VOL. XXL No. 1 OCTOBER, 1916 TABLE OF Alma Mater -C___________________ 1 Principal’s Letter to the Alumni— 2 Transfer of the School to the State 3 Meetings of the County Alumni : ', ; Associations ---------------------- ' 4 Class Reunions Next Commencem’t_ 4 School N e w s ________--------------- jig? 5 Normal Literary-. Society - — jk r i-lil ■'■Philo. S u ciety \ ^ ^ W -sf---.--,-^ i.—14 :■Y : W. C. A. Y. M. C,. A. (no report' presented)-1:15 Thé Press Club - - ——__ _.15 CONTENTS Class o f 1886 Reunion —-V'gti— 16 Piano Department j -------- ¿--—s----- 18 Commercial Department _______ 18 Alumni Personals___ '_______ 19 The Class of 1916____ -J-— -------- 24 Cupid’s Colhmn------- ------ ----------—26 Stork C olum n____„___________ - _27 Obituary | i____ _______ •___ ______ 28 Dr. Lehman Takes Stand on Mil. __ — 29 itary Training Mind in Anim als______________ - —30 Notes on the Reading o f Poetry,v_33 .Thumb Nail Sketches by Students_40 Cumberland V alley State Normal School Shippensburg, Pennsylvania First-Class Students Conduct Their Corre­ spondence on .m Porto Rico Stationery R. A M . S P E C IA L L IN E S RO BERTS & M ECK, Harrisburg, Pa. Photographs at Laughlin’s Studio Alway* Give Entire Satisfaction .F ltflS fllllG FOR ÄMÄTEURS 2 4 EAST KING STREET FRAMING AND POST CARDS J. J. S T R O H Candies, Fruits^ Cakes; also m N o t i o n s and D ry Goods STUDENTS SERVED WITH BEST W E R E N T H IG H G R A D E CAPS AND GOW NS A T C A P T IV A T IN G P R IC E S CO TTRELL & LEONARD W R IT E .FOR T E R M S A LB A N Y , N. Y. — —— — Don’t Forget--------------- RALLY DAY, JUNE 27th The Normal School Herald PUBLISHED OCTOBER, JAN U ARY, APRIL A N D JULY SHIPPENSBURG, PA. C. E. PANNING......... ........ I S f c :....... Editor CORA P. MACY......................... Assistant Editor A D A V . HORTON, ’88..............Personal Editor J. S. HEIGES, ’9 Ì . . . ............ Business Manager Subscription price. 25 cents per year strictly in advance. Single copies, 10 cents each. Address all communications to THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD, Shippensburg, Pa. Alumni and former members o f the school will favor us by sending any items that they think would be interesting for publication. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office, Shippensburg, Pa. VOL. X X I. OCTOBER, 1916 No. 1. ALMA MATER In the dear 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 golden com fields, Just beyond the town, Tower the ivy colored buildings As the sun goes down. When we leave our Alma Mater We will praise her name, Ever live to raise the standard O f her glorious name. I f a man read little, he had need have much cunning to seem to seem to know that which he doth not. Bacon. 2 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI Fellow Members o f the Alumni : I am very mucb gratified to be able to report the continued growth o f Normal. Last fall we opened with the largest fall term registration in the history o f the school, but this year we opened with forty-five students more than we had last fall. This number has been further increased, until now, our registration is between fifty-five and sixty in advance o f that o f last ■year. This increase is very satisfactory to the school authorities, as it indicates that we are meeting the needs o f the educational public. It also indicates that the Alumni have been active in their support o f their Alma Mater. Perhaps one o f the most pleasing features connected with our growth is the fact that we have students from practically every part o f the state. More counties are represented than ever before. The school is no longer local in its patronage and influence. We shall continue to emphasize preparation for social service, as we believe that feature o f school work is just as important as a knowledge o f books and methods o f teaching. Our faculty is co ­ operating in every way with superintendents, principals, boards o f di­ rectors and the public in general to make the influence o f the school felt throughout our entire district. Our plans fo r the year aim at still further growth along these lines. During the vacation period we have been very busy improving material conditions in the school. The chapel has been redecorated and fitted with electric lights. This improvement adds much to the beauty o f the chapel as well as to its servieeableness. The old model school room has a new floor and has been furnished with a metal ceiling. A partition has been run through the ro'om, thus giving us two large and well equipped rooms. One o f these will be used for the commefeial department and has been supplied with modem com­ mercial desks ; the other side o f the room will be used by the classes in cooking. Large windows have been cut in the side wall, thus making a light, airy room. A dining room has been provided for the use o f the students in cooking. The rooms formerly used fo r the cooking classes have been enlarged and furnished with electric lights. The quarters thus secured will be used by the sewing classes. The new model school has also been equipped with electric light fixtures. A new stairway has been constructed on the boys’ side o f the administration building. I ought also to add that the ornamental h gateway to the “Eckels Memorial Field” will probably be finished 11 before this journal reaches its readers. During the past year we assisted more than one hundred o f our Alumni to good positions. The demand fo r trained teachers was THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 3 never so great as it is now. I f any member o f the Alumni has failed to secure a position we are unaware o f the fact, fo r we have tried in every way to find graduates who are willing to take the positions fo r which we were asked to provide teachers. It is gratifying to note that boards o f directors have come to recognize that efficient teach- ^ ers cannot be secured for forty or even fifty dollars a month, and are beginning to raise salaries. I hope to meet very many o f you during the year at teachers’ institutes and other educational gatherings. Don’t forget to call at the old school whenever you are in the Valley. I appreciate more than I can tell the splendid service that you are doing fo r your Alma Mater, not only in increasing its attendance but in enlarging its sphere o f influence. I shall be glad to cooperate with you in every way possible to help you in your work. With best wishes for a successful year, I am, Fraternally yours, EZRA LEHMAN, ’ 89. TRANSFER OF THE SCHOOL TO THE STATE It is probable that the Cumberland Valley State Normal School will he transferred to the state during the next month. This trans­ fer will involve no change whatever in the present management or policy o f the school. The transfer is made solely in the interest o f the school, as it has been found that there is a growing tendency on the part o f the legislative and executive departments o f the state government to require that institutions receiving state appro­ priations should be under state control. Under the system that has prevailed among the normal schools, the stockholders elected half the trustees and the superintendent o f public instruction appointed the other half. Under state con­ trol the State Board o f Education will appoint nine trustees to represent its interests. By the close o f the year ten o f the thirteen normal schools will be entirely state owned. It is but fair to say that the Cumber­ land Valley State Normal School becomes the property o f the state under the most favorable conditions possible. Its attendance is the largest in its history and its financial condition is the very best possible. The retiring board o f trustees have been most faithful in their work and have striven earnestly to advance the interests o f the school in every way possible. The new board o f trustees to be ap­ pointed by the state will undoubtedly be men o f the highest type who will continue the excellent work done by the present board. A THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD MEETINGS OF THE COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS The attention o f the officers o f the County Alumni Associations is called to the fact that the fall meetings o f these organizations should be o f more than usual interest. In pursuance o f the action o f the general Alumni body, an executive committee will be organized, •made up o f representatives selected by the various county and city organizations. Every organization will he called upon to elect a rep­ resentative to this committee. It is to be hoped that the persons chosen will he ones deeply interested in everything that pertains to the Normal school, as the executive committee will have important work to do. The President o f each Alumni organization should see to it that a meeting is called during institute week, or at some other time most convenient to all concerned. Last year all o f the meetings were well attended, and were most interesting to all the participants. The sec­ retary o f the various organizations should see to it that notice is sent to every Alumnus and former student residing in the county or city in which the meeting is held. Many o f our graduates are no longer engaged in teaching but they are just as much interested in the work o f the normal as they were when they were teachers. Don’t fail to notify all such persons o f the meeting. The school will be very glad to furnish a list o f these Alumni with their addresses to the secretaries. smsss CLASS REUNIONS NEXT COMMENCEMENT It may seem a fa r cry to the Commencement next June, hut the time is none too long fo r the classes that will celebrate their ten year reunions. Last Commencement every one o f the ten year classes had fine representation here, and we hope that 1917 may show, a still larger attendance o f Alumni at these reunions. The forty year class ( ’76), had ten members present. What will the class o f ’77 be able to do? With such active Alumni as Misses Grayson, Quigley, Rebuck, White and Mrs. McClelland together with Messrs. Bear and Treher— all living in Shippensburg— there should be a fine reunion o f the 40 year class. The class o f ’ 86 was here in large numbers last year. What will the class o f ’ 87 do fo r its thirtieth year reunion? It is time to plan. The classes o f ’ 95 and ’ 96 displayed considerable good natured rivalry over their 20th' year reunions. As both classes mustered about 60 Alumni at their banquets, honors were about even. What •will the big class o f ’ 77 be able to show? The class o f ’ 97 contains th e n o r m a l sch o o l h e r a l d & as many live wires as any class in the Alumni Association. There is a chance fo r this class to beat all records in the matter o f 20 year reunions. Will it be able to rise to the occasion? I f it wishes to equal or surpass the records o f the classes o f ’95 and ’96 it is time to hustle. Of course we expect the class o f ’ 07 to be back m large num­ bers ’ 06 set the pace. Will 1907 equal or surpass its rival? Don’t forget the day, TUESDAY, JUNE 27. Every member o f the Alumni Association should plan to be present at the Alumni Reunion. The Herald will be glad to assist in every way to make the class reunions and the Alumni meeting o f 1917 the most sue eessful in the history o f the school. mms SCHOOL NEWS Normal school opened Monday, September 18, with a largely increased enrollment. A few students who are not yet sixteen years o f age were not able to enter until two weeks later. However, comparatively few o f the students were affected by this ruling o f Dr. Dixon. The prospects fo r a successful year are very bright. More than two hundred boarding students are registered fo r the term, and the attendance o f day students likewise surpasses all previous fall term registrations. The changed appearance o f the Normal chapel immediately attracted the attention o f returning students. The decorative scheme is very artistic, and its subdued tints are very restful to the eye. The new electric system o f lighting by indirect illumination is far superior to the former gas chandelier. Everything about the opening o f school was pleasant except the weather. But as the rain was badly needed, no one objected to* the downpour during the day. Students accompanied by their par­ ents came by auto during the forenoon, but the noon trams brought the real crowds. The evening trains continued to swell the num­ ber By nightfall more than three-fourths o f the rooms were full. The corridors were full o f the sounds o f greeting,— on the boys side the derisive epithets o f friendship, on the girls’, the rubbery squeak of osculation. The work o f the school began on Tuesday, when the principal welcomed the students,.new and old, to the first chapel service. 