NORMAL TIMES
At

VOLUME 2

Central

State

Normal

LOCK HAVEN, PA., JANUARY

10,1924

School

NUMBER 5

Santa Claus, the Y. W. Party,
Training School Parties,
Program of All Sorts

Difficulties of Modernistic Work
Mastered — Triumph for
Amateur Singers

Sant.'i C'liuis—bless his heart!—visiteil
all the people of C S. N. S. on Saturday
night, December 15. ,\t 9 o'clock he
came, just when he should have been
liiiishing the packing of his sleigh for
his whirlwind journeyings; and, standing by the beiiutiful big Christinas tree
ill the center of the g.vmnasium gave
out his presents. No one wiis forgotten,
not even Mr. Drum.

A disapjiointingly small house heard
the Girls' (ilee Cluli attemiit a decidedly uiinsuiil and exceedingly difiicult
I'hristmas cantata, overcome those difliculties, and score an artistic triumph.
On the liist Tuesday liefore the holiiliiys began, in their first complete public program, the girls sang Louis A.
Coerne's "The First Christniiis," a n d
sang it beautifully. The auditorium wiis
liarel.y half filled. Too many other
Christmas progriims had evidently satisfied the holiday appetites. Lacking sufllciently vigorous advertising to over.-ome that handicap, the truly excellent
work of the grils iind of Miss Whitwell
had to be presented to a comparative
handful.

Yes, this was at the iinnuiil Christmas party and bazaar of the Y. W. C.
A., given by them to raise funds for
sending delegates to the spring convention.
In addition to the gayety that
came in with Santa Claus (who was, of
course. Jack Follmer), the Japanese
Bazaar furnished jjart of the good time.
Judging b.y the amount of its sales it
was exceedingly popular. The clever
incense burners, the unusual writing
paper, and the tiny coin purses, seemed
to be the best liked articles sold. The
greatest attraction of all, however, were
the fortune-tellers, Alice Ryan and i l a r ion Lee.
Normal Times would be
mobbed if it tried to repeat one-half of
the things they told.
The bo.ys, as a special feature, playi^l
for the dancing.
It soujided good to
hear some full-bodied music, in contrast with the usual victrola hariiiony.
Ice cream cones, candy, popcorn balls,
iiml an active iishpond helped to create
the holiday iitmo.sphere by jiiitting
liocketbooks into their holiday condition of emptiness.
The iiiipearauce of Santa Claus as
scheduled was a distinct relief to all
conc(n'ned. Byron Blackford and Kuth
('il)son had been diiiiipeniiig the whole
])att\' liy their lieart-liroken crying;
some one lind told tliein that there wiis
no Santa Cliiiis.
Karly in the cvining two hicks from
Bceidi Creek, or thereabouts, appeared,
one a grandniother, the other her griinddiiiighter. Grandmother liroiight ii chicken along ill her basket, assuming that
she could triide it iu for some of the
line goods at the Fair. They left early,
liowever; they were not treated as they
had ex]iected to be. People mistook
them tor entertainers; their feelings
%vere hurt. I t was noted that Ann I'eters and Dot Savage came in shortly afterward.
Of the many appropriate gifts in
Santa's iiack, none was more thoughtfully selected than the miniature daven]iort, given to Belvie so that he might
eiiterliiiii his lady-love—when he finds
her. Quoting Belvie's happy epigram,
"Everything comes to him who waits."
(Continued on page 2)

TOSCHA

Boy's Basketball Team
Will Have Good Season
The basketball season is here and
fourteen of Central State's sixteen men
stiirted practice. The other two, Vonada and Brehman, have not as yet sufllciently recovered from the injuries received wdiile playing footbiill.
Consequently we will be without their valuable assistance.
The men this year are of the light,
fast type. \'ic IIanc\-, our star fotwiird,
is fast getting iu tune for the scjison.
.\l Hauke will |irolialdy assist liini in
dro|i|iing the hull tlirough the liasket.
lliiukc has had sonic experience with tlu'
South Williamsport team.
Schrot, iilI hough not liaving Jilayed ou a liasket
lull team, has had several years of volleyball and track work which makes him
Iirett.v speedy on the floor. Woodward
has had a year's experience iis center
nn the Uoulette High team and has already iiroved to us a speedy player.
Hays, the "home made" footViall player
and a last year's Central Stater, will
no doubt show his ability, in checking
the iilays of the ojiposing plaj'crs, as a
guard.
The men have not been given their
permanent places as yet, so they arc all
doing their best to make the team. The
team last year was jirobably the best
ever produced by Central State, having
won ten games out of the thirteen
(Continued on pugc .3)

The (dioriis work of the club was excellent.
The blending of tones was
nearly perfect, and the evident understanding of the thought of the composition unexceptionable. "The First Christmas,'' following the radical movements
that have produced vers libre in letters,
vorticism and kindred ecceutrieities in
art, and similar rebellions against form
in other arts, is written in no key whatSEIDEL
ever, tind is almost continuous i n
rhythmic idiiinges.
Nevertheless it is
MASTERLY PLAYING
musically colorful; and the glee club,
BY FAMOUS VIOLINIST desjiite the handicaps, gave it a rendition
Toscha Seidel Forced to T a k e Many it would be difficult to improve upon.
Curtain Calls—Fine P r o g r a m
The cantata tells the Christmas story,
Pleases .\udience
but in a unique way. The shepherd boy,
One of the most wonderful concerts .\zor, feuding his flocks, is awakened
ever enjoyed by local music lovers was from his sleep by a great light, sees
the recital by Toschii Seidel, who ap- the piis.sing wise men, and follows them,
jieared in mir anditorium on Friday mingling in their caravan, to the luu,
night, Decemlier 14. The entluisiasm of where the Babe is lying.
the iiudience was so great, and the conThe solo parts were capably handled
fContiiHiod on p a g e 01
by .lean Ingham, .\lice Klines, Marie
Crain, iiud (irace Startzel. Mrs. Philip
Kamp iicconipanied the production. The
Werrenrath Coming
school has had many occasions to feel
The headline above is short. Don't
grateful to .Mrs, Kiinip for her willing
let that deceive you; nothing more
nssistaiiir in iimsical productions; this
need be said. There is no lover of
one places us d('e]ier in her debt.
music, there is no wistful longer
>-^>
after that title, to whom one word
Senior Girls Beat Juniors
more than is in that headline need
The senior girls took the juniors into
be said. That intensely human
camp just before the holidays, the final
owner of a perfect voice can do to
score being ;!7-]0. The juniors were
any one who hears him what the
there with the spirit (Where were the
Pied Piper is fabled to have done
senior rooters?) but the experience of
to the children of Hamelin. He
the seniors told. The lineup:
sings because he delights to sing,
Seniors
Juniors
to share all he has with his hearers;
Thall
g
Champliii
and his audiences rise up and $o
with him wherever he wants to take
Stainman
g
Morris
them. There will be many of you
Ward
c
Beas
folks here at Central State who will
Burnham
se
Fisher
be telling ten, twenty years from
Burgeson
f
lohnston
now of the nieht that Werrenrath
White
f
Beaujon
sang.
Substitutions — G. Coppersmith for
Thiill, Staver for Burnham.

NORMAL
Choral Club Gives
Nevin's "Adoration"
The Lock Hiiven Community Chora!
Club upheld the reputation it has established for effective presentiition of
musical programs of high merit when it
gave George B. Nevin's beautiful "Adora
tion" in the auditorium on the evening
of December 17. Carol singing by the
entire audience gave the program a niiire
intimate effect than is customary, a
group of four carols making up the
second piirt of the program. The lietter
part of the evening, liowever, was given
over to the Nevin composition, which
was excellently done.
Extended comment at this date ma.v be unseiisonable ;
it is sufiicieut to say that every moment
of the evening was niemoraVde.
The prograni:
Part I, "The Adoration"
1, Chorus—O Come, All Ye Faithful.
2. Baritone Solo, John J. Dempsey,
Behold, a Virgin Shall C^onceive.
;>. Contralto Solo, with Chorus, Miss
Florence Groff, In Reverent Awe
and Solemn State.
Men's Voices, Then
4. Chorus for
Sweeping Through the Arch of
Night.
Chorus, Softly the Starlight.
6. Tenor Solo, with Chorus, Mr. Harold
Figgles, And Lo the Angel of the
Lord.
Chorus, Glor.v to God in the Highest.
8. Contralto Solo and Quartet, Miss
Kurtz, Miss Groff, Mr. Figgles, Mr.
Dempse.v, Hushed at Length the
Gracious Song.
Chorus, Amen! We Bless Thee.
Part I I : Christmas Ciirols
1. Deck the Hall.
2. The First Nowell.
o. Silent Night.
Choral Club.
4. It Came Upon ii Midnight Clear.
5. Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
6. O Little Town of Bethlehem.
7. Joy to the World.
Choral Club and Audience
During the intermission a basket of
red roses was iiresenfed to our Miss
Whitwell, leader of the Choral Club, under wdioni the program was prepared.
The stage was decorated for the occasion with evergreens and the Christmas colors. Two brightly lighted evergreen trees, one on either side of the
platform, helped give the Christmas atmosphere.
Miss Gertrude Ubil was a sympathetic
accompanist.

