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VOL. 2 SAN
An Incident of the
It is the year 400 B. C.
near the men of Greece ai
The small town of Ellis
the gates. Men-of all nati
are coming to see the gam
Zeus, Ruler of the Gods,
of the town lies a small ci|
the outskirts of which
athletes have their quartei
be found some of the TTH
men of the time. Nicanoi
and Athnon, the winner, v
move about in oue of
speak about the chances
the coming trials. "Triaj
never in his life has he sei
runner as Paeon," says Ni|
will be sure to win the do):
replied the other. ''All
it except, the Spartans and
t'iey would too if.they
judiced against us."
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of the last day of the com
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the aulos and the.diaulos.
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VOL. 2 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., SEPTEMBER, 1898. No. 1
An Incident of the 94th Olympiad.
It is the year 400 B. C. From far and
near the men of Greece are assembling.
The small town of Ellis is crowded to
the gates. Men-of all nations an

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for a moment and ihen one cf them btckoned
to the herald. ''Tell the people
that Paeon is ruled off the stadion for
life and continue the g:\mes," he said.
Thus the hopes for glory of the great
city of Athens was shattered by a man
©f Croton,
The race was run and although for a
time it looked as if the Spartans would
win. Almetes the Crotonian carried off
the laurel wreath and so ends the great
Olympian games.
Nearly four years later the Elisians
published their usual prohibition of acts
of war in tb^r territories which pre-
• ceded ail the Olympiads, and also their
notice to the cities of Greece concerning
the entry of competitors.
Criteon, the cestus wielder, had two
sons; one, Mastor, was a man in the
prime of life; the other, Ephlon, a youth
of eighteen. The older of the two was a
splendid runner and was selected to go
V> the games to represent Crpton in the
dolichos, and although | it was well
known in the city that Ephlon was
nearly as good a runner as his brother
and had all the qualifications necessary
to enter the contest he was not considered
at all.
When all the rest of the contestants
\had been selected these two accompanied
by their father and trainer Histomas
set out in a great crowd for Elis, since
the Athenians had threatened to kill the
Crotonian who was to run the dolichos,
on account of their disappointment four
years before.
. When the competitors had arrived in
the territory of the Elisians which was
senC-ered safe to the son of Criteon, for
anyone doing anything prohibited by
%he( proclamation was held to be cursed
by Zeus, the four companions separated
themselves from the great body of Crotonians
and proceeded alone.
For two days all went well and they
bad just pitched camp for the night
when ciies were heard from Mastor who
had strayed a short distance away.
When his friends got to him they were
surprised to find him bound hand and
foot and surrounded by a number of men
who, being in the shadow, could not be
distinctly seen.
Then Criteon spoke, "unbind that
man, know you not that whosever does
an act of violence in this sacred territory
is cursed by Zeus? Dare you brave the
anger of the greatest of the Gods?" Then
one of the men, easily recognizable as
Paeon stepped forward and said, " Do
you, O. Criteon, think that when the
Gods have treated a man as they have
treated me, he cares what more they
can do to him? " u No, go on, old man to
Elis and there blast the hopes of your
countrymen as mine and those of my
countrymen were destroyed and when
they ask you who has done this tell
them Paeon," and with a scornful laugh
that echoed through the adjacent hills
he and his band vanished taking Mastor
and Criteon's hopes for glory with them.
That night was one of desolation for
the occupants of Criteon's tent. The
old man though over three score raged
jp and down and in his fury struck the
trees such terrible blows as when 30
years before the mighty Milo of Syracuse
had fallen before him under such a
deadly cestus stroke that the "blow of
Criteon," passed into a proverb. All
that night did he keep it up and the
next morning he fell into a melancholy
mood which continued all day.
Towards night Ephlon approached
his father and after talking a few moments,
on minor matters he said, "My
father I think that if you would enter
me to run in the dolichos I might have
a chance to win; you know I have
trained faithfully .for the Jastyear. Can
you not do it and thus foil Paeon and
Athenians? After thinking a few minutes
Criteon answered. "When we
reach Elis to morrow I
chief men of Croton wha
about it and if they favor
do it."
Twenty four hours late
uproar during many yean
Elis. Ten thousands Cro
vengeance on Paeon ar
Many wished to attack
camp on the other side of
the instant and were re
with the greatest difficult}
men. Then Criteon infor
important Crotonians of 1
feat the Athenians by
younger son and as it wa
ceived he did so unknov
himself and them.
•The dolichos as usua
event on ihe program o
During the next week
Athenian met a Crotoi
looks were exchanged' a
two occasion blows.
Far away trom the cifc
stands the sacred olive gi
their greenish foliage 1<
tents of the Croton athelet
it is late in the night Eph!
his couch at the stars 'I
a boy of 18, is to run in th
hardest race of the gam
ago Criteon came in to see
had always felt more of
for his silent father, little
amount of love the Sp;
man had for him.
After standing a long
son's side Criteon finally
my son Thou knowest our
brought glory to Croton.
that the statues of thy gr
of thy father stand amon
of Olympiads. Now it is
ray-.son, for the love th
thee, for thy city, win th
row, and with this 'Criteon
In the'early dawn of t

each Elis to morrow I will ask the
chief men of Croton what they think
about it and if they favor the idea 1 will
do it."
Twenty four hours later the greatest
uproar during many years was heard in
EHs. Ten thousands Crotonians vowed
vengeance on Paeon and his band.
Many wished to attack ihe Athenian
camp on the other side of the valley on
the instant and were restrained only
with the greatest difficulty by the calmer
men. Then Criteon informed the most
important Grotonians of his plan to defeat
the Athenians by puttbg in hiis
younger son and as it was favorably received
he did so unknown to any but
himself and them.
The dolichos as usual was the last
event on the program of the games.
During the next week whenever an
Athenian met a Crotonian lowering
looks were'exchanged and on one or
two occasion blows.
Far away trom the city in darkness
stands the sacred olive grove. Against
their greenish foliage loomed up tire
tents of the Croton atheletes. Although
it is late in the night Ephlon gazes from
his couch at the stavs To morrow, he,
a boy of i8, is to run in the dolichos the
hardest race of the games. Not long
ago Criteon came in to see the youth who
had always felt more of awe than love
for his silent father, little knowing the
amount of love the Spartan like old
man had for him.
1 After standing a long time by his
son's side Criteon finally said, "Ephlon
my son Thou knowest our race has ever
brought glory to Croton. Thou knowest
that the statues of thy grand-father and
of thy father stand among the winners
of Olympiads. Now it is thy turn. O!
my -son, for the love thy father bears
thee, for thy city, win the race to-morrow,
and with this Criteon is gone.
In the'early dawn of the next morn-
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ing Ephloti is awakened and afce'r a hurried
breakfast he goes to the temple of
Zeus to take his oath that he will use no
trickery in his race and that he has
trained ten months in preparation.
As soon as the signal is given for *;he
race the boy starts from the base of the
hill Kronian where the men of Croton
have ibeir stand and with a crowd of
contestants passes through the vaulted
tunnel lined by brazen Zar.es and comes
out on the stadion in full glare of the
sunlight.
As far as can be seen the hills are
covered with people Men of all nations
are here Here the Hebrew jostles the
man from Spain and the Greek the
Egyptian Men of all callings are'here.
Great poetst mathematicians and writers
throng around the race course. To-day
Ephlon races before an assembled wot Id';
The course stretches 'out long and
straight before' him, the goals at eacli
end marked by two large gleaming slabs
of marble. Tei* times must a runner
touch each of these to cover the twenty
lengths. Above the slabs marking
both start an.}, finishing point sit the
judges the ten Helenodikae and opposite
them hi^h above the common crowd siis
the sallow faced Priestess of Demcter,
the only woman allowed to see the
games.
After the question about the honor
and anticedants of the competitors conies
the command. "Every runner place bis
foot on the mark," then a trumpet note
and they are off.
Near the starting point sits Criteon
to whom, not knowing much about the
running contents, it seems as if his son is
lagging very far behind, but he soon
understands the reason, for the great
body of inexperienced youths, rushing
forward as hard as they can; touch the
. marble-block-at-"the farther. end of the
course and instantly turning retrace
their course and as some are still coming

when the first turn back a wild jostle
results and from it emerges a youth who
having sprained his ankle limps painfully
out of the race.
A small group of older runners however,
including Ephlon, hang back until
the first rush is past and then retracing
their steps are soon at the heels of the
others. The knowing ones look to this
small group for the winner. Here are
Linetes, the fleet Athenian winner and
the Spartan Antenor, winner of the
dolichos at the Pythian games, and
Calphas who defeated Antenor at the
recent Isthmian games by a desperate
effort. Back of them all is Ephlon.
One after another the stadia are tra»
versed and those who led in the beginning
gradually give place to the four in
the small group, and at the end of the
15th course are hopelessly beaten.
Kistomas jumps up in his seat and
exclaims excitedly/*For 56 years have I
seen dolichos run and never yet as fast
a one as this, human flesh cannot stand
it much longer,"
Antenor leads, close at his^beels is his
rival from hated Athens. Calphos is
third and then Ephlon, A deep roar of
encouragement goes up as each champion
flashes past his countrymen. Suddenly
in the smdst of a stride Calphas
plunges forward on his face, his last
dolichos run.
"Ephlon, Ephlon, for your city" roar
the Crotonians and at the word he comes
up to the leaders and they know there
is another to dispute the race with them.
Step by stepi stride for stride, the
three stagger on,, the finish is but a few
steps away, when through the dimness
fast clouding the boy's senses a voice
pierces. ll On, Ephlon, On, Oh my son,
for your city," and almost in the last
stride of the race the boy gives a spring
and crosses the marble a fraction of a
second before the others.
And with the feeling of the cold
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stone comes a great darkness and
Ephlon knows nothing more until he
finds himself standing in the temple of
the Zeus on the chryselephantine table
the Zeuxes made. Around him are his
father's strong arms. He hears the
chants, 'Teuella, Teuella, Hail to the
victor," and feels on his forehead the
wreath which crowns him before the
world winner of the dolichos.
And the Athenians are foiled.
EDWARD G. CAHILI,, '99.
Bicycle Gearing.
Very few riders take the trouble to
estimate the comparative number of
revolutions of the pedals of two differently
geared wheels in covering the same
distance. I have compared two gears..
80 and 64. and give some approximate
figures which I think will be interesting.
With a 64 gear, 16 feet ro inches are
covered by one revolution of the pedals;
21 feet is covered by an So gear. In riding
one mile with a 64 gear, the pedals
revolve 315 times, while with an So
.gear, they revolve only 252 times.
Finally, wjien you ride a mile in three
minutes with a 64 gear, the pedals revolve
1% times in a second; while in
going the same distance at the same
rate of speed with an 80 gear, the pedals
only revolve 1 2-5 times per second.
SPROCKET
Appropriate for Skates.
" A boy told me to-day that there were
fishes called skates, but I didn't believe
t," said Ben.
" Oh yes, there are," said his father.
" Do they swim in ice water ? " asked
Ben.
Absent-minded Professor (in the bathtub)—"
Well, well, now I have forgotten
what I got in here tor" ^-Fliegende Blatter.
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Sic semper tyraiuiik
Last evening, as I was sij
my fire in a large and comfoi
without any light other than]
fire,—a condition ever cot?du<
ulation,—I found myself th;
the difference between the
the world at the present tiin<
eight months ago. I thougl
how great a change has beei
a time so short comparativt
ally darkness settles down
as the fire in the grate burnsl
last nought remains but tf
embers, casting a little unstej
the hearth.
As, almost unconscious,
these, I seem to see a most
A man is tied securely to a
another man, upon whose col
written the word "brute," si
a heavy rawhide whip. Tlj
tioned—apparently a slave—\
gling for freedom, but all to,
the knots have been secureII
looks as though he once had|
and powerful man, but he ha
duced by suffering and stai
he is now a mere skeleton,
and pleading-; have no efft
persecutor, who is, if appe|
anything, one of that class
delight in the sufferings of
they can control, but who daj
anything of their own size.
But the slave is destined
end than death by that ty
A third person now appears
Indignation at the cruel w<
passion for the sufferer are
time depicted upon his fal
single blow of his powerful
pressor is felled to the groi
moment more the other one
Ins bonds.
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THE LOWELL
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though her years number but one hundred
and twenty, yet is more bent upou
right and justice than the oldest European
state; that country whose every
inhabitant has chosen and is carrying
out in daily life the motto of the immortal
Lincoln, 'With malice toward
none, with charity towards all;' that
country which, when all Europe looked
upon the Spanish outrages in Cuba, and
said, 'This thing must be stopped, 1
went to work and did stop it; that country
which to-day stands up as an example
to the whole -civilized world, saying
to it, 'Sic semper tyrannis ' "
Here Sir Roger stopped, exhasted.
Captain Sentry and I were much astonished
at Sir Roger's speaking so heatedly,
but we took it as a good sign ; and, I
confess, I thought for a moment that he
was forgettiug at last the widow who had
held-him as a suitor in his youthful days,
and who had given him over for some
other gentleman.
• "But," said I to the Captain, "the
newspapers tell us that the war with
Spain has cost the Americans as much
as $200,000,000, besides hundreds of
lives. And the prime object of the war
was to free Cuba from Spanish oppression.
Was the cause worthy the cost? 1 '
He replied. " Worthy the cost ? Whydtcidedly
yts ! The nation's honor is
worth $200,000,000, and a million times
more, if it be necessary ! Yes,—it was
-worth the Virginius and the Maine outrages
too— the former passed over by the
government,*but by no means forgotten ;
it was worth the lives of the prisoners
put to death in Mono Castle. All these
were causes tending toward the freedom
jaf Cuba; and, if they had never been,
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the Cubans might not yet have seen the
dawn of freedom. * De nihilo nihil fit!' "
"Three cheers for the United States,' 7
cried Sir Roger.
Three cheers were given with such a
will that the landlady, three floors below,
heard them, and came up to my room tosee
what was the matter. Being assured
that no one was being murdered, she
again retired to her den on the fifth floor.
This little incident reminded my friends
that it was growing very late,— a fact
which none of us had noticed in our discussion,—
and so they left me. After
they had departed, I thought over our
conversation, and repeated to myself the
old Latin phrase, " Sic semper tyrannis.'*
L. W. STOCKER. ; 99.
A Soft Answer.
Said the wise man, "A soft answer
turneth away wrath." A lady who believed
in this precept said to her fouryear-old
Nellie, who is somewhat quicktempered,
"If one of your playmates,
speaks rudely to you, return a sofr
answer."
"Soft?"
u Yes. Now run along and play;
Mamma is busy."
The child went out on the lawn, where
a neighbor's boy was mending a kite.
She accidentally broke the kite still
more, whereby the boy was made angry.
"I don't like you; you're a horrid
thing ! " he said.
Little Nellie's eyes flashed, and she
was about to reply with a very unkind
remark, when suddenly recalling her
mother's advice about a soft answer,
she looked the boy right in the eye and
said meekly and slowly, "Musk."
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de Cluny.]
CHAS. G. NO]
I was not nor am I noj
choice, or for any love of
arti-st by the wish of m;
aunt, upon whose bount;
aunt is, as I have said,
lady with a mania for ;
love for me, and at the ei
she destined me for the lil
Therefore on account of
quence of events and tin
rich aunt on poor pareni
in gay Paree in the yet
eighteen hundred and ei]
to pursue my vocation
artists of the world.
What I want to write oi
my adventures in the
which may be of interest.
de Cluny is, as I reinembl
dark, musty building full
and red-hangings, and paj
for some tapestry depictii
David and Bathsheba.
it held within its broad
people as King Louis of
of England, the Duke de
others of equal note am
held my poor, unworth;
my after sorrow and ch|
venture, if it may be c;
ture.was not, as you shal!
be remembered by me
gering thoughts.
Now the Hotel de Cli
eat state of dilapidation)
Thanks to M. de Somnn
tains many very intej
What was of especial i]
as an artist, was a rooi
and spacious, containin;
2OD splendid specimens
served with infinite care
ment and placed in the
to satisfy the hungry g
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Edward, The Black Prince, in The Hotel
de Cluny.
CHAS. G. NORRIS
I was not nor am I now an artist by
choice or for any love of art, but I am an
arti-it by the wish of my venerable old
aunt, upon whose bounty I exist. My
aunt is, as I have said, a venerable old
lady with a mania for art and a warm
love for me, and at the early age of six,
she destined me for the life of a painter.
Therefore on account of the natural sequence
of events and the influence of a
rich aunt on poor parents I found myselt
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there that had been worn by kings and
barons, and knights of the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries and these were
all excellent models for me. They were
arranged on pedestals around the room,
fitted on frames and had a very lifelike
appearance. Now as I was about
to begin on a large painting of the Battle
of Portiers I was very desirous to get
some studies for it, and especially a painting
of the armour of El ward, the Black
•Prince who was to be my central figure.
This one had an excellent pose and I
wanted permission to paint it. Now as
in gay Paree in the year of our I^ord visitors are only allowed in the Hotel de
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, there Cluny on Tuesdays and Fridays, I was
to pursue my vocation under the best forced to obtain a permit allowing my
artists of the world. entrance to the hotel on all week days.
What I want to write of now is of one of
my adventures in the Hotel de Cluny
which may be of interest. Now the Hotel
de Cluny is, as I remembered it, a large,
dark, musty building full of old furniture
The following Monday morning I came
on my first visit with my easel and canvas
to the hotel to sketch a portrait of
the renowned Prince's black armour.
Here I worked faithfully all day and
and red hangings, and particularly noted Tuesday saw me still at it. No
for some tapestry depicting the story of disturbed me on Monday, only
one
the
David and Bathsheba. Once, long ago warder came in, dusting the armour
it held within its broad walls such noted and singing softly to himself. He seempeople
as King Louis of France, Mary ed to take great interest in my work,
of England, the Duke de Guise and many telling me if I would send it to the
others of equal note and last of all it Salon he would wager his last dollar that
held my poor, unworthy self much to it would take the prize. He was a nice
my after sorrow and chagrin. My ad- fellow, but with a disposition which*I
venture, if it may be called an adven- should dresd to cross. He worshipped
ture.was not, as you shall see, a thing to his knights, taking as muck • care m
be remembered by me with happy, lin- dusting and arranging them as a child
thoughts.
Now the Hotel de Cluny in its present
state of dilapidation, is a museum.
Thanks to M. de Sommerand, and contains
many very interesting curios.
What was of especial interest to me,
os an artist, was a room, rather long
and spacious, containing some 150 or
2oo splendid specimens of armour preserved
with hi finite care by the government
and placed in the Hotel de Cluny
to satisfy the hungry gaze of English
tourists. There were suits of armour
does over its dolls. He warned me on
my first arrival not to touch the bright
steel with my damp fingers as he assured
me the steel would rust. On
Tuesday but few visitors came to the
old room, and these in no way disturbed
me. By Wednesday I had the figure in
and almost done, but some how it did
not satisfy me. Thursday found me
getting tired and I was not working
as hard as usual. I was leaning back
in my chair when an idea struck me, a
cursed idea. This was to put on the

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armour of Edward, the Black Prince,
and for once be a hero of the past. No
sooner had I thought of the idea that it
was impossible for me to get rid of it.
Why not? What was to hinder? I
asked myself. The warder had made
his rounds and would not return, No
visitors would be there to disturb me,
and it would be such a fine thing to don
the armour of the Prince and feel like a
knight of old. The idea would not leave
me. Well at least, I argued, I could fit
on the helmet and see how that felt. I
rose and went to the door; nobody in the
hall, nobody on the stairs. I went back
and lifted oft the helmet carefully. As I
held it hesitatingly in my hands I
thought of what the warder had said
about bright steel and damp fingers, and
I hastily put it back. There was one
thing in my favor and that was there
was no stuffed sawdust face inside the
Black Prince's helmet and I could easily
put it on ; much more easily than I could
- any of the others who had the horrible
faces. I again took it down and placed
it gingerly on my head. It fitted me
quit; well. I took it off and quickly
placed on the floor each piece of armour.
The work of getting it on was awful.
And in five minutes I was perspiring at
every pore. First I buckled on the
greaves, then the facings and then the
hauberk, but with the back pieces I had
the most difficulty. However at last I
got them on and I placed on my helmet,
laced it, drew on my gauntlets, seized
my lance and stood a mail clad warrior
of the 15th century, " a living monument
of steel."
The armour was exceedingly hot and
oppressive and very, very heavy, but
what cared I. I drew my sword, jingled
my spurs, opened and closed my visor and
in fact the Black Prince had come again
to life. I gazed with scorn on the knights
about me. I saw before me a hundred
knights who had made the world ring
with their names. Before me stood my
father, Edward III and led by the spirit I
was in,I stooped reverently and kissed his
gauntlet. Before him stood King John
of France, my most generous foe and. I
bowed low before him. Beside him
stood Robert Bruce and I felt the Dlood
mount to my cheek as I saw my grandfather's
mortal enemy and drawing my
gauntlet I struck him in the face and
challenged him to combat a la morte.
He disdained me and I called him coward
and a liar and no true knight. I
turned on Richard Courdelion and shook
my fist in his teeth and called Bertrand
du Gueschin every name I could think
of and finally in my frenzy of anger drove
my poinard through the bars oi his visor
and pierced his sawdust face through and
through.
Suddenly Edward, the Black Prince
vanished and only I remained damp
with fear, with trembling knees, in his
assumed armour. I had heard a step on
the stairs. It approached nearer and
nearer. It was the warder's step. Edward,
the Black Prince, the conqueror of
Portiers and the scourge of France might
face a hundred puissant knights, but he
quailed and shook with fear at the approach
of a miserable warder. What
should I do? If I was caught I should
be arrested and thrown in prison ! There
was no place to hide. Edward, the Black
Prince was livid. And then I thought of
my aunt and I rushed across the room
and sprang upon the vacant pedestal on
which the armour had stood, closed my
visor and assumed the Princes' original
position just as the warder walked in.
He commenced his usual round of dusting
without any surprise at my absence,
evidently thinking I had gone out for a
few minutes. Slowly and slowly he approached,
dustiug off the Black Douglas
and polishing Philip Augustus' and adjusting
Philip of Valois. At last he
reached Bertrand du Gueschin and, oh
c. • -'„•*'
horror! he saw some of the
had leaked through his visor,
the visor and uttered an oath
mice. I breathed again. T]
on with his work. At last
me. He paused critically
painting and eyed it with li
one side.
" It is good, thnt," he mutj
Then he approached me a!
readjust the pieces of the arj
I had shaken out of place,
longed to close my Steel gj
hand ! I have no doubt he
fainted dead away. Supper
raise the visor ! I trembled
he must novice it. He did 11
but passed on to the next a:
and BO on until with a sij
out.
I came down from my pel
ing in every limb. With trj
gers I unlaced my helmet, u
greaves and facings, but try
could not undo the buckels
pieces. It was a Lopsles?

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horror! he saw some of the sawdust that
had leaked through his visor. He opened
the visor and uttered an oath, cursing the
mice. I breathed again. Then he went
on with his work. At last he reaches
me. He paused critically befcre my
painting and eyed it with his head on
one side.
• l It is good, that," he muttered.
Then he approached me and began to
readjust the pieces of the armour which
I had shaken out of place. Ah, how I
longed to close my steel glove on his
hand ! I have no doubt be would have
fainted dead away. Suppose he should
raise the visor : I trembled so I thought
he must notice it. He did not, however,
but passed on to the next and the next,
and so on until with a sigh, he went
out.
I came down from my pedestal shaking
ia every limb. With trembling fingers
I unlaced my helmet, unbuckled the
greaves and facings, but try as I would I
could not undo the buckels of the back
pieces. It was a hopeless task. And
THE LOWELL it
while I sat there in the middle of the
floor, with the armour all around me and
the perspiration running down my face,
I heard again the awful warder's step
coming up the stairs. I was too frightened
to move, but sat there helpless and
hopeless, until he should enter. Nearer
and nearer he came, his hand was on the
door; be entered. He stood looking
straight at me for nearly a minute, his
eyes dilating with fear then he banged
the door behind him and I heard him
going down stairs five steps at a time.
Of the two I have wondered to this
day, which was the more frightened.
He doubtless thought that one of the
knights had come to life again Without
any more hesitation I cut the troublesome
strap and quickly rid myself of
that cursed armour. I hastily replaced
it as I had found it, and packed up my
easel and canvas and slipped home.
There is no need of saying that I
never returned to finish my study of
Edward, the Black Prince, in the Hotel
de Cluny.

12 THE LOWELL
[The following is an extract from a letter her and in complete ignorance, of what
from W\ J. Butigenbach, of the class of '98,
now ot Manila. This is published through
kindness of M. E. Deutsch, THE LOWEU/S
former editor. Mr. Buttgenbach's next letter
will describe life at Manila.—ED.]
Thu day of our first engagement opened
up with a drizzling rain and indications
of a gloomy day. On the port of our
gallant City of Peking land, lying low
in the water, was observed. Soon all
was astir, blue and green rockets were
sent up from oiiir ship, immediately answered
by the Charleston's signals. Now
at last, after sixteen days of travel on die
broad Pacific, land is again joyfully observed
and the weary suspense of the
ship's watchers is removed. And now
the possessions of our enemy, Spain.
was going to happen. ' .
With eyes intent the men on the
transport fleet watched the ship as she
crawled, as it werc, into the harbor,through
the haze under the bluffs on
the north side of the harbor. Now the
value of the "fighting color" of our
ships was seen. Our convoy going
along could at times be hardly made
out, the color of the ship, of the water,
and of the land easily blending together.
Thus advancing the Charleston at 8:45
A. M. fired about 13 shots to determine
whether the harbor was ruined, and also
to destroy what mimic forts (the relic of
bygone days) there were.
The' Ladrone Islands are at hand, and As soon as it became apparent that the
all are eager for the fray. Many sur- battle as far as entering the harbor was
mises and theories were advanced as to over, on receipt of signals from the Char-
our day's work, and as is often, in affairs leston the Peking followed, coming to
of this kind, all sorts of prophesies were anchor in the harbor at 2 P. M.
made. We would land, leave a garrison, Land really Is a welcome sight, and
meet Spanish gun boats et ad infinitum. when moreover it is enhanced by a
Many, no doubt there were; victims ot wealth of tropical vegetation it is doubly
a grave uncertainty, whether their vol- welcome. In the afternoon by means of
unteer days would see their close by small boats the Charleston proceeded to
nightfall, or if their good luck would get 160 tons of coal from us, and sc for a
continue, and they would finally reach
the Philippines.
few days the boats laden with coal were
passing to and fro.
Shortly after sighting the islands our Late in the afternoon a boat flying
fleet commenced maneuvering for some. the Spanish flag came to the Charleston
real or fancied position, with our con- where presumably a conference was held.
voy, the Charleston, directly in front. Later the boat left, still flying her colois
She had her decks cleared for action, and furnishing a subject for endless dis-
gun crews at their posts making her cussion among all and giving rise to the
look very business-like.
wildest rumors.
Slowly steaming on we passed island So quietly and peaceably the day so
after island, some mere sand banks,others warlike begun was ended. We are at
of considerable aize.which in some places anchor in the harbor of Aguama, and
seemed to be cultivated. The land here have virtually deprived Spain, for the
is all of coral formation, the handiwork time being, of some ink spots on the map
of the minute millions of the sea. of the world.
Soon our port on the Island of Guam
was sighted; the transport fleet stopped,
and the Charleston as a brave fighter
went into the harbor entirely strange to
On the next day, 21st of June, the
Peking lowered boats. Marines on
obard were ordered to disembark and,
also, much to our chagrin and disap-
pointment, parties of On
were made. So we not o|
a place, but also laude<
were in light marching 01
having white helmets, blu|
duck pants and Lee rifl<
pretty uniform I think t^
and meet Spaniards.
The people on shore,
wait for actual hostilities
of the boats landed a
flag of truce approach*
party, and in due tii
Charleston,
So then the Ladrone
ered. Uncle Sam becai
Charleston won a portio?
country. This aftern<
that glorious flag, the Stj
was raised over Port Sai
panied by a national sal
and in the eyes of the w<
shifted from Spain to ti
So far so well, not a drj
and a day which prQtnisj
strife passed away peace;
ish garrison of about 5c
taken along, as well a]
General and some othei
onerc of war.
So much for the milii
affalr,so now let me brin]
personal, the interesting
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pointment, parties of Oregon volunteers
were made. So we not only bombarded
a place, but also lauded. The troops
were in light marching order, the marines
having white helmets, blue blouses, white
duck pants and Lee rifles, etc. Quite a
pretty uniform I think to do fighting iu
and meet Spaniards.
The people on shore, however, did not
wait for actual hostilities and before any
of the boats landed a boat bearing a
flag of truce approached the landing
party, and in due time reached the
Charleston.
So then the Ladrone Islands surrendered.
Uncle Sam became owner and the
Charleston won a portiop of the enemy's
country. This afternoon at 2 142 P M.
that glorious flag, the Stars and Stripes,
was raised over Port Santa Cruz accompanied
by a national salute of 2t guns,
and in the eyes of the world the tiller lias
shifted from Spain to the United States.
So far so well, not a drop of blood shed
and a day which promised to be full of
strife passed away peaceably. The Spanish
garrison of about 50 or 60 men was
taken along, as well as the Governor
General and some others, our first prisoners
of war.
So much for the military part of the
affair,so now let me bring before you the
personal, the interesting, the native part
of the story. After laying in the harbor
for two or three days, native boats, as
they always do ventured near our t-hip.
First one came, to see, I suppose what
kind of a reception they would gtt.
Not being shot or hurt they considered
themselves safe, and soon natives' canoes
with fruit and etc were all around us
eager for trade. Here was, as it seemed,
a way-out-of-the-world-port where the
size of money, irrespective of the in*
trinsic value, determined its purchasing 1
power or exchange of the coin; so a
nickel bought more than a dime.
We had in profusion citrons, cocoanuts,
sugarcane, bread fruit and in fact
.nearly, all the products of a tropical
land.
But alas our stay in this delightful
land was soon brought to an end. On
the 22nd of June as soon as all the coal
was transferred to the Charleston we
weighed anchor and left behind the land
of the dusky native?, the land of the
bread fruit and banana, and soon were
again on the deep blue sea bound foi
other lands. The capture of the Ladronc
Islands remains but an incident in our wai
time experience, gone through but once,
but always remembered.
Vour sincere friend,
WALTER J. BUTTGENBACH.
Co. B. 1st Rsg. Iuf. Cal. U. S. V.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Baware of little expenses, a small leak
will sink a great ship.
Sl'^.h, like rust, consumes faster than
labor, wears while the key always used
is always bright.
He that would thrive must either hold
the plow or drive.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat
them.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave
them your purse open.

Oratory and Orators.
THE- LOWELL
",,V • ; : . • " l
The question may well be asked : "Has
the power of oratory as a great social force
r'e^lined?*' An affirmative opinion is.to a
certain extent, correct, because the art of
journalism, the most formidable competitor
of the orator, has never before reached
so high a state of development In
ancient times the orator and poet were
the chief educators of the people ; now
the newspaper fills the office. Where
; on the one hand the newspaper reaches
thousands, on the other, the orator whose
range of voice is naturally limited, can
reach but hundreds. The newspaper is
circulated in every town and hamlet
throughout the world. For many it is
Tie only available medium of informat
on.and that it now affords the reader the
readiest means of conveyiug thought's a
f ict settled beyond doubt. For the orator
to : successfully compete with such-a
power, would, it is readily seen, be will
nigh impossible. The opinion, then,
•that the power of oratory has to a certain
extent declined is correct
The difficulties which now beset the
orator's path are more numerous than
those which had to be met in the past.
His auditors no longer listen to be educated,
to be instructed : they have already
preconceived opinions: the newspaper,
has been read nnd they come not
to be instructed, not to be educated, but
to be persuaded. By the progress of
the press, the wide circulation of the
newspapers and magazines the influence
of the oratory has bsen correspondently
decreased But to whatextent the power
of the orator ha? been decreased is. indeed,
very hard to say. For. when in
view of the many obstacles which seem
to impede, and at lime * even deprive the
orator of the power he once wielded, we
stop for a moment and meditate on the
great oratorical achievements of the past
and present, we hesitate to affirm that
the influence of the orator is as limited
as we nrght fit first inadvertently suspect.
A little over two years agn thtre
arose to speak in a great political convention,
a young man, obscure and for
the most part unknown to hip countrymen,
yet that young man \vrn the President's
nomination fr< m this convention
by the sheer efforts of his oratorical eloquence.
His name i^ William Jennings
Bryan Unknown before, oratory has
made him famous. By oratcry his name
was made; by oratory it lives.
The name Bryan is in itself a plea for
the revival of oratory, for the study of
Cicero, Demosthenes and Quintilian.
Our modern blood may be cold ; in spirit
we may be dormant; in taste we may be
cynical and even pessimistic; but like
our ancestors we have sentiment and
passion, which once fervidly appealed to
mu*t respond Right here in our midst
we know of advocates to whom the granting
of a jury trial is but a signal victory;
to them oratory has brought success, distinction
and honor. We admire them
fjr their power and bii liance as speake*s
We too, would like to enjoy their
power and be able to speak like them.
We call them gifted. But are they
gifted? Docs gift imply an inherited
quality or does it mean the mastery
of some art through di i/ent application?
It may l>e the former, but generally it is
the latter Reflect for a moment. Who
and what were their fathers? Did they
occupy some high station in life, or were
they of that humble, honest class that
Lincoln used to call the plain people?
The answer in most cases would be an
affirmation of the latter part of the question.
Oratory is a science, an art, not a gift.
To be an orator is the gift of all who
would strive and earnestly work to attain
it. As oratory is a science,to be proficient
and successful it must be studied and if
possible in one's youth. There is no ex-
•m
cuse for failure as a
can say.something an|
when we may have to
of nervousness will nj
may be overcome ..with
Abov* all there is no e
ing, as success is the s
earnest and assiduous
we, the most of us, ar
other asked to respon*
to deliberate upon son
or less importance- 'B
sinful, is very erabai
have failed before us
fail after us. Failur
only when we allow ot
discouraged and refus
and improve ourselves.
Professor Brander M|
excellent methods for<
dres*. He says:
something to say
opportunity to say if tin
ods of making a speech
from, (a) He may
dress and read it frc
boldly held in hand,
out his rematks andj
memory, (c) He mi
opening words, his
and such other salieni
wishes to make sure o
extemporize the whole
the audience with no \
and apparently talkin]
ness of his heart As
methods are excellent
their advantages as
tages. The choice of
speaker. Personally I
fourth as this one ap]
the most effective. B
necessary that a speaki
to these rules, if he ha
These methods, htfwe 1
the field of choice.
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cuse for failure "as a speaker. We all
can say something and no one knows
when we may have to say it The plea
of nervousness will not stand, for this
may be overcome with an earnest effort.
Above all there is no excuse for not trying,
as success is the sure reward of the
earnest and assiduous student. In life
we, the most of us, are at some time or
other asked to respond to some toast or
tc deliberate upon some topic of greater
or less importance. To fail, while not
sinful, is very embarrassing. Others
have failed before us and otners shall
fail after us. Failure becomes sinful
only when we allow ourselves to become
discouraged and refuse to try to better
and improve ourselves.
Professor Brander Matthews gives four
excellent methods for delivering an address.
He says: " When a man has
something to say and when he has an
opportunity to say it there are four methods
of making a speech for him to select
from, (a) He may write out his address
and read it from a manuscript
boldly held in hand, (b) He may write
out his remarks and commit them to
memory, (cj He may write out his
opening words, his closing sentences
and such other salient passages as he
wishes to make sure of. (d) He may
extemporize the whole, appearing before
the audience with no visible manuscript
and apparently talking out of the fullness,
of his heart As I have said these
methods are excellent; they each have
their advantages as well as disadvantages.
The choice of them lies with the
speaker. Personally I would select the
fourth as this one appears to me to be
the most effective. But it is not at all
necessary that a speaker confine himself
to these rules, if he has a better method.
These methods, however, nearly cover
the fisld of choice.
For one, who, like the writer, is by
no means adept in the art of which he
speaks and advises may "savor of impertinence,"
but the apology is that he
too hopes to succeed in that art and
trusts that his words might be of some
little value. There are several things
which, if we would succeed, must he
borne in mind. We should never speak
unless we have something to say, mindful
of Lowell's aphorism, " Blessed is he
who hath nothing to say—and cannot be
persuaded to say it." Above all, we
must not forget that u when the hour
and the man have come the populace
are still but puppets in his
fingers and move according to ttte
prompting of hi-

16
others' 1 .put them to sleep " At the
time Burke was delivering bis speech
on the American Colonies!, a speech
admitted by many to be his best, Loid
Erskine, himself a splendid orator, was
present. He tells us that Burk t
bad not been en his feet half an hour
before he had emptied the House, and
he himself was so wearied, that he
crawled towards the door on all fours,
not to hurt his friend Burke's feeling,
and thus escape unseen On reading
the speech next morning Erskine confesses
he was surprised at the force and
eloquence with which it was permeated.
How, then, can we account for Burke* s
unpopularity as a speaker? While his
orations and writings are "saturated 1 '
with thought; his knowledge profound
and extensive; his vocabulary limitless
there yet remain his faults. He was toe
argumentative, descriptive and emotion-
T HE L OWEL L
al. H: h 11 vv'ien he was calm, a harsh
voice, and, when he was excitrd his
voice becan:e to liar&h that it was
scarcely auidble and moreover bespoke
in an ''ungainly brogue." He wearied.
also, by his p^or ni*tho:i of handling his
subject. His audience instead t»f plain
men he took to be a body of scholars.
With tYis in mind he would philosophize
and cry to educate his hearer; he too
often forgot the very 'purpose for which
he was spe iking—the end he desired to
attain—above all lie forgot to speak wkh
the intention of persuading, of convincing.
If Burke failed in some things he
succeeded in many others; his orations
are now the daily bread, the food of
every politician and statesman. His
name lives because his works abound in
practical, live matter.
Placing the Blame.
u Was that you making such a noise
outside this morning ? " asked his moth-
er. ik No. 'm," responded the small boy.
u Barlow and I were tryin 1 to see who
could holler the loudest, and Barlow
beat me "
AMBROSE GHSRINI '97.
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largest in the school, and if the paper
depends upon their efforts toward supporting
it I do not care to dwell upon the
results.
Perhaps it is modesty which is preventing
some able writers in the classes
from sending in their work. I think of

18 THE LOWELL
modesty because it seems rather prevalent
in this school. The ingenious and
carefully contrived nom de plumes under
which the writers for this paper hide
themselves rather indicates to our mind,
modesty or a kin trait. If you think
your article is good enough for publication
sign your name to it. Perhaps,
after it is published and you hear praises
heaped upon it, you will regret that your
name is not at the end of the article.
Now, as a rule, we know that editorials,
especially in school papers, are not
read by everybody. We have made this
one short and in it have tried to impress
a few facts on our readers. The
editorial column is, in our mind, the
mouth-piece, the organ for giving forth
its thoughts of the paper. The contributors
furnish material of their own choosing
for clothing it and giving it shape,
but on the editorial page the paper has
its own say and expresses its own views
Senior The Senior Class of '99 held
Class their election of Class officers
Meeting shortly after school opened
with the following result:
Pres. J. H. Saunders, Sec. B. J. Shay,
VicePres. E. 3wL Pollexfen, Treas. E.
Behlow,
Mr. Saunders was the unamimous
choice and his classmates feel confident
in his ability to prove a capable president.
At a meeting held a short time since
several important pieces of business were
transacted. The President spoke of the
Senior Dance and appointed a committee
to inquire of our Honorable Board regarding
the Girls High Auditorium for
Christmas. This committee consisted
of L. B. Hooper, Walter Bundschu and
J. H. Saunders. After some discussion
it was decided to retain the class colors
as adopted in the middle year, namely
green and white. Itis to be hoped that
every member of the class of '99 will
wear these colors at the interclass field
day.
The meetings so far of the Senior
Class have been a success, but the President
desires to say that he would like to
see more Seniors present.
The President spoke to the meeting of
a project of some of the young ladies of
the class namely the organization of a
dancing club to be composed entirely of
members of the class of'99- It was very
favorably received, many of the class
promised to join.
niddle On the 19th inst. the class of
Class . . '00 held a meeting of the
Meeting election of officers. It has
characterized by the fcocd
attendance and number of nominees,
two things that did not occur last year.
The President for the past year Mr.
MigheJls, presided and the business of
the meeting was immediately begun.
The nominations for president were
called for and four were proposed, Hixon,
Mighell, Hamilton and Bulkley. Hamilton
was nominated against his wish and
was not allowed to withdraw his name,
through an absurd ruling of the President,
The nominations for president being
closed those for vice president were in
order and the Misses Bringham, Venneker
and Vensano were named.
By the tivae the noise and confusion,
in the meeting had become such that
those present were told to either become
quiet or finish their business in the
street; and there was silence.
After this the following were named,
for Secretary; Prentice, Belvel and Miss
Glaser, The names proposed were then
balloted for and Hixon, Miss Brirgham
and Belvel were elected.
The result of the election being announced
Hixon assumed charge of the
meeting which shortly after adjourned.
•JXy\
One Day.
Did you ever see a dust;
We were a party of se
ridden in a two seated waj
Valley over into Pope
dust raised by the hordes
into the wagon.
When we finally arrivec
ley we all had grey hair at
hats, our eye-lashes were,
when we applied water t(
effect produced was mud!
After eating a refresl
started for the mines whe
who expected us were to
It was in the middle of tl
path was steep and on a si<
was no shade trees even
think that was the warm;
took.
When we came to the <
Washington Quicksilver
cool drink of water. V
that blessed fact. Then \
awe on my part, two men
caudles step on an elevat
into an apparently bot
We looked down a r ' r
see nothing but a black
the bell rang and the tot
Then it came our tui
up a par'cy of six. The}
of us with a candle on ,«.n
One end of it was round
other sharp and pointei
was a hook. We lit th«
dropped wax on us pe
timidity left us after we
they told us "'•erward
and talking sounded an
above.
We stepped off the t
mud and cwo by two.
saw a number of new
things How necessary
were. I held mine behiu
down one of the drifts,
that it seeaied as though
the blackness.
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THE LOWELL
One Day.
Did you ever see a dusty crowd ?
We were a party of seven who had
ridden in a two seated wagon from Napa
Valley over into Pope Valley. The
dust raised by the hordes rose in clouds
into the wagon.
When we finally arrived in Pope Valley
we all had grey hair and drab colored
hats, our eye-lashes were powdered and
when we applied water to our faces the
effect produced was mud!
After eating a refreshing lunch, ws
started for the mines where some friends
who expected us were to be our guides-
It was in the middle of the day and our
path was steep and on a side hill. There
was no shade trees even in sight and I
think that was the wannest walk I ever
took.
When we came to the entrance of the
Washington Quicksilver Mine we had a
cool drink of water. I shall not omit
chat blessed fact. Then we noticed, with
awe on my part, two men holding lighted
candles step on an elevator and descend
into an apparently bottomless abyss.
We looked down after them and could
sec nothing but a black space. At last
the bell rang and the ropes stopped.
Then it came our turn and we made
up a party of six. They supplied each
of us with a candle on an odd iron stick.
One end of it was round for holding, the
other sharp and pointed ; on one side
was a hook. We lit the candles which
dropped wax on us persistently. All
timidity left us after we had started and
they told us afterwards, our laughter
and talking sounded amusing to those
above.
We stepped off the elevator into the
mud and two by two. grouping along,
saw a number of new and interesting
things. How necessary those candles
were. I held mine behind me and looked
down one of the drifts. It was so dark
that it seemed as though you could feel
the blackness.
Soon we came upon the men working.
Here we found out the use of the curious
candle sticks given us. The sharp point
forced into the cl&y held the light where
the miner needed it, and when the walls
were rock, so beautifully lined over with
the red ore, they huug the candle-stick
by the hook on a ledge.
When we returned to the elevator we
descended a hundred feet and were told
that we were one hundred and eighty
feet below the surface. I wonder how
the sky would have looked if I could
have seen up the shaft.
Here it was muddier thau ever; the
walls were mud itself and the ceiling
dropped muddy water on us from time to
time, I tried mining by breaking off a
piece of black rock which our guide pronounced
tl no good" and got my hands
all muddy.
Then we gathered closely together on
the elevator once more, and rose slowly
back to the sunshine.
We showed our specimens, of which
we were very proud, to the rest of the
party who had not summoned up enough
courage to go down with us. The specimens
seemed very .••mall after having
seen the rock so full of the red ore, which,
owing to a course in Chemistry I recognized
as the oxide of mercury.
From the mine we walked over to the
Aetna Springs, a well known summer
reiort. We tasted the hot mineral water,
but as the day was warm, it was not
pleasant and left a disagreeable taste in
my mouth
The people here looked very clean.
Perhaps the fact noticeable to us because
we were so dust covered and dirty. Our
shoes were covered with mud and our
clothes conspicuously frescoed with the
same material.
When it was cooler we rode home, arriving
just after sunset. We were ready
for a night's rest and our minds were
rilled with new ideas to talk of on the
morrow.
S. E JORDAN, '99

EDITED BY LOUIS LYONS.
Last June saw the close of the most
successful.career a Debating Society has
enjoyed for many years in the Lowell
High School. At one time the society
came near having an opportunity to
show its ability before the school in a contest
with a certain school across the bay
But Fate decreed otherwise This year,
already, a challenge has come from the
same school. If they had expressed
this same eagerness last year to debate
with us all would have been well. But
now it comes too late. This year the
society is not one-half so prosperous.
The same spirit does not exist in the
meetings as did in last year's meetings.
The society is not so strong in numbers
or in individual debaters.
In view of these facts it was decided
best to postpone the acceptance of Oakland's
challenge until a later date, when,
it is hoped that the society will be
stronger than it is now.
It is a source of regret that a school as
old as the Lowell has not a Debating
Society which would be a stable institution,
one which would continue from
year to year as a regular part of the
school. The value of Debating Societies
is recognized in many schools,
where debating is ^nade a part of the
regular school course. A man's thoughts,
great as they may be, are worth little to
any one else if they cannot be expressed
in a forcible and clear manner. This is
the prime object of Debating Societies;
to enable the members to express themselves
clearly. We all some day will be
called upon to speak before others and it
is well to be prepared. Now is your
chance to join the society. Now at the
beginning of the term. Become identified
with it from the start and at the end
of the year you will not regret your
action.
The society has held two meetings at
the time of going to print. The first on
Friday, August 12th, was fairly well
attended. It being the regular day for
election, after several nominating speeches
were made, the result was as follows :
President, Adler ; Vice President, Shaler;
Secretary, Fritz.
What a society needs is a head. This
society has one now and let it get in and
work. There are several among the
members who would turn out excellent
debaters with some practice. The most
important piece of business in the last
meeting was the action taken on the
Oakland High School challenge. It
was decided to postpone any movement
toward having a debate with Oakland
this year until later in the term. The
Secretary was directed to answer accordingly.
9am
EDITED BY CHAS. G.
The exchange editor £
tionally good assortment. 0
that have come to his de
and August and he regr
count of their number it wi
to notice all of them. He
the best that have come
following:
The Irving Echoes is 01
interesting and most w«
changes. The first p
Prophecy 11 is splendid b
in interest towards the
very original article appei
paper. Here is an extia<
"It was the * Twelfth >'
Tempest' had raged. C T
seda 1 sat musing, as if in
Night's Dream/ but ( Re
thought not of ' The Wi
rather of ' Pericles, Princ
had been to see ' King L
Rape of Lucrece.' You
'As You Like It.'"
The Guard and Tackle
up paper but needs mon
to make it interesting,
good story with several d
especially the descriptio
However, there are ma
could be criticised. The
should imagine her futi
that destiny prove true,
improbable. I should a
Miss Wood what a "boy
is.
The Steele Review cor
ably written and well to]

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EDITED BY CHAS. G. NORRIS, '99.
The exchange editor finds an exceptionally
good assortment of school papers
that have come to his desk during June
and August and he regrets that on account
of their number it will be impossible
to notice all of them. However, some of
the best that have come to him are the
following:
The Itving Echoes is one of our most
interesting and most well written exchanges.
The first part of u Class
Prophecy 11 is splendid but wanes sadly
in interest towards the last. Another
very original article appears in this bright
paper. Here is an extract:
"It was the ( Twelfth Night' and * The
Tempest' had raged, ' Troilus and Cresseda'
sat musing, as if in a l Midsummer's
Night's Dream,' but' Romeo and Juliet'
thought not of ' The Winter's Tale,' but
rather of ( Pericles, Prince of Tyre,' who
had been to see ' King Lear' about ' The
Rape of Lucrece.' You may take this
'As You Like It. 111
The Guard and Tackle is a well gotten
up paper but needs more reading matter
to make it interesting. " Esther" is a
good story with several dramatic portions,
especially the description of the storm.
However, there are many points that
could be criticised. The fact that a child
should imagine her future destiny and
that destiny prove true, is unnatural and
improbable. I should also like to ask
Miss Wood what a u boy's practical way"
is.
The Stcclc Review contains an admirably
written and well told story, entitled
THE LOWELL
"The Legend of Devil's Gorge." Mr.
Tietje deserves high praise for his descriptive
powers, The style is excessively
distinct and clear.
Here is a bright skit fron; an exchange :
"This insurance policy is a queer
thing,*' said Dotts reflectively, "If I can't
sell it, I can-eel, it and if I can-cell it, I
can't sell it."
A very interesting, well gotten up
paper comes to us in The Trumpeter from
Lexington, Mo. It contains plenty of
good reading matter and interesting
stories. " The Cache of the Plains 11 is a
well written story whose author is to be
complimented on his use of words. The
cover design of the paper also deserves
praise. The high school papers should
spend more attention to their cover designs.
There is a world of art in a good
one, much more than it would seem and
a good cover is a world of help to a paper.
"Anita," an admirably written story
in the High School Record from Brooklyn,
is one of the besi that has come to us.
It is exceedingly well told in fluent and
well chosen language, displaying excellent
style and diction. Besides this it is
very original and that is what we want.
Originality is everything nowadays and
this story should be expressly commended
on its originality, dealing, as it does, with
a hackneyed subject in a very delicate
manner. The ending is very sweet and
pretty, making a link between the introduction
and the old man's story which,
had it been omitted, would have made
the narrative tame and labored,
A shrewd little fellow, who had just
begun to study Latin, astonished his
teacher by saying, v ' Vir, a man ; gin, a
trap ; Virgin, a man-trap."—Ex.-Ex.
Minister (meeting boy with a string of
fish)—" Do you know where the little
boys go, who fish on Sunday ?"
Little boy—"Oh, yes ; but I ain't going
to give the snap away."—Ex.-Ex.

THE LOWELL
Most of our exchanges come with
more or less interesting stories in them,
with three pages devoted to i( Personals 1 '
and two more to what t'ley call '• Wit;"
but here at last comes a paper with an
article tbat is of the right stuff; not a
high school essay but a good, well written
sketch for which the author deserves
high praise.
I have seen mauy a poorer article in
many a better magazine. "The Lady
Macbeth 11 in the High School Leader is
this admirable article. It shows much
thought and a clear conception of the
subject. The author has studied well
what he has written about and much
wcrk and time must have been expended
•on it, for which he deserves credit. Why
can't more of the students of United
States take more pains with articles they
send to their papers ? It is shameless to
•see the truck that an editor is forced to
take to fill up space. Those who should
read this aud have not read this splendid
essay, read it by all means. You will
learn something from it. It is in June
Leader from the Butte High School.
If an S and an I and an O aud a
U with an X at the end, spell Su,
And an E and a Y and an E spell I,
Pray, what is a speller to do?
Then if also an S an I and a G
And a H E D spell cide,
There's nothing much left for a speller to do
But to go aud commit Siouxeyesighed.
—San Bsruardiuo Tyro.
Mr. Isaacs—I sell you dot coat at
a great sacrifice.
Customer—But you say that of all
your goods. How do you make a living ?
Mr. Isaacs—Mein frient, I make a small
profit on de paper and string.Exchange.
The Fence from New Haven, Connecticut,
has a good story in "Index". The
style is fair and the interest is kept up
extremely well until the end. The ending,
however, is tame and not on a par
with the rest of the story. It appears as
if the author were in a hurry to finish.
The Recorder from Springfield,
has a very original story in it,
( 'Baseball at Olympus" The only crit- y
icism that could be made is that it is ,:
perhaps too original. As I have said
before originally is what we want, but
there is such a thing as making a botch
of even a painting of the Madonna.
Mr Holton in trying to be so very original
that he is sometimes ludicrous. The:.':
idea that Baccus should render "Pea- v,nuts.
Cigars, and Vulcans' Pepsin Chewr
ing Gum 1 ' is especially incongruous. If
Mr. Holton meant it to be incongruous;
let me suggest a more fitting subject,
HACK II.
Scene by Lamplight, Time at Mid-night ^
Is this a oony which I see before ine.
The pace tempting my Greek sick eyes? 'Jr
Come, let me clutch thee. -^.^f'
I know thee not, and yet the day approaches
When thou, time saving trot will come not to
My aid. Then thou wilt be but a mem'ry
Of the night—a forgotton lesson
Revolving in a roasted pupil's brain.
Thou keeii, fell pedagogue,
Watch not my words, which way they take,
for fear
Their very vagueness prate of their origin,
And taking woeful turn, forget the Greek
For which they're trotting,—while's
I recite, he roasts.
Would I were in Hades with Homer's ghos*J
—Exchange \
A FAREWELL SERMON.
A country minister in a certain town
took permanent leave of his congregation
in the following pathetic manner:—
'•Brothers and sisters, I ', pme to saygood-bye.
I don't think God loves this
church because none of you ever die.
I don't think you love each other because
I never marry any of you. I don't
think you love me because you have not
paid my salary. Your donations are
mouldy fruit and wormy apples, and by
their fruits ye shall know them.
"Brothers, I am going to a better place.
I have been called to be chaplain of a,
penitentiary. Where I go ye cannot
come, but I go to prepare a place for you.
and may the Lord have mercy an your
souls. Good-bye."
—Exchange,
,4
The summer girl, wi
button trinkets and yisi<
has settled dowii ;i to
Henceforward she will r
the ball room instead of
and enthroned npou a
softer ctfshigns^' instead 9
In fact the- happy* sc
turned^ looking^Happie;
outin g. Nowthat^she
let her enter her wmter
vim tb&t, if it does not
least give the,sodety, <
and somebody to write
The frat."girl Hawaii
active. The tennis d
taken up the ; racque^.
the others aradoingjli
ging, and that tbfey &
Members of tlie ;tii|e
Gamma Eta ; K^)pife?
Delta Koppa/iaye j *
All three
Between
there is
rushing,
at the time of tfcislwri
Whether A e ^
organize again is'ver;
chief promoter^ni oirg
has not i ^ ^
The
plates g ^ ^ ^
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SOCIETY
The summer girl, with her soldierbutton
trinkets and visions of war l ieros,
has settled down to winter quatters.
Henceforward she will reign as queen of
the ball room instead of the tennis court
and enthroned upon a soft divan amid
softer cushions, instead-of a hammock.
In fact ths happy school girl has returned,
looking happier for her summer
outing. Now that she is "rested up"
let her enter her winter pleasures with a
vim that, if it does nothing else, will at
least give the society editor something
and somebody to write about.
The frat. girl has already begun to be
active. The tennis devotee has also
taken up the racquet. But apparently
the others are doing little else but digging,
and that they are doing with a will.
FRATERNITIES,
Members of the three fraternities, viz,
Gamma Eta Kappa, Theta Chi and Pi
Delta Koppa, have returned to Lowell.
AH three frats. are rushing i-'cw men.
Between the two existing societies
there is fur flying*. Both are very busy
rushing. Neither have had an initiation
at the time of this writing.
FUTURE.
Whether the '98 Cotilion Club will
organize again is very doubtful, as its
chief promoter and organizer, Mr. Large,
has not returned to Lowell.
The Alpha Sigma Sorority contemplates
giving either a reception or a
German in honor of Miss Dora Wieland.
Miss Wieland graduated from Lowell
with the class of '96. Since then she
has been finishing her education in
Germany and Switzerland. She returned
direct from Germany, arriving at
her home on California street, on August
fourth.
PERSONAL.
The Lamba Tbeat Phi Sorority gave
a very pleasant *'tea" to their young
lady friends, Saturday afternoon, August
sixth.
We are certainly pleased to see the
younger brothers of the alumni come
up to Lowell. We know what to expect
froiA them, and it is their look out
that they act up to our expectations.
By CHESTER P, WAGNER.
Society Editor.
The K. B.
The first meeting of the K. E. for thisterm
took place on Friday evening Aug.
19, at Mr. Adler's house. This society
is one of the most flourishing social clubs
at Lowell High School. Mr. Adler was
the founder and first President. Membership
is restricted to the Greek class
and the society has for its aim social and
literary advancement. Its thriving and
prosperous career during the past year
may well attest to its success. It has
good cause to look forward to another
prosperous year under the leadership of
such -capable officers as its present ones.
The following is the list of officers for

this term: President, Miss E. M. PoIIexfen,
Sec. Miss Saber, Treas. Miss^Mowbray.
THE LOWELL
The S. C. D. C.
In view of the fact that the class of
'99 will give the regular senior dance on
the last Friday of this term they have
formed a dancing club known as the S.
C. D. C. The main object of- this club
is to make the members of the class of
'99 better acquainted with each other,
so that they might be.better able to enjoy
themselves at the coming dance.
The Club meets the second and fourth
Saturday evenings of every week and
every one enjoys a good time. All members
of the Senior Class should join this
Club whether they can dance or not.
For the benefit of those who do not
dance there will be a competent teacher
in attendance and they could lean: in no
better place. All members of the Senior
Class are earnestly requested to join.
A-W.
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This Club will continue until the Senior
danc^ and perhaps the whole year. The
High Middrers, who have been admitied
to the Senior meetings are also invited
to attend the Senior Class Dancing Club.
The Mission High School has added
to its carp?, of prof^s^^rs one of the oldest
and ablest teachers of L. H. S* It
was with great regret that the Lowell
students parted with their former Chemistry
teacher Mr. Wynn. Ever since the
school was started over twenty five
years ago, Mr. Wynn has been teaching
at Lowell and a long list of Alumni
owe a great deal of their splendid progre?s
in Chemistry to him. While we
all regret Mr. Wynn's transfer very
much we are in a great measure -consoled
by Mr. Mitchell, who recently
taught Chemistry at tlie P. H. S. - His
pupils nre all agreed that ht is fully the
equal of Mr. Wynn in everything except
perhaps experience.
With the advent of a ne\<
many of us find ourselves w<
is going to support
athletics. There are some
give the matter a second thoj
ing that most of our good
left the school, and that it 4
us to attempt anything in tl
why not look on the bri
matter?- As many scholai
the school this year as hav<
expect great things of them]
There is scarcely anythii
a school into greater prcu
her successfuluess in athlei
want Lowtll High to" rothers
of its clas*. All
sary is to get a good start,
championship this year in i
league games, and tiencefoj
all description will .flock to
admission. This sounds vj
a fairy tale, but neverthelj
Why is it that certain/col
championship year after y
branches of athletics? S
they have gained
aspiring to
a means of furthering ^v*
There is a-large
hand at Xoweli; v tsre fin«
sizes and kinds And .]
only all come forward-j
of holding back and sa|p)
we could pick all
trom among their nuraberj
For several years ^
has been practically d^aa'1
sports. But now
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EDITED BY FRANK HOOPER.
With the advent of a new school term
many of us find ourselves wondering who
is going to support LOWKLI, this year in
athletics. There are some who will not
give the matter a second thought, imagining
that most of our good athletes have
left the school, and that it is useless for
us to attempt anything in this line. But
•why not look on the bright side of the
matter? As many scholars have entered
the school this year as have kft, and we
expect great things of them.
There is scarcely anything that brings
a school into greater prominence than
her successfulness in athletics. And we
want Lovvtll High to rank above all
others of its clas*. All that's necessary
is to get a good start. Just win the
championship this year in a few academic
league games, and henceforth athletes

those who do not take an active interest
(let us hope such students are few),
should at least show their patriotism
by giving their names and the paltry
sum of ten cents per month toward a
good, cause.
Track Athletics.
The track and field sports at the
Lowell this year should with the proper
support of the student body exceed all
expectations and rise to a prominence
that it has not reached for the past two
or three years. The following is a short
sketch of those out for places :
Jorgenson who showed up well in our
last two field days, and will, with steady
training, break his own record in the
broad jump and be able to do credit to
himself in the hurdle events.
Lyons has always shown up well in
practice, but has never trained hard
enough to do himself credit in the field

TH1? LOWELL
One man

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28 THE LOWELL
Of all classes that have come to us for
the last five years, there has never been
a class so full of promising material as
the present junior class. It contains an
energetic fellow, full of the right enthusiasm
and this is R. A. Craig, who has
gone to work with a will and organized
the much-needed second team. Here is
the right kind of school patriotism !
The fellow that will get out almost
every afternoon and is willing to be
hammered and thumped by much heavier
and stronger fellows, for the sake of
giving those same fellows practice in
'hammering and thumping, deserves
"high praise and the whole school's
thanks. That is the kind of school
patriotism we want and the fellows, like
those that are now getting out and forming
a second team, deserve to be congratulated.
Here is a schedule of our material for
the first team:
Center. •-Peters, Kidd
Right guard Cook, captain
Left guard Scumer, Evans
Right tackle.. • .Middleton
Left tackle .Sims
Right end Ellen wood
Left end Olivell
Quarter Wright, Jackson
Right half Rooney
Left half Saunden, Hodge
Full .,.. I. .Hooper
Look at it for yourselves. We never
had a better team ; only three positions
that have not tried players in them. We
ought to do wonders.
Here is another schedule of our material
for our second team :
Center .Lewitt
Right guard .Stillman
Left guard Reddick, La Grange
Right tickle Craig, captain
Left tackle...; Lindley
Right end Perkins, Smith, Elliot
Left end Ducker
Quarter..'.... .Robinson, Milton, Moore
Right half Fentori
Left half .Irving
Full ; McLaren
Now, with a first team such as we
have and a second team like this,, why
can't we get in and do something $ It
all now depends on the work that is
done. Last year we would never have
had the team that we did, if it hkd not
been for the energetic work of Captain
Robinson and Bosie Sawyer. "'
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Lowell High School Track and Field Records.
KV1CNT RECORD HOI.DKR TlMH AND PCACK OF PERBORMAKCE
50 yaxd dash 6 sec .........Titus '96 .Inter. Class Field Days.. .Sept.26/96
50
6 '• Montgomery '98., '• " " " ...Mar. 13^97
50 •« 6
100
220
440
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ll Saunders'99 » " " "' .;'. .Mar.'"27/98
103-5 sec Dram'97 .-.A. A, h ....Sept.28, 1 9
11
24 sec. .King '97 .Stanford vs. Lowell Hig'h.Feb. 27/97
553-5 sec....! King'97 later. Class " " .Mar. 13/97
" 2 min. 12 sec..Faull '98......... .Lowell vs. Polytechnic....April 3/98
Mile run - 5inin.2 1-2 sec.Cutler '98 ...A. A. L. Field Days Sept. 28/9^
»« walk 7aiin 284-5" .Walsh '97 A. A. L. 1( Oct. xo/96
120-yard hurdle 1745 sec Quinan '94 Inter. Class " •• Sept.,'94
220-yard " 293-5 " F. Bishop'98...•.. Lowell vs. Polytechnic... April 3/98
High jump 5 ft. 4 in Rooney '98 ,
Broad jump 19 fc. 7 in Drum '97 Inter. Class Field Day... .April 11/96
Hammer throw i2-!bs... 126 ft. 11 1-4111. .Montgomery '98.. " " ....Sept, 26/96
•« l( i6.1bs... Soft.2in Taber'96 ..Lowell v3. Polytechnic, June 13/96
16-lb. shot put 35 ft. 11 in Ed. Bishop'9S.... Inter. Class Field Day.,. Sept. 25/97
12-lb. " " Ed. Bishop'98 ... " lt ....Nov. 27/98
Polevault.... Sft.ioia Moeller '97 " " ... Sept 26/96
Discusthrow 81 ft. 11 in F. Bishop '98..... " " •-- Mar. 27/98
Relay 6 runners 3 min. 38 sec.L. H. S Team Lowell vs. "polytechnic.. .Mar. 20/97
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BICYCLE RACES. .
91-5" .Rass'93 A.A.L. tneetatVelodrome)Feb.27/97
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What's the matter with our second
team ?
Hurrah for the Senior Class Dancing
Club.
- Wanted.—A missing luncheor,— not
described,—belonging to L. G.
Where will Eelmont be this year when
-we get through COOKing them?
Why is it that so many pupils do not
go to lunch at. IT : 40 as they did at the
beginning of the term ?
What are those queer noises coming
from a restaurant on Polk street, near
Sutter, every noon-hour.
Professor., (objecting to pupil leaning
on seat in rear). I have never seen anyone
ab!e to sit on two chairs at once,—
except Cannon, and he vrent off.
A vivid representation of what the
VI Book of Virgil sounds like has been
coming from the Physics Laboratory the
last few days during sound experiments.
• -Prof.: (( At the beginning of the year
certain pupils attempted to ride a horse.
But I notice as the year progresses the
horse becomes rather lame. I advise no
i"
one to use a horse's assistance for their
progress."
We miss the Cadets this year very
much. No more do we hear their martial
tramp in the yard at r: 00 o'clock or
see sentinels at the front gate at 3: op.
Many of the cadets are now soldiers in
earnest fighting for their country's cause
in a foreign land
Prof to Pupil: When did the Greeks
first begin to study geometry?
Pupil: I do not know.
Prof.: After the battle of Canoply
when the Persians shut off their sodawater
supply. .
Pupil: It doesn't say so in my history.
Prof.: It does in mine. You should
review yours more.
Many of the members of our last
year's football team were out to fee the
boys practise Saturday. They spoke
very encouragingly of the future pros-
.pects of the team, and I sincerely hope
they will not be disappointed. With a
number of old players back, and a lot of
good, though new material, we should
certainly come out of the season's turmoil
with a good record.
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' It was Thanksgiving
November, and Gordon
to take Edith Van Orman.
to the great foot ball gam
vard and Princeton,
ties had not played agai|
for some years, and the
to be fought that day hi
forward to with much ex
don Sturgis was a very
ing fellow, in his.long
silk hat and grey kid
jumped off the Harvard
walked tip Dana street,
hardly help casting mor<
miring glance over the
passed. Yes—on the
Sturgis was a very hands*
As he ran up the stairs]
red brick houses so coi
bridge, Edith Van Ormsj
door herself, "Now Edithl
a very striking girl, very
very stylish, and as she
the top of the stairs iu he:
made, her head, surmouj
mass of atiburn hair, th|
back, a smile of greeting
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'•A Regular Trump Card."
It was Thanksgiving Day, the 26th ot
November, and Gordon Sturgis had come
to take Edith Van Orman and her mother
to the great foot ball game between Harvard
and Princeton. The two universi:
ties had not played against each other
for some years, and the battle that was
to be fought that day had been looked
forward to with much expectancy. Gordon
Sturgis was a very handsome-looking
fellow, in his long frock coat, tall
silk hat and grey kid gloves, as he
jumped off the Harvard Square car, and
walked up Dana street, and one could
hardly help casting more than one admiring
glance over the shoulder as he
passed. Yes—on the whole—Gordon
Sturgis was a very handsome fellow.
As he ran up the stairs of one of those
red brick houses so common in Cambridge,
Edith Van Orman opened the
door herself. Now Edith Van Orman i?
a very striking girl, very handsome and
wry stylish, and as she stood there at
the top of the stairs in her stylish tailormade,
her head, surmounted by a rich
mass of auburn hair, thrown slightly
back, a smile of greeting on her lips—
Sturgis paused a moment, about six
steps below her, and eyed her critically,
then he drew in a deep breath and muttered
: ** By George, she's a queen !"
s 'You're late," she said smiling," mama
and I have been waiting for almost five
minutes and you know that's a dreadful
sin for a man to keep a girl waiting.
But come in. Mama, 71 she said to Mrs.
Van Orman who sat languidly back in a
chair, fanning herself discontentedly,—
" Mama, how am I going to punish him
for being late ? "
"How are you, Gordon?* 1 said Mrs.
Van Orman, holding out her hand without
rising—"You don't really mean to
tell me you've come to take ate to that
stupid foot ball game ? "
" I am afraid so, Mrs. Van Orman,' r he
said taking her hand, ( *but I'm sure
you'll like it after you once get there."
"Well," said Mrs. Van Orman. "I
never did see the use of a lot of
men piling on top of one another,
getting filthy dirty avA ending up by
getting killed, and I knoxv I never shall.
Gordon, hand me my smelling salts and
my fan and ray purse—there. Now,"
she continued slowly, looking round, " 1

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think I have everything. Help me up
now. Oh, Edith, run upstairs again
and bring me ray feather boa, I know it
will turn cold, there's a good child."
" Oh, let me go !" said Sturgis, " Til
do it in no time," und he bounded upstairs
before either of them had time to
answer him.
41 Where is it? " he called.
*' In the closet in mama's room on the
shelf," rang up Edith's sweet voice.
" Got it ? "
"Yep," he answered running down
stairs. " Now, come quick," he added,
li or we will be too late to see the teams
come on the field."
u Which way are you going ? ): asked
Edith at the foot of the steps."
" It will be shorter to go this way."
"But mama can't walk."
u Well, she can't get on the cars for
they are packed/* he said, " you've
got to walk Mrs. Van Orman. Why,
Holmes 1 field is only six or .seven blocks.
You can do that easily."
41 Oh, I knew something horrid would
happen." complained Mrs. Van Orman.
"I can't go. 11
*' Yes, yes, you can," said Sturgis good
hiimoredly and with a great deal of coaxing
and urging they finally got her be?
twecn them and persuaded her to come.
They made their way slowly down to
Massachusetts avenue and up to Harvard
Square, Mrs. Van Orman continually
complaining, Gordon patiently reassuring
and Edith burning, with vexation
and impatience because her mother
could not or would not hurry. Car after
car passed them from Boston, loaded »o
its utmost capacity. Everybody seemed
to be going and Gordon was kept b'isy
between reassuring Edith's mother and
bowing to people on the cars.
Ki Cheer up, Mrs. Van Orman, here we
are at Harvard Square—look at Thurston's,
Edith, isn't it decorated finely?—
and Holmes' field just around the corner
here. How do you do, Miss Rickoff?'':^
"See, mama, everyone is getting off|
the cars. Oh look, look Gordon, there ^
goes the Harvard coach!"
A cheer broke from the crowd in
Square, as the coach containing the;
team swept into the Square and dowp|jj
the street again to Holmes' field, /
" Why look," cried Edith pointing tj
the coach, "there's Grafton Campbell T v
I did not know he was on the team!" ^;
" Oh, yes," said Gordon, " why, Heff;
Campbell is the best man we've got,;;
He's a team in himself, and he's the
best half that Harvard ever had."
"I don't like him," said Edith, "I
don't think he's a gentleman, even if he
is on the team." / /
"Why, what's the matter with Heff
Campbell? he's one of the finest chapsvsg
that ever walked the Harvard yard. He,_
used to be a jay, but foot bail has done
him a world of good and has made
one of the best men I ever met."
" I don't believe foot ball ever did any- -^
one any good," put in Mrs. Van Orman „•
peevishly. " I wish I were home."
''No, no you don't. Why, here we
are now," Gordon said quickly, feeling
conscious that he had been neglecting
her, " I am sorry," he went ou to.Edith,-
"you don't like Heff Campbell. You."
must tell me why you don't by and by.
Yes, I-IeiF is one of the best men I know,'
but he used to be a regular tin-laorn
sport." . :
"That's just it," said the girl.
" Edith," said Mis. Van Orman, det.er-.
minedly, "if you don't get me out of this
crowd, I shall faint."
" O listen i " cried Edith, " hear themcheering.
I wonder what they're doing.",
"0 nothing much. The teams could
not have come on the field yet." ;
"Now where are our seats?" asked
Edith impatiently as they emerged into
the field surrounded on every side by.
tier on tier of faces.
" Over herein the Poire
tion—section E, I think.
Van Orman, you'll trip 01
:
With great difficulty
reached their seats. • •
"Well, here we are
Edith exwltingly. "Do:
now, dear mama?"
" No," said Mrs. Van
been rather jostled in the
ce.a't say I do, arid I'll be
over and I can go home.'
"Oh, oh look there,
Edith, «there's a bear!";
"Yes," said Sturgis
opera glasses, "that's thi
cot. Don't you see he's i
Why, it's Cranstor-that's
across the field. See the
him."
"Oh look, there conn
band. Just listen how the]
do they sit?" :
"Just opposite," said
rah! here comes the teatni
u
Rah, rah, rah ! Rt
Harvard!"
The bleachers on opposi
field allotted the two un]
deuly turned, one side,
the other orange and bl;
pie waved their colors.
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How well Harvard pn
Gordon, " and see there's
bell again. .Tell me, Edi
you like him i "
"Oh—one day I was
Boylston street with him]
upon a dog fight and he 1<
there and pushed his way
shouting: * Ten to one c
He never called on me
you!" '"...'
"Oh, but that was i
wasn't it?" said Sturgisj
Edith to like Graftoa b<
Grafton-were the warmi
indeed Graftoa was Gord

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red int^|
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" Over here in the Porcellion Club Section—section
E, I think. Carefully Mrs.
Van Orman, you'll trip on those steps "
With great difficulty they at last
reached their seats.
"Well, here we are at last," cried
EL 1 -xultingly. "Don't you like it
r ^r ,r mama? "
" A, 'j," said Mrs. Van Orman, who had
been rather jostled in the crowd, tf no, I
can't say I do, and I'll be glad when it's
over and I can go home."
"Oh, oh look there, Gordon," said
Edith, " there's a bear ! "
"Yes," said Sturgis adjusting the
opera glasses, "that's the Harvard mascot.
Don't you see he's dressed in red ?
Why, it's Cranston that's leading him
across the field. See the crowd joshing
him."
" Oh look, there comes the Princeton
band. Just listen how they yell ! Where
do they sit ? "
"Just opposite," said Sturgis, "Hurrah
! here comes the teams."
" Ra/tt rah, rah ! Rah, raht rah /
Harvard!"
The bleachers on opposite sides of the
field allotted the two universities suddenly
turned, one side, deep crimson,
the other orange and black, as the people
waved their colors.
" How well Harvard practices ! " cried
Gordon, " and see there's Grafton Campbell
again. Tell me, Edith, why don't
you like him ? "
"Oh—one day I was walking down
Boylston street with him and we came
upon a dog fight and he left me standing
there and pushed his way into the crowd
shouting: ' Ten to one on the bull-pup. 1
He never called on me again I can tell
you!"
" Oh, but that was some time ago,
wasn't it? 1 ' said Sturgis. He wanted
Edith to like Graf ton because he and
Grafton were the warmest of friends,
indeed Grafton was Gordon's chum.
41 Yes," said Edith, "that was about a
couple of years ago. There goes the
toss up, Gordon."
"Yes," pursued Sturgis, "but you
should see what foot ball has done for
him."
u What are they doing no\7 ? " queried
Mrs. Van Orraan peevishly.
" They're lining up," said Sturgis.
"They're what?"
"Lining up, yes and it's Harvard's
ball, Edith."
A deep silence settled over the huge
mass of humanity as thousands of eyes
watched the Harvard full back, glance
along the line from left to right to see if
all were ready; then he took a step forward,
then a little rur and then one
huge, tremendous swing of his right foot
that sent the ball flying down the field
for a fifty yard kick and the great Princeton
and Harvard game had begun.
The Princeton half caught the ball and
slipped out of the Harvard end's arm and
dashed down the field, running well with
his interference. On, on he came, nothing
seemed able to stop him. He reached
the center, and Harvard's forty yard line,
when suddenly he seemed to see his interference
knocked left and right, and
the next instant found himself on the
ground in the strong arms of Grafton
Campbell. The air seemed rent with
cheers from the Harvard bleachers and
crys of "Good boy Campbell" and
1 What's the matter with Heff Campbell
? " found their way as far down as
Harvard Square.
" Wasn't that a splendid tackle,
Edith? " said Sturgis, hoarse from shouting
already.
The teams settled down to systematic
hammering hi the very center of the
field, Princeton kicked the ball on the
third down and Fulton, Harvard's full,
brought the ball to the center of the field
by a clever run. Here Harvard pushed
the ball down the field for thirty yards^

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but lostit on a fumble The men of the
Orange and Black brought it again into
Harvard's territory by a guard run of
twenty-five yards and then they made
their one great run of the day. The
half back fooled Harvard completely by
a triple pass, and the next instant he
was flying down the field with nobody in
front of him but Harvard's full-back and
nobody behind him but Campbell, fifteen
yards behind. Would the Harvard fullbackdown
him ? Could Campbell catch
him? The mass of humanity on the
bleachers held their breath while they
waited for the answer. On came the
Princeton half, zig-zaging down the
field, the Harvard full-back imitating
him in every motion and Campbell
slowly but surely creeping up on him.
Suddenly within four yards of the Harvard
man the runner stopped short then
darted round him and jumped right
through his arms. A thousand cries
leaped from a thousand throats. One of
the questions had been answered. The
other alone remained to be solved.
Campbell had thirty yards in which to
catch his man, and he had five to make
up He was certainly gaining on him,
but would he gain on him enough to
catch him before the Princeton half
crossed the goal line ? The crowd
silently rose to its feet, not a sound
could be heard as the two men sped
down the field. Campbell was but three
yards behind him now. He bad gained
two yards in running ten, in the other
fifteen yards he ought to catch him.
Bur could he keep to that rate? On
they flew; the Princeton man could hear
the short, quick, gasping breath of his
pursuer close behind him. They had
reached the twenty-yard line and still
Campbell had not stopped him, although
the distance between them had been
shortened by a yard and only two yards
separated them. The strain of excitement
was stretched to almost snapping
point as the men crossed the ten-yan||
line Campbell seemed to have be«
waiting to reach this line, for when his^|
foot touched the mark he gathered ,ail$|
his strength together and with one gre
leap he threw himself upon his man;!
and he had downed him after a run of;.|
forty yards on Harvard's ten yard line.. |
The bleachers went mad. They shout-Sf
ed, they yelled, they screamed, they:^j|
shook with noise. Campbell seemed to:
hear them as though from a great distance
and they appeared to him ; aS;;J
through a mist. But as he gazed at the ^|
thousands of people shouting his name, ||
suddenly he saw a face among the tiers\-|
of benches on the bleachers, a face tbat;|
made his heart leap into his throat, She ;|
was waving at him—yes, at him / He |
smiled and bowed mechanically, but as y,
he took his place again behind the line £j
he muttered between his teeth, " If that
pleased her, I'll do something better^
than that yet." . : '
Harvard settled down to prevent
Princeton from scoring and a bitter fignt'"';§
took place over the goal line, and th^.^
battle was still raging when time was|;
called, and the first half was over.v^
Campbell, as he walked off the field,
face undistinguishable under the mass ofr'3,
mud and sweat, glanced up at the bleachers,
when he passed her seat. Shcsmiled^ J
delightfully at him and leaned over the
rail saying:
" Good boy, Mr. Campbell/ 7
They were only four words, but it
made him one of the happiest of men. r ;
" Why, what arc you doing, Edith ? M ;.
asked Sturgis. __
" I'm just saying a word of encourage^
ment to Mr. Campbell," said she uncon- :
sciously blushing.
t( But I thought you didn't speak to
him."
"I didn't use to, but when I see a
man play foot ball like that, I feel as
though I must give him some encouragement."
i
" Yes," said Gordon raus
ton Campbell is a trump ca
11 Second half," called sol
The men touk their pla<
termined expression that
for the next 30 minute bai
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THE LOWELL
" Yes," said Gordon musingly,'* Grafton
Campbell is a trump card.*'
11 Second half," called somebody.
The men touk their places with a determined
expression that promised well
for the next 30 minute battle. Graftou
Campbell also thought things. ll If that
pleases her," he murmured, " I'll please
her," and he threw away his lime and
glanced once more towards her seat and
then turned with a determination to distinguish
himself.
The Priuceton full punted the ball
into Fulton's arms and he carried the
ball to Harvard's forty-fiveyard line
By a series of end runs the Crimson
team forced the ball down to Princeton's
thirty-yard line but lost it on another
fumble. They determined, however, to
regain it and held the team down beautifully
until they were forced to punt.
They tried a quarter back kick, but the
Princeton end fumbled miserably and
Fulton fell on the ball Time had to be
taken out because a Harvard man was
hurt. Then the ball was, however, again
in Harvard's territory on the forty-yard
line and upon the line up Fulton bucked
the center and got through and was only
brought down on Princeton's thirty-yard
line by the full-back, but as he fell he
dropped the ball and the Princeton end
fell on it. Here the men of the Orange
and Black seemed to wake up and by
guard runs and triple passes, worked the
ball up into Harvard's territory and
slowly down the field toward the Crimson
goal until they brought the ball to Harvard's
twenty-yard line.
"Hold 'em down, now boys," shouted
Fulton, and Harvard did her best. Three
times the umpire called " three downs,
no gain." Campbell saw that now here
was his time to star. Princeton must
kick and he nerved himself to block it.
He saw the Princeton full run back, he
saw the ball snapped and then like a
stone from a catapult he shot through
guard and tackle, knocked over a Prince*
ton half and caught the ball square itt
the face For an instant he was dazed,
and then darted past the Princeton full,
caught up the ball and flew down the
field for a touch-down.
The bleachers went rnad again; they
shouted, u What's the matter with Campbell?"
until they were hoarse, but Grafton
cared little for the praise, his eyes
wandered down the field until they
caught sight of a red parasol waving,
in the air at him, and then he gave a
sigh of happiness and turned and kicked
the goal.
The teams lined up again for ten minutes,
which were truitless for either side,,
and when time was called the ball only,
lay on Princeton's twenty-yard line.
The bleachers didn't wait till the
teams were off the field, but poured
over the ropes and in a minute Campbell
found himself on the shoulders of the
crowd, borne in triumph around the field
in the midst of deafening cheers. The
Harvard band marched round playing
u Fair Harvard," and it was not until an
hour later that the Harvard team was
permitted tc remove some of the grim
from their faces.
" Aie you going with me to the Harvard
farce to-night," asked Gordon Sturgis.
" Of course,' 1 Edith said, u you don't
suppose I've forgotten."
" Well, I'll corae for you early for the
Museum will be packed. So be sure
and be ready. I'll be round about halfpast
seveik"
"Oh, I'll be-ready," she answered,
" but isn't Grafton Campbell fine? "
" Splendid," he said lifting his hat.
That night Edith Van Orman sat in a
box, right opposite the team, and in tht
very front row was Campbell, the hero ot*
the hour. Perhaps at another time lie
might have liked the lionizing, but now
it was boresome to him. He wished,

THE LOWELL
they would let him alone. He cared only
'for her smiles. Yes, unmistakably he
was head over heels in love with Edith
Vm Orman. But then, he thought what
could she care for a man who had treated
iier so caddishly? He did not deserve
one look from her.
• He spent more of his time looking
across at her box than at the play and
he would only waken up to laugh mechanically
with the rest. When the
curtain went down for the second time,
he glanced again at her box for about
the five hundredth time that night. His
heart gave a leap—yes, she was beckoning
to him—to him—to come over to her
box. In an instant he had pushed his way
out into the passage way and was striding
through the corridors to the opposite
side of the house.
" I wanted to see you, Mr. Campbell,"
she said smiling, as she offered him her
hand, as he entered, " because I felt myself
bound to tell what a hero I think
you are, and how much I admire you for
your gallant conduct this afternoon."
*' Don't Miss Van Orman, 51 he said with
a pained expression on his face, " you
•ought not to say these things, I hear
them from everyone and they sound out
•of harmony when you say them. Oh ! I
"beg your pprdon, Mrs. Van Orman, how
are you ? and you, Gordon ?" he added
greeting Edith's companions
" Don't misunderstand me, Miss Van
Orman," he said as he saw her look surprised,
"I only meant that had you said
'you played well this afternoon, Mr.
Campbell,' or 4 let me thank you for
helping Harvard to win,' I should have
appreciated it much more because I
know you would sincerely mean them,
but "
U I know what you mean," she said
interrupting him, "you think I don't
mean that I consider you a hero when I
say I do; that's not my fault you know,
it's your own, and' you should blame
yourself; I felt you would think that'offl
me. so I asked you to come over i
daily, so I could tell you that I do con- ;^
sider you just simply a hero. Oh, there.|
goes that horrid little bell and you
go! I hope, Mr. Campbell, we will
you soon at 216 Dana street?
good by and don't think unpleasant;;!
things about me M
" By jove," he said when he was once^f
outside her box,"she's asked me'tejcalL M 4
11 A very nice fellow, that/', said Mrs
Van Orman. -
"He is indeed." said Edith. -
"A finer fellow I never met," said
Sturgis.
What need is there to say Grafton
Campbell called. He came once, twicej
three times, four times, five times till be
himself lost count, until he came once a
week and sometimes twice, well in fact
until he came to call her " Edith." '"
One night they wept to the Hollis :
street theatre. Grafton took both her;;
and her mother. It was to see Hackett •
in ll The Prisoner of Zenda " After the?
play Grafcon proposed to go to the
Parker House for supper, but Edith :
objected and said:
"No, no Graft, come back to Cambridge
and I'll make a Welsh rarebit.,'
Besides, mama can't be out so late and;
another thing, the cars will be stopped.
Come home with us?
" How can a maa refuse you anything,
Edith?"
"Well, I don't see why he should,"
she said gaily.
They took the Harvard Square car at
Boylston street and an hour later found
them at Edith's house.
"I'm going up to bed, Edith," said
Mrs. Van Orman wearily. "You and
Grafton may have your rarebit all to
yourself, I don't want any of it, I'll sit up
though till you come up and remember
and go early Grafton, because Edith was
up very late last: night and is going to
the cotillion with,,Gord<
morrow and she 'musu&'t
"All right, Mrs, Vati
night. 1 '
"I'll be up in half at
called Edith. "Light t]
dining room, Graft, we'll
"Well, tell me how
play. You haven't told
. "Oh, I don't know,".
stirring the cheese., "O|
good play and Hackett
but it seems to me it is a
dramatic. In that prisoi
it's a little over done.
" Perhaps so," he answi
cigarette. "You don't
do you, Edith?"
" Not in the least, I Hi
do," she answered, as sh<
incredulously. " But y<
swered my question yet
" I really won't ventuj
he said smiling at her'^
of his cigarette. "I bi
Hope is writing a sequel'
of Zenda in McClure's.
ing it?"
"Yes, but I didn't gej
numbers. I missed th<
your plate, Graft; oh
wish the toast was hot!"
u Don't you care," sai<
plate. " I know it ,will
anyhow. Just wait a fe
see. No, but joking asii
the best rarebit I ever at<
" You say that to every
she answered.
They ate their rarel
while, the conversation
on palmistry.
"Yes," said Grafton j
his plate and brushii
crumbs from his lap, "
girl, a Miss Kelly, whoj
Cherio liimself, taught
about it" ' :
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" All right, Mrs. Van Orman,—goodnight."
11 1*11 be up in half an hour, mama,
called Edith. "Light the gas in the
dining room, Graft, we'll eat out there."
11 Well, tell me how you liked the
play. You haven't told me yet."
"Oh, I don't know,' 1 she answered
stirring the cheese. " Of course it's a
good play and Hackett is a fine actor,
but it seems to me it is a little too melodramatic.
In that prison scene I think
it's a little over done. Don't you?"
" Perhaps so," he answered lighting a
cigarette. l * You don't mind if I smoke,
do you, Edith?"
" Not in the least, I like it. Truly I
do," she answered, as she saw him smile
incredulously. "But you haven't answered
my question yet? "
14 1 really won't venture an opinion,"
he said smiling at her through the smoke
of his cigarette. l * I believe Anthony
Hope is writing a sequel to the Prisoner
ofZenda in McClure's. Are you reading
it?"
"Yes, but I didn't get the first two
numbers. I missed them. Now pass
your plate, Graft; oh dear, how I do
wish the toast was hot! "
"Don't you care," said he taking his
plate, '"I know it will be out of sight
anyhow. Just wait a few minutes and
see. No, but joking aside, you do make
the best rarebit I ever ate, Edith."
*' You say that to every girl you know,"
she answered.
They ate their rarebit, talking the
while, the conversation finally turning
on palmistry.
44 Yes, 1 ' said Grafton, pushing aside
his plate and brushing the cracker
crumbs from his lap, "a very charming
girl, a Miss Kelly, who was a pupil of
Cherio himself, taught me something
about it."
THE LOWELL
U O tell my fortune, then," said the
girl stretching out her palm across tljje.
table to him. :'
He took it tenderly, holding it gently
in his. All his love seemed to rise up in
him, as he gazed at her, and held her
hand. For a moment he did not speak.
Could she love a worthless fellow like
himself. He didn't see how she possibiy
could, and yet—and yet she
might. A great, wild hope filled his
heart. He must know, he could not go
any longer loving her this way in silence.
Whether she loved or hated hitn; he
must know to-night. Yes, to-night.
"Well are you going to tell me my
fortune or not? You sit there as though
you were possessed."
41 1 am, Edith," be- answered tenderly.
His whole soul was thrown into his
voice. Surely she could read its meaning;
The girl blushed a little and then she
said :
14 Are you going to hold my hand for-
ever?"
14 If you will let me," he said gently.
" Will you, Edith?"
Her eyes sought the floor, her face
turned scarlet, she was trembling in
every limb, he felt it in the hand he
held.
14 Will you, Edith ? " he repeated.
She turned her head up sideways at
him looking ut him from the corners ot
her eyes.
" You'll have to ask Mama that," she.
said smiling at him through her tears.
Later when Edith called Mrs. Van
Orman down, he i% asked mama that,"
and mama was pleased. And so they
sat, Grafton holding Edith's band on
one side of the table, and Mrs. Van
Orman on the other, and when they bad
sat so for a long time and Mrs. Van
Orman had, talked very much she finally,
said;
44 Well, Grafton I have., no objections,
but now I waut you to tell me, now that

IO THE LOWELL
you are to be my son-in-law so soon, tell
me what did foot ball ever do for you, or
.what good did it do you?"
"Well," said Grafton, *'I think it
saved me from being a cad, and it did
me a lot of good when it gave me
Edith."
" Yes," said Edith, " and me a lot of
good when it gave me Graft."
"Ah," said Mrs. Van Oman "but
yours was an exceptional case. 1 '
" Poor Gordon Sturgis," said Grafton,
"what will he do about this ? What will
he think of me. ? He thinks me a cad
now, I'm afraid. 1 *
(l No!ie doesn't," said Edith. "He
told me what he thought of you."
"What?" asked Grafton.
11 A regular trump-card ! " said she.
CEAS. G. NORRIS.
A Day With Nature.
It was Sunday morning when we
started early from a little village and
climbed a neighboring hill to view the
surrounding landscape. It was one of
those rare, calm days, found only in certain
months of the summer time, when
the songs of the birds may be heard
floating idly past us upon the refreshing
breeze, and the waters of the brooklet as
they go rippling down the lonely hillside
over the pebbles to join the streams
below, and perhaps to refresh some
weary traveler, who stops on his toilsome
way for a cooling draught.
On the top of the hill we rested, watching
the wonders of mother nature. Before
us lay a wide and beautiful stretch of
country covered with rich fields of grain.
Far in the distance shone the broad
waters of San Francisco Bay glistening
under the rays of the morning sun, and
just beyond could be faintly seen the
city itself covering the hills. '
We commanded a good view of the
surrounding country. Eighteen miles
before us couldtbe seen the towns of Oak^
land, Alameda and Berkeley, as they lay;;
upon the shore of the shining waters ot
the Bay.
Midway between Oakland and us
stood a grove of tall trees, like sentinels,
guarding that quiet valley: one would
think they had been planted by man so
stately and unbending did they stand in
the form of a perfect square, but no
mortal hand had placed them there.
Around us rolled the hills, those mighty
guards in all their grandeur; over them
lay the soft coverlet of flowers whose
colors nature had so carefully blended
into harmony. One might climb hill
after hill to see what lay beyond, and he
would reach the top but to see another
impede his view.
High up among the rocks a spring
gushes forth and brimming over sends
its sparkling waters on a winding journey
down the hillside, under the bushes and
trees, watering the roots as they go.
As it j oins a stream tranquilly
flowing at the foot of the hillside
it is for a moment hidden from our
view, and passes into the shadow of the
trees and rocks.
Suddenly upon the road a few miles
before us was seen a wagon tearing at a
terrific speed across the country, raising
clouds of dust and dispelling from our
minds that feeling of peacefulness and
repcae which the nature of the place had
suggested. As this gradually passed
from our sight, we heard the bells of the
village church in the distance pealing
forth, welcoming all the country folk to
the house of prayer.
All day long we stayed upon the hilltop
watching the beautiful scenery. It
gradually grew toward night, when
clear and startling over the evening
breeze was wafted the pealing notes of
the village bells, proclaiming to all that
it was the hour of sunset.
As we watched the sky, the whole
•w
V •;•&
world seemed on fire,
south reflecting thebrill
setting stistt. The cloui
position; those of a dee]
to form a frame,
picture, the clouds of.wj
tered about. Suddenly
a brilliant golden, coioi
above-tite deep blue
formed the outline ofstrip
of the blue sky beii
The white clouds shift
and one might easily ii
of the cross three brokei
could not remain in thij
and soon were • scattered
blue heavens.
That Fish Dli
The day dawned brigj
this particular 'June mi
were extremely hapbi
planned a fishing excursi]
We had been waiting so:
weather and,of course,lo'
piaess is enjoyed the mor<
We got our poles read
our hocks and .we, I not
dug for bait. Then tiler
bate whether we should ti
ket to carry our fisjb or
string them on it . Alth<
take a potato sack,;we fn
favor of the twig for;we
ourcatcfr.
After deciding such iij
tions as these we started.

