Volume 30

JULY, 1926

Number 4

The
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School H erald

COMMENCEMENT NUMBER

C um berland V alley S ta te
N o rm a l School
SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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Principal’s Letter to the A lu m n i............................................

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T o High School Graduates ...................................................

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T he Four Year Course with the Degree of Bachelor of
Science in Education ........................................................

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Outline of the New Four Year Courses . ............. .. .........

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Advanced Tw o Year Curriculum Leading to B. S. in
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Senior Banquet ............................................................

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Class Day Exercises ............... ................

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Alumni Procession .................................................

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Baccalaureate Services ...................... ........... ..

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Dr. Lehman s Address to the G ra d u a te s................................

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Commencement Week N o te s ..................................

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Reunion of 1886 ......................

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Reunion of 1891

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Banquet of 1901 ..................... ..................................

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Reunion of 1906 ...................................................

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Banquet of 1911 .................

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Class of 1916 Banquet .....................................

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Metropolitan AssociationBanquet .................................

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Alumni Personals ................

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W here some of the Class of 1926 will be located .............

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Engagement Announcements ..............................

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Cupid’s Column .............................................

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Stork Column .............................................

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

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The Normal School Herald
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, JANUARY, APRIL AND JULY
E n te re d a s S econd C la ss M a tte r a t th e P o s t Office,
Shippensburg-, P a ,

MARION H. BLOOD ............................... . . . . .Editor
ADA V. HORTON, ’88 .;............... .... .Personal Editor
J. S. HEIGES, ’91 ........................ Business Manager
S u b sc rip tio n .P ric e, 25 .c e n ts p e r - y e a r - s t r ic tly in a d v a n c e .
S ingle
copies 10 c e n ts each. A d d re s s a ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s to T H E N O R M A L
SCH O O L H E R A L D , S h ip p en sb u rg ,' P a . A lu m n i a n d f o rm e r m em b e rs of
th e school w ill f a v o r us. b y .se n d in g a n y ite m s t h a t they, th in k w o u ld
b e - In te r e s tin g f o r p u b lic a tio n .

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JULY, 1926

No. 4

P R IN C IP A L ’S L E T T E R TO T H E ALUMNI
Dear Friends:
I cannot say that the last week of the school year was an un­
eventful one. F ar from it. During that interval we crowded a lot
of real hard work mingled with fun- and frolic into the space of .a
few days. W e began with Class Day on Saturday ; and old Jupiter
Pluvius seemed determined to revenge himself upon us for changing
Class Day from Tuesday to Saturday by starting the day with a
cold, drenching rain and dropping the temperature to : 58, the
coldest June 5 for almost thirty years.
W e were driven indoors, but everyone secured a comfortable
seat in the auditorium. Then Jupiter stopped the downpour and
things began to happen outside. .’96, with Dr. Gress. in charge,
thirty years younger than when they were graduated,-whooped
things up with a big brass band under H. B. Hege’s leadership.
They paraded through Shippensburg, informing the, staid.-dld
town that a lively set of youngsters had come to the village. By
this time, Owen Underwood and his cohorts were telling the world
that “naughty one” had arrived and that ’96 was not to have things
its own way. J. S. M oul marshalled the largest percentage of any
reunion class and he and his class mates assured everybody that
they belonged to ’86. O f course ’91 with W . M . Rife and j . §.
.Heiges to look after matters, turned out in force:'- ’06, ’1;1, and/’16
had good turn outs and representatives of ’24 were to be se'eh
everywhere.
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And what a parade there was! T he skies were gray and clouds
hung over head, but weather conditions didn’t interfere with the
baraders. It s hard to avoid superlatives in speaking of the Alumni
meeting. W e said last year that, if the speakers who would appear
on the program in ’26 meant to come up to the standard set in ’25,
it would be necessary for them to be on the job. They were on the
job every minute of the time. T he speeches were short, humorous,
and incisive. W e have never had a better Alumni meeting and
tew as good. .
T he announcement that the Cumberland Valley State Normal
School had been granted the privilege of granting the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Education Was greeted with a burst of
applause that showed how keenly the Alumni appreciated this
honor that had come to their Alma Mater.
T he class banquets were well attended and a fine spirit of
loyalty shown.
The baccalaureate services were unusually good. The musical
numbers were of a high order and the sermon was peculiarily
appropriate.
Monday morning brought a crowd that taxed not only the
gating capacity of the auditorium but its standing room as well
I he largest class in the history of the school was graduated in the
presence of Alumni and the parents and friends of the graduates,
who came from every part of the state.
W e can only hope that the classes of ’87, ’97, ’92, ’07, ’12 ’17
and ’25 may have as successful reunions as the other classes’ had
mis year. Now is the time to begin work if the reunions of next
year are to be successful.
The year just, closed has been the most successful in our history.
Not only have we improved the physical condition of the plant
but we have had a strong, efficient faculty. T he student body,’
yoo, has been for the most part earnest, sincere, and efficient. W e
lace the largest opportunity in our history next year. W e have
.been given the privilege of offering the four year course in the
■ ■ ■ « S^ o o l Department and in Supervision. T he faculty
B i!j B i meet the requirements set up for Teachers’
Colleges, by the American Association of Teachers’ Colleges.
, I here is a demand for well equipped men and women in the
Junior High Schools and in the field of elementary supervision.
We shal! endeavor to help meet these demands by training a group
o .efficient young people. They will receive the degree of Bachelor
O.t pqence in Education on completing the course.
H | m m
f,ell0W m"mbers of the Alumni, to give publicity
,tq. these facts and to continue to use your influence in sending us
strong men and women. I t ’s the personal touch that counts.

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Speak to young people of your acquaintance. If you will Send
us their names we shall be glad to communicate with them.
W e are glad to say that our fall term enrollment is very large:
much the largest in our history. Fortunately, we can accommodate
a larger group than ever before. W on’t you see to it that you are
represented by someone at the school next year?
W e also ask your continued help in seeing to it that the Normal
Schools receive the financial aid from the legislature netft year
that they must have if they are to continue to grow and do the
work that the State has a right to expect of them. Let us all
join in a Concerted effort to advance still higher the standard of
old Cumberland Valley.
Fraternally yours,
E zra L e h m a n , ’89.

TO H IG H SCHOOL GRADUATES
W e have made arrangements by which it will be possible for us
to accommodate forty more students with rooms in our campus
dormitories, W hen these are filled we shall be compelled to find
rooms for students in the town of Shippensburg.
All new students will be graduates of approved four year high
schools or will in the case of others have passed an examination
set by the Prevocational Bureau. In other words, the regular
collegiate standard for admission will be in force.
Students entering in the fall may elect either the two or the four
year courses. The two year courses prepare for teaching in the
Primary-Kndergarten grades, the Intermediate grades, or the rural
schools. The certificate given those who complete these courses
will be valid for two years of teaching and will then be validated
as a permanent diploma.
The four year course will fit for Junior High School (or
Senior High School in three fields) and for supervisory positions
and elementary principalships. In all cases the degree of Bache­
lor of Science in Education will be granted the students , on com­
pletion of the course.
T he State offers free tuition (a state scholarship) to every
student who will agree to teach at least two years in the public
schools. As tuition in standard colleges ranges from $300.00 to
$400.00 a year, students will not fail to appreciate the offer made
them by the state. T he only necessary, expenses are for board,
furnished room, laundry, etc, These amount to but eight dollars a
week. T he entire necessary expenses are less than $.325.00 a year.
T o day students the expenses’.are less than $35.00.

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T he Shippensburg Normal School w ill furnish boarding and
equipment surpassed by none. In fact we are planning to sur­
pass all previous records for service.
W e are particularly gratified at our enrollment of men. Penn­
sylvania needs more men in her teaching service and we are
glad to report that almost thirty per cent of our enrollment are
men.
W e stress good clean athletics, as games have much to do with
developing strong, virile character. G ur football team met with
but one defeat last season and our baseball team came through the
season'undefeated. W e won from Bloomsbiirg, Kutztown and
Millersville Normal School, from Dickinson and Gettysburg Jun­
ior Varsity teams,, and we took two games from State College
Freshmen. O ur basketball team was not quite so strong, winning
just one more than half of the games played.
O ur girls tennis teams won the three tournaments in which
they participated. W e stress hockey, basketball and girls baseball.
JVe also give students opportunities to take part in various
musical activities. W e have a school band, an- orchestra, a mixed
chorus, and a girls’ choral society. T he Arts and Crafts Club is
open to all students artistically inclined, and the Dramatic Club
offers a fine field for students who have dramatic ability. W e give
free opportunity for Public Speaking and emphasize Inter-Society
and Inter-School debates. T he weekly newspaper published by
students calls into its service those interested in newspaper work.
’W e aim to make our school a big homelike social institution.
W e shall be glad to send you a catalogue if you are interested in
our work.

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TH E FOUR YEAR COURSE W IT H T H E D EG R EE OF
RACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
Shippensburg Normal is one of the State Normal Schools to
which the privilege of granting the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Education was granted by the State Council of Education at
its recent meeting. The Council in recognizing the need of four
years of preparation for teaching in Junior High Schools has
taken a very long step forward.
T he demand for Junior High School teachers is much greater
than the supply. Few colleges are giving courses looking to the
preparation of this group of teachers and the Normal Schools com­
missioned by the Council to take up this work have practically a
clear field. T h at the same amount of preparation should be re­
quired for a teacher in a Junior High School that is required for
one in the Senior High School is self evident. Salaries in prac­
tically every progressive community are the same in both schools.
T he positions in the Junior High Schools will therefore be in­
creasingly attractive to ambitious forward looking young men and
women. Every graduate of the four year course will have
eighteen semester hours in English and will have the choice of two
additional fields in Science, Social Studies (H istory), Mathe­
matics, Latin or Modern Languages. Students thus qualified
can teach those subjects in Senior High Schools if they so desire.
W e shall also offer a four year course in Elementary Educa­
tion. By taking this course teachers can qualify for supervisory
positions such as grade and township supervisors, principalships
in elementary schools, etc. This: course should appeal to grad­
uates of the two year course who have completed a four year high
school course and who are anxious to enlarge their sphere of ser­
vice (and incidentally to increase their salaries).- Such teachers
can complete the supervisory course in two years and receive the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. Those who did not
offer four years of high school work will note the requirements
page 10 th a t' must be met in order to take advantage of
these opportunities.
T he State Council of Education has blazed the trail for higher
and better service in the public schools of the state. W e believe
the teachers will respond to the invitation and take advantage of
the opportunities offered them.

