/ COLL Lu L Uli'JES iiii’ Edinboro Pa. vears ago.’'-Greenville Advance-Argus. Football. The Normal squad met a foeman worth their steel on October 28 when they faced Thiel College, and after hard fighting for four periods of fifteen niinutes each the final result was a 21 ^to 0 score in favor of the college boys. j No scoring occurred in the first and second quarters, but the Normal team was on the defensive all of the time. Thiel took liberties with the Normal flanks and they always gained from five to ten yards by this means. Thiel re­ sorted to trick plays, and forward passes. End rushes by McCready and Haworth netted gains every time they carried the ball. In the third quarter. Thiel, by means of end runs and forward passes, managed to secure three touch downs. In the last quarter they again annexed SIX points to the score by a forward pass and McCready kicked the goal. Many players of each team were injured in the second and third periods of the Same, but managed to play the entire game. In two branches of the game the Normal was strong—kicking and tackling. Without these assets. Thiel would have played more havoc than they did. Urban, left end for the varsity squad, played a great game, breaking up many plays. Quick also played a strong game of ball, it being his first appearance at quarter back. The line up of the two teams is as foilows: »Pened during the basebad season four Camden M. Cobern. The next lecture on the Normal Lecture Course is to be by Dr. Camden M. Cobern, a professor in Allegheny College. Dr. Cobern is known every­ where as the man who discovered the “bricks without straw” which the Israelites made in Egyptian bondage. He was with the world’s most famous excavator. Dr. W. M. Flanders Petrie, vititing him, while he was digging up several cities in Egypt and Palestine. He has written a large work on Egypt which is used as a reference book in various universities, and also a Com­ mentary on Ezekiel and Daniel (Whedon Series) and several other books. Some of these have been honored with trans­ lation into other languages. He also contributed several important articles to Dr. Hastings’ new “Dictionary of Christ and thfi Gospels” (Edinburgh 1908). * ’ The Middle Year Masquerade. Monday even ig, October 30, the class of 1913 gav a Hallowe’en party to the student* thd faculty. The State Normal gyranasiitm was grotesquely decorated with class colors, corn stalks and jack-o-laiiterns for the occasion. At half past seven masked figures of all descriptions marched into the gymnas­ ium in a continuous stream. By seven o'clock the balcoiy was filled to its utmost. On the first floor the middle class gave the pantomine, “The Witches’ Flight.” The boys of tl.e class, dressed as devils carrying pitch forks, made an elaborate picture by mixing in with the girls who wore black suits and carried brooms to represent witches. The moit interesting part of the pantomine was the feast prepared “The Old Presbyterian Church. on the witches’ fire. In the grand In the ceremonies the march the devils and witches march«i ------ of — W.V, last stood, as a rare example of New England Alumni Day, there was no one thing in pairs about the gymnasium cutting church architecture. The picture pre­ He is one of the few men who unite mentioned more often than “The Old antics that would shame “Old Nick” sented above will bring back rich technical knowledge with popular gifts. Presbyterian Church.” Well it himself. de­ memories to mafty students of the years He has been pastor of several of the After the pantomine refreshments served the prominence given it, fer gone by. largest churches in the country includ­ without doubt it has ministered much The Birch Rod hereby expresses its ing Ann Arbor (which is the largest were served, doughnuts being served to the welfare of many generations of from the handles of the witches’ brooms, congratulations to the congregation that university congregation in the world) students at the Normal School, The and apples and sandwiches from the has been so successful in the adornment and St. James, Chicago, where he was tines of the devils’ pitchforks. After Birch Rod takes this occasion to make of their church, and predicts that the preceded by Dr. (now Bishop) McIntyre refreshments had been served, every one mention of the rededication ceremonies care they have exercised in the recent and followed by Dr. (now Bishop) which took place on Sunday, November took part in the' jolly social hour. improvements will have great in­ Quayle. He also followed Dr. McIntyre 5. Although recently remodeled the The costumes of the people, as a whole fluence in the school for years to at Trinity Church, Denver. As a building stands today, as it has always come. lecturer on the Bible he has recently were the best that have been seen in a gathering of this kind for a long time. taken