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NORMAL TiriES
State
T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , Lock
L O C K H A V E N , P E N N A . , A P R I L 30,
VOLUME 6
Haven,
We're anxious to set
"Patsy"
Pa.
NlJMllKK 23
1928
$4oo,ooo Goes Into New Buildings
Patsy is on The
Way
Cast Has Been
Chosen
Rehearsals
are in Progress
If a try-out for school plays Is
any test ot school spirit, or class
spirit, then the Junior Class certainly has that quality. As soon as the
list of characters for "Patsy" was
posted Monday, April 15. one heard
"Are you going to try out?" "'What
part are you going to try tor?", and
other such remarks from all sides.
Ill the afternoon from four to six
it appeared that the whole class
was there. It wasn't easy to find
even standing room on the steps
from second to third floors. Those
who did not get a chance in the afternoon tried out between 6:30 and
7:15 in the evening. Then followed
t h e expectation and suspense of
wondering who the lucky ones might
be.
At noon Tuesday everyone orowd(Continued on page 4 1
Pittsburgh Alumni
Banquet With
Two Trustee
Guests
The Western Pennsylvania Alumni Association holds its annual banquet in the Fort Pitt Hotel as this
i.ssue goes to press. One of the livest
alumni groups of the college, with a
strong group of alunini from the
classes between '85 and '05 as its
loyal nucleus, t h e annual affair
always draws about 7 5 Lock Havenites to renew old memories.
Two Lock Haven alumni, both of
them on the Board of Trustees now
lepresent the college. I. T. Parsons,
.secretary of the trustees' body, and
Dr. David W. Thomas, president of
the central alumni o-ganization and
fhe most recent a; pointee to the
Board of Trustees, are to make the
trip to Pittsburgh.
Dr. Armstrong may or may not be
present. He was making every effort
tc get away, he said, but the press
(Continued on Page 41
\
Ground Broken This Summer for First
Unit New Training SchoolFor First Six Grades
Dr. Corson Dies
During Address
ADD ACRES BEYOND GYM TO CAMPUS
Stricken at Educational Conference
'26 Commencement Speaker
A 5400,000 training school is the
Pre.sent School Continued
next addition to the campus of Lock
Serving the causes of better edThis first unit will house only the
Haven T. C. This huge step in our elementary grades. Later additons at ucation with his flnal breath, Dr.
piogram of expansion is so near that either end of this unit, beyond the Oscar T. Corson, one of this counincoming students this fall will see stairhalls, and running back to the try's greatest educators, had been
speaking tor five miuutes in the
the walls of the building up and the rear of the plot, will accommodate chapel of Ohio State University at
Ithe
kindergarten,
a
gymnasium,
and
construction well under way. A big
the Ohio State Educational Conferthe junior high school.
addition to the c-i".nus 's to be mad.^
ence when death came instantly.
For the present the kindergarten
Ill provide room ii/w lequirod.
Dr. D. W. Armstrong gave the
will continue in its present quarters.
Ground will be broken early this So will the junior high school, but news to the student body here on
summer for the first unit of the new m a n y urgently needed classrooms Monday morning, reminding them
tia.ning school plant. This building, ] will be added to the recitation space not only of Dr. Corson's statur>!
the central unit of the completed now allowed. Other rooms, now hold- among t h i s nation's educational
group, will provide classrooms and ing elementary grades, will be re- leaders, but also of his especially
demonstration teaching s p a c e for : leased for the use of normal school close connection with this school,
400 pupils in the flrst six grades. It classes.
which he has often visited and ad
will take up a space approximately
dressed, coming here last in May
No Delay in Con.struction
160 by 60, and will be constructed
1926. when he delivered the graduso that later wings may be added at ! Wh.le the final piaus have not ation oration to the largest gradue t h e r end without Interfering with been approved in all details, the atirg cla-s up to that time.
chool work or requiring any remod- j planning has been carried to a stage
To Dr. Corson's excellence as a
elling.
I where it can be rushed. As soon as
(Continued on page 5)
j the plans are finally OK'd bids will
T) Be Model Plant
be advertised for and work will start
Final details ;iave not been settled. The authorities here, the state immediately. The fi.st spade-full of
department in Harrisburg, and the earth is almost sure to he turned
architects have been studying local soon after the close of this session,
conditions, and building plans care- and next year w^ll see the first six
fully so that the completed building grade;, the training teachers, and
•.vill be D perfect example, not only the numerous scrub faculty moving
of publi,; fxhool, but lii-o of trai'i- into shining new quarters.
The building of the next units
iiig school constructi.iii
The outer walls wil! !).3 of brick, will start as soon as practicable afBoth Juniors a u d Seniors will
the lines of taM liuildiiig, two stor- ter the completion of this first sectake part, and every group in the
ies in height, and its general appear- tion.
Tiaining School, including the Kinance he. n'.oniziiig with the oth .'.•
('ainiiiis to be Iiicrcas<-<1
dergarten, will be represented In the
buildings near it. Opposite the main
An announcement which can be great paTe.-ut tluu will take place
entrance, in the front center, w'll
be located the principal's office, and confidently expected is that of a the night after the Junior play.
flanking the offlce tT-d entrance on large addition to the campus. UncerThe pageant will be presented iu
the first floor will he classrooms and tainty as to exactly where the new four episodes portraying the history
rooms for demonstration teacliing, building.s should go up has held up ot education from the time of ancconference rooms for training teach- somewhat the work ot the architects. ient Greece to the present day. The
ers, and ample, well lighted cloak- The present campus does not offer grand finale will be our State Teachvoora for these buildings and for the ers College.
rooms.
The second floor will be reached other additions which are mi ilio
Miss Dixon and Miss Rearick and
by broad stairways located at either Trustee's program of expansion.
Miss Dixon's Pageantry class have
end of the building, and, like the
That the school is going ahead heen working on the pageant for
rest of the building, completely flre- rapidly with its preliminary plans seme time. Miss Atherton and Mis.s
proofed. On the upper floor will be affords justification for the belief DuBois will oversee the scenery and
additional
classrooms,
conference that ground has been purchased, costuming. Miss 'Whitwell and Miss
rooms, demonstration rooms, and al- soniewhere adjoining t h e school Ammon will be in charge of the
so a teacher's room and a room for I property, probably beyond the gym- music, and Miss Alber, the dramatmedical Inspection and other health !nasium, though no public announceics. Mr. Ulmer will see that the
•work.
ment has yet been authorized.
(Continued on Page 2)
Educational Pageant
Will Portray History of Education
XORMAL TIMKS
Y. M. Outclasses
Barnum and Bailey
McCloskey, Eckles, Artley Get Honors Miss Whitwell Announces College
Song Contest
Biggest and Hest Circus Ever Seen in
This Institution
"R.'ght this way to see t h e tallest
Miss Whitwell iu Monday m o r n i n ^
man in t h e w o r l d ! "
eiiapel period voiced t h e need ol ,.
" T h r e e for a r i c k e l — b u y your
college song winch t h e s t u d e n t bod.,
tickets h e r e . Six for a diiiie."
and alumni feel t h a t Teachers Co."See t h e fatte.-:t fat w o m a n in
lege ought to have. Miss W h i t w e n
captivity—Miss ."^ver-du-Pois."
said t h a t every s t u d e n t s h o u l d t r y
" H e r o ' s w h c e you see t h e stroiis
ll :, iiainl at writing a winning song.
m m . Right this way, ladies and
Sixtyhve dollars has been c o n t r i b gents."
atcd by all t h e o r g a n . z a t i o n s a n d
" F o r t u n e s ! Loarn all about your
sororities as t h e prize.
i:a't, p r e s e n t and Miture."