OUTLINE OF T H E NEW FOUR YEAR COURSES
Beginning with September, 1926, the Shippensburg State Nor­
mal will offer the following F O U R Y EAR C U R R IC U L U M
FOR T H E
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SCH O O L T E A C H E R S . The degree of Bachelor of Science
in Education will be granted on the completion of. this course.
The two year course in Kindergarten-Primary, Intermediate, and
Rural work! will continue to be offered.
F irst S e m e s t e r :

Educational Biology . . . . • • • ■>
English (1) .......................................
Oral Expression ..............................
Social and Industrial U. S. History
Human Geography ..........................
Appreciation and Application of A rt
Physical Education (1) .............

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Handwriting ................... ..........
W orld Problems in Geography
Physical Education (2) ........

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English L ite ra tu re ...................
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Second Elective F i e l d .............
American G overnm ent...........
Physical Education (3) .........
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First Elective Field ........................
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Educational Sociology , . . . . .
Physical Education (4) . ............
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Guidance ..........
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First Elective Field .................
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History of Education . ........... .. , ....................
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Second Elective Field ................... 3
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Principles of Education ................... ..
Health and Hygiene in Junior High School ' , .
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High School Teachers, and the two year course in KindergartenPrimary, Intermediate, and Rural Education, the Shippensburg
State Normal will offer the following four year course in Ele­
mentary Education fitting for supervisory positions. The course
carries, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education^ irst ^Se m e s t e r :

Educational Biology.
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Psychology and Child Study .
English (2) ................. ..
A rt (2) ....................................
Music (2) ..............................
Nature Study .........................
Teaching of Primary Reading
Teaching of N u m b e r.............
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Teaching of Geography
Economic Biology
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Descriptive Astronomy . . . . . .
Educational Measurements ..
Economics ...............
Teaching of Primary Subjects
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Advanced Composition ...........................
English L ite ra tu re ..................... .. . ............. ............
Civic Education in Elementary School . ..............
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ADVANCED TWO YEAR CURRICULUM LEADING TO
B. S. IN EDUCATION
The attention of graduates of the two year courses in groups
L II, and IV is-called to the fact that it is now possible to com­
plete an advanced two year course and receive the B. S. degree
ini education.
The 'conditions of entrance to the third year o f% is four year
curriculum are as follows:
1; All persons who have completed I, II, or I I I (rural,
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vided they have previously completed the work of a
four-year high school, and all such persons must com­
plete 68 hours of work beyond graduation from Groups
I, II, or I I I (rural, formerly IV ) as these were, prior
to September 1, 1926, organized and administered.
2.

All credits for work less-than that required at a State
Normal School for graduation between September 1920
and September 1926 shall be evaluated by multiplying
the number' of semester hours already earned by .85.

3.

All persons who graduated from a State Normal School
prior to September 1920, and who have had a four-year
high school preparation, cannot be awarded more than
68 semester hours of credit for their normal school work.

4.

Graduates of the State Normal Schools who have not
had four years of high school preparation may apply to
the Credentials Bureau, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for
a high school equivalent certificate, , which, when issued
by the Credentials Bureau, will be accepted by the State
Normal Schools as equivalent to graduation from a fouryear high school and all Credits earned at a State Nor­
mal School prior to September 1926 will be evaluated
âs indicated above.

5.

No credit for public or private school teaching exp.ei§f
ence previously credits as high school equivalent or as
equivalent professional credit toward graduation, shall
be granted or counted toward meeting the requirements
for. entrance to or graduation from the advanced twoyear curriculum.

Those of our graduates who are interested in taking advanced
work will do well to communicate with the school in regard to
this course.

SENIOR BANQUET
T he Senior Banquet came a little ahead of the commencement
procession this year for it was' held on Saturday evening, M ay
29. M ore than two hundred members of the Senior class,- and
fifty 'members of the faculty were" the guests of the Trustees,
Miss McWilliams had art excellent menu, prepared and everyone
brought a good appetite.

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T he menu was as follows:
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Junior High” Cocktail Piquante
Chicken- Patties Intermediate ’
Asparagus
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Corn a la Southern

Pickles

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Salad ''T ruly Rural” Cheese Wafers
"Kindergarten ‘ Strawberry Cones
Lily Cake
Coffee

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After all possible damage had been done to the good things
that had. been provided, Dr. Lehman acting as toastmaster called
upon Earl T . Baker the representative of the three year
who responded to the toast— “K in g s a n d Q u e e n s .” Viola E.
Snowden of the two year class came next. H er theme was
S c h o o l D ays .” Dr. J. S. Heiges, one of the deans of the three
year class responded to the toast— “W a n t e d ,” and Prof. S'. S
Shearer spoke on— “I f a n d B u t .” Hon. Quinn T . Mickey had
for his theme “ T h e T r u s t e e s .” All of the toasts were short,
witty and timely. A fter singing / “A l m a M a t e r ” and “A u l d
L a n g 'S y n e ” the first number of the commencement program came
to an end.
M r. and M rs. George S. M cLeanJfM r. and M rs. A rthur
Driest, M rs. George S. Stewart, M rs. W alter King Sharpe, Mrs.
Gilbert E. Swope, M rs. John E. Boher and M r. Quinn T
Mickey represented the Board of Trustees.

CLASS DAY EXERCISES
Saturday morning opened with lowering skies and a deluge of
rain. As the weather conditions for the first time in thirteen
years made it impossible to hold Class-Day Exercises out-of§ S B H l was necessary to use the Auditorium for this purpose
T he building was filled with members of the Alumni and the
friends of the graduates. J. William Barbour, of Shippensburg,
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opening address, dealing with higher ideals that should characterize
the work of the teacher. Joseph Dodd, of Wisconisco, President
of the Two-Year Group, followed with an address in which he ex­
pressed the idea that the future success or failure of the members
of the graduating class would depend upon the development of
the ordinary traits of character rather than upon brilliance and
exceptional characteristics.
James Smith, of Woodlawn, delivered the class oration. His
theme was “T he Teacher.” H e dwelt upon the fact that the
teacher excercises the most powerful influence in life over the
lives of young men and women.
Percy James, of Conemaugh, next rendered a trombone solo
and Miss Kathryn Griffith, of Jeddo, Pa., deilvered the mantle
oration. H er theme was the quest of the holy grail. She ex­
plained the symbolism of the grail and its relation to modern life.
In a few well chosen words, she presented the mantle to the rep­
resentative of the Junior Class, Catherine Beattie, of Altoona,
Pa. Miss Beattie’s theme was the place of woman in modern
civilization.
Ruth E. Given, of Steelton, Pa., dwelt on the achievements of
the class in presenting the class history. H arry Ickes of Johns­
town, Pa., then contributed a piano solo and Ann Kosanovick, of
Woodlawn, Pa., read the Class W ill. T he usual customs, rights,
the privileges of Seniors were given with a lavish hand, so that
the testator, old Pop Senior, went to his resting place with a free
mind, a clear conscience, and the love of even his; enemies.
T he Class then adjourned to the Training School, where the
Ivy Oration was delivered by Mazie K. Hamil, of McConnellsburg, Pa. She dwelt upon various phases of art as an expres­
sion of the love of mankind for departed heroes.

