NORMAL TinES State VoC.UMB t> T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , Lock H a v e n , LOCK H A V E N . P E N N A . , M A R C H 19. 192^; Dr. Dallas W, Armstrong, principal, iVIiss Gertrude Roberts, dean ot women, and Miss Ii'ene McDonald, libi'arian, represented State TeacheiS College at the annual meeting ol the National Educational Association held In Boston, Massachusetts, from February 2o'to March 1. Each of the three attended the meetings ot the department pertaming to his special Interest. Dr. Armstrong attended the meetings ot the Department ot Superintendence; Miss Roberts was in attendance at the meetug of the National Association of Deans of Women; and Mrss McDonald attended the Council of Normal ochool Librarians. Mits McDonald, before going to Boston, attended a three-day session of the Drexel Institute and Americ a rr Library Association h e l d in Philadelphia. Or. Annstrong Tolls of Convention Dr. Armstrong, during chapel on .March 8, related to the students Licrne ot the Interesting lectures of he convention. This was the flttyoiglrth meeting of the Department ot Superintendence. There were approximately fifteen thousand delegates at the convention, considering all departments, and five hundred sneakers. Joseph iW. Qwlnn, Superintendent oi: the San Praircisco schools and President ot the Department of Suixrintendence, set forth the goals of this meeting, namely: to establish ideals and standards to guide the directors of the secondary schools; to better appreciate the needs and nature of adolescerrt youth; and to uriderstand the alrrrs and purposes of the secondary cirriculum. Each speaker In this department had some phase of these goals in his lecture, and talked on such t h i n g s as sclentlflc supervision; counselling and guidance; deflnite services and qualifications of the secondary school teacher; the relation of the secondary school to college; home, citizenship and business and the developing situation of the Junior College. Fir.it General Session of Wide Interi st President Lowell ot Harvard University opened the series of lectures on the vital relationships of aeeond(Continued on Page 3) Xt/MBKR 19 Praeco Placed With Leading Twelve at Minn. Univ, State Teachers College Represented by Three At Annual Meeting of N.E A. Held in Boston, Mass. Feb. 25-Mar. 1st Ha. One of the best twelve books produced hy .American colleges rrr 1927, rated on a par, class considered, with the Lucky Bag of the Naval Academy, the Savitar, of the Univer.sity of Missouri, the Jayhawker of Kansa.ii U., and others: this Is the latest word from the University ot Minnesota on Praeco's standing In the last .\11-Anrerican contest. The last issue of the Scholastic Editor brought this intelligence onl Monday, without advarrce warning to the edtors. From the 45 8 books entered aa ccntestants, 86 received AU-^American rating, Praeco, f o r the first time i n Its history, making this Seated: Ethel Dechant, Cy Willi;\rns, Helen Lear Standing, James Quigg, Clyde Swoyer, Mr. Ulmer, Mary Nlebauer, grade. From these 86 books the Katherine Klaer, Heleu Westrick, Catherine Cook, Alice Pearsall, Flor- judges, without previous announceence Haven, Elizabeth Robb, Russel Bohn, Sam Long, Clarence Musch- ment of that intentiou, made a further cutting, created a sort of suIcr. A Saturday afternootr found a i were made for taking pictures of preme grouping christened PACEburrch of eighteen happy people out I which the above is a fair (?) sam- MAKERS, admitted only 12 books to this division, and honored Lock Lor a hike. Members ot the Naturel- pie. Haven by Including Praeco In this ;si Club and the new pledges startAfter about tour miles had been ed irom Mr. Ulmer's home at 1:30 covered, It was decided that it the choice. O n l y two yearbooks from the P. M. over the new state road to returrr were to be made by diurrerR e rr o V o . The walking wasn't so time, "right about face" was the Eastern States stood this final cutting: the Lucky Bag, trom Annapgood, tor frozen dirt roads aren't order of