N ormal S chool H erald. P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r i l and Ju l y . S h ip p e n s b u r g , P a . V oi ,. IX . O C T O B E R , 1904 No. 1. TTbe ^Beginning of tbe mew School l^ear. Possibly no other day of the changing year affects a larger number of persons than the first day of school. It stirs things up socially and industrially, to say nothing of the view-point of the home. Let us deal severally with those to whom this day is most important; and from the standpoint of numbers the pupils come first. What does the first day mean to them ? To one class it means they are going to school for the first time, with shin­ ing morning faces we hope, and vague anticipations o f pleas­ ure and pain. Some will be taken charge of by a born-and-made primary teacher, whose pleasant face and sympathetic bearing will at once win love and confidence; whose firm but gentle hand will guide the little one along the first easy grade that leads to learning’s summit proud. Fortunate for all concerned is the school in which such a teacher is found ; she is worth her weight in radium, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared with her. O ye directors, take fast hold upon her ; keep her ; let her not go, and let her not marry. But the poor little unfortunate, who at this most critical period of juvenile life has to come in contact with the teacher of opposite character ! To him our heart goes out in sympathy. I f she be ignorant,untrained, unsympathetic, cold, cruel, vindicative, lazy, untidy in person, a teacher for revenue only, if she will not resign and the Board will not grant her indefinite leave of absence, may some great philanthropist come along and marry her, pro bono publico. And then the pupils that have been to school before; some must review the work of the previous year because they didn’t pass. According to the nature of the child it may have aroused ambition and pride, or it may have resulted in indifference and discouragement. With whatever spirit they enter school they must be treated with more tact than those who have been pro- 2 T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D moted. The latter ordinarily will enter with high expectations and strong determination to do a good year’s work. Fortunate for them if the new teacher with whom they may come in con­ tact is worthy of the profession, and in no way lessens the ambi­ tion of the pupil, and his fondness for study. Space forbids our dealing with all the classes of pupils and the varying conditions they meet in their kbme school. A word concerning those who are for the first time going away from home. And why do so many go away, and how can so many schools obtain the patron­ age essential to effective work and maintenance ? Some pupils expect to teach, and so enter a Normal ; some have prepared for college, and after the study of sundry catalogues, voluminous correspondence and perhaps a personal visit or two from a repre­ sentative, have at last made a choice for the weal or woe of themselves and college, and now take their places with the Freshies to be thrashed by the Sophs— perhaps. Some are entering the high priced, fashionable boarding school, for obvious reasons, some the techinal or the theological school, while some unfortu­ nates are for the first time leaving home to enter a school for deafmutes, for the blind or for the feeble-minded. A critical time for all of these, and well may the parent breathe a prayer of grati­ tude whose son or daughter has sufficient strength of character to withstand temptation, sufficient common sense to use and not abuse the alloted personal liberty, who will swallow a little lump of homesickness and call it good, and who will meet the new conditions with a level head and a stout heart. And how about the teachers ? Among the greatly varying groups, we can deal with only a few representatives. Pardon us if we indulge a little sentiment over the young teacher going way back in the country to teach her first school. Conditions are so different from those in the town school, so unlike just what she had anticipated' in her experience in the “ Model,” that she is almost bewildered, just a bit discouraged and several bits home­ sick. Poor little girl, we are sorry for you, for we know just what you will do when Friday night comes and you picture to yourself the folks at home, your chums in town, and this year’s Seniors in the Normal or in College, and the good times they are all having, while you are sitting alone in your room, looking out at the quiet moonlit landscape and listening to the frogs. You don’t feel like reading, so you go to bed, and perhaps you have a T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D 3 real good cry. Cry away, dear; it won’t destroy your good looks, and in the morning you will feel so much better. If you are made of the right material you will take a long tramp all alone and do some hard thinking. You will resolve to have the best school in the township, to map