and when he stooped over him. it<br />
sounded more like the snore of a healthy<br />
man than the painful, spasmodic exhalations<br />
of the wounded. All at once the<br />
officer straightened up and laughed. "It's<br />
I/Cary and he's as drunk as a lord "<br />
Suddenly the smile left his face to be replaced<br />
by a stern, harsh look and stooping<br />
again he grasped the inebriate's collar<br />
and shook him vigorously. Finally with<br />
a marvellous show of strength he dragged<br />
him to his feet and braced him up against<br />
the embankment.<br />
'•What's the meaning of this 1 '' demanded<br />
the colonel, containing the shakingprocess.<br />
Tom slowly opened his bleary<br />
eyes and UUiUlierod, 'G'wuy, I'm (hie)<br />
a gen tlenum."<br />
T HE LO\VE L h r<br />
'•Yes, you're a gentleman all right,"<br />
sarcastically replied the officer "After<br />
giving me your word of honor, you go<br />
off and get drunk and sneak away. You<br />
coward,'' he shouted getting angrier,<br />
"You—*' he broke oft"abruptly. 'Tm done<br />
with you. I intended to help you but<br />
now you can go to h—I for all I care."<br />
He turned on his heel and left, leaving<br />
Tom leaning against the embankment<br />
rubbing his eyes with his ham like fists<br />
and feeling a little soberer.<br />
"Cow-ard" he muttered, "who (hie)<br />
called me (hie) a cow-ard.' 1 He rolled<br />
his eyes about looking for the asperser of<br />
his character. Seeing no one he pushed<br />
himself away from the side of the trench<br />
and began staggering toward ihe main<br />
ditch mumbling "I'll show (hie) them if<br />
(hie) I am a coward.<br />
# * * *<br />
<strong>The</strong> leaden duel was kept up continually<br />
and all were busy evading bullets.<br />
On a sudden, an officer, stationed at the<br />
southern end of the trench, noticed a<br />
man crawl out of the sub-trench , and<br />
stagger to his feet with a great effort on<br />
the outside. Just then a dispatch was<br />
handed tc the officer and when he had<br />
finished reading it he again turned his<br />
gaze to that place where it had been<br />
attracted before and behold! there was a<br />
man or rather a giant reeling and lurching<br />
from side to side and advancing<br />
toward the enemy.<br />
"Come back," shouted the astonished<br />
officer but nothing came back In answer<br />
save the maudlin strains of ' I won't get<br />
home till morning "<br />
"Sergeant bring that man back," he<br />
ordered. <strong>The</strong> unfortunate sergeant set<br />
out to do his superior's bidding, but he<br />
had not advanced five steps when he was<br />
laid low with a builet in the side.<br />
"Don't waste any more men on that<br />
fool " coldly remarked a new voice. <strong>The</strong><br />
officer turned and saw Colonel Marlowe<br />
"Hut,, Colonel, ihc m;i:i is wounded.<br />
Do;i']t you see the wa;<br />
"He is no more w<br />
returned the Colonel,<br />
That's Leary. Let hi<br />
<strong>No</strong> further attem]<br />
]>ary were made ani<br />
watch the strange sigj<br />
Leary was r.ow<br />
yards away. His h<<br />
behind and his bushy<br />
by the sun's rays shj<br />
the Boer marksmen,<br />
a charmed life or per]<br />
nigs and lurchings fr<<br />
prevented. hini.from :\<br />
inch, foot by foot, he<br />
anu he had now read<br />
which >vas about t1<br />
away. On coming<br />
a lur.ch that brought<br />
it. He hugged the<br />
finally deciding to al<br />
and support he reel<br />
same time a shell<br />
ing it into a thousai<br />
dust and saioke cJ,ea<br />
beheld looking at tl<br />
tree had once been ij<br />
way. A great cheej<br />
breathless watchers i|<br />
they saw that he<br />
dilating journey.,<br />
gan to be interested.j<br />
if the old Saxon pi<br />
man nevere .takes<br />
verified. ^<br />
On, on, on) uutil<br />
point where tfce lan<<br />
ous to becoming a;<br />
once he gave a lurcl
THE LOWELL<br />
Don't you see the way he is staggering?' 1<br />
"He is no more wounded tV.an I am,"<br />
returned cue Colonel, "he's beastly drunk.<br />
Thai's I,eary. Let him alone."<br />
<strong>No</strong> further attempts to bring back<br />
Leary were made atul all quit firing to<br />
watch the strange sight.<br />
Leary was now about seventy five<br />
yards away. His helmet had been left<br />
behind and his bushy red hair intensified<br />
by the sun's rays shone as a target, for<br />
the Boer marksmen. But he either bore<br />
a charmed life or perhaps it was bis reelings<br />
and lurchings from side; to side that<br />
prevented him from being hit. Inch by<br />
inch foot by foot he was going forward<br />
and he had now reached the solitary tree<br />
which was about two hundred yards<br />
away. On corning near the tree he gave<br />
a lurch that brought him right up against<br />
it. He hugged the tree for a while and<br />
finally deciding to abandon his new friend<br />
and support he reeled away. At the<br />
same time a shell struck the tree smash<br />
ing it into a thousand pieces. When the<br />
dust and smoke cleared away, Tom was<br />
beheld looking at the place where the<br />
tree had once been in a dazed sort of a<br />
way. A great cheer went up from the<br />
breathless watchers in the trenches when<br />
they saw that he was continuing his vacillating<br />
journey. Even the Colonel began<br />
to be interested. Verily it looked as<br />
if the oM Saxon proverb, *'A druncken<br />
man nevere takes harme'' was being<br />
verified.<br />
On, on, on, until he had reached that<br />
point where the land began to rise previous<br />
to becoming a Boer kopje. All at<br />
once be gave a lurch forward and fell on<br />
the ground. "He's hit/' the cry went<br />
up. But. no! he has arisen to his feet<br />
holding a form closely clasped to his<br />
breast. When he became stationary* he<br />
shifted his burden, placing him in his<br />
arms which he had formed in the shape<br />
of the letter V. the combination resulting<br />
looking like a cross. It was a noticeable<br />
fact that after this change Tom staggered<br />
less than before the dead weight in his<br />
arms serving the same purpose for him<br />
as the balancing pole for the tight-ropewalker.<br />
He now began the return trip.<br />
A continuous shouting and cheering<br />
was kept up not only by the Britons but<br />
even by the enemy. <strong>The</strong> Boers although<br />
they cheered the man, .-still kept firing at<br />
him. This is not at all inconsistent with<br />
Boer character for it is a well known fact<br />
that a Boer goes into battle with a bible<br />
in his pocket with the pages concerning<br />
the blessings of peace and the evils of<br />
spilling blood turned dow'ii. Hut we are<br />
digressing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> same Providence that had watched<br />
over Tom when his face was toward the<br />
enemy did not desert bim when his bac!f:<br />
was facing them and ow: still inebr*at?d<br />
hero fell safely into the outstretched a: :s<br />
of his enthusiastic comrades.<br />
* * • *<br />
"Leary" said the Colonel and there<br />
were tears in his eyes, "I wirih to apologize<br />
for calling you a coward You have<br />
returned good for evil for the man you<br />
rescued is my son."<br />
'•Whaso a lnazzer". 1 hiccoughed Tom<br />
"I didn't see (hie) your son. Vm<br />
thirsty-Gimme (hie) a drink. 17<br />
S, HKU.MAN, '03.
<strong>10</strong><br />
THE LOWELL.<br />
* J? Hunter's Prayer.<br />
t love the hills, their forests and their giens.<br />
[ love to wander o'er the pathless feus;<br />
Leave me the quail, the pheasant and the hare.<br />
Leave me the duck, the panther and the bear.<br />
Give me a en nip axe, blanket-roll and gun;<br />
A strong, sharp knife, my only guide the SUE.<br />
I'll ask no more from Him on high,<br />
Except to have my good dog nigh.<br />
I love the brook that trickles through the vale..<br />
I love the lake that roughens with the gale;<br />
Leave me the salmon and the dusky trout,<br />
Leave me the cunning black bass, game and<br />
stout;<br />
Give me a line, a rod of split bamboo,<br />
My j*ood old gaff, some flies, a hook or two.<br />
I*H ask no more from Him on high,<br />
Save there to wander, live and die.<br />
DAVIS C. DONAHOK, '05.<br />
* <strong>The</strong> Golden Poppy,<br />
I. 11.<br />
Beside a stream a flow ret grew,<br />
Flowret pale, so pale and tender,<br />
<strong>No</strong>dding on 'green stem and slender.<br />
Swayiug when the west wind blew,<br />
But the -ferns so thick around it<br />
Grew that no stray sun-beam found it,<br />
And more ethereal day by day,<br />
In solitude its wild, sweet way,<br />
It Hved acO never longed for more.<br />
IV.<br />
Each morn it op'ed its petals frail<br />
To catch tbf day's returning light,<br />
<strong>No</strong>r closed them till the shades of night<br />
And darkness hid the hill-girt vale.<br />
And day by day still brighter grew<br />
Th* 1 flowret*s ever deepening hue;<br />
It seemed as if down in the earth,<br />
Thut gives all flowers ami trees their birth.<br />
found a magic treasure rare,<br />
III.<br />
All day the sun looked down through bars<br />
Of clouds that stretched across the sk.y; 7<br />
A pris'ner he whose brilliancy<br />
Dimmed that cf distant worlds and stars.<br />
<strong>The</strong> flowret seemed new life to takt:<br />
As on a broad expanse of lake<br />
<strong>The</strong> clouds that float o'er head are shown<br />
In form distinct, but softer tone,<br />
So from its leaves the sun's gold gleamed.<br />
V.<br />
One night a storm-cloud burst ind drenched<br />
<strong>The</strong> vale; the lightning flartr- and flashed;<br />
Thunder rolled; great floods o.'rain dashed<br />
Down! Out by their roots hu^e trees were<br />
wrenched.<br />
All the ferns were crushed, lying,<br />
Bruised and torn, near unto dying.<br />
When morning broke the storm and wind<br />
Had ceased and left unharmed behind<br />
<strong>The</strong> flowret, damp and drooping.<br />
It happened'that one day there strayed<br />
Adown the dale, beside the stream<br />
Murmuring, babbling, in a day-dream,<br />
A dusky, soft-eyed Indian maid.<br />
Out by the roots she plucked the flower.<br />
Too gay to grace a secret bower,<br />
And HOW upon our hills 'tis seen,<br />
A patch of gold amid the green,<br />
Tu all the world its secret telling.<br />
ASTO12CKTTE CRAWI-OKK, '95.<br />
• <strong>The</strong>se ttvc pr.eujs arc included in inc four chot.cn.<br />
In a s'maH cabin<br />
snow covered hill;? of<br />
man writing a letter<br />
light than Alaska's,sul<br />
was nearly midnight. i<br />
out was bright and bej<br />
<strong>The</strong> precious docui<br />
had that day been t<br />
the ''BHly Claim, o:<br />
claims of the. Chestcu<br />
salary of twenty doll;<br />
peuses, until further<br />
\vas lying ,fjn.:the tai<br />
smile passed over his<br />
the dancing eyes of hi<br />
the tear filled ones of<br />
when tills letter would]<br />
of the good news.<br />
Surely fortune w^<br />
now, but a shadow si<br />
Dave Warden's face,<br />
mother's partingf; woj<br />
brother home' Xo mi, I<br />
M'here i*n that lawi.<br />
Dave, and tell him<br />
Somehow h6 felt with<br />
his poor mother's wisj<br />
realized.<br />
Ten years ago, his el<br />
nature so diflfered^*ffori<br />
the ofd home after a sh|<br />
<strong>No</strong> word had come<br />
Dave had gone throi<br />
entered .bis father's bu;<br />
of hard times follower<br />
and h;s mother and si:<br />
juift enough to support!<br />
come to this northern'<br />
by his mother's Icihgii<br />
his own adventurous<br />
had knocked about for<br />
ing the Alaskan rainb>
THE LO W EL L i:<br />
'<strong>The</strong> Billv Claim.<br />
In a small cabin embosomed in the<br />
snow covered hills of Valdez, sat a young<br />
man witting a letter home, with no other<br />
light than Alaska's summer twilight. It<br />
was nearly midnight, yet the scene without<br />
was brigh\ and beautiful.<br />
<strong>The</strong> precious document by which he<br />
had that day b^eu appoitited receiver of<br />
the "Billy Claim, one ot the richest<br />
claims of the Chestochina district, at a<br />
salary of twenty dollars per day and expenses,<br />
until further notice oC the court.'*<br />
was lying on the table before him. A<br />
smile passed over his face as he pictured<br />
the dancing eyes of his young sister, and<br />
the tear tilled onesr-f his dear old mother<br />
when this letter would reach them telling<br />
of the good news.<br />
Surely fortune was smiling on him<br />
uow. but a shadow suddenly came over<br />
Dave Warden's face, as he recalled his<br />
mother** parting words "Bring your<br />
brother home to me. I know he is somewhere<br />
in that land. You'll find him,<br />
Dave, and tell him mother's waiting."<br />
Somehow he felt with a dart of pain that<br />
his poor mother s wish would never be<br />
realized.<br />
Ten years ago. his elder brother, whose<br />
nature so differed, from his own. had left<br />
the old home after a short, sharp quarrel.<br />
<strong>No</strong> word had come from him since.<br />
Dave had gone through college, then<br />
entered his father's business. Five years<br />
of hard times followed. His father died<br />
and his mother and sister were left with<br />
just enough to support them. Dave had<br />
come to this northern country, impelled<br />
by his mother's longing for her son and<br />
his own adventurous disposition. He<br />
jj.nl knocked about for two \oii*, following<br />
tho Alaskan rainbow, but had found<br />
neither the pot of gold, ao* any trace of<br />
his brother for whom the mother longed,<br />
that she might see her family, uniled before<br />
her death.<br />
Dave Warden's eyes unconsciously<br />
wandered from his writing. He gazed<br />
from the window upon the neighboring<br />
mountains of intense whiteness and<br />
watched the various colored clouds<br />
change in shade and form as they drifted<br />
behind the rugged }>e:iks Amic these<br />
solitary surroundings his thoughts fell<br />
into a sombre strain. A tangled mass of<br />
clouds sailed along the ridge amidst the<br />
twilight's ruddy glow. As a breath of<br />
wind arose, a fragment floated :iway in<br />
bold relief seeking a different course.<br />
With it went a tinge of red. <strong>The</strong>n,<br />
siovvly, by a mighty peak, it was entirely<br />
hidden from view. Something in the<br />
wonderful revelation o( nature, reminded<br />
Dave of a time in his own life. <strong>The</strong><br />
tangled mass was the home circle when<br />
a breath'of strife arose, one member<br />
sought another path and with t:\rn wei\t<br />
a 'tinge of red/' the love and happiness<br />
that made the finily circie complete.<br />
<strong>The</strong> peak that hid his course in life and<br />
severed him from the rest was distance<br />
and strife.<br />
But now he had no time for idle dreaming.<br />
He heard h..-* partner saying,<br />
"You'd better turn in. old man. <strong>The</strong>re's<br />
a good day's work ahead -of you to get<br />
rjady for the trail by to-morrow night.<br />
You say you're going up wiih that man<br />
Reamer? He's a sly one. <strong>No</strong> doubt he<br />
is trying to cheat sninc poor miner out o!<br />
that claim. Hut it s lucky for you that<br />
he is. Hope hi- makes a Iot;j.; light for<br />
it. Y*Hi':v a lucky chap! I say, hurrah<br />
ioi Ydin'ii Uavc," c!.*pjtheshouldcrg<br />
his *riv:vc! or.
12 THE LOWEL<br />
<strong>The</strong> sun set at nine thirty next evening,<br />
as Dave's party, on their way to<br />
the claim, rested near the summit oi a<br />
mountain. <strong>The</strong>y traveled in the evenings,<br />
the summer nights being as light<br />
as the day and not so warm.<br />
While the men were preparing a meal<br />
of beans and bacon he took the opportunity<br />
to write home. A Siwash Indian<br />
loitered near watching the T-roceedings.<br />
Finally be approached Dave saying,<br />
"What white man do? 1 *<br />
"Paper talk to squaw,'* Dave answered,<br />
and the Indian understood.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Siwash stood by silently c while<br />
then he spoke again plaintively,<br />
•'White man pot-latch, (give) Injun<br />
mucka-muck (food)?"<br />
"Injun no muck-a-muck three moons.<br />
By'n by maybe Injun die."<br />
Dave gave him some food, though he<br />
knew he bad probably begged more than<br />
one meal already from other campers on<br />
tJ?e trail. Dave knew the Alaskan Indian<br />
to follow a camp hundreds of miles for<br />
v/hat he could beg, with nothing to fall<br />
back on but his rifle and a bunch of<br />
matches. Aiter eating awhile in silence<br />
the Indian pointed over his shoulder to<br />
Reamer, the holder of many of the richest<br />
claims in the Chestocliina district and<br />
one of the rival claimants of the "Billy<br />
Claim," saying.<br />
"Injun no like him. Him got hi-you<br />
(much) gold. 11<br />
Although Dave had carefully avoided<br />
any conversation regarding the claim, he<br />
could not but notice the contemptuous<br />
tones with which Reamer spoke of a certain<br />
"claim-juniper/ 1 Bob Bradford. But<br />
now he saw something about the man's<br />
face that he did not admire. Something<br />
perhaps, that the greed for gold had left<br />
there.<br />
It seemed that two years before in the<br />
'98 boom of this country. Reamer had<br />
staked this claim amonj* otbeTS. But the<br />
boom had quickly died and he did not<br />
work the claims. Proving seemingly unprofitable<br />
he had not taken the trouble to<br />
even make a "bluff" av doing the assessment<br />
work on the "Billy Claim." So in<br />
the next excitement of 1900 he had returned<br />
to find it, one of the richest claims<br />
in the district, held by this tall, sturdy,<br />
broad shouldered Bob Bradford.<br />
When the party surmounted the summit<br />
of the mountain, the sun that two<br />
hours before they h^d seen sink into the<br />
west, greeted them in the east with the<br />
glorious splendor of its rising. Spread<br />
out below them was a large lake edged<br />
with its fleece of purest white resplendent<br />
in the sunlight like a polished mirror and<br />
kissing the base of surrounding hills,<br />
that rise precipitously from its shores,<br />
beautified with the green of towering fir,<br />
cotton wood, beech and willow. <strong>The</strong><br />
golden rays tinged the ov*r "hanging<br />
clouds and highest peaks with various<br />
depths of loveliness, and through the<br />
random lines of white gleamed rays of<br />
red and gray and blue. Along the little<br />
valley, streams that trickled down the<br />
sides of the range were churning gravel<br />
beds. A little beyond the moss grew<br />
thick and dainty flowers peeped through.<br />
As the party mushed on, trail life<br />
seemed to Dave the only life worth living—independent,<br />
full of excitement, the<br />
coarse food eaten with relish, sleep enjoyed<br />
under any conditions, ever free<br />
from care, and crowned with the desired<br />
rest <strong>No</strong>w he forded a river with his<br />
pack, the water breast high, cold, and<br />
swift, crossing other:; too deep to ford on<br />
"stick canves."<br />
<strong>The</strong> two hundred and fifty mile trip<br />
was accomplished in fourteen days. <strong>The</strong><br />
claim was located on the side of a mountain,<br />
whose face was scarred with deep<br />
gashes filled with snow. <strong>The</strong> day was<br />
dark with threatening clouds, the mists<br />
hung low and the ground was wet with<br />
recent rain. <strong>The</strong> winrf blew .-hill from<br />
the snow filled gullies. T\vt tent was<br />
cold and fuel scarce. D<br />
wet and would not re;<br />
the sun came out agah<br />
a matter of weeks.<br />
When Bob Bradford]<br />
met Dave, he seemed in<br />
tile. But as he wa'cchei<br />
hold of his work with<br />
and experience he soon<br />
friend of "Yukon Dav<br />
by which he heard the<br />
Something strangely<br />
Dave's face sorely puzzl<br />
pression of the eyes,<br />
recall where he had see!<br />
Bradford worked hard<br />
Dave secretly hoped thi<br />
be settled in favor of tl<br />
bearded man, who w«<br />
favorite with all. His<br />
Bob,'' certainly applied<br />
heart as well as his phy]<br />
<strong>The</strong> weeks and raoi<br />
September brought to<br />
season, for the claixn coi<br />
any later.<br />
One day toward the ej<br />
Dave came upon Bob w<br />
the laborers washing tin<br />
the sluice-boxes.<br />
*'Considerable wealth]<br />
ha siid.<br />
'•Yes," answered Brad|<br />
this affair was settled."<br />
"<strong>The</strong> court convenes<br />
knot?'<br />
"Yes in December. 11<br />
In another week's li<br />
prospectors in the disti<br />
the trail" again.-some t<br />
trip to Valde?, others<br />
states. Bradford, Rcamei<br />
heading for Juneau to t<br />
session of the court<br />
After journeying for<br />
party readied the inoat<br />
china. At the road b<br />
heard of a fewVimisl:
cold and fuel scarce. Dave's clothes -were<br />
wet and would not really be dry, until<br />
the sun came out again, which might be<br />
a matter of weeks.<br />
When Bob Bradford. Reamer's rival,<br />
met Dave, he seemed inclined to be hostile.<br />
But as he watched the receiver take<br />
hold of hi;: work with evident knowledge<br />
and experience he soon became the warm<br />
friend of "Yukon Dave," the only name<br />
by which he heard the receiver addressed.<br />
Something strangely familiar about<br />
Dave's fact: sorely puzzled him some expression<br />
of the eyes, but he could not<br />
recall where he had seen the man before.<br />
Bradford worked, hard but said little and<br />
Dave secretly hoped that the claim would<br />
be settled in favor of this generous, dark<br />
bearded man, who WHS such a great<br />
favorite with all. His nick name ' Big<br />
Bob/'certainly applied to his bigness of<br />
heart as well as his physical stature.<br />
<strong>The</strong> weeks and months passed until<br />
September brought to a close the short<br />
season, for the claim could not be worked<br />
any later.<br />
One day toward the end of September<br />
Dave came upon Bob who was watching<br />
the laborers washing the grave) through<br />
1<br />
'Considerable wealth in this mine,"<br />
he >uid.<br />
'•Yes.* 1 answered Bradford, "but 1 wish<br />
this affair was settled."<br />
"<strong>The</strong> court convenes in Juneau does<br />
it not? •<br />
'Yes in December/'<br />
In another weeks time most of the<br />
prospectors in the district wen- ''hitting<br />
the trail' again, some to make a return<br />
trip to Yaidez, others to return to the<br />
sViU-- 1 . Bradford, Reamer, nud Dave were<br />
heading 1 for JUIUNSU to be present at the<br />
Nt.->-iion of the court.<br />
A tier journeying ior several days the<br />
putty reached the mouth of the Che.stochina.<br />
At the road house there Dave<br />
heard of a few *'in ushers," who had<br />
HE LO \V E L<br />
.started to raft down the Copper River,<br />
instead of staying with the toilsome<br />
drudgery of the trail. Though they were<br />
condemned as " foolhardy. ' Dave was<br />
fired with a desire to emulate them. <strong>The</strong><br />
lour days trip by trail could he accomplished<br />
in a few hours by rafting.<br />
'Who'll raft it with me.*' he asked.<br />
"T'm not so willing to take my life in<br />
my hands," said Reamer, "even for the<br />
sake of a few day's mushing."<br />
"I'll go it with you," said ' Big Bob ' r<br />
who gloried in the most dangerous adventures.<br />
"It's a go" 1 said Dave and he and<br />
Bradford Parted' immediately for the<br />
timl>ers in search of ury K»gs, with which<br />
to construct a iv(L<br />
<strong>The</strong> cheery, excited lor...v; of Dane's<br />
voice as they set to work to make a jv.ft<br />
once caused Bradford to look at him a<br />
second time. <strong>The</strong> tone awakened some<br />
old feeling within him but the familiarity<br />
was lost in c. inoinent and Bradford was<br />
no wiser than before.<br />
In about five hours they had a splendid<br />
five log raft splayed in th«- nose like<br />
a tapering boat and pinned on the top<br />
with three six inch cross bars and twoinch<br />
pins. She was sixteen feet frcm<br />
stem to stern and about four and a half<br />
feet amid ships. On the following morn<br />
ing at daybreak, they pushed off for what<br />
they afterwards ;*erueml>ered, as the most<br />
exciting experience o! their lives. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
paddles broke with the first few s^oko<br />
so they tossed them overboard and<br />
