NORMAL TIMES
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VOLUME 5

Central

State

Normal

LOCK HAVEN, PA., MARCH

School

24,1927

NUMBER 11

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Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie, Dean of the
School of Education, New York Universitj', visited C. 8. N. S. and addressed
the students in Chapel, Thursday, March
10, on several phases of teacher training.
His visit, planned and arranged for bjDr. Armstrong, was a surprise to both
the faculty aud students.
Dr. Suhrie's talk centered geuer.alljabout tho teachers and teacher's colleges.
His observations of the different types
of college spirit or "Feeling" made both
during his teaching and his traveling
enable him to bo a well-prepared ,iudge.
Dr. Suhrie said t h a t he found, in general, a higher sense of duty and respoii
sibility among students of the teacher
colleges than among students of otlier
colleges.
A S T I R R I N G MOMENT FROM "ADAM AND E V A "
He also notices a changed pupil-teachJames King, to his family's consternation:
"From noia on you're going to have
er reaction. The old rule was t h a t of
a new father—and here lie is!"
competition between pupils and teachLeft to right: Adam Smith, Horace Pilgrim, .lames King, Clinton DeWitt,
ers; the new is that of co-operation. His Eva King, Julie DeWitt, Lord Andrew, Miss Abby Rocker.
favorite definition of a good school is
given here so that all may remember it
as he wished: "A good school is a place
where young people of anj' age come
together to educate themselves a n d each
other, with the help of good teachers."
Dr. Suhrie believes that the basis of
good school work lies in tho development of responsibility. Have a person
believing that tho success of a pro.ject
Smartest
depends on him a n d he will do his best Senior Play Splendidly Acted and Staged
work to have it succeed. "The amount
Performance in Years
of responsibility given now determines
that spirit of all future work."
"Adam and Eva," a comedy in three
Kathleen Hendricks, as Eva King, the
Dr. Suhrie echoed the late Dr. Elliot's
belief, that a reall,y good teacher must Jicts, was splendidly presented hy the .vounger d.aughter, was the star of the
Senior Class, Friday evening, March 11. jday. Iler lovely voice, as well as her
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The big audience were unanimous in dram.atie abilitj', contributed to her succalling it tho best staged play here in cess. Her solo was a delightful surBUCKNELL PROFESSOR
prise and lent much to the atmosphere
many j'ears.
SPEAKS IN VESPERS The comic characters were especially of tho play.

Brilliant Acting Marks
"Adam and Eva"

A Bucknell man, Prof. Bond, head of
the Department for Instruction in Religious Education at Bucknell, delivered
a most interesting and timely address to
the students who attended Vespers on
Sunday evening, Marcli C.
Tho main theme of Prof. Bond's informal talk to tho students was tho evident confusion existing in the minds of
college students today in respect to some
of the big problems confronting them.
He explained that college suicide, which
is on tho increase, is due largely to
this confusion. I n seeking ix solution
to the problem. Prof. Bond referred to
the Great Teacher, and His method of
settling this confusion which existed
among the Disciples in tho early Mediterranean world.
As a fitting conclusion ho said that
students in general could help each other by presenting themselves as Christ
did—a living example of the faith ho
preached.

appreciated by the students. Clinton DeWitt, played by Cy Williams; Horace
Pilgrim, pl.ayed by Sterl Artley, and
Lord Andrew, played by Lloj'd Bauman,
drew manj' laughs from the audience.
"Cliiit,y's" "pious idea" a n d Lord Andrew's English bywords are still echoing througii the dormitories. Sterl Artlev made an excellent life insurance
salcsinan when he, as Uncle Iloraeo, went
to work with the rest of the King family.
.Tames King, the "p.ater," was plaj'cd
bj' Edward Sherkel. Sherkel has done
good work in several school plays, but
his iiart in "Adam and E v a " ho plaj'cd
better than any other he has taken here.
Djivid tJlmer, as Adam Smith, Jlr. King's
business manager, drew the sj'uipathj' of
the audience when the King family
didn't live up to his ideals of a home,
and thoir admir.ation when ho planned
to make Mr. King's family prove what
good thej' possessed.

Better than any of the good times yet
in the Art Club was its third .annual
banquet on Friday, March 4. Forty-five
of the members assembled at the New
Fallon Hotel at seven o'clock.
Mr. Valentine C. Kirby, of the State
Department, was the speaker of the evening. Mr. Kirby's talk was on the humorous side of teaching Art and tho
true funnj' incidents put every one in a
good humor.
Miss DuBois gave a short talk on the
work of the Art teachers in the Training Sehool. This talk was of vital interest to those who have taught and
those who expect to teach.
Tho President, Euth Jones, expressed
her ideas as to "An Ideal Art Club,"
.and also read a letter from Miss Yale,
in which she expressed her sorrow at
not being .able to be present at the banquet and wishing the Club all the best
luck in the future.
Jo Paul played a violin solo.
Miss J. C. MeCullouigh, whom the
Seniors know better as Miss Raffle, sang
for tho party and added to the enjoyment. There are onlj- a few boj-s in the
Club thus far, but thej' did their part.
The quartette—Albert Hobba, Ellis Boyer, Paul Vonada and Sterl Artlej-—sang
two songs. Harriet Kelt made a charming toastmistress.
Jliss Atherton and Miss Whitwell were
unable to bo present, much to the regret of the Club.
Dainty place cards and beautiful jiink
and white carnations added an artistic
touch to the occasion.

PERSONAL A N A L Y S I S FOR
GUIDANCE TRIED IN J. H. S.

The gowns of Eva King and Julie DeWitt were beautiful. Tho eccentric costumes of Lord Andrew and Clinton DeWitt were extremely funny, bringing
howls of appreciative Laughter.
Working with Miss Alber and the
c:ist were several eommittees.
The

Suggested by .a section of the work
iu Junior High School Guidance, a personal analj'sis questionnaire was administered to pupils of the Junior High
School bj' Lenore Sliarp, in the attempt
to discover just how much dependable
information can be secured from students by direct questioning. Her results wore embodied in <a term thesis,
which is of such character that Normal
Times is using it in full.
Perhaps tho best feature of her report,
according to Prof. Sullivan, is the cautiousness with which she has drawn her
conclusions, her evident care not t o be
drawn into too-sweeping statements. All
of hor deductions have .apparently been
arrived at with tho exercise of insight
contridled by judgment.
That nearly half of the enrollment in
our Junior High School hope and plan
at this time to go on to education beyond the Senior High School; t h a t
ninety per cent, of them are mentally

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Julie DeWitt, the elder daughter, tho
j-oung matron who is interested only in
social affairs, was played by Marie McNellis. Her sweet personality helped
put her part across. Edith Hopkins convincingly played the part of Miss Abby
Rocker, Mr. King's sister-in-law. This
character was another modern tj'pe, the
intellectual club woman.
Dr. Jack Delamater (Gordon McCloske.v), was one of Eva's suitors and a
friend of the family. Helen Secor was
a verj' sweet parlor maid whose sj'iiijiathj' for Ad:im Smith complicated the
jilot by causing tho family to think she
was ill love with him.

