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V oe . X V

J U I/Y , 1911

No. 4

ICbe Closet) Bear. >
The school year of 1910-11 is history, its record is completed
and its work accomplished. On the whole, it has been the best
year of our history, yet it has been marked by no sensational
events nor striking features. A year of quiet, steady, faithful work
by faculty and students, it has added its good share to the honor­
able record of the past.
The change from the three year curriculum to the four year
course has demanded much thought, and careful planning to
secure a well balanced, rightly proportioned distribution of time.
The erection of our new Model School building, already well
advanced, will be of great advantage not only to the work of the
Model School, but of even greater value to the departments of
science which will inherit the rooms now used by the Model
School, and thus have the space and conveniences demanded by
the growth of those departments.
The enlargement of the Campus will add much to its beauty,
new floors and fresh paint will greatly improve the boys’ dormi­
tory. The enrollment for next Fall is unusually large, and seems
to indicate that the four year course meets the wishes of our
patrons.
The vacancies in the faculty have been filled, and one more
added to the number of our regular teachers.

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The outlook for the future of all our Normal School* was
never brighter, and the standing of our own school never more
honorable. The policy of our Board is still, as it has been, to
devote our energies and resources to the exclusive task of train­
ing teachers; whatever other schools may find expedient we feel
that for us the strictly Normal school work is best. Our build­
ings are full. To enlarge at all involves enlarging all our plant—
dining room, class rooms, laboratories and dormitories. This we
believe would diminish rather than increase our efficiency.
Four hundred and fifty students all— or practically all— taking
the regular Normal course makes a school that is about as nearly
ideal as a school can be.

■
B Crime.
“ What do you think of the plot?” asked the theater manager.
“ That isn’t a plot,” replied the man whe had paid $2 to see
the show. “ That’s a conspiracy.” — Washington Star.

tbe BgreeO,
S he — ‘ ‘I consider, John, that sheep are the stupidest creatures

living.”
H e (absent-mindedly)— “ Yes, my lamb!” — Sketch.

j*

Succeeoeb.
A r t is t — “ My object was to try to express all the horrors of

war.

How do you like it?”
F riend — “ I have never seen anything more horrible.” —

London Opinion.
j*

immaterial.
T h e S it t e r — “ Yes, its very nice, but you’ve made my hair

too dark.”
T he A r tist — “ Shall I alter it, or will you?” — London Opin-

ton.

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Commencement XKtteeft.
tEwo 10 anO 20 lear Claeses tttolb IReuniotts.
The Commencement exercises were all performed with credit
to those who took part, and to the satisfaction of all concerned.
The desire of the alumni to attend both class day and the alumni
receptions without too great loss of time led to the change of
date for the reception. It was given on Tuesday evening instead
of Wednesday evening as heretofore, and the commencement ex­
ercises closed with the giving of diplomas Wednesday morning.
These changes seem to have been well received by the alumni, and
will probably fix the program for the future.
The Shippensburg Chronicle gave such excellent reports of
the exercises, that we have drawn on their columns largely for
the issue of the H e r a l d .
The exercises of the 38th Annual Commencement of the
Cumberland Valley State Normal School closed with the presen­
tation of diplomas Wednesday morning. The commencement season
throughout was delightful and one of the most pleasant occasions
in the history of Normal.
Certificates of graduation were presented to a class of 81
persons, one of the largest ever graduated. First honors were
divided between Walter Reynolds, of Hanover, P a .M a r y M.
Seitz, of Newville, and Miss Mary I,. Dunkle. The second honor
list was comprised of the following: Alma S. Alleman, Millersburg; Alma Coulson, Dillsburg; Mary Helen Hain, Marysville;
Emma M. Vance, Mercersburg; J. F. Faust, Mowersville; Jos.
W . March, Wm. H. Skelley, Rees X Roads, and Maurice C.
Waltersdorff, Hanover, Pa.
The address to graduates was delivered yesterday morning
by Dr. Samuel Black McCormick, Chancellor of Pittsburg Uni­
versity, an educator of prominence and wide reputation.
Following the usual custom, permanent teachers’ certificates
were granted to 64 alumni, all of whom had met the requirement
of having taught two full school terms since their graduation.
The week’s exercises opened with the Baccalaureate service
Sunday evening. As usual, they were held in Normal Chapel
and were well attended, considering weather conditions. Dr. S.

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A . Martin, principal of the school, preached a most able and im­
pressive sermon, which will be found in full on another page.
Monday morning at io o’clock, Dr. C. H. Gordinier, dean
of the class of 1911, delivered an address to the class in his cus­
tomary capable manner.
The annual musicale was rendered at 8 o ’clock Monday
evening and easily met the high standard of former years. The
program diverged somewhat from the usual custom, in that it was
confined entirely to musical numbers. The best talent of the
school took part and delighted the large audience present. The
program follows:
Polacca Brilliante.......................................................
Weber
Florence Fiokles, Effie Hetrick.
Beloved, It la M orn ......................
Ajrlward
Ruth Bong'.
Bes Sylvaas.............................................................................................Chamlnade
Viola Herman.

Helen Segner.
Barcarolle.................................................. .... 1 ....................................... Ossenbach
Ruth Himes, Harrison Arnold.
Night Shades Are Falling......................................................................Millilotte
Alma Coulson.
Tarantelle ............................
Schumann
Ruth Bevan.
Ave M aria..............................................................
Abt
Obligato Solo..........................................Ruth Himes
Ruth Himes, Kathleen Craig, Alma Coulson, Romana Musgrave,
Beila Horn, Alpha Gill, Ruth Bong, Grace Keefer.
Polonaise, E M ajor.................
Biszt
Margaret Gates.
Berceuse i .................................................................................................... Chopin
Valse, A b )
Mrs. Clever.

C lass D a y .

The ever interesting exercises of class day took place Tues­
day morning and were marked by an unusual brevity, a charac­
teristic of almost all of the exercises, and not at all objectionable
in hot weather, interesting though the programs always are.
The officers of the Senior class are: President Howard G.
Neisley; Vice President, John O. Appier; Secretary, Edith Mc­
Call; Treasurer, Frank E. Coffey. The class colors were purple

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and white and the class flower the oxeye daisy. As has been
customary for some years, these exercises were held on the
campus. The Harrisburg Orchestra, which furnished music for
all the events, opened the class day exercises.
The program follows:
Overture............................................... ....................................................... Orchestra
President’s A ddress..............................................................Howard G. Niesley
Oration— “ Universal Peace’ ’ .................................................. Ira C. Mummert
Class H istory.................................................................................Kathleen Craig
Music........................................................................................................... Orchestra
Mantle Oration— “ Ideals” .,.................... ...................................J. Prank Faust
Response..................................................................................... Albert C. Garland
Class W ill.................................................... ,................................ Edna E . Harman
Class Song, Harrison M. Arnold........................................................The Class
Music........................................................................................................... Orchestra
Ivy Oration.......................................................................................Roy F . Kraber

The last number on the program was a new feature, and in­
cluded the planting of a vine of ivy in the name of the class with
an oration by Roy F. Kraber. While the orchestra played a
march the class formed in line and marched to the east wing of
the administration building, where the ivy was planted and the
oration delivered. Every number was well rendered and the pro­
gram in general abounded in wit and good humor.
A

lumni

Da y .