6 THE N OR MA L SCHOOL HERALD The faculty and ■students were glad to welcome Miss Jones o f the music department back to normal. Miss Jones’ work has borne splendid results and her many friends rejoice to know that her health is almost completely restored. The only changes in the faculty since last year are in the loss o f P rof. Campbell, o f the commercial department, and in the acqui­ sition o f Miss Snively. On October 2 Miss Mary L. Snively, o f Greeneastle, joined the teachers’ staff as an additional critic teacher in the Model school. Miss Snively is a graduate o f the Normal, class o f ’ 09, and has re­ cently pursued a course in supervisory work at Teachers’ College, Columbia University, N. Y. Miss Snively has a fine record as a teacher and her addition to the faculty is a distinct gain. Sept. 22-23. The school week was closed with a number o f social events, whose purpose was to make the new students forget any possible home-sickness/ and to acquaint the students with each other. On Friday night the Y. W. C. A. gave a very enjoyable "Little Girls’ Party” in the girls’ dormitory to the new girls. All the participants dressed as little girls. Games were played appro­ priate to the supposed age o f the girls, and refreshments were served. At the same time the Y. M. C. A. gave a reception to the new boarding boys in the gymnasium. Short addresses were made by the members o f the faculty present, and refreshments were serv­ ed— stag refreshments; a dog, a bun, a cream, and a coffee. After this came the real business o f the evening, when the boys got in touch— literally— 'with the other students. After an amusing, but not dangerous, “ initiation” , the new boys were declared good fel­ lows, and worthy to be members o f the school. On Saturday evening, the first regular school reception and dance was held. As usual, games were provided in the parlors fo r those who did not care to dance. Sept. 25. The second week o f Normal opened with a new ac­ cession o f students, both boarding and day. Students who had been kept out o f school by the sixteen year age limit might not, however, report fo r work until the end o f the week. Sept. 29. Dr. Lehman and Miss Harris addressed the W ay­ nesboro teachers’ institute. Mrs. Eckels, o f Camden, N. J., wife o f the late Dr. G. M. D. Eckels, was a welcome visitor to Normal. TH E NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 7 The reception tendered the new students by the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. was one o f the pleasantest events o f the opening weeks o f the term. The students and the faculty were received by the cabi­ nets o f the two associations. All then adjourned to the large chapel where the exercises were held. These consisted o f a series o f sketches representing the work o f the Y. W. C. A. They were well given and the humorous side o f association work was thoroughly enjoyed. One o f the hits o f the evening was the song “ She Was a Maid o f Japan” given by eight o f the girls in Japanese costume. Following the literary and musical part o f the program came the refreshments, and everybody did ample justice to the hospitality o f the two associations. The halls were tastefully decorated with school pennants, banners, etc. The faculty comimttee in charge o f the affair were Mrs. Stewart, Prof. Heiges, Miss Stroh> Miss Snively and Prof. Low. October 2. Miss Snively began her work as assistant, critic teacher in the Model school. She will be a distinct addition to the faculty as she has had splendid preparation for her work and is an experienced teacher. The Model school opened with a very large attendance. It was impossible to admit all who applied fo r admission. This was espec­ ially true o f the lower grades. The work was well organized and started without any loss o f time. October 5. Miss Stroh o f the department o f reading and pub­ lic speaking, returned to her home in Sunbury to attend the wedding o f her brother. October 7. The football game with Conway Hall was won by the Carlisle school by a score o f 46-0. The game was not as one­ sided as the score might indicate. Considering the fact that Nor­ mal team was greatly outweighed by their opponents and that the majority o f the normal players had never participated in a game o f football before, the work o f the team was very creditable. Prof. Harbison believes that the team will steadily improve. Dr. Lehman accompanied by Mrs. Lehman and the children motored to Harrisburg on a business trip. The literary societies have kept pace with the growth o f the school. Last year the Philo society outgrew its quarters and was given the large chapel fo r a meeting place. This year the Normal society is too large fo r its room and has been given the chapel o f the Model school room for a; meeting place. 8 THE NORMAL SCHOOL Students continue to register. advance o f last year at this time. HERALD The attendance is exactly 52 in October 14.— The Normal school football team was badly crippled through the absence o f three o f its best players, but it put up a remarkably good game against the Gettysburg College Re­ serves. The college men outweighed the Normal boys from 15 to 20 pounds to the man, but the Normal boys fought gamely to the end. Though Gettysburg won 25-0,’ the game was a creditable one fo r Normal. October 15.— The Y. W. C. A. held initiation services. Nearly fifty young, women joined the association. This meeting was held in the chapel o f the Model school building, where the serviecs will regularly be held. Mrs. Wylie Stewart has reorganized the Eight Weeks’ Club, an organization o f girls devoted to social service. The Life o f Christ will be Studied by this organization during the year. October 17.— The Rev. Frank S. Fry, o f the Grace Reformed church, gave the students an opportunity to see the slides represent­ ing all kinds o f vegetable and animal life appropriate to a Harvest Home Thanksgiving. The exhibition was much enjoyed and ap­ preciated by the student body. Work began on the new sewer line which will run almost the whole length o f the campus. October 18.— Reverend Dr. Strock, a member o f the East Penn­ sylvania Synod, who has been in charge o f a large school fo r boys in India, addressed the students in the evening. He gave an inter­ esting and helpful account o f the work o f the missionary schools in India. October 19.— At 3:15 the first o f the recitals by Miss Stroh’s senior Class in public speaking was given in the school chapel. It consisted o f recitations by Misses Bream and Cooke, an essay deal­ ing with the work o f the Minnesengers by Miss Stevens, and a de­ bate on the question o f giving the Japanese rights with other fo r­ eign born citizens. The question was discussed affirmatively by Messrs. Carbaugh and Welsh, and negatively by Messrs. Cocklin and Lefevre. Mr. Hare delivered an oration and Misses Spangler and Hamil and Messrs. Gardner and Wink presented an Indian play. All the performers showed that they had been well and carefully trained by Miss Stroh. THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 9 October 21.— The teachers and directors o f Letterkenny, Lurgan and Southampton townships held a local institute at Normal, where they were the guests o f the school at luncheon. It is to be regretted that the attendance was not better, only a little over fifty per cent, o f those invited being present. The following program was rendered: FORENOON SESSION, 9:45 Devotional Exercises. Music. Address— Home Mistakes in the Teaching o f Arithmetic, Prof. Heiges. Music. The Essentials o f Good Reading----------------------- Miss Stroh Music. A d d r e s s __________ - ........................................— Supt. Smith AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 Music. Composition _______________________________ Prof. Fanning The Need o f a Practical Knowledge o f Agriculture in the S c h o o ls _____ ____________ ______ _______ ___________Graham Music. What the Public Has a Right to Demand o f the School Teacher ------------------ ------------------------------------- — - P rof. Stewart Music. Address — - ______________I ....................Supt. Finafroek Prof, and Mrs. Heiges, accompanied by Ralph and Jesse, Jr., motored to Carlisle to see the Diekinson-Ursinus football game. They then went to Dillsburg where they visited Prof. Heiges’ mother. Reverend and Mrs. Frantz, o f Catasauqua, accompanied by two friends, paid a visit to Normal. Mr. Frantz’ daughter is a member o f the Junior class. The visitors were much pleased with the Normal and expressed themselves as greatly gratified by all that they saw and heard. The Normal football team was defeated by Mercersburg Re­ serves. The team played well and showed promise o f becoming a well organized football machine when sufficient time has elapsed to make them into a team. 10 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD October 2 7 — In the afternoon the Autumn Arbor Day was cele­ brated. Afternoon classes were shortened to a half-hour each, and at 2:30 exercises began in the school chapel, which was tastefully decorated with leaves and branches. Mr. Gilbert presided and gave the opening address. A recitation was given by Miss Gault, and Mr. Howe spoke on the educational value o f arbor day. A number o f musical numbers were rendered after which the classes marched in order to the campus, bearing their class banners, where each class presented the institution with a tree to stand as a last­ ing memorial to the love and respect they bear to their school. Dr. Lehman received the gifts in the name o f the school. October 27. Dr. Lehman addressed the Harrisburg institute on “ Helping Pupils to Study.” October 28.