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Mental Development of Mere
Infants Tested
AU caiididales foi- .•idinission to anj'
of the nicire iiiipoita lit colleges and universities are oliligeil tn sulunil to iiitelligeiice tests. ,liist so ii|i to date elemeiitaij- ami secoiidaiy schools are
everywliere inaking use nf siinibir tests
in onler tli.-it their students inay be
lirojieidy cdnssilii'd. Now, going a sle])
fiiitliei-, it has been shown that it is
jKissihle to test .-111 infant's inteUigence
e\'en before he walks.
A most interesting dcinoustiatioil of
such a test was giviMi on the afternoon
of .Mnridi 11 by -Miss Minnie .lane Jlerlells ot the I'sycluddgy |le])aitnient. The
subjects for the test were Miss Caroline
Diack, aged fifteen iiionllis, diingliter of
.Mr. and Mis. George II. Hiack, and John
Marten Long, .-iged eleven months, scui
of Mr. aud Jlrs. J. Franklin Long. In
spite of the fact that the demonstr.ation
took place before a large luimber of
students, both children responded readilj' to the various tests.
One of the most iiiteiestiiig features
of the demonstration was in the waj' in
which the tests brought out the variations in the develoiiment which a few
months dift'erence iu age can make in a
child. No textbook could emphasize so
clearlj' the variations in the responses
of two children. For instance, in the
test for motor co-ordination, Jolinnj' responded iustantlj' bj- carrying the object given him to his mouth, while Miss
Caroline showed her greater powers of
discrimination bj' refusing to put into
her mouth an object not intended for
that purpose. Both children reacted in
almost the same way to the snapping of
a toy cricket, and to the lights used to
test binocular co-ordination. Both were
.able to balance themselves whether in a
chair or Ijdiig fiat on the floor or standing, and to grasp objects presented to
them, thus showing tho opposition of
the thumb. Miss Caroline, however,
showed greater power of speech and a
larger vocabularj'. She also responded
more readilj' to some of tlie later tests,
which Jdhunj' jierfornied oulj' after the
mother's vocalizations.
Both were quick to spit out bits of
bread soaked in vinegar, and rather
loath to accept the lump of sugar offered
in compensjition. I n handling a pencil
and iu recognizing pictures, Caroline
again showed herself superior, while
J o h n n y steadfastly refused to perform
this test several months beyond the examination for his age. Both children
tested bej'ond their chronological ages
by several months, and were tho hapjjiest little tots during the entire demonstration, wdiich lasted over an hour
and which was witnessed bj' nearlj' two
hundred students.

Miss Rearick 111
Miss Elizabeth Rearick, of the Health
Ed. Department of the faculty, was
forced to be absent Wodnesdaj', Thursday and Friday, March 9, 10, and 11.
Miss Eearick has been suffering with
sinus trouble, but is quite recovered now
and is back i n school in charge of her
classes.

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SPRING F L O W E R S
.\bout the surest sign that King Wintei- has loosened his hold upon the earth
is tu see Sluing llowers blooming. There
is siinictliing .•ilioiit seiiig one of these
tlowf'is at this time of j-ear that reminds one of t-oiirage ;MII1 ]ierse\-('i-;ince.
Koi- it' a tlnwci- were hinn;in it ceitainlj'
w-niiiil take lots of bi-a\-ei-j- to lea\-e one's
waiiii bed ivlierc j-(ni had been sloejiiag
all winter and clinil) jibove the covers,
perhaiis in smnc (-uses through snow, to
f,-i(-c the chilly March and April winds
and delivci- the message of the coming
siH-ing. Kelile has very aptly s t a t e d :
"The ]o\-eliest flowers, the closest cling
to tho earth,
.•\ud thej- first feel the sun: so violets
blue,
Su tlie soft star-like ]irinn-ose drenched
in dew.
The happiest of springs Inippj-, fragi-iuit
birth."
Tho first fiower, if we may bo .able
to call it such, t h a t appears in the spring
is tho "Skunk Ciibbage." .Just why it is
so c:illed I do not know, unless it is f.avorites d;iiiitj' of the skunk. Surely, it
seems to me, a jilaiit that has the coura,go to put forth its blossoms ;is earlj'
as .Tanuar.v or Februarj', should deserve
a prettier name than Skunk Cabbage.
Nevertheless, it is in nearlj' all cases
the hist to appc.-H-. Even the Ileiiaticas
and other earlj- v.arieties must take second idaco in the race. We generally
find the plant blooming along the water
or ill wet swaniii places. Any low, wet
Jilace wliere the snow leaves earlj- maj'
be its home.

Coming ou close to the Hepatica is the
Bloodroot, one of tlie earliest spring
flowei-s. A long time before the trees
••iiul shrubs take on tlicir foliage the
lilaiit sends np the flower steins through
the e,-irth. The flower stems .are enclosed by a pn|iei- like li'af which serves
iis .-I iH-iit('cti(iii against the cold. When
the bud has fully dcvclo]ied, it opens,
disc-losing a sniall waxy flower having six
or eight wliite jietals and a golden center. Ou bright, sunnj' daj's, the flower
(qiens to full extent, being nearly flat.
On cloudy days it remains closed. Another ch.-iracteristic of the Bloodroot is
the fragilitj' of the flowers, as thej' endure onl.v a few daj'S. Unless one sees
tlieni before a wind or r;iin thej', more
likelj-, will h.ave turned to seed.
Bloodroot gets its name from the red
sap present in the roots and stems.
When a part is broken it gives off this
lilood very frcelj'. It is stated that the
Indians made use of the Bloodroot by
using its sap for staining their faces
:iiid arms when preparing for peace or
war. The squaws used the sap for staining and decorating hides, blankets, and
baskets.
We ma.v find this hardy plant growing
in the open woodlands or in a grassy,
sheltered spot where the soil is loose and
well drained.

What alwaj'S was to me one of the
most beautiful of our spring beauties
was the Dutchman's Breeches or Boys
Jind Girls.
The njime, Dutchman's
Breeches, fits the flower almost to perfection, for tliey look like a tiny pair of
The flowei- resembles, to .a large ex])antalooiis, so characteristic of our early
tent, the white cup of tho Calla Lilj-,
Penns.vlvani.a Dutch ancestors.
which is ill fact, tlic Skunk Cabbage's
Tliere is :i little fairy storj- connected
near relative. The plant grows about
to tho height of one or two feet, and is with this flower that alwaj's interested
rather twisted, one-sided and hood-like. me. It seemed that in the olden days
Tf one puts his finger into the side open- when tho elves were running about the
ing he will find tluit pollen grains stick woods, they were dressed in tiii.y, white,
to his flngei-, wliicli is a proof of tlie bjiggj- trousers. One night in spring
tlowei-'s matuiit.v. Later the pistil en- thej' were caught in an April shower
larges aud develops sniall berries, which and soiled these trousers. Their mothers
then washed thein and hung them out
turn, in the fall, to a briglit red.
on a stem to drj', and t h e j ' grew fast to
Probaldj- the next earliest of our
the stem and there they have grown ever
spring flowers is the Hepatica. I t can
since.
liardly await the thaw and t h e first
The flowers, growing on a thin stem
warm rain to st.art it in tho race of
heralders. This plant has rather an ad- about eight or ten inches iu length, are
vantage over other plants, as the last white, tipped with yellow. At tho tip
j'ear's leaves do not wither aud dry up of e:ich flower there is a split, and two
like those of other wild flowers. In- spurs like a iiair of horns grow out. At
stead thej' survive tho winter, and form the base, these meet and form the baggy,
a sort of mat about the buds, sheltering heart-like pouch.
them from frosts, and assisting them in
The plant comes up every j-ear in the
getting ail early start when the snow same spot. We may look for the Breeches
leaves the giound. Even the flower early in April or May along rooky hillstems of the Hepatica are protected sides and in rich open fields, where they
from the cold bv' fine, fuzzy hairs, which often cover quite an area.
are like .a fur overcoat. Consequently
Of .all the fiowers that grow, whether
this sturdj' plant is well protected, that
in early spring or not, I believe the
it maj' get up carlj'.
Trailing Arbutus takes the prize. The
The blossom of the Hepatica has no charm of this flower is intensified in the
petals, but has instead six or eight deli- New England states, whore it is said
CJitel.v colored sepals which may be mis- th,at this was the first wild flower to
taken for iietals. The flowers are born greet the Pilgrims after they had landed
on slender steins about four inches in a t Plymouth Rock. Arbutus is very
height. Their fr.agrance is delicate and rapidly becoming a thing of the past, as
sweet. Ono m.aj' generally find the plant it is ruthlessly being gathered in large
blooming along a stone or fence rail in quantities, shipped to the cities, and
a sheltered spot some time in early sold for so much a bunch. This pracAjiril or May.
tice should quickly be discouraged, be-

