The Normal Record. March 1898

              THE NORMAL RECORD.
Resignation of Frances A. Parmeter.
T^OR some time Miss Parmeter had been
J?'1 feeling that the failing health of her only
brother demanded that she go to him and
render a sister's service to a dear one ; so, as
letters continued to corns telling that the
dread disease, consumption, was surely and
rapidly taking away every hope, her duty
was made plain to her, and, near the close of
January, she tendered h?r resignation and
went to minister to him. As a mark of ap
preciation of her services and of regret at
her departure, President Ritter called the
Faculty together, and they unanimously
passad aud signed the following resolutions.
"After seven years of service our associate teacher, Miss Frances A. Parmeter,
Preceptress, resigns her position that she
may minister to the wants of her invalid
brother, therefore, be it
"Resolved, That, in Miss Parmeter's with
drawal, we lose a worthy associate, the
school a superior teacher, and the students a
warm and sympathizing friend; and be it
further
"Resolved, That with our knowledge of
Miss Parmeter's qualifications, ability and
worth, we feel it a duty we owe to ourselves,
to her, and to the cause of education, to say
that she . excels as teacher, and that her
every act as Preceptress is worthy of imitation.     (Signed.)
C. M.  Ritter, Winifred S. Bangs,
M. L. Seymour, Grace A. Love,
W. S. T. Smith, Emma J. Fuller,
E. N. Henderson,       Elizabeth Rogers,
Esther M. Wilson,     Clara M. McQuade,
Helen Ballard, Emma A. Wilson,
Maxwell Adams,       May Kimball.
Faculty of   the   State    Normal   School   at
Chico, California.
Local Department.
Miss Bessie Drake, a former student,
visited the Normal recently.
Some of the Junior girls are athletes. They
show this by their ability to get out of Bid-
well's after the gates are locked.
We have noticed that Prof. Henderson's
visits to the library are not as frequent as
formerly. The second floor seems to have
more attraction for him.
Mulcahy-ha-ha—Why do girls talk before
boys do ?
Clarence—Because they inherit the tendencies.
From all appearances it seems that Mr.
Hoffman's "dander " has made its descent.
Why it is, I cannot tell, but Mr. Campbell
is often seen of late standing on the corner of
Seventh and Orient streets singing the old
song, "Sweet Marie."
Who doubts but that Miss Hobson is becoming religious ?
Perhaps the reason Mr. Boyles has to take
the examination in Biology is because he did
not know before that Avis (aves) is a bird.
We understand that some of the Normal
boys  are   authors   of   the  following   matri
monial advertisement: "We are bachelors,
of marriageable ages; all good cooks; fond
of pets; can tolerate cats; love children, and
hope to be very rich." We are informed
that they, among others, got the mitten the
morning of the 14th.
Isn't it too bad that Isabelle is not in the
clay modeling class so she could play with
the Clay.
They say that love is very blind,
A headstrong, silly thing,
But Love can s'ee through the hardest kind,
Of an algebraic string.
Since the great Swede bicyclist came to
town one of our boys has been practicing
peculiar evolutions in the tennis court, which
ended rather disastrously.
If anyone wishes to know why the park is
being fenced, ask Prof. Seymour. He can
tell you.
The teachers have been in dismay as to
why Jerry is neglecting his studies, and they
have just found out that it is because the
poor boy likes (Sauer) grapes.
What  could  Mr.   Hendricks  have   meant