Price Meeting Not So Good
The last meeting of I'rice Literary
Societ.v before the holidays fell way
below par.
Neta Wliite, the only officer present, presided, and fllled the
other posts with pro tern, occupants.
Elverda Richardson gave
effectively
"Preparing for Christmas," and Caroline
Prindle did decidedly well with "The
Last Snowfall." Jiick Follmer presented Price's Gazette. Every other member who had agreed to perforin found
pressing engagements elsewhere—a poor
t r i b u t to Price spirit.
Four new members were initiated,
however, which helped to rebuke those
who fell down on their promises. These
new members are Helen Hayes, Ruth
Gibson, Sara Diehl, and Helen Bettens.

TIMES

State "Y" Secretary Speaks

Thanksgiving Pageant Excellent

Our Nature Corner

Mr. Miller, of Harrisburg, the State
Student Secretary of the Young Men's
Christian Associiition, spoke in chapel
on Wednesdiiy, December '>. Mr. .Miller
spoke concerning the iittitude of the
students of America. He appealed to
them to take an active part in the problems of the nation. America has been
accused of "thiukiiig without acting and
acting without thinking." It has been
said "If Amel-ica goes wrong the last
hope of civilization goes wrong." It is
up to America's students to keep her
from going wrong. Mr. Miller cited
instances in foreign countries where the
students have risen iigainst biid condi
tions and caused them to be changed,
but he said thiit the students in Amer
ica do not seem to take interest in their
nation's welfiire; the.v simply take
things as they iire. "Are there no questions to challenge the students? There
certainly are! Some a r e : Law-enforcement, racial problems, economic situa
tion, and iuteriiiitional problems." It
has been said that the success of a
democriicy depends upon whether or not
it can learn to think; therefore it is very
important thiit America's students learn
to think more iibout the issues before
their government for consideration, and
since the.v are the educiited they should
lie the leaders in assisting the government to settle these problems.
I t students of other countries like
France and China can help to niiike a
better country to live in, by helping to
enforce laws, etc., why can't we? We
can! And it is our dutj- to do it.

The Thanksgiving pageant produced
in chapel under the direction of Miss
Alber wiis ii decided success from start
to flnish. It pleiised the relativel.v big
folks who attend Mr. Drum's immediate
institution as much as it pleased the
reliitivel.y smaller folk who are segregated under Mr. McDougall and his coworkers.
The large group of Normal
students who participated deserve credit
for their skill in creating the large
nuniber of novel costumes used as much
as for their excellent acting.
Ijike most pageants, the actual story
was a rather slight thing, holding together a nuinber of specialty offerings,
iind allowing a succession of pleasing
stiige pictures.
The story deals with
the pushing family of Anyones, who are
planning a Thanksgiving feast more
for their own social advancement than
for any seemly thanks-giving. The young
daughter of the house, however, has a
remarkable dream, which she tells to the
other niembers of the family so vividly
that thcj' turn away in disgust from
the sort of folk whom they have been
thinking to invite, and instead call in
to their table the hungry Sally Seamstress, the newsboy, Mr. and Mrs. Clerk,
and their own worthy poorer relatives;
and even Sally's dog Douglas, who had
been caught trying to stciil some food
for his fainting mistress, is invited to
the feast.
The flrst .scene of the play is laid iu
the household of the Anyones, who live
in the Present in the town of Anywhere. In the second scene Ethel Anyone's dream is staged for the benefit of
the family, and in the third the return
to a real Thanksgiving spirit is evidenced.
The characters in their order of appearance were:
November
Helen Bhickburn
Spirit of Romance
Evald Erickson
Mr. Anyone
Albert Hauke
Mrs. Anyone
Isabel Watson
Thomas Anyone
Ted Brehman
Peggy An.yone
Helen Dittmar
Ethel Anyone
Marie Crain
Cora, the Maid
Margaret Beam
Spirit of Thanksgiving—Past
Anna Mae Landis
Spirit of Thanksgiving—Present
Jack Follmer
Spirit of Thanksgiving—Future
Alice Kunes
Pilgrims—Caroline Mallison, Lee Smeltzcr, E. Woodward, aud Grace Startzel.
Mrs. M. T. Heart . . . . Veronica Cuneo
Lord Ab Domen
Carl Schrot
Miss High Liver
Margaret Bracken
The Turkey
Jo Sweeny
The Mince Pie
Jean Inghani
Salad
Pauline Schaffner
Celery
Mary Adam
Cranberr.y Sauce
Frances Cook
Bonbons
Gladys Mooney
.Mr. Poor Relation
Byron Blackford
Mrs. Poor .Relation
Alva Schooley
Pansy I'oor Relation
Ann Peters
M r. Clerk
Carl Smoko
Mrs. Clerk
Cora Healy
Nat Newsboy
Jesse M^ard
Sally Seamstress
Sally Gardner
Douglas, her dog . . . . Toodles Stratton

We are now in the midst of winter,
when life is not so abundant.
A few
of our bird friends are always with us,
however, aud this is the best time to
get acquainted with them.
1. Make a list of all the birds you
see in the month of February.
2. Watch especially for the following
birds, and observe what they d o : Woodpecker, chickadee (with black h e a d ) ;
junco (tell him by his white tail-feathers) ; nut hatch (he comes down a tree
head first).
;i. Trj- to find out some of the things
these birds eat.
4. Feed them. Put pieces of suet
out on the trees, aud see how long it
will be before the birds discover them.
5. Put up an ordinary box somewhere, with one side open; place food
inside. See how many kinds of birds
will come to your packing box hotel.
6. Begin now to build bird houses
for spring, to have them up and ready
when the birds return.
7. Write and tell us what fun you
have had doing any of these things. If
you have any questions to ask, write
them too. Address your letter to t h e
Nature Study Department, C. S. N. 8.,
Loek Haven, Pa.

CHRISTMAS CAME T O
CENTRAL STATE

(Continued from page 1)
The flrst grade room was a picture
just before Christmas, the little children having hung their stockings on the
wall ill readiness for Santa Claus.
The little children in the Day Room
also showed their firm belief in the old
saint.
For many days the most conspicuous object as one came up the
iiiiiin walk was a pair of long, hopeful,
red stockings hanging in the subway
window.
The mad eflforts of those who had not
caught up to their requirements in observations, Ed assignments for outside
reading, and nature study work, just before Christmas was almost pathetic. No
one wanted to spoil his holiday by having to carry them on his mind.
Did
you notice all those scraps of paper being pushed around the campus by wilde.ved males and females? Those were
the campus tree maps going somewhere
to get fliiished.
Wonder where Evald is keeping the
marcel-waver that Santa gave him?
Mr. Ulmer brought the Christmas
spirit into vesper services on Sunday,
December Ifi. He read part of the
Christmas stor.v from the Book, and
followed it np by another Christmas
reading.
Helen Buffington was the
leader for the evening.
Miss Allier and a nuniber of the
members of her classes provided the
Christmas atmosphere for the Y. W.
meeting of December 19.
The penmansliip classes got into the
Christmas season.
Two periods were
H. B.—"Wliere do bugs go in the wi
given to making borders and designs io ter time?"
be used on Christmas boxes.
The other H. B.—"Search me."