first rank. His audiences at _Ine part;ii was ^ tejf. to" m^bered by alll|joiie who attended. "Siudenr Volunteers of Western ...............GeorgqMont Hanna. over 3,000. /Normal The success of tile pantomine was in Thiel Pennsylvania Assemble. is^^Urban .................... Etha Burdick Here is what some of his friends say • • ’ ’L* E...................Diemer no small Way due |o the fact that Miss The second annual conference of the ............Heredity vs Environment about him: Rickenbrode . .. .L. T.............. H. Miller Hauser had charge lof it, and that Mr. Western Pennsylvania Association of Elmer Frantz. “He is amazingly well informed Greenlee............,L. G......................Baker Snyder had done thl) electrical work in Student Volunteers for Foreign Missions .......................The Toilers upon Biblical and archaeological sub­ Johnson ) making the witches’* fire Jennie Magnuson. was held at Allegheny College. Meadjects and has a kind of genius in the Obert j ‘ ■ ■ ■' ............Miller Carrie Walters carried all the scenes ville. Pa., November 10. 11 and 12. McQuiston............. R. G......................Lucas popular and attractive presentation of and parts to the complete satisfaction About thirty-five delegates from the these great themes. “—Bishop Mc­ De Reamer........... R. t. ............ Kischler Normal Lecture Course various schools were registered. The of her audience. Dowell. of Chicago. (Methodist 'White ) Forest L. Knapp blushingly impressed delegates were an earnest body of work­ . 1911-1912 Leach J • • ■ • r - R- E.............. Peterson Episcopal.) upon us the need of education. ers who gathered together to study the ‘ ‘These messages are not only timely; Caulkins......... , ,L. H................... Getter November 20....... ......... ....Camden M. Cobern George Mont Hanna handed the listen­ problems confronting missionaries at they are an epoch in the spiritual life December s.............. Dudley Buck Concert Co. ....................E.B.. . . . , McCready ers just what his subject implies. the present day and to get new light on ebruaiy 7...........Ex-Govemor Joseph W, Folk of those that hear them.’’—Theodore ......................Q- B......... Gerberding Ick^b?rd”“"‘^'‘'^ ® morning the work contemplated in the future. February 28....Redpath Concert Co. with Mr. S. Henderson, of New York City, Chair­ The program included enthusiastic Carl Diift man of Commission on Evangelism. Elmer Frantz expressed his opinion workers and nothing but inspiration ............................. Edward Amherst Ott “He rings true for the Christian Cambridge Springs Again. ^ ................... Allegheny College Glee Club on the much disputed psychological came from the meetings. Among the ............................... Dr. S. Parke Cadman A return game was played with the fundamentals, and his appearance on speakers were Bishop J. M. Thoburn, of argument. Heredity vs Environment. Cambridge Springs High School on Satur­ the Christian assemblage platforms of Jennie Magnuson presented, in a Meadvi He, a formic student of the t^he Pacific States, is one of my fondest day. November 11. A full account of magnetic manner, The Toilers. college also missiqnary w.irker, the Heaven. the game will be given in the next hopes. His message is clear and con­ Rev. W. L. King, a missionary of India, vincing, his style bright and spark­ The Birch Rod herewith presents to More than 650 Chinese students are issue of The Birch Rod. Every report who has had a long and successful ex­ ling.’’—Bishop Bell, of Los Angeles, Its readers a copy of one of Mr. enrolled in the American schools and says the game was a clean, sportsman­ perience of over twenty years in the (United Brethren in Christ.) Gi Hi Ian’8 poems. Due apology is like affair. The score was seventeen field, and the Rev, F. P. Turner, secre­ colleges. Of this number Cornell gives The lecture that Dr. Cobern will give made to the person who holds the copy­ to three in favor of The Northwestern instruction to fifty. There are also a tary of the Student Volunteer Move­ on the evening of November 20 is en­ right. State Normal School. ment. each taking for his motto or CorneH studying at titled, ‘‘Personal Adventures Among the Heaven is a bed , topic “The World Wide View.” Arabs.” This contains personal ex­ With a light at the head. AH the evening sessions and these periences of a very exciting character, With the coming of the first snow Lack of Sympathy. And an uncut magazine; on Sunday were held in the chapel and as Dr. Cobern visited many places, at flurry the dining room windows in Or a crust of bread the remainder in the oratory of the ^ he following lack of appreciation the risk of his life, where tourists never Haven Hall burst into bloom. Lean To the long unfed chapel. The delegates .vere enter­ 3 to The Birch Rod unsigned. If