— In the forenoon Dr. Lehman addressed the Har­ risburg institute on “ How to Measure Success in Teaching.” In the afternoon, the Normal football team was defeated by the Carlisle Indian second team by the score o f 34-0. Despite their defeat, the boys put up a good game o f football fo r a team so in­ experienced. In the evening was held the annual Hallowe’en social. It began with a procession formed outside the school parlors, which marched through the corridors to the gymnasium. It was a motley pro­ cession. Biblical patriarchs marched side by side with fiery devils from the pit; negroes jostled East Side New York Hebrews; hoboes touched arms with swarthy, white-robed Arabs; courtiers, farmers, warriors, mesdames, milkmaids, clowns, mingled in fantastically bright colors, red, green, purple, white, orange and blue. Prom the group came the babble and squeak o f disguised voices and carefree laughter, revelling in the impenetrability o f disguise. It is recorded that a freshman was quite taken with the charms o f one o f the elder members o f the faculty until the unmasking. A prize had been offered fo r the best costume, but after a grand march about the gymnasium floor, the judges found it necessary to ask that two prizes be awarded, one to Miriam Homing, o f Harrisburg, fo r the best costume (Lord Fauntleroy) and another to Meryle Frankhouse, o f Walnut, Pa., fo r the most original costume and the best acting. The gymnasium was decorated as usual with THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD Ï1 com , pumpkins, bitter-sweet, bats and skulls. Just above the heads o f the dancers grinned suspended jack-o’ -lanterns. Toward the close o f the dance, the harvest moon appeared at one end o f the hall, and the remaining dances were danced by its light. The program was varied from that o f other years by having the first dance given in mask. Then followed the stunts, portraying the ghosts o f famous men. Diogenes with his tub and lantern search­ ing in vain for an honest man, Socrates and Xantippe in a domestic broil, represented antiquity. From modem times came the Katzenjammer twins and Hairbreadth Harry. An attractive Punch and Judy show presented by puppets very cleverly designed by Misses Irene and Alice Huber convulsed the spectators with laughter. The Butterfly and Scarecrow dance was an entirely new feature and was decidedly attractive. Interspersed with the stunts and dances were a number o f very pretty lighting effects, obtained by wiring the gymnasium especially fo r the occasion. After the stunts, refreshments consisting o f cider; doughnuts, sandwiches, ice cream, apples and peanuts were served. For those who. did not care to dance, a number o f different entertainments were provided. About the running track were a number o f ex­ hibits such as may be seen at a country fair, and the three rooms on that floor were given up to the “ Passage o f Peril” , tastefully decorated at the entrance with a few hundred human bones. On the main floor was the “ California Earthquake,” constructed by the boys o f the manual training department, and a fish pond whose “ fish” might be taken to indicate future fate. The basement was given over to fortune telling, toasting marshmaUows, and bobbing fo r apples. Here too was the standing broad smile contest, won by Dr Lehman with a smile o f four and one-half inches. Novelties were provided for the dancers in the way o f unusual lighting and serpentine fo r throwing. The music fo r the occasion was furnished by the new Chambersburg orchestra. A few minutes before eleven o’clock “ Home, Sweet Home” , by the orchestra indicated that the Hallowe’en social was at an end. The faculty committee in charge o f the social consisted o f Messrs. Fanning and Graham and Misses A|lice Huber, Gates and Dykeman. Miss Harris and Prof. Stewart delivered addresses before the local institute held in Shippensburg. 12 • THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD October 30.— In the evening were exhibited the moving pictures taken by the Mawson Geographical Expedition to the South Pole. Comedy and tragedy were intermingled with scientific instruction. Many o f the zoological forms shown in these pictures are not to be fcmnd in any z°ological garden in the world. The entertainment was well attended, and the treasury o f the school orchestra, under whose auspices the entertainment was secured, was the fuller fo r the occasion. October 31.— The Faculty Culb held its first meeting o f the season. The plays o f Sheridan were considered, “ The Critic” re­ ceiving the greater share o f attention. Refreshments were served. The study program outlined fo r the work o f the Faculty Club this year follow s: November 14— Bulwer Lytton; lieu, Money. November 28— Ibsen: Gynt. Lady o f Lyons; Riche­ Biographical Sketch, Brandt, Peer December 12— Ibsen: The Feast o f Solhang, The Vikings o f Helgoland, The Pretenders, Emperor and Galilean. January 4— Ibsen: Love’s Comedy, A Doll’s House, Ghosts. January 16 Ibsen: The League o f Youth, Pillars o f So­ ciety, An Enemy o f the People, The Wild Duck. Janury 30— Ibsen: Rosmerholm, The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, Little Eyolf. February 13— Ibsen: The Master Builder, John Gabriel Borkman, When We Dead Awaken. February 27— B jom son: The Newly Married Couple, A Gauntlet, The Bankrupt, The King. March 13— Maeterlinck: Monna Vana, Mary Magdalene, Sister Beatrice. The Blue Bird, March 26— Hauptmann: Before Sunrise, The Weavers, The Sunken Bell, Poor Heinrik. April 10— Pinero: The Amazons, The Thunderbolt, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, His House in Order, Mid- . Channel. THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 13 ' April 24— Shaw: Arms and the Man, Candida, Man and Superman, Fanny’s First Play. j j ay 8— Kennedy: The Servant in the House, The Winter Feast, The Terrible Meek. May 22— Galsworthy: The Pigeon, Strife, The Eldest Son, Justice. Nov. 3.— Dr. Lehman went to Tyrone to meet with a committee made up o f normal school principals and college presidents to dis­ cuss the credits to be given to normal school students who enter college. Nov. 4.— The Normal school football team defeated Dickinson Reserves by the score o f 13-0. Although it was raining heavily and both field and ball were muddy and slippery, there was very littlefumbling by either team, and successful forward passes were a fea­ ture o f the game. The Normal line played well, holding the visitors to no-gain downs time after time. N0v. 6.— A number o f the students who are o f age went hometo help decide the fate o f the country and incidentally, to see the folks, at home. The fencing in o f Eckels’ Field is now quite complete, except for the hanging o f the iron gate at the entrance. NORMAL LITERARY SOCIETY The new year fo r old Normal has opened with renewed interest and energy. Every former member who has returned to us has felt his or her responsibility, and they are using their influence not only fo r the enlargement o f the membership, but also for the betterment o f the society. We can truly say that this effort has not only in­ creased our numbers steadily, and in larger proportion but has ad­ ded new zest to the society work. We are aiming to make our meetings not only entertaining but educational as well; both in the training along intellectual lines;, and the practice one will receive in speaking before an audience. Our meetings have shown that we have some excellent talent among both men and women, and that they are willing to use that talent whenever possible, this is especially true o f debating and 14 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD music. The increasing numbers in our glee club is both pleasing and gratifying. Normal orchestra made its first appearance at our last meeting. This number made an especially attractive one fo r our program, and we hope to make it a permanent one. I f our attendance continues as it has begun we will have to seek a new ball; at our last meeting the ball was filled to the utmost seating capacity, even though we did place chairs in the room there were quite a number standing in the door ways and back part o f the room. However, we do not measure our skill in numbers, but in the work that goes to make our society better, bigger, and more helpful. To all former members o f Normal and to all persons who ex­ pect to attend our school we extend a hearty invitation as the doors o f Normal are always open to you. DOROTHY E. KIRK, ’17, Secretary. PHILO SOCIETY The old members o f Philo are hack to their places and are working with renewed vigor. This is shown by the number o f new members who have joined. At the last two meetings, forty persons joined our society, and there are more who intend to join at our next meeting. The meetings are still held in the chapel, as the Philo society room is too small fo r the large attendance. The Glee Club is larger than it has ever been, and, as the soci­ ety is furnishing it with new books, it can carry on its work more effectively. A large Girls’ chorus has been organized, and the mem­ bers are preparing pieces which will make the meetings more inter­ esting and beneficial. Every member o f Philo is up and alert, doing something to keep or raise the standard o f P h ilo.. Every meeting excels the last one. MARGARETTA GAULT, '17. sssam Y. W. C. A. The year promises to be a very good one fo r the association. We are aiming to make the work just as helpful as possible, and in order to procure the responsibility o f the association as a whole we have appointed committees, each o f which has a special work to do and is responsible for that work. This brings every one into per­ sonal touch with the association and with the work o f it. On Friday evening, September 22, the association held a “ little THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 15 girl party” for the purpose o f welcoming the new girls and getting acquainted with them. The entertainment consisted o f children’s games which were in charge o f the social committee. The three delegates who were sent to the Eagles Mere Con­ vention brought us many very good suggestions and ideas fo r the carrying on o f the work, thereby showing that they had the wel­ fare o f the association in mind, The annual social o f the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. was held on Saturday, September 30. The entertainment consisted o f a dramatization o f a Y. W. C. A. office, o f the work o f the Eight Weeks club, and a Japanese fable in pantomime, at the conclusion o f which there was a Japanese song and dance by girls. We owe the suc­ cess o f the entertainment to the lady members o f the committee, who so kindly assisted us. Gur president explained in her first talk to the association the great work which all the associations everywhere are trying to do and we hope with the help o f One who helps all, to do what we can in this great work. DOROTHY E. KIRK, ’17, Secretary. sæasæs Y. M. C. A. No report presented. THE PRESS CLUB The motto o f the Press Club i s : “ For the Good o f the School.” The Press Club has begun its work with renewed interest and a determination to do its best. New members are being received into the club at each meeting. We ’have members representing nearly every paper in the territory from which there are students enrolled in the school, and many papers are represented in communities from which there are no students. The Press Club has been assured by the principal o f the school that a large per cent o f the increased enrollment came here because they were first interested in this school by the work o f the Press KATHARINE M. HOOP, ’17. msssa Mother— Don’t you know, darling, that we are commanded to love our neighbors? Little One— Yes, an’ I s’pose that’s ’cause we can get along with most everybody else. 16 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD CLASS OF 1886 REUNION June 27, 1916, found twenty o f the class o f 1886 wending their way back to their Alma Mater. Thirty years before thirty-five happy, hopeful, brave girls and boys had left those dear walls thinking they were fully equipped to make the world better and to get the most out o f life, physically, mentally, and morally. Four have finished their work and gone to their reward. Now after a lapse o f thirty years twenty o f those— shall I say girls and boys, fo r that is what they still are in spirit, return to live over again, fo r a few happy hours, those joyous ‘d ays o f long ago; and to listen to the story o f life’s mission as filled by each. We were met on the campus by our good President, J. S. Moul, who had labored so faithfully to bring about this happy reunion, and the efficient committee, Sallie H. Musser, Anna J. Peebles Florence Hale Donnelly, Martha L. Faust Barr, Carrie Lee Hale" and Nellie Walters Rebuek. After being tagged we visited the Art Room. The exhibits were fine, and with pride fo r our Alma Mater we rejoiced in the progress that had been made. Later we wended our way to the Town Hall, to enjoy a sump­ tuous banquet, in short, just what you would expect from such a committee. We thought it best to attend to business before par­ taking o f the viands prepared for us. The following officers were elected by acclamation: President, J. S. Moul; vice president, J. B. Kennedy; treasurer, H. E. Shafer* secretary, Rose Kinter Typer. Miss Musser read an article on Miss Anna Winger. Her death on September 1, 1889, was the first break in our circle. She labor­ ed diligently to fulfill life’s mission fo r the few short years allotted her. Our beloved secretary was called to her reward April 5, 1910. Her life was an inspiration to all who came in contact with her. D. B. Myers passed away after one week o f illness. George Ployer, after having spent a useful life as a teacher and merchant, was called to his reward. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church at Carlisle at the time o f his death. The president named the following as a committee on resolu­ tions: Sara Musser, Nell Walters Rebuck, and Carrie Lee Hale. Two tables groaning under the weight o f all the delicacies o f the season and out o f season were soon surrounded by ministers, doctors, lawyers, politicians, merchants, railroaders, teachers and home-makers. After justice had been done to all the courses, our toastmaster, J. P. Witherow, who had been training for his position THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 17 lay eating toast for breakfast fo r years, revived our memories with some happy incidents in Prof. Dutton’s room. Rev. Kerr responded ably to a “ Retrospect o f the Past Thirty Years.” We are indebted to him and to his sister for a look at the faculty, class, and janitor, as they were thirty years ago. He entertained us with some o f the notes o f long ago. Our president responded to “ The C. y . S. N. S.” He asked us to work hand in hand with our Alma Mater. Dr. Laughlin responded to “ Preparedness.” Be prepared for anything. Dr. Walter respond­ ed to “ The Ladies o f the Class.” He did justice to his subject, and spoke feelingly o f the two vacant chairs. With beaming countenances we wended our way to the pho­ tographers, so that in future years we could see how we looked on this important day. Arriving at the school after the parade was over, we assem­ bled in Prof. McCreary’s room. Reverend Kerr conducted a brief devotional service. H e read the 119th Psalm and led in prayer. After this the Class Ode was sung, led by Jamie at the piano. The class poem was read by the secretary. We all listened at­ tentively to the prophecies o f thirty years ago, by our good prophet, Nell Walters Rebuck] but unlike the prophecies o f old, many o f them were not fulfilled. The roll was called by the president-. Letters were read from absent members whose thoughts and hearts were with u s : Myra L. Peters, Tressa Pressel, Jay Cox, Laura Staley, Mattie Thompson Shelley, Clem Chestnut, D. L. Fiekes, I. 0 . Fry, William Watson, and J. E. Witherspoon. Short addresses were made by H. E. Shafer, Dr. Walters, J. B. Kennedy, A- B. Myers, Reverend Kerr, and Dr. Laughlin and Nell Walters Rebuck. Our president favored us with a beautiful selection on the violin, accompanied by the piano, “ Happy Day.” Vermont Foreman Wagner gave us two very entertaining read­ ings. Our president asked us to guess something that concerned the boarding students on moonlight evenings; then he proceeded to play “ Where Is My Boy To-night.-” Prof. Heiges had hoped to be with us on this happy reunion, but he was called to a better reunion, where he awaits us all. This reunion was enjoyed so much that we decided to repeat it in five years. We then adjourned to the porch to talk over old times, and after a pleasant luncheon in the dining room, we bade -adieu to the good old times and friends until we should meet again. ROSE KINTER TYPER, Sec. 18 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD PIANO DEPARTMENT The usual large number o f students have enrolled fo r the fall term in the piano department. It is to be regretted that compara­ tively few dormitory girls have the time to devote to piano playing. It is a matter o f comment that the majority o f those who take part in the concerts and the society reunions are students from town. Concerts are to be given each term this year, the first o f the series being early in November. To make the work o f the department more efficient, it has been decided to grade all piano students and to give them their marks each term. These marks will go on permanent record at the school. The system o f grading will follow the one used at Peabody Conservatory Preparatory Department. The four grades will come under the heads o f Elementary, Intermediate, Junior and Advanced. This system will enable students to receive definite credit fo r the work accomplished here. The Harmony Class which was organized last year fo r the benefit o f the piano students will continue its work this fall. The class meets on Tuesday evenings at four o’clock. An elementary text book will be studied. All piano students are invited to attend these classes, fo r which no extra charge is made. The orchestra has commenced its weekly practices. Although we miss the members o f last year’s senior class, we have gained several new members. The membership at the present time is as follow s: first violin, Misses Hege and Steele, Mr. Snader; second violin, Mr. Samuel Shearer; flute, Miss Small; mandolin, Mr. Bolan; trombones, Messrs. Taylor and Kurtz; ’cello, Miss Gates; piano, Mr. Richard Horton. New members are welcome at all times. MISS MATTHEWS, MISS GATES. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The work o f the commercial department is well under headway in its newly equipped quarters, and both departments, commercial and stenographic, have a goodly number. Satisfactory work is be­ ing done in both. Many o f the regular Normal students are taking advantage o f the commercial work, and upon graduation will specialize in one or both o f these lines. Many already are preparing some commercial work with the regular courses. During the spring term and the summer course, special work will be given to graduates and others wishing to specialize along commercial lines. • MAURICE LOW. THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD ALUMNI PERSONALS ’ 75. Mr. Eugene A. Burnett o f Mechanicsburg is Democratic nominee fo r the Legislature. ’ 79. Miss Nannie E. McCormick is living at 2442 Virginia Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. ’ 84. Mrs. Elizabeth White is living at Wenatchee, Washington. Box 564. ’ 89. Mrs. Edward W. Fairley (Mary Long) who was living in Canada now lives at 1367 E. Grand feoulevard, Detroit, Mich. ’ 89. Mrs. Maud Cressler Gibb is living at Miles City, Mont. ’ 89. Mrs. Annie Schwartz Diehl is living at Orrtanna, Pa. ’ 90. Mrs. Lulu Buhrman Barlow is living at Rutherford, N. J. ’ 92. Dr. J. C. DeVenney is a practicing physician in Harrisburg. His address is 1115 N. 2nd street. ’ 92. Mrs. Nettie Dunahugh will have primary work in the Hag­ erstown schools during the coming year. ’ 92. Mrs. Bertie Cressler Miller lives at Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. ’ 93. Mrs. Jennie Hefflebower Myers is living at Newville R. R. ’ 93. Dr. John H. Hoffman is practicing at New Holland, Pa. ’ 94. Prof. H. H. Shenk who has been Dean o f Lebanon Valley College for a number o f years is now employed in the State Library at Harrisburg. ’ 95. Mrs. Ella Light Brumbaugh lives at 1408 Elm St., R ock­ ford, 111., where she and her husband are in business. ’ 96. On Thursday evening, September 21, at the Wagner Free Institute o f Science, Montgomery avenue and 17th St., Phila., Mrs. Arthur R. Riff (Lou Martin) gave an illustrated lecture on “ The Customs o f the Taos Indians o f New Mexico.” ’ 96. Mr. J. Frank Peters is located at 22 S. Baltimore Ave., Ventnor, N. J. ’ 96. Mr. E. Harvey Hartz is practicing law at 600-1 New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. He writes that he was sorry not to be able to attend his class reunion this year. 20 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD ’97. Mrs. Mary D. McCullough Shurtleff is taking work at the West Virginia University this year. ’97. Miss Rhoda V. Peregoy has not been teaching fo r several years. She is at present manager o f a store in Waynesboro. ’97. Dr. William H. Baish writes that he was graduated from the Baltimore College o f Dental Surgery, the oldest and first dental college in the world. He was for a time resident dentist in Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is now practicing dentistry in Baltimore. His address is Commonwealth Bank Building, Baltimore, Md. ’ 98. Mr. W. A. DeLap is employed in the railway mail service and lives at 237 N. 18th St., Phila., Pa. ’98. Mrs. Nettie Grove still keeps in touch with normal by writ­ ing us occasionally. She sends best wishes for normal. Her ad­ dress is 105 York St., Hanover, Pa. ’ 98. Miss Bertha D. Eby is teaching at Oberlin, Pa. ’ 98. Mr. George R. Ruth is living at 301 East 64th St., N.Y. City. |S|99. Miss Elva Fleming is teaching in Pittsburg, Pa. dress is 821 Union Ave., N. S. Pittsburg. Her ad­ ’99. Miss Edna L. Haverstiek is a student at Valparaiso Uni­ versity this year. She is working for the B. S. Degree in Home Economies. ’ 99. Mr. J. H. Chubb is living at 236 N. 14th St., Harrisburg, Pa. ’ 00. We take the following from a Waynesboro paper: County Girl Will Teach in Porto Rico Miss Ida Newcomer, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Newcomer, north o f Waynesboro, left Waynesboro yesterday to sail from New York City at 12 o’clock today on the steamer Brazos fo r Porto Rico. Miss Newcomer goes to Porto Rico to teach in one o f the schools established there by the U. S. government. Miss Newcomer, who spent a brief time with her parents before going to Porto Rico, was engaged in educational work in New York last year. ’ 01. Miss Liliah Zug is living at 1711 Market St., Harrisburg,Pa. ’ 01. Lieut. E. I. Cook is stationed at Nogales, Colifornia, with Co. I., 2nd California Infantry. P THE NORMAL SCHOOL 21 HERALD ’ 02. Prof. W. S. Fickes is Division Supt. o f Schools at Iba, in the Philippines. Prof. Fickes sends us his Herald subscription and best wishes to normal