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The Birch Rod

OF THE EDINBORO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Volume II

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913

No. 11

“ESTHER, THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN”
TO BE STAGED IN NORMAL HALL

FOOTBALL LIST FOR
1913 IS NEARLY FULL

Dramatic Presentation With Elaborate Costuming and
Setting of a Sacred Flag Based on the Book of Esther,
Under the Direction of the Music Department, March 17

The football schedule for next fall promises
to be very satisfactory. Manager Vincent
Hayes says that he receives and writes many
letters each week. He hopes to have all con­
tracts closed by the end of this school year.
! Manager Hayes is negotiating with the fol­
lowing schools and dates are being agreed upon:
Erie High, Thiel, Meadville High, Cambridge
High, Franklin High, Conneaut High, La Fay­
ette High, and Clarion Normal.
We are delighted to see our old rivals, Thiel
and Meadville on the list. Our team this year
went down to defeat at the mercy of the fast
Thiel eleven. Manager Hayes is arranging
with them to play the Thanksgiving game at
Edinboro. The Red and White will make up
in speed what it loses in weight, and they hope
to turn tables with Thiel next year. Mead­
ville always puts out a speedy team, but we
hope to make a good showing with them. We
have never met Clau’ion Normal in football, but
judging from the record they made last year
the teams will be evenly matched.

The cantata, "Esther, the Beautiful Queen,"
with over fifty people in the cast, under the
direction of Mr. Gleason and Miss Thomas,
who also take the part of leading characters in
the play, will be staged in Normal Hall, Mon­
day evening, March 1 7.
This wonderful musical production is a sacred

he obtained a decree for destroying all the
Jews in the provinces. Mordecai discovered
the plot and charged the queen to petition for
the safety of her people, which she did at the
peril of her life, on account of the law that no
one should go unto the king unbidden.
The
king heard her petition, and Haman was de­
feated. Haman had prepared a gallows for
Mordecai. An attendant informed the king of
the fact. The king ordered Haman to be
hanged from it, and proclaimed Mordecai
premier instead. The people rejoiced.
Cast of Characters.

FRED S. GLEASON
Director of Music

play based on the book of Esther. The cos­
tumes are elaborate and becoming. Full dress
rehearsals will be given Friday and Saturday.
This mighty popular cantata always makes a
hit. We suggest that you buy your ticket
this week. All seats reserved. Tickets on
sale at Kellogg’s, thirty-five cents.

Elsther, the Queen__
Ahasnerus, the King. _
Haman ___________
Mordecai_________
Zeresh, Haman's wife
Mordecai’s Sister___
Prophetess_________
Median Princess____
Persian Princess____
Scribe_____________
Beggar------------------Hegai
\
High Priest ) “
Herald____________
Harbonah ____ _____
Maids of Honor to Queen

Guards____
Cup Bearers-

_ Miss Olivia Thomas
---------Charles Jones
____ Morgan Barnes
___Fred S. Gleason
Mrs. Chalmer Swift
.Mrs. Frank Bonner
_______ Nina Swift
_____ Esther Averill
___ Ethel Howland
'___ John Krasinski
__ Arthur Johnson

REFLECTION OF THE MIRROR.

_____ Leo Armagost
________ . Neff Cass

Poor Sophs! how vain are your remarks;
You even spread your childish prattle
In printer’s ink, and every verse
Too plainly speaks, you have a rattle
As infants do, before they’re taught
The folly of such tommyrot.

Doris Amidon
J Helena Jackson
Marian Maffitt
Mabel Sammons
( John Scott
1 Mar'ey Leach
j Hugh Smith
■■ f Carlyle Harvey

The Freshman class we could forgive,
(Elxperience they have not had)
But you by this time should have learned
That such conceit is naught but mad.
Such egotism blinds your view
And shuts a world of good from you.

___ A. H. Kellogg

The Seniors smile, they learned all this
Before the days of Eldinboro.
The Juniors only pity you
For reaping on yourself such sorrow;
Some day you, too, will realize
That no one is so very wise.

Synopsis of Play.

Esther was born in Persia 500 years be­
fore Christ. Being an orphan from infancy,
she was adopted by her uncle, Mordecai, who
recognizing her great natural beauty, trained
her in the accomplishments of highest woman­
hood. She was chosen by the king of the
realm to be his wife and queen. She did not
disclose her nationality. Haman was premier
favorite of the king. Haman hated Mordecai
because he would not worship him as the king
had commanded. He did not know Mordecai’s relation to the queen. To be revenged

No Contracts are Filled Out Yet.