out a course of reading and study for your­ self, to get close to the people in the community and be a leader among them, to indulge in no more tears, but for the next seven months to lead a brave, busy, unselfish life, devoting your ener­ gies to those about you, assured that you will earn more than you will receive, but remembering that the best rewards of the teach­ er may not materialize for many years. And you teachers who have taught before, how are you going to teach this year? Just as you did last year ? I f so, take Puck’s advice to those about to marry— “ Don’t .” But if you are full of new plans, of new aspirations and inspirations, if your summer trip and summer school have resulted in something educationally tangible, if you are resolved to do the best year’s work you have ever done, and will stick to that resolution, examining yourseli and your methods as often as you examine your pupils and with as critical an eye, then we say “ Godspeed,” and shall be glad to shake hands with you when you come down into this neck of the woods. Superintendents, a little hard thinking will not hurt you at this time of the year, no matter how long you may have been in the profession. You must be wise as serpents and harmless as doves in dealing with directors, teachers, pupils and patrons. Your main dealings with the first class lie in securing the adop­ tion of a wise and liberal policy toward the school. In meeting them as with meeting parents, you must employ courtesy, firm­ ness, tact, and above all common sense. A compliment now and then to your teachers will go a great way toward lubricating the educational machine, and do not destroy all individuality and initiative on their part by insisting on the adoption of your pet methods and devices. Your attitude toward your pupils, especi­ ally in matters of discipline, must possess one sine qua non, elasticity. And now a word to parents. We take it for granted you are properly ambitious for your children. That though your early advantages may have been limited you realize that success in the twentieth century demands adequate preparation, and that the 9 4 T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D basis of this preparation is a liberal education. That it is noth­ ing short of criminal to rear a family unless you are willing to give that family such environment and training as will perfect them physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. Regardless of the vocation he selects, it is now an incontrovertible fact that the college-bred young man, other things being equal, will out­ strip his competitors who have not had the culture and training that can be secured by nothing but a college course. Parents, if you will do your duty as thus outlined, arousing, inspiring, encouraging your children, supporting their teachers, and not criticising them, the teachers will,, immediately, and your chil­ dren, at a later time, rise up and call you blessed. Ube Calendar—1904=1905. FALL TERM. Monday, September 5— Fall Term begins. Thursday, November 24— Thanksgiving. Friday, December 16— Fall Term closes. WINTER TERM. Monday, January 2— Winter Term opens. Wednesday, February 22— Washington’s Birthday. Friday, March 24— Winter Term closes. 1 SPRING TERM. Monday, April 3— Spring Term opens. Friday, April 28— Anniversary Normal Literary Society. Friday, May 13— Reunion Philo Literary Society. Friday, June 23— Model School Commencement. Sunday, June 25— Baccalaureate Sermon. Monday, June 26— Musical and Literary Entertainment. Tuesday, June 27— Class Day and Alumni Reunion. Wednesday, June 28— Commencement and Alumni Meeting. ...T H E ... N ormal S chool H erald. P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r il S h ip p e n s b u r g , P a . and Ju l y . C. H. G o r d in ie r , Editor. A d a Y . H o r t o n , ’ 88, Personal Editor. J. S. H e ig e s , ’ 91, Business Manager. Subscription price 25 cents per year strictly in advance. Single copies ten cents aC Address all communications to T h e N o r m a l Sc h o o l H e r a l d , Shippensburg, Pa* Alumni and former members of the school will favor us by sending any items that they may think would be interesting for publication. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office, Shippensburg, Pa. O C T O B E R , 1904 Salutatory?. In accordance with a time honored custom we make our best Chesterfieldian bow to the public as we assume the editor­ ship of the Herald. As all editors know, the position is a sine­ cure, though we have an indistinct idea that about twenty-two such sinecures would tend to prevent undue obesity, and ante­ diluvian longevity, if not directly provocative of premature senil­ ity. Incidentally we formulate the proposition that we shall not employ a diction unnecessarily replete with polysyllabic ter­ minology. May the Herald always prove a welcome visitor to the Alumni of this Institution, and may they show this appreciation by sending the business editor the small sum of twenty-five cents, a