NORMAL TIMES At FT i Miss Quale Tells of Heart-Rending Conditions Among the Foreign Students Miss Quale, a worker for the International Students' Friendshiji Fund, visited inir school on Sunda.v, February '.i. iliss Quale has been working among the students in Russia, Poland, and Czecho-Slovakia for the last four years. She spoke both at V. Vf. and at vespers of the conditions slie herself had seen. "No picture of the jioverty of tliese students, of their unbelievable living conditions, has been exaggerated," she says; "the half will never be jirinted." Students are living on one meal a dax-. and frequently dividing this with a friend. Often there is but one jire sentable suit of clothes among several persons; they take turns wearing it to class. Books are so scarce that the least number found using any textbook was ten. They live in houses that have had no heat in them for years, and sleep on the bare floors, fortunate if they have a single blanket, ;iud never liaviug more. These young students are from the best families in their countries; many of them are from the nobility. It is to them that tiieir countries must look for future leadershiji. But for the help tlie.\- receive from the Friendship Fund, they would be unable to get any edulatioii, and many more would die in the attenijit, frMui tuberculosis or starvation, than are now actually dying. The fund is jiiovidiug free meals, (dothing, and shidter, and assisting in nian\' other \va\s to jireserve the life of these ambitious \onng jieople, \\hose iiinditioiis ale so hard that tlie little aiino.vauces of euir life here seem uiiwortliy niomentaiy consideration. Before iliss Quale left the school, a coiiiniittee was ajijiointed to raise money for use by the Fund. Joanna Sweeny is general chairman, and a committee meiulier has been ajipointed for each lloor and da.sroom. We have set our own goal as $:iUU. It should be raised without hesitation or difficulty. The Dormer's Saturday Night Saturday night! The best niglit in the week. Even though we don't doll up much any otlier niglit, we do then. First there comes the basketball game, and of course every one who is any one goes to that. Then wdien the game is over, though we weren't going to stay for the dance—well, wc inight as well. • Nine-thirty, and the dance is over. We all crowd back to the donn, with lots of noise. There is a rush for the student kitclieii; everybody has a feed on Saturday night. Soon the smell of hot (Continued on pnge 2) State Normal LOCK HAVEN, PA., FEBRUARY VOLUME 2 IRRER STIRS S Central School 15,1924 TER RECENT DEFEAT A HRILLER TO ALL The i'raeco Danee given in the g.vm Februar.v 9 was a success if one is to .judge from the conversation heard the day after. This is a yearly affair given by the seniors for the benefit of the Praeco fund, which heljis to cover the e.xjiense of jiutting out the .vear book. The decorating eomniittei' certainly deserve much praise for the effective way by which the.y transformed the gym. Streamers of red and wdiite hung from the balcony, while strips of the same color e.xtended from the chandeliers to the four corners of the g.vm. The lights were covered with red, which gave a de cidedly entrancing moonlight effect. As usual State was ver.v well rejue sented. It is rejiorted tliat about eighty three fellows came for the dance. i l a n y of the Alumni were back for the danee. "Musie Hath I t s Charm." At least something attracted Kay Cawley, Margaret Farwell, Amelia List, Ethlyene Lee, Mary Hile, Mildred Fickes, Amy Peters, Sylvia Breth, Christine Holl.v, Sam Diehl, Lemoyne Cornely, Kruest Schrot, Esther Heft'ner, Ted Sclireiber, ,\ugusta Howard, and Louise Heigharil. Student Teachers The student teachers for the second semester took uji their work ilonday, February 4, 1!»24. The work in the different grades is divided among nearly litt.v seniors. i l a n y of these students liave had jirevious exjierience iu teacliing, and so the work is not entirely new. Following is a list of tlie students who are teaching this semester, and the grades they are teaching: .lunior High School—.lessie Haven, Fricala Staimen, Velma Ridge, Mary .iohiiston, Sara (iardner, Edna Reynolds, Donald (llossner, Evald Erickson. Sixth gratle—lone (iarbrick, Hiden llaird, Caral Herb, Erda ilaiucr. Intermedial e grades—Finola Wiles, Helen Thall, Kva Bailey, Matilda Kuitz, ("atlieiine 1 lineraiix, l-lessie Xearing, Winifred Patterson, i l y r a Booue, Ida Ki'arick, Lois Crays, Jessie Stravino. Second and Third Grades—Naomi Jenks, Ruth Langsford, Ruth W.ird, ilable Sergeant, Eval,yn Karii, Louise Holden. Metta Nelson, Helen Blackburn, ibirie T.aeniiler, Gertrude Lynott, C.-itherine Brosius. First grade and Kindergarten—Constance Tubbs, NetaiVhite, Meriaii Brown, Kuth Brehm, Alice Weisoii, Hetty Staver, ilargaret ilyers. Those teaching in the city schools are —ibirion Wilson and I'auline Schaffner, Roosevelt; Jean Peck and Margaret Beam, Lincoln; Erma ililler, Margaret Bracken, Beatrice Harris and i l a r y Frantz, Robb. NUMBER 7 Presidents, Orators,Writers, Humorists, and Acquaintances, Are Passed in Review Dr. William Rader. one nf Aiiieiica's foremost orators and .journalists, was an insjiiration to local jieojile in bis lecture here on Sunday afternoon, February .'-. The death of Woodrow Wilson so shortly before Dr. Rader's ajijiearaii.e here iinjiidled liini to cininge his subject fidui that jireviously announced, "National Delusions," to "Leaders of the Xatioii Whom I Have Known," into which lu* released some of the solemn eiiiotioiis our war jiresident's death had aroused. Dv. Rader has a very effective jilatfoiui jiersoiiality, winning both the liking and confidence of his audience rajiidl.v. He talks with energy, believes what he sa.vs sincerely, and gets over his belief to his listeners. His plafform life began, according to Who's Who in America, about IDLi, eominencing at the same time that he entered the editorial .staff of the Phihidelphia Public Ledger. Since that time he has talked from .