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world seemed on fire, north, east and
south electing the brilliant rays of the
setting sun. The clouds shifted their
position ; those of a deeper color seeming
to form p. frame, -^hue within, like a
picture, the clouds o* white were scattered
about. Suddenly we saw those of
a briiiiaut golden color separate, and
above the deep blue of the sky, they
formed 'the outline of a perfect cross, a
strip of the bin* sky being the crucifix.
The white clouds shifted here and there
and one might easily imagine ",tthe base
of the cross three broken steps. These
could not remain in this position long
and soon were scattered over the deep
blue heavens.
E. M. D. 'oo.
That Fish Dinner.
The day dawned bright and clear on
this particular 'June morning/ and we
w >fir e extremely happy, for we ."ad
iined a nshing excursion for that day.
We had been waiting some time for fine
weather and,of course,loug deferred happiness
is enjoyed the more when it comes.
We got our poles ready and hunted up
our hooks and we, I not being included,
dug for bait. Then there was a long debate
whether we should take a large basket
to carry our fish or cut a twig and
string them on it. Although advised to
take a potato sack, vie finally decided ia
fa^or of the tv;ig for we wished to show
our catch.
After deciding such important questions
as these we started. We walkv'u a
THE LOWELL
long distance to a mountain stream where •
trout were said to be very plentiful.
When a comfortable place to sit dowowas
reached, we sat down—and waited.
The first thing to be done was to bait our
hooks. Now I am usually very brave,,,
but I quite willingly resigned this pleas?
ant task to my brother. Then the funj
began. We were very patient fishermen*
and were not heard to titter anything
very bad. When I felt a tug at my line*
wasm't I proud. I made great haste to
put out—a small twig riiick my hook had
caught. The fish was still " a'COxnin'J*
But I did net have to wait very long for
the real thing—my patience was at last
rewarded. I jerked out my line and discovered
a lovely, big trout abou.t threeinches
long. 1 tell you what, I was.
getting along swimmingly. Immediate!}'
my mouth began to water, and I was
planning how I should have it cooked for
dinner; for fried trout is delicious, so
they say.
When I had my splendid catch my
friends beg^u to grow impatient and, of
course,they were envious. Who wouldn't
be? But when, after two or three hours
more of waiting, no funher catches we;e
made, we gave it up as a bad jo^ and
went home with a fisherman's luck.
Of course my fish was the wonder of
every one we saw in the village and, it is
needless to say, a splendid fish dinner
was prepared that da} r for—the cat.
•Siscf! that time, strange to relate, I.
ha ire always declared that fishing is not
v/hat it is cracked up to be.
E. F. MOWBKAY, '99.

THE LOWELL
The Doctor's Story.
We were seated about the great open
•• fire-place at the club-rooms one evening,
seeking warmth from the roaring fire, as
it lit up with its ruddy glow every dark
• corner of the room. Without, .stormy
winter was enjoying one of his frolics.
* chasing everything before him like
the veritable tyrant he is. We could
hear the whistling of the wind down the
big chimney and the steady down-pour
•of rain as it fell inbigdrops.pitter-patter,
against the rattling window-panes. As
an occasional traveler dashed past,
muffled from head to foot ir* a dripping
mackintosh, and, with head bent low,
struggled wearily against the gusty
wind, we huddled closer and closer to the
fire, rejoicing in its warm glow.
'Tis strange,—is it not?—the effect a
big fire has upou a company of folks
gathered about it, especially if the night
be wintry. Almost invariably one is led
to relate some interesting or exciting anecdote,
most often G\»e's own experience)
—the little band of listeners and narrators
seeming all the whMe united by
some strange influence,all hearts beating
as one.
That night, partly for - ourtesy's sake
and chiefly because we knew a good tale
would be forthcoming, Bob MacFarland's
brother, a doctor, was called upon
for a story. The doctor was the attending
physician at the Sheldon Hospital,
and was spending his brief vacation with
his brother, a member of our club.
"A talc?" be said, "well boys, I
might tell you many a one which has to
do with my work in the hospital, for I
come across, many interesting cases there,
but just at this moment there comes to
my mind the story of poor John Harndon
—perhaps you e heard of him. I think
he lived here before he went abroad."
" He came to us from the Insane Asylum,
having been driven mad, whsnouly
a young man, by the intense excitement
of a successful musical career. Having
reached the very top of the ladder at his
first appearance in public, while the immense
auditorium was ringing with enthusiastic
applause for the handsome
violinist, he had stepped from the stage,
utterly bereft cf his reascn. His favoiite
selection was Schumann's "Ntchtstiick"
and it was that sorrowful melody which
he had played on that fatal night, the beginning
of a forty years' living death."
u At last, old and feeble with the burden,
of three score years and ten upon
him, he was carried from the Asylum
carriage, hugging his Stradivarius, and,
as I could plainly see, hovering on the
very threshold of death. What a wave
of pity passed over me when I first beheld
him, with the sunlight shining on his
snow-white locks and brightening up a
face so refined, with its clear-cut features,
although wrinkled with age."
*'I took a special interest in my new
patient, and, when the toil of the day was
over would sit beside him, conjuring up
the image of a handsome young man
swaying a mighty audience by the movements
of the bow.' J
''Oftentimes the old man would grasp
his violin with fond caress and attempt
to play a few notes of some almost forgotten
song; but the instrument would
soon drop *

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THE LOWELL
were only the signs of approaching death
and that the little old man stretched out
before me would soon be no more.'*
" Suddenly as we gazed, the sick man
stirred and then starting up with a new
light in his eye slid to me, • Doctor,will
you come with me to night to the Casino?
I want you to hear me play.—you. who
havt been so kind to me. But I see an
odd look in your eyes. Surely you don't
think I am going to die before I keep
my promise! Oh, no! I shall play on
my Stradiv.- rius once more for Alice, the
girl I have loved so well. She will be
there, and dear mother will have a box
to heur her own John play the tune she-,
too, so loved, the " Nachtstiick," Schumana's
beautiful u Nachtstiick.' 1 And
my manager, Johnson, said tbe house
would be packed for me; but don't let
me keep you longer and I need
rest too don't forget.'''
lt He sank back in slumber, muttering
some message even in his sleep. The
nurse bent over the sleeper to hide the
tears which fell on his marble white
hands as they lay folded on the coverlet,
and I—well, I had a very important case
just at that moment, in the next room.' 1
''That night I took my customary seat
beside my patient, who was now tossing
restlessly in a high fever, resisting the
nuise's efforts tc soothe him for the
night's rest. The clock was just striking
ten and I was about to go down stairs
when all at once the sleeper sat up and
seized the violin and bow which always
lay beside him. Oh, I see him even now
staring past us with those eager eyes
and even now 1 hear those wild words
flowing irom his lips in an outburst of
terrific intensity.'*
Ul Ab, the time has come indeed.
H.'.rk! I hear Martin playing the last
chords of Chopin's l Nocturne* and now,
l : sten,—his well-earned applause. There,
let me go, go to make myself famous/
' Ah—the sea of nodding faces, the
buzzing of many voices and the rustling
of silken skirts. Look ! over there, ?ny
mother is sitting,smiHng to me and with
her, dear Alice There she is nodding
and in her hand is a bunch of red roses,
a token of love.'
4 And I'm sure I see, in the box to the
left, the Princess Victoria, radiant with
all .those glistening jewels, on her fingers,
on her neck, and in her hair !'
'But listen! that is for me.the prelude to
the ''Nacbtstiick." Yep,now I am ready. 1 "
" The old man placed the violin beneath
his chin and with steady arm- and
fingers that had lost their quiver, slowly
drew the bow across the strings. And 1
then! Ah, how is it possible for mortal
tongue to desc; >ethe music of tke soul
—the language of the angels Those
sad strains rose and fell in pitiful sobs,,
rose in rebellion against fate and sank in*
contrition and submission. The melancholy
wails seemed almost human in^
their sadness and sorrow. 'Twas the
cry of a despairing soul in dire trouble
seeking help, yet painfully aware of the
uselessness of the appeal. It neeuied asif
the man's very heart-strings were
being played upon and the music pouring
forth was the story of his life. In.
those tender notes of the song I heard
longing of the soul, regret, pity and at
last,life—long and melancholy. Finally
the sad strains gradually died away as If
loth to go, but the echo of them will
ever resound in my heart."
41 And then, with the sweet music still
in our ears, we laid the weary player
on the pillows, the loved instrument by
his side. I bent over the silent forn and
put my hand to his heart;—the beatings
had ceased forever—the old man was
gone. The aged violinist had kept his
engagement, had played once again the
u Nachtstiick," and the last ?ad strains
had borne away the weary soul of John
Harndon."
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The fi^e had gone out and outside in
the cold, the wind was gently blowing.
Through the dark shadows each one,
with silent lips, but full heart, wended
his way homeward. We were all deeply
moved, and one of us at least will always
remember the Doctor's story.
GERTRUDE HOLMES.
THE LOWELL
A Day With Central.
"Number? "
How often that word is heard, spoken
into the black-framed disc of the tele-
•phone ! From a thousand different points,
•Tittered by a thousand different persons,
at the same moment and almost at every
moment of the day the answer goes back.
'It seems curious that people should hail
that round hole in a square box in such
a cordial, off-hand way.
Who is this person who answers our
•call and whom we speak of as Central?
To most of us Central is a very vague
-sort of being who serves as a connection
'between us and our friends, and who
after finding the number wanted leaves
'the scene. After this we cease to think
about Central and begin to talk with
--s'jtne friend at the other '*i;d of the wire.
To see Central one must go to the Telephone
Exchange, for that, is the abiding
place of that important functionary.
The telephone in each house or office
is connected with tbe apparatus at the
Exchange by two wires and these wires
are all brought together so that the operators
at the Exchange have them within
eaf>y reach.
In this city there are several stations,
each being tbe center of a district, with
hundreds of subscribers. Each subscriber
is represented by a small, metal flap
bearing a number on what is called the
44 switch board."
Let us pay a visit to one of these
stations. Armed with a letter of introduction
to the superintendent we enter
the office lighted with plenty of windows.
Ranged around the sides of the room
there are fifteen or twenty young women
sitting at a continuous desk like students. ^
They face a tall screen attached to the
desk and rising to within a few feet of
the ceiling. Each one also has a pad by ~
her side and occasionally she writes
something upon it.
The screen-like structure is entirely
covered by a metal casing perforated with
small round openings and by an array of
metal flaps—annunciators—each bearing
a number, some of which drop downward,
on hinges, every few seconds.
When one of these flaps falls, a young
woman pulls down from the top of the
screen a braided cord with tv?o pegs
hanging to it. One of these pegs or
plugs she puts in the hole wbich is numbered
to correspond with the flap, and
inserts the other plug in another hole
on the screen so that the two are connected
by the cord.
You see this work going on every instant.
You also see the young women
pulling out the plugs and letting them
slide upward with the cord, which runs
on a pulley, and at once resumes its former
place Meanwhile the young women
are saying, ''Number ! Pine 841? Nickel
please. I did not hear the nickel drop,"
and so the murmur continues.
In this room there is a superintendent
sitting at a separate desk, and who also
jots down notes, now and then, and
walks around to the different operators
and speaks to them. The operators all
wear a peculiar head-dress, composed of
two fiat but slightly curving bands of
steel, one of which fits part way around
the back of the head, while the other
curves upward to the top of the head.
These bands hold a telephone transmitter
close to the left ear. The transmitter,
fixed to the ear, is connected with the
wires, so that the operator may hear
everything that a subscribe! has to say
yet keep both her hands free for writing
or for adjusting the peg
board.
Directly in front of ea
her lips there is a tele
swung by a cord so that
all surrounding objects.
When you take the ti
the hook tbe only soun
station is that caused by
the metal flap which beai
Then the operator speak:
ing receiver iu front of Y
your reply through the tr
ear. Finding the numbe
she connects it to your
cord and leaves you to U
transmitter is hung tip si
of this by the flap and t
the two wires.
The business at the <
in peculiar waves, as it
regularity. For half an
may be rather quiet. T
seenip as if half the' sul
list were seized with
The metal flaps click 1:1
The. connecting cords an
fly at double quick, and
broken chatter of opera
lowed, after awhile, by ai
tive lull.
It is said not to be a M
employment for the op
are on duty about ten h
they have the advantage
while at work and each
rest of two hours by a sy
reliefs.
This particular exchai
number of night calls as
dence district.
The operators receive
training, and when a beg
cake her place immediat
and board and learn fn
The- wages range from
thirty dollars a month
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or for adjusting the pegs in the switchboard.
Directly in front of each one and near
her lips there is a telephone receiver
swung by a cord so that it hangs clear of
all surrounding objects.
When you take the transmitter from
the hook the only sound made in the
station is that caused by the dropping of
the metal flap which bears your number.
Then the operator speaks into the hanging
receiver in front of her and receives
your reply through the transmitter at her
ear. Finding the number that you want
she connects it to your number by the
cord and leaves you to talk. When the
transmitter is hung up she is made aware
of this by the flap and then disconnects
the two wires.
The business at the exchange comes
in peculiar waves, as it were, without
regularity. For half an hour everything
may be rather quiet. Then suddenly it
seems as if half the subscribers on the
list were seized with a desire to talk.
The metal flaps click in all directions.
The. connecting cords and plugs have to
fly at double quick, and there is an unbroken
chatter of operators' voices, followed,
after awhile, by another comparative
lull.
It is said not to be a very exhausting
employment for the operators. They
are on duty about ten hours a day, but
they have the advanUge of sitting down
while at work and each one has a long
rest of two hours by a system of regular
reliefs.
This particular exchange has a large
number of night calls as it is in the residence
district.
The operators receive no preliminary
training, and when a beginner, she must
take her place immediately at the desk
and board and learn from the others.
The wages range from twenty-two to
thirty dollars a month and women are
almost entirely the operators.
I have said the superintendent had a
separate desk. This is called a " monitor
desk,' 1 and here the superintendent
sits, a great part of the time, with the
same contrivance the operators wear attached
to her head. By means of keys
or levers ou the desk she is able to throw
herself into the circuit of any one of the
operators, at any instant, so that, without
their knowing it, she can hear everything
that is said all over the wires.
This arrangement enables her to dttect
any irritability or rudeness on their part
towards subscribers, or any violent language
that an angry subscriber may address
to them. It also makes it impossible
for them to waste time in gossiping
with people at the other end of the
line, as they were formerly inclined to
do.
A great growth, this, from the time of
the first telephone exchange, when one
boy was the sole operator, and could not
be discharged for any reason whatever;
because no one could be found to fill his
place. R. L. BEALS, W
A Spanish-American Sketch,

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"If Father Junipero had returned I
never should have ieft San Diego. He
never scolded because he loved the hills,
Carlos." ]o«41aidhis hand affectionately
on his friend's shoulder; " when we find
our valley we'll bring Father Junipero.
Then, in our own valley we'll work on a
mission as much as he wishes; but if we
stay here much longer we'll smother."
The two friends had seated themselves
on one of the numerous rocks which lay
scattered over the mountain. It was late
in the afternoon and although the magnificent
shadows were already beginning
to appear on the opposite side of the
canon, the travelers seemed uncomfortably
warm.
Arising they proceeded for some time in
silence. The shadows deepened and the
cool appearance of the mountains began
to revive the men's spirits.
Suddenly,'\Jose," said Carlos excitedly
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"see that form on the top of the moun
tain, just over that pine? Ah ! it is
gone! I could have sworn I saw a
woman there."
11
Perhaps it was Santa Lucia'' replied
Jose" laughing. U I should not wonder if
she were guiding us at 1 ast to our home. 1
Carlos seemed hurt but did not answer
The two Spaniards toiled wearily on
ward.
The shadows opposite spread until the
entire range seemed one '* romantic
shade" and if Santa Lucia had risen from
among the dark pines it would hardly
have seemed unnatural.
Soon they neared the summit. Both
men, though very tired, hurried toward
the top. The sun was just setting, and
on the horizon the beautiful lights
glowed in many colors. Jose reached
the top first. He seemed overwhelmed
and stood gazing on the scene belcw.
Carlos, after waiting in vain to hear the
result of their toil, came rapidly up to the
summit,
11
See," burst out Jose, " Three points !
The mitre ! The other peak also ! Satf •
Luis ! San Luis Obispo! San Luis
Obispo de Tolosa ! See how he guards "
our valley ! Our toil is over. He guards -i
our valley." •;
ik Yes.yes" said Carlos, "but the ocean I ,,
The bay ! San Luis watches the bay !
The Bay of San Luis !"
All else was forgotten by the Spaniards.
San Luis with his mitre by his %
side, rose conspicuously out of the valley '^
and gazed in all directions,
Long did they look over what they
hoped would prove a happy and peaceful
home. A deer leapt from behind a
pine and bounded away. A covey of
quail flew down the mountain.
Finally they made for the foot- Slowly,
and without a word did they descend,
until at last they came to a small sheet
of water, far down the mountain.
"What shall we do? 11 Jose asked
quietly.
'•I saw a thin line of smoke just after
we started to descend. I suppose there
must be Indians about. Let us stay
here to-night and to-morrow we shall go
and tell them that Father Junipero Serra
is coming," answered Carlos,
It did not take long to prepare tor the
night. Some brush piled up against a
tree was all that the hardy Spaniards
considered necessary as a shelter.' A fire
was soon started and before long the
rich gravy of several fine quail was
dropping into the fire and sputtering
merrily.
" Not a poor beginning, eh Carlos?"
said Jose. M Santa Lucia takes good
care of her range at any rate, and if
San Luis tends his wide domain as well,
our pantry will never be empty."
The two friends talked long of their
wonderful valley and already saw at the
foot of San Luis a grand old mansion,
with its red tiled roof and its beautiful
groves of olive trees, with stately palms
rising among them ; back ironi the chapel
the pigeon cot and tLe bil
a state of delightful act]
the Padre gazing on the
away look. Old, yet noi
youth. How it recalled
behind the grand old
dora. With what tropes
many, many years before.]
could he ever quite reali;
Little did they drean
few years this scene of
would be changed into ti
of to day. That the di
would give way to the
ican—the elusive "mam
tiliau becoming the stei
Yankee, the Spaniard
his romance with him.
BARRY
ON BOARD PEKING :
"Aloha to the Boys in
H. I."
. It was on the xst day
days on water, that we
welcome sight of land,.
Away to the southeast, a-|
a slight dark haze was
we approached it nearer
land. Thus rising put
the Island of Molokai,
settlement of the *worL
?bode of the uniortunai
dren, who are affected
disease, that living death]
surely, are Dante's woi
scribed over his entrance
applicable, and indeed n
cance, "All ye who- entei
behind. 11 Yes indeed,
grander than that whi<
priest and Sisters of C)
ingly enter there, to
wants of these-outcasts
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screeching of whistles and the hurrahs of
the people, our good ship stops its' machinery
and anchors along side the wharf
at 7 :15 P. M. Near by lay the U. S. S.
Charleston and Benningtou. Near by
anchor also the S. S. City of Sydney and
S. S. Australia. So then the first stage
of our journey is ended. Now, since we
are anchored, let us gaze on our surroundings.
Here we are on the Island of
Oahu, the third largest in size of that
group known as the Hawaiian Islands.
This island lies about 20 0 north latitude
and 156 0 west of Greenwich, and due to
its .position has a most agreeable and
equable climate, making it virtually the
" Paradise of the Pacific." Honolului
the capital and commercial center, has
about 29,000 people. This population is
by no means homogeneous but is made up
of Americans,Hawaiians,Japanese,Portuguese
and a small percentage of other
people. The city is located on the inner
part of a huge curve bounding the har
bor, commencing at Diamond Head and
ending at a large plantation. The distance
between points is about 7 miles.
The water in the harbor is very clear,
and many natives dove very read.ly after
the money which was thrown overboard
from our ship, showing a remarkable
skill in diving and swimming. The city
proper is bu. on a low plain descending
from Punchbowl Mountain, an extinct
volcano soniL 500 feet in height directly
in rear of the town. Behind this is
Tautalus, a mountain, some 2000 feet
high, making a beautiful background for
the city.
To be Continued.
The first issue of the
school year is a credit to
editors. The paper is quit*
best numbers of Vol. I.
carefully written article b;
Alumni, showing a marked
in the style of the author,
of more than usual merit a^
Incident of 94th Olympiad,' J J
the Black Prince, in the Hoi
The editors ol the various
are in earnest and have s;
simply and sincerely. So
sue of the year seems to susj
tinue the tone and spirit of
sors.
There are, however, some]
ticeably absent. Were all
graduated last year ? Haupon
an age of prose? Sun
has not slain them On thei
has always been tender to
poet. He has been mindfu
school poetry has not much oj
that breathe and words that
not to be despised as a traij
guage. It calls attention to!
ty of form, and the value
both important consideratioi
expression.
We miss also from the
partment any notice of the
sociation. This association
too late last year to be set
final number of Vol. I. A .
article on the need of a new

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E. A. KELLOGG.
The first issue of the LOWELL for the
school year is a credit to the new staff of
editors. The pn.per is quite equal to the
best numbers of Vol. I. It contains a
carefully written article by one of the
Alumni, showing a marked improvement
in the style of the author. Two stories
of more than usual merit appear in " An
Incident of 94th Olympiad, M and''Edward,
the Black Prince, in the Hotel de Cluny."
The editors ot the various departments
are in earnest and have said their say
simply and sincerely. So this initial issue
of the year seems to sustain and continue
the tone and spirit of its predecessors.
There are, however, some features noticeably
absent. Were all of our poete
graduated last year? Have we fallen
upon an age of prose? Surely the Critic
has not slain them On the contrary he,
has always been tender to the budding
poet. He has been mindful that while
school poetry has not much of * 'Thoughts
that breathe and words that burn," it is
not to be despised as a training in language.
It calls attention to the necessity
of form, and the value of words.—
both important considerations in literary
expression.
We miss also from the editorial department
any notice of the Alumni Association.
This association was formed
too late last year to be set forth in the
rinal number of Vol. I. A pood rousing
article on t'.ie ueed of a new building for
the Lowell High School, and a tribute
to the efforts of the Alumni and others in
this behalf would have been in order.
The loss of the Cadet department with
its warlike vignette is to be more than
supplied if the promised letters from Manila
equal in interest the one published.
One or two things in general criticism
may be said at. this beginning of things.
Articles for the school paper should be
carefully prepared. Outside of the advantage
a schoo! paper may be in making
place for originality, spontaneity and
reality in writing, it should serve to give
practical exercise in the more formal side
of composition—paragraphing, sentence
structure, phrasing, and punctuation.
Because under some of the conditions in
which work is done in actual journalism,
hasty scrawls find acceptance, it does
not follow that slipshod preparation of
articles for a school paper should be tolerated.
The editor of such a journal
should constantly insist upon good copy.
Otherwise no inconsiderable advantage
of the paper to its contributors will be
lost. Give each contributor an opportunity
to review the proof of his copy.
There should be good editorial proof
reading also. I should say the present
issue is defective iu this particular. One
of the names given in "Society " is conspicuously
transformed. Two instances
of confused mingling of sentences occur,
one in the first column of p. 9, the other
in the first column of p. 12. As the

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word u buckle" is, in one of its forms,
correctly spelled on p. 10, we may, I presume,
lay the incorrect spelling onp.n,
to the proof-reading. Furthermore, a
little care in the proof would, I am sure,
correct some of the more obvious mis-
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separate co-ordinate clauses and terms
in apposition, etc. Of course the mistake
in the tense of a verb (2d paragraph
on p. 9), the misplacing of "only" (15th
line of p. 9), and the use of the word
" excessively, 1 ' seen near the head of the
21st page, must be charged more directly
to the author. As to the appearance
of "Bacchus" without an h% p. 12, let
the copy, and proof hold council.
The story with which the paper opens
holds the interest throughout the narrative.
The materials are gleaned from
the school work in history with sonie
collateral reading. They are in the main
well assimilated and judiciously used;
the plot is wholly original. I should
like to have the writer try his pen in reporting
the field day or a foot-ball contest.
The author of " Edward, the Black
Prince, in the Hotel de Cluny," tells a
good story also. Art is shown in arousing
our interest in the chief actor, but we
are not sufficiently prepared for the
strange excitement he exhibits when he
puts on the armor of the Prince. There
is no hint of his being subject to vagaries
of the imagination, and since we are told
he found himself a painter by force of
circumstances rather than by native gen-'
ius, we are in a measure cut off from
ascribing his frenzy to the highly
wrought temperament commonly supposed
to characterize a born artist.
It seems to me that the author of the
gotten all there is for him in this form of J
writing, and had better choose another ;
vehicle for his ideas. About the only
advantage of such writing is the literary
exercise ia attempting a transference of'•"•':•
the spirit, method, and style of a good :
author., But the article in question hardly
attempts this, at least it does not ;;
achieve any such clever imitation. The
invention of some original device or •"
framework is to be commendedr
The remaining piece, "One Day," is
perhaps, well named; it reads like the "•;
happenings of a day as they may occur;
one after the other, but these events are l
not sufficiently unified by any particular
aim, pervading emotion or special out- ;
come. Careful practice iu narrative and
descrpitive writing will remove this-
defect.
The humorous editor has used his •a
shears with excellent discretion in this
number, and there are at least twp good
chances for everybody to laugh in reading
the exchange jokes. And one genuine
hearty laugh is worth the price of the
paper to any subscriber.
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Fi auk Van Duzer, '99, Editor-
ASSOCIATES :
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ASSISTANTS; .
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T,ouis Lyons, '99. Chcg
C. H. Norrlfi, '99.
BUSINESS STAF1
I,. Vincent, '99.
G. Holmes, '99.
Harold Wright, '99, Business
W. B. Buudschu, '99, Assac-i
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Iu our columns this month there ap-
us. We are all pursuing a path in common
and with tbe same end in view.
Part of this path we have traversed in
the same school, and now let us not forget
each other because we are in different
schools For preserving old memories
and bonds of union there is no
better place after the alumni association
than the columns of the school paper. If
enough material warrants it an alumni
department will be regularly established.
Such a department should rival in its
size any of the others, and should excel
many in interest.
The Alumni Department would not be
the only place for our alumni to appear,
but the other columns have room for any
subject they might choose to write upon.
The Alumni Association.
Near the end of the last academic year
the class of '98 conceived the very laudable-idea
of forming an Alumni Association
for Lowell High School. Indeedj
it was not the first time in the history of
the school that the students themselves
had realized the necessity of such an organization.
But on former occasions
theie had, unfortunately, been lacking
pears another article written by one of
that definiteness of purpose and unity of
the alumni. \Ve hope this is but the
plan which have so thoroughly charac-
beginning of a series. The columns of
terized the present undertaking.
our paper are always open to news of our
graduates and we hope this invitation The crying need of the School has
will appeal to all who read it. The long been a new building, with proper
alumni because they attend a different appliances and modern improvements,
school, are not entirely separated from and ample accommodation for the grow-

ing demands of student instruction. We
have as fine a corps of teachers and as
good & system of school government as
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of its number, probably the President,
up to the School at the beginning of
each academic year, to address the students,
and the incoming class especially
on the subject of school enterpnse and
school spirit. And at the end of.each
and it is a burning shame that we have
not a building to match. So thought
the founders of
of
the
the
Association
Association when
when
they began th
eir labors for permanent
organization, last May. So, also, do the
present undergraduates think who have
aided us alumni in our work of love.
For this was the one great object cf our
immediate organization, to gain, if pos-
year we shall extend to the graduating
class a most hearty welcome and receive
them h body bd and d soul l into the ranks of
alumni. Thus we shall be able to perpetuate
the Association in the interest
of the school and its students, past, present
and future.
sible, what Lowell so much needs, a new
EDWIN H. ANDREWS, '98.
building.
Thus it was that the Associated Aiumni
of Lowell High School, came to hold
their first meeting in Golden Sate Hall,
on the evening of June 6th laU. A constitution
was adopted and permanent
officers elected, and real work begun at
once. In accordance with the plan of
campaign outlined by the executive council,
numerous petitions were circulated
throughout tht community by both graduates
and undergraduates of the School.
The Board of Education was approached
on the subject and responded with most
gratifying promptitude and unanimity.
The matter has been taken twice before
the Board of Supervisors, and no effort
has been spared by the friends of Loweil
to bring it to a successful issue. And
let me here, as an officer of the association,
thank .the.present undergraduates
for their kind and generous appreciation
of our humble but honest endeavors in
behalf of our beloved Alma Mater.
There have been two meetings
Middle of the middlers during the
Class past month. Both were called
Meeting. chiefly with regard to the selection
of a class pin. At the first meet-:
ing the committee appointed to find a
design reported. The pin selected was
a pennant, but since few in the class
wished its adoption, a new committee
composed of the Misses De Turberviile,
Sterne and Sinsheimer was chosen to
find another design.
Tbe subject of a class color was also
brought up at the meeting. Many colors
were proposed, finally Yale blue bting
selected as the most acceptable to all.
On September 16th a second meeting
was held to act on the design furnished
by the second committee. The design
was a shield, and, it being acceptable to
all, was adopted. Irving and Rosenshine
were appointed to attend to its purchase.,
and the meeting adjourned.
Our work at present is mainly in the The Editor is requested through this
line of membership extension, though column to extend the thanks of the foot-
that has unfortunately to be confined to ball players and all those interested in
the two universities. When our means
warrant, however, we hope to considera-
athletics to Mr. Middleton. Through his
active interest and efforts in our b
bly broaden our* field of activity, and to
be able to hold the great annual reunion
of Lowellites contemplated in our constitution.
It is also, I believe, the purpose
of the council to send hereafter one
v ^alf
we have been able to secure the track
and lot, and they are now rapidly being
put*into shape. Mr. Middleton in his
kindness has offered to defray all expenses
and erect a club house for our use.
V
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EDITED BY CHAS. G. NOI
On account of the late op
Eastern schools, our list of
not as large as usual. H
exceptionally good edition
papers make up in no sma
loss. Among some of the .
Hiqh School JSgU of Se
the Oakland High School,
us in its usual excellent f<
its usual stock of good etc
the best short stories 1 that 1
to us, is in this nurabsr
called "How Dick Kept a £
excellently well told and
style is remarkably good,
told in a short, direct ma
entertaining and also has
holding the attention. MIE
does not hesitate to be nati
her story. Most of our arc
put on a forceo, cramped si
natural and labored. Mis
what she wants to in the
she would write a letter
friend. Howevor, let us s
suitable title than the pr
very weak. "A Little Chj
Them" ie another excellei
atory in the Jfigis, but it
handled. It 1B a pity th
Etory should have been 1
conception. Almost anyt
the simple prayer of the
have turned the hearts an
rough listeners ; but thej
have been moved by fch&t.
cellent; the visions of h
men's minds, the final olo
above all, the title, are a
ceived and well-written.

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THE LOWELL
EDITED BY CHA8. G. NORRIS. J 99.
- On account of the late openings of the
Eastern schools, our list of exchanges is
not as large as usual. However some
exceptionally good editions of western
papers make up in no small degree this
loss. Among some of the later are the :
High School JEgu of Sept. 6 th from
the Oakland High School, It comes to
us in its usual excellent form and with
its usual block of good stories. One of
the best short stories that has ever come
to us, is in this number of the JEgi%^
called "How Dick Kept a Secret." It is
excellently well told and the general
style is remarkably good. The story i8
told in a short, direct manner which is
entertaining and also has the power of
holding the attention. Miss Shafter, too,
does not hesitate to be natural in telling
her story. Most of our amateur authors
put on a forced, cramped style that is unnatural
and labored. Miss Shafter says
what she wants to in the earns way as
she would write a letter to an intimate
friend. However, let us suggest a more
suitable title than the present which is
very weak. "A Little Child Shall Lead
Them" is another excellently conceived
story in the JEyis> but it is very poorly
handled. It is a pity that ao -good a
story should have been ruined by misconception.
Almost anything else but
the simple prayer of the child would
have turned the hearts and minds of the
rough listeners ; but they never would
have been moved by that. Parts are excellent
; the visions of home in the two
men's minds, the final closing scene, and
above allf the title, are admirably conceived
and well-written.
We take pleasure [in aciriowkdging
the regular receipt of the Calif oimian from
Berkeley and the Baptist Argus.
He—Well, I must bb off.
Sbe—Yes, a little. I noticed that the
first time 1 met you.
One of our best exchanges that come
from the Pacific Coast is an admirable
little paper from Alameda called the
Alameda Bee. The editorials are especially
good. The little paper ha8 the good
wishes of the LOWELL.
Another western High School magazine
that comes to us is the Nugget from the
Mission High School. We are glad to
see that the editorial staff of the paper i&
not slow in getting it out. A supplement
that comes with it in a beautiful halftone
of C arm el '3ay from Cypress Point,
Monterey. The idea is excellently conceived.
It is with regret that we see Mr.
Winn'a name in another paper than our
own. There is no doubt that the Mission
High School students are getting along
wonderfully in chemistry. One of the
sweetest and prettiest little poems that
we have read in any school paper appears
in the Nugget. It is too good to omit.
Here it is :
The Sum.
I.
A little dreaming by the way,
A little toiling day by day,
A T little pain, a little strife,
A little joy—and that is life.
II.
A short-lived, fleeting summer's morn>
When happiness seems newly born,
When one day's sky is blue above,
And one bird 6inga— and that is love.
III.
A little wearying of the years,
The tribute of a few hot tears;
Two folded hands, the fainting breath,.
And peace at last—and that is death.

IV.
Just dreaming* loving, dying, so
The actors in the draraa go;
A flitting picture on the wall,
Love, death, the themes I But is that all?
The Nugget, MiBsion High School.
The Baraea News comes to us as usual.
We wish to- thank the editors sf this
•paper for their promptnoss in exchanging.
It would he well if a few other
papers followed their example.
The/). L. I. Gleaner reaches our drawer
at last. Although a trifle late it deserves
some little praise for its general get-up
which is very good. As a commencement
number, it is one of the best we
have seen.
A Baltimore servant girl tried that
good, old time-honored plan of lighting
the kitchen fire with kerosene. Nothing
has benzine of her since.—Ex.
From the Berkeley High School comes
a well-written and well gotten up paper
in the Bhape of the Olla Podrida. Its
form is excellent and'its matter good.
It contains a short, brisk little story in
"Brother Watkin's Ride/' the author of
which Hhould be complimented on his
versatility and dictioa. However, I think
the paper rather disappoints its reader
by its lack of reading matter. Several
more pages of good stories would help it
out wonderfully and make it far more
interesting.
Snodgrass—What became of Towlet?
I have not Been him for six months or
more. He had one foot in the grave
then.
Snivly—He is six feet in now.
—Harlem News.
The Stanford Sequoia comes to U6 for
the first time this year. It is in its usual
good taste aud replete with choice selections.
"A Foot-Ball Yarn" by Geo.
Bliss Culver is an excellent story, vejy
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well written and very original. This fo|
the first story of the kind that has beea
seen. There are mdny students in the
Lowell High School that earnestly hope
the article is a prediction and that the
prediction may come true.- The poem
"Gibson vs. Another" by Wallace* A.
Irvin deserves especial praise as a neat;^
bright and clearly written place of work;
The business manager, too, must be congratulated-
OD. his energy and enterprise.
Seldum tfedd (at the door)—Maddim
have you got a ni

anea
be con? '
rom
taeri
illui
magazine out wonderfully, and those
with the aid of the Btory, " An Incident
of 1862," which promisee to be a good
story if it continues as it has commenced,
keep the standard cf the paper
up to its usual form.
THE LOWELL
In the Ghemicag Lab.
A PARODY ON HAMLET* SOLILOQUY.
Mistress—Get dinner to-day on the
gasoline Btove, Bridget, t '
Bridget—Plaza, mum, I. did thry, bat
the stove wint out.
Mistress—Try again* then.
Bridget—Yee.mum; but it's not come
back yit. It wint out t'roug T i th f roof.
—Nen Yor T : Weekly:
To fuse or not to fuse,—That ifl the question:
Whether t'is betterjin the end* to mix
This unknown with Na* Co* and KNO J and fuse
Or to add acid and change to a solution.
With this solution, to dissolve,—to test,—
No more; and by these tests to Bay w> break tip
This unknown, to find what metals and bases
Are contained in it,—'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To dissolve,—to fuse
To fuse! perchance to break the tube! ab, there's tue rub;
For by that fusing laboratory fees tnay come
When we have shuffled from the chemical lab.,
Must give us pause: These are the tho'ts,
That make tedious the experiment hour;
For who would fool with E.*3 generations,
Solutions that will not precipitate,
Precipitates that -T ill not dissolve,
Unsatisfactory iesis, and sarcastic smiles
Thai H,Q nieek strident from tbe haug*hty prof, takes
When he himaelf might a good time have
By skipping out of the chemical lab.
Who would work for long hours,
To grunt and sweat it- a cloud of fumes
But for the frnr of a flunk in the ex?-
When unanswerable questions will puzzle the brain
It makes ;.u rather bear those ilia ws have,
Than ;o i\y f> others that we dread more!
1 his discipline doth make slaves of us all.
And thus instead of tbe fun we might have,
We stand by the table, test tube in hand,
Vainly waiting for a satisfactory recreation.
—W. H. P. Aeqis—Bloomington, 111.
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The Debating Society has made excelleut
progress since the last issue of
the LOWELL. The President has been
most energetic in his efforts to get members,
secure a large attendance, aud to
have good delegates; fair success has
crowned his work. We note with great
pleasure that the number of members is
greatly increased among the youngladies.
Thanks are due to Miss Gardiner for her
work in getting twenty-five young ladies
to join. It is hoped that they will debate
frequently.
Here is a matter I wish to lay special
stress on. Most of the members decline
to debate, merely because they are'afraid.
The Debating Society was organized for
the purpose of debating and scholars becoming
members are expected to debate.
Now there is absolutely no reason for
being afraid, it is simply absurd. Let
us hear no more of this silly excuse; let
every member do his duty and debate,
when he is asked to do so.
The first regular debate was held on
August 26th with Mr. Earrows on the
affirmative, and Messrs. Fritz and Taylor
on the negative side. The question
was; Resolved that the Hispano-American
war was beneficial to the United States.
The affirmative side was successful.
The arguments were set forth in good
style considering that not one of the
EDITED BY A. ADLER.
debaters had ever spoken before in t hesociety.
Unfortunately they made several
infractions of decorum in debate
which a practised speaker would have
avoided. The one thing of things nee*
essary to speak well is good preparation
and this is sadly lacking Most of the
debaters write up their notes a day or
two before the debate and do not practice
reading their notes aloud. Consequently
they are not fluent in debate ;
they look at their notes frequently and
make long pauses which are very annoying.
Let us hope that this will be avoided
by all future debaters
Mr. Kellogg was requested to attend
the next debate which took place on
September 2nd, and to give an individual
criticism of the debaters. As
he was not in time to do so, the President
requested him to give a few words
of advice which he very kindly did.
The remarks were very much appreciated
by all present and will certainly be
observed. Mr. Kellogg's attendance is
kindly requested for future meetings.
The question on September 2nd was:
Resolved that capital punishment should
be abolished ; the affirmative represented
by Messrs. Adler and Morrissey, won.
The negative upheld by Messrs. Weiler
and Drucker rendered a very able debate.
The next meeting took place September
V
16th, the question being
the United States shoul<
ragua Canal. The afiii
ed by Mr. Stacker, lost.]
was represented by
and Mandel.
In the future there wil
woman's suffrage, to be
on co-education. This
last before election at tl
in October. After electit
will be started for the pui
a school debating team,
her of names have alreai
but more are required
the young ladies. Mr.
Clark have kindly coj
judges.
We have received

16th, the question being : Resolved that
the United States should own the Nicaragua
Canal. The affirmative, represented
by Mr. Stocker, lost. The negative
was represented by Messrs. Kicliolson
and Mandel,
In the future there will be a debate on
woman's suffrage, to be followed by one
on co-education. This one will be the
last before election at the first meeting
in October. After election a tournament
will be started for the purpose of forming
a school debating team. A large number
of names have already been secured,
but more are required especially among
the young ladies. Mr. Kellogg and Mr.
Clark have kindly consented to be
judges.
We have received a second com-
THE LOWELL 27
munication in answer to our letter frcm
Oakland stating that they were unable
to have two debates in one term, as they
were going to have one with the Berkeley
High School next term. To say the*
least, this looks like a backdown after
inquiring whether they could have a
debate with us at any time. The matter
has been indefinitely postponed. Mr.
Deutsch, a former President of the society
favored us with a visit three weeks
ago for the purpose of ascertaining the
will of the society as to the formation of
an association of debating societies of
several- high schools including Lowell,
Berkeley, Stockton, Oakland and others.
The society expressed itself as willing to
join such an association.

SODIETY
EDITED BY CHESTER WAGNER,
Fraternities.
The Alpha chapter fraternities of the
•Gamma Eta Kappa fraternity °fave a banquet
to Delta chapter of Oakland on
August 27th. Delta chapter returned
the compliment on September 7th. Both
were great successes, and the toasts given
were masterpieces in the art.
The fraternity has added to its membership
list this term the following:
Honorary members, Prof. Mitchell; active
members, Walter C. O'Brien, Ford
Flint, Fred Jackson, Lloyd Bowman,
Hugh S. Jewett, Maxwell Milton, Randolph
Wienman, and Stewart Dunbar.
The Theta Chi fraternity has added to
its membership list this term, H. P.
Plummer, Thayne Robinson, Edgar
Stillman and W. A. Reddick.
The Pi Delta Koppa fraternity has
been entertaining Willard Evans '97
•during the past week. Two weeks ago
the fraternity enjoyed the hospitality of
Mr. Evans at Belvedere. He was given
a farewell banquet by the members of
his chapter a week prior to his departure
for Cornell. Many of the Alumni were
present and all enjoyed themselves to the
fullest extent.
SORORITIES.
The Alpha Sigma Sorority has added
to its membership list this term, Miss
EHita Hale and Miss Lou Guthrie.
The Lambda Theta Phi Sorority has
added-two members to its numbers.
PERSONAL.
The Alpha Sigma Sorority gave a
luncheon in honor of their new members.
The table was very tastefully and
prettily decorated, being all in blue and
ivy green. Miss Cornelia McKinne '95,
a member of the Alpha Sigma and Kappa
Kappa Gamma Sororities, has been elected
to the Senior Class Presidency at the
University of California. We wish Miss
McKinne all success.
CLUBS.
The S. C. D. C. has proved the greatest
success of the term. Its membership
is large and is still increasing. Several
meetings were held, all of which were
very successful. It was decided to make
it a perminent crgauization, and a committee
was therefore appointed to draw
up a suitable constitution. A constitution
was adopted at the next meeting.
The officers elected for this term were s
President, John H. Saunders; Vice-
President, Miss Maude Pollexfen; Secretary
and Treasurer, B. J. Shay.
The K. E. held its second meeting at
Miss Pollexfen's residence. The initiation
of six new members was the feature
of the evening. After the initiates got
many generous knocks they had the
pleasure of being a full-fledged K. E
The evening ended with the old time
Virginia Reel.
All voted the evening a perfect success,
which was entirely due to their
President, Miss Maude Pollexfen.
WALTER G. HARDER,
Society Editor, pro tern.
^
A
The Lowell-Polyfet
toward which our at!
tations have been tim
more, is. now a thin]
again the red and whi
top.
The Inter-ClasB Fii
held September 10tl
that athletics had rn
High School with th<
class of '98, as some
would be the case,
encouraging to see thi
came out. on that
honor of their classes
succeed in breaking
the first time out, thai
they will not be ablj
work faithfully and
field, day. Aitogethi
was a success. It gaj
victory over the Polyi
and the officers of
complimented on thi
events off.
On the 24th,
technic-Lowell .Fiel<
stand held a crowd of!
from each school,
termined to see theil
win, and the score
each point so hotljr
sections of the grand
numerous opporfcunij
their lung capacity}
much to their oi

great-. •:-£
ership •}'••
everal
were
make 5'
i corndraw
pstitu-
•eting.
were: ;;
Vicer- ;;•
; Sec-
ting at
initiafeature
tes got
id the;
d time, :
ct sucn
their
tern.
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From Photo by S. GC LDTREE.
SYMIWES, '99 in the High Jump.
THE LOWELL
W. Jacobs (P. H. S.)i first: Riccomi
(P. H. S.), second; Saunders (L. H. S.),
third.
One mile walk :— Karmelenski (L. H.
S.) and Gleaaon (L. H. S.)» first and second
; Rodgers (?. H. 8.), third.
Four hundred and forty yard dash : —
Lyons (L. H. S.), first; Kicid (L. H. S.),
second; Riccomi (P. H. S.), third.
Time, 0:551 (record).
Two hundred and twenty yard low
hurdles:—Synm\es (L. H. S.), first;
Moulder (P. H. S.)* second; Jorgensen
(L. H. S.), third. Time, 0:29J (record).
Hiigh jump:—Abadie (P. H. S.), first;
HurBh (L. H. S.), second ; Symmes (L.
H. S.), third. Five feet, three inches.
Hammer throw:—Bunger (P. H. S.),
first; Kidd (L. H. S.), second ; Forbes,
(?. H. S.)i third. 114 feet, 7 inches (record).
Pole vault:—Belden, Rooney and Seller,
all L. H. S. men.
Shot put:—Bunger (P. H. S.), first ;
Kidd (L. H. S.), second ; Oaborne (P.
H. S.), third.
Broad jump:—Abadie (P. H. S.),
first; Manon (L. H. S.), second ; Jorgensen
(L. H, S.), third. 19 feat, 3
inches.
The relay race was won by P. H. S.,
their men taking the lead in the first lap
and holding the place throughout the
race.
From a Photo by S. Goi.DTREE.
BELDEN in the Pole Vault.
The Athletic Association.
The association has held but one meeting
since tne last issue of the paper, at
which time Shay was elected school yell
leader. Ke showed hiniself to be the right
man in the right place at the "Poly."
-Lr well Field Day.
The treasury has been pretty well
filled PO that we were able to secure
running jerseys for the track team. We
hope that the school will be able to thus
uphold all branches of athletics during
the year by joining the association's
ranks and paying their dues regularly.
On the Gridiron.
On Monday, September fifth, the Lowell
High School foot-ball team liued up
for its first game, the .opposing team being
known as the " Alloahs." Both
teams failed to score a point, and,
although there was some good individual
playing, the Lowell team showed
sadly her lack of team work and want of
signal practice.
Without any preparation since this
game, Captain Cook accepted a challenge
issued by St. Matthew's School at San
Mateo. The game was played and lost
on the field of the challenging team, September
17th.
When a defeat has been administered
to an athletic team of any kind, there i*
invariably some excusei
has been some "hard 3i
there could have been
Therefore I will aot fol!
course, and, without inaki|
will in a short summary
the reader form his (or
ion as to whether or u'ol
have won."
Lowell High School ki<
ing the ball down the
Rooney arrived in good
didn't know it, for althoi
his man, he received a blj
at the same time which pj
so that he cou''d take no
the game.
This was a serious 1O*E
of the red and white, bni
continued. Nothing pai
ing happened during th.?
the dust, and that happei
Any one who has not ti
foot-ball game or a rush
as this particular one can]
the delightful sensation
mouth and throat lined
dust several inches thicl
School held down her oi
the first half, but when
ball, was unable to advai
gain on account of the
the men with the signals)
of team work.
Everyone took advanti
tunity offered at the clot
wash down the dust wii
water.
The second half was a
first as far as Lowell
scoring any points. Bi
nearly every down, win
settled sufficiently for oi
two before his face, BO|
player was discovered
like a corpse or writhij
like a snake. Finally
and end runs St. Matthei

V.i ""-' •'.' -/j.'./V--
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invariably some excuse offered; there
has been some "hard luck," otherwise
there could have been no such defeat.
Therefore I will not follow this usual
course, and, without making any excuses,
will in a short summary of the game, let
the reader form hi« (or her ?) own opinion
as to whether or not. we " ought to
have won.' 7
Lowell High School kicked off, following
the ball down the field with a rush.
Rooney arrived in good season, but he
didn't know it, for although he stopped
his man, he received a blow on his head
at the same time which put him to sleep,
so that he couM take no further part in
the game.
This was a serious loss to the sporters
of the red and white, but the game was
continued. Nothing particularly exciting
happened during th J first half except
the dust, and that happened all the time.
Any one who has not taken part in a
foot-ball game or a rush on a field such
as this particular one can scarcely realize
the delightful sensation of having his
mouth and throat lined with a coat of
dust several inches thick. Lowell High
School held down her opponents during
the first half, but when she obtained the
ball, was unable to advance it with much
gain on account of the unfamiliarity of
the men with the signals, and their luck
•of team work.
Everyone took advantage of the opportunity
offered at the close of the half to
wash down the dust with lime-juice or
water.
The second half was a repetition of the
first as far as Lowell was concerned in
scoring any points. But at the end of
nearly every down, when tbe dust had
settled sufficiently for one to see a foot or
two before his face, some unfortunate
player was discovered either stretched
like a corpse or writhing and twisttag
like a snake. Finally by steady buck*
and end runs St. Matthew'.* School man-
\
nged to 8core a touch-down, which according
to '98 rules, counts five points.
They failed to kick the goal however,
thus fixing the score 5 to 0, which it remained.
Although we hope not to have to play
in their yard any more until after the
first rains, we sincerely thank Captain
Hudson and his team for their hospitality
to our boys and their "squareness'' in
playing.
Following is the line-up of the teams
as they faced each other:
L. H. 8. POSITION S. M. S.
*Ellinwood... .L. end R Wallace
Middleton L. tackle R Becknell
*Lvans L. guard R Gage
*Kidd..., Center Gilmau
Cook (Capt). ..R. guard L McMilliu
Symmee R. tackle L...Liebbrandt
*OlwelV
*Lewiti) ^* en< * L * (^P*") Hudson
*Milton Quarter Plumb
RonneyJ T , ,- .. . ,
*OlwelJi k. half K Anderson
•SaunderB R. half L Chandler
Hooper Full Geer
•rhese are men who piny on the Lowell team for
first time i.'iit year.
Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Middleton
the foot-ball team has again secured the
privilege of using the lot on Bush, and
Pierce streets for practicing. Let us
hope they will profit by their last game,
and practice until they feel sure that
they can put a winning team in the A.
A. L.
Tennis.
On Saturday morning, Sept. 24ih> several
of the Lowell boys took part in a
tennis tournament at the California Club
courts, to determine who should represent
tbe school in the A. A. L. in that
branch of athletics. The tournament
was of the Round Robin order, and the
iwo who won the greate3t number of sets
were.!. Drummond McGavin and Arthur
W. Hooper.

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Several days ago a few of the boys went
out to the Chutes to see the Lyons,
but before they went they all went
down Behlow and asked the Cook,
Tasheira meat pie with them. He told
them to get Wright out,and,disappointed,
they did as they were told. On the way
out after they had gone some Mighels out
of the city, they came in sight of a Manor
house where some Plover pigeons were
flying about. They seemed quite friendly,evidently
seeing there was no Bowman
in'our midst and came and alighted on
Auerbachs.
I read the other day about a man who
was so thin that he could not tell a backache
from a stomach-ache.
How troublesome Saundera is when he
persists in selling you a ticket to the
field day.
A new artist has arisen in the school,
and although he has waited till his Senior
year to show us something of his
work, he is by no means a novice at the
art as some of his work in this issue of
the LOWELL will show.
TEXCHER (dictating spelling) : Told.
Same kind of told as the told in " The
preacher told the sexton and the sexton
tolled the bell. 11
Oh the smells from the chemistry lab.!
This, when duly re-arranged, will form
a couplet suitable for a valentine:
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Daruno em hBlal verho,
Ni dasesns ro lege,
Lilt sil'fe rdaems eb vero,
Twees riemem's fo ethe.
Somebody was trying to spring a joke
in the yard the other day. The witty
one came to every one and said.in a coniidential
way that spoons were in-teresting.
Oh what a joke was there my
countrymen!
The following queer inscription is Raid
to be found in the chancel of a small
church in Wales, just over the Ten Commandments.
The addition of a single
letter, repeated at various intervals, readers
it not only intelligible, but appropriate
to the situation:
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VRKPTHSPRCPTST N
The Midnight Assault.
It was nearuig the hour of twelve.
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murmur as of some rushing brook in the
distance. The villian was peepirig a
sharp lookout; giving espe.cial attention
to a small elevated position directly in
front of him. Presently he dropped into
a careless attitude—there wad a movement
in that direction. When all again
was still, he resumed, his dastardly work.
Suddenly he drew his hand far back;
something white glistened for an instant,
and sped on its terrible mission.
Just then a low, deep voice was heaid
to utter, " Bring that note to me.
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lt Oh, say, it isn't|
it?" This wa^^ia.^J
being waked up e$iyL._
ing. For on looking OL
put it correctly, I did;no]
It was as blicic a^-m(
However; T arpseatl^tt
(ibrxne) ;and got^prayii
the boat;" • --;T f Af r &i "
An hour later, &uud
with one of myfti^ncfe:
be three of us in the;
boarded a car which-.y
our starting place. ^ .
surprised my ^ieni.;^
Say, do you Enow^ Ij
hurry that I actually^ 1.
fa »t- lf Itisremarkableii.
can occupy one's mind t(
°f all others. Well, in
time, we arrived at our
without considerable deld
every one is aware that Of
slow in many ways^tfce:
being one of them^ 4^.
What is that'^ect|d
w ^y, to be sure;it:!is^t
And such a dea
to be. It -'.fie*

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THE LOWELL
a
top of the ridge of hills
woody canyon on
From hire we had a
behind Oakland,
magnificent v! aw of the bay and the city
on one side arid Mt. Diablo' and the inland
valleys on the other. That afternoon
we traveled through the beautiful
Redwood Canyon. The country in those
parts is very dry this year, hardly a
•creek contains water. This was the
-only, great drawback to our trip, for
'=at one time we were not allowed to take
in ore than half a cupful of water for severalhours.
The evening of the first day we camped
in a deserted farm house near Lafayette
-and had all the grapes we could eat.
That night was about the worst night
=for sleep I believe I ever had. I and one
of the other boys, noted for being a sayer
uP
bu^gy just graze the fence- In anothfef
minute I thought I should seethe poor£
little girl situated on the barbed
Can you imagine a more horrible
than that of being sawed in two by
barbed wire fence? I can't.
If you should have happened; tote in|
a certain part of Walnut Creek galley; ofc|
Wednesday you would have steen
helping ourselves to nuts and
The grapes, the men said, were
for the market by the recent rain,
they were plenty good enough foi
We filled every available can
the poor burro, and each of us carried
much of the luscious fruit as we co
It was in this valley that we were
nocent cause of another almost fatal accil
dent. An old lady was driving
of witty things, unfortunately had the the dusty road going, as she
thought in our minds, namely, to told us, to gossip with a neighbor. Hav||
ing seen in our aumorous meetings wltlif
country folks that their frighteued'anf*
mals made a very striking picture^
decided to get a snap at the next vi<
with the camera. One of us was col
blooded enough to try and get a pic
of the poor old lady and her horse. But
I saw that there was likely tp be P
ous smash-up. Sure enough! As
?m
as the horse saw us he shied violently^
almost upsetting the buggy. Then
turned around in a flash and ran
buggy into the fence. "Drop that cam|
era, 11 said I, "and lead your donkey"'inSS^
thai orchard." He obeyed mildly * L
torment the other fellow and keep him
from taking his just rest. My fellow
•conspirator at last "got onto himself,'
-as they say,, and left off teasing, but I
did not, somehow or other, have sense
-enough to follow his example/ The upshot
oi the matter was that I was ousted
ixom the tent and compelled to sleep on
'the damp earth with coyotes and the
:niule for my neighbors.
Of course I had a bad cold the next
ttnoruing.
we other two held the meekly h<
"Sure, young gintlemin," the old lac
said, "I've had this horse nigh out
eight years and he never played me
trick like this before." Well, after?!
while we were ready to go on and
kt Boys,"I said, ''my hair is
rather dewey." "We'll make things
cervera for you next time," the witty one
said. And it was enough to make anyone
sick to hear the similar remarks
{I will not call them puns) that this
bright one uttered on the trip.
Our troubles commenced that day, or
to.speak more correctly, they commenced
for- other people. As we were joyfully
tramping alongabuggy, driven by school about to do so when the lady called
children I, presume, came along. As "One of you boys will have to go ho
s the horse saw us. he pricked up with me, because I'mso nervous
can't drive." Sp
ire didn't mak* very
that one of tis wou'd
the country folks thai
bus characters and thi
look out for us,
That night we cai
fourth the way up th<
the. wind did. blow,
said to myself, VWel
tent" Butitmanagi
The next morning foul
mit. What a j^rand vj
To the west lay the .;<
Gate; to the south the
Looking north we sa'
the mouths of the
Joaquin rivers. The ll
peaks of the.S&rta
asd at their bascrStoci
San Joaquin Valley
The trip home was
cident except: for the
rence that happened
down the mountain,
about half way down
just the pack. Then
out that my ccat wa:
bound to have that-coaj
rest of the day to fid
went along the hot; du:
the top, running iorwi
thinking I had found
only to find that it
or a stone. At last I fsu!
behind Oakland I lieh<
tig in the sunlight.

THE LOWELL
can't drive." So yon can imagine that
•we didn't make very quick time. After
that one of us would go ahead and warn
the country folks that we were dangerous
characters and that they had better
look out for us.
That night we camped about onefourth
the way up the mountain. How
the wind did blo*v. At every gust I
said to myself, "Well, here goes, the
tent, 11 E't it managed to stay, with us.
The next morning found us on the summit,
What a grand view lay before us !
To the west lay the city and the Golden
Gate; to the south the Livermore Valley.
Looking north we saw Suisun bay and
the mouths of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers. The lofty, snow-covered
peaks of the Sierra Nevada .mountains
and at their base. Stockton and the broad
San Joaquin Valley were directly east.
The trip home was without special incident
except for the calamitous occurrence
that happened to me on the way
dowu the mountain. When we were
about half way down we stopped to adjust
the pack. Then some one called
out that my coat was missing. I was
bound to have that coat if it took me the
rest of the day to find it. So back I
went along the hot, dusty road almost to
the top, running forward now and then,
thinking I had found the lost article,
only to Snd that it was but a piece of tin
or a stone. At last I found it, and then
I stumbled along down the mountain as
fast as my weary limbs could carry me.
Knowing the road now, we traveled
more rapidly than before and without
further adventures, save two or three
runaways, we arrived in Oakland. What
joy when from the summit of the hills
behind Oakland I beheld the bay shinny
in the sunlight. Two hours later I
was home again thinking of the dreadful
geometry problem and dry syllabi that
were soon again to torture me, and wiping
that I was again out ic the country
and under the open sky where thoughts
of school had not been allowed to come
for one delightful week.
A noun Rise on the Ocean.
It was the time of year when the sun
sets early. It was one of those Slackest
of black nights. The stars stood out
and shone as so many brilliant Iam$>s.
The ocean was as calm as a mill-pond.
There was hardly a ripple on that spanless
deep, nor was there a ^ound to disturb
the serenity cf the night, save
now and then a fish, finding itself tow
near the surface, splashed. Thee all
would be quiet again.
The horizon is now a glow of redheds.
It is becoming brighter; now it is a
yellowish red. You can just see the tip
of the moon. She has now risen from
the ocean, and you see a beautiful yel*
iowish orange disk set off with a pure
black background. There she is; a
beautiful picture over that grand and
spacious oceau. She is still rising and
between her and you is the path that
leads you to her. It is a mas~"c-T floating
silver twisting and crvni^ jljV5".-a
serpent. CLARENCE JKV, '-p.
In Germany one xcan in 2VJ goes t6
college; in Scotland one in 500; in
United Sta*ys one in 2,000, and in England,
one iin 5 000.
You must learn to deal with odd and
even in life as well as in figures.—'Gm
Eliot.
Idleness is eager for amusement.—G,
Eliot.

THE LOWELL
Hard Luck.
going to. .relate- in the following
tale a story once, told me by a friend.
He came to California in the great rush
to the diggings in forty-nine and stayed
for many years in.our mining counties.
He told me the story of two men, chums
in the East, who came around the liorn
with him. After they landed in San
Francisco he lost sight of them and did
not hear of .them agaia for nearly ten
years, when he met one in a mining
camp, On inquiring, this other, Jack,
as I will call him, told the following
story: -
" My piartner and I struck out for
Sacramento as soon after our arrival as
we could, From there we prospected
the Feather river first and then the
American- At first we found a little
color, but no real success, and at the
end of the second season were broke and
linable to return home.
We drifted about the country prospecting
in summer and doing whatever
work we could get in winter. Several
years passed on in this manner, when
late in the autumn of. fifty-six we found
ourselves stranded in Yreka. Hearing
that there was work on the English
Ditch which passes through that district,
we applied to the company. They placed
us in charge of an important dam some
eleven miles from the town.
We had a cabin, plenty of grub and
thought ourselves well fixed for the winter.
The work was not hard, but as the
dam had to be constantly watched, one
of us Had to be at the cabin all the time.
We bought our supplies in Yreka and
took turns going there. So one day late
i» December Bill, my partner, started for
in the'morning and bought our supplii
Then . meeting . some friends. he
what time he had left with them,
while it began to snow steadily, so tbajE|
by the time he was ready to start
was a foot of snow on the ground.
The men all urged the folly of going:]
back that night over such soft snow, but,;;
although he knew the difficulty of
undertaking, he said he must return
he could not leave me to tend the
alone. So, against the wishes of a
started.
The morning he left I had passedj§
tending ditch, smoking and playingSj
solitaire. About noon it began to snow V
and a wind sprang up. As the afternoon
wore on the wind increased piling
snow in drifts, .and I began io worry:
when I saw the storm increasing for I'
knew Bill would try to return if
could, no matter what the weather
That evening, however, as he did
return, I thought it probable that his!*
friends had kept him in town. The'
storm continued till the third day, when'
it cleared, and then I expected Bill.
I waited anxiously all day,
around the cabin thinking he would put^
in an appearance every minute. By
evening I made up my mind that something
had happened to him and resolved
to go to town on the morrow, ditch or no
ditch.
So I started in the morning as soon as!
I could and traveled quickly. On my
arrival I found he had left on. the afternoon
of the storm. The men did not
seem surprised as they did not think he
could possibly reach the cabin. As soon
as possible we formed a searching party
and set out down the trail, A couple of'
the town. He expected to be back early miles from the dam we came upon the v
that evening for we had made a pair of first trace of him in the shape of a mit~ !
Norwegian shoes by which a quick trip ten stuck in a tree. Bill evidently
could be made on the hard crust of the struggled on through the snow till he • j
snow. lost his ^way, and when ire realized >t
Bill arrived in town about io o'clock he was lost had placed the mitten i-
there as a guide. Froi
had wandered in a circle
leaving traces^of his pat]
When we found hita lii
snow he had struggled t<
dred yards of our homej
within sight of my wind}
{Continuedfrom Odot
ON BOARD PEKING:
"Aloha to the Boys in
H.L" V": . I .';' .
So much for what w<
deck. On the following ^
tire command left the
were once more: on dry la|
Then we marched up
mostly narrow, and buii
story houses, some of-wl
shanties. Marching on
view of the government'
merly the Royal Palace)
enthusiastically received
rades in arms, tfce Hai
The government buildii
structure, built of'stone,
height, surmounted - withj
the basement are some of
Hawaii's regular army,
cool and airy,and looked!
to us, who had spent alfej
days on ship-board and
ment bunks 6'x2'£3o';
quarters soda water' ^
goods were givei
without stint or
main stairs we were
of Representatives.* Tfaii
the throne room of the Kit
one of the legislative^ chj
island republic! On* our ai
very promptly adjpurn6

there as a guide. From that place he
had wandered in a circle about the cabin
leaving traces of his path at intervals.
When we found him half buried in the
snow he had struggled to within a hundred
yards of our home and had died
within sight of my window."
R. L. BEALS.
(Continuedfrom October number.)
HAV.'AII, 1898.
ON BOAKD PEKING :
"Aloha to the Boys in Blue,Honolulu,
K. L M
So much for what we saw from the
deck. On the following morning the entire
command left the transports and
were once more on dry land.
Then we marched up the main streets,
mostly narrow, and built up with one
story houses, some of which are indeed
shanties. Marching on we soon came in
view of the government buildings (formerly
the Royal Palace) where we were
enthusiastically received by fellow comrades
in arras, the Hawaiian troops.
The government building is a solid
structure, built of stone, three stories in
height, surmounted - with a tower. I'a
the basement are some of the barracks of
Hawaii's regular army. The barracks are
cool and airy,and. looked very comfortable
to us, who had spent already some eight
days on ship-board and slept in government
bunks 6'x2'x3o". Here at the
quarters soda water, ginger ale and wet
goods were given out to us wanderers
without stint or limit. Going up the
main stairs we were soon in the House
of Representatives: This was formerly
the throne room of the King, but is now
one of the legislative chambers of the
island republic. On our arrival the House
very promptly adjourned till the Monday
following;. Here we spoke with the Representatives.
?rom .there we went to the:
Senate- They, following the example of
THE LOWELL 7
the House, also adjourned, and a new
Senate held its first session. Every defek
had for its occupant one of the boys in
blue, all bent on one purpose, that of
writing home. Ah ! what thoughts do",
surge through the minds of our boys,thousands
of miles away from 1 home,*
thousands of miles away frorii folks,
friends and everything dear to them.
How does the mind revert beck to things
that are left behind. How then is the
pleasant past brought back to us; indeed
we feel as if v;e could dwell again
in the past. Surely did . this Senate
Chamber ever have such Senators? Ah !
what a contrast is here presented. None 1
of us engaged in State affairs, but iu
affairs nearer to hearts. Pen and ink.
are performing" holy offices now,* and
working to lighten the weary hearts of
fathers, mothers, wives, brothers, sisters,
and sweethearts that are left behind. , O
pleasant time, how short are you lived !:
Again we hear the Assembly and the
Senate obeys the stern and unquestionable
law, and must adjourn, sine die;.
Back again to the troop-ships we must .
go. So, leaving behind the pleasant:
grounds of the Palace, and retracing our
former path, we soon again are on board
the Peking. So, our first day in Honolulu
has passed, but we rejoice knowing that
to-morrow we have another day.
The Text morning we were up and
early preparing for the " banquet 11 tendered
to the " boys in blue 1 ' by the people
of the city. Again joyfully we leave ;
the ship, again tread the streets of Hono- :
lulu, and again are within the Palace^
grounds. Here my weak power of description
fails me. Imagine, kind readeri
if you can, some 3000 soldier boys more;
or less, with thousands of people bent on:,
waiting o;u these boys, at'tables deckedy
with everything money ca'n buy, from
salads to pineapples.. /.Imagine our boys,
eager and intent,and thepeople working*
to see that they eat all they desire; with

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8 THE LOWELL
tables groaning, and all light-hearted and
of good Will.
Then amid the playing of the bands,
the cheering of the troops, our boys do
justice to the fete, and bless in their
hearts the.kind and open-hearted people
of Honolulu, Such, was our banquet, which
my weak pen will never be able to depict,
as it appeared to us. Surely we see
we are in a land of friends, and may God
speed the day when Columbia has another
star emblazoned on her banner, for under
these circumstances who can doubt
whether these people wish to link their
destiny with that of our native land.
After our banquet we were given the
liberty of the town. Some wandered
here and there. Everywhere America's
sons were welcome and without price.
We obtained everything free of expense,
tran$port&tion, bathing, etc. I, with
some others, made a trip into the country,
to see Nature under a tropical
sun. Going along in a horse car, over a
shady street, here and there beautiful
residences and gardens were seen. Here
Nature was at her best. Soon we reached
the end of the line and becoming infantry
again we. came shortly to Kaprolani Park,
with cocoanuts growing wild, and all
Nature in her beauty. After eating cocoanuts
here and resting awhile, we strode
on forward till we came to the famed
Waikiki Baths. Here we had a swim in
the Pacific and felt quite refreshed.
But time was too swift for us and soon
we had to be shipward bound. Our going
back was enlivened by a tropical
rain storm. The sky grew dark, black
and heavy clouds gave place to the sun
and clear heaven, and we rode into a
heavy shower. It required but little dme
for us to be soaked, for the fTopical raindrops
are large and hold a good deal of
water. But then what these rain-drops
gain in size they lose in time. In ten
minutes the rain was over, the sun was
and a beautiful rainbow was seen.
Again Nature wore her wonted apfi
ance. All was bathed in sui
all traces of the. rain were obliterat
In a short time we reached our <
and heard with feelings of regret
would leave the next morning.
then one joy yet remained fbru$.|
steamer l< Doric" arrived in the
bringing sealed orders for our shi|S|
garding our future movements; but
we cared for, far more, the ship
us letters from home, letters many;
galore, showing that although gorie|
are not forgotten. Soon all were-raj
on reading these prized missives-?n<
home, and many was the letter th'afejj
read with tears.
Many were the letters written bac]
answer to those messages of love. Ms
were the hours spent in sending
tidings of good health and love to
we left behind, binding tighter thanei
the love between those gone awaywij
the setting sun, and those left behind^
our native city. .,>
That evening letters were coll<
again and again, but writing still
tinued, and not till the last minute of^t
departure did the writing cease.
next morning the prow of our ship
turned westward and with the escortj
the Charleston we left behind the hoi
pitable shores of Hawaii. :
Gradually as we go further and ft
the land sinks below the horizon ai
again we are on the open sea. N<
surge through our minds the occurreni
of those happy days spent in the P*
of the Pacific. Those days in after yewfl
will always linger in our minds, and nc?
doubt if some of us fall in battle,
tend to lighten our last struggle.
light up the gloomy days of privation^
should they ever come.
Now sailing on majestically pver^the^
deep, we strain every nerve that we.*^y|
soon reach our gallant Admiral .jEteweffi;
aad aid hkn in his work. Am$dollp«i
inconveniences we are stres
the thought that we are w<
path of duty, and when thi*
return again to our former
conscious of duty done; anj
need be, to go again througl
ences for bur Sag.
It is at night with mot
gleaming above us thatj
grows retrospective.
days when we shall rei
we all know will be as soi
ble, for day and night th<
our people behind us rise
the chair of the Eternal
his blessing and safe return 1
we all know He will tio
prayer?; and so living oh;
day, sailing on to the land ofj
with the prayers of our'pei|
we cannot fail in our duty,
lustre to fair California's nai
in a short time we ,will be]
friends.
The Way of It.4
He, this particular, he, of]
very tall and fasr with deep
He sang in a little churc]
country town and sang divii
least so the girl thought,
ways went to that church]
been christened there ant
there, so why shouldn't sh<
that he s>ang tfere made nj
difference, she said to hersej
anything happened and he
the sermon seeded very d|
service very long. I: r
They had never met, but
each other as stranger? In
always do. He was very at
introduction, as he natural!'
for she was very pretty- Bi
creature who treats sonie
and others so outrageously

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inconveniences we are strengthened by
the thought that we are working in the
path of duty, and when this war is Gver,
return again to our former walks of life,
conscious of duty done; and willing, if
need be, to go again through our experiences
for our flag.
It is at night with moon and stars
gleaming above us that the mind
grows retrospective. We count the
days when we shall return, which
we all know will be as soon as possible,
for day and night the prayers of
our people behind us rise as incense to
the chair of the Eternal God invoking
his blessing and safe return for us. Ah !
we a f l know He will not deny their
prayer?; and so living on; from day to
day, sailing on to the land of our destiny,
with the prayers of our people, we feel
we cannot fail in our duty, but will add
lustre to fair California's name and again
in a short time we will be among our
friends.
The Way of It.
He, this particular he, of course, was
very tall and fair with deep brown eyes.
He sang in a little church in a small
country town and sang divinely, too. At
least so the girl thought. The girl always
went to that church. She had
been christened there and confirmed
there, so why shouldn't she? The fact
that he sang there made no particular
difference, she said to herself, but when
anything happened and he wasn't there
the sermon seemed very dull and 'the'
service very long.
They had never met, but had noticed'''
each other as strangers in a small' 1 place'
always do. He was very ankitiuVfor ah
introduction, as he naturally* woa'ld 'be,
for she was very pretty. But fate, that
creature who tireats some people so well
and others so outrageously mean, seemed
to be against him and there did not appear
to be any way tc outwit her. But
the time came at last, as all times do,
and it was a turning point m the Iifeof
the girl. There was a large garden party
and the girl was invited. She was just
eighteen at the time and he was six
years older. She looked a perfect queen
dressed in a pure white mull, with only
a bunch of violets at her waist. Her
eyes were as clear and blue as a summer
sky and her hair sparkled in the sunshine
like spun gold. Her large picture
hat wafl placed carelessly on her head
and, as a result, most becomingly. She
did not know this, but he did, and
immediately set out in search of a mutual
friend. That convenient being
having been found and brought from his
lair, for he always seemed to have been
hiding before, he soon found himselt
talking with her, and it was not long
before he was. walking and talking
among the flowered paths away from the
merry crowd. It seemed to the girl as
though she had known him for years as
she heard his low voice telling how
often he had tried to meet her and how
something had always intervened.
The summer flew by altogether too
quickly for him and the girl and the
season was fast approaching when it
would be too cool to stroll out in the
evening, or take moonlight rides on the
clear little river which skirted the town
on" one side.
But/by this time she had found out
that his eyes could tell unnumbered
: things, for Cupid, the little imp, had
'not been idle all ttis while, and one
afternoon in early January the walk in
front of her home was paved with rice,
and at the station tbe girl, happy and
blushing, and he happy and proud, left
for ji deligti*ful bbneymoon^amid- tears,
old shoes and'more ritte. L. H. D:-

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THE LOWELL
The Drunkard of the Drink*
BY SALTKR WOTT.
Old Pat at eve had drunk his fill,
Where danced the lamp-post on the hilU
And deep his mid-night bed had /made
In lone Mike Kelley's alley's shade;
But when the sun his beacon red
Had kindled on old Pat's red head,
The flat-sOled copper's heavy shoe
Dashed from the half-ope bud the dew;
And faint, from farther distance borne,
Were heard the clanging hoof and horn,
As nearer came the police patrol,
And fear shook Pat to his very soul.
As chief who hears his warder call,
" To arms! the foeman storm the wall, JJ
The half-drunk Pat, still half asleep,
Sprung from the mud with one great leap;
. But ere his fleet career he took
The sweat drops from his head he shook,
A moment gazed, his face grown pale,
A moment thought of threatened jail,
A moment listened to the cry
That thickened as the cops drew nigh;
Then, as the headmost foes appeared,
With one brave bound the lane he cleared,
And putting every nerve to play,
He tried his best to get away.
The wearied Pat was pausing now,
Upon the city's southern brow,
Where broad extended, fair below
The hostile homes of many a foe.
With anxious eye he wandered o'er
Streets and lane? for a friendly door;
And pondered refuge from his toil,.
Where he at last his foes could foil.
At last his eye found Michael's door,
There, he knew, he need'flee no more.
Fresh vigor with the hope returned
With flying foot the dirt he spurned,
Held westward with unwearied flight,
• And left the coppers out-of-sight
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' • ' ' - ' ^ • ••''•, •'• '^-Jj
HISTORY SHOWS ^:
Wars
and without ^^
Colonel Matfecp,;:^
Office shows tHatdur
years only one ep
whidi ^e^attacldajf
mal warnitig t^r
ities. "That%iiifi
Of the causes
which the
object iii:;4
suddenness'
wa^ tp •
actuai^
to-thrw'Ott;"
sibUity \

WATS of the Past.
HISTORY SHOWS THAT AIA EXCBPT
ONE WEKB PRECIPITATED WITH-
OUT WARNING.
Wars generally begin unexpectedly
and without warning. Investigation by
Coloael Maurice of the British War
Office shows that during a period, of 170
years only one case can be found in
which the attacking nation lodgfed formal
warning before commencis,£ hostilities.
That nation was France in 1870.
Of the causes of secrecy in 107 war
which the color el has looked into, the
object in 41 of them was to gain time by
suddenness of attack ; in 12, the desire
was to postpone, as long as possible, the
actual admission of a state of hostility or
to throw on the other power the responsibility;
in 9 cases sudden attack was
made to anticipate designs of another
power, respecting which secret information
had been received; 16 were raids,
reprisals, pressure and other things not
wholly war; 4 were violations of neutral
frontiers during the progress of war, and
in 5 ihe nation slipped into war by giving
help to another State.
Away back in history when folks took
things more leisurely than nowadays,
it was always announced by heralds and
ample time was given for preparation.
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As the centuries rolled on, however, the
enemy did not receive so much consideration,
though neutral powers were
duly informed. For a long time now
the custom has been to conceal the intention
until the commencement of actual
hostilities disdcres it. And it is tolerably
certain that the ne-tt war will open with
far less warning than usually precedes a
thunderstorm. There are manj '"rood.
reasons for this. Swiftness of commuaication,
destruetiveness of modern
artillery, ease and mobilization, the telegraph
and the great advantage of striking
the first blow have entirely altered
the aspect of warfare.
The United States in 1812 declared
war against Great Britain by an act of
Congress on June iS, but it had actually
begun hostilities the previous April by
laying an embargo on all ships in American
ports. It was not until July 25th
that the British learned what the state
of affairs was, and then not by an intimation
from Uncle Sam, but by means
of dispatches sent by the schooner Mackerel
from Halifax.
The United States war with Mexico
likewise, was not the subject of a formal
declaration till May i8th, although hostilities
had been in progress since Ma:ch
4, 1846.