quarter of a dollar. We shall always appreciate personal news ; we thank those who have assisted in getting out this number, and promise, our best efforts for the Herald and the Cumberland Valley State Normal School. , C. H. G o r d i n i e r . lE&itorlal. The good effects of the minimum salary law in this state are already apparent. In many counties the requirements for teachers’ certificates have been made higher, and many teachers of inferior qualifications have been weeded out. Consolidation 6 T H E NORM A T SC H O O L H E R A L D of schools has also been effected in many localities, and township high schools established. While the law affects the rural schools chiefly, its influence is also felt in the boroughs and cities, in nearly all of which the scale of salaries has received an upward impulse, which is bound to result in better schools, better teachers and a wider recognition of teaching as one of the great profes­ sions. It is unfortunate that the first month’s work in so many high schools should be interrupted by a one or two days’ vacation for the county fair. Of course it is advisable to give these days, but none the less the break is a serious one. Years ago at many of these fairs space was allotted to school exhibits, a special prize offered for the best, and frequently several schools competed for this prize which received a prominent place in the school room, and for years was an object of interest and pride to the com­ munity. We believe this custom has become largely obsolete and the question arises whether the educational work in the com­ munity should not receive the same recognition and encouragement from the managers of fairs as is given to the person exhibiting the biggest pumpkin, the finest cattle or the most artistic crazy quilt. jt The foot ball season is again here and the same question arises among school authorities as to the advisability of allowing the organization of a school team. We believe in athletics, but do not echo the statement of President Roosevelt that every boy should play foot-ball. Cannot the same qualities of mind and body, for the cultivation of which he advocates the game.be de­ veloped with less risk to the individual ? The summary of casualties at the end of a season is appalling, especially when the fact is considered that the same amount of vigorous exercise can be obtained in a game of foot ball in which mass plays are dis­ carded. We believe in foot ball if conducted in open play form, which will be as beneficial to the participant and far more in­ teresting to the average observer. at An interesting study in school economics was offered by the conditions in Philadelphia when the term opened Sept. 8th. T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D According to “ The Press,’ ’ the necessary books and supplies were wholly inadequate to the demand, while ten thousand children were turned away for lack of room. Pupils were compelled to take books which should long ago have been turned over to the man that cries “ Any R ags?’ ’, or else buy at personal expense. In the same issue of that paper a statement was made of the flourishing condition of the leading city banks, showing that they hold within their vaults more than $23,000,000 of idle money, which could be obtained at low rates of interest. It looks as though something is wrong somewhere when a city like Philadel­ phia permits its children to suffer the lack of educational facili­ ties with millions of dollars lying idle in bank and trust company vaults. It confirms our previous opinion that the best public school opportunities are found, not in the rural districts nor in the great cities, but in the boroughs and towns of from fifteen hundred to ten thousand people. The opening of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School this term has been very encouraging. The attendance is at least twenty-five percent, greater than the attendance of last Fall Term. The students are showing an excellent spirit of work and the teachers have taken hold of their classes with great enthusiasm and energy. The three years’ course has given a dignity and completeness to the Normal School work which is very inspiring to students and teachers. There is no finer educational atmos­ phere in the educational institutions of the land than that which is found in the Normal Schools of Pennsylvania. This atmos­ phere gives tone, purpose and character to the students who graduate from these schools. The President of one of the leading colleges of our state, in an address given in our Normal chapel, stated that they had never received at the college over which he presided an indifferent student from the graduates of the Shippensburg Normal School. We consider this a very high compliment to the spirit which pervades the instruction and government of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School. jt The superintendents of our public schools should be on the lookout for bright and ambitious young men and women in the 8 