A central committee composed of
"One ticket a d m i t s you to t h e a r t
one member from each o r g a n i z a t i o n
g a ' l e r y — t h i s v-iy to SPP t h e most |
Head their curricula and are picked by the faculty as v.as t e r m e d u n d e r t h e c h a i r m a n s h i p
ari'^tic a r t in tho c o u n t r y ! "
Commenceintnt
Speakers.
oi Samuel Long, w i t h Louise H o w e ;
" C a " d y ! B'a'loons!"
I
"Come t r y your luck in t h e fishD o r o t h y McCloskey, Caroline Eck- High Street, Williamsport, has stood J J i;ecretary, and Cy Williams aa
ing pond. E v e r y o n e catches some- els, a n d Ster, Artley head t h e pri- c.nsisienLiy iu tne i-class s.n-e en- t r e a s u r e r , and these o t h e r m e m b e r s :
thing and just for one t i c k e t . "
mary, t h e .nte. m e d i a t e , and t h e j u a - t e r i n g h t r e , and h a s at t h e same R u t h Mcljaughlin, L. A. L., M a r g a r et Martin, S h a k e s p e a r e L i t e r a r y So"Ice-cold p o p ! "
ior h i g h t e a c h e r s in SLholarship up t i m e been one of t h e m o s t active
:iety; Christian F e i t , N a t u r a l i s t
5Iveiits in tlio Wix Tent
to a n d i n c l u d i n g the first nine weoiv., iiioinbers of the Xormal Tiu.es sta.i
Club; T e d Bray, D r a m a t i c Club;
T h e famous iiia'° oiif)''t<>t of Lock of\the second seniester, and so were ,..ud of t h e A r t Club.
Haven Stnte T p n f h ^ r s ' Cnllpgp furnCaioline Eckelt;, leader in Group A r n a Gillogelogy, B. E. X.; Louise
t h e \ u n a n i i i i o u s choice of t h e facult.v
i'ihed music ,ind "O'lsr. Thev were a
I w j , has been equally active in t h e Bowes, Price L i t e r a r y Society; Mowat tiieir last session to be the honor
minstrpl sho"P ' ' T U S hand, and
.\; t Club a n d other u n d e r g r a d u a t e rie Ebner, Art Club; Cy W i l l i a m s ,
s p e a k e r s at 192S's c o m m e n c e m e n t
.IT-' orohestr^ onnibined.
groups. She hales from 4 25 Second Toys' Glee Club; Peg Beeson, Y. W.
Finprsnn r>qrkn'-d rl''s"laved his exercises.
Street, Altoona, aud is the daughtei
(Continu9d on Page 4 )
I^uslied closely for honors by five o : J. S. Eckels, Jr.
wonderful talpiit in a Hula Hu';i
o i h t r , t h e i r selection was u n c e r t a i n
dapce.
Sterl A r t ey has been a c a m p u j
"•>ttling M i n n P n d 0"e-Rniiare autil t h e la.st grades had heen care- ; - a d e r since he first stepped on the
•no'linfrer stPjTPrl a five r o u n d battle. -uUy a v e r a g e d . The r e s u l t should W e t t Campus sward. Few studento
WpiJiljal|it 3/ptttrlru (Un.
Woon was kro"kPd o u t t h r e e times i;;eet popular appioval, for each O- • ;!ve ever participated in so many
i-1 t h e last round, b u t is still uncon- ;he t h r e e has combined o u t s t a n d i n g activities, or given so much to them
117 F. Main St., Lock Haven, Pa.
.'.holarship with active participatio - ' m o n g his sidelines have been t h e
rcioiia of it.
Established 1 8 5 5
Dr. I. K'Ui'iii. alias Bohn, per- In t h e activities of t h e school. Se- presidency of the A r t Club, t h e Natlected
to
represent
highest
:
c
h
3
l
a
r
formed a mirpple i'l two onevations.
•rali-:t Club, and Alpha Zeta PI, t h e
l u ' e r y t i l i n g Gii£ r a n teed
T'he flrst wa? n iirocess of s u b t r a c - Kl;;p only, they nevertlieles-. lepre- leading part in the class play, "Captipii, and t h e spppnd one of addition. ; sent t h e all-around leadership which t a i n Applejack," many
Dramatic
The v i r t i m fpU n'^-'ost as had a t t h e m a r k s r e a l g e n e r a l ability.
C u b parts, and the business manaFINE JEWELRY and
D o r o t h y McCloskey, p a c e m a k e r in gership of 1928's y e a r b o o k . Praeco.
lipfinnine a s h^ did at t h e end.
R a v h a s purely misled his call- t!ie k i n d e r g a r t e n - p r i i i i a r y group, and t^e is from Liberty, Pa., t h e son of
SILVERWARE
••"PT. H e makpi^ a most r e m a r k a b l e (liiusliter of W. L. McCloskey, 1204 William Artley.
plnwn.
Fine Wrist Watcli Reiiairiiig
It dn"sn't m a k e any difference
Lights Audubon Societies Organized
Avhat Lloyd P a u m a n may choose t o Bigger and Better
Parker, Whal and Waterman
Installed
do H e does it a n d does it well.
j
The
N
a
t
u
r
e
study
classes,
under
I
Fountain Pens
Max F i t z s i m m o n s f-nys he %valked
i t h j direction of Mr. Ulnier, have o r - !
a tight-rone. Did h e ?
"How bright!"
(ga.iized Audubon Societies during •
T h e money t h e hoys m a d e was
"What a change!"
u'l^ claso, periods i m m e d i a t e l y follow'vell-earned.
E v e r y o n e noticed t h e new lights
i.:g t h e close of the E a s t e r vacation.
vheii t h e y came ii to tha diningroom
1 liege societies were formed for the
the
first
time
al'rer
v
a
c
a
t
i
o
n
.
The
V. W. Mppts ir, Prirp Mol' new system w a s i n ' I ' i l il'lii'i' Fos- p u r p o s e o f pnimoting interest and
A Department Store—
E l e c t r i r ' T - s may make impossible
ilove
for
bird
study.
ter vacation. T h e l i g h t s are larger
t h e use o" t h e Y. W. rooms, b u t they
The offlcers were elected in each
Where
large
assortments,
and b r i g h t e r a n d m a k e for g r e a t e r
r n n n o t d aden t h e Y. W. spirit. The
. l a ; , and d u e s were set at flfteen
prompt,
pleasant
service,
;'ttractiveness in the dining-room
first
m e e t i n g since vacation was
cents A part of ihe dues entitles each
This o n e change promises the
newest styles, and lo'west prices
held, Wednesday evening, April 18,
member to several pictures, a n d i n s r e a t i m p r o v e m e n t s which will be in
vie for your
approval-—
in Price Hall. The topic, " W h a t the
.ci Illation l e g a r d i n g t h e birds, and
effect w h e n t h e work of the entire
Y. W. Means to M e " was a well- '
the use of a Bird m a g a z i n e entit'auilding is completed.
p l a n n e d one, Irene P u r k i s s b e i n g in
led " B i r d L o r e . " T h e r e s t of t h e
LINTZ'S
r h a r g e . T h e m e e t i n g opened with
' u e 3 will be put in a fund which will
J.A.N.F.L.P.
the song which lends so much spirit
Glee Club Gives Novelty ! be used for something to promote birdlife^
t o all Y. W. m e e t i n g s , "Follow the
I possible bird houses.
Concert
n V a m . " Elizabeth Dalby spoke of
I One N a t u r e Study class period a
fhe m e a n i n g nvd benefit she received
I m o n t h will be devoted to an AuduDid you see and hear the music i.<:n m e e t i n g at which bird programs
from our o w r Y. W . Caroline Cathc a r t m a d e everyone w a n t to a t t e n d cf y e s t e r year, turned into jazz of Iwill be presented.
