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Principal’s Letter to the A lu m n i____—

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Tt Was Forty Years A go *,_______________ ___L i Y _ ____ 2
Second Semester Opens January 21

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Summer Session— June 24—August 3 ____;_ ._ _ Y lY _____ ______ L 5
Courses Offered During the Summer Session ________ _;_ Y l __Y.?'’Y
Expenses for the Summer S e s s io n _____________, j f Y ________M 8
Registration fo r the Summer S e s s io n _Y . . . ________

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Rural School Training Y - - - - - - ____ Y Y - Y - _______ 1 _ {Y Y — ___ 9
Opportunity, for Student Teaching During .the Summer Session
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To the Class of ’89.

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, Thirty Years A go . Y - - Y - v ^ T 8 t — — - Y Y - - - _ - - _ Y Y i
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Dauphin Alumni Banquet ___!®W8_____ _ _ _ _ Y - ? Y - - - - Y - Y Y H
Adams County Alumni Hold a Top-Notch Meeting
Franklin County Alumni Meet

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Mifflin CoUnty Alumni Meet November 8 ____Y Y Y i Y
York County Alumni B a n q u e t

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Perry CoUnty Alumni Get Together ,;Y Y Y __ Y _ - :Y _ _ _____ ...

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A le tte r from Miss Horton Y _ . . . _______.^ _ Y y L— ^________ 14
Alumni Personals Y y -Y * --____Y Y ;___Y _ _ l Y _ _ _ Y § S y Y Y - w 15
Engagement Announcements _________ — __- _______ ___AY Y _ 21
Cupid’s Column ';_ Y Y ___*____ ________ :__ Y - - - , Y _______ _ 21
Stork Column Y '_ _________ Y _ _
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Obituary
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Rural Training School Centre, 1928-1929 !_ Y Y _ . _3&iia-2-___Y 25
EditOrial-^HFannaH?- A r K i e f f e Y Y Y - _ _ Y _J_________ _______ 26
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Contract Units and Individual Instruction.______ _______ _______

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Programs

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A Parent-Teacher Association for Every School in
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A School Council W o r k s ______ £_______________________ Y Y - - j y . 41
A Worthwhile Handwriting Projects

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.’The Rhythm Band - Y - 4 Y - - _______ -¿»r. y j g jjfrr
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; Registration Blank— Summer Session____ _____ _ Inside Back Cover

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PU BLISHED OCTOBER, J A N U A R Y , A P R IL A N D JU LY
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office, '
Shippenshurg, Pa.

M A R IO N H. B L O O D ^ p ------------—
Edi tor
A D A Y. HORTON, ’8 8 _______ -jig. Personal Editor
J. S. HEIGES, ’9 1 ____— Business Manager
Subscription Price 25 cents per year strictly in advance.
Single
copies 10 cents each. Address all .communications to THE
TEACHERS COLLEGE H ERALD , Shippenshurg, Pa. Alumni and
former members of the school will favor us by sending any items that
they thiinik would be interesting for publication.

VOLUME 33

JANUARY 1929

NUMBER 2

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
Dear Alumnus:
W e have just had our first “ Dad’s Day” sponsored by the Y. M.
and Y. W. C. A. The results were so satisfactory that we shall un­
doubtedly continue this new feature of our college life.
W e know
that the fathers who were with us enjoyed their visit. The foot ball
game was a good one, sharply contested from start to finish and the
dinner was all that could be désired. ‘ We are planning to have Moth­
er’s Day som etim e during the month of May and we do not doubt
that it too w ill be very successful.
Home Coming Day was largely attended by alumni from the even
numbered classes. While we all regretted that it was not possible to
invite all graduates this year, we were pleased that every one pres-,
ent was comfortably seated in the dining room and that the crowded
conditions that necessarily obtained last year were avoided. The
foot ball game with California State Teacher's College was closer
than the score (Shippenshurg 13, California 0) would indicate. Many
of our visitors enjoyed the hospitality of the Readers’ Club in the
library and the Womens’ Student Council in the dormitory. The din­
ner prepared under Miss McWilliam’s supervision was unusually good
and the two after-dinner toasts by Mr. W. A. Nickles, ’76 of Shippensburg and Mr. Raymond Bressler, ’04 of Harrisburg, Dept. Sec; of
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the gymnasium was attended by about three hundred of the alumni.
A fter considerable delay we have begun work on the extension to
the Women’s Dormitory and hope to have: it finished early in the
new year The State has purchased the tract of land on the east of
the campus from the Pennsylvania Railroad and arrangements and
plans for the new library are under way.
As noted elsewhere the meetings of the various county and city
alumni associations were unusually well attended and interesting.
The attendance at these banquets may rightly be regarded as a ba­
rometer of th'e interest of the alumni in the college.
We are glad to report that a fine group o f new students will
enter college at the beginning of the second semester, January 21.
We shall organize our work so as to make it possible fo r a new sec­
tion of these people to secure the branches: needed for the first semes­
ter, The incoming group will be made-up of students who will com­
plete courses in high school at the close of the first semester and who
wish to continue their work in'college without‘loss of time, and of
others who for various reasons were unable to enter in September.
As a number of our seniors will be graduated at the close of the first
semester, there will be rooms in the dormitories for a limited number
of new students.
We again call attention to the change in the date of the Alumni
Day Exercises, Please note that the Alumni exercises will be held
on Saturday, May 25. The classes of ’79, ’89, ’94, ’99, ’09, T9, and ’27
should arrange fo r their reunions at an early date. Of course other
classes will probably hold reunions but those listed above are on the
official roster. It is not a bit too early to begin preparations fo r a
big reunion.
Finally don’t forget that the six weeks summer session will open
June 24. Last year nearly one hundred alumni returned for advanced
work and took sublets leading to the completion of the College
Courses. We shall offer a still greater variety of courses this sum­
mer. I f you are interested please write us telling us what subjects
you are interested in taking and wie will be able to advise you as to
the opportunities open to you. Preliminary announcements appear
in f^his number of the Herald, but the April number will have a de­
finite outline of the courses that will be offered.
Wishing all of you a very happy and prosperous New Year, I am
Fraternally yours
Ezra Lehman, ’89

IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO
[This is the sixth of a series.-ofi eight articles under the above
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Those appearing in previous numbers of the Herald have dealt

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with the student body, and faculty, the school customs, the course®!
study, the literary .societies and the Model Schppiypf forty years ago.]
It is our purpose to deal with one of the “ celebrities” of Normal in
the days long sincllgone who will be remembered by the students of
more than forty years ago as well as by those of more recent tim e^ fo r
he Vas a trusted employe of the institution for many years^B
The writer well remembers his first meeting with this man on a
September morning in 1887,
He was walking around through the
corridors of the boys dormitory when a large colored man approached
with a tin bucket in his hand and a broom tucked under his arm.
1fo f
smiled good naturedly upon the homesick boy and asked—JÉWhat’s
yore name?”
On being informed he asked “ Where’d you hail from ?”
He then asked “ D’yo know Spiderweb?” . The boy professed ignor­
ance.
“ Yo ought to know him, he’s from the same plabjgjwhere you
come from.”
Further investigation revealed that the boy did know
“ Spiderweb”— a former student from his- ;home neighborhood.
This
was our first acquaintance with Reuben Reed, janitor and caretaker—
but personal and intimafe friend of every student.
He was a former
slave who just after the close of the Civil W ar had come north from
Virginia and soon found an anchorage in the Normal School from
which he did not depart until the infirmities of age made it necessary
fo r him to return to the Southland to die.
Though he could neither read nor write Reuben remembered
every student who had attended the school during the time of his own
connection -with it.
He gave each boy a nickname and the names:
were peculiarly appropriate, dealing with physical or mental charaçteristicsfiuch as size, color of hair, temperament, etc.
The writer re­
calls some of' these : “ Pee-wee,” ’Tiny” -, “ Mosquito bar” , * Hornet ,
¡¡Bumble bee’!, “ Lazarus” , “ R ed dlpS 'M u leyW B ab e’’, “ N ib S , “ T o b a ^
co” , “ Jumbo” , “ Mix it” , etc., e tc — and these names stuck.
Many of
the older classes at their reunions call the roll of distinguished law­
yers, doctors, preachers, business men, and superintendents by using
the names, that Reuben gave years ago.
No member of the faculty or student body identified himself so
thoroughly with the school as did Reuben.
He lived for it— He sor­
rowed when a student was sent away from school, or when the op­
posing team won in football, basketball or baseball.
He insisted in
being included in every photograph of an athletic team not only be­
cause he fe lt it was his due but because he believed his presence was
necessary to secure good luck. The writer remembers that years later
when he fas faculty manager of the football team, through an over­
s ig h t, Reuben was not included with the .squad when the first photo­
graph was taken. He was much concerned about the omission and con­
fided to students and faculty that “ There’s gone to be bad luck
with the team.”
W e did lose the first two games.
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to get a second photograph of the squad and this time Reuben was
included..
We won a ll the other gameS.*and Reuben came to me at
the close of the season and said, “ Didn’t I tell you them hants would
knock things if I wasn’t there to keep them out.”
He was a natural mimic and could reproduce not only the actions
but the tone of voice and facial expression of others with an exact­
ness that was almost uncanny.
He was very superstitious and be­
lieved that the “ hants” were likely to plague anyone who incurred their
enmity.
He mimicked one of the employees of the school who suffer­
ed from rheumatism.
Shortly afterward Reuben himself was simi­
larly afflicted and so sure was he that the “ hants” were revenging
themselves upon him that he could never be persuaded to repeat his
mimicry of a rheumatic person.
He was caretaker of students’ watches, money, and other property
and not a cent was,'ever lost.
He carried notes from both sides of
the building and it is entirely likely that in those days o f strict dis­
cipline he winked at many infractions of the letter of the law.
The
only compensation he expected for, his services was a turkey from the
boys and a ton of coal from the girl's at Christmas.
Nothing pleased
him more than to be put on the program for the literary societies, for
a banjo or guitar solo.
He appeared in a minstrel’s costume, thump­
ed the banjo and frequently let forth a joyous “ Y i yi” at the top of
his voice.
The only infraction of the rules of which he was ever
known to be guilty was, the playing of “ seven up’S-the only card
game he knew and many of the “ old boys” will still remember his
exclamation of joy when he won the game.
But the pissing years exacted their toll and Reuben began to fail
physically and mentally.
He suffered the tortures of inflammatory
rheumatism and his mind began to fail.
He could no longer remem­
ber the men and women that he had known in the years that had gone.
Nothing was more pathetic than to note his perplexed smile as he was
greeted by the old “ boys” on their return to the school.
He tried to
gather the wandering memories .of by-gone days, but all in vain.
When it was .eyident that his days of service were rapildly com­
ing to an end, Mr. Henry Baish, Secretary of the Teachers Retire­
ment System and the writer planned to have him secure all possible
benefits from the pension system established by the State that Reuben
had served so faithfully.
Fortunately he was physically able to remain in service long
enough to make possible his retirement on a comfortable annuity. He
was one of the first to profit by the State Retirement System.
The
last years of his life were spent at the home of his daughter in Eliza­
beth City, North Carolina where he passed peacefully away.
So ended the life of one of the most loyal and faithful employees
of the old school.
Everyone who knew him loved him.
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the speakers at a class reunion said a few years ago, “ The only thing
that was black about Reuben Reed was his skin; his heart was as white
as driven snow” .
The writer hopes that some time some Alumnus or some class may
erect a suitable memorial to this fine old man who was weighed in
the balances many times and never found wanting.
(The April Herald will deal with Commencement and the closing
days o f the, school session forty years ago.)