Dormitory Rules
1—Run, don't walk.
2—Yell, don't talk.
'•>—Sing, don't hum.
4—From now on there will be no study
hour. Students may spend entire time
visiting.
5—After lights are out there will be
geireral upheaval. Feeds will be given
by all who can aflford it.
6—All who are unable to arise at sixthirty can eat self-raising bread for
dinner.
7—Proctors "will be blindfolded and
gagged.
8—All who eau get away with it will
be able to go out any night.
9—The Blue Boom will be thrown open
for dates.
Screens will be placed
around all chairs and davenports.
10—An excellent orchestra will be
furnished for Saturday night dances—•
refer to Boy's Dormitory.
11—Girls will be allowed to go to
breakfast in bathrobes and kimonas.
Boudoir caps are out of order.
12.—A victrola will be placed at tho
end of each hall for use any time of
day or night. Good jazz will be furnished.

Advocates Kindergartens
Mr. Drum in chapel on December 10
continued his earnest advocacy of the
kindergarten as a necessary part in any
public school system. In this short talk
he developed the ideas that the kindergarten fits children to do more efficient
work in the first grade, enabling them'
to secure more regular progress throughout their school lives; and t h a t effective training for citizenship is best
begun under the conditions found in
well run kindergartens. He illustrated
his talk with discussions of many common kindergarten projects, indicating
their worth to the child in his later
school life and in his life outside the
school.

NORMAL

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Associate Editors—Grayce Coppersmith and Marie
Grain.
Sports Editor
Lucille Bumbani
Chapel News Editor
Sara Gardner
Clnb News Editors—Ruth Malone and Bdltli
Burgeson.
Exchange Editor
Velma Hidge
Us and Others
Frances Cook
Alumni Editor
Ruth Ward
Humor
Grace English and Rutb Langsford
Illustrations
Erda Maurer
Circulation Manager
Neta "White
Assistant Circulation Alanager—Catherine Deveraux.
Adverlising Managers—Julia Coffey and Frieda
Staiman.
Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of October
3, 1917, authorized July 3. 1928.

and a stubborn determination to govern
llieiuselves accordingly—to them, advice
i.s superfluous.
To all others, iidvice
is useless; if the.v would, tlie,y could not
prolit by it. So, for all of our reader.s,
without editorial interference on our
part, we wish simply .'166 days of twentyfour full measure hours each, to do with
what .you will, and many another leap
year opportunit.y to wish it all over
again for yon.

What Student Government Is

TIMES
ORAL EXPRESSION
CLASS RUNS CHAPEL
The chapel exercises on December IS
were opened by Freda Staimen. Catherine Burd spoke about Chemistry. We
have thought very little of how much
the chemists have done for us—how
through them we have conquered disease and now they are even trying to
get us a substitute for sleep. They are
trying to get a substitute for food when
vegetation ceases.
Mary Mitchell spoke about eating on
the streets. The most common foods
that are eaten on the .\nierican streets
are chestnuts, peanuts and candy, but
iu Italy, France, and Spain such food
as puddings, fried shrimps, potatoes,
waffles, pancakes and pastries are eaten
on the streets without even a thought.
Preserviition of Forests was discussed
by Carl Schrot. In early civilization,
our fathers had all the forest products
they needed but now because of man's
wastefulness of our trees we must economize to insure future wants against the
liick of this most essential product.
Student Life in the Thirteenth Century was brought to our attention by
Barliara Champlaiii. The nobles went
to school and spent their time gambling
and drinking, while the peasants worked
from five o'clock iu the morning until
Ave o'clock at night, usually studying
borrowed books. Compared with, the
Thirteenth Century students, we the students of today see the great advantages
of our schools, for wdiich we should be
thankful.

student government allows no license
lor each student to do as he pleases. It
does not do away with all restrictions,
und permits a free choice of action.
That would be student anarcli.y, not government.
It is, rather, a means by
which each student governs himself. This
J A N U A R Y 10, 1924
is accomplished by obeying rules that
have been arranged for the beneflt of
The Top of the Season to You the gronp as well as for the individual.
Principal Warren Nevin Drum wishes It offers the privilege of keeping rules
to extend, through Normal Times, his tor the rightness of their content, and
hearty good wishes for continuing suc- not because they are imposed. It is
cess iu the year just beginning to all a government of the students, b,y the
alumni and undergraduates of C. S. N. S. students and for the students. The governing body is the student council who
are elected by the students. The conNew Year Thoughts
It is customary for harassed editors stitution has been arranged by the flrst
of school papers ind others to seize up- council, and amendments are made
on the opportunity offered b.y the ap- tlirough the council by the students
pearance of a brand new year, and to themselves. Any misunderstanding of
offer to their readers a choice iissort- any law will be cheerfull,y discussed by
meiit of excellent advice, appropriate fo the council, and an effort made to make
Student government
the season of beginnings. The editors it satisfactory.
are entirely and properly sure that their rightly carried out will give the stuadvice is sound ; never having taken any dents a feeling of responsibility for the
of it themselves, they know exactly why welfare of the school. It will also give
The Vesper services, Sunday evening,
they arc just what they are—one-half them splendid training in that selfdiscipline which is needed to Ciirrj- December Ifl, which were held in the
of what they wish to be.
chapel were led b.v Helen Buffington.
The editors of Normal Times are leav- them through life.
This being the last service before Christing their sage wisdom unuttered. It is
mas vacation, she selected hymns and
distinctly unusual so to d o : one good
Book Review
scripture reading suitable for the ocreason for doing it.
For another:
The Hero of the Longhouse, by Mary casion, i l r . l.'lmer, one of the speakers,
young as they are, the editors have dis- E. Liiing. World Book Conipany, Yonkreferred to the Christmas Story, as told
covered that suidi advice is totally lost; ers-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.
in the New Testament, for the biisis of
i;o one uses it.
To the many children and adults, too, his talk. Ho stressed the Christinas spirit
19L'4 is here. 1112:'. is gone, and for who have enjoyed H. W. Longfellow's cf the home, and what it should be when
good.
In this new year every reader "Hiawatha," Mary E. Lain's "The Hero the parents life is fading to a close.
of this paper is going to be just wluit he of the Longhouse" will be a welcome He referred to Grace S. Richmond's
was during lil2;i—almost. He is going visitor.
story, "Christmas Day in the Morning,"
to do again the very .same things that
How many of those who have enjoyed reading a small iiortion which contained
lie regretted doing in the past year— "Hiawatha" knuw that he was a real In- beautiful thoughts of Christmas iu the
with a few omissions. He is going to dian chief of the lroc|iiois? How many liome, iiud its nieiiuing.
enjoy, uiiil lo lie liiuiled (o the enjo.y- know that his home was in what is now
ment ot, the same pleasuri^s that have Xew York and that in his journeys he
Good Nature Corner
been his to date—just a little bit altered. traveled the length and breadth of that
Dear Mr. r i m e r :
He is going to improve iu the lines iu great s t a t e ' How many know that his
Vesterdaj', while out walking with a
which he wiis (|ev(d(>iiiiig for several "going out" was really in a birch bark
dozen of my trained oysters, 1 haptwelve-months past, and he is going to canoe, and that Longfellow's descripiiened to stoji at the iiioiiogrammed ascontinue to let tlie innate powers tion of it was not a poet's fancy.' These
paragus tree ou uur campus. What folwhich he has neglected to develop here- and many otlier detiiils of Hiawatha's
lowed may interest you to a slight detofore continue to shrivel with disuse life are beautifully told in "The Hero
gree and help you keep the Normalites
—minor exceptions allowed for.
of Longhouse." The material, which is supplied with plent.v of nature.
In other words, being made of hu- the most authentic possible to get, has
On the topmost liranch of the tree
niau material he is going to continue to been collected from the "Iroquois Book hung il red stocking. What de\iatioii
evolve; and evolution is a slow iirocess. ot Rites" iind from manuscripts written from the usual propensities of aspariigiis
(Witness how many orators are publicly by Arthur C. Parker, who is a descend- trees might this be? In plain American,
insistent that they have not evolved ant of the Indian Tribe, Senecas.
how come it thai that tree sprouted so
from the monkey at all). I t is not imThe book is well written. In order long a sock.' Was it perhaps to clothe
possible that one of our reiiders could, to really be able to feel and express the limbs, eli.'
liy taking thought, make an immediate the real spirit of the Indians, the auSince I saw this while I was sliinding
alteration in himself so great as to thor spent much of her time while writ- on the ground, I was bright enough to
amount to a complete revolution; but— ing this book at the spots of the scenes know that I would have to climb the tree
he won't. It is equally impossible for she was describing. Many of the In- ill order to make sure of the ground tor
iiny of our readers to preserve himself dian prayers and rites are given, mak- my guess. I climbed, I saw, and I tumthrough 1924 unchanged; whether he ing some passages almost musical. The bled. Then the strangest thing of all
likes it or not, he is due to change.
style is interesting and one that children happened: Stars began to appear where
Advice will make no difference. To will enjo.y. The illustrations, b.y David the stocking used to was. Can you exthose of our readers who have a fair C. ijithgow, are unusuall.v good. This plain iill these phenomena?
working idea of what fhey are, a rather hook would be a splendid gift to a (diild
Niiturally yours,
clear notion of what they wish to be, interested in Indian life and lore.
CYRUS CORNST.VLK.