steered and paddled with two spruce<br />
poles It was little paddling they did,<br />
for at times, they caught us much a* a<br />
ten mile current and were well content<br />
to float with the tide. lu piaOL-* the ri\er<br />
was very narrow, with hu*,h iu*w: jra* cl<br />
Muffs on either >;
•would mistake the white caps, formed by<br />
rushing water, over some almost projecting<br />
boulder for the crests of turbuient<br />
waves<br />
Once when they were riding the rapids<br />
in such a channel they perceived a large<br />
boulder in their path and saw that they<br />
could not guide the raft to either side and<br />
if they persisted in trying to, they would<br />
simply be drawn in the right or left vortex<br />
with chances of beating double quick<br />
against the stone So they changed their<br />
plans Dave was waist deep amidship.<br />
''Bring her to port!' 1 he hollered. "We<br />
can't make this side/'<br />
1<br />
'We'll make her anyway!" was the<br />
sturdy answer.<br />
But they did not and Dave realized it<br />
as he reached from the water and caught<br />
a pin wondering if the raft would right<br />
itself, so that he could climb on again or<br />
turn entirely over with him on the under<br />
side. She righted, however, and Dave<br />
climbed. Just for an instant she hung<br />
fast to the same sharp rock, in the vortex<br />
and the next she was flying again through<br />
rapids that splashed to their knees with<br />
every mounting wave Bouncing up and<br />
down, beating the bottom on every<br />
and more such rock, so a good deal depended<br />
on just how they got loose if<br />
indeed, they could at all. Dave had<br />
taken the axe out of the rack, prepared<br />
for a swim. Within two or three rods of<br />
an immense rock. Dave shouted again to<br />
Bradford.<br />
"We can't make it. Head for the<br />
center ot it!"*<br />
Bradford gave his pole rudder a sweep<br />
or two, to starboard and- Bump! <strong>The</strong>y<br />
hit her head on. and in the center but<br />
the force of the bounce had thrown Daw<br />
from his feet into the rushing stream.<br />
Immediately Bradford's >tmnn hand<br />
grasped him by the arm and held him<br />
up. A flood of thought^, crowded in<br />
upon Dave's mind. Bradford's very<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
grasp brought foremost a scene of long<br />
ago. when his brother had saved his life<br />
in a like manner. Suddenly ;i thought<br />
flashed upon his mind, his face lightened<br />
and he gasped huskily,<br />
' Bob!' *<br />
Instantly, the mystery in his companion's<br />
face was made clear to Bob for<br />
he saw his mother's eyes looking up to<br />
him from the rushing current, and with<br />
a startled look of iecognitfon he said as<br />
huskily:<br />
; Dave! But hush M for !D:*ve began to<br />
speak "your life depends on this, boy! "<br />
AH had happened in an instant, for a<br />
second the raft had lingered, then the<br />
current caught the stern to port, sheered<br />
nicely around, gliding down, and so<br />
through the vortex stern first.<br />
It was one of those exciting times when<br />
one cannot find words. Tueir minds<br />
must be bent on holding on for their<br />
lives no matter what the emotions that<br />
filled their breasts. Dave had been<br />
brought safely aboard, but the rescued<br />
brothers could not even so much ss<br />
grasp hands.<br />
On they sped silently for hours. <strong>The</strong><br />
word that Dave had murmnred before he<br />
hushed him was foremost- in Bob's ssind.<br />
It was 'mother." He saw her face on<br />
every mounting wave and heard her voice<br />
as of old. <strong>The</strong> heart so long unmoved by<br />
tender feelings was beating faster now than<br />
during the most dangerous experience.<br />
It seemed eternity to Dave who feared<br />
thr.t every bounce might mean their ~nd,<br />
and yet with his brother so near,, lie<br />
might not be able to give his mother's<br />
message. But every time Dave felt as<br />
though he might again be thrown into<br />
the water a strong arm reached out to<br />
sustain \\iu while the other guided the<br />
raft . feVv through the long jt urney.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were diczy hours fcr both, *.he<br />
:iiixi* \'io< ;>f the ^r'- c< ?!!t thrown iiito confusion<br />
with the tender reflections of ihe<br />
past.<br />
r<br />
At last as darkness wj<br />
the country, the ten h<br />
sixty eight miles of n<br />
brought to an end and tj<br />
safely. Dave was di;<br />
against a tree for suppci<br />
for a moment, until tl<br />
sustained him in the d;<br />
placed upon Dave's si<br />
other grasped his hand,<br />
•"Let the past be pa<br />
hoarsely. We were bi<br />
ing softly with a tremoj<br />
**Tell me, now about;<br />
As Dave felt the<br />
hand, he tried to spe;<br />
no words. As he lookt<br />
face so plainly familiar 1<br />
that he had never disci<br />
That night, the brot<br />
round the camp fire ani<br />
had passed during<br />
Big Bob'soldcompanio<br />
known him had they<br />
expression on his face<br />
in those dark years, om<br />
to think of him and<br />
longed for his return.heart<br />
grown cold for<br />
warmed, at last As elf
At last as darkness \vr^ spreading over<br />
the country, the te" h-uir j-uiruey over<br />
Mxty eight miles of rushing water was<br />
br-uzght to an end and the brothers laiided<br />
saicly. Dave wa> di/zivi 1 and leaned<br />
against a tree for support. Xeithcr spoke<br />
lor a moment, until the band that had<br />
si;-it;iinod him in tlu* d.-ii\;erous ride was<br />
p!.»vvd upon I)ave"> -h :ii!tk-r while tin*<br />
other grasped his hand.<br />
'"Let the past be pa*t. Dave," he said<br />
hoarsely. We were hi:t !«>ys, then adding<br />
softly with a tremor in his voice.<br />
"Tell me, now about mother.*'<br />
A- Have felt the warm pressure of the<br />
hand, he tried to speuk. but could find<br />
tu> words. AH he looked into his brother's<br />
faoe so plainly familiar now, he woiitiered<br />
thai iie had never discovered this before.<br />
That night, the brothers sat together<br />
round the camp fire a:i
16 THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong> Return of Winnemucca.<br />
Slowly climbing, often pu::sio>;,<br />
Winnemucca climbed the mountain.<br />
Climbed ihe incuuUiu of his childhood.<br />
Strove tt> reach its lofty summit*<br />
Where, in days gone by forever<br />
Oil had -e«.-n t; c coppei tzioonrisc.<br />
Oft had -vitkemd with the sumisc.<br />
Oft bail seen t\u village neath hiir.<br />
Wakened to its toil and labor.<br />
But he long ago had left it,<br />
I .oft it, with the mnrk of murder.<br />
Deeply br»iuW on his forehead,<br />
Iu great uu^c: Had he killed hin;,<br />
Killed his brother, Megisoguun,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n was cast forth by his people<br />
Never more to l>r. awiong them.<br />
He hnd goue forth broken hearted,<br />
Bowed with grief :».ud quick repenting.<br />
Far and widely had he wandeied.<br />
Wandered to the mighty oceans.<br />
Wandered to the rctghty mountains,<br />
Saw the dwellings of the ^ ; ts men,<br />
Saw their works and wondered at them.<br />
But at last the smouldering embers<br />
Of his slowly dying spirit<br />
Began to glow with i great longing<br />
l$«t had looked, bad looked in vain<br />
Tor the landmntk of his people.<br />
For the mountain of his childno
T H K L O \V K L L<br />
Most Beautiful Woman in History,<br />
BY MR. F,<br />
Wcprinied from Hastcr n amber<br />
What meaning can the life of this<br />
child-saint and woman-warrior of 6fteentli<br />
century France have for women of twentieth<br />
century America. Little need has<br />
the present world for saints of the oldtime<br />
description. Still less is there need<br />
of women-warriors, in our ~ime, pledged<br />
to peace, and in our land, filled wilh<br />
brave men. It must not be expected<br />
that the lesson be one of example for<br />
imitation. History teaches by touching<br />
the soul, by quickening the moral insight,<br />
by an in breathing of noble spirit.<br />
Imitation, mere copying the past, is futile<br />
; for conditions are ever changing<br />
and never repeated.<br />
<strong>The</strong> life of Joan of Arc has a lessoa for<br />
our age—in fact for every nation and for<br />
all time. It is not set forth in simple<br />
terms, and the world has been slow to<br />
understand its meaning. It is given in<br />
a parable—rather it is contained in<br />
miracles. <strong>The</strong> achievements of Joan of<br />
Arc were so wonderful, so miraculous,<br />
that men have been backward it: receiving<br />
their true import. <strong>The</strong>ir lesson,<br />
however, is simple vrhen once we comprehend<br />
the miracle.<br />
If any question the right of this national<br />
heioine of France to a place<br />
among the most beautiful women in history,<br />
I would say that the claim is to<br />
spirit al rather than physical beauty.<br />
Thus the term is used in a far higher<br />
and nobler sense than when applied to<br />
such as Cleopatra. What beauty could<br />
bt more worthy of reverence and worship<br />
than the loveliness of the simple,<br />
sincere, courageous soul that inspired<br />
armies to success and rescued France<br />
from despair?<br />
H. CLARK.<br />
of the Sau Kraucisco • Call,"<br />
We have no definite record of the personal<br />
appearance of Joan of Arc. Necessarily<br />
she must have had form and feature<br />
in some way worthy of the beautiful<br />
soul that dwelt within. <strong>No</strong> better idea<br />
can be gained of what she must have<br />
been than the description of the artist,<br />
Boutet de Monvel, who spent years of<br />
study upon the incidents cf her life ior<br />
the purpose of depicting her career by<br />
means of his brush. He says in the<br />
Century Magazine for <strong>No</strong>vember, 1896:<br />
"While at work on my series of desigus<br />
I have often been asked to describe<br />
myc^nceptiou of the personal appearance<br />
of Joan of Arc. At this question I<br />
have always seen before me a figure<br />
which little by little has grown more<br />
distinct until now it Is as though I saw<br />
Joan, to use her own words, 'with the<br />
eyes of my body.' Of actual evidence<br />
nothing remains; uoportrait exists, nor<br />
has there come down to us the smallest<br />
shred of her vestments, or fragment of<br />
her arms. We know that she was tall<br />
and well-proportioned, that her physiognomy<br />
was agreeable; but all this is<br />
vague. Some have it that she was fair,<br />
others that she was dark. Her hair was<br />
in all probability neither one nor the<br />
other, but of a shade between the two,<br />
which would account for the difference<br />
of opinion. To me she must have been<br />
somewhat fair, as thus she seems more<br />
feminine. Judith had black hair; Jeanne<br />
Hachette, who from the ramparts opposed<br />
the enemy with her battle-ax, was<br />
dark; but Joan of ATC had such a tender<br />
heart—so much pity—I find in her so<br />
much of womanly grace in contrast with<br />
her decision in the hour of action that I
18 T HE L O W E f, L<br />
see her only blonde; not the blonde of<br />
the fair-haired race* of the north, but the<br />
blonde chestnut of our France. She<br />
was not in any sense pretty; we must<br />
not forget thar war-like companions,<br />
mea no: overburdened with scruples,<br />
testified that she never inspired the<br />
thought of gallantry. If not pretty,<br />
however, she had probably the beauty<br />
of the peasant; a firmly, well constructed<br />
head; l^er eyes were bluish gray, not too<br />
light, for they flashed fire at times; her<br />
nose was somewhat heavy, but with sensitive<br />
nostrils; and her mouth strongly<br />
marked, with full, red lips. Her complexion<br />
was browned by exposure, nch<br />
and healthy in color; her carriage free<br />
and somewhat boyish, for she was a girl<br />
of the fields, free as air, and her limbs<br />
were vigorous, and her chest was deep.<br />
She never knew fatigue, says the chronicles<br />
of her time. 1 '<br />
To many the career of Joan of Arc has<br />
seemed an inexplicable mystery; to<br />
some a product of mere superstition. To<br />
view it aright one must study it in relation<br />
to the condition of the time, as one<br />
would study the work of Julius Caesar<br />
or of Abraham Lincoln. What was the<br />
France for which Joan of Arc lived, an<br />
angel of healing, and died, a martyr?<br />
At the end of the teuth century France<br />
was a feudally divided land with ten<br />
thousand separate fiefs, and a score of<br />
great lords, any one of them equal to the<br />
king in power. By the end of the thirteenth<br />
century a long road had been<br />
traveled toward national unity. Private<br />
warfare had been forbidden ; uniformity<br />
of law had been established; the authority<br />
of the king's courts was recognized.<br />
Still the goal had not yet been reached;<br />
aud a succession of weak sovereigns and<br />
the evils of the endless wars with the<br />
Euglish sent the nation far on the backward<br />
course. Province broke away from<br />
province. <strong>The</strong> great dukes sought to<br />
recover their lost power, and upon the<br />
ruins of France to rear the temples of<br />
their own selfish pride. <strong>The</strong>re were no<br />
Frenchmen—only Burgund : ans, Armagnacs,<br />
Bretons, Provencaux. To such a<br />
degree of bitterness and hatred d d men<br />
carry their partisan strife that either<br />
side was ready to welcome the foreign<br />
iuvr.der rather than see the success of<br />
the rival faction.<br />
Such was the condition of France during<br />
the childhood of Joan of Arc, born<br />
January 5, 1412. <strong>The</strong> battle of Agincourt,<br />
fought three years later, ^ave half<br />
of France into the bauds of Henry V of<br />
Eagland. In 1420 came k trade infavie<br />
of Troyes, by which the conqueror<br />
gained the daughter of the King of<br />
France for his bride, the regency and<br />
the promise of the throne upon the<br />
king's death—and all this with French<br />
help against France.<br />
Who could rescue France from this<br />
depth of degradation? Who could unite<br />
the warring factions against the invader?<br />
What was denied to princes and captains<br />
was granted to the peasant girl of Domremy.<br />
To save France was the mission<br />
of Joan of Arc. History contains nothing<br />
more wonderful than this, aud yet it is<br />
nothing supernatural. It is as natural<br />
as the rainfall replenishing the thirsty<br />
earth. France was in ruins through<br />
partisiaaship. Only the spirit of patriotism<br />
could rebuild and restore. Joan of<br />
Arc was the embodiment of that spirit,<br />
In her patriotism was made flesh and<br />
dwelt among men, pointing the way of<br />
the better life<br />
It counts for nothing against this truth<br />
that she saw visions and believed herself<br />
under the guidance of archangels. This<br />
is but the form of the fifteenth century<br />
thought—the only way in which her<br />
revelation could be known to men. Certainly<br />
at this date we can distinguish<br />
the divine truth that spoke through her,<br />
from the peculiar form in which it had<br />
to find expressi in It i*> unnecessary to<br />
•I •<br />
speak of her marty:<br />
finished: she seal*<br />
sacrifice to hate<br />
present in the worlj<br />
Patriotism and<br />
sons from the life<br />
of Arc. Women<br />
twentieth century,<br />
to lead armies ag;<br />
vader. <strong>The</strong> enem|<br />
are within : the e<br />
olity, intemperani<br />
foes more deadly tj<br />
because insidious,<br />
to maintain the foj<br />
earnest devotion t<<br />
in the past have b<<br />
A<br />
A fneaa ox mi<br />
Central Soudan,<br />
leather packet lyi:<br />
a large stone cros;<br />
the skin of some<br />
not harmed by th<<br />
able to read what<br />
to me, asking, thl<br />
proved to be no<br />
diary of a native,<br />
I proceeded with<br />
unfolded itself, aj<br />
interesting that<br />
it to the world,<br />
ation I think thaj<br />
gl e you as COTTCA<br />
diary as I can. Tl<br />
but from minor<br />
book, I think tl
o such a<br />
Nry<br />
t either<br />
foreign<br />
onquerof w<br />
*ncy and •'<br />
upon tlw-V<br />
ch French *r<br />
[iroxn this,<br />
mid ante<br />
\i invader?<br />
T H K I. O W K L h<br />
speak of her martyrdom. Her work was<br />
finished: she sealed it with her life, a<br />
sacrifice to hate and cowardice, ever<br />
present in the world<br />
Patriotism and humanity are the lessons<br />
from the life atd character of Joan<br />
of Arc. Women of America in the<br />
twentieth century are not called upon<br />
to lead armies against a conquering invader.<br />
<strong>The</strong> enemies of American life<br />
are within : the evils of our time—frivolity,<br />
intemperance, immorality — are<br />
foes more deadly than invading armies,<br />
because insidious. Is it not patriotism<br />
to maintain the force, the simplicity, the<br />
earnest devotion to truth and right that<br />
in the p3st have been the foundation of<br />
American greatne-Sb? Is it not humanity<br />
to save men from their evil ways, to<br />
preserve soundness of character? American<br />
women must share with men the<br />
duty of maintaining our national virtues.<br />
Share with men the duty. Joan of Arc<br />
did not seek to organize a regiment of<br />
women. She placed herself with men, at<br />
their head, sharing their life, yet never<br />
losing womanliness.<br />
This, then, in brief, is the lesson—<br />
patriotism and humanity, devotion to<br />
maintaining the noblest elements of<br />
American character—not by separate effort<br />
of women apart from men, but by<br />
co-operative, fraternal service.<br />
A Chronometric Tombstone.<br />
A friend of mine, while traveling in<br />
Central Soudan, came across a curious<br />
leather packet lying on the ground, near<br />
a large stone cross. It was wrapped in<br />
the skin of some wild animal and was<br />
not harmed by the elements. Being unable<br />
to read what was inside, he sent it<br />
to me, asking that I translate it. It<br />
proved to be nothing more than the<br />
diary of a native, a oce Bello Dan. Aft<br />
I proceeded with the translation, time<br />
unfolded itself, a story so strange and<br />
interesting that I have decided to give<br />
it to the world. Upon careful consideration<br />
I think that it would be best to<br />
gi e you as correct a translation of the<br />
diary as I can. <strong>The</strong> diary was not dated,<br />
but froai minor notes throughout the<br />
book, I think the events must have<br />
occurred a short while after the reconstruction<br />
of the empire of Sokoto, by<br />
Otbman Fodio in 1S02.<br />
This day is a festival. I rose early to<br />
attend to my duties as priest of the<br />
Temple of Mohammed. <strong>The</strong> day is<br />
warm and the people are many. <strong>The</strong><br />
ceremonies will not begin until dark<br />
and I will go among the people to hear<br />
their talk. It is principally about the<br />
great and mighty Othrnan these days,<br />
I do not like him, for hi. is a terrible<br />
man. As soon as it is dark I will return,<br />
but now I will go far into the city to<br />
visit Her. I met Her at the last festival<br />
and my courting has been successful<br />
for I will wed Her<br />
This day is also beautiful, but I am
2O T H K LOWELL<br />
sad. She has joined the Mission and is<br />
now a Christian. She has asked me to<br />
become one also, but the teachings of<br />
my father forbid I will now live 3t her<br />
home, for Her father is pleased, I am<br />
an orphan and consented. I do not see<br />
Her much because of my duties at the<br />
temple and She goes to the Mission. . .<br />
This day have I given up my duties<br />
as priest of Mohammed, for Othman<br />
hates me and that is dangerous. He<br />
must not see me. She has again asked<br />
me to become a Christian, but the teachings<br />
of my father were good. She grows<br />
sadder every day and to-morrow She<br />
will leave us and go to the Mission<br />
forever<br />
At last it has come. To-day my name<br />
appeared on the death list. My death<br />
is set for the next festival and there is<br />
no escape. To-morrow the soldiers will<br />
come for me. <strong>The</strong>re is yet hope. Her<br />
father is the captain of the prison. He<br />
is pleased. I have seen Her once more<br />
aad again has she asked me to be converted,<br />
but the teachings of my father<br />
were good<br />
From my prison window T can<br />
see that they are preparing the cruel<br />
rock. Once more will that well-worn<br />
pathway be put into use. Death is certain,<br />
for no one can escape that dreadful<br />
rock as it conies roaring down to crush<br />
out your life and leave your body but a<br />
stain on the hillside. But I do not fear<br />
for the night will be dark and the plan<br />
is good<br />
<strong>The</strong> time has come. I can see the<br />
dim lights in the distance. Soon will I<br />
feel the draught of air as he lifts the<br />
heavy trap. Soon will I be speeding<br />
a*ray, stopping only a moment at the<br />
Mission and bid Her a last good-bye<br />
Already he has mounted the roof. One<br />
moment more and I will be free, [LATER ]<br />
Wo soon arrived at the Mission, but all<br />
was quiet. Had She proven false 5<br />
With angry impatience her father rang<br />
the Mi&sion bell. A young woman appeared.<br />
She said something to him. I<br />
saw him start and turn pale. With a<br />
cry of anguish he rushed in madly.<br />
Too soon was I to find out the awful<br />
truth. We were too late. She now<br />
slept beneath the cross. She had left a<br />
note for me. Would I love Her beyond<br />
the grave ? Would I pray to Her God ?<br />
Would I become a Christian ? If so, I<br />
would find Her cross among Her<br />
possessions. But I will never see that<br />
cross, for the teachings of my father<br />
were good<br />
I have at last reached the sea coast.<br />
It is not safe to stay in Africa. I will<br />
first g-o to Spain. If I am satisfied I will<br />
remain. But if not, I must continue my<br />
wanderings. This may be my last entry<br />
in my diary, but I do not know.<br />
Between this entry and the one where<br />
he began to write regularly there were<br />
a few notes. From these I have been<br />
able to find out that about fifty years<br />
had elapsed. He had at this time<br />
arrived in America, but on account of<br />
his color, he was compelled to take<br />
refuge in New York.<br />
<strong>The</strong> years have fallen fast and my<br />
wanderings have been many. At last I<br />
have crossed the great Ocean, but the<br />
land I reached is divided. <strong>The</strong>y said I<br />
was a slave. <strong>The</strong>y asked me who was<br />
my master. I do not understand them.<br />
I am in danger so I must flee. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
people tell of a place called New York,<br />
where there is no slavery. I must find it.<br />
I am driven from town to town. I am<br />
a blave. I, priest of the Temple of Mohammed.<br />
In New York they have a<br />
Mohammedan Mission. I must reach<br />
it. <strong>The</strong>y will protect me. I am poor<br />
and must walk I cannot bear their<br />
abuse. I am no slave. Have these<br />
people proclaimed me an outcast, these<br />
!<br />
people of the Chi<br />
must be near New<br />
get grows less. .<br />
At last I have<br />
place they call N<<br />
<strong>The</strong> rows of house!<br />
even these people ij<br />
it is wrong to shij<br />
are long. I am ui<br />
find the Mission,<br />
know, I will ask.<br />
but they know m<br />
<strong>No</strong>t far away is t]<br />
morrow I will<br />
found refuge. Sui<br />
my father were go<<br />
I went to the Mi<br />
and they cast me<br />
But even they cai<br />
old to work. T<<br />
alone on the stre<<br />
far and wide, bi<br />
everybody, cast 01<br />
even by my God :<br />
I prayed to die.<br />
At last I have<br />
sails a vessel to t;<br />
land. <strong>The</strong>y can<br />
edge of the languj<br />
return to my nati'<br />
am an outcast,<br />
binds me to my c<<br />
and seek rest by<br />
peace in Her fal<br />
When I return I wj<br />
Mission. I will<br />
I will seek rest ln|<br />
ing of, that She<br />
vain. . -> • •<br />
We sailed to da:<br />
sight of land,<br />
quiet. <strong>The</strong> captj<br />
will be short. I h|<br />
is far away. .
