THE POINTER Series III Vol. I No. 21 Stevens Point, Wis., May 26, 1927 Price 5 Cents

HIGH SCHOOLS HERE FOR MEET SATURDAY

SENIORS ARRANGE FINAL PLANS FOR

CLASS EXERCISES President 's Reception At Nelson

Hall, Monday, June Sixth The Senior dass commit tee has

dra \\"11 up a ll' ntati,·e s,·h cdnl c of Class Da v exerc ises to be he ld June 7th: 10 ,:JO until 12 :UO. Th e Sen ior s \\"ill hold a ~ t-to:,:cth er hrea k l'ast on the mornin:.r of L'lass Dav .

'rh e .\ nditorium pro:.rrn m \\"ill - l'Onsist of int el'pret iYe dan(:in~,

mnsical numbe rs. speec hes nntl th l' class mot to. ,111d ;1 talk by Pres id ent l{ald\\"ill. Fina lly the ;;cniors ,1" ill present a 1Hl\"Cl stunt " ·hi ch the\" hope to establi sh as a !;;cnio1· cl,;ss trnd ition. Af t er the ,-omplct ion or th,• ;\ ndi to rium pro;.rram the iri s w ill be plant ed on th e vampus. 'l'hc exe rc ises w ill be conclud ed hy th e " walk around " th e campus. 1' hc mem-hc rs ot' the cla ss committee arc: Henri £-l

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Vol. I . THE POINTER Series III. Published \ -Veck ly ·by the students of the Stevens P oint, Wisconsin Statr

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H igh School .. · . .... , . , . . . .. . ..... . ... .. . . ... . , . . . . Margaret Tarns Home E conomics .. .... . ..... . •.... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henrietta Timme Grammar .... . . . .... . .. .. • .. . . . . . . . .... . . . . ......... rl' hehna K roll ttural . . .. . ....... . .•.•. . . ..... . ...• . . . . .•... . .... F raneis Roman P rima ries . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . Sylvia L ibnk ken

Busin ess Manager ....... .. . •. • . •.. .. . ... . . •.•.•.... . . .. . . .. .. Allen :Mc Vey Adver t ising Manager . . . . , . . . . .. . .. . ...... . ... . .. .... ...... Wa lter Was rnd Circulation :Manager . . . . . : ... . . •.•. • ..... ... . . . ·. ..... ... Edna \ Vns rud Faculty Advisor . . ..... . ...... . ... .. . . . . . . ,-,;.J .. .. . .. . .. ... . .. J . J. Rellah an

THE LAST POINTER

.\\.ith thi,; issue publicat ion of the POINTER. cease · fo r t he year. T he YCa1· llils 1,een 11 momentous one. 'l' he u-·ua l n m of unexpectecl

1thi11i, happr ned . Some of them \\'ere extraordinary and o found t he ir ll'a,,; in lo wi n t in the sc hoo l 01·ga 11 . :c\Ia ny things happened \\'hich might lrn1·e been g iY e11 space; s?me , of the t l1in gs p r in ted shou ld 1101 ha Ye been eYa luated t ha t lu 00 hl)' ; some of t he t h mgs pr inted s hould ha Ye been given more space. 'l'he one an swer to all i:: lim itation .

Limit at ion is adamant'. 'l'herc i$ no compromisin g \\'ith it. So much is poss ib le ancl not an iota more. Genera lly t hat . t ruth is much ma ligned h~, the unu1Hlersta11d i11 g st udent. not fo1· an y diabo lic,11 pe ,.-. version 011 h is pa r t bnt simpl~· bec,iusc he docs not app rec iate t he prob lem· of prndu ·ing a sc hoo l pa per. Ile has. qu ite consistently, some bit of cop~· ll'h ich he eYaluates to be- \\'Or t hy of t he stell ar p lace in thr paper. ) fa n.,·, al l 11 t the same t ime, ha ,·c t he sa me idea a bout the bit oE cop~· "· hid1 concerns them . An d \\' hen these a·udacious and entc1·prisi11g in d iYidua ls a rc turn ed cold ly do \\'n by t he ed itor t hr .,· assn mc t hat t he on l.,· justifiable thing left to do is to focus the wrath of t he ages on th e ed itor ia l orga n izat ion . ·w h ich is subse-quentl y do ne.

