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THE ALUMNI
QUARTERLY
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE

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DECEMBER, 1930
BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Vol. 31

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Bloomsburg, Pa., December, 1930

No.

£

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg,
Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year

FENSTEMAKER,

H. F.

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F. H. JENKINS, ’76

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Editor-in-Chief

Business

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Manager

THE PURPOSE OF THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
IN

THE

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE COMMONWEALTH
(Address Delivered at the Dedication of the

DR.

JAMES

N.

New

Training School)

RULE

Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
“This rapid sketch of the State’s program for securing and
preparing competent teachers for the public schools is of value
as indicating three major trends that we do well to note as we
project plans for the future development of our teachers colleges

:

“1.
of misfits

That teaching is no longer the last resort and refuge
and failures in other lines of work, as was apparently

so frequently the case in early days but

is

a profession that pre-

sents a high challenge of service to the best minds, requiring for

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successful pursuit a prolonged period of technical prepara-

tion.

That the preparation of teachers is a State function
only to its own institutions and those willing
delegated
to be
accept
the standard which the State sets up for the
and able to
“2.

adequate preparation of teachers.
“3.
That as the child is the growing point of society, so
our teachers colleges are the growing point of our State system

and must, therefore, be progressively developed along lines that will enable them to meet effectively the
development needs of our public schools.
of public schools

What

of the Future?

“In the light of these trends, which are peculiar not to
Pennsylvania alone but are general, what of the future of our
state teachers colleges ?

“1.

Studies in the field of the nature and

needs of the

child point clearly to the requirement of as scientific and as pro-

longed a program for the preparation of

elementary schools as

secondary

field.

The

is

now

single

teachers in

required of those
salary schedule,

pay for equivalent professional

qualifications

entering

our
the

granting equal

whether

in

the

elementary or secondary field, is indicative of the growing conviction that in the education process the period of childhood s
fully as important as adolescence and must receive the most
:

highly skilled care and attention

if

maturity

is

to

bear

its

full

and the ideal perhave the term American

fruitage in terms of a competent citizenship

which we should like to
stand.
The best thought and practice now indicate that four
years of post high school work should be the minimum requirement for teaching in the elementary field. Our own Board of
State Teachers College Presidents at its last meeting petitioned
the State Council of Education to set up a requirement, effective
in
933, of four years of post high school professional preparation for elementary school teachers.
In my judgment it is
sonality for

1

a

question

of

but a comparatively short time

until

such a

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requirement

will

be

set as the

minimum

teaching profession in this State.

basis for entering the

Until such a requirement

exacted, teaching cannot properly be called a profession.

L
In

no shorter time can the techniques and knowledge requisite to
teaching be secured.
As society
more
of
its
schools
much
in
an
demands
age in which it takes
but fifteen minutes to raise a bushel of wheat than it did in an
successful preparation for

age when

it

required three hours, so

and when the increased requirement

more

correspondingly

required of those entering the teaching

profession

today.

is

If

for the elementary teacher

goes into effect, the two-year curriculums leading to the normal
certificate will automatically

be discontinued and there

but one standard for graduation, namely, the
pletion of a four-year degree curriculum.

surplus of certificated teachers which,

measure be due

to the current

be
com-

will

successful

The present indicated
may in some

however,

depression,

cutting

down

the

annual turn-over and driving back into teaching as a means of
earning a livelihood many former teachers who had gone into

wisdom and the possibility of
minimum four-year post high school

other lines of work, suggests the
placing teaching on the

any early date.
A second development which I foresee in order that
the public schools may be more efficient and useful is an extension of the helpful relationship that now exists between the
several teachers colleges and their respective service areas.
This development will probably proceed along three lines, all
of which are now being followed to a greater or less degree
Acceptance by the college of a larger degree of
“a.
level at

“2.

responsibility for the success of

its

graduates

during

the

first

year of their teaching through a plan of cooperative, follow-up,
relationship developed with local school districts.
“b.
in service

“c.

ments
use.

in

Provision of extension, in service training for teachers

below new State minimums.
knowledge of new developeducation and of instruction and demonstration in its

whose

qualifications are

Distribution of detailed

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“The development

of these relationships within the areas

served by the several teachers colleges not only will advance the
educational efficiency of the school districts concerned but also

keep the work of the college dynamic and
character.
“3.

A

truly

functional

in

development that I foresee is one on which
there may very properly be a difference of opinion and which I
advanced therefore somewhat cautiously. The existing surplus
of certified teachers and the indicated decreasing annual turnover of teachers suggests the wisdom of an early adjustment ot
the quality and quantity of our teacher preparation facilities to
the requirements of fewer but better prospective teachers.
Some surplus of teachers over and beyond actual needs is not tc
be viewed with alarm but rather as a healthful sign, permitting
third

the elimination of

the relatively

less

fit.

A

concentration of

our resources, however, upon fewer candidates would appear to
be not only distinctly helpful in view of the demand for a progressively better product, but also inevitable

are to be maintained on levels

if

teachers’ salaries

commensurate with

their

ad-

vancing qualifications.

“Many other lines of progress might be prophesied if time
permitted but the three indicated immediately above seem to be
those of immediate importance and incidence, as affecting the
State Teachers Colleges, namely:
“1.
A uniform four-year requirement for graduation, regardless of the

field.

“2.

Acceptance by the teachers colleges as the legal
a large degree of
responsibility for the continuous professional stimulation and
growth of the public schools included therein.
service centers of their respective areas of

“3.

Concentration upon a smaller but more competent

product.

A Program
“With these heavy

of

Development

responsibilities resting

upon our system

of state teachers colleges as the growing point of our system of

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what measures should be taken by the State
to insure the continuous and effective adjustment of their facilities to meet these ever increasing responsibilities?
“Time permits but a brief reference to only the more imThere are three major factors
portant and pressing measures.
involved in a good teachers college
“
A professional program to meet the developing needs
public education,

1

.

of our public schools on the side of the best educational theory

and

practice.

“2.

A

staff of

teachers

competent

in

personality,

and

professional preparation to carry out such a program effectively.
“3.
Physical plant
and equipment that provide the

necessary tools.

“The question

make

the

teachers

as to the measures the State should take
colleges

progressively

more

useful

to

and

meeting their obligations to the public schools finds
answer in terms of adequate provision for the progressive
development of the three factors just mentioned.
First, a proprogram
to
meet
the
developing
needs
fessional
of the public
schools can be formulated only upon the basis of accurate and
comprehensive data gathered continuously, relative to the
specific needs of the public schools for teachers and supervisors
These
in each and all of the several state teachers colleges.
needs must be expressed in terms not only of the number of
new teachers and supervisions required in each separate field
Only on the
but in terms also of their specific qualifications.
basis of known State needs can a progressive and differentiated
program for the preparation, guidance, and placement of teachAcers be developed for the several state teachers colleges.
cordingly a highly efficient, technical fact finding unit should be
developed in the Department of Public Instruction for the State
as a whole and in each teachers college for its separate area, in
order to provide dependable data upon which to base a professional program that will adequately and continuously meet
Second,
the changing and growing needs of the public schools.
personality
secured
competent
in
teachers
is
to
be
of
if a staff
efficient in

its

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and preparation to carry out such professional program effectively, the most capable teachers in the profession must be
attracted

to our teachers

colleges.

Exceptional

preparation

and service must be adequately recognized in salary and tenure
Teaching programs must be arranged to permit
provisions.
thorough preparation for the teaching job and continuous proThird, the physical plant and equipment
fessional growth.
must be brought into line with the best educational thought and
The modern educational log on which sits the teachpractice.
er and his pupils is not and cannot be the simple affair it was in
the days of

Mark Hopkir.'.
new type teacher

“Placing a

in the schools of

today which

safeguard individuality and at the same time develop a competent, cooperative type of citizenship

a complex and,

is

let

it

Yet in terms of blighted,
be said, not an inexpensive job.
undeveloped lives, nothing is so expensive to the State as an
incompetent teacher.
We cannot afford not to have good
teachers.
this new unit in this college to be
Benjamin Franklin Training School, the State
recognizes its obligation to make this and all the other state
teachers colleges increasingly more useful and efficient in their
service to the public schools of this Commonwealth.
“Finally, it is generally recognized that government by
discretion rather than by regulations is rapidly becoming a
distinct trend in democracy.
Government by discretion rather
than by regulations requires a definite outlining of the functions
of each separate officer and agencies, but gives such officers and

“In the dedication of

known

as the

agencies within the

field of their

authority to develop their

own

assigned

and

responsibilities

full

be held accountable
Under the leadership of so distinguished an
only for results.
able educator as your president the future of your College is
assured, particularly with full discretionary powers granted him
within a clearly defined area.
Under such a policy and such
ideas

to

leadership this College will inevitably rise
largest level of achievement.”

to ever

higher and

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NEW TRAINING SCHOOL DEDICATED
“The

first

dream come true” was

the

manner

which Dr.

in

Francis B. Haas, college president, referred to the dedication of

Benjamin Franklin Training School of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College as one of the features of the greatest Home
the

Coming Day in the history of the institution.
Dr. James N. Rule, Deputy Superintendent

of the State

partment of Public Instruction, taking the place of
Dr. J. A. Keith, who is recovering from a serious

De

his superior,
illness,

de-

livered the dedicatory address.

The presentation

and trophy room,
was
The presentation was made
another feature of the program.
by R. Bruce Albert, president of the association, and both acceptances were by A. Z. Schoch, president of the Board of
Trustees and for 39 years one of its members.
of the alumni memorial

furnished by graduates of the school at a cost of $4,000,

Educators from throughout this section joined w'ith alumni
and friends of the institution for the dedication exercises which
were held in the college auditorium in Carver Hall.
Children
of the training school participated by singing a number of songs
under the direction of Miss Harriet M. Moore.
Before the dedication and throughout the day except during the football

game thousands

were delighted with the

visited the

new

building

and

structure.

While the audience was assembling in the auditorium in
Carver Hall the College Symphony Orchestra under the direction
of Howard F. Fenstemaker furnished a program of music.

A number

of

the visiting

educators were

platform with the participants of the exercises.
sided,

and

in

on the
Haas pre-

seated
Dr.

opening the program expressed the belief that

present were taking part

Babcock, pastor of the

in a historic

First

occasion.

Dr.

Harry

all

F.

Methodist Church, read the Scrip-

tures, selecting a portion of the sixth chapter of Chronicles

and

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a part of the

New

Testament.

Dr.

David

Waller,

J.

Jr., Presi-

dent Emeritus of the institution, gave the invocation.
The children of the Training School then added a delightful
touch to the program

when

they sang,

“Who Knows?” by John

West.
Dr. Rule followed with his fine address on the purpose

program
Commonwealth.

the state teachers college in the educational

he spoke of

its

vast importance to the

in

of

which

Mr. Schoch’s Acceptance
Mr. Schoch

in his

acceptance of the building on behalf of

the trustees spoke as follows
“It

is

a matter of especial satisfaction to me, that brings us

here today, to take a part

new

in the

Dedication Exercises of

this

Training School Building.

“For a long time I have watched with great interest the
steady growth of this school serving as occasion arose, its practical needs and encouraging its speculative intentions.
“I have had too, the rare privilege of seeing three generations of my family, a daughter, a grand daughter and a great
grand daughter, enrolled with the student body.
“But in the 39 years of my Trusteeship, no addition to the
equipment of the College has held for me the importance of this
latest development.
;

“Just as perfection in

its

foundation

sary to the strength of a great building, so

paramount importance

child’s education of

absolutely neces-

is
is

the beginning of a

to the life

and char-

acter he or she forms.

“Therefore,

it

with

is

accept the trusteeship of

name

this

exceptional

gratification

Training School

Building

that

I

in the

of the Board of Trustees of the Bloomsburg State Teach-

ers College for the

Commonwealth

How
Dr.

Haas said

the School

of Pennsylvania.”

Was Named

that, in searching for a

building, suggestions

name

for

the

new

had been asked from the faculty and other

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He

was made to select a name keepThey had desired a name
not only identified with childhood but one that would strike the
imagination in every field of learning.
The name of Franklin,
most generally suggested, was a name of that kind for Franklin
sources.

ing in

said an attempt

mind primarily the

has contributed so

much

children.

to so

many

phases of

human endeavor.

Haas called attention to the inscription over one of the doors
of the new building which is Franklin’s “Education is the foun-

Dr.

dation of happiness.”

ALUMNI MEMORIAL ROOM
R. Bruce Albert, president of the Alumni Association, in
making the presentation of that room to the institution, said that
two years ago the graduates had outlined a program of three
projects.
One was the enlarging of the number of the subHe reported this had been
scribers to the Alumni Quarterly.
tripled and the publication made self supporting.
The second project was the creating of an alumni memorial
and trophy room with one aim the preservation of trophies
many of which have been lost in the past. Another object was
to have a place where alumni could mingle in fellowship when
they return, and a place that could be used by the college

—

—

faculty.

“The success of this project is due,” Mr. Albert
and tireless effort of Prof. 0. H. Bakeless.”

the courage

said, “to

He

also

spoke of the cooperation of Dr. Haas, N. T. Englehart and Miss
Gray, of the College Art Department, all of whom ably assisted.

The

third project, the enlarging of the student loan fund,

is

yet

be taken up, a considerable amount remaining to be paid on
the alumni room, furnished at a cost of $4,000.
Mr. Schoch in his acceptance on behalf of the institution,
declared that the room was an evidence of the love and devotion
to

of the graduates to their

Alma Mater.

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Guests Introduced

Haas then introduced a number of the guests at the
many of whom were seated on the platform. They
included: County Superintendent of Schools, W. W. Evans; J.
1. Townsend, Secretary of the Board of Trustees; Paul E. Wirt,
Dr.

exercises,

board of

oi the

of the faculty

;

1

rustees

;

Prof. C. H. Albert, a retired

member

Ricnie Laurie, of the architectural firm of Laurie

and Ureen, Harrisburg, designers of the building; C. H. Dillon,
President of the bloomsburg School Board; William V. Moyer,
President of the Bloomsburg Council; David L. Glover, of Miftlinburg, a member of the board of 1 rustees; Dr. C. H. Garwood, Superintendent of the Bloomsburg Schools and Superintendent bred W. Diehl, of the Montour County schools and also
a member of the Board of Trustees.
Parent-Teachers Association

Haas on behalf of the Board of Trustees and the faculty
paid tribute to the fine work being carried on by the ParentHe spoke of the piano which has been
Teacher Association.
Mrs. Haas is
presented to the school and is already installed.
Dr.

president of the organization.

He

briefly described the

lieves has

make

some new features

new

Training School which he be-

that will enable the institution

contributions to teacher training.

to

All of the building has

been completed except the cellar where an indoor playground
be placed.
The program came to an end with the singing of the “Alma
Mater,” led by Miss Harriet M. Moore.

will

Dr. Francis B. Haas,

who

this

year

is

President of the North-

eastern Convention District of the Pennsylvania State Education
Association, is now at work planning the program for the district

convention to be held

March.

in

Wilkes-Barre on the 6th and

7th

of

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HUNDREDS BACK FOR HOME COMING DAY

Bloomsburg State Teachers College was the centre of
when the institution was host to hundreds of graduates

activities

and

friends

at the

annual

Home Coming

Day,

School and the opening of the

this

year with

new Training
Alumni Memorial Room.

special features including the dedication of

the

The campus buildings and the business section of the town
were in gala dress for the day with the Maroon and Gold of
Bloomsburg and the Red and Blue of the visiting athletic rivals,
Shippensburg,

much

in

evidence.

Boulevard light standards on Main Street and trees on East
Street were used to place the decorations in the business section.

There was a large welcome sign at the entrance to the college
and signs with the message “Welcome Parents- Alumni” were
on Waller Hall.
The program throughout was one to delight alumni, with
Bloomsburg winning the football game from Shippensburg 3
to 0 and the cross country run by the decisive score of
6 to
39, Bloomsburg having five runners in the first six to finish.
The dedication of the new Training School, to be known
as the Benjamin Franklin Training School, opened the day’s pro-

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1

1

gram with the dedicatory address by
Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Dr.

James

N. Rule,

Deputy

Practically every visitor

went through the new building during the day and was delighted
with the plant, the first of a proposed series of new buildings.
T he Alumni Memorial and Trophy Room was another place
that secured much attention and favorable comment.
This
room was beautifuly furnished by alumni at a cost of $4,000.
It is located on the first floor of Waller Hall and is an achievement in which graduates of the school can be justly proud.
It is doubtful if a Home Coming Day ever attracted a larger
crowd and certainly there was never a better program offered.
Students and faculty worked tirelessly to entertain the guests
and they were quite successful.

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program were an informal get-together in the gymnasium following the game and a dance in the
Ihe gymnasium was beautifully decorated for the
evening.
day in Maroon and Gold and Red and Blue. The railing around
the orchestra pit was a scene of players benches, some of the
players in the Maroon and Gold of Bloomsburg and others in the
Red and Blue of Shippensburg, with the scores also announced.
Crepe paper festooning and red, gold and blue balloons
added to the attractiveness of the decorative scheme. The
Maroon and Gold Orchestra played for the dance and they were
Punch was served.
at their best.
Day students and members of the faculty, Shippensburg
athletics and faculty members and hundreds of alumni enjoyed
both lunch and dinner at the school.
Ail in all, the day was the greatest of the Fall and one of
the greatest Home Coming Days Bloomsburg has ever had.
Social events on the

On Tuesday evening, October 28, Dr. and Mrs. Francis B.
Haas delightfully entertained at a reception at the President’s
house on Light Street Road.
Educators from throughout this
vicinity were in attendance at this event, which is an annual one.
The home was beautifully decorated with chrysanthemums and
roses, and during the evening the Alexander Trio provided a
charming program of music.
The guests included the trustees of the Teachers College,
the members of the college faculty, the Bloomsburg School
Board and faculty, the Berwick School Board and faculty, and
other prominent educators from Bloomsburg’s service area.

William John Cooper, United States Commissioner of Eduwas the speaker at the chapel exercises Monday, October

cation,

25.

Mr. Cooper delivered a very

a Profession.”

fine

address on “Teaching as

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MARK CREASY
TEACHER, EDUCATOR, FRIEND OF YOUTH
The passing of Mark Creasy, January
noted

in the

Quarterly at the time.

to give later a

It

12, 1930,

was the

more nearly adequate account

was

briefly

intention then,

of his character

and work.

No educator or teacher ever received a finer, more tender,
and more deserved tribute than did Mr. Creasy in the Chestertown (Md.) High School Reflector of January, 1930.
Excerpts
from this series of tributes, in brief, are quoted as part of this
article.

Mark Creasy was

a Columbia County product, born in
His father was Philip Creasy.
Township, in 866.
His
mother was Sarah Good.
Mr. Rush Creasy, a teacher for many

Mifflin

1

years in this county, was his brother.

He

received his early education in the public schools of the

county.

He taught

county.

In

several years in the public schools of the

1890 he entered

the

Bloomsburg State Normal

School as a student and graduated therefrom with the Class of

1891.

He was always a forceful outstanding member of his class,
In the classroom, and outside
though quiet and unobtrusive.
of it, his clear-thinking, and independent, but cooperative
He
action, when things were right, had to be reckoned with.
was always a

favorite in his

helper to every one.
to participate in the

class

—

kind,

jolly,

a

friend

and

His studiousness, earnestness, readiness

work

of the classroom

made him

a favorite

of his teachers.

ley,

After his graduation he was elected to a position at HawCounty, Pa., where he followed Mr. Kimber Cleaver

Wayne

(Class of ’81

)

as Principal

and labored joyously and with rare
Here he did for a community

success for twenty-two years.

and

its

doing.

schools,

what few educational leaders are capable of

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He was elected to the superindency of the Chestertown,
Md., High School about 1913, where he contineud his work
until the close of his life, dying in the harness, January 12,
193°.
In

all

work,
wavered.
his

these years his love for his profession, his interest in

in child-life

and youth,

in the

cause of education, neve;

His co-workers, his fellow teachers, his pupils,

his

directors, his patrons, believed in him, trusted him, relied on his

more experienced judgment, took their standards, ideals and
Mark Creasy was
educational vision from his helpful teaching.
always the seer, the leader, the inspiration of his community.
His leadHis devotion to child-life and youth was Pestalozzian.
His eagerness
ership and vision akin to that of Horace Mann.
and enthusiasm to understand the needs and growth of youth
His deep seated love for
were born of Francis W. Parker.
rational teaching, where not distinctively innate, was the direct
influence of his contacts with two great teachers whose lives enProf. John G.
riched all youth who sat in their class rooms
Cope and Prof. William Noetting of blessed memory.
He was married to Miss Phoebe Shew, of Light Street, Pa.,
in 1895.
She also was a very live member of the Class of
1891.
It was a marriage of kindred souls, and only Mark knew

—

—

how

the willing sacrifice of her pedagogical career

his support,

co-worker and guide

in his career,

a

to become
home-maker

and leader for him, made greater his success and the cause of
education wherever they worked together
and they worked

—

together.

Beautiful are the tales of their united efforts for the

young people with

whom

they worked; the friendships made;

and encouragement given and followed to successful careers.
The Alumni of the B. S. T. C. and the Class of 1891 are
justly proud of the career of Mark Creasy and his wife Phoebe
Shew Creasy. Their old pupils will deepen their breathing and
gird their loins for finer effort always at the mention of their
names.
Unseen to mortal eye, he will live in minds and hearts
of those who knew him best, only to urge them on to keener
the standards set

;

the advice

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effort, to clearer heights of labor.

was the privilege
have Mark in his summer
It

of the writer a

few summers ago

class, as a student, old in

perience, wise in a continued practice that

to

years of ex-

had made

his

mind

keen, his expression clear, his apprehension quick, he was the

humblest, most simple, most helpful pupil
so

much

to give, so kindly a

vious of his

power

He had
all

way

in the class.

of giving

it,

so

He had

utterly obli-

that he inspired the recitation.

much and loved much in his profession and
word as he modestly gave his best in the daily

lived

hung upon

his

discussion.

We

wish that Pennsylvania had

—

Mark Creasy

many

great

spirits

like

and friend of youth and hu-

teacher, educator

manity.

Excerpts from the Chestertown, Md., High School Reflector
of January, 1930, Memorial edition

MARK

CREASY,

—

in loving

memory

of R.

Principal of Chestertown High School.

The Chestertown High School has lost her most valuable treaMr. Creasy was
sure, her best friend, the spirit of all her enterprise.
He was
a man of unusual ability, friendliness, and quiet enthusiasm.
always ready to help the struggling with his abundant store of experience, to urge the struggling on to endeavor, and to cheer the
downcast with a good story; keeping at the same time a steady balance with his wholesome common sense and enlivening all with his unfailing sense of humor.
His friendship was extended to every one, from the smallest and
most frightened Freshman to the most prominent Senior; from the
school’s “bad boy” to the most studious and well-behaved scholar.
When a person needed a friend, he always found one, ready to symMany a time he has pleaded that
pathize or correct, in Mr. Creasy.
another chance be given to some wayward boy, and when an evil-doer
confessed his guilt like a man, he never failed to honor the courage
required for such confession.
*

*

*

*

Their (Mr. and Mrs. Creasy’s)
His hospitality was a proverb.
friends are legions, and those who have not experienced their friendship have missed something sweet, strong and beautiful.
*

*

*

*

Mr. Creasy’s ideas of sportmanship meant everything to the
school.
He could not endure cheap flimsy excuses for failure to win
games. He taught the school to admit that the better team won the
game and, if its team lost, to grin and bear the defeat. When visiting teams came to the school, he encouraged the boys, and girls to

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be courteous to their visitors.

when

it

was cleanly and

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loved to win a game, but only

fairly played.
*

*

*

*

There were always plans in his mind for the betterment of the
school conditions.
He bought more ground for the soccer field, of
which he was very proud.
There was no department in which he
was not profoundly interested.
There is no activity in the school
that will not suffer from his lose, and he will be remembered as a
helpful generous and sympathetic influence.
Our eyes may at length persuade us that he is not here, but our
hearts will never admit that he is dead, for he will in them, go on
with us in our struggles, giving us in spirit the same wise counsel and
friendliness, and helping us to fight for all that is good and worthy in
life.
So great was his personality, and such was our love for him,
that he will not and cannot die so long as we live and labor.
MARION D. BRYON For His Teachers.
.

.

.

.

.

.

—

*

*

*

*

The real measure of the man is to be found in those qualities of
mind, heart and character which he manifested to every one who was
associated with him.
He believed in the idealism of youth. He labored heroically for
the enlightenment and encouragement of the young men and women
who came under his supervision and instruction. He believed in the
ultimate triumph of right over wrong; worked faithfully in the light
of this ideal in education, civics and religious endeavor; sought first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and died fighting the good
fight of faith.

He takes with him into the unseen world, as every man must do,
the record of his life lived among his fellows.
Mark Creasy has left
with us, however, the memory of his unselfish devotion to his duty.
Truly he was a man who at all times and everywhere gave his
strength to the weak, shared his experience gladly with the young,
gave his sympathy to the needy, and unfortunate, gave his substance
to worthy causes and gave his heart to God.
Surely his labor of
love and his life among us shall not have been in vain, for we who
follow on shall take renewed devotion from the example which this
good man has given us. We shall miss him from our friendly circles,
but we shall cherish the rich heritage and precious memories he has
left.
And we shall carry on, following the gleam of truth, love, and
goodness, which shone so beautifully from the life of our good leader of young people in this community.
J.
WRIGHT, Pastor.

HARRY

*

*

*

*

The Alumni of the Chestertown High School offer their respect,
admiration and gratitude for Mr. Creasy’s long and untiring service
A truer friend and more efficient leader could
to the High School.
not have been found.
To his wise guidance, nnusual ability, and untiring efforts can be traced the success of many, many high school
undertakings.
Giving most of his time and energy to his work in the Chestertown High School his unselfish and kindly help has gained for him the

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undying gratitude of us

—the Alumni.
*

*

*

ANNA BONWELL,

’26

*

Now that he is with us only in spirit, we shall try to keep up the
To have known him and to have been
standards he bequeathed us.
in daily contact with him has enriched all our lives.

NANCY JEAN USILTON,
*

*

*

’30.

*

passing of Mark Creasy the world is poorer in
man, a gentleman, a teacher and an educator,
a rare and beautiful character whose
a friend of the children
In these
influence we fain would not have lost to the world.
days of superficial hurry, we need his life and his work to ponder on and grow wise in our work as teachers.

Truiy

that

has

it

in the

lost a

—

Mrs. Chester P. Martindale (Bertha M. Foulke), a

member

of

Normal School during the
administration of Dr. J. P. Welsh, died at her home in West
She is survived by her husChester Thursday, November 27.
band and one daughter, a Senior at Swarthmore College. Mrs.
Martindale was a graduate of the West Chester State Normal
School, in the Class of 1890, and came to Bloomsburg at the
same time that Dr. Welsh left West Chester to take up his duties
the faculty of the Bloomsburg State

as Principal at Bloomsburg.

Dr. Charles H. Fisher, former Principal of the

State

Bloomsburg

Normal School, and now President of the State Teachers

College at Bellingham, Washington, was in Bloomsburg renewing

acquaintances on Thursday, October 30.
Child Welfare Commission

named by

of the Teacher Training Division and

ington

in

Dr. Fisher

is

on the

Head
Wash-

President Hoover, as

was on

his

way

connection with the work of the commission.

to

ATHLETICS

team has closed the 930 season
two defeats, and one tie.
The first game, played at Kutztown, September 27, resulted
in a 19-14 victory for Bloomsburg, which was followed two
weeks later by a 19-0 victory over Millersville, at Bloomsburg.
The battle with Mansfield State Teachers College, fought on Mt.
Olympus field, resulted in a tie, with the score 6-6.
Bloomsburg’s prospects were then darkened by the fact
that a considerable number of her first line men were more or
less seriously injured; another player was declared ineligible
because he played last year on the team of another teachers
college, and several others were lost because of low scholarship.
The first defeat came when Bloomsburg came out with the
small end of a 13-0 score at California State Teachers College,

The Bloomsburg

football

with a record of four victories,

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The week following. Lock Haven,
on Saturday, October 25.
Bloomsburg has defeated with ease for the past several
years, turned the tables with a vengeance, and won, with the

whom

In this game ten of the regular men were absent
from the line-up, while Lock Haven was represented by the best
team she has had for many years.
In the last two games, the Maroon and Gold team came
The Home Coming Day proback with two brilliant victories.
gram on Saturday, November 8, was made a complete success
by the victory over Shippensburg. The score was 13-0.
Bloomsburg had the upper hand throughout the game, with

score 20-0.

first downs to three for Shippensburg.
The season came to a climax with a 13-6 victory over East
Stroudsburg Teachers College, the game being the principal feature of East Stroudsburg’s Home Coming Day, on Saturday,
November 15. The outstanding feature of this game was the
aerial attack launched by Bloomsburg, in which nineteen out of
thirty forward passes were successful, and gained a total of one
hundred fifty-four yards.
In the same game East Stroudsburg

sixteen

forward passes, completed two, with a gain of twentytwo yards, had two passes intercepted, and grounded six.
There is no doubt that, had it not been for the fact that so
many men were injured, the 930 season would have been the
Under the circumstances,
most successful one in many years.
the supporters of Bloomsburg feel that the team gave a splendid
tried ten

1

account of

itself.

*

*

*

Another group of athletes that brought glory to Blooms-

The season was
burg this fall was the cross-country team.
opened at California State Teachers College, when the team
went there with the football team. Allen Parr, captain of the
team, came in an easy first in the six-mile race, with other
Bloomsburg runners taking third, fourth, seventh and eighth
places.

The second race was with Shippensburg, over a five-mile
In this race Bloomsburg took first, sec-

course at Bloomsburg.

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and sixth places. The following week
Bloomsburg again met Shippensburg at the latter institution, and
again won, taking first, second, third, fourth and seventh places.
Captain Parr added further glory to the Maroon and Gold
by taking sixth place in the Berwick Marathon on Thanksgiving
Day, coming in ahead of some of the best runners in the country.
ond,

third,

fourth,

*

*

*

The basketball schedule includes

1

9 games, of which all
Of those four two

but four are with State Teachers Colleges.

are with the leading rival of Bloomsburg,
the opening

game

is

Wyoming Seminary,

with the fast veteran combination of

the

one game with college alumni.
State Teachers College in Pennsylvania

Danville Y. M. C. A., and there

is

There are 12 rival
and every one of them will be met in basketball with two exceptions, Clarion and Edinboro, two western schools.
If Bloomsburg can go through this schedule without a defeat there will be no question but that they can be undisputed
champions of the State in the Teachers College ranks.

The schedule follows

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—

Saturday, December 6

Danville Y. M. C. A.
Home.
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December
Saturday,
Alumni.
Home.
Friday, December 19
Indiana S. T. C.
Away.
Saturday, December 20
California S. T. C.
Away.
Saturday, January 10
Shippensburg S. T. C.
Away.
Friday, January 16
East Stroudsburg S. T. C.
Away.
7
Saturday, January
Wyoming Seminary. Away.
Friday, January 23
Shippensburg S. T. C.
Home.
Kutztown S. T. C. (4:00 P. M.)
Saturday, January 24
Home.
Friday, January 30
Lock Haven S. T. C.
Home.
Saturday, January 31
Mansfield S. T. C.
Home.
Tuesday, February 3
Slippery Rock (4:00 P. M.)
Home.
Friday, February 6
East Stroudsburg.
Home.
Saturday, February 7
Kutztown S. T. C.
Away.
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—
February
—West
February 27 —Wyoming
Open.
February
March —

Friday, February 13

Friday, February

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Saturday,
Friday,

Indiana

Away.
Home.
Chester S. T. C.
Home.
Seminary.
Home.
S. T. C.

S. T. C.

28.

Saturday,

7

Saturday,

Home.

Millersville S. T. C.

NEW COMMERCIAL COURSE OPENS
With the opening of the

first

semester

in

September was

in-

augurated the department for the training and preparation of
Authorizateachers of Commercial Subjects at Bloomsburg.
tion for the opening of this course was given
Department of Public Instruction.

The object of the course

is

to

last

spring by the

prepare commercial teachers

for the public schools of Pennsylvania.

In

accordance with the

regulations of the State Council of Education approved

Decem-

1928, students graduating from a high school in 1930
cannot prepare for teaching commercial subjects by taking less
ber

7,

than a four-year course (or the equivalent) approved by

Department of Public

The course

offered at Bloomsburg

is

therefore a four-year

course and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science

The purpose

cation.
in

is

is

in

Edu-

not to compete with business colleges

preparing students for

above,

the

Instruction.

the business

world,

but, as

intended specifically to prepare them to

stated

teach com-

mercial subjects in high schools.

About

thirty-five students enrolled in the first

year of the

The enrollment is destined to attain large proportions in the next four years, by which time there will be students doing work in all four years of the curriculum.

course

this fall.

The curriculum offered

is

as follows

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23

Semester
Cr.

Hrs

Elementary and Intermediate Bookkeeping
Commercial Geography I

CM

English

CM

I

UO

>

Business Writing i}/2 hour)
Rapid Calculations (j/4 hour)
Introduction to Teaching

—

K>
CM
‘

Typewriting Theory
Physical Education

—

I
‘
—

(

1

Second Semester

Advanced Bookkeeping
Commercial Geography II

CM

English

do

II

Business Mathematics

CM

CM

I

Shorthand Theory I
Typewriting Theory II
Physicial Education (2)

CM
—

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—

Third Semester

Elementary Accounting
Business Organization

VjO

Business Correspondence

CM

Business Mathematics

OJ

II

Shorthand Theory II
Typewriting Theory III
Physicial Education (3)

ixj

>
—

Fourth Semester
Cost Accounting and Machine Bookkeeping
Business

Law

U)

I

Educational Biology

Economic History of the U. S.
Shorthand Theory and Practice III
Typewriting, Theory and Practice IV
Physicial Education (4)

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Fifth Semester

Advanced Accounting with Banking and Finance

American Government

2
3
3
3

Dictation, Office Practice, Typewriting Practice

3

Salesmanship and Advertising

3

Business

Law

II

Educational Psychology

Sixth Semester

Tests and Measurements

—

Teaching of Technique:
Methods in Bookkeeping
Methods in Shorthand
Methods in Typewriting
Purpose and Organization
Secondary Education

—

Economics

I

Secretarial Office Practice

Store Practice and Merchandising

Seventh Semester
Educational Administration and School

Law

Junior High School-Exploratory Courses

__

Educational Sociology

Economics

II

Clerical Business Practice

Professional Readings

Eighth Semester

12

Student Teaching and Conference
Extracurricular Activities

3

Professional Readings

2

Total Credit For Graduation and the Degree

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who has been selected as
new Department of Commercial Teacher

Professor Harvey A. Andruss,
the Director of our

Training, comes to us from the State Teachers College, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, where through his experience in the training and
supervision of commercial teachers he has gained accurate first-

hand information

as to the

secondary school demand for prop-

erly trained commercial teachers.

Before coming to the Department at Indiana, Professor
Andruss had a wide range of experience as Principal of High
Schools at Gotebo, Maramee, and Tipton, Oklahoma; as Head
of the Commerce Department of Ponca City High School, Ponca
City, Oklahoma and as an Instructor and Lecturer in the North;

western University School of Commerce, Chicago, 111.
Professor Andruss received the degree of Bachelor of Arts
and a Certificate in Public and Private Business from the University of

Oklahoma

in

1

924.

Prior to that time he

had graduated

from the Draughon’s Practical Business College, Dallas, Texas.
He also holds the degree of Business Administration from the
Northwestern University School of Commerce, and, in addition,
has one year’s work toward the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
The quality of his academic preparation is evidenced by his
membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary scholastic fraternity; the Kappa Delta Pi-Honorary educational fraternity;
Honorary commerce fraternity
the Beta Gamma Sigma
the
Gamma Rho Tau Honorary and professional business educa-

—

—

—

tion fraternity;

the

Pi

;

Omega

Pi

—

Professional

Teacher fraternity; and the Beta Alpha Psi

—

Commercial

Professional

ac-

counting fraternity.
Professor Andruss has contributed to
educational magazines and periodicals.

many

business

and

His most recent con-

a series of three articles dealing with

methods of
appeared
in The Balance Sheet, a magazine for commercial teachers.
As
the result of the demand for these articles, they are combined in
an educational monograph “How to Use Practice Sets in the
Teaching of Bookkeeping.”
tribution

is

teaching bookkeeping.

The

first

article of this series

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The Business Problems Committee of the Investment BankAndruss in 1927 to investigate cost accounting practices among its members.
For a period of a year he visited a large number of the leading investment banking concerns in the United States studying business
conditions and accounting practices.
The results of this iners Association selected Professor

vestigation will be used in formulating a uniform
ing system to be used

cost account-

A

by the members of the Association.

private accounting practice dealing with the Pennsylvania Se-

Commission has acquainted Professor Andruss with z
knowledge of corporate business practices in this State.
This combination of teaching and business experience
coupled with adequate academic preparation fits Professor Andruss to head our new Department for training Commercial
curities

Teachers.

NEW HEATING SYSTEM INSTALLED
Work on

exception of the
the past

new heating system, a project that, with the
new Training School building, is the largest in

the

two years,

is

rapidly nearing completion.

When

it

is

completed, every building on the campus, with the exception oi
the laundry, will be heated from the one plant.

The power house has been enlarged to make room for adand new machinery, including a boiler feed
A new stack, 125
water heater and pumps, has been installed.
ditional boilers,

feet in height, has

been erected

to provide additional

draught

for the furnaces.

up with trenches since August,
that it made one think of the Western Front. The trenches were
dug to make possible the installation of new underground heat
Concrete floors were laid in the
transmission service lines.
The mains have
trenches before the mains were put in place.
been thoroughly insulated and covered with steel sheeting and
This work has just been completed and, in the words
concrete.

The campus has been

so cut

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Henry Ford, “we hope to have the boys out of the trenches
by Christmas.”
Other projects have been the constructioin of a paved road
from the upper end of the porch on East Second Street to a
point beyond North Hall.
The bank along East Second Street, south of the tennis
courts, has been cut back eight feet, and a concrete walk laid
from the new paved road up to Spruce Street, thus making the
new Training School of more easy access. Another walk has
been laid to the west entrance of the Training School from the
paved road, passing between North Hall and the tennis courts.
A new playground for the Training School children has
Considerable
been laid out just south of the Athletic Field.
grading has also been done at various points on the campus, the
grading having been made necessary by the various projects
above mentioned.

of

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At the

was made
posal was

1

929 meeting

to furnish

of the

an Alumni

Alumni Association, a proposal

Room

enthusiastically passed,

at the College.