Hasty Pudding
Cleona Coppersmith and Iva Livingston are open fo congriituhitiou. It was
under their direction that the flne
Christmas pageant of the
training
school was prepared.
It is unneeessiiry to imagine thiit the
strain of work here has broken down
our young minds.
The boys you see
hustling through the halls in girls'clothing, and the girls you see togged out
iu anything except Normal outflts, are
just on their way to Oral Expres.sion
class, that's all. The work of the class
for the past few periods has been the
making up iind presentiition of pliiys.
The little girls in :i.'i.'i felt more at
home after they had secured and had
decorated a Chrhstniiis tree for themselves.
The First' Floor Folks presented Nellie
Moore with a beautiful Indian blanket,
a Christmas gift from them all. Wish
we were all as lucky as Nellie.
The cliapel program on December bS
brought out Neta White. .Mary Frant/,,
and Sara Gardner as sjieakers.
Each
of them discussed one aspect of President Coolidge's flrst message to Congress. Krda .\biiirer iicleil as chairman.
Immediately after lunch on Decemlier IS Mr. Sullivan called the members
of the junior class into the auditoriuni,
to talk over with them the (dection of
class officers, etc. The class is to organize immediately after the holidays.
Mr. McDougall's class in Ed Measurements has been engiiged in testing tha
children in the Castanea schools. The
last test to be given was the Otis Intelligence Test.
Tests of general intelligence and of iiccoiuplishment in
school subjects are given, and a thorough survey of the status of the children in the schools niiide. Last year a
similar work was carried through in
I'lemington.
The Dramatic (.'lub is to present "Two
Crooks and a Lady" and "The Dear Departed" early in .January.
The .same
plays are to be given by the club in
Beecli Creek ou .laiuiary 11.
Eighteen girls from the Glee Club
took part iu a Cliristina^ p:igeant at
the Presbyterian Church on December
11. the occasion being the December
meeting of the Women's League, iliss
J'ertlia Rowe directed the preparation
of the production.
The class iu play production is working ou a ]ilay entitled '•.Ioint Owners
iu Spain," by .Mice Brown. It is to be
given liite in .Tiiniiarv.

Boy's Basketball Team
Will Have Good Season
iCiuitituicd from iiagc 1)

played. We will make this one just as
good. Jack Follmer says we can't unless he gets some togs to flt him. Of
course a special order was placed ininiediiltely.

Contracts have been signed, by Manager Feit, for four games—one with
Coudersport iind return, and one with
Jersey Shore and return. We are trying to get games with the following
schools: Renovo, Kane, .\ustin, Clearfield, Philipsburg, St. Joseph High at
Heuovo, South Williainsport and St. Joseph High iit Williamsport.

NORMAL
JUNIOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS ELECTED
The .junior class ludd a meeting ill
the iiuditorium oU' Decemlier 0 for the
purpose of electing the two memheis to
the student council which the class is
entitled to have. This election was to
name the permaiieiil class represeutiitives, the election early in Septeniljer hiix
ing chosen merely teiiiporary memliers
until the class should hiive become better acquainted.
There were eight noniinatioiis made
from the floor, and some brisk balloting followed.
On the final vote
Helen Johnston and (iareldine Tietbohl
emerged as victors. The girls have both
the congratulations of their classmates
and their assuriince of continued cooperation. Both of them will serve both
this yeiir and next, an additional member being elected at the close of this
year to make up the total of three representatives which the seniors are illlowed.
Mr. Drum preceded the election with
a talk on the man.v improveinents in
living conditions here which have resulted from the operation of successful student government. Grayce Coppersmith
explained the method of balloting.
Blanche Smith, a senior council member, presided over the session.

Exchange
A botan.v class of California State College recently made an excursion to
Missouri Cliff Gardens, where the.v
studied plant classiflcations. The College is fortunate in liaving the Gardens
so near at hand.
The Indiana State Normal at Terre
Haute celebrated the Centennial of
Teacher Training in the United States,
December 6 and 7. Distinguished educators from all sections of the countr.v
were present and took part in the program.
At the northern Arizona Normal
School on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings at four o'clock, the campus
is ill reiility a playground. Every student is given a choice of one of four
scholastic sports, volley ball, chase ball,
tennis, and hiking. This hour will soon
be called "Recreation Hour."
College Day is celebrated every year
at the Montana Normal School.
The
purpose of this day is to acquaint new
students with the organizations of
school life.
The program consists of
explanation and historj' of all traditions
and diflferent stunts are put on representing the big events held during the
school year.
How the East Dorm Spent Vacation

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Chats About Children's Books

Training School Notes

We have aUva.vs liidieved that the iio\
iilioiit thirteen or fourteen .vears old is
eutitleil to more robust reiidiiig tliiiu
the usual diet of school ciiissii-s permits
him to Iia\'e. SouK^what sad experience
has haniiuered into us the Indief that
if lie (Ides not get books with some real
meat ill them, hooks with plent.v of ;ictiiin compressed into not too iiiauv
wiirils. and those words for the must
part words that he can umlerstaiid with
out recoiirsi' to the dictionar.v. he siiiijil.v
will not read.
We have held equall.v
to the belief that such books need be
in no sense unworthy of the reading of
robust boys.
John Masefield's "Jim Davis" is exact
l.v the sort of book that we would have
schools supply, not for serious class
iiual.vsis, it is true, but for tasting and
sampling in school iind for unhampered
enjoyment outside.
"Jim Davis" is the story of a Devonshire lad, and of his iidventures with
smugglers along the Devon coast. Old
Marali Gorsuch, with his ugly temper;
smugglers crying to each other with owlhoots and pheasant-calls; revenue officers hunting down the smugglers and
their store houses in the caves made
by tin millers in ancient times; an attempt to rescue a coast guard from the
cave in which he was held prisoner, an
iitteinpt whicli failed, and which landed
Jim in the smugglers' hands; "either
you'll hiive to become one of us, so as
if you give us iiway you'll be in the
same b o a t ; or—you'll have to walk
through that window there, aud that's
a long fall and a mighty wet splash at
the bottom"; the escape from the French
fleet; the punishment of the traitor;
wild dashes to little ports in France or
Spain; the great battle on the beach;
Jim's escape from the smugglers, and
his further adventures tr.ying to get
home—Y'cs. there is plenty in "Jim
Davis" to kcej) the robust bo.v reading
long past bed time, unless his father
takes the book away to finish himself.
To tender souls, afraid of fiction that
is very much alive, it is only fair to .say
that the stoiy will stand all reasonable
tests of good writing. It is not overdrawn. It does not glorify smuggling.
It is impossible to boil the story down
without making it sound like a shilling
shocker; the same thing would happen
to "Treasure Island," given the same
treatment. It is not another "Treasure
Island"; it is not so good. (How many
books are?) But it is a rattling good
yarn, both in matter and m a n n e r ; by
any test superior to the sort of reading
adults while awii3' time with.
It is
the sort of book that does a boy good
to read. Once he starts it, ,you won't
be able to take him away from it. If
.vou doubt that, get yourself a copy,
and a boy, and try it out on him.
The Boy Scout edition of the story
can be purchased from Grosset and Dunlap, New York City. Incidentally, the
book is listed on the outside reading
list of the State Course of Study.