,- s u m m e r c a m p when she told of a | today? T h e Glee Club Girls gave all
Just off the Campus
d a y a t such a nlace. Lucille Tavlov this o p p o r t u n i t y at the concert FriEducational Pageant
boosted Eag'p«mp'-e and h e r talk -lay e v e n i n g April 27.
Serve:
(Continued from P a g e 1)
"An Evening of Memories" was
was seconded bv K a t h l e e n Snengler
Dainty Lunches
Due to lack of t i m e Miss Rowe could portrayed by t h e girls, who in old j proper lighting effects a r e produced.
I
Miss
Roberts
will
h
a
v
e
h
e
r
regular
Tasty Sandwiches
jrive only a =niall portion of t h e in- fashioned costumes sang the songs
t p r e s t i n g t h i n g s she h a d in s t o r e for of long ago. U n i q u e lighting effects !job of seeing that everybody is at
Delicious Sundaes
t h e m e e t i n g , so it was decided to were used. Dialogue wove the series t h e proper place at t h e proper time
We
deliver
ice cream'or lunches to
r o n t i n u e h e r talk a t the next meet- ; of s o n g s into t h e form of a play- for r e h e a r s a l s . And Mr. Sullivan is
Collcge:Sludents at 9:45
lette.
t
h
e
general
supervisor
of
it
all.
Ing.
I
Titus
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Normal Times
Editorials
Dr. Corson Dies
iNormal Times is published at Lock
(Continmed from page 1)
Havea State Teachers College, Lock
speaker and to his eminence as an
Haven, Penaa., by the Board of BdDorothy McCloskey, Caroline Eckels and Sterl Artley are t h e three educator Dr. Armstrong gave tribilors of Normal Times.
The subscription rate to all alum- worthy people chosen for o u r h o n o r s t u d e n l s this year. We all join in ute, but greater than these was his
ni and undergraduates of the school
to wish them the greatest happiness and success in their future work. nobility in life and character, th.i
Is $1.00 per annum.
depth and breadth of which revealed
Board of Bdltoro
Managing Editor
Helen Young
I t ' s time to be t h i n k i n g about the song y o u ' r e going to write. L e t ' s Itself constantly to his friends.
t r o m Country School to State Jjeuder
Editor-in-chief
Rowena Glossner
begin now and m a k e it a w o r t h - w h i l e Alma Mater for old Central
Dr. Corson began his notable caMake-up Editor, Dorothy McCloskey
reer of teaching and organizing of
Alumni Editor
Lenore Sharp State, regardless of the prize t h a t is to be offered.
school systems iu Ohio in a "little
Associate Editors: Elizabeth Spotts,
Martha Maltlanti, Lucille Taylor,
T h e r e are only a few more weeks of school but there's still time to red schoolhouse" in which he taught
Ruth Adams, Helen Klepper, Rachel w r i t e those long neglected thesis and read your forgotten references. for four years. Then he became principal of the Fair Haven school, suHevenor, Esther Keyser, Florence
perintendent in Camden, Granville,
Haven, Verna Mae Kurtz, Georgia {
land Cambridge, Ohio, aud, .n 1892,
Hursh, Lucinda Johnson, Irene Rus- ] D o n ' t mind the rainy d a y s — t e n n i s weather always comes.
Commissioner of Common Scliools
sel.
,^ ,I
for the state of Ohio.
Photographer—Charles Dale
I
Will Speak for School
Until 1918 he was editor of the
Business Manager, Ruth McLaughlin ! D r . A r m s t r o n g has been instrucieu to convey to Mrs. Corson oui
Circulation M a n a g e r ,
Harriet deep regret and s y m p a t h y tor liei of our trustees, faculty, and school. Ohio Educational Monthly, the oldest educational journal In the UnitRohrbaugh.
i
ed States. In 1898 he was elected
Subscription Manager, S a m u e l
president of the Ohio State TeachI'ong.
j
ers Assoclaion, and two years later
Acceptance tor mailing at special
became president of the National
rate of postage provided for in secEducational Association. F o r 14
Mary Young, Helen Williams and
tion 1103, Act of October 3, 1917,
years he was trustee of Ohio WesCharlotte Lowe were at their homes
authorized June 3, 1923.
I leyan University, and during that
in Williamsport for the week-end.
A P R I L 30, 19>S
I period was eleced to the presidency
Verna Stanley had her parents and
her brother as guests over Sunday. j Miss Fern Amnion leports a most of Athens College, which post he reMr. Ulmer Gives Arbor I Sal Wilson had her mother with j profitable and enjojab.e iiiue at the fused, preferring to devote his timj
! her lor the weekend.
j National Music Supervisors Confer- to periodical and educational work
Day Talk
Marjorie and Winifred Boring of ence held at Chicago, April 16 to on broader lines. Much of the philAltoona were guests of the.r friends, 20. The sessions of the conferences osophy of education which he has
The sentimental vorsion of treeio Jean Peters and Lillian Smith.
I were held in the new Hotel stevenj since been instilling into the schools
was the theme of Professor Lilmer't;
Peg Miller and Reba Johnson said to be the largest hotel in the of every state in the Union is conchapel talk on April 20 in commem- spent the week-end at Peg's home in
tained in the six volumes of Ohio
world.
oration of Spring Arbor Day.
state school reports from 189 2 to
Tyrone.
liiS.H
Amnion
says
that
it
was
one
Trees have played a great part in
Connie Xewcomb was at her home of the most interesting conferences 1S98.
the molding of our lives. Eugene in Huntingdon for the week-end.
Throughout a 1 1 his service in
eve. held. Walter Damrosch, ConFields, Henry Van Dyke, and others
Connie Gllloegh, graduate of '27, ductor of the New York Symphony these various positions Dr. Corson
have, through poetic art, created a was here tor a short while on Sungave lectures on education, and
tree for the fouudaticii ct their day with her sister Ann and her Orchestra lectured. A distinguished
visitor was Percy Scholes, one of taught ill that .subject for a time at
v:orks.
friends.
the
foieiuost English music critics Western C o l i e g e. Combining a
Mr. Ulmer painted for us mental
Mollie Lewis was in Avis for the who brought greetings trom English wealth of concrete information with
pictures of trees which held for him week-end.
teachers and musicians to all teach- a magnetic personality, a command
boundless admiration. "I remember
Gwen Penfleld visited with friends ers in America interested in music. of the arts of speaking, and a forcevarious trees because cl' the places in Mill Hall.
Mr. Scholes came from England es- ful, deep-seated educational philothey have occupied: the old apple
Clarice Cohick and Dolly Gearhart pecialy to attend this conference.
sophy, he has spoken all over the
tree which bore little fruit; a wil- spent the week-end at Clarice's
M SK Aninioii relates that the most United States, entering e v e r y stat-^
low, whose branches were torn off home in Salladaysburg.
thrilling thing on the program was pga'n and again.
by the wind; and two historical
Evelyn Bosworth spent the week- a corcert by the National High
Every schoolman of any promintrees, both of which I have seen—
end at her home in Johnstown,
ence in Pensylvania has received
School
Orchestra
conducted
by
Fredthe W^ashiugton Elm at Cambridge,
Jerry Jones and A''lvian Eberhart erick Stock, Conductor of the Chi- something from the impact of his
Mass., which if it had had the abilhave returned from their trip to the cago Symphony Orchestra, Howard messagrs. .^t county institutes, stat^
ity, could have told a wonderful
National I. K. U. Convention which Hanson. Director of Eastman School gatherings, college conventions, pubstory aud the tree located near
was held at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
lic meetings, he has appeared in al(Continued on Page 6 )
Whlttier's home that provided the
most every Pennsylvania city and
inspiration for his 'Snowbound.' "
town. Every one of her 6S countie"
"Two old virgin pines, approxi-,
Tennis is With Us Again
Men's Banquet at Roster's have
sent him repeated calls, with
mately three feet in diameter, situ-1
but one exception, and in that counTennis again! is in swing out on
ated on a small tract of .land where
The boys of the dorm held an in- ty he was scheduled to speak this
we spend our vacations, have al- the "East dorm" courts, with the formal banquet at It-stiir's Thursc'.'t,'
spring.