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^ Senior.

r|^r. Bames addressed a convention of Craw­
ford County teachers at Meadville, Saturday,
March 8.

OLIVIA J. THOMAS
Assistant Director of Music

The country school conference to be held
in Chapel Hall, Saturday, will necessitate the
closing of classes at ten o’clock. All students
are anxious to attend. The lectures will be
entertaining as well as highly instructive.

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Literary Societies

Griminger, Marian Judd, Chas. Scott, Eldward Baptista.
Witnesses for Defendant—Isabella Homan, Paul Bel­
lows, Verna Markle. Ora Hasbrouck, Glenn Steadman.
Clerk of Courts—John Krasinski.
Foreman of Jury—Fay Daley.
Stenographer—Perry Shively.

Philo Musical Program.
Something mysterious and strange seemed to
have filled the air for the past two weeks.
Then it happened—the Philo society invited
the Potter society and friends to come to
the Chapel, Saturday evening, at promptly six
o’clock. They were there prompt.
In the front row of the Chapel seats were
seated many boys and girls with the expression
of bashfulness on their faces. They were to
perform and they did perform. The music
was fine, but why comment on it. Everyone
was there and everyone passed the same
opinion.
“Seven Kuhns” direct from the jungles of
Africa were imported for the second act. Their
great musical talent 2md wit was displayed at
the best possible advantage while their drama­
tic abilities could not be surpassed by “Kirk
Brown” himself.
The program was ended in a very unique
way by an acrobatic stunt which was the envy
of even coach Hays.
Everyone left the hall feeling that they had.
indeed spent a pleasant evening. Appreciation
was expressed by both words and actions.
R. M. B.

The Green and the White.
The play is over, and as we return to dear
old Potter hall we appreciate its quiet and as­
piring attitude to a much greater extent than
ever before. We, as a society, extend our
thankfulness to all members of the school who
aided us in making the entertainment a success,
also to our patrons.
Furthermore, we feel
more than grateful to Miss Bauman, who was
our director, and who took such interest in our
work, helping in every possible way she could.
The society has been progressing with great
rapidity this term. The programs are very
interesting and all the chairs are occupied at
every meeting. It is our desire that this record
may still hold good for the remainder of the
term, and we have faith that it will because of
the large number of loyal and energetic mem­
bers that are on our roll. The society has a
full membership at present, but next term will
give Y-O-U a chance to join. So. comft and
visit us at both remaining meetings.
The program for last Monday evening held
in Potter hall at 6:00 was as follows:
Mock Trial.
John Scott versus Frank E. Baker (Nevin Carmin),^
Lawyer for Plaintiff—Adlia Dickey.
Lawyer for Defendant—Quincey Vincent.
Judge—Walt Whitman.
Witnesses for Plaintiff—Mearle Gaiswold, Gretchen

Warm Maple Sugar Banquet, ^'ormal
Gym., Saturday Evening,' March 15.
A banquet will be held in the Gymnasium
Saturday evening, March 15, from 7 to 10,
under the auspices of the Young Men’s Chris­
tian Association.
The banqueters will be served with warm
maple sugar and syrup and other dainties.
Special music and singing will afford a pleasing
accompaniment.
The sugar and syrup is not store goods, but
was gathered and made by a member of the
association at Maple Grove, a few miles west
of Edinboro. He will guarantee it to be
absolutely pure (under the annual tapping and
boiling act of 1912).
Warm sugar is especially luscious just before
the spring season opens and one is hungry for
genuine syrup like what one gets at the camp.
The special feature of the evening, after
society, is the sugar supper at the Gym. Bring
your friends with you.
We are expecting some interesting facts
from our friends along the Pacific Coast. In
the meantime let us spare no pains in telling
them what we are doing.