ciiuse if such is uot soon done there
will be no Trailing Arbutus.
The plant thrives best in shady woods
where the soil is sandy or rocky. I t
clings very closely to the ground under
dried grass jiud pine needles. The delicate waxy flowers are closelj' clustered
on the ends of tho branches, aro exti-enielj- fragrant, and, in their cool
(binii) siirioundings so verj- earlj' in the
spring, are excoediiiglj' enticing.
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SPEAKS ON NORMAL
SCHOOL EDUCATION
(Continued from Pago 1)
be J-oung. She must remain j'Oung so
that she remembers what a child feels,
eujoj's, likes ;ind dislikes. Knowing that,
she keeps iu close touch with her pupils because sho knows their probable
responses.
Ue enumerated the opportunities of
the teacliing ijrofession, and urged that
men, esiiecially, take up teaching. The
scliool, like the home, needs the influence of both men and women. Dr.
Suhrie intimated that man's probable
position in education is that of administrator, but that phase of the profession should be preceded by actual teaching, both in the elementary and secondary schools. He asked the boys to
spread the desire to teach among their
friends.
Every one who heard Dr. Suhrie liked
him immediately. His bright personalitj', immense humor and delightful mimicry had every one "falling for him."
Dr. Suhrie is a graduate of one of
Central State's sister schools, California
State Norinal Sehool. His education has
been gathered widely, from Florida to
Illinois. His experiences as a teacher,
too, have been w-ide. At one time he was
head of the Department of Education at
West Chester Normal School. Before accepting his present position he was dean
of the Cleveland School of Education.
He is tho author of several books on education and one sot of spelling texts,
"The Spell-to-Write Spelling Series."
Dr. Suhrie is well known about this
region of the state, evidenced by the
fact that Mrs. Suhrie was a one-time
resident of Emporium. His last visit to
C. S. N. S. brought hiiu as a speaker to
the conference of the Normal Scliool
Faculties
of
Pennsylvania,
during
Thanksgiving, liia.").

BRILLIANT ACTING MARKS
"ADAM AND EVA"
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scenery used in the last act was painted by the Art Club and students of the
Art Departnient, under the direction of
Miss Atherton. The School Orchestra,
under Miss Wliitwell's direction, furnished the music.
The stage manager was Charles Dale,
;ind his assistant, Walter Miller. The
property committee was Edith Morrison,
Elverda Eichardson, Mary Angus, .Tosephine Viering, Fred Barr, and Thomas
Hosterm.an. Tho advertising committee
Wiis Thomas Larkin, Max Fitzsimmons,
l?ose Bower, Harriet Ifelt, Ruth Oechler,
liuth Jones aud Clyde Swoyer.
The unhesitating rapidity of the dialogue and the naturalness of the action
iit all times is striking evidence of the
hiu-d work of the cast, and especially of
the untiring efforts of Miss Louise
Alber.

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BOARD OF EDITORS
Lenore Sluirp. Kose lio\v(;r, Harriot Kelt,
Daviil I'lnier, Elverda Rieliardson, Sterl Artley,
lllanelie Walil, Mnri,'aret Sutton, Klla Mae Lilly,
Kdward Slierkel, MiU'ion Smith, Janet Stewart,
Mary Margaret Adams, Mildred Stewart, Thomas
Hosterman, Luey May Jlitehell, Dorothy Hiley,
Paul A'onada, Reginakl Fitzsimmons, Ruth Jones.
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
Mrs. J. Franklin Long
Mere Infants Tested
ijuira Stuart
Wanted—Men
Isobel Boylan
Autunin Fires
Evn Dadio, '2G
In Behalf of Country School
Liieillo Rosa
Texts Used in PsyeholoKy Class
IjJnda Bryan
Little Red Schoolhouse

MARCH 24, 1927

Study Mental Tests for Classroom Use
Five conferences between members of
the pre-school psychology class and t h e
practice teachers of the kindergartenprimar.y department of C. S. N. S. have
been held iu the psj-chology clinic to
give the pre-school pisycliology class an
opportunity to iiresent to the pr.actice
teachers of the second semester, the findings of the mental, physical and persoualit.v tests which had been administered during the first semester.
This wus done by the clinical method,
which is to present .a complete picture
of the child by studying his mental,
physical, medical, educational and personality records. The students had done
a great deal of follow-up work, so that
in addition to having diagnosed their
cases thoroughly, the remedial measures
suggested had already been productive
of good results in many instances.
The first, second and third conferences, February 27, February 28, and
March 3, brought together the members
of the psychology class and the practice teachers of the kindergarten. At
the first conference Ursula Ryan, of the
pre-school clinic, liresented three very
complete case studies. The teaching staff
made flue practical educational .applications of the psychological information
presented. At the second conference,
Vivian Eberhardt presented five case
studies. At the third conference Helen
Marr presented the reports.
The members of the preschool psychology ciinie a r e : Ursula Rj'an, Vivian
Eberhardt, Helen Marr, Helen Swartz and
Mrs. .1. Franklin Long. The practice
teachers of the kindergarten department
to wdiom the reports were made a r e :
Guinevere Knapp, Jliriam Moore, Margaret Wambaugh, Aniceta Boylan, Mildred Plumnier.
On March 10 tho fourth weekly conference of the Psychology clinic was
held. The six case studies were presented b.y Mrs. J. Franklin Long. Two
groups of teachers were present, the
kindergarten teachers mentioned above
and part of the flrst grade group—
Leona Hayes, Helen Shearer, Geraldine
Culver and Jessie Gregory were present.
On Tuesday, March 15, and Thursday,
March 17, tho practice teachers of the
third grade wdth their supervisor. Miss
Helen Lesher, met and discussed five
cases in this grade. Helena Meisel, Eleanor Schnars, Eunice Manley, Laura Weymouth, Mildred Ellis, Tona Hosterman,
Agnes Matson, Gladys Heath, Ethelyn
Kniss, Priscilla Heath were those present at the discussion.

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Let's All Go

ON OTHER CAMPUSES
Best Normal School Paper
Is Cleveland's
"Best Normal School Xewspaper" is
the title awarded to the Junior College
Journal, of the Cleveland School of Education, at tho last meeting of the School
Press Association at Columbia University, recently concluded. While Central
State's paper is not in possession of the
system on which papers were scored, it
is in hearty agreement with the award.
pjvery issue of the Cleveland paper is
made up with pains and brains, and no
paper in the very large number of normal school exchanges which come to us
approaches the Journal in the intelligent
location of unusual news features, unexpected articles, flashes of school life
whose news value most of the rest of
us are missing.