lied .0<br />
•K-f^fr^^^^vi-,?Tp>4ierS^ 4<br />
people of the Christian faith? But I<br />
must be near New York for the abuse I<br />
get grows less<br />
At last I have arrived. This is the<br />
place they call New York. I am lost.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rows of houses are confusing. But<br />
even these people ignore me. <strong>The</strong>y say<br />
it is wrong to shield me. <strong>The</strong> streets<br />
are long. I am unable to walk. I must<br />
find the Mission. Perhaps these people<br />
know, I will ask. I have asked many,<br />
but they know not, But I have seen.<br />
<strong>No</strong>t far away is the Crescent. On the<br />
morrow I will call. At last I have<br />
found refuge. Surely the teachings of<br />
my father were good<br />
I went to the Mission, but I was poor<br />
and they cast me out. I must find work.<br />
But even they cast me out. I am too<br />
old to work. To-night must I walk<br />
alone on tlie streets. I have traveled<br />
far and wide, but I am cast out by<br />
everybody, cast out by my own people,<br />
even by my God : for many times have<br />
I prayed to die<br />
At last I have found work. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
sails a vessel to trade with my native<br />
land. <strong>The</strong>y can make use of my knowledge<br />
of the language. So it is that I<br />
return to my native land. Although I<br />
am an outcast, there is one link left that<br />
binds me to my country. I will return<br />
and seek rest by Her side. She has<br />
peace in Her faith, perhaps I can.<br />
When I return I will look for that little<br />
Mission. I will be guided by its cross.<br />
I will seek rest in a faith I know nothing<br />
of, that She may not have died in<br />
vain<br />
We sailed to day and were soon out of<br />
sight of land. <strong>The</strong> sea is calm and<br />
quiet. <strong>The</strong> captain pays the journey<br />
will be short. I hope so, for my heart<br />
is far awav<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
<strong>The</strong> days have passed by slowly.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w we are near land. Soon will I<br />
once more view Sokoto. Near by is a<br />
small hill, which I used to climb, in my<br />
childhood days. From its top I will be<br />
able to see my native city, see that mission,<br />
see the cross<br />
Far in the east I see the gathering<br />
light. But the sights it unfolds are<br />
strange. Is this my native country ?<br />
<strong>The</strong> countless houses, the well-paved<br />
streets. Where is that lonely Mission ?<br />
Where is the cross cf my faith? Has<br />
this religion cast me out? <strong>No</strong>, it cannot<br />
be so, for I hear the people talk.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will burn the forest near the city.<br />
<strong>The</strong> animals it hides are dangerous.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y talk about the curious stone cross<br />
that appears each year as they barn the<br />
trees. This must be the cross I want.<br />
I will secret myself in the forest and see.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have kindled the fire. <strong>The</strong><br />
trees and bushes are rapidly burning.<br />
<strong>The</strong> heat is intense and the light blinding.<br />
But it is the light of God, for it<br />
has revealed the cross. I have seen<br />
enough to know ihat the God of Her<br />
faith is great. I am satisfied. I will<br />
die, even by my own hand. On the<br />
morrow may the birds and beasts remove<br />
the last vestige of my remains that may<br />
blot the sacred ground of my native<br />
land.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se events occurred long ago. But<br />
the people still burn that forest every<br />
year. Tourists who see it are surprised<br />
to see a huge stone cross grow out of its<br />
depths as the forest falls. So it is, that<br />
the very people who cast 'him out, reveal<br />
the tombstone among whose shadows<br />
the Two are sleeping, separated by the<br />
band of man. united by the hand of God.<br />
IRWIN BASE, '03.
22<br />
THE LOW ELh<br />
A Visit to Mount Vernon and<br />
Arlington.<br />
It was a bright morning- in April, the<br />
day of the famous egg-rolling on the<br />
lawns of the White House, when we left<br />
Washington by train for Mount Vernon.<br />
We first reached the Potomac, on the<br />
Washington shore, at Long Bridge, the<br />
one over which the Union soldiers retreated<br />
into Washington after the first<br />
battle of Bull Run. Crossing this famous<br />
bridge we came into Alexandria; and<br />
from the cars obtained a glimpse of old<br />
Christ Church, which Washington attended<br />
while at Mount Vernon. We<br />
rode on and arrived at the home of Washington<br />
after an hours pleasant journey<br />
<strong>The</strong> home of Washington, is kept up<br />
by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association<br />
which purchased it in i$6o for $200-<br />
000 from the heirs of the estate. Mcaey<br />
was raised by popular subscription *^a<br />
part of which was obtained from 'thousands<br />
of school children all over the<br />
United States, each contributing five<br />
cents. This Association still keeps up<br />
the grounds aided by the different States<br />
to which are assigned certain rooirs MI<br />
the house itself and certain parts of the<br />
grounds. It is the special care of California<br />
to look after the wharf on the<br />
Potomac at which Washington's ships<br />
unloaded.<br />
l<br />
From the terminus of the electric road<br />
to the entrance is about a block. <strong>The</strong><br />
gate was entered and we walked up a<br />
pathway overhung with immense sha
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came to the room in which Martha Washington<br />
lived and died after the death of<br />
her husband She chose this room in<br />
order that she might see the tomb of<br />
Washington from the little dormer window.<br />
After leaving the mansion we went to<br />
the summer-house which stands a short<br />
distance to the right of the from entrance.<br />
Here, as is the custom, we seated ourselves<br />
and saw the boats glide up and<br />
down the blue waters of the Potomac<br />
Over this little house is a l>ellthat tolled<br />
as the ships landed at Washington's<br />
wharf. <strong>No</strong>t far from the mansion and<br />
connected with it by a veranda is the<br />
kitchen. Here we saw some of the original<br />
cooking utensils and purchased little<br />
odds and ends to take home as mementoes.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are several out houses :it-ar*<br />
by: such as the meat house, wash house,<br />
ice house, spinning 1 house, etc. On the<br />
lawn in the rear of the mansion is the<br />
sun-dial not the original, but one standing<br />
where the original had been; and<br />
bearing the same inscription—Haras von<br />
HUM era nisi strenas.<br />
We then walked to the Old Tomb,<br />
which is situated on the rising bank of<br />
the Potomac. It is given this appellation<br />
in order to distinguish it from the<br />
present one. It was to this tomb that<br />
Lafayette paid his respects in 1824. In<br />
1 S31 a vandal broke into it and stole a<br />
skull which he thought was that of<br />
Washington, but on investigation it was<br />
found that it was not the head of the<br />
(General but that of one of his relathes<br />
interred in the same vault. In 1S37 the<br />
new tomb was completed and the two<br />
marble sarcophagi, containing the remains<br />
of Washington and his wile, together<br />
with the remain* of everal large shade<br />
trees, one of which .vas planted by the<br />
Prince of Wales in iSfio.<br />
After leaving the *mb, slowly we<br />
walked in si!e;:ce to the cars and but few<br />
words were spoken until we were well on<br />
our way to Arlington.<br />
In about thirty minutes we reached the<br />
great national burial ground, the final<br />
resting-place of so many of our American<br />
heroes. This cemetery may be entered<br />
by several gates named after leading<br />
generals of the American army.<br />
Leaving the cars we took one of the conveyances<br />
which was at hand and entered<br />
Arlington through the McClellan gate.<br />
In this cemetery there lie buried some<br />
sixteen thousand men. We first drove<br />
to the Arlington House, which was the<br />
Custls Lee mansion before the Civil War.<br />
This house \v.v» erected in 1S02 and is<br />
modeled aUsr a Greek temple It was<br />
built by a very near relative of Martha<br />
Washington. George Washington Custis,<br />
after whose death the mansion passed into<br />
the possession of his daughter, wiic ul<br />
Robert K. Lee. Lee was married in the<br />
great hall at Arlington House where now<br />
visitors must register. During the Civil<br />
War the property was confiscated by the<br />
United States government and was used<br />
as the headquarters of the Union troops.<br />
During 1 the war the house and grounds<br />
were employed for various purposes and<br />
finally became the last home of the nation's<br />
dead After the war the United<br />
States government paid to one of the heirs<br />
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars<br />
for the grounds <strong>The</strong> house is now used<br />
as the home and office of the superinter.dei::.<br />
Standing on tin- pnrrh of tht- building<br />
we obtained a beautifu! view of the country<br />
for miles around. Washington could<br />
be seen with the Capitol looming up from<br />
its centre. Solemn Fort Myer and the<br />
Old Soldiers Home made a distinct back-
ground to the right, while the peaceful<br />
waters of the Potomac flowed at the<br />
foot of the slope<br />
Leaving here we turned to the right<br />
and thence walked to the Temple of<br />
Fame, which is ax: open circular colonnade<br />
with a white dome. On each of the<br />
four cornices and eight columns is carved<br />
the name of a noted American commander,<br />
either of the army or navy. <strong>The</strong><br />
grounds are laid out in the most artistic<br />
manner; yet everything is simple;on<br />
each section is a heavy bronze tablet on<br />
which is inscribed a few lines from "<strong>The</strong><br />
Bivouac of the Dead." Passing on we<br />
reached the officers' section Here are<br />
buried a great number of officers who<br />
died in and after the Civil War. Most<br />
have beautiful tombstones, either erected<br />
by their frimds or by the company or<br />
regiment in which they had served Further<br />
on is the amphitheatre constructed<br />
on a bank of earth and surrounded by<br />
granite columns, the whole of which is<br />
covered with climbing vines. !„ this<br />
peculiar hiding is a marble rcatrum:<br />
here the services are held on Memorial<br />
Day<br />
We then came to the most impressive<br />
scene in the whole cemetery. We stop<br />
<strong>10</strong> catch our breath, for the sight awes<br />
one ; beiore us there is an endless line of<br />
low square pieces of granite, each of the<br />
same size and shape. On-each was chiseled<br />
the name, State, and number of the<br />
sleeping hero at whose head it lies As<br />
far as the eye could reach we saw the<br />
columned stones which marked the<br />
grave, of sleeping warriors, formed in<br />
ranks as straight as the lines in which<br />
they marched to meet the foe-this is the<br />
Bivouac of the Dead! <strong>The</strong>re is a strong<br />
contrast between these simple remem<br />
biances of those who have borne the<br />
brunt of battle and who lie in their lowlv<br />
beds with nothing to mark their graves<br />
but this little piece of granite, and the<br />
massive stone monuments of those who<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
!ed these brave men against their foes.<br />
This field is a level plateau and here and<br />
there throughout the grounds, are flower<br />
beds which add to their solemn beauty.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se have been laid out by the hands<br />
of the most experienced landscape gardeners<br />
that could be secured. TU~- number<br />
on each stone corresponds to the number<br />
on the roster of the War Department<br />
which contains the names of all men<br />
mustered hi to the army of the United<br />
States. In this register are the records<br />
of two hundred and fifty thousand men<br />
who gave their lives in order that the<br />
Union might be preserved.<br />
Xear the Temple of Fame is another<br />
grave surmounted by a huge, oblong<br />
block of granite around the base of which<br />
is a small grass plot This is probably<br />
the most frequented grave in the whole<br />
cemetery. On this monument,is the following<br />
inscription which I thought was<br />
of sufficient importance to copy:<br />
"Beneath this stone repose the bones<br />
of two thousand one hundred ami<br />
eleven unknown soldiers gathered<br />
after the war from the fields of Bull<br />
Run p.nil the Route to the Rajipahan*<br />
nock.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir remains could not be identified<br />
but their names and deaths are recorded<br />
in the archives oftheircountry,<br />
and its grateful citizens honor them<br />
as their noble ann> of li.artyrs. May<br />
they rest in peace.<br />
September A. D. IS66 v<br />
We next proceeded to the section devoted<br />
to the bodies of those who had<br />
died when the Maine was destroyed. This<br />
field is a sloping plain and the graves<br />
are marked by the same simple .stones as<br />
were mentioned above. Here "these men,<br />
transported from a foreign land, lie in<br />
peaceful slumber under the protection of<br />
the Stars and Stripes that float near by.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many more graves in this<br />
great cemetery but as I have only a limited<br />
space to record my observations. I<br />
i<br />
have written only th<<br />
to me most impressivej<br />
burial ground; three In<br />
We left at about<br />
arrived at the White<br />
{ Taken Marci<br />
One night about<br />
studying my Cicero<br />
usually interested,<br />
the first oration and<br />
ray chair with my tl<br />
tunes behind time w|<br />
lected that there<br />
written for the m<<br />
my arm for the ink<br />
bottle of ink that I<br />
afternoon. As I<br />
noticed that it had 2J<br />
pearance and that<br />
with wax uponwj<br />
Oriental characters.;<br />
and to my great<br />
stream of smoke c;<br />
proceeded further<br />
smoke widened, ^<br />
eyes and all-atoncc]
t tte<br />
3 ^-<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
have written only those which appeared<br />
to me most impressive. We were in this<br />
burial ground.three hours and a half.<br />
We left at about half past three and<br />
arrived at the White House just as the<br />
WASHINGTON'S HOME.<br />
children were finishing their egg rolling.<br />
President and Mrs McKinley were on<br />
the porch and seemed to be enjoying the<br />
spectacle as much as the participants.<br />
ARTHUR C. Brae, '02<br />
( Taken March, 1902, by Paul A. I)c Leon and kindly furnished tiy him.)<br />
One night about a week ago while<br />
studying my Cicero lesson I became unusually<br />
interested. I had just finished<br />
the first oration and was leaning back in<br />
my chair with my thoughts twenty centuries<br />
lichiud time when I suddenly recollected<br />
that there was some Prose to be<br />
written for the morrow. I stretched out<br />
my aim for the ink bottle-. It was a new<br />
bottle of ink that I had purchased that<br />
afternoon. As I took it in niy hand I<br />
noticed that it had an ld and mur»ty appearance<br />
and that the stopper was sealed<br />
with wax ;ipu which were inscribed<br />
Oriental characters I «>pc::eio;r>:::uent a thin<br />
stream of smoke came out 01 it. As it<br />
proceeded further frora the bottle the<br />
smoke widened. I followed :t with my<br />
eves and all at once I thought I cmild dis-<br />
Ecce Ego.<br />
tinguish the outline of a human form in<br />
the fast spreading smoke. Every moment<br />
it became more distinct.<br />
"Fear not", spoke a slow monotonous<br />
voice "1 am Hedji Singh. I was imprisoned<br />
in that bottle five thousand<br />
years ago bv the King of the Jinees."<br />
<strong>The</strong> smoke had now disappeared and<br />
there standing in front of me was a creature<br />
about seven feet tall and dressed in<br />
the Asiatic custom of the fairy tale era.<br />
'*I have promised my deliverer," he<br />
continued when my amazement had .somewhat<br />
subsided "whatsoever he may \vi*0i.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore ask what thon wiil'^t."<br />
I looked at the open Cicero on the ta^'e<br />
and on a smUien imping I a>kt-d, "Can<br />
you take a person back, twenty centuries<br />
to any plan- he wwhe^r*'<br />
"'Vis,' 1 replied the genius gravely.
