NORMAL T I M E S At VOLUME 1 Central State Normal LOCK HAVEN, PA., JANUARY School 3,1923 NUMBER 4 Y. W. Bazaar a Big Success—A Sanctioned by the Faculty, Or- Alden's "Why the Chimes Rang" Eleven Seniors Assigned for Half Year—Normal Supervisors ganized and Ready to Given in Chapel — Brings Real Christmas Tree and the See Excellent Work Go—at Last! "Really Santa Claus" Down the House 'Twas not the niglit before Christmas, b u t Santa Clans was there. He just had to come to the combined Cliristmas party and bazaar of the Y. W. on Saturday evening, December 16. If he had not come, he would have missed the huge Christmas tree, resplendent with colored balls, tinsel, and lights, in the center of the room. H e would have missed the wonderful mind-reader. Gashing Gussie, borrowed from Eingling Brotliers sideshoAV for that evening onl.v, togetlier witli lier suave manager, Hester Liddle; and he would not have seen tlie energetic shaking-up which, under hypnotic influence, of course, slie gave to our sedate Mr. McDougall. He would have missed the three quaint ladies, redolent of lavender and old hay, who came from the thriving village of Pumpkin Center, to mingle, open-moutlied in \vonder, with the fashionable throng of city folks. He would have missed the wandering gypsy from the wilds of Bohemia, who read past, present, and future iu the turning of her cards; the clever Japanese maidens, with their table-load of real oriental antiques; the fish pond; Marcella, the cone-dipper; the candy booths; the fancy work; the leedle shtreet band, led by Mr. Drum and Mr. Trembatli; he would have missed everytliiiig. Worse than that—for Santa has lived a long time, and jierhaps he has seen such scenes before—all of C. S. N. S. would have missed Santa. For all of C. S. N. S. was there to see him. They crowded the g y m ; they spent their Christmas car-fare on gewgaws; they laughed and shouted and misbehaved like little ladies; but all the time they were just waiting for Santa; he was the lion of the evening. And wlien he apjieared a t last, all in a whirl, with Guy l.uck and Herlister, the Benfer twins, picking up the jiackagos that he left in tlie wake of his sleigli— oh, graybeards, you should have seen Kosetta aud Joanna and Edythe and Mildred then. It would have renewed your oft-battered faith in the dear old myths of childliood. Tliey shouted and cheered and jumped up and down, they .•Irill all the other chihlren, and asked in incredulous shouts, "Is he r e a l ? " and carried on just like—just like C. S. N. S. on a holiday. Santa surel.y was a good old sport. No one was disappointed. It anyone had tohl liim of certain high crimes and niisdenieanors, he had forgotten them. (Continued on page 3) When a bunch of hard wishers quit wishing aud get to shoving, something lias to give. Tliere was supposed to be insuperable opposition to a girls' basketball team somewliere about the classic halls of C. S. N. S. For some reason when Miss Butler and a group of local live wires quit wishing and started shoving, the opposition just was not tliere. The facult.v, assured that athletics for the girls who could make the school team would in no way lessen the opportunity of athletics for everyone, endorsed the formation of the team without a murmur. Mr. Drum promised his support. In jig time there was a husky squad of candidates working out on the gym floor, and, although it is too early to assume that any position is finally assigned, a tentative team is ready to carry the colors of C. S. N. S. into competition with other schools. Neta Wliite has been elected captain. The guiird posts will fall to E u t h Summersgill and Edith Ash. Hilda Leathers ;ind IjUcille Burnliam appear to have the inside track for center and side center. Sarah Hanna, Anne Kennedy, and Neta Wliite are arguing it out for forwards. Katherine Cawle,y, Helen Dittmar, Mildred Ericson, and several others arc putting up strong bids for positions. Sounds good, doesn't it? (Answer, eaclio, answer: "You bet it does!") Indications point to a s.atisfactory schedule, despite the late start, especially since many of the first class high schools in this district are beginning to see the light, and are returning to girls rules for girls teams. Just now negotiations are on for a game witli Williamsport Higli girls for January !