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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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What Shippensburg Normal Offers to Young People

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To High School Graduates............................................

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Advanced Enrollment for Coming Year.....................

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Enrollment of Men at Shippensburg Normal............

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Growth of the Shippensburg Normal School............

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Athletic Plans for the Year..........................................

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Changes in the Faculty................................................

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Principal’s Letter to the Alumni..................................

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Training School Commencement............. ....................

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Closing Days of 1920-1921................................ ...........
Senior Banquet.......................................................
Senior Picnic...................................................................
Music Recital............................................ ......................
Address to the Seniors...............................................
Baccalaureate Service............................................ .......
Class Day...............................- ............................ ...........
Historical Pageant........................................ . ..........
Reunion of Class of ’96......................... ..............
Pittsburgh Alumni Banquet........................................
Westmoreland County Alumni Association..............
Reunion of Class of 1916........^ ••........................... *

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Commencement Day.....................................................

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“ Forward, March!”—Dr. Lehman’s Address............

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The Summer School.....................................................
Alumni Personals..................................................... . •
“ The Love of Normal”— (Poem ).................................
Cupid’s Column.............................................................
Stork Column............................................................. . .

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Obituary..........................................................................

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Death of Dr. Martin...................................................

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The Normal School Herald
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Vol. XXV.

JULY, 1921.

No. 4.

WHAT SHIPPENSBURG NORMAL OFFERS TO YOUNG PEOPLE
The Shippensburg Normal School (officially called the Cumber­
land Valley State Normal School) stresses two things that will ap­
peal to many young people. First ,ATTENTION TO THE SOCIAL
LIFE OF THE STUDENT. We have long believed that the school
should be a preparation for the larger life into which the student
must go on leaving school. It has, therefore, been our aim to teach
students to take their places in society. We aim to develop leader­
ship. Opportunity is given to students to develop along various
lines. The literary societies, Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., athletic teams,
press club, the students’ league, the orchestra, choral society, the
glee club, are a few of the organizations that foster the social life
of the school. Our students meet one another socially under the
direction of the faculty. So successful has this policy been that it
has received the commendation of our graduates who have been in
the active work of the world for a number of years. They write us
frequently telling us how much the social training of the school has
had to do with their success. We have found that our standard of
scholarship has steadily increased under the rules and regulations
that have been introduced.
Second, LOW RATES. We believe, especially in times of busi­
ness depression, that it is our duty to keep our rates for boarding,
etc., as low as possible. We have, therefore, arranged to charge

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but $6.00 a week for boarding, furnished room, heat, light, laundry
and nurse’s service, or $216.00 for the entire school year. The reg­
istration fee of $5.00 is payable when a room is engaged. There is
a term fee covering the cost of admission to games, lectures, enter­
tainments, etc., of $7.50, or $15.00 for the year. Thus, the total for
all the items mentioned for the school year is $236.00.

TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
We are gratified to note that our advance enrollment Contains
the largest number of high school graduates that we have had in
our entire history. It is especially significant to note that many
more young men are coming to us from high schools than has us­
ually been the case. We are glad to note this fact as we need more
male teachers. The demand for trained teachers, in spite of the
slump in business and the thousands of young people who are with­
out positions, the demand for trained teachers is far in excess of the
supply. The public realizes now that if our schools are to be im­
proved it must be through improvement in the type of teachers that
enter them. Salaries in business have fallen off as much as onethird during the past year but it is doubly significant to note that
the salaries of teachers have gone steadily upward. At the present
writing we have positions paying from $150.00 to $200.00 a month
that we can not fill because the list of graduates available for these
positions is exhausted. It is also significant to note that while train­
ed teachers are scarce, the number of poorly qualified teachers is
greater than ever before, since so many young men and women who
have lost their positions in business are now turning to teaching as
a means of earning a livelihood.
My young friends; you have just completed your high school
course and you are looking about for an opening that will pay you a
living wage and at the same time give you an opportunity for
service. Where can you find a better opening than in teaching.
Under recent legislation the salaries of teachers will go steadily up­
ward. In a large majority of cases a steady increment is assured;
the term has been lengthened and the work mad more attractive.
Remember, too, that while business has its periodical seasons of de­
pression, during which it is for business firms to lay off thousands
of young men and women, teaching has no such periods. As the
population increases, more and more teachers are required and every­
where there are splendid openings to the ambitious, earnest young
man and woman.
We have tried to make it worth while for young people to come
to our school. We have kept our rates for boarding as low as they
can possibly be kept while furnishing good, substantial, appetizing

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meals. Remember that $216.00 pays for boarding, furnished room,
heat, light, laundry and nurse’s services, when necessary, for the
entire school year. I shall be glad to hear from you if you are in­
terested in the opportunities open to you at our school. We are
always glad to have you visit us and to see for yourselves just
what we can offer you.

ADVANCED ENROLLMENT FOR COMING YEAR
Under our new regulation no rooms are assigned to students
until the registration fee is paid. The advance registration may
therefore be regarded as a fair index of the probable attendance
during the coming year. On July 15th of this year the registration
of new students was 100% greater than it was just a year ago.
Our rooms are being very rapidly engaged. More than 300 of the
boarding students who were with us last year have either been
graduated or have been granted certificates that will permit hem
to teach next year. Because of this large number we were inclined
to believe that we would have plenty of room for all students who
applied. So large has the enrollment been that at the present writ­
ing we realize that it will be necessary for those who delay their
registration too long, to secure rooms in private houses in town. At
present we still have rooms available but all who expect to enter our
school are urged to register at once.

ENROLLMENT OF MEN AT SHIPPENSBURG NORMAL
The past year shows an enrollment of 204 men and answers the
question “ Are young men preparing to teach.” We hear it said that
young men are dropping out of the teaching profession. Our own
experience is that in spite of the. war and the over-stimulation of
business and the low salaries previously paid to teachers men may
be induced to remain in the profession and others may be persuaded
to enter it. In 1913 we had 105 men in attendance. Seven years
later that number has almost doubled.

GROWTH OF THE SHIPPENSBURG NORMAL SCHOOL
Elsewhere in THE HERALD the record of the enrollment of
students at the Shippensburg State Normal School from 1873 to
1 920 is given. This table will probably be of little interest to the
general public but to the alumni of the school and former students
it will be a matter of gratification to note that during the year
1920-21, 834 men and women attended the normal department of the
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sourcses of the school were taxed to their utmost to meet the large
number who applied for admission.
This table should, however, be interesting to all students of
education. President Angell recently said “ Increase in the number
of students is an index that shows the ability of a school to meet
the needs of a community and the recognition by the community
that the school is meeting those needs.” Judged by those tests, we
have reason to rejoice in our remarkable gowth. It is not due to any
artificial conditions since there has been a steady increase from year
to year. We appreciate the attitude of superintendents and the
alumni of the school in urging young people to enroll with us.
Young men and women who may be uncertain whether it is advis­
able for them to prepare for teaching may be interested in knowing
how other young men and women are answering the question. We
believe the significance of the following table will not be lost upon
investigators.
In 1912-13 our enrollment was 286 (174 women and 112 men).
In 1916-17 it was swelled to 583 (366 women and 167 men). In
1919-20 it advanced to 680 (508 women and 172 men) and during
the year that has just closed we enrolled 834 students (630 women
and 204 men).
In other words, our enrollment grew from 286 in 1912-13 to
834 in 1920-21, an increase of almost 300%.
If an increased enrollment signifies what President Angell says
it does, we have reason to congratulate ourselves on the remarkable
growth of our institution.

ATHLETIC PLANS FOR THE YEAR
The normal school is planning for a big year in physical educa­
tion. ' The addition of a physical director and athletic coach for
boys will mean much along athletic lines. We expect to emphasize
field and track work and to stress inter-class, as well as inter-school
activities. Girls’ athletics will also be stressed. It is likely that
inter-school games will be played by the girls’ as well as the boys’
teams. It is proposed to have every student take part in some type
of athletic activity. The day has passed when the pale bookwom is
regarded as the ideal type of manhood and womanhood. We need
strong, healthy virile men and women. Our work for the coming
year will be directed along these lines.

CHANGES IN THE FACULTY
Comparatively few changes will be made in the faculty for next
year as nearly all the members of the regular faculty expect to return.
We regret to say, however, that Miss M. Margaret Stroh, who

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has been associated with the school as teacher of English and oral
expression for the past six years, will not return. During the past
three years Miss Stroh has been dean of women. Under her super­
vision student government has been introduced and the remarkable
success that has attended the work of the Student League has been
due very largely to her enthusiasm, interest and sympathy. She has
had a broad point of view, enabling her to understand the needs of
the young women of our school. Her attitude has been most helpful
to all the students and has resulted in a marked development of the
morale of the institution. Miss Stroh has coached and personally
directed practically all the plays that have been given at the school.
No comment need be made on her success in this field as all who
have seen the dramatic performances given at Normal realize how
high a standard has been reached. Miss Stroh also organized the
Sock and Buskin Club that has done much to foster an interest in
good dramatic literature. Her work in the class room has been most
satisfactory and it is with feelings of deep regret that we announce
her withdrawal from the school. We all join in the hope that rest
and a change of work may bring complete restoration of health to
Miss Stroh and that she may be able, at a not distant time, to return
to us. Miss Myrtle Mayberry, who served as dean of women so
successfully during the summer session of 1920, will take the place
vacated by Miss Stroh as dean of women. As announced elsewhere,
Miss Carrie Belle Parks, of Rochester, N. Y., will take Miss Stroh’s
place as teacher of English.
We regret to announce that Prof. S. S. Shearer will not be with
us next year. However, Prof. Shearer’s absence will be for but one
year as he has been granted leave of absence to complete the work
fo r his master degree at Chicago University. Prof. Shearer is so
well and favorably known among our students and alumni that no
comment need be made on his work. He has vitalized the depart­
ment of biological science and raised it to so high a rank that due
recognition has been given it by the leading colleges of the state.
Prof. Shearer is one of the most enthusiastic, earnest, sincere
teachers who have ever been connected with the normal. His in­
fluence has extended far beyond his department. He has served as
dean of men and there, as in the class room, he has made a marked
impression upon all who came in contact with him. All will join
with us in wishing him a most successful year at Chicago University
and a speedy return to Normal to resume his work in the fall of 1922.
Miss Alice Nason, who served as assistant in physical education,
wil not return next year. Miss Nason made a most favorable im­
pression upon the faculty and students. She is an earnest, sincere
woman, who will make a record for herself in the larger field for
which she is preparing. The best wishes of all go with her.
As announced above, Miss Carrie Belle Parks has been elected