ALUMNI PROCESSION
In spite of threatening weather, the Alumni Procession was
one of the largest in the history of the school. Nearly every
class was represented. T he Class of ’86 had sixty per cent of
its membership in line, but the outstanding class was ’96. M ar­
shalled by its President, D r. E. M . Gress, State Botanist, and lead
by a band of twenty-five pieces, its members showed that they
had not forgotten the school spirit of thirty years ago. T he Class
of 1901, under the leadership of Owen Underwood, of Pottsville,
Pa., was also very much in evidence. T he classes of ’91, ’06, ’16,
and ’24 had large representation in the procession.
T he Alumni Rally was held in the Auditorium which was
crowded with an enthusiastic, cheering group. Dr. E. M . Gress,
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with the growth and prosperity of the school. D r. Lehman wel­
comed the Alumni and told of the present condition of the school.
His announcement that the State Council of Education had the
day before authorized the institution to extend the course for the
preparation of Junior High School teachers and supervisors to
four years, with the privilege of granting the degree of Bachellor
of Science in Education, was greeted with enthusiastic applause.
After singing Alma Mater, M r. W . A. Nickles 7 6 ,; of Shippensburg, Pa., gave a witty review of conditions as he and his
classmates found them fifty years ago. He read the following
original timely poem:
Just fifty years ago today
In that old building across the way,
“76” stood forth in bright array,
And not a few in dread dismay;
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For each was booked to have his say
On this the great commencement day.
But we were all happy and gay,
For life was before us,
Let come what may.
Just what was before us we knew not then,
A.s to how we would succeed or when
But now we know what was hidden away,
Just fifty years ago today.
T h at it was sometimes through shadows of sorrow
And sometimes by sunlight of smile,
Sometimes along pleasant waters,"
And again o’er long weary miles.
Yetg!0<fey, though some have passed over
T o the land where time has ceased,
We, survivors, rejoice in their service
W hile here where the years still increase.
And, whether living or dead,
W e know that life has been better,
For what we learned here
In our dear Alma Mater.
And tho the years have been many
O r the years have been few,’
In flesh and in spirit
W e tome back today our vows to renew,
And ever to pray that our dear Alma M ater
Across the way,
May keep on its good work
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M r. J. S. Moul, ’86, of Hanover, presented an interesting sum­
mary of the work of his class for the institution, and M r. O. L.
Underwopd, ’01, of Pottsville, delivered an inspiring address, on
the work that was being done at the Normal School.
Prof. R. C. Mowery, ’06, of Quincy, Pa., presented in an in­
teresting fashion the work of the later classes and M r. G. H.
Quickel, ’16, of Harrisburg, expressed his gratification that the
State Council of Education had recognized the work of the in­
stitution by giving it the privileges of conferring degrees.
T he report of the Executive Committee followed. T he Com­
mittee recommended Supt. E. E. Eisenhart, ’9«S of T yroneJPa.,
for President; Hon. James L. Young, ’87, of Mechanicsburg,
for Vice-President; M rs. M ulford Stough, 0,7, of Shippensburg,
for Secretary, and Hon. Quinn T . Mickey, ’83, of Shippensburg,
for Treasurer. T he recommendation was unanimously adopted.
The Class of ’86 announced the founding of an Alumni Scholar­
ship in honor of Prof. C. L. Penny and his wife, M rs Helena
Heron Penny, both of whom are former instructors in the Nor­
mal School.
General regret was expressed that wet grounds prevented the
game between the Alumni Baseball Stars and the undefeated Nor­
mal Varsity Team. Five of the reunion classes held their ban­
quets during the evening at the hotels and church houses of the
town. Special accounts of these are given elsewhere in the
Herald.
The Alumni Play, “W here Julia Rules,” was given by a fine
cast, consisting of Harold Gutshall, Harrisburg, P a .; Serena Kapp,
Steelton; Helen Harris, M ount Union; George B rougher, M e­
chanicsburg; Earl Ryan, Mechanicsburg; James.Smoke, Mowersville; John Bixler, Highspire; Mildred Mitchell, York; Sara
Dorsett, Burnham ; Royal Hintze, Red L ion; John Serif, East
Berlin. The work of the cast showed the careful training of Miss
Edna Arnold, the Dean of Women and Dramatic Coach.
T he Alumni Reception and Dance followed. This was well
attended by hundreds of Alumni from different parts of the State.

BACCALAUREATE SERVICES
Long before the hour set for the Baccalaureate Service on
Sunday evening the auditorium was crowded. All standing room
space was speedily occupied and several hundred persons were
turned away. The class, numbering 223, marched in singing the
processional hymn “Integer Vitae.” T he invocation was pro­
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Congregation sang the long meter Doxology and a chorus of stu­
dents' retidered Gounod’« '“Gallia.”
Rev. H . D. Emmert, of the Church of the Brethren, read the
fifth chapter of the Gospel of M atthew and Rev. W m . H. Galbreath, of the Presbyterian Church, offered prayer.
Rev. C. W aldo Cherry, D. D., of the Pine St. Presbyterian
Church, Harrisburg, delivered the sermon. His theme was “The
Extra M ile.” T he discourse was a fine exposition of the gospel
of service. H e showed that the compulsions of life must be
•reckoned with but that freedom consists in the choice of compul­
sions.
After the offering a chorus sang “They T h at Sow in Tears.”
T h e audience joined in singing “Galilee,” after which the bene­
diction was pronounced by Rev. Daniel Powell, of the Orainge St.
U. B. Church.

COM M ENCEM ENT
T he Commencement Exercises were held in the Auditorium
Monday morning at 9:30. T he graduates occupied seats on the
rostrum. Rev. J. S. Glenn, of the Messiah U. B. Church, offered
prayer.
T he program opened with .music by an Instrumental T rio con­
sisting of Messrs. Slyter, Greene and Brunner of the music faculty.
Miss Kathryn E. Funk, of Shippensburg, gave the first honor es­
say “Orchids and Dandelions.” Miss Funk appeared on the pro­
gram as the representative of the two year class. She compared
the little petty everyday thoughts and happenings of life to dande­
lions. Once in a while, however, there flashes into life a vision
long to be remembered and treasured. This is one of the few or­
chids of life. T he second number of the program was a reading
by Miss M argaret K. Lehman, of Shippensburg, second honor stu­
dent of the three year class. Miss Lehman selected for her read­
ing a pathetic story of a little blind boy under the caption “W hat
M r. Gray Said,” by M argaret Prescott Montague. Miss Eliza­
beth Longnecker, of Mechanicsburg, contributed a piano solo to
the program after which Miss Grace V. Straley, of Lewisberry,
second honor student for the two year group, delivered a humor­
ous essay entitled “Poise.” She attempted to demonstrate the
theory that poise is absolutely necessary to successful teaching and
proceeded to demonstrate her theory by certain theorems and ax­
ioms the truth of which she contended are self evident.
T he last student number on he program was an oration “The
End of the T ra il,” by M r. Harling E. Sponseller, M t. Alto, first
honor student of the three year group. H e asserted that youth
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Youth makes adventures in the field of knowledge, in friendships
and in experiences. T he gauntlet of a period of life has now
been run. Commencement indicates “T he End of the T ra il for
this part of life, but life consists of a series of trails and posses­
sion is the end of each.
T he Faculty trio gave another musical selection after which
Dr. E zra Lehman addressed the graduates. His theme was “The
State of the M arket.”
He spoke as follows:
Members of the Graduating Class:

Ladies and Gentlemen.