>, aud with Altoona High, Tyrone High, a Bucknell team, and Juniata. At least (Continued on page 8) TELEPHONE TROUBLES EXPLAINED IN CHAPEL Tlie student body during the chapel period, December 17, took a trij) through the central offices of the Bell Telephone Coiii]jany. A party of four from the Williamsport offlce of the Bell Telephone Company put on a series of short talks and sketches that, to everyone's surprise, proved to be one of the best entertainment features of the year. The announcement on the bulletin boards had sounded rather prosy. This write-up achieves the same effect. An .ajiology should be tendered to Mr. M.allalicii. Miss Anna lliser, .Miss Jlargaret (Continued on page 6) The play production class literally and figurativel.v brought down the house by their presentation of "Why the Cliimes Hang," in chapel Tuesday morning, December 20. At the climax of tlie play, when the pla.vers and the audience were hushed, waiting for the miraculous chimes to ring, down came the plaster in the off-stage dressing room, half of the ceiling falling. No one was hurt, however; and the cast, recovering more quickly than some members of the audience, went smoothly on as though no interruption hud occurred, meriting by their acting as well as b,y their poise the appl.ause whicli brought down tlie liouse in another sense at the end of the performance. The story of the plaj' deals with the self-sacrifice of a little Flemish peasant lad, Halgar, played by Beatrice Amour, who gives up his heart's wish, that of going to the big cathedral in the nearby city, to attend the Christmas services, in order to minister to the needs of a. poor old woman who has come to their door, half frozen and more than half famished. He watches his Uncle Bertel, Esther Carlson, and his brother Steen, Helen May, depart to see the King and his courtiers at the service, and to see the rumored fulfillment of the promised miracle of the ringing of the chimes iu tlie liigli steeide of the cathedral, chimes which only the angels could ring, and they only when a perfect gift was offered to the Christ Child a t the high altar. An unannounced miracle occurs: the old woman, a spirit in disguise (Mildred Fickes) causes the walls of Halgar's home to fall away, and he is translated to the cathedral, where, after the King's crown, the rich woman's jewels, and the courtiers' gifts li.ave failed, Halgar's pennies, humbly offered, cause the chimes to peal merrily. Edith Ash, the priest, in a part to which not a word was assigned, scored a real success. Others in the cast, not l)reviously named, were: Courtier i i a r y Tliompson Rich Woman Gertrude Harper Noble Dorothea Kessinger The King Loretta Funk The Angel Amelia List The Scholar Hazel Johnson Young Girl Elsie Furst No account of the iila.v would be complete which did not extend well merited praise to Ila/.el Johnson, Jbiry Thompson, Genevieve Hicker, and Caroline SIcCllntock for the e.vceediiigl.v effective (Continued on page 2) Mr. McDougall and Miss Himes for the past throe weeks have been busier than lieavers, visiting the new members of the training school faculty in the city schoolrooms, selecting student teachers able to derive the greatest benefit and to do the best actual teaching under the supervision of each ; rearranging and adjusting schedules of nornial seniors, and so on. Eleven seniors have been put to work. Four of these are in the Kobb School, three in the Penn School, and two each in the Roosevelt and the Lincoln Schools. These eleven will teach for one half of the number of weeks remaining this year, and will tlieii be replaced b.v eleven others, according to the agreement driiwn up between and accepted liy the city school board and the normal school. The new training teachers and flic students assigned to them a r e : Miss lin. iliss Miss Miss ROBB SCHOOL ilartliii Lay, I'riii.