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On Grandmother’s G a rret«...
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A Letter from Jas. M. Hoover,'
’91, the Young- Missionary
to India...............................
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Questions on “ Othello” ..........
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The Societies,...........................
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Class of ’99,...............................
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©n ©ranfcmotber’s ©arret.
H IS is the age of electricity andH-nervous prostration. Many
of our time-honored customs anHinstitutions are passing
out of sight with a rapidity that is bewildering.'
Probably' it’s best that there should be a change in our
mode of livin g ; at least we are not willing to become chief
mourner for the old customs.
But we do wish to raise our voice against the tendency in
modern house building to do away with the garret. “ The mod­
ern up-to-date dwelling must be a flat, and if a roof garden can
be added, so much the better, ’«says a. recent work on architec­
ture.
It may be that this is the latest type in the “ evolution of the
house,” and that the garret is an unnecessary, and, therefore, a
useless adjunct, but we’ll still Sigh over its passing. Think of
the children, who must live in a house where there •is no big,
roomy, tent-like, house-top of- a garret; no place where big brass
bound trunks and chests make the stories of pirates seem very
real.,
Happy is he who on a rainy day has a garret, to which he cango and there commune with the spirits of the past ages. The
spirits are there, and the boy who used to imagine that there
were ghosts in that roomy apartment, wasn’t altogether in the
wrong. The principal mistake the Chinaman makes in his idea
o f ancestral spirits is one of location, for he is foolish to suppose
that they will dwell in the living room of his house. Let him
build a garret to his house, and the spirits will find an abode to
their liking.
Have you ever thought that the garret in your house, if you
are fortunate enough to live in a house that was' built before the

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advent of modern ideas, “ is the habitation of the past’^ . Those
quaint old chests and cupboards, that box of old magazines and
books, that smaller one with the bundle of letters with the queer
stamps and seals, all belong to your grandparent’s day. That,
spinning wheel, unless you’ve taken it down to the parlor where
it has no right to be, tellsSl story of the olden time.
We are going to give you an invitation to visit one of the oldfashioned garrets which has not been turned into a “ nursery” nor
changed into a dormitory, with its accompaniment of paint and
plaster. I t ’s a wide, roomy place; and there are some chinks in
the shingle roof which let in a few stray sunbeams and, in
winter,, little heaps of snow.
The time is too short to-invade all those formidable chests thisafternoon; besides there are relics there of clothing, and a man
cannot describe that unless he is writing for the joke columns ;
and even then he will succeed better- as a humorist, if he triesseriously and earnestly to write a description of a woman’s dress.
In that small box are stored grandmother ’s books. She didn ’t
have very many, but she knew how to take care of them.
The. first book togfatch the eye is one with its title in bold typeacross the cover,¡¡¡‘The Good Little G irl’s Keepsake.” Inside,
scrawled in a feminine hand, is grandmother’s name with the
further statement, “ Presented by her grandmother, 1807.” The
book is illustrated in colors and each illustration shows the re­
wards or punishments of “ The Kindhearted G irl,” “ The Proud
Girl ,” l§|‘The Selfish G irl,” and so-on. The author evidently had
a moral purpose in view, and he laid on his moral instructionwith a trowel.
Of course grandmother had a New England Primer; and i f
she didn’t have pretty positive opinions on the question of original
sin, it was because she rejected the doctrines of the little book,,
which was at once a catechism, Sunday School lesson book,,
speller and reader combined. The alphabet, offered a splendidopportunity for biblical and general ethical instruction, and there
is a curious little card, “ a reward of merit” that grandmother re­
ceived from her teacher “ for reciting perfectly the entire alphabet
with its significations. ’ ’ How proud she must have been as shewent over the list from A
“ By AdamS fall
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to Z
i;;|i|ZaccheuSi lie
Did climb a tree
Tlfe. Lord; t<Ip||e.

There is a picture of John Rodgers, the marty|J;fieing burned
to death, surrounded by his wife and family.. The last words of
Rodgers are given in several stanzas of rhym eSnot poetry. We
fear grandmother wasn’t impressed with the solemnity of the
pictured scene, for below the picture is scrawled : “ My, what a
big fam ily!mM
It is entirely possible that the girl who lived when the present
century was new didn’t know much about the Rubaiyat, but she
read Pilgrim’s Progress. We do not know with how much profit
grandmother read it; for on the page where Christian is pictured
as fleeing from his weeping wife and children, there is written,
“ You bad man to run off from your family.” Probablygrand­
mother wasn’t the only one who questioned that desertion.
Our time is flying, and we have not more than begun our ex­
ploration of the garret. We can only glance at the titles of the
books before u s : F o x ’s “ Book of Martyrs,’’ Pollock’s “ Course
of Tim e,” and others of like gravity. .
We fear people in those days were rather puritanical in their
tastes; but there is a two-volume book here, evidently much read,
if one may -judge from its appearance. The title is effaced from
the cover, but look within: “ Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding.”
Grandmother! Grandmother! Didn’t you know it was wicked
to read that book ? or was that the reason you read it ? But your
‘ ‘Course of Time” was an excellent palliative. But look here!
After the first ten pages many of the leaves of Pollock are uncut
g -n o uncut ones in “ Tom Jones.”
Here is a little volume of ¡1 Popular Poems.” Burns, and
Byron seem to have furnished the most. This book was evidently
much read by grandmother when she was
‘ ‘Standing' with reluctant fSfet
Where the brook and river meet
Womanhood and girlhood fleet,”

There is a picture of Burns and Highland Mary, but there are
two other names written below. The name of the woman is
carved oma tombstone almost covered with mold in the villao-e
graveyard and her age is marked as ninetegn. She' was grand-

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mother’s girl friend. The man’s burial place is unmarked, and
will so remain until the sea shall give up its dead. He perished
in one of the naval engagements of the War of 1812. His prom­
ised bride survived him six months.
Grandmother kept a diary. She confided her inmost thoughts
to its pages. Here are packages of her love letters, but she
didn’t write them for future publication as, some croakers are mean
enough to say some of our poets did, and some of our would-be
poets are doing now, and so their contents shall not be revealed.
I t’s time to go now, but you haven’t seen the spirits ! Well, if
you hawen’t felt their presence it is because you are not a fit subject
to visit a garret and live over the past with its romance and its
realism, its tragedy and its comedy.
But we made one- statement that we must recall. We said
that everything was changing, but our wandering into the past
has proven to us that there is one thing th at’¡.togn’t change.
Human nature is much as it was eighty or ninety years ago.
We have been talking about grandmother, some other day
w e’ll talk about grandfather.