For the thirteenth time it is my privilege to address a
company of young men and women who are about to leave
these halls to take their places on the firing line in the age
old contest between the forces of Light and Darkness. In
those years many changes have taken place. In 1913 stu­
dents who had taken a course but three years in advance of
the grammar grades were given a permanent commission to
teach in the public schools of the State ; a year later a four
year course was required; in 1919 the credentials demanded
were two years of professional study in advance of fifteen
units of high school work and now graduation from an ap­
proved four year high school .with fifteen Carnegie units or
the passing of a State examination covering the same ground is
required for adrriission to a State Normal School. T w o ad­
ditional years of college grade professional study are demand­
ed for teaching in primary-kindergarten, intermediate, or ru­
ral schools— and the chance to take two additional years’
work with baccalaureate degree as a preparation for supervi­
sory positions in the public school system is now offered. Be­
ginning with September next students entering the Junior
High School group will be required to take four years to com­
plete this course and will be awarded a cellegiate degree in
Education. In other words, the State Normal Schools of
Pennsylvania will in the not distant future' be ranked as
Teachers’ Colleges.
And now let us turn away from this subject and consider
one that at first thought will have little if anything to do with
the courses1offered by a State. Normal School.
Have you ever paid a visit to the New York Stock Ex­
change? If so, you have carried away an impression of noise,
confusion, and excitement. You have noted groups of men as­
sembled on certain parts of the floor of the exchange shout­
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Probably the next morning you noted on the financial
pages of the newspaper that the price of wheat and other com­
modities had fallen and that large quantities were dumped
upon the market, or perhaps the reports indicated a rising
market for stocks of railroads or other public utilities with
a desire to buy rather than to sell.
There is a rather widely prevalent belief that prices on the
stock exchange are the result of skillful manipulation of sup­
plies by gamblers and that the fluctuations in the market are
the result of these shrewd W all Street brokers. Undoubtedly
there have been occasions when abnormally high prices have
been due to cornering commodities and when the bottom has
dropped out of the market because of the desire of a group
of speculators to buy at ruinously low -prices, but it is fair
to assume that in a large majority of cases the stock ex­
change fairly reflects the demand or lack of demand for sup­
plies.
.T he Stock Exchange is in truth the financial pulse of the
nation, representing present and future conditions. Special
investigators in all parts of America supplement the reports
of the government specialists as to the probable wheat or corn
crop. ■ W eather conditions are carefully noted,|fer-in fact, any
influence that may increase or diminish the customary yield
in ai given section is weighed and reported. In a similar man­
ner, strikes, accidents, ■failure of crops may decrease the earn­
ing capacity of a railroad and make its stocks of less value.
: This very elementary lesson in economics might be con­
tinued indefinitely and made to apply to practically every ar­
ticle that is put upon thé general market of the country. But
I know that you, the friends of these young people, have not
come here to sit under a rather prosaic lesson. I recognize
also that the fact that the members of the graduating class are
not filled with an overwhelming desire to have me take ad­
vantage of the last opportunity that I shall have to play
the school master with them. They are probably ready to
exclaim, “if you haven’t any thing more vital to tell us than
what you have been saying during the last few minutes, make
it just as short as possible and have done with it.
They would be fully justified in such protest, but I want
to plead that back of the simple facts that I have tried to set
forth there lie several great, big, elemental truths that are
often ignored by people much older and more experienced
than are the members of this graduating class. T he first
is this: Everything in the world— stocks, bonds, commodi­
ties, land, labor—will sooner or later bring exactly what it
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by shrewd promoters, endorsement by men and women of
high reputation may and often will produce a temporary ad­
vance beyond the market value, but the process of adjustment
begins at once and will continue until stable conditions are
reached. M ore than nine-tenths of the men and women of the
world have nothing to sell it but their labor— their service—
and to these the market value of their offering is a matter of
primary importance, If those of us who have had years of ex­
perience in selling our services to the world have profited by
the course in salesmanship that we have taken, we have learn­
ed that work is not to be evaluated alone by the time spent
or by the physical or mental energy expended. Results count
and results are the product of time, energy, purpose, and
personality. How much of each ingredient are we putting
into the job? Are we willing to give a fair amount of our.
time? If we work for eight hours and.put in exactly that
time, we are, entitled to just that much pay and we have no.
right to .complain if the Plan or the woman, working on the
same job, but fitting himself for better work by study and
experiment after the shop is closed,-receives a greater reward
than we. If we do just what is required but do nothing
that is not nominated in the bond, let us not whine when
preferment comes to our fellow worker who has made him­
self more valuable than we by the extra service, the added
energy that he has put into the job. How far are.w e con­
tributing to the whole plan and purpose of the job in which
we are engaged, rather than doing merely a day’s work? How
far is the work accomplished bigger and better because of
what we have put into it ? How far is the I part of myself
the best that is in me ?
You, my young friends of the graduating class, have been
concerned during the past months as, to the state of the
teacher market. You have found that some communities
pay what to you seeems a higher salary than that paid by
other places. You have congratulated yourselves upon the
fact that you have secured a position that pays two, three
or even five hundred dollars more than some other place to
which a classmate was elected and the latter has doubtless
meditated upon the inequality and injustice, the prevalence
of chance, the influence of friends or relatives in the educa­
tional market.
But let me assure you that the law of value received op­
erates here just as certainly, though perhaps not so quickly,
as it does in the stock and commodity markets.
If one teaching position pays more than another after due
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remoteness from centers of social life and educational oppor­
tunity, it indicates that the community is trying to buy a
higher, better type of teaching than the other, that it will ex­
pect more in service, in culture and in accomplishment.
W hat have you to sell ? If you are selling six hours’ service
— from nine to four with an intermisson of an hour for
lunch—you are not offering as much as the young man or
woman whose hours of service will be limited only by the
needs of the community. W ill you come into the school
room worn out with a night’s social life, with lessons unpre­
pared, or will you come with your tasks outlined,— carefully
thought out? Yes, how much have you to sell the men and
women, the boys and girls of the community in which you
expect to teach ?
How much physical and mental energy have you to sell?
Have you ever tried to read or study when the current in
the. electric lights was low—so low that you could scarcely
follow the printed page? You complained as you had a
right to complain about the poor service, but you paid, if
you were a housekeeper, only for the amount of current sup­
plied. Have you ever been in a school room where the
teacher dawdled along, where the fires of interest and en­
thusiasm burned low ? If so, you know how poor the pro­
duct was, and, still worse, the community was expected to pay
at the rate charged for a standard current. Small wonder
that the market value of the teacher declined— the quality
of the teaching was not up to the standard. On the ques­
tionnaires sent out by progressive superintendents, this ques­
tion appears “Rate the ability of the candidate to interest
pupils in their work.” Then, too, there are inquiries about
■industry, initiative, and cooperation, indicative of the desire
of the superintendents and Board of Directors to grade each
applicant and determine his work—his market valu,e.
W e have said that the purpose of the teacher had much to
do with his worth as indeed it has much to do with the worth
of any man or woman in the world’s market. You have
heard of the attitude of the three men working as ordinary
laborers in the magnificent cathedral of St. John the Divine,
in New York City. Each was approached by an inquirer
and asked— “W hat are you doing?” T he first replied as
he lifted his hod, “C'arryin’ bricks” ; the second, “Earnin’ five
dollars a day” ; the third, “Helping to build a cathedral.”
W hat will be your answer next year to a similar question:
“Teaching Rocky Summit School?” ; “Getting one hundred
dollars a month?” ; Helping to make men and women?”
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Rocky Summit School, hearing twenty or thirty pupils re­
cite their lessons, your market value is low; you are the
“culls” and not the choice product of this institution. If
your purpose is to get one hundred dollars a month out of
teaching because you couldn’t get as much in other occupa­
tions, you are not worth what you are paid, for let me tell
you in all sincerity, the market is overstocked with men and
women whose chief concern is the size of the pay envelope.
Don’t misunderstand me, the matter of salary is-a necessary-—■
a vital one— to nearly every man or woman. W e ought to
value our services highly ; we ought to get what we are worth
—but no more. Some commodities, stocks, and bonds had
been selling at high prices not long ago; then there came
a crash; the market prices dropped; and we are now going
through a period of adjustment.. Securities that are valu­
able will increase in value; those that are not so good will
decline. T he same principle will apply to your work. How
valuable are you? If you were to drop out of your position
would it entail real loss to the system? or could your place
be easily filled ? Probably at your age and with your limited
experience your position could be speedily and easily filled,
but as the years go on the question will come, how useful
are you to the community? If you make yourself a part of
it, counseling with the boys and girls in your schools, help­
ing them, advising them as to their future plans, if you enter
into the life of your town or country side, take pairt in its
social, its civic and its religious activities, your value to that
community will show a rapid increase—-your stock will rise
in the market. On the other hand if you teach in a small
town, in the country, and as quickly as Friday evening comes,
leave for your own home town—you have no right to expect
your value to increase. It is a reflection upon the teachers
of any place in which it is necessary for the school board to,
adopt a rule requiring them, to spend a definite number of
week-ends in the local community. It means that they have
not recognized the opportunities for service that lay open to
them. W hat is your purpose as you begin your work in the
schools of Pennsylvania? T he answer w ill have an impor­
tant bearing on your market value next year. •
Finally, what manner of man or woman are vou ? W hen
you write or say I, what is involved ? How much health and
energy are denoted? How much do you represent in your
mastery of subject m atter? of professional training? How
much judgment, common sense, and tact are included? Are
you popularS-with your own sex? One of the most saga­
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applicant liked by class mates of his or her own sex ?” He
is right in his emphasis for we remove the mask with which
we try to cloak our personality when we associate with our
own sex. M y friends: W ould you know just what manner
of woman, any of these young women is you can find out, if
you can get her classmates to speak out. T he girls who
have mingled with her when, in her moment of weakness,
sh^ revealed her real selfS-her littleness, her hypocrisy, her
selfishness, her falling away from moral and social codes.
She has concealed her real self from the men of her class,
from her teachers— but she is just as strong as her weakest
link and when the hour of trial comes, she will fail and her
real value will be revealed. On the other hand, how often
have I heard a student say of another, “She wasn’t under­
stood by the faculty because she never got into the lime light,
she didn’t assert herself—but I ’ll tell you she was one of the
most unselfish girls I have ever known. She didn’t talk
much about morals but she was as straight as an arrow and
every girl respected her.’’ I have learned how valuable esti­
mates of this kind are; they are the reports from the home
region that indicate stability and character— the “wearevers” of human society. As the years pass I have been in­
terested in the rising markets for these women. Years ago,
I was willing to bank on the salutatorians, valedictorians,
the Phi Beta Kappa men and women, but experience has
taught that while these start out in life with a larger capital
than their fellows, their stock often fails to command the
prices paid in the fleeting years for that of their less brilliant
but more reliable class mates. So, in estimating probable
success or failure, I want to know what young women honest­
ly think of women with whom they have been living for sev­
eral years; what men think of men whom they have learned
to know intimately.
T o you, my friends, who represent the citizens of the State,
the taxpayers, the bone and sinew of your communities, I
now turn for a few moments’ discussion of the state
of the market. W hat is the condition of the educational mar­
ket in your community ? Do you purchase the best that can
fie obtained for your children ? Recent investigation has
shown that out of every dollar spent on the public schools for
operation and maintenance, seventy-eight cents is paid to the
teacher. W hat dividends are your public schools paying?
I can buy a certain railroad stock for one-fifth of its par .value
but the shares of another are fifty per cent above par I may
decide to purchase the cheaper shares, but I ’ll not expect the
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The same law applies to shares in your school system. If
you are paying low salaries you will get a correspondingly
low type of service.
Let us be specific: We are hearing much about the poor
condition of the rural schools. T he stock in these schools is
not paying the educational dividends paid by stock in our
towns and cities. Let us not delude ourselves in this matter.
There are splendid men and women in the rural schools who
are genuinely interested in their work, who are making a
financial sacrifice in order to remain in the country, but they
are tremendously handicapped in their work- They are ex­
pected to do in eight months what the teacher in the town
and city does in nine or ten. Their equipment is old fash­
ioned^-their text books frequently out of date; practically
no supplementary materials; they teach from six to eight
grades with small classes. And yet their work is measured
with that of the well organized, finely equipped schools of
the urban centers.
W e have paid our tribute to the rural teacher who serves
his community unselfishly^—but candor compels us to state
that for every such teacher in the rural schools, there are nine
who are there because they couldn’t get a position in the
schools of the town and city. They are serving their appren­
tice period in the rural schools. I have just urged these young
men and women to give their best service to the positions in
which they may be placed. But I know that to the degree
that they do so they will, the m,ore quickly, secure better
positions, in the nearby town or city.
W e have been conducting an interesting experiment here.
Under the leadership of a Rural Director, who has won, not
only a state, but a national reputation for her work, we have
stressed and continue to stress the preparation of rural teach­
ers. T he young people of the rural group have caught the
vision of the needs of rural communities, they have organized
and worked in rural life clubs, they have sensed the possibili­
ties of the one room rural school. But what has this com­
munity, the home of these young men and women* to offer
them?-—the minimum salary of $100.00 a month. Some
communities in the eastern and western part of the State have
called them at salaries that indicate their appreciation of their
fitness, but they are lost to the communities they ought to
serve.
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M en and women of the rural communities, I ask you, as
one who came from the farm, how long will these conditions
iri our rural schools continue? Just as iong as you are satis­
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will be when the fathers and mothers on our farms demand
that their boys and girls, the finest heritage of the AngloSaxon race, be given the same educational opportunity that
we are giving the children of foreign immigrants in our
cities. I t isn’t a question of local taxation for education is
a State as well as a local affair. R ural districts are financial­
ly unable to provide the type of schools needed for their
children. Pennsylvania, with its great revenues, must tax
itself to provide equal education opportunity for all the chil­
dren of the Commonwealth.
W e can have good schools in rural communities when we
are willing to pay for them. A bill will be introduced into
the next legislature providing a minimum salary of $130.00
a month for the teachers in rural schools who have taken spe­
cial courses! that have fitted themselves for such positions. It
will provide for the same salary increments that successful
teachers ini the town and city receive. The extra expense will
be paid by state appropriation. W hat will be the attitude of
the rural communities when the bill is before the legislature?
In the past, such measures have been antagonized by the com­
munities that most needed them. City legislators have been
willing to support these measures, but they were defeated by
the representatives from the country districts. Are the men
and women of the farms anxious that their children shall
have the educational advantages that can be secured for
them? W hat will be the state of the educational market?
And now let me swing around to the facts with which I
began. W hat is the meaning of the changes in the curri­
culum of the Normal School during the past thirteen years?
It means that the type of education that satisfied the public
a decade ago is no longer satisfactory. Teaching now be­
comes a profession demanding the same scholastic require­
ments as' other professions. Those who would enter the
ranks must have four years of high school training. The
teachers for our junior high school boys and girls must now
have three years of post high school training—and in the
near future a fourth year must be added. W hat i0‘the state
of the market?
Listen to the reports, Pennsylvania must recruit approxi­
mately 6000 new teachers for elementary schools alone next
year. Less than 4000 are in sight. No danger :of over­
stocking the market. Next year, when the new requirements
are in force, the demand will rise to 8000. Such a condition
indicates a rising market. T he superior teacher will com­
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put more and more money into the community joint stock
cooperative movement.
And now, members of the Graduating Glass, let me turn
away from the material things of life for à last moment of
friendly counsel. You have a splendid opportunity before
you. .Y our services are needed in the great cause in which
you are enrolled. I have tried to show you that success or
failure rests with you—with you alone. T he recommenda­
tions of your teachers—even your diplomas—are valuable to
you only ,as letters of introduction to. the world. W ithin a
few months these will be forgotten: the testing and trying
out process will be under way and it will continue until you
have proved your worth. W e have as a fàcülty endeavor­
ed to rate you. W e have divided you as to quartiles, as to
upper, middle, and lower thirds. W e have indicated our be­
liefs in your relative fitness for various, positions. W e recog­
nize, however, that there are latent forces in all of you, that
we have not been able to estimate. Your will power and
your moral fibre will turn the scale eventually toward suc­
cess or failure. W hen you return to your reunion in 1936,
the readjustments will have been made. Perhaps some lower
third young man or woman will, by virtue of industry and
character, have passed those who today are ranked in the
higher groups. Some timid, diffident young woman may have
. found herself during those years and won the plaudits of a
reluctant world. W e shall watch your growth and develop­
ment—we send you forth today. W e hail you as a company
of the 4000 men and women who carry the banner of the old
school. This institutionfjlnow your Alma M ater—^exclaims,
“Behold— O world, this group of my children. I ask not
that they may find life easy-—a path of roses—-but that they
may grow stronger with each struggle, braver with each at­
tack; that they may keep their eyes upon the' goal-—and so fol­
lowing the gleam year by year may they grow stronger, braver,
truer, until they have finished the course and handed to their
successors the torch of truth. M en and women of the class
of 1926, Carry O n!”
Diplomas were then awarded to 34 graduates of the three year
course and to 171 in the two year course. Certificates of gradu­
ation had previously been awarded to 18 others who completed
the work at the close of the first semester.
T he much sought after Distinguished Service M edal awarded by
M rs. Eleanor Kyner Boots, class of ’89, to the student who in
the judgment of the faculty and student body had rendered most
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Miss M argaret K. Lehman of Shippensburg. T he prize for Ex­
cellence in Student Teaching given by Mrs. M ary V. Long Fairley, class of ’89, was divided equally between Miss Maude Eppley of Etters, Pa., and Miss M yra C. Esh of Milroy, Pa., Mrs.
M yrtle Mayberry Stough class of ’07 offers a prize of books to
the student who writes the best Short Story during the year.
This prize was won by M r. Henry S. Gutknecht of Fayetteville,
Pa.,-w ith honorable mention of Miss Frances E. Tay, Carlisle,
Pa. Miss M argaret K. Lehman, Shippensburg, Pa., was the
winner of the prize offered by the class of 1908 for the Highest
Scholastic Record Made by a Four Year Student. T he class of
1916 offers a prize in Public Speaking. This was won by Miss
Helen W . Kegerreis of Shippensburg with honorable mention of
M r. James S. Snoke, Mowersville, Pa., and Miss Dorothea Kirk,
Harrisburg, Pa.
T he prizes in Inter Society Debating had previously been an­
nounced by the judges in the Inter-Society Debate. Miss Mazie
K. Hamil, McConnellsburg, Pa., won first prize and Miss M ar­
garet K. Lehman Shippensburg, Pa., second prize. The Girls’
Athletic Association offers a gold medal to the student who wins
the highest number of athletic points during the year while at the
same time maintaining satisfactory class standing- The prize
this year was won by Miss Dorothy L. Leese, York, Pa. The
prize for the best original design for a book plate was won by M r.
Eugene Plessinger, Amaranth, Pa.
T he students who appeared on the Commencement program
represent: the first honor list. The second honor list is made up
of the following students: Misses Frances M . Barnes, McAlevy’s Port, Ethel F. Burkholder, Juniata, M arian M . Chronister, McKnightstown, Helen G. Deibler, 509 Curtin St., Harris­
burg, M arian Diehl, Chambersburg, Maude L. Eppley, Etters,
M yra C. Esh, Milroy, Kathryn Griffiths, Jeddo, Mazie K.
Hamil, McConnellsburg, A. Kathryn Heiges, York, Grace A.
Huntzberger, 1502 Thompson St., Harrisburg, Anne E. Leitkam,
Saxton, M . Katharine Main, Shippensburg, Eunice Melcher, 103
6th Ave., Altoona, Erma Rathvon, 1615 State St., Harrisburg,
Olga Sadosuk, M t. Union, Josephine Stoner, Shiremanstown, Hes­
ter Treher, Fayetteville, Mildred E. Weigle, Carlisle
Dr. Lehman then spoke briefly of the demand for teachers in
Pennsylvania. In 1927, 8000 new teachers will be needed, and
though the classes in the State Normal Schools and Teachers
Colleges are unusually large this year and will be still larger next
year more graduates will be needed than will be available. He
spoke of the recent action of the State Council of Education in
selecting Shippensburg Normal School as one of the State Nor­
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of junior high school teachers and supervisors of education. The
State will offer a scholarship to all students who fit themselvés fox
either the two or the four year diploma.
The demand for teachers in the junior high schools is far rn
excess of the supply. Pennsylvania will need approximately 2000
junior high school teachers in 1927 and not more than half this
number is at present available.
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Before concluding the exercises D r. Lehman announced the fob
lowing additions to the faculty for the coming year: A. B. Cun­
ningham, Ph. D., O ral Expression and Eng. Literature; Edwin
Ç. Bye, A. M . Social Studies; Clarissa Randall A. B., Public
School M usic; Doris Moore, A. B. Assistant Librarian; B. F,
Potratz, A. M . Physical Education and Coach of M en’s Athletics;
M r. Potratz will take the place of H. N. B entzw hp has been
granted a years leave of absence to complete the work heeded for
the M aster degree. T w o positions remain to be filled on the
faculty. Misses M ary Snively and Miss Claudia Robb of the
Intermediate Group and the Dept, of Physical Education respec­
tively who have been on leave of absence will return to their re­
spective duties in September.
T he benediction was pronounced by Rev. J. 1). Wetzel of the
Reformed Church.

