r Alum Assn 9 Sep 197o Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/alumniquarterly100bloo_8 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY C>fcO.J.MEl.l.E.\ > JANUARY, 1936 BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA The Alumni Quarterly PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE VOL. JANUARY, 37 NO. 1936 1 Entered as Second-Class Matter, July 1. 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg, Under the Act of July 16. 1894. Published Four Times a Year. Pa.. H. F. MRS. FENSTEMAKER, F. H. JENKINS, ’12 Editor Business Manager ’75 DUTIES OF A DEAN cv snort time spent in the office of Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Women Dean of Bloomsburg, gives an idea of the great variety of duties the position entails. It is an occupation which includes much routine, but not a trace of monotony. There is a sort of motion picture, with incidents ranging from farce to tragedy, going on before her all the time. Dr. Kehr has helped to solve a multitude of individual problems in her capacity as adviser and aid to the college women. She has taken it upon herself to try to see that the shy girls overcome their shyness, and that the noisy ones get toned down. When roommates who clash over borrowed clothing, grades, or tidying up the room, become too incompatible, she must separate them. She must see that the enterprising Freshman gets on a committee, and she must try to persuade the discontented to stay in school. She must often bring her problems before parents, perhaps suggestat ing to them that their opposition may precipitate a runaway mar- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 2 riage, or perhaps soothing them when their daughter gets a D in- stead of an A. “Their individual problems are without end,” Dr. Kehr states. my time on these alone to very good advantage. For instance, there are the difficulties which many students have with student teaching. This is a sort of acid test, and many “I could spend most of girls have a hard time. “Then there are the in the majority of cases, At times I must girls it is try to hold who have physical handicaps, although inspiring to see back the girl how girls overcome this. who is too ambitious for her strength.” Problems arise over dress, manners, and standards of dancing. At the present time Dr. Kehr is experimenting with a group of fifteen girls who want to study good manners. Sensitive girls often seek the dean when they want to confide that they are afraid of a teacher, or that an instructor is “down” on them. Troubles at home which affect the girl’s life at college must often be taken into consideration, and among the saddest tasks is that of delivering death messages and other bad news, accompanied by writing notes of sympathy. “At the first of the year,” states Dr. Kehr, “we have the home- although there was not much trouble this year, because of the excellent work of the upper classmen in helping to orient the newcomers. Serious discipline cases are very few, and most troubles are due to carelessness or acting upon impulses.” sick Freshman to consider, Many enduring friendships have been made by Dr. Kehr in the very personal relationship she maintains with the students, and she can claim many close friends and some “grandchildren” in various parts of the country, and also in one foreign country. “One learns,” she remarked, “how to keep cool, how to understand people, and how to reserve judgment, because you can never tell what the individual is going to do or why she is going to do it.” Even in the routine work, emergencies arise, when the Dean must drop everything else for the time being. The office must be open part or all of the seven days of the week from eight in the morning until ten at night. Conferences of administrative officers, faculty meetings, and faculty committee meetings take hours of the Dean’s time. her own office, Within she has enough routine matter to furnish employment THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY for about fifteen girls. The work includes such 3 activities as handling records for signing in and out, excuses for absences, guest cards, files, lists, records, and general information and service when other offices are closed. Questionnaires and inquiries are sent out from this department, and also recommendations of students for positions. Correspondence must be maintained, and conferences arranged with parents. But Dr. Kehr's special interest is in the two hundred girls living on the campus in Waller Hall. The Dean, the Assistant Dean, and five faculty women live in the dormitory. The Dean must work in cooperation with the dietitian, the resident nurse, and the superintendent of buildings and grounds in her concern over living conditions. From her office must come the assignment of rooms, regular inspection of the building must be made, and girls must be educated on the proper care of their rooms and personal belongings. Working in cooperation with the Dean the welfare of the dormitory students is in all matters concerning the Waller Hall Student Government Association. The Association is composed of all dormitory women, and is a legislative, executive, and judicial body. Each woman member of the faculty resident on the campus has a group of girls from one class who form her “clan.” Dr. Kehr has Seniors in her group, which is called “Kehr's Kultured Klan.” The relationship is informal and social, as the groups meet for good times activities as they may choose, convening for various conthroughout the year. The Kultured Klan are now practicing and such tests bridge. Another group which the Dean supervises through the Assistant Dean, Miss Ethel A. Ranson, is composed of 140 girls who live off the campus. This group includes commuters, and also about thirty girls who live with relatives or work for board in Bloomsburg. The Dean’s office keeps in touch with each of the girls and their homes. Among some which bring the Dean in contact employment of them for work for the College, which supplies about thirty girls with work, and also for the NYA, which provides work for sixty, and for board and room positions, which take care of about twenty-five girls. She recommends girls for Summer positions at a children’s with all the girls of the activities is the THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 1 New York, where B. S. T. C. girls have been employed for eight years. The girls doing student teaching in Williamsport are also under her jurisdiction. She cooperates witn the Dean of Instruction and the faculty in promoting good scholar- hospital on Staten Island, ship. One of her most enjoyable activities in connection with her work was the chaperoning of a group of twelve girls when went to New York this year for a week-end of sight-seeing. Besides her work with women students, Dr. Kehr shares with Dean of Men the responsibility of working with the entire student body of 598. The student body is organized as the Community Government Association and includes students and faculty. The the Association’s governing body is the Student Council. “Student leadership at B. S. T. C.,” says Dr. Kehr, good earnest, sincere, and capable.” “is — unusually Vocational guidance at Bloomsburg is not so necessary as in other types of Colleges, because most of those who enroll here have already chosen teaching as their vocation. The vocational guidance them to choose the type of teaching that offered at the College helps they want to do, and also helps them to secure positions. this capacity that the is It is Dean’s knowledge of students’ personal in traits especially valuable. Men and Women devote much time to be valuable as recreation, and also as training. An attractive appearance and manners, they assert, help one to secure and hold a position. The Dean the social of life of the Dean of the students, believing it to Matters concerning the health of students also come under the The Dean works with the resident “Bloomsburg is a nurse, the dietitian, physicians and parents. healthy place,” declares Dr. Kehr. “Most students gain weight because of regular hours, exercise, and scientifically planned meals.” list of the Dean’s activities. In emergencies, accidents, and sickness, the when Dean acts for the She and the nurse usually stay with the girls who must undergo an operation. They remain with the patient until the operation is over. Regular visits must be paid to girls who are sick in the infirmary or College, and also for the parents, they cannot be there. the hospital. Even oratory comes under the frequently is called upon to duties of the Dean’s position. speak at assembly, girls’ She meetings, and THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Attendance before organizations. “It is fortunate that at 5 most College events is expected. dramatic performances, and like athletics, I other student events,” observed Dr. Kehr. She helps with conventions and meetings held on the campus, helps entertain college visitors, and helps to get new things started. Poetry Committee, in which she was interested last year, has developed into a Poetry Club this year, and will issue a book on verse A by B. S. But T. C. students all and faculty. these activities are within the College. to develop her own and A Dean, in order give proper perspective to her work, must have outside interests and contacts. She must maintain membership in professional organizations; she must be active in community life, and keep in contact with student affairs in the state and personality, to in the nation. BLOOMSBURG BASKETBALL SCHEDULE —December —December Monday— December Saturday —January Wednesday —January Thursday—January 23 Friday—January 31 Saturday—February riday —February Saturday — February Friday—February Saturday —February Thursday—February 20 Friday —February Saturday —February 29 Friday Friday Alumni, 6 16 Susquehanna, . Lock Haven, 15 at Mansfield, at _ 1 at Mansfield, 11 1 at Ithaca, at 13 Shippensburg, Millersville, _ Shippensburg, at East Stroudsburg, at 7 8 Lock Haven, 14 Indiana, 15 East Stroudsburg, Millersville, at 21 Susquehanna, home. home. home. away. home. home. away. away. home. home. away. away. away. home. away. o Ray McBride, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray McBride, of Berwick, has been elected President of the Freshman class of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. McBride is a member of the College Band, the College Orchestra and the Maroon and Gold Dance Band. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 6 THREE CONVENTIONS HOLD SESSIONS AT BLOOMSBURG be a busy one at the Teachers during the day. The county school directors discussed possible WPA projects on new buildings and the program of the schools for the future, while the Friday, October 18, proved to College, with sessions of three conventions 79th Annual County Institute also was in session. The afternoon also marked the opening of the Convenfrom seventeen counties attending. The program opened at two o’clock, and the sessions in the evening and Saturday morning were held in conjunction with the Institute. The afternoon was devoted to business, following greetings by Mrs. J. J. Fisher and the response by Mrs. H. T. Keiser, the President of the district. Both district and state offiDistrict tion of the Parent Teacher’s Association, with delegates cers attended. LARGER DISTRICT LIKELY TO COME FOR RURAL SCHOOL “The larger school district is a certain product of the future and community with a modern school building is the one which will hold its identity and remain a civic center,” school directors of Columbia County were told Friday morning, October 18, at the Teachers College, in one of the most important sessions of its kind held in a number of years. Charles Hilbish, Superintendent of Northumberland County Schools and W. W. Evans, of this county, spoke on present trends and the opportunity provided districts at this time, when the PWA offers labor cost and part of the material cost, in some cases, on the the smaller projects. Mr. Hilbish spoke of the that of a larger school area. many problems of the day, including He spoke of a modern school building as something which will build a better society, and spoke of the need of moulding leading in each community. wanted or not,” if a community erects a modern building it will remain a community center even in case of consolidation. He spoke of the advisability of building now, “The larger school unit is is the opinion of Mr. Hilbish. coming whether He was it is confident that THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY when Federal help is 7 available and believed that in the next seven or much higher, because of cheaper money, and such Federal aid cannot be obtained. Superintendent Evans spoke of the many townships which would greatly improve their schools by consolidating and of the splendid eight years prices would be opportunity now available. A number of the directors took part in a lively discussion of school problems and the exchange of ideas and experiences proved of much benefit to TEACHERS HEAR all. L. H. DENNIS The importance of vocational work in preventing social maladjustments was emphasized before the teachers of Columbia County at the afternoon's Institute session. Friday, October 18, by Lindley H. Dennis, a former county teacher, and now Executive Secretary of the American Vocational Association. "Keeping Abreast of the Times in Education,” was his subject, and it was handled in his usual forceful manner. He referred to his service as a teacher at Lime Ridge and Orangeville and to the fact that his wife was an Orangeville native. Mr. Dennis pointed out that real teaching consists of teaching the child and not the subject, and declared that as the teacher grows in experience and years, he must experience care to see that the teaching is approached from the standpoint of the child rather than that of the adult. He urged in an the teachers to put themselves in the place of the child, effort to understand that the youngster cannot be made to fit enough to any given mould, but that the curriculum must be elastic care for the varying capabilities of the child. One of his most striking illustrations concerned the prison at Jackson, Michigan, the largest in the world, and holding 5000 prisoners. Two thousand of that number are between sixteen and twenty-five years of age, and most of them, Mr. Dennis declared, are there because of social maladjustments. Many of those maladjustments can be eliminated through the proper vocational training, he declared. He spoke of the changing methods in education and of the fact 8 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY that even the child is quick to appreciate the teacher’s approach to a problem from the youngster’s standpoint. CO-OPERATION OF HOME AND SCHOOL URGED BY PTA Climaxing with a joint dinner and evening program with the teachers of Columbia County gathered in their annual Institute, the annual convention of District 2, Parent Teachers Association of the opened at the Teachers College Friday, October 18, with representatives of associations in eleven counties in central and northern Pennsylvania in attendace. Mrs. Howard Hall, of Williamsport, President of the state organization, was the principal speaker during the evening, and emphasized the great work being done by the organization. Following the dinner in the College dining room, attended by several hundred, a two hour program was held in the auditorium, and a reception and social hour in the gymnasium followed. One of the most delightful features of the auditorium program was the first presentation of the motion picture “Human Heritage,” made by Prof. George J. Keller, of the Teachers College faculty, emphasizing the important part that art can play in every day life. Principal L. P. Gilmore, of the town schools, presided at the dinner in the absence of Harold Hidlay, ill in the hospital. Singing was led by Mrs. H. T. Keiser, Mrs. Raymond Kashner and Miss Harriet Moore, and Mrs. H. T. Keiser, of Sunbury, the District President, responded briefly. State, Miss Maree Pensyl, of the town school faculty, spoke of the changes which have taken place in recent years, and declared that more pupils are looking to school as a means to get ahead. The youngster is being treated as an individual, and the relation of the parent to the school has taken on a new outlook. Credit for bringing the parent and the school into closer relationship, she said, belongs to the Parent Teaching Association. Charles S. Davis, former Superintendent of Steelton schools, de- clared the world childhood is is ahead becoming child centered, and a millenium for the natural development is followed through to if a possible conclusion. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 9 At the speakers’ table were: Mrs. H. C. Deick, Steelton, Treasurer of district two; Mrs. Albert Beard, of Highspire, Secretary; Mrs. S. R. Michael, Selinsgrove, Vice President; Mrs. Keiser, the District President; Mrs. Hall, the State President; L. H. Dennis, Executive Secretary of the American Vocational Association; M. Marshal Dean, New Cumberland, State Vice President; former Superintendent Charles S. Davis; Miss Maree Pensyl and Principal Gilmore. of The Maroon and Gold Orchestra furnished the music both for the dinner and the auditorium program. Superintendent of Schools Evans presented Mrs. Keiser as the in the auditorium got under way, and Marshall Dean, Vice President of the State Parent-Teachers organization was introduced. He spoke briefly on the tremendous responsibility that rests jointly on the teachers and the parents in the development of youth. Mrs. Hall, the State President, spoke of the important work the ParentTeachers organization is doing with its 90,500 members throughout the state, and gave many illustrations to show the tremendous effects program of close cooperation between home and school. Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the Teachers College referred on the day’s Institute program had chosen subjects which were closely allied with the problem of youth. The old time school, he said, would not do under the social deto the fact that the teachers mands of the present day. Dr. Haas spoke Prof. briefly in introducing the film George Kellar which followed. told of the efforts being put forth on the practical application of art, rather than merely teaching drawing, as art work was carried out for years. In the motion picture, which was in colors, and in which many of the youngsters of the Benjamin Franklin Training School were shown, the practical side of art work was shown. Project after project carried out in the training school and some was pic- house developments that were truly remarkable, he pictured the hodge podge of color that marks the main streets of most towns and the despoiling of the countured, in contrast to of the bird tryside. Symmetry, subordination to were emphasized as cardinal principles a main idea and repetition in art instruction. The conference convened in Science Hall at two o’clock Friday afternoon with a fine registration of delegates. Mrs. H. T. Keiser, of Sunbury, District President, presided. Greetings from the Bloomsburg P. T. A. were extended by Mrs. J. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 10 J. Fisher, President of the Benjamin Franklin Training School unit of the College. Musical numbers were in charge of Mrs. Raymond Kashner, of Bloomsburg, and Mrs. A. Korte, of Northumberland, sang beautifully “Kashmiri Song” and Schubert’s “Serenade,” in German. Mrs. S. S. Michaels, of Selinsgrove, Vice President, received re- port of organized councils from Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties and for the Sunbury City Council. Marshall H. Dean, of Cumberland, State Vice President, urged the association to build stamina of character that will protect the any circumstances. He urged that parents take time for constant companionship with their children. Mrs. Albert C. Beard, of Highspire, extended a cordial invitation for the 1936 conference to be held in Harrisburg, and Mrs. H. child to endure C. Deick, of Steelton, presented the Treasurer’s report. Reports of the Scott Township and Training School Units preceded adjournmnt. Resolutions and Auditing Committees were appointed by the Presi- dent at the opening session. SAYS DEMOCRACY MUST BE ALTERED “Democracy be saved must IF IT IS SAVED fundamentally altered and George S. Counts, Professor of Education of Columbia University, told county teachers Friday, October 18, at the opening of the Seventy-Ninth Teachers Institute, which convened at the Teachers College. Speaking on “The Future of American Democracy,” the New York educator declared leaders are now ready to resort to methods of fascism to combat unto be capital brought under control of the masses,” Dr. rest. “American youth need something bigger than themselves to and work for,” the Rev. Thomas Law Coyle, Milton Presbyterian pastor, told the teachers in an address on “The Youth Movement in Europe,” in which he gave observations gained in a recent visit to the Continent, asserting in the course of his remarks that not all of the regimentation ideas in Europe are bad; that some of them have live merit. The Rev. Dr. S. A. Harker, local Presbyterian pastor, had charge This was followed of the devotions at the opening of the sessions. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 11 Superintendent W. W. Evans presided. America at this time would likely move us right into fascism, Dr. George S. Count declared in his address, the first of the institute. If economic conditions do not improve, he prophesies that we can expect more gang rule legislation; but a period of smoother sailing would be accompanied by a general relaxation of such legis- by group singing. A crisis in lation. People at the head of our economic and social order are ready methods to combat unrest. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see forces representing those ideas rise up and take control,” the speaker declared. He explained that the question confronting America today is “Can our political institutions bear the strain that a period of changes will bring?” “It is,” he continued, “a question of whether the people in charge will be sufficiently loyal to the ideals of democracy to stand by while it is undergoing changes.” What happens abroad is the big variable in the question of whether the nation has a chance of pulling through the present situation without resorting to violence. He complained that the attitude of American people toward the Ethiopian trouble was too much like that of spectators at a football game; it is more than a great spectacle, he asserted, and it bears directly upon our own future. “By this morning’s paper, I see that there is a great chance that there will be a realignment of powers in Europe. Great Britain is trembling on the brink as to whether to continue relations with France or Germany. Unless Mussolini backs down and who expects that he will we shall be in the midst of a gigantic struggle.” to resort to fascist — — “As soon as European countries start, then Japanese armies on the march. Even now they are getting ready to march into middle China and even farther toward England’s possessions.” He mentioned the statement which he had read in a recent magazine article, which declared Great Britain was nothing more than an empty shell at the present time and that Mussolini was aware of that fact when he started the Ethiopian campaign. “The future of democracy depends upon the education of the people,” he said, “but people are educated by the conditions under which they live. Obviously, this education must go forward slowly. There is not very much hope for an adequate attack upon the evils of our present democracy in the very near future. The opposition is too great. But when one has in mind a longer range of time, there is hope.” “The press holds the key to the situation,” Counts stated, “and will be THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 12 I am inclined to think that the influence of the press will be on the side of the great economic interests.” A more optimistic point which he brought in here was the fact American press is the best in the world today; but, he added, that the is not good enough. “There is little question in my mind,” he asserted, “that America has had real democracy in the past, especially during the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries. American people then were really convinced that they were in the vanguard of political and economic progress. Other countries, too, looked upon America as the worker of an experiment.” He outlined the following four aspects of democracy: ethical, political, social and economic. The ethical conception is based upon Kant’s theory that everyone must be treated as an end in themselves and not as a means. This democratic principle can be traced back to ancient times, through the works and lives of such great thinkers as Jesus and Plato. Although it is not a biological fact that men are all born equal, yet it is an ethical principle that they shall be treated with that equality. From the middle of the eighteenth until almost the middle of the nineteenth century, the principle of equality was in the midst of a struggle to establish freedom of speech and assembly and political The frontier played a great part in the establishment of social equality and the idea that one man is just as good as another, bit better. For some time that feeling permeated the suffrage. if not a little nation. The economic phase of democracy Counts considered the most important of all, not because he considered material wealth the greatest blessing, but because he believes it to be the basis of other “Economic power,” he said, “can be translated into public interests. opinion through the press and from public opinion into economic power.” According to Counts, a country may have the forms of democracy, yet not the reality because of inequality among the people. Part of the struggle over democracy is going to involve the quest of individualism. American individualism has grown from two very different roots. One of these roots comes from the Jeffersonian concept, which who main- has the basis of the individualism of the fi'eehold farmer, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 13 tained relative independence because of his ability to supply his own needs. The other root, which came from the idea of individualism, was asserted by the merchant, and grew up around the market. As long as this latter type of individualism operated on a small scale, its predatory character was held in check by the moral stand- ards of the community, but with the coming of individualism, it became more pronounced and became incompatible with the concepts of democracy. “But democracy,” Counts declared, “cannot be saved by going back to the old freehold farmer method of living. If democracy is to be saved and restored, it can be saved and restored only if it is fundamentally altered and the great aggregate of capital brought under direct control of the masses of the people.” Rev. Thomas Law Coyle, of the Milton Presbyterian Church, pointed out a number of worthy elements which American youth could derive from the youth movement which has been growing, a new use of leisure, and discipline and a deeper interest in American ideals are all elements in which we would build up a stronger generation. “Taking youngsters off the street isn’t going to improve condihe declared, “unless we have a program to substitute, and unless they can have the feeling that they belong to an American tradiThey need something better than themselves to live and work tion. tions,” for.” “In England,” he said, “there is no youth movement as such, but everywhere there is an emphasis placed upon discipline discipline of the body and spirit. There is very little romantic interest and a — certain coldness in their attitude. imbued with the idea that life Early in is a battle life, — a English children are struggle and they — while they are yet children. They are taught never to expect big things for themselves. In southern France there is less discipline exercised than in England and the brutal desire to get money often smothers parental instincts. Yet children learn from their adults the ability to have learn to endure leisure and use it it beautifully. City children are often farmed out to country dwellers, and thus they get used to the feel of the soil. They have the instinctive desire, characteristic also of their elders, to do things for themselves spend time watching others. Instead of watching games, they desire to exercise their own muscles. to and not others play THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 14 “In Germany we see discipline in its highest development. Yet everybody seems happy, mainly because Hitler has given them something to live for. They are contented in the midst of their hardships. There are no young men hanging around drug stores everyone is busy. Yet they are working for the state and no one seems to worry about their financial matters. Here living is completely — socialized.’’ Although Coyle declared that he disapproved heartily of many were some which he believed highly worthwhile. He explained the method whereby city children must spend part of their time in the country. Here there are no “hayseeds.” Another commendable principle of Adolf Hitler is that of allowing the breeding of only the strong, intelligent members of the race. “Hitler has none of the false sentimentality which allows stupid children to be brought into the world,” Coyle asserted. In Russia, he declared, there was a certain carelessness in the atmosphere which gave the impression that here was a group of children playing at governing a nation, and that here was a bureaucracy where inefficiency is almost blessed. Women appear to be doing everything, running machines, cleaning streets and marching with the army. Young people, here as in Germany, also appear to have something to live for. The country is dotted with communistic societies for young people, to whom badges are awarded for spying on their adults. Everywhere they are taught of Hitler’s ideas, there the doctrine of hate. “We showing devotion few other states, young people are looked up to more than adults and they are taught They are a puritanism which has economic but not moral value. never romantic and are taught only to work, build and fight. are changing the world,” to a materialistic ideal of the state. is their salute, Here as in DISTRICT OFFICERS PTA ELECTED AT CLOSING SESSION Election of officers and inspirational addresses marked the close Saturday, October 19, of the convention here of District 2, Parent Teacher Associations of the State. Mrs. H. H. Hall, State President, at the morning session stressed the importance of friendly relationship between parents and teachers and explained the objectives of THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY education. 15 Finer spiritual and moral ideals for youth were urged. of the Union County Council, pre- Sherman Kreisher, President sided in the afternoon, when the following officers were installed by Mrs. Hall: President, Mrs. H. T. Keiser, Sunbury; Vice Presidents, Mrs. S. R. Michaels, Selinsgrove; Marshall H. Dean, New Cumberland; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Albert C. Beard, Highspire; Cor- responding Secretary, Mrs. F. H. Wagner, Harrisburg; Treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Deick, Steelton. Mrs. Keiser responded for the new officers. certificates were awarded by Mrs. Hall to two Sunbury two Dauphin units, one each at Lewisburg, Highspire, Steelton and the Benjamjn Franklin Training School in Bloomsburg. A poem dedicated to Mrs. Hall was read by Mrs. Michaels, and a trio composed of Mrs. Raymond Kashner, Mrs. William V. Moyer and Mrs. George Doty, accompanied by H. F. Fenstemaker, sang “Morning,” by Oley Speaks. Mrs. E. W. Walters, chairman of the State Magazine, spoke on means to promote interest. Miss Woodruff, of the Emergency Parent Education Committee, of the State Department of Public Instruction, Standard units, offered her assistance to the association. Miss Sanford, State Secre- was introduced. tary, Reviews of Congress leaflets were given by Carl Bowman, of Lebanon, on County Councils; Miss Grace Baylor, of Lewistown, on "A Year’s Program Based on the Children’s Charter;” Mrs. R. Pluemacher, of Northumberland County, who mentioned the motion picture of Pi'of. George Kellar, “Human Heritage,” shown Friday evening, as a striking example of what the proper use of the leisure time could create; Mrs. Jacob Schaeffer, “Parent Education.” Mrs. Carl Bowman, of Lebanon, was elected a member of the State Nominating Committee. Marshal H. Dean, of New Cumberland, presented the report of the Resolutions Committee, expressing thanks to Dr. Haas, President of the College, John members Fisher, President, their co-operation, and A of the faculty and student body, and Mrs. and members of the Training School unit, for to the institute officers. motion picture, “Baby Takes a Bath,” the result of a parent education project, was shown, having been produced through the ac“Secrets of tivities of the Dauphin County and West Shore Council. Success” and “Wednesday’s Child” were other pictures shown in concluding the session. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 16 ALUMNI HOME-COMING DAY The tie that binds Alumni and former students to their Alma Mater was more closely knit Saturday, October 26, when Bloomsburg State Teachers College was host to thousands at its finest Home Coming Day since the Fall feature was inaugurated back in 1928, when Wyoming Seminary was still the traditional foe. Always a royal host, the College, through its Trustees, Dr. Francis B. Haas, the body, had prepared and carried through a program which kept the guests of the day well entertained President, the faculty and student from morning until late at night. Dr. Haas, the man who has largely been responsible for the building up of the alumni activities at the College, which have led to increased interest of graduates in their Alma busiest persons on the all of Mater, was one of the the guests thoroughly enjoyed the activities. Speaking to a group representing Alumni, the College president during the morning extended a hearty welcome to all returning and said the College was always pleased to be visited by its graduates. A hill, last seeing that quarter drive which swept Bloomsburg to a well earned 6 to 0 victory over Indiana State Teachers College, in the sports feature of the day, was the last thing needed to one of the finest in the history of College Home make it Comings. accomplishments was achieved by represenand the officers of the General Association who met during the day and made strides in bringing together the local units with the main organization. There are now seven active unit organizations, one about to organize, and two others expected to be formed during the Winter. Philadelphia, through the inspiring leadership of Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, has been active for Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Lackyears. Six other units awanna, Wyoming and Union formed during the past year, and Luzerne is now taking steps to organize the large number of Bloomsburg graduates in that county. Each of these eight organizations was represented at a meeting starting in the morning and continuing over to the afternoon. Representatives were guests of the College at But one of the real tatives of the various county units — — lunch. With renewed activity in the various areas so well served by Bloomsburg, it was the feeling of the entire group that it would be THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY possible to bring into active graduates. been loyal, Interest is among membership 4,000 of the the former students rapidly increasing. An 17 indication more than 8,000 who have always of this was the Home Coming Day. Dauphin and Susquehanna Counties expect to organize during the Winter. Attending the meetings of the county organization and general association were: D. J. Mahoney, Wilkes-Barre; Deri Hess, Northumberland; John B. Boyer, Herndon; Lehman Snyder, Turbotville; Fred W. Diehl, Danville; Maurice E. Houck, Berwick; J. Frank Dennis, Wilkes-Barre; Ethel M. Fowler, Watsontown; Mrs. Martha Moore, number back for the Nescopeck; Helen M. Fairchild, Lewisburg; Alice Guest, Alice L. Smull, Isabel Boyer, Danville; M. Edna Girton, Berwick; F. H. Shaughnessy, Tunkhannock; Adeline Williams, Scranton; Margaret M. Fay, Kingston; Jessica C. Trimble, Luzerne; Florence Hess Cool, Jennie Yoder Foley, Philadelphia; Elmer Levan, Catawissa; Clarence R. Wolever, Mill City; R. Bruce Albert, D. D. Wright, Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Dr. Francis B. Haas, Mrs. F. H. Jenkins, Miss Harriet Carpenter, Edward Francis Schuyler, Bloomsburg. Carrying forward the plans for the bringing of the local organizations into close function with the general association, the general executive committee met during the evening. The guests were on hand early, soending the morning in renew- ing friendships and acquaintances of College Days and in viewing with pleasure the numerous improvements made to the plant since they were last here. There were two events on the morning program. One was a cross country run in which Mt. Carmel High’s fast steppers defeated the College Frosh Harriers. The other was a concert in the gymnasium by the College Band, directed by Howard F. Fenstemaker. This band of thirty-two members, including two girls, did splendid work both in the concert and during the afternoon game. The program for the concert follows: March, “Old Bloomsburg;’’ March, “S. I. B. A.,” Hall; “Lustspiel Overture,’’ Keler-Bela; March, “Regimental Band,’’ Sweely; “American Patrol,” Meachan; March, “Golden Spur,” Weber; Selection, “Martha,” Flotow; “Maroon and Gold,” and “Alma Mater.” The business section of the town, College Hill, and the campus were a riot of color. The Frosh did a fine job in decorating, using the Maroon and Gold of Bloomsburg, and the Red and White of Indiana at every hand. The paper streamers used on the campus were THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 18 placed on poles erected for the occasion. The building held large “welcome” signs for returning graduates and the honored foes of the day. On the screen back of the home plate, there was a new deco- On a red background was a large white “I” and was “B” on a maroon background. Half of each goal was wrapped in the colors of one of the Colleges. There was plenty of music during the afternoon. Shenandoah High School’s smart sixty-five piece band, the members wearing uniforms of blue and white, were guests of the College during the day. They came on the field just before the game, followed by the Maroon and Gold Band of the College. Shenandoah had at its head a fancy stepping horse, capably handled by its youthful master. The animal was well trained and the crowd got much enjoyment watching it step rative feature. alongside of this to the martial tunes. Late in the second half, the Bloomsburg and Shamokin High School bands, coming from their game at Athletic Park, reached the field. A tea and informal get-together was held in the gymnasium following the game. Many striking decorative schemes have been worked out for the various functions at the College, but the gymnasium never looked prettier than for Home Coming Day. Many hours were spent in executing the elaborate decorations in the colors of Bloomsburg and Indiana. Crepe paper was used in the extensive festooning, and ballons added a fine touch. which followed, were seated at the main table and were guests of honor. Students and graduates, flushed with the stirring victory, were in a happy mood and the dinner was a merry occasion. The concluding feature of the day was the informal dance in the evening. The Maroon and Gold Dance Band provided the music and the boys left nothing Members to of the football team, at the dinner be desired. The crowd was exceptionally large, with many graduates having such a good time at the Home Coming that they remained until the very end of the concluding feature. o Miss Nell Maupin, of the Social Science Department of the Colwas one of the speakers at the tenth annual conference on education at Bucknell University, Friday and Saturday, October 18 and lege, 19. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 19 AID GIVEN AT THE COLLEGE Through the National Youth Administration, Federal aid is being given to 121 students at the Bloomsbuig State Teachers College and will continue throughout the year. According to the specifications, the total available for various high school and college students, determined by taking twelve per cent of the enrollment, as of October 15th, of the preceding year, and multiplying this figure by $15.00. Twelve per cent of the enrollment at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College last year was sixty-six and this total multiplied by $15.00 gave $990.00, which is available for the local institution. The amount received by students at the College varies from $6.00 to $15.00 per month, and various types of works are being carried on at the direction of Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College. The work carried on must be socially desirable and must not interfere with work being carried on under the College budget such as waiting on tables or assisting in the care of the grounds. is The National Youth Administration began work of the present term and both work men and women at the opening of the student body hours of the day up until noon on Saturday. The funds are distributed on an even basis between men and women. at various A reci-eation program is being carried on with the Federal funds, twenty of the students carrying on the work under the direction of Dr. E. H. Nelson. Supervision of children playing on the recreation grounds is provided in this way. A vided number of among the Direction of this the students receiving Federal funds have been di- which is carrying out various surveys. given to the members of the faculty. faculty, work is At the present time, some state-wide survey. of of the students Efforts are being made are carrying out a to secure a complete list Bloomsburg State Teachers College alumni who are teaching in Plans are being made to extend the work campus activities in the future. In several isolated cases, students from the College have gone to farm houses and helped farm children with their English. This is one of the many types of work which is expected to be carried out. Another possible channel for the various State schools. to off work to be done Federal aid is is a survey of libraries in the county schools. available for two classes of individuals: single THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 20 young men and women between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five from families on relief and unable to attend school for want of money for textbooks, carfare, lunch and other essentials; and needy College students on substantially the same plan as the last year. In addition to the educational aid phases of the NYA program include the establishment of educational and recreational youth centers, guidance work and assistance in placement. One may not work more than thirty hours per week nor receive more than $20 per month, and in College work it makes no difference whether or not the family of the student is on relief rolls. Stipulations governing assistance for students other than those in a collegt or university are different. In the first place, all institutions which do not require the equivalent of high school graduation for entrance shall be included within this program, provided they are organized and operated as institutions which are non-profit making in character. Secondly, the number of students to be given aid shall be seven per cent of the number of persons between th ages of sixteen ana twenty-five on relief as on May, 1935. Only students certified as members of families on relief shall be eligible. Thirdly, assistance to any student shall not exceed $6 per cal- endar month. Fourth, financial aid made available shall be used to assist students from relief families for doing socially desirable work, such as clerical duties and library work. be used Fifth, this aid shall not to replace funds available for aid to the students in the school applying for participation in the program. of sixteen and twenty-five from be selected for assistance in continuing school on the following considerations: need, character and ability to do the school work, and status of attendance. Seventh, the hourly rate of pay for those students who are granted assistance in return for work that they shall perform shall be such as is commonly paid by the institutions for the type of service rendered. No student shall work more than ten hours in any week nor three hours in any day. Eighth, the assistance granted to qualified students in return for the excellence of the performance of their full time school studies shall be made available in amounts determined by the student’s in- Sixth, persons between the ages relief families shall THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 21 dividual need as indicated on the application submitted after view. Ninth, school pupils desiring aid should for work make direct application to their schools principals. o EDUCATORS URGE LONGER TRAINING FOR ALL TEACHERS Educators representing seventy colleges and universities in Pennsylvania have recommended that all future high school teachers be required to have five years of College Training. The recommendation was contained in a resolution adopted at a one day joint conference on members of the Association of Liberal Arts Colleges and directors and supervisors of student teaching in accredited teachers institutions, held October 24, 1935. The resolution suggested also the minimum post high school education of teachers for the elementary field be four years. It was submitted by a committee composed of Dr. Carmon Ross, President of the Edinboro Teachers College; Dean W. G. Chambers, School of Education, Pennsylvania State College, and Dr. I. H. Brumbaugh, of Juniata College. Dr. Lester K. Ade, Superintendent of Public Instruction, urged the 100 delegates to give serious consideration to teacher prepara- which he described as a vital factor in the education program. Other speakers suggested that training schools, both on and off the campus, should be maintained by all colleges preparing students tion, for teaching. Dr. Herbert L. Spencer, President of for Women, presented a summary the Pennsylvania College of points raised in the conference. o The Christmas season in Bloomsburg was featured by a series of concerts on Market Square, sponsored by the Bloomsburg Board of The contribution of the College to the program was a conby the Mixed Chorus Tuesday evening, December 17, and a concert by the Maroon and Gold Band, Thursday, December 19. The Mixed Chorus was under the direction of Miss Harriet Moore, and the Maroon and Gold Band was directed by Samuel Green, stuTrade. cert given dent director, and Howard F. Fenstemaker, of the faculty. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 22 COLLEGE OBSERVES ARMISTICE DAY Students of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College were urged keep the faith of those who gave their all on the field of battle for American ideals, by the Rev. B. B. Heller, pastor of the Reformed Church, during impressive Armistice Day exercises Monday morning, November 11, in the College auditorium. The program was in charge to Community Government Association. Announcements were made by Earl Kershner. “Taps” were sounded and a silent tribute of two minutes was paid to the war dead. Kershner read the Scripture lesson, and Miss Doris Bonnenberg of the College led in singing the “Star Spangled Banner,” with Miss Gladys Rinard All remained standing to give the salute to the which was led by Neil Ritchie. Sam Cohen read two poems, “Unknown Soldier Speaks,” by E. V. Emans, and “War Debts,” by C. as the accompanist. flag Parmenter. Miss Jane Manhart spoke of the attitude of women toward war, asserting that the loss to women, directly and indirectly, is greater than that to men. Larue Derr discussed, “Why I, As a Student, Am Opposed To War,” during which he spoke of the great suffering that war brings, and referred to the vast amount of talent destroyed as youth is slaughtered. Following the address of the Rev. Mr. Heller, the program concluded with the sounding to “Taps.” TRAINING SCHOOL OBSERVES DAY Armistice Day was made a real thing to children of the Ben- jamin Franklin Training School at the College. There were programs in each grade, so designed that the children would get much enjoyment and knowledge from them. The meaning of the day was discussed by the children and the teachers in each grade. Some of the questions discussed were: “What Our Nation Is Doing To Honor the Soldiers In the World War,” “Why We Want Peace,” “The League of Nations, What It Aims To Do, What It Is Doing To Prevent War Between Italy and Ethio- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 23 pia,” and “How the United States Is Trying To Be a Good Neighbor To the Other Nations.” A number of the children said their fathers served in the World War, and that the men were greatly pleased by news that the way was over and do not want to go to war again. Appropriate stories and poems were used to bring home to the children the significance of the day. These included “The Good Citizen,” by Theodore Roosevelt; “In Flanders Fields,” by Lieutenant Colonel J. D. McCrea, and “Armistice Day Makes Us Think of Peace.” The latter appeared in “My Weekly Reader,” a children’s paper. There were patriotic songs, the flag salute was given and the children observed a period of silence in tribute to the departed. o KAPPA DELTA A INITIATES class of twenty-three, the largest ever to be initiated into the local chapter, was received into the sional scholastic fraternity, at the lege, PI Kappa Delta Friday evening, October 18. local chapter, founded in 1931, The and student members. of the class are eligible Pi, national profes- Bloomsburg State Teachers Col- now has about 200 graduate in the upper fourth Only members who stand for membership. Received in the October class were: Miss Amanda Babb, Miss Florine Moore, Miss Margaret Manhart, Miss Gladys Brennan, Miss Maria Berger, Miss Marie Foust, Miss Mary Grosek, Miss Eudora Anna Jean Laubach, Michael Marshalek, Harry Nelson, Luther Peck, Miss Ruth Radcliffe, Miss Mae Ressler, Miss Ruth Smethers, Miss Beatrice Thomas, Edward Webb, Miss Jeanie Weber, Clyde Luchs, Miss Kathryn Van Auker, Miss Gladys Rinard and Miss Jane Manhart. Harvey A. Andrus is faculty advisor of the local chapter. The ceremony was held in the social room of Science Hall with Mervin Mericle, of Bloomsburg, the President, presiding. Dr. Nell Maupin gave a talk and Miss Gladys Rinard sang “I Heard You Go By,” with Earl Kershner as the accompanist. Dean of Instruction, W. B. Sutliff, spoke and Charles Michael gave a reading, “Congo.” Refreshments followed the meeting and dancing was enjoyed with the music provided by Miss Anna Jean Laubach and Miss Florine Moore. Hosier, Alvin Lapinski, Miss THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 24 SCRANTON STUDENT DIES FROM APPENDICITIS Milton Goldstein, aged eighteen, of Scranton, a member of the class of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, passed away in the Bloomsburg Hospital at 9:55 o’clock, Friday evening, November 15. An emergency operation disclosed a ruptured appen- Freshmen His condition had been critical for two days. The young man was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Goldstein, of Franklin Avenue, Scranton, and came to Bloomsburg following graduation last Spring from Central High School. While he had been at the College but a short time, he had made a number of friends and was active on the campus. The lad was one of the assistant managers of the football team. In high school he was on the managerial staff for three years. He had been ill only a few days and members of the family said that prior to that time he had never suffered any attacks of appendicitis. He was a mem- dix. ber of the Linden Street Temple, Scranton. Surviving are the parents, a sister, Miss Sylvia, two brothers, Franklin and Sydney. His mother was with him when the end came. The students of the College paid tribute to the memory of Mr. November 20. Eulogies the Freshman class, and Goldstein, in an assembly held Wednesday, were given by Ray McBride, President of by Charls Michael, student manager of the football team. developed during the services that Goldstein, a Freshman assistant student manager of the football team, had inquired of his It mother at the bedside, just before lapsing into a he never rallied, “Is the coma from which team practicing tonight?” Before the College team left the locker room for the game with East Stroudsburg, one player was heard to remark, “We must win this game for Goldstein.” Bloomsburg won 12 to 0. Sophomore President, read the Scriptures and gave The memorial exercises were under the auspices of the Community Government Association, of which William Morgan, of Scranton, is the President. The exercises opened with singing, and Hill read the twenty-third Psalm and followed with introductory remarks. Following the eulogies, there was a silence of a minute, during which the pianist, Miss Mary Johnston, played “Abide With Me.” Walter Hill, the introduction. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 25 Representatives of the faculty and student body of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College were in attendance at the funeral services. o HALLIBURTON DELIGHTS AUDIENCE That thirst for adventure, which is in the heart of every human, dormant in the most of us, was satisfied for about a thousand residents of Bloomsburg and vicinity, Friday evening, December 13, when Richard Halliburton spoke before a capacity audience in the auditorium of the College. During the time in which he spoke, every man, woman, and child was an adventurer, sharing for the time being, the adventures of one who has for more than a decade, through his writings, added realism to the dreams of millions who have found their niche in life to contain less of the thrilling and more of the hum-drum. In this, his first appearance before a Bloomsburg audience, Halliburton narrated a few of his many experiences as a world traveler and journalist. His stories included that of his crossing the Alps on an elephant, his airplane ride with two princesses in Persia, and his ride with the Prince of Bagdad, son of King Feisal of Irak. The speaker, whose ability to find extraodinary places and do unusual things was received enthusiastically by the audience, which was the largest one that has been in the auditorium in many years. lies o The Alpha Delta Chapter of the Pi Omega Pi Fraternity was represented at the National Conclave by Professor Harvey A. Andruss. Every two years this meeting is held on the days just preceding the Christmas meeting of the National Commercial Teachers’ This year the meetings were held in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, from December 26 to 28. The Alpha Delta Chapter of Federation. commercial fraternity was installed at Bloomsburg membership is drawn from the upper fourth of the Junior and Senior classes of students enrolled in the Department of Commerce. Over thirty colleges and universities have organiza- this professional May 28, 1935. Its tions of this type. The chapter were elected Christmas meeting. officers of the national and other business was transacted at the THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 26 MAKE REPORTS ON STUDENT ASSOCIATION Reports of delegates of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Women’s Intercollegiate Association for Student Government, which was held at Beaver College, Jenkintown, were heard at a women’s assembly, Wednesday, November 14. This is a national organization of women’s colleges and co-educational institutions. The convention upon which the delegates reported was the twentyeighth annual convention and was in session from October 23 to 26. to the Colleges represented included University of Maryland, Univer- Richmond, Hood College, Miami, Ohio University, Allegheny Women, Lake Erie College, Western Reserve University, Duke University, Wilson College, Alfred University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Russel Sage College, Wooster College, Conn. College for Women, New York University, Bates College and Bloomsburg State Teachers College. sity of College, Greensburg, N. C. College for Local delegates were Miss Violet Brown, Carlisle, President of Government Association, Miss Eleanor Mor- the Waller Hall Student of Taylor, also a Waller Hall girl and Miss Kathryn John, of Bloomsburg, President of the Day Women’s Association. The general theme of the program was “Ideals of Student Government,” and all kinds of College problems were discussed with emphasis on those concerning women students. For the special session, the speakers were the Deans of Women ris, Hood College, Goucher College and the President of the National Young Women’s Association and the President of the Philadelphia Women's Clubs. There were informal discussion groups on these subjects: “Nominating System,” “Freshmen Orientation,” “Problems of Student Council,” “Effective Use of Leisure Time,” “Honor System” and “How to Interest Timid and Reserved Girls in Student Activities.” of the University of Pennsylvania, and Beaver College There were a number of social affairs including several teas, a formal dinner and a Hallowe’en party. One afternoon was devoted to a trip to Philadelphia. had a fine time and secured a number of Bloomsburg is the only Teachers College entered in the association. The local delegates reported the school here had the best day girls’ organization of any of the institutions represented. The local delegates splendid ideas. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 27 CHRISTMAS ON THE CAMPUS For two weeks before the College closed for the Christmas vacawas much in evidence at the College. The first major event was the Christmas party for crippled children, given by the girls of Waller Hall. This was held in the gymnasium Saturday afternoon, December 14. An excellent program was provided for the entertainment of the children. The Dramatic Club presented a Christmas play in Assembly on Monday, December 1(3, and the Mixed Chorus and A Capella Choir presented a program cf Christmas music in the Assembly held Friday, December 20. The dormitory students held their Christmas party in the dining room tion, the Yuletide spirit Thursday evening, December 19. On Friday, December 20, there was a program in the Auditorium in the afternoon for the school children of Bloomsburg and vicinity. The program consisted of music by the Maroon and Gold Band, movies, and a juggling act by George DeMott. The same program was repeated in the evening for the students of the College. There were many parties by smaller groups, and several others provided Christmas cheer to needy families. The Mixed Chorus and the Maroon and Gold Band provided programs on Market Square, as part of the town’s Christmas seasou, and the Mixed Chorus sang at the Bloomsburg Hospital. The Men of North Hall celebrated by holding a smoker Thursday evening, December 19. The climax of it all, however, was packing to go home when the College closed Saturday noon, December 21, for a two weeks’ vacation. o L. V. Granville, veteran actor, making his third appearance in Bloomsburg, opened the College Artist’s Course, Friday, October 4, with the presentation of ‘"Dramatic Interludes,” which delighted an appreciative and good sized audience and gave the course one of its best openings in years. From the great drama of the past, Mr. Granville takes the choice have lived. These he plays with a feeling and understanding which wins his audience. Realism is added to the scenes by changing of costume and special lighting effects. Quick changes of Mr. Granville prevented the program from dragging. hits that THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 28 ROONGO, COLLEGE MASCOT, DEAD IS the Bloomsburg State Teachers College mascot, is The handsome full-blooded North Greenland Eskimo Husky succumbed at ten o’clock Wednesday morning, November 27, after an illness of but two days with pneumonia. “Roongo” was raised by George J. Keller, instructor at the College, who has had much success in handling Huskies in this climate. “Roongo” liked the snow, and when it covered the ground, and especially when snow was falling, he refused to go in his kennel, pre- “Roongo,” dead. ferring to sleep in the snow. season was too much But the changing temperature for him. The veterinarian this said the rapid low- ering and raising of the temperature brought on the pneumonia which caused the canine’s death. “Roongo’s” ancestors had been with Peary on his North Pole expedition. It was in 1933, when the College chose a mascot, selecting the Husky for its many fine stalwart qualities mediately became a part of the institution. from the College colors, Maroon and Gold. His and “Roongo” imname was made Now that he has passed Labrador Husky will likely replace him and will probably become “Roongo II.” This dog is now ten months of age. He is almost the size of “Roongo.” The first mascot will be missed, especially at the football games, where he was all rigged out in a Maroon and Gold blanket and strutted proudly in front of the stands. “Roongo” liked exercise and his fun in attending football games was secured, not from watching the contest, but from circling the track. Louis Bertoldi, cross country star, ran many miles with “Roongo” during the games. Bertoldi completed his course last spring but was back for many of the games this Fall and always had a run with the mascot. on, a o Friday evening, November Charles Naegele, concert pianist, 15, presented, before a large and appreciative local group, another of his unusual concerts. artist was a The last previous appearance of this popular command appearance before the Prince of Wales, which The music of Chopin and Debussy composed half of his program at the College, and he himself explained the series of descriptive pieces which concluded his prefollowed a concert tour of Europe. sentations. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 2.0 ALUMNI DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING The Board of Directors held a meeting on of the Home Coming B. S. T. C. Day, October Alumni Association 26, 1935. Prior to this meeting, representatives of the various local Alumni organizations had met in the Alumni Room. Plans were discussed for making the program more effective during the coming year. The Board of Directors passed the following resolutions: Resolved That a Membership Card be issued to all Active Members upon payment of dues. Resolved That each local Alumni Organization be invited to designate and qualify one representative. These representatives together with the Board of Directors of the Association shall be an Advisory Council. The Council will make recommendations to the Board of Directors for final action and disposition. Resolved That the Alumni Association adopt a policy of refunding to county or local organizations twenty-five cents of the one dollar membership dues. A member paying dues of one dollar to the local group, thereby becomes an active member of the local organization and the Alumni Association. Note. The last two resolutions will be submitted to the Alumni Association for approval at the Annual Meeting in May, 1936. entire — — — o John Circovics, of Berwick, a member of the class of 1938, has been elected Captain of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College football team for next year. The honor is all the more to be coveted because captaincies seldom go to men who are members of the Senior class. Lamar Blass, of Aristes, a member of the class of 1937, was, however, similarly honored last year when he was elected Captain of the 1936 track and field team. who captained the Berwick High School team in 1931, has been a star with the Huskies for two seasons. He plays roving center, and is outstanding in diagnosing plays of the opponents. Circovics, Much of his time, when on defense, is spent in the backfield of the opposing team. The Captain-elect is popular on the campus, and his selection has met with favor among the squad and the student body. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 30 BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM Harvey A. Andruss, Director of the Department of Commerce at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, has announced that at the present time, four states have recognized the business education curGraduates of the Department of Commerce York, New Jersey, and Virginia, as well as Pennsylvania. No effort has been made on the part of the College to have the curriculum recognized by states other than Pennsylvania in advance of the time that graduates were to be placed in positions. Mr. John Krepich, ’34, after teaching one year in Tunkhannock, is now teaching in the high school at Goshen, New York. Three other riculum at Bloomsburg. are now teaching in New Bloomsburg graduates are teachers of business subjects in New JerThey are: Miss Santina La Brutto, ’35, Ellis Hamilton Junior sey. High School, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Anthony Conte, ’35, East Side Junior High School, Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Clarence Slater, ’35, Senior High School, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miss Clara Vanderslice, ’35, is teaching commercial subjects at Fort Royal, Virginia. In all cases these graduates were certified to teach on the same basis in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, as that which they would have occupied in Pennsylvania. This means in effect that graduates from the Department of Commerce of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College may apply for with the assurance that they are properly qualified and trained for the teaching of business subjects. positions in surrounding states o NURSERY SCHOOL SPECIALISTS HERE As a culminating event of the laboratory course in nursery school education for experienced teachers, an emergency relief training school conducted at the Teachers College during September for this entire section, ment Institute of an exhibit of clothing from the Child DevelopCity was held Wednesday, October 2 in New York Noetling Hall social room at the College. The exhibit included toys and nursery school equipment made by the New York students. Dr. Grace Langdon, specialist, emergency nursery schools, Department of Education of the United States, and Miss Teressa Yeager, head of Kindergarten and Elementary Education in Harrisburg, spoke in the auditorium of the college. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY FINE Two PROGRAMS IN 31 COLLEGE ASSEMBLY excellent programs were presented at the College assembly Pierre Henrotte, concert master and conductor of the Metropolitan Opera House for twenty-five years, appeared before the student body Monday morning, October 21. He was a concert master in France at the age of sixteen years in October. and came to America when twenty years of age. He formerly was concert master under Toscanini, Weingartner, and Mahler and was concert master of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Opera Company, Boston Opera Company and the New York Cham- ber Music Society. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Turner, of Sharon, appeared at the assembly Friday morning, October 25, for a song festival. Mr. Turner is a personal friend of Prof. E. A. Reams, of the College faculty. He appeared on an assembly program about eight years ago. o "Human Heritage,” a colored picture which depicts the teaching Bloomsburg State Teachers College, with an application of training and every day life, appeared at the meeting of the Pennof art in the sylvania State Education Association held in the Education Building Thursday, December 26. was under the direction of George J. Keller, art instructor at the College, and the children were under the direction of Miss Harriet M. Moore. The splendid cooperation of various teachers in the training school was instrumental in the filming of the at Harrisburg, The filming scenes. Children of the sixth grade of the Benjamin Franklin Training School accompanied the film to Harrisburg, and transportation for them was provided by the parents. The film shows children of the training school in the class room, and then shows the same children in their homes, making the application of the various principles to problems with which they come home. Approximately one hundred children participated in the filming which took a year to complete. The actions were synchronized with vocal and instrumental music. Part of the film was shown in October at the Parent-Teacher convention, but since that time additions have been made to the film. in contact in the THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 32 FORM UNION COUNTY ALUMNI BRANCH Bloomsburg State Teachers College graduates of the Mifflinburg and Lewisburg sections, on Thursday, October 3, at Mifflinburg, effected a local branch of the general alumni body, forging another link in the local association program which has been growing so rapidly. Miss Helen Kellar, of Mifflinburg, was named President; Miss Margaret Lodge, of Mifflinburg, Vice President; Miss Ruth Fairchilds, Lewisburg, R. 2, Secretary and Lewis Pursley, of Lewisburg, Treasurer. Other branch organzations now keeping alive interest in Bloomsburg among graduates within the territory served the local institutions are: Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Montour County, Northumberland County, Lackawanna County and Philadelphia. Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College; W. Dean of Instruc- and Dr. E. H. Nelson, represented the College, and Prof. C. H. Albert and D. D. Wright, the General Alumni Association. Mrs. David Glover, of Mifflinburg, presided. She is the wife of one of the Trustees of the College. Prof. Thomas, Supervising Principal of the Mifflinburg schools, and Mr. Winter, of Milton, were others in attendance. Mrs. C. C. Lesher, of Lewisburg, and Miss Margaret Bogenrief, a former member of the Bloomsburg faculty and now residing at Mifflinburg, were among those speaking. tion, B. Sutliff Among the graduates at the Mifflinburg dinner were: Miss Myr- Wagner, Mifflinburg; Miss Sara Heiser, Lewisburg; Mrs. Sara Heinbach, Lewisburg; Miss Kathryn Wilson, Lewisburg; Miss Grace Baylor, Lewisburg; Mrs. Helen Kunkel, Lewisburg; Miss Dorothy Criswell, Lewisburg; Miss Foresman, Lewisburg; Miss Lauretta Latshaw, Mifflinburg; Miss Anne Mary Leiser, Mifflinburg. tle o Prof. Earl N. Rhodes, Director of Teacher Training at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, discussed the nature of a wellrounded teacher preparation program, emphasizing feasible and necessary curricular developments at a meeting of the Association of Liberal Arts College of Pennsylvania for the advancement of TeachThe meeting was held in the Education Building, Harrisburg, ing. October 23. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY STATE CONFERENCE A A. A. U. state conference of the Women was W. HELD IN 33 BLOOMSBURG American Association of University held in Bloomsburg, Friday and Saturday, November 1 here from Bethlehem, Carlisle, Easton, Chambersburg, Harrisburg, Huntingdon, Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Selinsgrove, Hazelton, Lansdowne, Philadelphia, Sayre, Athens, State College, Stroudsburg, and Wilmington, Delaware. A general session was held in the morning, Mrs. W. M. Parrish, of Glenshaw, the President, presiding. Luncheon was held at the Elks’ Club with Dr. Susan Kingsbury, of Bryn Mawr, as the speaker of “Economic and Legal Status of Women.” The chairman was Mrs. H. Mont. Smith. The officers and chairmen of the committees of the host chapter were: President, Miss Ermine Stanton; Vice President, Mrs. Paul Trescott; Secretary, Mrs. Sheldon Groner; Treasurer, Miss Grace Woolworth; Committee Chairmen: Program, Miss May T. Hayden; Education, Dr. Marguerite Kehr; Fellowship, Mrs. Clyde Snydev; Legislation, Miss Ward; Legal Status of Women, Mrs. Remley, and Membership, Mrs. Harry Keller, Jr. and 2, bringing delegates o Leonard Craske, well known English sculptor, appeared in the Teachers College assembly Monday morning, November 4, and delighted the students with a splendid talk on his art. He illustrated his lecture, “The Making of a Statue,” with numerous slides showing the various steps in the development of a statue. Mr. Craske is the sculptor of a number of the well known bronze statue of the “Gloucester Fishermen,” which stands at the entrance to Gloucester harbor, the DeLong Memorial, and the “Joy of Life.” o A Jewel emblematic of the thirty-third Degree was presented during the November session of Caldwell Consistory to Dr. Francis B. Haas, who was crowned member of the thirty-third Degree during the meeting of the Supreme Council in Cleveland in September. The jewel was presented by H. A. McKillip, Secretary of the Consistory, who spoke of Dr. Haas as an outstanding educator who has done much in his field, and whom Masonry was proud to honor. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 34 FRESHMAN KkD PARTY On Friday evening, October 11, Bloomsburg College Freshmen were able, for a few hours, to lay aside the cloak of college dignity and be kids again. The occasion was the Annual Freshmen Kid Party and just about every member of the Class of 1939 was in attendance, and with the exception of a few, everyone wore the costumes of children of tender years. Games of childhood, such as “Farmer in the Dell,” occupied an hour of the evening and then following dancing with the Maroon and Gold Band providing a program of music. Refreshments were plenThey included cider, tiful, and were served throughout the evening. jumbo ginger cakes, lolly pops and Dixies. The judges were Dr. Thomas P. North, Prof. E. A. Reams and Prof. John C. Koch, and the three had a difficult task. After much consideration, the awards for being the biggest babies went to Miss Bessie Levine, of Edwardsville, and Robert Parker, of Kulpmont. Each wore a full length night gown. Jim Mootz, of Potstville, dressed up with a big tie, sailor hat and all the trimmings of a childhood “sissy” nevertheless won the award for being the toughest boy. How the judges arrived a such a conclusion probably only professors could explain. Miss Mary O’Donnel, of Mt. Carmel, received the award for being the daintiest baby. The chaperons of the night were Dean Marguerite Kehr, Miss Ethel Ransom, Prof, and Mrs. E. A. Reams, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. North, Dean and Mrs. John C. Koch and Prof, and Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker. o sway at the Teachers College Thursday evening, October 31, when the annual Hallowe’en dinner and dance was held and attended by the students and faculty memThe dance which followed in the gymnasium was a function bers. The ghosts and of the goblins held Community Government Association. u Miss Grace Woolworth, Kindergarten Training Teacher at the Benjamin Franklin Training School, attended the Northumberland County Teachers Institute and participated in the discussion on “What Are the Implications of the Nursery School For the Primary Grade.” THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Miss Natalie Briggs, of Springfield, Missouri, 35 and George C. Sunday, Buchheit, coach of athletics at Bloomsburg, were married December 22, at the home of the bride’s parents, in Springfield. The Rev. Charles Gilbreath, pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, of Springfield, officiated. The bride is a graduate of Springfield Teachers College, for the past two years been a member High School at Jefferson City, Missouri. four years ago, at of the when both were studying faculty of and has the Junior Mr. and Mrs. Buchheit met for their Master’s Degree Columbia University. Mr. Buchheit came Bloomsburg and since and track. He has been very popular with the members of the teams, and with the student body as a whole. The records of the various teams coached by him show that his work has been very successful. Mr. and Mrs. Buchheit have moved into their newly furnished apartment on Market Square, Bloomsburg. to that time he has been coach A ber, in the Fall of 1932, of football, basketball marital union of more than fifty-two years was ended in Octo- when death claimed Elwood Yocum, one of Bloomsburg’s most highly esteemed men. Mr. Yocum’s death occurred at his home on East First street, where he had been confined to his bed from a stroke since Memorial Day. For more than twenty years he was a janitor at the Teachers College and during that time built up a friendship with hundreds of students which lasted through his life. He retired from the College service some years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Yocum were married in 1882. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Bloomsburg. Surviving are his wife, a brother, Hurl Yocum, of near Orangeville, and a sister. An allocation of $8,860.00 from the Works Progress Administra- tion for completion of the athletic field at the State Teachers College here was announced recently. The College will contribute an additional $679.00 toward completion of the job that was begun last Winter. Extensive grading has already been done on the field, which is located above the present athletic field and the training school. 36 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Three representatives of the Freshman class of the Teachers College have been elected representives on the Governing Board of The upper classes elect their represenThey are: Miss Annabelle Smith, of Sunbury; Miss Deborah Jones, of West Pittston, and Miss Betty E. Thomas, of Jermyn. the Waller Hall Association. tatives in the spring. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Hartline, of East Fourth Street, have returned home from Yellowstone Park, where they spent the Summer. They accompanied their son, Dr. Keffer Hartline, to Philadelphia, and were flown to the Bloomsburg airport in the latter’s plane. Dr. Keffer Hartline returned immediately to Philadelphia. Tuesday evening, October 15, Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas tendered the annual reception to the Trustees and members of the facDirectors and coulty of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. operating faculty members in the districts in which student teaching is being done also were guests. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 37 All Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins of all 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. • OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. R. Bruce Albert, Dr. D. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer ’06 Waller, Jr., ’67 Mr. Edward Schuyler, ’24 Miss Harriet Carpenter, ’96 J. Executive Committee Mr. Fred W. Diehl, ’09 Mr. H. Mont Smith, ’93 Mr. Maurice F. Houck, TO Mr. Daniel J. Mr. Frank Dennis, ’ll Dr. E. H. Nelson, ’ll Mr. Dennis D. Wright, ’ll Mahoney, ’09 1876 Mrs. Annie Milsom Smith died at her home in Elmira, Tuesday, October 22, 1935. In 1878 she was married to William S. Smith of the Class of 1876. During their married life, they lived in Lawrenceville, Pa. Since her husband’s death in 1915, she made her home in Elmira. During these years she made a very definite place for herself in the community. Her keen mind, sympathetic understanding, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 38 endeared her to all, and she was loved and admired by number of people. One person said of her, “She was a benediction. She made me feel that she had a calm inner strength, and and serenity, a large that helped to give strength to me.” She was a valued and loved worker terian Church, a member in the of the Sorosis Lake Street Presby- Club, Current Literature Club, Garden Club, and Willing Workers Sunshine Circle. Surviving are her six children, Miss Mida D. Smith, of Elmira; Mrs. Harry E. Webster, of Wellsboro, Pa.; Mrs. W. H. Ryan, of Lawrenceville, Pa.; Miss Helen E. Smith, of Pasadena, California; Warden N. Smith, of Elmira; and Roy L. Smith, of Corning. There are also eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Annie Milsern (Mrs. W. S. Smith) passed away at her home in She was survived by five children. Her husband died a number of years ago. Her oldest daughter, Mida, has been a teacher in the public schools of Elmira for a number of yers. She and her mother were living together. She had been in good health until her last sickness. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and active in its organizaitons, and also in literary clubs. She was buried at Lawrenceville, Pa., her former home. Elmira, N. Y., October 22. 1886 N. H. Sanner has retired from the active ministry, and living at 1250 is now Peermont Avenue, Dormont, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1894 Mrs. Nellie Coffman McDermott has retired from teaching and living at Fawn Grove, Pa. Her son, William, has a Master’s and a Doctor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, and is a member of the faculty at Lehigh University. Her daughter, a graduate of Dickinson College, is teacher of English in the high school at Gloucester, N. J., and her daughter, Mary, also a graduate of Dick- is now inson, has a business position in Philadelphia. 1899 E. F. Brent died at his home in Lewistown, Pa., Tuesday, June an illness lasting five months. 25, 1935, after THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 39 1912 John R. Jones, Principal of the Frances Willard School, Scranhome Tuesday evening, November 19, after several weeks’ illness. Mr. Jones was one of Scranton’s best known educators, and had taught in the public schools of that city for twentyton, died at his three years. Immediately after Mr. Jones was graduated from Bloomsburg, he was named Principal of the Van Buren School in Scranton. Later he was named principal of the Frances Willard School, and subsequently was appointed to a similar position at the Bryant School. When the new Frances Willard School was opened in 1929, Mr. Jones was appointed Principal, and served there until his death. He was a member of the Board of Deacons of the Plymouth Congregational Church, of White Face Mountain Lodge, F. & A. M., Saranac Lake, N. Y., a life member of Karinak Temple, Montreal, Melita Commandery, No. 68, Knights Templar, Keystone Consistory, and the Craftsmen’s Club of Scranton. He is survived by his wife, Edna Lewis Jones, and by five sisters. teacher of English in the Junior High School at She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Alfred University and has taken additional work at Rutgers and at New York University. Her address is 28 South Street, Red Bank, N. J. Frankie Davis Red Bank, N. is J. 1927 A son was born Wednesday, October 9, at the Bloomsburg HosDr. and Mrs. George Leighow, of Danville, R. D. Mrs. Leighow was formerly Miss Anne Wendel, of Bloomsburg. pital to Miss Myrtle Appleman, a native of Valley township, died on Thursday, October 10, at the South Mountain Sanatarium, Franklin County. She had been ill for three years. She was a graduate of the Danville High School, Class of 1924, and the Bloomsburg State Teachers College in 1927, and the Harrisburg Training School for Nurses in 1931. She was a member of Hendrickson Church in Valley township. Private funeral service were held Saturday, October 12, Rev. Gould, of Montandon, officiating. Burial was made in the Hendrickson cemetery. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 40 1928 George T. Bamford, Jr., of Laurel Run, Pa., died at his home December 13, following two weeks illness with pneumonia. Mr. Bamford had been teacher of fifth and sixth grades in the schools of Laurel Run since his graduation. He was Superintendent of the Laurel Run Primitive Methodist Sunday School, in the church of which his father was pastor. Friday, Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Pauline Bell, of Ashley, two daughters, Faye and June Dawn, his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. George T. Bamford, and a sister, Ethel Bamford, all of Laurel Run. Miss Mildred M. Herr, of Berwick, and Earl Ginter, of Johnson were married on New Year’s Day at the Trinity Lutheran parsonage in Berwick. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. A. Smith. The bride has for several years been teaching at Wernersville, where she served as Assistant Principal. Mr. Ginter is Assistant Principal of the Coal Township High School, and has been a teacher there for several years. The couple will make their home in Coal Township. City, 1930 Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Florence Davis, of Duryea, and Harold V. Biggar, of Old Forge. The ceremony took place in June, 1935, in Scranton, the Rev. R. L. Markarrian officiating. 1931 Edward T. DeVoe, English instructor and publications advisor at the Bloomsburg High School, gave an address at the meeting of the Susquehanna Valley Press conference at Williamsport, November 1(3. Mr. DeVoe spoke on the subject “Problems of the Year Book.” Samuel Kurtz, who has been directing the band and orchestra Bloomsburg High School, has accepted a position as teacher in the Catawissa High School. The position was made vacant by the illness of one of the teachers. Although he was not a regular teacher in Bloomsburg, Mr. Kurtz was given charge of the musical organizations shortly after school began in September, and he has done remarkably well in developing both of them. Mr. Kurtz will continue the work with the Bloomsburg High School musical groups. in the THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 41 Miss Marie W. Kelly and Edgar M. Derr were united in marriage Wednesday evening, October 23, by the Rev. H. B. Gies, rector of The ceremony was St. Columba’s Catholic Church, of Bloomsburg. performed on the birthday of the bride. The bride is a graduate of Bloomsburg High School and of the Teachers College, and for four years has been a teacher at Vandergrift. The bridegroom is also a graduate of the Bloomsburg High School and in his student days was an outstanding athlete. He is a member of the firm of Laubach and Derr. The couple will reside on Jefferson street, Bloomsburg. 1932 Miss Mary Alice Eves, of Schuylkill Haven, and Charles Cox, of Bloomsburg, were married Tuesday, December 24, in the Reformed Church at Schuylkill Haven. Mrs. Cox is a graduate of the George School, a Quaker institution near Philadelphia, and of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. She taught for two years in the North Manheim Township school in Schuylkill Haven. Mr. Cox has been teaching science and mathematics for the past two years in the Nescopeck High School. Miss Katharine Fritz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Fritz, formerly of Bloomsburg, and now of Gramercy Gardens, Douglassville, Pa., became the bride of James M. Gillen, of Philadelphia, Fri- day afternoon, October 4, at two o’clock in a pretty ceremony in the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gillen, of Philadelphia, and is assistant credit manager for the General Motors Acceptance Corporation, of Philadelphia. They will reside at 2134 North 28th street, Philadelphia. 1933 A daughter was born at the Bloomsburg Hospital, Thursday, October 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Black, of Millville. Mrs .Black was formerly Zela Bardo, a member of the graduating class of 1933. The child has been named Eleanor Darlene. Miss Iva Jenkins and Ira Newton were married at Coudersport Saturday, May 11, 1935. They are now living at Coudersport, Pa. 1935 Edwin Row Creasy has accepted a position as instructor in the Bordentown Military Institute. Mr. Creasy is a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers College and is a member of Gamma Theta Upsilon and Kappa Delta Pi. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 42 1881 Mrs. Mate Spaulding Borden, 89 Putman Street, Tunkhannock, Pa. 1885 L. P. Bierly, 925 Exeter Avenue, Pittston, Pa. 1889 Margaret A. Stephens (Mrs. John C. Taylor), 159 State London, Connecticut. Street, New 1894 William Buckwalter, 622 N. Lincoln Avenue, Scranton, Pa. 1898 Mandilla Hartline (Mrs. C. C. Yeager), 8058 Crispin Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Nora E. Hankee (Mrs. John A. MacGuffie), 104 York Avenue, West Pittston, Pa. Lindley H. Dennis, 1010 Vermont Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 1900 Lydia Zehner (Mrs. F. A. Shuman), R. D. 3, Bloomsburg, Pa. Bess Griffiths, 13 S. Meade Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1904 Emma Hinkley (Mrs. John P. Saylor), 313 Pine Street, Tamaqua, Pa. 1906 Millie Seely Thomas, 208 East Seventh Street, Berwick, Pa. 1907 Esther A. Wolfe, R. D. 2, Dallas, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 43 1908 Mary Louise Moore, 421 Vine Street, Scranton, Pa. 1909 Florence Priest (Mrs. M. W. Cook), Cortez, Lackawanna County, Pa. Dr. Scott R. Fisher, 511 Keith Building, Syracuse, N. Y. Rev. Robert F. Wilner, Easter School, Baguio, Philippine Islands. 1911 Ethel J. Paisley, 127 E. Catawissa Street, Nesquehoning, Pa. 1912 Jessie Doran, Daleville, R. 3, Moscow, Pa. Alfa Stark (Mrs. Robert F. Wilner), Easter School, Baguio, Philippine Islands. 1913 Catherine A. Malloy, 5652 Whitby Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Lillian M. Kearney, 82 Market Street, Pittston, Pa. Mildred Stemples, Mehoopany, Pa. 1914 Susan Jennings (Mrs. A. W. Sturman), 42 Slocum Avenue, Tunkhannock, Pa. 1915 Norma Hoag (Mrs. William R. McReady), 110 South Chestnut Street, Summit Hill, Pa. Alma Baer (Mrs. Eduardo Llerena), Caixa Postal 849, Care of Kodak Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mary E. Hess (Mrs. Walter Croop), 1733 West Front Street, Ber- wick, Pa. Helen E. Harris (Mrs. George A. Aliton), 4 North Broome Street, Port Jervis, N. Y. 1916 Hazel M. Kreamer (Mrs. John A. Price), 183 Delaware Street, bury, N. Wood- J. Elizabeth Wiegand, 279 New Hancock Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1917 Gertrude C. Lecher, 54 Terrace Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1917 Rhoda Crouse, 1318 Orange Street, Berwick, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 44 Arthur Eugene Steward, R. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. Gladys E. Fetterolf (Mrs. J. S. Crossman), 1701 Norwegian Street, Pottsville, Pa. 1920 Francisco Lago, Box 230, Havana, Cuba. Grayce O. Mausteller, 353 East Third Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1923 Lois Dodson, 122 Dana Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1924 Kathryn C. Schuyler (Mrs. Russel Gaston), Turbotville, Pa. Grace F. Baylor, Montandon, Pa. Mary Ruth Eisenhauer (Mrs. Harold F. Brown), 557 Charles Avenue, Kingston, Pa. 1926 Ida Steinert (Mrs. F. C. Fisher), 1042 Masser Street, Sunbury, Pa. 1927 M. Edna Girton, 508 West Front Street, Berwick, Pa. Mary Elliott Jones, 632 N. Main Avenue, Scranton, Pa. 1930 Mrs. Annie E. Schell, Mainville, Pa. 1931 Beatrice Bowman, 2619 Highland Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. Regina B. Haggerty, Mary D., Pa. Esther Yeager, 8058 Crispin Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 1933 Miles B. Potter, 119 East Main Street, Old Forge, Pa. Vol. No. 2 37 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE APRIL, 1936 BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA The Alumni Quarterly PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE VOL. APRIL, 1936 37 Entered as Second-Class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the NO. 2 Post Office at Bloomsburg, Pa„ Under the Act of July 16, 1894. Published Four Times a Year. H. F. MRS. FENSTEMAKER, F. H. JENKINS, DR. ’12 ’75 Editor Business Manager ADE URGES INDIVIDUALISM Declaring education to be the bulwark of democratic government, Dr. Lester K. Ade, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, stressed the importance of formulating a philosophy of education and of life in an address Tuesday, March 10, before the student body of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Because of people’s ever increasing participation in civic affairs, educators must have much knowledge of the social sciences and must use such knowledge more than they have in the past. He emphasized the importance of the school as a coordinating and controlling center of all the growth and the experience of childhood. “The new theory of education holds that folks are being educated all day long and that education is made up of activities and experiences,” he stated. “To the question, ‘What constitutes the individual,’ my answer,” he stated, “is that a person is the sum total of experiences.” Ade described education as a life-long process, not as several years academic study. He added that education is not merely all his Dr. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 2 preparation for life, but is really life as well. Depicting the two-fold purpose of education, that of living and of preparing to live, to be one of the many dualisms in education, Dr. Ade continued by enumerating other dualisms content and method, effort and interest, both groups containing mutually inclusive terms. He warned the teachers and prospective teachers in his audience against over-emphasizing the scientific approach to the exclusion of the philosophic. Analysis is an essential part of the education, but synthesis is needed as well. Action plus reflection, he declared to be another essention dualism of education. “We Americans are in a great hurry; we cannot slow down. Yet what we need is to do more thinking,” Dr. Ade stated. “I hope you will form your own philosophy of education and of life. Be sure that the traditions you support contribute to your objectives.” “Modern sets of educational objectives have the sanction of the ages,” he continued, tracing the history of the philosophy of education and linking with it the names of such great men as Spencer and — Plato. He urged the necessity for education becoming more self-dias a society in which children and characterized the school assume responsibility on a childhood recting education The is level. The great objective of to stimulate thinking. chief obstacles in achieving a civilized world lie in our men- not a question of pupil and teacher, but of society and its members. A school must emphasize the cooperative rather than the individual outlook, although there is a need for both. It is becoming increasingly imperative that the teachers in our schools understand that books are not a substitute for experience. Books are artificial, whereas life is real. “Children must see in their education something that is eternal and lasting,” he added. Teachers must find some way to make clear thinking the criterion of modern man. The vigorous thinker in action. Dr. Ade declared to be the most imposing figure in the intellectual life of man. Our tendency to strengthen the group life by advocating conformity must be balanced by instruction in methods of thinking. School tal outlook. The four aims as follows: first, him capable to life is of education make of initiating which Dr. Ade has formulated are man master of himself; second, to make his own activities; third, to make him rea sponsible for his own activities; and fourth, to be able to discern and assimilate ideas from any source. Spiritual life, Dr. Ade declared to be the most important phase THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 3 all life. He stressed the importance of advancing spiritually and explained that the best method of doing so was by adhering to the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments. Spiritual development is founded on fact, not fancy, and this fact is a challenge to most people. Take out of life such things as reverence, admiration, ap- of preciation, and adoration, and life loses most of its flavor. o DANCERS DELIGHT COLLEGE AUDIENCE Unusual coordination and intricate rhythm patterns marked the presentation given by Miriam Winslow and her dancers before a large audience in the State Teachers College Auditorium. In their second performance on the college platform, the group of five young women delighted with fourteen dance numbers, featuring colorful costumes and striking dance arrangements. The four dancMary ers who form Miss Winslow’s ensemble are Olive Cousens, Hughes, Jacqueline Magrath and Nancy Minor. At the piano was Mary Campbell, whose accomplished playing added an enjoyable musical background to the dance arrangements. Nine solo dances were presented by Miss Winslow herself, whose grace and flexibility of movement surprised and delighted the audience. The Spanish dances “Sevilla” and “Andalouse,” solo numbers by Miss Winslow, were received with special enthusiasm by the spectators. (a) Fantasia (Teleman) *(b) Song (Grazioli) •(c) Passepied (Fisher) (d) (e) (f) Ensemble Miriam Winslow Miriam Winslow with Misses Cousens and Hughes Misses Magrath and Minor Sarabande (Muffat) Miriam Winslow Hornpipe (Lully-Purcell) Miriam Winslow and Ensemble Threnody (Gibbons) Intermission o Dr. Haas, President of the Teachers College, has been re-elected a director of the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society. The election was made during the 45th annual meeting held recently in Allentown. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 4 NINE DEGREES CONFERRED AT COLLEGE For those who have learned value during their days, tomorrow holds no fear, Dean of Instruction William B. Sutliff told the students at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, who completed their work and received degrees of bachelor of science in education. The exercises were held in the College chapel at ten o’clock Friday morning, January 24. Dr. Haas, College President, was unable to attend because of illness, and the inclement weather prevented Henry Klonower, chief, teacher division of the Department of Public Instruction, from coming to Bloomsburg to take part in the exercises. Those receiving degrees were: Miss Mary Alice Frantz, commercial, Lancaster, R. D. 6. Mr. Francis Garrity, secondary, Englewood, N. J. Bernard Kafchinsky, secondary, Scranton. Joseph Kane, secondary, Wilkes-Barre. B. Donald Sands, secondary, Bloomsburg. Miss Amy B. Smethers, intermediate, Berwick. Miss Myrtle Trembley, secondary, Ambridge. Joseph Visotski, secondary, Excelsior. John Yeager, secondary, Hazleton. Dean Sutliff’s address to the graduates follows: “Today marks a milestone to most of us. It is the end of a semester. To nine of our fellow students, it marks the completion of four years devoted to the completion of a choosen curriculum. “A milestone is a peculiar thing. It is never the ultimate goal. A milestone marks the point of progress. It may tell us how much lies behind us, but how grateful we should be that it cries to us ‘The goal lies beyond thee.’ not the goal, but the effort to win that sportsman the greatest thrill. Someone has said: “It ‘ is gives the true “Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.” ’ “This philosophy of life, however, is a safe guide only when today is well spent. If we truly live today, tomorrow may be faced without fear. For as “The child is father to the man,’ so today, with its duties done or left undone, is the arbiter of the success or failure of tomorrow. “In the book of Samuel, there is a beautiful story of the inci- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 5 dents in the lives of two young men, whose story has become the example of enduring friendship. David was the popular guest in the palace of King Saul. Jonathan was the prince royal and heir to the throne. As the popularity of David grew, the jealousy of King Saul increased to fury. David fled for his life, and Jonathan concealed him in a field, bringing him news of the state of mind of the classic king. “But the fear of King Saul’s wrath made it necessary to plan to inform David without revealing his hiding place. Jonathan was to go into the field to practice archery. A lad was taken along to retrieve his arrows. If Jonathan, after shooting his arrows, cried to the lad, ‘the arrow is this side of thee,’ then all was well and David was to return to the king’s house. If he cried as he did ‘the arrow lies beyond thee,’ then David was to leave. On one side lay the east and luxury of the king’s palace. On the other the long fight for his recognition as the chosen king of Israel. You know how he accepted the challenge and won his kingdom. The task set for himself was not an easy one. Years of planning, fighting and sacrifice. And so some of us the cry, ‘the arrow lies beyond thee’ comes this morning not as a cry of fear, but as a challenge to greater effort. “If four years of college life has or shall have taught us how to budget our time, how to mix pleasant diversion with hard work, how to make and keep friends, how to distinguish between the dead wood of courses and those elements of life and meaningful nature, how to ride a hobby without it riding us, how to build and recognize character, and how to make our regular tasks as attractive to oneself and others as the extra-curricular things which we love to do then you need have no fear when the call comes ‘The arrow lies beyond thee.’ You have lived today tomorrow holds no fears. And now, in the absence of Dr. Haas and by the authority conferred upon him by the Board of Trustees of the State Teachers of College at Bloomsburg and delegated to me, I now confer upon the following members of the class of 1936, the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education, and extend my personal congratulations and that of the entire faculy to you upon the completion of your chosen curriculum and to extend to each of you our best wishes for your success.” to — — o Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Johnston and Prof, and Mrs. D. S. Hartfrom an extended sojourn in Florida, most of Miami. line returned recently which was spent in THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 6 N'NTH ROTARY-KIWANIS COLLEGE EVENING The ninth annual college evening of the Bloomsburg Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, held Thursday evening, March 12, again reflected the wealth of talent the College possesses, and the place it occupies in the life of the community. From first to last, the evening ranked with the most successful of the nine annual occasions. As the guests assembled in the dining hall, the Maroon and Gold Orchestra, furnished a musical program. Professor S. I. Shortess, president of the Kiwanis Club, presided over the first part of the program, and James G. Law, president of the Rotary Club, over the concluding part in the dining hall. During the dining hall program, four gypsy flower girls, Misses Mary Quigley, Anne Curry, Virginia Burke, and Eleanor Reilly, headed by the “wandering minstrel” Frank Rompolo, playing an accordian, distributed beautiful corsages to the ladies. The speaker of the evening was Arthur W. Rabb, President of the Bloomsburg Board of Trade. His address dealt chiefly with the Bloomsburg Board of Trade, and the work it has undertaken to do. In concluding his address, he expressed the congratulations of the to Dr. Haas for the work he has done in Bloomsburg; he de l~;cd that the town may be proud of those just named to executive positions in connection with the college, and expressed the confidence that they had the vision to carry on with increasing success the work that has been placed in their hands. The guests then adjourned to the balcony of the auditorium, where they found the student body already assembled for one of the finest programs yet presented. In welcoming the guests, William Morgan, on behalf of the Community Government Association, said: “It is a great privilege and pleasure tonight to have as our honored guests members of the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs and their friends from Bloomsburg and the neighboring communities. “We appreciate the very pleasant and friendly relationship that exists between us. We realize the value of such cooperation as an asset to our college. It is our hope that this bond may be strengthened as we go on and work together. “Your interest on this occasion has two outstanding values. It offers an opportunity for us to become acquainted with you, and provides a chance for us to show you some of our college organizations community THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 7 In action. We are glad to be able to present this program for your entertainment. “In behalf of our entire college community, I extend to you a sincere welcome, not only tonight, but at any time that you wish to We hope to see you often.” The audience and the College Chorus joined in singing “Maroon and Gold” and “America the Beautiful.” Several much enjoyed sound pictures followed. The fine work of the Music Department was reflected in the piano solos “Tarantelle” by Nicode, played by Miss Harriet Kocher, and “C Minor Polonaise,” by Chopin, played by John Andreas. The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” was beautifully rendered by the Mixed Chorus, under the leadership of Miss Harriet M. Moore. The Maroon and Gold Orchestra followed with “Friml Favorites” using the arrangement by Grofe. One of the high lights of the program was the one-act play “The Gooseberry Mandarin,” presented by the Alpha Psi Omega FraterThe cast included: nity, under the direction of Miss Alice Johnston. Miss Ruth Langon, who gave the prologue; Walton Hill, as the Manvisit the college. darin; Miss Virginia Burke, as Fing-Loo; Philip Snyder, as the Wil- low Tree, and Edward Garvey, as the Trumpeter. The play was followed by “Praise Ye the Father” by Gounod, sung by the College Chorus. The A Capella Choir, under Miss Moore’s leadership, and with John Andreas as the accompanist, sang “Good Night, Beloved,” by Pinsuti, and “My Bonnie Lass She Smileth” by Bottomley. Woodrow Litwhiler and Frank Rompolo scored a hit with their trumpet and accordion duets. Frank Patrick, vocalist, also scored heavily with the audience. The drawn curtain then revealed the Maroon and Gold Band in They played a march, then a selection from their striking uniforms. “Carmen,” and played for the College Chorus as the latter sang “Old Bloomsburg,” while cheerleaders Albert Watts and John Slavin helped on the front of the stage. The program came to a close with the singing Mater” with band accompaniment. Dancing followed evening to a close. in of the gymnasium, bringing the the “Alma memorable THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 8 ORANGEVILLE AND NORTH SCRANTON PLAYS TAKE CUPS Orangeville High School won in Class B and North Scranton Junior High in Class A in the Seventh Annual Scholastic one act play tourney which opened Friday evening, February 28, at the Teachers College and concluded Saturday evening, February 29. The College national dramatic fraternity, Alphi Psi Omega, sponsored the tourney which produced the highest standard of competition in the history of the event. Without exception the work of the six competing casts was excellent. Their plays had been carefully selected and splendid costuming added to the effectiveness of the presentations. Orangeville, in winning in class B, presented “Pink Geraniums” by Marguerite Phillips with C. M. Davis the director. The winning John Barrows, Sheldon Hess; Mrs. John Barrow, Miss Marie Parnell; Tessie Wells, Miss Bertha Rose Miller; Mrs. Carey, Miss Josephine Chamberlain, and Tim Nelson, Max Smith. Raymond Hodges, a graduate of Bloomsburg and an alumni member of the sponsoring fraternity, directed the class A prize winning play, given by North Scranton Junior High, Anton Tchekoff’s “A Marriage Proposal.” Members of the cast were: Stephen Tscheibuvek, William Leveeing; Natalia Stephanovna, Miss Barbara Burns and Ivan Lomov, Charles Kinsley. The judges, all alumni members of the fraternity, were Miss Karleen Hoffman, Miss Elizabeth Bowman and Maynard Pennington, of Bloomsburg. Mr. Pennington announced the decision of the judges at the close of the plays Saturday evening and presented the loving cups to each of the winning schools. Each cup bore the Greek letters of the fraternity and the added inscription “H. S. Play Tourney B. S. T. C. cast follows: 1936.” In each of the casts other than the two winners, the judges se- member who did outstanding work. Those accorded this honorable mention were: Miss Jane Zimmerman, Berwick; Robert Hand, Coal Township; Miss Margaret Itler, Hazleton Senior High and Bernard Taylor, Millville. Plays presented by contesting schools in addition to Orangeville and North Scranton and the casts follow: lected one — Berwick High “Grandma Pulls the Strings,” Edith Delano, directed by Miss Mildred Moody; Grandma Blessington, Miss Beverly THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 9 Bower; Mrs. Cummings, Miss Ruth Fairchild; Hildgard Cummings, Miss Jane Zimmerman; Julia Cummings, Miss Annabelle Vandevere; Nora Cummings Deaver, Miss Dorothy Krebs and William Thornton Jack Graham. Coal Township “The Message From Khu Fu,” Stuart Cottman, directed by Miss Anne Ryan; Prof. Arthur Harden, Ben Walburn; Herman, Thomas Secri; Butch, Robert Hand; Ben, Robert Lewis and — Khu Fu, William Patrick. — High “Miss Molly,” Elizabeth Gale, directed by Miss Lois DeMott; Reginald Peters, Bernard Taylor; Annie, his sister, Miss Betty Woolcock; Molly, their niece, Miss Louise Lawton; Cessie Saunders, Miss Dorothy Greenly; Julian Hewitt, Henry Gordner; Joe Johnson, William Fetzer; Pearl White, Miss Kathryn and Lady Elusia, Miss Vanice Woolcock. Hazleton Senior High “The Boor,” Anton Chekovs, directed by Miss Edith Harrison; Madame Popov, Miss Margaret Itler; Luka, Gordon Novotnie; Gregori, William Schmeer; Gardner, James Hartman; coachman, Neil McHugh. Millville — MILTON SYMPHONY PRESENTS PROGRAM The Milton Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of E. H. Bugbee, of Williamsport, presented a concert Friday evening, March 6, at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. The organization, with a personnel of sixty-five, played in Bloomsburg last year before a large audience, and has played together for seventeen years. The personnel includes musicians from Bloomsburg, Danville, Sunbury, Lewisburg, Lock Haven, Williamsport, Milton and others. The program was as follows: March Militaire Francaise Op. 60 No. 4 Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished) First Suite From “Carmen” The Blue Danube Overture Saint Saens Schubert Georges Bizet Johann Strauss Wagner to “Rienzi” o Miss Margaret Ridgely, a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, died in February at West Pittston following a short illness of pneumonia. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Y. W. 10 C. A. About ninety members of the Y. W. C. A. of the Teachers Coland their guests enjoyed the dinner meeting at the College dining room at six o’clock Thursday evening, January 16. lege Miss Mildred Auten, president of the Y. W. C. A., acted as the and Prof. Charles H. Albert gave the invocation. Group singing was led by Florence Snook, chairman of the Y. W. C. A. Music Committee. Miss Sally Davies was at the piano. Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College, extended greetings and expressed his appreciation of the work of the organization on the campus. The Rev. Thomas Law Coyle, of the Presbyterian Church, Milton, gave an interesting account of some of his experiences in Europe and under the appropriate title of “Innocence Abroad.” Guests at the dinner included: Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, the Rev. Thomas L. Coyle, Prof. C. H. Albert, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Prof, and Mrs. E. A.'Reams, Prof, and Mrs. S. L. Shortess, Prof, and Mrs. John Fisher, Prof, and Mrs. John C. Koch, Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Miss Pearl Mason, faculty advisor of the Y. W. C. A. toastmistress, * * * Following a dinner party in the College dining room, at which the guests were the officers of the old and new Y. W. C. A. cabinets, Prof. Charles H. Albert, Dr. Marguerite Kehr and Miss Pearl Mason, the regular meeting held Wednesday evening, March 25, took the form of an impressive installation service in the social rooms in Science Hall. Prof. Albert was guest speaker. He gave the members a very inspiring talk on “Civilization and Culture.” The new officers are as follows: President. Miss Marie Foust, Milton; VicePresident, Miss Ruth Kramm, of Watsontown: Recording Secretary, Miss Deborah Jones, of West Pittston; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Thelma Moody, of Sunbury; Devotional Chairman, Miss Helen Weaver, of Bloomsburg; Bible Chairman, Miss Alberta Brainard, of Susquehanna; World Fellowship Chairman, Miss Amanda Babb, of Summit Station; Social Chairman, Miss Florence Snook, of Middleburg; Social Service Chairman, Miss Gladys Brennan, of Sunbury; Music Chairman, Miss Alice Foley, of Philadelphia; Publicity Chairman, Miss Ruth Miller, Forty Fort; Treasurer, Miss Annabelle Bailey, of Danville. Miss Pearl L. Mason is the faculty advisor of the Y. W. C. A. 11 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY ANNUAL COMMERCIAL CONTEST The Junior Chamber of Commerce announces that May 2, 1936, the date set for the Sixth Annual Commercial Contest of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. It may be necessary to have two days of competition to satisfy all schools who wish to enter. Since 1931, the number of schools participating has grown from 13 to over 30. For the past years, schools have been turned away on is account of the inability to accommodate more than thirty schools in one day of competition. Since fair play is necessary to the successful continuance of such an event, it was thought better to restrict the number of schools rather than deal with overcrowded conditions. Each school will bring five students and one teacher-chaperon. About half of the contestants and the teachers stay over night at the College. Beginning at eight o’clock, there will be contests in Gregg shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping and commercial arithmetic. Gold, silver and bronze charms, bearing the seal of the College and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, are given to those ranking first, second, and third, in each of the five contest events. For the best team of contestants, the Commercial Contest Cup is awarded. This cup is now held by the Collingsdale High School. The High Schools of Wyoming, Berwick, Northampton, and Latrobe have held this cup in the past. The Pi Omega Fraternity (commercial education students) is sponsoring a short professional program for the visiting commercial teachers directly after the luncheon hour Saturday. Beginning with several short talks in the College dining room, the group will go to the Auditorium where they will witness the dramatic presentation of a way to teach desirable traits in getting a position. The short play is called “College Bread” and was well received when given in the College assembly last year. The following schools have asked for more information about the contest: Abington, Ambler, Berwick, Catasauqua, Blakely, Bloomsburg, Coal Township, Collingsdale, Dallas, Duke Center, Edwards(Hanover), Glen-Nor, Hawley, Hokendauqua, ville, Eischelberger Honesdale, Jersey Shore, John Harris, Kennett Square, Latrobe, Lewistown, Marysville, McKees Rocks, Mechanicsburg, New Oxford, Mount Union, Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Northampton, Uniontown, Orangeville, Peckville, Plains, Punxsutawney, Quakertown, Ridley Park, Schuylkill Haven. Selinsgrove, Sellersville, Perkasie, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 12 Shinglehouse, Slatington, St. Clair, Sugar Notch, Sunbury, Swoyerville, Towanda, Trevorton, Tunkhannock, Tyrone, Weatherly, West Chester, West Hazleton, William Penn, Williamsport, Wyoming. LOCAL STUDENT ELECTED Harold Border, of Bei'wick, a Bloomsburg Teachers College Junvice president and regional chairman of the central region of the Pennsylvania Association of College Students at the concluding sessions of the fourth annual convention held at State ior, was chosen second College. Dr. Marguerite Kehr, dean of women at the College of by the students as “mother” of the organization, and spoken was one of the speakers at the dinner program. Rostand Kelly, a member of the class of 1935 at the Teachers Lehigh gets the convention in 1937. Bloomsburg had been urged to extend an invitation, but refrained from doing so after the Lehigh bid was presented as the association, rapidly gaining strength, is desirous of meeting in the Bethlehem section. The organization, by resolution, decided against subsidizing of college athletics but felt that if it was done no cash should be involved, that scholarships should be awarded as they are in the academic field and that each athlete should receive similar treatment. College, headed the organization last year. The students felt that military training in college should be optional with the student, favored freedom of the press and a continuation of the present National Youth Administration for the aid of students. Colleges represented were: Indiana State Teachers, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Moravian College for Women, Dickinson, East Stroudsburg Teachers, Thiel, Lehigh, Edinboro State Cedar Crest, Albright, Bloomsburg State Teachers, PennWomen, California State Teachers, Susquehanna, Seton Hill, Millersville State Teachers, Penn State, West Chester State Teachers, Wilson and Elizabethtown. Teachei's, sylvania College for Bloomsburg delegates were: Dan Jones, of Nescopeck; Harold Border, of Berwick; Miss Sara Shuman, of Bloomsburg; and Miss Wilhelmina Hayes, of Wilkes-Barre. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 13 LUZERNE COUNTY ALUMNI ORGANIZE Three hundred Luzerne County graduates of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College attended a delightful dinner and dance at the Hotel Redington in Wilkes-Barre, Monday evening, February 24, as the Luzerne County Branch of the General Alumni Association began what is expected to be an exceptionally active program. Luzerne County gives the College a most important link in a chain of thriving branch organizations in the territory served by the College. Most of these branches have sprung into activity during the past year, and each is doing splendid work. Tom E. Williams, Wilkes-Barre City Councilman, was toastmaster, and addresses were given by J. Frank Dennis and R. Bruce Albert, the latter being president of the general organization. Miss Mary McBride delighted with a W. solo. Dean of Instruction B. Sutliff, one of the College “Old Guard’’ spoke informally, as did Coach George C. Buchheit, Dr. E. H. Nelson and Nevin T. EngleMiss Melba Davis gave a reading, and John J. “Butch” McDevitt, of “millionaire for a day” fame, added some humor to a well- hart. balanced program. Graduates of the College introduced by Mr. Williams as particuMiss Edith Moses, class of 1890; Mrs. Rich- lar guests of honor, were: ard Roderick, class of 1893; Mrs. John Redington, Mrs. Samuel Pratt, of the class of 1896, and Mrs. Rio de Janeiro. Sr., class of 1894; Alma Llerena, of Luzerne Branch are: Tom E. Williams, WilkesBruce C. Blackman, Forty-Fort, Vice-President; Mrs. Mary Emanual Brown, Hanover Township, Secretary and Miss Officers of the Barre, President; Irene Draina, Ashley, Treasurer. Among those from the College in attendance were: Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Coach and Mrs. George C. Buchheit. Mr. and Mrs. Nevin T. Englehart, and Dr. E. H. Nelson. o Women students of the Teachers College assisted the Bloomsburg Chapter of the Red Cross during the recent flood emergency. Some aided in the clothing work, and others assisted in the preparation and serving of meals to flood refugees. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 14 THE PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI Once again Father Time has brought us to our annual reunion and banquet. What happy times we have had, these past five years full of renewed friendship and the making of renewed acquaintances among our loyal Alumni. And with what pleasure we are anticipating our sixth reunion on April 25, at 6:30 P. M., at the BellevueStratford in the beautiful North Garden, on the roof of this famous old hotel! ***** Our luncheon meetings throughout the year have been perfectly and are growing in numbers and in interest. Our loyal Alumni have been out in even the most severe weather and we do delightful, appreciate and commend such 4c love and steadfastness of purpose. 4c * * 4c William Burke, husband of Lou Lesser Burke, ’07, died March 3, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City. He was convalescing from an attack of pleuro-pneumonia, when an abscess developed on the lung. in He was rushed to Mt. Sinai Hospital immediately for an operation, and on the following day he died. Mr. Burke was principal of the Washington and Jefferson School in Union City, New Jersey, at the time of his death. =3= * Sara Ferber, '09, has moved Quincy Avenue, Scranton, Pa. * * * to her * * * new address, which is 833 * William Emmert, father of Marguerite E. Nearing, ’08, a wellknown stamp collector of Philadelphia, gave a talk to the Stamp Club at Gimbel’s on one of our luncheon dates, and quite a few of our members attended. Mr. Emmert was a classmate of Dr. Waller, at Lafayette. 4c * 4: 4c % Louella Burdick Sinquett, ’10, was a visitor at several weeks during the past winter. :j: Willie Morgan Stein, have changed their address ’08, 4c 4c 4: Palm Beach for 4c and her husband, Mr. Vincil Stein, Veronica Road, Upper Darby. to 7057 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 15 “A DAY lege, IN CHINA” OBSERVED “A Day in China” was observed Monday, March 23, at the Colwhen Mr. and Mrs. Henry White gave a series of illustrated talks on the highlights of Chinese civilization. Mr. and Mrs. White featured on their program a fine collection of slides and pictures, many of which have been used by the National Geographic Magazine. A display of the photograph enlargements was shown throughout the day in the lobby. Great interest was manifested in the intricately designed frames which held the pictures, and also in the artistic coloring of the photographs, done by Chinese artists. The first lecture on the program, “A Trip to Romantic Peking, Showing Miracles of Chinese Art,” was given in the morning assembly, when Mr. White appeared wearing the dark gown which is the ordinary dress of the Chinese gentleman. Speaking before a large group of students in Science Hall during the afternoon, Mrs. White discussed Chinese literature. The last lecture on the program was delivered at three o’clock by Mr. White on the subject, “China’s Wonderland and Her Landscape Painters.” A group of pictures from the southern province of Che-Kiang formed the basis for this discussion. Through the travel talks of Mr. and Mrs. White, China became to the college audiences a land of brilliant and harmonious color, with an art that has developed many beautiful forms and a great natural beauty. o COLLEGE DRAMATIC CLUB PRESENTS “TWELFTH NIGHT” Bloomsburg Players Teachers College Dramatic Society presented Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” Friday evening, April 3. Miss Alice Johnston, of the College faculty, directed. The cast follows: David Mayer, Orsino, the Duke of Illris; Harry Nelson, Valentine, a gentleman attending the Duke; Miss Sue Morgan, Viola; Bernard Young, a sea captain and friend of Sebastian; Philip Frankmore, Sir Toby Belch; Miss Kathryn John, Maria; George Van Sickle, Sid Andrew Augecheck; Miss Jean Reese, Olivia; Blaine Saltzer, the clown; Robert Abbot, Sebastian, brother of Viola; William Morgan, Malvolio, steward to Olivia; Ernest Lau, Fabian; Harold Border, Antonio. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 16 NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES A new Board of Trustees of the Bloomsburg State Teachers ColGovernor Earle to replace the members of the former board, all of whose terms expired last October. The lege has been appointed by new members are as follows: Clinton Herring, Orangeville; Henry T. Meyer, Lewisburg; Mrs. Ethel Noecker, Schuylkill Haven; Grover Shoemaker, Bloomsburg; Judge Charles C. Evans, Berwick; William W. Evans, Bloomsburg; Dr. H. V. Hower, of Berwick; William P. Gallagher, of Wilkes-Barre, and Thomas G. Vincent, of Danville. The following are the retiring members of the Board: A. Z. Schoch, of Bloomsburg; Paul E. Wirt (deceased), Bloomsburg; J. L. Townsend, Bloomsburg; Harry S. Barton, Bloomsburg; Fred W. Diehl, Danville; Albert W. Duy, Bloomsburg; Dr. E. A. Glenn, Berwick; David L. Glover, Mifflinburg; and Effie Llewellyn, Elysburg. C. DEAN KEHR ADDRESSES IVY CLUB Dr. Marguerite Kehr, dean of women of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, was the speaker at the meeting of the Ivy Club at the home of Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Wednesday afternoon, March 4. Dr. Kehr gave a helpful and interesting talk on “Heredity and Environment in the Life of a Child.” In concluding her talk, Dr. Kehr gave seven important rights of a child. First, the right of a permanent home; second, the right of affection; third, parents who understand, who have real sympathy and common sense; fourth, allaround development; fifth, the right to be trusted; sixth, the right to grow up; seventh, the right to live his or her own life. o The following formed a group in the main dining hall of the Teachers College on March 11, when faculty members and their wives were afforded the opportunity of meeting Dr. Lester K. Ade, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Dr. and Mrs. Haas, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Dean and Mrs. John Koch, Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Miss Ethel Ranson, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hausknecht, Mr. and Mrs. George Buchheit, Mr. and Mrs. Nevin T. Englehart, Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Rhodes, Miss Bertha Rich, Miss Irma Ward, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Evans, Mr. Henry Meyer, of Lewisburg, and Mrs. Edith Noecker, of Schuylkill Haven. 17 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY I FOOTBALL Losing only four varsity winners by graduation, and with twenty Frosh candidates boosting the number of grid aspirants to fifty, the Husky football camp was a busy place early last September. The willingness to practice regularly, the co-operation between players and coaches, and the constant high spirits of the squad were reflected in the sterling brand of ball played during the season. Most of the veterans reporting were members of the varsity Captain “Whitey” Moleski, signal squad during the Fall of 1934. caller and triple-threat man, headed the seasoned players who were again ready to “rough it up.” Other Seniors eager to don the moleskins were: “Joe” Dixon, a vicious tackle; “Rip” Mericle, a sturdy defensive and offensive lad of three year’s experience; “Woody” Litwhiler, a smashing end; Frank Rompalo, light but alert ball carrier; and Tommy Vershinski, ball snatching end. Underclassmen reporting for duty were: “Johnny” Sircovics, captain-elect for 1936-37; “Hal” Border, Frank Camera, A1 Finder, “Red” Dixon, John Supchinsky, Vance Laubach, Frank Patrick, Luther Troutman, and Eugene Harney. An unusually large number First of the once scholastic stars turned in very creditable service. year men breaking into the line-up were: Wenrich, Erney, Jones, Link, Shedlosky, Zelesky, Krashinsky, Hopfer, Dietrick, Lipfert, Van Devender and Stenko. From this group of varsity performers, the coaches chose an eleven for each game. During the entire season Coaches Buchheit, Tate and Seely were assured of capable reserve material, something more difficult games. After a short period of nightly practices, the Huskies emerged from a sea of mud, a 19-0 winner of the initial game with Clarion. With water overhead and underfoot, the game settled down to a greatly appreciated during the THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 18 punting duel with Captain Moleski’s toe booting the soggy ball to advantage. Gaining ground by laterals and aerials, two touchdown drives were made with Moleski and Finder carrying the ball over. A third six-pointer was converted when Border fell on a blocked kick in the enemy’s end zone. The only extra point was contributed by “Krashinsky, who crashed his 171 pounds through the line after the second touchdown. Following a week of scrimmage and drilling of plays when the weaknesses appearing in the Clarion game were patched up, the local eleven opened Millersville’s schedule with a 6-0 victory. The score belied the real power of the locals, for Millersville attained but four first downs to ten for Bloomsburg. No less than five scoring opportunities presented themselves after the ball had been worked deep into Millersville territory with a varied attack of running, passing and punting. The Huskies failed to capitalize upon any of these, but while the third quarter was yet young, A1 Finder, behind flawless blocking and interference, raced 51 yards to tab a goal standing up. Vershinski’s placement kick went wide of the uprights. Enheartened greatly with two victories under its belt, the squad dug in for a crucial contest with the highly-touted Lock Havenites. Rated as the underdog in all localities except Bloomsburg, the team rose to new heights and battled the heavier and more experienced team to a standstill. Bloomsburg’s defensive tightened about the reverses and spinners of the visitors and at one time held the ball on the one yard line for four successive downs. Along this wall of stone, Mericle, Dixon and Sercovics were particularly resistant. More than once Moleski’s long punts kept his team out of danger. On October 19, a battered and bruised Husky squad went to Mansfield for the fourth game of the season. After outgaining, outpassing, outrunning and outkicking the teachers of Northern Pennsylvania, Mansfield took a gamble, reserve back, and eked out a 3-0 win in the waning minutes of the tilt. After this score the Huskies regained their lost spirits only to have the final whistle end the contest. As fate would have it, the score, not other factors, decides the winner of gridiron battles. The boys tried hard but just didn’t click. “Rip” Mericle played a “bang-up” game, recovering several fumbles and smashing offensive thrusts aimed at the center of the line. With hearts set on blotting out of memory the 3-0 setback at the hands of Mansfield and determined to uphold Homecoming Day traditions, the members of the squad downed the hitherto potential State Teacher’s champions frcm Indiana, 6-0. Although statistics THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 19 prove Bloomsburg the better all-around team, the tide surged back and forth with most of the play in mid-field. After three quarters of mostly punt exchanges, sprinkled with a mixture of surprising spinners, shovel passes, and reverses, the fireworks began. The tempo of the game quickened and ball carriers flashed around ends, and passes scorched the atmosphere. Near the close of the game, Wenrich snatched a long Moleski pass and galloped down the field for the only score of the game. Dixon, Mericle, and Sircovics deserve special praise for their smearing tactics, and Henry and Camera for upholding the interference end of the game. All of the running blocks proved to be of value with Laubach doing the lion’s share of the blocking. Again the signs of a hard battle told upon the Huskies, who met a crushing defeat at the hands of the powerful Shippensburg eleven. That the down state gridders knew of Bloomsburg’s power is certain, up Mericle, Dixon, Sircovics, Moleski and Krashinski. The Huskies battled the opposition on even terms, but cracked in the final quarter to allow three touchdowns to cross their for they wisely bottled goal line. home game of the season, November 16, the Huskies humbled East Stroudsburg, 12-0, a cherished revenge for the Homecoming defeat of 1934. Dominating in every phase of the game, the local team so far outplayed the Big Red visitors that a host of substitutes were used in the fourth quarter. Laubach, up to this time a fine blocking back, turned ball carrier and hammered the opposing line to shreds. Rompalo, directing the team in the absence of the In the last injured Moleski, did a first rate job, while Krashinski, half-back, ran wild for numerous and lengthy gains. Again the whole line proved its power. Playing on frozen turf and in weather below freezing, which Bloomsburg gridders dropped powerful Slippery Rock aggregation by the score of 21-6. Immediately after the first whistle of the game, the westerners marched 90 yards to a touchdown. The locals seemed to be off form until late in the fourth quarter, when Krashinski, who was about to be tackled, lateraled the ball to Shcdlosky. Deitrick and Mericle waylaid two opposing players and Shedlosky scored. Throughout the game the Huskies failed to fathom the deceptive greatly handicapped both teams, the the final game to a plays of the strong Rockets. Although the coaching terial for staff will next year, the gaps have a plentiful supply of made by graduation will be hard ma- to fill THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY properly. Linemen like 20 Vershinski, Litwhiler, Mericle and Dixon it will take good men to “fill the shoes” of Captain “Whitey” Moleski and “Rompy” Rompalo, backfield men. For two years in succession, the team has had a record of four victories, three defeats and one scoreless tie. Against teams of the calibre as were on the schedules, these results are very gratifying; are not too numerous; and and besides the players who worked faithfully, the greatest of praise is owed to Head Coach Buchheit, and his assistants, Mr. Austin Tate and Mr. Raber Seely. Win or lose, the breaks of the game with or against them, the members of the squad did their best to win fairly. They played their best because they wished to reward the three coaches who treated them like men on the practice field. That such relationship is of value was reflected in the cooperation of coaches and players. Schedule Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Clarion 0 6 Millersville 0 0 Lock Haven 0 0 Mansfield Indiana 3 19 6 0 (Home-Coming Game) Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg 0 12 6 Shippensburg East Stroudsburg 26 Slippery Rock 21 0 o BASKETBALL Starting early season practice with only three veterans from last Coach Buchheit molded together one of the most successful year, basketball teams in the history of the institution. Opening the current season against a powerful Alumni team on December 6, the Huskies, led by Captain Philips, started a winning streak that extended into the middle of February, when the streak was broken on the trip to the western part of the state. Against superior odds and seasoned teams, the Huskies, with Ruckle, Robinson, and Smethers at forward, Blass at center, and Captain Phillips, Banta, and Withka at guard, won nine games and lost five. Losing only one varsity man, Captain Phillips, who played every THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 21 game in his four years, and who worked hard as leader, the Huskies should furnish difficult opposition for any team next year. With “Junie” Ruckle as captain, the Husky squad will strive to win the coveted Teachers College championship. The scores are as follows: Dec. 6 Bloomsburg 51 Dec. 13— Bloomsburg 35 27 Dec. 16 Bloomsburg — — Jan. 11 — Bloomsburg Jan. 15 — Bloomsburg Jan. 23— Bloomsburg Jan. 31 — Bloomsburg Feb. 1— Bloomsburg Feb. — Bloomsburg Feb. 14 — Bloomsburg Feb. 15 — Bloomsburg Feb. 20 — Bloomsburg Feb. 21 —Bloomsburg Feb. 29 — Bloomsburg 8 Alumni 39 Ithaca 36 Susquehanna 36 39 Mansfield 27 46 Lock Haven 30 39 34 49 41 29 34 34 51 37 Mansfield 18 Shippensburg 27 Millersville 41 East Stroudsbug 36 Lock Haven 37 Indiana East Stroudsburg 39 44 Millersville 35 Susquehanna 22 o JUNIOR VARSITY UNDEFEATED The Husky Junior Varsity basketball team, although playing only six games, showed great form by winning them all. The quintette, composed almost entirely of Freshmen, should furnish seasoned players for Coach Buchheit to use in varsity competition. Those showing the most promise were: Frank Van Devender, Donald Blackburn, Aubrey Giermack, Phillip Snyder, Jack Gering, and John Slavin. o BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT The Varsity Lettermen’s Club successfully conducted their fifTournament on March 14, 28, and 29. The winners of the tournament were: Coal Township in Class A, SwoySeventeen teams comerville in Class B, and Pulaski, in Class C. peted in the entire tournament. The tournament was ably managed teenth annual High School by George Kressler, the varsity basketball manager, under the supervision of Dr. E. H. Nelson. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 22 1936 BASEBALL SCHEDULE April April April April April May May May May May May May May —Shippensburg —Lock Haven 24 — Millersville 25 —Susquehanna 29 — Mansfield —Millersville 6 — Mansfield 8 — Lock Haven —Kutztown 12 — East Stroudsburg 16 —Shippensburg 20— Indiana 23 —Susquehanna 18 22 1 11 Away Away Home Away Home Away Away Home Away Away Home Home Home TRACK SCHEDULE April April April April May May May —Class Meet —Lock Haven Away 24-25 —Penn Relays Philadelphia 28 — Shippensburg Home — Invitation High School Meet 4 —Susquehanna Home —State Teachers College Meet, Shippensburg 16-17 22 2 8 TENNIS SCHEDULE —Shippensburg —Lock Haven —Millersville 25 —Villa Nova 29 — Mansfield May —Millersville May 4—Susquehanna May 6 — Mansfield May —Lock Haven May — Kutztown May 12 —East Stroudsburg May 15 — Thomas May 16 —Susquehanna May 20 — Indiana April April April April April 18 22 24- 1 8 11 St. Away Away Home Home Home Away Home Away Home Away Away Home Away Home THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 23 HIGH SCHOOLS ENTERTAINED A number of the students and faculty members of the OrangeTownship and Millville High Schools were delightfully entertained at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College recently. The guests, who had an enjoyable day, included the Junior and Senior classes of Orangeville, the Seniors and post graduate students of Scott, and Millville Seniors. The party was welcomed by Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College; Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Dean of Women; Coach George C. Buchheit and William Morgan, the latter representing the student ville, Scott body. The student Hospitality Committee acted as guides for a sightseeing tour about the campus and also acted as hosts and hostesses in the dining room. o SOPHOMORE COTILLION FEBRUARY In an attractive setting fitting for Washington’s 22 Birthday, the Sophomore Cotillion of the Teachers College was held in the gymnasium Saturday evening, February 22. The delightful affair was attended by members of the class and a number of guests. The gymnasium was decorated with red, white and blue and numerous pictures of Washington. Programs were in black and white with attractive covers of figures in Colonial costume. Patrons and patronesses were Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Koch, and Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Shortess. The officers of the class are: Walton Hill, president; Adolph Zalonis, vice president; Miss Marjorie Beaver, secretary; Clyde Klinger, treasurer, and Prof. S. I. Shortess, class advisor. o Tuesday evening, March 31, Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas were tendered a dinner by the faculty, with 68 in attendance at the delightful affair at the Hotel Berwick. Prof, and Mrs. D. S. Hartline and Miss Helen Carpenter, former members of the faculty, were among those in attendance. John C. Koch, Dean of Men, presided as toastmaster, and presented Mrs. Haas with a beautiful basket of flowers. During the program that followed the dinner, Dr. Haas responded in his delightful manner. Bridge was played during the rest of the evening. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 24 PROF. ANDRUSS IN CHARGE OF CONTEST For the third year, Harvey A. Andruss, Director Department of at the College, had charge of the Bookkeeping Contest in Bucks County. In addition to making and administering the test, Prof. Andruss scored the papers and indicated the winners. This year the Bucks County Intercollegiate Meet was held at Morrisville, Commerce Pa., March 14. The Department Commerce is making tests in business suband county contests in Illinois, Delaware, and Michigan. The proceeds from the sale of such tests will go into the treasury of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, to aid in defraying the expense of the Sixth Annual Pennsylvania Commercial Contest, which will be held at the College on May 2, 1936. Last year thirtythree schools from eighteen counties were entered for this state-wide of jects to be given in local testing event. o IVY DAY ORATOR SELECTED Announcement has been made of the selection of Bernard J. Young, of Berwick, as Ivy Day Orator for the Commencement Exercises. He was Berwick High School in the class of Sophomore year he was president of his class. During his Junior year, he was editor of the Maroon and Gold, the college paper. During the same year he was vice-president of his class, and 1932. is now a graduate of the In his captain of the cross-country team. o DIED AT BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL Taken ill while visiting at the home of his daughter, Dr. Nell Maupin, of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College faculty, Edward Lester Maupin, of Culpepper, Va., died February 23, at the Bloomsburg Hospital. Surviving are a brother, John Lester Maupin, of New York; one granddaugter, Miss Margaret Ruth Maupin, and a daughter, Dr. Nell Maupin, of town. The body was taken to Culpepper, Va., for funeral services. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 25 Alumni are earnestly requested All to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at the address on our files. of all changes of address. • OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. R. Bruce Albert, President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer ’06 Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., ’67 Mr. Edward Schuyler, ’24 Miss Harriet Carpenter, ’96 Executive Committee Mr. Fred W. Diehl, ’09 Mr. H. Mont Smith, ’93 Mr. Maurice F. Houck, ’10 Mr. Daniel J. Mr. Frank Dennis, ’ll Dr. E. H. Nelson, ’ll Mr. Dennis D. Wright, Mahoney, ’ll ’09 » ALUMNI ! ARE YOU WITH US? Once more the great majority of the members of the Alumni Association are reminded that it is time to pay their dues for next year. From year to year, an effort has been made to keep the as to the objectives and achievements of the AlumThere has been mailed, to all graduates of Bloomsburg who can be reached, a four-page folder announcing the activities of Commencement Week, with special emphasis on Alumni Day, Alumni informed ni Association. May 23. Material contained therein is reprinted in this issue of the it again and acquaint yourself with the objectives Quarterly; read THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 26 of the Association, and you will understand why the officers of the Association want you to keep up your membership. The folder tells you what the Association hopes to do with your dollar. Once more we should like to answer a question that comes up all too often. The question is this: “Does any part of the dollar paid as dues go to the College for the Alumni Dinner?” The answer Alumni are guests of the College on Alumni Day, thereis “No.” fore, when you pay your dues, you are not paying for your dinner. Finally, we urge you not to let the fact that you will not be present on Alumni Day prevent you from giving your support to the Asso- ciation. What have Alumni obtained in return for their dues during all, they have received four numbers of the Alumni Quarterly; second, those who came to Bloomsburg on Alumni Day were guests of the College at the Alumni Dinner and at the baseball game in the afternoon; third, those who were in Bloomsburg on Home-Coming Day last October, were guests of the College at luncheon, at the football game in the afternoon, and at the dance in the evening; fourth, those who paid their dues were happy in the fact that they were showing their loyalty to their Alma Mater by helping the Alumni Association to attain the objectives that they had set up. Once more we ask you, “Are You With Us?” the past year? the First of o 1881 A heart attack proved fatal Monday, January 23, to Torrence B. Harrison, former Luzerne county superintendent of schools, at his home along the Huntington Mills-Muhlenburg road in Union Township. The seventy-seven year old educator chair talking to his daughter, Miss Mary. was stricken as he sat in a He had served several terms as superintendent of the Luzerne county schools, and likewise had been a teacher in Wilkes-Barre and Huntington township. He was one of the best known residents of that part of Luzerne county. A graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School, he taught in Hazleton and was a member of the Wilkes-Barre Episcopal Church. for some time Surviving are: one son. Dr. J. H. Harrison, of Hazleton; four daughters, Mrs. L. M. Chambers, of Ardmore; Mrs. Karl Keefer, of THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 27 Wilkes-Barre; Ada, of Newark, N. J., and Mary, at home; two brothers, Dr. Ezra Harrison, of Scranton, Pa., and Douglas, of Town Line, and by two sisters, Mrs. Fred Naugle, of Sweet Valley, and Mrs. Frank Hartman, of Scranton. 1904 Blanche M. Grimes, who is in the office of the Adjutant General had a letter from Adele Mead, Class of 1904. She is now Mrs. L. T. Kendrick, 1453 South West 77th Street, Miami, Florida, and would be very glad to have any Bloomsburg Alumni look her up if they are in the South. “I cannot tell you how surprised Adele and I were when we met in Miami during an American Legion Convention. We had much to talk about, as she served in the U. S. N. R. F. during the war, and belongs to the National Organization of Yeomen F, of which I am at Harrisburg, states in a recent letter: “I recently the chaplain.” 1908 Nellie Deighmiller (Mrs. C. R. Stecker) died home November 20, 1935, Bloomsburg. Mrs. Stecker was a victim of the same ailment that caused the death of her twin sister, Mrs. Ellie Deighmiller Hartman, several years ago. The class of 1908 has lost a loyal member of sterling character and worth, and we deeply sympathize with her bereaved husband. at her in 1911 Reno J. Bush, one of Bloomsburg’s best known business men. Death came as the result of a heart attack. He was aged forty-two years, and was a native of Bloomsburg. He grew up in the candy and ice cream business which his parents conducted, and for years 28, to he had been widely known as a photographer and musician. His fame as a candy-maker and baker was known throughout this section of the state. During the war he served with the American Army and upon his return, he re-entered business. He was a member of the Elks, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Knights of Columbus, and of St. Columba’s Catholic Church. Mabel Van Reed (Mrs. R. T. Layton), who lives at Franklin, N. has joined the ranks of the one-hundred percenters by sending a check for five dollars as payment for dues. Death came with shocking suddenness Saturday morning, March J., THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 28 1912 Death, at 6:00 o'clock Sunday morning, April 12, ended a fouryear battle against failing health waged by Beatrice Ely (Mrs. A. W. Duy, Jr.) Her death occurred at the Bloomsburg Hospital, where she had been taken with kidney complications that followed a week’s attack of grippe. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Ely, she was born at Millville, August 28, 1893. After her graduation from Bloomsburg, she taught for several years in Milton. Mrs. Duy was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the S. Club, and the American Legion Auxiliary. Surviving are her husband, two children, Suzanne and William E., at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ely, of Millville; a brother, Robert Ely, of Millville, and a sister, Mrs. E. Samuel Meed, of Eastport, Maine. 1913 Announcement has been made Guggenheim Memorial Foundation John Simon John E. Bakeless, for seven months' study abroad for preparation of a work on Christopher Marlowe, designed to provide the most complete account possible of his life, his work, and the work of scholars and writers who have dealt with him. The work will begin June 15. The Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to mature writers and artists for the completion of works of importance, and of genof the award of the of a fellowship to eral artistic, literary, or scholarly interest. Many important books have been written on these fellowships, including Stephen Vincent Benet’s poem, “John Brown’s Body,” and Louis Adamic’s “Native’s Return.” The poet Conrad Aiken is now abroad on a Guggenheim Fellowship. The study of Marlowe will take Mr. Bakeless to Oxford, Cambridge, Canterbury, London, and wherever else his research may lead. The book has occupied much of his time since 1920, and he has worked continuously on it since 1932. The book will be an effort to bring together all that is known about Christopher Marlowe’s life and works. The first six chapters are biographical, their chiefly original contribution being a study of student life in Cambridge, and its influence on the poet, and an analysis of the evidence bearing on his religious belief. The next eight chapters deal with the plays and poems, the next three with Marlowe’s relationship to Shakespeare, and with plays erroneously ascribed to Marlowe. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 29 Since his graduation from Williams and Harvard, where he subsequently pursued graduate study, Mr. Bakeless served as editor of The Living Age; literary advisor of the Independent, editor of the Forum, assistant professor of journalism at New York University, and in charge of publications at Sarah Lawrence College. His publications include “Economic Causes of Modern War,” awarded the David A. Wells prize of $500 by Williams College; “Origins of the Next War,” “The Business Man’s Interest in World Peace,” “Magazine Making,” and articles in most American and British literary magazines. He has also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Social Science and the Dictionary of American Biography. 1914 Major Idwal Edwards, formerly of town, now in the Hawaiian Islands, was selected to fly from Honolulu to Molokai Island leper colony to remove the body of the martyr priest, Father Damien, for shipment to the priest’s native home in Belgium. Major Edwards, whose wife is the former Miss Katherine Bierman, of Bloomsburg, has been in Hawaii for some time. Father Damien spent his life among the lepers of Molokai, sacriown health and comforts to save them. The highest honors of the Catholic Church were paid him as the body was sent back to ficing his his native land. 1926 Miss Catherine A. Strine, of Milton, graduate of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, class of 1926, was married recently to Dr. Charles A. Harvey, Milton chiropractor. Miss Strine has been teaching in the Lewisburg Junior High for several years. 1928 on New Year’s Day, there the marriage of Miss Mildred M. Herr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Herr, of Berwick, and Earl E. Ginter, of At the home of the bride’s parents, was solemnized Johnson City. At 2:30 o’clock, the ring ceremony of the Lutheran Church was performed by Rev. A. W. Smith, pastor of Trinity Church, of which is a member. The immediate families of the couple witnessed the ceremony. Following a wedding dinner, the couple left by automobile for ReadThe bride is a teacher in the schools of Wernersville, near ing. the bride THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Reading, and will continue with her school until 30 a successor is named. The groom is a son of William Ginter of Johnson City. He is the assistant principal of Coal Township High School. Both are graduates of Bloomsburg State Teachers College and were students here together six years ago. They will make their home in Coal Township. 1929 Announcement engagement of Miss Charlotte Mears, daughter of Mrs. Edith Mears, of Bloomsburg, to Dr. N. F. Davis, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, of Danville, has been made. Miss Mears is a graduate of the Bloomsburg High School and the Bloomsburg State Teachers College in the class of 1929, and is now teaching in the Junior High School at Hunting, L. I. Dr. Davis is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1931 and has been practicing in Bloomsburg for several years. of the 1933 Karl Getz, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Getz, of Light Street Road, Bloomsburg, who has been studying music at New York University, has accepted a position at Johnson City, N. Y. to teach both instrumental and vocal music in the public schools. 1930 Miss Frona Bingham, of Beavertown, and Ira Babb, were married during the summer of 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Roscoe are the proud parents of a daughNorma Jean, born June 17, 1935. Mrs. Roscoe was formerly Helen Mackie of Scranton. ter, Miss Jeanette Roberts, of Scranton, has accepted a teaching poScranton schools after teaching in rural schools for the past four years. sition in the Miss Adeline MacKinder is recovering from a serious a beauty parlor in Nanticoke. illness. She conducts 1931 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Franklin are rejoicing over the birth of a son. Mrs. Franklin, before her marriage, was Ruth Sutter, of Glen Lyon. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 31 Miss Esther Jones is teaching in the fourth grade in Edwards- ville. 1933 Shorty after 12:00 o’clock Easter morning, in the Salem Reformed Church, at Pillow, Pa., Elbert W. Ashworth, of Bloomsburg, and Miss Hazel F. Keefer, of Lime Ridge, were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John C. Brumbach, pastor of the church and brother-in-law of the bride. Mr. Ashworth is a member of the class of 1933 at B. S. T. C., and is employed by the Leader Store Company, in charge of the men’s clothing department. Mrs. Ashworth has been teaching the primary grades in the grade school at Lime Ridge. They are now at home at 14 East Main Street, Bloomsburg. 1934 James Gennaria, who has been Principal of the Lime Ridge grade school for the past two years, has been transferred to the Center Township Consolidated School, where he will be a member of the High School faculty. Miss Alice Kembel, of Bloomsburg, has been elected to teach in the primary grades in the Lime Ridge grade school. 1935 In reporting to the National Association of Commercial Teachers Training Associations, H. A. Andruss, Director of Commerce at the who received the College Provisional Certificate in the school year of 1934-35, are employed as follows: Resident teaching positions, 29; substitute teaching, 1; employed in business, whole or part time, 2; unemployed, 2. The teachers who were graduated last year are located in the following places: College, finds that the class of thirty-four students John Butler, substitute teacher, Dunmore; Woodrow BrewingDepartment of Revenue, Harrisburg; Anthony Conte, Elizabeth, N. J.; John Deppen, McAllisterville; Howard Fauth, Lewistown; Ruth Flanigan, Duryea; Dorothy Foster, Bethlehem; Helen Frey, sec- ton, retary, State Teachers College, Bloomsburg; Lucille Gilchrist, Lititz; John Gress, Bloomsburg; Gerald Harter, Darby; Stanley Heimbach, Birdsboro; Harold Henry, New Cumberland; Elvira James, Frackville; Santino LeBrutto, Elizabeth, N. J.; Mable Oxford, State Teachers College, Bloomsburg; Irma Moyer, Canton; Adeline Pfeifer, Nescopeck; William Reed, Harrisburg; Daniel Sallitt, Wilkes-Barre; Francis Sell, Kutztown; Anna McCann, Dunmore; Clarence Slater, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 32 J.; John Utz, Norristown; Clara Vanderslice, Fort Royal, Va.; Warren Ulshafer, Nesquehoning; Roy Peterman, Williamsport. The following students have had part time work in business: Mildred Hollenbaugh, Harrisburg; Louise Yeany, Bloomsburg. Atlantic City, N. Of the group of thirty-four, only two are unemployed at the There will be approximately one-half this number present time. graduating in June, 1936. Of the number employed, three found positions in New Jersey, one in New York, and one in Virginia, and the remainder in Pennsylvania. Announcement was recently made of the marriage of Walter Hiney and Miss Mary Shultz, both of Berwick. The bride is a graduate of the Berwick High School, in the class of 1933, and has been employed in the office of Dr. R. W. Miller. Mr. Hiney has been a member of the faculty of the Mainville High School. Miss Muriel Carman, of Sunbury, a graduate of the Teachers and William Volinsky, of Northumberland, were married Saturday, January 18, by the Rev. Chester W. Todd, of Sunbury. College, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 33 DAY ALUMNI MAY 23, 1936 Class Reunions 1876 1881 1886 1891 1932 1933 1934 1935 1916 1921 1926 1931 1896 1901 1906 1911 The Program 9:00 11:00 12:30 2:30 — Reunions. — General Assembly. — Alumni Banquet. — Bloomsburg Class Baseball, Commencement vs. Susquehanna. Activities — Sunday, May 2:30 — May Monday, Day M. 10:00 Commencement — Tuesday, May Baccalaureate Sermon Senior P. 24, 25. 26, A. M. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 34 GREETINGS Once more I have the honor and the privilege of extending a very cordial invitation to those who call Bloomsburg “Alma Mater,” Another splendid program has to visit the College May 23, 1936. been provided through the cooperation of the Faculty and Students. I am sure that you will find something to interest you at the same time that your presence brings inspiration to those responsible for the program. While special preparations are made for the regular Class Reunions. we look forward to seeing you regardless of Class. You are reminded that, beginning last year, each graduating class is invited to return for regular Reunion yearly for five years, and that special preparations are being made for these Reunions. I hope to have an opportunity to welcome you on Alumni Day. Sincerely Yours, FRANCIS B. HAAS. TO ALL ALUMNI: Bean Soup! Bean Soup! Cartofel Ach du lieber. Schnitz Naughty Six Every member of the Class of 1906 will respond to the above We are hoping for a fine Reunion of this illustrious Class on Alumni Day. However, we will share this summons with all Alumni and Classes in Reunion. Alumni Day of 1936 should be a Record Breaker. Make your plans now and be prepared for a happy day on College Hill. Come early and avoid the rush. You will have a good time. The College has arranged a delightful program. There will be something doing from morning till night. Your friends and classmates will be looking for you. Don’t disappoint them. Come! Luzerne County Alumni Association had a wonderful party at the Hotel Redington, February 24th. Nearly three hundred graduates enjoyed a fine program of entertainment. Keep your eye on this Battle Cry. group. The Philadelphia Association will hold their annual meeting at the Bellevue-Stratford April 25th. Indications are that this meeting will maintain the high standard of former years. cordial welcome A is extended to Alumni. Don’t forget Alumni Day. all We want Y’OU present. Sincerely yours, R. BRUCE ALBERT. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 35 The Goal--2000 Members There are 8000 Graduates of Bloomsburg. Association This 1. 2. 3. not now has The Alumni 1000 members. is what the Alumni Association can do with $2000: The Quarterly $1000.00 500.00 Debt on Bakeless Memorial Room 500.00 Student Loan Fund Whether you plan to come to Bloomsburg on May 23 or We Need Your Support! — Pay Your Dues for 1936-1937 1936 Mrs. F. H. Jenkins, Bloomsburg, Pa. Dear Mrs. Jenkins: I pledge my support as a loyal Bloomsburg Alumnus by enclosing one dollar, as dues to the Name Address Name Class while in School Alumni Association. No. 3 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE The Alumni Quarterly PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE VOL. JULY, 37 Entered as Second-Class Matter, July 1, NO. 1936 1909, at the 3 Post Office at Bloomsburg, Under the Act of July 16, 1894. Published Four Times a Year. Pa., H. F. MRS. FENSTEMAKER, T2 F. H. JENKINS, Editor Business Manager ’75 THE 1936 COMMENCEMENT “Don’t wait for opportunity to come and Go sit on your doorstep. out and hunt success.” This was the admonition to the class of eighty-four members their work at Bloomsburg and received degrees of Bachelor of Science in Education at the Sixty-Seventh Commencement Tuesday, May 26, in Carver Hall. It was given by Dr. Lindley H. Dennis, of Washington. D. C., Executive Secretary of the American Vocational Association, Inc. Dr. Dennis, a Bloomsburg alumnus, directed his remarks entirely to the graduates, and his address was regarded as one of the finest ever delivered on such an occasion at Bloomsburg. In speaking of the teaching profession, the speaker told the graduates “Your approach to the great work that you are about to undertake is of tremendous significance. Can you at the outset create a wish in your heart to be a great teacher? Have you decided that you are going to like teaching, that you are going to* get real enjoyment from your efforts in behalf of the generation following you?” He spoke of youth and vigor as great assets, and told the class “pep is power. You have a life of interesting adventure just ahead of you.” who concluded TIIE ALUMNI QUARTERLY In his conclusion Dr. Dennis declared 3 “our great teachers come up from the crowd. You are now in the crowd, although some of you have already given evidence that you intend to be ready to come up from the crowd. Which of you will do this?” The impressive exercises, which lasted a little over an hour, opened at 10:00 o’clock, with the procession headed by Dr. Dennis and Dr. Haas. Then followed members of the Board of Trustees: Mrs. Ethel Noecker, Schuylkill Haven; Henry T. Meyer, Lewisburg; Clinton Herring, Orangeville; Thomas G. Vincent, Danville; Dr. H. V. Hower, Berwick; Grover C. Shoemaker, Bloomsburg, and W. W. Evans, Bloomsburg. These were followed by the members of the faculty and the graduating class, the latter led by its officers. The invocation was delivered by Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., President Emeritus of the College. Following Dr. Dennis’s splendid address a double quartette, composed of Miss Eugenia Lewis, Miss Kathryn Van Aueker, Miss Margaret Creasy, Miss Miriam Utt, Kenneth Merrill, Luther Peck, Robert Goodman, and Ray Schrope, sang “The Kerry Dance,” by J. J. Molloy, with Miss Harriet M. Moore directing. Dean of Instruction William B. Sutliff presented a list of applications for degrees to Dr. Haas. Of the class forty-nine had qualified for degrees in the field of secondary education, seventeen in commercial education, and eighteen in elementary education. Dr. Haas told the class that the degrees carry with them both rights and responsibilities. They are the citizens of a State, he told them, with a social purpose; a state that is predicated on the fact that its citizens are entitled to an opportunity to fit themselves for life. He referred to the fact that most of the present constitution was written by the late Senator Buckalew, whose home for many years was the residence now owned by the College and occupied by its President. Reference was made to the fact that thirty of the forty known living members of the Class of 1386 had returned for its Fiftieth Reunion this year. These men and women, he pointed out, thought enough of the traditions and friendships of the College to return. He stated further: “As you leave this institution, you will find with you always memories of these days; memories such as you get by association in good environment and with good friends.” “Education,” said Dr. Haas, “is more than schooling.” The best definition of an educated man that he knew of was this: One who is willing to wait until the facts are all in before drawing his own conclusions, and with the ability to look at the facts clearly and not that you will carry THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 4 through the screen of his own prejudices. In his final word, he hoped that the class will always remember the College, and reminded is them that “at Bloomsburg the latdi-string always on the outside.” The Alma Mater and Music for the program was provided by the Maroon exercises concluded with the singing of the the recessional. and Gold Orchestra. The speaker traveled by plane from Washington, D. C., to Bloomsburg, making the trip in an hour and twenty-eight minutes. He left on the return trip immediately following the exercises. The text of Dr. Dennis’s address “I find it difficult to is as follows: express adequately my invitation to participate in your exercises this tution is my Alma Mater. It is the first appreciation for the morning. This insti- educational institution from which I graduated. I went out from here as a young man, a very young man, to begin my life work in the field of education. As one of the boys of the Bloomsburg Normal days, I have come back to celebrate with you the completion of your work as undergraduate students. It seems but yesterday that I sat where you now sit. Little did I dream that I would some day be invited to return to say a word or two to those who would be ready to start out as I was then starting out. I am wondering which one of you will some day return to participate in like manner in the ceremonies of some years ahead. “I have always found it difficult to even hesitate whenever my friend, your President, Dr. Francis Haas, would suggest that he would like to see something done. You see, I had the great privilege of serving as one of his Deputy State Superintendents when he was State Superintendent of Public Instruction. I have always been rather proud of having been associated with him during those years of service at Harrisburg. As State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Haas left a record of constructive leadership and educational accomplishment that will not be easily equalled. The schools of Pennsylvania were safe while in his hands as our leader. “I feel quite inadequate to measure up to the privilege and opportunity which is mine this morning. Like the two-headed god Janus, I am looking both forward and backward. It is really with a feeling of reverence that I stand on this platform. If I should temporarily disregard you and look at this platform through the eyes of your predecessors of a quarter of a century ago, sitting in these very same seats, I would see here on the platform men and women whose lives and influence were an inspiration, to hundreds who were privi- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 5 leged to study and live under their guidance. Wilbur, Albert, Jenkins, Aldinger, my own brother Joseph Dennis, Hartline, Cope, Miss Dickerson, Bakeless, Waller and others, gave their lives and a full measure young men and women of devotion to the of this institution. on Commencement Day and looked into the faces of the members of the faculty who were then sitting on this platform, I thought I had some idea of how patient they had been with me, and how helpful. Many specific instances now flash into my mind. I recall the attention given to me in assisting me to prepare myself for my participation in the Class Night program. I also recall how tenaciously I clung to a mispronunciation in spite of the patient help of the one who coached me. As I now, through the eyes of memory, look into their faces, I begin to realize how much these men and women of the Faculty of those days are responsible for many of the opportunities and privileges which have come to me since, opportunities and privileges for which they helped me to pave the way. “As I sat “These great spirits of the past, and those who are now carrying on in their places, have made this great institution what it is for you. “I have taken tribute to whom this fleeting tribute is glimpse into the past, partly to pay due, and partly to help you to look ahead a glimpse of what you may do and be. “You are standing at the threshold of a great and unknown age. When I sat where you now sit, many things which you now enjoy were not even thought out. Let me talk to you as one of the boys of Bloomsburg Normal who has come back. Think of me as a happy, exuberant, somewhat care-free lad in those days. I was Captain of the scrub foot ball team and substitute quarter on the varsity team. I was a member of the M. A. C., the Monday Afternoon Club, which carried on important research work in the watermelon patches and orchards of the surrounding country. I was active in the work of the and catch Caliiepian Literary Society. mention these things solely for the purpose of trying to have wish for a few moments to look out upon life with the eyes of youth starting out on a great adventure. “I you realize that I “What are you going to do with and for our social institutions? Someone has said that the day of geographical pioneering is past, but that the era of social pioneering has just begun. contribution and service in this great that is already almost sweeping us “What part do you intend off work of What social will be your reconstruction our feet? to play in straightening out our eco- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 6 nomic situation? You will look after that.’ say ‘Oh, How I expect to teach school; someone else you prepare the youth successfully can following you, for participation in the economic and social life of this nation unless you yourself have some appreciation of our economic and social structure, and of the great fundamental changes that are The era that you are entering will not be a Changes and developments may be precipitated more rapidly taking place? static one. rapidly than our people can absorb “The schools them of your time will be wisely. much more definitely related to than are most of the schools of today. Curriculum revision is the order of the day. You are facing an educational program on the march. Either you will soon be lost in the shuffle because of changes in educational procedure with which you are not familiar, or you will be right up front taking part in bringing about the new approach to our educational problems. “A national authority on crime recently stated that our penal system was almost vicious, that it tends to make good young men bad, and bad ones worse. He advocated a system of progressive education instead of so much emphasis on the antique system of retributive punishment. the actual situations in life “If this were the Class of 1885, you would be going out into school conditions vastly different from those in which you are about to enter. In those days there were no consolidated schools, no Junior High Schools. Our present system of high schools had not been de- There were no high schools with enrollments of 8,000 stuLane Technical High School of Chicago. The boys and girls of rural America were compelled to go to town to high school, or to private academies. The present system of secondary education is the product of the generation which has preceded you. It is a notable educational achievement, but the American High School has not yet found itself. Its methods and activities will change markedly in the years just ahead, and you and others like you will veloped. dents, such as the bring about those changes. “Your study here has given you some appreciation, the educational progress of the last eral hundred former students fifty years. of this institution tenth, twentieth, thirtieth, fortieth and at least, of Last Saturday, sev- came back fiftieth reunions. Many to their of these Alumni have given their lives in the service of public education. Those who know them and their work realize that they have played an important part in bringing about the educational progress of those years during which they have served the cause of public education. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Can the same be said of you, when you come back to your thirtieth or fortieth reunion, after you have devoted a better part of your life to education? “Patience, perseverance, and a dogged determination to achieve your aim, will carry you through many a storm. Do not let present gain, profit, or advantage cloud your vision, or swerve you from your ultimate purpose and aim to be a great teacher. Keep your eyes eternally on the road ahead, and not just on the present scene. “In 1966, what will the schools be like, after you have had them Do you intend to have any genuine in your charge for thirty years? part and parcel in the process of making the schools of your generation any better than the schools we are turning over to you? “Do you intend to keep yourself prepared to meet the changing educational situations of the years ahead of you? Just what are you looking forward to in teaching? Does it mean just a job and some salary, or is there in your heart the genuine desire to be a real teacher? Do you want to learn to love to teach and to be happy when dealing with the problems, difficulties, and great opportunities of helping children entrusted to your care? “Your approach to the great work you are about to undertake is of tremendous significance. Can you at the outset create a wish in your heart to be a great teacher? Have you decided that you are going to like teaching, that you are going to get real enjoyment from your efforts in behalf of the generation following you? “The hardest thing about getting up in the morning is deciding to get up. Perhaps the most difficult phase of producing a great teacher — is creating in the heart of a prospective teacher the wish, the resolve, A consuming, burning debe a real teacher is indeed a worthy aim for one about to leave this College. Such a deep-seated desire is worth more than high scholarship, as important as that is. the determination to be a great teacher. sire to “You have youth. Youth and vigor are great assets. With these go enthusiasm and pep. Someone has said that ‘pep without purpose is piffle.’ However, pep with purpose is power. No wonder you young folks are eager and full of enthusiasm. It is right that it should be so. You have a life of interesting adventure just ahead of you. “Keep your enthusiasm and zeal as the years go by. Enthusiasm is not the property of youth alone. It is an attitude of the mind and heart, and can always be a mainspring of spirit for you as long as you live. “Don’t wait for opportunity to come and sit on your doorstep. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 8 out and hunt for success. Make your own breaks in life. Ty Cobb once made a home run out of a strike-out. “You are here because you are considered fit and qualified to represent the great teaching profession. You become eligible today to join its ranks. You are entering the profession at a very propitious hour. You should be thankful that you have been in College during the last two or three years. Teaching opportunities for beginning teachers have been scarce, and the supply of teachers more than ample. Opportunities for qualified teachers are more numerous this year, and the situation will be even better next year. “Approximately twenty-five per cent of the graduates of 1931 qualified to teach secured positions. In 1934, nearly fifty per cent of the graduates were placed, and probably sixty per cent will be placed this year. As business improves, many out of work in their own professions, who turned to teaching during the depression, will return to their chosen fields, making many openings for others qualified to Go teach. already a shortage of teachers in commercial education, home economics, in general shop, in the The field of industrial arts, and in some other vocational fields. United States Congress is today considering an educational bill, the passage of which will have great significance in stabilizing and developing our program of public education. “There is in vocational agriculture, in “In one southern State there are on file in the State Department two hundred requests for teachers of vocational agri- of Education Another State has received three hundred requests for Home Economics. The development of vocational schools and classes for out-of-school youth will also create a demand for the services of additional academic teachers. With the return of more normal business conditions and the ability to pay taxes, school budgets will become easier, over-sized classes will be divided, and adculture. teachers of ditional teachers will be needed. “The outlook is encouraging for you if you keep yourself qualiand in step with educational progress. Some of you will go far the teaching profession if you want to. fied, in “Our great teachers come up from the crowd. You are now in some of you have already given evidence that you intend to come up from the crowd. “May God grant you rich opportunity for service to the generation that will be under your guidance and inspiration.” the crowd, although THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 9 THE CLASS OF 1936 Secondary Elmira Bankes, Bloomsburg Edward H. Baum, Nuremberg Howard P. Bevilacqua, Berwick Peter Bianco, Glen Lyon Violet V. Brown, Carlisle Elizabeth M. Chalfant, Scranton Samuel Cohen, Plymouth Bernard J. Cobb, Scranton *Larue C. Derr, Bloomsburg Robert Joseph Rowland, Connerton *B. Donald Sands, Bloomsburg Robert W. Savage, Catawissa Marjorie Thomas, Nanticoke *H. Myrtle Trembley, Bloomsburg William F. Turnow, Wyoming Kathryn M. Van Aucker, Hazleton Joseph F. Visotski, Excelsior Ruth E. Wagner, Hazleton Joseph L. Dixon, Hazleton *Francis Garrirt, Englewood, N. J *Anna M. Gillespie, Centralia Samuel Green, Berwick Lillian Mac* Guyer, Chester Frank Hudock, Bloomsburg Harold H. Hyde, Bloomsburg Kathryn B. John, Bloomsburg Daniel J. Jones, Nescopeck Verna E. Jones, Centralia * Joseph Kane, Wilkes-Barre Earl O. Kershner, Berwick George E. Kessler, Locust Dale Gilbert L. Kline, Catawissa Ernest V. Lau, Bloomsburg Woodrow W. Litwhiler, Ringtown Mervin W. Mericle, Bloomsburg Kenneth C. Merrill, Bloomsburg Charles P. Michael, Delano Verna Morawski, Hazleton William L. Morgan, Wanamie Anne B. Nash, Wilkes-Barre Leota A. Nevil, Bloomsburg Janice L. Nichols, Berwick Edward R. Phillips, Wanamie " Frank P. Wojcik, Forest City John Henry Yeager, Hazleton Bernard J. Young, Berwick Commercial Robert D. Abbott, Bloomsburg Mary Jane Mathews Denn, Scottdale Gertrude E. Dermody, Scranton Mary Alice Frantz, Lancaster Betty I. Harter, Nescopeck Phyllis E. Heckman, Nuremberg William A. Karshner, Almedia Matilda M. Kirticklis, Tamaqua Mary Kuhn, Tuscarora Helen F. Latorre, Atlas Stanley A. Marcinkavicz, Ran- shaw Alfred David Mayer, Laketon Margaret E. Schubert, Laureldale Andrew J. Thornton, Simpson Francis V. Vinisky, Simpson Howard O. Waite, Hazleton John J. Yurgel, Wilkes-Barre Primary Florence J. Piatkowski, Forest *Grace E. Baylor, Montandon City Kathryn E. Brobst, Bloomsburg * Alice S. Harry, Berwick Francis I. Riggs, Bloomsburg Frank A. Rompalo, Combola Vernice R. Pooley, Danville THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 10 Mary Jane Fink, Conyngham Evelyn R. Fries, Scranton Florence E. Keating, Kingston Jean A. Phillips, Scranton sport Gladys M. Rinard, Catawissa Intermediate *Amy B. Smthers, Berwick Rachel D. Beck, Sunbury Mae H. Willis, Bloomsburg Rural Evelyn B. Campbell, Bloomsburg Beatrice M. Eisenhauer, Mifflin- Mildred E. Auten, Danville *Sarah Pauline Ranck, Bloomsburg Sara M. Shuman, Bloomsburg ^Esther M. Welker, South William- ville * Teachers in service. MONTOUR COUNTY ASSOCIATION MEETS The Annual Banquet of the Montour County Branch of the Bloomsburg Alumni Association was held Tuesday evening, May 19, in the Fellowship Hall of the Shiloh Reformed Church in Danville. Dr. E. H. Nelson, of the College faculty, acted as Toastmaster, and Prof. E. A. Reams, also of the faculty, was song leader. Responses were made by Dr. Francis B. Haas, Dean W. B. Sutliff, Fred W. Diehl, and Charles W. Derr. The program was given by students of the College, and included a trio consisting of Frank Patrick, Frank Rompalo, and Woodrow Litwhiler, and a double mixed quartette consisting of Eugenia Lewis, Kathryn Van Aucker, Margaret Creasy, Miriam Utt, Luther Peck, Kenneth Merrill, Robert Goodman, and Ray Schrope. Miss Gladys Rinard was at the piano. The officers elected are: Miss Harriet Frye, President; Pierce Reed, Vice-President; Miss Alice Smull, Secretary, and Miss Isabelle Boyer, Treasurer. Jay Pursel, of Bloomsburg, was elected President of the Bloomsburg Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, geographic fraternity, for the coming year. Other officers elected are: Luther Peck, Vice-President; Miss Margaret Creasy, Treasurer; Miss Margaret Potter, Recording Secretary; Miss Jane Manhart, Recording Secretary, and John Fiorini and Miss Carrie Livsey, representatives to the Panhellenic Interfraternity Council. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 11 BACCALAUREATE SERMON Declaring that there is still a place in the world for men and are willing to play a part in making a better world, the Rev. B. R. Heller, pastor of the Bloomsburg Reformed Church, at the Baccalaureate services held Sunday afternoon, May 24, exhorted the graduating class to let the teachings of the Master guide their efforts. women who The program was presented before a large audience in the Coland was opened with the processional, “Ancient of lege auditorium, Days.” The Rev. Mr. Heller hymn, “Faith joined in a offered the of Our invocation, Fathers.” and the audience The Scripture lesson was read by Dr. Haas, and the sermon followed. Following the sermon, the women’s chorus sang “The Sabbath Morn,” by Mendelssohn, and the benediction and recessional followed. The music was directed by Miss Harriet Moore, and the accompanist was Mrs. J. K. Miller. The sermon was John 3:2: “Beloved, now are we the doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall text of the sons of God: and it know that, when Him as He is.” The sermon follows: “Dr. Haas, members of the faculty, graduating class of 1936, students, parents, and friends, we deem it a pleasure and an opportunity to address this graduating class on this glorious occasion. You are now starting on a new path of life, and you will be asked time and see time again to measure your life by the achievements that you are to accomplish. You are now likened to a ship leaving its port for the open sea. Thus far, you have had a pilot who, like the pilot of a ship, has led you over difficult situations and rugged paths, but you now drop your pilot and must face the world with your knowledge alone. How will you measure up to the test? “Many young tions I do, people, yes, and older people, are asking the ques‘What is left for me to do in this disturbed world?’ ‘What can and what part can I play, in the making of a better world?’ “In the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, there is a large suspended from the dome of a certain building to within a few inches of a table upon which is a blank paper. Upon this may be ball recorded the law of the pendulum or the rotation of the earth. There is also another instrument which is a solid steel cylinder five inches in diameter, so illuminated that, as we should press our finger against THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 12 it, the rays of light are seen to move on a glass screen. A placard shows that the steel bar has been bent one five hundred thousandth of an inch. Between this modern measuring instrument and the plumb line are centuries of man’s history of measurement. Man is actually a measuring animal. He measures space, time, energy, light, heat, weight, and sound, in fact, anything that comes under his scrutiny. Man’s rule is the foot rule. Undoubtedly you have been doing this during your school life, forgetful of the fact that you also shall be judged by this measurement. For in life today, you shall be measured by your character; so now, wouldn’t it be wise to take time to measure yourself, your soul, to see where you stand in the sight of God and your fellow man. Our text says that ‘we are now the sons of God, but do not know what we shall be.’ Certainly many of you are leaving these halls with brilliant minds which are treasure houses of knowledge, but after all, remember that men shall know you by your life, actions, and character. Learn to know thyself, have freThen you will learn to guard quent meditations with yourself. against the error of trying to do the impossible, and you will learn that nothing can be gained without honest efforts. me measured, not by the unworthy things, but by Since we are placed in the world, it is well that we aim for success in that which the world has to offer, but let us be reminded that life is just the prelude for the life yet to come. We are placed as in a school, to prepare for the glorious life to come. May we not let the things of this world crowd out the finer things of life. You may give your life for the service of the world, you may acquire riches, power, and prestige, but in doing all this, if you have forgotten your God and neglected your soul, that is, if you have been so busy with temporal things and forgotten your spiritual welfare, all you have gained is your goal, but nothing else. Are you measuring your life with the plummet of emptiness, or are you growing strong through the errors of those who have carried the torch of experience, and are tossing it back to us today, saying ‘Carry on, but with this thought in mind: learn from our mistakes and nourish and strengthen your soul and spiritual life.’ “Your life will the finer things of life. “You are today being are either going to say classified in ‘somebody either of will do it, two why categories. not I?’ We or else do it, why should I?’ This will come about through we show forth and in our attitude, concerning the things of life. Certainly we cannot say of the moral and ethical side of life ‘What is the use of living a good life?’ or, when asked to live this somebody the efforts will THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 13 This question is asked when we people who disobey the moral code. Ask one concerning the spiritual welfare of himself and his children, and he will say “What is the difference?’ We can reach our glory, not with such an attitude, but by counting the cost of our riches in Christ Jesus, by trying through things of the past to reach our high calling in Christ Jesus. moral life see so many apparently ‘what is the difference?’ “What can bring tells successful us to a right understanding? Can history? us to look back, perhaps with patience, as of Job of old. If It we pay particular attention to the higher ambitions, we can remain true, and find that God is right and good, and will eventually speak to us. Science tells us to look around. Young people, do not be afraid that you will have nothing to do; look around. There you will find your longing. Philosophy says ‘look within.’ Psychologists tell us that we have used only a portion of our brain cells in the striving for success. Religion says, ‘look up.’ I do not mean that religion will give us a reward only after our work is finished, but I say that if your religion does not help you as you leave this building today, let it alone. Religion is not only a sedative for pain, but a challenge for greater ser- vice. “Then may I say that your lives will be measured by the labor you extend. You will receive strength only by hardship and toil. You will grow beautiful, not by standing along the road, rejoicing that you are free from trials and hardships, while your friends are in trouble. It will come only when you share your strength, faith, power, and education. There is only one place where toil is not necessary, and that is in the grave. You have already learned that that which comes hardest brings the greatest successes. Ruskin says: ‘If you want knowledge, you must toil for it; if you want food, you must toil for it; if you want pleasure, you must toil for it; toil is the law of life.’ As you toil for things of this world, so must you toil for happiness and joy of heaven. Seek out noble things. Whittier, that in writing when about a certain Indian the tribe went home, so that tribe, made this statement: pilfering or carousing, one lone Indian ‘Always was left he might be sober, that he might be the means of saving the tribe.’ Therefore, I beg that, when others are saying ‘What is the use?’ or ‘What is the difference?’ you might remain sober and strong, and perhaps be the means of saving yourself and the society of which you are a part, by your sober thinking, at in case of trouble meditation, and fellowship in Him, may you be like Him.” Him whom you believe. When you see THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 14 IVY DAY Preceded by a group of pastel-clad Senior girls bearing the ivy black-gowned procession of the graduating class of 1936 marched up the winding pathway from Carver Hall to the pergola in the grove Monday evening, May 25, to hold the traditional Ivy Day exercises. Evening shadows were lengthening as the class members assembled, and before the program was concluded, the setting sun was casting a red glow upon the campus. March music for the procession was played by Miss Gladys RinIn opening the services, the Seniors gi'ouped ard, of Catawissa. themselves in front of the large body of spectators who were awaiting them in the grove. Three songs, the words of which were written by two members of the Senior class, Sam Cohen, of Plymouth, and Sam Green, of Berwick, were sung by the entire class under the direction of Mr. Cohen. Five Senior girls, accompanied by Miss Jean Phillips, of Scranton, tapped out two rhythm clog dances on the floor of the pergola. Miss Frances Riggs, Miss Sara Shuman, and Miss Kathryn John, of Bloomsburg; Miss Rachel Beck, of Sunbury, and Miss Betty Chalfant, of Scranton, composed the dancing group. Bernard J. Young, of Berwick, was then introduced by the class President, David Mayer, as the Ivy Day orator. Mr. Young’s oration chain, the follows: “For over twenty-five years, Ivy Day has claimed a place on the calendar of Senior activities. “Truly this is a memorable occasion. No matter how often these ceremonies are held, I am certain that nothing will disturb the atmosphere of reverence, dignity, and, at the same time, of triumph. The evening shadows lengthen, and departing rays shed softened Everything takes on beauty, seems to be influenced, light about us. as the better things come to the fore at the end of the day. At such a time it is well to review the past, but even better to gaze into the starlit future with its great possibilities. “Now our responsibilities are widened, for we must enter upon It is well if we can make practical application and the advantages of culture. This has been our aim, and when think of our future work, the ivy will be a typical emblem. The active duties. show we foundation on which to build has been erected, the cornerstone of our TIIE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 15 building is laid. That this cornerstone is strong and will ever endure can be attributed to the innumerable sacrifices of our parents and the patient guidance of our classroom teachers. But the building is yet to be completed; its completion depends upon our conception of culture. lasting ideals in art. literature, and Athenian and Roman cultures crumbled because of poor foundations. Not until the darkness of the Middle Ages was banished by the* Galilean Master did the beginnings of civilization and happiness evolve from a culture that included physical, intellectual, and spiritual qualities of man. “Even though they furnished philosophy, we realize that the “After four years of knowledge-seeking at this institution, we are proud to have received a well-rounded education including these this foundation is now the Like the ivy, some of us will branch out and climb high, while others will remain at lower levels. Because a multitude of conditions needing no explanation, the courses of our lives will not be similar. All of us will retain, nevertheless, the cultural background of College experience. No matter where we go, no matter if we forsake the teaching profession for another, a guiding relationship will always exist with the main branches of this symbolic ivy and the deep root system, or foundation. “Tonight* we stand in a plane elevated enough for us to see and understand something of the world's culture. The lessons learned in this place have sunk deep within our hearts, to be cherished by us, and to make it possible for us to win, little by little, the goal of culture fittingly represented by the ivy. Who would strive to reach this goal more than we who are to pass on to other generations an interpretation of culture? In the fostering bosom of Mother Earth we place this plant. Receiving nourishment, the clinging tendrils will cover the walls of our school, symbolizing our hopes. The ways of life may be long and weary, but patience and perseverance, striving to reach the loftiest ideal as the ivy reaches out for the highest pinnacle will make our mission, whether humble or great, to bring the three qualities. task of each — To erect a building member upon of this class. — blessings of true culture to others. “As class representative, I wish, again, to extend most sincere thanks to our parents and our instructors, who have given us materials of culture with wilich to lay a solid foundation, and upon which we hope to erect a magnificent structure. “In conclusion, I wish to direct a few words to my classmates. For four years we have worked and played together; now each of us THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 1G must embark upon the sea of life. Remember all ideas of succeeding by luck. We may is made; from our minds that success therefore, in the outset of our career, let us dismiss follow luck to ruin, but not The Great Napoleon believed in his destiny, and was lost at Waterloo. Let us build upon the solid foundation of culture with the idea that ‘a pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck’.” to success. Following Mr. Young’s oration, the Seniors and the audience proceeded to Carver Hall for the Ivy planting. In continuance of the tradition over twenty-five years old, Mr. Mayer inserted the sprig of ivy in the ground, explaining that the plant is symbolic of the growth of the 1936 Senior class. He presented the spade to the Junior class President, Edward Webb, of Tower City, who accepted it on behalf of his fellow class members, and pledged himself to carry on the school tradition. The entire body then joined in singing the Alma Mater, directed by Miss Harriet M. Moore. Up Senior Walk and into Waller Hall continued the Seniors, while the audience scattered about the lawn for the reception. Long rows of red and green lights enlivened the lawn in front of Waller Hall, when, following the program, a lawn party for members of the graduating class, their relatives and friends, and the faculty took the place of the usual Class Night presentation. On a low platform under the trees, the Maroon and Gold Orchestra played throughout the reception. SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING BRANCH ASSOCIATION FORMED The Wyoming County Branch ing of the Alumni Association has known as the Susquehanna-WyomBranch, and including members from Susquehanna County. The Spring meeting was held at the Graham Hotel, Tunkhan- formed a new organization, to be nock, with thirty-five present. Dr. T. P. North and Prof. E. A. Reams, were present and spoke, as did R. as representatives of the College, Bruce Albert, President of the Alumni Association. Miss Decker was chosen President of the Branch, with two VicePresidents from Susquehanna County. Francis Shaughnessy, of Tunkhannock, was named Treasurer, and Mrs. Sterner, Secretaiy. The group will meet twice a year, once in each county, and with sessions in the Spring and Fall. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 1936 ALUMNI MEETING BREAKS 17 RECORD Reports of reunion classes, an address by Dr. Francis B. Haas, and actions to bind the county branches with the general sessions, were features of the largest general meeting of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni Association in its history. The main floor was well the President, R. Bruce the session, presided over by and many of the classes were filled for Albert, 06, seated in the balcony. The Class of 1936, attired in caps and gowns, marched into the auditorium at the beginning of the meetings. They were elected into the Association, and welcomed by President Albert. David Mayer, of Laketon, President of the class, in presenting a check covering the class dues in the Association, expressed the hope that the members could add strength to the organization. William Morgan, of Wanamie, President of the Community Government Association, spoke of some of the College activities, and pledged the class to make its contribution to a bigger and better Bloomsburg. The invocation was given by the Rev. C. Carroll Bailey, pastor Md. Mr. Bailey is a member Faith Evangelical Church, Baltimore, the Class of 1911. were W. W. Evans, wick, members of of Seated on the platform with the presiding officers of Bloomsburg, and Judge C. C. Evans, of Ber- of the Board of Trustees. With them were Dr. Haas and Prof. C. H. Albert. Howard Fenstemaker and Mrs. F. H. Jenkins made pleas for and spoke of the fine things that might be accom2000 of the graduates would be members of the Association F. larger enrollment, plished if each year. The report of D. D. Wright, Treasurer of the Student Loan Fund, showed a total in the fund of $3,483.11, with loans now out to fiftyseven persons and totaling $3,029.19. The report of Miss Harriet Carpenter, Treasurer, showed a balance of $289.78, with total receipts of $1,170.95 during the year. It was reported that there is a $400.00 indebtedness against the Bakeless Memorial Room, and this will be handled through the general association treasury. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 18 President Albert said he was proud of the progress of the Assocup in county organizations and the increased interest as manifest by the record-breaking attendance on Alumni Day. He believed this was due largely to Dr. Francis B. Haas, who was given an ovation as he rose to address the gradiation, especially the activities springing uates. Dr. Haas said that the large attendance was inspiring. Alumni Day, he said, was one day when he believed the welcome of those connected with the College should be by deeds, and that the Alumni were most welcome. He remarked that during the past year a slight concern had been expressed concerning the Board of Trustees. Dr. Haas said that the College has always been favored with fine, strong Boards of Trustees, Boards that worked together, and he declared that the present Board was one of the finest of those recently appointed to any of the State’s institutions. So far as the Board of Trustees is concerned, he was confident that the College would go forward. He presented the two Trustees in attendance, both Bloomsburg graduates. He spoke of the Alumni campus, for it is a memorial typical of him in that it is Room as to Prof. one of the finest projects Bakeless, a great on the and teacher, a useful memorial. S. J. Johnston, chairman of the Nominating Committee, of which Mrs. C. C. Housenick and Harry Rider were members, presented its report, which was accepted, and R. Bruce Albert, of Bloomsburg; Fred W. Diehl, of Danville, and Edward F. Schuyler, of Bloomsburg, were re-elected members of the Board of Directors for three years. In order that there may be closer ties between the various groups and the general association, the meetings passed the following resolutions; “Resolved: That the Alumni adopt a policy disbursing to county local organizations twenty-five cents of the one dollar membership dues. A member paying the dues of one dollar to the local group, thereby becomes an active member of the local organization and and of the Alumni Association.” “Resolved: That each county or local alumni organization be invited to designate and qualify one representative, and that these representatives, together with the Board of Directors of the Alumni As- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 19 an Advisory Council. The Advisory Council will representing county organizations, and may make recommendations to the Board of Directors for final action and sociation, shall be have full authority in disposition.” Judge Evans reported the oldest class in reunion, 1876. He and Bausch, of Shamokin Dam, two of the five members living, were in attendance, and were applauded by the graduates. Mrs. S. C. Creasy, of Bloomsburg, reported three of the Class of 1881 present. I. E. The show.” fifty year class, with thirty-one members back, “stole the Dr. N. H. Sanner, of Pittsburgh, Class President, said that the class still held its There were twentytaught, but four were preachers, four were doc- motto “Not Finished; Just Beginning.” sixty-nine members, of whom forty are living. Many of the one men in the class tors, and six were attorneys. M. A. Kline, prominent attorney of Cheyenne, Wyoming, recalled Commencement fifty years ago, he had given an oration on “Stepping Stones To Success.” He remarked that he knew more today than then, although at that time he felt that he knew a great deal more. He declared the class to be as loyal as any ever graduated from Bloomsburg. Mrs. Emma Witmer Felty, who came from that at the Abilene, Kansas, to attend the reunion Cool, 2nd, man who came from was presented, as was Norman California to be with his grandfather, Nor- G. Cool, of Philadelphia, at the golden anniversary of the latter’s class. James P. Costello, Hazleton attorney, in reporting for the Class members, sixteen have passed of 1891, said that of the seventy-six away, and the class stood marked that three in silent tribute members to their van, and Miss Black, had played leading parts in the the teachers of the State, and served for five years ization was started. Harvey memory. He re- of the class, Miss Longshore, Miss Sulli- B. Rinehart, of organizing of organ- after the Waynesboro, also spoke for the class. Harry Barton, of Bloomsburg, in reporting for the Class of when that class had attended the school, the colors were lemon and maroon, and he said the class wanted to know what deed had been committed, which caused the lemon to blush into gold. There were one hundred twenty in the class, with thirty-four at the reunion. Eleven members have served on the faculty or Board of S. 1896, declared that THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 20 Trustees of the College. Members have 163 children, and 64 grandchildren. There are twenty-eight unmarried. In 1946, he said, the wants three sections reserved for them, as they intend present with their children to celebrate the fiftieth reunion. to be Ronemus, Harrisburg, reported seventeen members of class Rollin A. Elwell P. Dietrick, of Scranton, reported thirty of the Class of 1906 in attendance. the Class of 1901 in reunion. Frank Dennis, of Wilkes-Barre, reported for the twenty-five which had 151 members, of whom eight have died. There J. year class, were fifty-four The of the class present, together with twenty-eight and two atSan Juan, Porto Rico, is now President of the Communist Party there. With a member of the Class of 1911 at its head, he declared, the Communist Party in Porto Rico is in safe hands. Mrs. Florence Coolbaugh Warner, who came from Detroit, Mich., to attend the reunion, was pre- guests. class has eleven doctors, three ministers torneys, and Mr. Dennis added that Louis Verna, of sented. Ray D. Leidrich, of Tremont, reported fifty-four Class of 1916 present. Kline members John 284 S. members Of the 187 members, nine have Wernert, of Lansford, reported of the died. thirty-five of the 164 of the Class of 1921 present. P. members James Rowlands, of Warrior Run, said that forty-three of the of the .Class of 1926 were present at the tenth reunion. Davis, of Ringtown, reported forty of the 240 members of the Class of 1931 in attendance, with Miss Harriet Moore, the faculty advisor, the guest of honor of the day. with one at the reunion. The Class The class has two clergymen, had sixteen back; the Class of 1933 had fourhad fifteen, and the baby Class, 1935, had John Beck, of Hershey, responded for that class. of 1932 teen; the Class of 1934 thirty. Following the to the roll call of reunion classes, the dining room for the annual banquet. Dr. William T. Ellis, noted traveler lege assembly held Friday, April 24. members adjourned and author, spoke at the Col- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 21 MAY DAY The traditional May Day festivities occupied the center of the May 14. The event had originally been stage Thursday afternoon. scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, but a storm came up a short time before the program was to begin, and postponement was necessary. Setting for the traditional Spring-time merry-making was changed this year from the athletic field to the campus between Science Hall and the gymnasium. Maypoles were placed in rows along the terraces, and in front of the gymnasium was a green bower and dais holding the purple-covered throne for the Queen, Miss Jean Niesley, a pupil in the sixth grade of the Benjamin Franklin Training School. While the Maroon and Gold Orchestra played a processional, the filed down the hill from the grove. In the procession were flower girls Ruth Pegg, Carvel Hidlay, Anne Mae Schneider, Doris Hartman. Kathryn Gunter, Alberta Garthwaite, Natalie Laubach, Audrey Rehm, Barbara Ann Niesley, and Barbara Ann Groner. The Crown Bearer was Ernest Bitler, and the Pages were Bobby Kerr and Stanley Levan. Then came the Queen with her attendants, Patricia Nelson, Beverly Hower, Phyllis Guthrie, Marjorie Barton. Jane Buckalew, Mondo Comuntzis, Dawn Geasey, and lone Hendcifhot. Also in the procession were the Prince, John Mausteller, with his attendants, Leo Schneider and Francis McNamee, and the Jesters, Jane Oswald and Lois Johnson. Queen's profession — Following the picturesque crowning of the Queen with the tradiceremony, the Training School pupils sang two old English tional folk songs. The dance program consisted of dances by each of the grades and of the College. The climax was reached when the Maypoles were wound. The poles were arranged on the terraces in four the women tiers, and presented a lovely picture. Theodore P. Smith, former Principal of the Bloomsburg High School, has been elected Principal of the High School at Columbia, Pa., for the coming year. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 7,2 THE PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI The sixth annual reunion and banquet of the Philadelphia Alumni Association, which was held in the North Garden of the Bellevue-Stratford, Saturday, April 25, was voted the most enjoyable of any of the yearly convocations of this organization. honor our respected and much admired Dr. Haas, with happy, whole-hearted enthusiasm. To the strains of “Maroon and Gold,” as played by the Maroon and Gold Orchestra, the alumni, with Dr. and Mrs. Haas at the head of the procession, marched into the North Garden on the roof of the hotel. There the banquet tables, beautifully decorated with colorful yellow daffodils of Springtime, greeted the gathering, the flowers themselves in tune and tone with the Springtime in the hearts of every one present, young, and we were about to say older alumni, but there were no old folks present, as every one was young again for this happy occasion. The caps and balloon noise-makers, with Dr. Haas and Mr. Hausknecht in their “top hats,” added greatly to the merriment of the evening. Having met to the Association proceeded so to do The was then given, after which all joined in The invocation was given by Prof. C. Edward Hausknecht, head of the Music Department at the State Teachers College at West Chester. Mr. Hausknecht acted as Master of Ceremonies, and thus we were certain of an evening of fun and pleasure. He is a Bloomsburg Alumnus of the Class of 1900. Dr. Haas was introduced to the assembly and was given a rising ovation by the alumni and their friends. Mrs. Haas and faculty members and their wives were next presented. They were: Dean and salute to the flag singing “America.” Mrs. SutlifF, Dr. and Mrs. Kuster, Prof, and Mrs. Fenstemaker, Mr. and Mrs. Hausknecht, and Dr. and Mrs. North. Mr. Clinton Herring, newly-elected Trustee of the College, and and Miss Elizabeth Herring, were then introduced. The younger generation of faculty families present were Miss Mary Haas, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Haas, and Miss Harriet SutlifF, daughter of Dean and Mrs. Sutliflf. Dr. Haas’s The orchestra sister and cousin, of Philadelphia, were also present. and their leader, Mr. Fenstemaker, were asked to rise, as were the members of the double mixed quartette, with their dirctor, Miss HarBoth groups of young people received loud applause. riet M. Moore. his wife, Jessie Fleckenstine Herring, ’09, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 23 Alumni attended from near and New Jersey, and New far, from the States of Delaware, York, as well as from the four corners of the welcomed to any and Telephone messages, letters, and telegrams for good wishes for a wonderful time were sent by those who could not attend. One letter came from Emma Witmer Felty, ’86 a 50 year alumna, saying "I hope the music of the reunion will go 'round and come way out here.” Other letters and messages of good will came from all over the country, as far west as California, as far north at Vermont, and as far south as Florida, to Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, founder and president of the Association. Mrs. Cool, of the Class of 1888, the moving spirit and organizer of the Philadelphia Alumni, was then presented by the Master of Ceremonies, and after her introduction was given a beautiful basket of flowers, the gift of the officers and the Alumni Council of the Association. She responded with a gracious “thank you,” and welcomed all present to the sixth annual reunion. State of Pennsylvania. the Philadelphia all of All Bloomsburgers are Alumni affairs. — Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College, was then introduced by Mr. Hausknecht, Master of Ceremonies. The founding of the school was then described briefly by Dr. Haas. A group of citizens in Columbia County asked Mr. C. B. Waller to start a little Academy. This was coincident with the passing of the Common School Act of Pennsylvania. In his talk. Dr. Haas remarked, “Students remember individuals rather than subject matter of their studies. The traditions of the school have developed around people of noble character, of whom the best loved and no doubt the best known personality is our President Emeritus, Dr. David J. Waller, Jr., a resident of Bloomsburg. To this fact, future graduates may point with pride. The next ten years will be a period of improved opportunity for education in America. Five hundred thousand young people in America are without vocational and educational opportunities. In Pennsylvania, they are being assisted by the NYA. One hundred young men and women in Bloomsburg was being helped by the NYA. to earn their way through College. Dr. Haas closed his interesting ing all present to attend the Day, May and instructive address by invitExercises and Alumni Commencement 23. The Master of Ceremonies then presented William Morgan, ’36, Community Government Association at the College. Mr. Morgan, in a very commendable manner, gave us a very enlightening word picture of the activities at the College. The organization president of the THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 24 of which he is President of College Students. is a member of the Pennsylvania Association The speaker reported thirty-four active organ- izations at the College, including five governing bodies, four class or- and band, a mixed Capella Choir of thirty voices, as well as many other extra-curricular organizations. Miss Violet Brown, ’36, President of the Waller Hall Association, was then presented by Mr. Hausknecht. This charming young lady, in her clear voice and lovely manner, described to us the activities of the girls of Waller Hall, and the above Association. This group is a member of the Women’s Intercollegiate Association, and B. S. T. C. is the only State Teachers College in the group, an honor of which they have the right to be justly proud. Miss Brown spoke of the party given to crippled children, who invited their fathers and mothers, as well as their little friends, to join in their activities. The He-She party was next described. The men in North Hall stayed in-doors that evening, she stated, as the girls had requisitioned most of their habiliments for the affair. These young people from the College have brought us great pleasure by attending our banquets during the past few years, and we have always been happy to have them with us. Miss Harriet Moore’s young people, the Double Mixed Quartette rendered six selections in pleasing tone, and their fresh young voices, floating through the banquet hall, added greatly to the evening’s enjoyment. We hope they will sing again for us. Compliments for Miss Moore, and congratulations on procuring their services for the entertainment, were heard on all sides. The College is to be congratulated for having such an able leader as Miss Moore in this line of endeavor. ganizations, six national fraternities, an orchestra chorus of one hundred fifty voices, and A There were queries from many alumni as to where we found our splendid orchestra. The playing of the Maroon and Gold Orchestra, composed entirely of students, was much enjoyed, both during the banquet, and the dancing that followed. We were just one gay large family, with Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, the leading spirit, ably assisted by “Uncle Ned’’ Hausknecht, in and humorous talk on “Excuses,” which tickled one's risibiWe laughed until we cried. He outdid himself, even though he always was humorous at all our other affairs when he led the group singing. His “Book of Excuses” is indeed a treasure, and many of our younger teachers who were present will no doubt copy his idea of saving excuses. This lecture closed the evening’s program. Dancing, reminiscing, and visiting with each other were indulged his witty lities to the point of tears. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY in until a late hour, 25 when we went our several ways we had ever held. to report the sixth annual reunion the best The Philadelphia Alumni extend to all a cordial invitation to at- tend the next year’s banquet at the Bellevue-Stratford, the last Sat- urday of April, 1937. to This date has already been reserved, so start think about attending the seventh reunion, which we intend to make even All will bigger and better than this year’s affair. friends are invited to the basket Alumni and picnics, which be held as follows: Valley Forge, June 13; Willow Grove, July 11; Willow Grove, August 8. Luncheons at Gimbel’s begin in October and continue through to the second Saturday in March. These affairs are always held on the second Saturday of these months. All are welcome. And now, in the words of Tiny Tim, “God bless us every one.” FLORENCE HESS COOL, JENNIE YODER FOLEY, ’88 President '08 Secretary SUBSCRIBE TO THE QUARTERLY Miss Sarah Shuman, of Bloomsburg, has been selected Laurel Blossom Princess by the Student Council of the College. She will represent the College at the Laurel Blossom Festival held in the Poconos during the month of June. Miss Shuman has been active on the campus as a member of the B Club, and is Secretary of the Community Government Association. She has also been active in the Day Women’s Association. For several years, Bloomsburg has been sending a representative to the Festival. Bloomsburg’s representative in 1931, the first year of the Festival, was Miss Cora Wagner, of Shamokin; in 1932, Miss Laura Kelly, of Northumberland; in 1933, Miss Sara Lentz, of Bloomsburg; in 1934, Miss Louise Yeager, of Berwick, and in 1935, Miss Charlotte Hochberg, of Hazleton. Dr. and Mrs. Francis home Tuesday B. evening, April Haas delightfully entertained 7, the members the officers and faculty advisers of the four classes of the staffs of the Maroon and Gold and at their of the Student Council, Obiter. and the members THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 26 THE 1936 ATHLETIC BANQUET Men and women athletes of the Bloomsburg State Teachers Colwere honored Saturday evening, May 16, at the Sixth Annual Athletic Dinner, at which awards were made and a splendid program presented, including an address by C. William Duncan, of the staff of the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger. Keys were given to varsity athletes who completed their vai'sity lege careers during the present College year. Dr. Francis B. part in the scale, life of Haas declared that the the College, and he presented the keys standing athletic both on a to the program had a real and intra-mural varsity men and chevrons to the out- girl athletes. Mr. Duncan declared that the athlete gets out of sport just what he or she puts into it. He congratulated the teams on their success, and spoke of a number of sports figures whom he has interviewed. R. Bruce Albert, President of the Alumni Association, who presided at the dinner, declared that the alumni were with the College, win or lose. Coach George C. Buchheit complimented Coach Austin Tate, Coach Raber Seely, Dr. E. H. Nelson, and Dr. Haas for their assistance in the athletic program, and especially in football, basketball, and track, in which Mr. Buchheit is coach. John C. Koch, Dean of Men, spoke of the success of the track team, which won all four dual meets, was fourth in the Normal School mile relay for the championship of America in the Penn Relays, and third in the State Teachers College Meet. He spoke of the baseball team, coached by Dr. E. H. Nelson, which had a winning streak of twenty games halted this year, but which has won eight of eleven games this season. Dr. Nelson spoke of preparation as the secret of athletic success, and also of the importance of keeping the grounds in good condition. At this point he presented to Daniel Creveling, Superintendent of Grounds, a life pass to ling retires this year, with the teams at The awards all athletic events at the College. and Dr. Nelson spoke of his fine Mr. Crevecooperation all times. for the girls were made by Miss Lucy McCammon, athletic director of the girls. During the dinner, the Maroon and Gold Orchestra provided a TIIK ALUMNI QUARTERLY 27 program of music. Miss Harriet M. Moore directed the singing and Albert Watts, John Slaven, Leonard Menjone, and William Miller led the cheering. Following the program psychologist, dining hall, the group was enterFitzgibbon, hypnotist, Dancing in the gymnasium followed. in the tained in the auditorium by and entertainer. Prof. Gerald P. PHOTOGRAPHY OBITER THEME Photography conveys the spirit of campus and classroom across the pages of the 1936 Obiter, which has been issued this year as an Charles P. Michael, of Delano, artistic black and silver volume. edited the book, with Miss Mary C. Kuhn, of Tuscarora, as Business Manager. Dedicating the volume to Dr. H. Harrison Russell, of the Departof Geogi'aphy, the staff described him as a “sound thinker, a friend to everyone and a real man in every sense.” Dr. Russell is recognized to be one of Pennsylvania's outstanding geography teach- ment ers. and activities are the book, which are separated by striking photographic studies. At the beginning of the athletic section is a picture of Garou, Husky mascot, who is “symbolic of the spirit and qualities engendered in the athletic teams” and who “represents Bloomsburg athletes and challenges them to live up to the traditions of the far College, classes, athletics, organizations, five divisions of the North.” The editorial staff is as follows: Charles P. Michael, Editor-inFrank P. Wojcik, of Forest City; Peter Bianco, of Glen Lyon; Chief; Bernard Young, of Berwick; Daniel Jones, of Nescopeck; Leota Nevil, Bloomsburg; Sara Shuman, of Bloomsburg: Gladys Brennan, of Sunbury; Amanda Babb, of Summit Station: Sam Cohen, of Plymouth, and Francis Riggs, of Bloomsburg. Miss Kuhn, as Business Manager, was aided by the following: Kenneth Merrill, of Light Street; Mervin Mericle, of Bloomsburg; Ernest Lau, of Bloomsburg: Howard Bevilacqua, of Berwick; Harry Nelson, of Hazleton; Violet Brown, of Carlisle; Verna Morawski, of Hazleton; Gladys Rinard, of Catawissa; Kathryn John, of Bloomsburg, and Rachel Beck, of Sunbury. of THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 28 ALUMNI BANQUET Life’s success is measured by what we make the Rev. C. Carroll Bailey, pastor of of our opportunities, Evangelical Church, of Faith Baltimore, and a member of the Class of 1911, told over one thousand persons in the address at the College Alumni Day Luncheon. In one of the finest addresses ever to feature the luncheon, the Rev. Mr. Bailey spoke of the fine thing it is to return to the College and renew friendships and share experiences with classmates. a The number present at the luncheon was so large that more than hundred had to be served in the lobby adjoining the main dining hall. R. Bruce Albert, President, presided, and the Rev. Dr. N. H. Sanner, of the Class of 1886, gave the invocation. The graduates, under the leadership of Miss Harriet M. Moore, made the hall ring with the group singing. The Maroon and Gold Orchestra provided a program of music during the serving of the luncheon. Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, moving spirit of the Philadelphia Alumni, spoke, and members of the various county associations were presented. A gifted speaker, the Rev. Mr. Bailey held the closest attention of the graduates and guests as he gave the address of the day. He spoke of twenty-five years as a short period of time, and he found that his classmates had changed but little. The speaker referred to the many accomplishments of the quarter of a century that has elapsed since the Class of 1911 has left the school. All of these, he stated, show that youth is marching on and making the most of its opportunities, but they show also that youth is not unmindful of the wisdom of their elders. He spoke of the fine contributions made to the lives of thousands by members of the faculty, and he mentioned Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Prof. C. H. Albert, Prof. D. S. Hartline, and the late Prof. Wilbur. He pointed out that a full contacts as possible. life is He spoke of as many sympathetic wave, and of a guide in made up of the crime the Department of Justice, who remarked that ‘‘if people paid more attention to the high chair, they would have less attention to pay to the electric chair.” There is, said he, a great responsibility placed on the home, the church, the school, and each individual. He spoke of the inspiring teaching of Prof. Hartline, who has THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY recently retired, and spoke of portunity to help youth He urged that that the Master follow where we make what a fine thing contact with 29 it is to learn to understand each other, was misunderstood, but no one can do He have the op- life. pointing out better than to leads. what a person is inside that counts, and the most abundant comes to one who gives most, said Mr. Bailey, concluding his adIt is life dress with reference to Robert Service’s poem “Carry On.” SENIOR BANQUET The Class May of 1936 opened its Commencement program Thursday with a delightful banquet in the College dining hall. David Mayer, of Laketon, the President of the class, turned the meeting over to Sam Cohen, of Plymouth, who acted as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Addresses wex'e made by Dr. Francis B. Haas, by Dr. H. H. Russell, to whom this year’s Obiter was dedicated, and by Prof. S. L. Wilson, the class advisor. One of the features of the banquet was the presentation of honor keys to six members of the class, for outstanding service in campus activities during their collegiate careers. Under the system of awards, not more than ten per cent of the class may receive the keys, and the number receiving them must be divided in proportion to the men and women composing the class. Those honored were: Miss Kathryn John, Miss Sara Shuman, and Ernest Lau, of Bloomsburg; Bernard Young and Howard Bevilacqua, of Berwick; Miss Rachel Beck, Sunbury, and Miss Mary Kuhn, Tusearora. The banquet is the one Commencement function in which only the class and those intimately connected with it during the four years are in attendance, and for that reason it is an outstanding feature of evening, the 21, Commencement season. Guests of the class were: Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Wilson, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Russell, Dean and Mrs. J. C. Koch, Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Miss Alice Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker, Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Shortess, and Mr. and Mrs. George C. Buchheit. At the close of the banquet, the class and guests enjoyed a theatre party at the Capitol. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 30 RETIRED FACULTY MEMBERS HONORED A in honor of Miss Helen Carpenter, Proand Professor D. H. Robbins was held Tuesday testimonial dinner fessor D. S. Hartline evening, April 23, in the dining room at the College. Dr. Francis B. Haas acted as Toastmaster, and spoke of his appreciation for having received the honor of presiding on such a signi- Continuing, he spoke of his appreciation for the the committee and said that the type of work done by the individuals was evidenced by the high opinion in which they are held by the members of the faculty. ficant occasion. splendid work done by Because of illness Professor D. H. Robbins was unable to attend the dinner. The program was opened with the singing of “America.” The Dean William B. Sutliff. Miss Jean Lewis, invocation was given by ’39, delighted with a solo, “A Whispering,” with Miss Muriel Marshall at the piano. In presenting a colored picture of Science Hall to Professor Hart- Mrs. A. N. Keller stated that “to be able to realize that you have had so large a part in the planning and beautifying of the older part of the campus, and that you have been able to inspire and impart a vision to hundreds of students through your forty-two years of teaching here must be a source of great satisfaction to you.” line, The presentation of a silver platter was made to Miss Carpenter by Professor Sutliff, who stated “to spend one’s life in a community and in the honorable endeavor to pass to others the heritage of knowledge and training gained by individual effort, and to do so without reproach, is indeed a great accomplishment. Our only regret is that the passing years have taken you from the familiar paths of duty and have made our associations less vital.” Flowers were presented to Miss Lewis and Miss Marshall by Miss Harriet Moore. Mrs. D. S. Hartline, Mrs. D. H. Robbins, and Miss Harriet Carpenter also received flowers. Group singing was of the Alma Mater, After the singing Alumni Room. in charge of Professor S. I. Shortess, Mrs. LuBaker, Miss Margaret Hoke, Mrs. A. N. Keller, and George J. The program was cille led by Miss Harriet Moore. the party adjourned to the Keller. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 31 COMMERCIAL CONTEST Two hundred students and fifty teachers from the thirty-five high schools throughout the eastern half of the State came to Bloomsburg Friday, May 1, to compete in the Sixth Annual Pennsylvania Commercial Contest. Thirty gold, silver, and bronze charms were awarded the winner's, and the winning school of Class A received a silver loving cup. The honor of winning the cup A this year went to Wyoming High come from schools having more than 500 students in the Senior High School and more than two Commercial teachers. The winner of the cup last year was CollingIn the Class School. contest, students dale High School. The competition is based on Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic, Business Law, Gregg Shorthand, and Typewriting. The Class A contests were held on Friday, May 1, and the Class B were held Saturday, May 2. The contestants were guests at the Spring concert of the combined musical organizations, and at the dance which followed. In connection with the contest, there was a conference of Commercial teachers in the auditorium, with the theme “Building Desircontests able Character in Business Bread,” was presented by members Omega Traits Education.” of the A play, “College Commercial Fraternity, Pi Pi. The victorious Wyoming team were guests of fraternity at a banquet held at the Elks’ Club on the Pi Omega Pi Saturday evening, which time the cup was presented. The contest was directed by H. A. Andruss, Director of the Department of Commerce, with the assistance of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the Pi Omega Pi fraternity. at Twenty-two members of the Student Council of the Pottsville High School were guests of the Student Council of the Teachers College Saturday, May 16. The visitors were in charge of Miss Dorothy K. Fritz, Dean of Girls, and Mrs. Edward F. Marburger. The group arrived about 11:00 o’clock, were shown about the College and were guests at the institution for lunch. There followed a conference, during which the work of the two groups was discussed and compared. During the afternoon, the visitors were guests at the Shippensburg game. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 32 COLLEGE GROUPS NAME OFFICERS As the College year drew to a close, classes and other organiza- tions elected officers for next year. The Class Jay Pursel, of Bloomsburg, as the EdiHunter as Business Manager. of Aristes, Captain of the track and field team and of 1937 chose tor of the Obiter, with Earl Lamar Blass, varsity basketball player, class. Blaine Saltzer, of was named President of next year’s Senior Bloomsburg, was elected Vice-President; Miss Jane Manhart, of Berwick, Secretary, and George Tamalis, of Edwardsville, Treasurer. Class representatives to the Student Council are Alvin Lapinski, of West Hazleton, and Miss Muriel Stevens, of Berwick. William Thomas, of Scranton, was elected President of the Class of 1938. Francis Parcell, of Frackville, was elected Vice-President; Miss Margaret Potter, of Bloomsburg, Treasurer, and Miss Dorothy Edgar, Secretary. Robert Price, of Plains, and Miss Alice Auch, of Easton, were elected class representatives to the Student Council. Roy Evans, of Taylor, will be President of the Sophomore class next year, with William Yarworth, of Centralia, Treasurer; Alex McKechnie, of Berwick, Vice-President, and John Jones, of Olyphant, Secretary. Class representatives to the Student Council are Ray McBride, of Berwick, and Miss Peggy Lonergan, of Berwick. Miss Margaret Graham, of Bloomsburg, will head the Day Women’s Association. Miss Ruth Leiby, of Danville, was elected VicePresident. Miss Betty Savage, of Berwick, and Miss Martha Wright, of Bloomsburg, were elected Sophomore representatives; Miss Margaret Creasy, of Bloomsburg, and Miss Jane Lockhard, of Berwick, Junior representatives, and Miss Muriel Stevens, of Berwick, and Miss Maria Berger, of Bloomsburg, Senior representatives. Miss Marie Davis is the new President of the Waller Hall Government Association. Miss Rachel Jones was elected Vice-President; Miss Anne Ebert, Recording Secretary; Miss Edith Justin, Corresponding Secretary, and Miss Betty Gilligan, Treasurer. Anne Ebert, Edith Justin, and Amanda Walsh were elected Senior representatives; Dorothy Edgar, Anne Grosek, and Betty Gilligan, Junior representatives, and Annabel Bailey, Ann Evans, and Tirzah Coopes, Sophomore representatives. Earl Gehrif has been elected President of Alpha Phi Omega, with Clyde Klinger, Vice-President; George Lewis, Secretary, and Randall Clemens, Treasurer. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 33 COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Dr. Francis B. Haas has often, in his public utterances, made the statement that the policy of the College is based on the philosophy that “a school is a community organized for learning.” As an example of this philosophy in action, the following summary of the Community Government Association during the past year should prove of interest to the Alumni. It was prepared by William L. Morgan, President of the Association, and published in the Maroon and Gold. Freshman Week — Reception and welcome man to Freshmen; Fresh- Party; Faculty-Trustee Reception. — Social Activities Hallowe’en Masquerade; Mid-Year Dance; Leap-Year Dance; After-Dinner Dancing to Victrola Music. Special Affairs — Rotary-Kiwanis Welcome; Homecoming Day; Athletic Banquet. — Recommendations C. G. A. elections changed to more efficient method of handling; Maroon and Gold nominations and elections to be held in different manner; progressive system of band awards, including letter, sweater, and key; customs revision; emblems for cheer leaders; membership of Maroon and Gold in Associated Collegiate Press; change in form of bulletin boards; revision of point system for service awards. Conventions tion at Kansas —National Student Federation of America Conven- City; Pennsylvania Association of College Students, at Pennsylvania State College. Special Meetings Susquehanna University Student Council; Philadelphia Alumni Association meeting; High School Seniors; Pottsville High School Council. Chapel Programs Memorial for Milton Goldstein; Peace Program for Armistice Day; Tribute to Professor Hartline. Committees Entertainment Course: Revision of entertainment set-up; Relations with other Colleges; Suggestions for improvement — — — Guest book and regular work in connection with special days and events; Social Committee; Supervision of all social activities; Pep Committee; School spirit problems; Supervision of pep meetings; Handbook; Publication of 1935-36 volume with improved organization; Fire Drill: Active work in improving conditions in case of fire. as result of questionnaire to other Schools; Hospitality; THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 34 SPRING ATHLETICS We had a splendid season. Coach Buchheit’s track squad never duel meet. Against the fastest competition in years the relay team placed fourth in its class at the Penn Relays. Bloomsburg was the only Pennsylvania Teachers College to place. Coach Koch put another good squad in competition. No other Teachers College showed as impressive a record as did the Bloomslost a burg team. Captained by Sam Cohen, made a good record for themselves. of Plymouth, the boys surely Baseball for the third consecutive year hit a high standard. Five this year’s squad so we hope the seasons to come will see a continuance of the excellent work. Teams that lose but four games in 34 starts in nothing but College competition surely make the Huskie a competitor to be reckoned with on any diamond. This year’s scores give evidence that Coach Nelson’s “hit and wreck Freshmen were on ’em” philosophy evidently worked this season. BASEBALL Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg 2 15 6 18 _ _ . . _ _ __ _ Millersville Mansfield 20 2 Lock Haven Kutztown 4 East Stroudsburg _ Shippensburg _ 0 . 2 . 5 . 6 . 2 . 4 1 12 Indiana 3 . . Susquehanna 9 10 Lost Millersville Mansfield _15 10; . Lock Haven 9 19 Summary — Won Shippensburg _ Susquehanna _ 7 -_ . 5 .. 9 . 8 .. 5 _ _ - _ _ . 3. TRACK Bloomsburg Penn Relays Bloomsburg Bloomsburg _ .411 Lock Haven Normal School Competition — _ — -67 Shippensburg _ ..59 ..35 _ _ -.91 _ _ __ Susquehanna _ State Teachers College Meet Place Third (28 Points) Bloomsburg -46 80 Susquehanna . — Placed 841 Fourth in . - Summary —Won 4; Lost 0. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 35 TENNIS Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Bloomsburg Summary— Won 7 Shippensburg Lock Haven 2 9 Millersville 0 8 Villanova Mansfield 3 5 Millersville 2 7 Susquehanna 0 6 Mansfield 3 4 Lock Haven 2 0 East Stroudsburg 6 St. 7 Shippensburg 2 4 Indiana 5 9 6 11; Lost Thomas 0 1 9 3 2. 1911 REUNION The Twenty-Fifth Reunion of the Class of 1911 was one of real worth and enjoyment to all who participated. The first “get together” was staged at the Elks’ Club, Friday evening, May 22, in the nature of an informal dinner. Oral reports of 25 years of activity and living were either listened to or given the bell. Telegrams and letters from members unable to be present were given proper consideration. A fine message in the way of a night letter was received from our former Miss Ellis, of the faculty. Elna Nelson showed the lantern slides used 25 years ago when Lois Norris and he gave an illustrated lecture for the Class History. Prof, and Mrs. Hartline were class guests and Prof. Hartline talked interestingly of his activities now that he has retired from the faculty. Dr. and Mrs. Haas called at the meeting for a few minutes and Dr. Haas brought greetings for the College. Harry Bogart gave the most heartening report when he testified he had money in the bank and never expected to apply for W. P. A. The rest of us were counting up the days until the next note was due at the bank. The meeting Saturday morning in Prof. Wilbur’s old class room saw a few added to the group who could not be present the night before. Prof. Albert, Miss Good and Miss Swartz came in to greet us. Then we journeyed down to the general meeting, reported elsewhere in this issue. It was a wonderful reunion. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 36 THE SUMMER SESSION A regular Summer School Session of six weeks, opening on June 22nd, will be followed by a post-session of three weeks, opening on August 3rd. possible, as in the past, to earn six credits during the six weeks’ session, while the post-session of three weeks will offer the opportunity to earn three more credits. Many colleges and universities have been featuring pre-sessions and post-sessions. These are popular with students who need only a few credits, or those who need a few more than the number which can be earned at the regular session. It is When Summer Sessions The were first featured, they were nine one of that duration was held in 1927. Since that time, the sessions have been six weeks. There have been a number of requests for the post-session, and it is believed that it will be exceedingly popular. Arrangements for it have been made in line with the policy of the College to give the utmost service. New courses to be offered during the Summer Session are “Leadership in Parent Education,” divided into units and taught by several members of the faculty; “The Modern Rural School,” taught by Miss Edna Hazen; “Safety Education,” taught by Dr. E. H. Nelson, and two courses lor orthogenic classes, “Psychology of Atypical Children,” taught by Prof. John J. Fisher, and “Industrial Arts,” taught by Prof. weeks George in length. J. last Keller. SENIOR BALL In a beautiful setting of blue and white, the Class of 1936 held its Senior Ball in the gymnasium Friday evening, May 22. A large number of the class and its guests were in attendance at the most brilliant social function of the Commencement season. The patrons and patronesses were: Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Russell, Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Dean and Mrs. John C. Koch, Mr. and Mrs. George J. Keller, Mr. and Mrs. S. I. Shortess, Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Wilson, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Dr. and Mrs. T. P. North, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Buchheit, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Andruss, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Austin J. Tate, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Miller, Miss Ethel Ranson, and Miss Harriet M. Moore, TIIK ALUMNI QUARTERLY 37 REUNION NEWS OF THE CLASS OF 1926 Thirty-nine back. One hundred twenty-five married. Four dead. Jack Rowlands, Captain of the 1925 football team, was elected President of the class and plans were formulated for a big reunion in 1941. Jack is at present Supervising Principal of the Warrior Run Borough Schools. He married Edith Morris, Vice-President of the class, and they have a daughter. is teaching in the Sunbury schools. Caffrey is head of the Commercial Department of Sugar Notch High School. She expects her M. A. Degree shortly. Eleanor Butler Mary Our little Jimmie Coursen has grown married and teaches in New to be six foot, plus. He is Jersey. Mabel Davies is married to Arch Turner of the 1925 they reside at Alden. class and Francis Fester teaches in Berwick. Mae Gable Everson lives in Camden, N. J. Fanny Hilbert married the Rev. George Roberts. They have two daughters, and live in Afton, N. Y. Betty Ohlman is teaching in the Kirby Health Center at Wilkes- Barre, Pa. Margaret Phillips Walker lives in Glen Lyon. Wanamie and was assistant coach of the Newport Township basketball team, who were Pennsylvania's 1936 Bill Stoker teaches at champions. Haas entertained members of the Board and faculty and their families at a lawn party, Saturday, May 9, with eighty-eight in attendance. Tennis, baseball, quoits, and other games were enjoyed and a delicious supper was served. Attending from the Board of Trustees were Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shoemaker, of Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Evans, of Bloomsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myer, of Lewisburg, and Thomas G. VinDr. and Mrs. Francis B. of Trustees cent, of Danville. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 38 KAPPA DELTA PI The Bloomsburg Chapter of the Kappa Delta Pi fraternity held Annual Founder’s Day Exercises Saturday, April 25, at the Elks’ Home. The program opened at 2:00 o’clock with formal initiations and a tea in the social rooms in Science Hall. Five pledges, who became members of the fraternity were Misses Armina Kreischer, Edith Justin, Rosetta Thomas, Jean Reese, and Jeanette Fawcette. its Prof. D. S. Hartline, former member of the faculty, received an honorary membership, and officers for the coming year were elected. The new officers are Luther Peck, President; Alvin Lapinski, VicePresident; Gladys Brennan, Corresponding Secretary; Jessie Webber, Recording Secretary; Florine Moore, Treasurer, and Anna Jean Lau- bach, Historian. A banquet and dance Home completed the program. Church, offered the invocation. Mervin Mericle, the President, read a letter from Dr. Francis B. Haas, in which the latter expressed regret at his inability to be present. Another letter of regret was received from D. I. Williams, a National Officer. Group singing was led by Earl Kersh- The Rev. Stuart at the Elks’ F. Gast, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal ner. Responding to the call of the toastmaster were; Dr. D. J. Waller, President Emeritus of the College and an honorary member of the fraternity; Prof. D. S. Hartline, Prof. Harvey A. Andruss, Dr. Nell Maupin, and Dr. H. H. Russell. John McGrew, ’35, last year’s President, responded and Alvin Lapinski introduced the newly-elected officers. Charles Michael, the Vice-President, presented the speaker of the evening, Dr. Joseph F. Noonan, Superintendent of the Schools of Mahanoy Township, and Past President of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Dr. Noonan spoke on “The Function of Youth in the Social and Economic Jr., Order.” The women students of the College met in the College gymfor the Fifth Annual He-She Party Friday evening, April 24. Prizes for the best costumes were awarded. The evening’s entertainment was devoted largely to dancing. During intermission, announcement of the officers of the Women’s Governing Boards for next year was made. nasium TIIE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 39 9 Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins copies of the Alumni Quarterly have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at the address cn our files. All of all changes of address. Many 9 OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. R. Bruce Albert, President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer '06 Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., "67 Mr. Edward Schuyler, ’24 Miss Harriet Carpenter, ’96 Executive Committee Mr. Fred W. Diehl, ’09 Mr. H. Mont Smith, ’93 Mr. Maurice F. Houck, TO Mr. Daniel J. Mr. Frank Dennis, ’ll Dr. E. H. Nelson, ’ll Mr. Dennis D. Wright, Mahoney, ’ll ’09 © 1872 Class Reunion —May 22, 1937. 1876 Judge Charles C. Evans, on the bench in Columbia County for a quarter of a century, and I. E. Bausch, of Shamokin Dam, represented the oldest class in reunion. They were members of the Class of 1876, and were back for their sixtieth year reunion. The Judge is a member of the Board of Trustees of his Alma Mater. 1877 Class Reunion—May 22, 1937. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 40 1880 Faulds lives at 32 West Union Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. In a recent letter she states: “The condition of my health prevents me from attending reunions or enjoying any of the festivities of the College, but I want to tell you this: Always, after reading my Quarterly, I take it to the Y. W. C. A., of which I am a member, and place it on the table in the lounge, hoping that some girl will read it and decide to take the training at ‘Old Normal’.” Lina E. Mr. Poppert, husband of Susan Fellona Poppert, passed away home on North 37th Street, Philadelphia. in April, at his 1881 The Class of 1881 reported three members in attendance. They were Mrs. S. C. Creasy and Mrs. W. H. Hartman, of Bloomsburg, and H. L. Morgan, of Scranton. with them in the E. E. Butz, of the Class of 1882, joined happy reunion. 1882 Class Reunion —May 22, 1937. 1885 Mr. Elmer E. Melick, husband of Annie Miller Melick, died at his son’s home in Worcester, Mass., where he was visiting. 1886 On Alumni Day the Class of 1886 held a very successful reunion. Of the original sixty-seven members, nine were present. After fifty years, and twentyunusual occur- forty are living, this is a most rence. The members of the class were entertained on Friday evening at most delightful reception held at the Hotel Magee. Prof, and Mrs. Albert, Mrs. F. H. Jenkins, and Dr. and Mrs. Haas were guests of the The class regretted very much that Dr. Waller’s absence from class. town prevented his attendance. For the Saturday meeting a program arranged by the President of the class, Dr. N. H. Sanner, was greatly enjoyed. Following greetings and songs, reminiscences were given on “The Faculty Fifty Years Ago,” by M. A. Kline, “The Boys of ’86,” by Miss Elizabeth Low, “High Spots on Dormitory Life,” by Mrs. Belle Monie Jones. A most unique feature of the program was a piano duet played by Mrs. Mclle Long Dickson and Miss Elizabeth Low, in the costumes a ALUMNI QUARTERLY TIIE 41 they wore twenty-five years ago, when they first played the duet. Dr. Sanner closed the meeting with prayer, and the class adjourned. hoping that all might return to their next reunion in 1941. At the general alumni meeting, Dr. N. H. Sanner, Mr. M. A. Kline, and Mrs. Emma Witmer Felty responded for the class. Nor- man Los Angeles, California, grandson of Norman H. '86, and greetings to the Alumni Association from his father, Harold Cool, of the Class of 1912. The wonderful spirit of 1886 prevails, as dees the loyalty to good old Normal, which they now share with B. S. T. C., who so hospitably entertained them. Cool, II, of Cool, brought congratulations to the Class of The following members of the class attended: N. H. Sanner, Pittsburgh; Belle Monie Jones, Philadelphia; N. G. Ccol, Philadelphia; James Maurer, North Darby; M. A. Kline, Cheyenne, Wyoming; D. L. Glover, Mifflinburg; Emma Witmer Felty, Abliene, Kansas; Allie Donley, Wilkes-Barre; Grace Laycock, Forty Fort; Eleanor Wintersteen, Kingston; Adelle Shaffer Broughall, Reading; Fleda Barnes Gottschall, Harrisburg; Emma Fisher Thomas, Harrisburg; Flora Jones Fetterolf, Pottsville; Hattie Hoffa Ruhl, Lewisburg; Annie Shalter Balliet, Milton; Melle Long Dickson, Berwick; Elizabeth Low, Lime Ridge; Maggie Brennan, Shenandoah; W. R. Lewis, Scranton; Jerome Felker, Lewistown; Jerry Reeder, Shamokin; Mary Schoch McKelvy, Joe Barkley Eyer, Lettie Moyer White, Ida Bernard, Stella Lowenberg, Rachel Shultz, and Annie Snyder Mausteller, all of Bloomsburg. 1887 Fifty-Year Reunion —May 22, 1937. 1890 Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Faus, formerly of Centralia, have moved to their recently purchased home, at 61 West First Street, Bloomsburg. Mrs. Faus was former^ Miss Minnie L. Kitchen. Rev. Faus has served as pastor of Methodist Churches in Altoona, Bedford, Shickshinny, Mifflinburg, Jersey Shore, and Osceola Mills. 1891 There were sixteen 1891 in attendance. of the seventy-six The members class roll included and Miss Katherine Longshore, who were active of the teachers of the State. ization for five years, of the Class of Miss Margaret Sullivan in the organization All three served as officers of the organ- and were largely responsible for its fine start. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 42 Members of the class in reunion were Rose A. Cohen, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Belle W. Grotz. Jackson Heights, Long Island; Mrs. W. W. Brown, Fairport, N. Y.; Mrs. Eliza Ward Loughran, Hazleton; Miss Jennie M. Sheep, of Bloomsburg; Mrs. Alice D. Furman, Haddonfield, N. J.; Mi's. Margaret Sullivan Meyers, Lewistown; Mrs. Mark Creasy, Bloomsburg; W. B. Sutliff, Bloomsburg; Frank E. McGuigan, WilkesBarre; James P. Costello, E. J. Gormley, Hazleton; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey B. Rinehart, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rinehart, Waynesboro; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Turnbach, Hazleton, Mrs. Joseph Brunn, New York City. 1892 Forty-Five Year Reunion— May 22, 1937. 1896 The Class Flash! of 1896 broadcasting from Station B. S. T. C. Thirty-three Ninety Sixers from various points of the in Room L on Alumni Day to celebrate their Fortieth compass met After a lively interval of greeting and good fellowship, Barton presided at an informal class meeting, during which all reuning members were heard in brief personal reminiscences, and greetings were read from absent members. Flash! Members, upon registering, were presented with name cards in the form of a small replica of the ’96 Class pins (a four-leaf clover) and a large standard of the same design marked the progress of the group from Room L to the auditorium and thence to the dining Reunion. Harry S. hall. Flash! tired joyment number of present and readded a large measure of en- Guests, including a gratifying members of the College faculty, to the occasion. Class statistics record: Class enrollment, 120; Present at the reunion, 34; Children, 163; Flash! Grandchildren, 64; Unmarried. 28. Eleven members have served on the faculty or the Board of Trustees of the College. The following were present at the reunion Harry S. Barton, Cora Gcrnon Wynkoop, Gertrude Oliver Saums, Vida Bowman Drum, Harry Gable, Leora F. Van Loan, Millicent Broadbent Sitler, Geraldine Conner Dennis, Margaret R. Lodge, Helen F. Carpenter, Bessie Vance DeMott, Harriet F. Carpenter, Gertrude Reese Hartman, Crawford C. Smith, Alfred B. Houtz, Peter S. Hart, Celia M. Cohen, Julia Moran Gritman, Elizabeth Zehner Keiper, Luella Good Polhamus, E. Gertrude Garrison, Elizabeth V. Miller Eyer, Florence Lins Arndt, Jane Rosser, Martha Jones Saums, Mida D. Smith, Myrtle Swartz — T1IK ALUMNI QUARTERLY 43 Van Wie, Hettie Cope Whitney, Ida Miller Masteller, Rachel Winter and Jennie Sutliff Rush. Flash! Those having enjoyed the cordial hospitality of their Alma Mater and the renewed contact with their classmates on May 23 will need no urging to plan for their return to the College on their next class anniversary. We send greetings to those who were prevented from being present at our Fortieth Reunion. All may anticipate an equally felicitous time in 1941. Pratt, Class of 1896 signing Till We Station B. S. T. C. off. Meet Again! 1897 Forty-Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. 1898 James C. Tucker died August 31, 1935. At the time of his death he was Superintendent of the Masonic Home in Wallingford, Connecticut. 1899 Dr. Main W. W. Preston Street. lives in Montrose, Pa. His address is 32 His son, Elmer H. Preston, graduated in South dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania this year. 1901 Following a lingering illness, and with her condition critical for some time, the death of Mrs. Verus T. Ritter, residing at Latches Lane, Merion. occurred Sunday evening, May 24. Born at Dushore, Pa., Mrs. Ritter, formerly Miss Edith Keller, was a resident of Bloomsburg throughout her girlhood and young womanhood. She taught in the Bloomsburg schools for several years. She resigned from that position twenty-five years ago, and was soon after married to Mr. Ritter, then residing in Huntington, West Virginia. Since 1918, the family has resided at Merion. Mrs. Ritter is survived by her husband and two children: Verus T. Ritter, Jr., in his Senior year at Princeton, and Miss Eleanor F. Ritter, a student at Smith College. 1902 Thirty-Five Year Reunion —May 22, 1937 1904 Anna Goyituey buquerque, New Canfield is The Mexico. recently received from her: Registrar at the Indian School at Alfollowing are extracts from a letter THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 44 My graduating from State College at Las finishes High School the 29th of May, and in the Fall will enter College. We have one boy here in daughter, Mabel, Cruces in June. is Our youngest boy the University. “On a recent trip to New York, we stopped to see a classmate, Blanche Hartzell Barton, and then went into Scranton to visit a schoolmate, Marie Diem, and what a lovely visit we had with her, and also with Blanche! “Susie Rayos Marmon, ’06, has retired from teaching. Her two daughters have become teachers, and both are teaching at Laguna, one in a public school, and the other in a Government Day School. 1905 Ida Sitler is a member of the faculty at Hollins College, Virginia. In a recent letter she states: “I have just finished my term as President of the Virginia Academy of Science. On April 27th, I took Roanoke Chapter up the presidency of the tion of University Women. campus work, I as well as with American Associakeeping busy with off- of the am therefore my teaching.” 1907 Thirty-Year Reunion —May 22, 1937. Esther A. Wolfe has taught in the schools at Lehman, Pa., every year since graduation. During that time she has missed only five days. 1909 Jeannie Stoweel Knapp (Mrs. Leslie R. Ames) is now living at 202 Capitol Apartments, New Bern Avenue, Raleigh, North Carolina. 1910 Mrs. Alma Vetterlein Mansuy is employed in the Emergency Education Division of the W. P. A. in Lackawanna County. Thomas Francis, 08, County Superintendent of the schools of Lackawanna County is the chairman in charge of the work. 1911 Hazel D. Kester has taught eight years in the Junior-Senior High School at Hicksville, Long Island. (Mrs. John S. Helt) lives at 402 East Fifth Mrs. Holt’s classmates extend to her their sympathy for the loss of her husband, who died in January of this year. Jennie Whitmire Street, Berwick, Pa. TIIE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 45 1912 Twenty-Five Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. Jack Wiant is living in Alabama, where he has a with the Federal Department of Fisheries. fine position 1917 Twenty-Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. 1918 Mrs. Wieland, mother of Edwina Wieland Brouse, died early April at Linden Hall. in 1921 Mrs. Emma V. Caldwell Hampshire. Her husband Keene Teachers College. is lives at 9 Court Street, Keene, New Director of Physical Education at the Miss Jennie Trivelpiece, of Berwick, has been elected to a posiof Mathematics and Art in the Seventh Grade in Bloomsburg. tion as teacher 1922 Fifteenth Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. 1927 Tenth Year Reunion —May 22, 1937. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Husband and son, Arthur Clayton, have changed their address to 97 Church Street, Keyport, New Jersey. Mrs. Husband was formerly Miss Delma E. Myers. 1928 Miss Thelma M. Brandon, of Bloomsburg, and Arthur T. Lee, of Paulsboro, New Jersey, were married Saturday, April 18, at the St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Bloomsburg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. N. S. Wolf. The bride has been a successful teacher in the schools of Paulsboro for six years. Mr. Lee is an electrical engineer. They are now living in Paulsboro. Announcement has been made of the marriage, on the 21st of February, 1934, of Miss C. Elizabeth Ward, and Donald P. Ohl, of Bloomsburg. The ceremony was performed at the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. Harry F. Babcock. The bride is a graduate of Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, and the Bloomsburg State Teachers THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 46 She been teaching in the Consolidated Mr. Ohl is employed in the Bloomsburg office of the State Highway Department. They are now living at their home on Ninth Street, Bloomsburg. College. has, for several years, School at Mainville, Pa. 1930 Samuel Kurtz has been elected Music Supervisor in the Bloomsburg High School. He has been serving during the past year as Director of the School Band and Orchestra. Helen Snyder E. lives at 1059 Market Street, the Sunbury For the Sunbury. past two years, Miss Snyder has been teaching' in the First Grade in schools. Harold Hidlay, who has been teaching in the Scott Township High School, has been elected Assistant Principal at Orangeville. Miss Mabel Gearhart, of Sunbury, was married March 29 Frank to Mr. Miller. 1931 Announcement was recently made of the marriage of Miss Ptomaine Henrie and H. Kenneth Hess, both of Berwick. The wedding took place November 30, 1934, at Chambersburg, with the Rev. Paul Lucas, pastor of the Lutheran Church, performing the ceremony. Mrs. Hess has been teaching in Salem Township for several years. Mr. Hess is manager of the Newberry Store in Carthage, N. Y., where he and Mrs. Hess will make their home. James who has been teaching for several years at Wesbeen elected Principal of the Main Township Consol- B. Davis, ton, Pa., has idated School at Mainville, Pa. Mary Miles is a teacher in the West Mahanoy Township Her address is 1147 West Lloyd Street, Shenandoah. schools. 1932 Fifth Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. At 8:00 o’clock Saturday morning, April 27, Miss Arlene P. Werkheiser, of Bloomsburg, became the bride of Myron A. Traub, also of Bloomsburg. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Nor- TIIE man S. ALUMNI QUARTERLY 47 Wolf. Mrs. Traub taught for two years in the schools of Mont- gomery, Pa., and one year in Bloomsburg. Mr. Traub is employed as investigator for the Pennsylvania State Milk Control Board. in Monica Barawskas is a teacher in the Adult Educational Project Shenandoah. Her address is 200 East Centre Street. 1933 Fourth Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Yeany, of Bloomsburg, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Vivian, to J. Ernest Nachod, of Wyncote, Pa. Miss Yeany has been teaching in the High School at Hickory, Pa., since her graduation from Bloomsburg. Mr. Nachod attended the Colorado School of Mines, Boulder, Colorado, and has been attending the Pennsylvania State College, where he is a of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, and Phi Lambda Upsilon, honoral chemical fraternity. also member Miss Rita Dean, of 1244 West Coal Street, Shenandoah, teacher in the Adult Educational Project in Shenandoah. is a Eleanor Darlene Black, seven months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Black, of Millville, Pa., R. D., attended the Alumni Reunion this year with her parents. Her mother was formerly Zela Bardo, of the Class of '33. 1934 Third Year Reunion — May 22, 1937. Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Crispell, of Laketon, announce the marriage of their daughter, Ella Elizabeth, to Edward William Cobleigh, of Dallas. The marriage took place Saturday, June 6, at the M. E. The Rev. Floyd S. Crispell, uncle of the Mrs. Cobleigh has been teaching for the past two years in the schools of Laketon. Mr. Cobleigh is employed in Dallas, where he and Mrs. Cobleigh now reside. parsonage at Mountain Top. bride, officiated. Irene Giger has been elected to a position in the grades in the schools. She has been teaching in Light Street. Bloomsburg Miss Mary Ruth Rishe has been teaching during the past year at Wernersville, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 48 1935 Second Year Reunion —May 22, 1937. Mr. John Beck and Miss Gertrude Oswald were married in Scranton, Saturday, June 6. The ceremony took place at the Plymouth Congregational Church, and was performed by Dr. Upton, pastor of the church. Following the ceremony, there was a reception at the home of the bride. The best man was Henry Warman, of the Mr. Beck is teacher of Geography in the Hershey High Mrs. Beck has been teaching in the first and second grades in the schools of Elmhurst. Class of 1932. School. 1935 The engagement Mary A. Prowell, daughter of C. M. Harold C. Henrie, has recently been announced. Miss Prowell is a graduate of New Cumberland High School and attended the Indiana State Teachers College and Elizabethtown College. She is a teacher of Commercial subjects in the New Cumberland High School. Mr. Henrie is at present teacher of Book-keeping and Director of the Band in the New Cumberland High School. Prowell, of New of Miss Cumberland, to Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Helen Bray and William Smith, of Jeddo. The wedding took place in Maryland, sometime in March. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Steinhart, of Bloomsburg, are the proud parents of a daughter, Marcia Anne, born February 8, 1936. 1936 First Year Reunion —May Kenneth Merrill has been elected School at Orangeville. Daniel Jones has been 22, 1937. to a position in the elected to a position in the Grammar Nescopeck High School. Misses Audrey Fleming and Rachel Beck, of Sunbury, have been elected to positions in the Sunbury schools. Samuel Green, of Berwick, has been elected to a position as teacher in the Salem Township Consolidated School at East Berwick. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 49 1878 William Chrisman, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1880 Ernest W. Young, 2302 Alden Street, St. Paul, Minn. Robena F. Glover, 1248 South Jardin Street, Shenandoah, Pa. 1881 May Creasy) 60 East Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Henry L. Morgan, 922 Richmond Street, Scranton, Pa. Mate Spaulding Borden, 89 Putnam Street, Tunkhannock, Pa. Wells (Mrs. S. C. 1882 E. Gertrude La Shelle (Mrs. W. E. Wagner) Gordon, Pa. 1883 Granville J. Clark, 268 North John G. Conner, Katherine E. 8 Belmont Maple Avenue, Kingston, Pa. Circle, Trenton, N. J. Harvey, Milroy, Pa. 1884 S. Ella Young, Millville, Pa. 1885 Edith Ent (Mrs. Fred Holmes) 148 West Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. C. Ernest Dechant, 1950 East Ninth Street, Charlotte, N. C. Harry O. Hine, 3204 Highland Place, Washington, D. C. Sallie M. Cockill (Mrs. G. H. Wilcox) Kyle, W. Va. Annie Miller (Mrs. Elmer E. Melick) Swarthmore, Pa. 1886 Flora B. Jones (Mrs. L. M. Fetterolf) 903 West Market Street, Pottsville, Pa. David L. Glover, Mifflinburg, Pa. Emma M. Sites, 720 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Mary L. Schoch McKelvey, 75 North Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eleanor Wintersteen, 63 First Avenue, Kingston, Pa. Lizzie Lewis (Mrs. Hugh Price) 38 North Main Street, Plains, Pa. Grace A. Leacock, 43 Virginia Terrace, Forty Fort, Pa. Annie Shalter Balliet, Milton, Pa., R. D. 2. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 50 Elizabeth Low, Bloomsburg, Pa. Margaret C. Brennan, 313 West Oak Street, Shenandoah, Pa. Front Street, Lewis- Hattie A. Hoffa (Mrs. John P. Ruhl) 31 South burg, Pa. Ida Bernhard, 37 East Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Allie Donley, 187 Stanton Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. N. Id. Sanner, 1250 Peermont Avenue, Dormont, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jeremiah Reeder, 909 East Sunbury Street, Shamokin, Pa. Annie Snyder Mausteller, 425 East Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Emma M. Fisher (Mrs. Martin H. Thomas) 2214 Chestnut Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Melle Long (Mrs. Duval Dickson) 209 East Front Street, Berwick, Pa. 1887 W. Wagner, Gordon, Pa. William C. Johnston, 569 East Third E. Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1888 Rev. H. I. Crow, 1716 West North Street, Bethlehem, Pa. Ella Kitchen (Mrs. H. G. Sands) Benton, Pa. Dr. Ambrose Shuman, Catawissa, Pa. 1889 Bess Wintersteen (Mrs. R. W. Shelby) 22 Pleasant Avenue, Passaic. N. J. Mrs. Mary Albertson Adams, 137 East Sixth Street, Berwick, Pa. 1890 Minnie L. Kitchen (Mrs. G. W. Faus) 61 West First Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1891 Phoebe Shew (Mrs. Mary Creasy) 339 Iron Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Mrs. Margaret Sullivan Myers, 205 East Third Street, Lewistown, Pa. Edward J. Gormley, 135 South Wyoming Street, Hazleton, Pa. Eliza Ward (Mrs. P. F. Loughran) 668 North Church Street, Hazleton, Pa. Carrie Maue (Mrs. W. R. Hazleton, Pa. W. Turnbach) 815 West Diamond Avenue, West Diamond Avenue, Hazleton, Pa. Weaver (Mrs. W. W. Brown) 120 South Main Street, R. Turnbach, 815 Carrie Fair- port, N. Y. Meta Walter (Rinehart) 124 West Grant Street, Waynesboro, Pa. Alice M. Dillon (Mrs. B. W. Furman) 239 Hawthorne Avenue, Haddonfield, N. J. Rose A. Cohen, 76 Carey Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Carrie Meyer (Mrs. Joseph Brunn) 395 Broome 51 Street, New York City, N. Y. 418 West Oak Street, Hazleton, Pa. Evans (Mrs. J. William Wall) 146 East Carey J. P. Costello, Annie J. Street, Plains, Pa. H. B. Rinehart, 125 East Main Street, Waynesboro, Pa. 1892 Sue Creveling (Mrs. G. W. Miller, Jr) 315 Second Street, Weatherly, Pa. Flora Ransom, 386 Rutter Avenue, Kingston, Pa. Edna L. Fairchild, 103 West Main Street, Nanticoke, Pa. 1893 H. Mont Smith, Bloomsburg, Pa. Martha Powell, 111 West Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Mary E. McNinch, Hotel Willard, 252 West 76th Street, New York City, N. Y. 1894 Norma Nicholls Wm. L. Davies) 738 Prescott Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Euphemia M. Green, Englewood, Florida. William Buekwalter, 622 North Lincoln Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Minne L. Bernon, 1002 Columbia Street, Scranton, Pa. B. (Mrs. 1895 Fred E. Fassett, Stevensville, Pa. Mary Pendergast, 918 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Raymond Stecker, 118 West Main Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. C. Laura Gilbert (Mrs. Charles S. Kline) 347 Pine Street, Catawissa, Pa. 1896 Myrtle A. Swartz (Mrs. F. E. Van Wie) Burdett, N. Y. Elizabeth V. Miller (Mrs. Frank P. Eyer) Millersburg, Pa. Celia M. Cohen, 76 Carey Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A. B. Houtz, 106 East Colonial Avenue, Elizabeth City, N. C. Julia Moran (Mrs. W. T. Gritman) 242 North Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Martha E. Jones (Mrs. S. F. Saums) 118 Warren Street, West Pittston, Pa. Gertrude Oliver (Mrs. Edward Saums) 289 East Northampton Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Vida Bowman (Mrs. P. L. Drum) 415 Warren Avenue, Kingston, Pa. Harry S. Barton, Bloomsburg, Pa. Crawford C. Smith, 733 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, Pa, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 52 Mary Cope, 35 East Second Street, Mt. Carmel, Pa. Mrs. Gertrude Reese Hartman, 1113 West Front Street, Berwick, Pa. Mrs. Luella Good Polhamus, 85 North Dorrance Stx'eet, Kingston, Pa. Mrs. Cora Gernon Wynkoop, 1002 Columbia Street, Scranton, Pa. E. Gertrude Garrison, 108 West Vaughn Street, Kingston, Pa. Millicent L. Broadbent (Mrs. John A. Sitler) 624 West Madison Avenue, New Castle, Pa. Mrs. Rachel Winter Pratt, 270 East Broad Street, Nanticoke, Pa. Mida D. Smith, 743 West Clinton Street, Elmira, N. Y. 1897 Mary Williams Gething, Mrs. 139 East Broad Street, Nanticoke, Pa. 1898 Henry F. Broadbent, 1415 New York Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 16 West Third Street, Watsontown, Pa. Florence E. Bachman, 327 Kidder Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Josephine Pursel (Mrs. M. E. Conner) Benton, Pa. Sarah H. Russell, 1899 Joanna Sullivan, 805 Mulberry Street, Scranton, Pa. Carrie S. Flick (Mrs. John C. Redline) R. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. John C. Redline, R. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. Miles C. I. 1900 Killmer, 410 West 24th Street, Edward Hausknecht, New York City, N. Y. State Teachers College, West Chester, Pa. Maud Belig (Mrs. C. T. Yentzer) Cherokee and West Willow Grove Avenues, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. Josephine M. Cummings, 3652 Brisbane Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 1901 Harriet Bittenbend,er, 1308 Market Street, Berwick, Pa. Mary C. Ebner (Mrs. Chalmers C. Groff) 2255 North Fifth Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Keller B. Albert, P. O. Box 204, Reading, Pa. Minnie B. Owen (Mrs. J. Warren Geist) 104 West Avenue, Mt. Car- mel, Pa. Mrs. Mabel Pennington Wieland, 215 Hartwick Avenue, State College, Pa. William R. Lams, 2542 Walnut Street, Allentown, Pa. Virginia E. Vought, Elysburg, Pa. Arthur D. Templeton, 36 Graham Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Evelyn Creveling (Mrs. C. S. Shuman) 125 Chestnut Street, Sunbury, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY R. A. Rowemus, 526 North Second 53 Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Kohr) Richland, Pa. Martha A. Jones, Farmers’ Bank Building. Bloomsburg, Pa. Gertrude M. Follmer (Mrs. Arthur T. Lowry) 16 Madison Avenue, Port Washington, Long Island. Nellie Weigley (Mrs. J. R. 1902 Alice F. Melvin (Mrs. Benjamin Eiehholzer) Forest City, Pa. S. Gertrude Rawson, 748 Prescott Avenue, Scranton, Pa. 1903 Edith Patterson, 148 South Munn Avenue, East Orange, N. J. C. J. Adams, 1619 Quincy Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Flossie Rundle (Mrs. Arthur L. Chase) 111 Spring Street, Carbondale, Pa. Bank Building, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Mrs. Earl John) 146 West Third Street, Blooms- C. L. Albert, 615 Miners' Anna Wells Creasy burg. Pa. 1904 Bessie Derr (Mrs. Norman J. Sked) 213 Franklin Avenue, Penning- ton, N. J. Emma S. Hinkley (Mrs. J. P. Saylor) 313 Pine Street, Tamaqua, Pa. Mrs. Leona Kester Lawton, R. D. 3, Millville, Pa. 1905 Besse Grimes, 415 East Main Street, Catawissa, Pa. Sue Thomas Beaver, 520 Mavey Place, North Bergen, N. J. 1906 Laura Aurand (Mrs. M. W. Witmer) 178 Main Street, Trappe, Pa. Adeline Williams, 810 Archbald Street, Scranton, Pa. Lu Buddinger (Mrs. Robert Mershon) 9011 169th Street, Jamaica, N. Y. Grace Bonham, Forty Fort, Pa. Nellie Evans, 427 Minooka Avenue, Moosic, Pa. Myrtle Longenberger (Mrs. C. P. Messersmith) 535 Sherwood Parkway, Westfield, N. J. Edith Shuman (Mrs. M. J. Grimes) 415 East Main Street, Catawissa, Pa. Helen K. Margerum, 328 Pine Street, Catawissa, Pa. R. Bruce Albert, 146 Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Elwell P. Dietrick, 829 Richmond Street, Scranton, Pa. Mrs. Nellie Durbin Batey, 62 Gaylord Avenue, Plymouth, Pa. Hazel Owen (Mrs. H. J. Schuchart) 931 East Third Street, Williamsport, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 54 1907 Helen Masteller (Mrs. W. H. Hile) 372 14th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Blanche Westbrook (Mrs. Newton C. Fetter) 335 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mass. Laura R. Essick (Mrs. Robert N. Lowrie) 210 Hawkins Avenue, North Braddock, Pa. Mi's. Bessie Baer Doig, 69 Bruce Street, Walton, N. Y. Blanche Johns (Mrs. R. Burchard Lawrence) 23 Carlton Avenue. Port Washington, Long Island. Reba Quick (Mrs. F. H. Lerch, Jr.) 3405 80th Street, Jackson Heights, N. Y. Wendt Lillian (Mrs. Geo. Harris Webber) 507 West Hancock Street, Milledgeville, Ga. 1908 Bruce Sneidman, R. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. Olive A. Major, 6250 Rogers Avenue, Merchantville, N. J. Sara C. Faust, 12 East Newell Avenue, Rutherford, N. J. Mae Callender (Mrs. Lloyd Wilson) Kis-Lyn, Pa. 1909 L. T. Krumm, 291 Grove Street, Montclair, N. J. Sarah E. Hartzell (Mrs. David D. Ogilvie) 1119 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada. 1910 Harold C. Box, South Canaan, Pa. Gregg Julia Brill, 128 East Nittany Avenue, State College, Pa. 1911 Irene Snyder (Mrs. Dayton L. Ranck) 35 Market Street, Lewisburg, Pa. Pearle C. Fitch (Mrs. Fred W. Diehl) Danville, Pa. Paul Z. Hess, Bloomsburg, Pa. Elsie Ethel Winter (Mrs. Nat D. Stevens) Tunkhannock, Pa. Hower (Mrs. Arthur C. Fairchild) 310 Grove Street, Elmira, N. Y. Grace L. E. May Shuman (Mrs. Harry G. John) R. D. 3, Bloomsburg, Pa. Gamble, Jr.) 2811 North 12th Street, Steiner (Mrs. G. E. Philadelphia, Pa. Hofer (Mrs. W. Stanley Bartle) 118 Hamilton Street, Bound Brook, N. J. Edna Lewis (Mrs. E. J. Robinson) 44 Pleasant View Avenue, Long Meadow, Mass. Clara Wardan, Dallas, Pa. Cecelia G. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 55 Jennie Barklie, 90 Ashley Street, Ashley, Pa. W. Homer Englehart, 1821 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Irene Heimbach (Mrs. George Reinhart) 120 East Mine Street, Hazleton, Pa. Frank Dennis, 195 Academy Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Catherine Stunz (Mrs. Sheldon Rarich) 301 East 11th wick, Pa. Harry W. Bogart, Rohrsburg, Pa. Annette Osborne (Mrs. Howard P. Frantz) 294 Street, Ber- Bennet Street, Lu- zerne, Pa. George Landis, Sugarloaf, Pa. Marguerite Clune (Mrs. John Jennings) 41 Flemer Avenue, Springfield, N. J. Ralph H. Smoyer, Capt. Wm. 4 Upper Mulberry P. Weiss, Street, Danville, Pa. Pennsylvania Military Reservation, Colebrook, Pa. Florence Coolbaugh (Mrs. W. O. Warner) Detroit, Mich. 19635 Canterbury Road, Ray M. Cole, 710 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Pauline Sharpless Harper, Bloomsburg. Pa. Clyde B. Myers, Scipio Center, N. Y. Grace F. Johnson, 175 Queen Street, Northumberland, Pa. C. M. Boust, 634 North Fouth Street, Sunbury, Pa. George Ferrio, Jr., First National Bank Building, Bridgeport, Conn. Iris Avery (Mrs. Geo. C. Armitage) Alderson, Pa. 1912 William H. Davis, 35 Grand Avenue, Johnson City, N. Y. Blanche I. Strayer (Mrs. Chester S. Reigle) Freeburg, Pa. Bertha Harner (Mi's. Ercell D. Bidleman) Bloomsburg, Pa. 321 East First Street, Edna Hess (Mrs. R. B. Frey) Bloomsburg, Pa. Jessie Doran, Moscow, Pa., R. 3. 1913 Mary Shupp (Mrs. E. F. Sorber) 22 Simpson Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. M. Denison, Station Hospital, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Catherine Malloy, 5652 Whitby Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Helen J. Pegg, 115 Lower Mulberry Street, Danville, Pa. Nellie Honolulu, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 56 1914 Pearl Hughes (Mrs. Howard Gunther) East 621 Third Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1915 Elsie E. Thomas (Mrs. W. C. Burger) Boy’s Industrial School, Kis- Lyn, Pa. Edith M. Saricks, 801 Birkbeck Street, Freeland, Pa. Fred W. Faux, 600 East Cameron Street, Shamokin, Pa. 1916 Sara Margaret Hidlay (Mrs. Edson A. Potter) Box 131, Glen Gard- ner, N. J. Ruth N. Fuller (Mrs. Ruth F. Gregory) Weatherly, Pa. Valetta Kahny, Saltsburg, Pa. Ruth Harris, 1324 Market Street, Berwick, Pa. Ann Morgan (Mrs. Percy Williams) 333 East Main Street, Nanticoke, Pa. Ruth Frances Graves (Mrs. Thomas R. Edwards) Dalton, Pa. Helen E. Hartman (Mrs. John L. Bradford) Kennedy-Warren Apartments, Washington, D. C. E. Thomas, Box 49, Mountain Top, Pa. Hazel A. Walper (Mrs. Edgar A. More) 635 Seventh Avenue, Bethle- Lorena hem, Pa. Cora S. Funk, 250 West Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Nina Zehner (Mrs. Monroe Frey) 130 Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1917 Miss Lucy Padagomas, 56 East Main Street, Glen Lyon, Pa. Mildred Avery (Mrs. Charles Love) North Mehoopany, Pa. Harriette Shuman (Mrs. Reuel S. Burr) 306 Berkley Road, Merion, Pa. J. Loomis Christian, M. D., 3632 Rutherford Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 1918 Margaret Brown (Mrs. James A. Wilson) 1907 43, Washington, D. C. K Street, N. W., Apt. 1919 Hazel B. Wayne (Mrs. Grover C. Shoemaker) 120 Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Olive Oliver Robinson, 9 Hawk Street, Schenectady, N. Y. Rhoda Crouse, 1318 Orange Street, Berwick, Pa. 1920 Ella Swcppenheiser (Mrs. Clark Kennedy) R. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 57 1921 Mrs. Jennie Cooke Ellis, 438 Harrison Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Clara E. Fisher, 129 East Pine Street, Mahanoy City, Pa. Miller S. Buck, 230 West Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Emma Seltzer (Mrs. Herbert Ratzburg) 294 West Main Street, Ring- town, Pa. Mrs. Helene Lowe Schlegel, 10 Bank Street, Montrose, Pa. Ruth Koch, 557 Lincoln Street, Hazleton, Pa. Elizabeth Johnson, 722 West Lackawanna, Olyphant, Pa. Margaret Harned, Main Street, Peckville, Pa. Mae McShea (Mrs. Ray Kester) 348 Mill Street, Danville, Pa. Hester Henrie, Mifflinville, Pa. Mrs. Helen Eisenhauer Kocher, Mifflinville, Pa. Chloe McKinstry (Mrs. Harry Cole) Leonard Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Olive Scott, 263 Pierce Street, Kingston, Pa. Mrs. Julia Fagan Rourke, 583 North Church Street, Hazleton, Pa. Lillie Breisch (Mrs. Ralph Moser) Ringtown, Pa. Kline Wernort, 211 East Bertsch, Street, Lansford, Pa. Mrs. Edith Blossom Hoffman, 77 North Laurel Street, Hazleton. Pa. Mrs. Mary Dreese Strieker, Route 1, McClure, Pa. Mae George, 632 Front Street, Danville, Pa. Anna Thomas (Mrs. Edward Unangst) Catawissa, Pa. Mrs. Gladys Beddall Saul, 815 West First Street, Hazleton, Pa. Mrs. Lillian Nelson Yerkes, Honesdale, Pa. 1922 Bessie Barnett (Mrs. F. T. O'Donnell) 345 North Main Street, Wilkes- Barre, Pa. 1923 Edith E. Hampton, 119 South Nice Street, Frackville, Pa. 1924 Ruth Beaver (Mrs. Ralph A. Lindenmuth, Numidia, Pa. Dorothy K. John (Mrs. Harold Dillon) Bloomsburg, Pa. Adeline Swineford, 506 West Front Street, Berwick, Pa. Faye Kline (Mrs. Milton Sommer) 541 Church Street, Bound Brook, N. J. Deris Morse, 23 Mitchell Place, White Plains, N. Y. 1925 Lucy H. Evans, 325 Rose Avenue, Elmira, N. Y. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 58 1926 W. Wormley) 127 Hanover Street, Northumberland, Pa. Dorothy L. Friedman, 242 Main Street, Luzerne, Pa. Marjorie Davey, Honesdale, Pa. Elgie V. Prutzman, Ferguson Avenue, Shavertown, Pa. Eleanore J. Roderick, 362 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mae Gable (Mrs. William Everson) 3306 Pleasant Street, Camden, Lois M. Merrill (Mrs. Neal N. J. Josephine Gavey, 5 Orchard Street, Glen Lyon, Pa. Eleanor Butler, 486 Second Avenue, Northumberland, Pa. Ruth 302 First Street, Blakely, Pa. Robbins, Millville, Pa. Helen R. Kellam, 35 North Logan Avenue, Audubon, N. J. Emma Dolores Selecky (Mrs. M. Joseph Mras, Jr.) 81 Orchard Street, Glen Lyon, Pa. Sophia Zelinski, 8 Enterprise Street, Glen Lyon, Pa. Stephina Rasmus, 62 Main Street, Glen Lyon, Pa. Edith Morris (Mrs. J. T. Rowlands) 545 Front Street, Warrior Run, Pa. Jack Rowlands, 545 Front Street, Warrior Run, Pa. Laura E. Mann, 625 North Church Street, Hazleton, Pa. Elsa Gill, I. 1927 Helen T. Ceppa, 3 West Grand Street, Nanticoke, Pa. Lena Elmer Van Horn, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Ethel A. Fowler (Mrs. Charles R. Brown) 226 East 15th Street, Berwick, Pa. 1929 Mary Frances Morton, 334 Mulberry Street, Berwick, Pa. Lucille Martz, 333 East Front Street, Berwick, Pa. 1930 Karleen M. Hoffman, 239 East Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Mrs. Annie E. Schell, Mainville, Pa. Jessie E. Cook, 974 W. West Fourth Street, Hazleton, Pa. Hanover Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. B. Yeager, Jr., 110 1931 Elizabeth H. Hubler, Gordon, Pa. Minnie Olschefsky, R. 1, Catawissa, Pa. Helen M. Walburg (Mrs. Nelson M. Penman) 544 Iron Bloomsburg, Pa. Mary J. Concannon, 830 West Chestnut Street, Shamokin. Street, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 59 Emily A. Park, 400 McKinley Avenue, Endicott, N. Y. William H. Weaver, Jerseytown, Pa. Raymond W. Wiliard, Shamokin Street, Trevorton, Pa. Eleanor R. Rhoades, 79 Ninth Street, Wyoming, Pa. Kenneth E. Hawk, Bear Creek, Pa. Dorothy M. Foust, Brummer Avenue, Watsontown, Pa. Hilda D. Yocum, 680 Shakespeare Avenue, Milton, Pa. Lois C. Hirleman, R. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. Marion R. Meixell, Espy, Pa. G. Keith Witheridge, 170 Ninth Street, Wyoming, Pa. Robert G. Sutliff, 11 Lincoln Avenue, Baldwin, Long Island. Clarence R. Wolever, Mill City, Pa. Mary Gorham (Mrs. Clarence R. Wolever) Mill City, Pa. Doris E. Empett (Mrs. Tracy Van Buskirk) Pratt Street, New Milford, Pa. 1932 Raymond Latska) Herndon, Pa. Mildred M. Dimmick, Mountain Top, Pa. Roy J. Evans, Benton, Pa. R. Virginia Zeigler (Mrs. 1933 Zela Bardo (Mrs. Donald Black) R. D. 2, Millville, Pa. Lois Laubach, Sugarloaf, Pa. Clarissa Hidlay, 421 West Second Street, Berwick, Pa. Sarah E. Fisher, Selinsgrove, Pa. 1934 Ellen Louise Veale, 319 East Elm Street, Hazleton, Pa. Mercedes Deane, 348 South Third Street, Albemarle, N. C. 1935 Reed, Box 230, R. D. 1, Shamokin, Pa. Elmer J. McKechnie, 300 East Sixth Street, Berwick, Pa. Helen Merrill, Light Street, Pa. Fae Meixell, Espy, Pa. Howard E. Fauth, 43 West Gay Street, Red Lyon, Pa. Louise Yeany, 712 East Third Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Helen Frey, 204 West Third Street. Bloomsburg, Pa. S. C. Ficca, 243 West Saylor Street, Atlas, Pa. Lauretta M. Foust, 112 East Brimmer Avenue, Watsontown, Pa. Rosina Kitchener, 164 Girard Avenue, Plymouth, Pa. William I. Veda Mericle, R. D. 1, Bloomsburg, Pa. 60 Unora THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY B. Mendenhall, Benton, Pa. Mildred M. Hollenbaugh, 62 Banks Street, Penbrook, Pa. Naomi M. Myers, 83 Church Street, Pittston, Pa. Charlotte Hochberg, 639 Lincoln Street, Hazleton, Pa. Betty Row, 327 College Hill, Bloomsburg, Pa. Florence Marchetti, 1062 Chestnut Street, Kulpmont, Pa. Howard E. DeMott, 319 Catherine Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Rosebud Golder, 1014 Spring Garden Avenue, Berwick, Pa. Dorothy Lane Foster, 223 South 15th Street, Allentown, Pa. IDF n it-sy kg CL Po/. 37 No. 4 THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY prgggSg prg^ggggj) STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE ] (T^gc^rggg T] ra^^aa^g i i rsra p pr^au.c-^rcvCT] ®i ——rSssjseJ. il OCTOBER, 1936 BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Tsyiprstt U ' ceo.J.KeuLi^ u-gy J Mu) Sal St) patoj pr^tL^rggj] pr^< The Alumni Quarterly PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE VOL. OCTOBER, 37 1936 NO. 4 Entered as Second-Class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg, Under the Act of July 16, 1894. Published Four Times a Year. Pa., H. F. MRS. FENSTEMAKER, F. H. JENKINS, ’12 Editor Business Manager '75 SUMMER SESSION NOTES Another Summer Session opened on Monday, June 22, at the Teachers College with registration. The College arranged a curriculum to meet the needs of the students and Dr. Francis B. Haas, President, also announced an exceptionally fine program of social and professional meetings during the session. One of the features was an educational convocation each Tuesday morning, with prominent educators on the program. It is possible to earn 'six credits at the session and an opportunity for additional work was provided this summer by a three weeks’ post session which opened August third. The Summer Session was a successful one and one that was most encouraging to the administration. There was a total enrollment of 375 for the regular six weeks’ session, an increase of 46 over State 1935. There were 118 at the special three weeks’ Post Session, the first was ever offered, and that number was almost twice as large as the College announced it would consider good for the first year. The Post Session showed by its fine I'esponse showed that it is something which is appreciated by the section the institution served and that it THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 2 a long felt need. It will be continued and it is believed that the enrollment next year will show a substantial increase. it fills SUMMER SESSION CALENDAR June 22 June 23 —Registration and classification. — Assembly, Auditorium, 10:20 A. dents, general M., welcome to stu- announcements, sound pictures. — June 25 Trustee and Faculty informal reception, dance and games, gymnasium 7:30 P. M. Demonstration in Room 10 “Teaching of Social Studies,” Miss Anna Garrison, Fifth Grade Training Teacher, 9:30 A. M. June 26 Demonstration in Room 17, “Teaching Geography,” Miss Harriet Carpenter, Seventh Grade Training Teacher. — — —Demonstration June 29 I. in Shortess, Seventh and Eighth Room 19 —“Teaching of Science,” S. Grade Training Teacher. —Convocation, Auditorium, Dr. Frank H. Reiter, Chief Department of Public Instruction, Harrisburg “Special Education For Less Than Average Pupils.” Sound pictures. June 30 Special Education, — — July 1 Demonstration in Room 19 “Teaching of Mathematics,” Miss Ethel Ranson, Seventh and Eighth Grade Training Teacher, 11:00 A. M. — July 2— Demonstration in Room 10 “Teaching of English,” Miss Edna J. Barnes, Fourth Grade Training Teacher.” —Demonstration Room 19 — “Teaching of English,” L. July — Convocation, Auditorium, 10:20 A. M. Sound pictures. the afternoon Columbia Park. Annual Summer Session picnic July —-Demonstration in Room 17 —“Teaching of Mathematics,” Miss Ethel Ranson, Seventh and Eighth Grade Training Teacher 11:00 A. M. Demonstration Room 10 — “Social Studies and CharacJuly 6 in S. Wilson, Seventh and Eighth Grade Training Teacher, 9:20 A. M. 7 in at 9 in ter Education,” Miss Mabel Moyer, Second Grade Training Teacher. —Fall entrance, examinations. —Demonstration Room 17 —“Teaching of Geography,” Miss Harriet Carpenter, Seventh Grade Training Teacher. July —Convocation, Auditorium, 10:20 A. M.— Dr. George Roemmert— “The Mico-Vivarium.” Sound pictures. Room July 19 — “Teaching of Social Studies” — Demonstration July 10 July 13 in 14 in 19, E. A. Reams, Seventh and Eighth Grade Training Teacher. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 3 — — July 16 Demonstration in Room 10 “Teaching of Nature Study," Mrs. Etta Keller, Sixth Grade Training Teacher 11:00 A. M. “The Symphony Singers" Auditorium 8:00. — — — — S. July 20 Demonstration in Room 17 “Teaching of L. Wilson, Seventh and Eighth Grade Training Teacher. — English,” — July 21 Convocation Auditorium Dr. Samuel Fausold, Deputy Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Pa. Sound Pictures. Visit to Airport with supper served in Hangar. —Demonstration July 22 I. in Room 19— "Teaching of Science,” S. Shortess, Training Teacher of the Seventh and Eighth Grades. — July 23 Mid-Session Dance, including games—Gymnasium Demonstration in Room 10— “Teaching First Grade Reading,” Miss Ermine Stanton, First Grade Training Teacher. — — July 27 Demonstration in Room 17 “Teaching of Social Studies,” Seventh and Eighth Grade Training Teacher. Demonstration in Room 10 “Teaching of Primary Numbers,” Mrs. Lucile Baker, Third Grade Training Teacher. — July 28 —Convocation, Auditorium, 10:20 A. M. Sound Pictures. North Hall Smoker. — July 30 Annual Summer Session Dinner and Dance in Honor of Students completing courses. July 31 —Summer Session closed. Individual events: In addition to the events listed above a fur- men and women was developed. Such events included arrangements for swimming, horseback riding, hiking and camping trips, and the usual athletic ther recreation and social program, with events for events. o Miss Eleanor Morris has been engaged as a teacher at Ransom Township, Lackawanna County. Miss Edith Phillips and Miss Audrey Powell, also graduates of the same school, have been engaged to teach at Spring Brook and Daleville Public Schools, respectively. o enrollment for the Summer Session of the Benjamin Franklin Training School was 291. Of this number 57 children were present every day that Summer School was in session. The total THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 4 COLLEGE DAY AT THE AIRPORT Students and faculty members of the State Teachers’ College Session enjoyed Tuesday, July 21 at the Columbia Airways, the day being made possible through the whole-hearted cooperation of Harry L. Magee, who for the past three years has been instrumental in making the visit to the airport one of the high lights of the year. The party reached the airport early in the afternoon and during the next few hours there were 118 flights in the three planes. In late afternoon J. T. Hand, of Easton, demonstrated the manner in which a parachute is packed and then made a leap. The College served a delicious supper to 350 in the airport hangar. Band, C. Gordon Keller directing During the afternoon the provided a splendid concert from 3:00 to 4:30 o’clock and also played following the supper. While the meal was served there were accordion selections by Messrs. Costa, Malinoski, and Sprangrial, of Summer WPA Mt. Carmel. Dr. E. H. Nelson was master of ceremonies. Mr. Magee extended a cordial invitation and Dr. Francis B. Haas, College President, responded. Miss Harriet M. Moore, of the College, led in group singing. Robert Leroy, technical advisor of the division of aeronautics, Harrisburg, spoke of the use of the radio in aviation and of how great a safety measure this was. Andrew manager B. of the Newcombe, New York City, assistant district sales American Air Lines, Inc., spoke of the progress of aviation, mentioning the increased travel by air marks such travel. He gave creasing popularity of travel by plane. lets were and the safety which company showing the inSouvenir air maps and book- figures of his distributed. o Dr. David J. Waller, Jr., President emeritus of the Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College and a former State Superintendent of Public Instruction, celebrated his ninetieth birthday, Wednesday, June 17 and received the felicitations of his joying excellent health, and may be many friends. Dr. Waller is en- seen daily walking about town. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 5 POST SESSION A three weeks Post Session, in which students secured three toward the baccalaureate degree of Bachelor of Science in education, opened at the Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College August credits 3rd. This is a new procedure at Bloomsburg but the enrollment was encouraging with seventy-six signifying their intention of taking courses in the field of Business Law, Bookkeeping and Accounting, Latin, Introduction to Teaching, Health and Hygiene, Contemporary Sociology and Economic Problems, Geography of Europe and the Western Hemisphere, Literature and English Composition. In the special education department, courses were offered in Artcraft and Mental Tests. Classes were held from 8:00 o'clock until 9:30 and from 10:30 to noon, and were scheduled so that two ninety-minute periods per day for five days per week constituted a three semester hour course, except where adjustments for laboratory courses were needed. The training school facilities were not offered during the Post Session. In speaking of the summer work at the institution, Dr. Francis B. Haas, the President, said: “The Summer Session courses are designed especially for the teachers-in-service who desire advanced certification, or who in addition for undergraduates are candidates for the baccalaureate degree, and who desire to take additional apparent that the in work has become Pennsylvania, as well as throughout the United States, in a particular field. Dui'ing the past twenty-five years minimum academic it qualification for the profession of teach- rapidly becoming to be the baccalaureate degree. In Pennsylvania teachers with less than this degree already find themselves at a disadvantage with applicants who have completed the four year ing is course and secured the degree. The three weeks session offers an exceptional opportunity to secure additional advanced preparation. The Post Session is particularly attractive to those who wish to get more than the credits that can be secured at the regular six weeks' session and also to those who require only a few credits to f obtain certification or secure a degree. c Miss Edna J. Hazen and Miss Edna Barnes, of the College faculty left Tuesday, July 31 for New York City where they boarded the Bremen for a trip to England, Scotland and Ireland. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 6 SUMMER SESSION DINNER who completed their work for degrees of BachSummer Session, were guests Thurs30, at the annual Summer Session dinner of the Sixteen students elor of Science in Education at day evening, July State Teachers College, attended by 450 in the College dining room, and featured by a splendid address by Strickland Gillilian, Washington, D. C., nationally known humorist, and a delightful program of music by the popular Pennsylvania Railroad Keystone Quartet from Philadelphia. Dr. E. H. Nelson in his annual role as toastmaster, opened the evening’s program, introducing each member with his usual easy wit. Miss Harriet Moore, of the College faculty the singing. Three accordion solos led were then played by Miss Nellie Kramer. Sixteen students, ten women and six men, had the baccalaureate degree conferred upon them by the President of the College, Dr. Francis B. Haas. They were: Miss Mabel Francis Belles, Lawrence Richard Coolbaugh, Margaret Irene Crouse, Beatrice M. Eisenhauser, Beulah Lorraine Fairchild, Hannah Madeline Fetterman, Anna S. George, Mabel Swineford Gordon, Samuel Green, Harold H. Hyde, Helen L. Jenkes, Gilbert L. Kline, Sue H. Longenburger, Blanche G. Moore, Robert Joseph Rowland, and Archibald Boyd Turner. Dean W. B. Sutliff read the list of students receiving their Bachelor of Science degree in education, and presented two women who have played an active part in the history of the institution: Mrs. P. L. Drumm, and Miss Vida Bowman, who taught in the College about ten years, and Mrs. Judson P. Welsh, the widow of the principal of the Normal School, who served from 1890 to 1906. Henry Klonower, Chief of the Teachers Division of the Department of Public Instruction, was a guest at the dinner and was introduced by Dr. Haas. He addressed a few words to the group, declaring “there is always something new at Bloomsburg” and applauded the fine spirit Dean John which is shown at the institution. humorous presentation, awarded C. Koch, in a a tin loving cup to the winners of the quoit tournament at the school. The cup, he announced, will be known as the President’s Cup and will have the winners’ names engraved on it. A large wooden bowl was presented his active participation in inski was once a member Summer of the School to Edward Brominski for Since Mr. Brom- activities. Columbia University football team, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY once played riate at the memento Rose Bowl of his in California, the Summer 7 bowl was an approp- School Session here. He was also presented with a miniature celluloid doll of himself catching as he was catcher on the student team which played against the faculty during the school picnic. Mr. Gillian introduced the Keystone Quartet, whose rich, full voices brought forth many demands for encores. The numbers which they sang included “The Three Musketeers,” “We Saw the Sea,” “Beautiful Lady in Blue,” “Something About a Soldier,” parody on the quartet from Rigoletto, and “Lights Out.” Anecodes and stories colored Mr. Gillian’s lively address, and a sparkling humor ran through his talk, which, he explained, was an accumulation of his thoughts and experiences since his last visit in this vicinity. The evening’s program was concluded with the following groups of numbers by the Keystone Quartet: “Until,” by Sanderson; “Old Man River,” “That Old Gang of Mine” a parody on “Coming Through the Rye,” “Women,” and “Traveling.” Following the dinner, a dance was held in the gymnasium and attended by a large number of the faculty, students and friends. o SUMMER Summer SESSION STUDENTS PRESENT PLAYS Session students interested in dramatics and known as Summer School Players, delighted the student body the Bloomsburg Tuesday evening, July 28, with the presentation of three plays, “Thursday,” “Are Men Superior?” and “Share Holders in Spain.” Miss Alice Johnston of the faculty directed. The casts did excellent work. Following the program, the students adjourned to the quadrangle of Waller Hall, bordered on one side by Long Porch. This was decorated prettily by Japanese lanterns. Lemonade was served. The evening concluded with a smoker held at North Hall by the men of the student body, with many members of the male faculty as .guests. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 8 ANOTHER YEAR OF TRAINING NEEDED William W. Evans, County Superintendent of Schools, has been by the State Department of Public Instruction that beginning January 1, 1937, teachers will be required to have another year of preparation for the State Standard Limited Certificate. This certificate is now issued where the applicant has completed two years of preparation for teaching in the elementary schools. This certificate will be valid for three years, renewable for another period of three years upon a rating of “low” or better and the satisfactory completion of twelve semester hours of further approved preparation, subsequent renewals to require a rating of “middle” or better on a State Teacher’s rating score card, together with twelve semester hours or further approved preparation. Teachers who have begun their additional work will not be required to do this additional work so that the regulation is not retroactive, nor does it apply to teachers in service at the present time. notified o ONE CHANGE IN FACULTY THIS YEAR Plans are being continued in the development of the department for the training of teachers of special classes at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. This work was inaugurated during the Summer Session under the direction of Miss Helen O’Donnell, who is supervisor of this work in the Scranton public schools. The faculty for the second semester of the 1935-36 term is practically intact for the present semester. Miss Ruth Eismann, the assistant librarian, however, has resigned to accept a position as chief librarian of the new high school library at Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Miss Ethel E. Shaw, of the English Department, has returned to the College after an absence of a year and a half. o Plans are underway to strengthen and develop the orchestra, the band, and the mixed chorus. The A Capella Choir, which is developed from the mixed chorus, will be costumed this year. Each term the musical organizations are playing more and more of a vital part in College life. THE ALl'MM QUARTERLY 9 FRESHMAN WEEK SCHEDULE A fine program for Freshmen Days, opening the Teachers Colwas arranged by Dr. Thomas B. North, of the College faculty, who was in charge of the work. Those who desired to enter the College and had not graduated in the first half of their high school class were required to take academic entrance examinations. Some took them during the summer. Others had an opportunity to take them on Tuesday, September 8. The examinations continued through the morning until 12:05, when those taking them were the guests of the College at lunch. At 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon the examinations continued. Freshmen living in the dormitories were served dinner at 6:00 o’clock Tuesday evening, the first meal of their College careers. Freshmen enrolled in the gymnasium from 8:45 until noon and from 1:00 until 3:00 in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 9. The Freshmen met in the auditorium at 3:00 o’clock that afternoon with Dr. North in charge. Announcements were made and administrative officers together with the officers of the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. were presented, and the Freshmen were invited to attend programs of the two campus organizations. For an hour following lege, the auditorium sessions those organizations provided entertainment Freshmen. There was a dinner program in the dining hall at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday evening. Dr. North presiding, followed by a program in for the in charge of the Community Government AssociaGuests included all Freshmen, student officers of Waller Hall Women, Day Women, North Hall Men, Day Men, Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. The program concluded at 9:00 o'clock. The rest of the evening was “home hours" at Waller Hall and North Hall for dormitory students only. Arrangements were in charge of Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Dean of Women, for the Waller Hall program, and in charge of John C. Koch, Dean of Men, for the North Hall program. All Freshmen met in the auditorium at 10:30 o'clock on Thursday morning, Dr. North presiding. Announcements were made concerning the election of Freshmen officers, requirements for participating in extra-curricular activities, and requirements of uniform accounting system. There was open house Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock followed by a meeting with the Deans and Assistant Deans. Classes started at 8:00 o’clock Friday morning. At 2:00 o’clock the gymnasium tion. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 10 Saturday afternoon there was a program for girls by the “B” Club and for the men by the Lettermen’s Club. At 8:00 o’clock there was a Trustee-Faculty-Community Government Association party for Freshmen in the auditorium, followed by a reception and dance in the gymnasium. ——o 1936 REGISTRATION The Alumni will be interested to know that the registration for very satisfactory to all concerned with the progress of the institution. When the enrollment at an institution, without solicitation other than the ordinary distribution of bulletins within the service area, increases over that of the previous year, there is a feeling that the work of the institution is recognized as of value to the public and to the profession and that the type of work done is of such character as to warrant the enrollment of students for their College work at Bloomsburg. Our present enrollment is 688. Of these 302 are men. The enrollment is divided into 286 boarding students and 402 day students. The enrollment by classes is as follows: the Fall semester is Freshmen Sophomores 270 Juniors 122 Seniors 83 College Graduates 208 5 This being the last year for certification of students at the end of two years of work there will be, hereafter, a less noticeable difference between the size of the Sophomore and Junior classes. That is, students entering hereafter cannot be certified until the end of three This, of course, applies only to the elementary Secondary and Commercial students are required to spend four years in preparation for the Bachelor of Science Degree and Cer- years of preparation. field. full tification. The enrollment in the Department of Commerce has a total of 221 students for the four classes. This department has had a very remarkable growth within the last few years. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 1936 COLLEGE 11 CALENDAR SEPTEMBER —Final Date For Entrance Examinations. Wednesday — Registration and Classification of All Freshmen. Thursday 10 — Registration and Classification of All Upperclassmen. Friday 11 — Classes Begin. Saturday 12 —Faculty and Trustees Reception. Monday 14 —Church Receptions. Tuesday 15 — Church Receptions. Wednesday 16 —Customs Begin —General and Special. Thursday 17—Stunt Day and Pajama Parade. Tuesday 22 — Meeting of the Board of Trustees. Friday 25 — Boston Sinfonietta. Saturday 26 — Football—Susquehanna—Away. Tuesday 8 9 — Bloomsburg Fair. Tuesday 29- Saturday 3 No Classes in Afternoon. OCTOBER —Football—Millersville—Here. Junior Chamber of Com- merce Dance. Friday 9 Freshman Kid Party. Saturday 10 Football Lock Haven — — — —Away. Friday 16 — End of Special Customs. Saturday 17 — Football—Mansfield— Here. Homecoming Day. Wednesday 21 —Nomination of Freshman Class Saturday 24 —Football— Indiana—Away. Monday 26 — Dr. George Earle Raiguel, Chapel. Tuesday 27 —President’s Reception For Faculty and Trustees. Meeting of Executive Committee of Board of Trustees. Friday 30 — Shakespearean Players in Afternoon and Evening. Saturday 31 —Football — Shippensburg — Here. Hallowe’en Dinner and Officers. Dance. Press Conference. NOVEMBER —Election of Class Saturday 7—Football — Slippery Rock— Here. Wednesday —Stanley Osborne, Chapel. Friday — Sasha Siemel, “The Tiger Man”— (Evening) Saturday 14 —Football— East Stroudsburg— Away. Rural Day. Tuesday 17 —Faculty Party. Wednesday 4 Officers. 11 13 Education THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 12 — Friday 20 Alpha Psi Omega Play. Saturday 21 Regional Convention of Pennsylvania Association of — — — Wednesday 25 — Thanksgiving Recess Begins at 12:00 Noon. General Customs. Monday 30 — Thanksgiving Recess Ends 12:00 Noon. College Students. Sunday 22 Regional Convention of Pennsylvania Association of College Students. Tuesday 24 Meeting of Executive Committee of Board of Trustees. End of DECEMBER — — — — — — — — — — — — — Friday 4 Basketball Alumni Here. Saturday 5 Y. W. C. A. Winter Festival. Friday 1 1 Basketball Ithaca Here. Saturday 12 Annual Christmas Party For Crippled Children. ior Informal Dance. Tuesday 15 Meeting of Board of Trustees. Thursday 17 Basketball Susquehanna Away. Friday 18 Tatterman’s Marionettes. Saturday 19 Christmas Recess Begins at 12:00 Noon. Thursday 31 President’s New Year Party For Faculty. Sen- — — JANUARY Friday —-Pomona Grange in Auditorium—Afternoon and Evening. Monday 4 — Christmas Recess Ends 12:00 Noon. Friday 8 —Upton Close, Chapel. Basketball—Susquehanna — Here. Friday 5 — Basketball— Millers ville— Here. 1 1 —Dr. George Earle Raiguel, Chapel. — Special Chapel For Students Completing Work the Close of First Semester. Thursday 21 — Basketball — Mansfield — Friday 22 — First Semester Ends 12:00 Noon. Saturday 23 — Basketball —Lock Haven—Away. Tuesday 26 — Second Semester Begins 12:00 Noon. Meeting of Executive Committee of Board of Trustees. Commander George Friday 29 — Basketball — Shippensburg— Away. O. Noville (Evening). Saturday 30 — Basketball —Millersville—Away. Monday 18 Wednesday 20 at Hei'e. FEBRUARY Friday 5— Mid-Year C. G. A. Party. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 13 6— Basketball —East Stroudsburg — Here. —Obiter Elections. Friday 12 — Basketball— Shippensburg— Here. Saturday 13 — Basketball — Lock Haven — Here. Friday 19 — Chapel, Sir Albion Benerje. Basketball — Indiana— Here. Saturday 20— Basketball —Stroudsburg — Away. Sophomore Cotillion. Tuesday 23 — Meeting of Board of Trustees. Friday 26 —Basketball — Mansfield — Away. Boston Opera. Saturday 27 —Basketball — Ithaca —Away. Saturday Wednesday 10 MARCH —Maroon and Gold Elections. Saturday 6 — Inter-Fraternity Ball. Thursday —Kiwanis-Rotary-College Night. Saturday — High School Basketball Tournament (Afternoon Evening) Friday 19 — High School Basketball Tournament (Evening). Saturday 20 — High School Basketball Tournament (Evening). Tuesday 23— Meeting of the Executive Board of Trustees. Thursday 25 —Easter Recess Begins After Last Class. Tuesday 30 — Easter Recess Ends 12:00 Noon. Wednesday 3 11 13 and APRIL Satui'day 3 —Freshman Hop. —General Butler-Private Peet Debate; Y. W. C. A. ConferSaturday 10 — Y. W. C. A. Conference. Sunday 11 — Y. W. C. A. Conference. Friday 16— Combined Musical Clubs’ Concert. Saturday 17 —Junior Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Thui-sday 22 — Waller Hall Room Drawing Begins. Friday 23 —He-She Party. Tuesday 27 —Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. Wednesday 28 —Nomination of Sophomore, Junior and Senior Class Thursday 29 — Waller Hall Room Drawing. Friday 30 — Commercial Contest. Friday 9 ence. Officers. MAY Saturday 1 —Commercial Contest, Class A (A. M.). Inter-High THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 14 School Track and Field Meet, 1:00 P. M. 5 Election of Sophomore, Junior and Senior Class Offi- Wednesday — cers. — Friday 7 Junior Prom. Saturday 8 Commercial Contest Class B (A. M.). President’s Lawn Party For Trustees and Faculty. Wednesday 12 May Day Play Day. Saturday 15 Athletic Banquet. Thursday 20 Senior Banquet. Friday 21 Class Work Ends After Last Class. Senior Ball. Saturday 22 Alumni Day. Sunday 23 Baccalaureate Sermon. Monday 24 Senior Day, Ivy Day. Tuesday 25 Commencement 10:00 A. M. Meeting of the Board of — — — — — — — — — — Trustees. o LARGE ENROLLMENT OF FRESHMEN THIS YEAR Freshmen to the number of 225, forty-one per cent men, enrolled Wednesday, September 9, at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. The opening day enrollment for Freshmen is 22 larger than last year and is most encouraging to the College authorities. The ninety-three men compose the largest male percentage of any class since back in the days before the war when the institution was a Normal School with College Preparatory and Pre-Medical Courses. filled. The first year Commercial secwere filled more than two weeks before the College opened. The day found the College ready for the students, and the program went off without the slightest confusion. Automobiles brought most of the students from out-of-town, with most of the students accompanied by their parents. The day was given over to getting the Freshmen off on the right Registration was in the gymnasium, and upper classmen were foot. on hand to show the new-comer about and do all that was possible to make them feel at home. Dr. Thomas P. North, in charge of the Freshman Day activities, All departments are well tions presided at a meeting in the College auditorium during the afternoon, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY when various members of the faculty 15 were presented. Dr. Francis B. Haas, College President, spoke of the adjustments the Freshman will have to make during the year. He spoke of the aims of the institution and welcomed the students. Dean W. B. Sutliff spoke of the opportunities the students have of broadening their education. Others presented were Earl N. Rhodes, Director of Teacher Training; Dr. Marguerite Kehr, Dean of Women; Miss Ranson and Miss Rich, Assistant Deans of Women; John C. Koch, Dean of Men, Director of Secondary Education, and Tennis Coach; A. A. Tate, Coach of Football; George C. Buchheit, Line Coach of Football and Coach of Basketball and Track; Miss Irma Ward, Dietitian; Miss Kline, School Nurse; C. M. Hausknecht, Business Manager; N. T. Englehart, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, and S. I. Shortess, of the Science Department. Miss Marie Foust, Milton, President of the Y. W. C. A., and Jacob Kotch, President of the Y. M. C. A., were presented and told of the parts these organizations played in assisting the Frosh to get started. GIRLS' ACTIVITIES Upperclassmen of Waller Hall arrived at the school Tuesday, September 9, to be on hand for the Freshmen when they arrived. Those in charge were Miss Marie Davis, Wilkes-Barre, President of Waller Hall; Miss Deborah Jones, Vice President; Betty Gilligan, Treasurer. was in charge of Miss Mary Palsgrove, Members of the committee were: Misses Thelma Moody, Edith Justin, Anna Malloy, Marian Elmore, Rosetta Thomas, Bernadett Reynolds, Mary Reisler, and Florence Snook. It is the duty of the committee to see that every Freshman in the girl's dormitory has a ‘‘big sister,” a member of the Junior or Senior The big sister committee Schuylkill Haven. classes. The Day girls have a similar committee under Margaret Graham, Bloomsburg, their President. Other members of the commitee are: Misses Ruth Leiby, Jane Lockard, Muriel Stevens, Martha Wright, Margaret Creasy, Betty Savage and Maria Berger. The Y. W. C. A. gave a tea in Science Hall social rooms for all Freshman girls and upper class girls who were also on the campus. Miss Marie Foust, the President, was in charge. Assisting were Misses Florence Snook, Ruth Miller, Helen Derr, Ruth Kramm, Helen Moody, Helen Weaver, Amanda Babb, Alberta Braynard, and Annaof bell Bailey. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 16 The Y. W. C. A. also placed flowers and a note of welcome in room of each Freshman girl in the dormitory. Frank Camera, of Hazleton, President of the Student Government Association, was in charge of the party given for the Frosh. It was informal in nature with games, dancing, music, and a grand march as features. Refreshments were served. Those in charge were Ruth Langan, chairman, Frank Patrick, Ray Schrope, Miss Regina Walukewicz and Vincent Cinquegrani. the Waller Hall concluded a busy day with parties on the third and Mary Risler, Rossetta Thomas, Marian Elmore and Anna Malloy. fourth floors. The parties were in charge of Miss o Miss Helen C. Hegert, of Wilkes-Barre, was married on June 30 J. Guyler, also of Wilkes-Barre. Miss Hegert is an instructor in the Calvin Building of the Wilkes-Barre City schools and Mr. Guyler is employed by Luzerne County. to Harry o Miss Edith Reimensnyder, of Milton, has position County. in the Ramsey school in accepted a teaching White Deer Township, Union THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY A 17 survey of the College athletic records of the past decade, all competition have turned in 195 victor- shows that the Huskies in ies against 115 defeats and 11 ties. In football alone the Huskies have failed to than defeats. In that sport the ledger shows 28 number of defeats and eight tie contests. show more triumphs victories, the same In basketball the records show 63 victories, 43 defeats; in baseand 23 setbacks; tennis 39 triumphs and 14 loses and two ties; in cross country 10 victories and one defeat; and in track and field athletics 11 victories and three defeats. Wrestling, which ball 43 victories was attempted on a minor scale during part of the decade showed two defeats and one tie. The records show clearly that since the school became a Teachers' College a number of the old rivals are no longer on the schedule. There are no academies or seminaries on the Husky schedule and there have been none for the past five years. Likewise special groups one victory, are missing. Schedules, nowdays, if not composed entirely of Teachers’ Colleges of this and adjoining states, include contests with liberal arts Colleges. The Huskies back in the days of “Old Normal” met the best of Collegiate ranks in the East. They seemed headed at least for a spot in the sports sunlight of institutions in the same class. Bloomsburg has never been accused of picking “soft” schedules and there will be no basis for such accusations if the present policy is continued. The Huskies never have trouble ers’ Colleges particularly clamor filling their schedules. for a place, Teach- recognizing that THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 18 Bloomsburg above all Teachers’ Colleges in Pennsylvania plays the most representative schedules. If they can drop the Huskies they have taken a step toward recognition. Lock Haven is the one institution that Bloomsburg has met on the football field every year during the past ten. The Huskies have a slight edge in the series, having five victories to four defeats and a tie, four wins, four loses and one tie. In the same number of contests with Mansfield, Bloomsburg is trailing in the series with three victories, a tie and five defeats. Shippensburg has been defeated four times and triumphed over Bloomsburg thrice. Millersville has been defeated three times, triumphed once and tied twice. Kutztown was turned aside four times out Huskies three out of four. Califortied once. Clarion has been defeated and tied. In two meetings with Slippery Rock the honors are even. West Chester holds a three to four edge. of five. Indiana has defeated the nia has won twice, lost once and Mansfield has not defeated the Huskies once in the past decade and during that time has been defeated fifteen times. Lock Haven has been beaten sixteen times out of nineteen times, East Stroudsburg has won eleven and lost six, Indiana has trimmed the Huskies six times in nine meetings while Bloomsburg has defeated Kutztown five times out of eight meetings. Millersville has been tough to get along with on the basketball coui't, defeating the Huskies nine times in twelve meetings. Two of those court triumphs came last year and were cherished as the first court triumphs over Millersin basketball ville since 1929. Baseball has staged a real comeback after being off the athletic calendar in 1933. Since it has been reinstated it has been a growing sport on the hill with three winning teams and one State Title. Tennis is also a growing sport with the teams that are becoming increasingly active and winning a majority of their games. Track and field athletics are another branch being brought along with real credit to the institution. A promising squad of thirty-nine, the majority of them Frosh, reported to head coach A. Austin Tate at the College as another football campaign of the Huskies got underway. The calibre of the field new comers is, of course, unknown on a Col- but there is an air of business about the upper athletic that bids well for the Huskies and ill for their eight opponents. lege scale THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 19 THE CANDIDATES Boys reporting were: Captain J. Sircovics, Berwick, 115 pounds, 1-2 inches, 5 feet, 6 center. Vance Laubach, Berwick, 170 pounds, Lamar 5 feet, 10 inches, full Blass, Aristes, 192 pounds, 6 feet, 1 inch, Joseph Conahan, Beaver Brook, 160 pounds, back. back or end. 5 feet, 11 inches, •end. Chalmers Wenrich, Harrisburg, 180 pounds, Norman six feet, 1 inch, end. C. Henrie, Berwick, 185 pounds, 5 feet, 9 inches, guard. Frank Camera, Hazleton, 170 pounds, 5 feet, Joseph Champi, Mocanaqua, 172 pounds, 5 11 inches, guard. feet, 6 inches, half back. Sheldon Jones, Nanticoke, 160 pounds, Mike Stenko, Berwick, 215 pounds, Alphonse E. Finder, 5 feet, 10 inches, back. 6 feet, 2 inches, tackle. Shamokin, 164 pounds, 5 feet, 10 1-2 inches, quarter back. Frank Patrick, Berwick, 185 pounds, 6 feet, guard. Charles Weintraub, Wilkes-Barre, 180 pounds, 5 feet, 8 inches, guard. Andrew J. Giermak, Edwardsville, 183 pounds, 6 feet, 1 inch, end and back, Bucknell. FRESHMEN Stanley T. Schuyler, Berwick, 180 pounds, 5 Watsontown, H. S. Howard Barnhart, Danville, 150 pounds, 6 H. S. H. S. Charles Price, Glen Lyon, 185 pounds, 6 Dean Harpe, Tunkhannock, Tunkhannock H. S. Gene Serafine, Mocanaqua, Shickshinny H. Frank wick H. S. Roll, feet, 9 inches, tackle, feet, feet, end, Danville, Newport Township 150 pounds, 5 feet, 8 inches, guard, 168 pounds, 5 feet, 8 inches, and S. Berwick, 200 pounds, Andrew Posnack, Bethlehem, 5 feet, 8 inches, tackle, Ber- 170 pounds, 5 feet, 10 inches, guard, Bethlehem H. S. James Hinds, Bloomsburg, 160 pounds, Bloomsburg H. S. 5 feet, 11 inches, center, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 20 Alfie Angeli, Plains, 143 pounds, 5 feet, half inches, 4 back, Plains H. S. William Rittner, Harrisburg, 140 pounds, ference, William Penn H. Don Hausknecht, 5 feet, 6 inches, no pre- S. Montoursville, 177 pounds, 6 feet, half back, Montoursville H. S. Lawrence Rosati, Bethlehem, 165 pounds, 5 feet, 9 inches, back, Bethlehem H. S. Ralph Baker, Bloomsburg, 156 pounds, 5 feet, 11 1-2 inches, end, Bloomsburg H. S. Donald Mercer, Bloomsburg, 190 pounds, 5 teet, 9 inches tackle, Bloomsburg H. S. Winfield Potter, Old Forge, 175 pounds, 5 feet, 11 inches, center, Old Forge H. S. William Kirk, Berwick, 180 pounds, 6 feet, 1 inch, tackle, Berwick H. S. Frank Shugars, Shamokin, 185 pounds, 5 feet, 10 inches, center, Coal Township H. S. Cyril Monahan, Lost Creek, 172 pounds, 5 feet, 6 inches, J. W. Cooper High, Shenandoah. Clair Miller, Bloomsburg, 155 pounds, 5 feet, 10 inches, guard, Bloomsburg High School. Clark Kreisher, Catawissa, 155 pounds, 5 feet, 9 inches, back or end, Bloomsburg High School. Francis Johnson, Mt. Carmel, 164 pounds, 5 Mt. Carmel H. S. John Hancock, Mt. Carmel, 165 pounds, 5 Mt. Carmel H. S. Richard W. Shirley, Forty feet, 11 inches, feet, 8 inches, end, end, Fort, 150 pounds, 5 feet, 8 1-2 inches, half back, Forty Fort. Carl Welliver, Bloomsburg, R. D. Bloomsburg H. S. 5, 154 pounds, 5 feet, 10 inches, half back, Richard Nolan, Mt. Carmel, 165 pounds, 5 feet, 11 inches, guard, Mt. Carmel H. S. TATE NAMED GRID COACH been named head football coach at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. This announcement was made in connection with that of a board of coaches which will be composed of Dr. E. H. Nelson, coach of baseA. Austin Tate has THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 21 George C. Buchheit, coach of basketball and track and Dean C. Koch, coach of tennis. Buchheit will also assist in football, having charge of the line. In the announcement Dr. Francis B. Haas, College President, stated that “The interest of the College in its athletic activities will be developed by a further segregation of responsibilities for coaching in the various fields and the formation of a board of coaches.” The board will survey the present athletic situation and make recommendations to the athletic committee in the fields of intercollegiate and intermural sports, covering such items as awards, selection of assistant managers, rules and regulations governing competition and other phases of the program. Mr. Tate who had considerable success as a scholastic coach in Bethlehem and as head coach at Lehigh University for a number of years, came to the local College last year and was one of the staff of football coaches. He was a star at Lehigh in his college days. Tate knows the game, has the ability to impart his knowledge and is popular on the campus. With Coach Buchheit to assist with ball; John the line, the Huskies' coaching combination for 1936 is a strong one. o Miss Margaret M. McDonald, of Olyphant, became the bride of Joseph A. Motley, of Carbondale on Saturday, July 25. The ceremony was performed in the Sacred Heart Church, Wilkes-Barre, by the Rev. William J. Higgins, assistant pastor of the church, who also read the nuptial mass, which followed the cere- mony Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served for the bridal party, in the Hotel Mallow-Sterling, Wilkes-Barre. Miss McDonald is a graduate of St. Patrick’s Academy, Bloomsburg State Teacher’s College, and attended Penn State College. She was a member of the Olyphant Junior High School faculty. Mr. Motley, independent coal operator, was former superintendent of the Erie Colliery of the Pittston Coal Company. Following the wedding breakfast, the couple left for a wedding trip to Atlantic City, and upon their return spent the remainder of the summer at Elk Lake. They are now living at 76 Seventh Avenue, Carbondale. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 22 SINGERS PLEASE LOCAL AUDIENCE Brought back for many encores by enthusiastic applause, the Singers, a group of artists who are considered the best quartet ever to appear in Bloomsburg, gave a recital Thursday even- Symphony ing, July 16 in the College auditorium. In his second appearance before the local audience, Hudson Car- mody, whose bass voice has unusual fullness and resonance, sang as an encore the popular favorite “Old Man River.” Gertrude Ehrhart, soprano, has also appeared previously in Bloomsburg and her performance that night did ample justice to the impression which she had made on her first visit. The other members of the quartet whose voices blended in harmony, and who are also delightful soloists, were Harriette Price, contralto, and Wesley Copplestone, tenor. The accompanist was Robert Wilkins. A group of three selections from Brahms and the quartet from Rigoletto by Verdi were two of the highlights of the program. “Der Abend,” the first Brahms number, related a beautiful story in word and melody of the ride of the Sun-god as he approaches the horizon and sinks into the west in a glorious blaze of color. “Nachtens,” the second selection, depicts the ghost dreams brought by the shadow of night and the tears which are left when the morning light dawns. The last group was in a lighter vein, “Fragen,” and gave an animated conversation between a boy in love and his companion. , The program was as follows: I Garden” Sun who Scatters Selections from the “Persian “Awake for the into Flight,” Lehmann “A Book of Verse underneath a Bough,” “Alas, that Spring should Vanish with the Rose,” Ah! Moon of my Delight,” “They say the Lion and the Lizard.” II Dinite de Styx, Gluck Miss Price Miss Price In Italy III Der Abend, Brahms Quartet TIIE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Nachtens, Brahms Fragen, Brahms 23 Quartet Quartet IV La Ci Darem la Mano (Don Giovanni) Mozart Miss Carmondy and Miss Price Tutti Fior (Madame Puccini Butterfly) Miss Ehrhart and Miss Price Nuit d’Hymene, Romeo and Juliette Gounod Miss Ehrhart and Mr. Copplestone Verdi Rigoletto Quartet V Drum Major Song, Lai Old Man River, Kern Mr. Carmody Mr. Carmody Cadi VI Come All Ye Lads and Lasses Gentle Dawn The Country Dance Spring, the Sweet Spring Wilson Wilson Wilson Ireland Quartet THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 24 Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Mrs. F. H. Jenkins copies of the Alumni Quarterly have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at the address on our files. All of all changes of address. Many © OFFICERS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. R. Bruce Albert, Dr. D. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer ’06 Waller, Jr., ’67 Mr. Edward Schuyler, ’24 Miss Harriet Carpenter, ’96 J. Executive Committee Mr. Fred W. Diehl, ’09 Mr. H. Mont Smith, ’93 Mr. Maurice F. Houck, ’10 Mr. Daniel J. Mr. Frank Dennis, ’ll Dr. E. H. Nelson, ’ll Mr. Dennis D. Wright, ’ll Mahoney, ’09 © THE PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI The Philadelphia Alumni Association sends greetings at the benew year of Alumni activities. We had a splendid picnic September 12 at Castle Rock, Delaware County. The supper was in the Community House. All present report having a wonderful oldginning of a fashioned picnic, the prime factor of all these meetings being the cheerful friendliness of the Alumni to each other, and the leading spirit, as always, was our President, Mrs. Florence Hess Cool. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 25 The monthly luncheons will be held on the second Saturday of each month in the Club Room at Gimbels’. This is a beautiful large room, and much nicer than the other meeting place. The time will be 12:30 P. M. October 10 will be the date of our first meeting. All Alumni and friends of Bloomsburg are welcome to attend these affairs at any time. Let us make a good beginning by coming out to the first meeting. Other meetings will be November 14, December 12, etc., always the second Saturday of each month, up to and including March. Of course our banquet is held the last Saturday of April, and then, on Alumni Day in May we all go back to our Alma Mater. We are looking forward to a happy year again in our contacts with the Alumni of Old Bloomsburg, the faculty and Dr. Haas, as well as Dr. Waller and former members of the faculty. NOTES Joseph P. Eehternach is the proud grandfather of a baby boy born to his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Bishop and Mr. Bishop, of Newark, Delaware, on the 22nd of June. Prof. Bishop is a member of the faculty of Delaware College as Professor of Chemistry. 1908 Carrie Grey Hurley met instant death in an automobile accident Scotia in August, when the car in which she was driving struck a soft shoulder in the road and overturned. She was a teachin Nova Camden schools at the time of her death. Carrie was one of our most faithful members of the Philadelphia group, and we shall miss her sincere loyalty to our group and to her Alma Mater. She resided in Mammonton, N. J. er in the 1909 Charles Penman, husband of Marjorie Reese Penman, died at his home, 8901 West Chester Pike, Kirklyn, Delaware Co., near Philadelphia. Marjorie and their six children survive. Funeral services were held Monday, September 28, at the home. 86 -‘ 88-‘12 A. Cool, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Norman G. Cool, 1886, and 1888, and son of Harold Cool, 1912, returned to his home in California. Mr. Cool had the honor of delivering the California ’ Norman THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 26 State tribute on California State ington Memorial Chapel for his father’s class at Sunday at Valley Forge Alumni Day in at a service in August. held in He also Washspoke May. Jennie Yoder Foley, Secretary 8134 Hennig Street Fox Chase Philadelphia, Pa. 1182 The following is quoted from the Library Journal, published at Harrisburg, Pa. “The resignation June 1 of Miss Jennie Helman, chief librarian Catasauqua Public Library since its incorporation, brings to a close a long career of usefulness in behalf of the youth of the community. From a small beginning of a few hundred books under her leadership the library has grown to a collection of more than seven of the thousand volumes. Last year nearly fifteen thousand people used the library. This is truly a remarkable showing. While Miss Helman has resigned from active work, her interest will remain with the library. At the time of her resignation many warm tributes richly reserved were paid to Miss Helman by her fellow workers, her church and the local press representing the entire community.” The death of Mrs. Rachel Susanna Hower, one of Bloomsburg's most highly esteemed women, occurred Friday, July 3 at the Bloomsburg Hospital, after an illness that had made her an invalid for five years. Her condition had been serious a week. A native of Dorrance, Luzerne County, where she was born September 27, 1864, Mrs. Hower was graduated from the Bloomsburg Normal School in 1882. She taught school for a number of years and was an artist of considerable note. She was the widow of Henry W. Hower, whose death occurred several years ago, and was a member of the Reformed Church. 1904 Allan B. Eister (’04) and Helen Warded Eister (’07) are living at Convoy, Ohio. Their elder son, Allan, was recently graduated from DePauw University (Greencastle, Ind.) with Phi Beta Kappa honors. The recipient of the Albert J. Beveridge fellowship from that school, he will study for the master’s degree next year at the American Uni- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY versity in Washington, D. C., where he 27 also holds a tuition scholar- ship. 1919 Miss Mildred Anderson, of Nantieoke, became the bride of Emerson Maurer, of Nantieoke, Wednesday, June 10. The groom is a teller of the First National Bank of WilkesBarre. 1921 At the thirteenth annual commencement at State College on August 6, the degree of Master of Education was conferred upon Ralph G. Shuman, teacher of mathematics and science at the Thomas Ranken Patton Masonic Institution for Boys. Mr. Shuman was one of the group of 131 students who received advanced degi'ees. During the Summer Session Mr. Shuman was initiated into the Alpha Tau chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity. This fraternity is composed of students and professors who are working in education and research and have completed the required work in the graduate school. Evelyn Z. Smith (Mrs. Lyman E. Cunningham) 1704 Ardoyne Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 1922 Alice E. Owens was married Saturday, July 11 to Julius H. Penn. The ceremony was performed in Seattle, Washington. The bride was a member of the faculty of the Robert Morris School in Scranton. Mr. Penn is a graduate of the Mississippi State College and is employed in government work at Bremerton, Washington. 1923 The Rural Group of the class of 1923 at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College held a reunion Sunday, July 26, 1936 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Johnson, of Millville, R. D. Following a picnic! was spent recalling college experiences. The 1937 reunion will be held on the third Saturday in June the Dimock Camp Grounds. dinner, the afternoon at Those present were: Elma Major, Leona Williams Moore, Howard Moore, of Dallas, R. D., Ruth Geary Beagle, Ralph Beagle, Dale, Donald and Ann Beagle of Danville, R. D.; Sarah Levan Leighow, David Leighow, and Dale Leighow, Emily Craig, Sarah Miller and William Long, of Catawissa, R. D.; Mary Kline Johnson and Clair Johnson, Millville, R. D. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 28 1924 The following has been clipped from the newspaper at Milheim, Pa.: The community mourns the passing of one of its most popular and highly respected residents, Margaret Beatrice Mensch, who died at her home on Saturday afternoon, September 26 at 5:20 o’clock, following a lingering illness of ten months’ duration with that most dreaded of afflictions, internal cancer. Miss Mensch, who was known to scores of school children and many others as Miss Margaret, earned that title of respect and endearment as one of the most popular and efficient primary school teachers in the history of the local schools. A graduate of the Millheim High School in 1917, she also graduated from the Bloomsburg State Normal School in 1924. Miss Mensch taught in the Hartleton grade school for three years and for twelve years in Millheim, relinquishing her post in her home town school at the close of the first semester last year, only when her illness necessitated her removal to the Lewistown Hospital. A life-long member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Millheim, she was always deep in Sunday School and missionary work, ever alert in the interest and care of her pupils. She was also an accomplished musician, playing both the pipe organ and the piano in her church, as well as being a member of the choir. Margaret B. Mensch was born in Millheim on January 25, 1900, daughter of the late George B. Mensch and Della (Boyer) Mensch. Following the death of her father in July 1930, she continued to live with her mother, who survives her. Also surviving are one sister and two brothers: Mrs. George P. Mausser, of Lewistown; Harry B. Mensch of Milton, and Fred C. Mensch, of Millheim. 1925 and John E. Sidler, of Miss Anna Derry Township, were married in the Lutheran Church in Reed's Station Wednesday, June 17 by the Rev. Charles Lambert, pastor of R. Geary, of Danville R. D. 5, the church, officiating. The bride, a graduate of the Bloomsburg State lege has been principal of the Valley Consolidated Teachers ColSchool for the past eight years. Mr. Sidler was graduated from the Danville High School and THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY Penn State. He has accepted Montgomery High School. 27, 29 a position as instructor at the Clinton- In a pretty wedding at the Valley Forge Chapel Saturday, June Miss Rosalie Boyer, became the bride of Earl J. Smiley, of Nor- ristown. The beautiful and impressive ring ceremony the Rev. Mr. Prevost of the chapel before was performed by members of the immediate families of the couple. The couple are now at home at 209 Westwood St., Norristown. The bride is a graduate of the Catawissa High School, Class of 1923, Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Class of 1925, and has been a successful teacher of music and art at Upper Merion for the past five years. The groom is employed by the water company at Norristown. 1928 At the ceremony performed at 9:00 o’clock Thursday, July 9, at of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Boyer, their daughter, Miss Catherine, and Clyde Daubert were united in marthe home riage. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. the Trinity Lutheran Church, in E. L. Leisey, pastor of presence of their immediate the They were unattended. The bride is a graduate of the Danville High School, Class of 1924, and the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Class of 1926. For families. the past ten years she has been a successful teacher in the borough Ward, Danville. schools, teaching the second grade in the First The groom liamsport, and is is They are now the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Daubert, of Wila plumber by living at the trade. home of the bride's parents on Foust Street, Danville. Miss Martha A. Hague, of Plains, was married Wednesday, July 8 to W. Leroy Welch, of Kingston. Miss Hague has been a teacher in the Plains schools for several years. Mr. Welch is associated with the Atlantic Refining Company. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 30 1929 Miss Kathryn Bingaman, and John E. Reese both of Tamaqua, were united in marriage at the Brick Church near Montgomery. The ceremony took place in August. The bride has taught in Tamaqua for seven years. They will reside in Tamaqua. 1930 August 1, at the home of the bride’s Nuremburg, and Harold A. Davis, of Youngstown, Ohio, were united in marriage. The ring ceremony of the Reformed Church was used. Rev. O. F. Schaeffer, of Berwick, officiated at the ceremony. Rev. Schaeffer had performed the ceremony of the bride’s parents. Only members of the immediate family At 12:30 Saturday afternoon, parents, Grace V. Reinbold, of attended the ceremony. The bride is a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College and has been a teacher in the Nuremburg School. The groom is a graduate of Bliss Electrical School, Washington, D. C., and is employed at Youngstown, Ohio, as an electrical engineer for the IndusBusiness Machines Corporation, of trial New York City. In xhe presence ol the immediate families, Miss Margaret Oswald, of Scranton, became the bride of Walter J. Gordan, Harrisburg. The ceremony which took place Saturday, September 12, was performed by the Rev. Dr. A. D. Upton, in the home of the bride's parents. After a small reception Mr. Gordan and his bride left for New York and Atlantic City. They will reside in New Cumberland. Mrs. Gordan was graduated from the Technical High School and Bloomsburg State Teachers College. She was a member of the teaching staff of the Andrew Jackson The marriage School, Scranton. of Miss Violet K. Gemberling, of Milton, to uel S. Shirk, of Hartleton, has been announced. Sam- The ceremony took place in Frederick, Md., March 28, 1936. The bride has been teaching for the past two years in the Hartleton schools. The groom is now employed in the C. W. Shirk store' in Hartleton. Miss Eleanor Lapinski and George Bodner, of West Hazleton, whom are graduates of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, were recently married and will make their home in West Hazleton. both THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 31 Jones Memorial Chapel of the Elm Park Church, Scranton, was wedding Saturday, September 5, when Miss Eleanor L. Pugh, Dickson City, became the bride of John G. Wood, also of Dickson City. The Rev. Eugene Pierce performed the cerethe scene of a lovely mony. Mrs. Wood was graduated from Dickson High School and the Powell School of Business. Mr. Wood is a member of the teaching staff in the Dickson City Public Schools. They will reside in Dickson City. Miss Ruth Foulk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foulk, Green was elected teacher of the second grade in the First Street, Danville, Wax'd, Danville. 1931 ceremony Pleasant Mount, Miss Florence M. Regan, became the wife of Richard J. Mergivern, of Pleasant Mount. The gi'oom is a graduate of Coi'tland State Teachers College and Syracuse University. He is a faculty member of the Pleasant Mount In an impi'essive at High School. Miss Anne Fowler, of Berwick, was married Tuesday evening, August 26 to Wilbur Hibbard, of Wanamie, in the first M. E. Church of Conyngham. The Rev. Oliver Krapf, who is a former classmate of the bride and groom, performed the I'ing ceremony. Following the ceremony, which was attended by close relatives of the bride and groom a buffet luncheon was served at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Krapf. The bride is a graduate of the Berwick High School and the Bloomsbui'g State Teachers College. She has been a successful teacher for the past four years in the Briar Creek Township school. Mr. Hibbard is a graduate of the Newport High School, and the Bloomsburg Teachers College and was a student of Columbia Univei'sity, holding a master’s degree. He will teach mathematics in Shickshinny High School this coming term. They are at home to their many friends at 26 Union Sti'eet, Shickshinny, in their newly furnished home. 1932 Miss Gertrude Oswald, of Scranton, became the bride of Jack Beck, of Hershey, Pa., Saturday, June 6. The ceremony was perform- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 32 ed in the Plymouth Congregational Church. The Rev. A. D. Upton performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Beck left for a motor trip through the New England States, and upon their return they spent the summer at Lake Winola. They now reside in Hershey, Pa. The bride is a graduate of the Technical High School and the Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College, and has been a teacher in the Elmhurst School. Mr. Beck was graduated from Technical High School, Scranton, and Bloomsburg, and is a member' of the faculty of the High School at Hershey. Wallace E. Derr, of Jerseytown, received his Master’s degree in Education at the annual commencement of Temple University in Convention Hall, Philadelphia, in June. He is a graduate of the Millville High School and the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Class of 1933, and at the present is a member of the faculty of Hatboro Schools. Miss Kathryn D. Gemmell, of Scranton, became the bride of John C. Westpfahl, also of Scranton, Monday, August 3, 1936. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James Mundy, Milford. Immediately following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Westpfahl left on a wedding trip through New England and Canada. They are now living in the Nay Aug Apartments, 1829 Mulberry Street, Scranton. Miss Gremmell is a graduate of the Technical High School and Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College, and was a member of the faculty of the Alexander Hamilton School in Scranton for several years. Mr. Westpfahl is a graduate of the Central High School and attended Muhlenburg Preparatory School and the University of Pennsylvania. He is engaged in the grocery business, and is associated with his brother in Westpfahl’s Store, Scranton. dist At six o’clock on Saturday evening, July 4, in the First MethoChurch of Berwick, Miss Sarah C. Zimmerman, became the bride of Oliver E. Smith, also of Berwick. The beautiful and impressive ring ceremony of the Methodist church was used by the Rev. Robert J. Allen, pastor of the First Methodist church. More than one hundred friends and relatives of the couple witnessed the ceremony. Miss Zimmerman is a graduate of the Berwick High School, Class THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 33 of 1930, and also a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College in the Class of 1932 and has for several years been teaching in the Berwick schools, and has been elected for the next term. Mr. Smith is a graduate of the Berwick! High School, Class of and Wyoming Seminary, Class of 1932 and has been employed as a salesman and collector for the Berwick Lumber and Supply 1930, Company. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left by auto upon a wedding trip to Washington, D. C., and points of interest in Virginia. They are now living in their newly furnished apartment at 339 East Third Street. Harold M. Morgan, has been appointed boy’s secretary of the M. C. A. Mr. Morgan was assistant boys’ secretary at the Scranton Y. M. C. A. Pottsville Y. 1933 Miss Vivian Annette Yeany, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ash Yeany, of Bloomsburg and J. Ernest Nachod, of Wyncote, were married on Saturday evening, August 22. The ceremony was performed at 6:00 o’clock iii the St. Mathew Lutheran Church, by the Rev. Dr. The Norman S. bride, a graduate of State Teachers’ College, Bloomsburg is Wolf. and has been teaching in Hickory, Penna. The groom is a graduate of Pennsylvania State College where he is a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, honorary Mathematics fraternity and Phi Lambda Upsilon honorary chemical fraternity. He is employed in the laboratories of the DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Nachod are now at home at the Lucania Apartments, Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Ralston, 415 East Fair Street, Bloomsburg, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Martha, to James L. Hinckley, 2000 Spring Garden Avenue, Berwick. The ceremony took place in New Bloomfield, July 20, 1935, with the Rev. Dr. Baldwin officiating. The couple were unattended. Mrs. Hinckley is a graduate of the Bloomsburg High School, and for several months was employed in the Governor’s Stenographic Unit of the Highway Department at Harrisburg, and at present is a clerk in the county treasurer's office. Mr. Hinckley is a graduate of the Ber- THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 34 wick High School and Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College and now employed in the office of the A. C. & F. Co., in Berwick. is 1934 A quiet ceremony was performed at the parsonage of the Rev. Baughman, of Berwick, Saturday, August 29, when Miss Hester G. Eroh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Eroh, of Miffiinville, was married to Carmer P. Shellhamer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shellhamer, of Bloomsburg, R. D. Classmates throughout their school years, the bride and groom were both graduated from the Miffiinville High School with the Class graduated from the Bloomsburg State of 1929. Mr. Shellhamer Teachers’ College and is now farming at Bloomsburg, R. D. 1935 Miss Jean Reese, of Berwick, has been elected to fill the vacancy Shickshinny School. Arden Roan, of Espy, and Miss Helen Merill, Light Street, were named to the High School faculty and Mrs. Boyd Tubbs, Espy was elected by the Scott Township High School Board. Miss Merill is a graduate of the Teachers College, completing in the her work in 1935. 1936 Miss Gertrude E. Dermody, has accepted a position in the mercial Department of the Canton High School, Canton, Pa. Com- Miss Anna McLane, a teacher for the past nine years in the Scranton Public Schools, died December 10, 1935 in the family home, 907 Quincy Avenue, Scranton, following a brief illness. Miss McLane was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mai'tin McLane. After attending the local public schools she attended the Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College where she graduated. For the past several years she taught in the Administration Building. She was a member of the St. Peter’s Cathedral and the various women’s organizations of the parish. Surviving are four sisters, Misses Bessie, Nellie, Catherine and Agnes, also a teacher in the local schools, and a brother, Martin McLane, D. & H. train dispatcher at Carbondale. A graduate of the Commercial Department of the Bloomsburg THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 35 Beatrice C. Gautsch, of Muncy, was married Tuesday, July 14, to Vernon Snyder, of Sunbury, in the Evangelical church of Muncy, before a congregation of invited State Teachers College, Miss guests. now The newlyweds left on at home at Sunbury in a motor trip for New England and are was Bank of Muncy. Mr. Snyder is Past Commander of the Mt. Hermon Commandery, Knights Templar, of Sunbury, and is employed as a National Bank examiner. employed by the the Snyder residence. Miss Gautsch Citizens’ National Robert Abbett, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. B. Abbett, of Rupert, Bloomsburg State Teachers College here this year, has been named Commercial teacher in Juniata High School. a graduate of Miss Betty Harter, of Nescopeck, has been elected Commercial teacher in the Bloomsburg High School. Miss Sara Shuman has accepted a position as teacher in the Third Grade at Robesonia. Mervin Mericle, of Bloomsburg, is a member of the high school faculty at Galeton, Pa. Miss Vernice Pooley, of Danville, has been elected a teacher in the Hummelstown schools. o Dennis D. Wright, Bloomsburg, Pa. I enclose $ as a contribution to the Alumni Student Loan Fund of the State Teachers College at Bloomsburg, Pa. Name Address Class of Year THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 36 Harry P. Gato, 19 South Fourth Street, Tower City, Pa. Lauretta Latshaw, Mifflinburg, Pa. 1901 William O. Trevorrow, 83 Third Street, Jeddo, Pa. 1902 Mary E. Francis (Mrs. G. H. Gendall) 333 North Forest Avenue, Rockville Center, N. Y. 1904 Pearl E. Brandon, 136 North 11th Street, Reading, Pa. I Elizabeth P. Evans (Mrs. W. J. 1907 Wilkins) Chinchilla, Pa. 1908 Anna Willie Shifter Peters, 30 Miner Street, Hudson, Pa. Morgan Stein, 7057 Veronica Road, Upper Darby, Pa. 1910 Luella Burdick Sinquett, 722 Redman Avenue, Haddonfield, N. Bertha M. Brobst, 301 East Fourth Street, Berwick, Pa. Bertha V. Polley, Union, R. D. 2, New York. J. 1912 Charlotte A. Koehler, 31 Cobb Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. 1913 Marion Roat (Mrs. Ira G. Hartman) 282 North Sprague Avenue, Kingston, Pa. Nellie M. Seidel, 1618 State. Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Jessie Dersheimer Pa. (Mrs. C. W. Hoover), 24 Altoona Avenue, Enola, THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 37 1915 Helen E. Harris (Mrs. George W. Ahton), 4 North Broome Street, Port Jervis, N. Y. 1916 Anna Rusk (Mrs. Paul J. Fitzpatrick) 4119 13th Place, N. E., Wash- ington, D. C. Hazel M. Kreamer (Mrs. John A. Price), 183 Delaware Street, Woodbury, N. J. Elizabeth Wiegand, 279 New Hancock St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1917 Mary Kahny (Mrs. C. L. Arnold), Kiski School, Saltsburg, Pa. Gertrude C. Lechner, 54 Terrace Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. C. C. 1918 Elizabeth McDonald (Mrs. Albert King) 266 South Main Street, Pittston. Pa. Mary De Boyle, 535 Hemlock Street, Freeland, Pa. Miriam E. Welliver, 14 Walnut Street, Danville, Pa. ‘ 1916 Margaret Breslin, (Mrs. John A. Gaffney), Ebervale, Pa. Hilda G. Wosnock, 565 Lincoln Street, Hazleton, Pa. Annette McCormick, (Mrs. James Murry) 413 Main Street, Forest City, Pa. Pauline Knies, (Mrs. Horace Williams), 40 East 5th Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Anna Line, (Mrs. Paul Bowersox), 51 Carlisle Street, Wilkes- Barre, Pa. Ruth Pope. 228 East Main Street, Nanticoke, Pa. Kathryn Gabbert, (Mrs. Charles A. Thomas), 115 South Main Mahanoy Victor J. Street, City, Pa. Baluta, M. D., 215 North Shamokin, Street, Shamokin, Pa. Marion Wilson Ball, Reading, Pa. Mary Madden Heath, 93 Dana Street, Forty-Fort, Pa. Jennie Mayers Evans, 2005 Electric Street, Dunmore, Pa. Helen Shaffer Henry, 328 East Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Annette Rogers Lloyd, 611 North Somner Avenue, Scranton, Pa. Emma Harrison Myers, Glen Park, Bridgton, N. J. Joanna Powell Loremy, 1928 Englewood Avenue, Forty Fort, Pa. THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY 38 Runge, Elizabeth Wagonseller 11 Richwood Street, West Roxbury, Mass. Victoria A. Suwalski, 248 State Street, Nanticoke, /Pa. Catharine Mason Hagenbuch, 89 Iron Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Mamie Higgins, (Mrs. F. G. Thomas), 94 Hatfield Street, Caldwell, N. J. Jessie Jones, Nan Academy Street, Plymouth, Pa. James Street, Kingston, Pa. Maxwell Noack, 2045 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ray Leidich, 33 Crescent Street, Tremont, Pa. Marie Brown Leighton, 230 East Main Street, Plymouth, Pa. Elsie H. Robison, 545 West Main Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Bernice Beishline Robbins, 1000 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Shovlin, (Mrs. Joseph Eagen), 160 1919 Gladys E. Fetterolf, (Mrs. J. S. Crossman), 1701 Norwegian Street, Pottsville, Pa. Eugene Steward, R. F. D. 5, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1923 Grace M. Thomas Skerritt, 445 Gramatan Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. 1925 Pearl Poust, Orangeville, Pa. Margaret M. Fay, 109 John Street, Kingston, Pa. 1926 Margaret E. Lambert, Loysville, Pa. Maude Fenstermacher, 243 Pine Street, Catawissa, Pa. 1927 Edna M. Brown, Box 49, Monsey, N. Y. 1930 William B. Jones, 1131 West Locust Street, Scranton, Pa. Marion J. Thomas, (Mrs. William B. Jones), 1131 West Locust Street, Scranton, Pa. 1932 Helen M. Keller, 222 Maple Street, Mifflinburg, Pa. 1935 Lucille M. Gilchrist,, Lake Como, Pa.