\laska to Loniloii, and from the Bay of Fuiidy to the Mexican border. He has studied life from the jiulpit, from the jdutform, from the editorial chair, and from the viewpoint of a lawyer. He tries to helji, with eveiyda.v cominou sense, attractively presented, both the cominunities in whicli be talks and the individuals to whom he sjieaks, inoilelling his efforts on one nf his heroes, Bi'iijamin Ffaiiklin. Among those who passed in rexiew, and conceruiug whom he had jieisnnal i-eininisceiices to jiass :iloiig lo us, were three great orators, .lohn H (Jough, .lanu's (I. Blaine, and William ,1. Bryan, Ihe hist of whom lie thinks will be ranked with Daniel Welistcr ;is orator; Oliver Weiididl jlolnies, .lohn Greeuleat Whittier, AVilliam ilcKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, anil Woodrow Wilson. Dr. Rader believes sound health to be rue of the hist essentials of leadershiji; then excellence iu some field of I'lideavor; then jiersoiiality, the abilit.xwithout effort to make an iiiijiression of enesidf on others. It was ou this last qualification of all leaders that Dr. Rader dwidt most. He cited Charles Steinmetz, Alexander Stephens, General Booth, Henry Ward Beecher, and Russell Conwell as rejireseiitative of the leadersliij) these three qualities make possible iu wiibdy varied fields. Dr. Rader bcdieves tliat each person's real greatness is conditioned by his jihilosojiliy; that those who do not asjiire greatly cannot achieve greatness. He paid high tribute to ex-jiresidents (Contiinieil on page 2) Revi'iige: That is no name tor i t ! but that is what we had, full and plenty, when C. S. N. S. jiut it over Coudersjioit 22 HI. .\t Coudersport we had been beaten, 4t)-17. That sort of defeat .lues not sit well, which is wliy this victory tastes so sweet, esjieeially since it occurred onl.v one week after that overwhelming defeat. The school here had no idea that the team could possibly win; but due to Coach Dick Seltzer's able supervision and four .strenuous workouts in the week jireceding the game, the Normal team displayed some real floor work, far sujierior to any that they have so far jiresented. Every one in attendance at the game say that it was the best exhibition that the local boys have given. The game was not quite so close as the score indicates. The Normal boys started the scoring, rang in three baskets and a foul before Coudersport got started, and were never headed. A Coudersport spurt brought them up into a 9-9 tie, but that was as close as they came during the game. During the final Jieriod a flash of scoring brought them up within one point of the maroon and grey, 19-20, but some dazzling jiassing and tricky teamwork brought C. S. N. S. out on the long end of 22-19 when the final whistle blew. Comjieteiit refereeing made the game. a Jileasure. More fouls were called against us thall against tlie visitors, b u t tlii'y were projierly called, and the game never threatened to get out of hand. We are lucky, here at Tjock Haven, in bi'iiig able to command the services of three real nflici.als. No visiting team lia:< left here this year feeling unfairly treated, which is as it should be. By some oversight no one kejit score for Normal. The ('inidersjHnt coach took his score home with him, naturally, which jirevents ns from jinblishiiig the box score of Noniiars comeback. Leap Year Meditation The daily jirayer of most of the girls at C. S. N. S.: "Oh, Lord, deliver me Irom the loneliness of scliool teaching, and lead me beside full streams where the tish are plentiful, to one wdio will usher me into the Kingdom of Matrimony." By the nuniber of boxes of candy and silk dresses lloating around, it looks as though some of the prayers had been answered. Still, we haven't seen any new diamonds. Dot Lynds ia sporting a new ring. Of course she says that it does not mean anything, yet we wonder. Here is a secret ; do with it what you like: One of the girls sent a proposal through the mails, the message ending (Continued on page 4) NORMAL TIMES Our Nature Corner George Junior Republic Described Principal Talks on the Teacher Bobbing Up and Down While we are waiting for sjiring to arrive we might find it interesting to observe some of the animals which we may think we know all about. Here are some observations to make on some of our domestic animals. 1. How many toes has a cat ? A dog ? A horse? A cow? A pig? 2. iVhat is the use of a pig's tail? 3. Do a horse and a cow lie down 'alike? 4. Can a pig swim ' 5. Why does a dog bark wdien he hears a noise? 6. What is the best animal story you have read this winter? Write your observations in to the Nature Stud.v Department at this school. Tell us just what you have seen. We promise to answer your letter, and perhaps even to print it in this paper. By the way, we have been asking you questions all this y e a r ; wdiy don't you t r y to ask us some. Turn about is fair play, isn't i t ? Wonder if you can ask us a question to wdiieh you know the answer, but we do n o t ; that might be easily possible, you know. Try it. Miss Cora Greene from Ithaca, New York, gave the student body a very interesting talk on Wednesday, February 6, about the George Junior Eejiublic, which she rejiresents. The Republic, she says, is a small town, inhabited by students between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, who go to school part of the da.v, devoting the remainder to runuiiig their own businesses or working for some one else. Each student upon entering the republic takes up an occupation of his own, at which, under natural competitive conditions, he must make his living. The sort of home in whieh he lives, the type of food he has to cat, etc., is determined b.v his earning capacity, his purchasing power. The boys and girls in the Republic have all the rights and privileges of citizenship. They make their own laws at town meetings, hold elections, conduct iiolitical campaigns managed by themselves, and iu every way r u n themselves as a going community. The town is about a mile long, and contains a gymnasium, a hospital, a court house, a jail, a printing establishment, mail}- business houses, etc., all owned and run by themselves. It is in no sense a reformatory; with few limitations, any one is eligible to citizenship there. The only requirement in addition is that the student take up a trade and support himself. Miss Greene extended a hearty invitation to Normal school students to inspect this experiment in education—an experiment which lias long passed the experimental stage. The teacher, her work, and her qualifications were discussed by Mr. Drum in ehapel on Monday, February 4. The teacher, he says, is the one person %vho comes in contact with school boys and girls more than any one else except