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teacher of English, vacated by Miss Stroh. Miss Parks has had a
wide experience as a teacher. She was graduated from the Plattsburg, N. Y. normal school and has attended Wellsley College and
Syracuse University. From the latter institution she was graduated
in 1916. She has also spent a full semester and a summer term at
Teachers’ College. She taught in the public schools before going to
college and since her graduation has made a fine record in high
school work. During the past year she was a member of the Eng­
lish faculty of one of the large high schools of Rochester. Her work
here has received the commendation of all connected with the high
school department of Rochester. We predict that Miss Parks will
be a distinct addition to the faculty of the normal school.
Prof. Lester W. Rice has been elected teacher of biology during
Prof. Shearer’s absence. Prof. Rice is well qualified for his work.
He was trained in the public school of Fredonia, N. Y., the State
Normal School of that place, and Hillsdale College, Mich. He was
employed as an instructor in Hillsdale College and served as a senior
instructor in the United States Civil Service Department. He has
begun his work at the summer session and has made a most fav­
orable impression upon all who come in contact with him.
THE HERALD is glad to announce that Prof. W. P. Harley, for
eight years supervising principal of the schools of Mt. Union, has
been elected director of the training school. Prof. Harley has ac­
cepted the place and will be with us at the opening of the school in
September The work of the training school has been greatly en­
larged. We have gone far. afield and carried the work into the coun­
try schools. Under Miss Kieffer’s direction the school will take over
just as many country schools as we can handle. So successful was
this work last year that school after school has petitioned the
normal school authorities to he put under normal supervision. To
co-ordinate this work fully, it was found advisable to call into the
service of the normal school a man who has wide and successful ex­
perience in public school work. Prof. Harley is regarded by the
state department and all who know him as one of the coming men
in public school work. He has done fine work in Mt. Union. He
has been a student of the Junior high school problem and has achiev­
ed a success in community work that has made the schools of Mt.
Union conspicuous in the educational work of the state. Miss Harris
will continue as assistant principal in the training school and direc­
tor of primary-kindergarten work and Misses Snively, Huber and
Kieffer will remain as heads of their respective departments.
New members of the faculty yet to be chosen are director of
the physical education for boys and athletic coach. We expect to
be able to secure a strong man to take charge of the physical edu­
cation of boys and to coach their athletic teams. Assistant teach­
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teacher in English will be added to the faculty. She will also assist
in the library.
This plan involves the selection of five additional teachers to
our present teaching force. So rapidly has the school grown that
it has been found necessary to enlarge our faculty along the lines
indicated.

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
Dear friends,
The most eventful commencement in our history was attended
by more than 6000 persons. This record-breaking crowd came here
to see, and in many instances to take part in, our big community
pageant, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the laying of
the corner stone of our main building. It is safe to assume that
more than 1000 of you who read these lines were with us on our big
day- ^ need not say anything to you in regard to the pageant and
the. other exercises for I know that you will agree with me that it
was the finest historical pageant ever presented in the Cumberland
Valley. I wish those of you who are in far distant states and coun­
tries had been able to be with us. The scenes presented, dealing as
they did with the early history of the Valley and the school, would
have recalled to your mind many memories of your student days
here. Elsewhere we attempt to give a brief account of the pageant
and to present a few pictures dealing with certain incidents con­
nected with it, but I realize that unless you were present you will
not be able to understand how much the commencement season
meant to all of us.
I was especially gratified to note the outpouring of the alumni
in the alumni parade. It came almost at the close of the afternoon
when the spectators were naturally tired and inclined to seek chairs
and benches rather than to take part in a parade. But when the
march was played the alumni forgot everything except the call to a
service that would visibly attest their loyalty to the old school.
They swung into line, doubled and re-doubled about the campus.
The brilliant costumes of those who took part in the pageant and the
uniforms of the various orders gave a note of color that added much
to the effectiveness of the parade.. I won’t attempt to describe it.
Of course it put all other alumni parades into the 'back ground. We
c#n’t have a fifty year celebration every commencement.
I want also to speak briefly of the alumni reunions. The vari­
ous reunion classes were here in large numbers. I appreciate the
invitations that came to me to take part in these banquets and re­
gret that physical limitations prevented my being present at all of
them. We are always glad to have these reunion classes with us.

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In no other way do we bind ourselves so closely to one another and
to our Alma Mater.
Finally, my only regret is that it was not possible for me to meet
all of you who were present on that occasion. I trust the coming
year may be one of the most pleasant and prosperous years in your
history. Those of us who are engaged in teaching have reason to
rejoice over the recognition that has come to the teacher in service
and those who have gone into other lines of work will be gratified
to know that our state is at last awake and that in the not distant
future we may hope to stand first instead of twenty-first among the
states of the nation. I know that you all rejoice in the prosperity
that has attended the school. The growth of the school is made pos­
sible by your support and your unwavering loyalty. The school has
advanced until today we know that you are proud of the record of
its record and the work that is being done by it.
With best wishes, I am,
Fraternally yours,
EZRA LEHMAN, ’89.

TRAINING SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
The training School Commencement Exercises,—we beg the
pardon of the young graduates,—we mean the Commencement Ex­
ercises of the Junior High School Department of the training school,
were held in the normal chapel, June 9 at 7:30. The big chapel was
comfortably filled with an audience that assembled to pay tribute
to the work of the boys and girls who were the first graduates of
the junior high school. The music was furnished by the school or­
chestra. Space does not permit comment upon the individual num­
bers, but it must suffice to' say that a very interesting and well pre­
pared program was rendered. The exercises consisted of the follow­
ing:
Music ....................................................... ....................... ....... Orchestra
Essay—Wohelo ............. ........................ ............................ Rhea Suders
Declamation—A Handful of Clay—Henry Van Dyke. . . Grace Kendig
Quartette—When Life is Brightest— Ciro Pinsuti ...............................
Margaret Lehman
Elizabeth Eisenhower
Rhea Suders
Helen Rae
Class History .................................... ................................. Laura Kane
Oration—The Man who Overcame—Herman Hagedorn. .Harold Reber
Chorus— Stars Brightly Shining—Emil Bronte....................................
Junior High School Glee Club
Reading—Love Among the Blackboards—Myra Kelly.........................
Margaret Lehman
Class P roph ecy...... .......................... .................. Elizabeth Eisenhower
Address and Presentation of Diplomas ........................... Dr. Lehman

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Class Song—Music composed by Miss Mabel Longanecker..........Class
Class Honors— First honor, Margaret Lehman; Second honor,
Rhea Suders; Third honor, Grace Kendig.

CLOSING DAYS OF 1920-1921
Several years ago we were accustomed to speak of the rush
and strain of the last days of the school year. Fortunately, there
not nearly so much of the strain connected with the examina­
tions this year. The state board examinations were matters of
memory in the closing days of June. The junior examinations had
been finished but the work of the 400 underclassmen continued to
the very last and the examinations mingled with the pleasures of
commencement.

SENIOR BANQUET
One of the most enjoyable numbers of the commencement
program was the senior banquet. The weather may be inclement
out of doors but there is always good cheer within. Saturday af­
ternoon brought a very heavy thunder shower causing inconvenience
to the day student members of the class who lived at some distance
from the school but practically everyone of the 131 members of the
class was on hand at the appointed hour. Promptness is always a
cardinal virtue at the senior banquet. The faculty were there and a
good representation from the board of trustees. The dining room
had been decorated in the class colors, and lest this should be insu­
fficient, pennants everywhere bore witness to the fact that it was the
class of 1921 that was holding the banquet.
The menu prepared under the direction of Miss McWilliams
was unusually attractive and everything was served in an appetiz­
ing manner.
It was nearly 10 o’clock when Dr. Lehman, who acted as toast
master, called upon Miss Alice Huber, one of the deans of the class,
to respond to the toast “ Purple and Gold.” Miss Huber spoke of
her association with the class and the pleasant memories that she
would always carry with her. Mr. Garth Kelly, the president of
the class, responded to the toast “ Compensation” and Mr. Charles
Raffensperger, the class orator, spoke on “ The Short Cut.” In the
absence of Mr. J. G. Benedict, of the board of trustees, who was
unavoidably detained, Mr. J. D. Robinson, the school treasurer, was
called upon to speak and proved himself a good after-dinner speaker.
Prof. J. K. Stewart spoke on the class motto, “ Carpe Diem" and
delivered an eloquent and forceful address on the value of time.
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Miss Adams. Following this came the concluding song “ Should
Auld Acquaintance be Forgot” and the class banquet was at an end.
While the seniors were enjoying themselves in the dining room
the juniors and the underclassmen enjoyed themselves at an informal
dance in the gymnasium..