friends. ’ 02. Prof. James R. Foote is Associate County Supt. o f M c­ Kean county. ’ 03. Miss Florence Fogelsanger who has been a student at U. P. fo r the past two years has been awarded the Bennett Fellowship. She will finish resident work this year fo r the Doctor’s Degree. The Bennett Fellowship is the highest honor given to women in U. P. and we congratulate Miss Fogelsanger on her good fortune. ’ 03. Prof. L. D. Crunkleton who taught last year at New Cum­ berland goes this year as principal o f the schools o f Edwardsville,Pa. ’ 04. Miss Pearl Speck who taught the past nine years at Rosemont^ Pa., is attending U. P. (School o f Education) this year. ’ 04. Mr. W. Mark Ruth is in the railway mail service. living at Newburg, Pa. He is ’04. Mr. D. Leslie Stamy is Prof, o f Mathematics, School o f Technology, University o f Ga. His address is 78 W. North St., At­ lanta Ga. ’ 05. Miss Clara Johnson is teaching in Chambersburg, Pa. ’ 05. Mrs. Kathryn Goshom Minium is living at Lemoyne, Pa. ’ 06. Mrs. Mary McClellan Line is living at 302 W. Penn St., Butler, Pa. . ’ 06. Mrs. Blanche Books Alberti lives at Springfield, Colo. ’07. Mrs. Alma Walter Gordon is living at Astoria, Long Island, where her husband is employed on “ Hell Gate Bridge.” ’ 07. Mr. ChaA H. Johnson is in business in Rochester, N. Y. His address is 217 Spring street. ’ 07. Mrs. Nora Fishes Dohner writes from Salem, N. J .: “ We are living at 111 St., 7th St., Salem. We like it here very much as the people are very congenial. This is an old Quaker town I sup­ pose the oldest in South Jersey,, and a very pretty place, situated on the Salem River a branch o f the Delaware, and near Philadelphia. Wishing you success in raising money for the Field Fund and with best wishes for Old Normal I am, sincerely.” 22 THE ’ 07. Mr. P. lege, Lordsburg, signed to take a California. Mr. next June. NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD J. Wiebe who has taught German in Lordsburg Col­ Calif., has been reelected fo r this year but has re­ post graduate course in the University o f Southern Wiebe expects to be at Normal to his tenth reunion ’ 07. Mr. Chas. D. Tritt writes us from Mohall, N. Dak., “Am out here in North Dak. and.am enjoying myself fine with a bunch o f about 75 pupils in an open country consolidated school with but one assistant. This is the only kind o f a country school at least fo r this country. Wish you could come and visit us at work. Best wishes to Normal.” ’ 07. Mr. George H. Richwine will attend Eastern College at Manassas, Ya., this year. He expects to get his A. B. degree next summer. ’ 08. Prof. M. A. Hess is taking work in Latin in the Graduate School U. P. # ’ 08. cipal. Mr. Alvin Weaver goes to Lilly, Cambria county as prin­ ’ 08. Dr. R. W. Pearson recently took an examination before a board o f examiners at El Paso, Texas, in which he passed success­ fully. He is now First Lieutenant U. S. A. This is a big promotion both in rank and salary, and we offer congratulations to Lieut. Pear­ son on his good fortune. ’ 08. Miss Lydia M. Underwood is teaching at Media, Pa. address is 323 W. State Street. ’ 08. Her We clip the following from a local paper : Dr. Good Appointed Dr. John L. Good, son o f Dr. J. F. Good, o f New Cumberland, has been made a first lieutenant in the medical corps, Pennsylvania National Guard, his appointment, dated September 12, having been announced by Adjutant General Stewart Wednesday morning. Dr. Good was a resident physician at the Harrisburg Hospital last year, taking that position after graduating from the MedicoChirurgical College, Philadelphia. He is now on the staff o f the Philadelphia Municipal Hospital, where infantile paralysis cases are being treated. THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 23 He was graduated from Shippensburg Normal school, spent a year in Gettysburg and a term in the St. Louis University before taking up the study o f medicine. ’ 09. Mr. Jacob Hollinger who is a graduate o f Gettysburg College took a special course this summer at U. P. and has been elected to a position on the faculty o f Juniata College, Huntingdon, for the present year. ’10. Miss Helen J. Scott will teach in Allegheny county this year. ’10. On August 6th a farewell supper was given Miss Lillian Kendig o f Mowersville. We take the following account o f it from a Franklin county paper : “ The farewell missionary supper in honor o f Miss Lillian Ken­ dig, who soon expects to enter upon her new field o f labor in Santa Cruz, New Mexico, was a most enjoyable occasion. Missionary stunts were played and a fine supper served. A contribution o f $15.50 was given to Miss Kendig fo r her work in New Mexico. Ad­ dresses were given by Rev. Sparrow and the outgoing missionary. ‘ God Be With You ’ Till We Meet Again’ was sung. Great credit is due to the ladies o f the W. M. A. who planned the affair. ’10. Miss Ruth Shive and Miss Martha McCullough ’15 spent the summer at the Seashore Branch o f the Widener Memorial school at Longport, N. J. Their work was with thé children. They report a very pleasant summer. Miss Shive will teach near Shippensburg this year. ’10. Mr. Ralph B. Beard was one o f the Bucknell debaters against Lafayette this spring. He is attending his second year at Bucknell. ’l l . Prof. H. J. MeCleaf writes us that he opened on Sept. 29 with 65 pupils enrolled. He is teaching Latin and Science in the High School o f which he is principal. ’l l . Mr. Frank B. Hege goes tb Riddlesburg this year. ’12. Mr. Abram C. Stamy is principal o f one o f the buildings in Middletown, Pa. ’12. Miss Clara Shafer is not teaching this year but is spending the winter at her home at Mt. Alto, Pa. ’ 13. Miss Mary Witmer is teaching at Mt. Alto. 24 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD ’13. Miss Josephine Eves will teach in the Mechanicsburg schools again this year. ’13. Miss Anna M. Haldeman will teach this year at Millerstown. ’13. Mr. Raymond Stouffer has been elected principal o f the Funkstown, Md., schools for the coming year. ’13. Mr. Ralph Lischy spent the summer working for the Scran­ ton Correspondence School. It is not likely he will return to teach­ ing as he likes the work he is now doing very much and has been quite successful in it. His address is Box 196, Cumberland, Md. ’ 13. Mr. Chas. McGee has been elected principal o f the Rouzerville schools. ’13. Miss Katie B. Steele will teach at Centerville this year. ’13. Miss Joy Houston will teach in Butler again this year. ’14. Prof. C. S. Rice who has been principal o f the schools o f Academia for two years, goes this year as principal at New Cum­ berland. ’15. Mr. Edgar Grove will be a student this year at Ursinus. ’15. Mr. Clark Skelly goes into the Waynesboro schools' this year. He has been principal at Oakville fo r two years. ’15. year. Miss Marion Diehl will teach 6th grade in Millersburg this ’15. Mr. J. Claude Screiver is attending Gettysburg College this year. THE CLASS OF 1916 Where the remainder o f thé class will teach who were not lo­ cated when the July Herald was issued. The following members o f the class o f ’16 will teach in Guil­ ford township, Franklin county: Miss Hilda Ausmus, New Balti­ more; Miss Elva Myers, Lecompton; Miss Margaret Rahauser, Harrison. Miss Janet Cowling will teach in Adams county. Miss Vera Tompkins and Mr. Jay Seavers will also teach in Adams county. Miss Mary, Griffiths who was elected to a position in Franklin county has resigned to accept a position at home, Williamstown THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 25 Miss Cleo Haller will teach at her home, Williamstown. Mr. Warren Maclay who had been elected to a school near his home, Shippensburg, has resigned to accept the prinCipalship o f the Dudley schools. Miss Jean Johnston will not teach this winter. Miss Maude Lupoid goes to Somerville, N. J. Miss Gail McLaughlin and Mr. Byron Small will teach in Greene township, Franklin county. Mr. Clyde Barnhart will attend Medico-Chi during the coming year. Mr. Melvin Bughman is a student at Normal. Mr. Robert Coyle goes as assistant principal to Everett, Pa. Mr. Howard Etter will teach, near home, Mereersburg. Mr. Harry Hardy will teach near Wilmore, Pa. Mr. Ray Hess goes as assistant principal to Portage, Pa. Mr. Bruce Lytle will teach at Churchtown, Pa. Mr. Clyde Mellinger goes to Ursinus College. Mr. Mark Sleichter will teach at Lisburn, Pa. Mr. Harry Stamy will be assistant principal at Halifax, Pa. Mr. Ezra Wenger goes to Adams county. Miss Dorothy Schoch is attending Drexel and taking a course in Domestic Science. Miss Christine Schoch is teaching near Hanover, Pa. Miss Marion L. Bell is teaching in Rhodesdale, Md. Mr. Glenn Lehman goesas principal to Langdondale; Bedford Co. m ssss CUPID’S COLUMN CRAIG— TOLAN. In the Bridge St. Presbyterian church, Catasauqua, Pa., August 24, 1916, Mr. Samuel Sharpe Craig to Miss Sue Jane Tolan, ’ 08. They live at Barbertown, Ohio. STULTZ— BRANDT. At Newport, Pa., July 20, 1916, Mr. W al­ ter Dallas Stultz to Miss Anna Gilfilen Brandt, ’ 09. They live at Holidaysburg, Pa. 2« THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD STEWART— WYLIE. At Middle Spring, Pa., July 21, 1916, by the bride’s father, Rev. S. S. Wylie, Prof. J. K. Stewart to Miss Harriet Anne Wylie, ’93. They reside at the Normal where both will continue to teach. CHARLES— ROUNSLEY. At Millerstown, Pa.,August 18,1916, Mr. J. Otis Charles, ’12, to Miss Helen M. Rounsley. They reside at Millerstown, where Prof. Charles is principal o f the schools. EOWLERr—SMITH. At Waynesboro, Pa., August 15,1916, Mr. Guy Fowler to Miss Maisie Frances Smith, ’13. They reside at Burlock, Md. GRIFFITH— DOHNER. At Shippensburg, Pa., August 15,1916, by Rev. J. H. Dohner, father o f the bride, Mr. Austin H. Griffith to Miss Rhoda Althea Dohner, ’12. They reside in Johnstown, Pa.y where Mr. Griffith is engaged in the mercantile business. COBLE—KARPER. At Carlisle, Pa., August 24, by Rev. G. M. Diffenderfer, Mr. Aaron H. Coble, ’l l , to Miss Ethel Karper. They reside at Chambersburg, Pa. R. R. 6. Mr. Coble will teach near his home this year. FAUST— CRAIG. At Lancaster, Pa., September 1, 1916, by Rev. Alleman, Mr. William Faust to Miss Kathleen Craig, ’l l . They reside in Waynesboro, Pa., where Mr. Faust is employed by the Lan­ dis Tool Company. McPHERSON— CLOUSER. At New Bloomfield, Pa., August 16, 1916, by Rev. Warren Conrad, Mr. Robert Eton McPherson, ’ 04, to Miss Margaret Pearl Clouser. They reside in New Bloomfield, where Prof. McPherson is one o f the teachers in the Carson Long Institute. HOLLINGER— MEHRING. At Philadelphia, Pa., August 24, 1916, Mr. Jacob E. Hollinger, ’09, to Miss Mary Mehring, ’09. They will reside at Huntingdon, Pa., where Mr. Hollinger is a member o f the faculty o f Juniata College. GOYT— BERRY. At Green Leaf Cottage, the summer home o f Dr. Berry and sisters, August 8, 1916, by Rev. Henry W. Snyder, Mr. Hugh Andrews Goyt to Miss Alta Metzger Berry, ’ 07. They live at 734 Park Ave., Weehauken, N. J. Mr. Goyt is in the employ o f the Remington Arms Co., o f Hoboken, N. J. MORRIS— McQUISTON. At Saltsburg, Pa., August 9, 1916,' Dr. John Russell Morris to Miss Virginia Osborne McQuiston, ’01. They reside at 1918 West St., Wilmington, Del. TH E NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 27 SNYDER— HUMMEL. At Baltimore, Md., November 6, 1915, Mr. Harry W. Snyder to Miss H. Nelda Hummel, ’15. They reside at 40 North Felton St., Philadelphia, Pa. Prof. Snyder is physical director in one o f the Philadelphia High schools. AUSHERMAN— O’BRIEN. At Fairfield, Iowa, August 16, 1916, Mr. Jacob W. Ausherman, ’ 95, to Miss Isabel Helena O’Brien. They reside at Springer, N. Mexico, where Mr. Ausherman is in the real estate business. GARLING— MacDANNALD. At Mt. Joy, Pa., September 19, 1916, by Dr. I. A. MacDannald, father o f the bride, Mr. Harold Scott Garling to Miss Mary Seaboume MacDannald, ’12. They will re­ side in Philadelphia. SCHWARTZ— WINTER. At York, Pa., Oct. 11, 1916, Mr. P. A. Schwartz, ’ 05, to Miss Ruth Sophia Winter. They will be at home after November 1, at 508 West Princess St., York, Pa. PIPER— BRANDT. At Huntsdale, Pa., October 4, by Rev. A. M. Gluck, Jr., J. R. Piper, ’ 02, to Miss Edna Mary Brandt. They re­ side in Newville, Pa., where Dr. Piper is a dentist. . CROZIER— JOHNSTON. At. Woodbury, PaJOctober, 1916, Mr. R. W. Crozier to Miss Elsie G. Johnston, ’13. They reside near Altoona, Pa. In the July Herald the Personal Editor made a mistake in stat­ ing that Miss Lorma Kerr was married to Mr. Crozier. The lady was Miss Johnston and not Miss Kerr. The Personal Editor begs pardon for the error. 