— Ruth ScantDessa Grosser—Ameli;i List. Is;ibclla ilann—Lydia Custer. Hazel Grey—Augusta Howard. PENN SCHOOL Miss Mae llarleman—^M.arie Moran. Miss Frieda Bauman—Sadie Zimmerman. Miss Mary Bryerton—Ruth Donovan. ROOSEVELT SCHOOL Miss Salome Harmon—Ruth Morrall. Miss Florence VandeBogart—Elizabeth Gates. LINCOLN SCHOOL Miss Edna 1). Rich—Gwendolyn Glise. Miss Esther Lowry—Kathryn Cawley. Upon the (piality of tlie work done by these eleven girls and upon the spirit (Continued on page 4) NOTED LECTURER INTERPRETS MACBETH "Macbeth, the disintegration and damnation of a groat soul, is the blackest and most hopeless of Sh;ipespcare's trageilies," said Professor Frederick IJ. Losey, of New York, on ilonday afternoon, December 12, in his lecture to the normal stinlents. "The characters in his other tragedies die in comparative peace, but Macbeth dies with a curse on his lips. "The keynote of the play is 'Fair is foul and foul is fair,' one of the greatest of human truths. Forces of evil alwii.vs meet a man during his hours of greatest success, as they met :Maclieth. (Continued on paye 2) NORMAL Current E v e n t s ('lia]iel was conducted on Tuesday inoriiliig, December 12, by the members of Mr. Sulliv.an's sociology class. Fred Hunter lead the devotional exercises, and introduced Marie Smith and Emily Brown, who siioke on current news events. Marie .Smith's subject was Clenieuceau's visit to the United States. Clemenceaii, she said, came to the United States to eJciilain to Americans the true condition of France as the result of the war. He wished us to see that the war is not y e t to be forgotten, and to enlist the siiiiport of the United States in making the treaty with Germany jirotect France.. Emily Brown spoke on President Harding's mes.sage to the Senate, in which he said that the United States must think a great ileal niion .and weigh carefully these <|uestions: )irohibition, •agriinltural aid, and regulation of transportation. He ;ilso stressed the iml)ort;iiice of iirii|ier ex.aniination of immigrants. SOCIOLOGY CLASS CHALLENGE ALPHA SIGMA TAU TO SEE THE SHEIK The lirst section of the sociology class lias clKillengeil the second section to a debate on tlic proposed ameudmeut to the Constitution, changing the manner of election and altering the term in office of tlic President. The challenge has been accepted b.y the second section. The verbal fray will take place iu chapel on Tuesday morning, January i). Guy Luck and tinice Hoover will oppose Gertrude Harper and Fred Hunter. Members of the Aliiha Sigma Tau found it impossible to wait until December 2.") for :i Christnuis party, so thej' celebrated on Friday evening, December ].•), in their dormitory "home." To make it a real Christmas ijarty, Santa brought each member a present, and also a load of good things to eat. The party would have been going on yet if someone could have choked off the pesky old bell. The most startling event in current history at C. S. N. S. occurred December IS, when the news spread like wildfire that the girls who wished to do so might go down to see The Sheik. Coats and hats were thrown on any waj' at all, mone.v was borrowed from all the vulgar rich, anil :i grand rush was made to the main liall, wliere the chaperons. Miss (iabriel and ]\liss .Vvery, were waiting. Fifty strong, the party went aud saw and were coniiuered. Thanks are extended to all i-oiiccrneil with this dispensation. YET WE DO THIS A current histoiy test was given to all the seniors and juniors during the 11:20 period, Wednesda.v, December 20. This test, prepaieil by the Review of Reviews, discovered the extent to which each of us was or was not keejiing u]) to present day history. The following verse sums up the feeling of most of u s : 1 used to think I knew I knew. But now, 1 must confess. The more 1 know I know 1 know, 1 know 1 know the less. We thank the Review of Reviews for Mario: "Why don't you lift your their little gift to us, :nid wish them a Worried Cliristnnis :inil a Jlope-y New feet?" Helen: "Sa,v, what else am I doing?" Year. IFarie, complacently: "Setting them down." A Blanket of Fleecy White News items are news ilciiis, bill snow storms a r e snow stonus. Tluit sounds vague, iicrliajis, lint it iiicans a whole lot. When ill the wild st I'ligglc fur news items as is news items, n snow storm drops in iincxijcctcdly. wc rcall.v should let it go ;it tlnit, and keeji right on hus\'ictor llaiu'\- spent Suiiilii.v, December tling for news, but wc ;irc not going to. 1(1, with his Ijiiitlu'r iit Queens Run. Rather we arc going out into the snow Fi rilcrick iluntcr siient the same week:iiiil tiinilile aroniiil a liit, wiisli some end iit ,leiHC.