Shippensburg State Normal
School
The Shippensburg State Normal School is one of the most
progressive Normal Schools of Pennsylvania.

In the beauty of

its location, the fineness of its buildings and their equipment, the
ability of its faculty, and the reputation of its graduates, it is
unsurpassed.
By the general appropriation act of the last session of the
Legislature, tuition is free to every Normal School student who
is over 17 years of age and is preparing to teach.

This liber­

ality on the part of the state affords a splendid opportunity for
the young men and women who expect to become teachers to
thoroughly qualify themselves for this important work.
Every department of our school is in charge of a teacher es­
pecially qualified for his line of work.

In both the academic

and the professional work the standard maintained is high. The
success of the graduates as teachers is the very best recom­
mendation any school can have for the efficiency of its work.
Judged by this test we stand in the front rank of the Normal
Schools of the state.

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The Fall term opens the first Monday in September; the
Winter Term the last Monday in December, and the Spring
Term the second Monday in April.
For catalogue and other information, address
G. M. D. E C K E L S , Principal
Shippensburg, Pa.

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

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S h ip p b n s b u r g , P a .

Voi/. VI.

OCTOBER, 1901

No. 1.

B ^Letter jfrom Penang.
T the banquet of the class o f ’91 last Commencement the
members of the class present, through their secretary,,
sent a letter of greeting to their class-mate, James Hoover,
who is a missionary teacher at Penang in the Straits Settlements.
A letter has been received from him in reply and- is in part as fol­
lows:
“ It is almost two years since I arrived here. This is a small
island about 14 miles long and 9 wide, with a population of al­
most 130,000. The people are mostly Malays with nearly an
equal number of Chinese and a great number of Tamils. There
are a few other people from nearly every part of the world, with
the Americans'in a hopeless minority, there being only four that
I know.
The island is situated about six degrees north of the equator
and two miles from the Malay Peninsula, separated from it by the
Straits of Malacca. The temperature remains about the same the
year round, standing in the shade between 77 and 90. It is des­
perately hot in the sun from ten to four each day. We keep in
as much as possible and before and after this time, while the Sun
is up, only go out with a large sun hat and besides, sometimes,
an umbrella. It would get much hotter in the shade if it were
not for an almost continuous sea breeze. The houses are all
doors and windows, so we get the benefit of all the air that is go­
ing. The room that I live in is so open that it simply amounts
to camping out as far as light and air are concerned. Some days
the wind falls about 3 p. m.— then we get a good warming. If
the wind does not blow, the nights are as hot as the days, and you
sleep to dream of floods and wake to find the billows running
down your neck and sides. I haye never seen the thermometer
below 76 on the lowlands where we live.
About a month ago I had the first real vacation I have had
since I left home. Seven of 11s— our two deaconesses, two from
Singapore, Mrs. Curtis, a missionary and our chaperon, Wilson,

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my companion, and myself. Wilson is just about my size and age
and looks so much like me that people ask if we are brothers.
I send you a picture with this letter so that you can see him and
see how we dress. We were selling Bibles on the mainland that
day and had stopped to drink some cocoanut water (there is no
other water fit to drink) and I went to the top of the mountains
that form the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. We got a rest
at a house that was built there by a wealthy man from Singapore
through Mrs. Curtis, whose husband was in the employ of the
government. W e had an old-time good time, American fashion.
A ll of us were Americans except one. The elevation was about
4000 feet. It was so cold that we had to sleep under two thick
blankets and have a big fire every morning and evening. A t the
Governor’s bungalow just close, roses, carnations, dahlias, mari­
golds, violets and heliotrope grew just as beautiful, sweet, and
large as at home. The Governor was not there and we took pos­
session. The house had glass in the windows and doors to shut.
The air was not stewed and fried until the ozone had expanded
so that you had to breathe twice to get half a breath. I felt as
though I was again in the old Alleghanies. A fellow’s heart beat
full and strong again, energies revived, we had a taste of life as it
used to be. I could enjoy thoroughly a stiff “ northwester.”
I have been all over this side of the Malay Peninsula where it
is possible to go, going with Dr. West, our P. E., on his visiting
trips to stations, and Bible-selling trips. I have not had one un­
pleasant experience either with native, or wild beast. The jun­
gles are full of tigers, rhinoceroses, water buffalo, wild hogs, etc.,
and I must name monkeys. It is fun to hear them in the morn­
ing about sunrise. You would think there were about a dozen
games of football going on somewhere close. The noise they
make could not more resemble that of a devoted crowd of ‘ ‘root­
ers” . I have been to Singapore twice and expect to go again
soon. Wilson and I have a friend in the captain of a steamship
and he takes us for just the cost of our food, 6 dollars. The regu­
lar fare is $18 and $20. We worked a little Yankee trick on him
and he thinks we are fine fellows. We only see him about once
in three months; probably we can keep him thinking as he does.
Singapore is a busy, up-to-date place.
Dr. West is now home and I hope some of you will get to see
him. He can tell you more in five minutes than I in half a day.

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We have in Penang a Chinese Boys’ School with an enrollment
of about 550. We teach in the lower grades English, Chinese
and Malay, but in the higher grades English only. Our course is
as high as that of a good high school at home. I teach next to
the highest grade. Then we have a Deaconess Home and a Girls’
School of about 50, a Chinese Church and a Theological School ■
with about a dozen young Chinese preparing for the ministry, an
English congregation, and a Tamil school and church, of which
I am pastor in charge. Both my school and Tamil work are get­
ting along nicely.”