SENIOR PICNIC
T^ie Seniors celebrated the close of examinations by journeying
to Boiling Springs in two big trucks and a half dozen autos. All
reported having a most enjoyable time at the popular Cumberland
county resort.

MUSIC RECITAL
The music recital was held on Tuesday evening and the chapel
was filled with an audience of parents and friends of the students
of Miss Matthews and Miss Adams. The vocal numbers were two
selections by the Girls’ Choral Society, a vocal solo by Violet Wineka,
a duet, “ The Moon has raised her Lamp above” by Edwin Craig and
Charles Hoerner, a vocal solo by Mabel Longanecker followed by
another solo “ Peggy” by Marcus Markley. The piano numbers were
a duet by Katherine Weaver and Jeannette Ham, a solo by Marion
Rummel, a duo from Donigetti by John and Edward McPherson, a
solo “ Romance” by Eleanor Addams, a two part solo by Vera Corbm
followed by the “ Air de Ballet” by Helen Beatty. Helen McClure
gave a solo “ Grande Polka de Concert” and the last number was a
piano quartette “ Mid Summer Night’s Dream” by Reida and Mabel
Longanecker, Eleanor Addams and Evelyn Ickes. Charles Hoerner
gave Bach’s “ Spring Awakening” on the violin.

ADDRESS TO THE SENIORS
The seniors assembled at 1:30 in the chapel to listen to the ad­
dress by their class dean, Prof. J. K. Stewart. Prof. Stewart’s
theme was “ Transfiguration of the Commonplace.” The speaker
showed how the commonplaces of life may be lifted to a higher
plane through the influence of education, character, religion, poetry,
love and music. The address was an excellent one and was finely
delivered. At the conclusion of Prof. Stewart’s address, Mr. Kelly,
as president of the class, on behalf of his classmates, presented
Prof. Stewart with a gold eagle and Miss Alice Huber with a beauti­
ful silk umbrella as a token of the appreciation of the services of
their deans.

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BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
A large audience was present in Normal School chapel on Wed­
nesday evening when the baccalaureate sermon was delivered to the
Senior class. The Seniors, 1.31 in number, filed into the chapel sing­
ing Interger Vitae.” Never was the old Horatian hymn sung more
impressively at Normal than on this occasion. The ministers of the
town and Dr. Lehman occupied seats on the rostrum. The invocation
was delivered by Rev. H. R. Lobb, of the Church of God. After the
singing of the long meter doxology, the congregation sang “ Stand
Up, Stand Up, for Jesus.”
Rev. H. D. Emmert, of the Church of the Brethren, read the
scripture lesson, Isaiah 21:1-12. The Girls’ Choral Society, then
rendered Mendelsshon’s “I Waited for the Lord” and Rev. D. J.
Wetzel, of Grace Reformed Church, offered prayer.
The sermon by Rev. J. M. Francis, D. D., of Waynesboro, was
peculiarly appropriate. His theme was “ Watchman, What of the
N ight?” It was an optimistic appeal to the young people to realize
the greatness of the opportunity that lies at their doors. The
speaker has no sympathy with oft repeated criticism that the world
is growing worse. Under the influence of Christianity the insane
are cared for in asylums, orphan children are provided with com­
fortable homes and old men and women find institutions specially
prepared for them. The world appreciates sacrifice and service. He
counselled the class to answer the query, Watchman what of the
night?” by answering that there is no night. The clouds are break­
ing, daylight is coming and the greatest opportunity that has ever
come to humanity lies at the doors of all.
During the taking of the offering Charles Hoerner rendered
Hosanna” on the violin. A quartette, consisting of Reida and
Mabel Longanecker, Charles Hoerner and Marcus Markley, sang
The Lord is My Shepherd.” The benediction was pronounced by
Dr. Gerhart and the class passed out to the music of the recessional
hymn “ Onward Christian Soldiers.”

CLASS DAY
Thursday proved to be a delightful day for open air class ex­
ercises. The usual commencement crowd was augmented by the
hundreds who came to witness the historical pageant. Promptly at
9:30 the class marched to its place on the platform that had been
erected for the pageant. Updegrove’s orchestra furnished the music.
Mr. Garth H. Kelly of Siddonsburg, delivered the president’s
address. His theme was “ The ultimate test.” He brought out the
idea that now for the first time the members of his class would be

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called upon to face new problems and to solve new difficulties, un­
assisted, and that the ultimate test of their lives would be to make
the best possible use of the training which they had received. Real
constructive social service is the key note and it must be the slogan
of every man and woman who can claim to be educated.
Mr. Charles Raffensperger of Elliottsburg, delivered the class
oration. His subject was “ Seize the Opportunity.” He said in part
“ The great opportunity belongs to him who has a vision of someth­
ing higher, to him who can grasp it. Preparation is essential and
requires much time and effort. The period of preparation may re­
quire many years as in the lives of Moses and Christ. To untold
multitudes nature offered certain opportunities for discovery but it
required a Galilea, a Watt and a Columbus to seize them. There
is for anyone in an opportunity just what he sees in it; no more; no
less. If opportunities do not present themselves we must create
them.”
The next number was the class history by Miss Rosa Barnhart,
of Shippensburg. It was written in Biblical style and set forth the
story of the assembled class and its experiences at the Normal
School. The usual struggles with difficult tasks, the contest with
other classes, and the heroic efforts to please the faculty were stated
as “having come to pass.” No great calamities befell this mighty
class, neither did it suffer great losses with its battles with its ad­
versaries during its progress through the school and its “ mighty
men of valor” came out victorious at the appointed time, going
forth to the service of humanity with the blessings of this school
upon them.
After music by the orchestra the mantle oration was delivered
by Mr. Amos Funk, of Shippensburg, whose theme was “ Building
for Tomorrow.” Mr. Funk pointed out the means by which the peo­
ples of different ages have manifested an interest in a tomorrow;
also that this building for the future is an absolute necessity to the
real life of a person or a people. It involves a period of preparation
in which there must be a careful selection and placing of materials.
The success of the individual life depends upon the kind and amount
of preparation.
Mr. Funk presented the mantle to Mr. Roy Dibert, of the class
of 1922. He closed with the thought that the mantle should be
suggestive of that further preparation to the building of the class of
1922. Mr. Dibert responded fittingly.
Class wills are at their best more or less conventional but Miss
Anna Kinports, of Manchester, Pa., managed to weave in very much
originality in the will that she presented. Senior privileges were
willed to the class of 1922. The class of 1923 received the privilege
of celebrating their Junior reception in the gymnasium and parlor
without having guests. The class of 1924 were given their best

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wishes for a safe and sane mind, thus enabling them to support the
»senior class as usual.
The spring term students and student council were also remem­
bered in the will and a number of humorous items, reminding all of
the jolly side of the student life, were made part of the final assign­
ment of the class of 1921.
The class song was composed and set to music by Miss Reida
Longanecker, of Mechanicsburg. Miss Longanecker has been very
prominent in the musical work of the school and the song reflected
credit on her ability.
The last number, the ivy oration, was given by Mr. George
bpangler, of York Springs. The speaker drew an analogy between
the life of the ivy and the life of an individual. As the ivy has
been cared for so had the class of 1921 and as the ivy must now
depend upon itself and strive to climb ever higher, so the individual
members of the class must strive and grow and aim to reach higher
and broader things, regardless of the steps to be climbed and the
rough paths to be trod.

HISTORICAL PAGEANT
The historical pageant was the greatest exhibition ever given
at the Normal School and it may well be questioned whether the
Valley ever saw any pageant staged so well. Not only were the
costumes and the settings historically correct but great care had
been exercised by those in charge of the pageant to give it the
proper atmosphere. In this they were remarkably successful and
the audience found itself carried back into the earlier days when the
settlers carried muskets to church as a defense against the treacher­
ous Indians lurking in the forests. Every phase of the historical
and social life of the valley and of the school was splendidly por­
trayed. All the members of the committee worked hard to make
the affair so signally successful but special praise must be given to
Miss M. Margaret Stroh, the chairman, and Mrs. Harriet Wylie
Stewart for their work.
Fortunately, the weather was all that could be desired and the
6000 or more people who assembled on the Normal School campus
could not have asked for pleasanter weather or a more beautiful
setting for the out of door performance. We quote from The Shippensburg Chronicle the following discussion of the pageant.
Thursday afternoon the Shippensburg Normal School was the
mecca for travel by railroad, trolley, automobile and buggies from
the early hours of the morning until well on in the afternoon. The
weather could not have been more favorable for an open air pageant
and people came several hundred miles to witness the greatest
pageant ever given in the Valley. The affair was staged in com-