* All right," I said 'I want to be in<br />
Rome at the Temple of Jupiter Stator on<br />
Xov. 7, 63 B. C.<br />
"As thou say'st" he answered. ' but<br />
remember thou art invisible." He lifted<br />
his hands to a level with my face and<br />
muttered a few cabnlli.stic *.vord>. My<br />
head fell on my breast and—<br />
* .* • #<br />
When I came to I ivimd m\ self in a<br />
lar^e empty building. It was built of<br />
white marble and it had no ornaments<br />
except a large statue of Jupiter near the<br />
entrance. In the middle of the structurewas<br />
a speaker's stand cr rostra and ranged<br />
about in it a semi-circle were twelve tiers<br />
of stone benches.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were no doors and through the<br />
open entrance I could see that it was just<br />
dawn. I spent some time in exploration<br />
but after a time, feeling tired, I sat down<br />
on one of the hard seats. I had no sooner<br />
done so when I heard steps approaching.<br />
Three men entered the temple dressed<br />
hi togas reaching nearly to the ground.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir hair was carefully parted and oiled<br />
and their beards were faivcifulIytrimmH.<br />
SG these were the men whom Cicero was<br />
about to denounce so harshly. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
were the ''things'* who so appealed to the<br />
ancients as the modern sap-headed aristocrats<br />
to us. <strong>The</strong>y came directly towards<br />
where I was sitting.<br />
% 'Faxv9hiscum*\ I greeted them. Just<br />
then I remembered that I was invisible.<br />
"Quis dicit?' J asked one of the astonished<br />
Romans. I did not answer and I suppose<br />
the senator who had spoken thought that<br />
he was mistaken. At any rate he made<br />
no further inquiry More senators were<br />
arriving and the scats alxwt me were<br />
readily filling i:p. <strong>The</strong>y generally came<br />
in by twos or threes. First a lew oiled<br />
aristocrats would arrive, tbtrn a few Remans<br />
with dry hair. <strong>The</strong> dry and wet<br />
ones hardly ever intermingled.<br />
Suddenly the loud talking that was<br />
going on ceased. A man entered and from<br />
T II K LOWELL<br />
the purple band on his loga I knew that<br />
this was Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was<br />
a small man even from a Latin standpoint.<br />
His appearance wis anything<br />
but commanding and his features were far<br />
from handsome. He was bald headed so<br />
that I could not tell whether he was an<br />
advocate of tbe Oil Trust or an antitrust<br />
exponent. I really could not see<br />
how this man could be much of an orator<br />
and I was beginning to feel that I had<br />
gone back two thousand years for nothing.<br />
He took a seat remote from the others.<br />
I immediately left my bench and sat<br />
down beside Cicero. He took a scroll<br />
from some place about his toga and placing<br />
it upon his knees he began to read.<br />
I looked on with him and behold! there<br />
was the whole oration from "Quo usque<br />
tandem'' to the end. I noticed that between<br />
every so many words he had placed<br />
a mark like the letter X. This as I afterwards<br />
found out represented gestures.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were also marks for emphasis<br />
breaks, etc. All this was a severe shock<br />
to me. I had always thought that the<br />
fiery speeches of Cicero were impromptu,<br />
but alas! here he was digging away at the<br />
first oration as I had done for the last<br />
month.<br />
Suddenly, the loud speaking that had<br />
begun again after Cicero was seated,<br />
ceased. Marcus TuIIius and I (talk about<br />
your presumptuousness) looked up from<br />
our reading to see the reason for this<br />
silence. <strong>The</strong> cau^e was again a man<br />
This was Serguis Catalina. He was a<br />
tall man r.nd possessed handsome features<br />
which emi the ravages of luxurious living<br />
could not obliterate He was Cicero's<br />
superior in all outward respects; in fact<br />
it Sttmed to my un prejudiced eyes that<br />
Cataline would have made a letter consul<br />
than Cicero.<br />
Cataline approached directly to those<br />
benches that were crowded and sat down<br />
by a group of dry headed citizens. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
forthwith arose and m<<br />
Cataiiue followed suit,<br />
two more tiers Thfatii<br />
not follow but sat d<<br />
region with his head boi<br />
hands. Truly he lookH<br />
even his former frieods<br />
Cicero now left his se:<br />
the rostra. I also left mil<br />
a seat between Cataline ;<br />
Cicero raised his hand<br />
silence. He now began]<br />
After hearing twd-v 1<br />
ashamed of myself for hi<br />
him. His voice was like<br />
believe there ever was<br />
with so large voice. H<br />
very life depended upon<br />
he made. His frequent gj<br />
contortions added much'<br />
and passionate side of th<br />
had read of and heard<br />
orators for two thotif<br />
safely say that as far as<br />
ceraed none could conjp.<br />
Cataline even«««<br />
accusorseloquence H<<br />
ply to several off "pee<br />
questions" (Hark.^<br />
but the cries and reproc<br />
tors soon discouraged<br />
AAera while Cataline<br />
thoroughly crushed mn<br />
I noticed that Cicero<br />
onehalfofwhatbe&ulj<br />
see no reason for t£/s &<br />
dience's patience ifflg<br />
strain. After every «!<br />
particularly sinking h*<br />
I time with the usual 01<br />
the way, I believe<br />
d*db<br />
some comnienu<br />
His audience seemed to<br />
weak point for every
that<br />
thing<br />
SO<br />
is an<br />
anti-<br />
ibth-<br />
at<br />
thS^l:"<br />
1 • '••.Vfa--":A'J'_r.<br />
. . - • •••• • > ^ f - . - *<br />
[ire»"v;.: >.>$<br />
fact . . "g<br />
hat,,.,.-::<br />
ese:<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
forthwith arose and moved back two rows.<br />
Cataline followed suit. <strong>The</strong>y moved back<br />
two more tiers This time Cataline did<br />
not follow but sat down in a deserted<br />
region with his head bowed between his<br />
hands. Truly he looked crushed. For<br />
even his former friends had deserted him.<br />
Cicero now left his scat and ascended<br />
the rostra. 1 also left mine and occupied<br />
a seat between Cataline and the senators.<br />
Cicero raised his hand and there was<br />
silence. He now l>egan his invective.<br />
After hearing twenty words I was<br />
ashamed of myself for having underrated<br />
him. His voice was like thunder. I don t<br />
believe there ever was so small a man<br />
with so large voice. He spoke as if his<br />
very life depended upon the impression<br />
he made. His frequent gestures and facial<br />
contortions added much to the vehement<br />
and passionate side of the oration. I who<br />
had read of and heard some of the best<br />
orators for two thousand years could<br />
safely say that as far as delivery was con'<br />
eerned none could compare with him.<br />
Cataline evc:.i seemed aroused by his<br />
accusors eloquence- He attempted to reply<br />
to several of Cicero's "deliberative<br />
cjuestious" (Hoik, l*a\m Crau;. Cb. 49^)<br />
but the cries and rcpioaches ol the senators<br />
soon discouraged these attempts.<br />
After a while Cataline became silent, a<br />
thoroughly crushed man.<br />
I noticed that Cicero only spoke about<br />
one half of what he had written. I could<br />
see no reason for this except that his audience's<br />
patience might not »>und the<br />
strain. After every figure or anything<br />
particularly striking he would pause for<br />
a time with the usual oratorical *'ahem"!<br />
(By the way, I l>elieve that this exclamation<br />
was introduced by Cicero although<br />
some commentators disagree with me.)<br />
His audience seemed to uudcr>tand his<br />
weak JVMnt for evtrv time he stopped<br />
thunderous applause would shake the<br />
building. Applause seemed ;o oe the life<br />
of that egotist Cicero. After the sliouts of<br />
the multitude would die away he would<br />
begin with renewed vigor. <strong>The</strong>re were<br />
two senators near me who appeared displeased<br />
with some parts ^f the oration.<br />
Kvery time ego or u verb in the first person<br />
was used they would grunt their disapproval<br />
but not loud enough for the<br />
ears of the triumphant orator. Cicero \v;^<br />
now nearing the end of his invtxtive b 1 .!*<br />
his eloquence was increasing. Finally, he<br />
finished with \i\ appeal to Jupiter. Here<br />
could be seen the tinesse of his art. <strong>The</strong><br />
pleading in nner in which he addressed<br />
the God was in direct contrast to the p;i>sionate<br />
outbursts that preceded it. Believe<br />
me, it was tine.<br />
He had no sooner finished than the irrepressible<br />
CaUiHna rose to spvak. <strong>The</strong><br />
senators shouted and hooted but Mill<br />
Cataline managed to get in a few threats<br />
that were heard by all present. After<br />
this he fled precipitately from the temple<br />
not even waiting to congratulate CieeT^.<br />
All the spectators including myself<br />
crowded about the consul and I even<br />
mar.ngt-d V* ^bnUe hands with him. Don't<br />
be. jealous.<br />
After the crowd had dispersed Cicero<br />
called one of his servants to his side,<br />
•CJoduis," he whispered, 'go to Chrv<br />
sobotus, the scribe, and tell him that I<br />
must have fifty thousand copies of my<br />
oration l>efore the Odes." Clodius took<br />
the scroll from his master's hands and Heparted<br />
Cicero and I left the temple together<br />
and the seance was over. F;irewril<br />
Muse.<br />
How I got l*acfc in time for school is<br />
immaterial This i* u fairy talc anyhow.<br />
Only instead of Ixring a '"modern fairy<br />
tale'* this \< AW "ancient pipe dream ?<br />
S H 'o:>
I!<br />
ii<br />
» i<br />
If<br />
- )<br />
.ii<br />
A tew years ago I was driving along<br />
a dusty road in the Santa Cruz mountains<br />
with a farmer who had lived in<br />
the vicinity for raaay years. As we<br />
were passing a well-kept farm my companion<br />
began to chuckle to himself.<br />
When his mirth had somewhat subsided<br />
I asked him the cause of it all. He<br />
answered in the following manner:<br />
"It was about ten yea s ago; no,<br />
mavbe only nine and a half, tbet ole Bill<br />
Perkins died. Bill, ye know, owned<br />
thet farm yonder and he was murdered<br />
right in thet grain field. His niece got<br />
the farm, but she didn't care to run it<br />
herself, so she fixed a day when the<br />
farm would go tew the one thet offered<br />
her the highest price." My companion<br />
had hardly finished this last sentence<br />
when a black-bearded man passed us in<br />
a buggy. He and my friend exchanged<br />
rather cooi greetings, but did not stop<br />
to converse. After a few minutes more<br />
of chuckling nn the part of my companion,<br />
he continued "See thet feller,<br />
wall, tbet's Si Watkins. He only bed<br />
$3,000 and he wanted the Perkins* farm<br />
pretty bad. but he knew tbet other fellers<br />
with more money wanted it just as bad,<br />
so he thought and thought of how be<br />
could get thet farm for $3,000 At last<br />
be bit an idea. <strong>The</strong>re was to be a show<br />
up to the school house one night about<br />
this time, and all the folks bad to pass<br />
on the road in front of the Perkins' farm<br />
to get to home. So Si got his wife to<br />
u\\ Mandy Snow thet he wuz sick and<br />
couldn't go to the show. He knew tbet<br />
if Mandy knew it the hull town would<br />
kiiOW it. too.<br />
•'Wall, jest as tbe folks wu/. comin' to<br />
borne thet night, when they pissed the<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
Bill Perkins Ghost.<br />
Perkins' place they see a gbo-t paradin<br />
around the grain field jest where Bill<br />
wuz murdered. In tbet crowd there<br />
wasn't one who didn't suddenly think<br />
tbet bis horse ought ter go faster, and<br />
accordingly make him gallop. Of course<br />
they told their friends all about tbe<br />
ghost they saw.<br />
"Wall, Si kept this ghost business up<br />
every ni^ht, and every night some other<br />
folks would come to sec the spook, but<br />
they just tcok one look and then ran for<br />
their lives. It got to be the day before<br />
the sale of the farm wuz to come off.<br />
On thet day one of the residents of our<br />
town who bad been away came back.<br />
When he wuz told about the gbost he<br />
jest looked kind o' wise, but he didn't<br />
say a word. Wall, thet night be went<br />
out to the farm and got on tbe field without<br />
$! «tdsg h;i2, £2iu when tbe gbost<br />
appealed be set to work to give him<br />
such a licking thet it wuz all he could<br />
do to come to see Bill's niece about buying<br />
the farm. But the scheme had<br />
worked so well that Si's bid of $3000<br />
wuz the only one offered, and Bill's<br />
niece wuz so afraid of her uncle's gbost,<br />
and not hrvin' any male to advise her,<br />
she wuz glad to accept Si's offer of<br />
$3,000. Of course, now the hull town<br />
knows thet Si wuz the ghost, but it<br />
wuz a pretty good joke on all the<br />
folks"<br />
I asked my companion who tbe resident<br />
was that licked the ghest. All I<br />
got for an answer was, "Oh, jest a teller<br />
thet wuzn't afraid of spooks." Oa further<br />
inquiry among the townspeople I<br />
found it to be the mac who bad told me<br />
the story.<br />
C .V. HlLDF.IJKANDT, '05.<br />
AD<br />
On the night oi<br />
1900, Mr- Samsel D.<br />
hypnotist, was sittic]<br />
number 1311 H<br />
and was arranging<br />
wonderful experii<br />
his apartments 00 th<<br />
Mr. Blair wasa<br />
years of age, and oil<br />
held a high position<br />
doctors and b;<br />
He had been<br />
as a doctor, but<br />
tered the science of<br />
it was then known,<br />
farther, and bad coo!<br />
nable sew theories<br />
science. But now<br />
something which, ii<br />
promised to tWtpf<br />
lore contributed by*<br />
Briefly the<br />
the aid of a certain<br />
ministered to a<br />
could nt***** the;<br />
that might take<br />
cation, uo matter<br />
or how thick the<br />
has already tried it<br />
and it had so far<br />
<strong>The</strong> following i*<br />
what the test<br />
was first to be<br />
concoction, and<br />
ized. By means of<br />
given him, tbottffe<br />
the will of the<br />
of the subject<br />
a certain meeting , j<br />
everything doat<br />
being in tnlr<br />
meeting was to<br />
from the rocntf ef]<br />
conducted by a<br />
Reporters
THE LOWELL 29<br />
An Unsuccessful Experiment<br />
On the night of the 8th of August,<br />
1900, Mr. Samuel D. Blair, the eminent<br />
hypnotist, was sitting in his rooms at<br />
number 1311 H street, New York city,<br />
and was arranging the final details for a<br />
wonderful experiment to take place at<br />
his apartments on the following day.<br />
Mr. Blair was a man about thirty-five<br />
years of age, and although not rich, he<br />
held a high position among the learned<br />
doctors and hypnotists of New York city.<br />
He had been graduated from the college<br />
as a doctor, but had subsequently mastered<br />
the science of hypnotism as far as<br />
it was then known. He had gone even<br />
farther, and had contributed several valuable<br />
new theories and Ideas to that<br />
science. Bat now he had discovered<br />
something which, if proved a success,<br />
promised to ecttpse everything heretofore<br />
contributed by himself.<br />
Briefly the new discovery was that by<br />
the aid of a certain beverage, to be administered<br />
to a subject, the hypnotist<br />
could make the former report everything<br />
that might take place at any specified location,<br />
no matter how great the distance<br />
or how thick the enclosures. Mr. Blair<br />
has already tried it on a limited scale,<br />
and it had so far proven a success.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following is a brief account of<br />
what the test was to be. <strong>The</strong> subject<br />
was first to be given the above-named<br />
concoction, and was then to be hypnotized.<br />
By means of this wonderful power<br />
given him, though still subservient to<br />
the will of the hypnotist, the mind<br />
of the subject being directed to<br />
a certain meeting, he was to report<br />
everything doje there, he meanwhile<br />
being in an hypnotic condition. This<br />
meeting was to assemble several miles<br />
from the rooms of Mr. Blair, and was<br />
conducted by a number of scientific men.<br />
Reporters were to be present to take<br />
note of everything done at each place<br />
for subsequent comparison.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next day at the time appointed<br />
for the meeting, everything and everybody<br />
was in readiness at the house of<br />
Mr. Blair. As soon as word was received<br />
that the other meeting had begun,<br />
the subject was treated and hypnotized.<br />
Each person in the room in which the<br />
test was taking place fell into an attitude<br />
of intent listening. So did the subject.<br />
But when the latter was commanded to<br />
relate what he saw and heard, instead of<br />
giving the solemn discourse that is to<br />
be expected at a scientific meeting, he<br />
repeated a different sort of conversation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hypnotized related everything verbatim<br />
, just as he heard it. What he related<br />
showed beyond a doubt that the<br />
meeting was being carried on by persons,<br />
professionals in their line. But as it was<br />
very long, I will give only the substance<br />
of the conversation. Seemingly it was<br />
a plot contrived by a band of professional<br />
appropriators to rob one of the<br />
large banks of New York; which one,<br />
however, the listeners were unable to<br />
find out. Bat before the entire conver<br />
sation had been given, the excitement<br />
among the audience at Mr. Blair's had<br />
become so great that the subject was<br />
brought back to his normal state, thus<br />
cutting off all further prying into the<br />
robbers' plans.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re now ensued a discussion among<br />
the learned men assembled as to the result<br />
of the experiment. <strong>The</strong> subject of<br />
the discussion, put in the form of a debate,<br />
might be stated as follows: Resolved<br />
that the test has been a successful<br />
one. But whatever might be said<br />
regarding its practicability, it certainly<br />
was evident that there was one thing at<br />
least, which, unless overcome, would<br />
greatly hinder the operation of the experi-
I<br />
&-l\<br />
ment. Suddenly a move was made that<br />
the experiment be repeated. Aided by<br />
the valuable suggestions of some of the<br />
scientific men present, they might manage,<br />
perhaps, to again be connected with<br />
the robbers' meeting. <strong>The</strong> plan was<br />
adopted and the preliminaries gone<br />
through with as before, with the addition<br />
of the new ideas of some of the<br />
guests. <strong>The</strong>- subject was hypnotized<br />
and the onlookers awaited further developments.<br />
When told to report what he<br />
was hearing, he gave the following conversation<br />
: •'Well, fellows, since we've<br />
finished the preliminaries, we'll meet<br />
next time at Bill's house. That's number<br />
1520 Backwoods street. Let all be<br />
there." Here the subject stopped, and as<br />
there seemed to be nothing further, was<br />
brought back to his normal condition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> feeling that was most prevalent<br />
among the scientific men present was<br />
one of joy. This was caused by two<br />
things: first and foremost because<br />
they had located these robbers, that is,<br />
they knew where the next meeting was<br />
to be held. Secondly, they had made<br />
the experiment a success. <strong>The</strong> robbers<br />
would hold their next meeting in two<br />
days. Immediately the question arose<br />
as to what ought to be done. After<br />
some discussion they decided to appoint<br />
a committee to inform the police of their<br />
discovery. <strong>The</strong>y also decided to accompany<br />
the raiding party. This decision<br />
having been reached, the meeting was<br />
adjourned until the following Thursday<br />
night. <strong>The</strong> committee, however, proceeded<br />
directly to police headquarters,<br />
and stated the case. Of coarse there<br />
was a great deal of scepticism at first,<br />
but finally half a dozen policemen were<br />
detailed to investigate.<br />
When Thursday night came the police<br />
and the scientists assembled about the<br />
suspected house at nine o'clock. Men<br />
were stationed at each exit to keep the<br />
robbers from running away; Bravely<br />
did the raiding party stalk up to the<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
door and demand admittance in the<br />
name of the law. As they expected,<br />
the doors were not opened. But, using<br />
a pass key, they found themselves in an<br />
outer hall. Although every one was<br />
ready to get behind the other at a moment's<br />
notice, they had their pistols<br />
drawn. Of course the raiders expected<br />
to be met with the determined resistance<br />
of a set of desperate men. <strong>The</strong> walls of<br />
the house were very thick, and they<br />
found the doors closed, but not locked.<br />
However, no one was in the front rooms<br />
to resist them. Proceeding towards the<br />
rear, they suddenly came to a halt and<br />
stood ready to run or fight. What had<br />
startled them was a series of yells or<br />
sharp cries, repeated in quick succession.<br />
But the raiding party soon regained<br />
their courage and advanced and<br />
opened the door. Lo and behold! there<br />
were assembled around a table about ten<br />
young fellows, with another who seemed<br />
to be their leader.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y jumped up, but were immediately<br />
covered with pistols. Explanations<br />
were asked. It was found that<br />
they were a set of young college fellows<br />
who were having some meetings for the;<br />
purpose of "rough-housing" a certain<br />
other set. u But what were those cries<br />
just heard?" Well, they were making<br />
up and practicing some yells. How.<br />
was it that the scientists had found out<br />
about their meeting? After some explaining<br />
and putting together, it was<br />
soon evident to all that when the experiment<br />
was performed the second time<br />
they had been connected with 'the meeting<br />
of these young men instead of the<br />
robbers. So the attacking party had to<br />
depart amid the yells of the college men,<br />
and also acknowledge the experiment<br />
unsuccessful.<br />
Just one week after this, under a large<br />
heading in the paper, there was announced<br />
a large robbery in the Tenth<br />
National Bank of New York.<br />
BINBAUM, '03.<br />
Ye Students m<br />
Was ever there<br />
that did not take p<br />
a whole and in regai<br />
members? Can you!<br />
alumnus of. <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
throw out his chest<br />
ated with the class oj<br />
haven't we, we whoj<br />
high seniors can lot<br />
see three years of hai<br />
of five (?) hours;a<br />
an equal reasoii for ft<br />
graduating class?<br />
But lest any of o\<br />
suddenly proud, 'ti<br />
some hard, cold}<br />
are the slowest sei<br />
graced rooms eight<br />
time! Lord kaoi<br />
team wou^hs<br />
for the'Juniors,<br />
more than three or<br />
the field at the<br />
small percentage oi<br />
minstrel show<br />
Seniors, thougfi^wl<br />
showed up admiral<br />
batiag scKuety h&ld<br />
meetings *7ith so<br />
that sometimes the<br />
speak 6a both sid<<br />
act as ju.dge't^Spi<br />
ness manifested ii<br />
when we waated;;t<<br />
of *O2. JAnd^a<br />
organized to the ap|<br />
all concerned, it, ai<br />
organized Jill "oy^<br />
simile from Ho)aiferf<br />
rheumatism so bad<br />
could have got albnj<br />
this class.<br />
Bat that meitioi<br />
of last ye-r Jbj<br />
scences. to oar mji
THE LOWELL<br />
Ye Students Who Graduate<br />
in '02.<br />
Was ever there a graduating class<br />
that did not take pride in itself, both as<br />
a whole and in regard to its individual<br />
members? Can you Sad anywhere an<br />
alumnus of LoweI3 High that won't<br />
throw out his chest and say, "I graduated<br />
with the class of zipty zip? " And<br />
haven't we, we who in the dignity of<br />
high seniors can look back and say, "I<br />
see three years of hard study at the rate<br />
of 6v*e (?) hours a day," have not we<br />
an equal reason for feeling proud of our<br />
graduating class ? Immo vero !<br />
But lest any of our number grow too<br />
suddenly proud, 'twere best to set forth<br />
some hard, cold, undeniable facts. We<br />
are the slowest senior class that has<br />
graced rooms eight and nine for some<br />
time ! Lord knows where our track<br />
team would have been if it hadn v the Greeks, as they remember Tiow one<br />
day their esteemed class-teacher, Professor<br />
Schmit, rose in his just wrath,<br />
and after a touching and soul-stirring<br />
speech—as he declared that, though he<br />
had taught savages and heathens, he<br />
had never before had the misfortune to<br />
have charge of such hoodlums and vulgarians—condemned<br />
them, one and all,<br />
to remain in the room till five-thirty<br />
p. MM of that memorable day. And do<br />
they not remember how, touched by his<br />
appeal and the stings of conscience they<br />
lined up outside the building to await<br />
his exit and address kindly (?) words to<br />
him, and how he, daunted by their warlike<br />
array, refused to come forth ?<br />
Other queer and uncanny tales are<br />
told about that Greek middle class.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cla-is-tiacher, they say, one day<br />
looked up in horror to find that the<br />
t been window-pole had become animated and<br />
for the Juniors. <strong>The</strong>re were hardly was in the act of throwing a black-boara<br />
more than three or four high Seniors in eraser across the room. But on closer<br />
the field at the most. <strong>The</strong>n a very inspection the animated window-pole<br />
small percentage of the talent for the was found to be nothing else than our<br />
minstrel show was supplied by the ever-blushing first baseman, who quickly<br />
Seniors, though what we did contribute "experdited himself from the room.<br />
showed up admirably. Our poor debating<br />
society holds its Friday afternoon<br />
meetings with so small an attendance<br />
that sometimes the same person has to<br />
speak on both sides of a question and<br />
act as judge to boot. That same slowness<br />
manifested itself in the Middle<br />
when we wanted to organize the class<br />
of '02. And after it had been finally<br />
organized to the apparent satisfaction of<br />
all concerned, it afterwards had to be<br />
organized all over again. To borrow a<br />
simile from Homer, a snail that had the<br />
rheumatism so bad it had to use crutches<br />
could have got along more quickly than<br />
this class.<br />
But that mention of the middle class<br />
of last ye r brings pleasant reminiscences<br />
to our minds, and especially to<br />
0<br />
And perhaps that senior class that sits<br />
in Mr. Young's room doesn't contain<br />
some future prodigies in the days of<br />
their obscurity. We all expect to hear<br />
something great some day about the<br />
author of that first prize story in the<br />
LOWELL a couple of months ago. And<br />
there is a wonderfully bright mathematician<br />
in there, a cute little fellow with<br />
black curls which Miss Cox was wont<br />
to play with in the Junior. <strong>The</strong>y also<br />
boast a prize set of " gigglers " who find<br />
it an utter impossibility to keep their<br />
mirth bottled up through a recitation.<br />
But when it comes to Latin, they can't<br />
hold a thirteen-Tioiquito-power electric<br />
light to some of the girls in the Greek<br />
Senior. . Why, a couple of the girls in<br />
there had to stop studying out of respect
to ftfr. Stokes. <strong>The</strong>y're out-classing the<br />
teachers! But when one's old "standby,"<br />
his beloved Connington, is torn to<br />
pieces and disputed, what else can be<br />
expected ?<br />
And now (well have slow music at<br />
this juncture) we come to the orator of<br />
the class. How often have we seen<br />
him, theoretically speaking, the smooth<br />
and honeyed words flowing from his<br />
lips, as he strikes a pose and cries,<br />
"<strong>The</strong>re is no rationality in arms!"<br />
while with perfect ease and simplicity<br />
he explains a difficult passage in Virgil<br />
by saying, •' It's perfectly clear; it means<br />
just exactly what it says." Oh ! that<br />
we might turn his eloquence into that<br />
channel through which it might prove<br />
to Mr. Young that his English assignmeats<br />
are so long that we all have to<br />
buy new blank books every week ! But<br />
this is something for the graduating<br />
class of '03 to attempt though we greatly<br />
doubt its success.<br />
It has been remarked to what extent<br />
the number of our faculty has increased<br />
lately, and it is one of the sincerest<br />
regrets of the graduating class that they<br />
will not be able to come into closer connection<br />
with them. For those teachers,<br />
however, who have lately joined us, and<br />
with whom our studies have brought us<br />
into a closer acquaintance, an intense<br />
esteem and regard has sprung up, and<br />
we deeply regret that we must so soon<br />
part.<br />
THE LOWELL<br />
But the world is small and we'll all<br />
meet again, so here's looking at you<br />
with a glass of Mumtn's and hoping<br />
you'll all get a straight u rec."<br />
M. B. B., } O2.<br />
NOTE BY EDITOR :<br />
<strong>The</strong> writer of the above—one of our<br />
beloved classmates, who albeit small at<br />
times tickles the " funny-bones ls of some<br />
of his fi.ends, was too modest to affix<br />
his signature. <strong>The</strong>refore, (hat no praise<br />
or honor may be lost by his extreme<br />
backwardness, we will add a few of his<br />
lesser efforts, calling them<br />
BASK HITS OFF THE BA(D)T.<br />
O sweeter than tbe marriage feast<br />
'Tis sweeter far to me<br />
To bold a hand something l : ke this:<br />
Seven, six, five, four, three.<br />
Lors Porsen3 of Clnsium<br />
By the nine gods he swore<br />
"Confound the blankety! blank! blank cook<br />
That fried this steak so raw! "<br />
Hamlet.—Hie et ubique?<br />
Ghost.-—(beneath) S.wear!<br />
N. B —It is interesting to note that<br />
modern students are not the first people<br />
to believe that Latin ought to be sworn<br />
at.<br />
THE MODERN "ANCIENT MARINER."<br />
I looked to Heaven and tried to pray;<br />
Bet or ever a prayer I'd whisper<br />
A fiend swooped down in an airship swift<br />
And biffed me in the kishker.<br />
THE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Minstrel Show<br />
good things it was a 1<<br />
But after standing on<br />
pectation for many w<<br />
May 9 th, the boys<br />
entertain us all*<br />
It was a case oi; *'$<br />
the rush" or fringe t|<br />
past seve.1 seats in thj<br />
Auditorium were as<br />
report card days.<br />
A black face chorus'<br />
regalia tiered tbe si<br />
effective background,<br />
so well that Primrose]<br />
have taken pointers<br />
local hits sprinkleii<br />
chorus rose to the?<br />
with spirit and dash]<br />
have been there befo]<br />
and antics were<br />
than in former years as<br />
watching one.etid, we<br />
thing going on at the<br />
<strong>The</strong> orchestra wa|<br />
evening. <strong>The</strong> intern]<br />
usually so very^tec!i<<br />
and more would have<br />
"Witty" Colman<br />
old "Woody-" ^<br />
done it never £^ws<br />
pearance as a dainty<br />
ity seasoned his act.<br />
the monotony of the<br />
and Sultan livened t<br />
clever songs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second ]<br />
rendered byjfriend^p|<br />
soprano solo by;f<br />
out well from ttiedark
THE LOWELL 33<br />
THE MINSTREL, SHOW<br />
<strong>The</strong> Miastrel Show is over. Like all<br />
good things it was a long time coining.<br />
But after standing on the tiptoe of expectation<br />
for many weeks, Friday night,<br />
May 9th, the boys were prepared to<br />
entertain us all.<br />
It was a case of *'go early and avoid<br />
the rush" or fringe the wall. At half<br />
past seven seats in the Girls' High big<br />
Auditorium were as scarce as S+s on<br />
report card days.<br />
A black face chorus in red and white<br />
regalia tiered the stage and made an<br />
effective background. <strong>The</strong> stars all did<br />
so well that Primrose and West could<br />
have taken pointers from them. Crisp<br />
local hits sprinkled the songs and the<br />
chorus rose to the darktown melodies<br />
with spirit and dash. <strong>The</strong> end men<br />
have been there before. <strong>The</strong>ir get-ups<br />
and antics were even more ridiculous<br />
than in former years and we knew, when<br />
watching one end, we were losing something<br />
going on at the other.<br />
<strong>The</strong> orchestra was the surprise of the<br />
evening. <strong>The</strong> intermissions, which are<br />
usually so very tedious, were enjoyed<br />
and more would have been welcome.<br />
"Witty 11 Colman was still the same<br />
old "Woody." When a thing is well<br />
done it never grows tiresome • his appearance<br />
as a dainty (?) bit of femininity<br />
seasoned his act. <strong>The</strong> solos broke<br />
the monotony of the jokes and Douglas<br />
and Sultan livened things up with their<br />
clever soogs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second part of the program was<br />