Blumnt personals.
>77_Mr. S. H. Treher has been appointed teacher of the Gram­
mar School, Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland Co.
’79— An Educational Association was fofmed by the teachers
of the City and County of Lebanon last spring. Mr. Samuel
Haak, Principal of Meyerstown Schools, was elected President
for the ensuing year.
>84_Mr. M. S. Taylor, of Shiremanstown, has been chosen
Supervisory Principal of the Curtin Building of Harrisburg.
>87_Dr. B. F. Myers has removed from Shippensburg to
Chambersburg, where he will continue his practice of medicine.
’88— Minnie E. Reisner (Marshall) has been teaching an in­
termediate school at Shippensburg, taking the place of Miss Nellie
Hays, ’93, who has been ill.
Miss Margaret Overholtzer, of Hampton, Adams Co., will
teach this year in the public schools of Pennsgrove, N. J.
’90— Among the new teachers in the Steelton High School is
Mr. H. K . Strickier, formerly of Sparta, N. J.
Jennie E- Steever (Loveland) is teaching in the Grammar
grade in Lebanon. Her husband is Principal in the A Grammar
grade in that City.
’91— Miss Nannie B. Martin is one of the new teachers of the
Shippensburg schools.
Mr. James Mackey has quit the railroad service and now holds
a government appointment in the Attorney General’s Office at
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Miss Minnie G. Eckels, who graduated, last spring from Buck nell University, is filling the position of Preceptress in the Edinboro Normal School. She teaches classes in English Literature,
Rhetoric and German.
’92— Mr. W . H. Burd is assistant principal at Patton, Cam­
bria County.
’93-%Miss Nellie R. Hays recently underwent an operation for
appendicitis. She is getting along well but has not yet resumed
her work as a teacher in the Shippensburg Schools.
Prof. J. S. Heiges is now Principal of the Downey Building
and teacher of the C. and D. Grammar Schools, Harrisburg.
’94— Miss Julia Radle, of Shamokin, was recently admitted as
the first woman to practice in the Northumberland County Bar.
Mr Robert Smith is located at San Francisco, California. Be­
sides practicing law he is interested in the Philadelphia and Sari
Francisco Oil Co.
’95— Miss Elizabeth Shellenberger is teaching at Rays Hill,
Bedford Co.
Mr. Henry H. Baish is principal of the 5th Ward Schools in
Altoona, Pa.
Mr. Harry E. Gress, who has been the Principal of the Har­
ford Soldiers’ Orphan School the past year, has accepted the Principalship at Uniontown, Fayette County.
Miss Lottie K. Basehore has been elected teacher of music in
the High School at Vineland, N. J.
Mr. W. N. Decker, President of the Alumni Association,
writes that he had not received the Herald since October, 1900,
until a copy of July, 1901 reached him. He had been informed
that the publication had been discontinued and is glad to learn
that such is not the case, as he has a file of the entire issue of the
paper and does not wish it broken. Mr. Decker has been re­
elected Principal at Coplay, Pa. at an increased salary.
Mr. T . C. Park has matriculated at the Jefferson Medical
School, Philadelphia.
Mr. G. W . Gulden is Principal of the schools at Mt. Holly
Springs, Cumberland Co.
Miss Elsie Shelton is one of the newly elected teachers in the
Carlisle Schools.

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’96— Mr. J. D- Rhodes is a senior at Dickinson Daw School.
’97— Miss Hattie Wolfe is now teaching in the schools at.Shippensburg.
Mr. J. T . Baker, of Shippensburg, has gone to Philadelphia to
enter the School of Pharmacy.
Mr. Homer Hendricks has entered Lehigh University, Beth­
lehem, Pa.
Miss Marion Flickinger has arrived in Porto Rico and will
teach at Aguadilla. In a letter published in the Newport News
of October 3rd she tells in an interesting and characteristic man­
ner of her experience there. She seems to be favorably impressed
with her new home.
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’98— Mr. C. M. Graham accepted a position for last Spring
Term in the Normal department of Rowe College, Johnstown, Pa.
A vacancy occured in one of the ward principalships of Johns­
town and Mr. Graham was elected to the position at $70.00 per
month and is in line for a gradual increase in salary to $100.00
per month.
Mr. J. W. Shive is taking a post-graduate course at Normal.
Mr. Walter E. Reddig has become manager of the book room
at Mercersburg College.
Mr. H. H. Crum, who has a civil service position in theU . S.
Custom service at the Port of New York, was promoted to a higher
grade Jan. 8, 1901 and is now receiving $1200.00 per annum.
The work is pleasant and the hours are short. His address is 271
W . 22nd St., New York.
Mr. Jasper Alexander is practicing law in Carlisle. Offices
in the Plank Building.
Mr. H. C. Fox is a Middler at Dickinson Daw School.
Mr. Frank Rhodes is a Senior at Dickinson Daw School.
Miss Josephine Hughes is teaching near Fairfield, Adams Co.
’99— Miss Iva V. Houston is teaching at Glenn Campbell,
Indiana Co.
Mr. V . D. Zentz has a position as teacher at the Maryland
School for the Blind. The term is ten months. His address is
220 E. North Ave., Baltimore, Md.
Miss Carrie Eppley has entered the Freshman Class of Dickin­
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Miss Nellie Nickles has reconsidered her determination to go
into the Y . W. C. A work and has again taken up her work as a
teacher at Yardley, Bucks Co.
Miss Eleanor Nevin is assistant in the High School at Parkesburg, Pa.
Mr. J. E. Klepper is teaching in the Carlisle Schools.
Mr. E. R. Wills,has entered Gettysburg College.
Mr. Chas. M. Shully is engaged in a business enterprise in
Reading, Pa.
Miss Mary Hamilton has a school near Fairfield, Adams Co.
’oo— Miss Emily Newton has gone a little farther west this
year and is now teaching at Seaton, 111.', about 200 miles south­
west of Chicago and 7 miles from the Mississippi. She has an in­
termediate school with an attendance of thirty, among whom are
several boys who are counted the worst in town. Notwithstand­
ing this, Miss Newton likes the school and the town.
Miss Blanche Johnson is teaching at Greenwood Furnace
Huntingdon Co.
Mr. Paul G. Smith has entered Bucknell University at Lewisburg, Pa. We note that Paul is playing quarter-back on the Uni­
versity football team.
' Miss Elizabeth Hays, who last year pursued a course at Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, is teaching drawing in the schools of Shippensburg.
Mr. L. A . Gray has a good position with the Westinchouse
Co., at Pittsburg.
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Miss Gertrude Hoke is teaching the Grammar School at Riddelsburg, Bedford Co.
Miss Mary Cunningham is teaching the Primary School in the
town of Fairfield, Adams Co.
Mr. Miles A . Keasey is Principal of Schools at Spruce Creek,
Huntingdon Co.
r Mr. Edgar McCullough is teaching at Marysville, Perry Co.
Miss May W olff has left Adams County and joined the Frank­
lin County workers.

