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Haven
LOCK

Dormitories to be Rewired
for More Lights
Notices to c o n t r a c t o r s have been
placed in the newspapers asking for
sealed proposals f o r the electric
wiring ot the college. These proposals must be received a t the college
before 10:30 A. M., Friday, December 9, 1927, when t h e y will he publicly opendcd a u d r e a d .
T h e plans a r e s o m e w h a t i n d e h u i t e
as yet, since all t h e
contractual
specifications have u o t been received,
l u rewiring, t h e college desires t h a t
t h e most modern ideas of lighting
shall be used.
At t h e door of each d o r m i t o r y
room is to be the switch. This will
be more convenient t o the s t u d e n t
and should reduce t h e waste of electricity. There a r e to be two sockets
in each room, one placed overhead
so t h a t all p a r t s of t h e room m a y
be well lighted. The other will he
placed conveniently for desk lamps.

State

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Collejje
1927

Francisco-Artley Will Head Praeco
J Slierniau Francisco will be cditor! in-chief of the 1928 Praeco, and
i Sterl Artley will he business m a n iager. A red hot senior class election,
I held j u s t before t h e holidays, r e sulted in their elections, aud a l s o
i those of Lucinda J o h n s o n , Geraldine
[Jones, Louise Young. A tie vote between Reba Johnson a n d Cy Williams
; keeps t h e final position in doubt,
Sherman Francisco received practically half of t h e voles cast tor editor-in-chief, r u n n i n g seven votes
a h e a d of Kathleen Spangler, who
was second in a fleld of four candidates. Sterl Artley also had a comfortablp margin of 21 voles over
R u t h McLauglilin and Kitty .Vnn McNerney.
Tie Vote for H u m o r VA
T h e closest contest, for h\imor
editor, resulted in a draw bel ween
Reba
Johnson a n d Cv Williams
I'ending linal decision by the clas'^

More About the Bob
"Hey! Have y a ' h e a r d about t h a t * Roberta Seltzer is
now b o b ? "
"Nope, wha's it l i k e ? "
National Secretary
" T h e y call it the " L i n d b e r g h h o b . "
R o b e r t a Seltzer, a member of the
" W e l l ! W h a t iu u n d e r t h e s u n local chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau,
does it look like, a n y w a y ? "
was elected n a t i o n a l secretary of
"I don't know only I guess it must t h a t sorority at their a n n u a l conbe parted at t h e side and cut r e a l , yg„tio„ jj^ Detroit Xovcmlier 18.
short, so'at it falls like " b a n ^ - i ' on I Qorothy KlUeu and Margaret lirelh
t h e one side of your f o r e h e a d — t h a t ' s ' lopresented the Lock Maveii chapter
w h a t I imagine it is by the way kids \ .^^ {i,g uieetiug.
talk of it anyway. Talking about i
^go delegates a t t e n d e d t h e connew tangled bobs now do ya' know I vention.
w h a t t h e latest style i s ? "
,
"Oh I suppose its t h a t "clever" N a J u f a l i s f s M e e t
little Russian bob t h a t t h e y ' r e all

trying."

at Ulmcr Home

"Nope! y o u ' r e all wrong, t h a t
T h e n a t u r a l i s t s m e t on Saturday
bob's worn when the k i d s are letting n g h t at Mr, Ulmer's home for theiit h e i r hair g r o w — ! like t h a t Gen- weekly meet'iig. One r e g u l a r husievieve Kriedler in t h e d a y r o o m — | uess nieeting will be held as usual
gosh, her h a i r ' s p r e t t y long now. i every m o n t h , while t h e other meetI'll tell ya' w h a t t h a t new style i s — iug, wliich will be on a Saturday
Do you want m e t o — ? "
night, the club plans to spend stud
" O h cut t h a t o u t — y o u m a k e me ying the lives of four of t h e greal
t i r e d — s u r e I w a n t you to tell m e ! " ! n a t u r a l i s t s .
i
" W h y it's parting t h e hair in t h e
On last S a t u r d a y night t h e lite
middle!"
of T h o r e a u was given, through a
"Oh, you're c r a z y . "
study o f
his
prose works and
"NO sir! I i n e t n it, I saw it iu t h r o u g h slides which M r . Ulme'last weeks' paper a n d I've been showed. Most of t h e pictures shown
looking around a n d I've noticed sev- ! were taken hy Mr. U l m e r while vise r a l kids have t h e i r s parted in t h e ! itlng In Northern New England.
m i d d l e — t h e r e ' s t h a t kid from Bill-