\' Sliore. ^\lwa\'s la'iidy to one's f:ice .and get ouis washeil iu recat, is Freddie. turn, ni;ike ;i slippeiy sli.le, jiud slide— Laurii Dolan, '22, ciiinc down from Eland sliji—and, tliiinv snowballs, ;iiiil dodge siu)wli;ills, :iiiil get snow down our dred to see whilt could be done iibout necks and into our s.ysteni; let the news gctliiig Gertrude into a little mischief. struggle for itself a while. .Maltha Dice and Miirgaret Miller iire I t is re:il fun to be alile to forget iu the infirmiir,v; tonsilitis; sorry. Cheer all of our eiglitoen years, to be able to up, Marthii and P e g ; .vou have the satisyell and r u n iind b e a kid again. Of fiiction of enjo,ying the new (|uarters course t h e real kids laugh at our child- before most of us. ish a t t e m p t s at being eight, but let them Russell Bowser was operiited on for h.ave their laugh; the fun is ours while appendicitis at the Lock Haven hospital it lasts. on December 6. He is recuperating rapidly. TIMES HANDWRITING DEMONSTRATION Sixth Grade Lesson Interesting to Observe That penmanship has an .absorbing history was shown to the normal students in chapel on Friday morning, December 8, when thirteen pupils from the sixth grade of the training school gave il demonstration lesson in handwriting. The pupils traced the development of penmanship from the time when men wrote on stone slabs up to t h e present muscular movement, each pupil tiikiug one of the steps and discussing it full.v. A number of the pupils iilso quoted what viirious people have said idiout the value of good handwriting. Under the direction of Florence Beiis, a student teacher, the pupils then gave a demonstration of one of their regnliir penmanship lessons. They illustrated how in one lesson the iiecesstiry preliminarj- drills for the formation of ;i given letter are given, the letter introduced and priicticed, iind its ajiiiliciition made in typical words. Iviin Mechtl.v conducted the devotioiiiil exercises before the demonstriitioii. (ii-ii.vce, trying vainly to write ii breezy item for .Mr. Treinbath's class in ciiuijiosition: "Oh, gee, do you think I'll get skinned if I liiive so niiiny sentences crossed out?" Cleonii: "That's all right, dciir; the less he liiis to rciid, the less he'll liiive to correct." Thiit's sisters for yon! Tliiit mysterious sign ! Who put it on tlie liullctin board? What did i t mean? Who iire the Jaw-Boners? Where is the Teni]ile of iliistication? Who took the sign down? Still a mystery; iill ii myst e r y ; ])erliiips alwiiys il ni,ystery. US A N D O T H E R S PLAY PRODUCTION CLASS IN CHRISTMAS PLAY (Continued from pace 1) :iltar a n d st:iin('il glass window effect which they iiroduced for the c:itliedral scene; a n d to Miss (Jabriel, both for the self-control under difficulties of her "coachees," and for working the real miracle of the m o r n i n g ; causing the back wall of the cottage to move when and as it was supposed to. Some bean! we, the day room gang, will cnlcitiiiii you to the extent of our limited ineans. lliiving noted, four items jireviousl.v, thiit Miirtha Dice and Peg Miller were in the infirmary, it gives us joy here to iinnouiicc that they arc out iigiiin, and home for Christmas with the rest of t h e crowil. Beats iill what some folks will do to get their iiiimes in the piiper. Miss Yiile's mother spent most of her Christmas liolidii,ys in the infirmary. At the time this iiajicr goes to press she liiis convalesced sufficiently to return to Miss Y'ale's apartment. We extend to her Normal Times' best wishes for a speedy return to her usual merry good health. Belvie iilso spent much of the holiday Miss Viviiin Livingston, a student at Bucknell, sjient Wednesday, December period in bed, under Dr. McGhee's and 20, with liet little sister, Iva, of the Diiy Mrs. CresswcU's care. I t will take more tliiin nervous indigestion to keep Belvie Room. Miss Alice Wieseu, a dormitor,y social in bed after January 3, however. No leader, was a recent visitor to the day matter what his doctor calls it, we a r e