Tuesday was Alumni Day, speaking generally, and the after­
noon was given up almost entirely to class reunions. A t 4.00
o’clock the Alumni-Varsity baseball game was held, which re­
sulted in a victory for the Alumni by a score of 13 to 10. The
Alumni line-up was as follows: James Kell, c; Earl Reese , p
Lee Hale, 1st b; George Briner, 2nd b; Lloyd Shoap, ss; George
Guyer, 3d b; John McCarrell, cf; Hugh Craig, If; Grove, rf.
The game was a good one and well played until the rain put
the field out of condition, when errors became more frequent.
The Alumni entertainment was given this year by the Ionic
Quartette of Baltimore.
The proceeds of the annual alumni entertainment are added
to the loan fund started several years ago for the help of worthy
but impecunious students. Following the entertainment, the re­
ception to Alumni was held in the gymnasium. In past years
this feature had been held Wednesday evening following com

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mencement, thus extending the “ week” over Wednesday even­
ing. The arrangement this year utilized every available minute
and avoided the usual vacant half day, Wednesday afternoon.
The reception was well attended and was very similar to
the functions of former years. The Harrisburg Orchestra, one of
the best in this part of the State, furnished the dance music.
C ommencement .

The crowning event of commencement week was, of course,
the commencement proper, at which time the more solemn exer­
cises of formal graduation took place. The granting and receiv­
ing of diplomas carrying a realization that possibly for many,
student days are over, brings a feeling fraught with some sadness
to the serious minded graduate.
The exercises were more brief than those of former years,
but displayed a high standard of thoughtful preparation and ex­
cellent presentation. The three first honor graduates represented
the class of the program. The address to graduates was one of
the finest ever heard at Normal. Deep in thought and most
forcibly delivered, Dr. McCormick’s address impressed the entire
audience.
The theme of the address was ‘ ‘Life Rather than Success,”
and in his introductory remarks, he paid a high compliment to
the worth and efficiency of Dr. Martin. He also expressed his
pleasure in visiting the beautiful Cumberland Valley, of which he
had often heard, but had never before seen. He said that Nature’s
endowment of this valley ought to be a source of inspiration to
every student as well as those who make this their home.
Dr. McCormick is one of the best known educators in the
State of Pennsylvania, and his incumbency in the office of Chan­
cellor of the University of Pittsburg is in itself an eloquent tribute
to the intellectual standing of the man. The Cumberland Valley
State Normal School was indeed fortunate in securing Dr. McCor­
mick for this Commencement.
An interesting coincidence noted by Dr. McCormick was the
fact that he had succeeded Dr. I. N. Hayes, a former Principal of
Normal, in the pastorate of the Central Presbyterian Church, of
Allegheny some years ago.

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Dr. Martin presented the diplomas to the 81 graduates and
also the permanent certificates to those who had taught the re­
quired two years since graduation. The program follows:
Music................................... ................ ...... ............ ................. Ochestra

Prayer............................................................................. .............. Rev. S. S. W ylie
............................Glee Club
M usic................. .............................................................
Recitation, Portia and Nerissa .......................... ......................... Mary Seita
Essay, The Boy Scouts of America..................... ................Mary L . Dunkle
Oration, Conquest of the A ir................................. .............. Walter Reynolds
............................Glee Club
Music...............................................................................
Address..................................... Chancellor Samuel Black McCormick, D. D.
Granting- Diplom as....................................4.............. .............. Dr. S. A . Martin
Benediction.

CLASS OF 1891.

The Commencement season of 19x1 brought back to the .
scenes of student days more than a score of the Class of 1891
Alumni whose interest in old Normal had not waned in twenty
years of the world’s more strenuous training. This representation
probably eclipsed all others, considering all conditions and was a
remarkable attendance.
A rather informal reunion was held Tuesday afternoon, when
old associations were renewed and the ties of student days
strengthened. Many of this class had not been in Shippensburg
for some time and the changes and improvements noted were
numerous and interesting.
Prof. Wm. H . Rife, President of the Class and a former popu­
lar instructor of Normal, was here, although he arrived too late
for the reunion. Prof. Heiges, also of this class, presided at the
meeting. The roll was called and the 22 members present each
responded. Some very interesting letters were read from class­
mates unable to come.
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1901 R eu n io n .

One of the most successful Class banquets ever held at the
Normal was that of the Class of 1901, held in the Vigilant Ban­
quet H all, Tuesday evening. The attendance was very gratifying,
fully 50 per cent, of the original membership being present on this
occasion, a record highly complimentary to the work of the Re­
union Committee, which was composed of the following persons :

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Nezza N. Arnold, Chairman; Mrs. Susan Fickes Heiges,
Miss Florence Owens, John D. Coldsmith and George M. Briner.
The class officers are: President, Owen h . Underwood; Secre­
tary, Mrs. Mame Shockey Kirkpatrick; Treasurer, George M.
Briner.
Covers were laid for 42 people, 37 of whom were members of
this “ ten-year class” and the delightful banquet served by Caterer
Etter was a thoroughly enjoyable feature to those privileged to be
present. The following was served:
New Peas

Chicken Croquettes
Cold Tongue
Buttered Rolls

Fruit Salad
Ice Cream
Nuts

Olives
Saltines
Assorted Cakes
Mints

Coffee

The announcement that Mr. Arnold, Chairman of the Com­
mittee and Toastmaster, was unable to be present occasioned gen­
eral regret. However, Prof. George M. Briner, Principal of the
Carlisle High School, filled the position of toastmaster most ac­
ceptably and introduced the following speakers:
Ten Years of Success in the W o rld .................. Mrs. Susan Eickes Heiges
Art and the Single A im ....................................Miss Virginia O. McQuiston
Our Duty as a C la ss.............................................................Edward H. Reisner
Always Classmates..............................................Mrs. Lydia Detweiler Troup
Normal’ s Greatest C la ss..................................................Owen L. Underwood

Almost every member of the class was called upon and re­
sponded with an impromptu toast, recalling events of student
days that will insure the pleasant and abiding memory of this
decennial reunion to every member present.
The Class of 1901 has been a most progressive one since its
graduation from old Normal. Among those present at this reunion
were several who have since taken higher degrees. Edward H.
Reisner, Valedictorian of the Class, graduated from Yale in 1908,
and has since been Secretary of the Board of Industrial Education
of New York City. Through graduate work done at Columbia
University during his residency in New York. Mr. Reisner will
very soon be honored with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Mr. N. N. Arnold, who arrived after the banquet, has also
attained collegiate honor, graduating from Princeton in this year’s

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class. He is at present Financial Secretary of Perkiomen Semi­
nary, Pennsburg, Pa.
Roy M. Taylor is an Alumnus of Dickinson College and is at
present the efficient Secretary of the Lurgan Mutual Fire Insur­
ance Company, of Mowersville, Pa.
George M. Briner also graduated from Dickinson and is
Principal of the High School of Carlisle, Pa.
As a finale to the festivities, the class was most delightfully
entertained Wednesday morning by Mr. Geo. Wineman and
sister at their home in Newburg. Mr. Wineman provided trans­
portation for all who could arrange to enjoy the trip and about 25
of their classmates availed themselves of the pleasure. Luncheon
was served and the party returned to Normal about noon. It is
doubtful if any class ever celebrated a decennial anniversary more
full of genuine pleasure.
C lass

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’09 Re u n io n .