go. This is very popular with city souls who dread winter’s keen tooth Whose hunger pangs are keen. tained by the Young Women’s and le author is caught he will be prose­ lecture courses. It is the only lecture Young Men s Christian Associations at took heart and fell to breakfasting cuted. of the kind on the American platform. Heaven is a smile with unwonted gusto. the fraternity homses, Ruling’s Hall One night about two weeks ago,well, From a soul wrrth while and in town. The Young Women’s to be exact, it was October 27, a crowd “Would you have pleasant yester­ Y. M. C. A. Reception. And a hand clasp full of trust; Christian Association of this Normal of juveniles from the junior class days and welcome tomorrows—let today ’Tis a tender word The Young Men’s Christian As­ wanted to have a “big time,” as they be busy and confident.—Brinton. was represented by Alice Townsend From a heart love stirred sociation gave a reception to the Young and Ruth Brown, and the Young Men’s called it. Some of the village cut-ups When your spirits trail in dust. Christian Association by Howard Tiffany who are members of that class, carried Women’s'Christian Association Satur­ and Chas. E. Scott. the contagion to younger members so day evening, November 4, in the Potter Heaven is to feed The Northwestern all agreed to have a parade. It would and Philo halls. The program was On your chiefest need, short and interesting; it was a scene. A Middler*s View, State Normal School never do for these young people to be Be vour naed or work or rest. “Student Life Among the Boys in the The Birch Rod prints below a slander­ out without proper chaperones so a few CALENDAR And the God who knows No practice had been ous account of the first senior rhetoricals. of the most dignified merhbers of the Dormitory.” Why he barbed tbe rose__ 1911-1912 The author is unknown. middle and senior classes played that given to it and everything that was said School year begins........... Tuesday, Sept. 12 He plans your Heavens best. or done was impromptu. Booklets con­ The first division of the senior Thanksgiving Day...........Thursday. Nov. 30 role. The cut-ups marched around the STRICKLAND GILLILAN. taining conundrums were distributed. a Term ends................Saturday, Dec. 16 rhetoricals was well attended by camous yelling like Indians on the war The one who answered the greatest students and thoroughly enjoyed by all holiday recess path, rang the bell in Recitation Hall For the first time in 275 years of number was given a box of candy, and Winter Term begins.........Tuesday, Jan. 2 Mr. Baker spoke of the and did several other harmless stunts. Harvard’s existence a blot^d relative of present. Washington’s Birthday ..Thursday Feb 22 rhetoricals as a school tradition which After an hour of this strenuous amuse­ the one who answered the least was the founder of the institution maWinter Term ends............ Saturday, March 23 given an appropriate prize. Refresh­ was of unlimited value to both the ment, they retired to their rooms thinktriculates-Lionel De Jersey Harvard, SPRING RECESS ments consisting of grapes, cake, school and the senior class. they had had a gloriously big time. a member of the class of 1915. He was Spring Term begins........Tuesday, March 26 cookies, candy and cocoa were served. ............ The First Settler’s Story -y must be watched a little closer Decoration Day...............Thursday, May 30 prepared for college at the slame London Carrie Walters. lest they get into trouble by their young Thanks are due to the Young Men’s school at which John btate Examinations.........Week of June 17-22 Harvard prepared Christian Association for the very en­ Oration.. The Necessity of an Education Baccalaureate Sermon ...Sunday, June 23 pranks. for Emmanuel college . Camlwidge, 300 joyable evening’s entertainment. Meeting of Alumni...........Tuesday, June 25 Forest L. Knapp. years ago. Commencement Exercises,Wednesday, June 26 Oration Pioneer Influence on Coun- V-'i Independent. terms Tho Tipwonaner will be supplied for the school yeS (fifteefnumbers for 1911-1^12) for the sum of Mty cents, or five cents the copy. This paper is entered as second class mail mat­ ter at the postoffice at Edinboru, Pa. ^ editorial • rnipf Editer-in-Chie - Associate Editor Litemry Editor Athletic Editor Exchange Editor Alumni Editor Class Editor Manager Assistant Manager the Publisher ^ staff - F.L. La BOUNTY ABBEY, ’12 LILLIAN CRISTENSON, ’13 CHAS. CAULKINS, ’12 - MARIAN R. JUDD, ’13 - MARY A. AGNEW, ’13 CHAS. SCOTT, ’13 T bl\in ". williams, ’13 SILVAN HILLIARD EDINBORO INDEPENDENT Abject Apology. Mr. Strickland W. Gillilan has soothed the feeling of this paper by an abject apology of the most gratifying sort. Mr. Gillilan realizes that he was in error in his remarks about dogs and in a personal letter to the editor has this to