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Class of 1901.
R. John Goldsmith is teaching at his home, Scotland,
Franklin Co.
Mr. A . E. Deibler is teaching in Upper Paxton Twp,,.
Dauphin Co.
Miss Juliet Stockbridge is taking a post graduate course in
the Athens High School and is planning to enter the Sophomore
class of the University of Michigan next fall.
Miss Elizabeth O ’Brien and Miss EdithOrndorff have primary
schools at Wiconisco, Dauphin Co.
Mr. S. E. Bollinger is teaching near Myersdale, Somerset
County. He writes us from Keim, Pa.
Mr. James A . Mills is teaching at Thisbe, Huntingdon County,
and has 50 pupils enrolled.
Mr. Chas. Boyer writes us that he has a nice school near his
home, Chalfont, Bucks Co.
Mr. Maurice Hoff has a school at Cedar Grove, Fairview
Twp., York Co.
Mr. H. E. Burkholder is in charge of the Mt. Pleasant school,
Lancaster County. He expects to have a roll of 50.
Miss Julia Weaver has a school in Bingham, McKean County,
and is enjoying the work.
Miss Maud Miller is teaching at Oakwood, Adams Co.
Miss Elizabeth Branyan is teaching the Upper Cove school,
Perry County. Her address is Duncannon.
Miss Phoebe Comrey is teacher of the primary school at Jack­
sonville, Cumberland Co.
Miss Virginia McQuiston is teaching at her home, Saltsburg,
Pa. She has the 3rd and 4th grades, primary.
Miss Emma Dodd is a primary teacher at Berrysburg, Dau­
phin County, eight miles from Wiconisco, her home town.
Miss Francis Byers has charge of Line’s school, Monroe Twp.,
Cumb. Co.
Mr. E. H. Reisner is getting his first experience in teaching
near Falmouth, Lancaster Co.
Miss Isabella B. Johnson is teaching in the public schools of
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Miss Susan Fickes is teaching the A Primary School at her
home town, Newport, Perry Co.
Mr. J. H. Kirkpatrick is getting along nicely with his school
work at Dry Run, Franklin county. He teaches the H ay’s
School.
Mr. Geo. A . Shank has Sadler’s school in Huntingdon Twp.,
Adams Co.
Miss M. Nettie Dicks is teaching the Round Hill school in
Adams county. Her address is Hampton.
Miss Fthel K. Middlecoff writes us from Emmittsburg, Md.
She is, however, teaching in Adams county, Pa., about a mile
north of Emmittsburg.
Miss Nannie Z. Drawbaugh is teaching at Green Spring,
Cumberland Co.
Miss Dasie E. Hoffmam is the primary teacher at Biglerville,
Adams county. She has 58 pupils and says she has no time to
spare.
Mr. C. S. Hallman is one of the teachers of Middle Paxton
Twp., Dauphin Co.
Miss Maude Zerfoss is teaching at her home, Hummelstown,
Dauphin Co.
Mr. W . E. Troup is in charge of the B Intermediate School at
Newport, Perry Co.
Miss Mame Shockey teaches the B Secondary School in
Waynesboro, Franklin Co.
Mr. A . E. Spangler addresses us from Admire, York county,
stating that he is teaching the Em ig’s School.
Mr. C. E. Beam is teaching at Good Hope, Cumberland Co.,
about five miles from Mechanicsburg.
Mr. O. E. Underwood has a school at Johnsville, Bucks Co.
Miss Eiliah Zug is teaching at Hewitt, Bedford Co.
Mr. G. E- Wineman is teaching the Chestnut Grove School
in Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co. His sister, Miss Mame
Wineman, will remain at home during the winter.
Mr. N. N. Arnold has a school in Carroll T w p., Y ork Co., not
far from Dillsburg.
Mr. John E. Barrick is one of the teachers in Frankford Twp.,
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Miss Jennie Eldon teaches the Mt. Alto Grammar School in
Franklin Co. Her sister, Miss Ada Eldon, expects to remain at
home this year.
Miss Lydia B. Detweiler teaches an intermediate school in
Middletown, Dauphin Co., and is also V/ard Principal of the Sus­
quehanna building.
Miss Ethel Hendricks is teaching near Fairfield, Adams Co.
Mr. Edward I. Cook has the Park Hill School in Washington
Twp., Franklin Co.
Mr. Robert F. Williams is at present with the firm of J. D.
Williams & Bro. He is on the city substitute list at his home,
Scranton, Pa., and hopes to get a position soon as a regular
teacher.
Mr. H. I Shaeffer is teaching the Mt. Zion School, Springetsburg Tw p., York Co.
Mr. G. M. Briner is teaching the Basin Hill School, North
Middleton Twp., Cumb. Co., about ^ of a mile from Carlisle.
Mr. J. A . Widney writes from Naples, N. Y . that he re­
signed his school on September 2nd, and is now traveling in New
York State for the firm of Underwood & Underwood,.. Stereo­
scopes and Stereoscopic Views. He reports that business is good.
Miss May Miller is a substitute teacher in the Hummelstown
public schools in Dauphin Co.
Miss Elizabeth E. Cypher is in charge of the second Interme­
diate School at Saxton, Bedford Co.
Mr. E. H. Hager is teaching in Antrim Twp., Franklin Co.,
at the school called Greenwood. His postoffice address is Zeutmyer, Pa.
Miss Cora Gerhart is teaching an intermediate school at Elizabethville, Dauphin Co. The term is nine months.
Mr. Roy M. Taylor is teaching the Pleasant Hill School in
Lurgan Twp., Franklin Co.
Miss M. Elsie Leas is one of Adams County’s teachers for
this year. Her school is near East Berlin.
Miss Emma Tressler is the teacher of the East Newport Pri­
mary School, in Perry Co.
Miss Ethel I. Hoover teaches the Monterey Primary School in
Washington Twp., Franklin Co.

