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VOE. XV

OCTOBER, 1910

No. 1

Editorial.
Cbe mew Course of StuOg.
The adoption of a four-year coarse of study for the Normal
Schools of Pennsylvania is really an event of great importance.
It has been evident to all who are acquainted with the Nor­
mal School work that our course of study was too extended, too
advanced and too crowded to be thoroughly done in the time
given to it.
The actual results have been a compromise between what
was proposed and what could be well done.
Time and attention has been liberally given to those subjects
which are most necessary for preparation to teach the common
schools of the country, and the grades of borough and city schools,
and these subjects have been thoroughly taught.
The sciences of physics and chemistry have also been well
presented both in theory and laboratory practice. But some ot
the sciences and some of the higher mathematics, such as geology,
trigonometry and surveying have been so crowded as to make a
satisfactory course in them impossible.
On the whole, this compromise has given good results. We
have been able to send out our graduates well equipped for such
work. The constant demand for more teachers than we could
supply, and the high degree of success they have achieved is
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But we hope to do much better for our students in the new
course in several particulars.
F irst — We shall be able to give them better preparation in
Latin. This we regard as a very great gain. A knowledge of
Latin is essential to thorough appreciation of English. Nothing
has been devised that can take the place of translation of Latin
into English as a means of cultivating good English style.
Second — W e shall be able to qualify our students more fully
for all high school positions.

This field should be ours; that is to say, our course of study
should give the best possible preparation for the teaching of all
high school subjects, and the practical administration of high
schools.
T h ird — W e shall have time to give more attention to methods
of teaching. This is the distinguishing feature of the Normal
Schools, and experience has abundantly demonstrated the value
of the special department of methods. The increased attention to
this subject is justified not by theory, but by the actual results of
experience.
F ourth — We shall have time for some important subjects
that we either omitted altogether from our course or slighted for
want of time. Music and Art have never had a fair chance, they
will have it in the new course. Manual Training, Domestic
Science and Agriculture have had no chance at all. They will be
added.
In addition to these specific advantages of the new course,
there will be the general improvement made possible by an addi­
tional year of training. The minds, will 'be more mature, the
habits of work more settled and character more rounded and re­
liable. The influence of the senior class of a four-year course ■
should be, and no doubt will be, a most potent force for good.

3facuity motes.
We rejoice in some welcome additions to certain members of
our Faculty. A wife is the most important addition any man can
achieve. Two of our professors have thus completed themselves.
Welcome to you, Mrs. Gordinier, and welcome to you, Mrs.
Clever.
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Those of our Faculty who were not getting married or travel­
ing in Europe have mostly been attending some eastern university
during the summer.
Prof. Heiges, Miss Harris, Miss Witman and Miss Forsyth
have been in Columbia, Prof. Sweitzer in Harvard and Mr. Ely
at Chautauqua. The H brald hopes to reap great advantage
from the learning thus imported from such high sources, and the
school will feel the inspiration and enthusiasm that comes from
the contact with the great intellectual forces of such universities.
Miss Horton gained many new experiences on her European
trip. Of these she remembers sea sickness as the most impressive,
but other things are more agreeable.
We regret to record the departure of Prof, and Mrs. Newman
from our faculty and school family. We shall miss them sorely
both as teachers and as friends. They take with them the sincere
respect and affection of all the faculty, and every student who had
the good fortune to know them. God bless you wherever you go.
M S'

•Receptions.
Realizing that an education which neglects the social element
is more or less incomplete, the school has adopted a well-defined
policy to offer the students frequent opportunities to cultivate the
social graces. In our complex twentieth-century civilization a
knowledge of what constitutes good form in society is a valuable
asset, and in addition to its cultural value is often of direct pe­
cuniary advantage.
Following the general custom of the school for many years,
a reception was given to all students on the first Saturday night
of the term.' A ll the members of the faculty were in line and re-|
ceived the students in the parlor, they being introduced by Prof.
J. K . Stewart, whose ability as a social leader is recognized and
unquestioned.
After the formal reception, those desiring to dance adjourned
to the gym., where good music had been provided, while those
not indulging in this amusement were entertained in the parlors
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been given to the parlor games, and there was not a dull moment.
Soon after ten the faculty line again formed to say good night, and
the students retired to their rooms with memories o f a pleasant
and profitable evening.

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Among the most potent forces in the school are the Young
Women’s and Young Men’s Christian Associations. They united
the second Saturday evening of the term to give their regular re­
ception to the new students. The receiving line in the parlors
consisted of the various officers and cabinets, and the finished
grace with which they performed their duties would have reflected
credit upon the survivors of many social seasons.
After the reception, parties were chosen for the evening by
means of numbers hidden away in peanut shells. Then all ad-1
journed to the chapel, where a very enjoyable program was ren­
dered. President Appier, of the Y . M. C. A ., introduced Miss
Jean Pearson, of the faculty, who favored the audience with a
solo. Our knowledge of musical terms being somewhat limited,
we can only say that Miss Pearson delighted her hearers by her
charming simplicity of manner, as well as by her well modulated'
tones. The results of thoro training and hard study were shown
in the purity, flexibility and sympathetic quality of voice, the
clear enunciation and wide range. Normal is fortunate in having
Miss Pearson as one of the faculty, and all indulge a pleasant an­
ticipation of many a treat in the future.
The next feature was a most interesting reproduction of au­
tomatic impersonations under the skilled training of Prof. Ely
and Miss Helen Wise.
A duet by Mr. Arnold and Miss Mary Meyers in costume
added much to the program and was thoroly enjoyed.
The male quartet received well earned applause and responded
to the encore.
The final feature was the Buzzard Band, under the leadership
of Mr. Niesley. The harmony of sweet discords was complete
and the audience were kept busy in noting the very close chords;
discords were also close together.