rendered by friends of the school. <strong>The</strong><br />
soprano solo by Mrs. Middleton stood<br />
out well from thedarkey songs preceding.<br />
<strong>The</strong> introduction of tne school yell<br />
was a happy inspiration. With true<br />
ring it resounded through the big auditorium<br />
and surely caused the staid chaperons,<br />
Mr. Walker, Mr. Kock, Mr.<br />
Stokes and others of the faculty, scattered<br />
throughout the audience, to feel<br />
proud of their broods.<br />
Oh, ,1 don' like no minstrel folks,<br />
An* I don't don* care much for the endmau's<br />
jokes,<br />
But when <strong>Lowell</strong> High School does a stunt!<br />
Oh! it Hies high like a Hamilton punt.<br />
<strong>The</strong> churus chorused 'til! 'twas hoarse,<br />
Disguised in lobster suiis, of course,<br />
And Goldsmith has out-Sousaed Schmitz.<br />
He'll be v.vsK Muyor, "Dunuer Blitz."<br />
f.cviitson's vest was rather warru,<br />
De Leon's gems were out of pawn;<br />
A sweet Dutch lass did "Woody" make,<br />
To comb those braids 'twould take a rake.<br />
WI." i*unst made his ""Rep." in cake walk and<br />
song,<br />
Razzor Pete dogged—arrah go 'long!<br />
And Rip Van Winkle was so encored<br />
That Sultan ran dry and then was floored.<br />
When bouquets galore began to spout<br />
A lone calla lily made one youth pout;<br />
Poor "Lucky's" luck, it startled him so.<br />
He wasn't quite sure where his should go.<br />
Our "Vic" blazed forth in full-dressed glory<br />
A trifle pale, he told his story;<br />
How Kutnei* "'spieled** I cannot say,<br />
Only his gestures came my way.<br />
Though I don't like no minstrel folks,<br />
An* I don" care for the endman's jokes,<br />
Oh "Rip, Rip, Rip and Rah, Rah, Rah!<br />
Hurrah for <strong>Lowell</strong> minstrels—Zip, Boom, Bah!<br />
B. WOI.LENBERG, f O2.
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34 THE LOWELL<br />
. PROGRAMME .<br />
* * *<br />
Selections <strong>Lowell</strong> High School Orchestra<br />
PART I—SONGS.<br />
Introductory Overture - THE COMPANY<br />
1. "Ain't That a Shanie - FRANK MORTON<br />
" In the Shadows of the Palm "<br />
Eo. MONTGOMERY<br />
2. " Melancholy Mose " - \V. R. DE LEOX<br />
11 Out on the Deep 1 * -<br />
RAY (LUCKY) BALDWIN<br />
3. " I Hates to Get Up Early ia the Morn "<br />
Clog Dance<br />
Solo<br />
4. " <strong>The</strong> Original German Coon "<br />
M. Guxsx<br />
RAZZOR PETE<br />
DICK HUNT<br />
WITTY COLMAW<br />
" <strong>The</strong> Sea is the Home For Me " - i<br />
JULIAN EISENBACH<br />
5. "Rip Van Winkle" - E. J. SULTAN<br />
G. 'Tse Got Company and You Can't Come In"<br />
STEVE A DOUGLAS<br />
Closing Chorus . 1 TlIE COMPANY<br />
PART II—VAUDEVILLE.<br />
Soprano Solo, ."<strong>The</strong> Rose of Kentucky"<br />
M-S. CHAS. S. MIUDLETON<br />
HURST AND MEYER in the laughable sketch<br />
"Just Arrived. 11<br />
Club Swinging<br />
Dance, w Espinita *' -<br />
HARRY SCIIRIBER<br />
LITTLE MARIAN FOURATT<br />
PROF. CHAS. GRABBER'S MANI>OI.I.V AND<br />
BANJO CLUB.<br />
JOKES<br />
A COLORED JEST.<br />
Miss Rush—You are so clever, Mr.<br />
Thinkle. Do give me an idea for a bookplate,<br />
Mr. Thinkle—How would this do?<br />
"My books are autumn leaves to me."<br />
Miss Rush (doubtfully)—I sounds<br />
awfully pretty- But why are my books<br />
like autumn leaves?<br />
Mr Thinkle—Because they are well<br />
turned, you knew.—Ex.<br />
His LIFE WOK'K.<br />
Tucker—<strong>The</strong>y reiused Gibson's entry<br />
in that gueesing-contest on the ground<br />
that he was a professional.<br />
Rucker—Professional?<br />
Tucker—Yes; he is connected with<br />
the Weather Bureau, you know.—Ex.<br />
AN EARLY BIRD.<br />
Hopperton—Does your baby wake up<br />
and crow early in the morning?<br />
Fopperton (yawning)—Crow! I should<br />
say she did! Aud enterprising—why,<br />
she's hard at it an hour before any rooster<br />
in town !—Ex.<br />
REVISED EDITIONS OF MOTHER GOOSE<br />
JINGLES.<br />
Observe, observe, the quadrupeds of canine<br />
character do produce an importunate<br />
clamor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> petitioners are advancing to the<br />
hamlet.<br />
A numerable aggregation in tattered<br />
attires.<br />
An enumeration in denticulated ccst<br />
times,<br />
And a portion in velvet robes.<br />
—Ex.<br />
A jolly y^ung chemistry tough,<br />
While mixing a compound of stuff,<br />
Dropped a match in the via),<br />
And after a while<br />
<strong>The</strong>y found his front tetth and one cuff.<br />
—Ex.<br />
It would be quite,::<br />
the issue following a<br />
to fall below the<br />
well for iti<br />
unfulfilled.<br />
story- <strong>The</strong> author's<br />
ward aad fairly<br />
lacking In easei^<br />
he is ambitious in hi:<br />
so, i<br />
self with the grace<br />
smith, and Lamb ai<br />
present his sentences]<br />
(like my own) tQjfie<br />
and form, a faolt^iat<br />
while b.ere and the|e'i<br />
thestron^r^r^"<br />
as "laying^<br />
this curious taneie<br />
love was of-i<br />
given/ to emotional dj<br />
tionf but in which-h<br />
took, and which; if<br />
her vexyll<br />
It'is'aSt^to|iaac<<br />
so keen for,<br />
coin "with<br />
It would be quite reasonable to expect<br />
the issue following a prize story number<br />
to fall below the average. It speaks<br />
well for us that such expectation is<br />
unfulfilled.<br />
"For the Sake of a Sister" is a good<br />
story. <strong>The</strong> author's style is straightforward<br />
and fairly correct, though rather<br />
lacking in ease. I am pretty sure that<br />
he is ambitious in his literary work ; if<br />
so, it would be well for him to fill himself<br />
with the grace and fluidity of Goldsmith,<br />
and Lamb and Stevenson. At<br />
present his sentences have a tendency,<br />
(like my own) to be of the same length<br />
and form, a fault that leads to monotony;<br />
while here and there are flat blunders, all<br />
the stronger for their infrequence, such<br />
a* "laying" for "lying" (par. S), and<br />
this curious tangle from par. 5 : " Her<br />
love was of that deep-seated kind, not<br />
given to emotional display and obstruction,<br />
but in which her whole soul partook,<br />
and which, if lost, must destroy<br />
her very life."<br />
It is a pity to make American soldiers<br />
.so keen for life as to follow the tossed<br />
coin "with eager looks/ 1 and to give<br />
"low murmurs of relief and despair 1 '<br />
as each learns his own place in the line.<br />
•I do not think this is an inherent difficulty;<br />
I hope not, for the half-breed's<br />
device is a terribly clever one and gives<br />
a story in which truly one's interest becomes<br />
breathless.<br />
A few months ago Mr. Young, in<br />
these columns, spoke of a leaning<br />
towards the "Black Cat* 1 taste in sub-<br />
ject and manner. I have met this<br />
aniroal only once, but I think I know<br />
what his taste i=>, and I fear that all<br />
three stories in this issue cater to it,<br />
somewhat. This is certainly true of<br />
the 4| Solitary Confinement of Mr. Livingston<br />
He." I grant the tale is well<br />
told. I grant a certain pleasure from<br />
reading it, doubtless an example of<br />
atavism, (which word, if not perspicuous,<br />
refers to the science department),<br />
but the subject is, well, diabolical.<br />
It is worse than a Latin comedy,<br />
where the audience took sheer delight<br />
in seeing the scheming spendthrift and<br />
the cunning slave succeed in their trickery.<br />
1 here is a value in the writing of<br />
such a story, because it needs work and<br />
pains, yet I would, not see them multiply.<br />
You will all do well to hold Mr.<br />
Perham's advice to draw on San Francisco<br />
and our romantic West for your<br />
themes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fraud upon which "Watson's<br />
Gold Finder" is old. <strong>The</strong> writer has<br />
worked it up, however, in pleasing<br />
fashion. Only, it is to me inconceivable<br />
that in these days that any man of intelligence<br />
can be swindled in such a manner.<br />
When shall we see more verse in our<br />
school papers? I have harped on this<br />
stting before, so I must be brief now. I<br />
know, however, a school paper, supported<br />
by less than a hundred students (to be<br />
sure, they are all girls), in which more<br />
and better verse appears in two issues<br />
than with us in six- Well, "<strong>The</strong> Captive<br />
u • i\
Lion" is a good effort, the best, to my<br />
thinking, that I have seen in the LOWELL<br />
for a long time. <strong>The</strong> subject is worthy,<br />
the handling dignified. That I do not<br />
examine it here, part by part, is due to<br />
my having (as usual, when I*m Critic)<br />
to write against time. This writer's<br />
Jilumni Banquet.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first annual banquet of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High School Alumni Association was<br />
held at the California Hotel, Friday evening,<br />
April 25th.<br />
<strong>The</strong> officers of the Association are:<br />
Joseph H. Mayer President<br />
A. H Mowbray Vice President<br />
Miss Jordan ....1st Vice President<br />
Miss Barraeu 2d Vice President<br />
A. C. Vensano.. Corresponding Secretary<br />
R. L. Beals Recording secretary<br />
J. A. Morgan Treasurer<br />
About forty old <strong>Lowell</strong> men were present.<br />
Judge F. H. Kerrigan was the<br />
guest of honor. A thoroughly enjoyable<br />
spread was partaken of, interspersed with<br />
songs, yells, and stories of old '<strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High" days.<br />
Joseph H. Mayer, president of the<br />
Association, acted as toastmaster and in<br />
a few well-chosen words in which he recalled<br />
the names of some <strong>Lowell</strong> men<br />
now well known at the San Francisco<br />
bar, introduced I. Golden, who spoke on<br />
the "<strong>Lowell</strong> Man in the Law.' 1 Mr.<br />
Golden said in part that he hardly felt<br />
qualified to reply to this toast inasmuch<br />
as there were so many older and better<br />
known representatives. Jesse Colman<br />
followed with a happy speech on the<br />
li <strong>Lowell</strong> Man in Mercantile Life/' <strong>The</strong><br />
toastmaster introducing the next speaker,<br />
THE LOWELL • i<br />
verse should appear frequently.<br />
<strong>The</strong> editorial, entitled " More Plagiarism,"<br />
is not one whit too vigorous. I<br />
endorse every word. <strong>The</strong> other depart<br />
ments are of their usual merit. It is<br />
good to see School News so well taken<br />
care ol lately.<br />
MR. TRACY R. KELLEY.<br />
J. F. English of Stanford University,<br />
called attention to the fact that the<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School has been represented<br />
at each intercollegiate debate by<br />
at least one speaker. Mr. English in<br />
responding to " Debating in Relation to<br />
the Law, 11 called attention to the prominence<br />
of debating in the training of a<br />
lawyer and the public interest taken in<br />
debating. Mr. C. M. Walker, one of the<br />
old and most popular instructors, was<br />
heartily greeted when he rose to say a<br />
few words to his boys. Mr. A. E. Kellogg<br />
was warmly greeted when he rose<br />
to speak to the subject •• <strong>The</strong> Old Boys 1<br />
High School/ 1 and commented on its<br />
good record and the well-known men<br />
who have graduated. Mr. Frank Morton,<br />
the Principal of the school, was well<br />
received, and much applauded when he<br />
urged the Alumni to be true to their<br />
Alma Mater and to work for a muchneeded<br />
new school building.<br />
Mr. Nathan gave a brief account of<br />
the <strong>Lowell</strong> Philippine record. After<br />
stories and songs and a si Jen t toast to<br />
"Our Absent and Departed." two of<br />
whom lie in soldiers' graves, the meeting<br />
adjourned with many expressions of good<br />
feeling and three hearty cheers for the<br />
" <strong>Lowell</strong> Alumni Association."<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School Alumni Ass'n.<br />
By J. H. MAVKR, President<br />
1<br />
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"Tji^'W^.^iT<br />
University,<br />
that-tfce<br />
en repre*<br />
debate by<br />
English' in<br />
'Relation to<br />
wAtTEW PAYM(»Mi
THE LOWELL.<br />
EDITOR!<br />
A monthly published by the students of the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
High School.<br />
HDITORIRL STAFF*<br />
W. R. De Leon '02, Editor.<br />
ASSOCIATES:<br />
H. I*. Wollenberg, *O2. Lawrence Buffbfd, "oi.<br />
Robert H. Van Sant, Jr., '03 Niua Blow, '04<br />
ASSISTANTS:<br />
Carolyn Powle, Society Editor.<br />
Hazel Steen, Debs ting Editor.<br />
BUSINESS STAFF<br />
R. Alfred <strong>The</strong>obald, 'oJ, Business Manager.<br />
ASSISTANTS;<br />
John W. Walker, "02.<br />
F. A, Linforth. 'OJ. Fred Tatum, '03<br />
Ceo. Mlddleton, '04 K. S. Grayrigge<br />
Kd Van S!oun,'o2. Edith Lincoln,'02.<br />
Students, graduate*, faculty, and friends of the School<br />
ft re invited to contribute articles of interest.<br />
Entered in Postofflcc at San I'rancisco as Second-<br />
Class Mail Matter.<br />
"We are glad to note the<br />
Alumni steps that the Alumni<br />
have recently taken to<br />
reorganize for our mutual benefit. For<br />
a while this interest was noticeable for<br />
its faintness, and no one ever thought of<br />
aiding the school after once he had received<br />
its diploma. When once he was<br />
through school he forswore both its hold<br />
on him, and his former classmates.<br />
This is being changed now. And if ever<br />
a school had right to be proud of its<br />
Alumni, <strong>Lowell</strong> High has that right,<br />
now.<br />
In past years many <strong>Lowell</strong> graduates<br />
have distinguished themselves both in<br />
college through particular ability in<br />
athletics, forensics, or mental attributes,<br />
and in the business and literary world<br />
by their industry and foresight, and now<br />
just as the session of the University of<br />
California closes, out of thirty-two "honorable<br />
mentions" in the graduating class<br />
of '02, seven are former <strong>Lowell</strong> students.<br />
Or, if it sounds an/better, nearly onefourth<br />
of a picked number of students,<br />
chosen for their signal ability, can call<br />
themselves <strong>Lowell</strong>ites. An assistant editor<br />
of the Daily Caiifornian was graduated<br />
from <strong>Lowell</strong> in 1900. Still further,<br />
Mr. Rothchild, who was a member<br />
of the California debating team in the<br />
annual Carnot debate, held a few months<br />
ago, is a <strong>Lowell</strong> graduate. And, perhaps<br />
best of all, of the three speakers<br />
chosen from the entire Senior class to<br />
speak at the closing exercises on May<br />
14th, one was Monroe E. Deutsch, a<br />
former member of this school.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are just as bright and brainy<br />
pupils in the school to day as any who<br />
have graduated, and for their own benefit<br />
and that of the school, we hope that<br />
they will follow the good example now<br />
being set, and when it becomes possible,<br />
join and remain active members of the<br />
Alumni Association.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> has just finished<br />
JMttetics. what is probably the most<br />
successful year she has ever<br />
had in athletics. Two championships,<br />
two second places and points in another<br />
branch would seem to<br />
one school. Berkeley<br />
the February number<br />
claimed to be the best in<br />
tics; at that time no<br />
dispute then—-but now<br />
ference. We propose tpj<br />
may be sceptical, that JToj<br />
them all iu a general "ail<br />
() (r) Football champk<br />
(2) Baseba'il<br />
(3) One second pl?|<br />
(tennis)^<br />
(4) One second pis<br />
(5) One fifth pl£C*(t<br />
<strong>No</strong>w, counting<br />
beats another as one poii<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> in football;<br />
Berkeley, 5i'point,<br />
ell on the track; Berk<<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> beat Berkeley h<br />
ell, i]4 points, Berkel]<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> beat Berkeley in<br />
berg defeated Clinch);<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> beat Berkeley<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, 3# points; whii<br />
"$*£ points to B<br />
land's r point (for she<br />
who beat us, on 'the<br />
defeated in football) to,<br />
for winning track, to<br />
points for winning switn:<br />
Cau anyone now deny<br />
the all 'round championsi<br />
mic league? ,<br />
We only hope that<br />
held in athletics will; .<br />
next term. Ix*well has<br />
terial and a wealthy (or<br />
association behind it aid<br />
as well next year, the "3<br />
and then the next year<br />
whose fault willit be?<br />
Recent Events been able<br />
of Interest article on<br />
elists that have occurred
anch would seem to be enough for<br />
one school. Berkeley High School in<br />
the February number of their paper,<br />
claimed to be the best in all around athletics<br />
; at that time no one was able to<br />
dispute them—but now—oh I what a difference.<br />
We propose to show to all who<br />
may l>e sceptical, that <strong>Lowell</strong> is the best of<br />
them all in a general athletic line. For.<br />
(t) Football championship<br />
(2) Baseball championship.<br />
(3) One second pl?ce (unfinished)<br />
(tennis)*<br />
(4) One second place (swimming).<br />
(5) One fifth place (track).<br />
Xow, counting each time one team<br />
I>eats another as one point; Berkeley tied<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> in football ; <strong>Lowell</strong>, l /z point,<br />
Berkeley, *4 point. Berkeley beat <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
on the track ; Berkeley, x}4 points;<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> beat Berkeley in baseball; <strong>Lowell</strong>,<br />
1) 2 points. Berkeley, 1 \i points<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> beat Berkeley in tennis, (Rosenberg*<br />
defeated Clinch); <strong>Lowell</strong> z}4 points.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> l>eat Berkeley in swimming;<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, 3*2 points ; which makes <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
3*2 points to Berkeley's t}4, and Oakland's<br />
1 point (for she beat Berkeley.<br />
who beat as, on the track, but was<br />
defeated in football) to Ukiah's 1 point<br />
Tor winning track, to Polytecnic's 2<br />
points for winning swimming and tennis.<br />
Can anyone now deny our right to claim<br />
the all 'round championship of the academic<br />
league ?<br />
We only hope that the interest now<br />
held in athletics will not abate before<br />
next term. <strong>Lowell</strong> has the best o» material<br />
and a wealthy (or supposed to be)<br />
association behind it and if we can t do<br />
as well next year, the year after that,<br />
and then the next year following, why<br />
whose fault will it be ?<br />
We wish we might have<br />
Recent Events been able to write a long<br />
of Interest article on the deaths of<br />
the three American novelists<br />
that have occurred during the past<br />
THE LOWELL 39<br />
month or two. Bat time and space forb;d<br />
this. However, just how mach Bret Hartc<br />
aal Fraak R. Sto^ktm have benefited<br />
American liter iture would be difficult to<br />
state. As for Paul Leicester Ford,<br />
whose physical weakness was only surpassed<br />
by his mental grasp, his future<br />
was so promising that no one may know<br />
just to what heights he may have attained.<br />
<strong>The</strong> loss of these three masters<br />
in their several styles is a great blow $0<br />
American letters.<br />
<strong>The</strong> world has stood aghast at the recent<br />
reports from the islands of St. Vincent<br />
and Martinique in the French West<br />
Indies. St. Pierre, on the latter island,<br />
has been entirely destroyed by the eruption<br />
of Mount Pelee, and the whole<br />
northern half of St. Vincent has been<br />
devastated, and later reported sunk in<br />
the sea.<br />
On May 9, 1902, just 400 years to the<br />
day after Christopher Columbus discovered<br />
and landed on the islands, Mount<br />
Pelee, which had been considered harmless<br />
by the natives, broke forth, and<br />
lava, ashes, hot mud and stones poured<br />
down on th* city of St. Fierce, ueairo*, -<br />
ing 40,000 lives and property to the extent<br />
of $ <strong>10</strong>,000 000. In 1S12 there was a<br />
similar eruption, but this latter out bur>t<br />
has done far more damage. On St. Vincent,<br />
La Soufriere, pouring into the dry<br />
beds of streams, caolten, glistening lava<br />