procedure. olis, and Praeco. The others Include recommended tor either graceful or St ar.ge to relate, everyone was the Stanford Quad, of Leland Staneasy walking. ready tor eats at the end of the ford; the Jayhawker; the Savitar; Here and there along the road journey. If you don't believe it, ask the Drift, of Butler U.; the Pedagog, this bunch of natural Naturalists Rus whether arrvone who was on ot Southwestern Texas T. C ; the stopped to t e suet on the trees for the hike was absent fronr the dlrr- Pikes Peak Nugget, of Colorado; the the birds, study trees or rock tor Tatler, of William Jewell; El Padre, m a t i o n s. Even occasional pauses | !ng-room that evening! of Loyola College of Los Angeles; t h e Key, State Normal College, Bowling Green, Ohio, and the ConcoidJan, Concordia College. t h e y certainly were dumb. You "How'd you like the party?" According to the scholastic edishould have seen "Bert" James. She tor: "Elsewhere appears a detailed • What party?" • Whal paity? Good-night, what a was orre ot these—what do ya call exp'anation of classification of" each question to ask. Just as It there had tuom?—Green-horns trom the coun- hook, senior and junior division class bof.ir more than one. Why, the party ', uy, I guess, called Percy O'Galla- within each division, and enrollment ^uturday night in the main hall on i gher. Hadn't even registered and so group within each class. .ccond floor at which the flrst floor \ scared she almost forgot her name. "A new term makes Its appearance wai entertained for being so good— ' When she was going to pay Mrs. Irr the annual contest—one which j Crcswell for her key she handed her was flrst used in the newspaper conthe model floor, you know." "Oh, that party!! I was home so I the whole pocket-book. Said it was test of last year." i all she had." 1 ir.i^sed it." "That is Pace-Maker. These are "You sure did miss it. Gee, kid, 1 "What were some of the other All-American hooks of unusual exI stunts?" we certainly had a good time." cellence, selected from each division "Did-ja really? How about the j "Secorjd floor, east, represented —junior and senior, respictlvely. A stunts? Were they any good and who j the Model Floor and of course they silver loving cup will be awarded tjie went to sleep promptly as the bell best Pace Maker In each d i v i s i o n won. "Oh. sec.ind floor, west, won. rang. Then Genevieve Kennedy did announcement of which will made Miss Roberts, MLss Dixon and Miss a stunt dance. Kid, she,was marvel- in the February issue." Rowe were the judges. They were ous! Hair was braided and tied with Four other hooks In the same ribbons. She never cracked a amlle class as Praeco made AU-Amerlcan all good stunts, though." and we held our sides, we laughed rating: the Quiver, Oshkosh, Wis., "What did they d o ? " "The second floor,, west, had a ' so hard. T. C ; the Sagamore, Cape Girar"First floor had a fashion show. deau, Mo., T. C ; and the PraecQpRegistration Day. All the members ot the faculty were there. Gee, they Brought the styles just from Paris tcr, Moorhead, Minn., T. C. None ot were great. Some poor Juniors were I or New York, I don't remember these apparently stood quite up to just coming for the first time and (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 2) Naturalists Try Out Piedges Second Fioor West Wins Prize .\ORM.\L TIMES LK. U. HasTea It happened on Wednesday, the seventh of this mouth. In the Kindergarten. If was a Silver Tea, and its purpose was to raise money. For what? For books and delegates— books for the children In the Training School and for the students taking Group I courses, and delegates for the I. K. U. convention which will be held at Grand Rapids In April this year. As a social function the tea was a success. About forty I. K. U. memb e r s were there, including Miss Himes, Miss Northey, Miss Barkhuff, Miss Phillips and Miss Lesher. Miss McDonald and Miss Roberts were also present. The room was decorated with Japanese lanterns, cherry blossoms, and cushions. The girls who served wore Japanese