H better from James /¡ft. Iboover, ’91, tbe loung
fiiMssionan? to 1fn£ua.
T 9:45 a . m . July 27, the train pulled out of Chambersburg
and pulled me with it. It was the hardesHpull I ever
had. I stopped over night with the Chambersburg boys
in Philadelphia, and the next morning went to New York. July
29, we left New York. Six days and nights we were on the deep.
The seventh, the; coast of Ireland was sighted. The Lucania
went 5p) miles a day, and our watches had to be. turned forward
half an hour every day to meet the sun at the proper place in the
morningllll
Never talk lightly about “ the pond’ ’ or make slighting remarks
about “ the ferry;” for if you do, and ever have occasion to cross
it, you will be sorry long before you see the Emerald Isle.
On the morning of the eighth day from New York, a landing
was made at Liverpool and, after very little “ red tape” a special
train took us to London. You have read about all the interesting

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places in Son don. We visited the most interesting. In the
“ zoo'’ I saw an old friend, Mi|i;Bull-frog, and talked to him in
his “ mother tongue. ” Although far from his native Swamps he
wears the same old smile. He swallowed several times while we
talked. I suppose he had a lump in his throat, but there was no
use trying to swallow that. I had one in my throat that I
couldn’t swallow. The Sondon fog is no joke. Five days were
spent in Sondon.
When arrangements were made we took up our Voyage again.
It takes about two hours to get out of the “ Royal Albert Docks,”
then the ship glides down the Thames as though on a mill pond.
The North Sea, the Dover Strait, and the English Channel
shake us up a little, but the Bay of Biscay rolls and tosses till
quite a number of people can’t sit up or take nourishmentThose that didn’t recover soon, were fixed up by some medicine
I took along. The ship kept in sight of the coast of Portugal
and Spain, which is mountainous. The scenery is beautiful.
Our next stop was Gibraltar, for a few hours, and from there
to Marseilles. From here we went south-east through the Strait
of Bonefacio, passed close under Stromboli, from the top came
smoke and steam which hung around the summit, in the bright
sun and blue Italian sky, like a crown of silver. m A German on
board, who is just learning English, is said to have made this
entry in his d ia ry -S ‘Aug. 19, saw Tomboll in a state o f corrup­
tion.’ ’! Soon after, our course led through the Strait of Messina.
The scenery,— sea, land, and sky— both by day and night on the
Mediterranean is perfect. The water is about as blue as washwater is made on a bright day.
Port Said is five days from Marseilles. It is a coaling station.
Eight hundred tons were carried on board in baskets on the heads
of the ugliest, dirtiest men I ever saw. Port Said has the reputa­
tion of being the worst place on earth. It is gamblers’ paradise.
Most of the inhabitants are Egyptians, TurksfgjArabs and French.
An hour spent in the town is enough to thoroughly disgust you
with the place and the people.
The Suez Canal opens here. It is a very ordinary ditch, dug
through sand, 87 miles long and from 200 to 300 feet wide.
When one ship meets another, the one nearest the signal station
ties up till the other passes. Once when we tied up, our boat run
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Vessels must not go fasten than four miles an hour except mail
steamers, which may go five miles. The toll is about $ 2 a head
for passengers and $2 a ton for freight. Along the canal on the
boundless deserts are camps of Arabs. How they live is more
th a ftl can tell. The heat is intense. Some of them wear noth­
ing except a cloth tied around their head.
This bringpius to the Red Sea. It is called the Red Sea, I
suppose, because it is red hot. I ’ll tell you about one day, then
you will know about the four that it takes to go through, for they
are all the same. On account of the heat almost everybody sleeps
on deck. Early in the morni'ng the men who wash the deck
appear and waken all sleepers ; they also begin to throw water
around at such a lively rate that there is hardly time to escape.
Then you take a bath and go to your cabin, and lay your clothes,
around so that they may be put on in the least time and with the
least exertion. Having dressed in detachments, with blowing
spells, you go tothe upper deck where the breezes oughtto blow and
try to cool off for breakfast— -8:15 (coffee at 6 A. M. is off the pro­
gram now » From this to dinner—-1 ¡45, the time is spent in trying
to read or talk, but the most that is done is simply sitting around
leaking at every pore. After dinner, on account of the heat and
your experience the night before, you get so sleepy you must
sleep;;‘some time afterward you wake up with a feeling of being
roasted. I say roasted because, along with the great heat, there is
the sensation of being basted. Supper is at 6:15. The sun is
down and the thermometer falls several degrees. This is the only
chance to get a meal in the day with any satisfaction. After sup­
per you go to the deck to rest, for you are exhausted, and cool off,
if you can, for the thermometer never gets below g è l in the coolest
part of the night. Aboutliffilpi you can go to your cabin and
adjust yourself for bed and roll in. In about an hour after you
have made a_good honest attempt to sleep you find you have too
many clothes: on and get up and adopt the costume of the Arabs
except the head cloth, then you make another try but all the time
it seems to get hotter and \7ou get too nervous to lie still. Getting
up you put on your pyjamas and with pillow under your arm go
on deck to find it full of partners in distress. For an hour you
try to cool and compose yourself, (the bells announce 2 A. m .,)
then lying down on a slat bench, which is very much like roast­
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time and goes thinking aboutfsnow storms, blizzards, ice ponds,
-soda water, and Arctic explorations. About 3 A., m . you fall into
a sleep to be awakened again by the man with the rubbing
brush. I have only given you the facts without any details,,
which would be inpjfresting in themselves,. The reason that the
heat seems so much more oppressive here than almost any other
place on the globe is that the hot air comes rushing over this sea
from the deserts and takes up sc5 much moisture that it is hard to
breathe it gind it geems to make you wet instead of absorbing
moisture from you. The strait that leads into this sea is called
Babel Mandeb, which means the gates of hell. Any man having
passed through the Red Sea ought surely try to escape the hotter
place.
Aden was the next stop. A t this place it very seldom rains.
Cisterns have been dug among the hills. When it rains there,
the water drains into them. The' water in this climate keeps
sweet for years. A t Aden more than half the passengers changed
for Bombay and Northern India.
From Aden to Cape Guardafui, the trip was delightful. But
not long after this was passed, a tempestuous wind arose, called a
monsoon, which tossed us around most unmercifully. The stars
seemed to fall from their courses. Everything within and with­
out became one boiling, seething mass. Out of our mess of about
thirty only two took supper the first day. I appeared just long
enough to grab two pieces of toast and then scramble up the steps
to the fresh air again. The German said|! “ I have nothing in my
stomach, notwithstanding, it palpitates all the time.” The few
that were not too sick stayed on deck on the leeward side all
night. My chair had to be lashed to the iron work of the deck
to keep the right side tip. The medicine failed to touch the spot
principally because it never got that far, but nobody blamed it or
me because it wasn’t made for monsoons.
For thirty hours, we pitched and rolled, then for three days it
gradually abated. Pray to be delivered from a monsoon, nay,
pray to never be led into one.
Ceylon is a gem. Nature has on her best dress here. It is
‘ ‘the fairy* land of fable lore sure. It is a wilderness of beauty-S
plants of all kinds, cinnamon in great groves! the banyan tree
with its many trunks and dense shade, the bread-fruit tree and
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names. Flowers of every color and tint grow everywhere. It is
hard to concèive how nature can be more lovely than here, but
while nature’s dress is so charming, man’s dress is almost a minusquantity, and worse than all his head and heart are without the
true light. The contrast between man and nature makes you
feel sad for man. Colombo is a fine town with about two thousand
English population, electric cafg, and lights, an ice plant and
everything to be had in a first-class American town. Here I had.
my first rickshaw ride. A t this place we had to part with our
Australian friends and take another ship, the Coromandel, for
Penang, a five or six days’ run.
Notwithstanding the run from Colombo to Penang is parallel
with the equator and only five degrees from it, the weather was
delightfully cool. Arrived at Penang September 8th, safe and
well. By the course we took, it is 11,827 miles from Chambersburg to Penang,
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— J. M. HoJftBR.
N ote—We are indebted to The Franklin Repository, Chambersburgv
Pa., for the letter published above.—E ditors. '