from six different fissures in its sides,<br />
burnt and buried the whole northern<br />
half of the island, doing untold damage<br />
to property and killing over 2,000.<br />
It takes one back to the " Last Days of<br />
Pompeii," when, as in this case, two entire<br />
cities w*re covered and depopulated by<br />
outbursts of volcanoes. <strong>The</strong>re has been<br />
a tradition, so we learn, among the Indians—the<br />
Carib tribe—that they would<br />
be destroyed by th* Fire*god, whcia tfc«y<br />
worshipped. If reports are true, every<br />
man, woman and child of them has perished<br />
by the outbreak of La Soufriere<br />
about May 20th.<br />
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III<br />
X ':'<br />
4O THE LOWELL<br />
And the aid and interest people the<br />
world ovci have taken to relieve the<br />
sufferers and to do everything possible<br />
under the circumstances to alleviate the<br />
horrors of such a calamity, makes one<br />
see the silver lining to the cloud and feel<br />
that the world and everyday Christianity<br />
is ti£t going to the pups, as soaie of<br />
the older generation would have us to<br />
believe.<br />
Fnrewell<br />
Word<br />
According to customt we<br />
should take one column<br />
and a half to make our<br />
adiextx to the school and<br />
to welcome oar successors to the pleasures<br />
of editing a paper. As the first is<br />
rather unpleasant and the second difficult<br />
to conscientiously do, we will refrain<br />
from both and simply say that this<br />
—as already everyone knows—is the<br />
final issue under the present management<br />
<strong>The</strong> paper, we take pride in saying,<br />
has been, thanks to onr energetic<br />
business manager, the finest of a financial<br />
success. <strong>The</strong> literary portion of it,<br />
thanks to the helpful criticisms each<br />
month and the desire of contributors to<br />
improve with each attempt, we thick<br />
has not been an entire failure. Indeed*<br />
some of the students who have regularly<br />
sent us articles show that with the proper<br />
training and perserverance,they should<br />
make names and places in the world of letters.<br />
Our aim right through has been to<br />
broaden out the paper so as to include<br />
besides the different styles of composition<br />
and plot, all the branches of school<br />
activities and to rouse some bra aches<br />
that seemed drowsy and socmolent. <strong>The</strong><br />
school as a whole is better able to judge<br />
than we are as to what length we have<br />
succeeded.<br />
And now we wish to thank Mr. Morton<br />
and all the metnbe*.: of the faculty<br />
who have aided us by criticisms or<br />
otherwise, for their valuable help and<br />
interest, to thank the student body for<br />
the generous support both hy contributions<br />
to the literary portion, and by sub*<br />
scripdons to the financial end, to thank<br />
the staff for their industry and good<br />
nature, and also our many exchanges<br />
who throughout the year have given us<br />
snca kindly uieuUou, awl able criticism.<br />
This month the<br />
have decided to offer<br />
California papers<br />
are some fifteen or<br />
especially papers wl<br />
mentioned its the<br />
Some of the<br />
(Red BloS) are quite<br />
too short ^Tfai* __<br />
to the February ntua 1<br />
like tiw! idea of<br />
exchanges<br />
their paper.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outside<br />
/me (Santa fioaa)aa<br />
belie its contents to<br />
tent It looks<br />
some good xaaterfi<br />
<strong>The</strong> Scrtfr, from<br />
High School, is<br />
aide and oat, except<br />
tered through it<br />
Such articles as that<br />
Oakland Ifldttt*<br />
and instructive.<br />
more of them^saad<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ad/uUm<br />
Acadesnyj is_, ja
EDITED BY LAWRENCE BUFFOS^ AND MISS N. BLOW,<br />
This month the exchange editors<br />
have decided to offer their comments on<br />
California papers alone, of which there<br />
areru;".: afteen or eighteen, and more<br />
especially papers which have not been<br />
mentioned in the LOWELL before.<br />
Some of the stories in Dictum Est<br />
(Red Bluff) arc quite good, but others<br />
arc pointless, perhaps because they are<br />
too short. This applies more especially<br />
to the February number. We do not<br />
like the idea of printing extracts from<br />
exchanges which merely compliment<br />
their paper.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outside appearance of the Porcupine<br />
(Santa Rosa) as well as the inside,<br />
belie its contents to a considerable extent.<br />
It looks cheap, but it contains<br />
some good material.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Scribe, from Oakland Polytechnic<br />
High School, is commendable both inside<br />
and out, except that the adds scattered<br />
through it detract somewhat.<br />
Such articles as that entitled "A Great<br />
Oakland Industry," are both interesting<br />
and instructive. We would like to see<br />
more of them, and in other papers also.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Adjutant, from Mount Tamalpais<br />
Academy, is a very good paper. <strong>The</strong><br />
February and March numbers contain<br />
some unusually good word pictures*<br />
"Retreat," "Eolinas Bay," and "An Evening<br />
in Camp." "<strong>The</strong> Seed of Love" is<br />
a well-written poem; the thought is<br />
very pretty and the metre, though a<br />
difficult one, is well sustained. "At the<br />
Chutes" is a clever jingle, and the exchange<br />
column is good, but we really<br />
must advise the author of that lurid<br />
story, "Unclean," to avoid in future all<br />
"shilling shockers."<br />
<strong>The</strong> Aurora, from Los Angeles, has<br />
several good stories. "<strong>The</strong> Making of<br />
a Man" and "<strong>The</strong> Violet Opal" deserve<br />
special mention. <strong>The</strong> Athletic column<br />
is well written up.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pacific Pharos has an attractive<br />
cover, but the print is very poor. We<br />
miss an exchange column.<br />
Query—Wherein does the Santa Clara<br />
Comity Student resemble Oratiano?<br />
We feel quite sure that the girl on the<br />
cover of the Sequoia from Eureka has<br />
just finished reading the contents of the<br />
paper.<br />
We are sorry that we cannot praise<br />
the cover of the Stentorian^ from the<br />
Anaheim High School, but it is not only<br />
inartistic, but is also indistinct.
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I<br />
<strong>The</strong> Yuba Delta, from the Marysville<br />
High School, has started upon its career<br />
with a very creditable first number.<br />
<strong>The</strong> paper is an odd, but neat little size,<br />
has a very trim cover, and shows both<br />
enterprise and good taste. <strong>The</strong> editorials<br />
are well written. Long life to<br />
Tke Yuba Delta!<br />
COMPOSITE.<br />
Dashaway—Quilldriver seems to be<br />
a fellow of extremes—one who writes<br />
awful slush and sublime prose, and who<br />
is at the same time an idiot and a genius.<br />
Cleverton—Where did you get such<br />
an idea?<br />
Dashaway—I've just been reading the<br />
reviews of his latest book.—Ex.<br />
SCHOOLED.<br />
What an extraordinary courteous and<br />
polished gentleman your friend Scrivner<br />
is!<br />
Yes. I presume it is the result of his<br />
constant reading.<br />
What literature produces such desirable<br />
results?<br />
He always reads the rejection slips<br />
that accompany his MSS.—Ex.<br />
THE NAME OF A GOOD ONE.<br />
What a queer name for a horse. Why<br />
do you call him Circumstance?<br />
Because he is a Circumstance over<br />
which I have no control.—Ex.<br />
Teacher—John, what is an electric<br />
. battery ?<br />
John—A shocking thing.—Ex.<br />
Julius Caesar had insisted upon an unconditional<br />
surrender.<br />
41 You are so hard," groaned the conquered<br />
Gaul.<br />
"If you think I'm hard," chuckled<br />
Caesar, ' 'wait till you tackle Cicero and<br />
Virgil."—Ex.<br />
Tillie (who had been reading a dime<br />
novel)—Mame, what's de meaning of<br />
o s t-r a c i s-e?<br />
Mame—It's a society word fer looking<br />
down on folks de same as de ostrich eyes<br />
de smaller birds. — Truth.<br />
An exchange tells a story of three<br />
French boys who were studying a volume<br />
of Shakespeare in their own tongue,<br />
their task being to render portions of it<br />
into English. When they came to Hamlet's<br />
soliloquy, "To be or not to be, 1 '<br />
their respective translations were as follows:<br />
"To was or not to am," * l To<br />
were or is to not," "To should or not to<br />
will."—Ex.<br />
What makes ping pong such a noisy<br />
game ?<br />
<strong>The</strong> racquet.—Ex.<br />
"I can't think of the name of the present<br />
Secretary of State,' 1 said Mrs. Gazzam<br />
to her deaf uncle.<br />
"Hey ?" replied the old man.<br />
' 'Thank you very much, I had forgotten<br />
it,"—Harpers Bazar,<br />
"Did you see the account of that flash<br />
of lightning that burned the hair from a<br />
boy's head without otherwise hurting<br />
him?"<br />
"I did," answered the cheerful liar,<br />
"and I was pained to note the incompleteness<br />
of the story. <strong>No</strong>w I happen to<br />
know of a case that is reall/ remarkable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lightning entered a barber shop and<br />
not only undertook the task of singeing<br />
a man's hair, but it rang up the proper<br />
amount on the cash register."—Ex.<br />
"Phwat are yez givin 1 th' goat, Dugan?"<br />
"Ginger awn pippermint. Th' baste<br />
hos ate so miny tin cans thot he hos th 1<br />
cramps " .<br />
"Sure, thin ut's not ginger awn pippermint<br />
thot he wants; give him a canopener."—Ex.<br />
Argabaight—It' you can get three<br />
shirts out of nine 3 T ards, how many can<br />
you get out of one 3 r ard ?<br />
Acton—That depends on whose yard<br />
it is —Ex.<br />
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Since the last issue o<br />
much-talfced-oj[ Senior<br />
place. <strong>The</strong> subject/ft<br />
Resolved^ That the<br />
should be abolished.<br />
<strong>The</strong> debaters wlufcjhj<br />
the former debates li<br />
follows: .. : .••: ; ;^^ .<br />
Affirmative. ...-•\&$<br />
(Mr. Clark's Class^^<br />
Mr. Boericke ; ^<br />
Mr. Graham .^"<br />
<strong>The</strong> debate was we<br />
sides, but the jtt3{jj»:-1<br />
the decision to the ami<br />
At the next m
EDITED BY HAZEL STEEN.<br />
Since the last issue of the LOWBLI., the<br />
much-talked-of Senior debate has taken<br />
place. <strong>The</strong> subject for discussion was:<br />
Resolved, That the patronage system<br />
should be abolished.<br />
<strong>The</strong> debaters who had been chosen on<br />
the former debates were arraigned as<br />
follows:<br />
Affirmative. Negative.<br />
(Mr. Clark's Class) (Mr. Young's Class)<br />
Mr. Boericke Mr. Maryanski<br />
Mr. Graham Mr. Van Sloun<br />
<strong>The</strong> debate was well argued on both<br />
sides, but the judges felt forced to give<br />
the decision to the affirmative.<br />
At the next meeting the society listened<br />
to an interesting debate on the<br />
question whether or not a college education<br />
is of benefit in a business life.<br />
Mr. Seelig and Miss Conde argued that<br />
it was, being opposed by Messrs. Hoey<br />
and McDonald. <strong>The</strong> debate was given<br />
to the former.<br />
<strong>The</strong> following debate was on the subject<br />
: Resolved\ That representatives in<br />
voting should be influenced by their<br />
ow a opinions rather than those of their<br />
constituents. Messrs. Seelig and Schlesinger<br />
upheld the affirmative, while the<br />
negative was represented by Messrs.<br />
Kohlberg and Harrison. <strong>The</strong> fine arguments<br />
of the affirmative of course prevailed<br />
over the sophistry of their opponents.<br />
<strong>The</strong> judges, realizing this, presented<br />
them with the palm of victory.<br />
It had been expected that after our<br />
brilliant victory of last December, the<br />
whole school would rally to the support<br />
of the Debating Society. But not so.<br />
<strong>The</strong> higher classes especially have had<br />
but a poor representation, and it has<br />
often been difficult to get a quorum. It<br />
ought not to be thus, because <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
should stand in the first rank, not only<br />
in physical, but also in intellectual<br />
affairs. It is to be hoped that next term<br />
the society will receive much more encouragement<br />
for, after all, it needs this<br />
encouragement just as much as do the<br />
football and baseball teams.<br />
Talking about teams, there Is some<br />
good material for one in the coming<br />
Senior and Middle classes. If the debaters<br />
will work a little, there may be a<br />
spirited contest next year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> work of the retiring administration,<br />
if it has not been a perfect success,<br />
has been as near to it as is possible under<br />
the circumstances. Its task has been a<br />
hard one, what with the fine spring<br />
d ;ys and the indifference of the<br />
school.<br />
We close the work of this term, then,<br />
with thanks to the school for what support<br />
they have given us and with hopes<br />
that they will give us more next year.<br />
Last, but not least, our sincere thanks<br />
are due to the faculty for all they have<br />
done for the society. M. E. H.
44 THE LOWELL<br />
Upon looking backward over the record<br />
of our debatiHg society for the year<br />
1901-02, we need feel not one jot of<br />
shame, for though truly enough it has<br />
been no red letter year, it has yet yielded<br />
far better results than the most optimistic<br />
members dared hope for at the first<br />
meeting in August last. With the graduating<br />
class of 1901 the debating society<br />
lost among others Mr. Brown, Mr.<br />
Keane, Mr. Crlttenden and Mr. Morris.<br />
<strong>The</strong> list speaks for itself. Deprived of<br />
such talent and support, and with a new<br />
Senior class strangely indifferent to debate,<br />
what society could hope to flourish?<br />
So thought many of the remaining<br />
members. But those members had overlooked<br />
a very important fact, a very delightful<br />
fact—Mr. Lucey and Mr. Dernham<br />
were still at <strong>Lowell</strong>. And, indeed,<br />
Mr. Lucey and Mr. Dernham were needed<br />
at <strong>Lowell</strong>. And they knew it. And we<br />
knew that they knew it. And, oddly<br />
enough, at that thought our minds became<br />
easy, and difficulties which we had<br />
thought insurmountable appeared to<br />
shrink to comparative insignificance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fates had been kind to us after all.<br />
And so it proved. With Mr. Lucey,<br />
President and Mr. Dernham, head of the<br />
Executive Committee, the society did<br />
continue to flourish. Instead of the<br />
threatened deterioration and final dissolution,<br />
a steady, if slow, improvement<br />
was noticeable. <strong>The</strong> weekly debates,<br />
though not particularly brilliant, showed<br />
careful study and preparation. Influenced<br />
by the dignity and earnestness of<br />
the President, the few sincere members<br />
co-operated with him in working for the<br />
best interests of the society. Under<br />
these favorable conditions, the memorable<br />
Oakland-<strong>Lowell</strong> debate was arranged<br />
to take place in December. It<br />
is unnecessary to here enter into a description<br />
of what so many are already<br />
acquainted with. Suffice it to say that<br />
the <strong>Lowell</strong> team, consisting of Messrs.<br />
Dernham and Lucey and Miss Steen<br />
scored a complete victory over their opponents.<br />
<strong>The</strong> general interest taken by<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>ites in this debate proved that<br />
those who, in advocating withdrawal<br />
from the League a few months before,<br />
had claimed that debates with such<br />
schools as Oakland would be more desirable<br />
and beneficial than those arranged<br />
by the League managers, spoke the<br />
truth. This debate over, Mr. Lucey and<br />
Mr. Dernham left <strong>Lowell</strong>, and the society<br />
which they had safely guided through<br />
the squalls that threatened to wreck it<br />
completely.<br />
At the first meetings of the present<br />
term, held in January, a spirit of levity<br />
began to show itself, but, owing to the<br />
firmness of Mr. Seelig, the new President,<br />
this disturbing element was forced<br />
to beat a retreat. <strong>The</strong>n another state of<br />
affairs manifested itself, equally unfavorable,<br />
with what had just preceded. For<br />
interest lagged and attendance fell off.<br />
Matters looked serious once more. Soon,<br />
however, the unfailing zeal and continued<br />
exertions of the President were<br />
rewarded by the formation of a more<br />
united, if smaller, band of workers. At<br />
this juncture the Senior class debates,<br />
arranged by Mr. Clark from the Seniors<br />
at large, were presented under the auspices<br />
of the Debating Society. A decided<br />
success, they proved what has<br />
often been claimed in these columns,<br />
that many who have never suspected it<br />
possess 8 naturax talent for debate. <strong>The</strong><br />
expectation that this discovery would<br />
add many such persons to the roll-call<br />
of the society was unfilled, however.<br />
And here Mr. Harrison deserves<br />
thanks for his activity in securing new<br />
members and his untiring faithfulness.<br />
Although the election for the Fall term<br />
has not yet been held, it is safe to predict<br />
that he will succeed Mr. Seelig as<br />
President of the <strong>Lowell</strong> High School<br />
Debating Society.<br />
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Critia<br />
In the way of crif<br />
one suggestion w]<br />
effect, would probably<br />
unstable condition<br />
have reference to moi<br />
bates, than which the<br />
ter to cultivate fittenf<br />
of delivery. After<br />
(many of us^it any<br />
formal debates "after;<br />
over. But we do<br />
conversation all our 11<br />
while the formal del<br />
value for acquiring<br />
ity and a logical n<br />
still it is the extei<br />
which gives rea<<br />
speech and 1<br />
repartee. <strong>The</strong>refore<br />
debating society is ii<br />
includes plenty of<br />
However, the bl<br />
of open debates durii
Criticism.<br />
In the way of criticism, there seems<br />
one suggestion which, if carried into<br />
effect, would probably remedy the still<br />
unstable condition of the society. I<br />
have reference to more frequent open debates,<br />
than which there is nothing better<br />
to cultivate fluency and smoothness<br />
of delivery. After all we don't expect<br />
(many of us at any rate) to engage in<br />
formal debates after our school life is<br />
over. But we do expect to engage in<br />
conversation aU our lives long. So that,<br />
while the formal debate is of inestimable<br />
value for acquiring argumentative ability<br />
and a logical method of reasoning,<br />
still it is the extemporaneous debate<br />
which gives readiness and fluency of<br />
speech and developes quick-witted<br />
repartee. <strong>The</strong>refore the work in any<br />
debating society is incomplete unless it<br />
includes plenty of this kind of practice.<br />
However, the blame for the scarcity<br />
of open debates during the past term is<br />
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in no way attributable to the Program<br />
Committee, for whenever an attempt in<br />
this line vas made, It invariably resulted<br />
in failure. <strong>The</strong> real fault lies with the<br />
members themselves. <strong>The</strong>y are too diffident.<br />
It requires no especial genius to<br />
speak a few words upon some topic of<br />
the hour. Yet whenever such a question<br />
is before the society tor general discussion,<br />
either what is said is flippant<br />
and irrelevant! or else nothing at all is<br />
said. <strong>No</strong>w, this is not as it should be.<br />
If each member would consider it his<br />
duty from his first entrance into the society<br />
to contribute at least one remark<br />
to such a discussion, he would soon find<br />
his diffidence wearing off and in its<br />
place a modest confidence growing in<br />
his own ability for extemporaneous<br />
speaking. <strong>The</strong>n, indeed, our open debates<br />
would be worth while, for they<br />
would not only develop the fluency I<br />
spoke of before, but they would kindle<br />
a genuine enthusiasm and delight in the<br />
work of the debating society.
