The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-07
JUST: BETLUEEN YOU IND ME

IF my might have done,
have arranged for the insalment Indian Boyhood"
printed last week. with the Min
neapois papers the topic Nicknames According
American way ncknames, for
they generally something fitting incident
the of the bearers In Indian Boyhood" printed
week, for instance DR..
were given the names Kicked by awn and Caught
gained startling
cidents clearly indicated names give nick
names 1t is than likely that the majority OF the
hyphenated Indian tribes such
origin .a.z1
Generally speaking, presume papers published
carry sting at the
present time though they at the time they
first applied But of those rejected must have
hurt every time they We're used Ncknames which touch
upon any physical characteristic physical defect for
which bearer responsible generally in
Fatty Shorty" and such of course,
hardly into this crueties but the touch
ing real nfrmity is than cruel The other
little girl, homey little evidently, wrote to her
bosom friend my dear dear friend Bessie: I sad
and hope shall soon die You do not know what to be
homey called sheeny, monkey, big teeth Chinaman
friend ving-Laura." -~=s=~~ .-+~@ -
Now how many among circle Of schoolmates might
feel the of the the ncknaes
which they are obliged to answer? Children will tease is
often made why children
should be cruel, brutal to fasten
upon afflicted schoomate which will make him always
acute of his physical shortcomings by the
of others not Intentionally cruel perhaps in
things, but thoughtless
that long there girls and boys there will be nick
but do think twice before taking physical inrmy
deformity as the peg upon which to hang nickname
have heard city go into the
country the first time make all of amusing
blunders the sights of the but have
thought what just seeing people people, people by
the of thousands would to
country boy city time? IT
people before" such boy simply.
thousands gathered together
Minneapolis,
stand what he Even to who has the sight
time it still wonderful thing that s If he
take time the circus things to notice the people,
much wonderful then, the sight be to
familiar only with gatherings Of fifty hundred people
at church at pcnics in the country Sometimes it is
amusing just to imagine oneself in such different
roundings, a truth prob
ably would be stranger than the mind picture
Some Of the Juniors do to understand the
lone year. rule for Junior buttons. That H they under
stand that it is only perhaps but they do not
begins with the September opening
school, instead of at Juniors who received
the printed after September L.
1902 will not receive
enber 1908 have received number Of notices of late
buttons had not been and looking the
matter have found that button sent between Sep
tember thus making the zone button year.
specified in the rules.
up his John Fred is in
clned to think that Ed is not good as he John and Ed
themselves with the thought "Never
mind, be president of the United States some day.
circumstances surrounding
presidency concerned boy rise to its honor
Benjamin has interesting article
the March St. Nicholas and after making the
to the Presidency is simplicity
ITSELF merely citizen
within the United States and that he
be elected majority of votes in the nation There
millions of boys who in time will meet all of these
quirernents but the last Il
SO really OF it's being perfectly field
must depend practically the impression that he
upon fellow That impression must be-in
especialyone Of strength character rmness
mind vision broadness of view and
national issue, whether domestic foreign
dispose Of it honorab and with honor to the country
merely the see who native born citizen
resident certain number Of and not less than thirty
It the who answers to these de