SECOND SEMESTER JANUARY 21
The attention of students who will complete a four year high
school course at the clospjof the first semester or who though qualified
could not arrange to enter last September, is called to'the opportuni­
ties open to them here at the session that opens January 21.
On that date new classes will bef'jprganized in the following
fields:
Two year course in the primary-kindergarten, intermediate, or
rural group.
Pour year course (B. S.) in Elementary Supervision.,
Pour year course (B. S.) in preparation for teaching in Junior or
Senior High Schools.
As a number of students w ill be graduated at the close of our
first semester, we will be able to furnish dormitory accommodations
to about twenty new students,. These w ill be engaged in advance of
the opening of the secondes,emester. We therefore urge all who ex­
pect to enter on January 21 to register just as soon as possible.
The expenses will, be: registration, fèe of five dollars payable
when a room is engaged.
The expense fo r Ijparding, furnished room,
laundry, sernester fee (including admission to games, concerts, eitc.)
for the eighteen weeks of the semester is $154.00.
Tuititfn: in all
courses is free.

SUMMER SESSION— JUNE 24— AUGUST 3
The six weeks Summer Session of the Shippensburg State Teach­
ers College will open Monday, June 24 and close Saturday, August 3.
The session opens later than usual in order to accommodate teachers
who are teaching ten month terms,
As noted elsewhere the usual courses, in the two year groups will
be given to afford teachers who have not completed the course an
opportunity to take work required for graduation.
The number of
teachers lacking standard certification is comparatively small, and
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courses that will bring them six or seven hours nearer graduation from
one of the two year courses.,.
Buife.an increasingly larger number of the Summer School
students will be made up of those who already hold a State Standard
certificato or who have been graduated in the two or the three year
courses.
Thes||§tudents are successful teachers who are anxious' to
fit themselves?:for ,|till better positions by taking advanced work lead­
ing to the college degree.
Such students will note the courses offeredfin the advanced two year course and in the course, fitting fo r teach­
ing in Junior and Senior High Schools.
A ll of these courses lead to
the eollegiateldegree (B. Sign Education),.. Nearly one hundred of
theselftudehtS: were with us last) year and indications point to a still
larger number this year.
We urge all who are interested to register
at Once and to fill out the blank on the back page Of the Herald.
If
this information is given early, we cafj|arrange to give every course
listed.
We will offer the branches needed for the following grades
of certificates:
1. Renewal of the partial elementary certificate.
These
branches will all count toward the State Standard Certificate and
the graduation from the two year course in the Primary-Kinder­
garten, Intermediate, or Rural School Group.
Certain of these
branches also count||oward the completion of the four year (B. S.)
. course.
W e shall offer a large number of studies that count directly
toward the completion of the advanced two year (B. S.) course.
A list* of these subjects is given elsewhere.
2. Subjects required for. the State Standard Certificate. These'
branches may also be credited toward the two year Normal
■> Certificate». .
3. Subjects' required for the two year certificate in PrimaryKindergarten, Intermediate or Rural Groups.
4. Subjects required for the advanced two year (B. S.j course.
Open to graduates o f the two year Normal School course.
5. Subjects required for the Four Year Curriculum (B. S.) in
Education.
(This course fits for^supervisory positionJiand
prineipalships of elementary schools, ward buildings etc.)
6. Subjects for the Four Year Curriculum (B. S.) in Prepara­
tion for Teaching in Junior High Schools.
7. Special courses open to those holding Standard, Normal
School or College'certificates), who Wish to give special attention
to some phase of educational work.

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COURSES OFFERED DURING THE SUMMER SESSION
The following
Session:

subject^ w ill be

offered

during the . summer

Group 1— May be credited toward the. Renewal- of Partial
Elementary Certificate, State Standard Certificate, and the State
Teachers College two year certificate.
Credit allowed
'2 1 s. H.
1. Oral Expression"
s. H.
2. Hand W r it in g _________________________ ___l
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s. H.
3. Physical Education
3
s. H.
4. Psychology arid Child Study
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s. H.
5. English II
s. H.
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6. Music II
7. A rt II
l!/a;. s. H.
..2
s. H.
8. Nature Study
3
s , . H.
9. Teaching of Primary Reading
2
s. H.
10. Teaching of Number
s. H.
11. Educational Sociology
s. H.
12. Children’s Literature and Story Telling ____3
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s, H.
13. Educational Measurements
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s. H.
14. Health End Hygiene
6
s. H.
15. Student Teaching in Training School _
s. H.
16. Teaching of Primary S u b jects--------- _____ 4
3
s.- H.
17. Teaching of Arithmetic
3
s. H.
18. Teaching of Geography
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s. H.
19. Teaching of Social Studies (H istory)
3
s. H.
20. Teaching of English
3
s. H.
21. Teaching o f Reading
Courses 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 may also be credited toward
The followthe completion of the Advanced Two Year 'Curriculum,
ing subjects may also be credited to this curriculum:
S. H.
22. English Literature
3
s. H.
23. American Government
. s. H.
24. Advanced -Composition______________.______
25. History and Organization p i Education an.'1:;
2
s. H.
Pen n SyM ania_
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3
s. H.
..- 26. Principles of Education
A L L of the above named twenty-six courses, except courses 21
and 24, may be credited to the completion of the Four Year Curricu­
lum in Elementary Education for Class Hoorn Teachers (B. S. in Educa­
tion: A course for supervisors and principals:of elementary schools).
Courses 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, count toward the
completion of the Four Year Course for the Preparation of Junior
High School Teachers.
This carries with it the B. S. degree and

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In addiqualifies for teaching in the Junior or Senior High School,
tion, the following courses will he offered in this curriculum
H.
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27. Educational Psychology
s. H.
28. History and Appreciation of M u s ic ______ 2
s. H.
29. History and Appreciation of A r t __________ 2
H.
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30. Short S t o r y ------------ -— ■■
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s. H.
31. Dramatic English ---------s. H.
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32. Educational Biology ------_3
s. H.
33. Geology |----------------------s. H.
34. Economics ------------------- __________________ 3
35. Mathematical Analysis, Course 4, (Differen_3
s. H.
tial and Integral Calculus)
3.
s. H.
36. Teaching of Mathematics
s. H.
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37. World ProblemSin Geography
The following courses will be given if elected by a sufficient
number:
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1 * ,2,
S.. H.
American Literature--------------------3
S. H.
Economic Biology --------------— r----3
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S. ’ H.
American History
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S. H.
Human G eograp h y----- ------------ — |
s; H.
Philology and Grammar W
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s. H.
Mathematics, I, (College Algebra)
s. H.
3.
Contemporary Poetry
s. H.
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History of Edu cation ------------- ---3
s. H.
French— Third Year — --------------Students ha've the privilege., o f carrying three courses but, under
no conditions can more than seven semester hours (S. H .) of work be
carried.
It will be a great convenience if students registering for the
Summer Session will indicate at the time of registration the courses
they wish to take.
In this way ample provision can be made to
meet their needs.

EXPENSES FOR THE SUMMER SESSION
Tuition is free to all students who expect to teach in Pennsylvania.
The expenses to boarding students are limited to the ten dollar regis­
tration fee payable when a room is assigned and forty-eight dollars
fo r board, furnished room, light, laundry, and nurse’s and doctor’s
services in the infirmary when necessary for a period of three days
or less.
The charge to day students is the registration and service fee of
$12.50 for the session.
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cost for these items should not exceed seven dollars.
The attention of all students is called, to the fact that an extra
fee of one dollar will be charged those who register after Tuesday
June 25.
AH fees and expenses must be paid before the student will be ad­
mitted to classes unless a special arrangement to the contrary is made
with the Principal.
I f a student is unable for any reason to enter College for the
Summer Session the registration fee will be returned provided notice
of inability to enter is given not later than June 10.
No registration
fee will be returned after that date.
Attention is called to the catalogue regulation: “Students will not
be allowed to board outside the building except with parents or near
relatives.-5 By “near relatives” is meant brother or sister, uncle or
aunt, or grandparents.
As all boarding students can be accommodat­
ed in our dormitory during the summer session., this rule will be
strictly enforced.

REGISTRATION FOR THE SUMMER SESSION
Students are registering in large numbers fo r the Summer Ses­
sion.
The assignment of rooms will not be made before April 1 but,
as rooms are assigned strictly in the order in which registrations, are
received, it is greatly to the advantage of the student to register
early.
Practically all who register in January or even in the early
part of February will be able to secure front rooms in the Women’s
Dormitory. Those who register prior to March 1 will probably be able
to secure rooms on the second floor of the dormitory.
Where students^ designate persons with whom they wish to
room they must see to it that the person indicated registers prom pt!;.
I f Mary Jones registers on January 15 and indicates that she wishes
to room with Jenny Brown, she will be granted that permission, but
if Miss Brown does not register until February 1, both registrations
will be regarded as of that date and Miss Jones will lose the advantage
that her earlier registration would have secured for her.
For this
reason, be sure to have your prospective room mate register at the
time that you do.
A registration blank will be found on inside page
of back cover.

RURAL TRAINING SCHOOL
Pleasant Hill one teacher training school will be open during the
six weeks of the summer session.
The school offers an opportunity
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special demonstrations^in grades one to eight will be given before
the college methods’ clas|ga9|
Two types of clasfland study programs will be used—the typical
program for one teacher schools and the Shippensburg Adaptation
of the; Contract Plan for Class and Seat work in one teacher schools.
The latter will be of interest to experienced teachers who are eager
for new ideas.
This work will bevjn charge of Miss Hannah A.
Keiffer, Director o f Rural Education.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENT TEACHING
DURING SUMMER
The Campus Training School will be in operation during the six
weeks of the Summer Session.
Opportunity will thus be afforded
for student teaching in all grades to a limited number of students.
As it will not be possible to accommodate all applicants, those who
wish this opportunity are urged to apply at once, indicating the group
or grades in which student teaching is desired.
Such persons will be
informed whether it is possible to give them the opportunity sought.

TO THE CLASS OF ’89
Dear Classmate:
This is just another reminder of the fact that our class will cele­
brate the fortieth anniversary of its graduation on Saturday, May 25
at 11 o’clock A. M.
Mrs. Lehman and I want to have you and your w ife or husband,
if you have one, as our guests at a luncheon at that time— and we want
a one hundred percent attendance.
Time has dealt kindly with us as
preient records show that only three of our forty-two members have
crossed the “ Great Divide” .
We want you to set aside Saturday, May 25 for a trip to Ship­
pensburg.
Underline it in red and say to yourself “ I ’m going to be
present at that re-union if it’sjjhumanly possible for me to be there.”
Come back and revive the memories of .forty years ago.
We want
the class prophetess to tell us just how good a prophet she was in the
distant past and we shall have the secretary call the roll and have
the annals brought up to date,. Let’s make it the finest and best re­
union ever staged by a forty year class! W rite to the other members
of the class with whom you were most imtimately acquainted forty
years ago and impress upon them the importance of being present on
this big occasion.
I shall write a letter to you personally in the course of a month
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Finally don’t forget the date: SATU R D AY, M A Y
Fraternally yours,
Ezra Lehman

THIRTY YEARS AGO
June next will mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Class of
1899.
Every member of the Class should be looking forward to' our
Reunion and plan to be present if at all possible.
Arrangements have
been started fo r an enjoyable banquet. In ’24 we had a splendid group
of those who returned.
Let us increase the number next June.
I will Be glad to hear from you that you expect to be back, and in
due course we will be able to tell you more of our plans.
Frank L. Swigert, President,
616Mariner and Merchants Bldg.,’:}}
Philadelphia, Pa.