kimonos. Ruth McCall poured; Pat Thornton was chairman of the "what-to-eat" committee; Louise Stewart had charge of the decorating; and Peg Beeson was head waitress. As a financial adventure the tea was almost as successful as the I. K. U. members had expected. Three dollars artd seventy-five cents was collected. Praeco Placed With Leading Twelve (Continued from Page 1) Praeco since none of them are to be found in that pacemaking dozen. Other teachers colleges entered in Praecos division, colleges under 700 whose books were given ratings below All-American Include the publications of Ellensburg, Wash., East Radford, V a . , Chicago, UL, Pasadena, Callt., Gorham, Me., Waverly, Iowa, and Mansfleld, Penna. Pennsylvania books In other classes than Praeco In this contest and tiieir rating by the judges are LaVle, State College, Second Class; O b i t e r , Bloomsburg T. C , First Class; Carontawan, Mansfleld T. C , Second Class; Annual, Wllklneburg, Second Class; Condor, Woodlawn, Third Class; LaVle, Sunbury, Third Class: Spectator, Johnstown, Third Class; Hurri-Cane, Kane, AII-AmerIcan; D a r t , Dickinson Seminary, S e c o n d Class; Roxian, McKees Rocks. Third Class; Sentinel, Leisenring, Third Class; Torch, Forty Fort. S e c o n d Class; Reflector, Johnstown, Third Class; Reflector, l^rrell, Third ClasB; Candle, Hlghlang Hall, SeconH Class; Trumpet, Villa Maria, Third CIMB. Titus Just off the Campus Serve: Dainty Lunches Trsty Sandwiches l!>elic!ous Sundaes Vl'i .< !iv r IC '-reiim or hmch** •• ;:.' e4- St,i= ^ . p- 1 p I jjijj Killen spent t h e w e e k - e n d a t for a n a d d i t i o n a l d a n c e e a c h y e a r ! ' ; W h o m e In Cresson. '• •''- •• "A.' D . " Eichler spent t h e weekF o o t l j a l l s e a s o n i s p a s t a n d g o n e , a u d b a s U e t - b a l l sea^ciu is a l m o s t ! end a t h e r h o m e In J o h n s t o w n , o v e r — h o w m u c h school spirit h a s been aroused ? Dot B a s t i a n and J o R o b i n s o n paid If w e r e a l l y h a v e a n y , l e t ' s s h o w it w h e n t h e d a - s p l a y s a n d i ^ ' " * ° ^ ° * ' * ^ " , , ' Helen S h a r e r h a d h e r m o t h e r a s school concerts come a l o n g . j her g u e s t t o r over S u n d a y . I Doree M a t t e r n was visited by h e r W e a r e e n v y i n g t h e p e o p l e w h o w i l l b e fcere n e x t \ e a T . for t h e y m o t h e r a n d f a t h e r a n d s m a l l sister w i l l h a v e t h e benefit of t h e i m p r o v e m e n t s w h i c h w e a r e s u f f e r i n g " j cii S u n d a y . A r e n ' t s o m e people ' lucky? through. Rosa Lee Hliikley a n d Alice R e a d I were at Rosa Lee's h o m e l u ShefA m o n g t h e g e n e r a l n u i s a n c e s of t h i s c o l l e g e a r e tho.«c i>eople w h o field t o r the week-end. c o m e to e n t e r t a i n m e n t s itr t h e a u d i t o r i u m a n d a c t l i k e " t w o - y e a r o l d s . " i • Mary J a n e S t a h l m a n , a J u n i o r ! here last year, was h e r e S u n d a y visG r o w u p — x o u ' r e old e n o u g h ! iting friends, Gwen Penfield was at Mill Hall Both Juniors and S e n i o r s a r e w o r k i n g hard perfecting t h e i r d r i U s ' for t h e week-e^nd. for t h e b i g m e e t - P l a y h a r d , p l a y f a i r — a n d — v v i n t i e i s o r I c s e r s — b e A s t r l d J o h n s o n w a s at h e r h o m e gracious ? Irr R e n o v o , was given a life m e m b e r s h i p to t h e society. M A R C H 14, 1 9 2 8 Miss McDona'd A t t e n d s T w o Conventions ( C o n t i n u e d trom P a g e 1) Miss Irene McDonald, l i b r a r i a n , w h i c h , tor some ot t h e people spent T h u r s d a y . F r i d a y a n d S a t u r - a r o u n d h e r e . Ellen Corbin a n a d Elizday a t a rneetlng of t h e Drexel In- abeth Dalby were to be C h r i s t i a n (Continued from page 1) s t i t u t e and t h e Amerlcaru L i b r a r y As- F e l t a n d Shorty Martin. Violet ary education w i t h a p r e s e n t a t i o n of sociation. Kunes was L a u r a S t u a r t all dressed the point ot view of t h e university. P r o m