On Saturday, March 1, Mr. Byron Piatt
delivered his lecture on "American Morals" in
the Normal chapel. In It he advocated the
direct teaching of sex hygiene in the schools,
engaging as instructors for such work only ex­
perts in the subject, a line of thought that has
been followed by the magazines for several
years. He looks at youth and its possibilities
from a standpoint of their environment, while
Mr. Edward Amherst Ott, whose lecture on
"Sour Grapes" was a number in the 1912
Spring Term Course, looks at youth and its
possibilities from a standpoint of heredity. Mr.
Piatt lays as the basis for all evil, ignorance.
This lecture has been called "A straight, steady
look into the question of moral good and evil."
In it are some of the questions involved in the
problem of morals, whether marriage is to be
made difficult and divorce easy, what is to be­
come of the American home, and whether or
not the higher education of the masses is a
moral necessity.
Mr. Piatt is called "A Prophet of the New
Era." By the romantic setting of his facts and
his dramatic presentation of those facts, he
easily held the close attention of the audience.
But it is doubtful whether such a question,
touching closely as it does upon a matter so
common and yet so vital to the American peo­
ple, can ever be advanced by anything but
simple, straightforward statements instead of by
melodramatic presentation.

Mr. Walk—(9:00 a. m.) “Is your corporosity sagaciated ?”
Bill McKelvey—(1 1:30 a. m.) “I would
ejaculate an emphatic affirmative.”

Cheer up Proper,
Don’t look so sad;
Maybe she’ll be back next term
Then you’ll be glad.

Edinboro State Normal School
_ STANDS FOR

A HIGH STANDARD OF SCHOLARSHIP
THE AMATEUR SPIRIT IN ATHLETICS
WHOLESOME SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS
IT ALSO

BELIEVES IN AND SUPPORTS

The Birch Rod
Address the Principal

Edinboro, Pa.

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Alumni Notes
Greater Erie's Greater Store—Boston Store
Harry S. Gibson, a graduate of the class of
1901, is now teaching in Kansas.
We are very glad to hear that Lena Quick
is recovering from her recent illness.
Fern and Fay Henton, ’ll, are taking up
the second yezir in Allegheny College.
We have just received announcement of the
marriage of Fern O. Bauman. She was a
graduate of the class of 1908.
The Birch Rod has received the announce­
ment of the marriage of Anna Leah Willey to
Frank Leonard Sayre, which occurred Satur­
day evening, February 1 5, at Lyona, Penn­
sylvania. Both are • graduates of Edinboro
Normal school.
Clickety, clack-ety, click, clack, click!
Shorthand Forms an’ ’Rith-me-tic!
Com-mer-cial
Com-mer-cial
We mean, we mean
BUSINESS!

Behold! The Commercial Class fully organ­
ized. It was accomplished with difficulty, we
will admit, but Jewell’s enthusiasm would over­
come the passivity of a multitude of dead door­
nails.
We had our share of the new students who
came to the Normal at the beginning of the
winter term. We now have a class of thirty.
Mr. Perry is now allowed to spend some of
his time outside of Commercial hall, for all the
table-legs are of the required length.
On March 1, Miss Highland gave her type­
writing class a speed contest.—Edward fussed.
Mabel Monroe and Lura Watson make the
rest of us envious with accounts of their sleigh
ride to Cambridge Springs last Saturday night.
Everyting in ^he business world is done on
time. Why, we even have to write to music.
Ralph Skelton, Fred Jewell and Byron
Hoover distinguished themselves Thursday
night in our game with the Sophomores.
Know ye, when McDonnel is missing he is
at the cSice waiting for a permit.

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A large, roomg comfortable store in which to do
gour shopping—that is what we claim for the BOSTON
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of our customers, we have studied how best we could
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Our out of town customers we have had particularlg in mind and we have provided Rest Rooms, Bu­
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have gour wraps and other parcels checked at the In­
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Then the Din­
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and cheerful after a shopping tour. Regular Dinner
served dailg and lunches at all times. You would not
expect better or tastier cooking in gour own home than
gou will find in our dining room.
The merchandise of a store, of course, is the
backbone of its success, and we claim larger and bet­
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To the students of Edinboro Normal and their
friends especiallg we extend an invitatiod to make the
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THE BIRCH ROD

THE BIRCH ROD

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A fortnightly newspaper edited by the stu­
dents of The Edinboro State Normal
School, and published at the print
shop of the Edinboro
Independent.
TERMS—Thi* newspapter will be supplied for the
school year, 1912-13, for the sum of fifty cents, or
five cents a copy.
This paper is entered as second-class mail matter at
the postoffice at Edinboro, Pa.