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Miss Mary E. Holtz is teaching at Manasseh, Jackson Twp.,
and Miss Emma Holtz at Fairview, Toboyne Twp., both in Perry
Co.
Miss Florence Owens is teaching a nine month’s term at Lewistown, Mifflin Co.
Miss Fannie Dontrich is teaching one of the schools in Derry
District, Dauphin Co.
Miss Jennie M. Groupe has a school near York Springs,
Adams Co. It is known as the Rock Chapel School.
Miss Rebecca Burgner is the Grammar School teacher at
Plainfield, Cumberland Co.
Miss Orpha L- Rice is teaching at Elliottsburg, Perry Co.
Miss Blanche Clever is teaching a Grammar School at Mutual,
Westmoreland Co.
Miss Bessie F. Greenwood is teaching the Primary School at
New Kingston, Cumberland Co.
Miss Velva Gettel has a school in Hopewell Twp., Cumber­
land Co.
Mr. Arthur Linn has been elected a teacher at Burgettstown,
Westmoreland Co.
Mr. Frank A . Failor is teaching his home school, Council
Blufls, near Newville, Cumberland Co.
Miss Mary Kyle is teaching at Rays Hill, Bedford Co.

Ube IRustic Mag
A more or less fair cyclist known to Punch met a farm laborer
in an English lane. Said she:
“ Can you direct me to Higham Upley, please?”
“ Y ou ’ve only got to folleryer nose, miss,” said he, “ but you’ll
find it up’ill work!”
There seems to be more than one way of saying that a nose is
“ tip-tilted like the petal of a flower.” — Youths Companion.

Bucknell University opened the fall term with one hundred
and thirty admissions to the College of Liberal Arts, one hundred
and three of whom are Freshmen. The other departments also
have large enrollment.
Professor G. C. L- Riemer, of Harvard University, assumed the
chair of Modern Languages. Other new instructors are Thomas
Johnson Morris and Miss Grace Slifer.