COMMENCEMENT W E E K NOTES
The class of ’96 through its alert President Dr.. E. M . Gress
made sure that the Alumni Rally would be a success by bringing
a brass band and turning out nearly 60 per cent strong. Pres.
Gress had a full Alumni Day- program. He led his class on its
morning march through Shippensburg, presided as President of
the General Alumni association at the Alumni meeting and in the
evening had charge of the big class banquet at the Fort M orris
Hotel:; . '
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Probably-no other class has quite sO complete a record of its
membership as has the class of ’86. Due to the enthusiasm and
indefatigable labors of M r: J. S. M oul of Hanover the mem­
bers of the class keep in touch with one another. As a result this,,
class not only surpassed all previous 40 year reunion in point of
attendance but it surpassed even the more recent classes in per­
centage of attendance at the Alumni Ralley. M r. M oul an­
nounces that preparations for the 45 year reunion are already
underway.
Prof. W . M . Rife assisted by Dr. J. S. Heiges worked hard to
secure a big turn out for the 35 reunion of his class. T he mem­
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not allowed the lapse of years to cause a loss of interest in the
old school.
Owen Underwood lined up his classmates of ’01 in fine style.
T he class banqueted in the basement of the Reformed Church and
when they parted it was with a determination to make their
thirtieth reunion in 1931 the outstanding event in the history of
the institution.
T h e classes of ’06, ’l l , ’16 and ’21 vied with each other in dis­
playing school spirit. Each class contends that it is entitled to
first honors-—and the reporter for the Herald has taken to the
woods.
The class of ’89 didn’t have an official reunion but it points to
the fact that not only have two of its members, Mrs. Eleanor
Kyner Boots and Mrs. M ary V. Long Fairley established yearly
prizes to be awarded on Commencement Day, but this year one
of its representatives in the Alumni Parade, Mrs. Maude Cressler Gibb, came all the way from Montanna. It claims the long
distance record.
’76 was represented by two grand “young men,” M r. William
Nickles of Shippensburg and M r. T . W . Bevan of Merchantsville,
N. J. No members of the Alumni are more loyal than they.
M ay their shadows never grow less and may they continue to
represent the “Centennial Class” for at least another fifty years.
T he Alumni made a fine choice of leaders for the coming year
when they selected Supt. E. E. Eisenhart ’97 of Tyrone as Presi­
dent and Hon. James L. Young ’87 of Mechanicsburg as VicePresident
Supt. Eisenhart has become one of the outstanding Superin­
tendents of the State. T he class of ’97 made no mistake when if
chose him for its president almost thirty years ago. M r. Young
is widely known not only as an able lawyer but as a leader in
the State Sabbath School association. H e is an eloquent speaker
and has kept in close touch with his Alma M ater. W ith these
two men at the helm the Alumni should have a fine meeting next
year.