their own parents; thus it is veiy essential that the teacher be a good one, and able to influence the students desirably in every way. The teacher, therefore, must have ideals for which to work; especially, she must herself he inspired to become more and more competent. There are certain assets which a teacher must have to be successful. Personality is the greatest of these. A teacher wdio possesses personality, is almost sure to have positivcness of character, teaching power, and ability to meet any emergency. C. S. N . S. graduates are followed up after graduation. Superintendents and principals arc asked to report in detail on the points of strength and weakness which our graduates show. Mr. Drum read many of the adverse criticisms made of our graduates who are teaching in various communities. The one which occurred most frequently was inability to secure eflfective discipline, and this fault is almost invariably caused by a lack of something in the teacher's personality. Running footsteps in the hall. A panting figure rushes into Hazel Barrett's room. "Oil, girls, it's half off; oil—" Peg Gledhill catches her breath; then finishes her sentence—"Do you think you'll like i t ? " "Oh, Peg, you look darling!" "I always told j-ou to have your hair bobbed." "Are you going to wear it curled or straight?" All this in one breath from the whole crowd. "But, kids, I'll lose my happy home for this." "Let mo finish it for you. Oh, you're going to look ten times better." Snip, snap; more oflf. "Peg, do stand still, or I'll cut your car oflf. Turn your head to the left. The left, I said!" "Which is my left?" Sho leans her head forward. "Oh—oh, I know." Snip, snap, snip, snap. More running footsteps. Several girls, with Mary Mayes in the center. "Mary's next." "Mary, not your beautiful h a i r ! " "Sure. I told Peg that I would if she would." "Oh, Mary, you'll look darling." "I wouldn't curl it if I were you." The scissors change hands. Peg ia initiated into the curling process. Snip, snap, goes Mary's hair. "Gee, it looks great, honest it does. It makes your face look much sweeter." More arrivals a t the door. All the old remarks are revived. Mary disappears, but soon returns with a band on. This the crowd received with great approval, and also Peg's hair, after almost an hour of flufSng and curling. Excitement runs high. More victims are sought. Esther, Cherry, and Hazel refuse all eflforts at pursuasion, however; the excitement wears away; gradually the squeals cease, one by one. A Color Display A wdiirl of color and a patter of feet —that was the impression one received when the youngsters from the training school took charge of chapel, Friday morning, Februarj- 15, 1924. They had a definite aim in mind, and t h a t was to show the use of color in t h e world. First came Color, a tall dignified maid whose costume would have told her name. She explained wdiat her mission was in this world, and then—the curtains parted revealing the three primarj^ colors. These girls, too, told what they represented, and then, in a whirling dance, flaunted their beautiful colors. Their sister secondary colors were called; and, after their dance, a host of dainty little ones dressed in t i n t s of the colors came out, and all joined in a merry whirl of color in a May pole dance around Color. The children had to respond to a "curtain call" before the clapping would stop, which shows how well the thing went over. The Dormer's Saturday Night (Continued from iiago 1) dogs, coffee, pork chops, and onions fills first floor. Good? Oh, boy! And every one is hungry, anyhow. We never did enjoy anything so much as eating; and between the courses there are demonstrations of every dance from the Saloniic tango to imitations of the vaudeville put on at the Garden on Saturday afternoons. Bz-z-z. There goes the three minute bell. We all go to bod and to dreams. And to think of not having to get up for any classes the next moruing!—-Well, it's life. > * • Mr. Ulmer had been talking about birds, aud asked for a discussion of the goldfinch. Evelyn Eosa evidently was asleep, because, as i t came her turn to recite, her neighbor punched her and .said excitedly— "Goldfinch." "Goldfish? Goldfish? I didn't know they were birds." Mr. Ulmer is planning another hike soon; he is dusting off that hat. Audubon Societies Organized Both sections in nature study have been organized into Junior Audubon Societies at the request of i l r . Ulmer. His purpose in organizing such groups is, primarily, to show the members how to do the same thing in their own schools. He states that the soeiet.y is an asset to the school, arousing interest and enthusiasm among the puiiils. The fee per semester is ten cents, which, Mr. Ulmer sa.vs, will not break anybody. Six colored charts of birds, with a full account of their life history, are sent out yearly to each meinber. These alone are worth the price of admission. A small colored button is given also to each active member. The purpose of the society is to make a study of birds, and to create an interest in their welfare. Each class elected oflicers at its first meeting. In section ono Violet Agnew was elected president; Marion Shaw, secretary; and Esther Schofleld, treasurer. I n section two, Lucy Mitchell, president; Josephine Beaujon, secretary; aud Lydia Gross, treasurer. The presidents are to appoint each an entertainment committee, to bring the best forms of entertainment to the class, in the form of lectures, lantern slides, and so on; a hiking committee, to set certain days aside for birdstudy hikes; and a bird-study committee, which will make selection of the birds whieh it thinks it will be profitable for the class to study. Problem of the Changing Voice The problem of the changing voice, which confronts all teachers of music in the upper grades, was discussed b y Mr. All in chapel on Thursday, February 7. "Every teacher should understand this problem," he said, "for the future singing voice may be injured through lack of knowledge. The period of change varies greatly, beginning with some boys as early as the twelfth year, while with others i t may not occur u n t i l sev eral years later. As the voice changes, the pitch graduall,y lowers, and the range of tones possible becomes very small. I t is difiicult to select songs which can be sung within the range; consequently the teacher at this time should not