I. I.
Alpha<br />
Beta<br />
Delta<br />
Hpsilon<br />
Zeta<br />
Eta<br />
<strong>The</strong>ta<br />
Iota<br />
Kappa<br />
Lambda<br />
Nu<br />
Omega<br />
Omicron<br />
Mu<br />
Sigma<br />
Psi<br />
Rho<br />
Gamma<br />
SOCIETIES<br />
GAMMA ETA KAPPA<br />
ROLL.<br />
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<strong>Lowell</strong> High School, San Francisco, CaL<br />
Stockton High School, Stockton, Cal.<br />
Oakland High School, Oakland, Cal<br />
San Jose High School, San Jose, Cal.<br />
. Los Angele? High School, Los Angeles, Cal*<br />
Nevada City High School, Nevadr City.<br />
Throop Polytechnic, Pajsadena, CaL<br />
Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, CaL<br />
San Bernardino High School, San Bernardr.no, Cal,.<br />
Fresno High School, Fresno, Cal.<br />
San Diego High School, San Diego. Cal.<br />
. , Riverside High School, Riverside, Cal.<br />
Sacramento High School, Sacramento, CaL<br />
East Denver High School, Denver, Colorado.<br />
Pueblo City High School, Pueblo, Colorado.:<br />
Portland High School, Portland, Oregon.<br />
Seattle High School, Seattle, Wash.<br />
DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, N. Y,<br />
ALPHA CHAPTER<br />
Established March <strong>10</strong>.<br />
MEMBERS IX<br />
R. H. Webster (Founder) - A. E. KeUogg L H. Mitchell<br />
\ J. Simmons R C. Daniels ^<br />
FRATRES IN FACULTATE.<br />
J. L. Crittenden F W. Koch<br />
FRATKES—SENIORS.<br />
Hugh Saxejewett Stafford Louis Haram John O'Donneli<br />
George Campbell Jones Henry Rey Sanders (studying elsewhere)<br />
MlDDCERS.<br />
Rnln.'1-t Howe Fletcher ; Douglass Howeli Morse Jaines Potter Langhorne, Jr.<br />
James Dwi,-htScovel Warren Selleck Manley (Lick)<br />
Fred Persons Tatum<br />
Paige Montcaji{ic<br />
JCNIORS<br />
Albert George Luchsinger<br />
Arthur Denby Jones<br />
Halsey Luther Rixfcrd
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Lir<br />
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Alpha<br />
Gamma<br />
Delta<br />
Epsilon<br />
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THETA CH! FRATERNITY.<br />
TcunieJ 1844.<br />
CHAPTER Rotx.<br />
Oakiaud High School, Oakland<br />
Sacrameato High School, Sacramento<br />
. <strong>Lowell</strong> High School, San Francisco<br />
Berkeley High School, Berkeley<br />
DELTA CHAPTER.<br />
Established August 169$.<br />
FRATRES IN" FACULTATE.<br />
Clement Ca*lioun Young Perry T. Totupkins<br />
Milo S. iJaicer<br />
FRATRES IN L'RBK.<br />
Edwin Ghirardelli William Middleton<br />
Albert Golcher<br />
PRATX2S.<br />
SENIOR CI,ASS.<br />
Benjamin War field Kerr<br />
MIDDLE CLASS.<br />
Kenneth Heron Robert Hays Van Sant/Jr.<br />
JUNIOR CLASS.<br />
Mead Hamilton<br />
William Armstrong Forbes<br />
Georgc Middlcton<br />
Paul Kirk«t>od Yost<br />
SUB-JUNIOR CLASS.<br />
Duncan Hamilton Davis Henry Him
Alpha<br />
Illinois Beta<br />
Oregon Bfia<br />
Cal. Beta<br />
Cal. Gamma<br />
Cal. Delta .<br />
Cal. Epsilon<br />
Cal. Iota .<br />
Cal. <strong>The</strong>ta<br />
Alpha<br />
Delta .<br />
Epsilon<br />
T HE LOWELL<br />
PI DELTA KAPPA FRATERNITY.<br />
CHAPTER ROLL,<br />
Orchard Lake, Michigan<br />
Chicago University School, Chicago, Illinois<br />
Portland High School, Portland, Oregon<br />
San Jose High School, San Jose, California<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School, San Francisco, California<br />
Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, California<br />
Los Angeles High School, Los Angeles, California<br />
. ' San Diego High School, San Diego, California<br />
Oakland High School, Oakland, Celifornia<br />
Cal. Gamma, October ist, 1895,<br />
Robt. Pike<br />
R. R. Bundschu<br />
MEMBERS.<br />
SENIOR<br />
V. Peltier<br />
MIDDLE.<br />
JUNIOR.<br />
D. G. <strong>Vol</strong>kmann<br />
T. Vosburgh<br />
J. IV Horan<br />
ALPHA SIGMA SORORITY.<br />
CHAPTER ROLL.<br />
Oakland High School, Oakland<br />
Berkeley High School, Berkeley<br />
Girls* High School, Saa Francisco<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> High School, Sau Francisco<br />
Sacramento High School, Sacramento<br />
DELTA CHAPTER.<br />
Esiab'lshed 189).<br />
SORORES.<br />
POST GRADUATE.<br />
Caro!i;i$ Fowle<br />
SENIOR CLASS.<br />
Edith Marr<br />
MIDDLE CLASS<br />
Edith C'ootnbe Anna Scott<br />
Helen Wagner<br />
JUNIOR CLASS.<br />
Marie Talbot Edith Slack<br />
Muriel Hainm Edith Whitney<br />
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Alpha.<br />
Beta-<br />
Gamma<br />
*WM<br />
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LAMBDA THETA PHI SORORITY.<br />
Founded Jtoaary, i8w,.<br />
Alpha- Oiklaml High School. Oakland<br />
Bet « Lo« Angeles High School. Los Angeles<br />
Gamma Berkeley High School, Berkeley<br />
Delta LoueH High School, San Francisco<br />
EP s >lon _ Fresco High School, Fresno<br />
ZeU Stockton High School, Stockton<br />
Iota Santa ROSA High Scbool, Santa Rosa<br />
Kappa Ross High School, San Diego<br />
Omega . . . . San Bernardino High School, Ssa Bernardino<br />
DELTA CHAPTER<br />
EtraNisfwd Apr*; tQ, iSg6<br />
SOKORF.S->SKMOR CLASS<br />
Eliwbcth Lcc Alida Vail<br />
MIDDLE CLASS.<br />
Mattic Belvel Florcnct: Siblcy<br />
Nina Blow<br />
JUJCIOR CLASS<br />
Ottile Gilltland Lilian H. Cookc<br />
SL*r?-JfMOR CLASS.<br />
June Scblout.<br />
PHI ALPHA SIGMA SORORITY.<br />
ALPHA CHAPTER.<br />
Found«J Febfttnty. 1901.<br />
SKMCB CLASS.<br />
Hazel t>. Steeo Sstelle P lack man<br />
Hazel A. Sol icy<br />
MIDDLE CLASS.<br />
Gertrude Gorier<br />
JUNIOR CLASS.<br />
Violet Biodie<br />
SUB-JUNIOR CLASS.<br />
Verna Ray Violet Lincoln<br />
Cornelia H inch man
Camera Club.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Camera Club has had its first outing,<br />
which was held at Cataract Gulch,<br />
May 3, 1902. <strong>The</strong> affair was a success<br />
in every particular. All those who at*<br />
tended the outing enjoyed themselves<br />
immensely. Among those prominent in<br />
club affairs who were present were: Mr.<br />
and Mis, Stokes, P. turn Suden, Gns<br />
Blankenburg, Eustace Peixotto, Harold<br />
Grey, Miss Maryanslri, Miss Shaisky,<br />
Miss Seaman and Miss Strunsky.<br />
<strong>The</strong> club has had the use of the library<br />
given to it for the purpose of exhibiting<br />
prints. This feature of the club<br />
is promising, aud it b hoped that the<br />
members will respond to the call *ior<br />
prints."<br />
Several members of the faculty are<br />
taking an interest in the club, which is<br />
very encouraging to the other members.<br />
<strong>The</strong> club regrets very much the loss of<br />
so many of its members this year by<br />
graduation from the school, but hopes<br />
that those members will keep up their<br />
interest in the club as before.<br />
On Friday, May 16th, Mr. Snyder<br />
gave a both entertaining and instructive<br />
demonstration before the Camera Club.<br />
Mr. Snyder spent some time on the<br />
origin and history of pbotograpLy, and<br />
showed the relation of silver paper to it.<br />
He then showed by after experiments<br />
the action of light on silver nitrate*<br />
<strong>The</strong> club again wishes to thank Mr.<br />
Snyder and hopes to hear from him soon<br />
again. <strong>The</strong>se demonstrations are of<br />
great value to photographers, and the<br />
members should not fail to be present.<br />
It is the intention of the committee<br />
to have as many as possible before the<br />
close of school. At the close of the<br />
demonstration Mr. Snyder was tendered<br />
a vote of thanks.<br />
<strong>No</strong>minations for officers for the ensuing<br />
year are: President, P. turn Suden;<br />
Vice* President, Miss Shafsky; Secretary,<br />
Percy Converse; Treasurer, Gus<br />
Blankenburg.<br />
Forestry Club.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was no report of the Forestry<br />
Club in last month's LOWELL, but we<br />
intend, hereafter, to have " Forestry<br />
Club" appear under School New in<br />
even' issue.<br />
One of the most interesting meetings<br />
of the club took place on April <strong>10</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
subject was " Pines •• <strong>The</strong> information<br />
gained from what Mr. Baker said, and<br />
the number of interesting specimens of<br />
the various pine cones and needles which<br />
we examined served to<br />
both enjoyable and ii<br />
attended. <strong>The</strong> last<br />
ally devoted to business,<br />
appointed to arrange<br />
reported that they intei<br />
the trip until the falL<br />
to the constitution, to<br />
the next meeting, was<br />
ing the object of the<br />
scope of study,<br />
tions. tending to the<br />
society were made.<br />
Chess and Cl<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chess Club, as<br />
school organizations<br />
erably from the<br />
notices. Owing to this,<br />
further to *b» feet thai<br />
spent out of doors flue<br />
sensible persons (the<br />
certain teachers), as ti<br />
means of aveng&g Ma;<br />
in school<br />
s<br />
than heretofore, and<br />
although not leas exciti<br />
However. oeitiK<br />
fected play thi"<br />
success in every<br />
the best efforts of the<br />
in some exceedingly<br />
played matches. v4<br />
the full results:<br />
Preliminaries.—<br />
hill; CaweU beat<br />
1st Round.—<br />
sell beet Walker, Frij<br />
Boericketo&Bnsh;<br />
xnger; S Smith beat<br />
beat Blankenberf; F.<br />
2nd Rouod.<br />
berg beat Boericke;<br />
v>n; r#owenberg beat<br />
Lowenberg beatS.<br />
Finals.—]<br />
Each match<br />
out oi
we examined served to make the meeting<br />
both enjoyable and interesting to all who<br />
attended. <strong>The</strong> last meeting was especially<br />
devoted to business. <strong>The</strong> committee<br />
appointed to arrange for the excursion<br />
reported that they intended to postpone<br />
the trip until the fall. An amendment<br />
to the constitution, to be brought up in<br />
the next meeting, was proposed, enlarging<br />
the object of the club to a wider<br />
scope of study. Several other suggestions,<br />
tending to the bettceiiisnt of the<br />
society were made.<br />
Chess and Checkers Club.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chess Club, as well as most other<br />
school organizations has suffered considerably<br />
from the new arrangement for<br />
notices. Owing to this, anf perhaps still<br />
further to the fact that May afternoons<br />
spent out of doors are considered by most<br />
sensible persons (the exceptions be:.;<br />
certain teachers), as the best and on;.meaus<br />
of avenging May mornings spent<br />
iii school attendance has been lighter<br />
than heretofore, and the games played,<br />
although nc.: less exciting* less numerous.<br />
However, neither of these things affected<br />
play on the tournament. Most of<br />
the meetings during the past month have<br />
been given up to this and it proved a<br />
success in every respect, bringing out<br />
the best efforts of the individual players<br />
in some exceedingl) f interesting and wellplayed<br />
matches. <strong>The</strong> following gives<br />
the full results :<br />
Preliminaries.—Walker beat Underhill;<br />
Cassell beat Badt.<br />
ist Round.—Ames beat Barrows; Cassell<br />
beat Walker; Friedberg beat Hart;<br />
Boericke beat Bush; Harrison beat Schlesinger;<br />
S Smith beat Burton; Lowenberg<br />
beat Blankenberg; F. Smith beat Levy.<br />
2nd Round.—Cassell beat Ames; Friedberg<br />
beat Boericke; 5. Smith beat Harrison;<br />
Lowenberg beat F. Smith.<br />
Semi-Finals.- Cassell beat Friedberg;<br />
Lowenberg beat S. Smith.<br />
Finals.—Lowenberg beat Cassell.<br />
Each match was won by the best two<br />
out of three games.<br />
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S O C I E T Y ^<br />
On Friday evening, April 25th, Delia<br />
Chapter of <strong>The</strong>ta Chi Fraternity gave<br />
itt dance at Golden Gate Hail, 625 Sutter<br />
street.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hall was decorated in green, which<br />
was very artistically arranged. Over<br />
tne stage was the fraternity pin in electric<br />
lights. <strong>The</strong> floor was good, the<br />
music splendid, and every one had the<br />
best kind of a time.<br />
Miss Edith Coombe entertained a few<br />
of her friends at her home, 3415 Jackson<br />
street, Wednesday evening, April 30th.<br />
Ping Pong and other games were played<br />
Delicious refreshments were served and<br />
many toasts were given.<br />
Delta of Tbeta Chi Fraternity has initiated<br />
Henry Hlnz.<br />
Delta of Lambda <strong>The</strong>ta Phi gave a<br />
very successful dance on Friday evening,<br />
April nth, at Century Hall.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rooms were prettily^decorated<br />
with cherry blossoms and ferns, -the<br />
color scheme being green and white, the<br />
society's colors.<br />
Miss Lillian Cooke was hostess at a<br />
very enjoyable evening at home, given<br />
by t^»i Lambda girls at her home on the<br />
16th ;.f -Jay:<br />
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Cv>NTKD FOR.<br />
—Willie, your shirt is<br />
\V I He—Yes'm. Some boys tempted<br />
tne to go hi swimming, and I ran away<br />
from them so hard that I got into an<br />
awful perspiration.—Ex.<br />
BARBERS GET IT.<br />
What becomes of all the2raoney these<br />
college football teams make?<br />
Well, part of it goes for hair-cutting<br />
after the season is over.—Ex.<br />
A BAD MXSTAKT.<br />
Editor—This story of yours'won't do.<br />
Author—Why not?<br />
Editor—You don't have the heroine<br />
dressed in a gown of some soft clinging<br />
staff.—Ex.
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ioo-yd. dash<br />
22o*yd. dash<br />
220-yd. dash<br />
440-yd. dash<br />
88o-yd. run<br />
mile run<br />
fmile walk<br />
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220-yd. hurdle<br />
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12-lb. Shot Put 43<br />
Pole Vault 9 ft<br />
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Track Team—1902.<br />
ROWLEY MORTON BUFFORD<br />
DEMANIELL HAMILTON MONTGOMERY<br />
SCHWARTZ SCHOEBKNHAUR MIDDLETON<br />
Brent.<br />
xoo-yd. dash<br />
2 20-yd. dash<br />
220-yd. dash<br />
440-yd. dash<br />
880-yd. run<br />
mile run<br />
fmile walk<br />
12O-yd. hurdle<br />
22O-yd. hurdle<br />
High jump<br />
Broad jump<br />
12 lb. hammer throw<br />
12-lb. Shot Pat<br />
Pole Vault<br />
1-mile Relay<br />
f Abolished in 1900.<br />
MORSE HABHR TATPM<br />
RECORDS OF ACADEMIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE.<br />
Time Made<br />
in '02.<br />
<strong>10</strong>5 sec.<br />
23I sec.<br />
Runner. j Record.<br />
ADAMS<br />
HAZBX<br />
Holder.<br />
Hsgins, U- H. sJioJ sec. Hagics<br />
Hagins, U. H. S. 23».sec. Ccdogan, O. H. S.<br />
23J sec. Hagins, U. H. S.<br />
54? sec. Sheehan,O.H.S 51 sec. Cadogan, O. H. S-<br />
2 m. 7! &ec Byrnes, U. H. Sf 2.05J sec<br />
4 m, 52 sec. DeManiell,L H.S 452 sec.<br />
Harris, O. H. S.<br />
DeManiell.L.H.S.<br />
7.28J sec. Walsh, L. H. S.<br />
16] sec. Weller, U. H. S. 16J sec. Thomas, U. H. S.<br />
27! sec. Weller, U. H. S. •29} sec. Weller, U. H. S.<br />
5 ft. 5J in. Sea well, O.K.S 6 ft. T in. Kenley, U. H.S.<br />
22 ft. 2} in. Chaplin, B. H. S. 22 ft. 3} in Henley,U. H.S.<br />
154 ft. 6 in Weller,U. H.S. 173 ft. Estes,S. N.S.<br />
43 ^ 2? in.j Blakeman,B H S [47 ft. 1 in. Partin.U. H.S.<br />
9 ft. 9 in. ! Seawell, U. H. S. <strong>10</strong> ft. 7i in. Henley, U. H. f.<br />
3 in. 26; see iOakland<br />
3 in. 24 sec Oakland<br />
•On stnlKBt** w *y course.<br />
11<br />
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VOLKMAXN<br />
ABBOTT<br />
Swimming Team—1902.<br />
DEKNISON<br />
HAMILTON (Captain)<br />
Jt Resume of _..<br />
Season '(<br />
In this issue we >;;i<br />
three teams of chau:.>|<br />
champions, 'or footf-;<br />
baseball team, charapii<br />
has at last won the U LM<br />
championships in the *!<br />
way, does any one knoi<br />
won the l>asebail chai.<br />
Tn any knowledge ;v:<br />
trary we th;nk this<br />
Many times has she *<br />
Ixrfore, we think, has s<br />
For a long time +,u<br />
much in athletics, tbi,<br />
no prominent part u<br />
League. But she ha*<br />
rising the last lew ye<br />
ances be not too dc f .<br />
will be able to boa;<br />
highest standard and ^<br />
in a mental way, but i<br />
ficient in physical al;i<br />
always said that Louj<br />
nion» on the t7aJ_.<br />
infused by the enterin.<br />
following terms, and .<br />
Mr. Koch, we have ni\<br />
start that not only mc;i<br />
interest in the sport buj<br />
suits, as regards runner<br />
Maniell has ably starts<br />
should follow bis lead.<br />
to what <strong>Lowell</strong> can d.<br />
only the i.jeabers of tij<br />
the runners as they sfai<br />
spirit Q{ laziness and _<br />
does not gain a hold ag:<br />
Swimming is always ai<br />
iity. What has been<br />
branches eight be ss<br />
training and perseverai:<<br />
features that count 1:|<br />
that the student body A<br />
interest in botb swim!<br />
Koth are very interest!!<br />
lake it as a rule, ex.
