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THE NORMAL RECORD. On other shoulders. 'Tis not an age for song, The harp is an anachronism today. If, when we say this is an age of prose, We only mean no minstrel has arisen To voice the unsung meanings of the time, It were a minor evil. We can wait Till in God's hour the prophet shall appear. But if our meaning be that in this time Of search for solid gain, material good, We've lost the longing for the ideal best, Forgotten how to take the upward look, Our sleek prosperities are poor exchange For what we've lost. A world given over to prose Is but a pauper world, though all its streets With gold and gems are paved. Our heaped up gains Give us poor recompense, if in our skies No radient forms of ideal beauty shine— No haunting ideal visions lure us on. This was the richest gift, the choicest lore Our mother taught us, in those days of old, When we were gathered 'bout her knees, this skill To look beyond the now, the actual To the ideal and from these visions blest Draw inspiration for the present task. Far be the day when this vocation high Shall yield its place to any lower aim, And schools shall cease to be the shrines Upon whose altars, sacrifice ascends To the ideal good, and shall instead Become mere training grounds for what we are wont To call the utilities. The grindstones where The tools are whetted for life's handicrafts. Happy the few who pushing on for Spain, Reaching their goal see ever just beyond A Spain more beautiful: each ideal gained Being the vantage-height from which they view In prophet's dream-rapt vision grander scenes Of loftier summits not yet won and so, Though walking in the dusty ways of earth Sunlight from dreamland streams upon the face Transfigures their poor makeshift facts of life With splendors from supernal sphere- afar. A TERRIBLE MISCALCULATION. By Luther Parker. HE year 4400 reckoned as A. D., or 1000 reckoned as N. E., had opened auspiciously and continued as a year of undoubted prosperity and progress. Especially notable was this in the number and value of scientific discoveries that had been made. The dreams of enthusiastic scientists were seemingly turning to reality, and the great problem of celestial navigation appeared to be within the realm of possibility This achievement would then give utility to the already possible celestial communication. The celebrated scientist, Wiseman, had just issued a startling message to the world, giving as the result of a long series of experiments, the assertion that he. had been able to create a vacuum, entirely free from air, ether, and celestial essence, the latter, as the reader doubtless knows, being a more subtile material than ether. The process was given in detail, and consisted in general terms, of a chemical combination between the material constituents of certain space, and a newly discovered chemical element called adultima. This combination was effected inside a huge globe that was guyed to tho earth to pro- vent its unceremonious departure when the vacuum was obtained. One such sphere had disappeared, owing to the lack of proper precautions, taking with it the guy ropes with the attendant guy poles, the whole forming a curious spectacle as it shot forth to eternity without other guidance than that of resistless gravitation that stood at the helm and hurried it on in its wild attempt to gain equilibrium. Scientists came from the remotest parts of the earth to view and discuss this latest achievement, and while they were gathered at the laboratory of Wiseman another discovery was made, this time in the field of astronomy. This discovery was a startling affirmation, sub-
Object Description
Title | The Normal Record. February 1898 |
Original Date | 1898-02 |
Description | The Record. Published by the Associated Students of Chico State College. |
Creator | Chico State College |
Location of Original | Archives |
Call Number | LD723 C57 |
Digital Collection | The Record: Chico State Yearbook Collection |
Digital Repository | Meriam Library, California State University, Chico. |
Description-Abstract | The Record served as both a student magazine and a commencement program for Chico Normal School. In the year 1898, it was published almost monthly. |
Date Digital | 2013 |
Language | eng |
Rights | For information on the use of the images in this collection contact the Special Collections Department at 530.898-6342 or email: specialcollections@csuchico.edu |
Format | image/tiff |
Filename | index.cpd |
Description
Title | 1898_02_NormalRecord.006 |
Original Date | 1898-02 |
OCR- Transcript | THE NORMAL RECORD. On other shoulders. 'Tis not an age for song, The harp is an anachronism today. If, when we say this is an age of prose, We only mean no minstrel has arisen To voice the unsung meanings of the time, It were a minor evil. We can wait Till in God's hour the prophet shall appear. But if our meaning be that in this time Of search for solid gain, material good, We've lost the longing for the ideal best, Forgotten how to take the upward look, Our sleek prosperities are poor exchange For what we've lost. A world given over to prose Is but a pauper world, though all its streets With gold and gems are paved. Our heaped up gains Give us poor recompense, if in our skies No radient forms of ideal beauty shine— No haunting ideal visions lure us on. This was the richest gift, the choicest lore Our mother taught us, in those days of old, When we were gathered 'bout her knees, this skill To look beyond the now, the actual To the ideal and from these visions blest Draw inspiration for the present task. Far be the day when this vocation high Shall yield its place to any lower aim, And schools shall cease to be the shrines Upon whose altars, sacrifice ascends To the ideal good, and shall instead Become mere training grounds for what we are wont To call the utilities. The grindstones where The tools are whetted for life's handicrafts. Happy the few who pushing on for Spain, Reaching their goal see ever just beyond A Spain more beautiful: each ideal gained Being the vantage-height from which they view In prophet's dream-rapt vision grander scenes Of loftier summits not yet won and so, Though walking in the dusty ways of earth Sunlight from dreamland streams upon the face Transfigures their poor makeshift facts of life With splendors from supernal sphere- afar. A TERRIBLE MISCALCULATION. By Luther Parker. HE year 4400 reckoned as A. D., or 1000 reckoned as N. E., had opened auspiciously and continued as a year of undoubted prosperity and progress. Especially notable was this in the number and value of scientific discoveries that had been made. The dreams of enthusiastic scientists were seemingly turning to reality, and the great problem of celestial navigation appeared to be within the realm of possibility This achievement would then give utility to the already possible celestial communication. The celebrated scientist, Wiseman, had just issued a startling message to the world, giving as the result of a long series of experiments, the assertion that he. had been able to create a vacuum, entirely free from air, ether, and celestial essence, the latter, as the reader doubtless knows, being a more subtile material than ether. The process was given in detail, and consisted in general terms, of a chemical combination between the material constituents of certain space, and a newly discovered chemical element called adultima. This combination was effected inside a huge globe that was guyed to tho earth to pro- vent its unceremonious departure when the vacuum was obtained. One such sphere had disappeared, owing to the lack of proper precautions, taking with it the guy ropes with the attendant guy poles, the whole forming a curious spectacle as it shot forth to eternity without other guidance than that of resistless gravitation that stood at the helm and hurried it on in its wild attempt to gain equilibrium. Scientists came from the remotest parts of the earth to view and discuss this latest achievement, and while they were gathered at the laboratory of Wiseman another discovery was made, this time in the field of astronomy. This discovery was a startling affirmation, sub- |