T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D schools under their supervision, and encourage them to continue their education in higher institutions of learning after they have finished the course in the public schools. These persons should be encouraged to take a Normal Course when they have a desire to become teachers. There is no better plan whereby the super­ intendent may raise the qualifications of teachers than to induce them to take a full course of training in a State Normal School whenever it is possible for them to do so. Superintendents should encourage directors to employ Normal graduates in preference to applicants of equal experience holding lower grade certificates. £ Examinations for provisional certificates should not be held before July. Many superintendents hold these examinations in May and June. This results in the withdrawal from the Normal Schools of the state of hundreds of students who otherwise would remain until the end of the school term. The student as well as the school which he attends is injured by this plan. Directors in many instances are inclined to assign the schools at the same time that the superintendents hold their examinations for provisional certificates. Those who are about to graduate from Normal Schools cannot afford to leave at this time the institutions which they are attending in order to make personal application for posi­ tions and many school boards will not elect teachers without a personal interview. This works an injustice to the class of teachers who have the best claim to the full consideration of school directors for appointment. The young person who has spent time and money to prepare himself fully for his work is en­ titled to better treatment at the hands of the school authorities than is thus given him. If the young person himself was the only one who suffered, the loss would not be so great to the state, but the schools suffer along with the teacher who has thus been ruled out. By this plan of early appointment the incompetent teacher often secures a position for which a competent teacher could have been secured later. Edith— I believe he only married her for her money. Edna— Well, he certainly has earned it. T H E NORMAL, SCHOOL, H ERAL.D 9 Blumni personals. ’82— Mrs. Abbie Lamond, who has taught for a number of years at Lees Cross Roads, Pa., has resigned her position to take a better one at Morganza in the Reform School. ’91— Mr. Geo. H. Eckels, who has been Principal of Chambersburg Academy for the past two years, has been elected to the Principalship of the Atlantic City, N. J., Schools. W earesorry to have Prof. Eckels leave Pennsylvania but we congratulate him on securing this position. ’91— Miss Minnie G. Eckels, who has been Preceptress for the past three years at Edinboro, will enter the University of Pennsylvania this fall to take up a course in English. ’93— Mr. J. B. Eby, of Manheim, Pa., and wife, have been elected to important positions in the Reform School at Morganza. They receive snug salaries and the school at Morganza is to be congratulated on securing their services. ’94— Mr. D. Harper Sibbitt, who has been for three years located in Manila, P. I., in the Department of Posts, has recently returned to his native town, Shippensburg, having circumnavi­ gated the globe since he left home. He will enter the Law School of the University of Michigan this fall. ’94— Mr. W . H. Klepper,who for the past two years has been Principal of the schools of Mt. Carmel, has been elected Super­ intendent of schools at Fitzgerald, Ga. ’94— Mr. Ira M. Long has been elected Principal of the public schools at Bedford, Pa. ’96— Mr. E. M. Gress will return to Nicholson, Pa., the com­ ing year after taking a summer course at Ursinus College. ’97— Mr. H. H. Poole, formerly Principal of the schools at Saxton, Pa., has been elected to the Principalship of the Elk Lick Schools. ’97— Mr. Ort Eckels has bought the drug store of Mr. A . L. Metz in Shippensburg and will carry on the business. The “ Herald” extends best wishes for his success. ’99— Mr. J. E. French will enter the Freshman class at State College this fall. Mr. James Hippie, who graduated this year at Pennsylvania College, has been elected Assistant Principal of 10 T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D the schools at Mauch Chunk. Prof. John F. Adams, who received a State Certificate in ’99, has been elected Principal of the schools of Millersburg, Pa. ’01— Mr. O. L. Underwood, Principal of the schools at New Hope, graduated this summer in the Chautauqua Course at Mt. Gretna. / ’02— Miss Isa Stevens will teach at Ft. Washington, Pa. ’03— Miss Maud Fulcher will teach this year in the schools of Morgantown, W. Va. mew Treachers. Every new year in the Normal School is almost certain to bring one or more new teachers. This year has brought more than the usual number of new people into the Faculty. Miss McBride, who came to the Normal School as Principal of the Model School in the fall of 1896, was