DAUPHIN COUNTY ALUMNI BANQUET
Alumni of Shippensburg State Teachers’ College attending the
Dauphin County Institute were guests Thursday night, October 19, at
the annual banquet of the Dauphin County Alumni Association in
Zwingli Hali|5 Harrisburg.
One hundred and seven alumni and
friends attended.
Entertainment was furnished by students from the- ’school who
went to Harrisburg especially fo r the occasion, Ross Neagley played
two violin solos and a trio of girls, Jennie Longbrake, Ethel Bittinger
and Mary Killian, sang. They were accompanied by Miss Clarissa
Randall, head of the school music department.
Mary Hoover, gave
a reading.
Dr. Lee L. Driver, deputy state superintendent of public instruc­
tion, personal friend of James Whitcomb Riley, gave an address on
the Hoosier poet and recited a number of his poems.
Dr. Ezra Leh­
man, president, brought greetings from the college and Dr. Clyde H.
Garwood, superintendent, represented the Harrisburg schools.
H. H.
Shenk ,archivist in the state museum, was toastmaster, and M. O.
Billow, of the William Penn High School faculty, retiring president
of the Association, was in charge.
In the election of officers, Dr. Raymond G. Bressler,- deputy state
secretary of agriculture, was made president; P. L. Hocker principal of
the Steele Building Harrisburg, vice president; Jessie Wright, Steelton, re-elected secretary ,and John F. Kob, city school principal,
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ADAMS COUNTY ALUMNI HOLD TOP-NOTCH
MEETING
Adams County Alumni, under the able leadership of Assistant
County Superintendent J. P. Slaybaugh, went over the top to the
tune of one hundred and twenty-five at their banquet on Tuesday
noon, November 13.
The banquet was served by the ladies of the
Methodist Church and was admirably arranged.
Charles Taylor, Principal of the Arendtsville Schools, was toast
master and made art excellent presiding officer.
Dr. Lehman, Dr.
Heiges, and Prof. Grove spoke on various phases of the College life
and growth!'
Superintendent Shank was particularly happy in his
remarks dealing with the number of teachers from Shippensburg who
have comefio Adams County.
The toast master called on Wilson
Hummelbaugh, a teacher of& iifty years experience to stand.
He
was given a hearty round of applause.
Eight Alumni of Millersville
and West Chester in attendance were also welcomed in a similar man­
ner.
The banquet came to an end with the singing of Alma Mater.
The following officers were re-elected: President, J. P. Slaybaugh,
’16, Gettysburg; Vice President, Leslie Stock, 21, Biglerville; Secre­
tary, Helen Drais Taylor, ’21, Arendtsville, Pa.

FRANKLIN COUNTY ALUMNI MEET
Eighty-seven Alumni from Franklin County and invited guests
sat down to the annual banquet'm the basement of the St. Johns .Re­
formed Church, Chambersburg, Wednesday noon (11:40-2:00), Novem­
ber 21.
This was a very good attendance when it is realized that
none of the teachers of Chambersburg and Waynesboro were able to
be present since the schools of these towns were in session.
Monroe Gobrecht of the Pannett Township High School presided
and presented the following persons all of whom spoke briefly: Dr.
Lehman and Dr. Heiges of the College, Drs. Tapie and W right and
Mr. McDowell of the institute instructors, Mr. Rosenberry, State Di. rector of Music, and Superintendent Gordy of ¿Chambersburg.
A
quartette consisting of Messrs. M. D. Wolfe, Richard W olf, Wallace
Stees and David Brandt of th e.College rendered several vocal selec­
tions.
Miss Arnold and Miss Randall were also in attendance.
Thglfollowing, officers were elected for the next year: President,
Charles Gentzler; Vice President, Jacob L. Brake; Secretary-Treas­
urer, Miss Gail Walker,
The meeting was closed with the singing of the Alma Mater.

MIFFLIN COUNTY ALUMNI MEET NOVEMBER 8
The meeting of the M ifflin County Alumni Association was a
most enthusiastic and successful one.
Promptly at 6 o’clock, Thurs-

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day evening, November 8, sixty of the graduates and invited guests
sat down to a fine bantjuet at the Coleman House, Lewistown. William
A. Lynn, class of 1901, presided.
Dr. Lehman spoke of the progress
of the cpilege and brought the greetings- of th© student body and
faculty to the M ifflin County graduates.
Rev. Hunter Riddle and
Senator Horace Culbertson also spoke.
A t the conclusion of the p|anquet* several hours were devoted to
dancing and bridge.
The officers elected for the next year are:
President Paul S. Lehman, Esq. ’21
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Secretary Mrs. Thelma McBride Hess ’23
Treasurer' Miss Cecelia Gottschalk ’26
A number of graduates: from Juniata County were also present.

YORK COUNTY ALUMNI BANQUET
The York County Alumni can always be depended upon to have a
good reunion.
The get-together meeting held Wednesday noon,
November 28 at Ralph’s Restaurant was fully up to the; standard, but
a few of the regulars from Hanover were missed because of their
inability to come'to York for a nopn meeting.
President W. G. Fishel presided and called upon all present to
stand and identify themselves.
The College was represented by
Dr. Heiges, Prof. Shearer, and Dr. Lehman.
Because of the limited
time available fo r the meeting Dr. Lehman was the only speaker.
He brought greetings from the college'and told of its present condi­
tions and future prospects.
The association sent its best wishes to
Miss Horton who is about to retire after a service of almost forty
years.
The following officers were elected: President, Portis A.
Smith ’07, Wellsville, Pa.; Vice President, A. C. Rawhouser ’86, York,
Pa.; Secretary, Mary Heiges ’28 York, Pa. Treasurer, George K au ff­
man ’25, York, Pa.

PERRY COUNTY ALUMNI GET-TOGETHER
We clip the following, which is self explanatory, from The
Evening News.
N E W BLOOMFIELD, Dec 8,-—A feature of the teachers’ insti­
tute, which was not on the program, was the banquet at noon
Thursday of the Perry County Alumni Association of Shippensburg
State Teachers’ College.
The banquet was served by the women
of the Methodist Church, in the social hall of the church.
C. Robert Coyle, principal of the Marysville>s:phools, who is presi­
dent of the Perry County Alumni Association, was toastmaster.
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of the class of 1891, and the oldest graduate present;: Miss Mary R.
Harris, who has been for twenty years principal of the model school of
Shippensburg Normal School, and . County Superintendent D. A.
Kline.
Two members of the class of 1902 were present who had marched
together at the tim a o f their commencement.
They were Miss M.
Zula Swartz, tacher of the primary school at New Bloomfield, and
Charles Ober, of New Buffalo* Perry County, who is now postal mail
clerk in Harrisburg.
The toastmaster called on them to give their
class yell, which they did to the great amusement of those present.
The exercises closed with singing “ My Alma Mater.”
There were
sixty-four members of the Perry County Alumni Association present.
C. Robert Coyle, of Marysville, was re-elected president of the
association, and Professor Swan, of Landisburg, was re-el'e.fted vicepresident.
Miss Irene Ritter, of Loysville, was elected secretary and
treasurer.

A LETTER FROM MISS HORTON
Dear Herald Readers:
I was graduated from this normal school (it ’s college now) in the
class of ’88.
A fter teaching in Cumberlaiid county for seven years
I returned to the school in the spring of ’95, the year the normal be­
came twenty-one years old, and I have been here ever since with the
exception of a few months in the year 1920-21.
The first Herald
was published in July 1896 and I was chosen Personal Editor in
October, 1896, a position that I have held until the present time,
With
this (January)'numbfir my official connection with the Herald ceases,
as I have now reached the retiring age and will leave the College on
the first of February.
I want to thank'all. you good old friends who
have been so much help to me in my department by sending me notes,
and clippings and giving me personally much news for my columns.
Don’t forget the new Personal Editor, whoever he or she may be and
send in anything that you think may be o f interest to old graduates.
While I shall not be officially connected with the Herald any longer
yet I shall still be gathering news as I have opportunity, and I shall
wish to know whenever I happen to see you, whether you have changed
your name, your address, your occupation and the name and date of
arrival of the newest baby.
M y successor has my best wishes.
I shall be glad to furnish her
all the matter I can. • <
And now with the kindest regards and best wishes to all my old
friends for the New Year just starting, I shall officially (not really
though) bid you goodby.
Ada V. Horton, ’88
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’76 Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nickles celebrated their Golden Wedding
Anniversary on Wednesday evening November 28.
Mr.. Nickles was
graduated in the above named class.
It is interesting tp note that of
their six children, four of them are graduates of the college.
The
Herald wishes for Mr. and Mrs. Nickles many more happy years.
’78 During the week of the Dauphin County Institute held in
October the Harrisburg Telegraph printed a photograph of Mr. Allen
Drawbaugh of St®lton, Pa. and gave the following short history
which we know our readers will be glad to read.
Allen Drawbaugh, who' is the oldest teacher in point of service at
the institute.
This is Mr. Drawbaugh’s 47th at Dauphin county in-sti,
tutes, and previously he attended three in York county.
Mr. Drawbaugh has been teaching for the last fifty years and
never missed an institute in all of that time.
The first three years
of his; teaching were in York county, but the last 47 have been in
Steelton public schools. He has been teaching in the Fothergill school
since 1887, and has been principal ¿for the last twenty-five years.
Previous to teaching in the Fothergill school Mr. Drawbaugh taught
at the lower Baldwin school, Steelton.
Mr. Drawbaugh is a graduate of Shippensburg State Teachers’
College in the class of ’78.
He also attended the University of Penn­
sylvania.
He taught school 44 years without an absence.
His record
was broken six years ago when he was taken ill with influenza.
He has been assessor in the First ward of Steelton since 1888.
Mr. Drawbaugh stated that he could speak several foreign lan­
guages, which he picked up teaching the pupils in the Fothergill school.
He said that all of his pupils were foreigners.
He picked up the
foreign tongues teaching the pupils of the first grade and found it a
great help in making the young people understand.
Mr. Drawbaugh will be 70 years .fold October 28. - He lives at
2627 South Second street, Steelton.
This will be his last year of
teaching.
’80 Miss Carondelet B. Palm is employed in the Car Accountant’s
Office of the C, B. & Q. Railroad, Chicago, Illinois.
’82 W e learn that Mr. D. A. Fortna of whom we had not heard
for some time is located in Richmond, Va.
’86 We have the following clipping prom the News-Chronicle,
Shippensburg, Pa.
W. G. Watson, farmer at Amberson, will leave about December 11,
for Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan, Canada where he w ill operate a 360
acre farm.
Mr. Watson recently sold his farm in Amberson Valley to
Ray E.ckenrode, also of the valley.
Mr. Watson explained to a representative of the News-Chronicle
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’08 Mr. Roy Jackson is Principal of the Aliquippa High School
Woodlawn, Pa.
’08 Mrs. J. N. Crider (Mabèl Gettél) is located in New York this
year.
Her address is 6414 Woodside Avenue, Woodwise, Long Island,
N. Y„
’08 Mrs. Elizabeth Huston Fickes whose address we did not have
for some time is located at Massillon, Ohio.
’08 Miss, Janet Myers is a student at the Michigan State Normal
College, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Her address is 202 Normal Street,
’08 Miss Sue Spllenberger who taught for Several years in Ft.
Washakie, Wyoming is. now living in Newville, Pa.
’08 • Another one of whom we had not heard anything for dome
time U Ursula Sterner Kopp.
She is located at 638 Sedgewick Street,
Cumberland, Md,
’08 Mrs. Estella Sweigárd Cleland is teaching a rural school near
Newport. Pa.
’08MÌSS Laura Urich is’ Secretary to the Headmaster of the Har­
risburg Academy.’
’08 Mr. Walter G. Elicker, 36 East Clay Avenue^ Roselle Park, N.
J. is in the employ .of the Texas Oil Company.
’08 Mr. J. Harry Hoyert is teaching at Riverdale, Md., Box 153.
’08 We aré indebted to Mr. Earl H. Schaeffer for quite a few
missing addresses and new addresses of the class of ’08.. He worked
the list up very successfully when the class had its big time last'
June.
We wish to thank him through the Herald for his great help
to us in keeping our files corrected,- ’09 Professor Emory J. Middour, .assistant headmaster of the
Mereersburg Academy, was the principal: 'speaker at the regular meet­
in g a i the Franklin County Principals Association, which was held re­
cently at the Rouzerville Consolidated School building.
Mr. Middour spoke of the training of boys in the public schools
as well as in private, schools.
He Stressed the need of teachers
honoring the pupils instead of humoring them.
He paid a glowing
tributé®) thè late Dr. William Mann Irvine, headmaster of the Mercersburg Academy, and to his excellent work in placing the academy
in a high educational plane.
’09 We léarh that Charles; R. Jobe is living at Covina, California.
We have not learned in what he is engaged.
’10 Mrs,:,.Ava Newman H a rb S rt who taught for, some time at
New Brunswick, N. J., is now living at Titusville, N. J.
10 Mr. Ralph Beard is supervising principal of the school òf
Portage, Pa. Ralph spent.the day with us on Homecoming Day and re­
newed old acquaintances.
’10 Mr. Andrew Witherspoon o f whom we had not heard for
some time is located at 548 East 38th Street, Baltimore, Md.