The reunion of the Class of 1909 was another of the success­
ful features of Commencement week. On Monday evening follow­
ing the musicale in Normal Chapel, about 40 members of this
class retired to the Vigilant Banquet Hall, where an elaborate ban­
quet was held.
The event was a delightful one and as guests of honor thé
class entertained their deans, Mrs. Charles W . Thrush and Prof.
John Keats Stewart. The menu follows:
Creamed Potatoes
Salad

Roast Chicken
Peas
Olives
Cherry Sherbert
Buttered Rolls

Ice Cream

Tomatoes
Pickles

Assorted Cakes
Coffee

Following this sumptuous feast, Emory J. Middour, President
of the Class, acting as toastmaster, introduced a number of the
members, all of whom responded with impromptu remarks.
After the feast of ''good things and reason” had both been
disposed of, the floor was cleared of tables and chairs and the
orchestra struck up its liveliest two-step. The dance that lasted
for the next two hours was another highly enjoyable feature of
this class’ ‘ ‘home-coming.”

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On Tuesday afternoon the reunion exercises proper were held
in the chapel at 2.30 o ’clock. An excellent program was render­
ed and at this time also the Class Memorial presented to its Alma
Mater. Mr. Keener on behalf of the Class presented Dr. Martin,
as a representative of the school, with a gift of $75.00, to be used in
the purchase of a new pulpit for the chapel. The selection and
design of the new equipment was referred to Dr. Martin and the
memorial will no doubt be installed at an early date. Dr. Martin
responded in his happy manner, thanking the class for its sub­
stantial interest in Normal. The program of these exercises
follows:
Address by President...... ................. .......
Vocal Solo............................................ ..........
Oration.............................................................
Vocal Solo............................................ ..........
Reading...........................
Piano Duet.................................................... ■
Presentation...................................................
Response.................... ....................................

Emory J. Middour
.......... Bertha Oyler
...Mark T . Wenger
..... ........ Bula Shutt
........... Mary Means
/ Esther Long
" \ Claire Noftsker
....John K . Keener
....Dr. S. A. Martin

m
CouIDn’t Stop.
A few months ago a Methodist preacher delivered a discourse
on “ Jonah” at I,a Center, Ky.,- in which he is reported to have
said: “ When Jonah left that fish he hit the ground a-runnin’ and
started full tilt for Nineveh. One of the sisters looked out of her
window and saw a cloud of dust down the road and after looking
intently, said to her husband: ‘I believe in my soul, yonder
comes Brother Jonah.’ She went to the door and hollered,
‘Good mornin’. ’
‘ “ Good mornin’, ’ answered Jonah without turning his head.
“ ‘Where you goin’ so fast, Brother Johah?’
“ •‘Goin’ to Nineveh,’ he replied.
“ ‘Well, stop and take dinner with us.’
“ ‘A in’t got time. Three days late now.’
“ ‘Oh, come in and get your dinner, Brother Jonah. W e’ve
got fish for dinner.’
“ ‘ Don’t talk to me about fish,’ said Brother Jonah.
“ ‘Well, come in; have a drink of water.’
“ ‘Don’t talk to me about water’— and on he went a-clipping
toward Nineveh.’’.— 2 he United Presbyterian.

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Sermon to C. It). S. m. 5 . ©ra&uates.
B y D r . S. A. M a r t in .

“ Ponder the path of thy feet, and letall thy ways be established.”
— Proverbs 4-26.
There is always an impressive' quality about the days that
mark a period in our lives.
Birthdays and anniversaries are in themselves no different
from other days. The sun shines or the rain falls, and the hours
pass as on all days since day began to be. But for us there is a
difference. To us the day is special, for it marks an epoch. It
completes a chapter. It notes the passing of one phase of our
existence and the beginning of another. It illustrates the first
great lesson of our text. Life is a journey. We follow a path
which begins at the cradle and ends at the grave. Life is no e x­
cursion, running out and back again to the point of starting. It
never returns. It moves by steady stages onward. Bach year
begins at the point we reached the year before, and the free act
today determines the conditions under which we must act tomor­
row.
In the constitution of the world and in the happy circum­
stances of your youth and opportunities good paths are open to
you. Not all paths, but enough, good roads that lead by honor
and usefulness and many joys to a well rounded character; and,
through the grace of God, to everlasting life. But there are other
paths that look as fair, and more inviting, but which lead by
devious ways to dark dishonor, sorrow, shame and everlasting
death; and on you rests the responsibility of choice. You not
only may, but of necessity you must, choose the path of your
feet.
You have the privilege and the responsibility of freedom.
The stars in their course move with unerringicertainty. Angels
love only the ways of righteousness, but man is not a mere ma­
chine like the solar system, not a holy being like the angels. He
is creature of conflicting passions and perverse appetites. He is
the slave of his self-made habits. Wise only in his own conceit.
He is tempted by his own desires, and warred on by principalities
and powers and the prince of darkness.

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In the midst of all these dangers, in the vast and varied
possibilities of an unending life, man lifts his head in proud pre­
eminence above all earthly creatures and in the glorious freedom
of his nature guides his life according to his will.
Reason sits enthroned within his soul and sways her scepter
with supreme authority.
As in English law every man’s house is his castle. It may
be but a hut of rude stones thatched with straw, but it is his
home and, in the law, his castle. The rain may beat through
the thatch, the winds may enter by every nook and cranny, but
the king may not. The king dare not enter without the man’s
consent. So God has made the human soul and shut us in by
the mysterious doors of personality. Friends may stand without
and plead, enemies may stand without and threaten, but they
may not enter nor lay hands upon the will. I can choose, and
no man can compel my choice. My reason may be urged or
coaxed or tempted, but the decision rests with it. It is supreme
and none can stay its hand or say what doest thou.
God himself will not break down the door, nor cross the
threshold to intrude upon sovereignty he has himself conferred
upon the human soul. With marvelous courtesy he deals with
us as independent personalities. Makes treaties with us as with
an equal power. Deigns to argue and advise but never to compel
the will. “ Come let us reason together’’ is his gracious plea.
“ Come unto me’ ’ is his invitation; but the decision rests with us.
Our hands move only at the behest of our own will, and recog­
nize no other master. The path of our feet is that to which we
choose to guide them, and the goal to which our pathway leads is
the result of our own free choice.
Nothing else in all the universe of God can be compared to
this in the infinite and eternal weight and magnitude of its im­
portance. Health and wealth, jo y and pleasure, honor and glory,
and excellence and beauty of soul— all that we can hope to be
or do or have depends upon our choice— upon the steps we freely
take from day to day. W e count them foolish who unadvisedly
risk health or reputation or carelessly squander their fortunes,
yet these things are of little worth and petty interest compared to
the vast and awful issues of character and destiny.