not an applicant for re-election. Miss McBride directed the affairs of the Model School with ability and carries with her the warm friendship of many of those who received their Model School training under her guidance and supervision. Miss Ethel Mina Davie, of DuBois, Pa., has been called to the position from which Miss McBride has retired. Miss Davie is well equipped for her new field of labor. She is a graduate of the West Chester Normal School, was an assistant teacher in the Model School of that institution for two years, held an important position in the Atlantic City Schools for five years, and has recently taken a course in Pedagogy at Ann Arbor University, Mich. Miss Davie has started out encourag­ ingly in her work and will no doubt be successful in her endeavor to place the Model School of the Cumberland Valley State Nor­ mal School in the front rank of the model schools in the United States. Miss Rechel at the close of the past year resigned her posi­ tion as teacher of drawing. This position Miss Rechel filled for three years. During this time she showed fine ability as a teacher. Miss M. Irene Huber, of Harrisburg, Pa., takes her place. Miss Huber has had several years successful experience as a teacher, which, combined with her excellent training in art, assures her success in her new position. She is a graduate of the Pennsyl- T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D 11 vania Museum and School of Applied Art in Philadelphia, hav­ ing spent three full years in this institution in the completion of the course. Prior to her course in this school she taught success­ fully for seven years in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Miss Huber will without doubt be a valuable addition to the Faculty of the C. V . S. N. S. Miss May Della Cook, of Dillsburg, Pa., becomes assistant in the Department of Music in place of Miss Duke who takes charge of the music in the public schools of Tyrone. Miss Duke was a very efficient teacher in her department and will no doubt be successful in her new position. Miss Cook is a graduate of Irving College in both the Scientific and the Musical Course, and since graduating has taken private instruction in vocal music from Mrs. Bill of Harrisburg. Miss Cook has taught music for two years in the public schools. She has entered upon her work in the Normal School in a very promising way and everything points to a successful year for her in her new position. Miss Maud E. Baldwin, of Harrisburg, Pa., has this year taken charge of the physical culture work. She takes the place of Miss Ruggles who filled the position temporarily during the latter part of last year. Miss Baldwin is a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School and of the Anderson School of Gym­ nastics. She has taught gymnastics in the Bloomsburg State Normal School and in the Y . W . C. A . and High School at Topeka, Kansas. Prior to her experience as a teacher of gym­ nastics she was a successful teacher in the public schools of Har­ risburg. Miss Baldwin is well prepared for her work and thor­ oughly alive to the interests of -her department. We look for good results this year in this important field of Normal School education. Prof. McCrone,who has had charge of the Latin Department for the past two years,was not an applicant this year for the posi­ tion. He has accepted the Principalship of the schools of West Grove, Pa. Prof. McCrone was a successful teacher in his depart­ ment, and by his upright, Christian life exerted a very good moral and spiritual influence among the boys. Prof. C. H. Gordinier, of Troy, Pa., who takes his place, is a teacher of wide experience and fine attainments and will no doubt continue the good work for which this department has been noted for quite a 12 T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D number of years. Prof. Gordinier is a graduate of Valparaiso College in both the classical and scientific courses, afterwards taking a course in Pedagogy in Alabama State College. Prof. Gordinier filled a mixed department in the Normal School during last Spring Term and his work then is a sufficient guarantee of successful work in the Department of Latin which he now fills. ZEbe Mew Steward. Many of the graduates of the Cumberland Valley State Nor­ mal School will learn with-pleasure that Mr. J. O. Gray, of the Class of ’91, has been elected steward of the institution. Mr. Gray has taken hold of his new position with great earnestness and energy and is mastering rapidly the difficult problems which are sure to arise in the conduct of this department. He is well qualified for his new field of labor and with experience will no doubt manage this important position to the satisfaction of trus­ tees, teachers, and students. Mr. Gray is conscientious, indus­ trious, possesses good judgment and is genuinely in love with the success of his Alma Mater. It is therefore reasonable to anticipate for him a successful management of the boarding department