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Mr. C. H. Zimmerman is principal of the Fairfield, Pa.
Miss Helen Hain, Marysville, Pa. is Chief Stenographer
of the State W elfare Department.
Mrs-.. Elizabeth Kriner Haiston is teaching in SelingsgroveMrs. Mary Pascoe Billings is living at 11 Sunset Lane, Colum­
Her husband is an army Captain.

’l l The Herald congratulates Mr. Harper P. Barton on his elec­
tion to the legislature from Fulton County. Though the county went
Republican on the national and state tickets! by a vote of two to one
Mr. Barton was elected on the Democratic ticket.
’12 Mrs. Viola McElhaire Charl'esworth is} teaching near Allen­
town, Pa.
Her address is 502 North 7th Street, Allentown, Pa.
’ 12 Mr. George Foreman of Hummelstown, Pa is teaching near
Lebanon, Pa.
’13 MrifelAnna Small Hoffman is living at 47 East Salisbury
Street, Williamsport, Md., where her husband is engaged' in business.
’13 Mr. Charles A. Diven 216 Pine Street, Clerenden, Va., is em­
ployed in the Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
’15 Mr. P. Earl Herting, 1601 Hummel Avenue, Camp Hill, Pa.,:
continues to be employed in the State Highway Department.
. ’ 16 Mr. Howard G. Etter of Waynesboro, Pa., made the address
of welcome to the Franklin County Principals’ Association which was
held recently in the Rouzerville Consolidated School Building.
’18 MrsjgLillian Baker Daniels is living in Newton, Pa., where
her husband is a minister.
’19 Mr. Bruce Mellingeriis:; teaching at Bradford, Pa.
’21 Mrs, Vivian Kough Hoffman is head of the English Depart­
ment in the Saltillo High School.
’21 Mrs. Phil Breon (Roxie Rahn) is another graduate with whom
we had gotten out of touch, but we find that she is living at 200 High
Street, Hanover, Pa.
’22 Mrs. Helen Brandt Caldwell Estfteaching Oakville Primary
this year.
’22 Mr. Snyder Alleman is a minister in Stephen City, Virginia.
’22 Mr. Lester Croftjis teaching this year in Bedford, Pa
’23 Roger Jones,ids Director of Physical Education in the Woodlawn, Pa., school system.
Mr. Jones received his B. S. degre^jfrom
Penn State in ’27, and iglnow taking graduate work at University of
Pittsburgh.
He also has charge of the after-school activities in
three of the Gymnasia of the Woodlawn schools.
Last year, in
these three gymnasia, Mr. Jones and his staff handled an aggregate
attendance of over 100,000 people,
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earned ’Varsity letters in three sports, football, basketball, and base­
ball.
’23 Mr. Harvey W arfel of Halifax is taking graduate work at
the University of Pittsburgh.
’23 Mr. Clair C. Kelley has been commissioned second lieutenant
in the Quartermaster Reserve of the U. S. Army. • He received his
examination from the reserve examining board at Borger, Texas.
Mr. Kelley after graduating at Normal also was graduated at Juniata
College.
A t present he; is athletic coach and teacher in the Bedford
High School.
’23 Miss Sara Upperman who has; been teaching at Enola for
several years has recently resigned her position at that place and
has gone to Pennington, N. J., where she has., been elected to teach
sixth grade.
’24 Mr. Meryl Hammond is teaching at South Langhorne, Pa.
’24 Mr. Harry D. Smith is employed in the Recorders Office at
Pheonixville, Pa.
’25 We learn that Mr. Edwin Craig has also been commissioned
second lieutenant with Mr. Kelley in the Quartermaster Reserve.
The appointment came from the examining board at Borger, Texas.
Mr. Craig is attending State College.
■’25 Clifford Smith, Woodlawn, Pa., is now teaching Mathematics
in the Harding High School of his home-town.
’25 Miss Flo Moyer is teaching the ChincSaValley Consolidated
School at Prescott, Arizona.
’25 Mrs. Myrtle Forry Kauffman is teaching grades one two and
three in the Hanover schools®||
’25 Mr. John Swan writes from 395 North 2nd Street, Jeannette,
Pa., that he is teaching 7 and 8 grades and is- principal of a four
room building at Harrison City, Pa.
Mr. Swan expects to organize,
or has already organized a Boy Scout Troop.
’26 Mr. Glenn “ Bud”, Bailey will receive his B. S. Degree from the
University of Pittsburgh in February.
’26 Mr. G riff Jones is teaching Biology and General Science in
the Harding High School Woodlawn, Pa. He will receive his B. S.
Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, in February.
’27 Miss Janet Wallace writes us that she is teaching English
Literature and a few classes in expression in the third t o 1the sixth
grades in the Braddock Schools.
Her mother has moved from
Thompsontown to Pittsburgh so she can live at home and go back and
forth to her school daily.
She likes her work very much.
Her ad­
dress is 343 Stratford Avenue E. East Pittsburgh, Pa.
’27 Miss Margaret Whorley of Shippensburg, Pa., has recently
been elected to teach 4, 5, 6 grades at Saltillo, Pa.
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onah Military Academy at Wenonah, New Jersey.
’27 Mr. Kenneth Basehore is teaching this year at Beaverdale,
Pa.
’28 Miss Sylvia Miller is teaching grades 7, 8, 9 at Sharon, Pa.
’28 Miss Ethelyn Bolan of S'nippensburg, Pa., is teaching at
Holsopple, Pa.
’28 Mr. Arthur Reary is teaching at Trout Run in Lycoming
County.
’28 Miss Gail A. Gorsuch is teaching 3rd grade in the Logan
Avenue, Schools, Glenolden, Pa. Her address is 39 East Knowles
Avenue, Glenolden, Pa.

ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
The engagement of Miss Florence Straley of Lewisberry a senior
at the college in the two year course and Mr. William Parthemer, ’25
also of Lewisberry, has recently been announced. W e have not learn­
ed the date of the wedding.

CUPID’S COLUMN
McMullen— Krall.
A t Plainfield, N. J., November 24., 1928 by
Rev. David John Stratt, Mr. Henry C, McMullen to Miss Georgia K.
Krall ’23.
They reside in East Orange, New Jersey.
Fernsler— Michael; A t Lebanon, Pa., June; 5, 1928, Mr. Russell
Fernsler to Miss Estetta Michaels ’22.
They reside at 427 North
11th Street, Lebanon, Pa.
Shetler— Huber.
A t Philadelphia, Pa. June 12, 1928, Mr. Kempter R. Shetler to Miss Gladys Huber ’24.
Their home will be at
7137 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Earley— Shenk. A t Newville, Pa., October 12,,:il928j by Rev.
Rasmussen, Mr. Carlyle William Early to Miss Miriam Shenk ’24.
They reside at Atlantic City, N. J.
Moore— Sutton.
A t Lewisberry, Pa., October 20, 1928 Rev. J.
Frederick Moore to Miss Anna V. Sutton ’27.
They reside at Lewis­
berry, Pa.
Allen— Moore. A t Maplewood, N. J., October 10, 1928, Mr. Paul
W. Allen to Miss Doris H. Moore,
Miss Moore was! assistant libra­
rian at the college fo r the past two years.
Kauffman— Forry.
A t Littlestown, Pa., June 23, 1928 by Rev.
H. H. Hartman Mr. Melvin Kauffman to Miss Myrtle E. Forry ’25.
They reside at 22 North Broad Street, Lancaster, Pa., where Mr.
Kauffman is assistant superintendent of the Home L ife Insurance
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Downey— Hollinger.
A t Waynesboro, Pa.,
November 1928,
Mr. Ira Downey to Miss Dessie M. Hollinger, ’00.
We have not
¡learned whore they will reside.
Smith— Newcomer. A t Philadelphia, Pa., August 2, 1928 Mr.
Paul W. Smith to Miss Mary Newcomer ’24.
They reside at 2003
Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
M yers^Roth. A t St|elton, Pa., November 29, 1928 Mr. Ernest
R. Myers to.Miss Elizabeth I. Roth.
Mr. Myers is at present a sopho­
more at the college in the four year course.
Hostetter— Booz. A t the home of the bride near Newburg, Pa.,
November 29, 1928, by Rev. Jay W. Yohe, uncle of the bride, Mr.
John Hostetler to Mi|| Helen M. Booz ’21.
They reside in Carlisle,
Pa., where Mr. Hostetter’ is employed by the Masland Company.
’ Basehor|}pClippinger.
A t Carlisle.}’ Pa., December 1, 1928, by
Rev. Ira S. Ernest, Mr. Kenneth Basehore .’27 to Miss Isabel Clippinger.
They reside at Beaverdale, Pa, where Mr. Basehore is a member of
the faculty of the
Bowman;—Ritter.
A t Shippensjurg, Pa., December 15, 1928,
Mr. John Bowman of State College, Pa., to Miss Dorothy Ritter ’25.
They will rbside in State;Cbllege, where Mr, Bowman is on the faculty
of Pennsylvania State College,

STORK COLUMN
- Breslfer.
A t Harrisburg, Pa., November 9„ 1928, born to Mr. and
Mrs. R. G. B reW er a son, Ryan Andrew.
Mr. Bressler was-gradu­
ated- in the c l a K f 1904 and is at present Deputy State Secretary of
Agriculture ' •
Slothower.
At,., the Harrisburg Hospital, November 10, 1928,
born to Mr. and Mis, Harry G, Silothower a daughter^' Mr. Slothower
was graduated in the c l a s ® 1^24 and Mrs. Slothowjgr was Marjorie
Strongfellow a former student of the college.
Foust,: A t the Anderon Hospital, Philadelphia, P f , ; November
5, 19||f, born to1,Mr. and Mrs, J. 11 Foust a son, John Clark, Jr., Mrs.
Foust wd§i M ill Rhea Hdflar ’09.
Neely.
A t the Annie M. Warner Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa.,
November, 1928 born to Mr. and Mrs. Wimbert B. Neely a son.
Mr.
.Neely w f t igraduated in th eelfiss of ’22 and Mrs. Neely was. Cleo
Conner .’22.

