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The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Vol.

35

DECEMBER, 1933

No.

1

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, T2

MRS.

F. H. JENKINS, ’75

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Meeting the Emergency

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Business

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in

Editor

Manager

Education

The week preceding Araiistice Day has been set aside for the observance of American Education Week.
We are pleased to present
in this issue of the Quarterly a series of papers prepared and read by
a group of college students at an Assembly held Monday, November
6.

Editor.
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AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
By RICHARD H. SMITH

The program this morning is being held in observance of
American Education Week the thirteenth annual American
Education Week, to be exact.
But before taking up the different phases of this great movement, I should like to sketch briefly
its origin and the reasons for its continuance.

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It

originated as an aftermath of the

closed the extent to which the

human

World War which

resources of

dis-

the nation

were handicapped by lack of knowledge and skill to serve the
country adequately in a crisis.
The first step was taken by the
American Legion when it provided in its charter for the Americanism Commission to pay particular attention to the education
of the foreign born and the elimination of illiteracy in the nation.
The National Education Association soon united with the Americanism Commission in this enterprise to stimulate the interest and
participation of the public in plans for better schools
and thus
American Education Week came into existence. At the present time it is sponsored jointly by the American Legion, the National Education Association, and the Office of the United States
Commissioner of Education.
Its function is integrative,
tying
together in an effective way the efforts of the whole community
in achieving the seven cardinal objectives of education:
sound
health, worthy home membership, skill and interest in learning,
citizenship and world good-will, vocational effectiveness, worthy
use of leisure, and ethical character.
Now let us consider what American Education Week
means
Appreciation of his obligation to match the
1. To the child:
privilege of free schooling with good spirit and hearty endea-

—

:

—

vor.
2.

3.

To

the teacher

ity

and

To

the parent:

to

:

A call

work on

A

ture of parenthood
4.

To

the citizen:

to serve the children of the

fuller

—

its

understanding of the great adven-

duties, privileges,

and opportunities.

Intelligent faith in the schools as our great-

est collective enterprise, the

foundation of our

protector of the achievements of our glorious

promise of

commun-

the problems of his profession.

fuller life for

liberties,

past,

the

and the

tomorrow.

The theme chosen for 1933 is “Meeting the Emergency in
The National Education Association suggests a
subject for discussion and publicity purposes for each day of the
Education.”

week.

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THE INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLS
By

KATHRYN JOHN

The public school has been characterized almost from its
The objectives
of education have expanded from the simplest tools of learning
These
to preparation for health, home, service, and livelihood.
new responsibilities have required expansions in buildings and
equipment and the demands for skill have called forth techniques
based upon research and experiment.
beginning by rapidly increasing responsibilities.

The

school, like

has gone forward;
fields,

such as

in

it

all

other American ideals

and

has paralleled the progress

transportation, communication,

institutions,

made

in

other

The

etc.

en-

rollments have extended to include almost a quarter of the popu-

Each year there are rough'y 200,000 more children in
Because of the unemployment situation many of the 800,000 children who had
been working have now returned to school.
Since 1930 the
high school enrollment has increased
However,
5 per cent.
there are now about the same number of teachers as there were
in
930 when the enrollments were smaller by many thousands
of pupils. School classes have been generally increased in numbers in order not to employ more teachers, and the teachers have
been assigned a larger number of classes during the school day.
Both changes tend to weaken the effectiveness of good teaching
which requires attention to individual pupils.
The threatened
lation.

the public schools than in the year previous.

1

1

crippling of America’s future through diminished educational op-

portunity has aroused the teachers to a call to arms.

they are at

work through

the strength of local, state

Already

and national

professional organizations.

The better tomorrow demands that the school be concerned with the moral issues of making a life.
In such a scheme it
is evident that character is the goal of all education, and not
merely a desirable by-product.
school should tram for a

It is

equally

patent

new economic order based

that

entirely

the

on

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service.

It

must develop children

pare them for the larger
the dynamics of

modern

man conduct and

life

should be deprived of these.

creatures, pre-

and teach youth

namely, the philosophy of hu-

living;

the science of

define the ideals of

into thinking

that leisure permits

No

human development.

child

The school should discover and

American democratic society;

it

should pro-

vide for the continuous redefinition and reinterpretation of social
ideals in the light of economical, political,

The school should
experiences that

make

and

social change.

further provide for the

boys’ and

girls’

possible their greatest contribution to the

The present-day ambitions and daymust give way to more enduring and satisfying values that will embrace the need and joy
in experiencing the abundant life of the present.
The modern
school should aim to help every child achieve health and safety,
worthy home membership, mastery of tools, citizenship and
world good-will, and vocational and economic effectiveness.
Each of these responsibilities may be expanded to show
further implications.
From these implications an educational
program may be designed and developed so that the schools will
more adequately meet the challenge of contemporary American
life.
This is the task of the American school administrators.
realization of social ideals.

dream cravings

for material success

FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOLS
By ROBERT SAVAGE
Taxes are the price we pay as

citizens for such services as

schools, playgrounds, parks, streets, police,

ever

we

reduce taxes

ourselves.

portance

—

we must

Our public

services

and

courts.

—

in

proportion to their basic im-

are probably the least expensive services

Common

When-

reduce some of these services to

we

buy.

bad times we preserve first
the things which are most important.
The same common sense
would surely class education as one of the most important.
sense suggests that

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going to read some significant facts relative to the

financial support of schools
1

.

This

is

the

first

depression

the United States in which the

in

schools have been serious cut.
2.

3.

4.

1925-26 the cost of the public schools per child enrolled
was $81 .90 for the United States as a whole. In 1932-33
the cost had been cut to $73.96.
The nation’s bill for schools was less than $2,000,000,000
This was less than the amount spent in 1926.
in 1932-33.
In 1925-26 the amount expended for new school buildings
was more than $400,000,000. In 1932-33 less than
Approximately
$1 55,000 000 went into new buildings.
In

250,000 children attended school part time because there
50,000 children
were not enough school rooms. About
last year were housed in temporary or portable shacks.
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5.

Construction of 4,000 needed rural

being delayed

in

1932-33.

school

About 18,000

buildings

was

rural school dis-

were not able to make necessary minor repairs to keep
the buildings from deteriorating.
1932-33 were reIt is estimated that teachers’ salaries in
duced in 80 to 90 per cent of all city school systems and in
tricts

10.
6.

practically
7.

all

of the rural schools.

Approximately one hundred city school systems reduced
their terms by twenty days or more in 1933.
It is estimated that 4500 rural schools reduced their terms by thirty or

more days.
8.

Kindergartens were eliminated

9.

Art instruction was removed or reduced

in

1

70

cities.

in

Music was completely or partially dropped
1

1

1

.

12.

60

Home
45

00

cities.

schools of

cities.

Health education was reduced

1

1

in the

economics and manual

in

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cities.

arts suffered

retrenchment

in

cities.

Here are steps to be considered by the people of any community before cutting the school budget:

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1

.

Make

Distribute costs fairly.

sure that everyone

is

carrying

his fair share of taxation.

2.

Eliminate non-essential public activities.

3.
4.

Postpone other expenditures where possible.
Accept professional advice.

5.

Plan

now

WHAT

for future progress.

CITIZENS

MAY DO TO PROTECT THE SCHOOLS

By CHAELES MICHAEL
“So teach us

to

hearts unto wisdom.”

When
to take

for

life.

number our days

—

we need to make
our common task of

times are hard

more seriously
The citizens of

and improve
children of

that

their

all

we may

apply our

Psalms.

a state must

education better and

preparing the young

work together

system of public education

of the people

may

in

to preserve

order that the

claim their birthright of equal-

have been appropriated for public
construction works, while relatively little has been done for
schools. Although there is no mathematical method of measuring
education, the good derived from it is far in excess of the actual
ity of

opportunity.

Billions

cost.

There are numerous ways in which our public school system
strengthened.
The people through state laws should
require all schools to be open at least eight months each year, require full time attendance of all children of school age, guarantee all children instruction by trained and capable teachers, and
such, for example,
require all schools to meet certain standards
The people
as conducting all classes in the English language.

may be

—

through a state-wide census of

all

minors should provide for the

proper accounting of the greatest of their natural resources
their children.

tion

fund should

The people through an adequate

make

it

possible for

all

local

state equaliza-

districts,

without

levying an unreasonably high tax, to maintain a school

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guaran-

meets

all

state

teeing

all

children a fair educational opportunity and in removing

our present

requirements.

outstanding

This

national

the

is

in a

manner

that guarantees every

The

defects.

equalization fund should be distributed

step

first

among

in

school

state

the local districts

American boy and

girl

an edu-

cational opportunity.

The people may help

to strengthen their schools

through the local community

various ways.

in

should keep themselves informed as to conditions

Second, careful discrimination should be used
bers of the school board.
ful

plan

is

teachers.
that

will

in effect for

by acting

First, all citizens

in

in their schools.

voting for

mem-

Third, citizens should see that a care-

the selection

and retention of capable

Fourth, school boards should adopt a salary schedule
attract

and hold capable teachers.

teachers and school

officials

Fifth,

capable

should be guaranteed tenure

in

of-

Sixth, the people should consolidate those school districts

fice.

that are too small to maintain a

community should have a

modern

school.

Finally, every

carefully planned school building pro-

gram.

There are many civic organizations which have a deep inimprovement of the school and of the communit}'.
Among them are the National Congress of Parents and Teachers,
the American Legion, organized labor, women’s clubs, churches,
service clubs, chamber of commerce, farm organizations, and
other community agencies as the Boy Scouts, Girl Reserves and
4-H Clubs.
By being a member of or helping to maintain one of
these organizations you help to accomplish three things: You
are making personal growth possible; you are helping the organterest in the

its part in the life of the community more
you are helping the members of the organization
the significance of the school as it is in community life and

ization to play
tively;

the larger part

it

One

to see

might be made to play through reorganization.

The purpose and achievements
tions,

effec-

to see

of

educational

organiza-

such as the National Education Association, are numerous.

of their

major functions

is

to interpret education to the

pub-

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lie,

and the needs of the
by the people in an age of rapid

so that the ideals, the achievements,

schools are better understood

change.

Newspapers,

means

radio, films,

celebrations,

of educational interpretation.

may be used

The newspapers

feature articles, editorials, and cartoons on education.

may

as

edit news,

The radio

broadcast addresses of educators and laymen discussing the

needs, aims, and achievements of the schools, dramatizing or ar-

ranging special presentations of actual school work.

show

Films

may

what is being done for their children
in school and how the home program of health, discipline, habit
training, and the formation of ideals may correlate with that of
the school.
Finally, celebrations such as American Education

be used

Week

to

offer

the public

most effective opportunities

Unless parents and teachers

to interpret schools.

become aware

of the

sinister

whose interest it is to undermine the schools, and
a militant and powerful organization to protect the

forces of those
unite in

schools against the inroads of their false economics,

we may

see

the end of our American ideal of an opportunity for every child.

HOME AND SCHOOL COOPERATION
By JOY

MUNSON

homes where unemployment and reduced incomes have
life to mere existence, children must not be allowed to
Every child has an inaliensuffer the loss of morale and hope.
In the emergency, the school home
able right to a good home.
In

lowered

must perform many of the services taken care of in the parental
home during normal times. A common interest in the welfare
of children brings home and school closer together in such crises
as the present.

The Parent-Teacher Association is an organization engaged
home and school cooperation for the protection
The work of this organization is centralized in the
of children.
in

a program of

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National Congress of Parents and Teachers.

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Its

publications are

a rich source of guidance and inspiration for community effort.

"Child Welfare,” the national parent-teacher magazine,
a monthly stimulus to the activities of the organization.
lines

concrete specific projects upon which

work

home and

is

It

out-

school

may

together.

The National Congress of Parents and Teachers is the cenwhere parents and teachers work together
to the end that home, school, and community may be more effective in the fundamental task of educating both the child and
adult.
Members belong to the local and state branches as well
tralized organization

as to the National Congress.

For better cooperation between these two agencies the

fol-

lowing suggestions are helpful
1

.

A campaign

for

1

00 per

cent membership of patrons in

Parent-Teacher Association.

A

program of study

for

the
the

year, which includes proposed legislation for better schools.
2.

A

teacher

visit to

every

home which

will

sonal interest of the teacher in the pupils

home
3.

is

the

visiting.

Send an American Education Week message to every home.
These may be printed in the school print shop, mimeographed
in the commercial department, and the art department may

make
4.

she

emphasize the per-

who come from

Still

decorative covers.

a better

method

issue of school

paper

is

in

have parents responsible for one
which appear editorials based upon

to

parents’ visits to various school departments.

A program
result
1

.

of protection for children in the

from home cooperation

Use of school

in the

facilities for the

community may

following ways

preparation

of food

and the

distribution of clothing.
2.

Make school libraries available in the evenings where children may study with proper warmth and light.
Arrangement
of programs for wholesome amusements and recreation
which parents may participate.

in

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No

school can afford to be without an effectively function-

ing parent-teacher organization.

It is

unquestionably the best

agency through which to bring the school and home together for
the solution of mutual problems.

THE SCHOOLS AND RECONSTRUCTION
By HAROLD HYDE
In our discussion of the

we have

tion,”

each having

problem, “Schools and Reconstruc-

divided the subject matter into several phases,
particular contribution to the whole.

its

demanded by

us consider the higher standards of living

An

cated.

pend

means of

effective

asking the question,

“What

their earnings in

fortable, in acquiring

may be

illustration

First, let

the edu-

obtained by

on the average, exhomes attractive and com-

class of people,

making

their

beneficial

pleasures, in

conserving their

personal appearances, in attending to their health, and in pre-

paring for future economic diversities?
volves the

.

.

.

the educated,

of

why?

The answer lies in education itself. It inincreased skills and knowledge acquired by the edu-

But

course.

cated.

see

Speaking of the average, the uneducated have no desire to
fish are caught and canned in Alaska, or to visit Saint

how

Peters

same

in

Rome.

benefit

doesn’t

buy

from

a piano because he can’t play

One

tion for music.

with

his

Even if they did, they would not receive the
as do their educated brothers. The plumber

it

more

it

or has no apprecia-

thing in which he can successfully

gifted neighbors, however,

is

in

but unlike them, usually, he has nothing to show for
Secondly,

let

us consider

how

compete

spending money,
it.

education contributes to eco-

nomic security. Recently the United States was faced with what
was termed a bank holiday. Thousands of American men and
women were forced to meet every day economic necessities with
But did they cry out, “Down with the governempty pockets.
ment?” Did they swoop down upon the banks in great hordes

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and
I

lustily

know

demand

the heads of our bankers?

they did not.

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No!

You and

about with hands

Instead they went

in

pockets jingling their last two dimes and whistling, "Happy Days
someThat is something to think about
Are Here Again.”
thing which every economic minded politician ought to reflect
upon seriously before ruthlessly slashing appropriations for edu-

—

cational purposes, for unless the people of the United States

had

not been raised to their present educational status, through the
toiling efforts of their educators, the story

might have been much

different.

Lastly,

the child to

what are the schools doing
adjust

himself to his

in

way

of preparing

needs?

Obviously,

the

future

“times have changed,” as the saying goes.

Especially

is

this

Back in the good old
and economically.
days when men were men, a man could pack up his troubles and
move West when political and economic pressure rendered his
social position uncomforable
but the situation now is different.
America no longer has a frontier.
Its people can no longer run
away when faced with some new difficulty; they must meet the
issue at stake squarely; they must learn to adjust themselves to
each situation and to each other.
The manufacturer must
realize his dependency upon the merchant, and the merchant
upon the consumer, likewise the banker, the lawyer, and the
doctor.
The American people must get over their wild, haphazard craze for individuality they must learn to work together.
The function of the schools, therefore, becomes more than the
teaching of subject matter; it must and is acting as the medium
through which the pupil can learn to adjust himself to the complex inter-relationships of the society in which he must take his
true both politically

;

;

stand.

THE SCHOOLS AND LOYALTY TO THE NATION
By ERDEAN MacALISTER
The fundamental idea

at the

foundation of a Republican

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form of government is public intelligence in action for the comgood, and self-government is the last reward of human enlightenment.
Illiteracy is the disruption of freedom and the rule
of the ignorant is no better than chaos.
Free public schools are
self-defense.
They are our army and navy of thought and pur-

mon

pose.

Our public schools must be free schools.
Our teachers
must be free and wise teachers.
This is no dole.
If a citizen
is childless he should demand that he be taxed to “educate other
people’s children”
rich

who soon

and safeguard the

will

hold the purse strings of the

rights of the poor.

Education

is

ative insurance against the rule of incompetence

and

Some have jumped

taxes

at the conclusion that school

reasonably high and denounce the schools as

lic

ment.
in the

If

we

is

the corner

are un-

unscrupulous

The casting of aspersions upon the American
school is just as bad as ridiculing the Constitution

eaters.

cause public education

cooper-

gullibility.

tax

free pubitself

be-

popular govern-

stone of

believe in the rule of the people

we must

believe

education of the people.

Education is our largest governmental activity, and also our
most important.
It is important because it is constructively useful in a higher degree than anything else we do.
The schools
teach respect for constituted authority, the necessity for obedience to law, honor to the flag, admiration for our great national
heroes, a knowledge of American ideals, and the struggle for
their achievement.
The schools are the major unifying force in
Education is the insurance policy of DeAmerican life today.
mocracy.
Abolish education and the
to barbarism.

Civilization

human

race would quickly revert

can advance only as education ad-

vances.
In the “long result of
liable to

time”

all

forms of government are

change, repeal, or amendment.

It is

the character,

in-

temperament, and purpose of a people that make sure
the pursuit of happiness.
We must conclude in the last analysis
telligence,

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and hope of the future lies in the development
them for law and order, codes and charters,
rather than in the crystallization of things as they are and have
been.
Educated people can find their unforeseen ways, however, if we give them the light.
Dr. E. W. Butterfield, State
Commissioner of Education, Connecticut, says:
that the promise

of a people, fitting

“In a republic, public education

is

not a

gift,

not charity,

not a contribution to the needs of poor and unfortunate parents.
Its

purpose

is

to adjust

growing

growing world. We
protect and perpetuate our

citizens to a

educate not to relieve parents but to

’

investment

in culture

and

civilization.

Loyalty to the schools then
state,

is

loyalty to the

community, the

and the nation.
o

Doctor and Mrs. Francis B. Haas entertained the members
of the Student Council, the officers of the four classes, and the
faculty advisers

and

their wives, at a

at the President’s house

very delightful party held

on Tuesday evening, November 21
o

Mrs. Nettie Smith,

who

served as Matron at Bloomsburg

1915, died Thursday evening, November 2, at the
home of her son Ashton, in Luzerne. She had been ill for a

from 1905

to

Mrs. Smith was born in Pike County,
and was seventy-one years of age at the time of her death. She
is survived by her son and six grandchildren.

year before her death.

o

The Junior

Class of the College enjoyed an outing held at

September 23.
and the afternoon was spent in

Spring Brook Park Saturday afternoon,
failed to

mar

the event,

skating and dancing.

Rain
roller

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Alumni Home-Coming Day
Bloomsburg was the scene of the

Day

in its history

on Saturday, November

largest
4.

Home-Coming

This event, which

has been an annual event since the coming of President Haas,
has
the

become one of the outstanding days on the College calendar.
The weather man did his full share towards making the day
great success that it was.
The weather was clear and mild

November, and presented a pleasing contrast to the weather
of Home-Coming Day in 1932, when conditions were not so fav-

for

orable.

The 9

to 7

triumph of the Huskies on the gridiron over East

Stroudsburg, coming with the brilliant
last eight

field

goal by Harter in the

seconds of play, played an important part

in

making

it

a perfect day.

The visitors found the College gaily decorated with the
Maroon and Gold of Bloomsburg and the Red and Black of East
Stroudsburg, and everyone was ready to entertain them and

make

their visit

an enjoyable one.

The first feature of the day was a concert given by the
Maroon and Gold Band. This organization, attired in their new
uniforms, marched up the campus, led by their drum major Richard Thomas, and took their places near the library entrance,
where they entertained the visitors for an hour.
A large number of visitors attended the luncheon, and the
crowd was so large at the dinner in the evening that it was imDuring the dinner,
possible to accommodate all at one sitting.
Miss Harthe College Orchestra furnished a program of music.
riet M. Moore led in singing the Alma Mater, and there were
cheers for East Stroudsburg, for West Chester, whose crosscountry team met Bloomsburg in a dual meet, for Harter, the
hero of the day, and for the Bloomsburg teams.
At the close of the football game there was an informal gettogether and tea in the gymnasium and in the evening the program closed with a largely attended dance.

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Home-Coming Day is by no means intended to supplant
On Alumni Day most of the
Alumni Day, but to supplement it.
students have gone home, but the Home-Coming Day visitor has
This
an opportunity to see the entire student body in action.
event not only provides a very enjoyable day for the visitors, but
also, as a project in cooperation, provides

an excellent opportun-

work together
big project, the success
of which depends upon that which is recognized as the key to
the coming social order, when cooperation, instead of competition, will go far to solve our common problems.
To those of
the Alumni who have never been back to Bloomsburg on HomeComing Day, we recommend that you put it on your calendar for
ity for

1934.

the students to

It

will

in a

be well worth your time and trouble.
o

In the Bakeless Memorial Room there are two large cases
were purchased to display athetic trophies. There is a
considerable amount of space in these cases that could be used
to advantage until such time as there are enough trophies to fill
them.
It has occurred to some members of the Alumni Association that returning graduates would be very much interested in

that

a display of relics of other days.

Bloomsburg graduates

will

commencement programs, and
display for a time,

de sire.

he

We

hope, therefore, that

cooperate by sending
the ake.

and then returned

to

These

in

old pictures,

will

the owners,

be kept on
if

they so

Please send your contributions to Dr. E. H. Nelson, and

will see that

they are well cared for.
o

The annual reception

of Dr. and Mrs. Haas to the Trustees
and Faculty of the Teachers College, the cooperating teachers,
and the School Boards of the districts in which teacher training
is carried on, was held in the College gymnasium Tuesday evening,

October

1

7.

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The 1933-34

Artists’

Course

The artists’ course for 1933-34, as prepared by Prof. E. A.
Reams, Chairman of the Committee on Entertainment, is an exceptionally interesting one.
The course, consisting of six numbers, is varied, and brings to Bloomsburg several famous artists.
The first number, given September 22, was a concert by

members
The concert was under the

the Boston Sinfonietta, a small ensemble consisting of
of the Boston

Symphony

Orchestra.

direction of Arthur Fiedler.

A

was an innovation to Bloomsburg audiences
by Ruth St. Denis, internationally known
dancer.
Miss St. Denis, in the first half of her program, spoke
on “The Dance as a Culture Force, and captivated the audience
with her remarkable personality.
The last half of her program
consisted of three dances by Miss St. Denis, and a group of three
numbers on the piano by Alexander Alexay, who also served as

was

program

a dance

that

recital

'

accompanist for the dances.
Another unique program was presented Friday evening,
November 24, when Mischa Tulin appeared as soloist on the
Theramin, a new electrical instrument that has appeared since
the coming of radio.
Mr. Tulin was assisted by George Flirose,
Japanese Baritone, and Miss Helen Gordon, pianist.
Charles Naegele, who has appeared at the College several
times, will appear in a piano recital on Friday evening, February
2.

Mr. Naegle

probably the most popular

artist

who

has ap-

Bloomsburg, and always receives a cordial welcome.
On Friday evening, March 9, Miss Olga Averino, soprano,
give a recital.
Miss Averino was born in Moscow, and was

peared
will

is

in

one of the leading sopranos in Russian opera, but was forced to
leave the country when the revolution broke out.

The concluding number of the course will be presented Friday evening, May 6, by Miss Dorothy Sands, dramatic artist.
Her program, “Styles in Acting,” will include parts of plays typical of various periods in the history of the stage.

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The Philadelphia Alumni
The monthly luncheon meetings of the Philadelphia Alumni
were resumed for the season of 1933-1934 on October 14, in
the Paul Revere Room of Gimbel’s Restaurant.
These meetings are an inspiration, and are filling the great
need among our Alumni, of keeping the spirit of Bloomsburg
ever renewed within our hearts.
An opportunity was given to members of the organization
to contribute toward the Bakeless Memorial, in honor of our dear
friend and teacher. Prof. 0. H. Bakeless, who was dearly loved,
and whose memory is greatly revered by all of us.

The demise

of Prof. F. H. Jenkins

our organization, and

we

we

was

also a great shock to

deeply regret the passing of one

whom

looked upon as a father, while he was Registrar, as well

all

as a friend.

Elizabeth
nell, ’93,

Moran McDonnell,

suggested that

we

’94, wife of Dr. J. F.

bereaved families and a copy of each
J.

Kelly,

13, a classmate of

McDon-

send resolutions of sympathy to the

Bernard

to the Quarterly.

John Bakeless, volunteered

to write

Kathryn Boyle, also a classmate of John
Bakeless, Mrs. J. F. McDonnell, Chairman, and Mrs. Florence
Hess Cool, our President, comprised the committee.
these

resolutions.

Miss Elen, the interesting five-year-old daughter of Harriet

Shuman Burr,
members were

A

1

7,

was our guest of honor

Thirty

for the day.

present.

committee, consisting of the following, was appointed to

arrange for a dinner at the Embassy Hotel,

5, at 6 30 P. M., followed by cards
Chairman Mary Richards, Stella Swank.

on Friday, January
ryn Boyle,

’

1

Anyone

3,

2100 Walnut
:

:

Street,

— Kath-

;

interested

may

obtain tickets for this

affair

from

Kathryn Boyle, 45 3 Springfield Avenue, West Philadelphia.
Tickets fifty cents.
Parking permitted after 6:00 P. M.
Little Marion, the six-year-old daughter of Ruth Johnson
Garney, was also a guest. Mrs. Cool baked a birthday cake.
1

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decorated with

six candles for

our

little

guest, as she celebrated

Her greatest fear was that none
of her birthday cake would be left for her Daddy, but she was

her sixth birthday on

we

had, in her own words, “left a great
Marion’s teacher, Betty Ransome, ’23,

agreeably surprised that
big piece for Daddy.”

was

day.

this

also present.

The November meeting was held November
P.

M. with

11, at

12:30

thirty-five present.

A letter was read from Miss Melissa Perley, Enosburg Falls,
Vermont.
We were requested to send her cards for Thanksgiving, inasmuch as she had just celebrated her ninety-third birthday.
Excerpts from this letter follow:
“My dear friend:
You gave me a surprise, a very pleasant one; to
know that one has been remembered forty years is indeed a pleasure
Dr. Seely and wife called on me
.

last

summer.

I

.

.

had another pleasant

not quickly recognize them, but

surprise.

I

when they gave

did

their

names, I instantly stepped backward through five
hundred miles of space and thirty years of time, and
greeted them in old Bloomsburg Normal, where I had
last seen them ... I am glad that he told you of
meeting me.
I
am just recovering from bronchial
The doctor says I have a strong conpneumonia.
believe him.

stitution.

I

ing doesn’t

kill.

I

seeing Switzerland

Vermont

is

”
’Tis

In

dearly love
I

my experience,
my native state.

said ‘Switzerland

is

teach-

After

grand, but

beautiful.’

sweet

to

be remembered and sweeter

to

be told the fact.”

Our December meeting was delightfully informal. Several
members, being busy with Christmas shopping, stopped in
see us during luncheon, and several others just to say “Merry

of our
to

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Christmas,”

We

who had

were glad

them,

if

to

not time for the

welcome

only for a short time.

Bakeless and

ed

F.

luncheon and meeting.

them, nevertheless,
Thirty-five

Copies of the resolutions to the

19

and happy

to see

members attended.

families of

Prof. 0.

H.

H. Jenkins were read, and the secretary instruct-

send same to Mrs. 0. H. Bakeless and Mrs. F. H. Jenkins,
The dinner party was

to

as well as to the Editor of the Quarterly.

then announced.
Mrs. Cool requested
to the Quarterly.

members

to

send

Quarterly subscriptions

news they could
were also solicited.

in all

Wishing each other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
we parted, to meet again January 3, 1934. Subsequent meetThe annual
ings are to be held February 10 and March 10.
banquet will be held in April.
One copy will so interest you
Get the “Quarterly Habit.”
1

that

you

will

FLORENCE

become a subscriber
COOL, President.

for

life.

H.

Philadelphia, Pa.

JENNIE YODER FOLEY, Secretary,
8134 Hennig Street,
Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pa.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION
F. H. Jenkins, associated as teacher and Registrar with
Bloomsburg State Teachers College for a long period of time,
having departed this life on Saturday, the 30th day of Septem-

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, the members of Philadelphia Branch of Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni As-

ber

last, at

sociation desire, at the earliest gathering of the Association since

upon record their great loss at his departure
and a testimonial, individually and
their affectionate veneration for his memory.

his death, to place

from

this earthly existence,

collectively, of

His zeal as a teacher and, latterly, his interest, as Registrar,
in the

whole student body increased the strength of the bond

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which holds us lovingly

to

happy memories

of our dear

Alma

Mater.

their

He was ever

attentive

problems

him

to

his kindly Christian life,

came under

his

and respectful

for solution.

and

to those

who brought

His agreeable personality,

his consideration of those of us

charge marked him as the model of a good

who
man

and a Christian gentleman.
Wherefore, Resolved that the members of the Philadelphia
Branch of Bloomsburg State Teachers Alumni Association, affected by the irreparable loss of our late professor and friend, extend our deepest sympathy in this great sorrow, knowing that
the memory of his useful life and his constructive work will serve
as an inspiration to those who follow in his path.
Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the family of the late Professor Jenkins, with the sincere sympathy of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni Association.

MRS.
mrs.

NORMAN
j. f.

G.

COOL,

McDonnell,

KATHRYN BOYLE,
BERNARD E. KELLY,

Esq.,

Committee.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION
Oscar H. Bakeless, for many years professor and teacher at
Bloomsburg State Teachers College, having departed this life on
Wednesday, the 6th day of September last, while attending services of his church at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, the

Philadelphia

Alumni

members

Branch of Bloomsburg State Teachers

of

College

desire, at the earliest gathering of the Association since

his death, to

place upon record their profound sense of

calamity, and a testimonial, individually and

memory.
and benevolent

this

great

collectively, of their

affectionate veneration for his

A man

of spotless

life,

he must, alike

in the

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humblest as

in the

21

highest sphere, everywhere and always, have

commanded the sympathy, respect, and homage of all good people who knew him or felt his influence. To see him and to speak
To know him intimately
with him was to give assurance of this.
was to make this assurance doubly sure.
For many years he added to the strength and reputation of
our Alma Mater in his capacity as teacher, where he never failed
to sustain the requirements of his position.

His amiability, kind-

sympathy, and goodness of heart, both in and out of the
classroom, have left an indelible impress on the mmds and hearts
ness,

of his students.
His Christian character

and

his

devotion to

his faith are re-

flected in the fact that he died, as we are sure he would have
wished to die, in church, giving homage to his Creator.
Wherefore:
Resolved, That the members of the Philadelphia Branch of
the Alumni Association of Bloomsburg State Teachers College,
deeply impressed by the great and good qualities and acquirements, and the illustrious life of the late Oscar H. Bakeless, deplore the decree which has removed him from his place of use-

fulness here.

Resolved, That a copy of

this resolution

be transmitted

to

the family of the late Professor Bakeless, with the respectful as-

surance of the sincere sympathy of the Philadelphia Branch of

Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni Association.

MRS.
mrs.

NORMAN
j. f.

G.

COOL,

McDonnell,

KATHRYN BOYLE,
BERNARD E. KELLY,

Esq.,

Committee.

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The Bakeless Memorial Fund

“I appreciate this opportunity to express

preciation to the

who have

of the

ap-

Alumni Association

contributed to assist in bringing the Bake-

Memorial

less

Members

T

my

to a fitting conclusion.

I

know

that

room was very

close to his heart and that his
do nothing finer than to assist in completing this Memorial so that it may be ready for dedication on Alumni Day, 1934.”

the

friends could

2

To date we have $301 3 in response to the announcement
made by President Haas through the QUARTERLY and through
.

a special printed leaflet

Frankly,

I

am

1

sent

disappointed

every Bloomsburg graduate.

to

in

the

amount

of

money

that

has

Three times as much will be needed to complete successfully this last worthy project of our beloved Professor Bake-

come
less.

in as

do so

in.

Will the classes that

rapidly as possible?

made
If

definite pledges get the

you have not contributed

we may carry
May 26, 1934?

at once, in order that

planned, on Alumni Day,

mone>
you

will

out the dedication as

We

are counting on

your loyal support.
E. H.

NELSON,

’ll.

* * *

CONTRIBUTIONS TO BAKELESS MEMORIAL FUND

—
—John
—

$50.00
$10.00
$3.00

Class of 1923, Lester Bennett, Treasurer.

Effie

Bakeless.
G.

Llewellyn,

Alice

Fenner,

Philadelphia Alumni Association (Luncheon Club).

N.

E.

Fimk,

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$2.15

— Balance

in

23

Union Co. Alumni Treasury, Lauretta

Latshaw, Treasurer.

—

$2.00 Virginia Cruikshank, Editha West Ent, Dr. and Mrs.
George Harris Webber, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Hartline, Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan R. Schlauch, Ida M. Walter, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Diehl, Lorna
Gillow.

$1.00

Thomas
ter,

C.

—

Lilian B. Funston, Etta Keller,

North, Margaret Hoke, Mrs.

J.

Lucy McCammon,

K. Miller, Harriet Carpen-

Evelyn Bomboy, Mildred Stryjak, Marguerite Murphy, John
Miss E.
B. Sutliff Mrs. W. V. Moyer, “Good Will

Koch, W.

,

M. Moyer, Cora Etta Frank, Marjorie Murphy, Launeta Lorah,
Mrs. Alice S. Harry, William L. Johnston, Martha E. Tasker, Mrs.
William H. Martin, A. W. Duy, Elizabeth M. Eyer, D. J. Mahoney,
Mabel Moyer, M. E. Houck, Lucile Baker, Anna Garrison, Ermine
Stanton, Helen Carpenter, Ruth Titman Deitrick, Berneta Valentine,

Milton K.

Yorks,

Harriet

Rhodes, W. K. Moyer, Mrs. R.

F.

Moore, George Buchheit, Earl
Hemingway, Mrs. John F. Reed,

Hannah

L.

Groner, Samuel Wilson, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Tasker, Mrs. B.

F.

N. F. Polaneczky, Hilda Ruggles,

Laudig, Helen R. Irvin,

Mary

Louise

Robbins,

G. Belig, Arthur B.

Walhze, Bertha

Martha White, David L. Glover,
George E. Pfahler, Jennie Smith Guillot, Dora A. Marr, Bessie L.
Reynolds, Robert Doris, M. Frances Morton, Mary K. Heintzleman, Teresa Holleran, Sr. M. Regina Martin, Mrs. J. McK. Reiley,
Harvey Andruss, Florence M. Swalm, Martha H. Black, Rosa V.
Buchheit, H. Harrison Russell, Margaret Coburn, Frank Dushanko, Mildred H. Ketchel, Elmira M. Moyer, Warren E. Klopp,
Harry S. Barton, Elizabeth and Mary Love, Frances H. Bubb, W.
L. White, Mary E. Giptroth, Margaretta Bone, Margaret W. Kehr,
Hattie H. Ruhl, Crawford C. Smith, E. J. Dougher, J. Gilbert
Henrie, Ruth Kline Everett, C. C. Zeliff, Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., C.
M. Hauseknecht, J. A. Slominski, Naomi Bender, Mrs. Grant
Reichley, Helen Cashmareck, Minerva Mathews, H. C. Fetterolf,
Unknown (Jermyn, Pa.), Helen E. Watts, Nellie M. Denison,
Viola M. Kline, Margaret J. Dyer, 0. Z. Low, Mary A. Vollrath,

D. Lovering, Beatrice Eyerley,

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Edward Roth, Helen Wakefield, Helen Kramer, Dorothy Goss,
J. F. Chrostwaite, Maude Kline, Charles H. Albert, Mary L.
Wendt, Helen L. Powell, Ray Appleman, Mrs. N. Earle Crawford,
Mrs. M. E. Conner, Mrs. Bruce Fry, B. M. Long, C.
chont, Bessie Mordan,

H.

J.

Ernest De-

Shuman, Maude Campbell, William

Chrisman, Alice M. Burns, Thelma Armstrong, Ina Burdick,

B.

Cathcart, Ethel Shaw, Florence L. Campbell, Grace Woolworth,

Weigley Kohr, K. H. Knorr, Grace Henwood, Edith Dilks,
Thelma Hartzel, Annie Weir, Esther M. Welker, A. E. Smith, Anna Straw Smith, Mrs. J. B. Houston, Margaret
0. Walton, Mrs. Lucy Rood Stitt, Charlotte Ayers, Mrs. J. Rutter
Ohl, Mrs. Donald Williams, Pauline S. Harper, F. J. Creasy, Catherine Stumpf, Grace V. Reinbold, Bessie O’Donnell, W. L. Grala,
Thursabert Schuyler, Olive N. Phillips, H. Mont Smith, Mary M.
Watts, Irene Hortman, Mrs. E. J. Burke, Albert F. Symbal, F. W.
Magrady, Catherine W. Vollrath, Jean E. Young, Sara F. Lewis,
Lizzie

Olive 0. Robinson,

Francis Blank,

Gordon John, Esther

Dreibelbis, Ernestine Rees

Davies, Ruth Sober, Lindley H. Dennis,
Sutliff,

W.

S.

Wallize, Bertha M.

Mr. and Mrs. Darnel Rinehart, E. H. Haupt,

J. J.

Osuna,

Armeda Brunozzi, Louise Larabee, Edith O’Neill
Mary Schoch McKelvey, Eue Thomas Beaver, Margaret

Mrs. R. A. Burr,
Kilgore,

Smith,

Mae

V. Black, George

Anna

J.

Keller,

Evelyn G. Robbins, Olive

Conner Dennis, S. I.
Reese S. Kilgore, Carroll
C. Champhn, Alfred B. Houtz, H. D. Beishline, Mable Van Reed
Layton, Martha Rosenstock, Mary Heacock, A. Z. Schoch, Mary
Detwiler Bader, Edward Yost, Mrs. Mary Montenyohl Brown,
Gertrude Rawson, Mary Alice Yoder, Anna Goyituey Canfield.
R. Breisch, Mrs.

G. Knight, Geraldine

Shortess, Marjorie Wallize Prettyleaf,

o

Do
reunion

not forget Alumni Day, Saturday,
:

74, 79,

’29, ’32.

press

March

records.

1

Let us

26.

Classes in

’14, ’19,

’24,

chairmen should have

March Quarterly, which goes to
help to make next Alumni Day break

ready for the
st.

May

’99, ’04, ’09,

Class secretaries or reunion

their publicity

all

’84,

’89, ’94,

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College Organizations
With the College year well underway,

all

many

of the

A

ganizations of the College have been placed in action.
the officers of the

idea of the

many

them receiving

many

campus

organizations of the

activities in

or-

list

gives

of

an

which students engage, some of
which they participate.

credit for the activities in

Following are the officers of the various organizations,
ing the faculty sponsors

list-

—

Alfred Vandlmg,
Wesley Knorr, Bloomsburg, Vice-President; Elizabeth Row, Bloomsburg, Secretary; William Reed,
Shamokin, Treasurer; Dean Kehr, Dean Koch, Dean Sutliff and
Mr. Rhodes, sponsors.
Thelma
Association
Women’s Student Government
Knauss, President; Mary Kuhn, Vice-President; Jean Phillips,
Secretary; Violet Brown, Treasurer; Ruth Askins, Assistant
Treasurer; Dean Kehr sponsor.
William Young,
Men’s Student Government Association
President; Frank Rompolo, Vice-President; Clarence Slater,
Secretary; Howard Fauth, Treasurer Dean Koch, sponsor.
Day Women’s Association Louise Yeager, President; Marion Hinkle, Vice-President; Kathryn John, Secretary; Blanche
Garrison, Treasurer; Miss Ranson, sponsor.
Day Men’s Association Richard J. Thomas, President;
Mark Peifer, Vice-President; Daniel Jones, Secretary; Arden
Roan, Treasurer; Mr. Buchheit sponsor.
Y. W. C. A.
Adeline Pfeiffer, President; Charlotte Hochberg, Vice-President; Lauretta Foust, Secretary; Erma Moyer,
Treasurer; Miss Mason and Miss Cathcart, sponsors.
Y. M. C. A.
Howard Waite, President; Charles Michael,
Vice-President; Howard Creasy, Secretary; George Kessler,

Community Government Association

Mifflinville,

President;

—

—

—

;

—

—

—

Treasurer; Mr. Shortess sponsor.

—

Senior Class
Howard Kreitzer, Mechanicsburg, President;
Kathryn Yale, Vice-President; Jean Phillips, Secretary; Rachael
Beck, Treasurer; Mr. Andruss sponsor.

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Junior Class

—Wesley

Knorr, Bloomsburg, President;

mer McKechnie, Vice-President;
John

J.

El-

Charlotte Hochberg, Secretary;

Gross, Treasurer; Mr. Fenstemaker sponsor.

—

Sophomore Class Bernard Young, Berwick, President;
Richard Smith, Vice-President; Margaret Schubert, Secretary;
Mary Kuhn, Treasurer; Mr. Shortess sponsor.
Freshman

Class

— Harry

Nelson, President; Randall Clem-

ens, Vice-President; Gertrude Wilson, Secretary; Julia Schlegel,

Treasurer; Dr. Nelson sponsor.
Obiter

— Ronald

Keeler, Bloomsburg, Editor; John Krepich,

Berwick, Business Manager; Mr. Andruss sponsor.

—

Maroon and Gold Thalia Barba, Scranton, Editor; Elmer
McKechnie, Berwick, Business Manager; Mr. Wilson sponsor.
Maroon and Gold Band Elmer McKechnie, Berwick, President; Albert Makowski, Vice-President; Howard Waite, Treasurer; Mr. Fenstemaker sponsor.
Men’s Athletics
John Beck, President; William Young,

—

—

Vice-President; Samuel Cohen, Treasurer;

Carmel Shelhamer,

Treasurer; Dr. Nelson, Mr. Buchheit and Dean Koch sponsors.

Women’s

Athletics

—Blanche

Jean Eyer, Vice-President
Treasurer.

Alpha

Psi

;

Kostenbauder,

President;

Erma Moyer, Secretary; Edith

—Tom
—Joseph

Omega

Davis, President;

Blair,

Harriet Sutliff,

Secretary; Sarah Lentz, Treasurer; Miss Johnston sponsor.

Kappa

Delta Pi

Gribben, President; Alfred Vand-

hng, Vice-President; Miriam

Eroh,

Treasurer; Mr. Andruss and Dean
Phi Sigma Pi

—

Secretary;

Sutliff

Esther

Evans,

sponsors.

Ernest Valente, President; Fred Jaffin, Vice-

President; Stanley Heimbach, Secretary; Arden Roan, Treasurer; Mr.

Reams

Gamma

sponsor.

Theta Upsilon

—

Elbert Ashworth,

fred Vandling, Vice-President;
Miller,

Olwyn

President;

Al-

Laird, Secretary; Lucille

Recording Secretary; Blanche Garrison, Treasurer; Dr.

Russell sponsor.

Dramatic Club

— John

Krepich, President;

Secretary; Bernard Young, Treasurer

;

Kathryn John,

Miss Johnston sponsor.

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A. B. C. Club

(A

Better Co-ed Club)

27

— Erdean

MacAlister,

Mary Kuhn, Vice-President Dorothy Johnson, SecreMiss Murphy sponsor.
Geography Club Charles Michael, President; Leota Nevil,
Vice-President; Veda Mericle, Secretary; Frank Wojcik, TreasPresident;

;

tary; Frances Riggs, Treasurer

—

;

urer; Dr. Russell sponsor.

Women’s Chorus
!iff,

Vice-President;

—Mary DeWald,

Erdean

President;

MacAllister,

Harriet Sut-

Secretary;

Kathryn

John, Treasurer; Miss Patterson sponsor.
Junior

Chamber

Commerce

of

—Howard

Fauth, President;

Margaret Schubert, Vice-President; Thelma Moody, Secretary;
Anthony Verhovshek, Treasurer; Mr. Andruss sponsor.

—

Men’s Glee Club
Elbert Ashworth, Bloomsburg, President; Elmer McKechnie, Vice-President; William I. Reed, Secretary; Stanley Heimbach, Treasurer; Miss

Fiorini,

Moore sponsor.

— Bruno

Novak, President; Madeline
Vice-President; Michael Prokopchak, Secretary-Treas-

Nature Study Club

urer; Mr. Hartline sponsor.

—

Rural Life Club
Adeline Layaou, President; E. Homer
Artman, Vice-President; Harry Phillips, Secretary; Alma Steinruck, Treasurer; Mr. Robbins sponsor.

— Margaret Wolfe,
Home Club — No
Ward
Lambda — Howard Waite,
Sewing Club

Secretary; Miss Campbell,

sponsor.

officers,

informal

discussion

group. Miss

sponsor.

Phi

Vice-President; Betty
sponsor.

Design Club

Bruno Novak,

Row, Secretary-Treasurer; Mr.

— No
—Grace

French Club

President;

officers;

Hartline

Mr. Keller sponsor.

Foote, President;

Betty

Row,

Vice-

President; Ellen Veale, Secretary-Treasurer; Mr. Fenstemaker,
sponsor.
Latin Club

Vice-President;

— Margaret O’Hara,

President;

Miriam Eroh,

Howard DeMott, Secretary-Treasurer; Mr. Fen-

stemaker, sponsor.

—

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Melissa
Miss Melissa

mal School
until 900.

in

the

Perley

came

to the Bloomsburg State Norand was a member of the faculty
charge of the upper grades of the Train-

Perley

S.
fall

S.

of 1891,

She was in
and also Preceptress of the girls’ dormitory. A woman of the finest Christian character, an unusually sane and sensible teacher, a real friend of children, she at once endeared
1

ing School,

herself to

all

with

Miss Perley
is

in

whom
is

now

she

came

living at

in contact.

Enosburg

Falls,

Vermont, and

her ninety-second year.

The poem printed herewith, and written by Miss Perley,
we believe will be of real interest to many former students who
knew her so well.
C. H. ALBERT.

VERMONT
Where God-given days are cloudy or clear;
Where there’s health and life in the atmosphere;
Where natural beauty stands without peer;
There’s Vermont.

Where rugged mountains o’erlook fertile vales;
Where rivers and rills flow singing thru dales;
Where evening’s twilight grows darker and fails;
There’s Vermont.

Where

lovely sunsets are beyond compare;
so gorgeous and shadings so rare;
That artists still fail to picture them fair;

With hues

There’s Vermont.

Where

mid-summer time,
better than wine
seasons are best of any known clime;

cool breezes fan in

Laden with ozone

Where

all

—much

There’s Vermont.
flocks and herds graze over dome-shaped hills;
are lowlands rich the good farmer tills;
has his reward when grain-bins he fills;

Where
Where

Who

There’s Vermont.

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Where thoughtful men

live, of vision most keen;
see hidden wealth in mountain and stream;
Which hard work reveals; such vision’s no dream;

Who

There’s Vermont.

Where churches and schools are given first place;
Where science and ax t with progress keep pace;
Where poverty fills but very small space
-

There’s Vermont.

Where beauty is joined with so much of worth;
Where of man’s real needs there’s never a dearth;
Where native’s feel sure they’re the favored on earth;
There’s Vermont.

o
Classes covering

first

year work

regular courses usually given the

in the

commercial work and

semester of the

first

College

year are to be offered for the second semester which begins on
January 12. Numerous inquiries from prospective students concerning entrance in the middle of the year have prompted

arrangement of these courses.

number

the

Indications are that a consider-

Although students have in the past been permitted to enter at the beginning
of the second semester, none were admitted last year because of
the fact that the College enrollment was up to the quota assigned to it by the State Department.
The enrollment this year has
been somewhat below the quota, and this circumstance permits
From
the entrance of new students in the middle of the year.
twenty-five to thirty students now in college will complete their
able

will enter the College in

courses at the end of the

first

January.

semester.

The average expenses for day students
$66.00, and for boarding students $192.00.

for a semester

are

For day students

$36.00, an activities fee of $10.00,
and an estimated expenditure for books and supplies of $20.00.
For boarding students the contingent fee is $36.00, the housing
there

is

a contingent fee of

board, room and laundry $126.00, activities fee
$10.00, and estimated cost of books and supplies $20.00. Commercial students pay $6.00 additional, and out-of-state students
fee, including

$105.00

additional.

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The Football Season

of 1933

With the beginning of the school year, Bloomsburg started
have reported for several seasons.
Forty boys answered Coach Buchheit’s
call for candidates.
Of this number nine were lettermen of the
football practice with one of the largest squads that

previous year, namely,

Captain;

Jaffin,

Turse,

Harter,

Kitch,

Nine were Jay
and Sopchak.
year, and the rest were boys who had come out

Line, Litwhiler, Mericle, Moleski,

Vees from
for the

last

first

time during a three weeks’ spring practice

members of the Freshman class.
The squad worked out regularly and

last April,

or were

first

game, which w as
r

prior to the Millersville

Camp

with the Forestry

mage

that several

upon the team.
out of the
lersville

injuries.

faithfully for

their

The week
on October 7th.
game a practice scrimmage was held
from Benton.
It was during this scrim-

at Millersville,

injuries

occurred

Jaffin sustained

game during

the

first

that

had a

serious

effect

an ankle injury that kept him

half of the

season.

In the Mil-

game, Jaffin, Turse, and Rompolo were out because of
Bloomsburg, with a shaken-up backfield, did not pre-

sent a gaining aggregation, nor did Millersville gain a very great

amount

of yardage, with the

scoring

was over

for the day,

yard

exception of a twenty-five

pass that led to a Millersville score during the

first

The

quarter.

and the game ended 6-0

favor

in

of Millersville.

On October

1

4, a strong

western team from Indiana State

Teachers College played us at home.

Indiana had previously
Lock Haven team, and showed considerable power
Bloomsburg lost, 25 to 7.
in running and aerial attacks.
The next game was played at Mansfield on October 2 and
the Bloomsburg “Huskies,” with their newly chosen mascot
beautiful Eskimo Husky, owned by Professor Keller
and accompanied by our well equipped and well drilled student band,
The final score,
went in serious quest for their first victory.
however, does not tell the actual playing ability of the two

won from

the

1

—

,

—

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Mansfield scored three more touchdowns than the
teams.
Bloomsburg showBloomsburg team, and the score was 31-14.
ed power and fight and punting and forward passing ability.
Bloom was a continual threat until the latter part of the game,

when

Mansfield turned several breaks into scores.
Feeling that the turn had come, and with most of the crip-

back with the squad, the Huskies next played with Oswego
But
State Teachers College, at Oswego, N. Y., on October 28.
Bloomsburg went into the second half
it was all to no avail.
with the score 6-0 against them, and started a determined offense.
A blocked punt proved disastrous, and finally led to anBloomsburg then scored, and
other score by the opponents.
played against time in trying to score again, but to no end, and
ples

the

game ended

12-7.

Next was home-coming on the Hill. East Stroudsburg, with
which had defeated Bloomsburg 45-0 the previous season
and who were enjoying a good season played

—
—

a strong team

Bloomsburg.

The

—

latter

team was without a win

in its

record, but with the tradition of never having lost a

season’s

Home-Com-

The day and setting were perfect. Both teams were
playing a fine game, and as the game neared the end, the score
was 7-6, in favor of East Stroudsburg. Then came the storybook finish. With eight seconds to play, the ball was in Bloomsing

game.

burg’s possession on the 19-yard

line,

near the side of the

field.

be placed on the memorable spot).
Harter took the back position for an attempted field goal, the

(A bronze marker

ball

to

is

was passed back from

the center, the line held,

and the

kicked ball passed between the goal posts, to keep the Blooms-

burg Home-Coming record clear. The ball was kicked again, and
the game ended: Bloomsburg 9, East Stroudsburg 7.

Then came the season of heavy snows and ice, with an open
and the limited amount of practice due
to the severe weather.
The Maroon and Gold played Lock
Haven here on November 18. The field was frozen. Lock
Haven, with a much heavier team, played consistent ball, and
date on November

1

1

,

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32

with some breaks had scored eighteen points during the

first

half.

However, the Huskies came back the second half, and while
threatening to score, held Lock Haven scoreless the last two periods, and the game ended. Lock Haven
8 and Bloomsburg 0.
1

The
Playing a

last

game was with Shippensburg at Shippensburg.
game the first half, the Huskies trailed 7-0.

listless

With a change of heart, Bloomsburg opened up and scored a
touchdown, and Harter added the extra point with a place kick.
Then, with two minutes to play, and the ball in Bloomsburg’s
possession, Harter again proved his worth by place kicking, a
field goal, and the game ended.
Score: Bloomsburg 10, Shippensburg 7.
At the close of the season, the Athletic Council awarded letFred Jaffin, Captain; James Boylan, Harold Border, Frank Camera, Joe Dixon, Gerald Harter, Clyde
Kitch, Ernest Line, Woodrow Litwhiler, Frank Rompolo, Mervin
Mericle, Walter Moleski, Carmel Shelhammer, Rex Turse, Michael
Sopchak, Roy Schrope, and Larry Evangelista, Manager.
ters to the following:

Gerald “Doc” Harter has been
year’s team.

elected

captain

of

next

Clarence Slater will be student manager.

CROSS

COUNTRY— 1933

Cross-country, always a very strong sport at Bloomsburg,

Karns, Bartoldi, Captain Baum,

has had another good season.

The
Young, Roan, and Verhovshek have made up the team.
first meet with Indiana was won, 23-32; the second meet with
West Chester was lost, 30-23 the next was a quadrangular
meet, with Bloomsburg finishing second to West Chester, and
;

ahead of Shippensburg and

St.

The

Johns.

last

dual meet was

won from Shippensburg, 27-28.
One
I

1

,

where,

medal

was the race
November
place and a gold

of the outstanding features of the season

won by Karns
in

in the

Legion meet

a handicap race, he

in a field of

67

runners.

in

Philadelphia on

won

first

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1933-34 Enrollment
The enrollment report

for the

first

semester of the current

coliege year shows the following:
Class

Freshmen
Sophomores

61

Juniors

less

II

than

176
76

195
101

78

224

231

221

356

577

628

1

3 hours)

18

58

76

119

_

239

414

653

747

ent

is

due principally

depression; second, the increase

sary by the decrease

in

this year,

made

neces-

appropriations by the Legislature.

All

had decreases

but Bloomsburg has suffered

the majority of these institutions.
1

two factors

to

in fees,

of the Teachers Colleges in Pennsylvania have

enrollment

101

101

(those taking
ig

Total

First, the

15

40

Last Year

Total

35
146

Seniors

Class

1

36
46

_

Total

I

Women

Men

much

Bloomsburg’s

loss

less
is

in

than

about

2.3 per cent.

Another

set of figures that

to the automobile

show

the trend of the times, due

and good roads,

is to be seen in the following,
showing the number of boarding students, as compared with the
number of day students.

Day Students*
Resident Students
^Includes Class

II

Men

Women

165
74

210
204

Total

Per Cent

375
278

57.4
42.6

students.

The days are not very remote when the day students were
in the minority, but large numbers of students now

decidedly
drive

in

daily

from a wide area around Bloomsburg.

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Professor Albert

Prof. Charles H. Albert

in

Auto Accident

and Mrs. R. Bruce Albert were

painfully injured on the evening of Christmas Day,

when an

automobile plunged head-on into the machine in which they
were riding on the highway just below Hummel’s Wharf.
Prof. Albert, who was thrown from the machine, suffered a
laceration on the forehead, severe bruises about the chest and
from shock while his daughter-in-law suffered a bump on the
forehead, an ugly bruise of the arm and bruises of the right side.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Albert and Prof. Albert were returning home after spending Christmas at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Dallas Baer, at Selinsgrove, Mrs. C. H. Albert having re-

mained

at the

home

of her son-in-law

and daughter

there.

About a mile and a half above Selinsgrove, Bruce Albert,
who was driving, said he saw a car approaching on the wrong
side of the road and that when he saw the car was continuing on
that side, made an attempt to get off the road but was kept from
doing this by a pole and was struck head-on.

The Albert car
was thrown

shot across the

highway and Prof. Albert

Both the Albert machine and that which ran
into it, driven by Joseph Bogart, of Perkasie, were badly damaged, and the Bloomsburg car was later towed to a Selinsgrove
out.

garage.
Prof. Albert

was taken

to the

Baer home by a passing

motorist and later Rev. Baer took Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Albert

The two injured were given medical attention at the
later Mrs. Bruce Albert returned to Bloomsburg with
her husband who had escaped with a cut on the knee. Bogart
was cut about the forehead.
there.

home and

Professor Albert
the accident.

is

recovering slowly from the effects of

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Printed elsewhere
son,

who

in the

has been placed

Quarterly

is

35

the report of Dr. Nel-

charge of the Bakeless Memorial
was a project begun by Prof. Bake-

in

The Alumni Room
carried the work through to successful completion, as
To raise the
far as the furnishing of the room was concerned.
money to pay for the project, a five year campaign was carried
Beginning with Alumni Day in 1929, and for four years
on.
thereafter, an appeal was made to the classes in reunion to make
pledges for the Alumni Room Fund.
According to Prof. Bakeless’s last report, printed in the September Quarterly, $654.00
Fund.
less,

who

of the

money

so pledged

still

remains unpaid.