Questions cn “ ©tbello.”
1. When was “ Othello||written? b. State three proofs o f
your answer.
2. During which of the four periods of Shakespeare’s life
(Dowden’s Divisions) was this play written ? b. State three inter­
nal proofs.
3. Chàracterize Iago. b. Is he entirely destitute of moral
principle? c. Prove.
4. What qualities predominate in Desdemona ? b. Did she do
right in leaving her father ?
5. Is Cassio a model character ?
6. Which do you pity the more, Othello or Desdemonai W hy?1
7. Is there any dramatic reason why Othello should kill him­
self? Any why lago should not be killed by Othello ?
8. Give your opinion as to the propriety of the introduction,
of the clown into the play.
9. Define the words capable, honest, shrewd, crusadoes, favour,
acknoWh and lethargy as used in this play.
10. Quote a number of familiar expressions found in the play..
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TIbe Societies.
NORMAL.
[Reported b y J. W. B a i s h , ’00.]

«¡¡A IN C F the opening of the present school term much interest
y J has been taken in .society work, which is shown by the
continued increase in attendance from week to week and
the careful preparation of every part !pf the program. The debatHi
usually constitute the principal feature of the programs and the
general debates excite no little degree of interest.
On Friday evening, October 6ti), the “ Normal Play” was held
in the Farge Chapel and was thoroughly enjoyed, not only by the
Normal Society but by the Philo Society as well. The pleasing
way in which every part was rendered reflects credit on the
society generally and is especially indicative of thoroughness and
careful preparation on the part of the participants.
Mr. M. A . Keasey is now president of the society and Miss
Mary Cunningham, secretary.

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PHILO.
[Reported b y J. C. T r e s s l e r , ’00.]

When the present school year opened, Mr. Albright, the Pres­
ident-elect, failed to return to schooi. Consequently Mr. Walker
the Vice-President, presided during the first term of society. Mr.
Benedict was elected as Mr. W alker’s successor in the chair.
Miss Kleckner and Miss Klepper, respectively, have acted as
secretaries.
Great interest is manifested in the general society work. The
debates show particular effort and preparation on the part of the
disputants. The subjects of discussion are pertinent questions of
the day, as, “ Resolved, That the annexation of the Philippines
was contrary to the best interests of the United States.’fU
The Society play was rendered on the 13th of October. The
participants were Miss Gettel, Miss Beegle, Mr. Niple, Mr. Noll and
Mr. Gray. The play was thoroughly enjoyable and showed care­
ful preparation on the part of those participating.
Quite a number of members of the Alumni, former wearers of
the blue, have visited us during the present term and spoken
words of encouragement to the society.

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E z r a L e h m a n , ’ 89;' G e o r g e H. E c k e l s , ’ 91; M . L . D r u m , ’ 96.
A d a Y. H o r t o n , ’88, Personal Editor.
C h a s . E . B a r t o n , ’91, Business Manager.

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E&itorial.
H E H E R A LD enters upon its fourth year with this issue.
Our readers will note that a change has been made in its
staff. Prof. Roth is succeeded as Business Manager by
Prof. Chas. Barton. Prof. G. H. Eckels, who so ably edited the
H erald during the past year, assumes charge of the Local Depart­
ment. Prof. Drum will look after the literary matter. The Ed­
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year from the school. He much regrets that Prof. Eckels has
asked to be relieved of the duties of this position, for the H e r a l d ,
as all its readers know, was much improved during the past year
under his direction. But we are glad to retain him on the staff
in any position. Miss Horton will continue as Personal Editor.
The entire staff pledges its best efforts to still further improve the
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Trusting that the coming school year will be pleasant and
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©bituars.
John 35. Meaftleg, ’ 97 , ©ieb August 12,1899.
T his father’s home near Barnitz, Cumberland county, Pa,,
Mr. Weakley passed away from this earthly life about
four o’clock of the Saturday afternoon mentioned above.
His death was caused by that dread disease, consumption. He
was confined to his bed, however, but a few days and the news of
his demise came as a severe shock to hiSymany Shippensburg
friends.
Mr. Weakley was a bright, but unassuming, young m a n ia
good student, a successful teacher. During his course at the
Normal he was universally liked, for he had a truly lovable
•character. The class of. ’97 in particular and all Shippensburg
students who knew John Weakley will join the H e r a l d , we
know, in extending heartfelt sjunpathy to the bereaved father,
sister, brother and friends. It is our earnest hope that they may
be comforted by the thought that their loved one is now at rest in
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2lnna E. Snoögcass, ’ 75 , Dicö October It, 1899.
Miss Snodgrass died at her home in Philadelphia, of Bright’s
disease. Her home was formerly in Shippensburg but she removed
with her parents to Philadelphia the year after her graduation.
Mrs. Geo. H. Stewart of Shippensburg.is a sister and the burial
took place from her residence.
Miss Snodgrass was a young lady who was highly esteemed
by all her acquaintances. The older members of the Alumni who
had the opportunity to know her will be extremely sorry to lqarn
of her death. The H erald extends sincere sympathy to family
and friends.