of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School. ©bituars. R a c h e l H u m b e r t , ’92. D ie d A u g u st 17, 1904. Miss Humbert had been teaching since her graduation. Her death was unexpected. She retired the night before apparently as well as usual but in the morning was found dead by the family. Death is supposed to have come from heart trouble. The “ Herald” wishes to express its sympathy for the bereaved friends. J oh n D . K e e l , ’99. D i e d S e p t e m b e r 9, 1904. Mr. Kell had been an invalid for a year or more. Mr. Kell taught after leaving Normal for a few years, but finally gave up on account of ill health. The ‘ ‘Herald’ ’ extends its sympathies to the friends and relatives. T H E NORM AL, SC H O O L H E R A L D 13 D e a t h of a F orm er M o d el S chool P r in c ip a l . (We clip the following from the Louisville, K y., Herald of June 6, 1904.) “ After an illness of six months, Mrs. Francis Hill Carothers, fifty-two years old, one of the best known women in Parkland, K y ., died from a complication of diseases yesterday morning. ’ ’ Mrs. Carothers, who was formerly Miss Francis Hill, was Principal of our Model School during the year ’79-’80. While at Normal she was regarded as a most excellent teacher. She had many warm friends in Shippensburg who will be pained to learn of her death. D e a t h o f M r s . M. L. D ru m . No sadder news has come to the ears of the teachers and students of the Normal School in recent years than the announce­ ment of the death of Mrs. M. L. Drum. The news first reached Shippensburg through the Philadelphia daily papers. So unex­ pected was the information of the sad event that at first its correct­ ness was doubted, but later news proved that it was all too true. The Normal School was not alone in its sad distress. Many homes in Shippensburg shared the common grief. Mrs. Drum, who was formerly Miss Burns, taught with Prof. Drum for several years in the Normal School. It was here that their attachment for each other began and little more than a year ago they were married at the home of Mrs. Drum, in Geneseo, N. Y . They had a beautiful home in Lewisburg, Pa., where Prof. Drum holds a position in the University. Their life together was like a beau­ tiful dream and in its duration seemingly as short. Those who knew Mrs. Drum need not be told of her beautiful character and sweet disposition. Her pupils in the Model School loved her dearly and the members of the Faculty admired her greatly, because of her sincere and genuine womanliness. The home she adorned with her love and grace has been shattered by her death like a broken vase and the fragrance of her life ascends to heaven as a sweet incense. Mrs. Drum leaves a baby boy to the care of husband and friends. Prof. Drum’s many friends at the Nor­ mal and in Shippensburg mourn with him in his deep distress and commend him to the comfort of Him whose love is stronger than the love of man. The parents and brother have the sympathy of all who knew and admired Mrs. Drum during her life at Normal. 14 t h e n o r m a l sc h o o l h e r a l d Mbat tbe Class of 1904 Mill 2>o. The following persons will teach in Cumberland county this year : Miss Miriam Burkhart near Newville, Miss Gertrude Glessner at West Fairview, Miss Rebecca Klepper at Mt. Holly Springs, Miss Lydia Smith near Shippensburg, Miss Isabella Means near Newville, Mr. Harry Evans near Mt. Holly Springs, Mr. Sharp Hemphill at Mt. Rock, Mr. R. E. McPherson atxOakville, Mr. Earl Reese near Shippensburg, Mr. Mark Ruth at New Kingston, Mr. Grover Wolfe at Boiling Springs, Mr. J. A . Ward at Boiling Springs, Mr. Ira Yohe near Shippensburg, Miss Stelle Gardner near Carlisle, Miss Florence Martin at Barnitz, Miss Esther Sheaffer at West Fairview and Mr. James Dunlap near Jacksonville. Miss Bess Berry will go to Danville, Pa. Miss Pearl Speck will teach at Barnesboro, Cambria Co., in a fifth grade and an eight months’ term. Miss Maude Mason will teach at Revere, Bucks county. Miss Mary Nickles will also teach in Bucks county near Yardley. Miss Claire Bingham goes to Eleanor, Jefferson Co., for an eight months’ term in a third grade. The following will - teach in Adams county : Miss Anna Deardorff near Gettysburg, Mr. Roy Starry at York Springs, Mr. Chas. Frey near his home, Fountaindale, and Mr. John C. Reeder at Round Hill. Miss Blanche Myers will also teach in Adams county. Miss Elizabeth Blair will teach near Pittsburg. Miss Edith Angle will not teach but remain at her home, Shippensburg. Miss Clara Eldon will study music the coming year. The following will teach in Franklin County: Miss Mary Reeder, Mr. C. N. Plum and Miss Bertha Sanders in Antrim township ; Miss Mary Foltz, Miss Annie Reefner, Miss Mabel Needy and Mr. Frank Adams in Washington township; Miss Edith Morrison near Greencastle ; Miss Pearl Strohm at Orrstown; Miss Mabel Ruthraff in Waynesboro; Miss Lottie Rey­ nolds near Mt. Alto. Mr. Chas. Ober will go back to Harrison City where he taught so successfully last