Irative of the major periods in American
liistory, particul.arly in its local aspects.
Santa Barbara, Calif.—Kappa Delta
Pi, national honor scholarship society of
te.achers colleges, has authorized a
branch at Santa Barbara, which thus becomes the flrst teachers college on the
Pacific Coast to obtain membership. Other chapters of Kappa Delta Pi are located at Illinois, Colorado, Oklahoma,
Texas, Cincinnati, Alabama, Drake, Purdue, Greeley, Emporia, Columbia, Oklahoma A. and M., Illinois State Normal,
Miami, Aberdeen, Tpsilanti, and Warrensburg.

West Chester, Pa.—Five members of
the st.aff of the Green Stone and the
faculty adviser .attended the convention
of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University this
Second place went to State College month.
Xews, of the Xew York State College for
DeKalb, III.—The local Chamber of
Tenchers at Albany, and third place to Conimorce subscribed a fund to send to
The College Chronicle, of ,St. Cloud, the N.ational A. A. A. tournament at
iiinu.
Kansas City the basketball team of DeThe .Junior College Journal carried off Kalb Norm.al, "the best in Illinois," to
first honors iu tho Columbia contest in quote the "Northern Illinois." Four hunl!)2li also, and swept the boards as well dred dollars was provided by t h e merat the Wisconsin Interscholastlc Press chants of DeKalb to cover all expenses.
Association.
Muncie, Ind.—A Eoman style show,
Murfi-eesboro, Tenn.—Middle Tennes- with living models and all Twentieth
see's debaters have scheduled debates Centur.y flttings, presenting men, boys,
with AVest Tennessee, Bryson, and Mary- and women, workers and dandies, was
ville Colleges.
the unusual program of the Latin Club
Hatticsburg, Miss.—The Student P r i n t z recentl.y.
is one of the youngest normal papers in
Shippensburg, Pa.—Limiting both the
the country, volume I having reached nuniber of offices which students may
only its third nuinber with the Febru- hold in e.xtra-curricular organiz.ations
ar.y 22 issue. The Student P r i n t z has and tho nuniber of such organizations
made but one mistake; it has started off which he may join is being earnestly
with so excellent ,a paper that it can advocated in the editorial columns of
hardly progress in any direction b u t the "Campus Reflector," in the interests
down. Ill other words, as a school or- of the students and of tho organizagan, in appearance, in selection of fea- tions. Too few students carry proper
tures, and ill general news quality it is extra-curricular interests, and too many
going to flnd itself hard to beat.
students are being damaged by their
Indianapolis, Ind.—Tho T. C. I. Col- over-load of extra activities; this seems
legiate is cainpaigning for student gov- to be the underlying viewpoints of the
ernment. Fifty-seven teachers colleges editor.
were questioned concerning the plan,
Millerville, Pa—Girls' basketball has
thirty-two replied t h a t they operated been unusually successful this year. But
under student governinent, and not one one game has been lost, to Shippcn
declared that it had been found dis- School on their floor, while Albright Cola])poiiiting.
lege, Shippensburg Normal, and others
San Diego, Calif.—There is no student have been swamped.
suicide wave, according to Miss Gertrude Boll, head of the psychology department. The present excitement is a Miss Atherton Visits Miss Yale
Miss Atlierton declares th.at she had a
piece of yellow .iournalism, she says, t h e
papers having lumped together the oc- wonderful time in New York City on
casional incidents which occur all the March 4, 5 and C, and brought back to
time. "If there should be a greater num- C. S. N. S. greetings from Miss Gisetta
ber of eollege students committing sui- Yale, our Art teacher last year.
cide this year than is usual," she beMiss Yale happened to bo away on a
lieves, "it will bo as the result of con- business trip during most of the time
stant journalistic suggestion."
when Miss Atherton happened to be in
East Radford, Virginia—"Rurbanlsm." the city, so that Jliss Atherton succeedHow do you like that word? I t has been ed ill talking to Miss Y'ale only over
coined, accordug to Virginia Messages, the telephone, the last day of her visit.
to fit the idea of free intercourse and
Miss Yale, with her cousin, has an Art
interchanges of standards between rural studio, where she is doing fresco paintand urban Ife, an idea opposed to that ing. While she misses hor teaching and
of intensifying rural life in such a way the students in C. S. N. S., she is enas to increase real or artifleial distinc- joying her new work. Miss Yale expecttions from community life.
ed to attend tho Art Club banquet on
Kingsville, Texas—A History Museum March 4, but the aforesaid business t r i p
is tho ob.iect of the Kleberg History kept her plan from materializing. HowClub at South Texas T. C. The club has ever, slic is planning another visit to
been rapidly collecting American illus- us soon.

"Where's everyone going.'" asked one,
poor unforhinato who was confined to
tho dorm for tho week-end.
"Who k n o w s " ' responded another unfortunate.
No one knew, but certainly every one
w.as going away with hat boxes, traveling b.ags and pocketbooks clutched flrmly in their hands. It wasn't the first
of April, so it couldn't be termed a n
official moving day. Whether or not t h e
calendar showed any excuse for the general exodus, the exodus continued in all
the glory of best clothes procured b y
begging, borrowing, and stealing, or if
these means f.ailcd, in the glory of t h e
wearers own best attire.
March G was quiet, peaceful, and uneventful, as far as any one knows, in tho
dormitory; but, oh m y ! t h e thrill for
those who h.ad gone out into t h e great
unknown! Such a buzz as went on Monday when the girls were reunited!
"Harry called me as soon as I got
home." "Were you at the dauce at t h e
Penn Alto?" "Do you know where Mary
Brass is working now?" I n such a way
is news published in our dormitory. I t
seems open to question whether girls
come to school for education or to go
.away over the week-end.

Wanted—Men!
How important thej- are the week before the Proms! Why there couldn't be
a Prom without the men, aud yet, how
scarce they are when wanted. For instance, t h i r d floor west, one week before
the Prom.
A terrific screach comes from the top
of tho stairs, "Isobel Boylan! Isobel,
3'ou're wanted on the telephone."
"What? Oh, it's Billy. I just know
it is, and he's going to say he can't
come. Oh, why did I write him in t h e
flrst pl.ace?"
A door is suddenly jerked open, some
one runs out screaming. "Ruth, Ruth,
listen to t h i s ! I just got a letter from
Dick and he's quarantined -with t h e
mumps and can't come. Now what in
the world will I do?"
"Telegram for Miss Wolf," booms t h e
voice of Mr. Walk. There is a mad
scr.anible for Miss Wolf's door, a n d there
the news is proclaimed. H o r r o r s ! Johnnie has exams tho week-end of the Wth.
Could anything bo pleasanter?
"Oh, Rose," have you got a special
for me?"
"And mo Rose, did I get o n e ? "
"Oh, Louise, I did and listen to i t .
Jack can't come until 8:30 Saturday
niglit, and has to leave e.arly Sunday
morning. Heck, he might as well not
come at all! I'll hardly see him, let
alone talk with him."

Autumn Fires
In the faded gardens
Up and down the vale.
From the Aiitumn bonfires
See the grey smoke trail!
Pleasant summer's over;
Cioiio its wreath of flowers.
Now the red fire blazes
High 'ueath grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!—Soiuething bright in a l l ;
Blossoms ill the springtime
Fires in the Fall.