OBITUARY
E V A N S ’92
Mrs. Annie M. Keene (Evans) died January 8, 1928..
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(Evans) which took plheeEn January 8, 1928:
We are B r r y not to
be able to give any particulars but all we have learned is, that she
died on the above date.
SH INH AM

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Mrs., Cora Winger (Shinham) ’90 died October 22, 1928.
We have fh||jfpllb|Hng accounSffom a local paper.
Mrs. Cora E. Shinham, aged 57, w ife of John M. Shinham, died
Sunday morning at 4:25 o’clock at her home two; miles north of
Greencastle, of chronic heart and kidney troupfe.
She was a mem­
ber of the Church of the Brethren.
Shgf-isi -survived by her husband
and the following children: David W. of Greencastlev1Mrs:,) John L.
Brant, George W. and J. Elmer of Greencastle R. R. 1, Mrs. Raymond
Angle of Chambersburg R. R. 2, Prank L. and-Odra Elizabeth at
home; also by one sister andftwo brothers, Mrs. George W. Martin o fs
town, N. A. W inger of Milnor and C. E. W inger of Hagerstown, Md.
Funeral services were. Held on Wednesday- afternoon, October 24,
at 2 o’clock at the home^ in charge of Rev. Daniel Flohr, assisted by
other ministers':;-' Interment at Broadfording.
H YK ES ’85
Miss Frances C. Hykes ’85 died November 11,- 1928.
We clip the following from the News-Chronicle of Shippensburg.
Announcement has been madeSpi the death of Miss Frances C.
Hykes, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs;f--Charles T. Hykes, which
occurred Sunday morning, November 11, at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Arther B. Hykes, 1937 North Second street, Harrisburg.
Miss Hykes was a graduate of the Shippensburg High School and
State Teachers College:, and later took postgraduate work at the Uni­
versity of Pennsylvania and Ypsilanti Normal; School at Ypsilanti,Mich.
She was for some years a teacher in the, schools of this state,
the High School of Burlington! N. J., and the High School of Wayne,
Mich.
For a number of years preceding her recent illness she resided
in Detroit, Mich.
She is survived by four sisters', Mrs. H. M, Himes and M rsf
Arther B. Hykes, Harrisburg, Mrs. Olive C. Tompkins, Mt. Vernon, N.
Y., and Mrs, John M. Hykes^Shanghai, China, also one brother, ,G. W.
Hykes, Harrisburg.
Funeral was held Tuesday afternoon,» November 13, with interment
in Spring Hill cemetery.
M U R R A Y ’97
Mrs. Marietta Kuntz (Murray) ’97 died November 18, 1928.
W e have the following notice from a local paper.
MrS. Marietta Murray, aged 53, widow of Edward Murray, was.
found dead in bed at her home in Goodyear, Sunday morning.
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Mrs. Murray was a school teacher for a number of years.
She;
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Grace Evelyn Kuntz, Har­
risburg^'and Miss Zora I. Murray, Goodyear, two brothers, Wilbur C.
Kuntz, Philadelphia, Elmer E. Kuntz, East Stroudsburg; two sisters,
Mrs. Harry Beam, Goodyear, and Mrs. Parke Gardner, Gardners, R. D.,
and one grandchild.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at
the home, with further services at the Goodyear Lutheran. Church,
Rev. Ira Trostel officiating.
Interment at Goodyear.
G L A TF E L TE R ’97
Ursinus L. Glatfelter ’97 died November 30, 1928.
We take the following from an Adams county paper.
Ursinus L. Glatfelter, 51, prominent resident of East Berlin, died
at his. home Thursday evening, after a ten days’ illness from a com­
plication of diseases.
He was president o f the Adams Transit Company since its orga­
nization; president of the East Berlin railway company, a member of
the town council, a director in the Gettysburg Mutual Fire Insurance
company and a trustee in the East Berlin Reformed church.
He was a garment manufacturer for a number of years, conduct­
ing sewing factorielgat East Berlin, Abbottstown, New Oxford and
Dover.
He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Glatfelter, and was
born in York county, but spent the greater part of his life in East
Berlin. He was graduated from the State Teachers’ College, Shippensburg, and for a time he taught in the East Berlin schools.
He was an officer in the Improved Order of Red Men and was! a
member of the Patriotic: Order Sons of America, East Berlin.
Mr. Glatfelter is survived by the widow, Mrs. Alice (Harman)
Glatfelter, five children, Mrs. Oram Altland, East Berlin, and George,
Casper, Victor and Julian, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edgar A. Miller
Baltimore Ifreet, and Mrs. P. W. Kimme), East Berlin.
One grand­
child survives.
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at the East Berlin Reformed
church; the Rev. H. D. Houtz officiating, assisted by the Rev. I. S.
Ditzler, Carlisle.
Interment in the East Berlin cemetery.
HOCH ’93
Jacob F. Hoch died November, 1928.
The following taken from a'local paper is the only account that we
have been able to secure in regard to the death of Mr. Hoch.
Word was received at Carlisle of the death of Jacob Hoch of Okla­
homa.
Mr. Hoch was formerly from Cumberland county and for the
past decade was principal of the schools in Perfection, Kansas.
The
past year he resided in Oklahoma.
A w ife and two children survive.

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His mother was Mary Foreman, a sister of the late James K. Foreman.

RURAL TRAINING SCHOOL CENTER 1928— 1929
Pleasant Hill School, Shippensburg Twp. Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania
Prof. Ralph J a c o b y _______ County Superintendent
Prof. Wm. M. R i f e _______________ Assistant County Superintendent
Prof. O. Lee Shulenberger__________ Assistant County Superintendent
Mr. Harold P a r k _____ — _____ ______ Vocational Director
Miss Grace Seyfret, R. N . _____________________ ____ _ County Nurse

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr. C. E. H o llin g e r_______ ______ _____ __________________ President
Mr. H. B. C r a ig _____ _______________________ ------------------ Secretary
Shippensburg First National B a n k ----------------------------- Treasurer
Prof. J. K. Stewart
Mr. Charles Funk
Mr. J. M. Smith
W. P. Harley, A. M . ___________________ Director of Training Schools

PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL
Pupil Enrollment, l$t to 8th grade in clu sive----------------------------35
Edna Stamy Fox, B. S. _------------------------------------ - Room Teacher
Assistant to Rural Director
Hannah A. K ieffer, A. M . ______ ______ Director Student Training
Director Rural Education

COLLEGE FACULTY ADVISERS
Marion A. Blood, A. M.
H. L. Burkholder, A. M. _
Grace E. Kyle, R. N.
Nora A. Kièffer, A. M.
M. Irene Huber, B. S. _
Claudia Robb, B. S . ______
Mrs. J. K. Stewart, A. B. .
Iona Devers, B. S . ______ Mary A. York, A , M. ___
Hannah A. Kieffer, A. M.

______________ English
__________
W riting
Professional Services
_________ Arithmetic
_________________ A rt
___Health Education
______ Social Studies
________________ Music
______________Reading
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EDITORIAL
The elementary schools of Pennsylvania that are efficiently train­
ing the citizens of to-morrow are providing an enriched and stimulat­
ing environment in all the grades.
A child reciting from a book t.o a teacher in a school room is being
prepared for ¡.he colonial period when the,-individual was obligeai to
wrestle with the elements alone.
The rural child of to-day should be prepared to work with people.
The activity progranrki§f the kindergarten is the fore-runner of the
type of school procedure which enables the child to unfold normally,
develop educational growth naturally and ¡acquire those habits, atti­
tudes, abilities, skills and ideals which will enable him to live
happily and prosper in an era of cooperative agri-centfis.
The experiments in modern pedagogy have given usliufficient en­
couragement and scientific data to assure us of aB>etter type of
teaching in all school i
This better type of teaching is possible,
only with the required tools, for equipment is an essential part of
every enterprise,
A survey of ineffectivenes||in teaching dué to out of date ¡texts
and dearth of equipment would appall the economists of any success­
fu l business corporation. The greatest waste in human resources in
our State to-day is. taking place daily in our poorly equipped and
overcrowded schoolsl|||
Citizens of Pennsylvania, how effectivegis the teaching in your
home school and district?
Just what equipment: have you given
your teachers?
Do you send children to your school who are strong physically,
capable mentally and who have a preschool foundation of desirable
habitfland attitudes?
I f not, what special equipment is available
to your teacher who must interest all types of children?
Have you spent a day in that school'recently to learn first hand
how comfortable the teacher can make your children and your neigh­
bor’s children?
What investments might you make collectively that
would save you many b ilS individually ?
Have you asked your county superintendent to name three pro­
gressive schools in your county or state w'hich you should visit for
ideas?
Have you presented your findings to your parent teachers
association as a goal fo r your school ?
Do you believe in hiring a man at a fair wage and then supplying
him with a limited equipment to do an important piece of work ?
Try
the plan on your pet farm project next year.
Report your findings
to your .b.ihdol teacher and I assure you that you will become friends
at once, “ Misery loves company” .
Are you pleased with the improvements on the last car you

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bought ?:
Then you believe tha#:seientific experimentation .make's a
contribution to mankind?
Just what new type of school procedure
have you helped your teacher develop?' Educational procedure is
advancing rapidly.
Is yourffsehool community keeping pace?
As a progressive, intelligent and 'economical citizen change the
high tax cry to, “ Are we spending sufficiently, so that the children
will get money value from that which we are investing?
Would an
investment of $2 per pupil additional on standard educative equip­
ment bring a return o f $100 per child as a citizen ?
What an invest­
ment for Pennsylvania of Tomorrow!

AMONG THE BOOKSHELVES
The l928-’29 Rural Group Seniors,„number forty-two; twenty ofg
this number are teaching during the first.-Spnester.
The following teaching group have helped summarize this list:
Helen Penrod
Elizabeth Baker
Bernice Snyder
Mae Beamer
Lois Shatzer
Marion Elliott
Helen Shaffer
Grace Ensihinger
Salome Shefffel
Martha Heckman
Mary Speer
Ruth Hykes
Georgia Wallace
Rachael Keckler
Ivan Grass!*!
Florence Lawson
Ivan Raffensburger
Myrtle McDonald
A . Reese Stamy
Mary Ocker
This, list ;a§| supplementary to the one published in the October
1927 Herald.
Many good books must necessarily be omitted because
of space and otherSSecause^ they were not on our shelves.

RURAL LIFE
The Antiquarian.— The Antiquarian Publishing Co,, Inc., 461 Eighth
Ave., New York, N. Y . ■ $3.00 per year.
Antiques1
— 683 Atlantic Ave§ Bo|fon, M ass., ^ . 0 0 per year
Better Homes and Gardens— 1714-25 Locust St., Des Momes, Towa.
• '60c per/-year
The American Home— Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, N. Y.
$1.00 per year.
Campbell, Olive D— The Danish Folk School|| MacMillan l|28j||
Co-Operative Marketing— Senate Document 95. U. S. 70th Congress,
1st Scission.
Ask your congressman fo r a copy..
Handbook of Rural Social Resources— Benson Y. Landis, University
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Rural America— Monthly except July and Augusts
(Every rural worker should read this.)
The American Country L ife Association, 105 East 22nd St.
New York.
$2.00 Per Year
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
W rite for the
latest list of publications of Bureau of Education.