year. Mr. Leslie Stamy will enter Ursinus and Mr. Ralph Jacoby will enter Dickinson College this fall. T H E NORMAL, SCHOOL H E R A L D IS Miss Donie Miller will remain at her home, Mechanicsburg. Miss Anna Smith will teach in Reedsville, Mifflin Co. Mr. Frank Arnold goes to Wolfsburg, Bedford Co. Miss Minnie Reisner will also teach in Bedford County. Mr. G. E. Kapp will teach at Highspire. Mr. Winfield Gray goes to Lancaster County, Miss Jessie Wright to Steelton, Miss Araminta Manbeck near Cornwall, Miss Helen Corwin to Catasauqua, Mr. R. G. Bressler to Powls Valley, Miss Alice Jumper to Steelton, Miss Naomi Dohner toElizabethville, Miss Margie Dengler to Waltonville and Miss Aletha Clegg to Oberlin. Miss Edna Baughman will teach near Hanover. Mr. Edgar Miller will attend Pennsylvania College, GettysMiss Velva Myers will teach in Dickinson township, Cum­ berland Co. politics. The Cumberland Valley State Normal School is well repre­ sented on both the Republican and Democratic tickets of Cum || berland county. Both candidates for District Attorney are Nor­ mal graduates. Mr. J. L- Young belongs to the Class of ’87 and Mr. T . R. Jacobs to the Class of ’90. Both these gentlemen are good attorneys and either one will fill the office of District Attor­ ney with ability and to the entire satisfaction of the voters of the county. On the Legislative ticket we have Mr. Filmore Maust of the Class of ’74, Mr. A . J. Beitzel of the Class of ’77, and Mr. S. M. Kitzmiller of the Class of ’89. None of these men need any introduction to the voters of Old Mother Cumberland. Mr. • Maust has already served one term in the Legislature with signal ability, Mr. Beitzel was for nine years an efficient Superintendent of Schools in the county, and Mr. Kitzmiller is one of the most enterprising and successful business men in the upper end of Cumberland county. In the event of any two of these three gentlemen representing the county in the coming Legislature, the county and the state’s interests will be efficiently and faithfully served. 16 T H E NORM AL, SCHOOL, H E R A L D In Franklin county, Mr. D. E. Fong, of the Class of ’gi, has been nominated by the Republican party for District Attor­ ney. Mr. Long has all the qualities necessary to enable him to discharge successfully the duties belonging to the office to which he aspires and the chances are altogether in favor of his election. In York county, Mr. S. U. G. McCreary has been nominated by the Democratic party for the Legislature. Mr. McCreary belongs to the Class of ’91. He is well qualified to sit as a mem­ ber in the law making body of the Commonwealth and is on the right ticket to be elected in York county. /Carriages H u gh es — H u g h e s .— On Wednesday evening, August 17, 1904, by Rev. H. M. Straub, at Shippensburg, Pa., Mr. John F. Hughes to Miss Josephine Hughes, ’98. They will reside at Mannington, W. Va., where Prof. Hughes is Principal of schools. B a ir — H i l e .— A t Jersey Shore «Wednesday, August 10, 1904, Mr. Joseph Hershey Bair to Miss Elizabeth .B. Hill , ’02. They will live at Bowlder, Colorado, where Dr. Blair holds a re­ sponsible position. M ic h e n e r — N ic k u m .— August 9, 1904, at the M. E. Parsonage in Reedsville, Pa., by Rev. W. E. Sheaffer, Mr. A. D. Michener to Miss Isabel J. Nickum. E is e n h a r t — G oode (— A t Terre Hill, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 11, 1904, Mr. W . W. Eisenhart, ’97, to Miss Ella Goode. M e e t c h — D a r e in g t o n .— August 30, 1904, near New Bloomfield, Mr. Harry W. Meetch to Miss Mary A . Darlington, ’97. K e g e r r e is — J OHNSTON.^-At Webster Mills, Pa., August 10, 1904, by Rev. W . A . West, Mr. W . W . Kegerreis to Miss Anna Blanche Johnston, ’00. T ru scott — C r a ig .— A t Shippensburg, Pa., Wednesday, September 7, 1904, Mr. Frederick Wilson Truscott to Miss Georgia Phillips Craig, ’94. Mr. and Mrs. Truscott will reside at Morgantown, where Mr. Truscott is employed as a member of the Faculty of the University of Va. Ma c k e y — H a r m a n .— A t Mt. Holly Springs, Tuesday, August 23, 1904, Mr. James H. Mackey, ’91, to Miss Bessie W. Harman, ’92. T H E NORMAL, SCHOOL H E R A L D 17 S n o r e — S h e l t o n .— A t Newville, September i, 1904, by Rev. A . A . Kelley, Mr. J. A . Snoke to Miss Elsie Shelton, ’96. C l i p p i n g e r — L a n d i s .— A t Union Deposit, August 25, 1904, by Rev. H. M. Klinger, Mr. C. V . Clippinger, ’94, to Miss Kathryn M. Landis. M c C ro n e -W ilso n .— x\t Carlisle, Pa., Wednesday, August 10, 1904, by Rev. W . E- Myers, Mr. A . A . McCrone, ’95, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson. They will go to West Grove where Prof. McCrone will teach this year. N e l l — C r i l l y .— A t Ft. Loudon, Pa., Saturday, September 10, 1904, Mr. William H. Nell to Miss Helen Louise Crilly, ’96. They will reside at Steelton. Mr. Nell is cashier of one of the Steelton banks. D a v i s — W AGNER§ 1- A t Marysville, Pa., July 3 1 , 1904, by Rev. M. M. Noaker, Mr. W . R. Davis, ’02, to Miss Am y Wagner. They will reside at Marysville where Mr. Davis teaches. H a m il — S m it h .