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memoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school,/^
The speaking that preceeded the pageant began at 1 o’clock,
when W. M. Rife, ’91, of Huntingdon; Owen Underwood, ’01, of
Pottstown; Howard Neissley, ’l l , of Harrisburg, and Charles Maclay, ’ 19, of Shippensburg, delivered short addresses dealing with
the progress and development of the Normal School., Morris Hoif,
’01, of New Cumberland, presided. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President, Frank C, Myers, ’02, 111
Second avenue, Newark, N. J.; Vice President, J. C. Wagner, 92,
Carlisle, Pa.; Secretary, Myrtle Mayberry, ’07, Shippensburg, Pa.;
Treasurer, Quinn T. Mickey, ’83, Shippensburg, Pa.
The principal speeches of the afternoon were delivered by Lt.
Gov. E. E. Beidleman, who delivered a strong address dealing with
the practical educational problems of the state. He endorsed the
work that has been done by the Normal Schools and paid a high tri­
bute to the work of the teachers. Hon. Frank B. Wickersham, ’84,
Associate Judge of Dauphin county, followed. He dwelt upon early
events in the history of the school and congratulated the school
upon the success that had attended it.
Geo. H. Stewart, regularly associated with the school for more
than fifty years as treasurer and for many years president of the
board of trustees, spoke briefly on the early and later history of the
institution.
The pageants followed. They showed a careful study of the
history of the period. Every scene was historically correct as to
costume and incident. The eight episodes dealt with the following
things: Indian war dance and massacre of Enoch Brown and his
school children; the return of Regina Hartman and her identification
by her mother through the singing of a song that her daughter had
learned while a child; Episode III, dealing with the scene in Rocky
Spring Church when John Craighead preached “ Liberty or Death”
from his pulpit and inspired the men of his congregation,, was a
most striking one. Episode IV was a vivid picture of the home
life in the Valley with its spinning, carding and weaving, its social
life as reflected in the singing school and the country dance. The
pageant dealing with the saving of the free school system of Penn­
sylvania by Thaddius Stevens was splendidly portrayed. The events
of the Civil War were brought home to the audience by the presence
of 25 confederate cavalry representing the body that raided Ship­
pensburg and compelled the women to bake pies and to feed them,
Episode VII touched upon the actual laying of the corner stone fifty
years ago. The secret and fraternal orders that took part in the
laying of the corner stone were present on this occasion. Dr. Leh­
man delivered part of the address that Gen. McCandlass delivered
fifty years ago. The last episode contrasted the commencement of

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1873 with that of 1921. A Spring and Greek dance added a pleasing
variety to the program.
The Alumni procession was possibly the most spectacular event
of the afternoon. Mrs. H. Wylie Stewart, as Alma Mater, lead the
procession of the 500 or more persons who took part in the pageant.
The various fraternal and secret orders were in line as were the mem­
bers of the American Legion. The classes were all represented by
a large body of graduates. Music was furnished by Updegrove’s
Orchestra of Harrisburg and the Scotland Soldiers and Sailor Orphan
School Band.
While every participant in the pageant did his work splendidly,
special mention must be made of the work of Wimbert Neeley, of
New Oxford, who delivered the prologues preceeding the various
episodes. Mr. Neeley was attired as William Penn and looked the
part. His voice was admirably suited to the rendering of the pro­
logues and he could be heard by everyone of the great crowd that
was present. The pageant was in charge of a committee of the
faculty, with Miss M. Margaret Stroh as chairman, Harriet Wylie
Stewart, M. Irene Huber, Mary R. Harris, Minerva Adams, Elizabeth
Clever, Hannah Kieffer, Claudia Robb, Alice Nason, Myrtle, Mayberry
and Profs. J. K. Stewart and L. C. Krebs.
On Thursday night the various classes held their banquets. All
the reunions were largely attended. The banner must go to the
class of ’86, however, as it had 71 per cent of its membership present
at its 35th reunion. Some of its members came from beyond the
Mississippi to be present at the reunion. The Alumni dance was
given in the gymnasium from 8:30 to 11:30.

REUNION OF CLASS OF ’96
Early on Thursday morning the members of the Class of ’96
began to make their appearance on the campus. They continued to
come until 48 members were present out of 120 who had been gradu­
ated 25 years ago.
It was not a difficult matter to single out the “bunch” any time
during the day. The “ pep” of 25 years ago was not all gone as was
evidenced by the vim with which they gave their class yells.
The 50 who were present at the banquet in the evening gave
evidence, too, that they had not lost their Normal date appetites.
The President, Dr. E. M. Gress, acted as toast master and responses
were made by Pauline Wisotski, H. E. Hartz, W. C. Donnelly, and B.
N. Palmer.
The class adjourned late in the evening but not until voting un­
animously to have the next reunion in 1926.

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PITTSBURGH ALUMNI BANQUET
The eleventh annual banquet of the Pittsburgh Alumni Associa­
tion was held at Hotel Chatham, Saturday evening, March 12th, 1921.
Miss Ada V. Horton was the guest of honor. She brought greet­
ings from our Alma Mater directly to us and we enjoyed the news
from the school we love more than we can tell.
Mr. W. E. Fohl, of the earlier classes, made a very interesting
and inspiring address.
Eleanor Donnelly brought us greetings from the Westmoreland
County Alumni Association. And H. Frank Hare gave a very in­
teresting reading.
The Carnegie Tech Quartette furnished the music for the even­
ing, which was enjoyed by all.
We opened the banquet with “ Auld Lang Syne” and closed it
with “ Alma Mater.”
There were forty-five present. Everyone went home feeling just
a little nearer to “ our grand old Alma Mater” than we had before.
MARY OELLIG, ’ 17, Secretary.

WESTMORELAND COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The Cumberland Valley Alumni Association of Westmoreland
County met Thursday, December 2nd, 1920, in the Greensburg High
School, at which time there were sixteen alumni present.
A motion was carried that the annual banquet would be held
Friday, February 25th, 1921, in Greensburg.
We trust that no alumnus will hesitate to notify the secretary
of his presence in the county. We want all to join the associa­
tion and manifest the same spirit of co-operation that prevails in
our Alma Mater.
We wish for the school the very best year they have ever had.
ELEANOR L. DONNELLY, Secretary,
230 Harrison Ave., Greensburg, Pa.

REUNION OF CLASS OF 1916
One of the most delightful class reunions of the season, was held
in the Legion Assembly Hall by the class of 1916, C. V. S. N. S.
Class banners of green and white decorated the hall. Mrs. Frey
served a pleasing supper. Prof. Stewart, dean of the class, was
toast master. His toasts were full of wit and humor and he kept the
assemblage laughing with his pleasing reminiscences. After toasts
were responded to by a majority of those present Wheeler Snoke,
vice president of the class, presided at a short business meeting.

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Ira D. Cope was appointed chairman of a committee to arrange for
the next year. After singing class and school songs, a majority of
thirty-four reunited class mates attended the alumni dance

COMMENCEMENT DAY
The chapel was crowded with the friends of the graduates alumni
t0 witness. ^he concluding exercises of the com-

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third honor recitation by Marion E. Fickes of Newport, Pa. Her
subject was Solemn 'Looking1Blokes.”
Edna G. Stamey followed with the second honor oration, “ Penn­
sylvania, Greatest of Them All.” Miss Stamey said that every
Pennsylvanian may feel justly proud of his state, since her history
s a continued story of freedom and progress. She has hardly a
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vital questions m government as did Pennsylvania. She furnished
more men to the service of the Union in the Civil War S a n any
o er state and ra the World Warher response to the call for troops
was magnificant. Pennsylvania may justly denounce those who would
traduce her and give her a low place in the sisterhood of states.
After music by the Updegrove Orchestra Blanche M. Stoops of
Gettysburg read the first honor oration, “ Mathew Barrie
Master of Humor.” Miss Stoops showed that Barrie is at once the
most versatile of authors and the most humorous. He is a novelist
poet and dramatist and his whimsical humor mingled with the pathos
and poe ic fantasy gives him an unique place among modern S - s
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thor He has the rare quality of carrying his readers beyond the
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“FORWARD, MARCH!” DR. LEHMAN’S ADDRESS
Members of the Graduating Class:—
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to leave these halls for the larger life that lies only a little removed.
On previous occasions I have tried to emphasize what I deemed the
important problems of the educational and social world. As I look
over the themes of these addresses I am impressed with the fact that
they belong to an age long past—and yet only a few years ago they
seemed live, burning questions. But during those years a world war
has been waged: old dynasties have been overthrown; the boundaries
of nations have been changed and new self-determined groups have
come into being as free people.
The student of social science has realized that he must readjust
all his theories in the presence of accomplished facts. The economic
and political equality of the sexes is no longer an academic question,
it is an actual condition; aviation is not a problem of the future, it
belongs to the present; the right of a homogenous people to deter­
mine its own form of government is no longer a dream, it is a reality.
In short, we are living in a new world—a century older than the
world of June, 1915. New social and economic laws govern this
planet and he who has voyaged in the charted seas of the old world
will feel as Keats felt when Chapman’s translation of Homer’s Iliad
opened the Age of Gold to him:
“ Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken.”
The student might well wonder whether, in the presence of
these changes, the laws of gravity have been suspended and whether
the planet has been remade physically as well as socially. He would
And on inquiry that though the facts of science, mathematics and
logic were unchanged, a new interpretation had been given and a
new importance attached to them. He would find further that the
war had emphasized the value,—yes, the necessity of universal edu­
cation He would also discover that the nation had made a survey
of its educational system and that it had discovered weak places.
One-fourth of its young manhood are either illiterate or without
sufficient education to read and give intelligent interpretation to an
order issued by a commanding officer in time of war. Such are cer­
tain to fall an easy prey to every agitator teaching the gospel of
unrest and hatred. It was also shown that the health of the stud­
ents had not been made a subject of systematic study in the schools.
As a nation we had been content to give our youth an average of less
than one hundred days schooling in a year; we had been satisfied, in
many instances, to pay a pitiably meager salary to teachers:— so
small that strong men and women were compelled to leave the pro­
fession and seek njore remunerative occupations. As a natural con­
sequence, thousands of school districts, either because they were un­
willing or unable to pay adequate salaries, were able to secure only
teachers with eighth grade preparation or less. In many cases
schools were closed because no teacher was available.
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school act was passed in Pennsylvania. But aside from their slight­
ly archaic and stilted diction, how modern they sound.
In every community there are the two groups described by Col.
Stambaugh. To the first group the legislation just enacted is signi­
ficant “ not alone for what is assures but for what it makes possible
to the children of the commonwealth.”
My friends, what are the things that it makes possible ? Equal
educational opportunity to every boy and girl. It will make possible
160 days schooling to children of the most remote and inaccessible
district in the state. A teacher with four years of high school train­
ing and two years of professional training in a normal school or
teachers’ college; a consolidated school with all its advantages to the
children of the rural communities and salaries that will make it
worth while for your sons and daughters and the young men and
women of your community to look to teaching as a profession, pay­
ing a living wage and carrying with it respect and honor. To me
one of the most significant features of the new legislation is the
fact that it really does elevate teaching to the rank of a profession.
We have spoken euphemistically of teaching as a profession in
the past but the world has refused to take our claim seriously. It
has recognized a profession as a calling for which one has made
special study and which requires the mastery of certain branches of
knowledge. As long as we are willing to have our children taught
by boys and girls whose knowledge of even the common school
branches is wofully deficient, who have no knowledge of child life
and the laws of mental growth, we cannot claim that teaching is a
profession.
The man who gives medicine to, or prescribes for your sick cow,
may justly claim to be a member of a profession for the law has set
a standard that he must attain before he is allowed to pass judgment
upon the physical condition of an animal. Let us hail the new legis­
lation since it provides that in the not distant future four years study
in advance of the eighth grade and two years professional and acad­
emic study will be required of all who seek to teach the brapches
of the curriculum and what is still more important, to mould the
characters and destinies of our children.
But there remains that group, probably not relatively so large
as it was 88 years ago, not still numbering many citizens of every
community who view with alarm any increase in state expenditure
and every change in governmental procedure. Extravagance in
public administration is, of course, always to be condemned, but
before increased expenditure is to be regarded as vicious, let us
ascertain whether the expenditure is wise; even necessary. Have
our schools been satisfactory? Have the results been what we de­
sired? The columns of our newspapers, the criticism of the busi­
ness world, the complaints pouring in to directors and superinten-