This pro-

and Prof. Bakeless was made

chairman of a committee to take charge of the furnishing of the
room.
The classes in reunion that year all made pledges
amounting to over $800.
The classes in reunion in 1930
were also called upon, and pledged their support.
The room, formerly Room K, has been beautifully furnished, and was dedicated on Home Coming Day, November 8.
Professor Bakeless, with the assistance of Miss Gray, of the Art
Department, has been working hard for over a year, planning

room and selecting the furnishings.
room were profuse in their admiration of
the

that has

A
done.

All

who

visited

the fine piece of

the

work

been done.

very important piece of work, however, remains to be

The

total cost of

furnishing the

room

will

amount

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amount, about one-fourth has been paid
still remains to
be
collected.
It is hoped, first of all, that all classes which have
made pledges to the project will take immediate steps to make
good their pledges. It is further hoped that the classes meeting
in 1931
1932, and 1933, will immediately begin to plan to assume their share in the successful completion of the project.
The purpose of this beautifully furnished room is three-

Of

about $4000.

A

in.

this

considerable amount on the pledges

,

fold:
First.

of the

To provide comfortable

Alumni upon returning

To make

Second.

quarters for the fellowship

to their

Alma Mater.

possible the preservation

exhibit of various trophies,

and

and proper

treasures, thus maintaining the

cherished traditions of the institution.
Third.

To provide

a pleasant and comfortable

room

for

the use of the Faculty of the College.

Show your

Alumni!

Bakeless and his committee.

loyalty!
If

Get

behind

Professor

you have seen the room,

tell

you have not seen it, ask those who have;
Send your gift
they will tell you what a fine contribution it is.
to Professor Bakeless, and appoint yourself a committee of one
to stir up enthusiasm among the Alumni of your locality.
others about

it.

If

Haas has accepted the invitation of Henry P.
of the Christmas Seal sale in Pennsylvania,
chairman
Fletcher,
to serve on the Seal Committee again this year.
Dr. Francis B.

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and Mrs.

Prof,

F. H.

Jenkins are looking forward to cele-

brating the Fiftieth Anniversary of their wedding at their home,

216 West

Fifth Street,

December 22,

at

8:00

Bloomsburg, Pa., on Monday evening,
o’clock.

1877
1

Margaret N. Richards (Mrs. F. D. Lamb) died January 27,
929.
It was only a short time ago that news of her death was

sent to the

QUARTERLY

by her

son, Frederick D.

Lamb, Secre-

tary of the Railroad Branch of the Y. M. C. A. at Rochester, N.
Y.
Mr. Lamb also states that his mother had the distinction of

being the
State

first

woman

Normal School.

to

be valedictorian

at

the

Bloomsburg

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1892
The home

of Miss

Martha Robinson, who for many years

work at Higgins, N. C.,
was completely destroyed by fire at 3:00 o’clock Wednesday
morning, October 22.
The fire, of unknown origin, had made
considerable headway when discovered, and Miss Robison,
and a little boy whom she had taken to rear after his parents
died, were forced to flee in their night clothing.
In addition to
Sunshine Cottage,” where Miss Robinson lived, all of the furnishings, including books and clothing, were destroyed.
Miss
Robinson had a fine library, and an appeal has been sent out to
her friends to send her any books which might help her in h
work.
Miss Robinson has been carrying on her work under the
Presbyterian Board of Missions.
has been doing a fine piece of missionary

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1893
Alice Fenner
is

2029 Highland

is

now

living in Allentown, Pa.

Her address

Street.

1899
Charles E. Keefer lives at 5

1

7

Washington Avenue, Walla

Walla, Washington.

1900
Jean A. Beagle (Mrs. W. C. Leach) has moved from California and is now living at 432 South McArthur Street, Macomb,
Illinois.

Harry D. Keefer

lives at

361 Light Street Road, Blooms-

burg.

1901
Miss

Mary

member of the Bloomsburg High
member of the class of three hundred

G. Beiig, a

School faculty, was a

which graduated August 5 from Rider College, Trenton, N. J.
Miss Beiig completed a four-year course, and received the baccalaureate degree in commercial education.
1

1905
Inez Robbins Wilson

is

living

on a farm near

Millville, Pa.

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1907
E. Louise Jolly

Jose, California.

is

now

living at

Miss Jolly

is

1248 Lincoln Avenue, San
in the Alameda High
nineteen hundred students,

a teacher

School, which has an enrollment of

and a faculty of one hundred.
Artemesia Bush is teaching

in Patterson, N. J.

1908
Ida M. Dreibelbis (Mrs. William DeLong) lives at 1201
Her husband, a member of the
West Front Street, Berwick.
They have one
Class of 1903, is in the insurance business.

now

daughter,

in the

eighth grade.

Nellie Deighmiller (Mrs. C. R. Stecker) lives at

Fourth Street, Bloomsburg.
of 1893,
ter,

who

is

is

Carol
St.

Mr. Stecker, a

member

223 West

of the Class

They have one daugh-

a merchant in Bloomsburg.

member of the Class of 1925.
Krum (Mrs. Frank Buck) lives at 50 Macaris

a

Augustine, Florida.

Mr. Buck

is

a

civil

engineer,

Street,

and

is

connected with the Florida East Coast Railroad.
She writes
“The weather here is delightful, and I shall be glad to see any
classmates coming to Florida this winter.”
Mr. and Mrs. Buck
have two sons, one in sixth grade, and one in the eighth grade.
Class letters sent to Francesco C. L. Petrilli and J. Wesley

have been returned to the committee marked “Moved, no
This adds two more “lost” classmates to our list.
address.”

Sitler

Anyone

learning the address of either of these will please

municate with any

member

com-

of the committee, or with Mr. Jen-

kins.

Lucretia Christian (Mrs.

W.

T.

Wooters)

lives at

601 North

Front Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

Joanna Beddall Watkins

lives at

1110 Michigan Avenue,

Pasadena, California.

1909
George I. Williams has been connected with the Justin
Leather Goods Company, of Nocony, Texas, for the past eight
years.
His travels take him through all the states of the Middle

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32

His address

West.

is

Box 1205, Omaha, Nebraska.

Mr. Wil-

liams would be glad to get in touch with any of his Bloomsburg
friends

who

live in that part of the country.

M. Reinee Potts (Mrs. 0.

B.

Jacob)

lives in

Folsom, Dele-

lives at

1547 Farwell

ware County, Pa.

1911

Edna Lewis (Mrs. E. J. Robinson)
Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A clinic for crippled children, sponsored by the Bloomsburg Kiwanis Ciub, was held in July at the Bloomsburg Hospital.
The work was in charge of Dr. Harry Alexander Smith, of
Wilkes-Barre, a noted orthopedic specialist.
Dr. Smith studied
abroad for four years under Sir Robert Jones, of London, at the
London Orthopedic Hospital, and is now orthopedist at the
General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, where he holds weekly clinics.
He also has charge of the Kiwanis Club Clinic at Nanticoke.
The Rev.
service which

C. Carroll Bailey was the principal speaker at a
was the climax of a rally week program, held at

the Good Shepherd Evangelical Church, Bloomsburg, during the
month of October. Mr. Bailey is pastor of the Faith Evangelical
Church, at Baltimore, Md.

1912

A

daughter was born in September to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Mrs. Bachinger, before her marBachinger, of Bloomsburg.
riage,

was Miss Teresa

Daily.

P. Clive Potts, Principal of the

Maryland State School

for

the Blind, Overlea, Maryland, received the degree of Ph. D. at

John Hopkins University last June.
Laura Houghton (Mrs. W. E. Peacock) lives in East
Stroudsburg, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Peacock have three children,
one of whom is in the Senior High School, and two in the Junior
High.

1913

A

son was born

in

September

to Mr.

and Mrs. Otto Barnett,

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S}3s^'2ia3®^&^®^SiSas§5&aagiS©SSs®ig!Si§i§S§^r2j§®r^.^aSi§ia§l§!Sitaaa

of San

Mazie

Diego,

Mrs.

California.

Barnett

was formerly Miss

Bloomsburg.

Phillips, of

1916
The engagement of Miss Martha V. Yetter and Harry E.
Miss Yetter is a member
Rider, ’04, was announced recently.
of the faculty of the Bloomsburg Junior High School, and Mr.
Rider

is

Principal of the Fifth Street School, Bloomsburg.

Anna A.

F.

Rusk (Mrs. Paul

J.

Fitzpatrick) of 41 19 13th

from
Her husband

Place, N. E., Brookland, D. C., received her A. B. degree

the Catholic University of Washington in June.
is

a professor in the same institution.

Mildred Helen Williams (Mrs. Willis Pettibone) died unexpectedly Sunday,

November

Avenue, Forty Fort.
Mrs. Pettibone

2, at

was employed

School, Kingston.

her home,

1127 Wyoming

After her graduation from Bloomsburg,

She

is

Maple Street
by her husband and two

as a teacher at the

survived

daughters.

Hilda

Clark (Mrs.

Elmer Fairchild)

lives at

333 Front

Street, Milton, Pa.

1918
Jane Williams

(Mrs. Charles Perry)

lives at

729 Main

Street, Edwardsville, Pa.

1919
wedding ceremony performed at the home of the bride
Wednesday morning, October 29, Miss Helen Meixell, of Beach
Haven, became the bride of James D. Bower, of Berwick.
The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. L. Hemmig, pastor of
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Berwick.
Mrs. Bower has for a
number of years been a teacher in the Berwick schools. Mr.
Bower is employed in the engineering department of the American Car and Foundry Company, at Berwick.
In a

1920
Miss Myrtle Dent and Paul M. Trembly, both of Espy, Pa.,

were married Saturday, September 20, at Williamsport.
Since
her graduation, the bride has been employed in the office of the

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g^aS^®g®&§iSiSi^giSife&Si&§SSi§sgSia8s5i§®^rS{§}&§ig}&a3s5sg!5s&3}§}3s§j^

Bloomsburg
office of the

Mr. Trembley is employed in the general
American Car and Foundry Company, at Berwick.

Silk Mill.

Lawrence V. Keefer, of Catawissa, and Miss Edith L.
Lemon, of Uniontown, were married Monday, June 23, in the
Central Christian Church at Uniontown, by the pastor, the Rev.
W. H. McKinney. The bride is a graduate of North Union High
School, and of the State Teachers College at California, Pa.
She has been teaching in the schools of Redstone Township.
Mr. Keefer received his M. A. degree at the University of Michigan in 929, after having previously received the A. B. degree

i

1

at the University of Utah.

versity of Michigan,

This

where he

fall

will

he

will return

to the Uni-

study for his Ph. D. degree

I

in

English.
In a very pretty wedding solemnized in the Espy Methodist
Church Wednesday, June 18, Miss Grace Gotshall became the
For the
bride of the Rev. Foster Pannebaker, of Lewistown.
past three years the bride has been a teacher in the Morrisdale
school.
Mr. Pannebaker is a graduate of Dickinson Seminary
He is pastor of the Maderaand is a Senior at Juniata College.

I

Glen Hope Charge.

Ruth

E.

Titman, of Bloomsburg, and Rollin E. Deitrich, of

home of the bride Wednesday evenThe Rev. Harry F. Babcock, of Bloomsburg,
assisted by Dr. E. A. Martin, of Tunkhannock, performed the
ceremony in the presence of the members of the two families
and a few relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Deitrich are now
living at 140 Market Street, Bloomsburg.
Espy, were married at the

ing,

I

October 29.

1921
Miss Helen Welliver is now a member of the faculty of the
She received the degree of Bachelor of
Berwick High School.
Science in Education at Bucknell University last June.

1923
Miss Helen

I.

Harmon and Maurice

wick, were married June 25, by the Rev.

E.

Bowes, both of BerJ. Cambpell, pastor

W.

I

\

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g!§iSiaaaSja^^?§!S^^^25&Si^®®rSigiSs®Sg!Si§Sj®®rS^Ss§s3J&i§!aaS@3gi

of the North Berwick United Evangelical Church.
is

Mr. Bowes

Wyoming Seminary, and

employed in the
is
American Car and Foundry Company,
Mr. and Mrs. Bowes are now living in their newly

a graduate of

audit department of the
at Berwick.

furnished

home

in Fifteenth Street,

Berwick.

Miss Vera Parker and Relbert Shultz,

both

of

Berwick,

Mrs. Shultz
were married September 20, at Sonestown, Pa.
has been teaching in the Berwick schools since her graduation
at

Bloormburg.

1924
At 3 00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, July 30, in the Reformed Church of Bloomsburg, Pa., Miss Margaret E. Keefer, of
Bloomsburg, Pa., became the bride of the Rev. John C. BrumThe cerebach, pastor of the Bloomsburg Reformed Church.
mony was performed by the Rev. John K. Adams. Mrs. Brum:

bach taught for several years
Rev. Brumbach

at

Central

Park,

Long

Island.

graduate of the Reading High School,
Franklin and Marshall College, and the Theological Seminary of
He has been pastor of
the Reformed Church, at Lancaster, Pa.
is

a

Reformed Church since December, 1927. Mr.
and Mrs. Brumbach are now living at the parsonage on East
the Bloomsburg

Third Street.
Miss Virginia Gallen, of Bloomsburg, and Alan T. Knight,

were married Saturday, August 6 in St.
by the Rev. J. Thomas
Heistand.
Mrs. Knight has been teaching in the Marcus Hook
schools.
Mr. Knight is a graduate of Drexel Institute and is a
construction engineer in the employ of the Sun Oil Company.
of Clayton, Delaware,

1

Paul’s Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg,

He is at present in charge of construction of the new plant of the
company at Marcus Hook. Mr. and Mrs. Knight are now living
at

Palace and Brookview Avenues, Claymont, Delaware.

Ruth Tempest and R. Wayne McLaughlin, of Oakland,
Iowa, were married at the Valley Forge Memorial Chapel last
Mrs. McLaughlin, before her marriage, was a member
June.

Lower Merion Township, Merion, Pa.
The year following her graduation from Bloomsburg, she served

of the teaching staff of

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Primary Supervisor in the Training School.
Mr.
McLaughlin is a graduate of Iowa State University, and is now
a mechanical engineer at the General Electric Company, Scheas Assistant

nectady, N. Y.

Sara E. Smull (Mrs. Eugene E. Free)
Pa.,

where her husband

is

is

living in Danville,

employed by the Penna. Power and

Light Co.

1925
Miss

Maryan

Hart, of Berwick, and

James W.

were
by
Mrs. Miller has been
Miller,

married June 25, in the First Methodist Church, of Berwick,
Dr. R. Skyles Oyler, pastor of the church.

Berwick since her graduation.
Mr. Miiller, a gradis employed by the American Car
and Foundry Company at Cleveland as sales engineer. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller are now living at 2225 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sabilla Schobert (Mrs. Earl Campbell) is now living at
310-A “The Manor,” Alden Park, Germantown, Pa.
Miss Margaret Eyerly and Ralph B. Aul, both of Espy, Pa.,
were married Monday, June 30, by the Rev. John J. Weikel,
pastor of the Espy Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Aul has been a successful teacher in the schools of Scott Township, Columbia
County.
Mr. Aul is a traveling salesman.
They will make
teaching

in

uate of Penn State College,

1

their

home

is

Espy.

Miss Marie Karns, of Benton, and Stanley Wright, formerly
of Benton, and now of Windsor, Vermont, were married at
The bride has been teaching
Windsor, Wednesday, June 25.
while
Wright
Mr.
is at present manager of the
since graduation,

Newberry

store at Windsor.

1926
Saturday morning, October 18, at

St.

Gabriel’s

Church,

Hazleton, Miss Margaret M. McLaughlin, of Hazleton, and Ray-

mond W.

George, of Scranton, were married by the Rev. Father

Leo Gilroy.
staff of the

Mrs. George has been a
Kline Township schools.

member

of.

Mr. George

is

the teaching

manager of

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the Scranton office of the Fisk Tire

37

Company.

Miss Geraldine Aul and Carl M. Davis, both of Espy, were

married Wednesday, June 25,

John’s Lutheran Church,

in St.

The ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. J.
Following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Davis left on
Weikel.

Espy.
J.

a tour of the
eral years in

New England

Mr. Davis, a graduate of State Col-

Hershey, Pa.

lege, has served during the past

ervisor,

and

is

now

Orangeville, Pa.,

Mrs. Davis taught for sev-

States.

two years

as agricultural sup-

Principal of the Vocational High School

where he and Mrs. Davis now

Miss Viola Quick, of Fairmount Springs, and Harland
Franklin, of

Harwood, were united

Rev. Robert

S.

dale.

in

at

reside.
J.

marriage, July 15, by the

Boyce, pastor of the Methodist Church of Hones-

The bride has been teaching

Mossville school.

for several years

in the

Mr. Frankiin holds a position with the

J. J.

Linebach Construction Company, at Hazleton.

1927
The Stevens Memorial Church at New Columbus was the
scene of a pretty wedding at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening,
October 20, when Miss Esther Chaplin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Ward Chaplin, of New Columbus, became the bride of
Edward C. Laubach, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Laubach,
of Benton.

Rev.

J.

R. Stoudt, pastor of the church, officiated,

using the ring ceremony.

The bride was

a successful teacher

Benton schools.
The groom is a
graduate of the Benton Vocational High School and Pennsylvania State College and is assistant head of the sales personnel department of the Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Laubach will make their home in Philafor the past three years in the

home after December first at their newly
home on Arbor Street, Yeagon, a Philadelphia suburb.

delphia and will be at
furnished

1928
Marjorie Vanderslice

is

Marjorie Ellen Wallize

teaching in the Lewisburg schools.

and Mr. Francis Paul Prettyleaf

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SiSiSSiSSSiSiSSiSSSSi^rSSSiSrSiSfSiSi^^SsSSSSSSiSSSSi^SSiSSSStSiSSi

were married October 22, 1930, in New York City. Mrs. Prettyleaf, before her marriage, was a teacher in the Granville
Township schools, Mifflin County. Mr. Prettyleaf is a graduate
of the Pennsylvania State College, Class of 1927, and is manager of the Lewistown Wholesale Grocery Company.
Mr. and

make

Mrs. Prettyleaf will

their

home with

the bride’s parents

until the first of the year.

Kathryn M. Abbett is a teacher in the Center Township
Her home address is Rupert,
High School, Columbia County.
Pa.

1929
Moore

Ethel

teaching seventh

is

grade

in the

schools

at

Nescopeck, Pa.
Lester Devine

Ruth

P.

is

Gardner

teaching

in

Berwick.

a teacher in the schools at Dalton.

is

1930
J.

Fred Berger

is

Principal of the

fine

new DeLong Me-

morial School at Washingtonville, Pa., dedicated

Friday,

No-

The new school, modern in every detail, is the gift
of Frank E. DeLong, and replaces seven one-room schools that
were formerly in use in Washingtonville and Derry Township.
vember 28.

Thursabert Schuyler

is

teaching in

the

high

school

at

Damascus, Pa.
Winifred Follmer

is

teaching at Brooklyn, Pa.

Haven Fortner and Jasper
grade, while Mr. Fritz
athletics.

Fritz are teaching in the schools

Mr. Fortner

of Osceola Mills, Pa.
is

is

teaching

in

the seventh

teacher in the high school and coach of

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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE

m

Baker,

Captain

Shepella,

TEAM
Wanbaugh,

Golder,

BASKETBALL

Wilson,

Booth,

Warman,

Coach

CHAMPION

—

—

Right:

Right:

Liptzer.

to

to
Ysrctski

Left

Left
BLOOMSBURG’S
—

—
Rudowiski,

ROW
ROW
Yocabonis

Carr,

SECOND

FRONT

The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
MARCH, 1931

Vol. 32

No. 2

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg,
Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year

H. F.

FENSTEMAKER,

F. H.

JENKINS, ’76

’12

-

-

Editor-in-Chief

-

Business

-

Manager

BLOOMSBURG WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Statistics

show

clearly the great

power of the Bloomsburg
this year won,

State Teachers College basketball team which

Keydecade

clean-cut, the championship of the teachers colleges in the

stone State.

Bloomsburg teams four times

in the past

have had leading claims to the honors but never has a Maroon
and Gold team so cleverly dominated the field as the 1930-31
combination.

Bloomsburg compiled
This gave the local
a total of 81 0 points to 3 3 for opponents.
boys an average of 45 points per game, 6 points more than
Their average was 29 points
opponents were able to gather.
per game.
The teams met during the season included every state
teachers college in the state except Edinboro and Clarion in the
West Chester defeated by
west and West Chester in the east.
both Mansfield and Kutztown, was on the original schedule, but
Winners

in

1

7 of their

1

8

contests,

1

1

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2

when Bloomsburg was unable to argame at West Chester as that institu-

cancelled during the season

range a suitable date for a
tion requested.

There was no outstanding star for Bloomsburg.

man was

Every

was the great passing attack
that carried the team through.
Opposing clubs had some outstanding long shots, but that kind of a game was not good
enough to offset the machine-like passing attack of Bloomsburg.
Captain Wanbaugh, Columbia boy, and the lanky youngster around whom the Bloomsburg offense was started, was high
He had 228 points. These were made up
scorer of the team.
of 97 field goals and 34 foul goals.
In foul shooting Wanbaugh proved the most accurate on the club, making 34 of 59
a star in his position.

It

attempts.

Mahanoy City, rounding out four years of
varsity play at the College, was second in line, with 224 points.
Then came Kirker, also of Columbia, with 54 points. Kirker
Yocabonis, of

1

was not

who so well handforward during Kirker’s absence, had 57
Rudowski, of Newport, who played at both forward

in five of

led the duties
points.

games played.

the

Wilson,

at

and guard, collected 40 points.
Shepella, of Newport township, with 33 points was next
in scoring and then came Golder, of town, back guard, with 32.
Others who have contributed to the 810 points were Warman,
of Scranton, with 7 Baker, of Columbia, with 0 and Yaretski,
Carr, Luzerne, a Freshman, was the
of Glen Lyon, with 15.
1

eleventh

The

member

1

;

of the sqaud.

starting combination in the majority of the

games was

Yocabonis and Kirker at forward, Wanbaugh at center and
Golder and Shepella at guards.

This was a brilliant team and

was the stronger because there was

excellent material for re'

serve duties.

Of the eighteen games, seven of them were away from
home and five of these were played early in the season and
The fourth of these games, that
were consecutive contests.

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with East Stroudsburg, was the only one

lost

3

but

when

the

team

returned from the road trip with four decisive victories against
the lone setback,

it

had already established for

itself

a place

with the greatest basketball teams Bloomsburg has ever pro-

duced.

Of eleven varsity men, coach

T.

W. Booth, coaching

his

by graduation in June.
They are Kirker, Colder, Yocabonis, Baker and
Wilson.
Wanbaugh, of the first stringers, has one more year
as does Rudowski while Alex Shepella has two more years
ahead.
With the six members of the varsity squad remaining
together with some fine material from the Junior Varsity, undefeated in 12 games, Bloomsburg appears to have material for
second championship

five in three years, will lose five

another great team.

and

The team in making the 810 points made 318 field goals
74 of 344 fouls. The foul shooting average was just

1

over the .50 mark.

The individual scoring af each member of the team, as
compiled by Morris Liptzer, of Catawissa, the student manager,
follows
G.

F. G.

Pts.

34-59
40-73
44-80
3-12
16-29

228
224

13

7-21

14-32
9-17

33
32

Warman

9
4

Yareski

5

5-13
2-8

Wanbaugh
Yocabonis
Kirker

97
92
55
27

_
_
.

Wilson

Rudowski

_

Shepella

Golder

Baker
Carr
Total

_

_

12

4
0

318

0-0

1

74-344

154

57
40

17
15

10

0

810

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The team record follows:
M. C. A. 21 at Bloomsburg.
Alumni 34, at Bloomsburg.

B. S. T. C. 38, Danville Y.

B. S. T. C. 70,

,

B. S. T. C. 24, Indiana S. T. C. 23, at Indiana.
B. S. T. C. 42, California S. T. C. 30, at California.

B. S. T. C. 49,

Shippensburg

East Stroudsburg

S. T. C.

S. T. C.

42, B.

1

6, at Shippensburg.

T.

S.

C.

29, at East

Stroudsburg.
B. S. T. C. 44,

Wyoming Seminary

B. S. T. C. 60,

Shippensburg

B. S. T. C. 38,

Kutztown S.
Lock Haven

B. S. T. C. 47,

S.

21

at Kingston.

,

T. C. 34, at Bloomsburg.

T. C. 34, at Bloomsburg.
S. T. C.

27, at Lock Haven.

B. S. T. C. 53, Mansfield S. T. C. 37, at
B. S. T. C. 55, Slippery
B. S. T. C. 64, East

Rock

S. T. C.

Stroudsburg

Bloomsburg.

40, at Bloomsburg.

S. T. C.

41,

at

Blooms-

burg.
B. S. T. C. 27,
B. S. T. C. 42,

Kutztown S. T. C. 26, at Kutztown.
Lock Haven S. T. C. 20, at Lock Haven.

B. S. T. C. 42, Indiana S. T. C. 22, at
B. S. T. C. 47,

Wyoming Seminary

Bloomsburg.

24, at Bloomsburg.

B. S. T. C. 29, Millersville S. T. C. 23, at

Totals:

—

B. S. T. C.,

Bloomsburg.

810; Opponents, 515.

Harvey A. Andruss, head of the Commercial Department,
at the meeting of the commercial department of the secondary schools at the meeting of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, held at Williamsport, December 31,1 930.
At
the same meeting. Prof. Andruss was elected vice-president of
spoke

the commercial section in the state.

Dr. Nell Maupin, of the

dressed the

meeting held

Turbotville

Department of Social Studies, ad-

Parent-Teacher Association at

Wednesday evening February 25.

their

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MARION

many

the

force-

connected

personalities

ful

with

Bloomsburg State

the

Normal

School

fifty-five

years of existence,

is

of

that

Imrie,

the

M. IMRIE

Teacher and Social Worker.

Artist,

Among

5

during

Marion M.
charge of

Miss

who was

its

in

Department during
She was a

Art

the year 1878-9.

socially

strong teacher;

charming;

and

a

cultured

woman.
At

this

time the vivid

lessons of the Centennial Ex-

position at Philadelphia,
still

were

disturbing the American

who was only too
aware of the smugness
ind complacency of the masseducator,

well

es of

our people

in their isolation

exposition had given the nation a
leaders

many

needs,

many

mart could be assured.

from world movements.
jolt.
It had suggested

changes, ere our place

The older and

Asia and Europe, as manifested

in this

in the

The
to

our

world’s

richer civilizations of

great exposition, reveal-

ed also our crudeness, our slight development artistically. Their
treasures in art, their products in every field of industry, their
superior

To many

skill,

all

tended

to give us vision

of our workers for the

first

time

and new standards.

came

the possibilities

of form, color, design, in manufactured

Our eyes were opened

to

and industrial products.
the great domain of beauty; new

needs appeared; necessities for training,

skill,

growth, develop-

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ment, became apparent,

our commerce might hope to com-

if

pete successfully with older nations.
textiles and other products, saw defects in
had been overlooked before. Museums and
new schools of design were founded in many cities. Art classes
grew.
The few art schools in the country caught a new vision
and enlarged their fields. Public schools, in the more intelligent centers began to modernize and extend their courses.
The
truth dawned upon many that art was an every-day subject,

Manufacturers of

their

work

that

touching our

common

life in

intimate relations

;

ed commerce, industry and manufacture; that

that
it

it

enchanc-

was a part

of

even the poor man’s daily existence, in his dress, his furnishings,
and home life that with knowledge, right ideals and standards,
;

good

taste

is

as easily cultivated as

power

anter to dwell with; that

taste, and much pleasenchance the quality of a

bad

to

product need not militate against the quantity produced, and
would gain a more ready market for that product.

was

Bloomsburg State Normal
management, (D. J. Waller had become the young and enthusiastic principal of the budding institution), decided that art courses in the Normal Schools of the
State ought to be live, practical courses, so equipping the teachers of the State that they might carry the new message to the
It

just at this time that the

School, under a change of

children of the masses

whether

in

in the training

penmanship.

—

vision,

taste,

appreciation of beauty

The length of the course then offered
schools was only sixteen weeks of drawing and
The teacher in charge of the work tried in that

nature or

art.

time to give the candidate for the teacher’s profession something

and taste, if not skill, in drawing and writThe crude pupils were earnest and receptive; and more
was done in the brief time than instructors and school authoriThe leven planted silently stirred the mass to life.
ties knew.
of ideals, standards
ing.

We

have gone far

great laps to go

;

in this

field for

our children;

we

still

have

but our children are slowing coming into their

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aesthetic inheritence, because of this small

this

at hand.

and faraway begin-

wisdom of discerning educators.

ning, through the

At

7

opportune time a

woman

work was
unknown, stepped

qualified for this

Somehow, somewhere, out

of the

Miss Marion M. Imrie, a refined and intelligent
an, blue-eyed, auburn-haired,

awake, active;

little

trained and ready for the task school had set in

tips;

departure for

its

in the fall of

1878.

department.

art

wom-

Scotch

artist to the finger

Her early training she had gained

native Scotland, ere she cast her lot

among

new

its

Miss Imrie assumed her

work

in

her

us about 1870, in

her fifteenth year.

She sketched from naShe was a very versatile teacher.
She understood
She instructed in oil and water color.
She made it a means
designing, and was creative in that field.
of opening the eyes of her pupils to the wonders of form and
color; of line and surface; of light and shade. She taught them
She apto see, and interpret what they saw in various media.
preciated good line and arrangement in architecture, and helped
ture.

She knew the history of art,
But most of all did she
and opened that field to her classes.
know and understand the principles of design, and how to make
this field interesting to her classes, and a never-failing source of
pleasure to them in their daily life.

her pupils to see and enjoy them.

She was one of those rare teachers who believed in the inexpected results creditall her students

herent artistic ability of
able from
time,

all

;

and secured them.

and her pupils

ability,

or lack of

to do, to enjoy their surroundings,

a

skill

as a teacher,

and her

She made the most of her
it.

All learned to see,

because of her charm and

faith in their inherent ability.

The

world to every one of them became a richer place to live in;
and their usefulness as teachers was enhanced because of her
faith in their power to do, and her enthusiasm for this great field
she

knew

so well

;

loved so wisely.

Her pupils reverenced

her.

Their best efforts, however poor, were accepted by her with

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8

dignified constructive criticism,

and a

sincerity that enriched

their next effort.

Miss Imrie was born at Colmonell, Ayer, Scotland, about

known

and education. She
we have already
said.
An "In Memoriam” card which fell into the hands of
the writer, gave the fact that her mother, Marion Jameison, widow of John Barton Imrie, who died at Royal Bank House, Ayer,
on the 21st of May 1892, in her sixty-eighth year, was interred
1855.

Little

is

of her early

to

in the

church-yard at Colmonell.

America

in

life

her early womanhood, as

came

In the old family Bible, brought

Psalms

in

from Scotland, are the

metric form as sung in the Presbyterian service of the

Scottish church.

Some remnants

of poetry, written

by her

fath-

er remain, and suggest where her poetic and artistic tempera-

ment

is

derived.

Her family was a

for beauty, for poetry, for

all

religious one.

Her love

things that stir ones finer nature,

no doubt influenced her choice of a profession and her subselife work.

quent training and

After leaving Bloomsburg, Miss Imrie took up her residence and work in Ohio where she married Mr. Vernon C. Ward.
She lived for sometime in Columbus. Her family later moved to
Chicago, where she died August, 1906, leaving a son Vernon
C. Jr.,

and a daughter Elizabeth H. Ward.

Those who knew of her work say that she spent some time
this study was a beautiful head of
Christ.
She was represented at the Paris Exposition by two
panels, "The Trossachs,” and two other small paintings of
Her work was also represented at the ColumScottish scenery.
in

study abroad. The result of

bia Exposition in

Chicago,

in

1893.

One

of her paintings

"Oranges and Lemons” was a prize-winner at the San Francisco
She had a collection of hand painted china at the
Atlanta Exposition that attracted attention, and received compliShe had an
mentary notice in the southern papers at the time.
exposition.

exhibition also at the St. Louis Exposition.

a

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Mrs.

9

Ward sponsored the movement for the single moral
when such ideas were not considered

standard for both sexes

She was the founder of an organization,
Order of the Four P’s,” (Patience, Perseverance,
Purity, Prayer), January 1896 at Columbus, Ohio, which was
the outgrowth of a religious awakening there among the young

with popular favor.
called the

people

in

‘

1895.

The object

among

was

of the order

whom we

to raise the standard of morals

There
were sixteen character members “Patriots of Purity,” all memThe movement had quite a
bers of her Sunday School Class.
those with

associate, especially youth.

following jn other churches at the time.

was always inspiring and uplifting,
young people among whom she worked. She was a
woman of high ideals, and forceful character; in vision far
ahead of her times. She believed in and advocated prohibition,
when as yet is was only a name. She wore among the first, the
Mrs. Ward’s influence

with

all

white ribbon of the

W.

C. T. U.

—

She was preeminently an artist and a teacher of art,
worthy FIRST among the many excellent art teachers who have
served “Bioomsburg ” during its work in this field for sixty years.
She

left

her impress on our institution.

Her memory

is

a bene-

diction to her pupils as they in their teaching labor on in the

cause of truth and beauty.

among

Pennsylvania

is

better for her

work

us.

0.

H.

BAKELESS.

Dr. C. F. Hoban, Director of Visual Education in the Department of Public Instruction, spoke at the College Assembly

Friday morning, January 23.

Dr.

Hoban

greater use of visual aids to education.
trations

from

his recent trip to

stressed the need for

He drew many

illus-

Europe, and from the point

of

view of visual education, discussed the technique of teaching
in the schools of Europe as compared with those in America.

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10

IRENE GEORGIA KAHLER
Teacher and Inspirer of Youth.

Irene Georgia Kahler, teacher of mathematics in the
Bloomsburg High School, for sixteen years, died December 26,
She was a
930, after a lingering illness of many months.
member of the class of 908, of the Bloomsburg State Normal
School, a very superior student, graduating with honorable mention in both scholarship and teaching ability, in the old days
when the dagger stood for superior ability as a teacher on the
commencement program, and the star for excellence in scholarship.
Miss Kahler always led her group in whatever she did.
1

1

Miss Kahler was born September 8, 1890, and was a

life

She was graduated from the local High School with high honors with the class of 906 and was
She entered the Normal School in the
historian of her class.
long resident of Bloomsburg.

1

autumn of

that year.

After finishing her course

in training,

she was elected to

the North Berwick High School, as assistant principal, and taught

there two years.
in the

She was then elected

to a position as teacher

public schools of Bloomsburg, teaching in fifth and sixth

She joined the high school faculty in 1916 as teacher
She was elected to this position because of

grades.

of mathematics.

her superior ability as a teacher, and her tact

in

dealing with

young people.
She was a very excellent teacher, clear

in

presentation,

and tactful in control; always winsome
and kindly in manner. She loved her work, knew her subject
matter, and was in thoro rapport with young life.
forceful in instruction

Two
volume

in

conversations

pedagogy

come

to the writer

in their brief

sentences.

that

comprise

To an

a

indifferent,

not over brilliant student in her class the question was asked:

“Who

is

your algebra teacher?”

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11

“Miss Kahler.”

“How

are you getting along with the subject?”

“Very

well.

She

is

so earnest

and so kind that you learn

her subject whether you have brains or not.” (The pupil had

them on general

brains but avoided using

principles).

This later with Miss Kahler:

“Miss K.,

Her face

How

does

X

get along in your algebra class?”

up with a gleam of pleasure

lit

that

was assuring

as she answered:

“One

of the very best boys

of apprehension; but he

do

his best for

me

is

that he

I

He

have!

is

not so quick

so attentive, so willing, so eager to
is

an inspiration

to

me

every recita-

was a heavy weight in other classes,
and a failure in some. The difference was in the personality
of the teacher, the personal touch of one who knew youth and
tion.”

This of a boy that

cared to inspire

And

so

we

effort.

say rightfully that pupils loved her, and took

pains to have her

know

worked

were orderly, kind
They mourn her
going; they miss her presence; her spirit.
A great and beThey loved to cheer
nign influence has gone out of their lives.
her last days with flowers and appreciative messages, because
her earnest, beautiful life, her untiring effort had enlarged their
vision and they had grasped something of her spirit.
In touch
with her, inspired by her earnestness, they ceased to trifle in the
adolescent way, in the spirit of mere play, and began the search
courteous

in

it;

for her;

her presence and in her classes.

for deeper things.

and sacrifice
be a part of their standards, and all of us
teachers will be measured by the standards she all unwittingly
set in their young souls.
Her

spirit of gentleness, earnestness, solicitude

will live in their lives,

She was popular

in the true

sense of the term, in that she

sought ever to be useful and helpful, often to her
venience and detriment.

In

own

incon-

always putting forward the good

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12

of others, she enhanced her power, and influence

and become

among

her

an object of affection
among all who knew her, and worked with her.
‘‘Irene” will be missed when her classmates gather.
She
pupils,

all

unconsciously

will

be missed among her fellow-teachers.

pils

miss her guiding steady hand, her encouraging winsome

spirit.

She

who knew

will

continue to live

in the

Most of

all

minds and hearts of those

her best, as an inspiring and uplifting force.

more teachers with

her pu-

0, for

the intelligence, the wisdom, the tact, the

patience, the sympathy, the vision, and the character of Irene

Georgia Kahler!
0.

H.

BAKELESS.

THE ALUMNI RECEPTION ROOM
“Trophy Room”

The Alumni Reception Room, (‘‘Trophy Room”), is now a
It
was permanently opened November 8, 1931,
(Home Coming Day), and sufficiently equipped to be used with
comfort, pride, and satisfaction by any alumni who return to
reality.

the college on a

visit.

made and the
need
the
money
to settle our
amounts still
obligations, and save interest charges.
We hope the members
of the various classes, who have endorsed the movement, will
note the figures, and respond at once with their quota.
Send your check to the treasurer of the fund and he will
acknowledge it by receipt. Whether your class has been soliFollowing

is

a statement of the subscriptions

outstanding.

cited or not,

up to

this time,

We

anything contributed to the project

be credited to the person and class from which it comes.
Send
let your dilatory good intentions delay the work.
your check now.
Yours for service and growth,

will

Do
in

not

0. H.

BAKELESS,

Treasurer.