town. Dot Askey, she's i day stu-, Gcfald Woodward Engaged
dent—?"
* *
"Uh-huh "
"^'''^ " ' " ' -^'''''*' •' ^' '''"'iliiig of
,.,„ ,, ,
,
,
, Montoursville, P e n n a . a n n o u n c e the
! engagement of th.^ir d a u g h t e r , Zola
she wears
in "Well
the middle,
a n d t hheenr thair
h e r e ' sp atrht eadt ( Marguerite, to Geri' 1 Woodward, ol
o h — V e r n a Mae D u k e — "
Roulette, P e n n a .
" W h o is she—1 never heard o
" W o o d y , " as h^s .N'oriual School
her!"
friends call him, h a s heen teaching
She's that short kid with dark
(Conlinui'd on paf',e A)

Teachers

i n Montoursville
years.

for t h e pa.Tt Iwo

NUMBER

8

Nine of T. C. Faculty on
Program at Shippensburg

botli are acting on t h e stall, to preDr, D. W. A r m s t r o n g , t o g e t h e r
vent f u r t h e r delay iu g e t t i n g o u t
Ihe book. It may be t h a t both choic- '• with t i g h t m e m b e r s of the Lock Haves wiil be ratified, t h e h u m o r heing eu faculty, r e p r e s e n t e d o u r institumade their joint product.
tion on t h e program oi t h e sixth anLucinda Johnson won narrowly, I uual conference of the t e a c h e r s of
by a margin of five votes, over Doro- ; I lie state n o r m a l schools a n d tcachthy nickel, for th • position of assist- ei-s coli(>ges, November 2 1 , 22, and
a n t editor-in-chief. Geraldine J o n e s , 2 3 .
was elected a r t e d i t o r over Christ- I Dr. A r m s t r o n g was c h a i r m a n of
ine Edler, a n d Louise Young photo- j one of t h e general sessions on Tuesg r a p h editor over Elizabeth Robb. I day, November 22. At t h e various
Stall' Holds F i r s t MeotinR
! group conferences on the same day
Additional elections to the staff ' eight o t h e r m e m b e r s ol' t h e faculty
will be m a d e by t h e staff m e m b e r s : took some conspicuous p a r t ,
j u s t elected. Seniors best able t o d e Mr. Gage presided at t h e confersign section h e a d i n g s , etc., or to ence of foreign l a n g u a g e t e a c h e r s ;
write athletic news, etc., will be Mr. Sullivan was c h a i r m a n of t h e
elected upon the m e r i t s of their per- social studies g r o u p ; and Miss Duformances.
Bois, Miss Dahle, Mr. T r e m b a t h , Mr,
T h e flrst staff ineeting, held De- Ulmer, Miss Whitwell, a n d Mils
cember 2, r e s u l t e d in decisions to Baer each were on t h e p r o g r a m in
hold meetings twice weekly until their respective d e p a r t m e n t s .
t h e work is reasonably well outlined,
The general t h e m e of t h e conferto discover new f e a t u r e sections a n d ence was to d e t e r m i n e the aims aud
a new a r r a n g e m e n t for the snap- t h e content of the courses in tho
shot pages, and to Improve t h e present curricula.
w r i t e u p s in t h e faculty section.

Nine A. M.