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pointed toward high school, that general
social enviroument has done perhaps
more than anything else in establishing
Junior High School students educational
ideals, but that definite inform.ation
about occupations plays little part in
predispositions
or pre •indispositions.
These are just a few of the conclusions
drawn with little guess-work, based fairIj' solidly on actual figures, by the investigator.
Wc use here the report practically in
full, believing it to be an original contribution to the literature of guidance,
little of which is available. The subheadings throughout the article have
been added; the rest is unchanged.
Nature of Questionnaire
The self-analysis form used in the J.
H. S. of our training school is a sort of
conibination of both the questionnaire
and the self-analysis methods. There
are four sections. The first deals with
facts about the child—name, grade, age,
birthplace, parents' name and birthplaces, occupation of father, number in
family, occupation of brothers and sisters, amount of sleep, and state of
health. The second is headed—"Self Estimate." A list of qualities such as honesty, dependability, courtesy, carefulness, pleasing facial expressions, originality, sociability, energy, persistence,
and thrift are given. The pupils are
askod to rate themselves on each item
using the words "exeellent, good, fair,
and poor," as their scale. I believe that
this section of the test is the weakest
spot in it. Many of the pupils did not
understand what they were to do, and
the majority of the pupils rated themselves as excellent and good. It was
amusing to note that, according to their
own estimate of themselves, there are
many more excellent girls than excellent boys.
The third section deals with the present activities of the pupil. Questions
are asked concerning the pupil's favorite kinds of recreation, his hobby, the
organizations to which he belongs, the
kind of pictures he likes best, the names
of the books and magazines he likes
best. The questions of this section also
aim to seek out the school activity which
the pupil most enjoys. He is also asked
to name the subject easiest for him and
the subject most diificult for him. A
mere general question is asked concerning the type of work which interests
the pupil. Three pairs of terms of opposite meaning are listed:
Outside work—Inside work.
Dealing with people—Dealing with
things.

not the puiiil has had any guidance of
any sort, whether from teachers, friends,
or parents.
I have tried to tabulate tho results of
this questionnaire which was fllled out
b.V the pupils of the seventh, eighth, and
ninth grades. Most attention h,as been
paid to section four: F u t u r e plans.
Pupils Here Want Higher Education
Out of a total of fifty-nine cases examined, fift.y-threo pupils are planning
to complete J. II. S.; of that same fiftynine, forty-six intend to graduate from
Senior High School; twenty-four of
those graduating from Senior High
School intend to go to college. I have
used the word college very broadly here,
making it include the college proper,
normal schools, business schools, technical schools and hospitals. Of that twenty-four, twelve intend to attend colleges, six norinal schools, two business
schools. Olio a technical school, and
three training-hospitals. That leaves a
total of six pupils who are planning to
complete J. II. S. only. So, just a trifle
more than one-tenth of the cases examined are going to leave school soon,
just as soon as they reach the required
age limit, probably.
The relation between the occupations
of the parents and the educational plans
of the pupils is an interesting one. I
was able to use only forty-nine of the
cases examined because t e n of the pupils failed to give their fathers' occupations. The occupations were divided
among flve occupational groups: Eleven
laborers, seven semi-skilled, eighteen
skilled, eight farmers and five commercial.
Influenced by Parents' Calling
I n order to show the true relationship
of each group to another, I am giving
the account of future educational plans
in percentage rather than numbers. Children of parents classed as laborers
ranked as follows:
18 per cent, do not intend to complete
J. H. S. course;
9 per cent, plan to complete the J . I I .
S. course;
5o per cent, plan to graduate from S.
H. S.;
18 per cent, expect to do college work.
Children of parents of the semiskilled laborers classification show a
slightly dfferent division. Twenty-nine
per cent, jilaii to complete tho J. H. S.
work; 57 per cent, plan to go to a S. II.
S., and 14 per cent, say that they arc going to graduate from colleges. In our
Training School, children of skilled laborers r.-mk higher in college and S. H.
S. aspirations. Eleven per cent, of them
are ]ilaniiing to leave J. II. S. before
reaching ninth grade. Eleven per cent,
intend to complete the J. H . S., 45 per
cent, a S. H. S., and 33 por cent, plan
to go to college. Children of farmers
rank as follows: 13 per cent, plan to
graduate from a J. H. S., 50 per cent,
plan to go to college. Children of parents whose occupations are of commercial type stand highest in college plans.
Twenty per cent, of them intend to
graduate from ,a S. H. S. and eighty per
cent, pbni to go to eollege.
"Commercial" Parents Give Highest Ideal

Skilled manual work—Work largely
mental.
The pupil is asked to check one from
each group. This selection of type of
work most desired may be used as a
basis for vocational selection.
Section four questions the pupil on
his future plans—educational and vocational. He is asked his choice of a vocation and his reason for such a choice.
He is also questioned on his knowledge
Totalling the percentage of each group
of t h e duties of that vocation and his ex- of those plauuing to go to a S. H . S.
periences, if a n y , in it. The question- and those planning to go to college we
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of the children whose parents rank as
laborers intend to go beyond J. H. S.;
71 per cent, of those classed as semiskilled and 78 per cent, of those classed
as skilled plan to go either to S. H. S.
or college. Eighty-seven per cent, of
the farmers' children and 100 per cent,
of those classified as commercial plan
to go bej'ond the J. H. S.
The total percentages of those who
will go, at least, no farther than the
ninth grade are as follows: Children
of laborers, 27 per cent.; children of
semi-skilled laborers, 29 per cent.; children of skilled laborers, 22 per cent.;
children of farmers, 13 per cent.; and
children of those in the commercial
classification, none.
From these figures one can see, even
in so small a group as ours, some influence of the iiarents' occupation on the
child's educational plans. Children of
parents whose occupations come under
the three divisions of laborers' rank just
about the same in educational aspir.ations. Children of fanners are rather
high, 87 per cent, of them intending to
go beyond J . H. S. Children of parents
in tho commercial type stand highest
among our group with 100 per cent, of
them expecting to attend either S. IL
S. or college.
As I mentioned before, the nuniber of
cases tested is rather small to permit
one to draw very definite conclusions,
but one can say that, while none of the
percentages iu our school are extremely
low, there is a tendency for children of
parents of higher occupations to desire
more edueation. This may be true possibly because of the parents' desire to
forward their children and because of
the lack of an economic situation demanding the ehildrens' aid.
Need Educational, Not Vocational,
Guidance Here
But, comparing the percentage of
those planning to go to S. H. S. and college with the percentage of those who
plan to leave a t the close of tho ninth
grade, at least, one sees that in our
Training School there seems to be a
greater demand for educational guidance than for strictly vocational guidance. That does not mean that we have
no need for vocational guidance, at all.
There are a t least 30 per cent, planning
to go to work soon. They should have
had vocational guidance long ago, in order t(j be luakiiig use of it now. Those
pupils who are planning to go to S. H.
S. and college need it, too, along with
their educational guidance.
Little Vocational Knowledge
Some other factors of the tost also
show a need of both educational and vocational knowledge and direction. One
phase of tho test calls for the selection
of the type of work one would like to
do and another asks for the occupation
one would like best to follow. Comparison of the answers given to each of
these questions by each pupil shows that
thirty-nine of them chose a vocation consistent w-ith the type of work they were
interested in. Twenty pupils, practically one-third of them, chose vocations
far out of harmony with the type of
work they chose. Such a situation indicates that the pupils either do not know
much about the vocations they said they
like best or they have not been think-

ing very seriously about a vocation and
made just a snap choice when the question confronted them.
Another section of the test asks tho
pupil to give two or three important
duties of tho occupation which they have
chosen. Of the fifty-nine cases, thirtyfive of them know something really important about their vocation, and twenty-four either gave no answer or had
the wrong idea about their vocation.
That ineans that about two-fifths of the
pupils tested do not even know two or
three of the duties of the vocation they
say interests them. How can they know
then, if tho work is suited to their ability or if it would interest them? They
have chosen an occupation under the
influence of a brother's, sister's, or father's occupation or of the occupations
of the vicinity. Vocational guidance
along the line of occupational knowledge
is needed to change such a situation.
Amusing Sidelights Show Guidance Need
Among the fifty-nine cases there were
six instances of t h e lack of knowledge
of where training for a certain vocation
maj' be secured. Some of the other pupils did not have clear ideas of where
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Rho Omega Lambda Has Party

The L. A. L. Society held a party in
the dayroom, Thursday afternoon, March
3. Twenty-four of the members were
present, and each contributed to the general good time which is a characteristic
of all of this organization's social affairs.
After the refreshments were served, a
short business nieeting w-as hold, at the
end of which the guests departed.