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13

STATEMENT OF “TROPHY ROOM” FUND
(Only classes who held reunions in 1929 and 1930

made pledges
Pledge

Class

Class of ’75

Class of

79

_$
_

.

Class of ’80

12.50

16.00

14.00

50.00

51.00
2.00
2.00

Class of '84
Class of ’85

115.00
60.00
5.00
108.00

Class of ’90
Class of ’93
Class of ’94
Class of ’97

Class of ’99

50.00

Class of ’01
Class of ’04
Class of ’05

33.00
100.00

Class of ’06
Class of ’09

__

Class of ’10

_

Class of ’14
Class of ’15

Class of ’19
Class of ’20
Class of ’24
Class of ’25

Class of ’27
Class of ’30

Subscribed

100.00
150.00
25.00
70.00
100.00
100.00

Amt. Unpaid

Paid

12.50

Class of ’81

Class of ’89

as yet).

15.00
115.00
85.00

—

2.00

...

61.50
2.50
40.00
5.00
33.00
27.00

.

13.00

30.00
250.00
250.00

21.50
26.00
25.00
250.00

$1624.50

$1068.00

5.00
46.50
10.00

73.00

5.00
71.00

25.00
66.00
100.00

$

29.00
150.00
_

4.00

87.00
4.00

225.00

$635.50

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14

A.

Death

at

5:00

BRUCE BLACK

o’clock,

Monday morning, March

denly ended the career of A. Bruce Black, for

1

6, sud-

5 years head of
the penmanship department of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
1

College and nationally recognized as a Shakespearean author-

The end came at his home on East Street about two hours
was stricken with an attack of indigestion, and was due
principally to heart disease.
He was aged 57 years.
ity.

after he

Mr. Black at the time of his death was court crier of Col-

umbia County

courts, to

Throughout

his life

which he was appointed May

3, 1930.

he was a keen student of Shakespeare

His collection of books was one of the
and a lover of books.
finest to be found in this section of the country, and his library
included copies of books which were most rare.
Many of these
were disposed of only a few years ago.

He had

written a

Shakespeare, and
lusions

and

number

his latest

parallels,

of books, most of

them based on

work, a pamphlet containing 60 alin collaboration with Dr. Robert

compiled

M. Smith, professor of English
only a few weeks ago.

at

Concerning the pamphlet the

Lehigh University, came out

New York Times

carried the

following dispatch under a Bethlehem date line:

“An original collection of sixty allusions and parallels has
been compiled in a publication of the Institute of Research of
Lehigh University largely as the result of exhaustive study for
thirty-five years of an invalid in his home at Bloomsburg, Pa.
The man is A. Bruce Black who is co-author with Dr. Robert M.
Smith, Professor of English at Lehigh.

“The pamphlet, covering a period from 1599 to 1701 and
which Shakespeare has upon the literature of the seventeenth century, is composed of allusions and
parallels selected from almost 600 passages submitted by Mr.
illustrating the influence

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They are

Black.

and research

the fruit of intensive reading

and were discovered largely as a
sociate

15

result of his

remarkable as-

memory.”

His

work

An

evidence of

attracted w'ide interest in literary circles.
this

was

that only last Friday, Mr. Black

received a letter from the president of the Encyclopedia Brit-

from London congratulating him on his work and asking
him a copy of his drama “William Shakespeare,
Gentleman,” which Mr. Black wrote some years ago but never
tanica

that he send

published.

Word

of his death came as a profound shock to his legion
He had
and acquaintances throughout this section.
been in failing health for some years and about five years ago
He
had to undergo operations for the amputation of both legs.
showed remarkable grit in rallying from this misfortune and in
Throughout this lliness
learning to walk with artificial limbs.
he continued his work and studies.
of friends

The son of the fate Sheriff and Mrs. William W. Black, Mr.
Black was born September 20, 1873, at Rohrsburg, Greenwood
Township.
As a youth he attended school in that locality and
at Dickinson Seminary and in the high school at York, Pa.
He
continued

his studies at

Michael University,

graduating from that institution

he took a special course
lege,

in

Logansport, Ind.,

in the spring of

penmanship

Columbus, Ohio, graduating

1

896, and then

at the Zanerian Art Col-

in the fall of that year.

Returning to Bloomsburg, he became deputy

sheriff

under

1897 and served during the three years of his term,
continuing as deputy under Sheriff Knorr and then remaining as
his father in

deputy through
years he

was

his father’s

clerk to

second term.

the county

For the next three

commissioners,

twelve years of service in the court house

when he

completing
left that

po-

sition.

For a short time he taught

and then

in

1

909 he accepted

in the

summer

school at Benton

the position of instructor in pen-

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16

manship at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, at that time
the Bloomsburg Normal School.
He continued a valued member of that faculty for about

During

5 years.

1

his service at that institution

ope, once in 1911 and again in 1914.

much

spent

time in the British

peare and continuing

back

some hours

to

Isles, visiting

the

home

visits

he

of Shakes-

He was in Europe at the time
World War and had a thrilling experience

his studies.

of the outbreak of the
in getting

he twice visited EurDuring these

America, being forced to stand

in water for
which he was a passenger had
stop so that it could be searched for

after the vessel in

been shelled for refusal
draft evaders.

Some

to

years later Mr. Black continued his tra-

vels with a trip to the Pacific coast.

His

first

published literary work was

“Like Expressions.”

titled

This

was

in

1

900 and was

en-

and enlargThe work was in-

later revised

ed and printed in two good sized volumes.
tended to do away with parallelism arguments, especially in the
Bacon-Shakespearean controversy.
He also published a novel,

“A Random

Shaft.”

For some years Mr. Black was also

interested in

writing

the words of songs, a number of which were published.
He
was always a lover of fine books and during the past summer
was congratulated by Senators and Congressmen for his part in
securing for the United States from Germany a number of val-

uable books which are a real addition to the Library of Congress at Washington.

His last literary efforts were devoted to working with Prof.
in the publishing of the allusions and parallels to the
words of Shakespeare and at the time of his death was continuing work in this field.
Only a few weeks before his death, he
stated that Lehigh University was anxious that he complete this
work and he said he was eager to do it but was doubtful whether his life would be prolonged over the necessary period.
Mr. Black was nationally recognized as an authority on

Smith

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Shakespeare and frequently addressed clubs on that subject in
New York and Philadelphia. Only a few months ago he delivered a lecture on

Shakespeare at the Ben Franklin Hotel

in

Philadelphia and he appeared several times before the Yale Club
of

New York

City.

Through
erary

field,

his

work

at the

Teachers College and

Mr. Black was widely

known and had

a

in the lit-

legion

of

friends throughout the country.

On February
liams, of

About

23, 1907, Mr. Black married Miss Helen Wil-

Bloomsburg,

who passed away August

30,

1910.

2 years ago he married Miss Lois Brunstetter, of Orangewho survives him, as does one son by the first marriage,

ville,

1

Lessing Black, a chemist working

home

to visit his father only a

New

in

week

York.

three nephews, Bruce Mather, of Benton;

The son was

Also surviving are

ago.

Ray Mather,

of Bos-

ton University, and Dr. Clayton Mather, of Strausburg.

Mr. Black was a

member

of the Methodist Church and of

the Sons of Veterans while that organization

was

active.

In

he was a Democrat and in 928 was the Democratic
nominee for member of the General Assembly.

politics

1

WILLIAM

William H. Housel, for

H.

many

HOUSEL

years steward at the Blooms-

burg State Normal School, died in Philadelphia Friday, February
He was found dead in his bed. News of his death came
20.
as a shock to his relatives and friends, as he had visited Bloomsburg two weeks before his death, and at that time was apparAt the time of his death, Mr. Housel
ently in the best of health.

was

sixty-nine years of age.

A

was born in 1861.
Bloomsburg and resided here for

native of Lock Haven, Mr. Housel

As a young man he came

to

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many

years.
For about twenty years he was steward at the
Later he held a similar poBloomsburg State Normal School.
At another time he had a music store
sition at the Elks’ Club.
For the past five years he had lived in Philain Bloomsburg.
delphia, where he was employed as night watchman for the
Market Street Title and Trust Company.

Although not many are aware of the fact, Mr. Housel left
behind him a monument that people look at many times a day.
We refer to the clock on the tower of Carver Hall. In the December,

1

by Dean

Sutliff, relative to

928, issue of the

take the liberty to quote

“Among

QUARTERLY, we

this artcle in

We

part

other improvements in the late 90’s, the trustees

decided to remodel the front of Carver Hall.
posing front facing the town,
erected.

printed an article

placing the clock in the tower.

including the

But no clock was available

—

or, in

Ihe present imclock

tower, was

other words, there

was no cash on hand to provide the clock. The circular windows were boarded up, blind eyes to a beautful tower.

the

“At that time William Housel was the efficient steward at
Normal School. He saw the need of a clock and made the

proposition to the trustees to secure
stitution.

at the Fair

it

without cost to the

in-

The large eating stand
Grounds could be rented and dinner served to the

His plan

was

briefly this:

He decided to try renting this building
crowds at a fair profit.
and serving a turkey dinner each day during the Fair.
“The students and
the

project.

nations were

faculty of the school

Volunteer

made by

waiters were

dealers from

whom

were

secured.

enlisted

Some

in

do-

regular supplies were

purchased, and the plan went forward with great

enthusiasm.

Good weather prevailed and large crowds were in attendance.
It was a successful project from every standpoint.
“Mr. Housel then went to New York, and with about seven
hunderd dollars as his assets from the plan, bought the clock
and had it installed without cost to the school.”

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Dean

Sutliff

closed his article with the following: “Here’s

hoping that someone

will

remember the date and place

marker upon the clock and give a few
credit to

whom

19

credit

is

due.”

We

details of

wonder

time for the suggestion to be carried out.

It

if

its

a

origin,

this is

little

and

not the

would be a worthy

project for the Alumni Association.

ANNUAL COLLEGE NIGHT A SUCCESS
The annual

—

college night of the service clubs of Blooms-

burg
one of the outstanding events of each year’s program
provided a treat Thursday evening, January 8, in the appearance of Dr. John L. Davis, of New York, a humorist extraordinary, and one who declared his mission of the evening was to
drive

away depression.
From the march

more than 400
guests entered the college hall to the close of the good night
dance in the auditorium, the program of the evening was one
that held the closest attention of every guest, and every part
of it was unqualifiedly good.
President R. G. Buckalew, of the Kiwanis Club, and president H. Mont. Smith of the Rotary Club, jointly presided and
Miss Harriet Moore led in spirited singing.
The college orchestra

of the orchestra as the

under the direction of Howard Fenstermaker, provided a

delightful

program of music.

At the close of the program in the dining room, students
of the college and others presented music and one act plays in
the auditorium

follows:

Mireille, Overture,

Gounod

College Orchestra

Direction H. F. Fenstemaker.

Maroon and Gold, H.

F.

and

F.

H.

Direction Miss Harriet M. Moore.

College Chorus

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Oley Speaks

Morning

When

the Roses

Bloom

Richardt-Roepper

Edmund Parlow

Amaryllis

An

Arab’s Song
Girls’

H. M. Higgs

Glee Club, direction Miss Jessie A. Patterson.

Flow Gently Deva
Mrs. Dorothy

J.

Everitt,

Robert

E. Clark, Mrs.

Parry

Eza

Feldman, accompanist.
Stars of the

Summer

Woodbury

Night

Cooke

01’ Car’lina

College Chorus

One Act

Scene:

New

Henry Arthur Jones

Play, Dolly’s Little Bills

Living

Room

in

London,

the Telfer apartment,

Year’s Day.

Players

—Harry

Telfer,

Henry Warman;

Dolly

Telfer,

Frances Evans; Dolly’s Father, Aldwin Jones.
Curtain closed for a few minutes to indicate passing of a
year.

Presented by Alpha Psi

Omega

Fraternity, direction Miss

Alice Johnston.

Bohm

Cavatina
College Orchestra

Ma

Dichmont

Little Banjo
Double Quartet

Men’s Glee Club

Miss Frances Evans, accompanist.
Hunter’s Loud Hallo
Suabian Folk Song

O’Hara
Arr. by Brahms
Arr. by Bartholomew
Battle of Jericho (Spiritual)
Direction Miss Harriet M. Moore
Men’s Glee Club
Bronson
Violin solo, Gipsy Legend
Karl Getz
Mrs. John Ketner Miller, accompanist

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Gounod

Send Out Thy Light
College Chorus

Bennett

Military Escort

KAPPA DELTA

PI

ORGANIZED AT BLOOMSBURG

Dr. Alfred L. Hall-Quest, educator, author,

the Kadelphian Review, installed the

Kappa Delta
2

1

Gamma

and editor of

Beta Chapter of

Pi at the College Saturday afternoon, February

Alumni, juniors, and seniors were initiated as charter

.

members
The

at that time.

were followed by a banquet in
and special guests.
national
honorary
Kappa Delta Pi is a
educational fraternity.
Its purpose is to foster high professional and scholarship
standards during the period of preparation for teaching, and
exercises

initiation

the college dining

room

for the fraternity

to recognize outstanding service in the field of education.
this

it

maintains the highest educational ideals and fosters

To
fel-

lowship, scholarship, and achievement in educational work.
Membership consists of juniors and seniors, both men and
women, with general scholarship requirements of a grade in
the upper quarter of the enrollment, and the completion of at
least six hours in education for juniors and twelve for seniors.
It is both a graduate and an undergraduate fraternity and has
the unique distinction of a Laureate Chapter composed of out-

standing educators throughout the world, the intention being
to make this
Academy of

number

in

essence an

Academy of Education similar to
Academy of Letters. To date

Science or the

of laureates

is

the
the

nearly twenty-five, and there are seven-

ty-four active chapters.

A

convocation

quarterly,

of

the

fraternity

the Kadelphian Review,

is

meets

biennially.

A

published at Menasha,

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The key is a scroll and stylus.
Kappa Delta Pi grew out of a local

Wisconsin.

society, the Illinois

Education Club, founded at the University of
Later, June 8, 191

1

,

it

was incorporated under

the laws of the

State of Illinois as the honorary educational fraternity

Delta

1909.

Illinois in

Kappa

Pi.

There are chapters throughout the East and West. Some
where chapters have been established are: State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa., State
of the colleges in this section

Teachers College, Mansfield, Pa., William and Mary College,
Teachers College, Columbia University, University of Cincinnati,

and West Virginia University.

The organization of the chapter
interest to

of

Kappa Delta

requirements

high

of

scholarship

at

Pi

is

of

shows that the
Bloomsburg compare

every student of the College, for

it

favorably with other colleges and universities.

The faculty committee on fraternities and sororities which
has been instrumental in securing a chapter of Kappa Delta Pi
is

of interest to every student of the College, for

it

shows that

the requirements of high scholarship at Bloomsburg

compare

favorably with other colleges and universities.

The

faculty committee on fraternities

and

has been instrumental in securing a chapter of
at

Bloomsburg

composed

is

sororities

which

Kappa Delta

Pi

of Prof. S. L. Wilson, Dr. H. H.

Russell, Miss Ethel A. Ranson, Miss

Edna

J.

Hazen, and Dr.

Nell Maupin, Chairman.
In the business

lowing

officers

meeting following the

were elected and

installed:

installation, the fol-

President, Chester

Zimolzack; Vice President, Martin Sekulski; Recording Secretary, Miss

beth

Lorna Gillow; Corresponding Secretary, Miss ElizaTreasurer, Frank Perch; Historian, Laura

Bowman;

Shultz.

The members
Graduates:

of the

Bloomsburg Chapter are:

Margaretta Bone, Llewellyn Edmunds, Anna

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Edward Jacob Ferber, Gilbert Gould, Karleen
Hoffman, Josephine Holuba, Charles John, Norma Knoll, Edgar
Richards, Thursabert Schuyler, Nevin Sponseller, Blanche Fahringer, Leroy Baer, Earl Farley, Margaret Swartz, Luther Bitler,
Elizabeth Erwin,

Lawrence Creasy, Roy Haring, Mary A. Laird,
Alice Pennington, Thomas Welsko, Francis McHugh, Martha

Myra

Sharpless,

A. Laird, Marjorie Orr, Nicholas Polaneczky, Helen Stackhouse,

Arthur Jenkins, Dorothy Schmidt.
Seniors:

Edward Devoe, Esther Yeager, Emily A. Park,
Bowman, Thomas Henry, Helen

Clarence Wolever, Elizabeth

Maynard, Marian Meixwe.l, Martin Sekulski, William Weaver,
Chester Zimolzack, and Dorothy Kisner.
Demott, Lorna Gillow,
Juniors: Grace Callendar, Lois
Ezra Harris, Gerald Hartman, James J. Johns, Frank Perch, Ivor
Robbins, Laura Shultz, Lottie Zebrowski, and Frank Dushanko.
Faculty Members: Nell Maupin, Edna J. Hazen, Ethel A.
Ranson, H. H. Russel, S. L. Wilson, and Rachel Turner.
Honorary Members: President Emeritus David J. Waller,
Jr. and President Francis B. Haas.

PROF. AND MRS. JENKINS CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Fifty years of married

life,

most of

it

intimately connected

with the educational institution where they met as pupils, were

rounded out Monday, December 22, by Prof, and Mrs. F. H.
Jenkins, of West Fifth Street, and that evening at their home
they were hosts to a number of friends.
In addition there were many telegrams and letters of conThe home was
gratulation from friends who could not attend.
a bower of flowers sent by friends, and the couple also re-

many handsome gifts.
Few Bloomsburg residents

ceived

Prof. Jenkins

came

in

are better

known than

contact with thousands

of

they.

students dur-

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more than forty years of service at the Normal School,
and Mrs. Jenkins has for many years been one of the most active members of St. Matthew Lutheran Church.
ing his

Mrs. Jenkins was formerly

Miss

Anna

Bittenbender,

of

town, and Prof. Jenkins came here as a student from Chittenango, N. Y.

During the observance that evening at the home, Mrs. W.
played the “Venetian Love Song,” by Ethelbert Nevin.

B. Sutliff

Miss Harriet Moore sang delightfully, “When You and i
Were Young, Maggie,” and also sang an original song for which
Prof. W. B. Sutliff had written the words and music.
Mrs. William Fortner

read “The Golden

Milestone”

by

Longfellow, and Mr. Fenstemaker played a medley of songs
that

were popular a half century ago.

Prof. Jenkins came to the Normal
prepare for college and graduated in
still

was

from

1

He

in its infancy.

880

to

1

884 was

in
1

the

fall

1873

of

876 when

the

to

school

then entered Amherst college and

principal of the public schools at Eaton,

N. Y.

He returned

to

Bloomsburg

in

August,

1

884, to be teacher

of English at the Normal School, continuing in that position until
1

895 when he was made

registrar

and business manager of the

school, a position he filled capably for thirty years

tirement in August, 1925.

with

all

In that capacity

until his re-

he came

contact

in

of the thousands of students during those three decades.

Altogether he was at the school for forty-one years

in

addition

to the years spent there as student.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were married in St. Matthew Lutheran Church by Rev. 0. D. S. Marclay, who was the pastor at that
One of the guests at the wedding, Mrs. Dora Fritz, of
time.
Pottstown, was able to attend the golden wedding.

They have one daughter, Mrs. R. A. McCachran, and two
grandsons, Robert and Russell McCachran.

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25

HAAS WRITES NEW COLLEGE SONG
Teachers

Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the

College,

has entered the ranks of the composers.

At the college night of

the service

clubs

evening, January 8, there was sung for the

first

on Thursday
time “The Ma-

roon and Gold,” which was written by Dr. Haas recently.
Inquiry as to the writing of the words and melody brought
the information that Dr.

Haas had the tune

in

mind

for

some

when he hummed it. Prof. Howard Fenstemaker
college faculty, set down the words.

time and
the

The words

of

of the song follows
In the

And
To

A

days to come when others boast

College tales are told

the glad refrain

add a joyful

strain

cheer for Maroon and Gold

And be

not

weak

in praise

nor slow to honor.

Refrain

Keep

the colors proudly flying

Raise them high. Maroon and Gold
Colors royal for the loyal

And

a cheer for the brave

and bold

Fling a challenge to the honest foe

And

the colors bravely hold

Sound the noble cry with courage high
Hurrah! Hurrah! Maroon and Gold!

Bloomsburg and vicinity who are patients
at the Clinic for Crippled Children, conducted by Dr. Merrill at
the Geisinger Hospital, in Danville, were the guests of the girls

The children

of Waller Hall

of

at a Christmas

party held in the college

nasium Saturday afternoon, December

1

4.

gym-

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THE 1930-31 ARTIST’S COURSE

The

Artist’s

Course, as outlined for

this year, has been
and has been well received. The
7, with “The Violin Maker of Cre-

attracting large audiencas,

course opened October

mona.”
pianist,

Friday

!

evening,

who played

November

engagement, and again delighted
ing,

December

19,

Charles

Naegele,

the attraction

his

hearers.

Friday even-

was John Bockewitz, Dra-

Mr. Bockewitz also presented his program

matic Cartoonist.
in the

21,

here several years ago, played a return

afternoon to

all

the children

who

are part of the train-

A

program of high artistic quality was
presented Friday evening, January 30 by the Durrell String
Quartette, assisted by Reginald Boardman, pianist, and John
The program given March 6, was prePercival, baritone.
This was the third engagesented by the Boston Male Choir.
ment of the Choir in Bloomsburg, and their popularity was well
The last number of
indicated by the applause they received.
the course was the drama “Old Nobody,” presented by the
This was also a return
Matheson, Kennedy, Gage Players.
engagement, as this party played “The Chastening” here two
Charles Rann Kennedy, a member of this comyears ago.
pany, won fame as the author of “The Servant in the House.”
If the increase in attendance is any indication, the Artist’s
Course is growing more popular every year.
ing school system.

The

faculty of the

another of the

Bloomsburg State Teachers College held
night” parties Tuesday

much enjoyed “family

evening, February 24, the affair opening with a dinner
dining room

of the First Methodist Church,

with cards at the

home

at the

and being, concluded

of Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas.

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TWELVE STUDENTS COMPLETE WORK

With the close of the

first

semester at the Bloomsburg

State Teachers’ College Saturday noon, twelve girl students,
all of them working in the primary and intermediate fields,
completed their college work.
They will return at the end of
the second semester to take part in the commencement exer-

cises.

Students

who have completed

Intermediate

Duryea.
Intermediate

Jermyn.
Intermediate
Barre.

Rural

—

—Dobrowolski,
— Dunn,
Dora,
—

Stella

Florence

Ada

F.,

—Kasaczun,

are:

821

F.,

Main

78, R. D.

Huntington
Alice

Foot

427

Louise,

Box

Gitlovitz,

Harrison,

Intermediate

work

their

H.,

1

Ave.,

St.,

Wilkes-

,

Mills.

609

Cherry

St.,

Scranton.

—Kazunas, Milda 38
535
Mildred
Primary—
Coxton
—Mann,
3505
Primary —
920
Helen
—
729 Poplar
Anna
Primary—

Primary
doah.

Liddell,

City.

Intermediate

ton.

R.,

S.

Jardin

E.,

E.

Center

Y.

Lillian E.,

Rosser,

Solonski,

Intermediate

St.,

M.

Shenan-

Mahanoy

C. A., Pitts-

Odell Ave., Scranton.

Roberts, Jeanette,

Intermediate

St.,

Pine

C.,

A.,

—Wolfe, Genevieve

G., R. D.

Francis T. Brown, of Wilkes-Barre,

St.,

St.,

was the

1,

Scranton.

Bloomsburg.
Alderson.

successful bid-

der for the installation of a clock and bell system to be installed
in the

Benjamin Franklin Training School

at the College.

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ATTENTION, PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI

The Philadelphia Alumni are planning a dinner, to be held
The date has not yet been definitely fixed.
Members of the old Faculty will be invited, and
a cordial invitation is extended to all Alumni living in and
Those interested should communicate with
near Philadelphia.
2 North 50th Street, West PhilaMrs. Florence Hess Cool,
during the latter part of April.

1

1

delphia.

ALUMNI DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 23
The following

classes will

hold reunions:

1876,

1871,

1881, 1886, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916, 1921,
Plan now to make this the greatest Alumni
1926, and 1929.

Day

in

the history of the College.

A

special supplement to the

QUARTERLY

It
Bloomsburg graduates.
plete announcement of the day’s program.

mailed to

all

will

will

soon be

contain a com-

Watch

for

it.

SOUND PICTURE DEMONSTRATION

Students of the College were given a fine demonstration
of the possibilities of the sound picture as an aid to teaching

by a program presented Monday, February

9,

through the

courtesy of the Electrical Research Products, Incorporated, a
The program began with the
branch of the Western Electric.
regular chapel exercises at

10 A. M., and ran continuously

The following films were shown: “The Play of
until 4:30.
Imagination in Geometry,” by Eugene Smith, Professor Erne-

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ritus of Mathematics, Teachers College Columbia University;
“Fundamentals of Football” The Symphony Orchestra Series;
“Woodwind Choir,” “Brass Choir,” “Percussion Group,” and
“String Choir”; “Acoustic Principles,” by Dr. Harvey Fletcher,
of the Bell Telephone Laboratories; “Finding His Voice,” an
animated cartoon explaining “What Makes the Movies Talk”;
“Our Government at Work,” “The Testing of Child Intelligence,” as demonstrated by Mrs. Ina C. Sartorius, Assistant
Principal of the Horace Mann Elementary School; “The Study
of Infant Behavior,” by Dr. Arnold Gesell, Director of the Yale
Psycho Clinic; “The Creative Approach to Education,” by.
Hughes Mearns, Professor of Education at New York University; and “Accomplishment Tests for Babies,” by Dr. Charlotte
Buhler, of the Psychology Institute of Vienna.
;

ADD TEACHER

Miss Marguerite

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT

IN

Murphy has been added

to the faculty of

head of this
The department has

the commercial department to assist H. A. Andruss,

department, which was opened

last Fall.

proved very popular with the students with over forty having
taken the work during the past semester.
in this field a

The

college offers

four year course leading to a bachelor’s degree in

commercial education.
Miss

Murphy

is

University, Normal,

a graduate of the
111.,

Illinois

attended the Gregg

State

Normal

School, Chicago,

and Teachers College, Columbia University, receiving her
S. degree in February, 1929, and her M. A. degree in Decem-

111.,

B.

ber of that year at Columbia.
Miss Murphy has taught at Granville and Chillicothe, 111.,
and since October, 1929, has been principal of the Sherman’s
Business School, Mount Vernon, New York.

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LEGISLATORS OF DISTRICT GUESTS

Members of the legislature from the area served by the
Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College were guests at the institution on Monday, December 22nd, as the board of trustees held
and the students enjoyed their annual
its regular meeting,
Christmas dinner party.

and representatives from throughout the serhad been invited to the school for the day and during
the afternoon they were shown the college as it was at work by
the members of the board of trustees and the president. Dr.
Senators

vice area

Francis B. Haas.

Mrs. Haas served tea to the ladies in the new alumni room
and dinner was enjoyed in the dining room where the students
During the dinner there was spiritenjoyed a turkey dinner.
ed group singing and a number of selections by the double
quartet and the boys’ glee club of the college.

A

Christmas dance was enjoyed

in the

gymnasium

follow-

ing dinner.

The guests were Senator and Mrs. Benjamin Apple, of
Sunbury; Mr. and Mrs. Frank McArran, of Danville; Sterling
Post, of Northumberland; Benjamin Jones and son, of WilkesBarre; W. W. Shutt, of Bloomsburg; Mrs. John G. Harman, of Bloomsburg; the Misses Llewellyn, of Elysburg; Miss
Elizabeth Waller, Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
L. Townsend, Mrs. A. W. Duy, Jr., A. W. Duy, Paul E. Wirt,
Miss Sara Wirt, of Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Diehl,
of Danville, and Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas.

E.

A.

Reams

of the

Department of Social Studies, spoke

Wednesday, January 14 to the Garden Club of

Reams spoke on
terest.

Millville.

Mr.

current events of national and international in-

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COLLEGE BAND ORGANIZED
One

of the most active of the under graduate organizations

formed band of the Bloomsburg State
This band made its first public appearance
at the Rotary-Kiwanis College Night early in the year and has
been a success from the start.
Howard Fenstemaker, of the department of modern languages, is the director of the band which has 30 men in its personnel.
The institution has equipped the organization with
white duck trousers and black sweaters and they make a natty
on the

hill is

the newly

Teachers College.

appearance.

They have been playing for basketball games recently and
have added much to the enjoyment of the spectators.
Of the present members only about five will be lost through
graduation.
This number should be recruited from the incomIn addition there are several students at the school

ing class.

who

will

probably be recruited for the band next year.

The need

of a

band has been long

recent years attempts have been

made

Now
have met with little success.
to have a band and a good one.

it

the school and in
form one but they

felt at

to

appears that the college

During the holidays, Bloomsburg attracted many

who came

to see the beautiful Christmas illumination.

the features of the holiday decoration

Carver Hall.

The

electrically

was

lighted

that of the

dome was

is

visitors

One
dome

visible

of
of
for

huge bell, worked out in red lights.
Below it, and facing College Hill, the letters “B. S. T. C.” were
worked out in brilliant colors, while a panel of colored lights
Still lower, the front
surrounded the entire base of the dome.
of the building was outlined in red lights, and the entrance in
At the front of the building the fountain and its
green lights.
The
base were beautifully decorated with Christmas greens.
miles, giving the effect of a

credit for the

whole project goes

to

Nevin B. Englehart, Super-

intendent of Buildings and Grounds, and his corps of assistants.

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Prof. C. H. Albert, spoke three times during the two day
program of the Monroe County School Directors’ Association
which was held at Stroudsburg Wednesday and Thursday,
January 14 and 15.
Speaking before the directors Wednesday morning, Mr. Albert delivered an address on “Some Rightful Demands of Parents, Pupils and Teachers.’’
His subject
that afternoon was “The Three Fold Nature of the Child.”
Thursday morning he spoke on “Some Real Tasks for School

Directors.”

Miss Ethel A. Ranson, of the College

home

faculty

is

having a

on East Second Street, above the college property.

built

Miss Ranson will be the latest addition to the “faculty colony”

which

is

growing up

by

built there

in that locality,

homes having already been
Manager C. M. Haus-

Prof. S. L. Wilson, Business

knecht, Prof. F. A. Reams, and Prof. E. H. Nelson.

An audience

that almost completely filled the college audi-

torium Friday evening, December 12, was carried back to the
Civil War and lived with the characters of the tragedy “The Copperhead” the many trials and tribulations of the

days of the

war time spy.
Members

of the Alpha Psi

Omega Dramatic

Fraternity pre-

sented the play under the auspices of the Senior class and

no

college production in recent years has been any better handled.

An

exceptionally strong cast under the capable direction

had undivided attention throughout the
The character roles were enacted in such a way that

of Miss Alice Johnston

evening.

was nothing left to be desired.
The cast of characters for the first epoch follows: Joey
Shanks, Nicholas Jaffin; Grandma Perley, Luella Krug; Mrs.
there

Shanks, Miss Elizabeth VanBusKirk; Captain Hardy, John Hall;
Milt Shanks,

Maynard

J.

Pennington; Mrs. Bates, Miss Dorothy

Levere; Sue Perley, Miss Mary Davies;
Kirker;

Newt

Gillespie,

Robert G.

Lem

Sutliff;

Tollard,

Thomas

Andrews, George

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Miss Ruth

Elsie,

Emma

Fortner.

33

Additional char-

acters playing in the second epoch were: Madeline King, Miss
Millie

Rabb;

Dr.

Philip

Bowman;

Elizabeth

Manning, Arthur McKenzie; Mrs. Manning,
Dr. Randall, David Baker.

Haas was one of the speakers on the eighteenth annual
Week program, held at Philadelphia from March

Schoolmen’s

18 to 21, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania.
who is a member of the General Committee of School-

Dr. Haas,

men’s Week, spoke on “Financing a Teacher-Training Program
for the State of Pennsylvania,” at the session held Friday morning,

March 20,

in

Houston

Hall,

on the University Campus.

Faculty and Alumni of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College played a prominent part in the sixth annual convention of

the Northeastern Convention District of the Pennsylvania State

Education Association, held

in the

Wilkes-Barre, March 6 and

7.

Elmer

L.

Meyers High School,
was presi-

Dr. Francis B. Haas,

and presided

John
Committee on
Resolutions, while George J. Keller, of the Art Department, was
Ear! N. Rhodes, Dia member of the Legislative Committee.
rector of Teacher Training, presided at the meeting of the Department of College and Teacher Training.
Dr. Nell Maupin,
of the Department of Social Studies, spoke at the Social Science
Section, her subject being “Development of Attitudes and Abilities in Social Studies.”
H. F. Fenstemaker, of the Department
of Foreign Languages, spoke at the Latin Section on “Vergil and
the Modern Reader.”
May T. Haden, Director of Primary
Education, led a discussion at the meeting of the primary teachers.
Dr. Thomas P. North, of the Department of Education,
spoke at the Agriculture Section of the Anthracite Arts Association; his subject was “Social Problems of the Supervisor of
Agriculture.”
Many alumni also had prominent parts on the

dent of the
C.

district,

Koch, Dean of Men, was a

program.

at the general sessions.

member

of the

1886

OF

CLASS

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THE ALUMNI
1872
Mrs. Emma Harman, wife of the late Prof. David A. Harman, formerly Superintendent of the Hazleton schools, died on
November 9, 930, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Funeral services were held Friday, NoBazley, in Pottsville.
vember 2
in the Lutheran Church at Hazleton.
1

1

1

,

1875
Ernest

W. Young,

’80, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, send us the

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following tribute to Lorena G. Evans, for

editorial

The

Harrisburg, Pa.

in the schools of

many

article

years a teacher

appeared on the

page of the Harrisburg Telegraph, of Saturday, Jan-

uary 10, 1931.

An

A

little

note

in

Able Teacher.
the Telegraph

birthday of Miss Lorena G. Evans.

tells

of the

80th

Miss Evans writes

from her New York home that she has received many
cards and other tokens of remembrance from those
who recall her teaching days in the Harrisburg High

Which is at it should be, for the city never
had a better or more devoted teacher than Miss
Evans.
Of stern demeanor she was yet kind of heart
and considerate of those of her pupils who really
There are many men and women once under
tried.
School.

her tuition

who

will readily

they received at her hands

admit
in

that the

logical

training

deduction and

mind and conduct on which she inoutstanding factors in whatever dehave
been
sisted
It
has been
gree of success they have enjoyed.
many years since Miss Evans presided over classes
That she is still so well and affectionately
here.
the discipline of

remembered is a tribute to the quality of her teaching and her personal influence for good.
1883
Samuel Henderson, one of Montgomery’s most prominent
He
1930.
citizens, died at his home Monday, November 24,
his
to
confined
had been in ill health for several years, but was
the
He was president of
bed only a few days before his death.
Lycoming Upholstery Company, and was very prominent in
He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Jean
Freemasonry.
Wells, of Bloomsburg, and

by three sons and a daughter.

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1885
After years of

exacting

toil

from abbreviated

wresting

Latin the meanings in the philosophy of a

man dead

nearly

600

years, T. Bruce Birch, Ph. D., D. D., professor of philosophy at

Wittenberg College,

begins

enjoy the pleasant

to

fruits

of

scholarly authoriship.

His new book is a translation of William of Ockham’s “De
Sacramento Altaris,” and has been immediately accepted by
critics in universities, seminaries and colleges as a monumental
contribution to knowledge.

Having been available for purchase only a short time ago,
book has been placed in
0 American universities and colleges and seminaries, and in three European universities, acthis

1

cording to the publishers,

1

who

regard these orders as only the

beginning of a demand.

Even from the County of Surrey, England, where Ockham
was born, comes a letter from Mary, Countess of Lovelace, who
lives in

Ockham

making a

Park, Surrey, in

translation so that

gratitude to

many may enjoy

the

author for

the philosophical,

psychological and theological teachings of “our famous inhabitant.”

based upon manuscripts now treasured in Balliol college and Merton College and at the University
of Rouen, and modern photography made it possible for Dr.
Birch to get copies of the pages so that he could complete his
Dr. Birch’s

new

text

is

work without leaving American soil and his classes
berg College where he has taught since 908.

at

Witten-

1

Dr. Birch

began

this

work more than 20 years ago,

as

a

graduate student at Pennsylvania University, and since then, in
person or through agents has searched libraries of two continents for original or manuscripts.

able an authoritiative Latin text,

As a
and

result

he has made avail-

his translation has

the writing immediately accessible to those

made

who, unlike a few

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scattered scholars, have found abbreviated Latin too

difficult.

Because “De Sacramento Altaris” is one of those of Ockham’s writings which exercised great influence upon Martin
Luther, the translation will be of much use to students of theology.
In this connection the Rev. Prof. M. Reu, D. D., Lit. D.,
of Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, la., editor of Kirchliche Zeitschrift, writes:

may be

This

is

justly proud.

a book of which our
It is,

Lutheran Church

indeed, no easy task to publish a

text of the fourteenth century.”

The following
Alumni News Notes

is

quoted from the Gettysburg College

“In person or through agents he has searched
the libraries of two continents for original editions
and manuscripts. As a result he has made available an authoritative Latin text and at the same time
has given it to those hampered by classical limitations.
By this book Professor Birch has written his name
permanently in the annals of scholarly endeavor.”
Dr. Birch is also president of the City Zoning Board in
The Board was recently apSpringfield, Ohio, his home city.
pointed by the mayor of that city to adjust matters arising from
the enforcement of the city’s

new zoning

ordinance.

1891

crat,

The following is clipped from the Johnstown, Pa., Demoof Monday, March 2, 1931
Mrs. Mary Kintner Harris, twin sister of Attorney
Kintner, of 203 Fayette Street, Westmont, and
J.
J.
widow of Charles S. Harris, died at 6 40 o’clock Saturday evening at the Kintner hom,e where she had
She was born in
been bedfast since Christmas Eve.
of the late Col.
daughter
Wyoming County and was a
Ann Jennings Kintner.
J. C. Kintner and Mary
Mrs. Harris was a graduate of the Bloomsburg
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State Teachers College and taught school for a

ber of years before her marriage to Charles
in

Renovo

Harris

numHarris

From Renovo Mr. and Mrs.