force boys to sing. If the proper care is taken during this period of change—which will not exceed two or three months with some, while for others it may extend over as many years—the boys will have a real bass voice to take up their work again at the end of the period. Mr. All demonstrated by having a group of Junior High School girls sing with five boys whose voices had changed. One of these could not have been over 13 years old; while another, barely 16, had a true, deep bass voice, able to reach easily two tones below the bass clef. "If Winter Comes" and "For Freedom" were the part songs eflfective!y sung by this chorus. Music by Sixth Grade A music program was given by the pupils of the sixth grade from the training school, Friday, February 8. The children sang three songs, "Snowflakes," "Dreams," and "Long Long Ago." Anna Mae Landis directed the singing, which was pleasingly done. A pitch-testing exercise was conducted by Miss Whitwell. In all but two cases the children wore true to pitch. One of the problems in this grade, the changing voice, appeared in this exercise. I t is important that tho teacher make careful selection of song material for the grade, so that the range of the tones will not be greater than that of which the pupils are capable. DR. RADER TALKS ON AMERICA'S GREAT MEN (Conlimiod from page 1) SHORT TEST IN ADAPTABILITY 1. Explain the 1, 2, 3, peanut. 2. Give six reasons for day-dreaming in nutrition class. 3. Solve the following equation: A pretzel: ? :: an observation: a junior. 4. Develop a rational basis for participation. 5. Why is a measle? If so, to whom? Hayes and McKinley as great gentlemen. Roosevelt to him was the genius of work, and Taft the friend of all friends of America. Wilson was the possessor of inagniflcent ideals and mind; he made some blunders, perhaps, but his eflforts were so right that his life has been as a star across a black sea. I t was the American people, unable to rise to his height, to see with his ideals, who broke and martyred this finest type of president. NORMAL TIMES NORMAL TIMES N o r m a l Times is luiniisliefi at C e n t r a l S t a t e N o r m a l Scliool, Ixifk llavoii. I'enna., liy tlio U o a r d of Editors of Normal T i m e s . Tho suliRcriptioii r a t e l o r one year is .$1..'>0. A d d r e s s all comnninieations to T. W, Trembatli, F a c u l t y M a n a g e r , Lock Huven, P e n n a . Kdilor-in-C'liief. . Cleona r o p p e r s n i i l h .Assistant Kditor Helen D i t t m a r A s s o c i a t e Kditors- Gra.vce Coppersmith a n d Marie Crain. Sports Editor Kvald Erickson C h a p e l News Kditor Sara ( l a r d n e r (.'Inb News P^ditors -Until Malone and Kditil llnrKeson. B x c h a n g o Kditor Velnia Ridge Us and O t h e r s . F r a n c e s Cook Alumni Editor Kntii W a r d tliinior Graee Pinglisli and Rnlli Langsford Illustrations Erda Maurer Circulation Manager Catherine Deverau.v A s s i s t a n t Oirenlation M a n a g e r Mary Mitchell A d v e r t i s i n g Managers—l.ydia Gross and F r i e d a Staiman, A c c e p t a n c e for mailing at special r a t e of posta g e proviiled for in section no;^, .Vet of October 3, 1917, antliorlzed .Inly 3, lilL'.S. FEBRUARY 15, 1924 A New Chief I n the year and ii half of its existence Normal Times has been fortunate in its editors-in-chief. Throughout all of last year, the flrst of its editors gave to it a faithful service that is likely to remain unsurpassed. An inequable distribution of the duties connected with gathering and preparing all the copy which the p r i n t e r requires made it necessar.y for her to devote to this paper most of the hours she could be free from lier class work. She gave it even more thought than time. Normal Times acknowledges again its debt to Gertrude Harper. During the first half of this year Sally H a n n a worked to keep the paper up to a high level. She made a most excellent editor, with all the affairs of the paper at her fingers' end at all times. In pure labor of production she fell little short of the first editor; and in producing the paper she built her own ideas into and upon the experience of the first year. school, even your ability to read and write; and it is stipulated that under no circumstances can you ever get any of tliese back. I want to sweep out of your lives forever all of the knowledge and culture and sweetness and fairness which have come into them through the process which we call education. What will you take for what you already know? Would you sell it for all the wealth of George Eastman? The merchandise of it is better than the merSally's graduation at the mid-term has chandise of silver, and t h e gain theremfide necessary the election of a new of than fine gold. And do you not prize editor-in-chief. Clearfield County proand appreciate it more than you did duced one good editor; Clinton County when you were in school ? Just so, the other. It is now up to Cleona Copwhen you come to college your appreciapersmith, our new e-i-c, to show that tion will grow stronger and stronger. Blair can do as well. Tho rest of us "If education is something which you are doing very little worrying; we think would not sell for any amount of gold, she "has the goods." is not a higher and broader education worth looking for?" Precious Merchandise "If you have youth and health, that is The most important matter t h a t can all that you need. Youth is all that engage the attention of the .voung men you need! Youth is the period when we and women of this day is that of their ow'ii the world and the fullness thereof. education. Youth sees the world and tries to conWhen Aristotle was asked in what quer it. It has for its birthright every way the educated were different from discovery, every conquest, and every sacthe uneducated, he replied, "As the liv- rifice since civilization began." ing diflfer from Ihe dead." "The most sublime sight in the world Much more recently a, man not a whit is t h a t of a .voung man fighting his way less Jiractical advised every young man up from the pit of ignorance to the if he wished marked success in life, heights of intellectual attainments; to invest every cent ho can spare from fighting against odds on all sides; fighthis earnings before thirty in his own ing destiny itself; beating it down inch education. That modern philosopher by inch." was Henry Ford. "Young men and young women, I can This question of education is most only ask you to peer into tho future clearly and forcibly presented in a and see to what countries you are speech b.v Mr. J. T. Schultz before a bound." large gathering of students in a New York university. The following paraNever wear your shoes around the graphs taken from his address empha- room after seven o'clock; somebody size something of the importance of might suspect soincthing. higher education: "To the young men aud women here Nellie M.