The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-10


me. N annual convention and this
year :le meeting is held in Milwaukee
just after ChriStmaS-Dec. q, 2S and
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Heretofore the attendance of teach
ers outside of Milwaukee has not been
satisfactory, the entire number last
year being but 46S. This year it is
hoped to bring out more. The pretty
courtesy of a banquet which the facul-
ty of the state university has been in
the habit of giving the teachers will be
returned the night after Christmas.
The nature of the work of the cOnven-
ton is suggested by the leaders of
the various sections. County super
intendents, F. w. Bixby, Hammond;
grammar and intermediate, w. N.
, Parker, Madison: library, Miss L. e.
StearnS, Madison; music, Miss Lucy A.
Baker, Whitewater; normal, N. A.
Harvey, West Superior. General ses-
sions will be held in the Grand Avenue
Congregational church, and sections
will meet in the state normal school
and clubrOOmS of the hotels.
On Wednesday evening will be held
the reception which some good fellow
is glad to give-this year by Manager
King of the Plankinton; and on Thurs
day evening the most important lee
ture will be given by DR.. Arnold
Tompkins.
Lacrosse Lots for $3.50.
Mr.. Hastings settled in Lacrosse in
1852 and recently furnished a paper
setting forth his "reminiscences. He
is now over 80 years of age. With
his brother-in-law he bought four lots
in Main street, in the heart of the pres
ent business section, for $3.50 each;
and Mr.. Hastings built the first build
ing dignified with a stone foundation:
He recalled the legislative act of 1853
submitting prohibition to the people
and the favorable Endorsement at the
humOr in the following:
Il call to mind, two men who were
resident of the place years before l
came here. Mr.. Miller was a pleasant,
genial man, but a little too fond of
whisky for his good. l had some repu-
tatiOn as an advocate of temperance
even at that early day. Mr.. Miller was
wont to claim that he was a better
temperance man than l was, for he
was doing all he could to get the liq-
uor out of the way by drinking it up.
while would do nothing for the cause
in that practical way"
There is some history in this:
At the fall election of 1857 Mr.. Hast
ings was elected state treasurer
Though he had originally been a can
didate for the office OF secretary Of
urership was the large ond the treasur-
state). His great objection to the treas
urership was the large bond the treas
urer was obliged to give. In spite of
his unWillingneSs to be a candidate,
Hon. John +. Potter, one of WiscOn-
sims noblest sons, who recently died
at his home in WalwOrth county, nom
mated him, and Mr.. Hastings was
elected. when l realized that l was
elected. visions of that awful 100000
bond forced themselves upon my atten-
ton and troubled me day and night l
could think of no one j would be will
ing to ask to 60 upon bond for $780,
900, or even for a single $1,000. While
in this distressed state of mind, | re-
ceived a letter from one of the prOmi-
nent citizens of Lacrosse q was then
living at Trempealeau), requesting me
to send him a blank form of the bond
l was required to give as state treasur-
er, and then added that my old neigh
bors had decided to furnish the bond"
Mr.. Hastings was reelected three
times and served during the war. He
is an active COngregatiOnalist and his
picture hangs upon the walls of the
old First church in Madison, of which
he was Sunday school superintendent
for many years
The Last Student Escapade.
BY the time this letter appears the
faculty will probably have punished
some of the boys who worried their
girl associates during the Hollow cen
season. College fun is all right, but
this was such an indecent outbreak
that talk would not suffice, and some
body must ''go."
AS always there is reaction of senti
ment to some extent. The nightshirt
parade which sounds so awful to peo-
pie who do not Know gay and hilarious
students is pardonable. Columbia col
lege students when the institution
was down town had an annual eXhi-
bition of that character on Fifth ave-
nue.. Of course the students wear
nightgowns over their clothes, though
some country people suppose the boys
merciful in considering such perform
ances to recall that young men not in
college, but at the critical age are oft
en- indulging in much more harmful
deviltry.
When Pat Walsh Ruled the Campus.
1t is not the easiest thing in the
world to apprehend riotous students.
When they invaded the laundry of La
dies Hall they wore handkerchiefs
over their faces. No student can be
forced to "tell' on others; it would
mean tar and feathers in a like COM
munity of youth, whether in a uni
versity or elsewhere. An organized
student body would be warranted in
insisting that offenders Of their own
number make themselves known; or
be officially listed; and in some col
leges leading students are punished
whether guilty or not, on the theory
that the offense is an offense of the
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