ways had and still have a fascination giound freshly rolled and lined. Ai night, April 19. Talks were given
During much of his life the charto me. Although I have been ad- •..11 hours of the day flgures can be •ly Mr. Dyck, Charles Vonada, Capvised many times to cut the trees seen dashing hack and forth over the 'niii of th3 basketball team, Captain acter of Abraham Lincoln absorbed
because of their value as timber as courts, applauded o r more often elect, Ted Robb, and Dick Parsons, Dv. Corson's study. He has hunted
well as the warning ot their rhort jeered at by the crowd of specta- foctball captain, and by Dr. Arm- up men who knew Lincoln, jour'•t'ong. Mr. Sullivan presented the iieyed to hundreds of spots with
duration, I gave my answer each tors.
time to the woodsmen in the words
Spring must surely have come L'f to the boys. The basketball boys v^'hich the great President was asof G. P. Morris.
v.'hen the halls begin to echo with received 4-inch letters and the foot- sociated, and read about him constantly. His favorite lecture topics
"•^'oodsman. spare that tree.
cries of "Where's my racket?", or ball boys 6inch.
have been woven about America's
Touch not a single bough.
"Does anybody have any balls?" It
Great Commoner; and a few months
In youth it sheltered me.
is a queer thing that no one in these
After a Rough Game
ago
"Lincoln: H i s Words and
And I'll protect It now.' "
dorms seems to own a tennis ball.
Deeds"
appeared from the press. Dr.
'We all have recollections of trees
B'ut it is always managed some.\Tr?i. Borth—"My boy must be Corson's full-length recreation of
whieh have meant a lot to us. Be- how, for as soon as one is out in
suffering something terrible."
Lincoln as a man and as a spirit
cause of this we love them, not the sunshine, "spring fever" gets us
Mrs. Mlur—"Broken bone?"
imong men. He was also the aualone for their money value as trees, and work and cares whizz off into
Mr?. Borth—"No. he's had too thor of a work constantly used
but for the happy memories they the air with the flrst "serve".
many cuts in Psychology."
among
educators, "Our Public
have Impressed upon our minds.
1
Alice Read
—The Winonan Schools."
Us and Others
^
Miss Ammon Returns From Conference
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THIS WEEK
GLORIA
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G u a r a n t e e d hy ^ K x p e r t
Miss Ammon Returns Kr m
Conference
[•::{:,'• 5 )
of Music, Rochester, N. Y. a n d J. E.
Maddy, University School of Music,
j \ n n .^rbor, Michigan. This w a s a
full symphonic o r c h e s t r a composed
)i t h r e e h u n d r e d high school students from every s t a t e in t h e union
but one.
.4 new f e a t u r e of t h e p r o g r a m was
a National H i g h School C h o r u s with
m e m b e r s from every s t a t e , conducted by Hollis Dann.
This was t h e l a r g e s t convention
ever held and according to Miss Ammon. o n e of t h e best.
Ralks Like a Man
L.ast s u m m e r my father h a d a
brand iipw m u l e a b o u t t h i r t y y e a r s
old. maybe sixty, which he a c q u i r e d
through a h o r s e t r a d e . I was, of m y
.own free will, helping my f a t h e ;
a a u l in on his truck wagon his r a t h lei s m a l l crop of r y e (its d e s t i n a t i o n
i w a s not Wiiite m u l e ) w h e n , c o m i n ,
in from the field with t h e second
load, t h e m u l e b a l k e d . W h e n fathdi
s p o k e to him, h e tossed his h e a d
n e g a t i v e l y , switched his tail positively, stamped his feet a g g r a v a t i n g ly, and was all balled up in to a b i i
ball of balk. I could see f a t h e r ' s
t e m p e r rising above his s h i r t band
a n d s p r e a d i n g over his face like t h e
s w e l l i n g of a w a s p sting.
To m a k e a long story short, t h a t
m u l e w o u l d n ' t c h a n g e his politics to
suit anvbody, not even himself. He
w o u l d die first. H e r e m a i n e d obstina t e to t h e e n d — y e s , to t h e end! He
w a s (shot on d u t y at s u n s e t . W e
would h a v e waited u n t i l s u n r i s e , b u t
t h e b e a s t might h a v e c h a n g e d his
m i n d . S t u b b o r n c r e a t u r e s occasionally do.
—Clara
Lock Haven's Shopping Center
This
s t o r e is
attending The
always
pleased
m e r c h a n d i s e , fairly
priced,
Barbers
THE
NORMAL SHOP
KLEWANS
for the= =
Season's Snappiest Shot:
IN
Patents, Satins ,Suedes
and Velvets
Straps and Pumps
Klewans' Shoe Store
Donley
Henry Keller's Sons
to greet the s t u d e n t s
Lock Haven Teachers College.
H e r e v o u w i l l find t w o floors of h i g h g r a d e
& Marx
Menibei's
111 Older to h a v e competent a n d
ofh^.ent N o r m a l Times Staff n e x t
year, e i g h t e e n J u n i o r s h a v e been
eiiusen to be "B'roken i u " to t h e
, . o r k a n d to a c t as r e p o r t e r s . They
a r e Alice Kead, M a r y A n n Gilson,
.^jylvia Sykes, Alice P e a r s a l l , K a t h ryn K l a e r , M a r g a r e t Beeson, Bernice
Ale.xander, E l i z a b e t h Dalby, Caroline C a t h c a r t , M a r y Flegal, Genevieve A r l a u s k a s , K a t h e r i n e A n d e r son, G e r a l d i n e G r e a s e r , Vera AIz n g i e , Dorothy G e a r h a r t , Mary Louise Lewis, T h e r e s a Straley a n d Doris M a t t e r n . They will be t a k e n into
A l p h a Z e t a Pi as ~oon as t h e qual(jil(>e Club P i c p a r c s Novelty C o n c e r t
'ty a n d q u a r i t y of their w o r k cav
How would you like to see a u d ')e w'sely judged.
liear t h e music of y e s t e r - y e a r tui-ned
into t h e Ja,.z of t o d a y ? T h e Glee
(.'luu girls will give you t h i s opporXew .\ct«r.s a n d ."ictressos
Luiiity a t a concert F r i d a y evening,
E'eveii new m e m b e r s h a v e been
Apr.l 2 7 .
elected to the D r a m a t i c Club: R ch
"An E v e n i n g of M e m o r i e s " will
P a r s o n s , George
McMullen,
be p o r t r a y e d by t h e girls, whc iu a r d
Lloyd
P
l
u
m
m
e
r
,
Mollie
Lewis,
Clara
old-fashioned costumes will sing the
songs of long ago. Unique llgh ing M lier, I r e n e P u r k i s s , Doree M a t t e r n
effects will be used. Dialogue vill C a t h e r i n e C o o k , Virginia Roche,
v.'eave t h e series of songs i n t o the I r e n e L a n g a n , a n d Myrna Miller
orm of a p l a y l e t t e
w e r e t h e lucky o n e s .
( l \ , - > t i .-,j,,:.fl f r ' . u T
Hungry?
.Siitisl'y
Bird Contest
The N a t u r a l i s t s spent a n i n t e r e s t ing evening Monday iu Koom N. Mr.