—"Oh, kids, we didn't have I make this request: I want to buy a thing prepared for Oral Expression, so everything you know; I want to buy we .iust got up there an.yhow and gave everything you have ever learned in something simultaneously." A Sign of the Times Is It Worth While? It's a lull}?, liartl Ki'ind tor the student To liiiisli his course through the school, Tn stay till It's all eoniiileteil; .\ml he ciiils himself a fool To be plUKKlng awiiy at his studies. Wlien he niljjht be making his "iille"; So he stops in disgust for a inoment .\nd asks, "Is it really worth while?" Wlien nssiiJrninents are Iieeomiii}]; too lengtliy, (Ir (liseipline gets too severe: Wlien teacliers nnd profs make him weary. .-Vnd scliool life becomes a bit drear; Then the student desired more freedtmi— Of living, a different style— So lie's forcetl to ponder a moment. And think, "Is it really worth while?" "Does it really pay you to kwip struggling .Vnd striving lliese lessons to learn, When you inight be out working. Instead of Ueiiiainiuir here, waiting your turn." Thus does tho imp of temptation .Vttemiit by smooth wortls to beguile, To iirove to the faltering student That really "It isn't worth while." Bnt tile ones who refused to continue, 'I'o Jinisli tile course they'd begun. Now know that a good education Moans half of the hard battles won. .And the answer tliose same ones wiil give .vou, Ke they senttcred from here to the Nile, When you ask for tiieir candid opinions, Is always, "It's mighty worth while!" .So wlienever you're feeling downhearted .Vnd wauling In give llji the light, IloiTI liaslily nnike yonr decision: Take .\'(inr time, nnd determino what's riglit. .Inst say to yourself, "I'll stick to it"; .Vnd then, in Ihe future, you'll smile Wlieii yon look back and think that you ever Had wondered, "Is it really wortli while ?" —SI. E. COIIK. After the Fall Is Over lielv.i had a lillle sliovel. 1 le r.ill.iws il anniinl, Ir lakes llie snow all off the walk .Vnd lints it on the ground. ile lias a frown upon liis face; .V siiow-linke liils his nose. I don't see why lie gets so cross, -Vnd slainps nnd lilirls liis toes, "Why doesn't Belva like the snow?" .Vn eager child did cry. "Ueeaiise ho has lo shovel it," Tier roomie did reply. Perhaps if yon had Belva's job .Vnd had lu sliovid snow, .Maybe yon would change your mind .Vnd not enjoy it so. Hut slill the snow conies tiiiiibllng down. II falls on roofs and trees : .Villi soniel lines when we \entnre out W e fall 11) iiir k n e e s . .Villi still we see lliat little sliovel, Willi Hel\n following round; it lakes tlie snow all off the walk And puts it on the ground. A Proud Distinction I There is one phase of life here at Cen- ' ! fral State of which we can boast. I t is: a thoroughly American phase. It is onei which can, nevertheless, be found ini very few educational institutions be-i tween here and either the Atlantic or the Pacific. It is the reality of our democracy, our freedom from those outcroppings of snobbery which make life unpleasant for many students who cannot, at other schools, keep up the socialpace. We have formal social occasion^ here, of course; but they are neither so f r e quent nor so elaborate as to mark those who are unable to participate; may they never become so. We have sorori'.. ties, but they do not conceive them-' selves as creating a sort of superior ,' caste, as they do elsewhere; may tHey come speedilj- to an end if they everbegin to do so. We have students who*' Aiork aiul students who do not; the sti;dent body respects those who are selfsupporting. There are schools where the' working student with diiliculty can get into the life of the school; no such question ever comes u]i here; it simply does nut occur to any one to raise it. • There are luipular students here, and tliere are unpopular stinlents, but nothing wliatever enters into making a stu-. ileiit one or the other except his own disposition, his own personal accepttibilit}-. Do a little tactful inquiring concerning the soci;il conditions at certain; other schools. Do no bragging con-, cerning your own; but take a deep and, quiet satisfaction iu the fact t h a t at' Central State the spirit in which and far which this country was founded is' having full expression. •• ir. B.—"I think I'll have to go call! ou the McDougalls soon?" .1. B.—"Zasso? W h y ? " II. B.—"Well, he's called on me twice; this week." j 4 NORMAL Causes for Dissatisfaction With Graduates Members of Federal Reserve Lock Haven Trust Co. Largest and Finest Bank in C l i n t o n County Leap Year Meditation (Continned from page 1) srmething like t h i s : "If for me there is no hope, send ine back six yards of rope." Cheer up, girls; only 50 days have passed out of the j-ear. If by this time you think that you have picked a lemon, do not give up hope; a good husbantl is a work of art. Perhaps we may induce Miss Yale to add this to her list of practical arts. W h a t does education amount to if you cannot have a little husband in your home? This is all very well for us; but—it would be interesting to know just what the boys are thinking of our eflforts to destroy their single happiness. Sally Claster says she was so dumb in high school that she couldn't even copy straight. Esther—"I don't know my music for Monday." Lucy—"That's too b a d ; go on up to your own room and get it ready." Wiedhahn Jewelry Co. Fine Jewelry Waterman, Wahl and Parker Fountain Pens "It pays to deal at Wiedhahn*s" Jewelry Repairing Established n ? E. Main St. 18SS Lock Haven, Pa. TIMES My Aunt •'Oh, iliss Priscilla, upon my word. I was sure that I heard our Miss Margaret's voice as I came in," and he glanced around tho room, then looked inquiringly at Aunt Priscilla, whose cheeks were as r(isk.y as the flame of the fire. "Why, yes—that is, I don't see her, do you ? Come in, sir, and sit here." Sho [lointed to the chair ojiposite; its back was toward the door. "Quite so, indeed," and he moved toward it. "But I thought surely I heard her, laughing, talking, and singing. "Well, Margaret Frances is the girl of today, and does talk rather l o u d l y ^ and sings at tho top of her lungs if she happens to feel so disposed," responded my Aunt Priscilla. "I certainly do not know what is going to become of this younger generation. So diflferent from our own young days." Sho and the minister clicked together —and I slipped out of the door, sorry for their generation, and with the highest hopes for mine. "Aunt Priscilla; oh, Aunt Priscilla," I called fi'dui the hall; "where on earth are you V "Margaret Frances, come into the living room, and stop that screeching this instant. .