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dents, the discussions in directors’ conventions, the writings of pro­
gressive teachers ,the acid test applied by the government in time of
war:—answer that the work has not been satisfactory. And Penn: sylvania stands twenty-first educationally among the states of the
union! How can we improve the conditions of the schools? By
putting more money into them, by securing better equipment, by
giving them longer terms;— by securing the best teachers that can
be found. We must do just what the business man does when his
bank, his store or his factory is not meeting public requirements.
He studies^ his weakness and seeks to remedy it; he gets rid of in­
efficient help—always costly at any wage;—he secures new and upo-date equipment, he calls to his service men and women who have
studied his problem and who are able to help him improve the con­
dition of affairs. Let us apply the same treatment to the educational
situation, remembering that our schools are governed by the same
economic laws as in any other great business enterprise. We secure
dividends in proportion to the investment we make.
Members of the graduating class: If I have seemed to forget
your presence in discussing the educational situation in our state,
I shall ask you to believe that such neglect was apparent rather than
real. Though I have tried to appeal to those who grace this oc­
casion with their presence and to those whom I may be able to reach
through the printed page, I realize that my strongest appeal must
be made to you. You are the picked troops, the shock battalion in
the educational army. Par sighted governors and able superinten­
dents may appeal to the members of future legislatures for the
funds needed to make the provisions of an educational program ef­
fective and for laws that will strengthen the hands of school ad­
ministrators, but they will appeal in vain unless you prove that you
are qualified for the great work in which you are about to engage.
You bear credentials granted by the commonwealth authorizing you
to teach in the public schools without further examination. I rejoice
■with you that you are to be spared the worry and hardship of con­
stant re-examination and that you are given the privileges accorded
to men and women of other professions in being thus exempted, but
I counsel you to remember that in a large sense no legislative en­
actment can exempt you from being tested and examined. Your
supervisors will pass upon your fitness to teach, your pupils will sit
in judgment upon your knowledge of the subject matter and your
skill in imparting it, and the people of the community which you
serve will appraise your fitness as teachers and your characters a l
men and women. ^ These judgments may not always be fair, but I
have found that m the long run, they do not err widely from the
mark.
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knowledge, possessor of a degree of teaching skill and men and
women of character.
These, my young friends, I must remind you, are but the min­
imum essentials that the state may justly demand of you. Unless
you advance, you will retrograde; if you cease to grow you will
speedily decline.
The state has a right, therefore, to expect continued growth;
growth in scholarship, in professional skill and in personality. Re­
member that you have no more claim upon the state for higher
wages than has the clerk or bookkeeper, except as you merit more
because you give more.
You must continue to be students. You are now expected to
_Le able to speak and write your mother tongue correctly, but if you
would be effective, you must use it fluently—forcefully. You must
sit at the feet of the masters of English style; you must read again,
and again the speeches and letter of Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow
Wilson. You must master great books. You must know Stevenson,
Thackeray, Hawthorne and other interpreters of life. Shakespeare
must be your companion, and the English Bible must be read not
only for its great spiritual meassage, but for its splendid diction.
You must know science as it reveals the wonders of life to us. You
must, in short, be master of more than you will be called upon to
teach.
You must continue to grow professionally. You must study
every educational problem: you must not only be familiar with
what is being done in normal schools and teachers’ colleges, but:
you must investigate for yourself. You will rightly be expected tp
take an active part in teachers’ meetings; to serve on the progranj
and to be present at all educational meetings held in your district
Should there be any o f you who fail m these respects, your super­
intendent and your board of directors would be derelict in their duty
if they did not refuse you endorsement or re-employment.
You must also grow in personality; that is, in character plus
action. You must make yourselves felt as a personal force in ydur
community. You must prove to the public that you are deserving
of their confidence and trust. You must be leaders, concerned in
the large sense in everything that makes for progress. You Must
take an active interest in Civic associations, the Mothers’ Club,j the
Parent-Teachers’ Association in the church and the Sunday School.
You dare not be slackers in the great campaign in which you pave
enlisted. You must be politicians, not in the narrow, partisan
sense, but in your determination that those who are elected to ¡office
shall stand for everything that is best in the community. You must
speak tactfully but fearlessly on all questions that involve thj edu­
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campaign for larger things is in your hands. Soldiers of the Grand
Army of Pennsylvania, Forward, March!
Members of the Class of 1921, if I have seemed to play the role
of schoolmaster to the last and to be dictatorial rather than sympa­
thetic in the words that I have spoken to you, I beg that you will
believe that I have spoken to you not so much as your principal, as
your friend—just a little older—one who tasted the bitterness o f
defeat as well as the joys of victory. I am anxious that you should
realize how great is your opportunity and how great your respon^
sibility. You are the largest class ever graduated from this insti­
tution and you carry with you more of the old school than any of
your predecessors for you have shared in more activities and have
come into personal contact with more of the faculty than any other
class. You will be tested as no others have been, more will be re­
quired of you than of others because you have received more. Your
teachers have given you the best they have; their lives and their
characters have merged into yours. We know that human weakness
and error, as well as strength and nobility, will be mingled in your
lives. We realize that you will err at times but we trust that your
failures will be your teachers and that you will rise from every fall
with renewed determination to press on.
We shall miss you; class will follow class in inevitable succes­
sion but I realize that no two classes are exactly the same;— each
has its own well-defined individuality. Your class will be distingu­
ished for its high scholarship, for the number of honor students, but'
the faculty will remember you chiefly because of the splendid moral
record of a large number of this class. When character is joined
to scholarship the world expects great things. Since no other
class excelled yours in this happy combination, we await in all con­
fidence the “ well done” verdict of the world. Go, but carry with
you our hopes and all our good wishes.
Last year we called upon the members of the class to subscribe
to a declaration of loyalty to the nation and to the flag. It is
peculiarly fitting that you who will soon be soldiers of ihe Army
of the Common Good should subscribe to the same profession of
faith. I therefore call upon you to rise and join with me in this
pledge to the nation that wei serve and the flag that we love. “ I promise
that I will uphold the Constitution of the State and Nation; that I
Will resist all efforts to subvert or overthrow it; that I will teach
those under my care respect for law and order; and that I will prac­
tice and teach a high standard of personal and civic morality; to the
end, that the ideals for which the founders of the nation wrought
and died may be preserved.”
And now, once more, Hail and Farewell. Forward, March!
A commencement chorus, “ The Call of Spring,” was splendidly
given under Miss Adams’ direction, after which the diploma of the

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school was conferred on 131 students, the largest class in the history
of the school. Prizes were awarded as follows: Class of 1908 prize,
four year student having highest excellence at graduation, Rosa
Barnhart of Shippensburg, with honorable mention of Paul S. Leh­
man; the prize offered by the class of 1916 for excellence in public
speaking was awarded Dorothy Hosfield of Carlisle, with honorable
mention of Wimbert Neeley, of New Oxford. The Louise L. Lehman
prizes for excellence in debate was awarded to Marian Fickes of
Newport, and Garth Kelley, of Siddonsburg.
The following students were graduated with first honor: Rosa
M. Barnhart, Blanche Marie Beistline, Agnes H. Daugherty, Helen
Drai?, Marion E. Fickes, Eva F. Groupe, Marion Hassler, Josephine
Seiling, Edna Stamy, Blanche M. Stoops, Paul S. Lehman, Frank M.
Snoke. The benediction was then pronounced by Rev. R. S. Bowers,
of the Lutheran Church.
Principal Lehman announced that the attendance for the past
year was 833. The attendance for the summer session will be almost
fifty per cent larger than that of any previous session and thé ad­
vance registration for next year is three times as great as on any
previous year. He also thanked all who had contributed to make
the historical pageant a success. The alumni and former students
of the school were also congratulated and thanked for what they had
done to make the school year the most successful in the history of
the institution.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL
The management of the school knew that the school of 1921
would be the largest in the history of the school but they were not
fully prepared for the large numbers that assembled at the opening
of the term on June 20th. An attendance of about 375 students had
been anticipated but the first day enrollment passed the 400 mark
and filled the building to overflowing with boarding students. A
hurry call to people of Shippensburg was necessary and a number of
rooms outside the building were secured, thus making it possible
to accommodate 30 or 40 students who had not previously registered.
During the next two weeks the attendance continued to mount and
by the close of the third week more than 450 students were enrolled.
Because of the crowded condition of the school it was impossible to
take any more boarding students and a number of those who came
later secured boarding in town in order to make it possible for them
to continue their studies.
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The faculty for the summer school consists of the following
persons: Principal, Ezra Lehman; Dean, Prof. J. S. Heiges; Miss
Frieda B. Bausch, French and Modern history; Prof. H. L. Burkholder, physical geography and hand writing; Miss Mary C. Disert,