The rendezvous of the Rho Omega
Lambda sorority was the scene of a very
pretty party on Saturday night, March
12. After the basketball game, the girls
all gathered for a sisterly chat, and also
for delicious eats and a good orchestra.
The girls were ghid to entertain three
guests: Mrs. Stewart, Bett,v Stewart,
and Mrs. Kelly, Harriet's and Mildred's
mothers and sister. The sorority missed
very much two of its members who were
absent on account of illness—Mary MarY. W. C. A. Elects Officers
garet Adams, the president, and Aniceta
At a regular meeting of the Y. W. C. Boylan, the pep of the crowd.
A. held on Wednesday, March 2, the following persons were elected to fill the
various offices for t h e coming j ' e a r :
Dayroom and Dormitory Y. W.
Programme Chairman—Julia Gibbons;
Have Joint Meeting
Social ('liairman—Lucille Taylor; PosEncouragement of sympathy between
ter Chairman—Mowrie Ebiire; Under- the dayroom branch of the Y. W. and the
graduate Eepresentative—Kathryn War- dormitory organization was the big aim
fel; Chairman Ways and Means Com- of the nieeting held Thursday noon,
mittee—Christine E d l e r ; Pianist—Mar- March 3.
tha Maitland; Da.vrooin Representative—
Ethel Daubert, the leader, had preElizabeth Kobb.
pared a special program for the meeting.
Kathleen Spangler is president of the
Kathleen Hendricks and Blanche Swope
organization; Dorothy Bastian, Vice
sang a very effective duet. Elizabeth
I'resident; Alice Edler, Secretary; Verna
Eobb read the history of the Y. W. C. A.
Mae Kurtz, Treasurer.
Miss Rowe reported the work of Helen
Mizener and Ruth Epler, two of the
alumni, with the Girls' Reserves in
Student Friendship Main
.luniata.
Topic at Y. W.
The dayroom members and the thirtyThe Y. W. services, Wednesday, March
five visitors from tho dormitory voted
10, conducted by Peggy Wambaugh,
the meeting a success a n d showed that
were most interesting. Peggy opened
they wish the same procedure to conthe meeting with the singing of "Blest
tinue.
Be the Tie That Binds." After the
Scripture reading, she read a lovely
pra.ver by St. Erancis of Assisi. The Y. W. C. A. Conference to Be at
meaning of the Student Friendship was
East Stroudsburg
carefully c-vphiiiied, and a letter read
The
conference
for Normal School Y.
from the Treasurer of the Student
Eriendshii) Euud, thanking the C. S. N. W. girls is to bo held a t llast StroudsS. organization for its contribution. In- burg this year. It will bo continued
teresting, short talks were given by from April 1 to April 3, so that the two
Kathleen Sjiangler, Lucille Taylor and girls to be selected by the Y. W. to repAlice Corby. All three talks were re- resent C. S. N. S. should consider themlated to the Student Friendship idea. selves verj' fortunate. No definite peoAfter the singing of another hymn, the ple have as yet been decided upon.
The purposes of the conference are
meeting was concluded wth the Mispah
to train Normal School girls to become
benediction.
more efficient Cabinet members, and to
•acquaint the girls with the work done
by other Normal schools throughout the
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in this little building I was janitor,
principal, housekeeper and teacher.
It was very hard to teach in this district, because I had pupils in school from
the first grade up to the seventh and
eighth; therefore, every minute of my
time had to be well planned. It was hard
to keep the pupils interested all the
time, because most of the class must
study while a small number recited.
During the lunch hour I usually had
some sort of entertainment for the pupils, for most of them had come quite
a distance to school. They brought their
lunches and stayed at school during this
period.
In tho winter time I played gaines
with the children, and in the summer
time we played ball and other out-door
gaines. This created a high school spirit
and helped the pupils to become thoroughl.v acquainted with each other.
At the close of the day I was not
ready to go home when the pupils did;
instead I had to stay and plan my school
work for the ne.xt day, as well as clean
up the room. Then, last, and dirtiest
of all, was banking the fire so that the
room would not be too cold for the next
morning.
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they should look for training but these
six are rather outstanding iu their errors. For example, one child who said
she wished to be a stenographer, said
she intended to go to Norm.al School
after S. H. S. One of the boys who said
he wanted to be a milk man said that
he was going to State College. If that
boy has the ability to do college work
his apparent interest in dairying might
be turned to the more scientific and professional sides of dairying; but as his
choice now stands there is indicated a
mix-up in his ideas.
This phase of the test disclosed the
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but it should .also direct them to tho
proper place for tr.ainiiig after gvadiiatiou.
Teachers Have Helped Little
Tho questionnaire also tried to ascertain wdiether or not the pupils have had
guidance of any sort, as from friends,
parents, or teachers. Twenty-six of the
pupils questioned were given inforination and direction by their friends;
thirty-six had talked over their future
vocations with their parents. J u s t twelve
of the pupils had ever talked with their
teachers about a vocation. Even when
wo consider the largest nuniber, we see
that just about three-fifths of the pupils have had any guidance of any sort
and that was not of the professional sort.
Thirty-one per cent, said t h a t they
had had no guidance of a n y sort and
several of the pupils, by their answers,
indicated an absence of guide. As an
example of the mistakes pupils make we
have a J. H. S. student wanting to be
a nurse, yet not intending to complete
the work of the S. H. S. Another example is th.at of one of the boys who
says be would like to be an electric engineer but does not intend to go to college.
Tendency to Follow Elders' Trade
The influence of tho occupations of
tho different members of tho family on
the occupational choice of t h e child is
au interesting one to study. Because of
a lack of intimate knowledge of tho
ehildrens' families that effect is hard to
see ill every child's choice. But, as far
as I know at least five of the children
who chose teaching as their vocation
have brothers or sisters who are teachers. They are planning to go to the
same colleges, too. Five of the boys' answers showed that they were going to
take up either their father's vocations
or a vocation related to that of their fathers. For example, one of the boys
wants to be an engineer. His father is
in the same vocation. Another boy's father is a bricklayer. His son is not
choosing the same vocation b u t one in
line with it—that of a carpenter. At
least two of the girls are choosing vocations like those of their sisters. There
was just one instance of the parents
choosing the child's vocation for h i m ;
that was not definite for tho father and
mother had each chosen a different vocation.
Favorite Books Not School's Choice
I have not tabulated tho results obtained from Section III—present activities and habits. In general I found that
the children gave as their favorite kinds
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belong to any outside organizations.
Their reading lists contain the .average
type of books that girls .and boys of
this age read—stories of tho West, of the
Indians, of Boy Scouts, and of Girl
Scouts, of boys and girls their own age.
Very few of the books which they are
required to read in school appear ou
their list of favorite books.
Naturally, wdien one is examining a
test of this kind a n d wondering whether
or not to give it, one tries to see what
use one could make of it and to see how
one could use the information obtained.
The information obtained from the
first section helps the guidance Counsellor to understand and appreciate the
home situation of the pupils. Information of that sort is useful and needed
in meeting almost every problem of
guidance.
The section on present activities and
interests is a useful one for information
on what the child does in his leisure
time. This information could be made
the basis of many extra-curricular activities. Clubs, with their members all
interested in tho same subject may be
organized. Perhaps an explanation of
wh}' a iiupil is low in a subject will
be found in this section of the questionnaire. And, as he is asked what p a r t of
the subject is especially hard for him,
the teacher of that subject knows where
to put her special work.
The fourth section on future plans
give tho counsellor a basis for both his
educational a n d vocational guidance. I
have tried to show, in a few ways, how
some of the data secured may be interpreted and applied to the school or individual situation.
The questionnaire also may reveal existing needs which had not been known
before. I t h i n k it will especi.ally reveal
a need of guidance in a school where
there has been no organized guidance
carried on. I n this school wdiere guidance has been carried on, one might
use the questionnaire as a check on the
results of t h e guidance.