1898.

in

moved

S.

to Oil City

and

later to Chicago,

Mr. Harris’ death occurred seven

years

where
Last

ago.

came to reside with the Kintner
She was a
family and became ill Christmas Eve.
woman of exceptional ability and was known for her
fall

Mrs.

Harris

kind and generous acts

in

behalf of

less

fortunate

persons.

Mrs. Harris

is

survived by one daughter, Ruth Cecelia

Harris, of Chicago, at present with the Kintner
ily;

a

sister,

Mrs. Ruth C. Parrack,

Pittsburgh,

famand

one brother. Attorney Kintner.

1892
Concerning the death of one of Bloomsburg’s most diswe quote the following from the Syracuse,

tinguished alumni,

N. Y., “Post-Standard” of January 2:
Dr.

Tennyson

L.

Deavor, 61, founder of Onon-

daga General Hospital and nationally known goiter
expert, died last night at his home, 677 West OnonHe had been ill for six weeks.
daga Street.
Dr. Deavor founded Onandaga General Hospital
in 1918 and fostered its growth until a new and comHe
pletely equipped building was erected in 1928.
was chief of staff, surgeon in chief and a member of
the Board of Directors of the institution.
His fame as a goiter expert was national, and
While he
leading surgeons recognized his ability.
practiced general surgery he specialized in goiter and
sufferers came to Syracuse for treatment by him from
all

sections of the country.

Born January 10, 1869,

in Dublin, Pa., a

son of

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the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Deavor, he graduated
from McConnelsburg Preparatory School, Bloomsburg
State Normal, Carlisle College and the College of Med-

Syracuse University.

icine,

After his graduation at Syracuse University

1898 he began

his practice in

remained here.
eral Hospital

Before founding

he was a

Good Shepherd

member

in

Syracuse and always

Onondaga

Gen-

of the Hospital of the

staff.

Deavor was a feilow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Syracuse
Academy of Medicine, American Medical Association,
New York State Medical Association, and the Onondaga Medical Association.
Dr.

He was

32nd Degree Mason, a member of
Command-

a

Zyra Temple Shrine, Utica; Central City
ery, Knights

fraternity

Templar, Phi Beta

Pi,

national medical

and the Chamber of Commerce.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Grace

Deavor,

L.

whom

he married in Berwick, Pa., in 1898; a
brother, j. D. W. Deavor, of Harrisburg, Pa., and a

sister,

Mrs. William McClain, of Robertsdale, Pa.

Funeral services will take place at

tomorrow evening
undertakers,

where

will

burial will

at the

home.

8:30

o’clock

&

Meech,

Fairchild

body to Berwick,
Monday.
conducted
be
send

the

Pa.,

1894
The sympathy

of

all

friends

and classmates of William W.

Evans, Superintendent of the Schools of Columbia
extended to Mr. Evans for the death of Mrs. Evans,

County,

is

who passed

Bloomsburg, November 6, 930, followMrs. Evans was one- of the most
ing a stroke of apoplexy.
esteemed women in Bloomsburg, and news of her death came

away

at her

home

in

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as a shock to the entire
First

41

She was a member of the

community.

Presbyterian Church of Bloomsburg, and was very active

Order of Eastern Star and the Bloomsburg Chapter of
Mrs. Evans was fifty-five years of age, and was a
native of Dickson City.
She spent most of her girlhood in Taylor, and for ten years was one of Lackawanna County’s most
efficient teachers.
She is survived by her husband, four daughters, one grand-daughter, and one sister.
in the

Delphians.

1895
Nathan W. Bloss, principal of the
Conyngham Township Schools in Luzerne County, has not missed a day because of illness, and in addition, never missed a day
from that cause while he attended the public schools, and later,
Since his graduation,
the Bloomsburg State Normal School.
Mr. Bloss has taught in Hollenback Slocum, and Conyngham
For

twenty years,

Townships.

1896
The classmates and

friends of Mrs.

Edward

Purcell (Tillie

Casey) extend to her their sympathy for the recent death of her
husband.

The Morning Press of December 29, 1930, had the

following concerning Mr. Purcell’s death:

A telegram received yesterday by Henry
Casey of town announced the sudden death of
brother-in-law,
at his

home

in

Edward

J.

his

Purcell, a native of Centraha,

Bartow, Florida.

Death was due

to a

heart attack.

Mr. Purcell, who was very well known in
Bloomsburg, where he resided during the time he was
engaged in building the Susquehanna, Bloomsburg
& Berwick Railroad, had a career in which adventure

played a real part.

He was

sent to China a

few years ago by the

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W.

Carey Company of

F.

New

York, with

whom

he

was associated for years, to build a railroad.
He had work well underway when he and a
companion were taken captives by Chinese bandits
and held for ransom.
Their capture attracted worldwide attention for a time because the Boxer uprising
had a part in it.

They were separated and kept captive for
weeks.
Mr. Purcell was kept on the march for
weeks and a new pair of high top boots which he had
started to wear just before his capture was in shreds
by the time he had made his escape.
Once before he had attempted an escape during
was at once covered with
a half dozen guns.
He realized then he had small
the dead of the night, but

chance

to escape.

During the course of their wanderings and when
bandits and prisoners alike were nearly dead for lack
of water, the party

came upon a pool of water covOne of the bandits who

ered with a green scum.
could

make

himself understood

in English,

Mr. Purcell not to drink the water;

who drank

that

it

cautioned
killed all

it.

in it a chance to escape.
He
hands and knees, pretended to take
All his
great swallows of the water, and to like it.
captors left him with the exception of the one who
could speak English.
They figured that he would
soon be dead, and their chance of securing ransom
money had passed. But, Mr. Purcell had drunk none
He bribed the lone Chinaman and set
of the water.

The prisoner saw

got

down on

his

him up in a store business, the latter aiding him to
get back to country with which he was familiar.
Ransom money was paid for the release of his companion.

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and

In recent years, Mr. Purcell

W.

resided in Florida, where the

had extensive

F.

43

have

his family

Carey Company

Christmas greetings to the

interests.

he

relatives here indicated that

was then

good

in

health.

He was
by

his wife,

well along in his

formerly Miss

when he was

fifties

Tillie

and

Casey,

is

survived

whom

located in Bloomsburg on the

he met

S. B.

&

B.

by three children, Edward, married and living in Bartow, and Margaret and Jack, at home.
Two sisters, Mary and Catherine, reside in Philacontract

;

delphia.

1901
Miss Louise Larrabee,

who

has been

teaching

in

Hawaii,

received her Master’s Degree at the University of Hawaii, at the

Commencement

held June 2, 1930.

1904

Emma

Berry Motter

lives at

1

56 South Third

Street,

Ham-

Her husband, who had been Treasurer of the Hamburg Savings and Trust Company, died suddenly, August 20,
Mrs. Motter has one daughter, who
1930, of a heart attack.
was graduated last June from Coughlin High School, Wilkesburg, Pa.

Barre.

1906
Bean Soup
Kertoffel

Ach du

!

Bean Soup

!

Schnitz

lieber!

Naughty Six!
R. Bruce Albert,

president of the class,

will

soon send

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notices to

all

members

pep and

them of their comgood crowd, lots of

of the class, advising

ing twenty-fifth reunion.

He expects

a

interest in the meeting.

1908

We

are indebted to Laura

Morgan (Mrs. V.

3816

C. Stein)

Locust Street, Philadelphia, for the following items

Joseph Shovlin’s address is Kulpmont,
County Superintendent’s office.

Wesley

Sitler’s

address

Los Angeles, California.

is

We

Pa., in care of the

1915 North Catalina Avenue,
thank Arvilla Kitchen

’07, for locating this lost classmate for us,

Eunson,

and sending

in

his

address.

Martha James had a very interesting trip to Europe this
She says “I never enjoyed anything quite so much,
summer.
and have enough to think about for the rest of my life. There
were forty-six in our party, and they were all very congenial.
Both conductors were Frenchmen, and I think it would have
been hard to find better ones.”
William Watkins was in St. Augustine, Florida, in January
and did not know where Carol Krum lived. A letter from Bill
it was
I thought
states
“I wish I had had Carol’s address.
Jacksonville, but I see from the last Quarterly that it is St.
We paid no attention to looking up “Crummy”
Augustine.
:

there.

We

are just as sorry about

Keep your class list
you make a trip.

in a

it

as

we can

Moral:

be.”

place where you can refer to

it

Mrs. Ethel Henrie Stevens lives at 733 Broadway,

Rocks, Pa.
respectively.

Mrs. Stevens has two sons, ages

fifteen

in

case

McKees

and

five,

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1909
Charles L. Maurer, clean of the college department of the

Law

South Jersey

Camden High

School, and a

member

School, has received

the

He

Education at Temple University.

of the faculty of the

degree

of

Doctor of

holds degrees of

B. Pd.

from Bloomsburg State Teachers College; A. B. from Ursinus
College, and A. M. from University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Maurer’s thesis was
eran Church

in

Pennsylvania

tors’ dissertations

‘

Week-day Schools

in the

of the Luth-

Doc-

Eighteenth Century.’

are published at the expense of the recipients

However, the Pennsylvania German Society
heard of Maurer’s thesis and asked to be permitted to publish
His thesis was deit in their journal without any cost to him.
It will be
clared by Dean Walk to be a ‘notably fine thesis.”
published in book form next December.
It will be illustrated
with cuts and plates of old schoolhouses, a few of which are
still standing; name plates of books and catechisms, specimens
of penmanship by the schoolmasters, and other material.
He
obtained much of the material for his thesis by translating the
original church records which are in German.
of the degree.

Before coming to

Camden

in

1915, Mr. Maurer taught

the public schools of Pennsylvania.
cipal of

Plymouth Township schools,

vice-head-master of

Conway

Camden, he has been active

Hall,
in

in

He was supervising prinMontgomery County, and

Carlisle.

Since

coming

to

educational affairs, having been

chairman of the Camden Teachers’ Council, and president of the
Teachers’ Association.
Topics,” and edited

it

He was chairman

He

originated ‘‘Teachers’ Association

for three years.

of the American history section

State Department of Education to prepare a

syllabus

of the
for

the

He served on the Collingswood Board of EduHe has also been active in Y. M. C. A.
one term.

social studies.

cation

church and Sunday school work, being assistant superintendent of the Collingswood Presbyterian Sunday school,

activities,

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one of the largest Sunday schools in South Jersey.
Mr. Maurer helped to organize the college department of
the South Jersey Law School, and has served as dean and professor of economics since its inception.
Miss

Mary Bevan and Benjamin Souders, of Hazleton, were
in the Diamond M. E. Church, of that city.

married recently

1912
Charlotte Peacock Holmes and son Billy left
for California,

where they are now

living with

in

Mrs.

January
Holmes’

sister.

1918
was that of Miss Mary Powell and
Dr. J. Stewart Wiant, which was solemnized in Forty Fort June
Mrs. Wiant, prior to her marriage, was a teacher in
28, 1930.
the Junior High School in Forty Fort.
Dr. Wiant graduated
from Bloomsburg and is also a graduate of Penn State.
He
received his doctor’s degree at Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs.
Wiant are living at 3 5 Lewis Street, Laramie, Wyoming, where
Dr. Wiant is employed as plant pathologist at the University of
Wyoming.

A

wedding

of interest

1

1921
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Weigand, of

406 North Fourth

Street,

Sunbury, Pa., have announced the engagement of their daughter,

Kathleen, to Ralph G. Shuman, son of Samuel T. Shuman,

of Mainville.

Weigand is one of Sunbury’s most esteemed young
and a graduate of Sunbury High School in the class of

Miss
ladies

1927.
Mr. Shuman graduated from Main Township High School,
Bloomsburg Teachers College, class of 1921 and also the PennHe has been principal of the
sylvania State College in 1926.
Mifflinville High School for three years, also the principal of the
,

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At
Spring Garden Junior High School, of York, for two years.
present he is engaged in teaching mathematics and serving as

Dean of Boys
for

Boys

in the

Thomas Ranken Patton Masonic

Institution

at Elizabethtown, Pa.

The announcement

been elected
a member of the British Astronomical Association has just been
received by his father, D. S. Hartline of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College, through Credentials and Association publicathat Dr. H. K. Hartline has

tions.

Dr. Hartline will

be remembered by the Bloomsburg

stu-

Boy Scout in the days
county institution was struggling for re-

dents of the early twenties as an ardent

when

that

now

organization
S.

;

;

thriving

as president of his class of 1921

in the B. S. N.

as a graduate of Lafayette College, class of 1923, Phi Beta

Kappa honors

;

as a student going through a four year course at

Johns Hopkins Medical School for

his

medical

degree,

which

was awarded as were also election to the Sigma Chi Honorary
fraternity and the prize for his paper in medical research.
Since that time he has been doing two years of research

work

in

Johns Hopkins University under a National Research

Council Fellowship and taking post-graduate courses in physics

and mathematics. Along with Biological Research he gave
laboratory and lecture courses during Summer Sessions as inHe was
structor in the Woods Hall Biological Laboratory.
awarded a fellowship in Medical Research by the Johnson
Foundation of the University of Pennsylvania which gave him
opportunity to carry his studies forward in the Universities of
Leipzig, and Munch, Germany, where he is now.

Among
sity

the

many happy

contacts of the

German Univer-

student during his Wanderjahr, he had invitation as a

mem-

ber of the Physikalisches Institut die Universitat zu Leipzig

to

where he
met Einstein under these favorable auspices.
His return from Germany is due in April, 1931, when he
attend the Einstein lecture at the University of Berlin

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School of Medical Research of the

will join the faculty of the

University of Pennsylvania as Fellow
In his

in

Medical Research.

became

Johns Hopkins post-graduate years he

work

as-

Department of Physics with a
member of the Medical School Faculty, who previously had
been an Astronomer in the Greenwich Observatory, and with
him made some interesting original observations on Mars.
This led to an invitation to join an Eclipse Expedition to the
Philippine Islands which he could not accept.
This association,
however, resulted in visits to the Greenwich and Heidelberg
astronomical observatories and attendance at the meeting of the
British Astronomical Association and his election to membership of which announcement has just been received.
sociated through his

in the

1924
Miss Bessie Singer and John Shaffer,

were married August 20, 1930,
Mrs.
bride’s parents, 714 Locust Street.
sport,

prior to her marriage, taught in

Williamsport.

Mr. Shaffer

is

the

home

of

the

two years
the Curtin Junior High School,

assistant

Trojan Composition Corporation,

and Mrs. Shaffer are now

both of William-

Jr.,

at

Shaffer, for

superintendent

Trenton, N.

in

J.,

of the

where he

living.

Anna Ingleman Barnes

lives at

206 Fox

Hill

West

Place,

Pittston, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hollingshead, of Catawissa, have
announced the engagement of their daughter, Florence, to Ed-

ward Schuyler,

of Bloomsburg.

Catawissa’s most esteemed young
the Catawissa High School.

Miss Hollingshead

women, and

is

is

one of

a graduate of

Mr. Schuyler has for the past six

years been employed as reporter for the Morning Press.
also the very efficient secretary of the

He

is

Alumni Association.

1927
Announcement has been made of the marriage of Lillian
Wagner Chamberlain, of Bloomsburg, and John Vought, of
The marriage took place Thursday, February 26.
Berwick.

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Mrs. Vought

is

49

a former teacher in the Nescopeck schools.

ceremony performed

In a quiet

at the

parsonage of

the

Methodist Church of Bloomsburg, Wednesday, February

First

25, Miss Pearl E. Long, of Bloomsburg, became the bride

The

Dr. Elvin Axt, prominent dentist of Millburn, N. J.

mony was performed by
Kathryn

Fritz,

of

Rev. Harry

the

Max

couple was attended by

F.

Members

Bloomsburg.

of

The

Babcock.

and Miss
immediate

Long, of Chester,

E.

of

cere-

the

family witnessed the ceremony.
Since her graduation from Bloomsburg, Mrs. Axt has been
secretary to Prof. Earl N. Rhodes, Director of Teacher Training
at the

College.

Pennsylvania.

Axt

Dr.

Mountain Road, Millburn,
Doris Palsgrove
is

1

1

is

graduate of the

a

Mr. and Mrs. Axt are

New

University

living at

1

of

5 South

Jersey.

teaching

is

now

Her address

in Frackville, Pa.

7 North Lehigh Avenue.

1930
In a pretty
at

9:00

wedding

in St.

John’s Lutheran Church of Espy

o’clock on Christmas morning, Miss Glovene Fausey,

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Fausey, became the bride of
Harold Hidlay, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hidlay, also of Espy.
Both bride and groom are highly esteemed Espy young
people.

The groom

Teachers College and

is
is

a graduate

now

of

teaching

the
in

Bloomsburg State

the

high

school

at

Espy.
Esther Wright, of Berwick,

who

is

teaching

this

year

in

the

Mayberry Township, Montour County, was severely
injured Sunday evening, December 7, when she was struck by a
car as she stepped from a bus near her boarding house near
Elysburg.
She was returning to Elysburg after spending the
week-end with her mother.
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TRAINING SCHOOL CHILDREN PRESENT OPERETTA

On Wednesday, March

1

1

,

children

of the

intermediate

grades of the Benjamin Franklin Training School of the College
delighted two audiences in the College auditorium with the pre-

and Gretel.” The production
was simplified from Humperdinck’s opera by the same name
and the children did splendid work.
It was given in the morning before college students and in the afternoon before intermediate students of the town school.
Those heading the cast were Sara Hemingway as Gretel
Billy Hagenbuch as Hansel; Leo Conner as the father; Marjory
Dillon as the mother and Martha Force as the head witch.
Girls of the fourth grade gave the angel pantomime during
which a dull blue light was thrown on the stage and this was
one of the most beautiful numbers of the operetta.
A colorful
was
feature
the number put on by the “cookie” chorus.
Children of the training school not in the cast were grouped around the front of the auditorium as an orchestra would be
grouped and they were a singing orchestra for the production.
Their work added much to the entertainment.
A large number of the members of the college faculty and
student teachers assisted in the production and even mothers
assisted in the making of costumes.
This effort was reflected
in the fine way in which the children gave the operetta.
Miss Edna Hazen supervised the work and Miss Elizabeth
VanBusKirk was the stage manager.
Miss Lucy McCammon
had charge of the dances and Miss Harriet M. Moore directed
Gerald Hartman was the accompanist.
the singing.
The stage settings were worked out under the direction of
Children
George J. Keller, of the college Art Department.
worked out the stage setting plans according to their own ideas
and these were developed under the direction of Mr. Keller.
sentation of the operetta “Hansel

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1931

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
JUNE, 1931

Vol. 32

No. 3

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg,
Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year

H. F.

FENSTEMAKER,

F. H.

JENKINS, ’76

’12
-

-

Editor-in-Chief

-

-

Business

-

Manager

ALUMNI MEETING
If

was one thing needed Saturday to make this year’s
Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College the finhistory of the institution, it was provided at the open-

there

Alumni Day
est in the

at the

ing of the general meeting
tired in caps

when

the entire graduating class, at-

and gowns, marched

into

the

auditorium

$218 for
one for $300

formally presented three checks, one

of

class

and
sub-

Alumni Quarterly,
as a Class
Memorial to the Alumni Trophy Room Fund and $150 as a
Class Memorial to the Worthy Student Fund.
The day had opened at 9:00 o’clock with record breaking
attendances at all class reunions and with an exceptionally fine
spirit, but it was the new feature and wonderful spirit provided
by the graduating class which assured a record breaking day.
As the classes assembled for the meeting, and they were
in such large number that they filled the main floor of the audiscriptions to the

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torium and overflowed to the balcony,

Alexander’s

Orchestra

Association,

presided,

furnished a fine program of music.

A. Bruce Albert, President

of the

and Rev. C. C. Bailey, of Baltimore, Md., gave the invocation.
Then the graduating class marched in and massed at the front of
the auditorium, alumni standing

addition to

the graduating

alumni were

in the

class

during the
it

processional.

was estimated

that

In

800

auditorium.

The president remarked that it was the first time in history
had attended the meeting. He welcomed them into the association and was sure that they would
help to maintain the ideals and standards of the association and
The class was unanimously admitted to memthe institution.
that the graduating class

bership.

James Davis, of Ringtown, president of the class, presented the check for dues in the Alumni Association, a check for
Edward Devoe, of Berwick, editor-in-chief of the
$218.
Obiter, presented the $300 for the Alumni Room Fund, and

Thomas Kirker, of Columbia, treasurer
the $150 for the Worthy Student Fund.
not see

how

of loyalty.

advisor, led in singing the

Miss

and

come through with

Harriet

Alma Mater and

of the auditorium

presented

Mr. Albert said he did

the graduating class could have

a finer expression

marched out

the class,

of

M. Moore,

the

class

graduates then

to the dining hall

where they

enjoyed an early dinner.

The report of F. H. Jenkins, treasurer, submitted by D. D.
Wright, showed almost 1200 subscribers to The Quarterly and a
balance on hand of $775.11, $400.00 of which is invested.
Mr. Wright then reported as treasurer of the Student Loan Fund
which totalled $2881 .82, but which later in the day was conMr. Albert told of the splendid piece of
doing.
P. L. Drum, Esq., of Wilkeswas
Wright
Mr.
w ork
to
the
alumni $100.00 given the fund
Barre, formally presented
siderably increased.
r

Drum. The response was by 0. H. Bakeless,
rapidly recovering from a serious illness, and who was given a

by the

late E. J.

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warm

reception by alumni during the day.

editor of the Quarterly, told of the

be continued from year
0. H. Bakeless, the man who,

scriptions

did 99.98 per cent, of the

made

work

3

H. F. Fenstemaker,

work and urged

sub-

that

to year.

to

in

the words of the president,

make

the alumni

room pos-

showing liabilities of $2122.
This was
considerably reduced by subscriptions during the day, many of
them cash.
sible,

H.

his report

Mont Smith,

Esq.,

who

volunteered his

services

as at-

torney for the incorporation of the association, told of the work

and a resolution was passed giving the execupower to incorporate.
The officers were re-nominated by a committee composed
of W. B. Sutliff, D. S. Hartline and H. F. Fenstemaker and were
The officers are: President, R. Bruce
unanimously elected.
of the committee
tive officers

Albert, class 1906; Vice-President, Dr. D.

1867,
1876;
Secretary, Edward F. Schuyler, 1924; Executive Committee
Fred W. Diehl, 1909, chairman; Mrs. C. W. Funston, 1885;
Harriet Carpenter, 1896; Maurice Houck, 1910; Daniel J.
Mahoney, 1909 and D. D. Wright, 1911.

and 0. H. Bakeless, 1879;

Waller,

J.

Treasurer, F. H.

Mrs. Florence Cool, of Philadelphia,

Jr.,

Jenkins,

woman

the

at

the

head of the recent organization of the Bloomsburg Alumni of
Philadelphia area, which opened its program with a banquet
attended by over 200, was introduced and responded briefly.

The president then introduced the Trustees and former
faculty members seated on the platform.
They were Prof. F.
:

George E. Elweli, for 18 years
a member of the Board of Trustees and for
years president
of the Alumni Association; Mrs. Philip Drum, a former teacher
in the music school; Miss Margaret Bogenrief, former teacher
in the Physical Education Department
Miss Enola Guie, Mrs. W.
B. Sutliff and Mrs. Myrtle Swartz VanWie, former faculty members; Fred W. Diehl, trustee and former alumni president; David
L. Glover, trustee; Miss Bess Hinckley, former teacher and Dr.
H. Jenkins, Prof. 0. H. Bakeless,

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Each was given
acknowledged the introduction.

Francis B. Haas, president of the institution.
a

warm welcome

as he or she

Roll Call of Classes.
F. H. Jenkins,

that of

responding for the class of

27 graduates

1

1

1

876, reported

and three were present.
the Trophy Room and expected to

were

living

They had subscribed $10 to
do better.
Dr. H. V. Hower, of Berwick, responded for the class of
1881 with $120 cash contributions to the Trophy Room Fund.
The class had 41 members, of whom 14 are dead and
were
1

1

present.

Mr. Sanner, of Pittsburgh, reported for the class of 1886

More
which after 45 years had 30 of the 64 members back.
than 50 are living.
Members came from Wyoming, Washington and Kansas for the reunion, the speaker declaring the school
was very dear to the entire class.
James Costello, Hazleton attorney, reported for 1891
W. H. Jones, of Scranwhich had 7 of its 87 members back.
Mrs.
ton, reported for the 4 members back of the 896 class.
1

1

Arthur Lowry, Port Washington,

members

of the class of 1901.

L.

I.,

N. Y., reported for the 15

Elwell Dietrick, of

Scranton,

00 pledge of the class of 1906 with 31 members
back.
Of the class of 40, 2 have passed away.
Donald Ikeler, Peekskill, N. Y., reported for the 41 memtold of a $1

1

bers of the class of 1911.

There were 156 members of the

Counting wives, husbands and children there were 65
back for the reunion and $120 had been subscribed in cash
Seven states were
with the amount expected to reach $200.
class.

represented by returning

members, one

traveling

from

Mil-

waukee.
F. J. Meehan reported for the class of 1916 which had 40
members back. There were 189 in the class and $25.00 was

subscribed.

M. T. Shaffer, Wilkes-Barre, reported for 1921 which had
They gave their treasury balance of $122 to the

50 back.

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Worthy Student Fund and $30 to the Alumni Room Fund. The
63 of whom two have passed away.
class totalled
Theodore Keen, Wilkes-Barre, reported 55 of the 1926
class back and Theodore Davis, Englewood, N. J., reported 60
of the 929 class back, with $35 cash given to the Alumni Room
1

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Fund.
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ALUMNI BANQUET

More than 700 Bloomsburg Alumni, not including the 235
members of the graduating class, packed the large College dining hall for the Alumni Day luncheon, always a feature of the
day’s program, and heard John Shambach, Superintendent of
the Sunbury schools
short address

among

tell

of

and a member of the
the fine

spirit

such

class of

events

1906,

are

in

a

creating

the alumni.

Amplifiers, recently installed as the Memorial of

the class

added immeasurably to the success of the dinner, for
no longer were guests forced to leave their tables and crowd forward to hear the program.
of 1925,

The College

orchestra, under the direction of H. F. Fenste-

maker, furnished a program of music while the classes were

marching

into the

room and

also

during

the

serving

of

a

delicious dinner.

Each

class in reunion

the class numerals.
the dining hall

was supplied with a banner bearing
marched from the auditorium to

Classes

and the banners aided greatly

in

keeping the

classes together.
C. Bailey, of Baltimore, was in charge of the
and there was something doing every minute.
R. Bruce

Rev. Carroll
singing

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6

Albert, president of the Association, presided.

During the dinner he announced that contributions to the
Worthy Student Fund by the late E. J. Drum, of town, by the
class of 1931 and of the graduating class, had increased that
fund to $3,153.
He also announced that Northumberland
County Alumni were getting ready to follow in the footsteps of
Philadelphia Alumni.
They have already appointed members
of a committee to arrange a banquet with the committee head-

ed by John Shambach, Sunbury.
Dr. D. J. Waller
class of

and George

E.

Elwell,

members

of

the

1867, were introduced as the entire class of that year

and v/ere given a big hand. Dr. Waller is president emeritus
of the institution and Mr. Elwell has served along periods as a
member of the Board of Trustees and as president of the
Alumni Association.
Fred W. Diehl, a member of the Board of Trustees, former
president of the Alumni Association, and a

member

of the class

909, spoke a word of greeting on behalf of the trustees,
declaring that he knew that such interest and enthusiasm as
displayed by the Alumni make Bloomsburg shine in the future
of

1

as in the past.

Prof. C. H. Albert, long a valued

member

of the faculty,

and not present at the general meeting, was introduced and
given a warm welcome.
Dr. Waller declared

drawing

that

the

meeting of the graduates

was the largest in the
that was highly gratifying

to a conclusion

history

of

the

was the
highest guarantee of the condition of the institution and he congratulated all who were responsible for such a happy state of
institution.

He

said

for

it

affairs.

Mr. Shambach Speaks.
Mr. Shambach spoke of the paramount things

in the

minds

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of

Alumni of

and referred to the class just
They are now on the starting line and

different periods

leaving the institution.

they are going out to spread ideas that
give a

new

he

era,

He paid

7

when they mature

will

said.

on behalf of the Alumni, to Dr. Haas, the
and student body for the splendid arrangethe graduates and for the outstanding work of

tribute,

faculty, trustees

ments made for
the institution.

He
ities

some of the
them the qual-

said the class of 1931, sharing advantages

previous classes had not, should have instilled

which

will

make them

in

fine representatives of the

spirit of

the age.

He declared all graduates proud of Bloomsburg and its
work and he was confident that with the support of the Alumni
by talking up the institution and contributing to financial proHe urged that each graduate
jects, the institution could go far.
make some contribution to his or her Alma Mater, for that tie-up
with the school will be of much value to the graduate, and will
create a real feeling in the heart for the old school.

Dr.

Haas Introduced.

Introduced by President Albert as the

about the

spirit of

unity

and good

will

man who brought

between Alumni and

school and also as giving such fine service that under his direction the institution

can go only one

president

B. Haas,

of

the

way

institution,

— forward,

was given

Dr. Francis

a

standing

ovation.
It

was

on Alumni Day it was the duty of the
He spoke to
produce the goods and not to talk.

his opinion that

institution to

Alumni and told of securing amplifiers
class of

1

923 voting

organ fund for

this

to use the

purpose.

$600

for the auditorium,
originally

placed

in

the

an

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Dr. Haas spoke of the first banquet held by Philadelphia
Alumni and of the fine work of the Alumni president, R. Bruce
Albert, of the treasurer of the Student Loan Fund, D. D. Wright,
and other Alumni officials.
He spoke of the fine piece of work
carried on by the Worthy Student Fund and mentioned the fact
that a penny had never been lost during the years the fund has
loaned money to students.
In closing he said the institution was
happy to have the assistance of its graduates and hoped that it
would continue to merit the confidence of the graduates.

o

PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI ORGANIZE

The
iation of

Room

at

first annual banquet of the Philadelphia Alumni AssocBloomsburg State Teachers College held in the Gold
Adams, 3th and Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia,
1

on the night of

May

9th, with

J.

Howard

Patterson

acting

as

Bloomsburg gathering.
ever
held by any group
It was one of the most successful affairs
of the Alumni Association, and numbered close to 200.
Men and women, prominent in the affairs of Philadelphia
today, laid aside the cares of the day and became boys and girls
Indeed there were no old people in the gathagain that night.
every heart of the
ering
age records did not mean a thing
’31
’71
thoughts
reverted to
young.
Their
or
was
of
vintage
or dear old Northeir school days at the College on the hill
mal
as you will.
Mr. J. Edward Durham, ’74, the records say, is the oldest
Philadelphia Alumnus, a man active as the head of one of the
largest Insurance Companies in the city, was with us and gave a
with us,
It was a real joy to have him
very interesting talk.
toast-master,

—

—

was

truly a representative

—
—

and hear the voice of our beloved Dr. Waller.

How much we

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and the message he brought us

did appreciate his coming,

His tribute to the ability and

character

of Bruce

President of the Parent Association, found a

warm

Albert,

the

response

in

our hearts.
Dr. Haas, the capable, efficient,

and much-loved head of

now Teachers College, gave a very able and enlightening
address.
Our Alma Mater is in most excellent hands under Dr.
the

Haas’ leadership, with his

Dean

Sutliff

efficient

corps of teachers.

gave a most interesting

and we were im-

talk,

pressed with the real interest those wonderful teachers have

in

the great student body.

Mrs.

Mintie

Sharpless

Wilson,

’67,

so

well

known

in

Bloomsburg, gave a short but interesting talk of the school when
it

was known
C.

ment

at

as the Literary Institute.

Edward Houseknecht,

’00, head of the Music DepartWest Chester State Teachers College, led the group sing-

ing in his inimitable style.

Maxwell Noack,

’16, sang his class song,

which he com-

posed.
Elsie Hess Pulker (sister of Florence Hess Cool) ’88, rendered two delightful soprano solos.
She was accompanied on
the piano by Katherine O’Boyle, daughter of Hannah Reese

O’Boyle, ’88.

Lack of time prevented our
ers
us,

calling

upon a number of oth-

who no doubt would have had something of interest to tell
as we had with us Dr. George Pfahler, ’94, noted Philadel-

phia

X-Ray surgeon;

Barnard,
sicians;

Dr. Fred
Dr.

Dr.

J.

F.

Sutliff, ’94,

McDonnell,

’94,

Dr.

Everett

prominent Philadelphia

phy-

James Maurer, ’86, Dr.

J. P. Echternach, ’99, Dr.
Dentists; Dr. Leslie B. Seeley, ’02,

Ralph Hart, ’18, well-known
a very well-known educator in the Philadelphia Public Schools
F. Herman Fritz, ’99, Superintendent of Pottstown Schools;
Anna E. Roxby, ’79, Supervising Principal of the Linwood PubSchools; Thomas Francis,
08, County Superintendent of
Lackawanna; Judge William Broughall, of Wilmington, Del.,

lic

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son of Adele Shafer, ’86; Annie Miller Melick,

womens’ club work, both

W.

Frantz, ’95, President of

Morgan

political

and

C. T. U. of

outstanding

New

in

Nina Tague

social;

Jersey.

and Jennie Yoder Foley, 06, gave
valuable
very
assistance in arranging for the banquet and in
bringing out the largest representation of any class.
Willie

Stein

Mary Detwiler Bader,

’95,

brought out a

fine representa-

tion of the Class of ’95.

We

could go on

how each one

down the list of those present and tell
her way contributed much to the success

in his or

of this gathering but space limits our mentioning

We

all.

regretted the enforced absence of Professors Albert,

We would have loved to have
them with us at this time, the initial banquet.
permanent organization was effected by the election of

Bakeless, Jenkins and Hartline.

had

all

A

of

the following officers:

Florence Hess Cool, ’88
Willie Morgan Stein, ’08

President

Vice-President

Jennie Yoder Foley,

Secretary

08

Julia Sharpless Fagely, ’95

Treasurer

The Secretary would appreciate the name and address of
any Alumnus or students living in Philadelphia or near by.
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BACCALAUREATE SERMON

The greatest thing

in the

world

is

love.

the graduating class of the

Edward
members

Rev.

Radcliffe, pastor of the First Baptist Church, told

J.

of

Bloomsburg State Teachers College

in delivering the baccalaureate sermon in the College auditorium

and impressive service Sunday afternoon, May 24.
Basing his remarks on the words of St. Paul, “The Great-

at a short

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These is Love,” the minister said the policy of building a
on love is not just idealistic but workable, and declared that
with love in international relations things could be accomplished
which force can never hope to do.
The minister said the present age could be characterized as one of many noises and one
must be careful in selecting the right sound to follow.
est of
life

The class, numbering 235, and
gowns, marched into the auditorium
vice to occupy a reserved

attired in
at the

section in the

black caps and

opening of the serMarching at

front.

were members of the Board of Trustees
and of the faculty, the latter attired also in caps and gowns.
Trustees and faculty members were seated on the platform.
As usual the class entered singing the processional hymn,
the head of the class

“Ancient of Days.”
Rev. Radcliffe was introduced by Dr. Francis B. Haas and

gave the invocation.
The audience sang “From All That Dwell
Below the Skies,” and Dr. Haas read the Scripture lesson taken
from the 13th Chapter of I Corinthians.
Following the sermon a double quartet of Senior men, accompanied by Miss Emily Park, sang “Peace I Leave With You,”
by Robert. The impressive service, lasting only about 45 minutes, concluded with the Benediction by Rev. Radcliffe and the
recessional of the graduates.

o

IVY

DAY

Black skies and frequent showers dampened

the

sylvan

made Ivy Day at the State Teachers College
most picturesque of commencement week events, but did
scenes that have

prevent the presentation of an interesting program
torium at 6

A

:

00

o’clock

fair-sized

when

the

in

campus was bathed

crowd attended the

exercises.

the

not

the audiin rain.

Folk dances.

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in the grove, were given
somewhat cramped space of the stage, which prevented
freedom of action permitted in the open.
As the program opened. Miss Esther Bower, presiding,

arranged for a feature at the pergola
in the

the

called on Dr. Haas, president of the school, at the request of the
class, for a brief address.
is traditionally a memory day
memories of departing classes.
A recent survey had shown that 4 of the 35 ivy plants set out
in exercises of the classes had ceased to exist, but the school
had arranged to replace all of them and would replace those in
the future which fail to grow.
In closing he told the class that in their class night program
they should feel free to go as far as they liked in their comments on the faculty, as he believed that at least once in their
school careers they should have the freedom of saying what

Dr.

program

Haas said

that Ivy

Day

as the ivy perptuates

1

they thought.

by Lydia Smith with music by Samwas sung by the class.
Arthur C. McKenzie presented the Ivy Day oration, speakTire class song, written

uel

W.

Kurtz,

ing as follows:

“Once more we are gathered

who

here, a group of

neophites,

are about to be initiated into the great fraternity of char-

whom we know

formers

acter

professionally

as

teachers.

Through a varied period of years we have toiled, played, laughed and sorrowed together as we learned the art of teaching
children.

“By our very presence here we denote a response
calling

which

medium

is

second to none, that of guiding

of our instruction

—

the future destiny

to the

— through

of our

the

nation,

whose fate rests in the hands of the generation we will be called
upon to teach.
“A few more precious hours and we will begin a journey
As for our preparation
that will lead us, we know not where.
for that journey, the opportunity

is

past.

How

well

we have

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individually attuned ourselves to the
ing,

13

melody of successful teach-

remains to be seen.

“But there

is

something far more important to each one of
It is the attitude which we have assum-

us than any of these.

ed toward our

life’s activity.

“God has provided

for each one of us a niche

which He

There remains for us the work of using the
in such a way that the most good will be
realized both to ourselves and to society in general.

expects us to
talents

we

fill.

possess

“As we leave these surroundings tonight, let us remember
no matter what else may intervene, we can always strive
do our best in whatever we undertake.

that
to

“In closing,

let us, like

the ivy, ever strive to climb higher

and reach for larger things in life.
It is an ambition worthy of
the noblest, one which, if always carried out, will cause us to
reap rich harvests and achieve great reward.
“A few years ago we made a decision which has led us
here tonight.
Tonight let us make a decision which will lead
us to paths of success and happiness in years to come.
The
power is in your hands. Time only can tell how, through each
of us, it will be used.
Therefore, let us make an individual
resolve that when there comes a time for accounting, it can be
said of us, ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant,’ enter
into joy and reward.”
Miss Miriam Hartt read the class poem, which she had written, and girls of the class presented the folk dances which had
been arranged as the artistic feature of the outdoor program.
Officers and a committee handled the planting of the ivy
at Science Hall between showers.
The spade, in school colors,
was presented to Henry Warman, the Junior President, and the
program closed with the Alma Mater.