¿¡ßarriages.
A Y — H IX O N .— At Everett, Pa., September 6, 1899, Mr.
Fillmore May to Miss Olive Hixon, ’ 96.
B r e w b a k e r —S n o r e .B-On Wednesday, August 30, 1899,
jflfiss, Nellie -Snoke, ’96, to Rev. Chas, Warren Brewbaker, a
United Brethren Minister of Canton, Ohio.
K ir k — L odge .— A t Kmmaville, Pa., August 3, 1899, by Rev.
W. W. Reese, S. W. K irk, Esq., ’90, to Miss Minnie Lodge, ’96*
MYE|!!frMEYER.— September 19, 1899, by Rev. Martin Overholtzer, Mr. Thomas Myers to AfisßLizzie Meyer, ’99.

Ube Christian Hssociations.
■ [ R e p o r t e d b y M r a Ok a

B ek sle,

’00, and M r . J. O. J o h n s o n , ’00,]

H E outlook for the Y . M. C. A . is very promising. The
first meeting of this school year was held Sunday evening,
September n th , in the Small Chapel. Thè meeting was
addressed by-the Pregdent, Miles A . Keasey, who gave a veryinteresting talk, in which a cordial invitation was extended to all
the men to attend‘our meetings, unite with the Association and
participate in all its privileges and duties. The Association meetsregularly every Sunday evening at 6:15. The .exercises consist
of music, scripture reading, prayer and voluntary work, together
with the discussion of scriptural topics.

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The meetings of the Y . W. C. A.-are now help in the beauti­
ful Rotunda of the Ladies’ Dormitory. It makes a fine gathering
place and the attendance so far has been very large.
The singing has been one of the features of the Y . W . C. A .
meetings this fall. No instrument is used, but Miss Horton of the
faculty leads and the chorus of sound goes ringing through the
long corridors, becoming an alluring invitation to the girls who
would otherwise, perhaps, remain in their rootnij| The Soul
Winning Songs are used in both Associations.
Sunday evening, September 24, a joint meeting of the Y . M.
C. A . and Y . W . C. A. was held in the Large Chapel. The e x ­
ercises were conducted by Prof. G. L. Omwake. The able address
given by him on this occasion was in keeping with his: excellent
work as a teacher while in this institution.
The two Associations gave a reception to the new students on
Saturday evening, September 16th. The students assembled in
the Large Chapel and were entertained there first by means of
various games. A contest was held in tbegiolvihg of enigmas
representing the names of various persons and objects prominently
associated with life at Normal. This proved a very interesting
and amusing diversion. The rest of the program was made up
of Two Minute Conversations and Sight and Taste Tests. A ll
then adjourned to the dining room, where refreshments were
served. The dining room and the corridor leading to it had been
beautifully decorated by a committee appointed for that purpose.
The entire evening was one- of unalloyed pleasure. The success
of these receptions is due chiefly to the method of having a large
number of committees, each one of which looks after a separate
.part of the evening’s entertainment.

ECHO.
M A D Isb A C A W E IN .

Dweller in hollow places, hills, and rocks,
Daughter of silence and old solitude,
Tip-toe she stands within her cave or wood,
Her only life the noises thaiphe mocks.
— L ip p in co tt's.

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Hlumni personals.
R. C. E. GREASON, ’92, is practicing medicine at Osborn.
Ohio. He is the only honiceopathist there, but is rapidly
teaching the inhabitants the virtues of his school.
Mr. E. A . Burnett, '75, has been a member of the Board o f
Education of Mechanicsburg, Pa., since March, 1895. East June
he was elected Treasurer. He is still holding, his position as
President of the Second National Bank.
Mr. Walter E. Reddig, ’98, is attending Eastman Business
College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y .
Miss Minnie G. Eckels, ’91, has entered the Junior class o f
Bueknell University. Mr. Walter K. Rhodes, ’98, is a member
of the Freshman class of the same institution.
Dr. W . W . Feidt, ’94, a graduate of the medical department
of the University of Pennsylvania, has located for practice at Oak­
ville, Pa.
Mr. J. W ill Kadel, ’98, is one of Chambersburg’s teachers thisyear. He is principal of one of the wards.
Mr. C. I. Raffensperger, ’97, of Mannsville, Pa., has entered
the ministry of the Evangelical Church.
Mr. James M, Hoover, ’91, of Chambersburg, after passing a
very creditable examination, was chosen as a missionary of the
Methodist Episcopal Church to Penang, on the Malay Peninsula
in the South of India. Mr. Hoover left for the field of his labors
in the latter part of July. The people of Chambersburg, in a fare­
well reception tendered him, gave hearty expression to their re­
spect and affection for their townsman. The young missionary ex­
pects to stay five years at least and probably ten.
Mr. Hoover is well known to a large number of the alumni
and has always been a great favorite at the Normal. His genial,
fun-provoking disposition has made him numerous friends.
Withal he is a man of serious and earnest purposes. Good luck
to “ Jim 1”
Mr. Raymond Gettel, ’98, a graduate in the Regular Normal
Course, is teaching at Good Hope, Cumberland county, Pa.
Mr. D. Edward Long, fig 1, has graduated from the Dickinson
School of Law and is now practicing his profession at Chambers­
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Mr. G. Warren Martin, ’98, is a student at Ursinus College.
Mr. Jesse S. Ileiges, ’91, is in the employ of Dodd, Mead &
Co., Publishers.
Mr. F. H. Umberger, ’97, is in attendance at the Pierce Busi­
ness College, Philadelphia.
Mr. Thomas Gray, ’97, is studying at Lebanon Valley College^
He is coaching the football team.
Mr. N. Ort Eckels, ’97, is studying at the School of Pharmacy,
Philadelphia.
Mr. Eoudon BombergfH ’94, Miss Mary Bomberger, ’98, and
Miss Florence Bomberger^ ^99, are all attendingipe Normal Col­
lege at Valparaiso, Indiana.
Mr. J. T. Baker, ’97, has entered the Altick Drug Store at
Shippensburg as a student in Pharmacy .
Mr. G. R. Gingrich, ’98, is clerking in a bank at Lebanon, Pa.
Mr. Chas. Means, ’96, is studying and tutoring at Mercersburg
Academy.
Mr. Horace M. Griffith, ’97, is a teacher at Derrick City, Pa,.
Mr. Phineas Morris, ’98, has entered the Freshman Class a t
Dickinson College.
Miss Sallie Hoy, ’96, who taught last year at Lykens, isteaching this year at Wiconisco.
Mr. E. M. Balsbaugh, ’96, is a student at Lebanon ValleyCollege. He is playing half;back on the football team.
Mr. Frank B. Mitchell, ’96,1$ teaching at Juniata, Perry County..
Miss Mary Strominger, ’98, is taking special work at Irving
College, Mechanicsburg.
Mr. A , A . Miller, ’94, has been promoted from his position in
the Grammar School at Green castle to the position of Assistant in
the High School.
Miss Lulu F. Buhrman, ’90, has secured the position of Librarian
at the Girls’ Normal School, Philadelphia. Miss Buhrman is a
graduate of Drexel Institute in the Library Course.
Miss Joe Hughes, ’98, is teaching school at Morrisdale Mines,
Clearfield County|SI|
Mr. Wesley Nycum, ’93, has left the profession of teaching;
and is now in business at Everett, Pa.