EDITORIAL STAFF
Editors.................................Charles Marsh; Donald Richey
Athletic Editor..................... ....................... Hubert Bentley
News Editor......................................................Alice Walker
Alumni Editor.-..............................................Helen Whiting
Manager..............................................William T. McKelvey
Assistant Manager......................................John Harbaugh

Mr. LaBounly, of the English department,
has accepted an invitation to read the history
of Timothy Alden, at the Founder’s Day ex­
ercises of Allegheny College on April 24.
The Founder’s Day address will be given by
President Pritchell of the Carnegie Foundation,
formerly President of the Massachusetts Insti­
tute of Technology. Mr. LaBounty is asso­
ciated with Dr. Ernest Smith, professor of His­
tory in Princeton University, in the work of
preparing the history of Allegheny College for
the Centennial celebration to be held in 1913,
and his mmute and thoroughgoing investigation
of the Alden period of Allegheny’s history and
of the biographical details of the Founder en­
titles him to speak with authority upon the subiect. The honor that comes to him is a de­
served one, and the Allegheny anthorities have
chosen well.
_____________

A Senior’s Absence of Mind.
One of the Senior boys in Reeder Hall was
visited by a member of the Freshman class the
other day, and in their conversation the Fresh­
man outdone the Senior. The Senior not
wishing to be beaten by the freshness of the
Freshie put his strength to use, but he did not
realize that a Freshman’s brains were heavier
than his feet, until his feet were sticking through
the glass pane of the door.
A. N.

GUN.
Gum chewing has recently become a pop­
ular form of athletics in Edinboro. What
could be more convenient to have during a
recitation ? It supplies the place of what
might otherwise remain void—of expression.
How flattered "Bossie" would feel if she
could step into one of the class rooms and see
her favorite vocation executed with even more
than bovine grace.
Aside from these benefits it furnishes an ob­
ject on which the weary mind can concentrate
itself.
How pleasant to ruminate a pleasant supply
of "Wrigley’s Best" during the many spare mo­
ments when there are no lessons to get.
Indeed its very name plays an important part
in many vocabularies. What person has not
heard that forcible, "By Gum" uttered without
wondering whether or not Webster realized its
full significance when he said it was a "sub­
stance to be chewed."
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Coats
Suits Dresses

Apple Blossoms in Narch.
It is not often that you may see apple blos­
soms when the mercury is at zero in mid-win­
ter. But if you care to visit Mr. Snyder’s
laboratory of Experimental Agriculture he will
be delighted to show you a twig that is fairly
white with beautiful fragrant apple blossoms.
The experiment was to determine the amount
of nourishment that is retained in the branches
during the winter. The twig was taken from
a Northern Spy tree a few weeks ago and
placed in a jar of water. The water often
covered with ice at night and the blossoms
have been found decked with crystals several
mornings. But still they are blooming with all
the hzurdiness of their species.
Mr. Snyder has aroused great interest even
outside' of his agricultural class. The tops of
many radiators have taken the appearance of
miniature gardens.

A Study Hour Interruption.
The other evening as I was busily studying,
my quiet peaceful hours were broken by a
great scuffling of feet and loud cries of laugh­
ter coming from the adjoining room. Won­
dering what all the noise meant I made an in­
vestigation and soon discovered that one of
those Juniors was trying to give her room-mate
an electric shock by scuffling on the floor and
then touching her victim. I looked on for a
minute; then I said, Vi^hat put such a crazy
notion into your head ?
Her excited reply
was, “Mr. Snyder said you could give a per­
son a shock if you scuffle on linoleum with felt
slippers then touch the person with your finger,
and it will cause an electric shock.” Feeling
somewhat relieved I went back to my room
and resumed my studies.
A Sophomore.

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Our Athletic Association.

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For Young Men
Will be extremely popular this
winter and for earlp spring.
Swell Stples in hand­
some colors

The New
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Is accepted as correct for goung
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$4.00 up to $6.00