In Behalf of the Country School
I get disgusted wdicn I hear people
talk about the country school! Nine
times out of ten, t h e y are people wdio
know nothing about the country school.
They got their impression of it by reading iu some book, the description of a
school that existed flfty years ago, or,
possibly, they know of one school, which
resembles that school they read about
and have drawn their conclusions. I
want to say t h i s : The country people
are not ignorant. The people in the
rural districts with which I am familiar
are well read. They take a daily paper.
They have cars, and travel. They have
telephones and some have radios. They
go to see good shows, and they buy sea
son tickets when the Chautauqua comes
to a nearby town. They enjoy good
lectures as well as a n y of you.
And it just makes me boil when I
hear people say "The country teacher is
no good." 'Tis true that many country
teachers are unexperienced and some of
them are not good teachers, but are all
of your town and city teachers good'
Perhaps they have their Normal School
Certificates, and their degrees, but it is
possible to educate (so to speak) anyone
who is not too far below normal. As
one man said here, "A highbrow is a
person educated beyond his or her intelligence." I think there are highbrows
in the teaching profession.
Then I've heard people say that the
country children do not get the work
the.v're supposed to. I t is true t h a t the
teacher cannot give her pupils individual help where she has all grades as
she could if she had just the one grade,
but the pupils rely on themselves more.
They instinctively work out things for
themselves, and they get help from their
schoolmates. Of course their teacher
helps them a lot. Speaking of the inipils training, I know of two rural districts where when the pupils finish tho
eighth grade, they go to a town high
school, and many of them are at the
head of their classes all through high
school, and graduate with honors. But
that is easy to solve: tho country boy
has learned to solve problems indepcudentl.y; .and psychologists have told us
that thinking power is stimulated in
the country where there are not distractions as there are in cities and towns.
That helps us to understand why so
many of our great men, including our
President, Mr. Coolidge, were country
boys.

As a general summary one may say
that this or any personal-analysis questionnaire is a good means of learning
something .about the children's home
situations, what t h e y like to do now
and what they would like to do when
they become men and women. I t is
just a means for the counsellor always
to have on hand personal data about
I hear girls down here say, "Oh, I
each pupil so that he may know with
won't teach a country sehool!" They
what sort of a child he has to work.
act as though it would be a disgrace. I
saj', the girls wdio have never taught a
country sehool don't know what they're
Varied Texts Used in Psychology missing.

Class

Text-books vary with each section of
the Child Psychology course this semester. Miss Merrells, head of the Psychology Department, believes that in this
wny sho will be able to conduct more
eflicient examinations. I n each test it
will be possible to bring out the essential facts of tho individual text-book
without conflicting in any way with the
tests of the other sections. Guidance of
Childhood, Child—His Nature and His
Needs, and tho Normal Mind are the
three books being used.

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Kev. II. CJ. Swope, of New Freedom,
attending the ^Methodist conference of
Central Penns.vlvania, which is nieeting
at Trinity Church the week of March
15 to 20, spoke in chapel, Tuesday morning, March 15.

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The back-hand is called the most unnatural position in tennis. The back
swing is much more hampered than in
any other stroke. The strength of the
wrist is much more iu demand and the
back is more turned toward the coming
ball. The racket meets the ball farther
from you. All these things make the
back-hand stroke a most awkward one
and usually a defensive one. The force
of the average back-hand is in t h e elbow
and forearm, but a rigid wrist is required. The flnish should be strong. Returns to a player's back-hand should
not be "run around" but should be
played as they come, which is the only
way to cultivate a good back-hand.
The volley is a very effective stroke i n
tennis, especiall.v when playing the net
position. By volley is meant the balls
which are returned without first letting
them bounce. Whenever possible the
volley should be taken well within the
service line. If played too far back the
ball conies to one's feet in such a position that it is very difficult to handle.
The net position is very important in
the modern game, therefore, command of
the volley is absolutely essential. A
good position for volleying is the center
of the court about four feet from the
net. The lower the ball the harder it
is to volley.

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Doubles Play
Tenuis doubles is a study in itself.
There is a wide difference between team
play and singles. Of course the rules
of the game are exactlj' the same except
that the territorj' is larger and two players alternate the service on the same
side of the net. There is no difference
in stroke technique, but a good team
player, while needing all the strokes
that the individual player has use for,
employs them with another object in
view. He must reniember at all times
that he has a partner. I n singles he
seeks only to wdn the point. I n doubles he tries much of the time to "set
up" the point for his partner's "kill."
The first-class doubles player must be
absolutelj' unselfish on the court. Just
as a football player, reluctant to yield
the ball to a comrade because of his
hope that he may achieve a long run to
his own personal glory, often tosses
away the chance for a goal; so the tenuis player who is greedy of laurels will,
in a doubles match, make futile trials
at "aces" rather than plaee his partner
in line for an easy kill. A man can be
a good singles and a good doubles player at the same time, or he may be excellent at doubles and poor at singles,
and vice-versa. To become an expert
doubles player demands specialization
ill its iieculiar necessities. Doubles requires a greater variety of strokes than
singles.
I n an effective doubles team the men
have worked together long enough to
come to a mutual understanding as to
who takes the ball under certain definite
circumstances. They are really unconscious of their team work. I n the doubles game the strength of one player in
a certain stroke wdll off-set the weakness of his partner in that stroke. There
are three essential features of good doubles play; ability to cover the net position well, good smashing, and good service. A doubles team can never lose if
it holds its service.

He told how pleased he was to see t h e
devotional attitude of the students during chapel exercises. He compared the
clieaii and worthless things in life with
the noble and grander achievements, illustrating his theme by the stories of
the sellers of cheap goods and of exeellent goods. Both sell articles, but ono
is stock, and is in greater demand t h a n
the others. E.xccllent goods aro more
to be desired than poor goods.
This is also true of Ufe. Some waste
their time and substance for cheap and
worthless things, then intend to give the
world something wortliwdiile. The challenge is always being given to us to g e t
the best we can, and give the best we've
got. Eev. Swope says: "The world is
willing to p.ay the price for excellence."

Standard Diagnostic Arithmetic
Tests Given in Junior High
A standard diagnostic test in the fundamental processes of arithmetic was
given the whole seventh grade of t h e
training school. Woody's Arithmetic
scale was used.
Mr. Patterson gave the addition and
subtraction tests on February 23, and
Agnes Kelly tho multiplication and division tests on February 25.
The same tests were given the B. and
C. sections of the eighth grade on March
1 and 2. Wilford Pomeroy and Dorothy
Campbell had charge of the tests t h e r e .