Alumni to clear up these
have now been reached by the appeal given on Alumni Day, and it is quite probable that no more
pledges from classes will be requested.
It is

pledges.

the

first

responsibility of the

All of the classes

We have now arrived at the mam point of this article. The
Alumni Association has a potential membership of over six thousand members.
Less than one-sixth of this number are active,
paid-up members at the present time. Many Alumni attend their
class reunion, pay their dues for that year, and that is the last
they are heard from until the next time they have a class reunion.
What is needed is a larger number of members who are members five years out of five, and not one year out of five.
If we
could have an active membership of four thousand, the balance
due on the Bakeless Memorial Room would be paid in a short
time, the expenses of printing the Quarterly would be met, and
there would be a large amount left each year to turn over to the
Student Loan Fund, or some other worthy project. There would
be no need in the future to make appeals for money on Alumni
Day; the treasury of the Association would be sufficient to enable it to carry on a real program.
What is the responsibility of each member? First: pay
your dues every year; second: talk up the Association to all the
Bloomsburg people that you know.
Do your part
Remember
!

that the

QUARTERLY

paid up to date.

is

sent free to

all

Alumni whose dues are

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The Board

of Trustees of the

Bloomsburg State Teachers

College, took the following action with regard to the deaths of

and Prof. F. H. Jenkins:
“At the meeting held Monday, September 25, 1933, the
Board of Trustees, by unanimous action, expressed its deep
sense of loss in the death of Prof. 0. H. Bakeless, and voiced its
sincere approval of the effort to complete the Alumni Room, and
to dedicate it as “The Bakeless Room.”
“At the meeting held Monday, October 23, 1933, the
Board of Trustees, by unanimous action, expressed its deep
sense of loss in the death of Prof. F. H. Jenkins, and directed
Doctor Haas to communicate the Board’s action to Mrs. Jenkins.
The following communication was sent to Mrs. Jenkins:
the late Prof. 0. H. Bakeless

’

Mrs. F. H. Jenkins,

Bloomsburg, Penna.
Dear Mrs. Jenkins:
It is

a privilege and an honor to convey to you

members of your family, the deep apprewhich our Board of Trustees held for Prof.
Jenkins. He never waivered in his loyalty to the institution and in his willingness to work for the ideals
which he believed to be right.
The Board, by formal action taken, directed that
this Minute of the love which they held for him be
and

to the

ciation

transmitted to you.

Yours very

FRANCIS

truly,

B.

HAAS,

President.

o

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association, held in October, Dr. E. H. Nelson,
and H. Mont
Smith, ’93, were elected to fill the unexpired terms of Prof. 0.
1

H. Bakeless and Prof. F. H.

Jenkins.

Miss Harriet

96, was elected Treasurer of the Association.
kins
F.

was appointed Business Manager of

Fenstemaker

will

continue to serve as

the

its

icating with the

QUARTERLY,

please send

and dues

to the Business

Manager.

Editor,

1

Carpenter,

Mrs. F. H. JenQuarterly, and H.

editor.

In

commun-

news items

to

the

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PROFESSOR HARTUNE AGAIN UNDER KNIFE

Professor D.

S. Hartline,

v/ho underwent an operation for

appendicitis early in September, underwent a second operation

on Monday, November 20, for the removal of an abdominal obstruction.
The operation was performed at the Bloomsburg
Hospital.

me had

Prof. Hart

recovered sufficiently from

work

his first

oper-

Department of
Science at the College.
After working for several weeks on a
part time schedule, he became ill again, and was removed to the
hospital for observation.
The physicians in charge immediately
decided that it would be necessary to operate again.
His friends will all be glad to know that he is recovering.
It is not yet known, however, whether or not he will be able to
resume his work during the present college year.
ation to enable

him

resume

to

his

in

the

o

One

of the

new

features in Bloomsburg athletics has been

the adoption of a mascot for the athletic teams.
football season just ended, agitation

was

During

the

started by the Student

Council for the adoption of a mascot, to be chosen by the student

As the result of an election held for the purpose, the
Bloomsburg teams will in the future be known as the “Huskies,”
and an Eskimo Husky dog, like the Army mule and the Navy
goat, will be seen at all games in which Bloomsburg is a particibody.

Prof. Keller, widely known for his kennels of Huskies,
provided a beautiful animal, which was to be seen for the first
time on Mt. Olympus field on Home-Corrrng Day.
The mascot,

pant.

wearing a maroon blanket with the Bloomsburg
corted by two students assigned to that duty.
that the

come.

Husky emblem

will

be much

in

insignia,

evidence

It is

in the

was

es-

expected
years to

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All Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins
Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly
of all changes of add. ess.
have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at
the address on our files.

Officers of tlie

President

— Bruce
—
— Edward
—
R.

Vice-President

Alumni Association

A.bert,

Dr. D.

J.

06, Bloomsburg.

Waller,

Schuyler, ’24, Bloomsburg.

Secretary

F.

Treasurer

Harriet Carpenter,

Executive Committee

W. Funston,

Bloomsburg.

Jr., ’67,

— Fred W.

96, Bloomsburg.
Diehl

09, Danville; Mrs.

Bloomsburg; Maurice F. Houck, 10; Berwick; Daniel J. Mahoney, 09, Wilkes-Barre; Dennis D. Wright,
'll, Bloomsburg; E. H. Nelson, ’ll, Bloomsburg; H. Mont
Smith, ’93, Bloomsburg.
C.

’85,

o

1867
George E. Elwell, one of Bloomsburg’s best known and
most highly esteemed residents, died at his home on Wednesday,
December 6. His death followed an illness that had kept him
confined to his bed only three days, although his health had been
failing for the past year.
Mr. Elwell was aged eighty-five years,
is
survived
son,
and
by one
G. Edward Elwell, Jr., of Bloomsburg.

Mr. Elwell was a native of Towanda, being the second son
of Judge William and

Mary Louise Thayer

Elwell.

He was edu-

cated at the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda; Prof.
G. R. Barker’s School at

Germantown, and the Bloomsburg

erary Institute, from which he was graduated

in

1

867

as a

Lit-

mem-

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ber of the

first

and

was

For

Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr.

Dr. Waller

were present

memmember of

Charles Unangst, one of the

class of three.

The

bers of the class, died several years ago.
the class

39

many

third

years, Mr. Elwell

annual meeting of the Alumni

at the

Association, and have stood together

when

their class

was called

in the roll-call of classes.

from Bloomsburg, Mr. Elwell entered
Connecticut, and was graduated
He later received the degree of Masters of Arts

After graduation
Trinity College, at

there in 1870.

from the same

Hartford,

institution.

Upon completion

of his college course, he

was elected

prin-

which was then being opened.
In January, 872, he became a member of the Normal School
faculty, teaching English Literature, German, and French, and
remaining there until July, 1873, when he resigned to continue
his legal studies which had been begun under his father’s tuition.
He was admitted to the Bar of Columbia County, September 4,
1874, and at once formed a partnership with Captain C. B.
Brockway, at that time a prominent lawyer in Bloomsburg.
cipal of the Fifth Street School,
1

In

1877, Mr. Elwell was

among

the seven counsel

for the

defense of Hester, Tully, and McHugh, the three members of the

Molly Maguires

who were

convicted, and hanged.
the eminent counsel

who

tried in

Columbia County for murder,

Mr. Elwell was the

last

survivor

among

figured in that case, and his contribu-

were important in
whose depredations for years kept this section of the state in terror.
The men
were charged with the murder of Alexander Rea, a mine paymaster, and after the conviction, and the refusal of their appeal
by the Supreme Court, dully voluntarily made a written confession to Mr. Elwell, with the request that it be published after his
tions to the history of the case in later years

giving a complete picture of the notorious gang

execution.
In

1873, Mr. Brockway and Mr. Elwell bought the Colum-

bian printing

law practice.

office,

and continued

it

while

still

engaged

Mr. Elwell discontinued active law

in the

practice

in

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893 but continued his work as a publisher until the Columbian
was discontinued about twenty years ago. At the time of his
death he was still in the general printing business with his son G.
Edward Elwell, Jr.
I

Mr. Elwell was well
times played the organ
ist

of Trinity College,

in

Bloomsburg

in

known

as a musician,

the chapel at

and served

and

at

as organist at St. Paul’s

and

for twenty years,

various

Mount Airy; was organChurch

as choirmaster for fifteen

years more.

He was one

of the founders of the Philologian Literary So-

one of the most active organizations at Bloomsburg State Normal School.
In College he was president of the
Parthenon Literary Society, was president of the Athletic Assoc-

ciety, for years

iation, a

other

member

of the baseball team,

and was engaged

in

many

activities.

Mr. Elwell were as follows: Member of
Committee of the State Democratic Editorial Association; member of the School Board and Town Council in
Bloomsburg; Trustee of the State Normal School President of
the Alumni Association; Vestryman of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church; Director of the Bloomsburg Water Company; Secretary
of the Bar Association, and President of the Business Men’s As-

Other

activities of

the Executive

;

sociation.

Funeral services were held

in St.

Paul’s Episcopal

Church

on Saturday, December 9, following which the body was taken
to Old Rosemont Cemetery for burial.

1874
Anticipation characterized the group that gathered on

the

Campus Thursday afternoon, October 6, at a point near
1912 Memorial Steps, where more than fifty-nine years ago
Class of 1874 placed its memorial.

College
the
the

In a

metal box that bore the numerals indicating the year

that the class graduated, the class

been placed.

prophecy and other data had

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It

occurred to

member

K. Bittenbender, a

J.

41

of the

class,

would be a good idea to ascertain just how well the contents had been preserved.
The stone was uncovered; everybody was expectant, but the class had fai.ed to seal the box,
Time had
being content to have the top rest against ihe stone.
worked its havoc, and only ashes remained of all that had been
placed in the box almost sixty years ago.
How well the class
prophet guessed what the years would bring, remains a secret.
There were nine members in the class, of which four are
still living.
They are: Mr. J. K. Bittenbender, of Edgewater,
Maryland; Miss Mary Unangst, of Bloomsburg and Mr. and Mrs.
George V. Mears, of Florida.
that

it

1876

May Stephenson

lives at

1

1

4 Lafayette Avenue, Laurel,

Maryland.

Mary

J.

Hunt

lives at McAllisterville, Pa.

1883
Sarah E. Daniels Richards
Harvey, Illinois.

lives at

15021

Myrtle Avenue,

1884
S. Ella

Young

lives in Millville, Pa.

1885
Edith V. Ent (Mrs. Fred Holmes) completed

fifty

years

of

service as organist of the First Methodist Church of Bloomsburg,

on Sunday, October
Mrs. Holmes’ fine services have continued without interruption through the pastorates of fifteen differ1

.

ent ministers.
Sally B.

Watson

is

living at

Keyport,

New

Jersey.

1886

Emma
North Sixth

S. Sites lives in

Harrisburg, Pa.

Her address

Street.

1889

Mary

E.

Albertson

Adams

is

teaching in Berwick.

is

720

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Margaret Stephens Taylor
London, Conn.

lives at

159 State

Street,

New

1890
Santee (Mrs. John K.
Third Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Sula

L.

Adams)

155

at

lives

West

1891
Annie

J.

Evans (Mrs.

William Wall)

J.

lives in Plains, Pa.

1893
Edith M. Harden (Mrs. Bolton G. Coon) lives at 42 James
Street, Kingston, Pa.

G. Louise
Street,

Mose (Mrs.

E.

A. Benson)

lives

at 15

Church

Tunkhannock, Pa.

1894
Miss Martha Conner, librarian and author, died

Tuesday, October 30,

at the

home

in

her sleep

of her brother, John G. Con-

ner, at Trenton, N. J.

Miss Conner was for several years instructress
school at the Carnegie Institute of Technology,

in

in the library

Pittsburgh,

position from which she resigned in 1931 because of

She recovered health
library school at

sufficiently,

however,

to take

a

health.

charge of the

Our Lady of the Lake College, San Antonio,

This position she held for one year.

Texas.

ill

Before going to

Carnegie Institute, she had served for several years as assistant

Pennsylvania State College.
She was well
book "Outline History of the Development of the
American Public Library,” which was used in library schools.
Miss Conner was born in Berwick, Pa., on the 29th of July,
1874, and studied at Bloomsburg, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia,
and the Pennsylvania State College.
From the latter institution
she received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts.
She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Library Association.
She is survived
by her mother, two sisters, and four brothers.
librarian

known

at the

for her

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George
sity of

E. Pfahler

43

Professor of Radiology at the Univer-

is

Pennsylvania.

1895
William A. Shuping

in the milling

is

business in Salisbury,

North Carolina.

1896
E.

She

Pa.

108 Vaughn Street, Kingston,
head of the French Department in the Kingston High

Gertrude Garrison
is

lives at

School.
F. E. Van Wie) lives in Burdett, N.
member of the Bloomsburg faculty.

Myrtle A. Swartz (Mrs.
Y.

Mrs.

Van Wie

is

a former

1897
Helen Vanderslice

lives at

405 Iron

Street,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

1898
Sarah H. Russell

is

teaching

Edith Y. Eves (Mrs.

Laura

Her home address
Gertrude Rinker

Pa.,

and

is

is

is

Watsontown, Pa.

W. Biddle)

B. Landis (Mrs. J. J.

Elizabeth Foresman
Pa.

J.

in

lives in Millville, Pa.

Behney)

lives in

teacher of third grade

Freeland, Pa.
in

Lewisburg,

Montgomery, Pa.

lives at

623 Eighth Avenue, Prospect Park,

teaching near her home.

1899
Carrie S. Flick

(Mrs.

John

C.

Redline)

lives at R.

D. 5,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

Warren W. Preston

lives at

32 South Main

Street,

Mon-

trose, Pa.

1900
Blanche Letson (Mrs. H.
Tennessee.

C.

Mac Amis)

lives in Greeneville,

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44

Josephine M. Cummings

teacher of Geography

is

in the

Her address

son Junior High School at Harrisburg, Pa.

Edi-

3652

is

Brisbane Street.
B.

Branson Kuhns

West Milton, Pa.

lives in

1901

Mary M. MacFarlane

lives at

26 West Magnolia

1

Street,

Hazleton, Pa.

1902
Olive Melvin (Mrs. Benjamin Eichholzer)

lives

in

Forest

City, Pa.

Robert

B.

Leighou

is

Director of the

Summer

Session of the

Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Genevieve L. Bubb is teacher of Art
High School, in Williamsport, Pa.

in the

Stevens Junior

1903
J.

Adams

Florence

Dewey

Calvin

1641 Quincy Avenue, Scranton,

lives at

Pa.

keeping house for her father

is

at

174

Carey Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
S.

Pa.

Gertrude Rawson

Miss Rawson,

who

ton, received her B. S.

lives at
is

37

1

5 Birney Avenue, Scranton,

Rush School in ScranColumbia University October

Principal of the

degree

at

26, 1932.

Helen W. Czechowicz
den Station, Pa.

is

employed

as an office clerk at AI-

1904
Pearl E. Brandon lives at

1

36 North

1

1

th Street,

Reading,

Pa.

Bessie Derr (Mrs.
lin

Norman

Avenue, Pennington, N.

J.

S.

Sked)

lives at

21 East Frank-

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45

1906
Alumni Association, who
served for some time as executive director of the Columbia
County Emergency Relief Board, and who did a fine piece of
work in instituting the unit system of relief along the lines demanded by the State and Federal Administration, has been transferred to Susquehanna County, where he is acting in the same
capac ty.
His headquarters are in Montrose.
R. Bruce Albert, President of the

Margaret Jenkins (Mrs. R. A. MacCachran)
at

342 North 24th

Street,

Camp

Hill,

is

now

living

Pa.

1907
Lillian B.

Wendt

(Mrs. George Harris

That Mrs. Webber

ledgeville, Georgia.

well ind cated by the following

list

Webber)

is

living a

lives in Mil-

busy

life is

Teacher of

of her activities:

Circle
girls in the First Presbyterian Church;
Chairman of the Women’s Auxiliary of the same church; Past
Matron of Milledegville Chapter, No. 272, of the Order of Eastern Star; Past Grand Representative for Idaho in Georgia; Past
Marshal, Present Treasurer, Parliamentarian for the Past Matron’s and Patron’s Club in Macon; member of the Milledgeville
Music Club.

a class of Junior

Esther A. Wolfe
is

is

teaching

in

Lehman, Pa.

W.

J.

Wilkins) lives

Her address

R. 2, Dallas, Pa.

Elizabeth P. Evans (Mrs.

in Chinchilla,

Pa.

1908

Mae

Callender (Mrs. Lloyd Wilson) lives at Kis-Lyn, Pa.

Anna M.

Shiffer Peters lives at

Sara C. Foust

Darwin
phia, Pa.

E.

lives at

Maurer

30 Miner

Street,

Hudson, Pa.

34 Lincoln Avenue, Rutherford,

lives at

5853 Hazel Avenue,

N.

J.

Philadel-

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46

Adda Rhodes

(Mrs. Arthur L. Johnson) lives at

724 West

Fourth Street, Hazleton, Pa.

6535 Gesner

Francis Petrilli lives at

Philadelphia,

Street,

Pa.

Ruth Ruhl

lives at

1

Tuscan Road, Maplewood, N.

1

1

J.

1909
Geraidine Hess (Mrs. George E. Follmer) lives at Benton,

She has been serving as teacher of

R. D. 2, Pa.

grades

in

L. T.

Zora

first

and second

the Sugarloaf Consolidated School.

Krumm
Low

lives at

(Mrs.

W.

291 Grove

P.

1910
Gemmil)

Street, Montclair, N. J.

lives at

1

30 Seventh

Street,

Monessen, Pa.

Pa.

Margaret C. Jones lives
She is employed in the

at

I

735 Monsey Avenue, Scranton,

offices of the D. L.

& W.

over-

as

charge claim clerk.

1911
Dr. E. H. Nelson, a

member

of the

College

faculty,

was

elected President of the Bloomsburg Kiwanis Club, at the annual
election held Thursday,

November 23.

Captain W. P. Weiss, of Wilkes-Barre, paid a
College on October

1

6,

Paisley

is

and spoke

to the student

visit to

body

the

at the as-

sembly exercises.
Ethel

J.

teacher of the social sciences

in the

high

school at Nesquehoning, Pa.
Iris

Avery (Mrs. George

Mabel Van Reed Layton

C.

Armitage)

lives in

Alderson, Pa.

lives in Franklin, N. J.

1912
Charlotte A. Koehler lives at 3
N. Y.

1

Cobb Avenue, White

Plains,

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William H. Davis lives at 35 Grand Avenue, Johnson City,
N. Y.

Helen M. Wakefield is teaching in Bayonne, N.
dress is 864 Boulevard, Bayonne, N. J.

J.

Her ad-

1913
Clarice B. Carter (Mrs. S. H. Bezdjian) lives at Trucksville,
2.
For several years after her graduation from
Bloomsburg, she taught Latin and Spanish in the Duryea High

Pa., R. D.

School.

Anna
Hanover

E. Cassel (Mrs.

Street,

Irvin F.

Hummelstown,

three years of age.

Mrs.

lives at 34 North
She has one daughter,

Keller)

Pa.

Keller taught

eight

years after her

graduation.

Marie Collins

lives at

Dushore, Pa., and

is

teaching

in

the

schools of Bernice, Pa.

Mary

E. Collins

is

teaching

Building, Shamokin, Pa.

bury

fifth

Her address

grade
in

Washington

in the

Shamokin

is

214 Sun-

Street.

Martha Cortright (Mrs. Harry Shoemaker) lives in ShickMr. and Mrs. Shoemaker have two sons, Richard

shinny, Pa.

and Robert.
Frank Cotner is Professor of Botany and Bacteriology at
Montana State College, Bozeman, Montana.
His doctorate in
Botany was taken at the University of Michigan.
Mrs. Cotner
was formerly Anita Clark, ’15. They have two children.
Margaret Crossley (Mrs.

F.

Earle Gooding)

lives at

434

North Windsor Street, Bound Brook, N. J.
Mrs. Gooding taught
in Pennsylvania from 1913 to 1916, and has taught since that
time
in

in

New

Jersey.

Bound Brook.

She

is

now

Principal of a

grammar

school

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Renna Crossley (Mrs. Kenneth Mausteller)
Her address

near Lime Ridge, Pa.

Ada Davis

lives

on a farm

Bloomsburg, R. D.

(Mrs. Harold Crawford) lives at

434

5.

East Third

She has one son.

Street, Berwick, Pa.

Pa.

is

Laura Davis (Mrs. Harry Howland) lives at R. D. 2, Rome,
She has two sons and two daughters.
She taught for five

years after her graduation from Bloomsburg.

M. Denison is Chief Nurse at the Station Hospital,
She has been serving with the Army Nurse
Corps since 1918.
Nellie

Fort Bragg, N. C.

Jessie Dersheimer (Mrs. Clyde

toona Avenue, Enola, Pa.
graduation

until

Nell Dilcer

Washington, D.

her marriage

is

C.

in

24

Al-

1

government service

Maud Bogert

in

left

the teaching profession

Engel (Mrs. Samuel

and

to enter

1918.
Dilcer)

B.

lives at

42

She has one son, Samuel,

Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Dilcer held

in Oliver’s Mills

lives at

from the time of her

1926.

South Thomas Street, Kingston, Pa.
Jr.

W. Hoover)

taught

employed in the Internal Revenue Department,
Her address is 726 M Street, N. W., Wash-

Miss Dilcer

ington, D. C.

the

She

teaching positions

Hanover Township.

in

Harriet H. Evans (Mrs. Wayne B. Hughes) lives at 19 Fairview Avenue, North, Plainfield, N. J. She has two children.
Mrs. Hughes taught for eleven years after her graduation from
Bloomsburg.

Anna

E.

Adams

(Mrs. H. H. Rohrbach) lives

in

Northum-

berland, Pa.

Mary
Tennessee.

E.

Heacock

is

teaching

in

the

schools of

Memphis,

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Olive R. Breisch
dress in that city

is

teaching

is

49

in Indianapolis, Ind.

7903 East Washington

Her ad-

Street.

1914
Kathryn Merle Erdman

lives at

1437 Rhode Island Avenue,

N. W., Washington, D. C.

Howard

Pearl Hughes (Mrs.

N. Gunther) lives at

621 East

Third Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.

1915

Van

Frances Smith (Mrs.

C.

Lewis)

lives in Dalton, Pa.

John H. Shuman, of Bloomsburg, has been appointed
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue by Leo C. Mundy, collector
for the twelfth district, with headquarters in Scranton.
ritory

His ter-

embraces Columbia, Montour, Lower Luzerne and Carbon

Counties.

Mr.

Shuman

Bloomsburg, and
Kiwanis Club.

is

is

a

member

of the

Town

Council

of

Immediate Past President of the Bloomsburg

1916

Anna Rusk (Mrs. Paul

J.

Place, N. E., Brookland, D. C.

Fitzpatrick) lives at 41 19 13th

Mrs. Fitzpatrick received the de-

gree of Master of Arts at the annual
the Catholic University of

America

commencement

last

Annie Schweppenheiser is a teacher
Her address is 413 Walnut Street.

Dorothy M.

Fritz lives at

exercises of

June.
in the

Berwick schools.

1718 Westmoreland

Street, Phila-

delphia, Pa.

Lorena

E.

Thomas

is

teaching third grade at Mountain Top,

Pa.

1917
J.

Loomis Christian, M.

Harrisburg, Pa.

D., lives at

3632 Rutherford

Street,

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50

1918
(Mrs. Conrad

Florence Altmiller

120

Walters)

lives at

Street, N.

W., Washing-

North Pine Street, Hazleton, Pa.

Margaret

L.

Brown

lives at

1

750 P

ton, D. C.

Edith M. Eade
is

is

teaching

in

Her address

Nesquehoning.

101 East Center Street.

Edna Aurand is a principal in the Wilkes-Barre
address is 70 Main Street, Dallas, Pa.

schools.

Her

1

Maine

E.

Richardson

is

teaching second grade in

Mahanoy

City, Pa.

1919
Olive 0. Robinson
tral

is

teaching General Science

Park Intermediate School, 9

Hawk

Anna Remensnyder More

lives at

toga Springs, N. Y.

in the

Cen-

Street, Schenectady, N. Y.

215 East Avenue, Sara-

She has two children.

1921
Miss Helen M. Welliver, a

member

of the

faculty of

the

Berwick High School, and Otto M. Girton, of Sunbury, were united in marriage on Thanksgiving Day, by the Rev. E. J. Radchffe,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bloomsburg.
Mr. and Mrs.
Girton are now living in Sunbury, where the former is employed

by the Atlantic Refining Company.

1922
Catharine M. Havard

is

living in

Plymouth, Pa.

1923
Matilda Kostenbauder (Mrs. Lynn M. Tiley)

lives at

529

Pine Street, Lancaster, Pa.

A

daughter was born Tuesday, November 4, to Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Kashner, of Bloomsburg.
Mrs. Kashner was
formerly Betty Kessler, of Benton.
1

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Rachel A. Benson (Mrs. Benton Mitchell)

51

lives at R. D. 2,

Springville, Pa.

Robina Batey
address

is

is

teaching third grade

29 Jeanette

in

Plymouth, Pa. Her

Street.

1924
Margaret

Mensch

B.

is

teaching in the primary

grades at

Millheim, Pa.
Doris Morse

is

teaching

Her address

Plains, N. Y.

is

in first

grade

23 Mitchell

in the

schools of White

Place.

1925

Bronwen

Rees

F.

Pearl Poust

is

is

a grade teacher in Kingston, Pa.

a teacher in the schools of Orangeville, Pa.

Helen Barrett Baer

lives in

Cambra, Pa.

1927
Harold Readier, of Wapwallopen, and Miss Viola A. Shortz,
Saturday, September 9, at the
Lutheran parsonage in Wapwallopen.
Mr. Raedler is a graduate of the Nescopeck High School, the Bloomsburg State Teach-

of Wilkes-Barre, were married

and Catawba College, North Carolina. He
the Hollenback Township schools.

ers College,

er in

is

a teach-

Welliver, of Bloomsburg and Graydon Beishline,
were married Wednesday, October
by the Rev.
H. S. Ward, pastor of the Methodist Church at Benton.
They
are now living at Stillwater, where Mr. Beishline is assisting his

Pauline

L.

of Stillwater,

1

1

,

father in farming.

1928
Mabel Albertson is teaching
dress is 131 Hudson Avenue.
Virginia M. Lewis lives at
ton, Pa.

She

is

in

Red Bank,

N.

1618 West Gibson

a teacher in the Scranton schools.

J.

Her ad-

Street, Scran-

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52

1929
Miss Florence

Fest and

Richard K. Johnstone, both of
Bloomsburg, were married Tuesday, September 5, at the rectory
of St. Columbia’s Church, by the Rev. H. B.
Gies.
Mr. Johnstone

is

pany.

is employed as a
Undergarment Com-

a graduate of Blackstone College, and

designer and pattern maker for the
Mrs. Johnstone

Mily

continuing her

is

work

as

secretary

to

Earl N. Rhodes, Director of Teacher Training at the College.

Eleanor
address

is

1

1

Dorothy
dress

is

L.

Hughes

is

teaching at Pike’s Creek, Pa.

Her

3 Loomis Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
L.

Schmidt

is

teaching

in

Her ad-

Hatboro, Pa.

23 Fairview Avenue.
1931

Helen E. Bangs (Mrs.

S.

Lee Ritchie)

lives in

Rohrsburg,

Pa.

Theodore Laskowski
ville,

Pa.

is

teaching a rural school near Trucks-

His address

is

R. D.

Clarence Wolever

is

Principal of a school near Factoryville,

Pa.

His address

Emma

is

1

,

Trucksville.

R. D. 3, Factoryville.

G. Harrison lives at Glen Park, Bridgeton, N.

Helen M. Walborn

is

and is serving
Snyder County.

lives in Selinsgrove, Pa.,

her third year as teacher of a rural school
Lois Hirleman

J.

teaching

in

in

Almedia, Pa.

1932
Eldora B. Robbins, of Orangeville, and Edwin C.

were married Wednesday, October

4, in the

Young,
Washington Memor-

Mrs. Young, also a graduate of the
Chapel at Valley Forge.
two year course in 1927, has been teaching in the schools of
She is a member of Gamma Theta Upsilon,
Columbia County.
Mr. Young is employed by the
national geographic fraternity.
Pennsylvania Department of Highways.
ial

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Ezra Harris
bia County.

53

in the Centre High School, ColumBloomsburg, Pa., R. D. 3.

a teacher

is

His address

Lorna Gillow

is

teaching

is

in

the high school

at

Thompson,

Pa.
Edith H. Peterson lives at 5

Vivienne T. Lewis

Ruth Haggy

I.

Mary

E.

is

lives in Shaft, Pa.

teaching

Wagner

Helen Keller

7 Union Street, Taylor, Pa.

lives at R. D. 2, Mifflinburg, Pa.

Irma Lawton
Myrtle

1

is

Shaw

is

in Millville,

teaching

employed
is

in a

Pa.
Pa.

in Mifflinburg,

book

store in Mifflinburg, Pa.

teacher of second grade

in

Lewistown, Pa.

1933
Melba Beck

An

in Pittsburgh.

school, which
the

is

is

now

taking a course in a radio training school

interesting

head of the school

is

a

feature in

connection with

among schools
blind woman.

outstanding

of

its

kind,

is

the
that

Miss Kathryn Albertson, of Berwick, R. D., and Leonard

J.

Bloomsburg, were married Thursday, October 19, at
the parsonage of the Bethany Evangelical Church in Norristown,

Fuller, of

Pa.

Charles F. Hensley

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

is

teaching in the Coughlin High School,

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The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
APRIL,

Vol. 35

1934

No. 2

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

H. F.

FENSTEMAKER,

MRS.

F. H.

’12

JENKINS, ’75

-

-

-

-

Business

Editor

Manager

College Host to Service Clubs
The need for an intelligent optimism to aid the world over
rough spots was voiced Thursday evening, March 15, by Rev.
Harry F. Babcock, in addressing the seventh annual College
Night of Rotary and Kiwanis at the Teachers College.
His address was the high light of a dinner program that
was followed by a musical program in the auditorium and dancing in the college gymnasium, the events combining to make an
outstanding night for members of the service clubs, their guests
and ladies.
As a complete surprise came one of the night’s delightful
features
a brief address by Dr. Charles H. Fisher, a former
president of the Teachers College, and now of Bellingham,
Washington, who was spending the night in town.

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Nearly

400 were

program, which

is

in

2

attendance at the thoroughly enjoyed

annually the outstanding social affair of the

service clubs.

Presiding were the officers of the two clubs, Charles H.
Dillon, of the

Rotary Club,

at the

opening of the program

in the

dining room, and Dr. E. H. Nelson, of the Kiwanis Club, at the
close.

The musical program for the dinner was furnished by the
Maroon and Gold orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Howard
F.

Fenstemaker.

table decorations and menu reflected the spirit of St.
day in a happy manner.
The program opened with the singing of “America’ and
the invocation by Rev. B. R. Heller, of the Reformed church.
Group singing during the dinner and at its close was in
charge of Dr. Clarence Sober and John Lyle, the song leaders
resepctiveiy of Rotary and Kiwanis.
At the speakers’ table were: Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas,
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dillon, Rev.
and Mrs. H. F. Babcock, and Rev. B. R. Heller.
Guests of honor introduced were: John F. Stank, of Ranshaw; Walter S. Lovett, of Danville; and Oliver S. McHenry, of

The

Patrick’s

Berwick, members of the state legislature.
Dr. David J. Walier, president emeritus of the college, telegraphed that he was snowbound in Indiana.
Mr. Dillon referred to the happy relationship between the
town and the college in presenting Dr, Haas, who spoke briefly.
Dr. Charles H. Fisher, who chanced to be in town over
night, and who headed the school during the period of reconstruction some dozen years ago, was presented and spoke briefly-

He praised
an extended

had
side.

Prof. D. S. Hartline,

illness, to

whom

led his love for the natural

He spoke

who was

recovering from

he attributed the inspiration which

beauty of the town and country-

of the fine traditions

and history of the school

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and or the trying organization days which had begun when he
assumed the presidency of the school. He declared that he had
seen the institution become what he had hoped it would be
the
most outstanding school of its kind in Pennsylvania today. He
spoke of the men who had aided in giving the school a sou.George E. Elweli, Frof. F. H. Jenkins, Prof. 0. H. Bakeless, and
Dr. D. j. Waller
and of the great contribution to its progress
being made by Dr. Haas.
In happy vein, Rev. H. F. Babcock referred to the presence
of the ladies and declared that the purpose of service clubs is
to bring more of the finer things into the lives of men and to give
primacy to things spiritual.
The spiritual things he interpreted as anything that makes
a man better, inculcates in him a spirit of loyalty, or leads him
to a greater appreciation of the beautiful, the good and the
worthwhile. The spiritual things are not necessarily religious.
He declared that most of the work of the service clubs was
not the nature that its progress could be measured at the end of
any given day, but concerned many activities that in their very
nature had to be done quietly. Such work, whose values goes
beyond the eloquence of any speaker, is that with underprivileged and crippled children.
The place of the church, the school and the college, he believed, has been firmly established, as has the home, which he
declared to be needed as a place to gain strength for the work

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—

—

of another day.

The

service clubs likewise have carried through a trying

mere fact that they have survived such a period
an indication that they will be even more worthwhile in the
future.
We need intelligent optimism,’’ he said, “to help carry

period, but the
is

‘

on and help the people square

their shoulders

and face the

world.”

Rev. Babcock declared this community to be above the
average and to have come through the depression in better
He spoke of the small
shape than many other communities.

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town as having been created by the co-operation of God and
man, while the cities were made by man, and the country by
God. In such a community, he said, it is possible to see life
clearly because the citizens of such a community are more typical of civilization and friendly neighborliness than residents of
the cities.

There
a town

is

but one danger, as he sees

so well as not to see its faults.

it,

and

A

that lies in liking

service club has a

definite job in fostering the ideals of citizenship, he declared,

and

in

encouraging others to share the burdens of those

“We

less

need to keep idealism alive,” he declared,
"because it is the barometer of civilization.”
Rev. Babcock
spoke briefly of the world’s need for dreamers and those who
see beyond the dream the opportunity for working out that
dream in human society.
’Because men have dreamed,” he
said, “human civilzation has moved forward.
Keeping alive
that wholesome optimism leads to further progress.”
The speaker referred to Henry hord’s pertinent comment
on who.esome dissatisfaction, which leads men to batt.e for advancement, and expressed appreciation for the “wholesome dissatisfaction and joy for favors and blessings.
With our fine
schools, our splendid newspapers, our churches and every agency we take our place and are willing to do our part.”
“There is always a place for service and the building into
character that fibre that makes Bloomsburg greater, the state
greater and the nation greater, and we crave the help of our
ladies as we carry on in these days that mean so much.”
Following group singing, the audience moved to the auditorium where a sp endid program w'as presented by college
fortunate.

still

musical organizations.

The auditorium program from the opening overture, Ros“Barber of Seville,” by the Maroon and Gold orchestra,
under the direction of Howard Fenstemaker, to the closing numbers, “Old Bloomsburg,” and “Alma Mater,” by the Maroon and
Gold Band and the College chorus, revealed above everything
sini’s

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else, the

wealth of talent to be found within the walls of the

college.

Alfred Vandling, in bringing greetings from the CommunGovernment Association, declared the purpose of the program to be that of giving a cross-section of life at the college.
That it did, most admirably, and to the great delight of the audiity

ence that completely

The

first

filled the

musical number,

auditorium.

“Maroon and Gold” given by

the

under the always capable direction of Miss
Moore, reflected the fact that the musical talent was by no
means confined to the student body for the composers of that
College Chorus,

spirited song are none others than the president of the college
and one of the faculty members Dr. Haas and Howard Fen-

—

stemaker.

Then came some

fine

travelogue sound pictures that gave

the audience an insight to that type of entertainment

able at the college.
of Lloyd Hause,

One

now

avail-

These were furnished through the courtesy

manager

of the Capitol Theatre.

of the outstanding

numbers of the evening was the

piano solo, “Valse Arabesque” by John Andreas, son of sheriff

Lee Andreas.
gave.

It

He was

was
later

the Men's Glee Club.

a finished performance that the

young man

heard to advantage as accompanist for
Girls’ Chorus, under the direction of

The

Red Rose” by F. S. Hastand “Moonlight Song” by Cadman-Roger. Their voices
blended beautifully and of their singing the audience would
have heard more.
The Maroon and Gold orchestra than gave Mozart’s “Minuet from Symphony in E flat.”
The contribution to the evening’s pleasure by the Alpha
Psi Omega fraternity, under the direction of Miss Alice Johnston, was Booth Tarkington’s one act play, “Bimbo, the Pirate.”
It was in the capable hands of the following cast of characters
Robert, William Shutt; Lydia, Anne Johnson; The Gunner, Beinard Young; Bimbo, Sam Greene; Driscoll, Randall Clemens;
Miss Jessie Patterson, then sang “Red,
ings

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Frank Amora and Martin Hess.
of the most impressive numbers of the evening and
one that left a profound impression was the singing of “ie
Deurn in E flat,” by the College chorus.
The Men’s G.ee Club, always popular, sang 'John Peel,”
an English hunting song, and “Coin’ Home.” As an encore, the
octet of the club, with Kenneth Merrill singing the solo part,
scored a real hit in their rendition I’m Only a Sophomore.”
Pirates,

One

Mary

Miss

Clare Donnelly, in typical Irish costume, de-

lighted with songs appropriate to St. Patrick’s Day.

Miss Jean

Phillips was her accompanist.

Frank Rompoia and John D. Taylor followed with a charwas clever and in which their violin and accor-

acter sketch that

dion duets took the fancy of the audience.

The Maroon and Gold band, with the members

in

their

costumes of college colors, then took the centre of the
stage, and sprang another joyous surprise. After a spirited ren-

striking

March,” the stage was

dition of ‘‘Billboard

dition of the
effort of

And

new

set for the first ren-

college song, “Old Bloomsburg,” the joint

"two local boys”

—

Dr.

Haas and Hov/ard Fenstemaker.

the band and the College Chorus

fairly “ate

body agreed
repertoire.

leaders in

high spots.

it

up.” Every-

that it was a marvelous addition to the college
There were a saxaphone sextette and four cheer
the newest college sweaters to help emphasize the
And they certain y d d the job well.

The song follows:
There are colors
There are names
t

to cheer.
to revere,

here are stor.es of others told,

But the colors

we

cheer,

names we revere,
Belong to Maroon and Gold.

And

the

There’s a glorious past.

There are names that

will last.

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There’s a

spirit that

sends a

cal!,

Here’s a team to defend,

Here’s our pledge to the end,

To

the colors that must not

fall.

Chorus
All together

Take

now

for Bloomsburg,

the colors to the goal,

(Rah! Rah!)
Another score for Alma Mater,
Another victory on the scroll,

(Team! Team!)
All together

now

for Bloomsburg,

Maroon and Gold in every
(Rah! Rah!)

play,

It’s

the spirit of old Bloomsburg,

It’s

the end of a perfect day.

(Team! Team!)
As “Alma Mater ” was sung and the audience marched out
to the strains of a march by the College band, everybody realized it had been a marvelous night
one not soon to be forgo:-

—

ten.

Miss Jennie E. McMichael, of Hunlock Creek, a former stu-

dent at B:oomsburg, and Harner E. Shuman, of Mainville, were

married Wednesday, February 14, at the Harveyville M. E.
The groom was graduated from Bloomsburg High

parsonage.

School, and attended the Pennsylvania State College.
recently

bride

He

has

The
been employed as herdsman at Retreat, Pa.
a student at Bloomsburg for one year, and later com-

was

pleted a course at the Wilkes-Barre Business College.

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Basketball 1933-34
The Huskie Courtmen (the personnel

of which includes:

Captain Valente, Jaffin, Blackburn, Krauss, Wilson,

Phillips,

Washeleski, Reed, and Moleski) brought back the champion-

Wam-

ship aspects which were gained by Yocabonis, Kirker,

baugh, Goider, and Shepela

in

1

930-3

1

In the twelve dribbling contests, the Buchheit Cagers

through eight times, receiving but four setbacks.

Two

came

of these

were by but a margin of two baskets.
credit should be given Coach Buchheit in building
up such a combination. Time after time varsity members were
placed on the side-lines through injuries, but these gaps were
losses

Much

immediately
the

first

filled

berth

with the all-around reserve material. In fact,

men were

forced to the limit in getting back into

the games.

The team was
possessed
to

built

around the

fiery.

Captain Valente.

He

those qualities necessary to get a group of athletes

all

work together and come through when

the

‘going

is

the

at

the

toughest.”
Valente,

Blackburn, Jaffin,

“lead” positions.

First

and Krauss worked

year man, Wilson, of Berwick, high

scorer for the season, solved Bloomsburg’s biggest problem,
that of pivot

man.

Phillips,

Washeleski, Reed, and Moleski con-

trolled the defensive zones.

In the pre-season game with the Aiumni, the Maroon and
Gold Passers carried the game into an extra period, the former
emerging the victor by a margin of but one point. Bloomsburg
defeated Lock Haven, Mansfield, Indiana in turn at home by decisive scores.

On the road for the first time, the Huskies stretched their
winning streak to four games. However, the College Five lost to
Indiana. Not to be discouraged, the team found itself and defeated Shippensburg. Millersville was successful on its home

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court by a margin of four markers.

Shippensburg again tasted

A

defeat, this time on their

own

came

for the second time,

to

Bloomsburg and

floor.

strong Millersville team

was

victorious by

four points.

The team’s greatest achievement was
over East Stroudsburg.

its

decisive victory

At no one minute during the contest

was the Red and White in the lead. Bloomsburg was the aggressor throughout, and its passing, shooting, and team-work
was superior to that of the highly praised Physical Ed. Dribblers.
Mansfield

offered

but

little

resistance

to

the

confident

on the former’s court. In the final game
of the season, the Maroon and Gold Basketeers lost to StroudsHuskies

in their contest

burg.

Captain Valente, and Jaffin will be
graduation, and their places will

have

team through
be filled by the other

lost to the

to

forwards.

“Blacky” Blackburn, four year man and stellar forward,
to lead the Huskie Five during the next season. He
is a “dead shot” and is posessed of much basketball intelligence,
which will aid him in directing his team’s play.
George Buchheit, coach of athletics, has been with Blooms-

was elected

burg for two seasons, and during that short span of time, he has
produced some great combinations. He is admired and respected by all, and will be heard from in the future.

Summary
Alumni
Lock Haven

C.

44
48
56
33

C.

43

Lock Haven

T.

C.

21

Indiana

T.

C.

Shippensburg

Millersville

B.

S.

T.

C.

B.

S.

T.

C.

B.

S.

T.

C.

B.

S.

T.

B.

S.

T.

B.

S.

B.

S.

B.

S.

T.

C.

B.

s.

T.

C.

47
27
37

B.

s.

T.

C.

41

45
33
__ 27
28

Mansfield

Indiana

31
_

43

_ 31

31

Millersville

Shippensburg

_
_

_

.

20
45

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B.

S.

T.

C.

55

Stroudsburg

B.

S.

T.

C.

41

Mansfield

B.

s.

T.

C.

37

Stroudsburg

# #

10

50
27
54

_

^

JAYVEES
The Huskie Cubs had a season comparable

to that of the

Rowlands, Kundra, Blass, Elder, Marks, Gehrig,
and Shakofski composed the Jayvee Team. They had a very
fine and strong offensive and defensive weapon which carried
Varsity Five.

them

to a

number

of victories.

These men have shown great form and

will

be seen

in

varsity competition in the future.

Track
Track was included as a major sport at Bloomsburg last
Coach Buchheit accomplished much with his charges,
and is sending his men over the cinders and the field in preparation for even a greater achievement.
A number of '‘high-steppers” have reported for practice,
and there is a good chance for these boys to place in high and
low hurdies, high and broad jumps. The “dashers” together
with the “milers” have shown good form. Possibilities in the
relay are more than even. A few of the heavier men have added
“punch” in the shot put, discus and javelin throwing.
Captain Shelhamer, veteran track and field man, together
with Coach Buchheit are confident that the Huskies will have a
season.

successful season.

The following (incomplete) schedule has been arranged:
Inter-class Meet

April 5, 6, 7

April

1

8

Bucknel!

— Here

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—There
Stroudsburg— There
Shippensburg — Here
Meet —West
Lock Haven

April 21

April

28

May 4
May 12

State

Chester

Baseball
A

familiar sight

—

Dr. Nelson, baseball menton,

at the plate looking over his infield,

is

standing

he drives a grounder down

few words to the third sacker, who shoots the
horsehide over to second. The shotrstop makes a beautiful peg
to first in time for a double-killing
yes, the diamond sport is
back on Mt. Olympus once again.
There are a few veteran members on hand from the baseball nine of 1932. Gribbon, Beck, and Blackburn in the flychasing region; Shelhamer, Valente, and Shakofski on the
mound, with Dry behind the bat. Many men have expressed
their desire to report for practice, and Dr. Nelson is little concerned with the fact that he will not have sufficient material to
to third, shouts a

—

fill

the existing gap.

Games have been scheduled with Bridgewater,
pensburg, Mansfield, Lock Haven, Stroudsburg.
that Bucknell

and Susquehanna Universities

will

Mass., Ship-

is expected
be included in

It

the schedule.

The

first

home game

will

be on April

1

6 with Bridgewater,

Mass.

Intramurals
Each and every man at the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College has had the opportunity to participate in some kind oi
sport. Intramurals were run on a regular schedule throughout

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the year.

Basketball, wrestling, handball, indoor baseball,

inter-class track

An

meets were included

exhibition of wrestling

shown much

in

3.

college

in the

fhe “grappling

’

interest in the catch-as-catch-can sport,

on continuing

its

and

the intramural program.

was held

sium Saturday afternoon, March
tent

12

gymna-

squad has
and is in-

activities.

Intramural athletics represent the greater part of the stu-

dent body, and
will

if

the interest continues, this branch of sports

play an important part

in college life in

the near future.

Coach Buchheit is concerned with the fact that every student be given the privilege of participating in some activity, and
it is because of his great interest that this program has been
carried out.

With the increased enrollment in the Department of Commerce at Bioomsburg, it has been necessary to provide addiHeretofore, the student-

tional facilities for practice teaching.

work has been done

teaching

in the

B oomsburg and Danville

Beginning September, 1933, the Senior High School,

schco.s.

the Theodore Roosevelt Junior High School, and the

Andrew

G.

Curtin junior High School, in Williamsport, were used as practice

During the year, approximately twenty
have had an opportunity to observe and participate

teaching centers.

students will

teaching done in commercial subjects m these schools.
These students live in the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.

in the

in

Williamsport, during the period of apprenticeship.

gram

is

The pro-

supervised by Harvey A. Andruss, Director of the De-

partment of Commerce.

The

beautiful

new

residence of Miss Lucy

McCammon and

Mrs. Allis Mumford, on East Second Street, Bioomsburg, was

badly damaged by
Miss

McCammon

fire

and smoke on Wednesday, February 28.
been a member of the

has, for several years,

department of Health Education

at the College.

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College Bulletin

that

The information printed below
Alumni of the College will use

is
it

presented with the hope
in talking to

prospective

students.

GREETINGS
This bulletin presents in brief form the chief items of

known by

formation which should be

ment.

A

cordial invitation

to discuss

any matters of

William B.

Sutliff.

is

in-

those considering enroll-

extended to

detail with the

visit

Dean

the college

and

of Instruction,

Sincerely yours,

FRANCIS
1934

Summer
Summer

SUMMER

B.

Monday, June 25

School Ends

Registration

Day

President.

SESSION

School Begins

1934

HAAS,

Saturday, August 4

REGULAR SESSION

— (Freshmen Only)
9 A. M., Monday, September 10

College Exercises for Freshmen Only

9 A. M., Tuesday, September
Registration

Day

—

1

!

(Students other than Freshmen only)

9 A. M., Wednesday, September 12
8 A. M., Thursday, September 13
Thanksgiving Recess Begins, 12 M., Wednesday, November 28
Thanksgiving Recess Ends
12 M., Monday, December 3
Christmas Recess Begins After last class, Saturday, December 22
Christmas Recess Ends
12 M., Wednesday, January 2
First Semester Ends
12 M., Saturday, January 19
Second Semester Begins
12 M., Wednesday, January 23
Classes Begin

—

(All students)

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Easter Recess Begins

After

last class,

14

Thursday, April

1

12 M., Wednesday, April 24

Easter Recess Ends

Classwork Ends
Alumni Day
Baccalaureate Sermon, 2:30 P. M.
Senior Day— Ivy Day, Class Night
Commencement, 10:00 A. M.

4

May
May
_ Sunday, May
Monday, May
Tuesday, May

P. M., Friday,

Saturday,

24
25

26
27
28

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
New

regulations for admission to the State Teachers Col-

leges of Pennsylvania

were

September, 932. The regappear at the college on days

effective

ulations require the applicant to

1

announced during the summer session in addition to the regular
registration day ai the opening of the fall semester. Following
is

a statement of the genera, principles controlling the

Enrollment

mission regulations.

cant has met

paragraphs

:

ali

—

is

new

ad-

conditional until the appli-

the requirements set forth in the following five

General scholarship as evidenced by graduation from
an approved four year high school or institution of equivalent
1

.

grade as determined by the Credentials Division of the Depart-

ment of Public Instruction and ranking
class at graduation.

at graduation wili

in

the upper half of the

Candidates for admission

be required

who

to present further

lack this rank

evidence of

fit-

ness for admission as prescribed in the detailed standards for

admission.
2.

Integrity

and appropriate personality

as

shown by an

estimate of secondary school officials of the candidates’ trustworthiness,

honesty,

truthfulness,

adaptability, personal appearance
3.

initiative,

industry,

social

and sympathy.

Health, physical vigor, emotional stability, absence of

physical defects that would interfere with the successful per-

formance of the duties of a teacher and absence of predisposi-

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tion

toward

ill

at the college.

health as determined by a medical examination
Specific standards will be set

up

detailed

in the

requirements for admission.

and satisfactory command of Engstandard tests. The tests to be
used will be prescribed each year by the Board of Presidents
and will be uniform for all State Teachers Colleges.

Normal

4.

intelligence

evidenced by ratings

lish as

A

5.

personal interview with particular attention to per-

speech habits, social presence, expressed interests of

sonality,

the applicant

and promise of professional development.

Students enrolling for the
(

1

in

)

first

time note carefully the following

ALL NEW APPLICANTS must have

the following

blanks sent by the person indicated direct to the College

in

ad-

vance of (a) the personal conference, (b) the medical examination, and (c) the written examination (required only of those
in the lower half of the graduating class.)
(a)

(b)
(c)

—
—

By the applicant application for admission.
By a physician report of physical examination.
By the high school principal high school record

—

and evaluation.
These blanks will be forwarded on request. Personal conmay be had by arrangement with the Dean of Instruction.
These Personal Interviews and Health Examinations may
be arranged for any day from
00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M., Sundays excepted, from June 25 to August 4. At 9:00 A. M.,
July 13, the written examination (required only of those in the
lower half of the graduating class) will be given.
ferences

1

:

NEW APPLICANTS STANDING IN THE UPPER
(2)
HALF OF THE GRADUATING CLASS as ranked by the High
School Principal are exempt only from the written examination.

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
The object

of this course

is

to

prepare commercial teachers

for the public schools of Pennsylvania.

In

accordance with the

regulations of the State Council of Education

ber

7,

1

approved Decem-

928, students graduating from a high school to prepare

commercial subjects must take a four-year Teacher

for teaching

Training course (or the equivalent) approved by the Depart-

ment

of Public Instruction.

“After September

1, 1932, the temporary certificate will
be issued or validated for the secondary field only upon completion of four years of approved post-high preparation.”

SUMMER

SESSION COURSES

be made to meet the conveniences of
those desiring summer session work. Please write Dean William

Every

effort

will

him regarding the courses desired and for adThe Summer Session Bulletin will be issued
(Not available for high school students who have

B. Sutliff advising

ditional information.

about April

1
.

not previously attended college.)

TEACHERS COURSES

(Resident and Extension)

Regular resident courses for teachers in service will be
by members of the faculty each Friday evening and

offered

Saturday morning. In addition, the College will be glad, upon
request, to arrange extension work in communities where the
number of applicants justifies a class. Extension credits cannot

be used
write

to

apply on the

Dean William

two years of any course. Please
advising him regarding the courses

first

B. Sutliff

desired and for additional information.

SUMMARY OF EXPENSES
For Students
lows
:

living at

home, the cost of one semester

is

as fol-

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$36.00

Contingent Fee
Activities

10.00

Fee

20.00

Books and Supplies (Estimated)

$66.00

Total

Commercial Students pay $6.00 additional.
Out-of-State Students pay $105.00 additional.
For Students not living at home, the cost of one semester

is

as

follows

Contingent Fee

$36.00

Housing Fee (Board, Room and Laundry)
Activities Fee
Books and Supplies (Estimated)

126.00
10.00
20.00

$192.00

Total

Commercial Students pay $6.00 additional.
Out-of-State Students pay $105.00 additional.
Students not living at

home and

proved by the College, must

not working

live in the

dormitories

in
if

homes aprooms are

available.
All fees

must be paid

the regular college year

in

advance of enrollment. Fees for
paid one-half in advance of en-

may be

rollment and one-half before the middle of semester.

Prof. D. S. Hartline, of the College Faculty,

work

at the College at the

resumed

his

beginning of the second semester.

underwent an operation at the Bloomsburg HosSeptember, and some weeks later returned to take up
his work.
He was later obliged to return to the hospital for a
second operation.
His many friends are glad to learn of his
Prof. Hartline
pital in

recovery.

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Annual Dramatic Tourney Results
Sunbury High

won

the

titles in

in

Class A,

and Lake Township

in

Gass

B,

the fourth annual scholastic play tourney Sat-

urday afternoon and evening, March 10, at the State Teachers
College, which proved to be the finest thing of its kind yet he’d
at the institution.

The event has always been sponsored by

the college dra-

matic fraternity, and four graduate members,

including

the

coach of the winning Lake Township, directed participating
schools.

Schools entered

in

addition to the winners were: Berwick,

Dal as Township, North Scranton junior High and Hughestown.

Robert Suitiff directed Lake in the comedy, “So’s Your
Old Antique; ’’ Archie Austin directed Dallas Township in giving
George Ade’s ‘Speaking to Father;” Raymond Hogges was in
charge of North Scranton Junior High’s “The Soul of a Professor” by Janet and Jean Sunday and Miss Helen Jenks directed
Hughestown which gave ‘'The Bishop’s Candlesticks,” by Nor-

man McKinnel.

All four directors are

members

of the spon-

soring fraternity.

Robert

who gave

S.

Abbott directed Sunbury High’s

class

A

winners

“Vindication” by Leonard Hines and Frank King and

Miss Mildred E.

Moody

directed a very clever presentation of

three Berwick High students, “Pierrot, His Play,”

by Theodore

Schwartz.

Sunbury, Berwick and North Scranton were

in Class A, and
Township and Hughestown in Class B.
T he work of the six schools, two more than participated in
any of the former tourneys, was of such high calibre that the
work of the judges was most difficult. The judges were John
C. Koch and S. L. Wilson, of the college faculty, and Miss Beth
Colley, of town. Announcement of the awards were made by

Lake,

Da

las

Prof. Koch.

The

prize winning cast of

Sunbury which gave “Vindica-

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tion,” follows:

is,

Mary

Ada Mason,

Miss Kathleen Gillody;

Ada Mason,

Garman; Fred Mason, Alfred Little; Mrs. LewMiss Laura Cooke and Rev. James Douglas, Charles Moore-

Miss

Ellen

head.

The

Class

B winners from Lake who gave

Antique,” were: Dick, Clyde Mayer; Sally,

“So’s Your Old

his wife. Miss Elsie

Oney; Mrs. Pettis, Miss Hilda Allen; Miss Walster, Miss Florence
Hauck; chauffeur, George Elias.
In the four other plays the judges gave one of each cast
honorable mention. Those receiving these honors were: Jack
Graham, of Berwick; Ralph Levy, of Scranton; Willard Webber, of Dallas Township; and William Stahl, of Hughestown.
The full casts in the other plays follow: “Pierrot, His
Play,” given by Berwick
Pierrette, Miss Mary Kleckner; Pierrot, Jack Graham; Columbine, Miss Louise Fennucchi.
“Speak to Father,” given by Dallas Township Mr. Pickering, Willard Webber; Mrs. Pickering, Miss Jennie Jackson;
Carolyn Pickering, Ernest Downs; Edward Swinger, Edward

—

—

Clark.

“The Soul

—

by North Scranton the
Ralph Levy; the professor, Frank Buckhouse; Johnny Burson, Jack Hoskinson; Jim Coolidge, Joseph
Mullen; Jane Selden, Miss Patricia Murray; Seleta Stanford,
Miss Marjorie Morgan; another professor, Ronald Hatfield; a
third professor, Russell Wall; dean, Laurence Styer.
“The Bishop’s Candlesticks,” given by Hughestown the
of a Professor,” given

soul of the professor,

—

Bishop, William Stahl;
sister,

Miss Rose Mitchell

the convict,
;

James

Bell;

Marie, Miss Kathryn

the Bishop’s

Owens

;

sergeant

of gendarmes, Charles Welter.

Three of the plays were presented in the afternoon and
Before the afternoon and evening sessions
the fraternity entertained the casts at a tea in the social rooms
of Science Hall. The committee in charge was composed of
Miss Sara Lentz, Miss Mary Ruth Rishe, Miss Grace Foote, Miss
Harriet Sutliff, and Miss Joy Morris.
three in the evening.