TROST & LACEY
Home of Good Goods

Do you know that it is a great privilege for
you to be a member of the Athletic Association?
If you are not one, hide your face for shame.
This is a student organization, managed by
students, for students. Do your share. Mem­
bership is not compulsory as it is in some schools.
You elect your own officers, who with the
coach and one member of the faculty do all the
work, the heu’d work of your organization.
You want basketball games and you want
fast games with fast teams. That means more
than yelling across the street "Let’s play scrub.”
This year in arranging the basketball schedule
and in mailing contracts for games the manager
wrote over two hundred letters. In addition
to this he has to have bills printed and posted.
The coach and the boys who play must prac­
tise faithfully several times a week, and must
keep training rules. (Marley may not eat any
supper the night of the game) The gymnas­
ium must be kept in the best condition, supplies
must be looked after, balls ready for use, baskets
in order. The treasurer must sell tickets, take
charge of elections, collect membership fees,
and pay bills. The president must call meetings
of the executive committee and see that all the
others are working.
Mr. Snyder worked all one Monday build­
ing a new gateway, and another day helping to
reinforce the backboards to the baskets, saving
the expense of new ones. All your officers
are working continually helping to build up the
Association and bring it out of debt. Now do
your share.
In the recent winter election Jane Riblet
was elected secretary for the coming year.
Vincent Hayes proved to be such an effic­
ient assistant this year that he was elected
Football manager for 1913.
Dean Shriver was elected assistant manager
with the understanding that he is to be manager
next year.
With a little more support and much more
enthusiersm we can begin on a big new prop­
osition—An Athletic Field. There is plenty
of ground here, and with a willingness to work
on our part we can have a new well drained
football field, a concrete grandstand, a running
track and two new tennis courts all enclosed by
a high fence. Will you help build it? If the
Alumni would only decide to help, surely the
students will do their share.
M. J.
The Red and White went to Slippery Rock
Monday, March 10, to play the return game.
Word came over the phone that the Green and
White won the game 37-19. Details will be
given later.

828 STA TE ST, ERIE, PA.
Where are the Haven Hall notes?

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FINAL CLASS GAMES PLAYED.

Normal Loses to Slippery Rock.

Seniors Win From Commercials, Freshmen From Sophomores, Commer­
cials From Sophomores, Seniors
From Freshmen.

Edinboro lost to Slippery Rock, Monday
evening, March 3, in the fastest and most ex­
citing game that has been played on the home
floor this year.
Although we lost the game we should feel
very proud of the work done by the home
team against the strong Slippery Rock team,
which is said to be partly composed of paid
men. If this is the case their appearance did
not belle their reputation.
If we had won the game, with a paid team
we would have had much less cause to feel
proud of our team.
Our Varsjty is strictly an all school team.
Each and every man in order to play on our
Varsity is required to do twenty-five hours of
satisfactory work a week. Money would
probably hire better players, but we do not
consider that the right kind of school spirit.
From the very start, the game was featured
by fast floor work and roughness on the part
of both teams.
During the first half the game was very ex­
citing as the score was frequently tied. At the
end of the first half the score stood 10— 10.
Shortly after the second half started they began
to gradually outclass the Red and White in
point getting, until at the close of the game the
score stood 26— 1 7 in Slippery Rock’s favor.
Proudfit and Leach starred for NormaJ and
McDaniels for Slippery Rock. Proudfit show­
ed his accustomed form and managed to cage
the ball for five baskets. His floor work was
also of high order. Leach played a fine guard
game, not allowing his man to score, Graham
did not get his accustomed number of field

Saturday, March 1, the Freshmen boys and
the Sophomore boys played a preliminary
game to the Senior-Commercial game. The
Sophomores advanced with blood in their eyes
but the order of things was soon changed.
The blood was on their borrowed suits. The
Freshmen proved that they had not practiced
week after week in vain. They mounted the
Sophomore goat and rode it to victory to the
tune of 12—2 amid the cheers of their class­
mates and the groans of the Sophs.
The Seniors lined up against the strong
Commercial team expecting a hard game.
The Commercials were beaten earlier in the
year, as were the Seniors, by the Juniors; the
Juniors winning the games by one point. If
there is anything in dope the Commercials
should have held the Seniors to a close score,
but although the Senior signals were blocked
at center by Hilliard, the Commercial center;
the game proved easy for the Seniors. It was
marred through-out by the snores of the on­
lookers and the disgusted look on the lace of
the Senior players when they realized that they
had been asleep and made another wild shot
in an effort to wake up. The final score stood
1 3—3 in Senior favor and they are wondering
yet how they failed to make it 30—3.
On Monday the Freshmen boys engaged in
mortal combat with the Commercial team, now
weakened by the loss of two of their best
' players. The Freshies did not seem quite able
to realize that their proper place is number five
and showed how ambitious they were by wal­
loping the Commercials 1 3—2, insuring for
themselves place three and the honor of meet­
ing the Seniors for second place.
Thursday afternoon the Freshmen went
down to defeat at the hands of the disgusted
band of Seniors. The game was, for the Sen­
iors, a repetition of the Commercial game and
resulted in a score of 12—6 in their favor.
The game was even slower than the Com­
mercial game and the only reason that the
Freshies scored at all was because they failed
to make disturbance enough to waken the
Seniors to the fact that they were present.
The Sophomores were again overwhelmed
this time by the Commercial mob. The score
board showed 10—4 with the Commercials
on the good end. The tackling and end runs
in this game were especially good.
These games close the inter-class contest
and show as results: Juniors, cup winners; Sen­
iors, second; Freshmen third, (with enlarged
turrets); Commercial, fourth, and Sophomores,
broom brigade.