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The company then adjourned to the parlors and engaged in
a contest— guessing advertisements from various cartoons posted
around the rooms.
Ice cream, cake and coffee were served, and when the com­
pany adjourned it was the universal verdict that the program
rendered had furnished a most delightful evening. “Sic gloria
mundi transit.”

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School IRotes.

A ll children of model schools have been examined by Dr.
McCreary and Dr. Berry and a record of their physical condition
made.
This physical examination has been systematically made for
three years, and has proved very helpful and is settled as a per­
manent feature of the school.
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A ll students are now required to have uniform suits for gym­
nastics. The boys of the different classes have adopted suits
trimmed with their respective class colors.
The dining room has been newly furnished with Austrian
bent wood chairs.
The trustees have authorized the equipment of a laboratory
for the study of agriculture.
A course of study in this will be opened in the spring term
o f 1911.
The model school children are rejoicing in some new furniture
and pictures, and above all, in two see-saws.
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New balls and pins for the bowling alley have revived interest
in this excellent sport.

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Cumberland IDalles $tate iRormal School IReunion.
Ipittaburg District.

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Monongahela House, July 26, 1910.— Guest of Honor, Dr.
Jos. F. Barton; Toastmaster, J. E. McCullough; Banquet Com­
mittee, J. E. McCullough, J. E. French, H. H. Kell. A very
enjoyable banquet and reunion was held by the alumni of the
Cumberland Valley State Normal School, Shippensburg, Pa. Dr.
Joseph F. Barton, of Seattle, Wash., formerly vice principal of
the Normal School, was the guest of honor, while covers were
laid also for Mr. and Mrs. W . E. Fohl, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Har­
mon, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Mc­
Cullough, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Nycum, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson
McClelland, Mr. and Mrs. J. Huston McCulloch, Mrs. John
Eambertón, Miss Mary Barton, Mr. S. E. Hershey, Mr. Harry
H. Kell, Mr. J. E. French, Mr. H. H.McCulloch, Mr. U. E.
Allen, Mr. Robert J. Watson, Mr. J. A . Widney. From a num­
ber who were absent from the city and unable to attend letterswere read expressing their best wishes and indicating their regrets.
Mr. J. E- McCullough, ofWilkinsburg, acting as toastmaster,
called Dr. Barton, who, needing no introduction, spoke very
fittingly of his career with the institution and his work for the
students. He remarked that he was always on the side of the
student, refrained from reporting minor offenses and in his heart
enjoyed their numerous pranks attributed to surplus energy of
student life. After Messrs. Fohl, Kell aud Watson had been in­
troduced and spoke very appropriately upon different topics,
the toastmaster called upon each member, who responded with
suitable remarks.
Dr. Barton was a member of the class of ’74, the first class grad­
uated from the institution. About four years ago he resigned after a
continuous service of 20 years as a member of the faculty. By
his activity and progressive educational ideas he was largely in­
strumental in bringing the standard of Shippensburg Normal
among the foremost of the state. His congenial manner, kind­
ness and friendly association always won the respect of each grad­
uate and student of the school. Upon his return from a visit to
the school and among friends in the east, he was prevailed upon
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the opportunity to individually thank him for favors bestowed
upon them while attending school. The sentiment prevailed so
unanimously for a repetition of the reunion and a permanent
organization that Mr. McCullough was elected president. After
a number return to their schools in Allegheny county this fall
arrangements will likely be made for another banquet.
Address of Welcome
Address . . . . . . .
Solo . . . ....................
A d d r e s s ........................
Address . . . . . .
.
Solo ........................'•
Importance of Reunions

program.
............................... J. E. McCullough
....................Dr. Jos. F. Barton, ’74
................................... H. H. Kell, ’97
........................Rev. C. E. Snoke, ’95
................................R. J. Watson, ’oo
........................... Mrs. H ickernell,’97
......................... W- E- Fohl, ’91

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alumni personals.
’74. William F. Hughes is a physical culture teacher in
Philadelphia. His address is 212 North 8th street.
’75 Mr. William B. Skinner is district attorney at,M t.
Vernon, Missouri.
’76. Miss Margaret T . Reichert, of Shippensburg, Pa., goes
to North Wales to teach this year.
:;|’77. Miss Emma C. Rebuck goes this year to Pine Grove
Furnace, Pa.
’78. Mrs. Laura Harvey (Shearer) will teach again in the
schools of Waynesboro, Pa.
’79. Miss Sue A . Stutenroth goes to Newark, N. J.
’80. Mrs. Mary McCune (Harper), of Marquette, Mich., has
been spending the summer with her brother, Mr. E. C. McCune,
in Shippensburg, Pa.
’81. Miss Sallie Castle is teaching at Chandler, Fla.
’82. Mr. C. F. E. Reehlingis a merchant in Steelton, Pa.
’83. Mr. T . M. Herbert is a teacher at Beaver Meadows, Pa.
’84. Mr. D. D. Park is living at Fannettsburg, Pa.
’85. Mrs. Carrie M. Tritt (Stull) is living at Waynesboro,
Pa. Her daughter, Miss Grace Stull, is a middler with us.