PARENTS AND TEACHERS
Children— A magazine for Parents— $2.00 per year.
The Parents’ Publishing Asso. Inc. 353 4th Aye., New York
City
(Most H elpful to parents and Parent-Teachers Association)
American Childhood— Milton Bradley, Co., 74 Park St., Springfield,
Mass.
$2.00 per year,.
Childhood Education— William and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.
Progressive Education— 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.
$2.50
per year
School Life— Dept, of Interior, Bureau of Education.
(Send'money, 50c to: Supt. of Documents, Goy’^ P r in tin g
Office, Washington, D. C.)
Children’s Readings— Termen & Lima D. Appleton & Co., 1925
Gardener & Ramsey— A Handbook of Children’s Literature, Scott,
Poresman & Co., 1927'
Field— Walker Taylor. A Guide to Literature for children. 1928
Ginn Co., New York City.
Winnetka Graded List— Washburne— Vogel, American Library Asso­
ciation, Chicago, 1926
(The above four give lists of books for different grades and
ages.)
Pre-School Education— Forest— The MacMillan Co. 1927
Guidance of Childhood and Youth— Child Study Assoc’n of America,
The MacMillan Co. 1926.
List of Fifteen Books for Parent, prepared by the Child Study Associa­
tion of America.
Reference of 15 book list.
National Education Journal— 1201 16th St., N. W. Washington, D. G.
December 1928
W rite to Department of Public Instructions, Harrisburg, Pa. for a list
of publications,,
Knox, Rose B., School Activities and Equipment. Houghton, M ifflin
Co., New York City.
(Should be in every , school room.)
The News Outline— Looseleaf Education, Inc., Columbus, O. 50c.

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Geographic News Bulletin— National Geographic Society, Washington.
1). C. 25c.
The Children’s Bulletin— Metropolitan A rt Museum, New York City.
Child Life— The Children’s Own Magazine, Rand McNally Co., New
York City.
$3.
Youth’ s Companion— Perry Mason Co., Boston, Mass. $2
Nature Magazine— American Nature Association. $3, 1214 16th St.
N. W., Washington, ,D. C.

TEACHERS
Hazeltine, Mary E., Anniversaries and Holidays, American Library
Association, Chicago, Illionis.
1928.
Collings, Ellsworth, Project Teaching in Elementary Schools, The
Century Co., New York City.
1928.
(N o teacher should fa il to read this)
Gates, Arthur I., New Methods in Primary Reading, Bureau o f Publi­
cations^ Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
-, City.
1928.
Howard, Hawthorne, Howard, Number Frienctfj, The MacMillan Co.,
New York City.
1928.
(Second year material)
Branom, A Teacher's Geography, The MacMillan Co., New York
City.
1928.
Gist, Arthur S., The Administration of an Elementary School., Chas.
Schribner’s Sons, New York City.
1928.
Miller, Harry Lloyd, Creative Learning and Teaching, Chas. Scribner’s
Sons, ’New York "<3ity.
1927.
(Essential to teachers who are interested in the Contract
Plan, excerpts choice.)
Troxell, Eleanor, Language and Literature in the Kindergarten and
Primary Grades, Chas. Scribner’s'Sons, New York. 1927
Garrison, Charlotte, G., Permanent Play Materials for Young Children
Chas. Scribner’s Sons, New York C ityf 1926.
Stormzand and McKe^ff The Progressive Primary Teacher, Hough­
ton, M ifflin Co., Boston, Mass.
1928.

ENGLISH
Huber, Brunner, Curry.
The Poetry Book.
Books 1 to 8 Inclusive.
1926. Rand McNally Company.
New York City, New York
Untermyer, Louis.
This Singing World — Junior Edition (A collec­
tion of Modern Poetry for young People) 1926.
Harcourt,
Brace & Company.
New York City.
Cox, Sidney.
The Teaching of English.
1928 (point of view inspir­
ing) Harper Brothers.
New York.

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SPELLERS
Horn-Ashbaugh. Revised edition.
One Book or in parts. Lippencott & Company, Philadelphia.
Tidyman, W. F.
Teaching of Spelling.
1926. World Book Com­
pany,, Yonkers,. N. Y.
School Spellers. D. C. Heath & Company. New York, City.

WRITING
Diagnostic Chart for Handwriting (A sheet with remedial^Suggestions) Progressive Graft Forms (A folder) W. S. Benson
& Company.
Chicago Illinois

READING— LITERARY READERS
Baker, Thorndiki||j Everyday Classics, MacMillan Co-» New York City.
1922
Bryce-Hardy, Newson Readers, Newson Company.
1927
Goleman-Uhl-Hosic, Pathway to Reading, Silver, Burdett & Co.
Freeman-Storm-Johnson, Child Story Readers, Lyons and Carahan.
Hardy, Child’s Own-Way Serielftwheeler Publishing Co., 1926
Baker & Baker, Bobbs Merril Series, Bobbs Merril Go.

1923

STUDY READERS
Dayison-Anderson-Lincoln, Readers, Laurel Book Company.

1922.

Horn-Shields, Learn To Study Readers, Ginn and Company, 1924
Bryce-Hardy, Newson Readers, Newson Company
Coleman-Uhl, Hosic, Pathway to Reading, Silver Burdett & Co.
Freeman-Storm-Johnson, Child Story Readers, Lyon and Carnohan.

OTHER READERS
El son and Runkel, The Elson Readers Primer, Scott, Foresman & Co.,
1927
Hardy, W ag and Puff, Wheeler Publishing Co., 1926.
Bryant, The Story Reader, Houghton M ifflin Co., 1924
Bolenuis, The Boys and Girls Reader; Houghton M ifflin Co., 1923
Seri, Johnny and Jenny Rabbit, American Book Go., 1926.

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ARITHMETIC
Strayer Upton, Arithmetic, American Book Co., New York, N. Y.
1928
Lennés, N. J, Lennes Test and Practice Shee^f Laidlaw Brothers
Ruch, Knight, Green and Studebaker, Compass Diagnostic Tests in
A r i th m e tic , Scott, Foresman & Co.
60c specimen set.
Ruch, Knight, Studebaker, Work Books in Arithmetic, Grades i l l to
V III, inciiifjpp, Scott, Foresman & Co.
Bubkinliam & Osborne, Searchlight Arithmetic, Ginn &
Co.
New York City,
1927 '
Triangle Arithmetic, Winston Co., Philadelphia Fa., 1928 _

HYGIENE
Health Habits.
York.

New Mayer & Broome.
192$

American Book Co.

New

GEOGRAPHY
Dodge-Lackey Advanced Geography, a t e x f f ö r upper grades. .1928:
Rand McNally and Co.,, N. Y.
Thacker, C. R. Commercial Raw Materials.
Ginn & Go.
New
York City.
1927.
Redfield, W. C. W e and the World.
1927
Silver Burdett & Co,
Newark, New Jersey
Lefferts,: Walker.
Our Neighbors in South America.
J. B. Lippencott Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sudweeks— Geography puzzle Charts of the Continent |ff Europe.
Journal of Geography January. 1928.
A. J. Nystfom & Go. Chicago
- Carpenter.
Australia, Carpenter, Geographic Reader.
1927.

ART
Great Pictures and their Stories, Part 1 to 8 inclusive. About $5
Metzer Bush & Company.
New York, New York

MUSIC
Kinscella, H. G. Music Appreciation Readers:
Books 1 to 8 inclusive.
University Publishing Company, New York

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HISTORY
Chadseylf—Weinberg, Miller, America in the Making. Part 1— Pound­
ing of the Nation. Part 2— Growth of thllNation,
D. C.
Heath & Company.

CONTRACT

UNITS AND INDIVIDUAL
INSTRUCTION

H A N N A H A. K IE FF E R , Director of Rural Education
Pennsylvania has slightly more than eight thousand one-teacher
schools in which approximately two hundred fift y thousand children
are now getting a year’s instruction, the nature of which is a factor
in their success or failure in life and in the progress of the common­
wealth o f Pennsylvania. These schools are State approved, receive
State aid and are the recognized educational centres of taxpaying
citizens. As long as the doors of the schools are open for instruction,
it is the obligation of teacher training institutions in the Common­
wealth to train teachers in modem classroom procedure adapted to
this contribution of the colonial and land-farmer period which the
citizens of Pennsylvania have not yet seen fit nor advisable to dis­
continue during a scientific agricultural period!
Pleasant H ill One-teacher Training School is the official training
centre fo r the Shippehsburg State Teachers College district.!
This
school located in Shippensburg Township, a half mile from the
college has an enrollment of thirty-five children in the typical
range of grades, one to eight.
Pleasant Hill was organized as a training centre April 1924 for
spring session rural training work.
A t first the room teacher was a
graduate student who was working fo r credit but since' September
1924 a college trained graduate has been a full time room teacher.
Mrs. Edna Stamy Fox a member of the first rural trained group
S. T. G. and who later graduated from Penn State College, has
been the room teacher at Pleasant H ill since 1926.
Under the direction of the College Director of Rural Education
the correlation of the college courses and the teaching technique is
interpreted in a practical way by the Seniors in training.
January 1927 the ten rural Seniors about to complete their teach­
ing unit, co-operated in developing an adaption to the one-teacher
school of modern pedagogy under 'the title of CONTRACT U N ITS
which involved the ideas projects, units of learning, self-directed
school activities, creative activities, individual instruction etc.
The Pennsylvania course of study was being followed tentatively
and the minimum units of learning were suggested in the blocking

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for the year. (W ith beginners it seems advisable to hold to minimum
essentials as guide posts fo r the sake of the children until abilities
and skills are developed in pupils and teachers and until the new plan
of organization is accepted by the authorities responsible to the public.

IN GRADES IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
Instead of the day to day assignment used in the average school,
the required units of subject matter were reorganized into contract
units by the pupils and seniors under the direction and with the help
ofwthe Rural Director and the Room Teacher.
The contracts were
duplicated by the teachers and the children so that each had a copy.
The contracts provided for major and minor problems, specific
questions on these problems, specific references, ample provision for
different levels of learning, expression work of all types, individual and
group help, types of drill activities and creative activities etc.
A tentative time interpretation ip part of each contract (true of
life situations) as well as the probable number and types of class acti­
vities listed, free and directed seatwork and drilkiperiods fo r the
group as a whole planned.
The children participate most actively in
those activities which can be completed within a period of two weeks.
Any children completing the unit in advance of the allotted time
were given special privileges in the library, at the workbench, as
pupil helpers with drill projects or at the game table.
The slow and
average learners were followed just as closely by the teacher and were
given the necessary help and encouragement, thus building desirable
attitudes and saving much time previously wasted.
The atmosphere of the room was that of a selfdirected school.
The pupil government in operation for two years found fewer prob­
lems than usual.
Freedom in work, joy in achievement, strength in
leadership and opportunities for creative work soon gave the school an
atmosphere unique to its type of organization.
The class discussions afforded all types of opportunities fo r
training in co-operation and citizenship.
The teachers made definite
preparation in order to guide and keep discussion on a high level and
reach definite conclusions but the children occupied the major portion
of the period with reports and questions addressed to the group. This
period enabled the teacher to note where individual help and drill were
needed.
The oral and written work was motivated in this type of
activity.
Standard tests were given and results recorded.
Testing will be
continued as the project develops.
The first semester seniors closed
their short period of experimentation with results that have led them to
continue the contract unit plan in their schools this fall.
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they are beginning with but one block of subject matter such -as
Arithmetic. _
The second semester seniors began their first unit of teaching on
the contract unit plan.
Being entirely new at the teaching game,
they found the plan a decided advantage in view o f the fact that the
children were becoming independent workers.
This enabled the
senior teaehersto assume responsibility gradually.
In order to give
the seniors experience in the more formal type of rural school proce­
dure during the remaining three teaching u n it^ fp was agreed that
each senior should carry one subject on the contract plan to the close
of the semester.
This plan was followed in the summer school and is
now in use at Pleasant Hill.
The following'i|ummary is submitted based upon the experiment
itsdlf and the results obtained.
1. That we arefindebted to all thb great teachers who have given
us. the project idea, the Dalton plan, the Colling»» experiment and
many others who have influenced our thinking.
The only original
phase to which we lay claim is! the adaptation o f the contract proce­
dure to one-teacher curricula for the one-teacher schools of Pennsyl­
vania.
2.
W e believe that the contract should definitely influence the
type of one-teacher school instruction until Henry Ford can give us
aeroplanes for consolidation by air ways.
3.
W e submit a program which we have found practical at
Pleasant Hill.
W e request you to send us copies of your adaptations
in the field.
4. W e recognize two difficulties fo r teachers in the field.
The
one is equipment. Buy the book by Miss Knox listed on another page
of this Herald.
Invite your Parent Teachers Association to help se­
cure the tools necessary to teach their children.
The other deals with the How.
We invite you to .come to Shippensburg State Teachers College and let the Pleasant Hill children
help show you the way.