goals but his foul shooting was good. Hood,
Harbaugh and Shriver played a strong consist­
ent game. Harbaugh enjoys the distinction of
making the first basket of the game.
Slippery Rock
Edinboro
Donovan___ _________ L. F____ . - - -__ Proudfit
McDaniels. ._________ R. F____ ------------- Graham
Aber_______ ___________C____ _
Balias______ __________R. G.... ............. .. -Leach
Scarry__ ____.. ............-L. G____ . - Hood—Shriver
Field goals: McDaniels 6, Aber 1 , Balias 2, Proudfit
3, Harbaugh I.
Fouls: McDaniels 8, Graham 5.
Final score: Slippery Rock 26, Edinboro 17. Ref­
eree, Morrison. Time of halves, 20 minutes.

C. B
FORTY YEARS AGO.
I wandered back to dear old Normal,
Where for years I have not been;
And the pleasure which it gave me,
I thought it couldn’t end.
The old hall is still standing.
The benches are replaced.
So like the very ones
Our penknives have defaced.
The old professors are s'eeping now.
Where the ivy and the grasses grow.
On the hill, where the boys were sliding.
Just forty years ago.
Few are left of our class.
And they are seldom seen.
The greatest of all classes
Was that of nineteen sixteen.
—A Freshman.

HENRY J. SEVIN

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REEDER HALL NOTES.
A. K. Hununer visited Harry last week.
We had a house meeting Thursday evening.
Be sure and come to the sugar supper Satur­
day night.
r

We noticed that Helen Bathurst is fond^
pie for supper.
Spring is coming, even members of the
faculty, are afflicted.
Harold Wildman has come to live with us.
We bid him welcome.
Hasbrouch kicked the glass out of Steadman’s
door, but it was Glenn’s fault.
Messrs. Bentley and Lamb, of Beaver Cen­
ter, visited Hubert last week.
Steadman is private tutor. Marley thinksfhe
will brush up a bit in Physics.
Reeder Hall is full. Harbaugh, Hayes and
Jewell are living in the Gymnasium.
.
Whiting and Bentley have been rather care­
less lately with their talcum powder.
Floyd Bathurst, Warren Judd, Carl John­
son and Glenn Irwin spent a few days at
Reeder.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickey spent Sunday, March
3, with Adlia and Elthel in Reeder and
Haven.
The boys are preparing special music to
give at the sugar supper Saturday night. In­
strumental and vocal solos will be expected.
Rusterholtz is wearing an expression of dis­
appointment, but is seen at his regular place in
the dining hall; so his appetite is not affected.
Messrs. Smith, Irvin and Whiting; Misses
Markel, Whiting, Mafiitt and Irvin were en­
tertained at the Anderson Club recently by
Neil Matthews. They all reported that “Matt”
was "right clever" in his manner of entertaining.
The boys are practicing three nights a week
for the cantata of “Esther the Beautiful
Queen.” The excellent musical production
will be staged next week. Whatever you do,
come to hear it.

A Faculty Sleighride.
Last Friday night sixteen of the teachers
made an expedition to the Smith farm in quest
of fun and food. Some went by sleigh, some
by trolley and a few hard souls on foot. The
interval between the arrival and supper was
filled by staid amusements in the Smith parlor,
choice selections on the phonograph and sing­
ing of well-tested, time-proof songs such
as “Way Down Upon the Swanee River” and
“Old Black Joe.” Someone attempted to fill
a gap in the merriment, by suggesting a game
which bored some, annoyed others and ex­
hausted all.
Fortunately supper, which is
always timely, put an end to one kind of en-

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joyment and supplied another pleasing to all.
The teachers may be Stoics in the matter of
examinations and other such necessary evils
attendant upon their profession, but in their atti­
tude toward the good meal that Mrs. Smith
had provided they proved themselves true
Epicureans.
The evening was as logically concluded as
was thas famous march of the King of France
up the hill. For some went home on foot,
some by rail and the rest by sleigh. The one
noticeable effect of the evening’s pleasure exer­
tion was that several of the teachers were lack­
ing in chapel the next morning.