Bittersweets Open
Rushing Season

Nope, I'm a good girl this semesThe B e t a
Sigma Chi sorority
t e r ! Ive heen a t t e n d i n g every m o r n - opened t h e annual sorority rushin.?
ing and I've begun to enjoy it t o o — season last S a t u r d a y with a B u t t e r "believe it or n o t , " Tuesday, Novem- fly Breakfast, a dance, a formal dinber 2 9 — t h e day we got back from ner at Roster's, a n d a pajama p a r t y
o u r vacation a n d — a f t e r Ihe m a r k s to round off a full day for t h e r u s h had reached our p a r e n t s -Dr. .Arm- ees.
s t r o n g talked a b o u t t h e value of
F o r m a l rushing opened with th.j
those m a r k s and commended us on
B i t t e r s w e e t affair-., t h e y having
t h e good ones, h u t told us to w o r k
drawn t h e first of the t h r e e S a t u r to try to improve t h e poor ones.
days of t h e official r u s h i n g season.
Then on Wednesday, Mr. High
The Rho Omega L a m d a s will stage
presided. W e sang a few songs a n d
a hectic S a t u r d a y this week, and
were dismissed. I was r a t h e r g l a d
j the Alpha Sigma Tau, having d r a w n
'cause I had a stack of work to do.
t h i r d place, will close t h e rushing
We had short c h a p e l on T h u r s parties on S a t u r d a y next. By odd
day and F r i d a y , too. Mr. Ulmer a n d
coincidence, the t h r e e
sororities
Mr, Gage presided t h e n . A dog w a n t drew dates in exactly the samc> e i ed to assist Mr. Ulmer but was a s der as last year.
sured by t h e professor t h a t he would
The Butterfly Breakfast which opnot he needed t h a t morniug.
These exercises do h e l p to b r i g h t - ened the B i t t e r s w e e t ' s day was giveii
en t h e day quite a bit even t h o u g h I in the music studio. In the afternoo i
! at 2:30 a Co-ed Dance was held at
it w a s n ' t so bright outside.
' the Sik Mill Club House, at which
the inembers of t h e football team as
Coming--"The Youngest"
well a s t h e r u s h e e s were guests of
" T h e Youngest," to be presented Beta Sigma Chi, Dancing and c a r d s
by t h e D r a m a t i c Club, December IG, furnished e n t e r t a i n m e n t for the a tis well on t h e way to perfection.
ernoon.
T h e cast h a s been d e v o t i n g u n l i m At the formal d i n n e r a t R o s t e r ' s ,
ited time to s t u d y a n d r e h e a r s a l , which followed the dance, Miss Ivah
while m a n y await anxiously t h e Whitwell and Mrs. T. W, T r e m b a t h ,
night it is to he s t a g e d .
advisors of the sorority, and P r e s i F o r the last week almost perfect dent Elizabeth Bressler each h a d a
r e h e a r s a l s have been given a n d it few words to say to t h e group. At
a l r e a d y promises to be one of t h e 9:00 the sorority girls a n d t h e i r
best plays ever presented by t h e guests r e t u r n e d to t h e dance a t t h e
club.
gym.
jVt

.Aclleiiliach's—

.Norri!) Caudles,

A pajama party wound u p t h e day.
Miss W h i t w e l l ' s s t u d i o again being
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1. l\. U. Mt:et5 iJircLtly
Atier Holidays
One h u n d r e d p"()ple were pieseiii
a t t h e m e e t i n g oi Ihe 1. K. I', on
W e d n e s d a y afleriioon, November :J0.
i'lans were m a d e for t h e work to
be doiiB during t h e year and ineans
o f r a i s i n g money were discussed.
T h e a m o u n t of dues to be paid
hionthly was decided.
K i n d e r g a r t e n g a m e s were played
u n d e r the direction of Miss Himes.
After this all w e i e seated while
M!s3 Himes told o t the things which
were discussed at t h e convention and
o u t l i n e d work to be done by t h e
organization this year. Dr. Arms t r o n g lias stated t h a t he will lend
his support to t h e u n d e r t a k i n g s of
t h e organization.
W h i l e seated, r e f r e s h m e n t s c o n s'sting of peanuts and apples were
served.
T h e next meeting will be directly
u.t^.- Ille Christinas holidays.