CONTRACT U N IT A N D IN D IV ID U A L IN STR U C TIO N PROGRAM FOR O NE-TEACHER SCHOOLS
Submitted by Hannah A . K ieffer and Co-workers at Shippensburg State Teachers College 1928
GROUP

Bible Reading & Prayer—

Entire School — — -------—

Formal

Entire School

Variety of Types .------------

9:05-10

10:15-15

'R .eeess

Block B
10:30-20

"R e a d in g

10:50-15

Nature 1 C

Grades III-IV -V -V I-V II-V III

E n t ir e

2

Alternate

TIT

Grades III-IV

H is t o r y - C iv ic s
A r ith m e tic

Sch ool

Grades I- II

T)

G *> n g ra p h y

11:05-15

_

2

O

G ra d es

III-IV

Variety o f types
Modern
class
procedure
based on project idea

11:20-40

Geog. 4 B
Nature St. 1 Grades V -V I
Geog. 4 IV. Hygiene 1 IV B Grades IV -V I-V
G ra d es V I I - V I I I
Geography 4 A
Agriculture 1 A
Homemaking 1 A

Contract Units __________
20 min. Instruction
one group daily
20 min. Supervision o f con­
tract work and individual
Instruction

12:00-60

Lunch at table or desks _

One hot dish a d a y _______

Entire

School

limits

on

seat-

Drill Activities under pupil lead­
ership includes drill for learn­
ing
and
testing
individuals,
groups and classes.

Contract Units---------------5 min. Drill-Group or class
20 min. Instruction one or Expression Activities Dramatiza­
tion preparation; sandtable pro­
two grades daily
jects ; handwriting practice; spell­
15 min. Supervision Con­
tracts and individual help ing gam es; booklets and charts
assembled; school files assem­
bled ; Educational games played, a
Supervised play on the privilege in recognition o f achieve­
playground
ment.

Class procedure best adop­
ted to primary children

D
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Instruction

time

Library reading stressed
Group preparation for club, and
public meetings.
Bench-work, all types o f activities
adapted to grades I I to V III
Relaxation periods encouraged
Creative
opportunities
for
all
grades and different subjects

Playground activities

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Arithmetic C-B-A

Silent Reading A-B

Maximum
work

COLLEGE

9:35-40

Types adapted to group—
Grades I- II
adapted
to pupil
Grades V - V I - V I I - V I I I ___ Types
leadership on contract plan

T)

TEACHERS

9:15-20

R p a d in g

FREE A C T IV IT Y
THE

Block A
9:00-5

DIRECTED A C T IV IT Y

SUBJECT

TIM E

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GROUP

SUBJECT

DIRECTED A C TIV ITIE S

FREE A C T IV IT Y

Block C
12:55-5

Assemble School

Entire School

Pupil Gov’ t. —

1 :00 -20

Reading D -------

Grades I - I I ----

Variety o f T y p e s ----- ----including silent reading

Grades III- IV
Grades V -V I
Grades V II - V I I I ___________
Gr. III-IV -V -V I-V II-V III_

Contract U n i t s -------------— Socialized atmosphere prevails;
rules formulated by pupils only
40 min. Instruction to
when rights of others are not
groups in keeping with
State Course study
considered.
20 min. Supr. Contract work
School » government handles all
and individual help
problems in discipline with the
help of the teacher
Instruction -------------------5
min. Review Upper Pupil directed oral reading en­
couraged when pupils. qualify for
Grades
10 min. Instruct Primary
leadership
10 min. Instruct Upper
Sequence in abilities, skills, habits
Grades
Test Study P l a n -------- --S recognized and at all times a high
goal as an objective.
Free Play --------------------Contracts carry a maximum time
Impressions s tr e s s e d ------ §§(limit
See foot n o t e s --------------- Rapid workers develop additional
individual expression units in­
Combine A rt P e rio d s ------volving a more enriched experi­
Variety of Types _ — ,------ence intellectually and socially.
Contract U n i t s ---- -—.—.— Recognition of required and addi­
20 min. Instruction
as
tional achievements is essential
as an ultimate goal
needed
10 min. Individual help
and guidance

1:20-60

Handwriting

________
-------------------------1 C-B-A

Entire

2_

— gg|||

Grades II- V III
Entire School _

3:30-30

History or Civics B ----History or Civics 4 A _
Hygiene 1 A ---

Grades V -V I ----Grades V II-V ÌII

4:00

D is m is s a l----

Entire School

Block D
3 :00-15
3:15-15

Grades I - II ----Primary Group—
Upper G ro u p ----Grades III- IV _

E X P L A N A T IO N S : In arranging this program all State requirements were considered.
Alteration of instruction and subject
matter-by years is in keeping with the State Syllabus.
Oral Expression for grades I and II includes stories: literature, history, civic virtue, hygiene, nature; poems and picture study ;
English habit formation games; a limited amount of blackboard work.
Groupe Grades I, II, III, hygiene.
In introducing the contract plan of instruction it will be advisable to develop one block a term using the more formal program for
the other three blocks.
Letters concerning this Contract work will be answered if return postage is enclosed.

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Recess -------- --------- ----Include Gr. I l l Hygiene
Oral Expression 4 D -----A rt I ____ ._________ ___
A rt I
— ---------------- Oral and Silent Read. 4 C

2:45-15

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Spelling 3 —

School

Rest periods encouraged.

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English 4 C
English 4 B
English 4 A
Oral Reading

—ra|||i_ A ll types of educative seatwork
devices used by pupils

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Submitted by Hannah A. K ieffer and Rural Co-workers. 1928
TIM E

SUBJECT

III

Instruction

_____ M----

Daily

Group or Ind. Instruc­ Seatwork Arithmetic
tion

Seatwork Arithmetic

Silent

Seatwork Arithmetic '

Reading

Group or Individual _
Instruction

Seatwork A r ith m e tic _ Silent

Reading

1___

Seatwork History ____ Seatwork GeographyGeography, Nature
Nature
Group Inst. 2 CreativeGeography W ork 2
Seatwork Geography
History 2 Nature 1
Nature
Handwork Prep.
Group In s tru c tio n __
History Geography
Nature St;, ; and Geog­
raphy Hygiene
Handwork Geography
Nature

Group

Directed
Reading

Silent

or
Individual
Instruction

Library

Library
Handwork
Geography,

Agriculture

Seatwork
Geography,

Agriculture

Seatwork
Geography,
Instruction

Agriculture

Alternate Instruction
11:30-15
11:45-15
12:00-60

Games. Reading----Geography IV 4
Library 5 Instruction 5 Free P e r io d _____
or Arithmetic
Hygiene IV B 1
Geography A. 4 Agri. 1 Clay Moulding or —
Creative or Library _
Seatwork Arithmetic —
Sand Table Work
Lunch at Table or Desks Wash Hands— One Hot Dish a Day
Organized Playground

Activities

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Bible Reading Prayer
Music
Reading D
Group In s tru c tio n ____
10 min. I Instruction
5 min. II Drill
Silent Reading A
•- .* '¿S i
Purposeful Read. Seat9:30-15
work
Arithmetic C
Drill Daily
Instruction alternated Arithmetic Games
9:45-15
Arithmetic B
Drill Daily
Instruction alternated Blackboard W ork ----10:00-15 Arithmetic A
Drill Daily
Instruction alternated Group on Playground—
Games
10:15-15 Recess ________________
Group In s tru c tio n __
10:30-15 Reading D
5 min. Drill I
10 iftin. Instruction II
Handwork, R e a d in g __
10:45-15 Geography I I I 2
Nature 1 His. and Civ. 2
Clinching Activities _
11:00-15 Geography B 4
Nature St. 1

9:00-5
9:05-10
9:15-15

VI

IV

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SUBJECT

12:55-5
1:00-20

Assemble School

2:20-25

3:15-15
3:30-15
3:45-15

Recess— Free Play
Oral Expression D 4 _
Seatwork R e a d in g -----(Inc. Gr. I l l Hygiene)
Art G D I
Instruct. Reading
Read C. 4. A rt B A 1 __ Educational Games ---Alternate Socialize
History R
............. P p p p P p r io d
or Civics
Handwork
Creative W o r k ---------- Free Period _w_—------ or Civics Hygiene A
Dismissal

VI

V II

V III

Seatwork E n g lis h ----- Seatwork Spelling
Seatwork E n g lis h ----- Seatwork English
Spat.work English
Seatwork S p e llin g ----- Instruction
Instruction
Instruction

Instruction
- Instruction

Instruction

Instruction

Seatwork

Benchwork

History
Seatwork
History Civics
Instruction

Handwork
Seatwork
History Civics
Seatwork History 4 or
Civics 4 Hygiene 1
Instruction

Benchwork
Handwork

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Explanations:
Figures to the right represent number recitations per week.
In arranging thkgprogram all
state requirements were considered.
Alternate instruction and subject matter by years^—Se^JState Course.^
Oral Expression fo r first and second year pupils includes Stories. Literature, History, .Civic Virtue, Hygiene,
Nature; Poem and Picture Study; English Habit Formation Games; limited amount of work at the blackboard.
Spelling from the text book is taught three days of the week. The individual and class words are taught as
part of the work in English.
Classes may be grouped fo r an English Club, i f desired.
Geography:
The classes are |o arranged that io r the 40 lessons in review the classes may be grouped for
a 45 minute period.
Nature Club or Geography Club may be arranged.
History and Civics are alternated by years or by days.

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Separate Groups
Seatwork E n g lis h -----10 min. I
10 min. II
Tnst.rnp.tion
English Spelling 4 C---- Drfl tvint.iy.ati on
Reading I
Sealwuik E n g lis h ----Blackboard
Arithm
eticEnglish Spelling 4 B
Oral Reading I
Seatwork
Spelling 5----Handwork
English Spelling 4 A —
Oral Reading I
Paper Cutting 2 Instruct
Spelling 3
Handwriting 2
5 min. Review Upper G
10 min. Instruct Primary
10 min. Upper Group

V

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2:45-15
3:00-15

IV

TEACHERS

2:00-20

III

THE

1:20-20

II

A

B

C

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PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FOR EVERY
SCHOOL IN PENNSYLVANIA
W . P. Harley, Director of Training Schools
The pioneer school teacher boarding around with the patrons of
his school had many advantages that teachers of today do not have.
He soon learned |jb know; in an intimate way the parents of the
children who attended his school, and could understand more clearly
the background of experience pi the children because of this know­
ledge of their home life.
The parents,, too. easily learned to know
the teacher personally, appreciated his pecularitiës and human quali­
ties which helped them to be more charitable with him as he occupied
their place in the conduct of their children.
Because of this intimate
relationship of the teacher, the home and the child, the school
master was in fact a teacher of children rather than of books or sub­
jects.
It is undoubtedly true that the» outstanding accomplishments
of the pioneer one room school were the results of this fine cooperation
on the part of the school and the community.
TheiOTis no more pathetic picture than that of a teacher in a
rural community trying to train a school :tpf boys and girls without
the active cooperation and sympathy of the community.
When the
task is left entirely to the teacher, the patrons are most apt to be
critical about the teacher and suspicious of his work.
They draw
their conclusions from remarks made by the children and usually"
imagine conditions to be much worse than they are.
On the other
hand, when there is a plan of cooperation between the teacher and
parents, they have a common ground of understanding.
The parents
will be more considerate and charitable fo r the teacher because, they
are working together for-; the same end.
Of the different forms, of ¿school and community ;organizations,
we could hardly say that anyone is better than another.
It is quite
possible that one form might be more suitable to a certain community
than to another.
My experience has been almost entirely with the
National Congress of Parents and Teachers, more generally known as
the Parent Teacher Association.
Thi|Borganization stipulates no
uniform plan of procedure but permits local communities to effect
their organizations to best solve their problems.
The Parent Teacher Association is made up of a local organiza­
tion where the actual cooperation of school and community takes
place. There is likewise a State Association and a National Congress.
It is the function of the Sate and National organizations to work out
the general policies and principles that shall guide the work of the
local associations and help them to function successfully. Representa­
tives are also sent into the local communities to assist in organizing
and promoting the best interests of the Associations.