say ; “It served me right. I knew all the time it was your dog. But you weren t a lady who had committed peroxide, and as the dog I used as a stage “prop’’ had long white hair I thought I had saved the day. “The Birch Rod is a smart little school journal—very smart. But (and here comes the mean jab again) I used to have some teachers who convinced Hie that most anybody could make a It was well enough for girls to study music, but the boy who wished to de­ vote himself to the piano or to the violin or to the cultivation of the voice was considered guilty of abnormal weakness. In the last twenty-five years, there has been a marked improve­ ment in the attitude of the public towards music in a scheme of education; and yet today it is not an uncommon thing to find university men who boaSt. with some degree of complacency, of their inability to tell “Yankee Doodle” from * ‘God Save the King. ^ ’ and this inability is somehow or other accepted as a mark of great intellectual.develop­ ment. There are. to be sure, some university men who cannot spell ac­ curately, or who are unable to dis­ tinguish the seven table from the eight table in multiplication, but they do not boast of it. The truth is that the man of well rounded education ought to know something about music just as he is supposed to know something about literature and the pictorial and plastic arts. He may not know how to write a book, but he ought to be able to dis­ tinguish between Laura Jean Libbey and Robert Louis Stevenson; he may " not wish to paint a pichire, but he ought to know why the Coney Island artist who does a portrait with colored chalk and both hands in three minutes is really not an artist; he need not play the violin or the piano, and per­ haps wisely Joes not sing, but he ought to be able to discriminate somewhat intelligently between Schumann and birch tod smart.” Social Hour. We missed our after supper social hour in Haven Hall this week. When, like the Yankee, we wanted to know^ the authorities smiled mysteriously, we are to be made to cry for it next John Philip Sousa. “Every serious attempt, therefore, which is made to develop and direct sound and dscriminating musical taste in this country, and a respect as well as a love for music, deservas public We protest that we mm. Tdifi mmmrn _ ^___the do appreciate after supper singing and want it to con­ tinue. If we seemed bored or unap­ preciative it was not because we found it rather uncomfortable to sit (and sing) about the board after it had lost its first, fresh beauty and had taken on the'appearance of a deserted battle field. If we sang we must gaze directly into the eyes (and too often into the mouth) of the table fellow opposite. Now we like to sing for our friends, or to our friends, but we object to singing at them. If we did not sing we sat and looked foolish, feeling keenly every inch of our length that projected above the table. .... Then, too, we knew the possibilities that splendid hall upstairs had to offer for a pleasant social hour. Didn t the authorities remark with what eager­ ness we ran up the stairs that first night of the change? The cabin below does very well for meal times but for seasons of rejoicing give us the upper deck. School Music. John Ruskin, in his early years, had a very poor opinion of music. With advancing years, however, his appreciation constantly increased, until he gave it a high, if not the highest, place in the subjective arts. He said: “Every child should be taught from its youth to govern its voice discreetly and dexterously, as it does its hands: and not to be able to sing should be more disgraceful than not to be able to read of music makes it especially fitted to provide emotional exercise, which is a prominent part of recreative entertain­ ment;” Let us encourage especially self-made music as a wholesome, satis­ fying substitute for the questionable means of entertainment now in vogue. ' To encourage self-made music is one of the pitfposes of music in the public or write. ” The Schoolmaster was interested in an editorial preface to an article on “Music and the East Side (New York) Children,” in the “Outlook” for February 22.