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CLASS NIGHT

Opportunity was offered

Monday

evening.

crystallizing of those things in college life

the passing of each year,

College

made

May

25, for the

which mean more with

and the Seniors of the State Teachers

the most of

it

at their class night exercises in the

College auditorium.

Several hundred relatives and

friends of

the

graduates

joined the class to enjoy the evening, but the program was principally for the class and, of course, they
it

as the forerunners of the

all

reaped the most from

commencement program

closed and

was made ready for the graduating.
The exercises were much on the order of those

managed to get a realism
made them more effective. By a

years, but the class

into the

scenes that

series

changing scenes, with attention to the
such a prominent place

ed

its

in

memory’s

little

details

in

past

familiar

of rapidly
that

have

treasures, the class review-

College career for registration to Alumni

Day some time

in the future.

Then

in

climaxing the program, James Davis, the President,

presented to Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the

$25.00

as a class

memorial

to the College

Community

institution,

Chest, this

Alumni Trophy Room Fund, $150 to
the Worthy Student Fund and $218 for dues of the class in the
Alumni Association, which were presented at the alumni meetaddition to

$300

for the

ing.

Dr. Haas, in his acceptance, thanked the class for the gifts

and spoke of the class night program as both interesting and
The program closed with the Alma Mater.
instructive.
The class introduced a new feature, that of singing popIncluded in
ular numbers between the scenes of the program.
these songs was “The Maroon and Gold,’’ a most popular number on the hill and one written during the College year by Dr.
Haas.

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About two score of the

class

everything was worked out even
This

love interest.

Mildred

to,

were

program and
the

it,

was handled by Misses Dolores Keating and

Rabb and David Baker.

nified Seniors

book which most

dig-

choose to forget, when they emphasized “Frosh

day scene, the first of the evening.
room scene in which Chester Zimolzack
clever piece of work in impersonating a number of the

greenness”

in the registration

Then came

a class

College professors.

body

the

in

as the movies term

Seniors tore a page from memory’s

did a

15

told just

Then came

from the student

Roars of appreciation

how good

those impersonations were.

and following

that a pep meeting
which Sam Kurtz was the leader with William Weaver impersonating Coach Booth and Bob Sutliff imitating Zimolzack, as-

the kid party

in

sistant coach.

“Cases” were scored

in the characteristic

night programs in the Waller Hall scene which

Then came scenes from

not realistic.

manner of class
was nothing if

the Junior

Prom,

one

during play rehearsal and one of alumni day.

The committee

in

charge of the program were:

Chester

Maynard Pennington, Doris Sechrist,
Elizabeth Bowman, Arthur McKenzie and Dorothy Levers.
Zimolzack,

chairman;

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COMMENCEMENT

“Much

we

of

what we are and are going

to be, will

be what

write deep into the souls of the boys and girls,” Dr. John

W.

Withers, dean of the School of Education of the University of

New

York, told 235 graduates of the Bloomsburg State Teach-

ers College at the

62nd annual commencement

of the institution

in the College auditorium.

Talking to the class on the profession of their choice and

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making no attempt

at oratory. Dr.

Withers held

their

closest

attention as he told of the public school as an institution which

must cope with the problems of the day and therefore must be
from what it was 25 or 30 years ago.
Forty-six of the class completed the four year course for
the degree of bachelor of science in education, and in the two
years course, 83 completed work in the intermediate field, 69
in the primary course and 37 in the rural course.
Of those receiving degrees, two completed the elementary course and the
different

others the junior high school course.

Members

of the class stood as their

names were read by

Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the institution,

who

received

from Dean of Instruction W. B. Sutliff. When the
names of the candidates for degrees were read Mr. Sutliff preOne of the successful
sented each with his or her diploma.
candidates was his son, Robert Sutliff.
The College orchestra furnished a fine program of music
for the exercises and played as the processional, “War March
The procession
of the Priests from ‘Athalia’,” Mendelssohn.
was headed by the speaker of the day. Dr. Haas, members of
They occupied chairs on
the Board of Trustees and faculty.
the

lists

the platform with the class in a reserved section in the front of
All but the trustees

the auditorium.

were

attired in caps

and

gowns.
Dr.

David

J.

Waller,

Jr.,

President emeritus of the College

gave the invocation and Dr. Withers then delivered his address.
Robert E. Clark, of the College faculty, accompanied by H. F.
Fenstemaker, sang most beautifully, “De Glory Road,” by Jacques Wolfe.

Then came the conferring
The

parting by Doctor Haas.

of degrees

and a

president, on

trustees, faculty, the parents of the class

and

brief

behalf

word
of

of

the

their friends, con-

gratulated them and wished them success.

He

said that he

upon which

hoped they had secured a

solid

background

to earn a livelihood in the profession of their choos-

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had learned that in this world we
no such thing as the individual.
hoped that they knew spiritual values and the value of
There is no substitute for hard work and common sense.

He

ing.

also

hoped

that they

must work together, for there

He

also

work.

The

individual

fool the

God

17

may

work.

is

he will never
he wished the class good luck and

fool himself regarding that but

In closing,

speed.

Dr. Withers’ Address.
Dr. Withers, in opening
class

his address,

on past achievements and present

He

on the outlook for the future.

congratulated

the

accomplishments and

told the class that they

were

entering the greatest enterprise in the world today and spoke of
the two billions spent annually on elementary education, an
amount so vast that if the entire wealth of the German nation
were invested at five per cent, it would be just great enough to

allow the expenditure of that

sum each

year.

He spoke of the huge cost of education in Pennsylvania,
which he termed a progressive state and he spoke of death removing each year an educational investment of around
$45,000,000, so that part of the money allotted to education
each year is to replace that civilization which is lost through
death and to keep the standard of civilized life on the basis to
which it has been brought.

He spoke

amount w'hich is used in replacements
buildings and then of the fitting of teachers of

of the

and expansion of
whom 7,500 leave the ranks

in the State

represent a State investment of

He spoke
their school
It is

each year.

Teachers

millions.

of the necessity of re-education of adults

days have

necessary that

want a high type of
Education

50

is

failed to get that

this

work be done

civilization

may

which they need
in

continue to have

who

feel that

it

in

in life.

order that those

looked upon differently than

there are some today

who

who

it.

used to be, but

education should be the same

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18

was 25 or 30 years ago when the three R’s formed the
The teacher today needs to know life and
education and its relation to the people of today and the part it
should play.
Education today is not just teaching.
“You are
students of modern life in all its phases and it is your business to
find what part the elementary and high school should play in the
life of the state and what interest it should hold,” he told the
class.
How shall the school take its place and play its part in
as

it

basis of schooling.

the

life

of people as a whole,

is

a problem for the teachers.

Dr.

Withers continued.

He spoke of the characteristics of the western civilization.
There is a tendency to emphasize research and to use scientific
methods in the investigations.
One man in a book on achievements said that there were 5 prior to the 9th century and 24
Certainly the 20th century is doing even
during that century.
1

1

greater things and excelling past achievements.
eristic

has a great influence on education

if

the

This charact-

people are to

keep up with the present movement.
There is a tendency for education to move up and it must
There is a tenextend to cope with present day problems.
dency to apply knowledge as quickly and fully as possible for
human advancement and this means that if we are to apply
what we know we must have education to do it.
Professions
There is emphasis placed on specialization.
Medicine which used to have but two
are being diversified.
classes now has 25 or 30 distinct ones and each required much
We are building up skilled trades to put them on
preparation.
More and more emphasis is being
a semi-professional basis.
placed on high grade preparation for the problems of life.
Great importance is being placed on elementary and high school
education.

There

is

a tendency to

enlarge and

expand the funda-

This was first extended when
was freed and was further extended when the adult
women were given the right to franchise. Now we are coming

mental principles of democracy.
the negro

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to recognize that the adolescent

boy and

girl

19

has a right to

expression within the limits of his or her ability.

self

They make

in a while but so do adults.
The young people in the public schools are being recognizThe
ed as persons and that makes for different school life.

mistakes once

way

be a democrat in a demorcracy is to learn it in the
life.
The problems of importance are those which
have factors that cannot be worked out with education alone.
He urged that no time be wasted in friction and declared what
we must learn how to live in a democracy by early teaching.
The lesson of how to work with others is more and more that of
only

to

early days of

the school.

He

likened the individual unto an iceberg which has four-

fifths of its

body submerged.

going to be, will be what

boys and

girls,

he

we

Much

of

what we are and are

write deep into the

souls

of

the

said.

There is something more to education than the solving of
In closing, he asked the class to
problems through education.
The progress
treat the achievement just as Commencement.

American nation and its fate rests largely in the hands of
the teachers, and there is great need for the progressive teachHe wished them God speed and congratulated the class.
er.
of the

The members

GROUP

I

of the class are

—PRIMARY

Josephine M. Baas, Wilkes-Barre.
Helen A. Banta, Luzerne.
Beatrice Beale, Duncannon.
Florence Bettens, Riverside.
Florence E. Blythe, Nanticoke.
Louise H. Bombe, Nanticoke.
Fannie M. Bonham, Berwick.
Lulu Boyer, Lewistown.
Theresa D. Carpenter, Hazleton.
H. Jayne Cease, Alden Station.
Nicia M. Chiavacci, Pittston.
Miriam Aileene Cole, Millville.

Mary

J.

Concannon, Shamokin.

Phyllis Coopey, Nanticoke.
Mary F. Davis, Nanticoke.

Naomi

C. Davis, Peckville.

Rose E. Delliquanti, Pittston.
Kathryn M. Dougherty, Tuscarora.
Louise T. Downin, Harrisburg.
Catherine J. Dugan, Shamokin.
Naomi M. Edmunds, Nanticoke.
Isabel Eshleman, Berwick.
Jane L. Fahringer, Berwick.
Ruth E. Fairchild, Lewisburg.

Mary

Freeburg.
Forgeng, Scranton.

C. Fisher,

Dorothy

J.

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Lydia R. Fortner, Bloomsburg.
Rose A. Frank, Gordon.
Anna E. Frew, Olyphant.
Helen C. Galazin, Nanticoke.
Evelyn E. Gilbert, Shenandoah.
Mary E. Gorham, Scranton.
Miriam F. Hartt, Bloomsburg.
Ellen M. Hegarty, Tamaqua.
Rosa D. Hill, Jerseytown.
Lois C. Hirleman, Almedia.
Julia M. Hopkins, Shenandoah.
Catherine R. Ingram, Nanticoke.
Bessie A. Jenkins, Nanticoke.

Anna

A. Solonski, Wilkes-Bai're.

Helen G. Stryjak, Nanticoke.
Ruth E. Sutter, Glen Lyon.
Dawn E. Townsend, Bloomsburg.
Helen M. Walborn, Selinsgrove.
F. Beatrice Waples, Espy.
Leona M. Werchok, Plymouth.

Anna

Williams, Scranton.
Catherine Williams, Nanticoke.
M. Violette Williams, Luzerne.
Mary G. Yabroski, Ashley.
Albina M. Zadra, Freeland.

GROUP

II

— INTERMEDIATE

Dorothy Katherine Jones, Scranton. Myfanwy M. Beynon, Scranton.
Esther C. Jones, Edwardsville.
Esther A. Bower, Chinchilla.
Hilda R. Kazunas, Shenandoah.
Edith E. Boyer, Selinsgrove.
Dolores E. Keating, Nanticoke.
Hazel F. Keefer, Bloomsburg.
Mabel M. Kehler, Locust Dale.
Marie W. Kelly, Bloomsburg.
Eva C. Krauss, Bloomsburg.
Charleen B. Kreigh, Bloomsburg.
Luella F. Krug, Berwick.
Mildred E. Liddell, Mahanoy City.
Grace G. Linskill, Pottsgrove.
Ruth A. McDonald, Dunmore.
Margaret L. McNealis, Nanticoke.
Margaret M. Maddox, Nanticoke.

Mary

C. Miles, Shenandoah.
Mildred R. Miller, Nescopeck.
Marjorie R. Mills, Nanticoke.
Anne C. Murtha, Scranton.
Retha M. Noble, Montrose.
Pearl M. Quoos, Nanticoke.
Anna Mildred Rabb, Danville.
Mary E. Raiewski, Glen Lyon.
Eleanor R. Rhoades, Wyoming.
Marjory Roachford, Wilkes-Barre.
Harriet Roan, Bloomsburg.
Jeanette Roberts, Scranton.
Alice K. Roush, Selinsgrove.
Mary S. Rozanski, Plymouth.
Grace L. Shear, Coudersport.
Gladys M. Shotsberger, Freeburg.
Ruth Naomi Snyder, Pillow.

Mary P. Boyle, Hazleton.
Mae R. Cavanaugh, Coaldale.
Elizabeth M. Challenger, Scranton.
Elizabeth M. Cochran, Berwick.
Helen C. Cunningham, Kingston.
Mary E. Davis, Edwardsville.
Edna M. Derrick, Sunbury.
Florence Louise Dunn, Jermyn.
Margaret D. Eck, Allentown.
Elva M. Edwards, Edwardsville.
Doris E. Empett, New Milford.
Florence E. Fawcett, Berwick.
Dorothy M. Foust, Watsontown.
Anna L. Fowler, Berwick.
Kathryn H. Fowler, Berwick.
Beatrice Francis, Peckville.
Gladys M. Frantz, Danville.
Harold J. Freeman, Wilkes-Barre.

Dorothy J. Frick, West Pittston.
Dorothy Gitlovitz, Wilkes-Barre.
Margie P. Harrison, Hunlock Creek.

Romaine E. Henrie, Berwick.
Florence C. Hochberg, Philadelphia.
Elizabeth H. Hubler, Gordon.
Mary Eliz. Johnstone, Wilkes-Barre.
Dorothy Jean Jones, Berwick.
Alice A. Kasaczun, Scranton.
Grace R. Kauffman, Milton.
Winifred Keen, Glen Lyon.

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Erma
Mary

V. Kelchner, Shickshinny.
Eliz. Kelly, Edwardsville.

Sue 0. Kepner, Berwick.
Harriet B. Klingerman, Sunbury.
John F. Klotz, Wanamie
Dorothy R. Levers, Milton. '
Charlotte Mack, Forty Fort.
Dorothy E. Maines, Peckville.
Lillian E. Mann, Pittston.
Nellie D. Masluski, Edwardsville.

Maude

A. Michael, Berwick.

Jean M. Mileskay, Forest City.
Rachael E Miller, Berwick.
Annie T. Morgan, Nanticoke.
Elizabeth M. Morgan, Plymouth.
Sara D. Morgan, Edwardsville.
Leonore R. Murko, Berwick.

Anna

K. Ollendick, Chinchilla.
Agnes D. Ondovchak, Plymouth.
William T. Pelak, Edwardsville.
Helen C Rosser, Scranton.
Eleanor C. Sheridan, Nanticoke.

Marion L. Shook, Pittston.
Emilie L. Sides, Berwick.
Estelle F. Simonovitz, Plymouth.
Ruth E. Sonner, Honesdale.

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Creta M. Davis, Zion Grove.
C. Derr, Jerseytown.
Peter Evancho, Eckley.
Clara E. Fahringer, Catawissa.
Mildred E. Ferry, McAdoo.
Marie A. Foust, Washingtonville.
Kathryn A. Graybill, Paxtonville.
Regina B Haggerty, Mary D.
Irene Harris, Hickory Corners.
Ada F. Harrison, Huntington Mills.
Kenneth E. Hawk, Bear Creek.
Corinne A. Hess, Bloomsburg.
Esther A. Hutchings, Uniondale.
Lois M. Ivey, Rupert.
Esther L. Kile, Rohrsburg
Ethel E. Jacoby, Barnesville.

LaRue

Marion E. Klinger, Nuremberg.
Theodore Laskowski, Trucksville.
Kaom Mae Lewis, Drumns.
Minnie B. Olschefsky, Catawissa.

Eva W. Robbins, Millville.
Frank J. Roman, Wilkes-Barre.
Winifred Shultz, Berwick.
Lydia A. Smith, Dallas.
Catharine H Stackhouse,

Hunting-

ton Mills.
Margaret P. Stewart, Catawissa.
Anne B. Urban, Pittston.
Elizabeth M. Van Buskirk, Kingston .Earl H. VanDine, Montoursville.
Aria P. Weikel, Shamokin.
Cora Mae Wagner, Shamokin
Raymond W. Willard, Trevorton.
John J. Wilkes, Alden Station.
Geo. Keith Witheridge, Wyoming.
Reba E. Williams, Scranton.
Ruth M. Williams, Peckville.
SECONDARY FIELD
Genevieve G. Wolfe, Alderson.
Degree
of Bachelor of Science in
Pauline Womer, Sunbury.
Education.
John G. Wood, Dickson City.
David H. Baker, Columbia.
Lois M. Wyandt, Scranton.
Beatrice Bowman, Orangeville
Hilda D. Yocum, Milton
Elizabeth C. Bowman, Bloomsburg.
GROUP III RURAL
Lewis L. Creveling, Orangeville.

—

Helen M. Appleman, Danville.
Fred T. Aten, Catawissa.
Helen E. Bangs, Rohrsburg.

James

Mae

John W. Dyer, Bloomsburg.
Elouise J. Evans, Bloomsburg.
Frank V Faus, Bloomsburg.
Helen S. Gibbons, Benton.

Amy

E. Bitler, Millville.
E. Bittner, Catawissa.

Barbara M. Booth, Eagles Mere.
Minnie S. Clark, Dornsife

B. Davis, Ringtown.
T. DeVoe, Berwick.
Gladys J. Dildine, Orangeville.

Edward

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Rebecca Gilmore, Bloomsburg.
Frank J. Golder, Bloomsburg.

John E. Morris, Forty Fort.
Theodore Morrissey, Wanamie.

Catherine F. Hayes, Berwick.
L. Henry, Wilkes-Barre.
Ila A. Ivey, Bloomsburg.
Nicholas Jaffin, Berwick.

Orval C. Palsgrove, Frackville.
Maynard J. Pennington, Bloomsburg.
Wm. Bernard Roan, Espy.
Winifred Robbins, Orangeville
Doris S. Sechrist, Bloomsburg.
Martin A. Sekulski, Glen Lyon.
Robert G. Sutliff, Bloomsburg.
Wm. H. Weaver, Bloomsburg.
Robert C. Wilson, Bloomsburg.
Clarence R. Wolever, Nanticoke.
Esther R. Yeager, Holmesburg
Joseph J. Yocabonis, Mahanoy City.
Chester Zimolzak, Glen Lyon.

Thomas

Muncy Valley.
Kirker, Columbia.
Dorothy B. Kisner, Muncy.
Robert F. Knierim, Scranton.
Eugene Krolikoski, Glen Lyon.
Samuel W. Kurtz, Milton.
Harold H. Lanterman, Berwick.
Elsie V. Keller,

Thomas

J

Arthur C. McKenzie, Bloomsburg.
Helen L. Maynard, Chinchilla.
Marion R. Meixell, Espy
Harold R. Miller, Bloomsburg.
Norman G. Morgan, Lock Haven.

ELEMENTARY
Mary M.

FIELD.

Bloomsburg.
Emily A. Park, Berwick.
Flick,

O

CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS

Work
campaign
add much

is

rapidly nearing completion on an

at the

active

Spring

Bloomsburg State Teachers College which

will

N. T. Englehart,
beauty of the school plant.
superintendent of buildings, has had the regular force of the
College and 7 additional men at work on a number of projects,
to the

1

many

of

them now complete.

The projects have been underway for the past month or
two and the additional help required has meant much to the emWork was rushed so that the Colployment situation in town.
lege plant would look its best for the Commencement season.
The dome and tower of Carver Hall and
wood work on the building have been painted.

all

A

the

exterior

considerable

amount of shrubbery and trees have been planted
Benjamin Franklin Training School.

at the

new

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23

have been erected at four sets of concrete steps
Underground drains have been
last year.
a number of points on the campus.
rails

which were erected
placed at

Concrete walks have been placed from the gymnasium to

North Hall, from Waller Hall to North Hall and from Waller Hall
to the Training School.

Parking space with a curb has been

created at the rear of Waller Hall and re-grading and re-sodding
of

some

parts of the

campus are under way.

Paths on the campus affected by the installation of the

new

heating system have been re-graded by the Coxe Stoker Engineering

Company.

campus adjacent to the boiler house has been
damper regulators have been
Both of these jobs were done by the heating con-

Part of the

resurfaced and automatic stack
placed.

tracting firm, Herre Brothers.

A

very noticeable improvement

is

that on the lower side

A

of the tennis courts which face East Second Street.

wall has been erected and a rock garden on

nearing completion.

It is

now being

top of

limestone

the wall

is

planted with several kinds

being planted with several kinds of suitable shrubbery.

The

field

house on the athletic

field

has been

moved

to the

rear of the back stop, greatly improving the appearance of the
field

and the

training school play grounds.

Flower beds have been made at the fountain

in front of

Carver Hall and at various places on the campus.
geraniums, alyssum and colia have been used to good

Petunias,
effect.

The electric clock and bell system together with telephone
system for the new training school have been completed by
Francis T. Brown, of Wilkes-Barre, the contractor.

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ATHLETIC BANQUET

A

standard for athletic dinners was set at the State Teach-

ers College Friday evening.

May

15,

when

the

annual affair

first

was held and when more than 700 guests enjoyed a
marvelous program and heard Dr. Wallace G. Petty, a Baptist
clergyman from Pittsburgh, who was introduced as “a preacher, teacher and counsellor of youth” and who proved himself as
well a humorist and philosopher ranking with the best on the
of the kind

platform today.

It

is

seldom

—very

seldom

—

that

one hears

his equal.

The program from

first

to last held the close interest of the

wide participation of the student body
in sports as well as the increasing part which they are to play in
life of the student body in the years to come.
guests.

It

reflected the

Dr. Petty spoke on ‘’The Straight Shooter” and he used
Knute Rockne, a personal friend, to illustrate the point. Dr.
Petty could talk in the language of the athlete, for he was one
It
a football player for years and a football coach for years.
paid
Rockne,
who
to
him
typified
the
was a beautiful tribute he
drama of America the America of opportunity. The finest
compliment the speaker paid him was that he was a gentleman,
In America, he said,
and one who had sense of direction.

—

“there

is

too

much going but never

They are made
who see through things and who see

Touchdowns are not made by
by those who see
things through.

things,

getting there.”

That’s the

way

it

accident.

is

with those

who make

a

success of their lives.

—

There must be a sense of direction; there must be a sense
“and it is harder to be decent today than at any

of decency

time since the

He urged

Roman
the

era.”

young people before him not

to

be cheap and

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25

He would
tawdry, but to be “loyal to the royal in yourself.”
have them keep their sense of direction, their decency and have
a destiny.
R. Bruce Albert, president of the

Alumni Association, pre-

sided most happily as toastmaster.

The invocation was offered by

Dr.

David

J.

Waller,

Jr.,

president emeritus.

During the serving of the delicious menu, the College Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of H. F. Fenstemaker, ren-

dered a musical program.

There were a number of guests at the dinner, including
and members of the faculty and their wives, college
day students and many former college and varsity athletes.
trustees

Former lettermen of the school attending were: Herman
Fowler, Robert Dew, Ray Hawkins, William Swinehart, Leslie
Zimmerman, Gerald Fitzpatrick, William Partridge, Veryl Mowrer, Harold Hidlay, J. W. Jones, George Mathews, Nicholas VanBuskirk, Arch Austin, William Felcamp.

ing

One of the spirited renditions of the evening was the singof “Maroon and Gold,” composed by Dr. Haas, under the

direction of Miss Harriet Moore.

Keys and Chevrons Presented.

Under the

rules of the athletic

department,

300 points are eligible to wear numerals.
600 points are required and for each 300

girl

a letter
tional

chevrons are

awarded.

fourth chevrons: Miss Beatrice

Miss
first

Ila

Ivey with

1

847

points.

students

To

receiving

receive

points addi-

Two students received their
Bowman with 1910 points and
Miss Ruth Sonner received her

and second chevrons.

The presentation

of

chevrons to these

girls

and

to a

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number

of others

keys to

men

who

received their

of varsity athletic teams

first

chevron and of the

was by

Dr. Haas.

Varsity certificate and charms were presented

to the fol-

lowing men:

David G. Baker,
Creveling, baseball;

basketball, tennis manager;
Frank V. Faus, tennis; Frank

Lewis
J.

L.

Golder,

basketball and baseball; Nicholas E. Jaffin, football, wrestling

and track; Thomas J. Kirker, football, basketball, baseball and
track; Arthur C. McKenzie, football, wrestling and baseball
manager; Maynard J. Pennington, football; Martin Sekulski,
baseball; Robert G. Sutliff football and tennis; Earl H. VanDine, baseball manager; Robert C. Wilson, basketball and baseball; Joseph J. Yockabonis, football, basketball, baseball and
track; and Chester Zimolzak, football and basketball.
,

Presentation of the 1925 class memorial by Miss Emily
Park followed and the orchestra played “Rakoczy March,” Beriioz-Liszt.
Dr. Petty’s address was followed by group singing
led

by the College Chorus.
Sutliff and Miss Lucy McCammon presentand numerals, respectively, to the girls.

Mrs. Kathryn L.

ed the

letters

The orchestra delighted with “Czardas,” Gungl, and Coach
the football and basketball awards.
School cheers were directed by Daniel Thomas, and dean of men
John C. Koch, also coach of the tennis team, presented the baseball, track and tennis awards.
T.

W. Booth presented

S.
letics,

I.

Shortess, chairman of the faculty committee on ath-

made

the

announcement of the captains and told of the
The program closed with the Alma

school’s athletic policy.

Mater.

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MAY DAY

No May Day

in

recent

years,

if

ever, has

surpassed

in

beauty that was staged by over 500 children of the training
school and College Seniors on the College athletic field

May

18, to the

more than

filled

Monday,

enjoyment of an audience of townspeople that
the bleachers especially placed for the program.

From the time the program opened with the processional,
headed by Miss Sara Hemingway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.
F. Hemingway, of West Fourth Street, as Queen of the May,
until the climax, two hours later, when
6 vari-colored May
poles were simultaneously wound by the children and College
1

students, the entertainment provided feature after feature

of

outstanding beauty.

With the Queen

at the

head of the procession, were Jack

Shortess as Prince Charming; Virginia Reams, Marjory Dillon,

June Nicewinter and Clara Fausey, as ladies in waiting; Frank
Haas, Jr., and Douglas Dillon, as pages; Patsy Moyer, as flower
girl and Thomas North and Howard Fenstemaker, Jr., as attendants to the Prince.

On

the throne covered with leaves, the

processional of

all

Queen reviewed

the

the participants.

Then followed dances by children and students. Each
was very well given and showed very careful training. Children as butterflies, flowers and bees, all in costume, gave a number of

much enjoyed

features.

All of the children of the train-

and sixth grade boys,
dances and those boys joined with the other students

ing school, with the exception of the fifth

were

in the

singing a number of songs under the direction of Miss Harriet
M. Moore.
These songs interspersed the program of dances
and added much to the program.
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The splendid work was under the

McCammon,

direction of Miss

Lucy

of the physical education department, with Mrs.

Kathryn Sutliff, also of that department, giving splendid
ance in preparing the dances.

assist-

The College Orchestra, under the direction of H. F. Fenstemaker, played for the processional and for the winding of the
May pole. The accompanist for many of the dances was Gerald Hartman.

Properties were supplied by a force of
N. T. Englehart

men

and they certainly furnished a

in

charge of

fine setting for

the pageantry.

worked out their own dances and for the
own costumes which added greatly to the
Over 300 College girls particidances.

College students

most part made

their

effectiveness of the

pated.

The

opened their program with
The costumes were yellow with black
black band around the skirts.

training school teachers

“Portland Fancy.”
bodice and a

Then followed the English dance “Bocastle” with the parwearing white dresses, pink sashes and hair ribbons

ticipants

and those taking the part of boys wearing pink

The

girls’

overalls.

costumes for “Gathering Peascods” were on the

The boys wore blue costumes with
Then came the farmer dance “Strawtassels on their hats.
The participants ended
foot” and that provided some comedy.
their number with a clog dance.

order of those of Bo-Peep.

A

French number, the “Vineyard Dance,” found those taksmocks and tarns, with white

ing part attired in blue trousers,
collars.

Knickers, dark coats and tarns for one group and var-

ied-colored attire for the other group were the costumes used

by them

in the

number “Bean

Setting.”

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Another farmer dance, “Dancing On The Green,” had the
girls in farmer costume with sunbonnets and aprons and the
Boys wore overalls, and small aprons added
boys in overalls.
a touch to the girls’ costumes in “Green Mountain Volunteers.”
For “Firetur” the girls wore costumes with black bodice
and varied-colored skirts and the boys wore tan caps with red
Then came the always popular sailor
tassels and black suits.
number “Horn Pipe” with the costumes appropriate.

“Fandango,” a Spanish number, was next. The boys wore
suits with sashes and large Spanish hats.
Girls wore crepe
shaded
from
dresses
which
a
light
yellow
paper
to a
deep
Shawls were used to set off the dresses.
orange.

black

“Pirates” found the participants dressing the part and carThis was a popular number as was “French
which the girls wore tight waists and full skirts with
The boys’
high collars and red ribbons around their heads.
costumes were light blue trousers, blouses and tarns.
rying daggers.

Reel”

in

Old fashioned Colonial costumes were used in that age old
“The Minuet” with the girls doing a fine piece of work.
Nine clowns ended the dancing with “Grotesque.”
favorite

The winding

of the

May

poles brought the colorful spec-

tacle to a fitting close.

o

April

29 was

the

92nd birthday

he spent the day as usual

—

McHenry and
mower over the Col-

of Russell

pushing a lawn

lege campus.

decked out with a new lawn mower in honor
of the occasion, and the day was marked by nothing more un-

He was

all

usual than a nine-hour day’s work.

The

elderly

man

is

enjoying good health and he expects to

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in the summer working on
many summers previously.

put

The number
tion

is

as he

has put

of years he has been working at the

not definitely known.

of buildings

the campus,

and grounds,

in

institu-

Nevin Englehart, superintendent

asserts that

it

is

so

long

“that

the

memory of man runneth not to the contrary.”
McHenry tells of aiding in the excavating for some of the
buildings that now comprise the college plant— and they were
buildings erected when the college was a young institution.
He
hasn’t been

employed without interruption

at the

school,

but

has returned after brief intervals.

o

PLAY TOURNAMENT

“The Stoker,” by Harold Brighouse, was awarded

first

place in the fifth annual play tourney of the College Dramatic
Club which was held in the College auditorium before a goodsized crowd Friday evening, May
The play, built around the conflicting viewpoints of natives
1

of the East

students

and West, was expertly presented by the College
directed by Miss Elizabeth Bowman, also a

who were

student.

The other plays given were “Cooks and Cardinals,” by
Winifred Hawkbridge, and “Thursday Evening,” by Christopher
Miss Doris Sechrist, of town, directed “Cooks and
Morley.
Cardinals” and Miss Harriet

Sutliff

directed the other play.

All

town students, while a large number
Bloomsburg
students.
part
were
taking
of those
connected
with the tourney was
every
one
The work of
In
exceptionally fine and the task of the judges was difficult.
making the first award to the cast of “The Stoker,” the judges
gave honorable mention to Miss Mildred Rabb, of Danville, in
three student directors are

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“Cooks and Cardinals” and to Miss Grace Foote, of
in “Thursday Evening.”
The judges were Mrs.
Hidlay and Mrs. Allen Rarig, of town, and Miss Rachel

the cast of

town, playing

W.

Clair

Turner of the College faculty.

“Cooks and Cardinals,” a comedy, was presented
the

members

first

of the cast as follows: Katie, Miss Mildred

with

Rabb;

Teddy, Lee Hippensteel; Mrs. Connelly, Miss Mary Betterly;
Father Anslem, Thomas Coursen; Monsieur Le Beau, Thomas
Kirker; Cardinal Wheeler, William Thompson.
Those in the cast of “Thursday Evening” were: Gordon
Miss Grace
Johns, David Baker; Laura, Mrs. Gordon Johns;
Foote; Mrs. Sheffield, Laura’s Mother, Miss Elizabeth Cochrane;
Mrs. Johns, Gordan’s Mother, Miss Elizabeth VanBuskirk.

The prize winning cast of “The Stoker” was: Peter HowAldwin Jones; the captain, Robert Sutlirf; Mrs. Leighton,
Miss Dorothy Faust, and the stoker, Maynard Pennington.
The Dramatic Club is known as the Bloomsburg Players
and the officers are: President, Arthur McKenzie; Vice-President, Miss Esther Jones; Treasurer, James Davis; Director, Miss
ard,

Alice Johnston.

Members
sie Laird,

er
ris

of the Tournament Committee were: Misses JesLorna Billow, Helen Keller, Alma White, Grace Feath-

and Ida Arcus and John Shellenberger, Nick Jafhn and MorDeHaven.
o

SENIOR BANQUET

Another Commencement program opened at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Thursday evening. May 21, when
Every member of the
the annual Senior Banquet was held.
class of 235 members was present at the affair which is the only

Commencement program

in

which only the

class

and faculty

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members who have been

in close

contact with them during their

college courses, are in attendance.

James Davis, of Ringtown, class president, happily presided as toastmaster and a splendid program of music was furnished by the College orchestra under the direction of H. F. Fenstemaker.

The
memories

was one which

affair
in

years to come.

will

A

bring

back many happy

large basket of flowers adorned

and decorations at all tables were sweet
and
yellow
candles.
peas
A committee composed of Thomas L. Henry, Miss Cora
Wagner, Miss Edna Mae Derrick, William Weaver and Keith
Witheridge was in charge of the successful affair.
During the evening among those responding to toasts were
Miss Jessie Patterson, Freshman advisor; H. F. Fenstemaker,
Sophomore and Junior advisor; Miss Harriet Moore, Senior advisor; Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the College, and Dean of
There were some much enjoyed
Instruction William B. Sutliff.
selections by the Senior Girls’ Chorus and the Senior Male Chorus
and the program closed with the Alma Mater.
the speakers’ table

o

The

Girls’

Glee Club of the College under the direction of

Miss Jessie Patterson,

Music

made

Week program, on

a real contribution to Bloomsburg’s

Friday evening,

very ably presented the cantata '‘Pan on a

May 8, when
Summer Day”

they
to a

and appreciative audience in the College auditorium.
The chorus of 50 voices showed careful training and the
was
It
chorus and solo work was exceptionally well given.
one of the finest pieces of work of that type that the College has
Mrs. J. K. Miller, of the Music School, was the
ever presented.
large

accompanist.

Another feature which added

to the

program was provided

by the College Symphony Orchestra under the
F.

Fenstemaker.

direction of

H.

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COLLEGE SONG

class

The words of the Class Song of the College graduating
were written by Miss Lydia Smith and the music by Sam-

uel Kurtz, of Milton.

The song follows:
Hail to our college dear, our

Whose ivy-covered

alma mater

walls enclose so

fair,

much

that

we

hold dear!

Let every heart and voice unite to sing her praise.

With one accord

to chant of our College days.

day
onward as our College points the way.
Yet through the years to come our thoughts will oft be here
For time cannot destroy the memories of Bloomsburg dear.

The past so full
The future calls

of glory joins with present

us

o

The Junior
Friday evening,

Class of the State Teachers College

May

“Skidding,” by Aurania Rouverol

ed the play, and each

delighted

7 with their presentation of the

1

member

comedy

Miss Alice Johnston direct-

of the cast gave fine interpreta-

tions of their parts.

The

around the election of Judge Hardy, a
by Henry Warman, to the bench. In securing reelection he is aided by his daughter who herself is nominated
The daughter was played by Miss Ruth
for the Legislature.
With both father and daughter in public
Wagner, of town.
life complications came thick and fast but the usual happy endplot centered

part played

ing closed the play.
in the cast were: Wayne Trent, Jack Hall;
Andy,
Thomas; Grandpa Hardy, Seymour Stere; Mrs. Hardy,
Laura Shultz Aunt Milly, Lois Demitt Estelle, Minnie Howeth
Stubbins, James Johns.

Others

Daniel

;

;

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1931 OBITER

The 1931 Obiter of which Edward DeVoe, of Berwick, was
was dedicated to Prof. S. L. Wilson, head of the
English Department of the institution, and one who is always
willing to assist in student activities.
Ever since he became aseditor-in-chief,

sociated with the faculty eight years ago, Mr. Wilson has been
particularly active in assisting with student publications

acted as faculty advisor of most of them and edited

Maroon and Gold and year book copy during

and has

much

of the

that period.

He

one of the most popular of the faculty members.
The book is outstanding in content and workmanship. It
“The Gleeman’’
is handsomely bound in a blue leather cover.
is the theme of the book and is carried throughout in arrangement and illustrations. Anglo-Saxon terms of the Medieval peris

iod are used in department headings.

Among

the outstanding features of the

volume are pencil

sketches by Katherine Hayes Baum, of Berwick, of Dr. Francis

and of members of the
The books contains photographs of the 233 members of
the class but instead of the write-ups which were used in past
years the book lists only activities, a form used by the majority
B. Haas, president of the institution,
staff.

of the colleges.

The members

of the capable staff are:

Berwick, editor-in-chief;
business manager;

Miss Elizabeth

associates

—

Catherine

H.

Edward

T.

Huber,

Hayes

DeVoe,
Gordon,

Baum,

Ber-

wick; Miss Alice MacMullen, Shenandoah; Miss Emily Park,
Berwick; Miss Dorothy Frick, West Pittston; Miss Esther YeagDavid Baker,
er, Philadelphia; Miss Helen Gibbons, Benton;

Columbia; Beatrice Bowman, Orangeville; Miss Helen CunningArthur McKenzie and Miss Miriam Hartt,

ham, Kingston
Bloomsburg.

;

CLASS

OF

1886—

ALUMNI

DAY,

1931

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THE ALUMNI
1871
Dr. A.

W. Sheiley

lives at Port

Royal, Pa.

1876
March 30 was the 25th anniversary of Judge Charles
Evans’ appointment to the

Common

C.