My Lady Friend.
I a&x a detective, hitherto unknown,
t of late thrown into prominence by
t the press pleased to call '* a most
marvelous'investigation of a complicated
prime." There have beeu cases
where men in tbeii; tiresome toil up the
ladder of fame, have had thrown in their
way a chanct to skip a stair. Such was
my case. My sudden rise to favor in
the public eye was probably occasioned
not strictly by my own pbilities, but, as
I-have said before^ a favor from Fame.
Now to my story. I had just received
an order from the chief of police to stop
a!l present work and give my entire
attention to the solution of a crime, the
very daring and brutality of which had
created a sensation, hitherto unknown.
To say that I was greatly flattered by
being vested with this important mission
would be putting it rather mildly. The
chief had said, " Your previous successes
have merited this appointment," and I
firmly intended to have him keep his
good opinion of me.
The murder had b- a committed in a
most respectable portion of the city, in
fact a most fashionable locality. The
dead body of a man had been found there
hacked, seemingly by a carving knife,
beyond all hope of recognition. The
butler, together with the rest of the servauts,
bad mysteriously disappeared before
the police could question them. No
trace of the murderer could be found. I
spent my entire day there and was just
about to hopelessly give up the attempt
to fiud some njsans of identification when
I saw a portion of a railroad ticket ia a
little niche in the wall. It doubtlessly
had been lost in the hurry to leave and
ha4 remained undiscovered by the authorities.
I concluded it had been hurriedly
shoved there by the murderer in
his attempt to remove all possible clues.
T'se ;5)O was the portion of a first-class
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ticket to New Jersey, where I figured the
murderer intended fleeing in hopes £
remaining unmolested. Suddenly an
idea struck me and I examined the
ticket for the date, but to my great
chargin it was for the previous evening*
I hurried from the house acci repaired
with all speed to the railroad office
where I attempted to gain informatics
rer^rding the purchaser. No one ha$
the slightest remembrance of him, and
as I was disappointedly leaving the
office, the clerk called to me; Ai I hardly
think that the remaining portion of that
ticket will be accepted by the conductor,
and if you wish you might still not
be too late to cafceh him; the next train
leaves to-night." Delightedly I caught
the idea and immediately purchased a
ticket. Thanking the clerk for his plan
I hurriedly turned to leave the store. Not
seeing anyone I ran directly into a slim
young woman with a most vareworn face.
With a hurried apology I rushed on
turning back however for a second look
at her. Her face was a very striking
one, not at all like the average girl's; its
lines being hard and marked, giving her
the appearance of h aving a deep determination
and a strong will. Altogether
the face was not one which
could be easily forgotten.
I took the car to ray house and after
packing my grip and penning a few lines
to the chief, ate a hurried meal and
started for the train.
In the haste of my departure, I had
forgotten all about the girl, whose face
had so impressed me, until, on arriving
at the depot, I came face to face with her.
Seeing that we were both going on the
same train I begged her to allow me to
carry her grip. She very pleasantly
complied in a rather strange voice.
When we boarded the car I found
that she occupied the same section
with me and not being adverse tc company
I soon entered into an animated
conversation. She soeol
glancing around from ti
looking for some c^fe.
ordinary topics ^ until
she, being very wac
tired. I foHowed 9conj
I lay in my berth tf iota £j
companion. Her nerj
thinking as to what cou
cause. Finally, havii
satisfactory conclusion,
less sleep from which I|
middle of the night; T«
ing furiously at^dme?;
opened the sash of tj
looked out, giving ?ip;a
slumber. I again fell i\
which I was suddenly
voice of - joy
" Strange," she? was sai
Forbes, here on r * this
stop and again^'Nb. 1^
I jumped up of a sudd*
cions aroused i'- WLat
she repeating ray natm
and the n timber' of thl
the murder was; cbmnni
was stretched to its gre
iisteued for another wo:
tray her identife
and X lay awake, thinkii
ray of morning 1 strui
Then I arose; dressed
side. She had certain]
but what could thos
When I returned to th|
ting next to the wksdcifl
refreshed and witlia tiq
I sat down next to
her thinking tb elicit :
as to her occupation, etc
out no more than;that i
lady on a visit tev'so
Jersey. Her manner
not straightforward but
and the spark p
rapidly liecoming
sation gradually
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conversation. She seemed very nervous,
glancing around from time to time as if
looking for some one. We conversed on
ordinary topics until 9 o'clock when
she, being very much worn out, retired.
I followed soon afterward and as
I lay in my berth thought of my strange
companion. Her nervousness set me
thinking as to what could be the possible
cause. Finally, having come to no
satisfactory conclusion, I fell into a restless
sleep from which I awoke about the
middle of the night. The train was puffing
furiously at some small station and I
opened the sash of the window and
looked out, giving up all hope of further
slumber. I again fell into a reverie from
which I was suddenly aroused by the
voice of my acquaintance below.
" Strange," she was saying, '* Detective
Forbes, here on this train.' Then a
stop and again»"No. 142 Madison street."
I jumped up of a sudden, all my suspicions
aroused ! What could this mean,
she repeating my name over to herself
and the number of the house in which
the murder was committed? Every nerve
was stretched to its greatest tension as I
listened for another word that might betray
her identity. None came however,
and I lay awake thinking, until the first
say of morning struck ray window.
Then I arose, dressed and went outside.
She had certainly been dreaming
but what could those words mean.
When I returned to the car she was sitting
next to the window looking greatly
refreshed and with a novel in her hand.
I sat down next to her and questioned
her thinking to elicit some information
as to her occupation, etc., but I could find
out «o more than that she was a young
lady ou a visit to some friend in New
Jersey. Her manner and speech were
uot straightforward but very hesitating,
and the spark of my suspicions was
rapidly becoming a flame. Our conversation
gradually grew more constrained
and, I fancy, she saw the suspicion in
my eye, because she finally refused toconverse
further and not a word was
spoken until she requested roe to kindlyraise
the window. I did this and resuraed
my seat watching her narrowly. She
put her head out of the window to survey
the scenery ahead, when, to my intense
astonishment her hair, coaxed by the
wind, raised slightly upwards, revealing
a close crop of hair different in color from
that on the top of her head.
.^Sfce seemed to feel it-rise for she
quickly withdrew her head and gave me
a* hasty glance. I quickly turned away
but I imagine she saw the look of astonishment
mingled with perplexity upon
my face. Every moment my sus^icion^
grew stronger and she grew more agitated.
No conversation could be kept up.
I simply could not encourage her tospeak
Finally the night wore on and?
once more we both retired, I making upmy
mind to keep a close watch over her,
and determined not to be caught napping:
by any move of hers. I finally dropped
off into a fitful slumber. I had not removed
any of my clothes so that I could
leave my berth at the slightest notice.
About an hour afterward, I swoke
with a jump just in time to see my femafa
companion disappearing out of the back
car door. Hastily jumping up, I took:
my grip, put on my hat and silently followed.
I saw her pass from car to car
and, finally, upon reaching the back
platform of the last one, after steadying
herself for a moment threw her basket
over the back and jumped. Without the
least hesitancy I followed, taVvr.g the
precaution to jump backward with my
grip in front to break my fall. I had no
sooner landed than she with a fla?h raised
her weapon and fired It was too dark
to see me so she fired above the spot I
fell, thus thinking to reach me. She,
however, missed her aim and like a flash
I was upon her. She closed with tner

and I. trying to trip her by the skirt,
powering my hand to graspj it, I now
found my suspicions coufirmed. She
had, before jumping, no duubt ridden
herself of the skirt and my hand closed

. A. KBLX.OGG.
The second number of THE LOWELL an exceedingly clear, and satisfactory
was certainly more carefully prepared description of the workings of the
than the first Evidently more time was telephone system. The increasing ma-
taken and the editors are learning by exchinery, organization and processes of
perience.
modern times will more and mere call
The athletic department was fortunate ' for lucid descriptions of this kind. I
in having a number of "events" to hope we shall see other attempts in this
record. "Debate" could have been field and find similar descriptive talent
strengthened by dealing in**an earnestway
with 'certain living questions that
present-in inanyotheTs.
A
are vital to the success and usefulness of
the Debating Society. " School Notes "
seem hardly up to the usual standard
Editors always find it difficult to give
this department just the right turn. To
have it full of characteristic local items,
avoiding all belittling personalities* as
well as the commonplace and trivial—
this is the ideal. Could not this department
be enriched by notes about the
Alumni ? It gives outlook to school life
to keep in view the place and progress of
those who have gone out from us. In
their advancement and success others
may find models for imitation, stimulating
to high endeavor. ' ~
Thecritical comment in the Exchange
column is a good feature. This with the
interspersing of selected witticisms gives
quite an interest to this department of the
paper.
The variety of literary matter in the
paper is considerable; seven pieces in all
may be included. They afford a larger
•variety than usually appears in any one
issue. The "Day with Central" is
tr Spanish-American Sketch " is disappointing
in that it seems to lack motive*
Does the author wish to impress,
us with the difference between the old
Spanish days and modern times ? If so,
souie characteristic incident set in the
framework of old Mission life, or indeed
a dozen other devices might be suggested,
more effective than the one used'.
We seem to be preparing for something
that never comes. The outcome doesnot
justify the introduction and circumstance
of the earlier part of the sketch..
Despite all this, there are indication^ in
the article that make one confident the
writer has. not done his best work.
.— A u> Trump Card " contains a stirring;
description of a foot ball game. There
is throughout attention to detail andt
touches of realism. The motive seemsto
be the power of foot ball to eliminate
the cad from the sj'stem of a young gentlemen,
Grafton Campbell by name, an

are yet in the friendship stag*, one is a
little startled to hear the young woman
address our hero as "Graft.' 1 Would not
Grafton be quite sufficient?
The final love scenes at the home of
the young lady, where the all-important
question is asked and answered, has this
really fine stroke. " For a moment he
did not speak. Could she love a worthless
fellow like him ? He did not see
how she could, and yet—and yet she
might; a wild hope filled his heart."
Now this humility of love, this reverence
for womanhood is one of the best things
in human nature, and it is truly and
nobly touched here. The picture is
marred however. To secure a bit of
realism the author has represented
"Graft" during this momentous interview,
requesting permission of his divinity
to smoke a cigarette in her presence.
Of course it may be claimed that it is
true to life; that all cigarette smokers
feel hardly equal to a strenuous istua-
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ticn unless fortified by their habitual
smoke, but we fee! that the whole representation
would be more delicate and'in
higher, better sustained tone had he not
" sat smiling at ner through the smoke
of his cigarette." . • ',
Of the remaining articles in the. paper
I have not time to speak as they deserve.
The principal one, " The Doctors Story "
is well told ; th£ closing scene is handled
with real power.
" Who wrote the most, Dickens, Warren
or Bulwer? " " Warren wrote c Now
and Then,' aud Bulwer wrote ' Night
and Morning/ aud Dickens wrote 'All
the Year Round.'"—Independent.
German Professor (in his lecture on
water)—And then, gentlemen, do not
forget, if vre had no water we could
never learn to swim—and how many
people woiild be drowned!
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This makes the tfcfcrf' ispi
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High School.
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M«il Matter. • • • •
Why is it that the. girls never contribute
to the columns.'of THE .LOWSIA.
This, makes the third issue of the paper -
that the present management, has brought.
outrand in the,three moctfhs.which have ,
elapsed,, in,o^r,half %jten) only, three ,
contributions froni.th^gjir^ Ji^veljepn re-,
ceived. • *
re
Again we ask why is this so ? Certainly
the girls know how to write just
as well; if not better, than the boys. They
have had just as much training as the
boys, or they would not be in the same'
classes with them.
Some girls say they have no time, for
they have to do this and that and the
other thing which the boys don't have
to do. Why, the other day we actually
heard one young lady remark that"it
took her four hours to dress to go out in
the evening. Mind, the editor don ? t
mean to say that all the yoang ladiesdawdle
around all that time; not by any
means; but we dare say that if the boys*
were questioned they could very easily
name a large number;of things whichthe
girls don't.have to do and which'
they do have to do; and yet they find'
time to contribute articles to THE LOW-
.
; But the girls; are not the only ones 1
who fail to help -fill up our columns*;
the middlers-and juniors are'just as bad'
as

l8
»»especially for from now 9b until
t£e end of the term the Seniors will be
very busy making preparations for the
Senior dance, and therefore they won't
have so much time to give to the paper.
So get in now and help us out, and if we
receive more contributions, which we are
sadly afraid that we won't, than we can
publish at once, why we'll save them
and put them in next time.
After a long period of inactivity, the
young ladies interested in basket ball
are organizing under their able leader,
Miss Kingsbury. THE LOWELL wishes
them entire success.
Eastern
vs.
Western
High
Schools*
Here is a question that needs
deep consideration: Whether
the system adopted by the Eastern
High Schools generally is
better than that to which we
are accustomed. Their system
is this: School commences at
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eight in the morning and at ten there
is a short recess and it then continues
right along till one. After that
they need not return to school. This, of
course has its advantages., and disadvantages.
The early commencement
?o.f school is, in our opinion an excellentidea.
v The student has a freshness and
vigor that does rot wear off so readily as
when he does not come till nine. Also,
the feet of the early dismissal is commendable.
After the luncheon at one a
student is free for the rest of the day and
there is some chance of a little exercise
before work, which is almost hopeless to
those hard digging students here, who do
not get oat till three, and who feel that
if a sheep skin is to be obtained, aiternoon
and evening should be devoted to
trying for it. However, this system has
its disadvantages. The fact that it makes
unable to reach home before l?:
would-be-almost too long to wait It'
would be convenient if they had the:
same system as the French schools have
viz: that at half past ten and half past
three a great tray of little French rolls is
brought in and each scholar is given osse,.
This certainly would allay to some extent
the ravenous pangs of hunger which
might afflict the student. But this would '
hardly do in a cosmopolitan High School;
of the United States. However, in our
mind a most feasible way out of the difficulty
would be to have the schools commence
at eight, but dismiss at twelve
for luncheon; then a short hour or one
hour and a half afterwards would in 7x0.
way be tiresome or tedious, and were
school to dismiss at two it would not yet:
be too late for a little exercise before
study. A little running, base ball, or
foot ball from two to four would greatly
enhance the powers of application and
endurance of the students.
Senior
Class
fleeting.
On the 26th of October the
Senior class had a meeting in
the hall. President Saunders
occupied the chair, and after
.••>:"-w,*i«rv;
;Ji»
, calling the meeting to,order
he stated that the purpose of the meeting
was to discuss the Senior dance.
Shay moved that the President appoint
an Arrangement Committee of eight and
a Reception Committee of twelve. A dler
proposed an amendment, namely to x.$£0&
make the Arrangement Committee fif- ~'\3^fe
teen instead of eight. Cahill objected >>v_
to the amendment saying that since the
class was so small that if they had such - ,
a large paiT of committees they would
: ;^
have all committees and no class. The
amendment was defeated and the motion
i
y' : carried in its original form.
A
'The next btrainess-vwj
tJje amount to
member of the
assesr.ment be $1.50,: 25!
last year, inasmuch as tl
so much smaller thai*
President asked the mo^j
applied to the girls and]
did. After some; discus
dent asked for soine'bifiL
Miss Polexfen respdndei
since they all bad to get
the same place, nainelj
pockets, she thought tl
pay as much as the
The motion was carrij
girls as weU as boys %r
adjourned.
"Dear me, that was:
fell overboard in mid-o
day, and never was seen
Hicks. ^
u Drowned? ''^jked ft
"Oh, no? of course
his ankle, probably/ 1 sai^
Little James had 1 been
that his father ha

The next business was the fixing of
the amount to be contributed by each
member of the class. Cahiil moved the
assessment be $ 1.50, 25 cts. more than
last year, inasmuch as the class of'99 is
so much smaller than thai of.'98. The
President asked the mover if the motion
applied to the girls and was told that it
did. After some discussion the Presir
dent asked for some of the girls' opinions.
Miss Polexfen. responded and said that
since they all had to get the money from
the same place, namely their fathers'
pockets, she thought the girls should
pay as much as the boys.
The motion was carried applying to
girls as well as boys and the meeting
adjourned.
" Dear me, that was terrible! Man
fell overboard in mid-ocean the other
day, and never was seen again ! " said
Hicks.
Ci Drowned? " asked Mrs. Hicks.
"Oh, no? of course not. Sprained
his ankle, probably," said Hicks.
Little James had been telling a visitor
that his father had got a new set of false
teeth.
'• Indeed,".said the visitor, " and what
will he do with the old set ?."
'* Oh, I suppose," replied little James,
u they'll cut 'ein down and make me
v;ear 'em. 1 *
Socrates— 4I Demosthenes, you're not
the only pebble on the beach."
Demosthenes—" No, I have the other
in my mouth."—Ex.
r THE iOWELL
EDITED BY CHA8. G. NOBRIS, '99.
Before commencing to review the
papers that have come to our -iesk this
month, we wish to say a few words concerning
the manner in which some of the
exchange editors write their reviews upon
papers they receive. What is the use
of devoting a column and a half to a long
list of names, very wearisome and uninteresting,
with the title at the head read:
ing: "Here is a list of sottteofour exchanged
received ihisvwnthr We do not
exchange for the'saJce of having it just
mentioned with such words as, " We
acknowledge the receipt of the LOWEIX.
During our experience we have found
that the United States mail is generally
sun. and we take it for granted that the
papers are received by those to whom,
they are addressed, and it is but a waste of
time and ink to insert the acknowledgement
of it Another thing we should
like to suggest to our fellow exchange
editors : If you do not like an article cr
a paper do not think you must omit it
from your columns because you must
needs say something unpleasant about
it. That is absurd"; sit down and say in
good, round terms that the article or paper
is displeasing to you and te.ll why
you dou't like it. Criticise' it as you"
think it ought to be criticised. It may
do sbtne good.
"The Story of Ruth,"'by Emily C.
Du Bois, in the High School Folio, is an
excellent, well-handled piece of work
showing admirable • tact in dealing with
a hackneyed subject. The manner in
which the story is told is at once clever
and remarkable as it is related from the

atandpoint of a critic, a spectator and a
narrator, and great skill and care has
been used in its composition. It is not
an essay of a high school girl, making
her farewell address to her teacher and
class mates, but it is a well-written, wellconceived
and well constructed article
for which Miss Du Bois deserves praise,
and she most certainly has the hearty
congratulations of the LOWELL. The
form of the High School Folio should not
pass without notice. It is very artistic.
We wish to compliment the Central
Seminary on possessing a true artist.
The cover design is exceptionally good,
showing originality, cleverness and art,
yet with a simplicity which is very commendable.
The heading "Locals" isalso
very good. Mr. Todd should be congratulated
on his ability.
Ke—Have you read Carlyle's 4 *Essay
on Barns?"
Sbe—No, I hate a medical treatise.
—Ex.
Dolly—They say he had to settle a
quarter of a million on his eldest daughter
because of a mole on her forehead.
Jack—That was a case of spot cash.
—Ex.
The Banner, from Oregon, is at hand.
The paper is, vre understand, undergoing
a change. Under the management of
the new editor, Mr. Gherviu, we are sure,
from what we kuow through our own
columns, of his ability with the pen, that
the paper will enjoy great success. Mr.
Ghervin is of the class of '97 of Lowell
High School.
We wish to congratulate The Aegis
from Bloomington, 111., oa its artistic
appearance. The idea of the cover is
very well conceived. The reading matter
is also especially good. "Old Qree 1 -
Education" is a subject treated in a
masterful way in the article having th-it
name. Let us suggest to anyone who is
THE LOWELL
studying Greek history at
read this. • -
11 Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the milkman wealthy
And the grocer grand,*'
^N;:--
The Greylcch Echo seems rather
in sending its exchanges. Howey^ifc|^
is a very neat little paper* descrying ,v
great praise for its cover, which shwj^.;:^
some artistic merit, and for its intereife-'|?|fr
ing reading matter. The story ^entitlei^^
"Out of the Frying Pan" is to be esjp^ |^
daily noticed. The ending is rather ,f
disappointing; with so good a beginning^
one expects something more. It seetrisj"
to have been hurried towards its close:£
but some parts are excellent. Tfee-author's
power of description is wondjfci^r
f«l. The first scene and the description^
of the scene in the glass factory are somip
of tbe best things we have ever had tie v
pleasure of reading. We should like to>;
see more of the author's work. )A.
4 'A Vacation Trip in the Yellowstone'^
in • the September Calendar is a well-?
written, interesting sketch. The illus^
trations are especially good. '/%
"Johnny," said the school boy's moth-;-,
er, "do you like arithmetic?'* :^
"No'm, I think the influence of ibiat '
book is unwholesome and depressing " -
"Why?" w
"Because it's full of horrible exam- '1
P 1 *' 1 -Ex.
The Occident of September 16th fro«P
U. C, Berkeley, has a story in it by
Alex Gorden which is very good. It is
characteristic of many things and of
many persons. It is characteristic *di
college life, college fellows and college
co-eds, and it is a characteristic story;
published in a characteristic college
journal. It is very cleverly witten.
The TY&ad is
published by the
Academy, Saco, M
little more gj
enhance its iateres
"Pa, can yoa s«
cope than with tb
'•Of course you
"How can thai
everything; nearer i
Scholar R
giving of twenty
the senate," Prcfej
school fcr
corner—-''Oh,
f
tilarly once a
filled with
issue oi ^gjp&rj
been turned intc^pdj
of which are'-excel
idea and the fataltles
S
:; he is a poet and i^as
A Jersey'"Cl.t^dn
collection of tlie que
from the p^flipie W
the store for thicks i
a few samples, of ttie
(i This chiloV S?
you five cents to bui
for a groan tip adult
Another reads, "I
barer five sense ^
for to gargle
, - •. v
The SmrchligM ii
a very neat aud iute
journal, but mi^ht
change editor that
does not depecd onti
it produces ?jHe;$bt
ture by the words^es;
etf, excitement^ et^t
his sole expression^

&*
*.. •}
THE
The Tripod is a, neat little magazine
published by the students of Thorton
Academy, Saco, Maine, but are think a
little more reading matter would greatly
enhance its interest and literary merit.
"Pa, can you see further with a teles*
cope than with the naked eye ?"
•*Of course you can* Johnny."
"How can that "be, when it brings
everything nearer?"
—Ex.
Scholar (reading CaesarJ—"A thanksgiving
of twenty days was decreed by
the senate." Professor— u Just think, no
school for twenty days." Voice from
corner— u Oh, that we had a Caesar !"
—Ex.
The Stanford Sequoia comes to. us regularly
once a week, in good form and
ijiled with interesting material. The
wue of September 23rd seems to have
been turned into poetical channels, some
of which are excellent, especially the
idea and the faultless form of the ''Three
Sonnets." Mr. Story belies his name;
he is a poet and as such he is excellent.
A Jersey City druggist is making a
collection of the queer orders he receives
from the people who • send children to
the store for things they need. Here are
a few samples of them :
''This child is my little girl. I send
you five cents to buy two sitless powders
for a groan up adult, who is sike,"
Another reads, "Der Dochter, pies gif
barer five sense worse of Aunty Toxyn
for to gargle babi's throat and obleage."
Ex.
The Searchlight is improving. It is
a very neat and interesting high school
journal, but might we suggest to the exchange
editor that the value of a story
does not depend on the excitement which
it produces ? He doubtless judges literature
by the words excite, exciting, excited,
excitement, etc., as he uses them as
his sole expression of criticism.
A story in the High School Argits ftom.
Harrisburg, Pa., entitled "Twice Accepted"
needs some criticism, both in
praise and the opposite. First, the form
in which the story is written must be
commended; it is attractive and lecd& interest
to the story. The title also is
good and the interest of the story is kept
up to the end. But the reader cannot:
help feeling disappointed as he reaches
the end. He has been led to expect &
good ending, something on which the
whole story will hang, but as it ia, a.
miserable substitute is put in its place, a
farcical letter writing without point and
without interest. He gives the reader an
idea that he has omitted or skippedsome
part of the story and he involuntarily
turns back to look for it. Otherwise
the story has merit. The disposition of
the heroine is natural, but the other girl
is too much like her to give to either of
them their true merit. The men also'
are good, and what one might call the
"painting" of the story is excellent.
The author does not spend time or space
in enlarging on the beauties of nature
but he leaves it to the imagination of his>*~
readers, which is very clever. Then,
too, he knows how to describe a girl,
which most amateur authors do not.
Altogether it is a good story with many
merits and many faults.
O, what did the 'linseed oil ?"
And where did the u sugar camp ?"
What did the sheet "tin foil ?"
And why did the "postage stamp ?"
From whence did the "mineral spring?"*
And why did the "lemon drop ?*'
How long did the "wedding ring ?"
And whom did the "organ stop?"
What made the old "fence rail ?"
And why did the "thunder clap?"
What turned the "dinner pail ?"
And who heard the "ginger snap?"
—Ex.

THE LOWELL
Mr. Milligan possesses a large degree
of literary talent. Sotne of his work
appears in The Tamarachy from Detroit
College and is very commendable.
One of the best magazines that has
ever come from university, college or
High School is The White and Gold%
from Mills College, GaL Its exterior is
dainty, and at the same time very artistic.
But tae literary work is par exuiiente*
Miss Maud E. Culton has
written an article in it entitled "The
Druid of the Purest," in which she
eulogizes Bryant. It should have found
its place in something.better than a college
journal even though that college
journal is The White and Geld.: Another
literary effort, although of a different
branch of literature is no less commendable.
This is a story called. "With
Love that Fails Not." It is well written
and very interesting: "The South City
Parson*' must not be passed without
notice. It is a character study, one of
the most difficult in literature, and this is
admirably done.
The Latin and High School Review*
Cambridge, Mass., lias both poets and
artists for contributors. The heading to
"Athletics" is one of the cleverest and
most artistic bits of work we have seen.,
Here is a specimen of their poetry :
A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.
A rat sedebat on our fence.
As iaeta as could be,
Her vox surgebat to the skies,
Cancbat merrily.
My clamor was of no avail
Though clare did I cry,
Conspexit me with mild reproof,
And winked her alter eye.
Quite vainly jeci boots a lamp,
Some bottles and a book •
Ergo I seized my pistol, et/
My aim cum cura took.
1 had six shots dixi, "Ye gods,;:
. May I that felis kill I. T . . - (
Quamquam I took six of her liyes,
The other three sang stilL, •
The felis sang with major vim,
Though meus aim was true;
Conatus sum putare quid
Intonitru I'd do.
A scheme advenit to my head,
Scivi 'twould make her wince,
I sang! Et then the hostis fled,
Non earn vidi since.
M., '98*
A poem entitled "The Buttercup v
appears in the Aegis and is very good,
the r.uthor taking a form of poetry which
is very difficult and doing it extremely
well. '
Bright Soph. Qnst dipping into mathematics)
: '• Say, what geometrical figure "r
does an escaped parrot present?"
Senior: u Give it up.*'
Soph.: " Why, polygon, of course."—
Ex.
Where is the Exchange Column in the
Normal Record from Chico, Cal. ?
The White and Blue has an artist
sonewhere. His work is excellent. We
offer our congratulations to the White
and Blue on possessing such an able
contributor.
The Book Reviews in the Howara-
Payne Exponent are excellent. This is
a new idea in college journalism which
we wish to heartily praise.
We wish to thank Mr. Turner, of the
High School Argus, for his kind mention
of us in his Exchange Column. The
compliment may be returned and we return
it with cordiality. Mr, Turner's
work is excellent. He possesses the
true idea of artistic drawing and the
cover of the Argus is well conceived and
well drawn. We should like to see
something more of his work.
;
M.$
Before we
a word to Thc
cf such a pa^r;
and very,
of The A
e.
: '- ; -Srf.'T 1
1: - W y^

7A V
Before we close we would like to say
a word to The £olkge. Athlete. The idea
of such a paper we consider a good; one
and very corainendable and tl*e editors
THE LOWELL 23.
We should also be gratified if you will
exchange with us, as we greatly appreciate
the paper and would be.sorry to lose
sight of so attractive a magazine. T\r
of The Athlete may rely on us for support, Athleis has the good wishes and hearty
Mr. E. Robinson, 3 Liberty street, of th ; support of THS LpwELX. > ' ^;
city, will gladly correspond/with you.
U O non intellego," ait Caesar, nou
tarn torrid us es." Ariovistus respondi
" Noa saxum solum in litore es."
Noble Metaphor—An* orator at one of
the university unions bore off the palm
of merit when he declared that " the
British lion, whether it is roaming the
deserts, cf India or climbing the forests
of Canada, will not draw in its horns or
retire into its shell."
Mudkins —What would you say, sir, if
I should tell you that I love your
daughter ?
Mr. Cashtuburn—Not a word, sir:
not a word ! Your audacity would simply
hold me spellbound.

During the last month many things
have transpired to change almost completely
the nature of the Debating Society.
This is due, in a great measure,
to the election held on October 7th Beside
the good effects of the change in
officers, a great deal of interest was excited,
among the other members of the
school, so much, in fact, that during the
two weeks previous to the election the
membership was doubled. At first
however, the results of this increase were
just the opposite of what was expected
The President, Mr. Adler, was scarcely
able to maintain order. Notwithstanding
ail this the results of the election
have proven this to be a great benefit
T..>e officers elected on October 7th
were as follows: Mr. Maddux, President;
Mr. Drucker, Vice-president, and.Mr
Shay, Secretary. It is
,Madduxthatthes^
««4*«,.qa,eteddown and prepared for
the competition for the school term. The
me hods of Mr. Adler in coping wi h the
KD1TED BY A. VEILER.
the society and nearly destroyed it. The
next meeting Mr. Maddux, with great
force and personality, was able to prevent
the recurrence of such a scene, and
finally he has managed to bring the society
entirely under his control. Our
president, it must be confessed, is at
times a triae informal, but if any one
urges that this is a fault, he should re.
member that parliamentary law was
maae for societies, not societies for parlwmentary
iaw. Indeed, the results
seem to justify the belief that his is the
only method that can keep pe.ftct order
in the society.
after" t^T 1 "- 215 '' the firSt meetin *
after the election, the society resolved
"self ,ato the United States Senate. The
: ! ^ u s s e d T O a r e s o h t a l ,
tne respective merits of the Ad-
Sampson and Schley. At the
:, October 28thra-modcr,trial ,
Ed Parsons was charged
The
Messrs.
ia! evidence,
defense
actions.
Hmited ' ^portant witeft
° Ut
••-..Ti^s* 1
W,
"}•%'."';',
was fally able to bi
points. After, j4^e,
returned the'veifdict
The first debate
places act the school,
Friday, Nov«rab
be resolved that
to France, It'is pi
loggand Mr. Clark
the respective merii
At present there are
in the tournament,
fine showing for a si
over one hundred
would not ail vise
place oii the teacd if
himself capable of del
f.ing team in the
league, as it would 1
time and patience,
that we shall be able
a team as we had a y<
the material ought nol
Since Mr, Detstcfc,
several high schools,

• • • • ' - ' : (
THE L
was fully able to bring oat any strong
points. After, due deliberation the jury
returned the verdict of "not guilty/'
The first debate of the contest for
places on the school team will take place
Friday, November 4th- The subject will
be resolved that Napoleon was a benefit
to France, It is probable that Mr Kellogg
and Mr. Clark will be the judges of
the respective merits of the debaters.
At preseut there are about twelve entries
in the tournament, which is not a very
fine showing for a society that numbers
over one hundred members. Still I
would not advise anyone to try for a
place on the team if he does not consider
himself capable of debating on the winning
team in the proposed debating
league, as it would only be a waste of
time and patience. It is to be hoped
that we shall be able to secure as strong
a team as we had a year ago. Certainly
the material ought not be wanting.
Since Mr. Deutch, on the request of
several high schools, submitted to us a
proposition concerning the formiogof an
association of the debating societies of
the various high schools of gie*8tatef/we
have heard very little about the matter.
It is to be hoped that the idea will notbe
dropped, as an intellectual Contest
amatig the schools of California is needed
to a much greater extent and will be
far more beneficial than the semi-.annual
athletic tournament.
It is too bad that all of the young lady
members of the society either do not
deem themselves able to compete in the
tournament or are too bashful to do so.
Last year there were several that did so,
and won high places in the contest. One,
at least, Miss Day, would probably have
been in the school team if she had debated
in the final debate of the tournament,
I am sure that there are among
the young ladies debaters as good, if not
better, than those among the boys, so that
there is really no reason for their not.
competing.
2 5

The class of '99 has determined to
have a•'*senior dance" as any senior
will tell you who has to part with his
•dollar and a half. The date has not yet
been fixed, but it is understood that it
will be some time in the last week of this
term. The Friday evening that school
closes will probably be chosen, so that
il may be a double celebration.
The Committtie of Arrangements, appointed
by the president of the class,
J. H. Saunders, is as follows: Chairman,
J. H. Saunders, Misses Holmes,
Crowe, Clark and Polexfen, and Messrs.
Stanley Tashira, Walter Bundschu atid
•Sidney Goldman.
Thft Reception Committee has not yet
•been determined upon.
Frank Hooper has been appointed
Floor Manager with Ed. Behlow .as
Assistant.
The assessment has been fixed at one
•dollar and a half; and three double invitations
apiece are to be granted. We
-wish '99 all the success that attended
the dance of the class of '98.
THE S. C. D. C.
Since the last issue of the LOWELX,
•the Senior Class Dancing Club has: held
several meetings, all of which were considered
successes la every detail. The
number of members is increasing at such
a rate that but few more can be admitted
to membership. A fancy dress party for
October 29th is being looked forward to
with great anticipation by the members.
EDITED BY CHESTER WAGNER.
Fraternities.
The Tbeta Chi fraternity have added
to their membership during the past
month H. Russell, a member of the
senior class.
/ The Pi Delta Kappa fraternity has
/ initiated six new men this term. The
, unfortunates who were made to ride the
goat are: Oscar F. Plageman, Robert
• A. Craig, J. Sheldon Potter, Fred S.
Lewitt, Rufus Hodge and A. W. Splivals.
Whitman Prentice, a member of the'
Pi Delta Kappa fraternity, left on a
pleasure trip through the United States,
and will not return before Christmas.
The Lambda Theta Phi Sorority have
swelled their number this term with six
nev; members. The lucky ones are:
Misses Lois Sherman, Lila Vincent, Ina
^ay Ball, Alice Burr, Edna Girvan and
Jean Bruas.
PERSONAL.
We regret very much to state that
Miss Vida French, a member of the
Lambda Theta Phi Sorority, has left the
school. She has continued her work at
Mills Seminary, where, we understand,
she is as popular as ever.
A good percentage of the members or
the class of '9s, who continued their
work at the University of California,
have become members of a college fraternity.
It will be seen that the *najority
of them were fraternity men at the
High School. Those that have been
taken in are: Ed and Frai
the Delta Kappa Epsildtt;
by tjie Phi Gamma Theta;
field, by the Delta ^ai ,$>e
by the Phi ^a|o^-Eeit§k
J_.\ r .
There is a scheme o^ : fpi
of foot b^ir: beS^BJ^^^e^^f
and Theta Chi fraternities,
sured that the game will
teresting. •;;"..;'
* • «
'•i'. 1 ..
or a sill
house.
".si
cook,
JVhe's
thesid^
• * • / • ' • - "

taken in are : Ed and Frank Bishop, by
the Delta Kappa Epsilon; Ashtey Faull,
by tjhe Phi Gamma Theta; Herbert Bonefield,
by the Delta Tan Delta; Warner,
by the Phi Garhmax Delta an

The first of October closed the season
of track athletics. On that date the
A. A. L. iiald day was held at the Olympic
Club Grounds. From among: the
"twenty-one schools represented in the
league, Oakland High carried off the
•day with a score of 46 points piled up to
her credit. The Polytechnic High School
won second place with 27 points, Ukiah
High came third with 17 points and
'Lowell fourth with 16 points.
Lowall's sixteen points were won as
follows:—
Saunders—second place in the 100
yard dash (3 points) ; Gleason—second
place in the mile walk (3 points);
"Symraes—second place in the 220 hurdles
(3 points); Belden—third place in
*he pole vault (1 point); One Mile Relay
of six runners—second place (6
point*) )>.
There is plenty of good material at
the school, and by the time the spring
-field days come around we shall hope
and expect to see L. H. 8. put a strong
irack team in the A. A. L,
Basket Ball.
A meeting of all the young ladies of
the school interested in Athletics, wan
called by Miss Kiagsbury on Friday, October
23. The outcome of this meeting
is as yet a mystery to us. However, we
feel sure that the girls will do their uuty
in the athletic line as well as, if not better
than the boys do, and shall expect hereafter
to be able to fill several columns of
EDITED BY FRANK HOOPER.
the LOWELL with thrilling account* oF
basket ball contests in which the red
and white come out on top, of course.
Tennis.
Word has been received that the academic
tennis tournament will not take
place aniil the spring. This will afford
our u pony " team more time to get into
good form. One of them has already
engaged the services of a professional
boxer and is developing a wonderful
right nrm for upporcuts. It is expected
that before very long no opponent will be
able to stand against his terrible drives
across the net, and he will undoubtedly
do wonders by next spring.
The other " bantam " spends his Saturdays
and Sundays in duck and quail
shooting. Ibis exercise developa coolness
and a quick and steady eye. It is
almost certain that when he takes his
place on the courts, no ball will be able
to pasa him.
" With such a pair as this what Bhould
we not expect to win in the tennis world?
5wimmiag.
The A. A. L. has introduced a new
feature into its ranks, namely a swimming
contest. As yet the particulars
are not known, but there will probably
be three or four distances contested.
There are certainly a number of " fish 17
at the school; let them come forth then
a nd show what they can do in this line.
Foot Ba
The pig-akin rushers
defeat, but thie tin
bo ashamed of. Ei$^J
a very big score foitia
team to run up agaio
eleven. And so the out
with the Stanford fr
rather than displeased
did figure at the small
The team showed gij
gince the last game,
together. But the "freaj
them man for man, wj
disadvantage.
It had been arrangj
game bo played at Pai<
lowing week, but owin|
Rooney and Middletos
play on account of in
wae called off.
Two practice games
with the Trinity echoed
Presidio, the second ai
The Lowell team proved
for Trinity, and, althcri
Middleton did not pla;
the scores of 29 and 26
The first league gate
was scheduled to piay
Lick bchool. The lat;
reasons best known tc
decided not to take pa
the game.
The next game was
thing. L. H. S. was
Rofia to meet the high e
on October 29. The tri
and tiresome, au.d the
tised to be called at;i2
the boys might bavei
train back at 3.:30, Tl!
the Grand Hotel, and
well until about one o 1
trouble began,
£To begin with tho gr<
the best order, in tlfe
lookers onV with the"ei
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Foot Ball.
The pig-skin rushers have once more
met defeat, bat this time it is net one to
be ashamed of. Eig^points is not such
a very big score for a college freshman
team to run up against a high school
elevt \nd so the outcome of the game
wit'

it i mile pa$e

From an occurrence in the school rooiu ^
the other day, it is evident that Hooper,
believes in team work much to the advantage
of Robinson.
What has happened to the gas in the
chemical laboratory? A complaint should
be made to the Lighting Company. It
seems to have turned to air.
Not long ago a certain member of the
Senior class remarked, while quite excited,
that he was a hayseed and he had
hayseed blood in him. We think that
the bystanders agreed with him unanimously.
Billy Middleton and Rooney seem to
be the heroes of the hour just now.
Who says that foot ball is not a benefit
to us in other ways than physically ?
Why here the education of Symmes has
been secured solely by means of foot
ball, which proves that the game is
beneficial in more ways than one.
Behlow, Cahill, the two Howelte,
Manor, Saunders, Shay, Watson and
Bundschu acted as ushers at Metropolitan
Temple on October 27th, when
a benefit for the Teachers Mutual Aid
Society was given. The boys are to be
congratulated, for, as the manager said
they ran that house like a steam engine.
It has been said that the mock trial
held on the 28th of October in the Debating
Society was not fair. The following
is the reason given : Stocker, a
EDITED BY- E, . G v . .CAHILL.
witness,,for the prosecution, and Barrows,
one of the attorneys for the defense
were (forcibly) closeted together in the
coal bin. for half an hour on that day,
during which period Barrows bribed
Stocker with the half of an apple, which
he had taken along to comfort himself
with. Indeed it has even been whispered
that, .although Stocker afterwards
swore on Webster's Unabridged Bible
that he did not know Barrows, the
twain played a duet on the wall with
sticks, Stocker playj.ug. first and Barrows
second drums until some compassionate
fellow set them free to vent their long
deferred vengeance on the perpetrators
of what Barrows-designates as an outrageous
crime and Stocker as a mean
trick.
Several of the members have asked us
whether the President of the Debating
Society uses a flatiron or a sledge hammer
as a gavel. The editor is not prepared
to say, but at any rate Mr. Walker
had better take out an insurance policy
on his desk if he wishes to save anything.
Allow us to recommend the
Presidential.
Norris is evidently a patriot if he
didn't go to Manila for he stands up for
an American dinner in preference to a
French one.
Boys: When you want your hair cut
or a shave, remember the Association
Barber Shop, 214 Mason street. Stove
Fowles, formerly of the Olympic Club,
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VOL.
A Scandal in Scarlet.
BV A. I3OKAN CDYLE.
Now to begin with, I am very amiable.
As a leading physician in inv profession
His essential that I should he so. But
on that particular morning I was cross.
Ves, there is no doubts about it, I was
very cross. But again, you will understand
me as being a man free from peevishness,
I wish you to thoroughly understand
that. Everything had gone wroug
that morning, from losing my collar
button down to my wife. Naturally that
•lay had to be selected as the day in which
I was to be vexed, because that morning
I had determined to take some rest and
give my patients an opportunity to be
patient. So when Mie servant. James,
informed me that my friend. Padlock
Combs, was waiting for me in the breakfast
room. I was by no means in a pleasant
lu::nor and tor once in my life wished
he had not come.
When I c une down stairs with a determination
to be pleasant I found Padlock
seated in my chair at the table, evidently
deep in thought, for he was runniiiff
his fingers through his hair until
the electric sparks became so bright that
I was afraid he would ignite th- lace cur-
SAX FRANCISCO. CAL., DECEMBER, ISO8. No. 4-
tains back of him. Now if you are acquainted
with Padlock as well as I you
will know that when he runs his fingers
through his hair or strokes his nose thewrong
way or runs the finger-nail of thfv
forefinger of his right hand along the forefinger
of his left, tuat he is deeply thinking-
and it is best to leave him alone forif
disturbed he might knife you. or throttle
you, or do something equally unpleasant.
You no doubt have heard ot my friemF
Padlock Combs in connection with thatcelebrated
crime called in the newspapers
lt The Toe of the Dead Indian 11 or in connection
with** The Blue Baby." or elseperchance
you will remember his nameas
coupled with his celebrated book entitled
'The Worship of Dodo, or Howto
Make Bread Without Yeast '* At any
rate this is the same Padlock Combs, tfregreat
London detective, the deducer, thecorner-sewer
on rat-poison. Undoubtedly
he should be respected very highly and
one should only look at him with the
mouth open and one eye closed. Butorj
that particular morning I did not feel so*
humble as I looked at him seated in naychair,
running his hands through bishair
and endangering my hou«e, because

I was very hungry and wanted something
to keep apart the sides of my stomach,
I was just screwing my courage to the
sticki&g point to throw the dust-pan at
THE LOWEM
language you used. Your salvation is
beyond recall. All this I deduce from
the cut on your chin, the vay you hold
vour mouth, the remnants of a shaving
him, with the intention of escaping from mug just carried through the room to be
the room immediately, when he turned thrown away and your collar pinned
round and surveyed me critically for some
There's your chair.'!
minutes.
"A-hein/'I managed to say nervously.
11
How do you do. Padlock? Nice
weather. Very." Somehow I always
feel nervous when in Padlock's presence,
for you never know what he'll say next.
Besides, I was afraid he might deduce
what I was thinking about and I don't
like to be knifed or choked.
u
Don't let me disturb you, Paddy, :ny
boy^but you are sitting in my chair and
deterring me from eating my breakfast.
Would you feel hurt ii' I should ask you
to propel your magnum corpus into another
chair ? "
He still continued his steady gaze at
me and after some little time he spoke.
* 4 My dear doctor/ 1 he said in a grieved
voice that sounded as if it were greased,
u
You should not do so. Family quarrels
are bad things. Swearing is worse
and to break things is awful. 1 *
'• Has my servant been telling you anything?
If be has I'll discbarge him this
instant/ 1
with a carpet tack.
"Well, Padlock, you are wonderful.
Where did you cultivate that power of
deduction ? Were you Harvard or Yale ?"
" Did you ever see a good Padlock that
was not Yale ? ''
%l
Ah. you are witty this morning I see/
" Will you go on and eat while I do a
little work and smoke a pipe of opium ?
I want to find out the Ictheosorian Promulgation
of the Theory of Corymbiferou*
Peutapetalous by Arithmetical Progression,"
" How much ? " I gasped.
41
Go on and eat > our newspaper and
read your poached egg and let me work."
I saw he was getting dangerous and so
I gave it up in despair and left him to
stroke his nose the wrong way and figure
out with pencil and paper his * * *
while I did my best to eat my breakfast.
At length when I had just thrown
away my egg and digested my newspaper,
he broke the silence vrith these words :
" My dear doc, are you all-pathetic or
homely-pathetic?'
"Don't do anything rash, doctor; it
might break out on you," he murmured.
il
James has told me nothing. You seem
to have forgotten my powers of deduction."
41
Oh true," I said. ** Now what have
you deduced ? "
"That you cut yourself shaving this
morning and that made you mad. You
swore. Your wife overheard you and
burst into tears. You got madder. You
swore more. You broke your shaving
bowl. You got madder still and you
swore so that you're lost. Then you lost
your collar-button and I blush to think
either how mad you did get or what
1
-What?"
k
* Do you give liquids or sugar pills in
glass bottles ? "
" Oh I see/' I said, " You want to know
whether I'm allopathic and homeopathic.
Well, to tell the truth, it all depends on
how pathetic the ca?e is. But you make
a mistake, Pad ; I give liquids and pills,
but never glass bottles. Why did you
ask ?"
"I thought I might need your opinion
in a case I have to-day. Oh, by the way,
I hope you can come wi'h me. 1 have a
nice little murder in which I hope you
could aid me with your medical experience.
Can you come?"
* "Yts/l Should Tbe
what is this murder?*'
"I'll tell you on the
out. Meet me at the \
After a conciliator]
lesser-half, I follbwec
station where I found
animatedly with a man
When 1 came up he bs
friend and we together
the compartment.
" That aian," said h«j
saw me talking, is det
thinks he knows more I
periodically gets a new]
'Is he good a.t his
1
You mean iu Jiuj
Yes, very. 3 ;
'"And you have bunij
again inquired, hoping
Mend's interesting exp!
'' With bin: ? Never
him M
" I asked,
• : Yes ; once at board ii
a hunting him and goto
o'clock with nothing bi
die and a sack." '•
" This fellow is not so
on. '-Ones there had fc
Yorkshire and he telegra
on immediately. There
rains and the trains we
So I telegraphed back, Q
out on the ti?ie. What dc
wired back?"
11
Can't possibly guess,
"He wired, Come any
shift.' 1
"Very fanny," I m
what about this murder? 1
" Not much. Snipe U
yesterday. Man dying
unconscious from an epL
no where to be found am

"Yts. I should be pleaded to. But
what is this murder?' 1
t4 i*II tell you on tbo elevated as we go
out. Meet me at the station-"
Afcer a conciliatory farewell to my
lesser-half, I followed Padlock to the
station where I found him talking very
animatedly with a man with a beak-nose.
When I came up he bade good-bye to his
friend and we together took our places in
the compartment.
" That man," said he, "with whom you
SAW me talking, is detective Snipe. He
thinks he knows more than he does. He
periodically gets a new hat a size larger."
"Is he good at his work ? " I asked.
** You mean in hunting up clues ?
Yes. very."
'•And you have hunted with him? " I
again inquired, hoping to hear one of my
friend's interesting experiences.
' v With him? Never. But I have/or
him "
(i For him ?" I asked puzzled.
li Yes ; once at boarding-school I went
a hunting him and got back home at 3
o'clock with nothing but a piece of candle
and a sack.' T
fc " This fellow is not so much,' 1 he went
01:. '• Once there had been a murder in
Yorkshire and he telegraphed me to come
on immediately. There had been heavy
rains and the trains were not running.
So I telegraphed back, Can Icome, Washout
on the Hue. Wnat do you suppose he
wired back ? "
u Can't possibly guess," I answered.
u He wired, Come, anyway. Borrow a
shitt."
'* Very funny," I murmured. " But
what about this murder ?°
" Not much. Snipe told me the case
yesterday. Man dying of poison. Wife
unconscious from an epileptic fit. Child
no where to be found and the cook murdered
with a clip of n bludgeon."
"What is your hypothesis ? Have you
any?"
THE LOWELL
"Plenty/ 4 he said calmly, "from' a
button in the man's stomach to a stuffed
cook. :>
" How exciting this is ?"' 1 exclaicaed r .
"Yes. It was probably more excitiug
for the cook. The last thiug she ever
cooked was herself.' 1
" Where did it happen ?"
" In Chelsea, No. 407 Galloway st."
In about an hour the tram drew up
with short, sputtering breath at the station
and we descended at our destination.
The minute we were in the vicinity
of the murder Padlock seemed to expand,
his eyes dilating with excitement,
his nostrils distended, his ferriMike nose
protruding abnormally from biu face,
and his hands closed with the grip of a
vice.
The defectives met us and we all got
into a hack and drove to No. 407 Galloway
street. It wasa small, yellow house
with a cupola and a nice home-like appearance.
Two more detectives met us
at the door and after talking earnestly
with Padlock for some minutes we all
went into the house.
"You see," commenced one of the detectives,
"you see, Mr. Combs, this was
the parlor, nothing w«s found in here,
nor in this room, but here Is the diningroom
where we think the family quarrel
began. The gentleman and his wife had
to be removed as their health was not
good. Mr. Bavwell, the gentleman, is
suffering, we thiuk, from rat poison;
Mrs. 31irwell is unconscious, having
fallen on the floor drawing the tablecloth
and dishes after her, in an epileptic fit.
The man was trying to eat the sugar
bowl when he was found, almost a ma-'
niac. There is the pantry and beyond
the kitchen where lies the murdered
cook The child, Harold Harwell, cannot
be found."
We passed into the kitchen. A dull
gloom held the room in darkness. Not
a sound could be heard as we stood strl*

THE LOWELL
a moment; the faint drip, drip, drip of
tbe water in the sink was the only sound,
A struggling beam of light pierced
through the gloom and fell upon the
floor. In the center of the small circle
of light was a bloody hand.
" Ouch," I cried, as I saw it.
Padlock strode across the room and
threw up the shade. In a a instant the
room was ablaze with light.
Oa the floor, in a pool of blood, lay the
cook upon her face. A deep wound in
her head, like that which might have
been received from a bludgeon, was the
evident cause of her death. The window
opposite was shattered as if by a stone
hurled through it. It lay in smithereens
all around. I called Padlock's attention
to the fact the implement that killed the
cook might ha e been thrown at her
through the window.
11 Impossible, doctor; I can tell it came
from the opposite direction from many
reasons. The glass from the window
lies on the outside, the dust on the window
sill has been disturbed on this side.
The strata of the air has not been disarranged
and with m/ cultivated sight I
can easily distinguish the rents in its
layers. The weapon came through the
door, struck the cook and singularly
bounded out of the window. There is
nothing outside, however, to suggest a
possible weapon, but the rent in the air
shows* the filing to be round and flat.
I think I can make out the disarrangement
of a few particles of earth where
the weapon struck. All I can deduce is
that it is wonderfully elastic and that
after striking it rolled to the gate and
then down the street. My sense of smell
enables me to trace the weapon so far
firom the odor of blood which is left behind.'*
While he was talking, Padlock had
been down on his knees with his microscope
examining every piece of dust.
peering, feeling and thrusting his fernt-
like nose into every crack; now flat on
his stomach he investigated a spot on
the floor, now on his back with aid of the
sexton he took the altitude of an atom of
oxygen that floated promiscuously about;
again he was erect and peering at seme
dust disturbed on the window sill. Fin*
ally he thrust his instruments into his
pocket and turned to the detectives.
"This is all very perplexing, I have
found out all I care to here. Will you
take me to the sick woman ?'*
Evidently the key of the mystery
opened Pad ^k's mir.d when he inter*
viewed the demented woman. She had
been removed to the home of some of her
relatives and lay in a semi-comatose
state. Asked by my friend to examine
the case I said it was a congestion of the
brain, following a slight stroke of paralysis.
What was my surprise when
Padlock said:
" Partly wrong and partly right, doctor;
that woman has no congestion. She
is dying of shame and grief and her pride
is the only thing that holds her from
speaking the truth. But I will find out
yet."
On visiting the man we both agreed
he was dying. He lay in a translucent
state, absolutely unconscious. His lips
had turned coal black.
"Poison/' I said.
. Padlock nodded. "What killed the
cook," he paid, "is killing him."
"But one was a blow and the other
poison,*' 1 exclaimed.
"That's exactly it. I feel positive of
this because there is a similarity, an
affinity between the two deaths. They
don't hold their mouths right. The
same thing killed each. And now, doctor,
I will ask you to return to London-
You have "aided me wonderfully by your
mistakes. You can aid me more by not
hindering me. I will meet you at your
home sometime to-night. Expect me
with a supper. You understand of
course that you will i
Good bye/' '
I knew the proper tin
go home; for I knefl
enough to know that wh
onto a thing no crow-baj
off. So I went to I
hours later found me
down my room wondi
would come* At last
chirped out the hour ol
sound was yet reverbe
walked Padlock wearin
overcoat and a self satisfl
I pulled off his overq
to a chair at my table
was waiting and watcbecj
everything he could 1 ..„
At last be gurgled and jj
away from the table.
"Well? 11 I said.
- : A glorious business,
mured and gurgled a^
Vr.ni% vidi vici and no mis
soft snap."'
"And you know who
and what's the matter wit
his wife and where the kid
'•Yes," he gurgled.
li For heaven's sakes, t
it?' v
"A pie."
I fell to the flooz.
"They were a happy fa:.
tinned, "married for eight
were happy as happy fam
of them and a cook. Bu
day came. The wite wan
the example of Eve and le
was a sad eve for her whei
wanted to cook. She t
only cooked her offspring,
and the cook, but fried J
bargain. She cookedsome
round which she called a p
band, trying to please, saw
and swallowed it. Torfc b:
mediately, in his frenzy hi

course that you will furnish the supper
Good bye."
I knew iLe proper thing was for me to
go home, for I knew Padlock well
enough to know that when he got locked
onto a thing no crowbar could hoist him
off. So I weut to London, and eight
hours later found me walking up and
down my room wondering when he
would come. At last the hall clock
chirped out the hour of twelve and the
sound was yet reverberating whet' in
walked Padlock taring a great long
overcoat and a self satisfied smile.
I Pulled off his overcoat and led him
to a chair at my table where a supper
was waiting and watched him stow away
everything he could lay his hands on
At last he gurgled and pushed his chair
away from the table
"Well?- I Said.
"A fflorious business, doc," he murmured
and gurgled again. "It was
veni% vidt wV/and no mistake. It was a
soft snap.' 1
"And you know who killed the cook
and what's the matter with the man and
bis wife and where the kid is?" I gasped
''Yes,' 1 he gurgled.
'F heaven's sakes, then, *vhat was
(I A pie."
I fell to the floor.
"They wereahappv family," he continued,
"married for eight years. They
were happy as happy families go. Three
of them and a cook. But, alas, a fatal
day came. The wife wanted to follow
th-example of Kve and learn. Well it
was a sad eve for her when she did She
wanted to cook. She did. She not

THE LOWELL
U American Civilisation Going
Backward ?
A discussion of this question can be
carried on to the best advantage by limiting
it to the developsueut of this country
along such lines as are distinctly and
characteristically American. A little reflection
will show that these are our
practical inventions adding to our material
welfare, and our democratic institutions.
For what claim have we to an American
civilization on any other lines ?
What architecture have we invented
stave business blocks ? What music have
we created, save the roar of the factory
and the screech of the locomotive ? What
poetry have we that is not built in form
and matter upon a common English inheritauce
shared by us with our cousins
in the older home ? Do not our painters
look eastward for their art and likewise
for their approbation ? Even in our social
ways, our manners and such varied matters
as millinery and gowns do we not
prove over and over again that we have
not created a world of our own, but just
so fast as we escape from the backwoods
and live in the city we are in the world,
which means both sides of the Atlantic,
and before long may mean both sides of
the Pacific as well.
If, then, the essential distinctions of
our American life are in our democracy
and in our practical inventions, the question
of whether we are moving backward
or not must get its a. swer from comparisons
along these lines. To reduce
the problem further to its simplest terms,
we may agree at once to strike out as
unwarrantable any thought of retrogression
in practical inventiveness tending
to advance material well-being. The
business of the Patent Office does not
show any sign of fullir.^; off. When every
year can show a longer-reaching telephone,
a larger and more expeditious
harvester, &nd a more commodious &o
handsome railway-car, wene?d not doubt
that we are holding our own on these,
lines. Let us have no fear of going backward
here, until at least a bicycle can be.
more than a year out of the shop and still
be up to date. Thus we come to this,
conclusion: that if we are going backward
at all in civilization, it must be in.
our democracy or in those mannerSj customs
and standards of action and conduct
that are ours because we are a democracy.
But having pinned the question down.is
it any easier to answer it? Is our American
civilization, judged by the most
characteristic element of ournational life
—democracy—going backward ? How
is any one going to tell. If you did not
have the trees on the shore to measure
by, how could you ever tell which way
you were going, floating on the broad
current of the Columbia? And in this
question of ours, what have we to measure
by, or what right have we to try to
measure at all, inasmuch as we in our
own lives and thoughts are helping to
make the very stream we seek to estimate?
Is it not like asking one's self
how much more righteous he is now than
he was last year? Until recently Americans
took only one view of such comparisons
as I have suggested. That was
the view of the Pharisee, in that they
thanked God they were not like the
other peoples of the earth, the effete
monarchies, aristocracies, etc. We don't
hear so much of this just now, and we do
hear a great deal more about our faults
and our failures. But does this prove
retrogression ? Were not the same faults,
even greater ones, there in the American
Pnariseeism of fifty or seventy years ago?
May we uot have made the greatest progress
in the truest sort of cv "lization if,
as a nation, we see some need of the
publican's prayer?
I shall not undertake to make extensive
comparison of present conditions
with the past. I do not believe that we
L
as a.people, as.a natj
have been going ba*
century, nor.smce th
any great extent since
elected President, J&
for me to demonstrate
belief by a coraparisq
eut conditions. .Mu<
from such comparisi
they be conclusive ni
account all the facts,
not obtainable.
People declare our
failure, but so were alj
for a time. The.peop
of the century did nol
of city government
Even though we may
ia City Councils anj
Treasuries, this does i
but the necessity to d
not prove retrogressio
vate profit from pu^
days of the Revolution
Councilmen are corrupt.
•urers are strictly hone
their duties.
To be sure, in our
41 boss" has arisen in al!
a creature to our forefat
hut they had no need o
nominations All they
set a clay fur election.
together and.elect. .N<
making it his particul;
that people voted or
right. But now how <
With our millions of
thousands of offices, v
went, unless some able
in and gave us .each hi.
Democi at or Republican
tell the sheep from thyou
see that even her
better day is beginning
No c indidate in a _
nowadays is so poor, a.*
single party to suppor!

as a ..people, as a nation, as a democracy,
have been going backward during this
century, nor siuce the Civil War, nor to
any great extent since Mr. McKiuley was
elected President. But it is not possible
for me to demonstrate the grounds of ray
belief by a comparison of past and present
conditions. Much good may come
from such comparisons, but how can
they be conclusive unless they take into
account all the facts, aud -*1I the facts are
not obtainable.
People declare our city governments a
failure , but so were all the steam-engines
for a time. The people of the first half
of the century did not have the problems
of city government as we have them.
.Even though we may have bribe-takers
in City Councils and thieves in City
Treasuries, this does not prove anything
but ihe necessity to do better. It does
not prove retrogression. Men took private
profit from public positions in the
days of the Revolution ; and now not all
Councihnen are corrupt, and many Treasurers
are strictly honest and faithful to
their duties
To be sure, in our time the political
11 boss" ha* arisen in all his abominations,
a creature to our forefathers ail unknown,
but they had no need of conventions and
nominations All they had to do was to
set a day fur election, and then to come
together and.elect. No need of any one
making it his particular business to see
that people voted or that they voted'
right. But now how great the chanpe.
With our millions of voters, and our
thousand-; \ offices, what a bewildernient,
unless some able managers stepped
in aud £avs us each his favorite Libel of
Democrat or Republican so that we might
tell the sheep from the goats. But do
you see that even here the light of a
better day is beginning to show itself?
No c indid.ite in a California county
nowadays is so poor as to have only a
sing!.* party to support him. He must
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be a Silver Republican and People's
Party and Democrat, or Gold Republican
and Non-Partisan, and so on through the
long list Just carry this a little further
and we may be able to see the absurdity
of the performance and begin to establish
merit tenures in all positions of county
business; hold to strict performance of
duty; iusist that office really means
duty, and not plum of newspaper parlance
and, in what few elections are
needful, try to judge men upon the basis
of real character, official experience and
earnestness in the public welfare. So
much for comparison of conditions;
Whatever evil of the present is pointed
out can be shown to have had some existence
in thepast ora substitute equally
objectionable; and furthermore even in
the evils of the present we can find suggestions
as to the way to destroy the^.
Surely the desire to do so is not failing'
us.
But I wish to resort to some other
methods of supporting my belief that we
are not retrogressive. First, I wiah.-to
quote an American historical writer, end
secondly, our most competent and wisest
foreign critic The following is theclos-r
ing paragraph of " The Student's History
of the United States' 1 by Prof Edward
Channing. bearing date November 29,
1897 : ''The chief causes of our prosperity
in the past have been the frugality,
energy, and personal independence of cur
people; the rapid development of invention
; equality of all men iu ihe^ye
of the law; free institutions and the
breaking loose from the prejudices cf
European societies. The«e qualities, inherent
in the race from which the American"
people has sprung, without the barriers
to human activity which surrounded
them in their old homes, have been com
bined in the United States witji a-gord.
climate, splendii.soil wonderful numeral
resources, and free fade over aaejiorxnous
extent of territory. These con-

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ditioas have made the American people
what it is; they are all still present in
the inhabitants of the United States, and
in the country in which they dwell.
Great as has been the progress of the
American nation in the past, there is
every reason to believe that its achievements
in the arts of peace have but just
begun."
The following thoughts are from
Bryce's "American Commonwealth 11 in
the chapur on " The Future of Political
Institutions' 1 toward the close of the second
volume: "To a stranger revisiting
America ai intervals, the progress seems
to be steadily though not swiftly upward.
This is also the belief of those Americans
wb^having most exerted themselves
in the struggle against bosses and spoilsmen,
have had most misrepresentation to
overcome and most disapx >intments to
endure. The Presidents of this generation
are abler men than those of forty
years ago, and less apt to be the mere
creatures of a knot of party managers.
The poisonous influence of slavery is no
longer felt. There is every day less of
seniimentaiism, but not less of earnestess
in political discussions. There is less
blind obedience to party, less disposition
to palliate sins committed from party
motives The number of able men who
occupy thtmselves w : th scientific economics
and politics is larger, their books
and articles are more widely read. The
press more frequently helps in the work
of reform ; the pulpit deals more largely
with questions of practical philanthropy
and public morals. . . Above all, the
nation is less self sufficient and self-satisfied
than it was in days when it had less
to be proud of. Fifty years ago the
Americans walked in a vain conceit of
their own greatness and freedom, and
scorned instruction from the effete monarchies
of the Old World, -which repaid
then with contemptuous indifference.
No d.'spot ever exacted more flattery
from his courtiers; than'they from t^eir
statesmen. Now when Europe admires
their power, envies their prosperity, looks
to them for instruction in not a few subjects,
they have become more modest,
and listen willingly to speakers and
writers who descant upon their failings.
They feel themselves strong enough to
acknowledge their weakness, and are
anxious that the moral life of the nation
should be worthy of its expanding fortunes.
As these happy omens have become
more visible from year to year,
there is a reasonable presumption that
they represent a steady current which
will continue to work for good."
More citations might be made to show
a consensus of opinion that we are not
retrogressive, but space will permit only
a few closing thoughts upon the question
from a different mode of attack. The
ground of most of modern nations of
western Europe was ior a long time included
in the Roman empire; and within
its bounds all the potent influences of
ancient civilization had full and unimpeded
play. Then came the great overflow
of the peoples of the North, rude yet
competent to learn. Not simply one
overflow, but several, one upon another,
mixing and blending. Thus it is brought
about that the nations of the modern
world are composite—a rope interwoven
of many strands. The modern Frenchman
finds his nationality a compound of
various race-elements—Frank, Scandir
navian, Burgurdian, Goth, Romanized
Gaul, Belgian and Basque ; the English-
man traces his lineage back to the Norman,
Dane, Saxon, and Celt. And so on
with many variations. America presents
a further stage of the process* another reforming
of elements, by compounding
the compounds. Here we have the
nationalities of Europe united and blended
together. If in the former stage the
nation was stronger and more \ *•* r ect
than the separate race element* from
wb*ch it was formed
not the nation of hati<
more perfect still ? A
made of the Suroj
wroughttogether in'a (
a new life* sc we ha\l
experience and must
but not to copy, Aga
new combination ofel*
must result. Weareth
racy, but we mistake
make this the clue to oi
ment. Democracy as a f

which n WM formed, why then should
not the nation of nations be stronger and
more perfect still ? And just as we are
n>ade of the European nationalities
wrought together in a new land'and with
a new life, so we have built upon their
experience and must continue to do sobut
not to copy. Again there must be a
new combination of elements; new ideas
tnusr result. We are the foremost democracy,
but we mistake when [we try to
lna l« this the clue to our form of government.
Democracy as a form of government
becomes a rule of numbers} merely, and
in mere numbers there is neither wisdom
nor nghteousness. We sec out to have
government not of numbers but of law •
the law to spring from the hearts of the
People; to be formulated by the wisest
and best; to be interpreted by the most
learned and righteous ; to be administered
by the most competent and experienced •
and to be respected and obeyed by all
Something like these, I take it, are the
ideals of representative institutions, our
weals ; and so long as our libraries our
schools and our universities are kept
open they shall not pass from us. Unti*
we stand convicted of having repudiated
or forgotten our ideals, our civilization
can not be proved to be going backward.
F. H. CLARK.
The First Christmas.
Long vears ago, in ages past,
^ As they watched their flocks by night
home shepherds saw a brilliant star '
And they watched its waning light.
And as they watched and wondered
"Be joyful, do not mourn,"
'Twa< augels' voices singing
O'"the "King" that to them was born.
Three wisemen also saiv the star,
From the far east they -came/
•And by its guidance followed far
To praise the Christ child's name.
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They followed it over mountain,
Over lake and over hill,
Until at length in Bethlehem's town
The guiding star stood still.
Over a humble stable
Did the star its vigil keep,
And entering they found within
In a manger a child asleep.
They fell on their knees and worshipped
The little child so sweet,
And laid their spices and precious getns
Down at the Christ-child's feet.
And as they listened they seemed to hear
An angel's song again—
"Glory be in the highest
On earth peace, good will to men."
E. F. M.
A Trip to Mount Olympus.
One evening ss I sat perched upon the
tower of the old Casino which lends to
Telegraph Hill a somewhat mediaeval
appearance, and listlessly gazed upon
the silent and slumbering city below >
heard a sound as of the rushing of I
body through the air combined with tae
wfc*hng of mechanical fans, Turning
my head, I saw swiftly approaching me
that which had the appearance of a giant
bird, something like the roc which so
obligingly assisted Sinbad in his famous
travels. From its eyes flashed rays of
light beside which the gleam of our own
electric street lamps waxed pale and
yellow. Before I had time to make further
notes.of Oils wonderful thing, and
while I was wondering whether it was a
visitor from some other sphere or a
mechanical contrivance of an Edison
or a Tesla, it gently settled upon the
roof of the casino and from a door which
opened in its side stepped a young man
whos. appearance at once reminded n,*
of mythological Mercury-.. He sprang
open the tower, grasped nie by the hard
and addressed me as followp : •« Young-
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ster, I am Mercury, irreverently duffed
Mere' by high school gentlemen. You
seein to be lonely. Will you come with
me and have a laik ? This is Jove's
birthday and there will be great times
his snowy locks; if he hasn't them at
ready."
I gently requested him to be more explicit
and to let me have the latest gossip,
of the Olympian court, sc that I might
know how to behave myself while there.
on Mount Olympus to-night. I have '•You must know," said he, "that
been se.U to bring one mortal to the Juno has always been fond of a general
show and I think you'll do." mix up. She has had her eye on things
I was both astonished and gratified terrestial for some time and expects
and losi no time in accepting the in- great things to result from the strained.
vitation, although there occurcd to me relations of what you call the great
the sad fate of Ixion, the only other powers. At the same time she shyly
mortal so favored ; but then Ixion was sets the other goddesses by the ears by
an imprudent fellow who not only pre- means of bits of gossip dropped where
r^nicd to make love to Juno, but did it they will make things lively, and Jove's
so buuglingly as to be caught at it by efforts to restore peace cause him to have
JupiUr, with the result that he was a tired feeling, Minerva is moping in
"6red" into Tartarus, there to "turn her chamber because erstwhile students
cartwheels" eternally. Expercniia docet, have forsaken *heir books and studies
whether it's your expcrenZia or the other for a two-wheeled vehicle called a bifellows,
and I determined to conduct O'cle, and are cultivating humps on
myself with the utmost circumspection their backs instead of bumps of wis-
while with the immortals.
dom. Mars is dancing for joy because
We entered ihe air ship, for such the of the war with Spain and the pros-
great bird was, and our journey began. pect for more fighting, and is mak-
As we passed through space with ining a general nuisance of himself discredible
swiftness. Mercury hummed a cussing the mistakes of the late cam-
tune and occasionally sang a few words paign and telling how he could have
of a song of which the refrain seemed to done better, just like the editors of some
be •* There's a hot t;^e on Olympus just of your newspapers. Venus is sighing
now" The tune was similar to that of for hearts to conquer and more captives
a song occasionally heard ou earth which to chain to the wheel of love's chariot.
refers to a warm time in the ancient burg At the same time she is much concerned
in the evening. I asked my companion about your new women fad, which seems
the meaning of his words, whereupon he to have driven cupid into retirement. It
replied: "Jones has his hands more seems that the greater part of your young
than full trying to govern an ungovern- women of to-day are of two classes; those
able world and to keep peace between who have missions in life, and those
the gods and goddesses. Between the whose gods are money, fashion and so-
celestial Aguinaldos, boy kings, heavciety, and poor Venus finds no occupaenly
socialists, czars, emperors and adtion as a match-maker, so she turns her
vocates of territorial expansion, to say talents in making sulphur matches ofF
nothing of the love scrapes into which true lovers Apollo has been laid up for
every immortal seems to get without a week, suffering from nervous prpstra^
halt trying, the old man's head is in a tion and lack of nourishment. Some-
whirl, and if .matters don't become quiet body purloined his lookmg-glass and he
prstty; soon he will have wheels beneath has been unable to feast upon the yisipn
• • -
of his om?. beauty,
return the mirror
found his bow tdo \
too small for latter
he annexed Dtanai
occupation is gone,
ever, she is still ii
her powers and you
join the L. H. S. foe
While Mercury w
ship alighted at the*
on Mount Olympus
once surrounded bi
celestial court, and
come were conducted
palace of Jupiter,
paiace was a large ra
saw brawny Hercule
others of the athletw
a game similar to
beyond this plain w]
from which came
mingled with the
waters. To the rig!
of the gods and^gcj
arrival at Jupiter's
to the most mag^il
banquet hall tjxalf u;
seen. The repast wa
derful, arid was seni
score of lesser
orchestra^ softly d I
music. The menu
velous. There wer!
nightingales tongues,
ed in the tears > of N
peacock^ 1 tails broil<
fricassed throbs of kr
ambitions, a pot por
golden fleece and ti
perides and many
dishes impossible to f
desert there were pi
made of ambrosia.
dreams» fruit 1 froth th
and nuts from celestia
drink was nectaiv and
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of his own beauty. Poor chap ! I will
return the mirror this evening. Cupid
found his bow too weak and his arrows
too small for latter day heart archery, so
be annexed Diana's weapons and her
occupation is gone. As a sprinter, however,
she is still in possession of all of
her powers and you might induce her to
join the L- H. S. foot ball team."
While Mercury was gossiping, the air
ship alighted at the gate of the seasons
on Mount Olympus where we were at
once surrounded by members of the
celestial court, and after a hearty welcome
were conducted to the magnificent
palace of Jupiter. To the left of the
palace was a large plain upon which I
saw brawny Hercules, lame Vulcan and
others of the athletic immortals playing
a game similar to our base ball. Just
beyond this plain was a beautiful grove
from which came the songs of birds
mingled with the soft sound of falling
waters. To the right were the palaces
of the gods and goddessts. Upon o\ r
arrivai at Jupiter's home we were taken
to r.he most magnificent, yet beautiful
ba.iquet hall that mortal eyes had ever
>. on. The repast was unicue. yet wonderful,
rind was served by Hebe and a
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Jefferson's Political Ideas and Methods.
Upon mention of the name of Jefferson
«very true American pictures to himself
the writer of the Declaration of Independence,
the founder of Democracy, one of
the greatest men in the history of America.
He stood for many and great principles
through a long life, and through
the inspiration of these ideas he organized
and led to victory the great and
permanent party known as "Democracy."
For an explanation of these ideas one
naturally looks to the circumstances surrounding
Jefferson. But, when he
makes the contrast between his life ai.d
theories and deeds, he soon sees that
there can be no explanation from this
source. Jefferson was an aristocrat by
birth and breeding, yet we find him as
the leader of Democracy and its greatest
advocate, an owner of many thousands
ct" acres, yet through his zealous labors,
he secured the abolition of entails.
Though a lawyer trained in English
traditions, a student of cous'itutional
Jaw we find him championing revolution,
praising rebellions, and becoming
an enthusiastic admirer of France and
ber Revolution Yet theie is probably a
plausible explanation for the oiigin *f
his principles. He was not ; n original
thinker, being acute lather than profound,
and prior to 17S4 he was indebted
almost exclusively to the writers of the
."English school, especially Locke, and
not to the French as is commonly supposed.
However, the French influence
because very strong after 178.1, and it is
this influence that is responsible for his
worst vagaries and his fantastic notions.
Jefferson was a great letter writer and
it is in his voluminous correspondence
with leaders in France and America that
we find expressions of his political ideas.
Works which especially show his principles
are his "Summary View,"' which
appeared in 1774, and which was soon
followed by the "Declaration of Inde-
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pendence** in 1776. In these two works,
especially the latter, he set forth his
opinions and ideas in such a way that
they could not be possiblv misunderstood
and had to be admitted as true
without question.
In these works are found Jefferson's
fundamental political ideas. In one
place we see the sentence, "all men are
created equal." Now what, did this
word "equal" mean to men at that time ?
It meant simply this, that all men should
have the right to the vote, religion and
protection of laws, but by men be meant
whites, and not negroes, for negroes at
that time were considered as chattels,
mere property, and not as men Again
in another place we meet one of Jefferson's
great principles in the words, "All
men have certain inalienable rights—
right to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness, and the right of expatriation "
The third and most important of all is
his theory of absolute submission to the
will of the majority. He had a superb
and abiding faith in the people and
clearly saw the need of educating them.
He claimed that they could be educated
by the papers and ihat a free use of the
newspapers was one of the most impcr*
tant factors to an education. Many
times he has stated that he would rather
lose anything he had than be deprived
of the newspaper for a single day. Yet
he often never saw a paper for months
while he was on bis farm. He was an
enthusiastic farmer, and has been considered
a "hay seed" by his enemies.
Often he had stated that the three most
important deeds of his life were the introduction
of olives, oats and the Declaration
of Independence.
His practical ideas as applied to the
United States are interesting. It was
his idea 'chat we were governed too much.
"Let us alone," he often said, and in order
to bring about this result he earnestly
strove to reduce the government to
the lowest terms, pa
ral government. It •
everything possible
local governments i
He strove to keep a
insisted on rotation.
for the accompiishra
was the one which r.
occasional rebellions
these showed that tl
pie was still strong a
idea of *'supporting
with the blood of he
He thought that 1
cratic government w
pie conditions and he
to help oat all artist
ring, as by a Chinese
was afterwards modi
others which he held
of his greatest safe
stmction was the i
angling foreign alliai
or commercial ones.
case was * k that we a
selves, one to all otl
ways favored the e;
States territory, tiiou
to the addition of an}
necessitate the r>eec]
protection. His idea
is a curious one. Hi
navy ought to he f
time of peace for pre
no men should be em
except in time of wai
The great turning ;
of the United States <
triumph of Jefferson ii
as the *' Revolution
triumph of JeHersoi
called a revolution <
character. A revolut
government. In the
the United States hai
ernmeut from a depenc
to a free and glorious
there was also a gre

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the lowest terms, particularly the Federal
government. It was his plan to leave
everything possible to the State and
local governments in regard to offices.
He strove to keep all offices elective end
insisted on rotation. Another great plan
for the accomplishment of this principle
was the one which praised and promoted
occasional rebellions. He thought that
these showed that the power of the people
was still strong and he advocated the
idea of "supporting the ties of liberty
with the blood of heroes."
Rethought that the safety of Democratic
government was in the most simple
conditions and he at one time planned
to help out all artisans and manufacturing,
as by a Chinese wall, but this view
was afterwards modified as was several
others which he held at this time One
of his greatest safeguards against destruction
was the freedom of our out
angling foreign alliances, eithei political
or commercial ones. His motto in this
case was l * that we are separate to ourselves,
one to all others/* Jefferson always
favored the expansion of United
States territory, though he was opposed
to the addition of any land which would
necebsitate the need of a navy for its
protection. His idea concerning a navy
is a curious one. He thought that the
navy ought to be put under sheds in
time of peace for preservation and that
no men should be employed in the navy
except iu time of war. •'
The great aiming point in the history
of the United States occurred upou the
triumph of Jefferson in 1S00 often known
as the "Revolution of 1800 " This
triumph of Jefferson can be rightly
called a revolution on account of its
character. A revolution is a change of
govtrnnient In the revolution nf 1776,
the United States had changed its government
from a dependant of a monarchy
to a free and glorious republic. In 1800
there was also a great change in ths
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government. Prior to this date the
government had been in the hands or
the Federalists and had been governed:
by their ideas. Now in xSoo the great
party of Democracy came into powen
and the republic was destined to undergo
a complete change. The election.
of Jefferson in 1800 showed that Iher
government of freed people was hereafter
to be in the hands of the majority
as represented by the people and not im
the bauds of a minority.
Although his success is often called a*
revolution, nevertheless it was one of ther
most fortunate things for the United.
States. The very great and permanent:
work of the Federalists was done and£
well done, and it was now time for themto
so. Many of their principles, about
this time, were either extremely-dangerous
or very weak. By their Alien amfc
Sedition Laws, they nearly divided thenation,
and in trying to check freedom,
of speech they increased the desire oF
secession which was already prevalent
among the states, as shown by the Virginia
and Kentuckian Revolution In*
179S
The political methods of Jefferson, although
skilful and shrewd are. however
not particularly admirable. As already
stated he was a great letter-writer, ancfc
not a speech maker—an advocate, not a.
logician. Whenever he took the stump*
or the orator's stand he could ucither
hold the attention of his audience or express
his ideas in fitting terms. Yet:
when it came to writing, there was no
one who could excell him in expression*,
of thought It has been said of him.,
that if he was in one part of the White
House aud a friend in the other part,.
that he would rather write a long letter^
and send it over to him, than to go and
see him personally. By a close.study of
his writings one can find that .he wasvery
careless in his statements, tjiiscarelessness
often bordering on lyings

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Upon his election to the Presidency in
1800, Alexander Hamilton described
hici as a man of temporizing' and compromising
thought, carefully calculating
personal advantage and boldly regardless
of previous statements of theories
and this sums up his whole character in
a few concise words. Of the three champions
of democracy—Jefferson, JacKSon
and Cleveland, Jefferson -u\d his deeds
will remain longer with the people than
the name and deeds of either of the
other two.
B. J. SHAY, '99.
MANILA. Aug. 15th, 1898.
heard at various times that
my speculations on "Soldiering" were
received in some parts of the town with
marked favor, I now for the consideration
of our honored patrons, offer them
to-day a letter I received a few days ago
from my eminent military friend, CapL
Sentry, who accompanied the Reserve
troops on their campaign in the Philippine
Islands. He feeling yet quite equal
to the task, and stirred up again by recent
events to follow his ancient profession,
went with the first brigade eager
to sej how the present generation behaved
in such matters, and I am glad to
see, as the letter will show, that he was
not disappointed. So herewith I produce
his letter in full:
MANILA, Aug, 1898.
MR. SPECTATOR.
MY DEAR AND ESTIMABLE FRIEND :
Thinking perhaps you and your club
friends would he interested in my adventires,
I thought I would write you a
short epistle of happenings siIlce r arrived
here. S lortly after our arrival our
troops disembarked at Cavite, a former
nival station of the Spaniards, but now
in our possession, and the seat of military
prisons. Tim town is very ancien"
and built in Soiniih style, the government
baHdiag* being the mis', important
as this is a station for Spain in this part
"of the world. Here our boys occupied
the barracks of the Marine Corps, which
were large barn-like structures, and were
there for about two or three weeks, drilling
every day. The time passed uneventful
and all were eager to get to
Manila.
In due time, or to be exac% July 16th,
we left there, and crossing che bay, established
our camp about $)£ miles from
Manila and named it in houor of our gallant
Admiral, Devvey. Here in shelter
tents, / c , tents large enough to hold two
men, we lived. Here all troops of 2nd
and 3rd expedition were also encamped,
and soon there was an army of about
10,000 men encamped in the laud of the
enemy. In fact, the tented field was
about i'_. miles along, a whole white
field, reminding me very much of the
great camps of instruction of our civil
war. Here in rain or shine, mainly rain,
we lived or government rations well
enough, but anxious to move. From
day to day we thus lived, never knowing
what the next day would bring forth.
[To BE CONTINUED ]
When the police court judge is having
a fine time the man who has to pay the
fine does not enjoy it.
A man's good deeds cannot always be
measured by the length of his funeral
p ocession.
Some people save all their sympathy
until a man is dead and then make his
grave sloppy with their tears.
Some people are born tired and others
seem to have been born for the purpose
of making others tired.
Some people believe in nothing-or at
least only in what they understand, and
U amounts to the same thing.
So far air ship inventors have only
been able to produce flights of imagina-
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The editor in tj
properly deprecate
contributions to tl
wholly from the
Middle and Junior
be better represent
in composition duri
have shown that
found excellent a
classes. It is desi:
a corps of trained
veloped ready to
responsibility in
paper. The mam
ways to secure m|
pation of the otu«
Port. Perhaps a
from the other clai
ment of the paper
direction.
Possibly the edit
some way to disc)
writer in the Junioi
and win, now and tl
tor.
It has been askej
lish department COL
credits for work dqin
js questionable wb<
in the desired way.
me that the paoer-sl
taueous unsubsidiz^
The motive should. .
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The editor in the last LOWKLL very
properly deprecates the fact that the
contributions to the paper come almost
wholly from the Senior Class. The
Middle and Junior classes should indeed
be better represented. School contests
in composition during the last two years
have shown that there is always to be
found excellent ability in the sub-senior
classes. It is desirable at any rate that
a corps of trained writers should be developed
ready to take more and more
responsibility in the handling of the
P'iper. The management must devise
ways to secure more general participation
of the student body in its support.
Perhaps a larger representation
lrom the other classes on the management
of the paper would tend in this
direction.
Possibly the editorial-staff may find
some way to discover the promising
writer in the Junior or the Middle class
and win, now and then, a new contributor.
It has been asked whether the English
department could not aid by giving
credits for work done on the LOWELL. It
is questionable whether this would act
in the desired way. Besides it seems to
me that the paper should represent spontaneous
unsubsidized interest and effort.
The motive should be the desire for individual
expression, the reward, self-help,
the growth of power, and the generous
nead of praise oi respect from one's
fellows.
K. A. KELLOGG.
Certain 01 her questions are standing
ones in the editorial sanctum. How far
should a paper be given over as a practice
ground for rather crude and unskillful
attempts at composition? It certainly
lowers the rating of the paper to admit
indifferent material. On the other hand
it restricts the helpfulness of a school
publication to confine its contributions
to the few who already have a good
measure of skill in written expression.
Where shall the line be drawn ?
No hard and fast rule can be made,
but it is here that the editors of the
paper may exert a really stimulating
and educative influence. They will be
quite liberal in judging the productions
of those in the Middle and Junior classes ;
they will be considerate to first efforts;
they will, on occasion, secure the betterinv
of aa article by consultation with the
author. A little advice and help at this
point is of incalculable service to a young
writer. Maintaining that each one must
do his best, and that contributors from
the upper class must measure up to a
high standard, the editors may hope to
publish a paper both excellent in itself,
and in-the fullest way useful as a training
school in writing.
Now it may be said something of the
same in principle should guide the critic
in his review. Unfortunately for the
exercise of any system ol allowances
hardly one-half of the literary portion of
the last number is over the signature cf
the authors.

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Whoever wrote the first piece has not
learned just what to include in a sentence.
The punctuation is not quite up
to the average in the paper, and in places
the diction is noticeably subject to correction:
for instance, the use of "one"
repeated with different meaning in the
same sentence, the. use of "were not
allowed " in the first paragraph of page
4i "each of us carried as much as we
could " found on the same page. Now
for a Senior or a Middler this is inferior
work, and it is careless writing even for
a Junior, for revision should have eliminated
from the original draft any such
errors.
I like to see aitempts at pure description,
such as are exemplified in "A
Moon rise on the Ocean. 1 ' Improvement,
however, could be made in the
figures ; two in the first paragraph do
not sufficiently dignify the subject, and
the one with which the picture end- is
inharmonious with the beauty of the
scene.
-Hard Luck" is not a very difficult
piece of work, but it is straightforward
and eveu in execution, written with the
clearness and apparent ease that characterizes
the author. In -The Way of It "
there is a bit of cleverness shown in
dealing with the story, old as Eden
The critic has before commented on
the absence of poetry in this year's volume.
He is certainly not ready .to accept
tbe parody upon the openitiMines
of the Lady of the Lake, as a substitute
it is not sufficiently clever to counterbalance
a certain coarseness and a too
great degradation of the original
In "My Lady Friend- we have a
detective story. It is not surprising,
perhaps, that a young writer should £
tempted to try his hand at a tale of this
sort, seeing no reason why he may
m1 be able to do quite as well as some
work in that liue of cUeap fictiou I
think the plot quite as good iu ^ out.
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line as those of the usual model, but the
identity of the disguised maidec is too
early apparent, consequently the denouement
seems too long delayed. There is
also a lack of delicacy in the management
of the disclosure.
Editors are often obliged to write hurriedly,
but they should scan their proof
a] I the more closely. One noticeable
error nt the head of page ijt column 2,
recurs at the close of page 25. I fear it
is a case of an author repeating himself.
The Message of the Christmas Bells.
What say the bells on Christmas Day
As joyously they swing and sway ?
They tell of faith and hope and peace,
Of wondrous love that ne'er shall cease;
Where'er their blessed tones may fall,
Christ's boundless mercy touches all.
Amid the eternal Yukon snows,
Where India's burning sunlight glows,
From Madagascar's wave swept strand',
In every clime, in every land,
The gospel of the child doth reign
And millions follow in His train.
O joyous bells, ring on. ring on !
The battle's past, the victory won;
From mission old and turret gray
Thy sweet bell-message floats away.
To waft the story o'er again
Of u Peace on earth, good will to men !"
The wanderer,, on a distant shore,
Hearkens and yearns for home once more-
The savage, crouching in the sand
Hears the soft tones and stays his hand
Around, above, the Rlad notes steal,
And faint, sweet hopes of grace reveal.
O ye, who of life's load complain,
Gneve not, for soothed may be thy pain-
I.ist to the message of the bells
And learn the truths their music tells.
Then shall the One who rules above
Crown thee with never-changing love I .
A. R. S; •-!
ntinthly publish! I by
High
BOITOP.Ifl
Prank Van Duzer,
K«! G. Cahill, '59.
A. We lien '99.
ASfioc;
AS3IB •
Frank B. h
C. H. No
BUS1NHB
W, B. Pundschu, '99,
L W. Stock
ASSIST,
V. Frea
r~ Vincent, '99.