room. Her visit was very brief, and liersuiidetl tliiit he wiis lonesome for us, strictly on business. Welcome, Alice; iind that all he needs is the sonnil of our come again and bring your friends with voices ill the halls to bring him biick to .you. Although our abode is humble. his accustonied iiosts of duty. NOTED LECTURER INTERPRETS MACBETH (Continued from page 1) "At the opening of the play he was not a wicked m a n ; he was a good man, but human; b u t even a man innocent in mind could have responded to evil suggestion as Macbeth did. "Lady Macbeth is entirely feminine iind practical. When Macbeth says, ' I diire do all that may become a man,' she pours out a bit of feminine exaggeration intended to spur him onto the murder. "As a consequence of the murder, Miicbeth sees that he must live a life of f eiir. He says, 'If it were done, when 'tis done,' realizing that what is done is never done, but goes on throughout eternity. Ladj' Miicbeth Iciiriied the eteriiiil truth of this through suft'ering iind iigoiiy of soul. Even God cannot take awii,y the scars of s i n ; He can only forgive. "Of the two priiiciiuils, Macbeth has the stronger chiiracter; Liid.v Miicbeth commits suicide, but he challenges fiite until the end." The lecture of the afternoon piived the way for a deeper understanding of the forces at work in the play, brought into life in Professor Losey's dramatic lireseiitation of all but the minor scenes of the plii.y tliiit evening. His excellent speaking voice caused every word to carry over to the fair-sized audience, and his draniiitic ability ciiused the significance of each speech to carry over also. Despite the iliHicult.v of shifting from chiiracter to character, the human qualities of ciicli of the more striking persoiiiililies of the play were vividly delineiitcd. As iin emotional experience. Professor Lose.v's presentation could be second only to that created by one of the greatest Shakespearean companies in the same jiliiy. If such a company^ should conic lierc now, those C. S. N. S. students who atteudod Professor Losey's presentation could follow the play with t h e rich reward that onlj' those who give intelligent iittention Ciiu receive. Page Sherlock Holmes! .\s yet the collector of scientific objects resiionsiblc for the mysterious siK'cinicii of Moniliiy morning, December IS, has not been discovered, b u t the net is being drawn closer; the science cliiss's invcsligation is well under wa.y. On thiit Monday morning a small, roundish, greenish, cotton-filled biill Wiis piissed iiround the cliiss. Thp amount of curiosity it iiroused was positivel.y iilarniiug. "What in the world is i t ? " "Huh! that's a Polyphemus cocoon— no. I mean a Prometheus cocoon." "It is n o t ; it is the nest of the cottonboll weevil." "Say, Mr. Ulmer, isn't that a pufl:ball?" And so on, and much more to this effect. With the instinct of a gifti'd tciicher, Mr. Ulmer seized the opportunit.y, iind for five minutes, while the class situation was thus motiviited, he discoursed on the hiibits of the niiile iind female huniliiig, whose curious nest liiid been so thoroughly exiimined. The moral of all this i s : Never spring on a science instructor of more thiin six months experience a cherry from liist season's Easter bonnet. NORMAL NORMAL TIMES TIMES THEY ALSO PLAY WHO NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS THE LIFE OF A ONLY SIT AND CHEER GOOD RESOLUTION NO DEAN WILL KEEP Normal Times is publislipd at Cpntral State Normal RPIIOOI by tho stnclent body as a whole. It appears every other Wednesday duriiiK the school year. The subscription rate for this year B.v the time this issue of Xormal 1 do hereby resolve, this first da.y of The Same Old Story in a Normal is $1.50. It is not part of the policy of this paper to produce copies for general sale. fr-pi" with believe the new co-operativ'e training plan will work as all idans work wdieu her hat on? Did Hungry Burgeson's stiff neck have every one concerned is pulling together. Miss Himes commented enthusiastianything to do with the concert she gave call.v also ui5on the delightful senii-dithe evening before? Where does Skinney get that stuff rected freedom of t h e smaller children when she