Pleas bench of Columbia

and Montour Counties.
The Judge, still hale and hearty, has been four times commissioned as president judge of the 26th district, twice following appointment and twice following election.
The first commission was issued in April, 906, by Governor Pennypacker, after appointment following the death of
He was again commissioned by the
Hon. Robert R. Little.
same governor following his election in November of the same
1

year.

was issued by Governor Pinchot,
John G. Harman, and the commission was issued early in the Fall of 1925.
His third commission

after appointment, following the death of Hon.

His latest commission, following

his election

was issued by Governor John

term,

election in

F.

for the

Fisher,

current

following

his

1927.

Judge Evans has presided over
7 years and three months.
Then he was electHis first appointment was for nine months.
years, the length of term being changed at
ed for a term of
His second appointment was for two years and
that time.
three months and he has served three years and three months
of the ten year term for which he was elected in November,
In the past quarter century

the courts of the judicial district

1

1927.

1

1

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Of the
kins
1

1876, oldest in reunion, Prof. F. H. JenEvans and George Tustin were three of the

class of

Judge

living

1

37

C. C.

members

attending.

1879

Anna

E.

Roxby

is

Her address

schools.

supervising principal of the Swarthmore
is

1

1

2 Cornell Avenue, Swarthmore.

1880
Alice H. Fisher,

Cadbury

missionary
to

who

has retired from teaching, lives at

in

South America from 1893

1927, she was

50

Miss Fisher served as a foreign

Street, Pottsville, Pa.

to

1919.

From 1921

charge of the Art Department of Genesee

in

Wesleyan Seminary, Lima,

New

York.

1881

A

was pushed aside Friday evening.
and
temporarily
forgotten
by eight members of the
May 22,
class of 1881 of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, as
eight members of that class, their wives and husbands and some
half century of time

guests, gathered at the

home

of Mrs.

May

Wells

Creasy,

of

East Fifth Street, for a delicious dinner and a memorable evening.

A

feature of the night that

presence of Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

Jr.,

made

it

all

the finer

was the

president emeritus of the

in-

and principal of the school when the class of 1881
completed its work.
Those of the class present were: Myron E. Simons, of
Honesdale; Dr. H. V. Hower and James L. Evans, Esq., of Berwick; the Misses Enola and Claudia Guie, of Catawissa; Miss
Dora Marr, Mrs. Abigail Robbins Hartman and the hostess, Mrs.
They were joined later by T. B. Harrison, of
Creasy, of town.
Town Line; Henry L. Morgan, of Scranton, and Mrs. Lizzie
stitution,

Laudig, also of that

city.

The

class

numbered 41.
and wonderful improve-

Dr. Waller spoke of the changes

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ments that have marked the past 50 years.
In the years when
the class of 1881 was at the institution funds were very scarce
and even the purchase of so small an article as a map had to be

He spoke

carefully considered.

of the changed conditions as

they regarded support to Normal School, now Teachers College,
which came about in 1920 when Dr. Finnegan headed the State
Department of Public Instruction. Since that time the necessary amount for the operations of the colleges has been forthcoming.
He spoke very highly of the members of the 50 year
class.

The class is interested in doing its part toward the College
Memorial Fund and they received a letter from Miss Anna Wier,
Plymouth, with a $10 check enclosed.
Since the graduation of the class,

away, seven members of the

1

5

members have passed
be located and an-

class could not

other has not replied to letters sent out by

took the initiative

Mrs.

who

Creasy,

planning the reunion.

in

During the evening the family of Mrs. Creasy was introduced and Mrs. Earl John, a daughter, accompanied another
daughter, Miss Martha Creasy, while she
beautiful solos.

delighted

two

with

Miss Jean Creasy, a third daughter, pleased

with two piano solos.
Guests at the dinner

were: Mrs. Myron
Hower and Mrs. James

class

in

addition

E. Simons, of
L.

to the

members

Honesdale;

Mrs.

of

the

H. V.

Evans, of Berwick, and Mrs. Jenny

Wells Flenderson, of Montgomery, and Rev.

W. H. Hartman,

of

town.

Dr. Heister V.

Hower

lives in

Berwick, Pa., where he has

a very successful practice.

Anna Weir
Myron

E.

lives in

Simons

is

Plymouth, Pa.
a lawyer, located at Honesdale, Pa.

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Claudia B. Guie has retired from teaching, and

is

living in

Catawissa, Pa.

1882
1514 Sevmourning the
loss of her husband, who died suddenly January 21,
1931.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmateer had gone south for the winter, when
the former s death occurred in Raleigh, N. C.
Emilie Ayres (Mrs. Charles Palmateer) lives at

enth Avenue, Neptune, N.

Mrs. Palmateer

J.

Carrie C. Rogers (Mrs. D.

Susquehanna,

Pa.,

on February

J.

5,

is

home

in

1931, after a few days’

ill-

Peck) died

at

her

ness.

1885
Annie Miller (Mrs. Elmer E. Melick) is President of the
This organDelaware County Federation of Women’s Clubs.
ization consists of thirty-two clubs in the county, and has a total
membership of over three thousand. Mrs. Melick’s address is
South Haven Inn, Swarthmore, Pa.

1886

On Alumni Day

the class of ’86 held one of

its most sucwhich is saying much.
Their festivities have
This year they began on Friday
always covered two days.
home
of Elizabeth Low, Lime Ridge,
afternoon with a tea at the
who is one of the members of the class. Among those present
in addition to the members, many of whom had their wives or
husbands, were: Dr. and Miss Waller, Mrs. Frank Cully, Mrs. W.
B. Sutliffe, Mrs. F. P. Purcell, Mrs. Harry Barton, Prof, and Mrs.
Albert, Mrs. Nuss, Mrs. Dr. Haas, Miss Martha Connelly, and
Miss Low is an ideal entertainer, and spared
Mr. A. Z. Schock.
no pains to make the occasion the great success it proved to be.
After greetings and refreshments the party was taken in
automobiles to the home of William Snyder, on East Fifth Street,
where it was entertained by another member of the class, Mrs.
Anna Snyder Mausteller. Prof, and Mrs. Jenkins, among oth-

cessful reunions,

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ers,

At

joined the party here, where a delightful evening

time twenty-six

this

members

of the

class

was spent.
were reported

present.

Saturday morning the class met

in

its

appointed place,

where two more members were announced as present. After
the transaction of some business the class adjourned to meet at
the close of the Alumni Dinner, at which time reports were had
from those present and letters read from the absent ones.
Ida
Bell Preston was reported in a letter from her husband to be
helpless and unconscious from a stroke she suffered sixteen
months ago.
The class adjourned at 5:30 to the home of Melle Long
Dickson, in Berwick, where the hostess served an elaborate buffet luncheon, and the evening was spent in reminiscing and
singing.

This was not an unusual reunion, for a similar program had
been carried out each time the class met in the past. A wonderful class spirit prevails and a corresponding loyalty to the
old school.
The success of the reunions has been due largely
to the interest and enthusiasm of a group of Bloomsburg girls,
members of the class, aided and abetted by Miss Low and Mrs.

Dickson.

The members

of the class

who were

present were

:

D. L.

Glover, Mifflinburg; James Maurer, N. G. Cool and Belle Monic

Marne Schoch McKelvy, Ida BernMoyer White, and Anna Snyder Mausteller, all of Bloomsburg; Elfreda Barnes Gottschall,
and Emma Fisher Thomas, both of Harrisburg; Maggie Brennan, Shenandoah; Nan Silvia Coughlin, and Grace A. Leacock,
Jones,

all

of Philadelphia;

hard, Stella Lowenburg, Lucetta

both of Kingston; Alice Donley, Wilkes-Barre; J. 0. Felker, of
Lewistown; Ellen Geiser Seip, Easton; Hattie Hoffa Ruhl, Lewisburg; Flora Jones Fetterolf, Pottsville; M. A. Kline, Cheyenne,

Wyoming; William

R. Lewis, Scranton; Melle

Long Dickson, of

Berwick Elizabeth A. Low, Lime Ridge Emma Patton Connelly, Spokane, Washington; Jeremiah Reeder, Shamokin; N. H.
;

;

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Sanner, Pittsburgh; Adelle Shaffer Broughal!, Reading; George

Emma

A. Spangler, Milroy;

Donley

Allie

address

is

Felty, Abilene, Kansas.

Her

a teacher in the Wilkes-Barre schools.

187 Stanton

is

Witmer

Street.

Jere Reeder has retired, and

now

is

living in

Elfreda Barnes (Mrs. Edwin H. Gottschall)

Shamokin, Pa.
lives

at

647

South 29th Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas

B.

Main

(Emma W. Murphy), whose

home is in Tryon, North Carolina, expects to spend
summer in California and some of the National Parks.
winter

W.

L.

Williams

is still

capably

0. Felker

J.

Emma
address

is

is

M.

Sites

720 North

in

in the real estate

His address

is

is

position as County
Madera, California.

filling his

Superintendent of Schools, and lives

Lewistown, Pa.

the

and insurance business

Room

a grade teacher

9,

in

Houck

in

Building.

Harrisburg, Pa.

Her

Sixth Street.

Flora B. Jones (Mrs. L. M. Fetterolf) lives at 903 West
Market Street, Pottsville, Pa.
Mrs. Fetterolf’s husband is Pastor of one of the Reformed churches in that city.

Mrs. Isabella Monie Jones lives at 733 Concord

Drexel

Hill,

Avenue,

Pa.

1888
Margaret Petty (Mrs. Herbery D. Beatty)
ettstown,

New

Harvey
at

I.

lives

in

Hack-

Jersey.

Crow

Bethlehem, Pa.

is

Pastor of the Bethany Reformed Church

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1890
Jennie D. Kline

high school at

is

head of the English Department
City, Pa.
Her address is 301

Mahanoy

in

the

West

Mahanoy Avenue.

Hayman is Librarian and teacher of Latin, French,
and English History in the Turbotville Vocational
School.
She has returned four times to Bloomsburg for postgraduate work, and has also taken courses at Penn State, Susquehanna University, and Cornell University.
Miss Hayman’s
Eleanor

Biology

address

is

Box 169,

Turbotville, Pa.

1891
The class of 1891 had seven of its members back in reMembers were Edward
union and they had a splendid time.
:

J.

Gormley, Hazleton; Frank A. McGuigan, Wilkes-Barre; J. P.
Dimmich, Mt. Carmel; W. B. Sut-

Costello, Hazleton; Elizabeth
liff,

Jennie M. Sheep, Bloomsburg; Margaret Sullivan Meyers,

Lewistown.

Frank A. McGuigan

is

practicing law in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

1893
Miss Alice Fenner,

who

lives at

2029 Highland Street,
home after spending

Allentown, Pa., has just returned to her
the winter in Florida.

Martha Powell

is

secretary of the White Milling

Company,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

1894
J.

Howard

His address

is

Patterson

is

practicing law in Philadelphia, Pa.

the Real Estate Building in that city.

Louis L. Ansart, Counselor at Law, specializing

in

patent

announces the removal of his offices to
the Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York City.

and trade-mark

cases,

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Mildred D. Birton (Mrs. John Vought)

primary grades

43

is

teacher of

the

at Mainville, Pa.

Harry G. Dechant passed away February 9, 1931, after an
operation.
After graduation from Bloomsburg, he attended
Princeton University, and was graduated from that institution.

became Vice-President of the Monroe Calculating MaCompany. About ten years ago, he left that company,
and was very successful in building up the Health Production
Corporation.
He was a resident of Maplewood, New Jersey, at
Later he

chine

the time of his death.

1895
Nina Tague (Mrs. H. A. Frantz)
J.

Mrs. Frantz

is

Temperance Union
E. P.

of

State President
of the State of

lives in

of the

New

Moorestown, N.

Woman’s

Christian

Jersey.

Heckert has been Supervising Principal of the schools

Mauch Chunk

for the past sixteen years.

Mauch Chunk

that the following teachers in

Mr. Heckert writes
are

Bloomsburg

graduates and that they are giving excellent service: Mary F.
Bevan, ’09; Laura Smith, 00; Charles W. Keller,
10, and
Elizabeth Ransom, ’23.

1896
The class of 1896, holding its 35th year reunion, had 14
members back and they renewed school day acquaintances
and told of members unable to return to the reunion.
Present
were: G. J. Thomas, Clark’s Green, Pa.; Gertrude Morse, Mary
of

its

Coxe, Mt. Carmel; Jennie Rossar, East Orange, N. J.
Myrtle
Swartz VanWie, Burdett, N. Y. Millie Seely Thomas, Berwick;
;

;

Mabel Yost Hall, Pittston; Elizabeth McKane Campbell, Wyoming; Vida Bowman Drum, Kingston; Harriet F. Carpenter and
Helen F. Carpenter, Bloomsburg; Bertha Kelly, Scranton.
Eleanor

L.

Quick (Mrs. H. A. Walters)

lives

in

Gallup,

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New

Mexico.

son, near her

Mrs. Walters

is

principal of the school at Gib-

home.

Florence A. Lins (Mrs D. W. Ardt) lives at 202 Madison
Avenue, Lock Haven, Pa.
Mrs. Arndt states: “Memories of
the days spent at B. S. N. S. back in 1895-1896 are some of
my most pleasant ones.”
Dr.

J.

Warren Shuman

is

a successful physician at Jersey

Shore, Pa.

1899
A. R.

McHenry holds

address

is

295 Voorhees Avenue,

Anna Sandoe Hake
schools of Atlantic City.

Edward

F.

Brent

is

is

as General
employed.
His

a responsible position

whom

Purchasing Agent for the firm by

he

is

Buffalo, N. Y.

a teacher in the sixth grade in the

Her address

is

1

49

St.

James Place.

Postmaster at Lewistown, Pa.

1900
Blanche Letson (Mrs. H.
of the

Mrs.
of

Bloomsburg

MacAmis

faculty,

assists

C.

MacAmis), a former member

lives

her husband,

Tusculum College, located

in

Greeneville,

who

is

Tennessee.

Assistant Treasurer

in Greeneville.

Kuhns is Secretary of the Milton Trust and Safe DeCompany. He lives in West Milton, Pa.

B. B.

posit

1901
There were 5 members of the class of 1901 back for their
30th year reunion and they had a great time throughout the day,
many of the members being on hand for the opening of the pro1

gram

at

9:00

o’clock.

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Those attending were: Miss Augusta B. Henkelman, Mount
Md. Miss Harriet A. Bittenbender, Berwick; Adele Alt-

Rainier,
miller,

;

Burkhardt, Hazleton; Mrs.

R. Kohr, Richland;

J.

Thomas Joseph, Wilkes-Barre; Miss Hadassa

F.

liamsport; Mrs. Alice Roderick, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs.

Mary

Balliet, Wil-

Mary Shoe-

maker Valentine, Wilkes-Barre; Adele

G. Altmiller, Hazleton;

Arthur Lowry, Port Washington,

H. Maust, Bloomsburg;

L.

I.

;

J.

Miss Genevieve L. Bubb, Williamsport; Lela
field,

liamsport; Mrs. M.

J.

Miles, Kingston; Mrs.

Madsen, Plain-

Reddington, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. John M.
Joseph V. Donnelly, Wilkes-Barre.

Harriet A. Bittenbender

Her address

wick.

dress

S.

N. J.; Dr. A. E. Fagan, Hazleton; Blanche P. Balliet, Wil-

is

1

is

teacher of

308 Market

Mary M. MacFarlane is teaching
is 37 South Laurel Street.
Lela M. Shultz (Mrs. Ingfred T.

Hillside

Avenue,

first

grade

in

Ber-

Street.

in

Hazleton, Pa.

Madsen)

Her ad-

lives at

1046

Plainfield, N. J.

Gertrude M. Follmer (Mrs. Arthur T. Lowry) lives at 10
Madison Avenue, Port Washington, Long Island, New York.
Mrs. Lowry sends us the following item, which shows how
Bloomsburg alumni keep old friendships alive: “Mrs. Jesse Y.
Glenn (Mary Albert), of 55 Park Avenue, Bloomfield, N. J.,
entertained at luncheon and bridge April 18, 1931: Miss Edith
Curtis, ’99, Westfield, N. J.
Miss Ada Harrison, ’02, Newark,
N. J.; Lela Shultz (Mrs. I. T. Madsen), ’01, Plainfield, N. J.,
and Gertrude Follmer (Mrs. A. T. Lowry), 01 and 03, Port
Washington, Long Island.
These five loyal alumnae meet several times during the year, usually for luncheon and a show in
New York.”
;

1902
Genevieve

L.

Bubb

is

teacher of Art

in the

Stevens Junior

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46

High School, Williamsport, Pa.
Alice Melvin (Mrs. B. Eichholzer) lives in Forest City, Pa.

Mary

E. Francis (Mrs. G. H. Gendall)

lives

at

Rockville

Center, N. Y.

1903
M.

H. Walter Riland

is

Executive Secretary of the Bedford Y.

His address

is

1280

C. A.

Pacific Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

1904
Dr. A. K. Aldinger

schools
Street.

of

New York

Dr. Aldinger

is

Director of Health Education in

City.
is

address

His

recalled

the

157 East 67th
the coach of many

is

by many as
by him during the

successful athletic teams developed

thirteen

years that he spent at Bloomsburg.

W. Ray Helwig
eapolis, Minn.

lives

at

3709

Pillsbury

Mr. Helwig writes: “If any of

Avenue, Minn-

my

old friends

happen through Minneapolis, I wish they would call Colfax
6171.
While I am away from home a big part of the time, it
might be possible that
H. E. Rawlinson

I

is

could get

touch with them.”

in

President

of the

Institute

Education, with headquarters at 715 South Park

Los Angeles, California.

This information

has,

of

Musical

View

Street,

besides

the

main conservatory, thirty-two branches in Los Angeles, a hundred in other cities and towns in California, one branch in
Alaska, five in Arizona, one in Colorado, five in Oregon, six in
Mr. Rawlinson
Washington, one in Hawaii, and two in Japan.
Alumni
California,
you
know
of
any
we might
writes: “If
in
Inasmuch as the successful meeting in
have a reunion here.”
Philadelphia has already furnished the inspiration for the forma-

would be a good time for
any knowing of any other

tion of other local organizations, this

any Alumni

living in California, or

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Alumni

living in that state, to

47

communicate with Mr. Rawlinson.

1906
The

class of

1906, holding

its

bers back for a wonderful day.
class

meeting

in

silver reunion,

As

in all class

has 41

mem-

reunions,

the

which members told of what they had been

was an outstanding feature. Among those attending
Anne L. Evans, Maude Evans, Adeline Williams, Nora Gaffney, Mary Mitchel Beau, Lu Breddinger Mershon, R. Bruce Albert, Grace Bonham, Aleta Bom'boy Englehart,
John E. Shambach, W. R. Girton, Anna Barr Schuioll, Laura
Weiser, Cottie Meiser, Laura Aurand Witmer, Clara Coughlin
doing,

were:

Eliie Dietrick,

Roselle,

Amy

Levan, Ethel

Groff Spangler, John

Maxwell, Hazel

B.

Marion

Allen,

Shambach and Myrtle Longenberger Mes-

sersmith.

Myrtle Longenberger (Mrs. C. P. Messersmith)
1813 Pennsylvania Street, Allentown, Pa.

Laura Aurand (Mrs. M. W. Witmer)
Street,

lives at

1

at

lives

78 Main

Trappe, Pa.

Honora M. Gaffney

where she

lives in Steelton, Pa.,

is

em-

ployed as a supervising clerk.

Elwell P. Dietrick

gineering

is

Secretary of the Penn

Electrical

En-

Company, Scranton, Pa.

Maude Evans is teaching
109 West Taylor Street.

Her address

in Taylor, Pa.

W. Raymond Girton is Assistant Superintendent of
Company, and is located at
East Fall

ternational Salt
Ithaca, N. Y.

1

1

1

is

the InStreet,

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48

Adeline Williams

is

teacher of eighth grade in Scranton, Pa.

1907
Blanche Westbrook (Mrs. Newton C. Fetter) lives at 335
Her husband, a Baptist
Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mass.
Minister,

is

charged with the welfare of the Baptist students in
Mr. and Mrs. Fetter have two children: Emily,

Greater Boston.
a Junior

W.,

in

in

the

Cambridge High and Latin School and Edmund

the seventh grade.

Sadie Rush Moyer (Mrs. John R. MacCulloch) lives at

Main

following,

now

New Jersey.
which we pass on to

Street, Lodi,

to plan for our reunion next year.

Let us

1

78

MacCulloch writes the
her classmates: “Let us start
Mrs.

show our Alma Mater some

Where

of the

is

our secretary?

loyalty

we

tried

to

show years ago.”
E. Louise Jolly

is

a teacher in the high school at Alameda,

California.

Helen Wardell
Street,

(Mrs. A. B.

Eister)

lives at

409 Union

Warsaw, Indiana.

1908
The class of 1908 was well represented at the Philadelphia Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni meeting, by the
following members, some of whom hadn’t seen each other for
23 years, thus making it a very real reunion to them: Dariom
Maurer, Charles Maurer, Tom Francis, Carrie Gray Hurley, Flora
Miller Anderson, Bill Rarich, Martha Herring Bragg, Olive
Major, Willie Morgan Stein, Agnes Burke Kinney, Jennie Yoder
Foley.

Tom Francis helped wonderfully by having all the letters
and songs mimeographed for us, which was a big undertaking
and the Philadelphia organization feels deeply grateful to him
for this service.

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Every member of the 08

Beddall,

attended the

Florence would have liked to have been with us but

banquet.
it

and around Phila-

class living in

delphia with the exception of Florence

49

was impossible

However, we are hoping she can

this year.

be with us next year.
Class songs written in 1908 by Agnes Burke Kinney and
James Cummings were on the song sheet. Mrs. Foley wrote
and revised several of the other songs.
Willie

ganization.

Morgan

Stein

Following

is

an excerpt from a

letter

news of interest about
Wessley Sitler, 1908:

Sitler,

of 1907, with

band,

J.

“Mr.

He

was e'ected Vice-President

of the

or-

Jennie Yoder Foley was elected Secretary.

Sitler

graduated

practiced forestry until

from Jennie Klein
and her hus-

herself

at the University of
1

He

920.

Michigan, 1914.

then returned to teaching

Yuma, Arizona, three years at Flagstaff,
Hollywood for six years.
He is following the line you would expect
Biology.
He likes his work
here very much.
Los Angeles schools are very progressive and
Hollywood is a most ideal location.
The school has an enrollment of about 2000 at present I think. He still loves all the
out-door sports and goes hunting and camping quite often.
The high school boys are just crazy to go out with him.
and taught two years

at

Arizona and has been

I

in

—

finished a degree (A. B.) at the University of Southern

California

and

am

Fve been teach-

about to complete a M. A.

ing Social Science in the Junior High School in Los Angeles for

seven years.”
Mr. and Mrs.

Sitler’s

address

is

1915 Catalina

Street, Los

Angeles, California.

Mary Louise Moore
Mary’s address

is

1

am always
my dues.”

says, “I

Quarterly and wish to keep up

glad to receive the

029 Munroe Avenue,

Scranton, Pa.

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50

A

letter

“I

from James

do not deserve

persistent in learning
forts should

E.

to

my

Cummings

states:

be discovered,’ but you have been so
whereabouts that I believe your ef-

be rewarded, so here

I

am

James E. Cummings,
Department of Education
National Catholic Welfare Conference

Washington, D. C.
I

should like very

may have

much

any information you

to receive

about former classmates and especially those

living in or near

Washington.

hope

I

be able

to

who

are

to attend our

next class reunion.

Thanking you for discovering me,

I

am.

Sincerely yours,

JAMES

E.

CUMMINGS,
Statistician.

Three members of the

908

1

twenty-fifth anniversary of their

have sons who

will finish their

Row

Hazel

Creasy, a

1

this

own

who
high

are celebrating the

school

high school courses

906 graduate

High School, has a son Edwin

same school

class

Row

graduation

this

of the

month.

Bloomsburg

Creasy graduating from the

June.

Jennie Yoder Foley, a 1906 graduate of Mt. Carmel High
School, has a son,

Edward

L. Foley,

graduating from the Frank-

ford High School, Philadelphia, on June 23rd.
Willie

School

in

Morgan

Stein

who graduated from Bloomsburg High
Jr., who finishes his

1906, has a son Vincil G. Stein,

high school course at the West Philadelphia High School

month

this

also.

Mrs. Willie

Morgan

Stein,

Chairman Reunion Committee.
Per Jennie Yoder Foley.

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
In the

March

issue of the

QUARTERLY, we had

who was

an item

awarded the degree
Temple University. It was stated

regarding Charles Maurer,
of Doctor of Education at
that Mr.

51

recently

Maurer was a member of the

We

1909.

class of

mediately received protests from members of the class of
saying that he was a

we

member

On

of their class.

1

im-

908,

consulting the

Maurer was graduated from the Regular Normal Course in 908, and from the College Preparatory
It therefore seems that both classes share in
Course in 1909.
records,

find that Mr.
1

the honors.

1909
Geraldine Hess (Mrs. George E.

grades one and two

umbia County.

in the

Her address

Dr. Scott R. Fisher

is

Follmer)

teacher

is

of

Sugarloaf Consolidated School, Colis

Benton, Pa., R. D. 4.

Assistant Surgeon in the Crouse Irv-

ing Hospital, Syracuse, N. Y.

In a recent issue of the

QUARTERLY we

an an-

printed

nouncement of the marriage of Mary F. Bevan. We have been
informed by a friend of Miss Sevan’s that this event did not take

we

place;

name

is

therefore apologize

mentioned elsewhere

teacher in the schools of

for the

Mauch Chunk,

Bevan’s

Miss

error.

in this issue as

being a successful

Pa.

1910
John Sweir, Attorney-at-Law,
Louella

S.

Burdick

Crown Point Road,
subscription to the

(Mrs.

is

L.

located at McAidoo, Pa.

H.

Sinquett)

lowing comment: “What has happened to the class of

mentioned
cause they havn’t made good
that they are rarely

208

lives at

New Jersey. In renewing
QUARTERLY, Mrs. Sinquett makes the
Westville,

in

the

their

QUARTERLY ?
pledges

for

the

her
fol-

1910,

Is it

be-

Trophy

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52

Room?

Come

on, classmates

H. C. Fetterolf
in the

is

Sara

40 North 27th

is

Lewis

F.

Her address

in

is

go!”

first

Public
Hill,

grade

in

26 East Pettebone
1911

is

members

Camp

Street,

teacher of

Forty Fort

Thirty-three

Let’s

State Department of

Pennsylvania

His address

—

State Director of Agricultural Education
Instruction.

Pa.

Forty Fort,

Pa.

Street.

of the class of 1911 of the Blooms-

burg State Teachers College, many of them accompanied by
wives or husbands not members of the class so that the group
totalled 50,
licious
It

met

in

reunion at the Wimodausis Club where a de-

dinner was served.

was the second time

met in reunion the
They met for the first at

that the class has

night before College Alumni Day.

such a dinner five years ago.

One member

New

of the class, Mrs. Ethel Fairchild, of Elmira,

York, had her daughter as a guest and 16 members were

Two other classes
accompanied by their husbands or wives.
Fred W. Diehl, of 1909,
were represented at the reunion.
whose wife was formerly Miss Pearl Fitch, of 11; the former
Miss Ethel Creasy, of 09, whose husband, D. D. Wright, is a
member of the reunion class and the former Miss Georgia McHenry, 10, whose husband, Abe Sharadin, of Ford City, is a
member

of the 1911 class.

One member

of the class,

Jennie

Harrison

Keefer,

Wilkes-Barre, reported that her father, T. B. Harrison of
Hall,

of

Town

would attend the 50th reunion.
The invocation was given by Mrs. May Chamberlain Sher-

man, an ordained minister of the gospel who conducted an evMrs. Sherman resides
angelist campaign in Berwick last year.
in

Scranton.

The evening was spent
of his or her

life

in brief talks,

ported the number of children,

each

member

telling

Each married member rewith honors in that department

since graduating.

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going to Sharadin

who

is

The following men
class,

responded:

Earl

the father of eight.

the

attendance, not

in

Arthur

Cortright,

Ranck, Fred W. Diehl, Karl
ich.

53

Twenty members of
Alumni Room Fund.

E. Keefer,

John

members
Fairchild,

S.

of

the

Dayton

Helt and Mr. Rar-

the class have already contributed to

and a firm
and extended a hearty welcome.
Those attending the dinner were Mrs. Anna Kline Kocher. Espy; Mr. and Mrs. Karl E. Keefer, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson Lanterman, Mrs. Mathilda Bush White, Bioomsburg; Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Baker, Muncy; Mr. and Mrs. George
B. Landis, Rock Glen; Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Diehl, Dr. and Mrs.
D. B. McHenry, Danville; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Foust, Sunbury;
Mrs. Irene Campbell Getty, Muncy; Mrs. Mae Chamberlain
Sherman, Scranton Miss Elizabeth A. White, Bloomsburg Mrs.
Edna Lewis Robinson, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cortright,
Shickshinny; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Helt, Berwick; Mr. and Mrs.
George H. Ferris, Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. Myrtle Rice Singley,
Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Ranck, Mrs. Anette Osborn Frantz, Luzerne; Mr. and Mrs. Rarich, Miss Jennie Barklie, Ashley; Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Sharadin, Ford City; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fairchild and daughter, Elmira, New York; Mr. and Mrs. C. K. McDonald, Mrs. Pauline Harper, Bloomsburg; Miss Lydia Koehler,
Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the College

friend of Alumni,

dropped

in

:

;

;

;

Scranton; Mrs. Margaret Yost, Hazleton;

Miss Ethel

Paisley,

Treweek Watkins, Nesquehoning; Ralph H. Smoyer, Bloomsburg; Miss Ruth Harris, Berwick; Mrs. Elsie Winter
Stevens, Tunkhannock; Donald Ikeler, Peekskill, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Wright, Bloomsburg.
Mrs. Laura

Eighteen hours after death claimed Joseph H. Fitch, father
of Mrs. Fred
Diehl, passed

W.

Diehl, of Danville, Mr. Diehl’s

and both made
and Mrs. Fred W. Diehl.

71

father,

Alfred

Mr. Diehl was aged 80 years, Mr. Fitch
their home with Superintendent of Schools

away.

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54

The

class of

1911, opening with a dinner, had their num-

ber augmented some and

in all

41

members of the class were
was one of the first to hold a

back for the reunion.
This class
dinner on the night preceding Alumni Day, adding that feature
to their reunion in 926.
Those attending were
Bessie Ashe Naunas, Matilda Bush White, Bloomsburg;
Harold F. Baker, M. D., Muncy; C. Merrill Boust, Sunbury; Jennie Barklie, Ashley; Rev. C. Carroll Bailey, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. Mae Chamberlain Sherman, Scranton; Irene Campbell
1

Getty,

Muncy;

Dr. Carlton Creasy, Wilkes-Barre; Edith

DeLong

Frank Dennis, Kingston; Elizabeth Ferguson Lanterman, Miriam Hess McDonald, Bloomsburg; Pearl
Fitch Diehl, Danville; Mary Ferris, Dickson City; George H.

Tyson, Millersburg;

J.

Ferris, Jr., Bridgeport,

Barre;

Conn.; Jennie Harrison Keefer, Wilkes-

Louisa Hartman Cortright, Shickshinny;

Fairchilds, Elmira, N. Y.

Peekskill, N. Y.

Anna

;

;

Ruth

Harris,

Kline Kocher,

Berwick
Espy;

;

Hower

Ethel

Donald
Lydia

Ikeler,

Koehler,

Scranton; George B. Landis, Rock Glen; Edna Lewis Robinson,

Milwaukee, Wis.
Miller,

Niagara

;

D. B.

McHenry, M.

Falls, N. Y.

;

D., Danville;

Bruce Mather,

Benton;

Elverta

I.

Annette

Osborn Frantz, Luzerne; Ethel Paisley, Nesquehoning; Myrtle
Rice Singley, Irene Snyder Rauch, Lewisburg; Katherine Stunz
Rarich, Berwick; A. J. Sharadin, Ford City; Margaret Simmons
Yost, Hazleton; Pauline Sharpless Harper, Bloomsburg; Blair
Shaffer, Gravity; Laura Trench Watkins, Nesquehoning; Elizabeth A. White, Bloomsburg; Jennie Whitmire Helt, Berwick;
Elsie Winter Stevens, Tunkhannock; D. D. Wright, Bloomsburg.
Two men attended the reunion who had been members of
the class during the first two years but who did not graduate
with them, namely, Ralph H. Smoyer and Charles K. McDonald,
Bloomsburg.
Also the following husbands and wives of members of the

Muncy; Mrs. C. M. Boust, of
Sunbury; Mrs. Carlton Creasy, Wilkes-Barre; Ralph Tyson,
Millersburg; Mrs. J. Frank Dennis, Kingston; Fred W. Diehl,
class attended: Mrs. H. F. Baker,

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55

Mrs. George H. Ferris, Bridgeport,

Danville;

Conn.; Karl

Arthur

Earl Cortright, Shickshinny;

Keefer, Wilkes-Barre;

Fairchilds, Elmira, N. Y.

;

E.
C.

Rock Glen;

Mrs. George B. Landis,

Mrs. D. B. McHenry, Danville; Mrs. Bruce Mather, Benton; Dayton Ranck, Lewisburg

Sheldon

;

Rarich, Berwick

J.

;

Mrs. A.

Sharadin, Ford City; James Watkins, Nesquehoning;
Helt,

John

J.

S.

Berwick; Mrs. D. D. Wright, Bloomsburg.

Members of
The total number

the class brought with

them

thirteen children.

of persons attending the reunion

Pauline Snarpless Harper

is

teaching

in

the

was 76.
schools,

of

Bloomsburg, Pa.

dress

Ruth Harris is teaching
is
324 Market Street.

grades

in

Margaret R. Gaffney (Mrs. William

J.

in the

Berwick.

Her ad-

1

March 24, 1931. She
and three daughters.
Paul

Z.

Hess

is

George Ferrio,

Mary

is

survived by her

Reagan) died on
husband, two

sons

a clerk in the Post Office at Bloomsburg, Pa.

Jr., is

practicing law in Bridgeport, Conn.

G. Ferrio lives at

643 Main

Street,

Dickson City, Pa.

1912
Laura Williams is teaching in the Roosevelt School, Detroit,
She is living at the Savarine Hotel, 13115 East

Michigan.

Jefferson Avenue.

Louise

New York

W.

City.

Vetterlein

is

Frankie Elizabeth Davis
School at

teaching English to foreigners

Her home address

Red Bank,

N.

J.

is

is

in

Paupack, Pa.

a teacher

Her address

is

in the
1

3

1

Junior

High

Hundson Avenue.

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56

1913
John Bakeless, son of Prof, and Mrs. 0. H. Bakeless of
Its title is “Magazine Making.”
town, has just had his third book published.

The book deals with the whole process
ing as the author has seen

it

of magazine

mak-

through ten years of experience on

and monthlies, especially the Living Age,
was successively literary editor, managing editor,
”
and editor; the Independent, for which he was literary “scout;
and the Forum, of which he was managing editor.
It is based
on lectures dealing with magazine making, which he began in
1928, at the request of the late James Melvin Lee, Director of
the Department of Journalism at New York University.
It describes the work of the editor, the relation of editor and author,
the economics and finances of magazine making, the problems
the leading weeklies

of which he

of the publisher, the problems of the printer as the editor must

know them, methods

of promoting magazine circulation,

and the
is based

magazine
This last
on the author’s own newspaper Aperience and his experience
in directing the publicity campaigns of the Forum magazine for
two years. There are many amusing anedotes.
editor’s dealing with

newspapers.

The book has some 300 pages, including
grams, type tables and an appendix.

Viking Press,

Next War,”

in

New

York,

1926.

who

The

It

is

also published

price

is

illustrations, dia-

by the
“The Origin of the
published

$3.00.

The writer has had the collaboration of many distinguished
and famous publications, including Professor H. B.

authorities

Rathbone, chairman of the Department of Journalism, New
York University, and members of the staffs of the Atlantic
Monthly, Forum, Conde Nast publications. Outlook, New Republic, Harper’s, the Curtis publications, the London Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the
New York Nation, the Ullstein Verlag, of Berlin, Germany and
the Quinzaine Critique, of Paris.

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY

57

It

is

dedicated to Dean LeBaron Russell Briggs, of Har-

It

is

the author’s third

vard.

Causes of Modern

War was

book.

His

Economic

the

first,

1921, under the auspices of the Department of Political Science, Williams College,

where
ing

published

in

was awarded the $500 David A. Wells

it

prize.

“The Origin of the Next War’’ was published by the VikPress, New York and Jonathan Cape, London, in 1926.

The book

is

not written in a technical style.

It is

design-

ed to interest the general reader, the high school or college student, the high school or college teacher in charge of amateur
publications, as well as the professional journalist.
It is

the

first

book ever written on magazine production.

Catharine Richardson (Mrs. L. Boor) lives at

Fourth Avenue, Roselle,

New

313 West

Jersey.

1915

A

daughter was born April 23

Danville, to Mr.

and Mrs. Frank

S.

at the Geisinger Hospital,

Hutchison, of

Mrs. Hutchison was formerly Josephine

Esther C. Helfrich

Her address

is

Bloomsburg.

Duy, of Bloomsburg.

a teacher in the Wilkes-Barre schools.

is

239 Dana

I.

Street.

1916

who almost
auditorium
of
the
Methodist
the large
First
Church to ca-

Before a large number of relatives and friends
filled

pacity Sunday, April 6, at

became

8:00

Martha V. Yetter
F. Babcock,
and the double ceremony was
o’clock. Miss

the bride of Harry E. Rider.

pastor of the church, officiated

Rev. Harry

used.

After receiving the best wishes and congratulations of their

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58

motor trip into the South.
Both the bride and groom are graduates of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College and are successful teachers in the local
schools, the bride being a member of the Junior High School
faculty and the groom being principal of the Fifth Street School.
friends they left on a

The 15 year

class,

1916, had 40 members back

the

for

reunion and they had a fine time, spending several hours telling
of

what happened

in their lives since

graduation.

Hilda G. Wosnock is teaching Mathematics and Art in the
Green Vine Junior High School, Hazleton, Pa.
Her address is
565 Lincoln Street. Miss Wosnock received the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Education at New York University, in

October, 1930.
C. F. Schoffstall lives at
ville.

Pa.