i n e n t s p e a k e r s a t t h i s meet- u p In a w e d d i n g d r e s s , atrd ot course According t o P r e s i d e n t Lowell, t h e ing were J a m e s Gerould, l i b r a r y a t Mary R o d g e r s was m a i d of honor. econdary schools are too superficPrinceton, Charles B. Shaw, from Miss McDonald and Miss Dixon also ial and too shallow in their educa. S w a r t h m o r e , a n d H o w a r d S. Leach • received n e w styles t r o m P a r i s . tion. Their g r a d u a t e s a r e n o t t h o r from Lehigh University. ' You should have been t h e r e , you lughly t r a i n e d a n d a r e not r e a d y t o Miss McDonald a t t e n d e d t h e j simply c a n ' t describe h o w t u n n y It do work of university g r a d e . Miss R o b e r t s A t t e n d s National Asso- Council ot Normal School L i b r a r i a n s all w a s . " T h e p r e s i d e n t was a t t a c k e d on a t Boston on t h e following Monday, I " W h a t a b o u t t h i r d floor, w e s t ? " ciation of D e a n s of W o m e n each of t h e s e points both by the " T h i r d floor furnished t h e music. Miss G e r t r u d e Roberts, Deair of Tuesday a n d W e d n e s d a y . Adeline s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s and by t h e editors W o m e n , a t t e n d e d the National As- Zechert, former s t a t e librarlatr of i Virginia Roche a n d H e l e n McCorof several newspapers. sociation of Deans of Women, held Pennsylvania a n d rrow State S u p e r - ; mac played t h e i r u k e s a n d sang. Alvan T. F u l l e r , governor of Mas- irr Boston at t h e same t i m e as t h e i n t e n d e n t of New York, a c t e d a s I The k i d s up t h e r e also did a d a n c e . sachusetts, presented t h e claims of N. E. A. Miss Roberts, who was ac- general chairman. Gee, I've got to g o . " business a n d industry on secondary companied b y Charlotte E . R a y , "Just a minute—what was the I n t e r e s t i n g s p e a k e r s at this coneducation, emphasizing not specific Dean ot Women a t S t a t e College, i v e n t i o n were G e r t r u d e Buck, fronr I p r i z e ? " • t r a i n i n g but t h e deve'opment of such left Lock Haven F e b r u a r y 26 a n d S t a t e Teachers College, Milwaukee, "Oh. boy, you missed t h a t , too. c h a r a c t e r t r a i t s as co-operation, de- r e t u r n e d March 2. M i s s R o b e r t s Wisconsin; H a r r y Klonower a n d Dr. Why we got r e f r e s h m e n t s , too, hot r e n d a b i l l t y , honesty a n d industry. stayed a t the Copley-Plaza Hotel Albert L. Rowland t r o m P e n a s y l v a n - dogs a n d m a r s h m a l l o w s with o n e of Mrs. A. H. Leeve, president of t h e w h e r e all meetings of t h e association la S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t ; Dr. F r a n k those, I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t t h e y ' r e National Congress of P a r e n t s a n d : were held. W r i g h t trom M a s s a c h u s e t t s ; Dr. Ned called, oh s h a m r o c k s , for St. P a t T e a c h e r s , showed the relationship to i D e a r b o r n froih New York. rick's Day. A little g r e e n leaf, you About 2 7 0 d e a n s ppftsent t h e h o m e a n d J e r e m i a h E. B u r k e , i Miss McDonald was accompanied Ici^iw, a u d t h e kids on second floor, Approximately two h u n d r e d sevs u p e r i n t e n d e n t of the Boston schools I by Miss Helen Russel from S t a t e weat, got a. Uttle ..pipe atuck on lectured on t h e training tor citizen- i enty d e a n s from all over t h e United T e a c h e r s College, Bloomsburg. T h e r e t h e i r s , a s a prize." . i t ship t h a t i s given in secondary ! S t a t e s w e r e registered a t the con- were about t h i r t y delepatee a t thlB vention. Among t h e several s p e a k e r s convention. schools. w h o l e c t u r e d were Mrs. Helen Taft N e b r a s k a Governor Tnlks for R e m e m b e r how we u s e d to r o a m Manning, president of Bryn M a w r ; Snobbishness, d r i n k i n g , c h e a t i n g , , Farmers The q u i e t fields t o g e t h e r . i Miss