.\ circuliitiiig lihrar.v has been put into oiieriitioii ill the junior high school.
The books are oul all the time. From
having to liibor to get idiildreii iiiteiesteil in hooks il uiii.x" lie iiecessiii\' for
the teachers to |iiit their disiippro\ :i I
ou ovcnloing it. This is not likel.v to
liecoiiic necessar.v, since most of the
reading is done outside of school hours.
The results, liowever, justif.v the belief
that iihiiut iill that it is necessary to do
to get hoys and girls to read is to put
the boys and the girls and the books
togetlier.

C. Feit—Burning up dad's gasoline.
J. Ward—Sleeping.
C. Hayes—Hunting.
V. Haney—wath Her.
C. Schrot—With the hers.
E. Erickson—Pla.ving football.
,1. Follmer—Lil ressless; here, there,
and everywhere.
On the Old N. Y. C.
T. Ferguson—Out for dear.
Conductor — "Beech Creek!
Beech
L. Snieltzer—With the buckwheat
Creek!"
cakes and sausage.
Esther S.—"Shut up, .vou kids; don't
B. Blackford—Aw, you know her.
you hear him asking you to please quit,
E. Woodward—Solitary refinement.
please q u i t ? "

Observation Tower
What was that awful accident in
.lohnstown we hear so much about,
.Mice?
Which reminds us that one of our
junior correspondents said that Miss
Raflfle's classes in penmiinship had been
]iracticiiig putting boarders all around
the room.

Miss Yale's art students are ordinaril.x- dutiful, and tlie.y did their levid
best to continue to be so on the da,y
when she requested them to spreiid out
The children in the primary grades their luncheons and condense their
frequently eondiict their own iissembl.v breakfasts.
exercises from start to finish, without
Mr. Trembath insists that words, in
teacher iissistance. No, not the intcrinediate grades; the primary grades, in order to be put into quotation marks,
their regular Wednesda.y assembly in must be the exact words which fall from
speakers' lips. Lucy Mitchell, the irthe kindregiirten room.
repressilile, wants to know what she is
The kindergarten equipment has been
to do when quoting some one who talks
jo.vfully increased by the addition of
through his nose.
little white and blue tables and chairs,
Before letting the faculty off from
of just the sort that only little children ill the most fortunate homes or- their weekly raps, we must jiass on that
command of Miss Alber's to a student iu
dinarily possess.
Recent projects in the early grades Story Telling: "Put your stocking furhave been a reservoir, an Indian vil- ther front, please."

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lage, a section of Lock Haven, streets
.Io Eckenroth cannot be squelched
and all, a toy shop, an Eskimo vilhige, since one of her summer session heroes
and Christniiis presents to be given to wrote to her. If her elation is so great
parents.
now, wdiat will we be able to do with
The training school pupils were very her when he saj's it with candy?
generous in their gifts to the local hosMae Smith had her tonsils removed
pital. The tables, in the halls were recently.
She is now going around
stacked high.
showing where they ain't.
Holy Smoke! Some of the Day Room
mascots have been shot.
Fortunately
"Thomas,"
"Roy,"
and
"Homer"
are still
Hdboken, Japan.
among the living.
Right Now.
Just what does Miss Love really have
Superintendent luiportiint.
on her mind when she talks of "shedAt home, if any.
Dear Sir—and wife, as the case may ding teeth"?
be:
Have you any positions vacant
Helen Bettens received a doll baby for
lately? No? Well, I just wondered. Christmas.
Ah hah, Helen, Santy
You see, I happen to be looking for one, knows you!
and I thought you might like to fill one
Miss Denniston and Miss Albert alup. I weigh 210 pounds.
most came to blows the other night
I use Pond's cold cream regularly,
while discussing the man in "The Catheand have my hair waved twice a week.
dral." Aw, why can't they fight about a
Of course you will be interested to real one?
know that my father is a Democrat and
We obtained the information above
smokes. Also, our town went dry at
from Ruth Ward. She is frequently
the same time Cuba did.
By the way, I used to play pinochle questioned by Miss Denniston, Miss Althree miles from your cit.y, so I think ber, and Miss Whitwell as to how much
I am well qualified to bring my teach- of their nightly gossip she hears.

Model Letter of Application

ing within the experience of the children.
I hope you will think favorably of
my iipplication, but don't stop at thinking.
Devotedly yours,
JENNY APPLEBLOSSOM.
P. S.—I forgot to say that I have been
attending Normal for the last six years.
I have made many iiequiiintances here,
and all iiij' teachers know me.
J. A.

Miss Deiiiiiston makes the li3'giene
class hum and spin when she begins
hurling her words.
"Are j'our vasomotor reflexes functioning properly?"
"People who are the victims of kyphosis,
scolosis, or lourdisis
" (I can't get
any farther with t h i s ; my powers of
spellation have begun to colliipse. Anyhow, you have no idea how wonderful
it sounds).

Christian Feit's sitting posture proves
beyond a doubt that he could qualify
with any cricus as an acrobat.
It is hard to determine what color
Ted Brehman's mustache may be. At
the rate it is coming, however, Feit
thinks that it will be gray.
Alma Walsh has contributed a new
ono to World Problems in Geography.
She has discovered the Horseshoe Curve
—saw it herself—somewliere between
Jersey Shore and Lock Haven.
Haney is hard to move away from the
foot of the steps. He is getting pretty
good at catching the girls who fall
down.
i l r . High (explaining a problem):
"Now, class, watch the board closely
and I'll run through it again."
Abie Snieltzer wonders what any one
else would do who was in his shoos.
Feit says he'd shine them.

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W e Gather T h a t 'file Pniversit.y of Chiciigo has recentl.v instituted a pliin of recognizing students with A and A-minus grades, which
might be used successfull.y also in Normal Schools. According to this plan,
instead of serving flunk notices at intervals, during the year, congratulatory
notices are sent to the students making A's aud A-minuses.
This plan
brings the better students into close
contact with the officers of administration.
Chemistry golf is the newest kind
and most popular sport among the freshmen of Kansas Agricultural College. The
object of the game is to see who can
make the greatest nuniber of holes in
his clothing during the leiist number of
laboratory periods.
Madame Lucchise, soprano, and i l r .
Ringling, baritone, were heard recently
at Central Missouri State Teachers' College. Madame Lucchise, formerly with
the New Y'ork Metropolitan Opera Company, is said to be a coming Galli Curci.
Mr. Ringling is the son of one of the
Ringling Brothers, of circus fame.
Arcadia consolidated high school in
the northeastern part of Oklahoma
county, Oklahoma, is the flrst school in
the stiite to .receive a certificate from
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction designating it a superior model
school.
The Campus Reflector has solved the
problem of "Blue Mondays" for us.
Cumberland Valley State Normal requires all athletes in training to hike ten
miles every Sunday.
As a result of
this Sunday hiking system, the students
are in much better spirits on Monda.y
and there is no loafing. Take a suggestion from the successful.
There may be some C. S. N. S. students who in the bj'gono days have taken
Spanish and who would like a little review of it? If there are they should
go to Shake hall and look among the
Exchanges until they find the "Fomin"
—DuBois High School.
The Spanish
Club of that school publishes its news
in Spanish.
Yale is planning to drop its famous
song, "Bright College Years," and competition is now open to Yale alumni.
The prize has been set at one liundre'l
dollars.
The Student Government Association
of the Western State College of Gunnison, Colorado, has decided that according to the rules of the organization,
mid-week dates were not allowed.
A new organization has made its appearance on the campus at Waliash
College. It is called the "League of
Nations" society and has as its purpose
the uniting of the supporters of the
League of Nations. It is a national
organization and liranches have already
been formed at Y'ale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Cornell, Smith, Chicago, and Columbia.
Southern Illinois State Normal University is furnishing its students with
actual work iu country school teaching.
The University at the present time is
maintaining three country schools with
a University Superintendent and an iissistant. This is the only State Normal
that gives such practical training.