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3Latin in tbe public Schools
N recent years much has been written concerning the teaching
of I,atin in the secondary school. Most of this writing has
come from the pens of University professors and of teachers in the
highest-grade preparatory schools. It has often seemed to me that
their suggestions as to the proper methods to be used in teaching
elementary Latin are shaped too much by the ideal conditions with
which they are surrounded. The teacher of Latin in a Normal
School has the best possible chance of observing the way in which
Latin is taught in the High Schools of our small towns and in the un­
graded country schools. It is in view of this that I venture to
make a few suggestions on this much-discussed subject.
We may, I hope, take it for granted that the reader realizes
the advantages of the study of Latin in the public school, Normal
School, and College. It need only be said that without a fair
knowledge of Latin, one’s knowledge of English syntax and of the
exact meanings of English words must be at least to a degree in­
accurate. I am inclined to regard with disfavor the plan of allow­
ing the High School students the privilege of taking an English
course from which Latin is entirely omitted. For what better aid
to the study of English is there than a knowledge of Latin? The
common argument for the English course is that a year or two ot
Latin is just So much time thrown away, if the pupil does not pro­
pose to continue the study of the language in a higher institution.
I will admit that one year’s work is probably of no especial
benefit, if the subject is then dropped, but in two or three years
of Latin the student will get a fair insight into the formation of
English words and into the syntactical development of the English
from the Latin. No student snould be deprived of this invaluable
aid to the mastery of his native tongue.
Most high schools in the small towns insist on two or more
years of Latin .and many ungraded schools give it some attention.
Y et the students entering our Normal Schools are poorly prepared
in Latin in nearly every instance and are correspondingly ham­
pered in all their future work along that line. In the main this
is the result of poor teaching. Doubtless in most cases the
teacher himself is not thoroughly grounded in the subject and is
hindered by the variety of subjects he is compelled to teach. The
Normal School itself has in the past been responsible for some of
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The new course of three years will to a great extent overcome
this difficulty.
The University professor who says that a pupil can be taken
through a beginner’s Latin book and prepared to read Latin texts
in fifteen weeks is surely entirely unacquainted with the con­
ditions of ordinary public school teaching, and has not made pro­
vision for a solid foundation. I should say that two years
would be about the right length of time to spend on preparatory
Latin. Let the pupil be introduced into the difficulties of Latin
step by step, so that he may not become discouraged from the
start. That the pupil learns best by the actual reading of easy
connected Latin is somewhat of a fallacy, for the easiest of Latin
will be constantly presenting embarrassing difficulties. Better go
slowly and do well what little you do.
I think that when the child is twelve years of age he is ordi­
narily ready to begin in a very simple form the study of Latin.
Every public school teacher should be prepared to give this ele­
mentary instruction accurately, for too often the work is so poorly
given that later it has to be unlearned— a task that is difficult and
tremendously annoying. Begin by teaching the pupil, whose
memory is then quite equal to the task— some years later it may
not be, the first and second declensions of nouns and adjectives,
the present tense indicative of the verb, sum, and of the verb of
the first conjugation. With these as material lead him to the for­
mation of simple sentences, applying just the simplest rules of
syntax. Give him a great variety of exercises— translation from
Latin to English and from English to Latin (at sight and at sound),
drill in giving complete declensions and isolated forms, in giving
the declensions in altered order. In all this work require exact
pronunciation according to the Roman method and in written
work require all long vowel sounds to be marked. Add other
declensions and the inflections of other parts of speech, with the
more difficult rules of syntax, very slowly. I f sufficient variety
of work is given and translation from English into Latin is per­
severed in, you need not fear lack of interest on the part of the
student.
In the second year continue the work much as in the first
with some reading of connected Latin at the end of the year. In
the third year and thereafter take up the reading of the authors
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ceasing Latin composition exercises. I do not believe that the
average pupil in the ordinary public school can be hurried along,
at a more rapid pace than that I have indicated without a sacrifice
in the accuracy of his knowledge of Latin.
A few of the defects that I note in the teaching of Latin in the
public schools are:
First. Careless teaching of pronunciation. Remember that
what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. The Roman meth­
od is the standard one and we must have some method. There­
fore teach the Roman method and teach it carefully. Get a good
beginner’s book for your pupils and simply have them follow
directions for pronunciation. The most important thing is the
learning of the long and short vowel sounds. Require the long
sounds to be marked in all written work. The chief difficulty
seems to be that the teacher shirks the labor of learning to pro­
nounce well himself.
Second. Neglecting to teach carefully the distinctions be­
tween consonant and i-stem nouns of the third declension, and
the rules for gender. The books all treat these subjects carefully.
A ll you have to do is to see that they are not disregarded. Teach
all your beginner’s book contains— you will not teach too much.
Third. Haphazard teaching of the conjugation. The student
should learn to form the various parts of the verb upon three
stems— the present, perfect, and participial. Thesesystems should
be distinct in his mind. The fact that each finite verb form is com­
posed of the stem, an unchanging part, and the suffix, made up
chiefly of a characteristic tense-vowel and a personal ending,
should be thoroughly impressed upon his mind. When the pupil
has learned the endings which denote the different persons in the
active and passive voices, and has observed that they are the same
in all conjugations, much of the difficulty of learning the forms is
removed. He has then but to note what vowel or other character­
istic each tense has and the finite part of the verbis well in hand.
Don’t fail to teach where the characteristic tense-vowel is long
and where short.
Fourth. Teachers allow unnatural English to be used in transla­
tion. Have the student give a literal translation, if it makes cor­
rect and natural English. If it fails to do this, have him change
it, but just as little as possible, until such a sentence is formed
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own. Among other constructions do not allow the following to
be translated literally: The ablative absolute, the gerundive
construction, the indirect discourse.
Fifth. Failure to give constant attention to Latin prose com­
position. The turning of simple Fnglish sentences into correct
Latin is the best way to acquire a knowledge of the rules of syn­
tax and effectively supplements the knowledge gained by constru­
ing the Latin of the text. This work is also interesting to the
student. Give careful attention to word-order. Some teachers
in public schools entirely neglect this part of the w o rk -in fact
give little attention to anything but the translation of the Latin
into Fnglish, and allow that to be done in a very careless way.
There are many other defects in the teaching of Latin in the
pnblic schools but these mentioned are characteristic and serve
my purpose, which is to show in a practical way just what sort
of mistakes are being made. I am sure, teachers, that in spite of
the hindrances that surround you, you can, with painstaking effort,
secure much better results from the work in your Latin classes.
G eorge H. E c k e l s .