Ulmer t h r e w some bird slides on t h e
screen a n d a contest was held to see
who k n e w t h e most birds. I t e n d e d
a tie between Beatrice Heim and
Violet G a r d n e r .
Dr. E. Gress, S t a t e B o t a n i s t , is
coming to s p e a k to t h e Club. R u s sel Bohn was chosen to meet h-m
at the s t a t i o n .
P l a n s were discussed for t h e N a t u r a l i s t s ' a n n u a l o u t i n g which will
be held April 2 8.
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style
Quality
standard
to m a k e your
Clothes
shopping easy.
F I R S T FLOOR---Dry Goods-Hosiery- UnderwearGloves-Notions-Neckwear-Hand Bags Jewelry.
S K C O N D F L O O R --- D r a p e r i e s - C u r t i n s - R u g s Fancy China and Glass—Gifts:Lamps, H o u s e w a r e .
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Smith & Winter Department Store
Newest
S t y le s
Oxfords
and
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Slippers
103 Main S t . , Lock Haven, Pa.
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VOLUME 6
Haven,
We're anxious to set
"Patsy"
Pa.
NlJMllKK 23
1928
$4oo,ooo Goes Into New Buildings
Patsy is on The
Way
Cast Has Been
Chosen
Rehearsals
are in Progress
If a try-out for school plays Is
any test ot school spirit, or class
spirit, then the Junior Class certainly has that quality. As soon as the
list of characters for "Patsy" was
posted Monday, April 15. one heard
"Are you going to try out?" "'What
part are you going to try tor?", and
other such remarks from all sides.
Ill the afternoon from four to six
it appeared that the whole class
was there. It wasn't easy to find
even standing room on the steps
from second to third floors. Those
who did not get a chance in the afternoon tried out between 6:30 and
7:15 in the evening. Then followed
t h e expectation and suspense of
wondering who the lucky ones might
be.
At noon Tuesday everyone orowd(Continued on page 4 1
Pittsburgh Alumni
Banquet With
Two Trustee
Guests
The Western Pennsylvania Alumni Association holds its annual banquet in the Fort Pitt Hotel as this
i.ssue goes to press. One of the livest
alumni groups of the college, with a
strong group of alunini from the
classes between '85 and '05 as its
loyal nucleus, t h e annual affair
always draws about 7 5 Lock Havenites to renew old memories.
Two Lock Haven alumni, both of
them on the Board of Trustees now
lepresent the college. I. T. Parsons,
.secretary of the trustees' body, and
Dr. David W. Thomas, president of
the central alumni o-ganization and
fhe most recent a; pointee to the
Board of Trustees, are to make the
trip to Pittsburgh.
Dr. Armstrong may or may not be
present. He was making every effort
tc get away, he said, but the press
(Continued on Page 41
\
Ground Broken This Summer for First
Unit New Training SchoolFor First Six Grades
Dr. Corson Dies
During Address
ADD ACRES BEYOND GYM TO CAMPUS
Stricken at Educational Conference
'26 Commencement Speaker
A 5400,000 training school is the
Pre.sent School Continued
next addition to the campus of Lock
Serving the causes of better edThis first unit will house only the
Haven T. C. This huge step in our elementary grades. Later additons at ucation with his flnal breath, Dr.
piogram of expansion is so near that either end of this unit, beyond the Oscar T. Corson, one of this counincoming students this fall will see stairhalls, and running back to the try's greatest educators, had been
speaking tor five miuutes in the
the walls of the building up and the rear of the plot, will accommodate chapel of Ohio State University at
Ithe
kindergarten,
a
gymnasium,
and
construction well under way. A big
the Ohio State Educational Conferthe junior high school.
addition to the c-i".nus 's to be mad.^
ence when death came instantly.
For the present the kindergarten
Ill provide room ii/w lequirod.
Dr. D. W. Armstrong gave the
will continue in its present quarters.
Ground will be broken early this So will the junior high school, but news to the student body here on
summer for the first unit of the new m a n y urgently needed classrooms Monday morning, reminding them
tia.ning school plant. This building, ] will be added to the recitation space not only of Dr. Corson's statur>!
the central unit of the completed now allowed. Other rooms, now hold- among t h i s nation's educational
group, will provide classrooms and ing elementary grades, will be re- leaders, but also of his especially
demonstration teaching s p a c e for : leased for the use of normal school close connection with this school,
400 pupils in the flrst six grades. It classes.
which he has often visited and ad
will take up a space approximately
dressed, coming here last in May
No Delay in Con.struction
160 by 60, and will be constructed
1926. when he delivered the graduso that later wings may be added at ! Wh.le the final piaus have not ation oration to the largest gradue t h e r end without Interfering with been approved in all details, the atirg cla-s up to that time.
chool work or requiring any remod- j planning has been carried to a stage
To Dr. Corson's excellence as a
elling.
I where it can be rushed. As soon as
(Continued on page 5)
j the plans are finally OK'd bids will
T) Be Model Plant
be advertised for and work will start
Final details ;iave not been settled. The authorities here, the state immediately. The fi.st spade-full of
department in Harrisburg, and the earth is almost sure to he turned
architects have been studying local soon after the close of this session,
conditions, and building plans care- and next year w^ll see the first six
fully so that the completed building grade;, the training teachers, and
•.vill be D perfect example, not only the numerous scrub faculty moving
of publi,; fxhool, but lii-o of trai'i- into shining new quarters.
The building of the next units
iiig school constructi.iii
The outer walls wil! !).3 of brick, will start as soon as practicable afBoth Juniors a u d Seniors will
the lines of taM liuildiiig, two stor- ter the completion of this first sectake part, and every group in the
ies in height, and its general appear- tion.
Tiaining School, including the Kinance he. n'.oniziiig with the oth .'.•
('ainiiiis to be Iiicrcas<-<1
dergarten, will be represented In the
buildings near it. Opposite the main
An announcement which can be great paTe.-ut tluu will take place
entrance, in the front center, w'll
be located the principal's office, and confidently expected is that of a the night after the Junior play.
flanking the offlce tT-d entrance on large addition to the campus. UncerThe pageant will be presented iu
the first floor will he classrooms and tainty as to exactly where the new four episodes portraying the history
rooms for demonstration teacliing, building.s should go up has held up ot education from the time of ancconference rooms for training teach- somewhat the work ot the architects. ient Greece to the present day. The
ers, and ample, well lighted cloak- The present campus does not offer grand finale will be our State Teachvoora for these buildings and for the ers College.
rooms.
The second floor will be reached other additions which are mi ilio
Miss Dixon and Miss Rearick and
by broad stairways located at either Trustee's program of expansion.
Miss Dixon's Pageantry class have
end of the building, and, like the
That the school is going ahead heen working on the pageant for
rest of the building, completely flre- rapidly with its preliminary plans seme time. Miss Atherton and Mis.s
proofed. On the upper floor will be affords justification for the belief DuBois will oversee the scenery and
additional
classrooms,
conference that ground has been purchased, costuming. Miss 'Whitwell and Miss
rooms, demonstration rooms, and al- soniewhere adjoining t h e school Ammon will be in charge of the
so a teacher's room and a room for I property, probably beyond the gym- music, and Miss Alber, the dramatmedical Inspection and other health !nasium, though no public announceics. Mr. Ulmer will see that the
•work.
ment has yet been authorized.
(Continued on Page 2)
Educational Pageant
Will Portray History of Education
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Y. M. Outclasses
Barnum and Bailey
McCloskey, Eckles, Artley Get Honors Miss Whitwell Announces College
Song Contest
Biggest and Hest Circus Ever Seen in
This Institution
"R.'ght this way to see t h e tallest
Miss Whitwell iu Monday m o r n i n ^
man in t h e w o r l d ! "
eiiapel period voiced t h e need ol ,.