A Very Human Document
Do you recall iu the second edition
of Normal Times this .vear we published
a letter from one of last year's graduates, narrating one or two of her first
experiences ? Lest you should have forgotten, we reprint this much:
"Before coming to (Smalltown i i had
alwa.vs heard thiit this was a Swedish
settlement. >So the flrst da.v I opened
school b.v singing 'America' in Swedish.
The pupils all looked bhink, but 1
thought this was most likely natural.
Then I tried to take their names. Here
are a few of 'em: Miireowitch, Siieni,
Horalampus, Matoveski, Derossa, Servedi
and Straneva. No, I didn't try to pronounce them; I just sneezed them. Out
of m.y forty-five cherubs thirty-one are
Polish, Greeks, or Italians. When I
discovered this (that they were not
Swedish) I dismissed them by howling,
"Wuss ko, buddy."
They proceeded
hoinewiird immediately, so it must be
that I got the Polish accent half way
right."
There was more like this. It caused
the faculty member to whom the letter
was addressed the many chuckles that
were intended. It also caused him some
mild anxiet.v. He thought he detected
in it a note of disillusionment, of disappointment with the new position. He
had no wish to let a discouragement at
the ver.v outset of the teaching life of
one who should make a real teacher
cause her to lose heart in the work.
He was not sure of the note of disillusionment ; nevertheless he addressed
a reply, rather caustically calling down
his correspondent for her inability to
see the jo.y in teaching grubby little
folk who appreciate everything done
for them in a strange land, riither than
nicely starched children from so-called
good homes, with plent.y of spending
money in their pockets, and a blase acceptance of excellent teaching performances as part of their proper heritage.
One of two results he expected, it mattered not which: either his letter would
hit the spot, and would be of some real
worth in encouraging a new point of
view; or it would be entirely incorrect
in its assumptions, in wdiich case it
would elicit a very lively response. Here
is the response:
My dear Mr. ********:
That verbal spanking hurt, but I have
recovered enough to defend myself.
Honest, teacher, I didn't do it.
Y'ou have a mistaken idea of my attitude toward my work here. I am absolutely satisfied. Y'ou know how little
Susy usually tries to show off and get a
desired effect. (Don't you dare agree
with me). Well, I thought I could make
you laugh more by telling you the ridiculous side of m.v story. I didn't take
time to tell .vou that I already love every
dirty little kid in the bunch, and would
not trade them for all the Vere de
Veres, Daiias, and F. F. V s . in your
whole cit.v. Don't you suppose I've found
it flattering to have them take it for
granted that I'm just it, and to have
three or four of them follow me home
every time I go down through Poloek
fleld? They really like me—yes, they
do—and I know what good work I
ought to be able to do here.
Please don't think that I'm going to
be a piker. I like (Smalltown) aud I

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like my work.
There, Uncle Dudley,
do 1 have .vou convinced?
I think you know I do not think seriously IOO'/' of my time, but I want you
to know that .vour siiauking made me
think seriousl.v for—well, up until this
minute, and who knows how much
longer.
Siiicerel.v,
E. B.
P. S.—I've found that fresh air, soap
and water make a wonderful change
in the atmosphere.
P. S. No. 2—Since reading your letter for the fourth time, I've almost decided that garlic is my favorite fruit.
E. B.
Now when 11113- one gets off the custoniarj- half-tliought (borrowed, at that)
about the frivolity and general mental
feather-headediiess of this present generation, just pull out this letter and let
it prove its own case. If every class
room in this state held a teacher like
this, the Commonwealth could well render public thanks. If this is the sort
of girl who is coming out of the Normal
Schools todiiy, the time for that thanksgiving is not far oflf.

Skelton Writes In
Bill Skelton, '2;i, hits transferred himself from a private school position iu
Essex Fells, New Jersey, to a principalship of schools in Heidelberg, a suburb
of Pittsburgh. "I have eight teachers
and about Ave hundred pupils," Bill
sa.vs. "I also teach the eighth grade."
Quite a job. Bill, we should say; we
hope you have all the success you deserve.
" I see by Normal Times that everything is going along nicely at the Nor
mill. Glad to hear it." You see that
Bill shows hiinself to be a progressive
teacher; he takes Normal Times. All
the live wires do.
" I shall certainl.y never forget the
Normal.
Have any of the boys been
campussed yet?" Bill, why speak of
this at a time like this?
" I am going to take some work next
semester at Pittsburgh University." Atta
Bo.y, Bill! If you don't get yourself
along, we see slim hopes for some of
the rest of us. Write again.

Us and Others
Franklin Ulf and Frederick Dickman^
of Kane, Pa., students a t Penn State,
were guests of Frizzle Feit on F r i d a y
evening, December 14.
Edythe Morrall chose Florida as having the sort of climate in which she
could enjo.y Christmas best. Well, we
hiid very little snow here, either.
Caroline Prindle visited her a u n t in
Williamsport over a recent week-end.
Mrs. J. C. Ha.ves was here to see her
daughters, Helen and Meriam, on December 12.
Jean Peck has been called upon to act
as Mr. All's flrst assistant pianist in the
morning chapel exercises.
Viviam Gummo, a student at Bucknell, visited many of her friends here
on the twelfth.
Grace Dittmar, of Williamsport, helped
to pa.ss Helen's time on December 15
and 16.
Alice Weisen, Blanche Smith, Dorothy
Lynds, Geraldine Tietbohl, Grayce Coppersmith, Joanuii Sweeny, Marie Crain,
and Alice Ryan acted as ushers at the
Garden Theater when the Lock Haven
Community Choral Club brought here
the opera, I Pagliacci.
The fair village of Howard was well
represented in the West Dorm on a recent Saturday when Elizabeth Wolfe
and her sister. Bertha, Rosetta Schenck,
Kathleen Bowes, and Vonda Johnson
were entertained by Sara Gardner a n d
Mary Mayes.
Hetty Staver and lone Garbrick liave
rejoined the Dayroom Disturbers after
having been on the sick list for a short
time.
Alice Kunes again entertained her
mother and little brother. Do you like
Alice so much, or is our sweet little
selves that brings you, Mrs. Kunes? I n
either case, come again and often.
i l r s . Mizener spent the morning of
December 5 with Helen.
She was
pleased with the school, and thought t h a t
every one she met was just lovely. That
is ;i good reputation to live up to.

Sue Thomas spent the week-end with
her mother at State College. (We have
A very pleasing program was present- about decided to ask our printer to
ed at Shake's regular meeting on De- keep this note set up, so that he may
use it at any time; it is always ai)procember 7.
The first number was a short playlet, liriate).
"fiuess Who," written by an anonymous
member of the society, and read b.v
Sunrise—A Tone Poem
Nellie Moore, the viirious characters apNight had scarce withdrawn t h e
pearing in pantomime. Faye Lord fol- earliest of her filmy, sable veils, wheu
lowed with an odd and humorous read- above the level of the purple hills uping. As one of the members expressed shot a single goldeu ray. Wrapped in
it, "She had a little bit of everything his flaming robes, the sun was rushing
in that speech." Marguerite Gschwendt- on, to give to the now sleeping world
ner then appeared dressed as a little the daily miracle of light. Slowly the
Dutch boy, and gave a reading in keep- mists which hid the mountainsides
ing with her costume, wdiich was one of rolled u p ; a moment clung; dispelled.
the best things put on in Shake this The dimpling surface of the lake, from
year.
The final nuniber was a short the in.vriad tiny wavelets that fled beplay, "JIatchniaking." In it but two fore the niorning wind, flung back in
characters were required, Emily Miller multi-colors the greetings of the s k y ;
faking the part of "Ethel Carlson," and and whispered to the rocks, with cool
Albert Hauke appearing as "Capt.
caress, the tales of ocean old, of water
Charles Carew."
fii.vs iind guarded jewels in the azure
A troupe of French singers had been depths. Song birds, awaking, carolled
scheduled to perform, but their boat matin sonnets to the dawn.
So did
did not reach port in time; the.v will the earth, eyes dewy yet with sleep, bebe present at a later meeting—maj-be. stir herself and welcome back the day.