REU N IO N OF 1886
T he class of 1886 held their fortieth anniversary on June 5,
1926. In 1886 this«® !» numbered thirty-five. In forty years
eight of the members died.
A t this reunion, there were fifteen of the twenty-seven living,
present,
The following members were present :
M rs. Florence Hale Donnelly, M rs. Jennie Musser Drum,
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ters Rebuck, of Shippensburg, P a .; Miss Annie G. Kerr of Tyringham, M ass.; Miss M ary A. Laughlin, Hagerstown M d
Miss Anna J. Peebles, Newville, P a .; Miss Laura Belle Staley,
Philadelphia, P a.; Mrs. R o se 'E n te r Typer, F easterv ille|g g 1
Mrs. Vermont Foreman W agner, Carlisle, P a .; M r. J. S. Moul,
Hanover, P a.; M r. A. B. Myers, Millersv.lle Pa.; M r H. E.
Sheaffer, Carlisle, P a .; and Dr. John W alter, Lebanon, Pa.
T he class held their banquet at the Reformed Church, Cor.
Normal Ave. and Orange Sts. T he ladies of the congregation
served a fine meal, well prepared and served in fine style.
T he business of the class was held in the Normal Parlor. A
loan Scholarship, in honor of Prof. Penny and wife (nee Miss
H eron), was presented to D r. Lehman.
T he class also presented D r. Lehman, Miss Horton and D r.
Heiges, an autobiography of the living members and obituaries o
the deceased members as follows:
Miss Anna W inger, died September 1, 1889.
D. B. Myers, died February 8 , 1890.
Miss Lillie J. Strominger, died April 5, 1910.
George W . Ployer, died April 24, 1915.
M rs. M artha Foust Barr, died September 2, 1917.
John T . Nace, died October 10, 1922.
M rs. M ary Heimminger Sheaffer, died Sept. 8 , 1923.
John E. Witherspoon, died August 22, 1925.
T h e attendance record at the reunion was about 60 per cent of
the living members.
In 1931 will be the next reunion.
J. S. M o u l , President.

REU N IO N OF 1891
Twenty-three “boys and girls,” members of the class of ’91, met
in room No, 112, Administration building, C. V. S. N. S. at 11
A. M ., on June 5th, where we spent a very pleasant hour in hear­
ty greetings, warm hand clasps and reminiscences of happy school
• At 12 o’clock, members of the class, wives and husbands, thir­
ty-two in all, banqueted at Fort M orris Hotel. T he meeting
was presided over by IV. M . Rife, class president who ■read let­
ters from members of the class who could not be present. He
then called the roll and each one responded in a few fitting re­
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our number who have passed to the “Great Beyond.” Addresses
were made by C. A. Hartman, D. E. Long, J. M. Smiley, J. S.
Omwake, Prof. Garver, H. S. Roth, E. M artin, J. S. Heiges and
Others.
After singing our class song and voting unanimously to meet
again in five years, we adjourned to the campus where we marched
in the Alumni parade, under a class color banner made by J. S.
Heiges.
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R EU N IO N OF T H E CLASS OF 1901
T he class of 1901 was well represented, more than one third
of its number having returned for commencement. T he spirit
of the class- was no less evident than its members. In the dining
room, on the campus, and in the banquet hall, the “naughty ones”
made merry, and renewed old time acquaintances.
M r. Owen Underwood,. president of the class and a very
successful business man of Pottsville, displayed as much youth
as energy in steering the activities of the reunion. Edward Reisner,
Doctor of Philosophy in Columbia University, arrived in time
for the banquet. Elmer Wineman came from Pittsburgh and
brought the news that Samuel Bollinger met with an accident
while on the to Shippensburg. A rthur Linn, of Pittsburgh,
was also in attendance.
A banquet was served in the commodious rooms of the new
Reformed Church. This consisted of a; splendid chicken dinner
with all the “ffxins” included.
The class invited as its guests Miss Ada V. Horton, Miss
Ida B. Quigley, and Prof, and M rs. W . M . Rife. Prof. Rife
was an instructor at Normal during the term of 1901. Dr.
J. S. Heiges husband of Susan Fickes ’01, was in attendance
and gave an address.
Eating, speaking, and a jolly good time in general was con­
tinued until eleven o’clock. At the close of the meeting letters
were sent to absent members.

REU N IO N OF 1906
T he members of the 1906 class held their 20-year reunion on
Saturday, June 5.
They were given room No. 121 or Dr. Gordinier’s Latin
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for the reunion, all taking part in the Alumni parade under the
tried and true, white and blue ’06 class banner.
O ur class was represented at the Alumni meeting by Prof. R.
G. Mowery, Asst. Supt. of Schools of Franklin County.
At four o’clock our 25 now being increased to 50 banqueted in
the Reformed Church Dining Room with Miss Ida Quigley, our
class dean, as our guest of honorThe tables and room were tastefully decorated in the class colers. T he class song was sung followed by a roll, call by each
member giving his or her autobiography for the past 20 years.
This feature proved so interesting that it was decided to compile
a journal containing the autobiography of each member of the
class.
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. ■Seven of our number have answered the “last roll call.
Since our class officers are so scattered it was deemed^ wise to
elect reunion officers in preparation of our 25th reunion in 1931.
C. Bruce Berry was elected president, Bessie Smith Allison, Sec­
retary and E. F. Snoke, Treasurer.
B essie S m it h A l l is o n , Secretary.

BANQUET OF 1911
Twenty-one members of the class of 1911, together with a
number of guests, met at six o’clock, Saturday evening,. June
fifth in the annex of the Normal School dining room for their
fifteen year reunion.
Owing to the fact that the members of the 1911 class have
assumed such responsible positions in the world that they find it
next to impossible to leave their respective posts long enough to
attend a class reunion, the attendance was far from what the com­
mittee had anticipated. However, what the group lacked in num­
bers was more than compensated for in pep and enthusiasm, and
every one present agreed that the reunion was a “howling success,
success.
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After a splendid “feed” served under the supervision of Miss
McWilliams of the Normal School Faculty, J. F. Faust, chair­
man of the banquet committee took charge as toast master of the
occasion, and a most delightful hour was spent in listening to the
various members present recount some of their experiences during
the interval between June, 1911 and June 1926. O f course not
all their “experiences” were told, but many interesting and choice
bits of information were brought out.
Perhaps the most enlightening speech of- the evening was made
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Folks Delay Matrimony.” Certain unmarried members of the
class were much interested in the information from one member of
the class that Sears Roebuck & Co., had proven quite helpful to her
in locating a life partner. Others decided to try the plan.
Communications were read from many of the members who
were unable to attend.
Those present w ere:
Dora Ridden Krall, Alma B. Coulson, Kathleen Craig Foust,
F lo n tH . Elliot, Helen M . Main, Olive B. Hall, Effie B. Hetnck, M argaret Hubley Crawford, Ruth K err Swigert and Hus­
band, Mabel E. Myers, M ary E. Myers, Fanny M . Neron Margaret S m th Berry and guest, Mrs. Shank, Emma Vance Aaron
H. Coble, J. Frank Faust, George W . Hosfeld and Wife, Roy
k. Kraber and Wife,. Ira C. Mummert, Raymond A .. Myers,
Howard G. Niesley.
CLASS OF 1916 BANQUET
T he banquet was held June 5, 1926, at 6 o’clock in the basement of the U. B. Church, Shippensburg, Pa., and was well at­
tended. T he class colors, white and green were in abundance and
made a beautiful scene as the class assembled to partake of a
splendid meal prepared by the good women of that church.
T he President, M r. Quickel called the class roll. This proved
to be rather a jolly experience for all as those present answered
giving a brief account of their life history since graduation
Interesting letters were read from those who found i t ’impos­
sible to be present. Most every member of the class was accounted for by some one in attendance. A t the suggestion of one
of the class Deans, Prof. Stewart, silent toasts were given in
memory of two deceased class mates, Charles Kell and Mary
Fletcher both of Carlisle,.Pa.
T he class Dean Prof. Stewart addressed the class in his usual
humorous 1916 style.
Those in attendance pledged themselves to do their utmost for
a big reunion and bigger banquet five years hence.
G. H . Q u ic k e l , President.

M ETR O PO LITA N ASSOCIATION BANQU ET
c T^ r'
Ü H ®Iges and Miss Ada Horton attended the banquet
of the Metropolitan Alumni of Philadelphia at the Poor Richard
Club on Saturday evening, April 24th. Ninety-five persons were
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p resen ted . T he Toastmaster of the evening was M r. D . Pres­
ton Eckels, 1890, President of the Association. Toasts were
given by D r. George Leslie Omwake, 1893, President of Ursinus- D r. J. S. Heiges, 1891, Dean of Instruction Cumberland
Valiey State Normal School; Miss Ada H orton,1888 Registrar,
Cumberland Valley State Normal School; ¡f J M B B B l M W i
former teacher and Dean of M en at Cumberland Valley State
Normal School, now located in North Wales, P a.; M rs. Flor­
ence Foglesonger Murphy, 1903, Philadelphia; M r Paul Leh­
man 1921, a student .in the University of Pennsylvania Law
School; and M r Ralph Heiges, 1923, Instructor of History, Royersford. A t a business meeting immediately after the banquet
the following officers were elected; President, M . J. r . H a g
songer, 1890; Vice President, M rs. Florence Fogelsonger M u r­
phy, 1903; Secretary, Miss Blanche Stoops, 1921; and Treasurer,
Dr. Zimmerman. M r. Paul Lehman was appointed chairman ot
the committee on arrangements for next year’s banquet. Danc­
ing followed the business meeting.