" T h r e e for a r i c k e l — b u y your
college song winch t h e s t u d e n t bod.,
tickets h e r e . Six for a diiiie."
and alumni feel t h a t Teachers Co."See t h e fatte.-:t fat w o m a n in
lege ought to have. Miss W h i t w e n
captivity—Miss ."^ver-du-Pois."
said t h a t every s t u d e n t s h o u l d t r y
" H e r o ' s w h c e you see t h e stroiis
ll :, iiainl at writing a winning song.
m m . Right this way, ladies and
Sixtyhve dollars has been c o n t r i b gents."
atcd by all t h e o r g a n . z a t i o n s a n d
" F o r t u n e s ! Loarn all about your
sororities as t h e prize.
i:a't, p r e s e n t and Miture."
A central committee composed of
"One ticket a d m i t s you to t h e a r t
one member from each o r g a n i z a t i o n
g a ' l e r y — t h i s v-iy to SPP t h e most |
Head their curricula and are picked by the faculty as v.as t e r m e d u n d e r t h e c h a i r m a n s h i p
ari'^tic a r t in tho c o u n t r y ! "
Commenceintnt
Speakers.
oi Samuel Long, w i t h Louise H o w e ;
" C a " d y ! B'a'loons!"
I
"Come t r y your luck in t h e fishD o r o t h y McCloskey, Caroline Eck- High Street, Williamsport, has stood J J i;ecretary, and Cy Williams aa
ing pond. E v e r y o n e catches some- els, a n d Ster, Artley head t h e pri- c.nsisienLiy iu tne i-class s.n-e en- t r e a s u r e r , and these o t h e r m e m b e r s :
thing and just for one t i c k e t . "
mary, t h e .nte. m e d i a t e , and t h e j u a - t e r i n g h t r e , and h a s at t h e same R u t h Mcljaughlin, L. A. L., M a r g a r et Martin, S h a k e s p e a r e L i t e r a r y So"Ice-cold p o p ! "
ior h i g h t e a c h e r s in SLholarship up t i m e been one of t h e m o s t active
:iety; Christian F e i t , N a t u r a l i s t
5Iveiits in tlio Wix Tent
to a n d i n c l u d i n g the first nine weoiv., iiioinbers of the Xormal Tiu.es sta.i
Club; T e d Bray, D r a m a t i c Club;
T h e famous iiia'° oiif)''t<>t of Lock of\the second seniester, and so were ,..ud of t h e A r t Club.
Haven Stnte T p n f h ^ r s ' Cnllpgp furnCaioline Eckelt;, leader in Group A r n a Gillogelogy, B. E. X.; Louise
t h e \ u n a n i i i i o u s choice of t h e facult.v
i'ihed music ,ind "O'lsr. Thev were a
I w j , has been equally active in t h e Bowes, Price L i t e r a r y Society; Mowat tiieir last session to be the honor
minstrpl sho"P ' ' T U S hand, and
.\; t Club a n d other u n d e r g r a d u a t e rie Ebner, Art Club; Cy W i l l i a m s ,
s p e a k e r s at 192S's c o m m e n c e m e n t
.IT-' orohestr^ onnibined.
groups. She hales from 4 25 Second Toys' Glee Club; Peg Beeson, Y. W.
Finprsnn r>qrkn'-d rl''s"laved his exercises.
Street, Altoona, aud is the daughtei
(Continu9d on Page 4 )
I^uslied closely for honors by five o : J. S. Eckels, Jr.
wonderful talpiit in a Hula Hu';i
o i h t r , t h e i r selection was u n c e r t a i n
dapce.
Sterl A r t ey has been a c a m p u j
"•>ttling M i n n P n d 0"e-Rniiare autil t h e la.st grades had heen care- ; - a d e r since he first stepped on the
•no'linfrer stPjTPrl a five r o u n d battle. -uUy a v e r a g e d . The r e s u l t should W e t t Campus sward. Few studento
WpiJiljal|it 3/ptttrlru (Un.
Woon was kro"kPd o u t t h r e e times i;;eet popular appioval, for each O- • ;!ve ever participated in so many
i-1 t h e last round, b u t is still uncon- ;he t h r e e has combined o u t s t a n d i n g activities, or given so much to them
117 F. Main St., Lock Haven, Pa.
.'.holarship with active participatio - ' m o n g his sidelines have been t h e
rcioiia of it.
Established 1 8 5 5
Dr. I. K'Ui'iii. alias Bohn, per- In t h e activities of t h e school. Se- presidency of the A r t Club, t h e Natlected
to
represent
highest
:
c
h
3
l
a
r
formed a mirpple i'l two onevations.
•rali-:t Club, and Alpha Zeta PI, t h e
l u ' e r y t i l i n g Gii£ r a n teed
T'he flrst wa? n iirocess of s u b t r a c - Kl;;p only, they nevertlieles-. lepre- leading part in the class play, "Captipii, and t h e spppnd one of addition. ; sent t h e all-around leadership which t a i n Applejack," many
Dramatic
The v i r t i m fpU n'^-'ost as had a t t h e m a r k s r e a l g e n e r a l ability.
C u b parts, and the business manaFINE JEWELRY and
D o r o t h y McCloskey, p a c e m a k e r in gership of 1928's y e a r b o o k . Praeco.
lipfinnine a s h^ did at t h e end.
R a v h a s purely misled his call- t!ie k i n d e r g a r t e n - p r i i i i a r y group, and t^e is from Liberty, Pa., t h e son of
SILVERWARE
••"PT. H e makpi^ a most r e m a r k a b l e (liiusliter of W. L. McCloskey, 1204 William Artley.
plnwn.
Fine Wrist Watcli Reiiairiiig
It dn"sn't m a k e any difference
Lights Audubon Societies Organized
Avhat Lloyd P a u m a n may choose t o Bigger and Better
Parker, Whal and Waterman
Installed
do H e does it a n d does it well.
j
The
N
a
t
u
r
e
study
classes,
under
I
Fountain Pens
Max F i t z s i m m o n s f-nys he %valked
i t h j direction of Mr. Ulnier, have o r - !
a tight-rone. Did h e ?
"How bright!"
(ga.iized Audubon Societies during •
T h e money t h e hoys m a d e was
"What a change!"
u'l^ claso, periods i m m e d i a t e l y follow'vell-earned.
E v e r y o n e noticed t h e new lights
i.:g t h e close of the E a s t e r vacation.
vheii t h e y came ii to tha diningroom
1 liege societies were formed for the
the
first
time
al'rer
v
a
c
a
t
i
o
n
.
The
V. W. Mppts ir, Prirp Mol' new system w a s i n ' I ' i l il'lii'i' Fos- p u r p o s e o f pnimoting interest and
A Department Store—
E l e c t r i r ' T - s may make impossible
ilove
for
bird
study.
ter vacation. T h e l i g h t s are larger
t h e use o" t h e Y. W. rooms, b u t they
The offlcers were elected in each
Where
large
assortments,
and b r i g h t e r a n d m a k e for g r e a t e r
r n n n o t d aden t h e Y. W. spirit. The
. l a ; , and d u e s were set at flfteen
prompt,
pleasant
service,
;'ttractiveness in the dining-room
first
m e e t i n g since vacation was
cents A part of ihe dues entitles each
This o n e change promises the
newest styles, and lo'west prices
held, Wednesday evening, April 18,
member to several pictures, a n d i n s r e a t i m p r o v e m e n t s which will be in
vie for your
approval-—
in Price Hall. The topic, " W h a t the
.ci Illation l e g a r d i n g t h e birds, and
effect w h e n t h e work of the entire
Y. W. Means to M e " was a well- '
the use of a Bird m a g a z i n e entit'auilding is completed.
p l a n n e d one, Irene P u r k i s s b e i n g in
led " B i r d L o r e . " T h e r e s t of t h e
LINTZ'S
r h a r g e . T h e m e e t i n g opened with
' u e 3 will be put in a fund which will
J.A.N.F.L.P.
the song which lends so much spirit
Glee Club Gives Novelty ! be used for something to promote birdlife^
t o all Y. W. m e e t i n g s , "Follow the
I possible bird houses.