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The committee in charge of the general arrangements
was composed of Maynard J. Pennington, Dan

the tourney

Donald Krepich, Jack Taylor, David Mayer,
Miss Betty Chalfont, and Miss Priscilla Acker.
Sallitt,

Tom

of
C.

Davis,

Miss Alice Johnston, faculty advisor of the fraternity, was
supervisor of the successful affair.

Twenty-five students completed their courses at the close
of the

first

semester, which ended January 20.

Nine received

and sixteen received certificates in the
two-year curriculum. Of the candidates for degrees, three were
in the commercial, four in the secondary, and one each in the
primary and elementary fields.
A special assembly program
was given in their honor on Friday, January 19, by the women
of Waller Hall.
The graduates received recognition on this
the Bachelor’s degree,

occasion, but they will also return to participate in the Commencement Exercises at the end of the second semester.
Ihe members of the class are as follows:
Commercial Elwood H. Hartman, Shickshinny; Arthur J.
Knerr, Drums; William H. Thompson, Scranton.
Secondary
Myrlynn T. Shaffer, Hanover Township; Emmanuel M. Thomas,

—

Wilkes-Barre; Carl G. Wanich, Light Street; Gerald M. Woolcock, Millville.

Elementary

—

Primary

—

Miss Alice C. Kimbel, Bloomsburg.

Miss Laura Thomas, Bloomsburg.

fhose completing the two-year curriculum were:
C.

Homer Artman, Bloomsburg; Nevin W.

ville.

Primary

—Genevieve

I.

Bach, Atlas;

Rural—

Rovenolt, Turbot-

Longina Dutchak,

Scranton; Laura M. Hauze, Sandy Run; Alice M. Herman, Beav-

Dorothy M. Hewitt, West Pittston; Alice U. HornIntermediate
John I. Boylan, Lacous Gap; Albert R. Davis, Nanticoke; Edward F. Doyle, Mt. Carmel;
James J. Kelly, Edwardsviile Paul Mudrich, Simpson; Elizabeth
McGoldnck, Dunmore; Frank J. Zadra, Free.and; John Zacarich, Shamokin.
er Springs;

ung, Ashland.

—
;

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Kappa Delta
One

Pi Observes Founders

of the finest events in the history of the

Day

Gamma

Beta

Kappa Delta Pi at the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College was that which Saturday, March 3, marked the celebration of Founders Day at which Dr. Alfred L. Hall-Quest, of
New York University, and a member of the executive council
of the fraternity, was one of the speakers.
John McGraw, of Mahanoy Plane, was chosen president
chapter of

coming year with the other

for the

officers:

Bruno Novak, of

Anne Quigley, Mt. Carmel, reMiss Elizabeth Row, Bloomsburg, corres-

Scranton, vice president; Miss

cording secretary;

ponding secretary; William Reed, Shamokin, treasurer; and
Miss Charlotte Hochberg, Hazleton, historian.
Members received during the day’s activities were: Miss
Margaret O'Hara, Miss Loretta Faust, Miss Louise Yeager, Miss
Blanche Garrison, Miss Dawn Townsend, and Miss Erma Moyer.
A number of alumni members were back for the day while
guests included two members of Beta Rho chapter, of Mansfield
State Teachers College, Miss Pauline Steigerwalt and Miss Ethel
Kieffer.

The program opened

at

3:30

with the election and installation of

o’clock Saturday afternoon

The banquet opened at 6
3 o’clock in the College dining hall with the invocation
by Dr. David J. Waller, Jr. Joseph F. Gribbon, of Dunmore, the
:

officers.

1

and gave the address of welcome.
Dr. Hall-Quest was the speaker and others responding were

retiring president, presided

Dean W.

B. Sut.iff, H. A. Andruss, the national advisor; Dr. Nell

Maupin, advisor; Dr. H. H. Russell; Prof.

S. L.

Wilson and Dr.

Francis B. Haas, president of the College.

The

retiring officers in addition to Mr. Gribbon, are:

fred Vandling, Mifflinville;

Al-

vice president, Miss Miriam Eroh,

Nescopeck, recording secretary; Miss Mildred Quick, Ashland,
corresponding secretary; Miss Esther Evans, Bloomsburg, treas-

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and Miss Sarah Lentz, Bloomsburg, historian.
The members of the banquet committee were: Miss Betty
Krumanocker, White Haven, chairman; Bruno Novak, Scranton; J. Wesley Knorr, Bloomsburg. Miss Thalia Barba, Scranton, was chairman of the initiation committee; Miss Thelma
Knauss, Nazareth, chairman of the membership committee and
Miss Harriet Sutliff, Bloomsburg, chairman of the program comurer;

mittee.

Following the dinner there was a

much enjoyed dance

in

David

J.

the College gymnasium.

Those present were: Dr. Francis

B. Haas, Dr.

W. Hall-Quest,
Dr. Neil Maupin, Dr. H. H. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff,
H. A. Andruss, Joseph Gribbon, Thelma Oplinger, Harold J.

Waller,

jr.. Dr.

O’Brien, Joseph

Alfred

J.

Hall-Quest, Mrs. Olga

McFadden, Esther Evans, James Williams, Sarah

Lentz, S. L. Wilson, Mrs. Catherine B. Wilson, Frances Evans,

Robert Parker, Paul Turek, Pauline Reng, Grace Callender, Miss
Bertha Rich, Thomas L. Henry, Thalia Barba, Miriam Eroh, Harriet Sutliff, Joseph Dunkleberger, Paul Brock, Mrs. Paul Brock,

John Te.mont, Erma Moyer, Mildred Ford, Willard Ford,

Eliza-

beth Row, Elizabeth Krumanocker, Ida Arcus, Saul Gutter, Dorothy Phillips, Bruno Novak, Charles Hensley, Helen Maynard,
Marion Marshall, Dorothy Marshall, Llewellyn Edmunds, Fanny
Hill, Dorothy Schmidt, Louise Yeager, Jack Fleisher, Ehzabelh
Bowman, Dr. Wiiliam Kerr, Arden Roan, Richard T. Sibly, June
Mensch, Ted Strausser, Thomas W. Reagan, Veda Mericle, Mary
Stahl, Blanche Garrison, Lauretta M. Foust, A. N. Keller, Mrs.
Etta H. Keller, Anne Quigley, Margaret O’Hara, Joy Morris,
Rostand Kelly, John McGraw, Blaine Saltzer, William Shutt,
Thelma Knauss, Harriet F. Carpenter, Mary Alice Laird, Martha
A. Laird, Miriam R. Lawson, Lois Lawson, Dorothy Runyan,
Gladys Wenner, J. Wesley Knorr, Charlotte E. Mears, Karleen
M. Hoffman, Helen Merrill, Mildred Deppe, Catherine Mensch,
Velma Mordan, Mrs. Hannah Steinhart and Mabel Belles.

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Teachers

to

Meet Here Next Year

Bloomsburg, where the northeastern convention

district of

was formed nine
years ago, was selected for next year’s convention. The action
was taken at Stroudsburg where this year’s meeting was held.
the Pennsylvania State Education Association

Floyd H. Taylor, of Montrose, superintendent of the Sus-

quehanna county

schools,

was elected president and

Carl L.

Millward, of Milton, was chosen secretary.

The

invitation for the convention to

meet here was extend-

ed by Prof. Harvey A. Andruss, director of the department of

commerce

at the

Teachers College,

in the

absence of Dr. Francis

B. Haas.

The date

for the

1

935 meeting has not been

definitely set

as there is a proposal to hold the meeting in April or
because of the uncertainty of March weather.

Thirteen counties

cluded

in

in

Northeastern Pennsylvania are

One

the convention district.

organizations plans for the next year
arts

department, which

industrial,

will

in the Fall

is

in-

of the changes in the

the inclusion of practical

absorb the sections for commercial,

home economics,

arts

and music teachers, which

formerly composed the Anthracite Arts Association.

In the fu-

ture there will not be a publication of activities for teachers lo-

cated

in the

same geographical section of the

Addressing the convention, Dr. Rule

set

state.

up

as the goal of

program “foundational training and instruction necessary to social and civil competence’’ for every child
in the Commonwealth.
Ranking second in wealth, Pennsylvania is 26th in the
“educational load undertaken by its school districts,” Dr. Rule
the reconstruction

He pointed out
income and 22nd

said.
in

in

is

1

7th

expenditure.

denounced directors who demand a portion of
of teachers in payment of jobs. He declared that teach-

Dr. Rule
salaries

that per pupil, the Keystone State

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24

would be barred forever from teaching

in the State.

“The entire weight of the Department of Education will
be placed back of any teacher who will testify against such directors,” he said.
The State school head declared that the best school work
cannot be expected from teachers who are discontented from
not receiving their salaries. In this connection, he stated, he
hoped

to secure Federal aid for distressed school districts, be-

lieving the

Government should help out

in this matter.

He

said

he does not expect more than 60 per cent of the taxes for
school purposes to be collected in the State this year, due to
economic conditions. This adds to the burden of the districts
that

meeting their expenses.
Miss Jessie Gray, of Philadelphia, president of the National

Educational Association, spoke of the importance of the industry
in the State, and blamed seland not the machine age and

represented by the teachers, sixth
fishness for the present crisis
specialization.

Dr.

Carmon Ross,

of Doylestown, president of the State

Association, discussed problems of the schools of the State.

He

urged preserving the morale of the teachers by prompt payment
of salaries.
He emphasized training for the profession and not
simply for the job.

Members

of the College faculty took an active part in the

Department of GeogCommittee on Resolutions.
Several Bloomsburg graduates were also members of the commeeting.

Dr. H. Harrison Russell, of the

raphy, served as a

member

of the

mittee.

Earl N. Rhodes, Director of Teacher Training, presided at
the sessions of the

Department of College and Teacher Training.

Mrs. Lucille Baker and Miss

Anna

Garrison, of the Training

spoke at the meeting of the Department of Grade
Schools. Mrs. Baker spoke on “Teaching Number Fundamentals” and Miss Garrison spoke on “Correlating English and the
School,

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Content Subjects.’’ Professor H. A. Andruss, of the Department
of

Commerce, spoke

at the

Commercial Section of the Anthra’

cite Arts

Association on "The Socialization of Bookkeeping.

Dr. Maurguerite

W. Kehr, Dean

Table for Deans and Advisers of

Owe Our

of

Women, spoke

Girls

at the

Round

on the subject “What

We

Girls.”

A number of women students from Susquehanna Univerwere entertained Friday, March 3, at the Bloomsburg State
leachers Cohege.
At four o’clock, they were guests of the
Day Women’s Association in the social rooms for the day stu,
dents, with Miss Maty Ruth Rishe as hostess.
In the evening.
Day Women’s Association in the social rooms for the day stuthey were guests of the dormitory women at dinner.
Six girls of Bloomsburg State Teachers College, accompanied by Miss Ethel A. Ranson, Assistant Dean of Women, in
charge of day women, were guests of Miss Naomi Hade, Dean
of Women, and women students officers of Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove on Wednesday, March
4.
The girls were Miss Mary Dewaid, president of the Girls’
Chorus, Miss Thelma Knauss, president of Waller Hall girls, Miss
sity

1

Louise Yeager, president of the

Day Women’s

Association, Miss

Gladys Rinard, Miss Kathryn John, members of the council or
the Day Women’s Association, and Miss Adeleine Pfeiffer, Pres-

W. C. A.
They were guests at tea in one of the sorority rooms, were
shown through the dormitory, enjoyed dinner in the college dining room, and were guests at a concert by the Girls’ Glee Club.
ident of the Y.

Ruth Klingerman and Richard Brader, both of Bloomsburg,
were united in marriage December 24, by Dr. Norman S. Wolf,
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, of Bloomsburg. Mrs.
Brader was for several years a successful teacher in the Bloomsburg schools. Mr. Brader operates a barber shop in Bloomsburg.

pastor of

Their address

is

486 West Main

Street.

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College Group Meets Here
A

meeting of the eastern division of the Pennsylvania

Schools Association was held in the alumni room of the Teach-

March 16.
Twenty delegates were

ers College, Friday,

leges, as follows:

—

Edinboro

present,

representing

and George

ciation; H. L. Crosper, secretary-treasurer;

California

er;

T. Strait

—

—
Lock Haven —John

Gillette;

—
Shippensburg — John
and
John
Bloomsburg —
Stroudsburg

S.

E. Blair

W.

E. A. Cole, L.

Hiribert;
frone,

S.

Helk-

A. Frey, George

Pipher, Dr. G. A.

W. Lockhom, Ralph W. Wal-

Paul B. Maftsher; West Chester

N

H. V. White,

Shortlidge;

Leo Schneider.
The meeting

col-

A. H. Vosburg, H.

Mansfield

T. E. Springer;

and G. M.

B. Stevens;

eight

C. C. Swift, president of the asso-

for the western division

,T.

—

R.

Englehart and

was held

at Butler

recently with fourteen present, representing four colleges.

President Swift announced the purpose of these meetings
to include the preparation of a statement of the history, the ser-

and the vital need for support of each of the fourteen coland to place this information in the hands of candidates
for governor and members of the legislature with a questionnaire soliciting their attitude on the state teachers college situavice

leges

tion.

Full

and

free discussion followed, resulting in decisions to

its alumni list with many names
members who could be relied upon for active service to
request each college community to furnish $100 to defray the

request each college to furnish
of key

;

expenses of the coming campaign,

this

contribution to be fur-

nished to the secretary-treasurer by April

Many
port.
al

They

will also solicit the

communities, and through

next.

support of the press

agency

in the sever-

most inand parent. County teachers’ assohave sponsored this cause and have active committees

terested party, the taxpayer
ciations

first,

of the college communities have pledged their sup-

this

to reach that

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in

several counties working with the publicity committee of the

association.

The function of this committee is to cooperate with publishers and key men, check up on their work in order that only
facts be presented and no unfair or inflammatory propaganda
be permitted and to furnish information when desired.
The members of this committee are H. V. White, chairman,
Bloomsburg; Dr. G. A. Hirlbert, Stroudsburg; and Charles L.
Llewellyn, Esq., Umontown, who are ready to answer questions
and render assistance at all times.
It is worthy of note that none of the officers or members
cf committees of this association receive pay for their services
and certainly every citizen of every community should give them
loyal support.

Rostand Kelly, of Bloomsburg, was elected president of
the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges, at

is

third annual con-

vention held January 19 and 20, at State College.

The honor

one of the finest ever conferred on a Bloomsburg student, and
one of which Bloomsburg Alumni may be justly proud.
The post is an important one, especially at this time. The
is

Association
ly.

was organized three years ago, and

is

gaining rapid-

Mr. Kelly will have charge of next year’s program, again

Penn

He

program

to

be held

all

of the higher educational institutions of the state enrolled in

at

State.

will also direct a

to get

the Association.

Bloomsburg was represented at the convention by Richard
Thomas, of Shickshinny; Miss Mary Kuhn, of Tuscarora; and
Miss Majory McCalla, of Clifford.

Miss Lula Lyons, of Millville, and Leroy A. Thrash, of Almedia, were married Saturday, March 0, at Northumberland.
1

Lehman performed
Thrash expect to make their home
The Rev.

R. R.

the ceremony.
in

Berwick.

Mr. and Mrs.

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Semester Honor Students

Honor students of the Bioomsburg State Teachers College
have been announced for the first semeser. The honor students,
with the exception of those of the first year c.ass who were previously given, follow: Elmira Bankes, Bioomsburg; Violet
Brown, Carlisle; Kathryn John, Bioomsburg; Daniel Jones, Nescopeck; Mary Kuhn, Tuscarora; Ernest Lau, Bioomsburg; William Morgan, Wanamie; Charles Michaels, Delano; Margaret
E. Schubert, Laureida'e;
Richard Smith, Berwick; Eleanor
Swope, Harrisburg; Anthony Verhovshek, Forest City.

—

Two

Year Seniors
Homer Artman, Bioomsburg; Anna
Wyoming; Letha Crispell, Nexen; Mary Fagley, Mt. Carmel; Margaret Hawk, Towanda; Bertha Hornberger, Shamo-

Breya,

Pauline Houser, Catawissa; Sara James, Dallas; Beulah
Lawrence, Sunbury; Joy Morris, Wilkes-Barre; Elizabeth McGoldrick, Dunmore;
Fred Sonnenberg, Wilkes-Barre; Basil
kin;

Steele,

Sweet Valley; Kathryn Wertman, Watsontown; Albert

West, Ashley; Kathryn Yale, Slatington; Ella Zukauskas, Potisville.

—

Mabel Belles, Wilkes-Barre; Howard DeMoti,
Juniors
Bioomsburg; Mildred Deppe, Berwick; Lauretta Foust, Watsontown; Mary Frantz, Lancaster; John Gress, Tower City; Stanley Heimbach, East GreenviLe; Fannie Hill, Jerseytown; Charlotte Hochberg, Hazleton; Rosina Kitchener, Plymouth; Catherine Mensch, Catawissa; Veda Mericle, Bioomsburg; Helen Merrill,
Light Street; Velma Mordan, Orangeville; Erma Moyer,
Lewisburg; Bruno Novak, Scranton; Adeline Pfeiffer, Montgomery; William Reed, Shamokin; Elizabeth Row, Bioomsburg; Jean Smith, Berwick; Ruth Starick, Sunbury; Gerald
Wolfson, Scranton.

Four Year Seniors

—

Thalia Barba, Scranton; Paul Brock,

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Berwick;
Mainvilie

William Creasy, Catawissa, R. D.
;

Madalyn Dunkelberger, Berwick

;

;

Esther Dagnel!,

Miriam Eroh, Nes-

copeck; Esther Evans, Bloomsburg; Grace Feather, Pottstown;
Blanche Garrison, Berwick; Elizabeth Hake, Philadelphia; Roland Keeler, Bloomsburg; Wesley Knorr, Bloomsburg; Elizabeth

Krumanocker, White Haven; Sara Lentz, Bloomsburg; Kerr
Genevieve Morgis, Glen Lyon; Joy Munson,
B.oomsburg; Margaret O’Hora, Dunmore; Mark Peifer, Mifflinville; Mildred Quick, Ashland; Arden Roan, Espy; Dorothy
Runyan, Bloomsburg; Anna Ryan, Dunmore; Pearl Savage,
Berwick; Freda Shuman, Catawissa; Harriet Sutliff, Bloomsburg; John Taylor, Wilkes-Barre; Richard Thomas, Shickshinny; Ernest Valente, Flazleton; Louise Yeager, Berwick; William
Young, Wilkes-Barre.
Miller, Pottsgrove;

The Sophomore

Cotillion,

the leading social event of the

was held Saturday evening,
gymnasium.
Patrons and patronesses were: Dr. and Mrs. Francis B.
Haas, Dr. Maurguerite Kehr, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Koch, George Buchheit, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Andruss, Dr. and Mrs. T. P. North Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Shortess,
Miss Ethel Ranson, Mr. and Mrs. George J. Keller, Miss Harriet
M. Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Reams.
The officers of the class are: President, Bernard Young,
Berwick; Vice-President, Ernest Lau, Bloomsburg; Secretary,
Miss Margaret Schubert, and Treasurer, Miss Mary Kuhn.
year for the second year

February 24,

class,

in the college

The Community Government Association was host on Friday evening, January 26, to the trustees, members of the faculty, and students at a delightful mid-semester party held in the
College gymnasium. The evening was spent in cards and dancing.

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W.

30

A.

During the past year, the College has participated, both
directly

and

indirectly,

Directly:

with the C. W. A.

A number

of projects on the

campus were ap-

proved, and some very definite improvement to the property

and to the campus is the result. The following is a list of the
major projects of this type:
Regrading Terraces at Waller Hall and Tennis Courts.
Painting Walls and Ceilings in Corridors of Noetling Hall.
Grading Terraces at Gymnasium.
Grading for Curb and Walk on Penn Street.
Grading and Sodding Terrace at Training School.
Grading Spruce Street Driveway and Athletic Field Terrace.

Cleaning College Campus.

Trimming Trees and Removal of Dead Trees,
Surveying Athletic Fields, and Utility Lines,

etc.

etc.

above
Department of
Public Instruction, a survey of Educational and Recreational
Facilities in Northumberland, Montour, Columbia and Luzerne
Indirectly: In addition to direct participation in the

projects, the college has administered, for the

Counties,

ihis project at present

is

attempting to study the

Educational and Recreational Facilities available for adults not
participating in formal education.

The college, through Prof. Andruss, Director of the Department of Commerce, is also assisting the State Director of the
Budget

in a

survey to do with Real Estate Assessment Values

throughout the State.

A

daughter, Elizabeth Ann, was born Wednesday, Janua v y

24, to Mr. and Mrs. William Eunson, of Bioomsburg.

son

is

a

member

of the faculty of the

Mr. EunBioomsburg High School.

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Bloomsburg Host

to

Teachers

Teachers of Columbia County, and of Hazle Township,
Luzerne County, participated in an educational program in cooperation with the Bloomsburg State Teachers College on Saturday, February

1

Sessions were held both in the morning and

7.

afternoon.
Dr.

Carmon Ross, president of
and Miss Helen

cation Association,

the Pennsylvania State EduPurcell, of the

were on the program, which

of Public Instruction,

Department

also included

contributions from the College faculty.

College organizations participating
the Girls’ Chorus, directed

by Miss

in

the

program were

Jessie Patterson;

the Men’s

Glee Club, directed by Miss Harriet Moore; and the Maroon and

Gold Orchestra, directed by H. F. Fenstemaker.
led in group singing.
The program of the day was as follows:
College Auditorium.
9:15 A. M.

W. W. Evans, Superintendent

Miss Moore

of the Schools of

Columbia

County, presiding.

— Maroon and Gold
—
Group
Address —
Carmon Ross
Sound
—
Selection

Invocation

Dr. D.

J.

Orchestra

Waller, Jr.

Singing
Dr.

Pictures

Selections

College Glee Club

Business Meeting.

10:15 A. M.
Group Conferences.
12:15 P. M.
Luncheon, college dining room, in charge of the RainClub of Columbia County, Dr. C. H. Garwood, Pres-

bow

ident.

2:00

P.

M.

College Auditorium.

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Garwood, Superintendent of the Bloomsburg

Schools, presiding.

—
Address —
—

Maroon and Gold Orchestra
Group Singing
Selections

Miss Helen Purcell

Selections

Closing

Girls’

Chorus

Remarks—Dr.

Francis B. Haas.

Alpha Omicron Chapter of the Alpha Psi Omega National
Dramatic Fraternity, gave a fine performance of “Death Takes
a Holiday’’ by Alberta Cassela and Walter Ferris, on Friday
evening,

December

15, in the College auditorium.

The mem-

bers of the cast were: Miss Priscilla Acker, Miss Grace Foote,

Daniel

William Thompson,

Sailitt,

Miss

Charlotte

Hochberg,

Maynard Pennington, Miss Jean Reese, John
Krepich, Blaine Saltzer, Miss Sarah Lentz, John Taylor, and
John Shellenberger. Ihe play was under the direction of Miss
Miss Harriet

Sutliff,

Alice Johnston.

The engagement of Miss Gertrude Andrews, of BloomsEdward Horne, of Shamokin, has been announced.
Miss Andrews is a graduate of the Bloomsburg High School, and
burg, and G.

attended the Teachers College.
secretary to

Dean William

For several years she has been

B. Sutliff.

Mr. Horne also attended

the Teachers College, after his graduation
versity.

He

business

in

is

at the present time

engaged

from Niagara Uniin

the

life

insurance

Shamokin.

On Friday evening, January 19, Miss Litia Namora, a pupd
Ruth St. Denis, appeared in a dance recital. The program
was sponsored by the girls “B” Club.
of

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High School Tournament
The Thirteenth Annual High School Basketball Tournament, sponsored by the Lettermen’s Club, was a great success.
In fact, the interest

shown by

the court fans

was much keener

than that of past elimination games.

Eighteen high schools, representing the

finest

teams

in their

league circuits, were participants. This year the contest was

di-

vided into three divisions.

—
Sunbury,
—
Conyngham Township, and Nescopeck.
Township,
—
Class

A:

Freeland, Danville, Kulp-

Frackville,

mont, Bioomsburg, and Newport.
Class B.

Class C:

Rock

IViontgomery, Giiberton, Pulaski, Lake Township,

Locust Township was
Montgomery came through

A

Orangeville, Nuremburg, and

Locust

Glen.

last

the “C” Division.
“B” Section laurels.

the winner of
to capture the

minute spurt enabled the

smooth-moving

fast,

five

from

Frackville to take the basketball trophy for a period of one
year.

Every move went on according

to schedule,

and the mem-

bers of the Lettermen’s Club are to be congratulated for the

manner

m

which they handled

this affair.

Charles Naegele, one of America’s foremost pianists, and

one of the most popular artists appearing in Bioomsburg, gave
Bioomsburg recital Friday evening, February 2, beMr. Naefore a most appreciative and enthusiastic audience.
gele opened his program with Bach’s “Prelude and Fugue in D
Major.’’ This was followed by a group of Chopin compositions,
his fourth

and a group of modern compositions.

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Miss Mason Hurt
Two members

of the faculty of the Teachers College were

injured, one rather seriously, in an automobile accident Thurs-

day, March 8, at the

near Eyersgrove,

Hawk

when

their

bridge across Little Fishingcreek,

automobile skidded into a wing-

wall of the bridge.

Miss Pearl Mason, librarian at the school, was taken to
Bloomsburg Hospital, suffering from shock, numerous abrasions, and several fractured ribs, and Miss Maude C. Kline, the
school nurse, suffered from shock and a laceration of the knee.
The accident occurred about two o’clock as Miss Kline was
driving Miss Mason’s car toward Williamsport. On the curve at
the bridge, the machine skidded in the snow and struck the concrete wingwall. It was considerably damaged. Miss Mason was
unconscious for a time, and was taken to the office of Dr. 0. S.
Southall, in Millville, where she was revived.
Later, she was
removed in an ambulance to the hospital and was accompanied
by Miss Kline.
As she recovered from concussion of the brain and the
shock, Dr. Hower dressed her injuries, but her condition was
such, because of the shock, that an X-ray examination was not
made immediately. Her recovery is fully expected.
the

Notice to Alumni
Up

to the present time,

torial Staff to issue the

and December. Owing

it

has been the policy of the Edi-

Quarterly in March, June, September,

to the fact that the events of the college

groups which have not corresponded with the
months above mentioned, it has seemed advisable to change the

year

fall

into

dates of publication to April, July, October, and January.

change of policy goes into

effect

with the present

issue.

The

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Name Committees

for

The following committees

Commencement

of the Senior class of the State

Teachers College have been appointed to handle the various

Commencement:

activities relative to

—

Cap and Gown Joe Gribben, Dunmore; Miss Katherine
Wertman, Watsontown.
Class

Day

—

Alfred Miller, Catawissa, chairman; Patrick

Kyan, Dunmore;

Miss Florence Hartman, Strawberry Ridge;

Carmen Shellhamer,
Ivy
Ella

Day

—

j.

Ann

Kilker, Lost Creek; Miss Pauline Houser, Catawissa; Miss

Mifflinville

;

Arden Roan, Espy.

Miss Miriam Eroh, Nescopeck, chairman;

Zukauskas, Pottsville;

Miss

Miss Madelyn Dunkelberger, Ber-

wick; Miss Althine Marshman, Freeland.

Commencement

Invitations

—William

Creasy,

Catawissa,

chairman; Miss Felicia Czarnecki, Glen Lyon; Miss Blanche Kostenbauder, Bloomsburg; Robert Hawk, Bear Creek; Miss Sarah
James, Dallas.
Class

Memorial

—

Miss Gertrude Parrem, chairman; James

Karnes, Espy, Miss Jean Eyer, Berwick.
Senior Banquet

Breya,

—

Miss Betty Krumanacker, White Haven,
Miss

Anna

Wyoming; William Young, Wilkes-Barre; John

Part-

chairman;

Miss Olga Pregmon,

Clark’s

Summit;

ridge, Trevorton.

—

Senior Ball Decorations
Miss Grace Foote, Bloomsburg,
chairman; Zigmond Nejako, Shickshinny; Dick Menapace, Atlas; Miss Maryruthe Rishe, Bloomsburg; Robert Rowlands, Con-

nerton; James Gennaria, Bloomsburg; Miss Louise Yeager, Ber-

wick;

Miss Alice Kealy, Mt. Carmel;

Miss Mercedes Deane,

Bloomsburg; Alfred West, Ashley; Miss Lauretta Smack, York;

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Fred Sonnenberg, Wilkes-Barre; Miss Pearl Savage, Berwick.

—

Miss Ruth Welliver, Berwick, chairSenior Ball Program
man; Miss Mary Langan, Jessup; Miss Bernice Curwood, Shickshinny.

Senior Ball Refreshments

—

Miss Marjorie McAlia, Clifford,

chairman; Miss Maude Mae Edwards, Bloomsburg.

Courses tor Teachers

An enlargement

of the resident

in Service

program

for teachers in

service has been offered at Bloomsburg, with the opening of the

second semester.

The program now includes Friday evening

on Saturday morning.
Of special interest is a new type of course making use of
the sound equipment, one of the latest acquisitions at the Col-

classes, as well as classes

lege,

The inauguration
opportunity to teachers

of Friday evening classes provides an
in service to

courses and take a greater amount of
essary

if

the

work were

has been the practice

complete work

in

various

work than would be nec-

limited to Saturday

morning

classes, as

in the past.

Arrangements have been made at a very reasonable rate
who are taking work on Friday evening, and remain
work
take
on Saturday. All the resident advantages of the

for those
to

College Library, such as over-night use of reference books, are
available to those

who

are taking this work.

Announcements are sent out each semester regarding the

work

to

be offered during the following semester.

interested should write to
tion.

Dean W.

All those

B. Sutliff for further informa-

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Annual Play Tournament

The

by Kenneth Sawyer Goodwas adjudged the winner in the
annual play tournament of the Bloomsburg Players, held Friday
evening, February 9, in the College Auditorium.
The judges
were Richard Abbott, of the Sunbury High School; Miss Clara
M. Casner, of Williamsport High School; and Miss Alice Carter,
of the Catawissa High School.
The other two plays presented
at the tournament were "Bimbo, the Pirate,” by Booth Tarkington, and "Riders to the Sea,” by j. M. Synge.
The members or the winning cast were Maynard J. Pennington, Daniel Saditt, Earl Karshner, and Harold O’Brien. Samuel Green, of the "Bimbo, the Pirate” cast, and Miss Kathryn
man,

“

i

cast presenting the tragedy

he

Game

of Chess,”

:

John, of the cast of "Riders to the Sea,” received honorable

mention as the best members of

their respective casts.

Rostand Kelly, of Bloomsburg, and Alfred Vandiing,
Mifflinville,

Federation of America,

in

Washington, D.

from December 27

to

December 30.

sion

C.,

which was

Mr. Kelly

is

Community Government

Association.

in ses-

the junior

representative on the student council, and Mr. Vandiing
ident of the

ci

attended the convention of the National Students’

is

pres-

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THE ALUMNI

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i

Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins
changes of address. Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly
have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at
the address on our files.
All

of

all

Officers of the

President

—

Alumni Association

A bert,

R. Bruce

—

06, Bloomsburg.

Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., ’67, Bloomsburg.
Secretary— Edward F. Schuyler, ’24, Bloomsburg.

Vice-President

Treasurer

—

Harriet Carpenter, ’96, Bloomsburg.

—

Fred W. Diehl, ’09, Danville; Mrs.
Bloomsburg; Maurice F. Houck, 10; Berwick; Daniel J. Mahoney, ’09, Wilkes-Barre; Dennis D. Wright,
’ll, Bloomsburg; E. H. Nelson, ’ll, Bloomsburg; H. Mont
Smith, ’93, Bloomsburg.
Executive Committee

C.

W. Funston,

’85,

o

—

ALUMNI DAY
To Ah Alumni
Another year has quickly passed, and Alumni Day is again
the "Big Attraction” on College Hill. All the loyal Old Grads

make a real effort to return this year.
Do you remember the wonderful time we had last year?
Those who cou'd not come missed a real treat. The College is a

will

royal host.

This year will be the

every minute.”

So plan

to

same

come.

as last,

“Something doing

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The beautiful new Alumni Room will be dedicated to the
honor and memory of our beloved Professor Bakeless. His spirit of loyalty and devotion to our Alma Mater will be an inspiration for all time.
Come and help dedicate the Alumni Room in
honor of a sincere friend.

Be a Booster for the College and the Alumni Association.
They deserve your hearty cooperation. Join the Alumni Association and receive the Quarterly. Just send your name, class,
address and one dollar to Mrs. F. H. Jenkins, Bloomsburg, Pa.
See you on Alumni Day, Saturday, May 26.
Most Sincerely,
R.

BRUCE ALBERT,
President Alumni Association.

Greeting to

Members

of

Alumni Association:

I hope you have marked plainly Saturday, May 26, on your
1934 calendar. This is A’umni Day in Bloomsburg. On behalf
of our Board of Trustees, our Faculty, and our Students, I want
to assure you that "the latch-string will be on the outside.”
The example of your presence on this day means much to
Bloomsburg. It means that this institution still stands for something in which you are interested, and of which you are proud.
I feel sure that those who have been with us on this day during
recent years will be glad to say that this day provided not merely an opportunity to visit the institution, but it provides what is
worth far more, an opportunity to meet old friends and to make

new

ones.

An
year

will

and important feature of the program this
be the dedication of the Alumni Room in honor of

interesting

Prof. Bakeless.

This project affords a particular opportunity to

leave a worthwhile memorial to a great

member

of our Faculty.

Sincerely yours,

FRANCIS

B.

HAAS.

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1879
Rev. William A. Lepley, a native of Union County, and
widely known Methodist minister for
day, February 22, at the
den, in Williamsport.

home

many

years, died Thurs-

of his father-in-law,

Rev. Lepley,

W.

B. Stad-

who was born January

!,

858, in Union County, and who was a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, was a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church for forty-live
1

He was retired at the last session of the conference, but
had been serving as a supply pastor for the Limestone and

years.

Phelps Chapel since September.

served

in

During

his active ministry,

he

Williamsport, Hugnesville, DuBoistown, and the Nisbet

Surviving are his wife, two daughters, a
and a brother.
Funeral services were held Saturday,
February 24, at the Calvary Methodist Church in Williamsport.
Martin A. Lepler, brother of the deceased, was graduated from
Bloomsburg in 1881.
1885

Methodist charges.
sister,

Charles
at his

home

W. Funston, prominent

Saturday, February 24.

citizen of

He

is

Bloomsburg, died

survived by his wife,

Mrs. Lillian Barton Funston, of the class of 1885, and a

member

Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. Mr. Funwas born in Jerseytown, Pa., January 10, 1859, and came
with his parents to Bloomsburg when he was a child. For many
years he was manager of the Paul E. Wirt Fountain Pen Company, and served also as director of the Bloomsburg Water Company.
He was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, of
Bloomsburg, and of Washington Lodge and various other Maof the

ston

sonic bodies.

1906
R. Bruce Albert, President of the Alumni Association, has
been manager of relief work in the four county district, composed of Bradford, Su'livan, Susquehanna, and Wyoming coun-

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with headquarters at Tunkhannock. Mr. Albert served for
some months as director of relief work in Columbia Count}
When the work in Columbia County was consolidated with other
nearby counties he was given the task of setting up the work
in Susquehanna County on a similar basis, and his further promotion is an evidence of the splendid work done there.
ties,

7

.

1908
lhomas

Francis, Superintendent of the schools of Lacka-

wanna County,

received the degree of Master of Arts at Colum-

fall.
He was appointed to serve on the NaCommittee on Interpretmg the Schools to the Public. Trie
appointment was made by Paul C. Stitson, President of the Department of Superintendence of the National Educational Asso-

bia University, last
tional

ciation.

Mr. and Mrs. Vincil G. Stein (Willie Mogan Stem) spent
two weeks in Florida during the Christmas holidays. While in
St. Augustine, they visited Carol Krum Buck and family, and
Carol related the following interesting episode:

She and her family had decided
Springs, Florida, for the day.

When

to drive over to Silver

they arrived there,

whom

should they meet at the lake but Nellie Bogart and her father,

from Riverside, Pa.

Although Nellie had written that she hoped
were both surprised to

to visit Carol during the holidays, they

meet so far from home, and now they are sure that
small world, after

James

E.

this

is

all.

Cummings,

Statistician of the

Department of Ed-

ucation of the National Catholic Welfare Conference,

is

the

author of a very interesting article which appeared recently
the National Catholic Educational Association Bulletin.
of the article

Pa.,

is

a

“Tax Support

The

in

title

of Education in the United States."

Vincil Stein, Jr., and Miss Betty MacGeorge, of Cynwyd,
were married December 6. 1933, at Jacksonville, Florida.

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Coraopohs, Pa., R.

42

may be reached

(Mrs. E. C. Stephens)

at

F. D. 3.

1809
George

Williams

F.

the Mid-West representative of the

is

Justine Leather Goods Company, of Socona, Texas.
ried,

He hopes

and has a family of seven.

reunion

this year.

Mr. William’s address

He

is

mar-

to attend his class

Box 1205, Omaha,

is

Nebraska.

1910
Charles J. Morris has announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.

1911
Mrs. Mabel
Dr.

Harry

ica, California.

Van Reed

lives in Franklin,

New

Jersey.

828 14th Street, Santa Monresearch work at the Veterans’

C. tortner lives at

He

is

engaged

Hospital, at Los Angeies.

in

Dr. Fortner

was graduated from the

Catawissa High School before attending the Bloomsburg State

Normal School. Following his graduation from Bloomsburg, he
taught in Rupert for one year, and in the Strawberry Ridge High
School for two years. At the suggestion of Prof. D. S. Harthne,
he attended the University of Michigan, from which he was
graduated
St.

in

1917.

He then taught

Paul, Missouri, for one year,

Lieutenant

in

in St.

Joseph’s College, at

and then entered the service as
Camp Mills, Long Island.

charge of Bacteriology at

After the close of the war, he entered the University of Tennessee as Assistant Professor of Bio'ogy,

three years.

mont

for six

ter as a

where he remained

He then taught Anatomy at
years.
He then entered the

for

the University of Ver-

University of Roches-

medical student, and after completing his course, he se-

cured his present position.

Lehman, of Rochester, N.

Y.

His wife

was formerly Miss Ruth

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Dr. E. H. Nelson,

member

of the College faculty,

was

cently elected chairman of the Bloomsburg Chapter of the

re-

Red

Cross.

1912
Miss Elizabeth McCoilum received the degree of Master of
Arts at Colorado State Teachers College on Saturday,

December

15th.

The

editor of the Quartely has received copies of a very

little magazine, entitled
The Optimist,” published
monthly at the Idaho State School for the Deaf and the Blind, at
Gooding, Idaho.
The editor of this magazine is P. C. Clive

interesting

Potts, Ph. D.,

who

is

also the Superintendent of the School.

The Idaho State School for the Deaf and Blind is an educasupported by the state for the education of ail

tional institution

children
in

who

are too deaf or too blind to be properly educated

the public schools.

All children of the state

between the ages

of six and twenty-one, who, because of total or partial deafness
or blindness, cannot attend the public schools, are entitled to adInstruction is given in both literary and industrial
work. The course of study covers twelve years, and is arranged

mission.

to

prepare a boy or

struction

is

girl

for

some

useful place in the world, or

In the School for the Deaf, the oral

for college.

followed.

school course

is

followed as nearly as possible.

Department the boys are given instruction
The
linotyping, painting, and farming.
tion in all lines of

method

of in-

In the School for the Blind, the public

home economics.

in

In the Industrial

carpentry, printing,

girls

receive instruc-

The school has a

staff of

twenty-five.

1914
Miss

a brief

Mary Baurys,

illness.

of Nanticoke, died last

December, after

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1925
Delmar Smith, of Berwick, has recently been transferred
from the Orange Street School 10 a position in the hign school
in Berwick. Mr. Smith served for several years as principal oi
the Orange Street School.

1927
Miss Marqueen M. Rediine, of Willow Grove; and Harold
Shuman, formerly of Mainville, now of Mill Hall; were married at Valley Forge on Christmas morning.
The bride is a graduate of the B.oomsburg High School,
class of 1928, and of the Nurses’ Training School of the Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Danville.
She has held the position as
C.

instructress of nurses at the

Shuman

Mr.

is

Geismger Hospital since graduation.

now employed

as superintendent of the Dai-

rymen’s League at Mill Hall.

Lee Banghart, teacher of sixth grade
School, Berwick,

At

was

six o’clock

Orange Street

in the

recently elected principal of the school.

on Saturday evening March,

1

7, in

the First

Methodist Episcopal church. Miss Margaret Hartman, daughter
of Mr.

came

and Mrs. Charles F. Hartman, of East Second street, beWarren Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W.

the bride of

Evans, of Lewistown.

The

beautiful ring

pal church

ceremony of the

was used with Rev. W. W.
by Miss Meta M. N. Jones,

officiating, assisted

the

First

Methodist Episco-

Sholl, pastor of the church

of Philadelphia.

The bride is a graduate of the Berwick High School and of
Bloomsburg State Teachers College. She has been a suc-

cessful teacher in the schools of

Derry township,

Mifflin county,

for the past seven years.
is a graduate of the Lewistown High School,
employed by the Corbett Dry Cleaning Company, of Lew-

Mr. Evans

and

is

istown.

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Following the ceremony, a reception was given at the

home

of the bride’s parents on East Second Street.

couple will reside

in their

newly furnished home

The young

in Vira.

1929

Anna Letierman, of Bloomsburg, and Boyd Heller, of
were married Monday, January 15, at Towanda. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Hyden, pastor of the
Methodist Church at Towanda, Pa. The bride has been emMiss

Fernville,

ployed

groom

the

in
is

Letterman Bakery,

emp.oved by

in

Bloomsburg, while the
also in Bloomsburg.

J. L. Dillon, florist,

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Silverman, formerly of Bloomsburg,
and now of Brooklyn, N. V., announced the engagement of their
daughter, Lillian, to Nathan Gapm, also of Brooklyn. Miss Silverman is a graduate of Bloomsburg High School, and was a
student at Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Mr. Gapin is a
graduate of New York University, and of the Brooklyn School of
Pharmacy, and is now employed in the Department of Sanitation in

New

York.

1930

Mary Frances Morton,

Miss

of Berwick, underwent an op-

eration at the Geisinger Memorial Hospital, at Danville, during
the

month

of

December.

1931
Miss Geraldine Marie Hunsinger, 32, and
er,

both of

The Rev.

J.

Mifflinville,

Thomas

J. Kir’k-

were married Saturday, December 23.

H. Young, pastor of the Mifflinville Lutheran church,

officiated at the

ceremony.

Mr. Kirker has been a

member

of

the faculty of the Mifflinville High School since his graduation

from Bloomsburg.
Miss Isabel Eshleman, of Berwick, has been elected substitute teacher in the schools of

Salem Township, Luzerne County.

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1932
Helen Rekas was recently elected
in

to a position as teacher

the Orange Street School, Berwick.

Miss Elizabeth E. Eves, of Millville, and Paul H. Leighow,
of Altoona,

how

is

were married Saturday, December 23.

Mrs. Leig-

a graduate of Temple University, and has for several

years been successfully engaged in teaching.

employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad

in

Mr. Leighow

is

Altoona.

1933
The engagement of Miss Frances Evans, of Bloomsburg,
and Robert Parker, of Millville, w'as announced at a bridge and
buffet supper held at the home of Miss Evans, on Saturday., February

1

7th.

The

six students,

who

last

May were

the

plete commercial certificates at Bloomsburg,

first to gain comand who received

the degree or Bachelor of Science in Education, are at the present time either teaching commercial subjects or

have positions

in business.

Graduates of

last

May from

the Department of

Commerce,

with their present positions, are as follows

George

Bruechmann,

Jr.,

teaching

in

Palmerton

High

School.

James

Hartzell,

accountant

in

the

CWA

organization

in

Bloomsburg.
Miss

Emhy

Landis, teaching in the high school at Troy, Pa.

Frank Greco, teaching

in the Peckville

Miss Vivian Yeany, teaching in the
ship

High School,

High School.

Mount Pleasant Town-

at Hickory, Pa.

Miss Marion Pyle, secretary of the Emergency Child Health
Committee at West Chester, Pa.

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The Philadelphia Alumni

|

Association

|

OF THE
!

Bloomsburg State Teachers
College
INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THEIR

|

Fourth Annual Reunion and

=

Banquet
j

THE CLOVER ROOM
HOTEL BELLEVUE-STRATFORD
Saturday, 6:30 P. M. April 28, 1934
BRUCE ALBERT, Toastmaster
We hope to have Dr. Waller with us, but we have the
IN

s

assurance of the attendance of Dr. Haas, Dean Sutliff and
other members of the Faculty, and they will bring with
them the double quartette of the Men’s Glee Club with
their accompanist and sponsor, Harriet Moore, thus giving our evening a touch of campus color.
C. E. HOUSEKNECHT will again lead the singing in his

=

t

own inimitable manner.
MISS KATHRYN O’BOYLE and
I

her group of talented
musicians will again entertain us.
BRING your husbands, wives and sweethearts.
BRING any school pictures, for they help greatly in
reviving memories of old school friends and school

s

days.
|

I

BRING

another Alumnus with you.

INFORMAL
MRS FLORENCE HESS COOL,
-

-

Tickets
!

Make your

-

-

DANCING
’88, President

$2.00

reservations early with

MRS. JENNIE YODER FOLEY,
8134 Hennig St. Fox Chase

—

s

!

’08, Secretary

Philadelphia, Pa.
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PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
JULY, 1934

35

Vol.

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,

MRS.

F.

Editor

’12

H. JENKINS, ’75

Business Manager

The 1934 Commencement
The class of 214 members which graduated at the 65 th
annual commencement of Bloomsburg State Teachers College
Tuesday morning. May 29, was addressed by Dr. Weir C. Keller,

president of Grove City College.

The impressive

which closed another college
00 were
awarded degrees of bachelor of education and
4 received
normal school certificates. The latter, who completed the two
year normal course, were the last to graduate in that course.
Hereafter, students of but two years in the elementary field will
receive limited teaching licenses rather than certificates and will
exercises,

year, required slightly less than an hour during which
1

not participate in

commencement

Dr. Francis B.

Haas,

1

1

activities.

president

of the

institution,

in

his

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parting message to the class, expressed the hope the graduates

had secured something

them in goand also that they had secured a
sense of the value of working together.
at the college that will help

ing on with their education

In the college courses

education,

30

tary

In the

in

59 received degrees

in

secondary

commercial education, and
in the elemennormal school department 36 completed work
the primary field, 55 in the intermediate field and 23 in the
field.

in

1

1

rural field.

The auditorium was well
the class

when

began promptly
the excellent

filled

with relatives and friends of

and class
The processional was played by

the procession of participants, faculty
at ten o’clock.

Miss

college trio.

Dorothy Ermish,

Karl

cello;

Getz, violin; and Robert Hartzel, piano, under the direction of

Mrs. John Ketner Miller.

Included

in the procession,

Haas, were Dr. D.
tution

and

five

Waller,

J.

members

Jr.,

of

headed by Dr. Ketler and Dr.
president emeritus of the

the

board of

trustees,

Diehl, of Danville; A. Z. Schoch, Paul E. Wirt,

send, and Harry
Dr. Ketler,

College,

is

a

S.

L.

Town-

Barton, of Bloomsburg.

who,

member

one of the most

Joseph

insti-

Fred W.

in

addition to being head of Grove City

of the State Council of Education, gave

one of the

brief, yet

finest

commencement

ad-

dresses ever heard at the college.
In his introduction, the educator

ment

as the beginning of a

graduates and

from the

it

was

institution

his

new

spoke of the commencelife adventure for the

stage of

hope that they were taking with them

keys which would unlock otherwise closed

doors.

He reminded them they were going into a troubled world
which was learning that neither individuals nor nations can live
for themselves alone. The world is learning that one is dependent upon the other.
There are many competent observers who are pessimistic
about the outcome. Dr. Ketler asserted the present period had

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been spoken of as the most difficult in the history of the nation
and he declared he would be the last to minimize the seriousness, but he saw no cause for pessimism. It was his belief that
we are too close to the picture to really evaluate the happenings
of the present but believed that
clearly those

who

if

we

could see the present

are pessimistic would change their attitude.

Reference was made

to a study of civilization of the past

,500 years. From that study Dr. Ketler said he found that
there has been no even trend in civilization. There have been
1

peaks and valleys and the

when

In the periods

line

between has been uncertain.

the line

is

ance, indifference to education and
tion

and

leaders

self

indulgence.

who sound

and so the

political corrup-

But from these periods there emerge

a clarion call

education and the church, there
respect for law

low there has been ignorreligious,

and new emphasis is placed on
is honesty in government and

line of civilization

goes up.

good or all bad. There is a constant conflict of those forces and the outcome is reflected in the
condition of the times. It was his observation that out of every
depression has come a consolidation of society and an upward
In

no period

is

there

all

trend.

Progress, he believed, depends largely on the attitude of
the

men and women

of the period.

There were three mottoes which the speaker said he

wanted to leave with the class. The first, inscribed in Latin,
was found on an English vessel and was translated by the commandant as “Let ’Em All Come.” That motto meant the ship
was prepared, its members unafraid and ready. If an individual
goes out to face a new day with that attitude he is prepared to
meet life.
The second motto called to the attention of the class is
that at New College, Oxford, “Manners Maketh Man.”
Dr. Ketler said

he liked to think of that as the sentiment of the

inter-

nal spirit.

The

third,

spoken of rather as a statement of a principle

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than a motto was taken from the autobiography of
It

had

to

do with the

life

Europe’s northern seas

work

who transformed

late spot to a place of beauty.

to her children

and

this in

graduates: “Strive to
tiful

The wife

it

from a bare, deso-

of the governor spoke

her message, Dr. Ketler

make

Edward Bok.

of a governor of an island in

left

the world a better and

with the

more beau-

place.”

“You are facing life at a difficult time. I believe that life
difficult and has its problems.
Life is as challenging
today as ever, but I feel that as you face it in the right spirit
you will succeed.
“Meet life prepared, alert and courageous. Meet it with
tolerance, sportsmanship and good will.
Strive to make it a
better and more beautiful place. I am sure if you will do that
you will have made your contribution to our day and generation
and that somehow the line of civilization will move up again.”
is

always

College, accompanied by Mrs.
most
beautifully,
“Spring,” by George
sang

Miss Isabel Miller,

John Ketner

Miller,

of the

Henshel.

The names of the successful candidates for degrees and
were presented by Dean of Instruction, W. B. Sutliff
In the conferring of the degrees, the names
to President Haas.
of the candidates were read, each standing as the name was announced and receiving the diploma.
Dr. Haas said that during the exercises the question had
come to his mind “What is it vou would like to have the class
carry away as the spirit of Bloomsburg?”
He spoke of the difference between going to school and
getting education and expressed the hope the class would not
leave with the idea that it was educated or have a sense of superiority because of the opportunity for schooling the members

certificates

had had.
Haas said he had friends with little schooling but
splendid educations and knew some who have had mucn
He remarked the class had
schooling and are not educated.
Dr.

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their parents

and friends

to

5

thank for the opportunity of edu-

cation that had been given them and whether that opportunity

has been taken has rested with the individuals.

hope

you have secured something here that will
If here you have secured some tools with which to work your time has not been
wasted. I hope that you have secured a sense of the value of
working together.” He spoke of the various projects of the
college which were the fruits of cooperation and in closing extended wishes for success and told the graduates that the latch
string at the college was always on the outside.
The exercises were concluded with the singing of the Alma
Mater, led by Miss Harriet M. Moore and the recessional by the
“I

that

help you to go on with your education.

College

trio.

o

Commercial Contest
Latrobe high school on Saturday,

May

5,

won

the fourth

annual commercial contest at the State Teachers College, with

30

schools

and

1

65 individuals competing.

Fifty teachers

were

here for the event.
William Penn high school, of Harrisburg, was second; Cat-

asauqua high was third; Northampton high fourth; and

Wyom-

ing high fifth.

The contest was directed by H. A. Andruss, director of the
at the college and was the most successful since the
event was started. Berwick high was the defending champion.
A number of the students and their teachers arrived Friday
night and were quartered at the school and others came Saturday morning. The first contests were held during the morning
and lunch was enjoyed at the school. The competition was resumed at two o’clock and the final results were determined

department

shortly before six o’clock.

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Qualifications of

Rloomsburg Graduates

Approximately 2 4 students graduated from the Bloomsburg State Teachers College this year.
1

Haas has sent out to school
in which he calls to the

In connection with this. Dr.
officials

throughout

this section

a letter

attention of the officials in the service area of the local institution

and those who

College relative to

in

recent years have corresponded with the

its

graduates, the type of teaching service

which the graduates of 1934 are prepared.
The College for years has operated a placement service in
charge of Earl N. Rhodes, director of teacher training. Pne
service is organized to give prompt service and complete information regarding Bloomsburg graduates.
This information is included in the letter of Dr. Haas to
for

the school officials:

“Approximately 213 students will be graduated in 1934.
Of this number, 36 are especially prepared for kindergartenprimary work; 55 for intermediate grade work; and 23 for
Approximately
rural school work.
00 will graduate in the
four-year course with the degree in education. Of this number
are especially prepared in the elementary field and are
available for elementary supervision, and 89 are especially prepared for secondary school work. Of these there are 47 young
men who are available for coaching or directing some phase
of an athletic program. The following is an analysis of the field
covered by those prepared for secondary school work
“Engiish-Science,
English, Social Studies, Geography,
Science, 2; Science, Mathematics, English, Geography, 2;
Mathematics, Science, SoMathematics, Geography, English,
Social Studies, 2;
Geography,
English,
English,
cial Studies,
1

1

1

I

;

1

1

Science, Mathematics, English, 5

;

;

;

English, Social Studies, Geo-

graphy, 10; Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, 5;

Mathematics, Social Studies, English, 4; Social Studies, Science,
English, 4; Social Studies, Mathematics, English, Geography,

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4; French, English, Social Studies, 5; Latin, English, Social StuFrench,
French, Science, English, Social Studies,
dies, 5
1

;

Geography, Social Studies, English,
dies, English, 2;

1

;

Latin, English, Science,

French, Latin, English,

1

;

;

French, Latin, Social Stu1

;

Latin, English,

1

;

Commercial Subjects, 30.

“Every member of the graduating class has taken part in
one or more extra-curricular activities. These include the various athletic organizations, dramatic clubs, music clubs, orchestra, student government association, science clubs, etc.”
o

Music Supervisors Guests at Dinner
The Susquehanna Valley Music Supervisors, with represenof

tatives

three colleges

other than Bloomsburg,

Spring meeting at the College Friday,

May

4,

held

their

enjoyed dinner

there and afterward were guests at the Spring Concert of the

College Girls’ Chorus.

The program of the organization was informal.
cis B.

Dr. Fran-

Haas, president of the institution, spoke briefly

in

wel-

coming the members of the organization to the college. Miss
Jessie Patterson, of the College faculty, was in charge, and Miss
Arline Weiss, of Trevorton, president of the group, spoke
briefly.

o

Haas and Miss Emma Litchfield,
Haas home, were guests of honor
at a much enjoyed dinner at the Berwick Hotel, on Tuesday
evening, April 24.
A much enjoyed impromptu program was
given, and cards followed.
Dr.

and Mrs. Francis

B.

of Philadelphia, a guest at the

o

Benjamin W. Burrows, for the past ten years janitor of
Science Hall, died at his home in Bloomsburg, Thursday, April
12, after an illness lasting several months.

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The Class

of ’34

Bachelor of Science in Education Dorothy Runyan, Bloomsburg.
Anne Ryan, Dunmore.
Secondary
Dorothy Schmidt, Scranton.
Priscilla Acker, Hazleton.
Bolish C. Schraeder, Glen Lyon.
Elbert Ashworth, Bloomsburg.
Woodrow Aten, Catawissa, R. D. Carmer Shelhamer, Catawissa, R.
D.
Luciel Barba, Scranton.
John Shellenberger, Bloomsburg.
Paul Brock, Honesdale.
Frank J. Chudzinski, Forest City. Clara Singelman, Pittston.
William T. Creasy, Catawissa, R.D. Michael Sopchak, Simpson.
Gertrude Tannery, Bloomsburg.
Bernice Curwood, Shickshinny.
John D. Taylor, Wilkes-Barre.
Esther Dagnell, Mainville.
Richard J. Thomas, Shickshinny.
Mercedes Deane, Bloomsburg.
Madalyn Dunkelberger, Berwick. Ernest J. Valente, Hazleton.
Alfred L Vandling, Mifflinville.
Robert R. Ellis, Centralia.
Robert H. VanSickle, Catawissa.
Charles Enterline, Turbotville.
Ellen Veale, Hazleton.
Miriam Eroh, Nescopeck.
Lawrence Evangelista, Hazleton. Gladys Wenner, Berwick.
William H. Young, Wilkes-Barre.
•Jean M. Eyer, Berwick.
Myrlynn T. Shafer, Wilkes-Barre.
Grace E. Foote, Bloomsburg.
Emmanuel M. Thomas, WilkesBlanche M. Garrison, Berwick.
Barre.
James A. Gennaria, Bloomsburg.
Carl G. Wanich, Light Street.
Elizabeth Hake, Philadelphia.
Gerald M. Woolcock, Millville.
Charles R. Harvey, Broadway.
Robert M. Hutton, Bloomsburg.
Commercial
Fred T. Jaffin, Berwick.
Paul J. Baker, Hazleton.
James E. Karnes, Espy.
Nora M. Bayliff, Vandling.
Ronald Keller, Bloomsburg.
Arden H. Blain, Benton.
Howard M. Kreitzer, Mechanics- Edith M. Blair, Jenkintown.
burg.
Walter S. Chesney, Mt. Carmel.
White Maudmae Edwards, Bloomsburg.
Krumanocker,
Elizabeth
Haven.
Grace Feather, Pottstown.
Roy S. Garman, Trevorton.
Olwyn Laird, Muncy, R. D.
Joseph Gribbin, Dunmore.
Daniel J. Malone, Cumbola.
Marion E. Hinkle, Berwick.
Althine Marshman, Freeland.
Eleanor Klingerman, Mainville.
Alfred H. Miller, Catawissa.
Thelma Knauss, Nazareth.
Dorothy Moss, Berwick.
Frederick Nyhart, Wilkes-Barre.
J. Wesley Knorr, Bloomsburg.
John Krepich, Berwick.
Margaret O’Hara, Dunmore.
Georgia Matha, Sayre.
John W. Partridge, Trevorton.