ALUM NI PERSONALS
’87 M rs. Jacob H . Stoner (Lulu Cole) was recently elected
Regent of the Franklin County Chapter of the Daughters of the
Revolution. M rs. Stoner succeeds M rs. Andrew Buchanan who
filled the position for three years.
’92 Miss Bertha James, of Scotland, is employed at present in
the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown, Pa.
’96 W e know the H erald readers will be interested in reading
the following letter from Blanche Soule.
“American Mission,
Nasser, Sobat River, Sudan,
M arch 22, 1926.
Dear Miss Horton:
I have been looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to
the thirteenth reunion of the Class of ’96. I have been hoping
to be able to get home a short time before the eventful time, but
it looks now as though the big day may be long past before
reach America.
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I expect to come to America this spring for a year s furlough.
T he Sobat is a very small stream of water in the dry season, but
in the rainy season it is like a mountain torrent. W e are in t e
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comes by mule train from Malakal, which is on
the White Nile, about two hundred miles away. W e are hoping
for boats to be running by the first of May, and if so, I am
planning, to leave the early part of May.
If I do not reach home in time for our reunion, I shall be there
in spirit. | | will be so good to get back to “Old Normal.“ So
many changes have been made that I will hardly know the place
■ S i B B i h°W many changes>1 will always be dear to me.’
With kindest regards to my friends, I am
Very sincerely yours,
C. B l a n c h e S o u l e , 96.’’
01 Juliet Stockbridge Evans, 1770 Sonoma Ave., Berkeley,
Oahf., writes I took my A. B. degree from the University of
Mich, in 1906 and my A. M . in 1909. T he winter of 1909-10
I was a student in the American School of Classical Studies in
Rome T aught Latin in, Akron, Ohio, until I was married in
1915 to a college friend. M y husband is a U. S. Forest Service
man and we have had some wonderful experiences in the wilds.
1 lead a very busy existence home keeping, various forms of club
j jH
year I am President of an organization having two
hundred fifty members. Am planning to take some work in summer school.
W ith every good wish, I am very sincerely,
J

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S tockbridge E vans ’01”

’05 Dr. Garry Cleveland Myers, ’05, is on leave of absence
from the Junior Teachers’ College of the Cleveland School of
rxlucation during the present semester.
He is giving two courses in home education and parenthood at
the School of Applied Social Science, Western Reserve'University, m which there are 130 regular, registered students, of whom
102 are fathers and mothers. Each course offers two semester
hour credits and meets in two sections. “Education of the Child
of Pre-School Age” has 59 students ; .“Home Education of the
Child from Six to Twelve” has 77 students.
The course on the pre-school child is now in its third semester
aving begun February, 1925. The total registration in this
course from that date has been 179 students.
’05 Miss Jean Pearson is a stenographer in the office of Sena­
tor repper.
’06 W e learn from M r. S. D. Unger, 810 N. 16th St., Harn s b u rg th a t he is still in the mail service running between New
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’08 Lieut. Raymond W . Pearson, 6210 8th St., N , W . W ash­
ington, D. C., is an instructor in the Dental School of the W alter
Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C.
’09 M rs. Florence Kniley Swab, wife of Capt R. E. Swab,
is living at Schofield Barracks, 21st U. S. Infantry, Honolulu,
Hawaii. They sailed for Honolulu M arch 4, 1925, taking with
them their son Robert Kniley Swab, who was born in the H ar­
risburg Hospital January 9, 1925.
’10 W e learn with regret that Miss Ruth Duke, who for a
number of years has been one of the efficient teachers in the local
Public Schools and for the,past year a member of the Normal
School 'fa c u lty , will not return to the local teaching staff in the
year 1926-27, but has accepted a position in the schools of Lower
Merion township. W hat is our loss is their gain. Miss Duke
has many friends in this community who will be sorry to learn
of her departure.
’13 Miss Dorothy W olff is a member of the biological faculty
of North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, N. C. She
likes the work very much. The biological faculty numbers 13,
and the laboratories are well equipped.
’16 M r. J. F. Slaybaugh, Gettysburg, Pa., who has been
teaching in the Gettysburg High School, has been appointed As­
sistant Superintendent of Adams County.
’17 Miss Dorothy Hamil, McConnellsburg, Pa., goes next
year to Ardmore, Pa.
’18 M r. John Maclay, Jr.yyis Director of Science in the Jean­
nette High School.
’19 M r. Rex Clugston, 5318 Angora Terrace, Philadelphia,
is in charge of the branch jggffice of the Continental Publishing
Company, City Center Building.
’20 Miss Grace Meredith, 39 East Knowles Ave.. Glen
Olden, is teaching in Glen Olden.
’21 W e are in receipt of a letter from M r. Reese E, Bert, of
Lurgan, Franklin county, who last summer motored from here
to California, where he is attending the University of California.
He says in part:
“I aril enjoying my work and location very much. Just last
evening, M arch 26, I enjoyed meeting M r. and M rs. W m. A.
Nicicles from Shippensburg in the home of Dr. Hanlin, with
whom we all did fair justice to: a delightful dinner. M r. and Mrs.
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I left in the early part of July last year and I was glad to get inpersonal contact with Shippensburg again.
. My^ courses call for considerable application, but the work is
interesting and I am rather pleased with the success that has been
mine with my work so far. T he climate is most suitably adaptS H S B B h work. One feels best all of the time.
With best wishes to the folks of Penna., I am
Very faithfully yours,
(Signed)

R eese E. B ert.”

22 H erald readers will be interested in the following;
N ew C umberland , M ay 24.— Miss M aude Keister,’ of
this place, has started for Korea and will arrive in Japan June
8, from which place she will proceed to Korea. She will be lo­
cated in the capital city, Seoul, where she will take up missionary
work, as assistant treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal Church
work in Korea. Miss Keister received the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Education from Bucknell University in June, where
she had been the past two years. A fter leaving New Cumberland
high school, Miss Keister graduated from Beckley College H ar­
risburg, and from the State Normal School, Shippensburg ’ Next
she attended Pierce School of Business in Philadelphia. Miss
Keister does not expect to return to this country for five years.
. 2 2 Miss Kathryn Daniels, who has been teaching at Biglerville, Pa., will teach next year at Upper Darby, Pa.
’23 Miss Alma Crawford, 222 Pine St., Steelton, Pa. has
been re-elected to sixth grade in the Steelton schools for next
year.
S,tan1?: FJink- B B S
Perpetual Cyclopedia Corporation.

R. 4, is in the employ of the

, ’22 Miss Mildred Shambaugh has been elected President of
the Y. W . C. A. at Albright College, Myerstown, Pa., for next
year.
I | i , Mr- Mitchell Dreese had made a most creditable record
at Columbia University. He recently received his M aster degree from.that institution. H e says, “I shall always feel, however,
that ohippensburg, not Columbia, is my Alma M ater.”
’24 Miss Leah Decker will matriculate this fall at Bucknell
University. Miss Decker was one of the first honor students in
her class at Normal.
’24 W e have the following from a local paper:
M echanicsburg , _June 5.—John Seal, son of Mrs. W il­
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He schools of Wormleysburg for the past two years, will enter
Dickinson Law School in September. H e is a graduate of the
local high school and of Shippensburg Normal School.
; ’24 Miss Josephine Clark, Shippensburg, Pa., who has been
teaching a colored school in Delmar, Del., expects to take up
work in Temple University in the fall.
’25 M r. A rthur Filler attended the W harton School, Phila­
delphia, during the past year.
’25 M r. Robert Luse, W est Fairview, taught at Bristol dur­
ing last year.
’25 Miss Julia Hargleroad, Shippensburg, Pa., has been re­
elected to her school in Belleville, N. J., for the coming year.
’25 Misses M ildred Kline, of Harrisburg, and Lois Bender, of
McConnellsburg, will teach in Mercersburg next year.
’25 M r. W ard C. Houck has been teaching the past year m
Crescent City, Fla.