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literature and English; Prof. Bruce Fahs, geometry and physics;
Prof. L. D. Gresh, geometry and algebra; Miss Mary R. Harris,
director of training school; Miss Erminnie L. Johnson, methods in
arithmetic and history; Miss Hannah A. Kieifer, rural school man­
agement and geography; Miss Elizabeth McWilliams, household
chemistry and cooking; Miss Gretna P. Mayberry, drawing; Mrs.
Jean C. Milleisen, music; Prof. Lester W. Rice, biological science;
Miss Claudia C. Robb, physical education; Miss Clara L. Robinson,
phychology and educational measurements; Miss Carolyn Sparrow,
English; Prof. J. K. Stewart, Latin; Miss M. Margaret Stroh, public
speaking and advanced English. The session of the school will end
Saturday, August 20.

ALUMNI PERSONALS
’77. Mr. Wm. T. Noss is teaching mathematics in Palmer Col­
lege, Albany, Mo.
’77. The name of Mr. J. L. McCaskey has been spoken of by a
number of friends as a possible candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh.
THE HERALD extends best wishes for success to Mr. McCaskey
in case he decides to become a candidate.
’87. Miss Dorothy Eschenmann, 6552 Spruce St., W. Philadel­
phia, is teaching at Lester, Delaware county.
’89. Dr. Samuel Z. Shope, who for a number of years has been
located in Harrisburg, has removed to 2018 Chestnut St., Philadel­
phia, where he is a specialist in the treatment of the eye, ear, nose
and throat.
’91. Mr. T. H. C. Berkstresser is living at Shepherdsville, R. R.
3, Ky. Mr. Berkstresser informs us that he is going into the teach­
ing profession again, after being out a number of years.
’92.

Mrs. Cordelia Eyster (Woods) is living at Bryan, Ohio.

’93. Mrs. Ella Ralston Lindsey writes that she is living in the
Black Hills of South Dakota and likes the western climate very
much. She sends her best wishes for a very successful Alumni reun­
ion on June 16th. Her address is Interior, South Dakota.
’93. Misses Rachel and Rosa Scott are teaching in the City of
Easton this year. Their address is 622 Weygadt Drive, Easton, Pa.
*96. We are glad to print the following letter from Miss Blanche
Soule:
I am always glad to get a letter from Shippensburg, and de­
lighted to hear of the advancement that has been made. I hope to
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manage it or not. I leave the Hospital June 1st and expect to leave
for the Egyptian Sudan the early part of September. I have volun­
teered for mission work and have been appointed to that field. I do
so want to come back to the school forcommencement.
Very sincerely yours,
C. BLANCHE SOULE,
Directress of Nurses.
’96.

Damaris Peters writes us as follows:
Hawthorne, N. Y., May 16, 1921.
I have been teaching in the elementary schools of New York
City since 1909 and like my work quite well. During the last five
years I have been teaching at Hawthorne, New York, an annex to
Public School Number 192, Manhattan, and twenty-eight miles out
of the city. Hawthorne is a very beautiful, healthful section of the
state.
DAMARIS PETERS.
’97. Mr. Harvey E. Freed, Principal of The Henry W. Lawton
School, Benner and Dittman Sts., writes us:
THE HERALD is a welcome visitor to me and keeps me m
touch with Normal as it now is; and brings news of former fellow
students. May your efforts be crowned with success, and may those
who choose to receive training realize more than we can tell them.
Very respectfully,
HARVEY E. FREED, (’97).
’97. Mrs. Marian Magill is living at present at Canisteo, N. Y.
After August 1st she will reside at Dunmore, Pa., where her hus­
band has accepted a call as a minister.
’98.

Mrs. Elizabeth McElhaney Shuster writes from Garwood,

New Jersey:
.
H H H H IBM
How I would enjoy attending the big reunion at Normal this
year but it is impossible as I have two children in school until June
24th and both have been present every day this year. Am going
home to McSherrystown, Pa., when school closes. Hope to attend
my Class reunion in 1923. Wishing abundant success to dear old
Normal, I am,

pu.TZABETH McELHENEY SHUSTER.

’98. We learn with much sorrow that Lieut Roy Harris is in the
U. S. G. A. General Hospital No. 28, at Ft. Sheridan, 111., as a result
of injuries sustained when his plane crashed to earth.
’99. Miss Elva Fleming is teaching in Pittsburgh, Pa.
address is 821 Union Ave., N. S. Pittsburgh.

Her

’99. Mr. Jerome R. Miller, 1408 N. 2nd St., Harrisburg, writes
us as follows:
For the past 11 years I have been connected with the Bell ieie-

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phone Co. of Penna., in our central office at this place as inspector
and test man. With the rapid strides of telephone work often I wish
fo r a greater knowledge, so that it might be brought into practical
telephone work. I am planning to spend June 16, 1921, with my
friends at C. V. S. N. S. You with other members of the faculty and
students, have my best wishes for continued success.
Fraternally yours,
JEROME R. MILLER, ’99.
’01. Mr. Ed. I. Cook is teaching History and Civics in the
Sacramento High School, Sacramento, California.
’01. Mr. George E. Wineman is a traveling salesman with
headquarters at 36 Seely Block, Pittsburgh.
’01. We are glad to print elsewhere in THE HERALD a poem
composed and read by Nettie Dicks Wolf at her class reunion.
’02. Mr. Chas. H. Adams is in Barton, Fla., where he is engag­
ed in business.
’02.

Mrs. Helen Diven Blessing is living in New Bloomfield, Pa.

’02. Mrs. Edith Kapp Williams is now living in Mechanicsburg.
Her address is 106 W. Keller St.
’02. Mrs. Ella Holtzinger Edgar is teaching mathematics in
the Central Grammar School, Altoona.
’03. Mrs. Flora Patterson Clark is teaching at Morrisville,
Bucks county.
• ’04. Mr. George Kapp is assistant principal of the White Plains
(N. Y.) high school. His address is 53 Waller Ave.
’04. Mr. Frank Adams is located in Harrisburg.
is 145 Sylvan Terrace.

His address

’04. Mr. Grover C. W olf writes that he misses THE HERALD
and wishes to renew his subscription. He is living at 403 S. 19th
St., Harrisburg.
’04. Mrs. Rebecca Klepper Rentz is living at Indian Head, Md.,
where her husband is a minister.
'05. Mrs. Chas. I. Barner has recently been elected supervising
principal of the schools of Liverpool, Pa.
’05. Mr. Donald Henry, who has been living in Shippensburg
for several months, has recently moved to Stoneridge, N. Y., where
she will engage in the hotel business.
’05.

Mrs. Nellie Foreman Enck is living at Mechanicsburg, R.

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R 5, where her husband is engaged in the milling business. She
writes that she has two little girls, one 4 years and the other 15
months old. She is still interested in Normal affairs.
’06. Mrs. John H. Nell (Esther Smith) is living at East Berlin,
R. F. D. 1. For the past few years she had been in the west.
’06. Mr. Scott H. Cook is with the Trumbell Securities Co., of
Cleveland, Ohio. His address is 557 Hippodrome Annex Bldg.
’06 Mrs. Amy Swartz Spangler has gone to India where her
husband is a missionary. Her address is Narasaravupet, Guntur
Dist. S. India.
’07. Mrs. Estella Mellinger Etter is living in .SteeltOn.
address is Lock Box 76 Steelton.
’07.

Mr. C. D. Tritt is living at Harrington, Del.

Her

We think he

is teaching there.
’08.

Miss Mary Brindle is teaching at Ardmore.

’09 Miss Elizabeth Herring, while not teaching is still interest­
ed in Normal affairs and never fails to send us her subscription to
the h erald .

’10.

Mr. Russell Nelson is teaching in St. James School, Md.

’10. Miss Annabel Snyder is taking summer work at the Uni­
versity of Wisconsin.
’10.

Mrs. Helen Robinson Beck is spending the summer ^at

Markleville, Pa.
’l l . Mr. H. J. McCleaf will teach in the Litltz (Pa.) High
School next year.
’ l l . Miss Edna Harmon is teaching commercial branches in
the Tyrone (Pa.) high school.
’12. Mrs. Ramona Musgrave Fleeson is taking a summer course
at State College.
’ 12. Mr. Lester S. Hess was recently graduated from the Uni­
versity of Illinois. THE HERALD extends congratulations.
’12.

Mrs. Edna Christian Knapper is teaching in Chambersburg.

’12.
schools.

Mr. Donald A. Hoch is principal of the Wormleysburg (Pa.)