Shake Meeting Good

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money can secure.
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C. S. N. S. Students
Leave your films
today—get your
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Training School Gives
MASTERLY PLAYING
Christmas Program
BY FAMOUS VIOLINIST
The Jiupils of the training school gave
tl beautiful Christmas iiageant in the
auditorium on t h e morning of December
2(1. The stage was set to suggest the
niiinger scene at Bethlehem. The shejiherds, wise men, angels, and others, apIieariiig in the order indicated iu the
luogram given below, contributed their
bits to the pageant, then knelt at the
manger in iidoration, the final tableau
thus gradually built up, being very effective.
Maria Reish, costumed as a
medieval lady, and the two angels first
iip]iearing acted a s announcers, prologue,
and epilogue. The Christmas carols by
the entire audience were blended into
the pageant as a whole.
The program:
Medieval Lady
Maria Reish
Carol—O Little Town of Bethlehem,
.Iunior High School.
The Angels—Ethel Gahagaii and Ethel
Shope.
Shepherds—Lehr Eckert, Carl Hill, and
Wiilter Seylor.
Carol—We Three Kings of Orient Are,
Sixth Grade.
Carol—While Shepherds Watched, Alice
Kunes.
Lepers and Blind Man—John Killinger,
Warren Sclireiber, and Gerald Fisher.
Song—Calvary
Grace Startzel
Tiny Angels—Miirion Dice, Marj' .lean
Trembath, Peggy Stouck, Ruth Salnioii, Barbara Furst, Miirgaret Herman.
Carol—(Silent Night
Audience
Carol—,]oy to t h e World
Audience
The Spirit of Christmas
Frances Armstrong

Coolidge's Message Discussed
Mr. .Sullivan spoke in chaiiel earl^- in
December on a subject which should interest us as .American citizens more thun
it seems to have done. On December
;!, when the si.\t,v-eighth session of Congress met. President Coolidge delivered
a message which had been all the more
eagerly awaited since he had never
jireviouslj' expressed his opinions upon
the subjects which are agitating the
Iieople of this countrj' most a t this time.
He exjiressed himself in favor of this
eouutiy's joining the League of Nations,
as in favor of drastic reduction of
taxes, and as ojijiosed to the soldier's
lioiius hill on priui-ijile, committing himself deliiiitely on each question. These
were the high lights in his message.
-Many other sections dealt with questions only less pressing, and these are
to be discussed b.v inembers of Mr. Sullivan's cliisses from the chapel iilatforni
on successive Tuesdavs.

(Continued from pnge 1)
tinned insistent curtain calls at the supposed conclusion of the prograni so
many, that Mr. Seidel was almost forced
into giving two encores; and one of
these, the tuneful Paraphrase of Paderewski's .Minuet, was so well received that
.\lr. Seidel was fortunate to escape after taking three more curtain calls.
His technique was superb, and his
tones remarkable for sheer beauty and
expressiveness. His program covered a
wide range; and to each number he,
closing his eyes so as better to give his
whole self to his jila.ying, gave such au
interpretution that it was almost with
a sigh of regret that his audience acknowledged that it hiid to end.
It did not apjicar, to most of the audience, that Mr. Seidel was in an entirely
happy frame of mind when he first came
on the platform.
Certainly it could
not be said that he was giving much attention to efforts at graciousness.
Throughout the entire jiowerful Handel
Sonatii in E Major he seemed to be ignoring his listeners rather conspicuously. I t may have been, of course, that
he was giving himself up to the emotional conditions necessary to the fullest interpretation of his selection. However that may be, the responsiveness of
the piicked auditorium, tloor and galler.y,
worked on him as it has on others who
have appeared here this year, won him
over completely.
He could not have
played as he did throughout the second
part of his prograni had he not been
giving everything that was in him to
please a house that he could certainly
feel sway with every mood his violin
was voicing.
Lock Hiiven is able to understand
now wdiy it is said that Toscha Seidel,
iifter but two seasons in America, has
established himself in this country as
one of the greatest violinists of all
times, and this despite his youth—he
is only 2.'i .years old, having been born
in Odessa, Russia, in 1900. He is not
yet the equal of ilischa Elmaii, perhajis,
nor of Kreisler, but the difference is
slight; the time is surely coming when
he, with his marvelous artistry and his
liassioiiate devotion to music, will be
ranked with the greatest viloiuists of
all times.
His program here;

I.
Sonata in E Major
Handel
.\diigio
Largo
.\llegro
Allegro.
II.
Concerto in 1) Minor
Briuli
.\dagio ma noii troppo
Recitativo, allegro moderato
Finale, allegro iiiolto.
Day Room Needs
III.
-\loie talk ami less noise.
Nocturiui
Choiiiii-.Vuer
Shade for the floor lamp.
Indian Snake Dance
Burleigh
Miisterkey for forgetful folks.
Turkish March
Beethoveu-Auer
News for Normal Times.
IV.
.V piano to practice t h e do-ti-do's.
(l.vpsy ."iirs
Sarasate
Electric sweejier—and a pusher.
No account of the concert would be
A dentist and a surgeon.
Ten more Vi Agnews—then hurrah complete that did not acknowledge the
perfect blending of the accoinpaniments
for Danville!
A rocking chair for lone and her of Wladimir Liachovsky. Not once did
they distract from his audience's abknitting.
Curtains, to close off the gaps from sorption in t h e playing of Seidel, not
once was their a moment of inadequae.y;
the gapers.
Heat. More heat. Also yet still some in tone, color, and mood they were one
with the song of the violin.
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"Say, W a r d isn't much at jumping, is
lie? He hardly gets off the floor."
"Well, he's good when he's on it."

H. D.—"I found it while I was looking
through my cedar chest."
II. H.—^"Don't you think it is about
time you began to use your eyes for
that sort of thing?"

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Training School Play a Success
Magazine Articles of
The fourth grade of the Training
Much Interest to All
The December issues of magazines
seem to be particularly rich in good articles and fiction.
Students in sociology will find a most
interesting article in the "Current History" entitled "America's Opportunit.y
iu Siberia," written by Mr. H. Hughes.
In the "Atlantic Monthly" is found
"Our Changing Journalism," b.y Bruce
Blivcns, a very good article for English
students to read.
"First Grade Geography," by Collanois is to be found in "Kindergarten
and First Grade." This article will appeal to those taking geography methods.
As we all intend to teach and as no
one knows whether or not a rural school
will be theirs, we can all read "The
Rural Music Teacher," by W. L. Clarke
in the "Etude."
In the "Nature Study Review" is
found "Winter and Springtime With
My Bees," by H. L. Sherwood. I t is of
special interest for Mr. Ulmer's puiiils.
If the students in play production
class run out of plays, they can find a
good one in "Drama." I t is entitled
"Flight of Heroes," by Reunard, and
is a one-act play. For the same students is an article in "McClures,"
"What Is the Matter With the Theater?"
by Walter Pritchard Eaton.
Misa Denniston's favorite exercise
catches the reader's eye as he looks
through the "Popular Educator" "Physical Exercise," by Rice, tells us a lot
of things about exercise we have always wanted to know and never had the
gumption to find out.
An interesting article in "McClures" is
part of a recently discovered autobiography of F. W. Woolworth, founder of
the "five and ten." The article is entitled, "From Dimes to Millions," by
Meredith Nicholson, a writer of some
note, a little witty, serio-comic article,
"Our Grandfather," found in "Harper's
Magazine."
Good fiction is to be found in almost every magazine. Make a special
note of "The Coming of Amos," "by W.
J. Locke, in the "Good Housekeeping";
"The Eliot's Katy," by Margaret Deland,
in "Harpers." Both are serials.
Perhaps your favorite magazine has
not been mentioned, but then you will
read your favorite anywa.y, and this
may suggest something of interest outside your usual range.
Nellie M. (looking at the sentences
for correction reflected on the screen
in Shake Hall)—"I can't see anything
wrong with that sentence."
Mr. T.—"Wait a minute; I'll give you
a little light."

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School presented "The Ugly Duckling."
Scene I
Time—One Summer Morning.
Place—Farmyard of the Moor Farm.
Characters
Mother Duck
Eleanor Smart
First Duckling
Jeannette Gardner
Second Duckling
Frank Allen
Third Duckling
Vincent Bowes
Ugl.y Duckling
Julia McGhee
Turkey
Mary Ulmer
Goose.y-Gander
Beatrice Ebert
Wild Goose
Kathleen Gallagher
Plymouth Rock Hen . . . . Margaret Paul
Red Rooster
Norma Quigg

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Scene I I
Time—The Next Morning.
Plaee—A Peasant Cottage.
Characters
Peasant
William Bryan
His Wife
Lorena Burnell
Elizabeth
Ruth Gardner
The Hen
Mary Ulmer
The Cat
Fay Conklin
The Ugly Duckling
Julia McGhee
Scene I I I
Time—The Next Spring.
Plaee—A Brook on the Moor Farm.