\nd such language. You certainly are not the girl I was when I was your !ige." Thus m.y ilear old-fashioned aunt called me to account . 1 entered the living room, my hair down my back, a faded kimoiia wrajiped around me, anti soft, kid bedroom sli]i pers on my feet. Aunt Priscilla was in her usual place. Her big chair was drawn a little to one side of the fireplace, and Darling, her .\iigora cat, lay at her feet. She wore a .stiff, rustl.v black satin dress, with a high collar that looked as though it might choke her at any time. Lowhetdeil black kid slippers covered her feet. I.iong, tight sleeves encased her arms, and a frill of handsome white lace fell out over part of her hand. Her hair was quite gray, combed straight back over her ears, and set oflf with a Exam Week Wails pretty comb in the back. Tlie only Oh, dear, I guess I'll get sick and jewels she wore were a beautiful diaspend the rest of this week in tho inmond breastpin and the two diamond firmarj-. This continual studying, rushrings on her right hand. ing around the halls, chasing bugs, teachThere certainly was a contrast be- ers, and reference books, is getting on tween her neat, prim, old-fashioned ap- my nerves. I'm too dog-gone tired and pearance and mine. Of the two, I know miserable to enjoy even the thought of that I was the more comfortable. vacation. It has somewhat the same "Well, here I am, dearesit," I said. sound as "Christmas is coming" had "What do you want?" when we were small children. I can't "What do I want, Margaret Frances? wi'ite anything for this dumb paper; if Do I need to inform you that it was I did it wouldn't be accepted anyway. you who called me, not I who called Oh, wh.y wasn't I born at least good you?" and Aunt Pri.scilla gave me a looking to make up for my lack of cold little stare over the rims of her brains. I haven't seen my marks yet, si^ectacles. and when I do I suppose they'll be the "Oh, }-es, I forgot. I wondered if proverbial last straws. What's the use I could get a new evening dress tomor- anyhow? When I die I'll have just as row for the dance. May I ? " I asked in good looking a tombstone as though I my sweetest way. Then I walked over had made one plus in everything. to the table, and sat down on the edge of it, with my feet swinging. Father's Flivver "Margaret Frances, get oflf that table .My father has a flivver, He calls it his tin Liz, at once. Have you no poise at all? No, And when he winds the darn thing up you may not have a new evening dress You ought to hear it whiz. for tluat dance. I have bought you four Sometimes the engine gets too hot. And then it won't move off the spot. new evening dresses already this fall, He pours some water down Its throat; and they'll have to last a little while That puts some pep hack in the boat. longer," answered my aunt, rather For troubles, Lizzie can't be beat; sharply. I've seen it tried upon the street. "Oh, shoot the luck, I don't see why One good habit has dad's Lizzie: No matter where he'll roam, I can't have one more now;" and I Whenever it takes him far away, did not get down from the table. RathIt's sure to bring him home. er, I began to sing and hum a new dance hit, when a new voice was heard in the Miss Denniston held reunion with her hall. classes, February 10. She had spent "Hello, there. Miss Margaret, I heard several days in the infirinary visiting your voice, the door was open, so I came with Mrs. Cresswell. The girls were so right in." glad to see her back that they even "Heavens, it's the minister," and I went cheerfully to gym. Second Semester Registration jumped off the table, wrapping the kiAU new classes were organized and mona closer around me, and looking for (iret Williams, ex-24, wandered in for the work of the second semester begun an avenue of escape. There was but ono the Philipsburg game. Friday, February 1, 1924. The seven door out, and that lead into the hall, new students who enrolled for this half in which I could hear him coming closer. year's work a r e : "Margaret Frances, do something at Mary Bair—Altoona. once. He cannot see you looking like Anne Kyle—Rcetlsvillc. a wild I n d i a n ; " and for once my Aunt Ruth Laird—Port Matilda. Style Quality Priscilla's poise was shaken. Estella Kiflfer—Williamsport. "Leave it to me—if you'll get me that Lucile Hovis—Smethport. new evening dress," said I, halting moOXFORDS Edward Tyson—Loganton. mentarily. AND Brown Bossert—^Mill Hall. "Yes, anything, but get out of the way before he sees you," succumbed my aunt, SLIPPERS Judy Fisher paid her monthly visit wringing her hands, and behind tho in town to her aunt, Mrs. David Purs- door I jumped, just as the minister entered. ley. "The coniplaini ot weak discipline is the one most fretjiieully luaile about Xormal school graduates," so said Mr. Drum iu chajiel (in Pebniniy 11. This coin]ilaiiit seems to be universal concerning new teachers, wherever tliey come from. The problem of securing discipline seems to be the one the teacher finds hardest to solve. "(iood discipline is not merely ;i iiiatler of control. It conies from kiiowleilge, book knowledge, of the sul),jeets taught, and from the empl(),yinent of effective methods (if teaching. A well prepared teacher is unlikely to be greatly troubled with poor discipline, whicli results usually from lack of preparation by the teacher or lack of strong traits of personality. The latter is particularl.v a hindrance to a teacher; it is essential to her success that she develoii ii pleasing and eflfective persontility, if she is not naturall.v endowed with one." But poor discipline is not tlie only weakness mentioned in tlie list of faults reported to us b.v school heads. Another