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Plans of the Association.
The association has decided to give the
students the oppotunity to participate in a ten­
nis tournament. A prize of a tennis racket
is to be given to the winners of the singles in
both the boys’ and the girls’ contest. A prize
of tennis balls is to be given to the winners of
the doubles in both. This will necessitate a
lot of hustling on the part of all who intend to
enter the contest, so hunt out your tennis
racket and wipe the dust from the strings.
The question will naturally arise on the part of
some as to where they will practice. Don’t
worry; the association is at present urging the
laying out of two more tennis courts. Every­
one ought to get out and practice, as it is a
good place to use up all superfluous energy.
While the students are cosily hugging the
radiator the boys are working in the Gym.
getting in condition for the baseball season.
Mr. Hayes is trying to get as much work in as
possible even though the weather is bad. If
you see any broken windows upstairs in the
Gym. you will know that one of the boys was
too ambitious.
The association brought up the subject of
an inter-class meet and Mr. Hayes offered to
coach the boys if they cared enough about it
to«organize themselves. He leaves the decision
entirely in the hands of the students, however,
and if they desire a meet they will have to get
busy.

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THE BIRCH

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GIRLS’ INTER-CLASS GAMES OVER.

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in 1852 on such principles
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Seniors Won Cup—Under Classes Were
Unable to Make a Basket.
The Senior girls did not lose a point in bas­
ketball this year. Their team is one of the
best girl’s basketball teams ever at Edinboro.
The Juniors won from the Freshmen by a
score of 36—0. The Sophomores won from
the Freshmen 26—0. The Freshmen showed
much improvement in guarding and passing in
the last game. Their line-up was as follows:
Ethelyn Bowser and Mjnrtle Morrison, forwards;
Helena Jackson, center; Elsie Peterson and
Lela Roudabush, guards.
Monday afternoon, March 3, the Sophomores
and Juniors contested for second place. Both
sides were confident of victory.
The lineup was:

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Sophomores
Esther Averill....................... R. F...............................EthelHowland
Jane Riblet........................ L. F.................. Luella Pinney
Marie Webster......................C................ Florence Harvey
Eldith Randall.......................R. G........ Evelyn Crandall
Cynthia Frame...................... L. G.............................LillianLockard

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This was the most exciting game of the ser­
ies, the teams being more evenly matched.
In the first few minutes of the game Esther lo­
cated the basket, causing howls of derision
from the Sophomores and shouts of delight
from the Juniors.
Plucky playmg on the Sophomores side
soon won a basket for them, Luella being the
cause of the yelling this time.
The score being 2—2 the sidelines shouted
encouragement to their respective teams. The
Junior team being backed up so well by their
classmates, soon showed what they were made
of by making neat passes. Jane soon made a
basket. Luellk followed this up with a foul
basket and the nrst half ended 4—3 in favor
of the Juniors. \
Both sides agreeiitg, the^^^'half was n\^de
a 1 5 minute one and the
began. The
Sophomores for some unknown reason changed
?' their guards around. Whether due to this or
, not they were unable to hold their opponents
, down, the Juniors made 5 baskets. The
L Sophomore forwards slipped their guards and
shot two baskets. The ^hole game was

A store where visitors are welcome
the same as customers to stroll ' marked by passing on the Junior side, although
about and feel at the same ease
Florence prevented many a neat pass. The
as theg would in their own S final score was Junior 14, Sophomore 7.
, I Referee, Coach Hayes; timer, Harold
homes.

WARNER BROS.,
ERIE, PENN'A

-/ Hood; scorekeeper, Lewis Acker.
^ Field baskets: Ethel Howland 1. Luella
inney 2, Esther Averill 3, Jane Riblet 4.
Foul baskets: Luella Pinney 1.
• M. The girls cannot boast of winning from
:|^^pper classes, but can say that they held their
►^ound.
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