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EDITORIA
THE LOWELL.
A m >ilh!y pjb'.Uhsl by the students of the Lowell
High School.
BO1TOHIRU STAFF.
Frank Van .Uitzer, 'gy, Editor-in-Chief.
ASSOCIATES :
E?. P. C. Maddux, '99.
O. llulmcn, '99. A, Adler. '99.
ART DHPARTfnHNT.
Charles T. Norris, '09.
II. M»nor, '99. J. M. Levy, '00
Office of Kduor r.owell High School
O lice o( Business Manaft^r.... .. T.cwcll High School
Subccpiption Rates.
Six ni-> iths 50 cents Sini'.lr Copies 10 cents
For salt; at Cooper's Boole Store, 746 Market Street
and at Dodge's noolc Store, 11a Post Street.
,graduates, (acuity and friends ofjthe School
are invited to contribute articled ot" interest.
Entered in Po^-toffice at Sun Francisco as Second-Class
Mail Matter.
On account of the lateness of the
Honor last issue we were unable to
Where express our gratitude to Mr.
Honor Harold Wright for his un-
8s due. tiring efforts as business.manager
of the LOWET,L at the beginning
of this term. We are confident
that we have the whole school's sentituents
.in teuding] to him Jour warmest
**• "V nW- /""VEt},
thanks and most sincere congratulations
in regard to the successful edir-ons of
our paper, which by his efforts - were
brought out. Above ell other positions
on the staff, that of business
manager is the most discouraging, the
most trying, and the position which receives
the least amount of praise.
Imagine spending four whole days down
town looking- up ads and then not being
able to get one. This is what happened
only the other day to our present business
manager. It is a little discouraging.
And what thanks does he get for
it? The only thanks he gets are complaints
and grumblings from tbe studentsif
the paper is a little late or some trifling
1 thing has gone wrong. And then on
top of ail thisr doesn't it strike you as
a little exasperating when the business
manager, who has been depending on'
the support of the school, comes into the
yard and finds three and often four reading
over the shoulder of some boy who
has had enough school patriotism to buy
a copy ? No wonder our business managers
resign. Is it too much to expect
two hundred copies to be sold out o^
the 450 scholars who attend the
high school? We think not, and yet it-
will seem a lUtle discouraging for the
business managei- when only seventy
copies are sold. Therefore we think
that everyone's warmest thanks should
personally given Mr. Wright and Mr.
Bundschu by whose labors the paper has
existed. We are sure both the gentk-

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men have the staft's warmest gratitude
and we only think it right for them lo
receive the whole school's Have you
thanked either of them for their work ?
If not thank them to-day.
An Appeal.
The Lowell High School has a membership
of about 450. The number of
copies of this paper sold in the yards
ought to be also about 350, as there are
about 100 subscribers and the receipts
$35. .But there is no such prosperity
for it. The sales of the last issue
amounted to 75 among the boys and 15
in the girls' yard, a total of 90, which
brings in $9 from that source. Add to
this the money which has come from the
advertising for this month—rbout $32
and you find the proceeds two dollars
short of the expenses. Now this sort of
thing will not do. Two dollars is no
large sum, but if the LOWELL runs in
debt even as much as that every issue it
must surely fall through. The great
trouble is that the students do not take
enough interest in the paper. Everyone
ought to buy a copy. Surely it is worth
the price, and even if it were not you
should lake one in order to encourage it.
The writer often sees two, or even three,
of his schoolmates bending over a single
copy. This is discouraging to think
that our paper is not worth taking home
and putting away among the sou venters
of school days. Must this be so always?
We should like to saysomethingotuer
than what concerns the subscriptions.
Many, in fact, a large majority, seem to
think that the LOWELL is run by those
whose names are seen every month on
the editorial page. But this idea is not
correct. Perhaps we should £ay that
this-idea is at present correct, but ought
not to be. There should be more contributions
handed in to the editors. Further
each.one should consider himself'as'one
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of the business staff, whether his nan:e
is or is not in the above metitione * list-
Let him look for advertisements just as
that business staff does. No school affair
can lon^ survive without the cooperation
of the school.
Summing up, we would say : Let each
student of the Lowell High School lielp
the paper by taking a copy and by getting
advertisements for it. But we fear
that the time when this request will be
complied with is yet far distant.
A Word To Our Advertisers.
The advertisers of the LOWELL thick
that when they pay for an add it is a
charity work and that they only do. it to
Help us along. Now this is a mistaken
idea. The advertisers get a great deal
uiore good out of their adds than they
think. The LOWELL circulates through
many hundreds oi homes in the Western
Addition, and besides this there
is a fact which our advertisers are
not aware of. We have an exchange
editor and this gentleman sends
off five hundred copies of the LOW-
ELL to £ve hundred leading universities,
colleges and high scbocls all over the
United States. Here it is read by si
least twenty members of each school and
so that increases our circulation by ten
thousand more. We even send exchanges
to Canada, China and Australia
and necessarily our advertisements must
be noticed. Now just a word to the
students of this school. To help out the'
bus.ness side of this concern, when you
go into any one of the stores of some of
the gentlemen whom you know to advertise
in the LOWELL, mention that you
come from the Lowell High School.
Show them the real trade we do brin*
them and that their money is not going
to do charity work and does* something
more than help the boys out. . • . > . •
The DaJ
As in the easten
night with its mis
fears, slowly rolls
to the glories of a d
national life a nevJ
behold in the close
the dawn of peace,
the dangers and p]
return to the plea
a peaceful nation,!
filled with rejoicing
of cheerfulness andi
behold in the earli!
dawn.
Our glorious Ami
m3'thical Hercnlej
nations of the earl
conflict, unscathed,
new honors. To tbj
long cowering undej
she carries enligbtmj
promises of brighter]
Yet, already the
gins to feel-the ten
which follow succei
is now at hand and
the present state* oJ
tions are arising t
minds of our states:
Our position with
ippines is similar to
caught a bear by
neither cared to ha
Our statesmen 1i
possible to decide
wisest course to ?>u
for almost any deei:
forth international
greatest importance,
If we take; possess
it would mean that
intervention with Et*
our nation has bee:
thau a ceutury and
ever come to an ei;
America musrdo'\its
international questfo

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The Dawn of Peace.
As in the eastern sky the curtain of
night with its mists, darkness, gloom and
fears, slowly rolls away and gives place
to the glories of a coming day, so in our
national life a new day begins and we
behold in the close of the Spanish war,
the dawn of peace. From the darkne&s,
the dangers and privations of war we
return to the pleasures and comforts of
a peaceful nation, and our hearts are
filled with rejoicing at the faint pictures
of cheerfulness and contentment that we
behold in the early lights of this new
dawn.
Our glorious America, standing like a
mythical Hercules among the other
nations of the earth, comes from the
conflict, unscathed, with new heroes and
new honors. To the heathens in Cuba,
long cowering under the role of tyrants,
she carries enlightment, and freedom and
promises of brighter days.
Yet, already the American nation begins
to feel the terrible responsibilities
which follow success. Although peace
is now at hand and can not but follow
the present state of affairs, many questions
are arising that will occupy the
minds of our statesmen for a long time.
Our position with regard to the Philippines
is similar to that of the man who
caught a bear by the tail, and then,
neither cared to hang on nor to let go.
Our statesmen find it almost impossible
to decide what would be the
wisest course to pursue in this matter,
for almost any decision seems to bring
forth international complications of the
greatest importance.
If we take possession of these islands
it would mean that the policy of nonintervention
with European affairs, which
our nation has been following for more
than a century and a quarter, must forever
come lo an end. And henceforth
America must do its part toward settling
intern itional queniqiis. This the United
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States has never done, and it does not
wish to begin it now.
The most prominent of all of our
troubles is the proclamation of Agtirnaldo,
the leader of the Philippine insurgents.
He has now declared himself a
dictator and has appointed a cabinet.
When Commodore Dewey was about to
sail for Manila, at the request of Consul
Wildman, he entered into an alliance
with Aguinaldo and furnished him with
supplies. These insurgents, since the
battle of Manila, have been successful to
such an extent, that they are said to
have a severe attack of swelled head.
They now view with suspicion, the
Americans, and like the Cubans have
turned against their friends.
But I feel quite sure, that until these
various complications have been settled,
our interests in the islands will be pro-,
tected by the brave Yankee boys, who
so very readily volunteered to subdue
Spain and end oppression.
ESTHER BERNSTEIN.
Girls often go to chuich not so much
for the sermon as for the *' hymns."
Some people are high livers because
they can't afford to pay the rent for the
ground floor apartmtnts.
A steel band is stronger than a brassband,
but a brass band is more successful
in holding a crowd together.
The man who is always boasting of.
his willingness to shed his last drop of
blood for his country is never in much
of a hurry to shed his first one.
41 A maid with a duster
Once made a great bluster
In dusting a bust in the hall—
The dupt phe had duBtecl,
Thi- huM," w*ie all buried,
The "him i* now dudt—thatis all—Exr

EDITED BY (.HAS P.. NOKKIS.
Before glancing at our exchanges we
should very much like to say a word or
two in regard to a question brought up
by our fellow exchange editors in regard
to whether the exchange column should
be run purely for the benefit, of the subscribers
or not, Several of the exchanges
have presented the fact that everything
?n a paper should be for the benefit of
the paper's Bubscriberc. Is not this
mercenary? Is there not a more worthy
mark for the editor than to gratify the
public demand ? To our mind the aim for
improvementis the mostideal. Let each
issue be better than the last, a better
claae of literature, of poetry, of stories, of
everything in general. Is not this better
than that which caters to the public demand?
Ws think everyone must agree
with UP. If BO we should first try to improve
ourselves and then our neighbor?.
Thia is our opinion of what is the duty
and aim of the exchange department of
a paper. It is to aid others towards improvement.
In one of our exchanges
florae happy youth discoursed at some
length on the system upon which the
exchange, column should be run. He
stated that nothing should appear in an
exchange column except praise, and
never adverse criticism. We do not agree
with this youth. In our mind there
should be more adverse criticism and
less praise. Praise can do no good, adverse
criticism may do much if it is received
as it is made. The Lowell
thanks all those who will proffer this
adverse criticism for its edification. The
Fence's exchange editor has the right
idea, we agree with him also that jokes
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and witty sayings interspersed throughpvU
lends attractiveness and interest. We
hope all our fellow exchange editors will
take this view of this question which we
consider to be the only true aim of an
exchange editor.
There is a story entitled u The Best
Shield" by A. N. Dye in the Wiltiavi
Jewell Student for October, that is very
clever. As the reader proceeds with the
story the interest increases as the plot of
the story develops. However we would
like to suggest that if more of the reader's
interest was kindled in the character of
tho shepherJ boy in the beginning, the
story would hoJd better the reader's attention.
Another short story in the same
paper entitled " Like a Flower tb*\t
droops in Springing/ 1 is singularly
similar to tho former story,but not nearly
so good. It is unsatisfactory. The first
part is clever but there is no connecting
link between it and what follows. Thzj
aeem to be two distinct ideas. HowO$r
some parts of it are very good, for
instance:
"Soon the full moon arose and her
pale beams entering through the open
windows seemed to steal me away
and beguile me lotus-like, into a drowsy
dreamy spell."
Might we suggest to the editors of the
Comet that it iH a little out of taste to
quote what other High School papers say
about you. It looks like egotism.
A punster—Could Socrates the girls?
Could Bartholomew? Could Shakespeare
an eei? Could Shy lock a bank safe?
CJould Cataline his t'ouserloons? Could
Americus? Could Livingstone a tomcat.—Ex,
The Tabula from Torrington High
School, Counts a very neat little pape*.
It contains an ambitious attempt to
finiBh the celebrated story of Frank
Stockton, " The Lady and the Tiger ir
Miss Wadhai
difficult thing
been worse.
Tabula are exi
The OllaPot\
last issues hai
as the forme]
think the pap<
changes? If
column. A
story called
us suggest ho<
to the inciden
its interest.
Street Aral
Rrofeaaor! bet
hat."
Sedate Proil
ment)—"Wh:
S. A. (Reti
head.—Exchw
The High
wonderfully.
The editors sh<
At last tl
Although it is*
are glad to
never. The pij
on the cover
artistic.
Theioiaginaj
having. The
lypug was lyij
sofa and snoi
marked that
snore so,|
"Pa ain't sn<
lypug, " he's d\
that's the dorg
zar.
The work ofj
Tattler from
School is ex<
very effective a|
forte is mpchfl:
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MiB3 Wadhams has attempted a very
difficult thing and—well, it might have
heen worse. The illustrations in the
Tabula are excellent.
The Olla Podrida is degenerating. The
last issues have not been nearly so good
as the former ones. Do the editors
think the paper is above noticing its exchanges?
If not, where is the exchange
column. A redeeming feature is the
story called " An Exciting Ride. 1 * Let
us suggest however that were more added
to the incident it would greatly enhance
its interest.
Street Arab (eagerly)—" Hi there,
Professor! bet I know where yo J got that
hat."
Sedate Professor (stopping in astonishment)—"Why,
er-where, toy boy? 1 '
S. A. (Retreating rapidly)—" On yer
head.—Exchange.
The High School Item is improving
wonderfully. The last issue is very neat.
The editors should be congratulated.
At last the Lyceum reaches us.
Although it is the June number yefc we
are glad to get it. Better late than
never. The picture of Admiral Dewey
on the cover is very appropriate and
artistic.
The imagination of email boy p is worth
having. The other night when Mr. Wal-
Ijpug waa lying asleep on the library
sofa and snoring, Mrs. Wallypug re*
marked that she wished he would not.
snore so.|
" Pa ain't snorin'," said Toramie Wallypug*
" he's dreamin' about a dorg,and
that's the dorg growling."—Harper's Bazar.
The work of Mr. John Nicok in The
Tattler from West Des Moines High
School is excellert. His designs are
very effective and his work artistic. Hie
forte is mechanic&l and decorative drawing.
The Exchange Column of the Manitou
Meseenger is one of the best we have doen.
The High School Time* from Dayton,
Ohio, is one of our best exchanges. It
contains an admirably well* written-story
entitled "•'A Sacrifice at Santiago," Its
illu8tratiQps are of firat-claBP order; the
one called " Blackberries and Cream J> is
very charming. The editors should be
congratulated on the general get-up of
the paper, it is very attractive and interesting.
The article entitled " Ann Harbor
" is also well-written.
"The Goodrum Murder" in The Bat-

On November 25, delegates from debating
1 societies of high schools in northrn
and central California, held a meeting
at the Y. M. C. A. in Oakland. The
meeting'had been called -by. the IJenry
Clay Debating Society, for the purpose
of organizing a league of debating societies.
Ten organizations sent delegates :
the Henry Clay Debating Society and
the debating societies of the Stockton,
Eureka, San Rafael, Santa Clara Mission,
Central, Oakland, (two clubs, the girls'
and boys'), and Lowell High Schools.
The delegates from the Lowell were
Fritz, chairman ; Levey, Adler, Barrows
and We Her. An all-day session was
held and a constitution was drawn"up
and adopted. The Lowell Debating Society
was represented by Mr. Weiler on
the Constitutional Committee, and Mr.
Levey on the Committee on Credentials..
The meeting was called to order by the
president of the Henry Clay Debating
Society. Elections for temporary officers
were then held. Mr. Frickstad being
chosen chairman and Mr. Adler of the
Lowell, secretary.
The chief points of the constitution
agreed upon deal principally with the
management and the representation of
the various societies interested. There
is to be an executive council of five,
consisting of the president, the first and
EDITED BY A. WKII.KR.
second vice presidents and two auditor^.
They have the power of fixing the exact
date of the semi-annual conventions,
which will be held sometime in November
and April, and also the place and
order of the competitive debates. The
delegates to the convention are to be
chosen, three from each society and one
for every eight members. Every club is
to pay one dollar on joining the league
and semi-annual dues of five cents per
member. r Jhe constitution as it now
stands is to be submitted to the various
associations represented for acceptance.
In the election of the permanent officers
Mr. Frickstad was elected president,
Mr. Levey of the Lowell High, first vice
president; Miss Kite of Santa Clara, second
vice president, and Mr. Weester of
the Mission High, and Miss Murray of
the Oakland High School Girls 1 Debating
Society, first and second auditors
respectively. These make up the Executive
Committee. Besides this Miss
Stowe of the Mission High, was elected
treasurer, and Mr. Adler of the Lowell,
secretary.
The league has decided to call itself
the Debating League of Northern California
as there exists in the southern
part of the State an association of a
somewhat similar nature. A communication
was sent to the southern league
telling of our-fori
union of the two]
At the invitation
the Ivowell High
to hold; the Apr)
Francisco.
The Lowell
Society, which,
dred and ten ad
fore the largest
should, and we
strength in nunii
bate. It is pro]
debate in the coi
vention, thus b
interest in that e<
The election of;
place Wednesday
nieetiug held foi
Weiler was .-.elect*
sonSfc vice preside
secretary. A
to the outgoing
to the society;
these columns bci
sight of Mr. Ma<
ciety in a time w'
imp6ssible to f3c
that Mr. Weiler
Two of the five'
the competition fc
already taken pi]
occurred on Novj
question: Respl 1
a benefit to Fi:ai
Mr, Clark were
the merits of the
to make the nV
decision, was
Stacker, wlio wi1j
finals. The seco|
lowing Friday.
gave the 1 " victory 1
Keane, TJiesubjj
the United Statcfsj
On Friday, Deci
and Mandel, on tl
rows and

telling of our formation and of a possible
union of the two at some future time-
At the invitation of the delegation from
the Lowell High School it was decided
to hold the April convention in San»
Francisco.
The Lowell High School Debating,
Society, which, consisting cf one hundred
and ten active members, is therefore
the largest society in the new league,
should* and we hope will, add to her
strength in numbers superiority in debate.
It is proposed to hold the final
debate in the contest at the April convention,
thus largely increasing the
interest in that event.
The election of the L. H. S. D. S. took
place Wednesday, November 23, at a.
meeting held for that purpose. Mr.
Weiler was elected president, Mr. Parsons,
vice president, and Mr. Schaller,
secretary. A vote of thanks was tended
to the outgoing officers for their services
to the society, As has been stated in
these columns before, the skill and foresight
of Mr. Maddux preserved the society
in a time when it seemed well nigh
impossible to do so. It is to be hoped
that Mr. Weiler will be as successful.
Two of the five preliminary debates in
the competition for the school team have
already taken place. The first which
occurred on November n, was on the
question : Resolved, thfct Napoleon was
a benefit to France. Mr. Kellogg and
Mr. Clark were kind enough to judge
the merits of the respective debaters and
to make the necessary criticisms. The
decision was given to Messrs. Fritz and
Stocker, who will debate on the semifmalr..
The second occurred on the following
Friday. Mr. Clark, as judge,
gave the victory to Messrs. Levey and
Keane. The subject was : Resolved that
the United States Navy be increased.
On Friday, December 2, Messrs. Weiler
and Maodel, on the affirmative, and Barrows
and Fratik,-on the negative, will
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hold a debate on the question: Resolved ^
that Home Rule, as proposed in tbe-see*
oud bill of Gladstone in the British Parliament,
be granted*to' Ireland. On. December
9, Mr. Drucker and Miss Wilson
will hold the affirmative against Messrs.
Bannenbaum and Behren'% in discussing
as to whether or not it would have been
better*for California to have continued as
the Bear Flag Republic. The last preliminary
debate of the tournament; will
probably take place on the following
Friday.
We have been pleased to learn that, of
the three speakers on the freshman team
at U. C, two of them were last year members
of our society. One of these, Mr.
Deutscb—the other is Mr. Adler—has
been instrumental in securing a place for
us in the new debating league. Mr.
Golden, also a former member of the
society and now president of the debating,
society of Hastings Law College, personally
invited us to attend a debate between
his association and the Students' Congress
of the University of California. A
number of the members availed themselves
of his invitation and heard a well-,
planned debate, resulting in the victory
of the Students' Congress.
On November 11, the Debating Society
received and accepted the report of the
committee for revising the constitution.
One of the chief changes is in the method
of obtaining membership. Formerly
any student in the school on being nominated
by one of the society, could himself
become a member by signing the
constitution. The present method is,
however, very different from this. Ihe
student's name is proposed and on receiving
a three* fourths vote for acceptance,
he is admitted as a member.
There has been considerable inquiry
made about the method of conducting:
the tournament. The plan adopted is to
hold five preliminary debates, the winners
of which will bold two separate

debates with each other and the four best
bebaters having been chosen from these
semi-finals, they will debate among
themselves. The best three will constitute
the school team and the four± will
be substitute.
As this is the last issue cf Cue Lovt KU,
for this term and as the society is now
entering upon a somewhat widened field
of action, it would be best to briefly map
out the steps of its wonderful advance
during the last six months. At the
election that took place in August there
were but eleven persons that cast votes
and but nine of these were legal members.
But no sooner had tbe president,
Mr. Adler, been elected than, aided by
the few members of the society, he attempted,
successfully, to arouse interest
throughout the school. The debates, at
first few and far between, increased in
number and in spirit, and a considerable
audience attended them. The article in
last month's LOWELL was, we are sorry
to sayt mistaken by some for a criticism
of Mr. Adler. It is due to that gentleman
to state that, far from criticising
him, we believe that, but for him either
the society would not exist to-day or, at
lea^t, be in the present flourishing condition.
During the fortnight that preceded the
October election the membership of the
society doubled on account of the interest
excited in that event. The first term's
•officers, Mr. Adler, president, Mr. Shay,
vice president, and Mr. Frit/, secretary,
were succeeded by a new set of officers
on October 4. Mr. Maddux, the new
president, was assisted in his work by
Mr. Drucker, vice president, and Mr.
Shay, the secretary. To Mr. Maddux
was left the task of quieting down the
society, a task full of difficulties and
trouble,. On account of the large increase
in. the society a certain disorderly
element was introduced. It xemained
for Mr. Maddux to turn the zeal for
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mischief into the proper channel without,
perhaps, in anyway taking away
from it.
It is a peculiar fact that, this term the
entrance of a new president into office
has been accompanied by a material
change in the nature of the society.
When Mr. Adler took up the duties of
president, he practically began a new
society. When Mr, Maddux entered the
chair, tbe organization gave a sudden
leap from a quiet society of about thirty
members to one of eighty. Now that
Mr. Weiler has become president of the
society, besides being the largest of ics
kind in the State, it is probably the most
prominent of all the associations in the
Debating League of Northern California.
During the school year of 1897-8, the
largest membership never was half of
the present size, yet the members always
prided themselves on the association.
It is true, also, that at very few meetings
were there as many members as now
constitute a quorum. Nevertheless, our
debating team of Messrs. Deutscb, Eppinger
and Rothschild, and Aiken, as
substitute, was probably the best of its
kind in the State. There seems to be no
reason why we should not be able, out of
so large a membership,- to form a team
this year which will be as good, as the
one we had during the last term.
It ie currently whispered that Mrs.
, while cleaning house, asked her
husband to nail up some []. He refused.
She looked ft at him ; told him his conduct
was without ||; beat him with her
B^r until he saw •*. He now lies in a
, tose state, and may soon be a fit subject
for die §. A man must be an * his
lifein this way and put a . to his existence.
— Vox Wesleyana.
Tommy:—" Pa, what's the board of
education ?"
Mr. Briggs:—" When I went to school
it was a pine shingle."—Ex.
The class of -99
bring off its dance ic
cold water given b
Education in. deny I
Girls' High School A
the first time that t
carried out and yet
off. And furthermo
that the dance will \
The arrangement
Saunders, Tasheriat, 5
man and Misses H
and Polexfen, have c
man & Clay's. Hatt
cember. There wil
and three extras, alt
and two waltzs.
The invitations, fo
will be printed, will
senior vho has paid
receive four. The n
vitations may procu
mous price of twen
Undoubtedly there
middlers at the danc
The Reception. C
definitely known, is
man Mr. A- Howell i
C. Norris, L. Xyohs,;
Wallace, Xewls, Hu|
Frank Hooper wil
with Ed. Behlow as
The 5.
The fancy dress b;
ior Class Dancing Ci

The class of '99 has determined to
bring off its dance in spite of the dash of
cold water given her by the Board of
Education in denying the use of the
Girls* High School Auditorium. This is
the first time that the threat has been
carried out and yet the dance will come
off. And furthermore the indications are
that the dance will be better than usual.
The arrangement committee; Messrs.
Saunders, Tasheria, Buudschu and Goldman
and Misses Holmes, Crowe, Clark
and Polexfen, have decided to hire Sherman
& Clay's Hall for the 16th of December.
There will be twelve dances
and three extras, alternately deux temps
and two waltzs.
The invitations, four hundred of which
will be printed, \, ill be single and every
senior who has paid the assessment will
receive four. The middJers who wish invitations
may procure them at the enormous
price of twenty-five cents apiece.
Undoubtedly there will be a scarcity of
middlers at the dance.
The Reception Committee, as far as
definitely known, is as follows: Chairman
Mr, A. Howell; Messrs, B. J. Shay,
C. Norris, L. Lyons, T. Watson ; Misses
Wallace, Lewis, Hulse, Boardman. Mr.
Frank Hooper will be Floor Manager,
with Ed. Behlow as assistant.
The S. C. D. C.
The fancy dress ball given by the Senior
Class Dancing Club on October 29th
EDITKD BY CHESTER WAGNER.
was a complete success in every detail.
The costuming was excellent, among
the young ladies especially there was
several very striking toilets.
There have been two regular hops in
November, both of which were complete
successes. The club i:; in a very flourishing
condition having a large member-roll
and a very large percentage in regular attendance.
The K. E.
The first meeting of Kappa Epsilon
held after the last issue of the LOWELL
took place at the residence of one of the
members, Miss Crowe. The meeting
was very jolly, finishing up with an oldtime
Virginia Reel.
The next meeting was held at the
home of Miss Duff, where the usual
games and good time were enjoyed by
the members. The K. E. has preserved
its character remarkably well considering
that simply members of the Greek class
are eligible.
Personal.
The Delta Chapter of the Lambda
Theta Phi Sorority gave a very enjoyable
card party on November nth. Hearts
were played and Miss Ransom and Fred
Hunt carried off the prizes.
The Alpha Sigmas of Berkeley High
School gave a Convention Hop on Friday
evening, November 25th. Many of the
Delta girls went and had a very enjoyable
time.

Again Victorious.
Since the last publication of the
LOWKLL, the foot ball team has engaged
in two league games, coming out of both
with flying colors. The first of these
Rames was against Peralta Hall, and
was played on the field of that school at
Berkeley, and Lowell ran up a score of
22-0. Taylor McLean, captain and
quarter-back of the Peralta team, put
up a star game, tackling all over the
field, and it was no fault of his that bis
team came out at the short end. A
short summary of the game is as follows:
Touchdowns:—By Robinson, 2 (10
points); by Syrmnes, 1 (5 points) ; by
Hooper, 1 (5 points).
Goals:—By Symraes, 2 (2 points )
The second game was the first league
game of the season, which Lowell played
in the city. The opposing team was the
State Normal School from San Jone.
The latter brought a big crowd with
them, and the grand stand was filled with
future school teachers of both sex, all
sporting huge white and gold ribbons,
and, to all appearances, confident of seeing
their team wipe the ground with
Lowell. But alas! (for them) it was
not so to be.
The Normal School team came out on
the field, each man clad in a bran new
jersey and stockings of gold and white.
They presented a very formidable appearance
and outweighed the high school
boys by about fifteen pounds to the man.
The game which followed was anything
E1MTED BY I?RANK HOOPER.
but interesting for Die spectators, as the
playing was very slow and marked by
frequent discussions.
The game opened with a kick off by
the Normal team. Hooper advanced the
ball a few yards. Steadily an advance
was made toward a goal, and, finally by
a succession of kicks Hooper went
through the line for a touchdown,
Symtnes kicked the goal. Score 6-0.
San Jose again kicked off, and held
Lowell for two downs. Hooper fumbled
on an attempted kick, and San Jose secured
the ball. From there they rushed
it over for a touchdown and kicked the
goal. At the end of the first half the
score stood 6 to 6
The second half opened with Lowell's
kick-off, and Robinson downed his roan
well down in San Jose's territory. Several
points were exchanged by both sides
in this half, and finally Rooney made a
fine run for another touchdown. As
Symines failed to kick the goal, the sc re
stood 11 to 6. The game closed with
the ball in Lowell's possession.
Estees, the hammer thrower, who
played left half, was the best ground
gainer for the losers, while Rooney, Robinson
and Cook did the best work ou the
side of the winners.
This victory leaves Lowtll and Belmont
alone in the league to fight it out
for the championship. The game will
be played Saturday, December 3rd.
Thus we are sure of second place (if we
do not win the championship) which is
better than any prevj
high school has pj
plished.
The Swimming C|
A. S. announced
swimming tournara^
the Lurline Baths,;
December I5tli;: •

•••>•• ,..,vMM

THE LOWELL
as fresh as when he started, tsot working Belmont forced the ball for a number
hard, while his competitors were all of yards, wben she lost it on downs.
worn out and winded. Regaining it ou a kick she tried center
Lowell, Central and Oakland High plays and end runs. By these together
Schools joined together in protesting with a neat quarter-back kick she carthe
race on the grounds of insufficient ried the ball to within a few feet of
notification. The protests were handed Lowell's goal. There the High School
in on the 7th of November. The date stood like a wall and held Belniout for
at which this article is written is the two downs before the ball could be
2d of December and up to date there has forced over the line. Belmont failed to
been no action taken, there having been make a goal and the score stood five to
110 meeting of the A. A. L- at which the nothing in Belraont's favor,
matter could be decided. The manage- At this point in the game it looked
ment of the A. A. L. is getting wo,r?e as though Belmont's chances for an easy
and worse, when after a month has victory were good, but Lowell took a
elapsed no action has been taken. brace and playtd well, holding Belrnout
If the race is ridden over there will be On clowns when she was within ten yards
another try out to determine the team of Lowell's goal. Then Robinson broke
which Lowell will enter. through Belnibnt's left tackle and cleared
C, PHILLIP. forty yards before he was partially held
and lost the ball, but Symmes caught it
Onthesdinst what was to have been and saved the ball for Lowell. From
the final game of the academic foot ball here Lowell forced the ball slowly down
series was played. Belmout and Lowell the %M and needed only a few feet to
met to decide the championship. As it gain to prevent it being lost on downs,
is another game will have to be played but she kicked and it went behind
to decide the championship. Belraont's goal, Belsuont kicked from
Belmont came to the city expecting the ten-yard line and the baJl went far
an easy victory, while Lowell, though into Lowell's side of the field. From
she knew she was outclassed in weight, there they backed Belmorit hard and
had perfect confidence in her teara work, fast till they gained a touchdown. It
Belmont's play was not up to the ex- was in .1 corner of the field and Symnues
pectation of her followers. Her team failed to make his goal and the score was
was also weakened by the withdrawal a tie. The second half was as hard as
after a few minutes of play of Stow. the first and neither side could score.
Rooney and Cook did yeoman service Robinson also made another brilliant
for Lowell and outdid all their previous run through a hole made by Cook,
efforts, Lowell's whole team displayed From now till the end of the game
a wonderful amount of grit, while the neither side cjuld gain a decided advanteam
work of the Lowell was surprising tage and the game ended in a tie.
to her followers. BELMONT, 5. Position. towiflx, 5,
Belmont won the toss and chose the' Sefton L. E. R dwell
kick-off toward the rest goal. Roberts L. E R Drucker
kicked off, Lowell carried it to the mid- Kirkpatrick L. T. R Middleton
die of her territory. Here Belmont held Colburu .L. T. R
Lowell down and gained the ball ou Stillman L G. R.. ..(Capt.) Cook
downs; this was in the thirty-five yard Carr Center. Kidd
Si Cartwright R, G- L .-Irvia
CrowelL. U. -•;.h ;R. T,
Sherman...... . ,R I?".
.:....../,;.R,,EV
(Capt.) Story... QWart
Stow Iy. H,
Reid.. L. H.:
Hough .R.-3EL;
Roberts -Full-1
Kirkpatrick Full-;
Touchdowns—Belnu
buck by Roberts over
dleton of Lowell; Lc
There are at presej
school about four li
pupils. Of these'./i
are girls and three^/d
are six junior classes
thirty-five members; f<
three Latin and one Gi
age of thirty-five mei
class is composed of
Greek class in each
forty-five- member*;;
total of twelve classes!
Mr. A. AdlerandMl
class of '98 liave\\ bee
Freshman d
Sophomore ciuss.
December 2nd.
How's that assembl]
Plover stayed atVai
election day to saye t]
Mr. Walker annotij
classes a short tinfe

•••6' THE
CrowelL. R. T. L .Symmes
Sherman R EL Ellingwood
R.E. L Luett
(Capi.) Story.... Quarter Saunders
Stow L. H. R Robinson
Reid L- K. R
Hough R. H. L Roouey
Roberts. Full-back Hooper
Kirkpatrick Full back
Touchdowns—Belmont i, on a short
buck by Roberts over Right Tackle Middleton
of Lowell; Lowell i,on a short
There are at present attending the
school about four hundred and fifty
pupils. Of these one hundred and fifty
are girls and three hundred boys. There
are six junior classes with an average of
thirty-five members, four middle classes,
three Latin and one Greek with an average
of thirty-five members. The senior
class is composed of one Latin and one
Greek class in each of which there are
forty-five members. Thus making a
total of twelve classes.
Mr. A. Adler and M. E Deutch of the
class of '98 have been placed on the
Freshman debating team against the
Sophomore class. The debate came off
December 2nd.
How's that assemblyman ?
Plover stayed away from school on
election day to save the country.
Mr. Walker announced to one of his
classes a short time ago that he was
LOWELL
buck by Hooper over Center Carr of
Belraont. Both men failed in their kick
for goal.
Referee, Chester Murphy, Stanford
quarter-back; umpire, Forrest Fisher,
Stanford full-back and captain; linesmen,
Frank Bisbop of University of
California and Fred Greer;ebauni of
Stanford University.
EDITED BY E. G. CAHILI*.
Halves, 25 minutes esch; time of
game, 2I1. 5m.
very glad to see a revised edition of
Harkness Latin Grammar since heretofore
he hes been called a fossil and a
mossback by some excitable agents of
Greenough's book, for not recommending
theii grammar for use at Lowell.
Not very long ago one of the professors
told a very small boy who was staring
at him very hard that he had got
beyond the time when he needed watching.
Why does B insist that the normal
temperature is 273 0 centigrade?
- Translation of Virgil; sacros servabat
in arbore ratnos. She watched over the
sacred rams in the grove.
Ter revoluta toraest. Three times she
was knocked over by a bull.
Why does Manor insist that, accord*
ing to Pope, the moon was launched on
the Thames as the rival of the morning
sun?

32' THE LOWELL
Some goc&news—school closes on the
16th.
On Monday, December 5th, a meeting
of the Athletic Association was called
to talk over the prospects for the final
foot ball game and to get more enthusiasm
into the student body if possible.
That it was possible, wa^>, we think,
easily shoivn.
Shay, the yell leader, addressed the
meeting and spoke of organizing a body
of rooters to help out next Wednesday.
Following Shay, Mr. Walker, Mr Tompkins
and Mr. Young spoke. Each gave
a strong, pithy talk to ihe students and
each was roundly applauded.
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The Last
• ' 1
It was the last
whole audience
highest 5>iteh of ex<
as Hamlet had nev
he had done that nij
brilliant house, all
society
Campbell
Van
there, but Edith
could not cbme, so
«p Gordon^
had done thjeir best
worth out of tie
you remember.;;Edi
Sturgisandt^iat:
and how he won I
his friend Sturgfejt
play good foot>bal
quietly by himself a
kuow, consolingjii
friend's happiness,
enjoyed the play ani
acting. Together;
compared Ophelia i
maa and their feelin
taneously in syinp
They were equally n
and equally sad; ti^
perfect harmony wit
were the best of fn

an* -.ill
Aver*:
0.
VOL. 3 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., FEBRUARY, 1899 No. 1
The Last Act of Hamlet.
It was the last act of Hamlet. The
whole audience was worked up to the
highest pitch of excitement. Pembroke,
as Hamlet had never excelled himself as
he had done that night. It had been a
brilliant house, all the cream of Boston
society had been there, and Grafton
Campbell had intended to take Edith
Van Orman, his fiance, and her mother
there, but Edith had a bad headache and
could not come, so Campbell had rung
up Gordon Sturgis, his chum, and they
had done their best to get their money's
worth out of the three seats. Perhaps
you remember Edith Van Ortnan and
Sturgis and that "trump-card" Campbell
and how he won her unwittingly from
his friend Sturgis just because he could
play good foot-ball. Sturgis suffered
quietly by himself and never let Grafton
know, consoling himself only with his
friend's happiness. Together they had
enjoyed the play and praised Pembroke's
acting. Together they had silently
compared Ophelia with Edith Van Or*
man and their feelings bad moved simultaneously
in sympathy with Hamlet.
They were equally moved, equally happy
and equally sad; their feelings were in
perfect harmony with each other. They
were the best of friends; Edith Van Or-
man had only cemented their friendship,
Campbell confiding in hi*? college friend
and Sturgis, resigned to his fate, aided
him all he could, happy in his happiness,
All Boston was there that night, the
house was packed, and a very appreciative
audience it had been, and Pembroke
had done his best. Never had he recited
Hamlet's soliloquy to greater effect,
never had he reproved the queen in more
stirring words, never had run his sword
through Polonius with more vindictiveness
and in the last act his trinmph was
unbounded He forgot hitnself,forgot that
he, Pembroke, was merely a paid actor
caveriag to a paying public, forgot that
he was simply interpreting Hamlet before
a critical Boston audience; he only remembered
that he was Hamlet—Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark, and that on that
throne his lady mother and his cruel
stepfather sat, longing for his death; he
only remembered that Laertes was seeking
to slay him; he fought for his life.
Suddenly as he fights he sees his mother
drink a cup of v.ine and fall at the feet
of his wretched stepfather; he hears her
dying words; he beats Laertes down and
he thrusts the poisoned point into him*
Then turning on his stepfather and seeing
all his wickedness he bursts forth

THE LOWELL
into a-torrent of accusation and'buries*. /'and: Pembroke shouted from the stage:
Bis sword to the hilt in his polluted body. • "For heaven's sake, ladies and gen-
He drinks the poisoned cup and then tlemen, don't hurry. Therms plenty of
comes his final words, exulting in his time. Keep cool."
genius, he fliugs them out over his spell- He might as well have talked, to,a
bound audience
maddened herd. of cattle. The knowl-
•• Wretched queen, adieu—
edge of the fire seemed to give it the
You that look pale and tremble at this change
That are but mutes or audience to this act,
Had I bat time (as this fell sergeant, death,
Is otrict in his arrest), O, I could tell you—
But let it be; Horatio, t am dead ;
signal to burst forth. Almost simultaneously
with the word
Thou liv'st, report me and my cause aright
Tw the unsatisfied."
Then with his words still ringing in
the air, he rises on his tip toes, turns and
falls prostrate at Horatio's feet. Hamlet
is dead, and Pembroke comes back to
himself, conscious of having done his
best.
"Gad. but he is splendid, don't you
know, Gordon," said Grafton, sinking
back and feeling for his hat under the
seat. The play was almost ended. The
women were hurriedly putting on their
hats, the men were picking up the umbrellas
and opera glasses, the whole audience
was getting ready to go. Suddenly
Grafton became rigid and his hand closed
like a vice upon Sturgis'.
" Look," he gasped, " up there to the
right."
Away up above the boxes the plaster
had given way and left a place about
three feet square, shovvinfc the laths.
Through the cracks between them an
intense lurid glare shone.
"Let's get out of this," whispered
Sturgis excitedly. They had just risen
from their seats when someone in the
back of the theatre shrieked:
"Jure/ Fire!"
There was a death-like pause for just
«m instant and then the audience sprang
to their feet. There was a wild stamping
and shouting of " Keep cool everybody.
Don't hurry, there's plenty of
timer
• The dead Hamlet jumped to his feet
l />

scramble over the seats The stronger
ones cimed them and pulled them back
and struggled over their prostrate bodies,
while the weaker ones groveling under
their feet clung with desperation to their
legs, hoping to be dragged to their feet;
instead they drew them down beneath
the struggling mass and there under the
trampling crowd they fought like dogs.
No wonder the stronger crushed in the
faces of those that held them back with
their boot heels. No wonder they used
their heavy walking sticks and beat their
way towards the door. Men, diagging
women in a dead faint and with streaming
hair, to the door, cursed and beat down
all those that tried to hold them back.
One woman right near Campbell suddenly
went mad and her shrill laughter
rose and fell above the shrieks and
groans in perfect ghastly cadence. Suddenly
the six boxes on the right, in one
piece, came crashing down upon the
maddened people, burying many under
the shattered and burning timbers. A
great frightened, despairing, agonizing
cry went, up from the terrified mass and
the pressure became so great that Campbell
felt the bone in his left arm snap in
two.
tl Steady. old man/' said Slurgis, * keep
cool and we'll get out of here soon.' 1 -
As he spoke the crowd surged forward
and he was dragged, fighting, from the
side of his helpless friend. As strong as
Grafton Campbell was, every time the
pressure touched that arm.he screamed
in agony. He felt as though bis mind
was giving way. There seemed no escape.
He was caught, like a-rat in a
trap, to be burned alive. He found
himself saying over and over:.
" Like a rat in a trap, in a trap, sin
like a rat in a trap, in a trap, trap, trap."
Suddenly from over the stage a great
mass of water came- pouring in. The
firemen were at work. .
Campbell was almost under the gal-
THE 5-
lery «owvbut in the last .ten minutes hehad
not moved three feet. He saw.
Sturgis trying wildly to get back to him.
"Nevermind, old man," he shouted*
"it's no use. If I don't get out you'll
be good to her, won't you ?' r As he,
spoke these words the image of Edith.
Van Orman rose suddenly before him.
''Thank God/' he murmered, * she's,
not here."
The lire was making fast headway.
All around could be heard the falling of
heavy bodies and the cracking and rending
of timbers. The whole roof of the
theatre was one sheet of flame. The
heat was like the blast of-a furnace.
Grafton.felt the sweat running iu rivulets
down his neck. Near him a screaming
woman was dragging another one—the
one that had gone mad—back by the
hair and trying to climb over her An
old man was beating a young girl down'
with his fist and'struggling over her
body, crushing in her skull with his cane*
Graftou remembered later of trying to
drag him back with his uninjured arm.
Suddenly with a crash ami a shower of
broken glass the electric chandelier fe^J
from the ceiling A piece of broken glass
laid open Campbell's cheek and a piece
of the brass work struck him heavily on
the neck , All around him wa^ nothing
but thick suffocating smoke. Between
the rifts the dull red glare and the shooting
tongues of flame could be. indistinct"
ly seen, Sturgis was nowhere in.sight.
Somewhere back of him a terrible explosion
was .heard, He felt the .whole
building shake. Suddenly he turned
sick at his stomr^h A hand reached up
from-below andcaught him by the foot
and dragged him to his knees. With a
desperate- effort he wrenched himself
away. Without the slightest warning a
man fell upon him from above, probably
having jumped from the gallery and air
most bore him to. the ground-beneath
the trampling feet. Graftcn struck at

him with his'fist and pressed bjin down
with his knee and stepped over him.
The crowd closed up behind. In a lull
in the curses and shrieks he could hear
the axes chopping. A stream of water
came tearing through the smoke, strikiug
him full in the face, almost blinding
him with its force:. At almost the same
time a heavy piece of burning timber fell
from the blazing roof, hitting him over
the eye and burning him terribly. He
felt he could not endure the strain much
longer. His strength was giving way.
Suddenly everyone began to shout and
scream at once; there was a terrible pressure,
and tfcea with a great rending and
smashing of timbers the three galleries
and the roof fell in. Campbell found
himself for a moment standing almost
alone. Then a huge beam struck him
on the chest and hurled him to the.
ground. Everywhere the rending wood
drowned the groans of the dying. The
whole mass of people had been buried
under the burning wreckage. Grafton
feit the fresh air in uis face and he opened
his eyes. Above him through the smoke
he could see the black night and the
dark, yellow-lined clouds scudding by.
AJ1 around him the broken frame work
and iron gir

las
s
THE LOWELL 7
life lie bad had a horror of being burned
to death. It had coroe now. He saw
he mast Otsiy bear his pain in silence
until somebody came. If nobody came
he must resign himself to his death.
"What will Edith think.
if she will miss me much.
I wonder
1 ?»"sy God, I hope be has, why should fie
look tor me here within the next half
hour, here, in this one spot above all
others? If he should come a few minutes
after that half hour he will only
'
find my charred ashes. I am not a coward,
but I can't die as I oughC: with that
He was getting weaker, the cut on his fire slowly coming nearer and nearer."
cheek and the burn over his eye pained Suddenly a thought shot through
him almost beyond endurance. The his juind. I'll do it. I thank thee,
heat had become mora intense upon his my God. for that thought," Feel-
neck. Near him he noticed for the first ing with bis right hand in his torn pocket
time a bloody arm protruding from the he drew out his pen knife. He opened
wreckage, the fingers continually crook- it with his teeth and looked at its twoing
and knotting. The smell of burning inch blade.
flesh came to his nostrils, turning him "I'll do it," he said. "Good-bye,
sick. Above hlxxx a lurid glare was re- Edith, good bye, Gordon, good bye,
flected on the black smoke. Through everybody; the old world has been
rifts in it he could see the streams of pretty good to me."
water pouring in. The smoke was suf- He held the little knife in his band .
focating him. He could not get any air. and felt its edge with his lips. Then he
The inside of his mouth was like an quickly cut away bis ragged coat sleeve
oven. The wound smarted painfully. and shirt and laid bare his injured arm
Sparks and cinders fell in his face. The to the shoulder.
fire was getting nearer.
11
Now," he said He seized the knife
" And must I stay here until that line Srttviy in his right hand and plunged it
of hellish flame reaches me ?" he cried.
" Must I remain here a prisoner, unable
to move, until I am slowly burned to
death ? Oh, God, never! Is there no
way to put an end to this misery ?" he
screamed. He tried to shout '"Sturgis,
Gordon, here I am." But his lips only
formed the words. He must remain a
prisoner until the end came. But he
could not do that; he must kill himself
somehow before that line of flame reached
him. It had become intolerably hot.
He would have willingly sold his chances
for life then and there for a glass of cold
waler. A wild ungovernable dispair
filled his heart. The thought of that
terrible consuming flame coming nearer
and nearer racked his soul with agony.
He could not wait for it. He must end
his torture. But how ?
" Gordon will never find me here.
Even if he has escaped this hell, which,
:
to the hilt into his arm in the bend of his
elbow, and bearing down he made a cut
about two inches long. A spurt oi blood
dyed his clothes with red.
"Humph," tie said, " I didn't know I
knew so well where the brachial artery
was. Let me see, in about twenty-five
ciinutes that line of fire ought to be here.
I wonder if I shall go before it gets here.
I hope to God I do.
Then he forgot hi > pain and the smarting
of his wounds and his thoughts went
back to Edith Van Orman and he went
over in his-mind their meeting and his
courtship. He remembered the dog
fight on Boyleston street and how he had
proven himself such a cad, and then the
great Thanksgiving football game in
which he had won her back. He remembered
how she had smiled at him
when he came off the field. The long
line of bleachers rose before him. He

3 THE LOWELL
could ;?ee the thousands of faces and the
knots and bunches 6f the different college
•colors, the crimson, the orange 2nd i'ue
black. He saw her red parasol waving
at him all over again, saw it as clearly
as he had seen it on that Thanksgiving
xiay. Then the farce, and how she had
beckoned him over to her box, and then
his first call, how happy he had been !
The play at the Hollis street theatre, it
was Hackett in the Prisoner of Zenda.
How different it had been from this
play! Then the ride home, the Welsh
rarebit, and bow he had proposed and
she accepted. And ah, those succeeding
days, how sweet they had been !
He was to have graduated next month
and they were to have been married in
August—and now. He hoped Gordon
would comfort her, poor little thing!
The tears trickled down his face. He
was very weak. The line of flame was
only a few feet away now. The heat
was intense. He held his arm up over
his face to keep it off. The blood spurted
from the artery at regular occurring
intervals. His whole body was soaked
with it.
; 4 - Tt will not be long now, 11 he said.
The nngeis of the bloody arm near him
had stopped twitching and were closed
in the grip of death. He could see the
red shirts of the firemen on the roofs.
He wondered if they were making any
headway. His eyes smarted with the
smoke. He wondered how long it would
be and just how it would come when the
end did come. He mechanically felt
weakly- for bis watch. He drew out a
jumble of little wheels, glass and bits of
steel. He smiled feebly to himself.
; "In about five minutes, now," be
whispered. "I should like to see Gordon
before it comes. It will-be here before
the fire: I am glad."'
• He closed his eyes. Suddenly a torrent
of water came pouring in where he
was. The pair, it caused him was ter-
rible. He was blinded with it arid it
beat him about his heaci until he thought
he would go mad. He screamed out and
was almost choked. He must fight
death in more ways than one. Suddenly
it was gone as quickly as it had come.
The time in which it had beat upon him
seemed to have been ages, but in. reality
it had just passed over him. He opened
his eyes. His enemy, the fire, was almost
put out. It sputtered and fought
for its life. Slowly it began to gain.
He watched it through his fast dimming
eyes. It could not harm him any more,
he was going in a few more minutes.
Suddenly he became aware of a noise
that had been growing steadily for some
minutes past. It grew louder. It almost
deafened him. It seemed as though
a thousand hammers were pounding all
at once. He saw the timber in front of
him begin to shake. His eyes closed, he
could not stand the noise. He was
dying. Slowly the noise began to shape
itself. Presently be recognized it as the
chopping of axes. It became intolerable.
He tried to raise his hand to his ears.
He was too weak to move a finger.
Again he opened his eyes, 1 A hand
grasped a piece of broken timber and
tore it away. Slowly the opening grew.
The blood was flowing swiftly from his
arm.
u They're too late.' 1 His lips formed
the words. He could make no sound.
Again he shut and opeued his eyes.
A face peered at him through the aperture.
It was Gordon Sturgis.
"Steady, old man." came Gordon's
voice, " steady, we'll be at you in'just a
moment. Keep a stiff upper lip."
Grafton tried to smile, but he could
not. He was too weak. Just then there
was a rending of timbers and the next
instant Sturgis burst through and heid
him in his arms, while tbe firemen cut
away the huge beam that lay across
him. Then Grafton summoning all his
• ; .••,//.••:•#••
remaining stren]
Ten mi^utss aj
his dripping :forl
street He died|
A year and
Oman an4 Goj
ried in Trinity!
Rev, Bishop Tol
Grandfather's
There ;s a smi
Sierra; Nevada
here^ and thougj
village, lovelies)
theless^ it is a
my grandpareij
dwelt, in a, qwai
tie home, when
ble.for the k
It;, was Ttian
had all enjpyedj
were gathered
fire place, whidj
burning'logsfc
"'fwiligh
Asda'ftql
And how tha
come, and the
the whole room
quiet down for tl
It was snowing,
days while "
ice," in fact, it
thing was free;
glad to be wit!
delightfully waj
Suddenly gn
we shall spend
pleasant way th;
two years ago
miles from he:
what a storm tl
was a little wora
I hope••t.^it the]
trous resiiilts thi
that evening;
perience?"

emaining strength smiled and fainted.
Ten minutes after Sturgis had carried
his drippiug form in his arms into the
street. He died.
A year and a half later Edith Van
Orman and Gordon Sturgis were married
in Trinity church, Boston, by the
Rev. Bishop Toland.
CHAS G, NORRIS, '99.
Grandfather's Thanksgiving Experience.
There is a small mountain town in the
Sierra Nevada mouutains, very far from
here, and though not a "sweet smiling
village, loveliest of the lawn/' nevertheless,
it is a very pretty place. Here
my grandparents and many cousins
dwelt, in a quaint, but comfortable little
home, where we all loved to assemble
for the holidays.
It was Thanksgiving evening. We
had all enjoyed a bountiful dinner, and
were gathered around the old fashioned
fire place, which was heaped hieh with
burning logs. There had been
" Twilight and evening bell.
And after that the dark."
And now that the night had really
come, and the fire's ruddy glow lighted
the whole room, we were beginning to
quiet down for the regular evening story.
It was snowing, and had been for several
days while " the ceaseless winds blew
ice," in fact, it was so cold that everything
was freezing. We were all very
glad to be within doors where it was so
delightfully warm and cosy.
Suddenly grandfather said, " I hope
we shall spend this eveniug in a more
pleasant way than I he one which I spent
two years ago with our friends, twelve
miles from here. Do you remember
what a storm these was that night? It
was a little worse than the one to-night;
I hope that there will not be such disastrous
results though from this one. as on
that evening. Shall I tell you my experience?
11
THE LOWEI, L 9?-
Putting another log on the fire, we all
settled down into comfortable positions.
knowing that grandfather's stories were
always exciting and interesting ones.
41 Well," he said," two years ago, about,
this time, we were all as happy at the*
other fireside, as we are here, to-night.;
We had the corn popped, the apples
baked, aad nuts cracked, and were just
getting ready for story-telling, when we
heard what we supposed to be the roaiof
the wind, sweeping through the canon,
on the edge of which our house is built.
The wind seemed to be coming nearer
and nearer, and grew louder and louder,
until the very earth shook and trembled,
the lamp on the table .swayed and rocked,
and suddenly went outT leaving us in.
total darkness, save for the light from
the fire. On, on, the roar came. What.
was it ? It seemed as though
* Sudden from the hills ,
O'er rocks and woods, in broad, brovvn
cataracts • - :
A thousand SIK,W fed torrents shot at
once !'
Was it a flood? It struck the corner of
the house and turned it almost around ;„
then came a terrible crash and heartrending
screams from without, and then*-
—a solemn stillness. As soon as we
had recovered from our shock, we all
rushed to the front door tc see what had
happened. l And there when the storm
had passed, a dreary wreck lay all/
Starting in a little round ball at the bead
of the canon, it had gathered in size and.
force, and as it came thundering down,,
had taken everything in its path, and by
the time it reached the bottom, it was a
mighty mixture of snow, earth, boulders^
and trees.
And. alas! when it came to our littletown,
it did not turn aside, but still,
pushed all before it and gathered everything
in its mighty arms—bonus, witha
whole families, gathered for the uierry—

making; the church, crowded to the
very doors with people giving thanks
for their blessings ot* the year; barns,
filled with cattle and sheep—all were
borne to death in the mighty avalanche
of snow. Men came from all parts with
lanterns and shovels; they worked all
that night and for two days and nights
after, before they recovered all the bodies*
Oh, what a dreadful din and confusion
there was ! The screams of the poor,
helpless creatures, the crash of timbers,
the wail of the innocent babes, the low-*
ing of cattle,—all were heard for the
moment,and then came the seatch for the
loved ones, which was terrible. When
the snow had melted, what a forlorn and
dreary sight it was! Everything in
ruins; part of one's home here, part of
another's barn there, and trees and
boulders, everywhere. Do you wonder
that I recall it with horror, and dread
for the snow to come at all ? "
The fire had burned low, the wind had
gone down, and the clock struck ten.
How hard it was to realize that anything
so terrible could have been caused
from the snow, which only added to the
beauty of all on this Thanksgiving
night. E. M. E.
Then and w.
How different are the scenes, the customs
and the people of to-day from those
of the time when the Red men were the
sole inhabitants of this, a new country.
How marked are the advances in civilization
since that time! Nature seems
to have taken a fancy to the people of
this nation. She has made our land the
birthplace and our people the founders
of some of the greatest of the world's inventions.
It is very difficult for us
Americans of to-day to comprehend the
wonderful advancements that have taken
place during tire last two centuries. We
can hardly realize theiconditions of the
couatry about two hundred years ago.
THE. tOWELL
Could we only do as Bellamy did in
" Looking Backward." If only we might
be endowed with some supernatural
power which would enable us to gaze
upon the scenes of days long since gone
by ! What pictures we would see ! We
would perceive ancient forests " ever
youthful and verdant with new twigs,
yet ever venerably old and hoary with
the wear of innumerable years.* 1 In
this time, the white man's ax had never
marred a single tree and his footsteps
had never crushed even one of the
withered haves which formed so rich
a carpet over the ground. This was
indeed a u Forest primeval."
If you observed closely, along through
the vista of impending boughs, you
would discover a faintly traced path
extending through the heart of the
woods. Follow this path which you see,
so faintly marked, in your mind's eye.
Onward, onward it winds, now ascending
over a slight swell of land, and now gen-
My sinking into a mossy hollow. There
a narrow sparkling streamlet, singing
gaily along its way, traverses it and
there a fallen giaut of the forest impedes
its passage.
I say that no white man had, at this
time ever passed between those majestic
trees; then, what footsteps had formed
this tiny path?
Does not your imagination enable you
to hear them rushing softly over the
leaves? You listen, Not the faintest
sound escapes your ears. At last your
suspense is ended. Lightly treading on
the fallen leaves,an Indian and his squaw
appear. They are on their way to their
settlement. Perhaps the Indian is the
great Wappacowet, second husband of
the Squaw Sachem who walks by i*is
side. He was magician and priest and
his incantations were destined, in future
years, to terrify tlia pale-faced settlers
with ghostly phantoms, dancing and
shrieking at midnight.
iVA
Even more JBrigl
would the Indian
have known tHat,
sive stone buildinj
all parts of the el
kept, a few stone
treasured as men]
race!
I#et us follow
Chief and his sol
quainted with the!
on they go until
small clearing in : \
fifteen or more wigj
horror at the sightj
Dirt and filth aboi
fires sputter and >iq
crouched on the jgx
half dressed squaw
O, can 1 it bfe poss
street of a great cit
this sickening sp<
creed on the pages
dence that over thd
ing tree trunks and
green withmpss, ve
fro? Can that hop
green trees which
and tossed together!
wind ey.2r-V^ clearj
was created iv wild]
always be a wilderri
No ! 3uch v/as n
day some of the li
portant streets oif d
located in this spot.
States, our manufad
this part of the co

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Even more frightened than the whites
would the Indian have been, could he
have known that, centuries later, in massive
stone buildings, where curios from
all parts of the earth and the sea are
kept, a few stoue arrow heads should be
treasured as metnor Is of a vanished
race!
Let us follow our friends, the Red
Chief and his squaw, and become acquainted
with their manner of life. On,
on they go until at last they reach a
small clearing in which are located some
fifteen or more wigwams. We gaze with
horror at the sight that meets oui eyes.
Dirt and filth abound. A half a dozen
fires sputter and smoke, and arouad these,
crouched us tb^ ground, are a number of
half dressed squaws.
O, can it be possible that the thronged
street of a great city will ever pass over
this -sickening- spot? Has it been decreed
on the pages of the Bock of Providence
that over those soft heaps of decaying
tree trunks and through tho^e swamps
green with moss, vehicles shall run to and
fro ? Can that hopeless entanglement of
green trees which have been uprooted
and tossed together by z mighty whirlwind
ever be cleared away ? This spot
was created a wilderness ! Must it not
always be a wilderness ?
No ! such was not its destiny. Today
some of the largest and most important
streets of our greatest cities are
located in this spot. The Now England
States, our manuiactuting center, occupy
this part of the country. The citv of
Boston, one of the chief educational
cities'of the United States, was formally
an Indian settlement. A multitude of
people hurry along: over the very spots
where formerly the l^afy carpet lay so
thickly.
All things are now changed. Splendid
mansions have supplanted the straw
huts. Incandescent lights have done
away with the smoking fires. Streets
are paved with cobbles rather than the
soft mess of former days. They are
crowded with trolley-cars, buggies, and
bicycles.
Great, indeed, would the astonishment
of the brave Wappacowet have been at
the sight of such changes. The rivers
on which the Indian canoe pried busily
to and fro are now filled with steamers
and ships of all ki^ds. A great commercial
enterprise is now carried on, on
the waters that, in the days of the Red
men, flowed dreamily on toward its
orrean parent.
Pass onward, O time ! Build up new
countries and tear down thy works of
yesterday. Summon forth the Minister
to the house of the bride. Let young
parents carry their infants to receive the
baptismal rites- Cal! the a -^el of death
to the home next to be bereaved. Provide
for the generations ol mati Teach
them to trade as their fathers before them
have done. Do all you can, Father Time,
to promote the races of to-day, for never
again can you bring forth that race,
which, once witnessed has passed a wayforever
!
HER BKKNSTEIX, "OI.

: My First Trip Through A Gold Mine.
• At eight o'clock in the morning, the
foreman of the mine and I, met at the
•hoist, as we had previously arranged,
and prepared for our underground trip.
A friendly miner had provided me with
dirty overalls and a jumper, a pair of
stiff boots and a greasy slouch hat, all
of which were too large for me to wear
and too dirty for him to do likewise, and
i ndeed I presented a pose th at any Kodak
fiend would huve gone miles to snap.
My companion handed me a steel candlestick
of the peculiar miner's shape
and a couple of candles, and gave me a
life into the skip, which is a square
bucket attached at the top to a hoisting
•cable, and used for raising ore and water
out of the mine, and for carrying the
men and supplies below aud back to
*.be surface.
He signaled the man who bad charge
of the hoisting machinery, to lower away,
and I must admit that I was seized with
a small sized attack of that much tallied
of malady * l cold feet."
Daylight suddenly disappeared from
our view and I had a most delightful
sinking sensation, which was accompanied
by the terrible rumble of the
wheels of the skip running along the
tracks on the side of the shaft we were
descending.
At the two hundred level, or two hundred
fest below the surface, we stopped
^suddenly, the foreman got out and
^grasped me firmly to prevent my making
a false step in the darkness, which
would have sent me to a sure death at
the bottom of the shaft, 570 feet below.
We lit our caiidles and started to walk
through the tunnel or drift, running at
right angles to the shaft. It was all so
-strange to rae, that I was sorry that the
iight of the two candles did not illuminave
•everything better, bin I observed that the
walls and top of the drift were neatly
timbered, i. e., were propped with tim-
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bers to prevent the loose quartz and
earth from falliug on those working
there, and to further guard again?* this,
small pieces of rough boards called lagging
are driven in the space between the
timbers.
We followed the drift for about 600
feet and came to a large open chamber
or stope, cut upward iuto the rock*
This is done by drilling small holes into
the vein, and after inserting sticks of
dynamite into these, the explosive is
ignited by means of a time fuse and
percussion cap, and the quartz is blasted
to the floor. This stope had been worked
upward almost a hundred feet, and way
up at the top of the dome-shaped hollow,
a large piece of rock that must have
weighed several, tons, appeared to be
ready to fall at the slightest jar. I was
assured, however, that it would require
a goodly quantity of dynamite to break
same down, or else it would not be allowed
to remain there, as the managers
of the mine take every precaution to
lessen the danger of accidents to their
employees* and as the result of their
care, fewer accidents have befallen their
men, than the same number of men
would experience, working on the surface
at u. less hazardous occupation.
Further on I saw the practical working
of" a Burleigh Drill, that modern
inventiou that has done so much to
increase the quartz ruining industry of
to-day. It is a piece of mechanisnii
mounted on a heavy steel tripod, and
works a chilled steel bit in such a manner,
that the sharp end of the bit is
thrown repeatedly and with tremendous
force against the rocky surface of the
vein, and a small deep hole is the result.
In this the powder for blasting is
inserted, and thus high power explosives
and compressed air, takes the place of
the old pick and primitive hand drill of
'49. The motive power of th.e drills is
compressed air, which is brought from
the compressor on tj
wire wrapped rubber
A hand crank in tj
allows a feed screw i\
ward as the hole bd
the machine man lei
for a few minutes,
aud he turned on tl
that drill bobbed ai
patent carpet beater
I managed to hold
was rewarded by thi
lug me that I was aj
and he chucked w
a hand that *vas covj
dust and candle greaj
We then went on
hole, about two feet c
It led to the level be
man-hole, being pro
on which the men
them a long trip thrc
shaft where they w:
one of the skips. T\
would see what sori
I was, and we startej
first, carrying both
two hands with wi
had not gone a dozei
ruy feet swung cleai
trying to reach, and
my foot as if it hat
narrowly missed laj
turned face of the
thought it a fine jok
much fun iu it, hav
descent in ray stocl
covered with spliutej
At the bottom
gear, and as we wen
the 300 level, we" we
in the direction oi
rather damp in this
what appeared to

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the compressor on the surface through cotton, growing from the foot and fcang-
wire wrapped rubber air hose.
A hand crank in the rear of the drill
allows a feed screw to move the bit forward
as the hole becomes deeper, and
the machine man let me feed this drill
for a few minutes. I seized the crauk
and he turned on the air, and the way
that drili bobbed and shook, beat any
patent carpet beater that I ever heard of.
I managed to hold to it however, and
was rewarded by the machine man telling
me that I was a " putty slick kid,"
and he chucked me under the chin with
a hand that was covered with wet rock
dust and candle grease.
We then went on until we came to a
hole, about two feet square in the floor.
It led to the level below and is called a
man-hole, being provided with ladders
on which the men descend, as it saves
them a long trip through the drift to the
shaft where they will have to wait for
one of the skips. The foreman said he
would see what sort of a ladder climber
I was, and we started to go down ; he
first, carrying both candles, as I needed
two hands with which to hold on. I
had not gone a dozen steps when one of
uiy feet swung clear of the rung I was
trying to leach, and my boot slipped off
lny foot as if it had been greased and
narrowly missed landing on the upturned
face of the miner below. He
thought it a fine joke, but I failed to see
much fan in it, having to continue my
descent in rny stocking feet on a ladder
covered with splinters.
At the bottom I recovered my footgear,
and as we were then at the end of
the 300 level, we went back in this drift
in the direction of the. shaft. It was
rather damp in this level and I noticed
what appeared to b^ large bunches of
ing walls of the lead or vein. It is called
miner's consumption, and is a kind of
fuugus growth, that is usually found in
the dampest portions of the mine.
Another novelty to iue was an ore
chute. As its name describes it is a
trough leading from one level to another,
and down which the ore is sent
to be caught in ore cars for conveyance
to the shaft. Here it is hoisted to the
surface.
In the 400 level we spent some time
watching them timber some weak places,
and while here we heard a rumble and
felt a terrible concussion. This, I was
explained, was a blast in the 500 drift,
and I then had some respect for dynamite,
when tbe explosion of but a small
quautity> could be felt through 100 feet
of solid rod:. We went down to the
place later, and the fumes of the powder
gas were still" very dense and prevented
tbe men from working there for the present,
and while it almost suffocated me
and resulted in a bid headache, my companion
did not seem to be effected in the
least. He was a hardy specimen of
il Cousin Jack " as the Cornish miners
are called, and fatigue would have become
him no better than an opera hat
and a full dress coat.
In the 600 and 700 levels the sights
were merely a repetition of whr.t I had
seen above, and after satisfying myself
that I had witnessed everything of interest,
I asked ny companion to take
me to the surface, as the tramp over
the rough places and the climbs down
the ladders had so sharpened my appetite,
that I could hardly wait until we
reached good old mother earth, to satisfy
the cravings of the inner man.
MAUHICK L SAMTER, 'OO

The LOWELL has been fortunate in
maintaining from the first an even and
serious standard. The issue for December
is certainly a creditable number—one
of the best that the present management
has sent forth.
It is reported that the editors are
planning to extend the circulation among
the Alumni an:i make the paper more
representative of Jill associated with the
school. The policy is a wise one. It
will broaden the horizon, add a new element
of interest, and increase the financial
support.
The critic has observed the scarcity of
poetic productions during the first term,
At last, we are favored with two short
poems. This must be due to the genial
influence of the Christmas tide, since both
efforts deal with Christmas subjects.
The u Message of the Bells" is the more
successful. The poetic pitch is not high,
E. A. KELLOGG,
but the note is well sustained. The first,
third and fith stanzas, I should say, are
the best.
The *' First Christmas" is narrative.
Now it takes genuine inspiration and familiarity
with poetic form to tell a story
or incident better in verse than in prose.
If fche writer had possessed a larger
knowledge of the laws of rhythm or had
applied the ordinary tests of scansion to
some of his lines he could have greatly
improved his verses. Don't be discouraged,
read and study good poetic models,
and try again.
'•A Scandal in Scarlet" must be taken
to bs a satire upon the " detective" story
of the day. Viewed as such it is clever
aad amusing. It might possibly be
keener as a satire if it were less broadly
farcical in places, but perhaps it would
be less amusing than it now is with its
broad heavy strokes and easy rollicking
manner.
It is a positive pleasure to meet with a
production that shows some vein of
imagination. Very much that is turned
out in the way of school composition is
so matter of fact and commonplace that
anything that shows invention is hailed
with joy. Now "A Trip to Olympus" is
a spontaneous piece of nonsense. It
jumbles together old gods and modern
instances in something the way the
school-master in "Snowbound 0 may have
done. It shows some familiarity with
the ancient myths and an open eye and
ear to the life of to-day.
An article on Jefferson's political ideas
and methods represents a kind of work
which might with profit more frequently
appear. It gives in a careful way the result
of studies in the regular history
course in the, school. Some of the best
exercises presented in the regular work
of the history and English departments
of the school might well find a place in
the columns of the school paper.
Just a word unon matter of form. The
writer of the first article in tLe paper is
careless in punctuating. The editor of
'* Debate 1 ' is careful—he over punctuates
in a few instances. This is a failing that
leans to virtue's side. The author of a
u Trip to Mt. Olympus" should read his
proof carefully.
VI
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•^Wif'.P^^w.r, -,

In Aemotiam.
:— The hand of death has removed
from our midst our beloved Broth^ Stanley McCollam
Tasheira; and
TKAbcreaS:— He has ever been a true and loyal
member of our fraternity, and a dear and trusted
friend to each of its members; and
TKAber&aS:— The members of the Delta Chapter
of the Theta Chi Fraternity have received with
deep emotion and sorrow the announcement of his
death; therefore be it
IRCSOlVCl); That a minute expressive of the high
esteem in which our most beloved Brother has always
been held by us, and of the deep personal loss with
which we have received the sad news of his death, be
placed upon the records of this Fraternity; also
IReSOlveD: That we hereby extend to his
bereaved parents our heart-felt sympathy; and that a
copy of rhese resolutions be sent to them.

I.
In /Ifoemoriam
:— Our classmate Stanley McCollam
Tasheira has, on the 7th day of February, 1899, gone
to his eternal rest
Wlbcreaa:— We all appreciate that during his
attendance at the Lowell High School he has always
enjoyed the high regard and respect of his classmates9
and whereas we desire to express as a class our sorrow
for his loss, be it
1ReS0fc>e&: That in losing Stanley McCollam
Tasheira we feel the loss of a beloved schoolmate
and companion, and extend our deepest sympathy
and condolence to his devoted parents
1Re50lt>e6: That these resolutions be entered
upon the class record and that a copy be sent to his
parents. . • *
j; H. SAUNDERS,
L. W. SYMMES,
F. E, VAN DUZER,
Committee.
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16 THE LOWELL
be with the LOWELL, and yet the
monthly expenses are hardly paid. Why
Is this so? We do our best. Why cannot
each student do his and buy one paper?
There are other ways than merely paying
your regular dime in which to help
us out. Your father or your uncle may
be connected in some way with some
business firm. Ask them to help us out.
The success of the LOWEU* ought to be
as much your concern as it is ours. Get
them to advertise and in that way we
may pull through If every other student
did this we might have two hundred advertisements.
This would be something.
Say each advertisement was but a dollar,
this would be two handred dollars a
month. The paper does not cost more
than fifty and there would be a hundred.
and fifty dollars left over monthly to be
devoted to athletics or whatever the
school might decide to do with it. That
is what it is theoretically, but look how
it is practically. There is but very few,
five at the most, among the school to
whom the business manager can turn
with thanks for su ad. Why can not
each student see that an ad is given to
the paper making his especial duty to
see that it goes in?
Now Ed. Robinson has guaranteed
to carry the LOWELL on for the
next five mouths, taking the monthly
issues as well as the managership of the
Lowell AnnnaL This is most kind of
him and he deserves the whole school's
thanks. He intends to change a little
the manner in which heretofore the
LOWELL has beeu accustomed to come
out. He does not intend to take any
subscriptions from anyone in the school.
He has sent out circulars to all the
alumni and asked them for their subscriptions.
He accepts all subscriptions
from any nou-atteadaut at the school.
This object is to secure a more fixed
income and so as to regulate, if possible,
the monthly iucome from the paper. He
wants every single student to get a copy,
to pay a disn* and help the management
out. To better secure this he proposes
to sell the papers in the school rooms
under the supervision of the teachers
and not in the yard. The papers then
will be for sale in each of the class
rooms. We second most heartily all
these changes as benefits to the financial
income to the LOWELL.
Now we ask you to come out strong
and give us your aid. Thib is addressed
especially to the Juniors and Middlers.
Although tbose classes are larger than
the Senior, the Senior class as a rule
buys more copies than the two other
classes put together. Why should this
be so ? It should be each student's duty
to get a paper. Now, this means you,
you who read these words. Have you
bought a LOWELL? If not, get one right
now. If you have any patriotism in
your nature give us your aid and receive
our most heartfelt thanks.
The
Managers
of the
••Lowell."
It is with greatest of thanks
and congratulations that we
surrender most unwillingly
the capable M. Buudschu,
Through two trying months
he has carried the LOWELL
and borne the brunt of its
financial embarrassments. We most
heartily thank him and may be alwayssure
of the sincere gratitude of the
LOWEU/S staff We are consoled in no
small degree by the taking up of the
reins of business by Mr. Ed, Robinson.
Everything hitherto to which Mr. Robinsou
has turned his hand has been a
success. We feel safe, then, rn putting
the entire management of the LOWELL
into his hands, feeling that where Monsieurs
Wright and Bundschu have failed,
he will succeed.
t'vl.f-': 1 .^. 1 -:^^? : : iV^® ; .^0|Sf <
An school 1
Announce" or thi
meat Anty
will bi
times as thick as t]
having a new covei
pictures of the tra<
and five pictures of
ities, sororities and
the school.
The
A Word Low:
to Our they
Advertisers, charii
tbeyj
along. Now this
The advertisers g<
good out of-ibeir
The LOWELI* circttj
hundreds of homes

An
Announcement.
We wish to inform the whole
school that on March 1st,
or there abouts, the Lowell
Annual will appear. This
will be a magazine four
times as thick as the present LOWELL,
having a new cover and containing the
pictures of the track and football teams
and five pictures of the different fraternities,
sororities and clubs connected with
the school.
The advertisers of the
A Word LOWELL think that when
to Our they pay for an ad it is a
Advertisers, charity work and that
they only do it to help us
along. Now this is a mistaken idea.
The advertisers get a great deal more
good out of their ads than they think.
The LOWELL circulates through many
hundreds of homes in the Western Ad-
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dition, and besides this there is a. fact
which our advertisers are not aware of.
We have an exchange editor- and. this
gentleman sends off Jive hundred copies
of the LOWELL to five hundred leading
universities, colleges and high schools
all over the United States. Here it is
read by at l«ast twenty members of each
school and so that increases our circulation
by ten thousand more. We even
send exchanges to Canada, China and
Australia and necessarily our advertisements
must be noticed. Now just a word
to the students of this school. To help
out the business side of this concern,
when you go into any one of the stores
of some of the gentlemen whom you
know to advertise in the LOWELL, mention
that you come from the Lowell
High School. Show them the real trade
we do bring them and that their money
is not going to do charity work and does
something more than kelp the boys out

z3 THE LOWELL
EDITED BY CHAB G. NOBRIB.
Just a^word*to our exchanges before
we begin. It is with sincere regret that
the exchange editor has not been abie to
notice the numerous papers that have
come in since the LOWELL last made its
appearance, but on account of the deferred
publication of this magazine we
have been forced to allow numbers of
papers to accumulate on our hands,
many more than we can possibly notice.
It is, therefore, with humble apology to
those papers that may be slighted in the
following review that we commence our
notices. We have done our best to select
those that need the most criticism
and not those that need the most praise,
because praise can do no good, while
some good criticism in the right place
may do much to benefit an exchange. •
Sincerely hoping that our criticism will
always be accepted in the way it is given,
-we will commence.
First, just a word to Mr. Nichols, the
artist on the staff of the Taller, Some of
your work is good, very good, but when
you copy C. D. Gibson give him credit
(or it and don't sign your name to it as
your own work.
Whcsver is Rural Rube in the King
College Magazine he knows how to write
a splendid criticism. In his article, "A
Southern Star," he has shown Mr. Harris,
whom we will always associate with
Uncle Remus, as we have always felt
him to be, in clear, concise, beautiful
English. His closing remarks are too
good to be omitted. He says : " Though.
Mr. Harris has never written a Milton's
* Paradise Lost' or Scott's 'Ivanhoe,' yet
we shall be forever grateful for the fresh
and delightful humor, wise and witty
sayings, deep and tender pathos, which
strikes the soft things of our soul, arouses
them to active melody of pure sentiment,
and vibrates them through our lives, giving
birth to a grander, a nobler, a purer
love for * Dixie/ "
Prof, (dictating Greek prose composition)—••
Slave ! Where is thy horse ? "
Startled Senior—"It is under my chair,
but I was not using it, sir."—Ex.
There is a very clever story, called
" Motley's Dog 11 in the Laurencvilfe
Literary Magazine by D. M. Moffat.
There is not much of a plot to it but the
handling of it is admirable and makes
the story what it is. The end of the
story is evident ft-otc the first. A more
disguised title is suggested. However,
the present one is a very good one. Mr.
Moffat should turn his abilities to a more
complex-, plot. He would make it a great
success.
The Columbia Literary Monthly is very
welcome. The stories are one and all,
well written, bright, and of admirable
diction. The article in January issue
called " Defoe and Crusoe" is especially
well done. Mr. Tuttle knows how to
handle his pen.
" Now, my children." said the teacher,
"I want you to be very still—so still that
you can hear a pin drop."
In a moment all was silent, when a
little boy shrieked out, " Let 'er drop."
—Ex.
A.—"How do we get the best of a
carpet dealer? 1 '
B.~"I don't know. How ? "
A.—"Oh, because we buy carpet by
the yard and wear it out by the foot."—
Ex.
Uncle: 1( What are you crying for,
George ?"
George: " Teacher whipped me (boo-
w?----
hoo) 'cause I was the d
wBo could ausyyerixer q
Uncle: AThis*|s an
was the question? "
George:" Who put
(boo-hoo) teacher's tiht
The article entitled
Revenge" in the Chrt
ford, ts an excellent,
'Che title is, the best
Just a word to amateur,
their stories read and
by exchange editors,
your titles. Y'ou don'tj
lerence it makes. An]
reviewing about thrl
changes carc't read e
reads those stories th'3
titles. Not high. S(i
titles tbat catcl^ thejeji
care with thefe: Tii
an exchange editors t
hundred exchanges ^v
The-Calendar cati ^i
being complimented^
edition. Many of pur
cut holiday editions bj
one of the best in its^
is full of good ilijiistfat
Mr. Hardacre;(prpwd
I was deo\yn te'own yone
o' them buucositei
Reuben (admiringb
Mr; Hardacre—" Ye
my clothes, and he on]
E x - \ -y- ' •-•> '-£
A We have just one >^i
the exchange editor/'c
'Some time ,ago we ass<
. Podrida was degenerat
.candid opicion; it iso
^We gave the advice
way, in a most friend
;ever, the exchange edi
atiug magazine states
Partiality because the

oo) 'cause I was the only one in school
who could answer her question."
Uncle: "This is an outrage. What
was the question ? "
George : « Who put those tacks in the
(boo-hoo) teacher's chair ? "—EXfjiangCt
The article entitled "Hoosier Bill's
Revenge" in the Chronicle from Hartford,
is an excellent, well told story.
The title is the best part of the story.
Just a word to amateur authors that want
their stories read and want them noticed
by exchange editors. Be careful with
your titles. You don't know what a difference
it makes. An exchange editor
reviewing about three hundred exchanges
can't read every story and he
reads those stories that have the good
titles. Not high sounding titles, but
cities that catch the eye. So take more
care with them. Take this advice from
an exchange editor that' reviews five
hundred exchanges every month.
The Calendar can not go by without
being complimented on its Christmas
edition. Many of our exchanges have
out holiday editions but the Calendar \%
one of the best in its attractive form. It
is full of good illustrations besides.
Mr. Hardacre (proudly)—"Say, Rube,
I was deown teown yistiddy. an 1 1 done
one o' them buuco-steerer fellows oui'n
Reuben (admiringly)— u Yeou did?"
Mr. Hardacre—" Yes. I had $100 in
my clothes, and he only got $50 of it."
Ex,
We have just one little word to say to
the exchange editor of the Olla Podrida.
Some time ago we asserted that the Olia
Podrida was degenerating; that was our
candid opinion ; it is our candid opinion.
We gave the advice in a most sincere
way, in a most friendly manner. However,
the exchange editor of the degenerating
magazine states and accuses us of
partiality because the schools which each
THE I,OWB'&I,
paper represented ^vere at*V* disagree*
nient*ae"shows how , he appreciate^
the advace courteously given. Perhaps
we have criticised an article by him apr
pearing elsewhere in the paper end this
is the caiase for this accusation. If he
can descend to such depths as to accuse
us of partiality we will uot In the first
place we were not aware of any disagreement
between the two schools. Perhaps
the way in which this exchange
editor is accustomed to give
adverse criticism is to criticise adve-rsely
papers representing schools, contesting
in friendly rivalry with the $erkel£^
High, and he accuses us cf the 3ame
meanness. We do not knoyy or
care. Suffice it to say he should not
judge others by himself. We respectfully
decline to accept the accusationof
such meanness. If he wishes to pursued
this course, he is welcome to it-
A greenhorn Irishman and his brqtS^r,
who had been in America for some years,
were walking along a country road when
Pat spied a blackberry bush, containing
unripe berries.
l< What's them?"
" Them's blackberries M
"Ah, go an, them's red"
14 Weli.blackberries is always red when
they are green."—Ex.
I popped the question to Marie,
Xike any other beau,
She blushed, and smiled, and answered
"Oui,"
For she is French, you know.
" My dear," I asked her, bending low,
(I feared my cake was turned to dough)
'' Whou do you mean by we f
" O, U and I," said she.
—McGiii Outlook,
The Crucible should be commended for
its attractive holiday appearance. The
paper is improving rapidly. The exchange
column is very good.

THE LOWELt
The LOWELL respectfully asks of the
Helium the name of the artist who designed
its cover. We would like to give
him especial notice.
The Owlet would greatly improve itself
if it should be printed on heavier coat
paper.
He—What an ugly man ! I never saw
anybody so ugly !
She—Hush, dear. You forget yourself
\—Howard Collegian.
The Scranton High School Impressions
is an all-round, A number one paper.
The good papers all have good exchange
columns. This is one of them.
The Howard Collegian is a new little
paper that has not reached us before.
Thank you. Come again.
Thank you Mr. Gordon for that personal
praise. The compliment may be
very deservingly returned. The "Apostrophe,"
in the Hall Boy, by C. H. Hutchinson,
is very good. It is clever, bright,
and delicately handled. There's a feminine
grace about the whole piece that is
•charming.
u Now, children, 11 said the teacher,
" what do you call the meal you eat in
the morning?"
"Oatmeal," promptly responded a number
of the class — What to Eat.
Teacher—" Express in a few words
this sentence; * Mr. and Mrs. Flood
drove up to the door of the house and
stopped. Mr. Flood threw down the
Teins and helped his wife to alight.
Then they entered the house, 1 "
Smart Boy—" The rains descended and
the Floods came."-£r.
The Imp, from the Brighton High
School, is a new paper. It is very well
gotten up and deserves much credit.
But the figure on the outside with four
ears aud a beard like a clothes-line is
not artistic and although, perhaps meant
to represent an Imp, would be better to
be omitted when The Imp goes to press
next time. - :
The foregoing remarks by the exchange
editor in the exchange column of
The High School Times are very go*>&
They are our sentiments and we heartily
agree with the gentleman who wrp^e
them.
Of all GUI' exchanges, that is of strictly
High School Exchanges, it> our opinion
the Latin and High School Review from
Cambridge, Mass., is the best. True, it
is edited by the combined efforts of two
High Schools aud it is expected to be a
better paper than others only edited and
supported by one school. At any rate,
it is the most artistic, it contains the best
assortment of literature, and is the beat
arranged paper that hss ever reached us.
Of course we do not iuclude college publi-.
cations for they are necessarily run on a
different plan from High School exchanges.
Our best advice to publications!
published by schools of the standing of
the Latin and High Schools of Cambridge
is to take the Review, edited by these
two schools, and do your best to emulate
it. It is the star of excellence.
The William Jewell Student has excelled
itself in its Christmas edition.
T u at is the highest praise we can give it.
A professor once ordered a bcttle of
hock, saying : " Here, waiter, bring me
a bottle of hock, hie, haec, hoc." The
waiter, a college man, never stirred.
" What are you waiting for," inquired
the professor, "didn*11 order some hock?"
"Yes, sir," replied the waiter, "you
ordered it, but afterwards declined it. 51 —
Ex.
"Tommy, 11 asked the teacher, "what
was the message General Sheridan sent
to General Early before this battle took
place? 1 ' "He said," replied'the big
boy with the bad eye. i% Go, Early, and
£** v - i-^:
the rush."—-<
Mass.
: i The skit c*lledi:* ; iS
.:;&«£ #w

THE
avoid the rush/*—Grcyiock Echo, Adams,
Mass,
The skit called "A Tragedy M in the
Red and Blue is very good, but there is
not the seriousness in the first part that
the last part demands to make the ending
clear. It is evident from the start
that there will be an absurd ending.
Now if this was elaborated into quite a
long strvy with the description of the
whole accident and the ending brought
in just as it is here, it would make a very
droll, effective story.
In our very midst has sprung another
magazine. This is the l^ebsie* Review.
It is a very neat little sixteen-pag

The Prof (exasperated) : "Why don't
you speak louder ? °
Pupil: "A soft answer turneth away
wrath."— Ex
Brown; " Ob, yes ! the world moves.'
Jones; " Yes; it has to hustle to keep
up with the United States."— Ex.
The Wind Mill is a good exchange all
but the cover. That is withcut artistic
merit.
Willie: 4i Pa, what do they make talking
machines of ? "
His father: "The first one was made
out of a lib, my son. 17 —lAfe.
"Baron Rudolphski's Tale" is a very
interesting story in the Riverview Student
from Poughkeepsie, New York. The
author tells his story in a straight forward,
unconcerned way that is very
charming.
THE LOWELL
Mr. Clifton L. Payden is evidently of
a superstitious nature. He has written
a story called " The Hang Man's Cross''
iu the AdtiU&t which is remarkable for
its supernatural character and inconsistencies-
He says it is a true story.
Well, it may be, we do not doubt his
word but—but be must have used hyperbole
a good deal in writing it. Also Mr.
Payden is of a romantic disposition and
in the beginning of his story labors most
arduously to bring in a little romance,
l< Lover's Leap sort of a romance" that is
unoriginal and very hackneyed. He is
very inconsistent. In one paragraph he
says : "All at once he began to feel hiirseU
surrounded by some indefinable presence,
like the spirit of a beautiful dream.' 11
Now "this spirit of a beautiful dream" is
the heroine who in the next paragraph
inspires him with "a strange, indefinable
terror." However, Mr. Payden knows
bow to use good English, and ifheivould
only write plausibly and sincerely his
writings would be very acceptable.
Before we closed we intended to notice
W. T. M. A. Bugle Noten from the West
Texas Military Academy and the Rocky
Mountain Collegian and especially the
story called "Jerry" in the Laminwfy,
but space does not permit. They are all
good and above the average exchange.
But before we do close we must mention
The Nautila$y published by the
Manual Training School in Kansas.
Look to your laurels, O Latin and Hiqh
School Review,the Nautilas may beat you
yet. It is one of the neatest, prettiest
papers that has ever come to us.
Funny Advertisements From London
Papers.
"Annual sale now on. Don't go elsewhere
to be cheated—come in here."
" Wanted—A room for two gentlemen
about thirty feet long and twenty feet
broad. 1 '
" Wanted—By a respectable girl, her
passage to New York; willing to take
care of children and u good sailor."
"To be disposed of, a mail phaeton,
tl/.e property of a gentleman with a movable
headpiece as good as new. 1 '
l( Mr. P yu, furrier, begs to announce
that he -/, ake up gowns, capes, etc,
for ladies JI of their own skins."—
Calendar,
During the; past moi
ing of the pre!iminari<
have taken place to decj
of the school team.
On December 9th,
called by President
was one of those debati
immediately turned
dent Parsons, who su<
in keeping good order. \
Resolved that the Ho*m
: as stated in the bill
beneficial to Ireland,
was upheld by Weiler a
ative by Frank aad Bar
closing debate Mr. K
Clark gave the first ati
to Messrs. Mandei anq
tively.
On December 15th,
preliminary /as heard
was: Resolved that
Senators should be els
Vote. The affirmative
by Messrs. Maddux and
owing to the fact that N
to appear, that side was
dux alone. Messrs. Cej
ski represented the ne|
cision was given by
Maddux and Cerf.
On January.Jioth, can
final. The question wai

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EDITED BY P. H. MADDUX
During the past month or so the ending
of the preliminaries and semi-finals
have taken place to decide the members
of the school team.
On December 9th, the meeting was
called by President Weiler, and, as he
was one of those debating, the chair was
immediately turned over to Vice President
Parsons, who succeeded excellently
in keeping good order. The subject was:
Resolved that the Home Rule of Ireland
as stated in the bill of Gladstone was
beneficial to Ireland. The affirmative
was upheld by Weiler and Mandel, negative
by Frank and Barrows. After the
closing debate Mr. Kellogg and Mr.
CWrk gave the first and second places
to Messrs. Mandel and Weiler respectively.
On December 15th, the last of the
preliminary jvas heard. The question
was. Resolved that the United States
Senators should be elected by Popular
Vote. The affirmative was supported
by Messrs. Maddux and Miss Heine, but
owing to the fact that Miss Heine failed
to appear, that side was upheld by Maddux
alone. Messrs, Cerf and Karmelenski
represented the negative. The decision
was given by Mr. Kellogg to
Maddux anJ Cerf.
On January^iothj came the first semifinal.
The question was : Resolved that
the Anglo-Saxon Alliance would be a
beneGt to the United States. The affirmative,
Maddux and Keane, and negative
by Weiler. Levey and Stocker. The result
was that Maddux and Stocker pulled
down their colors and the places were
awarded as follows: Weiler ist, Keane
2d, Levey 3d,
The second and last semi-final occurred
January 17th, between Miss Wilsca, affirmative,
and Cerf and Marjdel, negative.
The question was : Resolved that
the Detention of Cuba by United States
would be a benefit to the United States;
The decision was awarded to Miss Wilson
and Mandel. Some very clever debating
was done by both negative and
affirmative, but the affirmative was
awarded the victor in both decisions.
These two semi-final debates are examples
of good debates. The points
brought out by the winners of both
were noted for their marked attention
and close study of the subject Any
cne having heard them would undoubtedly
decide that they were two of the
best debates ever put up in this society
Marked attention was shown by Weiler
and equally by Keane.
Keane's debate showed that it was
prepared. Every point was clear and
concise and directly to the point, and hi
fact he gave it some hard study. The

only reason I think that he did not
obtain first place is that he lacked somewhat
the ibrce of r.peech that his collegiate
Weiler put forth, but we all
heartily think that if Mr. Keane would
put more for:e that he could easily hold
first place on the team.
In the last semi-final, Miss Wilson,
the one that gained the first honors,
made the star speech of the society.
Miss Wilson is the only young lady
debater iu the whole organization, and
it seems that she is conquering wherever
she appears. She won first on the preliminaries
and first on the senii-finai,
and now it is only hoped that she will,
next Friday, gain the leadership of the
team, and we heartily hope she will.
On Friday, January 27th, the regular
official election was held. The attendance
was not as large as usual on such
occasions, but everything went off all
right. After the meeting was called to
order by President Weiler, and the minutes
read, nominations were in order
for p.-isideut. Mandel, after a few
remarks, placed in nomination the name
of Mr. Ed. Parsons. As no other nominations
were made, Parsons was elected
without opposition. Next in order was
vice president. Mr. Sidney Dannenbaum
was then placed in nomination by
a speech delivered by Mr. Levey and he
was also elected without any adversary.
Then the fight for secretary began.
It was understood beforehand that there
would be somewhat oia fight and a close
one at that for secretary. Those placed
before the society were Bine, Stocker
and Morris, resulting in the election of
Bine.
As the president-elect was sick and
failed to appear, the vice president took
the chair, and after a little surprising
extra ceremony the society adjourned.
On next Friday, February 3d, the
Final Debate will take place, and on the
Friday following a mock trial, to whicn
a large attendance will be expected.
This school is a member of the
Norchern California Debating Leageu,
and has a fine chance to be the
controller, if only the members would
take an interesc ia the society. It is all
known to you that our school control
one of the committees and also obtained
the first vice president, Levey, and also
got the convention to meet in San Francisco
in April. Now it should be to the
interests of this school to control the
league if possible, and to do this, more
interest must be shown.
As we entered the league, a motion
was passed to tax each member with the
great sum often cents. As soon as this
was heard of the society began to dwindle,
Ten cents stood off a great many,
especially the young ladies in the society.
The society needs the money for
the league and these few members that
have dropped so suddenly,ought to take
it upon themselves as their duty to pay
their sum of ten cents. When those
delegates come to this city in April, we
will have to entertain them to a certain
extent and it ivili cost something, so we
beseech you to pay the assessment.
Please heed this.
Now as for order. At the last meeting,
the president being absent, order
was not the best. We must have better
order and it must be preserved. When
the president is not present the society
ought not to take advantage of the situation
and misbehave. It will irjure the
society to a great extent.
Never before in the ti
tors of Society News ha;
dances than since the If
the LOWELL. First the
Dance, that brilliant su
teenth of last month
Theta Phi Sorority g
function, and then foil
little German of the seal
Alpha Chapter of the Tl
ity, and finally the dand
given by the Iota Alp
Golden Gate Hall. I
appeared a little later
the greatest pleasure
have also told of the an
by the Gamma Eta K
the tenth of next xu'ontl
with much willingnes
upon our new duties
functions that have so
pied the different mem 1
during the past month.
First, the Senio?:"Dan
of the school never ws
more of a success. She
Hall was most arti&ticaf
festoons of palms and ft
was excellent, the floor
and the whole dance w;
start to finish. We wi
better than the last Si

Never before in the history of the editors
of Society News has there been more
dances than since the last appearance of
the LOWELL. First there was the Senior
Dance, that brilliant success, on the sixteenth
of last month, next, Lambda
Theta Phi Sorority gave a swell little
function, and then followed the neatest
little German of the season, given by the
Alpha Chapter of the Theata Chi fraternity,
and finally the dance most hospitably
given by the Iota Alpha Fraternity at
Golden Gate Hall. Had the LOWELL
,-ippeared a little later it would be with
the greatest pleasure that we should
have also told of the annual dance given
by the Gamma Eta Kappa Fraternity on
the tenth of next month. It is therefore
with much willingness that we enter
upon our new duties to describe the
functions that have so enjoy ably occupied
the different members of the school
during the past month.
First, the Senior Dance. In the history
of the school never was a Senior dance
more of a success. Sherman and Clay's
Hall was most artistically decorated with
festoons of palms and ferns. The music
was excellent, the floor was unsurpassed
and the whole dance was a success from
start to finish. We will not say it was
better than the last Senior dance, we
EDITED BY CHAS. G. NORRIS.
will leave that to each individual to
decide. All we say is that it was a success,
a brilliant one, and all the participants
enjoyed themselves. There was
the usual crowd and although, during
the early part of the evening, it was at
the risk of limb and life that you ventured
on the floor, yet it was evident that
everyone was having a good time and
appreciating it. Mr. Saunders, the class
president, acquitted himself more gracefully.
Mr. Frank Hooper wi* u Mr. Ed,
Qehlow assisting, led the dauce without
trip or flaw and he needs great commendation
for so successfully fulfilling his
duties. We will not mention any young
lady as the '* belle of the ball," for in fact
there were so many and they all were so
charming and pretty that it would be
quite impossible. Much praise ought to
be given to the Executive Committee to
whom the success of the dance is almost
entirely due. They were the following:
John Saunders, chairman ; Messrs. Stanley
Tasheria, Walter Bundschu, Sydney
J. Goldman, and Misses Gertrude A.
Holmes, Ethel F. Crowe, Elsie Clark
and F. Maude Polexfen.
The dance given by the Lambda
Theta Phi Sorority was even a greater
success than the Senior Dance, if
that were possible. It was held ou De-

26 THE LOWELL
ceaaber 22d, at Assembly Hall, and a
most enUUainiiig dance it was. All the
" Lainbs" were there and that was sufficient
to secure ila success. The invitations
to tne dance were most artist;
cally and tastefully gotten up and the
dance was most exclusive. Not till late
did the guests depart, conscious of having
had a most enjoyable time.
Of all the fraternity dunces so far,
the Alpha Chapter of the Theta Chi
Fraternity gave the neatest and the
swellest little German of the season.
It was held in Reed's Hall in Oakland,
on the thirteenth of this month.
The hall was decorated with red ribbon
entwined with yards and yards of fragrant
srailax, the balcony was covered
with thecreeping vine, while thestage was
one mass of luxuriant palms and ferns.
From amongst these arose the soft strains
of the waltz and deux-temps. Lemonade,
creamy with crushed pineapple, was
served, while upstairs hot chocolate and
cake awaited any wishing to partake.
The German was a splendid success,
which Mr. Robinson led most brilliantly.
The favors of the German were appropriate,
amusing and charming. The
very choicest of Oakland and San Francisco
society were all present and even
these were picked with great discretion,
there being only' about forty couples.
The dance was by far the success of the
season.
Following this on the twelfth of the
same mouth the Iota Alpha Fraternity
gave a select little dance at Golden Gate
Hall. Mr. Fred Celeraius was floor
manager, and it is largely to his effort
that the success of the dance is due.
The invitations were very swell, having
the fraternity phi emblazoned most tastex'ully
on them.
On Saturday, February 4th, the Alpha
Sigma Sorority at the Lowell High
School entertained a few of their friends
at the home of Miss Ethel Wallace.
The evening was most charmingly spe^at
at cards, followed by light refreshments.
On February, the 10th, the annual
dance given by the Gamma Eta Kappa
Fraternity at Golden Gate Hall will be
given to the admirers of that fraternity.
If the dance is up to its usual standard
it will be a most dazzling success. All
the girls are looking forward to it with
much expectancy and delight. They all
know what the former Gek dances have
been and they are sure of having a good
time. The invitations are already out
and they promise well for the dance,
having been gotten out with the usual
Gek artisticuess.
On behalf of the staff of the LOWELL
we wish here to tender a most cordial
invitation to all the fraternities, sororities
and clubs connected with the Lowell
High School to have their fraternity
pictures reproduced in the LOWELL AN-
NUAL^ large edition of the regular LOW-
ELL, which will appear on or about
March 1st. They are requested, if they
wish to have these pictures appear, to
send the picture and the accompanying'
list of aames to the head of the art department
of the LOWELL.
Two arms]
The isj
Shorewan
Theouts]
With utr
The niigl?
From e>cl
The watei
And far ai
And nean
A forest
Of droopi:
And seats!