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’86. Miss Laura B. Staley, of Sbippensburg, spent several
weeks abroad during the summer. She returns to Lower Merion,
Pa., for the coming year.
’87. Miss Dorothy Eshenman, of Shippensburg, will teach
at Langdondale, Pa.
’88. Mr. John Hetrick who has taught for a number of
years at West Fairview, Pa., will teach this year in his home town,
New Kingston, Pa.
’89. Supt. H. M. Roth and son Harold, of Gettysburg, Pa.,
spent a day with us at the Normal in August.
’90. Mr. H. K . Strickler is principal of the high school at
Tucker ton, N. J.
’91. Prof. George H. Eckels, who has had charge of the
West Jersey Military Academy at Bridgeton, N. J., for the past
few years, has accepted the superintendency at New Brunswick,
N. J. Prof. Eckels, his wife and daughter Elizabeth, made us a
little call at the Normal a few weeks ago as they were going
through.
’92.

Mr. D. M. Shearer is still teaching at Fayetteville, Pa.

’93. Mrs. Nellie R. Hays (Dunlap) is living in Columbus,
Ohio. She formerly lived in Shippensburg.
'94. Miss Mable Nissley, ofHummelstown, Pa., is employed
in the State Library at Harrisburg, Pa.
’94. Mr. M. J. Cook, formerly a student at C. V . S. N. S. and
recently a member of the faculty of Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pa., is completing his studies at Princeton University.
’95. Miss Bertha Mohler, of Shippensburg, will teach dur­
ing the winter at Scotland, Pa.
’96. Miss M. Jane Campbell, of Waynesboro, took an ex­
tended trip through the west during the summer. She returned
to take her school in Waynesboro again.
’97. Mr. H. H. Poole is teaching at Lickdale, Pa. We
had lost, track of Mr. Poole for a number of years and are very
glad to learn his whereabouts.
’97. Mrs. Francis L- Geiger JOmwake) is living in Harris­
burg, where her husband has charge of the Academy.

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’97. Mr. J. M. Nycum was a pleasant caller at the Normal
some time ago. He was on his way to Bedford County to visit
his old home.
’98. We take the following from a Huntingdon county paper:
I came to Dobbs Ferry on the 5th of September to teach in
the St. Christopher’s Home for Children. The Home is con­
ducted by the Methodist Episcopal Church, although Mr. Arm ­
strong, the superintendent, is a Baptist and only two teachers are
Methodists; the majority of the committee are Methodists. The
Home is situated twenty miles from New York City, in Dobbs
Ferry, on the banks of the grand old Hudson River. We have a
fine view of the river and the boats passing up and down from
the dining room windows or from the summer house which stands
on a bluff overlooking the river and the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad.
The Home occupies twelve acres; in the center is the main
building, which resembles an old castle; ivy covers the building
even to the tops of the towers. Here the superintendent and
family live, also the teachers. A very short walk finds one at
the entrance to the school building. The first floor is occupied
by the Chapel, a delightful room furnished simply, but there is
nothing to be desired, and two class rooms, large and pleasant.
Second floor, class room and room for manual training for the boys.
There are five cottages, each presided over by a house mother
and containing twenty-five children; there are more than that at
present, however. There is also a gymnasium and a laundry.
The girls remain until they are eighteen, the boys fourteen;
when they leave they are furnished with a good outfit and the
committee keep them in mind so that they may be taken care of
and not be imposed upon.
Dobbs Ferry is quite historical; a monument near St. Christ­
opher’s marks the site of Washington’s headquarters at certain
times during the Revolution, and from the river opposite a British
sloop of war fired a salute of seventeen guns in honor of the Commonder-in-Chief of the American Army, the first of the kind fired
from British guns.
Saturday a party of us went up the Hudson to West Point;
it is a beautiful sail of over two honrs. We passed quite a number
of historical points connected with the life of Andre, Clinton,
Arnold and so many others of Revolutionary fame. To tell any
more of that delightful trip would make my letter too long.
V erna E. H orton .

,98. Miss R. May Anthony is teaching in Washington. Her
address is 1819 First Ave., Spokane, Washington. W e should

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be glad to have a letter from May telling us something of her
work there.
, 99 - Mr. Herman Smith goes this year to Salunga, Lancaster
county, to teach.
year.
lege.

’99. Mr. A . P. Watson goes to Ellwood City, Pa., this
Last year Mr. Watson attended school at Grove City Col­

’99.
bell, Pa.