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Miss Estella Felton, ’97, has charge of the schools of Rays
Hill, Bedford county.
Mr. T . R. Jacobs, ®p&; has been admitted to the Cumberland
County Bar and is now practicing law at Carlisle. He is a grad­
uate of Dickinson Law School.
Mr. Robert W . Cline, ’98, is teaching one of the schools of
Washington township, Franklin county. Mr. Cline has com­
pleted the Regular Norma®Course at Shippeusburg.
Miss Lola Wierman, ’96, has charge of a school at Ariosa,
Adams county.
Miss. Annie Early, ’97, is one of Cambria’s teachers.
located at Patton.

She is

Miss Anna Roth,. ’9.7,' is teaching at Ardmore, Pa.
Miss Mary Wierman, ’97, has in charge a private pupil in a
family at Biglerville, Adams county.
Mr. W. H. McGowan, ’,94, last; year Principal at Gaysport, has
accepted a similar position at Tyrone.
Mr. Charles M. Best, ’94, is Assistant Sporting Editor of The
North American, the Philadelphia daily.
Mr. H. K. Strickler, |||lis Principal of Schools at Sparta, N. J.

Class of ’99.
H E following, members of last year’s class áre teaching at
the places below mentioned : .
Mr. R. P. Dick, Big Mount, York county.
Mr. Dentón J. Brown, Hampton, Adams county.
Miss Lillie Evans, Dillsburg, York county..
Mr. S, A . Rice, Laurel Grove, Perry county.
Mr. Frank Harman, York Springs, Adams county.
Miss Edna Haverstick, Lykens, Dauphin county.
Mr. J. Heisey, Montgomery township, Franklin county.
Miss Bertha Johnston, Monterey, Franklin county.
Mr. J. E. French, Todd township, Huntingdon county.
Miss Am y Perdew, Rawlings, Md.
Miss Nellie Welker, Fannettsburg, Franklin county.
Miss Susie Shorb, Plain Hill, Franklin county.

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Mr. C. E- Detweiler, Gainsburg, Dauphin county.
Miss Eva Stock, New Oxford, Adams county.
Mr. C. M. Shulley, Fountain Dale, Adams county.
M is| Margaret E. Fencil, Marsh Run, York county.
Miss Elmira Ruff, New Oxford, Adams county.
Miss Gertrude Krall, Boiling Springs, Cumberland county.:
Miss Mellie Stouffer, Dillsburg, York county.
Mr. C. B. Neil, Shade Gap, Huntingdon county.
Mr. C. E. Yost, Londonderry township, Dauphin county.
Miss Eleanor McKitn, Concord, Franklin county.
Miss Sallie Miller, Concord, Franklin county.
Miss Amanda Kerr, Santee, Northampton county.
Mr. Ira Zimmerman, Monroe township, Cumberland county.
Miss Florence Kyle, Southampton township, Franklin county.
Miss Phoebe Risser, Colebrook, Lebanon county.
Miss Ella Shearer, Barnitz, Cumberland county.
Miss Mary Fogelsanger, Southampton township, Franklin
county.
Miss Sarada McLaughlin, Roseburg, Perry county.
Mr. J. A . Ward, Boiling Springs, Cumberland county.
Miss Mabel T . Smith, Naginey, Mifflin county.
Miss Mary E. Wolf, Stoughstown, Cumberland county.
Miss Jess Spangler, Northampton, Northampton county.
Mr. E. E. Hamm, North Codorus, York county.
Miss Ellen Deardorff, Franklin township, Adams county.
Miss Iva Coover, Warrington township, York county.
Mr. F. L- Swigert, Walnut Grove School, Franklin county.
Miss Carrie Reiff, Lykens, Dauphin county,
Mr. J. D. Kell, Ickesburg, Perry county.
Miss Elva Fleming, Lilly, Cambria county.
Miss Blanche Souser, Wolfsburg, Bedford county.
Mr. Samuel W. Swigart, McVeytown, Mifflin county.
Miss Annie C. Eyster, Penn township, Cumberland county:
Miss Mary E. Bowman, Palmyra, Lebanon county.
Miss Carrie B. Eppley, Greason, Cumberland county.
Miss Minnie A . Jones, Donnally Mills, Perry county.
Mr. James O. Senseman, New Kingston, Cumberland county.
Miss Margaret Elliot, York Springs, Adams county.
Miss Bertha S. Gramm, West Hempfield District, Lancaster
county.