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How to proceed in the organizing o f a Parent Teacher Association
is a problem of concern to many rural school teachers.
Should we
have an Association for each school or should the organization com­
prise the schools of the entire district?
This is the question that is
usually asked.
There are Parent Teacher organizations that have
been effected by the local school alone, and others have comprised
the entire district and in other instances a group of schools in part
of a district have cooperated to support a Parent Teacher Association.
It is my experience that the most effective cooperation can be
secured only through an organization of the parents of the local
school.
It is a triangular interest of parent, teacher and child that
is concerned and in this the teacher must be the leader, guide and harmonizer.
In a district organization, where a number of schools
comprise the unit of organization, there is more tendency to consider
general problems o f school work rather than problems of the particu­
lar class room and particular boys and girls.
There should be an
organization for every school.
This organization could also be a
part of a larger unit or district organization, so that general as well
asfspecific' problems of education can be considered.
In most instances the organization of a Parent Teacher Associa­
tion must depend upon the teacher, but it is not necessary that the
teacher should do all of the work, and be entirely responsible for the
success of the Association.
Before the organization is formed the
parents should be made interested in it.
This can best be done by
presenting your idea to some influential parent who is interested in
the school and would in your judgment, be a good leader, and would
be willing to work with yoU,
You should take such a person into
your confidence, explain to him or her some of your problems and how
an organization of parents would help the work.
Invite this parent to
visit your school and let her become acquainted with your problems at
first hand.
From this beginning other parents should be invited to
confer on how the work of the school can be improved, and with this
nucleus of interest a general program of work can be planned.
The best work of a Parent Teacher Association cannot be accom­
plished in public meetings which are of an entertainment or educa­
tional typé|| Such meetings have a value, but the real work of
cooperation can only be accomplished by Conferences with parents
and committees provided fo r by the organization.
Every Associa­
tion might profitably provide for the following committees:— Mem­
bership, visiting, building and grounds, library and probably a com­
mittee on Child Welfare.
The National Congress of‘ Parents and Teachers, 1201 Sixteenth
Street, Northwest, Washington D. C. has published many booklets on
the organization and work of the Parent Teacher Association and
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desire in the formation of an organization of Parents and Teachers,
They also publish the Child W elfare magazine which every teacher
will find most helpful.

A SCHOOL COUNCIL WORKS
One of the best means of securing good discipline in our schools,
rural as well as urban, is the development of a splendid school spirit
through the school council.
We have had an organization of this
kind in our rural training center for the past three years with the re­
sult that our girls and boys become more responsible fo r their behavior,
and consequently our problems in discipline are few.
Some questions which arise in this connection are:— How do you
organize a council in an elementary school?
Is it wise to trust the
judgment of children in matters of this sorb?
Does the work of a
council not detract from the power of the teacher ?
The steps in the organization of an elementary school council are:
1. Introduction: a study of the school needs from the standpoint
of both teacher and pupils, all participating in the survey.
2. Discussion to formulate ideals and standards, which the group
will wholeheartedly support.
3. A felt need now arises for organized group activity.
A com­
mittee may be chosen by the group to investigate a standard plan of
organization which will include officers and various committees,
Adult organizations may be studied from the point of view of the
qualifications of officers, their duties; necessary committees and
their duties etc.
4. The report of the committee is acted upon and used tentatively
as the basis for the election of officers and representatives' from
each grade in the school.
The report of the survey committee serves
as a nucleus for the constitution.
5. The above procedure may be modified according to local
needs and interests of teacher and pupils but thiSpstep is vital in order
to bring success and to put the council on a permanent working basis
in any school.
In this activity as in other new activities, the teacher is re­
sponsible for all that takes place and must be a wise counselor with
high ideals and an attitude of openmindedness.
Since the teacher automatically becomes a member of the Coun­
cil, may we repeat that she participates in discussion, suggests,
guides, and influences the pupils in the decisions of their own prob­
lems as they arise.
This idea, then, does not take control out of the teacher’s hands'^
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dence, support, and cooperation of the pupils.
She guides while they
develop self control and form desirable habits and ideals of citizenship.
Georgia Wallace, Student Teacher
Edna Stamy Fox, Room Teacher

A WORTHWHILE HANDWRITING PROJECT
Edna Stamy Fox, Supervisor of Handwriting,
Pleasant Hill Training School
Again we ask what are the possibilities fo f improving handwriting
in rural schools?
How can we realize the big objectives and achieve
the greatest results in the limited amount of time?
We can do this
only when we have the whole-hearted Interest of each child.
In this
article we want to tell you briefly what we are doing at Pleasant Hill
to- secure this interest, i. e., to motivate the work.
A t the suggestion of one of the children we worked out à black­
board border in which we combined the idea, the evolution of transpor­
tation, with thëffawards given by the Palmer Company whose system
we, use.
The A. N. Palmer Company gives to deserving children
upon examination oft drills ' submitted the following awards, in the
order .mentioned: Silver Star, First Award, Gold Star, Progress
Award, Palmer Method Button, Honor W riting Award, New Award,
Award For Merif,; and'the Progress Button.
We set as our goal for
the year the earning of the first six awards.
As progress, at first is
slow, our border represents a child walking until he reaches the
Silver Star, his first goal.
From the Silver Star to the First Award,
he goes on horseback; from the First Award to the Gold Star, he
rides a bicycle; from the Gold Star to the Progress Award, the train;
from the Progress A w a r d »» the Palmer Method Button, the automo­
bile; from the Palmer Method Button to the Honor W riting Award,
the airplane.
With the help of the rural seniors and myself the children worked
out this idea cleverly on a long strip of brown kraft paper, and placed
it above the blackboard as a constant reminder to do all written work
well.
So anxiljis were theke; children to travel with greater speed,
ease, and accuracy to. each succeeding goal that by the end of the
first year every pupil in our fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth
grades-had secured the six awards, and the school as a whole secured
total of one hundred one buttonfe
The written work in all writing
situations was remarkably improved.
The. children now suggest that we add to- -these the last three
awards as our goal fo r this year, using the idea of communication
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This scheme is very much worthwhile in that it entices children
to practice with care, encourages them to competë with themselves,
and gives them confidence, inspiration, and joy in definite achievement.

THE RHYTHM BAND
One of the m o i helpful organizations in school to develop an
appreciation of music is the “ Rhythm Band.”
In the one room rural schools the first, second and third grade
pupils can be used in the band, while the upper grade pupils may assist
as helpers,, librarian!^ and pianist.
Or i f a piano is not available, an
organ or victrola; the latter is often preferred to the former.
In a
Centralized or Consolidated rural school one should use only1the||irst
and second grades in the Rhythm Band; unless the third grade is
very slow rhythmically.
Needless to say the third and fourth grade
pupils are thinking of playing real instruments.
Long before one has||the instruments with which to work, the
work of the Band may go forward.
Using the hand or à pencil in
the hand of the pupils, marking the accent with a downward motion.
It is the feeling for the rhythmical recurrence: of accents, motifs,
phrases, and themes you wish to develop; so starting with the hand
only will aid greatly.
Another way is to have children clapping to
music.
Though the helpful teacher will not allow the clapping to
drown the music. .•
Your instruments with the exception of the bird whistlesSwill-.be
of the precussion type, that is, struck to make the sound.
But the
type of music rendered will be of a great variety since the tones of
the instruments have a wide scale— for example— The bells, one
group will give a light ringing sound, the bird whistles will give a
warbling note to the band, and the drum section will give the heavier
part of your band.
A t the beginning your band will merely keep time to the music,but as you continue to play, a noticeable change will occur.
There
will be feeling in the music, made possible by the pupils getting the
spirit of the music played.
Of course, the wise teacher Will develop
this from the beginning, as this is the real beginning of appreciation
of good music.
Music for Rhythm Band is how being arranged so that any ‘teacher
who has any rhythmic ability can easily direct a band.
Also any
one who is at all familiar with themes and their recurence can
easily with the help of thei children, arrange music to suit ones own
situation.'
For example, Hadyn’s Surprise Symphony, (Simplified)
known as the tip-toè march in Hollis Dann’s First Year is a very
good one with which to start.
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the chords at the end of the phrase, strongly accented.
Ask the
children if the first was played loudly or softly.
Of coursejfit
would be played softly as the Composer had planned to put his
audience,'the Court, to sleep.
Was there a loud place in the piece?
Yes, the last chord.
Now with -this from the children, one can
easily see how to proceed.
Use the light playing instruments on
the theme and all with a clang on the last chord.
It was this effect
that Hadyn wished to give as he planned to waken his audience, the
Court, with a start.
When planning the score before playing it for the children, one
should keep in mind how the music would he played by orchestra or
bands.
One section will carry the theme, then another w ill pick
it up, then another.
Seldom, except at the finale, theme, w ill all be
playing at the same time.
Of course, a few chords will often be
played by the whole orchestra, but not a great deal more.
Keeping
this in mind, one must plan the score of the Rhythm band in the
same manner.
Also your selection of compositions to be scored
should be such that it will be worthy of production.
The use of folk
tunes, folk dances, marches, and standard compositions are suitable
for performance.
I f you have $12 or $18 at your disposal, buy a good set of instru­
ments, though you can géfc sets fo r much less, even down to $3 and
less.
One band I knew; paid but a very small amount of money for
their instruments.
Their method may interest you.
Most of the
children could find horseshoes.
When a sufficient number arrived,
they were cleaned and painted with gilt.
The teacher in the mean
time, had visited a blacksmith shop and with the help of the owner
had selected a good piece of 14” round steel.
This steel was cut into
small lengths, ranging from 10 to 24 inches.
Also twenty pieces 4
inches in'length fo r strikers.
Thes'e also Were painted.
The horse­
shoes and steel rods were then suspended on stout strings.
Thus
when struck .by the small steel rods a ringing sound was produced,
though not one sound matched another as to pitch.
The boys of the
school covered eight old erasers with No. 0 sand paper, and four
blocks of hard wood were picked up at a factory nearby.
These
were struck with small hardwood sticks.
One boy in the room had
a small drum.
Thus the room was supplied with toy instruments
with very little cost.
The following companies have instruments in stock:
The Educational Music Bureau, 434 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 111.*
Mrs. Grace Drysdale, 406 Block Bldg., Harvard Square Cam­
bridge, Mass.
Hoover Supplies, 922 Oak St., Kansas City, Missouri.
*This company also will supply scored music.
Iona Devers, Supervisor Music in the Training School