Mark

E. Peifer, Mifflinville.

Maryruth Rishe, Bloomsburg.
Arden Roan, Espy.

Isaac Miller, Pottsgrove.
Genevieve Morgis, Glen Lyon.
Florence Pieri, Clark’s Summit.

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Mildred Quick, Ashland.
Pearl Savage, Berwick.
Dorothy Semic, Steelton.
Fred H. Shuman, Catawissa.
Harriet K. Spotts, Shamokin.
Mary E. Taylor, Harrisburg.
Rocco Turse, Hazleton.
Ruth K. Welliver, Berwick.
Louise Yeager, Berwick.
Elwood Hartman, Shickshinny.
Arthur J. Knerr, Drums.
William Thompson, Scranton.

Primary
Mary Dewald, Muncy.
Esther Evans, Bloomsburg.
Charleen Kreigh, Bloomsburg.
Sarah E. Lentz, Bloomsburg.
Harriet E. Sutliff, Bloomsburg.
Alice C. Kimbel, Bloomsburg.
Intermediate

Mocanaqua.
Langan, Jessup.
Jane E. Lewis, Plymouth.
Miriam F. Losch, Richfield.
Margaret T. Moran, Girardville.
Joy K. Morris, Wilkes-Barre.
Anna Northrup, Clark’s Summit.
Julia Kokora,

Mary

Joy Munson, Bloomsburg.
Alma Seybert Wilson,

C.

Mary O’Donnell, Ebervale.
Dorothy Phillips, Chinchilla.
Janet Reisenweaver, Drums.
Lillian Robenolt, Milton.
Phyllis Rubright, Frackville.

Kathryn Wertman, Watsontown.
Jane Williams, Edwardsville.
Kathryn Yale, Slatington.
Zukauskas, Pottsville.
Genevieve Bach, Atlas.
Longina Dutchak, Scranton.
Laura Hause, Sandy Run.
Alice Herman, Beaver Springs.
Dorothy Hewitt, West Pittston.
Alice Hornung, Ashland.
Ella

Lorraine W. Henry, Wilkes-Barre.
Blanche Kostenbauder, Bloomsburg.

9

Intermediate

Leonard Balchunas, Shamokin.
Eleanor Baron, Larksville.
Light Rachel Beck, Sunbury.

Mary

Street.

TWO YEAR GRADUATES
Primary

Beierschmitt, Mt. Carmel.
Stephen Bodnar, Treskow.
Rebecca Breisch, Ringtown.

Anna Breya, Wyoming.
Irene Burnanich, Ransom.

Gladys Bakey, Mount Carmel.
Marion E. Ballamy, Nescopeck.
Margaret E. Blaine, Turbotville.
Thelma Bonshock, Shamokin.

Roberta Conrad, Northumberland.

Albert Davis, West Nanticoke.
Rose Dixon, Lost Creek.
Mary Fegley, Mt. Carmel.
Ella E. Crispell, Alderson.
Agatha Ficca, Mt. Carmel.
Letha M. Crispell, Noxen.
Evelyn Fries, Scranton.
Felicia Czarnecki, Glen Lyon.
Irene M. Giger, Bloomsburg, R. D.
Anna A. Edwards, Frackville.
Mary Groody, Lost Creek.
Edith Eltringham,
Mt.
Carmel Gertrude Harris, Exeter.
Junction.
Florence
Hartline,
Strawberry
Anna Gillaspy, Sunbury.
Ridge.
Anna E. Johnson, Montandon.
Margaret Hawk, Towanda.
Dorothy K. Johnson, Jerseytown. Ruth Henson, Nanticoke.
Mary M. Kane, Centralia.
Helen Houser, Ringtown.
Alice M. Kealy, Mt. Carmel.
Pauline Houser, Catawissa.

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Frank Hudock, Hazleton.

Paul Mudrick, Simpson.
Elizabeth McGoldrick, Dunmore.
Frank Zadra, Freeland.
John Zavarich, Shamokin.

Sarah James, Dallas, R. D.
Deborah Kehler, Locustdale.
Partick Kilker, Lost Creek.

Roman Koropchak,

Rural

Atlas.

Marian Engle, Nuremberg.
Robert A. Hawk, Bear Creek.
Bertha Hornberger, Shamokin, R.

Adeline Layaou, Shavertown.
Josephine Markovicz, Berwick,
D.
Mai'garet Meade, Pittston.

D.

Agnes Hummel, Kreamer.

Richard Menapace, Atlas.
Marjorie McAlla, Clifford.
Catherine McGlynn, Jeanesville.
Dorothy Phillips, Bloomsburg.
Jean Phillips, Scranton.
Olga Pregnon, Clark’s Summit.
Jeanette Reese, Audenreid.
Joseph Richards, Kulpmont.
Robert Rowland, Connerton.

Mary

E. Shantz,

Joseph Larish, Bloomsburg.
Beulah Lawrence, Sunbury, R. D.
Helen E. Minier, Millville, R. D.
Ralph McCracken, Riverside.
Joseph McEneany, New Albany.
Zigmund Najaka, Shickshinny.
Pierce Reed, Danville, R. D.
Erma Reiner, Pitman.
Gladys Ritter, Drums.

Mocanaqua.

Mildred Shiner, Nescopeck.
Fred Sonnenberg, Wilkes-Barre.
Grace Swartwood, Pittston, R. D.
Albert West, Ashley.
Marie Wilkinson, Bloomsburg.
Ruth Williams, Hanover Township.
Margaret Wolfe, Sunbury.
Elsie Yeager, Bloomsburg.
John Boylan, Locust Gap.
Edward Doyle, Mt. Carmel.

James

Irvin P. Scheib, Trevorton, R. D.
Sarah E. Schnure, Milton, R. D.
Basil Steele, Sweet Valley.
Wilson Sterling, Catawissa, R. D.

William C. Williams, Locustdale.
Carrie Williard, Herndon.
Viola Wilt, McAlisterville.
Dorothy Wolfe, Lewisburg, R. D.

Homer Artman, Bloomsburg.
Nevin Rovenolt, Turbotville.

Kelly, Edwardsville.

o
Dr. Francis B.

Haas and Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

Jr.,

ing former superintendents of public instruction,

guests at Harrisburg, at the opening

program

in

the only

celebration of

the centennial of the public school system in Pennsylvania.

was held in the Forum
the 3rd and 4th of April.
celebration

liv-

were platform

The

of the Education Building on

o

Haas has been elected President of the
Bloomsburg Rotary Club for the coming year.
Dr. Francis

B.

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11

Baccalaureate Sermon
an investment and the greatest returns come from
from a sense of work well done.
Rev. Harry F. Babcock, pastor of the First Methodist Church,
told the members of the graduating class of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College at the baccalaureate services in the colLife

life’s

is

satisfactions that result

Sunday afternoon, May 27.
was one of the most largely attended baccalaureates at
the college in some time and the services were exceptionally
impressive.
Rev. Babcock had an inspiring thought provoking
message on the theme “What is Your Life?” in which he told
the graduates “your chief joy will come with a consciousness of
having plucked some of life’s thorns and of planting a rose
lege auditorium
It

here and there.”

The graduates,

in

caps and gowns, entered the auditorium

during the college processional hymn, “Ancient of Days.”
graduates were followed by the faculty, also

Rev. Babcock and Harry

S.

in

The

caps and gowns.

Barton, the latter a

member

of the

Board of Trustees.
The faculty was seated on the platform, the graduates in
the front of the auditorium for the services which opened with
the invocation by Rev. Babcock and the hymn “Faith of Our
Fathers.” Dr. Haas read the Scripture and Rev. Babcock delivered the sermon.
The College Girls’ Chorus sang “The Redeemer Calls,” Miss Jessie Patterson director and Mrs. John
K. Miller accompanist. Rev. Babcock pronounced the Benediction and the services closed with the Recessional “Awake, My
Soul.”
his remarks on James 4:14, “What
Rev. Babcock spoke as follows

Basing

is

Your Life?”

“Doubtless every adult present has given some considera-

omportant question. Due to differences of age and
views no one has been able to reduce life to any particular set
of experiences or put its meaning into a single formal definition.
tion to this

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To mention
Poets,

the

sages,

word

‘life’

theologians,

is

to suggest a variety of concepts.

lovers,

rustics,

mothers,

children have given us their views concerning

life.

It

and even
has been

called ‘a dream,’ ‘a stage,’ ‘a race,’ ‘a journey,’ ‘a struggle,’ ‘a

voyage,’ and a school.’

The writer

of our text suggests that

The Epicureans thought
consisted of enjoyment and pleasure.
The Stoics thought
of life as strict discipline largely directed by Fate.
There are
others who consider life as a mere existence, consisting of
drudgery, disappointment, and suffering, and covering a period
of ‘three score years and ten.’ But while there is an element of
truth in each of these words or definitions, we must go beyond
them for our answer to this question, ‘What is Your Life?’
“We turn to the dictionary for a definition, and Webster
a vapor which vanishes away.’

‘life is

life

says

:

‘Life

is

the quality which distinguishes organic from inor-

ganic matter,’ yet

we know

that life

is

more than eating

or

drinking and more than the enjoyment of pleasure, or the pos-

and power.

session of wealth
it

has meaning,

Life

is

Character.

Life

is

real,

has fulfillment.

it

“You young people face life in an unusual period of the
Ours is a day of disillusionment.
A day of

world’s history.

uncertainty, a day of experiments, a day of unrest, and, in a

very real sense, a

new

day.

Much

of your

life is

before you,

you are interested in the question and it is rather
imperative that you construct some working philosophy of life.

so naturally

gins

“In his book, ‘If I Were Twenty-One,’ Dr. Frank Crane beone of the chapters by saying ‘I would make some perma-

nent, amicable arrangement with

my

Conscience.

God, Duty,
life can

Death, and Moral Responsibility are huge facts which no

They are the eternal sphinxes by the road of every
man’s existence. He must frame some sort of answer to them.’
I trust that each one of you has made some adjustment to each
one of these great facts in human life, and that you will accept
your responsibi:ity as members of society in a day when so
much depends upon a proper attitude toward life.
escape.

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“If

you have observed

13

you have discovered difThere are some who always lead
There are some who are assets to

life at all,

ferent classes of individuals.

and others who just follow.
The
any community, and others who are positive liabilities.
difference between success and failure is found in that rather
Personality
indefinable something which we call personality.
is a combination of intellect, will and emotion or love.
In every
forceful personality you find a proper balance of these three
things.

“Some

individuals possess keen intellects.

They are

We

wizards and directors of great organizations.

cial

call

finan-

them

Aside from

‘hard-boiled business men’ or ‘cold intellectuals.’

They seem to lack the
common bond of sympathy ‘which makes the whole world kin.’
They have intellect and will, but little emotion or love.
Then
there are others who are long on emotion and short on ideas or
convictions.
They are the ‘social lions,’ but they never originate any constructive movements.
They gush, but nobody
takes them seriously.
Real men dislike them, and women fear
their particular pursuit they

bore you.

or avoid them.

“The
long on

third class

will,

is

composed

of

common

but short on

men and women who

sense and emotion.

mistake stubbornness for will-power.

and conceited.
its

validity,

They

will

They are

are

They

usually narrow

hold to some pet notion regardless of

merely because

it is

theirs.

They are

intolerant of

others and blind to truth, and since they lack both brilliancy

and

love, they fail to

“We
mind,

the

and with the idea of Reality in
Here again we see
with reference to their attitude to life and reality.

said ‘Life

we may make

three classes

The

be trusted leaders.
is

real,’

another observation.

first class we might call the Masters of Reality.
men who, upon the ocean of life, sail and save.

They are
Like Lin-

coln and Frances Willard, they can be counted upon.

They

have poise and personality.
They bless human society, and
make life worth while. The second we think are the Dupes of

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14

Like derelict ships, they merely drift, the victims of

Reality.

every passing

whim

or fad.

They have no purpose, no

themselves the victims of circumstances, and at
into oblivion, ‘unwept,

we might
like

unhonored and unsung.’

characterize as the Slaves of Reality.

Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold,

but they despise their birthrights.

start

vishly refuse to face the fact of

new

they sink

last

The

third class

Some

of them,

from somewhere*

Others consider themselves

bound by ancient custom and out-worn
to

destina-

they are tossed to and fro, and in self-pity they consider

tion;

They

traditions.

change and, closing

their

sla-

minds

truth, they hinder progress.

“You young people

Many

are facing

life.

What

will

your

atti-

you are richly endowed with radiant personality; others will have to cultivate and develop certain traits.
You come to your graduation when the demands are heavy.
Many doors apparently are closed to you. If you are to avoid
drifting or sinking, there are two or three questions that you
must face.
They are the general questions of ‘Whence?’
‘Why?’ ‘Where?’ Or, to put them into another form, ‘Where
did I come from?’ ‘What am I here for?’ and ‘What is my destiny?’
Your answer to these wili largely determine what your
tude be?

life will

of

be.

“Concerning the

first

question, there

is

considerable specu-

Some have turned

lation.

their backs upon any idea of special
and accepted other theories of the origin of life; many
the mechanistic theory of the Universe.
Yet today

creation,

hold to

many

great scientists confess their ignorance as to the origin of

Like Millikan and Pupm, they find

intelligence and purand room for a God who “in the beginning created
Heaven and Earth.” Most of us find a response in our hearts
to those lines of Wordsworth, “The souls that rises, our life’s
star, hath elsewhere had its setting, and cometh from afar.
Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.”
life.

pose,

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We

Our very

are not orphans.

15

and pur-

origin gives life dignity

pose.

“What am

I

here for?

If

God has endowed

us with

per-

and we regard it properly, we are at once under obligaYou young men and wotion to do something with our lives.
men who have had special privileges have added responsibilities.
investment,
I trust you will look upon life as an adventure and
and an achievement. Standing as you do, in this crucial hour
of your lives you look forward to the future only to discover
that we are bounded by horizons physical, mental, and spiritual.
Young, eager, and expectant, standing at tip-toe and facing this
new era, you cannot see very far. But it is better so. Life will
have its surprises and its thrills, its opportunities, but perhaps
your greatest contribution to life will be in “Doing each day that
goes by some little good, not in dreaming of great things to do
by and by.” And yet I believe that the future belongs to the
idealists who work and dream.
sonality

“Life

is

an investment, not a gamble.

chance, a spin of the wheel, or the

fundamental laws apply here.
get back our mete

as

We

of

flip

It is

not a

the

dice.

we

reap what

we measure.”

It,

game

sow.

therefore,

uates that the greatest returns will

May
come

I

to

“We

behooves

each one of us to invest our time and talents where they
yield the largest possible returns.

of

Certain

will

suggest to you grad-

you

in life’s satisfac-

come from a
Your chief joy will come with a consciousness of having plucked some of life’s thorns, and of planting a rose here and there.
It is not given to many to be great,
but we may all be good.
The greatest character who ever lived, and the one personality who lived a perfect life, even our
Saviour, said, “If you would be great among you, let him serve.”
“And finally each must ask “What is my destiny?” It is
tions,

and the greatest

sense of

work

satisfactions are those that

well done.

to see how things come out.
Someone has
“Between the sea of the past and the great area of the fu-

always interesting
said

ture, lies this little isthmus

we

call

Time.”

We

cannot seek to

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make

its

telling us

Scientists are fond of
possible.
embryonic man is the embryonic
They say that you cannot tell the one from the oth-

transit as safely as

how much

monkey.

er.
But there
becoming.
It

are traveling.

like the

—

is

a difference

is

in the vastly

One

is

the difference

what they are
in which they
which is essentially
is

in

divergent directions

traveling out to a

life

of the earth, and the other toward a destiny as deathless as

God

As one of our modern preachers recently asked,
“What is the direction of your life?” That is the big question.
If we keep traveling as we are traveling now, where are you
going to park when the sundown comes?”
The answer to this
question rests largely with the individual.
While I have little
sympathy with Henley’s lines “I am the Master of my fate; I am
the Captain of my soul,” I have a profound conviction that man
pretty largely decides his destiny.
John Oxenham in that beautiful poem entitled “Bees in Amber,” has expressed my thought:
Himself.

“To every man

there openeth a

way and ways and

And
And
And

the high soul climbs the high

And

every

a way.

way.

the low soul gropes the low.

and fro on the misty flats
The rest go to and fro.
But to everyone there openeth
A high way and a low.
to

Which way

man

decideth

his soul shall

go.”

we can look upon our life’s plan as God’s plan, we will
wisdom in it. For the Class of 1934, my wish and
prayer is that you may look upon life as an opportunity.
To
look upon God’s green earth and rejoice in it to begin every
day heroically and to close every day nobly; to lift the load of
the world a wee bit to make the flowers grow in the waste
places to have faith and still have faith to fight and fall and
to grow rich in heart, however poor or rich you may
rise again
“If

find His

;

;

;

;

;

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be

in this

world’s goods

venture of
well,

fear

and

—

life

to

come

to

the end

of the great

ad-

with the feeling that you have played your part

finally

that

;

17

go down

is life’s

to the noiseless gates of

death without

meaning.”
o

The annual “He-She” party, held by the women of the
Wednesday evening, April 25, in the College gymnasium. This is the one major social event from which
the men are excluded, their absence being compensated by the
College, took place

fact that half of the

women appeared

clad in male attire.

The evening opened with the annual dinner
ing Board of Waller Hall and the Official Board

of the Govern-

day girl
and three of
her student government officers, were guests at the dinner and
party which followed. Other invited guests were the women of
the faculty, women of the Board of Trustees, and wives of the
students.

Miss Clark, dean of

women

of the

at Bucknell,

members of the Board.
During the evening, the officers of the Waller Hall Women’s Association and Day Girls’ Association were announced.

other

The following are
ganizations

:

Waller Hall

the newly elected officers of these

—

two

or-

MontgomMembers of

President, Adeline Pfeiffer, ’35,

ery; Vice-President, Violet Brown, ’36, Carlisle.

Governing Board, Lauretta Foust, ’35, Watsontown; Unora
Mendenhall, ’35, Benton; Charlotte Hochberg, ’35, Hazleton;
Ruth Askins, ’36, New Bloomfield; Lillian Duyer, ’36, Chester;

Verna Morawski, 36, Hazleton; Eleanor Morris, ’37, Taylor;
Rosemary Mitchell, ’37, Pittston; and Anna Ebert, ’37, Fleetwood.
Day Girls’ Association President, Jean Smith, ’35, Berwick; Vice-President, Erdean McAllister, ’36, Bloomsburg.
Members of the Official Board, Mary Helen Mears, ’37, Bloomsburg; Betty Harter, ’36, Nescopeck; Isabel Rough, ’35, Berwick; Janice Nichols, ’36, Berwick; and Gladys Rinard, ’36,

—

Catawissa.

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Ivy

Day

Nature provided a perfect setting

Monday

evening,

May

28, for that traditional feature of Bloomsburg Teachers College

commencement

—

Ivy Day.

Rays of the slowly sinking sun

filtered

of the picturesque College grove as Seniors,

formed a half

circle

around the pergola
Ivy

Mifflinville, delivered the

Day

through the foilage
in

caps and gowns,

as Alfred Vandling,

oration that carried

of

through

the stillness of early evening to his classmates and several score

of guests.

Forming
Dr. D.

J.

in the

Waller,

gymnasium

Jr.,

moved

A. Andruss, class adviser,

Howard

the class,

headed by

its

officers.

president emeritus of the College, and H.

slowly to the grove.

Mechamcsburg, class president, presided at the brief ceremonies there and following the oration the
class moved to the entrance to Waller Hall where the ivy was
planted and the spade given to the custody of Elmer McKechnie,
Kreitzer, of

who pledged his
uphold and further the ideals of the institution.
The ceremony was the simplest but one of the most im-

of Berwick, president of the Class of 1935,
class to

pressive ever held at the institution, no dances or other features

being included.
the color song,

Miss Harriet M. Moore led the class in singing
“Maroon and Gold’ and “Alma Mater,” as the

ceremony was concluded

in front of

Ivy

Day Oration

In delivering the oration, Mr.

“Madam

Chairman,

Waller Hall.

My

Vandling spoke as follows:

Classmates,

Ladies

and

Gentle-

men:
“For years and years this custom of planting ivy has existexisting traditions.
It is
It is decidedly one of our few
thoroughly impossible for any person to stand here, look around,
How many others have
and not wonder at the past and future.
ed.

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stood here where I am standing, with just as shaky a feeling,
hoping and praying that the Muses or what have you will send
inspiration?
How many others will stand here after us?

“These are quite obvious comments, but because of the
duplication of most graduation sensations, ceremonies are apt
to become obvious and trite.
This entire ceremony is symbolic.
Some of us have been
Here are two hundred and some Seniors.
under the influence of B. S. T. C. for four years, others for only
two.
We have been transplanted to our Alma Mater’s soil just
Undoubtas we are going to transplant this ivy to strange soil.
edly our parents would be greatly disappointed if each of us
had not grown to some extent as the result of their truly crucial
sacrifices.
It seems as if there never existed
in the history of
our country such desperate striving as the parents of thousands
of graduates in the country in
934 have had to put forth.
With all the stinting and stretching to make ends meet you would
think that our Ivy plant would be a small, sickly, puny plant.
Not so.
We believe that the past economic stress has placed
upon us a tremendous sense of responsibility and realization of
the true values of life.
We believe that it has developed phases
of our capacities that would have otherwise lain dormant.
We
are proud that we have been given this opportunity of showing
the world what we can do.
We are humbly grateful to our
parents who have given up even bare necessities of life in preference to our withdrawal from College.
So we look again to
1

this

healthy striving plant of ours.

“We

spoke of students being transplanted as plants to live
We have fed upon the nutrition of thought and
facts which have been given to us.
We could not help growing.
Now we are ready to be transplanted once again. And just as
the ivy which we are going to plant will grow and scale the sides
of some building, branching and rebranching, so we expect our
classes to grow, always looking toward the top, leaving trails of
influence along the way.
“As teachers we cannot be satisfied with merely growing
at

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we must be

ourselves,

responsible for the growth of

thousands

of children.

“We have
in

spoken of the ivy plant as a single plant.
Yet
plants.
Each of us are
it is really many

a symbolic sense

parts of

it.

The

branch

entire plant will retain the individual character-

member

of each

istics

some

of the class.

Some

of the plant.

we can

In truth

each

see

will climb to the top of our under-

grow a bit, branch off and grow along a horizontal line just as some of the ivy leaves do.
Some of our
branches will dry, wither, some will remain always fresh and
takings,

will

verdant.

“Fellow classmates,

just as

each branch of the ivy

nected with every other branch of the same plant,

though

it

be, let us too take advantage of our

alities

let

us create beauty

con-

common ground

grow, climb, with our heads to

at B. S. T. C., let us continue to

the skies,

is

indirectly

and cheerfulness with our person-

wherever our branch leads us.”
o

Dr.

Francis B. Haas, president of the Bloomsburg Stale

Teachers College, was one of those

gram

Friday,

May

1

1

,

given

who

participated in the pro-

in tribute to Dr.

Amos

mel, president of Kutztown State Teachers College,

C.

Rother-

who

is

re-

tiring.

The Board

of Presidents of the State Teachers Colleges of

Pennsylvania gave the

affair at

Kutztown

mel who has been connected with that

to

honor Dr. Rother-

institution for

39

years,

a large part of that period as president.
Dr. Haas spoke on “Our Colleague,” and presented Dr.
Rothermel with a beautiful clock.

o
Dr.

and Mrs. Francis B. Haas entertained the members of
and their families at a lawn party at the Haas home

the faculty

on Saturday,

May

12.

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Class Night
moving scenes sparkling with dance numbers
which the words were most appropriate and dealt
with many happenings on the hill during the past four years,
In swiftly

and songs,

in

the Class of

Monday

1

934

evening.

held

May

its

The musical revue,
took

its

place

among

Class Night

program

in

the auditorium

28, to the delight of a large audience.
entitled

“High Lights of College Days,”

the finest of Class Night programs.

During the evening the class memorial of $200 to be used
towards the purchase of academic gowns for College Commencement programs, was presented by the Senior president, Howard
Kreitzer,

president.

and accepted for the College by Dr. Francis

B. Haas,

Miss Louise Yeager, representative of the College at

Laurel Blossom time, was presented.

The prologue had for its setting the office of the Maroon
and Gold, College publication.
In the first act “Freshman Days,” there were some clever
impersonations of members of the faculty.
Then year by year
the outstanding events were dramatized and told of in dialogue
and song.
The third act was in two scenes, one the Junior Prom and
another the lobby in Waller Hall, while the last act had campus
scenes.
One of the musical features was a duet by Miss Esther
Evans, and John Shellenberger.
The musical and dance numbers were exceptionally fine
and reflected much credit on the cast and promotion staff.
o

Bloomsburg State Teachers College was represented at a
in Harrisburg April 27, 28, and 29, at which time
thirty-five colleges and universities in the state met in a convention for the purpose of drafting a model State constitution for
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The convention sessions
were held in the Capitol, and in the Penn-Harris Hotel.
meeting held

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Service Keys
For the

first

time

Awarded

in the history of

Bloomsburg State Teachclass who have been

members of the graduating
outstanding in campus activities during
ers College,

their

College

course,

were honored with the awarding of gold “service keys.” The
announcement of the awards was made during the Class Night
program.

Those receiving the keys included eight

from Columbia

County, three each from Bloomsburg and Berwick and two from

There were three from Dunmore and one each
from Nazareth, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and Mechanicsburg,
similarly honored.
Miff linville.

Haas in making the announcement of the awards told
were made on a point system adopted by the College
Community Government Association during the past year as the
result of the desire to the student body to recognize students
Dr.

that they

who

give outstanding service to the College during their College

Under the system, submitted by a committee composed of Mark Peifer, Miff linville, chairman; Fred Jaffin, Berwick;
M:ss Grace Foote, Bloomsburg, and Miss Anne Quigley, of Mi.
careers.

Carmel, a certain number of points are given for activity
ganizations and on varsity athletic teams.

A

girl

in

must have

or1

and a man 20 points to receive the award.
Those receiving the awards and the activities in which each
took part and on which the awards are based follow:
points

—

Dunmore B Club, 4 years; Girls’ Chorus, 3
years; Maroon and Gold Staff, 4 years; Managing Editor,
year.
year; Editor,
year; member Obiter Staff,

Miss Thalia Barba,

1

1

1

Miss Madalyn Dunkelberger, Berwick

dent Government Association,

1

—

Women’s Stumember of Govern-

President

year;

year; Girls’ Chorus, 4 years;
Board of Association,
Maroon and Gold Staff, 2 years; member Educational
ing

Board, 2 years.

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Bloomsburg Member Student Council,
year; Dramatic Club, 4 years
being Secretary
year;

Miss Grace

Foote,

—

1

—

1

Chorus, 4 years
being President
year; member
Obiter Staff,
year; Vice President Freshman Class and

Girls’

1

1

President French Club.

Miss Blanche Garrison, Berwick

B

2 years; Obiter

Staff,
1

Treasurer Day

Staff,

Girls,

2 years;

Maroon and Gold

year; President Travel Club,

1

year.

Miss Thelma Knauss,

year; President
1

—

Club, 2 years; Girls Chorus, 2 years;

—

Nazareth
Member Student
Woman’s Student Government

Council,

1

Association,

year; Dramatic Club, 2 years; Girls’ Chorus, 4 years
year; Maroon and Gold Staff, 2 years;

being Treasurer

1

Class Secretary,

1

Miss Sarah

Lentz,

—

year; Class Treasurer,

Bloomsburg

—Member

1

year.

Student

Council,

being Secretary
year; member B Club, 2
member Dramatic Club and Girls’ Chorus, each 4
member Maroon and Gold Staff, 2 years; member

years

Staff,

1

1

2

years;
years;

Obiter

year; Chairman Social Committee, Senior year.

—

Bloomsburg -Member Student Council,
year; member Dramatic Club, 4 years; member Girls’
Chorus, 4 years
being Secretary and Vice President, each
for a year; Class Secretary Freshman year.

Miss Harriet Suthff,

1

—

Joseph Gribben, Dunmore

Squad,
—
Commerce;
Chamber
Manager,
—

3 years with letter

Baseball

2 years; President Junior
and Gold Staff, 3 years Business

of

1

Maroon

year; Pres-

Kappa Delta Pi,
year; member Dramatic Club,
year; member Obiter Staff, 2 years; Class Treasurer
Sophomore year; Chairman Dining Room Committee
Sophomore year.
ident

Howard

—

Mechamcsburg Varsity Football man, 3
Maroon and Gold Staff, 2 years; Educational Board,

Kreitzer,

years;

1

1

2 years; Sports Editor Obiter; President of Senior

Class.

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—

and
Captain Senior year; member Student Council, 2 years and
Vice President those years; member Basketball Squad 4
years and Varsity man Senior year; member Track Squad,
3 years and Varsity man last 2 years; Dramatic Club,
year; Maroon and Gold Staff, 2 years.

Frederick Jaffin, Berwick

Varsity Football man, 3 years

1

Mark

Peifer, Mifflinville

President

—

President

Class

Sophomore year;

Junior

year;

Vice

Committee Chairman Senior

year; Student Council Senior year;

Vice

President

Day

Boys’ Association, 2 years; Orchestra, 3 years; Band,
years; Obiter,
year.

3

1

William Thompson, Scranton

—

Varsity Football, 2 years; Base-

year; Assistant Basketball Manager, 2 years
Dramatic Club, 4 years Glee Club, 3 years member Stu-

ball

Squad,

1

;

;

—

dent Council, 2 years
Treasurer Sophomore year; Secretary North Hall Men’s Student Government Sophomore
year.

Alfred Vandiing, Mifflinville
year;

—

member Dramatic

President Student Council Senior

Club, 2 years; Band,

year; Ma-

1

—

roon and Gold, 3 years- Editor Junior year; President of
Class Sophomore year and Vice President Junior year;
Obiter Staff Senior year.

William Young, Wilkes-Barre

—

President Men’s Student Govern-

ment Association, 2 years; member Student Council, 2
years; member Customs Committee,
year; Football
Squad, 2 years and Varsity
year; Baseball Manager,
1

1

1

member

year; Dramatic Club, 2 years;
Intra-Mural Volley Ball Team,

Miss Margaret O’Hora,

Dunmore

1

of

championship

year.

—Maroon and Gold

Reporter,

2 years; Class Secretary, Junior year; Dining Room Chairman Junior year; Dramatic Club, 1 year; Girls’ Glee Club,
1

year;

B

Club, 3 years; President Latin Club,

1

year.

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Athletic participation,

25

Banquet

either in inter-collegiate

or intra-

mural competition for every student of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College who wishes to take part, is the aim by the end
of the next college year. Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the

declared Saturday night,

institution,

nual athletic dinner at the college
ing

was delivered by Lou

Little,

May

when

19, at the fourth an-

the address of the even-

of Columbia, rated

by many ex-

perts as the greatest football coach in

America today.
and a consistent
building up a program in which all stu-

Dr. Haas, a loyal supporter of athletics

and

tireless

dents

who

worker

desire

in

may

participate, paid tribute to the trustees of

the College and those in charge of the physical education pro-

gram for their fine work and told of the advancement of this
program during the year now closing.
So long as American athletes and citizens retain that desire
to win and mental aggressiveness, our athletes will continue to
retain first place and our nation will remain the greatest on
earth. Coach Little declared in his address which was filled with
advice based on a vast experience, sparkling with humor and
made exceptionally interesting by a relating of events of the Columbia-Stanford football game in Pasadena’s Rose Bowl last

New

Year’s Day.

The dinner, the fourth of its kind, was the finest yet held.
was staged in the beautiful College dining hall, attractively
decorated in the institution’s colors of Maroon and Gold and
was enjoyed by the entire student body, members of the faculty and their husbands or wives, trustees and wives and a numIt

ber of guests.
During the dinner the College orchestra, directed by

How-

Fenstemaker, furnished a program of music. R. Bruce
Albert, of town, president of the Alumni Association, happily
presided as toastmaster; Rev. B. R. Heller, pastor of the Reard

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formed Church, gave the Invocation and group singing was led
by Miss Harriet M. Moore in her inspiring manner.
Dr. Haas, introduced by Mr. Albert as one definitely interested in the athletic program, said that four years ago the athletic dinner was definitely established to give once a year a
place in the sun to students who participated in the athletic and
health education program of the institution which is being developed both as to intercollegiate and intra-mural competition.
The president felt that the intra-mural activities of girls
have been further developed than those for boys but said the
latter program was advancing and expressed the hope that in
another year there would be a system of intra-mural awards for
men similar to those which Miss Lucy McCammon had built up
for the girls.

The dinner and the
is

athletic

program, Dr. Haas pointed out,
Board

possible only because of the sympathetic support of the

of Trustees, and the president

added that in furthering the athprogram he would go as far as the trustees would permit.
Four of the board and two of their wives were in attendance
and were presented. They were: Dr. E. A. Glenn, of Berwick;
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Diehl, of Danville; Major and Mrs. Harry
S. Barton and J. L. Townsend, of Bloomsburg.
Dr. Haas presented to varsity athletics who are Seniors,
certificates of their athletic achievements and gold keys.
Miss Blanche Kostenbauder was honored as being the girl
who during the past year has given the most outstanding service
in the field of physicial education.
It was the third consecutive
year a Bloomsburg girl was thus honored. Chevrons were also
presented to other student leaders in the physical program for
letic

girls.

Dr.

Club”

Haas,

girls’

in

making

the presentation,

thanked the ”B

organization and Letterman’s Club, men’s organiza-

tion, for their fine

cooperation

in

furtherance of the athletic pro-

gram.
In his introductory remarks, Mr. Little,

who was

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he opened his address, said that after arriving
Bloomsburg, he was informed that Bloomsburg years ago,
when scheduled as a practice game by University of Pennsylrising ovation as

in

vania,
ing.

had turned on

his

alma mater and given them a trouncBloomsburg eleven, is now'
York schools and is an acquaintance of

Dr. Aldinger, coach of that

connected with the
Mr. Little.

New

A number of amusing incidents of the gridiron were related and the speaker then told of the trip to the coast. When the
invitation

came from

Al. Masters, Stanford

graduate manager.

it was a friend playing a joke, for the
was extended by telephone. Little was so hesitant to
believe it was really Masters who was calling that the latter
complained “Lou this is costing us money to convince you the
invitation is genuine” to which Little replied “it is going to cost
you more before I’m convinced.” Finally Little insisted the invitation be supported by a telegram.

Little

declared he thought

invitation

He
fore the

told of the eight days of training

game and

in

Tucson, Ariz., be-

of the almost daily visits of representatives

of the Southern California

Chamber

of

Commerce

to

have the

was a
between the two states as to which had the best
But Little held his team at Tucson.

team come

to California for training, asserting that there

sort of feud

climate.
In

1917, as a

member

of the University of Pennsylvania

that played in the Tournament of Roses game. Little said he
had learned to stay out of California before the contest. The
U. of P. team of that year was feted by service clubs, entertained at Hollywood and kept so busy by California hosts “that
about three days after arrival we found football practice was
interfering with our social activities.
“I figured

it

was better

the prairie dogs and there

game.”
Speaking of the
the California papers

is

to

be

in

Arizona by ourselves with

where we

really

won

the Stanford

he remarked that after the first day
remarked that there had been slight pre-

rain,

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might turn into a shower. When the
ued a second day, he said the papers admitted that

cipitation that

rain contin-

was a bit
The only reason California ever admitted there was a
rain was because some one found the rain in three days had
amounted to 12 inches, a record, and he added Californians
were great in claiming records.
The day before the game, Little said he visited Rose Bowl
where seven fire engines were pumping thousands of gallons of
water a minute off the field and “the water making headway.”
He said they did find that Rose Bowl would hold more water
than the Franklin Field of his alma mater and predicted that the
next time the Olympics were held in California the water events
would probably be held in Rose Bowl.
it

misty.

It

was

was

finally

manship,

five o’clock

on the morning of the game when

it

decided to play. Stanford, showing splendid sports-

left

it

entirely to Columbia.

“We were

determined to

and physically we had
reached the peak. Stanford is a better team and could defeat
us 90 per cent of the time if we were to play a series of games,
Columbia had the
but that afternoon they were not better.
right mental attitude and that is just as important as the physiplay for

I

knew

both mentally

that

cal.

“You cannot hope

to

win

in football

or surmount obstacles

That is what makes
Olympics not because we have
better bodies than those of other countries, but because we
have the desire of competition, mental aggressiveness and dein

business without mental aggressiveness.

Americans great.

termination.

We

win

in the

That makes American athletics great.

“Just so long as the youth of America retains the attitude,
neither depression nor

war can keep us from remaining the
You take out of anything just what

greatest nation on earth.

you put

into it and nothing more.
There is no such thing as a
Saturday football player nor such thing as a miracle coach. The
teams are only developed through hours of practice and per-

spiration.”

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Miss Lucy

McCammon made

ing that to win a

“B” a

girl

had

hours of tennis and participate

29

the presentation to girls, stalto hike

100

miles, play

95

one season each of baseball,
basketball and volley ball.
Many had done more. Requirements for numerals are about half of those for the “B.”
Coach Buchheit presented the varsity awards in football
in

and basketball and John C. Koch those of track, baseball and
tennis.
Buchheit remarked that in 39 intercollegiate varsity
contests during the year Bloomsburg had won 25.
He thanked
the students for their cooperation.
Dr. Nelson, in speaking of the athletic
lege,

program

spoke of the move which limited competition

Colleges and Liberal Arts Colleges. In the past

competition, Bloomsburg has

won 137

1

of the Colto

0 years

contests,

lost

Teachers
of

such

98 and

tied seven.

The program concluded with the singing of the Alma Mater
and dancing followed in the gymnasium with Harter’s orchestra
providing a fine program of music.

A
among

score or

more of former varsity
and were introduced.

athletes

were included

the guests

Chevrons were presented to the following:
B. Garrison,
Acker, Blanche Kostenbauder, Mildred Ford, Althine
Masherman, Fae Meixell, Veda Mericle, Helen Frey, Miriam

Priscilla

Eroh, Mildred Hollenbaugh, Elizabeth Krumanacker, Ruth
ner,
pell,

Madeline

Fiorini,

Wag-

Georgia Matha, Ella Crispell, Letha Cris-

Helen Morrill, Florence Hartline, Margaret Blame, Ruth

Maust, Kathryn Yale, Elizabeth Row, Sara E. Schnure, Euphe-

mia Gilmore, Rosebud Golder, Margaret O’Hara.
Letters were received by these girls: Ella Crispell, Letha
Crispell, Ruth Maust, Kathryn Yale, Helen Hartman, Verna Morowski, Beulah Lawrence, Kathryn John, Elsie Yeager, Irene
Buranich, Anna Breya, Mary Jane Fink, Kathryn Brobst, Santina
La Brutto, Mae Willis, Sarah Shuman, Dorothy Johnson, Evelyn
Campbell, Ruth Askin, Lillian Guyer, Irene Frederick, Anne Edwards, Felecia Czarnecki, Lillian Robinolt, Margaret Schubert,

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Heckman, Sarah Sands,

Agnes Pakutka Harriet

Styler, Phyllis

Julen Schlegel,

Brown, Rachel

Violet

Beck,

Aucker, Phyllis Rubright, Betty Harter.
Numerals were awarded these students:

Van

Kathryn
Mildred

Ford,

Ruth Maust, Kathryn Yale, Verna Jones, Irene
Smith, Beatrice Thomas, Muriel Stevens, Mary Agnes Trembley,
Ella Crispell,

Pearl Miller, Eleanor Morris,

Mary

Anna

Gearhart, Bernice Eckrote,

Stahl, Clara Vanderslice, Gladys

Brennan, Georgina Bet-

Rose Mary Mitchell, Jane Manhart, Bertha Hornberger.
Beatrice Corle, Helen Persing, Mildred Shiner, Genevieve Haley,
Nellie Kramer, Ruth Radcliffe, Marian Bellamy, Aileen Shearn,
Josephine Magee, Dorothy Hess, Victoria Mucaloon, Velma
Mordan, Thelma Dilliplane, Ruth Hazel, Armina Kreischer,
Mane Davis, Julia Kokora, Dorothy Tigue.
terly.

Football lettermen are:

Fred

Jaffin

(Captain),

Border, John Boylan, Frank Camera, Joe Dixon
(Captain-elect), Clyde Kitch, Ernest Line,

Harold

Gerald Harter,

Woodrow

Litwhiler,

Mervin Mericle, Walter Moleski, Frank Rompola, Ray Schrope,
Carmer Shelhamer, Michael Sopchak, Rex Turse, Lawrence
Evangelista, manager.
Football Jayvee awards were made to the following: Lamar Bloss, Walter Chesney, Leon Dixon, Edward Doyle, Charles
Dressier, Bennett Dry, Philip Elder, Frank Hudock, Gilbert
Kline, A'ex Kudgus, Peter Kundra Alex Kupstas, Ward Lichtol,
William Penman, Edward Philips, William Pietruszak, John Supchinsky, George Van Sickle, Edward Webb, Howard Wilson,
John Yurgel, Clarence Slater (manager).
Cross-Country Letterman are: Edward Baum (Captain),
Louis Bertoldi, James Karns, Arden Roan, Bernard Young, Captain-elect.

Cross-Country jayvees were received by James Marks, An-

thony Vorhovshek.
Basketball

Lettermen

are:

Ernest

Valente

(Captain),

Charles Blackburn, (Captain elect), Fred Jaffin, Walter Moleski,

Edward

Phillips,

William Reed, Walter Washleski,

Howard

Wil-

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John Beck, manager.
Basketball Jayvees awards were received by Lamar Bloss,
Philip Elder, John Bering, Sam Krauss, Peter Kundra, Sam Rowlands, Tony Shakofski, Stanley Heimbach, manager.
Track Lettermen are: Carmer Shelhamer (Captain), Louis
Bertoldi, Lamar Blass, Sam Cohen, Fred Jaffin, James Karnes,
Ernest Lau, Ernest Line, Richard Menapace, Nelson Parr, Francis Sell, Arden Roan, manager.
Track Jayvees awards went to Philip Elder, Tom Howells,
Woodrow Litwhiler, Edward Webb, Howard Wilson, Bernard
Young.
Tennis Lettermen are: Sam Krauss, (Captain), Frank
Chudzinski (Playing Manager), John Comely, James Gennaria,
son,

John Gehring, John Krepich, Jack Taylor.
Baseball Lettermen are: John Beck, Charles Blackburn,
Bennett Dry, Joe Gribbon, William Karshner, Woodrow LitFrank Rompola, Tony Shakofski, Joseph Visotski, Walter Washeleski, William Young, manager.

whiler, Walter Moleski,

Baseball Jayvees awards were received by Nelson Parr,
Charles Rokosz, Carmer Shelhamer, George
Bulter,
1931-

Van

Sickle,

John

manager.

1932-Varsity certificates and charms were presented
John Boylon, football 1933-1934;

lowing Seniors

:

to the fol-

Frank

J.

Chudzinski, tennis (Playing Manager)

1933-1934; Lawrence
Evangelista, football (Manager) 1933-1934; James Gennaria,
tennis 1931-1932,
1933-1934;
Joseph Gribbon, baseball
1932, 1933-1934; Fred Jaffin, football, 1931-1932,
1933- 33, 1933-34 (Captain); baseball 1931-32, 1933-34,
track 1932-33, 1933-34; James Karns, track 1931-32, track
and cross country 1932-33, 1933-34.
James Kelley, track 1932-33; Howard Kreitzer, football,
John Krepich, tennis 1933-34; Joseph
Larish, cross country, 1930-31, cross country and track, 193233; Dan Malone, basketball 1932-33; Richard Menapace, track
34; Arden Roan, cross country 1933-34, track (Mana1930-31, 1931-32;

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ger) 1933-34; Carmer Shelhamer,

baseball

1930-31,

track

1932-33, 1933-34 (Captain), football, 1933-34; Michael
Sopchak, football 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34; Jack Taylor,
football 1930-31, tennis 1933-34; William Thompson, football
1930-31; Rocco Turse, football, 1931-32, 1932-33; Ernest
Valente,

1933-34 (Captain); William
1931-32, baseball (manager) 1933-34.

basketball

Young, football

1932-33,

o

Senior Ball

Amid one

of the most beautiful settings ever effected in the

gymnasium the Senior Ball was held Friday evening.
May 23, a large number of the graduates and their guests enjoying this delightful social feature of the commencement season.
Duke Morris and his band, of State College, furnished an
exceptionally fine program of music for the dancing.
Punch
was served during intermission.
The programs were especially attractive. The cover was
in maroon leather with “B. S. T. C.” in gold lettering on the
front.
The seal of the institution was on the first page inside
College

the covering.

The

Overhead was sky blue
paper to represent the sky.
Stars were cut in the paper and
when the overhead lights were turned on the realism of the
scene was most striking.
Trellis in white with green crepe paper were so arranged
as to give the effect of flower bushes.
Paper flowers were also
Ferns added much to the entire effect.
usd in the scheme.
The patrons and patronesses were: Dr. and Mrs. Francis
B. Haas, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Dean and Mrs. John C.
Koch, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Andruss, Miss Harriet M. Moore,
Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Miss Ethel Ranson and George C. Buchheit.

setting

was

a garden scene.

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Senior Banquet
The banquet

of the graduating class, that one feature

of

Commencement program in which only the class and those
with whom it came in contact during the College days are in attendance, opened the 65th Annual Commencement season of
the

the

Bloomsburg State Teachers College Thursday evening. May

24, the enjoyed affair being held

in the

College dining hall with

a delicious dinner.
Elbert Ashworth, of Bloomsburg,

ably

presided as toast-

master and Howard Kreitzer, of Mechanicsburg, class president,
spoke of the splendid spirit of the class throughout its course.

Harvery A. Andruss,

class advisor,

told of the splendid

cooperation given him by the class which includes
bership

many

in its

mem-

outstanding persons.

David J. Waller, Jr., president emeritus of the institution, thanked the students for dedicating the Obiter to him and
extended his best wishes to the class.
Dr.

Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the institution, said that

Bloomsburg was due indirectly to Dr. Waller’s
He urged that the students as they leave the
institution remember the people at Bloomsburg rather than the
buildings and pointed out that as the graduates go into the
his position at

resignation here.

teaching profession their pupils will

remember

schools as re-

flected in the personality of the teacher.

During the program there was group singing and the College orchestra furnished a

program of music.

Following the program the class enjoyed a theatre party
at the Capitol theatre.

o

Members
ty to Dr.

of the facu'ty tendered a delightful surprise par-

Haas on Wednesday, June

birthday anniversary.

6,

on the occasion of

his

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TRACK AND FIELD
Bloomsburg had an outstanding record of accomplishments with its cinder crew this spring. Coach Buchheit developed a fine, well-balanced team. Every dual meet was a victory for the Huskies.
Two of them— East Stroudsburg and
Lock Haven were won on the home lots of the challengers. The
complete record is as follows:
Bloomsburg, 68 East Stroudsburg 58
Bloomsburg 75
Lock Haven 51
Bloomsburg 74 %, Shippensburg 51%;
Bloomsburg 71 Bucknell 55
Total
Won 4 Lost 0
In addition to this impressive showing, the team placed
fourth in the annual state meet at West Chester.
On Memorial
Day the distance runners organized a Marathon Team, went io
H azleton, and won first place in the annual Memorial Day Marathon, conducted by the Clover Club Athletic Association of
that city.
in the

—

.

,

case

,

;

,

;

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;

This means another fine trophy for the rapidly

Bakeless Memorial

*

*

filling

Room.
*

*

TENNIS
Dean Koch produced another good

tennis squad.

Against

Mansfield’s crack veteran team, the boys could not get going,

but aside from that, the Huskies

came through

in

fine style.

Conneley, a Freshman, shows great promise, and the outlook
for next season’s

squad

is

excellent.

The season’s record:

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Bloomsburg 0, Mansfield 9; Bloomsburg 1, Mansfield 8;
Bloomsburg 6, Lock Haven 3 Bloomsburg 5, Shippensburg 2
Bloomsburg 5, Shippensburg 4 Bloomsburg 4, St. Thomas 5
Bloomsburg 5, St. Thomas 4; Bloomsburg 5, Alumni 4. Won
;

;

5, Lost 3.

*

*

*

*

BASEBALL
933 season with no baseball, Bloomsburg put a team on the diamond again this spring. The season
opened at Shippensburg on a wet, snowy day with a decisive
defeat. But the team was never headed again.
It took
2 innings to get in the winning column on the next try, but there the
boys found themselves.
The team played smart, defensive
baseball and had enough offensive drive to get more runs than
After a lapse of the

1

1

the opposition.

The pitching

staff

was exceptionally good.

It

be noted that “Woody” Litwhiler, a pitcher who won all of
his starts, also led the team in batting with a .363 average.
The schedule called for 9 games, but two Bridgewater
(Mass.) Normal and East Stroudsburg were rained out.
Bloomsburg 2, Mansfield 1 Bloomsburg 8, Mansfield 1
Bloomsburg 5, Lock Haven 2; Bloomsburg 8, Lock Haven 3:
Bloomsburg 4, Shippensburg 7; Bloomsburg 12, Shippensburg
Total
Won 6; Lost 1.
4; Bloomsburg 10, Alumni 9.
is

to

—

;

1

—

o

A

work was presented Friday evening,

fine piece of

April

20, by a strong cast of the Bloomsburg Players, which delighted

an audience

College Auditorium with

in the

play

tion, the

this

annual produc-

its

year being Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s “The

Members of the cast were Kathryn John,
36 Robert Abbott, 36 Betty Chalfont, 36 Jack Taylor,
34 Maryruth Rishe, 34 Joy Morris, 34 John Shellenberger, 34
John Supchinsky, 37 Maynard Pennington, ’31 Albert Makowski, 33
Harriet Sutliff, 34
Ella Zukauskas, 34
William Morgan, 36 Samuel Cohen, 36 Harold O’Brien, 35
and John Krepich, 34
School For Scandal.”

:

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;

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;

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May Day
With all the gay pageantry of Spring that has made it the
most colorful of the institution’s presentations, May Day was
held at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Wednesday,

May

16.

Staged amid weather conditions which were ideal and with

500

training school youngsters

ing, the exercises

were given

crowd ever attracted

A
room

and College students participatenjoyment of the largest

to the

to the festivities.

throng which came early and which had taken

all

of the

of the bleachers long before the entrance of the queen.

Miss Jean Brinton, and her attendants,
the participants as they

practically

watched the hour and a

surrounded

half

program

of dances climaxed with the always popular winding of the

May

poles.

No more effective ending of the festivities was ever staged
when training school pupils and College girls, the latter in Spring attire of varied colors, wound the
7 May poles
simultaneously and wove various designs from the many color
than that

1

combinations.
Miss Lucy

McCammon

directed the pageant with the songs

of the training school children in charge of Miss Harriet

and the instrumental

selections for the dances provided

Moore
by the

College orchestra led by Prof. H. F. Fenstemaker.

The processional opened the program at 3 30 o’clock and
by the May Queen and the members of court.
With the Queen was Duy Hutchison as Prince Charming,
:

was

led

the ladies in waiting, Marjorie North, Arline Carl, Ethel Heis-

tand and Anne Shortess. The Prince’s attendants were George
Hemingway and William Duy and the pages Jimmy Quick and

Sonny Snyder. Frank Haas, Jr., as the hobby horse man, fired
the shot to open the program. Douglas Dillon was cast as
Jack-in-the-pulpit.

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Even before the crowning of the queen, the little tots of
the kindergarten appeared in their number and it was one of
the outstanding features of the program.

College

high school

girls,

in

gymnasium costumes, together with 100

who were

girls,

guests of the institution for the day,

“Seven Jumps.” Then came the crowning of the
queen and two training school dances “Cornish May Dance’
and “Come Lassies and Lads.”
The first grade played the English folk game “Today’s the
First of May” and the College groups presented the Irish May
dance “Paddy Whack.” The second grade gave “Hunting and
took part

in

Flora Dance” and the College groups “Circie.”

appeared in “French Reel,” third
boxing dance “Oxdansen” which was one of
the most cleverly executed on the program, and fourth graders
in a dance they had composed and entitled “Grandmother’s
Fifth grade

grade pupils

children

in the

Dance.”

The winding of the May pole closed the program.
More than 00 girls of county high schools were guests in
inaugurating a new May Day feature which promises to be con1

tinued.

from each of the 6 county high schools were
day at the college and most of the schools
accepted, the guests arriving about nine o’clock.
Eight

girls

1

invited to spend the

During the morning they were shown the campus by memB club, took part in folk dancing and attended a

bers of the
special

school

assembly

at

which the musical organizations of the

presented a splendid program.

part were the

stemaker; the

Symphony

Organizations

Orchestra, directed

Chorus

by Howard

taking
F.

Fen-

charge of Miss Jessie Patterson;
and the Men’s Glee Club, directed by Miss Harriet Moore. They
Girls’

in

were guests of the College at lunch.
The play day activities were in the afternoon with the girls
divided into a number of groups, one girl from each of the
schools in a group.
A fine time was enjoyed with many of the

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early arrivals for the

May Day watching

group wearing yellow
In the

took part

in

May Day

the contest

won by

the

colors.
activities, the guests,

with College

girls,

one of the numbers.

The new feature was such

a success that

it

will

probably

be continued on an enlarged scale next year.
o

Fraternity Ends Session Here
The

interesting sessions of the annual conference of the

Eastern district of Phi Sigma

Pi,

professional fraternity, held

and Saturday, April 23
and 24, were conducted with a three hour session on Saturday
at

the local Teachers College Friday

morning.
Dr. Henry Klonower, chief of the teacher division. State
Department of Public Instruction, spoke on “How a Member of
the State Department Looks at the Professional Fraternity.”
The following led round table discussions: “Professional
Programs, ” William D. Parsons, California; “Social Programs,”
Julian Shinol, Indiana; “Project on Iowa Reading Tests Given
to Sophomore Class,” Harold C. Reppert, California; “Maintaining Scholarship,” Michael Wargo, Slippery Rock;
“Founder’s Day,” Kenneth Snyder; Clarion; “Balancing the Budget,”
Stanley Heimbach, Bloomsburg;
“Alumni Members,” Cad
Johnson, Mansfield;
and “Interfraternity Relations,” Carl

Walker, Indiana.
o

Establishment of a scholarship fund by the Bloomsburg
Branch of the American Association of University Women for
worthy women students was voted at a meeting by that organization Tuesday evening, March 20.
Money will be loaned to
the students in amounts needed during their college careers,
and the fund will be handled in somewhat the same manner as
the Loan Fund of the Alumni Association.

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Haas and Dr. Waller Receive Degrees

Dr.

The only two former superintendents
of Pennsylvania

who

of public instruction

are living, Dr. Francis B. Haas, president

of Bloomsburg State Teachers College and Dr. David

J.

Waller,

president emeritus of the institution, were honored at Juni-

Jr.,

ata College

ferred

James

when honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws were conat commencement exercises at which Dr.

upon them

head of the Department of Public
was honorary chairman.

N. Rule, present

struction,

In-

Dr. Charles C. Ellis, president of Juniata, conferred the de-

men and Superintendents Broome and
Graham, of the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh schools respectively,
at exercises which commemorated the
00th anniversary of
grees upon the two local

1

free schools in Pennsylvania.

The address of the day was delivered by Dr. Haas and in
and a Century of Educational

a splendid address on “Juniata

Progress,” the local educator declared public education “our
first

and

last line of

material defense.”

In his address. Dr. Haas commented: “One hundred years
ago we expressed a determination to make the ideal of equality
of opportunity through education a reality, and in the pursuit
of that determination we have devised an instrument of rela-

some instances

tively high technical perfection, yet in

co-ordination because of

its

extreme complexity.

difficult

of

This devel-

opment has paralleled a somewhat similar situation in our political, social, industrial and general economic life.
Without attempting to charge our educational

be

it

cause and

difficulties to this parallelism

effect, or coincidence,

years of the centennial period finds

is

true that the closing

educational

structure

was challenged one hundred years ago, and
does the menace appear to loom that we are willing

challenged as
large

it

the

it

so
to

delegate as never before, increasingly larger grants of authority
to further

removed governmental

control.

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become unimmea more powerful

“Certain parts of the machine seem to have

wieldy and out of control and

we appear

to vision the

diate solution in the delegation of authority to

although more distant agency of control. This tendency, as you

know, has assumed very
although

in

definite

form

in the field of industry,

education the signs are evident of a willingness to

burden of responsibility

shift further

in

exchange for additional

financial assistance.