Zhc Bridge Buil&er.
N a series of articles on “ Careers of Danger and Daring” in
the St. Nicholas, the description of the bridge builder is
mostly confined to the workmen on the great bridge over the EastRiver, New York. It is nerve-testing even to read of the hazards
which these men run. A foreman speaks of them thus:
“ See those timbers right at the top that come together in a
point? Well, the boys walk those timbers all the time. I t’s noth­
ing on the ground, but up there, with the wind blowing— well,
you try it!
“ I saw one fellow do a thing that knocked me. He stopped
halfway across a timber not over eight inches wide, took out his
match-box, stood on his right foot, lifted his left foot, and struck
a match on his left heel. Then he nursed the flame in his hands,
got his pipe going good and walked across the timber. £’,Lj
“ Why didn’t he wait to light his pipe until he got across?”
The foreman shook his head: “ Ig iv e itu p . He just happened
to think of it then, and he did it.’ ®

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©bttuars.
Hon. Samuel McCune Wherry, President of our Board of
Trustees, died at his home in Southampton township, Cumber­
land county, about two miles north of Shippensburg, Monday
morning, October 14th. His death was caused by neuralgia of
the heart. For some years he had been a sufferer from this com­
plaint and yet the end came so suddenly that the community and
the school were greatly shocked. The teachers and students at­
tended the funeral in a body.
Mr. Wherry was born in the house in which he died on the
5th of January, 1840. He was a son of H on. Samuel Wherry and
Margaret McCune Wherry. Both the Wherry and McCune fami­
lies were among the early Scotch-Irish settlers and Mr. Wherry
took great pride in the fact that the homestead where he was born
and lived had been in the Wherry name for more than a hundred
years. His education was received at Princeton College, from
which he was graduated with honor in i860. He had begun the
study of law , but the death of his father made it necessary for him
to assume the management of the farm. He was always in close
touch with public affairs, however. He was a prominent mem­
ber of the State Constitutional' Convention. He served four con­
secutive terms in the State Legislature and was one of the most
influential members of that body, a leader of his party, and minor­
ity nominee for Speaker. His faithfulness to public interests
gained for him the title, “ Watchdog of the Treasury.”
In school matters he always took a prominent part and the
public and Normal schools have lost a valuable friend. He was
one of the gentlemen instrumental in securing the location of a
Normal School at Shippensburg, served as a trustee from the
first, and was President of the Board for seven years. It was to
him'more than to any other individual that the Normal Schools
of the state, and Shippensburg especially, owed thanks for gener­
ous treatment at the hands of the Legislature.
Mr. Wherry was a highly intellectual man, with a wonderful
fund of knowledge, a pleasant man socially, and one whose life
was filled with benevolent acts. The H e r a l d mourns his loss
as a benefactor of our school and extends the hand of sympathy
to the bereaved family.

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E D IT O R S.
G e o r g e H . E c k e l s , ’91.
A d a V . H o r t o n , ’ 88, Personal Editor.?
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OCTOBER, 1901

Efcitodal
H E first number of Volume VI now appears before the public.
We greet all subscribers and friends, old and new, and hope
that al 1will have a prosperous year. As can be gathered from
the columns of the H e r a ld , Shippensburg Normal has entered
upon a year of success, and we know that you will be glad to hear
it. The Normal Schools of Pennsylvania are soon,, however, to
pass through a crucial period in their history. The new three
years’ course is now on trial. W ill if be a success or will it
result in a reduced attendance that will embarrass the schools
financially? There is not the shadow of a doubt that this new
course will be a great advantage to the teachers and to the public
Schools of the state. It is a great step forward. Shippensburg
ought to have your loyal support always, alumni, and especially
now, at the inception of this new course of study.
We again devote considerable space to notes about the Alumni.
The class of 1901 will be able to learn of the; doings of nearly
every member of the class. There is ample evidence that our
readers appreciate the news department of the H e r a l d and so we
propose, not to take up your time with long articles on education,
but rather to tell you of the exploits of the Normal and her
children. Don’t forget, fellow-alumni, that you can be of great
assistance to us in the way of sending information about yourselves
and others for use in the columns of the H e r a l d .

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School iFlotes.
H E Fall Term began on the 2nd of'September with a much
larger attendance than last year. The Senior Class num­
bers 126. The large increase in the size of this class is
due partially to the fact that this is the last year that students can
graduate in the old two-year course. The three-year course has
gotten under way and we now have a Middle-year Class which
will next year graduate as the first class in the new course.
This class and the Junior classes are as large as was anticipated.

■

Prof. Drum has resigned his position here and entered the
Senior class at Bucknell University. We are sorry, indeed, to part
with him. Dr. Eldon has been induced to take charge of the
Geometry classes and we feel that they are in safe hands. It is
noteworthy that Df. Eldon taught Geometry to the first class that
graduated from Shippensburg.
Miss Sarah Brenner and Miss Lillian Rechel have been
elected to the positions of Music and Drawing respectively.
Miss Brenner received her musical training at the Boston Conserv­
atory and has had considerable experience in teaching. Miss Rechel
Is a graduate of the Bloomsburg Normal School and secured her
art education at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
The senior class is this year divided into four sections for all
work, instead of four in some departments and three in others, as
has been the case in recent years. This is made necessary by the
large size of the class.
Miss Margaret McCreary, daughter of a former Principal of
the school and a former student, was married at Shippensburg,
Thursday, October 17th, to Mr. John J. Harper of Louisville,
Colorado.
Both the Normal and Philo Literary Societies have recently
given plays, the receipts of which are to be given to the Athletic
Association. These performances drew large audiences and were
successful in every particular.
Miss Babbit, of Tampa, Florida, at one time teacher of Music
in the Normal, recently paid Shippensburg a visit.
Mr. Sydney Boher, of Shippensburg, formerly a student at the
Normal, has entered-Haverford College.