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Characters
Mole
Rosie Fillinger
Ugl.v Duckling
Julia McGhee
First Swan
Jeannette Gardner
Second Swan
Fi-anke Allen
Third Swan
Vincent Bowes
First Child
Paul Laubscher
Second Child
Margaret Paul
Third Child
Verna Zeagler
Fourth Child
Beatrice Ebert
p . S.—"Don't you have any toothpaste.
Father
Williain Bryan
Mother
Lorena Burnell Alma?"
A. W.—"Why, yes; why?"
Director—Frances Cook.
P. S.—"Well, I noticed that you weren't
Stage and Costume Directors—Cath
eating your huckleberry pie."
reine Deveraux, Juanita Kelsey.

January Lectures
Miss Jackson (teaching sixth grade
The month of January does not bring English)—"And what does this little
to the Normal School any of the won- Japanese boy have ou that most Ameriderful musical numbers which we have can boys don't wear?"
been lucky enough to hear this year.
Spontaneous Pupil—"A clean shirt."
The next number on the musical course
is Reinald Werrenrath, but he does not
arrive until the middle of February.
By way of partial compensation,
there are a number of unusual Sunday
afternoon lectures that no one should
miss. The first of these brings to the
school perhaps the most noted pulpit
orator in the Methodist Episcopal deThe Connecticut Mutual
nomination. Bishop Williain Berry, who
is due here January 12. Two weeks
Life Insurance contract
later, on January 26, Sunshine Dietrick
is especially valuable to
brings on his bundle of inspiration and
laughs, which he labels "Grasshoppers
teachers.
and Measuring Worms." On the first
That is why many of the
Sundaj' in February Dr. Williain Rader
will speak on National Aspirations, :i
C. S. N . S. faculty and
challenge to clear thinking. These, with
alumni are Connecticut
the basketball games, should put routine
(o route.
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Student Teacher—"Spell weather."
Pupil—"W-e-t-t-e-r."
S. T.—"Well, that's the worst spell of
weather we have had in some time."
(And the funniest part of this joke is
that the junior who handed it in as his
own thought he could get away with it.
Li'l innocent!).

A postal card will bring any
information you desire

HARRY R. ZIMMERMAN
Special Agent

LOCK HAVEN, PA.

NORMAL

8

c / l l u m n i Notes
Mrs. Charles Lose, wife of the forrner iiriiicijial of this school, died at her
home in Montoursville on November 25,
192.'i. It is with sincere sorrow that we
report this to the many alunini of this
[school who have come into close relaitionship with her. Mrs. Lose was a wom a n of notable gifts, having contributed
fiction and articles to many leading
magazines. She took an active interest
in puVilic work in this city, and was
particularly active in civic club work.
!She was chairman of the Clinton Count.v Woman Suffrage I'arty. During her
•life here .she was a faithful friend to
all who came to this institution; there
tire many among ns who will feel a
isense of personal loss.
! Prof. John J. Hamilton, a former Lock
Haven resident, and instructor in the
schools of this city and Clinton County,
imd for many years a leading educator
in Altoona, where for 28 years he was
a principal in the public schools, died
at his residence in Altoona of acute
dilation of the heart. He graduated here
in the class of 1880, and tjiught in Clinton, Elk, and Jefferson counties, prior
to going to Altoona.
'81. Clara H. Waggoner is teaching
in the Lock Haven High School.
'86. Mrs. G. H. Tubbins, formerly
Clara M. Kelly, is living in Beech Creek.
; '88. Sadie McCabe is a saleswoman in
Flack's store, here in Lock Haven.
\ '89. L B. Hills is a coal dealer here,
'02. Ruth A. Hunter is teaching in
Williamsport.
'05. Randolph Thompson lives in Salona.
'07. Jane R. Cossert is teaching
"Somewhere in Connecticut."
'07. Jean B. Elder teaches in Mill
Hall.
'11. Mrs. Julian Roche (Blanche Tevling) lives in Shippensburg.
'l.'J. Ruth Kessinger is teaching in
Plainfield, New Jersey.
'15. Jay Bossert is in the employ of
the New York Central Railroad.
He
resides in Lock Haven.
'15. Elmer Corter lives in Mill Hall.
I '16. Elizabeth Kyle and Edith Davis
hre teaching iu Mill Hall. So is Florence Laubsher.
'• '16. Hiram Coft'ey runs Mill Hall's
Reading drng store.
'16. Jhirie Garth teaclies in tlie pulilic schools uf Altoona.
, '18. Muriel Schweitzer is supervising
principal of the Morrisdale Township
Schools.
' '18. Isabel Barnhart is now Mrs. Miles
Wetzel, and is living in Chicago Ileigliis
111.
'IS). Merwin Nolan is teaching in the
t-chools of Pittsburgh this j-car.
i "20. Lillian Garbrick is helping the
treasurer of Penn State take care of the
finances of the institution.
'21. Mary Ellen and Ruth Carstetter
teach in the grade schools at DuBois.
'21. Blanchard Gummo is a soplioinore a t Yale University.
'21. Priscilla Williams recently came
back for a short visit. She is teaching
in t h e public schools in State College.
'21. Lina Stonemetz and Geneva Stull
a r e both teaching iii the suburbs of
Philadelphia.

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cAlumni Notes
''2\. Bernice Barrett was recently
married to Mr. Ijcslie Xearhofif.
'22. Irene Bauman is again in the
Johnsonburg .lunior High School.
'20. Millaiid G. iJeedy, better known
as "Buck," shot a seven-])oint deer on
December .'i. He was hunting in I'nion
County.
'22. .\sk either .Marg Farwell or Corny
what liapijened in the Blue Room not so
long ago.
'2.'1. Zelma Newcomer, Martha Dice,
.Mary Mowrer, Alice Martin, Yerna
Shank, Ernest Rchrot, Mary Powers, and
.Mary .McLean have been recent visitors
here.
'2M. Helen I'arsons is teaching in the
junior high school grades at Mahafifey.
''2'.'>. Guy Luck is assistant principal
in the high school at Roulette.
'2:i. Fred Hunter iinds time to run
over from State College frequently.
'24. Ruth Summersgill is teaching in
Bridgeton, N. J.
Another group of summer school workers have been located. How many of
them have you been lucky enough to
ininiher among your acquaintances?
Sharon Limbert, Loganton; Bernice
Robacker and Rachel Ward, Penfield;
Grace Chambers, Rockton; Marie Ricker, Avis; Stella Brush, Kinzua; Verna
Reams, Osceola Mills; Marian Seigfried, Philipsburg; Amy Johnston, Shinglehouse; Alice .Johnson, Ceres Township; Virginia Flanigan, Akron; Gladys
Terette and Mildred Crums, Ceres;
Elizidieth Waltz, Bald Eagle; Margaret
Faulkner, Rew City; Muriel Lewis,
Westbrook's Business College; Hilda
Jolly, Laurelton; Frances Plunkett,
Corydon; Helen Rice, Eldred; Marcella
Cauley, Durant City; Ruth Corwin, DuBois; Cora Holmes, Port Allegany, and
Louise Ireland, Eldred.
Born, to Mrs. Edward Barnes (our
own Miss Charlton Locke, as was) a
beautiful, bouncing baby girl.

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A smashing good basketball game was
played in the gym on Tuesday, November 27. The Da.yrooniers had challenged
the Dormers, for the purpose of speeding up school spirit, and in the firm intention (if lianding out a first class beating. The Dayrooiners ]]la.yed a speedy
gMine, but the denizens of the West
I'onn were too heavy and too fast. The
game ended with the IJayrooineis ahead
98 to 6 on cheering, but bidiind .lO-lO in
the score. The .Johnston girls took the
game entiiely seriously, and had much
to do with the result.
The combatants:
Dorm
Dayroom
E. Burgeson
f
H. Staver
J. Bcau.jon
f
H. Bettens
R. Ward
c
0 . English
H. .Johnston
se..'.
F. Staiman
E. Morrall
g
!>. Gross
M. .Johnston
g
H. White
Dayroom—"I want my shoes to be
plenty large enough, but at the same
time I want them to look neat and trim,
you know."
Ditto—"I see; you want them large
inside and small outside."