THE LOWELL
Translation. Aeneld-I, 159-168.
Two arms put forth,
The island there an haven doth unfold;
Shoreward each wave is boldly borne, but.on
The outspread arms its strength doth use. Divided—
With unwillitig curves it inward drives.
The mighty cliffs around, and peaks, alike
From each side heavenward rise. Beneath wild crags
The water widely rests in calm repose:
And far away a grove of waving trees,
And nearer, dart with gloomy shade, o'erbangs
A forest. 'Neath frowning brow, a cave is formed
Of drooping rocks. Within—sweet waters rise,
And seats from living stone. The Naiad's home.
—BARRY H. CERF, '99.
K

HTHLETIO
EDITKD BY FRANK HOOPER.
Base Ball.
The base ball outlook for this season
is encouraging, if the number of aspirants
for positions on the team indicates
anything. Last year's team was one of
the best, if not the best, that Lowell has
ever entered in the academic tournament.
At the beginning of last year the outlook
was far from oncourpging, not enough
men turning out to try for base ball
honors, to make two teams. And yet
we all know what that team accomplished.
Surely we ought to do still better this
year when we have at least thirty-five
men trying for positions. Never before
have so many men come out to try ab for
this year's base ball team. We cannot
hope to accomplish very much without
some support from the student body.
Last year the base ball team had very
little, if any, support for its efforts to
reach the coveted position.
Let all students give some encouragement
to this year's team.
Of last year's team we have Boradori,
Robinson, Lyons aud Symmes. Some
of most promising new men for this year's
team are: Olwell, who is trying for
the position in the box left vacant by
Carter; Tucker, for third base ; Stillman,
ist base, and a great number trying for
the field positions Olweti and Tucker
played in the Grammar School League
last year.
With four old players and such good
material to select from, Captain Lyons
ought to be able to pick a championship
team.
But only with hard and conscientious
practice ami team work can we expect
to accomplish anything.
Cycling News.
The protest made by Lowell about the
relay race being held November instead
of May, also on the ground of insufficient
notification, was lost., and in consequent e
the cup has gone across the bay to Berkeley
High School. I hope, however, that
its departure will be but temporary and
that the cup will soon return to its favorite
resting place and this time to stay for
good. There seems to be a misunderstanding
in the minds of some as to how
many times the trophy has to be won.
It is not three times in succession, but the
school winning it three iimes^ no matter
if there is five years between each time
it is won, th t is to keep it for good.
We have won it twice, let us but win it
once more.
I believe that if our representative to
the A. A, L. agitates the matter, he certainly
ought to be able to get another
race sometime in May, and we can win
it without the least bit of doubt, unless
we are so unfortunate as to have an accident
when we have the race practically
won. Our last team was excellent, but
after our recent performance in producing
a champion foot ball team, ought
we not to keep ap the .-A
branch of athletics^ an^
pionship relay team,
lure the race in a walk^g
Al the- "Ia5't f athletic
ing, MiUer was Elected]
Miller was on our, last t|
choice. We wish him
Some of tbe boys are
in the Indoor Meet tjj
Mechanics' Pavilion*
in the novice races an
chance'of getting a plaj
I would like to stigj
will be beneficial to evej
It is this: The baseJ
cepted several challenge
3r. Matthews and H(
first game to be played
ary 4th. Let all; who
down to Belmont nexi
only 25 miles, an$ besi
joyable ride, will be
will also-give ihe base
deal of encouragemem
their friends who can
ever a good play is ma<
ing can take the train
city again by 5:15.
At the meet held in S
ary 29th, the prizes
thx-ee riders. In the :
rst, Smith 2d, a!nd ]
the nule-Bozio .got isi
3d. Bozio showed yery
in winmug the mile,
thought to stand-*, ct
ing the race £0 either-Ri
the start.. Russ caughi
and clung to him uh1
when the pacer got 01
enable the contestants'*
soon as the pace wai
slowed down, Rr>ss watc
forgetting all about Bo:
his chance rode high c
sprinting got a 30 y&
others wok^ up, and: w
tauce.

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we not to keep up the reputation in every
branch of athletics, and produce a championship
i^2:;y team, which would capture
the race in a walk over ?
At the last athletic association meeting,
Miller was elected bicycle manager.
Miller was on our last team and is a good
choice. We wish him success.
Some of the boys are thinking of going
in the Indoor Meet to be lield at the
Mechanics' Pavilion. They will enter
in the novice races and stand a good
chance of getting a place.
I would like to suggest a plan which
will be beneficial to every one concerned.
It is this: The base ball team, his accepted
several challenges, from Belmont,
St. Matthews and Hoit's Schools, the
first game to be p'Jayed Saturday, February
4th. Let all who have wheels ride
down to Belmont next Saturday; it is
only 25 miles, and besides being an enjoyable
ride, will be good training. It
will also give the base ball boys 3 great
deal of encouragement to see some of
their friends who can give a yell whenever
a good play is made. Those desiring
can take the train home, and be in
city again by 5:15.
At the meet held in San Jose on January
29th, the prizes were all won by
three riders. In the ?/ mile, Rnss won
1st, Smith ad, and Bozio 3d, while in
the mile Bozio got ist, Smith sd, Russ
3d. Bozio showed very clever head work
in winning the mile, as he was not
thought to stand a chance, everyone giving
the race to either Russ or Smith. At
the start Russ caught the pacemaker
and clung to him until the last lap,
when the pacer got out of the way to
enable the contestants to sprint. As
soon as the pace was quit everyone
slowed down, Russ waning Smith and
forgetting all about Bozio, who, seeing
his chance rode high on the bank and
sprinting got a 30 yd. start before the
others woke up, and won by a big distance.
THE LOWELL 29
At the meet at the Pavilion, to be
held during February, these three riders
will probably enter in the amateur races
and ought to come out oa top.
C. PHILIP?, '99.
Track Athletics.
Once more are all the runners, jumpers,
hurdles, and all who partake in track
athletics out and doing their best to uphold
honors in the coming Field Day.
The enthusiasm with which the first tryout
was held was such as has not been
shown since the last Belmont Foot Ball
Game. But this time it is hoped that it
will not be defeat. Among those who
were out ou Saturday, January 29, were r
ASBELL, who showed up strong in tlie
Hundred, but needs training.
WATSON also will try the short distances
and although a new man will, I
think, make his mark.
MONOR, our jumper, will take up the
Hundred for which he tried himself out
on Saturday.
JORGKNSKN, HOOI'KR & SVAIMKS will
bring the hurdle records down if possible.
KIDD & LYONS will uphold ist and ad
again in the 440 yd. dash.
Gl^iASON, KARMELEN'SKI & WARRKN
could Avith training get one, two, three,
in a walk.
SAUNDERS will, with careful training,
make the academic team again.
MIDDLK'TOK, HUSH & IRVING will be
a good trio in the long distances;
RKDOICR, TtJCKKR & BKA.L will also
be a trio in the try at the xoo yard.
LYONS B. & HUSH will make their
initial try at the 440.
If we receive a challenge from the
Polytechnic we will be in a belter condition
to meet them than we were las*,
time. Our academic team this year
ought to be a place team that will get one
out of the three first places. Why not?"
J. H. SAUNDERS, '99.

With due respect to all parties concerned
we would like to ask whose
Tasheria's proxy ?
Who said that somebody had a morbid
propensity for sloth and procrastination
?
Will that new programme ever get
fixed?
Ghirardelli ought to start up a business
in the school; charge everyone ten
cents to see the tract picture. Or better
still, establish a photographing line of
business and see if he wouldn't make,
money. If he does he won't need any
one to tell him "Stop that, Lyle."
Where and when and what and how
is that football picture? Will it ever be
taken ?
Is that middle Latin class sorry Miss
Prag has left or are they consoled by
Mr. Blanchard's return ?
Kursh excitedly.— if I don't know and
nobody olse knows.**
Professor.— (t No, that's just what's
the matter.' 1
EXITED BV E G. CAHILL.
Dannembauxn can make more noise to
one squ&re inch than what animal under
a fence ?
Karme and Bine are getting quite
prophetic. They'll be turning weather
prophets next.
Whence come those sounds so wild
and shrill of " Shinney on your own
side" and " Go in now, Eddy, smash her
across" that wakes the sleepy noon-tide
hours ?
According to a very long gentleman
in the Latin senior class the atomic theory
is the theoretical composition of the
elements,
A short time ago the only fellow who
could with safety wear watch, pin, ring
or any jewelry at all in. the yard was lie
who had a melodious police whistle in
his pocket. Pomelogg, Iancompre and
Evans Hursh with unparalleled audacity
accomplished many " bold daylight robberies"
until finally the only safety lay,
as was said before, in a police whistle or
in being as poor as a door mouse.
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VOL. 3
I am going.to s J
stances surrouBc]
death of unyfrieij
to tell you. his-stc
circumstance* in
and which 31
ask you to
the facts.
of my
show you the m
my wrist
I first met M>.
station in Paris a
Geneva we travel
ment. There^s ;
which so quicklj
tween two genf e
of a railway, cai
and in'thetim^
company we leai
very well. ^
conversationalist
were most enjc
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He was a tiall'.na*
proportions, pos:
such as I have ;n
complected;^?'
niustacheios;4n

VOL. 3 SAN FRAXCISCO, CAL., MARCH, 1S99. No. 2
THELCIO.
I am going to simply state the circumstances
surrounding the mysterious
death of my friend, M. de Courdon, and
to tell you his story and that part of the
circumstances in which I was an actor
and which I know to be true. I do not
ask you to believe them. I merely state
the facts. But if you should like proof
of my statement, come to me and I will
show you the mark of the s/Arogts on
my wrist
I first met M de Courdon at; a railway
station in Paris and from there as far as
Geneva we traveled in the same compartment.
There is nothing, it seems to me,
which so quickly promotes intimacy between
two gentlemen as the environment
of a railway carriage. So it was here
and in tb.e time we spent in each other's
company we learned to know each other
very well. He was an entertaining
conversationalist and the weary hours
were most enjoy ably spent by me in
listening to his delightful flow of words.
He was a tall man, of admirable physical
proportions, possessing a width of chest
such as 1 have never seen equaled, dark
complected, wearing a small goatee and
nuistaoheios, in fact an extremely band-
tc
some man. In our conversation he Jpld me
he was a widower, and having married
rich, was a gentleman of leisure atid that,
he was taking a trip to see a friend
of his, a certain Monsieur Lesvoir who*
had estates in Austria. It was with a
true sense of regret, then, that I was-,
forced to leave him at Geneva, for 3 more
courteous or a more refined gentleman I
had never met.
Three years later I met him again in. a-.,
cafe in the Bois de Bologne. Froin thistime
on our acquaintance became very
intimate as he was a principal stockholder
in the bank which our London fiim hadi
established in Paris. I saw him now
almost every day and liked him betterwith
each interview. The liking wasmutual
Our friendship grew stronger
and stronger, and it was owly knit
more firmly by the failure of the
bank and our common ruin. But although
it cemented our attachment for
each other, yet it was the cause of our
immediate parting. Courdon went to
live with a rich aunt of his in the southern
part of France, while it was necessary
for me to go to England to see my family,
and look after my interests there
It was five years before I saw him.

again. By that time I had completely
recovered from my misfortune and I invited
him to visit me at my country
home. He came in the early part of
haggard look come back into his
eyes, the lines of care deepening in his
face, to see ray old friend, M. de Courdon.
die away and my new acquaintance,
M. de Courdon, number two. return.
" Well," I said;" What then ? Go on."
"I can't. I must go," he murruured.
"Let me go to— bed."
u Certainly," I said very much per-
m
r:f
t
i• • - %
plexed, "bat there)
Courdon, you wouj
fore you go ? "
" Nothing," he
audibly. He was
he raised hisclenci
and gave a wild crj
"Oh, Thelgo!"
ished into his bedi|
I sank perplexei
arm-chair that I hi
gazed long and
lire. What had
Something, which
impart to me
do with it? Wi
crying "fh
questions that surj
again and again,
a crash to the b'
heard the clock s1
looking at the stil
ing for life among
the grate. Titech:
each other about,
not a sound. Ho
I do not know.
quiver the flan
few glowing em
glare upon the
I arose with a sig
long black shado
"13 that you, C
"I must go, Ro:;
voice out of the
at once to Pari:
I wish I could
Do not think to
burn. If yoircoij
sympathize tnorej
haps if .1 ^j
moment and itt 1
swallow hardt; '*'
again aud tellyoi
bye, Roxbitrn."
I heard his- fotj
the room. I sfl
evaded my d

THE LOWELL
plexed, "but there is nothing, nothing,
Courdon, you would like to tell me before
you go ? "
u Nothing/ 1 he murmured almost inaudibly.
He was silent a moment, then
he raised his clenched fists over his head
and gave a wild cry.
" Ohx Thclgo ! " he screamed and vanished
iuto his bedroom.
I sauk perplexed and troubled into the
arm-chair that I had been occupying and
;^azed long and thoughtfully into the
fire. What had happened to my friend?
Something, which tie did not choose to
impart to me. What had M. Lesvoir to
do with it ? What did he mean by
crying " Thelgo" ? These were the
questions that surged through my brain
again and again. The fire settled with,
a crash lo the bottom of the grate. I
heard the clock strike two and still I sat
looking at the struggling flame flickering
for life among the burnt cinders in
the grate. The changing shadows chased
each other about the room. There was
not a sound. How long after that I sat
I do not know. At last with a faint
quiver the flame went out and a
few glowing embers cast a gloomy
glare upon the ceiling of the room.
I arose with a sigh and turned to see a
long black shadow by my side.
"Is that you, Courdon?' 7 I whispered.
"I must go, Roxburn," came Courdon's
voice out of the darkness. U I must go
at once to Paris; something calls me.
I wish I could tell you, but I cannot.
Bo not think too harshly of me, Roxburn.
If you could know all you would
sympathize more than blame me. Perhaps
if I can—," here he stopped a
moment and in the dark I heard him
swallow hard, "if I can I will come
again and tell you—everything. Goodbye,
Roxburn."
I heard his footsteps retreating across
the room. I sprang after him but he
evaded my grasp and ran heavily down
stairs and the frontdoor slammed behinu
him. Rushing after him I threw open
the door to see his bowed figure moving
hurriedly down the street iu the faiut
morning light. I turned back. It was
useless.
"What is it, Roxburn?" came my
wife's voice in a whisper over the bannister.
41 Courdou has gone,' 1 I said. u Gone
back to Paris.**
• * * • *
That night I vowed that the first
opportunity I should get I would go
after Courdon, find him, and sift the
mystery to the bottom. Alas! that
opportunity did not come for nearly three
years. One thing after another prevented
me from going, until the vow was almost
forgotten. But after I had laid my wife
in her grave and the sight of English
soil had become odious to me, the memory
of it returned and once again I went to
Paris. The quest for my lost friend was*
the only divertisemeut I could get from
the thoughts that haunted me after my
bereavement. I visited all our mutual
friends and the places which eight years
before we had been accustomed to frequent.
All were changed. Few friends
remaiued: our haunts had been pulled
down. No one knew anything of my •
lost friend. At last by the merest accident
I learned his whereabouts from a
baker iu the Boulevard Houseman. He
told me that Courdon bad, some three
years ago, occupied a house a few dooTS
from there but that his health had failed
and he had gone into Brittany where he
had bought a chateau.
" M. de Courdon was very sick/' continued
my confidential baker. "Between
ourselves, monsieur, there was something
wrong here," and he lapped his forehead
significantly. **He was not quite clear
in his head, but when he went he told
me to send his letters to this address
see, monsieur, here it is. *

s THE LOWELL
Having procured tbe address oi my
friend I straightway went to him and on
a terrible January day, when the shrieking
wind swept fiercely through tbe
leafless trees and hurled the stinging
sleet in tny face, I found myself forcing
my horse up the long tree-bordered avenue
that led from the road to the house.
It was a small chateau, probably very
old, having been remodeled with each
succeeding generation. It was just such
a house as a man fleeing from care and
anxiety would have chosen to shut himself
up in : Just such a house as I thought
Courdon would have liked. I dismounted
in front of the house and staggered up
the stairs against the wind. An oldfashioned
lion-knocker hung on the door
and with this! announced myself. Within
the house I could hear the clang of
the knockerechoing and re-echoing along
the empty halls. There was a certain
indescribable eariness in the sound that
made me shudder. A long time I waited.
Again I dropped the heavy knocker.
Again the hollow sound re-echoed within.
Again I shuddered.
At length I heard footsteps npproaching
and the heavy chains upon the other
side rattled harshly and the door was
opened by a bowed, decrepit old mac
with hair as white as snow.
u M. de Courdon is in," he quavered in
answer to my question. '* Come in, monsieur;
I will see that your horse is at*
tended to."'
The house was extremely old and evident
neglect was slowly rotting the whole
structure. The floor creaked under my
tread, the windows shook fiercely in the
wind and at every fresh blast the whole
house trembled and gasped under the
strain. The house in its* day had been
fitted up sumptuously, bat now everything
was dropping to pieces. The
furnishing w.is quite medieval Dark
heavy arras hung about the walls with
here and there a ghastly rip or tear.
Dusty arms vvsre hung7P rc)C nscuously
about, while aid,n>oth* eaten furs covered
the cracks in the floors. There]was an
odor of mustiness and of disuse that was
repugnant. A chill crept over me.
At this juncture the decrepit old man *j
returned ro inform me his master wculd
see me in his room.
11
He never leaves his chamber," he
said in response to my query,
* 7 '
tl and for
the last three months has net left his
bed. He is not the man he was, monsieur,
and/ 1 dropping his voice, "I doubt
whether he is long for this world. He is
fading slowly away, monsieur. He grows
•weaker and weaker every day."
You may imagine with what a heavy
heart I heard these words, but my grief
;
was notmng to what it was when I saw :
Courdon. He was a shadow. His hair
was as white as the pillow on which it
rested. The face w«\s seamed with lines ,
the eyest sunken in their sockets, left the
flesh about them puffed and flabby. Hi
beard had grown as white as bis hair;
In the three years since I had seen him
he bad aged twenty. He vas but forty-,
one and he looked seventy, I knew, the
moment I laid ray eyes on. his haggard*.
face, I had arrived just in. time to soothe.
;
the last hours of my friend
: ;" r:r
u
Ah, Roxburn," he cried, stretchings
out his arms to me, *'I knew you would
come to me.come to me here in my loneliness.
They have all gone, all, and left: •. ; j(
me here alone, But I felt all the time
that you would come."
He had become a child and his joy at
seeing me was just s'tch as it might have
been when he was six. His voice trembled
as he spoke and marked the change
that had come over him. The peculiar
look in his eyes that I hsd noticed when
he was in England, he-had still only
more intense. It was a hungry look, a
haggard, wan beseeching look, sinister
and shifting, always searching and groping
for some unattainable object. It was
terrible to see hinr, a
slowly dying 1 , neglecti
every one. As I Id
pity and sympathy,
to rest a moment up|
bed.
"In God's riame,^
don? 11 I gasped, poinj
A faint tinge of c

THE LOWELL
terrible to see him. a wasted, livid form,
slowly dying* neglected and forgotten by
every one. As I looked at him with
pity and sympathy, my eyes happened
to rest a moment upon the table by his
bed.
*'Iu God's name, what is this, Courdon?"
I gasped, pointing to the table.
A faint tinge of color, an apology for
a blush touched his wrinkled cheek ; he
laughed weakly a moment and then burst
into tears, his whole frame being racked
with his convulsive sobs.
It was morphine*
I soothed him as best I could and at
last between broken sobs he managed to
say:
"Roxburn—you have just—come in
—time to see me die. I—I am u wretch
—a morphine fiend—but God—God
knows how I suffer and it—the morphine
is my—only friend—the only friend that
stands—between me--me and—and //."
"It? What is//?"
" Oh no, no," he cried shrinking from
me. 'I cannot tell."
kt But why ? " I asked, for I knew from
experience that the only way to bear
sorrow is to impart it tc a friend.
%t Ah, I should like to," he cried looking
eagerly at me. " You would understand.
I know you would '*
"What is it? "I pleaded. '• Come,
tell me. 11
ll I will," he cried. ct I wil2 tell you—
tell you all. But wait till after dinner ;
theu I can talk. Will you eat here with
me?"
After dinner, which I partook of in his
room, between the rattling of the rain
and the blasts of the shrieking wind he
told his story. Told it between gasps
and struggles. Here it is for you, reader,
in a connected form. Judge of it for
yourself.
t( You knew me, Roxburn, in the daj'S
when I was myself and was prosperous,
and it is a pleasure for me to think you
will not remember me, when I am gone,
as I am now, but as I was then. Then,
before the failure of the bank, when we
were such good friends. Af*~r the bank
failed, you know I went to see my aunt
in the South and for fifteen months I remained
there until the good old soul
died, leaving me her property. Being
again a gentleman of leisure, I thought
to visit my old friends, you and Lesvo?r.
As Lesvoir was the nearest I went to see
him first. He has a very pretty little
place there —does Lesvoir. A little green
chateau with vines and with pretty gardens
and fountains and trees surrounding.
We were very happy there while it
lasted, hunting and fishing and riding.
There were neighbors too, and we had
some good society.
"At last, however, an end came. An
end comes to every happiness. They
come in different shapes, sometimes in
death, sometimes in misfortune and sometimes
in love. This end came in the shape
of a man. His name was Jean Dessoins.
He had been a schoolmate of Lesvoir
and in their youth they had been the
best of friends. He came now to Lesvoir
as a friend in need and threw himself
upon his aid. I kaew nothing of this at
the time but that Dessoins had come to
stay awhile with his old friend, Lesvoir.
I thought nothing about it, except I wondered
at the fellow's haggard face and a
shifting sinister look in his eyes. Next,
I noticed that he never went out except
that Lesvoir was with him and tbat iron
bars were fitted to his window and that
Lesvoir always locked him in when he
left him. At times I could hear him
raging in his room and whenever it happened
Lesvoir always went up to him
and sometimes it would be hours before
he would become quiet. He became
more haggard and worn ever}' day aad it
was plain he was wasting away.
"At last things came to a climax, one
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voir's carriage. Lesvoir wa3 driving on
the front seat and Dessoins and I were
sitting together when suddenly he seized
me with a grip of iron and becoming perfectly
rigid, pointed ahead of him.
"'There ! * he gasped. * Theigo !
Thelgo /'
*'I heard Lesvoir curse and saw him
bring the horses to their haunches and
springing out he asked we to t&ke the
reins and to drive like mad to the
chateau while he took my place and tried
to sooth Dessoins. It was with difficulty
that I wrenched my hand free from his
iron grasp and then doing as I had been
asked, I lashed the horses till their backs
were covered with blue welts. All the
way Dessoins kept crying out:
111 Thcfgo / she is calling me, do you
hear Lesvoir ? She :s calling me. Let
me go. I come dearest heart, I come.
Thetgo! Thelgo /'
''Suddenly I heard a fierce struggle
behind me and a sharp cry from Lesvoir.
u Stop,Courdon,stop. He has jumped !
"It was with the greatest difficulty that
I at last stopped the almost maddened
horses. When we drove back we found
him lying on his face in a pool of blood.
We carried him to the carriage and drove
slowly home. He was not seriously hurt.
Just a bad cut in the head that had, for
the minute, made him unconscious. Before
we got home he had come to himself
again. That night he told me his story.
. " Dessoins was a rich young :nan who
had spent most of his life in Germany at
school. Upon the death of his uncle he
came into ft large fortune and became his
own master. Then he had traveled ard
finally about a year ago he had returned
to Paris. Here after spending some
months he had made a purchase of
a house.
"Almost at the end of the Boulevard
Houseman there stands an old mansion
that had once served as the home of le
due de la Gratisce, in the rei°-n of
Louis XVI who had sufFered with his
master under the knife. Owing to its
remoteness it had luckily, escaped the
general destruction in the Reign of
Terror and had been bought by an artist
whose name was Chapelle. I will tell
you more about him later on. But upon
bJs death it had passed into the hands of
a Jew and for years it had been shut up
and had remained just as it *vas upon
Chapelle's death. This house DessoSns
had bought. He described the house to
UG with some- aiinuteaess. He said it
was a three story house of the architecture
of Louis XV, each floor containing
six rooms, fitted up with some grandeur
in their day but now faded and mouldy.
Dessoins told us that he had gone alone
to the house, having procured the keys,
and explored it himself. He described
in a vivid manner the rottenness of everything
; of how he h

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Tugs, almost white with dust, covered the
polished floors. Then^hiseyes wandered
to a picture that hung over the highly
ornamented mantle. He said that as he
looked at that picture he felt his heart
contracting with a wild, insensible,
agonizing feeling.
" 'It is indescribable, 1 he said. * For
the past eight months I have been
liaunted with that face. It is a picture,
six feet high by- four, of a woman at full
length; her loft hand is grasping a roll
of paper, while her right hand is pointing—pointing
directly in front of her.
She is gowned in a red velvet Empire
gown, decollete and without sleeves ;
her head,surmounted with a mass of (dark
brown hair, is {thrown slightly backward.
The background is dark and she
stands upDn a carpet the color of her
gown. It is not her pose nor anything
about her figure that makes me feel so ;
it is her face:. Ha ! my friend ; it fills
you with a feeling of terror. Sometimes
it is love, ungovernable love ; sometimes
itishite.frenziedhate ; sometimes anger,
but always with a passion .that is unbiarjble.
Your whole soul seems bursting
with it. You cannot sleep because of
it: you cannot eat because of it; you can
do nothing because of it. You cannot
be from her sight for an instant. An
irresistible power draws you like a magnet
back to her—back to be devoured by
an unquenchable passion, a passion that
feeds upon you—feeds like a canker, devouring
your very vitals. Ah, messieurs,
for eight months thatjeanker has lived
upon me and devoured me! and I can
stand it no longer. As I stood there gazhig
at her—gazing iri the great rich
depths of her eyes—I|felt a sharp^sbooting
pain, like a needle, transfixing my
wrist, and looking down, see what I saw.'
"He bared his wrist and'^there, just
below the bend of his wrist was a little
round black spot.
4: ' That is the sphragisfht Paid. • No
acid can efface it. I have tried every*
linug. It is her brand upon me, that I
am hers, hers forever.
" i Underneath the picture on the gilt
frame is a little brass plate. On it is the
word Tkdgo* That is her name. Beneath
that is the name Ckapel/c, the name
of the artist. For eight months I have
been haunted by the look of that sweet
face; I am her slave cipon which she
feeds. Every other inte.rest I have had
has gone, vanished. I atn no longer myself.
I could not tear myself away from
her. I slept there. I fitted the room up
with my own hands. I allowed no one
to enter. She was mine and I was hers.
No ote else was concerned. Men came
and renovated the house. I got a concierge
to keep the house clean while I remained
a prisoner slowly being devoured
with the unquenchable passion inspired
by her look. At times I would tear myself
away and rush into the streets and
in a few moments that mysterious power
would draw me back—back again to be
consumed with the fire of her eyes. Ah,
but she was beautiful I Thelgo ! Excruciatingly
beautiful! It is her beauty
that is killing me. It is not a beauty.
that you admire,buta beauty that burns,
burns. At times when she inspires me
with hate I have rushed at her with a
knife to tear her damning face from the
canvas, but the power again holds me
with its mysterious magnetism and I am
again her victim.
"'I learned her history. ChapeHe
her creator, painted her in that very
room and then he too fell under her
magic power and finally went mad.
They found htm in.thi. street, a jibbering
idiot. He called he/ Thelgo^ which
comes from the Greek -leaning, / en*
chent. She does. She Ins enchanted
me. I am still her victim.
t( 'Some time ago in my frenzy I managed
to force myself to the railway station.
Once locked in a compamient Jon

12 THE LOWELL
the train I could not go back, and yet,
messieurs, I would rather be pulled limb
from limb than endure those terrible
hours again. Thank God, the passion
does not always get the better of me.
There is ever that gnu^-ing and tearing
at my vitals that is slowly killing me
and that irresistible power that is drawing
one to her that is wearing me out,
but these I can endure; but it is only
when I see her face and the entreating
look in her eyes comes up before me that
I am ungovernable. I came here and
told my old friend Lesvoir all, and asked
him to keep me under lock and key and
never let ms go back to Paris to Thelgo,
But you see, messieurs, I am dying
slowly without her; the..passion has
consumed my vitals and I feel that I am
dying. But before I die I must see her
once more and, Lesvoir, I want you to
let me go and die before her, gazing into
those eyes that have killed me. If I
live till to morrow I must go ! f
" We watched him till he dropped to
sleep and then passing into Lesvoir's
bedroom we talked it over. We both
agreed that Dessoins had in some- way
lost his mind and that he fancied some
imaginary face was tormenting him. Possibly
a face of some lost love. It was
also evident that what he said about his
dying was true. He was perceptibly
wasting away and we finally decided to
humor him in his dying wish und take
him to Paris*
"The next morning's train to Paris
took us all three flying loward the metropolis.
As we came nearer and nearer
Dessoins became weaker and weaker.
It was a question whether he would live
long enough for us to reach Paris. The
hours slowly dragged past and slowly
we neared our destination. It taxed all
the patience and endurance we could
command' to withstand the strain of
those hours. Dessoins kept murmuring,
f I come, I come, Thelgo V At
last late in the afternoon the train reached
Paris. We immediately secured a voitute
to drive us wlisrever Disso'ins wanted
to £o. He had but a few minutes to
live. Ke whispered the address to me'
and then sank exhausted into tbe cushions
In about twenty minutes the carriage
drew up at a house corresponding
exactly with- Dessoins' description. This
worried me as I had felt positively that
the whole was but the fabrication of a
mad brain. The concierge opened the
door for us and we carried poor Dessoins
upstairs. He was trembling in every
limb and his agitation even communicated
itself to us. The suspense while
we searched for the keyw&s.aiiuostin*
tolerable. At last it was found. I fitted
it in the lock and'turned'it Lesvoir
threw open the door. Dessoins strug-.
gled from our arms, gazed a moment at
a picture on the wall and then with one
agonizing cry of Thelgo! fell dead before
it. But it was not towards him we
looked, but at that picture. As I gazed
a wild insensible feeling, a yearning,
filled my whole soul* I felt my heart
was bursting with a power,, a will that
was unbearable. My framfe wasatietched
to its utmost capacity and still the swelling
of my heart, the power that bad:
taken possession of me seemed to stretch
and burst my heart. It was an indescribable,
ungovernable passion, a yearning
that was a mixture of love, fascination,
admiration and hate. It was like
tbe charming of a snake. Suddenly a
fierce, shooting pang pierced my wrist
and hastily looking down I saw around,
black spot the spkntgis,the seal of doom.
I, too, was under her spell.
Glancing at Lesvoir, I saw him gazing
horrified at his h?.nd.
41 'ThesphragisV " I heard him mutter
(< *My God/ " screamed a third voice,
and both of us turning we saw the concierge
standing with open mouthigazing
at the picture.
"I saw Lesvoir's .eyjj
ing on the man he
-words ' '•'•-. i-;>-,

"I saw Lesvoir's eyes blaze,and turning
on the man he fairly shrieked hia
words
'"What right have you here? Out
with you,' and he rushed at him. But
the concierge had fled.
l% 'She is ours,' said Lesvoir, 'and we
are hers. Nobody else shall interfere.
Come, let us buy the house and her and
nev'er leave her.'
"We picked Dessoins up and the next
day he was packed in ice and sent to his
people in Germany. *He died in an
epileptic fit' we wrote. Then Lesvoir
and I came and lived there in that house
on the boulevard Houseman, and there
our vitals were consumed day by day
and the passion fed upon us and Thelgo's
eyes burned andburned; we were rocked
and torn to pieces in our agony. Ah,
Roxburn, you will never know the tor
tnents of hell than I went through
Slowly I felt myself wasting. Lesvoir
changed in one week snore than he had
in ten years. It was like living fire
smoldering at the roots of our hearts. I
cannot explain to you what it is like.
There is iio escape from it. Many are
the times I have rushed to her, like poor
Dessoins, knife in hand, to cut her
damning features out, and a power draws
me back and a wild, ungovernable love
for her would swell up and fill my heart,
and I would stretch forth my arms to
clasp her, and I would clasp—nothing.
The unrequited love ofa woman might
suggest to you something of our ^geny,
but you must accentuate it a hundred
times before you will .get a faint conception.
At times we could tear ourselves
a;vay and wander in the streets for a few
minutes, but it was always with that
gnawing feeling in our vitals, a feeling
that was endurable,but -was like burning
coals at the heart's roots. We could
stay just so long until her face rose before
us and then 4u>thrng-*seemedabre to
restrain -11s ; -back we .mould joah to gaze
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again on her death-dealing features.
"Once I succeeded in escaping for .a
while from her and was walking down
the boulevard expecting every moment
to see her face rise before me when I saw
Lesvoir, batless, running towards me.
He seized me by the wrist.
"'Come with me,' he cried, 'come
with me till I show you what has happened-'
U -He dragged roe staggering after him
until we came to the house He dragged
me upstairs into the room. The door
had been spUt from end to end,
"'LookJ he screamed. 'Look there.
Oh, my TkdgoP
" I looked. "My God," I cried.
"The face had been cut out with a
knife, leavingjaothing but the black .hole
where it should have been.
"'The concierge! 1 I cried. 'He did
it. He saw it the day we brought
Dessoins here. He has btoken the door
in our absence and cut outtbe face. Ah,
Thelgot w&ere are you? You are lost.
But no, come, Lesvoir, let us fiud this
concierge and kill him and let us have
our Thelgo. 1
*•With a cry we both sprang down the
stairs, but the concierge was nowhere in
sight. I have had many despairing
moments in my life, but never such a
moment as that, There was nothing to
..do We did not know where to go, but
still we .were torn by the passion and
that terrible power drawing and dragging
us.
*• 'We will follow hi.71, Courdon,* said
X*esvoir, 'we will 'search the world over
for him. We will go separately, you to
England, I to Germany. We vnll never
stop till Thelgo is avenged/
'•We were frenzied, We left Paris
* that day, never thinking .for-a moment
jkatthe concierge might be in tfaecity.
It was then, Roxburn, .Lcame^p sec you
in Bogland. You know now why 1
acted soistnirjgcly. Can you blame .me?

"I never saw Thelgo or Lesvoir or the
concierge again After I left you I
found Lesvoir had perished miserably
among the Alps of Switzerland in a
storm. What has ever become of the
concierge and the head of Thelgo I do
not know. I sold the house in the
Boulevard Houseman and bought this
chateau, and here I am slowly dying
racked by my agony. I only know that
sometimes that figure rises before me
and the passion swells to bursting point
in my heart and my vitals seem to be
burned with living coals and I spring to
clasp her, and clasp—nothing. I am
dying, Roxburn, dying like Dessions.
Nobody knows but you. See, there is
the sphragis."
Baring his wrist he showed me a lilfcle
black spot about an inch in diameter,
like a splotch of ink.
"And that is why you wore the glove?"
I asked.
''Yes," he said, "I could not bring
myself to tell you before; it seemed as
if 1 had committed some heinous crime
of which I was ashamed and I could
never tell you I was afraid you would
think me mad You don't, do you,
Roxburn?"
"No,*' I said perplexed.
"I am so glad," he said wearily, "and
now I will go to sIt;«2p. M
He took a hvperdtrmic syringe from
-the table and filled it from a glass.
"Good-night, Roxburn," he sa£dt
"don't blame me for what I dc. It is
the only friend I have—it and you. 1 '
He pressed my hand, and then laying
'bare his arm, I was horrified to see the
whole flesh covered with little marks,
the scars of the injection.
"Goodnight, Roxburn " He plunged
the syringe into the flesh and injected.,
tfc contents. Then withdrawing it he
'placed it on the table. He turned upon
his side and sought my hand with his.
When he had 'found it, he closed his
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eyes and in about half an hour he passed
into oblivion.
And so it was. Each day we wo Id
talk or else I would read his favorite
authors to him and then each night he
would take the morphine and drop to
sleep. At times when he did not know
I vas watching him he would gaze long-.
inglyj beseechingly into the air and the
sinister, hungry look would turn into a
fierce, wild expression of desire. Them
I knew he felt the passion more than at
other times.
''The last time I saw her," he whispered
to me, "was the day before you
came."
Thus he was dying, poor wretched,
demented wreck of humanity. As I
gazed at him I could not bring myself
to look upon him as the same man that
rode with me in the compartment from
Paris to Geneva eleven years before.
There was no resemblance between the
two. That one was a man ; this, a beast
racked by agony. I could not blame him
for his morphine habit, and yet—and
yet—
At last the end came. 1 had seen it
coming. He had seen it coming, so he
did not take his morphine that night.
"I shall have something better than
morphine to-night, Roxburn, something
belter than morphine. No more agony,
no more pain, no more sorrow, but rest
and oblivion, sleep. Ah, Roxburn, how
I long for it! IJ
It was near three o'clock when the
end did finally come. He was getting
weaker and weaker, every minute. I
held his head in my arms and had been
fanning him. Suddenly be grasped my
hand and I noticed his eyes were staring
directly ahead of him.
"Look, Rox^oirn, 'tis she, Tkdgi.
She is beckotring to me I come, Thelgo
I come, wait for me."
He slowly sat up gazing fixedly before
him. Slowly he rose to his feet, stand'--
ing in ^
thought he saw.; VSt
become rigid.^ He
slowly abiycchis^fee
fingers crocked;-\ > An
into his face, a look }
It was not his' face
another one^-a;
beauty. As I looked
to swell to bursting,
my temples, my .tea
tract utitil it wasv ic
everything, Courdbn
I was ; onlyjthe exqi
gazing at me/xisjey<
soul. A head of beat
an emaciated fi>rm;-•
don's and yet i^wesja
me a something; it
seemed as though all;
war, consuming my
away at my heart^tri
stood on tiptoe, his^ai
the fingers crooked.
Suddenly he seemd
taller^ swaying, totte
"Thelgo, Thefgo
screamed, and iSen
length upon .the'-, fki
Fell like aforestpi
floor, and I h^fti
was dead. But
face. I gazed
glare of his " ^
of the facethatiMh
life that I sav? jefl
stirred that iixepres!
intolerable feedingin
'fi '• > i''i^-AiAjStY

ing in his bed, pointing at what ht
thought he saw. Suddenly I saw him
become rigid. He raised bis hands
slowly above his head, straight up, the
fingers crooked. And then a look catsie
into his face, a look I shall never forget.
It was not his face I gazed at. It was
another one— a face of exquisite
beauty. As I looked my breast seemed
to swell to bursting, the blood surged in
my temples, my heart to suddenly contract
until it was intolerable. T forgot
everything, Courdon, who I was or where
I was ; onlylthe exquisite face before me,
gazing at me, its eyes burning into my
soul. A head of beauty upon the body of
an emaciated form. The face was Courdon's
and yet it was not has. It inspired in
me a something I cannot describe. It
seemed as though all my passions were at
war, consuming my vitals" and tearing
away at my heart strings. And there he
stood on tiptoe, his arms above his head,
the fingers crooked.
Suddenly he seemed to grow six inches
taller, swaying, tottering where he stood.
u Thelgo, Thelgo, THELGC !" he
screamed, and then he fell, fell at full
length upon the floor, perfectly rigid*
Fell like a forest pine, crashing to the
floor, and I heard his spine snap. He
was dead. But the look was still on his
face. I gazed fixedly into the stony
glare of his eyes. Was it the image
of the face that had haunted him through
life that I saw reflected in his, that
stirred that irrepressible, indescribable,
intolerable feeling in me ? Or what was
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it ? I knew intuitively it was something
connected with the damning fiend
that had hounded him to the grave, for
was not that terrible gnawing agony in
my breast that seemed like a vulture
feeding on my vitals, 'the same feeling
that had fed upon Dessoins, Lesvoirand
my friend Courdon ? Was it or was it
not ? That instant I had my answer A
sharp pain shot through my wrist.
* l GW," I shrieked, "it isthe sphtagisV*
* * * *
Courdcn was buried next day in the
Britain churchyard and I went back to
England. The two shocks succeeding
each other and the terrible agonizing
feeling within my breast, that will follow
me to my grave, were too much
for me and the doctors sent me to the
Mediterranean.
Four years have elapsed since Courdon's
death and yet every night just before
three o'clock I awake to s

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16 THE LOWELL
EVENTIDE.
Slowly the shadows steal upon us,
Aud veil the earth I as with a mist,
One by one the flowerets close
- Their leaves. i>y*tbe>lastsunbeam kiss'd.
The birds have hushed their sweet refrains,
The farm boy homeward *drives .the cow,
And the soft tinkling'of-the belt
Is-all that breaks the siiance now.
The children, wearied with their play,
Have gone to rest,.and -mother dear-.
The wind wbispers a soft good-night
To t^e* dying day and night draws near.
AH welcome the caloijnight.
And eaehandjall their eyelids close;
Darkness comes up with its shroud of black
And the earth sinks into a sweet repose.
He bad^Buf^:
native:jattd aft&ap*
ten
:- . time-many|'Cfi^ge§
'•• family;ate^^^
! ; : ; sister and^otfifl^!
living ia-'dis^SiS|icijj
attention •
play jtn. S -s"hpp^vsj.^
With
b7enty.thi^M^ei
xtras,
known- s^s|g
memories camfi^
home ^'o^'d^r^%' :
from his dail%JifeSii

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Ralph Weston's Two Christmas Eves.
RUTH LOCKHART.
".Home again, home again ! from a
foreign shore! 11 half muttered Ralph
Weslon, as he strode grimly along the
crowded streets"of a great city iu the
waning light of a late December day.
As the noisy jostling human sea surged
past him, he gazed with sudden interest
into the faces of the nearest passers by.
No familiar features, however, met bis
view, and his eyes gradually lott their
expression of interest as his thoughts
turned moodily to his own lonely condition.
Ke had but that day returned to his
native land after an absence of more than
ten years in London as representative of
a large American syndicate. During this
time many chaiifes had occurred in his
family at home ; his father had died, his
sister and brothers had married and were
living in distant citie?; bis friends were
scattered—he knew not where. He ft It
himself a man without ties—without responsibilities,
and the sudden realization
of his loneliness brought a momentary
pang to him.
As he wandered aimlessly along, his
attention was caught by the brilliant display
in a shop window, where toys and
costly trifles surrounded a miniature
Christmas tree, whose branches bent and
glittered under their load of flashing
baubles.
With a «tart he realized that it war, the
twenty-thi- , of December. To morrow
night would be Christmas eve! Middle-aged
man of the woild though he
was, emotion of any kind aa almost unknown
sensation, what a host of blessed
memories came thronging back upon him
at the thought!
Once more he was a,boy at home ; that
home so dear, yet now so far removed
from his daily life that it might have been
but the shadow of some well remembered
dream. -He had been growing callous
and cynical during the.«e years, he knew,
but now the re collections of the past came
rushing inmultuously serous his soul, obliterating
all thought of self and the punydisappointments
of the world.
In fancy he-saw again the dear familiar
faces of those whose lives had been linked
with bis earliest loves. He heard once
more the voice of his young mother, long
since called to the rest of Paradise, as
she told to her listening little ones the
. old, ever new story of that first Christmas
eve on distent Btthlehenfs star-lit
plains.
Then his thoughts flew onward to the
years of his early manhood—those y^ars
so full of high ambition, yet of blighted
hopes and desireu that had nearly made
a shipwreck of his life.
Through all these later visions of thepast
one face stood out distant and clear.
Sweet Nellie Hayden i Where was she
now? Did she ever think of him ? How
different life might have been if he could
only have spent it with her !
Ah, well! he would let "thedead pastbury
its dead." She bad doubtless
blessed some roan's home, and rejoicing;
in the lovi of her children had not a>
thought to spare for the poor fellcw who
had never found room :u his heart for
any woman save her.
He would like to see her again ; perhaps
the sight of her and the knowledge
that she was far removed from him might
loosen the enchantment of the past and
leave hirn free from the enthrallment of
an unrequited love.
He determined that be would run down
to his old home at Roseville for a day ;
a train left at five o'clock—he would
catch that.
Impatiently drawing out his watch, he
found thatitwas[already twenty minutes
past the hour. He checked a sigh of
disappointment, and, thinking to himself
that he would go down on the ten o'clock
train in the morning* was moving toward

his hotel when he felt & timid pull upon
his sleeve, and turning, saw a ragged,
bare-footed child of seven or eight years.
standing beside him.
" Well, little one/' he said, kindly,
u what do you want?"
The child drew a thin red hand across
her eyes.
*• Plense,sir," she whimpered, "I wan't
to get little Teddy a Christmas iree so
bad! 1 '
"Who is little Teddy?" enquired
Weston.
'• He's my brother, and he can't walk
a bit," answered the child. "The car
run over his leg one day when he was
sellin' papers, and he bad to stay in bed
a long time. Now pa's dead, and ma
cries every time she looks at Teddy. He
wants a Christmas tree on Christmas eve,
but ma says she don't see how she's
goin 1 to get it for him. 1 '
For the first time in Weston *s lemembrance
the idea occurred to him that it
might be a pleasant thing to give some
poor children a merry Christmas. He
turned to the child with a smile.
11 Where does your mamma live, little
girl?" he asked. 4 " Show me the way."
The child's eyes gleamed with pleasure
and she skipped gaily along before him
so that he was obliged to quicken his
steps to keep up with her. As they
passed a baker's shop aud the appetizing
i>dor of fresh oread and cakes was wafted
/to them, a new idea was suggested to
Weston.
"Are you hungry, "my child?" he
asked, anxiously, and the look on the
pinched face answered him before she
could speak. He plunged into the shop,
soon emerging with a great bag of rolls
aud cakes. He gave them to the child
who selected a biscuit from the lot and
gravely handed the bag back, to him.
''Keep them for Teddy," she said.
"He is a whole lot hungrie^thau I am."
THE LOWELL
-. lit
Weston smiled aad pushed the bag
back into her hand.
" Eat all you can, little one*" he said,
" there are plenty more where those came
from!"
Soon they left behind them the brilliantly
lighted streets, and Weston found
himself approaching a dismal, squalid
quarter of the city. His little guide now
kept close beside him, and as they came
in sight of a large, rickety tenement, ?he
pointed to it, exclaiming, "That'swhere;
we live! There's ma at the window
now ! She's been lookin' for me."
Weston glanced for an instant at the
basement window indicated and saw the
outlines of a slender figure fade from
view. Then it occurred to him that his
presence m that home of want and poverty
might be atr intrusion, resented by a
woman of delicate sensibility. .
"I'll not go in," he said to the waif.
She looked up at him inquiringly. " Give
me your name and address and I'll send
1 little Teddy ' a Christmas tree."
She glanced at him gratefully. u My
name is Alice Blake." she said simply,
giving him the name and number of their
mean street
"Who shall I say sent Teddy his
Christmas tree ? M she asked suddenly.
" Tell him Santa Claus sent it,"
answered Weston readily, and the child
vanished into ihe poor place she called
'• home "
Weston felt like a culprit as, standing
outside in a partially concealed position,
he looked through the broken window
into the shabby room, but he thought it
necessary for him to know something of
its inmates before he could properly provide
for their needs.
The room was scrupulously clean, yet
bare, and upon an iinprovbed cot in the
corner was a boy apparently about six
years of age.
His wasted hands were tightly grasping
the bag thatheld the precidus cakes;
jVp'iA.V.''*^
his |
earthly bji%hi
to catch froni his
A pale-faced,]-&
knelt beside the
the* look,$£ joydttj
boy's eountsn
eued somewhat
for an instant v.
She, too, was lii
little girl's story-
41 When wij""
sister?" queried
"
course,
can't we get
The
Weston
her ey^f:^
a half uttered-ciry
that cornea
he h^^
As he threaded;
b
oughfarcs,
at
played,"
humble
visited the 'g
of necessaries;'$
same
to be delivered, tl
he bought warm
a little red wagon::
around in,
smaH Christmas fj
that it
pretty trifl<
joy to littlepebjilej
to
eve.

ed spots glowed on his thin cheeks, and
his large dark eyes seemed of an unearthly
brightness as he leaned forward
to catch from his sister's lips the story of
the good "Santa Claus" who was to
send "Little Teddy 1 * a Christmas tree.
A pale-faced, delicate-looking woman
knelt beside the cot, and as she caught
the look of joyous expectancy upon the
boy's countenance, her own face brightened
somewhat and glad tears glistened
for an instant in her mournful eyes.
She, too, was listening intently to the
littie girl's story.
" When will Santa Claus send the tree,
sister? 11 queried the boy, anxiously.
u It will be here for Christmas eve, of
course," answered Alice, "and oh! ma,
can't we get some things to put on it for
Teddy?"
The mother did aot answer, but again
Weston saw the bright tear-drops -3im
her eyes. He could bear no more. With
a half uttered cry of pain for the misery
that comes to some of God's creatures,
he hurried away on uis mission of merc>.
As he threaded his way through the
narrow streets back to the brilliant thoroughfares,
he laughed softly lo himself
at the unaccustomed tole be was pisying.
He stopped at a market where numbers
of fat turkeys were temptingly displayed,
and selecting the largest of the
lot, paid for it, ordering it sent to the
humble home he had just seen. He
visited the grocers* ordering quantities
of necessaries and luxuries sent to the
same address. He paid for a ton of coal
to be delivered there the next morning ;
he bought warm flannels and new shoes,
£• little red wagon for Alice to take Teddy
around in, and last of all a beautiful
smaK Christmas tree, personally seeing
that it was ornamented with all the
pretty trifles that make such trees a
joy to little people. This was to be sent
to * Little Teddy' early on Christmas
eve.
THE tOWELL
Finally, he called for paper, pen and
ink, and drawing a well filled wallet
from his pocket, took therefrom two
crisp ten dollar bills. These he pinned
to the paper, writing over one the name
of Alice, and over the other " Little
Teddy." Over another bill, a twenty
dollar one, he wrote the name of the
children's mother. Then he sealed and
addressed the envelope, dropping it into
a convenient letter box as he took his
way towards his hotel.
It would have been a difficult matter
for Weston to describe his feelings that
evening. All was bustle and confusion
in the crowded streets as he passed
along, but he heeded it not except to
think how happy everyone looked and
what holiday guise everything wore.
The air was clear and frosty, and as
he walked he experienced a sense of
exhilaration hitherto unknown to him.
Did everybody who tried to make others
happy always feel so light-hearted and
joyous, he wondered ? What pleasure
he had denied himself in the past!
Henceforth he would be wiser for he had
unwittingly realised the truth of the old
saying, " It is more blessed to give than
to receive "
What a selfish life his had been ! Fortune
had smiled on him, but in the midst
of his abundance he had never thought
of those whose lines had fallen in less
pleasant places.
That night he slept in peace, rising in
the morning with a vigor and a freshness
that reminded him of his early
youth. He had not forgotten his intention
to visit Roseville, and as he
found himself a few hours later speeding
toward the place, he lay back in hja
cushioned seat and gave himself up to
reflections from which he did not arouse
until the familiar name of u Roseville ! "
sounded in his ears. Then he came tQ
himself with a start, caught up his valise
and passed out.

As be stood upon the little platform
' and looked about him, he wascon c cious
•of a faint thrill of excitement stirring
within him The quaint old place appeared
little changed since that morning
Sen years ago, when he had left it hurriedly
with what seemed to him then a
ruined life stretching away before him.
Ah, well, he had outlived all that old
pain !
He wended his way through the oldfashioned
streets, left his baggage at the
little hotel, and strolled leisurely down
the elm-bordered avenue.
How strange, yet how familiar everything
seemed ! He stepped upon the old
stone bridge that spanned the smoothlyflowing
river, pausing to look over the
side for an instant. The act recalled a
different scene, and the years rolled away
like a mist.
Once more he stood upon the bridge,
but not alone. Dear Nellie Hayden !
Would her hrown eyes never cease to
haunt him ? Drawing a tiny box from
his inner pocket, he opened it carefully,
and the setting sun's last rays flashed on
the diamond of a golden circle. He had
half a mind to fling it down into the
waters below !
It all came back to him again; how
he had bought the ring, intending to
ask Nell to wear it forever. But alas,
for the futility of human hopes ! He had
been bashful and slow to speak, awaiting
k more favorable opportunity to tell Nell
of his love.
Her beauty and goodness constantly
surrounded her with admirers, but Ralph
had been bold enough at times to believe
that she understood and reciprocated his
feelings. How well he remembered that
Christmas eve long ago when he had
gone to "her home intending to tell"''her
all ! He had found her in the little conservatory,
dressed in some dainty costume,
with a bunch of red hollyberrics
on her breast and in her dark hair. The
THE LOWEXL
atmosphere of the place was so enchanting,
the nearness of her-presence so intoxicating
that he forgot his shyness.
In a minute or two it would all have
been over»—he would have known bis.
fate, but just as his lips moved to ask
the question that trembled upon them,,
there came the sound of merry laughter
and scurrying feel, heavy knocks sounded
rapidly on the door and a gay party
of young folks came noisily in,
"Come, Ralph and Nell/' cried tliey,
" we're going to the church to finish the
decorations and practice the carols for to-
morrow 1"
Soon they all weat off together, aiid
another opportunity was lost to Ralph,"
He had expected to see Neil home ttiat^
evening, but as they all stood chatting
at the church door before separating for
their various homes, impertinent Harry
Chester stepped up to Nell, and slipping
her arm in his called in a bantering tone
to the others, " Come on, ail of you!
Nell and I will head the procession !"
The others laughed and felt into line,
Ralph giving his arm to demure little
Florence Macy, who doubtless wondered
mentally why her old school-mate had
so suddenly grown moody.
During the next few days Ralph vainly
sought a private interview with Nell, He
always found her surrounded with other
young people, usually discussing some,
anticipated social affair appropriate to
the holiday season. The Fates seemed
against him; Harry Chester, he noted
angrily, was always among those nearest
to Nell.
Before the Christmas festivities were
well over, the news of their engagement;
was common talk in Roseville. Weston :
had found life there unendurable after
that. He avoided both Nell and Harry,
not daring to trust himself in the.presence
of either. •
Within-a week he had bidden a huiried
good-by to his relatives and intirn-
r
ate friends
for
in the j
Mr, Kawtliofctte|iia|
impressed witi§ v * '
fered him a small posi
Weston
that when: a
thought expedient to |
office in timiiont..j«|'.
one most suitable to,'
And thus his life had i
ful financially, l?n^
men term Happiness/
He reviewe&i
he leaned over
Nell still -liyWyi^
"Was"
Ah,, he
been well l
The short afieriidon
to a close
down the . _T _
live and see if tD4,^hbu
Thus far no
nize him,
fAGiiiiar faces, -- «
pose, howeyeir, t

ate friends. He bad no plans, no hopes
for the future, but he carried a letter of
introduction to an old friend of his father
in the great city to which he went.
Mr. Hawthorne had been favorably
impressed with the young man and offered
him a small position in his employ.
Weston proved himself so competent
that when a few ruonths later it was
thought expedient to establish a branch
office in London, he was selected as the
one most suitable to take charge of it.
And thus his life haa gone on—successful
financially, but bairen of what most
men terra happiness.
He reviewed all the past years now as
he leaned over the old bridge. " Was
Nell still living here?" he wondered.
a Was she happy and prosperous ? r?
Ah,, he fervently hoped that all had
been well with her and hers !
The short afternoon was now drawing
to a close and he concluded to saunter

paler than of yore,—but still the Nell he
never could forget!
He stood in the shadow where she
could not distinguish his features. It
was only for an instant that he stood
thus, but it seemed to him an etqrnity,
and as he started back, shocked to find
that she did not recognize him, the light
from the hall shone over him, bringing
his face ; nto plain view.
With a glad cry of u Ralph! 1 ' Nell
put out her hand and he caught it
eagerly in both his own.
" Nell/' he asked uncertainly, 'Ms it
really you, or am I dreaming ?"
11 It is no dream, Ralph," she answered,
laughing, "but a very substantial
reality."
She led the way into the cheerful
parlor, and as he listened to her dear
voice and saw again the familiar rooms,
he could ?lmost fancy that all the long
years that separated them had been but
a few hours.
She motioned him to a capricious easy
chair. " I am so glad to see you cguin,
Ralph," she said, almost fondlv "Sit
down, and give me an accoc'**.. cf all
yo;ir wanderings since you left Rosevil'e.
Tell rue where you have been,
what you have seen, aud whom you
have met!"
He looked at her with smiling, happy
eyes. "Ah, Nell!" he answered, "I
could almost think that I had never
been away at all. You do not seem the
least chauged iu thtse ten years ! "
She flushed slightly and a shadow of
pain crossed her face.
1 But I am changed, I know,** he went
on before she could speak. "A poor
fellow knocking arouud ihe world alone
for years as I have done changes more
than those that stay quietly at home."
'•I suppose so/* she assented dreamily.
"And now, Nell," he continued hastily,
"tell me of yourself. That is what I am
most anxious to hear about."
THE 10WEU
"There is not much to tell," site
plied, smiling a little sadly.
has flowed on Very quietlj
Roseville. I suppose you know thAt
father died six yiears ago?*'
"I heard of his death, 1 ' Raljph-said,;
softly. /'4
"He left the home to me," she went on
slowly, "and I have lived here ever since,
with my little maid-of-all-wcrk."
"And Harry Chaster, what of him?"
queried Weston, breathlessly, his eyes
seeming to burn into her sowl. Her own
clear eyes did not falter before his steady
gaze.
" He married Mamie Duncan about
four months after you went away. They
still live iu Roseville," she answer^;'
quietly.
Weston, with a quick movement, half
rose from his chair as if to go to her, but
at that instant the tinkling of a little
bell was heard, and Nell rose from hftr
seat, a shade paler than she had been a
few minutes before. "You will come
and drink a cup of tea with me for old
times* sake, will you not ? lf she asked.
He did not answer, but rose and fol-
. •)• • • * • • ; ? • :
lowed her. What he tasted during the
meal he did not know. He only knew
that Neli was free, that he was with her
once laore, and that the world was. a
changed place to him.
As Nell deftly poured the tea from the
old silver tea pot that Weston remembered
dimly to have seen before, his eyesdevoured
her greedily.
How sweet and womanly she was!
When he had seen her last she was a
young girl, full of life and coquetry, delighting
in all the little innocent arts
and amusements that make tip the sum
of enjoyment for most young folks. Now
she was a mature woman — graceful,
companionable and charming.
He was no longer the bashful boy she
had known, and he determined within
himself that come what might he would
'••?&M
:\"35
?;m
that night ;^aye a
tion be had longei
fore. After/tefe?
again to the coiy;
chatting togethetj
there came again,
mas eve, the sounj
scurrying f?e£; Icj
the door, au& a.*
ling in.
"Are you ready]
called. * ; ;
stranger, the:
with confusion^
and Weston disc
friendf? among the
As tkey
minutes
arm witi
star-lit night;
every where, aii t]
Westcxs fuliof; a
cations, ^•'••;-:C;'";;
During the jfbui
church, Weston s*
the otbe
face. How. ptire s
she stood, -• ^-•—expressions
ing with rad
ing, filled tlK^chi
grand, glad word
hymn!
" Calmon theUsteni
When
Her aUvertnattU<
Light on
And bright! on Beth
Breaks thefiratC
Thereheareii-b
and Ralphi add:3S
the star»lit\higlit

that night have an answer to the question
he had longed to ask tec years before.
After tea was over, they went
again to the cozy parlor, and a=> they sat
chatting together of the olden days,
there carae again, as on that other Christmas
eve, the sound of raerry voices and
scurrying feet; lcud knocks sounded at
the door, and a gay party came bustling
in. '
"Are you ready, Nell ?" a clear voice
called. l> Hurry up!" Then seeing a
stranger, the newcomers were covered
with confusion. Inti'oductiousifollowed,
and Wfcston discovered some old time
friends among the visitors.
As they passed cut of the house a few
minutes later, Ralph quietly drew Nell's
arm within his own. 'Twas a glorious
star-lit night; frost jewels glittered
everywhere, and the very sir seemed to
Weston full of a strange, subtle intoxication.
During the hours that followed in the
church, Weston sat a little apart from
the others, feasting his eyes on Nell's
face. How pure and fair she seemed as
she stood there with parted lips and rapt
expression, while her rich voice, thrilling
with rare emotion and pent up feeling,
filled the church as she sang the
grand, glad words of the glorious old
hymn !
u Calm on the listening ear of night,
Come Heaven's melodious strains,
When wild Jurtea stretches far
Her silver-ma:;.leu plains."
•' Light on thy hills, Jerusalem,
The Saviour now is born.
And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas morn."
The rehearsal came to an end at last,
and Ralph and Nell were again out in
the star-lit night. Neither spoke for a
few seconds, and then under those calm,
quiet stars Ralph found courage.
"Nell," he said quickly, "did you
THE LOWELL
know why I went away so suddenly loc£
ago?"
He heard a low murmur from her, but
went on hurriedly.
*'It was because I loved you, Nell,
and could not bear to think that I had
lost you 1"
She put her hand upon his with a
pretty gesture of dissent, ''You did not
inquire about that at headquarters,
Ralph, or you might have found out differently,*'
she answered archly.
He drew her to him passionately.
"Then you really cared for me all the
time?" he cried.
"I used to feel certain that you did,
but when I heard that Harry— M
She put her soft hand over his mouth.
"Doa'tsay that, Ralph. Harry was never
anything more than an ordinary friend
to me."
"Nell,* 1 he said, his voice vibrating
with the intensity of his long pent-up
passion, "tell me that you love me—
that you will be my wife I Let me have
the sweet assurance from your own lips
now!''
She was silent for a moment, theu her
arm stole round his neck as she answered
simply:
"I love you, Ralph. 1 have never
loved any man but 3 r ou, and my dearest
wish is to be your wife."
He wai> satisfied at last; he had waited,
but the winning was worth the waiting.
Under the stars he kissed her—his only
love—and life was new to them both
again.
* * # #
That same night, in the great city,
Weston had left that day, in a mean,
shabby room, bright now with the cheerful
firelight and a gorgeous Christmas
tree, a pale woman with mournfut eyes
knelt beside her two little ones and
thanked God for the unknown friend
who had changed the world for her and
hers.

THE LOWELL
Sonnet to the Air Pump, With Apologies to
Wordsworth.
Dedicate*] to Phy&ica Labratory.
Earth has not anything to show more rare;
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight more touching in its majesty.
This Air Pump now doth like a garment wear
The grease of the machine. Three maidens fair,
With cheeks aglow, aglistening each eye,
With bated breath, and heaving many a sigh,
In vain they try to pump the stubborn air.
More slowly ne'er did mercury upward creep,
Its gleaming column never stood more still!
Ne'er felt they such a longing for the deep
In which their sorrows they might drown at will.
But see ! a gallant youth behold them weep
Aud rescues them, their beaming smiles to reap !
E. E.
^m^^WWm!Wm
'%£
">•* •:-.!- 1 '-."i
sions-and^o^

EXPANSION.
THE LOWELL
'•' Intercourse is the soul of Progress.
Isolation the mother of Barbarism and Stagnation.' 1
The issues of territorial expansion
would not have, arisen if we bad turned
a deaf ear to our suffering neighbors.
The Spanish flag would still be floating
over millions of human beings, crippling
their chance in the race of life.
It is our duty in the name of humanity
to give freedom and protection to those
sufferers of Spanish persecution. When
we undertook the Cuban cause, the question
of expansion had not then arisen,
yet before the year had passed we found
it the foremost issue in Congress, and
the stars and stripes floating over islands
whose inhabitants are of a different race
and color from those of the United
States.
Our acquisition of those islands, unlike
that of the laud-grabbing nations of
Europe was by right of conquest, and
now the possession of those islands has
brought new problems to the republic,
whose solution will tax the genius of
our statesman.
Entering upon these new fields we
assume new and responsible duties. It
is true our fathers did not. write out
what must be done, if by the fortunes of
war our power would be carried to remote
islands aud seas But our flag is
there ! And there it must remain !
Jefferson, though born and educated
in the first rank of colonial life, was a
" Democrat" in theory and practice.
He held that u the world is governed
toD much, and that "that government
is b*st which governs least." The constitution
grants Congress full flower to
mike all needful rules and regulations
respecting the "territory" or "other
property" of the United States, and as
these lately acquired islands are possessions
and not part of the United States,
otherefore they do not stand as territories,
to be later admitted as states, unless
Congress so decrees. It is plainly manifest
that this question will not be settled ,
without much controversy.
It has been advocated to return the
islands to Spain, abandon or sell them,
at any rate get rid cf them, another element,
the prevailing one, is strongly in
favor of retaining them But "abandon*
ing them M might result in an uprising
cf anarchy in the islands, or their acquisition
by one or more of the Great
Power3. True the responsibility of the
United States in protecting the life, property
and commerce in the islands is a
very grave as well as ponderous undertaking.
If the United States should
establish a system of government for the
Filippinos, wherein he could exercise the
fullest measure of freedom, with the
United States as guardian, to enforce
the laws, preserve peace, and prevent
molestation from other nations, these
islands would in time step forward iry
the ranks with the greatest commercial
islands of the world. Bat in turning
them li loose" wr will have to fightjtheir
quarrels and defend them from oppression,
and that means trouble for us.
Now that they are ours, we are responsible
for their future welfare. It
is the decreeing of late that we expand
aud embrace those distant tropical
islands, with its persecuted children.
The timid may cry ""hold ! we are entering
upon alien territory, wherein we shall
become involved in the quarrels and jealousies
of Europe." I say no ! The Philippines
are ours by right of conquest !
We assert our rights regardless of the
iritation we may cause Europe.
To-day we have before us examples of
two nations. Expansionist and nonexpansionist—Great
Britiau and China.
The former is one of the most progressive
nations under the surM the latter, by
her policy of exclusiveness iis a fair
example of the deterioration of a nation
opposed to expansion and innovation.

THE LOWELL
She is to-day being bit on all sides by
the greedy nations of Europe.
England has derived the greatest trad£
from us since x^e have expanded and become
rich and euterprising,—not when
wfe were colonies.
Under American auspices ihe monopoly
of the Philippine trade will be
largely transferred from England to
America. The benefits derived from
this will not be suddenly perceptible.
It takes time to set on foot a country
wherein war has long prevailed.
The unlimited resources of the Philippines,
will, under American methods,
improvements and good business sagacity
be made to yield ten times as much
as they did under Spanish regime. The
revenue from the exports and imports
will in time repay all expenses incurred
during the war, at the same time money
will be put into circulation, aud if monopolies
ca;.i be held back the country will
be benefitted by the results of expansion*
In the retention of the Philippines a
wt w
most spkudid opportunity is opened to
the people of California, notwithstanding
the oppositions offered by the Sugar
Trust—for those are mere subterfuges,
their real objection is fear of cotppetif ;
tion, as was shown previous to the an*
negation of Hawaii. Annexation opens
the door to the free importation of products
from those islands. This will lessen
the profits of certain monopolies and
place it in the pockets of the people It
not only means this, but an exclusion of
all foreign bottoms, plying between the
United States and those Islands, and an
increase in the American commerce.
Herein the advantage and necessity of
a shorter route from ocean to ocean is
plainly manifest. In the question of the
Nicaragua Canal, another monoply raises
its head with '• I object' 1 " Coilis
P. Huntington ''
Of course this corporation realizes that
traffic will largely be transferred from the
railroads to vessels.
BLANCHE WBLBURN.
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Translation froi
TheiJ on
E.umOij tlian w1
Triflirig;at|
Now Mother?
Speedy by i
A monster Hoi
Wonderful i&H
So many ija
Midway'tWixi
Witha^itli|
And on thfe^oi
Standing baiojj
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Translation from the Anead, Bk. IV., lines 173-188.
BV GEO. R. PBRKrNS, '98.
Then on a sudden a Rumor pervades the great Libyan cities,
Rutnos than which in its flight there is no other evil so speedy.
She thrives in the swiftness of flight, and increases in power in going,
Trifling at first from fear, soon raises her head to the heavens, ;
Now Mother Earth, incensed by the wrath of God's everliving
To Encelad'is and Coeus the youngest sister she bore her,
Speedy by means of her feet and also her swift moving pinions
A monster horrid and huge whose body is covered with feathers.
Wonderful is it to teH'of eyes so watchful and many,
So many ears she has, with tongues and lips of great number
Midway 'twixt heaven &hd earth she flies through the darkness at night time
With a great humming of wings, not closing her eyes in sweet slumber,
And on the house tops she sitsy a guardian in the grey morning,
Standing on lofcy turrets she terrifies powerful cities.
Messenger, not of truth, bat rather of fiction and falsehood.
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THE LOWELL
A Street-Car Sketch.
To me one of the best ways of passing
time, while on the cars is to notice the
varying peculiarities displayed by the
passengers. These are many and though
usually amusing are sometimes otherwise.
The constantly changing crowd
invar;ably exhibit their characteristics,
habits, manner of life, their thoughts (to
a certain degree) and position with regard
to their fellow-men, to the observant
traveler. To the conductor especially is
shown the little vanities, foibles and the
disposition of his passengers. To him
they turn for information, asking of him
most ridiculous questions which he tries
to answer to bis best ability. Some demand
impossibilities from him, require
favors which he cannot grant. Then he
feels the storm of their wrath unable to
answer their threats and hints of influence
at the company office. The replies the
conductor receives are sometimes very
amusing. The worst offenders in this
class are the women, but they make it up
to the couductor by allowing him to pass
all the foreign and spurious coin he receives,
on them. The other day one of
this class started to .get on a Market
Street car bound for the ferries. It was
packed to suffocation and people were
hanging to all the available room on the
platform. The conductor told the woman
that the next car was right behind and
to take that for there was no room, but
she indignantly replied that it did not
come from the same place, after which
biting sarcasm she triumphantly squeezed
in.
Transfers are a source of much trouble
to some. They are always worried or
anxious if they have to change cars and
are continually asking for their ticket;
when finally the conductor does go round
with them they do not see him and waiting
till the aisle is filled with people
hurrying to change make a wild bolt for
the poor mau demanding one. Others
wish to have theirs punched ahead of
time, with the object of doing a little business
on the side. The conductor turns
a deaf ear to their entreaty and to other
words not strictly belonging to it.
Sometimes the nickel man in blue
turns a passenger into a bank, drawing
several fares from him, I heard a tale
the other day of such a case. In tits
instance, however, the conductor did not
come out ahead. A man stepped on the
platform and offered the conductor a dollar
if he could collect another fare from
a passenger inside whom he pointedout.
The conductor replied that he would do
no such-.thiag for it would be at the risk
of his position. Upon this the stranger
said it would be all right for the woman
was his wife and that he would answer
for any complaints. The conductor, on
the strength of this assertion, went into
the car, making up an excuse as he went,
thinking he would be caught. He called
for fares and. to his surprise the woman
pointed out immediately fumbled in her
purse and handed the conductor a fare.
When he came out again onto the platform
the stranger said he would repeat
his proposition, another dollar for another
fare. The car having gone some distance
the conductor again entered the car call,
ing for fares. The woman looked up
with a question on the tip of her tongue
but seeing the conductor standing before
her she paid him. Going out he gave
the stranger his fares, for he could act
keep them, and asked for his two dollars.
The fellow jumped off before the
conductor kuew what he was about, leaving
the conductor with his thoughts in
place of the expected reward. To this
day the man does not know whether the
woman was, in reality, the man's wifeoz
whether the stranger had thought this a
good way to turn a penny.
It is a pleasant occupation to watch
another class of passengers. Those that
carry on their conversation in a foreign
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tongue thinking what they say is perfectly
private. Very often there are two
or three other persons in the car who
understand that language perfectly. They
become very much inte*.^ted in what is
said but at the same time try to appear
as if they understood not a word. They
pretend to be occupied about what Brown
has to say about his new soap or why
Smith left home. However, all the time
they are listening intently and show this
by a quick glance at some remark or
other of the talkers.
The women help one pass the time by
showing their love of dresai by their .looks
when another woman enters the car.
They take in all her costume piecemeal
and then examine their own dress. Sometimes
a self-satisfied smile illumines their
face, again a feeling of sorrow for the observed
one's lack of taste (usually the
case when the observed one is the better
dressed).
At the end of business hours the xeiuctance
with which the business men
pare with their seats is painful. They
try for a time to keep their seats by many
base subterfuges such as glancing at the
floor, watching outoide, diligently reading
of the latest murder, or the last assemblyman
whose vote has been bought.
These occupations being exhausted they
give up to the inevitable and resign their
seats to the fair ones whom they now see
standing for the first time.
In the course of a day one may find
representatives of all classes of people
on the cars. In the early morning workmen
and the clerks who have some spec-
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ial work at the office are about the only
travelers. These are on the cars till
about eight or half past, then their places
are taken by the business men and office
workers. The men still predominate
here although there is a sprinkling of
women workers. By the time most of
these have arrived at their destination
the women who have leisure and arc wellto
do fill the cars, going down for a little
shopping and lunch. After noon the
women whose home duties have occupied
them in the morning start for town
and fill the cars. It is now that* the little
boy is seen who wishes to pay
mamma's fare, with mamma's money,
and look out of the window standing on
mamma's dress. The children ask a
continuous stream of questions from why
the car jerks to any other question under
the sun, much to mamma's embarrassment.
The afternoon passes and v the
same stream of passengers fill the cars
returning home.
This .short skit (some may think it altogether
.too long) is written Jn the hope
that others will take cognizant of what
passes under their notice in the cars.
Then there will be many more interesting
stories "•'related of the trial?; and tribulations
of passengers. The odd and interesting
will be written of and a subject
which has received little attention will
be well exploited, for although the subject
of railroad travel on the large lines
has been written of, I have seen nothing
of any length treating of our street railroads.

3°
The Lowell High School.
"I saw it once before
As I passed by its doors;
And again
I hear.tlie.$ouads
Of the Latin being ground
With a cane.
"They say that in its prime
Ere the pruning knife of Time
Cut it down;
Not a better school was found.
Now it wouldn't stand one round
In a storm,
"It stands on Sutler Street.
The location can't be beat.
But the school
Which they say was once so good,
Nor* is naught but rotting wood
For Vandal's tool."
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1774
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Chronological Outline of the History of
5«n Francisco.
Compiled by the Local History Section of the San
FraacUco Teachers' Club.
1542. Voyage of Cabrillo along the
Pacific Coast as far as 43 or 44
degrees, North Latitude, Bay of
San Francisco not seen,
157S 9. Sir Francis Drake anchored and
spent the winter in Drake's Brry,
under Point Reyes,— u a fair good
bay within 3S degrees of latitude,"
1602 3. Voyage of Viscayno
iSth century, 2d half. Revival of Spanish
enterprise under the reforms of
Carlos III, led to the occupation
of Alta California. Under orders
from the King colonization was to
. be carried pn by the ecclesiastical
and military forces co-operating.
Missions were regarded as preparatory
for pueblos.
X 769, July 1. Mission of San Diego
founded by Fr. Junipero Serra—
first Franciscan mission in Alta
California.
1769. Land expedition from San Diego,
searching for Monterey Bay(known
since the voyage of Viscayno) and
having unwittingly passed beyond
it, discovers the Bay of San Francisco
The first view was from
the hills to southward of the present
city. Name of San Francisco
bestowed by Don Caspar de Portola,
commander of the expedition.
1769-72 Exploration of the country
around the bay and discovery of
the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers.
1774. Orders given by the Viceroy of
Mexico for a presidio and a mission
on the Bay of San Francisco.
(Hittell, California, Vol. I.)
1775, Aug. 5. Ayala entered the Golden
Gate in the shipu

when Presidio was dedicated and
region surrounding it taken in the
name of Charles IIL of Spain.
Oct 9 Mission Dolores foFtnally
founded. Father; Palou being the
celebrant Proper name—Mission
of Saint Francis de Assissi at Dolores
No Indians present at the
founding, or for some time after,
as they had been driven from the
peninsula by hostile tribes of the
south.
(Hittetl, California, Vol. I )
1779 System for the regulation of
pueblos or purely civic colonies
proclaimed in California, according
to the principles laid down in
the laws of Philip II. The area
of a pueblo was 4 square leagues,
square or oblong. The grant of
land to the settler was not in full
ownership, but rather a perpetual
lease, descending from father to
son. Each settler had a building
lot md also a sowing lot, with
rights to the common pasture. He
was furnished with seed, a number
of mules, sheep, chickens, etc.,
and an agricultural outfit. He
might receive a salary for a time
and paid no taxes fcr the first tive
years
The pueblo implies a territory
containing legal voters. When
its organization was complete, it
had an alcalde and a council.
These were appointed at tirst by
the governor of the province,
afterwards elected by the people.
(Blackmar, Spanish Colonization.)
1792. Description of the Presidio by the
traveler and discoverer, Vancouver-
A wall fronted harbor, visible
from ships. Instead of city or
town, spacious verdant plain surrounded
by hills on every side,
except that which fronted fort.
Only object of human industry—
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1806.
'••^••^T-'-i-"^^?
a square area; fides 200 yards' ib
length, inclosed by mud wall and
resembling a pouncj for cattle.
Above well the thatched roofs of
their low, small Houses just made*'
appearance.- • Houses all along
wall within square, with front
extending uniform- distance inta
area, which was clear open space
without building or other interruptions.
Only entrance to square area, by:- v ;
large gateway. Churchs facing^
gateway and against center of
opposite wall, which was neat m^
comparison to other buildings,
projected farthe* into square than
other buildings and distinguished
by being whitewashed with lime •'•-•
made from sea shells.
Commandant's house on left of.
church — 2 rooms and closet, divided
by massive walls, with very
small doors. Between apartments
and outward wall was excellent
poultry yard pretty well stocked;.,
between roof, and ceilings, a luinber
garret.
Rest of houses smaller, same plan ;
roust have been uncomfortable in
winter, for windows cut into front
wail, look 'Into square, destitute of
glass. Commandant's- house—1
main apartment, 30/ feet long,
14 feet broad, 12 feet high; other
room same, but less length. Floor,
native &oil, 3 feet a.bove original
level, no boards, pavement or even
leveled. Roofs- covered with flags
or rushes ; walls on outside formerly
whitewashed. .
Furniture —sparing assortment,
rudest fashion and meanest kind.
• (Hittell, California. Vol. L)
Russians and Spaniards first meet
in California, the Russians having
come south along the'*'coast in
'WtU%
1S16.
in San
Spain placii]
care of the!
published i:
(Biackraar, S
owned land
iam
it to China
the Mexicai
otter -plenjtifi
measured^
and 3it, w>d
brought f|0c
San Josquiii
were iriterej
ing.-"Timp1
otter-litttfter
quarters#ttt?j
San Rafael.
1823. The sSip3
The
Califprni^wi
established ]
•in 182
branch
Buena (the
for \\
shore 7 ftotitb

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search of otter, and taking them
in San Francisco Bay.
(Winsor, America, VIII: 210 32 )
1813, Sept. 13. Decree of the Cortes of
Spain placing missions, which had
been ten years founded, under the
care of the bishop. Decree not 1S29.
published in A!ta California till
January 20, 1820, then not enforced.
{'Blackmar, Spanish Colonization )
iSx6. First American vessel to enter
the bay—the Eagle, of Boston,
owned and commanded by William
Heath Davis. The Eagle
came to California via the Sandwich
Islands and Alaska. She
secured a cargo of skins and took
it to China
Description of the fur-trade.—Russians
with posts at Bodega and
Fort Ross had concessions from
the Mexican Government. Seaotter
plentiful in the bay. Skins
measured from $yi to 5^ ft. long
and 3 ft. wide. Beaver skins were 1S31.
brought from the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers The Padres
were interested in the otter-hunting.
Timothy Murphy was an
otter-hunter, having his headquarters
at the Presidio and at
San Rafael.
(Davis,Sixty Years iu California )
1S23. The ship Rover, of Boston, arrived
with an assorted cargo.
The first American merchant in
California w?.s Nathan Spear, who
established himself in Monterey,
in 1823. A few years later a
branch store was opened at Yerba
Buena (the i;ame first employed
for the locality along the bay
shore southward of Telegraph
Hill). American trade at this
point was very profitable. Smuggling
was common. Ships would
come to San Francisco Bay in
order to avoid Monterey, the
of entry, and would- tmtoad* atr
Yerba Buena after the- government
guard at the Presidio ba&t
been bribed.
(Davis, Sixty Years in California.}>
Yerba Buena cove is dessribed by
a visitor as a small bay, one side,
steep rocks, in front a* smooths
sandy beach. The Presidio is*
found to be in a rumous condition.
A ride from the Presidio to.
the Mission is described* as- beingthrough
a dense thicket, across
valleys and over sandy eminences^
Coyotes and a wolf were seen..
The Mission buildings werefall^
ing into dilapidation. At this*
date the missions around'tbe bay.
were Dolores, Santa Clara, San*
Jose, San Francixr-o Solano andt-
S.an Rafael. Their while population
is estimated at :co, and,
Indians, 5,coo.
( tl Life in California/">,
The bark Louisa, of Boston, visits^
the port of San Francisao oa at>
voyage from Sitka. Stops wentmade
also at Monterey, Santa
Barbara,San Pedro and San Diego*
Considerable trade was carried

sionhad 10,000 cattle, many thousand
horses and vast numbers of
sheep. Red wine, made from
grapes brought from Mission San
Jose, was in use.
(Davis, Sixty Years in California.)
1833 and later. Secularization of the
Missions carried out by the Mexican
Government,resulting in great
losses. In 1834, Mission Indians
numbered 30,6,50; in 1842, they
had fallen to 4,450. In 1834, the
Missions had 424,000 horned cattle;
in 1842, only 28.220.
(Blacktnar, Spanish Colonization )
1834. All settlements on San Francisco
peninsula, including Mission, were
under the control of the military
commandant at the Presidio. - At
this time orders were given by the
provincial governor for the formation
of Ihe civil government of a
pueblo.
(Blackiaar, Spanish Colonization )
*$35. Jan. 1. Elections having been
held in December, the members of
the Ayuntamiento, or town council
were installed.
1835, Nov. 27. J. G. Estudillo was
chosen alcalde of the pueblo of
San Francisco. He lived on the
south shore of the bay, but his
rule extended over the whole of
the San Francisco peninsula In
i835t tbt?r e was one dwelling at
Yerba Buena,—a tent belonging
to an English trader, named Richardson.
(Shinn, Mining Camps.)
1835, Dec. 4. Richard H- Dana, on
board the ship Alert, arrived in
San Francisco Bay. The Alert
anchored in Yeiba Buena cove,
south of Telegraph Hill. The
only building on the shore was
Richardson's tent or shanty. Dana
describes the Presidio as located
on a high point "about 30 miles
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from mcuth of the t?,y V
harbor is de>cnbe

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buildings. An old adobe building
stood on the top of the hit*
(Telegraph) above the anchorage.
The Presidio is described as scarcely
to ba distinguished,—a solitary
flag-staff, but no flag flying.
Buildings were deserted and falling
to decay ; guns were dismounted
j one officer and one soldier
were the whole garrison.
The commerce passing through
the bay is thus described: Imports—cotton
cloths, velvet, silks,
wines, brandies, tea. Exports—
hides averaging 150,000 annually,
tallow 200,000 arrobas, beaver
skias, not over 2,000, sea-otter
skins 400 to 500, elk and deer
skins, about 3,000, wheat sent to
Russian ports to the amount of
12,000 bushels annually. Total
value of the trade is estimated at
less than $1,000,000.
(Wilkes, Exploring Expedition )
July 9. United States flag raised
over San Francisco by Commander
Montgomery, U. S N. Existing
offices and lavrs were to be continued.
Lieut. Washington A.
Bartlett appointed alcalde by
Montgomery. Said to be responsible
for changing the name of the
shore settlement from Yerba
Buena-to San Francisco. Up to
this date the settlement comprised
only 10 to 15 buildings.
(Biucrolt, California, vol. VI.)
1846, September-October. A vvrv careful
observer, Edwin Bryant, later
alcalde, gives the following description
of San Fraucisco at this
date. The town of San Francisco
is situated on the south side of
entrance, fronting the bay, and
about 6 miles from the ocean. Its
permanent population is between
100 and 200. almost all foreigners.
There are only two or three native
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California!! families in the place.
The transient population (quite
numerous) consists of the garrison
of marines and the crews of merchant
and whale ships at anchorage.
The houses, with few exceptions,
are small adobes aod
frames, constructed without regard
to architectural taste, convenience
or comfort. Very few
of them have chimneys or fire
places. The people live the year
round with no fires except for
cooking. The chief merchants
are Messrs. Leidesdorff, Grimes,
and Davis and Frank Ward, a
young man from New York.
These houses carry on an extensive"
trade with the interior, Oregon,
the southern coast of the
Pacific and the Sandwich Islands.
The produce of Oregon for exportation
is flour, lumber, salmon and
cheese; of the Sandwich Islandssugar,
coffee and preserved tropical
fruits. Until • recently a few-
New York commercial houses had
monopolized the trade in. California,
selling'their dry goods and
knick-knacks for high prices, and
receiving hides and tallow at low
rates. They sold brovvn cotton.
cloth at $1 per yard, allowing
$r 50 each for dry hides, which
brought $4 or $5 in the East. A
suit of clothes that would cost $75
in the East brought over $350 ia
California. The best private building
in the town was that of Mr.
Leidesdorff who had resided in
San Francisco since 1840 or 1841.
The Mission is described as three
miles from San Francisco, the toad
running over low ridges of sand
bills, but with sufficient soil to
produce a thick growth cf scrubby
evergreen oak, hawthorn^ wild
currants, gooseberry and rose

-:
. bushes- The Mission buildings
are about 2 miles from the bay
shore, at the northern extremity
of a fertile plain stretching toward
: San Jose and at the foot of the
Coast Mountains. An arroyo
waters the Mission laud,* and
empties into the bay. The church
and main buildings are in tolerable
repair. The Indian quarters are
crumbling into shapeless heaps of
mud.
(Bryant, California, 1846-7).
1847. San Francisco now has 300 inhabitants,
50 adobe houses, one newspaper,
owned by Sam. Brannan
and edited by E. P. Jones. While
Bartlett was alcalde, Jasper O'Farrell
surveyed and planned the
city.
(Bancroft, California, vol. VI.)
1S47 Feb. 13, Gen. Kearney as military
governor appointed Edwin Bryant
alcalde in place of Lieut. W. A.
Bartlett, who had been ordered to
bis ship, Bryant assumed the
office on Feb. 22d. On June 2d
Mr. Bryant left San Francisco to
return to the East
(Bryant, California.)
1847. Feb. June. During Bryant's. alcaU
deship the town grew rapidly.
Houses were built as fast as lumber
cuuld be procured and workmen
be found. A semi-monthly
mail by horseback to San Diego
was established by Gen. Kearney.
A Sabbath-school under the direction
of Mr. J. H. Merrill was organized
to meet at the residence
of the alcalde, and steps were
taken to establish a church.
(Bryant, California. Extracts
from California Star.)
1848 Amount of exports from California
• from 1826 to 1S48 estimated as
follows: Hides, 1,068,000; tallow,
62,500.000 lbs.
I848.
LIST OF AMERICAN AtCAtDliS. ,
Lieut. Washington A.tBartlett/
Sept. 15, 184c to Feb. 1847
Edwiu Bryant, Feb. aa to Jane, 1847
George Hyde, June, 1847 to April, 1S4&
J.Towasend, April to Sept. 1843
T. M. Leavenwortb,
Sept 1S48 to Aug. 1849
John W. Geary,
Aujf- 6. 1849 io May 8? 1850
Marshall's gold discovery nearly
depopulated San Francisco, r ;
July, a meeting was held in San
Francisco to consider currency
difficulties. It was agreed among
other things to ask Gov. Mason/;
to appoint assayers and to circuc
late a petition to Congress for the
establishment of a mint. •:
(Bancroft, California, vol. V£)
USX OF MIXXITARY GOVERNORS '
OF CALIFORNIA.
SAME BATB OP PROCX.A.MATIQrff
Commodore John D. Sloat, July 7, 1846^
Commodore Robt. P. Stockton,
Aug. 17, 1S46
Colonel John C. Fremont, Jan. 1847
General Stephen W. Kearney,
March I, 1S47
Colonel Richard B. Mason,
May 31, 1S47
Genera? Beanet Riley,. April 13, 1846
184S. The powers of the alcalde were
constantly increasing. He decided
all causes, both civil and
criminal, according to his own
notions. There was no municipal
organization, lliis arbitrary
government of the alcalde led to
various difficulties
1S49, Feb. 26, Mail steamer, California,
arrived. Regular trips announced
in May or June.
1849, March 5. An organization having
been formed called "The Provisional
Government of San Francisco."
A legislature of 15 members
met and began to enact laws,
but the military governor, Gen.
n
IP
•58
Beunett Rile:
ceediags ^
alcalde.
1849, SummCi 1 , Id
ing in by thq
this summer
sels were in
of them werd
the men havj
the mines.
1849, Sept C
were organic
use as &n ar
the corner of 1
at a c<
1849, ead of yearend
o£;-tS49
,ooo,-,]ia^i"ng: : i
1 500 in Janu
in August
business wai
of uncertaint;
were needed
New York^an
livered- 35v
ing the entin
ed upon sou]
sands of ^mil<
rice ajcii suj
Chile supplie
thing else
ports. Uttcejl
caused price)
Lumber was
one month^n'
freight th^iivj
tuated betweej
pound. J-GCHe
to per cent pd
• (sd

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Bennett Riley, declared these proceedings
illegal and upheld the
alcalde.
1849, Summer. Immigrants were pouring
ia by the ship load. During
this summer uo less than 549 vessels
were in port; in August 400
of them were destitute oi crews,
the men having deserted to go to
the mines.
1S49, Sept. 24, the San Francisco Guards
were organized. A building for
use as an armory was erected at
the corner of Jackson and Dupont
streets at a cost of $2 r,000.
1849, end of year. Population at the
end of 1*549 is estimated at 15,-
000, having increased from about
1 500 in January and about 6,000
in August. The condition of
business was difficult on account
of uncertainty. About six months
were needed to get an order to
New York and get the goods delivered.
Even for food and clothing
the entire community depended
upon sources of supply thousands
of miles away. China sent
rice and sugar. Australia and
Chile supplied some flour. Everything
else came from Atlantic
ports. Uncertainty of supply
caused prices to vary \videly.
Lumber was worth $00.4 per M.
one month,and not enough to pay
freight the next. Saleratus fluctuated
between 25 cents and $15 a
pound. The rate of interest was
10 per cent per month.
(Shinn, Mining Camp.)
1849-50. Along the water fioutoJd s
were turned into bouses. The
Niantic was beached on what is
now the northwest corner of Sansome
and Clay streets, and turned
into a boarding bouse. The Gen.
Harrison was used at the northwest
corner of Battery and Clay;
the Apollo at the northwest corner
of Sacramento and Battery,
and the Georgian, between Jackson
and Washington, west of Battery.
As tbese streets were gradually
filled in, these old hulks
were left surrounded by land.
Telegraph Hill was always the
most commanding lanel-nai k.
Happy Valley was the name given
to the valley between First, Second,
Mission and Natoma sir t els.
The name Pleasant Valley applied
to the region along what is
now Howard street.
(Bancroft, California, vol. VI )
1850, April 15, City of San Francisco
incorporated by the Legislature
of California. 1 he chatter defintd
the city boundaries as follows:
North and east by the bay, south
by % line parallel with Clay
street and two miles south of the
center of Portsmouth Squaie,
west by a line parallel to Kearny
street and one and one half west
of Portsmouth Square. John W.
Geary, alcalde at the time, was
elected, the first mayor of San
Francisco.
(Moses Municipal government in
San^tancisdc.)