- 1908. The editorial is as follows: “Owing, perhaps, to the infiuence of the rebellion of the Puritans against what they believed to be the malign infiuence of asthetic beauty in a world of sin, we are only just be­ ginning to recognize in this country the educational and civilizing function of the aits. Music is the last of the arts to feel this new forward impulse. As recenjfy as thirty years ago in New Yorkt then as now the metropolis of the Western World, the boy or man with a taste for music had a hard struggle. James Phillips, is teaching at ERIK, PA. John Preston, ’ll, is teaching in the East Millcreek High School. Rupert Peck ’10. post graduate ’ll. is teaching in Florence, Montana. Ray Bradshaw, ’ll. is teaching at the Chandlers Valley High School. OSBORNENORMAN CO. Jessie Tillotson, ’09. is teaching in the primary room at Bear Lake High School. The following alumni were at the Nomal lastSatuday ; Elizabeth Donor, ’ll. Ruth McReary, 10, Lyle Baldwin, ’ll, Fannie Fellows, ’10. Erie’s Fastest Growing Store C. K. HENRY Jeweler and Optician is ready to care for all EYE TROUBLE The very latest styles are seen first at this store Also the prices are the lowest. He will fit lenses or fill anv lens prescription in the shortest possible time. enjoy and want good music. Perhaps, as to music’s being a necessity to life and the things of life, as we consider some other school subjects necessities, has not been fully shown. __ AntionH the heading The. 0-1 Schoolmaster noticed the heading to an article in one of our best magazines, “The .j^prld s Work, for No matter how bad that rough house was, heil mend the glasses. read.” t , , Supt. J. W. Itfdand, of Stanford, Kentucky, has issied this appeal to all educators of the ftate: ‘‘It should be the desire of evefy right minded person, having the inter^ts of the young at heart, to see mutjic form a more im­ The Little White Store on the corner is conducted bp Miss Proud portant part of the curriculum of our public schools in Kentucky. Are we to make reformed progress or drift into deformed desuetdde? Are we to awaken to the necessity of progress along the line of music in Kentucky? Do we need a refining crucible? Music furnishes it. Do we need greater cul­ tural facilities? Music supplies them. Do we need more heart and soul awaken ing as well; as mental aptitude? Music is ever '^e ready handmaid to arouse the lethargy. It is stated on best authority that music education will lift into effici^oy a greater proportion of the community than can be brought into a high degree of efficiency through any other subject. Why, then, should we not be deeply interested? THE SCHOOLMASTER. exercise. “There is evident need,’” to quote further, ‘ ‘for entertainment. The present methods of entertaining the American public are far from ideal. Inasmuch as, first: “Music is uni­ versally a source of pleasure. ” Second: “The musical capacity of the average person has been underestimated, be­ cause of the exaggerated importance of the virtuoso.” Third: “The nature is attending Floyd Bathurst, ’10, is teaching in the Hydetown High School, other branches of learning. It is proper, therefore, to place the teaching of this subject in the public schools with other subjects. In this way the rich and poor are alike richer. It is certainly not the purpose of pub­ lic school music to make musicians of all the children, a criticism that is frequently advanced; neither is it the purpose to make mathematicians of all the children because they are all taught arithmetic. It is the purpose and the hope, however, that they will become musical enough to appreciate and of a magazine article a year or more ago, in which the author asked such questions as; “Is music a luxury or a necessity?” “Is it merely an art. a genteel plaything for an aristocracy of sensitive souled specialists, or a democratic utility, with a direct in­ fluence on the health, morals^ and efficiency of the common mass?” “Can it be used by a practical people for a material purpose?” Let me ask with this author; “Is entertainment a necessity?” It certainly is necessary that we have emotional exercise as well as mental activity and physical ’10, Ethel Buckley, ’ll, favored few. If music is to become a social force, we cannot depend upon private teachers and private institutions to make it so, any more than we can depend upon such means to educate the masses in ban^s teaching Hammonton, N. J. history, business, householding, etc., but not every one may be a master in each of these lines. The musical faculty is not an exclusive gift of the and orchestras composed of children from the public schools and private institutions. Again quoting from the “Outlook ’ of March 4. relative to this event: “The question may be asked: ‘What is the use of all this teaching of music?’ And one practical answer is that those children who have special musical ability are given a start from which they can, if they choose, develop themselves as professional musicians, and so earn a better living than they might otherwise earu. If, however, this were the only answer, it probably wuuld be said that the number who are likely to develop musical ability is comparatively small, certainly not enough to justify all the musical trainhig. The real answer lies in the fact that it is quite as im­ portant to provide amusements for people of every age and condition as it is to provide food, clothing and shelter. I should, therefore, be a part of all educational and charitable work to teach children of the city how to pro­ vide