8888 STORK COLUMN MAGILL. At Center, Pa., July 8, 1916, to Rev. and Mrs. Hugh R. Magill, a daughter. Mrs. Magill was Miss Marion L. Flickinger,’ 97. SAUDER. At Waynesboro, R. R. 2, December, 1915, to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sauder, a daughter. Mrs. Sauder was Miss Mary Foltz, ’04. NYCUM. At Piqua, Ohio, September 10, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nycum, a daughter. Mrs. Nycum "was Miss Ella Miller, ’ 97. Mr. Nycum was also a graduate o f ’ 97. GIPE. At Penbrook, Pa., August, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Gipe, a son. Mrs. Gipe was Miss Blanche Bamer, ’10. TALLEY. At 1910 Jefferson St., Wilmington, Del., to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Talley a daughter. Mrs. Talley was Miss Stella Weigle,’ ’l l . 28 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD OBITUARY Grace Louise Byers, ’13, died October 7, 1916. We are indebted to a Waynesboro paper for the following: MISS GRACE L. BYERS, AGED 20 YEARS Miss Grace Louise Byers, teacher in the fourth grade o f Wash­ ington township schools at Rouzerville, died Saturday evening at. 6:15 o’clock,.at her home on East Main street, from diabetes como, aged 20 years, 11 months and 7 days. She had taught only three days o f the term, Wednesday even­ ing she became ill and, Thursday, remained at home. Saturday morning her condition grew worse and at 10 o’clock she lapsed into a state o f unconsciousness from which she never rallied. Miss Byers was born in Taneytown, Carroll county, Md. When she was six months old her parents moved to Gettysburg and from there to Fairfield, where they engaged in farming. While living at Fairfield she attended the township schools and later the Fairfield high school from which she was graduated. Later she attended the Shippensburg Normal school and was graduated from there with the class o f 1913. For a year she taught in the Loysville orphan school. She alsotaught a year in the Freedom township schools, Adams county. At the close o f the last year she was appointed teacher at Rouzerville by the Washington township school board. She was a member o f the Lutheran church, Fairfield, and or­ ganist o f the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor Society. She* attended Sunday school here one week, entering the class taught by W. L. Minick, Esq. She had many friends and was a bright, cheer­ ful and attractive young woman. She was engaged to be married to A. R. Musselman, Fairfield. The wedding was to have taken place next spring. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. G. Byers. Mamie M. Border, ’l l , died September 29, 1916. We take thefollowing from an Adams county paper: Hampton last Friday morning, Sept. 29, lost one o f its most beloved citizens in the death o f Miss Mamie M. Border, who had been a teacher in the public schools o f Reading township for five successive terms; was an active member in the Lutheran church and. THE N ORMA L SCHOOL HERALD 29 a teacher o f a class in the Sunday school. She was a graduate o f the Shippensburg State Normal School in the class o f ’l l , and rend­ ered excellent service in school work, and has been one o f the lead­ ing factors in social and church work o f the town, fo r which she was admirably fitted by reason o f her noble character, scholarly at­ tainments and cultured training. She had been on the sick list about six weeks suffering from complications which developed into gastritis and caused her death. She was aged 26 years, 7 months and 6 days, and leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Border, o f Hamp­ ton, one brother Elsworth, o f Round Hill, and one sister, Mrs. Albert Myers o f Hanover. The funeral was held Monday afternoon, ser­ vices being conducted in the Lutheran church by her pastor Rev. Nicolls, assisted by Rev. Paul Glatfelter. The services were very largely attended by friends and relatives. Interment in the Hampton cemetery. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. The pallbearers were Robert and Nevin Decker, John Slaybaugh, Lloyd Hartman, Daniel,Hartzel and John Thomas. Undertaker Fisher had charge o f the .funeral arrangements. As a mark o f respect the school board o f the township had all the schools closed Monday afternoon. The Board, teachers and many scholars o f the district, together with County Supt. Roth and Asst. Supt. Rice were in attendance at the funeral. DR. LEHMAN TAKES STAND ON MILITARY TRAINING The following is an extract from a letter written by Dr. Leh­ man in answer to inquiry from Representative John R. K. Scott, o f Philadelphia, to determine the views o f the Pennsylvania educators regarding the question, o f the introduction o f military training in the public schools: . tpi'I do not believe that it is the province o f the public schools to concern themselves with a matter that does not and ought not to belong to the adolescent period o f a young man’ s life. I f military training is to have a place in the education o f a boy, it seems to me that it belongs to a much later period than the years he* spends in the public schools. During these years the child is easily influenced by his environment and I do not believe it is wise to have his mind dwell upon the possibilities o f a military life rather than those o f the skilled workman and professional man^ I am opposed to it also because it would add very materially to the work o f the public 80 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD schools. I am opposed to military instruction in the schools be­ cause experience has shown that it does not accomplish the purpose designed. I might add that I am opposed to it also because it was tried out in this school some years ago. The instruction was in charge o f a man who had been in the regular army and was peculiarly qualified to give such instruction. After the novelty had worn off, it was one o f the most unpopular courses in the school. It failed to give the results claimed fo r it as a means o f physical develop­ ment, and it certainly possessed none o f the vaunted merits claimed fo r it along technical lines. For the reasons indicated, I am de­ cidedly opposed to the introduction o f military training in the public school system.” MIND IN ANIMALS In this composition, some o f the qualities o f the mind or soul o f man will be shown to also exist in the lower animals. They will be taken up in order o f their importance. First we must know what mind is. According to psychologists, mind is that which knows, feels, and wills. / Reason is the most important quality o f the mind, so it will be taken up first. All the lower animals have instincts. This is conceded by everyone. But all people do not think that all a.nimn.lg have reason. They get instinct and reason confounded. There is a great difference between instinct and reason. Instinct is an inborn tendency while reason is an exercise o f the will. Instinct does not require thought while reason does. All animals have the power o f reasoning, although in a less degree than man, the highest animal. It is by our great superiority o f our reason that we keep our supremacy over the lower animals. When reason in an animal conquers instinct we may say the ani­ mal has become civilized. This is shown in the case o f a welltrained dog and cat. When food was placed before the cat in the presence o f the dog, the dog would not approach until the cat was through eating. Then he would go and eat. In this case, the in­ stinct in the dog said ‘chase the cat away’, while reason, which conquers said, ‘wait until the cat is through eating.’ Any animal can be so trained to subject its instincts to its reason. Besides having reason, animals have the power o f transmitting their ideas to a companion although this companion may be a human being. That animals have the power o f transmitting thought is shown by any type o f bird or animal. The cry o f warn- THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 81 ing from a blue jay or similar bird has often eost the hunter a chance o f a shot at a squirrel or a rabbit. The power o f transmitting ideas or thoughts may be called language. This language is divided into two divisions— sound lan­ guage and gesture language. Sound language may be illustrated by the bark o f the dog. There is a bark o f joy or welcome, a bark when he is hunting, a hark o f pain or terror and a bark o f anger when his temper is aroused by an injury or supposed injury to his master. It is also true that the dog knows when his m ister is in immediate need o f help. One day last summer a large hog came up suddenly to my little brother. He was naturally very much frightened and screamed. His dog was with him and he at once fairly flew upon the hog and chased him away. In this ease the dog understood the sound language made by my brother well enough. The horse neighs differently when he is hungry than he does when he wishes to he brought in from pasture. This illustrates sound language as does the purr and mew o f the cat. Gesture language is shown by the action o f the dog which< scratches on the door to be let in. A horse paws with his frontfeet when he wishes to be fed. The cat always brushes against you when she wishes to be petted. Reason is shown developed to a great degree in the trained animals we see at the circus. The mice, squirrels, lions, foxes, rab­ bits, sheep, and the like also show that they possess reason as is shown in the way they do certain things, such as stealing chickens, avoiding traps, breaking through fences and the like. The animals that have the most highly developed reason are the monkey and apes. Many o f them when civilized, can eat at a table with a knife and fork, and in short, have the same table manners o f a well bred human being. I have now shown that the lower animals have reason. They also have memory. This is easily shown, as we all know that a dog will always remember a friend who has helped them in any way. This is also true o f the early American Indian, fie never forgot a friend or an enemy. We also know, I do at least, that a cow will remember where she broke through the fence once bfeore. Humor is also found in some animals. I had a dog which liked to play hide and seek very much. He would hunt us by our