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THE LOWELL.
A monthly published by the students of the Lowell High School. •
EDITORIAIi STAFF.
FRAKK VAN DUZEK, ^9, Editor in-Chief -i" 1 "-^^^
Hssoeiates.
ED. T. CAHII.1,, Jgg. CHAS. G. NORRIS, '99.
ROGER L. BEAI,ST J oof
SOSINHSS STAFF.
EDWARD B. ROBINSON, '99, Business Manager.
Assistants
EDGAR BEHJCOW, '99,
WILLIAM MIDDI.HTON, 'CO. EDGAR STILLMAN, 'OX.
CURTIS LINDLKY» '01.
ART DHPARTCnH|*T.
CHARLES G. NORRIS, '99.
Assistants.
H. MANOR, '99. J. M. LEVY, '00
The class of '99 is rapidly
•»Urt approaching the time when
We its members will depart their
Forget." serrate ways. It is not ou*
intention to endeavor to write
a valedictory in this space, although it
is unfortunate that no other expression
offarcwell class feclingcan be had other
than through the columns of our school
It ha? been the intention of themanagement
to make this issue somewhatof •
a tfass feature, and a feature to which
th^s class can refer with pride in after
years. The success of the class in dif«
Cerent branches of school work and recreation
has been equal, we believe to
that of former classes, ahhough weare
fewer in numbers than many of the forgraduates.
What we lacked in
JJL

!c man-
•hat of
hich
in after
in difmd
re-
[eve, to
j-weare
Bie for-
:ed i»
KJ. H. r^'binson
>. O. N^rns, 't

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numbers we havesraade up in spirit and
energy. The success of school projects
depends in a Jarge number upon the
senior class and certainly little complaint
can be nude concerning school success
this year in any field, either athletic or
literary.
We have been closely associated all
through this time in the period of life
when friends are most easily made and
the events take place which affect our
future success. Our friendship should
not close here and the ties of school days
be broken when we have completed our
course. If we cannot meet often in person
our thoughts in after years reverting
to these days will unite us again in
spirit. Happy will be these reflections
if the work has been well done, and sorrowful
will be the regrets if it has been
otherwise. For this class the time is almost
past to begin a different course, but
to the classes following we say, do what
you have in hand with all your energy,
and in after years the satisfaction of a
Ubk well done and the fulness of your
knowledge gained will repay you.
The high school period is to our mind
a transition period. It is a time between
the grammar school and university when
the boy is prepared for the work of the
university year. It is the gymnasium
be the record of your class success, and
m iy each record exceed the one before,
all uniting to aid honor and glory to the
fair name of Lowell, our Alma Mater.
Academic
Studies
From the expression of public
opiaion in the press and
from public and private discussion
there is evidently a
strong tendency to modify the courses of
study in the High Schools in favor of a
more polytechnic course, or an elective
system of modern languages instead of
dead languages.
Among the advocates of this change
the principal arguments are the different
conditions now presented to those which
existed fifty years ago. The overcrowdiug
of the learned professions is one reason
given for this innovation. How to
obtain remunerative employment is the
problem which is constantly befoie the
people at this end of the century. It
which strengthens the-mind and prepares
has been pertinently stated that there are
street car conductors who can ask for
your fare in Greek, and men working on
farms who hold degrees. It is a question
which will not be put aside and is
attracting attention.
We do not advocate this new plan.
We believe that the study of Greek and
Latin, exercises and expands the brain,
fining it for the grasp of other problems.
it, like the runner training himself for A polish and finish is given to learning
the race, for the harder and higher uni- by a knowledge of the classics, and not
versity work.
only this, but the knowledge of their
But all of us will not meet in univer- can constantly be employed in studying
sity. Some cease their education on all higher literature. Latin is the uni-
leaving this school. Many will strengthversal language of all scientific niea, as
en the bond of friendship by the days of is Greeek also to a certain.degree.
college life. But if we part at graduation
or later on, let us not part in spirit,
The question now before the
but only in person.
And in closing we wish to urge upon
the classes who will follow us not to let
this issue make the last number of the
History
Repeats
Itself.
United States of- America
" whether or not it is the
best policy to extend the
boundaries of the Republic
Lowell Annual. Endeavor to make it and annefit.< the countries in question/
as its name indicates—annual. Let it or to husband the resources of the nation

THE LOWELt
aud keep witnin its own limits." It is a
question whose answer may only be
found upon the annals of the future.
Years hence this question shall find an
answer in the actual results of our
action now. It is one of the things
which posterity shall know, but which
sh?ll for us never be answered Now,
it is our duty to conjecture what that
answer will be, and having been occe
convinced, which is the true solution of
the problem, to act accordingly.
In the present state of affairs there are
two parties holding different views on
this question, which may be confounded.
They are the expansionists and the annexationists,
those favoring the annexation
of Hawaii and those favoring
the expansion of United States territory.
The annexation of Hawaii has been de-.
cided upon and Hawaii has been annexed,
but there are many of those who favored
this anuexation who ate strongly
leaning in the opposite direction against
expansion.
Expansion is a serious question. It
means the expansion of territory? the
growth of power, wealth and influence.
This sounds well enough. But, besides,
it may mean a ball and chain rivited to
the nation's foot, it may mean the retrogration
of American enterprise, it mcy
mean the degeneration of American
power, it may mean a useless member
forever attached to the body of country.
This does not sound so well. There ire
two sides to the question. Look deeply
into each. The answer to the. question
is more grave than at first sight.
" History repeats itself." The question
now facing our country is the
same that faced the Roman republic.
Before, they were a compact, powerful,
energetic nation—one. unit. To them
this same question came: " Should they
the boundaries of then republic
aonex Sicily and Carthage, or not?
The answer to this question we know-
Look upon the annals of: Roman history—a
compact, solid unit, a nation
composed of the most patriotic men 1 the
world h& • ever known, annexed and extended
their boundaries,Sicily, Oarthagte,
Spain, Gaul, Greece, Egypt, the then
known world came within the Roman
grasp. The nation grew. What became
of the glorious republic ? Where
was the freedom of the forefathers in
Nero's time ? Nothing remained save .
sloth, luxury and vice. What was the
end of that empire of the world? Nothing.
It was like the dropping to pieces
of a decayed rose at a touch of the wind.
It grew into a weak pretty state called
the Holy Roman Empire of whom some
one has said was neither holy, "reman;
nor imperial. Shall the United States
of America follow this road to ruin?
Shall she expand and include within
boundaries half the world and then drop
to pieces like a rotten flower ? No. To
the lips of every true American should
that word leap. For those who argue
this that the United States will never
degenerate like the Roman State—
let them remember, " History repeats
itself. :> The Roman State was a
republic like us, governed in the same
fashion ; a similar unit of patriotism and
loyalty, and having a heart where the
living blood of the people beat It had
just been victorious over a weaker country
like us; there were lands to be annexed,
the same as those that are lying
before our feet now for annexation.
They decided to annex them. So far we
have decided nothing. But since it is seen
that so far we have followed Roman history,
would it not be well to stop a
moment and look upon the ruin of that
empire through that one fatal mistake
and then remember, "History repeats
itself?" '—"'•
\f, ' :
••X-'r
;t Debate thy^cai
and discpyer;'iio^]
So says; KM^Sf ^
his proverfe,-25t
We see|by^ij
absolute: ^pTbo^Ht]
the wisest mariSth^
was
cause wi ti^iSv^fei]
and liesidfe f tnese,
instance^ 61 'si
dates farther, bacl
conclusion: is y
though' dry at:tii
Writers
this subject, and
bk books h have b
still it is
not
writers bf.tbe'age
v
Gave signal ai
Also Milton*
and in fact xmi
noted writers^ani
exhausted ito It
corners,
School.
iai

EDITED BY P. H. MADDUX
:t Debate thy cause with thy neighbor,
and discover not a secret to* another.".
So says King Solomon to his people in
his proverb, 25th chapter, 2nd verse.
We see by this that here we have
Absolute proof that, even as early as
the wisest man that the earth has ever
known, debate was known, *'Debate thy
cause with thy neighbor," are his words,
and beside these, there are many other
instances of similar procedure, but we
will not discuss them. Debate probably
dates farther back still, snd from this,
conclusion is brought to bear, that
though dry at times, debate is often a
necessity.
Writers of all ages have referred to
this subject, and also many books after
books have been written upon it, aud
still it Is an inexhaustible subject. Does
not Walter Scott, one of the greatest
writers of the age say,
" But ouestion 6erce and proud reply.
Gave signal soon of dire debate."
Also Milton speaks upon the subject,
and in fact numerous other great acd
rioted writers, and still they have not
exhausted it, It is used on the street
corners, the court room, and in fact
everywhere, even in the Lowell High
School.
The Lowell High School Debating
Society is an organization, composed
solely of members of the Lowell High
School, established for the purpose of
instructing and educating its members
on the outside questions, by debating
and talking upon such. In fact some of
the profoundest questions have been
solved by this noble minded society,
but the only trouble is that the Senate
of the United States or any author or
authors of the subject in question, never
hear of the profound expounding put
forth by our notyle members. "U hy we
even decided that England should give
to Ireland home rule, but the English
Parliament never heard the decision.
This society was founded some years
ago by a few very ambitious students,
who thought it would be both beneficial
to them and their friends. Upon first
founding and for some little time afterwards,
the society was held outside the
school house; for instance at the residences
of the members. It ran on this
way for some time urtil the boys, thinking
it better for the welfare of the society,
asked permission to hold their meetings
in the building of the school. Permission
was granted two years ^gp, and two
of our Professors, Mr. KeUogg-and Mr.
Clark took the sponsorsbip,

44 THE LOWELL
Atscs.g the ^Hinders we only, at present,
have one in our midst, Mr* Ed.
Robinson, and we all owe thanks to
him that he evei founded such a society.
The other beginners have finished and
left, and, as I have said, only one remains
to tell'tis of its beginning.
Many pupils of this school, during the
existence of the society have taken very
active parts in its progress, and to this
day, we still see the same spirit existing
among many of its members.
In the Senior class of '97, Messrs.
Mayer, Sweet and others were very
prominent, and I have heard it said
that the quality of Mr. Mayer as a
debater was excellent. These young
gentlemen were very ardent workers in
behalf of the society and kept it up, to
turn it over to the next class of '98, who
were coming forward very prominently
all the while.
The class of'98 deserves great credit
for their work in this society, and we are
always pleased when we have the old
members coxne back and visit us. In
this class there were many prominent
leaders, and all worked for the general
welfare of the society. Under their
supervision the society grew and grew,
and at the same time became very
famous for its deep work. Every one
seemed to take an interest, young ladies
as well as young men. It may well be
slid that the young ladies of the class of
'98 kept up the interest of the society
every bit as well as the young gentlemen.
As I have said before, there were
many noted and prominent workers in
the society. Mr. Deutsch, now a
Freshman in the Uuiversity of California,,
was a member that we can hold up
as a model. He worked always in our
interest and devoted a great deal of time
to . t£e meeting.. ? Another equally as
ardent was Mr. Adler, aljo in the
University, of- Califorgy|». anjj^this -gentleman
with Mr^v Deutech jcauw
places in the Freshman Debating team,,
and we all wish them a Hearty success.
Still another very prominent member
was Mr. Jack Eppiuger, who was president
of this body, and helped make it a
success. But 1 will not forget to mention
the youug ladies also. Of course
they TFere not so numerous as the gentlemen,
as you know young ladies are
very bashful about speaking in public,
but I will give the fair sex as much of
the honor as their gentlemen friends.
Miss Zjbel was very prominent in her
woik, and we will say that she could
outdo many of the boys in speechmaking.
She had the vim and fire and
strength of an orator, and she was not
afraid to show her ability either, and I
think that you all will agree with me
that Miss Zobel was one of the finest
orators that ever became a member of
that society. Mfos Day was also another
lady-debater, and scored success as such.
There were many others in this class
who really took the interest of the society
at heart and they did so especially at
elections. Like all other bodies of
human beings, there were two or more
factions. Factions existed in this class
of '9*. which always appeared on
the arst Friday of every other month.
Oue notable election which I recall was
t'.ie one in which Mr. Eppinger was
elected as the President, The contest
was a hot one, and very close. The
other side tried in every way possible to
elect their candidate, but with all their
storming, Mr. Eppinger's ship sailed
in, unscarred. U'e all trill say, that
that term, over which Mr. Eppinger
was President, was one of the most sue*
ct-ssful terms ever known in the history
of the Lowell High School Debating Sobriety.
..
This class varied their programs* which
undoubtedly held the attention of-their
members and listeners. One time, a debate^^anothex-a,
sena,te, and some/, 'other
the Presidential i]
the Presidenfc:6f
fact we ma^* say,
tffMr.Adle|4tf#i
over term, that,tlj
his charge, one of j
on the coast, and
the ciass of '9$ f<
preciation of our
August '98 usfcu
almost new society
bers. Of course
years many o£V tl
members, but noi
did not hold such
But before protei
vancement of th<
present year,
words concerning
lers last year;'
There is one yoi
of'99, and in ftct
prominent last yej
Duzer, editor of tl
member of thi grej
was a very promi:
VanDuzer waa bey<
popular Middlefin
consequently fayor
the society, and
distinguished of
chair on the Rspp
day he inade'/one
he has eyerdeliy<
many of them. -T3
has the qualities
and he showed; thi
now only regret t1
real active part in
year. Another vei
dler was Master
last election of the
ored with the offii
were a few others
but in the last yeai
the more so in this
As I have sail
ushered in s

the Presidential commission to tlect
the President of the United States. In
fact we may say, that with the election
of Mr. Adler in June, 1898, for the holdover
term, that the class of '98 left in
his charge, one of the grandest societies
on the coast, and we all gratefully thank
the class of '98 for their work and appreciation
of our Debating Society. *
August '98 ushered into the school an
almost new society in regard to its members.
Of course during the past two
years many of the present class were
members, but not being seniors, they
did not hold such conspicuous positions.
But before proceeding to give the advancement
of the society during the
present year, I will first speak a few
words concerning a few who were Midlers
last year.
There is oue young man of the class
of '99, and in fact others, who were very
prominent last year. This is Mr.,Van
Diuer, editor of the LOWELL. He is a
member of the great Senior class of '99,
was a very prominent member last year.
VanDuzer was beyond all doubts the most
popular Middler in the society, and was
consequently favored with many offices of
the society, and besides, tc the most
distinguished of all, the Presidential
chair on the Republican ticket. On that
day he made one of the finest speeches
he has ever delivered, and he has made
many of them. This young gentleman
lias the qualities and ability of a leader
and he showed them last year, and we
now only regret th*t he cannot take a
real active part in this organization this
year. Another very distinguished Middler
was Master Eugene Fritz,whoat the
last election of the class of '9S was honored
with the office of Secretary. There
were a few others who were prominent,
but in the last year have come out all
the more so in this line of work.
As I have said before, August '98
ushered in a new membership. Al-
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mosfall the old members of this class
remained as such and beside these came
an influx of Juniors and Middlers also.
The year began, not so prosperous as it
was left. At the fiist meeting, Mr. Adler,
according to the constitution called
an election. The number in attendance
was eleveu, and the candidates for Presidency
were placed before this vast assembly.
The candidates were both very
promiuent members, Mr. Weiler and
President Adler. The returns were 6-5,
in favor of Adler.
From that time the society began to
grow. It grew and gresv\ an^ as it enlarged,
more material was brought forward
for debate. Many good talkers
ventured forward and stood before the
assembly, pouring forth the oratory of
Demosthenes and Patrick Henry, evan
so did the author of this manuscript.
Debates after debates occurred, and we
also held open debates and senates varying
the program from time to time, so as
to keep the interest and attention of the
members. President Adler had the society
at heart, and tried in evsry way and
means to benefit it, and he succeeded, although
at times this sedate body did not
appreciate his work.
About a week before the next election,
two candidates appeared for the desired
office of president, namely Schaller and
Maddux. Both worked very hard and
at last on October 5th, Mr. Maddux
was elected by acclamation as presidents
At this time we are proud to say, the
society was at its largest, numbering
one hundred and ten members in all,
making it the largest High Schcol Debating
Society on this Coast. On October
5, election, the room was packed,
and there was plenty of noise to accompany
it also. All the forces of both
candidates were then in full force, and
they were making themselves known
and heard.
The meeting was called to order by

President Adler, and after the few preliminaries,
the nominations were opened
far presidency. Immediately Secretary
Frit*, with a brilliant speech, placed
before the society Maddux. At once, to
iho surprise of all and especially Mr.
Maddux, Mr. Schalter's leading politician
arose and moved that the nomination
be closed. The motion was carried,
and Maddux elected without opposition.
The next meeting was called tc ordex
by the new president, and the attendance
was so large that the study hall was required
to hold the listeners. The day
was taken iip in a senatorial debate, and
after a little difficulty, the society was
turned down and all disorder abandoned.
The method used for this was a very
harsh and strict one. In fact, the president
was compelled to be tyrannical and
always after that he was known as Maddux
the Tyrant. Nevertheless, the society
never lost and the growing interest
began when vr ers were called for,
to take part in UK. preliminaries for the
schooi learn. This began in Maddux's
term and did not end for about two
months.
During the term from October to December,
one very notable program was
used That was a mock trial. The
trial was the first one held that year
and all hoped it a success. It was held
on October 19, and the room was crowded
with visitors. Maddux sat as judge,
Levey and Barrows, attorneys (or the
defense, Weiler and Schailer, attorneys
for prosecution, and Master Parsons was
the prisoner. That crime was trainwrecking.
The attorneys deserve ail
the.honor, of the trial and its success.
The four representatives—Levey, Barrows,
Weiler and Schaller—between
themselves, made up and interwove the
testimony that uey proceeded vv.'-iout
a flaw. The evidence was purely circumstantial
and they used their
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in such a way that in no way did one
witness contradict arictber. The jurors
were empanelled as in the regular Superior
Courts, and everything went off
nicely as if it were true. The attorneys
by their labor and planning so arranged
the trial that it was an unusual success.
In a little while the preliminaries began
and many of the contestants were
before the society. Their interest was
shown by their willingness to debate,
and although many were defeated, still
they deserve honor for having the ability
and power to attempt it at any raCe.
On November 23d, the regular election
of officers was held, and as usual two
factions appeared. This time they were
Shay and Weiler. Mr. Weiler has
always been a very earnest worker in
the society r,:id has been a member for
about two years, having joined before
becoming a noted senior. He was very
prominent last year and also came to the
front this year. He and Mr. Shay
worked hard for the presidential chair,
but the fates were againbt Shay, and
Weiler obtained first place. He was to
hold its most important term, namely,
the term of semi final and final debates
of the team.
The president himself toe 1 : great interest
in the debates and came out victorious
every time.
About the first meeting in January,
commences 'be struggle. All the preliminaries
wore ended and now came the
vital question, " Who suouJd constitute
the team? 11
In the meantime, there appeared to
the society, ayowug lady. Miss Wilson,
the only lady debater in the whole society,
who was ijje victor in her prelimin*
ary and also in her semi-final, so she
stood a good chance for the place in the
team. The contestants were drawn up
for the final debate on January 27, and*
our fellow-worker, Master Weiler gained
first honors, Miss Wilson, second, and
Frank Maudel, third
substitute T
sjdered by tti^ ^
Mr. Kellogg,-a^tnei
society. ... :
The administration
of the best ever fcn<
with the members ac
did uot run for] pres
office, but to help an
ety. He worked and
and at last went out ol
than the ordinaiyhon*
The election of Fe!
before as a young
been in the school ver
Master Parsons, who
sons was elected by a
the first Junior ever 1
tofy of the society to
by the members to, the
sons, as all will say,
best presidents ami &1
he is of tbf Junior Cla;
ble anyway. He ha

Frank Man del, third, with Keane as
substitute Thus these four were considered
by the judges, Mr. Clark and
Mr. Kellogg, as the best talkers in the
society.
The administration of Weiler was one
of the best ever known. He worked
with the members and showed that he
did not run for president just for the
office, but to help and benefit the society.
He worked and did it faithfully
and at last went out of office with more
than the ordinary honors, on February 3.
The election of February 3, brought
before us a young man, who had not
been in the school very long. That was
Master Parsons, who is a Junior. Parsons
was elected by acclamation and is
the first Junior ever known in the history
of the society to have been elected
by the members to the presidency. Parsons,
as all will say, has made one of the
best presidents and shoxvrs thai ibough
he is of the Junior Class, that he is capahle
anyway. Pie has fine order and
THE LOWELL 47
everything seems favorable to him 10 be
one oi the leaders next year.
The Lowell High School Debating
Society from the time of founding until
the present date, has gone through many
changes and countercbanges, and we
cannot help but think that, of course, as
natural that it could not be any better
than it is now. We have watched it
through its infancy, until now, we see it
a full-grown society, and one of the most
progressive and one of the largest for
miles around.
Of course we are better acquainted
with it this year and have watched it
mere closely and can see and distinguish
the changes brought about, and I think
that all will agree that when the last of
this term comes around that the class of
'99 will turn over to the others, a society
that can well be proud of such a name,
and equally as good and probably better
than has ever been known in this school
before.

4s TH'E LOWELL
EDITED BY CHAS G. NORRIS.
The Exchange editor of THE LOWELL
wishes to thank most heartily those Exchange
editors for their kind mention of
his department and himself. He has always
done his best and sincerely hopes
that the praise is not undeserved. He
also wants ta extend his thanks to those
who have been adversely criticised by
him and have felt no ill-feeling towards
him, but have taken the advice courteously
given in a courteous manner.
The Oakland sEgis has blossomed at
last and many warm commendations are
done it for its most artistic appearance.
Everything is well done, the material,
the notes, the different departments and
the cover have ail been gotten up in a
manner that is irreproachable as well as
in good taste. The paper must pardon
the lateness of this notice, but the Exchange
copy was not received until
about two weeks ago.
Mrs. Bingo—O dear, Charles, I wish I
could find a name for baby.
Bingo—Why not tail him Atlantic
Ocean ?
Mrs. B.—Why ?
B.— (wearily). Because he r.tver dries
u p.—Excha nge.
In the Adjutant from San Rafael,
California appears a veiy neat little
story caUed the " Two Princeton Sign
Swipers." It is a story whose true
merit does not appear to the reader until
he comes to the end. Throughout the
first part of the story the impression is
given that the professors are not on a
sign raid at all and one rather expects a
disappointing ending, but this is Dot so
and the reader himself is agreeably disappointed
for the end is bright, witty
and natural. Whoever Nad is, he or
she deserves commendation for their
ability.
'• Mamma," lisps a little tow headed
fellow, " did you ever tell a lie ? "
*' I am afraid I have, Arthur."
" Did papa ever tell a lie ? "
"I guess he did."
" Did Aunt Hattie ever tell a lie ? "
" Why, Arthur, why do you ask so
many questions for ? "
" Oh, I was thinking how lonesome
George Washington and I would be in.
Heaven."—Exchange.
u He loved his Dinah dea: y.
And he sighed to her one night,
* Dinah, could you love me? 1
And she whispered, * Dinah might/
They were married in the autumn,—
When she blows him up at night,
He realizes what she meant
When she whispered*' Dynamite ' ""
—Excha?tge.
The sun rises and sets; time and tide
wait for no man, but nothing is more
regular than the arrival of the Senator
and University Chronicle.
The department entitled " Pepper and
Salt" in the Skirmisher from Trenton,
New Jersey, is a very carefully selected
department. It is worth the price of the
magazine to read the article. We would
like to suggest to the editors of the
Skirmisher, however, to put the name of
the place where that paper is printed on
the flay leaf in order not to make the
poor Exchange editors turn to the advertisements
to find where the paper
comes from.
lu the Georgetown College Journa
Washington, D. C, there appears an excellently
well written artitle, entitled
"Tennyson's Debt to Theocritus," by
G Le Guere Mullally. The author
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" May I print a kiss <
I asked. She nodded sv
Xo: we went to press. ,fcn
I printed a large'edition:
The Exchange. Editor
nic from Pasaderna,,Cal.
thanks of the'I;$ft
curosit>\ however, to JEM
change Editor men is'tin

shows a thorough conception of his subject
and treats it in a masterly v?ay.
The points in the argument are well atid
clearly brought out. Besides this he
shows himself to be the possessor of an
admirable style of English that adds
greatly to his literary efforts.
Caller (with manuscript)—"Then you
can't use the poem? May I ask what
ails it?"
Editor—" Well, it lacks what might he
called the true poetic fire.**
Caller—"Couldn't that be given it in
some way? "
Editor—*• Well, you might try sticking
it in the stove."—Exchange.
To shave your face and brush your hair
And then your best new suit to wear—
That's perspiration.
And then upon the car to ride
A mile or two. and walk beside—
That's transportation.
And then before the door to smile,
To think you'll stop a good long while—-
That's expectation.
And then to find her not at home.
That homeward you will have to roam—
That's thunderation.
—Exchange.
For an all-round good illustration of
good assortment of literature, and as an
excellent example of a school magazine,
the Hall Boy from M^zareth, Pa., is in
our opinion the one that deserves such
praise.
" May I print a kifs on your cheek?' 1
I asked. She nodded sweet permission.
i,o. we went to press and I rather guess
1 printed a large edition —Exchange.
The Exchange Editor of the Polytechnic
from Pasadena, Cal., has the warm
thanks of the LOWULL staff for his notice.
We shall strive hard to be worthy of his
praise. We should like out of pure
curosity, however, to know how our Exchange
Editor met its the term il iollier/'
THE hOWELL
If the gentleman tendering the epithet
will also tender an interpretation he will
receive more tbaiiks. especially (if nx ili«
Exchange Editor. We do not wish to
convey the idea that we are displeased
at the criticism but simply enquire the
meaning of the word out of curosity.
Miss Stella Metcalf has written a very
interesting article in this paper called
"The Function of the School/ 1 The
subject has been treated in a most comprehensive
way.
New law in physics : The deportment
of a student varies inversely as the square
of the distance from the teacher's desk.
— Ycmkton Student.
The following clipping mi);ht be of
interest to some:
HOW SOUND TRAVELS-
The whistle of a locomotive can be
heard 3.300 yards, the noise of a train
3.800 yards, the report of a musket and
the bark of a dog i,Soo yards, the ioll of
a drum 1 600 yards, the croak of a frog
900 yards, a cricket chirp Sco yards, a
dinner-bell two miles, and a call to get
up in the morning 3 feet ? inches.—Exchange.
As an illustrated school paper the
Tabula 1 from Tarrington, Conn., is the
best we have yet seen, Some of the
illustrations are par excdlance.
The Exchange Editor in the Argyle
Nezvs has set forth the importance and
mission of the Exchange Department in
admirable terms and we should suggest
to all our fellow-editors to Tead the article.
It may give them some points,
*' What's that button you're wearing?"
asked the young thing; iv Not Sons of
the American Revo'lution7 t%
" No," said the Major, U I should think
not. I'm proud of that buttou ; it's the
insignia, the outward and visible sign of
the largest military society in tlie United
States/'

u What's its name?*'
"Society of the First Man up San Juan
~3l\\V-Exchange.
There is a very clever story in the
'Occident of February 17th called "The
^Scheme that Failed 11 by M. E. Deutsch.
"The story is briskly told in an easy and
-free manner that lends interest to the
story. Mr. Dentsch was formerly editor
of the LOWELL. We assure the Ocadeni
-of a strong contributor in the person of
•^ir. Deutsch.
" Father," said a young son of Deacon
Squibs. " what is the difference between
-a man that dyes wool and an editor ? M
%I Well, now, really tiiy son/' replied
•the Deacon, beaming benignly upon bis
-offspring, "I am not prepared to state
-whnt the difference is."
14 Why pa, one is a lamb-dyer and the
mother is a—**
11 What? What? My son?"
"An editor/' continued the youth
Trolling his tongue around in his cheek.
— Exchange.
Much commendation is due Miss Min-
•nie M. Harrison for her admirable imitation
of Scott. In the High School
Journal from Wilkesbarre, Pa., she has
Tset iorth an incident that Scott has either
intentionally or heedlessly omitted in
*Tvanhoe." It is not the story that is f so
-commendable but, as we have stated before,
her close imitation of Scott's netr-
4ess style.
The Baker City High School Nuei is
* -v*ry promising little paper. It has the
congratulations of the LOWELL.
^ We wish to especially mention the
Spectator from the Capital University of
-Columbus, Ohio, as an excellent example
of a paper containing the right
^cmd of literature.
They are telling of a certain wag who,
bearing that Rudyard Kipling received
p*y at the rate of a shilling a word for
THE LOWELL
his stories, sent him a shilling and asked
for a word.
Mr. Kipling replied : "Thdiks-P
— Youth's Conipa-nion V
Smith— 1 * Bill gets only one lejtler in a
year. 1 '
Jones—' 1 Is that so? Well, he has
one read letter day in his Mfe, anyway.
Jt —Ex.
Jack—I say, Jim, why aren't you calling
on Miss Jones any more? :
Jim—Don't ask me. Jack; the reason :'••'
is a parent.—Exchange*
The Lawrenceville Literary Magazine,,
from Lawrenceville, N. Y., has the best > i
collection of poems that have appeared ;
lately in our exchanges. The High ,;
School papers should pay more attention
to this than they do. It is essential
to the welfare of a paper that each month
between its covers should appearan original
poem by some scholar in that school.
The Russ comes to us from San Diego, >
California, for the first time. It is a very ^!
well gotten up paper and should be a f
credit to the school it represents. We ?i
are glad to notice the first editorial. It •• |
is a pleasure to sometimes see an editor- :> ' vj
ial that bss to do with something not - .-•$
pertabiug to tbe school or school in:- l |
teres*,s. Here Is an editorial that treats J
ofjthe new steamship line at San Diego'. ].• ^'i
Xow that is tbe right kind of editorial. ;^|
We do noi say it is a bad plan to edi- f'
torialize (if we may use tbe word) school ;V,^
interests but to continually and forever ^t4j
do it is a bad plan and is very wearisome. ;^'
The author of a " Summer Vacation in '£V
the Emerald Isle " has a style very much ;^
like Thackeray. The telling is easy |p
and rambling, making it delightful read- %;;>
ing. Before we go on to the next paper if;:
let us give the editor* of the Russ two ^|v
straight "pointers" that are necessary to £||.
the success of their paper. The first is;.- '• '.[~;7$$
Dc not have the editorials at the begin- £i$
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ning of the ;
yxvimportant
lengthy ^ ^
low these suggestions*, vb
success of the
As a maid so nice^
With step precise. t
Tripped o^r :; the^ce;-igS. j
She slipped* ^-- j —^
And at the fall,
With usual gall,
»schoolboys
*• Third down, tvvo f<
Columbus avade iin : -fegg
some Iteliaus of Jess
a peanut stand.
The Oila
has an excellent stpry^titi
Mexican Ren3itii^cence.L'
admirably told story, deiili
ject hackucyed for twent;
touching it with & freshne
fulness that redeems ;i1
forces his story's plausible 1
reader in a manner which'in
a "matter of course": wayreader
by the throat with*
of the whole story. The d
well handled. We "hope
more of Mr. Stoner's w^rk,
The Grand Vizer was ar
•'I think, 1 * said he, (i th&i
be on a medal some day."
"Ha!" said the Calipli.
'•Good idea, I'll have i
once."—Exchange,
A Pennsylvania 'met*
issued a card .containing 1
"The w?.r is over. Then
United States won is tha
as Sampson, Miles Loiigv!
and has plenty of Merrit
Dewey want ?'— Ex.
The poem "\ v 'e Olden
Red and Blue frou
York, is very

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ning of the paper, and the second and
all-important one is* : Have a full and
lengthy Exchange Column. If you follow
these suggestions you will, make a
success of the ftuss.
As a maid so nice,
With step precise,
Tripped o'er the ice,
She slipped, her care in vain.
And at the fall,
With usual gall,
The schoolboys call:
"Third down, two feet to gain. 11
—Exchange.
Columbus made an ^% stand, but
some Italians of less renown have made
a peanut stand.—Exchange,
The O/Ia Poduda from Berkeley, Cal.,
lias an excellent story in it, called ll A
Mexican Reminiscence," This is an
admirably told story, dealkigwith a subject
hackueyed for twenty years, but
touching it with a freshness and truthfulness
that redeems it. The author
forces his story's plaursibleness upou his
reader in a manner which might be called
% "matter of course'* way that takes the
reader by the throat with' the vividness
of the whole story. The dialect is very
well handled. We hope to see some
more of Mr. Stoner's work.
The Grand Vizer was ambitious.
•'I think," said he, "that my head will
be on a medal some day."
**Ha •" said the Caliph.
"Good idea, I'll have it struck off at
ence."—Exchange.
A Pennsylvania merchant recently
issued a card containing the following:
"The war is over. The reason why the
United States won is that she is strong
as Sampson, Miles Long, Schley as a fox
and has plenty of Merrit. What more
Pewey want ?—Ex.
The poem "Ye Olden Times" in the
Red and Blue from Sach's school, New
York, is very good. The thoughts are
well expressed and the poetic form almost
faultless. Might we tell the editors
of the Red and Blue that their paper will
never be a success until they follow the
"Expansion Policy*' in regard to their
exchange column.
With fervent admiration
She fired his youthful breast:
With fervent exclamation
Her father did the rest.
—Exchange.
The S. A* C. Lookout from Stocrs,
Conn., is improving; the editorials are
good, but there .should be more of them.
Tnere should also not be so many short
exchange notices. Dou't try to notice
all the exchanges. Write them longer
and mention fewer.
;i O, parson, I wish I could carry my
gold with me," said the dying nan to iiis
pastor.
"It might melt," was the consoling
answer.—Ex.
Miles Standish—"How dost tbou like
married life?*'
John Alden (meekly)—"Well, Vriscilia
no longer says, l Speak for yourself.
John.* "—Princeton Tiger.
Rain falls alike upon the just
And on the unjust, too,
Thus runs the rhyme of ancient time—
Alas, it is too true !
For when the rain comes flooding down.
Enough to drown a fellow,
Generally the unjust has
The just man's umbrella. -
—Exchange.
Stranger (entering photograph gallery
in great baste)—Say, do you take negatives
here?
Photographer—Yes, do you want to
sit?
Stranger—JVbf —Ex.
We are told that nothing is made in
vain. How about a pretty girl? Isn't
she maiden vain ?—Exchange.

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LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL TEAM, '98.
Druclcer, '99, Sticu, '00,
nib end sub-tackle.
dwell, '01, Syrames/99, Hooper, '99, Ellinwoodf '01, ' Middieton, '00, Lewitt, '01
rigb* -ml right tncfclt lull-back leit end k/( tncklc left cud
Robinson, '99, Cook, '99 (captain-. Van Duzer, '99, Irving, T oot Rconey, '99,.
right half right guard mnnac;cr left guard left hn'sf
Saunders, '99, Kidd, '00, Miltont 'oo,
quarter-back ceuter nub-quHrtrr
SEASON'S MATCH GAMES.
Stanford Freshman vs. Lowell
Sauta Rosa vs. Lowell
Peralta vs Lowell -
San Jose State Normal vs. Lowell
Belmont vs. Lowell -
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Foot Bali Season of '98.
The 13th of December saw the close
of the most successful foot, ball season
Lowell bas seen for many ytars. As
usual at the close of last season and the
beginning of this season there were many
dismal propbecies as to the success of
the team in the Academic League, avid
as usuai these prophecies were overturned
by the success of the team. Let
us hope that next year's team will do
even better.
Perhaps the brilliant showing toward
the last may have been due in part to the
unprecedented school spirit and enthusiasm
which the school, both strident
body and faculty together exhibited. If
this spirit had only been shown before
one might well believe the result of the
season would have been different. Never
before had Lowell turned out so well to
support any of her athletic teams, and in
the opinion of a good authority iu the
city she made a showing better than has
ever been made by an academic school
in the State.
Another influence tending to help the
team on was one which started fioni the
first and never falteied throughout the
season, namely, that of Mr. Middleton.
His assistance, especially financially,
has placed him as one of the best friends,
outside the school, the team has.
Public acknowledgement of thanks
might also be made here to the Berkeley
team for their kind assistance in coaching
and for the use of their gear.
The season opened with but five of last
year's men on the team and the rest composed
of Juniors and others who, although
they had been attending the
school for some time, played their first
game this season. The first game was
played at Recreation Park with the Stanford
freshmen, who, although much
heavier and enjoying the benefits of superior
training, were able to defeat us in
the second half only by the score of 8-0.
THK LOWELL
In the following games of the season we
met with no defeat, except with Belmont,
although at Santa Rosa the
score was pretty close. There was
also at that game an exhibition of
several other things besides foot ball,
which have no place among gentlemanly
players. But this is past and we are
willing to concede Santa Rosa a dangerous
rival.
The San Jose Normal game was one
in which it was predicted that Lowell
would meet its Waterloo, but to every
one's surprise, and especially San Jose's,
we defeated them handily. This victory
placed us in the finals a place where
Lowell has not been for many years.
vSystematic coaching as closely as
could be observed was now practiced
and the result was on the 5th of December
one of the prettiest games of football
ever seen in this city was played between
Belmont and Lowell. And right here I
wish to express the high admiration felt
by the team toward the Belmont team
and management for thevr kind and
courteous manner. The best of feeling
existed between the two teams during
the time they were brought together, and
that it still exists is evidenced by the
recent interchange of pictures between
the two teams. As one of the yells from
the grand stand goes, u That's the proper
spirit"
After the first game it was hard to say
whether Lowell was more encouraged or
Belmont more chagrined or surprised.
The playing off of the tie took place before
an immense crowd and almost
equally as great odds. In a sea of mud,
dotted here and there with " darksome
pools," for over two houis the two teams
worked. The superior weight, theconsequent
advantage of the weather to this
weight, the loss of one. of our best men
aud the changing of the team at the last
minute, all told against us and tfoeganie
was Belmont 1 s at 6-0. But, if they did
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win they had to ;varl
and there is another
another chance at the
lack of space pre'
cussing the different
fully, so in conclusion
give a brief sketch of
order of merit, but as
of them.
Cook, Captain and
the same steady and
that won for him the
filled this season. *
the team and theteai
Middleton, Left j
tain, played a hard
through ail the seasoi
ling saved the team
gamas at several gai
fine captain next yea:
Robinson. Left Hall
good game, which di
much last year, r i
taking an opening
long runs to his credi]
Rooney, Right Haj
half back 'toat Low*
Frank Bishop, His
fensive playing place
as the two best halts
Symmes, Right '
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win they had to .vjrk h.ird for,victory
and there >s another season corning with
another chance at the pennant.
Lack of space prevents me from discussing
the diftereni seasonfgamts more
fully, so in conclusion I will endeavor to
give a brief sketch of each player, not in
order of merit, but as I liappeii'to think
of i.hem.
Cook, Captain and Right Guard,played
the si me steady and conscientious game
that won for him the place he so ably fulfilled
this season. The Captain fitted
the team and the team fitted the Captain.
Middleton, Left Tackle and next Captaiu,
played a hard aggressive game
through all the season. His hard tackling
saved the team from defeat or tie
panics at several games. He'll make a
fine captain next year.
Robinson, Left Half, played'his usual
gocd game, which distinguished him so
much last year. His quick habit of
taking an opening gave; him several
long runs to his credit this year.
Rooney, Right Half, played the best
half back that Lowell has-seen since
Krank Bishop. His offensive and defensive
playing place him with Bishop,
as the two best halfs Lowell has had.
Symmes, Right Tackle, played the
sure and steady game he has played for
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v> 'uany years at that position. His
^•"•d kicking was of the finest kind.
Saunders, Quarter-back, has for a newhand
at the position made a record for
himself. His playing back of the liue
was wonderful.
Hooper, Full Back, was the same cool
and steady player throughout the season.
His handling of punts and terrific line
bucking could always be depended on.
Irving, Left Guard, played a fine game
f>r his first year's ejsptfflence ; he was at
his best in the defensive*, breaking
'through the line at critical moments.
Lewitt, Left End, for a lightweight,
played a magnificent game. His getting
down on kicks and guarding his
end were particularly good. Will play
next year, w
OllweliSniight End, played a conscientious
game at all limes and made a
good-end with Lewitt.
Ellinwood, Sub. Right End, played a
hard and determined game at all times
and should itrengthen next year's team.
Milton, Sub. Quarter-back, although
light was one of the hardest tacklera on
the team. Wil! play next year.
Kidd. Center, for a new man at the
position played an excellent game.
With several years before him will make
a valuable addition to Lowell's team.
FRANK VAX DUZER,
Manager '98 team.
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JOE KIDD is picked as ist piace man
so far.
WATSON will make a good race also
but must train hard.
Time, Buz Lyons, 594-5.
The S80 mile runs will be upheld by
nearly all the same men.
HURSH and MiDDi..KTON will get two of
the three places I think, and KARMEL-
ENSXCI by the way he is running now
stands a good chance for 1st. Time, 5
min. 16 sec. for mile.
WATSON will also run well in these
races.
The Hurdles will beupheld by JORGEN-
SKN, MANOR, RODNEY, HOOPER, and
SYMMKS: ROONHY and JORGENSEN take
the High Hurdles, so also, does MANOR.
HOOPEU.SYMMES and JOREGENSHN take
the Low ones and did it last term with
credit, Svmmes breaking a record.
The High and Broad Jumps will be
upheld by MAXOR/HUSH^BELDEN, SHAY.
All need style and practice.
THE LOWELL
KIDD, TUCKER, COOK and JORGENSEN
will put the shot and good competitions
are expected.
CRAIG is a new man but will be fine
when his ankle improves.
SMITH has not been out yet but we expect
a rub in the hundred when he appears.
BEAT, we know can Pole Vault well
and a good deal will be expected of him.
In the walk we have two academic
place men- GLEASON and KARMKJ.ENSKI.
WARREN we hope will come in too.
1 trust that nothing has been said in
this summary that is not fair to all and
I urge that all get out whether they have
tried or not and help the cause of athletics
along.
We expect a field day with the Stanford
Freshmen soon after our Inter-Class
which conies off about the 2nd week in
March. So aU turn out and run for the
glory of the Lowell High School and
make LOWELL .1 PLACE in the academic.
Lowell High School Track and Field Records.
RVHNT RECORD HOLDER TIME AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE
50 yard 'lash 6 sec Titus'96 Inter. Class Field Day...Sept. 26, '96
50
50
50
IOO
2?0
440
6 " Montgomery'gS.. " " " " ...Mar. 13, '97
6 " Sauoders '99

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In the former issue I spoke of the outlook
as encouraging I still think that
we could put a team into this tournament
which would do itself and the
-school credit. The A. A. L- tournament
will begin by the nth of this
month, and if we expect to accomplish
anything, which we surely should, it is
high time that something happened to
wake the slumbering baseball players at
Lowell.
Last month Lowell was scheduled
three times for games out of town and
only once did she play. The fsrst game
with Belmont was called off by Belraont
on account of the muddy condition of
the diamond which would not allow
playing.
Thus our first start was rather discouraging.
The following Saturday we
were scheduled to play St. Matthews
School, but were unable to muster a full
team. Finally on the iSth of the month
the team, or rather part of the team
journeyed to Belmont for another game.
Although Lowell war* handicapped by
the substitution of some men that had
to be put in to fill up the team, even
then one Belmont player was placed in
the field for Lowell.
As it was Lowell went down in defeat.
But in this* there wa.$ no disgrace, as th^
showing was credible enough to predict
THI-: LOWELL 69
;i victory if we had the good fortune to
meet them with a full team, with a little
practice. The batting of Lowell men
was noticeably good. This was tb~
weak point of last year's team whicb
did so well even with this deficiency.
What we will accomplish is only conjecture,
as the practice has been so
scarce, as to banish any hope of team
work, which is all important.
I suggest that the ball players do more
practice while they have yet time. Lowell
will have to contest against Polytechnic,
Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy,
Lick, aud very likely Selborne's and San
Rafael High School which will constitute
the San Francisco League. The
Western League will include St. Matthews,
Belmont, Koitts. and Manzanita
Hall; Central League, Oakland, Berkeley,
Alauieda, University Academy,
Boonc's University Academy, Central
High School and Stockton. The preliminaries
must finish by April tst, and
the semi-finals by the 22nd of the same
month.
George Fuller, our last year's 3rd
baseman is now playing short stop for
the University of California 'Varsity.
We hope he will hold his position, in
fact we are quite sure of it, if he is playing
up to his old time form.
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It has been decided to bold a half mile
handicap and a 2 mile open race in the
coming inter-class field day, March nth.
The idea in havmga 2 mile race is to decide
which man shall be on the school
track team in the Academic League Field
Day. The bicycle race in this affair will
be a 2 mile opati. Those who will enter
in tb? inter-class races are.Seniors : Ghirardelli,
Vensano, Selfrid

A. A. L.
The first meeting of the A.. A. L, for
1899 was held at Oakland on February
3d. The question as to whether the San
Jose Normal School was a secondary
school or not, was then debated and on
vote being taken were allowed to remain
on the roll. The petitions of the Napa
High School and likewise the Palo Alto
High School for membership were read
and voted into the League.
The new constitution as drawn up by
the Constitutional Committee was then
presented by Hauser. Action was deferred
until next meeting.
This constitution contained many new
additions. It divided' the league into
smaller leagues. This Article is as
follows:
ARTICLE IV.
Sub-divisions.
SEC. I. For the purposes of competition
in football and b.^eball, this Division
is hereby divided into the following
named sub-leagues;
1st Northern League, consisting of
the secondary schools situated in the
counties of Sonoma, Mendocino and
Xapa, which are me mbers of this
League.
2d. San Francisco Marin Division,
consisting of the secondary schools in
the city and county of San Francisco
and the county of Marin, which are
members of this league.
3d. Western League, consisting cf
the secondary schools in the counties of
Sau Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and
Monterey, which are members of this
league.
4tb. Central Division, consisting of
secondary schools in the counties of
Alameda, Contra Costa and San Joaquin
which are members oithis league.
Another radical change from the old
constitution is Article XL on Registrar
tiqn. H'J« ". ••>•
THE LOWELL 73
ARTICLE XI.
Registration.
Sect. 1. At least two weeks before
the date of any contest the represent- •
ative of each school must present to the
Secretary an application for registration
of each athlete intending to compete in
such contest, duly signed by the principal
of that school, and certifying that he
is a student in good standing in said
school and fully qualified and in no way
unqualified to take part in the approaching
athletic events of the A. A. L. in
accordance with the Constitution and
By-Laws of the League. Said application
to contain' the full name, date of
birth, place of residence and school
which such athlete at that time attends,
and the names of all other secondary
schools which he has previously attended.
Sect. 2. Upon receipt of such application
the Secretary shall at once issue
to each applicant a card, properly numbered
and duly certifying to his standing
as an amateur athlete and permitting
him to enter and compete in all contests
held under the auspices of this League,
provided that he be not debarred by any
other provision of the Constitution and
By-Laws. The benefits and privileges
derived from such registration and the
possession of such a caid shall expire
on December 31st of each year.
Another addition is the Article on
sanctions*
ARTICLE III.
Sanctions.
When any member of the League desires
to contest with any school which is
not a member of this League or »ny
association of the Amateur Athletic
Union or its affiliated bod?es, said member
must first obtain a sanction from the
President fpr such contest. Provided
.vthat when no admission fee is charged
or prize is con'e>ted for.; Mich sanction

74 THE LOWELL
will be deemed unnecessary* A fee of
iiity cents ( 50) will be charged for each
sanction, same to accompany the application.
A failure to obtain such sanction shall
render such school liable to expulsion,
suspensions a fineoffive dollars'.$5 c:).
On Friday, February iotb, the nex
constitution was adopted, but with several
changes, namely, the dropping out
of the mile walk and substitution of the
50 yard dash in its place on a motion of
Metcalf of Stockton. This was ardently
upheld by representatives of schools not
having mile walkers. The election of
officers then followed, and is as foilows:
President, Rev. W. A. Brewer; Vice-
President, B L. York, Alameda University
Academy; Secretary. A. D La Motte,
Boone's U A., Treasurer, H. Hauser,
San Jose Normal School. The committees
that were appointed by the chairman
are as follows: Baseball—H, A. Keeler,
Ukiah; L. W. Symtnes, Lowell, and A.
Cadogan, Oakland. This committee has
full charge of the arrangement of games
and receipts, etc Finance— L. W.
Sv mines, Lowell; I. G. Hoitt. Hoitt's
school, and B. Townsend, Petaluma
High.
The meeting on February 5th was im-
portant in its results for schools wisbiug
the events of the A. A. L. field days tbc
saui^ as heretofore. B L. York preside!
; n the absence of W. A. Brewer.
Question of fines was first business taktn
up. Fitie *'or non attendance of Petaluma
was cancelled.. Polytechnic de
cided to pay its fine. On motion of Belmont
all fines were cancelled. (Those
under the old constitution ) Amendments
to constitution were then introduced,
two by Lowell, putting the rnile
walk on list of events in place of 50-yard
dash; one by Santa Rosa, making the
2 mile bicycle race one of the events in
the A. A. L. field days. The chair appointed
a committee on banquet as follows
; Keeler, Dunn and Crowell. The
baseball committee was allowed $10 for
expenser likewise fcbe tennis committee.
Moved by Keeler, U. H. S., and seconded
by Lowell tliat match race for 220
yards, between Finnie, U. H. S , and
Smith, Stanford, be arranged to be held
as special event in A- A. L field day on
April 3tb
Henley, U H. S, was voted a sweater
by A. A L for breaking the high jump
record of the coast.
: L W. SYMMES.
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and—and—etc.
A certain member
whose nanie adorni
artists, seems to,
Romans bad nine li
On, if we -only
inetic !'!!**'
An earnest plea
members of the
Class who have
chemistry assessrae]
the person delegate
Oh if I could onlj
paper! ! I !
It's too bad aboui
can't pronoutVce.ihc
How did
through his derby ?
Who said the boat]
Who enjoyed tl;
cream soda ?
Who broke that s
Kyle—le—le—
Our friend Gieas<
not long ago in'-tbi
following passage
lation: "II arracha
le tendre respect guj
sonne, il seserat 'a:
meaning, **'He sni
handkerphief and
great respect he hi
would have torn fair

Oh what are we going to do with the
editors and the judges and the prisoners
aud—and—etc.
A certain member of the Middle Class,
whose name adorns the list of LOWEL
artists, seems to have an idea that the
Romans had nine lives.
Oh, if we only knew a little arithmetic
MM!
Au earnest plea is entered that the.
members of the Second Latin Middle
Class who have not yet paid their
chemistry assessment pay it at once to
the person delegated to collect it.
Oh if I could only write for a newspaper
! ' i !
It's too bad about Fiitz. He says he
can't pronounce the name Po,
How did Chart _*s come to put bis foot
through his derby ?
Who said the boat would leave at nine ?
Who enjoyed that Mill Valley ice
cream soda ?
Who broke that seat?
t.yle—le—U—i,n—l.K.
Our friend Gleason did a smart thing
not long ago in the French class. The
following passage came up for translation
: **II arracha pon foulard, et pans
le tendre respect gu'il avait pour sa personnel
il se serat arrache les chevaux."
meaning, '' He snatched out his silk,
handkerchief and were it not for the
great respect he had for his person he
would have torn his hair." Now it hap-
EUITKD BY E. C>. CAHII.L..
pened that the profesj-or called on Gteasou
at this point and be. seeing the likeness
between " chevanx" and *• cheveux rT
and conscious of the fact that he possesses
a horse rendered the followirg translation
: •* He snatched out his silk handkerchief
and were it not for the great iespect
which he had for his person he
would have torn out his horses/ 1
(Handkerchief understood.)
Has Auerback got his bat back yet?
Some nicknames lately heard in the
yard—Terrible Turk. Awful Austrian,
Horrible Hindoo.
Plover had a bad day not long ago.
How did Stacker's shoe come to be
meandering about the yard without a
foot in it a few days ago.
Gleason had better leave school and go
into the bad joke makirg business.
Bine forgot to manicure the Mackboards
in the J/uin Senior room with
that rag he promised to bring and consequently
the boards look as if some one
had whitewashed them with a broom.
Drucker wants to know
powers of a pupil are.
what the
.Who is it that answers " not prepared"
as regularly as his Prof. Schmidt calls
on him in German ?
Wouldn't Hursh feel proud if he could
run a mile ? Wouldn't be though ? Oh,
all we common people would have to get
out of here in a hurry. But tflie could
only run. the 880. truly and honest we'd
alb have to go to Poly. Bui then there's
n>: verj' much danger. -...,.-

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We have bttn wondering lately bow
on earth that long thin gentleman ia
the Latin Senior class managed to use
so many long, rare, splendiferous words.
A liberal reward w 21 be paid to anyone
finding out the riddle. It's our opinion
that he writes them on his cuff and when
he gets up to recite he just sticks them
in here and there promiscuously without
much regard to meaning or sense.
Oh. Alice, lovely Alice,
Since first the world began
You've aimost doubled the troubles.
Of poor unfortunate man.
The Senate of the Debating Society.
(With apoligiea to Dryden.)
'Twas at the Senate called to order now
By Fresno's warlike sou,
Aloft in awful State.
The godlike Maddux sate.
O'er his imperial throne,
His valant Senators were placed around
The giggling Bine by his side,
Sat with a smile of thoughtless care-
In flowers of youth and beauties pride.
Stern, stern, stern pair,
None but Maddux,
None but Maddux
Can blow out his cheeks—so there.
All things come Buny's and Stiilman s
way. If they could gather all the tin
caus they received at the last ovation
tendered them, they would have enough
wn to supply all the scavengers in the
city with ash barrels for the next six
months.
Oh, about the catastrophe of that back
seat, rhe winds blew and the floods
came (otherwise Auerback and Behlow)
and beat upon that seat and it fell and
great was the fall thereof. So say nothing
of that lonff thin gentleman of the
•Wtm Senior class who went through it.
Does Drucker know anything of those
young gentlemen who walked the streets
in ladies garb a short time ago ?
Why is it that whenever there is a
particularly hard lesson, Louis Lyons is
>r a toothache or
m We are informed that Mr. S. is studying
geometry by Prof. H's Arizona
method, to enter the University of Patagonia
next term.
Overheard in the chemistry lab.
Latest use of diamonds—to reduce
metallic exides.
THE LOWELL
Who is the pjide of the anny and
.navy ? • •. ; •
Hot Timed In the Debating Society.
On the occasion of the last election
held in. that ancient and honorable institution,
the L. H. S.'D. 3., the Vice-
President elect was a rather stnallified
young man by thenam^of Dannenbaum.
The ceremonies of inauguration being
now in order, in the a^ence of the new
President, the aforesaid gentleman, assuming
his best Sunday grin, arose and
slowly began his triumphant march
toward the throne—otherwise Mr. Walker's
desk. The impressive and stately
ceremony was made much more majestic
by the tune of, "Hip—hip— hip—hip."
At length, having arrived at the desired
goal, and safe from sundry kicks which
had helped him along in his path of
roses (?) Danny stood up on a chair
and looked around with the satisfaction
we can imagine Caesar felt when the
fifty-fourth edition of his " BeUum Gallicum%
Editio Illustrate" came out. It is :
to be remembered that the grin still remained,
but had now spread till it measured
fourteen inches by six by four.
Suddenly the smile faded from the
official's noble brow, as he yelled at
the top of his voice, which is very large •
in proportion to his body:
" Schoenfeld! Leave the room! ! ! '
The gentleman addressed refused to
comply with this mild request. Dannenbaum
repeated the demand, with the
same result as before. Then nox aira
hung over his frons, but tjoon cleared
away, as, with sudden detertnr.ftt ;
He dismounted from his lofty p,?j _!t \n«!
marched down the aisle, agahi to • 1; » 1 '
tune of "Hip-hip! 11 to..-ocboeiueW'••-'
seat, i hen, in fourteen ten-thoa. r.J^s
of a second, the disorderly member was
ejected, amid great confusion and noise.
A new game has been invented by
some of the gentlemen, of the school.
Little Thayne Robinson and his satchel
were the beginning of the invention. The
game or contest, an institution for the
advance nent financially of the shoemaker,
is an evolution of "hocky."
Ask Ghirardelli, Howell and Reddick
about it. They'll tell you.
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VOL. SAN- FRANCISCO, CAL . APRIL, 1S99. No. 3
THC INHERITANCE OF AGATHON.
[The student of history caunot fail to
have realized one of the greatest difficulties
to contend with is to properly
present to the mind, through the imagination,
the true personal life of the people
studied. To gam this from an historical
point of view is most important,
for an appreciation of the history of a
people can always best be gained through
a knowledge of their life and customs,
their character and ideals.
Under the assumption that a pupil can
best acquire this conception of the
Greeks, through a more or less vivid
portrayal of them in their every day life,
there have been assigned each year to
the junior classes, topics for investigation,
topics to be worked up in the form
of a story, which shall be told in such a
way as to give as much as possible of
the information there gathered. The
directions issued to the pupils require
that the plot be laid in Athens in the
fifth or fourth century, B. C.
Since the present junior class has just
completed such a paper aud they are all
accordingly interested in the subject, I
have given the accompanying sketch,
written by a junior some years ago, to
the editors of the LOWELL in order to
show what can be done along this line.
I trust that through its own merits it
may also be interesting to the upper
classes, and indeed to all readers of the
paper as well.
It will be noted that in this article
which I have selected from those preserved
no especial attempt has been
made by the writer to give a "story" in
the sense that it presents the working up
of an involved and complicated plot, but
that the main effort has been along the
line of depicting in a vivid and pleasing
wav, the c istoms, habits, dress, houses
and general life of the people That the
spirit of the time was fully caught by
the writer is shown in the conversations
and the mode of speech used The
authorities cited in the original paper
were: Fetton, Ancient and Modern Greecet
PP- 331-349. 356-371-
Becker, Ckarides Excursus to Scenes.
S M, KINGSB;*RY]
The Inheritance of Agathon.
It was Market Time at Athens in the
third year of the 77th Olympiad, and the
long rambling part of the city known as
the Market Place was a scene of animated
life. The air resounded with
noise and busy bargaining. Here were
the merchants, little men, with soft,

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slick countenances, crying out their
wares. Here the busy wine seller hurried
along with samples of his produce .
carried in jars under his arm. Tht-re at
a retired shady spot stood the pretty
chaplet wearer with her booth of wicker
work from which her tempting wares
were displayed. Here a strong country
•woman with a s#~iU voice and an eye to
business strode aleng offeringter loaves
of freshly-baked brown bread. Beside
these Homely tradesfolk were the regular
shops: full of buyers, sellers and idie
loungers. People hastened this way and
that, some busy traders pressing toward
the harbor, there to meet a vessel probably
loaded with grain from the Euxine
regions; some patient pedestrian bunying
toward the upper city, or to the
gymnasium, there to take the daily exercise
and bath. The porticoes along
which stone benches had been placed
were the scenes of less a-oimated action.
Here under the grateful shade afforded
by the platan us trees, a learned philosopher
walked gravely up and down expounding
to his eager pupils, or a less
industrious group, generally of young
men, lounged on the benches or leaned
idly against the wall, discussing the
news of the day and watching the scene
around them One group of these we
will particularly notice, and as the fish
horn has just blown and the people are
hurrying away to the fish stalls we will
have more space and quiet to carry on
our observations.
There were four persons in the group,
all more or less a good t>pe of the Greek
of the period They seemed to be discussing
a matter of lively interest, for
one young man of about twenty &vet
erect and handsome, had dropped his
habitually listless air, and was talking
eagerly. '• I tell you, it is not &o, Glaucus
never hath a braver youth than
Agathon lived, and now that his father
hath died and he will come into bis pos-
sessions. I doubt not but his generositywill
equal his bravery. As for his power,
mentally, who won the piize for the best
poem at the contest last ytar?" They
all smiled at his heat and Glaucus answered,
i( It was even he, my Demonaac,
but I fear he will have tfeed Gf that prize
and many more if what I hear be true.
It is said that he is not a legal heir to
old Callias* fortune. Lueiari, ihe next
of kin, told me only yesterday. Aga^
thon is reaily not C*llias' sen. but the
old man never suspected it until just before
he died. He then found it out and
for that reason left no will." Democax
smiled incredulously 'A pretty story,"
said he, '-and one that fits Lucian's purpose
well. I think if he were questioned
right roundly he would know
more abou»t the will than he pretends;
but here is Agaihon himstlf; let us speak.
to him.
As he spoke a young Greek approached,
he who had been the topic of this :
conversation. He was of middle height,
well built and with a strong pleasant
face His eyes were black, his nose
aquiline and his mouth one denoting a
strong will, but at the same time sweetness
of disposition He wore a low cap
over his black curly hair, and was
dressed in the typical garment of the
Greek, a chiton. Evidently he was a
great favorite, for as he approached the
members of the group greeted him with
many pleasant salutaltons and questions
as to the truth of the matter under dis-,
cussion.
The new comer seemed as much sur- ;
prised as they were, though not half as
much put out "1 have heard nothing
of it;" hesaid. ••To be t-ure, Lueian is
the next of kin. and if any will was made
it will be wich him. As to my not being
my father's own son. I never heard of it
before. But/' he added more lightly,
•'don't lit us spoil this day, at hast, by
worrying. See how brightly the sun
'•'{j
ivi
shines anti how; tli
here
I give :,|J
hearfe and^raye
the tbeat
"Just like ^pf^hi
to take ttie r cheeriit?i^id
whispered ;
ear, as the
tion. 'moved v
the
minutes iiter
play was already; ^gu
hear the loud ap|lause
at a favorite actor,-or^j
proval at an unapprdvi
awkward ac^ti®^Hai
ceeded in
We will leave
few hours ^
It was ';afternbb.clof
The su n was still- high
and the air bright land ^
had spent a veiy;fi^ppy:
the theatre he had go
ium ami hid come ^
wrestling match witlrD<
followed an;hour of^njo
ke had listened td';iSfe.-fi
pher in one bfthe suljny
gymnasium. Nowr he' \i
home, his thoughtful
which was to take pli£e
had only beer*tJecideWtiii
was his betrotiial to :
daughter of Sepanos.
was to take k ; ii^|
will on the fol
Agathon gave a
Suppose what
true. Imposs
father's child? ^ft.^
Lueian. How coal||it
or suspicions
not wonder
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shines and how blue the sky ist and as I
here propose to invite you to a banquet
I give this evening, come with light
hearts and brave countenances. Now to
the theatre. Who goes wi'h me?"
"Just like you. Agathon, always ready
to take the cheerful Mde of things, and I
know not but what you are right,"
whispered Demonax into his friend's
ear, as the party at Agathon's invitation
moved on to the theatre. There
was already a great crowd assembled and
the young Greeks had to wait some
minutes before entering Evidently the
play was already begun, for they could
hear the loud applause of the spectators
at a favorite actor, or the hiss of disapproval
at an unapproved sentiment or
awkward action At last our party succeeded
in entering and seeming seats.
We will leave them here and pass on a
few hours.
It was cfternoon of that same day.
The sun was still high in ihe heavens
and the air bright and warm. Agathon
had spent a very happy morning. After
the theatre he had gone to the gymnasium
and had come off victorious in a
wrestling match with Demonax. Then
followed an hour of enjoyment in which
he had listened to his favorite philosopher
in one of the sunny porticoes of the
gymnasium. Now he wended his way
home, his thoughts full of an event
which was to take place to morrow and
had only been decided that morning. It
was his betrothal to the fair Proxinoe,
daughter of Sepanos. The ceremony
was to take place after the reading of the
will on the following day. The will I
Agathou gave a start as he thought of it.
Suppose what Glaucus had said were
true. Impossible! Was he not his
father's child? The will must be with
Lucian. How could it be otherwise?
Now Agathon was not of a despondent
or suspicions temperament, and we cannot
wonder that he never thought of
doubting Lucian's sincerity. It was
true that a suspicion had flashed across
his mind, but he bar 1 put it away in
stantly. In the same manner he again
put away his doubts, and walked cheer
fuliy on homeward. Soon he turned up
a broad street and came in sight of bis
house. It was a large mansion built of*
stone. Before the door stood a bust of
Hermes, ornamented with garlands in
v-iew of Agathon's near betrothal. Over
the door was an inscription with tlie
name of the owner and the words iiv
Greek, "To the Good Genius." The
young man crossed the threshold, being
careful not to tread ou it with his left
foot, as this the Greeks regarded as unfortunate.
Let us now pull back the bolts which
secured the large wooden door and follow
Agathon in. First we enter a passage,
on the sides cf which are the porter's
lodge and the stables. Beyond this
we catch a gleam of the blue Athenian
sky, and, stepping through a door, find
ourselves in a large open space, surrounded
by columns and covered arcades.
This is the adrontes and around it are
grouped the rooms used by the male portion
of the household. Let us step into
one, say a dining-room It is a large
room, lighted by windows and openings
in the arcades. The atmosphere is warm
and pleasant, and we find it is made so
by a fire in a large open fireplace in the
further end of the room. The floors and
walls are white washed and the apartment
is famished with sofis or seats
running along the walls. The seats are
covered with purple carpets and heaps
of soft cushions; chairs, ottomans and
couches of every kind adorn the room.
No wonder the Greeks that night at the
banquet will recline, rather than sit or
stand ; their couches are certainly invit :
iug enough to cause them to do so. Beside
these sofas are tables of the finest
Eastern wood. They are of different

shapes, round, square or oblong, and are
never covered with table cloths, but are
wiped down with sponges after each
course served on them.
From this room we again step through
a passage and again come out upon a
large open space. This time it is called
the gynaecontis and around it are grouped
the women's apartments. We will
pass this and turn into a sort of alcove
to the right. This alcove to our surprise
opens to the right and left, the
openit^ to the right leading to the thalamos,
that to the left to the ampithaknas,
or principal bedrooms of the mansion.
Let us look into one, observing the bed
particularly. It is of carved ivory, embossed
with beautifully wrought figures,
and covered with a soft mattress. Over
the mattress are coverings of the finest
texture. These are perfumed with fragrant
essences. The whole bed is covered
with a counterpane, wrought with
figures of animals and men. Truly it is
a luxurious place of repose, and makes
us agree with the lazy Athenian poet
who says:
" How I delight
To revel upon dainty coverlets,
Breathing the perfume ot the rose, and steeped
Xu tears of ;^th"
We have said the alcove is to the right
of the gynaecontis. To the left is another
suit of apartments used for household
purposes. One of these is the kitchen,
and, as we peep into it, we find it
furnished with a fire, platters, bowls,
stew pots, ovens, barley roasters and a
hundred other things. The other room
is one, perhaps the pleasantest in the
house, for it opens into a sunny blooming
garden, where the fair mistress of
the mansion superintends with her own
soft hands the sorting of wooi, the embroidering
of silks and other matters of
the same kind. It is here that Agathon
hopes to have the fair Proxinoe reign
with the bevy of maidens.
Meanwhile, as we had been rambling
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through the house, the sun had gone ^ ^
down and Agathon was awaiting his;
guests for the evening banquet. Everything
was in perfect readiness and soon
they began to arrive. First came
Ephippus, the lover of good things, who
was never late at a banquet; then Demonax,
together with Glaucus. Afterthem,
Tolades, the musician, and so on
until the number was complete, Agathon
was happy. u Welcome, v. fair
guests," he cried, as each was usV>red
in by the slave in attendance. Theit he
quickly clapped his hands and bade the
slaves take off the sandals of the guests
and wash their feet. This was done
with water, brought in silver basins,
while the guests reclined. The ceremony
over, he again clapped his hands*
and the banquet commenced. Firs*
water and towels were handed around,
while other slaves quickly brought in
the food and loaded the tables with it.
The banquet was a sumptuous one, and
many were the praises lavished upon
Agathon for the taste he had shown in
having it prepared-
The meal over, the slaves again entered,
swept the room and wiped down
the tables, while water was once more
handed round for a second cleansing of
the hands. This over, Agathon stood
forth and poured from a silver ewer a
libation to the Gods, while a slave accompanied
the ceremony by a plantive
melody on the flute. The desert was
next served, and consisted of choice
olives and figs, nuts and fine wines into
which a specially prepared kind of cake
was dipped. The eating of the desert
was enlivened by varied conversation,
music and dancing by the dancing girls*
After this was over, games were played,
mid the drinking of much wine and the
music of female flute players. Next
the guessing of riddles was resorted to,
with the penalty of drinking salt water
if the person called upon could not re-
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•
spond, or the '
••#]•'•
pleasantly away}
rose to dejjtart^
song, pud tli w __v^_::
sang to the sound if the •(
'O thai t were the sweet tused 1$
•bright, r';V'' : '; : ^;J& )\
Which befivafulyonthi, iw^thed
r,otheDlonoyeUcTite'l 1 " 1 i
•' O that I were ihe gotten ttwe,^
Which beautiful 4ame»etttthefc
aras, to the tiered allei: J
The long lcwT^tfgKr;
reading of th^n|ii|l|^
interested were as&emble(
house. Demonaic?
and a slave,
Lucian's entered.
his hand
sented to Agsthon. r -'l'
supposing it to be thefwjill
Sepanos who was
quickly opened it
the eyes of all in];j
him. Hardly haSt^, -J(
wbea he stopped, Ipolced
Agathon and isaicl^i$;^tre
for he was an old man and
the young Greek as bissbi
" What evil is tfes^liipi
will but a declaration from
he knows nothiiig^pf[ift.
here proves that yoiifare c
old man paused,-r"
loud murmur
Agathon stepped
he prove this? "he s«
Sepanos cast his e
" In the year 446^ I
Ismines, the wife bi
mission of prccuring for'he
child, as she was
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spond, or the reward of a. kiss for his
clever answer. So the evening passed
pleasantly away. Just before the guests
rose to depart, Sotades was asked for a
song, ?nd the refrain of this is what he
sang to tne sound of the flute.
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*• O that I were the sweet tuned lyr* of banished Ivory
bright,
"Which beautiful youths, in the fcitive choir, attune
to the Dio!iay«iac rite I"
"O that I were the golden roue, NO pure, and of" Form %o
fair
Which beautiful damea.&t the festive games, in their
arms, to the sacred niter bear."
The long looked for day for the
reading of the will had arrived, and all
interested were assembled in Agathois's
house. Demonax was there, and, as he
saluted his friend, he said sharply, Cl Is
Lucian here?" The Greek looked
around upon the assembled company.
" No, he is not yet come, but we expect
him presently," he answered. At that
moment a bustle was heard at the door,
and a slave, whom Agathon knew as
Lucian's entered. He bore a scroll in
his hand which, with a low bow he presented
to Agathon. The young Greek
supposing it to be the will handed it to
Sepanos who was present. The latter
quickly opened it and prepared to read,
the eyes of all in the room were upon
him. Hardly had he read a sentence
when he stopped, looked blankly at
Agathon and said in a trembling voice,
for he was an old man and already loved
the young Greek as his son.
"What evil is this? This is not the
will but a declaration from Lucian, that
he knows nothing of it. Morover he
here pioves that you are not," here the
old matt paused,—"CalJ.ias's son." A
loud murmur arose from the company.
Agathon stepped forward, " How does
he prove this? M he said.
Sepanos cast his eyes on the paper,
" In the year 446, I was entrusted by
Ismines, the wife of Callias, with the
mission of procuring for her an exposed
child, as she was childless. This I did,
and brought her Agathon, the son of tin'
known Athenian parents. Him she
passed off upon her husband as her own
child. Calliaa discovered the fraud just
before he died and resolved to leave
Agathon nothing. I have two witnesses
to prove this,—Nsatsicrates, son ct
Carystos and Munes, son of Sophilos.
Ow this account I claim, as the next of
kin, and to the entire exclasion of Agathon,
son of unknown Athenian parents,
entire possession of the property of my
kinsmen, Callias. 1 '
The cruel repetition hurt Agathon
more than all the rest, but he sut&moiud
up courage to step forward and say
quickly, for he knew the rigor of the
Athenian law acd well realized how
hopeless his case was, '*' My friends. I
am now penniless. Lucian, the Athenian,
is heir to him whom I thought my
father." Thee turning to Sepanos, he
added in a lower tone. " Ii is well that
I have not; yet been betrothed to your
daughter, sire, and now I here release
all claim upon her. I at least shall not
give her a beggar for a husband." The
old man looked at him sorrowfully. He
knew the young Greek's pride and felt
how useless was the pressing of hia
daughter's suit. " You will always be
to me as a son," he said, even "if you
will not marry my daughter."
It was again festival day at Athens
The city was full of rejoicing. Ainon,
the beloved commander, the idol of the
people, had just returned from his successful
subjection of Maxos. Everywhere
was joy, except, perhaps, in the
breast of Agathon, and of the fair Proxnoe,
who sat in her chamber weeping
Agathon leaned idly against the pier,
looking out upon the blue sea and the
rippling sunshine. Surely the God's
had forsaken him. He had given tip
everything to Lucian, and here he was
without even a name to call his own.
Then be suddenly remembered the cause

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"f "the rejoicing that day Ainon had
cotne home ; he had been once his Fathers
fnead and Agathon remembered him
well. *'I wonder if he will remember
nie?" he mused.
At that moment a hand was placed on
tiisshonlder. He turned quickly and to
his surprise saw before him the very object
of his thoughts. There was the
same frank face, blue eyes, and mass of
curly hair. The General held out his
hand frankly. "Well my Agathon/ 1
he said, how fares my old friend's son ?
The young Greek did not reply for a
moment, then he said, thoagh not without
a trembling in his voice, u You are
mistaken. I am not he, though I once
thought I was." To his surprise Ainon
latighed heartily. « Have you found it
out at last ?" he said, t( your father and
I long knew it, though it made no difference
with us. I suppose Lucian told
you when he read the will." " On the
contrary, there was no will left," answered
Agathon. Ainon frowned at
this; " no w'll," he said, " I have one
in my possession, and Lucian one in
his."
"Did he not produce it?" he continued
more angrily.
"No," responded the young Greek,
"Then he must have bribed the witness
and burned it up, the liar. But
come I will have him punished, and we
shall see if the will Ainon, the Athenian
holds in his possession will not give you
back your estates even more quickly
than the one Lucian diidn't have took
them away." Before evening Anion
had turned the tables on all Lucian's
fine plotting. The will was produced,
and Lucian convicted of wilfully, de-
stroying the one in his possession and of%
bribery. The strongest factor in accom-:''$
plishing this were the words in Ainbn ? s ^
copy, which stated Lucian to bkin "
session of the othwiopy.
The next day Agathon was fbrmerly^^
betrothed to Proxnc** with great re
ing, and three days after he married
The fair bride wore a robe of the finest f>
texture entirely covered by a silvery?
veil, . Her embroidered sandals were,,
adorned with emeralds, rubies and pearls.^
A necklace of gold adorned with precious^
stones was upon her neck. Her hair,
fragrant with rich perfumes, was-r."restrained
by a chaplet of flowers, and
her ungloved hands were resplendent
with jewels and rings. Agatbon, as he
took his seat by her side upon the bv$&
car, was equally as handsomely dressed|^
His chiton was of the finest Milesiai&l
wool, his half shoes had crimson
and clasps of gold; upon his head was a;!
chaplet of myrtle branchese violets.
The bridal procession formed by the;;
friends of both parties, among
was Ainon, moved on to the sound
flutes and singing. At the temple
simple service was performed, and
all returned to the new home of
bride. The bride's mother with,
lighted torch conducted her into,
house, while sweet meats were scattered
over them as they entered. The feast;
served was sumptuous- After it was.
over and the company had retired, the',.S
bride was conducted to the nuptial^
chamber, amidst the singing of the:
epithal amium by a chorus of maidens^
and I assure you there was liot a hap-^
pier couple in all Athens than Agalhon,^|
the Athenian.and Proxnoe* the fair bride.
m
?•'
Tcanyson'5 ttMl 6f
nature-a
own.
great
possess
of
to
with those of otitfflll
tures ^
more
Never,'
come
. realism j-.appilf.
cr6ss : ft«i£in|^neculiariy^p
to . It !5just;i(&ptea?
scribes. In "CEubb^r-i
says: . /.-. ;= •'y\'^'-' :/ s\-
'• The atvimming yapor rtopiiitl
*'ut» forth an irbj; andcree^
And lott-r», •lowJy'-draWn';?'*^;-
To - • • — • • • ^ • ^
non,
picture, of ^i^ef
m the yalleys'f ly^t
heree
and^tbere $&?#
hills, it
out
there in a sgiitie
t he d
on either
His exact
The ttwoB and
Hauff rich ia floven." ^
What other poet has palial
effect- of $0
bat Tennyson ^gm
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Tennyson's Hethod o? Describing Natural
Scenery.
Every poet-Ms a way oi describing
nature aad her wonders, peculiarly his
own. Perhaps I should have said every
great poet, for a great poet must always
possess originality. So Tennyson has a
way of letting us see nature that is all
his own. I cannot fully describe his
method, because on comparing it with
the works of other poets, it does not seem
to differ greatly frc:n tl.^m; but yet,
when I read his natural descriptions
with those of other poets, I see his pictures
more strongly, more clearly, and
more minutely than I do theirs.
Never, in describing scenery does he
?i«e its bare characteristics, the mere
mfottte realism; at least I have never
come across an instance where he has
doae so. He always clothes them in a
. %ure, a peculiarly picturesque figure,
too. It is juat adapted to what he-describes.
In "CEaone," for instance, he
says:
" The swimming vapor Hi opt- nthwnrt the glen.
1*1x18 forth an *rm, aud creeps from pine to pine
And loiters, slowly drawn."
To anyone who has seen this phenomenon,
these lines area beautify; and perfect
picture of it. The. njist cpmes up
from the valleys, and, stretching forth
here and there, where there is a gap in
the hills, it looks like a Titian -reaching'
out his hundred arms to grasp.the h?!lsu
Sometimes those arms become entangled
amongst the tall trees, and they are held
there in a silent embrace. In the same
staiua he describes the meadows as hanging
on either haudr " rich in flowers."
Kis exact words are y
*' On either hand
The lawnt and nieadcw-lc^.-.s midway down,
Hang rich in flowers."
What other poet has painted a picture
so descriptive in so few words ? Notice
the effect of a single word **hang. ?>
None but Tennyson can make such a
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plain, coalmen vsr^rd **xpre£s so asucli io
forming a picture. Comparing- Tennyson
with other poets, we.grow all the
more assured that in his method of describing
scenery he stands apart. For
instance:
" New yonder copie where once the garden smiled.
And still where many a sarden flower grows wild
There where A Tew lorn shrubs the place

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fore they would succeed in climbing it.
But Tennyson is not less descriptive;
indeed, I think he is more so, for not
only do his adjectives describe, but his
nouns and adverbs also, and their picture
power is not less either. This being so,
there is not that abruptnees of description
that appears in Milton- Every word
blends in harmony with its fellows in a
beautiful whole. Observe this in the
following lines:
" The swimming vapor slopes athwart the glen,
J*ut» forth an arm, ami creeps from jiinc to pine,
And toilers, slowly drawn. On either haud
The lawns and meadow-lrdges midway down
|]

James Russell Lowell.
James Russell Lowell, a master of
verse and a political disputant; to sorce
extent a journalist and in a high degree
an orator, was born at Cambridge,
Massachusetts, February 22, 1819 lis
father was a Boston clergyman, aiu his
mother, a descendant of the Orkney
family, possessed aa ardent appreciation
of poetry and romance which she readily
imparted to her children. At the ag

"There is Lowell, w'ao'ip »triv2h£ ParneriJUS to climb
•With a w'ftote bale cf isci» «*vl together with rhjsue,
He roigb; get on alone, spite vf brambles and boulders,
JSut lie can't with that buiidl* he.has on hi* tthoulders
The top ol the hill he will ne'er cotne Ugh r cacti ing
Till :

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Beginnings of San Francisco.
Imprtssiom from the Annah of San Francisco.
Because Sau Francisco has grown to
be what it is, it seems impossible that
men are living now who were here when
the nucleus of the city was a few tents
slong Yerba Buena cove. The cause of
all this was the discovery of gold at
Sutter's Mill in '48. The. news spreading
through the East caused an exodus
of people, such, that in a very short time
the almost uninhabited hills and valleys
of the State were filled with a busy population.
The crowd arrived in the great"
est numbers in forty-nine and the early
fifties. The people in the city, there
were in all about eight hundred, made a
rush for the diggings, and so great was
the rush that in a few weeks the city
was depopulated. The ships as they
came in were deserted by their sailors
aud were left to rot. Labor became
so scarce that all work was stopped.
Thus the growth of the city was
checked and business died out. So
many departed that the Californian in a
fly-sheet announced that they were compelled
to suspend publication! their
printers and staff having left i'or the gold
fields. The condition of affairs may be
inferred from the editorial in the last
issue of the paper: u The whole country
from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and
from the sea shore to the base of the Sierra
Nevada, resounds with the sordid cry of
gold ! gold ! gold ! while the field is left
half planted, the house half built, and
everything neglected but the manufactare
of shovel > and pick axes, and the
means cf transportation to the spot
where one man obtained one hundred
and twenty-eigh dollars* worth of the
real stuff \n one da\*s washing, and the
average for all concerned is twenty dollar?
per diem 3" June 14th the California
.Star ceased, the editor sadly saying
that his paper "could not be made by
magic and the labor }f mechanism was
as essential to its existence as to all other
arts."
The gold dust now began pouring in
from the mines and there was a great
necessity of some uniform currency.
Therefore on September atb a meeting
was called in San Francisco to
decide how best to fix the price of gold
dust, to pass as a currency in the country
till a branch mint could be established.
This meeting was the largest
held up to that date in Sau Francisco, as
most of the old inhabitants and minershad
returned fora season from the mines,.
The scarcity of commodities made pricesvery
high at this time when the city
was filling up. Flour was twentyseven
dollars a barrel, pork sixty, butter
ninety cents a pound. Brandy was indemand
at eight dollars a gallon, while
gold dust was a drug in the market ab
ten dollars an ounce.
When San Francisco was deserted, as
I have described before, the country in*
the vicinity of the American river was
overflowing with people. They were
mostly Mexicans, Spanish, Kanakas and
what European adventurers there were
in the State when tbe discovery was
made. Later months brought Chinese,
Peruvians, Chileans, and finally, after alfcthese,
the great influx of Americans and
Europeans.
To return to the subject of Iht city, on •
January 4, 1849, the Alia California wasestablished,
replacing the Star and Gait-,
fornzan. The city was growing rapidly,
although for the most part the population
was transient. It was estimated at:
about ten thousand in January, 1S49.
On February 28th the mail steamer
"California 11 atrived. tbe citizens hailing,
her with many cheers During the first
half of 1849 and especially in May and*
June the two most important questions,
in San Francisco were tbe appointmentof
proper district and municipal authoiities
and the formation of a State gcveiiv

xaent. On the third of June the governor
of California issued a proclamation
to the people of California, calling for
the election, first, of certain specified
municipal officials according to the Mexican
custom, and second, of thirty-seven
delegates to meet at Monterey, September
ist, to frame a State constitution.
Following these proclamations, the
people of San Francisco held a mass
meeting in Portsmouth Square on June
12 th, The meeting was very large and
resolved to send delegates. These were
appointed and their appointment settled
the course of future proceedings so far
as the State government was concerned.
The city was rapidly increasing in the
number of houses and population. The
large returns from the mines all came to
the city to be exchanged for new supplies
The bay was filling with vessels
deserted by their crews By the end of
July, 1849, nearly two hundred square
rigged ships lay in the harbor. The
hosts of passengers after staying in the
town for a short time hurried off to the
diggings. Meanwhile those who had
been fortunate in the diggings were returning
with their gold io squander it in
drinking and gambling Gambling was
carried on to an enormous extent and
saloons sprang up even-where, at whose
public tables every gambling game was
to be found running every Lour in the
twenty-four. The old citizens were soon
satisaed to return to the city and there
they made money almost without an effort.
Trade was brisk and profits large
and enormous sums were paid for choice
location* for business. Real estate rose
continually and the early owners soon
became rich. The buildings were not
substantial, as there was neither material
to build them nor labor. The houses
were mostly constructed of wooden
frames witfc cloth stretched over them
and tents. The wharves were very
necessary and were mostly owned bv
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private parties. Broadway was the public
wharf. These were of no use at low
tide and only small boats could reach
them at high tide. Still they were cf
great aid in landing passengers and
goods-
It was in July that the affair of the
" hounds" came to an end. This was an
association of young men for the declared
purpose of assisting each o^her in sick-;
ness, etc. However it was virtually jt,
band of robbers. The members assumed
a kind of military discipline, under thc^
guidance of regular leaders, who wore a
uniform, and occasionally paraded thfe
streets with flags displayed and drurn^
and fife playing. They attacked tents
of inoffensive people, mostly foreigner^
and if they could not extort money b^
threats they stole and destroyed everything
of value they could find. These .
outrages, perpetrated usually very late
at night, were so frequent that the
"hounds' 1 became a terror to all th«
well disposed people of the tcwn. They
invaded the stores and homes oi Amesicans
themselves and theJr demands
could not be resisted for their nurober -
was too large. Finally ths outrages
passed all endurance and toe pecple
formed a police torce and proceeded to
put down the turbulent element. They
were successful and shortly afterwards
some twenty of the offenders were put on
trial. Nine were convicted and sentenced
to various periods of imprisonment and
considerable fines. This purged the
town for some time of the rowdy element.
As for bouses, there were none worth
mentioning. There was no such, thing
as a home. Dwellings and places of business
were either canvas tents or rou^h
board shanties. Oaly the great gambling
dens, hotels, restaurants and a few public
buildings had any pretensions tos : ve
comfort ox elegance. The city was built
on shifting sand-hills The streets were
irregular and rough. In .the early part
m $
of 1849
early a
heavy
that they:00 r.
condition >ofcItfe
pedestrians often
the mriu. Oatb*
able shanties the fj
crowded.
of every trade «
tfcAed in every sort
house carried on 1
bling was a peculi;
'dty. It waath^a
of many and .a^p
place. There;^en
in the towc^and••;
comfortably f^
These saloons wi
around
three sides p^^
almost numberless'
In menciocing ih-(
Stlfeaj j
the end of 1849 'tty
between three aid
square rigged slilps
account of the desei
Many ot these sbips]
rotted where
wrgeatly
beached and ^fc
and lodging houses.
by the gradual £11
flats end thus betbam'i
In time the seamer
for the first wildru
over, arid thui irioi
away. : • •
The profusion of m

of 1849 the rain commenced unusually
early and it rained continually. The
heavy draying had so cut up the streets
that they were almost impassable. The
condition of the street" was such that
pedestrians often had to be helped out of
the mud. On these streets in the miserable
shanties the people of the city were
crowded. There were the representatives
of every trade imaginable. These quartered
in every sort of a makeshift for a
house carried ou their business. Gambling
was a peculiar feature of the eaily
city. It was the amusement, the passion
of many and apparently the life of the
place. There were hundreds of saloons
in the town, and these were the only
comfortably furnished places to be found.
These saloons were mainly grouped
around Portsmouth Square occupying
three sides of it, but outside there were
almost numberless others.
In mentioning those that had come to
the State I omitted the seamen. Towards
the end of 1849 there were in the bay
between three and four hundred large
square rigged ships unable to leave on
account of the desertion of their crews.
Many o£ these ships never got away but
rotted where they lay. As houses were
urgently needed some of the vessels were
beached and nsed for warehouses, saloons
and lodging houses. These were inclosed
by the gradual filling in of the mud
flats and thus became a part of the city.
In time the 52a men began to return,
for the iirst wild rush to the fields was
over, and thus most of the jhips #ot
away.
The profusion of money was very great,
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partly coin, partly gold dust. Small
coins were scarcely seen, as for a copper
coin it was a carosity. There was nothing
less received for any service *lxaa
half a dollar; for any criicle, however
trifling, than a quarter. Admission tothe
pit of ibe circus was three dollars, a
box ufty dollars. Eight dollars a day
was paid for board, while the poorest
came to three dollars a day. Everything
was in proportion to the above prices.
A five cent loaf of bread at that time
brought fifty cents. Common shoes were
thirty and forty dollars a pair. A® «
commentary on the wages received, the
carpenters in the city struck for sixteen
dollars a day—they had been getting
twelve. A brick building when con£
pleted averaged a dollar a brick. A religious
body in the city, a sect not noted
for wealth, paid their clergyman ten
thousand dollars a year.
In back of all this apparent wealth
there was a fearful amount of suffering
its the city. With such prices a man
with little money was worse ofF than
nowadays. Thers? were many suicides
caused by utter destitution. The numbers
of the poor became such That a
public meeting was held where thousauds
were voted as aid.
I fear I have in this short sketch attempted
to crowd in too much material.
But in reading over the story of the early
days, of which the great majority are
ignorant, I was taken with the idea that
it might be of interest to others to understand
something of the conditions of San
Francisco in the early days.
P. L. BEALS.