“Unless

I

misread completely the meaning of ‘America the

new deal for
parallels a new deal

Beautiful’ a

industry

is

desirable and possible only

for public education, and a new deal
must include a reaffirmation of our intention to support public education as our first and last line of material defense and a rededication of the public school system to
the ideal of William Penn that ‘Governments like clocks go from
the motion men give them.
Let men be good and the government cannot be bad.’
if

it

for public education

“The opening

of the century

we

are discussing established

American people the principle that the
ideals of political freedom and economic independence require
for their attainment and protection a guarantee of educational
opportunity. A century of development has left us with a public school system highly perfected in its details and with a technique for its further improvement.
May I suggest that the
dominant motive for the immediate future underlying the administration and support of our public school system should focus on courses of study with citizenship as the great objective.
“That every activity of the school, curricular and extraas a connection of the

curricular, register an effort to establish within the terms of our

constitution

and

in

harmony with our

political institution a

ma-

chinery of cooperation, to the end that self-discipline will vision

cooperative service to the State as a means of attaining political

freedom and economic independence.”

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Alumni Meeting
The worth

of an educational institution

is

measured by

its

graduates. Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers

College,

told

more than 700 graduates and

guests at the annual alumni meeting in the College auditorium

on Saturday morning.

May

26.

and always
a royal host to returning graduates, extended the hand of welcome on behalf of the trustees, faculty and student body and
said the College had a real understanding of the connection of
the alumni and school to the prosperity of the institution.
Dr. Haas pointed out that the success of an institution is
not measured by its equipment and physical plant but, in the
case of an educational institution, by the worth of its output,
which is the graduates.
He spoke of the fine graduating class and was confident
that it is going to be a credit to the College.
Most educational institutions in the past five years have
had a rather difficult time. There are forces in America which
tend to increase the burdens on the educational institutions at
the same time that the economic institutions are reducing their

The educator,

a loyal supporter of the alumni

support to education.

There have been many forward steps in education in the
is Bloomsburg College.
The profession has developed to a high extent and is making
progress.
Very strenuous situations have developed as far as
past 100 years and one of the results

education

One

is

concerned.

effect of the

labor and this will

add

NRA

has been to practically remove child

to the

work

of the schools.

The century

has developed an educational and economic situation and

left

a wider space between, with hundreds of thousands of individuals placed in the care of the educational institutions.

He spoke

of the large

number

in

the past

two years who

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have desired

come

to

to

Bloomsburg but had been unable

to

!

obtain oans or jobs that would allow them to continue their ed-

At the present there are 15,000 taking post high

ucation here.

school courses in the state.

he told the graduates “we realize the success

In concluding

of the institution

He spoke

port.”

is

you and we hope

to merit

your further sup-

of the occasion as fitting for the dedication of

Alumni Room to the memory of Prof. 0. H. Bakeless, of
he spoke as one of the finest in the profession it had ever
been his pleasure to come in contact.
the

whom

A number

of the

members

of the student band, dressed in

clown suits, had a busy day. During the morning they paraded
around the campus and through the halls and serenaded the
classes in reunion

and

at the

opening of the general meeting,

German

escorted the classes into the auditorium where the fine

Band

of the

High School also represented the

class of

1

924.

Seated on the platform for the meeting were: Dr. D.
Wal’er,
Albert,

Jr.,

J.

president emeritus of the college; Prof. Charles H.

who made

the Bakeless

dedicatory address as a class-

mate of Prof. Bakeless; other members of Prof. Bakeless’ class,
Mrs. Ellen Allen Bond, Anna E. Roxy, Miss Louise Robbins and
Miss Hannah Breece; Fred W. Diehl, Montour county superintendent of schools, a member of the board of trustees of the
College and executive board of the Alumni; Dr. Francis B.
Haas, Mrs. C. H. Albert and Mrs. Florence Cool, head of the
Philadelphia Alumni.

The entire graduating class of 1934, attired in caps and
gowns, marched into the auditorium at the opening of the meeting and massed at the front as their president, Howard Kreitzer,
of Mechamcsburg, presented a check for $200 as dues of the
They had been voted into
class in the Alumni Association.
membership as they were entering the auditorium and were
cordially welcomed into the association by President R. Bruce
Albert,
est

who

presided.

shown by

Mr. Albert spoke of the splendid inter-

the class immediately joining the Alumni so that

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in

43

intimate touch with the progress of their

Alma Mater.

Under the direction of Miss Harriet M. Moore, the
class sang the color song “Maroon and Gold,” of which Dr. Haas
end Howard F. Fenstemaker are the authors and the Seniors
then departed for the dining hall where they enjoyed early din-

ner.

Howard

F. Fenstemaker, an alumnus and member of the
and the editor of the Alumni Quarterly, told of the publication and urged that members renew subscriptions and not
just join reunion year, so that they might keep in touch with
the Alma Mater.
He asked that whenever they had news or

faculty

alumni they immediately submit

The report

it.

of D. D. Wright, a

member

Alumni exe-

of the

cutive committee and treasurer of the worthy student fund of
the association, reported the fund totaled
of this

amount $3,205.22

is

$3,469.10 and

out in loans to 45

who

that

are or have

been students at the College. The fund has aided many who
otherwise would have been unable to take work at the college,
including 2 members of the graduating class of this year.
1

Miss Harriet Carpenter, treasurer of the association, re-

ported receipts of $1,306.44, with a balance of $268.46.
items dur.ng the year included a

$100 payment

to the

The

trophy

room fund.
Dr. E. H. Nelson, treasurer of the

Memorial

Room

Fund,

reported a need of $664.05 to complete payment for the furnishings

and

told the graduates

“We

are

those

in

whom

Mr.

room was created and we must
not fail him.” The class of 1919 gave $100 to the fund during
the day and there were other contributions, together with some
Bakeless put his trust

when

the

pledges.

Miss Harriet Carpenter, of Bloomsburg; Dennis D. Wright,
Bloomsburg
and Frank Dennis, of Wiikes-BaBrre, were chosof
en directors of the association for three-year terms and E. H.
Nelson and H. Mont Smith, of Bloomsburg, chosen during the
year to complete the year following the deaths of Prof. 0. H.

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44

Bakeless and Prof.
tion to

fill

F.

H. Jenkins, were elected

by the

those unexpired terms of one year each.

associa-

In electing

the officers, the association unanimously accepted the report
the Nominating Committee,

submitted by Dean W. B.

of

Sutliff,

chairman.
In

accordance with the charter adopted

Alumni body
then elects

elects

own

its

only the

last

Board of Directors.

year,

the

The Board

officers.

Wesley Knorr, of town, a member of the graduating
class and vice president of the College Community Government
Association, told of activities during the past term.
These included a complete revision of customs; membership in the National State Federation of American Colleges and the sending of
delegates to the convention of the Federation and to the sessions of the Pennsylvania College Students’ Association of which
a Bloomsburg student, Rostand Kelly, was named president;
the adoption of the Husky as the college mascot, improvements
made to the Maroon and Gold and Obiter; the appointing of an
editor for the College hand book and the revision of the book:
and a guest book for distinguished visitors. Mr. Knorr told the
graduates “you will find all the students willing to do their bit
to make your visits here a little brighter.”
J.

Dr.
tion, the

David

J.

Waller,

only surviving

an ovation.

He spoke

Jr.,

of the splendid spirit

867, was given
and attitude of

was

a tribute to the

the alumni as very gratifying

growing

president emeritus of the institu-

member

of the class of

and said

it

1

efficiency of the institution.

President Albert spoke of the deaths during the past year

memory the Alumni Room was dedGeorge
Elwell,
of
the class of 1867, a former trustee
icated;
E.
and alumni officer and always interested in the college; Prof. F.
H. Jenkins, another of the “Old Guard” and for years a stalwart figure in the Alumni Association and in charge of the Alumni Quarterly and Mrs. C. W. Funston, one of the most faithful
and active of the Alumni executive committee at the time of
of Prof. Bakeless, to whose

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The assemblage stood

her death.

45

in silent tribute to their

mem-

ory.

The
in

class of

1

879, the honor

class of the reunion,

had

five

attendance and were presented.

The

1884 had two back for the golden anniverM. Smith, of Bound Brook, N. J. and Miss Mary
Sharpless, of town, Mrs. Smith responding and expressing the
hope that many present could return for the 50th reunion of
class of

sary, Mrs. Neil

;

their classes.

The

889 had two back, Mrs. Mary E. A. Adams,
and Mrs. Fannie Tressler, of Hazleton.
Hubler, of the class of 1894, reported 14 back. The
2 members, 20 of whom are now dead. Mr. Clay-

class of

1

of Berwick,

H. C.
class

had

1

1

burger, of the class of 1899, reported 15 back.

Mr. Prothen, of Ashland, reported 20 of the class of 1904
and Dan Mahoney, of Wilkes-Barre, reported 30 of 1909 in
reunion.

Mrs.

when

Mary Emanuel Brown, Wilkes-Barre,

got a big hand

she reported that 1914 had effected a temporary organi-

who will be headed by Robert
who was introduced. The class

zation of Luzerne county alumni
E. Seitzer, of Wilkes-Barre,

gave $18.75 to the trophy fund and had 27 members back.
Wesley Davies, of Nescopeck, representing the class of
1919, informed the Alumni that that class was the one which
“fought the world war” and reported $100 to the Alumni
Room Fund. Elias P. Morgan, of Hazleton, reported 08 back
1

for the tenth year reunion of

1

924, the largest representation

of any class in reunion.

William Jones, of 1929, reported 76 of the 275 members

They were shown motion pictures of
which were taken and shown by Prof. S. L.

of that class in reunion.
their graduation

Shortess of the College faculty.

Prof. Shortess also

ture of the class during the day.

Berwick, reported 21 of the 1932
union back for the day.

took a pic-

Miss Sarah Zimmerman, of
class, the

“baby”

class in re-

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The meeting then adjourned,
hall for the

the group going to the dining

alumni luncheon.
o

Class Elections
Class presidents for the three lower classes of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College for next year, together with the
editor of the Obiter, College year book, have been named in the

Spring elections at the institution.

Elmer McKechme, of Berwick, was named president of the
1935 and Gerald Wolfson, of Scranton, editor of next

class of

year’s publication of the Obiter.

Ernest Lau, of town, was

chosen president of the class of 1936 and

Frank Camera,

of

Hazleton, president of the class of 1937.

The full list of officers of the classes follow:
1935
Elmer McKechnie, Berwick, president; Bruno Novak, Scranton, vice-president; Miss Jean Smith, Berwick, secre-

Heimbach, East Greenville, treasurer; Gerald
Obiter; John Rutter, Dunmore,
business manager; members of student council
William Reed,
Shamokin and Miss Elizabeth Row, town; class advisor. Dr. H
Stanley

tary;

Wolfson, Scranton, editor of

—

H. Russell.

1936

Ernest Lau, town, president; Bernard Young, Ber-

wick, vice-president; Miss Betty Harter, Nescopeck, secretary:
Miss

Mary Kuhn, Tuscarora,

council

—

treasurer;

Miss Sara Shuman, town;

members

of

student

Daniel Jones, Nescopeck;

associate editor of Obiter, Ernest Lau, town; class advisor, H.
F.

Fenstemaker.

1937

Frank Camera, Hazleton, president; Lamar Blass,
Anna Jean Laubach, Berwick, sec-

Aristes, vice-president; Miss

retary;

council

Edward Webb,

—

H.

D.

Forest City, treasurer;

Nelson,

West Hazleton;

members student

Miss Julia Schlegal,

Fleetwood; associate ed'tor of Obiter, Miss Georgiana Betterly,
Coal Township; class advisor, George J. Keller.

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Dedicate Alumni

Room

47

at State

Teachers College to Prof. Bakeless
Tears were

in the

eyes of

many former

associates

and

stu-

dents at the College as a portrait of Prof 0. H. Bakeless, beloved

Bloomsburg educator, was unveiled and the College Alumni and
Trophy Room, created through his untiring efforts, was dedicated to his memory.
Bloomsburg, a classmate of
and for many years associated with
him as a member of the faculty “Old Guard” of the institution,
gave a splendid address in the brief and impressive dedicatory
Prof. Charles H. Albert, of

Prof. Bakeless at the College

service.

The members of the Class of 879, of which Prof. Bakeless
was a member, were in reunion and it was the honor class of the
day.
They were seated on the platform during the exercises
with the members in attendance being Mrs. Ellen Allen Bond,
Miss Anna E. Roxby, Miss Louise Robbins, Miss Hannah Breece
and Prof. Albert.
John Bakeless, of New York City, a son of the educator and
a Bloomsburg alumnus, was among those in attendance at the
1

exercises.

Prof. Albert,

who

himself holds a

place

in

the

thousands of Bloomsburg graduates, paid a glowing
the

memory

and colleague

of his classmate

held the closest attention of over

in

hearts

of

tribute i)

an eulogy that

700 graduates and

their

guests.
In his address Prof. Albert said:

President of the Alumni Association, Dr. Haas, Dr. Waller,

Members

of the Class of ’79,

and Members of the Alumni Assoc-

iation:

We have met at this hour to do honor and to pay tribute to
A Christian
one of our beloved Alumni
Oscar Hugh Bakeless
Gentleman.
One of the foremost ladies of the town, on hearing

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48

of his sudden death while conducting a
in the

mid-week Prayer Service
went from

Methodist Church, said: “Professor Bakeless

Some

that Prayer Meeting straight to Heaven!’’

a bit of sentiment, but

it

illustrates the

esteem

in

will call that

which he was

held by the good citizens of Bloomsburg.
It was my good fortune to be closely associated with him
from early boyhood until the time of his death.
For four years
we were close friends in the splendid Summer Normal School
conducted by Professor William Noetling in Selinsgrove, prior to
his coming in 1877, to the faculty of the Bloomsburg Normal
School.
On the same morning that Dr. Waller, in 877, came
1

came

also, as members of the
and Prof. Curran. Oscar
Bakeless and I came to the school as students on that same day.
We were chums through all our Normal School life. At
different times we taught the same schools in Columbia and
Union Counties, and then, after several years of separation,

as Principal of the School, there

faculty. Prof. Noetling, Prof. Wilbur,

came together again

as

members

of

the

faculty of

our

Alma

Mater.

He was a good class-room
definite.

In all his

teacher, logical,

and

concise,

pedagogical interpretations, he was

sane,

sound, and sensible.
He had the wisdom and the rare good
judgment to retain all there was of good in the old and to accept
only what was good in the new.
Every student who came
under his tuition and really wanted to learn was inspired by his
simple honesty of purpose and his enthusiasm for, and intense
interest in, all that looked toward higher and better things.
He had the rare ability to know what to teach and how to
teach it, and the still rarer ability of inducing his students to
make mental contact with the mind of the teacher, and so step
by step, direct the growing minds of his students into an appreciative comprehension of the problems under discussion and

how

to

apply their

He
work

final solution to

spent nine years as

of the Carlisle

Indian

the affairs of every-day

Superintendent
School.

of

Colonel

the
Pratt,

life.

Academic
who was

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then

in

49

charge of that great school, said that Professor Bakeless

had done more

for the real uplift of Indian youth than

any other

teacher in any of the Indian Schools.

He was always doing something for somebody. Scores of
worthy young men and women have been helped financially by
his generosity, and, as I happen to know, even now after hi?
death, agreements made by him prior to his passing from us, are
to be faithfully kept until such beneficiaries of his kindness have
completed their work.
Again I say he was a Christian gentleman.
John Ruskm
“The treasuries of true kings are the streets of their cities
and the gold they gather, which for others is as the mire of the
streets, and changes itself for them and their people into Crystalline pavements for evermore.”
And so Professor Bakeless was
ever hoping, aiming, and striving to make better and more
beautiful every environment by which he found himself sursaid:

rounded.
Practically
that

now

all

of the splendid

er with the beautifully artistic glass
his

pictures

and works of

art

grace the walls and corridors of our buildings, togeth-

He had

endeavors.

windows, are the

result of

a great hunger for things beautiful, and

ambition was that every student who came to the Bloomsburg State Teachers College should be greatly influenced in his
mental and moral development by surroundings that were at
once clean and wholesome and beautiful.
his

Alumni Memorial Room came to him years
Haas came as our President, did this
He
take definite shape and go forward to a final completion.
gave of his time and money without stint, and his ambition and
hope were that he might live to see the room free of all encumbrance, and be really owned and controlled by our Alumni AsThis he was not permitted to fully realize, but today
sociation.
we are met to dedicate this beautiful room as a memorial to the
memory and life work of our friend and fellow alumnus, Oscar

The idea

ago.

Hugh

of the

But not

Bakeless.

until Dr.

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50

Alumni Dinner
you join hands and work together, our institution will
be safe and we can make it better,” William W. Evans, Superintendent of the Columbia County schools and a member of the
Class of 894, told about 800 members of the Bloomsburg
“If

1

State Teachers College at the annual luncheon of graduates

in

the College dining hall.

The crowd attending this popular feature of the Alumni
Day program was larger than a year ago, despite the cloudy day.
Those in attendance overflowed the dining room and ate at
tables hastily set

up

in the

lobby adjoining.

R. Bruce Albert, of Bloomsburg, president of the
tion,

happily presided during the luncheon.

each with a banner at
prettily

its

head marched

decorated with maroon and

gold,

associa-

Classes in reunion,
into the

the

dining

College

while the College orchestra provided a program of music.
ing the serving of a delicious luncheon, spirited

was

hail,

colors,

Dur-

group singing

by Miss Harriet M. Moore, of the College faculty.
Among those introduced were two of the trustees, Harry
S. Barton, of Bloomsburg, and Fred W. Diehl, of Danville, and
their wives; Dr. and Mrs. Francis H. Haas and H. Mont Smith,
who was the moving spirit in the incorporation of the Alumni
Association and Mrs. Smith.
Mr. Evans, in his address, spoke of the 6,100 alumni of
the institution who have gone out as teachers and who “repreled

sent the bell ringers in the souls of people throughout the Unit-

ed States and beyond

He spoke
have gone
of

this.

its

borders.”

of the inspiration gained at Bloomsburg.

far after leaving the walls of the institution

He spoke

of the splendid faculty of the past

splendid one of the present time and

referred to

Many
because

and of the

the

fine in-

fluence of the institution in this section.

The speaker paid

tribute to Dr.

Haas as a great educational

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51

administrator second to none in Pennsylvania and
stitution

was most fortunate

in

at

its

said the

in-

head a man of such
return often and to

He urged alumni to
The speaker pledged

outstanding ability.

keep

have

to

touch with the College.

his sup-

port to the organization of a Columbia County group of College

alumni and spoke of the fact that the graduates should be firmly
organized to guard against any danger of
such as was experienced
to

losing

1931, and also to aid

in

the
in

advance the institution.
and a well organized alumni can do many
In organization there

told them,

is

College,

every

way

power, he
fine things

for the College.

o

18th

Volume

The eighteenth volume

of Obiter Issued
of Obiter, year

uating class of Teachers College, shows

one of the

A

finest in

feature that

many
is

book

much

of the grad-

originality

and

is

years.

striking

is

the use of the College colors,

maroon and gold, in exceptionally fine photographs of the campus and in frontispieces, the creation of Miss Grace Foote, of
town, which have been placed at the front of each of the divi-

which the volume is divided.
this year is dedicated to Dr. David J. Waller,
president emeritus of the institution, and is edited by Ron-

sions into

The Obiter

Jr.,

ald F. Keeler, of town, with John

I.

Krepich, of Berwick, busi-

ness manager.

The general theme

is

“Education” and the

five divisions

are teachers, and the four parts of the teaching program, mental,

physical, moral

and

social.

In the handling of the members of the graduating class,
photographs are grouped six to a page with the effect very
striking.
The border is of clever design with gold used to a

considerable extent

in

the color scheme.

All phases of College life are

very interesting'y dealt with

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and the volume has served its purpose well in preserving in
writing and pictures the College years of 1933-34 at Bloomsburg.

The members of the
work follows

which has done an outstanding

staff

piece of

Editor,

John

Roland

Keeler,

F.

Krepich, Berwick;

I.

town;

of

members

business

of the staff

—

manager,

Alfred Vand-

Miss Grace Foote, town; Miss Thalia Barba,

ling, Mifflinville;

Scranton; Miss Rachel Beck, Sunbury; Miss Blanche Garrison,

Berwick; Miss Betty Krumanocker, White Haven; Miss Althir.e
Marshman, Freeland; Joe Gribben, Dunmore; Arden Roan, Espy; H. T. Nelson, Richard Menapace, Atlas; James Gennaria,

town; Miss Sarah Lentz, town; Mark Peifer, Mifflinville; Miss
Acker, Hazleton; Elbert Ashworth, town; John Gress,
Miss Miriam Eroh, Nescopeck; Miss Olewyn Laird, Muncy; and
Priscilla

Miss Clara S:ngleman, Pittston.

—

o

Spring Concert of

Girls’

Chorus

The

Girls’ Chorus of the Bloomsburg State Teachers Colunder the direction of Miss Jessie A. Patterson, delighted
a large audience with a spring concert in the College auditorium

lege,

May

Friday evening,

4,

in

“The Lady of Shalott.”
The guest artists, both

which they featured the cantata
of

whom

delighted,

were Miss

bel Harriet Miller, soprana, a graduate of the College in

and of

New York

University in February of this year, and Miss

Marie Elizabeth Mellman, harpist, of Harrisburg, and a
ber of the Zimmer harp

Lass With the Delicate Air,” Arne, and
all

mem-

trio of Philadelphia.

Miss Miller sang the solo part of the chorus
cantata, sang

Isa-

19 3 0

of the solo parts.

in

number “The

the presentation of the

Miss Mellman

in

her second

group played two selections “Dance des Sylphes,” Gotterfroid,
and “Spring,” Thomas and so pleased the audience that it de-

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manded an encore which was

the

always

53

popular

“Annie

Laurie.”

The College Symphony Orchestra, directed by Howard

F.

Fenstemaker, furnished several selections during the evening.

The program opened with “Allegro Vivace,” “Jupiter Symphony,” Mozart, by the orchestra. The chorus sang “The Bells
of Youth,” Speaks; “A Moonlight Song,” Sadman-Rober and
“Spring Breezes,” Sarr.
Miss Mellman’s first group of harp solos included “Impromptu,” Schuecker; “Mirage,” Salzedo and “Pastoralle,” Belotti.
The second group by the chorus was “The Butterfly,”
Jenkins; “Pavana,” Delibes-Aslanoff, and “A Red, Red Rose,”

The cantata followed. The orchestra’s concluding
number was “Menuetto,” “Jupiter Symphony,” Mozart.
The accompanists were Mrs. John K. Miller and Miss MilHastings.

dred Deppe.

Members of the Susquehanna Valley Music Supervisors
were guests at the concert and at a dance which followed in the
gymnasium with music for the dancing provided by Harter’s orchestra.

o

Plan to Form Alumni Groups
of College in

Many

Counties

A definite step has been taken to reorganize the Bloomsburg State Teachers College alumni of the counties in this section and within the service area of the institution into active
groups.
in the section had an active organand for some time the re-establishing of these groups has
been a recognized need. The steps taken to do this were the
most constructive taken by the graduates during a busy day.
On Alumni Day the class of 1914 started the movement

Years ago each county

ization

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54

which ga’ned in momentum as the day’s program continued.
In their meeting of the morning, 1914 effected a temporary organization. With the report of this at the general meeting by
Mrs. Mary Emanuel Browne, of Wilkes-Barre, President Albeit
spoke of the action as constructive and urged other counties to
act in a similar manner.
Mrs. Florence Cool, of Philadelphia, the moving spirit in
the only active group of the alumni of the present, those in the
Philadelphia area, told of the four year’s activity of that group
and of its program for the next year. All residing in Philadelphia and vicinity were invited to attend the luncheon meetings
held once a month during the Fall and Winter and the picnics in
the summer.
County Superintendent, W. W. Evans, of town, in makng
the address at the Alumni luncheon which followed, told of the
value and necessity of organization and declared he would do
his part in building up a strong association in Columbia county.
County Super ntendent, Fred W. Diehl, of Danville, a. trustee of Bloomsburg State Teachers College and a member of the
Executive Committee of the Alumni Association, said he would
be delighted to take the initiative in forming such an organization in Montour county while Walter Jones, of Scranton, said ho
would start work on a similar project in Lackawanna county at
once.
John Boyer, of Herndon, assistant superintendent of
Northumberland county schools, will organize alumni in that
county.

have an active Bloomsburg alumni
group by September, Orval Palsgrove, of that county reported.
In concluding this fine work of the day, Dr. Haas announced that in the Fall the College would be hosts to organization committees of each of the counties at which time plans will
be furthered.
Schuylkill county will

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The Philadelphia Alumni Association

The Philadelphia Alumni Association luncheon meetings
months of January, February and March, were es-

for the three

pecially delightful.

These meetings, though having an average

attendance of about twenty-five, proved to be doubly interesting because of the closer fellowship this smaller

and

number

afford-

were represented from 886 to
929, and one
evinced the same unswerving love and loyalty to dear

Classes

ed.

all

1

1

old Bloomsburg.

We

were particularly happy to welcome Mildred Burdick
Waymart, sister of Louella Burdick Sinquett, 1910;
Grace Gilner Zane, 1910, Sterling, Pa.; and Matilda Wettereau
Penn ngton, of Trenton, 1897, to their first meeting with our
Luncheon Club on February 10.

Wood,

of

Thed :nner and

card party at the Embassy Hotel, Philadelwas quite successful despite the inclement weather. Kathryn Boyle, 1913, proved a capable chairman and we extend to
her and her committee, Mary Richards and Stella Swank, a vote
of thanks for their splendid achievement.
Many members and
friends attended the affair and they expressed the hope that we
have many more such get-togethers.

phia,

These luncheon meetings serve a need in our life as
The picnics which have been held the past two summers, will be continued by popular request, in groves and picnic grounds surrounding Philadelphia.
All Alumni and their
friends are invited.
Thus our monthly meetings are unbroken
the year round, as our annual banquet and reunion are held in
April, and Alumni Day at Bloomsburg affords us another opportunity of greeting each other, as well as Alumni from other

Alumni.

parts of the country.

At the luncheon meeting, February

10,

it

was decided by

vote of a large majority, to hold our fourth annual Banquet and

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56

Reunion

6:30

at the Bellevue Stratford,

P. M., Saturday, April

28.
not,

Have you subscribed
do so at once. Every

well

as

delightfully

copy of the Quarterly?

for your
issue

interesting.

is

If

always highly informative as
pays

“It

to

purchase

and

peruse the Quartely.”
Florence Hess Cool, Pres. ’88
1

12 North Fiftieth

Jennie Yoder Foley, Sec.

8134 Hennig

St.,

Fox Chase,

Philadelphia, Pa.

St.,

Phila., Pa.

o

Philadelphia Banquet
A

wonderful alumni reunion of Bloomsburg Teachers Col-

by about
from Bloomy-

lege graduates of the Philadelphia district, attended

200 persons

including a

delegation of about 35

in the Clover room
and was declared the

burg, was held Saturday evening, April 28,
of the Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia,
finest function

ever held by

The speakers were

this active

Dr.

David

branch of the Alumni.

J.

Waller,

Jr.,

president

emeritus of the institution; Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of

and Prof. Charles H. Albert, one of the Bloomsburg’s
R. Bruce Albert, president of the College Alumni Association, was the toastmaster.
The College double male quartet, who throughout the
the college

faculty “Old Guard.”

Spring featured concerts of the Coliege Glee Club, delighted

They were directed by Miss Harriet M.
her energy and fine personality. The double

with several selections.

Moore with all
quartet was compelled to give several encores.
Howard F. Fenstemaker, of the College
at the

faculty, presided

piano during the singing of the College songs, “Maroon

and Gold,” “Old Bloomsburg,” and “Alma Mater.” The latest
addition to the college songs, “Old Bloomsburg,” written by

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57

Haas and Mr. Fenstemaker was heard at the banquet for
time by many of the alumni and, as everywhere it has
been presented, was an instantaneous hit.
The Bellevue Stratford provided a perfect setting and
gave ideal accommodations for the affair. The room was decorated with large palms and on the tables were gorgeous bouquets of daffodils.
The affair was informal and there was a
spirit of friendship and fellowship characteristic of functions of
Dr.

the

first

the Philadelphia organizations.

The success

of the annual meetings

due

is

efforts of the president of the group, Mrs.

to the untiring

Norman

G. Cool, of

Philadelphia, assisted by the other officers: Vice president, Mrs.
Willie

Morgan

Stein; secretary, Mrs. Jennie

These

urer, Mrs. Julia Sharpless Fegley.

Yoder Foley; treaswere unani-

officers

mously re-elected.

Group singing was led by Prof. Claud

now a
No one

E.

Hauseknecht, a

West

graduate of Bloomsburg but

director of music at

Chester Teachers College.

could have done better

in

that role.

Miss Kathryn O’Boyle and her group of talented musicians,

program of dinner music.

of Philadelphia, provided a splendid

Mrs. Margaret Lindsey, of the class of

The speakers gave short talks,
and good will of

closely the loyalty

all

1

894, sang a

solo.

tending to cement more

the Philadelphia association

to the College.

The group stood
Prof. 0. H. Bakeless

in silence in

and Prof.

loved faculty members

tribute to

F. H. Jenkins,

who passed away

Beautiful bouquets of daffodils

were

the memories

of

veteran and be-

during the past year.

sent to Mrs. Bakeless

and

Mrs. Jenkins.
Dr.

Haas extended a cordial invitation for all the members
come back to the College for Alumni Day on May
which time the Alumni Room would be dedicated in

present to

26th, at

tribute to the

memory

of Prof. Bakeless.

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58

Bakeless Memorial Fund

Since our

last

report to the Quarterly of the status of the

Bakeless Memorial Fund, the following contributions have been
received:

—Arthur Hoffman,

$100.00. Class of 1919
$ 18.75. Class of 1914.
$
$

Treas.

10.00. Sarah M. Hagenbuch.
7.00. Class of 1886
Mrs. Mausteller.

—

$

5.00.

Maude Davis

$

2.00.

May

$

1.00.

Drumheller,

Pentecost, Minnie G. Penman, F. B. Haas.

L. Sharpless.

Mabel R. Farley, C. B. Brill, Julia Smigelsky, Fred
Lena Van Horn, Mary Regan, W. R. Girton, Stella

Lowenberg, Wm. Lowenberg, Helen B. John, J. Grant Kehler, P. C.
Potts, Charles Paulas, Clara D. Abbett, Bertha P. Oakes, Mary R.
Harris, Mary W. Ryder, Margaretta Shaw, Melissa S. Shaw, Edith
Cole, Mrs. Burt Fortner, Mrs. Jennie Wendt Shuman, J. J. Fisher,
Maude Campbell, D. H. Robbins, E. A. Reams, H. M. Zacher, Doris
Palsgrove, C. M. Hausknecht, E. Gertrude Garrison, Frances Fesler,
Emma Jermyn, Vivian Jermyn, Helen Smith, Harriet Moore.
Amount Received since last Report
$ 187.75

Previously Reported

301.15
100.00
800.00

From General Alumni Fund
Loan from Farmers National Bank

Total Received
$1388.90
Postage, Stationery, Printing, Clerical Service
$ 160.10
Payment of Note at Bloomsburg Bank-Columbia Trust Co. 725.10
Payment of Last Installment on Furnishings
204.00
Interest-Farmers’ National
16.00
Payment on Note, Farmers’ National
100.00
Interest on Note, Farmers’ National
14.00
Total Paid Out
Balance on Hand
Loan Outstanding from Farmers’ National Bank Due
tember 2, 1934
In other words,

we

still

$1219.20
169.70
Sep$ 700.00
$

need $530.30 to “clear the books.”
E. H.

NELSON,

Treas.

Bakeless Memorial Fund.

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59

Alumni Loyalty
"Years to come

will find us

True to Bloomsburg

ever

still.”

Prof. J. H. Dennis, of loving memory, left behind him a
monument more lasting than bronze, when, back in 1911, he

wrote the words quoted above.

Alma Mater, which thousands

These words are a part of our

of students have sung to express

which they spent
Alumni Day never
song, and some have been

their love and loyalty to the institution
some very important years of their life.

passes without the singing of this

seen to sing

it

with tears

On examination

at

in their eyes.

of the figures printed below, one

clined to ask this question

:

Do

in-

is

mean someWhat do we

these words really

thing, or are they a lot of sentimental pish-posh?

mean when we say we shall ever be true to Bloomsburg? Does
it mean that we are to go into some sort of an emotional spasm
when we hear the word "Bloomsburg,” or does it mean that we
shall avail ourselves of those opportunities that present

them-

whereby we may do our bit to advance the interof the College? Do we talk up Bloomsburg to prospective

selves to us,
ests

students?

Do we

rally to

its

danger? Do we do our bit
worthy young people to come
in

when its very
make it financially

support
to

Bloomsburg?
Some of these things we can do as individuals

not be done, unless

we

act as

existence

is

possible for

to

members

;

others can-

of an organization.

We

have such an organization. It is called the Alumni Association
of the State Teachers College at Bloomsburg.
This organization is incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania; it holds
t tie to all of the furnishings of the Bakeless Memorial Room,
not all of which, by the way, are paid for. This organization
has also a student loan fund amounting to $3469.10, by which
students in need of financial help are given much-needed assistance. This fund ought to be three times as large as it is.
Now for a few figures. According to the latest count,

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60

7827

there are

living graduates of

uate of Bloomsburg were an active

Bloomsburg.

member

If

every grad-

Alumni Association, by virtue of his paying the annual dues of one dollar,
the Association would have an annual income of $7,828.00.
How long would it take to pay the debt on the Bakeless Memorial Room?
How long would it take to bring the loan fund up
to $1 0,000?
If we measure the loyalty of Bloomsburg graduates by
their active membership in the Alumni Association, we find that
the score for the Alumni as a whole is 9.8 per cent. There were
on June
only 769 active, paid up members of the Alumni
Association. It is the same old story. Those who come to their
reunion pay their dollar, and when the next year comes around,
their names go into the morgue for another four years.
We
must not forget that loyal group of people who pay their dues
every year, but there are not many of them. This little group
of “hundred per-centers” deserves much credit, and we hope,
1

in

of the

,

an early issue of the Quarterly, to print their names.
But here

is

There are 583

another side of the picture.

who were active members of the Alumni
and who have failed to send in their dues

people

Association

year,

this year.

is

last

This

the usual discouraging picture that confronts the officers of

the Association every year, when they take account of stock.
Appeals have been made again and again in the Alumni meeting, and in the Quarterly, to keep up active membership five
years out of five and not just one year out of five, but with a
great many, the appeals are unheeded.

Unfortunately, this appeal will reach only those
active

members

not be reached,

made

if

the

During the coming months, a strenuous

along.

to raise the active

portions.

We

who

are

7059 graduates of Bloomsburg will
769 active members do not pass the word

this year.

membership

to

more

effort will

need the cooperation of every member

to

make

this possible.

The tabulation

of

membership by

classes

be

respectable pro-

is

as follows:

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Members

Class

1868

of

Active

10
10

Class Living

1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
18.80

1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1805
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911

61

,

Members

Per
Cent.
0

0

0

1

0

0

3

0

0

1

0

U
0

4
10

1

2

25.0
20.0

13

1

7.7

4

0

0

10

0
5

0

15
16
25
16
20
34
40
52
34
41
45
64
71
79
92
93
127
128
135
157
138
169
120
105
72
109
135
128
130
93
113
129
148

4
3
3
2

0

33.3
25.0
12.0
18.8
10 0

2

5.9

2

17.5
17.3

9
1

2.9

5

12.2
17.7

8
1

8

1.2
11.3

4

5.1

8

8.7

12

12.9

4

3.1
4.7

6
3

2.9

10
17

6.4

12.3

6

3.6

4

3.3
5.7

6
3

4.2

22

20.2

5

3.7
1.6
8.5

2

11
9

9.7

28

24.8

9

7.0

5

3 4

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62

178
161
_
108
.
144
_
176
_
179
160
160
.
108
138
129
297
288
.
282
.-309
_367
293
329
232
.
232
-197
225
-215

1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934

8

4.5

13
25

8.6

.
.

23.1
6.2
2.8
3.9

9
5
7
8

_

5.0

36

22.5
9.2

_

7
5
3
3

2.3
1.0

_

61

21.2

3

1.1

.

.

3.6

6

1.9

9

E .5
2.4
11.0

7

37
17
13
13
28

.

.

7.3

7.7
6.6

12.4
100.0

215

O

Two-Year Courses Discontinued
The Commencement
dents

of

1933 was the

two-year courses participated.

in

last

time that stu-

Beginning with

last

September, only four-year courses have been offered in all the
branches of teacher preparation, but to students in the elementary

and

rural fields

who

successfully complete the

first

years of the course. State limited licenses will be issued

if

two
they

These students may then teach in the elementary
and can return to College later to complete the
work for their degree, or can work toward this end by taking
extension courses and attending summer sessions.
However, they will be rated as Sophomores, and will take
no part in Commencement activities except to attend the graduso desire.

and

rural fields,

and will probably not be attired
Two-year students completing their work

caps and

ation exercises,

in

gowns.

this

year re-

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63

ceived Normal School certificates, and participated

mencement activities as in the past.
The ruling of having only four-year courses

in the

in all fields

cnother step toward the expected State requirement that

mentary and
degrees.

rural teachers

Comis

all ele-

have four years’ training and hold
day is not far distant when a

Indications are that the

high school teacher will be required to hold a master’s degree.

Two

years ago a commission was appointed in the State to

study educational problems
sion

was divided

er preparation

Pennsylvania, and the commis-

in

into six groups.

made

a tentative

The group considering teachrecommendation that the State

should be ready to go on a basis of four years’ preparation for

elementary teachers.
This has been a requirement for
states,

and

in

some time

in several

California the elementary teachers

other

have been

re-

quired to hold degrees and the high school teachers masters’ degrees.

o

The Freshman Hop, the big social event of the year for the
class, was held Saturday evening, April 7, and proved
to be one of the most delightful affairs of the year. The patrons
and patronesses were: Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, Dr. and
Mrs. E. H. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Andruss, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Koch and Dr. Marguerite Kehr.
first

year

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64

College Calendar

1934-1935
SUMMER
Registration

SESSION 1934

Day

Monday, June 25
Tuesday, June 26
Saturday, August 4

Classes Begin

Sessions

End
FIRST SEMESTER

Final Date for Entrance Examinations,

2:00
Registration and

Classes

Monday, September 10

Freshmen,
M., Tuesday, September

Classification of All

10:00 A. M. to 5:00
Day All Others,
9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P.
Begin, 8:00 A. M.

Registration

P. M.,

—

P.

!

1

M., Wednesday, September 13

Thursday, September 13

Thanksgiving Recess Begins,

12:00 M., Wednesday, November 28
12:00 M. Monday, December 3

Thanksgiving Recess Ends
Christmas Recess Begins,

After Last Class, Saturday, December 22

Christmas Recess Ends
First

12:00 M., Wednesday, January 2
Saturday, January 19

Semester Ends

SECOND SEMESTER
Second Semester Begins
Easter Recess Begins

12:00 M., Wednesday, January 23
After Last Class, Thursday, April 18
12:00 M., Wednesday,

Easter Recess Ends
Class Work Ends

After Last Class, Friday,

COMMENCEMENT

24

May 24

1935

ALUMNI DAY

May
Sunday, May
Monday, May
Tuesday, May

Saturday,

Baccalaureate Sermon
Senior Day, Ivy Day, Class Night

Commencement

April

10:00 A. M.,

25
26
27

28

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!

65

THE ALUMNI

Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins
changes of address. Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly
have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at
the address on our files.
All

of

all

Officers of the

— Bruce
—
— Edward
Treasurer—
President

R.

Vice-President

Secretary

Alumni Association

Albert,

06, Bloomsburg.

Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., ’67, Bloomsburg.
F. Schuyler, ’24, Bloomsburg.

Harriet Carpenter, ’96, Bloomsburg.

—

Fred W. Diehl, ’09, Danville; Mrs.
Bloomsburg; Maurice F. Houck, 10; Berwick; Daniel J. Mahoney, ’09, Wilkes-Barre; Dennis D. Wright,
’ll, Bloomsburg; E. H. Nelson, ’11, Bloomsburg; H. Mont
Smith, ’93, Bloomsburg.
Executive Committee

C.

W. Funston,

’85,

1879
The Class of 1879 was the honor class on Alumni Day, as
this was the class of Prof. 0. H. Bakeless, in whose memory the
Alumni Room was dedicated. Members present were Mrs. A.
L. Bond, Anna E. Roxby, Miss Louise Robbins, Miss Hannah
Breece, and Mrs. Florence Cool.
:

1879
Louise Robbins lives

teaching several years ago.

in

Bloomsburg.

She

retired

from

.

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66

1880
Celeste Kitchen

She

Pa.

ville.

who composed

Prutzman

lives at

Fernbank Farm, Trucks-

states, in a recent letter, that of the thirty-three

880, fifteen are still living. She
Maggie Cavanaugh Bigley is still teaching in
Mrs. Prutzman still keeps alive her interest in
her class of

1

states also that

Philadelphia.

teaching by assisting her grandson,

man High
Lena

who

is

a student in the Leh-

School.

Faulds lives at

E.

1

64 North Franklin

Street,

Wiikes-

Barre, Pa.

Memorandum:

We

Fifty-fifth reunion,

May

25, 1935.

1881
have received no news of any of the members of the

class of ’81

1882
Helman, one of the founders of the Catasauqua Public Library, and chief librarian since its organization
Miss Jennie

in

S.

1922, recently resigned her position.

library

grow from

Miss Helman saw the

a very small beginning to a library with

more

than five thousand volumes and over two thousand readers.
her

final

report,

Miss

Helman

states

that

when

the

In

library

opened, their workable material consisted of a revolving bookcase with seven books.

outgrown

its

Since that time, the library has twice

quarters.

1883

No news from

the class of ’83.

1884

Two members
union.

were back for their fiftieth reM. Smith, of Bound Brook, N. J.,
Sharpless, of Bloomsburg.
of the class

They were Mrs.

and Miss May

Neil

1885
Lillian

Barton

(Mrs. C.

W. Funston)

of Bloomsburg,

a

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member

67

Board of Directors of the Alumni Association,
Friday, May 4, after a long illness. Her death
followed that of her husband by only a little over two months.
Throughout her life she was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, and was active in the work of the parish. She was a
member of the Wednesday Club from the time of its organization until it disbanded several years ago, and for many years
was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution. She
of the

died at her

home

served also for

many

years as president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary

Bloomsburg Hospital and as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Bloomsburg Library.
of the

Remember

Emma

M.

May

that Fiftieth reunion,

1886
720 North

Sites lives at

25, 1935.

Sixth Street, Harrisburg,

1887

W.

E.

Wagner

Gordon, Pa., where he

lives in

the mercantile business.

trude LaShelle, of the class of

is

engaged

Wagner was formerly

Mrs.
1

882, and

is

a former

F.

in

Ger-

member

of the Bloomsburg faculty.

1888
Dr.

Edward

J.

Dougher,

of

Midland,

Michigan,

sends

greetings to his classmates.

Adah M.

Yetter (Mrs. John H. Clapham) lives at 61

Cam-

bridge Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

1889

889 were back for their
They were: Mrs. E. A. Adams, of Berwick; Mrs. Fannie E. Tressler, of Hazleton; and Gertrude E.
Morris, of New York City.
Three members of the

class of

1

forty-fifth reunion.

Margaret Stephens (Mrs. J. C. Taylor)
Her address is 59 State Street.

don, Conn.

1

lives in

New

Lon-

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68

Cummings

Clara E.

Richmond

Hill,

Irvin

lives

10458 90th Avenue,.

at

N. Y.

1890

No news

Now

received from the class of ’90.

to begin preparations for the forty-fifth reunion.

is

May

the time

25, 1935.

1891
Frona
dress

is

J.

Schrader Bennett

lives in

Johnstown, Pa.

Her ad-

Box 706, Johnstown.

1892
aged 62, superintendent of the WilkesBarre City schools and a brother of Adlow Zeiser, of Nescopeck,
died Wednesday, May 9.
Prof. Zeiser, a native of Wapwallopen, was at one time principal of the Nescopeck borough
Prof. Harry Zeiser,

schools.

Prof. Zeiser
to his

had been in ill health since April
He went
at Lake Carey to recuperate but a short
1

.

summer home

time later suffered a stroke.

He returned

to his

home

in

Wilkes-

Barre a few weeks before his death.
After attending Wapwallopen schools. Prof. Carey went

Bloomsburg State Teachers College, later graduating from
At the latter place he played on the famous football team of
896. After serving as principal of the Nescopeck
schools, he went to Wilkes-Barre in 897 where he took a posito

Lafayette.

1

1

tion

as

teacher.

Coughlin

in

He became

1916 and

tion of Prof. Couglin.

the assistant

1918 took

in

to Superintendent

that position on the resigna-

Since that time he had been in charge of

the Wilkes-Barre schools.

1893

No news

received from the class of ’93.

1894
The

class of

fine time, with fourteen members
They were Willets K. Beagle, of
Espy, Towanda; Teresa Carr Costello,

1894 had a

enjoying the day on the
Williamsport; Bertha B.

hill.

:

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Hazleton; William Buckwalter, Scranton;

69

S. Curtis

Yocum, Sha-

mokin; Euphemia Monroe, Bertha; Johnson Kelley, and Jessie
Ent Phillips, of Bloomsburg; Mary Frymire Kirk, Watsontown;
Edith M. Nesbitt, Kingston; H. C. Hubler, Scranton; Anna Gaffikin, Nanticoke; Mrs. Genevieve Corgan Sheridan, Nanticoke.
William W. Evans was elected superintendent of Columbia
County schools for his ninth consecutive term. The election of
the superintendent

was without a dissenting

Superintendent Evans was

term of service

is

now

first

vote.

1902 and

elected in

his

the second longest in the state, being ex-

ceeded only by the tenure of John Sweeny, of Elk county.
A native of Frosty Valley, he graduated from Wooster College in Ohio, and the State Normal School here and taught in a

number

of districts in this part of the state before being elected

to the superintendency.

Ed:th M. Nesbit

may be reached

at R. D.

1

,

Milton, Pa.

1895

No news received from

’95.

Fortieth reunion.

May

25,

1935.

1896
Elizabeth V. Miller (Mrs. Frank P. Eyer)

lives in

Millers-

burg, Pa.

1897

No news from

’97.

1898
Florence E.

Bachman

is

teaching

in

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

1899

Among

those present at the reunion of the class of

1

899

were: Mr. and Mrs. John C. Redline, Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel B. Slusser, Nescopeck; B. F. Burns, Northumberland;

Margaret
P.

F.

Eves, Millville;

Emma

Gregory, West Pittston; Mrs.

lay Scott,

A. R. Severance, Elizabeth

Brandon, Mrs. Lillian HidBloomsburg; Mrs. John A. McGuffle, West Pittston;
J. J.

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70

L.

W.

Hart, Berwick; Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Jones, Scranton;

Gertrude Hopkins, Charles
Creveling, Irvington, N.
F.

Herman

Fritz,

Hopkins, Somerville, N.

F.

J.

;

Bessie

J.

who

has for several years been Superin-

tendent of the Pottstown schools, has been elected Superintendent of the schools at Chester, Pa.

Warren W. Preston

is

Gertrude E. Morris

lives at

She

City.

is

practicing medicine at Montrose, Pa.

45 Prospect Place, New York
one of the public schools, and
the Junior H gh School.

teacher of music

director of the orchestra in

in

1900
Thirty-fifth year reunion.

his

May

25, 1935.

Word has reached Bloomsburg of the death on June
home in Scranton of Walter H. Jones.

1st at

It was upon the occasion of the alumni reunion at Bloomsburg State Teachers College the last of May, that he was last
He acin Bloomsburg, and a wonderful day he had there.
cepted the chairmanship of the Lackawanna County Alumni Association from president Bruce Albert and promised to do a real

job

in

reviving their county association.

News

of his death

of the nineties for

came

shock to the school graduates

as a

‘Snooze” Jones was a familiar figure around

the campus for several years.
Everybody in town knew him
and liked him. He came here without a cent to finance his way
and he worked as few boys ever worked around the school to
win his diploma. “Snooze,” during those years, was a general
factotum around the school, and one of the most popular boys
there.
He knew what B. S. N. S. had meant to him, and his
love for the institution was enduring and genuine.
He was one
of the really staunch supporters of the school, and later the

college alumni association.

The Scranton Times carried

the following on h:s death:

“Walter H. Jones, prominent

real estate operator

and

in-

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surance agent, died suddenly at his home,

avenue, at 1:15 o’clock
ill

morning.

this

I

71

20 North Sumner

Mr. Jones had been in

health for the past four months, but his death

came suddenly.

“Mr. Jones was pronounced dead by Dr. Francis Boland
of the West Side hospital staff.
Dr. J. Harold O’Dean, chief
deputy coroner, gave a verdict of death from a heart attack.

“Mr. Jones was a native of this city, the son of the la!e
Henry D. and Mary E. Lewis Jones. He was born on December

He received his early education in the public schools
Scranton and in 900 was graduated from Bloomsburg State

27, 1873.
of

1

Normal school.
“At an early age Mr. Jones entered banking circles and
He
until 1904 served as bookkeeper in the West Side bank.
then became connected with the Keystone bank as teller and in
August, 909, resigned this position in order to accept one with
the Dime bank.
After seven months with this institution, Mr.
Jones organized the Electric City bank, which opened for busi1

ness on July

bank

until

devoted

1910.

January

his

business.

1,

1,

Mr. Jones served as the cashier of

when he

1927,

res gned.

since

time to his real estate investments and insurance

member

Mr. Jones was a

of the Simpson M.

church, the Masonic order, Scranton Canoe club.

Commerce,

He had

this

Jr.

E.

Chamber o

0. U. A. M., and Washington camp, No.

1

78, P.

0. S. of A.

“On August 12, 1907, Mr. Jones was united in marriage
Rachel A. Jones, who died five years ago. In 1930 he was
married to Ermel Saville, who, together with a brother, Lewis
to

Jones, Dalton, survives.”

1901

No news from

the class of ’01

1902

No news from

02.

1903
Calvin
Pa.

J.

Adams

lives at

1641 Quincy Avenue, Scranton,

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72

Edith Pattison

Orange, N.

lives

at

1

Miss Pattison

J.

48 South Munn Avenue, East
teacher of English

is

in the schools

of Newark.

1904

Among

those present at the reunion of the class of

1

904

Emma

were the following: Maude Davis Pentecost, Scranton;

Kelminsgi, Mt. Carmel; Sara E. Buddinger, Mt. Carmel; Dr. and
Mrs. G. L. Howell, Trucksville; John B. Boyer, Herndon; Judge

and Mrs. Curtis Lesher, Lewisburg;

I.

Ray Hawk, Plymouth;

Elizabeth Specht Martin, Hazleton; Mabel

dore

C.

Dixon, Belle Meade, N.

Bower, Berwick;
Stead,

J.

;

Mertz, Mrs. Theo-

I.

Mary A. Robbins, Mrs.

Bethlehem;

Trathen, Ashland; Leona Kester Lawton, Millville;
Seely, Brooklyn, N. Y.

;

J.

at

Canfield)

Indian School at Albuquerque,

inability to attend her

wishes to

all

S.

Margaret

New

reunion,

thirtieth

who

is

a teacher

Mexico, regrets her

and sends her best

of her classmates.

Alvirda Davenport
Plymouth, Pa.

Emma

R.

Blanche Morris Mast, Bethlehem.

Anna Goyituey (Mrs. Fred W.
in the

J.

Buckalew, Bloomsburg; Robert R.
Alvirda Davenport, Plymouth; Harry G.

Lillian B.

S.

is

a teacher in the Junior High School

Hinkley (Mrs.

J.

P. Saylor)

lives at

Tamaqua,

Pa.
Elizabeth Specht (Mrs. William H. Martin)
North Vine Street, Hazleton, Pa.

lives

Nellie Fetherolf (Mrs. Curtis C. Lesher) lives at

at

541

638 Mar-

ket Street, Lewisburg, Pa.

1905

No news
25, 1935.

received from

05.

Thirty-year reunion.

May

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1906
Jose Osuna
Rio Piedras.

is

Porto Rico,

located at the University of

Lu Buddinger Mershon

lives at

at

16863 92nd Road, Jamai-

ca, N. Y.

1907
Helen Wardell (Mrs. A.

Reba Quick (Mrs.

F.

Convoy, Ohio.

B. Eister) lives in

H. Lerch, Jr.) lives at

3405 80th

Jackson Heights, N. Y.

Street,

1908
Mrs.

Anna

Shiffer Peters

is

Secretary to the Vice-President

of the Miners’ National Bank, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Among those present at the reunion of the class of 1909
were the following: Mrs. J. H. Rockefleer, West Pittston; Mar
tha H. Black, Waukegan, 111.
Mrs. M. W. Cook, Cortez, Pa.
Mrs. J. R. Burnett, Basking Ridge, N. J.; Miss Gertrude M.
Meneeley, Peckville; Mrs. H. A. Brown, Lehman; Mrs. Ralph
;

Hazletine, Trucksville; Stewart E. Acor, York;
en, Montclair, N. J.

Lloyd

F.

Mrs. Harold Lake, Carbondale;

;

Mrs. C. F. Abbott, Espy; Mr. and Mrs. D.

J.

Clem-

Mr. and

Mahoney, Wilkes-

Barre; C. F. Burlingame, Coral K. Morris, Helen Seasholtz, Joseph E. Pooley, Mrs. Gertrude Pooley, Madison, N. J.; Mrs.

Nora Woodring Kenney, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Clayberger, Bessie Crevehng, Kate Seasholtz Morris, Philadelphia;

J.

E.

Klingerman,

Millville;

E. G.

Woodrmg,

St.

Johns;

Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Diehl, Danvil’e; Mrs. Luella Burdick Sin
quett, Westville, N. J.

W.

Prof. Fred
fifth

Diehl, of Danville,

was

re-elected for the

consecutive term superintendent of the schools of Montour

County

at the election held April

Mr. Diehl

is

1

0.

The term

is

for four years.

a recognized leader in the field of education

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all efforts that go to promote the good of Danville
and Montour County. He is a member of the board of trustees
of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, president of the
and Montour County. He is a member of the Board of Trustees
of the Shiloh Reformed church, and the Danville Rotary Club.
Prof. Diehl has been a staunch advocate of the consolidation of
the rural schools and under his leadership, the schools of Montour County have progressed rapidly.

as we'l as in

Bertha Welsh (Mrs. Clair Conner)

lives in Orangeville, Pa.

Eme’ine Schooley (Mrs. Ralph Hazeltine)
ville,

lives in

Trucks-

Pa.

Miss Gertrude Meneeley, principal of No.
ville, Pa.,

1

School at Peck-

was among those who received the degree

elor of Arts at the

commencement

lege, Scranton, he’d

exercises at

Sunday evening, June

of Bach-

Marywood

Col-

3.

1910

No news from
ion,

May

the class of 1910.

Make

23, 1935.

it

Twenty-five year reun-

a big one.

1911

No news from

the class of 1911.

1912

No news

received from ’12.

1913
Francis Eveland
His address

Alma

is

is

practic.ng

medicine

in

Wilkes-Barre.

478 Carey Avenue.

Fertig (Mrs.

John Bergstresser) lives at 208 West
She has one daughter, ten years

Third Street, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
old.

Pa.

Homer Fetterolf is in the milling business at Spring Mills,
He has twin daughters. Mrs. Fetterolf was Miss Leclaire

Schooley, of the class of 1912.

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Lillian

Fischer

(Mrs. C. K. Moore)

s

156 Welles
Mrs.

Moore

x years after her graduation.

Martha Freas is a teacher of piano,
Fourth Street, Berwick, Pa.
George
ville,

at

She has three children.

Street, Forty Fort, Pa.

taught

lives

75

Pa.

Annette

Frey

F.

He

is

is

is

Her address

is

Wayne

She has been teaching

at

County, Pa.

in the

Hoyt

420 Carey Avenue.

Merle Goodenough (Mrs. Elmer Stookey)
1,

on East

child.

a teacher of Physical Training

School, Wilkes-Barre.

ant Mt., R. D.

lives

a teacher in the high school at Mifflin-

married and has one

Friel

and

lives at Pleas-

She has two daughters.

Lake Coma.

Miss Helen Bradbury, of Stroudsburg, and Frank Mitchell,
of Skytop,

were married Monday, April 23,

at Stroudsburg.

1914

Among those present at the reunion of the class of 1914
were the following: Robert E. Seltzer, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Lois
N. Curtis, Waymart, R. D.
E. Fern Pritchard, Jermyn; Ruth
Hidlay, Martha F. Rosenstock, Bloomsburg; Pauline Lloyd,
Genevieve Bubb, Williamsport; Salome Hill Long, A. F. Long,
Emily Clara Long, Wortendyke, N. J.; Dr. W. P. Long, Weatherly; Helen Kehren Maxey, Scranton;
Kathryn M. Spencer,
Mahanoy City; Margaret and Sara Smith, Bound Brook, N. J.;
Susan Jennings Turman, Alfred W. Sturman, Tunkhannock; H.
V. Hartley, Lenoxville; Mrs. Oliver August Hartley, Robert L.
Beveridge, Mrs. Frances Beatty Beveridge, Minersville; Leah
Bogart Lawton, Jean E. Lawton, Millville; Mrs. Mary Emanuel
Browne, Wilkes-Barre; Mary Aston, Adah Weyhenmeyer, Katherine Bone Edith Jamison Zarr, Pearl Hughes Gunther, Pauline
;

Fennelly, Irene Fulmer.

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Kathryn Merle Erdman

1437 Rhode Island Ave-

lives at

nue, N. W., Washington, D. C.