scent, and, when he had found us he would hark joyously. When the horse in the pasture will not let you approach to bridle him. He is amusing himself, but not us. Kittens often tangle up a ball o f yam in their play. This is humor on the part o f the eat. There 32 ÏHË NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD are also many other examples such as the squirrel, mouse, monkey, ape, etc., in which humor is shown. Anger is shown in the large wild animals as well as the smaller tame ones when they are not willing to be disturbed. It may be shown by a scratch, bite, kick, or whatever the case may be. Pride is found in the leader o f a flock or herd o f cows, sheep, or horses or other animals that travel in bands. The lead cow will not permit any other cow to leave the pasture or enter it before she does. The largest and strongest ram usually leads the flock o f sheep. Each leader is very proud and will lead until a successor comes along who is larger or stronger than he. Jealousy and revenge is shown by an instance where a tame brown mouse killed a tame white mouse, o f which he was jealous. Our dog does not permit any one o f the family to pet another dog. I f we do not let him thrash the other dog on the spot he seems in­ sulted and goes home. He soon returns, however, if the other dog Is not near us. Tyranny in spoiled dogs is about the same as in men. They >do just as they please and try to make every one else do as they wish them to do. Animals also possess a conscience or moral responsibility. They know the difference between right and wrong and when they have done wrong they show it by their looks. A sheep trilling dog will not look you in the eyes but will try to avoid doing so in every possible manner. On the other hand a good dog will look you in the eyes and make you the best possible companion. When a good dog does wrong he is penitent and will not be happy until his master forgives him. Many animals have love and sympathy towards man. An animal’s devotion to his master proves this. Pets have been known to grieve to death after the death o f their master. Some animals, such as cats, will always return home although taken away a con­ siderable distance from home. A good horse sympathizes with his master by rubbing him with his nose when his master is sick or hurt. Many horses, when their rider has fallen, will return to their rider and wait until he has again mounted. Now I have shown that animals have the power o f reason, speech, memory, humor, anger, pride, jealousy, revenge, tyranny, conscience, love and sympathy., All these qualities o f the mind are found in human beings although in a mueh greater degree. This greater degree o f the mind is what makes us the superior o f the brutelicreation. ROBERT D. MACLAY, ’17. THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD S3 NOTES ON THE READING OF POETRY Too many o f us, it is to be feared, look upon the poetry o f the world as we used to look upon soap. We recognize that as an agent o f purity, o f cleanliness, o f sweetness and beauty, it is as effective between the ears as soap is behind them. But we dread its use; as in the days o f old, we put off and put off from day to day, and from week to week; we promise ourselves that sometime we WILL read Paradise Lost; that sometime we WILL attempt Shakespeare; but some time is not-time; darkness settles between the ears as once it did behind them; others see it, but we do not; but we still take a chance, and when we think we are in danger o f being found out, we turn up our spiritual coat collars by pretending an acquaintance where we have none. All this is because we fail to realize that poetry is like that wonderful soap which was sold by Rebeeca o f Sunnybrook Farm, which might be eaten by an infant with relish and profit. We over­ look the relish; we are inclined to look upon poetry as the oatmeal and fried mush o f the literary table— chief nourishers in life’s feast, perhaps, but hard to take— when we ought to regard it with the thesame eagerness and appreciation as we did that wonderful choc­ olate cake which mother used to make— one slice enough for a meal, and chief o f all gastronomic delights. This dislike fo r poetry, as such, however it may coem about, is too bad; fo r no housewifely mother, slaving for hours in a hot and uncomfortable kitchen over a child’s birthday cake, was ever more eager to give pleasure than the poet. It is the aim o f all the arts, o f which poetry is perhaps the greatest, precisely to give that type o f disinterested pleasure which is aroused by the contemplation o f the beautiful. In failing to give attention to this work in which he has put so much care fo r our pleasure, we are not only depriving the poet o f the appreciation he deserves, but we are depriving ourselves o f a great delight. In the country districts, especially, where the access to the other arts is to a greater or less degree cut off, all literature, and especially poetry, has an enjoyment value which is too often overlooked. “ It’s awful good,” mother used to say “ It’s got nutmeats in it, and— here, just take a little piece o f this frosting, and see if you don’t like it.” “ It’s awful good,” I say o f poetry. “ Here, see what this little poem has in it, and see if you don’t like it.” The poem which I have chosen to illustrate some o f the pleas­ ures which may be derived from the reading o f poetry— I speak now in all seriousness-pis that flower o f the lyric o f the Victorian age, the final message o f a life o f faith— Tennyson’s Crossing the Bar. It is perhaps not too familiar to recall: THE 34 NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD Sunset and evening star, And one clear call fo r m e! And may there be no moaning o f the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full fo r sound or foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness o f farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne o f Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. Did you read the poem aloud? Did you frame the words with your lips as your eyes passed over them, dwelling upon each sound carefully and lovingly, making the most o f it, as o f the notes o f a well-loved song? I f not, you have not yet read the poem; if you are not in the habit o f reading poetry in this fashion, you are not in the habit o f really reading poetry. For poetry is above all things musieal. You may have poetry which contains little spiritual mean­ ing; you may have poetry whose'thought value is almost nothing; you may even have real poetry which is not markedly picturesque; but you may have poetry which does not appeal to that instinct fo r beautiful and rhythmical expression which is the .occasion o f all the arts. The printed words are no more than the printed score o f a musical composition; the real poem is the poem read, just as the real song is the song sung. Who except a master musician would pretend to appreciate fully a musical selection merely by reading the printed notes? Who, except a master reader, would pretend to an appreciation o f the beauty o f poetry without first giving it a hearing? To read aloud does not mean to elocutionize or to rant, but to read with an understanding and appreciation o f the meaning o f each word, and with a care to notice the beauty o f changing vowel sounds and recurring consonant sounds. It is childish to consider these things, you think; the truth o f such a statement may be THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 35 granted at once, fo r all appreciation, from which we derive the greatest portion o f our enjoyment, is essentially childish; our sus­ pense as we hang upon the tones o f a violin; our love o f beauty o f color in a picture; our worship; all are childish, fo r the kingdom o f art, like the kingdom o f heaven, must be entered as a little child. Approach this poem, then, with the purpose o f finding in it all its music; read and re-read it until the whispering silence o f the first line, o f the “ Sunset and evening star” , the clear flute-like tone o f “ And one clear call fo r me,” the slow majestic line o f the second stanza, with its suggestion o f vastness and eternity, the cadence o f the first two lines o f the third stanza which falls as the evening itself falls, and the triumphal march music o f the last four lines have sung themselves into your heart. I f you have never before stopped to consider the musical beauty o f the poem, you will be surprised not only at the sheer beauty o f the poet’s creation, but at the wonderful fitness o f the music o f the verse to the thought he is expressing. This, then, is one o f the things which we should always con­ sider in reading the work o f any poet whose work is o f real value— the music o f the verse. I f we do this, we have taken the first step toward the appreciation o f poetry. Most poetry is not only musical but picturesque. Even the poet whose aim is to present a great moral or spiritual truth does so by means o f a concrete picture or story. It is the business o f the reader who would read intelligently and with appreciation to try to visualize the picture the poet is presenting until it is as vivid in his own mind as it was in that o f the poet. Let us stop for just a moment on the picture which Tennyson has presented to us here: the lone traveler, at the end o f his long road; behind him, lying purple in the gathering dusk the mountains o f achievement, up whose eastward slopes he so eagerly and firmly climbed, and down whose westward-reaching slopes he has so painfully and slowly tottered; the white sands about him touched with bronze by the light o f the setting sun; his bent figure outlined against the dull turquoise o f the sea, as he falters toward the black hulk whieli lies tugging at anchor, eager to be gone; and beyond him, the path o f gold which the setting half-disk o f the sun makes across the whis­ pering waves; as he.creeps toward the shore, the sun slowly sinks below the ocean’s rim; the grim hulk o f death lies black against a blaze o f riotous color; which slowly fades; twilight creeps greyly over the sea, until all the sky is black, with one faint touch o f color in the west; the winds begin to come in cool from the sea, and the waves to whisper louder around the shores o f the little harbor; but 36 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD the black bark tugs to be away with the outgoing tide; the evening bell rings from the ship; the voices o f friends are about the wan­ derer in the dusk, bidding him farewell and God speed, but not with moans or sobs; he answers them with words o f trust and hope, and takes his solitary place in the boat; slowly it fades from sight; only the silent starry night with its one red gleam o f hope in the west, remains. “ The calm majestic presence o f the. night, from which we learn to bear what others have borne before.” The last and greater factor in our appreciation o f literature, and especially o f poetry, is the correct and complete apprehension o f the author’s thought— o f the meaning o f the poem— o f the moral, if you will insist upon using a disagreeable word. It is the catching o f that deeper and mysteriously vital thing which is to these other qualities o f literature as the soul is to the body. For if there is any thing that, from the time o f the Hebrew prophet-poets to the present, had added dignity and worth to what might else have been a frivolous pursuit