THE LOWELL.
A monthly publ'shed by the students of the Lowell High School.
HDITORIRU STAFF.
ASSOCIATE
FRANK VAN DUZKR, '99 CHAS. G. NORRIS, '99
ASSISTANTS.
ED. T. C.\Hit,t,, '99 ROGEX I.. BEAW, '00
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E^GAR BBar,o*vV '^9 CURTIS
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of
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ture of the
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CHAS. G. NORRIS, '99
ASSISTAMTS
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J. M/ LEVY, »oo
, graduate . faculty an 1 friends of the school are Invited to contribute articles
HntCTadlB p «»t o*ce at San Francisco as Second-Claflo Mail Matter.
It is to be deplored that
the literary contributions to
the LOWELL'S columns are
confined to the efforts of a
few enterprising students
who do not miad working or being criticised
The list of contributors remains
the same with little difference or change.
There are three reasons for this, we think
all of which couli be overcome. Tiiese
are: laztaess. untrue modesty and a lack
of subject. We have nothing to say in
regard to the first of these. If a stndent
will not write because of the work it ea-
volves, he will not study for the same
reason and will eventually never ambus''
to anything. We are more glad than sorry
t'uat such students, we feel ashamed to
even admit there are any, do not contribute
to the columns of their school
p »per. It would easily be imagined the
kind of literature they might attempt
eveu if they could overcome tLeir objections.
Secondly, we have asked students who
are really capable and bright to write
and these invariably answer, " Oh, I
can't write" Now this is a mistake.
m si
Mi
absolutely;^,.
b °y
lack
subject t
writing.
second classy-"feSt t
number of student
subject or to$e U
with a, very *^*
dents
would
scenic picture w&ic
attracted tl^ : ^
we might
incident bt t^s
tame experience,
of interest to Jtfie
sariiy be of jirtere
would not be diffict
ten iu an
iar more litera!o^
gant story of Htfle"
treatment, ft^bt
if they were «*iuijrt,
short than''lm§^.
more would;^^r
^ats to
number to

These very same students can write
infinitely better than some of the material
which we are forced -to accept
because of a lack of anything else.
Modesty is an outgrowth of civilization,
but it has almost become one of its evils.
It might be well if we had a little of
-astiug spirit which characterized the
ncients. This bashfulness is not mDdesty.
Modesty, true modesty is commendable,
but the spiiit shown by these
students is not true modesty but unreal
and marks a lack of self-reliance and
self-confidence, the pressure of which is
absolutely essential to success. "The
boy is father to the man." Then if this
lack of self-confidence mars the success
of the youth it will necessarily mar the
success of the man. This, then, should
be fought against by these students who
ftnd themselves so afflicted.
Thirdly, it is the plea of a lack of
subject that frightens the student from
writing. This to some extent affects the
second class, but further there is a large
number of students who would be willing-
to write if they had an appropriate
subject or topic to write about. Now,
with a very little attention these students
could find as many subjects as
would fill a volume. For instance-; a
sceaic picture which might have forcibly
attracted the attention, a character whom
we might have happened to meet, an
incident on the street, au accident, a.
home experience, anything wh^ch was
of interest to the writer would necessarily
be of interest to others. These
would not be difficult to treat, and written
in an interesting manner would be of
far more literary value than an extravagant
story of little meaning and labored
treatment. It would make no difference
if they were short, they would be better
short than long. The more of them, the
more would they influence other students
to write them and if we had a
number to choose from it would neces-
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iwily. tend to elevate the literary stand*
aid of; the paper. Besides tins there.is
another subject which might have never
struck the attention' of many. This is
the essays written in English. Manyof
the&e when read in class show remarkable
cleverness and show the really
true ability of some to write who Lave
never had either the courage to appear
in print or a fit subject which they -would
be willing to trust to the mercies of the
printer. Now, if some of these were
written with a view to publication it
would increase the amount of literary
material from which the LOWKLI, draws
and further it would tend to elevate the
excellence of that work. We should
and have the English teachers' support
in this whicn is beneficial both to the
English course and to the literary standard
of the columns of the X,OW:EI.L.
Some con tribu tions have been ..Rejected.
Now, this should not forever
discourage the writer. Next. tin** he
should write better. If the manuscript is
rejected we endeavor to point out pers&n-
. ally to the writer where his mistaken or
failing lie and from this he should be
able to improve his work. Now let us
hope that the literally output from the
school will be both materially increased
and improved so that we will not be
forced to accept some of the articles we
do.
This question has come so
The forcibly prominent to us in
Senatorial our State in the past month
. Question, that we feel we must express
our views upon the question
and show our readers that we are alive
to questions of the day, and what are
in our poor opinion the true merits
of the election of senators by the
people. In the first place tbe petty
actions of our legislature in this matter
within the past months has made it evident
that anything would almost be bet-.
ter than the state of affairs as they exist,
17

I
We feel sure that were the same
events to happen in a majority of the
other States it would be practically an
easy matter to effect a change. If
it were a- State constitution which
regulated the election of senators the
people of California would rise in indignation
and repeal such a law that permits
the disgraceful bickerings in which
the legislature has indulged. But this
is not the case and the senatorial election
is made uniform in the national
constitution. To arrest this evil the
constitution then must be amended.
But it may be asked, u Why, if this is
not a good law, did men like Jefferson,
Franklin and Adams who made such
other wise and judicious laws, insert
this provision in the constitution ? !l To
this we make answer that the condition
at the time of these eminent men warranted
such a provision which now
needs repealing as fostering evils that
are hurtful to our ^r^fare. Further,
when these men framed the constitution
there was no parties. Now, ai long as
parties exist there will always be parly
prejudice—and if the Democratic and
Republican factions become divided we
have a deadlock. Here is a great argu-
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ment against the senatorial election by
the legislature. This method of election
furher gives rise to jobbery and a corrupt
legislature can be bribed where a
whole State cannot. Look at the proceedings
of our last legislature. Propositions
and bills that would ordinarily
need careful consideration Trere hurried
in at the last when many of them were
both injurious and dangerous, because
so much of the time was spent in wrangling
and bickerings over the election of
senators which finally ended in no election
at all.
Now, if the senator could be elected
by the people of the State in a similar
manner as the president is elected by
the people of the nation, this unfortunate
state of affairs would not exist. In
our mind there is an inconsistency some
where if the senator is elected by the
people and the president by electors.
The senator holds a position similar
to the president and should be etected
in a similar manner. Why could
not the senator be elected by electors
like the president if there are objections
to a direct election by people? At any
rate something ought to be doue, this,
state of things ought to be changed.
The Lay of the Winter Moon
Oh, the venturous moon is a maiden bold
With a merrily dancing eye ; '
As she softly steals from her fleecy fold
When the stars are aglow and there's snap in the cold,
The shepherdess of the sky.
She feels no fear of the prowliug Bear
Or the storm with his cruel knife
But she flits through the fields with never a care
With flowing dress and blowing hair, '
And she thrills with youth and life.
And her frolic is free as the night hours run
And ne er is she weary of play;
But as soon as her lover, the boorish sue
Looms over the hills, nor wooed nor won,
She artfully slips away.
CtlNTON PZ.ATT,
Columbia Literary Magasi7ie.
4
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V-'''-Vv'-:£•,'•''
The editors of
before the pi
nuai." It is e
pages. The coi
tion for attempt
task. It require
financial risk, an
on the part of,
meet the i
tiot brilliant is at
the effort- At lai
fair prospect of ai
lk annual" itself *
tempt. Higher
were there £
work and
ness and
There are ei^
have been very sui
such as a brief
something about
sentation of fiatu
or work. J'; woi
possible 10 have
proof-reading,
that, in general, tj
had the benefit of
Now, is uot t
Take, for instance,
rnd too often despij
aticn; it certainly
attended to either
in the proof. Insi
incorrect punctual
block to meaning,
the attention Us<
sary phrases, an
serving no particulj
remorselessly cut

E. A. KELLOGG.
The editors of the LOWELL have come structions should be hunted down. It
before the public with their first •* an- seems needless to add that solecisms
nual." It is a paper of some eighty and misspelled words should be unfail-
pages. The corps deserves commendaingly shown the door. When this is all
tion for attempting so considerable a done the author has simply made him-
task. It required courage to take the self presentable aud treated his readers
financial risk, and enterprise and energy with proper consideration.
on the part of the business manager to The first article in the "annual' is
meet the responsibility. The result if
marred by lack of care in some of these
not brilliant is at least one that justifies
particulars. This is especially to be re-
the effort. At last account there was a
gretted. The author has fairly entered
fair prospect of an even ledger and the
the lists as a maker of stories. His
"annual" itself is a creditable first at-
growth in narrative power and constructempt.
Higher praise would be due tive ability has been marked. There has
were there fewer evidences of Iiurried been, however, by no means an equal
work and a consequent lack of complete- improvement in style. Take the matter
ness and finish.
of diction; the first paragraph contains a
There are certain things that would solecism ; the second a provincial word;
have been very suitable for this "annual," the fourth an adjective not in precision
such as a brief history of the school; with its substantive. Further on we
.something about the alumni; some pre- find "divertisement,*' a word somewhat
sentation of features of school program rare, too noticeable a term for the plain
or work. It would have been easily service it is called to render. Steps
possible to have improved upon the would be better than "stairs" (p. 8.)
• * — — — —----• ~uu>» WVUll J V,f*O.l
proof-reading, and it is unmistakable It is unnecessary, inelegant even, to use
that, in general, the articles have not "of
had the benefit of last touches,
Now, is not this worth the while?
Take, for instance, the often neglected
and too often despised matter of punctuation
; it certainly should be properly
attended to either in the manuscript or
in the proof. Insufficient, inconsistent,
incorrect punctuation is a stumblingblock
to meaning, and disturbs, at times,
the attention Useless words, unnecessary
phrases, an occasional, sentence
11 before the substantive clause introduced
by "how."
The story itself is by far the most
difficult piece of work this author has
attempted for the LOWELL. He has not
perfectly succeeded, it is true, but his
work has great merit nevertheless. It
takes rare and peculiar art to rear the
fabric of a perfect tale in the debatable
land between morbid mentality and diablerie.
Poe is at home in this eerie region.
But Poe hypnotizes the reader
serving no particular purpose should be by bringing him to concentrate his atremorselessly
cut out; ambiguous con- tention steadily upon one figure, one

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experience, perhaps one dread locality.
Here we have three persons and our interest
passes from one'to another; it
partially loses itself. The story is an
experienced "M. de Courdon" and there
the interest should center and rest. .Be.-,
sides when is the infernal' spell "of
"Thelgo" to cease? Why not with the
destruction of the painting? Must one
catch the mania from another after the
manner of the jingling refrain, " Punch,
brothers, punch.' 1 Striking as the ending
is in itself, it is one stroke too much.
We awake to reality too quickly and
sharply.
The story of " Ralph Weston's two
Christmas Eves" is in fact two stories
instead of one. There is no sufficient
connection between the two. Either
make two simple tales or unite'thetn in
the framework of the plot. The 4i pale
woman with mournful eyes," to whom
Ralph sent such a Christmas, should
have been "Nell." The text is broken
up into too many paragraphs. It is easy
to rearrange the first page into seven instead
of thirteen groups.
The article ''Expansion" could also be
improved in paragraph arrangement.
The first part of the fifth paragraph
seems to have little or no connection
with what follows, neither is its sequence
with the preceding text any more evident.
The last part of the next paragraph
should be set by itself. There is
a plain error in the division of the first
sentence of the seventh paragraph.
A "Street Car Sketch" follows This
is written in a satirical vein, unrelieved
by a single smile of kindly or tolerant
humor. We find ourselves vaguely
wondering what kind of a person the
observer is, who has not seen for us anything
that makes us think better of our
fellows. Is it a case of "like hates like,"
or is the author impeccable in conduct ?
It: seeras quite hopeless to helpfully
criticise the English; of ..this .Kketcjj.
Only thorough recasting 1 . wouia"''* ;
to essentially better it. There is
uity, redundancy and obscurity. (;•'
sentences are poorly ajracg^;.a,ud"con-
nected. .'The pronouns* aa^ rsfrfence :
words occasion confusion.' Tlie third
sentence should omit the parenthesis;
the seventh is an example of poor arrangement
; the last two sentences of the
third paragraph afford instances of ambiguity.
In the fifth paragraph it reads^
as though the women in the car had-but
one face. -
The editorial departments are in the
main well done. The exchange columns
are certainly about as well edited as any
it has been our lot to see. ' Debate/'
deals too much in superlatives miles it
be a form of humor that the editor has
chosen to indulge himself in. Perhaps
certain repetitions, such as appear in the
first paragraph on the forty-fourth page,'
may be a part of the same vein.
Peltry is not well represented. Excluding
parodies there is but one original
production. In "Eventide" the ictus,
falls too frequently on unimportant"
syllables. "Rumor" is certainly not in
good dactylic hexameter; the eighth
and tenth lines are especially defective.
In the parody on the "Last Leaf hovse
should b* substituted for "school." We
trust that the school is not in decrepitude.
First seen, and last and sadly mentioned,
is the cover. What is the matter
with it? What does it mean ? What
does it suggest? An artist friend of
mine answers, "an advertisement." Perhaps
this is too severe, but the design
cannat be justified on the ground of a
'"joy forever." The upper part of the
figure is out of drawing. The lettering
looks dislocated, the female figure -'distorted,
the whole effect bald a^d unrelieved.
m m§§•
I Isr
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I
a-
^mm
has p g | ^
Exchange^co]
would nqt; jt>e
tors to senid|i
when it isJa\
notice
has
task to
Before,:
to four nundi
changes. jEh
twohuti^red
painful opera t
regrets that tj
must
papers on,his
who in
suggestions ibe
has been as (tn
cerely hopes
strue his actio:
departing/friei
mainirig r bnes
duties for the n
All papers
month's L-)w
name of their
ELL'S Exchang
The
change
called*!
story is
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into

EDITED BY CHA3 O. .NOU1US.
The Exchange editor cf the LOWELL
has found it necessary to cut down his
Exchange column. If has become far
too large to handle, and he feels that it
would not be right to permit other editors
to send their papers every mouth
when it is a physical impossibility to
notice more than a tenth of them. It
has also been a much too laborous a
task to return the LOWELL to them all.
Before, the Exchange column amounted
to four hundred and eighty-three exchanges.
Th»s has been cut down to
two hundred and fifty. It has beeii a
painful operation, and it is with sincere
regrets that the Exchange editor bids
adieu to those papers with whom he
must part. He has not kept the best
papers on his Exchange list, but those
who in his estimation need what little
suggestions he may be able to make and
those iu which he is most interested. He
has been as impartial as possible and sincerely
hopes that no one will misconstrue
his action. Therefore wishing his
departing friends God-speed and his remaining
ones Welcome^ he turns to the
duties for the month.
All papers receiving a copy of this
montlTs LOWELL may know that the
name of their paper is still on the LOW-
ELL'S Exchange list.
The Webster Review is the first exchange
at hand. In it appears a story
called "Matilda," by F. Mandel. The
story is very good, the background lending
a setting and vigor that enriches the
whole story. It should not be divided
into chapters. This does not enhance
THE LOWELL 21
the interest or aid it in any way. --It
also might be improved if the events
^ere to take place at one lime and place.
It hurts a story to cut it in two. Again
too much action takes place .within too
short notice. Mr. Maudel should devote
more time and space to description. He
has ability in this line as is shown in
the banquet scene. . Mr. Mandel's strong
point is his picture painting. Throughout
the whole story there are many pictures,
each distinct from the others.; A •
particularly good one is where the warrior
sings his song to Wobdin at the
feast. . J '.. t
" The others join the socg ; rising from
their seats and poising their spears, they
pour forth their psalms with measured
beat to the roar of the ocean beneath, as
it dashes up against the cliff'' 1
Teacher—You are painfully slow with
figures. Tommy. Come, now, speak up
quickly. If your father gave your
mother a fifty-dollar bill and a twentydollar
bill, what would she have ?
Tommy—A fit.— Ex.
Little Tommy was making a dreadful
racket playing that he was a locomotive
letting off steam ringing the be : l, etc.
" Tommy," said his aunt, getting in
front of him, "you must stop this noise "
Tommy stood penectly quiet for a minute
: " The eugineer is waiting for the
old cow to get off the track."—Ex.
The literary material in the Golden
Rod is usually very good, but there is a
story in the Februaiy issue that is far
below the usual standard. It is " Why
we did not sail Saturday," written by
Miss Sibley who is one of the editors of
the literary department of the papjr.
The story is very poor and absolutely
without point. There is no possible
offense which the main character—we
find almost at the very last that it is
a girl—could have committed as far as
the re ider can find that could lead to

the conglomeration and most dreadful
denouement which Miss Sibley has invented.
Let us hope that there will be
an improvement somewhere.
Perhaps one of the best of the numerous
class of sham Latin inscriptions
was one which appeared some time ago
in a Dublin paper. It was antique
; Latin,' as follows: * I sabih haeres
ago, fortibus es inaro; Nosces more
thaebe truxt v * s innem—pes au dux. 1
This purported to have been found near
the site of a church dedicated to * the
saint known to old chroniclers as ' Uccatus
Ambulous.' The 'Latin' inscription
was in reality an absurd rhyme*
4 1 say, Billy, here's ago;
Forty buses in a row.'
* No/ says Mory, fc they be trucks,
What is in 'era? peas and ducks.'
—Ex.
The Tocsin, from Santa Clara, Cal,
has three continued stories. This is
very poor policy. Better have all of
one or none at all than this. The interest
in the papery suffers accordingly.
ART OF DRIVING.
She can drive a blooded pacer
Or a frisky four-in-hand;
She can drive a prancing racer.
And with tandems she is grand.
She can drive a bargain quickly,
She can drive men to drink.
She can drive away the thickly
Coming agents in a wink.
She can do all things rightly,
But her driving instincts fail
When she grasps a hair-brush tightly
And tries to drive a nail.
—Ex.
The " Old. old Story" in the Alpha is
very good. It is a little story, but there
is a briskness and freshness about it that
is charming.
The Exchange editor feels in a most
murderous mood. He has just finished
reading a story which the Ten Btoeck
THE LOWELL
Observer reprinted from the Palladium.
It is called u A Little Country Girl," by
Doris. Doris,Oh my! We el waysthought
the Ten Broeck Observer had some literary
taste and discretion, but it. has almost
jeopardized this good opinion by representing
such a story. My I but the
paper must be pretty hard up to reprint
a story like that. We may be too orud,
but it is a sin to inflict on us such stories.
It is the story of a country g?rl obtaining
a position in a dry g;oods store-in the
city. Here Harry Verner, the head
clerk falls in love with her snd because
he thinks her beneath his station, discharges
her. Bessie, (that is the name
of the down-troddeu heroine) looses her
way going home and almost dies in a
snow storm. Harry-is stneken with remorse
and flies to her. Now listen to
this:
" Grasping her tiny hand on wh?ch
glittered the ruby ring, he cried,
" Bessie, darling, at last I have found
you. I have come now to take yo«
from this place and to make you my
wife. Are you willing?"
Of course Bessie blushed. Whatthe
could she do with the dark eyes of this
pleading young man lookifig straight into
hers. 11
It is discouraging, isn't ir ? Sucli
stcries ought to be suppressed by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. At any rate something,
ought to be done.
Professor Wilson, a leading ligbt of
the Edinburgh University, recently wrote
on the black board in his laboratory
(t Professor Wilson informs bis students
that he has this day been appointed
honorary physician to the Queen." In
thfc course of the morning be had occasion
to leave the room, and on returning
found that a student bad added to
the announcement the words, u God
save the Queen."—•£*.
•,y.JB
more concealed
old lady iti
was new a
swered *
The
ture to disagree
" The
talking ^
define what-the
has not
think he has
cal NOTCI:".""ffSAe-
OUT opinionvlnor
England lifW-th:
He ha^ n^l;;*
the aim o£^ ^Ji^
a picture of ^thi
storp must be,
curate uponythe
plot is laid./: Th
ordinate to;tte,
Symmes dpes;rioi
" I own I hacked^
Said.
I didn't _^T_,
1 merely?:t

In the High School Argus from Harrisburg,
Pa,, there is a good story which
could be greatly improved. It is called
" A Gentleman of the Road." Now this
would be more interesting and could be
made much better if the plot would be
more conceulc.l. It, is evident from the
beginuing who the stranger is. However
it ia an all around good story. It
is a pleasure to meet some of this kind#
'Have you felt shippers?' inquired an
old lady in a shoa store. The clerk, who
was new at the business, -ind young", answered
l yes, ma'am, many a time.'—Ex.
THE LOWELL
The Exchange editor is going to venture
to disagree with Mr. William Bittie
Symmes, Jr., in tbe Columbia Literary
Monthly. He has written a very comprehensive
and conclusive article on
" The American Historical Novel." Mr.
Symmes evidently knows what he is
talking about, but if he has sst out to
define what the M American Historical
No. is, or what it ought to be, he
has not made himself clear. Again re
think he has made a mistake in choosing
the "Scarlet Letter" as an Historical
Novel. The *• Scarlet Letter " is, in
oui opinion, more of a picture of New
England life than an historical novel.
He has not conceived rightly what
the aim of the historical novel is. It is
a picture of the times it depicts. The
story must be in every particular accurate
upon the scenery in which tlis
plot is laid. The plot should be subordinate
to the history. However, Mr.
Symmes does not think so.
" I own I hacked the cherry tree,"
Said little George ; " but. Pop,
I didn't think you'd mind the roast;
I merely took a chop. 11
"You keen young blsde," his father said
Your wit shall w\ be wasted,
I like its flavor, but. I think,
The roast should now be basted.
" Your sauce is rather sharp, my .sou
This switch may help it, but
I think you'll furnish capers when
I help you to a cut."
L. A. W. BULLETIN.
He asked the fair Miss for her
And trebled off a few |{ |]
Then the old man came in with a •
And landed him out 'neath the *' * *
In the Normal Review is the most absurd
story that has ever been read by
the Exchange editor of the LOWELL* It
is called '• Aunt Milly's Prophecy." It
is a dreadful picture of broken-hearted
girls, double-faced lovers, ind sweet,
pretty confiding sweethearts, while the
ending is a nightmare of battles, murders
and sudden deaths. Besides this
the story is absolutely without point.
The editorials in the Ada-Ran Coi-
Ivgian are very intelligent. They have
one fault* however. They are not long
enough. x We wish to humbly ask the
editors of the papers pardon if we by any
mishap omitted sending th^ra the LOW-
ELL on time.
Rag? make paper,
Paper makes money,
Money makes banks.
Banks make loans
Loans make poverty,
Poverty makes rags. Ste! —Ex.
Teacher—" Jonny, what figure of
speech is *' I love my teacher ? '
Jonny,—" Sarcasai.".—Ex.
The Archive from, Philadelphia has a
very artistic cover.
'" IgncU 11 in The //. 5. Whims from
Seattle, Wash., is a very neat little story
which sounds very much as though it
wore true. The author has a marked
style.
"The Reward of Patience" in the
Gramophone is very good. It lacks
body, however, and there is an element
of jocoseness in it that needs to be intensified
or left out entirely. Either way
it would add much to it.

A very clever bit of work may be read
in the article called " Shakespeare's
Portia" in the Howard Collegian. It
is very comprehensively written and the
treatment is bright and unusaal. More
of these kind of articles should appear
instead of some of the stones that we
have mentioned. The following is *oo
good to be omitted :
** Shakespeare dips his pen of wisdom
into gloom, doom, darkness and despair,
aud gives to the world the father of prejudice,
the source of a matchless stream
of love of worldly accumulation in Shy*
lock/ 1
THE LOWELL
There appears in The Concord Fearless
a very clever little story called " Opened
Her Husband's Letter." It is so clever
that it is almost a shame that more of it
was not made. If the title were changed
and if it were lengthened out three times
as much it would make oue of the best
stories we have ever read.
Flossie is six yeprs old. c Mainma, 1
she asked, on Christmas day, when the
guests had assembled, "if I get married,
will I have to have a husband like pa ? '
' Yes/ replied the mother, with art amus.
ed smile, 'And if I don't get married,
will I ha\ r e tc be an old maid like Aunt
Kate ? • ' Yes.' * Mamma,' (after a
pause), 'I- ? s a tough world for us
women, aia't it? '—Exchange.
The editorials of the Tamarack and
the Russ are exceptionally good arad
bright.
The u Sonnet on the Destruction of
the Maine, 11 iu the Item from Pasadena,
is a beautiful bit of poetry. The form is
faultless and the thought expressed is
sublime. Miss Margaret Smith has the
warm congratulations of the LOWELL on
her excellent aurf farming work.
" The Turret Camber " in he H. St.
Bell from San Jose was evidently written
by one of the fairer sex. The story is
labored and a bit improbable. A boy of
fourteen would sooner face death than
have entered such a room. The deus ex
machina is too prominent. But overlooking
this the story is good and the telling
easy. The interest is kept up very well!
but the last two paragraphs are superfluous
and it would add to >;he interest
if they were omitted. An abrupt ending
or uncertain conclusion is a very desirable
thing to have. The title is very
good aad almost, reduces the story's few
faults.
.The descriptive passages, i., e, the
island of Pinkerton and the coming of
spring, appearing in " A Rescue" in
The High School sEgis from Bloomington,
111, are very good. As for the
story it's not much. It is not clear
enough and the ending is without point.
But Mr. Kershawbas some fine descriptive
powers.
Mr. Buyer: Mr. Green, there seems
to be something serious the matter with
the horse I bought of you yesterday.
He coughs and wheezes distressingly,
and I think perhaps he is wiud-broken.
What would you advise me to do ? Jay
Green (promptly) : SeiLhim as quickly
as you can; I did.—Tit-Bits
Grandma : " What are you doing in
the pantry, Tommy? 5 '

We wish we had space to say how
highly we consider the.literary abilityas
shown in "Manifestations of the
Poetic Nature in Macbeth and Baoeuo,"
appearing in The Outlet from Winona,
Minn.
The High School Times from Daytoy,
unio, should consider itself very lucltv
in having procured the interesting letters
from the American sailor. We look forward
with interest for each one to appear.
r
u Young man/' thundered the profess-
the blackboard.
" Please sir/' 1 was the humble reply
because they are fast in my head."—
BURGtAR.
A cautious look around he stole.
His bags of chink he chunk, *
Many a wick;cd smile he smole,
And many a wink he wunk.'
A TALE OF WOK
A ertrl videbat parvus mouse
In domu running by ;
Et currebat thro' the house
With clamor surger.s high.
With vestimenta gathered tight
In timor did sue run.
Tandem rnensa came in sight,
O papael it was fun.
That giil salivit tbro' the air,
Quasi by fonds pursued.
And ruit on the table square,
Eheu ! 'twas bnt wood.
Her pondus made its o]

Society f There has been none. Lent
with its dark mantel of fasting and prayer
has, for the last forty days, shrouded the
gayety and pleasure of the world, and
society has forsaken the ball room for
the church. Lent, What a difference
this religious custom makes to some people-
Did I say some f I should have
said all. The ball room manager, the
dance musician, the decorator, the engraver,
the caterer, all feel it, and from
a business standpoint dread to approach,
but let us hope they welcome it from a
religious standpoint. The minister saves
his best sermon for Lent, the organists
keeps his best singers axid songs for it,
each sure of a crowded church. But
the person most affected of all is the
milliner.
Everything that influences the world,
influences the Lowell High School.
Here we all feel the sway and swell
that fluctuates in the world, and Lent
has affected u«. Where are our customary
balls aud dances? We have had
none. The young ladies, of the school
are growing pale aud weak under the
strain. Something ought to be done
for them. Let us at any rate be glad
for their sakes that Lent i: over, and
that once more they will recover. their
usual bloom.
I could not fill a whofo book with the
society news, if there is any which has
becorie cnrrent within the last two
months. On account of its scarcity we
omitted entirely from our last issue,
trusting that more news would warrant
a publication for this month, but we are
in no better fix now than then. Another
person, by the way, which Lent
affects is the society editor of THE LOW-
ELL If our readers only knew how
hard it -vas to write news when there
Ln't any, they would appreciate the
vain efforts of my painful attempts.
And right here I beg tny readers to
pardon these same attempts and over-
EDITED BY CHAS. G, NORRIS.
look his failings for this issue, and I
sincerely hope they will help me out all
they can by getting up as many society
events as they possibly can invent, so
that the society columns of next issue
will be filled with something better than
useless excuses for lack of news and labored
appeals for more.
On the 10th of February the Gamma
Eta Kappa Fraternity gave their annual
dance. The affair was up to its usual
standard and was enjoyed as much as
ever by those who look forward to it
from year to year and make a practice
of going, sure to have a good time. It
was pronounced a decided success by all
who attended.
On the 17th of the same month the
Merry Makers under the direction of the
Messrs. Bundshu gave a final swell dance
to which the friends of jolly members
were invited. It was held in Beethoven's
Hall in the Hotel Savoy. The
hall was most tastefully decorated with
palms and smilax, while above the whirling
dancers the frowning brows of a
bust of Beethoven, continually look
down reprovingly. Punch and lemonade
were served and the dance was most
decidedly a success
Among the young ladies the most
notable were, Miss K. Underbill. Miss
Shmelscup, Miss Grace Robinson, Miss
Ethel Comings, Miss E Burksmire, Miss
H. Kentfield, Miss Wade, Miss Daisy
Bradshaw, the Misses Garoutee, Miss J.
Kleineberg, Miss May, Miss Malowansky,
Miss Plageman, Miss D. Bertz, the
Misses Marvin, Miss Bundshu and Miss
Leonard. The evening was most enjoyably
and charmingly spent by all, and
the very last cars were crowded to their
utmost with the happy, pleasure homeward
bound, each conscious that that
dance had been certainly the climax of
their season, and that thereafter Lent
closed the door of the ball room and
their duty called them to church.
The regular ii
tween the classes!
March nthatth*
resulted in victi
small margin, thi
second. This
field day we hi
brought out m*
men than our otl
It is to be ho]
tinued. The fc
events:
100 yard dash-
2nd Smith (3
(scratch), time
880 yard ruj
(scratch), 2nd
Middleton (serai
220 yard dasl
2nd Reddick (1
(scratch), time
50 yard dash-
2nd Reddick
(scratch), time 5)
Mile walk—isj
Karmelenski-GU
440 yard dasl
2nd Hursh (s(
yards.
Mile run—ist|
Karmelenski
(scratch), time 5j
STiot put—is
(scratch), 3rd Jo

The Track.
The regular interclass field day between
the classes of '99, '00 and '01, held
March 11 th at the Olympic Club grounds,
resulted in victory for the seniors by a
small margin, the juniors making a close
second. This was the first handicap
field day we have held, and it surely
brought out more new and promising
men than our other field days have done.
It is to be hoped that it will be continued.
The following is the list of
events:
100 yard dash—1st Reddick (3 yds.)
2nd Smith (3 yds ). 3rd Saundeta
(scratch), time 10 4-5 sec.
SSo yard run — 1st Karmelenski,
(scratch), 2nd Watson (70 yds), 3rd
Middleton (scratch), time 2:16 2-5 sec.
220 yard dash—1st Manor (6 yds,)i
2nd Reddick (6 yds), 3rd SaundeTS
(scratch), time 25 sec.
50 yard dash—1st Saunders (scratch),
2nd Reddick (scratch), 3rd \sbill
(scratch), time 5 3-5 sec.
Mile walk—1st "Warren }£ lap, 2nd
Karmelenski-Gleason.
440 yard dash—1st Lyons (10 yds.),
2nd Kursh (scratch), 3rd Lindly 20
yards.
Mile run—1st Irving (40 yds.), 2nd
Karmelenski (scratch), 3rd Hursh
(scratch), time 5:1 4-5 sec.
Shot put—1st Asbill, 2nd Kidd
(scratch), 3rd Jorgensen.
EDITED BY L. SYMMES AKD C. PHILIP?.
Pole vault—istBelden (scratch),
Healey (5 in.). 3rdBeals (2 in )—9feet,
5 inches (record).
High jump—ist Hursh (scratch), 2nd
Jorgensen (3 in.), 3rd Hooper 2 (inches").
Broad jump—ist Lyons (9 in ) 2nd
Hursh (4 inches).
The above results show many new
names on the track this year.
Particularly good .work was done by
Reddick in the 100 yard and 220 yard
dashes, showing plenty of speed, but
poor form. Manor in the 220 yard dasb
was rather a surprise, running away
from the other men with very little effort.
Saunders showed some wonderful
speed in the 50 yards. Asbill, P juniorf
did well in the 50 yard running, a close
second to Saunders. Karmelenski aad
Hursh were unable to overtake Irving
who won the mile.
In many cases the handicaps were toa
Urge, not allowing the scratch men
much chance.
The few spectators that appeared ir>
the grandsland were unable to see the
finishes of most of the races on account
of the bicycle track within the running
track, which hid both turns and the
greater part of the finish. This field day
brought out many new and promising
athletes for the future years.
At Stanford the track team, or rather
part of the track team, did exceedingly
well, considering.

•J 1 ' '
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THE LOWELL
The following list of events mil give
Base BalB.
a fair idea of what was accomplished by On March nth the bass ball team
the team against the Stanford Freshmen: phyedandwon its first A. A". L. game
100 yard dash—Manor ist, L. Lyons from the Selborne team of San Rafael.
and, Saunders 3rd, time 10 3-5 sec. The day was not an ideal one for ball
220 yard das\:—Manor ist» Saunders playing as it rained almost incessantly
tied for 2nd place, time 24 1-5 sec. all morning. Lowell as usual was short
440 yard dash—L. Lyons ist.
one man when the game was called and
a substitute had to be put in, making a
880 yard run—KarmeJenski 2nd, 2 :i8 change in the rest of the team necessary, -
seconds.
He finally put in an appearance at this
Mile run—Karmelenski 2nd. end of the first inning and the team was
Mile walk—Karmelenski ist, Gleason then changed to theii original positions.
3rd, S:28.
The game was exceedingly slow, espe-
220 hurdes—Saunders 2nd, 29 4 5 sec. cially for Selhorne. The work of the
120 hurdes—Lindly, 2nd
tea-n at the bat was the culy good fea-
High jump—Hursh 2nd, Manor 3rd, ture in the game. While but a few er-
5 feet.
rors were made in the field, the team
Broad jump—2ud, L. Lyons, 19 feet, failed to show that wide awake spirit
ioj,4 inches (record).
that characterized our last year's team.
Pole vault—Beldeu 2nd, Llndiy 3rd, There is absolutely no reason why a
10 feet.
team with men who can play fine ball
Shot put—Belden, 3rd, 38 feet. whet they feel like it should not be able
Several of Lowell's best men failed to to capture the banner. But there seems
put ia an appearance at the depot. to be very little hope of ever having that
With a full team, such as was sent down banner adorning our school unless the
two years ago. we could have easily de- team rouses itself from its trance and
feated the cardinal.
practices once a week at least. Lately
Manor, the winner of the 100 and 220
the weather has not permuted of playing
tue scheduled games, much less
yard dashes. deser*es great credit for practice. But as soon as the weather
his work. His winning of the two permits it, the captain should Have prac-
sprints in such fast time is an indication tice that would n-atce up for the former
of what hard and conscientious training weeks If he does not. it 'is likely that
will do for a mau. He is comparatively the members of the team will forgst what
a ball or bat looks like
uew at the 220 yards, but promises to
surprise some of the older runners in this
Nearly all of the men who played in
the Selborne game deserve severe criti-
event in the coming academic field day. cism for the half-hearted vvav in which
Karmeleuski also deserves great credit they dragged themselves through the
for his endeavors. He ran second in the game
S80 yard run, and the mile, and after all Stillman, r. f. tilayvfr/.r ball, but is
that walked a mile, winning 1st place. weak in throwing and should practice
Surely a person who has stamina to do
this Credit must be given him, however,
for his steady improvement,
two and one half miles in one afternoon Wagner at second is net accustomed
and win 2 seconds and a first place de- to his position, "out premises to become
serves all the credit that we can give a good man when he has had more prac-
him. L. Lyous also oid exceedingly tice in the field and also in running*
good work with no training, breaking bases
Hare in L. F. plays medium ball in
the broad jump record and running sec- the fit-Id, but is weak at the bat.
ond in the 100 yards.
Captain Lyons, Sytxvmes, Pav.l.i and
We have the men, why should we not Robinson all showed lack of practice; in
win at least a 2nd place in the A. A. L.
fact the whole tesm shewed its lack of
team play. The battery especially need
field day? L. W SYMMES,'99. constant practice in order tc eliminate
.,!
fti
w$%
'-. *
(/:•
as tar as pcssiblt
act er ized. ;it in,gi
AlthooghCoi
boast of, anil"""
tioc.'Jfor ilfeVciiaj
ctid scnje pfacti<
At the last
on March 10th
in reinstating
A. A. L: field di
Several otht
namely in the
those wishing t<
day on April 7t]
events may be
i—ioo yard'
2—440 yarcij
3—120 yard]
4—880 yar<
5 —100 yardj
6 — 120 yan
7—220 yard)
8—220 yardj
9—Mile rui
ro—320 yard
11--T-22O y?>d]
XT.—Mile wall
13—Relay n
H. A. Kellerl
ship of the A.
tee. L W. S]
fill the vacftnt
made a inetnbei
ing was one
largest, the le|
every school
schools sent J e|
tance, such as
School.San J<
H. Hauser
the Field Day
the semi aunu;
be held ou.th^
owing to tbe/'bi
pic Club grouii)
The meetinj
of the various
the atnendmei
passed. The
at a "out elevt
^hown iu the pi
tneuts wasmai
ber of visitors
L. W.

as far as possible the mildness tlmt"characterized
it ir its first A. A L game.
Although Lowell won it is nothing to
boast of. and if the team has any ambition
for the championship, it is time they
did some practice.
L. W. SYMMES, '99
A. A. U
At the last meetiing held in this city
on March 10th Lowell finally succeeded
in reinstating the mi e walk in the
A. A. L. field day.
Several other changes were made,
namely in the order of events. For
those wishing to enter the A. A L. field
day on April 7th the following oider of
events may be of some use :
1—100 yard dash, trial.
2—440 yard dash.
3—120 yard hurde, trial
4—880 yard run
5 — 100 yard dash, final.
6—120 yard liurdle, final
7—220 yard dash, trial.
S—220 yard hurde, trial.
9—Mile run
ro—220 yard dash, final.
1 r—220 yard hurdle, final.
12—Mile walk
13—Relay race
II. A. Keller resigned the chairmanship
of the A. A L Base Ball Committee.
L W. Symmes was appointed to
fill the vacancy and I G. Hoitt was
made a member of the same. The meeting
was one of the largest, if not the
largest, the league has had. Nearly
every school was represented. Some
schools sent xepresentatives a long dis
ranee, such as San Jose State Normal
School. San Jose High School and Ukiah,
H. Haus*r presented a report from
the Field Day Committee, stating that
the semi annual A. A L field day would
l»e held on the Berkeley cinder track,
owing to the bicycle track at the Olympic
Club grounds
The meeting was lengthy on DCCOUIU
of the various speeches for and against
the amendments, two of which were
passed. The meeting finally adjourned
at ab^ut eleven o'clock. The interest
shown in the passage of certain amendments
was manifested by the large number
of visitors present.
L. \V. SVMMES, A. A. L. Rep.
T H E LOWEL L
Cycling News.
At a recent meeting of the A. A. L it
was. decided to hold y* mile, 2 mile aud
5 mile bicycle races in the big field day,
which, it was thought, would be held o»
the Olympic Club grounds. The points
made in the bike races were not to count
with the points made in the track and
field events, but were to be separate and
tj constitute a separate meet, with the
exception of its being held or the saiae
day as the field day.
It seems, however, that the placing of
the bicycle track within the cinder track
so hinders people in the grand stand
from seeing any of the races on the cinder
track that it has been determined to
hold the field day on the University of
California's track, which is one of the
best on the coa^t This track will be
fenced around so that admission will be
charged as at previous academic field
days The Berkeley-Stanford inter-collegiate
meet will also be held there
The bicycle meet will however, be
held at the Olympic Club grounds sometime
around the middle of April.
Teams from Oakland, Berkeley. Central.
Lowell Santa Rosa. San Jose. Polytechnic
and Ukiah High Schools will
probably contest.
At the last bicycle meet held at the
Velodrome on February 28. ;$97 Lowell
captured every race and won .ne silver
cup. which was given by the Academic
Athletic League At that time we had
two of the best amateur riders in California
attending our school and it was
through them that the meet was won.
Bicycling at Lowell is in a very flourishing
state and we expect to carry ofi a
(ew fi^st places aerain this meet. Captain
Miller has callfd for tTy outs in the
following order: J4 mile try out Saturday,
March 25th; 2 mile try out Tuesday,
March 2»tb, and 5 mile try out
Saturday, April 1st, all to be held in the
morning. In the races no school will be
allowed to enter more than 3 oien in each
race and no man can ride in more than 2
races. A school team will probably
consist of 9 men. Great interest is being
shown in the coming try outs, there
being quite a number of new material
out C. PHILIPP, *99.

i
Lyons is endeavoring to distinguish
himself as well as his brother. The
other day the following passage came up
for translation: "Divitiacus multiseum
locrunis Caesarem coinplexus" which is
properly translated ll Dioitiacus embracing
Caesar with many tears." Our friend
Lyons was called on and as he wanted to
make a good impression on the Professor
started in talking like a phonograph, but
he shortly came to guef. "Divitiacus
beseeching Cresar with many beers."
Time—4 p m. Latin scholar recitirg
Virgil: "I long to see my sweet children
and longed for parents."
Teacher: " Yes, you do this afternoon.
"
A young lady wished to time a pendulum
in the Physics laboratory not long
ago and therefore she needed a watch
with a second indicator on it so she went
to the desk and said, " Mr. . please
lend me your second hand watch ? VI
What do Norris, Cahill, Ghirardelli,
Karsky, Hall and Bundsbu do nowadays
at 9 :45 while the storm smoothes over?
Hooper the mouse trap.
Goldtree has gone into the bad pun
making business with Gleason. Mike
had to find the values of y in an equation
and on being askrd a question he said,
'' Do you want to know why ? "
Dannebaum, Bine and Vensano were
all sitting in one seat enjoying themselves
lately when they were espied by the
teacher who said, "Just wait a minute,
Miss , till these two-for a-nickel
youngsters separate." A truer word was
never spoken.
EDTTKD BY E G C AH ILL.
-.--I:
According to Shaller WardsworL
wrote an ode on Intimations of Immortality.
It is reported to us that some unfeeling
fellow put an odon _rous mixture in M,
K 's coffee can not long ago and that he
was nearly arrested because of it. The
tale is as follows: M. grabbed the ill
smelling can and rushed for the car
which, to the occupants 1 woe, he caught.
Having a pet theory that if a fellow falls
from any height he will be dead before
he reaches the ground, the stalwart youth,
not being willing to run the risk, entered
the closed compartment, which was
crowded with young ladies. He had not
been there very long when the pressure
of the atmosphere became so great that
all who had another nickel juraped off
and took the next car. A little later
they fou,nd him in a helpless and almost
strangled condition calling helplessly on
Sam Murray and embalmed beef. The
conductor thought he had taken leave
of his senses (he had not paid his car
fare), and summoned a policeman, but
M. speedily persuaded the blue-coated
guardian of the peace that he was not
insane by holding ont the can.
Norris did not know how popular be
was till he fell down in the yaid (banana
peel of course) and dirtied his new coat.
By the way, about that tumble. The
editor asked the yard teacher if he saw
Norris tumble.
11 No ; I thought a riot had broken out,
though. I think I could laugh a little
myself if I saw him fall."
This was reported to Norris and he,
still feeling the effects of his swift descent
replied indignantly:
''Laugh a little? Hump! that isn't
a circumstance to what I'd do if I saw
him fall down."
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VOL. 3
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UNDER THE SOUTJ
"Why,Virgimal I
chard ! Are you ons.oi
going with us?" yH-
"Well, Jack!: Sini
an officer? Are
"Oh, no."^Se
hand as si
"only an extra
job, but very much $ty«
you haven't
4 'Yes, you are going
ure of our company fo]
months. Papa has}beti
the doctors iaid
only thing that would'r;
you remember
how kind he wasjto
And, papa, this is Mr
an officer on boarjdriai
for the next three tno&i
Mr. and
elderly, almost too'o!

VOL. 3 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., MAY, 1899. No. 4
UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
"Why, Virginia ! I mean Miss Tranohard
! Are you one of the party that is
going with us?"
"Well, Jack ! Since when were you
an officer? Are you captain?"
"Oh, no,' 1 ' he answered, taking her
hand as she stepped off the gang plank,
**only an extra mate, with no particular
job, but very much aL your service. 3tit
you haven't answered my question yet "
"Yes, you are going to have the pleasure
of our company for the next three
months. Papa has been so unwell that
the doctors said a sea voyage was the
only thing that would rally him. Mama,
you remember Mr. Wainwright, and
how kind he was to us in St. Louis.
And, papa, this is Mr. Wainwright; he's
an officer on hoard and will be with us
for the next three months,
Mr. and Mrs. Tranchard were quite
elderly, almost too old for so charming a
daughter as Virginia, Mr. Tranchard, a
native of France, was a very famous
musical director and bad been leader of
both the Boston and St. Louis Symphony
Societies and in '93 had been the director
of the Gra?id American Sympho7iy Concerts
at the World's Fair; in fact a very
celebrated m&n. He was tall and slim,
stooped and consumptive looking. A
thin, white beard covered the lower part
of his face, and his hair gave him a very
distinguished appearance. It was very
long, falling to his shoulders and white
as snow. He had been dangerously ill
for the last six weeks, a nervous coUapse>
and the doctors had prescribed a long
sea voyage.
Mrs. Tranchavd was stout and rather
morose, and continually wore an expression
of ennui; a woman whose equanimity
was never ruffled or disturbed no matter
what the attending circumstances might
be. "
Virginia, their daughter, was a beautiful
girl, tall, almost too slender, with
rich, dark, brown hair that was ever
flying about her face. She was about
twenty-two, a graduate from U. C, and
an all-round healthy, high-spirited girl,
self-relir.nt to an extreme.
The three, with a nurse for Mr. Franchard,
had procured passage on the
[•V.'iRoss Wenhvorth^ a brig belonging to
Lapham, Wainwright & Co of San
Francisco, grain merchants, and were
bound for a three months 1 voyage around
the Horn to Liverpool.
"But tell me. Jack," continued Virginia
Tranchard, "how do you happen to

THE LOWELL
be aboard here as ship's officer ? I have
not seen or heard of you since we were
seniors at Berkeley, so I don't know a
word 1 about you."
41 Well, you see, I am learning the
business and so my dad got me a job on
one of the firm's boats. I haven't any
real position, although I guess I'm what
you'd call second mate. I'm more of a
super-cargo though. This is my second
trip; the last one was to China. Interesting;
place, China. Ah ! Csptain, have
you met our passengers ? This is Miss
Tranchard; Mr. and Mrs. Tranchard,
this is Captain Osgood, captain of the
W. Ross Wentworih. One of the whitest,
squarest men I ever knew," he added in
a low tone to Virginia.
Captain Osgood was a short? stocky
man, about forty, handsome, with a
gentle, refined face that won Virginia
immediately. When he shook hands
with her he gazed so fixedly at her and
held her hand so long f;hat it w*s emharassing
for just a moment, until Virginia
drew her hand away.
"We'll clear in about ten minutes,
Miss Tranchard," said the captain.
"The clearance papers are all signed and
if you'll seat yourself on this coil of rope
in the prow you will see au interesting
sight."
The wharfs of San Francisco are interesting
at aay time and they were especially
so now at the close of the day.
The slips and quays were crowded with
vessels of every nationality and description.
A forest of masts surrounded them
like church spires, overtopping one another,
a veritable army of lances. A
thousand noises mingled in the smoky
air from the stamping of the heavy dray
horses on the hollow piers to the coughing
and sputtering of the donkey engines.
On board the W. Ross Wentworth
they were loading in the trunks
and boxes of the Tranchards'. The
npise of the ship's small engine as ft
struggled and strained, coughing solubly
as the heavy trunks were hoisteil
high over the wharf and thentaesudden
cessation as they were swung over the
ship's side and the relaxation and rattling
of unwinding cable as they werelowered
into the hold, kept up a constant
vibration of the air. The odor of. grease
and tar came disagreeably to Virginia'snostrils
as she sat on the coil of rope,
drinking in the wonderful hurry and
bustle. She looked over the bulwark
and the dark, oily, green water between
the ship's side and the wharf turned her
a little sick, A tug vomiting volumes
of black smoke came alongside and made
fast to the W. Ross Wentworth.
It was about six o'clock in the afternoon
and the sun was just hanging over
Telegraph Hill. It had been one of
those lovely warm days in April and the
evening was full of the freshness and
calm so characteristic of the evenings of
warm days. Suddenly the ship's engine
let off clouds of white smoke and above
the deafening noise of escaping steam,
Virginia could hear Captain Osgood's
voice shouting his orders. The men
came aboard, the gang plank was run in,
the ropes one by one were cast loose a^d
slowly the brig began to feel the strain
of the tug as it backed out of the slip.
The men on the wharfs paused a moment
and watched the boats slowly receding
from the shore. Some of the crew's
wives and mothers were waving to them.
Virginia felt a pang that there was na
friend there to bid her farewell. She
took her handkerchief and waved back
to the people on the whaif. The captain
of the tug was shouting to Captain
Osgood. The ropes were cast loose from
the tug and she ran ahead, a great thick
hauser as thick as Virginia's two armsattached
from the tug's stern to the prow
of the brig. The heavy cable splashed
in the water, the tug steaming ahead, the
W. Ross Wcntworth drifted idly.back
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THE LOWELL
with the tide and then the hauser uncoiled>
straightened, rose dripping from
the water, tightened like a harp string,
creaked, groaned under the strain, and
then slowly the brig's head came around,
the rope slackened and the W\ Ross
Wentworlh was off, pointing to the west.
Behind her Virginia could see Telegraph
Hill, the Hopkins 1 Institute, the
Call Building slowly receding through
the smoke of the tug. A sense of homesickness
struck her. 'She seemed all
alone. Her mother, aided by the nurse,
had been getting her father in bed ever
since they had come on board. Virginia
realized that she would be left very much
to herself in the next three months, for
her mother would be in constant attendance
on her father.
"Are you enjoying it, Miss Tranchard?"
It was the captain. Virginia
thought he looked very handsome as he
stood there, the sun touching his bronze
cheeks.
'• Oh. very much, 1 ' she answered. " I
hope it will be always like this "
" I am afraid we will not enjoy such
weather all the way. We would not go
far if we had not more wind than this.
But I will confess the air is delightful.
I hope I may be able to entertain you
better later on, Miss Trancbard," he continued,
"but at present it is a crime for
me to stop a moment.*'
To the right they were passing Alcatraz
Island. The setting sun lingered a
moment on the old, red fort with a last
caressing touch.
"How beautiful this is !" said Virginia
to herself.
There was not a trace of wind; the flag
on the tall flag-staff in ihe Presidio was
limp and motionless; the smoke from the
tu^ hung fixed in the air; the bay was as
smooth as glass. To the right she could
see SausalUo and Belvedere and the huge
red and white hulls of the vessels lying
between them. The sun was setting.
It's great red orb, exaggerated to twice
its size, was touching the pine covered
hills. The rough horizon notched its
golden disk. It sank, stumbled, slipped
and dropped out of sight. Suddenly a
concert of bugles screamed shrilly from
the Presidio. In a momejat an angry,
sullen roar reverberating in the hills
about the bay, shook the calm. A great
white cloud shut in the Presidio. It was
the sun-set gun. Before the sound had
yet ceased the flag fluttered and began
slowly to come down and the strains of
the Star Spangled Banner came to Virginia's
ears across the water now swelling
volubly, now dropping almost out of
hearing and again swelling.
''Isn't it beautiful?' 5 This time it was
Jack Wainwright.
u Oh, it is, it's just inspiring ! What a
beautiful ceremony !"
On the star-board side, the sun's yellow
rays could be still seen lingering 1 on
the sui-imit of Mt. Tamalpais. The
white-walled hotel, reflecting the golden
radiance, could be distinctly seen. The
whole mountain was a gorgeous purple.
They were leaving liae city behind*
Only a few scattered residences on Presidio
Heights could be seen. Slowly they
approached the Golden Gate. The land
contracted; the water was rough and
broken ahead; beyond a great expanse of
water, bounded by an ever widening
circumference, lay before them. Their
view began to widen ; the breeze freshened
perceptibly; the roar of the surf
met their ears; then the land fell suddenly
away on both sides and they had
passed the Golden Gate and the W.Ross
tVeniworlh was off on her long, threemonthh*
cruise around the Horn, alone
in the hand of the great Pacific.
The tug slowed down; the sails on the
brig were run up; the hauser was cast
loose, and the ship was left to her own
resources. Slowly the breeze filled the
sails and the water began to churn and

THE LOWELL
foam under the brig's bows. Point
Bonita was left behind. The Cliff House
loomed up-white in the evening ligbt
aud then faded away. The. night was
coming on fast. Soon lights appeared

THE LOWELL
rejoice in the possession of the brig. To
Virginia the oceaa was a never failing
source of interest. She loved 10 watch
the shoals of porpoises leaping ?nd diving
aud splashing in the rippling waves.
She liked to see the many things that
floated on the surface of the ocean and
wonder where they came from ; seaweed,
heads of boxes, straws that oace held
wine bottles, fishermen's rork.s and drift
wood, all had interest for her.
When they had been out for about
two weeks, the brig's course was changed
and her prow pointed west. The next
day they rounded Cape San Lucas and
in the evening of the same day put into
Mazatlan. Here they lay over night
and when Virginia awoke next morning
they had left the land behind them aad
were scudding south again, a dark line
to the west showing only where the land
lay. From this time on the weather
grew perceptibly warmer. The sun's
rays began to beat unmercifully down
upon them and the wind dropped.
Many were the days when Virginia
could not have told whether they had
moved a foot. Mr. Tranchard, who had
been improviug since they left Sau Francisco
immediately began to retrograde
and soon was back in his berth. With
the calm, however, Mrs Tranchard once
more appeared on deck, pale and worn
out with herself complacently ard dropping
eyelids, expressive of ennui% ever
tiie same. Virginia chafed at the calms
and even the combined efforts of the
Captain, Jack, Molierc and Racine failed
to amuse her. The Captain resorted to
chess, Jack to cards and to reading .to
her but in vain, only her father could
charm her when the liquid notes from
his beloved instrument were wafted
across the oily surface of the tropic sea.
To that music site could listen forever,
and when her father would appear for
aii hour or so, one could always find her
seated at the old man's feet, her head
against his knee. But :f the days were
hot and disagreeable, the nights -were
cool and delightful. The Captain and
Jack generally found Virginia seated on
a coil of rope in the prow on these beatittful
evenings and the three or s^metimc&
two passed some moments there whi?h
each remembered to their dying day.
After they'tad been out from Mazatlan
for nearly four weeks, the wind began to
freshen and it was the« that Virginia
enjoyed the voyage most. The rigging
hummed, the sails were taut, tha water
churned and roared under the brig's
bows. Virginia, her hair flyrng, would
walk up and down, her hands thrust into
her jacket- pockets drinking in the air
and rejoicing in the exhiliration of being
alive. Mr- Tranchard too, in his steamer
chair, wrapped to the eyes in shawls, his
white hair thrashing about, improved
with every day. Mrs. Tranchard retired
to her berth and all day long struggled
to maintain her equanimity. Everything
and everybody except Mrs. Tranehird,
seemed to awaken and fresh vigor
and IHt burst into evidence. Faster and
faster the wind blew, the brig racing to
keep up with it. Captain Osgood had
everything battened down and ran under
little canvas. He could control
everything on board but Virginia; he
could not repress her. She gloried in
the weather and he had to force her td
promise him not to come on deck without
his permission. So she lay all day or.
the companion stairs the door open, her
head and shoulder covered with a shawl,
thrust out. She wanted to scream aloud,
exulting with the wind, pulsating in
every fibre with the -flying brig. She
enjoyed the stinging scud and whistling;
wind beating in her face. The scene inspired
her, tne rolling water bursting
iit> a myriid of little jewels over tlte
brig's bow* filled her with admiration.
She gloried in it. Sometimes when* a
wave swept the boat from stern to stern

THE LOWELL
she w^uld be drenched to the skin and
Captain OsgOGd would remonstrate and
she would laugh and wait for her next
ducking-. Much to Virginia's disappointment,
at the close of the seventh
week, the wind slackened, and glorying
in. her having conquered the elements,
the W. Ross Wentwarth came to anchor
on the 2^rd of June, in the harbor of
Y&lpanso.
. Here they laid for two days where
Virginia mailed hei letters and Captain
O3good made his report and sent it to
his employers. They learned that to
the south the weather was unsettled
and the officials advised the Captain to
wait for more definite news. But the
Captain did not want to wait. As it
was they were eight days behind and
he felt. that they would only lose
titrie by remaining. So he determined
to proceed and endeavor to circumurvigate
the storm by sailing far to the west
of it. Having procured the exact position
of the bad weather, the brig set sail
fcgatn on the 25th,and for thenext'three
days sailed west and then turned south.
On the fifth day they struck u-calm.
Oae of those calms that arc- so abso.lutely
still, so depressing. Mr. Tranchard
who had lately been able to walk
up and down with Virginia, immediately
went back to his chair and us the calm
persisted took to his bed, rehpsing into
Inertia, his taind suffering; under the
change; fcu fact he became like a little
child, foolish and petulant Mrs. Tranchard
thinner and weaker appeared again
on deck, self-complacent with languid
eyes, expressive of ennui. The weather
W&s monotonous. The ,ily surface of
the sea, rising and falling in long,
gradual swells, reiuaiued unbroken.
The torrid sun rose, blazed and set, the
water changed from green to gold and
then to green again The silence in
.that wide expanse was ominous,, it was
expectant, waiting for some thund-r
clap to break the spell. Myriads of flying
fish scudded over the surface of the -,./•?
ocean, their small'wings flashing back
the yellow radiance of the sun. The
level of the water palpitated under the r ?
scorching heat. The vast bosom of the •
ocean seetatd like that of some Prome^ ^
tbeus, the sun a never satisfied vultfcie*'
The sails hung limp, motionless, the
rattle of the bk oks as they slipped from ,,
side to side with every slow roll of the
vessel was all that broke the absolute'
stillness. At night the phosphorous in
the trail of the W.Ross Wenlworik glowed
aud flashed, iredescent, radiating a thou-
;
sand colors. Overhead the southern
cross shone brightly, its four bright -
stars paling their fellows. The only
compansating part of the days were vh'e .
cool evenings and nights. Once again
the Captain and Jack Wainwright would
find Virginia seated on a • coil of rope,
clasping one knee in her two hands and
gazing off towards the imaginary line of
sea and sky. '- • ,
" It is so sweet and quie*, I always like
to sit out bere. No, I like to have myfriends
with me when I enjoy anything;
True happiness is the happiness one "
shares. You are always welcome.' 1 ••
Jack Wainwright seated himself fac-:
ing her. his back against the bulwarks
11
1 always know where to find you at .
this hour," he said, "you look so sweet
out here, Virginia, that it is quite a plea's^
ure to see you "
* l Listen, 1 * she said. "two bells: What
o'clock? I never will learn them they ~
are so many of them, all alike "
/Seven. The second dog mutch Ben*
ton goes on nor;. I'm just off Did you
see the islands of Mas-afuera to-day ?
You could just make them out late this
afternoon u • -
M
•»
•.
*' N/>. You never told me a word •
about it. Can I see tnem siow?" she
asked getting up and going to the bulwark.
He ioined her. «
£$£&*•-£
'&
"'"'Si.
'*--' zzf- .
11 1 don't think-
"Yes. yes you can.
port side. See that
just make them out 11
"Oh yes. Isee^ihen
it seems as if I had no
over a year. How t s
just a little, oh9 aver.
land. 1 '
They both leaned ti
rail and looked out
The brig slowky rose
dripping ftQm her sjd
sound that broke the-q^
the glow of the setting
the shadiva began to f-
Overhead the fpisf^rj
southern cross ^ a (
sweet, imperceptible
and brig:, the ^yho
could see. , \
How beautiful it a!
"I dearly love ti
He did not ans;
spell of the glorious
noticed her profile,
against the dark water,
ka ad leaning beside hi
H*. noticed as if foi the
stylish and graceftil''slu
tipped, over her eyes, her
curling in whisps a7

T.HB -LOWELIi
"I don't think so," he answered.
"Yes. yes you can. Off there on tbe
port side. See that speck ? You can
just make them out. 11
'* Oh yes, I see them. Dear old land,
it seems as if I had not touched jou for
over a year. How 1 should like to take
just a little, oh, a very little run on dry
land. 1 '
They both leaned their elbows on the
rai) and looked out across the water.
The brig slowly rose and fell, the water
dripping from her sides was the only
sound that broke the quiet. In the west
the glow of the setting sun stixj lingered,
the shadows began to fade acrpss the sea.
Overhead the four bright sjftrs of the
southern cross began to twinkle. A
styeet, imperceptible spell hel& ocean
and brig, the whole world as far as they
could sec.
u How beautiful it all is." she whispered
" I dearly love this hour."
He .did not answer: he too felt the
spell of the glorious evening. He
noticed her profile, sharply defined
against the dark waterrher small white
hand leaning beside him on the rail.
He noticed as if for the first lime bew
stylish and graceful she was, her sailor
tipped over her eyes. Iter long brown hair
curling in whisps aboui her face.
" What jolly good times we have had,
haven't we Virginia," there was a touch
of sadness in his voice.
4i Oh yes," she aa&wered, " some jolly
good times Times I, for one, shall
never forget."
" And I. for another, shall never forget
them either. No never as long as I
sli^ll live." he answered."
The red glow in the *?c3t was fading,
the golden *ed had changed to purple
and from purple to green. The
sea and sky wee merging into one, the
water was turning a dark green. Above
the Southern Cross sparkled and glittered
like a cross of diamonds. Belnw,
in the cabin, Mr. Tranchard was playing
his violin, the soft rippling music «-f
Rnbemieins Melody ic /"came up sweet
and faint, harmonizing wir.h the n:gbt«
The smell of rotten seaweed came to
their nostrils, tlie vriter dripped from
the sides of the vessel as she rollea.
Somewhere a fish' jumped, the splash in
the water could be beard for miles, ;io
calm was the night.
Jack turned asd took the little hand
that rested on the rail.
lf I love you, Virginia," he said quietly.
" I don't know when I began to love you,
but lately il has become so strong within
me that I must tell you. You have been
so nvtch to me that I
M
Virginia shrank from him bewildered,
frightened, the idea of this man's loving:
her never crossed her *nind; as for her
loving him—why—why they were nothing
but just good frfendi. What did it
all mean ? Why had he to fall in love
with iier? Why couldn't he be always
like he had been, like Captain Osgood?
She-drew her haud quickly from h ha,
shrinking from his outstretched arars,.
"Don't you love sne, Virginia?*' She
did not notice the quiver in his voice.
•*Oh, no, no, no," she cried. " How.;
could you, Jack?" She began to cry ;
she was very much frightened
"I am very sorry I spoke," came his
voice very husky, through the gathering
dusk, u I will never do so again Good
night, Virginia," he said gently. He
took her hand and bent to kiss it, but
she snatched it away. Then he w«»
goue.
. la an instant she relented. "Jack!"
He did not hear.- ££>bt Jack !" He
did rcoi come. She sank down upon tlie
coil of rope and cried bitterly. She bad
been so frightened whea she spoke, she
didn't, kuow what she did or said. She
never had thought of Jack's loving her
and never of loving him. She liked hsmt
yes she knew she did. Did she love him ?

THE LOWELL
She imagined him as forever leaving her
just as be had done then, forever passing
from her life. A wild despair filled her
heart at the thought. Then she knew
her answer. She knew she loved him.
She did not feel so about the Captain.
She liked the Captain very much, oh
very much; but the thought of his leaving
her forever, filled her with sincere regret,
but it did not make her whole sou)
throb and quiver with pain as it did when
.-r-he thought of Jack. Oh yes, she loved
Jack. She knew she did. Why had she
been such a fool. Where was he? She
would rush to him and tell him so. She
rose to her fe-et and as she did so, she
heard him coming back. His figure
loomed up through the dusk. She ran
to him and threw her arms about his
neck.
" Oh forgive me," she sobbed, " but. I
do love you, oh I do, I do."
His strong arms caught her and held
her to him.
"You love, me? " he said. " I never
thought you cared anything for me.. I
am not worthy of your iove. I have
loved you from the moment I saw you
first. I have loved you silently all these
-weeks because I thought you loved Jack
Wain wright."
She struggled from the strong grasp
andga/ied into the face of the man whose
firms held her. It was Captain Osgood.
She. gave a. little cry. Tne Captain
thought it was of joy. He crushed her
..trembling form to him and kissed her on
her lips. When he released her, she had
fainted. Troubled,yet happy,he carried
her tc her state room and gave her in
charge-of her mother. Then he crossed
the passage way and knocked on Jack
Waitiwright's door. In a moment it
was opened by Jack in his shirt sleeves.
The lamps were not lighted and. his head
showed black against the open porthole.
The Captain came in and closed the door.
He did not notice Wainwrig'at's face in
the darkness.
"Jack, old boy, I am one of the bap- ,
piest men alive. Miss Virginia Tranchard
and I are engaged. You're the
only one that knows it. She told me of
her own free will she loved me to-night.
I have loved her from the time you in-,
troduced me to her on the day we cleared
from San Francisco But I always thought
it was you and she. "Von don't care for
her Jack, do you ? " he added anxiously;
There was a pause for just a moment.
"I?" came Jack's voice out of the
darkness. The Captain did uot notice'
it's huskiness. "I? Oh no. I don't
care a bit. We've been the best of
friends; that's all. No, I don't love
her," his voice trembled, a little bit.
4( Why God bless you my "dear old'
friend, my hearty congratulations, she's
a splendid girl. Heaven bless her."' \.
And the two men's hands met in a'
strong clasp of friendship.
!
That night about three Vclock in the
morning Virginia was awakened by a
severe shock, the vessel seamed careen^
ing on its beam ends. She liad saved
herself-M'frotn being thrown headlong,.;
from her berth. The W. Ross Wenlwdrtk
was quivering like a .frightened horse,
theu suddenly the ship seemed to'leap
forward; •« creaking and. groaning of
timbers drowned all other sounds. 'A'
mass of water came dashing-through
the open port hole in her. state-room,
drenching Virginia. She hastily tetrugs
&led to her feet and closed 'itir At that
moment her mother came in; •'••'''
"Virginia," she said quietly, "I do
believe the ship's going down. A gale
has come up suddenly and we're going
at a fearful rate. ' l
Mrs. Tranchard affected'ennui bad not
forsaken her and -her eyelids dropped
with laziness and indiflfereti.ee. .' '
"Where's father?" asked; Virginia,
She did not wait for her motherVreply;-
but catchiDg .up^a
slipped across the
father's room. He was 1
bed, ostensibly caltxt^mi
out she met Jack •
pastv all thouglit
left her mind.
M What has
"It's goin'i
ginia; the captain h>s bei
for the U
eter fell
thing pointed
been up except ^itra^d^cj
mother, the Whole^i^ht. " >the
present is np^-pyfer.; '
made as ship shape as
struck us. Ahil(g^s.;wc
My best advice; is^pt- you
and sleep till moriingW'^
Virginia
not sleep^;
of last night
around her
even if she
her. Thesbip^rbil^-feomj
her clothes^wtii^piti^^l
cabin» swung
dulums.
wright
banged with
water beat fr
side her,
break
incessantly: oh
Virginia could
fiercely in vi
Above
good bellowing
not sleep and ai
captain saw her^re^y dfea
out of the barred^ * f
panion way.
Great sheets
from prow to
ing before the
top-mast sail

THK LOWELL
but catching up a dressing gown bbe
slipped across the passage way to her
f.uhi^'tt room. He was sitting up in
bed, ostensibly calm and quiet. Corning
oui she met Jack Wainwright, hurrying
past, all thought of the night before had
left her mind.
"What has happened, Jack ?* f
il It's going to be a hard blow, Virginia
; the captain has been expecting it
for the last thirty-six hours; the barometer
fell rapidly yesterday and everything
pointed to a gale. Everyone has
been up except you aiid your father and
mother, the whole night. All danger for
the present Is now over; the brig was
made as ship shapt: as possible before it
.struck us. Autl guess we'll weather it.
My best advice is for you to go to bed
and sleep till morning.-'
Virginia did as she was told, but could
not sleep. Thoughts and remembrance s
of last night filled her mind. The noise
around her made it impossible to sleep,
even if she had no thoughts to trouble
Her. The ship rolled from side to side;
her clothes, which hung on books in her
cabin, swung back and forth like pendulums
Across the passage way Wainwright
had left his door open and it
bauged with every roll of ttie brig. The
water beat fiercely on the port hole be
side her, threatening every ti:omeut to
break the glass-. The waves pounded
incessantly on the brig's hollow sides.
Virginia could hear the wind shrieking
fiercely xn the shrouds and rattliugs.
Above the storm she heard Captain Osgood
bellowiug his orders. She could
not sleep and at about six o'clock the
captain saw her, ready dressed, peering'
om of the barred windows of the companion
way. She could see nothing.
Great sheets ol water s"*ept th'- brig
from prow to stern The bhip wa< flying
before the wind under only the fore
top-mast sail and main royal, due north.
She,learned this from .
stopped to speak to a moment!
" Couldn't do anything against tb?3
wind, Miss Trancbard. Biggest blow I
eyas saw. Don't kuow where we'll eud
up at."
' Virginia was not frightened. The
idea of any misfortune never occuried
once to her mind. The sense of danger
exhtlerated her and she raged like a
wild beast for freedom, to be able to v?alk
the deck once more. Everything was
battened down and it became hot and
stuffy down below towards the; end of
the afternoon, Mrs, Tranchard was
struggling once more for her equanimity
between her breakfast and the wastt
basin down in her barth. Mr. Trarichard
began on the instant to improve
and in the ecrly part cf the next day. his
violin was heard sweet and high above
the roar of the storm. Virginia saw
neither the captain or Jack or even.Bee*
ton again during the whole day.
At ten o'clock 'chat night it was" reported
that \V. Ross Wciilworth was leaking
badly in two places and "that the
biige water had risen six Inches in the
J hold. Again during the nigbt. abcut
one this time, Virginia woke with asiait
10 hear the slip's donkey engine firing
up a ad hoisting the wbeat fain the hold
and throwing it. overboard. It was an
extremely dangerous operation. ss it jo.
•*fttired dexterous woik at the ii;I; cf life
and limb One of the crew was thrown
'against thtt capstan and his kg broken.
All night long Virginia doztd between
the sudden coughing aad sputtering of
the donkey engine and the sudden cessation
as the rope unwouud and the wheat
dumped into the sea. . The roar t>i ibe
gale continued; towards four in ihe
morning the speed of tbe vts-sel was.
reckoned at fifty-one miles an hour.
Daring the next day it had slackened
down to forty miles. The leaks in the
hold had aggregated to five; the men in

atches of four were kept continually at
the pumps. Virginia's only occupation
was nursing the man with the broken
leg* which had been reset by Benlon,
who knew some'" ing of surgery, AH
day Vong she sat by the man's hammock,
fanning his burning face and administering
Benton's medicine. Above iue shouting
of the storm and the groaning of the
ship and the thud, thud of the pumps
below her, Virginia could hear her
father's violin, sweet and clear through
all the discordant noises.
With the gradual decline of the wind
the waves increased, growing higher and
•higher, and the ship was tossed about in
the multitude of seething hands like a
••chip of wood. As soon as the wind permitted,
Captain Osgood changed tbe
brig's course and headed for the east.
His one idea was to reach Valpariso ard
to lay up there for repairs. At present
they were about seven hundred miles off
the coast and five days of fast sailing
•-ought to bring them in sight of land.
It all lay now in the question of whether
"the brig would hold together so. long.
Ha the afternoon of the second day the
rest of the wheat was thrown overboard
and everything possible was done to increase
the speed. But on the morning
of tbe third day, Captain Osgood was
convinced it was useless. The number
of leaks had increased to seven, and although
all the crew were working night
aud day there was three feet of water in
the hold and the depth increased every
hour by three-quarters of an.inch inspite
of the super human efforts of officeis and
crew- By the morniug of the fourth day
everything was made ready; the four
life boats were stocked and provisioned
and every o- J allotted to his or her seat.
Two boats were given to the crew; the
third was to carry the captain, Mrs.
Tranchard, the man who had broken his
leg and an able bodied seaman, while
the fourth was- allotted to Mr. Tran-
THE LOWELL
chard, Jack Wainwright, a sailor, and
Virginia. . :';}: '•
The suspense and expectation of coming
danger had lost their former effect/.
on /irginia, and now she felt depressed,
weary aud unnatural. Everything was
ominous aud seemed full of danger.
Towards.tbo last Virginia could ft el the
boat staggering with the motion caused
by the water in the hold as it surged and
swayed back and forth with each stfilof
the boat. The knowledge that slowly ;
they were sinking wrought Virginia m£o
an alarming state of nervousness, not
from fear, but from the suspense before
the end came.
With the end of the gale a tfcund&t -
storm came up. and this decided, the
captain to take to the boats in the morning
of the fifth day instead of waiting, as v,
he had intended, on board as long as the -"
IP. Xoss Weniworth held together.
For the third time at night Virginia
was awakened. This time it was the
captain's rap.
"Come, Miss Tranchard," he caiied, y
u ws will ha\ e to take to the boats immediately;
there are four new leaks in tjie
hold. It will be perhaps little more than
an hour before the brig go*»s dpwn, 11
It was two o'clock. During the night
the thunder storm had come on and tbe
darkness shook with the reverberating
roar and was split by the sjiarp flashings.
In ten minuter .Virginia was
ready. She had everything, prepare^
the night before, and so it did not take
her long. As soon as she was ready &he
went to her father. Sire found him in
his long white dressing gown, his violin
in one hand, bis bow in the other. His
eyes were wild, his hair disheveled; he
was mad.
"Ah," he cried, "you see they are
applauding. They are impatient for us
to begin, Listen, the claronet is giving
the key. They are tuning up. Messeurs,
are you ready?" he waved his bow
• • % ' "
•%#:
around. •** 'Aits
his instrument to his
into one of Beetliby*
«'How loud the ^ ^
monsieur, too
"Father!" cried
know tne?"
"Listen,"
glmg in her
encore.
are sijaking, come qui
q
wrist and tried to
not.strong enougii^
captain and Sirs, l^anc
4>
Hurry, Miss:p
left the pumps'ii^S^*^
in."
^0&
'•Oh, pjf^^li
Can't you, hd|>•ime^^
remonstrating
deck.
lowered.
It v?as as niuch
keep her: ^
deck. '
i( Lower
His voice was
thunder, ^
The first two
the last they
shadows
the night.
into tlie third
sailor and
swung
help Virginia
pause. i
the captain
deck.
said the captain!:-^€;^S-
"For God sake imr|y,'
wright, v - we are liable
here at any moment. 1 '

THE I,OWB1/L
around. u Ales mainitnaxi.*' He swung
his instrument to his cheek and burst
into one of Beethoven'** symphonies.
•'How loud the drums are ! Too loud,
monsieur, too load ! l?
''Father!" cried Virginia, "don t you
know me >tJ
"Listen," gasped the old man, struggling
in her embrace, "they cry havox
encore. We must play again.'*
"No, no, father, you must come; we
ure sinking, come quick. It is I, Virginia,
your daughter." She seized his
wrist and tried to drag him, but she was
not strong enough. At this moment the
captain and Mrs. Tranchaid appeared.
"Hurry, Miss Tra ^chard, the men have
left the pumps and the water is pouring
in."
*'Oh, captain, father won't come!
Can't you help me ?"
Between them they got the old man,
remonstrating and struggling, to the
deck The boats were already to be
lowered All were waiting for them.
Ii' was as much as Virginia could do to
keep her footing on the W^K -•washed
deck.
" Lower away," shouted the captain.
His voice was almost drowned by the
thundei". The rain beat Virginia in the
face.
The first two boats got off safely and
the last they saw of them was their black
shadows mingling \v:th the blackness of
the night Mrs Tranchard was lowered
into the third boat with the injured
sailor and another. Jack Wainwright
swung himself over into the fourth to
help Virginia down. Then there was a
pause. Virginia, Mr. Trail chard and
the captain remained alouc- upon the
deck.
"Go on, Miss Tranchard, quickly,"
haid the captain.
"For God sake hurry/' shouted Wainwrigrtt,
" we are liable to be swamped
here at any moment."
"Are you £°* n £ *° £°J Miss Traechard
?" asked the captain.
" Not until you promise me you will
come too, captain/' she answered firmly.
Betvr^n them they held Mr. Tranchard
struggling to be free.
"A captain's place is by his ship/'
said the captain slowly.
**You shall not stay here," cried Virginia.
"For God sake hurry/* cried Jack.
As be spoke a wave caught the third
boat in vrhich the two sailors and Mrs.
Tranchard were, and carried it out into
the darkness. The last thing Virginia
heard was a cry from her mother that
was drowned in thunder. A few minutes
later a flash showed the boat about
two hundred yards away.
'••WxM you come, captain? 11
"Miss Trauchard, I must stay here by
my ship. But you—you mast >go for
your father's and mother's sake, for—.for
my sake/"
Virginia caught her breath.
•'Captain," she pleaded, "how about
you ? Will you aot come for -my sake ?''
He still hesitated.
"If you love me," she ^ried entreat-
Ingly.
•'Yes," he answered.
At the word she seized the rope and
swung herself over the side. Jack
caught fat-r.
"Now, father," she called.
Bur. Mr. Tranchard had quite lost his
senses. Once more he thought he was
readtag bis symphony.
44 Let me go/' he shouted. " Mille
tonne* res, let me go; I must play; they
are waking for rue. Hear how they
snout for me/ 1 At every peal of tbusder
he became more ungovernable.
The captain struggled desperately
with him. There was no way to lower
him "to the boat.
(i Oh,- father, father/' cried Virginia;

.THE". LOWELL
-fringing her hands* "for the love* of
heaven, jump." ,. -.
4t Captain," shouted JacV Wainwright,
-the boat's half full of water. If we
ship, another drop we swamp/'
The captain threw his arms around the
maniac and stepped over the bulwark.
A dreadful struggle ensued. Mn Trancfcprd,
with strength suddenly acquired
at' those moments, forced the captain
backward, the palm of his hand under
the captain's chin; the captain's foot
slipped ; h& clutched out Wildly and fell
backward. His head struck the prow of
the boat below heavily and without a cry
be turned and sank into the water, dyeing
it scarlet In a moment Jack Wain-
Wright's strong hand jerked him into
the boat, but as he did so a wave swept
the boat from the brig's side and Mr.
Tranchard was left alone on the deserted
ship. Virginia, through the darkness,
could see her father's tall figure, clad in
his long, white .dressing gown, his violin
under his chin, and above the shouting
of the thunder and roar of the racing
billows, she heard the strains of Schubert's
Der Erlkonig rising sweet and
mild, inspiring amid the clash of the
thunder bolts; the harmony swelling,
throwing oat its wonderful melody across
the angry waves, rising and falling in
perfect cadence. The roaring of the
thunder, the shrieking of the wind and
the bellowing of the waves all joined in,
in one grand accompaniment. Once
more the old man thought he led his
symphony. But never before had he led
so grand a chorus as that. There Ire
stood immovable on the staggering brig,
leading the elements in his last grand
symphony, the symphony of death* It
was a symphony in which the thunder,
the wind, the waves, the very darkness
was a part and God hinxself, the author.
Out into the blackness of the .Ttorm the
old man passed, and yet long after his
tall, white-robed figure standing upon
the floundering brig was gone, the last
grand strains of Der Erlkonig, with the
thunder shouting the accompaniment,
rose and fell across the surging sea.
Out into the storm lie passed liks the
specter of death, in the ^eath march of
the elements.
The next morning when light once
more broke apon the ship-wrecked men
and women Wainwright could see no
boat in sight bat v.bsir own. There
were four of them. Jack, t?ie captain,
Virginia and the sailor. When the captain
hr.d fallen the boat's prow had
struck him on the base of *he skull,
He had lain unconscious all day, but
towards evening he opened his eyes and
Virginia and Jack saw that he recognized
them. They both felt that he was dying.
It was about six o'clock and the thunder
storm was over; the sea was still running
high, but it was gradually gtlng down.
In fact, the storm was over. For the
first time in six days the sun's rays shone
through the clouds and touched the
gray hair of the dying captain and lit
up his pale face. He feebly reached out
his hands and took one of Jack's and
Virginia's in each of his. Pie smiled
sweetly at them and then spoke very
faint and low. . '
*• Good-bye, Virginia, may I call you
that for just these moments? Goodbye,
Jack. I haven't been much of a
success, but I hope I have left some, one
better because I have lived. Good-bye,
Virginia; God bless }ou darting', you
were not for me. He will give you a
better husband. I was so happy to
think you loved me six days ago and
now—well, I guess it's for the best-
Don't miss me much, Virginia. Don't
you let her, Tack; you be good to her;
you'd make a better husband for her
than I, Jack, it's a pity you two didn't
love each other, you are so alike. But
you do love nut, Virginia and you would
have been my wife ? "
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She hesitatedonly f
" Yes," she said.^['
"God bless you
" God bless you. Qo
flattered a moment'an
ever, and. in abiiut'ha
to Lis Maker • ^he
rays touched tne griz
caressingly, and then
'Oh, Jack," sobbed
all a mistake." - :
Ke held her in his"
close to him. • K"
••" What?"hemurna
"Oh,-it was yo
ifo—nobody else '•
Overhead the south
ginning to twinkle.
Two days late*r*he
scattered cloads, ssw a
an open sea. Two .am
in it. Again he saw t
once again and still^ji?
The one small b
cowering from
ing from want of wate
last provisioii badibe
ginia lay in a Kaif c
the sailor was* dy!r
while on the brig/J
one who had any wits;i
the close of the sixtii
left the brig, the,;sail
seventh day the sun s
boat, but now there
There were but two in
and one man, alone, ad
sea, There w ^
>ut water, water^th
.; Little
tnother
portuuity to
on the efficacy .of ji
tp try it. Whea Jh_ ,_
little b=4 thatnigiit:^nd
his frr^her slippedVthe <
and Wrllie pfa; 1 "^" Oli
"Now! lay'i
I want r-
I pray the Lordsiy sc
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THE LOWELL
She hesitated only for an instant.
» Yes," she said.
"God bless you, 1 * he murmured,
" God bless you. Good-bye." His lips
fluttered a moment arid then closed forever,
and in about half an bom he went
to his Maker The sun's last parting
rays touched the grizzled hair, lingered
caressingly, and then was gone
'Ob, Jack," sobbed Virginia, *'it was
all a mistake "
He held her tn his arms, holding her
close to him.
u What?' 1 he murmured.
"O.hTitwas you, you that I love and
no—nobody else M
Overhead the southern cross was beginning
to twinkle*
Two days later, the sun, through the
scattered clouds, saw an open boat* upon
an open sea. Two men and a girl were
in it. Again he 3-xw the same sight and
once again and still there was no change.
The one small boat, the three people
cowering from his scorching rays, dying
from want of water and food Their
last provision had been eaten up. Virginia
lay in a half conscious state"and
the s-Ailor was dying from exposure,
while on the brig, Jack was the only
one who had any wits left him. Towards
the close of the sixth day since they bad
left the brig, the sailor died. On the
seventh day the sun saw again the open
boat, but now there had been a change.
There were but two in the boat, the gin.
and one n;an, alone, adrift upon the open
sea. There was no land in sight; nothit
water, water that stretched thou
Little "Wille wanted a drom His
mother thought it would be a good op
portututy to give Willie ati object lt^s«»n
on the efficacy of prayer,.s ulvisrd him
tp try it. When he knelt way V

16 THE
LIFE AT STANFORD.
When a college student has nearly
reached the end of his Sophomore yearhe
is in & most fortunate position frofci
which to look upon his University eaVeer.
He is zt the half-mile post, and delights
to turn bis gase backward, dream upon
Freshman innocence, and Sophomore
recklessness, and then reluctantly anticipate
Junior dignity and supremacy of
Senior days.
The Stanford Freshman, abused as he
is, is in more respects than one, the
luckiest individual in college. He comes
from a world in which he has been for
eighteen years, into a strange land, and
within a month he torments his friends
outside of college with enthusiastic
stones of university happenings. He
bubbles over with feeling. Never did
he realize, that within thirty miles of
San Francisco there could be a community
that constitutes a littie world all by
itself—where " good fellows " abound,
amidst beautiful scenery and splendid
architecture; where professors treat you
as a friend—and as a man ; where freedom
of thought and action is the first
gift bestowed; where students return to
their work after vacation with H feeling
of relief at getting out of "the world,"
and being once again " at college. 1 * In
short, he is tasting of that atmosphere
which abounds wherever college life
exists, and so enthusiastic is he that
sometimes he cannot realize that it is
all true. Especially is this so if he lives
in Eucina Hall, the college domitory,
which b the center of all university life.
Coining from the High School where
athletics are almost dead, he delights in
seeing a football team cheered to the
echo. It xs a revelation to learn that
members of the team are actually made
heroes of. Here again is the. Freshman
fortunate. His first semester is the best
part of the college year, for football is
upreme at Stanford.
When calm momenfcjj^BJe, the
rsan thinks of his studle/p. £*d then does
he say—" Well! wfctf'jt dffierentre from
elementary training! i; For at Stanford
each-student may ip#Jc pyfifr the schedule,
and pick out those atudtek that he wants
to take. Of cou?d£, the advice"of hfe
"Major ProJ." muei be obtained, but
this is always than5$utfy received. It
makes you feel mgnJy to know that you
are thrown upejj y^pur own direction.
The Freshman is allowed to choose thos*
studies which fee ifiiUiks will be of the
greatest value tp hSm?—to mark out that
plan of work far which he is fitted.
Of course he $wfg£? mistakes, but every
mistake is a le#jon, and it 13 better that
they .should b? mad^ than that a faculty
committee should prescribe some iron
bound rttier'ty a n endeavor to fit differently
shapsjj £i£n in the same mould.
At the enJ4 gf the first year he inay
change hj$ major subject. He may cease
taking worjf uader professors who cannot
do Aiwj Vgjy uiuch service-.an'i choose
those who can,. He is thus enabled Ht>.
pick out ti*$ ygry best of wlrat can be
found in $Jj$ university. If a student is
one who pr^jt^ \n making mistakes for
the sake,* pf making them, he doesn't
atnouat to m^h anyhow, and would not
derive aaj? gfeat good from a course of
study outl^^ by any committee.
study outl^^ by any committee.
And not^niy is the elective system
an excellent'; institution, but the professors
are sympathetic, taking an active
interest .in the ^udents welfare. Furthermore,
students become intimately
acquainted with members of the faculty,
and talk with them about university
affairs as they would fellow-students. It
in an inspiration to good.work to know
that your professor ie likewise your
friend. It is also a great satisfaction to
know that you are taking work under
teachers who have national reputations.
But once again do studies occupy less
attention, as Thanksgiving draws near.
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t|ie eampus, ekcite&Ji
l>he ^'rooters^c^el
a plsyer - suffers" evefl
everybody in college 1
it. The bomb bursts H
final rallj*, just pne§hl
game. It is on thl
Freshman is astbttndl
yelling mass of stuJ
chapel. As each inefl
seen, his- name is chfi
and the fellows wait 8
lie may say. The baa
songs, the spirit of thl
not be appreciated uni
• :.:•' The .next da^iHe 1
mountains,, and. uujrif
time, the greafeest^exj
Small parties from thl
team, &ad upon theiri
they'are surrounded!
compelled to answer fl
tions. A line in the a
create consternation 1
wholestudentoody, 4
' And.then, aMas'^^y
crowds assemble £&*&*
scene is familiar to all
but they cannot realize
Sve hundred Stanford
white S's cotae tu,mBlii
the light sysjual practic
know how five hiin
1 thumping, wad how fiy
i bands are grasping at
f to them, for tlie fiirsitcfe
the kkteaB."'i'ijia^l wha
la^tjhe pV4y is^falrly
Well, Stanford haslost
is net Stanford's;w4s|**
experience-^gainiiia;'
Thanksgiving is-the
Freshman in parii4u|^
so new to htm* The*e
is given to quiet aijd
nothing to attract one

THE LOWELL
During the last two weeks of practice on
the campus, excitement is at fever 'heat*
The "rooters" come out in thr.ongd. If
a player suffers ever so slight a hurt,
everybody in college knows and talks of
it. The bomb bursts on the night of the
final rally, just one short week before the
game. K is on that night that the
Freshman is astounded at the shouting
yelling mass of students that jam the
chapel. As each member of the team is
seen, his name is cheered to the echo,
and the fellows wait on every word that
he may say. The band—the yells—tins
songs, the spirit of the whole affair cannot
be appreciated unless seen.
The next day the team goes to the
mountains, and during the remaining
time, the greatest expectancy prevails.
Small parties from the campus visit the
team, land upon their return to college,
they ere surrounded by students, and
compelled to answer innumerable questions.
A line in the morning paper may
create consternation! throughout the
whole student body.
' And then, at last, the day comes. The
crowds assemble at the grounds. This
scene is familiar to all Lowell students,
but they cannot realize what it means to
five hundred Stanford men to see those
white S*s come tumbling on the field for
the light signal practice- They do not
know how five hundred hearts are
thumping, and how five hundred, pair: of
hands are grasping at the persons next
to them, for the first few seconds before
the i^ckoff.. JOh! what a relief ^rhen at
last the play is fairly on! The game?
Well, Stanford has lost but once, and it
is i;ot Stax*ford*s xstiy to go through that
experience again in a hurry.
Thanksgiving is the one great day for
the whole student body, but for the
Freshen in particular because it is all
so new to him. The rest of the semester
is given to quiet and hard study, with
nothing to attract one from his books,.
The second seiaeste* is quiet as compared
with the first. Of course, the
fie^dday, baseball, debate, and tennis
each receive enthusiastic support, but
they cannot hold the students spellbound.
with excitement as does football. A
very decided increase in interest has
been noted by all in track and debating
affairs. Our track team this yearacouitted
itself most creditably. As fcr
debating, despite defeats, onrCarnot ard
Intercollegiate teams are ranked as the
bast teams that Stanford ever produced,
with the oue exception of the '97 Intercollgiate
team, composed of Miss Stebbins
and Messrs Switzer and Morgan.
Well, on the 20th of May, our first
year student is a freshman no ledger.
How superior h.£ feels when he says "I am
a Sophomore! n What joy tbere is in getting
a new man the next semester, viith
"Hello Freshman!' What fun to take
part in the innocent and harmless hazing
that is a part of Stanford liie! The
Sophomore is a reckless dare-devil soit
of a fellow, full of advice to Freshmen,
and beyond all counsel frota upper*
claassnen. If ever there is a scrape, you
may be sure the "Soph 1 * played an important
part. He is the one who likes
to laugh, to sing, to root, acd,. withal,
to let the cares of this world enter at no
time into his life.
- The Freshman experiences something
new in the way of college life, and is
-tuns fortunate. But be enjoys it rather
as a spectator than as one playing the
game. He dare not put himself forward.
The Sophomore, pu the other hand, for
the first time feels that he is a part of
this little, world at Stanford—that he is
one of the actors at whom Freshmen
ina7 gaze.
The greatest gift receif?# by a Sophomore,
and, in fact, by any student, is the
realization of the happiness, the pathos,
the comedy, and tbe tragedy tliai are
suggested by the words "college friends', 1 *

THE LOWELL
when the second year comes at Stanford
and he has met all sorts of fellows from
all. kinds of places. It is difficult to
think of a State in the Union which is
not represented at Stanford. From
among thi9. great number of students
one makes some very dear friends—-in
fact, he can hardly realize that in ope
short year he has become so well acquainted
with the characteristics of
certain friends. "College friends" are
indeed friends. They are drawn together
not merely because of their own personalities,
but because they have something
in common to honor, love and champion—their
uuiversity.
We think the Sophomore year is, on
the whole, the most delightful period of
the undergraduate's life. He has been
at college ^ong enough to assert himself,
and not so long that he must be on. his
guard, assume an air of dignity, and
leave all pranks to tne underclassmen;
but, of course,, when we are' juniors it.
might not seem that way at all. J
The'Sophomore'' this year is lucky in
taking active part, in a lite that has
received new vigor.. Many university
improvements '.are; at present in the
course of construction, and for the first
time a substantial amount has been collected
as a beginning of. a fund for a
training house for Stanford athletes.
In concluding, we Wish to give just
one word of advice to prospective students.
If you want to live Stanford life
as it can Le livsd ; if you want to enthuse
over your university career; if you would,
in. short, be \*a Stanford man," live from
the very beginning- at Encina Hall, the
men's dormitory. Do not hide yourself
in some Palo Alto joarding house. You
might as well go elsewhere if you intend
to do this, for the greatest charm of
Stanford is the college life. The only
place to experience this is ou the campus,
:and "tlie very heart of all college spirit is
Encina Hall.
' "'•" . " J. F. EKGLISH.
The Management of the LoweS? Annjouce*
a First PHze of $3.00 and a Setftnd
Prize ofj^flfi^for the Best
Story Written by a Junior *
CONDITIONS:
L This story contest is operj
to the Junior Class only.
2. This story must contain
about 1,500 words.
3. The management of- the
Lowell retains the right of pnb*\
lisiihsgthem.
4. The stories must be handed
to the editor-in-chief^-of theLow-^
ell, before May 15th, 1899.
5. The title of the story and
the najbae of the writer must be,
sent in sealed envelopes.
6. The writer's name should
not be signed tc his or her story..
7. This story must bo written -
only on one side of the tablet
paper used by the school.
8. The author of tho best
story shall receive'three dollars; 1
of the second best, two dollars.
9. This story will be judged
by Messrs Kellogg, Young, and
Miss Cox.
California;
In Education.
A mon't'hb
Eb. T.
,;Mn)D]
Students, gradi
of iutcrest. 'L\-•';>'•':•
Hatered inSo
itetl
Califorma,i
are, and situS|o^|
the States of tife^
the lead of
richest ^ l
ica ; one of whicih^Sf tj
are carried out, Wdsiki

EDITOR!
THE towELL.
A monthly published by the students of tie Lowell Itxgfc School,
EDITORIAL STAFF-
EDITOR I
FRANK VAN DUZER, '99
ASSOCIATE
CHAS. G. NoRJtia, '99
. T. CAHILI,, f 95 ROGER L. BEAI^, 'OG
BUSINESS STAFF.
Ei>. B. ROBINSON, 99
ASSISTANTS.
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Students, graduateg, faculty and iriends oftbe frjhool arc invited to contribute articles
of interest. . * . " . " .
Entered in Post office at San Francisco as SecoaO-Class Mail Matter.
After a little investigation
California; and reflection, it seems to
r ia Edu- us that the stu;: ,nt in this
cation. State has 3.great deal to be
proud of. To oar mind
California,in proportion to its population,
age, and situation, stands first among
the States of the west, and wot far from
the lead of her sisters in the Union, as a
university State. It contains two of the
richest and largest universities in America
; one of which, if the present plans,
are carried out, bLls fair to become the
t £
largest university in the United States, if
-not in the world.
The educational system of the United
States, as regards higher education, is in
five divisions. Of these five, California
ia the western division easily surpasses
the other ten States, both in number of
students and richness of endowment, thus
holding undisputed title as the educational
center of the west.
In the East, California is naturally exceled
in regard to number of students,
because of the population and the age of
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THE LOWELL
the institutions. Universities like Kar*
vard; Yale and Princeton on account of
their famous graduates and noted professors
have acquired a national reputation.
The states in which they are
situated are widely known as centers of
learning, and have been identified, from
the foundation of the Union, with the
literary growth of America. Aside from
these states, there are few which can afford
to look down upon us as regards
universities. New York has 23 institutio«s,cnly
one of which, the Pratt Institute,
er.cels the University of California in.
size of student body. Its State university
has about one-half as many students.
Cornell, the best known university in
New York, has a less number of students
than Berkeley, and the endowment is
much smaller.
Massachusetts, the state of classic
Boston, has but two universities with a
larger student roll than our State university.
One of these, of course, is Harvard,
organized in 163G, about 213 years
before California became a state, Yale,
Harvard's great rival, bad in 1898 but 304
mo~i students than the University of California.
Stanford, for its age. compares very
favorably with many of the universities
in the East. In. attendance it outnum-.
bers them easily, but of course, has not
yet gained that foundation and reputation
for learning, that comes only to universities
oi long standing.
Our State, is still young, and its universities
have the vigor aud freshness of
youth. The fact that we are regarded as
being in an undeveloped condition and
in the wilds of the west, should be remembered
when reading this. ^}y:
years ago, where our two universities
now stand, there was no State. To-day
we caa compare these institutions favorably
with the universities of New'Engla.nl,
and, in our humble opinion, fifty
years from to day. when the great University
of Cilifornia is completed, California
will stand at the head.
What will become of THK
The Future LOWEU. next year*, is a
of "The question often asked by tbe
Lowell/' present management Outside
of those on the staff
there seem to be very few in the school
who take an active interest in the paper;
especially enough to undertake its management
for a term. ' si
The majority of tbe staff will leave
school this year, and tbe' burdesx of tt|e
paper, as some regard it, will fall upon
whora ? As yet we have seen no anxious
candidates or their supporters. This
means only one thing; or perhaps two
things. One. tbat the present Senior
class has done all the work upon the
paper, and second, that the next Senior,
class has not enough energy about it to
support a paper.
It has become the custom since the beginning
of the paper for the Senior class
to control it. It was this way last
year and has been almost the same way
this year. This fact is true of nearly all
universities and high schools 3s regards
• tbe school paper, and it is as it should be.
The Senior class because of its training
and experience is best fitted to carry on
such work and on its shoulders should
rest the responsibility andi a part, at.
least, of the praise coming to the paper.
The success of the paper heps, we
think, speaks well for this Senior class- v
The class of '98 deserves a great deal of
praise for starting the paper and publish-
,iug it during the first six months of its
existence. The paper was received during
the first issues with great enthusiasm,
but this gradually copied.off, until at the
close of last termmiiny dismal predictions
were uttered by the out-going class as to
the future of the I4OW8U.. These predictions
have been done away with and
so far the paper has not missed an issue;
and, oa the whole, we arf not afraid to
compare this years result with that of
last year.
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' \
As a last worxLwe
members of the class o{
the dismal predictions
minds of the present Sei
filled, aud thus place y<
'98 and '99.
Wa take pleasure in
Golden,'an afatzims ot
the excellent showing
the intercoHegiate Jebal
THE United States is
aside her arms yet, s
war, the cause of theprc
been officially declared
erals in the Pfciilipi
to be able to judge, |>r<
years more fighting ii
The trouble in Samoa,
ditions Germany wishei
tied, aud with the help
as are being made agj
certain Americans* nngl ( (
Sea Islands to be fchej
of a far greater war't!