is the lack of knowledge of Latin. This is made, of course, concerning our graduates who take senior high school positions, when the.v have been prejiared for junior high work only. Failure to handle correctly English coinIKisition is a common weakness. Part of the responsibility for this rests on the Normal school. P a r t of it properly must be assumed by the high schools. High school graduates should have a real command of written expression, whatever else they have; this very few have, said Mr. Drum. Some teachers, it is reported, forget that it is best to allow the children to do the talking in class. They lecture to the class, instead, with the result that they are uninteresting, and give the pupils no chance for self-expression, so necessary in the development of each child. Immaturity of graduates is another complaint. A displeasing liersonal appearance is also frequently commented upon. Last of all comes what is perhaps the one fatal weakness in a teacher. This is an over-development of self-esteem. A teacher who believes that he is just right can never become successful. He must realize that he is in the same class as his pupils. He should be aware that what he does is callable of improvement, and strive in every way to grow in power. Henry Keller's Sons 103 Main St. LOCK HAVEN, PA. f li NORMAL Societj^ Notes Memorial Exercise for President Wilson "Collegiate Jane" The social stiiilies department took Price-Shake Literary Contest charge of a fitting memorial exercise for The date of the Price-Shake Literary Woodrow Wilson, who, having given his Contest was set for March 28. The Com- services ;iiid his life to his cmintry, died mittee decided on six selections which .'it his home in Washington, D. ('.. on will be given then. The.v a r e : Sunda.v, February 4. 1. Debate—Resolved that the bonus .lack Follmer, in charge of the exerbill should be passed b.y Congress. Price cises, read one of the late jiresident's will take the affirmative side, and Shake favorite jiassages for the scrijiture lesthe negative. There are to be two son. He then gave a short talk on the speakers on each side with five minservice of this gre.'it jiresident for his utes time alloted for each. country, ;ind gave nian.v of the imjior2. Play—This will be a short one-act tant milestones in his life. play with not more than four people, Cleona Cojipersniith read the jirocla3. Essay. iiiation issued by President Coolidge, de4. Monologue—It must be original. 5. Recitation—This is to be humorou.s. creeing national inourning. A few of 6. Reading—One which will be seri- the many messages of s.vmpathy sent to Mrs. Wilson from all parts of the ous is to be given. Reverend Williams, Mr. Wolfe and world were read by Anna Mae Landis. Mr. Willijim Griffith are to be the judges. Albert Hauke told of President Wilson's ,'icts during the Great W a r ; and read Shake Celebrates his reasons for keeping iu this country Shake meeting, Friday, February 6, Major-General Leonard Wood, reasons was quite a success. This short, but which he had kept secret until his death, snappy, program was followed by rebut which were then published by one freshments of ice cream and cakes to of the dead president's close friends. celebrttte the election of the new ofWoodrow Wilson gave his life to his ficers who took charge at that time. country, as trul.v as an.y of those who Recitations "Somebody Did" Faye Lord fell in France. He is destined to be "Dad" Bernice Da.v exalted in histor.v as one of America's most heroic figures. These short, solSolos emn exercises of ours are but fitting "The Rosary" Esther Wardrope recognition. "Tying Apples on a Lilac Tree" Play What's the Matter? "Entertaining Sister's Beau"—Emily Miller and Albert Hauke. Have you noticed the increase in the Nellie Moore, president; Edith Berg- nuniber of people recklessly cutting eson, vice president; Beatrice Harris, classes recently? This may be due to Secretary, and Faye Lord, treasurer, lack of preparation for certain classes, were the now officers to take charge. but the main reason for it seems to be Shake ChaUenges Price that the students feel that they need The Shakcspere Literary Society has more freedom from the grind of classchallenged Price Literary Society to two room work. When the strain of first games of basketball to be played at semester finals was over, we awoke to some time set by committees from both find ourselves in the midst of the secsocieties. One game is to be played by ond half year's work with every teachthe girls and the other by the boys. Both er in the course demanding the impossides have excellent material and a hot sible. The interest and enthusiasin contest is expected. Let's watch! necessary for attacking the work were lacking; consequently classes were cut. Naturalists Meet This is all intended to bring to attenThe talks and discussions of the meet- tion the need of a short vacation being of the Naturalist Club, held Febru- tween the closing of our one semester ary 11, were chiefly about birds and bird and the beginning of the next. It is life. Helen Mizener called the roll by too late now to do anything this term, giving each member a suitable bird but can we not, by our discussion, cause name. Mrs. Trembath told about the warblers and their migration last sum- the matter to be taken up by the admer; then she showed a unique home of ministration? the Redstart family. Bird calls were discussed and some were given by Carolyn Wein and Margaret Cunningham. Mr. Ulmer read a story about "Birds in Winter," by John Burroughs. Naturalists Hike The Naturalists Club went on a sixmile hike over the mountains near Lock Port, February 2. Mrs. Trembath and Mr. Ulmer were the guides? After wandering around for some time, the river was reached, but from the wrong side. It was finally agreed, as a result of an excited discussion, that the river was where it belonged, but the hikers weren't. At the half way mark of the hike Mrs. Trembath treated all to a dutch cake that made one think of home. TIMES The exit of the wartime and afterwartime flapjier has set the stage for the entrance of the Collegiate J a n e . The Collegiate Jane is bred in college towns, and turned loose half-fledged ou the trusting public. It is easy to recognize her b.v certain prominent earmarks: long, badl.v hung skirts, of the sort to be found in many allegedly humorous caricatures of