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Mr. J. H. Chubb, Halifax township, Dauphin county.
Mr. J. G. Markey, Washington township, York county.
Mr. James Hippie, North Annville township, Lebanon county.
Mr. F. E. Drawbaugh, Newville, Cumberland county.
Mr. G. W . Hershman, Hampden township, Cumberland county.
Mr. V . E- Zentz, Matfawana, Mifflin county.
Miss Jean McCreary, Mr. Walter Singmaster, Mr. A . P. W at­
son and Mr. W. B. Kell are taking post-graduate work in the
school. Mr. Jerome R. Miller, is a traveling salesman for the
Harrisburg Typewriter Company. Mr. A . D. Hoke is attending
Business College at Lancaster. Mr. J. W . Booz expects to take
a special course at the Normal in the near future. Mr. J. I. R uff
is clerking in a store at New Oxford. Mention of one or two
others of the class of ’99 is found in other columns of the H e r a l d .
The rest are either leading a quiet home life or else they have not
been heard from up to date, but as soon as we find out about these
latter we shall inform their classmates of their whereabouts,

Xocals.
H E Fall Term opened on the 4th of September with about
the same attendance as the corresponding term last year.
A radical change in school arrangements came at the start,,
when the lady students were sent over to occupy the new dormi­
tory for the first time. They are finding the building as delight­
ful as they had anticipated and by this time every one has grown
quite used to the change. The gentlemen still occupy the third
and fourth floors on the eastern side of the building.

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Quite a few changes have occurred in the faculty. Prof. M.
L. Drum succeeds Prof. Roth, and Prof. Ezra Lehman returns to
the Department of English after a year’s absence, as mentioned
in the July H e r a l d . Prof. Drum has the Senior work in Geom­
etry and the Junior work in Arithmetic. MisS Georgia M. Lenher
of Elizabeth, N . J ., has taken charge of the Art department. Miss
Lenher is a graduate of the Woman’s Art School, Cooper Union,
New York. While at Cooper she had the complete course in the
Prang System of Normal Drawing. Miss Lenher has for the past
three years been doing water-color work, decoration and design,
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and Boston. She came to Shippensburg with the best of recom­
mendations and her work has already shown that these were en­
tirely honest. Miss Lenher is regarded as a valuable-addition to
the teaching force.
Dr. J. F.Barton, Vice Principal, was unable to return at the
opening of the school. He had been suffering all summer at his
brother's home in Minneapolis with what turned out to be a case
of “ walking typhoid fever. !?! His illness was so severe that§at
one time his weight was down to 1x2 pounds but, when the fever
left him, a gradual but steady improvement occurred until by the
5th of October he was feeling well enough to start on his long
journey to Shippensburg for the purpose of resuming his work in
the Science Department. Everybody was very happy to see D g
Barton in his old place, for it seemed very strange to be without
him. Thè reception given him by teachers, students and people
of the town must have been very flattering to him.
During the absence of Dr. Barton in the month of September
Prof. G. E. Omwake||93, was secured to take, charge of the work
in Physics. Prof. Omwake was graduated from Ursinus College
in ’98 and last year was a student at the Yale Divinity School.
He intended to return to Yale the 1st of Octoberpbut was: able
to give us his services for the month of September and for the One
week in October before the return of Dr. Barton. His work waseminently satisfactory and all connected with the school were
very glad that we had been so fortunate as to secure so good a
teacher. On his departure to resume his studies at Yale the fol­
lowing resolutions adopted by the student body were presented to
Prof. Omwake :
WHkRBAS, Prof. G. E. Omwake is now about to sever his con­
nection with this institution, we, the students of the school, wish
in this public manner to show our appreciation of Prof. Omwake’S
work. Therefore, we authorize the following as an expression of
our sentiments :
Resolved, That we thank Prof. Omwake for the interest he
has shown in our work during his stay with us.
Resolved, That we recognize his ability as a teacher and his
worth and example as a Christian gentleman.
Resolved, That we shall cherish the memory of our associa-

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Mr. J. H. Chubb, Halifax township, Dauphin county'
Mr. J. G. Markey, Washington township, York county.
Mr. James Hippie, North Anuville township, Lebanon county»
Mr. F. F . Drawbaugh, Newville, Cumberland county.
Mr. G. W . Hershman, Hampden township, Cumberland county»
Mr. V. L. Zentz, Mattawana, Mifflin county.
Miss Jean McCreary, Mr. Walter Singmaster, Mr. A . P. Wat­
son and Mr. W. B. Kell are taking post-graduate work in the
school. Mr. Jerome R. Miller., is a traveling salesman for the
Harrisburg Typewriter Company. Mr. A . D. Hoke is attending
Business College at Lancaster. Mr. J. W . Booz expects to take
a special course at the Normal in the near future. Mr. J. I. RufF
is clerking in a store at New Oxford. Mention of one or two
others of the class of ’99 is found in other columns of the H e r a l d .
The rest are either leading a quiet home life or else they have not
been heard from up to date, but as soon as we find out about these
latter we shall inform their classmates of their whereabouts.
C^j

^Locals.
H F Fall Term opened on the 4th of September with about
the same attendance as the corresponding term last year.
A radical change in school arrangements came at the start,,
when the lady students were sent over to occupy the new dormi­
tory for the first time. They are finding the building as delight­
ful as they had anticipated and by this time every one has grown,
quite used to the change. The gentlemen still occupy the third
and fourth floors on the eastern side of the building.

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Quite a few changes have occurred in the faculty. Prof. M.
L- Drum succeeds Prof. Roth, and Prof. Ezra Lehman returns to
the Department of English after a year’s absence, as mentioned
in the July H e r a l d . Prof. Drum has the Senior work in Geom­
etry and the Junior work in Arithmetic. Miss Georgia M. Lenher
of Elizabeth, N. J., has taken charge of the Art department. Miss
Lenher is a graduate of the Woman’s Art School, Cooper Union,
New York. While at Cooper she had thè' complete course in the
Prang System of Normal Drawing. Miss Lenher has for the past
three years been doing water-color work,, decoration and design­
ing for à number of leading firms in New York, Philadelphia,

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and Boston. She came to Shippensburg with the best of recom­
mendations and her work has already shown that these were en­
tirely honest. Miss Lenher is regarded as a valuable addition,to
the teaching force.
Dr. J. F.Barton, Vice Principal, was unable to return at the
opening of the school. He had been suffering all summer at his
brother’s home in Minneapolis with what turned out to be a case
of “ walking typhoid fever.” His illness was so severe that at
one time his weight was down to 112 pounds but, when the fever
left him, a gradual but steady improvement occurred until by the
5th of October he was feeling well enough to start on h ill long
journey to Shippensburg for the purpose of resuming his work in
the Science Department. Everybody was very happy to see Dr.
Barton in his old place, for it seemed very strange to be without
him. The reception given him by teachers, students and people
of the town must have been very flattering to him.
During the absence of Dr. Barton in the month of September
Prof. G. E. Omwake, ’93, was secured to take charge of the work
in Physics. Prof. Omwake was graduated from Ursinus College
in ’98 and last year was a student at the Yale Divinity School.
He intended to return to Yale the 1st of October, but was able
to give us his services for the month of September and for the one
week in October before the return of Dr. Barton. His work was,
eminently satisfactory and all connected with the School were
very glad that we had been so fortunate as to secure so good a.
teacher. On his departure to resume his studies at Yale the fol­
lowing resolutions adopted by the student body were presented to
Prof. Omwake:
W h e r e a s , Prof. G. E. Omwake is now about to sever his con­
nection with this institution, we, the students of the school, wish
in this public manner to show our appreciation of Prof. Omwake’s
work. Therefore,: we authorize the following as an expression of
our sentiments:
Resolved, That we thank Prof. Omwake for the interest he
has shown in our work during his stay with us,
Resolved, That we recognize his ability as a teacher and his
worth and example as a Christian gentleman.
Resolved, That we shall cherish the memory of our associa-