As a lnst word, we might say to the
members uf the class of 'oo, do noi let
the dismal predictions forming in th

E. A. KELI.OGG.
In the April number of the LOWELL
the editor suggests that certain of tbe
essays written for the English Department
might make good material for the
paper. The critic, too, has suggested in
a former number that selections from
the work prepared in the various departments
of the school^ might form an
interesting feature.
41 It never rains,; but ij^pQu^sJ/ In
the last issue "we" Save a paper which,
outside of Us editorial columns, is wholly
composed of matter drawn from class
program or suggested by school studies.
It reminds us that we are often dismayed
when the rain comes in answer to
our long-continued prayers. WT protest
we did not at>k for so much, only a little,
only just enough to furnish variety and
make a pleasing feature of the paper.
But this is a flood. Well, after all is
there any great damage done ? We miss
the original story or poem, we feel, it is
true, that v;e have heard nil this before,
somewhere, sometime ; hut have v.e not
something worth reading nevertheless ?
I think the patrons of the LOWELL will
answer quite heartily, u Yes.* !
Whatever changes may be rung in
different issues, one thing seems always
with. us. As we turn the pages we are
gi dieted by the same old errors> sometimes
this, sometimes that. Now it is
" God's " instead of Gods, p. 7 ; " Titian "
for Titan, p 9; 4t a much too laborious a
taskt'l p 21 ; u these kind of articles."
p 24 Then there are such ove^ights
as '• cannat'' and il portortray "—allmistakes
that a careful proof-reading
should have corrected. Again there
are faults which certainly the authors
could and would have remedied had •
they finally read their articles aloud
before parting'., with them. An oral
reading will often bring repetitions and
various inelegant expressions to" a reckoning^
Let both eye and ear be placed
on guard'to challenge all seeking esi-.
trance ta our lines.
In all this there need be nothing to
embarrass freedom of expression. The
order is,, think, write, then correct. Get.
your material, frame it, then reiine and
polish.. Don't commence to put words
, upon paper without any distinct idea of
what you aie going to say. Eut,having
your thought well in mind, grasp your
peu and forge ahead with the intent to
say what you have to say, uudisturbed
by any matter of form. After this coines
- ,self-crit5cu'm We may inquire: "Have
I said what 1 •svish to say ? Have I said
it clearly acd with due-emphasis? Is
each paragraph and sentence in right
order, properly framed one to another,
all v/orking together to a common end ?
Would a change in the arrangement of
somejphrase or clause help matters?
Are there any useless or ill-chosen
words ? And, —as suggested before,—
"is there anything that sounds inelegant
when read aloud ? "
Faithfully following this methed the
author of "Beginnings of San Frarcisco,"
might haye. placed^
second or comqirie&tj
first. He g ^
porate the last #ai;t
graph with tbe^iitj
observed the inaperfe
the first and v secen<
article and a mislead!
tive cla«se:in the fou]
seventh paragraph;
sidered the >pr»; piietj
*" arrangement of : u norJ
ing adequate befori
eleventh sentence of jj
would also have sul
next following to
Do not understand
question is more
others." It is simply.]
the article. interest
given it a cioser;
neither time nor:
detail in the case^.f ai
tainly well repcesentej
is particularly welt.
essay upon>-* Tennysl
scribing
dent sincerity-and; a<
the poetic miateriaV;]
familiarity withra^cne
of literary criticism]
wider reading,anct-^
I have often: 1 =ns^t
forward evenv.^w^
Occasionally goodj i
ever. ^^ : Sfe
full
13 quite express^tW]
Would not*//
than -'this" i
article? .In .•
of the second vpn
somewhat cleater^ai
use instead of"He;''
>nurh~ execrated intffyh
or auy other, sitbsi
agreeable to yburiei
i. and tempered>;t'
ft

might have placed tbe third paragraph
second or combined the material with the
first. He might have seen fit to incorporate
the last part of the eighth paragraph
with the sixth. He would hate
observed the imperfect sequence between
the first and second sentences of the
article and a misleading use of the relative
clause in the fourth sentence of the
seventh paragraph. He would have considered
the pr< priely of changing the
arrangement of "nor labor 1 * and of ?dding
adequate before "material," in the
eleventh sentence of paragraph six. He
would also have objected the sentence
next following to careful scrutiny.
THE vLDWELL
Do not understand that the article iu
question is more open to; criticism than
others. It is simply this, tbe matter of
the article interested me and I have
given it a closer reading. Thete is
neither time nor space to enter into
detail in the case of all "Itstory is certainly
well represented,the openirsz niece
is particularly well done. I value the
essay upon " Tennyson's Method of Describing
Natural Scenery," for ils evident
sincerity and actual contact with
the poetic material. Breadth of view;
familiarity with a method and technique
of literary criticism must come vwith
wider reading and study.
I have often mentioned iha straight"
forward even work in the editorials.
Occasionally good Homer nods, however.
Dcs the first part of the third
full sentence in the second cojurua of p.
iS quite express the writer's meaning?
Would not the present be much clearer
than "this" in.the last sentence of the
article? Iu ."Base Ball." last sentence
of the second paragraph, it would be
somewhat cleater and snore pointed to
use instead of ".He." say. missing man,
much-execrated individual* or missing link%
or any other substantive expression
agreeable to your feelings on th* occasion,
and tempered to tbe dignity of the
mm
&M4-A
EDITED BY CIIA8 O. NORMS.
Before the editor 'begins to renew his
exchanges he feels that it woi:M be more
advantageous tc make som:- general remarks
for the benefit of amateur write,
than to make a few specific directions
and suggestion to perhaps half a dozen.
The editor is perfectly aware that rrtaoy
of has fellow exchange editors will scatch
up this piper; opqn to this column: run
their fingtr down the list to see !f 'their
paper is mentioned and never read the
forgoing advice. But the editor is content
if some one reads tliis, and even if
one reader gets only one suggestion that
he feels has aided him, the editor is
amply repaid.
Anyone picking up a High School
Paper and glancing at an exchange column
does not imagine the work that is
involved in" editing such a colurac.
His readsr thinks : 'that : almost any on a
could pick a half « dozen stories, read
them aud then write down what he
thinks abo&t it, but tat'* reader nets not
stop to think of the hundred or so other
stories, that-an exchange editor reads
before he selects one that he criticises.
S>miofthe stone* he reads fire good
some are not worth the time it takes one
to read them, but all the good or bad
storier. are not criticised. An exchange
editor does uot confine himself to singing
the praises cf a new story, nor does
he restrict himself to condemning a poor
article. It is necessary to pick out those
that need the most criticism. An. exchange
editor may by a limit improve
an able writer's style, or-can encourage
a beginner and in a general, way fmprove
many au amateur writer's work/ For

thisieason the exchange column in this
editor's opinion, should receive far more
consideration than it generally does.
But this forgoing word was not intended
to discuss die merits of the exchange
column or its editor. It was to bring
out the fact that the literatuie that is
current in the exchanges is very poor
aad is retrograding rather than advancing;
Editors of papers should be more particular
In their acceptance of manuscript.
Somt of the stories are not worth the
paper,they are writtca oil and it is with
dread aa£, despair that the editor sits
down to a pile of exchauges, concious of
the stories he must wade through ;»no
wonder heiturns first to papers like 'The
Latin and } H, S. RevUw% or the -Q?T.
lumbia Literacy Magazine or to the
Princeton Nassau where he is sure of
good material. An exchange editor
with a large exchange list is an object
of pity, an animal upon whom amateurs
practice their first attempts. Why
should this be so? This exchange editor
thinks it is because those wh6 will
write, can't aiid those that can write,
won't. It seeitis a shame that editors
are forced to accept such "truck" (there
is no other word so expressive) as are
se&K wit hi a their literary departments.
iv. the last issue of the LOWELL, the
exchange editor was privileged to write
an editorial; he wrote one tben on.the
literary productions of his owii school.
His article, in form an editorial, is addressed
to other schools but be wishes
that those who can coital.get tfcs article
in question and read it; the editor would
like very much to repeat th,e>same remat*:?
but lack of space picavJMite^ Suffice
it to say the editorial apo1e&*of the
literature of the LOWKLI,, speaking of
class that wrote and the class that did
not, and the reasons why they did not.
The editor feels that what applies to his
owii school, applies to others. The lit-
LOWELL
erature should and must be improved.
He feels this keenly-and deems it the
duty of every exchange editor to try to
improve it, first at .home and then at
other schools.
Noar cannot we, exchange editors take
some concerted action to improve tbe
literary material that, f ppears in each
others papers? It seems as though we
ought to do something. Each editor
should point out the faults of, notridicule
the articles that come to his notice.
Praise is a good thing but do not make
the praise general as u This article is
splendid 11 but just what part of the
article is splendid, so as to point .out to
the author where his strong points lie.
(In the matter of ridiculing, the editor
feels conscience stricken as he feels he
has been a sinner in this line, but as he
said before, an exchange editor needs
commiseration and this, is his only plea
for pardon). But it is a crime where
such an editor' has done his best to
criticise the artie'e. for the exchange
editor having' received the xchange to
fail to show it to the author. Such an
editor deserves to be hanged, lie is
neither courteous, kind or gentlemanly.
And how let the editor take up the exchange
editor's burden,
The Index from Hyde Park, Chicago,
is a very good High School t^oper. The
cuts are good, very good; a litlle more
attention to detail however would improve
them. The cover is good but
printed on too dark paper. "A Remarkable
Relay Race" is original and
clearly written, but it could be made
even so much better. If the story had
not been made qwite so local, confine
the interest of the reader to one man,
make the race a mile rui instead of a
Relay Race and work in a love story,
thesft st«~?estions if properly followed
out wr.:>;! vaake the. story very creditable
I h ireatment is not worthy the
plot.
is*; year Latin Si
ciple parts o£v^in
gingerbread, gimme si
il How do you liki
Eddie?"., ^.^,t^1
" I ain't an uncle,,
new kid's a girj\* r -~-E:
> r 6ung"iaan," sail
he grabbed a frisky^
shoulder, " I believe
of you."
"t believe he has,"
"Kali—The Insatii
Watson in the Adji
sketch, but too short]
were awakened in.th<
it v/ould add to the stew
of 1862 " has becoi
volumed novel. Con!
out of place in a High
" Mother, what
mean ?"
"Across the ; Atlan
me." '
'Does 'trans'
"Yes. If you:;dislu^
send you to bed. :
'^Well, then, . doesi
mean a cross parent?" 1
The Tabula (the T01
tains a very clever am
lation ofVirgiis Aneldj
breezy and if
account poetical :Jbtui
proaounce it one of ;.tX:
has appeared. More
oli>uld be pfescat in oi
Tabula (the Torringt<
steadily.
A woman evangelic
mafiy smofirsi
addresses the other day|
is a man in this house
. bis .wife! I am goi:
1 book at him. ?) |
asif shewasgoin]

THE tOWBLt;
!st year Latin Student: "The principle
parts of gingo are gingo, gingree,
gingerbread, gimme sum.—Ex,
"Row do you like being EG uncle,
Eddie?" ;.,.-,,, ; . ....,., .
"I ain't an uncle, I'm an aunt, the
new kid's a gixl."—Ex.
^Yoiing'man," said the professor, as
be grabbed a frisky Freshie by the
shoulder, " I believe Satan has got hold
of you."
"I believe he has." was the reply -—Ex.
" Kali—The Insatiate, 1 ? by Arthur B.
Watson in the Adjutant, is a clever
sketch, but too short. If more interest
were awakened in the main participant
it would add to die story. " Tue incident
of 1862 *' has become a regular three
volutued novel. Continued stories aie
out of place in a High School Magazine,
" Mother, what does 'trans-Atlantic 1
mean?' 1
"Across the Atlantic Don't bother
me. 11
'Does 'trans 1 always mean across?"
**Yes. If you disturb me again I will
send you to bed.' 1
every man bat one in the house ducked
jjj$^ead to avoid the book, Then sh*
blistered the dodgers and lauded the one
true ir.anV It'&&$ afterward Icaracd that
deaf end-dumb.—-Ex.
He~" Where do the ladies get all
these flinx.iv stuffs for their dresses **
Sh? (flippantly)—'Gli, they bought
them at the Jauuary sales.' 1
He (meditatively glancing at several
decollete gowns)—"Well,-I think some
of them nmst have got rcinnants."-^
Koctak,
We welcome the Academy Monthly
from Germantown, It is a neat, praisedeserving
ps;per. The most commendable
thing about it are the cuts drawn on
Howard Pyle's style. The artist who
drew these should not be ashamed to
sign nis name to them in letters four
inches tail. We should like to know
who drew them. They are decidedly
clever and full of merit. •
WILLIE'S XITYLE JOKH.
Little -WiiHe had a mirror,
# And. he licked the back all off,
Thinking rn his childish error,
It would cure the whooping cough/
. "Well, theu, doesn't * transparent"* ? At the funeral, Willie's mother
a cross «-^«»i»"—is- parent"'"—Ex. v Smartly said tc-Mrs. Brown;
The Tabula (the Torrington oue), cou- "It was a chilly day for Willie
When the n#ercury went down."—
taius -a very clever and bumoicjs UbEs-
Ex.
lation of Virgils Aneid. It is bright end
We are always glad to receive the
bree?.y and if one did not take into
\4delUrt from Cleveland, sure tc find
account poetical bluudcr?, one could good material in it. Tne March nttni-
pronounce ft one of the best things that ber contains half dozsn'shoft interesting
has appeared. More of this literature skits The
should be present in olher papers. The
Tabula (the Torrington one,) improves
steadily.
A woman evangelist is converting
many sinners in Missouri. In one of her
addresses the other day she said: "There
is a man in this house who is untrue to
hh wife! I am going to thros? this
hymn book at him " She. raised the
boe'e as if she was going to tlirow ir« and
u King*s Dream", lacks body
and plot thoughit is well written.
Mr. Henry M. Fraueiitfcsl of the High
School Whims, Seattle, Washington—it's
not my fault.
Naughty girl—" Never mind, mamma,
when I get to heaven. I'd do it anyhow
and you can't stop me."
Mamma—" Why can't I ?"
Girl—"Because you won't be ihere."
—Ex.

THH tOWELL
A few Words to High School Argus
from Karrisburg:— Mr. Chas. G. Miller
has written a long story in their paper
called the "Houri's Tear." Well, the
editor has seen worse stories in better
magazines. It is good but; has its faults
—ali, so many! The idea is splendid,
cleverly written; Mr. Miller possesses ii
marked and distinct style but it cou*d
be so much improved. In the first place
it is not clear, it has evidently be^n
written hurriedly, characters are not
distinct enough to save them from becoming
Kiixeu. Next it is too exaggerated,
if told in a simple way it would be
far better and more interesting Thirdly
there is no climax. A story cannot be a
success without one-. New calamities
on thrilling events follow each other in
too rapid succession ; the reader has not
had time enougli to take breath after
. one disaster before he is. in the middle
ofanocher, he lives iu an atmosphere of
corpses. But there are parls that aic
good, with descriptions that need to be
lengthened. The last is especially good:
"As she turned »vray from the river,
the sun arose .over the rough sky line of
tlie distant city. The world seemed full of
brightness. The East was ied and cast
one of those lights on nature only seen
in the realms of sunrise and sunset.
The flowers smiled und«?r the kindly influence
of the morning sun and gave up
their sweet odors to seductiveness of the
gentle breezes. Here and there on the
grass fine white cobwebs sparkled with
dew drops; and in the treetops, birds
fluttered and chirped. A. smile lighted
the face of the queen. The honor of the
king was protected."
One more suggestion—the interest
should be centered in the queen.
"A-.Bordsr County Experience >J is
told in an easy, smooth style but there
is absolutely nothing to it. It sounds
like an actual experience tried to be
made into something of interest. Something
more should happen than what
does. Mr. Coover shows taste but has
not material to give it an opportunity to
itself.
The editor has just finished reading
the " I^ast Lowing" it?- the Latin and
High School Review and he feels confident
in saying that it is one of the best
stories that has ever appeared in College
or High School paper. The editor does
not say this from the standpoint of
purely superficial interest but the story
has more merit than the simpltt tale-
He feels keenly the interest and excitement
of the narrative but there is
something more than this that compn&ss
the true merits of the .story. It is the
wonderful style of the author. If this
writer were writing an abstruce article
on antediluvian spactes it would be
interesting He has a style that facinatey
his readers, that seizes their attention
and holds it right down to what
he is writing. Every sentence from his
pen is "thrilling. It is a pleasure, a refreshment
to read him. H-i fells a story
as though it were'as easy as to whistle*
This is the kind of story which we want
in the forgoing remarks of this article;
we sincerely hope to see more ox'them.
Too mireb praise cannot be given to this
young writer; we trust that we shall
have the pleasure of having more of his
work.
" A Day in a Country School— Martr-'s
Experience" in Otis'Rimball Unionise.
life like sketch, pathetic as it is cunciug
It is written in a pleasing easy style.
The Searchlight from San Raphael,
contains s skit that is true to life and
very interesting. It shows the High
School girl off to perfection. The article
shows considerable merit.
A. A. L. Tent
The first set of the
tournament was piaye<
April 15th; on the San
between Watson and
Tamilpais Military
MacGavin and Hoop*
MacGfcavin beat ^Tatson
Watson in t&© singles
and Hooper
the doubles.
MacGavi
deserve the thanks o?th<
earnest work.
The Lyceum Schoci,
couple of room&:ia thW>
was given adm*trance
by tfe Membershipvjjpi
allowing Weihe and ^
tennis tournament. Tbi
tional according to the]
the A. A. L., which
making application;'
be voted- oji &:
&nd hav^: a
to become a :X
ing to trn constitution,
are ineligible to
nara«nt. Last
E were scheduled' ii
at the
'defeated Hooper
singl* between MaciGavii
the d'table,-.jwuj postpbi
of Roth's sickhesfr. Thi!

A. A.. *« Tennis.
The first set of the A. A. L. Tennis
tournament was played on Saturday,
April 15th, on the San Rafael courts,
between Watson aud Watson of Mt.
Tamilpaia Military Academy, and
MacGavin and Hooper of Lowell.
MacGavin beat Watson and Hooper beat
Watson in the singles; and MacGavin
&vA Hooper beat Watson and Watson in
thp doubles. MacGavin and Hooper
Jsserve the thanks of the school for their
earnest r?ork.
The Lyceum School, whioh has a
couple of rooms in the ?hela« Building,
was given a&nalttence to «be A. A. L.
by tbfi Membership Committee, thereby
allowing Weihe &nd Roth to enter the
tennis tournament. This is unconstitutional
according to the constitution of
•Jhe A. A. L., whioh says thai i\ school
making application for membership
must be voted on by the board of
managers, and have & two-thirds {i)
majority to become a member. According
to the couatitution, Roth and Weihe
are. ineligible to piaying the tennis tourna^nt.
Last Saturday, MacGavin arid
Hnop°r were scheduled to play Roth and
Weih- at the California courts. Weihe
def*a'.ed Hoopnr of Lowell. The other
£in(»i*» between MacGavin and Roth, And
the doable, WAS postponed oa account
of Roth's sickness. This does not seem
EDITED BY L. SVMMES AND C. PHILIP?.
quite fair, and MacGa'/in and Hooper
should be given the match by default, as
any othsr team would have been treated,
ha.d its exponent failed to put in an appear
c nee.
r... w. '99.
A. A. L.
The. meeting on Friday, April 21st, at
Oakland, waH ratbw tame compared to
previous ones. It was decided to hold
a bicycle tournament on May 20ta
at tb« Olympic Club track. The events
are: ^ mile, 1 mile» 2 mile and 5 mile
races. Another thing of interest to us
was the motion by Keeler, U. K. S, that
Loweli be allowed 20 Aaye in which to
pay the sum of five dollars, which he
said wac Btill due from tickets far the
last football ganr,e. Lowell entered a
proto&ft that there were aUll other echools
which owed money to the league. President
Brewer decidei that the school was
iesponsible for tickets taken by ita former
representative, and held Lowell
responsible for same, to be paid in 30
days or be suspended from the league.
L. W. SYMMES, A. A. L, Repr.
Oa Wednesday, April 19th, Lowfell
played Polytechnic at 16th an

of the worst games imaginable, being
ragged and slow/ A gramoaav echool
team would have p'ayed a hotter game
than that of Iftfti Wedneaday. Although
we lost, it WEB not due to the superior
pteyiixvg of the opposing team, but the
wretched game put up by Lowell. The
gama W&G exceedingly slojw and tiresome
to tho spectators, lasting until 6 o'clock.
La the first inning Lowell showed its
lack of practice and team work. At the
beginning of the second inning, Capt.
Lyons, who bad not expected to play,
thought bo co'Jilrf help the team by his
presence, and went out to centerfold,
but it was impossible to put any life or
In the latter part of November. 7898,
at the call of the Henry Clay Debating
society, many high school debating
societies sent delegates to Oakland for
the purpose of organizing a league of
sach associations. A constitution was
drawn up and adopted, officers elected,
and the league thus formed, was calk-ri
the Debating League of Northern California.
Furthermore, on the invitation
of the Lowell delegation, it was decided
to meet in San Fraacisco. The second
convention—the first one under permanent
organization—will be held Apr.-! ?o,
at the Auditorium of the Girl's High
School. Up to a few weeks ago, the
Lowell society wa? in no condition to be
host of the league and an honor to the
school. However a complete re organizition
has removed the objectionable
features, and made the society fully abJe
to win the esteem of its fellow associations.
•> 1SV|
One of the features of the coming convention
will be a debate between the
teams of the Stockton and Lowell high
schools. The question, the negative of
TH.-3 -1*0WELL
DEBATE.
EDITED BY A. "WEILBR.
enthusiasm into the team, which played
as if it was in & trance. - Nearly every
body in the team was credited with at
least two errors, with the exception of
Robinson, who played a -tstar game
throughout, the only redeeming feature
of the game. Boradori gave place to
Tuck?? in the fifth inning; he pitched a
good: ; gani9 but was & little wild. The
outcome of tho game was not once in
doubt, but what could we expect when
the team has not had one practice since
it defeated Lick. This evidently seems
Tike enlargement of the head, and if it iB
so Wednesday's defeat was justly
merits**. SYMMES, '99.
which Stanford wiJ), uphold, will be:
Resolved that the disarinamentproposal
of the Czar is practicable. Tlss team,
which consists of Miss Wilson and
Messrs Maudel, Weiler and keane, was
chosen after a tournament of eight competitive
debates. The contests were
judged by Mr. Kellogg and Mr. Clark,
and la-sted through two administrations.
The league will ask several prominent
nieu to judge the debate, among whom
will probably be Mayor Phelan.
During the last two months two aew
societies have formed in San Francisco;
in which Lowellites should take more
than ordinary interest. One, the Debating
Society of the Polytechnic High
School,, was formed and is presided over
by E. Adler. a former president of our
organization The other, the Webster
Debiting Society, is composed largely of
members of our school Both of these
were admitted to the league and wiK
send delegates to the convention. The
lowell delegation will probably be the
largest in the state, as, at a date six
weeks before the convention, it had a
* • - , - •
membership cf onejkui
eight. It will'cbxisistt
at large:
Maddux. ••'.&ad .
Misses Wilson^
Atchison, and Messrs
ITeane, Frank. Kartneii
Dannenbaum, Shaller,;
and Brown, Three of
ihit were sent to tepres
organizing the league
number, namely,' Lej
Weiler. On Thursds
election.of officers for
took place. MvXever
dent, Mr. .KarmelenslJ
and Mr. Keane secrei
have been active mem!
and during the last ye*
very important pirt ii
of its affairs? .Me.
the first vice-president^
a member of its execi
At the meeting followi:
new constitution was!
adopted, the old one tic
sufficient for-the need!
Among many other
made, was the substitu 1
office of five months ii
Some of the echolai
might be well likeried
in "The Newooraes."
Hurst might be easily]
with his whiskererioe:
ner azare eyes and daL
us of Ethel; niiiicienl
little Alfred; Biri^is a
Fritz i8 a modern pictu:
Be Boots. That Juuii
Lftybricko Lindley;^
Tv^l^of, discretion,:;, will;
second CharlesJIoneym]

membership of one-hundred and twentyeigb,t.
It will consist at three delegates
at large: Mesars- Wetter;-:.:Lovey and
Maddux, and . sixteen representatives;
Misses Wilaon, D* Atcliison, Frank, A.
Atchison, and Messrs Cerf, Mandell,
Keaue, Frank. Kansielenski, Shay, Bine,
Dannenbaura, Shaller, Fritz. Stacker*,
and Brown, Three of the fiv*: delegates
thit were s'iut to represent the school in
organizing the league are among this
number, namely, Levey, Fntz and
Weiler. On Thursday, April 6, the
election of officers for the school term
took place. Mr Lever was elected president,
Mr. .Karmelenski vice-president,
and Mr Keane secretary. All of these
have been active members of the society,
snd during the last year have played a
very important pirt in the conducting
of its affairs. Mr. Levey is at present
the.first vice-president of the league and
a member of its executive committee'
At the meeting following the election a
new constitution was discussed and
adopted, the old one having proved insufficient
for the needs of the society.
Among many a*her radical changes
made, was the substitution of a tera oi
otiice of five months instead of one of
THE I«OWJELT,
Soiao of the scholars in thfi school
might be well likened to the characters
in * l Tbe Nawcomes." For instance
Hurst might be eaoily taker for dive
with his whiskereriop. Miss with
her &*ure eyee and dulcet mouth reminds
us of Ethel; Dannenbaurn looks like
little Alfred ; Bine is a regular Barcklep;"
Fritz is a modern picture of Sir Tho-cas
Do Boots. That Junior, Curtiflsiraers
LaybrickB Lindley, upon reaching the
age of discretion, will probably be a
second Charles Honeyman.
as formerly existed. More*
over, the new constitution rscels the
old one in u clear definition of the
varies?* parts qi the society.
Thfc iobates of the society which have
languished "sli^xtly^.during the last few
months will soon be resumed with vigor.
The tes*tn having been selected, and the
effect of the crowded competitive debate
having worn off, the work of the society
will begin again on Friday April 21,
when there will be a debate or* the subject
: Resolved ''That labor unions are a
benefit to the American people." The
affirmative will be upheld by Messrs
Frank anc! Shaller; the negative by
Messrs Dannenbaum and Stocker It is
to be hoped that the new era that has
dawned up^n the society will produce as
good results as did the last few administrations
of the class of '98. which made
the society honored, not only in the
school, but by other-similar organiza*
t/ons throughout the whole of the state.
'r\*i an evidence of this faci we need only
look to the action of the first convention
of the league: the electing'of Lowell
men to two of tks most responsible positions,
Mr. Levey to the first vice-presidency
and Mr. Adler to the secretaryship
Smart Fritz—"There w? 3 no way of
land eorarouniciUio'.i between England
and the old thirteen coloniep."
"Get to work! Get to work, Boradorii"
a I have lost my heart," be whiapered
Gazing in her levely eyes ;
But the maiikn coldly arjswer,ed,
4 * Why don't you advertise? "
— Ex.
Mr.William Makepeace Thackeray teas
net well named. Makewar would be
better.

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in the schoolyard the other day
with a resplendent cartwheel upon hie
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1 VOL. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL , JUJ?E, 1S99. No 3
DID HE ATONE?
The rain poun-.d in ceaseless torrents
through i\vi dense, tropical foliage in
the country surrounding Caloocan. Tt
ran in rivulets from the tree-trunks and
gathered in great pools across the path
of t'ne wiar;* sentinel, who, with clocklike
precision, tramped back and forth.
back and fo: ill, through tlie impeutu..ibic,
inky darkness.
Above the sleaay patter of the rain
came the measured tread ot feet.
" Who comes there? " cried the. sentry
with a sigh of relief, for he weil knew it
was ..lie guard come to relieve him after
two hours of nerve racking vigilorvce on
the ourcrniost post of the camp.
"Corporal of the Guard'"' came the
answer.
" Advance. Corporal of the Guard, and
give the countersign."
Out of the blackness oi the night a
sioUlver's form appeared, advanced to the
scTciitel and whispered a word.
'•Advance, Guard."
A squad of men as niched into view
and one of them stepped forward receiving
the password from the retiring sentry,
who tell in behind the squad which
marched on *•> the next post.
The new sentinel shouldered his rifle
and watched his comrades disappear.
His post, No. 6, was the outermost one
of the camp of the —th Regiment of
Regulars, which was encamped some?
twenty miles from Mnuila near Caloocan.
It was an exposed and dangerous
position lying nearest ro the CIDID of the
insurgents. Thf. enemy had mude consideroble
trouble for the Ame*ic.i» troops
in th:s locality niid 2 picked regiruent
hnd been sent to take no its quai'ors in
the midst of the rebels' country and if
possible put a stop tc tbe sallies upon
our outposts which were becoming more
and more dariug.
Was it the dangers of his position of
•vhich the tall youug soldier was thinking
as he paced tc fcr.*d fro. ov of a pair of
sparklku: bUck eyes v:hich still lingered
in his thoughts? Then half a'.oud he
murmured to himself:
'" Kow f'.v>lisi.i. On such a r.ip;ht us
this, tc»o. K it should be found out i
would be eoutt-martiale-.' and at least
dismissed from the service. Why does she
write in such haste and why name such
a trysting-place ? T ' and then the frown on
his handsome face gr*^; deeper and he
savagely added, "it' that Filipino Cap-

THE LOWELL
tain of wliom she told rae has been
bothering her agsxn, I'll ."
" Halt!" he cried, wheeling around as
he caught sight of a figure among: the
trees.
u Ah, Raoui, don't you know me?"
came in the soft, silvery accents so
peculiar to the women of the tropics.
"Arafca, Anita, how could you come
hsre at such an hour and at such a time
as this?" he cried, clasping the dainty
hands of the Creole giri who eageily
sprang to his side.
"Don't you know, you surely ir.ust
know, what this would nreau if it were
discovered. But tkere, my mignonette,
I can't scold you. What is it all about ? r
" I kaow it is foolish, but I could not
help it," she answered pleadingly. "I
want your help and counsel. Come
under the shelter of this tree. We may
be seen if we stand out here. See, the
rain has stopped and the moon may lie
out at any minute.'*
Seizing his hand, she dresr htm somewhat
unwillingly from the beaten post
- of the sentry to the shadow of a tree a
few yards in the jungle.
"Raoul, I am goiug back to Manila/'
she began; "my father is going and I
must accoD-tpauy him. A i :d—and if it
were not for leaving you I would be
content. Captain Marti has not ceased
his unwelcome attentions.''
" If I aver meet that half-breed uog,
I'll /'
" Raoul, Raoul, don't speak so; remember
he is my cousin. When will
you Americanos return to Manila? Ah,
how I shall long for that time. Remember
this is to be but au revoir until we
meet in Manila."
And thus they talked on au

He then thought of his betrayed trust
and bis mind waft made up. With bis
gun still across his shoulder be quickly
drew back the hammer, and pulling the
trigger sprang ar. his foe,
The report of the rifle rang clear and
distinct on the silent night; and before
the echo had died away came the lessor
crack of a Colts' revolver.
Then followed the brisk, discbarge of
musketry, the hurried beat of the long
roll, the rallying of the companies and
filially a double quick charge against the
dusky forms which seemed to rise from
the ground like phantoms
The fusiiade became general now and.
although the Filipinos outnumbered their
opponents the issue was never in d^ubt.
The untrained skives could not withstand
the concerted charges of the
American soldiery, and after firing a
dozen or more volleys retired precipitately
into the jungle from which they
had so mysteriously cooie,
il Who discovered the ;utack ? " asked
the Major of the battalion.
*' The &l:xrm came from Post No. 6,"
auswered th

Some Reasons for an Anglo-American
Alliance.
The question of whether or not there
should be an Anglo-American Alliance
has, thus far, to the writer's mind, hinged
upon the policy pvirsued by this country
relative to the disposition of the Philippine
Islands. The country has acted ; it
deemed it advisable and expedient to retain
the Islands. Where, before, an alliance
with England was unnecessary,
where it -would have meant, perhaps
that the United States should play second
fiddle to England, we are now in the
course of a few months made ic see the
importance, the almost vital necessity of
such an alliance.
The retention of the Ph ilippines
changes to a great extent the international
aspect of the foreign relations
of the United States. Their reteution
makes us a well nigh important factor
in that subtle and Eastern perplexing
question. We cannot now fully measure
the importance of our position. On*
thing is obvious; w«: are in the midst of
the world's fighting powers : Germany,
Russia, France, Engluud and the United
Stales, the newly introduced powers,
which must (a fact still more obvJous
and important) sooner or l-acer, the
sooner the better, decide with ^hom it
shall stand. Alone, we cannot stand.
We cannot increase our navy, enlarge
the array, retain the Philippines, foster
our Oriental trade and seem a peace
nation without having an ally.
That we must ally ourselves with one
nation is as necessary as it is inevitable
and as an opportunity of a favorable
nature presents its.If in the form of
England** w^rtn grasp of friendship we
should not hesitate. In the midst of
owr troubles to further entangle us in
th?"i maze of perplexing difficulties, some
of our leading constitutional lawyers
ccme, clad in the form of obstructionists
denying the constitutional right of the
THE LOWELL
United States to retain the Philippines
thus abrogating ail thought of this ; now
necessary alliance. Would that this
were true, would that the country were
ma;
a
be. v.
when
to continue its quiet life aad
* x oldly en to respected old age as
v * .ution! But since this cannot
'/ should obstruction be made
iv has already been decided to
retain the islands in question, and when
3.s a matter of fact there is a preponderance
of judicial and professional opinion
upholding the constitutional prerogative
of'the country to do so.
True it is, there are two opinions from
the same Supreme Court deciding seemingly
the pros and cons of this question.
Then 1 , is the opinion of Chief Justice
Marshall which says in part: "The
constitution confers absolutely on the
Government of the Union the powers of
making war and making treaties; consequently
that Government possesses the
power of acquiring territory, either by
conquest or by treaty." The other
opinion that of Chief Justice Taaey
in the case of Scott vs. San ford, taking
an entirely different view of the question
holds that: "There is certainly no
power given by the constitution to the
federal government to establish or maintain
colonies bordering on the United
States or at a distance to be ruled and
governed at its own pleasure; nor to
enlarge its territorial limits in any way,
except by the admission of new states.' 1
As Professor Harry Pratt Judson has
admirably pointed out, that: " had Chief
Justice Taney said that the constitution
gives no express power to acquire territory
he would have been correct. But.
it is not easy to see why the implication
is not as clear from the treaty and war
power, just as held by Chief Justice Marshall.
It follows, then, that Judge
Tauey's inference must fall to the
ground; for if territory may be acquired
only to form states then ail other
^ J "• i
. • . ; , : ' • — • : . - ••'•.•:$>$
disposition of sSchfi
unconstitutionally
tion.a.bly true ibai^h
try has; in the pastil
ritori.es into statje&!l
that such
" constitutional 5,i|
Another objecti^S
urged upon by i
necessary
the Monroe
becomes a useleisffoi
history. This vievps
It is enough to sa^p^t
trine is a defenspjfe -
(as Prof. TH^f
University has
us to no ^i
to
the forcible tiubsirilijti
for a
the AmericaLvstaf-^- 1
Having thus
(the constitutipnaVfri
roe Dcctririe) are gr<
ce^d now tp se^ w!
mind, be tie?policy
try to follyWiWort
bility and
commerce.
We see that theiiroai
thus far clear.
We,mu«t loofeand s
alliance This 1 usaen
phase of the
is most fo;
American
Russia; she doesjnot
American
to Washington
to further
handed she doei^noi
is eager to be fe^r^u bj
from sentimental cons
oni}' cf our cominercial
not pay us to see;I?,n£l
tion in the OrieoH^p 1
has occupied

t)
tm
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mm
disposition of such territory would be
unconstitutional/' While it is unquestionably
true that the pottery of this country
has, in the past, been to develop territories
into slates, it must be evident
that such policy does not become a
a constitutional necessity." "
Another objection no less strongly
urged upon by the opponent of the now
necessary expansion is that in doing so
the Monroe Doctrine is dead lettered, it
becomes a useless ornament of ancient
history. This view is entirely fallacious,.
It is enough to say that the Monroe Doctrine
is a defensive measure; it is not
(as Prof. Theodore Woolssy of Yale
University has shown) **a law; it binds
us to no action it was a policy devised
to meet a particular case. That case was
the forcible substitution of inonarchial
for a republican form of government in
the American states by European jiction.' 1
Having thus seen that these objections
(the constitutional right and the Monroe
Doctri;:?i) are groundless, we proceed
now to seek what would, to our
mind, be the policy best for this country
;o follow in ord?r ?o insure the stability
aud permanence ot the nation's
commerce.
We see that the road for an alliance is
thus far clear.
We rau^t look and see who opposes an
alliance This ushers in the Russian
phase of the question. Who is it that
h aiost formidably opposed to an Anglo-
American alliance? The answer is—
Russia ; she does not want an Ar.glo-
Americaa alliance, and hence she sends
to Washington her most adroit diplomat
to further such an alliance. Singlehanded
she does not fear England, but
is eager to be feared by Xvugland. Aside
from sentimental consideration, mindful
only of our commercial interests n would
not pay us to s^e England lose ner posS*
tioa in the Orient, a position which she
has occupied for over one hundred years;
THE LOWELL
because the los* of England's oriental
position means the los* of America's
Oriental trade and the reduction io
value ol the Philippines *o insignificance.
Were it not foi the Philippines
tue staunchest erpansicni«t would have
to admit an alliance to be unnecessary.
But circumstances do not will it ao;
hence we must forge on, wider markets
become the goal.
To return, it would be well to kuow
llm exact or rather relative and respective
positions occupied by England
and Russia in the Orient For over five
thousand miles Russian territory borders
China. North and east of Pekin she
claims as her own, and over Port Arthur
her flag triumphantly waves In addition
to these possessions Russia is rapidly
pushing on to completion her
Siberian railway which wiV\ when completed,
enable her if she so need it to
r/luce the world's largest army ID. the middle
of China quicker than any transport.
However, with an Anglo-American alliance
aud the Philippine Islands England
and America, we believe, need riot
fear a Siberian Railway now or at ariy
other time Briefly told England's position
in the Orient may be seated to be ;

commercial interests of the United States
demand this step. The annual trade of
the United States with England and her
colonies exclusive of the fast growing
Orientui trade amounts as* a total to
$575,259,020. It is true that there is a
demand for our goods, but this demand
exists because we are able to supply
same, perhaps under more favorable
tefins than other nations. But let Russia
and France drive Eiigland out of
Africa and the Orient, then they will supply
the demand, and American industry
will be relegated back to narrow ideals,
THE LOWELL JT
small markets and conditions too unpleasant
to note will ceituihly and :>aeritr-.bly
follow. The writer, as has
beea said before, is strongly in favor
of the country continuing as an honored
and respected peace nation. He does
not believe in u Christianizing with the
sword and civilizing with the cannon,"
but he does believe the thoughts herein
expressed are, at least amenable to circumstances
and that therefore for the
reasons adduced an Anglo-Americrn alliance
is imperative.
AMRROSB GHHI-HNI, '97.
iii
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appreciation ofjj
chiefly
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the
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theri never kn<
dome or
city's
The
possibljvwonct!
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San FraaciscanJ
many far
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A Description of the City Hal! Dome*
It has often been said, especially by
Eastern tourists- That Californians do not
fully appreciate their own country with
ite beautiful lakes and its magnificent
Yosemite Valley. People will travel all
over the United States and the mountains
of Europe in the quest of beautiful places
and scenery, aud yet wjthin a few hundred
miles radius of Sfca: Francisco are
spots vieing with those of renown, yet
not visited because they are unknown.
Iu San Francisco we find this lack of
appreciation of the beauties of the city
chiefly because they are so near to us
that we become indifferent to them. Of
the hundreds and thousands wbo daily
pass the City Hall, no doubt many of
them never know of the beauty of the
dome or have enough appreciation of the
city's work to step in and examine it.
The one who sees it for the first time
possibly wonders how it wa« that be had
not: heard anything much about a work
of art which should be the pride of every
San Franciscan—a dome which rivals
many far larger domes in its grandeur
usjri beauty.
Looking at it from a distanoe.its noticeable
features are the height, the beauty
of the curves and the statue which stands
oti the very top.
it is one of the tallest edifices in the
world, being 335 feet high. As far as
the top of the main part of the City Hall
it is built the same as the building, but
above the roof it makes uro sweeps and
terminates in a ball on which stands 3
statue. Upon approaching it we find
that the dome can be seen till within
twenty-five or fifty ieet of the eutrance.
The entrances from the open sre four
in number, and ate between the bases
which support enormous columns of
Corinthian architecture, two resting *•'.*".
each base and one on each side of the entrance
taken as a whole. The doors are
of bronze fastened with rivets with a
THE LOWELL
space of decorated art glass. On first
entering so iauch beauty, harmony and
majesticness strikes us that we stand
still, feasting ox*r eyes on the sight while
we look at the place as si whole and do
not single out a^y one special feature.
Without doubt this beauty appeals to us
more if we have been looking upon tb<
dul! *;ray color of the exterior.
For about fifteen feet from the floor all
around rises marble cliffs. These are highly
polished, resembling onyx, and are surmounted
by a bronze decorated cornice,
while over the doors are seven arches.
In a circle boide-ring on the main
part of the dome are fifteen immense
pillars of polished marble resting on
bronze bases and pedestals, with decorated
capitals,
To the left of the eutrauce are the steps
leading to the second floor. The whole
staircase up to the third floor comprises
a small dome in itself The lower floor
is of marble in the shape of a circle with
steps ascending into a smaller circle within
this, from which two stairways branch
off ui opposite directions. This circle
has around it eight columns Kke those
in the main hall only smaller, while tht.
stairs are of bronze with marble stepping
plates, and a marble wainscoting.
As we reach the top to the left is the
opening of the small dome through which
we can see both downstairs and the third
floor. The sides of this second floor c'\
the biby dome are in imitation of bronze
with brass decoration plates. Here again
two stairs on opposite sides wind up to
the third floor.
Bui: passing out into the main rotunda
the first thing which attracts our attention
h the change in color of the marble
panelling on the sides Iu contrast
to the red hue of the marble below
here we have a striped green extending
all around and about five feet high.
The opening on the second Boor is surrounded
by a low solid rail of bronze

with little deoaration and topped with
polished wood. Here again rise fifteen
stupendous columns immediately above
those down stairs and the same except
they have Ionic capitals while tiie others
tend more to the Doric. The pillars
of the first fioor uphold an entablature
finished in pink and cream with gold
decorations which lends great richness
to the effect.
Passing to the third floor through the
small rotunda, we find the latter has fifteen
small Corinthian columns supporting
arches from which springs a round
design of decorative glass, which forms
the top of the small dome. On the '
main floor we find the paneling to be of
light cream almost white. This gallery
seems to be a division of what really
would be the second floor. The ballustrade
around this is of bronze with
wooden top. The pillars which began on
the second floor support an entablature
again in pink and cream with gold trimming.
This in itself :s a beautiful piece
of work about ten feet in height with
many traceries \7h1ch finally end in
a projecting ledge. From this rises
the dome proper, a pieoe of work which
one could examine for an indefinite
length ot time and yet see more of its
beauties unfold themselves. It rises
rises with a sweep to a circle about ten
LOWStL
feet in diameter and is divided into sixteen,
distinct divisions by bands of decorative
work running rironi the small
cucles down to the entablature. Each
division is alike and is made entirely
of art glass. The design is that cf a
.sunflower* beginning with one half a
large one at the bottom and having four
whole oues one above each other decreasing
in size as they ascend. They each
have three sets of leaves overlapping
one another, the longest being light
cream, the next yellow, next brown anda
center of red with blue, yellow and
green around its edge. Looking down
from this gallery we can determine the
design in the floor below, worked in
ceramic tiling which gives a sort of
mosaic effect. Returning down stairs
and standing beneath the center of the
dome, we see the glass piece of work
vv'hich covers the circle with which the
main dome ends, and suxelv the design
which is worked out is appropriate for
its position; for it seems to be as if a
bursting rocket had exploded at the
center, pouring its golden shower down
upon the glass, rushing down the precipitous
sides of the dome in a cataract
of a thousand variegated colors, each resplendent,
each a liquid stream of beauty
A. J. HOWELL, '99.
'•• vv-O
"•'••m \
•''" •"% iS
Debating ng
The rojsp
School DeTbatit
pmingover^
not
the
is mistaking bigi
in this respect ai
the debating spc
selves good Amej
All tW&:be|f^
ten to 0\
work of the _
draw lessons thi
to the socie
written, top,
the scciety/la^tj
foist " ; •^"•""'
era! no longer e:
taken their place;
Tlk reason
ing into
is to secure pra<
doubtless true^b
considered in hi«
debating societiejj
from and
day life. -
in solving e?ery.;<
if his judgme;
rate, must b?
ciples that should!
ing a
question;
all thevrubbishV 1
sides, andthe 'sip
each side, thesg:
order to prepSfe
far more
judgment at a
delivery,of
pared t9 the
question iu a ^
sideratioh of ii
"wad frae
foolish notion

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THE iO
Debating in the High School. the real end of a debating society.
The prosperity of tho Lowell High To attain this end, what sort of a so-
School Debating Society has been its ciety should be formed ? A large or.e
curse. The large membership roll, com- gives less opportunity for trniotag. h*
prising over one hundred members, was debate and tends to create " plays to the
not conducive to real progress, but to gallery." and appeals to the lowest of
sham progress. Bryce says that one of arguments. Likewise, a large society
the great defects of American character makes "politics** of considerable im-
is mistaking bigness for greatuess. And portance; or supposed importance. And
in this respect at least the members of yet politics has no business in a debating
the debating society have shown them society, a society aim should be r-otbing
selves good Americans.
less that* "the truth, the whole tiutb,
AH this, be well assured, is not writ- and nothing but the truth" hi'all masten
to find fault, but, if possible, from the
ters it discusses. So, then, a very small
work of the year that bus just past, to
society of earnest young men and wome«,
draw lessotis that may prove beneficial
not boys and girls, tbnt is what is needed.
to the society in future years. It is
And it has often occurred to roe that
the custom of deciding which side has
written, too, with the knowledge that
won the debate, causes the debaters to
the society last year had other faults,
strive, not for truth, but for victory. A
but differing in kind. But these in gen-
criticism of the validity of the arguments
eral no longer exist, and new ones have
brought forward, and the debate itself,
taken their places.
would, it seems to we, be muck mor£
The reason ordinarily given for enter- conducive to accuracy of thought, than
ing into and forming a debating society a mere announcement of victory.
is to secure practice in debate. This is
doubtless true; but debate is far too often Among the other disadvantages of a
considered in high school and university large society is the tendency to restrict a
debating societies as something apart speaker's tip.:e to i few minutes, in a
from and unrelated to humdrum, everyday
life. But yet, every human being
in solving every question that he meets,
if his judgment is to be wise and accurate,
must be guided by the same principles
that should .euide one in preparing
a debate. The real meaning of the
question, the true question underlying
all the rubbish heaped on it by both
sides, and the strong and weak points of
each side, these must be ascertained ia
order to prepare a debate rightly, and,
tar more important, to form any correct
judgment at ail In fact, the mere oral
delivery of tUe debate is as nothing cornpat
ed to the accurate knowledge of the
question in all its bearings. Such consideration
oj' every momentous matter
"wad frae mony a blunder free us, and
foolish notion '• This, then, should be
small society, even two speakers in a
debate might be sufficient, and considerable
time could be allotted them. The
ascertainment of the truth concerning
the subject under discussion is no small
matter. To develop an idea takes time.
To show the exact bearings of a question
cannot be done in a few minutes.
For mere practice in delivery, more time
is also- beneficial, for in the first few
miuutes a speaker is apt to be nervous,
but, as he goes on. is sut£ to aoquirt
confidence in himself. When many
speak, there is a likelihood of the repetition
of the same thought, and naturally
insufficient preparation. A speech
of a few minutes is an excellent thing
for one with but a single thought '; the
man who has more thoughts needs
time.
A
'51 r^"* j.*. "11

1 HE LOWELL
But there is a temptation to consider
that on/* cannot be a debater (in the true
sense of the terns j without belonging to
a debating society. The studying of
questions of interest in all their bearings
may be performed without at all belonging
to a debating society. It has been
said that truth needs no committees or
chairmen. And as to th

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HE LOWELL
ELEOIA
rabidi.
O GOLDSMITH,
Quorum generum boni omnes
Cauium meum audiie.
Videalur s>\ perbrevis,
Non darabit longe.
Islingta vir habitare,
De quo raundus dieat
Cursum pium huno cursare,
Cum precatxun ibat.
Cor mite erat et-beniguum
Eonis atque .mahs
Ver-i^ii quaque

A Sermon for the Senior.
THE LOWELL.
[The following article was written for the
I,ovv£ciJ. by a distinguished Brahmin visiting
San Francisco. We will approve of many of
his sentiments. Wo disclaim all responsibility
for his criticism of our civil service, ED.]
'• The heights tavU great men won and
kjpi
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night."
For three years you have been applying
your efforts to learn the "arts whereby
man masters man.'' You have been
soldiers in a carup of instruction, training
yourselves in tactics whereby you
hope to compel success in the battle of
life.
The world is all before you. The
heroes in your tanks aie 3et i;nkaov*n.
You must uot wait, for opportunity; you
must make opportunity. You need not
yield to circumstances or be influenced
by environment; you must control circumstances,
and break down environment.
To the ordinary person the earth
is a swarming hive, with every avenue
closed and every field occupied. It is
your fate to live in an age where the
struggle for existence is intense and releutless.
Time was when the young
man with a finished education was one
in a thousand; io\v he is met everywhere.
Then the patient hunted for a
doctor ; now the doctor seeks for patients.
Tlie 11 tue client .'.torched for a lawyer;
now the i wvyer pursues the client.
Then when the young man with bis
diploma stepped forth from the temple
of learning, on all sides he found demand
for teachers. Now the army of
the educ-ue'l wait in vain for opportunities
to employ their talents Under these
strenuous and ftbnormal conditions, only
the strong aud determined can survive.
The inefficient must perish. In all lines
of activity, whether mental, mercantile
or mechanical, Lh^ condition*- are the
same. In my native India the eternal
laws of caste modify these conditions;
but in this great country, all roads are
opt-n to the strong and brave. Yet from
what I read in the newspapers here it
seems to me that at no time in the history
of this country has there been such
splendid opportunities for brave, bonest
aud educated young mea as there is today.
The work is not on a foreign battlefield,
but here in this city and State. At no
time have public morals been on so low
a plane, never has the public conscience
been so benumbed, so sound asl.eep, the
public service so base and inefficient,
and the newspapers so mercenary.
The Political Boss is an absolute monarch
and the Prize Fighter one of the
idols of the people. A few weeks ago
in one of the largest pavilions in this
city assembled an audience of five thousand
people. Among them were the
chief dignitaries and officials of the city,
the proprietors of the great newspapers,
and men of wealth and prominence. The
entertainment was furnished by a negro
and white man, matched in combat to
beat and bruu-e each other until one
should become insensible. From the
account in the morning papers, I read
that at the tenth round the white man
was bleeding and helpless, but was
picked up by his attendants aud pushed
forward to the. center of the stage, where
he stood with his eyes swollen shut,
his nose broken, and blood streaming
fron? his mouth and ears. As he stood
it*, this condition, his antagonist rushed
at him and beat his mangled face until
he fell insensible to the floor amid the
wild cheers and enthusiasm of the
audience.
During the contest the streets were
blockaded by great crowds about the
bulletin boards and the next day !he
papers devoted entire pages to an accouut
of the entertainment, illustrated
•°m
with portraits
fighters.
Young men, whi
one whom the fat<
who in the near fut
a trumpet blast -
the sleeping consc;
to a sense of public
pen of flame w.'Jl
cials wfeo disgrace]
acts like these?
In your rahksi
who must strike

THE LOWEL L.
with portraits and accounts of the
fighters.
Young men, where among you is the
one whom the fates have chosen, and
who in the near future, wiih a voice like
a trumpet blast will rovxs^ and waken
the sleeping conscience of these people
to a sense of public decency, or with a
pen of flame will blister the public ofticials
who disgrace their stations with
acts like these?
In your ranks stand the heroes
who must strike down and destroy
th'isft great evils and redeem the
city from their malign power, awake
the people to a sense of their duty and
preserve aud protect the rich inheritance
that is yours.
In you rests the hopes of the future.
To this great work you must come with
strong arms av.d undaunted hearts, and
success with its boundless largess of
story aud fame is yours,
REZCD NAVPA,
(Brahmin )

EDITORIAL.
THE LOWELL.
A monthly published by the students of the Lowell High School.
EDITORIAL! STAFF-
IVD. T. CAHIIX, 'y9
EDITOR Ipl CKI3F.
FRANK VAN DUJSEP., '99
ASSOCIATE
CHAS. G. NQ&RES, '99
BUSINESS STAFF.
Ely, B. ROBINSON, '99
ASSISTANTS.
ROGER L. BEALS, 'OO
WlLIJAM MU'DliiTOV, 'CO L. SYMMES, '99 EDO kit STirXMAV 'ol
EDGAR BiTtiLow '99 CURTIS LIND&SY, 'OI
H. MANOK. "99
ART DHPARTOSE^T.
CHAS. O. NORRIS, '99
ASSISTANTS
L. SVMMHS, J 99 J. M. LEW, 'OO
M »»••'-re "t! S RrntlMnt0Sl facultv ftad '"«"'-« cf th * school *re inviu-c to contribute articles
Kntrted :it o ( fc:»taan PrancUcnns Second-Class Mail Matter.
The third volume ot r the
A Last r,o\vEU. has been completed
Word, -vith this issue. The present
staiT *>f the paper has fiaished
its labors with LOWEU. in this number.
We have met with pnnse aiad we have
met with adverse criticism and jnnoiig
the many things we are grateful for one
is that criticism has not been harsher.
Our mistakes were not few nnd with a
new trial we i'eel sure that we coidd
piace the- LOWKLT. on a much higher
basis than it is. The next staff has the
benerit of our experience and wisely may
they profit by it.
School spirit in supporting this paper
has not been what it should be. From
the faculty we have received the kindest
assistan.ee and co-operation and to several
members in particular we feel ourselves
greatly indebted.
Complaints as to the quality of the
paper were received from the student
body during the y«-jar. On whom does
>^
the mil
bat the
among others,
To give the st^j^^
display and exercisfc&he!
and at the sauxe'
school. Hiveth
We b a ve done txiejbesi
than that no
before you and mcultics
encountered^si
of it. We surrenderojir
we pass by again, ,^
cry ," u AU ? s ^
That this
A New needs
Building has;"'"
for Lowell, fact
twenty-five y<
condiiion inadequatU^fo:
not befitting the.^c
school or the city.
This school is distinci
school in the city ini$eii
preparatory High
versity. It is the\oic(<
out the largest number
yet is the'v/prst housi
Francisco.
The laboratories, wh]
cially constructed ]
crowded for rooms in
proper but have been
ploy unused classWpoj
table or apparatus;:co>i|
means of
building has : beetivkepi
condition until now it
come pas*; meuding.andj
ruent must be
of affairs v?hich should
in a prog;:essive,city likj
We direct ouryreraark!
citizens at iarge but;pa:
alumni. Lowell has*
from past years, and

til
THE LOWELL
the inn igem;nt depend for Us material
but the students? For what purpose,
among others, was this paper started?
To give the students an opportunity to
display and exercise theiv literary ability
and at the same time gain credit for the
school. H we they realised this purpose?
We have done Uie best we could. More
than that no one can do. The result is
before you au

fc 1',
Let cotnmUtees be appointed ihat wi!
work and keep at work until the appropriation
is secured, and the new Lowell
High School building is an accomplished
fact.
THE LOWELL
There is a a Alumni AH^C-
The Alumni ciation connected with
Association. Lowell High School, and
we feel that this fact is not
well known by all the students. The
present senior class is about to enter
the ranks of the alumni and uu invitation
is extended to them to join the Alumni
Association.
This Association was formed about
ou*: year ago and at that time was exceedingly
prosperous. One of the main
objects of the organisation was to aid in
the erection of a new building for tlie
school and much was accomplished in
this line by the members.
The object of an Alumni Association
is too well known to every one to be
set forth here, and we hope that. th*s
members of the present senior class will
do their best to help maintain an association
worthy of the school. All high
schools have alumni associations, but
prior to last year there is no record of
one having existed under the Lowell
High School.
Now the movement is started, keep it
moving. Let everybody who can join.
If you have been a member of Lowell's
organizations while attending the school,
here is an opportunity to keep in touch
with her; aucl if you have rot been an
active student, in her behalf, the reasons
for your joining the Alumni Association
are the stronger.
. Examinations must be taken
An hereafter by all grammar
Innovation school students wishing to
enter high school. The idea
is a laudable one, in that it secures a
higher grade of scholarship in all the
high schools; a condition which is lacking
in some of the high schools of this
city, if recent reports be true. A general
re-organization spirit seems to be in
the air regarding high schools, and, an
improved system, it is hoped, will be the
result.
Regarding this scuool's improvement,
we can say we ih-Tve a faculty equal to
any high school faculty in the State, and
TVC have a student body who have proved
themselves iatistectovy to the inspectois
from other schools, btst what we lack and
need is a new building.
This article is written to re-
Lowell move all doubts, and, if possivs.
ble, to satisfy everybody con-
Belmont. cerned. Atarecent meeting of
the Athletic Association a
communication was made to its TO embers
from Mr. Pe Young, manager of the
Behno-nt team. In this he absolutely
denied on behalf of his team that the
Belxnont team had any knowledge of
Lowell's signals, before either of the
games. The person who made the communication
on behalf of Mi. De Young
makes the same again, and as manager
of the Lowell team expresses himself as
satisfied with the situation.
THE LOWBLI
new dress, not
way. The old
attractive. T3
It suggests no)
agricultural rej
ness is strange,!^
attire. The ii
great variety
usual editorial'S
but two article
One of thftsel
Cross " is quit*
industrious pei
Here we have
the author, s
scenes; but 01
the narrative i 1
out. There is
too many incid*
much tumult g<
sician sailing
deck of the -sii
violin amid t]
howling eleau
central scene c\

K 14CWKI.L for May appears in a
new dress, not au improvement by the
The old cover was artistic and
attractive. The present ouc is neither.
Tt suggests nothing but statistics or
agricultural reports. It's sombre sanienoss
isstrangely inappropriate for a May
attire. The issue does not present a
great variety of interest. Besides the
usual editorial departments there are
but two articles.
One of these, " Under the Southern
Cross " is quite a long story from the
industrious pen of the Associate Editor.
Here we have ail the characteristics of
the author, strong situations, thrilling
scenes ; but one suspects at times that
the narrative u* written 10 bring these
out. Then? is a crowding of the canvas
too many incidents, too many lovers, too
nui«l- tumult generally. The crazed musician
sailing p.way into the night on the
deck of the sinking vessel, pliying his
violin amid the orchestration of the
howling elements deserves to be the
central scone of the whole story. As it
K. A. KELLOGG
is, this strange and appalling spectacle
is half lost in the dt&ugers of embarkation
and in the death of the captain. It
seems to have bnt little effect upon the
occupant of the boat, and certainly less
than it should have upon the reader.
There is a good deal of careful description
of the scenery of an ocean voyage.
The outgoing from the h?.ibor of San
Francisco is especial!}' interesting as a
hit of local scenery. It is a faithful and
effective study.
Something must be said not so pleasing.
It is deplorable that one who writes
*o well, writes at the same time so badly.
Why will this author disfigure his pages
with plain staring lapses in grammar?
There are four at least, within the limits
of this comparatively short siory.
The editorial departments are #en-
^tally well sustained. I will, however,
call the attention of vhe editor to
the next the last section on page 21.
Let the sentence structure from the third
to the next the last sentence bt jadic
ousty overhauled.

2O
EDITED BY CHAB G. XOBKIS.
THE LOWELL
tf'or the last issue of the year the exchange-
editor thinks that it would be
better poiisv to reprint a letter that appeared
in the Stanford Sequoia of April
14th which was received by them from
Colnmbia College, New York. It ie
hardly necessary for thy editor to say
that the idea ie excellent and if he can at
all aid it In its promulgation by reprinting
the idea in the LOWELL he is both
pleased and delighted to do so.
Parts of a letter to the editor of The
Seauoin are given herewith, which are
self-explanatory :
"We invite your attention to a literary
enterprise which we think may intereat
you and all men of Stanford, connected
at present or in the recent past
with undergraduate literature. George
S. Heilmat! and William Aspenwall
Bradley, members of '99 (College) of
Columbia University, recently editors-inch
iei" of The Columbia Literary Monthly
and of The Morninydde, zeepectively, intend
starting, next autumn, c magazine
to be callad The American.
"It is the wish of the editor* to make
The American & gate through winch collego
men may enter the field of literature.
Our experience at Colnmbia, and a careful
examination of the undergraduate
publications throughout the country,
have led us to believe that a large amount
-of work meriting iliQ attention oi' the general
reading public is being done by col*
lege men. Though we recognize that
eventually the beat writers will, in any
•caBe, receive the hearing that they deserve
it is nevertheless our belief that
Buch xecognifeion is slow to come, &nd
that the difficulty and delay in obtaining
it, keep the majority of men from continuing
their writing after they le&« college.
We hope, therefore, to afford that
impetus and famulus to the pursuit of
literature by young graduates, which Is
at present lacking.
"Again, H is a generally recognized
fact that in nearly all our periodicals,
pure literature is receiving less and lees
space and attention, because of the journalistic
and pictorial tendency now so
conspicuous. The magazines are filled
largely with articles of a reportorial
nature, with ptetmep, and w?tb the work
of political and scientific specialists.
Verse occupies for the most part, in
magazines that print poetry at all, the
subordinate and unworthy place of stopgap,
and the fiction is not infrequently
recommended rather by tne name of the
author than by any real merit it may
possess. Although we appreciate^ the
fact that the modern magazine, with its
wealth of illustration and variety of articles,
has a definite and important field of
its own, we believe that there are aho a
place and a public for a magazine that
shall be wholly and highly literary, con-
taining well-written stories, good verge,
both serious and light, and essays of
contemporaneous interest. We wish The
American to take this place among magazines,
and feel convinced that it can be
made to do so successfully, We are led
to believe by the present trend and character
of college literature, that the popport
of college-bred men will be of great
and peculiar value for the attainment of
this end."
The editora wish especially the work d
seniors and graduates, and the local color
of Pacific Coast storit;3 -would doubtless
add largely to vhe value of matter from
Stanford. They would also be glad to
enlist the interest of all undergraduates
as well. As they say, "but we realise
that it is to the suppo;
lege papers that they
forts; so, speaking
editors ourselves,'we
more especially to the,
free from the respons
on student literary unj
"The Avierican wi"
limited to oontribu-1
men, but will enC
possible American lij
every source. Still, if
first aim to make the
ing for '.he younger w:
"Departing from tl
such young ventures]
articles promptly U]
manuscript."

that it is to the support of their own college
papers that they owe their best efforts
-j so, speaking as undergraduate
editorn ourselves, we make our appeal
more especially to the older men who are
free from the responsibility of carrying
on student literary undertakings."
"T7ie American will by no meacs be
limited to contributions from college
men, but will endeavor to get the best
possible American literary work from
every source. Still, it will always be our
first aim to make tho magazine an opening
for the younger writero.
"Departing from the usual custom in
such young ventures, we shall pay for
articles promptly upon acceptance of
manuscript/'
THE LOWELL 21
As for rota went on The American, asad
its promoters, it seems th&t thfc consummation
of such a plan seems too good to
be trua. New York ia the graveyard of
many an excellent publication, but we
hope for The American long life and prosperity.
The man at the head of the
enterprise are connected with two of tho
leading undergraduate publications, The
Morning$idc in particular being distinctive
college literature.
Interested in the publication are Mr.
Brander Matthews, Mr. G. E. Woodberry
and Mr. A. V. Williams Jackson, Professors
of English and Literature at
Columbia University, and Mr. G. R, Carpenter,
Professor of Rhetoric and English
Composition, all of them well known in
th« world of letters. L. H.

EDITED BY J. H. SAUNDERS AND C. PHILIPP.
Review of Track Athletics for : 99
The review for track athletics of 99
includes not only athletics of this spruig
but those of Ia6t term as well. To start
the whole season we had really no one of
any consequence. When the class of J 9S
went out it took with it son?,e of the best
athletes the school ever bad. Most of
them wore on two of the athletic teamu
of the school and some on three. Many
of that, class made the remark that athletics
would be dead now that they (the
clasp of H )3) bad lent. But it was noteo.
The first term our class waR in we best
the Polytechnic by a score of 62-60. We
got 4th place in the academic field day,
which was better than the Lowell track
teams had dnne for some two or three
years previous.
The next thing to be done was for our
football team to win the academic football
tournament, which it came ao near
doing that there were two final game?
between it and Belmont; Eelmont winning
in the last by a n*uke. Both of these
teams, the Football and Track, were
made up of raw material aud both did
exceedingly well.
Track Athletics
This spring opens a new era to Lowell
in track and field athletics. Some wonderful
speed and endurence has been
shown by the members of our track team.
MANOR in the hundred ro3e to be the
best sprinter ir the athletic league excluding
no one, not even Abadie from a
second rate high jumper.
KARMELEXSKI, who has always been
good in the mile walk, distinguished himself
in the last A. A. L field day by winning
the 830 yard run in fine etylejlowering
the colors of our friend, the far-famed
Woods, Berkeley High.
BELDEN ha6 improved very much in
the pole vault. He gci a third in all
Geld day last year and improved so much
that he tied a Berkeley High man for
first place this spring.
JAMES P. GLE.VSON diu exceedingly
well in the walk and, captured a third
place which ought to have been a second
because the Petaluma man ran on the
home stretch.
Taking into consideration all things I
think Track Athletics have been a success.
We woul'3 have won. the last A, A.
..•;•;•
L. field day if two
had not been sick ad
MANOS, owr spring
praise for his steady!
and for ihe wc.rkhe ti
Cyclinj
On Saturday, Mj
annual bicycle toui
the Olympic Club
a fairly good atten<
was a success in e 1
made in the races w;
ing the high wind
The only spill of t
by one of Lowell 1 sr:
his heat, utood an
1st or 2nd in the ft
doo stays with ;
other, whenever w<
day, football gamei
pea/ance.
Our team van
Lfiwitt, Sachs, Vei;
whom did credit
other schools ente
technio, Berkeley,
Central High Scb
Lick, Santa Rosfi
cellent riders but
Tho first iournato'
won by Lowell.
The first eveht
heats-; 2nd,'heats
race; 3rrl, heats
heats of the 5 mil
5th, half rail© fina
7th, final five mi
9th, final purflu
events except i
1, tandem 10, 6
summary of the
One half mile
Foster, 0. H. S.i
second; tirue 1
Lewitt.-L.-H. S
fteoond ; time,
i

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L. field day if two or throe of our men
had not been eick aud so unable to go in,
MANOH, 0'ir sprinter, deserves special
praise for his steady and lasting training
and for the "«-vork he did to help the Bchoto*
J, H. SAUNDTSRS,
Cycling News.
On Saturday, May 20th the second
annual bicycle tournament- was held *t
the Olympic Club grounds. There was
a fairly good attendance and the affair
was a success in every way. The tiinfi
made in the racr:a was excellent considering
the high wind which was blowing.
The only spill of the day was of course
by one of Lowell's riders.who having v?on
his heat, stood an excellent chance for
1st or 2nd HI the final, but Lowell's hoodoo
stays with her and somehow or
other, whenever we expect t-o win a field
day, football g£me, etc., it makes its appearance.
Our tejuu %ra« counposed of Miller,
Lewitt, Sachs, Vensano and Mayo, all of
whom did credit to the school. The
other schools entering teams were Polytechnic,
Berkeley, Oakland, San Joee.
Central High School, Peralta Hall and
Lick. Santa Rosa entered a team of excellent
riders but they failed to show tip.
Th* first tournament was-: held in '97and
won by Lowell.
The first ev* t was the half mil*, 3
heats-; 2nd, heats of the two mile pim-i.-it
race: 3rd, heats of X mile; 4th; ?r
heats of the 5 mile nice, heats of 2 nti.es ;
">th, half mile final : >th, 1 mile taitdem ;
Tth, final fi>e miJti; Sth, 1 mile final;
Oth, final pursuit race. Po'mr.a in ail
events except tandem to count "-, 3 and
1, tandem 10; «> and 2. Following is a
p.ummaTV of the events :
One half :uile (3 heatt). First heat,
Foster, O. K. S.,firtt; Chaplin, B. H. S.,
second ; time 1.11 *J-5. Second heat,
Lewiu, L. H S, Hrst; Howe, P. H. S.,
second ; lime, I 2?» 1-5. Third heat,
THE LOWEL
MiHer, L. H. S.,fii>t; Dunn, O. ELS,,
second ; time, 1.09 4 5. Final, won by
Miller ; Foster second ; Dunn third ;
lime, 1.10 2-5.
two mile pursuit race (2 heats). FirEt
won by Woods, B. H. S.; Vensano, L.
H.S., second. Second won by McDonald,
S.J. H. S.; Foster, O. H. S., second.
Final; wou by McDonald, San Joso; second,
Wood** Berkeley High.
One mile race (3 heats). Firat, won
by Howe, P. EL S.; Lyons, Peralta Hall,
eecoad ; time, 2.30 1-5. Second, won by
Miller,!,. H. S.; Robinson, O, H. S., aecoml;
time, 2.54. Third, won by Downing,
S. J. H. S.; DHingham, 0. H. S.,
second ; time, 2.35. Final won by Miller,
L. H. S. ; Downing second, Lyons third,
time, 2.54.
Five mile race (trial ht-uta of 2 miles).
Firet, vron by McDonald, S. J. H. S. ;
Mayo, L. K. S., second ; time, 5.27. Second,
won by Dunn, O. H. S.; McKinnon,
P. H. 8., second; time, 6.09. Third:
won by Dunker, P. H. S.; Sachs, L, K.
S., second ; time, 5.32 2-5. Final distance,
5 miles, won by McDonald ; Mc-
Kinnon tecond, Dunker third; time,
11.43 1-5.
One mile tandem race. Won by "Woods
and Chaplin, B. H. S.; Lunkerunf.' Rogers,
P. H. S .second ; Robinson nr.d DiliiiKham,
third, O. H. S.* time, 2.20 2-5.
None of the old records were brokerbut
fiumft nev; ones were fcat^blithtd ir.
the five mile race \ 1.43 1-5, arid the!
unlo tanden ti.iO 2-5.
We have nothing but praise for our entire
teata.. and especially for Miller vrho
rode two brilHunt ht-alE and who used excellent
headivork in the finuls. He r«de
in : 00 4-5 in his beat of the half mile
within 3-5 of a serjnd

THE LOWELL
luck. He may congratulate himself that
he escaped as luckily as he did, for it
was one of the worst epilla ever taken on
he Olympic track. Miller protested the
race and claimed 2nd place for.Lewitton
tho pounds that he had been fouled.
Mr. George Fuller, the REFEREE, said,
however, that, he could not give Lowell
the 3 points coming to her (if Lewitthad
finished second) because he had not finished
the race. If the protest had been
sustained Lowell would have had 13
points and tie with Berkeley and San
Jose for the tournament.
Sachs rode a plucky race in his heat
with Dunker, finishing second. In the
final his pedal struck one of th6 spokes
of Dunn of Oakland who was forced to
EVENT
•J mile
1 mile
2 mile pursuit
1 mile tandem
5 mile
FIRST
Lowell
Lowell
San
Berkeley
San Jose
SECOND
Oakland
San Jose
Berkeley
Polytechnic
Polytechnic
quit. By the noise that his wheel made
he imagined something more serious than
a mere spoke had broken and left the
track. Sachs had twisted his foot on his
p^dal and was unable to do any more
good work.
Mayo rode well in his heat and came
in second. If the final had been unpaced
he would have shown up very strong but
the pace set by Beckman and Davidson
on a tandem was too much for him.
Veoeano did not exert himself to his
utuost in the pursuit race as he wished
to save himself for the mile. His heat
came right after the pursuit race and
he was unable to take sufficient rest to
do credit to himself in the mile.
C.
THIRD
Oakland
Petal ta Hall
Polytechnic
Oakland
San Jose
Berkeley
Lowell
Polytechnic
Oakland
13
IS
10
10
6
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C. PHILIPF, '99.
Track and Field Records of the Acadamlc Athletic League of California.
EVENT
100-yard dash
2?0 yard dash
440-yard run
880-yard run
Mile run
Mile walk
RECORD
10 3 5 seconds
23 1-5 seconds
51 1-5 seconds
2 inin. 5 4 5 sec.
4 min. 55 3-5 sec.
7 min. 28 4-5 Bee.
120-yard high hurdles 17 1-5 seconds
220-yard low hurdles
Running high jump
Running broad jump
Pole vault
Shot.put, 12 lbs.
27 4-5 seconds
6 feet 1 inch
21 feot 10 inches
10 ft. 3 8-8 in.
45 feet 5 inches
Hammer throw, 12 lbs. 173 feet
1-miie relay race, 6 men 3 min. 21 3 8 sec
HOLDER
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Cadogan
Cadogan
Harris
Weber
Walsh
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\ Hendrickson
Spencer
Henley
Henley
Hoffmann
Woodrum
Estes
SCHOOL
Lowell High School
Polytechnic High School
Lowell
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Oakland
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Oakland
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Oakland
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State Normal School .
Oakland High School
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Although, durii
Lowellites had st(
very threshold 03
had always been
were beginning t|
their fate, when sj
it was unexpected^
futile efforts and
balance of fbrtun|
favor. On April^
held under the au4
Northern Califon
consisting of Mii
Mandel and Weil
cision over the
from the Sipcktc
subject being: **
proposal of the C:
Lowell speakers,
made no attempt!
would not be a
cepted and follow
successfully^ to
be accepted, aud
cepted, it would]
hence was not p:
who were Messrs.]
the supsrintendej
San Francisco f
Goodsell,aproniii
in awarding, tin
cision, which WJ
given to Lowell I

Although, during the past year, the
Lowellites had stood many times on the
very threshold of victory, their hopes
had always been disappointed, and they
were beginning to become resigned to
their fate, when success, as complete as
it was unexpected, crowned their hitherto
futile efforts and showed them that the
balance of fortune had turned in their
favor. On April 29, at the first debate
held under the auspices of the League of
Northern California, the Lowell team,
consisting of Miss Wilson and Messrs.
Mandel and Weiler, was given the decision
over the three chosen debaters
from the Stockton High School, the
subject being : il Resolved, that the latest
proposal of the Czar is practicable ;" the
Lowell speakers, upholding the negative,
made uo attempt to show that the plan
would not be a benefit if it could be accepted
and followed out, but endeav< red
successfully, to prove that it could not
be accepted, and that, even if it weie accepted,
it would have to be broken, and
hence was not practicable The judges,
who were Messrs. Webster and Crawford.
the superintendents of public schools of
Sau Francisco and Oakland, and Mr.
Gouusell,a prominent lawyer of Oakland,
in awarding the debate, stated the decision,
whfch was unanimous, had been
given to Lowell not only for her better
RDETED BY A. WHITER.
arguments, but also for the manner ot
presenting them. The victory, especially
in the latter respect, is due in no small
measure, to Mr. Clark and Mr. Kellogg,
who, when judging the debates in the
tournament for the team, criticised particularly
the form and style of the.
speakers.
The debate was the closing feature of
the couvention of delegates from the societies
comprising the Debating League
of Northern California. At the meeting
the night before, Mr. Kellogg addressed
the delegates, telling them of the benefits
that are to be derived from such
organizations, furnishing instances from
his own experience.
The whole day, Saturday, was devoted
to a. business meeting. At the election
of officers, in the afternoon, Mr. Miller,
one of Stockton's debaters in the evening,
was elected president,and Mr. Shay,
a prominent member of our society, one
of the vice-presidents. The next meeting
place of the league was decided upon
as San Rafael, and a schedule for an intersociety
tournament was drawn up and
adopted. The next meeting will beheld
in the latter part of November.
On Friday, May 12, a debate was held
on the subject, " Resolved, that the Indiaus
of North America have suffered
more than the negToes." TbeaffirmatiVg.

26 THE LOWELL
was upheld by Messrs. Shay and Keane
and the negative by Fritz and Brown.
The j udges gave the decision to the affirmative.
A debate, held on May 19, on the question,
" Resolved, that the government of
England is more of the people than that
of the United States/' resulted in a draw.
Messrs. Mandel and Weiler supported the
affirmative and Cerf and Levey the negative.
The debate for the following Friday
will be as to whether or not President
McKinley is responsible for the bad beef.
Drucker and Gilson will debate on the
affirmative, and Bine and Robinson on
the negative.
During the past year the Lowell debating
society seems to have been passing
through a period of transmission. Before
the graduation of the class of '98 the society
was one which had the intention,
not of entering into a regular system of
contests with the other schools of the
State, although occasionally it was will-
ing to do so, but rather of simply improving
its meuibers by debates held within
its own doors. The scope seems now to
have been greatly broadened. It is intended
that the next year will open with
a systetn of contests for the purpose of
securing the school team and, if possible,
follow up the victory of this year's debaters
by winning the championship of
the league.
During the last year former members
of the society have had marked success
at the State University. Not only have
two of the three debaters on the freshmen
team, M. K. Deutch and A. Adler,
been members ofthj class of '98,but the
speaker whc clused the U. C. side in 'he
Berkeley-Stanford debate, Mr. J. Golden,
was one of the founders of our organization.
It is to be hoped that the good
fortune that has attended, th'. efforts of
the members and tlumut of the society
this year will be present, in t 1 ue same degree,
in the future.
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NAME. /
Behlow—E. Abijal
Bine—The Wit of
Bruce—Charlotte
Bundschu—Walte:
Cahill—E Gooc3tne|
CaubuorC&buor
Ceff— Bitumen Hyl
Cook—Caroline(%\
Dannenbaum—Shi
Auerbach—Jalius
Faixcompre—Exqi
Fritz—Eugene
Gleason—James 1
Hollman.
w
Hooper—F. ?ickii
Howell—A. Ja^;
Hulse—A.B.CX

NAME.
Behlow—E Abijah.
BY K CAGHILI..
A FEW OF THE SEN3OR CHARACTERISTICS.
Bine—The Wit of the Century.
Bruce—Charlotte Russe.
Bundschu—Walter Bacchus
Cahill—Ii Goodness.
SAYINGS, ETC.
"I was afraid to ask him what I got in the
ex. 1
Two for a nickel.
"I don't know what you mean. 11
A faithful admirer of the Alpha Sigmas.
"Oil! you darn fool 1 What do you know? "
Caubu or Cft 1 bu or Caibosh(3rd Conj ) A resident of the suburbs
-Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean,
Cerf—Bitumen Hydrogen.
roll/'
Cook—Caroline Lucius.
Cheroots-Champion of Wick the Kicket.
Youngest member of tht Chutes happy
Dannenbaum—Sh»imp
family.
Auerbach—Julius Caesar
The lady killer.
AuerbachJ
t? - •• . DU , • i ^ l can't get on the LOWELL staff I c?.a
Faucompre—ExquiMteiy Rhetorical. . . . * _ . „ . fft_ ^^,
r
criticise Norns. Hurrah for me !
Fritz—Eugene Carbuncle.
Lackadaisical.
Gleason—James \V. S.
The gentleman sport of Lowell.
N. B. My hat is to let for a race track.
Hall—H.
HoUman.
Hooper—F. Pickininy.
Howell—A. Jay.
Hulse—A. B. C.
Oh, say 1
Fritz ! He raises his hand when he thinks-
i( He left me when the down upon his lip
seemed like the shadow of a hovering
kiss.* 1
The Red-headed Wizard of the Pianforte.
"I don't agree! 1 *

Hursh—Don Whiskerandos.
Karmelenskissimmsque.
Kronenburg—Herman (not the juggler.)
Lyons—L. Spitz.
Maddux—Political Statesman.
Maginnis—Her Royal Majesty.
Manor—H. Victoria.
Pin-lips—Monsieur.
Norris—Charlemagne—Goodandtbin
Saunders—J. H.
Shalfcr.
Stocker—L. Wrigtson.
Wagner—Columbus Patrick.
Shay—of the One Horse Fame.
THE LOWELL
"I don't know and nobody else knows."
" Oh if I could only run the 880.
Got your dime? Oh, you're a cheap man.
Lager,
Professional baseball and player.
Read r:y pamphlet—"My Experience in
a Debating Society or How to be a
Boss." Also " Farming in Fresuo."
"Silence is golden."
He is unreliable—needs a little arithmetic.
" Can't a fellow have a tlea? "
The fat boy. The long boy. The talkative
boy.
Favorite occupation—meandering along
Steiner street under his new HAt.
" There is you."
A good fellow !
Oh I don't know; you're not so warm.
The yell leader.
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