Ji Resume of Jithtetics for the<br />
Season '0?« t 02.<br />
In this issue we give the pictures of<br />
three teams of champions,—'oo football<br />
champions, '01 footbr'I team, and the<br />
baseball team, champions of '02. <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
has at last won the football and baseball<br />
championships in the same year. By the<br />
way, does any one know whether we ever<br />
won fhe baseball championship before?<br />
To any knowledge we have to the contrary<br />
we think thij is the first time.<br />
Many times has she qualified, but never<br />
before, we think, has she won the trophy.<br />
For a long time <strong>Lowell</strong> did nothing<br />
much in athletics, that is, she played<br />
no prominent part in the Academic<br />
League. But she has been gradually<br />
rising the last few years, and if appearances<br />
be not too deceptive, she soon<br />
will be able to boast not only the<br />
highest .standard and general excellence<br />
in a mental way, but also be most proficient<br />
in physical abilities. We have<br />
always said that <strong>Lowell</strong> ought to do<br />
more on the track. With the spirit<br />
infused by the entering class of *oi and<br />
following terms, and the assistance of<br />
Mr. Koch, we have managed to get a<br />
start that not only means a more solid<br />
interest in the sport but even better re<br />
suits, as regards runners, times etc. De<br />
Mariell has ably started this and others<br />
should follow his lead. <strong>The</strong>re is no limit<br />
to what <strong>Lowell</strong> can do on the track if<br />
only the members of the school support<br />
the runners as they should and the old<br />
spirit cf laziness and seif-contentedness<br />
does not gain a hold again.<br />
Swimming is always an unknown quantity.<br />
What has been said about other<br />
branches might be said of this, /. e.,<br />
training and perseverance are the only<br />
features that count. It seems too bad<br />
that the student.body does not take more<br />
interest in both swimming and tennis.<br />
Both are very interesting games, but<br />
take it as a rule, excluding boxing,<br />
T H Ii L O W E L L<br />
which is not included in school athletics,<br />
the smaller the number of contestants<br />
forming a team, the less the interest<br />
taken by the school.<br />
Football seems to be <strong>Lowell</strong>'s sUong<br />
point. For uvo years we have held the<br />
championship and ought to hold it for<br />
four times as many mere. It has been<br />
shown and shown by <strong>Lowell</strong> teams that<br />
weight counts for little against science and<br />
speed. Experience also is an important<br />
factor, <strong>10</strong> every one should join the football<br />
squad as soon as next term's team<br />
begins to practice. <strong>The</strong> more experience<br />
a player has, the better chance has he for<br />
making the team.<br />
[In connection w'lh football, we wish<br />
to call attention to and to thank most<br />
heartily Mr. Middleton for his interest<br />
in the game. In the first place his<br />
financial aid has been indispensable. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
he was instrumental in securing Mr.<br />
Yost as coach. Mr. Yosts coaching<br />
will long be felt in <strong>Lowell</strong> football tac<br />
tics. Without his experience and skill<br />
and untiring work with the boys in 1900,<br />
we never should have had the cup now.<br />
And last, but by no means least, Mr.<br />
Middleton has furnished us with one<br />
captain, who played for three years on<br />
the team, and was considered one of the<br />
best at his position, and one manager—<br />
later captain—whom we hope will play<br />
many more than the two years he has<br />
already on the team. Once more we<br />
thank Mr. aud Mrs. Middleton for their<br />
many kindnesses.]<br />
As for next year's prospects, nothing<br />
much can be said. Five of last year's<br />
teatii will remain, Middleton (captain),<br />
Hamilton, Falk, Barthells and Motitgomery<br />
will still remain. <strong>The</strong> others of a<br />
winning team should be drawn with<br />
enough practice and training from a<br />
school numbering about three hundred<br />
boys.<br />
Baseball always has been rather unlucky<br />
at <strong>Lowell</strong>. It will do well in
68 THE LOWELL<br />
everything else, but fall down in baseball.<br />
But now, the championship is ours and<br />
we ought to keep it awhile. It is a<br />
curious fact, that while the class of '02<br />
has generally kept out of athletics, in<br />
baseball they have shone forth brilliantly.<br />
For three years, the baseball team has<br />
been over half composed of members of<br />
'02. DeBoom. Graham, <strong>The</strong>obald. Schee-<br />
Hne, and Woerner have been playing for<br />
three years on the team. This year Doolittle<br />
joined them, making six out of nine<br />
men Seniors.<br />
This year the baseball team has a<br />
record to be proud of. <strong>The</strong>y have, out<br />
of twelve games played, won nine, drawn<br />
one with Belmout, and lost two, both to<br />
the Dummies, and both games played before<br />
our regular team was chosen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team has excelled in batting,<br />
probably registering naore hits than any<br />
other team in the league playing the<br />
same number of games. Space forbids<br />
us to enumerate the different excellencies<br />
and players, but we are safe in saying,<br />
no one can, or does, deny that the <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
team is the best team and champion by<br />
every right of the Academic League.<br />
LOWELL VS. BERKELEY.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> won her semi-final game by<br />
defeating Santa Rosa on April 26th, by<br />
the score of 12—4. <strong>Lowell</strong> did the<br />
trick by breaking the tie—incidentally<br />
the hearts of the Santa Rosa enthusiasts,<br />
in the seventh inning, scoring two runs<br />
then, five more in the eighth, and the<br />
twelfth run in the ninth. <strong>The</strong>y hit all<br />
over the lot and the general work was<br />
fine.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n on May ioth, <strong>Lowell</strong> met Berkeley<br />
for the second time this school year<br />
in a championship game. It was clearly<br />
seen after a few innings that <strong>Lowell</strong> outplayed<br />
her opponents in every particular<br />
and batted so fiercely that it was<br />
necessary to bring two pitchers into the<br />
box.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> roolers—and there were not<br />
nearly so many as there should have<br />
been—were of course elated beyond<br />
measure, while Berkeley was conspicuous<br />
by her lack of noise. <strong>The</strong> game<br />
took nearly two hours to play, but no<br />
one minded that, and when the last ball<br />
had been pitched and the last man put<br />
out, the score stood <strong>Lowell</strong>—9; Berkeley—3,<br />
and once more <strong>Lowell</strong> was a<br />
champion of the League.<br />
<strong>The</strong> game in particular was as follows:<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> was first at bat and <strong>The</strong>obald<br />
first up. Farrar started in well by putting<br />
a strike over on the first ball pitched.<br />
<strong>The</strong>obald knocked a grounder to second,<br />
but was thrown out at first. Scheeline<br />
walked, O'Connor fouled out, and O'<br />
Donnell flew out to second, which ended<br />
it for a while. <strong>The</strong> first two Berkeley<br />
men up, R. Boetiger and Mouson, hit<br />
easy flies to O'Connor and Woeruer, and<br />
C. Boetiger was thrown out at first by<br />
<strong>The</strong>obald on a grounder.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second inning ushered in the<br />
fun. DeBoom hit safe and stole second.<br />
Graham fouled to catcher. Hamilton<br />
hit and ^hile lie stole second Billy<br />
plowed down to third. Woerner dropped<br />
a pretty one just behind third scoring<br />
DeBootn and Hamilton. <strong>The</strong>n Doolittle<br />
got first on balls, and Woerner stole<br />
third. <strong>The</strong>obald tried the walking to<br />
first; Scheeline wanted to run there, but<br />
the center-fielder thought not, so nabbed<br />
Harry's fly. Woerner scored on the indecision<br />
of the short stop and "Dooie"<br />
stole third. Bert was then on second<br />
and O'Connor had reached first. O'Donnell<br />
then hit to the second base-man<br />
who, while recovering his equilibrium,<br />
let "Dooie" and <strong>The</strong>obald score. O'Connor<br />
stopped the fun about this time by<br />
being caught dreaming off third. But'<br />
the score stood <strong>Lowell</strong>—5; Berkeley—o.<br />
Berkeley went out in one-two-three<br />
order by two assists from the infield and<br />
one strike-out.<br />
a 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> third brought nothing but<br />
out*" to, <strong>Lowell</strong>. But in Beri<br />
half there occurred a cleverly ea<br />
double play. Swisy hjt safe .]<br />
short. McQuestin drove a low 01<br />
struck just in front of O'Donnet<br />
shoved it over to Hamilton puttij<br />
Swisy, but before McQuestin<br />
reach first Hamilton tad^'slami<br />
into Graham's mitt. It was b<br />
such neatness and dispatch that<br />
realized what had been done ui<br />
umpire called "two out;" <strong>The</strong> tl<br />
was made by DeBoom catching<br />
ning across first with the ball in 1<br />
put R. Boetiger out.<br />
In the fourth <strong>Lowell</strong> again<br />
Woerner. on his second time<br />
pretty one near the foul-line<br />
third. Doolittle hit and<strong>The</strong>obs<br />
a clever bunt and beat it out<br />
filling the bases. Scheeline<br />
get even with the center-field, si<br />
the fence behind him for two baj<br />
ing Woerner and fcl Dooie^-"j'AT<br />
time Farrar had nervous prpstrj<br />
was replaced by McKenzie;;<br />
thing done to him, howeyer,.wj<br />
O'Connor hit a long pne to rij<br />
let in <strong>The</strong>obald. O^pnnell<br />
couldn't hit safely* so the inixij<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>—8; Berkeley—or<br />
Berkeley did nothing in her<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> ditto m the^first^of tbe<br />
ing. Berkeley in her half cpuk<br />
to do any better, so <strong>Lowell</strong>]<br />
breathed easier.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> put three men up in<br />
and McKenzie and his support;<br />
no one of them reached second]<br />
by their success Berkeley mad|<br />
tally in the last of this inning. 3<br />
safely reached first. Withat<br />
out, while Nelson was stcalicj<br />
Warren hit to right field, and,<br />
held the ball too loafr Whej<br />
throw, the ball came over to<br />
and Nelson scored, while
<strong>The</strong> third brought nothing but "three<br />
out=," to <strong>Lowell</strong>, But in Berkeley's<br />
half there occurred a cleverly executed<br />
double play. Swisy hit safe behind<br />
short. McQuestin drove a low one that<br />
struck just in front of O'Donnell, who<br />
shoved it over to Hamilton putting out<br />
Swisy, but before McQuestin could<br />
reach first Hamilton had slammed it<br />
into Graham's mitt. It was done with<br />
such neatness and dispatch that no one<br />
realized what had been done until the<br />
umpire called (l two out." <strong>The</strong> third out<br />
was made by DeBoom catching and running<br />
across first with the ball in time to<br />
put R. Boetiger out.<br />
In the fourth <strong>Lowell</strong> again scored.<br />
Woerner on his second time up hit a<br />
pretty one near the foul-line behind<br />
third. Doolittle hit and <strong>The</strong>obald made<br />
a clever bunt and beat it out to first,<br />
filling the bases. Scheeline wanted to<br />
get even with the center-field, so he hit<br />
the tence behind him for two bags, scoring<br />
Woerner and * l Dooie." About this<br />
time Farrar had nervous prostration and<br />
was replaced by McKenzie. <strong>The</strong> first<br />
thing done tc him, however, was when<br />
0*Connor hit a long one to right that<br />
let in <strong>The</strong>obald. CVDonnell and Billy<br />
couldn't hit safely, so the inning ended<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>—8 ; Berkeley—o.<br />
Berkeley did nothing in her half and<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> ditto in the first of the fifth innt<br />
ing. Berkeley in her half couldn't seem<br />
to do any better, so <strong>Lowell</strong> rooters<br />
breathed easier.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> put three men up in the sixth,<br />
and McKenzie and his support saw that<br />
no one of them reached second. Elated<br />
by their success Berkeley made her first<br />
tally in the last of this inning. Nelson<br />
safely reached first. Witham struck<br />
out, while Nelson was stealing second.<br />
Warren hit to right field, and Doolittle<br />
held the ball too long;. When he did<br />
throw, the ball came over to the bench<br />
and Nelson scored, - 1 " 11 er t<br />
while W w m<br />
- Warren<br />
THE LOWELL 69<br />
reached third. Swisy then hit behind<br />
third and Warren scored another run.<br />
Harry threw badly to first trying to<br />
catch Swisy, who reached second on<br />
the attempt.<br />
DeBoom got excited about this time<br />
and before he knew what he was doing<br />
he had struck out McQuestin and Mc-<br />
Kensie. Score—<strong>Lowell</strong>, 8; Berkeley, 2.<br />
In the seventh it looked as though<br />
we might have scored again. O'Donnell<br />
was on second. DeBoom had flown out<br />
to second. Graham, seeing the big gap<br />
the Berkeley first and second basemen<br />
left between them drove a pretty one<br />
through it. O'Donnell reached third<br />
and Graham ambled toward second.<br />
Hamilton tried to score one or both of<br />
them, but luck was against him and<br />
O'Donnell was caught on the throw-in of<br />
Mead's grounder to short. Woerner,<br />
popped one into the shortstop's trusty<br />
glove and <strong>Lowell</strong> took the field. In<br />
Berkeley's half the only thing that occurred<br />
was Graham's pretty pickup of<br />
the assist to put Monson out.<br />
But hi the eighth <strong>Lowell</strong> made her<br />
ninth and last run. McKenzie passed<br />
Doolittle, <strong>The</strong>obald bunted again safely<br />
Scheeline hit a corking single to right,<br />
filling the bases. But O'Connor hit a<br />
high easy one to right, and O'Donaell's<br />
in-field fly was quickly taken in hand.<br />
Just about this time Doolittle scoied on<br />
R. Boetiger's error. DeBoom then flew<br />
out to second.<br />
Following this, Berkeley also scored<br />
her last run. Nelson got his base on<br />
balls, and stole second on Scbceline's<br />
return to DeBoom, who then struck out<br />
Witham and Warren. Swisy hit into the<br />
corner of the right-field fence and Nelson<br />
scored. McQuestion hit to center,<br />
Woerner quickly threw in to DeBociD,<br />
who got the ball to Scheeline just in<br />
time to cut off Swisy at the plate.<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong> did nothing in the ninth<br />
Berkeley made a desperate rally, but
70 T H E L O W E L L<br />
could not score. She got three men on a great game, striking out eight men<br />
the bases at different ticaes, but none and allowing but seven hits. <strong>Lowell</strong><br />
reached borne. And just to show he made a total of fourteen hits, proving<br />
was still there good and strong DeBbom what we have said all along, that no<br />
struck the last man out; Final score— team can head us off in the terrific slug-<br />
I,o-.veil, 9; Berkeley, 3. ging that opposing pi.chers get, and<br />
<strong>No</strong>thing much can be said otherwise added to this <strong>Lowell</strong> made but two<br />
than the score shows. DeBoom pitched errors to her opponents four.<br />
- <strong>The</strong> score follows. , • *<br />
'•- "• XiOWELt ' ' A. B. R. B. H. S. B. ' I\ O, A. E'.<br />
Tbeonald. 3b.. ..'. 3 2 1 1 : 0 4 0<br />
Scheelina, c 4 0 3 0 .11 0 1<br />
O'Connor. 1 f 5 0 1 0 2 0 , 0<br />
O'Donne'lUs. s 5 0 1 1 0 2 0<br />
DeBoom, p 3 1 1 1 2 3 1<br />
Graham, ib 5 0 1 1 9 1 0<br />
Hamilton, 2b 5 1 ' 3 1 1 2 0<br />
Woerner, c f.. 5 2 2 1 1 1 -•' 0<br />
Doolittle, r. « 3 3 1 1 ,1 0 0<br />
Total 38 '9 14 7 27 13 2<br />
BSRKHLEY A. B. ,R B. H. S. B P. O. A. , E,<br />
R. Boetiger, c 4 0 0 1 5 2 * / 0<br />
C. Monson, ib 5 0 0 0 <strong>10</strong> 0 0<br />
O Buetiger, c f 4 0 0 2 2 0 0<br />
E. Nelson, s. s 4 2 2 2 -3 5 1<br />
Withani, 2b 3 0 0 0 4 1 1<br />
Warren. If 4 1 2 0 0 0 0<br />
SwUy. 3b 4 0 1 0 1 -2 c<br />
McQnestin. r. f 4 0 1 0 2 0 0<br />
Fanar, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
McKenzie, p 2 0 J 0 0 4 0<br />
Total 00 3 7 f) 27 ' 14 4<br />
Runs nr.d htr> by innir.gs:<br />
SCOKE.<br />
i 2 3 4 n IV ' 7 8 9<br />
<strong>Lowell</strong>, runs 0 ft 0 3 0 0 0 1 0— 9<br />
ly.wcll, hits 0 4 • • 1 4 0 1' 0 3 1—14<br />
Berkeley, runs 0 0 (I 0 0 2 0 1 0-3<br />
Berkeley, hits 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2—7<br />
Summary: Earned runs—<strong>Lowell</strong>, 5; Berkeley. 1. Two base hits—Scheeline,<br />
McQuestion. Struck out—By DeBooru. 8 ;. hy Farrar, 1; by McKenzie. 1. Sacrifice<br />
hits—<strong>The</strong>obald, 1. Bas. on balls—DeBoom, 3; Farrar, 3; McKenzie, 2.<br />
D)uble plays—O'Donnellto Hamilton to Graham. Hit by pitched ball—McKenzie;<br />
Wild pitch—McKenzie. Time of gaaze—1:55.' ' Umpire—Walter Plait. Official<br />
scorer—Victor H. Levy . .-<br />
BASICKT BALL REVIEW. left <strong>Lowell</strong> on a leave of absent, Th^ee'<br />
( - buring the school year of 1901-02, years ago, largely through -Miss Kingsbasket<br />
ball has recovered most of the bury's efforts, basket ball received new<br />
strength and popularity it lost when impetus at <strong>Lowell</strong> and was re-established<br />
Miss Kingsbury, our history teacher, on a firm basis. At first things didn't al-<br />
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Athletic<br />
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THE LOWELL<br />
ways go just right and the girls at times<br />
would grow despondent, but Miss Kingsbury<br />
was constantly near to advise and<br />
to urge them on with undauuted enthusiasm.<br />
Such spirit is bound to affect<br />
those who encounter it. <strong>No</strong>r did it fail<br />
to do so in this instance. It affected<br />
those girls so vigorously that the happy<br />
result was the basket bail team which,<br />
in December '99, went to Reno, and wits<br />
Miss Kingsbury playing goal, defeated<br />
the team of the University of Nevada.<br />
But unfortunately for us, Miss Kingsoury<br />
left on a leave of absence the next<br />
year, taking her enthusiasm with her.<br />
la consequence, basket ball at <strong>Lowell</strong>,<br />
like our old friend Humpty Dumpty, had<br />
a bad fall Yet unlike Humpt> r Dumpty,<br />
basket ball had enough vitality left to<br />
rise once more. In October ? oi. a new<br />
basket bill club was organized under the<br />
most hopeful auspices. It seemed as<br />
though the supply of members would<br />
even exceed the demand. Over thirty<br />
signified their willingness to join. <strong>The</strong><br />
Athletic Association promised financial<br />
assistance Money, therefore, seemed<br />
abundant; players, in profusion; enthusiasm,<br />
high ; success, assured.<br />
However, it was soon discovered anew<br />
that ll tlicve*s mauy a slip "twixl the cup<br />
and the lip. 1 * Without the experienced<br />
guide of two years before, many details<br />
were overlooked which needed immediate<br />
attention. Time was lGSt and patience well<br />
nigh exhausted by repeated disappointments.<br />
Finally matters were arranged<br />
to the satisfaction of all concerned, but<br />
not until <strong>No</strong>vember had passed. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
practice work began iu earnest, and has<br />
since continued without cessation, except<br />
during the Christmas holidays.<br />
Consideiing that during the winter<br />
months the girls had to brave all sorts<br />
of stormy weather to reach their praciice<br />
hall at the Girls' High School, (oh! for<br />
a gymnasium at <strong>Lowell</strong>!!) this record<br />
is indeed very creditable.<br />
Although the girls began to practice<br />
fully two months after basket ball in<br />
other schools was well uuder way, and<br />
in spite of the fact that most of them<br />
were beginners, they have made excellent<br />
progress. Of course there have<br />
been no match games. It would indeed<br />
be gross ignorance to expect that-in so<br />
short a time they could meet the veteran<br />
teams of other schools in real earnest.<br />
But firtiefue games have b-eu frequent.<br />
. In these games the results have invari*<br />
ably been surprisingly good f< r the<br />
team, and each successive one has shown<br />
marked and steady improvement in<br />
technical skill, speed and team work.<br />
Miss Plac , the coach, cannot refrain<br />
from promising future triumphs, and<br />
expressing her satisfaction in most encouraging<br />
terms.<br />
SpaltJiue's Athletic Goods are St Spatdinc's Bis^h«tl]<br />
A. G. SPALDING & BROS.<br />
Athletic Outfitters<br />
YORK care AGO<br />
35' New Montgomery St.<br />
THIRD FLOOR<br />
N FRANCISCO<br />
M)c vonr retailer for our goods. If he wili not supply you or want* you to bny nomcthine<br />
else, come to our supply office. 3rd floor. Building, 35 New Montgomery<br />
Street, aorf we will care for your wants.<br />
Athletic Uniforms that are Correct<br />
are Offical<br />
Tennis aud Golf Oatfits that are UD to date<br />
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PRACTICAL WRITING<br />
.By a Student of California Business College)<br />
OPPORTUNITY<br />
Comes to all, but only those who are prepared to grasp it reap the reward.<br />
Many young men and young women are groping blindly along in the darkness<br />
of incompetency with no daylight of progress and promise ahead, when<br />
six months at California Business College* the "thorough school,"<br />
would open up a world of opportunity before them. What we have done for<br />
hundreds of others, we can do for you.<br />
POSITIONS<br />
During April we had 53 applications from business men for our graduates,<br />
over a third more than we could fill. Do satisfactory work with us and<br />
you are very certain to get a good position.<br />
SOCIAL LIFE<br />
<strong>The</strong> social developement of our students i
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THE LOWELL 73<br />
In all large cities there are a few men who by common consent are chosen as the representative<br />
leaders in their profession. This has fallen to the lot of Prof. Chas. F. Graeber, to be<br />
cuo.sen as the most popular and successful teacher in high art music circles in San Franci&co.<br />
I rof. Graeber is a native of Newark, New Jersey, where he received his musical education, Ke<br />
commenced leaching ir San Francisco in 1SS5, and his class is the largest in the city: frequently<br />
running over <strong>10</strong>0 pupils, about equally divided on the three instruments; viz.,<br />
HANDOLIN, BANJO and GUITAR.<br />
Having a large and select clientele, he has made a practice of giving weekly rehearsals,<br />
ana once a year a general concert, which has created much enthusiasm and popularity. Prof.<br />
Uraeber is not only pre eminent in his profession as a performer and artist, but possesses the<br />
nappy faculty ot imparting knowledge to his pupils.<br />
AN INFERENCE.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Professor—Yes, a caterpillar is<br />
the most voracious living thing. In a<br />
month it will eat about six hundred<br />
times its own weight.<br />
Dear Mrs. Krnot—Whose boy did you<br />
say lie was?—Ex.<br />
LIFE IN CHINA.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> powers," remarked the Empress,<br />
as she glanced over the latest ultimatum,<br />
1 'appear to be cutting up high Chinks."<br />
With a sigh she requested twelve more<br />
suicides, thoughtfully presenting each<br />
man with a cho-ker, or strangling collar,<br />
worn by the foreign tribe of Chappies.—Ex<br />
DANCING TAUGHT<br />
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JUVENILE, INTERMEDIATE<br />
AND ADULT CLASSES : :<br />
Mornings, Afternoons and Evenings<br />
Private Lessons at any Time<br />
Hal! may b: rented for HrdW, Banquets. Parties, Etc<br />
Get a Wage=Earning<br />
EDUCATION<br />
<strong>The</strong> first year's salary of our pupils who<br />
obtained positions last year is $<strong>10</strong>0,000<br />
Our pupils are successful because they are<br />
trained right.<br />
What others are doing,you can do.<br />
Do not fail to call on us. It may mean<br />
the opening of a successful career.<br />
Typewriter furnished free at home to each<br />
shorthand pupil<br />
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To Whom It May Concern:<br />
As an answer to the numerous inquiries for information<br />
as to the best college to attend for the<br />
purpose of acquiring a practical know^Jge of<br />
shorthand, we take pleasure in advising our<br />
Iriends and acquaintances desirous of perfecting<br />
themselves in this most useful art that in our<br />
judgment the GALLAGHER-MARSH COL-<br />
L&GB Parrott Building, S. F-, CalM is the one<br />
to attend for such purpose.<br />
Very respectfully yours,<br />
OfficU Reporters Supreme Coun State of California<br />
NOTE: Do you realize the value of a course<br />
of instruction at this College? You should remember<br />
that ROBT. F- GALLAGHER, the Expert<br />
Court Fteporter and author of the GALLA-<br />
(rHEK-MARSB SYSTEM OF SHORTHAND<br />
teaches his business for $50. This is the only<br />
College on the Pacific Coast where the reportorial<br />
style of shorthand is taught.<br />
.Waster the art of phrasing, and you will have<br />
no difficulty in reading your notes.
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121CH Polk St<br />
Oysters IR an Styles<br />
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PRINTER AND PUBLISHER<br />
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1
<strong>The</strong> above flourished bird i< a specimen from the pen of Mr. J. L. Williams, Manager of<br />
AYRES' BUSINESS COLLEOE, 723 Market St.<br />
Write for a free specimen of penmarship and compare It with specimen received from<br />
any school in San Francisco. Yon will easily recognize the superiority of our work<br />
We excel in every atndy taught in the Commercial and Shorthand Course*,<br />
Any yonng person desiring a thorough bnsines* training should attend AYRES C COv-<br />
LEGE for the following reasons:<br />
Uii: czvzscz of ztii^y sr* «.• thomnab *nd complete as moner *n
Wisdom Consists in doing the right thing at the right<br />
time ;v :<br />
We are all wise—afterwards—when it is too late, '<br />
<strong>The</strong> time to take care of your health is when you<br />
have it. - , : ;::<br />
J^ever allow yourself to get into a rut or a groqyer<br />
either physically or mentally, - ~<br />
Break the monotony that makes so many niei3n|ind<br />
v/omen old long before their time. . ' •<br />
Take zx\ occasional trip.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Country along the California <strong>No</strong>rthwestern Railway<br />
is not the only place to visit, but it certainly<br />
is tiie best. . : . - > :. / .*:,.-"<br />
Its Location between the coast and the interior .<br />
affords that salubrious climate which iavites,<br />
living in the op?n air, and fills up the system <<br />
with renewed energy. . - ;; : ^i r ^<br />
Gait 01 write for<br />
44 VACATION, 1902 '*<br />
A little book issued by the Calffornit <strong>No</strong>rthwestern<br />
way Company, (<strong>The</strong> Picturesque Rout#pfgiving<br />
Camping Locations. Hotels, Mineral Spring R^<br />
sorts, and a long iist of Country Homes where 6oar4<br />
for the summer can be secured at from $6.00 to $8-ob:<br />
per week. " '<br />
TicK«t M(^cef,^5« Masitcl St.. ;Cbn5tiicIe UuiMfng) Mrwt TiUdron Perry, foot of MartrtTfifc'<br />
(.cnrr*i Office, Mutual Life UtiiMi-^c, 5ii.ii«otne nod California SfU..6An FrssdUeow :<br />
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