Fcrbiduen Fruits
K ' i always more fun to do sometii y.i; you're not ;;apposed to do t h a n
.ii.o..,ihg yuu'i'O p e r m i t t e d to do.
II seems as soon as someone here
a t school s a y s , " D o n ' t , " everyone Is
more anxious t h a n ever to " D o . "
F o r instance. It s e e m s to be very
had mau.Hi;; icr Normal s t u d e n t s to
Le ..^<.:n uu Ma u S t r e e t on Sunday,
a n d ll one is seen, it is very likely
liiat she will m a k e a call a t a certain room t h e following evening.
Yet so m a n y of us, on Sunday afte r n o o n s , when o u r work Is all done,
a r e almost overcome by an overw h e l m i n g desire to walk down Main
Street to look into t h e shop windows. Some of us give in and t a k e
a chance, while o t h e r s say, "Oh no,
we're not allowed to go down Main
S t r e e t " and sedately p a r a d e up and
duwn W a t e r Street.

ance of a mciiilier uf tlie eoiinril
11 iiially Ciilnis u;; diMVii, liiit even
llii'ii we ol'leii joki' and laugh Willi
Iill- (if ; lie is in tlu' hiiiiiiir). i<'.n;Ally, howevev, w(^ do snlis:de and Ihe
proctor heaves a sigh of lelief.
But, why is it t h a t we always
want w h a t w e ' r e not p e r m i t t e d ? I
guess t h e r e is no o t h e r reason t h a n
t h a t forbidden fruits a r e always the
sweetest.

Visit Toy Stores
The children of t h e K i n d e r g a r t e n
accompanied by four of the s t u d e n t
t e a c h e r s visited the toy d e p a r t m e n t
of v a r i o u s stores of Lock Haven,
Tuesday m o r n i n g , November 29.
The visit was m a d e in preparation
for
t h e C h r i s t m a s project work
which is being c a r r ' e d out in the
Kindergarten.

Graduate in Auto Accident

by that time 1 was coinmenciu' to Cnristmas Carols Feature
get a v e e hit uueu.sy. J u s t hgger
of Glee Club Conce t
how you'd feel if Ihe neighbors went
Tlu! Gill's Glee Club C h r i s t i n a ,
away and lelt thee, I went liack to
Concert lo be given Monday eveme own 'ouse, only to be m o l e surning, December 19, has been planned
prised than ever to see t h a t young
hy Miss Whitwell along a new and
wife of i'^armer .Mearchift's son ainteresting line.
sportin" iiast in t h e new car her pa
T h e general setting will be t h a t
got fer her own weddin' day, but
never so early in the mornin'. So of a living room a r r a n g e d to give
t h e r e was a reason fer me surprise, the feeling of C h r i s t m a s t h a t homes
have a t this season. Of couise, t h e r e
as thee well can see.
will be a C h r i s t m a s t r e e a n d a glow"I went back and sat down on me
ing
fireplace.
chair, deterniined to find out all I
Around t h e fireplace will be t h e
could, o t h e r cars went a-whizzlng
majority o f t h e Glee Club girls,
past me so fast I could only see who
singing carols. As t h e lights are
was in them, let alone, w h a t they 'ad
dimmed, mystical figures from o t h e r
on. 1 h a d n ' t a-been a-slttui' there
r a t i o n s , properly c o s t u m e d , will envery long when who conies along
ter and sing carols r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of
byt Mary Ann Easel.
their n a t i o n .
' ' E l l o , t h e r e , " says Mary Ann.
T h e p r o g r a m in detail is being
' " S t ' e n t you goin' to t h e c i r c u s ? ' "
saved as a surprise.
"The c i r c u s ? " says I, " W h e r e is
.1. and whose Is i t ? "
.^.t A c h e n b a e h ' s —
"Wh.v it's o'er at Beauville, and
t
Full a s s o r t m e n t of sweet chocoUs Spark's circus," said Mary .\nn.
"Well, is t h a t where ail those 1 late novelties.
rple's been g o i n ? "
I guess so," said Mary ."inii an.l
Color Christmas Cards
'ff she went.
"It didna take me long to put ou
ue best dross and 'at and get ole
PLEASURE-PROFIT
'liarlie hitched up. lu a minute 1
.,a.-i on me way. And e-e-e my w o r J ,
12cards with plain envel• wouldna missed it fer no m a n . "
o p e s , 50 c e n t s , w i t h f a n cy- l i n e d e n v e l o p e s , 7 5 c .

