The Normal Record. April 1902

              THE NORMAL RECORD.
Music in the Cathedral.
EDNA  EARLE.
THERE was a sacred hush in the great,
dimly lighted cathedral. The silence
sank deeply into my heart and the feelings
there were answered by the voice of the organ, which seemed to speak under the master touch and to vibrate in response to the
organist. Peace and quiet stole over me.
First, it was a low, mournful reverie, and
I felt the divinity of my soul linked with that
of the Divine Maker. Gradually the notes
rose and swelled, until peal after peal of
praise reverberated through the dim recesses of the cathedral.
Then the great choir took up the anthem
of praise. The song rose higher and higher
until it seemed as if the angel choir were
singing. Then the tones grew fainter and
faiuter and died away among the echoes of
the old cathedral.
Exchanges.
We were glad to find on our return after
vacation that the Normal Record box was
well filled with exchanges from all parts of
the United States.
The February-March " Everett-Elephant"
is well gotten up, with one exception, and
that is, devoting the first few pages to
"Trumpetings " and "Literary". Most
good modern papers give these a chance to
close the work of the other departments of
the paper, or at least not the opening pages
are given to them.
The "Echo," from Albany, N. Y., reaches
us with great force this month. " The Value
of Earnestness to the Teacher" is a well
written article.
The " Visalia Oak " stands by its old cover,
but still the tree grows.
We were very much pleased to get a copy
of " The Journal of Electricity Power and
Gas " from San Francisco. Such papers are
always welcome to our school.
The March "Battalion" is  unusually  good.
The "Scribe" of April 8 is up-to-date in
every respect. The article on the real importance of exchanges was very good, and
we heartily agree with the exchange editor
on the points he set forth in his argument.
Exchanges are very necessary to the progress of any paper.
Wd are very glad that the "Cricket" from
Belmont is with us again, but we should
judge from the exchange column that the exchanges are not always read with much care.
Among our   March  exchanges  are "High
School Monthly,,' Bay City, Mich;, "Walking
Leaf," Montour Falls, N. Y.; "The Phonograph," Balston Spa, N. Y.; "TJlinus,"
Seattle; "The Polytechnic," Pasadena, Cal,
" The Congress," Olean, N. Y.
Some newsboys had overheard a discussion
among several doctors.
"Say," said one, "what are those things
the doctors call bacteria?"
" Oh, they're some kind of French things.
They come from Paris and are called parishes."
" No, they're German and that's why they
call them 'germs,' said another.
" No, that's not right, either," spoke up a
third, "They're Irish, fori heard Dr. White
call them 'Mike-robes.' "—Ex.
Dan Cupid is a marksman poor,
Despite his love and kisses,
For while he always hits the mark
He's always making Mrs.—Ex.
' The following is said to be understandable
and grammatically correct if properly punctuated: " That that is is- that that is not is
hot that that is not is not that that is that
that is is not that that is not."—Ex.
TO   THE    AFFLICTED.
A sure cure for love: Take 14 oz. of Dislike,
1 lb. of Resolution, 4 gr. of Common Sense, 4
oz. of Experience, a large sprig of time, 3
quat ts of cooling H20 of Consideration.
. Set these over flames of love, sweetened by
the sugar of forgetfulness, skim with the spoon
of melancholy, put it in the bottom of your
heart, cork it with the cork of clearcon-
science; let remain, and you will quickly find
ease and be restored to your senses a^ain.—
Ex.