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The duty— the necessity of thoughtfulness in all things that
pertain to conduct is so obvious that no sane man can fail to see
it. It is glaring as the noonday sun. It speaks in tones of
thunder. It seems absurd to urge it on you. It seems like urg­
ing a sailor to not walk overboard, or begging a thirsty man to
drink. Yet we need the exhortation.
Thoughtlessness is not the rare and strange offense of spe­
cially dull minds.
It is a fault as widespread as humanity, as
old as history. We do what we know is foolish, because we do
not stop to think. We walk in ways that lead to death, because
we do not ponder the path of our feet.
This is a dangerous world for a rational creature who will
not use his reason; a terrible world for those who have to choose
their path, but will not consider their ways.
I f our destiny could be determined by a few great crises
clearly seen beforehand, like examination dates, they might be
so prepared for, but life is not so ordered. It is like a pathway,
each step advances us a little, each moment is a crisis, every hour
is examination and is strictly marked. Unceasingly the kindly
voice of nature and reason and revelation call to us to stop and
look and listen—to ponder the path of our feet.
But the exhortation is more definite than this. It urges a
specific duty. Not thinking only, but a definite decision, is the
demand of our condition. “ Uet all your ways be established.”
It is possible to ponder much and even wisely and yet have no
decision ready when the moment comes for action.
But each age has its own peculiar difficulties and each soul
will find its own peculiar evil paths that are to it especially allur­
ing.
In religious subjects there is today the very least of open op­
position. Outright infidelity is rare, and atheism is almost un­
known among intelligent men. But the deadly blight of doubt
and skepticism is the devil’s favorite device. Agnosticism is
the prevailing form of unbelief. Agnosticism answers the ques­
tions of infinite moment with the useless verdict, ‘ ‘I do not
know .” Agnosco— ‘‘I know not.”
Sometimes perhaps they have pondered their path, but they
have not established their way, they have settled on no course of
life as the wise one. They halt between opinions, they are

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double-minded and hence unstable in all their ways. Such is
agnosticism at its best. But much more commonly agnosticism
is simply a high-sounding name for what is nothing more or less
than sheer indifference, utter lack of serious thought upon the
great problems of life. It is the creed of all such men as Bunyon’s Simple, Sloth and Presumption, who lay sleeping on the
edge of the precipice. Simple answered that he saw no danger,
Sloth wanted only to be let alone, and Presumption resented the
implication that anybody should dare to give him advice. So it
is with thousands of men today on the edge of all the awful facts
of life in this world and the world to come. Bike Simple, Sloth
and Presumption, they have no way established, no plan of life,
no settled convictions, no principles on which they can rely and
for which they stand. These are the unstable and worthless ele­
ments of every community. Men who stand for nothing— shifty,
uncertain, unreliable, the easy tool of every demagogue, the
ephemeral followers of each new fad in religion or morals or
civics.
These are the chaff which the wind driveth away.
This world has little interest and no demand for the articles
of an agnostic creed. The world is much too busy to care for a
statement of the things you don ’t believe. The world wants
men who know what they do believe and why they believe it.
Men of convictions, of principles and purposes. Men who are
aiming at something worth while. Men whose ways are estab­
lished.
No man can do good work unless he is first of all in right
good earnest about it. The half-hearted, double-minded, vacil­
lating mind has no place in a world where all the forces of nature
act in straight lines. Where every creature is pushing forward
with unceasing energy to the performance of its task. Where
the bee gathers his honey, the squirrel his store of nuts, and the
birds migrate before the snow covers his food. The very bushes
by the roadside are already forming buds for the leaves of next
year. Their ways are established. They never hesitate. They
never wait, they move directly to their goal. So must every
creature that will reach his highest destiny and fill the place he
was made to fill.

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The Swiss guides know the mountain paths so well that they
can find them in the dark. But they do not know where each
false step might lead— they do not need to know. Their business
is to know the way to the objective point, and they have little pa­
tience with foolhardy travelers who wish to try untrodden paths.
They know too well the risks and dangers which the stranger does
not see.
I asked an Irish boatman off the coast of Ulster: “ Do you
know all these rocks where a boat might be wrecked off this wild
coast?’ ’ He answered: “ No man knows all the dangers of this
bit of the sea, and no man need want to know them; but, he
added, “ I think I know every channel where it is safe to take a
boat, and that’s enough.” Study the ways that are safe, the ways
that lead where you wish to go. The paths of honor and of virtue
and of eternal life and establish these as your ways; and as for the
ways of evil, follow the advice of Solomon:
“ Enter not into the path of the wicked and go not in the way
of evil men; avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, pass away.
To the Class of 1911:—
My dear friends, you have been introduced to a great variety
of useful knowledge. You have studied the elements of many
sciences, you have learned the outlines of history, the rudiments
of philosophy and the beginning of some languages. In all these
various fields of study you have found at least some common
factors. However much they differ in other respects they were
alike in this— each rested on a few great principles, that, like the
ponderous corner stones of a great building, supported all the rest.
The axioms of geometry, the laws of physics or the critical events
of history. By these your knowledge was tested and your con­
clusions verified.
So it must be in your lives. In details they will no doubt
differ greatly. No two will be alike. Each of you will have
your special tasks, your individual opportunities and each of you
must choose the path for his feet. But you must choose accord­
ing to the laws of God. You cannot add a cubit to your stature
by taking thought. You cannot change by one hair’s breadth the
constitution of your soul or the laws of the universe in which you
live. The principles of truth and honor, of faith and hope and
charity are everlasting. By these eternal laws your lives are test-

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ed and by these you live or die. Oh, let your way be established
in harmony with these.
But I am asking of you more than you can do, more than
mortal man has ever yet achieved. Who can say, “ I ’m free from
sin?” No man is wholly wise, and none can pay the penalty of
his transgressions.
But there is one who said, “ I am the Way and the Truth and
the Life” and no man cometh unto God but by Him. In Him
let your way be established.
Ponder the path of your feet, and be sure that the footprints
of the Son of God are in the path you choose.

a JSit of Ibumot.
Knicker— What is a swimming-hole?
Bocker— A body of water entirely surrounded by boys.
New Thoughtist— Why, what’s the matter?
Old Thoughtist— I ’ve got a toothache.
N. T .— Don’t you know if you had faith you wouldn’t have
that toothache?
O. T .— Don’t you know that if you had this toothache you
wouldn’t have any faith.— Ex.
Wallie— How fast the horse is runnin’ !
Teacher— Y ou forgot the “ g ” .
Wallie— Gee! how fast the horse is runnin’ !— Brooklyn Life.
Departures from the old way in things educational come in
for hard raps, first and last, but not often are they assailed as in
this letter which a glowering boy handed to his teacher the other
day:
“ Madim you kepe teling my son to breeth with his dierfram
I sepose rich boys and girls all has dierframs but how about when
their father only makes 2 dolars a day and theres 4 younger I tell
you its enoug to make everybody socialists first its one thing and
then its another and now its dierframs its too much.” — P. B.
Benson, in June Woman’s Home Companion.