An Oldsmohile sedan containing
our class-mate, Margaret
Gradwell
and h e r friend, Kerniit Sharp of Cone m a u g h , Pa., eollided with a n o t h e r
car ou the evening of November 2;!,
between E b e n s b u r g and J o h n s t o w n .
The car left the right hand side
of the road, went over a bank, turnng over t h r e e or t o u r times landlii^ on t h e top. T h e cause has not
b. ell d e t e i m i n e d for certain but It
IS believed t h a t one of the cars skidReba Johnson III
ed on t h e slippery road.
"Reba
Johnson was in t h e InfirmBoth p e r s o n s were badly bruised,
u
y
a
couple
days last week, dldja
M a r g a r e t receiving a bad cut on the
know i t ? "
left side of h e r forehead.
"Reba?"

Mrs. Allison's Side
of the Fence

"Yes, Reba J o h n s o n — a n d ail that
play practice missed! W h a t will the
play be without h e r ? It's the 17th.
"E-e-e my word, I w o u l d n ' t a- Kinda lucky t h o ' she gets out of
niissed it fer love n e r money. But teaching. W o n d e r if she'll have to
say, does thee know 'ow near I come make it u p ? "
to niissin' it? Well, no, of course
" D u u n o , but heck! W h a t was t h e
thee doesn't, so I'll tell thee,
.natter with her a n y w a y ? She was us"See, I 'ad m e dishes all washed l a l y in to meals, because I saw h e r . "
and I went and set me down to rest
"A healing in her h e a d — a l m o s t
me weary hones on me (rout porch.
1 mastoid, whatever t h a t animal is.
I h a d n a ' been sittin" t h e r e very long
The healing broke. Guess she didn't
when I seed little J o h n n i e 'ines aud
want to he any more b o t h e r t h a n
his wee white mules a-oomin' dov/n ,he was so she went after her e a t s , "
the road. T h i n k s 1, now there's some" S h e ' s better now t h o u g h , h u h ? "
thin' doin' or J o h n n i e wouldna' be
"Yah, I guess so. She feels better
a-comin' down t h e road, going t j
anyway and by gosh! she looks bettown ou F r i d a y . As thee well knows,
ter."
Mrs. H i l d e b r a n d , J o h n n i e ' s m a r k l t i n '
days is on T h u r s d a y .
"Well, while I was a-rackln' me Puppet Shows and Movie
pore old brain o'er Johnnie, d i d n a '
Reels for Assembly
Mary Lizzie Phillips and 'er pack of
The puppet shows and movie reels
younguns all go past me very door,
with t h e i r 'eads up as tho they owned which have been m a d e b y Miss
the very road they walked on. And Himes' P r i m a r y Subjects class have
e-e-e-e m y word, b u t they were now practically all been completed.
dressed up. Even Mary Lizzie 'er- It was voted to give one show or
self 'ad on t h e bonnet t h a t ' s r i g h t reel each week In P r i m a r y Assemin t h a upper corner of page 60 7 in bly. These shows and reels deal with
t h e Sears Roebuck catalogue. It a variety of subjects, some geographcosts t w o dollars and forty-nine ical in character, and all intended
to give excellent l a n g u a g e training
cents, if thee r e m e m b e r s .
"1 d i d n a know w h a t to he t h i n k - to primary children.

T h e n , Miss R o b e r t s has repeatedly told us not to c a n y cakes, buns,
and b u t t e r from t h e dining-room.
Yet every now a n d t h e n when t h e
cake is especially good and t h e r e is
an e x t r a piece, or sonieone needs
b u t t e r for s o m e t h i n g or o t h e r , we
see girls smuggling it out of t h e dining room. And it's fuu t j know you
accomplished t h e act wlien you know
you s h o u l d n ' t h a v e .
At night we're supposed to be In
our rooms when t h e lights go out,
b u t it seems t h a t when t h e clock
s t r i k e s ten, the very sound calls forth
all t h e hilarity t h a t is in us. Instead
of sleepily creeping off to bed as we
should, we're out in t h e hall ready
for a n y t h i n g . W h e n t h e
proctor
comes by and sternly tells us to be
gone, we r e t r e a t a s far as our doors
a n d stand and i^iggle at nothing.
W h e n t h e hall c h a i r m a n commands
us to s e t t l e down, we get Inside the
door, b u t find it necessary to call
o u t frequently to t h e folks next
in' when Mary Lizzie went to town
door a n d across t h e hall.
Seein' as how I was real anxious
And thirsty! E v e r y o n e seems to be ter know, t h i n k s I to meself, well.
p e r i s h i n g for w a n t of water as soon I be fer going over to ask Mrs.
as t h e Ughts go out. If the proctor Blake. I went over, and would y' beIR v e r y kind she often lets us skip lieve it, 'er 'ouse was locked up and
V.-.,.- i.ic h.iil for same. The appear- there wasn't a soul in sight? Now,