lectures to us ou i)oliteuess in il number of the classrooms she visited; ujjon the remarkable development in the dormitory? How does Neta White get her work even in some of the first grade rooms of done so tluit she ciin always be visiting children's initiative and self-responsibility; upon the happiness of the chilsomeone in the dorm? dren at their work; upon, in brief, the How can we do our reference work for evidences of well-balanced development. Ed when the books iire iilways in reMr. McDougall mentioned the orderserve ? ly, systematic, and prompt exchange of TEST NO. FOUR rooms by the departmental classes, aud Imaginative Faculties the well-pliinned jirogriims iind supervisory schedules shown to him, evidences What would hiippi'ii if: of an eflicient iidministrative poliej-; Girls' meetings wvri' eliniiniited? also upon the provision of equipment The Arbor iind Titus' were closed? fur visual education, a most progressive Art, Ed, iind Gym were expelled? All items luiuded in for Normal Times deiiarture in school work. Both supervisors stated that the prowere accepted? Mr. McDougall's secretary were to re- fessional spirit of the teachers of the elemcntar.v schools of this city would be sign? Helen Cherry aud Marie Crain failed with diliiciilty exceeded in any school systi'iii in the stiite. to get specials? Our Reputation Demands- Good Service W e Aim to Give It 0 HILTON & HEFFNER Modern Pharmacists Quality Shoe Repairing J. F. TORSELL BELLEFONTE AVE. F. I. TITUS Groceries and Confectionery Lunches 644 W e s t Main Street Christmas Savings C l u b s for 1923 Start the New Vear Right First National Bank of Lock Haven, Penna. I NORMAL BETTY JANE'S RESOLUTION "Hurry up, girls, the proctor is comi n g " : that was the beginning of the disaster. With thumijs aud bangs a wash-basin dropped from third floor down to second, and on down to first, while coffee streamed over the stairs aud balusters. A scramble iu the hall; the basin and as much of the coffee as could be gathered up were hidden under towel and bathrobe. When the poor, sleepy iiroctor came down the hall, she saw nothing but innocent little Betty Jane, quietly but swiftly making her way up the stairs, disturbing no one. Yet no proctor after such a racket could go back to bed without scolding someone; she set sail after Betty Jane. Betty Jane put ou more speed. Her appearance was innocent enough, but the basin and the coffee, not to mention the coffee on the stairs, would be hard to explain, should they be discovered. The proctor hastened also, temper mounting, sleep disappearing; she had not expected to climb all those stairs a t 11:30; besides, Betty Jane had almost reached her room. She called but received no answer. Just as her temper began to subside, she subsided also, sharply, swiftly, on the stairs, into t h e slippery coffee. And so, next morning, Betty J a n e reported to the Student Council. She told her story, carefully, minutely, exactly; then waited for her sentence. W h a t would happen now? Her heart was in her throat. There are many, many sentences t h a t might have been passed on Betty Jane, iind justly. There are many, many sentences that should have been passed. But the council was full of the m e r r y charity of Christmastime. After all, Betty Jane had been before them only three times. After all, the slip from grace—Betty Jane's, not the coffee's— was understandable. They excused her this time. They wish her "Merry Christmas." Now, this explains Betty Jane's New Year's resolutions: . 1. Never to make coffee again in the student kitchen after 10:00 i). m. and 2. Before she comes back from her vacation to get a holder that will hold, just in case. The Brushwood Boy The other evening Bill Skelton and Ernest Schrot decided to have a slumber party. The night being rather cold, Ernest piled on his bed all the covers he could find. In the morning Skelton awoke with a bang. He could see on the other bed nothing but a heap of covers. After a drows.y moment, he called, "Is that you, Ernest?" In a wee, sniiiU, smothered, doubtful voice Ciinie back: "I don't know; is i t ? " And that is why Belvie's bell rings a half hour early. Gret, inspecting one of the renovated rooms: "Oh, they vaccinated