Duri1w t h is 1·ea1· t hr POil\'l'ER has gr aduate' ] from t he tl,·ice-month h- to

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a 11·e~k h' basis. A \\'ee k ly paper , coming ou t wit h unfa il-ing p rec is ion on CYery T hursday , is an inno vation. In keeping with t he week lv pla n the paper deve loped a cha ra cter of its own. It be-ca me somet hing nea r th e t hing t he a verage student likes to t h ink ~he school pa.per should bC' . There is st ill a long \\'ay to go. Only an im-poten t sta r t has been made.

In t he eomi no- vea r, 1927-28, a ne" · sta ff will ed it th.e pa per. It is an a bl e o-roup and it has had enough practical experience 11·i t h edi tor-ia l p robl ems to p rod uce a good pa per. S tar t in g wh ere t hi s paper leaves off t hr nell' staff should be ab.le to r ai se t he standa r d · of t he -publication nn t il it holds the highest place among the Normal Schools of the sta te. 'l'his can only be aehie ,·ed w ith the su ppor t o! t he stude n t bod ,· and the faculty. T o t hat end le t everyon e work. It 1s the hope of t he ·re ti1·in g staff t ha t next yea1· will see a mo_re comple te and sat is fy ing- pu blication of t he P OL'\ITER.

OPINION D ear E d itor-

He ,1"110 s igns hi mself '"l'he P hilosopher " has the righ t: slan t _on ou r p resen t-day peclantr.v. IE \\' e must cra m . our . offs pr1~1g w1t)1 k nowledn-e \\'hy mak e them ass imi late u seless h1stor1cal detalis, an ti-quated gc~grap16cal facts, ha lf. hea r ted physiology ? Why not ~ive t hem a surYey of history \\'ith a l' ie 11· to p resen t and future applica-t ion ? Why not teach the s igni fica nce of geography instead of q ueer customs a nd immateria l q u irks of fo reign peoples ? W hy not teach t he complete range of physiology and IJ iology from the beginning of life to death Y

Y et we o-o on, seem ing ly the same, from genera t ion to generat ion with the sa~ e old taboos, t he same old pur itan ica l " because" for our onlv excuse. " 'e arc li v ing in a fast age. I am n ot an edu cational autl1or ity, yet it seems to me that we ough t to prepai:Jl our children for the l ife t hey must liYe and n ot t he l ife that t heir g randfa ther h ved. W e are in an era of cha nge, as our most noted th ink ers expound . Must " ·e ed ucate fo r the past a nd then th row our pupil to the mercy of a rush in " wo rld which cares littl e fo r what clothes t he ancient Greek woreY

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Rel igion . Ar t, Li terature, the beaut ies of the past - yes, bu t Je t these t h ings be secondary to a comprehensive study of modern con-dit ion and their deman d of Socrety and t bc individual.

A Studen t.

With this ceaseless · r ound of pa r t ies, cl nb meetings, and social affairs how is a young fe ller t o know tha t it is all go ing to end suddenly and that he will be going back to th e cows and chick ens.

Iii HUMOR MORE OR LESS

by "Rusty"

Social methods have surely reversed th emselves. The other da y we saw a

. fellow t rying to save his front steps by walking back wa rds.

But thL' only thing- iu th e.• w:1,· of suc·t'('SS was f ni lm·c. l l t· wa::; 1indcr sen.•11ty-fi ,·c.

Which isn ' t saying much, though it holds-thanks to supposition- a wea jth of suggestion.

Bu t this sor t of t hing, as the c:011-cltH•tor sn id to th

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Since the last Pointer went to press three more contracts have been s ign ed by future· t eachers. 'rhey are as folio\\'. : Primary -H elen :\Iitche ll - :\Ierton, Wis.; In termed ia te - Elizabeth Frnnk-lancl - Lugcrville, "\\is.; H ome Economics - Ione Norton (Alum-na ) - Laona , Wis.

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