The girls in t h e class have spent
many h o u r s and much t h o u g h t in
t h e preparation of t h e s e projects.
Many
mechanical p r o b l e m s have
arisen and heen solved. T h e practice ill m a k i n g such p r o j e c t s should
[irove a valuable experience.

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1927

Experiences uf a
School Teacher
The first day came to an end so
Quickly that I scarcely realized the
day waa over. I was greatly surprised to have some visitors. They
wouldn't come in because they were
afraid they would disturb the pupils. My grandmother and grandfather had come up to see how I was
getting along, but they listened in
from outside. When I finally dismissed school, they came in and
started to help me clean up. Their
aid was surely appreciated, for I am
janitor as well as teacher. I have a
regular force to help me sweep and
keep the fire now, so it isn't so bad.
When I got to my boarding place
and fell to counting over the things
I accomplished, I felt like an old
hand at the teaching business. Now,
I seem to have been teaching for
years and years.
No, it isn't monotonous. It is very
opposite. There is always something
funny happening. Por Instance in a
reading class, we were having the
story of "Miles Standish" and had
reached the scene between John Alden and Priscilla. We had stopped
reading the day before at the place
where Priscilla seems angry because
John Alden doesn't speak for himself. So, when the class settled, I
asked, "Charlotte, did John and Priscilla make up?" Imagine my surprise
when this came back, "No, they got
married." I nearly fell over at the
suddenness of that reply. I am careful now when I ask questions. But
funny things are bound to happen.
Perhaps this does not seem so humorous, but if you had been there to
hear it, I am sure that you would
have laughed.
During a spelling lesson, a little
fivft grade girl kept tapping on the
desk with a pencil. I was Just going

Editorials

The Realtor Reels

W E WONDER WHY?

"Is that all you have?"
"Yes, Just at present, I may have
T h e k i d s " g r u n t and groan when ask aboitt chapel, yet when there more later."
is no chapel they honestly confess they miss it?
"Well, I should think you would
Students'" let their work slump and slide until t h e last two weeks have more than ten houses for rent
at this time ot year!"
before t h e end of the grading period?
"Houses are scarce, you know,
Those who " w o r k " too hard to do extra social, athletic, or o t h e r exand—"
tra activity work, (except the s h o w ) , do not pull the best marks in the
"I don't care If they are scarce.
class?
I want a house, and I want you to
Girls (or boys) who wish to profess they have d i g n i t y to N t h degree get me one."
are among the first to start snow-balling?
"If I can't suit you, I guess some
one else—"
T h e r e is such a buzz in chapel when anyone m e n t i o n s vacation?
"I said I wanted you to get me
one! You may be expensive, but
" T h e r e ' s many a battle t h a t ' s yet to be w o n ,
Mrs. Golden hired you, and if she
T h e r e ' s many a glorious deed t o be d o n e . "
can afford it I guess I can!"
— Y o u t h and the W o r l d — E d g a r A. Guest.
"I'm sorry if I can't suit you.
No truer words were ever spoken—here we've got just six school Now there's that house on Clifford
weeks till t h e end of our first seniester! W e ' l l have t o work a n d , n o I Avenue, a very nice house, aii conveniences—"
kiddin', either. T h a t ' s w h e s onr m a r k s go on file forever! T h a t ' s the
"Yes, even street cars passing the
time marks count!
house every two minutes. How do
W e ' v e noticed several red, blue, or pencil m a t k e d lines u n d e r Jan. you expect me to get any rest with
30—second semester begins, in the student directories, we'll have to all that noise?"
"There's t h e house o n Vine
sure "keep u p " to be winners in that "Battle t h a t ' s yet to be w o n " and
Street—"
it may keep ns hustling to do even some seemingly menial task b u t
"Didn't you see that nosey womwe've got to do it for ' T h e r e ' s many a glorious deed to be d o n e " .
an peeping out of her upstairs windF o r some it seems a relief that it's only six weeks off, but by the
middle of the second semester they'll only too gladly admit that they
much preferred the first semester. Why? Don't they know enough to
appreciate what they have? I'll tell the world they d o n ' t . T h e y d o n ' t
realize that the work they began on is simple compared to what they
must struggle t h r o u g h with in the future. I t ' s h a r d toleave a subject y o u ' v e had for eighteen weeks and begin on something entirely
different but " i t ' s all in the w o r k " as they used to s a y .
Work while you have a chance for yon d o n ' t get a second one in t h e
game for nothing.
to ask her to keep quiet, when I
saw her seat-mate's arm fly over and
give her a Jab iu the ribs. Such a
funny expression! I never saw one
quite like it; nor do I expect to see
It again. I choked over a giggle, until I could not hold it any longer,
so I laughed until I cried. All the
pupils laughed too, even though I
couldn't explain what had happened.
It is so much nicer to laugh than
frown. I like to laugh, and I do as
much as I can.
I think I have the pupils on my
side for they work hard to please
me. But they will never know how
Ihey scared me the first day.
—A 1927 Graduate