Hester Eisenhauer (Mrs. Alfred H. Kerst)
North Mulberry Street, Lancaster, Pa.
Irene Fulmer

is

teaching

in

lives

at

126

Tamaqua, Pa.

1915

No news from

Who

next year.

13.

Don’t forget your twentieth reunion

will start the ball rolling?

1916
Genevieve G. Hammond (Mrs.
1542 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

J.

B. Craven, Jr.)

lives at

1917

Ted

P. Smith, formerly principal of the

Bloomsburg High

School, has been elected principal of the Scott Township High

School at Espy, Pa.

1918
Margaret

L.

Brown

lives at

1

730

P. Street, N.

W., Wash-

ington, D. C.
C.

Courson

Zeliff lives in

Washingtonville, Pa.

1919

Among

1919

those present at the reunion of the class of

were the following: Mrs. Mildred
C. Fisher, Mt.

B.

Wood, Waymart;

Lillian

Carmel; Catherine Fagley Wilkinson, Mt.

Car-

Hoffman, Sheatown; Gertrude Gordon Davies,
Nescopeck; Edna F. Maurer, Wilkes-Barre; Helen C. Hill, Hazmel; Arthur

E.

leton; Clara Santee,

Hazleton;

Falla

Conyngham; Esther Reichard Schaffer,
Shuman, Catawissa; Beatrice Evans

Linville

Shamokin; Martha Knorr Niesley, town; Helen
Egge Kunkel, Lewisburg; Mary E. McDonnell, West Collingswood, N. J.; Marie Colt Reece, Millville; Elizabeth Steele Aurand, Washington, D. C. Grace Kishbaugh Miller, Lmfield; Dari
Woolcock,

;

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Hartman, Elysburg; Mildred E. Stover, Scranton; Catherine S. Hershberger, Berwick;
Helen Meixell Bower, Berwick; Mary Harrington McHenry,
Stillwater; Claire Hedden, Ardmore; Rhoda Crouse, Berwick;
Ikeler Mather, Benton; Grace Clever

Mattie

L.

Luxton, Minersville;

Marjorie

Mary Hancock Gainsway, Remsen,

N. Y.

;

Crook, Minersville;

Munro Eves,

Mrs.

of

town; Mabel G. Decker, Factoryville Rowena Patterson Shuman, town; Eleanor Griffith, Shamokin; W. E. Davis, Nescopeck; Edwina Evans, Scranton; Meta Warner Kitsler, Hazleton; Marguerite Zierdt Itter, Easton; Ruth Kahler Purnell, Wil;

liamsport.

Arthur Eugene Steward, R.

employed

F. D.

as Billing Clerk at the

5,

Bloomsburg, Pa.,

Magee Carpet Company,

is

at

B’oomsburg.
Mrs. Mildred B.
in

Wood, formerly Mildred H. Burdick,

lives

Waymart, Pa.

Ruth Fletcher Doyle (Mrs. John W. Moore) lives
West 44th Street, Bayonne, N. J. Mrs. Moore has three

at 31

child-

ren.

Olive

0.

Robinson

is

teaching

schools of Schenectady, N. Y.

Hawk

General Science

Her address

in

in

that city

the
is

7

Street.

Helen Marie Egg (Mrs. George M. Kunkel)
Brown Street, Lewisburg, Pa.

lives at

118

1919
Miss Marion Troutman, of Shamokin, and Herbert

S.

Kel-

were married Wednesday, June 6, in the Reformed Church at Shamokin. The bride has been teaching in
Mr. Keller is emthe Shamokin schools since her graduation.
ler,

of Danville,

ployed as a salesman

in Danville.

1920
Next reunion.

May

25, 1935.

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W.
music

Hower, for the past eleven years supervisor of
Bloomsburg schools, has been elected to a similar

Clair

in the

position in the schools of Elkins Park, Pa.

1921

Emma
Fowler

V. Cleaver (Mrs.

W. Allen Caldwell)

lives at

19

New

Hampshire. Her husband is Director
of Health and Physical Education at the Keene State Normal
Street,

Keene,

School.

1922

No news

received from ’22.

1923

No news from

’23.

1924
Cne of the largest classes in reunion and one which
brought two innovations to the Alumni Day program
a class

—

dinner

in the

evening

—

College dining hall and a dance in

gymnasium was the class of 1924 which had more than
00 members back, coming from three states and the District

the
1

in the

of Columbia to attend the affair.

The

class

program opened with the reunion

at nine o’clock,

the class then joining the general alumni group for the meeting

and noon luncheon, the High School German Band leading the
room as well as providing a program of
music in the aud torium and making a hit with the crowd.
In the evening in the College dining room, more than 80
of the class and guests, the latter including Prof, and Mrs. D.
S. Hartline, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Miss Jessie Patterson
and Miss Pearl Mason, enjoyed a delicious roast beef dinner.
F. H. Shaughnessy, of Tunkhannock, most capably presided as toastmaster, and Miss Patterson led in group singing with
Robert Jacks, of Hummelstown, a guest, at the piano.
class into the dining
;

Prof. Hartline, in speaking to the class, referred to the ac-

decade since the class graduated and he
urged the necessity of keeping in step with the times. He spoke
complishments

in the

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which occurred and left the citizens aghast because of
which those making the decisions were not in
keeping with the pace of the time but almost back in the period
of Jackson and “to the victor belongs the spoils” manner of doof things

political events in

ing things.

Mr. Harthne spoke on the importance of experience

in the

teaching profession and said that as one devotes h:s time to

some other profession he

and contact with
as one in which
the great mass moves together on common impulse toward a
goal for the good of all and not the building up of tin gods by
the masses who rise and fall with it.
Dean Sucliff expressed his delight at the class confining all
of its activities to the campus of the Alma Mater and spoke of
that or

other things.

He spoke

loses skill

of a real

democracy

the joy of those in the institution having graduates return.

Miss

Patterson and Miss Mason each spoke briefly.

The College and the class together sponsored a very fine
dance which fo.lowed in the gymnasium, the strik ng decorations used the previous night for the Senior Ball having been
left in place for the affair to which all Alumni and guests were
invited.

Harter’s orchestra furnished a fine

Elias P.

Morgan, of Hazleton,

program

of music.

pres. dent of the class, pre-

sided at the meeting of the class in the morning in which college

day friendships were renewed and those in attendance told of
other members of the class unable to be present. All of those
at the reunion sent greeting cards to Mrs.

of Nanticoke, a

Sanitarium
taken to

member

recovering

of the class,

from an

Hamburg by members

Mary

who

illness.

is

Curtis Simonds,

now

at

Hamburg

The messages were

of the class during the after-

noon.

Those in attendance at the dinner were: Dean and Mrs.
Bloomsburg; Mary E. Collins, Mildred I. Zerbe, Aletha Burdock Allan, Russell C. Allan, Shamokin; Dorothy John
Dillon, Harold P. Dillon, Editha West Ent, Marion T. Adams, of
town; Christine Gable, Tower City; Robert Jacks, Hummels-

W.

Sutliff,

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08

town; Miss Jessie A. Patterson, town; F. H. Shaughnessy, of
Tunkhannock; Prof. D. S. Hartline, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Schuyler, Stanley Livsey, town; Grace Baylor, Montandon; Annabel H. West, West Pittston; Frances M. Hahn, West Pittston;
Alice Mulhern Davies, Conshohocken Anne Nordstrom, WilkesBarre; Clara D. Abbett, Rupert; Mariam R. Lawson, Lois Remley Hartranft, town; Viola M. Kline, Catawissa, R. D.
Mr. and
;

;

Mrs. Wiliiam M. Hess, Winfield; Harold R. Miller, Bloomsburg.
Elizabeth

Millheim;

Drumm

Emmitt, Danville; Margaret B. Menscn,

Alice Williams Keller, town;

Maude Stover Meyer,

Rebersburg; Kathryn C. Schuyler, Russell Gaston, Turbotville;
Lena Ename Baum, Nuremburg; Alice Singley Logar, Weston;

W.

H. Partridge, Shamokin; Dorothy Peterson Marsch, Taylor;
Rose M. Connor, Wilkes-Barre; Mary Riley, Wilkes-Barre; Kay
Yoder, Anstes; Eva Thomas McGuire, Plymouth; Ruth Jenkins,
Scranton; Helen Gribben, Dunmore; Helen Jones G lbert, Lake
Ariel; Ruth Schelbert Osborn, Rose E. Osborn, Springfield;
Helen Barrow, Sunbury; Miss Pearl I. Mason, town; Mrs. Marion

Andrews

Laise, Herbert F. Laise, Bayside, N. Y.

Frances M. Williams, Kingston; Margaret Devers, Avoca;

Mary Joseph, Shavertown;
Grosvenor, Peckville;

Charlotte Parsons, Hazleton;

Isabell S.

Ferguson, Jenkintown;

Velma
Char-

Ferguson Ford, Hatboro; Hetty E. Smoczynski, Catawissa; Arlene Johnston, Hallstead; Beulah Deming Gibson, of
lotte

Umondale; Lena Oman Buckman, Philadelphia; Lydia A. Pollock, Wyoming; Margaret Berlew, Noxen; Cathran J. Fear,
West Pittston; Mary Eisenhauer Brown, Kingston; Clara Singleman, Anna Singleman Barnes, West Pittston; Aldona Baldauski,
Edith Brace, Wyoming.
Others of the class

in

attendance for most of the day’s

program were:
Jeanne Fox Daveler, Catawissa; Ruth Morris, Luzerne; Annabel H. West, Pittston; Aldona Baldauski, Edith Brace, WyomFaye Kline Sommer, Bound
ing; Mathilda Mensch, town;
Ruth Reynolds Stevenson, Factoryville Agnes
Brook, N. Y.
features but unable to remain for the evening

;

;

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M. Fahey, Inkerman; Mary I. Dunn, Washington, D. C. Anna
E. Hoffman, Exeter; Ruth H. Dunlap, Peckville; Arhne R. Heeler, Berwick; Edith M. Behr, Lopez; Elias P. Morgan, Hazleton; Margaret Berlew, Noxen; Elizabeth Werkheiser Levan,
town; Mildred Fornwald Amey, Sunbury; Eva Watters, Miffhn;

ville;

Ann

Wright, Berwick; Catherine Creasy Huttenstine, Mif-

Edna

Gertrude M. Roberts, Nanticoke;

flinville;

Irvington, N.

J.

;

Lucille Groff, Wilkes-Barre;

Wilkes-Barre; Claire Lowenberg,
Doris Morse lives at

Lydia A. Pollock

oming, Pa.

New York

D. Williams,

Theresa Lyons,

City.

23 Mitchell Place, White

333

lives at

Miss Pollock

is

N.

Plains, N. Y.

Shoemaker Avenue, WyWest Wyoming

a teacher in the

schools.
Isabelle

Ferguson

lives at

417 Maple

Street,

Jenkintown,

Pa.
Charlotte C. Ferguson Ford lives at 79 Williams Lane, Hat-

boro, Pa.
Ella J.

For the past

Aurand (Mrs. Guy J. Moyer) lives in Halifax, Pa.
five years Mrs. Moyer has been performing the im-

portant functions of a minister’s wife.

Anna

E.

124 Linden

Ruth

Singleman (Mrs.

Street,

E.

West

Willis

Barnes)

is

now

living at

Pittston, Pa.

Reynolds (Mrs.

Wm.

M. Stevenson)

lives in Fac-

toryville, Pa.

Kathryn C. Schuyler lives in Turbotville, Pa. She has been
teaching in Lewis Township, Northumberland County.
Miss Getha Waples, of Espy, and Walter Shaffer, of Wil-

were married Saturday, March 7, by the Rev.
former pastor of the Espy Evangelical Church.

liamsport,
Blair, a

1

I.

N.

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1925

No news from ’25. Now is the time to start getting ready
your tenth reunion next year. The class of ’24 had a wonderful reunion.
Don’t let them get ahead of you.
for

1926
Margaret Emmitt (Mrs. Allen Rarig) died of blood poisoning at the Bloomsburg Hospital,

taught for several years

in

Monday, June

Mrs.

4.

Rang

the high school at Catawissa, and for

several years prior to her death she had been a leader in Sunday School and young people’s work throughout Columbia

County.

Hazel M. Zacher lives at 5 East Green Street, West Hazleton, Pa.

Miss Zacher

the schools of

is

teaching

in the

elementary grades

in

West Hazleton.

Marjorie Davey lives

in

Honesdale, Pa.

She

is

teaching

in

the primary grades in the Calkins Consolidated School.

1927

Emma

J. Jermyn and Vivian M. Jermyn, teachers
Banks Township schools, live at Junedale, Pa.

in

the

Miss Elizabeth Laubach, of Berwick, and Allan Schechter-

were married at the Methodist Church at Mt.
Pocono, on Sunday, April. 2, by the Rev. Ralph Rea Hunt. Mrs.
Schechterly has been a successful teacher in the Berwick
ly.

of Nescopeck,

schools for the past three years, prior to which she taught two

years at Tomhicken.
College and

is

A. C. and F.

Mr. Schechterly attended Muhlenberg

now employed
Company.

in

the auditing department of the

They are now

living

on East Second

Street, Berwick.

A

George Wendel Leighow, was born Monday, April
30, to Dr. and Mrs. George Leighow, of Danville. Mrs. Leighov*
was formerly Miss Ann Wendel, of Bloomsburg, and taught for
several years :n the Bloomsburg schools.
son,

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1928
Miss

Alma

were united

in

L.

Pullen and Harold L. Barnum, of Berwick,

marriage Saturday, June 2, in St. Paul’s EvangelI. W. Moyer, pastor of the church.
The

Church, by Rev.

ical

bride has taught in the schools of Columbia and Luzerne coun-

and has also been a substitute teacher in the Berwick
schools. The groom is a partner with his father in the gladiolus
ties,

business.

Miss Vera Haas, of West Nanticoke, and Lloyd Readier, of
Wapwallopen, were married Wednesday evening, April 25, by
the Rev. C. L. Hahn, of Wapwallopen.
Mr. Readier is at present assisting in the

management

of his father’s farm.

1929

Among those present at the reunion of the class of 1929
were the following:
Sarah Harlem, Columbia; Sarah Ermish,
Berwick; Ruth Titman Deitrick, town; Helen Seeley, White
Plains, N. Y.
Julia Kelechan, Peckville; Virginia Dawe, town;
;

Ida Hensley,

Wilkes-Barre;

Hewitt, Luzerne;

Alice James,

Wanamie;

Esther Wruble, Swoyersville

;

Louise

Evelyn Avery,

Sunbury; Kathryn Hagenbuch, town; Eleanor Lapinski, Hazleton; Doris Johnson, Berwick; Pearl Schell, Nuremburg; Ethel
Moore, Nescopeck; Esther Dalachiesa, West Hazleton; William
D.

Jones, Scranton;

Louise

Howeth, Baltimore, Md.

Becker, Marjorie Eley, Scranton;
garet

J.

Mary

;

Carr, Peckville;

Thomas Beidleman, Port Carbon;

Mary
Mar-

Elizabeth Archibald,

Jane Evans, West Pittston; Caroline Petrulla, Northumberland; Margaret Klelack, Taylor; Esther Wright, Mary
Frances Morton, Catherine Jackson Ludwig, Berwick; Adeline

Scranton;

Frantz, Trucksvil’e;

Elsie

Anne

Lebo, Shaft;

Jones, Ply-

E.

mouth; Lillian Hooper, Plymouth; Louise Roushey, Shavertown; Marian E. Young, Wyoming, R. D.
Kathryn Bingaman,
;

Tamaqua; Rachel Gething, Nanticoke; Rae W. Pratt, Nanticoke; Kay Ingram, Nanticoke; Julia Kelechaw, Peckville; Dorothy Schmidt, Scranton; Erma Gold, McEwensville Lottie Mil;

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ler,

Weatherly; Mary A. Hays, Nescopeck; Harriet Levan, CatFannie I. Hill, Milnesville; Ruth Eadie, Weather-

awissa, R. D.

;

ly.

Sara

J.

Harlem

a teacher in the public schools of

is

Colum-

bia, Pa.

William B. Jones

Scranton

Van Buren School
822 Archbald Street.

principal of the

is

His address

Pa.

is

Lenore W. Kocher (Mrs. John E. Williams)
Willow Street, Plymouth, Pa.
Caroline E. Petrullo
ing,

and reading

teacher of

fifth

grade English,

at

28

spell-

the schools of Northumberland.

in

Louise Hewitt

257 Bennett

is

lives

in

is

teaching in Luzerne, Pa.

Her address

is

Street.

1930
Marion Thomas,
60 Preston Street, Scranton, is gradually recovering from injuries received in an automobile accident*
which occurred at Espy, Pa., on March 24, 1934.
1

Mary

Mrs.
burg, N.

J.,

F.

1

A. Yetter, of 120 South Main Street, Phillips-

has announced the engagement of her daughter,

Mary, to Joseph E. Jennings, of Lansdale, Pa. Mr. Jennings is
a graduate of Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, and is continuing
He is an electrical
his work at the University of Pennsylvania.
engineer in the employ of Leeds and Northrup Co., manufactures of scientific electric measuring instruments. Miss Yetter has

been teaching

How

in the

schools of Yardley, Pa.

about that five-year reunion.

May

25, 1935?

1931
Miss Doris Sechrist, of Bloomsburg, and Lee Paulson, ’30,
of Newport,

were married

at

Allentown, August 18, 1933.

An-

nouncement of the marriage was made at a party given in honor
of some of the teachers of the Bloomsburg High School by Miss

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and Mrs. Donald Faust, at the home of the latter Saturday evening. May 12. Mrs. Paulson has been teaching for the
past two years in the Bloomsburg High School, and Mr. Paulson
has been teaching in the schools of Newport.
Sechrist

Amy

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss
Bittner and Raymond Rang, both of Numidia.
The bride

has been teaching

in the

schools of Locust Township.

Doris E. Empett (Mrs. Tracy

Van Buskirk)

fourth grade in the consolidated school at

New

is

teacher of

Milford, Pa.

Helen M. Walborn, of Selinsgrove, has been re-elected
her position as teacher of a rural school

Walborn has taught
from Bloomsburg.

in

the

same school

Esther R. Yeager lives at

8058

to

Snyder County. Miss
since her graduation

Crispin Street, Philadel-

Miss Yeager has been serving as substitute teacher

phia, Pa.
in the

in

Philadelphia junior and senior high schools.

been teaching fourth grade in the
Her address is R. D. 5, Bloomsburg.

Lois Hirleman has

schools at Espy, Pa.

Miss Luella F. Krug, and Albert

were united

W.

in

W.

Sholl, pastor of the First

Hess, both of Berwick,

May

4,

by the Rev. W.

Methodist Church.

Mrs. Hess has

marriage Friday evening,

been serving as a substitute teacher in the Berwick schools, and
Mr. Hess is employed by the A. C. & F. Company.

The engagement of Miss Miriam Hartt, of Bloomsburg, and
Edward T. Kitchen, of Harrisburg, was announced Saturday,
March 3
Miss Hartt has taught for the past three years in
1

.

the schools of

Lime Ridge, Pa.

Pennsylvania State College
ber of Kappa Delta
fraternity.

He

is

Rho

fraternity

employed

Mr. Kitchen

in the class of

in

is

1933.

a graduate of

He

and Delta Sigma

Pi,

is

a

mem-

honorary

Harrisburg as an accountant.

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1932
There were twenty-one present at the reunion of the class
Among those present were the following: Roy Evans,
Frank Perch, Edmond Smith, George Rinker, Joseph McFadden,
Robert Brown, Mae Berger, Miss Zimmerman, Mabel Baer, Miss
M. Rinard, Miss G. Lewis, Miss D. Price and Phyllis Fowler. The
of 1932.

Editor regrets that he

unable to give the complete

is

list.

Rev. Oliver H. Krapf was ordained as deacon at the recent sessions of the

Pennsy.vama Conference of the
Rev. Krapf is now preachcontinu ng his studies at Drew Univer-

Central

Methodist Church at Williamsport.
ing in

New

Jersey,

and

is

sity.

Mildred Dimmick
schools.

Her address

a substitute teacher in the

is
is

1

Shamokm

South Shamokin Street.

1933
Charles Cox, of Bloomsburg, has been elected to a position

on the faculty of the Nescopeck High School for the coming
year.

June Mensch has been elected teacher

at

Grovania, Mon-

tour Township.

Evelyn M. Heiser taught
Harold M. Danowsky

last

year at Mt. Peasant

lives at R. D. 2,

Remember your two-year

Mills, Pa.

Lewisburg, Pa.

reunion next year.

1934
Miss Eleanor Klingerman, of

Main Township,

Johnson, of Light Street, were married Sunday,
Mainvi'le Lutheran Church, by the Rev.

peck, pastor of the church.

J.

Mr. Johnson

May

and Mac
27,

in the

H. Young, of Nescois

a graduate of the

Bloomsburg High School, and attended the State Teachers College at Mansfield.

He

is

proprietor of a mill

in

Light Street.

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in

37

James Gennaria, of Bloomsburg, has been elected teacher
the Lime Ridge school.

Marian Hinkle has been elected
Lemoyne, Pa.

John

P. Shellenberger, of

elected teacher of English and

Memorial School

to a teaching position at

Strawberry

Ridge,

has

been

General Science at the DeLong

at Washingtonville.

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Reunion Classes, 1935
In this

and the coming

issues of the

of the classes that will meet

in

QUARTERLY, the
May

reunion Alumni Day,

lists

25,

Alumni file in
the Business Office of the College.
There will undoubtedly be
many errors, because of the fact that college authorities have
not been kept informed as to deaths and changes of address.
This file constitutes the mailing list when any official announcements are sent from the College to the Almum. Members of the
Alumni Association will render great assistance in keeping this
file up to date by informing the Editor of the Quarterly as to
any errors in the lists published.
1935,

will

be printed

as they are recorded in the

1870

C.

Deceased Members of the Class of 1870
Amelia Armstrong, Alvin S. Burrows, W. F. Ehrhart, Henry
Magee, Martin Nuss, Eva Rupert, Lizzie Schuyler.
No Address
Elsie Woolsey (Mrs. R. M. Chambers).

1875

Anna M. Bittenbender (Mrs.

F. H.

Jenkins)

216 West

Fifth St.,

Bloomsburg, Pa.
Lorena G. Evans, 3rd Ave. and 183d St., New York, N. Y.
Sue Miller (Mrs. W. H. Andy), Danville, Pa.

Annie Morris (Mrs.
Alvin

S.

Hampton, Va.

H. Sayre),

W. Moss, 526 South River

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Maty M. Thomas, 162 Hanover St., Nanticoke, Pa.
Sarah Vannatta, 258 South Iron St., Bloomsburg, Pa.
Sadie Vannatta, 258 South Iron St., Bloomsburg, Pa.
Deceased Members of the Class of 1875
Aaron W. Brungard, Wesley M. Cleaver, Ellen D. Cooley,
William T. Creasy, Martha Edgar,

Witman), Martha

Kuhn (Mrs.

J.

E. Graul

(Mrs.

Lillian

Wm.

Edgett,

(Mrs. E.

H.

Chrisman), Alvaretta

K. Bittenbender), David E. Lantz, Charles M.

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Lee, Alice B. Smith (Mrs. Charles H. Ewing), Carrie

(Lyden), Alice

Thompson

E. Wilson.

No Address

Ada M.
Sallie E.

Cole (Mrs. H. C. Bittenbender)

;

Jacob Kisner;

Raike (Jones).

1880
33 N. 63d Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Maggie Cavanaugh (Mrs. James C. Bigley) 3727 Park
Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Lena E. Faulds, 164 North Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre,
Bridget Burns,

1

Pa.

Robena

24 South Jordan

Street,

Shenandoah,

Golden (Mrs. M. Lally) 207 East Coal

Street, Shen-

F. Glover,

1

Pa.
Ella T.

andoah, Pa.

M. M. Harter, Nescopeck, Pa.
Belle F. Henderson (Mrs. J. Reed) 938 Chestnut Street,
Lebanon, Pa.
Celeste Kitchen (Mrs. W. F. Prutzman) Trucksville, Pa.
C. A. Ritter, Auburn, Pa.
Rev. N. H. Smith, 932 Park Avenue, Williamsport, Pa.
H. G. Supplee, 5926 Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, 111.

Deceased Members of the Class of 1880
M. T. Albert, Edith Barton,

Lotta

Blum,

Hattie

Callen

Anna Coogan (Mrs.
Frank Hart), Anne M.

(Mrs. R. A. Davenport), Kimber Cleaver,
Gilbert Ferugson), Ida P.

Kobb

(Mrs.

Kimmel, Grant A. Kinsel, Lulu W. Potter (Mrs. E. M. Page),
Annie Pressler (Mrs. John Creveling) Kate Scanlon, A. J. Simons, B. P. Vannatta, 0. B. Wells, John J. Wolf.

No Address
Alice Fisher, D.

W. Mears,

Tillie

M. Sterner (Mrs. Scott

Young) Laura A. Wooley (Mrs. W. Morgan).

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1885

925 Exeter Ave., Pittston, Pa.
T. Bruce Birch, 1109 N. Fountain Ave., Springfield, Ohio.
May S. Cary (Mrs. Herman Wendell) 233 Walnut Ave., PhilaLouis F. Bierly,

delphia, Pa.

M. Cockill (Mrs. H. H. Wilcox) Kyle, West Virginia.
Rosa Cohen, 76 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
William S. Conner, R. D.
Box 2, Madera, Cal.
Charles E. Dechant, 1959 East 9th St., Charlotte, N. C.
Martha K. Emsinger (Mrs. Ed. A. Baxter), Pawnee, 111.
Edith V. Ent (Mrs. Fred Holmes) Bloomsburg, Pa.
Anna M. Fox, 413 West Main Street, Millville, N. J.
Myron Geddis, 10 Manning Ave., Plainfield, N. J.
Christine C. Hess (Mrs. J. Yutzy) National Lutheran Home,
Washington, D. C.
Sallie

1

,

1

Harry 0.

H

3204 Highland

ne,

Place, Washington, D. C.

Oscar 0. Laudig, 36 Mairsdale Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mary Mickey,

12 South St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Annie Miller (Mrs. E. E. Melick) Swarthmore, Pa.
Walter A. Moore, Madera, Cal.
Sarah E. Patterson (Mrs. C. D. Harrisan) 2208 First
Washington, D. C.
1

St.,

N. W.,

Charles M. Petty, 128 Yosemite Ave., Madera, Cal.

Annie

C. Potter (Mrs.

Boyd Trescott), 230

E. Front St., Ber-

wick, Pa.

Jacob M. Rearick, Mifflintown, Pa.
Mary C. Sites (Mrs. George T. Nolan), 1428 N. 6th

St.,

Harris-

burg, Pa.

Roberta Vaughn (Mrs. George Doehne), Bellevue Park, Harrisburg, Pa.

Mary Walsh, 120 W. Laurel
Sallie

St.,

Hazleton, Pa.

Watson, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Deceased Members of the Class of 1885
Barton (Mrs. C. W. Funston) H. Howard Bidle-

Lillian J.

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man. Ellen S. Bonstein, Mary R. Curran (Mrs. James H. Morgan) M. Margaret Elliott, Agnes Glennon, Cora E. Hagenbuch
(Mrs. W. D. Holmes), Lillian N. Hicks, Hannah Kennedy, D.

Hiram Kratz, D. Ernest Lantz, E. Harry Larish, Charles F. McHugh, M. Katherine McNiff, William F. Mullaly, Frances M.
Musselman, Lizzie J. Phillips, Jennie H. Ramage, George W>1mer.

No Address
Rev. Herbert C.

Bell,

J.

Blanche Billmeyer (Mrs. H. R.

Cole (Mrs. M. H.
Keogh), Minne E. Crocker, Carrie H. Ely (Ruddiman), Elizabeth P. Eshelman (Mrs. Wm. Pursel), Susan A. Gallagher, M.
Pauline Groff (Mrs. Isaac D. West), James C. Houser, Mary
Mullen (Mrs. P. J. Ryan), Ella M. Newhouse (Langfield),
Charles B. Noetling, Ella M. Sterner (Mrs. Elwood Chrisman),

Brayton),

Florence

Katie Voigt (Mrs.

J.

Cawley, Susie E.

Howard Cougle).

Vol.

35

No. 4

THE ALUMNI
QUARTERLY
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE

1857

JUDSON PERRY WELSH

1934

The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Vol.

OCTOBER, 1934

35

Entered as Second-class Matter, July

1,

No. 4
Post Office at Bloomsburg,

1909, at the

under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year

Pa.,

H. F.

FENSTEMAKER,

MRS.

F.

’12

-

H. JENKINS, ’75

-

Dr.

J.

P.

-

-

Business

-

Editor

Manager

Welsh

Dr. Judson P. Welsh, 77, principal of the Bloomsburg Normal School, now the Teachers College, during a period of great
expansion, died suddenly Wednesday, August 29, at his home
in Pleasantville, N. Y., after an illness of only a few hours fol-

lowing a stroke.
Friday, August 31, with
Southampton, Bucks county.
Dr. Welsh, who also was a grammarian of note and the
author of Welsh’s grammar that for years was used as a textbook in local schools and enjoyed wide vogue as one of the

Funeral services were he'd on

burial at

most readily understandable grammars of

its

day, was a native

of near Orangeville.

He was born

at the

Welsh homestead, a stone house along

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY

2

Green Creek above Orangeville, on August 13, 1837, and later
returned there to construct a frame residence for himself, which
was used as a summer home during the 6 years he was principal of the Normal School.
Dr. Welsh graduated from the Bloomsburg Literary Institute as it was known before it became a Normal School, and
from Lafayette College, and was a member of the faculty at
West Chester Normal.
1

When

Jr., was named state superintendand resigned the principalship here in
1890, Dr. Welsh was chosen as his successor, coming here from
West Chester. He assumed his duties in July of that year.
During his administration, part of the main building was
constructed, as well as the gymnasium. The auditorium was
remodeled, and Science Hall was constructed, being opened in

Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

ent of public instruction

the

fall

of 1906, just after his resignation.

The new athletic field on the hill was another development
Welsh administration, it being moved there when Science
Hall was built on a part of the old athletic field.
Leaving Bloomsburg, Dr. Welsh took charge of finances at
the Pennsylvania State College, and following the death of the
president of that institution, became vice president and acting
president.
He remained there for some years and then went to
New York City. For some years he has resided at Pleasantville.
Dr. Welsh was one of the early owners of a pure bred cattle herd in the county and had many fine cattle at the homestead
farm above Orangeville.
Dr. Welsh is survived by his wife, who was Miss Alma
of the

Sager, at one time in charge of the department of elocution at
the Normal School; a son

Fred

S.,

of Rochester, N. Y., and two

daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Potts and Miss Gertrude Welsh, of

York

New

City.

The following clipping from Pleasantville Journal of
August 31, 1934, gives further details of Dr. Welsh’s life:
“Judson Perry Welsh, a retired educator, died at his home

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
on Ossining Road

at

seventy-eighth year.

3

6:30 o’clock Wednesday morning in
He had been a resident of this village

his

for

twenty years.
“For sixteen years Mr. Welsh was president of the Bloomsburg Normal School, at Bloomsburg, Pa., and for four years he

was dean of Pennsylvania State College. He left educational
work and took a position w th the Merchants Dispatch Inc., of
New York City About ten years ago he retired.
:

“When
in Christian

came to Pleasantviile, he was
Science and he was one of the founders of
Mr. Welsh

interested

the Chris-

tian Science Society of this village.

on August 13, 1857, he was the
He was graduated from
Bloomsburg Normal School and from Lafayette College with the
class of 1882.
He was married to Alma Sager on July 10,
1883. Mr. and Mrs. We sh observed their golden wedding an-

Born

in Orangeville. Pa.,

son of Abner and

niversary at their

Mary

home here last
member

“Mr. Welsh was a
Scientist, of th

:

s

Kline Welsh.

village,

year.

of the First Church of Christ,
and of the University Club of Pleasant-

ville.

“Services were held at the late residence at
last night.

at

Interment will take place today

in

8:15

o’clock

the family plot

Southampton, Pa.”

o-

If

FERA

funds are availabe, a good portion of them will

be used in the grading of the proposed new recreation field just
beyond the present athletic field. There is a nine acre fie'd
there and Dr. Haas said that it will be developed as much as posIt is the ultisible through student labor paid by FERA funds.
mate aim to have this field available for all types of outdoor athletics for students.

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The 1934 Summer Session
Miss Marjorie Keith Stackhouse, of town,
ing professional reading, delighted students
of the convocations of the

summer term

who

is

now

and others

at

do-

one

of the State Teachers

College on Tuesday morning, July 3rd.

She presented portions of Sidney Howard’s recent Broad-

way

“The Late Christopher Bean,” and handled
work with exceptional skill.

success,

difficult

the

o

Sigmund Spaeth,

radio’s tune detective

and

a radio critic

of prominence, delighted an audience in the college auditorium,

Thursday evening, July 5th.
Spaeth spoke of the foundation for the appreciation of
music and spoke of the various types of melodies from which
the tunes for the various compositions are based.

He added

how

program by illustrating
borrowed and made the basis of

further interest to his

parts of former hits are

current musical numbers.

o

“Meeting

Commumty Needs Through

the Health and PhyHigh Schools,” was the subject
of W. C. Moorehead, chief division of health and physical education, Department of Public Instruction, who spoke on Tuessical

Education Program

in the

day. Ju'y 24, at a convocation of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.

Mr. Moorehead asserted that “there
other

field that

is

so

much

the general education

ucation.”

in

is
undoubtedly no
need of education interpretation to

and the public than

is

that of physical ed

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
He pointed

program

of phy-

education activities there should be found factors that

sical

make
tors

out that in any comprehensive

5

for health

and strength, factors

that

make

for

requiring the continuous play of intelligence,

skill,

fac-

factors of

danger and hardship and personal and social factors by which
the strength, skill, intellect and spirit of pupil or group are pitted against another group.

The speaker pointed out that “the inclusion of all of these
means that we must utilize the natural impulses of youth

factors

and offer activities that appeal to all aides of this nature, if our
program is to be worthwhile and is to endure.”
He spoke of physical education as no longer a subject but
a rapidly expanding field.
Touching on athletics, he said the
standard of measurement is all too frequently winning athletics.
“It has become in too many instances, solely a means for public
promoted
entertainment
a student amusement activity
for the benefit of the general public who know little and care

—

less

—

about educational objectives.
o

THE PICNIC
More than four hundred in attendance at the annual picBloomsburg State Teachers College summer session,

nic of the

Tuesday, July 10th, at Columbia Park, voted the outing the
finest that the summer session has ever held.

A

motorcade that extended from the Berwck Road to the
foot of Col'ege Hill and included two buses, took the party to
the park about 2:30.
The commuters hurled a challenge at men dormitory students and faculty

members whom they

tion

referred to as

“Campus

and that aggregation accepted and declared their intenof showing the “Commuting Creampuffs” something about

Sissies”

the national pastime.

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6

They made good

this

boast

in a

seven inning game before

virtually the entire party, pushing over a run in the seventh

by

the use of the squeeze play to triumph 3 to 2.

Swimming was a popular feature after the ball game and
was enjoyed by many although others played quoits or cards.
A delicious picnic supper was prepared at the college and
taken to the park by truck. It required but ten minutes to serve
the entire party. The menu included meat loaf, bologna, baked
ham, potato salad, baked beans, potato ch ps, pickles, buttered
buns lemonade, coffee, ice cream and cake.
In the early evening, Prof. Koch and Dr. Nelson successfully

defended

championship

their quoit

against

darkness fortunately arriving while their luck

A

conclud ng feature was the dance

in

still

all

the evening with

Phil Gurnard’s popular orchestra providing a sp’endid

of music.

Homer Artman,

comers,

held.

program

student chairman, staged two get ac-

quainted dances which were successful and were termed “community dance and “broom dance.”
’

Prof. Shortess was chairman of the faculty committee
which so capably handled the many phases of the affair.

o

AVIATION DAY
Aviation as a practical project
to students of the

summer

Teachers College on July
lently equipped airport.

session
1

7,

at

in

of

education was presented
the

Bloomsburg State
fine and excel-

Bloomsburg’s

was developed by
and Harry L. Magee, president of the Bloomsburg Flying Club, and took practically the entire student body and faculty to the airport where
the majority enjoyed flights during the afternoon and early
evening and all learned much about aviation.
The

delightful

and

interesting project

Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the college,

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Speaking

to the

7

group were Major Albert Stackpole, Penn-

sylvania National Guard, of Harrisburg; Casey Jones,
ries the oldest

transport pilot’s license and

Jones Aeronautical School, Newark, N.

is

J.

;

who

car-

head of the Casey
Miss Clair Maur-

bage a student pilot at the local airport; Sam Bigony, transport
pilot and licensed mechanic of the local a'rport and others.
The program was one new in the educational program and
is one that will doubtless be repeated here, for there was not
a person in attendance not delighted, nor one that did not feci
that much worthwhile information concerning aviation had been
secured.

The

party, estimated at over three hundred, arrived in the

airport, reserved for

Flights started

them

for the day,

about

2 30
:

immediately and two ships were busy

o’clock.

until ear!y

evening except for the period when the program was underway

hangar where box lunch, prepared at the college, was
served.
There were 80 who enjoyed flights.
in the

1

During the afternoon while the

flights

were

in

progress the

group entertained itself :n various ways, looking at the planes,
pitching quoits and in other ways enjoying other games.
Dr. Haas, in opening the program said that the college was

and exhand contact

interested in aviation as a practical project in education

pressed the belief that students should have

with

this

cated

new method

first

of transportation.

He remarked that the institution was fortunate in being loin a community where one of the best and finest equipped

is located, and likewise fortunate that
Bloomsburg Flying Club was headed by Harry L. Magee, a
man who was willing to cooperate in such a program and
through whose generosity and help the meeting was possible.
Major Stackpole flew here from Middletown in a plane
that had Captain Scattergood at the controls, and immedately
after he spoke, he left for Mount Gretna, where the annual war
games of the National Guard were in progress.

airports in the country

the

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8

The

many

officer

devoted

time to correcting the impression in

his

quarters that flymg

He disagreed

dangerous.

is

strenu-

ous'y with such a statement, and declared that any normal per-

son can learn to

Major Stackpole pointed out that continuand automobile accidents, yet
use those means of transportation.

fly.

ally there are railroad, steamship,

no one hesitates
“Flying

beauty of

is

flight

to

not dangerous,” he declared, and said that the
is

something that cannot be described, but must

rather be experienced.

Flying

everyday practice.

not easy, nor

It is

is

but

matter

a
is

it

ordinary

of

hard.

Captain Scattergood, an instructor at the Middletown

spoke

briefly,

Pilot Beckley,

and Mr. Magee then introduced
and Mechanic Whitemght.

field,

Bigony,

Pilot

Miss Clair Maurbage, of Shenandoah, a graduate nurse and
student at the airport, said that she enjoyed flying very much,

and

that flying eased her

mind from the

duties of her profes-

sion.

Casey Jones,
port pilot’s license,

War, and

later

who

in

was an

add

tion to carrying the oldest trans-

instructor in France during the

World

organized the Curtiss-Wright flying circus, said

that as teachers, the

group was interested

in

aviation, for their

would be greatly interested

pupils, especially the boys,

in this

activity.

He

referred to the fact that one of the most serious prob-

lems of a teacher

is

to properly advise pupils

about their work

and said this was never so serious as now when
appear to be over-crowded. He felt aviation as at-

of the future
all

fie’ds

tractive as anything.

Although he had been
Jones

is

new and

in the

business for but

20

years,

considered a veteran and pointed out that aviation
that the surface of

its

is

possibiht’es has not been scratch-

ed.

The boy and

girl

of today are going to use this

transportation, he predicted.

Jones has a son of

1

3.

means cf
The boy

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had

his first ride in a

9

plane as an infant of a year.

Now

the

youngster enjoys a street car ride most for that method of transportation

is

Airplane

unusual.

a normal

is

method

of travel to

him.

Mr.

Jones

believes

aviation

that

will

be the principal

means of travel within 5 years, and aviation will require a
mendous number of persons. Thus he believes aviation
1

field offering

opportunity no other

treis

a

field offers.

The Waco plane was raised up so that all could see it and
Bigony then explained the manner in which ships perform. He believed the time would come when the plane would

Pilot

be as quiet

in flight as

a bird,

explaining

of the noise of a plane in flight

that

now 75

per cent

comes from the propeller and

not from the exhaust.

At the close of

Many were

his talk,

interested in

long

it

requires before a student

was generally around four hours
learning not above $50. Bigony predicted that

can solo and were told
with the cost of

he answered a number of questions.

how
this

would be only a short time until the price range for airplanes
would be similar to that of automobiles.
In late afternoon there was a parachute jump by George
Lynch, of Wilkes-Barre.
It was an ideal day for such a program and there was much activity at the airport throughout the
afternoon and evening.
it

o

STUDENTS ARE GUESTS AT CAMP
and educational features of
the summer session which allow students to secure first hand
50 members of the stuinformation of present day projects.
dent body and faculty of the Teachers College, Tuesday, July
31 were guests of Captain Thompson at the E'k Grove Forestry
In another of those interesting

1

,

Camp.

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10

There were about

1

50

Mrs. Francis B. Haas, that

in the party,

left

which included Dr. and

the college late

in the

afternoon.

At the camp the visitors divided into
and eight
and were taken on a tour of inspection. A fine supper was
served in the mess hall, a string orchestra of forestry camp boys
furnishing music during the supper. Then the party adjourned
to the recreation hall where Captain Thompson introduced the
staff and explained the camp operation and the work the boys
parties of six

are doing.

The College then presented an enjoyed program with Prof.
Fenstemaker as master of ceremon es. A group of eight college boys played several selections, an octet of students and
faculty members sang and Miss Harriet Moore delighted with
some vocal solos. The camp orchestra then furnished music for
an enjoyed half hour of round and square dancing, the visitors
leaving for Bloomsburg around nine o’clock.
o

ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL DINNER
The 27 students of the summer

session of the

Bloomsburg

who completed their work at the last
were guests of honor Thursday evening, August 2, at
the annual d nner and dance at the College when Dr. Ralph Barstow, of Rochester, N. Y., gave the address.
The necessity of the individual to adapt himself to a
changing age was stressed by Dr. Barstow and he said that the
teachers must not only adapt themselves to these changes but
have the much greater task of aiding students to thus adapt
State Teachers College

session,

themselves.
Dr. E. H. Nelson presided at the dinner in the college din-

ing hall which
the faculty

Dean

was attended by all
trustees and wives.

of the students,

members

cf

and

of Instruction

W.

B. Sutliff, presented the candidates

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for degrees

and

certificates

and Dr. Francis

11

B.

Haas, College

them success and
assured them that the college would always be interested in
them and always glad to have them return for visits.
Llewellyn Richards, a student, de ighted with two fine
vocal solos, one of which was “When Day is Done.” Miss Harriet Moore led in group singing and dur.ng the serving of the

president, congratulated the students, wished

delicious dinner Phil Guinard’s Orchestra furn’.shed music.

A vote of thanks was extended to Dr. Haas for the fine
program presented during the summer session, Larry Coolbaugh
making the motion which received unanimous support. Never
has the College offered a finer and more attractive program
than during the session this year. The additional features included some that are new in the educational field and brought
the students into close contact with developments of the present.

The two trustees in attendance at the dinner were J. L.
Townsend and Harry S. Barton. At the speaker’s table were:
and Mrs. Ralph Barstow, Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, Dr.
and Mrs. E. H. Ne’son, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff and Miss
Harriet Moore.
Dr.

The committee in charge of the successful affair was composed of Dr. Nelson, chairman; Miss May T. Hayden, Miss Pearl
Mason, Prof. S. L. Wilson and Prof. Howard F. Fenstemaker.
Dr. Barstow spoke on “Changing One’s Self to a Changing
World.” In his introductory remarks he pointed out that in the
not distant past cattle were much frightened by automobiles
and airplanes were something existing only in the dream of the
But in a short time, the world has had more
most imaginative.
The world is moving at
changes than centuries of the past.
such a fast rate that most of us cannot adapt ourselves to

its

changes and keep pace.

The
to drive a

was likened to a child who had the ability
high powered motor car over the highways at 60 or

citizenry

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12

more

miles an hour, so far as sitting behind the wheel and steer-

The question

ing are concerned.

is

whether the child was com-

petent to be at the helm of such a powerful piece of machinery.

We find ourselves in a similar position. Dr. Barstow pointed
and said changes demand adaptation on a scale that few
have been able to attain. Touching on the recent strikes in California and elsewhere, he said the reason was not that generally
out,

associated with strikes, that the class involved refused to
for the

wage

men went on
This lack of

offered.

Rather

in

strike in protest to

work

is

1

work

San Francisco the longshores0 per cent getting all the work.

another result of a changing world.

does not seem to be enough work to go around and

There

we must

adjust ourselves to these existing conditions and distribute the

work on an equitable
Education

What one

is

morrow.

The

human

basis.

such a world

taught to do today

individual

true course to hold in education

and allow him
it

to

fine feature of the

Columbia Park and the

mencement
S.

I.

is

to deal in

which will enrich the life of the
get the most out of life and do his

for others.

pictures of activities of the
at

a difficult thing to map out.
may be done by machines to-

is

values, in those things

part to enrich

A

in

program was

summer
visit to

activities of last

May.

the

showing of motion

sessions including the picnic

and of the comThese were shown by Prof.

the airport,

Shcrtess, of the college faculty.

Dancing was the closing feature with music by Gurnard’s
orchestra.

o

SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATION
Twenty-seven of the students at the summer session of
the Teachers Co'lege completed their work at the session, eleven
for degrees of bachelor of science m education and sixteen for

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normal school

The students were honor guests at
and dance at the College.
degrees were: Mrs. Mabel Bower Baer,

certificates.

summer

the annual

13

session d nner

Those receiving
Berwick; Miss Mary

Freas, Berwick;

S.

Frederick C. Nyhart,

Wilkes-Barre; Richard T. Sibly, Benton, R. D.,

secondary education

Roy

S.

;

Garman, Trevorton;

J.

Wesley Knorr, Bloomsburg;

ford A. Nelson, Wilkes-Barre; Miss Dorothy
ton;

and Rocco

in the field of

Maudmae Edwards, Bloomsburg;

Miss

Ann Semic,

Clif-

Steel-

N. Turse, Hazleton, in the field of commercial

education and Miss He'en Elizabeth

Sutliff in

the field of

pri-

mary education.
Those who received certificates were:
Intermediate
Stephen G. Bodner, West Hazleton; James
A. Boylan, Locust Gap; Miss Agatha Joan Ficca, Mount Carmel; Miss Gertrude M. Harris, Exeter; Miss Adeline M. Layou,

—

M

Shavertown;
Rural

—

ss

Catherine B. McGlynn, Wilkes-Barre.

Miss Marian M. Engle,

Hawk, Bear Creek;

Irvin P.

Nuremburg;

Robert

Scheib, Trevorton, R. D.

;

A.

Basil

V. Steeel, Sweet Valley; Miss Carrie A. Williard, Herndon.

Primary

—

Miss Alice M. Kealy, Mt. Carmel Junction; Miss

Edith C. Keefer, Strawberry Ridge; Miss Julia Dorothy Kokora,

Mocanaqua; Miss Jane

E. Lewis,

Plymouth; Miss Dorothy Jane

Phillips, Chinchilla.

o
C. F.

Bomboy,

maintenance
tired this

of Espy,

staff of the

fall

after

who

served for

many

years on the

Bloomsburg State Teachers College,

having reached the retirement age.

served for several years as carpenter and general repair

about the college, and during the

was

janitor of Science Hall.

The

last

re-

He
man

year of his service, he

editor of the

who

QUARTERLY

has done his
making the physical conditions of the college more favorable for effective work on the part of students and faculty.

pays tribute to Mr. Bomboy, as one of those
part

in

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The Training School

The summer session of the Teachers College Training
School a:med to do two things, namely, to enable children to
make up their deficiencies in the common school studies such
as arithmetic, language, history, geography, spelling and other
studies, and to enrich the work of the children in the different
grades and to prepare them the better to go on with the next
year’s work.

many

In addition to the regulation type of school

interesting activities

were developed

summer

children to attend school in the
activities are listed

time.

work,

encourage the

Some

of these

below:

Grade

The

to

I

grade studied the theater this summer. After dead ng to build its own theater and produce some plays they
went down to the Capitol theatre to find out what they could
first

about the things that go on behind the screen.
operated with them
ren

all

in the finest

way.

Mr. Hause co-

After showing the child-

of the interesting details of running the theater he ran

a reel of pictures for them.

The work for the summer was the building of the stage
and working up programs for production. They advertised
the r final performance as a “Great Spectacle.” To this they in;

vited their parents.

Grade
Grade two

this

summer was

II

interested in a market project.

They

visited the curb market in Bloomsburg, interviewed the
market men to find out the kind of produce that was raised
around home and the kinds they needed to send away for.

This study

was

to acquaint the children with their

ducts and environment, also

to

acquaint

home

them with

pro-

proper

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health conditions and use of proper foods.

15

After having stu-

died the town market they went back to the classroom to build
a miniature market.

Marketing was studied from the time of the salt peddler
market of the present day. Their project was related to
subjects of the curriculum and they made clay vegetables, conto the

A market house was
market typical of the one seen in Bloomsburg. The evolution of the market was studied and three plays
were developed from this study, that of the salt peddler, that
of the market in Bible times, and that of the present day market.
Mothers were invited to these culminating activities and
the project was observed by several college classes. As an outgrowth of the market, the children wrote verses during the language period about the different vegetables. These were written in the invitations which were given to the mothers.
structed automobile trucks and wagons.
set

up as was

a curb

Grade

The two

activities that

the third grade this

III

have stimulated the most

summer have been

interest in

the study of aircraft

and

the dramatization of a fairy tale.

Pertinent stories, readings and discussions have traced in

an elementary way the history of

This development
aircraft.
began with the first hot air balloon and included many of our
present day experiences with airplanes and dirigibles.
Newspaper clippings, magazine articles and pictures were collected
by individual children and posted on the bulletin board from

time to time.

“The Cobbler and
music play.

day of

Many

the Elves”

was dramatized

parents and friends

came

to see

as a folk
it

the last

school.

Grade IV

Summer proved
study Science.

be a very desirable season in which Lo
Classroom study and discussions found every
to

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16

was directed toward what
would be found during an excursion to field and woods. Collections of specimens were made and there was a very definite
child taking part because the study

gain

in

knowledge.

A

very interesting piece of work that was carried on

Fourth Grade

summer was

this

transportation.

in the

the development of a unit on

This unit familiarized the children with the var-

methods of transportation used in different countries. The
children traveled on dog sleds up north, in fierce blizzards; on
ious

elephants in Ind'a; on the beautiful gondola in Vence; on the
most modern steamship of the present day, visiting foreign
countries, and the most interesting trip of all was an airplane
ride to Lakehurst where they viewed the large dirigible and examined it closely.

From
wrote

this unit a

their

own

parts.

play was developed

in

which the children

This gave the pupils considerable train-

ing in sentence formation

oral

expression, and dramatic and

creative art.

Grade

The

V

Grade of the Training School published a newsIn
they named “Fifth Grade Grit.”
connection with this unit they made a trip to the Morning Press
office which helped them considerably in the organization of
paper

this

Fifth

summer which

their paper.

paper.

They included many

Several of the students

interesting articles in their

who had been camping

at

Camp

Lavigne wrote up their experiences in a very interesting manner; poems were written concerning Alaska which was the

geography project many clever short stories were contributed
and two continued stories. Other sections included sport news,
news of what the other classes in summer school were doing,
and personals of the fifth grade. The paper consisted of twelve
pages and the class thinks it has been a great success.
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Grade VI

The

first

project of the Sixth Grade this summer,

how

study of carpets and
ones,

how

the

nomadic

Some

they were made.

tribes

was a

First, the oriental

made them, and

a study of colors

were brought to the classroom and various types of knots used in weaving the rug were
studied.
This study culminated in a visit to the Bloomsburg
Carpet Mili where they were kind enough to allow the sixth
used by them.

oriental rugs

grade the privilege of going

through

explanation was given of each process.
lish class

each

department.

An

During the oral Eng-

next day the children discussed the trip and which

particular thing they

were the most interested

in.

Each

child

received as a souvenir of his trip to the carpet mill a small sample carpet.

The second project was the weaving of sandwich trays
from reed. From this they learned the fundamental principles
in weaving
and beauty.

involved
of use

as well as the joy of constructing a thing

Junior High School

—Grades

VII and VIII

The Junior High School work this summer was made interesting to the pupils by numerous moving pictures to illustrate
their work, by trips to the college library and the science laboratory, as well as by a trip throughout the neighboring country.
This last trip was made in automobiles as a joint project in science, history, and geography. The problem was to observe the
factors which caused Bloomsburg to grow up where it is. First,
the group motored to the country club hill to view the general
topography, giving Bloomsburg a favorable location.
From
there they traveled along the River

Road noting

the canal, the

which represented the smelting industry, the piles of
river coal, Fort McClure, the wide waters, and the gravel pit.
Each observation was related to the origin and the growth of
Bloomsburg.
slag pile

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A

great

many demonstration

lessons

college

for

classes

have been conducted during the summer session. These demonstration lessons have been very largely attended by the college students.

Some

interesting details relative to these

demon-

stration lessons are given below.

Number

of demonstrations

Social studies, 7

and

social studies, 2;

and observations:

civic education, 2

;

;

English, 3

language and reading,

1

;

;

art,

language
2; music.

number, 6; Junior High mathematics,
2; science, 2; nature study, 2; geography, 2; reading, 4;
phonics,
total, 44.
Total attending demonstrations this summer, 1282. Total enrollment of children for summer, 225.
1

;

activity periods, 7;

1

;

* * * ¥

The Junior High School Practice Teaching offered at the
Benjamin Franklin Training School this summer, for the first
time, as a part of the professional work of the college proved
highly successful. The pupil enrollment in the seventh year was
nineteen.

In the eighth

year the enrollment was sixteen.

interesting to note that the opportunity for this

It

is

work has ap-

peared to parents and pupils in a number of localities. The following towns were represented: B oomsburg, Espy, Hazleton,
Milton, Orangeville
in

and Wyomissing.

It

is

desired to maintain

both years at between fifteen and twenty pupils.

Much

interest

was shown

in

the

new and modern books

used by the pupils.

"Exploring American History"

by Cassner and

Gabriel,

Harcourt, Brace Co.

"Junior High School Geography” by Ridgely and Russell,
McKnight and McKnight.
“Geography of Pennsylvania" by Russell, Macmillan.
"Modern English Exercises” (workbook) Book IV, Follett
Publishing Co.

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“Practical Arithmetic’’ Book III, Part I, Strayer-Upton,
American Book Co.
“Modern English Exercises” (workbook) Book V, Follett

Publishing Co.
“Practical Arithmetic,”

Book

III,

Part

Strayer-Upton,

II,

American Book Co.

Two

of these books, the Junior High School Geography,

and Geography

Pennsylvania, are by Doctor Russell of the

in

College Faculty.

The work was organized
quired and that the

so that no

facilities of the college,

home work was

re-

including the library

and the laboratories were availThe actual classroom teaching was set up by experienced
able.
members of the college faculty and a series of demonstration
lessons on the Junior High School level was prepared.
the visual education machines

o

Plans Being Laid for
Local Alumni Organizations
During the month of September, invitations were sent out
by President Haas, relative to a conference which will discuss
plans for the organization of local Alumni Associations in the
These letters were advarious counties near Bloomsburg.
dressed to certain individuals who have expressed their willingness to take the initiative in forming such organizations. The
letter fo'lows

“At the

were

in

last

Alumni Dinner a large and enthusiastic group

favor of developing local

interest

for

the

College

through the revival and organization of local Alumni Associations, and its was suggested that President Albert arrange for
a Dinner Meeting at the College early in the Fall, with local
representatives to discuss plans for organization.

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“In accordance with

ments have been made.

this

On

policy the

following arrange-

Saturday, October 6,

1934, the

College plays Mdlersville State Teachers College at home.

You

are invited to attend the game, following which you are invited,

by President Albert, to attend the conference on organization,
followed by Dinner at the College.
“This letter

is

being sent to the following members of our

Alumni Association: Mr. W. W. Evans, Mr. Fred W. Diehl, Mr.
John Boyer, Mr. Orval C. Palsgrove, Mr. Robert E. Seltzer, Mr.
Thomas Francis, and each member is asked to bring two additional members.
It is suggested that the Committee be composed of both men and women and that one of the additional
members be a woman graduate.
“In order that

we may make

plans for your entertainment,

will you be good enough to advise

present personally, and
for this meeting only,

if

not, will

me promptly
you arrange

if

you can be

for an alternate

and two additional representatives?

“In addition to the local representatives, the officers of th?
Association are participating

in the

conference.

Yours very

truly,

Francis B. Haas, President.’

hoped that those who in the future will be called upon
assistance by the regional chairmen will cooperate to the
It is

for

best of their ability, in order to

make

The

the

county associations

Alumni have
shown what can be done.
As was stated in the July number of the QUARTERLY, the
active members of the Alumni Association represent less than
ten per cent of the total number of Bloomsburg graduates. The
formation of the local associations is a part of a movement that
is aimed at bringing this percentage up to more respectable prolive,

active

portions.

organizations.

Philadelphia

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Fifth

21

Grade Teaching Unit
Coal

The Pennsylvania School Journal

in

reporting the National

Education Association Convention emphasizes the planning and

was adopted as one
work outlined
illustrative of what is being done today in the modern
It was taught by Albert West, a student teacher workThis

teaching of large units of instruction.