’13. Miss Alma Pauline Baker recently graduated in the medic­
al course in the University of Pittsburgh. She is spending a year in

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internship in a hospital, after that she will be practicing medicine.
She has not yet decided where she will locate.
’13. Mrs. Estella Hassler Rohrbaugh is living at 407 Fulton
St., Hanover, Pa. She formerly lived at Spring Grove.
’ 15. Mrs. Fanny Fehr Sterner is assistant principal o f the
Cresson High School.
’15. Mr. Newton C. Bernheisel has been teaching at Camp Dix
during the past year.
'16. Mr. C. Robert Coyle has been elected principal of the
Marysville High School for the coming year.
’ 16. Mr. Clyde Barnhart is playing baseball with the Pirates of
Pittsburgh. His address is Forbes Field, Pittsburgh.
’17. Miss Ruth McCurdy taught at Ardmore, Pa., during the
past year.
’ 18. Miss Ada Hykes after closing her second year of teaching
accepted a clerical position in the State Highway Dept, at Harris­
burg, Pa.
’18. Mr. Kenneth L. Preisler has been elected assistant prin­
cipal of the schools of Duncanon for the coming year.
’ 18. We take the following from a Shippensburg paper. THE
HERALD extends best wishes to Mr. Warren:
“ Lawrence W. Warren, a local boy, who is a Junior at Dickinson
College, has held various positions of trust and honor in the two
years he has been at that institution of learning. He has recently
been elected President of the College Y. M. C. A. Mr. Warren has
worked conscientiously in the interests of the Y. M. C. A. and has
been active in all religious functions. In literary circles, Mr. War­
ren is also making his mark. At an election of the Union Philoso­
phical Society, he was elected President of that organization for
the ensuing term. Mr. Warren stands high in his class schostically
and is a popular man on the campus. He is a graduate o f the
Shippensburg Normal School.”
’19. Mr. Chas. Maclay was a student at Lafayette College dur­
ing the past year. He expects to return to college again in the fall.
’20.

Miss Isabel McCurdy taught at Ardmore last year.

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“THE LOVE OF NORMAL” (Poem)
(To Classmates)
M. Nettie Dicks W olf
Read at reunion of Class of 1901:
New
New
War
But,

lrinda o’ verse come bubblin’ from the modern poet’s pen
ways o’ glorifyin’ all ,th’ grand estates o’ men;
had its verse, triumphant, steeped in blood and Mother-grief,
somehow, rhymes are sweetest when “ Old Normal s on ev ry
leaf.
That’s why th’ “ Naughty Ones” seem to be th’ best of all;
You hear the call bell ringin’ an th’ familiar voices— all.
I know that fancy talkin’ in a bookish sort o’ way,
I s w h a t th ’ sch olars te ll us is th ’ proper th in g t o -d a y ;

But, just th’ same, «Old Normal” talks a language o’ th’ heart—
A quaint, old fashioned music that is nearer folks than Art.
It’s plain unvarnished pathos or it’s joyous happiness
Without a mystic meanin’ or a lot o’ fancy dress.
When things go cross-wise, kinder, and the afternoons are blue,
An’ there’s a hungry feelin’ at th’ troubled soul o’ you
Why then it’s “ Back to Normal”—back to “ Nineteen-hundred One”—
An’ Youth, waist-deep in clover with oh! such lots of fun.
The pain, then, an’ th’ heartache sem to sort o’ lose their sway
Amongst th’ things “ Old Normal” loved to make its verses say.
I’ll grant your modern poets are all artists in their line;
Their martial strains are thrilling an’ their highbrow thoughts are
fine;
But verse—to me— is music—it is little bits o’ song
That come with thoughts o’ “ Normal” on a river spun along.
It’s God in all His Wisdom, set to rythm and to rhyme,
The voice .o’ “ Normal,” .maybe, when its Commencement time.
The old walls o’ “ Normal” hold a treasure, hold a dream,
My heart goes singin’ with them, like the ripple of a stream.
When “ Old Normal’s” voice is heard—the sun with radiance does
shine
.
And the Class of “ Nineteen-hundred One” is right here in line.
There’s peace in all its verses, ther’s love in ev’ry word;
An’ when the call—“ Back to Normal”—ev’ry “ Naughty One”—has
heard.

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CUPID’S COLUMN
THOMPSON—ZIMMERMAN. A t Highspire, Pa., June 25, 1921,
Mr. Townsend T. Thompson, of Wilmington, Del., to Miss Mary M.
Zimmerman, ’13. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Raymond
L. Markley. They will reside in Wilmington, Del.
KRAMER—ATHERTON. A t Chambersburg, Pa., Mr. Herbert
W. Kramer to Miss Lillian Atherton, ’ 19. They reside in Chambersburg, Pa.
SNADER—HENNEBERGER. A t Waynesboro, Pa., June 15th,
by Rev. D. D. Kauffman, Mr. Guy W. Snader, ’ 18, to Miss L. Bernadine Henneberger, ’18. They will reside in Waynesboro, Pa.
BISHOP—KECKLER. A t Frederick, Md., May, 1921, by Rev.
Wm. R. Glen, Mr. Mervin B. Bishop to Miss Beulah V. Keckler.
Mrs. Bishop was a former student at Normal.
GROVE— CASTLE. A t Bath, N. Y., March 24th, 1921, by
Rev. Gregory, Mr. D. Edgar Grove, ’ 15, to Miss Harriet Castle. They
reside in Bath, N. Y.
BARILLA— SHAEFFER. At Middletown, Pa., by Rev. James
Cunningham, Mr. P. A. Barilla to Miss Maud Shaeffer, ’13. They
reside in Middletown, Pa.
ALLEMAN—ALLEN. At Shippensburg, Pa., April 15th, 1921,
by Rev. D. J. Wetzel, Mr. Wm. C. Alleman to Miss Mary C. Allen,
’18. They reside at Shippensburg, Pa.
GAMBLE— CROUSE. At Spring Run, Pa., April 20th, 1921, by
Rev. G. I. Camp, Mr. Thomas Gamble, ’15, to Miss Lola Crouse, ’15.
They reside at Karns Apts., Chambersburg, Pa. Mr. Gamble is
bookkeeper at the Valley National Bank.
BIGGS— REEDER. A t Centerton, N. J., May 14th, 1921, by
Rev. Dr. Alfred Wagg, Rev. Elmer J. Biggs to Miss Mary K. Reeder,
’01. They reside at Newark, N. J.
KELSO— KENDALL. A t McConnellsburg, Pa., April 5th, 1921,
by Rev. W. V. Grove, Mr. Harry W. Kelso to Miss Martha G. Kendall,
’09. They reside at McDonald, Pa.
WELLER— SMITH. A t Huntingdon, Pa., by Dr. A. B. Van
Ormer, Mr. James A. Weller to Miss Sara M. Smith, ’18. They
reside at Marklesburg, Pa.
MILLER—BRUNER. A t Duncannon, Pa., Jan. 1st, 1921, by
Rev. Chas. Hippie, Mr. Nelson G. Miller to Miss Cora A. Bruner, ’06.
They reside in Altoona, Pa.

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RÜTTLER—BLACK. At Fayetteville, Pa., March 9th, 1921, by
Rev. C. S. Simonton, Mr. Roy S. Rüttler to Miss Ruth I. Black, ’18.
They reside in Chambersburg, Pa.
STUART— ELLIOTT. At Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 18, 1920, by Rev.
Glenn M. Shafer, Mr. Hugh Clark Stuart to Miss Matilda S. Elliott,
'02. They reside in Harrisburg, Pa.
HILNER—MARKWARD. At Shippensburg, Pa., June 15th,
1921, by Rev. R. S. Bowers, Rev. Howard K. Hilner to Miss Lena E.
Markward, ’ 15. They reside at New Cumberland, Pa.
HOKE—HOFFEDITZ. A t Greencastle, Pa., June 9th, 1921, by
Rev. Messner, Mr. J. Roy Hoke, ’15, to Miss Sara C. Hoffeditz, ’ 18.
They reside near Greencastle, Pa.
HUDSON— CUTSHALL. At Three Springs, Pa., August, 1920,
Mr. Edward Hudson, to Miss Mary Cutshall, ’ 17. They reside in
Allentown, Pa.
PRESTON—REED. At Lebanon, Pa., Friday June 17, 1921,
Mr. Geo. W. Preston to Miss Pauline Reed, ’13.
SCHWINGER—WEISE. A t Port Royal, Pa., June 8th, 1921,
Mr. Roy Schwinger to Miss Ruth Weise, ’19. They reside at New
Cumberland, Pa.
WARREN— HOCKERSMITH. At Philadelphia, Saturday, M>y
7th, 1921, Mr. Lawrence E. Warren, ’18, to Miss Clara R. Hockersmith, ’ 18. They reside in Shippensburg.
ROHRBAUGH—DINTERMAN. A t Spring Grove, June 17th,
1921, by Rev. Albert 0. Mullen, Mr. Charles G. Rohrbaugh to Miss
N. Salome Dinterman, ’12. They reside at Spring Grove.
SHUMAKER—PETERMAN. A t New Cumberland, Pa., May
10th, 1921, by Rev. A. R. Ayers, Mr. Guy R. Shumaker, ’20, to Miss
Mary C. Peterman. They reside at New Cumberland.
EURICH—BRAME. At York Springs, Pa., March 26, 1921, by
Rev. Paul Gladfelter, Mr. Geo. M. Eurich to Miss Chloe Brame.
Mrs. Eurich was a former student at Normal,
MARKLEY—BAKER. On Saturday, July 16, at 411 Boulevard,
Westfield, N. J., Mr. Frank R. Markley, ’12, to Miss Winona Baker,
’12. They will reside in Westfield, N. J.
BASORE— COMMERER. At Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 8, by
Rev. Ferguson, Mr. Brenton Basore to Miss Leora Commerer. They
reside at Newburg, Pa. Mrs. Commerer was a former Normal
student.