— A t Mercersburg, Pa., Tuesday, August 2, 1904, by Rev. B. F. Fetterolf, Mr. R. Curtis Hamil, ’02, to Miss Viva Smith. G r if f it h — B l o o d .— A t Batavia, N. Y ., by Rev. G. S. Robinson, July 27, 1904, Mr. H. M. Griffith, ’97, to Miss Lottie Blood. They will reside at Wells Tannery where Mr. Griffith will teach the township high school. K u n tz — W ie r m a n .— A t Shippensburg, Pa., Tuesday, July 21, 1904, by Rev. G- C. Henry, Mr. Elmer E. Kuntz to Miss Mary A . Wierman, ’97. They will reside at Lansford where Mr. Kuntz is Principal of the High School. M id d l e k a u f f — H a r b a c g h .-^r-At Waynesboro, Pa., Mr. G. W. Middlekauff, of Washington, D. C.', to Miss Anna M. Harbaugh, ’95. Mr. Middlekauff was appointed last July to the position of expert in the National Bureau of Standards in Wash­ ington, D. C., where they will reside. W o l f e — S h a m b e r g e r .— A t Hagerstown, Md., July 1, 1904, by Rev. R. A . Boyle, Mr. Grover C. Wolfe, ’04, to Miss Gertrude Shamberger. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe will reside at Boiling Springs where Mr. Wolfe is teaching. M il l e r — C r e s s l e r .— A t Hagerstown, Md., July 12, 1904, by Rev. Keiffer, Mr. George Wm. Miller to Miss Bertie Cressler, ’92. They will reside in Kansas City, Kansas. 18 T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D N ycum — M il l e r .— A t Greencastle, Pa., Wednesday, Sep­ tember 21, 1904, Mr. J. Marshall Nycum, ’97, to Miss C. Eleanor Miller, ’97. Mr. and Mrs. Nycum will live at Wilkinsburg; Mr. Nycum being a book-keeper in Pittsburgh. F o ster — BASEHORE.gl-At Harrisburg, Pa., September 21, 1904, Dr. Jesse Foster to Miss Elizabeth Basehore, ’97. Dr. and Mrs. Foster will be at home after November 1st, Newtown, Pa. % /ID. bilo Society. THe year has opened successfully for Philo. The interest taken by all is very much appreciated, and each one seems to be doing all in his power for the good of the society. We have already taken in quite a number of new members, who have already shown great pride in Philo. An orchestra has been started and before long we expect to have some very good music. Although we miss the old members of the Class of ’04, yet there are others who can fill their places very well. And we sincerely hope that the interest which has been manifested thus far will not become dull, but grow greater as the year advances. The following officers have just been elected for the ensuing four weeks : G. W . T in e ......................................................... President. E r ro l S n o r e ' ............................................ Vice-President. E t h e l E dw ards ................................................... Secretary. F lo r en ce M. B e a r d ................................................ Critic. H. M. K ir k p a t r ic k . ....................... Treasurer. E- T . B i t n e r ......................................... Doorkeeper. E e il a M c C u llo u g h . . . ......................... ' E l iz a b e t h B. P h il l ip s J. M. U h l e r . . . . . H e d e n G r a y , Secretary. The vacation schools and the warm weather brought an ob­ noxiously odoriferous youngster to the teacher, who sent her home to be washed. On returning, less aromatic, said the bright youngster to teacher: “ Me mudder wants to know if I come here to git teached or git smelled.” ‘ ‘I say, Teddy,” said one little newsboy to another, ‘ ‘what are them things those fellows were talking about?— ‘bacteria’ they call them.” ‘ ‘Them are French things. They come from Paris; that is why they call them ‘parasites.’ ” ‘ ‘N o,” said another, ‘ ‘they come from Germany; that is why they call them ‘germs.’ ” ‘ ‘Not at a ll,” said a third; ‘ ‘they are Irish; they come from Ireland, for I heard Dr. White call them ‘Mikerobes.’i” . 22 T H E N ORM AL SCHOOL H E R A L D XCbc ffacnlts. G. M. D. E C K E L S , A. M., Sc. D., P rincipal, Psychology, Science and Art of Teaching. JOS. P. B AR TO N , A . M., Sc. D., Science. JA M E S ELDON , A. M., P Mathematics. h. D., J. W. HUGHES, A. M., German, French. W. M. R IF E , A. B., Rhetoric, Literature, General History. C. H. GORDINIER, A. M., M. P b d ., Latin, Greek. E T H E L M IN A DAVIE, Principal Model School. A M Y C. CREW E, Assistant Principal Model School. S A R A BRENNER, Vocal and Instrumental Music. M A Y D E L L A COOK, Assistant in Vocal and Instrumental Music. M. IR E N E HUBER, Drawing, Penmanship. J. S. H EIG ES, A. B., Arithmetic, Geometry. M A B E L HARLOW , Reading, Elocution. M AU D E E. BALDW IN, Director of Physical Training. A D A V. HORTON, M. E., Stenography and Typewriting. ID A B. Q U IG L E Y , M. E., Librarian. Nurse (to doctor, who had just been called in)— “ It appears to be a very complicated case, doctor. Can you make anything out of it?” Doctor— Well, between you and me, I think I can make a couple of hundred out of it; they’re very rich.”