Miss El va Fleming goes back this year to Glenn Camp­

’00. For a long time we had lost track of Mrs. Jessica
Evans (Young), but last summer learned her address and in re­
ply to our card asking for information she writes the following:
1122 Fastlake Ave., Seattle, Washington.
Your card requesting an article for Normal H erald was
received some time ago, and today a copy of the H e r a l d . I
fully intended to write something of interest, but as I ’m a house­
wife and homekeeper, each day is brimful of both pleasant and
exacting duties, so I hope you may overlook what seems to be
indifference.
I brought up the subject at the dinner table this evening, and
Mr. Young decided with me, that instead of writing' out a long
article of my own selected material, I should offer through the
columns of the H e r a l d , to answer questions such as any Nor­
malité may choose to ask regarding this section of the world.
This is a very delightful country, and never ceases to be in­
teresting or attractive to folks who have lived here many years.
Moreover, it is a section making rapid strides in progress, and
well worth an inquiry from capable, progressive, useful, upright
eastern individuals casting about for their own advancement.
You Easterners really do not know what you are missing in
life, else you would hustle and find some way of locating your­
selves in this beautiful, agreeable section of our vast country.
Now, Miss Horton, you may say through the H erald that
I wiU answer any or all questions of Normalités— present or past
— or i f they so desire, send me a self addressed envelope, and I
shall make a personal reply. This way I can write just what is
wanted, and save time.
With best regards,
M rs . J. E. Y oung .
It seems almost like seeing Jessie again to have her write to
us and we hope our readers who are thinking of going west will
take advantage of her offer and find out about Washington. If
the Personal Editor was not so old she would think of it herself.

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’oo. Mr. Herbert Creamer returns this year to Greensburg,
Pa., where he has been teaching for several years.
’oo. Miss May Donnelly goes back to Jenkintown, Pa.
’oo. Miss Cora B. Clever made her promised visit to Shippensburg this summer and we were all glad to see her again.
She has returned to Tahlequah, Okla., to teach in the Normal
School there.
'o i. Mr. E. Hade Hager is'aclerk for the P. R. R. at Wash­
ington, D. C. We have not learned his address there, but would
be glad to know it.
’oi Mr. N. N. Arnold, who is a senior at Princeton, writes
for a late catalogue and says further: “ Next June will be the tenth
year reunion of my class. We are already getting busy and I
think we will have quite a representation back. I expect to be
there and shall be glad for an opportunity to get back. Kind re­
gards and best wishes for Normal.”
We learn that he was recently chosen a member of the
senior council, which is the undergraduate governing body of the
University.
’02 We take the following from a Carlisle paper:
Carlisle friends have heard from Prof. W. S. Fickes, formerly
a Carlisle teacher. He has been promoted to the principalship of
the high schools of St. Cruz La Laquin, Luzon, P. I., with a
great advance in salary. His new post is three hours’ ride from
Manila. I f all goes as the professor expects, he will visit Car­
lisle friends next summer.
’02 We are chagrined to have made a mistake in the spell­
ing of the name of Mrs. Elizabeth McCune (McClelland). We
had it “ McClennan” and are glad to correct the error in this issue.
Mrs. McClelland writes iron 7609 Tuscarora St., East End, Pitts­
burg, and sends usher H erald subscription, which we are always
glad to get.
’02. We are glad to have a letter from Portis A . Smith from
Portis, Kansas. He says:
I like the west very much. It spells “ opportunity” for young
ladies as well as young men. Of course the hind of opportunity
differs greatly. A young man can earn from forty to sixty dollars
a month helping to harvest wheat and corn, and may have steady
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The bachelors tell me they are not so from choice.
I am living an outdoor life from choice this year and have
been much benefited by it. We are two to three thousand feet
above sea level here in northwestern Kansas.
I expect to spend the winter months in California if I can
secure employment there.
My kindest regards to Normal teachers and best wishes for
the success of Normal.
Very cordially yours,
Portis A . Sm it h .

Portis does not fail to send his-Herald subscription. Thanks.
And we hope the climate will prove of great benefit to him.
02. Mr. Frank C. Myers, Princeton, ’09, is now student state
secretary of the Y . M. C. A . of New York. He is located at
Albany, N. Y .
’03 William G. Wherry, who graduated at Dickinson College
after leaving Normal, is in business in Newark, N. J. During
the summer he visited his sister, Mrs. King Weakely, near Car­
lisle.
’03 Miss Blanche Clever goes to Dauphin county to teach.
We have not learned her address.
’04. Mr. Earl Reese, formerly of Shippensburg, is living in
Chambersburg, Pa., where he is a clerk.
05. Miss Joice Gochnauer will teach at Newburg, Pa.
’05. Miss Linnie Cover returns to Highspire this year.
’05. Miss Lena Dunlap goes back to Belleville, N. J., where,
she has been very successful for a few years.
05. Mrs. Flora E. Harboldt (Reynolds) has moved from
Reading to Hershey, Pa., where her husband is in business. *
’05. Miss Ethel Myers writes us from DuBois, Pa.: “ After
leaving Normal, I taught two years, then spent two years at Ir­
ving College, graduating in 1909. I spent last year teaching the
DuBois high school, and have returned for a second term. Am
enjoying my work here. My address is 121 East Scribner Ave.,
DuBois, Pa.
’06. In a previous H erald we stated that Mr. Harry K irk­
patrick was a dentist located in Harrisburg, but we could not
give his street address. It is 132 Walnut St., and we hope any
old Normal students who are near enough will call to see him.'