Concert
n V a m . " Elizabeth Dalby spoke of
I One N a t u r e Study class period a
fhe m e a n i n g nvd benefit she received
I m o n t h will be devoted to an AuduDid you see and hear the music i.<:n m e e t i n g at which bird programs
from our o w r Y. W . Caroline Cathc a r t m a d e everyone w a n t to a t t e n d cf y e s t e r year, turned into jazz of Iwill be presented.
,- s u m m e r c a m p when she told of a | today? T h e Glee Club Girls gave all
Just off the Campus
d a y a t such a nlace. Lucille Tavlov this o p p o r t u n i t y at the concert FriEducational Pageant
boosted Eag'p«mp'-e and h e r talk -lay e v e n i n g April 27.
Serve:
(Continued from P a g e 1)
"An Evening of Memories" was
was seconded bv K a t h l e e n Snengler
Dainty Lunches
Due to lack of t i m e Miss Rowe could portrayed by t h e girls, who in old j proper lighting effects a r e produced.
I
Miss
Roberts
will
h
a
v
e
h
e
r
regular
Tasty Sandwiches
jrive only a =niall portion of t h e in- fashioned costumes sang the songs
t p r e s t i n g t h i n g s she h a d in s t o r e for of long ago. U n i q u e lighting effects !job of seeing that everybody is at
Delicious Sundaes
t h e m e e t i n g , so it was decided to were used. Dialogue wove the series t h e proper place at t h e proper time
We
deliver
ice cream'or lunches to
r o n t i n u e h e r talk a t the next meet- ; of s o n g s into t h e form of a play- for r e h e a r s a l s . And Mr. Sullivan is
Collcge:Sludents at 9:45
lette.
t
h
e
general
supervisor
of
it
all.
Ing.
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Titus
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Editorials
Dr. Corson Dies
iNormal Times is published at Lock
(Continmed from page 1)
Havea State Teachers College, Lock
speaker and to his eminence as an
Haven, Penaa., by the Board of BdDorothy McCloskey, Caroline Eckels and Sterl Artley are t h e three educator Dr. Armstrong gave tribilors of Normal Times.
The subscription rate to all alum- worthy people chosen for o u r h o n o r s t u d e n l s this year. We all join in ute, but greater than these was his
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depth and breadth of which revealed
Board of Bdltoro
Managing Editor
Helen Young
I t ' s time to be t h i n k i n g about the song y o u ' r e going to write. L e t ' s Itself constantly to his friends.
t r o m Country School to State Jjeuder
Editor-in-chief
Rowena Glossner
begin now and m a k e it a w o r t h - w h i l e Alma Mater for old Central
Dr. Corson began his notable caMake-up Editor, Dorothy McCloskey
reer of teaching and organizing of
Alumni Editor
Lenore Sharp State, regardless of the prize t h a t is to be offered.
school systems iu Ohio in a "little
Associate Editors: Elizabeth Spotts,
Martha Maltlanti, Lucille Taylor,
T h e r e are only a few more weeks of school but there's still time to red schoolhouse" in which he taught
Ruth Adams, Helen Klepper, Rachel w r i t e those long neglected thesis and read your forgotten references. for four years. Then he became principal of the Fair Haven school, suHevenor, Esther Keyser, Florence
perintendent in Camden, Granville,
Haven, Verna Mae Kurtz, Georgia {
land Cambridge, Ohio, aud, .n 1892,
Hursh, Lucinda Johnson, Irene Rus- ] D o n ' t mind the rainy d a y s — t e n n i s weather always comes.
Commissioner of Common Scliools
sel.
,^ ,I
for the state of Ohio.
Photographer—Charles Dale
I
Will Speak for School
Until 1918 he was editor of the
Business Manager, Ruth McLaughlin ! D r . A r m s t r o n g has been instrucieu to convey to Mrs. Corson oui
Circulation M a n a g e r ,
Harriet deep regret and s y m p a t h y tor liei of our trustees, faculty, and school. Ohio Educational Monthly, the oldest educational journal In the UnitRohrbaugh.
i
ed States. In 1898 he was elected
Subscription Manager, S a m u e l
president of the Ohio State TeachI'ong.
j
ers Assoclaion, and two years later
Acceptance tor mailing at special
became president of the National
rate of postage provided for in secEducational Association. F o r 14
Mary Young, Helen Williams and
tion 1103, Act of October 3, 1917,
years he was trustee of Ohio WesCharlotte Lowe were at their homes
authorized June 3, 1923.
I leyan University, and during that
in Williamsport for the week-end.
A P R I L 30, 19>S
I period was eleced to the presidency
Verna Stanley had her parents and
her brother as guests over Sunday. j Miss Fern Amnion leports a most of Athens College, which post he reMr. Ulmer Gives Arbor I Sal Wilson had her mother with j profitable and enjojab.e iiiue at the fused, preferring to devote his timj
! her lor the weekend.
j National Music Supervisors Confer- to periodical and educational work
Day Talk
Marjorie and Winifred Boring of ence held at Chicago, April 16 to on broader lines. Much of the philAltoona were guests of the.r friends, 20. The sessions of the conferences osophy of education which he has
The sentimental vorsion of treeio Jean Peters and Lillian Smith.
I were held in the new Hotel stevenj since been instilling into the schools
was the theme of Professor Lilmer't;
Peg Miller and Reba Johnson said to be the largest hotel in the of every state in the Union is conchapel talk on April 20 in commem- spent the week-end at Peg's home in
tained in the six volumes of Ohio
world.
oration of Spring Arbor Day.
state school reports from 189 2 to
Tyrone.
liiS.H
Amnion
says
that
it
was
one
Trees have played a great part in
Connie Xewcomb was at her home of the most interesting conferences 1S98.
the molding of our lives. Eugene in Huntingdon for the week-end.
Throughout a 1 1 his service in
eve. held. Walter Damrosch, ConFields, Henry Van Dyke, and others
Connie Gllloegh, graduate of '27, ductor of the New York Symphony these various positions Dr. Corson
have, through poetic art, created a was here tor a short while on Sungave lectures on education, and
tree for the fouudaticii ct their day with her sister Ann and her Orchestra lectured. A distinguished
visitor was Percy Scholes, one of taught ill that .subject for a time at
v:orks.
friends.
the
foieiuost English music critics Western C o l i e g e. Combining a
Mr. Ulmer painted for us mental
Mollie Lewis was in Avis for the who brought greetings trom English wealth of concrete information with
pictures of trees which held for him week-end.
teachers and musicians to all teach- a magnetic personality, a command
boundless admiration. "I remember
Gwen Penfleld visited with friends ers in America interested in music. of the arts of speaking, and a forcevarious trees because cl' the places in Mill Hall.