Us and Others
Mrs. Ray Jones of Wrtliamsport
visited her daughter, Gerry, Sunday
afternoon.
Irene Henry was visited by her
mother on Sunday.
Harriet Kelly spent the week-end
with Ruth Oechler at Jersey Shore.
Pat Thornton visited Agnes Kelley at Snowshoe over the weekend.
Alice Bauder and Nell Williams
had as their guest, Mitty B'arton
from Fleming, Pa.

Alumni Mailsack
The champion long-distance subscriber to Normal Times is now Louise Kintner '24, who lives In Seattle,
Washington. Louise took the tin
badge from Violet Agnes, '25, wfho
has worn it for two years in Tulsa,
Okla.

Lydia Gross, '25 and Geneva Stull
'21, are both members ot the Roslyn school, Abington Township. We
copy from the "Abington School
Messenger" an account of the activities in Lydia's Grade 2:
"To observe a family of cardinals
at a four foot range and to watch
a big saucy blue Jay indulge in a
cold plunge were the pleasures of
the second grade children, on excursion to Mrs. Grlscom's Bird Sanctuary at Roslyn. The children were
delighted to find out how simple a
problem It Is to become the bird's
friends and many are copying the
devices seen for their own homes.
Two of our most interesting activities now are building a bungalow and making a stage tor a Hansel and Gretel play.

At Achenbaeh's—
Sorority colors carried out In cake At Achenbaeh's—
Schrafft's Candiea.
noveltiea.

ow? I've lived opposite a nosey woman once; never again if I can help
it."
"How about that house on Seventh Avenue? It is not very large,
but it win do (or you and your kushuiid."

Those houses are too close. Why,
that white house on the other sid>.'
has windows Just opposite those in
the house you want me to take. Tlupeople can look right over into our
room unless I pull down the blinds,
and then I couldn't see anything."
'If you want a house by yourself,
there's the one on Grampian Boulevard. It has a large yard, and—"
"That's the trouble: it's too large.
To keep it looking like the other
yards near there we'd have to hire
a man to look after It. I don't want
that, because Mr. Bromley would
be liable to take his wages o u t
of my dress allowance, and that
would never do!"
"How about the one on Four-iTUe
Drive? There is some ground there,
but not so mucli as at the other
place."
"No, those women dress better
than I can. Mr. Bromley won't raise
my allowance, that I know."
"Well, what's wrong with the one
on Brandon Avenue?"
"The houses are all alike. I don't
want a honse like all the others on
the street. I want one that's different."
"There's the house near the station^—"
"That's just it—it's too near. I'd
have all that dust and dirt to clean
up and wouldn't have any time to
go any place."
"The one at Sawyer's Park—"
"Do you think I'd live at a place
where every one owned a car but
myself?"
"The people on Cherry Street do