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Ube Greatest Xibrarg.
In this age of steel frame buildings covered with stone
facings one building will'stand for New Y ork’s sincerity. It is
the new public library formally opened on May 23. “ It is built a's
the ancient built— for eternity,” says the New York Tribune.
The vault of the rotunda is a true vault, not a veneer hung
from supports above. The walls are solid masonry. The roof is
masonry, tiling, and metal. Steel has been used only where the
ancients would have used wood. This building has been often
described and its external features have been open to contempla­
tion during the slow progress of its erection. Some of the things
revealed for the first time when the public took possession are
sketched by The Tribune as follows:
“ As a mechanism and as a masterpiece of convenience, the
library is believed to be without equal in the world. It has
facilities, both ordinary and extraordinary, never before at­
tempted. There is a reading-room for the blind. There is a
charming little room for children, with diminutive chairs and
low tables, quite in the manner of a nursery, over which a
motherly superintendent will have charge. There are eight pri­
vate rooms for the use of scholars. It was remembered, for in­
stance, that Rear-Admiral Mahan wrote his monumental works
on the influence of sea power almost entirely in the public rooms
of the Astor Library.
“ The crowning glory of the edifice, however, is the great
reading-room, the largest in the world, on the top floor of the
rear, surmounting the stack-room. It is 295 feet long, 77 feet
wide and 50 feet high, with ceilings painted to simulate the
cloud-drifted sky. Bisecting it is a double, rood screen 84 feet
wide and divided into arches, the purpose of which is to serve
the delivery staff, to each member of which one of the arches
is apportioned. Gustav Kobbe has described this screen in part
as follows:
“ ‘Elegant in proportion, simple and dignified in design,
with beautiful carved Corinthian columns and gracefully arched
doors, it carries the beholder back to the old English abbeys.
The material is quartered American oak.’
“ Woodwork plays a conspicuous part in the color scheme of
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and reflects the tone of the gorgeous ceilings. Nearly half a
million square feet of Circassian walnut, French walnut and
Indiana oak have been used, but the proportion of native to
foreign wood is as five to one. The care spent upon this detail
work was one of the causes that contributed to the length of time
it took the library to rise.
“ ‘A century hence,’ said John Carrere, ‘the classic perfection
attained by the artizans who executed this carving, then softened
by the patina of time, will have rendered this work an antique
that will be much appreciated. How could such a result have
been hastily attained? Time is indeed precious, but it is eco­
nomically expended when the result is so satisfactory. ’
“ The books themselves, the treasure around which the rest
of the library is built, are housed in a stack-room directly beneath
the main reading-room, comprised of seven stories, each seven
feet high. They have an impressive monotony of perspective,
regular, severe and almost surgically aseptic. The framework
is latticed steel and the shelves of bronze. No reader, however
privileged, will be allowed inside. His call slip will come down
to the attendants through one of many pneumatic tubes, and
elevators will carry the book he wishes back to him. There are
63 miles of shelves in the stack-room alone, and 27 miles more in
other rooms devoted to special departments, making 90 miles in
shelf-room in a ll.”
President Taft, in his address at the opening of the library,
dwelt on the marvelous facilities for distribution that this library
possesses, saying:
“ It is not in the treasures of the various collections that go
to make up this library that its chief value consists, wonderful as
these are, and much as we are indebted to the Astors and James
Lenox for the money, labor and pain expended in their gather­
ing. It is not in the number of volumes or pamphlets or manu­
scripts that this library stands out first in the world, for I believe,
considered from that standpoint, it is only the sixth or seventh
greatest collection, but it is in the facility of circulation and in
the immense number of books that are distributed each year for
use to the citizens and residents of New York and vicinity, that
this library easily takes the first rank.”

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The combination of the Astor, Lenox and Tilden foun­
dations, supplemented by Mr. Carnegie’s branch libraries, seems
to Mr. Taft the great distinguishing fact to be recognized in this
particular library system. By this consolidation “ the possible
benefit for the individual contained in each is now distributed
and brought within the easy and beneficial use of every New
Yorker.” Further:
‘ ‘A library which affords constant reference and reading-room
facilities to 1,700 people, and which circulates through sixty
branches its books, at the rate of 8,000,000 a year, accomplishes
so' much more in the popular dissemination of knowledge than
any other library in the world, that the men who conceived the
plan and who had the energy, tact, patience and knowledge
with which to execute it, are those whom I would congratulate
to-day. It is to the librarian and trustees of these various
foundations that I would convey my profound felicitations. ’ ’
— IAterary Digest.

a amt
T hb Boundbr .— “ I say, old man, I wish you’d make a
point of being in this evening. I — ah, want to see you about
marryin’ one of your gals.”
T hb Major .— “ With pleasure. Which do you want— the
cook or the housemaid— what ?— London Opinion.

De fleebeb ©ne.
S hb — “ Jack has a strong face.”
H b — “ It has to be. You should see his wife.” -—Fort Worth
Record.

helping Dab.
Joh n n y .— “ Papa, would you be glad if I saved a dollar

for you?”
P a p a .— “ Certainly, my son.”
Joh nny .— “ Well, I saved it for you, all right.

You said if
I brought a first-class report from my teacher this week you
would give me a dollar, and I didn’t bring it.” — Red Hen.

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School Motes anö Mews.
The farewell address to the graduating class is one of the
events of Commencement week that has become prominent by its
merit. For the past five years this address has been given by one
of the Deans of the class, and have been the fruit of the affection
and acquaintance promoted by that relation. They have had an
intimacy and earnestness hardly excelled by the baccalaureate
sermon.
The address this year was by Dr. C. H. Gordinier and was
fine in every way;—bright, wise and sympathetic. It will be long
remembered with pleasure, and have influence for good.
The Annual Reunion of the Philo Literary Society was held
on the evening of May 5th. The following program was well
given:
Overture...................................................................................................... Orchestra
President’s Address........................................................Dr. H. M. Kirkpatrick
Water Lilies.»................................................................................................ Linders
Glee Club.
Insight and Foresight
Adapted
Paul Faust.
Polonaise de Concert—2 pianos
Lack
Gertrude WolfE, Dorothy Wolff.
The Poems of the Evening
Rena Lehman
Lady Wentworth.................. .
.....Longfellow
Helene Hawk.
The Rosary
Nevin
John Reese, Frank Faust, Raymond Myers, Howard Niesly.
Mendelssohn
Longfellow
.Piecolomini
.Orchestra

JOHN A L D E N AN D P R ISC IL LA .
Adapted from “ The Courtship of Miles Standish.”
C H ARAC TERS.
John Aldin.
.Aaron Coble
Priscilla ....
Ruth Gorkes
Soldier.......
.Frank Hege
Time, 1621. Place, Plymouth, Mass.
Scene I .—Priscilla’ s House. Scene II.—The Same. The Following Day.

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We are indebted to the generous labors of our friend, Mr. F.
B. A . Hoffer, of Elizabethtown, for a valuable and attractive ad­
dition to our botanical equipment.— A collection of nearly sixhundred specimens of seeds of our native plants. These were
collected and identified by Mr. Hoffer, and mounted in glass vials,
labeled with the botanical names and families as well as the popu­
lar names, and all put up in handsome and convenient cases.
Such gifts gladden our hearts, for they not only enrich our means
of instruction, but express the personal devotion of a friend and
patron, which after all is the teachers’ best reward. Mr. Hoffer
also gave us a valuable collection of mineral specimens for the
Geological Museum.
The Class of 1909 expressed their grateful memories of school
days by the gift of seventy-five dollars, to be used to procure a
new pulpit for the Chapel.— “ A desk from which the word of life
may be read and expounded.” As they put it.
The custom of each class leaving some memorial of their af­
fection for their school is a pretty custom and adds many an in­
teresting feature to the school’s equipment.
It is never possible to be sure of any entertainment till you
have heard it. We have been fortunate in rarely being disappointed
in the tone or character of our lectures, readers or musicians, but
we missed out rather badly on our Alumni concert this year, and
make our apology for the extremely common performance of
Tuesday evening. The music could be endured without shame,
tho it was very far from satisfactory, but the selections of the
reader were worse than common, they were coarse and low.
The Ionic Quartette has made its last appearance here.
The May Day Festival of the Model School was one of the
prettiest events of the year. The Folk dances and the songs
were especially attractive, and reflected great credit on the work
of their teacher, Miss Witman. The exercises were witnessed by
Mr. George Kartzke, of Germany, who has been studying Ameri­
can Schools under the orders of the German Government.
The collection taken on Baccalaureate Sunday was sent to
Miss Martha Kendall, of ’09, for the mission with which she is
engaged in the mountain regions of Western Kentucky.