Mr. Scholes came from England es- ful, deep-seated educational philothey have occupied: the old apple
Clarice Cohick and Dolly Gearhart pecialy to attend this conference.
sophy, he has spoken all over the
tree which bore little fruit; a wil- spent the week-end at Clarice's
M SK Aninioii relates that the most United States, entering e v e r y stat-^
low, whose branches were torn off home in Salladaysburg.
thrilling thing on the program was pga'n and again.
by the wind; and two historical
Evelyn Bosworth spent the week- a corcert by the National High
Every schoolman of any promintrees, both of which I have seen—
end at her home in Johnstown,
ence in Pensylvania has received
School
Orchestra
conducted
by
Fredthe W^ashiugton Elm at Cambridge,
Jerry Jones and A''lvian Eberhart erick Stock, Conductor of the Chi- something from the impact of his
Mass., which if it had had the abilhave returned from their trip to the cago Symphony Orchestra, Howard messagrs. .^t county institutes, stat^
ity, could have told a wonderful
National I. K. U. Convention which Hanson. Director of Eastman School gatherings, college conventions, pubstory aud the tree located near
was held at Grand Rapids, Michigan.
lic meetings, he has appeared in al(Continued on Page 6 )
Whlttier's home that provided the
most every Pennsylvania city and
inspiration for his 'Snowbound.' "
town. Every one of her 6S countie"
"Two old virgin pines, approxi-,
Tennis is With Us Again
Men's Banquet at Roster's have
sent him repeated calls, with
mately three feet in diameter, situ-1
but one exception, and in that counTennis again! is in swing out on
ated on a small tract of .land where
The boys of the dorm held an in- ty he was scheduled to speak this
we spend our vacations, have al- the "East dorm" courts, with the formal banquet at It-stiir's Thursc'.'t,'
spring.
ways had and still have a fascination giound freshly rolled and lined. Ai night, April 19. Talks were given
During much of his life the charto me. Although I have been ad- •..11 hours of the day flgures can be •ly Mr. Dyck, Charles Vonada, Capvised many times to cut the trees seen dashing hack and forth over the 'niii of th3 basketball team, Captain acter of Abraham Lincoln absorbed
because of their value as timber as courts, applauded o r more often elect, Ted Robb, and Dick Parsons, Dv. Corson's study. He has hunted
well as the warning ot their rhort jeered at by the crowd of specta- foctball captain, and by Dr. Arm- up men who knew Lincoln, jour'•t'ong. Mr. Sullivan presented the iieyed to hundreds of spots with
duration, I gave my answer each tors.
time to the woodsmen in the words
Spring must surely have come L'f to the boys. The basketball boys v^'hich the great President was asof G. P. Morris.
v.'hen the halls begin to echo with received 4-inch letters and the foot- sociated, and read about him constantly. His favorite lecture topics
"•^'oodsman. spare that tree.
cries of "Where's my racket?", or ball boys 6inch.
have been woven about America's
Touch not a single bough.
"Does anybody have any balls?" It
Great Commoner; and a few months
In youth it sheltered me.
is a queer thing that no one in these
After a Rough Game
ago
"Lincoln: H i s Words and
And I'll protect It now.' "
dorms seems to own a tennis ball.
Deeds"
appeared from the press. Dr.
'We all have recollections of trees
B'ut it is always managed some.\Tr?i. Borth—"My boy must be Corson's full-length recreation of
whieh have meant a lot to us. Be- how, for as soon as one is out in
suffering something terrible."
Lincoln as a man and as a spirit
cause of this we love them, not the sunshine, "spring fever" gets us
Mrs. Mlur—"Broken bone?"
imong men. He was also the aualone for their money value as trees, and work and cares whizz off into
Mr?. Borth—"No. he's had too thor of a work constantly used
but for the happy memories they the air with the flrst "serve".
many cuts in Psychology."
among
educators, "Our Public
have Impressed upon our minds.
1
Alice Read
—The Winonan Schools."
Us and Others
^
Miss Ammon Returns From Conference
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of Music, Rochester, N. Y. a n d J. E.
Maddy, University School of Music,
j \ n n .^rbor, Michigan. This w a s a
full symphonic o r c h e s t r a composed
)i t h r e e h u n d r e d high school students from every s t a t e in t h e union
but one.
.4 new f e a t u r e of t h e p r o g r a m was
a National H i g h School C h o r u s with
m e m b e r s from every s t a t e , conducted by Hollis Dann.
This was t h e l a r g e s t convention
ever held and according to Miss Ammon. o n e of t h e best.
Ralks Like a Man
L.ast s u m m e r my father h a d a
brand iipw m u l e a b o u t t h i r t y y e a r s
old. maybe sixty, which he a c q u i r e d
through a h o r s e t r a d e . I was, of m y
.own free will, helping my f a t h e ;
a a u l in on his truck wagon his r a t h lei s m a l l crop of r y e (its d e s t i n a t i o n
i w a s not Wiiite m u l e ) w h e n , c o m i n ,
in from the field with t h e second
load, t h e m u l e b a l k e d . W h e n fathdi
s p o k e to him, h e tossed his h e a d
n e g a t i v e l y , switched his tail positively, stamped his feet a g g r a v a t i n g ly, and was all balled up in to a b i i
ball of balk. I could see f a t h e r ' s
t e m p e r rising above his s h i r t band
a n d s p r e a d i n g over his face like t h e
s w e l l i n g of a w a s p sting.
To m a k e a long story short, t h a t
m u l e w o u l d n ' t c h a n g e his politics to
suit anvbody, not even himself. He
w o u l d die first. H e r e m a i n e d obstina t e to t h e e n d — y e s , to t h e end! He
w a s (shot on d u t y at s u n s e t . W e
would h a v e waited u n t i l s u n r i s e , b u t
t h e b e a s t might h a v e c h a n g e d his
m i n d . S t u b b o r n c r e a t u r e s occasionally do.
—Clara
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a r e Alice Kead, M a r y A n n Gilson,
.^jylvia Sykes, Alice P e a r s a l l , K a t h ryn K l a e r , M a r g a r e t Beeson, Bernice
Ale.xander, E l i z a b e t h Dalby, Caroline C a t h c a r t , M a r y Flegal, Genevieve A r l a u s k a s , K a t h e r i n e A n d e r son, G e r a l d i n e G r e a s e r , Vera AIz n g i e , Dorothy G e a r h a r t , Mary Louise Lewis, T h e r e s a Straley a n d Doris M a t t e r n . They will be t a k e n into
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How would you like to see a u d ')e w'sely judged.
liear t h e music of y e s t e r - y e a r tui-ned
into t h e Ja,.z of t o d a y ? T h e Glee
(.'luu girls will give you t h i s opporXew .\ct«r.s a n d ."ictressos
Luiiity a t a concert F r i d a y evening,
E'eveii new m e m b e r s h a v e been
Apr.l 2 7 .
elected to the D r a m a t i c Club: R ch
"An E v e n i n g of M e m o r i e s " will
P a r s o n s , George
McMullen,
be p o r t r a y e d by t h e girls, whc iu a r d
Lloyd
P
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m
m
e
r
,
Mollie
Lewis,
Clara
old-fashioned costumes will sing the
songs of long ago. Unique llgh ing M lier, I r e n e P u r k i s s , Doree M a t t e r n
effects will be used. Dialogue vill C a t h e r i n e C o o k , Virginia Roche,
v.'eave t h e series of songs i n t o the I r e n e L a n g a n , a n d Myrna Miller
orm of a p l a y l e t t e
w e r e t h e lucky o n e s .
( l \ , - > t i .-,j,,:.fl f r ' . u T
Hungry?
.Siitisl'y
Bird Contest
The N a t u r a l i s t s spent a n i n t e r e s t ing evening Monday iu Koom N. Mr.
Ulmer t h r e w some bird slides on t h e
screen a n d a contest was held to see
who k n e w t h e most birds. I t e n d e d
a tie between Beatrice Heim and
Violet G a r d n e r .
Dr. E. Gress, S t a t e B o t a n i s t , is
coming to s p e a k to t h e Club. R u s sel Bohn was chosen to meet h-m
at the s t a t i o n .
P l a n s were discussed for t h e N a t u r a l i s t s ' a n n u a l o u t i n g which will
be held April 2 8.
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