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,06. Mr. Paul F. Myers is now a sophomore at Princeton
University. He took a leading part in the Triangle Club last year,
which is a dramatic organization of the University.
’07. Mrs. Grace Benner (Appier) lives at 1413 Thompson
Ave., Harrisburg, Pa.
’07. Miss Alta Berry goes back to Flemington, N. J., this
year, Miss Zora Gettel to Oberlin, Miss Ethel Clever to Lemoyne and Miss Nancy Agle to Barnesboro.
’07. Mr. Chas. D. Tritt is teaching at Fairview, $. D.
’07. Mr. P. J. Weibe has resigned his school at Union
Deposit and has accepted a position with the Messiah Bible
School at Harrisburg. He will teach History, English, German
and Algebra. The school opens September 26.
’07. Mr. R. F. Arnold (state certificate), is now a Junior at
Princeton University and was recently elected into the “ Honors
Course in Classical Humanities/’ being one of the six chosen out
of a possible 135.
’08. Miss Ella Martin and Miss Grace Wonders will both
teach in Harrisburg.
’08. Miss Lenna Squires goes to Vineland, N. J.; Miss
Grace Stumbaugh to Elizabethville, Pa.; Miss Nellie Boher to
Belleville, N. J.; Miss Blanche Rice to Bridgeton, N. J.
’08. Mr. Denny C. Noonan writes from Garfield, Wash­
ington:
I have accepted the priucipalship here, with quite an in­
crease in salary from what I was getting in Pennsylvania. We
have about five hundred pupils enrolled and expect more. I bad
a very delightful trip coming here. The scenery was glorious
through the Rocky Mountains. A ll around us are large orchards,
limbs bent to the ground from the weight of the fruit; the wheat
fields are very large. The climate surpasses all I ’ve been in, and
the cost of living is no greater than in the east.
Mr. Noonan also sends us his H erald subscription, for which
we thank him.
’09. Miss Lillian Hargleroad goes to Westwood, N. J.; Miss
Emily Stutenroth to Raritan, N. J.; Miss Claire Noftsker, to New
Cumberland, Pa.; Miss Rhea Hollar to Belleville, N. J., and
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’09. A letter from Mr. John S. Igartua, Quebradillas, Porto
Rico, tells us he has again been elected to teach in the graded
schools of his town. John has been teaching very successfully
in Porto Rico ever since he graduated at Normal. We are al­
ways glad to know of our graduates’ success.
’09. Miss Beatrice E. Lerew writes from Netcong, N. J.,
that she is teaching in the kindergarten and has sixty-three pupils
enrolled. Says the place is very delightful, having three lakes
near. Beatrice sends her H brald subscription, for which we re­
turn thanks.
3be Class ot 1910.

Miss Nellie Cope will teach at Oakville, Pa.
Miss Romayne Thrush will teach at Borden town, N. J.
Miss Loubertia Agle atRiverdale, N. J.
Mr. Tee Hale goes to Everett, Pa.
Miss Ruth Duke, Saxton, Pa.
Miss Verna Wolfe, Peapack, N. J.
Miss Janet Marshall, Eddington, Pa.
Miss Helen J. Scott is teaching in a private school in Gettys­
burg.
Mr. W. S. Hendershot goes to Jefferson school, Allegheny
county. His address is West Elizabeth, Pa.
Miss Mary Hoffman is teaching third grade in Lebanon, Pa.
Miss Stella M- Linn is teaching near home, Orrtanna, Pa.
Miss Kathryn Garver is teaching third grade in Stevens build­
ing,-Lebanon, Pa.
Miss Isabella F. Deardorfifis teaching near home, McKnightstown, Pa.
Misses Ethel and Helen Jones are both teaching in Franklin
county.
Miss Florence Allen goes to Union Deposit to take the position
made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Wiebe.
Russel Nelson goes to Roselle Park, N. J. He writes that
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some time to get acquainted with the work, but that he likes it
very much. He encloses his subscription to the H e r a ld .

Mr. William V . Davis goes to Robertsdale, Huntingdon Co.
Miss Martha Robertson will enter a school of Domestic Sci­
ence in Washington, D. C.
Miss Beatrice Hixon has accepted the principalship of the
Dryrun schools.
Mr. Harry G. Doyle will teach at Doylesburg.
Miss Viola C. Herman is teaching near Williams Grove.
Miss Albie Good is near Waynesboro.
Miss Mary J. Johnston is teaching at McConnellsburg.
Mr. Clyde Ziegler is in the Carlisle grammar school.
Mr. Jos. M. Coyle is teaching near Mt. Holly Springs.
Mr. James W . White is assisant principal in the Farmingdale high school at Farmingdale, N. J.
Miss Ruth Shive goes to Claysburg, Pa.
Miss Florence A . Eberly is at South Fork, Pa.
Miss Helen Robinson is teaching at Markleville, Pa.
Miss Carrie Cook is near Greencastle.
Mr. Russell Jones has the grammar school in Mercers burg.
Mr. Seth Grove is at Clay H ill grammar school.
We are unable to state where the other members of the class
are located, as they have not informed us.