your room, didn't they. . . . "Of course I meant 'varnished' it." TIMES THE CAMPUS COURSES WM. K E I N E R After Christmas Sale In Our Ready-to-Wear Department Wonderful Values In Dresses, Coats and Suits — all High Grade Garments Have you ever eaten ice cream in a refrigerator on a cold day in winter! That is exactly what Mr. Ulmer's geography class did on Saturday morning, December 9, when that ijopular instructor gave fresh evidence of his pleasing habit of taking his classes to visit places of interest, lu connection with a methods project for searching out first-hand information in home geography, the will-be teachers went to Achenbaeh's ice cream and refrigerating plant, where they both saw ice and ice cream actually manufactured, and learned how fresh made ice cream right out of an lionestto-goodness freezer tastes. PATIENCE REWARDED "Y'ep, they were out, and we have seen them—at last," say the juniors. What? The stars. For four long weeks Mr. Ulmer planned a star-giiziug trip. Dates were set, and set, and set; and they passed, and passed, and iiassed. The stars Once in the Stilly Night At 10:00 p. m. Amy Peters started simply would not accommodate Mr. Uldown the hall, with her, "Good-night, mer ; when he was ready to go out, they did not come out; when they did come (Note:—Just as old and more impor- girls. Good-night, girls." out, one of those extension courses had tant than usual). She came to Hazel Barrett's door. appropriated h i m ; we believe they "Good-night, Hazel . . . Good-night, December 12: The girls who went to knew it. Hazel." Harrisburg are still raving about the However, a propitious day, weather, No reply. eats at the Plaza. night, did arrive; and when i t did a Hester Liddle poked her head out of large class—yes, an unusually large class December 13; No 9:20 classes; faculty her door, and volunteered, "Hazel went —accompanied their professor on a puremeets; obey that impulse: Hooray. to bed at 8:00." ly scientific expedition to the rear tennis December 14: Skelton aud Eberly spent Amy passed on, but turned sharply courts. From this point of vantage were the evening i n Flemington. aud came back to call again, "Good- observed the North Star, two sizes of night, Hazel. Hazel! We must have an Dippers, and other heavenly bodies less December l . j : Skinney was not hungry. answer from her." well known to but of equal interest to December 16: This being the last SaturEthylene Lee, all worked up about it, the class. 'Twas worth waiting for. day before vacation. Miss Yale offered went to the door iilso, and rapped and A LITTLE GAME OF FREEZE-OUT 10:20 permits to all those desiring pounded until the noise penetrated them. There were no applicants. The ever vigilant class in nature study Hazel's slumbers. She came to her door, has lived up to its name once more. December 17: Third floor took a silence still in a dream. test. No one passed. "What's wrong? What time is it? Tuesday morning, December 12, the students fared forth, clad in viiriously What do you want. Ethylene?" December 18: Mildred Stonemetz smiled. appropriate and appropriated wraps, "We just wanted to find out whether from scarfs to goo-lashes, and armed December 19: Mr. Trembath excused all you were asleep, that's all." with pencils and note-books, to tread classes three minutes early. "Well! The next time I find myself the frozen grass of the front campus in December 20: Mary Hile received a falling off to sleep early, I'll put a sign search of varieties of maple trees. special delivery from State. on my door to tell you so." Studiously they detect-ivated and That is a good idea; but why not classified six types, distinct as to kind, December 21: Everyone downhearted; practice talking in your sleep. Hazel? compelled to go home. structure, and color, by noting bark, liranches, and leaves, while the thermometer dropped steadily. Time for the bell summoning to the next class found the trees still there, observable; but only a few of the juniors were observing. The rest? Ask LOCK HAVEN, PA. the weather man. WM. K E I N E R THE CALENDAR CLINTON T R U S T CO. Capital $200,000 Surplus $80,000 Designated Depository Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. City of Lock Haven. Lock Haven School District. Central State Normal School. 