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STAMY WALDMAN. At Wheaton, 111., June 23, by Rev. E.
C. Lunsden, Mr. Leslie C. Stamy, >04, to Miss Theresa Waldman.
They will reside at Atlanta, Ga., where Mr. Stamy is Prof, of
Mathematics in the University of Georgia.
BUZZARD—PEREGOY. At Waynesboro, Pa., on June 30, by
Rev. D. D. Kauffman, Mr. Martin T. Buzzard to Miss Rhoda Peregoy,
>97. They will reside in Waynesboro, Pa.
ATHERTON HATFIELD. At Chambersburg, Pa., Mrs. James
E. Atherton to Miss Edna Hatfield. Mrs. Atherton was a former
student at Normal several years ago.
GOTWALLS—JONES. At Conshohocken, Pa., June 25, Mr.
Vernon D. Gotwalls to Miss Helen G. Jones, >10. They will reside
in Conshohocken.
KEAT—TRITT. At New Cumberland, Pa., July 21, by Rev. E.
V. Rue, Mr. James Eldred Keat to Miss Elizabeth L. Tritt, >17. They
will reside at New Cumberland, Pa.
STERNER— FEHR. At Schuylkill Haven, P a li May 11, Mr.
Raymond R. Sterner to Miss M. Fehr, >15. They reside at Schuyl­
kill Haven, Pa.
BAKER—McCLOSKEY. November 28, 1918, Mr. J. M. Baker
to Miss Minnie R. McCloskey, >02. They reside at 4159 Drexel Bldg.,
Chicago, 111. As we did not know of this wedding at the time, we
are printing it now.
MeELHAIRE—WEBB. At Mauch Chunk, Pa., May 6, by Rev.
Kulp, Mr. Harry F. McElhaire to Miss Leila O. Webb, >18. They
will reside at Edenville, Pa.

STORK COLUMN
WEISE— At 207 High St., Mount Holly, N. J., May 30th, 1921,
to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Weise, a daughter, Mary Louise. Mrs.
Weise was Miss Agnes Waggoner, ” 1.
O’KEEFE—At Allentown, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. O’Keefe, a
daughter. Mrs. O’Keefe was Miss Veronica McFadden, >18.
CRIST—At Mount Carmel, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Crist, a son.
Mrs. Crist was Miss Mary Byerly, ’188.
KUGLER— At Fairfield, Pa., May 31st, 1921, to Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Kugler, a son, Clarence Samuel. Mrs. Kugler was Miss
Etha Sprenkle, a former student at Normal. Mr. Kugler was also
a former student with us.
CAUGHEY—At Oneonta, N. Y., May 16th, 1921, to Rev. and

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Mrs. F. M. Caughey, a son, Frank McClure.
Miss Fredythe Wineman, ’07.

Mrs. Caughey was

STAMBAUGH—At Carlisle, R. R. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Stambaugh, a son, Glenn Albon. Mrs. Stambaugh was Miss Mary
McMillen, ’19.
WEAR—At New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 29th, 1920, to Mr. and
Mrs. Carter Wear, a daughter, Elizabeth Ann. Mrs. Wear was
Miss Hilda Commer, ’15.
ETTER— At Waynesboro, Pa., May 12, 1921, to H. G. Etter, a
daughter. Mrs. Etter was Miss Helen Wolf, ’ 16. Mr. Etter was
also ’16.
ADAMS—At Wilmington, Del., Feb. 28th, 1920, to Prof, and
Mrs. James Adams, a daughter. Mrs. Adams was Miss; Edna
Baer, ’12.
RYDER— At New Cumberland, Pa., May 3, 1921, to Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Ryder, a son. Mrs. Ryder was Miss Rhoda Morrett, ’02,
MEANS—At Shippensburg, Pa., March 28th, 1921, to Mr. and
Mrs. Chalmers Means, a son. Mrs. Means was Miss Elizabeth
McCune, ’ 15.
McDONALD—At South Brownsville, Pa., March 5th, 1921, to
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds McDonald, a son, Richard Reynolds. Mrs.
McDonald was May McClellan, ’15.
Roddick— At Baltimore, Md., May 2nd, 1921, to Dr. and Mrs.
Wilkin M. Roddick, a son, John McCulloch. Mrs. Roddick was Miss
Helen McCulloch, ’l l .
HOLLAR—At Shippensburg, May 12th, 1921, to Mr. and Mrs.
Carter Hollar, a daughter, Eleanor Louise. Mrs. Hollar was Miss
Eleanor Tritt, ’l l .
GINGRICH— At Mercersburg, Pa., March, 1921, to Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Gingrich, a son, Richard Henneberger. Mrs. Gingrich was
Miss Pearl Henneberger, ’ l l .
FOGELSANGER—At Shippensburg, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Fogelsanger, a son. Mr. Fogelsanger graduated in the class of ’16.
COOK—At Baltimore, Md., to Dr. and Mrs. Albert S. Cook, a
son, Albert Jr. Dr. Cook graduated in ’89, and is now Supt. of
Public Instruction in Maryland.
PARMER— At Kylertown, Pa., February 7, to Prof, and Mrs.
P. E. Parmer, a daughter, Gladys Marie. Mr. Parmer graduated
with the class of ’l l .

THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD

37

OBITUARY
HEMPHILL—We clip the following from a Shippensburg paper.
Miss Hemphill was matron at the Normal school for a number of
years.
Miss Margaret B. Hemphill, the last of her immediate
family, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Moses and Marjorie
Clark Hemphill, died at her home, 116 North Prince street, Sunday
morning, July 17th, at 7o’clock, after an illness covering a long
time, death being attributed to complications of diseases. She was
born on the Hemphill homestead, a short distance north-east of
town and was a member of the Presvyterian Church. She was in
her 70th years. Deceased is survived by several nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held from her late home Tuesday morning at 10:30
o clock, her pastor, Rev. Lindsay, in charge. Interment was made
•at Middle Spring.”
LIGHTNER, 97— Sheridan Lightner died very suddenly, July
4, 1921, in Newport, Pa., of acute indigestion. He was engaged at
the time of his death in the furniture and mercantile business in
Newport. His widow and two daughters survive him.
SEIP, ’95.—Rebecca J. Seip died April 24, 1921. We take the
following from a Harrisburg paper: “ Miss Rebecca J. Seip of Wiconisco, Pa., gaed 45 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Seip,
passed away at the Harrisburg Hospital Sunday at 1:30 a.m., after
an illness of four months from cancer of the stomach. Miss Seip
fo r the past twenty-six years was a member of the faculty of the
Wiconisco School. She graduated from the C. V. S. N. School in
1895. Since the organization of the W. C. T. U. at Wiconisco she
was an active member and was a great worker in Red Cross service.
Surviving are three brothers, George W., William C. and John H.,
«Iso three sisters, Miss Amelia, Miss Mary and Mrs. Harry A. Miller.
The funeral was held from her late home Wednesday afternoon at 2
■o’clock, the Rev. C. S. Jones of Zion Lutheran Church officiating.
Burial was made in Wiconisco cemetery.
GRUBB, ’02—Cloyd L. Grubb, ’02, died January 28, 1921, of
Bright’s disease. He is survived by his wife, three sons and one
daughter. We are informed that he taught every year since his
.graduation in 02, and at the time of his death was teaching the
15th consecutive term in the grammar school at Liverpool.

DEATH OF DR. MARTIN
The entire community was saddened to learn o f the death of
Dr. Samkel A. Martin at his home in Easton, Pa., on Saturday
morning, March 26th. Dr. Martin had not been well for about a

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year. He suffered from a slight paralytic stroke a year ago but his
condition improved and his friends hoped that he had entirely re­
gained his health. He continued his work as head of the department
of philosophy at Lafayette College and his students noted little, if
any, falling off in his strength and vigor. Late in November he de­
livered the sermon at the funeral of his friend, the late Justice John
Stewart, and those who heard him felt that he never spoke more
beautifully nor more ecectively than on this occasion. His death
came as a shock, therefore, to all but his most intimate friends.
Dr. Martin was intimately associated with all the educational
movements of the Cumberland Valley. From April, 1906, to the end
of the school year in 1913 he was principal of this Normal and made
a most favorable and lasting impression upon all who came under
his supervision either as teachers or students. He was a thorough
gentleman and a scholar who stood for the better things of life.
As an earnest Christian gentleman he made himself felt as a force
for good in both class room and pulpit and his many students will
join with THE HERALD in deep regret at his loss. Previous to his
coming to Shippensburg he had been President of Wilson College in
Chambersburg and the Pennsylvania College for Women in the
western part of the state. He filled these positions with honor and
success.
Although he has gone from us to the larger life that was ever
before him, as student and teacher his work remains and the
thousands of lives that he touched will continue to bear witness to
the nobility of his life and character.
Dr. Lehman directed that the flag of the school should be placed
at half mast as a recognition of the services of Dr. Martin.

THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD

ALMA MATER
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old Cumberland Valley
Neath the glowing sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
On the hill top high.

Chorus
Swell the chorus ever louder,
We’ll be true to you,
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater,
Dear old “ red and blue.”
Near the waving corn-fields,
Just beyond the town,
Tower the ivy covered buildings
As the sun goes down.
When we leave our Alma Mater
We will praise her name,
i lve *** P ise the standard
O f her glorious fame.

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