Storft Column.
Ba ish . A t Clear Spring, Pa., August io, to Mr. and Mrs.
J. W . Baish, a daughter. Mr. Baish was a graduate of ’oo.
Ca l l a h a n . A t Morgantown, W . V a., “May 18, to Prof, and
Mrs. J. M. Callahan, a daughter. Mrs. Callahan was Miss Maude
Louise Fulcher, ’03, and later a graduate and teacher of the West
Virginia University.

A t Saltsburg, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Richards, a
Mrs. Richards was Miss Mabel McFarland, ’02.

R ichards .

daughter.

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K riebel . A t North Wales, Pa., September, 1910, to Mr.
and Mrs. Kriebel, a daughter. Mrs. Kriebel was Miss Minnie
Kline, a former student.
K onhaus . Meehanicsburg, Pa., September 26, to Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Konhaus, a son. Mrs. Konhaus was Miss Ruth Blessley, ’° 5 > and Mr. Konhaus was a member of the class of ’02.

&
Gupi&’s Column.
• N oll— M il l e r . A t Newport, Pa., July 14, 1910, Mr. W al­
ter I,. Noll, ’02, to Miss Mary Bell Miller, ’02.
Crook — A ungst . A t Harrisburg, Pa., September 17, Mr.
W . Crook to Miss Lottie Aungst. Miss Aungst was a student
with us last year.

E.

J udd — Brin k erh o ff . A t Lees X Roads, Pa., September 14,
Rev. Albert G. Judd of Middleville, N. Y ., to Miss Lulu I. Brinferhoff, ’07.
W alh ay —U m h oltz . A t Williamstown, Pa., Mr. W . D.
Walhay, ’02, to Miss Ida Umholtz. They willreside at Williams­
town.
Carother S— L erch . A t Highspire, Pa., August 17, Mr.
Carl O. Carothers, ’06, to Miss Nellie Lerch. They willreside at
Shippensburg, Pa.
N oll— Cr il l y . A t the home of the bride’s parents, Sept.
21, Mr. Chas. F. Noll, ’00, to Miss Nora Crilly, ’00. They will
reside in State College.
Blessing — D iven . A t New Bloomfield, Pa., September 27,
Mr. Edward H. Blessing, of Hummelstown, Pa., to Miss Helen
Diven, ’02.
A rnold —W il e y . A t York, Pa., June 12, 1910, Mr. C.
Russel Arnold, of Fawn Grove, Pa., to Miss Sara Adelle Wiley, of
New Freedom, Pa. Mr. Arnold was a former student at Normal
and is now cashier of the First National Bank of Fawn Grove,
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©bituar#.
Wilbur F. Creamer, ’96.
We take the following from a Shippensburg paper:
In the prime of manhood, especially so far as age is concern­
ed, Wilbur Creamer, son of Mr. and Mrs. W . C. Creamer, died at
the home of his parents on the Ridge road, Hopewell township,
two miles north of Middle Spring, on Monday, September 12,
1910, aged 34 years, 1 month and 13 days, death resulting from
tuberculosis of the throat. The deceased was born and reared in
same vicinity and had laid the foundation for a useful life. ^ Two
years ago he was obliged to relinquish his position as principal of
the schools at Martinsburg, W . Va., and returned to his home.
He was a member of the Middle Spring Presbyterian church. He
graduated from the Shippensburg Normal School in the class of
1896, and three years later from Dickinson College, Carlisle. He
was census enumerator in his district in 1890 and again in i 9 io i
which work he just recently completed. He was a young man of
most excellent character and habits and would have made his
mark in the world had his life been spared. He is survived by
his parents and wife, who was formerly Miss Myrtle Burke, of
Middle Spring; also one brother, Herbert. Funeral was held on
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., with services by his pastor, Rev. S. S.
Wylie. Interment was made in Spring Hill cemetery.
The H ekald extends sympathy to the friends.
Russell C. Campbell, ’02.
. Mr. Campbell died in New Germantown, Pa., on August 15,
1910. He was a graduate of Medico-Chi, Phila., and had been
practicing for about six months. His death was very sudden.
Jennie Pearl Bitting, ’05, died September 27, 1910.
We are indebted to the Newport paper for the following:
Miss Jennie Pearl Bitting died of typhoid fever, after about
one week’s illness, at the home of her parents, Peter and Julia C.
(Stroup) Bitting, of West Newport, aged 28 years. This simple
announcement will alone revive a volume of fondest recollections
and happiest memories, as well as sorrow immeasurable, upon the
part of the many friends of her whose death they all so deeply
mourn. No young person’s death in this community in recent
years has caused a greater shock. It was not generally known
she was ill, although she had been experiencing some of the
symptoms of typhoid fever for several days, such as bodily weak­
ness, before taking her bed on Tuesday of last week.
She was born in Millerstown, August 13, 1882, but had
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Evergreen (Fair ground) school, Oliver township, and at the
Shippensburg State Normal School, where she graduated in the
Class of 1905. She taught the East Newport primary school for
three terms, 1905-07, the Evergreen primary school for two terms,
1908-09, and about two weeks of the i9ioterm, having been elect­
ed teacher of that school for the third time consecutively, illness
necessitating her relinquishing it less, than two weeks ago. She
was faithful and efficient, and bore the respect and confidence of
both patrons and pupils.
She was a member of the United Evangelical church and
Sunday School, taking a deep interest in all the affairs of her
church. She was the dearly-loved teacher of a class of girls in
the Sunday school. She will be missed greatly in this work, as
well as in her secular avocation, while her absence forever from
her home creates a vacancy there which cannot be filled, and a de­
gree of sorrow almost overwhelming those who have been called
upon to bear it.
Her parents, two brothers, Thomas and Grover C., and one
sister, Helen Catharine, survive her.