1216 West Laurel

Street, Potts-

Mr. Schoffstall received the degree of Master of Arts

from Lehigh University, October
930, and expects
for his doctor’s degree at New York University.
1

,

1

to take

work

Dorothy M.

Fritz lives at

1718 Westmoreland

Street, Phil-

adelphia, Pa.

Helen M. Shaffer (Mrs.
er in the

Bloomsburg

S. C.

Henrie)

is

a substitute teach-

schools.

Ruth N. Fuller (Mrs. Wade W. Gregory)

lives in

Weath-

erly, Pa.

Annie M. Schweppenheiser
413 Walnut Street.

is

a teacher in

Berwick.

She

lives at

Olive Marie Aucker (Mrs. 0. Hoyt Glaze)

Watsontown, Pa.

is

teaching

in

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59

1917

An

unusual tribute to a well liked teacher was expressed

Friday evening, April 24th, by the pupils of Lime Ridge schools

and the people of the town when a fare-well party was given
Mrs. Bulla has been
to Mrs. Harold Bulla, (Helen E. Lord).
teacher in the grade school at Lime Ridge for ten years and has
She will leave after this term.
been efficient and well liked.
The party was marked by many verbal expressions of appreciation for her services during the ten years and she was presented with a chest of silver.

1918
Miriam
grades
Pa.

in

E. Welliver

the

Mahoning Consolidated School, Montour County,

home

Miss Welliver’s

Jennie

Ralph
phia, Pa.

surgeon

W. Longshore
L.

He

teacher of the seventh and eighth

is

Hart
is

address

is

lives at

is

Catawissa, Pa.

teacheing

in

Shamokin, Pa.

5442 Woodland Avenue,

Philadel-

conducting a successful practice as a dental

in that city.

1919
Kathryn Walborn

(Mrs.

J.

Forrester

Labagh)

lives

in

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Rhoda Crouse is a teacher
is 1318 Orange Street.

in the

Berwick schools.

Her

address

1920
Elizabeth Marchetti

is

teacher of the primary grades

in

Nuremberg, Pa.
Evelyn Wagner (Mrs. L. R. Grover) is editor of the Hardy
County News, a weekly newspaper published in Hardy County,
West Virginia.

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Jeanne Stroh (Mrs. James Walsh)

Ronald Kehler
Miriam Kehler

is

is

lives in Harrisburg, Pa.

Principal of schools in Lavelle, Pa.

Supervisor of Penmanship

in

Butler

Town-

ship, Pa.

LeRoy W. Creasy

is

private secretary of A.

torney-at-Law, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Mr. Creasy lives

W. Duy,
in

At-

Espy, Pa.

1921

The class of 1921 made contributions to both the Worthy
Student Fund and the Alumni Room Fund, had 50 members
Those attending were: Emma Saltzer Ratzburg, Ringtown; Mrs. Samilla Herman Garey, Scranton; Marion Hobbes
Rheinhart, Wilkes-Barre; Mary R. Gilroy, Wilkes-Barre; M. T.
Shaffer, Wilkes-Barre; Angeline Evans Beaver, Scranton; Lillian Nelson Yerkes, Honesdale; Lucille Shaffer Kile, Rohrsburg;
back.

Chloe McKinstry Cole, Bloomsburg;

Olive

Scott,

Kingston;

Hester E. Henrie, Mifflinville; Helen Eisenhauer Kocher, Mifflinville;

Lillie

Breisch Moser, Margaret Manhart, Berwick;

Ada

Margaret Hines, Berwick; Alice M. McDonnell,
West Collingswood, N. J.; Mickey McShea Kester, Danville;
Mildred Trevorton Zeigler, Hazleton; Clara E. Fisher, Mahanoy
City; Ruth Koch, Hazleton; Lillie Breisch Moser, Ringtown;
Behr, Lopez;

Eleanora Shannon Kaiser, Pottsville; Anna Swanberry, Alden
Station; Margaret Baldouski,

Wyoming;

Mrs. Cecil A. O’Rourke

of Hazleton.

Helen M. Welliver is teacher of Social Studies in the BerHer address is 235 West Second Street.
wick High School.
Miss Welliver was graduated from Bucknell University, with the
degree of Bachelor of Science

Anna Swanberry

is

in

Education,

in

June, 1930.

teaching in Wanamie, Pa.

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is

Ruth I. Gerhard
79 Norman Place.

is

teaching

in

Tenafly, N.

61

Her address

J.

Lucille Shaffer (Mrs. Willard Kile) lives in Rohrsburg, Pa.

Emma

Seltzer (Mrs. Herbert E. Ratzburg) lives in Ring-

town, Pa.
Miss Elenora Shanno was married three years

ago

to j.

703 West Market

Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser live at

Allen Kaiser.

Street, Pottsville, Pa.

Camilla

Herman

(Mrs. Cecil Sharp

Garey)

lives at

810

Madison Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

demy

Mabel Kraft (Mrs. Manuel Peniche) lives at 30-93 AcaStreet, Astoria, Long Island City, New York.
Lawrence R. Cherrington

tate business in

Lillian

is

in the

Insurance and Real Es-

Bloomsburg.

M. Nelson (Mrs. Carl

J.

Yerkes)

lives in

Honesdale,

Pa.

Mae

D.

McShea (Mrs. Ray Kester)

is

living in

Danville,

Mr. and Mrs. Kester have a daughter, born February 15,

Pa.

1931.

1924
Mr. and Mrs. Rutter

L. Keller (Alice

Williams) entertain-

ed at a dinner and musical Wednesday evening. May 6, at their
home on Pine Street. The event marked the observance of
their fifth anniversary.

Miss Clair Lowenberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Lowenberg, of Fourth Street, chemist at the Post Graduate Hos-

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62

New

pital.

York, for the past four years, has been awarded a

scholarship at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

*

Miss Lowenberg is a graduate of Bloomsburg High School,
Bloomsburg State Teachers College and State College. The
scholarship was awarded on recommendation of the head of the
laboratory of the hospital and is in connection with a student
exchange between the two countries.

The academic year at the University of Zurich begins in
the middle of October and Miss Lowenberg will go to Europe
several weeks before that time.
She plans to specialize in
chemistry.

Lawson

Miss Miriam

schools of Bloomsburg, Pa.
the class of

1

is

teacher

of

Miss Lawson

grade

sixth
is

also a

in

member

929, having received her Bachelor’s degree

the
of

in that

year.

A

daughter, Sylvia Anne, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Willis

C. Barnes, of

1930.

206 Fox

West Pittston, Pa., on May 24,
remembered by her classmates as

Hill Place,

Mrs. Barnes will be

Anna Singleman.
Ruth Morris
and eighth grades

is

in

teacher of English and Art

in the

seventh

the schools of Luzerne, Pa.

1925
Laura G. Dietrick
N. J.

Her home

is

address

a teacher
is

in

the schools of

Camden,

Espy, Pa.

Helen Barret Baer has been teaching
home in Cambra, Pa.

in

the

Register

School, near her

Martha A. Fisher
is

310 South Front

is

teaching in Sunbury, Pa.

Street.

Her address

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Pearl Poust

is

63

teacher of the upper grades in Orangeville,

Pa.

Esther M. Grim

Tower

City, Pa.

is

teacher of fourth grade in the schools of

Her address

is

341 Wiconisco Avenue.

1926
There were 55 members of the class of 926 back for their
Members were: Theodore Keen, WilkesBarre; Jack Rowlands, Plains; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cooper,
1

five

year reunion.

Coatesville; Mrs. F. E. Mensinger, Orangeville;

Miss Eva Bur-

lingame, Almedia; Irene Rhinard, Orangeville, R. D. 2; Martha
B. Harris, Bloomsburg, R. D. 3
Mabel Davies Turner, Margaret
;

Walker, Glen Lyon; Edith Morris Rowland, Plains; Geraldine Aul Davis, Orangeville; Miriam E. Straub, Espy; La Verne

Phillips

Reese, Nanticoke; Margaret Emmitt Rarig, Bloomsburg; Han-

nah M. Lutz, Sunbury; M. Alma Corman, Rebersburg; Mildred
A. Deitrick, Williamsport; Helen M. Spare, Wilkes-Barre; Grace
E. Vail,

Jermyn;

Henry, Wilkes-Barre; Beryl Ikeler

Lucille P.

Bangs, Bloomsburg; Dorothy Friedman, Luzerne; Elgie Proutz-

man, Shavertown.
Mildred K. Higgins Weidner has been teaching

the

in

schools of Delaware County, Pa.

Miriam R. Straub

is

teaching in the Scott Township

High

School, Espy, Pa.

Irene Rhinard
dress

is

is

teaching near Orangeville, Pa.

Her ad-

Orangeville, R. D. 2.

Margaret R. Isaac

is

teaching in Hazleton, Pa.

Maude Fenstermacher
schools of Catawissa, Pa.

is

teacher of the

fifth

grade

in

the

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64

Alice M. Budd, of
Pa., sailed

on

May

Budd has taught

1

3

1

South Cannon Avenue,

Lansdale,

30, for a two months’ trip to Europe.

for five years in the

Primary grades

Miss

at Lans-

dale, Pa.

Marjorie Davey, of Honesdale, Pa., has been teaching
the schools at

dress

in

Waymart.

Dorothy E. Newman is teaching
is 201 East Mahoning Street.

in Danville, Pa.

Helen Louise Dunn and Allen

Earnhart were married on

L.

Her ad-

Mrs.
1931, and are now living in White Haven, Pa.
Earnhart informs us that she has not yet severed her connec-

January

1

,

tions with the teaching profession.

Mary

K. Leiby (Mrs. Russell A. Fagley) lives in Elysburg,

Pa.

Martha

B. Harris

teaching

is

Her address

bia County.

is

in

Center Township, Colum-

R. D. 3, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Beryl Ikeler (Mrs. Paul L. Bangs) lives on a farm at R. D.
6, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Helen R. Kellam

New

is

teaching

in

Oaklyn,

Camden County,

Jersey.

1927
Eleanor A. Henry

is

Marian A. Marshall
ston.

teaching at Summit

is

a teacher of the

Her Kingston address

Mary

E. Jones

Her address

is

is

is

teacher

Hill,

fifth

Pa.

grade

in

King-

845 Anthracite Avenue.
of

second grade

632 North Main Avenue.

in

Scranton.

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Esther M. Welker

is

65

teaching in Hershey, Pa.

Lena Van Horn has entered John Hopkins Hospital

to pre-

pare herself to become a nurse.
Doris Palsgrove lives at
ville, Pa.,

1

1

and has been teaching

Cathryn Gruber
Keansburg.

teaching

is

Her home

Martha Tasker
is 221 Vine

address

is

in

is

7 North Lehigh Avenue, Frackin the Frackville schools.

first

Mahanoy

and second grades

in

Mc-

City.

teaching third grade in Shamokin.

Her

Street.

1928
Ruth M. Budd of Beach Lake, Pa., and Ralph Schweigho1930.
fer, of Honesdale, were married October 4,
Mrs.
Schweighofer taught for two years in the graded school at Lans-

They are now

dale. Pa.

living in Honesdale.

G. Beatrice Killian has taught for the past three

years in

Union Township, Luzerne County, Pa., and has been elected to
the

same

position for next year.

Miss Killian lives

in

Shick-

shinny, Pa.

Florence Berninger

is

teaching in Mifflinville, Pa.

Marjorie Wallize (Mrs. Francis P.

Shaw Avenue, Lewistown,

Prettyleaf)

Marjorie Vanderslice has been teaching
in

lives at

1

Pa.

in the fifth

grade

Lewisburg, Pa.

The
largest number

class of

1

929, the

1929
baby class

in

reunion, reported the

of any class in reunion, 60.

Among

the

mem-

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bers back were: Agnes Burns, Kingston; Myrtle Hoegg, Hazle-

Mabel Penman, Grace Munrow, Hazleton; Marjorie A.
Hoegg, Hazleton; Robert Davis, Nanticoke; Kenneth E. Yocum, Orangeville; Minnie M. Melick,
Bloomsburg; Elizabeth Archibald, Scranton; Jane B. Evans,
West Pittston; Sara Skidmore, Dubois; Florence Jones, DuBois;
ton;

Eley, Scranton; Marion

Muriel Jones, Eleanor L. Hughes, Wilkes-Barre; Elsie M. Lebo,

Mary

Shaft; Arline Frantz, Trucks ville; Alice Rabuck, Sunbury;
Ross, Sunbury;

Mary Hays, Nescopeck;

Laubach,

Elizabeth

Doris Johnson, Berwick; Alda Cotner, Washingtonville;

Gold, McEwensville

;

Ruth Gardner, Dalton

;

Louise Black,

Erma
Map-

plewood; Lavina K. Crowell, Nanticoke.

Anna Mary Wasley, who has been teaching
37 North Jardin Street, in that city.

in

Shenandoah,

lives at

Ruth

home

Pa.

P.

address

Gardner has been teaching
is

Jane B. Evans is teacher of fourth grade in West
Her address is 460 Tunkhannock Avenue.

Mary A. Hayes
Grace

dress

at Glenburn, Pa.

L.

is

Mumaw

Pittston,

a teacher in the Nescopeck schools.

is

teaching in Hazleton, Pa.

M. Elizabeth Laubach is teaching
is 341 East 10th Street.

Mary

Her

Dalton, Pa.

in

Berwick, Pa.

Alice Ross lives at R. D. 2, Sunbury, Pa.

Her ad-

Miss Ross

has been teaching near Klingerstown, and will teach next year
at Hile’s School, in

Helen Ash
Stillwater.

is

Rush Township.

teaching at Forks, Pa.

Her home address

is

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Lena Serafine

Anna Jones

teaching in Mocanaqua, Pa.

is

is

teaching in Plymouth, Pa.

Cora A. Rabuck
Pearl M. Schell

teaching in Sunbury, Pa.

is

is

Budd

Edith Fay

67

teaching at Nuremberg, Pa.

Northumberland, Pa., and

is

teach-

teacher of third grade in Berwick.

Her

lives in

ing in the Northumberland schools.

Doris Johnson

address

is

is

337 Mulberry

William B. Jones

and

is

Street.

lives at

822 Archbald

teaching in the schools of that

Margaret

Alice

I.

Ethel L.

E.

Wickizer

is

is

Scranton,

teaching at Sterling, Pa.

Veety has been teaching

Moore

Street,

city.

at Mill City, Pa.

teacher of seventh grade

in

the

Nesco-

peck schools.
Gladys Richards
a teacher in the

lives at

Shamokin

1

30 Elm

Street,

Shamokin, and

is

schools.

1930
Mabel Gearhart has been teaching in a rural school near
Her address is Sunbury, Pa., R. D. 3.

Sunbury, Pa.

Alda Kulp
Pa.

is

Her address

teaching in a rural school
in Mifflinburg is

near Mifflinburg,

100 Market

Street.

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68

Lillian

Reese

is

teacher of French and Mathematics in the

high school at Weatherly, Pa.
Belle Foulds has

home

been teaching a

rural

school

near her

at Trevorton, Pa.

Helen M. Morgan

is

teaching

Karleen M. Hoffman
Montandon, Pa.

is

in Danville,

Pa.

teacher of the primary

grades

at

Florence E. Baker has been teaching in the Tunkhannock

Township

schools.

Virginia Cruikshank

grades

in the

is

teacher of

Mt. Union School.

the

third

Her address

is

and fourth
120 North

Franklin Street, Shamokin, Pa.

1931
Robert

C. Wilson, of

Bloomsburg, has been elected teacher

of social studies in the Bloomsburg High School.

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SEPTEMBER,

1931

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
SEPTEMBER, 1931

Vol.32

No. 4

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg,
Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year

H. F.

FENSTEMAKER,

F. H. JENKINS, ’76

’12

-

-

Editor-in-Chief

-

-

Business

-

Manager

NEW CURRICULA ADOPTED
New

Normal Schools and Teachers’
recommended by the Board
of Presidents, and will go into effect September 1, 1931.
The
new curricula are four years in length, and will eventually reThe revision of the
place all of the former two-year curricula.
curricula for the State

Colleges of Pennsylvania have been

curricula of the teacher-training institutions of Pennsylvania,

a part of a

movement going on

all

over the country, resulting

is

in

a lengthening of the period of teacher preparation.

Several years ago, four-year curricula were adopted as the

standard of preparation for teachers in secondary schools, and
teachers of special subjects, such as Commercial subjects. Health

Education, Public School Music, and
this time,

the curricula

schools have been

more years

Home

Economics.

preparing for teachers

two years

to these curricula

in
is

length.

in

Up

to

elementary

The addition of two

a recognition of the fact that the

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2

preparation cf teachers

good

in the

elementary grades should be as

as that of high school teachers.

The

certification requirements in Pennsylvania, for teachers

of elementary schools

demand two

still

years of post-high-school

preparation, and therefore, for the time being, adjustments will

be made, whereby

will

it

be possible for students
two years, and be

attend a

to

allowed to

teacher-training institution for
teach.

The present policy will be to encourage students to take
work before they begin their teaching, and to provide the facilities whereby the four years of preparation may be
four years of

obtained.

The present

surplus of teachers in Pennsylvania

is

a factor

which will encourage many students to remain at the institution
for two more years, thus giving them a better chance to secure
a position after they have graduated.
All of the curricula will

Bachelor of Science

in

carry with them

degree of

the

Education, which the student will receive

at the successful completion of the four-year course.
All students must be graduates of an approved four-year
high school before they will be admitted to begin their college

work.

All of the

provision
in

is

work

made by

is

entirely

on the college

the institution for

making up of

level.

No

deficiencies

These deficiencies must be

the student’s high school course.

made

up before the student will be admitted.

The

raising of

standards of

teacher-preparation will un-

doubtedly result in better public schools,

and

it

will aid greatly

teaching profession, so that it may take its
place by the side of other recognized professions, such as law
in elevating the

and medicine.

Some minor
fall.

When

revisions in the

new

curricula will be

made

this

the curricula have arrived at their permanent form,

they will be published

in the Quarterly.

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SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES
One of the most successful summer sessions in several years
came to a close Friday, July 31. The enrollment for the summer was 401, which number was 84 more than the enrollment
last year.
The increase in enrollment, which came as a surprise
to the authorities at the institution, was paralleled in most of the
other summer schools in the state.
Department of Public Instruction
-all teachers employed
in the public schools of the Commonwealth were enrolled in summer courses at accredited colleges, universities and State Teacher Training institutions in the Commonwealth.
The enrollment of 8,367 teachers in these courses indiReports received

show

in the

that approximately 3

per cent, of

1

1

cates that

3300 more

preparation.

In

teachers than last year sought additional

view of the

industrial depression, State Super-

intendent James N. Rule said that this manifestation
sional zeal

on the part of the teachers was the

of profes-

finest display

of

loyalty to public education in the history of Pennsylvania.

The demand

for better

prepared teachers and the desire on

the part of the teachers to secure higher forms of licenses have

brought about

this large

After September

1,

enrollment,

1932,

all

it is

new

believed.

entrants into the teach-

have four

ing service in the secondary field will be required to

While

years of post high school preparation.
is

not retroactive and does not affect teachers

many

of the teachers

now

in service

who have

this

now

requirement
in

service,

not reached this

making every attempt to meet the new
be required of beginning teachers.

level of preparation are

level

which

will

While the State does not require four years of professional
elementary field, hundreds of

preparation for teachers in the

teachers have returned to the State Teachers’
tinue their preparation to this

Beginning teachers of

new

art,

Colleges to con-

level.

music,

home economics, com-

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mercial and physical education, after September
932, will
be required to complete approved four-year curriculums.
Teachers of these special subjects now in service are continuing
1

level to equal the requirements

their preparation to the college

become

1

,

September
932, although the revised
certification regulations do not require it.
The list below shows the enrollments in the Pennsylvania
colleges and universities during the 93 summer session
Liberal arts colleges and universities and number of teachto

effective

1

,

1

1

1

ers enrolled:

Albright College

Allegheny College

Beaver College
Bucknell University

Carnegie Institute of Tech.
Drexel Institute

Duquesne University

7

27
3
186
100
78
523

Elizabethtown College

69

Geneva College

35
53
23

Gettysburg College

Grove City College
Immaculata College
Juniata College
LaSalle College

19

139
14

Lebanon Valley College

108

Lehigh University

Mercyhurst College

26
300
94

Misericordia College

15

Marywood

College

Mount Saint Joseph College
Muhlenberg College

13

320

Rosemont College

3,000
5

College

383

Pennsylvania State College
Seton

Hill

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St.

Thomas College

St.

Francis College

5

30
10

Susquehanna University
Temple University

190
1,001

Thiel College

54

University of Pennsylvania

1

University of Pittsburgh
Villa

3,600

Maria College

12

Villanova College

365

Wash, and Jefferson

Col.

31

Total

State teachers’ colleges

,500

12,441

and number of teachers enrolled

Bloomsburg

401

California

Shippensburg

814
396
308
399
867
255
319
265
340
364

Slippery Rock
West Chester

565
633

Clarion

East Stroudsburg
Edinboro

Indiana

„

Kutztown
Lock Haven
Mansfield

r

Millersville

Total State Teachers Colleges
Tot. Liberal Arts Col.

Grand Total

and Univ.

5,926
12,441

18,367

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Six members of the faculty were on leave of absence with
Five took work in institutions in this
pay during the summer.
country and abroad and one spent the summer traveling.

Howard

F.

Fenstemaker,

of

the

department of foreign

Summer

languages, attended the Inter-Session and

New York
trip

Session

Mrs. Etta H. Keller, training teacher of grade six, took a
conducted under the auspices of Clark University.
Her

travels took her across the Continent to the Pacific Coast,

Alaska, through the

John

C.

Education,

Koch and

at

at

University.

Panama Canal

his

Men and

Koch, Dean of

spent the

to Cuba,

summer

at

up

to

and home.

Director

New York

of

Secondary
Mr.

University.

family had an apartment at Freeport, Long Island.

Miss Ethel E. Shaw, of the English department, took work
Oxford University.
Miss Alice Johnston, teacher of oral expreosion,

Summer

the

Session of the University of Michigan.

Mrs. Kathryn Loose

Education, studied at

W.

of the

Sutliff,

New York
*

Mrs.

attended

*

Clair Hidlay, of

department of Health

University.

*

*

Bloomsburg, taught oral expres-

sion, taking the place of Miss Alice Johnston.
L. P.
ty,

Gilmore, of the Bloomsburg Junior High School Facul-

acted as Dean of

Men

in the

*

A
sion

*

*

reception and dance for the students of the

was

nasium.

*

absence of Dean Koch.

held Thursday evening, June 25,

in the

Summer
college

Ses-

gym-

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The Boston Male Choir appeared Monday evening, July
which delighted a large audience.
This was the
appearance of the Choir in Bloomsburg in the last three

6, in a recital
fifth

years.

*

*

*

*

V. L. Granville, celebrated English actor, appeared in
Dramatic Interludes” Friday evening, July 24.
This was Mr.
Granville’s second appearance in Bloomsburg.
His program
consisted of selections from several great works of dramatic literature, presented with striking costumes, make-up, and lighting effects.

*

*

*

*

Four education forums, led by superintendents of schools
of Bloomsburg, were held during the Summer Ses-

in the vicinity

sion.

The first was held Tuesday morning, June 30, and was led
by Carl L. Millward, superintendent of the Milton schools.
The subject of the discussion was “Personalities.”
On Tuesday, July 7, J. Andrew Morrow, of Towanda, superintendent of the Bradford County schools, spoke on

“A

Larger

Unit of School Administration.”

“What Values Teachers Should
the Hazleton schools, at

Realize

From Supervision”

Thomas, superintendent of
the meeting held Tuesday morning,

was the subject discussed by A.

D.

July 14.

The
er Paul

last of the

Witmeyer,

had as
Shamokin

four meetings, held July 21

superintendent

The subject was “The Schools and
*

*

*

of

the

its

lead-

schools.

the Public.”

*

Athletics played an important part on the

dent activities carried on during

,

the

Summer

program of
Session.

stu-

Two

baseball teams were organized: the “Whiffers,” under the leadership of Nicholas Rudowski,

and the “Breezers,” captained by

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A series of six games was played, four
were won by the “Whiffers.” The rewards of victory
came in the form of a chicken and waffle dinner, served at the
Kocher Hotel, Light Street, Tuesday evening, July 28, at which
time the
Whiffers” were the guests of the “Breezers.”
Edward

Yarashefski.

of which

*

*

*

*

Joseph Yacabonis, of Mahanoy City; Harold Miller, of
Bloomsburg, and Miss Gladys Dildine, of Orangeville, received
their

diplomas for the successful completion of the four year

course for a degree as Bachelor of Science
close of this year’s

Summer

in

Education, at the

Session.

was made by Dean of Instruction W. B. Sutliff, during a brief program which followed a
dinner in the school dining hall Thursday evening, July 30, at
which members of the Board of Trustees, the faculty and day
Mr. Sutliff also read the
students were guests of the College.
names of 2 students who have completed the two year course.
E. H. Nelson had charge of the program for the dinner
which was a fine closing feature of the Summer Session.
The presentation

of the diplomas

1

During the serving of a fine dinner there was group singing
L. P. Gilmore, dean of
under the direction of E. A. Reams.
men, and Miss Bernice, dean of women during the Summer Session,

were introduced.
Dr. Haas, president of the College, gave a farewell talk to

the largest

number

of students to attend

Summer

School here

in

several years.

Students heartily approved the plan of having classes during the term an hour and a half long with no classes on Saturday

mornings.

having

They

also

commented very favorably on

the plan of

a dinner at the close of the term.

The

faculty

Shortens, E. A.

numbers.

quartet,

Reams and

composed of
H. A.

L.

P.

Gilmore,

S.

I.

Andruss, sang some enjoyed

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Following the dinner dancing was enjoyed in the gymnasium with the Maroon and Gold orchestra furnishing the
music.

o

EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED

An

program of improvements to the college
campus will be completed in time for the opening
college on September 8.
The principal projects are the
extensive

buildings and
of the

following

The

old Manual Training rooms in the basement of Noethave been completely refinished with new floors, replastered, and equipped with new lighting fixtures and new furling Hall

niture, to provide a place for the social activities of the various

student groups.

The Domestic Science rooms in the basement of Science
have
been refinished in the same manner, to provide addiHall
tional facilities for the various social activities of the college, es-

pecially for the faculty.

Room A, on the first floor of Carver Hall, has been equipFor many years they
ped to take care of the men day students.
have had inadequate and unsanitary quarters in the basement
The new room is well provided with comnear the gymnasium.
fortable furniture, and will provide a pleasant place for the men
to go between classes.
Room G, the former third grade room in Noetling Hall, has
A new
been refinished for the use of the woman day students.
The
floor has been laid, and this will be covered with linoleum.
kitchenette, and
little room to the east will be furnished as a
The little room to the west will
lunch tables will be provided.
be furnished as an office for Miss Ethel Ranson, Dean of Women
Day

Students.

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The

largest project has been the completion of the improvements in Waller Hall and North Hall.
This project was
begun several years ago.
New wood floors have been laid in
all of the rooms and corridors.
Linoleum has been laid throughout both buildings.
All of the rooms and corridors have been

One

redecorated.
year.

New

floor

has been completely refurnished each

furniture has arrived, to equip about one-third

of

North Hall.

Rugs will be placed in all of the dormitory rooms, and in
most of the administrative offices.
The space formerly used as a playground, lying between
Noetlmg Hall and Science Hall, on the east side of the walk, has
received a covering of top soil, has been seeded, and restored
to

campus.

Many

other parts of the campus have been graded, and im-

proved by the
large

installation of

an adequate drainage system.
A
in concrete walks, steps, and curb-

sum has been expended

ing.

The vacant
ite

lots

on the south side of Second Street, opposgraded, and will furnish a

the long porch, have also been

p’easing addition to the campus.

Another project, carried on by the town of Bloomsburg, is
East Second Street, running along the enworthy of mention.
tire south side of the campus, has been resurfaced as a fine highway leading to the new training school building, and the rapidly
growing “faculty colony” extending two blocks farther to the
east.

The placing of permanent bleachers on the west side of
the gymnasium at the State Teachers College, similar to those
placed on the east side three years ago, together with the im-

provement of the men and women’s dressing rooms and the
fices of the

of-

teachers of physical education will take place within

the present year.

To place
ed

seats

on the east

was extendgymnasium floor was

side, the building

in that direction so that the size of the

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A similar plan will be followed in placing the
on the other side although the plans for that and improvements to the offices and dressing rooms have not been worked

not decreased.
seats

out

in detail.

The whole
to

and

plant, inside

outside,

is

now

in a

condition

cause the alumni, students, and faculty to be proud of the

in-

stitution.

o

HOME-COMING DAY, NOVEMBER
Alumni

!

Do

14

not forget the big home-coming celebration

be held November 4
This is your one big chance to come
back and see the college year in full swing.
When you come
to

1

back

to

!

your class reunion

body

will

dressed up

all

be there
in

to

Two

the finest exhibibtions of

Come and

see us do

are

your honor.

In the afternoon there

East Stroudsburg.

June, most of the students

The whole student
welcome you, and town and campus will

gone, and you miss one

be

in

side of the picture.

it

will

be a big football game with
we defeated them, in one of

years ago,

football seen

here

in

many

a

day.

again

The football game will be followed by a reception in the
gymnasium, and there will be a dance in the evening.
Everyto
give
you
a royal time.
thing has been well planned
Full particulars as to the plans for the day will be sent out
These will not be sent to all members of the
in a few weeks.
Alumni Association, but an effort will be made to reach every
community in the vicinity of Bloomsburg. If you get an announcement, pass the word along; if you fail to receive one,
consider yourself invited anyhow.
The Committee hopes to make this the biggest Home-ComHelp them to make it so by
ing Day that we have ever had.
as
many
others as you can
bringing
and
yourself,
coming

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VIRGINIA DICKERSON

A
.

v?n

Miss Virginia Dickerson, teacher of Latin at the Blooms-

burg State Normal School for twenty-eight years, died Thursday
morning, June 4, 1931, at the home of Mrs. E. G.n Pickering,
Maple Street, Montrose, where she had been living for several
Miss Dickerson had been suffering from heart trouble,

years.

and

for about three

weeks prior

to her

death had been confined

to her bed.

Miss Dickerson was born
early

life

was spent

in

Sprmgville Township and her

She attended the Soldiers’ Orphan

there.

School at Harford, until she was sixteen years of age, and then

attended the Mansfield State Normal School, from which she was

graduated
school,

in the class of

and then came

to

ty-eight years of faithful

She taught in the Springville
1886.
Bloomsburg, where she rendered twen-

and

efficient service.

Following her retirement, she spent most of her time

in

She
Montrose, where she was living at the time of her death.
would have been sixty-eight years of age had she lived until
Hundreds of Bloomsburg graduates have set in her
July 12.
classes, and will be grieved to hear of her death.
o

PROF. AND MRS. ALBERT CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
With

all

guests. Prof,

C. H. Albert

ding anniversary at their

fair,

and two of the bridesmaids as
observed their golden wedhome on Sunday, July 26.

of their children

and Mrs.

Not only were the children present for the delightful afin attendance were their wives and children and

but also

The bridesmaids who were
event were Mrs. Edward E. Duck, sister of Prof.
Mrs. Charles Herman.
three grand children.

Prof. Albert has long

been

at the

happy
and

Albert,

identified with the educational

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and for years was one of the members
Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College.
Both during that period and since, he has been in close touch
with Tuskeegee Institute, Alabama, and visits that noted instiactivities of this section

of

faculty

the

of

the

tute for negroes each year to give

Since his

lectures.

retire-

ment from the Teachers’ College he has been very active on the
institute program and as a speaker for the Anti-Saloon League.
His institute work has carried him into 22 states and his friends
and those of Mrs. Albert are legion.
The happy couple received over 200 telegrams, letters and
cards of congratulations and there were many beautiful bouquets and other gifts, as well as a purse of gold from their children, Mrs. Jesse Y. Glenn, of

Bloomfield,

N. J.

Mrs.

;

Dallas C.

Baer, of Selinsgrove; Keller B. Albert, of Reading; Charles
Albert, of Dallas,

A

delicious

Magee with

L.

and R. Bruce Albert, of Bloomsburg.
anniversary dinner was served at the Hotel

the following attending:

and Mrs. Charles H. Albert, Mr. and Mrs. Keller A.
Albert, of Reading; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Albert and children, Charles, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth, of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Y. Glenn, of Bloomfield, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce
Albert, of Bloomsburg; Rev. and Mrs. Dallas C. Baer and daughter, Mary Annabell, and Mrs. William Noetling, Selinsgrove; Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Duck, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Duck, of Williamsport;
Prof,

Mrs. John Fasold, Mifflinburg; Mrs.

J.

G. Cope, of

Bloomsburg.

o

1931-1932

The 1931-32 term

at the

Tuesday, September 8th, and

May

is

Teachers College

will

announced
now being sent out by the

24th, 1932,

which

CALENDAR

it

is

close
in

with

the

will

open on

Commencement

1931-32 catalogue

institution.

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The catalogue
tails

is

exceptionally complete,

concerning the courses of study

College

life

offered.

giving

full

phases

All

are well handled in the volume which has a

of fine illustrations of

campus scenes and

of

College

deof

number

organiza-

tions.

Classes will begin this

fall

the

day following the

registra-

continue to the Thanksgiving recess which extends

and
from noon Wednesday, November 25th, until noon Monday,
November 30th. The Christmas recess starts Wednesday, December 23rd, and ends at noon Monday, January 4th, with the
tion

first

will

semester closing on the

The second semester

1

6th of that month.

starts

Monday, January

1

8th.

The

only vacation during the second semester will be during Easter

and extends from Thursday, March 24th, to noon on Monday,
Class work ends on Friday, May 20th.
April 4th.
Alumni Day will be Saturday, May 2 st, with the baccalauSenior Day will be Monday,
reate sermon the following day.
May 23rd and Commencement Tuesday, May 24th.
1

o

TROPHY ROOM STATEMENT
i

o the Alumni

The classes that have held reunions during the years of
1929-30-31 have subscribed to the Trophy Room Project a
Of this there has been paid in $1 755.00.
total of $2336.00.
The balance unpaid is $581 .00. The amount expended on the

room thus

far

is

$3050.59.

The following statement shows what classes are delinquent
payment of their pledges and how much. The committee
in charge of the work would be glad to have this money in their
The Alumni, by their enthushands to meet their obligations.
are heart and soul behind this
reunions,
class
their
iasm shown at
with many things, easily
busy
members,
movement. Some
in

the

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The project is still unknown to many
were not able to get to the reEach member of every class should be reached by
letter, explaining the work we are doing.
Let all get

overlook
of the
unions.
special

15

this obligation.

members

of classes that

member of every class may
The movement must succeed. It will.

busy, that each
once.

Class

Pledge

Paid

79

$ 26.00

’86

114.00

’93

’25

5.00
108.00
50.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
150.00
132.00
70.00
100.00
30.00

’27

250.00

$ 19.00
107.00
0.00
65.50
39.00
37.00
48.00
73.00
000.00
128.00
66.00
20.00
26.00
25.00

’94

’99
’05

’06
’09

’10
’1

’15

’20

get into action at

Unpaid
7.00
7.00

$

5.00
42.50
11.00
62.50
52.00

27.00
150.00
4.00
4.00
80.00
4.00
225.00

$581.00

Total unpaid
0. H.

BAKELESS,

Custodian and Treasurer.
o
Miss Margaret Waller,

who

has

been engaged

in

library

work in New York City for several years, left early in August for
the American College, Peking, China, where she will be engaged
Miss Waller sailed from Vancouver, and viswork.
Korea and Japan before entering China to begin her work.

in library

ited

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DR.

WALLER

ILL

Jr., President Emeritus of the College, was
weeks this summer, as the result of an accident sustained while on his way to Indiana, Pa., to visit his sonin-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Mack.
He was struck
in the eye by a sharp stone that was thrown from the road by
The accident occurred June 5.
the wheel of a passing car.
His condition improved slowly until June 19, when he suffered an embolism, which caused the members of his family to
be gravely concerned about his condition.

Dr. D.

very

ill

J.

Waller,

for several

Two

days before

birthday, and

was able

his relapse,

he celebrated

his eighty-fifth

to join heartily in a dinner

given

in his

honor.
His daughter, Elizabeth Waller,
illness,

and

his son

was with him during

Robert was called from Boston.

After the effects of the embolism were removed,
tinued to improve, and

is

now

well on his

way

he con-

to recovery.

o

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE— 1931

October 3
October 10

Kutztown

at

Bloomsburg

_

Millersville at Millersville

November 7
November 4
November 2

Bloomsburg
Lock Haven at Bloomsburg
Shippensburg at Shippensburg
East Stroudsburg at Bloomsburg
Class Game at Bloomsburg

Mansfield at Mansfield

October 17
October 24
October 3

California at

1

1

1

his

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THE FACULTY
Mary

Dr.

member

Roe, of Texas, a medical doctor,

E.

will be a
coming year, taking the place
dean of women, who is on a

of the faculty during the

of Miss Rachel Turner, assistant

leave of absence.

Roe has been experienced in the field of physical eduand teaching and will devote her work in those fields and

Dr.

cation

medicine.

will not practice

The new

faculty

member comes

the institution believes that a
will

be worthwhile addition

highly

woman

of

recommended and

her accomplishments

to the faculty.

She graduated from the medical college of the University
1917 and in addition had a year’s work at Texas
Presbyterian College and a year and a summer at the University
of Texas in

of Texas.
for

Women

She served her internship
and Children.

She taught
an interne
the next
sity of

in public schools

in the

New York

from 1911

to

first

She was

1913.

two years was a member of the faculty

Texas, the

Infirmary

Hospital the following year and for

year as an instructor

hygiene and the second year as instructor

and

New York

at the

in

at the

Univer-

bacteriology and

in clinical

medicine

diagnosis.

During the college year of 1921-22 Dr. Roe was pathologist at

the John Sealy

Hospital,

Galveston,

Texas,

and from

925 was physician for women at the University of
During the summer of 1923 she served as assistant
Texas.
resident physician in the Women’s Medical College Hospital,
Philadelphia, and from October, 1926 until September, 1930,
Last year
was engaged in private practice in Austine, Texas.
1

922

to

1

she took a temporary position as college physician at the State
Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich.

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A new member

of the

Department of Health Education

is

Miss Lillian B. Murray, elected to take the place of Mrs. Kathryn

Loose

who

Sutliff,

Mormngside

Miss Murray

has resigned.