London's baek alleys iu Solid; open galoshes funneliug down around vivid ankles; and widely llaring coats. Her hair is bobbed or shingled, and is worn greased, ironed, or straight. Light stockings, of au.v shade that could not conceivably match an.vtliiug else she may wear, are jiart of her regalia. Barber pole or plaid hose are particularly affected, and are occasionally worn in deep reefs about the ankles. Slang aiul hartl-boiled expressions characterize her speech. She has a good line, whieh she feeds to any Kappa Beta Phi slie may find lying around loose, unattached or not. She is not averse to digging for ties, fraternity pins, scarfs, and other useless articles to be added to her collection of trophies, to be envied b.v other Janes, and by a few Jennies inclined to be Janes but prevented by home influences. Long and untiring research among many of the species has brought the above general characteristics to light. A full account of the investigation will be likely to be found in the next copy of the Scientific American. Hung Out to Dry Once upon a time, a few days ago, Hetty Staver was hurrying to get ready for school. As sometimes hapiiens, she had not arisen much too early. Now, Mamma Staver had just been washing— not Hetty, of course—and had left the primitive container sitting beside the door. Hetty tore into the room, ready to go; slid a kiss off mother's cheek; dabbed another on Papa Staver's nose; got a gentle push for her misplacement of affection, just as she was dashing out—and went down flop into the t u b ! I wasn't there; I simply state What was told to all by the Dayroom Slate. Margaret Bracken and Isabel Watson spent the week-end of the 19th at State College. Do the rest of us wish we had been with them? Not a little bit—• just a whole lot. Normal School Students— Be Sure of Your Store It is a pleasure to shop where you can have confidence in the merchandise you wish to purchase. There is satisfaction in knowing every purchase you make must be a satisfactory transaction in every respect. It is economy to buy where the prices will stand comparison. HOSIERY, U N D E R W E A R , DRY GOODS, N O T I O N S , N O V E L T I E S and J E W E L R Y Gift Department on Second Floor Smith & Winter Department Store Book Reviews The Last of the Vikings The Last of the Vikings is the most recent work of one of the world's great present day writers, Johaii Bojer. It is intended b.y its author to be a monument to his comrades and their fishing life. Joliaii Bojer, a Scandinavian, was a jioor boy, and has endured man.v of the hardships met by the hero of his novels. This last book deals with the lives of the peasants and flshermen around the Lofoten Islands. The author sets forth his characters in such a graphic manner that he gives the reader a mental impression of momentous events in the simple life of a fisherman and his family. His sea pictures are unforgettable; tlie.v show t h e ' m a r k s of genius. If you like stories of the sea, you cannot allow .vourself to miss this last one. A Son at the Front This story gives us the war spirit in its fiercel,v opposed elements of pacifism and militarism; gives us war's horror unglossed, and its pure idciil of patriotism. It neither laments the one nor glorifies the other. It gives us war as it happened. Yet Mrs. Wharton does not show us a soldier's life at the front, or the horror of actual conflict. She deals with the deep undercurrents of war, the influence of its vast upheaval on civil life. The center of action is the artist, John Comiiton, divorced from his first wife, who has become the wife of an American millionaire, Anderson Brant. George, tie son of the first marriage, is deeply loved by all three. When the war breaks out George has just returned from Harvard, gentle, handsome, full of the joyousness of life. The three are full of their individual plans for his happiness, when the war dashes away all security. By accident of birthplace, George is a French citizen, and likely to be drafted at any moment. No plea can save him. Only "influence" will keep him from the trenches, into which it is unthinkable, to these three who love him, that he should go. They intrigue together, therefore, and succeed; a clerical job is secured for George, and there is continued great anxiety lest "influence" fail, and he be ordered into the trenches. "Influence," from George's point of view, does its wrost. He sees what the struggle means, and is unwilling to stand outside. He cuts through all obstacles, the anguished three at first not realizing what he is doing. All the characters are truly human beings from first to last. The emotional core of the story is the father's grief for the fearful penalty of war. The book does not deny that the war had to b e ; but it does make terribly clear that glad hearts, reconstructed ideals, and iiride in victory are not the fruit of war. Shoes and Hosiery KAMP'S The Best is Always the Cheapest NORMAL "/ Wish the Box Held More!" Us and Others TIMES Plea to Aid European Students Hasty Pudding The work of the International Students' Friendship Fund was discussed Thelma Krumbine spent the week-end An important meeting of the Y. W. C. earnestly by several niembers of t h e Y. The kind of candy that makes of February 3 back in Northumberland. A. was held February 6, to elect ,a new W. C. A. Cabinet in t h e chapel exeryou wish the box held more— .'iid. .sliirlled, I will d i n k mv head H e l l e a t l l Iill' Clivers ul' Ille b e d . Correct this sentence: "C'oine on, kids, why waste all this lovely Frida.y afternoon; let's get our lessons done for Monday." .Vnd when nt morn at hist I wnke, :\ly lirsl bi-eiitli of fresh nir lu tnke, I lind the bills hnve all llnwii duwii Rap. "Say, come in witliout knocking; what's the idea?" I'ractor's voice:—"Goodnight, girls." "Gee—Oh, good-night." S(|uelcli. H. B.—"Belvie, how old are you? You must be .'1.')." Belvie—"AVell, I'm not telling that. But I'll tell you this: I've had the seven .year's itch three times; figure it out for yourself." Illlll llie ( d i i n i l i e y s ul' tlie t o w n . Seniors— You write your letter of application on excellent letter paper, unlined, and in your best writing, because it represents YOU Your Photograph for You Speaks The better the Photograph, the better the messenger you will send to school superintendents Brion's New Studio 2 1 S. Fairvie>v St. 1