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curly h a i r — s h e has hers parted iu
the middle, and her h a i r ' s curly
a n ' she wears b a n g s — "
"Oh slie's t h a t kid from Renovo,
huh?"
"Yeh, a n ' — "
"Yeh, and t h a t kid with light
hair from the d a y - r o o m — s h e ' s got
her hair parted in the middle t o o —
and so's Rosa Lee Hinkley got hers
parted in the middle, an' t h a t J u n i o r
kid, or f r e s h i e — w h a t e v e r ya' w a u t a
call her with black curly h a i r —
guess s h e lives downtown someplace,—oh you know her n a m e - -"
"Gosh how'd you expect m e ta'
guess who she was from such a description?!"
I "Oh gee 1 know her n a m e , it's
I G r i e r — R u t h Grier 1 g u e s s . "
1 "Any relation to N'o"' " ' ""
I Cousin, I guess, dunno t h o — . "
• "Well a n y h o w she wears h e r hair
parted c e n t e r ways also."
j "Well so's t h a t Sykes k i d — S y l ! via Sykes, and t h a t kid who I told
; you some time ago had such a clevi er boyish bob well she p a r t s hers
in t h e middle and Lillian Smith,
i wears b e r s t h a t way too only it's
not cut boyish like Helen's i s . "
" W h o ' s t h a t kid t h a t sits near
you In c h a p e l — s h e wore a green
i dress this m o r n i n g — s h e ' s got black
i hair and she w e a r s it Russian style
or Pola Negri ( s h e ' s letting it grow

Will She Recognize It?
G e r t r u d e H a r p e r ' 2 3 , first edituriu-chief of Normal Times, wonders
if she'll recognize the paper. She
t,ays, "Yes indeed, 1 am all set for
issue number one of Normal Times.
1 wonder w h e t h e r I shall recognize
it after the n u m e r o u s strides you
people have t a k e n since I left you,
I a m more t h a n pleased to know
t h a t it has now become a weekly.
" I hope 1 shall be able to a t t e n d
your banquet this year. 1 get so
homesick for those good old school
days I think 1 j u s t must go back at
times."

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They say t h a t s t u d e n t t e a c h e r s
are not observant. If such is the
case, how do they account for the
fact t h a t student teachers r e t u r n ing from vacation noticed the v a r n ish which had been applied iavi.ihly to the front hall and s t a i r s during tiieir absence? They saw, s t r e t c h ing a w a y in all directions shining
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.1^11 know) aud p a r t s it in tho inidnot all own c a r s , "
" T h e r e are those terrible double U i C — ?
• u h 1 j u s t forget her n a m e it
houses. You c o u l d n ' t iiay me t o live
iu one of them. 1 lived in one of m u s t begin with H tho cause she
them once, aud if you put your ear dits iu the section where Flo Haven,
a g a i n s t t h e wall you could h e a r ev- I Ethel lioy, aud Josephine Hubler
ery word the o t h e r family w a s say- aud those kids sit."
ing. I d o n ' t want people listening to
" W h o ' s this Flo H a v e u ? "
e v e r y t h i n g I say."
" S h e ' s the kid with s t r a i g h t (Not
" W e l l , t h e only one left is t h e one ': too s t r a i g h t tho) h a i r p a r t e d a t tliton Memorial Avenue, How would j s i d e . "
you like t h a t ? "
"Oh 1 knuw her now and who's
"The r e n t Is entirely too high, I I Kthel Hoy and Josephine H u b l e r :
think it's disgraceful. How do they I "W^ell, Ethel Hoy's from Salona—
expect people to pay a rent like tliat, she's got blonde s t r a i g h t h a i r , —
dress decently, a n d own a c a r ? 1 shingled a little in back and Josephwon't pay more t h a n twenty dollars ine's got black almost tight curly
a m o n t h ; t h a t ' s all it's w o r t h , I'll hair aud its n a t u r a l too! She wears
send Mr. Bromley a r o u n d ; maybe he bangs."
can get some satisfaction out of
"Oh I know now, well let's get
you."
over to t h a t pesky conference and
"Very well, Mrs. Bromley. If you have it over with—I'll see you latdecide to t a k e one, let me know, er to talk t o . "
please. G o o d - d a y . . P h e w ! "

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