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The following representatives of the Y . M. C. A . are attend­
ing the Summer Conference at Northfield: lis te r Hess, Robert
Early, James C. Trostle and Harry Hartman.
The Y . W. C. A . will be represented at the Granville Confer­
ence by Miss Ella Bradley and Miss Helen Schcenly.
The sciences of Botany, Zoology and Physiology have been
grouped as a separate department, to be known as the department
of Biological Science. Miss Ida Sitler, of Mauch Chunk, has ac­
cepted this ch^ir.
Miss Sitler is a graduate of Michigan University, was assist­
ant to Prof. Hartlew in Bloomsburg Normal for two years, and in
charge of the department of Natural Science in the State Normal
Institute at Columbus, Miss.
The Chair of English language and Literature will be ac­
cepted by Mr. A . B. Wallize, A . B.
Mr. Wallize is a graduate of Lafayette College, 1901, and has
had seven or eight years’ experience as a teacher. Mr. and Mrs.
Wallize will reside in the school building.
Miss C. A . Wheeler, of Pine Grove, has accepted the position
of teacher of Vocal Music. Miss Wheeler has made an enviable
record as teacher of music in the schools of Sunbury.
Miss Harriet Wylie, who has been for some years Assistant
Principal of the Model School, has accepted the Chair of History
in the regular Normal Course. Miss Wylie is unusally well quali­
fied for the work of that Chair, and we welcome her to it, tho’ it
will be hard to find her equal for the place she vacates.
The high record of the Faculty in matrimony, which it has
had for the past two years, seems likely to be maintained. At
least, a good beginning has been made by Prof. Ely, who married
Miss Caroline V . Hoy, June 30th. We extend our hearty con­
gratulations to Prof. E ly, and our most cordial welcome to Mrs.
E ly as a member of our school family.

H
IReviseD.
’Tis better to have lived and loved
Thap never to have lived at all.— Judge.

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Blumnl personals.
’77. Mr. J. L. McCaskey is a special agent in the Depart­
ment of Commerce and Labor. His address is Pittsburg, Pa.
’ ’88. Mr. R. C. Spangler is a piano tuner in Gettysburg, Pa.
We received this notice too late to change in the catalogue.
’91. Mr. George Gable is living at 1733 New Fifth St.,
Harrisburg.
’96. Rev. J. Shearer W olff was installed as pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, of Towanda, on February 27. He
was formerly at Ellicottville, N. Y .
’97. Rev. E. M. Sando is located at Hellam, Pa., as pastor
of the Reformed Church. He sends 25 cents for the N ormal
Herald.

’99. Mr. J. C. Tressler was transferred on February first
from the Commercial High School, of Brooklyn, to Boys High
School, of Brooklyn. He has charge of Public Speaking. His
address is 1199 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N. Y .
’00. Mr. H. B. Raffensberger has been appointed Veterinary
Inspector, U. S. Department of Agriculture, on September 10,
1910. This appointment was by competitive examination under
Civil Service. His address is 7035 Bishop St., Chicago, 111.
’06. Mrs. Gertrude Mellinger (Weidner) taught the past
year at Starners, Pa.
’07. Mr. P. J. Wiebe is spending the summer at Valparaiso
University, Indiana, where he is taking up some advanced work.
He expects to teach German and English at Messiah Bible
School, Grantham, Pa., next year. He requests his H erald to
go to Valparaiso.
’08. Miss Ruth Wingerd taught second grade at Lakewood,
N. J., last year and has been elected for the coming year.
’08. Miss Maude Winderd has been teaching at Carteret,
N. J., and will return next year.
’09. Miss Besse Lehman taught at Lumber City, Clearfield
county, during the last year. She writes that she likes the work
there very much.
’09. Mr. Jacob Hollinger taught near Carlisle last winter.
’09. Mr. Chas. R. Jobe taught near York Springs, Pa.

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’09.

Miss Bertha Freed taught in York, Pa.

’09. Miss Marion Seabrook was granted a diploma this year
of Bachelor of Pedagogy. She took work at the U. P. during
the year and prepared for these examinations. She was with us
for a few weeks during the spring term as a student.

ffcB

an& 1T.

B y R ichard W ig h tm a n .

I got this body in the Fleshing Shop
When it was small and pudgy-like and red;
No teeth it had nor could it stand erect—
A fuzzy down grew sparse upon its head.
A t sight of it the neighbors stood and laughed,
And tickled it and jogged it up and down;
Then some one put it in a little cart,
And wheeled it gaily through the gaping town.
When it grew bigger and could walk and run,
I wet it in the pond above the mill,
Or took it to a building called a “ school,”
And there I had to keep it very still.
And later, when its muscles stronger grew,
I made it sow and reap to get its grain,
And tanned it in the summer’s fiercest suns,
And toughened it with wind and cold and rain.
It served to keep me near my friend, the Earth,
It helped me well to get from place to place,
And then, perhaps, a tiny bit of me
Has sometimes worked out through its hands and
face!
How long I ’ve had it! Longer than it seems
Since first they wrapt it in a linen clout,
And now ’tis shriveled, patched and breaking down—
I guess, forsooth, that I have worn it out!
And I? Oh, bless you! I am ever young.
A soul ne’er ages— is nor bent nor gray,
And when the body breaks and crumbles down—
The Fleshing Shop is just across the way!

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Cuptb’s Column.
In Shippensburg, Pa., June 30,
by Rev. Samuel Carnell, Mr. William McCullough to Miss Julia
Hollar, ’08. They will reside in Shippensburg, Pa., where Mr.
McCullough is in business.
H assl ER— K a d e l . A t Waynesboro, Pa., June 20, Mr.
Samuel Martin Hassler to Miss Ruth Elizabeth Kadel, ’07.
G il l — G reenw ood . A t New Kingston, Pa., June 1, Mr.
Wilmer Gill to Miss Bessie F. Greenwood, ’01. They will reside
at Brookwood street, Harrisburg.
R ich ter — Johns . A t Newport, Pa., March 28, Mr. Jean
Paul Richter to Miss Violet E. Johns, ’07. They live at New­
port, Pa.
D orn— S p e e s e . A t Harrisburg, Pa., July 5, Mr. George
H. Dorn to Miss Pearl A . Speese, ’o7 . They will reside at Somer­
ville, Pa.
McC ullough — H o l la r .