momer anO tbe Momeric Uqc.
(Extract from a paper by Miss M ary R au m , ’91.)

Evening was falling. A solemn hush held in thrall the pulses
of the universe. A dazzling glow of gold swept the western
heavens. To the southward the summit of Mt. Olympus glowed
in sunset gold, but its dazzling sheen was not seen by one who
with slow uneven steps began his descent toward the valley.
T all and commanding in stature, there was that in his presence,
almost noble, despite the homeliness of his garb, which consisted
of the long loose gown and plain tunic.
A type of face which one could not venture to say whether
it would inspire love or that unwilling admiration which is mixed
with dread. The question must be decided by the eyes, which
often seem charged with a more direct message from the soul;
but the eyes have long been silent and we know him for a money­
less blind old poet, who eats sparing dinners, wears threadbare
robes, and sits among marble fragments of the past, who sees
Nature only with the light of those far off younger days which
Still shone in his memory.
Without home, from village to village he wanders dreaming
of blue hills, fleecy pink-touched clouds, and poetic light over
all— his own land— home of the dreamer. If he missed world s
honors and world’s plaudits and the wage of the world s deft
lackeys, still his lips were kissed, daily, by those high angels
who assuage the thirsting of the seers, for he was born unto
singing, and the burden lay heavily upon him; because be could
not utter in the day what God taught him in the night, but
“ Seven cities claimed the mighty minstrel dead
^
Through which the living Homer begged his bread.
The Homeric Age may be compared to a gigantic rainbow,
one end touching the age of heroes and fables; the other, the
Golden age of Greece. Everything in Greek history is said to
date from the Trojan war. Whatever period this occurred, this
date is to Greeks what 1776 is to America; 1688 to England and
1789 to France. Somewhere between 1000 B. C. and 77^ B. C.
intervened that period which may be classed as the Age of Homer
or the Heroic Age. For nearly 3000 years his creations have