3% I N T E R E S T PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS Tough Luck, Gus The first gron|i seniors have been making projects iu arts class. Augusta Howard was chairman of the "desert project." She had one large tent b y the oasis and what seemed to be several smaller ones at some distiince. "Why don't you move the smaller tents neiirer to the large one!" asked Miss Yiile. "What sniiiUer t e n t s ? " inquired Gus. "1 mean tliese," answered Miss Y'ale, iis she ]ioiiitcd to the sniiiller white things. "Oh, they're not t e n t s ; they're Arabs," replied Gus, as she looked frantically about for a knot hole to crawl into. NORMAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLIC SPEAKING TIMES Shake's Juniors Perform Tffart Schaffner ^ Mlarx Several of our boys liiive been introduced to the oratory-loving public recently. Mr. L. J. Ulmer luid promised to give il lecture and to provide some other entertainment to the Chemistry Every garment must give Club of the Avis High School on Fridiiy evening, December 8. He kept his promise, made his speech, and—furnished the entertainment: Steiihen Kydesky, Ivan Mechtly, Ernest Schrot, and William Skelton, the Impromptu Vaudevillians. Stephen spoke first, contenting himself with acknowledging his introduction and blushing vigorously, to enthusiastic applause. His thoughtfulness niiide it passible Money's Worth for Ivan Mechtly to devote ample time to "A Short Story From a Scientific Point of View." H e tiilked so long and TELEPHONE TROUBLES earnestly to the teachers and fair j-oiing EXPLAINED IN CHAPEL hisses and lads that Ernest Schrot be(Continued from page 1) gan to fear that his little stunt would Lundy, iind Mr. Young for our iiuibility be crowded out. to put into iirint the real enjoy-ability To Schrot's delight, Mechtly eventually of their expliinations and manner of ran out of breath. Seizing the opiiortu- presentiition. nit.v, Schrot giive his favorite reading, Jlr. ilalliilieu showed in stereoptican "Bo.vs were Queer When We Were slides the telephone lines and ofiices as Y'oung." they were in the early days of the teleHis ileviation from science niiide such ])lioiie. He then introduced Miss Lundy, a hit thiit William decided to follow suit. a long distance operator, who tiilked of With introductory remarks about the her work, and explained the difference life at C. S. N. S., he hiunched into between the station-to-statiou call, the Edgiir Guest's "She I'owders Her Nose." person-to-person call, and the apjiointWhilt that lias to do with life at C. S. ment call. She gave a number of surN. S. we who were not there fail to see. prises when she explained the rates of When we iiowder, the nose is only one some of these calls. "More people would incident in the da.y's work. use the telephone," she siiid, "if they For some rejison, the bo'ys made ii knew the chiinge in rates at certain genuine hit. When the members of the hours of the day. It is possible to telescience club felt thiit they could not phone to Chicago for seventy-five cents, claim iiny more of t h e party's time, they if one uses the station-to-station call extended a very, very pressing invita- after twelve P. i L The same call in the tion to Mr. Ulmer to come back again, day time would be $3.75." Miss Anne Hiser showed what hapand to bring the young men with him. I t must have been Steve's blushes that pened when the telephone receiver is lifted, and why the telephone user, did it. through carelessness or lack of information, is often responsilile for the poor Price's Christmas Program service of which he complains. Price is always glad to welcome ChristMiss lliser. Miss Lundy, Mr. Malhilieu, mas and with it Santii Cliius. , Fridii.y iind i l r . Young finished their program evening. December 15, found her with with il most amusing skit, showing the the stage iill set for a real "night be- habits of certain types of telephone fore Cliristuiiis" iirograni. She bad it, users. It Wiis high comed.v, and not a too, with all the triniuiings. few of us recognized ourselves or some of our friends in the teletiends they The iirogriim: siitirized. Price song. Mlicl)ael Sterns