¡M U '

fttnMg flntenöeö.
Missionary (explaining to visitors)— “ Our situation was so

remote that for a whole year my wife never saw a white face but
my own.”
Sym path etic Y oung W oman — “ Oh, the poor thing!”
— Boston Transcript.
j*

©et in Xine.
We like a man who knows how to seize an opportunity, and
have nothing but admiration for the dentist who is advertising:
“ Coronation Year.
“ Why not have your teeth crowned with gold?”
— Punch.
j*

trifles acceptable.
Briggs — “ I have made a will leaving my brain to the hos­
pital, and just got an acknowledgment from the authorities.”
E oety — “ Were they pleased?”
Briggs — “ T hey wrote that every little helps.”

— American Family Journal.

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Storfo Column.
A t Waynesboro, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Clark
Newman a son. Mrs. Newman was Miss Carrie Gosserd, ’07.
H u n tzber ger . A t Bethesda, Md., to Mr. and Mrs. I. W.
Huntzberger a son. Mr. Huntzberger was a member of the Class
of ’95. We have since learned of the death of the son. T he
H er ald extends sympathy.
R o t z . A t Fort Loudon, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rotz a
daughter. Mrs. Rotz was Miss Mary Trogler, ’o 5 .
Mc C ullou gh . A t Wilkinsburg, Pa., May 17, to Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. McCullough a daughter. Mr. McCullough was a mem­
ber of Class of ’00.
K ir k p a t r ic k . At Highspire, Pa., February, to Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Kirkpatrick a son. Mrs. Kirkpatrick was Miss
Marne Shockey, ’01, and Mr. Kirkpatrick was a member of the
same class.
N ew man .

BH
Ibis ipart.
H e — “ So young March and his father are carrying on the
business?”
S h e — “ Yes. The old man runs the business while young
March does the carrying on.” — New York Globe.
a?

IReminisccnt.
“ What did your wife say when you got home the other
night?”
“ Not a word. She just sat' down at the piano and played
‘ Tell Me the Old, Old Story.’ ” — New York Evening Mail.

aomireb 1bim.
M r . H en peck — “ Are you the man who gave my wife a lot

of impudence?”
M r . S craper — “ I reckon I am^fi«
Mr . H en peck — “ Shake! Y o u ’re a hero.” — Pathfinder.

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©bituarg.
May McClellan (Badorf), ’oo.
After an illness of several weeks of nervous trouble Mrs.
Badorf died on June 13. We have not learned any particulars of
her death.
Adeline Walter (Wertz).
Mrs. Wertz died on Dec. 12, very suddenly. She and her
family had just started for a sleigh ride, when she was stricken
suddenly with apoplexy and expired before she could be taken
home. Her home was near West Fairview. The H erald ex­
tends sympathy to the families of these graduates.
The shadow of death is always near us. The brightness of
our Commencement Season did not escape it. Miss Horton,
Secretary of the Faculty, and Preceptress, was bereaved of her
beloved father, Mr. M. M. Horton, who died on June 19th.
Mr. Horton was a native of Cambria County, but for many
years has been a well known and highly esteemed citizen of
Shippensburg. He served more than four years in the Union
Army during the Civil War, and was widely known among the
G. A . R. men.
Miss Horton has the heartfelt sympathy of her many friends
among the students of Old Normal.

H I
U J6af> TEqq.
“ He always was a bad egg, but nobody seemed to notice it
while he was rich.’,’
“ Yes, he was all right until he was broke.”
— Sacred Heart Review.
J*

improving.
“ You think your daughter’s music is improving?”
“ Y e s,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “ She used to practice four
hours a day. Now she practises only three.” — Washington Star.

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Jforms of Exercise Compare!».
Which is best as a form of physical exercise; bowling, base­
ball or golf? A ready answer would doubtless be given by en­
thusiastic adherents of one game or another, but it might be based
on affection and prejudice rather than on investigation and accu­
rate knowledge. Dr. Luther Halsey Guick, well known as an
expert in physical exercise, gives some well-reasoned physiolog­
ical comparisons in the course of an article contributed to Uppincott’s Magazine (Philadelphia, June). Dr. Gulick first lays down
the principle that in examining the adequacy of particular forms
of exercise, it is necessary to ascertain what effect they have upon
the four fundamental activities of human life— circulation, respir­
ation, digestion and excretion. The running high jump, for in­
stance, involves chiefly and intense, momentary contraction on
the part of many muscles, including those of the legs, arms, neck,
back and stomach. The heart-rate, however remains about
norm al,and does not speed up, as in running, dancing, rapid cal­
isthenics and many other activities. The writer goes on:
“ Unless a man jumps a great deal, it does not have much
immediate effect upon the digestion, whereas in a ten-mile walk
considerable energy is used that must be replaced. It is impos­
sible for any of us to expend enough energy in a few efforts to
modify the metabolism of the body. High jumping does not
make people hungry to the same degree as dancing, running,
pitching, rowing, swimming or long-distance walking. It is pri­
marily a matter of skill, technic and muscular coordination and
it does not involve enough of the fundamental activities to make
it proper for a man to depend upon it for all of his exercise.
‘ ‘The effect of the more vigorous folk dances is very differ­
ent. One of the essential requirements of a good dancer is the
ability to do severe consecutive work and that rests on elastic and
healthy arteries. A professional dancing-master, whom I know,
regards power of the heart as a primary qualification of those who
would excel in the art. Most people, he says, become fatigued
before they can attain much skill. Neither can a person become
a good dancer who has not vigorous respiratory power.
“ In bowling, a ball of a certain weight, held in a preferred
hand— usually the right— is rolled down an alley toward a set of
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of the leg9 and one arm, are set in action. The player goes
through a highly specialized set of motions which differ with per­
sons, but vary only slightly during the growth of the individual's
skill. The ball is always delivered with the feet in a certain posi­
tion and the left arm does a different thing from the right. Those
who bowl a great deal usually acquire a peculiar position in the
carriage of the shoulders and a curve both lateral and rotary of
the middle third of the spine.”
There is no danger, however, we are told, that this will ever
develop into serious deformation. Serious cases of spinal curva­
ture do not come from such habits as bowling, but are due to
inherited malformation of the vertabrse. Dr. Guick therefore
regards bowling as quite safe. It is not the best kind of exercise,
he thinks, but it does accomplish the four necessary things. It
increases the circulation, respiration, digestion and excretion.
He goes on:
“ Pitching baseball envoives the use of the arms, the back
and the legs, and excepting its one-sidedness, it makes an effect­
ive form of exercise. The trained pitcher generally has a good
physique and all-around strength. The athlete who practices the
hundred-yard dash should supplement his exercise with long
walks or gymnasium drills. A person may safely devote him­
self to lawn tennis unless he is nervous. To play this game well
demands intense attention, and this a phlegmatic person may give
without harm. So also may any one who does not play well;
but the expert, man or woman, who is eager for every point, is
in danger of putting into it too much nervous energy.
“ Mountain climbing meets the four fundamental require’:
ments, and so also does chasing butterflies. For those who care
for it, the pursuit is a good specialty from the viewpoint of health.
It makes one get out of doors; it necessitates large movements of
the body, and it satisfies the instinct for the chase.
“ Skating affects the circulation, involves deep breathing and
produces fatigue. It is usually in the open air, and the violent
movements of the trunk— especially the jolts which the poor
skater receives— promote excretion. It may sometimes tax the
leg muscles severely, but these are large muscles and it is per­
fectly safe to exercise them tremendously.