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Mr. Wrn. Miller, State Secretary of the College Y . M., C. A.
work, spent Sunday, October 6th, at. our school. He delivered
several helpful talks while here, and seems to be well fitted for
his work. Mr. Miller is a graduate of Gettysburg College and
has spent one year in the Theological School at the same place.
The Y . M. C. A . officers for the year are: President, Mr, M.
O. Billow; Secretary, Mr. M. E. Smith; Treasurer, Mr. S. C.
Sweigert.
The Y : W . C. A . has also been favored with a visit from the
State Secretary, Miss Eily Strong.- She is new to the work in
Pennsylvania, having come here from Michigan, but seems to
thoroughly understand the work she has in charge. Tne Y . W.
C. A . has again gotten out topic-cards for the year. The State
Convention will be held in Tancaster, Oct. 17-20. The delegates
will be the officers of the Association and Miss Fitch from the
faculty. The following are the officers: President, 'Bess B. TTilfj^
Vice-President, Elsie Eisenhart; Recording Secretary, Helen
Diven; Corresponding Secretary, Ada Walter; Treasurer, Elsie
Mountz.
Appropriate exercises were held at the school on the morning
of the day on which our martyred President, William McKinley,
was buried. Dr. Eldon, Dr. Barton, and Prof. Hughes eulogized
the dead President in impressive speeches. In the afternoon Dr.
Eckels addressed the memorial meeting that was held in the town.
The Y . M. C. A . and Y . W. C. A . Joint Reception, which was
to have been held the preceding Saturday, was not given because
of McKinley’s death.
Mr. John M. Gelwix, pitcher on last year’s baseball team,has
gone to the Medico-Chi. College at Philadelphia. While we lose
in him a promising pitcher, the baseball outlook is fairly good, as
we have from last year’s team Fishel, catcher; Bollinger,, first base
and pitcher; Mellinger, third base; Spangler, left field, and McSherry , center field, besides several of the substitutes. Among the
new men this fall, Gray, a Junior, and Beacham, a Senior, are
promising players.
The Athletic Association has organized for the year with Stine,
’02, as President; Mellinger, ’03, Vice President; P. C. Myers,
’02, Secretary, and Prof. Rife, Treasurer and Manager. McSherry, ’02, has been elected captain of the track team.

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jfacults, 1901=1902.
G. M. D. ECKELS, A. M., SC. D., Principal,
- Psychology, Science and Art of Teaching.

JOS. F. BARTON, A. M., SC. D.,
Natural Sciences.

JAMES ELDON, A.

m| p H.

D.

Mathematics.

J. W. HUGHES, A. M., .
- Trigonometry, Higher Algebra, History.

CORA B. CLARK,
DifjSetor of Physical Training.

GEO. H. ECKELS, M. S., A. M.,
Lat in, Greek.

C. E. BARTON, M. E .ffiS
; ^Grammar, Latin.

ANNA McBRIDE,
Principal Model School.

CORA ST. JOHN FITCH,
Reading and E lo c u tio n .

N

MARY F. BURNS,
Assistant Principal Model School.

W. M. RIFE, A. B.,
Rhetoric, Literature, General History.

SARAH BRENNER,
Vocal and Instrumental Music.

LILLIAN O. RECHEL,
Drawing, Penmanship.

ADA V. HORTON, M. E.,
Stenography, Typewriting, Orthography.

jfullg (SiuaUfie&.
Examinations for admission to the bar are easy or severe, often
according to the humor ofthe examiner. A story istoldof a judge
in a certain district in Florida famous for its bad roads and num­
erous creeks and rivers.
A young man had presented himself for examination. The
judge looked him over, and then inquired, with great gravity:
“ Can you ride? ”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Do you own a horse? ”
“ Yes, s ir.’’
‘ ‘Can he swim?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“ Then sir, I am very glad to welcome you to the practice of
law in my district ."--^Youths Companion.

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/ C a r r ia g e s .
T A U F FE R — KOB.— A t the home of her parents near Fal­
mouth, by Rev. B. M. Meyer of Elizabethtown, Miss A .
Barbara Kob, ’98, to Mr. Arthur Stauffer of Marietta, Pa.

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H e r sh m an — M o u n tz .— At Mechanicsburg, Thursday even­
ing, Angus! 2si, by the Rev. C. T. Dunning, Mr. George Hersh$
man, ’99, to Miss Anna Mountz.
L on g — C u r l e y .— Wednesday, July 31st, at Meyersdale, Pa.,
Mr. Ira M. Long, ’94, to Miss Jessie B. Curley.
S h r iv e r — B e n n e t t .— July 10th, at Seven Stars, Pa., by Dr.
J. W. Richards of Gettysburg Seminary, Rev. P. J. Shriver to
Miss Amanda Bennett, 'p8 .
W il l ia m s — H o y .— A t Wisconisco, Pa., Thursday, October
10th., Mr. John R. Williams of Utica, N. Y ., to Miss Sara E .
Hoy, ’p6 .
O m w a k e — SNivELY.-^At Shady Grove, P a., Wednesday even­
ing, October 16th, Mr. Chalmers P . Omwake, ’93, to Miss, Nell
Snively.
WALKER— H o p p l e .— A t Millerstown, Wednesday, July 10th,
■ by Rev. S. C. Alexander, Mr. H . E . Walker, ’00, to Miss Marne
Hopple.
A n g l e — F u n k . — A t Shippensburg, September 9th, Mr. Geo.
R . Angle, ’91, to Miss Maude Funk.