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worn thill and the other side was coming
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28
The kids came in last night on the late through.
train. Seemed so good to see them.
The orchestra sounded good. Pl.ayed
No mail today. I better get busy and some peppy pieces. Had a pretty good
answer some of these letters.
time at the dance.
Tried to do some of my references in
Our feed lasted for some time. Not
the library, can't say that I succeeded what we had to eat—that disappeared
to any great extent.
too quickly. We had oodles of fun.
Can't see wdiy we have to be so noisy
TUESDAY, MARCH 1
The stuff I have to d o ! It's j u s t pil- sometimes.
ing up like sixty. People are certainly
SUNDAY, MARCH 6
generous in some ways.
Such weather. I thought it was through
Girls' meeting didn't last so long.
snowing. Sadly left it seems. I need
Tried to make out a menu b u t as a
some of everything. Six weeks from
Dietitian I'm an absolute failure.
today I won't be sitting here so calmly.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
I can hardly wait.
No Y. W., so we went over and danced.
MONDAY, MARCH 7
Some of the gang went to the movies.
Nothing
unusual happened.
EveryWent down to the library early so I
could get the book I wanted. Didn't thing is getting so darn monotonous. I
get there soon enough, however. Things wish something real exciting would hapdidn't go so good for me, just started to pen.
TUESDAY, MARCH 8
ask a question, but didn't get it finNo classes after 2:10. I wish I could
ished. Finally I left .after a lot of scoutdo something then, but I fiit around
ing around.
as if I didn't have a thing on my mind.
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
No girls' nieeting. Tried to do some
Down town with Cookies. W e n t in the
references in the Library, but just t r y
Sugar Bowl. I swore off eating; it was
and lay your hands on the book you
misery watching her eat. Never again.
want. You think you're about to get it
Movies in the Auditorium.
and it disappears iu a second. I gave
The whole gang was in our room. Cutup the chase and returned to my room.
ting up as usual. I wonder how it
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9
sounds under us. Not so good. That
Cookies, wdien it conies to walking you'd
No class this morning the first period.
think it was a regiment coming.
None the last either. I was about to
J and I went to the movies this after- declare a holiday, but didn't. That one
noon. I never laughed so much in all class is so interesting. Went to the
my life.
movies again this afternoon. I'll bo
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
broke.
Had our Vic going with the best recA letter todaJ^ What's going to hapord ever. When C started t h a t team pen! They don't seem to be having
yell of hers—good night! She would trouble keeping Lent at home. Things
make a first rate cheer leader. She happen about the same as they did bedrowns out the Vic music.
fore.
Went to the movies. They weren't so
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
good. I have seen better.
Got a couple new pieces. That one
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
certainly gets under your skin. Cookies
Cleaned our room. It took pretty seems to think so. I moved before I
hard cleaning, but it looks real good, began to think the same way. W e l l
if I must say it myself. Wrecked one probably play them now until they are
of our good records. We had tho piece
worn thin. That is, if we get the chance.
We don't have much of au opportunity
to play them.
Eeceived a letter today that almost
took me off my feet. I was stunned and
Satisfy It With no foolin'. I t didn't have the effect
that it was supposed to have, though.

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exit. Before this we'd no more than be got here in time, or wo might not have
ill our rooms when out they would go. had anything to eat.
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
This weather is glorious.
Couldn't
Another week-end. Hope this one is bring myself in after Church. Wo wanuot too long. Only four more week-ends dered around a little. Went to Church
after this one. It doesn't sound long.
tonight, too. They expect us to content
The basketball game was all right. ourselves inside when it's like it is toHad some fun afterward at the dance. night. I can't see it. 'Spose it will rain
Had more when we came over. We just tomorrow.

US AND
Professor Ulmer and David spent the
week-end of March 12 at Bucknell University, Lewisburg. They attended the
Founder's Eeunion of the Alpha Sigma
Fraternity, of which Mr. Ulmer is a
member. They returned to Lock Haven
Sunday.
Mary Eodgers, Louise Bowes, Arleen
Gorsach, and Bertie Wolf had the best
time over the week-end of March 12-13.
They visited Bert's home at Howard.
Peg Melvin and A. D. Eichler came
back from a visit to Tyrone with all the
s.yiiiptoms of having had a gorgeous
time. They visited .a friend of Peg's
who graduated with Peg from Seton Hill
Academy.
Alice Edler and Christine Edler have
been singing " I Heard You Calling Me"
since their return from their home in
Williamsport, where they week-ended
March 12 and 13.
Mr. and Mrs. Orth, of South Williamsport, were here to visit Catherine, March
6. Her roomie, Harriet Kelt, was kept
from having the blues by a visit from
her brother Beiinie and her aunt Ruth.
Peg Mortimer was a lucky .and surprised girl when her uncle and aunt,
and her cousins, Franklin and Amelda,
drove in unexpectedly from Johnsonburg, Saturda.y, March 5. Peg enjoyed
a ride to Bellefonte and Beech Creek,
where she spent a happy week-end.
Jlary Eaymond reports a marvelous
time at Bellefonte the week-end of
March 5.
"Ernie," from Philly, visited P a t t y
Thornton, Sunday, March G.
Lillian Smith went to her home in
Altoona over Saturday and Sunday. She
took Mid Plummer as her guest. Mid
went homo to Summer Hill over the
week-end of March 12-13.
Elizabeth Watkins and Peg Adams had
,a good time over the week-end of March
0 at Elizabeth's homo in Williamsport.

OTHERS
Grace Ott attended a house-party at
Beckley College, Harrisburg, over the
week-end of March 6, with "my Harry."
Kitty Lynch and K i t t y Kelly journeyed all the way to Scranton, March 6,
to attend the Junior Prom at St. Thomas' College.
Betty McKee and Blanche Wahl made
their almost weekly visit to their homes
in Altoona.
The following girls spent the weekend at their homes iu .Johnstown: Teeny Viering, Euth McCall, Betty Stammely, Aniceta Boylan, Dot Lambert, Jo
Guardino, Jo Eobinson, Catherine Warfel and Eunice Hoffman.
Isobel Boylan, Connie Gilloegly and
Laura Stuart spent the week-end with
Eev. J. F. Gilloegly a t Williamsport.
Kay Hartswiek went to her home in
Altoona, March 6 and 7.
These girls were guests of Eev. M. A.
Gilloegly, Anne's and Connie's uncle, at
.Jersey Shore: Anne Gilloegly, Betty
Jordan, Mary Davidson, Helen Horan,
Helen Carden and Agnes Gallagher.

Civics Class Runs Chapel
The Civics chisses of the ninth grade
of the training school had charge of the
.Junior High School assembly, Friday
moruing, March 4. Papers were read by
the different members of the class on:
The Significance of March 4 ; three of
our famous Congressmen, Henry Clay,
Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun;
and one on our President of the United
States, Calvin Coolidge.
A short play, "Education," was given
by the entire class. Little Eugene Sullivan was borrowed from the kindergarten for the play.
The program was given under tho supervision of Miss Russell, .Josephine
Viering and Helen Eettger.

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Changed tables at dinner time. I
miss the crowd at our last table. We
had more fun t h a n at a circus. We get
nicely acquainted and then they shift us.
Used the new lights in the Gym tonight.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
Helped fix the stage this morning.
Waited around all morning for tlieni to
put the mail in. Seems as though that is
all we do—wait for tho mail. They no
sooner have the morning mail in and
we start wondering what the afternoon
one will bring. I usually know.
The Senior class play was clever. I
think it was the best they've ever had.
Tho lights didn't go out so soon tonight. What occurred- to delay their

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