R. Louise Fitch, Dean of W o - j s m o k i n g and " n e c k i n g " a r e t h e flve Governor Adam McMullen from ; men a t Cornell University; L y d i a And w a t c h t h e lazy clouds roll by N e b r a s k a presented t h e situation) ot J o n e s from Michigan S t a t e N o r m a l worst sins of t h e s t u d e n t s of t h e In s u m m e r ' s lovely w e a t h e r . t h e farmer a n d asked t o r a fair e d - Leland Stanford University, C a 1 1- j University of N e b r a s k a , a c c o r d i n g to R e m e m b e r when gay a u t u m n c a m e ucational deal for f a r m e r ' s children. College, Ypsllantl; Mary Yost from I a vote of t w o h u n d r e d s t u d e n t s . And leaves were t u m b l i n g down One of t h e most talked-ot lectures t o r n l a ; Dr. R i c h a r d Cabot, H a r v a r d I W o n d e r w h e r e o u r school would • How We two roamed t h e w o o d s for was that ot P r e s i d e n t J a m e s R. An- University; Ada Comstlck, president s t a n d ? them, ' geli froirr Yale in which he suggest- of Radcliffe; Alice Hamilton, M. D. S o n n d s Iiike Vs The r e d a n d golden b r o w n . ed a closer co-operation between col- H a r v a r d Medical College. "A F r e s h m a n was p a r t i n g his lege and h i g h school in o r d e r t o E n t e r t a l n e U a t Tea hair In front of a m i r r o r , somebody R e m e m b e r when t h e first cold wlnt^s e l i m i n a t e from college a t t e n d a n c e T h e visiting deans were e n t e r - near-by casually r e m a r k e d , " Y o u ' v e Came howling round, t h e d o o r . those who a r e aiming t o be only tained several t i m e s at tea by n e a r - a fine alley o n t h a t b l o c k . " ' socially and; ,g,t>hleti('ally educated. How w e got o u t our sleds a n d skiis by colleges. Simmons College, e n t e r Current Sauce F o r snow a n d fun galore, K\t«'nslvc Vesper : Services P r o v i d e d t a i n e d Monday afternoon; Radcliffe, T h e committee- in charge ot t h e T u e s d a y afternoon, a n d Wellesley, T h e Beta P h i Zetz girls of L o u - RememJJ^r, t,he first s o n g of b i r d s c r n v e n ' i o n a r r a n g e d several vesppr W e d n e s d a y afternoon. isiana State N o r m a l h a v e furnished And all the joys of spring. services for . Sunday in t h e marry Miss Roberts, too, enjoyed being their room In t h e sorority h o u s e Oh! d o n ' t ' y o u love to w h i l e a w a y churches' of t h e city. Among t h e m p r e s e n t . a t t h e meeting of t h e N. E. and now have a r o o m they m a y call •The t i m e — r e m e m b e r i n g ? were the Pai'k Street Church. Old A. when Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh their: own. — M a b e l Stiffler State Teacher.s College Represented by Three North Church, a n d F a n o u i l Hall, " T h e Cradle ot L i b e r t y . " Dr. A r m s t r o n g a t t e n d e d vespers in K i n g s ' Chapel because, h e says, a girls' c h o r u s from S t a t e Normal schools a t P r a m i n g h a m a n d Salem, Mass., s a n g a t t h i s service, A realization of tha i m p o r t a n c e o; education a n d of t h e seriousness ot t h e profession, Dr. A r m s t r o n g said, w a s t h e d o m i n a n t Impression of t h e convention. During h i s absence Dr. A r m s t r o n g spent a d a y in New York City on business. Second Floor West Wins Prize Remembering NORMAL TIMES Exchanges The Home of Hart Shaffner & Marx Clothes HARRY H. WILSON LINTZ'S Wearing Apparel at Money Saving Prices. out +fut , sltvohi , |L^ I SUCCESSOR. TO HecMSsWoRians Shop Hungry? Achenbaeh's Arbor Lunches Served Candy Pniil Disillusionment No, It just couldn't be true. Anything so terrible, so unreal, so atrocious, was utterly Impossible. Such a calamity as this, after all these years of happiness. Is unbelieveable. No, no, he was foolish to even imagine such a thing to be true. He was surely making a mountain out of a mole hill. Still he could not put the thought from his mind, and his fears became an obsession. Poor Jack. He certainly looked the picture ot utter dejection as he sat hunched