for themselves sane and uplifting forms of pleasure. The development of the mental, spiritual and imaginative side of life is of the first importance.” The Schoolmaster recalls the reading is Oberlin College. schools. The Schoolmaster is reminded to say in this connection that much harm has been dene by parents iq mak­ ing such remarks to their children as “0. you can’t sing: there is no music in our family,” etc. Every normal person has a capacity for learning music, just as every normal person has a capacity for leaning arithmetic, recognition.” About six weeks ago there was held in New York City the “Child Welfare Exhibit. ’ ’ The music for the occasion ’WafflftniTt'gtitid Eleanore Dunlap, ’ll, at Jeanette Pa. It is a good place for Edinboro Students. Specialties in Edinboro Savings Bank Cor. Waterford and Meadville Sts. does a general Banking Business. Interest paid on Time Deposits. -> READY-TO-WEAR COATS, SUITS EURS, SWEATERS, WAISTS, GLOVES Dt. i. E. CONDRON Harry Ob|rt, ’ll. is teaching in Mon­ tana. f Madge K«r. ’09, is attending Oberlin College. Berniece Brant, ’ll, is teaching near Tionesta. t Rena D^ Vore, ’ll. is teaching in Meadville. Ethel Pliillips. ’ll, is teaching Warren, Pa, Lillian Frame is teaching ’ll. OSBORNENORMAN CO. at 1024-26-28 State Street at New Brighton, .Pa. Gladys White, Painless Dentist is teaching at 1023 State Street ERIE, PA. Cor. 11th and State Barnes, Ph, James jsmith, ’07, is in Tacoma, Washingt|m. Lucy (Benedict, ’ll, is teaching in Goodwill] Hill. Clara jSenedict, ’ll. is teaching near Petrolemn Center. Geral/l Decker, ’ll, Cochranipn, Pa. is Edinboro Hotel ERIE, PA. E. J. Swanson, Prop. Rates $1.50 per dap. Restaurant in connection. Centrallp located. All students welcome. teaching at EDINBORO. PA. .r, Page Three Y. M. C. A. Notes. Senior Rhetoricals. The Young Men’s Christian Associa­ tion well attended on October 29. Mr. Wallace J. Snyder had charge, the topic was, “The Profits of a Christiaii.” The subject was taken up with enthusiasm and interest. The dis­ cussions were treated from the stand­ point of national and spiritual gain. This gave a wide field for thought. Many illustrations were brought to bear upon the subject, showing that if the hereafter is disregarded the profits on earth are great enough to make the Christian life far superior to any other. The meeting of November 5 was a very successful and interesting meeting. Marion Negus, the leader, treated on facts relating to the subject “Temp­ tation. ” Interesting talks were given by those present, and all left feeling they were greatly profited by the meet­ ing. Regular meetings are held at two o’clock in the afternoon of each Sab­ bath at the State Normal gymnasium. The leaders and topics are as follows: November 12—Leader, Charles Marsh; topic, “The Fight for Character. ” November 19—Leader, V. A. Snapp; topic, “True Living.” A cordial invitation is extended to all young men. Second Division. Students’ Prayer Meeting. Topic November 12—Society versus the Saloon. Isiah .5:11-25. Leader, Charles Scott. Y. W. C. A. The usual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. will be held November 9. Topic, Ideal Women; leader, Mrs. Bonner.. The Potter Society. The following program was given in Potter Hall, November 13: Roll call answered by Irish stories. Irish Song—Forest Knapp. Irish Song—Arthur Johnson. Essay, “Ireland”—Ada Abbey. Recitation—John Krasin&ki.__ .— Vocal Solo—Ora Kopf. Irish Reading—Francis Hanna. Irish Medley—Louise Hess, Andrew Frame, Ellen Morgn. Piano Duet—Alice Woods, Alice Walker. Debate—Resolved that Ireland should be freed from England. Affirmative, Charles Scott, Hazel McCIaughry; negative, Knight Smith, Carrie Walter. The Philo-Everett Society. The society so far has held its meet­ ings on Mo,nday evenings, but it has been decided for the present to hold them on Saturday evenings. The pro­ gram for November 11 was as follows: Quotations from Burns. / Reading—Irene Crouch. Current Events—Vincent Hays. Dialogue—Mont Hannah, Ethal Seddon. Debate—Resolved, that the United States should permanently retain the Philippine Islands. Affirmative. Cyrus Quick; negative, Claude Whittenberger. Select Reading—Minnie Pierson. Impromptu A cordial welcome is extended to all. jpiionian Literary Society. The program for October 30 was both interesting and successful. The debate. Resolved that Canada has lost a national opportunity in defeating her measure of reciprocity, was decided in favor of the affirmative, Edith Cook and Victor Snapp. The following program was given November 13: Devotionals—Glenn Greenman. Roll call answered by quotations from John Milton. Declamation—Roy Mosier. Essay, “Uprising in China”—Susie Baker. * Song —Society. Reading—Florence Hutchison. Debate—Resolved that country life is the greatest life of the twentieth century. Affirmative, Alice