College, Sioux City, Iowa,

Biology, Psychology and Physical Education.

degree of Master of Arts from

is

a graduate of

where she specialized

New York

University, where she
Her previous experience in-

specialized in Physical Education.

cludes one year at the Central High School, Duluth,

and three years
at

as

in

She also has the

Minnesota,

head of the Department of Physical Education

Morningside College.

*

*

*

*

Miss Alice Johnston, instructor
matics, will be on leave of absence

in oral

expression and dra-

during the

first

semester.

be taken by Miss Marjorie Stackhouse, of Bloomsburg.
Miss Stackhouse is a graduate of the Emerson School
of Expression, in Boston, and has also taken work at the College
Her
of Industrial Arts, in Texas, and the University of Iowa.

Her place

will

teaching experience includes several years at the College of Industrial Arts, in Texas,

and Hood College, Frederick, Maryland.

*
Miss Ida M. Gray, a

*

*

member

*
of the faculty in the Art De-

partment, has asked for her release so that she may continue her
work in another institution, and her resignation will be recom-

mended

to the

Board as soon as a suitable successor
*

*

*

is

secured.

*

Miss Grace H. Woolworth has been appointed kindergarten
teacher at the Ben Franklin Training School, succeeding Mrs.
Norman Hoffman, formerly Miss Schmehl.
Miss Woolworth this past June received her Master’s Degree at Teachers College, Columbia University and has been
teaching in the State College for Women, Greensboro, North Carolina.

She has had a wide and varied experience

school and kindergarten work.

in

public

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The Department of Commerce, instituted last year, is rapbecoming one of the most popular at the College. The
enrollment of first year students is limited to thirty-five, and almost that many have already registered.
It was necessary to add an additional member to the faculty at the close of the first semester last year and a fourth mem-

idly

ber, Lewis B. Clark,

term.

fall

is

joining the faculty at the opening of the

H. A. Andruss

The department
bachelor of science
class there will

in

is

director of the department.

year course with a degree

offers a four

In addition to the

education.

be about 50

in

the upper classes in

first

the

in

year

depart-

ment this year, some of them having started the course last year
and others transferring their work to Bloomsburg.
Mr. Clark received his A. B. and M. A. degrees from the
University of Maine and has completed a year of work toward
his

degree as Doctor of Education

a

member

a

number

Kappa

at

Rutgers University.

He

is

and was formerly head
of the commercial department of Altoona High School.
For three years he was a member of the faculty of the
State Normal School, Plattsburg, N. Y., and in addition has had

New

of Phi Beta

fraternity

of years of public school teaching experience in Maine,

Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.
o

Thornley W. Booth, coach of the athletic teams, and

mem-

ber of the Physical Education faculty, was a member of the Summer School faculty at the State Teachers College at Clarion, Pa.

o
E. H. Nelson, Director of Health Education, has returned to
Bloomsburg, after a year’s leave of absence, during which
time he studied for his Doctor’s degree at New York University.
He resumed his duties at the college at the beginning of the Sum-

mer

Session.

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THE ALUMNI
Copies of the

QUARTERLY,

sent

to the

following,

have

Prof. F. H. Jenkins, Business
been returned as unclaimed.
grateful
if their correct addresses were
would
be
very
Manager,
sent to him.

Mary

F. Davis,

31

Elizabeth Stroh, 23.

Anna M. Fagan,

’05.

Regina M. Williams,

’30.

Edith Patterson, ’03.

Margaret Fay, ’25.
Mrs.

J. C.

Taylor, ’89.

H. Jayne Cease,

’3

Retha M. Noble,

’3

1

1

Mrs. Catherine H. Baum, ’3

Miriam A. Cole,
Mrs. H.

S.

’3

1

1

Knight.

Mrs. Fred B. Steig, ’10.
Mrs. F. Harold Thomas, ’24.

Helen A. Banta,

’31

1875
Mrs. Annie Morris Sayre, of Hampton, Virginia, with her
spent Wedwho
is an Episcopal Rector, at Williamsport,
son,
Mrs.
H.
Jenkins.
Mrs.
F.
and
Prof,
with
nesday, August 26,

Sayre was a classmate of Mrs. Jenkins.

1881
At the 50th reunion of the class in June, it was felt by the
members of the class that the time was insufficient for all to give
It was
a complete account of their activities since graduation.
a
brief
write
should
therefore decided that as many as possible

account of these

activities, for publication in the

QUARTERLY.

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It is

impossible, because of lack of space, to print

histories in this issue
all

;

21

all

of

these

they will appear in subsequent issues untij

them have been published.

of

May
1

Wells (Creasy)

aught the Ungraded School at Rupert one year.

Second

Pne following year
was assistant to Miss Brewster in the Model School, which was
the Training School for old Normal.
In July, 1884, was married to S. Clifton Creasy
one of the Normal boys—who had
established a wholesale and retail lumber yard in Bioomsburg.
We had six children. Anna married Earl F. John; Martha, at
home Edward married Lydia Andres Ethel married Dennis D.
Wright; Ruth, who announced her engagement to Luther P.
Creasy June 23, 1931 Jean, at home, teaching Music.
I have
Kathryn John and Louise Creasy, who will
six grandchildren
enter the senior class at High School in the Fall; Martha Wright,
Ninth Grade Junior High; Clifton Wright, Seventh Grade Junior
High; Helen May Wright, who will enter First Grade and Anne
Since the passing away of Mr. Creasy in
Wright, 4 years old.
1923, the lumber business of Creasy and Wells has been carI have been active in the
ried on by my son and sons-in-law.
different organizations of the First Methodist Church; was the
first president of the Board of Directors of our Public Library,
grade

in the

Catawissa School one year.

—

;

;

—

;

holding that office for several years

;

I

am

a

member

tury Club, the Eastern Star and one of the charter

of the Cen-

members

of

our local Chapter D. A. R.

Enoia B. Guie
After graduating from the State Normal School in June,
1881 1 taught as assistant in the Catawissa High School for three
In the meantime, I took a special course in Expression
years.
,

in

the

autumn

Summer
of 884
1

School of
I

S.

S.

Hamill in Chicago.

In

the

entered the Bloomsburg State Normal School

as teacher of Elocution

pacity for seven years.

and

Calisthenics,

remaining

in that

ca-

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In

September, 1891

,

I

took the position of teacher of Eng-

and Expression in the Wilkes-Barre High School. I was
head of the Department of Expression during the last two years.
lish

retired the

I

summer

of 1919.

Abigail Robbins (Hartman)

year taught at Plymouth at $32.00 a month and eight
months term.
Second year started at Plymouth for one month;
First

then went to Nanticoke at $30.00 a

month and nine months

term.

Third year

I

addition of four.

took a school of one.
In nine years,

have three boys and; three
home.

I

In 6]/2 years

two more added

girls.

had an

to the family.

Also six grandchildren to

bless the

After being

in the

home

for sixteen

realize that the four eldest children

lege at once, being near of an age.
ily,

there

were

would

years,
all

began

I

to

be ready for col-

But being a minister’s fam-

insufficient funds, so the only thing

to

do was

make myself fit for the teaching profession again. So I attended summer terms at State College and Industrial Art School of
Philadelphia, after which

1

taught five years.

sidered by the school board that

my

Then

it

was con-

school should be given to a

younger teacher, as the preacher was capable of supporting his
Five years being the limit in one place, I had four years
wife.
yet to remain without a school, so I studied china painting and
firing of china.

of Chicago by corresI took instructions from Campana
As I was the
pondence, having studied painting previously.
only person having a kiln in the county, I fired china for all the
I made more than by teaching.
artists of Clearfield County.
The next place we moved I had no place to install my kiln,

Through
taught drawing and color theory in the grades.
teaching and demonstration of combination of colors on the
color wheel at institute, my county superintendent and principal
so

I

my

recommended me

to

Governor Sproul for a three year scholar-

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ship at Industrial Art School at Philadelphia.

on

my

not take

it

up, as

I

was

This

sent

me

have always been sorry that I could
could not be there for that length of time,

sixtieth birthday.

I

which was a requirement of the school.
The next place, no art was ever taught in the schools, so 1
taught five more years in the grades, after which I had a request
from my sister to come home and help care for an invalid mother.
That not being job enough, I boarded high school teachers.
But having lost practice in the culinary arts, I decided to take a
two years course in Domestic Science and Art, which I took by
correspondence with the Scranton Schools, and practiced on my
boarders.
It

was through loving

sacrifice that

I

saw

all

my

six child-

ren through Colleges, Universities and Business Courses.

Three

had scholarships, which helped out some.
They are all happily married, and have married

their

equals in education. All are living but the second daughter,

who

has been
I

life,

in the Spirit

World

for about twelve years.

expect to spend the balance of

helping to care for those of the

My

eldest grandchild

a great pleasure to see

which

is

is

my

the right start for

my

time

home

in a less

only twelve years old.

six grandchildren

life’s

strenuous

older than myself.
It

will

be

through college,

work.

The children and in-laws are:— two are lawyers, three are
music teachers, two have business courses, one is a mechanical
engineer, one domestic science, one physical culture,

one mer-

chant, one mechanical draftsman.

1882
Gertrude LaShelle (Mrs. W. E. Wagner)

lives in

Gordon,

She has sent us a very interesting clipping from the AshPa.
’and Daily News, giving an account of a recital given at her home
Miss Wagner is a
by her daughter. Miss Margaret M. Wagner.
very successful music teacher, with studios in Gordon and AshMr. and Mrs. Wagner have three
land, and has fifty-two pupils.

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other children: Ralph

Evalyn

D.,

now

L.,

a minister

in

the

Lutheran Church;

Mrs. L. R. Grover, and Helen E., at home.

1884
Miss Laura M. Helman, of Catasaqua, Pa., died at her

Saturday, June 6, her death following as the

result of a

home
heart

attack.

Miss Helman was a daughter of the late Abram and Mary
M. (nee Drum), Helman, and was a native of Drums.
Her parents located at Catasauqua over forty years ago and the family
was well and favorably known.
In

1

884 Miss Helman became

a

teacher

in

the

grade

schools of Catasauqua and continued in the service of the local

school district until 1906,

her interest

in

when

she resigned.

She continued

education up to the time of her death, however.

She was a geneaologist of note and took great interest in
During her career she compiled three books
on family histories that have had wide circulation.
Miss Helman was a member of the Lehigh County Historical Society, the Huguenot Society and Liberty Bell Chapter of
She was very
the Daughters of the American Revolution.
active in the affairs of all of these organizations and for a numfamily histories.

ber of years served as historian of Liberty Bell Chapter.

A

devoted member of the First Presbyterian Church, she
was a teacher in the infant department for many years, and was
prominent in the Ladies’ Aid Society and the Woman’s MissionShe was held in high esteem by a host of friends.
ary Society.
Sophie E. Glover, a teacher for many years in Philadelphia
in June, at her home in Shenandoah, after a

and New York, died
long

illness.

1897
Mary A. Good (1897 and 1903) who is now teaching in
the High School at New Castle, Pa., where she has been for the
past ten years, called on some of her Bloomsburg friends August

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She is looking fine' and says she enjoys her work very
much.
She was a former teacher in chemistry at the State

22.

Teachers College.

1898
Flora B. Bentzel

is

teaching

in

Harrisburg, Pa.

1899
Lindley H. Dennis, Deputy

Superintendent

of

Public In-

was a member of the faculty of the University of WisOn the way home,
consin, during this year’s summer session.
the
victims
of
a serious automoMr. Dennis and his family were
struction,

bile accident

near Plymouth, Indiana.

Mrs. Dennis (Geraldine

Conner, ’96) suffered severe injuries to her back.

Mr. Dennis,

and the son of a neighbor, escaped with minor injuries.
Mrs. Dennis was brought by train to her home in Camp Hill, Pa.,
where she is recovering /from the effects of the accident.

his son,

1900
George W. Carl

is

Principal of the Fountain Springs School,

Schuylkill County, Pa.

1901
Claude

L.

Moss has been advanced from principal of the

high school at North Tonawanda,
schools.

Mr. Moss

at the time of his

Phi Beta Kappa.

is

N. Y., to

superintendent

a graduate of Syracuse University,

of

and

graduation from that institution was elected to

He was

N. Y., nine years at

two years at Sherburne,
and eleven years at North

principal for

Chatham,

N. Y.,

Tonawanda.
Louise M. Larabee, of Honolulu, spent the
University of Washington.

Miss Larabee

is

summer

at

the

a teacher of Science

in the Senior High School at Honolulu, is sponsor for the local
chapter of the National Honor Society and advisor to the Junior

Class.

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1902
Robert

B.

Leighow

is

a

member

of the faculty

of the Car-

negie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Madge Bennett
Grange Farm,

(Mrs.

1905
Herman

Johnson)

L.

of

Willow

March at the WilkesBarre General Hospital.
Mrs. Johnson was for many years a
resident of Wilkes-Barre, where her husband is assistant manager of the district office of the F. W. Woolworth Company.
She
was prominently identified with the musical life of Wilkes-Barre
and was for many years affiliated with the Century Club. She
was a member of Central M. E. Church, Wilkes-Barre, and was
She is survived by her
active in the various church activities.
husband and two children, Miss Lorene Johnson, a student at
the Eastman School of Music, and Herman L. Johnson, Jr., a
Funeral services were held at
student at Wyoming Seminary.
her late home and the body was Itaken to Willow Grove Cemedied

irucksvilie. Pa.,

in

tery, Clifford, Pa., for burial.

1906
Catherine Hartline, sister of Prof. D.

Bloomsburg

faculty, died

May

19,

1931,

S.

at

Hartline,

the

of

the

Presbyterian

Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.

1907
Margaret

C.

Brooke served

this

summer

as a

member

of

The hospital is
the staff of the Colorado Psycopathic Hospital.
School
of
Medicine.
Miss Brooke
connected with the Colorado
was in Denver during July and August.
Margaret O’Brien Henseler

West New York, N.

lives at

300

Thirteenth Street,

J.

The address of Joanna Bedall (Mrs. J. M. Watkins) has
been changed to 201 Galbreth Road, Pasadena, Cal.
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1908
from the Mount Carmel “Item
June 6, will be of interest to the friends and classmates of
Jennie Yoder Foley, who lives at 81 34 Hennig Street, Fox Chase,

The following

item, clipped

for

—

Philadelphia, Pa.:

Edward

Foley, of

L.

Fox Chase, Philadelphia,

son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Foley, former residents of

Mount Carmel,

will

mention

annual commencement

at the

be graduated with distinguished
exercises

Frankford High School on Tuesday, June 23.

young man

is

the

valedictorian

of

a class of

of

The
284

students.

The honor

new

of being the

leader of his

class

is

young Mr. Foley. Four years ago he
was graduated by the Fox Chase schools with the

nothing

for

highest scholastic averages.
His valedictory address will be,

View of

His father
staff

“An Unbiased

the Five Year Plan in Russia.”

and

was

at

one time a member of the Item

also a former city editor

of the

Shamokin

American, now
Publicity Director of Keystone Automobile Club.
His mother was formerly a school teacher in this

Daily

News and

Philadelphia North

borough, a graduate of Mount Carmel High and of the
She was electBloomsburg State Teachers College.
ed vice-president of the Class of 908 at the College.
At the first annual meeting of the Philadelphia B. S.
T. C. Alumni Association, she was elected secretary of
1

that organization.

James

E.

Cummings, 08,

is

on the

staff of

the

National

Catholic Welfare Conference, Department of Education,

Wash-

ington, D. C.

The following summary

of Mr.

Cummings’

activities since

leaving Bloomsburg has been prepared at the request of his
classmates to whom he has been “lost” for over twenty years.

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After graduating from B.
several years

came
is

in his

N. S. Mr.

S.

home town

Cummings taught
He then

for

Shenandoah.

of

be-

He

principal of the public school at Clifton Heights, Pa.

credited with starting the

While

County.

first

Junior High School

Delaware

in

Mr. Cummings continued

at Ciifton Heights,

his

education at the University of Pennsylvania.

At the outbreak of the World War Mr. Cummings discontinued his school

work

to

become

with

identified

Knights of Columbus.

activities of the

the

welfare

His services covered

all

war and post-war period and extended up until the time
when all of the work for the education of veterans was completof the

ed.

When

he

undertook the
of

first

entered upon

field service in

this

work, Mr. Cummings

connection with the organization

the evening schools conducted by the K. of C. in the South-

all

Over a period of

eastern States.

five years

North

cational supervisor, through

he traveled, as eduSouth Carolina,

Carolina,

Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and
of which he is well known.

Florida, Georgia,

Arkansas,

in all

Following
the K. of C. in

this,

Mr. Cummings went to the headquarters of

New Haven, where

director in direct charge of

the instructors in correspondence

In the course of the five years during

work.
office,

all

he was assistant educational

Cummings was

Mr.

which he held

this

the author of “Beginning English for

Adults” and “Applied Arithmetic,” books which were used in
the courses he supervised and which have gained wide popularity-

Mr. Cummings’ work with the N. C. W. C. Department of
Education includes the compilation of statistical data for the
Directory of Catholic Colleges and Schools, the preparation

of

bulletins dealing with the administrative phases of Catholic edu-

cation,

and

Mr.

tives at the
tion.

field studies in

connection with surveys.

Cummings was one

He

of the Parochial School representa-

White House Conference on Child Birth and Protec-

is

a frequent contributor to the Catholic

Educational

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Review, The Catholic School Journal and the N.

C.

W.

C.

Re-

view.

Cummings has continued

Since coming to Washington Mr.
his college

he

will

graduate next February.

Mr.
old

course at George Washington University from which

Cummings has

three children, two

and one seven years old; one boy,

Thomas

six

Francis, Superintendent of

girls,

one

months

old.

six years

Lackawanna County

A

Schools, seems to have been spending his vacation fishing.

paper states: “Prof. Francis, of 1707 Pine Street, County
Superintendent of Schools, is proving himself a championship
The educator has been busy telling of his catch of
fisherman.
two brown trout at Wallenpaupack. One measured 24*/2
inches and weighed five pounds, while the other measured
exactly 24 and one-eighth inches and tipped the scale at four
local

pounds.”

Hazel

Row

(Mrs.

J. C.

Creasy) had the great distinction of

same

seeing a sister and a son graduate in the

Bloomsburg High School last June.
seventeen, was valedictorian of her
Creasy,

who

is

same class as
dom, we feel

Her

his

aunt

sure.

—

class

Betty,

at

Her

is

son,

a coincidence which happens very

To add

the

who

Edwin Row
high school work in the

class.

only sixteen, finished his

sister,

greater interest

to

the

sel-

occasion,

Mrs. Creasy attended her twenty-fifth high school reunion and

banquet with her son and

Sadie

L.

Hartman

is

sister.

Secretary of the Industrial Department

C.
“The Capital Outlook”
May, 1931, contains a picture of Miss Hartman, together
Following are excerpts from
with a description of her work.

of the Y.

W.

for

this

booklet

C. A. in

Washington, D.

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“Somewhat

similar to the

work

of the

Business

and Professional Department, but concerned with a
different type of girls and women, the Industrial Department plays an important part in the work of the
Young Women’s Christian Association. The work of
the Washington Department is entrusted to Miss Sadie
L. Hartman, the secretary.
Miss Hartman has been
connected with industrial departments of the Y. W.
C. A. in St. Louis, Illinois, Harrisburg, Pa.,

and

for the

past six years in our Association.

“The

Industrial

Department may be said

divided into two main sections: trade union

to

be

groups

and the foreign and immigration groups. Through
the painstaking care and interest of the National
Board of the Y. W. C. A., a cordial welcome is extendEach day there
ed to many newcomers to America.
pass across the desk of the industrial

secretaries

in

from the Department of Immigration, and Foreign Communications of the National Board, announcing the forthcoming arrival in
the secretary’s city of girls or women who have rethe various cities letters

cently landed in America.

For such people our In-

Department attempts to make Washington
seem less strange and unfriendly.
dustrial

“Soon after the new arrival reached Washingfrom the Industrial Department
acquainted, and to see that
to
become
calls on her,
A special
living accommodations are satisfactory.
effort is made to introduce her and to help her make
ton, a representative

friends with others of her

own

nationality.

“For most of the strangers, it is possible to arrange classes at the Americanization School of the
For some, however, this is not
District of Columbia.
needs of these persons there
meet
the
and
to
possible,

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31

conducted under the auspices of the Industrial De-

partment, a special Americanization

A

class.

teach-

from the Americanization school comes to the headquarters of the Association to conduct classes in Citizenship and English.
“There is another phase of the Industrial Department work which is noteworthy.
According to
a law of the United States, immigrants receiving aid
from a public charity within five years after their ar-

er

rival in this
if

country are subject to deportation.

the father of a family

is

Thus,

taken sick or dies, the

mother cannot accept public assistance or apply for
mother’s pension even though her children are American-born.
To meet these emergencies the various
foreign groups keep in touch with immigrant families.
They work through the Industrial Department of the
Y.

W.

C. A.

“To many

come

selfish spirit.
field

is

the scope of

people,

as a surprise, for

it is

The Department

broadening, and

look forward to

all

new and

work

this

will

carried on in a quiet, unis

those

growing larger, the
connected with it

great opportunities.”

1910
Bertha V. Polley (Mrs. James

L.

Oakes) may be reached

at R. D. 2, Union, N. Y.

1911
A.

J.

Sharadin,

who

has

been coach

at

Ford City High

School for several years, has been elected coach and teacher of
physical education at Danville, Pa.

1912
Verna M. Smith

lives in

ed as a private secretary.
Street.

Wilkes-Barre, where she

Her address

is

91

employNorth River
is

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1913
Estelle

School,

Madden,

Borough
Susquehanna University, re-

assistant principal of the Centralia

was graduated

in

June

at

ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Margaret Crossley (Mrs.

F.

Earle Gooding)

North Winsor Street, Bound Brook, N.

lives at

534

J.

1916
Martha Yetter (Mrs. Harry E. Rider) received her degree
at the annua!

Commencement

at Bucknell University in June.

1917
C. T.

Pa.

Hodgson

His address

is

is

Principal of an elementary school in York,

472

Atlantic Avenue.

1918
Miss Lola Pennington, and Miss Bertha Andrews, both

of

Bloomsburg, took an automobile trip to the Pacific Coast this
summer.
They were away about ten weeks, and covered about
ten thousand miles.

Mary Powell (Mrs.

J. S.

Wiant)

Laramie, Wyoming. Her husband
being a

member

of the classes of

is

1917 and 1918.

Helen Knouse (Mrs. Sheldon Long)
in

Benton, Pa.,

515 Lewis Street,
Bloomsburg alumnus

lives at

also a

will

teach

in the

grades

this year.

1920
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Lewis are now living at 20 South Fifth
Mrs. Lewis was formerly Florence M.
Street, Lewisburg, Pa.
Beyer.

1921
of Bloomsburg, and Miss Grace
Reimard, of Danville, members of the Bloomsburg High School

Miss Maree

E. Pensyl,

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were on a

faculty,

six

33

weeks’ tour of the west

summer.

this

Their party assembled at Wilkes-Barre, and went from there to

Chicago, Denver, Colorado Springs
Park.
there

and Yellowstone National
The party then went to Seattle, Washington, and took
a Pacific steamer for Skagway, Alaska.
The party re-

turned through the Canadian Rockies on the

From

Lake Louise and Banff.
at Chicago and Buffalo.
Alice M. McDonnell
dress

is

there they

teaching

is

in

way home,

visiting

came home, stopping

Her ad-

Philadelphia.

325 Sloan Avenue, West Collingswood,

N. J.

1922
Olen M. Lewis

is

teacher of fourth grade in the Scranton

schools.

Alma Hampton, now

graduate nurse,

a

is

practicing

in

Chicago.

1923
Bloomsburg, and M. Creveling
Strauser, formerly of Bloomsburg, were married Thursday, July
23, at the Lutheran parsonage in Milton, by the Rev. J. M.
Miss Helen E. Wolf,

of

Reimensnyder, uncle of the groom.
The bride has been a successful teacher in the Bloomsburg
schools.
Mr. Strauser is a Bloomsburg graduate, in the class of
He later attended the Pennsylvania State College,
1927.
where he received the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.
is

He

is

now working

for his Doctor’s degree.

a plant disease specialist in fruits in the Bureau

dustry, State

Department of Agriculture, and

is

of

He

Plant In-

located at Har-

risburg.

1924
Matthew Lutheran Church of Catawissa, was the scene
of a simple wedding ceremony Tuesday morning, July 4, when
Miss Florence Hollingshead, of Catawissa, became the bride of
Edward Schuyler, of Bloomsburg. The ceremony was performSt.

1

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ed by the Rev. Myles

E.

Smeltz, pastor of the church,

in

the

presence of the immediate families and a few guests.
of

1

The bride is a graduate of the Catawissa High School, class
926, and is one of the most esteemed young women of her

community.
Mr. Schuyler has for the p?.3t eight years been
employed as reporter for the Bloomsburg Morning Press, and ii
also the very efficient secretary of the Alumni Association.
Mr.
and Mrs. Schuyler are now living on West Ridge Avenue,
Bloomsburg.
Miss Phyllis E. Miller, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Dumbauld,
Philadelphia surgeon, were united
berland, Md.

Dr.

Dumbauld

in

marriage recently at Cum-

will take

months’

six

work

at

Johns Hopkins University and then he and Mrs. Dumbauld will
sail for Haiti where he will be employed by the Government for

The bride has a wide circle of friends in this section
two years.
and formerly resided in Benton and Bloomsburg. She is a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, class of 1924,
and later of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital Training
School for Nurses.

Sarah Tregellas (Mrs. Harold Klinger) died suddenly at her
home in Hatboro, Sunday, June 4. Funeral services were held
1

at the

Street,

home of her father, Thomas Tregellas, 33
Mahanoy City, on Wednesday, June 7.

East

Centre

1

Beulah M. Deming (Mrs. Willard Gibson) taught during the
Pa.
She

past year at the Burns school, Susquehanna County,

was married August

1

,

1930, at Uniondale, Pa.

Mary Ruth Eisenhower (Mrs.

H. F.

Brown)

lives at

83

South Bennett Street, Kingston, Pa.

Margaret
heim, Pa.

B.

Mensch

is

teacher of primary grades at Mill-

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1925
Miss Mildred Wolfe, of

August

3, at the

home

of Englishtown, N.

J.,

New

Berlin,

was married Monday,

of her parents, to George Vandenbergh,

where the bride had been teaching for

several years.

Marian A. Gower
schools at

Maywood,

teacher of third grade in the public

is

Her home address

N. J.

is

60 Manhattan

Street, Ashley, Pa.

Miss Pearl Radel, of Sunbury, and Leon

Bickel,

also

of

Announcement of the

Sunbury, were married July 12, 1930.
marriage was made last December.

1926
Margaret Emmitt (Mrs. Allan A. Rarig) lives at Fourth and
Catherine Streets, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Rarig, before her
in the Catawissa High School.
connected with the Bloomsburg office of the Bell

marriage, taught for several years

Mr. Rarig

is

Telephone Company.

Verna M. Paul
Laura
address

is

Mary

E.

Mann

is

teaching in the

is

teacher of

625 North Church
Alice Yoder

is

first

fifth

grade at Shamokin.

grade

in Hazleton.

Her

Street.

teaching seventh grade Arithmetic in

Berwick.

1927
Miss Clara Miller and Follmer A. Siegfried, of Catawissa,

were married January

1

at the

parsonage of the

St.

Matthew’s

The ceremony was performed
Lutheran Church, in Catawissa.
by the Rev. U. Myers, pastor emeritus of the church. Mrs.
Siegfried has been teaching in Beaver Township, Columbia
County, for several years.

Mr. Siegfried

is

at the present time

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employed as a telegrapher for the Reading Railroad Company.
They will make their home near Orangeville, Pa.

Naomi Bender

is

teaching in Sunbury, Pa.

1928
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Snyder, of Shamokin,
party held at their

home Thursday

at a

the marriage of their daughter, Florence Kathryn,

Kester, of Shickshinny.
in the

dinner

evening, June 4, announced
to Philip R.

The marriage took place May

3,

1930,

Evangelical Church at Bellefonte.

Mrs. Kester taught in the Shamokin schools for three years

following her graduation from Bloomsburg.

Mr. Kester attended Bloomsburg during his Freshman year,

and was well-known on the campus, because of his musical actiHe was a member of this year’s graduating class at the
Pennsylvania State College, where he was prominent in musical
vities.

activities.

He has accepted

a position

as

director

school and municipal music at

Punxsutawney,
and Mrs. Kester have been living since August

Pa.,

of

public

where he

1

At eight o’clock Tuesday morning, August 18, in a very
ceremony at the Bower Memorial Evangelical Church, of
Berwick, Miss Mabel Bower became the bride of Leroy A. Baer.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. E. Remaley, pastor
pretty

of the church.

Mrs. Baer has been teaching in Berwick since her gradua-

Mr. Baer, also a member of the class of
from Bloomsburg.
928 at Bloomsburg, received his degree at the same institution
For the past three years he has been teaching in the
in 1930.
This fall
Science department of the Shickshinny High School.
tion
1

he

will

take a

school in

new

McGraw,

position as

assistant

principal

of

the

high

N. Y.

Announcement was

recently

made

of

the

marriage

last

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November

Mordan,

Viola

Miss

of

37

formerly

Bloomsburg,

of

teacher of the Island Park school near Sunbury, and Preston Kelof Sunbury.

ler,

The bride

is

a graduate of the

Bloomsburg High School and

Teachers’ College and has been a successful teacher for several

The bride-groom

years.

Frank

F. Keller,

at

is

engaged in business with his father,
The couple will reside at

Klinesgrove.

Klinesgrove.

Miss Ruth Baxter, of Berwick, and Robert

more, were married

in

W. Russ,

Ardmore, Tuesday, May

16.

of Ard-

Since her

graduation, the bride taught in the Mifflinville schools, and at the

time of her marriage was a teacher

Ardmore High School.
employed in Philadelphia.
The present address of Mr. and Mrs. Russ is 24 Wyoming Avenue, Ardmore.
Mr. Russ

is

an insurance agent, and

in

the

is

Miss Evla M. Carlson, of Courtdale, Pa., and

tenbauder, of Luzerne, were married

Church on Monday, June 22.

in the

Howard Kos-

Courtdale Methodist

The bride has been teaching

in

Kostenbauder is a
graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, at
the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. Kostenbauder
Courtdale for the

are

now

past three

Mr.

years.

living in Kingston.

Mabel A. Albertson, a teacher

at

Red Bank,

music student at the summer session of

appeared during the summer

N.

New York

J.,

and a

University,

program given by the UniverThe principal soloist on
the program was Reinald Werrenrath, famous baritone.

sity in the

in a

Wanamaker Auditorium.

Lucille

Henry, of Wilkes-Barre,

and Glen A. Taylor, of

Dushore, were married at Hughesville, on Monday, June 22.
Mrs. Taylor has been teaching for several years in Wilkes-Barre,

and Mr. Taylor has been teaching near

now

living at

Dushore.

his

home.

They are

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Ellen A. Schlier lives at

Pa.

She

is

319 West Green

Hazleton,

Street,

a teacher in the Hazleton schools.

1929
In a pretty wedding in the Church of Christ, Bloomsburg,
Sunday morning, June 7, Rev. Larue Z. Brown, pastor of the

Christian Church, of Hollbrock, Pa., claimed as his

Elizabeth Munson, of Bloomsburg.

Rev Robert

bride. Miss

L. Porter,

pas-

ceremony taking place at
The ring ceremony was
the close of the morning worship.
used.
The couple are among the most esteemed young people
of the town and enjoy a wide circle of friends.
tor of the local church, officiated, the

Following a dinner served at the bride’s
left for

a wedding trip to the Thousand Islands.

turn they will be at

home

home the couple
Upon their re-

to friends in their residence

at

Rog-

ersville, Pa.

High School,
is a graduate of the Bloomsburg
1927, and of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College,
For the past two years she has been a success929.
class of
ful teacher in the Northumberland county schools.

The bride

class of

1

Rev. Brown was graduated from the Bloomsburg High
in 1925 and graduated from Bethany College, Bethany,
W. Va., with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. While there he
School

was selected as a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and the
For the past two
Alpha Phi Epsilon, honorary literary society.
years he has been pastor of the Rogersville-Holbrook Churches
of Christ.

Miss Ruth Meixell, of Wapwallopen, and Claude Miller, of
Pond Hill, were married Monday, June 15. Mrs. Miller, before
her marriage, taught for three years in the Nescopeck schools.
Mr. Miller has been teaching in the Shickshinny High School for
the past

two years.

They

will

make

their

home

in

Shickshinny.

Ruth Shannon has been transferred from the Beach Grove
school, Salem Township, to the East Berwick school.

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Wilheimina Elder has been transferred from Beach Haven
to East Berwick.

Anna
is

E. Miller

is

teaching at Lime Ridge, Pa.

Her home

in Mifflinville.

1930
of Mr. and Mrs. John B.
became the bride of Jasper M. Fritz, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rush Fritz, of Main Township, in a quiet ceremony
performed at noon Monday, June 8, in the parsonage of the

Miss Kathryn Jones, daughter

Jones, of Nanticoke,

Grace Methodist Church, Harrisburg, Dr. Bagnell, pastor of the
church, officiating.
The couple was unattended and the ring
ceremony of the Methodist Church was used.
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz
trip to the

left

immediately afterward on a motor

southern part of the State.

summer with

the groom’s parents

Osceola Mills where the groom

is

and
a

They
in

will reside for the

the

member

fall

will

go to

of the high school

and coach of the school athletic teams.
The couple were class mates at the Bloomsburg State
Teachers’ College, being prominent members of the class of
Both enjoy wide circles of friends.
1930.
During the past year Mr. Fritz was a successful teacher in
the Osceola Mills High School and Miss Jones was a teacher in
faculty

the Nanticoke schools.

The groom is a graduate of the Main Township Junior High
At both the local high
School and the Bloomsburg High School.
school and the Teachers College he was a member of the varsity
football team, playing tackle at the college

during

the

entire

four years of his course and was pitcher on the varsity baseball

team for the same
was active in girls’

Mary

E.

period.

The bride during her college days

athletics.

White, of Berwick, and Heister H. Bittenbender,

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of Bloomsburg, were married Saturday, June 20, at Frederick.

Marjdand.

Mrs. Bittenbender taught during the past

year

in

Salem Township, Luzerne County.
Mr. Bittenbender is a graduate of the Center Township High School, and is employed by
ihey will make their home in
the Magee Carpet Company,
Bloomsburg.

Nancy Haynes
Pa.

lives at

3 3 Madison Street, Wilkes-Barre,
1

During the past year she was a substitute teacher

in the

Wilkes-Barre schools.

Dorothy M. Foote taught during the past year

in the

Vo-

cational High School at Orangeville, Pa.

William M. Jones
Forge, Pa.

He

is

1117 North Main Street, Old
of the Madison Township schools.

lives at

principal

Mrs. Annie E. Schell taught in grades five and six in the
Mainville Consolidated School.

Helen Cott taught
303 Keyser Avenue.

in

Grace V. Reinhold
Nuremberg, Pa.

is

is

Pa.

Taylor, Pa., last year.

teaching

in

Her address

grades seven and eight at

Dorothy M. Harris is teaching in the schools of Old Forge,
Her address is 216 East Morton Street.
Margaret

E.

420 North Maple

Davis

is

teaching in Kingston.

Her address

is

Street.

Ethelda Young has been elected teacher
mentary grades in Berwick.

in

one of the

ele-

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1931
Cora M. Wagner, of Shamokin, represented the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College at the Laurel Blossom FestiMiss

val in the Poconos, which began June 12 and ended June 21.
She was an attendant in the court of honor of the “Queen of

Laurel Blossom Time” and was known as “The Princess of
Bloomsburg.”
Upon her arrival in Stroudsburg, she attended a dinner and
bail given in honor of Miss Lois Strickler “Princess of Ursinus
College,” to the Queen of Laurel Blossom Time and her fourteen princesses.

Miss

Wagner was one

of the attendants

to the

Laurel Blossom Time at the coronation ceremonies

Queen

held at

of
the

Wolf Hollow Country Club, Delaware Water Gap, Friday afternoon, June 19.
Two hundred persons participated in the brilwhich
marked the climax of the Laurel Time celeliant pageant
bration, in which Governor Pinchot and Mayor Mackey, of Philadelphia, were scheduled to take part.
Following the coronation a grand ball was held at the Wolf
Hollow Country Club in honor of the Queen of the festival.
Miss Wagner was guest of honor at a luncheon given by
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Leech, at the Mount Pleasant House,

Mount Pocono, on Thursday, June 8.
Miss Wagner was awarded the honor
Bloomsburg, by the action of a committee of
Government Association at the College.
1

wedding

in St.

Huntingdon, Pa., Saturday,

July

In a beautiful

of

representing

the

Community

John’s Episcopal
18,

Miss

Bess

Church
Conner,

at

of

Bloomsburg, and Maynard Pennington, also of Bloomsburg,
were married by the Rev. Fred Holmes, rector of the church,
and cousin of the bride.
The bride, who is one of Bloomsburg’s most highly esteemed young ladies, attended school at Worcester, Mass., and graduated from the training school of the Bloomsburg Hospital, in

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She has since been doing private nursing.

the class of 1930.

Mr. Pennington, during his four years at the college, was a

member
part

m

of the varsity football team, and also took a very active

He

dramatics.

will

teach

in

Mount Pleasant Township,

Columbia County, during the present school term.
Frank Golder,
teacher

in

Harriet

boys

at

star athlete at the college, has

been elected

the high school at Hughesville, Pa.

Roan taught

Englewood, N.

J.,

at Junior

Haven, a private school for

during the summer.

Miss Jane Fahringer will teach in East Berwick this year.

Miss Emily Park will teach this winter at the Pleasant Valley school,

Fairmount Township, Luzerne County.
o

An envelope containing fourteen dollars
ed “Alumni Room,” but with no name on

in cash,

and mark-

came into the
Alumni Day activi-

it,

hands of Professor Jenkins at the close of the
Inasmuch as Professor Jenkins is unable to give proper
ties.
credit for this contribution, he would be very grateful if anyone
able to do so would communicate with him and give him information as to

its

source.

o

among

President Haas was
at the fourteenth annual

those

who conducted forums

American Country
4 to August 20.

Cornell University, August

1

Life

Conference

at

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