The

of the resolutions of the Convention.

below

is

school.

ing under the direction of Miss
er,

unit of

Anna

Grade Five, and Miss Edna

J.

Garrison, Training TeachHazen, Director of Interme-

diate Education.

This year the Fifth Grade of the Benjamin Franklin Training School displayed an unusual interest in coal.

plus the fact that the student-teacher

considerable experience in coal

Teacher

in

geography had had

operations

to believe that the situation

This interest

led

was such

that

the

Training

some

splen-

did learning could be developed around the topic “Coal.”

The following

is

a brief account of the unit as developed:

Objectives
1

.

To acquaint
ous stages

2.
3.

the pupils with the origin of coal and the vari-

in its

To teach how
To develop a

formation.

coal

is

mined, processed, and marketed.

feeling of understanding for the people

and

conditions of the coal mining communities.
the economic

4.

To recognize

5.

To develop initiative, responsibility and cooperation.
To develop constructive ability.
To make what was learned more vivid and real by means

the potentialities of coal,

i.

e.,

importance of coal to the nation.
6.
7.

construction.

of

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Approach

The teacher introduced the study from two widely sepafirst, from the point of view of a miner, and second, something within the experience of the pupils.
The presentation was a brief but accurate account of the activities of a
miner as he does his work and a description of the working
rated angles

This eventually led to the question,

place.

do

for

—

“What does

coal

us?”

After discussing the question thoroughly, the pupils began
to be solved.
The problems were listed on
form of questions. Among the problems the
more important were:
1. How is coal formed?
to suggest

problems

the board in the

2.
3.
4.

What are the different kinds of coal?
What has caused the difference?
Where is coal found in the world? In

the United States?

In

Pennsylvania?
3.
6.

How
How

is

coal

mined?

does mining as an occupation influence living condi-

people?
one pupil suggested that the

tions of the
Finally,

This the class did and

mine.

it

class build a coal

resulted in a worthy culminating

activity.

Brief Outline of Subject Matter
I.

Origin of Coal

A.

How
1

II.

III.

.

coal

is

formed

Plants

2.

Peat

3.

Stages

in

Kinds of Coal
A.

Lignite

B.

Bituminous

C.

Anthracite.

Where Coal

is

found

coal formation.

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The
Colliery

is

Brought
to the

School-Room

Two

Phases

of the

Coal

Mining
Process

WORK DONE BY PUPILS

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A. In the world

IV.

B.

In the United States

C.

In Pennsylvania.

Coal Mining
A. Shaft mining

2.

and room method
gangways)
Laggwall method

3.

Steps

1.

Pi'lar

B.

mining

in

drilling,

—

under-cutting,

4.

Lights and machinery

Transportation

blasting,

in

and outside of mine.

Mining

Where

1

planes,

loading

3.

Strip

(slopes,

used.

V. Preparation
A.

Breaker
1

.

2.

Removal

of impurities

Sizing

Importance of keeping the coal from being
broken too small.
VI. Life in coal mining communities
A. Dangers under which miners work
Gas explosions
3.

1

B.

2.

Cave-ins

3.

Attitude which grows out of these hazards.

Nationalities of miners
1

C.

.

.

Causes dislike for certain nationalities

3.

Use of various languages.

Strikes
1

.

2.

D.
VII.

Fosters slow Americanization

2.

Unions
Operators.

The new modernism

Marketing
A. Transportation

in coal

mining communities

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1

.

2.

B.

How

its

effect

shipped.

Distribution
1

.

2.

VIII.

Cost and

25

Homes
Industries.

By-Products
A. Bituminous
1

.

2.

Coke
a.

Uses

b.

How made

Coal Tar
a.
1

.

2.

Products derived from

it

Ammonia
Drugs, perfumes,

oils,

medicines, dyes,

explosives, paints.
3.

IX.

Coal gas

Uses of Coal
A. As a fuel
B.

By-products

C.

Effect of coal on us.

Procedure

The

pupils decided that an organization corresponding to

the staff of a colliery

would be necessary

to

do the work. They

discussed the responsibility of the major officers such as the su-

perintendent

the assistant superintendent, the inside foreman,

and the outside foreman, and they filled these positions by voting.
The officers made a list of the pupils whom they thought
could do the best work in constructing the colliery. Ten of the
more able pupils worked on the construction while the executive
officers took charge of the class in supervised study and discussion periods.

ing with coal

During the study periods a list of questions dealthe board, and the pupils obtained the best

was on

answers from one of several textbooks.

Since iron and coal are

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so closely related,
erals.

many

27

questions involved both of these min-

questions could not be answered from the texts, com-

If

mittees were appointed to report from reference books.

During

the study of the by-products of coal, one child remarked that
the by-product, picric acid,

is

used

in

curing burns. She pointed

out that coal might cause the burns through gas explosions and
that coal might cure the burns through a by-product.

On

the completion of the parts of the colliery, the entire

it.
To an audience of IntermeGrade children each individual explained what part he had
made and its use. This demanded a clear explanation of much

class participated in assembling

diate

of the vocabulary gained such as breaker, shaft,

gangway,

breast,

and

fan,

cage,

pillars.

Correlation With Other Subjects

The subject “Coal” was correlated with Arithmetic, Engand Art. In Arithmetic, problems involving division of
fractions were connected with such things as amount of coal in
a car two-thirds filled, and the length of props.
In English,
some of the pupils wrote stories about coal mines. “Tom and
Ted in the Coal Mines” was the title of a remarkable sevenchapter story written by one of the pupils. In Art, the pupils
made crayon sketches of inside and outside views of a coal
mine. Opening Exercises also acted as an outlet for further inlish,

terest.

Outcomes
Skills:
1

.

The

class interest in coal carried to

out-of-school time.

Pupils brought to school specimens of soft coal, coke,
iron ore, sulphur stones,
2.

and

fossilated shale.

had a real purpose in searching textbooks for
information and by this means they received valuable
Pupils

training.
3.

There was developed sensory-motor coordination
building

difficult

parts of the colliery.

in

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Attitudes of Appreciation
1

The

class recognized the necessity of

tion

and consideration of the

group coopera-

rights of others in bring-

ing the activity to a successful completion.

Understanding
I

As the

unit progressed there

was a marked admiration
and sympathy for his

for the courage of the miner

working conditions.
Bibliography
I.

Teacher
1

Anthracite

.

The Story
The Story

2.
3.
4.
10.

—Mumford
—Hudson
of Coal

Coal

of a Piece of Coal

Company

— Martin

Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia-Teaching UmtCoal and Iron'
Anthracite
Fortune Magazine, February, 1931
The Mentor The Story of Coal.
Sm’thsonian Institute Study of the Mineral Re‘

5.
6.
7.

—
—

sources of Pennsylvania
8.
9.

Encyclopedias
Newspapers Accounts of Accidents and

—

Strikes

Pictures
II

Pupils

2.

Geography Textbooks
Dodge’s Geography of Pennsylvania

3.

Children’s

4.

Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia
The Blind Brother.

1.

3.

Book

of

Knowledge

o

1933
J.

George Bruechmann,

nue, Philadelphia, Pa.

year

in the

He

is

Jr.,

lives at

4043 Baltimore Ave-

teaching commercial subjects

high school at Darby, Pa.

this

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Touring Growers Entertained at College
Pennsylvania potato growers sampled Bloomsburg hospi-

Thursday evening, August 30, and they certainly liked it.
Even more, they were made acquainted with the plant of
the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and with the spirit of
the college that made possible the outstanding banquet held
there when the college was not in session. That in itself was a
marvelous achievement and one only possible because of the
remarkably fine spirit that prevails in the organization there under the leadership of the president, Dr. Francis B. Haas.
Not
on y were the members of the State Potato Growers’ Association
entertained at a fine banquet, but they were also housed there
tality

To make

over night.
12

paujnpj

all

3 ABi|

that possible required the presence of

asiAuaipo

pjnoM

uoiyeziueSjo ue

later.

The meeting was sponsored by
vice clubs

and the

wth

president of

Nelson,

handled the reins

and Kiwanis

Joining with the

county residents identified
Dr.

the Rotary

members of the two serpotato growers were a number of Columbia

clubs of Bloomsburg.

until the

agriculture.

the

Bloomsburg Kiwanis

banquet’s close

club,

when he turned

it

over to Dr. Haas, president of the Bloomsburg Rotary club.
President Bishop, of the Pennsylvania Potato Growers’ As-

was introduced and explained that theirs was an ormen who grow the common potato in an uncommon way. He touched upon the pleasure of the week’s trip,
and added that each year always sees a climax to the trip.
There was no question but that the week’s trip had its climax in
the banquet they were then enjoying.
sociation,

ganization of

Dr. Nixon,

;

n charge of potato research at State College,

and the man who has had more to do with making Pennsylvania
the outstanding potato growing state that it is than any other

man, had some

interesting facts to relate.

He

recalled the co-

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operation given Columbia county farmers by local business

when
into

the

men

carload of imported seed potatoes was brought

first

Columbia county.

He

who have produced

vania

more potato growers

said that there are

400

over

Pennsyl-

in

bushels to the acre than

the rest of the United States combined.

Likewise

is

all

that true of

who have raised over 500 bushels to
and over 600 bushels as well. He made the pointed
remark to the business and professional men in the audience
the Pennsylvania farmers
the acre,

that

it

requires just as

tatoes to the acre as

it

much

brains to

does to succeed

raise
in

400

bushels of po-

business dr

in

the pro-

fessions.

He added

that interest in potato raising has resulted in

60

been hauled by the railroads in Pennsylvania in the last 2 years. All this has helped
To
create wealth that has helped every branch of business.
these same potato growers 240 million pounds of fertilizer have
million tons of copper sulphate having
1

been brought

into Pennsylvania in the last ten years.

Recalling the drought and

its

effects in the mid-west,

he

said that Pennsylvania has millions of acres of land that could
easily

absorb

In closing

Pennsylvania-

on

and add immeasur-

these mid-western farmers

all

ably to the state’s wealth

he expressed

—a

love that

doing.

in so

his love for his

was

adopted state of

reflected in the recital of a

poem

Pennsylvania’s glories.

Others introduced were Prof. J. V. R. Dickey, chief of
agronomy at Penn State; L. B. Dennison, disease specialist at
Penn State; J. G. Quick, president of the County Potato Growers, and M. P. Whitenight of the county organization.
:

In closing the banquet, Dr.

the college
ties,

in

is

a state institution

Haas referred
and that from

since the six-

have gone more than 8,000 graduates who are

every state of the Union and

wel'.

to the fact that
it,

He spoke

of the

community

in

many

to

be found

foreign countries as

spirit that

made

such a meet-

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ing possible

31

and thanked the members of the college organizabanquet and the

tion for their fine cooperation in caring for the

entertainment of the

by the audience

visitors.

as the

He

in turn

was given

a

“hand”

banquet closed.

— ————o
-

John Weimer, of York, for a number of years coach of
athletics at Bloomsburg State Teachers College and the builder
of many winning teams while at the local institution, spent several hours in town in June with his many local friends.
Mr. Weimer, who left Bloomsburg 15 years ago, is looking
exceedingly fit. He is no longer coaching, now being head of
the department of physical education in the York schools and
in charge of community recreation in that city.
Going to Allentown from Bloomsburg, he coached at the
high school there three years and for the past twelve years has
been at his home city of York. He coached during most of that
period and his previous visit here, about four or five years ago,
was with a football squad on its way to Wilkes-Barre to play
Coughlin High.

He

spent

W.

with Dean

some time
B.

Sutliff,

much of that being
who was manager of athletics at

at the College,

Bloomsburg during Mr. Weimer’s coaching.
The summer was a very busy season for him. He directed
a State marble shooting tourney and had 400 adults playing
mush ball. Legion Junior baseball was also under his direction.
o
Hartley, for the past five years teacher of Amerand Problems of Democracy at the Bloomsburg
High School, and one of the college co-operating teachers, has
been elected to a position in the department of Social Science
in the high school at Alequippa, Pa.
Mrs. Hartley was former-

Harry

J.

ican History

ly

Miss Lulu

Remley

of the Class of 1923.

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Improvement Work
It

at College

has been vacation time at the Bloomsburg State Teach-

ers College for the students

faculty, but that

is

and some of the members of the

not the case with the administrative depart-

ment and the maintenance

force.

There are always many things to be done at a plant the
size of any place that is kept in such splendid condition as is the
local institution.
In addihon, Spring and Summer are the seasons

when

N.

T.

Englehart,

superintendent of buildings and

grounds, always has a number of improvement projects under

way.

The campus for years has attracted favorable comment
visitors. One of the most recent was from Dr. Grier Ketner, president of Grove City College and commencement orator
here, who wrote Dr. Haas about the beauty of the campus and
the fine condit’.on in which :t was maintained. All that is a considerable task and in addition there is constantly in progress
projects to add to its beauty. This spring there was much seeding and sodding under way, completing CWA projects of the
w nter when weather conditions would not permit this type of
from

work.

One of the most marked improvements has been the gradand sodding of the terrace on Penn street and to the left of
the entrance. The grade has also been established for a pavement and curb there with the ultimate goal of having this side
of the entrance uniform with that on the right hand side. Hedge
In building up the terrace, once covered with
is to be planted.
vines, an eight inch fill was required at some points.
The two terraces just beyond the gymnasium were regraded and seeded. In the grove work has been under way
cobbling gutters to take care of drainage and add to the beauty
At Spruce street, beyond
of this popular spot on the campus.
ing

the training school, the lawn surface has

been cut

to grade.

The

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campus

at that point will

woodwork on
pleted and much
the

33

be outhned with hedge.

Painting of

comBen Franklin

faculty porch of Waller Hall has been
of the school furniture in the

Training School has been repainted.

The

curtains in the auditorium have been placed on a dou-

and numerous other things of that nature accomhardware about the building has been inspected and placed in perfect order. While this work was under way, general work on the campus and about the building
continued. The care of the lawns and flower beds is a real task
but those efforts have for years gone to make the campus a
show place of this entire region.
ble track
plished.

All of the

o

In

one of the early

fall issues

of the Journal of Business

appear an article on “The Filing Practice
Sheet.” The author is Miss Margaret R. Hoke, Department of
Commerce, State Teachers College, Bloomsburg.
The Journal of Business Education is edited by members
Education there

of the

will

Department of Business Education,

This article

is

New

York.

being published at the request of the Direc-

American Institute of Filing, which is a branch of the
Remington Rand, Inc. The experimentation necessary to develop new filing methods was carried out by Miss Hoke in her
classes in the Department of Commerce of the State Teachers
College here at Bloomsburg. This article will suggest some entirely new methods of testing the knowledge of students in filtor of the

ing.

Filing

is

only one of the

graphic Office Practice Course.

many
This

things taught in the Stenofirst

course

in Office

Prac-

tice is followed by Secretarial Practice and Clerical Machines.
The coordination of the Office Practice Work is in the hands of
Harvey A. Andruss, Director, Department of Commerce.

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Department

of

Commerce

Of the thirty students who in May or at the summer session
completed the four year course of the Department of Commerce of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and received
degrees of bachelor of science in commercial education, eighteen have already secured positions.

The

ability of

Bloomsburg commercial graduates

positions in times like these

when many

to secure

qualified teachers are

has added much to the popularity of the Department of
Commerce which in its four years at the College has increased
in enrollment from 46 students for the 1930-31 term to 123
idle,

for the college year closing last

Bloomsburg

is

May.

the only State Teachers College in eastern

Pennsylvania offering a commercial course.

In the

western part

of the state Indiana offers similar work.

When the course was first offered here at the opening of
1930 term there were 38 Freshmen, seven Sophomores and
one Junior. The second year there were 41 in the first year
c'ass, 36 in the second year, 10 n the third year and one in the
fourth.
For the 1932-33 years there were 25 in the first year
class 32 in the second year.
Of those graduating that year,
32 in the third year and 9 in the fourth all had positions as the
winter season opened.
Last year there were 123 students in
in
the department, 35
the first year, 23 in the second, 27 in the
third, and 38 in the fourth.
The total enrollments were 46 the
23 the fourth.
first year, 88 the second, 98 the third, and
Many have also taken the work during the summer session.
There were 42 students in 1931, 64 in 1932 and 54 in 1933.
It is estimated that 40 per cent of the commercial teachers
the

1

have not completed four years of post high school
preparation and the earning of a degree in this field is thus very
A degree from a recognized
attractive in prospective teachers.
commercial teaching training institution, of which Bloomsburg
in the state

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is

35

one, entitles the teacher to a college provisional certificate.

This

is

the highest type of certificate granted

col ege graduate

and may become permanent

by the
after

state to a

three years

of experience.

At the present time there are four faculty members at
Bloomsburg giving their time exclusively to the teaching of
commercial subjects. English, geography, psychology, and education courses are offered to commercial students by members
of the general faculty. The faculty of the Department of Commerce is aided also by six cooperating teachers in providing
student teaching in the local and nearby high schools.
o

New Courses

Offered

Bloomsburg Teachers Col’ege has announced an attractive
list

of courses that

may be

winter term by teachers

mester of the

taken during the

in service.

last college year, the

first

semester of the

As during the second

Friday evenings and Saturday mornings and students
to

spend Friday evenings

in the

se-

courses are offered both on

dormitories are

who wish

accommodated

at reasonable rates.

“Modern Trends in Education” is one of the interesting
new courses. The modern equipment of the college for the
projection of sound pictures and the ample library facilities

make

it

possible to present a fine survey of current develop-

ments and trends of education. This course, including sound
pictures and a complete syllabus, follows a new procedure developed by a group of outstanding educational leaders including
Kilpatrick, Mearns, Bode and Zirbes, Stone, Gates, Fisher, Gessel, Schlesinger and Lemon, Sartorius, Buswell, Allen and Kitsen.

The course is developed on a unit plan
Each unit will be handled by
hours credit.
responsible for the special field covered.

for three semester

a faculty

member

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36

“Character Education"
course
ers.

is

new

another

is

and significance

of especial value

course.

This

new

to progressive teach-

presents the factors involved in the development of a

It

character education program and reviews the contributions of
school activities to character education and the organization cf

appropriate material.
In addition to the regular courses listed,

are a sufficient

new

number

interested,

courses given during the

include:

the college

summer

session.

“Diagnosis and Remedial Teaching

in

provided there
is

offering the

These courses
the Elementary

and Economical Problems,’ “The
Teaching of Science in the Elementary Grades,’ “The Activity
Program in the Elementary School,” “Recent Developments and
Trends in Literature in the Secondary School,” “Problem Pupils,” “Psychology of Exceptional Children.”
Regular courses include those in literature philology and
grammar, English, psychology, history and philosophy of edu-

School,”

“Current,

Social

cation, art, hygiene, history, visual education,

prmary

subjects,

elective secondary mathematics, arithmetic, geography, music,

history

and appreciation of music and educational sociology.
o

1934
Announcement

of the marriage, on

News

Year’s eve, of

Miss Louise Kleckner and Fred C. Nyhart, popular young peop’e
of Berwick has recently been
at the

home

of the bride ten

made.

The couple were married

minutes before midnight on

New

Year’s Eve.
Dr. D. M. Harrison, pastor of the First PresbyterThe bride is a graduate
ian church, officiated at the ceremony.
of the Berwick High School in the class of 928 and since that
1

Boy Scout
The groom graduated from Hanover Township high
1925 and from the Bloomsburg State Teachers Col-

time has been employed as secretary
executive.

school in
lege.

He graduated with

a B.

S.

to Earl Blake,

degree.

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Football Schedule
Three western Pennsylvania State Teachers Colleges
be met on the gridiron

coming

will

by the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College Huskies. Slippery Rock and Clarion are newcomers on the Husky schedule, both being met for the first time
in football.
The third western Pennsylvania school is Indiana,
with whom gridiron relations were resumed in 1933.
After several years during which the varsity schedule was
one of but seven games, an additional contest was added for
934 and it is planned to continue with an eight game schedule.
The five Teachers Colleges from this section have been met
in most sports for several years and are: Millersville, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Shippensburg, and East Stroudsburg. The schedule is well balanced, with four games at home and a like number away. The season opens at Clarion on September 29th and
games are listed for each Saturday through the season except
November 10th. Shippensburg will be the Homecoming Day
this

fall

1

November 3rd, although
home clash will be that with
the last game of the season.

many

attraction here on Saturday,

to

fans the most important

Slippery

Rock on November 24th,
For a number of years

it

has been the policy of the local

College to meet only Teachers Col'eges in football and this policy

is

continued for the coming

However, it is one of the
Oswego, N. Y. Nora home arrangement in 1932 and 1933 is

most attractive schedules

mal School, met
not on the

new

in

in

fall.

recent years.

schedule.

Three games for the reserve team are on the list for this
Kulpmont High School will be met there on September
fall.
29th and there will be two games with Susquehanna University
Reserves, at Selinsgrove on October 26th and in Bloomsburg on
Friday November 9th.

The

varsity schedule follows

Saturday, September

29

—

Clarion, there.

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—
— Lock Haven,
20 —
October 27 —
November —
November
—Open.
November
—
November 24 —
Rock,

Saturday, October 6
Saturday, October 3

Millersville, here.

there.

1

Saturday, October
Saturday,

Saturday,

mg

Day).
Saturday,
Saturday,
Saturday,

Mansfield, here.
Indiana, here.

3

Shippensburg,

(Homecom-

here

10
1

7

East Stroudsburg, there.

Slippery

here.

o

Dr. Waller Celebrates Birthday

The Morning Press

of June 16, 1934, printed the follow-

ing tribute to Dr. Waller on the occasion of his 88th birthday:

“Today marks
of Dr. David

J.

the eighty-eighth

Waller,

Jr.,

anniversary

and the anniversary

of the

finds

birth

him on a

Watertown, Connecticut, to witness the graduation
of his grandson and namesake, David Mack, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Mack, of Indiana, Pa., from the Taft school.
“Dr. Waller was born in Bloomsburg and to Bloomsburg he

motor

trip to

has given the best years of his

life,

even though he

left

the im-

upon the schools of Pennsylvania as state superintendent of public instruction and upon the
3
Indiana State Normal School, of which he was principal for
print of his personality

and

ability

1

years.

“He received his early education in the schools of Bloomsat the old academy and at the Bloomsburg Literary Insti-

—
From
870 — 64

burg

where he graduated in
became trusattended
and
then
for
year,
a
He was tutor at Lafayette
tee.
He graduated from Union
Princeton Theological Seminary.
tute.
1

there he went to Lafayette,

years ago, a college of which he later

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Theological Seminary in New York in 1874.
During ’74 and
'75 he was pastor of the Logan Square Presbyterian Church in
Philadelphia and for the following year and a half
of the Orangeville, Rohrsburg

was pastor
and Raven Creek Presbyterian

churches.

“The year 1877 saw him called to the pnncipalship of the
Bloomsburg State Normal School, following soon after Dr. Carver had retired from the work. The Bloomsburg State Normal
School, as those of recent generations knew it, was largely the
handiwork of Dr. Waller. Until 1890, when he became state
superintendent, his personality was stamped upon the institution
and its life, and he saw it develop into one of the finest of the
kind

in the

country.

And

then, in

1

906, when

Welsh, resigned, he accepted the

Dr.

Mater;

his successor.

back

call

to his

took over the principalship of the institution on the

he remained
is

its

Alma

resigned the principalship at Indiana, Pa., and again

until

he retired

in

the early twenties.

revered president emeritus, and frequently

is

There

hill.

Today he
upon

called

to participate in functions at the college.

“But his activities in the community have been by no
means confined to his work on the hill. Through the years that
have gone, it can be said every civic activity of the town has
enlisted his support.
He has given unstintingly of his time and
means.
Even today he gives much of his time to Boy Scout
activities.

“While the years have been increasing
him, he had not
it.

lost his

touch with the

life

their

weight upon

of today

—

far

from

His interest in Bloomsburg and the worthwhile things in

Bloomsburg

is

keen today as

as

countless lives.

was generations ago.

have been showered upon him have been
its spell for good upon
Many, many happy returns of the day is, we

“The honors
modestly worn.

it

that

His influence has cast

are confident, the sincere wish of the entire commun’ty.

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Bloomsbury Graduates
Widely Distributed
An

nteresting study of the geographical distribution of

Bloomsburg graduates was made at the college
Most of the states of the Union were represented.

last

The

spring.
results

of the study will be published in the Quarterly, beginning with
the present issue,

and continuing

Alabama— Helen

in later issues.

Parks (Mrs. Conrad Hutchinson)

1915,

Margaret E. Rutherford, 1916.
Arkansas
Carrie L. Muth (Mrs. George Rose) 1904,
2324 Ring street. Little Rock; Mildred E. Kline (Mrs. Robert P.
Institute;

—

Bartholomew) 1919, 604 Whitham
Arizona
Rilletoo;

—

street, Fayetteville.

Florence Kitchen (Mrs. Clinton Follmer)

Mabel H. Parker (Mrs. Clark Kitchen)

too; Harriet Hess (Mrs. Bruce S. Hess)

1904,

1

896,
Rille-

1907, Yuma, R. D.

1

;

Marion Parker (Mrs. Ed. Lull) 1909, Clemenceau; Almah C.
Wallace (Mrs. William F. School) 1909, Rice; Elva C. Brobst
(Mrs. R. A.

Rummage) 1917,

—William

Prescott.

Conner 1885, Madera, R. D. 1,
Moore,
Walter A.
1885, Madera; Charles M. Petty, 1885, 128
E. Yosemite Ave., Madera; May S. Conner (Mrs. Charles Petty)
1887, Madera; William L. Williams, 1887, Madera; Harriet H.
Richardscn (Mrs. John Gordon) 1888, 1530 N. Second street,
Norwalk; Rose Sickler (Mrs. E. T. Williams) 1890, 1410 Scenic
Ave., Berkeley; R. Belle Trumble (Mrs. Ben Replogle) 1891,
940 Arlington St., Berkeley; L. B. Brodhead, 1892, Chula
Vista; May Learn (Mrs. Frank Buckalew) 1893, 912 Tulore
Ave., Berkeley; George McLaughlin, 1894, San Francisco; AnCalifornia

S.

na Fo'lmer (Mrs. 0. G. Hess) 1895, Warren St., Taft; Bertha
Parker (Mrs. W. D. Edwards) 1895, Pacific Beach; Gertrude
1896, 6703 Tyrone Ave., Van
Miller (Mrs. H. M. Postle)
L. B. Broadhead, 1898, Chula Vista; Clark E. Kitchen,
1904, Lancaster; Herbert Rawlinson, 1904, 715 S. Parkview

Nugo;

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41

Los Angeles; Ruth T. Turner (Mrs. David G. Martin) 1904,

801 Grand Ave.,

E.

San Francisco; Jennie

Kline (Mrs.

I.

J.

A.

1907, 1915 N. Catalina Ave., Hollywood; Edna Miller

Sitler)

(Mrs. Dr. Dutcher) 1907, 3517 Chestmont Ave., Los Angeles;
Agnes F. Wallace (Mrs. N. D. Dutcher) 1907, Livermore; Ellen
H. Avery (Mrs. W. W. Penerley) 1911, Pan American Refinery,
Wilmngton; Joanna Beddall (Mrs. Marshall Watkins) 1908,
2115 Carson St., Pasedena; Lottie R. Spangler (Mrs. M. A.
Loose) 1911, Verdugo City; Harold N. Cool, 1912, 4115 Irving Place Culver City; Margaret C. Keiser (Mrs. E. W. Samuel)
1912, 461 Welden Ave., Oakland; Maizie V. Phillips (Mrs. Guy
;

0. Barnett)

(Mrs.

S.

1913, 340 H.

St.,

Chula Vista; Emily Richardson

A. Santiago) 1916, 753 N. June

Colorado

—Wa

St.,

Los Angeles.

1878, 929 Pearl St., Den617 Mapleton Ave., Boulder; J. W.

lace L. Evans,

ver; Emily C. Kern, 1879,

1882, Del Monte; C. M. Halstead (Mrs. Sanders)

Dilly,

1882,

649 Ma n St., Delta; Florence Irvin (Mrs. Fields) 1889, 3145
W. 34th Ave., Denver; Edith C. Cole, 1912, 2305 S. Washington St. Denver; Lee W. Burgess, 1905, Grand Junction; Edith
Martin (Mrs. Greiner) 1912, Denver.
Connecticut

1889,

59

1

— Margaret

State Street,

A. Stevens (Mrs. John C. Taylor)

New London;

M

nme M. Shepherd

Wertman) 1898, 411 Farmington St., Hartford;
James C. Tucker, 1898, 249 Colony St., Meriden; George E.
Ferrio, Jr., 1911, First National Bank Building, Bridgeport;
(Mrs. E. E.

Helen Elizabeth Hutton, 1923, Sharon.
1

De aware

—

Harriet

Brenneman (Mrs. H.

B.

Roop) 1898,

Dover; Irene Hortman, 1924, 822 N. Adams St.,
Wilmington; Sara Harris (Mrs. A. E. Chipman) 1900, Seaford;
Grace G. Speaker (Mrs. William A. Wilkinson) 1900, Newark;

582

State

St.,

J. Broughhall) 1886, 500 W. 14th
Wilmington; Rev. Ben Johns, 1894, Wilmington; George
Norman, 1895, 1410 Gilpin Ave., Wilmngton; Hettie Cope
(Mrs. John A. Whitney) 1895, Port Penn.

A. Adella Shaffer (Mrs. T.
St.,

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Philadelphia Alumni Association
BANQUET RETROSPECTIONS
“A Retrospect” by

Melissa

S.

Perley

At

will, the past unrolls and shows
The winding path earth’s trave'er goes;
Through scenes all bright, through scenes
Where trials lurk and bar the way;
O’er snowy heights, both rough and steep.
Where chasms yawn beneath the feet.

all

gray,

Yet, through

it ah, an unseen Guide
Has marked the way and walked beside.

The above poem was written expressly for our banquet
It was read by many at the banquet, and was so
much enjoyed that we thought we would pass it on to others
through the Alumni Quarterly.
The author, Miss Melissa S.

last April.

Perley, Enasburg Falls, Vermont, will be ninety-four years old

on her next birthday, November 9th.

We

are quite sure that

she will appreciate greatly a birthday greeting from any alum-

nus of Bloomsburg.

“Vermont,”

Day

will

at Valley

Her poem on her native

state,

entitled

be read as part of the celebration on Vermont

Forge next year.

Miss Perley, for the past sev-

eral years, has sent greetings to the Philadelphia

Alumni

at re-

union time.

We are sorry we had not time to read to the guests the
numerous messages, telegrams, etc., we received the night of
the banquet.

Summer
enjoyed by

all

activities in the

who

way

of picnics

were thoroughly

attended.

The luncheon meetings begin the second Saturday in OctoAs formerly, they will be
ber, at Gimbel’s Paul Revere Room.
You may order as much or as little as you
held at 12:30.

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These meetings are informal and will continue through
up to and including the second Saturday in March.
The annual banquet in April will be held at the usual time,
Our
and home-coming takes place in May, at Bloomsburg.
year’s meetings will then be rounded out by the usual summer

choose.

the year

picnics.

Death Notices

Our Association wishes
death of Dr.

J. P.

to express

deep regret at the
of Bloomsburg
sincerest sympathy to

its

Welsh, a former President

State Teachers College,

and

to

extend

its

Those of our number who atservices
tended the funeral
were: Mr. and Mrs. Norman G. Cool,
of Philadelphia; Mrs. McDonnell and son Joseph, of Jenkintown; and Mrs. Pulker, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Welsh and her
children made a special request that they be remembered to
their Bloomsburg friends.
He was always
Dr. Thompson’s death shocked us greatly.
a staunch supporter of the Philadelphia Alumni and BloomsMrs. Welsh and their children.

burg.

The death
all

who knew

of Rev. O’Boyle

of

his long

came

illness.

as a sorrowful shock to

His

wife,

Hannah Reese

O’Boyle, ’88, and his talented daughter Katherine
us with the orchestra music at our reunions,

sympathy

in their

who

furnishes

have our deepest

bereavement.
Birth Notice

birth of Edward Wayne Castellan’, August 4, son of
and Mrs. Bessie Evans Castel'ani, is noted. This is the
fourth of a delightful and interesting group of children.

The

Dr. Peter

Doings of the Philadelph'a Group
Adelle Schaeffer Broughall, with her

sisters,

spent the sum-

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mer

in

The three

Reading, Pa.

sisters live in Florida

during the

winter.

Harriet Hillis Smith, 1912,

tells

of a delightful vacation.

and Mrs. George Baker, 900, of Moorestown, and
motored to the Chicago Fair and toured the Middle Western States.
Harry and Nina Tague Frantz, 1895, attended the Westtown picnic in August, taking it in as a side trip on a summer
Dr.

1

their daughter,

vacation tour.

Marguerite Nearing, ’08, spent a delightful vacation

Bindenwood, Wernersville, Pa.
Alma Wallace Scholl, ’09, returned
Arizona, the

first

week

in

to her

home

in

at

Globe,

August.

Catharine Boyle, ’13, greeted the president of our group
letter written aboard ship while passing through the
Azores on a delightful tour of Europe during her summer vaca-

with a

tion.

Dr.

J. P.

Echternach, 1899, and Mrs. Echternach spent a

restful vacation in the

Dorothy

Adirondacks.

1916, enjoyed a motor

Fritz,

trip across the

con-

tinent.

Hill,

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Jones (Isabel Mooney, ’86) of Drexel
have been touring the New England States this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kenney (Nora Woodring, ’09) and

family visited

Nova

Scotia.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Foley (Jennie Yoder, ’08) and family
motored to Niagara Falls and Watkins Glen. Their son Edward
has just been elected president of the Glee Club of the University of Pennsylvania; he will be graduated from the School of

Education next year.

We

wish to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. William Ranch, 08,

upon the recovery of their son, William, Jr., from a
ness during the summer, due to a nasal operation.

Word

has

come

to us that

Herman

Fritz,

serious

ill

1899, has been

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elected Superintendent of Schools in Chester, Pa.
best wishes of the

Philadelphia Association,

very active member.
as

We know

He has

of which

he

the
is

a

that he will fkl this position just

capably and even more so than he did

his

Letters of appreciation of the banquet

former one.

and of our organi-

zation have been received from Annie Miller Melick, 1885,

who

and enthusiastic member of the Philadelphia Alumni.
not
Do
fail to send in your subscriptions for the Quarterly
at once
then you will be able to keep ;n touch with your Alma
Mater and enjoy with your friends and other Alumni the worthwhile doings of our “Dear Old Bloomsburg” and its loyal Alumis

a loyal

;

ni.

Dues for the Philadelphia Alumni Association, commencing
be one dollar. Prompt remittances will be greatly appreciated.
They may be sent to Jennie Yoder Foley, Secretary, 8134 Hennig Street, Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pa.
We are receiving letters all the time expressing deep interest in the Association. We are always pleased to hear from loyal
friends who are interested in our organization and what we are
this year, will

doing.

Florence Hess Cool, ’88, President.
o

1934
Emanuel M. Thomas, of Lee Park, Hanover Township, died
Mr.
suddenly at his home Sunday morning, September 2.
Thomas, known on the campus as “Huck,” attended the Hanover Township High School and the Wilkes-Barre Business Co lege before coming to Bloomsburg. He was a member of the
Men’s Glee Club, a member of the staff of the Maroon and Gold,
a member of the baseball squad, and belonged to Delta Chapter
1

of the

Gamma

Theta Upsilon

Nat’onal Geographic Fraternity.

Funeral services were held at the

home

of his parents,

ford street, Lee Park, on Thursday, September 6.

49 Ox-

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Alumni Home-Coming Day
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

3,

1934

Football
I

j

Bloomsbury

vs.

Shippensburg

OTHER INTERESTING EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
j

COLLEGE CALENDAR

— 1934-1935

SUMMER SESSION

1934

Registration Day
Classes Begin
Sessions End

Monday, June 25
Tuesday, June 26
Saturday, August 4

FIRST SEMESTER
Final Date For Entrance Examinations,
2:00 P. M., Monday,
Registration and Classification of All Freshmen,
10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Tuesday,
Registration Day
All Others,
9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Wednesday,
Thursday,
Classes Begin, 8:00 A. M.
Thanksgiving Recess Begins _
12:00 M., Wednesday,

—

September 10
September 11
September 13
September 13

November 28

Thanksgiving Recess Ends
12:00 M., Monday, December 3
Christmas Recess Begins __ After Last Class, Saturday, December 22
Christmas Recess Ends
12:00 M., Wednesday, January 2
First Semester Ends
Saturday, January 19

SECOND SEMESTER
Second Semester Begins
Easter Recess Begins
Easter Recess Ends
Class

Work Ends

__

12:00 M., Wednesday, January
After Last Class, Thursday, April
__ 12:00 M., Wednesday, April
After Last Class, Friday, May

COMMENCEMENT

1935

ALUMNI DAY

May
May
Monday, May
Tuesday, May

Saturday,

Baccalaureate Sermon
Senior Day, Ivy Day, Class Night

Commencement

23
18
24
24

Sunday,

10:00 A. M.,

25
26
27
28

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THE ALUMNI

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Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins
Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly
changes of address.
have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at
the address on our files.
All

of

all

Officers of the

— Bruce
—
—Edward
Treasurer—
President

Vice-President

Dr. D.

Secretary

Alumni Association

Albert,

R.

F.

J.

06, Bloomsburg.

Waller, Jr., ’67, Bloomsburg.

Schuyler, ’24, Bloomsburg.

Harriet Carpenter, ’96, Bloomsburg.

Executive Committee

— Fred W.

Diehl,

iel J. Mahoney, 09, Wilkes-Barre; Maurice
wick; Dennis D. Wright, ’ll, Bloomsburg;

09, Danville; DanF.

Houck,

E. H.

10, Ber-

Nelson, ’ll,

Bloomsburg; H. Mont Smith, ’93, Bloomsburg; Frank Dennis,
'll, Wilkes-Barre.

1875
Class Reunion,

May

25, 1935.

1880
Class Reunion,

The following

May

25, 1935.

from the St. Paul “Pioneer
be of interest to friends and
classmates of Ernest W. Young. Incidentally, Mr. Young’s name
was erroneously omitted from the list of members of the Class
Press’’ of April

of

1

15,

clipping, taken

1934,

will

880, as printed in the July issue of the Quarterly.
“Ernest W. Young, 2303 Alden street, St. Paul, was mild-

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ly

when he read articles
who had been keeping diaries

dubious recently

about persons

But

why

or

don’t they write stories about some-

a seasoned diary keeper?

is

"Mr. Young keeps a diary himself
while ago, January
thinks

for

it

he questioned,

body who

He

36

38 years.
commendable of these young people to begin
diary as it is a method cal habit of which he approves.

He thought
keeping a

newspapers

the

in

1,

—

that

an interest ng hobby and probably

it

is

he started a

1878, and hasn’t missed an entry yet.
will

make

a reg-

and FrankIt opens on a Pennsylvania farm when
lin Roosevelt’s victory.
the country was just emerging from the effects of the 1873
panic and currently describes the depression that began in
929. It carries its prncipal from a country high school student through college, law study, government service as pension
among them
inspector, to a retired man with many interests
his membership on the state executive committee of the Allied
ular thing of

it.

The diary records

Blaine’s defeat

1

—

Drys.

‘There are 56 books, one for each year. The diary opens
on a subdued note
I am at home, sick with the
‘Tuesday, January 1, 1878

—

mumps.

I

read a good deal and study

,

Latin.

Snyder count}',
Young was living then in
and walked 2 -2 miles to school and back each day in
“Mr.

Pa

my

Blue

Hills,

1

Jennie B. Priestly, descendant of the chemist
Twice a day he
discovered oxygen, was a schoolmate.

Northumberland.

who

west branch of the Susquehanna, rowing when
and that
he could, paying a 5-cent bridge toll when he had to

had

to cross the

was almost prohibitive

—

in

those days.

‘‘January 23 he records

—

“I crossed the river

when

fear-

fully rough.’

Chestnut Ridge and Granger Hollow, clover sowing, picking up stones, fencing, planting potatoes, destroying caterpillars, fixing the spring house and trips

“There are debates

at

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visits to a Negro
and threshing with the
the summer and fall

Picking cherries, haying,

to the grist mill.

camp meeting, binding

after the reaper

two-horse threshing machine follow

in

comes along with the taking of apples

to

the cider press, a

greenback meeting at Chestnut Ridge and clover hulling.
“Church attendance and religious meetings seem more
numerous than anything else.
'I
enjoy learning and knowledge’ the youth records October 15.
Often he worked late
after school.

Butchering on November 24 kept him up to 2

:

00

A. M.

“Mr. Young was graduated
school,

went

to the state

from

the

Northumberland

normal and taught several years be-

where a dip into the 884 diary
shows him as a freshman, sawing wood for professors to support himself and studying Homer’s Iliad and Horace.
He tried
canvassing too but did not like it and, January 4, he records he
missed a train to North Adams, Mass., where he was supposed
fore entering Williams college

to take subscriptions for

the Iliad

books and went back

1

to the study of

with considerable satisfaction.’

“Phillips Brooks,

famous Boston preacher, and the Boston

Beethoven club, were among the attractions at the college that
he enjoyed that spring. March 8, he incurred the displeasure
of President Carter

with the sophomores
take
diary

it

away from

‘to test

by carrying a cane, precipitating a battle
who were unsuccessful in their attempts to

him.

'I

carried the cane,’ he confides to his

the sophomores’ principle.’

“The next fall, a sophomore himself, he voted for Blaine
but Cleveland was elected. Hearing President Hoover’s acceptance address in 1932 he records it as ‘a masterful address,
making Roosevelt’s look like piffle’’ but before the e'ection he
correctly estimates

that

‘it is

about settled favorably to Roose-

velt.’

One
“Mr. Young is author of two published works.
“Comments on the Interchurch Report on the Steel Strike

is

of

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1919.”
cause

He

finds

much good

in the

report but criticises

it

be-

‘betrays a tendency to lean toward the radical element

it

“The Wilson Administration and
about the war president but also believes he favored the working class too much.
‘‘After graduating from Williams, Mr. Young entered law
study at Columbia University, continued his law after he had
entered government service in Washington and took a postgraduate course at Columbian (now George Washington) University in Washington.
In 1893 he went to Indian Territory
(now Oklahoma) as one of a commission to investigate Indian
In the other book,

in society.’

the Great

War,” he

pension claims

finds things to praise

—many

Indians fought for the Union in the Civil

War.

1897 he went

Cloud as Northwest pension inspector for the government, a position he held in St. Cloud and
‘‘In

later St. Paul, until

In the

list

to St.

he retired

of the

in

members

1930.’

of the class of

1

880, as pubhave been

lished in the July Quarterly, the following corrections

called to the attention of the Editor:

Alice Fisher died August 19, 1933.
D.

W. Mears, 601

Tillie

First National

Bank

M. Sterner (Mrs. Scott Young)

Bldg., Scranton, Pa.
1

109 Spruce

Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

1885
Class Reunion,

May

25, 1935.

The following article, taken from the Gettysburg College
Bulletin of May, 1934, is an interesting history of the career
of a distinguished member of the Class of 1885
‘‘Just suppose you should receive a letter from England
inviting you to cooperate with an international group of scholars in the preparation of a dictionary of

Medieval Latin.

It

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“Tim” Birch had that experihim because he had achieved an international reputation as a scholar by the publication of the
“De Sacramento Altaris,” by William of Ockham, in a critical
Lat:n text and in an English translation published by the Luth-

would be the

ence recently.

thrill
It

of a iifetime.

came

to

;

eran Literary Board, Burlington, Iowa, 1930.

“An
dent;

the resultant of the

son Research Fellow

worked

is

not an acci-

of a lifetime.

As a Harri-

international reputation of this sort

it is

for several years

University

the

at

work

of

on epigraphy and paleography.

he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

in

After

1908, there

followed a more extended period of preparation

1915

he

Pennsylvania,

until

about

then for fifteen years he spent his strength and time and

;

money

in the

“His

first

preparation of the volume mentioned above.
great task

was

to learn to read

Medieval Latin,

written and printed in the puzzling abbreviations of that period

—

a primitive shorthand that only a few modern scholars have
mastered.
Printing as we know it uses words and only a few

well-known abbreviations.
ago.

It

was

different four

hundred years

Before that time, when books were multiplied by scribes,

they devised a complex series of symbols using the letters of the

alphabet and other marks.

And when

the printer “followed the copy.”

scholar

is

helpless in reading

some

has been specially trained for

it.

printing

As a

result,

was invented
even a Latin

of these old books unless he

For example, the

letter

“p”

with a Hne means per, or pro, or prae, or pri, depending upon
where the line is placed; “epi” means episcopi (bishops), x
stands for um, etc. There are hundreds of abbreviations of this
sort, and to master them was a task of no mean proportions.
‘

“Then he faced the problem of sources. Where could he
an authorative text? There was none. He had to make
There were a few manuscript copies and several printed
one.
editions of the book, but these were scattered and very difficult
find

to use.

A

crtical study of manuscript copies

and the

earliest

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editions lead him to use the manuscripts of Balliol College and
Merton College of Oxford University and a manuscript of the
University of Rouen, and the Paris edition of about
490 and
that of Strassburg of 1491 and the Venetian text of 1504.
His
“new text is based chiefly upon the Balhol manuscript and the
text of Strassburg of 1491.”
Professor Birch had photostatic
copies made of these six sources and was thus able to do his
1

work

critical editorial

ship of this sort

in his

study

an expensive

is

in Springfield,

luxury;

it

Ohio.

cost

Author-

him several

thousand dollars.

modern philistianit was written
this important ph’losophico-theological work is accessible to
scholars in a well authenticated Latin text that can be used, and
“Cui bono?

ism

—

of

The

what use

is

inevitable question of

For the

it?

first

time since

for the rest of us Professor Birch has translated

The publication
achievement of
“It

is

of

first

this

book

magnitude

so recognized

book

is

a

it

noteworthy

into English.

service,

an

in the field of scholarship.

by reviewers everywhere.

Scholars

Recently
meets a long-felt need.
there has been a growing interest in medieval philosophy, but
students are handicapped by the difficulty in consulting original
sources.
Many of the most important philosophical works of

welcome

it

as a

that

the Middle Ages are almost inaccessib'e, and their confusing
Medieval Latin abbreviations can be read by only a few who
Furthermore, there was no authoritative
are specially trained.
Ghellinck,
S.
de
text.
J., writes concerning Professor Birch’s
J.

“Ephemerides Theologicae Louvanienses,” of the UniIt is ‘a beneficent undertaking, for the text
versity of Louvain
of Ockham was almost inaccessible in rare editions, incunabula
and post incunabula, which are found only in a few libraries. It
was also a courageous enterprise, for a good portion of courage

book

in

:

was necessary to go deep into the thicket of Ockhamistic conceptions and to render into a modern language thought so intimately linked to a medieval background.’ A number of his re-

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viewers were impressed by the courage and the patience that
such a long and

difficult

research

work

required.

John Alfred Faulkner, of Drew Theological
students of church history and doctrine
Professor Birch’s book is a godsend, and reflects honor on
American scholarship.’
Professor Faulkner and others have
expressed the hope that Professor Birch will continue his studies in Ockham and give us add.tional critical texts and translations of other works of this original th nker of the first half of
the fourteenth century.
There is a large field here awaiting
Professor Birch
the scholar to open it to the modern world.
can do it. He has the scholarship and the patience necessary

“The

late Prof.

Seminary, wrote:

To

for such a task.
Where is the well-to-do lover of learning, some
modern Cosimo Medici, to provide the photostatic copies of the
scattered manuscripts and early ed tions of other masterpieces
of Ockham? At present Professor Birch is at work on ‘The
Life and Philosophy of William of Ockham,’ which he hopes to
publish in about two years.

“Professor Birch

owns one

of the four

is

also a collector of rare books.

known

He

copies of ‘Corpus Juris Canonici of

1514’; the other three are distributed in Rome, Paris and VenHe got it for $15 in Leary’s Old Bookstore in Philadelphia,
ice.

which had received
sota.

He

also

it

owns

a

from a dismantled monastery
first

edition of ‘Historia et

in

Minne-

Antiqutas Uni-

1674, ‘Acts of the Roman Popes by
‘Sententiae of Peter Lombard,’ 1543, and

versitatis Oxonensis’ of

John Bale, 1557;
other rare old books dear

to the collector.

“Professor Birch’s achievements have been recognized by

He

learned societies, both American and European.

of

Philosophical

numerous other
the

name

Studies,
societies.

The Authors’ Club
its

growing

list

a Felof Sci-

British Institute

of London,

Gettysburg College

of Professor Birch to

's

Advancement

low of the American
ence, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the
Association for the

is

and

glad to add

of alumni of in-

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A tree is known by its fruits and a colHe has brought honor to his Alma Mater by

ternational reputation.
iege

by

its

alumni.

winning wide recognition for excellence of scholarship
chosen

field.

genial friend

“He

But

to us of ’91

he

is

just ‘Tim’ Birch, a

in his

most

and companion.

where he
Normal School.
Later he studied
at Susquehanna University and entered Gettysburg :n the Junior
year, where he graduated in 1891, and from the Theological
Seminary in 1894. Then he taught in Gettysburg Academy,
and later in Irving College from 1896 to 1902, and in Susquehanna University from 1902 to 1905. He was a Harrison Foundation Scholar 1905-1906 and a Harrison Research Fellow,
1906-1908, when he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Since then he has been Professor of Philosophy in Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio.
In 1926 Gettysburg College
gave him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.”
is

a native of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

prepared for teaching

in the

1890
Class Reunion,

May

25, 1935.

1894

On Tuesday, June 12, William White Evans, one of
Bloomsburg’s best known citizens took as his bride Mrs. Elizabeth R. Rutter, of Tyrone. The ceremony was performed by
Dr. Joseph Steele, pastor of the Tyrone Presbyterian Church,
few relatives and friends of the couple.
The bridegroom is the superintendent of schools of ColumThe
bia county and one of the county’s best known residents.
bride has been a teacher in the schools of Tyrone.
in

the presence of a

1895
Class Reunion,

May

25, 1935.

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1898
E. S. Taylor, of Mt.

cipal of the Scott

Carmel, was elected

Township Schools.

this fall as prin-

Mr. Taylor served for

Carmel, and

fifteen years as principal of the high school at Mt.

fourteen months as

ough.

superintendent of the

Mr. Taylor

schools of

that bor-

a graduate of Bloomsburg, and also of

is

Grove City College.

1900

May

Class Reunion,

25, 1935.

Swainbank (Mrs. George H. Powell)

Lillian B.

lives at

46

Prince Street, Rochester, N. Y.

W.

Clair

Brandon met

May

the evening of
tng,

he taught

5,

in the

instant death in an auto accident on

For several years after gradua-

1934.

public schools of Schuylkill county and

Then he became identified with bituminous
For the past twenty years
Armstrong county.
he was interested in the timber business on the Eastern Shore,
Md. He is survived by a wife, two daughters, his father and
Fayette county.

coal interests in

1904.

Largely attended funeral

a sister,

Pearl E., class of

services

were conducted by the Rev. Herman Bischoff on the

afternoon of
ton,

Md.

May

9,

1934,

Interment was

Members

in

the Presbyterian

made

in

Church, Stock-

the adjoining cemetery.

of the Class of 1900, as well as his large circle

of friends, will hear with

deep regret of

his tragic

and untimely

death.

1901
Mrs. Rebecca

J.

Ziegler, wife of

Dr.

Edwin A.

Ziegler,

Director of the Forest Research Institute, Mont Alto, died at
their home July 8 aged 52 years.

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Mrs. Ziegler was intelligently

interested

things which pertained to the higher

the

work

of the Church

;

life

she was for

and active in the
community and

of the

many

years a

member

of

Zion Reformed Church, Chambersburg, and attended the ser-

was also actively
work of a local church of Mont Alto as a
Sunday School and otherwise.

vices as regu'arly as distance permitted, but

identifed with the

teacher

in the

She was active in the work of the Missionary Society of
her church; had served as president of the W. M. S. for Mercersburg Class’s and at the time of her death was vice president

She was a veritable “Epistle of

of that organization.

Christ, not

written with ink but with the spirit of the living God,” of a rich

devotional

spirit

and an undaunted

carry on heroically during her

who knew

which enabled her to
and endeared her to all

faith

illness,

her.

Funeral services were held at the home at Mont Alto on
Tuesday afternoon, July 10, in charge of her pastor, Rev. Dr.
Hendricks, ass sted by the pastors of two of the local
I. W.
churches, and another service was held Wednesday forenoon
in the Reformed Church of Rebersburg, which was the parental
home of both Dr. and Mrs. Ziegler, the pastor of the church,
Burial was in the
Rev. A. J. Miller, assisting in the service.
;

adjoining cemetery.

Rebecca Jane Moyer.
s maiden name was
following sisters and
her
the
survive
husband
there
Besides her
Ohio; Mrs. Flora
Toledo,
of
brothers: Mrs. Henry R. Kreider,
Limbert, of Tyrone, Pa.; Mrs. Sara Bray, of Drums, Pa.; J. N.
Moyer, of Rebersburg, Pa. and J. K. Moyer, of Binghamton,
Mrs. Ziegler

;

New

York.
Mrs. Ziegler

was

Allentown College for
College.

a member of
Women, and of

the

Alumni Association,

the Bioomsburg Teachers

She taught school before her marriage

county near

Millville,

and

in

Center Hall, Pa.

in

Columbia

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1902
Alice F. Melvin (Mrs. Benjamin Eichholzer) lives in Forest City, Pa.

1903
Edith Patterson
is

1

is

teaching

Orange, N.

in

J.

Her address

48 South Munn Avenue.
1904

Emma

S.

Hinkley (Mrs.

J.

P. Saylor)

lives in

Tamaqua,

Pa.

1905
Class Reunion,

Dr.

July 31

,

May

25, 1935.

George Harris Webber, of Milledgeville, Georgia, died
1934.
He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on

December
and public

1

1

,

1882.

He

received his early education in private

schools of Charleston and took business courses at

the Y. M. C. A.

and Stokes College. Later he took the pre-mediBloomsburg Literary Institute and received the

cal course at the

regular Normal diploma at that institution in 1905.

ceived the post-graduate diploma, P.
in

1906 and took

in

1907.

certificate

the

S. N.,

He

also re-

and degree

supplementary course leading

to

B. Pd.

M. Pd.

At the University of Tenneccee he received a special
909. At Susquehanna University he
in Science, in

received the degree of B.

1

S. in

1

908.

work at the Hygienic Laboratories,
Washington, D. C. in 1910. The University of South Carolina
awarded him the degree of A. M. in 1912 and he received at
Susquehanna University the degree of M. S. in 1918 and the
degree of Doctor of Science in 1921
He took further graduate
work during the summers continuously in 1917, ’18, ’19, ’20,
Later he did research

.

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58

’21, ’22

’23, ’24, ’25

and completed the work

for the degree

Ph. D.
His educational career included the following:

Teacher and principal

in a village school, instructor in

high

school and superintendent of a town system, superintendent of
a city school system, instructor in high school, normal school,

American Red Cross
He was Executive SecreHe was a Delegatetary and Director of Community Service.
Member Fourth International Congress School Hygiene. He

college and university.
lecturer on First

was a

Aid

He served

as an

to the Injured.

Marine Hospital and Public
numerous articles of eduinterest.
He was a traveler and student
various sections of the United States.

scientific assistant at the U. S.

He was

Health Service.
cational

and

scientific

of school activities in

He

the author of

also held the following offices:

President County Teachers’ Association, President University Teachers’ Club, Departmental President State Teachers’ Association, Director National Education Association,

a County

Board of Education, Director

in a

Member

of

county educational

survey, and author of an organized course in Nature Study

for

state-wide use.

organizer and instructor of courses for teachers

He was an

Hygiene, Educational Efficiency, Classroom
Hygiene, Educational Psychology, MethPersonal
Management,
in

:

Educational

ods of Instruction.

That Dr. Webber’s educational achievements earned wide
President Dorchester
recognition is shown by the following:

County Teachers Association, President Beaufort Teachers Association, President University of South Carolina Teachers Club,
First

Secretary of the Council of Delegates

S. C. S. T. A.,

Member

of Executive

in the

Committee

reorganized

S. C. S. T.

A.

(four years). First Delegate from the S. C. S. T. A. after its affiliation with the National Education Association, First President
of the

Department of Science and Mathematics of the

S. C. S.

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(served three years)

T. A.

Personal

;

59

representative

State Department of Education of South Carolina

of

the

to the Fourth

Internationa! Congress on School Hygiene, Speaker in the vaii-

ous departments of the

S. C. S. T. A.,

Invited by the Southern

Education Association to speak on the subject “Teaching Hygiene to Children,” Pennsylvania Teachers Institutes:
tional Efficiency,”

“Education for

Association for the

Gertrude

Effic

Advancement of

Rowe

lives

at

ency,”

“Educa-

Fellow American

Science.

212 Academy

Street,

Wilkes-

Barre, Pa.
Bessie Crevehng

dress

is

is

teaching in Irvington, N.

Her ad-

J.

30 Myrtle Avenue.
1906

Shambach, superintendent of schools at Sunbury
and well known here, has been elected
superintendent at Donora, near Pittsburgh, and took up his duJohn

E.

for the past four years

ties

July 2.

Margaret Jenkins (Mrs. R. A. McCachran) of Camp Hill,
underwent an operation for appendicitis at the
Polyclinic Hospital at Harrisburg. At the time of going to press,

Pa., recently

her condition was reported as being favorable.