3foot Ball.
FTE R the disastrous football season of last year, when it was
found impossible to develop a representative team from
the material at hand, we are glad to be able to report that
the prospects this year are much better. The material is here.
I f it can be developed, we will have a good team. The only ob­
stacle is the lack of a second team that can give the first team the
hard daily practice that is necessary to teach the men the points of
the game. The men are almost all new to football. Shive, of
the ’97 team, has returned and is captain. Smith and Bollinger
played on last year’s team. A ll the others are practically with­
out experience.

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MERCERSBURG RESERVES 22; SHIPPENSBURG 0.

The first game has been played and lost. The game occurred
at Mercersburg, Saturday morning, October 12th. Our team met
an opponent that had had good hard practice for weeks and our
lack of practice and inexperience lost us the game.
A t the beginning of the game, Mercersburg, securing the ball
on the kick-off, rushed it well down toward Shippensburg’s goal.
Unable to advance the ball farther they attempted a field goal but
failed. Soon after Shippensburg secured the ball near her own
goal and carried it all the way up the field to Mercersburg’s twoyard line. The ball was lost on downs, however. The sphere then
passed back and forth until Mercersburg finally scored on a long
end run. The goal was kicked and the half ended with a score of
6-0. Our men were still confident of victory when the second
half began, but unfortunately Mercersburg had discovered that she
could run our ends and thus ran the score up to four touchdowns
and two goals. The Shippensburg men tackled well, however,
especially Captain Shive, and only failed to stop their opponents
because of lack of practice in breaking up end-running formations.
The line-up was as follows:
S h ip p e n s b u r g .

W. Kines.........
Kob..................
T. Kines..........
H. Gray..-'.....;..,..
Starry..............
Spangler..........
W. Gray..........
Bollinger........
Smith.
Bogner............
Shive...............

P

o s it io n s .

........ Center.........
.... Right Guard....
......Left Guard—
....Right Tackle..
.....Left Tackle....
.....Right End.....
....... Left End___
....Quarter Back...
.Right Half Back.
..Left Half Back.
...... Eull Back......

M

ercersburg.

................. Foltz
.............. Bauder
.........Theleman
............. .Fabian
............... Staley
.Hertzler (Rose)
............. Roberts
.............Wallace
Smith
............... Perley
.................. Rich

Our Substitutes at present are Mitchell, Noll and Crunkleton.
The next game will be played with Dickinson Preparatory on the
home field, Saturday,’ Oct. 19th, and we are all hoping fo ra
more successful termination.
God bless this little share o f bread,
This water from the spring,
The wayside boon of rest at noon
When we go hungering:
And as we shoulder care again,
God give us heart to singl
— Current Literature.

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Members of the class of ’9 x will be interested in the letter from
‘ ‘Jim ’ ’ Hoover which appears in part in this issue. The complete
letter, about three yards of it, with the photograph referred to in
the published extract, will be sent to all members of the class that
can be reached.

Clippings,
When I was turning1thirty years
I used to comb my hair,
And heave a heavy sigh to note
The thinness growing there.
I held my mirror up to view,
As you have done, I know,;
The spot appearing in the back
Just like
A little—o.
And, as the years progressed, in vain
I strived to blot it out,
And tried all sorts of patent stuff,
As you have tried, no doubt;
Hut, naught, alas! could stop it, for
Its mission was to grow,
And now at thirty-five, I have
A somewhat
Larger—O.
I contemplate with sinking heart
The work of future years,
For time, with his relentless scythe,
Is mowing towards my ears.
All hope is lost, there’s naught to do
But sit and let it go,
O, time, reverse your steps and give
Me back
My little—o.
But what’s the use of worrying,
We’re many, hand in hand,
And hairs are like the hour glass and
Its ever falling sand,
And, sooth! of all my jolly friends
The jolliest I know
Are those who have the roundest and
The largest
Kind of—O.
— Toledo Times

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a XOSt tlspe
O, for a glimpse of a natural boy—
A boy with freckled face,
With forehead white ’neath tangled hair
And limbs devoid of grace;
Whose feet toe in, while his elbows flare;
Whose knees are patched all ways
Who turns as red as a lobster when
You give him a word of praise.
A boy who’s born with an appetite,
Who seeks the pantry shelf
To eat his “ piece” with resounding smack—
Who isn’t gone on himself;
A “ Robinson Crusoe” reading boy,
Whose pockets bulge with trash;
Who knows the use of rod and gun,
And where the brook trout splash.
It’ s true he’ll sit in the easiest chair,
With his hat on his tousled head;
That his hands and feet are everywhere,
Eor youth mnst have room to spread.
But he doesn’t dub his father “ old man,”
Nor deny his mother’s call,
Nor ridicule what his elders say,
Or think that he knows it all.
A rough and wholesome natural boy
Of a good old-fashioned clay;
God bless him, if he’s still on earth,
For he’ ll make a man some day.
— D etroit Free Press.
When I take tea at Molly’s house—
I say it with regret—
I scarcely notice who is1there,
And what they say, and what they wear
I speedily forget.
When I take tea at Molly’s house
The only one I see
Is Molly sitting there demure;
And of but one thing I am sure—
That Molly smiles at me.
When I take tea at Molly’s house,
This, only, I would say:
“ Sweet Molly, come and pour the tea,
And sweeten it with smiles for me
At my house every day.”
— Town and Country.