Townsend, Carol Blakslee; negative, Amy Wilder, Blanche Howard. The second division of senior rhetoricals appeared on the afternoon of November 3. The program was as follows: Oratioj............................... Carl L. Holder What is Fate? Oration.............................William Frantz The Mission of Culture Oration................................. Clyde Joslin The Modern Farmer Dialogue. Ned Dearborn,Charles Caulkins Quarrel Between Brutus and Cassius Third Division. The third division of senior rhetoricals was given on Friday, November 10. Miss Hauser presided. The program appears below : Essay...................................... Cora Durfee Friendship Reading............................... Lillian Wiard From a Far Country Oration........................ .Sarah Harvey Polish the Heel of the ShoeEssay..............................Beulah Crawford The Happiness of Duty Reading........................... Ruth Richardson Rollo Learning to Dress Oration................................. Clarence Bell Robert E. Lee Fourth Division. ^0= O C.-."" A True Test of Value In every line carried by Erie’s Big Store, the policy of the best always for less is found to be a fact that comparison with other merchandise proves beyond a shadow of a doubt. Of special interest to the Edinboro Students and their friends are our line of Pennants. The Book Store gives you the latest Copyright fiction as well as stationery and all writing requirements. Offers you boundless opportunities to choose the latest styles at reasuiiable prices. All other departments contribute their share of quality merchandise for your approval. Merchandise suitable for Christmas gifts are being shown in the various departments for those who want to buy early and get first choice. Let us repeat for the best always for less go to The following program for senior rhetoricals will be given on Friday afternoon, November 17: Essay................................ Bernice Gregory Influence of Music on Human Action Reading............................................. .AgnesSwaney Oration...............................Gladys Brown Joan of Arc Vocal Solo...... .J. Blaine Williams Essay.....................................Luci le Marsh Invinicible Allies Oration............................... Charles Kough Success Through Self Reliance The Funny Side of Exams. ' IS 1 The Best Tradition At the Northwestern State Normal School The institution has the approval of The Birch Rod. FRANK E. BAKER, Principal orrr-rr-":'. ... EDINBORO, PA. — Young Men Want Snappp Shoes Howard & Foster Shoes O =3 O C3 O IQ A New Store And a new and up-to-date stock of Men’s Clothing forpoung men embodp everpthing new thats good. $3.50 to $5 Trask, Prescott & Richardson Co. The following “The Edinboro Student” ' ? By Comparison T.P. & R. Lo. WINS I ccr=..----- im Erie’s Big l^epartment Store selection of mistakes MAJESTIC SHOE SHOP CoiiVi any one that there are some peaks of ignorance which he has yet to climb: “Mute, inglorious Milton.” These epitaphs are used by a writer who was envious of Milton’s being Poet Orient Magna Charta said that the King had no right to bring soldiers into a lady’s house and tell her to mind them. Shakespeare made a mistake in mentioning Galen, who did not live till a hundred years after his time. Panama is a town of Colombo, where they are trying to make an isthmus. The three highest mountains in Scot­ land are Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond and Beii Jonson. Wolsey saved his life by dying on the way from York to London. “Those melodious bursts that fill the spacious days of great Elizabeth” refers to the songs that Queen Elizabeth used to write in her spare time. Tennyson wrote a poem called Grave’s Energy. The Rump Parliament consisted entirely of Cromwell’s stalactites. The plural of spouse is spice. Queen Elizabeth rode a white horse from Kenilworth through Coventry with nothing on, and Raleigh offered her his cloak. When England was placed under an Interdict the Pope stopped all births, marriages and deaths for a year. “The Deserted Traveller” is the most famous of Goldsmith’s works. The Pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain. The gods of the Indians are chiefly Mahommed and Buddha, and in their spare time they do lots of carving. Every one needs a holiday from one year’s end to another. -^University Correspondent. All stockholders of the North­ western State Normal School are requested to meet a committee of the State Board of Education in the auditorium Monday, Nov. 20, at 10:30 a. m. ERIE, PA 924 State Open Evenings The Birch Rod ERIE, PA. F. F. WALKER And Furnishing Goods SELLS Come in and let us show you what is new. Seal-shipt PFISTER Pa. Always New Patterns, Latest Styles, Best of Quality The Cole Store H. G. GILLASPIE EDINBORO, PA. 1 Erie Dry Goods Go. W. B. COLE, ’99 IL