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tion with him with feelings of highest pleasure ; and part from
him with deep regret..
ResofoM, That our best wishes go with him in his future
work.
Resolved,, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to
Prof. Omwake and that they be read in Chapel by Dr. Eckels.
N e l l ie E l iz a b e t h N ip p l e ,
E l sie M a y e F i r s t ,
V e l m a E. O r n d o r f f ,

J. W . B a ish ,
C. W . G ross ,

J. E. M cC u l lo u g h , :
Committee.
Prof. A . J. Harbaugh, who was granted a State Certificate from
this school in ’93, has removed from Hanover and taken charge
of the schools of Eansford, Pa.
The mid-year examination and Ministerial Institute of the
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church was
held in Shippensburg during the week beginning with October
9th. The lectures'given by prominent men of the church were
largely attended by our teachers and students. Prof. C. W.
Rishell, Ph. D., of the Department of Church History, Boston
University, was one of the leading speakers. Prof. Rishell is a
brother of Mrs. Lowe, the popular matron of the ladies’ dormi­
tory. We were interested in him on this account and also, be­
cause he had once been a member of our own faculty. It was at
the beginning of the-school’s history that he had charge of the
grammar grade in the Model School and the vocal music in thè
Normal Department. Unfortunately Dr. Rishell wras quite ill
during most of his stay with us, but he was able to address the
students in the Chapel Monday morning, October 16. We were
very much pleased to have so distinguished a teacher and student
among us, and we hope that he likewise enjoyed his stay in this
neighborhood of old associations. Rev. Buckley, of Centralia,
Pa., and his wife, a sister of Dr. Rishell and Mrs. Eowe, were
also welcome visitors at the Normal during the week of the
Institute.
The new power house is at last in working order. The stack
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It is, as much as a stack can be, a thing of beauty, and its grace­
ful proportions have excited considerable comment. The roofing
of the building has not yet been completed, but everything else
is in first-class shape and we' now feel little fear of the winter
weather. When the grounds around the power house have been
fixed up, they will prove quite an addition to our beautiful cam­
pus.
This term finds the usual large number o f students taking
advanced work. There seem to be very few who purpose com­
pleting the Regular Normal Course, but a number who are prepar­
ing for college. These advanced students have work in lite ra ­
ture under Prof. Lehman, in Latin and Greek under Prof. Eckels,
in German and Mathematics under Prof. Hughes, and in Psychol­
ogy under Dr. Eckels.
The following description of the school is from the pen of Mr.
John V . Snader, Editor of the Ephrata Review, who Visited
Shippensburg during the summer:
“ Shippensburg is the seat of the Cumberland Valley State
Normal School, a deservedly popular institution, which last year
had more than four hundred students enrolled. The buildings
are admirably situated on a rise o f ground overlooking the town
and surrounding country. The main building contains the chapel,
dining room, model school, office and class rooms, together with
the rooms used by the young men attending the school as students.
The gymnasium was erected several years ago and is well equipped
with apparatus for the; physical development of the students
attending the institution. The ladies’ dormitory, just completed,
is a gem o f beauty, elegance and comfort. It Is a three-story
building which commands a fine view. The furnishings are rich
and beautiful. The rooms are large and commodious, each being
arranged to be occupied by two students. Each teacher will have
two rooms, one a reception room and the other a sleeping apart­
ment. From the front and side entrances do the building wide
hallways lead to the large reception room in the centre of the
building. This room is supplied with tables, easy chairs, books,
papers and magazines, and it and the alcoves leading therefrom,
and the two galleries over it on the second and third floors respec­
tively, are for the use of the young ladies occupying the building
at any period of the day except study hour or when the students
are occupied in the class rooms.”

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Dr. James Eldon has resigned the principalship of the Lock
Haven Normal School, the resignation to take effect the ist of
January. He has purchased the farm adjoiningthat of his fatherin-law, Dr. Bender, near Shippensburg, and expects to retire from
active work in the teaching profession. Dr. Eldon was born and
raised, in this vicinity and was once a, member of the Shippensburg
faculty-. His retirement from the principalship at Lock Haven
has caused many expressions of regret from the school authorities
and the people of that city.
Rev. S. S. Wylie, a member of the Board of Trustees, returned
home July 25th, after a six months’ trip through parts of Europe
and the Holy Land.
The Shippensburg Golf Club has been organized and links
laid out on the Himes field. Great interest is being taken in the
game. Several members of the faculty have joined the club.
Mrs. Weeks, of Prescott, Arizona, spent two weeks with her
sister, MisSl;Mather, of the Model School Department. - Mrs.
Weeks is an excellent vocalist and she kindly favored the school
with solos on several occasions.

athletics.
H E beginning of the football season of ’99 finds the Ship­
pensburg Normal in the. same old plight. She has to
develop an almost entirely new eleven and this year out
of less and lighter material than usual. Notwithstanding these
discouraging circumstances the task has been undertaken, and
the prospects for a good, team are fairly bright. The most
auspicious circumstance is. the fact that the students are taking
great interest in the Athletic Association. Among the men every
boarding student and nearly every day student has joined. The
lady students too have helped along by purchasing season tickets.
I f the team can be rounded into winning form, a successful season
is assured.
The first game was played on the home grounds with the team
of the Chambersburg Athletic Association on Saturday, October
7th. Chambersburg won the game by a Score of 12 to o, two
touchdowns and two goals. Our team played a fair game but