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"Playing billiards is a fair exercise— so far as it goes. W alk­
ing around the table and bending over many times are valuable,
but handling the cue is too slight to count; there are not enough
movements. It is all indoors and the ventilation is usually poor.
Juggling a light pair of Indian clubs does not bring the large
muscular masses of the body into play or increase the respiration
and metabolism. As an exercise, it is not much more satisfactory
than typewriting, which gives a great deal of consecutive work to
a number of small muscles, but that is all.
" A game which is preeminently well suited to those who d e l
sire recreation and general outdoor exercise is that of golf. It is
better adapted to adults than to boys and girls who usually crave
violent exertion. A man who plays eighteen holes on a golf
course has walked two and a half miles. He has climbed up hill
and down dale. He has stooped down many times; he has been
out of doors. It is a social game and so interesting that it quickly
becomes a habit.
"T o aim at symmetry in choosing our exercise is not only
foolish, but evil. To attack the dynamic acid of interest to our
recreation, we must base them upon activities that are racially
old, and if they are to be useful, they must affect the body’s
whole organic life as did the pursuits of the hunters and fishers of
old.” — Literary Digest.

Xtvtng Xamps.
That fireflies are lamps not only in the sense that they give
light, but also in that they produce this light by oxidation, that
is by practical combustion, albeit very slow, seems to be proved
by investigations described in the American Naturalist (New York,
May) by F. Alexander McDermott and Charles G. Crane, of the
Hygienic Laboratory of the United States Public Health and Hos­
pital Service in Washington. The authors note that altho there
are about 25 species of these insects in the United States, little
work has been done in the microscopical study of their lightproducing organs. The authors find that these organs are
traversed by tubes continuous with those used for breathing and
that there is every evidence that air is drawn into the organs by
the insect to produce light by oxidation. Three species altogether

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were examined. In all the luminous organ is divided into two
distinct layers’ the inner one being white and opaque and serving
as a reflector and the outer being yellow and translucent, and
containing the actual light-producing mechanism. The luminous
organs are penetrated from the interior of the insect outward by
innumerable tubes which ramify within the true luminous tissue
running diagonally outward and finally uniting with the breath­
ing-tubes or windpipes with which they are apparently identical.
We read:
“ The entire system suggests that the air is drawn in through
the breathing tracheae and forced through the fine passages to the
true photogenic tissue where the oxygen of the air is consumed in
a biologic oxidation. In the sections of pyralis there are clearly
seen bundles of muscle fibers on either side of the center line of
the insect, which pass completely through the abdomen, almost
vertically and are attached to the exterior chitin at the top and
bottom. A t about the same point other muscle fibers pass in­
ward from the point of maximum width at each side; these fibers
have not been traced to their full extent, but they appear to pass
upward and toward the center near the dorsal side of the insect.
“ It may be well here to call attention to certain differences
between photuris and photinus, as shown by the cross-sections
of the insects. . . . While the thickness of the reflecting layer is
about the same in both species, the layer of true photogenic tissue
is much thinner, both actually and in comparison with the reflect­
ing layer in photuris than in photinus; this difference is clearly
seen. This difference may be somewhat significant when con­
sidered in connection with the slight differences in the quality of
the emitted light and in the modes of emission of the two species.
‘ ‘That the photogenic process is an oxidation is scarcely to
be doubted, in view of the work which has been done already.
“ It seems possible that the reflecting layer fulfills a twofold
purpose— that of reflecting the light outward and thus increasing
its intensity in the desired direction and of protecting the insect
itself from its own radiations. It has recently been shown by
Coblentz that the pyralis and other Eampyridae contain a fluor­
escent material, and a number of observers have shown that fluor­
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gree of toxicity when the animal subsequently is exposed to light
than if it be left in the dark.
“ To conclude: We have found that (a) the structure of the
photogenic organs in [three species] . . . is practically the same,
and very similar to the structures of the corresponding organs in
some of the other species that have been studied; (b) the tracheae
from the photogenic organs connect near the breathing spiracle
with the tracheae which supply! the other organs and that they
closely resemble the latter tracheae in structure; (c) the view that
the photogenic process is an oxidation is borne out by the struc­
ture of the photogenic organs.”

a Drought.
A small Scottish boy was summoned to give evidence against
his father, who was accused of making disturbances on the street.
Said the magistrate to him:
“ Come, my wee mon, speak the truth and let us know all ye
ken about this affair.”
“ Weel, S ir,” said the lad, “ d ’ye ken Inverness Street?”
“ I do, laddie,” replied his worship.
“ Weel, ye gang along it, and turn into the square, and cross
the square----- ”
“ Yes, yes,” said the judge, encouragingly.
“ A n ’ when ye gang across the square ye turn to the right,
and up into High Street, an’ keep on up High Street till ye come
to a pump.”
“ Quite right, my lad; proceed,” said his worship. “ I know
the old pump w ell.”
“ W eel,” said the boy, with the most infantile simplicity,
“ ye may gang an’ pump it, for ye’ll no pump me.” — Ideas.

Practice.
P ositive W if e — “ John, why do you talk in your sleep?
Have you any idea?”
N e g a t iv e H usband — “ S o as not to forget how, I suppose.
I t ’s the only chance I get!” — Puck.

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©bllantbropB tbat jForgeta IRacc anb IReligton.
Washington has followed Chicago in accepting the offer of
Julius Rosenwald, of the latter city, to contribute $25,000 toward
the building of a $100,boo building for a Colored Young Men’s
Christian Association. The World To-Day (Chicago) describes
Mr. Rosen wald as at the head of one of the greatest business or­
ganizations in the world. “ He is president of the Associated
Jewish Charities of Chicago, and is said to devote more than half
of every working-day to philanthropic enterprises.” Some time
ago the company of which he is president gave $100,000 toward
meeting the expense of erecting a branch Y . M. C. A . near its
establishment in Chicago, and since that time he has personally
offered $25,000 toward the construction of Y . M. C. A . buildings
for colored men in any city which will raise $75,000 by popular
subscriptions. The negroes of Chicago, it is asserted, met the
challenge within ten days. The New York Evening Post, which
is moved to comment by the recent action in Washington in ac­
cepting Mr. Rosenwald’s offer, recently observes:
“ As we stated at the time the offer was made, the possibili­
ties for good in this movement are very great. The athletic,
educational and social features of a flourishing Young Men’s
Christian Association, housed in a spacious, attractive and digni­
fied building, supply an element that is perhaps more acutely
needed than any other for the development of morale among the
colored youth of our cities, at a time that is in many ways the
most critical in their lives. There are, perhaps, not many cities
in which a building so large and expensive as that contemplated
by Mr. Rosenwald can be provided, or is needed; but there are
certainly a number of such, and in each of them it is to be hoped
that the example of the capital will be speedly followed. And
when the limitations of this particular type become evident, we
have little doubt that Mr. Rosenwald will gladly make a corre­
sponding offer on a smaller scale, for cities whose colored popula­
tion falls below some specified lim it.”
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a Cure.
Judge — “ W hy did you steal the gentleman’s purse.”
P r is o n e r — “ I thought the change would do me good.” —
Washington Star.

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