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survived the devastation of time and have been the delight and
inspiration of men of genius, and they are as marvelous today as
they were to the Athenians since they are the exponents of the
learning as well as of the consecrated sentiments of the Heroic
Age.
No literary epic poem has been composed since Homer’s
day, without reference to the Iliad and the Odyssey as the standard.
Apollonius of Rhodes followed and imitated Homer; Virgil imi­
tated Homer and Apollonius; Dante took Virgil as his master,
and John Milton followed in the foot-steps of Homer, Virgil and
Dante. Plato called Homer the father of tragedy, as well as of
the epic. No other verse has less monotony or more dignity and
stateliness, and with it Homer has given us a clear and animated
picture of early Greek life. Of no other great nation, in its
childhood, have we such a view. The poetry is characterized by
sublimity fire, sweetness and universal knowledge.
His poems are the compositions of a man who traveled and
examined with the most critical accuracy whatever he met in his
way. The different scenes which his pen described almost 3000
years ago appear the same; and the sailor who steers his course
along the Aegean beholds all the rocks and promontories which
presented themselves to Nestor and Menelaus, when they returned
victorious from the Trojan war.
We see in his poems the manners and customs of the primi­
tive nations; the marvelously interesting traits of human nature,
as it was and is; and with these we have lessons of moral wisdom
all recorded with singular simplicity; yet with artistic skill.
The real and unique value of the poems lies in the picture of
the social life of Greece which they place before us. The
Homeric kingdoms were patriarchal monarchies. The kingly
house was always believed to descend more or less remotely from
the gods and to derive its power from the gift of heaven.
As a judge the King sat in the market place, with the elders
around him, and heard all the cases which the people brought
before him. Each suitor spoke in his own behalf and brought
forward his own witnesses, the elders delivered their opinions,
then the king arose, scepter in hand, and gave sentence. As a
leader he headed the host of the tribe on all important expeditions.
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war chariot, driven by a chosen squire. Cavalry was unknown,
a clear mark of the early date of the Homeric poems.
The king kept no great state; his personal attendants were
few. He might be seen supervising the labors of the fields, even
turning his hand at the task of carpentry or smithcraft, for manual
dexterity was as esteemed among the Greeks of Homer as it was
among our own Norse ancestors. So his wife might be seen
acting as housekeeper of the palace bearing rule over the linen
closet and larder.
Next below the king were the princes, and the great landowners of the tribe. Slavery was known, but society was not
debauched by the evils that beset a slave-holding state. The
most affectionate relations were often found existing between
master and slave.
A strong aristocratic tone pervades the Homeric atmosphere.
It appears in the importance attached to high birth; in the manner
which a single armed noble can drive whole crowds of common
folk before him in battle; in the dislike felt to the interferences of
the masses in politics. Society was pervaded with the feeling
that “ might was right.” The plunder of weaker neighbors was
the habitual employment of the noblest chiefs. The king’s pre­
rogative was often used for the purpose of selfish plunder. Piracy
was so habitual that it was no insult to ask a seafaring stranger
whether he was a pirate or a merchant! Homicide was frequent
and unresented save by the kin of the slain. Quarter was seldom
given, human sacrifices were not unknown.
Religion was in a primitive stage, yet in the Iliad and Odyssey
we can trace the beginning of the connection between religion
and morality. The religion was evidently derived from the
Nature worship of the early Aryans. The Greeks coupled with
their religion an elaborate and beautiful mythology. The presence
of the gods followed the Greek wherever he went. They believed
in a future life, where those who found favor with the gods
would receive a place in the field of the blest; and those who
had incurred their anger would be condemned to the gulf of
torment. They were hospitable to strangersffj vindictive and
cruel to their fallen foes. They had a high respect for women;
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Coined money was unknown, all commerce was by barter,
and the standard of value was cattle. They had the use of at
least six metals, gold, silver, iron, lead-, copper and tin. The
descriptions contained in the poems of princely palaces, with
their rich decorations and furniture, are based upon the traditions
of an age which had passed away, but which had not been forgotten.
It was then no golden age the poet painted, but the idealized
picture of the actual political and social life of his own day.
Nowhere else, in any work of art, has the relation of a single
heroic character to the history of the world been set forth with
more of tragic pomp and splendid incident. The destinies of
two great nations hang trembling iu the balance. Kings on
earth below and gods in heaven above are moved to turn this way or
that the scale of war. Across the scene on which gods and men
are contending in fierce rivalry moves the lustrous figure of
Achilles, ever potent, ever young, but with the ash-white aureole
of coming death around his forehead.
He, too, is in the clutch of destiny.
As the price of his decisive action, he must lay his life down,
the Trojan war undecided. It is thus that in the very dawn of
civilization the Greek poet divined the pathos and expounded
the philosophy of human life showing how the fate of nations
may depend upon the passions of a man, who in his turn, is
nothing blit the creature of a day, a ripple upon the stream of
time.
After the death of Hector there comes the capture of Troy
through the episode of the wooden horse; the reunion of Helen
and Menelaus.
The fate of the other heroes is left to be told in the Odyssey,
which has been more popular in modern times than the Iliad,
partly because it deals with the charms of domestic life, rather
than the various modes of warfare, and partly because it is full
of fairy tales.
Ulysses, ten years after the fall of Troy, wanders back to
Ithaca, disguised as an old beggar-man, recognized by none,
except his old dog, Argus, who dies from joy at sight of his
master.
Meanwhile, Ulysses’ wife, Penelope, having to deal with
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them with fair words and promises to choose a husband from
their number when she has woven a winding sheet for Laertes.
Three years pass and the work is still not finished. A t last a
maiden tells that every night Penelope undoes by lamplight what
she has woven in the daytime. The suitors become more urgent
than ever after learning this, and finally Penelope promises to wed
the one who can send an arrow from a great bow that hangs in
the hall, an heirloom in the house. One by one they make trial
of their strength, but all in vain.
“ Perhaps the old begger who has just had his feet washed
would like to take part in the contest,” said one with a sneer.
Ulysses, in his rags, rose from his seat, and went with halting
steps to the head of the hall. He lifted the great bow and looked
with fond recollection at its polished back and its long well­
shaped arms, stout as bars of iron. “ Methinks,” he said, that
in my younger days I once saw a bow like this. ’ ’ He took the
slender bow string of raw hide in his fingers. With seeming
awkwardness he fumbled long with the bow, seeming unable to
bend it.
, .
^ .
“ Enough ! Enough ! old man !||cried one, Antmous striking
him in the face, “ Drop the bow, and stay no longer in the
company of your betters.”
.
Suddenly a great change came over Ulysses. Without
apparent effort he bent the great bow and strung it. Then rising
to his full height he shook off his rags and appeared clad in armor
from head to foot.
_
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, .
In his hand the bow and quiver filled with arrows of mortal
sting. These with a rattle he rained down below
Loose at his feet, and spake among them so;
See, at last, our matchless bout is o’er,
Now for another mark that I may know
If I can hit what none can hit before,
And if Apollo hear me in the prayers I pour.”
Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, is the impersonation of
fortitude, craft and adventure.
Achilles, the hero of the Iliad, is incarnate valor, revenge and
war. He more than any other character in fiction reflects the
qualities of the Greek race in its heroic age.
. .
He is an impersonation of the Hellenic genius, superb in its
youthfulness, doomed to immature decay, yet brilliant at every
stage of its brief career.