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■ could not score because of fumbling and lack of endurance.
Chambersburg’s scores were made on long end runs. They were
unable to gain steadily at any part of the game. Our men lined
up as follows: Center, Y o h e ; Right Guard, M yers; Left Guard,
Sheetz; Right Tackle, Iioffheins; Left Tackle, Stambaugh;
Right End, Richards; Left End. Singmaster; Right Half-Back,
McLaughlin; Left Half-Back, W atson; Quarter-Back, Eckels;
Eull-Back, Noll.
The return game with Chambersburg was played on October
14th. Again Chambersburg won, according to the official score.
In the first half our opponents forced the ball well up towards
■ our goal but fumbled on the 5-yard linl| Singmaster falling on the
ball. A partial referee, however, decided that the ball was
downed before the fumble occurred and Chambersburg soon scored
but failed on the punt-out for goal. This made the score 5 to o
and so it remained to the end. During all the rest of the game
Normal outplayed the Chambersburg team easily but was prevent­
ed from scoring by poor decisions on the part of the referee.
Chambersburg was never within scoring distance after the first
few minutes, whereas, Normal had the ball close to their line
frequently but was too unlucky to make a score. Two tries for
goals from the field failed by short distances. Our line-up was
the same as for the first game except that Smith played Right
End.
The third game of the season was played with Dickinson
Preparatory School on the home grounds, October 21st, and re­
sulted in a victory for Normal by a score of 16 to 5.
The rest of the schedule, as far as it is definitely arranged, is
as follows:
October 21— Dickinson Preps at Shippensburg.
October 28— Chambersburg Academy at Chambersburg.
November 11— Dickinson Preps at Carlisle.

INCONSTANCY.
( I-'rom the German.)
C. H. 1’ AgB.

Never blame a maid for changing,
Trying all the men she^an ;
She but seektlin all her ranging,
A constant m an!

—E x .

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THE NORMAL, SCHOOL HERALD.

Clippinos.
GIRLS.
J e a i & S “e e t .

Half-blown rosebuds; rich and sweet,
Fairest form of the incomplete, '
How should one with a heart top'pare
Choose between you, dark and fair .?
Only when the bud uncloses,
Takes its rank among the roses,
Only then we may behold
Cankered core or heart of gold.
— The Century M agazine.

WISHING.
E l l a W h e e l e r W il c o x .

Do you wish the world were better ?
Let me tell you what to dd;;
Set a watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true.
Rid your mind of selfish motives,
Let your thoughts be clean and high.
You can make a little Eden
Of the sphere you occupy.
Do you wish the world were wiser ? .
Well, suppose you make a start; •
By accumulating wisdom
In the'scrap book of your heart.
Do not waste one page on folly;
Live to learn, and learn to live.
If you want to give men knowledge
You must get it e’er you give.
Do you wish the world were happy ?
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
As you pass along the way.
For the pleasures of the many
May be oft times traced to one,
As the hand that plants the acorn
Shelters armies from the sun.
Youth's Companion .

THU NORMAL* SCHOOL HERALD.

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“ WHEN FIRST WE M ET WE DID N O T GUESS.”
R o b e r t B r i d g e s . --

When first we met we did not gité"§s£ij;i
That love should prove so hard a master Ha
Of more than c.bmmon friendliness.
When first we met we did not guess.
Who could for,pell this sore distress-,,';
This irretrievabie:.hiSustcr
When first wé met ?—-We did not guess, .
That love should prove so hard a master.
—E clectic M agazine.

ICH BIN DEIN.

(“ The Journal of Education” commends this ingenious poem,
written in five languages— English, French, German, Greek and
Latin— as one of the best specimens of Macaronic verse in exist­
ence, and worthy of preservation by all collectors.)
In ïëmpus old a heto lived,
Qui loved puellas deux,
He no pouvait pas quite to say
Which, one amabat mieux.
Dit-il lui-meme un beau matin,
“ Non possum both avoir,
Sed si address Amanda Ann,
Then Kate and I have war.
“ Amanda habet argent coin,
Sed Kate has aureas- curls ;
Et both sunt very agathac
Et quite formosae girls.” ,
Enfin the SjôuthfUl anthropos,
Philoun the duo maids,
Resolved proponere ad Kate
Devant cet evening’s shades.
Procedena then to Kate’S domo,
Il trouve Amanda there,
Kai quite forgot his late fç:solvësJiw
Both sunt >ë;q goodly fair.
Sed smiling on the new tapis,
Between puellas twain,
Coepit to tell his love a Kate
Dans un poétique strain.

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THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD.
Mais, glancing ever et anon
At fair Amanda’s; eyes,
Illae non possunt dicere
Pro which he meant his. sighs.
Each virgo heard the demi-vow,
With cheeks as rouge as wine,
And off’ring each a milk-white hand,
Both whispered, “ Ich bin dein.”

BE A GOOD B O Y; GOOD-BY.
'B y J o h n I .. S h b o y .

How oft in my dreams I go back to the day
When iis'tSSbd at our old wooden gate,
And started tjgschool in full battle array,
Well armed with a primer and slate.,1
And as the latch fell I thought myself free,
And gloried, I fear* on the sly,
T ill I heard a kind voice that whispered to m e:
“ Be a good boy ; good-by.”
“ Be a good boy ; góí?d-by.” It seems
They have followed me all these years.
They have given a form to my youthful dreams
And scattered my fjp’olish fears!;. >■
They have stayed my feet on many a brink,
Unseen by a blinded eye,
For just in time I would pause and think :
“ Be a good b o y ; good-by.”
Oh, brother of mine, in the battle of life,
Just starting or nearing itslglose,
This motto aloft, in the midst of the strife,
Will conquer wherever it goes.

*

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Mistakes, you will m ak®for each of us ..errs,
But, brother, just honestly try
To accomplish your best. In whatever occurs,
Be a good boy ; good-by.
■Saturday E vening Post.

T H E NORM AL, SC H O O L H E R A L D .

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October turned my purple leaves to gold ;
The most are gone n ow ; here and there one lingers^
S l ln the® wilMlip from out the twig’s weak hold,
Like !$Sin between a dying miser’s fingers:.

WHEN IT PAID.

It was at the village sewing circle, and the unprofitable ques­
tion of the failure or success of marriage was under discussion.
Beulah Blank, a war widow, thrifty to the last degree of New
England thriftiness, kept silent until some one said:
“ What do you think about it, Beulah?”
“ Well, I must say that it depends,” said Beulah. “ Now when
a woman gits married, an’ her husband gits drafted into the army,
and he gits killed, and she gits a pension of twelve dollars a month
as long as she lives, it pays to git married. That’s what I think.”
— Youth's Companion.

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