o f the merely pretty, it is the fact that the great thinkers, the great seers, and the great prophets o f the world have often used the poetic form fo r the embodiment o f their great ideas. The message— the meaning— o f this simple poem o f Tennyson’s may be at first sight, and perhaps is obvious. The poem is inspired with faith and trust in the great Pilot o f the seas o f Eternity. But here, as in any other work, we have failed to catch the full force and beauty o f the thought if we have failed to consider it in the light o f the racial, the historical, and the personal forces o f which it was an outgrowth. For really great poetry is the expression o f a soul so big that the man who produced it is worth our attention. Not only so, but really great poetry is the expression o f the race by which it was produced, and o f the great thought tendencies o f the age in which it was produced. Let us see what were some o f the forces out o f which the thought o f this poem grew. Death, noble or ignoble, is strong in its emotional appeal to all nations and races; this appeal has given rise to the ever-present melodrama; but it is only the northern mind, bred in a land o f win­ ter mists'and fogs, o f sudden returning springs, encompassed by the vast solemnity o f the sea, a racial mind forever weighed down by the burden o f the mystery o f all this unintelligible world, in which we find this peculiar strong melancholy delight in trying to send the mind before and solve the problems o f the unknown. The mind o f the northern races, if it may be occupied with action, fills up all the time until the moment o f death full o f moving life; but if it has time- THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 37 to think, it is greatly occupied with the thought o f what dreams may come in that sleep o f death. The Teuton has little o f the gay and dauntless spirit which is so well typified by Hugo’s Courfeyrac,who, happening to see a cat as he was dying, said— “ First, the good God made rats. When he saw his work he said ‘Hello, here’s a pretty mistake in creation!’ and so he made cats to balance the universe.” The minds o f the men o f northern Europe are more likely to face death as Hamlet faced it, with a speculation— “ The rest is silence.” In the very topic which Tennyson has here chosen, we may see, I think, an attitude and a tendency which is character­ istic o f his whole race. His poem is the voice o f the whole race, rather than that o f a single man. Let us see what were some o f the other forces at work in the poet’s mind in the production o f his poem. Why did he choose the sea as the symbol o f eternity. Because Englishmen have always loved the sea, and have always looked upon it as the type o f the Great Beyond. Tennyson knew what the first picture in all our English literature is that o f a band o f warriors, carrying the body o f their dead king down to the seaside, where In the roadstead was rocking (ringed its stem was) 'Ic y and outbound, an aetheling’s craft. And there they laid their lord beloved, That breaker o f bracelets in the bark’s broad bosom, Most mighty by the mast. Many the jewels, And fair the fret-work fetched from far. * * * * * * * * * * * Beside him they set his standard all golden High o’er his head; let heaving sea have him, To the sea they sent him. Sad was their spirit, And mourning their mind. Tennyson knew that the people to whom he was writing, the English people, had been from the very earliest time lovers o f the sea. That in their very earliest literature they had spoken o f it with many quaint and endearing epithets. That to the Englishman the sea had been playground, protector, and power. That love o f the sea marked all English thought and poetry right up to his own time, when we find to mention but one among many, Byron with his tremendous Apostrophe to the Ocean. What then are the thoughts' which are called up in the poet’s mind by the thoughts o f putting out to sea? Nothing but the most pleasant ones. He could not 38 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD have picked a symbol more suitable for the expression o f faith and trust than the one he has here chosen. I f space permitted, we might be able to discover some o f the other thoughts that were at the back o f the poet’s mmd in the composition o f this work in his own earlier works; the noble pic­ ture, for instance, in the Morte D’Arthur, where the wounded king sets out across the mere in the black veiled barge which is to bear him to the island o f Avilon; or that other in Ulysses, where the an­ cient mariners, weak and old, but still, undaunted, set out m the night and in the teeth o f the rising winds to seek the islands o f the blessed; or the heart-broken sob o f that most precious o f his lyrics “ Break, break, break.” But they must be passed with mere mention that we may come to one other characteristic o f his thought that makes it worthy o f our consideration. . This poem is not only a great expression o f faith, but it is a great expression o f faith in an age o f doubt— in an age when the strongest loss their grip on God, when Tennyson himself was shak­ en. It was the final word in a life which has passed from despair „ through doubt to faith. We should remember that this was the great age o f science— the age when the doctrines o f evolution, the greatest scientific synthesis in the world’s history since the discovery o f gravitation, was first produced. It was an age when materialism was rampant, and when death to most thinking men meant the absolute blotting out o f all. It was an age in which Swinburne wrote o f death: There moon or star shall waken, Nor any change o f light, Nor sound o f waters shaken, Nor any sound or sight, Nor wintry leaves nor vernal, Nordays nor things diurnal, Only the sleep eternal In an eternal night. It was the age in which Matthew Arnold wrote those despair­ ing lines o f Dover B each' The Sea o f Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore Lay like the folds o f a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear It’s melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles o f the world. THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD The world, says this characteristic author, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain-; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms o f struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night. Even Tennyson, strong hearted poet o f faith as he was, iron his faith as by the test o f fire. Spring and Summer and Autumn and Winter, and all these old revolutions o f earth; All new-fangled revolutions o f Empire— change o f the tide—what is all o f it worth? What is it all, if we all o f us end but in being our own corpsecoffins at last, Swallowed in Vastness, lost in Silence, drowned in the depth» o f a meaningless past? What but a murmur o f gnats in the gloom, or a momenta anger .of bees in their hive? Again, in a tremendous image, he voices the weakness o f his iaith: I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight o f cares Upon the great world’s altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands o f faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord o f all, And faintly trust the larger hope. The little poem, Crossing the Bar, is the last and finest ex­ pression o f thé message o f faith which he gave to world, when he had worked out his own salvation through the process o f all heal­ ing time. He requested that that poem be placed last in all author­ ized editions o f his work, as his final word concerning life and death— a word which is great not only fo r its character, but fo r its defiance o f the spirit o f the age in which it was produced, and as indicating the final triumph o f the good in the life, o f its author. I have taken this course not so much fo r the purpose o f point- 40 THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD ing out the merits and beauties o f this particular poem, upon which I have scarcely begun to touch, but rather as suggesting a method by which in our reading and study we may and should approach poetry for the greatest enjoyment and appreciation. We should bear in mind three things: that great poetry is musical, that great poetry is picturesque, and that great poetry is thoughtful. The music o f poetry is best to be appreciated by intelligent and sym­ pathetic reading aloud; the picture by allowing the imagination to dwell lovingly, on its details, and the thought by considering it in relation to the life o f the author, o f his race, and o f his age. Even such a, f imple plan o f study as this, should, I hope, aid teachers in graded and country schools toward a finer appreciation o f the lit­ erary masterpieces which it may be their good fortune to teach— toward that true appreciation o f the really fine, which is at the basis o f all really successful teaching o f literature. %msa THUMB NAIL SKETCHES By Students I—THE APPLE WOMAN Among the many people, busily going about their business in the great city, one who held my attention fo r some time was a little old apple woman, searching fo r a good place to display her wares. She was clothed in a rusty brown dress, long and completely cov­ ering her ankles. From under the frayed edges o f her dress ap­ peared two tiny feet, clad in heavy, dark-brown, low-heeled shoes, well fitted for her daily occupation o f walking up and down the streets or standing on some busy corner. On her head she wore a pmn.11 dark bonnet o f no particular color, which was ornamented with a large black ribbon, which covered the entire hat in the back and on the left side. Eeveral curly locks o f gray hair had escaped from beneath her bonnet and clung to her forehead as if they loved to nestle there. Her large blue eyes which one could imagine to have been bright, beautiful and twinkling in her girlhood, were now dim and sorrowful, and her face was furrowed with deep lines o f care. Over her slightly stooped shoulders, she wore a black cape, heavily embroidered in a style o f long ago. Her hands were small and wrinkled and told a tale o f long years o f hard work and drudgery. II—THE GIRL She is slight and thin, with scanty gray hair. I often wonder THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD 41 if she does not envy the girls their youthfulness. I imagine she has had a rather hard road to travel, but she has a delightful laugh, and can find pleasure in many things. She is the kind o f person to whom I would instinctively go with my troubles. She is outspoken, but knows what she is talking about. I have wondered if she ever had any romance in her life. When she hears the other girls raving sentimentally I faney she looks a bit wistful. I wish she would tell me about her girlhood. III— THE HUNTER In the suburbs o f a well known town lives. an old man. His house, perhaps sixteen feet square, has but one room. It is sup­ ported by four barrels, one under each comer. Under the house sits the trusty dog, waiting his master’s return. Presently up the road comes the old man. Two gray eyes glitter like steel over cheeks nearly as white as the hair which flows down to his shoul­ ders. His nose is long and sharp. His clothes are thread-bare. On his head is a white sailor hat. He wears an old blue sailor suit, o f which he is very proud. He has no stockings and his shoes are al­ most worn out. 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