A

Harrisburg paper, under date of August

1

4, carried the

following item relative to the death of Harry E. Prevost,

was

a student at

“Harry
directory

E.

who

Bloomsburg during the year 1905-06:
Prevost, of

manager

2510 North

of the Bell Telephone

Sixth street, general

Company

in

Central

Pennsylvania, died suddenly yesterday from a stroke of apo-

plexy on shipboard, a day’s journey from Havana, Cuba.

“The 53-year-old executive, prominent
fairs, left this city

in

local civic af-

on August 3 on a vacation cruise

to

Nova

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Scotia with Lane S. Hart,

company

III,

district

manager

He docked

at Williamsport.

in

of the telephone

New York

City Sat-

urday and boarded another steamer, the Morro Castle, of the

Ward

bound

Line,

“Word
diogrammed
at

to the

Mr. Prevost’s

in excellent

for

Havana

steamship office

office

toona, and

a.

m.,

was

ra-

York, and associates

He had been
let-

yesterday morning at his home.
the telephone

beginning as a salesman

alternately local

made

New

here were then notified.

“He had served with
was

in

health until the time of his death, according to

ters received

thirty years,

that afternoon.

of his death, which occurred at 10

manager

at

in

company

Scranton

in

for nearly

1904.

He

Huntingdon, Ridgeway and Al-

was transferred to Harrisburg in 1915. He was
manager of the district in 1918 and elevated to

publicity

his present position in

company

1921, following a reorganization of the

into three operating districts in this State.

numerous capacities in local civic
Dauphin County Tuberculosis
several years, and was active on welfare boards

“Mr. Prevost served
projects.

in

He was chairman

Association for

of the

of Commerce committees.
“He was born in Tunkhannock, the son of the late Henry
He
C. Prevost, well-known Wyoming County political leader.
was graduated from St. Thomas College at Scranton, and also

and Chamber

attended Mansfield State Teachers College and the Bloomsburg
Normal School. At college he was prominent in football and

down an opportunity to beumpire because of his telephone

baseball activities and once turned

come

a major league baseball

interests.

“The body will be embalmed aboard the Morro Castle,
which is scheduled to arrive in New York next Saturday. Funeral arrangements have not as yet been made.
“Mr. Prevost is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ida M. Prevost, with whom he resided, and two brothers Dexter C., of
Ridgewood, N. J., and Tracy H., of Jersey City.

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1907
Gertrude Vance, of Orangeville, Pa.,
schools of Atlantic City, N.

Her address

J.

is

teaching in the

is

24 South Dela-

ware Avenue.

1908
Sara C. Faust

lives at

Mary Louise Moore

54 L:ncoln Avenue, Rutherford,

lives at

1

N.J.

029 Monroe Avenue, Scran-

ton, Pa.

The “Naughty Eight” class had a fine representation at the
banquet held by the Philadelphia Alumni Association of B. S.
T. C.
Those attending were: Margaret Coyle, Carrie Gray HurDarwin Maurer, Willie Morgan
ley, Martha Herring Bragg,
Stein, Franc s Petrilli, William Ranch, Anna Shiffer Peters, Mary
Southwood, and Jennie Yoder Foley.
;

Martha Herring Bragg has been elected principal of a
She has been teaching in the Junior
J.

school in Lakewood, N.

High School of Lakewood for several years.
Saida

L.

Hartman was

A. convention held
the Y.

W.

C. A. at

Everyone
cause

in April in
1

likes

Philadelph'a.

She

is

W.

C.

Secretary of

7th and K. Streets, Washington, D. C.

an increase in salary, but we find one very
our class receiving great publicity be-

member of
he rejectd a $500

distinguished

a delegate to the National Y.

salary increase.

Mr. Thomas Francis was re-elected unanimously to the
third term as county superintendent of Lackawanna county.
Excerpts from a Scranton paper say: “Ninety-three members
of the

Lackawanna County School

ed the quadrennial meeting

in the

Directors’ Association attend-

court house and voted unani-

mously for the re-election of Prof. Thomas Francis as superin-

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tendent of the county schools for the third term.

to

“A motion was presented to boost his salary from $7,000
$7,500 per year, but Mr. Francis took the floor and sug-

gested that because of the present financial conditions, that his

The motion was changed

salary remain unchanged.

$300
was

increase but

when Mr.

to carry a

Francis again objected, the salavy

fixed at $7,000.

“Many

of

the

directors

commended

the

work accom-

plished by Mr. Francis during his eight years as superintendent.”

A

letter

from Francis Petnlh, our celebrated

with the following “greeting”:
Italian

—

a rivederla, Slovak

—do

linguist,

ends

—

hasta

videnia, Spanish

Lithuanian— ko pasimati-

luego, hasta la vista, vaya con dios,

—

—

mo, Hungarian a viszontlatasa, German auf wiedersehen,
Polish
do widzienia, French— au revoir, etc., and in the U. S.
“I
be see’in ye.”

—

ll

1910
Class Reunion,

May

25, 1935.

1911

Edward

E. Hippensteel, of

commercial department

Bloomsburg,

at the Atlantic City

is

head of the

High School.

1912
Charlotte A. Koehler

lives at

31

Cobb Avenue, White

Plains, N. Y.

1913
Edith R. Keeler (Tallman) lives
is

employed

ton, D. C.

in the

in

Vienna, Virginia.

She

Department of Internal Revenue, Washing-

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who

Miss Nellie M. Denison,

years as a nurse

in the

63

has been serving for several

United States Army,

is

now

the Station Hospital, Schoefield Barracks, Hawaii.

pected to

sail

located at

She

is

ex-

from Brooklyn on the 22nd of September.

1915
Class Reunion,

Fred Faux

is

May

25, 1935.

a teacher in the

Shamokin High School.

1916
Katherine Waters

is

teaching at Woodbridge, N.

J.

1917

Ted

P.

Smith, the efficient principal of the Bloomsburg

Junior-Senior High School here since

1928, has been unanimously elected principal of the Sunbury Senior High School.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of Bloomsburg High School, class of
1915, Bloomsburg Normal, 1917, and Gettysburg College,
1923. After a year in the Myerstown High School he entered
the Bloomsburg schools in 924 as teacher of science and coach
and continued in the science department until his elevation to
1

the principalship in 1928.

1918
Zola Smith

is

teaching

Bertha Andrews
J.

She

lives at

is

in

Gibbstown, N.

teaching

in the

J.

schools of

Camden, N.

430 Haddon Avenue.
1919

Claire

Heddens, of Benton,

is

teaching

in

Ardmore.

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1920

May

Class Reunion,

25, 1935.

At an announcement party Saturday evening, June 23,
announced the marriage

Mrs. Dayton Fairman, of Orangeville,

Montgomery, to John C. Bittner,
The wedding took place December 2, 1933,

of her sister, Miss Clara C.

of

Orangeville.

at

the Grace Lutheran Parsonage, Shillington, Pa., by the Rev.

The bride is
State Teachers College and has been
Victor A. Kroninger.

a graduate of

Bloomsburg

a successful teacher of Na-

ture Study in the Hazleton City Schools for several years.

W.

Clair

Hower, formerly supervisor of music

Bloomsburg schools,

is

now

in

the

director of music in the schools of

Elkins Park, Pa.

1921

Mary Brower

is

teaching

in

the

Low-Heywood School

at

Stamford, Connecticut.

On
church

in the Lower Merion Baptist
Bryn Mawr, Miss Winifred Adda Hutchinson daugh-

Saturday, September

at

1

,

William Allan Hutch'nson, of College Hill, became
The
the bride of Mr. John Henry Stormfeltz, of Ridley Park.
Mil’er,
Lawrence
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. A.
ter of Mrs.

of Williamsport, district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. G. Morton Walker, D. D., pastor
of the church in

which the ceremony wes performed.

The bride is a graduate of the Bloomsburg Teachers College and has, for some years, been a successful teacher in the
Shoemaker school, Elkins Park. The groom attended Penn
State for two years and graduated from the University of PennHe is a member of the Sigma Phi fraternity. He is
sylvania.
employed by the state as a civil engineer and is located in Philadelphia.

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Mr. and Mrs. Stormfeltz are

new apartment house

at

now

65

living at the President, a

425 Cheltan avenue, Germantown.
1922

and Mrs. Paul Morrow of Endicott, N. Y., a
Bahr Morrow, June 19, 1934. Mrs. Morrow was
formerly Miss Genevieve Bahr, class of 1922 of B. S. N. S.
Born

to Mr.

son, Lewis

1923
Miss Winifred E. Edwards has been elected a teacher in
the commercial department at Irvington, N.J.
is

a graduate of the local

Miss Edwards

high school, the Bloomsburg Normal

School, the commercial teacher training course of Pierce School,
Philadelphia, and has her bachelor’s degree from

New York

University.

1923
Christine Smith

address

is

is

South Third

teaching at Morristown, N.

Helen Campbell, of Catawissa,

Her home address

is

Her home

J.

Catawissa, Pa.

street,

217 South

is

teaching at Baron

Hill.

street, Catawissa, Pa.

1924
Frank Birch
dress

is

Laura Hile
address

is

teaching at Warrensville, Pa.

435 Railroad

is

is

street,

teaching

home

ad-

in

J.

Her home

of relatives

and friends

May’s Landing, N.

Espy, Pa.

In the presence of a large

who

His

Bloomsburg, Pa.

filled the

number

auditorium of the First Methodist Church, Miss

Editha West Ent, of Bloomsburg, and Marion T. Adams, of Ru-

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were married Wednesday, August 15, by the Rev. Harry
F. Babcock, pastor of the church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Adams are graduates of the Bloomsburg
High School, class of 1922, and of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, class of 1924.
The bride received the degree of
Bachelor of Arts at Pennsylvania State College in 1928, and Mr.
Adams received the degree of Bachelor of Science from the
same institution in 929. The latter also secured his Master’s
Degree from State College, majoring in Economics. He is, at
the present time, teaching :n the Nuremberg High School.
pert,

1

A

pretty

wedding was solemnized

at the First Presbyterian

o’clock, when Dr.
church Saturday morning, June 23, at
David Harrison united Miss Ann L. Wright, of Berwick, and Ro1

1

marriage.

Relatives and

friends of the couple witnessed the ceremony.

The Episcopal

bert M. Wright, Westfield, N.

J.,

in

was used.
The bride attended Berwick schools and Bloomsburg State
Teachers College and has been a member of the teaching staff
in Berwick.
The groom is a graduate of Rutgers University and
is a member of the Chi Psi fraternity and Scabbard and Blade.
He is now associated with the Reeb Millwork Company at Roservice

selle, N. J.

Following the reception the newlyweds

eymoon

left

on their hon-

Canada and points of interest in the New EngThey are now living in East Stroudsburg.

trip to

land states.

1925
Class Reunion,

May

25, 1935.

Helen Hartzelle is teaching at Glenside, Pa.
7 Second street, Catawissa.
is

address

1

Her home

1

Pauline Hassler lives at 16 Mallery Place, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.

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Edith M. Fade lives at 101 East Center street, Nesquehon-

mg. Pa.

Two
united

in

of Bloomsburg’s

most esteemed young people were
when Miss M. Salome Greenly,

marriage, June 30,

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Greenly, of West Main street,
became the bride of William C. Coffman. The quiet ceremony
was performed at eight o’clock by Dr. Norman S. Wolf, in St.
Matthew’s Lutheran church, and in the presence of members of
the immediate families and a few friends.
The couple were unattended.
Immed ately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Coffman left on a honeymoon.
Mr. Coffman

is

ers College, class of

1929, and for
chemistry

five

in the

a graduate of the

1923, and

Bioomsburg State Teach-

Bucknell

University,

high school at Flemington, N.

J.

eran of the World War, having served overseas
of the

1

class of

years has been a most successful teacher of

in

He is a vetCompany I,

09th regiment.

Miss Ruth E. Mensinger,

of

Mifflinville,

Grimes of Bioomsburg, were united

in

and Joseph

S.

marriage, Wednesday,

June 20, at the Lutheran church in Mifflinville. The impressive marriage service of the Lutheran church was used, the Rev.
J. H. Young, officiating.
The bride is a graduate of Bioomsburg Teachers College
and has been a very successful and popular teacher in the public

schools of Lime Ridge and Berwick.

The groom

is

a grad-

uate of the Teachers College and of Penn State College and has

taught for several years

Westwood

N. J.

in

the high schools of

Camden and

After a motor trip to the Century of Progress

they returned to their residence on West First street, Bioomsburg.

Dorothy

J.

marriage with James

J.

At nine o’clock Tuesday morning, July
Herring, of

Orangeville, was united

in

3, Miss

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Greenway,

Jr.,

by Rev.
Reformed Church.

of Philadelphia,

of the Orangeville

The ceremony was performed

C. L.

in the

Brachman, pastor

garden

at the

home

of the bride’s parents, amid blue delphiniums, pink roses and
regal

lilies.

The bride attended

the public schools of Orangeville, pri-

vate school of Highland Hail, Hollidaysburg, Bloomsburg State

The
Teachers College and took work at Temple University.
bridegroom is president of the General Utilities Corporation, of
North Broad street, Philadelphia, and partner in the Penn WeldCompany, of Philade’phia. He is well known in sporting
circles, and his Chriscraft, “The Helen Francis’’ won first prize
ing

in regattas in

1931

in the vicinity of Philadelphia.

The couple are now
stone,” on

Gill

Road

in their

newly furnished home, “Grev-

Haddonfield, N.

in

J.

1926
Announcement has been made

of the

engagement

Ethel Flesher and Delmar Smith, both of Berwick.

of Miss

Miss Flesher

has been for the past five years secretary to the high school

She has also been an active participant in many comMr. Smith was formerly principal of the
munity activities.
Oiange street school building and is now teacher of civics in
He is a graduate of the Berwick High
the Berwick High School.
principal.

School and the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.
Gilbert
ville

Cooper

High School.

is

a

member

was formerly Miss Thalia Kitchen,
Emily Edwards
at

is

Northumberland, Pa.

street,

of the faculty of the Coates-

Mrs. Cooper, also a Bloomsburg graduate,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

teaching

of Catawissa, Pa.

in

the Joseph Priestly School

Her home address

is

150 West Main

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The marriage

69

of Miss Florence Shirley Friedberg, Berwick

was

school teacher, and Maurice H. Harrison, of Shamokin,

sol-

emnized Sunday, July 29, at Philadelphia. Rabbi Krefsky performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and a number
of friends.
The bride has been a teacher in the seventh grade
of the Orange street school for several years. The bridegroom
is a graduate of the Shamokin High School and is a member of
After September
the firm of Harrison Brothers of that city.
they took up their home in their newly furnished apartment at
220 West Sunbury street, Shamokin.
1

Pearl

Hagenbuch

is

teaching

in Passaic, N. J.

1927
Miss Daisy Alleman, of Bloomsburg, and George Knouse,
of McAlisterville, were united in marriage

morning, July 30, at the parsonage
church in Wilkes-Barre by the Rev.

9:30 Monday

at

John’s

of

St.

L.

Domer

Lutheran

Ulric.

Mrs.

Knouse has been a successful teacher in the McAllisterville
schools and the bridegroom is employed by the Farmers NationThey are at home in their newly
al Bank of McAllisterville.
furnished

home

in McAllisterville.

1928
Eleanor Sands

at

1

3

is

teaching

in

Mabel Albertson is teaching
Hudson Avenue.

Bloomfield, N.

in

Red Bank,

J.

She

N. J.

lives

1

Rosalie Boyer

address

is

is

teaching at Hagerstown, Md.

Her home

corner Third and Pine streets, Catawissa, Pa.

Dorothy Colley, of Benton,
Paxinos, Pa.

is

teaching

in

the schools of

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Mildred

Rehm

Esther Wright,

teaching

is

who

in Passaic, N. J.

lives at

325 Mulberry

street,

Berwick,

has been elected as a teacher in the Berwick schools after completing five years of successful teaching in

Mayberry Township,

Montour County.
At four o’clock Wednesday, August 22,

at the

home

of the

bride’s parents. Miss Katherine Hassinger, of Northumberland,

became
Creasy

the bride of

Mrs.

She was graduated from Beckley College, and

1926.

class of

has been

Lawrence H. Creasy, of Catawissa.

a graduate of Northumberland High School, in the

is

in

charge of the commercial department of the Shick-

shinny High School for the past three years.
she taught for two years

Previous to that

Sidman, near
Johnstown Pa.
Mr. Creasy was graduated from Catawissa
High School in 1925. Since his graduation from Bloomsburg,
he has been teaching in the Shickshinny High School. He received his Master’s degree from Columbia University this sumin the

high school at

mer.

A

quiet, but beautiful

church wedding was solemnized

at

Numidia Saturday morning, June
when
8:30
o’clock
Miss
Ruth Ann Rarig, of Numidia, and
30 at
Paul J. Bruch, also of Numidia, were united in marriage by the

St.

Paul’s Lutheran Church at

groom’s father, pastor of that church. The bride has taught
She was also an active
school five years in Locust Township.

worker

in the

Lutheran church and Sunday School and enjoys

a large circle of friends.

man

of his community.

The groom is a highly respected young
He is a graduate of high school at Lock

Haven where he formerly resided and

at the present time holds

a responsible position in a hotel in Clarion

their

are

and

also does avia-

Immediately after the ceremony the couple
plane on a wedding tour of the New England States.

work.

tion

making

their

home

in Clarion.

left ia

They

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1930
Class Reunion,

May

Josephine Holuba
Cyril Stiner

is

is

25, 1935.
teaching

teaching

in

in

Teaneck,

New

Jersey.

Susquehanna, Pa.

Miss Margaret L. DeCosmo, of Hazleton, a graduate of the

Theodore J. Wachowiak, of Shamowere married Wednesday evening, June 20, in the Church
of the Most Precious Blood at Hazleton by Rev. Father Francis

Teachers College, and
kin,

Molino.

On Saturday morning, June
ville,

claimed as

his bride.

30, Luther

W.

Bitler, of

Main-

Miss Margaret L. Swartz, of Millville.

The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s parents by Rev. C. F. Tolan, pastor of the Pottsgrove Lutheran
Church.

The bride is a graduate of Millvil’e High School, class of
the groom a graduate of the Bloomsburg High School
of the same year.
Both graduated from the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College in 1930 with degrees of bachelor of science in
1

926 and

education.

Mr. Bitler

High School and
the Scott

A

is

the efficient principal of the Pottsgrove

has been a very successful teacher
Township High School.

beautiful

his bride

wedding ceremony was performed by Rev.

Myles R. Smeltz, pastor of

home

St.

Matthew’s Lutheran Church, of

and Mrs. Harry W. Fahringer, at
Shamokin, when Miss Blanche Y.
L. Newell, of Canton, Pa., were united
marriage, the double ring ceremony of the Lutheran church

Catawissa, at the

West Commerce
Fahringer and Randall

No.

in

m

1

of Mr.

street,

being used.

The bride is a graduate of the Catawissa High School and
Bloomsburg State Teachers College, and has taught

also of the

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Numidia and Minersville High Schools. The groom
and is now
employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare as me-

since at both
is

a graduate of Bucknell in mechanical engineering

chanical engineer at the Blossburg State Hospital.

making

They are

their residence at Blossburg.

1931
Arthur McKenzie

is

a

house Junior High School
serving his fourth year
In a pretty

member

of the faculty of the Ritten-

at Norristown, Pa.

in his

Mr. McKenzie

is

present position.

ceremony Tuesday morning, August 28,

at the

home of the bride’s mother in Sunbury, Miss Miriam Hartt became the bride of Edward T. Kitchen, of Bloomsburg. The Rev.
Norman S. Wolf, pastor of the Lutheran Church in Bloomsburg,
performed the ceremony in the presence of a number of friends.
Since her graduation from Bloomsburg, Mrs. Kitchen has been
teaching at Lime Ridge.
Mr. Kitchen was graduated from the

He is a member of the
in 1933.
Rho and Delta Sigma Phi fraternities, and has been
some time as an accountant in Harrisburg.

Pennsylvania State College

Kappa

Delta

engaged

for

1932
Ruth Wagner

is

teaching

in

Dushore, Pa.

Jean Lewis is teaching in the consolidated school at JonesHer home address :s 62 E. Mam street, Bloomsburg.

town, Pa.

1933
Class Reunion,

May

Helen Wolfe

teaching

Charles Cox

is

is

25, 1935.
in

Camden, N.

J.

teaching in the schools of Nescopeck, Pa.

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
W. Fred Kester

is

Mary

teaching at Paxtang, Pa.

Betterly

is

Jay Hagenbuch

Mary Schuyler

teaching at Lake Winola, Pa.

teaching

is

73

Washingtonville, Pa.

in

teaching at Morrisville, Pa.

is

Miss Clarissa Hidlay

is

teaching

schools of Berwick,

in the

Pa.

William Letterman

is

teaching

in the

public schools of Dun-

cannon, Pa.
Miss Margaret Catherine Peifer, of Mifflinville and Wilbur

Leroy Hower, of Berwick, were married on March 30 at Williamsburg by Rev. V. D. Naugle former Mifflinville minister now
pastor of

St.

Matthew’s Lutheran church at Williamsburg.

The

bride, for the past three years, has taught in the Briar Creek
schools.

The groom has taught

for the past year in the Hunt-

ington Mills high school and has been re-elected for the coming
school term.

The couple

will

make

their

home

in

Huntington

Mills.

1934
Freda Shuman

is

Mercedes Deane

teaching at Mountain Top, Pa.
is

teaching

this

year

at

North

London,

North Carolina.

John Shellenberger

is

teaching

in the

consolidated school

at Washingtonville, Pa.

Isaac Kerr Miller

is

teacher of commercial

subjects in the

Junior-Senior High School at Palmerton, Pa.
Harriet Sutliff

Pa.

is

teaching

in

the schools of Wernersville,

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74

Esther Evans

is

Grace Foote

is

school at

teaching

in Annville,

Pa.

teacher of French and Latin

Hop Bottom,

in

the high

Pa.

Miss Louise Yeager, of Berwick, has been elected commercial

teacher

in

Berwick High School.

Roy Garman,

of Shamokin, and Miss Maree Buffington, alwere married in August. They are now living
Hummelstown where Mr. Garman is a commercial teacher in

so of Shamokin,
in

the high school.

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75

Reunion Classes, 1935
In this

and the coming

issues of the

of the classes that will meet

QUARTERLY,

reunion Alumni Day,

in

the

lists

May

25,

Alumni file in
the Business Office of the College.
There will undoubtedly be
many errors, because of the fact that college authorities have
not been kept informed as to deaths and changes of address.
This file constitutes the mailing list when any official announcements are sent from the College to the Alumni. Members of the
Alumni Association will render great assistance in keeping this
file up to date by informing the Editor of the Quarterly as to
any errors in the lists published.
1935,

will

be printed as they are recorded

Class of

Rev. John K. Adams, West Third

Mary E.
Hannah

Baird,

;n the

1890
St.,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

43 Davenport St., Plymouth, Pa.
1607 Mulberry St., Scranton, Pa.

T. Connery,

Ella F. Custer, Nanticoke, Pa.

John F. Davis, care of American Bank, Spokane, Washington.
Margaret W. Dengler (Mrs. W. B. Wilson) 6105 Walnut St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.

Margaret T. Duffy, Matson Ave., Parsons, Pa.

Annie M.

Elliott,

535 Arbutus

St.,

Germantown, Philadelphia,

Pa.

Margaret

S.

Evans (Mrs.

J. E.

Eves)

Millville, Pa.

Margaret E. Fisher, Nanticoke, Pa.
Rev. Foster U. Gift, 1901 Thomas Ave., Baltimore, Md.
Effie L. Hartman (Mrs. Robert Vanderslice) 164 West Third
St.,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

Elbe H. Hassert, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Hawley (Mrs. T. J. Porter) Miles
Adda Hayman, Turbotville, Pa.
Eleanor Hayman, Turbotville, Pa.
Elizabeth

S.

City,

Montana.

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Lillian

M. Helman, Catasauqua, Pa.

Hattie

I.

N.

Bess

Hess (Mrs.

S.

W. Wilson) 476

Clinton Ave., Newark,

J.

Holmes

J.

(Mrs.

A.

N.

318 West Ridge

Yost)

Ave.,

Bloomsburg, Pa.
L. Kitchen (Mrs. G. W. Faus) Centralia, Pa.
Kate Lewis (Mrs. J. J. Davies) 714 S. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Frederick W. Magrady, 501 West Avenue, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Richard A. McHale, 212 West Centre St., Shenandoah, Pa.

Minnie

Sadie B. Mentzer (Mrs.

J. E.

Beck) 134 Clayton Ave., Waynes-

boro, Pa.
E. Mitchell, 616 Quincy Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Mary A. Moore (Mrs. Taubel) 1246 West Main St., Norristown,

Margaret
Pa.

Margaret

E.

Moran (Mrs. McNeils) 819 South 49th

St.,

Phila-

delphia, Pa.

Hannah

Shenandoah, Pa.

B. Morrison,

Edith A. Moses,

29 North Sherman

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Theresa A. Pace, Pittston, Pa.

W. Woodin Pealer, Hazleton, Pa.
Emory E. Reeder, 19 Catawissa
1

Daniel Rinehart

Mary

124 West Grant

Ave., Sunbury, Pa.
St.,

Waynesboro, Pa.

Roberts (Mrs. Isaac Wagner) 227 West Coal

E.

St.,

Shen-

andoah, Pa.
Lu'u

L.

Santee (Mrs.

J.

K.

Adams) West Third

St.,

Bloomsburg,

Pa.
S. Sears (Mrs. J. W. Barbour) Chambersburg, Pa.
Marne M. Shaffer (Mrs. A. P. Seligman) Mahanoy City, Pa.
Margaret T. Shaw, Lewistown, Pa.
W. C. Shultz, 14 West Main St., Waynesboro, Pa.

Irene

1

Rose Sickler (Mrs.

E. T. Williams)

1410 Scenic Ave., Berkeley,

Cal.

Carrie M. Smith (Mrs.

tonwood

Sts.,

W.

H. Kerslake) corner Church and But-

Hazleton, Pa.

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Mary H.

Stover, 45 East Main

Corinne Tempest (Mrs. B.

F.

St.,

77

Waynesboro, Pa.

Parrott) Shenandoah, Pa.

George W. Walborn, Freeburg, Pa.
Margaret Williams (Mrs. Frank Aurand) 131 Culver Place, Forty Fort, Pa.

Deceased Members Class of 1890

W. Burke, Clark

D. Earl Baxter, J.
bell,

Callender, Ario

Camp-

Jennie Dundore, Martin C. Gaughan, Elizabeth R. Gruver

(Mrs. Louis

(Jones)

;

J.

Townsend)

;

James 0. Herman, Cora

J.

Hess

Jennie D. Kline, Elizabeth R. Kuhn, Almira M. Major,

Ransom (Mrs.
Edward Roth).

Lulu M. McAlarney, Jessie Myers, Jennie

ence Lowe)

;

Ida C. Rinker (Mrs.

Clar-

No Address
Laura Bernhard (Mrs.
(Mrs. A. D. Catterson)
H. Davis)

;

Ira S.

;

;

Myrtle Bidleman

F.

Burgess (Mrs. W.

H. Harrar)

E.

Brown, Ida

Elizabeth A. Colvin (Mrs. A. E. Lister)

Fox, Grace U. Gallagher (Mrs. L. D. Byron)

;

Mary

E.

Katherine Gilles-

;

Margaret E. Jones, Mabel
Clementine Gregory (Herman)
Nellie G. LenaKarchner (Mrs. Wellington Hickman, Jr.)
Miller, Willis
R.
Leckie)
Miller
(Mrs.
John
han, Jennie A.
J.
Taylor, MarBessie
Forbell)
Miller, Jennie Palmer (Mrs. M. F.
BradGeorge
Minnie Yeager (Mrs.
tha Tewksbury (Souser)
pie,

;

P.

;

;

;

;

ley).

Class of

1895

Margaret Andreas (Mrs. Joseph Lindsay) 624 Front

St.,

Free-

land, Pa.
Irvin A. Bartholomey, Nyassa, Oregon.

Frank Beale, 207 High

St.,

Duncannon, Pa.

Nettie Birtley (Mrs. E. C. Niemeyer) Mt. Olive,

Jennie Blandford

(Mrs.

Edwardsville, Pa.

J. E. Morris)

101

111.

Washington Ave.,

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78

Cameron A. Bobb, Danville, Pa.
Mattie Brown (Everett) Hazleton, Pa.
Katharine Cadow, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Bessie Clapp, 522 E. Broadway, Milton,
Elsie L.

Pa.

(Mrs. Gustave Hensell)

Colgate

1009

Electric

St.,

Scranton, Pa.

Harry H. Davenport, 526 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Charles W. Derr, Riverside, Pa.
Mary Detwiler (Mrs. F. E. Bader) 163 Main

Phoenixville,

St.,

Pa.

Katheryn Dolan, Plains, Pa.
Lizzie Dougher, Avoca, Pa.
M. Durkin, 126

Julia

Howard

Church

St.,

Hazleton, Pa.

B. Eckroth, Mill St., Danville, Pa.

May Evans
Fred

S.

(Mrs.

J. S.

John) Bloomsburg, Pa.

E. Fassett, Stevensville, Pa.

Marie M. Ferguson (Mrs. G. W. Scott) Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Anna Follmer (Mrs. 0. G. Hess) Warren St., Taft, Cal.
Amelia Foster, 533 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Will T. Foulke, Collamer, Pa.

Katherine Gaffikin, Nanticoke, Pa.

Laura Gilbert (Mrs. Charles Kline) 347 Pine
Friend Gilpin, Cranford, N.

May

(Mrs.

Mary Herron

J.

(Sister

Catawissa, Pa.

J.

W. Briggs) Washington,
Mauch
Heckert,
Chunk, Pa.

Griffith

Eli P.

St.,

M. Culalia)

St.

D. C.

Mary’s Convent

Wilkes-

Barre, Pa.

Rosa Jacobosky, 21
Stella

1

S.

Main

Jacobosky (Mrs. H.

S.

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Witmer) 24 Fourt

St.,

Aspinwall,

Pa.

Ada M. Jacobs

(Mrs.

W. H.

Co'ley)

350 Ridge

St.,

Kingston,

Pa.

William E. James, 703 East

Howard

S.

Mahanoy Ave., Mahanoy

Johnson, Mt. Carmel, Pa.

City, Pa.

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W. Jones (Mrs.

Hattie

D. J. Price)

I

79

19 N. Jardin

St.,

Shenan-

doah, Pa.
Ida M. Jones (Kraft)

523 James

St.,

Hazleton, Pa.

Edith Kellam (Black) Maplewood, Pa.

Mabel Keller

(Mrs.

R.

Garrahan)

H.

1930 Wyoming Ave.,

Kingston, Pa.
Nellie R. Kerlin, 21

1

49th

St.,

Newport News, Va.

Laubach, P. 0. Box 254, Terre Haute, Ind.
Agnes Lenahan (Mrs. Frank B. Brown) 191 S. Washington
Merit

L.

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Elizabeth Lesher (Mrs.

Thomas Dunham) Northumberland, Pa.
F. Beale) 207 High St., Duncannon,

Adaline G. Lewis (Mrs. B.
Pa.

Harry J. Lewis, Trevorton, Pa.
Margaret Love (Mrs. W. H.
Bloomsburg, Pa.

Brower)

337 East Main

Hugh McGee, Beaver Meadow, Pa.
Lulu M. McHenry (Mrs. W. A. Schlingman) 115 Carey

St.,

Ave.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Alice

Mahon

(Mrs. Frank

McCann) 727

Jefferson Ave., Scran-

ton, Pa.
Lillian

Mahon

(Mrs.

J.

W. Kellogg) Jenkintown,

Bina Malloy (Mrs. Edward

J.

Ryan) 438 W. Pine

Pa.
St.,

Mahanoy

City, Pa.

Katie Manning, Locust Gap, Pa.
Nellie R.

Meehan, Port

Stella G.

Meyers, 553 Locust

Mamie

E.

Griffith, Pa.
St.,

Hazleton, Pa.

Morgan, 623 Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.

Sara Moyer (Mrs. W. R. Bray) 154 Ridge
Florence Nichols (Mrs. G.

F.

St.,

Freeland, Pa.

McGuire) Vandling, Pa.

George Norman (1410 Gilpin Ave., Wilmington, Del.
Bertha Parker (Mrs. W. D. Edwards) Pacific Beach, Cal.
Robert S. Patten, Danville, Pa.
J. B. Patterson, Kunsau, Korea.

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Mary Pendergast, 918 N. 6th St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Harry M. Persing, 5230 N. Carlisle St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Anna M. Powell (Mrs. J. Lewis Evans) 361 Ridge St., Kingston, Pa.

Abel Price, Harleysville, Pa.
Calvin P. Readier, Nescopeck, Pa., R. D.

Anna

C.

Richards (Mrs. A. G. Isaacs) 317 Clay Ave., Scranton,

Pa.

Martha Romberger (Mrs. Simon
Edward Roth, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Jennie Seiler, Northumberland

Flickinger) Williamstown, Pa.

Pa.

Julia Sharpless (Mrs. William Fegley) 165 E. Walnut Lane, Ger-

mantown, Pa.
Melissa Shaw, 18

S.

Main

St.,

Lewistown, Pa.

William A. Shuping, R. D. 3, Salisbury, N. C.

Anna

Sidler (Mrs. P.

Nellie
J.

I.

Smith (Mrs.

M. Ikeler) Moselle, Miss.
Sweppenheiser) Bloomsburg, Pa.

J. C.

Wilson Snyder, Slatington, Pa.

Alma Spencer (Bortree) 55 South
Marne Leas
C.

Stair (Mrs. G. C.

Raymond

R

St.,

Morristown, N.

Stecker, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Florence Swalm,

439 Catawissa Ave., Sunbury,

William W. Swank, 27 Dorrance

St.,

Pa.

Kingston, Pa.

Nina Tague (Mrs. Harry Frantz) Moorestown, N.

John

F.

J.

chards) Aldan, Del Co., Pa.

Traub, 41

1

Charles

J.

Luzerne, Pa.

St.,

Howard J. Traub, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Ada L. Wolfe, 9th St., Wyoming, Pa.
William R. Worthington, 8 Hamilton Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.
Alfred E. Yetter, 1538

Wyoming

Ave., Scranton, Pa.

Henrietta Zeiders (Mrs. C. E. Shope)

325 Pine

St.,

Steelton, Pa.

Deceased Members Class of 1895

road

Mary Abrogast, Nora Breisch, Gertrude Briggs, Sara DiseGrace Dunston (Mrs. Dana
(Mrs. James S. Hubbell)
;

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Downing) Edna Eves (Mrs. J. W. Biddle) Julia H. Furman,
Hermie Jones, Anna Krauss, Carrie Lewis, Catherine Lloyd,
Ruby Mackie (Mrs. Byron G. Vanhorn) Boyd F. Maize, Kath;

;

arine Price, Joseph Reilly, Sadie Rentschler, Minnie F.

(Mahon)

Grace Shaffer (Mrs. W. E. Perham) Mary V. ShafM. M. Harter) Harriet Smink, Laura G. Stearns (Mrs,
Tucker) Theodore A. Wagner.
;

;

fer (Mrs.

T. E.

Riley

;

;

Unknown

Addresses

Sadie Beeber (Mrs. Ben Thomas)

;

Josephine A. Blake-

Nathan W. Bloss, William F. Boyle, Alice M. Buck, Kate
Burns, Earl M. Creveling, S. H. Dean, Annie F. Derr (Mrs. Ben.
Vansant) Marne Downey, Margaret R. Dugan, Mary H. Everett (Mrs. E. F. Carpenter)
Margaret Farrell, Minnie Foster
(Rivenburgh) Patrick J. Gaffikin, Genevieve Gallagher, James
U. Gallagher, Minnie Goyne (Mrs. Wilbur Singley)
Alice Haen,
M. Theresa Hehl (Mrs. E. B. Holmes) George Hoke, Mary E.
Houtz (Anderson)
Gertrude Jones (Mrs. Tudor Roberts)
Katie I. Kearney, George A. Koerber, Mary Lowrie, Edith Maize,
Archie W. Marvin, Olive E. Meyer, Eliza Murphy, Irvin E. Nagle,
Irene Nicholas (Mrs. L. W. Eisenmann) Patrick F. O’Donnell,
Bruce E. Shannon, Jr., William Sheivelhood, Adaline B. Snyder
(Mrs. A. Eugene Cobb)
Claude M. Stauffer, Marne Thomas
(Mrs. F. B. Earl)
Daniel W. Thomas, Flora Tinkhom (Mrs. A.
W. Marvin) Nellie Weeks, Emily A. Wheeler, Ethel Williams.
slee,

;

;

;

;

;

;

;

;

;

;

Class of

Mary

F.

Adams

burg, N.

1900

(Mrs. C. C. Yetter)

222 Chambers

St., Phillips-

J.

Mary Albert (Mrs.

J.

Y. Glenn)

308

East Front

St.,

Berwick, Pa.

Edith M. Alexander (Mrs. William E. Talbot) Shickshinny, Pa.

Emily Appenzeller, 8 West Front
Minnie Beiswinger (Mrs.
Barre, Pa.

J.

B.

St.,

Mauch Chunk,

Armstrong)

Wood

Pa.
St.,

Wilkes-

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Jennie Beagle (Mrs.

comb,

Maud

W.

C.

Leach) 432

McArthur

S.

St.,

Ma-

111.

Belig (Mrs. Charles Yeutzer) St. Martin’s, Chestnut Hill,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Prudence Blizzard, 351 Mulberry St., Danville, Pa.
Frederica D. Bogart, Huntington Mills, Pa.
Mary Bogennef (Mrs. Leslie Seely) 5918 Pulaski Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mae Boye,

Hazleton, Pa.

Louisa Buck (Mrs. David Lewis) Millport, Pa.
Lottie Burgess

New York

(Mrs. Harry

Maue)

Froebel

Training

School,

City.

Annie Burke, 154 W. Green St., Nanticoke, Pa.
Ida Butts, 41 N. Walnut St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Anna Bywater, 254 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

George W.
F. Bliss

Carl, Ashland, Pa.

Carpenter, Sellersville, Pa.

Elizabeth B. Clark, 1519 Gibson

Mary

J.

St.,

Scranton, Pa.

Clark, Penns Park, Pa.

Clyde Confer, Watsontown, Pa.
Stella Connors,

132 Elizabeth

St., Pittston,

Pa.

A. P. Cope, Ashley, Pa.
Hettie M. Cope (Mrs. John Whitney) Port Penn, Del.
Verda H. Correll, Bath, N. Y.
Lawrence Cortright, 2810 Oxford St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Michael Costello, 1020 Walnut St., Shamokin, Pa.
Anna Cunius, Drums, Pa.
Josephine M. Cummings, 3652 Brisbane St., Paxtang, Harris-

burg, Pa.
Bessie E. Davis (Mrs. R. E. Carson)

326

N.

Hyde Park Ave.,

Scranton, Pa.
Charlotte Idella Dietrick,
Sallie V. Devers,

223

Mary A. Drenna (Mrs.

225

S.

Maple St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Shenandoah, Pa.
18 Belmont St., Carbondale, Pa.

E. Coal St.,
J.

Fox)

1

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Helena M. Edwards (Mrs. Henry C. Koffman) Ariel, Pa.
Elizabeth Evans (Mrs. Arthur Eves) South Range, Wis.
Margaret S. Evans (Mrs. John E. Eves) Millville, Pa.
Winifred Evans, 528 E. Front

St.,

Danville, Pa.

Grace Fausold (Harner) Latrobe, Pa., R. D.

2.

Alice Feidt, Millersburg, Pa.

Sophia M. Ferry, 688 Hazle

Kate

20

Finnigan,

I.

S.

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Gilbert St.,

Clora G. Furman, 221 West

Shenandoah, Pa.

Bloomsburg, Pa.

St.,

W. Paul Gallagher, 128 Hanover St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Ada Geary (Mrs. E. N. Zuern) Crafton, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lilliam M. Gordner (Mrs. George Baker) 265 W. Main

St,,

Moorestown, N. J.
Katherine Gorrey (Mrs. Thomas Carlin)

St.,

444 Van Buren

Gary, Ind.

Anna M. Greismer, 29 William St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Bessie Griffith, 13 S. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Frank

C. Harris,

Bloomsburg, Pa., R.

3.

Sara Harris (Mrs. A. E. Chipman) Seaford, Del.
Ethel

Hartman (Mrs. Mark H. Landis) 22 W. Third

St.

Waynes-

boro, Pa.
Ellen

Harvey (Mrs. W. Zimmerman) 576

N. Vine St., Hazleton,

Pa.

Blanche Hassler (Mrs. E.

F.

Cowell)

16 Mallery Place, Wilkes-

Barre, Pa.

Claude

E.

Hausknecht, 329

Carolyn Henderson

(Mrs.

S.

High

St.,

John A.

West Chester, Pa.

Hourigan)

N.

Mam

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Katharine Hoffman, 538 N. 9th

St.,

Lebanon, Pa.

Bertha A. Holderman, Shenandoah, Pa.

Grace Housel (Church) East Third

Mae Hoyt
Mary

C.

Hughes (Mrs. Walter

Pittston, Pa.

S.

St.,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

480 Elm St., Kingston, Pa.
Garman) 605 Fourth St., West

(Mrs. William Andress)

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Albert G. Isaacs, 3

Besse Jones,

1

78

7 Clay Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

1

Meade

S.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

St.,

Willow St., Plymouth, Pa.
Helen Jones (Mainwaring) 67 E. Pettebone St., Kingston, Pa.
Mary A. John (Mrs. J. 0. Hermitage) Mulica Hill, N. J.
Anna C. Johnson (Mrs. M. D. Custer) Neffsville, Pa.
Benjamin F. Kashner, 3821 Meridian Ave., Seattle, Wash.
Elsie E. Jones, care of Talgren,

J.

Grant Kehler, Mt. Carmel, Pa.

Harry Keefer, R.

Bloomsburg, Pa.

5,

Mary Kester (Mrs. Howard Shoemaker) Williamstown, N. J.
Miles Kilmer, 410 W. 24th St., New York, N. Y.
Julia Kirk, 20 S. Emerick St., Shenandoah, Pa.
Lena M. Kitchen (Mrs. John R. Bateman) Elwell, Mich.
Bessie Khnger (Mrs. Robert Hartman) 327 Samuels Ave., Hazleton, Pa.
J. E.

L.

St.,

Branson
S. B.

19 W. Princess St., York, Pa.
Kramer (Mrs. Walter Andrews) 431 E. Washington

Klingerman,

Emma

1

1

Slatington, Pa.
B.

Kuhns, West Milton, Pa.

Landis,

4912

N.

Smedley

Blanche Letson (Mrs. H.
ville,

C.

St.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

McAmis) Tusculum

College, Greens-

Tenn.

Edna Lewis (Mrs.

J.

6 S. Main St., Scranton, Pa.
W. Ever) 32 Park Place, Kingston,

R. Jones) 7

Katharine Lewis (Mrs.

S. E.

1

Pa.

1230

Olive A. Lins,

Anna Lowrie

Hall Ave.,

Lakewood, Ohio.

(Mrs. Ernest Johnson) Jerseytown, Pa.

Louise MacCrory (Mrs. E. P. Corty)

224 Adams

Ave., Scranton,

Pa.

Lydia Maust (Mrs. William Ludwig) 333 W. Fifth
burg, Pa.

Harry H. McCollum, New York, N. Y.
Elsie McConnell, 21 Ross St., Ashley, Pa.
Samuel Miller, Bloomsburg, Pa.

St.,

Blooms-

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Mary M.

Miller (Mrs. J. H. Oliver)

85

1219 Academy

St.,

Scran-

ton, Pa.

Margaret Monahan, Spring

St.,

Ashley, Pa.

Nora A. Monahan, 440 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Emily G. Morgan (Mrs. Erma Wright) Vernon, Pa.

Guy A. Mowery,

R. 5, Danville, Pa.

Ulysses A. Moyer, Huntingdon, Pa.

Bertha G. Newhouser (Mrs. W.

Anna

D. O’Brien,

93 Dana

St.,

J.

Millard) Washington, D. C.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Katie O’Brien, Exeter, Pa.

W.

0

C.

Donnell,

2323

N. 17th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Joseph H. Oliver, 1219 Academy

St.,

Scranton, Pa.

Harry F. Oplinger, Waycross, Ga.

Emma

Powell, 125 S. West St., Shenandoah, Pa.
Mabel A. Purdy, Dalton, Pa.
Daniel Rarick, Conyngham, Pa.
Ethel Rauch (Mrs. A. A. Oehlart) Stroudsburg, Pa.
Edith Reckhow, Great Bend, Pa.
Nellie Ritchie, cor. Madison and Beaumont Sts., Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.

Jane Robert, 169 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, Pa.
Mary M. Schmidt (Mrs. Charles Knapp) Shenandoah, Pa.

Leona Seesholtz (Mrs. William C. Wenner) Stillwater, Pa.
Stella Shuman (Swank) care of Mrs. Carrie Noetling, Selinsgrove, Pa.

Laura Smith, 325 South

Anna Solomon (Mrs. A.

Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Rubrecht) 705 N. 63rd

St.,

P.

St.,

Philadel-

phia, Pa.

Grace G. Speaker (Mrs. W. A. Wilkinson) Newark, Del.
Florence E. Stump (Mrs. Miles Killmer) 410 W. 24th St.,
York, N. Y.

Raymond

D. Tobias,

33-35

E.

Third

St.,

Mt. Carmel, Pa.

337 W. Third St., Mt. Carmel,
George W. Turner, 61 Shoemaker St., Forty
Carrie Treon,

Pa.
Fort, Pa.

New

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86

Bernard G. Vance, 601

Second St., Berwick, Pa.
Elizabeth L. Vincent, Watsontown, Pa.
Carolyn Peard Wallace (Mrs. Henry Harman) 121 W. Third
E.

St.,

Hazleton, Pa.
Irene Welliver, Leonard

Bess White (Mrs.

Amos

St.,

H.

Bloomsburg, Pa.

Oman) 43

N. 61st St., Philadelphia,

Pa.

Phoebe Wightman (Mrs. A.

F.

John) 221 West Ave., Mt. Car-

mel, Pa.

Harry Wildrick, 85 S. Vaughn St., Kingston, Pa.
Mary Williams (Mrs. Arthur Lloyd) 456 Market

Kingston,

St.,

'

Pa.

Samuel C. Withers, Ardsley, N. Y.
Lydia Zehner (Mrs. F. A. Shuman) Mainville, Pa.
Deceased Members of Class of 1900

Mary
Berrigan)

;

M. Byron,

E. Bell,

Robert

Sara G. Burke (Mrs. Sarah

C. Bird,

Anna Laura Burns (Mrs. W.
F. Bliss

H.

tha M. Crossley, G. Elmer Follmer, Martha

Jones,

Aughey)

;

Thomas

Carpenter, Verna M. Carpenter (Mrse)

Alice Joseph (Jones)

;

J.

;

Ber-

Hoopes, Walter H.

Emi’y Kennedy,

Isaiah

Krum

Milton L. Kocher, Helen Lendrum (Mrs. William E. Mannear)
G. Edward Lew:s, Olive Lewis, Mattie M. Lueder, Ruth McConnell, L. E. McHenry, Nellie B. McDonald. George W. Michael, A.
Edna R. Morris, Henry T.
Gertrude Miller (Mrs. I. S. Ditzler)
Murray, G. Mord Neuberger Anna B. Walker, James B. Whit;

;

aker, Clay Whitmoyer, G. Elmer Wilbur, David Williams, Frances E. Wilson (Mrs.

Hiram Tucker)

;

W.

Clair

Brandon.

No Address
Minne A. Armstrong (Mrs. A. E. Smith) Mary Bates, ElEdna Bontz (Mrs. Ralph Hassler) Sadie A. Car;

bert C. Best,
din, Bessie

M. Carr (Mrs.

;

J. E.

Nelson)

;

Blanche McCabe Con-

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Thomas H. Edwards, Minnie

Margaret Corcoran,

ner,

(Mrs. U. G. Vagan)
ton)

;

Laura Geddes

;

Jennie
(Mrs.

Henning,

Ent

E.

Mae Fuller (Mrs. George L. FullerJ. Edward Weir)
J. H. Gernert,
;

Caroline Gloman, Elizabeth Hartung (Mrs.

Harry

87

James

B. Russell)

;

Magdaline S.
Lams (Fink) Mary MacFarlane (Mrs. Howard N. Wilcox) M.
Alice Miller, Bessie Miller, Lawrence C. Moore, Irvin Mowery,
A. Mae Newberry (Mrs. Mae A. Snowe)
Mabel Plummer (Mrs.
B.
Reese)
Anna
Edith
M.
Redeker
(Mrs.
A.
M. Erisman)
J.
E. Saxton (Mrs. Sam Harman)
Ada Shuman (Mrs. George Nelson)
Ianthe Snyder (Mrs. Palmer P. Wiand)
Glenmore N.
Snyder, Ollie Snyder (Mrs. Charles H. Wo fe)
Carrie Strawinski, Lillian B. Swainbank (Mrs. George H. Powell)
Nettie TeB.

Lillian Hines,

Z.

R. Howell,

;

;

;

;

;

;

;

;

!

;

;

ple

Jean D. Thompson (Mrs. Sam G.
William H.
Jennie Tierney (Mrs. J. Devaney)

James Hile)

(Mrs.

Houghton)

;

;

;

Watkins, Rae Wed, A. W. White.
Class of

1905

Bertha Allen, Assistant Postmaster’s Office, Seattle, Wash.

Arnold (Mrs. Andrew Jackson) Peckville, Pa.
Baker, 213 S. Church St., Moorestown, N. J.
Blaisdell,
Glenn
Charles E. Gorton H. S., Yonkers, N. Y.

Edna

L.

George
J.

C.

Lulu C. Brady, Elysburg, Pa., R. D.

Walter

S.

1

Brooke, 355 Riverside Drive, Apt. 5E,

New York

City.

Lee W. Burgess, Box 696, Grand Junction, Col.

Mary

E. Colvin

(Mrs.

Weldon Siptroth) R. D.

3, Clarks

Summit,

New

Mexico.

Pa.

Fannie B. Comstock (Mrs. Ralph Smith) Estancia,

Joseph

L.

Conarton, Peckville, Pa.

Anna Conlan, 570 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre,
Bessie Coughlin, 18 Bedford
Bessie Creveling,

30 Myrtle

Edna Crouse (Mrs.
Luzetta

J.

St.,

Pa.

Forty Fort, Pa.

Ave., Irvington, N.

N. S. Harrison) Forks, Pa.

Davis, Berwick, Pa.

J.

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88

G.

Edward

Elwell, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Marguerite Eshleman (Mrs.
Merchantsville, N.

I.

Sweeten) 409

C.

E.

Anna M. Fagan, 583 N. Church St., Hazleton, Pa.
W. J. Farnsworth, 552 Cleveland Ave., Milton, Pa.
W. Claude Fisher, 75 Crary Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.
1

Elizabeth B. Fox,

23

Y.

Shenandoah, Pa.
Prestwood) Taylor, Pa.

E. Line St.,

Martha Francis (Mrs.
Bessie K. Grimes,

Maple Ave.,

J.

B. H.

415 Main

Ezra Gruver, N. Brown

St.,

St.,

Catawissa, Pa.

Lewistown, Pa.

Jean Gunton (Mrs. Theodore Alexander) 36 Marian Highland,
Forty Fort, Pa.

William H. Hagenbuch, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Sarah

Harris (Mrs. T. F. Stubbs)

J.

962

E.

Northampton

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Blanche

L.

Hartman

(Mrs. E. C. Steinle)

221 Stephen Ave.,

Scranton, Pa.

Gertrude Hartman (Mrs. Paul Dildine) Orangeville, Pa.
Frances L. Heacock (Mrs. George Davis) Zion Grove, Pa.
Rowland Hemingway, 201 Forrest Ave., Athens, Tenn.
Vera Hemingway (Mrs. Charles Housemck) Bloomsburg, Pa.

Gregory Higgins, Carbondale, Pa.
W. Cherry St., Shenandoah, Pa.
Julia M. Higgins, 31
1

William G. Jenkins, Edwardsville, Pa.

Raymond
Mary

E.

G. Jolly,

3240

N. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Kerrigan (Mrs. M.

J.

Burke) 2414

S.

Chadnick

St.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Mary

E.

Kirkendall (Mrs. Pierce Hagenbuch) Bloomsburg, Pa.

Beatrice Larrabee

(Mrs.

E. J.

Albertson)

504 Nelson Ave.,

Peekskill, N. Y.

Florence E. Kitchen (Mrs. Clinton Follmer)

Rilitto,

Arizona.

Dora Leidy (Mrs. Carl Fleckenstine) Bloomsburg, Pa.
Ethel MacAlpine (Mrs. William C. Spargo) Dover, N. J. (R. D.)
Adelia A. Mertz (Mrs. E. B. Bergen) Harlingen, N. J.

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
Mary A.

(Mrs.

Mitchell

Hackensack, N.

690 Summit

Vermore)

C. K.

89

Ave.,

J.

Elizabeth M. Mertz (Mrs. Harold V. Lesher) Northumberland,
Pa.

Sara B. Milleisen (Mrs. G. Edward Elwell) Bloomsburg, Pa.

Irma G. Myers, 24 Regina

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Kate D. Olmstead, Taylor, Pa.

Mary Ormsby (Mrs.

Anna

I.

Shenandoah, Pa.

Reilly)

J.

(Mrs. Samuel

Lillian Peiffer

Mock) Sinking

Springs, Pa. (R. D.)

Phillips, Taylor, Pa.

Caroline Phillips, 1205 Jackson
Belle L.

Ransom

Scranton, Pa.

St.,

(Mrs. William Streck) Blissfield, Mich.

Florence Redeker,

2103 Medary

Ave., Germantown, Pa.

Inez Robbins (Wilson) Millville, Pa.

LeVere Robbins (Mrs. W.
5E,

New

Brooke) 355 Riverside Drive, Apt.

S.

York, N. Y.

Myrtle M. Robbins (Mrs.

Grace Roberts (Mrs.

S.

Norman Wood) Nescopeck, Pa.
Miller) 422 Jefferson St., Blooms-

L.

burg, Pa.

Academy
2312 Page

Gertrude Rows, 125

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Jesse Y. Shambach,

St.,

Camp

Thomas Shambach, Sunbury,
Ida

Sitler, Hollins College, Hollins,

Anna

E. Smith, Summit

Emma

Smith,

Hill,

Pa.

613 McKinley

St.,

Ida Smith (Mrs. H.

S.

Hill,

Pa.

Pa.

Va.

W.

Conrey) 214

Hazleton, Pa.
E.

Mead

St.,

Philadelphia,

Pa.

Alice L. Smull,

312 Church

St.,

Anna Thomas

(Mrs. Lewis

Thomas) 106 Washington

Danville, Pa.
St.,

wardsville, Pa.

Susan Thomas (Beaver) 756 28th
Lee J. Tiffany, Dimock, Pa.

287 College
536 Grant St.,

St.,

North Bergen, N.

William E. Traxler,

Ave., Kingston, Pa.

Edna

Hazleton, Pa.

L.

Walters,

J.

Ed-

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George H. Webber, Beaufort, S. C.
Herbert C. Wenner, Drums, Pa.
Ora White (Mrs. Ed. Campbell) 536 Purdue Ave., University
City, Mo.
Laura M. Winter (Mrs. H. E. Eroh)
74 N. Church St., Hazle1

ton, Pa.

Eleanor Witman (Mrs.

M. Reilly) 801 Lexington Ave., Al-

J.

toona, Pa.

Mae

H. Wolfe (Mrs. Jacob Klegman)

1827 Hampshire Lane,

Cleveland, Ohio.

Milton K. Yorks, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Deceased of Class of 1905

Agnes Bradigan, Nellie
Madge H. Bennett (Johnson)
Conway, Warren N. Drum, Edna Herman (Mrs. Wesley Porch)
Mae B. House (Mrs. John Knittle) Nell Imboden, Walter U.
Lorenzo G.
Kaji, Sara Laubach (Mrs. Chauncey I. Albertson)
;

;

;

;

Maurer, Emily Robinson.

No Address
Joseph W. Armstrong, Clara Bergstresser (Mrs. Howard C.
Fox) Earle W. Brown, Carrie Clark (Mrs. G. C. Myers)
Emma Cortright (Mrs. E. A. Shelly) Anna E. R. Coughlin
;

;

(Wood)

;

Mary

Brumdick)

Mary

B. Dailey,

Helene Fahl,

;

R. Harris, Lulu C.

Anna A.
Nellie C.

Horn (Mrs.

Katharine

Fish,

B. K.

William T.

(Mrs.

Ditzler

Overbeck)

;

Frisbie,

A. Mai-

garet Howell, Hazel Huber, Arthur E. Keiber, William Kmtner,

Krumm

Kathryn

(Mrs. A. F.

Twogood)

;

Martha

S.

Lawrence,

Agnes Marsden,
Helen Leibensperger (Mrs. H. N. Murray)
Olive Morgan (Mrs.
Blanche F. Miller (Mrs. Carl Grimes)
;

;

David Bowen)

;

Charles L. Mowrer, Clarissa Peacock (Mrs. R.

Howard R. Rang, Dora M. Roberts
W. Wayne Shirk, Stella Shook, Kathryn
(Mrs. J. G. Thomas)
Ethel M. Swank (Mrs. Frank
Sippel (Mrs. David J. Lewis)
Maud WilKatherine Wilkins (Mrs. Edwin Pulson)
Harder)

K. LeBrou)

;

Paul Pooley,
;

;

;

liams (Hughes);

;

Agnes A. Yergey (Mrs. Frank Fry).