W H E R E SOME OF T H E CLASS OF 1926 W IL L BE
LOCATED
Miss Rachel Barbour, Shippensburg, Pa., will teach at Middle
Spring.
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Miss Nina Beaver, Waynesboro, will teach second grade at
M t. Alto, Pa.
Miss Constance Benedict, Lemaster, will teach Grindstone Hill
Rural School, Guilford township, Franklin county.
Miss Sara Bingaman, Highspire, Pa., will have charge of 6th
grade in Highspire.
Miss M ary Bingman, New Kingston, Pa., will teach second
grade at Washington Heights, Pa.
Miss Ethel Burkholder, Juniata, Pa., will teach 3rd grade in
Juniata, Pa., at a salary of $1000.
Miss M arian Chronister, of McKnightstown, Pa., will teach
7th and 8th grades at Arendtsville, Pa.
Miss Hattie C o le j Steelton, Pa., will teach first grade in
Hygienic School in Steelton, Pa.
Miss Ruth Colvin, Schellsburg, Pa., will teach primary grades
in Altoona.
Miss: Lucille Conover, Gettysburg, Pa., goes to Englishtown,
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Miss Geraldine Cooper, 1839 Boas St., Harrisburg, will teach
in the elementary grades at Millersburg, Pa.
Miss Virginia Cunningham, Mifflintown, Pa., will have the in­
term ediate grades at Millersburg at a salary of $110.00 per
month.
Miss M arian Diehl, of Chambersburg, will teach sixth grade,
Buchanan School, Chambersburg,, Pa.
Miss Florence Dobbs, Marysville, will have charge of Emery
Green Rtiral School, Madison Township, Perry county.
Miss M ary Fahrney, Quincy,; Pa., will teach 3rd and 4th
grades at Quincy. .
Miss Mabel Frank, W est Fairview, goes into sixth grade at
Lemoyne, Pa.
Miss Kathryn Funk, Shippensburg, will teach first grade in
Shippensburg.
Miss W inona Garbrick, Bedford, Pa., will teach in the Green­
field Township High School at Claysburg, Pa.
Miss Cecelia Gottschalk, of Yeagertown, Pa., will teach first
grade at home.
M r. Calder Geedy, Shippensburg, Pa., will teach science in
the Lewistown schools, Lewistown, Pa.
Miss Mazie Hamil, McConnellsburg, goes to Ardmore, Pa.
Miss SaUie Hoop, Knobsyille, Pa., will teach Vallance School,
Dicking Creek Township, Fulton county.
M|ss Gwendolyn Hutchinson, Altoona, Pa., will teach at home.
Miss Arbelia Karns, Bedford, will have charge of sixth grade
at Kane, Pa., at a salary of. $1000.00 for nine months.
. Miss Erma Kauffman, Mifflintown, Pa., will teach fifth and
sixth grades at home.
Miss' Eunice Melcher, 104 6th Ave., Altoona, will teach in
Altoona.
M r. Ernest McClain, Colfax, Pa., will be principal of the Elim
School, Upper Yoder township, Cambria county, -and will teach
seventh and 8th grades.
M r George Ocker,. Shippensburg, will teach Spring Hill
School.
Miss Erma Rathvon, 1832 State St., Harrisburg, Pa., will have
ii_th and sixth grades at Coxestown, Dauphin county.
Miss Dorothy Rhinehart, ! Mechanicsburg, will have second
grade at Hyndman, Pa.
_ Miss Amy Shatzer Chambersburg, Pa., will teach Pleasant
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Miss Ruth Shivery, Yeagertown, Pa.," will teach grade 4 A at
home.
Miss Vesta Stevens, 1115 3rd Ave., Altoona, Pa.,, will teacn
in Altoona.
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Miss Sylvia Saracena, 2609 Union Ave., Altoona will teach
at home.
M r. Harling E. Sponseller, M t. Alto, Pa., has been re-elected
principal of the Junior High School in Shippensburg, Pa. M r.
Sponseller, who was graduated in February, has been filling the
above, position since the illness and subsequent death of Miss;;
Mary Raum.
Miss Josephine Stoner, Shiremanstown, Pa., goes;: into- a pri­
mary grade at Ardmore, Pa.
Miss Edna Stouffer, Newville, will teach New Baltimore Rural
School, Penn. Township, York county, at a salary of ?100.UU
per month.
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Miss Helen Tennis, Oberlin, will teach second’and third grades;
at Bressler, Pa.
Miss Hester Treher, Fayetteville, will teach second and third
grades in the Fayetteville Consolidated school.

■ENGAGEM ENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
M r and M rs. W illiam Holloway, of Williamstown, Pa., have
announced the engagement of their daughter M ary E. Holloway,
’24, to M r. Bruce Morris, of Lykens, Pa. Miss Holloway is a
member of the faculty of the Tower City, public schools, M r.
Morris is editor of the “Lykens Standard.”- I ■ ■ ■ ■
' T he engagement of Miss Kathryn Funk, ’20, of Shippensburg,
to M r. Roy MacDonald was made at a bridge party at the home
of Miss- M artha Beattie, of New Alexandria, Pa.
Announcement of the engagement of Mis? M argaret .CaTothers T8 and M r. W illiam Foster,Àof Uniondale, was made at a
luncheon given by M rs. Carothers in Carlisle in honor of her
daughter.
T he engagement of Miss Ada W . Hykes, ’18, of Shippensburg,
to M r Parris Ryder, of Enolä, was announced Saturday, May
8, bÿ Miss L u e l k Hykes, sister of Miss Wda, at a dinner .given at
the Hykes home.
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\ i rs Tames B. Weicht, of Chambersburg, P a .,. entertained
Thursday, M ay 6, at her honte on S. 2nd St., m■ ■ ■ | her
daughter, Miss Maeda K. W eicht,-at which time Miss Weicht
engagement tò M r. Normal M Lightner was announced.

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CUPID’S COLUMN
K a r p e r -C o sten b a d er . A t Slatington, Pa., June 12, 1926, M r.
Leslie M . Karper to Miss Frances Costenbader. M rs. Karper
taught music in the normal school during the years 1923-25
E u r ic h -B a s e h o r e . In the “Little Church Around the Cor­
ner” New York City, June 1, 1926, by Rev. Doctor J. H. Ray,
M r. C. Russell Eurich, ’20, to Miss Elizabeth R. Basehore, ’25.
They reside in Shippensburg, Pa., where M r. Eurich is a member
of the Senior High School Faculty and Director of Athletics.
A n g l e -C a m p b e l l . In Baltimore, February 22, 1926, by Rev.
Forest WellsggVlr. Robert O. Angle, ’21, to Miss Elizabeth L.
Campbell, of Ford City, Pa. After July 1, they will reside in
Baltimore, Md.
B e r k h e im e r - T r im m e r . A t the U. B. Parsonage, Shepherdstown, Pa., M ay 18, 1926, by Rev. A. C. Crone, M r. William E.
Berkheimer to Miss Grace E. Trimmer, ’23. They reside at Mechanicsburg, R. 1, Pa.
F r ea s - F u n k . A t Ambler, Pa. December 30, 1925 M r.
Guilford Freas to Miss Ruth Funk, ’23. They reside in the
Gradin Apts., Ambler, Pa.
R oot -K r a l l . A t Easton, Pa., June 4, 1926 by D r. DeForest
Wade, M r. Wm- Clarence Root of Wilkes-Barre to Miss Orena
A. Krall, ’21. They will reside in Plainfield, N. J.
T il l e m a n - J o h n s t o n . A t McConnellsburg, Pa. April 2,
1926, D r. Vladimir Arthurovitch de Tilleman to Miss Jean W .
Johnston ’16. W e have not learned where they will reside.
T rostle -A n d e r so n . A t Oakland, California M ay 13, 1926
M r. James C. Trostle ’12 to Miss Cora D. P- Anderson. W e
have not learned where they will reside.
P ip e r -S h e a r e r . A t D ry Run, Pa. M r. Franklin Piper to
Miss Janet Shearer ’24. They reside at D ry Run, Pa.

STORK COLUMN
At the Bair M aternity Home, Waynesboro, Pa.
February 24, 1925 born to M r. and M rs. W . E. Minnich a
daughter Alice Ann. M rs. Minnich was Bertha Hollinger ’12.
S h e a r d . At Milanville, Pa. May 4, born to M r. and MrsRussell A. Sheard a daughter, Lydia Louise. M rs. Sheard was
Edith Harry, ’23.
S p a n g l e r . A t the W est Side Sanitarium, York, Pa., born to
Rev. and M rs. Henry T . Spangler a son, Henry Swartz Spangler.
Mrs. Spangler was Amy Swartz, ’06.
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OBITUARY
G oodhart

H. Berd Goodhart, ’80, died. February. 4, 1925.
Miss Goodhart ever since her graduation taught in the schools
of Cumberland County, Penn, Newton and Upper Allen- She
was taken ill while visiting a sister in Media and was taken to
the Media Hospital where she died.
W

ensell

Kathryn A. Wensell ’93 died May 15, 1926.
Miss Wensell after graduating at Normal attended Cooper In­
stitute, New York City, She taught for many years in Highspire,
her;home town and died there after a short illness. .
SENSEM AN .

James O. Senseman, ’99, died April 5, 1926.
W e have the following account from a Harrisburg paper:
Shiremanstown, April. 6— Funeral services, for Jam es O. Senseman, 52, superintendent of transportation of the Valley Railways
Company, who was overcome by a cerebral hemorrhage while at
work in his office at Lemoyne yesterday, morning at 9:30 o clock,
and died at 12:25 o’clock, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock from his home in Shiremanstown.
M r. Senseman held the position of superintendent of transpoitation for the last fifteen years, starting with the company in 1901,
as a conductor. He was a member of the Mechanicsburg Masonic
Lodge since 1904, and was a former grand chancellor of the
Domain of Pennsylvania, Knights of Pythias, the past year.
He is survived by-his widow, M rs. Anna Senseman, two sons,
W ilbur Senseman, at home, and Herbert Senseman, of H arris­
burg; four daughters, M rs. George Leach, Altoona; Mrs. M ark
Ulrich, of Pittsburgh; Mildred Senseman and Hilda Senseman,
at home; one brother, Tolbert C. Senseman, Shiremanstown.
Burial will be in the St. John’s Cemetery, Mechanicsburg.
R aum

M ary K. Raum, ’91, died April 18, 1926,
Miss Raum lived in Shippensburg 'all her life and at the time
of her death was principal of the Junior High School. T he fol­
lowing tribute was written by a member of the class of ’27 And
published in the “Campus Reflector” .

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M ISS M A RY K. R A U M
“W ell done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into
the joy of thy lord-” St. M atthew 25:21.
No more fitting words than these can be said concerning the
passing of Miss M ary K. Raurn in the Great Beyond. A gradu­
ate of C. V. S. N. S. in the class of ’91, for many years a teacher
in the Shippensburg public schools, and in the last year principal of
the Shippensburg Junior High School, she was known and loved
by a large part of our student body.
She was characterized by one of the young men of our school
as “one of the best friends a student could have.” She was always
working for the betterment of the community and was very public
spirited.
She never spoke a word of remonstrance;- one glance from her
expressive eyes was sufficient to make the most boisterous settle
down. She was the confidant of many, and her sympathetic help
and understanding will enshrine her memory in the minds of her
students.
She was a wonderful history student and many owe their love of
that subject to her. She was a close friend and co-worker of Mrs.
H arriet Wylie Stewart of our own immediate faculty.
She died as bravely and as wonderfully as she lived. Though
she knew death was approaching, she did not complain and un­
selfishly tried to be as little trouble as possible.
H er life is a pattern by which all of us might mold our livesNo better example of an ideal teacher could be found. , If we
who are about to enter the teaching profession take her as our
guide, we cannot help but be better teachers for it.
Teaching was to her, as it should be to us, not merely a position
or a job. It was an opportunity to be of great service to her
fellow-men.
Kathryn Lukeris, ’27.

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