over his desk, his hair rumpled, his eyes staring, his arms hanging limply at his sides. Easter vacaton was just two weeks away, and how he had planned for and looked forward to it. Now all his dreams lay In ruins. Vacatio*; no longer held any fascination for him; Instead he dreaded going home to his friends and family after what he had just learned. For now, this dreadful suspicion had turned into grim reality. He shuddered as he realized it: There was no Easter Bunny! Louise Stewart KLEWAN'S Satiefy It with Good Food \ Basketball and Stunt tournaments suing a call for student talent. The predominate in Health Ed. classes try-outs are to be held soon. The at West Chester.—The Qreen Stone cast selected will form a class and choose a production which will most The West Chester track men are likely be a comedy. starting to warm up for their varThe Kent Stater ious events. All ot last year's stars are out and many new men have Kearhey College has made an Injoined the squads. The Green Stone teresting estimation of college cost. It was found that It Is more expenLouisiana Co-eds find oddles of sive to educate a man than a womfun giving teas during study hour. an. The expenses for the average How do they do It? They give the women were estimated at $537.35, good advance advice to all; first, to and those ot the men were $643.87. prepare lessons one day ahead and We wonder why? —The Antelope second, to keep quiet so the monlter's attention will not be attractThe Girl's Glee Club ot Cullowhee ed. Normal entertained the boys by conCurrent Sauce tests which tried their patience with thread, needle, cloth and a peanut. Are Thejr Related? After strenuous efforts the boys deMiss Mary Young of Huntingdon cided they would rather buy their was the guest of Miss Gladys Pen- clothes ready-made. A prize was givklrton on Saturday. The Easterner en tor the best dressed peanut and last, but not least, the boys were Kent State Teachers College is Is- served "eats." The Cullowhee Yodel Ice Cream Soda Sut<)iiiiehiinna Avenue for the-Season's Snappiest Shoes IN Patents, Satins ,Suedes and Velvets Straps and Pumps Klewans' Shoe Store Off Bouillon for Life Oh, how I longed tor a square meal! Lying in a hospital bed, I counted the hours that rrust intervene before that meal. Bouillon for breakfast, bouillon tor lunch and I oulllon for dinner. Njxt day tliey tried to vary It with bouillon tor breakfast, bouillon for dinner and bouillon for supper. All arauird r.ie \ ' re people wrth trays heaped up with the square meal I longed for. My friends came on visiting day, they wanted to be kind, but how cruel they really were! They brought me fruit and tasty tidbits, which decayed In my small table drawer while I continued to get my bouillon three times a day. Then came the memorable n i g h t when someone brought me Ice-cream and the nurse permitted me to eat a little. Behind her back I proceeded to consume It all. Then came the day when I went home—to a square meal. When I sat down to the table my eyes were larger than my capacity. I tried to saisfy that inner craving for a good | square meal, and I stopped only when I began to visualize more days In the same bed and more cups of bouillon. I stopped, but my eyes I still lingered on that precious food. ' —Ellen Corbin Henry Keller's SODS Quality style Newest S t y le s Oxfords and in Slippers 103 JMain St., l o c k Haven. Fa. Electric Curiing Irons, Toasters, Globes, and Study Lamps Electric Supply Co. 113 Main Street YOU Can always get what you want at Heffner's In D r u g s . Toilet Articles Stationery, Fountain Pens, E t c . Students will find our Service Prompt and Satisfactory Edgar F. Heffner, Ph. G. The Ouality Drugstore E xpert Prescription Service. Lock Haven, Pa. Lock Haven's Shopping Center T h i s store is alway^ pleased to greet the students attending T h e Lock Haven Teachers College. Here you will find two floors of high g r a i e standard merchandise, fairly priced, displayed to make your shopping easy. 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